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Virginia
Appalachian
Notes

Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society
Roanoke, Virginia

�SOUTHWESTER N VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INC
Calendar Year 2007
Officers and E xecutive Board
Preside nt
V ice- Presid e nt
R ecord Socre tary
Correspondin g Secre tary
T reasure r
M e mbers h ip
VAN Edito r
Immedia te Past Preside nt
VAN Edito r E m eritus

Area Code 540
Karen Kappcsscr
Pamela B. Young
Susan Hays
M ickcy Prescott
D on Vaughan
J im Nelson
M ichael Blankenship
Pamela B. Young
Babe Fowler

email addresa

977-0067
342-2367
884-3497
985-0751
989-8645
725-5303
989- 1469
342-2367
563- 1733

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Babe Fowler
Michael Blankenship
V irginia Room Staff
Pamela 8. Yo ung
As S igned

e SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGIC::AL SOCIETY, INC. is a tax-exempt corporation under
Th .
( )( J) of the Fed eral Incom e Tax Code . Section 170 of the Tax Code provides for the treatment of
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contri ~~~~s ay be d educ tible for Federal estate gift tax purposes, if they meet the applicable provisions of
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HJP: Each SVGS m ember will be m ai led a cop~ of the "Society 's" quarterly, the VIRGINIA

MEMBERS IAN NOTES (VAN). The V AN is usual ly pu_blished quarterly. The annual index will be included in
APPAL~CH f th v AN for tha t year. Soc iety member~hips _are on a calendar year basis and those memberships,
the. Fall i ssue ~~me:ed by January JO, ~II _be deeme~ as inactive and.removed from the VAN mailing l~s~. Single or
w hich are not

hi

are $20.00; Orgaruzatlon and L ibrary memberships are $ 15.00. Members with mruhng

S:eUnited S tates s hall add $ 10.00 to the above fees and all monies are payable in U.S. currency.
addresses outside Id be made by check or money o rder, payable to: Southwes tern Virginia Genealogical Society,
fam ily membe~s

A ll p a yme n ts sho~
and mailed to: SVGS, A TI: M embership, Post Office Box 12485, Roanoke, VA 24026Inc. o r to SVGS, o c.
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supply lasts. More re~ebulk mailing of old V ANs to one address ma~ be eligible for a discount. All payments
add 4 .5% sale s
che ck or money order, p ayable to SVG S and mailed to: SVGS, A TT: Jim Nelson, Post Office
shou ld be made y k e v A 24026-2485.
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Box
VIEW: B o oks s ubmitted to the So ciety will be r~viewed and the review printed in a subsequent
aooKS for ~ When s ubmitting a book , please include the. pnce of the book, copies of the available advertising
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�VIR6INIA APPLACHIAN NOTES
Published Quarterly

By

SOUTIIWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.

Vol. 31 - No. 1 - Spring 2007
(January, February, March)
CONTENTS
Letter from Fonner President Pam Young
Financial Statement- Don Vaughan, Treasurer

2

New Books in the Virginia Room - Pam Young

3

Rediscover Virginia, National Genealogical Society 2007 Conference

6

Descendant of Pocahaotas to Speak at NGS Conference

7

Peter and Jacob Coger, Who Were Their Parents? - Barbara Coger Irwin

8

Botetourt County Death Records - Continued

22

Montgome1y County Ma1Tiage Announcements - Mary Conner Williams

28

Leftwich/Horne Family Bible Records - Contributed by Lois Blankenship

29

African American Ancestry, Big Oak Cemete1y, Floyd Co. - John Edmonds

31

A Jownals Place in Family Histo1y and Black Sheep Ancestors

38

New Genealogical Radio Show

39

Adopt an Orphan

40

Montgomery County Obituaries - Conclusion

41

Submissions for future issues are always welcome.
If you would like to contribute an article on-line please e-mail it to:
mblankens@yahoo.com.
The content of the VAN is supplied by its membership.

�P. 0 . Box 12485
Roanoke, Virginia 24026

Dear Fellow Members,
Once again I am pleased to serve as your society's president. I have been a member
for 14 years and I hope to see the society continue for many more.
This year will be an exciting one for members living in the Roanoke, VA area. In May
the National Genealogical Society (NGS) will hold its conference in Richmond. This is
to tie in with the 400th year anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. The conference
will run from May 16-1 9. On the 19th the society will have a bus going to Richmond
so that members can visit the NGS Family History Fair with over 150 exhibitors,
the museums that will be open and, of course, the State Library for research . The
cost will be $25 for members, $30 for non-members. The Abbott bus will pick at
Tanglewood Mall at 6:30am and in Daleville at 7:00am. We expect to arrive in
Richmond at about 10:30am and will leave at 4:00pm for return to Roanoke about
7:00pm. If you would like to go please mail your check to P.O. Box 12485,
Roanoke, VA 24026 before April 30. Please include your name, address,
telephone number and where you want to be picked up. If we are unable to fill the
bus, your check will be returned. For more information call Pam Young at 540853-2073. This is great opportunity, don't miss out!!
In the fall Roanoke is scheduled to play host to the Virginia Genealogical Society state
conference. The society's role in this is yet to be worked out but we hope to play an
important part in making the conference a success.
Happy Hunting,

K~
Karen Kappesser, President
514 Scalybark Drive
Blue Ridge VA 24064-1328
Telephone: (540) 977-0067
E-mail: gkkapp@infionline.net

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Letter From Our Irnmediate Past President
Greetings Fellow Treasure Hunters!

It has been a great year. l have enjoyed working with the talented cast at SVGS Elaine Powers who
got our wonderful speakers, Susan Hays, who tried to keep me on track, Mickey Prescott our
corresponding secretary, Don Vaughan our money man, Jim Nelson who keeps track of all of us,
Michael Blankenship ed itor of the VAN, Gene Swartzell the past president, and the lady who started
it all Babe Fowler. Thank you for the help and guidance you gave me.

I want to thank those who have contributed to the VAN most recently Judith Blackwell, Lois
Blankenship, Mary Ann Sink Barnes and Jolm Edmonds. I want to encourage you to be active in
yow· society. It's your contributions that keep us going.
We had a great tw·n out Janua1y 20 at the Bring a Treasure meeting and are thinking of doing it again
next January. Thanks to the many members who shared their family stories and treasures.
Don't forget the National Genealogical Society Conference and Family History Fair inRlchmond
May 16 - 19. The Virginia Room's Laura Wickstead will be speaking 11 :00 AM Friday on Treasures
of the Blue Ridge and Beyond. This is a great opportunity to not only hear noted speakers but to see
a variety of vendors. We may try to get a bus together to go May 19 (Saturday) - more on that to
follow. In November the Virginia Genealogical Society will be holding its conference in Roanoke.
It's a great year to be a genealogist living in Virginia!
Karen Kappesser, who has been active and held several positions in the society, is the new SVGS
president I encourage you to come meet Karen at our next meeting March 17, let her know what
you'd like your society to be doing. Please let me know topics you'd be interested in hearing about
or ideas for programs.
Looking forward to seeing you at the next meeting!

Pam B. Young
Roanoke Public Libraries Virginia Room
706 S Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24016

(540) 853-2073

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEAL OGICAL SOCIETY
P 0BOX12485
ROANOKE VIRGINIA 24022
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
JANUARY 1, 2006 - DECEMBER 31 , 2006

Beginning Balances, January 1, 2006
Wachovia Savings
Wachovia Checking
Outstanding Checks

$3,592.17
$2,188.16
($409.95)

Total Beginning Balances

$5,370.58

Income
Memberships
Donations
Interest on Wachovia Savings
Lost Checks
Bank Credit

$3,990.00
$170.00
$14.00
$417.35
$219.00

Total Income

$4,810.35

Expenses
Automated Mailing Systems
Digital Image Printing
P 0 Box Rental
Roanoke Public library Foundation
Honorarium
NGS Dues
Membership Chair (J im Nelson)
Meeting Notices, Computer Supplies (Don
Gene Swartzell
Karen Kappesser
Bank Charge
Returned Check and Fee
Curry Copy Center
Audrey C. Dudley (Books)

$166.81
$2,461 .75
$132.00
$440.00
$200.00
$50.00
$162.71
$198.72
$23.03
$41.85
$219.00
$25.00
$67.00
$60.00

Total Expenses

$4,247.87

Net (Beginning Balances+ Income - Expenses)

Ending Balances, Oecmeber 31, 2006
Wachovia Savings
Wachovia Checking
Total Ending Balances
Marshall 0 . Vaughan
Treasurer

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

$5,932.86

$4,731.17
$1 ,201 .69
$5!932.86

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New Books In The Virginia Room

in the Libraryl

December 2006

929 . 3755 B657m H25lc Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt
County , VA 1900-1906 Prepared by Robert E . Harshbarger, Patric i a A .
Honts &amp; Loretta A. Caldwell 2002 - 20 03
929 . 3755 8657 m H25lc Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt
County, VA 1920-1926
Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger , Patricia A.
Hont s &amp; Loretta A . Caldwell 2002 - 2003
929 . 3755 B657m H251c Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt
County, VA 1939-1945 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger , Patricia A.
Ho nts &amp; Loretta A. Ca l dwe ll 2002 -20 03
929.3755 B657m H241 Index of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA by men's
names 1854-1913
Prepared by Robert E . Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts &amp;
Loretta A . Caldwell 2002 - 2003
929.3755 B65 7m H251MR Master Index of Minster's Returns 1782 thru 1853
by Men's Names
Prepared by Robert E . Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts &amp;
Loretta A . Caldwell 2002 -2003
929 . 375502 F161i The Fairfax Independent Index April 11, 1929
December 22, 1932
Malcolm L. Richardson 1993 Printing by International Business Machines
92 9 . 3748 N819w Wills and Administrations of Northumberland County, PA
Compil ed by Charles A. Fisher 2005 Genealogical Publishing
929 . 09771 Sp37g Genealogical Research in Ohio by Kip Sperry
2006 Genealogical Publis hing

znd

Edition

973 . 7 44 8 H632 w War from the Inside by Frederick L. Hitchcock 1985 Time
Li fe Books
975 . 5496 Sw35a Amherst County , VA In the Revolution Including Extracts
from the "Lost Order Book" 1773 - 1782 by Lenora H. Sweeny 1951 J. P .
Bel l Co .
306 . 362 Sc h96m Migrants Against Slavery Virginians and the Nation by
Philip J. Sch war z Univer sity Press of Virginia 2001
811 . 3 T489p Poems of Henry Timrod with Memoir and Portrait by Henry
Timrod 8 . F Johnson Publishing reprint from 1901
973. 51 M265a James Madison's "Advice to my County" Edited by David B.
Ma ttern University Pre ss of Vi rgi nia 19 97
973 . 7082 W84 A Woman's War, Southern women, Civil War, and the
Confederate Legacy Edited by Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr . , and Kym S.
Rice University Press of Virginia 1996
929 . 2 G822 Sa56e Early History of Southwest Virginia and the Garrett
Green Family by Gladys Bales Sanders 1996

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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725 .15 L932c The Courthouses of Early Virginia, an Architectural
History by Carl R. Lounsbury 2005 University of Virginia Press
920 .7 M26s The Se1ected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison Edjted by David
Mattern and Holly C. Shulman 2003 University of Virgini a Press

s.

973 . 709755 V819 Virginia's Civil War Edited Pet er Wallenslein &amp; Bertram
Wyatt- Brown, 2005 University of Virginia Press
973 . 772 L955c Confederate Heroines 120 Southern Women Convicted by
Union Military Justice
by Thomas P . Lowry 2006 Published by Louisiana State University Press
97 5. 209 R394s Sidelights on Maryland History Volumes 1 &amp; 2 by Hester
Dorsey Richardson, 1995 Gene alogica l Publis hin g Co ., Inc
975 . 59 Su64a Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769 - 1800 Parts 1 &amp;2
Lewis Preston Summers 1996 Genealogical Publishing Co ., Inc

by

929 .5 B446p Passenger Arrivals Por t of New York 1820 - 1829 Transcribed
by Eli zabeth P. Bentley 2000 Genealogical Publishing Co ., Inc
929.5 B446p Passenger Arrivals Port of New York 1830 - 1832 Transcribed
by Elizabeth P · Bentley 2000 Genea l ogical Publishing Co . , Inc
929 . 098 P697c Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic US by
Lyman D. Platt
1998 Genealogical Publishing co .,
973 . 7 At54y Yel low Tavern and Beyon d from Family Le t ters and Journals
by Dorothy Francis Atkinson 2006 Heritage Books Inc .,
976 . 9832 R744h A History of Muhlenberg County KY by Otto A. Rathert
Reprinted 1996 Genealogical Publish ing Co .,
929 . 374815 W279b Baptismal and Marriage Records, Rev. John Waldschmidt
Lancaster County, PA 1752-1786 Translated by Luther Kelker Reprinted
1996 Genealogical Publishing Co .,

I

929 . 09742 G826d Directory of Repositories o f Family History in New
Hampshire by Scott E . Green 1993 Genealogical Publishing Co .,
929 . 3757915 H123d Directories for the City of Charleston, SC 1816
1819, 1822, 1825 &amp; 1829 by James W. Hagy 2002 Genealogical Publi shi ng
Co. ,
929.3757915 Hl23d Directories for the City of Charleston, SC 1830-3 1
1835-38 &amp; 1840-41 by James W. Hagy 2002 Genealogical Publishing Co .,

I

929 . 3757915 H123d Directories for t he City of Charleston, SC 1 849, 1852

&amp; 1855 by James W. Hagy 2002 Genea l ogical Publishing Co. ,
929 . 37526 H766r A Record of Interments at the Friends Burial Ground
Baltimore, MD (est.1681 ) Researched &amp; Compiled by E . Erick Hoopes 1995
G~nealogical Publishing Co.,

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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922.86 Sc u45 r13lm A Man Who Made A Difference, The life of David H.
Schull by Charles E. Fager Publis he d by Langley Hi ll Friend s Mee ting
1985
975 . 5291 V87 Voice s of Chantilly Recollections &amp; Stories 22 Loog-Time
Reside nts 1996
929.3755 Au45r Volumes l - 3 Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement
in Virginia by Lyman Cha 1 kley Repri n ted 1999 Geneal ogical Pub lishing
Co .,
64 7. 9 4 9 ·1 ~ G4 4 6v Virginia Taverns, Ordinaries and Coffee Houses 18th Early 19th Century Entertainment Along the Buckingham Road by Agnes
Ev ans Gis h, 2005 Willow Be nd Books
973 . 741 5 Al2Sb Buffalo Soldier's Story, Medal of Honor Recipient
Sergeant Thomas Boyne &amp; His Comrades, 1864 to 1889 by William A.
Aleshir e , Heritag e Books 2004
025 . 2882 Ml92c Curating Oral Histories from interview to Archive by
Na n cy Mackay , Left Coas t Press 20 0 7
929 . 2 Sc72J636g A Good Gene Pool of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and
Maryland by Robet t Leland Johnson , Gateway Press 2006
9 2 9.3755 W276m Washington County, VA Designated "Colored" Marriages
1853 - 1881 Hu nt - Hockett Publica tion s 2 0 02
9 2 2 . 89 H798 D845L Life and Career of James W. Hott Late Bishop of the
United Brethren in Christ by Marion R. Drury , DD United Brethren
Publish i ng House
1902
929 . 2 G446 Hl7m Matthias Gish of White Oak by J . I . Hamaker 1940 The
S c ience Press Pu blis hi n g
976 . 8893 W582 The White Caps A History of the Organization in Seiver
County reprint of original 1989 The Buckhorn Press
917.5528 J263j John Jay Janney's Virginia An American Farm Lad's Life
in Early 19th Century b y Wer n er L . J a nney and Asa Moore Janney , EPM
Pub licatio n s 1 978
97 5 . 4 52 W64 Sh History of Monongalia County West Virginia from its f irst
settlement to present time; with numerous Biographical and Family
Sketches by Samuel. T . Wiley 1883 Preston Publishing
3 4 2 . M356c T h e Constitutional Decision s of Joh n Marshall 1803 - 18 21
Vol ume 1
G . P . Putna m' s Sons 1905
342 . M356c The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall 1823- 1830
Volume 2
G . P. Putnam ' s Sons 1905
929 . 2 L454L A Lehman, Layman Genealogy Handbook compil e d by Earl R.
Layman 20 06 Mastho f Press

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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REDISCOVER VIRGINIA
400 Years ofFamily History
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2007 National Genealogical Socjety Conference

u~1

and Family History Fai r
The 2007 NGS Conference in the States and Fam ily Hi st0ty Fair is scheduled for May 16-1 9, 2007. The
National Genealogical Society together with the Vfrginia Genealogical Society. the Fairfax Genealogical
Society. and the Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia (ORIYA) will be hosting thi s year's conference
which wi ll bring together genealogists and famjJy historians from around the country and beyond.
The 2007 conference which marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of America in 1607 and the first
settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, will be held at the Greater Riclun ond Conven ti on Center and Richmond
Marriott Hotel in Richmond, Virginia.
William Byrd II named the city Richmond because the bend in the James River is s imilar to that of the Thames
in Richmond, England. Richmond has more than 400 years of history; it was the second successful English
settlement, the site of Patrick Berny's famous "Give me liberty or give me death" sp eech, and the fo1mer
capital of the Confederacy.
Richmon d, which lies at the falls of the James River is centrnl to the many regions of the s tate-to the east
brackish waters feed into the Chesapeake Bay, to the west is the vast Piedmont plain bordered by the th e Blue
Ridge Mountains, which with the Appalachian Mountains shelter the Valley of Vfrginia--the ftumel for
migration south and west. The Richmond Region has it. all - upscale shopping, fabulous restaurants, heartpounding sporting events, world-renowned musewns, vibrant cul ture, elegant ho mes and garden s and family
fun for everyone. Of course central to the interest of family historians will be the many researc h collections
at Library of Vfrgiaia and the Virginia Historical Society.
The conference program details are coming soon - but hjghlights include:
Day-long tracks on DNA, the Library of Congress, National Archives records, Virg inia records and
repositories
A special, "Beginning Your Family History" track on Saturday
Workshops on Handwriting, Finding and dating postcards for your fami ly history, Court records, Advanced
Chaacety Record Research, Land Platting, and Mapping Workshop for Genealogist s
Computer workshops on DeedMapper, GenSmarts, Legacy, Master Genealogist, Photo image Digital
Manipulation Using Software, Excel for the Genealogist, Microsoft Word for the Genealogist, Optimizing
Your Computer at N o Cost, Backup Strategies and Tools.
Lectures on English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Gennan, African-American, and Imiian Research ; Kentucky, W est
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington, DC; military
records, migration paths, railroads, indentured servants, searching the fntem et ; conference-long M ethodology
track, researching women.
Visit http://www.eshow2000.com/ngs/2007/ for more details

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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Vescendan t efJohn Roffe antfPocaliantas to
~ea£ at ~65 Coeference in the States &amp;
family Ylistory fair
Richard (Dick) Cheatham, a descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahantas, will provide a
" Welcome to the Virginia Colony" to attendees at the National Genealogical Society
banquet at the NGS Conference in the States &amp; Family History Fair on Friday 18th May
2007 at the Richmond Marriott Hotel.
Appearing in the character and dress of John Rolfe, Cheatham, a 14th generation
descendant of John Rolfe and Pocahontas, will provide the same welcome that John
Rolfe would have given to new arrivals to Jamestown. Rolfe will talk about many of the
important events that preceded their arrival and about many of the important individuals
who played a part in the founding of Jamestown in 1607 and during the next several
years. At the end of his presentation, he will answer questions that John Rolfe would not
have been able to answer.
The year 2007 marks the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, established by Sir Walter
Raleigh in 1607. John Rolfe was the savior of the English colony - the failing experiment
at Jamestown which became "America." The marriage between John Rolfe and
Pocahantas created an eight-year period of peace between the English and Powhatans
- known as the " Peace of Pocahantas" - saving perhaps hundreds of lives. John Rolfe
was also a member of America ' s first democratic parliament in 1619 called the General
Assembly.
Richard (Dick) Cheatham, a native of Richmond, Virginia, is founder and director of
Living History Associates. A graduate of Virginia Military Academy and a school teacher,
museum educator and television reporter, he has appeared on the BBC and The
Learning Channel and has been interviewed on Entertainment Tonight and the Voice of
America in addition to many other TV and radio stations. Dick' s interest in history flows
directly from his strong and broad interest in ideas - why people do what they do.
The National Genealogical Society was founded in 1903, and is the premier national
society for everyone from the beginner to the most advanced family historian. The NGS
serves its members by providing genealogical skill development through education,
information, publications, research assistance, and networking opportunities.
Further information on the NGS Conference in the States &amp; Family History Fair can be
found at the NGS website at: www.ngsgenealogy.org
Contact Jeanne Lund (703) 525-0050, ext. 112. (703) 525-0052 (Fax).

Lund@ngsgenealogy.org

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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Peter and Jacob Coger
Who Were Their Parents!

By Barbara Cogar 1rwin

Peter and Jacob Coger were brothers who fought together in the Revolutionary
War under the command of Col. George Rogers Clark in the conquest o r Illinois in 177 879. Little is known of their lives prior to their service in that campaign. Jacob left no
written record, but Peter did provide some information in two pension applications under
a law passed by the Virginia Assembly on June 7, 1832 providing for soldiers o f the
Revolutionary War. 1
He first applied to the Lewis County Court of Virginia on December 3rd of that
year. He stated that he was 79 years of age and that he first entered the service in
Rockingham County, Virginia as a volunteer in July of 1777. After givi ng an account of
his several tenns of service, he said he was discharged towards the end of October in
I 781 whereupon he returned to his residence in Rock ingham County. He was then given
several questions to answer under oath. To these he replied that he was born in the State
of Pennsylvania but did not recollect the name of the county, that he was 79 years of age
but had no record of his age other than the account given by his parents. He stated further
that his discharge papers had been lost. Peter was then placed on the pension rolls and
received .a pension until the fo llowing year.
On 5 Aug 1833 the commissioner of pensions notified him that he was being
removed from the pension rolls and that his papers were being returned because he had
not provided proof of his service. He was asked specifical ly to provide proof oC hi s
service under Col. George Rogers Clark.
One year later, on 18 Aug 1834, Peter returned to the Lewis County Courthouse
and stated to the court that he didn 't know his age, that he was raised in Rockingham
County, VA and that he was drafted in the year 1777 at the age of l 6 years to serve in the
battle at Point Pleasant.
It was not until 5 Feb 1836, when two payrolls from the Illinois campaign of
1778-79 bearing the names of Peter Coger and Jacob Coger were found, that Peter again
traveled to the Lewis County Courthouse to apply for a pension. T here he stated that he
was upwards of eighty but that there was no record of his age. He added that he had

volunteered for a te1m of one year with hi s brother Jacob "to join the expedition under
taken by Col. George Rogers Clark agai nst the British and Indians in the Illinois
Country" Their term of service expired and they were honorably discharged at Fort
Vincennes, but "Owing to the ill health of both Declarant and his brother Jacob, w ho had
the fever and ague, they did not reach home until July 1779." When questioned he said
that he was born "on the Hawks bill in the County of Shenandoah, State of Virginia", that
he was living in Rockingham County, VA at the time he entered the service of the U nited

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States and that hi s company officers were his neighbors in his youth. He further stated
that shortly after the war he had moved to Franklin Co., VA.
Peter also stated that he was at the time a citizen of Kenhawa (Kanawha) County,
State of Virginj~ but that he applied to the Lewis County Court because "he is a very old
and infirm man, that he li ves near the line dividing the two counties, that from his house
to KenJ1awa. a considerable part of the way is wilderness and he is unable to get on and
off his horse without assistance, that between his house and Weston he has relatives
li ving w ho can when he comes to Weston come with him and assist him."
On Peter's second pension application in the Spring of 1837 his brother-in-law,
Tunis McElwain, swore that " he has been acquainted with Peter Coger from the days of
their youth ... that he well recollects that the said Peter Coger and his brother Jacob Coger
were absent at times from the neighborhood where they were raised, in the County of
Rockingham in the State of Virginia during the period of the Revolutionary War, and
upon their return was in formed by the said Peter Coger and Jacob Coger that they had
been in the Army of the United States then engaged in the struggle for Independence."
Peter' s second application was accepted and he was restored to the pension roll s. He
rece ived a pe nsion until hi s death in 1841.
These pension claims of Peter Coger provide only a brief account of his long life
and li ttle concerning the life of his brother Jacob. Although Peter refers to "his parents"
he does not name them. Some descendants believe that Peter and Jacob were sons of the
German immigrant Hans Jacob Coger but.have offered no documented proof. Therefore_.
further research into Virginia court records has been conducted in the hope of learning
more about origins and lives of the two brothers.
Peter returned to his residence in Rockingham Cow1ty after his service where on
3 Sep 178 l he was united in marriage with Mary McElwai.n, a sister of the previously
m e ntioned Tunis McElwain. That sarne day the marriage of Thomas McElwain (brother
of Mary and Tunis) and Francis Price was also celebrated, with the same minister
presiding over what appeared to be a double wedding.
Three weeks later on 24 Sep 178 l , Peter Coger and Ephraim Hop.lcins witnessed a
2
deed of bargain and sale from Samuel Philips and his wife Eleanor to Jonah Histon.
Although Peter stated in his pension application that he had moved to Franklin
Co., VA after his return to Rockingham Co., records show that he first moved to
Botetowt Co., VA that adjoins Franklin County. His name is found on the 3 1 August
3
1782 list of Capt. Neeley's Company of Botetourt Co., VA Militia. That same year his
brother Jacob and another fon11er Rockingham County resident, Godfrey Hamilton were
on the Botetourt Cow1ty Personal Property Tax Lists. These taxes were mandatory under
a law passed by the Virginia Assembly that required all white males on or over the age of
2 1 to pay a tithe, whether or not they were landowners. Each tithable was also taxed on
such personal property as horses, mares or colts, mules and cattle. Each year the head of
the household was to take hi s list of the tithable males in his household and taxable

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personal property to the district commissioner. These tax lists are important because they
make it possible to follow a taxpayer if he should move from one co unty to another
within the Virginia.
Godfrey Hantilton had a long personal relati onship with the two brothers, a
relationship that probably began in Rockingham County. He is first fo und in the Augusta
Co., VA County Court in May of 1772 when his sui t against George McNeil was agreed. 4
He probably lived in that part of Augusta County that in 1778 became Rockingham
County for on 24 Aug 1778 the Sheri ff of Rockingham County was ordered to take
custody of two orphan girl s in Hamilton's custody. 5 Three months later Hamilton and h is
wife were summoned to the next court to explai n why they had not delivered up the two
6
orphans as ordered. This is the only record that Han1 ilton had a wife, but unfortunately
her name and the names of the two girls were not recorded nor was the outcome of the
case. No records were found in prior Augusta County Order Books or in those of
Rockingham County concerning Hamilton's custody of the two girls as was required by
law when the custody of minors was granted.
On 27 Mar 1782 in a session held in the county court to adj ust claims against the
Commonwealth of Virginia, Hamilton's claim fo r six yards of cloth at five shillings
7
per yard was approved. Shortly afterward he moved to Botetourt County, VA where in
the following August James Simpkins brought sui t against him, the first of many suits in
the succeeding years involving Hamilton. 8

In 1784 Peter, Jacob and Hamilton paid taxes on personal property in Botetourt
County. They appear to be living on two tracts of land on the waters of Back Creek, a
branch of the Roanoke, one of 188 acres and another of 160 acres. Hamilton had applied
for patents on the two trac(s when he fi rst arri ved in Botetourt County, but the grants
were not made until 23 Aug 1794 and 26 Aug 1794.9 Since nei ther Peter nor Jacob
owned land at that time, it is possible that they were helping Hamilton clear and cultivate
his land as was required by the terms of the patent. T he following October Ha mi lton was
appointed surveyor of a road that terminated a t his property line and all of those living o n
the waters of Back Creek were to assist him in build ing the road and keeping it in
10
repair. Peter and Jacob were probably two of those who worked on the road.
There appears to have been a close relationship between Jacob and Godfrey
HamiJton. h1 the fo llowing November Hamil ton gave to Jacob "for and in consideration
of the Love and good Will and Affection which I have and do bear towards m y Lovi ng
Son-in-Law Jacob Koger ... all singul ar my Goods and Chattles now being in my Present
Dwelling house." Peter Coger, David Branier and E lizabeth Poor witnessed the deed of
gift. Two years later in October 1786, Peter Coger and Elizabeth Poor presented (he deed
in October to the Botetourt County Court where it was proved and ordered recorded. 11
The exact nature of the relationship between Jacob and Hamilton is not known for
at that time the term son-in-law could also have meant stepson. Jacob would have been
Hamilton's son-in-Jaw if he had married Hamilton's daughter. But although Hamilton
was married, there i~ no record that he had any chil dren. Jacob would have been h is

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stepson if 1lamilton had married Jacob's mother. Unfortwiately there are no records to
establish eithe r of these relationshi ps. Nevertheless, at some point in Rockingham County
a close relationship did develop between Hamilton and Jacob and this relationship
included Peter.
On 5 Jun 1786 Hamilton deeded to Jacob "all my lands that I now possess in the
said county w ith the plantation that I now live on with likewise all my furniture and
movables for his lands and properties that the said Jacob Koger had in Kanducky." A
condition of the B ill of Sale was that Hamilton was to have use of the land, household
furniture and movables for four years, but that Hamilton wou ld give th.e m up if Jacob had
a chance to sell the said lands before the four years expired. It the land was sold, Jacob
was to " help to move the said Godfrey Hamilton to the place where he intended to
move.,, Peter Coger witnessed the bond. 11
In 1787 the Virginia Assembly revised the Personal Property Tax Laws. Prior to
that year, taxpayers took the ir individual tax lists to the conu11issioner for their district,
but now beginning on the first of March of each year the tax commissioner was
personally to call upon all households in his district to collect the lists and also to record
the date of his visit. Because of this new req uirement it is possible to identify neighbors
since presumably the commissioner would have visited all near neighbors on the same
day.
The 1787 tax list shows that the commissioner visited Peter and Jacob on May
24th and that Jacob was charged for two tithables (white males over the age of21), one
for himself and one for Godfrey Hamilton who was listed as a member of Jacob's
household. Again on 15 Jun 1788 Jacob was charged for two tithables. Although
Hamilton's name did not appear on the list he was probably the second tithable in the
household. For the next three years, Peter, Jacob and Hamilton all paid taxes on the san1e
day. These tax records show that Peter and Jacob lived in close proximity to Han1ilton
and that for two years, 1787-1788, Hamilton was Jiving with Jacob.
On 2 Feb 1791 Godfrey Hamilton bought a tract of 110 acres ofland from James
Ferguson •'on the Waters of Roan Oak. .. beginning at two Hicories at the foot of the
mountain" . Jacob Coger was a witness to that deed and presented it to the cowi the
fo llowing June. 13
On 15 Jun 1791, Jacob Coger mruTied Sarah Walker and Godfrey Hamilton
w itnessed the maITiage bond. Two years later Jacob paid his last personal prope1iy tax in
Botetourt County and the couple moved to Franklin County. There he bought a tract of
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97 Yi acres from George and Mru·y Harter on l 3 Nov 1793. The following month on
I 0 Dec 1793 , Peter Coger presented to the Botetourt County Court the title bond of 5 Jun
1786 that Hamilton had given to Jacob. 15 There may have been a question concerning the
bond because the foJlowing year on 11 Mar 1794 Jacob brought suit against Hamilton in
the Botetourt County Cowt. Whatever the cause, the problem must have been settled
amicably because "The Plaintiff not further prosecuting the suit lt is Ordered that it be
discontinued." 16

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Godfrey Hamilton paid his last personal property tax on 2 /\pr 1795 and the
following Jw1e, shortly before his death, he wrote hi s will wh ich was presented to the
court on the 14th of July of that year. 17 " William Koger Eldest son of Peter Koger' ' and
"Catharina Koger the woman that had lived with me" were the only legatees. An
inventory and appraisement of the estate was made the fol lowing October 18 and the
settlement was recorded at the Botetourt Cow1ty Court of January 1800. 19 T he settleme nt
lists many expenses incurred in the disposition of the estate. Thus, in Janua ry Col.
Mclanahan was paid for publishing a notice in the Gazette for " Settli ng with the
Creditors ". Henry Snider and Jacob Kinsey were paid for making the co ffi n and Jo hn
Noftsinger was paid for whiskey served at the funera l. John Kell y was paid for 1iquor
served at a vendue that was held for the sale of the deceased's estate and Abraham
Haldeman was paid for liquor consumed at the last vendue.
On 2 1 July 1796 Catherina received her inheritance of 10 pounds, 7 shillin gs.
4 pence and a horse valued at 7 pounds, 3 shillings. {n August 1797 Pe te r received tw o
payments for a total of 2 pounds, 1 shilling and 19 pence. In add ition to these expenses
many other outstanding debts incu1Ted by Hamilton were al so paid. The settleme nt al so
included payments collected from the estate's de btors and amon g them was Jacob Coger
who owed 2 pounds, 4 shillings and 5 pence.
Peter paid hi s last personal property tax in Boteto urt County on May 1794 and
moved to Franklin near his brother Jacob. The fo llowing year both Peter and Jacob pa id
personal property taxes in Franklin County.
Peter became a landho lder for the first time on 3 Apr 1797 w he n he bought
160 acres of land in frank lin Co., VA "on the head Branches of Lick run of Black Water

River" from William Kelly, Sr.2°
The year of 1797 also saw the deaths of both Peter's brother Jacob and his
brother-in-law Thomas McElwain. Jacob died and left a brief will dated 21 May 1797.21
The estate was to be divided between his wife Sarah and hi s children. He did not say how
many children nor give their names or ages. Two daughte rs have been identified and each
sold her half of the land inherited from he r fath er to Joseph F lora. 22 Mary ma rried
William Highley on 8 Dec 1809 and moved to Kentucky. El izabeth moved to Bath Co.,
Kentucky where she married T . Barnes on 30 Aug 181 9.
In December of 1797 Thomas M cElwain died and on 1 Jan 1798 hi s widow
Fanny was made adm inistrator of hi s estate. 23 T homas and his fami ly arrived in Frankli n
County the same year as Peter. On 18 A ug 1794 Thomas witnessed the marriage of hi s
sister Catherine McElwai n to Jeremiah Brooks.

Tunis McEJwain, younger brother of Thomas, had been living in Botetourt
County but moved to Frankli n Cow1ty shortly before the death of hi s brother Thomas and
24
purchased 97 acres on the "waters of black water on the meadow branch" . He was
named as one of the appraisers of Thomas' estate. T he appraisa l o f the modest estate was

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returned to court in September 1798 and an inventory of the debts and credits was
returned that same month. The only debtors were identified as Kelly and Coger who
togethe r owed I 1 pounds and 67 shillings-2 5 On 5 Nov 1798 the widow fanny McElwain
married J o hn Kell y.
Peter's close neighbors in Franklin County included the Kingarys, the Kellys and
the Vincents as well as the McElwains. On 29 Jul 1800 a court was called in Franklin
County for the examination of Sarah Vincent, a single woman accused of destroying her
bastard child. Witnesses called were Mary Coger, Mary Coger, Jr., Franky Kelly (fonner
Fanny McElwain), Susannah Kelly, Leah Kelly and Betsy McElwain. The elder Mary
testified " that last harvest was a year she heard Sarah Vincent say she was at that time
Two months gone with Child". The remaining witnesses said that Sarah had told them
she had lost a child. Although Sarah claimed she was "no wise guilty" the court was of
the opinion that she was ''Guilty of the fact wherewith she stands charged and that she
ought to rece ive a furthe r Tryal'' at the District Court. There were no further records in
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the order books of either court and Sarah herself disappears from the records.
Peter and his family remained in Franklin County for another seventeen years.
During that time he made onJy occasional trips to the county court at Rocky Mount. He
served three times on juries and was involved in four civil suits including one lengthy suit
27
invol ving John Harman from 5 Jun 1809 to 5 Mar 181 2.
His two oldest children were married in 1804: William to Elizabeth Kingary,
.
ili
daughter of Peter and Mary Kingary, on September 18 and Mary, Jr. to Edward
Robertson the following October 13 1h. William was of age and needed no consent from
Peter to man-y Elizabeth. As Mary did require his consent, Peter sent a note to the county
clerk saying that he and his wife Polly were both willing for the clerk to let Robertson
have the license to marry and that he (Peter) would be much obliged if Robertson could
have it without his (Peter's) coming down (to the comthouse). Clu·istofer Kingary and
William Coger witnessed the consent.
Following the death of his father and the remarriage of his mother to Jolm Kelly,
Thomas McElwain, Jr. married Ruth Vincent, daughter of Charles and Susanna Vincent,
on 12 Oct 1799. He bought 119 acres of land from John Vincent on 31 Mar 1803 that he
later sold to John Wright on 24 Aug 1805. 28 He then moved to Kentucky. ln the
meantime, Tunis had sold his land to John Adney on 11 Nov 1803 and retw·ned to
Botetourt County. 29
By 1810 Peter's son William and his wife Elizabeth were the parents oftlu·ee
boys and as additional income was needed, Peter purchased a tract of 100 acres on the
"waters of Maggoty Creek on the north side of Clarks Knob'' from John Kinsey. The
deed was recorded on 2 Apr 1810.30
By 1816 three more of Peter's sons, Thomas, Jacob and Benjamin, had reached
the age of 21 and were required to pay a personal property tax. The number of tithable
males in Franklin County had also grown with the result that land had become scarce and

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more expensive. Land was readily available farther west and the Coger fam il y decided to
leave Franklin County. On 24 Feb 181 6 Peter sold 100 acres of land on the Waters of
Black Water River to Benjamin Garnes of Montgomery Co .. VA and a year la ter on
13 Feb 1817 he sold the Maggoty Creek tract to Abraham Abshire. Peter and his fam il y
then moved to Nicholas Co., VA (now WV). 31
Before leaving Franklin County, William Coger was appoi nted administrator of
the estate of Peter Kingary, deceased .32 The estate must have been very sma ll and settled
privately because there was no court record of an appraisement or settlement. Two
brothers of William's wife Elizabeth have been ide ntified. Her brother Jacob Kingary and
his wife Leah, the daughter of William and Rachel Kell y, had left F rank lin Count y in
1805 and settled in Monroe Co., KY where Jacob d ied 4 Nov 1857 at eighty years or
33
age. Elizabeth's brother Joseph Kingary and his wife Caty (nee Kell y) joined Jacob and
Leah in Kentucky in 1810.
However, a year after Peter's departure, George Wri ght 34 brought sui t agai nst
him in the Franklin County Court on 3 Mar J818; Peter was fou nd no t gu ilty and the case
set aside. The followi ng June, Wright again brought suit against Peter; the sui t was
continued until 3 Mar 1819 when the j ury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for twentyseven dollars and fifty cents with interest from J Jul 1817.
ln N icholas County on 10 Oct 182 1 Peter purchased a 50 acre tract on the Elk
River 35
from Jeremiah Carpenter, who is believed to be have been the earliest settler on E lk
River. A survey for an adjoining 65 acres was made on 13 Sep 1822 and a gra nt
received on 7 Jul 1823. 36
Peter resided in Nicholas County until 1827/28 and then he moved to Kanawha
County, probably to be near daughter Sarah who had married Henr y Mace about 182 0 .
There on 23 Aug 1828 his youngest daughter Phoebe married Adam S ta rcher.
On I 0 Aug 1832 Peter and his son Peter, Jr. sold the 65 acre grant and 30 acres of
the 50 acres purchased from Jeremiah Carpenter to Samuel Skidmore. Peter, Jr., who had
married Mary Carpenter, daughter of Jeremiah, retained the re maining 20 acres. 37
In 1840 Peter was living with his daughter Phoebe and her husband Adam
Starcher. He paid his last personal property tax in Kanawha County in 1841 and died a
short time later. He is buried in the Gi bson Cemetery near Arnoldsburg, WV.
As previously stated, the purpose of the researc h that led to this article was to
learn more of the li ves and origins of Peter and J acob. An earlier article, publ ished in the
Fall 2004 Issue of Virginia Appalachian Notes, dealt with the claim tha t they were son s
of Hans Jacob Coger a German immigrant who arrived in Philadelphia, PA w ith his
brother Nicholas in 1732. 38 Research for that article found no reco rds to validate this
claim but records were fou nd that show Hans Jacob had three sons: Jo hn, Henry and
Nich~las. Although the names of Peter and Mary appear as witness,s on a deed dated 2 1
Oct t 882 in Henry Co., VA where by Hans Jacob gave land to his son He nry , this deed

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tells us nothing of the identity of Peter and Mary, their relationship to each other or to
Hans Jacob. 39
Both Hans Jacob and Nicholas settled in Pennsylvania after their arrival from
Germany in 1732. T hree years later oo 15 Aug 1735 Nicholas was united in marriage
40
with Elizabeth Willheit~ daughter of John Frederick and Lucretia (Hafuer) Willheit.
There are birth and baptismal records for five children born to Nicholas and
E li zabeth :4 1
John
b. 3 Sep 1736 and bapl 21Oct1736
An n Elizabeth b. 2 Dec 1738 and baptl5 Feb 1739
John Michael
b. 10 Mar 1740 and bapt 19 May 1740
Jolm Jaco b
b. 4 Sep 1741 and bapt. 27 Sep 1741
Anna Catherina b. 17 May 1743 and bapt. 27 May 1743.
The three older children were born in Pennsylvania, but Jacob and Catherina were born in
42
Virginia on a 75 acre tract of land purchased by Hans Jacob on 26 Jun 1740. This land,
located on the Shenandoah River at the Hawksbill Run in what was then Orange County,
became home to both fami lies. It was there that Nicholas Coger died in 1743, shortly
after the bi11h of Catherina.
The widow Elizabeth Coger relinquished her right of admi11istration of her
husband's estate to his brother Hans Jacob. 43 In 1745, Augusta County was formed from
the part of Orange County in which the Coger families resided.
Hans Jacob remained in Augusta County until 1753-54 when he moved to Halifax
Co., VA w here he had land surveyed on Stone's Creek in April 1754; patents to the land
were granted several years later. 44 Because of changing boundary lines, the land 011
Stone's Creek was located in Pittsylvania County after 1766-67 and finally in Henry
County aft.er 1777-78. No records were found to show that Peter or Jacob had ever lived
or owned property in these counties. Record do show that the two brothers were born and
raised in that part of Rockingham County that was formed from Augusta County in 1778.
T his suggests that Jacob was the son of Nicholas Coger, the brother of Hans Jacob. As
previously mentioned, Peter was related to Jacob but the natme of this relationship
remai ns unclear.
O n 24 May 1753 , Hans Jacob, now a resident of Augusta County, returned to the
Orange County Courthouse to settle the estate of his brother Nicholas. The widow
45
Elizabeth received he r sh are of the estate, 20 pounds and 5 shillings. Although she
disappears from the records, E lizabeth probably remained with or near her sister Barbara
(Willheit) Miller, the wife of Adam Miller. Some have suggested that she may have
m arried Godfrey Hamilton. It is unli kely that Peter was Hamilton's son since he referred
to himself as Peter Coger and not Peter Hamilton.
On the same day that the settlement of the estate was submitted to the Orange
County Court, Hans Jacob sold 465 acres of land on the Shenandoah River to Thomas

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McCredie, a merchant from Fredericksburgh. V A. 46 The 465 acres was part of a 930 acre
tract patented to him by the Commonwealth of Virginia on 24 Apr 17 53~ the remaining
acres he kept for himself. 47 Also that day McCredie with George Frazi ~r and Jerem iah
Morton put up a bond for the orphans of the deceased Nicholas Cogcr."&gt;l
There were no records concerning the guardianship of N icholas' chi ldre n except
for Michael who was made a ward of his uncle Adam Miller in 1755 and was to receive
his share of the estate when he became of age. 4 9 He married in June 1762 and the
following August, Hans Jacob sold to him the land that he had kept for himsel r in
Augusta.County. He served as a Captain of the Militia during the Revo lu tionary War and
as a Justice of the Rockingham County Court from J 778- 1783 when he sold hi s holdin gs
in Rockingham County and moved to Kentucky.

John, like his mother Elizabeth, disappears from the records.
.
Elizabeth married her co!1sin Henry Miller, son of /\dam and Barbara ( Willhe it)
Miller and had several children_:io
. Both Jacob and Peter enlisted for service in the Revolutionary Wur in
Rockingham County and returned there after the ir service.
. Catherina probably went to Botetourt County in J 782 w ith Godfrey Hamilton as
HamJlton referred to her in his will as "Catharina Koger the woman that had lived with
me."
.
From the foregoing it appears that .Jacob Coger was the son or Nicholas a nd
Elizabeth Coger. There is a recorded date of his birth and baptism. There is testimony by
Tunis McElwain that he knew Pete r and Jacob from the days of his youth in Rockingham
County. Personal property records show that the two brothers moved to Botetourt Co unty
after the war and lived near or together on land owned by Godfrey Hamilton. Catherina
Coger, the youngest daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Coger, was a member of the
Hamilton household.
The origins of Peter are not so c lear. He c laimed he was the brother of Jacob
Coger, but there is no record of his birth o r parents. There are th1·ee possibilities.
The first possibility is that Peter was the son of N ic ho las and Elizabeth and
therefore the natural brother of Jacob. He is not included on the birth and baptismal
records of their five children, but he may have been born posthumously and hi s birth not
recorded.
The second possibility is that Peter was the half brothe r of Jacob, son of
Elizabeth. Mrs. Delores Cogar Bright, a descendant of Jacob Coger, the third son of Peter
and Mary, writes that the family B ible of J acob and Margaret (Mol.l ohan) Coger was
handed down in their fami ly for four generations. She continues, " lt starte d with J acob
and Margaret and their fami ly. O n the s ides of blank spaces, where they had named their

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children, they had filled in the names of Peter and Polly Coger as parents of Jacob, and
out from Peter, they had written Eliza as his mother. No father was named. Also written
a&lt;&gt; the chi ldren of Peter and Polly were the names Wimam, Thomas, Jacob, Benjamin,
Peter, John, Catherine, Mary. Sarah and Phebe." As there was no birth date given for
Peter and assumin g that his mother was Elizabeth and his father someone other than
Nicholas, he wou ld have been Jacob ·s half brother.
Unfortunately, this Bible and other family heirlooms were lost when the family
farmhouse was set on fire by arsonists while the family were visiting relatives out of
state. However, many fami ly members remembered the Bible and shared the names and
dates recorded in its pages.51
The third possibility is that Peter was the brother of Jacob by adoption. It is
possible that he was orphaned at an early age and taken in by Elizabeth and raised as a
member of the family. Usually orphans were legally adopted or bound out and records of
these procedures were du)y recorded in the County Court Order Books. There were no
such records concerning Peter. However, not everything found it's way into county court
records. It was a long and hazardous trip by horseback on trnils through the backwoods to
the Augusta County Courthouse in Staunton. The family may have considered Peter's
adoption a private matter and did not deem it necessary to record it.
In conclusion, although records appear to show that Jacob was the son of Nicholas
and Elizabeth (Willheit) Coger, no court records were found that identified Peter's
parents. They do show that he had a close relationship with Jacob, Jacob's mother
Elizabeth, Jacob' s sister Catherina and with Godfrey Hamilton with whom Jacob had a
close re lationship.

In the foregoing Virginia Court Records the German surname of Koger was
usually spelled Coger or Cogar and on occasion Cogor, Coager or Couger. Han Jacob
signed the deed giving land to his son Henry as Jacob (his mark) Koger. After his death
his sons continued to use the German spelling. Jacob, son of Nicholas Koger, signed his
will as Jacob Koger. In Nicholas Co., VA court records the surname was spelled Cogar
or Coger by Peter and his descendants and on a few occasions Cowger or Cowgar.
In this account of the life and origins of Peter and Jacob, Hans Jacob refers to the
German immigrant who came with his brother Nicholas to America to distinguish him
from Jacob, the son of Nicholas Koger.
Godfrey Hamilton appears to have been a German immigrant. Although his name
usually appears as Hamilton, he signed his will as Godfrey (his mark) Hambledon and
that spelling appears occasionally in the court records.

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Footnotes have not been provided for marriage and personal property record s
since they are readily fo und in those records of the respective coun ti es.
In conclusion, I would like to thank my three cousins, J eannette Cogar Rhodes,
Delores Cogar Bright and Thomas Allen Cogar (now deceased) for sha ring their reco rds
with me and Wendell Ware for his enthusiastic support of this project. r mu st a lso thank
my husband, Harry Irwin, for the hours he spent proof reading this article.

1

Pension Claim SJ048 I: Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington , D.C. 20408
Rockingham Co, VA Order Book I , p. 94. (24 Sep 178 J)
3
EARLY MARRAfGES, WILLS, REV. WAR RECORDS OF BOTETOURT CO. , VA
Compiled by: Anne Worrell
4
Augusta Co., VA Order book 14, p. 397 (22 May 1772)
5
Rockingham Co., VA Minutes No. 1, pl I, p. 16 (24 Aug 1778)
6
Ibid., No. I , pt. I, p. 24 (24 Nov I 778)
7
lbid., No. l, pt. 1, p. 124 (27 Mar 1782)
8
Botetourt Co., VA Order Book 1780-1784, p. 2 15 (8 Aug 1782)
9
COMMONWEALTH LAND GRANTS AND PATENTS: Botetourt Co., VA
Abstracted by: Nell M. Nugent
10
Bote!ourt Co., VA Order Book 1780-1784, p . 630 ( 14 Oct 1784)
11
Botetourt Co., VA Deed Book 3, pp. 432-433 (I Nov 1784)
12
Jbid., Deed Book 5, pp.31-32 (5 Jun 1786)
13
Ibid., Deed Book 4, p. 268 (2 Feb 179 I)
14
Franklin Co. , VA Deed Book 3, p. 174 (13 Nov 1793)
15
Botetourt Co., VA Order Book 1793-1797 p . 87 ( t O Dec I 793)
16
Ibid., p. 102 ( 11 Mar 1794)
17
Botetourt Co., VA Will Book A, pp. 399-400
18
Ibid., pp. 409-4 I I (October Court 1795)
19
Ibid., pp. 527-529 (January Court 1800)
2
Franklin Co., YA Deed Book 3, p. 410 (3 Apr 1797)
21
Franklin Co., VA Will Book I , p. 120 (21 May 1797)
22
Franklin Co., VA Deed Book 5, p. 713 ( 15 Dec 1809)
Franklin Co., VA Deed Book 8, p. 27 I (21 Sep 18 l 8)
23
Franklin Co., VA Order Book 1793-1799, p. 3 17 (I Jan 1798)
24
Franklin Co., VA Deed Book 3, p. 553 (4 Sep 1797)
25
Franklin Co., VA Will Book I. pp. 137-139 (September J 798)
26
Franklin Co., VA Order Book 1800-1805, pp. 5-6 (29 Jul 1800)
27
Franklin Co., VA Order Book l 800-1811. p. 244 (4 Aug 1803 ),p. 32 I (8 Nov 1809)
FrankJin Co., VA Order Book 1800-05, p . 28 ((3 Nov 1800), p. 386 (6 pr 1805)
Order Book 1806- 11, p. 75 (4 Nov 1806), p . 276 (5 Jun 1809), p. 291 (7 Aug 1809),
p. 308 (I l Aug 1809)
Order book J81 l - 19, p. 16 (7 Nov 181 1, p. 39 ( 5 M ar 181 2)
28 Franklin Co ., VA Deed Book 4, p . 435 (3 1 Mar 1803)
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56

Augusta County, VA Deeds, Book 10, pp. 477-481 (12/13 Aug 1762)
Augusta County, VA Col.lit Orders, Vol. 7, p. 285 ( 18 Aug 1762).
57
Augusta Co., VA Court Orders, Vol. 16, p. 190 (20 May 1777)
58
Rockingham County, VA, # 1, pL I, p. 20 (23 Nov 1778).
59
Ibid. , # 1, pt. I, p. 214 (April 1783).

Submitted by:
Barbara Cogar Irwin
28329 Coveridge Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
May 18, 2006

South western Virginia Genealogical Society
P. 0. Box 12485
Roanoke, VA 24026
Editor: Virginia Appalachian Notes
Deru· Sir:
Enclosed is a follow up article to the article on Hans Jacob Koger published in the
Fall 2004 issue of VAN.

In tbat article I identified three of his sons. Tb.is article completes that work.
I'm sony this article has been so long in forthcoming, but the research took far
longer than I had anticipated.
I'd also like to compliment Charles T. Burton and Babe Fowler for the Botetourt
Cow1ty, VA Death Records. They include so much more than dates of death! I look
forward to the completed records.

Barbru·a Cogar Irwin

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HAMMOND, Peter - b 27 Jan 1820 - d 23 Dec 1897 - h/o Sarah HAMMOND - gra --.·e
Mt Union Cera

HAMMOND , Peter - d by 9 Oct 1797 - Ref WB A p462, WB C p350 , appra is a 1, .l\dmr
bond - Admrx Barbara HAMMON
HAMMON, Peter (md) - d Mar 1850 - age 54y - cd pneumonia - Ref 1850 Dot Co
Mort Schedule
HAMMOND, Samuel C - b 5 Aug 1830 Bot Co - d 2 July 1915 - f John HAMMOND (b
Pa) - m [Cat y] (MYERS) - buried Haymakertown Cem - cd Arterioschleros is [h/o Bester J LAYMAN (1841-1909)]
HAMMOND, Sarah - b 4 Mar 1817 - d 10 May 190 1 - w/o Peter nAMMOND - grave Mt
Un ion Cem
HAMMON, Theodore B - b ca Mar 1834 Dot Co (census j/L1 56) - d 31 May 18 62
Henrico Co, Va - age 28y 2m - . f John HAMMON _ m Charlotte - cd gun shot
wound at 7 Pines - rep by father - Adm John HAMMON (14 July 1862)
HAMNER see Peyton Carey BRECKENRIDGE

HAMPTON see George PAINTER, male RICHARDSON, Eli z a J RICHARDSON, Jos eph
RICHARDSON

RAMPTON, John - d by 14 July 1828 (son called an orphan) - son William Barton
HANCOCK see Julie CLABK
HANCOCK, Bettie A - b ca 1828 - d 15 Feb 1902 _ age 74y - w/ o Simm HANCOCK grave Amsterdam Cera
HANCOCK, George - d 18 July 1820 Fotheringay, Mont Co - cd appop l exy - rep
in "H erald of the Va ll ey" 26 July 1820
HANCOCK, John - d 2 Aug 1798 - Ref Fincastle Presby graves tone
HANCOCK, Lallie - b 7 July 1891 - d 27 Nov 1895 - J W HANCOCK - m L E grave Amsterdam Cem
HANCOCK, Mary Dove - b 28 Feb 1866 Va - d 17 Oct 1913 - f P B HIPES (b Va) m Jane (RITCHIE) (b Va) - buri ed Hipes Cem - cd Heart trouble
HANCOCK, Nellie A - b ca 1866 - d 1 Jan 1890 ~ age 24y - grave Amst erdam Cem
HANCOCK, Simm - b ca 1829 - d 5 July 1888 - age 59y - h/o Ile ttie A BANCOCK
(d 1902) - grave Amsterdam cem
HANDLEY, Alexander, Capt - d by Sep 1781 - Ref WB A plqQ, will dated 6 Dec
1780 - Relatives: wife Mary; Ch : dau Marthew (md
Breaker ) &amp; another not
named ; b- i - 1 Wi l liam EWING
HANES see HAYNES, Jacob COFFMAN, Gabriel FERREL
RANES, Moses - b 10 Oct 1859 Bot Co - d 23 June 1870 Am sterdam Twsp - age lOy
lm 16d - f Nicholas HANES - m Priscilla - cd Inf rheumatism - r ep by father

- Ref Death book~ Daleville gravesto ne
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BANES, Nicholas - b ca 1821 - d 1 Mar 1898 - age 77y - grave Amsterdam Cem

HANEY see Harriet Jane DILLON, Frederick Wiley DILLON
HANEY, Henry A - d 1869 - Adm bond 11 Aug 1869 Sheriff JOHNSON
HANEY, Jane E - b ca 1849 Bot Co - d 18 June 1853 - f Jacob A HANEY (tailor)
- m Susan A - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
HANEY, Mary S - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 14 June 1853 - father Jacob A HANEY
(tailor) - m Susan A - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
HANGAR see Catherine WILHELM, July Ann CALDWELL, Mary M Wilhelm PULLEN

HANK see Thomas PRICE
HANNAH see Dennis MURPHY, Margaret L BEARD
HANNAH, Alexander - d by Sep 1820 - Ref WB C p281, will dated 26 Sep 1815 wife Mary; Ch James, Joseph, Peggy (md __ GIBSON), Anna (md [David] TAYLOR
HANNAH, Cornelia Agnes - May 1835 - d 13 June 1919 Godwin Cem - hus · Joseph
HANNAH, Ch John L, George W, Frank R, Samuel C, Joseph E
HANNAH, George - d by 23 Nov 1798 - Ref WB A p503, appraisal - Relatives: on
14 Oct 1801, his orphan Patterson (over 14)
HANNAH, Barrie~ ALLEN - b 1788 - d 1865 Godwin Gem - hus Major Joseph HANNAH
- Ch Martha CARPENTER, Mary A McCARTNEY, D • John, George, James, Matthew,
Joseph, Andrew S
HANNAH, James - b ca 1785 Va (census #1187) - d by 13 Jan 1851 - h/o Sarah Adm Samuel WATKINS
HANNAH, Joseph - b 12 May 1827 _ d 30 June 1881 Godwin Cem - f Major Joseph
HANNAH - m Harriet ALLEN - Wife Cornelia Agnes NEAL, Ch: John L, George W,
Frank R, Samuel C, Joseph E
HANNAH, Joseph, Major - b 1787 _ d 1871 Godwin Cem - f [Alexander HANNAH] wife Harriet ALLEN; Ch: Martha CARPENTER, Mary McCARTNEY, Andrew S, Josepb Jr
HANNAH, Barett - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 9 Oct 1856 - f Joseph HANNAH Jr - rn
Carne1ia - cd flux - rep by father
HANNAH, Madison - ca 1822 Bot Co - ct 30 Sep 1858 Bot Co - age 36y - f Joseph
HANNAH - cd consumption - rep by f-i-1 James S WALROND - h/o Caroline V
HANNAH
HANNAH, Margaret W - b ca 1855 Bot Co 7 d 7 Oct 1856 - f Madison HANNAH - m
Caroline V - cd flux - rep by gf James S WALROND
HANNAH, Susannah - b ca 1820 - d 27 Nov 1882, Cem on Sweet Spr in gs Roa d - f
Jacob P SNIDER - m Susannah - hus #1 (1842) Samuel BRUGH, hu s #2 Alex and er
HANNAH
Botetourt County Death Records - Continued

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HANSON, David - d by Jan 1800 - Ref WB A p525, will dated 2 Nov - Wife
Ch Samuel, Daniel, Mary (md
BOGS), Martha, Elizabeth, Sally; Gch: Elizabeth, Sally, Annie (daus of John CALDWELL). [disinherits son Samuel if he
married Rachel GULLIVER]

HARDERSON see HARBISON
BAR.BISON see HERBISON, Absalom LOONEY
HARDBARGER, Henry (widower) - b Pa - d 10 May 1865
- rep by son John HARDBARGER

not known - cd old age

RARDBARGER, William - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 1 July 1854 - f John HARDBARGER m Susan - cd disentary - rep by father
HARDY

see Ann E OBENSHAIN, James

T

OBENSHAIN, Samuel OBENSHAIN,

Z T

OBENSHAIN

HARDY, George - d by 29 Nov 1814 - Ref WB B p450, appraisal - on 11 Mar 1824
his orphans , Sally, George, Bartholomew 8 William

HARDY, Thomas - d by Aug 1823 (order) _ Ref WB

c

p429, appraisal

HARDY, William - b ca 1784 Md (census #1248) - d by 9 Apr 185 - h/o Catherine
- Adm William T HARDY
HARLAN, Sa~ella Elizabeth - b ca 1852 Aug co - d 1 Sep 1855 Fincastle - f
George HARLAN - m Jannis S - cd Hooping cough - rep by father
HARLESS, Grace - b 21 Nov 1913 Bot Co _ d 24 Dec 1913 - · f James HARLESS (b Va)
-m Alice (CARICBOFF) (b Va) - buried Cloverdale Cem - cd sick all her life
HARLOW see

male DOSS, Bugh DOSS

HARLOW, male - b 2 Sep 1916 Bot Co - d 5 Sep 1916 - f Charles T HARLOW (b Bot
Co) - m Pearl (MAY) (b Bath Co) _ buried Eagle Rock Cem - cd unkn
BARLOW, James - b ca 1814 Gouchland Co, Va _ d 24 Apr 1870 Buchanan Twsp age 56y - f George HARLOW - m Holly _ cd dropsy - rep by bro William HARLOW
- h/o Minerva HARLOW
HARLOW, John - b ca 1852 - d 26 Apr 1854 _ f James HARLOW - m
worms - rep by father

Parmel~a

- cd

HARMAN see William WALKER
BARMAN, Jacob - d by 11 Apr 1792 - Re£ WB A p325, will dated 13 May 1791 Admr
bond - wife Margaretta; Ch John, Lewis, Jacob, Margare te, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mariana - Admr Lewis BARMAN

HARMAN, John - d by 11 Mar 1778 - Ref WB A p95, appraisal &amp; Admr bond - admr
William MYNOTT

HARMONTRAUT

see

Armentrout

HARPER, Cassy L - b ca 1857 Bot Co - d 26 Feb 1864 - age 6y Sm HARPER - m Dolly - cd brain fever - rpt by father

f

John C

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HARPER, Charles W - b ca Jan 1862 Bot Co - d 26 July 1864 - age 2y 6m - f
John C HARPER - m Dolly - cd Brain fever - rep by father
HARPER, John A - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 5 June 1860 - age 6y - f Noah HARPER m Ann - cd spasms - rep by (sic) son Joel J HARPER
HARPER, John L - b 1836 Bot Co - c 30 Sep 1913 - f Aubrey HARPER (b Va) buried Cave Rock Cem - cd gangreen
HARPER, Ralph J - b 8 Sep 1912 Bot Co - d 8 Sep 1912 - f James H HARPER (b
Va) - rn Virginia A (CAMPER) (b Va) - buried Cave Rock Cem - cd unkn
HARPER, Sarah A - b 27 Oct 1835 Bot Co - d 16 Mar 1913 -f John BISHOP (b Bot
Co) - m Feba (BEAN) (b Bot Co) - buried Cave Rock Cem - cd TB
HARRIS see Audley PAUL Sr, Macy Edieth RAMSEY, Samuel

lf

TROUT

HARRIS, male - b ca 1867 Bot Co - d 15 Feb Bot Co - age 9m - f William J
BARRIS - m Mary M [FALLS] - cd scrofula - rep by father
HARRIS, Andrew J - b ca 1864 Bot Co - d 12 Apr 1865 Bot Co - age 9m - f William BARRIS - m Mary M [FALLS] - cd scrofulo - rep by father
HARRIS, Clara Belle - b 24 Aug 1917 Bot Co - d 24 Aug 1917 Bot Co - f Thomas
HARRIS (Bot Co) - m Sallie (PAINTER) (b Bot Co) - buried Mt Union Gem - cd
still birth
BARRIS, Earl G - b 12 Feb 1883 - d 1 Feb 1885 Bot Co - f S[amuel] N[ewton]
HARRIS - m Ellen [BECKNER] - grave Amsterdam Cem
BARRIS, Edith E - b 3 Mar 1886 Va - d 25 Mar 1914 Bot Co - f S(amuel] N HARRIS
(b Va) - m E[llen] O (BECKNER) (b Va) - buried Troutville Cem - cd nephritis
HARRIS, Eliza - b ca 1780 ?Rke Co - d 8 June 1855 Bot Co - f
RICHARDSON
- cd croup - rep by Steward of Poor House Anthony K DELMAN - [w/o Jessee
HARRIS]
HARRIS, Ellen - b 16 Jan 1844 va - d 17 Jan 1917 Bot Co - f Johnathan BECKNER (b Va) - m Nancy (OBENSHAIN) (b Va) - buried Troutville Cem - cd Carcinnoroma 0£ 7
- [bus Samuel N HARRIS]
HARRIS, Frank 13 - b ca 1862 Bot Co - d 1862 Bot Co - age Oy l/3m Od - f Elijah
HARRIS - m Catherine [MANGUS] - cd measales - rep by father
BARRIS, Giles M - d June 1857 Bot Co - m Eliza R HARRIS - cd f ever - r ep by
mother
HARRIS, Joseph - b ca 795 Charlotte Co, Va - d 8 July 1869 Bo t Co (Death Bk )
- age 74y 6m 2ld - f Joseph HARRIS - m Jane - cd d i er hor e - r ep by wi f e
Nancy [ST JOHN]
HARRIS, Martha A - b ca July 1867 Bot Co - d 2 Au g 18 67 Bot Co - age lm 2d f Thomas L HARRIS - m Mary E [COFFMAN] - cd not kn own - r ep b)r fa ther
BARRIS, Mary S - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d Aug 1862 Bot Co - ag e Sy - f Edward
HARRIS - m Mary [M MARKHAM] - cd diphtheria - rep by faU1er
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BARRIS, Mati1da - b ca 1856 Bot Co - d Aug 1862 - age 6y - f Edward HARRIS m Mary [M MARKHAM] - cd diptheria - rep by father
HARRIS, [Samuel] Newton - b 21 Jan 1842 Aug Co - d 20 Aug 1917 Bot Co - f
Samuel HARRIS - m Margaret (CARUTHERS) - buried Troutville Cem - cd apoplexy
BARRIS, Owen - b ca 1859 Bot Co - d Aug 1862 Bot Co - age 3y - f Edward HARRIS
- m Mary [M MARKHAM] - cd diptheria - rep by father
BARRIS, Sarah - b ca 1784 - d 17 Dec 1855 Bot Co, Poor House - age [ 71] - ps
not named - cd old age - rep by Steward of Poor House, Anthony K DELMAN
HARRIS, Thomas J(circled, an error) [LaFayette] - b 11 Jan 1829 Va - 14 Dec
1917 Bot Co - f Joe HABRIS (b Va) - m Nancy (ST JOHN) (b Va) - buried Fincastle
Cern - cd Heart failure &amp; intestinal obstruction
HARRISON see John JONES, John WILSON
HARRISON, Elijah - d by 17 Aug 1815 - Ref WB C p33, appraisal - admr Leib
HARRISON
HARRISON, John - d by (14 Aug marked out) 14 Mar 1786 - Ref WB A p238, oral
will not dated, admr bond - Ch John, Mary (md
McNEIL) and others not named
- Adrnr John HARRISON
HARSHBARGER see

Christian FRANTZ, HERSHBARGER, Durst AMMEN, Susan PAINTER

HARSHBARGER, Henry - b ca 1819 Bot Co - d 20 Aug 1865 Aug Co - age 46y - f
Jacob HARSHBARGER - m Elizabeth - cd pneumonia - rep by wife Frances GILMORE
HARSHBARGER, Mary Eve - d by Dec 1802 - Ref WB B p25, will dated 11 Apr 1799
- Ch Christley, Jacob, Samuel

HART, Charlotte J - b ca 1805, Hudson, NY - d 13 Dec 1868 - age 63y - cd Conjestion of lungs - rep by hus Andrew HART
HARTLESS, Della - b 4 Apr 1829 - d 16 Feb 1900 - grave Amsterdam Cem HARTMAN

see Henry L DAVIS

HARTS see Barbara CROFT
HARTS, Elizabeth - b ca 1773 Pa- d 19 Sep 1856 - .f Nicbo1as YOUNG - m Barbary
- rep by s-i-1 Richard WINDRON

HARVEY see Nicholas CARPER, Virginia B MITCHELL, George McDONALD, Mary TRIGG
HARVEYll James C B - d 1870 - Adm bond 10 Oct 1870 George W CARPER

HARVEY, Magdalene
b 24 July 1775 - d 20 Apr 1845 - w/o Matthew HARVEY Ref Fincastle Presbyterian gravestone
HARVEY, Martha - b ca 1746 - d 13 June 1823 - age 77y - Rep in "Herald of the
Valley" 20 June 1823 - w/o Robert HARVEY - grave Fincastle Presby Cem
Botetourt County Deatl1 Records - Continued

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HARVEY, Mattheil, Col - b ca 1761 - d 19 Sep 1823 - age 62y - Ref W] C p384 ,
wil l dated 17 Jan 1822 , codicil dated 4 July 1822 - wife Magdalen; Ch Lucy
Magdalen, Frances, Jane, Elizabeth, Virginia, Polly (md Robert KYLE ) , Maria H
(md William A McDOWELL, John, William - Ref #2 Fincastle Presby gravestone
HARVEY, Patsey - b ca 1793 - d 7 Sep 1795 - age 2y 4m - Ref Fincaste Presby
gravesto n e

HARVEY, William - d by 13 Apr 1781 - Ref Admr Bond - Admr Robert HARVEY
HASLIP see also BESLIP
HASS
HASTIN

see Barbara HAYMAKER
see James LEONARD

BASTIN, James - b ca Apr 1839 Bot Co - d Nov 1861 Fairfax Co - age 22y 7m Od
- f James HASTIN - m Sophia - cd typhoid fever - rep by father
HASTIN, Samuel - b ca 1843 Bot Co - d 13 Nov 1856 - f James HASTIN - rn Sophia
- cd flux - rep by father
HASTINGS, Susan - b 11 Sep 1835 Blue Ridge, Bot Co - d 16 Sep 1912 - f Robert
HASTINGS (b Monr oe Co, WV) - m Patsey (GWALTNEY) (b Rke Co) - buried Trinity
Cern - cd Apoplexy
BASTON, John - b 28 July 1804 - d 28 July 1871 - grave Ol d Glade Creek Cem
HATCHER, William E - b ca 1835 Petersburg, Va - 'd 22 Nov 1857 Chesterfield Co,
Va - f Patrick A HATCHER - cd typhoid fever - rep by father
HATSIMPILLAR see HOTSIMPILLER, Henry WAX
HAVEN see HEAVIN
HANlC, James - d by Jan 1824 _ Ref WB c p483 - Relatives: Others: fr i ends,
Edmund RICHESON, Peter Keyfogger
HAWKINS see Rebecca HENDERSON
HAWKINS, Benjamin - d by 12 Mar 1779 - Ref WB A pl24 , WB C pl88, Will dated
26 Oct 1778 - wi fe Martha; Ch William, James, John, Burden , Magdelin, Sarah
- on 14 Apr 1780 orphan William was over 14; on 11 Oct 1782 orphan James (over
14) &amp; Burden under 14 - Admr Martha AAWKINS, -- Robert HARVEY
HAWKINS, Henry - d by 1908 - cd killed by John BRITTON - Ref Inquest papers

BAY, Mattbe~ - d by 14 Apr 1772 - Ref admr bond - admr Matthew TALBOT
BAYES, male - b 12 May 1914 Va - d 19 May 1914 - f W S HAYES (b Va) -m Maggie
Jane (SORRELL) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd malnutrition

HAYMAKER, male - b 20 Apr 1913 [Bot Co] Va - d 20 Apr 1913 - f Charles William
HAYMA.KER (b Bot Co) - rn Alice Ruth (SHEETS) (b Va) - buried Mt Pleasant Cem
- cd stil l born
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Montgomery County Marriage Announcements
V./edding i\nnouncements saved by Mattie Stump Williams, Christiansburg , VA, m y late
mother-in-law. Contributed by Mary Conner Williams, Pulaski, VA
Mr. &amp; Mrs. G. R. Sharitz announce the marriage of their daughter Ne! I to Dr. George
Grant Howery on Wednesday, the 16th of July, 1913, Riner, Virginia.

Y...r. Howard Hanford Palmer &amp; Miss Fann ie A lmira Hall married Monday the l 8u1 of
June 1917, Riner, Virginia. At home after June 25 at C hildress, V irg inia.
Mr. Oakley Minnis Chandler &amp; Miss Elizabeth Myers married Wednesday the 25 1ti of
Lleoember 1918, Christiansburg, Virginia (Sunset Cem etery - Oakley M . Chandler, b.
Jul 16, 1893, d. Mar 29, 1923; Elizabeth C hand ler, b. Sep 2 L 1896. d. Mar l. 1978.
Oaldey M. Chandler, b. May 2 1, 1920, d. Aug 2, 1985, probably the ir son)

fvfr. Shelburne D. Chandler &amp; Miss B ettie E. Dobbins marri ed Thursday Sep the 18th
l 919 at Riner, Virginia (Sunset Cemetery _ Shelburne Chandler, b. J un 16, J 900, d. M ay
13, 1939)
Mr.&amp; Mrs. Charles Cromer announce the marriage of their daughter Minnie Elizabeth to
Mr. Frank Marshall Howard on Sun day, October 19 ~ 1919, Christians burg, V irg ini a.

Mr. Eugene B. Bowyer &amp; Miss Ruth H . W hi tlock married Sunday, December 21, 1919,
Christiansburg, Virginia.
Mr. &amp; Mrs: C!· L. Hall announce the marriage of their sister Edna Laura to Mr. Thurman
Clayton W1Jhamson on Sunday, March the 281", I 920, East R adford, Va.

Mrs. Alice Van Zant Myers request your presence at the ma1Tiage of her adopted niece
Rosa Luma Eldridge to Ballard Henderson Jewell Saturday May 151" 1920 at 8 o'clock
P.M. at Meadow Creek Church, Riner, Va.
Mr. &amp; Mrs. J.M. Lowman announce the marriage oftbeir daug hter Jessie Maude to Mr.
Oakley Tyler Howard on Monday, the 9th of May, 192 1, Pulaski, V irg inia.

Mr. &amp; Mrs. T(hurman) C(layton) Williamson announce the marriage of their sister Net1ie
Myrtle to Mr. Tell Hodge on Saturday, January the 6th, 1923, Riner, Virg inia.
Mr. &amp; Mrs. T. T. Childress request the p leasure of your company at the Twelfth
anniversary of their marriage on Friday afternoon June 281h from three to six o'clock
"Wildwood" runer, Virginia.

Mr. &amp; Mrs. Robert Taylor Smith invite you to be present at the marriage of their daug hter
Flora Bobby to Mr. James Preston Lockett Saturday, June the 22°d al high noon, Fairview
Methodist Church, Childress, Virginia. (Sunset Cemetery - Jam es P. Lockett, b. Oct 10,
1879, d. Feb 5, 1953; Flora S. Lockett, b. Apr 13, I 896, d . D ec 19, 197 1)

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Leftwich/Horne Family Bible Records
[Bedford and Franklin County]
Holy Matrimony Page
This is to certi fy that James Willian1 Leftwich N and Miranda Langhorne Calloway
were united in Holy Matrimony at ''Bellvue" Home on the 12th. day of January in
the year of our Lord O ne Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Two.
Family History Pages
Great Grand Parents
Father's Grand Parents
Grand father 's Father - Willi am Home, Jr.
Grand fath er's Mother - Dallas - - Grand mother's Father - Samuel Helm
Grand mother 's Mother - Alean Taylor
Mother's Grand Parents
Grand father 's Father - William Leftwich 3rd
Grand father's Mother - Sarah C. Williams
Grand mother's Father - James Calloway, Jr.
Grand mother's Mother - Elizabeth Greer
Grand Parents
Father's Father - John D allas Hon1e
Father 's Mother - Letitia Helm
Mother's Father - James M. Leftwich
Mother's Mother - Miranda Calloway
Parents
Alphonse H . Home
Mary Elinor Leftwich
Father's Great Grand Parents
1) William Hon1e - his father Gen. David Hon1e
_ __ Featherly
2) Lt. Thomas Helm - his father Col. Leonard Heln1, his grandfather Sir
Maberry Helm
Nancy Ann Gilbert
3) Skelton Taylor
Sallie de Moss - her father Jolu1 de Moss

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Mother's Great Grand Parents
1) William Leftwich IT - his parents - Col. W illiam Leftwich and Elizabeth
Haynes
Frances Otey - her parents Capt. Jolm Otey and Mary Hopkins
Parents of Mary Hopkins - Col. Jolm Hopkins and Jean Gordon
2) James Calloway Sr.
Lavinia Langhorne - her father Augustine Leftwich Sr.
3) Moses Greer
Nancy Bailey

D.A.R. Ancestors - Mother's
Col. Jrunes Calloway
Col. J. M. Langhon1e
Col. William Leftwich
Col. John Hopkins - one of signers of Declaration
Capt. John Otey
Capt. Moses Greer
all from England
D.A.R Ancestors - Father's
Capt. Skelton Taylor
151 Lieut. Thomas F. Helm
Sir Maberry Helm
3 from England
Lieut. John de Moss
from France
Maj. Gen. David Horne - from England, fought with Tories and remained loyal to
the King to the end
Our beloved President Franklin D. Roosevelt died April 12, 1945

Also, many birth and death dates of family pets, including the following sad entry:
My poor Cinderella (cat) was put to death without my consent, in June 1952, age

16 years.
Contributed by Lois Blankenship

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BIG OAK CEMETERY
Route 22 1, northern edge of the Town of Floyd
Fronts on Route 221
Big stone TA YI .OR

MaryE.

Emory 13.
f-eb. 15, 18!;5
April 19, l 9j:;S

m:irried
August 10, 1910

April 28, I 890
January 4, 1988

Dig stone CAM1&gt;f.:3ELL
Wolkcr l";dward Campbell Sr.

July 12. 1914 - June 11 , 1990

AJUJ'.:AN AK.EH.S CAMPBELL
Aug11st 15 , 1916
April S. l 98H
FRANK WENDELL CAMPBELL SR.
October ~, 1944
September 24, l 976
FRANK WENDELL CAMPBELL JR.
May IS, 1966
Jnly 2 1. 1982

Also Mubcrry Funeral Home plaque

Big stone VA.UGI TN
Murry E.
Ada Akers
I 906 - 1998
I 9 13 - I 973
(Maberry Funeral Home plaque gives name ns Murry Edgar Vaughn]
MlJRR Y ii. VAUGHN , m..
August S. 193.:J !No death &lt;lute)

Big stone SLOAN - 13J;::A VERS
Mary 11 .
Nov. 15, I 894
Dec. 29, 1986

Elsie S.
Mny 5, 1913
Ja11uwy7. 1987

Big stone TI IOMPSON
Herbert LR.
Frances C.
Mar. 2, 191 4
October 8, 1898
Dec. 6, 1970
November 21. J895
f'ootstones read : Wife - Husband
Big stone HELM
Father - Doris V.
Mother - Rosa L.
1914 - 1974
l 924 - [No dcat11 date]
Dig stom: VAUGJ lN
Precious Memories
!Jarry K .
1913 - I 978

Katherine Sue
192 1 -

Funeral Home Plaque: l 921 - 2003

Plat stone JAMES ELMER FINNEY
Pvt U.S. Anny - Korea
December 3, I 933 - February J, 2000
Funeral
EARNEST DORTCH
home plaque
1924 - 1991
Big stone FINNEY

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Willie L.
Feb. 11, 1908
June25, 1893

GladysE.

March 9, 1909
November 5, 1990

Big stone VAUGHN
Thy Kingdom Come

WillieE.
Nov. 13, 1906
SepL 11 , 1987

Vivian F.
May 12, 1914
Aug. 20, 1986

Father - Edgar Jr.
Mar. 25, 1931
[No death dateJ

mnrried
Feb. 15, 1959

Big stone VAUGHN
Mother - Thelma 1

Oct. 31 , 19,H
Jan. 24, 1993

Bigstone EDGAR VAUGHNfil
Son - [photo on stone)
August 13, 1964 - Jnn. 27, I 983

Big stone CLAYTOR
Oscar
Oct. 28, 1920

married

Treva

April 3, 1943

Dec. 7, 1927
fNo death dnte)

Nov. 7 , 1985

B.

HARRIET CONNER PENN
1861 - 1945

LOUJS WILLIAM PENN
1894 - 1962

Big stone BEAVER
Ophus A.

Rosie P

1891 - 1977

Funeral home pluque: Rosie Penn Beaver
1900 - 1996

Funeral
PAT PROFFJT BEA VER
home plaque
1930 • 2002

footstone:
Pat Proffit Beaver
CPL U.S.Anuy - Korea
OctClber I 2 , 1930 - May 22, 2002
Big stone PENN

In Loving Memory

John

Beatrice A.

July 2, 1904
March 9, t 982

August 3 I , I 908
November I 0 , 2000

William K.

Gladys K.

Big stone VAUGHN
1944- (No d~th date]
Funeral home plaque: William Kyle Vnuglm, Sr
1939 - 2003

MOLLIE E BLAGMAN
Mother
April 9, 1856 - Jan. 16, 1927

At Rest

Broken
stone

WYlli N. MURPHY
Sept I 4, 1887

March 8, 1919
Gone but not forgotten
MARVIN VAUGHN MURPHY
July 14. 1917 - Feb. 26, 1919

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l.EMUFI. LEF Sl'l.:NCER
V1'1!1111a

CPI. 2211• Buse IJ1111 AAF
World War II
IJetuhcr I . 1906 - Jul v I I . 196 1
W ll.l.IAM ALRER I' I IA YDEN
V irginia
PFC Co 1.36 7 lnli1111.0
World Wnr I
Jami~ I . 1895 - Augu,;t I 7. 1957
l.OUlSA C ANNADAY

Born Fcbniory 15. I 830
D 1c&lt;l March 22, I 'J07

!ircctcd b~• t11c chtld rcn of I'[ un rcaduhlel L . I lowurd
CORRJJ ~ I ~

Del lART
187S - 19 13
Erected hy Jos ic De I lnrt

Big stone SPENCER
One \\ Orthy of remembrance
f110 n ames &lt;ln stonoj
Funeral
LILI .lAN I
home plaque
1896 - J l)()C)

Wood Funeral I lomc marker

Funeral
IRVIN lllJG I I LEMONS
home plaque
1926 - :wm

Maberry Ftmcral I lomc marker

Oig slone DANIEL LEE LEMONS
S2 U.S Navy
World Wnr n
Feb. 28, 1928 - Oct 27. 1997
Big stone

LEMONS
1by Kingdo m Come
1:nlJ11:r - Silas M .
N ov. 14, I 9JJ
Sept. I 0, I 988
Footstonc
S ilas Martin Lemons
U.S. Am1y
Nov 14 , 1933 - Sept 10, 1988

Big stone CURTIS T LE MONS
Apr. 21 , 1932
Feb. 27, 1979

M&lt;1U1cr - Ellena R.
April 24. 1935

(No death llutef

Funeral home marker: Curtis Tormnie Lemons

Footstonc

Curtis T . Lemons
C PL U.S . Anny - Korcll
Apr. 21 , 1932 - Feb. 27. 1979

13ig stone LEMONS
11 Boyd
1900- 1966

Annie S
1903 - 1961

Big stone I IOW ARD T. BEA VER
Sept 16, 1948
Apr. 30, 1970
Foot stone
I foward T Reaver
Virginia

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SPS U.S. Army- Vietnam
Sept. 16, 1948
Apr. 30, l 970

Funeral

ELIZABETH F. AKERS

home plaque

M:ihcrry Funeral Home murker

1925 - 2002

Funeral
ELLIS CAMBRIDGE AKERS
borne plaque
1918-1992

GardnL-r Funern l Home marker

Funeral COREY SCOTI SWEENEY
home plaque
1986 - 1986

WILLIE LCE AKERS
PfC U.S. Anny

World War 11
Aug.9, l9JJ - July2, 1978

Big stone IRVIN AKERS
1924- 1973

J\t Rcsl
Big stone AKERS

KateE.

Horace

1889 - 1971

1884 - 1959

LUCINDA CONNER
Died SepL 25, I 93 1 - Age 70

ROBERT Wll.LIS RIDLE
Bom - Nov. 2, J895
Died - Dec. 12, 191 4
Meet.Me In Heaven

Large cast IIOD marker, not readable
Cast iron marker, not readable
Big stone ADDIE LEVISY
Mother
Died Feb. 9, 1909
Erected By Her Children - In Memory of Our l)car Motlier

Big stone OUR BROTHER
fNo namcj
Big stone WiJliam Napper
1883 - 192 1
Departed To Another Life

Big stone DOROTIIY W. McKENZIE
1913 -1999

Mother of Constance Hayden

Big stone HAYDEN

Lmnb

Wise Jr.

Clara B.

Nov. 6, 1897
Dec. 19, 1954

Jun. 18, 1908
Jan. 29, 2002

JAMES R.. HAYDEN, JR
Son of W. H. And Clara
Sept 30, 1927

Nov. 2, 1927
Darling We Miss Thee

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SllAKA Bl: /\1TY
Son of Marsha and Gn:gory Bcally
Mar .i . I &lt;)77 - Jul 26. l &lt;l77

Big stone /\KJ:RS
W&lt;.'T!dcll 11

Oc111b1a 11
I 889 - l &lt;J(,(•

!SSS· 1951

AL VER11E T AKERS
O lde.st Daughter \.lt' W 11 nnd Octaw1 Akers
Aug. 2-1. 19 11 - JuL21 . 192 1
Dnrling We Miss ·111ec

Lamb

DR Cl lllTIS T I IA YDEN
1885 - 1936

JENNIE 11YRD
Wile o r Wisc 1lnytlen
I 870 • 193(•

WlSE I IA YDEN SR.
1856 - 19,1(&gt;

Dig stom; NANNlt:: SUE SCALES
Goin" Home
April '\. I 903 • Feb. 29, 1980
Mother of Janet Sc:-iles Gilliam
POSY A SCALES
Son of Nick and Nanruc Scales
Bom - Dec 8, I 894
Oic&lt;l - Jan I , I 906
Our Darling One I lath Gone To Gn.-et Us On The Ohssful Shon:

Big stone SCA! .ES
Edgar Nick
Dec. 12, 1870
Feb. 16, 1948

Nannie Stcwa ri
Nov 2, 1873
Oct J , 1927
Funeral
home pluque

Big stone

J . K.ELC f llA YDEN
1890 - 1977

HA YDHN

·n1y Will Be Done
[no names]

BESSIE MAY l lA YUEN
Wife of Wm. Napper
July 18, 1887 - Nov. 20, I 903
Age 21 years, 4 mo.. 8 Js.
We Will Meet Again
MILDRED JANE AKERS
Mother
Wife ofW. T. Akers
Aug. 5, 186 1

Dec. 13, 1919
She's Not Dead, Only Sleeping
WM. T. AKERS
Father
M ay 25, 1860
Jun. 22, 1927
Let Our father's Will Be Done

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Funeral
ODESSA REBECCA BROWN
home plaque
l 904 - 1979

JATI-IINlA POTIER
Died Aug. 29, 1926
Age 70 Years
Gone But Not Forgotten
Flat stone EDWARDS

Robert L.
1882 - 1933

AUceP.
1883 - 1958

GEORGE N . .WGRAM
Aug. 26, 1855
Nov. 24, 1924
To Him We Trust A Place Is Given,
Among The Saints With Christ In Heaven

Funeral
GEORGE EDD INGRAM
home plaque
190 I - 1990

Funeral

Wood FtU1crul I loim: 111ark~r

WILLIAM REED INGRAM
1889- 1948

Mubcrry Funcrul I Jome marker

Unmarked footstone by itself
CLARENCE CONNER
Age 40 - Died June 1949

Deeply embedded stone
Stone lying on it's face, emlx.'&lt;.lded in dirt

Lamb

HOl'viBR BEA VER
Son ofD. F. and Rosia Beaver
Jen.11,1917
Apr. 19, 1920
Absent in [not readable]

Toppled
stone

Fred Lee Hill
[Nol readable] 1889
Sept. [?] l 900
W. N.AK.ERS
Son of Warren and Anna B. Akers
Born - Sept. 24, 1912
Died -Feb, 18, 1913

Big stone AKERS
Warren

AnnaB.

1880-196 5

1881 - 1976

Big stooe RlSENBERRY AKERS
July 17, 1914
Oct. 11 , 1983
Footstone-

Risenbecry Akers

me 5 u.s. Army
World War 11

[same dates as above]
ELIZA V. MORRIS
Daughter of [?]. W. &amp; Rosanna B. Moms
Born - Oct. 14 (not readable J
Died - [not readable]

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K Yl J: W /\KERS
Feb I 0, ! 8R9

Apr 2-l. 1959

MAR Y J/\NE PINNEY
1940-1960
·n1c Lord ls My Shepherd
FRJ\.NK I'. EDWARDS
July 1-i. 1909
Jun. 17 . 19,19
Mcmoric:-:
From Nephew f-'rnnk
NANNIE IDA EDWARDS
Oct. 5. 1885
Jun. I 0, 1977
Resl ln Pc.nee Forever More

Bigslonc EDWARDS
Ernest I..
1891 - 1956

Gcrtrntlc M .
1904 - 1947

FANNU·: EDWARDS
1855 - 1938
She l luth Done Whnt She Could

ELLIS E. EDW /\RDS
/\pr. 19. 1892
/\ug. 5, 193-i
A sleep Jn Jesus
Wil.,LIE EDWARDS
Born - Nov. 29, 1855
Died - Sept. 28, 19 14
Back of stone Gt&gt;d Gave - Ho Took - He Will Restore - I le Doclh All Things Well

JEFP EDWARDS
Ow· Fn U1cr
1840 -1 9 18
At Rest

ALICE B. V AU GI TN
1883 - 1938
Sleep On Mother
Leaning on
;mother stone

GURTlE TURNER

Born - Mar. 2, I 898
Died - Mar. 3. 1900
Beautiful, Lovely,
She Was But Given,
A Fair B ud To E&lt;1rth,
B lessed ln Heaven

ADAN. TURNER
[very worn stone] 1905

WlLLIE JUNlOR EDWARDS
Feb. 17 , 1934
Apr 18, 1943
Rest fn Pence
Transcrihed Dec. 27, 2003 bv John /\. Ed monds. Michael Blankenship 1md Josh\lll Blankenship.

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A Journal's Place in Family History
A journal's place in family history can be very influential. I was thinking abo ut my ancestor'.s who
lived when a census or birth, marriage and death documents were not always legall y required. I
thought about records that were destroyed, such as the 1890 census, and al l that valuable data .was
lost. I contemplated those families who were immigrants or migrant workers and never reall y lived
long in one place for records to be solidly documented.
Similar things can happen to us even today. Acts of natures such as fires, earthquakes, floods,
hurricanes can destroy court houses, homes, cemeteries and other places where genealogical records
are kept - destroying our family's documents. What can we do to help keep our family records
recorded for our descendants in the upcorrung years?
It is so important for us to keep these things in mind when we write in our journals. We may not

want to dedicate every writing toward recording historical events in our fami lies, but choose a time
and write things that could be beneficial to your descendants. I think at least once a month would
be a good time to set aside for this~ that wou ld give you twelve times a year dedicated to recording
your family infonnation.
As you write in your journal during this special time, record family m e mbers, their births, marriages
and deaths. Record all the places the fami ly has lived and lists the dates of any moves. Always
remember to list dates for any of these occurrences. Stories about your family are an important part
of this writing. This may be the only place that the event was recorded! Th.i s would be s imilar to
how our ancestors recorded information in the old family bibles.
Journals should be stored in a very safe place. While most of us tend to hide our journals because
they are private to us, consider storing it in a safe place in case of severe weather or fires. It is
important to preserve your memories and data for future generations. Another thought is who you
would like to inherit your journal upon your death. We do not like to think that we may not a lways
be here, but death is eventually going to happen to all of us. Some of us may live long li ves, whi le
others die young due to accidents or health issues. Keep a note in your journal who you would like
~our journal to go to should something happen to you. Write in this note how important and
influential the information you share in your journal is for your descendants and family . Express to
t~em how you would like it to be preserved and stored in a safe place and left in the family and not
1scarded or taken to the curb. If your family has no interest, or if you have no descendants to leave
it to, you might consider donating it to a historical society.

?

The Ne~ Ye~r is a great time to set goals. Consider setting a goal to start a journal that includes
yo~ family hist~ry. A great idea may be to share the family history portion of your journal with your
childr~n ~r relatives by making them copies updating them as you add to your jow-naJ. If you use
an onlmeJournal, ~ake sure you print the information and store safely. While floppy disks and CD's
can make a convement back-up system, the future generations may not use these currents methods
of data storage. An old fashioned journal with a good pen is sometimes the best way.
By Tina Sansone

Black Sheep Ancestors
A great place to search for those really baaaaad ancestors is BlackSheepAncestor.com. You can
Search fo r your Black Sheep Ancestors in Free Genealogical Prison and Convict Records, Historical
Court Records, Executions, Insane Asylum R ecords and Biographies of Famous Outlaws, Criminals
and Pirates in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Give it a try.

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NEW GENEALOGY RADIO SHOW
February 8, 2007 at 4pm Eastern was the first airing of "Family Roots Radio, 11 a new weekly hourlong radio s ho w hosted by Kory L. Meyerink. The show is the result of a partnership between
Genealogy Today, and ProGenealogists, Inc. a well-respected Utah-based research finn.
The show will feature a w ide range of "how-to 11 elements designed to assist all people interested in
family history, from the novice to the professional. In addition to answering general questions from
listeners, spotlighting imp011ant famil y history news and providing research tips from professionals,
the show will include guests from among the most prominent genealogists today. The show will also
explore effective ways to use software and the Internet in the pursuit of family history, including
spotlighting data-r1ch web sites. In addjtion, an "interactive" feature will walk listeners through the
use of important s ites, while they are listening to the broadcast.
For more details, and instructions for how to listen (NO special software required) with your Internet
browser, visit
http://www.familyrootsradio.com/

Dear Ancestor
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The na1ne and the date are chiseled out
On polished, nlarbled stone.
It reaches out to all who cares
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood ·contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And corne to visit you.
-Author Unknown
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Adopt an 0Pphan
Orphan photos are photos that have somehow lost their fa111ilies. We'd like to inake
the effort to fmd their families and hopefully reunite them. If someone pi ctured here
appears on your family tree, please let us know and we' ll get the photo to you.
Remember, the first request gets the photo ... but maybe the person who gets the photo
will be kind enough to send others a scan. Requests for a photo can be e-mailed to the
editor at: mblankens@yahoo.c01n.

On back of photo: Cora or Lora Bell
Sinunons and her parents

On back of photo: lse, Joe, David and Jessie
Simmons

On back of photo: Enuna Simmons,
David Simmons daughter.

On back of photo: David Simmons' (bro. of
Agnes and Reed) Home

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Montgon1cry County Obituaries - Conclusion
DR. L. 0. PRICE
Blacksburg, Jan. 31 - Dr. L. 0. PRI CE. 62 , a prac ticing veterinarian for 40 years here, died today
in a Roanoke hospital . Surviving arc hi s wi ri.:, M rs. Ina L. PR ICE: nnd two daughters, Miss
Edith PR ICE and Miss Dorothy PRICE: and one son, Ralph L. PRICE; three brothers, George
M. PRICE and Guy PR ! Cl ~. and Lei.: R. PRI CE, Blacksburg; a nd two sisters, Mrs. Byron G.
SLUSSER. St. Pe tersburg, Fla.: and Miss Hattie Sue PRICE, Newport News. Funeral services
will be held at the Luther Mcmo1·ial Lutheran Ch urch Tuesday a t 2 p.m. with burial in West
View Cemetery.
LONEY H. PRICE
Blacksburg, Dec. 9 - Loney H . PRICE. 61. died at his home near here Saturday night. Surviving
are three bro thers and a sister: D. B. PRICE and S. E. PRICE of near Blacksburg; E.G. PRICE,
Roanoke; and Mrs. Cora LEI GI JTON, Chester. Funeral wi ll be co nducted at Price's Fork
Lutheran Churd1 al 2 p.m. Monday. I nlermcnt w ill be in the Snider Cemetery.
·

SARAH COX REECE
Blacksburg - Sarah Cox REECE, 88, of Blacksburg, died Monday, Jun. 8, 1973, in a
Montgomery County hospital. She \Nas the w ife of Arthur L. R EECE Sr. Also survivi ng are a
son, Arthur L. REECE Jr.. Rcston: three dau ghters, Mrs. Nannie EAST, Mrs. Elle n REED,
Blacksburg, Mrs. Milrn.:d McPHERSON. G reenville, N.C.; a brother, James COX, Oxford, Pa.~
twenty- nine grand chi lurcn; 65 gTcat-grandchildrcn; and one great-great-grandchild. The funeral
was held Wednesday, J a n . I 0, at 2 p.m. at Merrimac Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in
West View Cemetery. Rev. J e ny G. SLOSS conducted the services. Pallbearers were Jack
REED, Ricky L INKOUS, Je rry REECE, Gary EAST, Jerry EAST. Michael ADKJNS. Hoy
Funeral Home handl e d arrangements.
ROY ROSS REYNOLDS
Blacksburg - Roy Ross REYNOLDS, 80, of Blacksburg died Sunday in a Shawsvi lle nursing
home. Surviving arc hi s wife, Ethel Craw lord REYNOLDS; two dau ghters, Mrs. Thomas F.
GREEN, M rs. Curtis H. SHELTON, Knoxville, TelU1., three brothers, Mark REYNOLDS,
Sebring, Fla., Lewyn REYNOLDS, Rural Retreat, J. Paul REYNOLDS , Blacksburg; two sisters,
Mrs. J. Richard McDONALD, Mrs. Quin WORD, Blacksburg. The funeral will be Monday at 4
p.m. at Blacksburg United Methodist C hurch with burial in W est V iew Cemetery. Arrangements
arc being made by Hoy funeral Home. (Written on this: 1970 Aug 23)

TN MEMOR IAM
In memory of our dear mother1 Mrs. Wilford S. ROBERTS, who died one year ago.
Just one year ago thi s morning,
Since dear mother passed away,
Left sudden w ithout wan1ing,
To a better l and we pray.
That dark mornin g in November,
T he saddest of a ll years,
We shall always re member.

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As our eyes bleed with tears.
Her death was surprising,
For we left her doing well,
But before the sun's uprising,
She had gone with God to dwell.
Why should our tears in sorrow flow,
When God recalls His own,
And bids us leave a world of woe,
For an immortal home?
We are writing her this letter,
At a quarter after seven,
Knowing that she's feeling better,
Spending Sunday up in heaven.
For the family, by Alfred.
MRS. MAGIE ROBINSON
Blacksburg, Feb. 2 - Mrs. Maggie ROBfNSON, 68, died tonight in a Radford hospital.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. A. E. VENTURfNO, Blacksburg; t]u·ee sons, Frank and Kyle
ROBINSON, both of Blacksburg; Thomas ROBINSON, Pearisburg; three brothers, Taylor.
SOWERS, Blacksburg; John SOWERS, Radford; Roe SOWERS, Kingston, W. Va.; s~ven.
grandchildren. Funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Blacksburg Lutheran C hurch. Bunal wi ll be
in the family Cemetery. The body will be taken from the P. D. Oakey Funeral Home to the _
residence Saturday morning.
SAM M. ROBINSON
Blacksburg, Nov. 6 - Sam Matthew ROBINSON, 61, died Sunday evening at is home here.
Surviving are his wife, three sons, six daughters, two brothers and one sister. Funeral will be
held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Lutheran church with burial in the family cemetery.

DR. FRANKS. ROOP
.
Blacksburg, March 14 - Dr. Franks. ROOP , 87, died today at his home in Blacksburg.
S~iving are his wife; two sons, Cecil B. ROOP, Blacksburg; Frank S. ROOP Jr., East Lansing,
Mich.; four brothers, Guy and Grover ROOP , b oth of Snowville; A . Kyle ROOP, Lexington ;
Arch ROOP, Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Wil liam SCOTf, Sanford, Fla.; Mrs. T. A. JORD AN,
Roanoke; _seven ~a~dchildren. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Blacksburg Methodist
Chu.rch with bunal m West View Cemetery. The body will be taken to the h ome at 1 p.m. The
family requests that flowers be omitted.
MRS . WILLIE H. SALMONS
Blacksburg, Jan. 23 - Mrs. Willie HAWLEY SALMONS, 49, di ed Wednesday at a
C Ju·istiansburg hospital. Surviving are her husband , one daughter, one son, four s iste rs a nd one

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brother. Services will he held at the P. D. Oakey funeral home at 2 p.m. F1iday with intennent in
West View.
CHARLES E. S/\ RV l:'. R
Blacksburg - Charles E. SARVER, 71..J, died Tuesday at his home near here. Surviving is a son,
Han-y B. S/\RVER, Christi ansburg. Funeral wil l be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Jones Funeral Chapel,
with bmial in Alb Ccmdcry.
CHARLIE W. SAR VER
Elliston, Sept. l l - Funeral for Charlie Was hin gton SARVER, 71, who died Wednesday at his
home in the Bradshaw road section w ill be conducted at the Grant E. Bryant Funeral Home in
Elliston at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Bu1;nJ will be in Maple Grove, Ferrum.
CHARLIE W. SARVER
Elliston) Sept. I 0 - Charlie Washington SAR VER, 71, died today at his home in the Bradshaw
Roak secbon. Survi vi ng are a son, E. C lifford SA RVER. lron to; a s is ter, Mrs. Emma ALLS ,
Clifton Forge; and n brother, John SARVER, Blacksburg. The body is at Grant E. Bryant
Funeral Ho me in Elliston.
MRS. CORA A. SARV ER
Rocky Mount, April 8 - Mrs. Cora J\. SAR y ER, 66, died today at her home near Fen.um.
Surviving are her husband, C. W. SARVER, Elliston; a son, Elmer SARVER, Elliston; her
stepmother, Mrs. J. P. ALLS, Blacksburg; and two grandchildren. Funeral will be Tuesday at 2
p.m. at Lynch Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.
JAMES SARVER
Blacksburg, Dec. 15 (Special) - Funeral services for James SARVER, who died in the New
Altamont hospital at Christiansburg yesterday, will be held at the home here tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Intennent will be in W est View Cemetery here. SARVER, a World War veteran, is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude BLAND SARVER, of Blacksburg; a daughter, Ma1ie; his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth SARVER; three brothers, Walter, Charles and John; all of Montgomery
county; two sisters, Mrs. William ALLS, of Montgomery county; and Mrs. Joe Myers of North
Carolina.
MRS. NANCY J. SARVER
Mrs. Nancy Joanna SARVER, 86, widow of John SARVER, died yesterday at her home, 364
Walnut avenue, S.W. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Joseph STARLING, Mrs. Jolm
TIBBS, Mrs. W. S. HONAKER, and Mrs. J. R. WORLEY, all of West Virginia; Mrs. Geraldine
BRIGHTWELL, Roanoke; Mrs. Mattie R. HILL and G. B. SARVER, of West Virginia . Funeral
services will be conducted at the residence at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon by Dr. Nolan B.
HARMON. Interment will be in Evergreen.
MISS SUSAN F. SAR VER
Blacksburg - Miss Susan F. SARVER, 87, di ed Sunday in a Radford hospital. She is s urvived by
a brother, Charli e SARVER, Blacksburg. Funeral wi ll be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Jones Funeral
Chapel with burial in Alls Cemetery.

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W. EARL SARVER
Blacksburg, Dec. 30 - Funeral services for W. Earl SARVER, 46, who died S~ nd~1y at a
.
Richmond hospital, will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Methodist church, with interment m
West View.
BLACKSBURG MAN DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER MISHAP
A Blacksburg man died Sunday of injmies received in an automobile accident near B lacksburg
Saturday morning. Walter P. SARVER, 65, a fom1er VP l employee, died in a Christiansburg
hospital of a brain injury. He was walking across U.S. 460 when he was struck by a car driven
by Donald G. DLXON, 24, of Richmond. Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff Wi lliam J .
ARRINGTON said Dixon was charged with reckless driving and released on$ J ,000 bond
Saturday. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Geralina SARVER; two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Ruth
COOPER, Blacksburg, and Mrs. Norma Jean MORGAN, Petersburg; a son, Wilham SARVER,
Blacksburg; two brothers, Charlie SARVER, Franklin County, and John SARVER, B lacksburg;
a sister, Mrs. Emma ALLS, Clifton Forge, and three grandchildren. Funeral wi ll be Tuesday at
10:30 a.m. at the P. D. Oakey Funeral Home. Burial will be in Brown Cemetery.
G. TOM SHAVER

Blacksburg - George Thomas SHAVER 85 died Thursday in a Radford hospital. Surviving arc
his wife, Roxie DOVE SHAVER; three dau~hters, Mrs. Leonard ALLS, Mrs. Ben DA VlS, Mrs.
Mason LAFON, Blacksburg; six sons, Sam J. SHAVER, John H. SHAVER, Sidney R.
SHAVER, Clyde E. SHAVER, Blacksburg, the Rev. E. H . SHA VER, Pearisburg, Frank H .
SHA VEB., Roanoke; a sister, Mrs. Mollie HILTON, Linside, W. Va.; a half sister, Mrs. Max
COOPER, Fostoria, Ohio; three brothers, Sam SHA VER, Hugh SHA VER, Linside, W. Va.,
Jo.hn SHAVER, Alderson, W. Va. The funeral wi ll be at 2 p.m . Saturday at Jones Funeral Home
with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.(Written on this: June 6th l 968)
MRS. J. LEONARD SHAVER

~la~ksburg, Feb. 6 - Mrs. J. Leonard SHAVER, 67, died at home today . .S he is survived by her
t us bandth; a son, James T. SHAVER Blacksburg; a s ister, Mrs. Minnie SHAVER, Blacksburg;
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Fwo ro1 ers
. 1' Kent DOWDY and Clarence
DOWDY, b ot h o fC am bna;
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Cuner~ wi be Monday at 2 p.m. at Blacksburg Ch urch of God. Burial wi ll be in West View
eme ery. The body will remain at P. D. Oakley Funeral Home until an hour before th e service.
GEORGE W. SHEPHERD
Funeral services fo G
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SHEPHERD F . r eorg~ Washington SHEPHERD,_ 83, w ho died at the home of his son, C. E.
o'clock. Int ' nday m~rnmg, were held at the J ohnsville church Saturday morning at 11
survived by~:e~: was m the Brill~art Cemetery, Roanoke county. Besides his son, h e is
Blacksburg.
ughters, Mrs. Lilly HODGES, Roanoke, and Mrs. Maudy BARKER,

MRS. MABEL C. S IMONS
Blacksburg Dec 7 - F
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unera 1or Mrs. Mabel CALDWELL S IMONS, 40, of Rt. 1, Blacksburg,
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h . e. ; a c~ wreck. near here Saturday night, w ill be (seems like there's a l ine missing h ere,
~t t is IS iow it w~s pnnt~d) Tuesday at 2 p.m. at S lusser's Chapel. Burial wi ll be in West
View. The body will remain at the P. D. Oakey Funeral Home unti l one hour b efore the service.

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MRS. MABEL C. SIMONS
Funeral for Mrs. Mabd CJ\Ll)\~/ ELL S IMONS. -H&gt;. of Rt,ull: I. B lacksburg. who died in a car
wreck near Blacksburg Saturday nighl. was held Tul:sday al 2 p.m. al Slusscr's Chapd. Burial
was in Wcsl View.
ALFRED N. SLUSS l: R
Blacksburg, Feb. 15 - /\lfrcd N. SLUSSER . &lt;17, died al his Imme h1..:rc Su nday 1111..)rning.
Surviving are hi s wi f1..:. Mrs. Netti e D LJNC/\N S L USS l ~ R . one so n . J a m es Vv. S LUSSER .
Fayetteville, N.C.~ one dau g hter. Mrs. S idney OLIV ER , Blacksburg: tw1..' brothers, Pasca l
SLUSSER and Mark SLUSSER, both
Blac ksb urg: li ve ::;istc rs. M rs. La ura L E DGERWOO D ,
Mrs. Josie ALLEN , Mrs . Zo ru WALL and Mrs. G racie CALH OUN. all 0 f Bla cksbu rg~ Mrs.
Hazel HOGAN , Roanoke: live grand c hildre n. Fune ral w ill bL: 1-ues&lt;lay a t 2 p.m. at S lu ss~r' s
Chapel at Mt. Tabor. Burial w ill be in West View Cem e te r y. The b o d y w ill b e taken fr0 m th t!
P. D. Oakey Fune ral l lnmc to the c h urch Tucsuay at I p .m .

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MRS. ELV IRA SLUSSE R
Mrs. Elvira Jane SLUSSER . age 9X. died T uesday eveni ng at the home of h e r ~o n. M. C.
SLUSSER,
Blacksburg. Besi&lt;..ks her sn n s he is survived b y three daughters. Mrs. D . J.
BLEWITI or New York, Mrs. L. S. R llD l SAL L of Poolsv illc. Md .. and IVlrs. J . T. H AR D W ICK
of Blacksburg; one sister, M rs. Betty FRENC l l
Roanoke. The services were condu cted from
the home of her so n, M. C. SLUSSER, at 2:30 p.m . b y R ev. W. D . McCRAW a nd intc nn cnt was
in the family Cemetc1-y. Mrs . SLUSSER served for 60 years as a Sunda y sch ool teacher in
Montgomery Count y. S he died in her nin ety-eighth year.

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FRANK A. SLU SSER
Blacksburg, Nov. 15 ... Frank A . S LUSS ER , 89, di ed thi s mornin g in a Christiansburg hos pital.
President of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank for 33 years, he was one of the organizers
of the bank. SLUSSER was very activ e in church work nnd se rved as M o ntg1.)mcry Cn unt y
Commissioner of Revenue for e ight years. H e is s urv ived by a so n , l LP. SLUSSER, R ic hn1 o n d:
two daughters, Mrs. G. T. GR ICE, Mrs. Guy PRI CE, Blacksbu.rg: a bro the r, G eorge 8.
SLUSSER, Roanoke; s ix grandchildren and o ne g reat-grandchildren. Funeral will be a t 3 p.n1.
Monday in Slussers Chapel at Mt. Tabor with burial in Wes t V iew Cemetery. The body w i l l b e
taken from P. D. Oakey Funeral Home to the church at 2 p.m.
MRS. lDA H . S LU SSER
Blacksburg, Dec. 8 ... Mrs. Ida HALE SLUSSER, 77, died thi s morn ing at her home h e re.
Surviving are her husband; a son, H aven T. S LU SSER , A rlin gto n : two d a u ghte rs. Mrs. I rene
GRICE and Mrs. Anna Mae PRICE; six grandch ildren; a sisl~r, Mrs. A lice H AGEN: and a
brother, L. M. H A LE, all of B lacksburg. Funeral w ill b e conducte d at S lusscr's Chapel Saturd u)
at 2 p.m . Burial wi ll be in W est V iew. The body will li e in s tate at the chapel between 1 a nd 2
p.m. (The ad on the back of this is for '38-'46 mod e l yea r u sed cars. )
MARK JENN INGS SLUSSER
Blacksburg ... M ark Je nnings SLUSSER, 73, of Bl acksbu rg, died Thursday in a Rud ford hos pital.
Surviving are h is wifo, Ida ALLS SLUSSER; four d a ug ht e rs, Mrs. Encver EPPERLY. Mrs.
Edward DOWDY, Mrs. Lamah LAFON , Mrs. Donald PENDFRGRASS. Blackshur~ : lt)Lir snn~.

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Ralph SLUSSER, Logan SLUSSER, Blacksburg, Glen nie SLUSSER, C hristiansbu rg, W il bur
SLUSSER, Newport N ews, four sisters, Mrs. Laura LEDG ERWOOD, Mrs. Josic ALLEN ,
Blacksburg, Mrs. John L. CALHOUN, Radford, Mrs. M onn an HOG/\N, Roanoke; u brother, P.
J. SLUSSER, Blacksburg. The funeral will be S unday at 2 p. m . a t Slusscr's C hapel C hurc h of
god with burial in West View Cemetery. Hoy Funeral Home is handl ing the arran geme nts.
(Written on this: Aug 7th)
MURRAY C. SLUSSER
Blacksburg - Murray C. SLUSSER, 92, died Sunday in a Christi ansburg hos pital. Surviving a re
two daughters, Mrs. K. 0. DEEMER, Blacksburg, Mrs. Samuel W. EDGECO M BE, Beirut,
Lebanon; two sons, John H. SLUSSER, Vienna, Wilbur W . SLUSSER, Blacksburg; two sisters,
Mrs. Hele~a C. HARDWICK, Cincinnati , Ohio, Mrs. Mary Anna BLEWITT, New York, N.Y.
Funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Jo nes Funeral Chapel. The body will be cremated in
Sherwood Abbey Crematorium Salem (On th e back is the date o f the paper: Monday, Apri l 6,
1964.)

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MRS. BESSIE M. SMITH
Bedford, July 13 - M rs. Bessie M. SM fTH, 89, died toni ght at her home near BedfonJ. Sw-viving
are her husband, Dixie Lee SMITH· four daughters, Mrs. S. C. LAFON, Mrs . E. C. DUNCAN
and Mrs. Frank DOVE, all of Blacksburg· a nd Mrs. C. A. LAFON, Bedfor&lt;l; four so ns, P. W.
anB dd;'alter K. SMITH, both of Blacksbu;g. Ira N. SMITH, Catawba; and Robert 0. SMlT H,
e iord· a d b h
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, eral Home.
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FLOYD SMITH
Blacksburg
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morn .mg. Other
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pm. with mterment m the Blacksburg Ceme tery.
FRANK w·. SMITH
Blacksburg Aug 27 F
Mrs . C1are~ce TREN- rank W. SMITH, 74, died Sunday a~temoo_n at the ho me of his _d aughter,
sister M s L
B T, near here. Besides his daughter, he is survived by o ne grandchild a nd a
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Hom~ T~e~d:yaat j KINZER~ of ~lacksburg. Fu~eral will be conducted at P. ~- Oakey funeral
1949 used
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p.m. Bunal will be in West View Cemetery. (On the b ack 1s an ad fo r some
cars.

LUTHER H. SMITH
Blacksburg, June 23 _ L ·h
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his widow, Mrs. Mar ut ~r H. SMlTH, 63 , died today at his home near here. He is survived by
Mason SMITH C ~~rosier SMITH; a son, Rosser N. SMITH ; a grandchild ; two brothers,
Cambria· Mrs
a'? Mna; Walter SMIT H Blacksburg; two s isters, Mrs. Gracie HUFFMAN,
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F un era I w1·11beat 2 p.m. Frid ay at P. D. 0 a key
unal will b e m West View Cemetery.

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MRS. MOLLIE SMlTH

rlacks~ur~ ~ay ~ - Mrs. Mollie SM ITH

67 died this mornin g at he r ho me near h e re. S he
ea ves erT usdan and .a da~ghter. Fune; al ;,ill be conducted at the Blacksburg Lutheran ch urch
at 1 p .m. ues ay. Bunal wil l be ·n
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MRS. NORA SM IT!!
Newport News - Mrs. No ra Gertrude.: SMIT! I tlf Mu11tgomcry cou nt y died S:1tunb _· in a lllL·:tl
hospital. Survivingan..: thrc1..::sons. i'v l:ini11 I :. SNl!T ll , J ames R . SM.ITll. J. Carl Sl'vtlTIL a ll ur
Newport News; two sisters, Mrs. E. va 11 J\ I .L, Mrs. Mary Tl I() RN 11 11. L. htHll &lt;l 1- l3 I ~ t ck sburg,: l Wt'
brothers, Foster S !TES, /\ m o ld S !Tl :s. bt,th u r Marti nsvi Ile: six grand c hi \drcn ·' t'uur greatgrandchildren. Puncral wi ll he held at 2 p.111. I\ londay at the C hurch nr (. it)d, BLtcksb ur g,, \,·\\h
buriali nth cB l acksbu r g(.\.~mctcry . (Written rn1 this : Junc2() \t)()())
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MRS. LAURA R. STOVE R
Blacksburg, Jul y l I - Mrs. Laura R. STOVER. ()5, died today at h er home here. Sun j,·in !.!. :fft.•
two sons, Paul E. STOVER, and .J am cs W. CR IN E R , h o th n r l3 lacksh urg: t wu dau gh t c1·s, ~1 rs.
EmestCRfNER and M rs. W.W. B/\ 11 ,l '. Y. both ofl31ackshurg~ o n e sis te r. !\ /(rs. I . c n:1 Fl ~ 1\ /: ll ~ l~
Bristol, and 15 grandch ildren . Funera l will be co ndu t: tcd at 2 p.m . Su n day ~•t P . l) _ 0: 1kc\
,
Funeral Home. Interment w ill be in Dnwd y Ccmdcry. (On the hack ~•re :ids f(.q· usn l c~11 ·s.
1953-1958 model years.)
MRS. SAMUEL B. SUMNER
Blacksburg-Mac Allen SUMNER , 8(), wi dow nrsamucl 13. S"llrVlNER , died Wednesday at h1...·r
home in Blacksburg. S urviving arc several nieces and nephews. The 1·uncra \ wi \ \ b1..· ~at unb \' ~\l
2 p.m. at Blacksburg Luther Memorial Lutheran C hu rch with burial in \ \/ est V1cw ( \.::1111..::tcrv_Jones Funeral Servi ce is handling arrangements. (Written nn this: March 1 1 \ l)70.)
MRS. CA LLI E T. SWEENEY
Mrs. Callie Thomas SWEENEY, 93, o f Cambria, di ed S und ay ut her horn e. S un: i vi ng arc fi vi.:
daughters, Mrs. Shannie Ellen BR LTT, or Princeto n , W. Va., !Vt rs. W. C. REEDY, Con nnc. \t\l
Va., Mrs. M . L. LOVERN, Mrs. E. M. CU PP , Mrs . R. E. L. OVE R N. C;1mbri:1: thccc so ns . D . c)_
SWEENEY, A ll en Junctio n , W. Va.~ L. G. SWEENEY, Cambria~ M. E. SWEENEY. Roannkt.-.
Funeral was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday a t No1·th Fork Baptist C hurc h. l: I kt, wit h bLn-ial in the c hurch
Cemetery. (On the back is pa rt of an ad w ith ''Chri s tm n$ '64.")
MRS. CARMEN E. T AY LOR
Mrs. Carmen Ercell TAY LOR, 4 5, widow o fT . T. TAYLOR, of Edgewood. died l.:rid uy
morning in a hospital. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Adel a ide TAY LOR , Roanoke Cl)Unty· h " _
father, E. L. HESS, Roanoke; four s isters and two broth e rs : Mrs. E. l L STU MP, R oanoke ' ct
county; Miss Ruth H ESS, .Miss r:viurie l H ESS, Miss El o~~e H ESS, Paul HESS_:..ind J an 1 cs H ESs
of Roanoke. Funeral services w1 ll be condu cted a t the F 1rs t W cslyan M e thod 1s t ch u rc h .1 t --, ._ --._... () '
p.m. Sunday. lntetment will be in Everg reen.
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MRS. EVA LEE THOM AS
Blacksburg, Sept. 18 (Special) - Mrs. Eva Lee T H OMAS, ag.c 54, wik t)r F. F. Tl I C&gt;MAs_ u t
Price's Fork, di ed today in a h ospital at C h ris tiansburg. S h e i s s w·v l\·c~i h y h c 1· hushand, tv..ro sn ,
and one daughte r. Funeral a rrangem e nts h ave not b een arranged rend mg '""·n rd fro1n her t\vn ns
sons, both in the anned serv ices.

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MRS. LENA M. THORNHILL
Mrs. Lena M. THORNHILL, 53, died Thursday morning at her hom e, 723 First st red, S. W.
Surviving are two sons and a daughter; D. E. THORNHILL, AUS, Gcnnany: W . G.
THORNHILL, AUS; Miss Grace THORNHILL, Roanoke; two brothers nnd a s iste r: Sam
SCANLAND, McConnelsville, Ohio; Arch SCANLAND, Zanesville, Ohio; and Mrs. Robert
BINHAN, Blacksburg. Funeral will be conducted at Oakey's chapel at I :30 p.m. Saturday by the
Rev. John T. COBURN. Interment will be in West View, Blacksburg.
MRS. NELLIE THORNHILL
Mrs. Nellie THORNHILL, 74, of244 Center Ave., N. W., died Friday morning in a Roanoke
hospital. Surviving are five sons and a daughter: Jack E. THORNHILL, Odell Tl IORNHILL,
Herbert THORNHILL, Charles THORNHILL, Earl THORNHILL, and Mrs. Letha HUFF,
Roanoke; a sister, Mrs. Dona DOWDY, Blacksburg. Funeral service will be conducted at 537
Te~t~ St., S.W., at I I a.m. Monday by the Rev. Robert P. WOODSON. Intennent will be in
Fa1rv1ew.
MRS. VIRGINIA THORNHILL
Blacksburg, Oct. 2 - Mrs. Virginia DA VIS THORNHILL, 90, died thi s m orning at th e home of
~r son, ":"ill THORNHILL, near Blacksburg. Surviving are four sons and three daughters. The
nberal will be held at the P. D. Oakey funeral home here at 2 p.m. Friday, with burial in Mt.
T a or Cemetery.
WALTER E. THORNHILL

Blachi~sbu.rg - Walter E. (Cutie)
THORNHILL 69 died Monday in a Radford hospital. Surviving
are s wife M s M
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Bartley
V ., a brother, ~1ll1am THORNHILL, Blacksburg; a sister, Mrs. Susie Wright,
Cemet;ry .(Wa._ Funeral ~ill be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Jones Chapel with burial in West View
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ntten on this: Sept 9 '63)

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EVANS TOWNEY
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EY, 70, died Fnday rn a Radford hospital. Surv1vmg are three
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Luther KESSINGER .
ARD, Roanoke, Mrs. George H. SARVER, Blacksburg, Mrs.
Blacksburg· thr
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· uneral w11J be at 2 p.m. Sunday at t e Roanoke Valley Presbyterian
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arm~ Cemetery. The body will be taken from the residence to the
e the service. (Written on this: March 16, 60)

HAYDEN TRAIL
Pulaski - Hayden Jonah TRA
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Mae WALTERS TRAIL· a IL, 63~ died Thursday at_h1s home. Surviv ing are hi s wife, M rs.
Canal Zone; two daught;rs son, lrvm TRAJL, Pulaski; a foster son, Fred WALT ERS, Panama
Roanoke· a brothe Ch
' Mrs. Lucy BECKNER and Mrs. Edward C AYWOOD both of
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arley TRAIL
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, Canton, Ohio~ a s 1 ~ter, Mrs. H ~nnan WYRICK, Luttre ll,
2 30
Highland Memory Garden. p.m_. Sunday at Tl~o m Spnng Methodist C hurd1, with burial in
s, Dublin. The body 1s at Thomas M. Seagle and Sons Funeral Home.

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OSBORNE R. TRIMBLE
Blacksburg, Nov. 12 - Osbmne Richard TRIMBLE, 63, died this morning here. He is survived
by three sons, James TRIMBLE, Edward TRIMBLE, Blacksburg; Clarence TRIMBLE, Ironto;
four daughters, Mrs. Aven ALLS; Mrs. Luther ALLS, Mrs. Everett WALL, Blacksburg; Mrs.
Rosetta WR lGHT, Catawba; one sister, Mrs. W . T. RATLIFF, near B lacksburg. Services will be
held at Slussers Chapel, Church of god, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with burial in Newley Cemetery.
MRS. JANET P. W EBB
B lacksburg, May 12 - Mrs. Janet PRICE WEBB, 29, died Friday evening in a Bluefield hospital.
She is survived by her husband, L. Kermit WEBB, Datt, W. Va.; a daughter, Sandra WEBB,
Dott, W . Va.; her father, Hugh P. PRICE, Blacksburg. Services w ill be held at the P. D . Oakey
Funeral Horne at 3 p.m. Sunday with burial in West View Cemetery.
MRS. DORIS 0. WEDDLE
Blacksburg, July 17 - Funeral for Mrs. Doris 0. "Monk" WEDDLE will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at
Luster's Gate Union Church. Burial will be in West V iew Cemetery. The body wi ll be taken
from P. D. Oakey Funeral H o me to the ch urch at 1 p.m. Sunday. (On th e back is a used car ad
for '55-'58 model year cars.)
MRS. ALMA B. WH ITLOCK
M rs. A lma BROWN WHITLOCK died at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at her home in Blacksburg.
Surviving are a son and two daughters, including J. H. WHITLOCK, Roanoke; and a brother, J.
A. BROWN, Roanoke; and a s ister.
JAMES EDWARD WHITLOCK ·
James Edward WHITLOCK, 76, died at his home in Blacksburg, yesterday. He is survived by
his wife, M rs. A lma WHITLOCK, one son, J. H.· WHITLOCK, of Roanoke, and two d aughters,
Miss Retee WHITLOCK, of B lacksburg, and Mrs. Una. B. WELLS, of Jacksonville, Fla.
JOHN H . WH ITLOCK
John Hampton WHITLOCK, 75, of 16 15 Gilmer Ave.,~, ?ied Mo~day_ at a local hospital. He
was a retired Norfolk and Western Railway engineer. Surviving are his w ife, Mrs. Grace
SESLER WH ITLOCK, Newport News; four sons, Clarence H. WHITLOCK, Hopewell; Zacc S.
and Douglas A. WHITLOCK., Newport News; John H. WHITLOCK Jr., Kingspo1i, Tenn.; four
daughters, Mrs. W. D. W ILLIAMS, Mrs. J. G. MABE and Mrs. J.B. HAYES, Newport News;
Mrs. Carlos G. MABE, Star, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Robert E. HENDERSON, B lacksburg; Mrs.
Una WELLS, Jacksonvil1 e, Fla.; 15 grandchildren, a great-grandchild. Funeral will be at
11 a.m. Wednesday at Richardson Funeral Home, Ch1i stiansbur~, by the Rev. Paul E. BRUCE,
with burial in West View Cemetery, Blacksburg. (Written o n this: March 10, 1963)
MRS MARK WHITAKER SR.
B lacksburg- Rushia DOSS WHITAKER, 65, wife of Mark WHlTAKER, died Thursday in
a Roanoke hospital. Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Quinter COOK Sr., Mrs. Lawrence
GRUBB, Mrs. Gene HALE and Mrs. Edward SMITH, Blacksburg; two so ns, Robert L.
WH ITAKER and Mark WHITAKER Jr., Blacksburg; two sisters, Mrs. Mary BANDY and Mrs.
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DOSS and Ward L. DOSS, Blacksburg. The funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral
Chapel with burial in West View Cemetery. (Written on thi s: Dec 3, 1966 )
SAMUEL W. WILSON
Blacksburg, April 24 - News reaches here of the death in a veterans hospital in l Iuntington, W.
Va last Sunday of Samuel White WILSON son of the late A. J. and Bettie TU CKW lLLER
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WILSON, of near Lewisburg, W. Va. Funeral was held from the Calvary Methodi st church,
Lewisburg, Tuesday, Dr. Hubert SYDENSTRICKER, Roanoke, a relati ve, co nducting the
service. Burial was in tbe church Cemetery. WILSON had made his home e ight years "vi tho
cousin, Mrs. Reagan SPICKARD WY ATT, at Blacksburg. He was a veteran o r the Boxer
rebellion and tank corps volunteer in the World War. He leaves four brothers and two
sisters, including Mrs. SYDENSTRICKER.
IRA THEODORE WINGO
Blacksburg, Dec. 12 (Special) - lra Theodore WINGO, 24, died Saturday morning in the New
Altamont hospital. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rosa Lee WfNGO, of Montgomery
county; three sisters, Mrs. Claudia HUGHES, of Roanoke; Mrs. Mary F. HUNTER , of Ral ston,
Pa.; Mrs. Dorance BISHOP, Blacksburg, and four brothers, Kyle, William, Pete and Sidney, ~ll
of Montgomery county. The funeral service was conducted at the home of hi s mother on C raigs
creek this afternoon by the Rev. J. A. JOHNSON. Interment was in lhc family Cemetery.
MRS. ROSA C. WINGO
Blacksburg - Mrs. Rosa C. WINGO, 77, died Friday at her home in Giles County. She is
survived by three daughters, Mrs. F. B. HUGHES, Roanoke; Mrs. Frances MOWYER, Ral ston ,
Pa.; Mrs . Doris H. CALDWELL, Cambria; four sons, Kyle E. WINGO, S idney L. W INGO,
William M. WINGO, Catawba; Frank E. WINGO, Nesbitt, Pa.; two siste rs, Miss Lucy
PERDUE, Blacksburg; Mrs. Russell CALDWELL, Cambria; two brothers, Arthur CA LDWELL,
Blacksburg; John L. CALDWELL, Richmond; 26 grandchildren and 20 grcal-gran&lt;lchild re n.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the home on Craig's Creek with burial in the fami ly
Cemetery. The body will be taken home at 2 p.m. Sunday. (Written on thi s : March 18,
1960)
DR. A. F. WRIGHT, Jr.
Blac_ksburg, Feb. 24 - Dr. A. F. WRIGHT Jr., 37 died this afternoon at hi s home here. H e is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Nell POTTER WRIGHT; two daughters, Barbara June WRIGHT,
Deborah Ann WRIGHT; a son, David F. WRIGHT, Blacksburg; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
WRIGHT Sr., Appalachia; two sisters, Mrs. Howard WILLIAMS, Appalachia; Mrs. Earle
C~EV~GER, Pulaski; a brother, Mack Ray WRIGHT, Appalachia. Funeral will be a t 2 p .m.
Fr:day m the Blacksburg Baptist Church with Masonic burial in West View Cemetery. The body
;~ 1 ! ~; taken to the church from the P. D. Oakey funeral Home at I p.m. (Written on thi s: Feb

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MRS. REAGANS. WYAIT
Blacks burg - Mrs. Reagan S. WYA TT died Thursday in a Radford hospital. She is s urvived by
sev~ra~ cousins. Funeral wi ll be at 2 p.m. Saturday in th e Blacksburg Presbyterian Church with
bunal m the family Cemetery in Woodbine. The body will be taken to the church from P. 0 .
Oakey Funeral Hom e at I p.m. T he family requests fl owers be omitted.

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Vol. 31 - No. 2 - Spring 2007
(April, May, June)
CONTENTS
New Books in the Virginia Room - Pam Young

51

Browning Family Bible Records - Michael Blankenship

56

Feedback to the Editor

57

Old Book Relates How The Yankees Were Fooled in Saltville Battle - H. E. Diggs

58

Landmark in Marion Has Been Silent Spectator to Life's Passing Parade - Clara Hill Carner

60

Young Smyth Girl Saved Records from Destruction - Clara Hill Carner

63

Smyth County Muster Roll for 1857

65

Smyth County Map

67

African American Ancestry, About Aunt Mary - Bonnie Stuart Beckett

68

History of Quakers in Southwest Virginia - Anthony Lowe

75

Descendants of Zachariah Moorman, Quaker Leader of the Cedar Creek Meeting

83

Adopt an Orphan

92

Botetourt County, Virginia Death Records, continued - Charles T. Burton

93

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�P. 0 . Bo x 12485
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Dear Fellow Members,
Well, we tried . As I write this, the trip to the NGS Conference in Richmond, VA was
cancelled due to lack of participation. This really applies to those of you living in the
Roanoke area .. .. ... what do you want the society to do for you?? I know that for those
of you living far outside the area the VAN is the important thing for you and to that end
we strive to provide the best publication we can. But, for those of you who live in the
area, we want to provide more. The problem is, we don't know what more is?? We
can't do it unless you tell us what you want. Please let us know what type of programs
you would like. Do you want field trips? Would only a couple of meetings a year be
enough for you? Please feel free to contact me with your ideas.
I want to tell you about a part of the Google website I recently discovered . Google
Books has links to many full text old books. These are available free for download in
PDF format. I found references to both my American and British ancestors. Go to
Google.com. Click on "more" and you will see "books" on the right side drop down
menu. Click on that. Use the "advanced search" and "full text" options. Put in your
surname of interest or a place or an event and see what you get. Note the page
number to make finding the full entry easier.
My husband retired in January and in a week we leave for a "retirement trip" to Seattle,
WA followed by a cruise to Alaska. We are really looking forward to it!!!
Happy Hunting,

Karen Kappesser, President
5 14 Scalybark Drive
Blue R idge VA 24064-1328
T e le phone : (540) 977-0067
E-m a il: g kkapp@infionline.net

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New Books In The Virginia Room
340_072 P926 Prestatehood Legal Materials Volumes 1 &amp; 2 by Michael Chiorazzi &amp;
Marguerite Most - 2005 Haworth Press

P 712.6 Sa32b Boxwood and Terraced Gardens of Virginia by Edith Tunis Sale-1925
William Byrd Press

P 553.2 H73p Production and Marketing of Coal in Virginia and the Nation - 1955 VA
Division of Planning and EconomicDevelopment
P 929.3455 B657t B953b Botetourt County, VA it's men 1770-1777 copied and arranged by
Charles T . Burton
P551 .552 Ag62h Hun·icane Agnes. The Richmond Flood 22June1972 C. F. Boone Publisher
333.332 Am35s A Student's Demonstration Appraisal Report on a Single-Family Residence
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers 1964
929.2 C872c A Crockett Family Chronicle from Scotland through Ireland to America: A
300-year History of Scotch-Irish Family by James Crockett - 2005 Anundsen Publishing Co.,
929.2 G6466g Gish- Footprints in the Sands of Time by Ira Montgomery Gish- 1970
Published by A. M. &amp; I. M. Gish
373.75591 R53 lk The Key 1975 Roanoke Catholic High School year book
332.41 F95c Confederate Currency and Stamps 1861-1865 by Claud E. Fuller - 1949
Parthenon Press
973.782 N659 No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery &amp; Desertion a composite Diary of the
Last 16 Months of theConfederacy from 1864 to1865 as seen by the soldiers, farmers,
clerks, nurses, sailors, farm girls, merchants nuns, surgeons, chaplains and wives. By Jeff
Toalson - 2006 Universe, Inc
975.5623Sw24w A Way out of No Way Claiming family and Freedom in the New South by
Dianne Swann Wright - 2002 UVA Press
975.5523 C884c Chesapeake a Pictorial History by Charles B. Cross, Jr., &amp; Eleanor Phillips
Cross - 1985 Donning Press
277.3 L638b The Black Church in the African American Experience by C. Eric Lincoln &amp;
Lawrence K Mamiya - 1990 Duke University Press
929. 0996 Z8 lj Jewish Genealogy Volume I by David S. Zubatsky - 1990 Garland Publishing

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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929.0996 Z8lj Jewish Genealogy Volume Il by David S. Z ubatsky - 1990 Garland Publishing
929.2 K.573k The Kincaid Family by Bathsheba (Bashie) Wynn Kincaid between 1995 &amp; 2000
- self published
929.2 R733 D224t Three Generations of Descendants of Shapley Prince Ross an early Texas
Pioneer by Karen Stein Daniel - 1994 Reprint Company Publishers
929.2 T851 T859t The Turner Chronicles by William Lee Turner - 2004 Genealogy Publishing
956 R796t Travels in The Old World Joseph M . Rowland - 1922 Appeals Press, Inc.
3 08 J35p The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Volume 33 - February 1801 to April
1801 - Barbara B. Oberg Editor Princeton University Press 2006

708.1755 M863c The George Washington Collection Fine &amp; Decorative Arts at Mount
Vernon by Carol Borchert Cadou _ 2006 Hudson Hills Press
917 ·692 T634g A Guide to Historic Coal Towns of the Big Sandy River Valley by George D.
Torok - 2 004 University of Tennessee Press
927

· 1 14 L546B452g Grand Avenues The Story of the French Visionary who designed
Washington, D. C. by Scott W. Berg- 2007 Pantheon Books
97

~· 5 W578~ Super-Scenic Motorway A Blue Ridge Parkway History by Anne

Mitchell Whisnant - 2006 University of North Carolina Press
975

.56~5 H425 The Heritage of Mecklenburg County VA 1765 to 2006 by

Southside Virginia Genealogical Society- 2006 Walsworth Publjshing

.3~8 ~628f Firefighing in Roanoke by Rhett Fleitz on behalf of the Roanoke Fire Fighters
Association - 2006 Arcadia Publishing
363

92

~.273!"f38 B 7 8g George Mason, Forgotten Founder by Jeff Broadwater - 2006

Umversity of North Carolina Press
97 5.5002 C889g The Grand Adventure by James A Crutchfield - 2005 Dietz Press
9

~5 ·5451 D298h Here I lay My Burdens Down, A History of the Black Cemeteries of

Richmond, VA by Veronica A. Davis - 2003 Dietz Press
920.073 W62c Who's Who in Colored America -Edited by G. James Fleming &amp;
Christian E. Burckel - 1950 Publisher Christian E. Burckel &amp; Associates
928.1 Ed93b Bits of Memory by Lawrence Edwards - 1976 Times Printing Company

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929.0 148 Sp37a Abbreviations &amp; Acronyms, A guide for Family Historians by Kip Sperry2003 Ancestry
929.2 F825 W582q A Quest for Enslaved Ancestors: The Extended Family of Griffin
Fountain of Virginia &amp; North Carolina by Bametta McGhee White - 2002 Gateway Press
975.452 W648h History of Monongalia County West Virginia from its first settlements to
the present time with numerous Biographical &amp; Family Sketches by Samuel T. Wiley - 1883
Presto n Publishing Company
975.587 G995 h Historically Speaking, True Tales of Bath County, VA by Hugh S. Gwin 2001 Bath Historical Society
975 .5695 P275w2 Patrick County, Virginia Heritage Book Volume II 1791 to 2005
975.5695 P275w2 Patrick County, VA World War Il Pictorial Book by Patrick CoWlty
Genealogy Society WWII committee - 2005
SC 385 P38 Sam R. Pennington's Feature Stories Magazine Virginian Railway Feature Vol
#2June1933
SC 975.454 D922h History of Marion County West Virginia - 1880 by George A.
Dunnington, published by George A. Dunnington 1880
SC 975.444 Sw14h History of Logan County West Virginia dealing with Indian Life and
Legends, Early Pioneers, Their Mode of Living, Formation of the County, the Noted
Hatfield and McCoy Feud, the Armed March on Logan, Etc. by G.T. Swain- 1927 Kingsport
Press
929.2 F825 W582q A Quest for Enslaved Ancestors: The Extended Family of Griffin
Fountain of VA &amp; NC by Bametta McGhee White - 2002 Gateway Press
929.2 W93 G767apc Wright Family, Census Records, Deed Records, Land Tax Lists, Death
Records and Probate Records Appomattox County, VA by Robert N. Grant - 2006 Heritage
Books
929.2 W93 G767pe Wright Family Records Prince Edward County, VA., Land Grants,
Deed Records, Land Tax List, Dea th Records, Probate Records. By Robert N . Grant - 2006
Heritage Books
929.2 W93 G767ap Wright Family Birth Records, Marriage Records, and Personal
Property Tax Lists Appomattox County VA. By Robert N. Grant - 2006 Heritage Books
973.4 So54 Something That Will Surprise the World, The Essential Writings of the
F ounding Fathers Edited by Susan Dunn - 2006 Basic Books

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973.78 B6453s The Soldier's Pen firsthand impressions of the Civil War by Robert E. Bonner
975 .54251 H273b The Birth of Black America, The first African Americans and the Pursuit
of Freedom at Jamestown by Tim Hashaw - 2007 Carroll &amp; Graf Publishers
929.2 W93 l G767s6 Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia volumes 1 to 3 by
Robert N. Grant - 2006
929.1072 So84 The Source A Guidebook to American Genealogy Edited by Loretto Dennis
Szucs &amp; Sandra Hargreaves Luebking 3rd edition - 2006 Ancestry
929 -2 W931 G767s6 Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia by Robert Grant 2006
385 ·09755 H242n Images of Rail Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris - 2oo 3
Arcadia Publishing
929 ·2 EpSSm Epling/Eplin Volume VI Published by Robert Louis Massard - 2006
975.3 P662o Oak Hill Cemetery Georgetown DC volumes 1 &amp; 2 by Wesley E. Pippenger 2006 Publi h
· '
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s ed by The Oak Hill Cemetery Preservation Foundation

· ~ H2 4 ~s Salem and Roanoke County in Vintage Postcards by Nelson Harris - 2005
Arcadia Publishing

975 5 9

353 ·9755

w 745v Virginia Municipal League, A history of local governments_working

together for 100 years - 2006 editor David A. Parsons - Johnson Press of Amenca
929 ·2 C??ld The Descendents of Claiborne Howard Soldier of the American Revolution by
Gerald Wilson Cook- 1960 Privately Printed
929.2 H866 Huddleston Family Tables compiled by George Huddleston - 1933 Rumford Press

92~.~ B893j John Burchett and some of his Descendents by Lucille Thomas Scott- 1980 2nd
Edition Self Published
92 9.3768 D281W59t Tennessee Genealogical Records Davidson County Pioneers by Edythe
Rucker Whitley- 1965 Self Published
973.7082 W84 A Woman's War edited by Edward D. c. Campbell, Jr. and Kym Rice - 1996
917.5541 H314h Hampton/Newport News a Pictorial History by Van Hawkins, Donning
Company Publishers 1975
929.2 H252H252fTbe Frantz Harter Story by Byron E. Harter - Self Published 1973

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929.2 K955C783k Koon-Coons Families of Eastern New York by William S. Coons and Kate
Koon Bovey - 1937 Tuttle Publishing
929.2 F249d T he Descendents of Robert Farmer by J. William Austin II and Rebecca H. R.
A ustin - 1985 Self Published
929.2H l 9 lj John Hancock of Virginia and Bis Descendents by Richard Ramsey Hancock &amp;
Wenzola Robinson Kiger - 1957 Self Published
975.5594 L978c Chesterfield and Old Virginia County by Francis Earle Lutz - 1954 William
Byrd Press
975 .5743 Ad23s A Short History of Extreme Southwest Virginia by Luther Addington - 1965
Wise County Chamber of Commerce

P 338.274 1 B278g Gold Mines of Fauquier County, VA by Bob A. Barron- 1977
Warrento n Press
P 5653.410975284 R25lg Gold Veins Nea r Great Falls, Maryland Geological Survey Bulletin
1286 by John C. Reed &amp; John C. Reed Jr., 1969 US Gov' t.
Printing Office

P 91 7.55296 Kl 82L Legends &amp; Folk Tales of Old Alexandria, VA by Ruth Lincoln Kaye 1975 Privately Published
P 975.500497 Ad23i Indian Stories of Virginia's Last F rontier by Luther F. Addington - 1966
Historical Society of Southwest VA
974.41 B455 Berkshire: 200 years in Pictures Compiled, Edited and Designed by William H.
Teague - 196 1 Eagle Publishing
929.375502 Au76bu 30,638 Burials in Georgia by Jeannette Holland Austin - 1995
Genealogical Publishing
929.375502 Ml27v Virginia Immigrants &amp; Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical
Dictionary by Martha W . McCartney Genealogical Publishing
929.37550 2 J499a Adventurers of Purse &amp; Person Virginia 1607-1624/5 Volume 3 Families

R to Z Compiled &amp; Edited by John Frederick Donnan - 2007 Genealogical Publishing
Submitted by Pam B . Young
Roanoke Public Library - Virginia Room

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BROWNING FAMILY BIBLE
Browning Family Bible bought March 17, 1942.
Family Record - Marriages
October 15, 1932 - Estal V. Browning and Gertrude Collins at Christiansburg, Va.
December 14, 1956 - Mary Alice Browning and Ronald Baber Whitehead at
Pembroke, Va.
July 8, 1960 - William (Billy) Von Browning and Oneeda Lucille Bussy at
Pembroke, Va.
August 23 , 1986 - Antony Von Browning and Lisa Marie Dillon, Bethel Baptist,
Roanoke, Va.
Family Record - Births
Estal V . Browning - Feb. 20, 1907
Gertrude P . Browning - Dec. 29, 1904
Mary Alice Browning - July 16, 1933
Billie Von Browning - May 6, 1935
Antony Von Browning- May 30, 1961
Bradford Browning Whitehead - Dec. 6, 1970
Heather DeAnn Browning - March 24 1972
'

Walter G. Browning - October 4, 1880
M. Myrtle Browning - March 28, 1887
Estal V. Browning - Feb. 20, 1907
W. Gamet Browning- July 16, 1909
Eva L. Browning- June 5, 1913
Gradie P. Browning - Dec. 14, 1915
Odell G. Browning - May 24, 1924
W.W. Browning- May 22, 1851
Evaline Browning- March 8, 1850

Ed M. Browning - April 16, 1873

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Mary Anne Browning - April 14, 1877
Wn1. Perry Browning - Oct. 14, 1878
Walter G. Browning - Oct. 4, 1880
Ida M. Browning - Oct. 30, 1882
J . Harry Browning- Nov. 27, 1884
A. Pierce Bro\!Vlling - Oct. 6, 1886
L. Wirt Browning - Oct. 29, 1888
Vida P. Browning - May 18, 1891
Chas. V . Browning - June 15, 1893
Lawrence Browning - April 11, 1895

Family R ecord - Deaths
Myrtle Browning - May 8, 1917
Walter Browning - A ugust 9, 1951
(Bible purchased at a yard sale.)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Feedback to the Editor
Michael,
Thanks for giving me the phone number for your mother. We had a wonderful
conversation about genealogy and research. I wanted to let her know that the letter she
submitted to VAN [See Fall 2006 issue] gave me some really good information to work
with for the WITT and FRANK families of Bedford, Virginia. Thanks so much for
publishing the letter. One more thing, my father really looks forward to getting each
issue. He reads it cover to cover&gt;and then makes sure he discusses it with me. He grew
up in Virginia, has always enjoyed researching, and getting VAN in the mail is like
getting a letter from home!
Thanks again,
Judy Mills Dom

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Old Book Relates How The Yankees
Were Fooled in Saltville Battle
By H. E. Diggs
The town of Saltville, as the chief source of salt supply for the Confederacy during the
Civil War, was a coveted target for raids of Yankee soldiers. Two battles were fought for the
"salt works" and the Yankees were eventually able to capture the town and, they thought, destroy
the salt works.
Saltville people, however, were ingenious and in a very short time had the salt-making
apparatus back in fine working order.
James Hatfield of North Holston has in hfa possession an old book whjch gives a vivid
account of the October battle in 1864, a surprisingly hot engagement which s~w Y~nkee troops
defeated roundly. Entitled "Kentucky Cavaliers in Dixie," the book gives a deta1~~d picture of the
engagement, devoting three chapters to the Battle of Saltville. Portions of the wntmg follow:
"The loss of the Virginia Salt-works would have been a dire disaster to the Confederacy.
Th~ saline springs and wells were numerous and large sums of money had been expended in
their development and in the manufacture of the most indispensable condiments used by man or
beast.
" A person who had never seen them could scarcely conceive of the huge piles, long
ranges of salt hills.
.
"The Federals had long coveted these works and our scouts reported a _force of six to
eight thousand cavalry with six to ten pieces of artillery was making a rap1d march from
Kentucky with the avowed determination to capture and destroy them ... Our main force, not
more th:m thr~e hundred effective men, took position on the slope of Clinch Mountai~ while the
enemy in plam view were encamped in the broad fields of the demesne of stanch old General
Bowen, some two miles from our position.
. " This was on Saturday, October 1, 1864. We knew that there were no troops behind us at
Saltville, excepting a small body of militia and a few pieces of artillery.
"~bout the middle of the forenoon, the enemy moved out of their encampment and
~eaded ~rrectly for our position on the mountain side. The long, blue columns as they debouched
om th:rr camps made a magnificent panoramic display.
.
On they caine in serpentine course, bugles sounding and panoplied in all the pomp and
circumstance of war. A white horse battalion in front was especially noticeable. The mountain
road ran in a zigzag course, and when the enemy reached a tum in the road, about three hundred
yards below one occupied by the 4th Kentucky and l Otb Kentucky Mounted Rifles, our men
fired down ':1Pon the Federals, emptying a number of saddles, killing some horses and causing
the front regunent to dismount
"The. superior number~ of the invading Federal troops forced the Confederates to give
ground,"albeit they ~thdrew grudgingly and fought for every foot of terrain they relinquished.
From earl~ m the morning until late in the afternoon the out-manned Southerners
battled, finally falhn~ back to Saltville proper. What Union General Burbridge did not know,
however, was .that remforcements had unexpectedly arrived on the scene for the Confederates
and the~ were m the process of&lt;'sitting him up" for a rugged reception.
.
Th~ e~emy was arrogant and jubilant. The small force opposing hun and the brief
checks to his tnumphant march emboldened him to think that Saltville would fall an easy prey on
the morrow. Burbridge&gt; in bis self-conceit and pomposity, did not seem to even suspect that he

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was be ing to led on to an inferno of blazing muskets and roaring artillery which would sound the
death knell for hundreds of his doomed command, and whose reverberations amid the hills and
valleys of the salt-works would mingle with groans of his wounded and dying and sing requiems
for his dead."
ON CAME THE Union troops and the Confederates gave ground slowly as they retreated
to prearranged positions in the Cedar Branch-Broady Bottom area.
The main battle began on Sunday morning.
Saltville was a natural fortress, a number of hills and ridges in concentric circles
surrounding it.
T he battle continued hot and heavy, with the Federals suffering tremendous losses from
the Confederates who commanded the heights. The Confederates would taunt the Federals
urunercifully.
ACTIVE FIRJNG in the engagement ceased about 5 p.m., but the Federals dared not
retreat, as the road to Hayter's Gap was controlled by Confederates. They contented themselves
by ho lding their positions, about a mile from the salt-works, tmtil nightfall.
The Federal troops that night built up a large number of fires and some of the
Confederates surmised that they would be gone before Monday morning's dawn, which is
exactly w hat happened. Under cover of darkness, the Union troops fled and swift pursuit the next
morning by Confederates failed to catch up with the fleeing columns.
-.
General Burbridge, w hose generalship was looked on with contempt by the Southerners,
paid a return visit to Saltville, just before Christmas in 1864 and, with General Stoneham and
General Gillem, succeeded in capturing the town and filling the wells with cannon balls. But in a
matter of days the salt-works were back in almost full production.
The Roanoke Times, September 6~ 1959

MAJ.:11\G $ALT AT SA l.'1' \'11.LE.

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Landmark in Marion Has Been Silent
Spectator to Life's Passing Parade
By Clara Hill Carner

MARION, June 28 - Houses may come and houses may go, but the old Atkins house goes
on forever. This old family landmark, built about 1815 or 1818 by John Irons being either the
oldest or the second oldest house in Marion, still stands the test of time.
Digging back into old records in both Smyth and Washington Counties, some covered with
the dust of time: trying to read page upon page recorded in the "old school penmanship" long-hand:
copying inscriptions from old tombstones, some shaled off, some fallen down in the weeds or dead
leaves, in order to make a composite word picture is as intriguing as making one of the old-fashioned
'crazy'' patchwork quilts.
. .
In 1815 Patrick Campbell sold to John Irons 770 acres ofland for $6,000. This is the Royal
Oak residential section of east Marion. It belonged to Patrick Campbell 's father, David, who in 1768
bought and settled the Royal Oak survey.

In those primeval days sturdy log houses were the style of architecture hence the 14-room
house of which the original two-story, three front rooms and hall constructed of logs were build by
John Irons.
Henry Shugart, a hatter by trade, who was born in Washington County manied Mary,
daughter of John Irons. This house became their home.
During the occupancy, Mr. Shugart added a framed section which parallels the log section
and an ell with double back porch (the ell having been torn down several years ago) and double front
porch, thus making 14 rooms. The entire house was then weatherboarded.
Was Tavern
This house being located on the stagecoach roa~ connecting the frontier with the eastern
markets, resounds not today to the rattle of the ox wagon and the swaying stage coach but to the
hum of thousands of automobiles and busses passing its front door.
About the only market the farmers had then for their surplus grain and produce was
afforded by the great droves of hogs, sheep, horses and mules and herds of cattle on their long

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drives to eastern markets.
Over-night guests to be fed were the stagecoach drivers and travelers , and covered wagon
drivers who were the " drummers" during the horse and hack days or the traveling salesmen of
today.
With 14 rooms, Mr. Shugart ran a tavern. Across the road to the north was a field used
for the wagon and stagecoach stand - parking lot in today's vernacular.
Rates and prices paid today by the traveling public at hotels, tourist homes, motels and
restaurants seem a fortune as compared to those paid in 1832. Prices for license ranged from $2
to $4 per year.
Get Atkins Name
On file in the clerk's office in Smyth County is a marriage license on pink paper dated
Jan. 31, 1843, of Elizabeth Shugart, daughter of Henry Shugart, to Joseph Atkins.
During 1856 a deed was recorded by Thompson Atkins and his wife Frances, saying that
in consideration of natural love and affection, they granted to their son, Joseph, 459 acres lying
on the Middle Fork of the Holston River with the understanding that he was to provide them with
adequate and comfortable support during their lifetime and his mother was to have one-third of
the land during her natural lifetime.
The writer was informed by Miss Margaret Atkins, a granddaughter of Joseph Atkins,
that he moved his family to Marion from Cripple Creek when her father, the late William J.
Atkins, who died at age 96 in November 1951, was nine years of age. That makes the date 1865
when he came to make his home in Marion.
The Atkins homeplace was quite an institution. Many out buildings such as barns,
smokehouse, poultry house, apple house, granary, cribs, dairy, apple orchard, vegetable garden
and flower garden were part of it.
Springs were scarce in this vicinity, residents resorted to various ways of getting water.
The spring on the Atkins place is across the Middle Fork River near the railroad (now in the
garden of the section foreman's house).
Water System
A bucket and windlass salesman traveling through the country installing the latest device
for conveying water to the house, sold and installed an outfit for Mr. Atkins for $75. The buckets
traveled on a suspended rope or wire across the road to the spring, a full bucket passing an empty
on the way from the spring.
The late owner of this house, Willliam J. Atkins, remembered their burying their hams
and silverware when the Yankees were fighting in this county during the War Between the
States.
Marrying late in life, Mr. Billy remained at home running the farm for his father. As a
young man he was fond of raising poultry - chickens, turkeys, guineas and peafowls.
The original house is of large hand-hewn oak logs. The rafters are braced and fastened
with wooden pegs. The back rooms are of hand-sawed framing, morticed and fastened with
locust pins.
Some of the rooms have a panel wainscoting. The ceilings are low and the windows

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small.
Floors are of oak and poplar, worked out by hand, being togue and grooved.
The original doors are handmade. The double front doors are each on one plank. On
some of the doors will be found the old style thumb latch.
Walnut was used in making the wind ing stair railing.
On the double front porch the columns of walnut are morticed into the plate and fastened
with locust pins. The railings and banisters are of walnut.
This house by the side of the road which has been a friend to man for so many years has
been a silent witness in the progress of Marion and modem transportstion. With the fast motor
travel which requires wide and straight roadways, the fate of an interesting old landmark and the
curve around its front door on Highway No. I 1 remains to be seen.
From Virginia Room Vertical Files, no newspaper credit given
Ms. Carner wrote for the Roanoke Times

Train Station at Atkins, Virginia

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Young Smyth Girl Saved Records from Destruction
By Clara Hill Carner
Roanoke Times - January l 7, 1960
!'"""' ...... . ..

MARION, Jan. 16 - Down the space lanes of time, many
countries have boasted their heroines and heroes. Smyth County
can quality for similar honors.
Near the site of Marion Town Spring, just offRt. 16, about
four miles south ofMarion, stood the home of Peter and Minerva
Atkins Killlinger.
Here, their daughter, Elizabeth Katherine, who became one
of Smyth County's heroines during the War Between the States,
was born Jan. 28, 1840.
Before the Battle of Marion, December1864, Major
Harrison with 300 Federal troops passed through Marion and
Proceeded three miles up Staley Creek where they destroyed the
Thomas iron furnace.
Mrs. Scherer
The following is from an account from the pen of her late
daughter, Mrs. Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver.
William C. Sexton, clerk of Smyth County, was at his home west of Marion, today Shanklin
dairy farm , when notified by a frightened courier that the Yankees were approaching.
Mounting his horse, he galloped into the panic strcken town to try to save the court records.
Securing a wagon and Negro driver, he placed the court record books and a wooden box containing
files of papers such as marriage license, etc., in to the wagon.
Diagonally across Main street was Thurman's store - site of Marion Motor Co. Thurman threw
a number of bolts of dress goods into the wagon.
Sexton and the wagon took the road up Staley Creek. Bent upon destroying the iron
furn ace, Harrison took the same road. Sexton on reaching the spring at the foot of the hill
below Killinger home, was informed by a cross-country messenger that the Yankees had
destroed the furnace.
Hearing the clatter of approaching artillery, Sexton realized his futile attempt to save the records.
He rode off into the mountains as the troops came into sight.
Examining the contents of the wagon, the Yankees set fire to it. Two men were dispatched to
the house on the hill to search for any Confederate soldiers or fireanns concealed there and to bum
the house if any were found.
THEY WERE met at the door by Katherine, a young lady. They asked for a drink, also if any
Rebels or guns were hidden in the house. A brother, home on furlou~ was hiding in the woods,
and two new guns, captured from Yankees, were stacked behind the door.
A quick-witted older sister, hearing these questions, came forward with an old, battered, rusty
rifle and said, "Here's Dad's old gun". At which the soldiers laughed.
Instead of searching the house, one of the soldiers told the girls there were bolts of calico in a
burning wagon at the foot of the hill and to go help themselves as he understood dress cloth was
scarce in the South.
Through a window of the house, they could see the burning wagon. Katherine lmew the
contents were more valuable than calico as Mr. Seeton had warned the family of the approaching
enemy.
Perhaps she realized the loss of the court records might likely entail lawsuits, she made

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Young Smyth Girl continued
known her intentions of saving them. Her mother and sisters frowned on her venturing so
near t he dreaded Northerners encamped near th e spring.
As twilight descended, Katherine with a servant girl , stole down to the wagon. The books
were burning slowly. Making many trips across a foo t- log, she hid them in a lump of bushes.
Upon hearing several rifle shots, the servant girl ran to the house with a bolt of half-burned
calico. But Katherine stayed until every book was saved.
In the above picture* is seen the charred and burned pages of Court Order Book I. Papers
attached at top ri ght, first marriage license and bond to be issued in Smyth County on Apri l 3,
1832 to John Jacob Lampe and Priscilla Wassum, show burned holes .
. In order Book No. 12, p. 499, records state that in appreciation of Katherine Killiinger's
savmg the records that a reward of $500 be paid her by the sheriff.
Prior to 1940, her daughter, Mrs. Copenhaver, told this writer that neither her mother nor any
of her family had received this money.
While Miss Katherine was teaching at Black Lick in Wythe County, a suitor went a-courting.
Jo~ Jacob Scherer, a young Gettysburg ColJege man, went to Texas where he studied law,
dunng the meantime teaching to support himself
After some time in Texas, he d ecided it was high time to find a wife, but he w anted one
from Virginia. He returned to the Old Dominion for the purpose of taking a Virginia bride
back to Texas. A niece introduced him to the Black Lick teacher, with whom he fell in love.
After a short courtship, they were married, Sept. 5, 1867.
Together they founded Marion Female College in 1873 where she was an inspriation to the
young women who passed through its portals. Quoting from her obituary, " Marion Female
College stands as a monument largely to the results of her ardent labors and earnest prayers."
Mrs. Scherer organized the first Woman's Missionary Society in 1881 of the Southern Lutheran
Church. A memorial chapel was built to her in Japan.
At the age of 58, Mrs. Scherer passed away Oct. 23, 1898. Not only in the Jives of colJege
student has the influence of this noble woman lived, but as ambassadors of their departed mother
are the lives of her five children: the late Mrs. Laura Lu Copenhaver, teacher of English at the
coll~g~, author, church worker, and founder of Rosemont Industries: Miss May Scherer, her only
survivmg child, teacher of Bible and other subjects, Dean Emeritus of Marion college, currently
teacher of Women's Bible class, Ebenezer Lutheran Church; the late Luther L. Scherer, special
agent , C&amp;O Railroad; the late Mrs. Kate Cronk, prominent in United Lutheran Church work,
author; and the late Rev. J. J. Scherer Jr pastor many years of the First Lutheran Church,
Richmond.
' .,

. M:s: Scherer is buried in Round Hill Cemetery, Marion, beside her husband. Monument
cames this mscription: The Rev. John Jacob Scherer, D.D. 1830-1919. Katherine Killinger
Scherer, 1840-1898, founders ofMarion College.

* could not make a good reproduction
Found in the Virginia Room vertical files-Roanoke City Main Library

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(Smyth County)

MUSTER ROLL for 1857
Captain
Zachariah J. Shugart
First Lieutenants
John M. Rodgers
Malvoy Myers
Second Lieutants
Jam es A. Harris
Isreal Wolf
Sergants
George Bridgman 151
Corporals
Muscians
Joseph Dungans

Privates

Thomas Benton
Joseph Atkins
Robert A. Davis

Adam Goodman
Abraham Goodman
Gorge E. Harris
Alfred R. M c Fee
wm W . Pruner
James M. Pruner
JohnM. Pruner

wm Snavely

A lfred C. Williams

Edwatd A. Watson
Bengimen S. Willbun
Alexandre Wolf
wn1Henritze
Charles Anware
WU1YSevers
Francis Newman
Mathew P. Watson
Soloman Myers
John Sullivan
Claibum G. Galliher

Charles S. Roark
Henderson Rosenbalm
Abraham Burger
John Bridgman
Thomas Ti Ison
William Loyed
wm T.C. M CHee
Thomas Janlings
Roland Debord
Jesse Aydlet
Edward Aydlet
Fleming Guling
Gabriel Manuel
WU H. Bridgman
Peter H. Herington
Joseph P. Jones
Nicholas Wossom
SamuelR.osenbaUill
Nathanial H. Jones
Alfread T. Farris
Mikeal Wof
J. Henry Snider
John Rhea
Marcus Anderson

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Jacob Blessing
Marquis S. Umbarge
James Francis
Henry J. Garrett
Nathan C. Harris
John A. Snider
Joseph Ho/et
George Prum
Samuel C. Pendleton
Archabal M. Jones
George W. Hinderliten
E. M. Thurman
Thomas J. Harmon
Robert Slate
Thomas Thurrman
Miles Foy
William Snavtz
A. H. Combell
Anderson Wolf
Ephraim Wolf
Hery Copenheifer sen

Henry Edwin
Auguston Willson
Crafford Tally
wm Tally
Thomas Tally
Abraham Snavly
James M. Jones
John Jones
F. Landrum
wm Heniger
Jon Cowder
Elihu Watson
Andrew J. Bales
Joseph Moses
A. A.Adams
James S. Morris
Thomas Rolend
Eli Spealswood1
H. Scoolville
JonSpleqad
Woofe

Joseph Wasson

S.H. Valron
James W. Woods

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Sheffey Wolf
Malen Wolf
Nelson Fudg
Abraham Snider
WU1E.More
J. C. Wolf

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Holfrad Riley
Josef Umbarger
James E. Damron
James Roller

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M. I. Dunsward

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A studious sociologist. An accurate reporter. An heiroglypbics expert.
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About Aunt Mary
Submitted by Bonnie Stuart Beckett
Although I grew up in Floyd County, Virginia, I left there in 1964. It was not until I attended a
Family Reunion in 1998, that I became interested in my families ' history. I started researching the
Census Records. Since my ancestors were al I Stuarts (though not re lated) and alI from Floyd County,
I soon I thought I'd found them all. Until. .. ! made a connection on Classmate.com.
Hoping to make contact with classmates I hadn' t known before, 1 added Floyd County High School
to Classmate.com. (I was one of the thirteen black students who integrated Floyd County's High
Schools in 1960.) Before long, several had signed up, and I decided to contact them.
Sitting at my desk at a Financial firm in McLean Virginia one afternoon in October 2000,I sent an
email to one of them, Leab Wade Ford. Although, 1 realized that we had not been classmates ...
(She didn't graduate from Check) we graduated the same year. That was close enough. When she
told me she lived in the Indian Valley, where my Dad' s family Jived many years ago, I asked if she
knew ofthem. Withinanhoursheanswered, "Not only do I know your father's family, I know about
yo~ great Grandmother" Thinking that she meant my maternal grandmother Mary Ellen Stuart,
I didn't get too excited. I already knew about her.
But Leah said, "No, I know of your great grandmother, Lucy Mary Stuarf'_ I had never heard of
her, much less heard her name. I got a chill~ tears ran down my face. Despite the fact that I was at
wor~ I had to tell someone. r shouted to a co-worker who passed my desk," I just found my great
grandmother. "Jyoti, my co-worker, who was from India, must have thought I was a little strange.
She smiled and said "that's great" and kept walking.
Leah and her husband had returned to Floyd from Florida to care for her mother and grandmother.
I think she welcomed a diversion. In the days that followed, she gathered information for me. She
even went to my grandparents old abandoned home place late one winter evening to take pictures
for me. She sent pictures of the old house; J couldn 't believe it was still standing. And pictures of
my grand parents graves in the cemetery that had been abandoned since 195 5. She told me that her
Dad, Elvin and his siblings, Ellen, Reva and Houston Wade, lost their mother suddenly when they
were little ... Aunt Mary helped take care of them. I understood ... I remembered what it was like to
lose a mother at a young age.
Before long, she sent me the photo of Aunt Mary, "Lucy Mary Stuart," the great grandmother I
had never known. The picture came from her cousin, Sammie who lives in Florida. Then I started
emailing Sammie, a retired/disabled English professor who lives in Ocala Florida She explained
that her grandfather, Alseberry "A.M." Wade and Leah's grandfather, Elvin Wade Sr. were
brother~. When her mother was a young girl she came to stay with her Grandfather Eli, to attend
s~hoo.l m Floy~ " Aunt Mary was there for her too." In fact, Sammie's mother, Ethel is the young
girl pictured with Aunt Mary. She was about 18 when the picture was taken in 1930. "Aunt Mary
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As the weeks, then months passed, Leah and I emailed daily, she sent copies of pages from cemetery
books, passed on what she learned from her mother, a retired school teacher, Eris \\lade. "Aunt
Mary bought delicious basket lunches on Rally day at church and apples for the children in Sunday
School.,, She told me all about her family and that they spoke highly of my family.
She suggested that I might want to meet her Aunt Reva the next time I'm in the area. Later, she told
me that her Aunt Ellen wanted to meet me too. Ellen was eighty-six years old, had survived a battle
with cancer ... but it was back. Ellen was so excited about meeting me, "she wanted a new dress for
the occasion." I was really touched.
However, I lived two hundred fifty miles away, I worked, and it was winter time, so I had to
consider the weather. It was difficult to set a time to make the trip. When Ellen's daughter, Carolyn
confided in m e that if I wanted to see mother, I should hurry, I set a date. I wrote to tell Ellen of my
plans to visit them April 7. Perhaps thinking that she might not be able to hang on, she wrote to me.

Ellen's Letter
Sunday, March 24, 2001
Dear Bonnie,
I so appreciate your letter, even though we have never met, I feel like I already lcnow you.
My mother died June 192 2, before I turned 9 in October. I was the oldest ofher four children. We
stayed with our grandmother Layman until Dad got a housekeeper and took Houston, Jr. and I
home. To this day none of us know why Reva was left with Grandmother Layman for quite some
time. My father remarried in two years.
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I am not sure that I will be able to meet you on the 7'11 when you come to Reva's. I have had to make
so many trips to Roanoke and Salem to the doctors lately, and they just completely wear me out. I
am looking forward to seeing you later on in Willis.
In my book Aunt Mary was a "saint". When J was little I had the croup. She had to walk to our
house to get her mail. When she came in andfound out how sick I was she went to the swamp and
dug a root and boiled it and made a tea and had me to drink it. I used to know what it was but I am
sorry to say I can no longer remember it. It had a *root sort of like an onion. Can't remember the
taste, but sure it was bitter. Anyway J recovered-she saved rne lots ofsuffering- maybe even my life.
She always wore a bonnet with a night cap under it.
Years ago I went back to the area to try andfind Aunt Mary's house but never could locate it. Eris,
told me that a Black professor from VP! had built a house on the Phillip's land which would be
joining the Stuart land, opposite side ofthe Wade land. I do not know who ownAunt Mary's land
I am sure that you were delighted with thepicture that Lea sent you ofAunt Mary and Ethel Wade.
I know you enjoy hearing from Ethel's daughter Sammie.

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J hope that you can also talk with Edith Turman when you come

I-Vil/is. She lives just above the
cemetery where your grandfather Johnny Stuart is buried and they own the fund around it. She
knows a lot ofstories and history of the area.
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Lookingforward to meeting you.
Love Ellen
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I made the trip April 7, 2001. I rushed down the interstate to Salem, Va. When I first arrived at their
home, running a little late, I found Reva, this gracious little white haired lady, standing on the front
steps waiting for me. She greeted me with a big warm smile and a hug, as if we had always known
each other.
She could hardly wait to tell me about "Aunt Mary" but she wanted to share me with her sister Ellen
who was terminally ill in a nearby hospital. Harry drove us to the hospital. At the hospital, Reva
walked beside me holding my hand, Harry walked ahead of us carrying the half-cooked Peace lily
I'd foolishly left in the hot car. Each time she met someone she knew, Reva would introduce me
"This is Aunt Mary's great grand daughter". They smiled and greeted me as ifthey knew who Aunt
Mary was. I smiled too.
When we reached Ellen,s hospital room Reva stepped back. Ellen looked so small and so very ill.
I was a little overwhelmed! My heart went out to her. She said "J know who you are". I laughed
nervously and answered jokingly" Andjust how do you know who I am? She said "Because you look
just like Aunt Mary." At that moment I wished I had been Aunt Mary. I felt as if I had known her
all my life. I had to sit very close to hear her. She held my hands and didn't take her eyes off me.
I've never felt so loved.
Her family sat quietly while she, despite her obvious pain, tried to tell me about my great
grandmother who died sixty years ago. She said "She ~ore ~ool strings in her ears. Her ears were
pierced but she didn,t have earrings so she put wool stnngs m them." I thought, you would have to
be very close to someone to remember that all these years.
She went on to say "She always wore a bonnet ... I don't know why. Couldn't see her hair." I
thought, that's a family thing, Dad's sisters kept their hair covered as they got older too.

It was obvious that her pain was intense, she was holding on just to talk to me. She was having
trouble remembering. So she told me that if she did remember something else, she would tell her
daughter, Carolyn so she could tell me. Then she wanted to hear what I had found out about Aunt
Mary ... so I read to her. She looked like a child listening to Aunt Mary. Not wanting to tire her any
longer, I excused myself; spoke briefly to her daughter and family. Harry and Reva watered the half
cooked lily and we left. I was both saddened and moved by the experience. I wished rd come
sooner, before she became so ill.

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Back at Reva's, she p resented me with two hand made wooden baskets given to her and Ellen as
little g irls . T hey were made by my great grandmother in the l 920' s or 30's. The larger basket bad
been given to E lle n (the oldest) and the smaller basket was given to little Reva " a little basket for
a little girl." A lthough, they had cherished them all those years, Reva and Ellen had decided to pass
them on to me for safe keeping. I was so moved; I had to fight back tears. Reva joked that " ifl failed
to take care of them, Aunt Mary, Ellen and she would get me." We laughed and I promised to
cherish them too.
She gave m e a picture of my grandfather John, whom she called "Johnny", Aunt Mary's oldest son",
with their father, Elvin Wade Sr., and a couple other men, all on horse back. The men on the
ground had hunting dogs. I asked if they were going hunting? "Oh goodness no, she replied. "They
didn't have time to hunt; they were foreman on a cattle farm." Her grandfather, Eli owned ET
Wade &amp; Son Livestock Dealers. The picture was taken about 1910. It was great to see a picture of
grandpa John as a yow1g man. (He was seventy years old when I was born.) I was pleased.
She remembered how Aunt Mary and her husband attended their church, Indian Creek Primitive
Baptist, when she was little. They sat in their own little section. Aunt Mary would carry her out side
after service and sit with her in the buggy until her grandmother Layman was ready to go.
Although I was filled with questions, I just listened as she relived memories. She told me how when
she was thirteen years old, her step mother taught her how to bake a cake. Her first cake, in a little
fluted pan was a birthday cake for Aunt Mary. Aunt Mary's birthday was In January (Reva was also
born in January). When the cake was ready she asked her brother to walk with her through the deep
snow to take it to her. Aunt Mary was very pleased and Reva was very proud
Years after Aunt Mary had died, she ran into her son Johnny. He told her how when his mother died
he got he r trunk with all her worldly goods. When he went through it, he found a mound of mold
in the bottom and couldn't imagine what it was. It was a cake ..... the cake she'd made for her
birthday. Reva was crushed to think that Aunt Ma1y didn't eat her cake after all. To make it worse,
her brothers teased her saying it was so bad she couldn't eat it. .. she had to hide it. Reva asked me,
Why do you think Aunt Mary didn't eat my cake? I answered honestly, I think she was so touched
by it ... she tried to keep it. She smiled. That was another family thing ... dad's sisters were good at
packing things away in a trunk for safe keeping.
Then came the time she went to see Aunt Mary and found her door open, a tree limb laying with one
end in the fire and the other out the door into the snow. She asked her father about it later, he told
her it was probably because she had no one to cut it for her. (She would pull it into the house as the
end burned. That bought tears to my eyes. She had two sons, and many grandsons but no one to cut
a log fo r her fire. She was really alone.
Reva's husband Harry sat patiently for a long time. Soon he joined in. Retired from the Highway
dept for many years, h e spent his time making things in the workshop in his basement. He had a
working model ofMaberry's Mill, his favorite. Ironically, I painted a picture ofMabeny's Mill, my
favorite. He gave me a choice of his many works of art. I picked wooden cat and a reindeer with a
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As my visit was ending, Reva and Harry walked me to my car. I asked, " What do I call you two? She
said quickly, "how about Reva and Harry?" I laughed, No, I'm from the south .. . I can ' t do that." Mr.
&amp; Mrs. Weeks sounds too formal. She said "Well, you can call us Uncle Harry and Aunt Reva ifyou
want." I said ' Okay" We laughed!
I went back to see Ellen again the next morning before my drive back to Northern Virginia. They
said she'd stopped talking after I left. The doctors had limited her visitors to"family only and me."
Her daughter, Carolyn asked the fami ly to wait outside so she could be alone with me. I felt as if I
were. intruding on a very special and private time. Ellen was very weak and I felt bad that I was
causmg her to try to remember. It seemed so insignificant compared to what she was going through
but she wanted to talk. She held my hand and talked very softly. Said she was "son y she hadn't been
able to remember anything more but that she was sure we would nieet again." I told her I was sure
we would too. It was hard to hold back the tears. I gave her a book of prayers w hich I handed to
Carolyn. I said Good bye, kissed her on the forehead and tried to get out before the tears really came.
I left the hospital sobbing. Dear Ellen died two weeks later, April 19, 2001 at her home in Willis.
Ellen had wanted so badly to go with us to find Aunt Mary's house. We made plans and her
daughter, Carolyn would take her place. I'm certain that E llen and Aunt Mary are together again in
Heaven ... holding bands. In the months that followed, I visited Reva and Harry as often as I could.
I value the time I spend with them. r find them witty, charming and funny. She reminds me so much
of Grandma Mae, the maternal grandmother who took care of me and my siblings after my mother's
death.
She still tells me stories of her childhood and from time to time there are more memories of Aunt
Mary. She told me how her parents married at Christmas. They rode a horse and buggy to
Christiansburg to catch a train to Bristol Tennessee. Grandpa John fo llowed them on horse back.
He stayed in Christiansburg with the ho;ses and bugID:' until th~y returned the following day. She
was concerned that she didn't know where he slept while he waited. I couldn' t tell her he probably
slept in the stable with the horses. (It was the South in 1911 .)
Reva said that when I'm holding her hand, I'm holding the hand that held Aunt Mary's hand. T he
first time I said " I love you" to her she said "]love you too, Aunt Mmy. "Harry, Reva' s soulmate,
is just as delightful. They have be~n married over sixty years and are always together.
During my first visit, he sat quietly, watched and listened as we talked. By the time I was ready to
go, he said "Bonnie, you're a nice lady." That j ust made my day. I responded. "Well, thank you
Uncle Harry, I think you' re pretty special too." We had a good laugh.
~s far as_ I can tell, although great grandmother Lucy (Aunt Mary) she was a former slave, she was

Just a neighbor to the Wade family. She did not work for_them, although, it appears that she was
always close. When little Ellen, Houston, Reva and E lvm Jr. lost their mother, she had lost her
husband and her only daughter and grand daughters had moved away. The Wade children needed
to be nurtured, she needed to nurture. It was unconditional love. She loved the children. Clearly they
returned that love .... love transcends all._

"People don't remember what you do, they don't remember what you say, and they only remember
how you make them feel!" Maya Angelou

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Lucy Mary (Smith) Stuart
1849 - 1941
Although, she was born during slave1y, I can only assume that she was a slave. According to family members,
she claimed to have been sold four times during slavery. She might have been one ofthe marry slaves sent to
Indian Valley lo lend the ca/tie ofJudge Fleming Saunders and others before the Civil War. Or one of the
slaves owned and leased by the County ofFranklin. In any case, she was about sixteen when freedom came
in 1865.

Lucy Mary born January 1849 was the only child of Charlotte and T. Smith ofFranklin County
Virginia. She married James Stuart of Henry County, the eighth day of April, 1869 in Floyd
County, the day after his twenty-fifth birthday. They settled in a three-roomed cabin on a hillside
in the Indian Creek section of Indian Valley. (between the Phillips and Cox's and very near the
Wades.) They were farmers or share croppers who could both read and write. They had four
children. One daughter, Nancy Ellen -born August 1870 and three sons: John Herny- born June 15,
1872, William James- born May 25, 1875 and Walter born July 1877 Walter died of colic July 1878
he was a year old.
Ellie, (Nancy Ellen) married a neighbor, James Anderson Stovall in 1893. They had six daughters;
Mary, Clara, Laura, Martha, Nannie and Nora.
Their second so~ William, known as Will, married another neighbor, Alma Saunders in 1896.
They had four children: E lmer, Mary B., Flora J. and James. That marriage ended and he married
Judy about 1909.
Their oldest son, Johnny (my grandfather) was the last to leave home. He was 27 years old when he
married 15 year old, Mary Ellen Phillips, October 8, 1899. She was the daughter of neighbors,
Virginia and Samuel Phillips. They were listed as part of the household of his parents on the 1900
census, along with Lucy Mary's widowed mother, Charlotte. They had nineteen children, only
eleven of them survived. They were: Johnny Lee (1904), Grace Ellen (1907), Essie Pearl, 1909.
Samuel (1910) Virginia Mae (1913), Minnie Augustus (1916), Robert Otis (1919), Royal Willard
(1921 ), Matthew Alden (1923), Archie (1925) and Clevie (1929).
They were farmers and Johnny worked with cattle for Eli Wade; he was a co-worker and friend to
his son, Elvin Wade. They had a telephone; he owned a model T Ford and taught the young women
in the Wade family to drive. His wife Mary cooked, canned, cleaned, sewed and raised eleven
children while she took in laundry for her neighbors. They even boarded the black school teachers
in the area.
Lucy and James were married forty-eight years. He died in May 1917. Their daughter, Ellie and her
family moved to Crawford Pennsylvania about 1920. Will's children are believed to have gone to
West Virginia.
As soon as they were old enou~ Jolmny's children went to work His daughters became domestic
servants for white families in Floyd, then Roanoke. The older boys went to work in the coal mines
of West Virginia. Samuel died of pneumonia while recovering from surgery in West Virginia in
1934 at age24. Augustus was killed in an auto accident in 1936 in Tennessee atage 20. The younger
boys went to war; they joined the Navy and Marines.

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After which, Otis married Iver Gertrude Stuart (my mother) in 1940 and settled on the other end
of the county.
When young Ona Wade died in June 1922, Lucy Mary was seventy-three years old, w idowed and
alone; her only daughter had moved away, her sons were working hard to care for their families and
her grandchildren were already at work. She needed the Wade children as they needed her. The love
was mutual. There is no indication that she ever belonged to them ... except in her heart.
Great Grandmother Lucy Mary Smith Stuart d ied of natural causes at age 92 on July 1, 194 I in
Indian VaIIey ... before I was born. She was laid to rest in the Wade family church cemetery, the
Inclian Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, in Indian Creek. Reva paid for her headstone.
Although she didn't say, she gave me her death certificate which leads me to believe that she paid
for her funeral as well. I shall be eternally grateful . - ***I would like to Thank:

Leah Wade Ford; Sammie Wade; Carolyn Keith Shockley; Ellen Wade Keith; and Reva Wade
Weeks &amp; Harry C. Weeks.
Without them I would never have known of my great grandmother and the legacy of love she left
behind. Nor would I have experienced the love and friendship I've gotten from them.
This is dedicated to:
The Memory of:

Ellen Wade Keith
October 24, 1913 - April 19, 2001

Lucy Mary Stuart (left)

John Wade (left) on horseback.

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History of Quakers in Southwest Virginia
By Anthony Lowe
Sixteen years after Quakerism had its beginnings in Virginia along the eastern waterways in
1656, George Fox, the English founder of the movement visited the colony. Prior to Fox's 1672
visit to Virginia, his trusted associate William Edmundson also traveled through the Old
Dominion hoping to stir up the Quaker congregations there. One of the places he was most
successful was in Henrico County in the area around Green Spring, plantation home of Sir
William Berkley, the then governor of Virginia. There were a few Quaker families living in that
area when Edmundson passed through, and as a result of the services he held there, several new
converts joined the group. A1nong them was a man named John Pleasants from nearby Curles
Neck Plantation.
Born to a weaver' s family in Norwich, England on February 27, 1644, John Pleasants came to
Virginia at the age of 21 in 1665. He began his life in the New World as an assistant to a Jam es
River merchant. He began investing his earnings in land and by 1672 when he met William
Edmundson, Pleasants had acquired a substantial amount of land along the James where it makes
several loops on its trip from the hills to the sea, a place appropriately called Curles. Pleasants
was s uccessful enough and attracted enough attention that, like his neighbors the Randolphs at
Turkey Island, he was chosen to be a member of the House of Burgesses, but refused the
appointment because he would have had to take an oath which went against his Quaker beliefs.
Shortly after his conversion to Quakerism, John Pleasants married Jane Lacrome Tucker, the
widow of Captain Samuel Tucker. Pleasants announced their intentions to the community, then
had a m eeting for worship in his warehouse in which they recited their vows to one another
without any clergy present as was Quaker custom. Their marriage was evidently accepted since
Henrico records refer to Mrs. Pleasants as early as 1678. Sometime later on a visit to Quakers in
York County, John and Jane recited their vows again before witnesses in order to have the
marriage officially recorded in the minutes of a Friends' Meeting. The date of this entry is
November 19, 1680. By then, John and Jane already had three children of their own in addition
to her two daughters by Samuel Tucker.
John Pleasants made his will in Henrico County on October 1, 1690. He left a parcel of land
to the Quakers in Henrico County on which to build a meeting house and start a cemetery. In
1692, there were three groups of Quakers meeting in Henrico, one at the house of Thomas
Holmes, one at the house of Mary Maddox, and the monthly meeting itself which met in the
home of the Pleasants. It was during this period that Jane Pleasants was recorded as a minister
among Quakers in Virginia. During her lifetime, she was the only resident recorded minister
among Friends north of the James River. John Pleasants died on May 12, 1698 at which time the
meeting house had not been built. On June 4, 1699 a group of Friends from Henrico meeting in
the home of William Porter Jr. pledged portions of their tobacco crop towards the building of a
meeting house. The names on that list are the closest thing that exists to a membership roll for
Henrico Meeting. They included Jane Pleasants, James Howard, Henry Watkins Sr., Edward
Hughes, William Porter Jr., John Crew, John Robinson, Ephriam Ga.rhite, William Ladd, Robert
Hughes, Samuel Garritt, Edward Mosby, John Pleasants Jr., Joseph Pleasants, Henry Watkins Jr.,
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By 1702, Henrico Monthly Meeting had three separate congregations meeting regularly, the
original meeting now called Curles in Henrico Coun ty, Black Creek Meeting in New Kent
County, and Howards Meeting in Charles City. When the Virginia Yearly Meeting was divided
into two quarterly meetings, Upper and Lower, these three meetings north of the James formed
the Upper Quarterly Meeting.
An early list of the members of the meeting in New Kent County includes: Charles Fleming,
John Raley, Thomas Moorman, James Woody, Rice Royals, Richmond Terrell , Sisely Ellison,
Albert MacKenny, Thomas Stanley, Thomas Harris, William Johnson, John Johnson, Robert
Ellyson, Gerard Ellyson, and Robert Hughes.

The Pleasants Fami ly of Henrico Meeting
John Pleasants, fo under of Henrico Meeting ( February 27, 1644 - May 12, 1698) married
Jane Lacrome Tucker (1638-1708) one of the first four recorded ministers among Quakers in
Virginia They were the parents of:
I. Elizabeth Pleasants born 1675 married James Cocke
2. John Pleasants ( 1677 -1714) married Dorothy Carey in 1695. After his death, Dorothy
married Robert Jordan of Chuckatuck ( I 668-1728) son of Thomas and M argaret Brasseur
Jordan. A recorded minister and leader among Virginia Quakers, Robert Jordan had eight
surviving children by his marriage to Mary Belson ofNansemond, six of whom married children
of John and Dorothy Pleasants combining two of the most ancient and influential Quaker
families in Virginia.
A. Anna Pleasants born November 3, 1695 married Joseph Jordan
B. Thomas Pleasants (twin) born November 3, 1695 married Mary Jordan
C. John Pleasants Ill born 1697 married Margaret Jordan
D. Joseph Pleasants born 1699 married E lizabeth Jordan
E. Jane Pleasants born April 12 1702 married Robert Jordan Jr. after his sister Dorothy's
death
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F. Dorothy Pleasants (1707-1727) married Robert Jordan Jr.
G · Mary Pleasants born 171 o married Charles Woodson
3 · ~oseph Pleasants (1679-1725) married Martha Cocke. Both Joseph and his sister Elizabeth
marned before Quakers adopted the uniform discipline. Since they married non Quakers, they .
would have been disowned.
A. Joseph Pleasants Jr. born 1700 married Elizabeth Woodson
B. Elizabeth Pleasants born 1703 married John Merrymoon
C. Jane Pleasants (1706 -1726)
D. Martha Pleasants born January 2, 1708 married Edward Bennett
E. John Pleasants born 1710 married Susanna Woodson
F. Richard Pleasants born 1713 married Anne Porter
G. Robert Pleasants born 1718 married Elizabeth Randolph
4. Dorothy Pleasants born 1682 married Miles Carey

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Cedar Creek Meeting in Hanover County
Like their counterparts south of the James, Quakers in Henrico were more than willing to
move into new areas and establish communities where they could live and worship in freedom.
Several Quaker families moved into the newly opened area northwest of Henrico that became
known as Hanover County and built a meeting house there by 1719. One of the leaders of the
group was Thomas Stanley. As early as 1719, there were complaints from the Established
Church clergy in Hanover that Thomas Stanley's sons, John and James, did not pay their tithes to
the chw·ch, nor did they present their children for christening and baptism. Born around 1670,
Thomas Stanley was about 50 years old at the time. He had three married sons with families,
James, John, and Thomas Jr. who were a part of the meeting along with his daughter Mary who
was married to John Harris, the first clerk of the newly formed Cedar Creek Meeting. It was
noted in the minutes in 1724 that John Harris was imprisoned for refusing to pay his tithe to the
Church of England.
A few years after Cedar Creek was formed, the Great Awakening began in America. Like
other denominations, Quakers took advantage of the renewed interest in religion and recorded
ministers traveled among Friends holding evangelical meetings attempting to make new
converts. Joseph Newby of North Carolina held a series of meeting at Cedar Creek in 1738 that
more than doubled the size of the meeting. Among the new converts were William and Mary
Ann Ballard and their children, his cousin another William Ballard with his wife Sarah and their
children, the Richard Ballard family, Joseph Anthony, and the families of two immigrant
Scottish brothers, Jolm and William Johnson who had come from the meeting in New Kent
County, and two families related by marriage, the Moonnans and the Clarkes.
The latter group had all come to Virginia together. The founder of the family, Zachariah
Moorman married Mary Candler at Isle of Wight, England. He came to Virginia in 1669 with
his two sons Charles and Thomas Moorm~ and his daughter and son-in-law, Sally and Micajah
Clarke. In the next generation. Christopher Clarke (1681-1754), son of Micajah and Sally
Mo01u1an Clarke married Penelope Jolmson, a sister of William and John Johnson and moved
into Hanover County about the same time as Thomas Stanley. Charles Moorman, son of
Zachari~ a lso settled in the area. He and his family joined Cedar Creek about the same time as
the Clarkes and Johnsons along with Daniel Candler, a nephew of Zachariah Moorman' s wife.
As a result of the growth, a new and larger meeting house was built in 1739.
The traveling Quaker minister John Woolman visited Cedar Creek Meeting on May 14,
1757 during his journey through the South to speak against slavery. Quakers in Virginia did not
respond as he had hoped initially. The Yearly Meeting that year condemned slave trade, but did
not address the institution itself. Cedar Creek was one of the first Quaker meetings in Virginia to
outlaw slavery among its members in the late l 760's. As a result of the work of Cedar Creek and
other meetings, the Virginia Yearly Meeting in 1782 made the keeping of slaves grounds for
disownment. This heroic step for freedom and equality, however, made it even more difficult for
Quakers to peacefully co-exist among their slave holding neighbors. Once again, Quakers began
moving westward, searching for less populated areas where they could live out their testimonies
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Although numbers of Friends left the more populated eastern part of Virginia, there were
four individuals who all came out of these families at Cedar Creek and each. in their own way,
had a tremendous impact on the spread of Quakerism into Southwestern Virginia: Sarah Clarke
Lynch, Byrum and Eleanor Candler Ballard, and Zachariah StanJey. Their stori es are closely
tied to those of the Quaker meetings in the western part of the state.
South River Meeting in Campbell County
Among Christopher and Penelope Johnson Clarke's ten children was a daughter named Sarah
who was born in 1716. While she was stiH a young girl, her fathe r took on an Irish apprentice
named Charles Lynch who was born in Ireland in 1705 and came to Virginia as a teenager in
1720. Charles Lynch and Sarah Clarke were married in 1733. They moved up the James River
and established a plantation near the present site of the city of Lynchburg in 1752. Charles
Lynch who never became a Quaker died jn 1753 and for the next four years, Sarah held regul ar
meetings for worship in her home with no one in attendance but her six children. Eventually
Sarah's brothers Bolling and Edward Clarke settled nearby and became a part of the worship
group.
A meeting known as South River because it was on the south side of the James was
established under the care of Cedar Creek. It was set off as an independent meeting in 1757 and
the meeting house was completed in October of the same year. Twenty-two year old William
Candler, son of Daniel and Hannah Candler, was named clerk of the meeting. During the same
year, John Lynch, son of Charles and Sarah, started operating a ferry across the James. This was
the beginning of the city of Lynchburg, which grew out of the Quaker settlement along the
James. Eventually descendants of the Jolmsons, Moormans, and other famil ies moved into the
area and became a part of that settlement.
In _1767, South River Meeting disowned Sarah Clarke Lynch for marrying a non-Quaker,
Captam John Ward. She married Charles Lynch before her family became Quaker, so there was
no breach of the uniform discipline in that marriage. She had been a Quaker for more than thirty
years, however, when she married Jolm Ward, and in accordance with the discipline, she was put
out of the meeting for marrying out of unity. Charles and Sarah Clarke Lynch's six children
were:
1. Penelope Lynch born 1734 married Robert Adams
2. Charles Lynch born 1736 married Anne Terrell
3. Sarah Lynch born 1738 married Micajah Terrell
4. John Lyne~ founder of Lynchburg born 1740, married Mary Bowles
5 · Christopher Lynch born 1742 marrted Anne Ward
6. Edward Lynch
The South River Meeting was one of the largest and strongest in Virginia for about seventy
years. Quakers began leaving Campbell County for the free states beyond the Ohio River around
1810, partl~ due to the slavery issue, but also because of the opposition their stand for peace
created dunng the War of 1812. By the 1830's the pro-slavery sentiment in Lynchburg was
strong enough to cause many of the remaining Quakers to leave for Ohio, and in 1837 South
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where. the Quakers deeded their property to the Presbyterians who honored them by calling their
place of worship Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Goose Creek Meeting in Bedford County
Byrum Ballard, son of William and Mary Ann Byrum Ballard, was born in the Cedar Creek
community o n February 27, 1739. After the death of his first wife, William Ballard married
Rachel C larke Moorman, widow of Thomas Moorman, and sister of Sarah Clarke Lynch, so
Byrum Ballard was a step cousin to the Lynches. As a young m~ he followed the example of
the Lynches a nd other Quaker neighbors and moved up the Jan1es, eventually becoming a part of
South Rive r Mee ting. He may have been a part of the group who attempted to establish a
meeting in Bedford CoWlty in 1758, but had to abandon it due to an Indian uprising. On August
20, 1763 Byrum Ballard married Eleanor Candler at South River Meeting. Born on October 10,
1740, E leanor was the daughter of Daniel and Hannah Candler, the family for whom Candlers
Mountain was named. E leanor was the sister of William Candler who served as clerk of South
Rive r Meeting.
Afte r the ir marriage, Byrun1 and Eleanor settled in Bedford County and were among a small
group of Frie nds who revived the meeting that had been started there earlier. A gifted leader and
sp eaker, Eleanor Ballard was recorded as a minster among Friends in 1787, and served as a
spiritual guide to the Quaker meetings on the Virginia frontier until her death in 1791. The work
in Bedford County which was begun under the care of South River was set apart as a full fledged
Quaker meeting known as Goose Creek in 1794. Most of Byrum and Eleanor Ballard' s children
grew up and were married there:
1. Mary Ballard ( June 1O, 1764 - 1813) married Moses Cadwalader Jr. at Goose Creek
M eeting in Bedford County on May 23 , 1792. They later moved with her family to Grayson
County, Virg inia.
2. Betty Ballard was born November 1, 1765 and appears to have died unmarried
3. William Ballard (July 20, 1767 - 1832) married Elizabeth Anthony at Goose Creek Meeting
on April 24, 1788. His family also ended up in Grayson County.
4. Byrum Ballard (May 14, 1769 -July, 1769)
5 . Amos Ballard (November 15, 1770 - February 5, 1859) was disowned by Friends for
participation in the military. He married Jane Kenny in a civil ceremony in Grayson County
on October 20, 1803.
6. B yrum Ballard (June 9, 1773 -November 19, 1774)
7. Mourning Ballard was born May 14, 1775 and married Joseph Morland at Goose Creek
Meeting on August 20, 1794.
8. Judith Ballard was born December 10, 1779 and married out of unity to a Mr. Cunningham
around 1800.
Byrwn Ballard married a widow, Sarah Cadwalader Hutton, on September 20, 1792 at Goose
Creek Meeting. She was the sister of his son-in-law, Moses Cadwalader. On May 2, 1795,
Byrum and his wife Sarah and their infant son Philip aJong with his unmarried daughters Betty
and Judith, were given certificates to Westfield Monthly Meeting in Surry County, North
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meeting there, their memberships were transferred to the closest one, even though it was a part of
the North Carolina Yearly Meeting rather than Virginia Yearly Meeting.
Over the next few years most of the Quakers in Bedford County followed the Ballards to
Grayson County. As a result, Goose Creek Meeting was laid down in J8 J4, and the Quakers that
remained in the area once again became a part of South River Meeting.
Mount Pleasant Meeting in Grayson (now Carroll ) County
A number of Quakers in North Carolina moved westward about the same time as those settling
in Campbell County, Virginia. These North Carolina Friends established Cane Creek Meeting
in Orange County in 1752. They were joined by an influx of Quakers from Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, and Maryland who came down the Great Wagon Road through the Shenandoah Valley
and became the nucleus of New Garden Meeting in Guilford County in 1754. Other famflies
came from Hopewell Meeting in the Shenandoah Valley which had been established by Quakers
c~miog ~ut of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. They also settled in Guilford County on the Deep
River as it was known and established a meeting there about the same time.
In ord~r for a new meeting to be established, a group of Quakers had to petition an existing

congregation for permission to do so. The new group known as preparative or indulged meeting
woul~ operate under the auspices of the sponsoring or parent meeting until such time as the
established group was satisfied that the new work was able to function on its own. This process
often too~ seve~al years. During the preparative period, the existing meeting held the
member~hip certificates of the new congregation, and released them only when the new
fellowship was finally given independent status as a monthly meeting.
A group of Quakers in Surry and Stokes counties began meeting at Tom's Creek in 1771
under the care of New Garden Meeting. They requested preparative meeting status in 1786 and
were set off as. an independent meeting in 1788 at which time their name was changed to
Westfield Meetmg. Quakers who moved from central and southeastern Virginia into the
southwest found that Westfield was the closest meeting to them, so many of them, like Byrum
Ballard and his family, also transferred their memberships to there even though they never
actually lived in North Carolina This was to be the case with all the Quakers who moved into
Southwest_ Virginia Because they joined a meetings in North Carolina until they could establish
one of their ~wn, the meetings they did eventually form were under the care of North Carolina
Yearly Meetmg. Goose Creek Meeting in Bedfo.rd County was as far west as the Virginia
Yearly Meeting was ever extended.
Most of Byrum's family as well as a number of others from Goose Creek moved into the area
as well. In 1797, Byrum purchased seven acres of land in what was then Grayson County from
the Reddick family for a Quaker meeting house and cemetery. Known as Mount Pleasant
Meeting, it was set off as an independent meeting by North Carolina Yearly Meeting in 1801.
Byrum Ballard married for a third time at Mount Pleasant in 1807 to 23 year old Elizabeth Davis
(he was 68 at the time). Byrum died in 1817 and was buried in an unmarked grave in the
cemetery which he had provided.

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While for the most part slavery was not an issue in the western part of Virginia, the Quaker
peace testimony was. Prior to the Revolutionary War, the English government had recognized
the Quakers as pacifists and excused the men from military service with an Exemption From
Military Service certificate signed by the clerk of the meeting of which the individual was a
m ember. Their own countrymen, however, were not so charitable. During the War of 1812,
Quakers who refused to take up arms against the British were often fined or imprisoned or had
their p ersonal property confiscated to help support the military. In addition, their neighbors
found it hard to understand why Quaker men refused to join the militia and do their part in
protecting their settlements from the Indian uprisings that took place along the frontier.
In the decade following the War of 1812, more and more Quakers moved westward into the
newly established Ohio and Indiana territories. By 1826, most of the Quakers had left the
mountains of Southwest Virginia, and as a result of this, Mount Pleasant Meeting was laid down
in 1826.
Many of those who left Grayson County settled in the same area of Ohio and
established a meeting there which they named Mount Pleasant, so the legacy from Byrum and
Eleanor Ballard and other V irginia Friends continued in another place.

Fruit Hill Meeting in Carroll County
Zachariah Stanley, another important figure among Quakers in Southwest Virginia, was the
son of Thomas and E lizabeth Crew Stanley, born October 6, 1737. His parents, both of whom
were from Quaker families, were married at Cedar Creek on September 6, 1726. Elizabeth was
the daughter of John and Sarah Gatley Crew, part of the original membership of Henrico
Meeting, and Thomas was the son of Thomas Stanley Sr. who founded the Cedar Creek Meeting.
There was also a strong connection between his family and the Ballards. Zachariah' s brother
John was married to A nne Ballard, daughter of William Ballard who moved from Cedar Creek to
North Carolina, and Zachariah's sister Anne Stanley married William Ballard, son of the same
William.
As a young man, Zachariah, with his cousin Strangemai1 Stanley, transferred his
membership to New Garden Meeting. The certificate of removal in good standing was issued by
Cedar Creek Meeting on September 8, 1764 and hand carried by Zachariah to New Garden
where it was recorded on December 24, 1764.
While in North Carolina, Zachariah met his future wife, Susaima Mendenhall They were
married recorded at New Garden November 21, 1765. After the births of their first two
chlldren, Zachariah requested certificates for his family to return to Cedar Creek Meeting in
1769. For some undisclosed reason, Cedar Creek refused to accept Zachariah back into
membership, noting only that charges of misconduct against him were being investigated. The
problem was worked out and he was accepted into membership in 1771. Susanna Mendenhall
Stanley died during this time. On March 6, 1775, Zachariah married Sarah Crewe of Charles
City County at Cedar Creek. She was the daughter of Ellyson and Lydia Ladd Crew, and a great
granddaughter of John and Sarah Crew.

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In 1780, Zachariah was once again charged with misconduct and put on probation ~y the
meeting. In 1784, he requested certificates of removal to Pe nnsylvania for the three children
born to bis first wife to attend school there. By that time, four more children had been born.
Sarah Stanley and the four children received certificates to South Rive r M eeting in 1787, but
Cedar Creek refused to grant a certificate of good standing to Zacharial1, again claiming
misconduct on his part. After a lengthy battle with Cedar Creek, Zachariah was d isowned on
April 14, 1787 for "using spiritous liquors to excess."
Zachariah was among the group from South River that relocated to Grayson Colll1ty. In 1792,
he received a grant of 1,000 acres of land on Burk's Fork. As he acquired more land, he sold off
parcels of it, many of them to Quaker families who were coming to the area. As a result, there
were soon enough Quakers living on Burk' s Fork to start a meeting there. There are records
indicating Quakers were meeting along the creek as early as 1797, though they did not yet have a
meeting house. Like other Quaker groups, they met in the homes of various members W1til they
were able to build a place of worship Because most of them were orchard keepers, the meeting
was called Fruit Hill.
On February 22, 1805, though no longer a Quaker himself, Zachariah Stanley deeded 22 acres
of land for the meetinghouse and cemetery to the trustees of Fn1it Hill Meeting: N icholas
Robinso~ William Williams, John Robinson Jr., and Nathan Newby. Zachariah's wife and
children were active in the meeting though he himself never asked to be reinstated. His land
holdings continued to increased such that by 1809 he owned 6,422 acres in what is now Carroll
County and 1,3 81 acres in Floyd. He also fell on hard times and was forced to mortgage most of
his property the same year. His estate settlement was filed on February 27, 1810 with his son
Abraham Stanley and Libni Coffin as his executors.
Like most of the other Quakers in the area, the Fruit Hill congregation which was under the
care of Mount Pleasant Monthly Meeting, began looking towards the new territory in Ohio right
after the War of 1812, and by 1825 the meeting was gone.
Children of Zachariah and Susanna Mendenhall Stanley:
1. E lizabeth Stanley born August 1 1766 in North Carolina, was sent to school in
Pennsylvania in 1784. She married A~on Wood in Montgomery County, P ennsylvania on
October 31, 1786.
2. John Stanley born November 12 1768 was disowned by Quakers for marrying his first
cousin Ca~erine Elizabeth Stanley, da~ghter of John and Anne Ballard Stanley in 1797. He sold
the land his father left him in Carroll County and migrated to Indiana and raised a large family
there. He died January 8, 1826.
3. Beulah Stanley born around 1770 married Robert Robertson and moved on to Ohio
Children of Zachariah and Sarah Crewe Stanley

1. Susanna Stanley born December 8 1775 was disowned by Friends for marrying a non

. 1804
'
'
Quaker, John Smith tn
2. Abraham Stanley born August 7, I 777, after being an executor of his father's estate, left
for Ohio around 1812
3. Abigail Stanley born February 5, 1780 married Josiah Jones and also moved to Ohio
4. Zachariah Stanley, Jr. born October 15, 1782 married Naomi Jones and moved to Ohio
around 1820.
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Descendants of Zachariah Moorman,
Quaker leader of the Cedar Creek Meeting
Generation No. 1

1. ZACHARJAH 1 MOORMAN was born 1620. He married MARY CANDLER. daughter of
WILLIAM CANDLER and ANNE VILLIERS. She was born 1635, and died 1670.

Children of ZACHARIAH MOORMAN and MARY CANDLER are:
2.
1.
CHARLES2 MOORMAN.
ti.

3.

111.

THOMAS MOORMAN.
SALLY MOORMAN,

b. 1662; d. 05Jan1709/ 10.

Generation No. 2

2. CHARLES2 MOORMAN {ZACHARJAHl) He married ELIZABETH REYNOLDS.
Children of CHARLES MOORMAN and ELIZABETH REYNOLDS are:
4.
i.
CHARLES3 MOORMAN, b. Abt. 1710; d. 1778.
5.
u . THOMAS MOORMAN, b. 14 Sep 1705; d. 10 Nov 1767.
lll.
JUDITH MOORMAN.
lV.
ACHILLES MOORMAN, b. 20 Oct 1713; m. ELIZABETH ADAMS; b. 29 Oct

1713.
3. SALLY 2 MOORMAN {ZACHARJAHI) was born 1662, and died 05 Jan 1709/10. She married
MICAJAH CLARKE 1680 in Middlesex County Va, son ofMICHAEL CLARK and MARGARET
Y AR.REIT. He was born 1659, and died 1706.
Children of SALLY MOORMAN and MICAJAH CLARKE are=
6.
1.
CHRISTOPHER3 CLARKE, b. 1681; d. 28May1754.
u. EDWARD CLARKE, b. 1682.
111.
MICAJAH CLARKE, b. 1683.
iv. FRANCIS CLARKE, b . 1684; m. CORDELIA LANKFORD.

Generation No. 3

4. CHARLES3 MOORMAN (CHARLES2, ZA.cHARIAHI) was bom Abt. 1710, and died 1778. He
married MARY ADAMsI 1736 in Camp Creek, Louisa Co., Va, daughter of ROBERT ADAMS
and MOURNING LEWIS. She was born Abt. 17161.
Children of CHARLES MOORMAN and MARY ADAMS are:
7.
1.
ELIZABETH4 MOORMAN, b. 09Feb1737/38; d. 16Mar1809.
8.
u. LUCY MOORMAN, b . 20 Feb 1740/41.
111.
AGGY MOORMAN, b. 26 Feb 1742/43; m. JOHN VENABLE.
lV.
CHARLES MOORMAN, b. 28 Jun 1746; m. JUDITH MOON.

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9.

v.
V l.

vu.
Vlll.

JUDITH MOORMAN, b. 26 Jun 1748; d. 09 Jan 1774.
MOLLEY MOORMAN , b. 25 Sep 175 1; m. J AMES TAYLOR.
ROBERT MOORMAN, b. 16 Nov 1753; m. SARAH M OON.
THOMAS MOORMAN, b. 25 Nov 1756.

5. THOMAS3 MOORMAN (CHARLES1, ZACHARIAH1J1 was born 14 Sep 1705 1, and died 10 Nov
17671. H e married RACHEL CLARK.El 1729 1, daug hter of CHRISTOPHER C LARKE and
PENELOPE JOHNSON. She was born 14 Jun 1714 1, and died 10 Jun 1792'.
Children of THOMAS MOORMAN and RACHEL CLARKE are:
10.
t. MARy4 MOORMAN, b. 19 Dec 1730.
IL
ZACHARIAH MOORMAN/, b. 02 Feb 1731/32 1 ; m . B ETTY TERRELL, 1755; b.
07 Sep 1738.
11 .
m. MICAJAH MOORMAN, b. 26 Jun 1735.
iv. ELIZABETH MOORMAN 1, b. 02 Feb 1734/35 1 ; d. 17401.
v. THOMAS MOORMAN' , b . 06 Jun 1740 1.
12.
Vl.
MrLDRED MOORMAN, b. 25 Nov 1742.
vu. PLEASANT MOORMAN/ , b. 19 Mar 1744/45 1.
13.
viii. AGATHA MOORMAN, b. 11 Sep 1749.

6. CHR1STOPHER3 CLARKE (SALLY2 MOORMAN, ZACHARJAH1)1 was born 1681 I, and died 28
May 17541 . He married PENELOPE JOHNSON 1 .
Children of CHRISTOPHER CLARKE and P ENELOPE JOHNSON are:
L
EDWARD4 CLARKE/, b. 17101; m. ANNE PAULEIT.
14.
u . AGNES CLARKE, b. 1712.
15.
111.
RACHEL CLARKE, b. 14 Jun 1714; d. 10Jun1792.
16.
iv. SARAH CLARKE, b. 1716.
v. MICAJAH CLARKEI, b. 16 Sep 1718 1 ; m. JUDITH ADAMS; b. 1718.
17.
v i.
BOWLCNG CLARKE, b. 15 Feb 1719/20.
18.
vii. ELIZABETH CLARKE, b . 15 Feb 1721/22.
viii. JOHN CLARJ&lt;El, b. 17241.
IX. CHRISTOPHER CLARK.El, b. 1726 1.
x. PENELOPE CLARKEI, b. 17281.

Generation No. 4

7. ELIZABETH4 MOORMAN (CHARLEs3, CHARLES2, ZACHARIAHI) was born 09 Feb 1737/38,
and died 16 Mar 1809. She married CHRISTOPHER J OHNSON 28 Oct 1752 in Cedar Creek
Meeting Va, son of BENJAMIN JOHNSON and AGNES CLARKE. He was born 22 Nov 1731 .
Children of ELIZABETH MOORMAN and CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON are:
t. CHARLES5 JOHNSON, b. 27 Sep 1753; m. MARY MOORMAN, 16 Aug 1778,
South River Meeting, Campbell Co, VA.
11.
ANN JOHNSON, b. 13 Aug 1755.

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lV.

v.
VI.

V II.

viii.
lX.

x.
XL
x1 1.

xiii.
xiv.

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MARY J OHNSON, b. 25 May 1757.
BENJAMfN JOHNSON, b. 21Feb1759; m. MARY HARGRAVE.
AGNES JOHNSON, b . 18 Jan 1761.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, b. 04 Jan 1763; m. SARAH HARGRAVE, 2 1Jan1784,
Cedar Creek Meeting Va; b. 15 Oct 1763.
NICHOLAS JOHNSON, b. 1765.
B ETTY JOHNSON, b. 03 Aug 1767.
THOMAS JOHNSON, b. 04 Jan 1770.
TlMOTHY JOHNSON, b. 30 Mar 1772.
DAYID JOHNSON , b. 03 Jul 1774.
COLLINS JOHNSON, b. 06 Oct 1776.
MOURNING JOHNSON, b. 3 1 Jan 1779.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, b. 30 Jul 1782.

8. Lucy4 MOORMAN (CHARLES3, CHARLES2, ZACHARJAH1) was born 20 Feb 1740/41. She
married BENJAMIN JOHNSONl, son of BENJAMIN JOHNSON and AGNES CLARKE. He was
born 24 Aug 17361.
Children of LUCY MOORMAN and BENJAMIN JOHNSON are:
t.
CHARLES5 JOHNSON, b. 1757.
11.
DAVID JOHNSON, b . 1759.
111.
BENJAMIN JOHNSON, b. 1760.
IV.
COLLINS JOHNSON, b. 1761.
v. JAMES MOORMAN JOHNSON, b. 1763.
vi.
LUCY JOHNSON, b. 1764.
Vil.
SARAH JOHNSON, b. 1765.
VUL
WILLIAM JOHNSON~ b. 1768.
IX.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, b. 1773.
X.
JUDITH JOHNSON, b. 1776.

9. JUDITH4 MOORMAN (CHARLES3, CHARLES2, ZAcHARIAH1J1 was born 26 Jun 17481, and
died 09 Jan 17741. She married CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY1 11 Mar 1765 in Cedar Creekl, son
of JOSEPH ANTHONY and ELIZABETH CLARKE. He was born Abt. 17451.
Notes for CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY:
[ southwest.FTW]
Christopher Anthony was spoken of as being a miiuster among Friends at Goose Creek
4/4/1801. He traveled extensively as a missionary in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Children of JUDITH MOORMAN and CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY are:
1.

19.
20.

111.

21.

IV.

11.

MARY5 ANTHoNYl, b. 02 Sep 17661.
JOSEPH ANTHONY, b. 08 Dec 1767.
ELIZABETH ANTHONY, b. 09 Oct 1769, South River Va; d. Aft. 1820.
CHARLES ANTHONY, b. 21 Oct 1771.

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10. MARY4 MOORMAN (l'HOMAS3, CHARLES2, ZACHARIAH1)1 was born 19 D ec 1730 1 . She
married BENJAMIN JOHNSON 1748, son of JOHN JOHNSON and ELIZABETH ELLYSON. He
was born 1730, and died 1769.
Children of MARY MOORMAN and BENJAMIN JOHNSON are:
22.
1.
THOMAsS JOHNSON, b. 11 Jan 1749/50.
u . JOHN JOHNSON, b. 14Mar1 751/52.
111. ANDREW JOHNSON, b. 07 Apr 1754 .
lV.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. 12Aug 1756; d. 13Aug 1756 .
v. WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. 22 D ec 1757.
VI. JAMES JOHNSON, b. 20 Dec 1759.
vii. RACHEL JOHNSON, b. 26 Mar 1762.
viii. ELIZABETH JOHNSON, b. 15 M ay 1764.
IX.
MILDRED JOHNSON, b. 04 Jul 1766.
X.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, b. 04 Mar 1769.

11. M ICAJAH4 MOORMAN (l'HOMAS3, CHARLES2, ZACHARJAHl)l was born 26 Jun 1735 1. He
married SUSANNA CHILESl N ov 17541.
Children of MICAJAH MOORMAN and SUSANNA CI-OLES are:
l. MrLLY5 MOORMAN, b. 15 Mar 1765; m. CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, 18 O ct
1783, South River Meeting, Campbell Co, V A .
11.
THOMAS MOORMAN, b. 11 Dec 1755.
ill. CHILES MOORMAN, b. 15 Jun 1758; d . 1768.
lV.
ELIZABETH MOORMAN, b. 30 Oct 1760.
v. RACHEL MOORMAN, b. 11Mar1 763; m . JAMES JOHNSON, 18Mar1781 ,
South River Meeting, Campbell Co, V A .
vi. CHARLES MOORMAN, b. 08 Jan 1767.
vii. RHODA MOORMAN, b. 15 Aug 1769.
viii. SUSANNA MOORMAN, b. 15 May 1771 .
lX. DOSHA MOORMAN, b. 18Mar1773.
x. NANCY MOORMAN, b. 18Mar1775.
xi. SARAH MOORMAN, b. 01 Jun 1778.
xii. MlCAJAH MOORMAN, b. 20 Sep 1779.
xiii. MOLLY MOORMAN, b. 15 Apr 1782.

12. Mn.,0RED4 MOORMAN (l'HOMAS3 CHARLES2, ZACHARJAH1)1 was born 25 Nov 1742 1• She
married JAMES JOHNSONl 06 Dec 17S8 in Cedar C reek Meeting Va, son of JOHN JOHNSON
and ELIZABETH ELLYSON. He was born 1738.
Children of MILDRED MOORMAN and JAMES JOHNSON are:
I.
AGNES5 JOHNSON, m . JAMES C ANDLER, 16 Jan 1786, Cedar Creek M eeting

Va
u.

CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, m . MILLY MOORMAN, 18 Oct 1783, South River
Meeting, Campbell Co, VA; b. 15 Mar 1765.

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13. AGATHA4 MOORMAN (I'HOMAS3, CHARLEs2, ZACHARJAH 1) was born 11 Sep 1749. She
married WILLIAM JOHNSON 14 Jan 1764 in Cedar Creek Meeting Va, son of JOHN JOHNSON
and ELLZAB ETH ELLYSON. He was born 22 Aug 1739.
Childre n o f AGATHA MOORMAN and WILLIAM JOHNSON are:
l.
MILLEY5 JOHNSON, b. 12 Mar 1766; m. ASHLEY JOHNSON, 13Mar1782,
Cedar Creek Meeting Va; b. 17 Jul 1756.
11.
ELIZABETH JOHNSON, b. 24 Oct 1768.
li t.
ZACHARlAH JOHN SON, b. 27 Jan 1770.
tV.
WILLI AM J OHNSON, b. 26 Jul 1771.
v. RACHEL JOHNSON, b. 30 Nov 1774.
Vt.
CHARLES JOHNSON, b. 04Mar1777.
v 11.
PLEASANTS JOHNSON, b . 12 Aug 1780.
vm. THOMAS JOHNSON, b. 14Apr1783.
l X.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, b. 04 Jun 1785.
x. MOORMAN JOHNSON, b. 26 Jun 1787.
1

14. AGNES4 CLARKE (CHRJSTOPHER3, SALLY2 MOORMAN. ZACHARIAH 1)1 was born 1712 .
She married BENJAMIN JOHNSONJ, son of WILLIAM JOHNSON and SARAH MASSEY. He was
born 18 Apr 1705, and died 18 Aug 1769.
Children of AGNES CLARKE and BENJAMIN JOHNSON are:
23 .
1.
SARAH5 JOHNSON, b. 30 Jan 1728/29.
24.
11 .
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, b. 22 N ov 1731.
25.
111.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. 25Apr1734.
26.
iv. BENJAMIN JOHNSON, b. 24 Aug 1736.
v. PENELOPE JOHNSON, b. 27 Feb 1738/39.
VI.
COLLINS JOHNSON, b . 28 Jun 1741.
vn. EDWARD JOHNSON, b. 11 Dec 1746.
Vlll.
AGNES JOHNSON, b . 11 Dec 1748.
1

SALLY2 MOORMAN. ZACHARIAH )1 was born 14 Jun
1
1
17141 , and died 10 Jun 17921. She married (1) THOMAS MOORMAN 1729 , son of CHARLES

15. RACHEL4 CLARKE (CHRISTOPHER3,

MOORMAN and ELIZABETH REYNOLDS. He was born 14 Sep 1705 1, and died 10 Nov 17671.
She marrie d (2) WILLIAM BALLARD/ 25 Aug 1768 in South River Va1, son of WILLIAM
BALLARD and PHILADELPHIA LUDWELL. He was born 08 Sep 171 5 1, and died 29 Apr 17941.
Children are listed above nnder (5) Thomas Moorman.

16. SARAH4 CLARKE (CHRISTOPHER3, SALLY2 MOORMAN. ZACHARIAH1)1 was born 17161.
She married CHARLES LYNCH 1733. He was born 1705, and died 1753.
Children of SARAH CLARKE and CHARLES LYNCH are:
i. PENELOPE5 LYNCH, b. 1734; m. ROBERT ADAMS, 15 Oct 1748; b. 1727.

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CHARLES LYNCH, b. 1736; m. ANNE TERRELL, 08 Mar 1755, Cedar Creek

Meeting Va; b. 15 Sep 1740.
111.
SARAH LYNCH, b. 1738; m. MICAJAH TERRELL, 10 Feb 1754, Cedar Creek
Meeting Va; b. 1732.
1v. JOHN LYNCH, b. 1740; m . MARY BOWLES, Aug 1776, Campbell Co Va.
v. CHRISTOPHER LYNCH, b. 1742; m. ANNE WARD.
vi.

EDWARD LYNCH.

17. BOWLING4 CLARKE (CHRJSTOPHER3, SALLY2 MOORMAN, ZACHARIAH 1)1 was born 15 Feb
1719/201. He married WINNIFRED.
Children of BOWLING CLARKE and WrNNIFRED are:
i. CHR1STOPHER5 CLARKE, b. 20 Feb 1742/43.
ii. ELIZABETH CLARKE, b. 21 Nov 1744.

J1 was born 15

SALLY2 MOORMAN, ZACHARIAH 1
Feb 1721/22I. She married JOSEPH ANTHONY.

18. ELIZABETH4 CLARKE (CHRISTOPHER3,

Child of ELIZABETH CLARKE and JOSEPH ANTHONY is:
27.
i. CHRISTOPHERs ANTHONY, b. Abt. 1745.

Generation No. 5

JOSEPH5 ANTHONY (JUDITJ-14 MOORMAN, CHARLES3, CHARLES2, ZACHAR1AH
08 Dec 1767 1. He married RHODA MooRM.ANl 15 May 17911.

19.

1

J1 was born

Children of JOSEPH ANTHONY and RHODA MOORMAN are:
1.
SAMUEL P6 ANTHONYl, b. 02 Dec 17921.
ll.
THOMAS CLARK ANTHoNYl, b. 01Jun 17961.
111. CHARLES ANTHONYl, b. 31 Mar 1798 1.
lV.
JANEANTHONYI, b. 29 Aug 1800 1 .
1

ELIZABETH5 ANTHONY (JUDJTJ-14 MOORMAN. CHARLES3, CHARLES2, ZACHARIAH Ji was
born 09 Oct 1769 in South River Val, and died Aft. 18201. She married WILLIAM BALLARD1
1788 1 , son of BYRON BALLARD and ELEANOR CANDLER. He was bom 20 Jul 1767 l, and

20.

died 18321.

Children of ELIZABETH ANTHONY and WILLIAM BALLARD are:
1
1. ANTHO~ BALLARDl, b. 17891; m. ELIZABETH MASON , 1808/.
u. ELEANOR BALLARD/, b. 17901; m. ARTHUR PARKER1·
111. MARY BALLARD 1, b. 17921; m. SAMUEL COOLEY 1 .
1v. ASA BALLARDl, b. 17931.
v. WILLIAM BALLARDI, b. 17941.
1
v 1. HANNAH BALLARDl, b. 17961; m. WILLIAM HILLl; b. 1802 .

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vu.
Vlll.

28.

IX.

SARAH BALLARD 1, b. 17981; m. JOHN WELSH!.
BARTLEY BALLARD 1, b. 1802 1.
SAMUEL JORDAN BALLARD, b. 11 Apr 1805.

21. CHARLESs ANTHONY (JUDITH4 MOORMAN, CHARLES3, CHARLES2, ZACHARJAHljl was
b01n 21 Oct 1771 '. H e married ELIZABETH LADDJ 01 Jul 1797 1. She was born 29 Nov
17721.

Children of CHARLES ANTHONY and ELIZABETH LADD are:
1.
ELIZABETH6 ANTHONY', b. 18 Mar 18001.
11.
JUDITH ANTHONY!, b. 01Oct18011.
111.
HENRIETTA ANTHONY/, b. 19 Feb 18041.
IV.
SALLY ANTHONY!, b. 19 Oct 1805 1 .
22. THOMAS5 JOHNSON (MARy4 MOORMAN, THOMAS3, CHARLES2, ZACHARIAH1)1 was born 11
Jan 17491501 . He married ANNE VARNUMJ 17761.
Children ofTHOMAS JOHNSON and ANNE VARNUM are:
I.
ANNE6 JOHNSONl.
IL
ISAAC JOHNSONJ.
111.
JESSE JOHNSON'.
IV.
SAMUEL JOHNSON(
29.
v. JOHN JOHNSON, b. Abt. 1777.
1
1
Vl.
SUSANNA JOHNSONl, b . Abt. 17821; m. JOHN SCHOOLEY , 1805 ; b. 13 Feb
17821 .
VIL
ELIZABETH JOHNSONI, b. 17831.
viii. RACHEL JOHNSONl, b. Abt. 17851; m. SAMUEL SCHOOLEY1, 18091; b. 23 Aug
17841.
1
lX.
REBECCA JOHNSONl, b. Abt 1790'; m. BENJAMIN SCHOOLEY ; b. 02 Apr
17881.
2

1

23. SARAH5 JOHNSON (AGNEs4 CLARKE, CHRJSTOPHER3, SALLY MOORMAN, ZACHARIAH )
was born 30 Jan 1728/29. She married DAVID TERRELL 1749, son of DAVID TERRELL and
AGATHA CHILES. He was born 1729, and died 14 Feb 1805.
Children of SARAH JOHNSON and DAVID TERRELL are:
1.
AGGA6 TERRELL, b. 17 Dec 1749.
u. BENJAMIN TERRELL, b. 07 Nov 1750.
iii. EDWARD TERRELL, b. 12 Feb 1753.
tv. SARAH TERRELL, b . 10Jan1755.
v . MARY TERRELL, b. 06 Apr 1757.
v1. WIN1FRED TERRELL, b. 14Oct1760.
vu. DAVID TERRELL, b. 11 Mar 1763.
viii. HENRY TERRELL, b . 13Aug1767.
ix. SAMUEL TERRELL, b. 12 Dec 1769.

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24. CHR1STOPHER5 JOHNSON {AGNEs4 CLARKE, C HRJSTOPHER3, SALLY2 MOORMAN.
ZACHARIAH!) was born 22 Nov 1731 . He married ELIZABETH MOORMAN 28 Oct 1752 in
Cedar Creek Meeting Va, daughter of CHARLES MOORMAN and MARY ADAMS. She was
born 09 Feb 1737/38, and died 16 Mar 1809.
Children are listed above under (7) Elizabeth Moorman.
25. WILLIAM5 JOHNSON

{AGNEs1 CLARKE, C HRJSJ'OPH£R3,

SALLY2 MOORMAN, ZACH ARJAHI)

was born 25Apr1734. He married SUSANNA MOORMAN. She was born 1734.
C hildre n of W ILLIAM JOHNSON and SUSANNA MOORMAN are:
l.
ASHLEY6 JOHNSON, b. 17 Jul 1756; m. MILLEY JOHNSON, 13 Mar 1782,

Cedar Creek Meeting Va; b. 12 Mar 1766.
ll.
AGNESS JOHNSON, b. 3 1 Jan 1758; d. 08 Nov 1773.
iu. MARTHA JOHNSON, b. 19 Mar 1760; d . 14 May 1760.
iv. JEPTHA JOHNSON, b. 19 Mar 1761; d. 08 Mar 1775.
V. RUTH JOHNSON, b. 12 Jun 1763.
vi. ROBERT JOHNSON, b. 18 May 1765.
vii. NEWBY JOHNSON, b. 12 Feb 1767.
vm. SARAH JOHNSON, b. 29 Sep 1769.
IX. WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. 06 Jan 1772.
x. JONATHAN JOHNSON, b . 22 Dec 1774.
XL ELUAH JOHNSON, b. 11Jul1777.
xn. ANN JOHNSON, b. 11 Jan 1780.
Xlll. NANCY JOHNSON, b. 1782.
26. BENJAMIN5 JOHNSON (AGNEs4 CLARKE, CHRJSTOPHER3, SALLY2 MOORMAN,
1

ZACHARIAH )1 was born 24 Aug 17361. He married LUCY MOORMAN, daughter of CHARLES
MOORMAN and MARY ADAMS. She was born 20 Feb 1740/41.

Children are listed above under (8) Lucy Moorman.
27. CHRISTOPHER5 ANTHONY (EL1ZABETH4 CLARKE, CHRJSTOPHER3, SALLY2 MOORMAN,
1
ZACHARIAH J1 was born Abt. 17451. He married (1) JUDITH MOORMANl 11 Mar 1765 in
Cedar Creek1, daughter of CHARLES MOORMAN and MARY ADAMS. She was born 26 Jun

1
1748 ,andclied09Jan 17741. Hemarried(2)MARY JORDAN 1 16Dec 17751.

Notes for CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY:
[southwest.FTW]
Christopher Anthony was spoken of as being a minister among Friends at Goose Creek
4/4/1801. He traveled extensively as a missionary in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio.
Children are listed above under (9) Judith Moorman.

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Children of C HR ISTOPHER ANTHONY and MARY JORDAN are:
1.
C HR1STOPHE R6 ANTHONY 1, b. 06 Dec 17761 ; m. ANNE CoucHI, 06 Aug

1 803, Richmond 1.
11.
lll.

lV.

v.
v i.

vii.
viii.

SAMUEL ANTHONY/, b. 26 Jan 17791.
HANNAH ANTHONY/, b. 27 Oct 17811; m. DAVID JOHNSON 1, 13 Dec 1798,
Goose C reek 1.
SARAH ANTHONY ' ' b. 2 1 Feb 17841; rn. HENRY DAVIS1, 10 Jul 1800, Goose
C reek/ .
PENELOPE ANTHONYl, b. 13Apr17861.
JORDAN ANTHONY', b. 16 Aug 17881.
RACHEL ANTHONY!, b. 25 Jun 1791 1.
CHARLOTTE ANTHONY}' b. 19 Oct 17931.

Generation No. 6
5

28. SAMUEL JORDAN6 BALLARD (ELIZABETfl6 ANTHONY. CHRISTOPHER , ELIZABETH4
1
CLA~, CHRJSTOPHER3, SALLY2 MOORMAN, ZACHARIAH1J1 was born 11Apr1805 . He

marned ANNE REECE 1 1 7 Dec 1826 in Grayson Countyl. She was born 18081.
Children of SAMUEL BALLARD and ANNE REECE are:
i. BARTLETT FRANKLIN7 BALLARD!, b. 22 Oct 18271; d. 06 Jul 19031; m.
1
LOUISA H 0FFENDINGER1, 28 Aug 1859, Marion, Iowa .
1
lL
MARY ANN BALLARD', b. 23 Jun 1829'; d. 04Apr1909 ; m. CHURCIIlLLF
WORRELL 1, 31Dec1861 CarroUCountyVal.
iii. JOHN F BALLARD1, b. 18311.
1
iv. SUSAN J BALLARD/, b. 18331; m. JEFFERSON CLYNE , 20 Dec 1860, Carroll
County Val.
1
V.
RUTH BALLARDI, b. 18351; m. CLARKE COLTRANE , 2 1Sep1854, Carroll
County Val.

29. JOHN6 JOHNSON (THOMAS5, MARr4 MooR.MAN, THOMAS3: CHARLEs2, ZAC~ARJAH )1 was
born Abt. 17771. He married LYDIA BALLARD/ 27 Sep 1798 m Westfield NC , daughter of
1

DAVID BALLARD and MARY. She was born 17761.

Children of JOHN JOHNSON and LYDIA BALLARD are:
i. SUSANNA7 JOHNSONi, b. 16 Mar 18061·
u.

iii.
iv.

TuOMAS JOHNSONI, b. 24 Oct 18071.
LYDIA JOHNSONi, b. 24 Jul 18091.
ANNE JOHNSONI, b. 16 Sep 18121.

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the effort to find their families and hopefully re unite them. 1f so1neone pictured here
appears on your family tree, please let us know and we ' II get the photo to you.
R~member, the first request gets the photo ... but maybe the person who gets ~1e photo
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On back of photo: Arritt Family,
Alleghany Co., Va.

On back of photo: Frank Anitt
Photo by: S. S. Griffith &amp; Co.,
Clifton Forge, Va.

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Botetourt Count)', Virginia Death Records - Continued
HAYMAKER, male - b 3 Nov 1913 Bot Co - d 3 Nov 1913 -f J C HAYMAKER (b Bot Co
- m L F (HAYMAKER marked out, written above JOHNSON) - (b Bot Co) - buried
Springwood Cem- cd born dead
HAYMAKER, Barbara - b ca 1779 Md - d 19 Oct 1856 - f Jacob HASS - cd flux rep by son, Michael HAYMAKER
HAYMAKER, Christiana - b 1805 Rb Co - d 2 Oct 1866 - age 6ly - f Peter MINNICK
- cd heart di sease - rep by hus Jacob HAYMAKER
HAYMAKER, Isaac Newton - b 2 July 1841 - d 2 Apr 1917 - f Jacob HAYMAKER (b
Bot Co) - m Christiana (MINNICK) (b Bot Co) - buried Mt Pleasant Cem - cd
epilepsy
HAYNES see HANES, Sarah HAYNES KELLEY
RAYNES, George - d by 11 Feb 1815 - Ref WB C p22, 58, appraisal &amp; settlement
- Adm r Benjamin HAYNES .
RAYNES, John - d by June 1797- Ref WB A p451, will dated 16 Apr 1792 - Relatives: wife Chatrin; "had no heirs of his body" - [Bot Co marriage bond 2
June 1788 John HAYNES and Catherine CLARK
HAYNES, Joseph - d by Sep 1815 - Ref WB C p6, will dated 21 Oct 1806 - Wife
Jennet; Ch Jennet Harriot; Granville (femal e); William Henry; Ann (md
GILLILAND); Elizabeth (md
Holcaway), Agnes (_
KITCHEN); bro William,
- Exr William R RAYNES
BAYNES, Nicholas - d by June 1797 - Ref WB A p452, will dated 15 Oct 17 96 Wife Elizabeth; Ch Isaac, John, Margaret (md
MIFFORD), Catherine (md
Luder written above is Crider), Christopher, Jaeob
BA(Y)NES, Nicholas - b 1821 -d 1898 - Ref Amsterdam gravestone
HAYNES, William - d by Jan 1815 (order) - Ref WB C p39, appraisal
HAYS,

- d by 12 Sep 1815 ( sons called orphans) - sons Harrison, William

BAYS, John - d by Nov 1822 _ Ref WB c p413, will dated 12 Oct 1818 - Ch John,
Thomas, Jonathan, Ruth (md
?MEASILS7??), Levi; Gch: James (of Thomas);
Harrison (of Jonathan); Henry (of Levi)
HAYSLIP, Stuart T - d by 24 Jun e 1932 - cd natural causes - Ref Inquest papers
BAYTHE see Theresa Roberta BREWBAKER, Elizabeth Rebecca OATY
HAYTBE, Achilles M - d by 1 4 Oct 1850 - Adm William B HAYTH
BAYTHE, Achilles P - b ca 1852 - d 2 Sep 1853 - f William ~ HAYTHE - m Sarah
E - cd pneumonia - rep by father
HAYTH, Ak1ioies Moorman - b 5 Feb 1833 Bot Co - d 10 Jul y 1914 - f Aklioies
HAYTH (b Camp Co) - m Catherine (FRENCH written above is FRINCB) (b Camp Co)
- buried Springwood Cem - cd paralysis

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HAZLETT, Randolph - b ca 1866 Rb Co - d 14 Dec 1870 Buchanan Precinct, Bot
Co - age 4y - f James M HAZLETT - m Mary - cd Inf. of brain - rep by father
HAZLEWOOD see Bishop A BIPES
HAZLEWOOD, Annie - b 12 Apr 1846 - d 5 Nov 1881 - w/o Charles T HAZLEWOOD (d
1906) - grave Fincastle Presby Cem
HAZLEWOOD, Charles T - b 4 Mar 1840 - d 14 June 1906 - h/o #1 Annie (d 1881),
#2 Belle - grave Fincastle Presby Gem
HAZELWOOD, Frank - b ca 1858 Va - d 7 Mar 1913 - f John A HAZLEWOOD (b Va) m Anne (McALLISTER) (b Va) - buried Oriskany Cem - cd Ray~ord ' s disease
HAZELWOOD, Joshua - d by 11 Jan 1811 - Ref WB B p281, appraisal
HAZLEWOOD, Mary - b 17 Sep 1803 - d 19 Sep 1880 - grave Fincastle Presby Cem
HEAD see Edward OLDS
HEADEN
(
' Add"ie -b 7 Apr 1841 Floyd Co , Va - d 23 June 1915 - f Bryant HYLTON
b Fl~yd Co) - m Nancy (HYLTON) (b Floyd Co) - Buried Roanoke Cem - cd
chronic nephritis

HEARN, Levi Lawson - b 13 June 1848 WV - d 25 Jan 1916 - f Levi Griffin
HEARN (b Va) - m Aura (WHITE) (b WV) - buried Oakvale WV cem - cd LaGrippe

!!~~~'
Tb

John - d by 10 Aug 1784 - Ref WB A p211, will dated 23 Mar 1774,
cial dated 25 May 1778, Admr Bond - wife Sarah; Ch James, Mary (md
omas FINLEY of NC), Boward, John - Admr Howard HEAVIN

BECX:, Daniel - b ca 1810 - d 30 Dec 1886 - age 76y - h/o Elizabeth B [FALLS]
- grave Mt Joy Cem

:~~']Elizabeth
S

B - b ca 1824 _ d 26 Dec 1897 Bot Co - age 73y - f [John
-m [Mary Margaret HAGINS] - ?2nd w/o Daniel HECX: - grave Mt Joy Cem

BECK, Mariah, Mrs - b 25 Dec 1854 va - d 14 Oct 1915 - ps not known - buried
Mill Creek Cem - cd typhoid fever
BECK, Walter - d in Covington buried Bot Co - f D W BECK - buried Wheatland

Cem - Obituary in
· c ronise Scrapbook 1 3
HEDGE,

- d by 9 Oct 1804 (son called an orphan - sons John, George W

HEDRICK, Clara - b ca 1856 - d 19 Sep 1857 - f Benjamin C HEDRICK - m Eliza
cd unkn - rep by father

-

HEDRICK, George P - b ca 1839 Bot co [or 1836 Census #768] - d 1 Jan 1862
Albemarle Co, Va - age 23y - f Benjamin C REDRICK - m [Alzira] J - cd
casualty - rep by father - h/o Martha p HEDRICK - Adm Benjamin C HEDRICK
HEDRICK, John Henry - b 20 Apr 1913 - d 20 July 1913 - f Arthur HEDRICK (b Aug
Co) - m Elizabeth (CASH) (b Rb Co) - buried Baldwin Station Cem - cd diarhea

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HEDRICK, Mary Bester - b ca 1838 Bot Co - d 30 Jan 1917 - f Benjamin HEDRICC
(b Va) - m ?Algira J (CARPER) (b Va) - buried Fincastle - cd ?Bileing Calinch?
HELMANTOLLER see Su san SULLENDER
HELMICK, Mary E - b 10 Feb 1880 (Rb Co) - d 30 Jan 1916 - f John W ROBINSON
(b Rb Co) - m Emma (LESLIE) (b Rb Co) - buried Deisher burying ground - cd
burned from open fireplace
HELMS, Frances
d 1 6 Nov 1820 - r ep in ''Herald of the Valley"
- widow of Col Meredith HELMS

20 Nov 1820

HELMS, John, Rev - b near Winchester - d 15 July 1821 Fincastle Co - Ref
" Hera l d of the Val l ey" 23 July 1821; WB C p359 , appraisal
HELMS, Leonard - b ca 1 751 - d 23 Dec 1 828 Bot Co - Remarks: was a Rev War
pensioner, see 1835 Pension Roll, Va section 44
BENCELY see HENSLEY
BENDERLIGBTER see George DEAL
HENDERLIGBTER, Mary Malinda - b 8 July 1854 Bot Co - d 22 Mar 1917 - f Bartholomew BENDERLIGBTER (b Bed Co) - m Mary Margaret (FAWPAW) (b Bot Co) buried Alm's h ouse cem - cd cystitis
. HENDERSON see Giles FETERS, Sidney Thomas SHORTER
HENDERSON, John - d by 1 6 Aug 1785, wil l pr oved in Aug Co , Va - f [George
HENDERSON] - m [Elizabeth] - Wife J e an ; says "10 ch"; Ch: John Jr, Jones,
dau [Catherine ] md Robe rt RITCHEY ] ; - Ref Chalkl eys Vol III pl72, will says
" of County and Parish of Botetourt" on 28 Feb 1776
HENDERSON, John - d by 11 Oct 17 91 - Ref WB A p305, 463, - wi fe Mary - Admrs
David HENDERSON, Ale xander HENDERSON
HENDERSON, John - d by 18 Oct 1806 - f John HENDERSON - m Mary - wife Martha
KIMBERLING - Ref WB A p515 _ Admr 18 Oct 1806 Palser KIMBERLING
HENDERSON, John Sessler - b [11 Oct 1 839] - d by 1 919 Bot Co will - f William
HENDERSON - m Elizabeth SESSLER - wife [#3 ] Bennitta [E (SHELL) WILLIAMS]; Ch
( says 12 ch, named 4 ) Kent, Bessie, Luther, Thomas [Other ch Ada BLOUNT,
Minnie, Frank Emmett, Arthur, James, Annie WILLS, Glenna DUVEL, Mary L THOMAS]
BENDERSON, Kent William - b 1877 - d 1940 Bot Co, List of heirs - wife Eva
ROSS; Ch Katy STULL (b ca 1902) , Percy (b ca 1904) , Ashby (b ca 1909), Belen
Fauline CHANCE (b ca 1 911), Grover (b ca 1914)
HENDERSON, Madison J - b ca 1850 Bot Co - d 15 Jan 1855 Bot Co Death Bk - f
Ralph HENDERSON - m [ Sarah Jane HAMMON] - rep by father
HENDERSON, Minnie J - b ca 1 871 - d by 1942 Bot Co Will - f
- hus James P HENDERSON

F N JONES - m N

HENDERSON, Ralph - b ca 1815 (or 1821) Ireland - d 20 July 1892 - wife Sarah
Jane BAMMON; Ch Betty H, Mollie M, James P, Emma R, dau [Mattie V] (md C
LIPES], dau [Susan J] (rod A W FINCH), Mary , Josie, J R

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HENDERSON, Rebecca - b ca 1833 Bed Co - d 26 May 1855 Bot Co Death Bk - f
James A HAWKINS - cd fever -bus Ruban HENDERSON
HENDERSON, Wi1liam (~idower) - b ca 1791 Mont Co - d 26 Nov 1869 Bot Co
Death Bk, WB M p82 - age 78y - f [John HENDERSON] - m [Mary] - cd pneumonia
- rep by son John S HENDERSON - [h/o Elizabeth SESSLER] - dau Almira IlENDERSON [rod 1871 Geo M PAINTER] - Ex bond 13 Dec 1869 John S HENDERSON &amp; John B
SESSLER
HENDRICKS, Lizzie - b ca 1845 Va - d 19 Apr 1914 - buried Dunkard Church Cem
cd Chronic dysentary
HENDRICKS, Minnie Dora - b ca 1883 Va - d 10 Feb 1916 - f
SHRADER (b Va)
- m Mary (FRENCH) - buried Foster Falls, Va, cem - cd lobular pneumonia
HENRY, William - d by 9 Sep 1814 - Ref WB B p442; WB C p51, app:ai~al &amp; settlement - on 12 Sep 1815 orphans named in suit, all under 14, William, Samuel,
Peggy, John - Note : His estate received $1500 soldiers pay - Admr John HENRY
HENSHAW, Mary - d 10 June 1822 - f Benjamin HENSHAW - rep in "Herald of the
Valley" 17 June 1822
HENSLEY, male - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 4 Aug 1854 - f Wi11is HENSLEY - m H cd not known - rep by father
BENSLEY, George M - d by 2 Jan 1908 - cd hit by train - Ref Inquest papers
HENSLEY, James (md) - b Va - d Dec 1849 - age 86y - cd rupture - Ref 185 0
Bot Co Mort Scbedul~
BENSELY, Sop(b)iah - b ca 1813 Bed Co - d 17 Sep 1855 - f James TUCKER - m N
- cd dropsy - rep by bus Willis BENSELY
HEPLER see KESSLER, Catherine KESSLER, Daniel H KESSLER, Mary LEMMON

~~L~,

Elizabeth (sometimes copied KESSLER) - b 17 July 1789 (census #1734)
Mar 1874 - age 84y Sm 6d _ f [John KESSLER [see her marriage]] - w/o
Henry HEPLER - Ref Brick Union gravestone

~~LER,
Henry (sometimes copied KESSLER) - b ca 1784 (census # 1 734)
(d 6 i 8 ; ~g~ 79y - ~lo Elizabeth HEPLER [marked out &amp; KESSLER written

4·

Ref Brick Union gravestone

- d Apr
above]
Ex Elizabeth HEPLER (11 May 1863)

HERBERT, James - b US - d 22 Oct 1914 - buried Gloucester, NJ Cem - cd fall
from ballon
HERBISON, Wil~iam - d by 14 Mar 1775 - Ref WB A p48, will dated 5 Jan 1775,
Ad~r bond - Wife Mary; Ch David, Hannah, William, George, Agnes, Mary, Jean,
Grizzle, Rebecca, Elizabeth; s-i-1 Nathaniel EVANS - Admr James HERBISON
BERMAN see Lewis BICKLE
HERSHBARGER see HARSHBARGER, Durst .AMMEN
BESLIP , Mary - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d Mar 1861 - age 9y - f Delaware BESLIP m B - c d diptheria - rep by father

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BESLIP, William (also spelled HASLIP) - b ca 1786 Va (census #1497) - d by
14 Mar 1864 - Ex David NOFFSINGER
BESLIP, William - b ca 1842 Bot Co - d 1 Sep 1862 - age 20y - f
RESLIP - m [Harriet] - cd fever - rep by father

D[e1aware]

RESS see Lewis Leslie CLARKSON
HEWITT see Philip Obenshain
HEWITT, James - b ca 1838 Bot Co - d 23 Oct 1854 - f Joseph HEWITT - cd
Accidently Shot - rep by mother
HEWETT, John - d by Aug 1812 - Ref WB B p301, WB C pl46, appraisal &amp; di vision
- wife Ellenor; Ch Elizabeth (md
LUNSFORD), John, Benjamin, Mary (
OBENSHAIN), Isaac, Ellenor (md
~""WILLIAMS), Reece, William
?HIBOY, Albert W - b 17 July 1867 Craig Co - d 3 July 1912 - f John ?HIBOY?
(Craig Co) - m Eveline (BRADLEY ) (b Craig Co) - buried Trinity Cem - cd
pneumonia
HICKLE, Lewis - d by Jan 1808 - Ref WB B pl67, will dated 21 Nov 1807 - Ch
Mary (md [John] PECK), John, Joseph, Susanna (rod ____ STEP) [there is an
arrow between Mary &amp; Susanna with ???]; Adam, George, Elizabeth (md
HERMAN) - Ex 5 John PECK., Adam HICD..E
HICKMAN, William H - b 8 Sep 1845 Va - d 26 Apr 1916 - f Jacob BICKMAN (b
Va) - buried Glasgow Cem - cd Pyosshea, La grippe &amp; pneumonia )
HICKOK., Charles H - b 26 May 1823 Fincastle - d 20 Jan 1897 Washington Co,Va
- f Morris HICKOK. (Charles H was his oldest son) - Relatives: bro John F
HICKOK - sis Mrs Lewis HOUSMAN - was a soldier in CSA - Ref Obituary in
Cronise Scrapbook
HICKOK, John F - b 31 Dec 1824 _ d 4 Feb 1908 - f [Morris RICK.OK] - h/o Virginia A HICKOK (d 1904) - grave Fincastle Presby Cem
HICKOK, Josephine - b 18 Apr 1873 Wythe Co, Va - d 18 May 1914 - f James HUNT
(b Wythe Co, Va) - m Kate (SRETON) (b Wythe Co) - buried near Springwood cd Mitral re gurgetation
HICKOK, Hartin VanBurren - b 14 Oct 1836 Fincastle - d 5 Apr 191 3 - f Morris
HIDKOK (b Amh Co) - m Sarah (FLEGER) (b Fincastle) - buried Andrew Chapel Cem
- cd General decline
HICKOK, Morris (1812 Vet) - b 5 Feb 1795 Amh Co - d 5 May 1873 - h/o Sarah B
HICKOK (1795-1871) - Ref Fincastle Presby gravestone - sons Charles B, John F,
dau --- - (md Lewis HOUSMAN), Ref Cronise Scrapbook 52 - [Char1es B BICK.OK, b
Fincastle, 26 May 1823, the eldest s/o Morris BICK.OK .
Was in the CSA; moved
to Washington Co about 1857 &amp; d there 20 Jan 1897. See obituary in Cronise
Scrapbook 52.
HICKOK, Robert C (unmd) - b ca 1834 Fincastle - d 25 Sep 1855 Covington, All
Co - age 2ly 4m 22d - f Morris HICKOK - m Sarah - cd typhoid fever - rep by
father - grave Fincastle Presby Cem

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HICKOK, Sarah B - b 5 Feb 1795 Fincastle - d 17 Feb 1871 - w/o Morris HICKOK
(1795-1873) - Ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
HICKOK, Virginia A - b 10 Mar 1838 - d 7 Oct 1904 - w/o John F HICKOK (d 1908)
- grave Fincastle Presby Cem
HICKS, Martha L - b 1857 - d 1857 - f William HICKS - m Adaline - cd (infant)
- rep by father
HICKS, William - d by 11 Jan 1803 (son called an orphan) - sons Jes se (over
14), John
BIGGANS

see Tavenner BEALE

HIGGENBOTHAM see James Andrew JOHNSTONE
HILL see Claudine BIGGS, Pauline BIGGS, Thomas Hill NORWOOD, George Pendleton ROBINSON, Sarah L SARVER
HILL, Edward - d by 22 Feb 1811 - Ref WB B p257,259, appraisal &amp; sale, 1813
settlement - Admr Conrod FUDGE
HILL, Eunice Helen - b 3 Oct 1914 Bacbanan , Bot Co - d 24 Oct 1914 - f E C
HILL (b Va) - m Tiny Ellen (STINNETT) (b Va) - buried Buch anan Cern - cd
Atelectoris pulmours
HILL, Evlin May - b 1 Aug 1914 Bot Co - d 12 Apr 1915 - f Emmitt B BILL (b
Bot Co) - m Ethel Frances (PEERY) (b Bot Co) - buried Saltpetre Cave Cem cd pneumonia
BILL, Frank T - b 19 Feb 1896 - d 20 Nov 1912 - f A M HILL - rn E 0 - Ref
Eagle Rock Baptist Cem
HILL, George B - b 3 Apr 1847 Bot Co - d 3 Apr 1915 - f John HILL (b Va) - m
Mariah (ROBINSON) (b Va) - buried Shiloah Cem - cd epitheliorna of face
HILL, George W - b 15 Apr 1812 _ d 9 Jan 1892 - h/o Martha A HILL (d 1889) Ref Allen-Carper Cem (near ruins old Allen house)
BILL, John B - b 7 Oct 1851 Bot Co - d 18 Feb 1915 - f Washington BILL (b Va)
- m Martha (PANE) - buried Salt Peter Cave Cern - cd capillary bronchitis
HILL, Laura Elserline - b 29 May 1915 Saltpetre Cave, Bot Co - d 2 Sep 1916
- f James Henry HILL (b Gala, Bot Co) - rn Elma (HODGES ) (Buchanan) - buried
Eagle Rock cem - cd cholera infanturn
HILL, Laura Emmigan - b 29 Mar 1889 Buchanan - d 7 Nov 1916 - f W E HODGES
(b Bed Co) - m Sarah v (WOOD) (b Bed Co) - buried Eagl e Rock Cem - cd
pulmonary &amp; laryeal TB
BILL, Martha A - b 15 Mar 1823 - d 22 Nov 1889 - w/o George W BILL (d 1892)
- Ref Allen-Carper Cem (near ruins old Allen house)
HILL, Martha S - b 1837 - d 28 Dec 1903 - w/o G E HILL - Ref Allen-Carper
Cem (near ruins of Old Allen home)

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HILL, Ralph Gorden - b 1898 All Co - d 11 Mar 1917 - f G E BILL (b Beuna
Vista, Va) - m Ellen (BRADSHAW) (b Bot Co) - buried Glen Wilton Cem - cd
extensive burns of body (furnace)
RILL, Reuben (colored) - d by 4 Oct 1897 JACKSON - Ref Inquest papers

cd accidently shot by Danie1

HIMES, John - d by 1808 - Ref WB B pl6 4 , will dated 12 Nov 1807 - Ch Abraham,
John, Isaac, David, Elizabeth, Barbary, Daniel - Exs Danie1 STONER, David
HIMES
HINCHEE, Bettie - b 20 Feb 1849 Mont Co - ct 26 Oct 1916
Mont Co) - m Mary (MASEY) (b Va) - buried Forest Chapel HINCHEE, Mary - b 4 Apr 1827 - d 21 Mar 1982 HINCHEE, William F J
HINDS, _

-

Henry FI Z ER ( b
cd apoplexy
f

grave Haymakertown Cem

b 3 Aug 1859 - d 8 Dec 1883 -

grave Haymakertown C em

- d by 11 Oct 1815 (son called an orphan) -

son Ezekiel

HINER see Marah HYPES, Ethel Virginia BOWER
HINER, Catherine Madorathy - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 10 July 1860 John HINER - m Sarah [Jane] _ cd dyptheria - rep by father

age

HINER, Dolly - b ca 1794 Bot Co _ d 23 July 1866 Bot Co - age 72 y KESSLER - m Sallie [COX] - cd very sudden - rep by hus David HINER
HINER, E1izabeth A - b 22 Jan 1837 - Ref Brick Union gravestone

d 19 Jan 1899 -

8y -

f

David

f

w/o John HINER (1825-1899)

HINER, John - d by Dec 1801 - ref WB B p6, will dat e d 21 Sep 1801 - wi fe Mary ;
Ch Henry, Gertrude
(md Solomon LETS?(Lets marked out &amp; LETSHAW written above)
Catty, Polly (md Samuel NOFSINGER), Elizabeth, Susannah, Abraham, John, Peter,
Anthony - on 11 Oct 1808, orphan Daniel was under 14 &amp; had as gdn David RINER
HINER, John - b 7 Sep 182 5 _ d 17 Jan 18 99 - Ref Brick Union gravestone

b/o E1izabeth A HINER (18 37-1.89 9 )

HINER, John B - b ca 12 Mar 1864 Bot Co - d 19 Apr 1865 HINER - m Elizabeth - cd not known - rep by mother

age

ly 1.m

7

ct

f

-

J ohn

HINER, Lewis - b 11 Nov 1829 Bot Co - d 1 Oct 191 2 - f David HINER (b Bot Co )
- m Dal1ia (KESSLER) (b Bot Co) - buried Briclt Union Cem - cd Dilil a tion of '
heart
RINER, Lewis - b 24 Apr 1849 - d 6 Jan 1914 - f John HINER - buried Brick Union Cem - cd chronic Mycasolitis
HINER, Maria Ann - b ca Apr 1850 Bot co - d 28 May 1860 HINER - m Sarah [WATKINS] - cd dyptheria - r e p by fat h e r
HINER, Mary - d by June 1812 _Ref WB B p300 , 3 01 ,
Abraham HINER

sa l e

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

m Sallie ( WAT KI NS )

a ge l Oy l m -

&amp; se t t l e me nt

-

f

J ohn

Ad mr

�Page 100

HINER, Mary A (single) - b Va
1850 Bot Co Mort schedul e

d May 1850 - age 2ly - cd consumption - Ref

HINER, May Elizabeth - b ca Nov 1854 - d 15 June 1860 - age 6y 7m 12d - f
John HINER - m Sarah (WATKINS) - cd dyptheria - rep by father
HINER, Peter - d by 1801 - f John HINER - Ref WB B p85 , WB C p455 , appraisal ,
dower division - wife Catherine (she md #2 Bot Co 2 Dec 180 5 Lawrence FELLER)
- On
Sep 1816 his orphan David - Heirs: bros &amp; siss ? Anthony, John,
Peter,
(md S LATSHAW),
(md S NORTHSINGER ) , ~ (md J BOYD), ____ (md
John MOORE

io

~-

~-

HINES see Dollie C JONES
HINES, Robert - b ca 1795 Winchester, Va - d 6 J uly 1867 - age 72y - cd paralized - rep by son Michael S HINES - h/o Sarah C BINES - grave Mt Union Cem Adm bond 14 Sep 1868 Sheriff LINKENHOKER, revoked 8 Mar 1869 then Robert R &amp;
James C HINES
HINES, Sarah C - b ca 1795 Rb Co - d 2 or 5 Apr 1867 - age 72y - f Henry
SMITH - m Mary - cd pneumonia - rep by son Michael S RINES - w/o Robert HINES
- grave Mt Union Cem
HINKLE see HINKEL, Harriet M FAIRBURN, Byrne FRAZIER
HINKLE, Charles S - b ca Jan 18 55 Dinwiddie Co, Va - d 11 Mar 1859 - age 4y
2m Od - f Isaac HINKLE - m Sarah Ann - cd croup - rep by father

HINKLE, John - d by 12 Feb 1811 (ch called orphans) - ch Esther (over 14);
on 9 Feb 1813 orphans Benjamin &amp; Joseph were over 14
HINKLE, Junior Graham - b 9 Sep 1916 Oriskany, Bot Co - d 17 May 1917 - f C
L HINKLE (Rb Co) - m Nanie (CRIST) (b Rb Co) - buried Oriskany cem - cd
Abscess of bra in
HINTON see Samuel BARLEY
RIPES see HYPES, Mary Dove HANCOCK, Florence A WATSON, William DODD, Alice
BARGER, Owen H DIVERS, Martha J LEMON, John REID, (can't tell) RIDELL, Sarah
A M SECRIST, male WATSON

.

RIPES, male - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 9 Aug 1854 cd scarl et fever - rep by father

f

Alexander RIPES - m Ann -

BIPES, Alexander - b ca 1853 Bot Co - d 3 Aug 1854 - f Alexander BIPES - m

Ann - cd scarlet fever - rep by fa ther
BIPES, Bettie 0 - b 12 June 185 3 - d 18 Mar 1911 - w/o J M RIPES - Ref AllenCarper Cem (near ruins of o ld Al l en house)
HIPES, Bishop A - b ca 1832 - d 1862 Richmond, Va - age 30y - cd s hot at 7
Pines - b-i -1 Rilliam G HAZLEWOOD - h/o Elizabeth RIPES
RIPES, Harrison - b 12 Nov 1824 - d 18 Aug 1900 - grave Mt Mariah Lutheran Cem
HIPES, J B - b 1858 - d 1937 - h/o Mary E BIPES (1856-1935) - Ref Brick
Union gravestone

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Hello from the Virginia Room - Pam Young

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New Books in the Virginia Room - Pam Young

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Treasures of the Blue Rjdge and Beyond - Laura S. Wickstead

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African Ame1ican Ancestiy - Descendants of John "Jack" Brown - Toni Smith

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Brown's Mule Tobacco - Toni Smith

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New Rjver Valley Bible Records - from the files of the Virginia Room
Allison Family Bible
Cruier Family Bible
Constance Beatty Meredith Family Bible
Howard Family Bible
King Family Bible
Oglesby Family Bible
Painter Family Bible
Srnith- Robe1ts Records from the Jolm Parkinson Bible
Jacob Harrison Family Bible
Esther Sayers' Bible
Agnes G. Crockett Family Bible
Thomas Wood's Family Bible

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on the phone. He indicated that he would personally c heck but he was "sure" they were
not at the Roanoke post office. He offered to refund the postage if we didn 't find them.
When I informed them that the printing cost, cost of the mailer and the postage came to
over $750 and we expected to be reimbursed for all costs he was suddenly more
interested in "finding" them. The ''face to face " yielded no results only evasive
responses from postal employees. The postmaster called me the next day and asked
that we wait a few more days before taking any further action. Stra.ngely. the next day
my VAN appeared in the mailbox!! T~e rest of the VANs mad.e their appearance in due
course. 25+ days from mailing to delivery!! A new record I think.
Remember that the VAN editor is always looking for material. In this issue there are
Bible records and family histories. Do you have something you can contribute? If you
do, please get in touch with Mike.

Happ~unting,

nc~
Karen Kappesser, President
514 Scalybark Drive
Blue Ridge VA 24064-1328
Telephone: (540) 977-0067
E-mail: gkkapp@infionline.net

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Hello from the Virginia Room
Hello from the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Libraries! Autumn
means family history classes, genealogy fairs and conferences. Stop by the
Virginia Room booth at the Bedford Genealogy &amp; History Fair on
September 8 in Bedford; the Botetourt County Genealogy Fair, October
13 in Fincastle; and at the Virginia Genealogical Society Fall conference
"The Road Goes Both Ways", November 2 &amp; 3 in Roanoke. The
reception November 2 will be at the 0 . Winston Link Museum and
November 3 classes will be at the Dumas Center for Artistic and Cultural
Development. The Virginia Room archivist, Alicia Sell will talk about
preserving family documents and photos at the Bedford Fair. Laura
Wickstead will speak at both Botetourt Fair and the VGS conference about
Virginia Room resources for family history research.
A new series of classes begins this fall. Offerings include a review of the
subscription databases Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest,
Researching Civil War Ancestors, and Genealogy "By the Bookn. Last
year' s "Dead on the Web',, death and cemetery records on the internet, and
Late Night in the Virginia Room were such a tremendous success that we
will repeat them again on October 26, when the library will be open for
genealogy research until 11 :OOpm.
We are very pleased to offer Robert Harshbarger's indexes ofBotetourt
County Marriages covering 1770-1973 just back from the bindery. They are
available only in the Virginia Room~ the Library of Virginia and the
Botetourt County Court House.
The Virginia Room is experiencing growing pains. We are gaining a parttime project archivist to work on the Neighborhood and Veterans History
Project and we are in the planning stages to expand our space. You have the
opportunity to be a part of the excitement. We welcome your help as a
docent, assisting researchers or on a variety of archives and indexing
projects. A Volunteer Open House will be held on October 2. For more
infonnation and to register for classes contact us at 540-853-2073 or
varoom@roanokeva.gov

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New Books in the Virginia Room
The books listed a r e new additions to the Virgi nia R oom &amp; S p cda lCo llcc tio ns o f th e Roanoke P ublic
sale or loan to other libraries.

l.i br:ir~

an d arc not fo r

331 . 31 F875KW Kids At Work Lewis Hine a nd t h e Cru sade Against Child
Labor by Russell Freedman 1995 Scholaslic In c
398 . 4 M973t The Telltale Lilac Bush &amp; Other Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann
Musick 1965 University Press
373 . 755791 Jackson Middle School 1999 year book (Roanoke City
School)
610 . 6 M468t Transactions of the Thirty- Sixth Annual Session of the
Medical Society of VA held in Norfolk , VA October 24 -28, 1905
Williams Printing Co 1906
929 . l 02651 Lineage Book of the National Society of Daughters of
Founders and Patriots of America Volume XXXX 2006
922 . 7768 M364m A Minister in the Tennessee Valley by Isaac Patton
Martin 1954 Parthenon Press
929 . 374702 8684t 10 , 000 Vital Records of Central New York 1813-1850
Compiled by Fred Q Bowman 1986 Genealgocial Publishing
929 . 3755 Ac27rn Marriage Records of Accomack County VA 1854-1895
Recorded in Licenses &amp; Ministers ' Returns Compiled by Barry W. Miles
&amp; Moddy K. Miles III 2006 Heritage Books
929.2 B638 H184h History of the Bol (1) ar Family of Bath County,
VA The First Three Generations by Howard Revercomb Hammond 2000
Gateway Press
973 . 776 Hl9ls South After Gettysburg Civil War Nurse, 1863- 1865
Quaker Teacher, 1866-1868 Letters of Cornelia Hancock Edited by
Henrietta Stratton Jaquette 1956 Thomas Y. Crowell Co .
973.344 Un3m Revolutionary Pensione rs of 1818 Printed by order of
the Senate of the United States 28 March 1818 Reprinted by
Genealogical Publishing 1998
97 5 . 639 H7 53 Crank Victrolas and Wood Cook Stoves a treasury of 2Q th
Century Memories
Greene, Lenoir, Pitt &amp; Wayne Counties (NC) Compiled by Bob Lasley
&amp; Sallie Holt 2004Hometown Memories Pub lishing
975.627 H753 Wilmington Tales Editor R.
Memories Publishing

T.

Lasley 2002

Hometown

975.803 Sm57s The Story of Georgia &amp; the Georgia People 1732 to
1860 by George Gillman Smith , D. D. Reprint 1968 Genealogical
Printing

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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W583h Historical Collections of Georgia by Rev . George
Whit e Reprint 2004 Genealogical Publishing
929 . 2 H866nh The New Hottel History, Charles Line by Paul Huddle
2002 Published by AAH Graphics, Inc
929 . 208 V8li Immigrants Ancestors a List of 2,500 Immigrants of
America before 1750 by Frederick Adams Virkus 1976 Genealogical
Publishing Co . , Inc
975 . 583 Ml32b Botetourt County by Debra Alderson Mcclane 2007 by
Arcadia Publishing
975 . 65 H753 The Elegant Tarpaper Shack and other Down Home Tales
From the Good Old Days in the Heartland of Carolina compiled &amp;
edited by Bob Lasley &amp; Sallie Holt 2003 Hometown Memories
Publishing
P 929 . 2 M725 D922g Mohler-Garber Family History, Genealogy of the
975 . 803

Ludwig Mohlar Family in America from April 4, 1696 to June 15, 1921

Compi led &amp; Edited by Cora Garber Dunning 1921 Published by the
Nebra ska State Historical Society
282 . 7481 Ad17c Catholic Trails West the Founding Catholic Families
of PA Volume 1 St Joseph's Church, Philadelphia (1733) by Edmund
Adam s &amp; Barbara Brady - Keefe 1988 Gen ealog i cal Publishing
P 551.4 Cl39g Guidebook to the Coastal Plain of VA North to the
James River by James L . Calver 1962 Commonwealth of VA
910 . 4 Sch19j Journal of a Lady of Quality, Being the Narrative of
a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies , North Carolina &amp;
Portugal in the years 177 4 to 1776 by Jen Schaw 1921 Yale
Universi ty Press
911 . 73 H227m Mapping the American Revolutionary War by Harley,
Petchenik , &amp; Towner 1975 University of Chicago Press

911.74 W3673e E 40* An Interpretive Atlas by Jack Williams 2006
University Press
917 . 54 F35 West Virginia, A Guide to the Mountain State by WPA 1941
Oxford University Press
917 . 55451 H629 Historic Sites &amp; Structures in the Richmond Region
by Richmond Planning District Commission 1970
929 . 09415 C332 A Census of Ireland circa 1659 with supplementary
Material from the Poll Money Ordinances (1660-1661 ) edited by
Seamu s Pender
929 . 2 Bl55r Richard Bailey of Chesterfield &amp; Tazewell Counties, VA
and his Descendants, Volume II by Mary Ellen Howe 2003 Self
Published
929.2 065 Hl93d Doak Family History &amp; Genealogy by B.E. Hanes, from
the Press of The Exponent Job Shop 1931 (?)

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929 . 37 5502 T635v Virginia Wills and Administration s 1632-1800
compi l ed b y Clayton Torre nce 1990 Genea 1 ei9icu l ['1.- ,-s
973 .7 02 Ml45c Civil War Tales of the Tenness ee Val ley hy Wi lliam
Lindsey McDonald 200 3 Heart of Dix ie P ub li shing
973 . 736 Wl52y Hunter's Fiery Raid through Virginia Valleys by Ga ry
C . Walker 1989 A &amp; W Enterprise s
97 5 . 4 7 6 Su64h History of Summers County West Virginia by Su mmers
Count y Hi storical Societ y 1984
P 641 . 59755 R531F Food For Thought A collection of recipes from the
staff, past &amp; present of the Roanoke City Public Library 2 0 0 1
P 728. 92 2 SL52a An Age of Barnes by f. r i c S l oane 19 76 Funk &amp;
Wagnalls Publishing Co .
P 929.2 N923 Srn63n C . 2 The Nunns of xviith Century Virginia with
roster of 1300 descendants of the Henry County clan by 0 . Norris
Smith 1984 McDonald Printing Co .
P 929 . 3755 M766t 178 8 c . 2 Montgomery County , VA Tax Lists A, B &amp;
C for the year 1788

641 . 59752 D753m Mrs. Kitching's Smith Island Cook.book by Pra n ce s
Kitching and Susan Stiles Dowel l 19 8 1 Tidewa te r Pu b l is h e rs
914.255 Srn58s c . 2 Sulgrove Manor and the Washingtons A history &amp;
Guide to

the Tudor Home of

George Washington's

Ancestors

by

H.

Clifford Smith 1933 Macmillan Co .
911 . 73 K635g A Genealogical &amp; Historical Atlas of the United States
of America by E . Kay Kirkham 1976 Eve r to n Pub li sh i ng Co .
929 . 097559 G597f Finding your people in the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia by Rebecca H. Goo d &amp; Rebecc a A. Ebe r t 1 98 8 He arthside
929 . 2 B665D84 7b The Bounds of Maryland by Ruth T . Dryde n 1 9 83

D423d The Dennises of Beverly by John Va l ue De nnis 1992
Evans - Coate s Printing
929.2 0847 D847d Dryden Family and Descendants Book I by Leslie
Powell Dryden 1992
929 . 2 H728 H7 2 8ho Holloways of the Eastern Shore and Descendants
Near &amp; Far 1066 - 1985 by Bessie Gibbs Cheath a m Holloway 1985
Gateway Press
929 . 2

929. 2 Hl92 Hl92an Annals and Memorials of the Handys and Their
Kindred by Isaac w. K. Handy 1992 Wi ll iam L . Cleme nts Library
929.2 H65 Ml59h Hoagland and Collins, A Family History by Patricia
Ann Ho agland Mc Ewen 1994 Anund se n Publi s hin g Ca .
929.2 Ml2 3 Ml23dj Descendants of John McCabe 1727-1800 of Sussex
County, Delaware 2 edition by Verno n W. McCabe , Jr 19 9 4

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929.2 P871 D847p The Powell Family by Ruth T . Dryden 1994
929 . 2 Q41 Ml23d Descendants of The Quillen Family of the Delmarv a
Pe ni nsula by Vernon W. McCabe Jr. 1996
929 . 1072 M342a A-Z Guide to Tracing Ancestors in Britain by F . C
Markwell &amp; Pauline Saul 1985 Genealogical Publishing
929.72 L518d A Directory of British Peerages by Francis L. Leeson
1984 Gene alogical Publishing
929.375223 So54 A Somerset Sampler , Families of Old Somerset
County, Maryland 1700-1776 1994 compiled by Pauline Manning
Batchelder Gateway Press
929. 375241 F89lm Marriages and Deaths St. Mary' s County Maryland
1634 - 1900 by Margaret K. Fresco
308. W277g The Papers of George Washington Volume 13 1 June to 3 1
August 1793 2007 University of VA Press
328 . 7309 Un3c Biographical Directory of the American Congress 17741971 US Government Printing Office 1971
925.8 C579B455r The Reve rend John Clayton , A Parson with a
Scie ntific Mind 1965 University VA Press
929 . 2 C883C883cf The Cropper Family of Utah, Texas , Virginia &amp;
England 1500-1900 Genealog i cal Research by Paul K. Cropper
Published by Armis J. Ashby 1992
929 . 542 C673c 1751-1776 The Complete Book of Emigrants 1751 -1 776
by Peter Wilson Coldham 1993 Genealogical Publishing
97 5 . 541 H314h Hampton/Newport News A Pictorial Histo ry by Van
Hawk ins 1975 The Donning Company Publishers
SC 340.9 G991 Legends of Virginia Lawyers by John H Gwathmey 1934
Press of the Dietz Printing Co
364.15 H284n Never Seen the Moon The Trails of Edith Ma xwell by
Sharon Hatfield 2005 University of Illinois Press
929.376902 K419k Kentucky Marriages 1797-1865 compiled by G. Glenn
Clift 1978 Genealogical Publishing
925 . 8 C579 B455j John Clayton Pioneer of American Botany by Edmund
Berkley and Dorothy Smith Berkley 1963 University of North Carolina
Press
973 . 782 Gl823e Exile in Richmond The Confederate Journal of HenriGaride l Edited by Michael Bedout Chesson and Leslie Jean Roberts
2001 University of Virginia Press
927.7853 M582Ml75o The Gre at and Only Oscar Miche aux, The life of
America's First Black Filnunaker by Patrick McGilligan 2007
HarperCol lins Publishers

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306 . 846 R745n Nototious in the Neighborhood Sex and Families across
the color line in VA 1787-1861 by Joshua D . Ro chmon ;•003 l l niversity
of NC Press
929.2 C245 P859b Carter Family 1883 Bi-Centenary Me morial of
Jeremiah Carter who came to the Province of PA in 1682 by Thornas -

Maxwell Potts 1883 Published by Author

929 . 2 Am37 Ed97a Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County,
VA by Lucy Ames Edwards 1967 Eastern Shore of VA Hi storicu.l Society
929 . 208 H222c 1958 Colonial Families of the Southern States of
America, A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families who Settled
in the Colonies Prior to the Revolution by Stella l?i.ckett Hardy

Reprint 1 99 1 Genealogical Publishing Co .
976 . 179 H425 The Heritage of Shelby County, Alabama by l leritage
Publishing Consultants 1999
976 . 195 H425 The Heritage of Jackson County, Alabama by Heritage
Pub l ishing Consultants 1998

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Treasures of the Blue Ridge and Beyond
By Lau ra S. Wickstead, MLS
The following l ist of regional repos itori es provides highlights of some of
the uniqu e records and manuscript collections availab le to family
hi sto rians. Thi s is a very bri ef list of institutional holdi ng s. Consider
ca ll ing ahead w hen planning a research trip.
Botetourt County Courthou se
1 West Main Courthouse Square, P.O.Box 2 19, Fincastle, VA 24090
Monday - Frid ay, 8:30am - 4:30pm . Ph one: 540-473 - 8274 . Photocopies
are $. 50. Certified copies are $2 .00 each. Call ahead to check sched ules
of part-time staff dedicated to assist genealogist s.
At its incept io n in 1 770, t he county exte nded to the Mississippi River
encompass in g much of w hat are now West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana and Illin o is.
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•

Marriage reco rd s 1 770- 2004*
Probate reco rd s, includin g wi ll s, bills of sale, inventory of estates,
land divisions and other estate records 1770- present*

•

Deeds and other land transactions 1 770-prese nt *

•

Land Books (real estate tax) l 850- present

•

Su rveyors Books 1 770- 19 14*

•

Court Ord er Books 1 770- 1 803 *

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County Court Order Books l 839- 1867 *
Chancery Order Books 1 83 1-1 896 *
Tithable s 1 770 - 1 789

•

Registers of Births and Deaths 1853 - 1870

•

Minute Books 1772 - 1 831

•

Rules of Office, Ju dgements 1 791 - 1807

•

Botetourt Cou nty Indu ction and Discharge Record s, WWII

•

Guardian Accounts l 799-1839

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•

Pension Applications &amp; List of Pensioners 1 888 - 1 894 (Veterans and
Widows)

(* indicates indexed records)

Catholic Historical Society of the Roanoke Valley
400 West Campbell Ave. Roanoke, VA 2401 6
Tuesday 10:00am- 2:00pm 540 - 982 - 01 52
•

St. Andrew's Cemetery records 1 893 - present.

•

St. Andrew's and Our Lady of Nazareth parish records l 896-

•

present (many gaps).
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum records 1 893-1 960. Data ranges
from just the child's name and birth date to more complete family

•

information .
Annals of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, KY (in Roanoke),
Records of St. Andrew's Convent, St. Andrew's School and St.
Vincent's orphanage. Records generally run from l 916-1 977.

Fincastle Public Library
11 Academy St. Fincastle, VA 24090, 540-473-8339
Monday &amp; Thursday 9:00am-9:00pm; Tuesday &amp; Wednesday 9:00am 6:00pm; Friday 9:00am-5:00pm. Rena Worthen, library staffer and
genealogist will help you make the most of your visit.
•

Indexed records from four local funeral homes 1 904 - 1 984 (not
inclusive)

•

Fincastle Herald. Obits indexed for 1935 -37, 1939, 1940 andl 960

•

Several thousand family histories

Historical Society of Western Virginia
One Market Square, 3rd Floor, Roanoke, VA 24011
P.O. Box 1904; Roanoke, VA 24008 &lt; info .hswv@cox. net &gt;
540-342-5770, Tuesday 10:00am- 12 :00pm . Other times by
appointment. Holdings are related primarily to the Roanoke Valley and
western Virginia.

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•

Fam ily papers : Breckinridge 1746 - 1927; Wm. C. Campbel l 1 764,
l 844- 1 975 ; Deyerle 1 755-1932, 1971 ; B. N. Eubank 1880- 1 932 ;
Watts 1 792 - 1 923.

•

Ledgers : Garst &amp; Chapman 1849- 1875 1 Garst Mill 1859- 1864,
So uthweste rn Turnpike Toll Road 1856-1 868 and others .

•

Research notebooks of J. Raymond Hildebrand. Su bjects includ e
county co urthouse s, Roanoke city area farm s, original land grants
f or Augusta, Boteto urt and Gree nbrier and more.

•

A pprox imat ely 100 19th &amp; 20th ce ntury m aps of the Roanoke
Vall ey.

•

More than 3 ,000 photographs of 20th century Roanoke Valley.

Jones Memorial Library
23 11 Memorial Ave. Lynchburg, VA 24501 434- 846- 050 1
www.jmlibrary. org

Tue sday &amp; Thursday 1:00 - 9:00pm, Wednesday &amp;

Friday 1 :00 - S:OOpm, Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm.
Jon es Memorial is a private history and genealogy research facil ity.
Though it s primary foc us is central Virg inia, its exte nsive holdings
in clud e materials relati ng to the entire state.
•
•

4,000 plus family hi sto ry titles and fil es
Numerous m anu script holdings and family papers re lating t o
central Virginia and beyond

•

Various ledgers and in stitutional archives

Montgomery County Courthouse
Clerk of Circuit Cou rt, County Courthouse, 1 East Main St. Suite BS
Christiansburg VA, 24073, 540- 382-5760 &lt; aburke@courts .state.va. us &gt;
Monday- Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Photoco pies are $.50 . Ce rtified
copies are $2 .00 each .
•

Records begin w ith the formation of Fincastle County in 1 773 .
Include s deeds, w ills and vario us court records

•

Birth and death l 85 3- 1 868

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Roanoke Public Libraries, Virginia Room
706 S. Jefferson St. Roanoke, VA 24016
www.roanokeva.gov / library &lt; varoom@roanokeva .gov &gt;

540 - 8 5 3- 207 3

Monday, Tuesday &amp; Thursday 9:00am-9 :00am ; Wedn esday 1 0:00am 6 :00pm ; Friday 9;00am - 6 :00pm; Saturday 9 :00am - 5 :OOpm; Sunday
1 :OOpm- S:OOpm during the school year.
The Virginia Room comprehensively collects historical and genealogical
materials for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Roanoke Valley, and
to a lesser degree, those states which are closely ti ed to Virginia and its
people by birth, immigration, migration or by boundary divisions
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•

Thousands of family history titles and files
Thousands of vertical, clip and local history files for local and

•

regional subjects
19th &amp; 20th century maps of area, region and state, including

•

Sanborn Insurance maps
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society Pedigree Charts

•

Manuscript holdings containing thousands of vital statistics,
county, cemetery records and surname files. They include the
research papers of Bonnie Ball , Charles T. Burton, Grady Garrett,
Ruth G. Hale, Beverly R. Hoch , LaRue Bowman Mason , Mae Dillon
Moore, E. Marvin Raney, Smith- Riffe, and Marguerite Tise

•

City of Roanoke deaths l 894- 1 909 (microfilm)

•

Roanoke Valley World War II Veterans , indexed

•

Roanoke Valley Casualties in World War 11, indexed

•

Index to Botetourt County Chancery papers l 830- l 938 by Charles
T . Burton

•

Indices of Botetourt County records created by Robert E.
Harshbarger.
0

Names in Common Law Order Books 1 809 - 1 903

0

Names in Chancery Court Order Books 1 831 - 1901
Names in County Court Order Books 1839- 1887

0

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o

Marriages, index and chronological listing of, l 854-1 973
Marriage bonds / licenses by women's and men's names
1770-185 3

o

Minister' s returns 1782-1853

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Salem Museum &amp; Historical Society
801 East Main Street, Salem, Virginia 24153
540-3 89-6 760 www.salemmuse um. org &lt; info@salemmu seum.org&gt;
Museum hours are Tuesday - Friday, 1O:OOam - 4:00pm, Saturday,
1 2 :OOpm - 5 :OOpm . The historical society hold s ext ensive resou rces for
Salem research, relating to families and all aspects the town's history.
But as th ere is no public res earch room at this time, call ahead with
queri es.
•

Scrapbooks and ledgers relating to Salem famili es and businesses

•

Duckwilder Family papers, l 880s-1950s

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•

Seve ral family hi story files
Birth records of Georg iana Saunde rs, midwife, 1917-1 949

Virginia Tech, Special Collections, University Libraries

P.O. Box 9000 1, Blacksburg , VA 24062 540- 231-6308
The Appalachian History Co llection has many records of interest to the
family historian. The ext ensive li st of manuscript ho ldings can be viewed
at this website.
•

http:/ /s pec.lib .vt.edu / appal /apuni ndx.htm

Includes Brown, Charlton, Huff- Hy lton, Kent, Lancaster, Preston,
and Surface family papers

•
•

Floyd County Historical Society papers 1 880-1 986
Variou s account books from late 1 700s into l 900s (not inclusive)

Wytheville Community College, Kegley Library
1000 East Main Street, Wytheville VA 24382

276-223-4743

http://www2.wcc.vccs.edu / Library / html /kegley.htm
Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 5 :OOam .

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Exte nsive collections of hi storians M ary B. Keg ley and Dr . W. R.
Ch itwood, Sr.

•

Prest o n Family Papers 1 7 46 - 1 9 1 5

•

Fu lton-Graham- Sanders 1 789- 1 962

Sources

Roanoke and New River Valleys, Virginia, Manuscripts : A Guide to
Collections in the United States. Charles A. Bod ie, Editor; Hi story Mu se um
and Histo rical Society of Western Vi rginia; Roanoke , Vi rgin ia, 2003 .
Site visits and /or telephone in quiries to the Botetou r t Cou n ty Courthouse,
Catholic Hi storical Society, Fincast le Publi c Library , Hi storica l Soc iety of
Western Virginia, Jo nes Memori al Library, Montgomery Cou nty
Courthouse, Salem Muse um and Historical Soc iety, and the V irgini a Room
of the Roanoke Public Libraries.
The fo llowing websites offer search ab le d atabases of manuscr ipt
collectio ns. Virgin ia Heritage: Guid es t o manuscript and a rch ival
collecti ons in Vi rgini a

www. lib .v irginia.ed u / small / v h p / index.htm l

Natio nal Union Catalog of Ma nu sc ript Co ll ections (NU C M C) operated by
the Library of Congress

www. loc.gov / coll / nu cmc

Upcoming Southwestern Virginia Genealogy Gatherings
Bedford Cou nty Genealogy Fair, Septe mbe r 8, Bedford, VA.
www.bgsociety.org
Botetourt County Genealogy Fai r, Octobe r 1 3, Fincastle, VA.
www.rootsweb.com / -vaboteto / fair.html
Vir · ·
ginta Genealogical Society Fall Conference
November 2 &amp; 3 in Roanoke, VA., www.vgs.org
Laura S. Wickstead, MLS, Virgini a Room Librarian
Roanoke p bt·
.
.
u IC Libraries, 706 s. Jefferson Street, Roa noke , VA 240 1 6
www .roanokeva.gov/ li brary &lt; va room @roanokeva .gov &gt; 540- 853 - 2073

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AFRICAN AMERICAN ANCEJTRY
Descendants of John "Jack" Brown
Submitted by Toni Smith
1805 Excel Drive
Killeen, TX 76542-4066
toni. y.smith@hotmail.com

The first three generations are classified as Caucasian, all succeeding generations are classified
as African Ame rican.
Numbers in brackets [] indicate the generation .

Generation No. 1
1. JOHN ''JACK'' [ 1] BROWN was born 1765, and died 1838. He married SARAH RIVES. She
was born I 773, and died 1849.

C hild of JOHN BROWN and SARAH RIVES is:
2.

i. JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2] BROWN, b. 13 Oct 1808, VIRGINIA; d. 13 Jun 1882,
VlRGINlA.

Generation No. 2
2. JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2] BROWN (JOHN "JACK" [l]) was born 13 Oct 1808 in VIRGINIA,
and died 13 Jun I 882 in Virginia. He married MARY ANN PATTERSON 29 May 1838 in
Franklin Co, VA, daughter of SAMUEL PATTERSON and SARAH BOZWELL. She was born
2 1 Mar 1824 in Virginia, and died 02 Apr 1895 in Franklin Co, VA.
Children of JOHN BROWN and MARY PATTERSON are:
3.
i. WILLIAM "NOB" [3] BROWN, b. Bet 1842 - 1844, VIRGINIA; d. 1920, Franklin Co.,
VA.

ii. JOHN P BROWN, b. 1844, VlRGINIA.
iii. HENRY F BROWN "KERMIT", b. 1846, VIRGINIA.
iv. WILEY S BROWN "SAMUEL", b. 1848, VJRGINIA
v . GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN, b. 1852, VlRGINIA.
vi. MILLARD F1LMORE BROWN, b. 1854, VIRGINIA.
vii. MARY J. L. BROWN, b. 1858, VIRGINIA.
viii. ALEXANDER BROWN, b. Mar 1860, VIRGINIA.
ix. HARRIET BROWN, b. 1846, VIRGJNIA.
x. SUSAN BROWN, b. 1862, VIRGINIA.
xi. FANNIE BROWN, b. 1864, VlRGINlA.
xi i. SALLIE BROWN, b. 1866, VIRGINIA.

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Generation No. 3
3. WILLIAM NORBORNE "NOB" [3] BROWN (JOIIN SPOTSW OOD 1:2] . JOI IN "JACK" lll)
was born Bet. 1842 - 1844 in VIRGINIA, and died 19'.?.0 in FRANKi. i N Co , V /\. . I le married
MARY ANN HOLLAND, daughter of SAMUEL f IOLLAND and LlJCY PRl :STON . She was
born 1852 in VIRGINIA, and died 16 J un 1916 in PRANKLfN CO. V/\
Children of WILLIAM BROWN and MARY HOLLAND a re :
i_ JOHN [4] BROWN.
4.
ii. MARY JANE BROWN, b. 1878, Franklin Co, VA .
5.
iii. AMANDA SUSAN BROWN , b. 28 Aug 1898, Franklin Co. V /\ : d . 23 J u l 1965 ,
FRANKLIN CO, VA.

Generation No. 4
4. MARY JANE [4] BROWN (WILLIAM "NOB"l3], JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2], JOTfN "JACK"
11
[l]) was born 1878 in Franklin Co, VA. She married JAMES THOMAS "TOM I !OLLA ND 14
J un 1896 in Franklin Co, VA, son ofGfLLIE PERDUE. He was born 1878 in Franklin Co, V /\.
Children of MARY BROWN and JAMES HOLLAND are:
6.
i. EARNEST DEE (5] HOLLAND, b. Fran klin Co, VA.
7.
ii. EVA BELLE HOLLAND, b. Fran k li n Co, VA .
8.
iii. JAlvfES ELIJAH HOLLAND, b. Frankl in Co, VA.
9.
iv. LACY BROWN HOLLAND, b. Frankli n Co, YA .
10.
v. LILLIA ASIA HOLLAND, b. Franklin Co, VA.
vi. MAUDE HOLLAND, b. Franklin Co, VA.
vii. NANNIB HOLLAND, b. lOFeb 19 14 , Frankl in Co, VA; rn . ATHEY WA DE; b.
1908, Franklin Co, VA.
11.
viii. CASSIE MARY HOLLAND, b. 15Mar 1913, Franklin Co, VA; d . 11 Sep1990,
Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.

5. AMANDA SUSAN [4] BROWN (WILLIAM "NOB" [3), JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN
"JACK" [1]) was born 28 A ug 1898 in Franklin Co, VA, and d ied 23 Ju l 1965 in Franklin Co,
VA She married HARRISON SMITH 17 Dec 19 16 in Franklin Co, VA, son of WILLIAM
SMITH and ANNIE CRAFT. He was born 14 Dec 1892 in V IRGINlA, and d ied
02 Sep 1956 in Franklin Co, VA.
Children of AMANDA BROWN and HAR.RISON SMITH are:
12.
i. MARYE (5] SMITH, b. 24 N ov 19 17, Franklin Co., VA; d. 2 1 Feb 1947, Franklin Co,
VA.

13.
14.

15.

16.

~~: DORIS A SMITH, b. 17 Apr 1920, Franklin Co, VA.
m. ANN1E BELLE SMJTH, b. 05 Apr 192 1, Frankli n Co, VA; d . 28 Au g 1988, Roanoke
~emorial Rehab Center Roanoke, VA.
iv. FANN1E KA TE SMITH, b. 22 Sep 1922, Franklin Co, VA.
v. BENJAfvfINH. Sl'VlITH, b. 24 May 1924, Fran k lin Co, VA .
vi. WILLIAM BROWN SMITH, b . 09 Feb 1926, Franklin Co, VA; d . 1996, Rocky
Mount, Franklin Co, VA.
vii. WALTER LEE SMITH, b. 29 Feb 1928, Frankli n Co, VA .

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17.
18.

viii . AMANDA SUSAN SMITH, b. 03 Jun 1932, Franklin Co, VA.
ix. LOUISE SMITH, b. 28 Dec 1934, Franklin Co, VA; m . THOMAS WRAY SMITH.
x . TOMMY ALEX SMITH, b. 24 Jan 1930, Frankli n Co, VA.

Generation No. S
6. EARNEST DEE [5] HOLLAND (MARY JANE [4] BROWN, W1LLIAM "NOB" [3], JOHN
SPOTSW OOD [2], JOHN "JACK" [l]) was born in Franklin Co, VA He married MAMIE
ARRINGTON.
Chil dren of EARNEST HOLLAND and MAMIE ARRINGTON are:
i. IRENE [6] HOLLAND.
ii . DELITHA HOLLAND.
7. EVA BELLE [5] HOLLAND (MARY JANE (4] BROWN, WILLIAM ''NOB" [3], JOHN
SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK" [l]) was born in Franklin Co, VA. She manied WILL
HOLLAND.
Childre n of EVA HOLLAND and WILL HOLLAND are:
i. CURTIS [6] HOLLAND.
ii. WILLIEKATEHOLLAND.
iii. MORRJS HOLLAND.
iv. OWEN HOLLAND.
v. MASSEY HOLLAND.
vi . ELWOOD HOLLAND.
vii. WILLIAM HOLLAND.
viii. CHESTER HOLLAND.
ix . CALV1N HOLLAND.
x. OSCAR HOLLAND.
xi. BEULAH HOLLAND.
xii. GENEVA HOLLAND.
x.iii. FRANK HOLLAND.
xiv. DORJS HOLLAND.
8. JAMES ELUAH (5) HOLLAND (MARY JANE [4] BROWN, WILLIAM "NOB" [3], JOHN
SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK" [I]) was born in Franklin Co, VA. He married OLLIE.

Children of JAMES HOLLAND and OLLIE are:
i. CHRISTINE VIRGINIA (6] HOLLAND.
ii. MARY INEZ HOLLAND.
iii. JAMES HOLLAND, JR.
iv. ROBERT LEWIS HOLLAND.
v. SH1RLEY JANE HOLLAND.
9. LACY BROWN [5] HOLLAND (MARY JANE [4] BROWN, WlLLIAM "NOB" [3], JOHN
SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN ''JACK" [1]) was born in Franklin Co, VA. He married ( 1) WILLIE

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SIMMONS. He marri ed (2) ALICE WITCH E R.

Child of LACY HOLLAND a nd WILLIE S IMMONS is:
i. JEWEL [6] HOLLAND.
Children of LACY HOLLAND and ALICE WITCHER are:
ii. RUDY (6] HOLLAND.
iii. ROBBIE HOLLAND.
iv. KATHY HOLLAND.
10. Lll-LIAASIA [5] HOLLAND (MARY JANE [4] BROWN, WILLIAM "NOB" [3]. J OHN
SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK" [I ]) was born in Frankl in Co, VA. S he marri ed WILLIAM
ALEXANDER TYREE.
Children of LILLIA HOLLAND and WILLIAM TYREE are:
i. ALEXANDER [6] TYREE.
ii. WILLIAM THOMAS T YREE.
iii. MARY KA TE TYREE.
iv. ETHEL JANE TYREE.
v. ALLEN TYREE.
vi. SARAH MARTHA TYREE.
vii. BANNAH ANN TYREE.
viii. LOUISA BELLE TYREE.
ix. NANNIE ELOISE TYREE.
x.. EVELENE REBECCA TYREE.
x i. Bll..LY HOLLAND T YREE.
xii. BABY GIRL TYREE.
11. CASSIE MARY [5] HOLLAND (MARY JANE [4] BROWN, WIL LlAM "NOB" f3) , JOHN
SPOTSW?OD [2], JOHN "JACK" [ t]) was bo rn 15 Mar 19 13 in Franklin Co, VA, and died 11
Sep 1990 m Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va. S he m arried ( 1) JULIUS YOUNG. He was born I 0 Jun
1914, and died Jul 1983 in Rocky Mount , Franklin Co, VA.
Children of CASSIE HOLLAND and JULfUS YOUNG are:
19.
~ : CORNETTA [6] HOLLAND, b. 1936, Franklin Co, VA.
20.
n . ELOISE HOLLAND, b . 1938, Franklin Co, VA.

Child o~-~ASSIE MARY HOLLAND is:
2 1.
111 · CORNETTA [6] HOLLAND, b. Franklin Co, VA.
12 · MARYE [5] SMITH (AMANDA SUSAN [4] BROWN, WILLIAM "N OB" (3], JOHN
SPOTSW?OD [2], JOHN "JACK" [1]) was born 24 Nov 19 17 in Franklin Co, VA, and died 2 1
Feb 1947 Jn Franklin Co, VA. She marri ed ROBERT LEE "TOBE" SMITH 12 Sep 1936 in
Franklin Co, VA, son of ED SMITH and MAR y JAMJSON. He was born 19 18 in Fra nklin
Co, VA.

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Childre n of MARY SMITH and ROBERT SMITH are:
i. CHARLIE [6] SMITH.
ii. EARNEST SMITH.
iii . MARY ELAINE SMITH, b . 28 Aug 1943, Fran.kJin Co, VA; d. 15 Dec 2002, Franklin
Co, VA.
iv. MARVIN SMITH.
v. J T SMITH, b. 1947, Franklin Co, VA.
13. DORIS A [5] SMITH (AMANDA SUSAN [4] BROWN, WILLIAM "NOB" [3], JOHN
SPOTSWOOD (2], JOHN "JACK" [l]) was born 17 Apr 1920 in Franklin Co, VA. She married
GEORGE HOLLAND.
Children of DORIS Siv1ITH and GEORGE HOLLAND are:
i. JOHNNY (6] HOLLAND.
ii. MARY HOLLAND.
iii. ALICE HOLLAND.
iv. LEE ROY HOLLAND.
v. DORIS ANN HOLLAND.
vi . ROSELINE HOLLAND.
vii. HARRY HOLLAND.

14. ANNlE BE LLE [5] SWTH (AMANDA SUSAN [4] BROWN, W1LLIAM "NOB" [3], JOHN
SPOTSWOOD [2), JOHN "JACK"[l]) was born 05 Apr 1921 in Franklin Co, VA, and died 28
A ug 1988 in Roanoke Memorial Rehab Center Roanoke, VA. She married JOHN ROY.
C hild of ANNIE SMITH and JOHN ROY is:
1. JOHN [6] ROY , JR,

15. FANNIE KATE [5] SWTH (AMANDA SUSAN [4] BROWN, WILLIAM "NOB" [3], JOHN
SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK''[l]) was born 22 Sep 1922 in Franklin Co, VA She married
J OHN TINSLEY.
Child of FANNIE SivfITH a nd JOHN TINSLEY is:
i. WU.LIAM [6] TINSLEY.
16. WILLIAM BROWN [5] SMITH (AMANDA SUSAN [4] BROWN, WILLIAM "NOB" (3],
JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK" [1]) was bom 09 Feb 1926 in FRANKlin co, VA, and
died 1996 in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA. He married (1) IRENE SAUNDERS. He married
(2) BRENDA JOHNSON.
C hild of WILLIAM SMITH and IRENE SAUNDERS is:
i. JOYCE [6] SMITH.
C hildren of WILLIAM SMITH and BRENDA JOHNSON are:
ii . RONNIE [6] Srv1ITH.

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iii. KA THY SMITH.
iv. VIVIAN SM1TH

17. AMANDA SUSAN [5] SMITH (AMANDA S USAN [4] 13ROWN , wrr .Ll/\M "NOJ3" [3],
JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK" [I]) was born 03 Jun 193'.2 in 1:rankli11 Co. VA. She
married TOMMY SlMMONS.
Children of AMANDA SMJTH and TOMMY SIMMONS are:
i. DARLENE (6] SIMMONS.
ii. PAT Sll'vllv10NS.
iii. JULIE SIMMONS.
iv. TOM1v1Y SIMMONS.
v. JACKIE SIMMONS.
vi. GENEVA SMJTH.
vii. MARY ANN SMITH.

18. TOMMY ALEX [5] SMITH (AMANDA SUSAN [4 ] BROWN, W I LLIAM "NOB" [3],
JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK 1' [I]) was born 24 Jan 1930 in Franklin Co, VA. He
married FRANCES JOHNSON. She was born 1940 in Bedford, Bedford Co, VA.
Children of TOM:MY S:MJTH and FRANCES JOHNSON are:
i. HARRISON LESTER [6] SMITH, b. Frankl in Co, VA~ m . SARAH SPENCER; b .
Franklin Co, v A.
ii. LAWRENCE GALE SMITH b. Franklin Co, VA.
~ii. ARLENE SMrTH, b. Frankl in Co, VA.
iv. AMANDA SMITH, b. Franklin Co, VA.
v. MICHAEL SMITH, b . Franklin Co, VA.

Generation No. 6

9

~ · C~RNETTA [6] HOLLAND (CASSIE MARY (5], MARY JANE [4] BROWN: WILLIAM
NOB [3], JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2] JOHN "JACK" [1]) was born 1936 in Franklin Co, VA.
She married JOHNNY PRESTON
of LANDON PRESTON and LENA HOLLAND. He was
born in Glade Hill, Franklin Co,

sdn
VA.

Children of CORNETTA HOLLAND and JOHNNY PRESTON a re:
~-. BLAIR JEROI\!1E [7] PRESTON.
~~'. CLARENCE OTIS PRESTON.
~it. LISA ELOISE PRESTON.
iv. ANDREA RENEE PRESTON.

~O. E~?ISE [6] HOLLAND (CASSIE MARY [5], MARY JANE [4] BROWN, WILLIAM

NOB [~],JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK" [I ]) was born 1938 in Frank lin Co, VA.
She marned EDWARD ARRINGTON son of ROBERT ARRINGTON a nd TH.AlLOUR
SMITH. He was born 12 Apr 1931 in
and di ed 28 A pr 1987 in D urham, Durham, NC.

Wv,

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Children of ELOISE HOLLAND and EDWARD ARRINGTON are:
i. YVONNE [7] ARRTNGTON.
ii . MAURICE ARRINGTON.
iii. ROBERT ARRINGTON
21. CORNETTA [6] HOLLAND (CASSIE MARY [5], MARY JANE [4] BROWN, WILLIAM
"NOB'' (3], JOHN SPOTSWOOD [2], JOHN "JACK" [l]) was born in Franklin Co, VA. She
married JOHNNY PRESTON 05 Jul 1952 in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA, son of LANDON
PRESTON and LENA HOLLAND. He was born in Glade Hil1, Franklin Co, VA.
C hildren of CORNETTA HOLLAND and JOHNNY PRESTON are:
i. BLAIR JEROME [7] PRESTON.
ii. CLARENCE OTIS PRESTON.
iii. LISA ELOISE PRESTON.
iv. ANDREA RENEE PRESTON.

BRO\VN'S MULE TOBACCO
William Norbo111e Brown (1842-1920?) is a legendary figure in Franklin County Virginia
history. The son of John Spotswood &amp; Mary Patterson Brown; «Nob," as he was commonly
called, was one of approximately 12 children. John Brown was a tobacconist in Franklin County
Virginia for many years. Nob was one of his son' s who followed in his footsteps. This was a
very profitable venture for John &amp; Nob Brown.
According to Nob Brown's grandson, Tommy Smith, his grandfather got a " recipe" from one of
his slaves many years ago. The "recipe" was to put a drop of honey in the tobacco to make it
sweet.
Nob was the producer of Brown' s Mule Tobacco. He grew the tobacco and
manufactured the finished product for many years before, according to oral famil y history; he
sold the recipe to R. J. Reynolds of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Before selling to Mr. Reynolds, Nob Brown was lmown as a fair employer who paid d ecent
wages on time. Many census records list several boarders in his household. Tommy Smith
states , "Those were the workers.,,
Nob took some time out of the tobacco business to fight for the Confederacy during the Civil
War. He &amp; his brother John Virgil served in Co K, I ot11 Virginia Calvary. Nob enlisted as a
private on October 15, 1863_ In 19 15 Nob applied for and received a Civil War p ension
($21.60) because he was disabled.
Nob's grandson, Tommy Smith, has many "tall tales" about his grandfather that he heard from
his mother, Amanda Susan Brown Smith, Nob ' s youngest child. According to Mr. Smith, "when
his grandpa was out fighting somewhere in the War, the Union was winning. They were
shootin' black and white a like. Well my grandpa said they weren ' t going to get him. He found
a big hollowed out log and crawled up in it. The Union soldiers m arched right over him and

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didn' t even know he was in the Jog hiding! My grandpa said he werc n ' t so stupid a fte r a ll, he
lived!"
His brother, John Virgi l, did not fare well in life and di e d a pa uper in Richmond, VA. His
descendants have since discovered where he was buried and placed a marker from Veteran
Affairs on the grave. Nob Brown 's alleged burial site has bee n bulldozed and plante d over with
com.
This author and other relatives of Nob Brown have bee n unabl e to acquire a picture of him .
According to Mr. Smith, "his ma looked like her pa, short.'' A fom1 c r Franklin County resident
who is now 94 years old stated that, "Nob Brown was short w ith a hump on his back and carried
a cane. The hump made him bend over." An act ive searc h is sti ll ongoing for a picture of Mr.
Brown.
On the personal side, Nob Brown never legally marri ed . He did have a relationship with a
former slave, Mary Ann Holland, who openly li ved in the house with him . With Mary Ann, Nob
had three children, two gi rl s and a boy. Mr. Sm ith says, " Hi s g randma was what you call a
quadroon. That means she only had one quarter black blood in he r." On the 1870 cen sus for
Franklin County, VA, Mary Ann Holland was listed as " white" for he r race and the wife of Nob
Brown. Apparently word got out about her lineage and from the 1880 census until she died, she
was listed as "mulatto" and the «servant. " All of the children we re acknowledged as being
Nob's. This was a very unusual situation in post C ivil War era Virginia as interracial marriages
were not allowed in the state until 1967.
The children were, John Brown (possibly named after his uncle, John Virgil-date of birth
unknown), Mary Jane Brown ( 1878-?), and Amanda Susan Brown (8/28/1898-7/23/ 1965).
Nob was known to publicly proclaim his love for Mary Ann and to tell a ny white man that
attempted to belittle him that they were, ''just jealous 'cuz ya'JJ ain ' t got a good woman. " Nob
was known to imbibe in Franklin County's finest product, moonshine. He would go to town
"and get likkered up and start throwin ' money to all the Black folks," says Mr. Smith. Mr.
~mith stated that, " word would get back to bis grandma and she would hitch up the wagon and
nde to town to get him. Grandpa Nob love d him some grandma Mary Ann ."
Apparently Nob's mother, Mary Ann Patterson Brown, did not have a problem with the
relationship. In her will, dated 1895, Mrs. Brown leaves everything to Nob for his natural life
a~d to his three children. Unfortunately, her wi II was contested until 1916 based on the
signature of one of the witnesses.
Not much is known on Mary Ann Holland (1852-6/ 16/19 16). She was the daughter of Samue l
Holland and Lucy Preston, former slaves. Her father is the household listed on the census
records after Nob.

Jn June of this year, two great granddaughters of John Virgil Brown drove to Franklln County,
VA.

They met with the author of this articl e who introduced the m to Tommy Smith and

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Cornetta Holland Preston (Nob &amp; Mary Ann's great granddaughter). It was a joyous occasion.
All four the Browns had dimples in their chins and other similarities. Addresses and phone
numbers were exchanged with promises to keep in touch.

Descendants of John "Jack" Brown

Mary Ann Holland, wife of
Nob Brown

Brown cousins meet for the first time, June 2007
The author of this article is in the middle back.

Mary Jane Brown Holland
Tommy and Frances Smith

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Tom Holland, spouse of
Mary Jane Brown

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Oal£ee , C&amp;rl'Cll Qounty. V1Pg1nt&amp;J

of

then~

thel~

son•. waiter Craokett oart.fU" &amp;nd hia wife;, LUey Ann J~'la$•f
~nd

now i:t ia the ])Nperty et Mayetta wiutn"Son Chaplt.eU.:( BUS:.

J. w. Obf~ppell ) a gn,nd ...-datashte·r ot wal ter Oa.fter,. who N$14es

a.t

HilleVillc;* Vir«itn.1-&amp;·•

George

rial.tar ~ .. outer vras

Oa~t•r V~$

lat1rr!ed to LJJtJ7 A•
.J ennings ().~ thtifttq
tlle 81~ GbaY. Qf A.nil

man1.ed. t«) Sli.zab-eth
Cala.f&amp;,H'f. on. t .b.Ur$'t\&amp;y
the 15t.h day ot NQV0m~
b~r

1064

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Jene

O~~~kett
~ne

was, born

O&amp;r~er

6 ot

S.$:IJte.mber l 7'72

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l. Cha~..l.es J"aoksen

Carter

f.U.t ·&amp;-Ji'

di $G on the 2-2. daJ" c.t $0.Pt-emi&gt;er - ~-$

ie1 a.

in the ,-e~.t- l.ti4~

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Constance Beatty Meredith Family Bible

Will1azn Fr.r

... born May l.5th. 1811

aae.l\~l 1J1rQ (

i/1:!'1! }

bern April

~ta. 1814

.Mar:rted - No'temb.er, 2nd. 18~7

Sq~ .il.1tab6th. F'f!8 •
~

b.orn

Ann b:y,

"

Au.g_u.at lfth • . l.S~S
J$1.L;.

6th-. l.S.40

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1$'.t• lHi

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John aeattr

DQG •

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to

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ti.he d~~ght&amp;:r

o.t

�Page 129

Howard Family Bible
CGpiad ·b~ R&amp;bert A. aalfee frGm th$ Bible wh!oh

onue b elonged to

a~becca Row~rd..

lllll.RS ..

Ezekiel

Hewa.1~

An4e~on
N~?entb&amp;~

was barn on

April the 2-ith 1169.

Haward, the "oond son v.ras bom
the

ls~

l99'*

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AUg~at

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th~

etn

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was l;)o1nl ~n MQnd~

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FAMILY

ll~C.ORlJ~

l&gt;EASS.
•~•Uel ~ard ·U ed oa ~4a¥'1 t he l.9th

1824. aged

s~

yeare.

of April

Eebeeoa Howard di~d on sat~rday. the 26th Qf
Janl!tary ie2i . ag.ed 57 years.
Wi.ll!ett:a Bha;od• vh.e ~l11.rd

f.ll'Qll

di eG

0Jl

A,prU tne

23»d JJBOZ, a,ed 7 ¥6~e.
~:rtf~•'t· Oaltce. tho eeQQn4 daughter died on tba
~·~ u o.t June 1u1. •se4 ai. ye.a.rs.
~~At~ C~~fl,. the ti~et da~ght0r diea. en the 4th et

184? • ·S.,gt)d ' ' J1i'B.'1!-$_.
A..n~l~~-~u a.~d tlae sec~n.d eQn died en. 1i·l'l19 ;.)0th Of
~»tl 1as.2. e.aeta B?t 7~a11:a,.
~~.er li(;Wai'~ 1th&amp; tir-ei e~.n died @ t~e l'l th ot
uw.Q.(:,?l\q.$.it'

.Ap~il

1455• aae4 61 yea~s. •
f:!~fi:11Jte.g~! v~e 4ftl) ~ugat.er tied

..

011

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&amp;llgust

.
U.S».. aee4 lit "a.1'$+
f'~lU;~ ~e.e the. .tolltr't·h ~hter ilte.d on. ~1,- t.J:ie
·6
1$6:&gt;• G.gl.114 6~ year••
=~:T ~~. the tbird uugater d1ed on April the
a~•- ~e.i i i 7e:an.

m.RnlAGES~

Ege.JUel, llomu-d ne· ~nod t-o llebe-e.oa.

.Aruilen&lt;m

~11 th~ Beth l?ti.
St&gt;g~~ l!cwar'd. the f.121s1 d.Upter wa.e ·m.arr1e.4 1lo Joh.:"l.
s~.. on t .he l44*h ot A.pri.l 1319-•

on

oau"·•

~•.r•~·t · a.:waza.. the ••~4 ought~r _wran ~n1e4 te
~~ Da1fo.~. J'r. • on tu ~oth of· .t\U.gQ.et un.1.
Bt~- ·a ow:att. the ~th 4a•ghten~s ma11rieti te tiil.U~
Out.•.• ~::... on tbe t·t~ 0£ April 16$2• .
.Aad~~ lIO:WaJi4 the 1u,•ont sOll wae ma~rtea. to sally
Oa.lt~• on tht) 28·th 9.t ~t Jri.2'1•
~itet 11~4 t~ .flfth 44u.ght.e:r w.u ma.JP.~ ed te
J~;s S.01:0 oa" •he .ath. ei~ ~ iau.

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King Family Bible
Printed 1824

Charles King was

l.:3th~ Dee.ember

b.ern.

i1ea.,

Jan.e Shrum.on w&amp;2
16th. M;ay l7S~.

Jane :Etannah ~
lt-Q:m l ttn* Jaaual'!J."

be~a.

1ae.

tt Wl . . •-

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't

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!MiY--xtn,g· ·was.

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FAMII.Y REOORD

O.luurles

~1ng .&amp;

$a11;ri.~d

6lth. Jany. '*801

Jane

ibBWlQ!l wel!'e

a.eb:Etrt Katt &amp; . iAllY
K:lq were El81"~1eci 24
Augttat· 1.S.2$,.

J olm c - I~ng &amp; Ann Karr
w·e re marr1 ed 4'0th+

l 8Zi7.

AU$tlet

W1l.Uam. B. AU.\!n &amp;

Hannah King
married

we~e
2S~h F~b3. ia~t.

uavt dr&amp;Qll &amp; Jane
w•1'e raanted

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�Page 133

Oglesby Family Bible
'?he Bible fron1 which tla e :teUowin.g re()OtiS· we:re
ta.ken 1s a beautifully embessed .. leattier bolUld volume,
whioh

belonged to N+ P, Oglesby and his wi.te.

fj.i-st

Sall.la A6lles

a •.

0Gles~y.

Theu 1t beeam,e 'ha property

og their da.aghter, .MCU7' S~e
th~

possessiQn 0£

1i.11~d-..s~.n

ot

N.

he~

P~

e31esb;,. atid new it is in

n6'hew,

~cia

s. Oglesby,

a

and Sal.11$ Agnes Cbtt&lt;tltett @sleebv.

&amp;.nd e.t pres-eat a resident of lli"aper' s Va.Uey • V.triil'lta*

N'!f P" o~.eaby and sall,ie A-. OrQO.k~tt were marrteti

Jun.e

l.9t}a ise7.

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Aitgu·v &amp;,

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craau~

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....

1. 111~ ·stmme~ W&lt;*N mb"fied

ii.st. l.094.

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�Page 1 34

BIRTHS •
Osl~taby ..

.N., .P,.

Sallie

cro~Jtett

ba.rn Sel)t 12th 1837

Og1.e sa;. Nev 11th, 1848

·--liW-- . . ....
1'b.eir uh.ildren wore born ae follow a ..
JQtm !homp$·Qn ogus'by, April 4, 1868

S.attaeJ.. Oeetl
J$$Utie

.uou.

~

Apl11,1 l-fJt 1810

"

sept 11. 1872

»t~ke:l~u) J?e~ltifla "

sept

2,

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tJ

Agr.11

ie.

187e.

~

FGQ7

ao.

lS7$

II

JUlf

14.., 1-S~O

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s.e1&gt;1i 12, 1si1

~~~ett.

Alhort
~

SJt.tn

W.t'Utaa Bow.en

ia•14

ll. l"• Ggl,es'b7,. di•d Febru.ery 16lh• 189 2.

·

Ag~ 6~ ;e$~~ .

Jennie I.• Oglesb1 s~rman 41e d Ju.J.y 24th, 1~04;,•
lfto.b9le.e PQ;rUne Oglil·~llJ' Q.!ed sept. 18th 19~.

~l oe0.1l. Oglf&gt;sby dl$d nov•. 16th, 1921.

AJJJen

n. 1eaa.
a'I, ua.a.. ·

SrGGttetii ogJ..esbT died A»'ll•

11U1Q Bo.wen o~eabt

41 oo 31117

~•ta Slapp oaiosby d1ed J\Ule. lB, 1~~6,

~l..l• ~s SJrQo~1it cagl..t.u~b7 «1.ed oat. 13• 10&amp;6.
8117 he Ogle$b-y 41.o·d •"• 12 1

J.tta..

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�Page 135

The children of Alllert C110okett Oglesby an4 aub7

Cal:tee Ogl..esby .....,....,.
Agnes .Elimab·e"th Ogl.e-$bY• ........ Mq

..Al.bert Crockett

lo.• .l,91Sw

Ogl.os-b~-· · ~

a.

19'18 •

!U.c.ht)l,as Per.klne 011.eslly ,,.... ..... Oflt• 11.. 11u10.
~1Qn Sa.Jrere

Og1eab1

•••··~0ot,

a.

l9t••

~.el . Cne.te'\t ogloab7
• ft9A et ~
.
.
.
8.U.d lif.tl V~ . Ogle&amp;~ t

was

llO:t'Jl OOt.~'&amp;er

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hfu

Og~nb;

.U Ut.

�Page 136

Painter Family B ible
Printed 1853
FAMILY

REOO.RD.

MA.BJtIAGES•

I.A.. T•.Fain-0r and L«)ttiae.

o..

Creokett

Se,pt

we~e mAln"i~d

e)ornelia O. West

ot:a l.854.

married July 5lst 1901+
OomeUa
wa~ter

lh:--a?l.( les

I?e.!nt eJ1'

&amp;

.Al.tre4 R\lfblrd mar..

20

Jlf.e&lt;l .lWl.'~ .. J.9'2e

Vlvg!.rd.a Aasia.nd Pa.t11ter
~..Rome.:u 8~'1iwn.tne

Mr;rLe-t JU4¥
In !fbe

ni-a"

~•r•e#i.Aa

L\f.t\rell

4-.19~$.

lantea w. Painter 4r. u.a..

OhtunJ)l ot ~~e .. ~

Jan.le L•e Shra.4e·~ l'rulli»r1 $4

~e• OJ:OU.tt Re.tater &amp;

.IO-v

b'ben "•
~"

ra.a.nsu

•na at.

u~

.._,Ja 19M

fh&amp;mae lest Pata1it.l2' &amp;
.AU4H7

o.

fl1U1~ ~

~1•4 ~11 ~

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...

a~ ­

- it40

�Page 137

FAMILY

l!EOORD.

JiIR'fliS•

Ieaae . A.nde~een

Ea!nter wa$

! &amp;mDle

b~rn

May 4th 4615.

Louise Oather:llltt Gr-Qa•ett
was \xlrn

El.it:ia
w.ae

~

31st

Oroa~ett

~o-~

lS~G,

.f.'e.inte·:c

neo et.h

Emma M&amp;lltgGmeey P&amp;1nte:z:- DS

i &amp;&amp;-&amp;.

'fu,)rn April 8th lS.$9.

.'a&amp;l'll JlllJr

lUliwa

wa,·s

GJ!At-t4U1 .PatnteJl

\H~nt ~

10th 10$7•

attn

Gr~m

born llCJV. 16th
..

o·)414~n.
~Rg-e

Patnt.e~

Lout ea. Etdng

c~melta

&amp; l~eti

'We.s

1ev~

BIJJ!ter us

1sva.,

ef ""-•

!ailjjer
w.f# kt.ate~. ...
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Vl~gt~.a.

Ra,iand la1,n\er

wa$ bom

b&lt;Wn -

llth ~t.O:l.

J-~ua~

U ·t -h 1$$0•

JwnflG ~t.~1•~4 »atn.t;.e~
-~

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·$4'Jlt. 3a4 l.=eA~

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•s

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•~oa

~• 'b•m

R.aut"1r

'°'' l4tta 1ree.

e•waeit~ ~t•• .Pfl1ate~

bom ~ aoth UO'-•
James

'4a1Ul$14 JmiakJ' -lr!•

~ F4\

10 1'16*

fAOmt.,ff 9eft ·P4late,_.

'If•• ...,, ., . . ltl.4.
14'U£«e

••ollfe't :t....1H~it

b-0* - k ·6 »4 Ulfe

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�Page .1 38

FAMILY

ru;oonn . .
BIR1'H8,.

Grand qh!ldr.en

DEA!II.S.

EJJ.ia OroQ.Itett Pain:t;er
dt,.e• J&amp;,nu&amp;ry 54st 1657.

oorne11a

Frances

Gertr~de

B~£tard

P...ltreda

us~

be:&gt;m Ma11'eh 11 ..
l.;4,,.f .i'~1J1-t.er

di~d

&amp;

Mi'iY
iltred Fainter llu.fZe.rd

18th 1S·S'1..

'b:&amp;1t!l Se·pt

16

l[ilp

l.9~6·

ftwin !!empl.e 2a.1n15er

¢te4 Jl11T 15th

O.~tt !al.J.lt~r

liraU.a&amp;.

4tti4

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Bo•· 1,th 1t0~
&lt;t.n•J;e" t . P~lllt~,.

Agnes

41et JraNtl lei. itis

c:tail\••l')

~ •~rt

Ue4

~ 6~'.h.

'lhomati Konison

Qsl.osbJ!'
199

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ltt-• 8.ept

Ji,'I

lU..ne~ln'

• l.9·4f6

~'upa S:GQt,ti lUi'ielf~l..JU.

'ui• Apr-.£1 2$:• 194!1

wancu 2·N .w nins TA1ik~11.
\\t~ .Sep' AG • 195~
lti~d

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f/M 1lttelt4 Lla.tt~l.l.

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D.J..e'l Jsa 8 • 1946
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Aae

»ov 16 .. lill.8

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Al~e4

l'aiate~

JIQ.:.C£&amp;1'4 4164

lf.eli 2.a "" ~94-2

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

ltom.

�Page 139

Smith-Roberts Records
From the John Parkinson Bible
Printed 1829
followiug rea_ords werre DO.P ied troll\ a i ·eat.hel" 'bOWtd

~he

VQl.u:me 11bieh was f'ir-s-t in the posssas1'1n ef JO!'Ui
and now 'belcia1gs .to direet

u.r~

c'.le$ceincto.nt.ne"4 '• Ol1&amp;4ket1f

De'-.

o.t Wythev!l.l$t Va.
JolUl liuiber·ta.i Smith de;az-ted th-is

Ewing

11re

•-*~•

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ia32

De~ber &amp;ll~

and~fa~-~eg!~ae.}--

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Fti.\ttnJ.Q BJJ11 th

u fe Dea..

2 :t.632.

t111J.pane4 tht#

.Jamee R~&amp;et"-ts EU.ail .Jer1Wl tlmit:.b
wer-e· nm.xa~i-.tt. .la fi·h • T•&amp;'V' ·t lf l~O'"V• . l&amp;. lBM

1:~11 J®.n Snttth ~~-ed . -. t:i• Utf .

fc.b we.q 1J;l1, l .M ·2
'Re wee i,~
VG'ia ye~ ot ~ U.tJ
th.a ~bov• n~&amp;~d. wa.t;J vu:~ltt~ Qn t:M iQ14Q · ot \he t'~ ~·

m."

i14&gt;1folt4 w ftG\'t:eri il
on
J!9 :ti.s••
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was

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John f. ~e~s Q.11d Stt.aanna
the 16th of Au.gust 1784

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Esther Sayers ' Book.

The age of Willirun and Est her sayers• enildren

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Agnes G . Crockett Family Bible
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RECORD •.

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Thomas Wood's Family Bible
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FALL 2007

Virginia

Appalachian
Notes

Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society

Roanoke., Virginia

�SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INC
Calendar Year 2007
Officers and Executive Board
President
Vice-President
Record Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treasurer
Membership
VAN Editor
Immediate Past President
VAN Editor Emeritus

Area C ode 540

email address

Karen Kappesser
Pamela B. Young
Susan Hays
Mickey Prescott
Don Vaughan
Jim Nelson
Michael Blankenship
Pame la B. Young
Babe Fowler

977-0067
342-2367
884-3497
985-075 1
989-8645
725-5303
989- 1469
342-2367
563-1733

gkkapp@ infionline.net
pmyoungOO l @aol.com
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Don Vaughan
Pamela B. Young
Babe Fowler
Michael Blankenship
Virginia Room Staff
Pamela B. Young
As Signed

989-8645
342-2367
563-1733
989- 1469

DONSVGS@aol.com
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342-2367

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Committees
Computer/Labeler
Program
Historian
VAN
Exchange Quarterlies
Publicity
Book Reviews

The SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. is a tax-exempt corporation under
section 50l (c)(3) of the Federal Income Tax Code. Section 170 of the Tax Code provides for the treatment of
contributions to the SVGS as a deductible contribution by the donor. B equests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts
to the SVGS may be deductible for Federal estate gift tax purposes, if they meet the applicable provisions of
sections 2055, 23106, and 2522 of the Tax Code.
MEMBERSIDP: Each SVGS member will be mailed a copy of the "Society's" quarterly, the VIRGINIA
APPALACHIAN NOTES (VAN). The VAN is usually published quarterly. The annual index will be included in
the Fall issue of the VAN for that year. Society memberships are on a calendar year basis and those memberships,
which are not renewed by January 30, will be deemed as inactive and removed from the VAN mailing list Single or
family memberships are $20.00; Organization and Library memberships are $ 15.00. Members with mailing
addresses outside the United States shall add $10.00 to the above fees and all monies are payable in u. S. currency.
All payments should be made by check or money order, payable to: Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society,
Inc. or to SVGS, Inc. and mailed to: SVGS, ATf: Membership, Post Office Box 12485, Roanoke, VA 240262485.

BACK ISSUES of the VAN: 1995 and earlier, are available at a reimbursement cost of $4.00 each, as long as the
supply lasts. More recent issues are $6.00 each. These prices include postage. Mailed to Virginia addresses please
add 4.5% sales tax. A bulk mailing of old V ANs to one address may be eligible for a discount. All payments
should be made by check or money order, payable to SVGS and mailed to: SVGS, ATT: Jim Nelson, Post Office
Box 12485, Roanoke, VA 24026-2485.
BOO.KS for REVIEW: Books submitted to the Society will be reviewed and the review printed in a subsequent
issue of the VAN. When submitting a book, please include the price of the book, copies of the available advertising
material, and information as to where orders for additi?nal ~opies may be placed. Following their review, all books
will be placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Library, Roanoke, Virginia.

�VIR6 INIA APPLACHIAN NOTES
Published Quarterly
By

SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
31

Vol.~ No. 4 - Fall 2007

(October, November, December)
CONTENTS
Hello from the Virginia Room - Pam Young

151

Babe Fowler Recognized by V.G.S.

152

Photos from the Virginia Genealogical Society Convention

153

New Books in the Virginia Roon

154

George Sarver research by Marvin L. Sarver

159

African American Ancestry - Cephas Poindexter by Toni Y. Smith

166

Poll Tax List for Grayso11County1922, 1923, 1924

176

Botetourt County Virgi1ria Death Records Continued by Charles T. Burton

197

Submissions for future issues are always welcome.
If you would like to contribute an article on-line please e-mail it to:
mblankens@yahoo.com.
The content of the VAN is supplied by its membership.

�eJou~hwester:n ~7Ji:nia !i;e:neafOJicaf ~ociet;y, :hzc.
P. o. Box 12485
Roanoke, Virginia 24026

PRESIDENT'S LETTER
Dear Fellow Members ,
We have a problem . Only a few of you ~ome to the meetings . I can 't figure it
t
0
try to have interesting programs. Sometimes they cover genealogy topics . So~ ·r We
they're more historical in nature. Nothing seems to work. What's the problem? ~~es
are we doing wrong? I wish the members would tell us. The officers serve at ·
at
pleasure, but we can't read your minds. Pam Young is our program chairpers;~ur
have ideas for future programs please con ta ct her or me .
· If you
Our VAN editor Mike Blankenship can always use articles or items for public r
.
VAN. If you ha~e anything please get in touch with him .
a ion tn the
2008 SURNAME INDEX- We will use the 2006 index. For members with s urn
.
this index you may submit changes or updates to me directly at the address b~rnes rn
Check your listing in the Summer 2006 issue .. New members or old member
ow.
having listing may submit up to six (6) names rn the following format:
s not
SURNAME given name Country or State

Locale (County, City or Town)

Date

An entry would look like this:
ENGEL Carl

Germany-NY

Syracuse

1850

~gain , you can submit your names directly to me at th e address below. Ern
hke · Cl osing date for submissions will b e J une 1 st .
ail if you
The 2007 Index to the VAN will be published in the Winter 2008 issue .

Happy Hunting,

Ku~

Karen Kap
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51 4 s
pesser, President
calybark Drive

~l~e Ridge VA 24064-1328

e ep.hone: (540) 977-0067
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HELLO FROM THE VIRGINIA ROOM
Hello from the Virginia Room! The fall conference of the Virginia Genealogical Society held
in Roanoke, November 2 and 3, was a great success. At the Friday evening reception held at
the O. Winston Link museum, our own Babe Fowler was presented with a Volunteer Award
for her many contributions to the field of genealogy. Babe started SVGS in 1975 with Mrs.
William Hagan for the purpose of exchanging ideas and information on family histories
primarily in southwestern Virginia. Babe was the Society's first president and editor of the
VAN, a position she held for 25 years. This is recognition well deserved. Congratulations
Babe!

Our second annual "Late Night in the Virginia Room" continues to pack them in as 31 brave
souls shared a late night with us researching after hours on Friday the 26th of Oct. We will
be hosting an informal open house on December 5. Visitors will see the 1898 Roanoke Sanborn
Insurance map and a demonstration of map encapsulation (a preservation technique). There
will also be an introduction to GenealogyBank, the most recent addition to the library's online
databases.
Remote access is available to Roanoke Valley Library cardholders.
http: //infoweb.newsbank.com/signin/RoanokeCityPublicLibrary With proper ID and a visit
to any RVL location, researchers may acquire a card.

Alicia Sell, our Archivist, continues to interview veterans for the Library of Congress
Veterans History Project. Visit www.loc.gov/vets for more information about the project or
contact Alicia at alicia.sell@ roanokeva.gov. Sign up for email notification of Virginia Room
programs at ''MyRoanoke" on W\-VW.roanokeva.gov.

"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." Alfred North Whitehead
Wishing you the Best of the Season!

Pam
Pam B. Young
Roanoke Public Libraries
Virginia Room
706 S Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24016
(540) 853-2073

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BABE FOWLER RECOGNIZED BY V.G.S.
On Friday, November 2, 2007 during a reception for the Virginia
Genealogical Society atthe 0. Winston Link Museun1 in Roanoke, the state
Volunteer Award was presented by Shirley L. Wilcox to our very own
Babe Fowler. Below is the speech given by Ms . Wilcox during her
presentation:
The Volunteer Award
Vicie Waskey "Babe" Fowler
Babe Fowler tells us that one night she had a wild genealogy dream.
One part of the dream was to start a genealogical society in Roanoke.
Another part was to start a quarterly magazine and the third pa1i was to
have a building for genealogy. In 1977 she and a co-founder started the
Roanoke Genealogical Society. Then they sta1ied a quarterly that she edited
for more than twenty years. Recently she jumped in to save the day when
a replacement editor was needed because the editor had inoved away. The
building portion of her dream will take a li ttle longer, but she still has hopes
it will come true.
Always trying to learn inore, Babe attended the V irginia Institute for
Genealogical Research several titnes and enjoyed every class because she
always learned something. In addition, she has attended several National
Conferences including the one in Richmond this May.
Charles Burton compiled many source records, for Botetourt County
and other counties in this area. Babe convinced him to g ive her his material
so that the Roanoke Genealogical Society might publish it. She worked to
t~t t?~ money to buy a copier and a tnicrofilm reader for the Library's
irgirua Room and because of her effotis people began to donate books.
She h~s a gr~~t sense of humor and it is contagious. She exe1nplifies the
volunteer sp1nt and VGS is pleased to recogni ze her with this award.

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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Photos from the Virginia Genealogical Society Convention
November, 2007

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Babe tells us her bottle was filled with
good ol' West Virginia moonshine. She
was joking. We think.

Babe Fowler wins the V.G.S. Volunteer
Award at the 0. Winston Link Museum

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Shirley Wilcox and Babe Fowler during the
V .G.S. Convention at the historic Dumas
Hotel on Saturday, November 3, 2007.

Karen Kappesser, President of the
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical
Society, shops at the sales table during
the convention.

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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P..ll books listed are available for use by visitors t.o the Virgiui.a I'oo m at the

Roanoke Public Library .
799 .202 W382s Sketches of Hunting Pouch es Powder Horns and Acco utrements
of Southern Appalachia Jim Webb 1998 Gazette Press lnc
917 . 29 D922s Sugar and Slave the ris e of the Plant.er Class in the
English West Indies , 1624 -1713 by Richard S Dunn 1972 University of NC
Press
917 . 5 T75d The Desolate South 1865 &amp; 1866 by John T . Trowbridg e 195 6
Little , Br o vm &amp; Co
929 . 2 Wl52 C127rn More t h an Conquerors by W. W. Caldwell

197~

929 . 208 W727pf Pioneer Families of Franklin County, VA by Marsha ll
Wingfield 1992 Genealogical Publishing
929 . 3748 14 L371e Earl y Church Re~ords of Dela ~ar e ~ounty , PA Vol ume I by
John Pi tts Launey &amp; F. Edward Wr1ght 199 7 Family Line Publications
929 . 3755 Ac27m Marriage Records of Accoma~k County , VA 1854 - 1 89 5 by
Barry Miles &amp; Moody K. Miles III 2006 Heritage Books
929 . 3755 B657rch H25im Master Index of Names Chancery Court ord
Books
of Botetourt A-F 1831 - 1901 compiled by Robert Har shbarge r ~00 3 er
92 9 . 3755 B6 57rch H251m Master I n dex of Names Chanc er y Court order Boo k s
of Botetourt G-M 1831 -1901 compiled by Robe1t Harshbarg er 2003
929 . 3755 8657rch H25lm Master Index of Names Chancery Court order Books
of Botetourt N- Z 1831 - 1901 compiled by Robert Jla1 shbarge r 2003
929 . 3755 F854sl Oh , Mas ter : Researchers Guide To Slavery i n Franklin
County , VA Vol 6
compiled by Henry Hopkins &amp; Diane Hayes 2002
929 . 375502 V819wi Inde x to Virginia Estates 18 00 - lB6 5 Volume 7 Counties
of Amelia , Brunswick , Cumber land , Goochland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg,
Nottoway , Powhatan, and Prince Edward by Wesley E . Pippenger 2006
Virginia Genealogical Society
973.3455 C547m The Mi litia of Washington Count y, VA Officer s 1777-1835 ,
Militia Men 1798-1835 by Gerald H. Clark 1979 Mounta in Press
975.3 N382d Delicate Beauty &amp; Burly Majesty: The Story of Theodore
Roosevelt Island by Nan Netherton 1980 not published
647 . 94975 G446v Virgin ia Taverns , ordinaries and Coffee Houses 18th &amp;
19th Centu ry Entertainment Along the Buckingham Road by Ag n es Wvans Gis h
2005 Willow Bend Books
929.09755 SL16b Virginia Slave Births Index 1853-1865 Volume I A-C by
Alexandria Library
2007 Heritage Books
923.573 C54 H334h Hero of Hornet ' s Nest A Biography 0 f

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

Elijah Clar k by

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Louise Frederick Hays 1946 Hobson Book Press
929.2 AbBBs Some Early Settlers of Upper Sumner County, TN compiled Lee
Alton Absher , MD 1966
929 . 2 AL79 R733j Jacob Alt His Descendants and Rela ted Families born
1725/1730 Germany (?) died 1770 Frederick Co . Maryland by Clara Mae
(Alt) Ross 2002 Dogwood Printing
929.2 En36o Our English Family 1860s to Present compiled by Kathle e n M.
&amp; Eric English 200 6
929.2 F582 L463b The Colemans, Fitzpatricks and Their Kin by Reba
Fit zpa trick Lea 1958 Brown- Morrison Co
929 . 2 G591a An Anecdotal History of a Virginia Family by Sam R . Good
1998 self published
929 . 2 H678F49 5hv

Hogans of Virginia 2002 self published

929.2 J723 F82p Peter Jones and Richard Jones Genealogie s by Augusta B .
Fothergill 1924 Old Dominion Press
929 . 2 K751 M358t A Tribute to Mrs. Minnie Jarman Knobloch of Crozet , VA
Albemar le County 2005
929 . 2 Ov2ta Overstreets from Virginia, Thomas Overstreet Sr . (1720
-1792) &amp; Agnes 6 Generations - Bedford county, VA and Westward. Compiled
by Bob Overstreet 2004
929.2 M668 C355m Minters of Henry County Compiled by Donal d W.
Chamberlayne 200 4
929 . 2 P431 Sn92s A Selective History of the Persingers of Alleghany
County by Robert Meade Snyder 1993
929.2 Q3 7f Quesenberry Forebears &amp; Dece ndents by Dr . S . H. Landreth 1992
929.2Sn22a Bickford , Murrell , Snedegar Genealogy by Samuel Kent
Snedegar, III
1997
929.2 W379j Th e John George Weaver Family by Dorothy Lee Weaver 1980
929.3755 C22lma Caroline County Virgini a Lost Marr iage Register 1854 1865 , Extant Marr iage Register 1866-1868 by Kimberly C. Campbell 2005
Willow Bend
929 . 3755 M766 Yl7m Montgomery County , Virginia Circa 1790 A
comprehensive Study- Including the 1 789 Tax Lists, Abstracts of over 800
Land Surveys &amp; Data Concerning Migra tion by Netti Schreiner- Yantis 1972
929.3755 M766to Central Cemeter y Montgomer y c ounty, VA City Radford
Transcribed by Mary C. Wil liams &amp; Mary L . Williams 2001
929 . 3755 P965d Pulaski County Virginia Deaths 1853 - 1870 by Victoria
Glynn 1989 Mountain Press
929 . 3 755 P965w Pul aski County VA Will Book 1 &amp; 2 1840 - 1871 by James
L.Douthat 198 3

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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929.3155 R53lto Old Tombstone Cemetery , Roa n o k E: roi.; :-1 ::.y VA
Stephen D. Vassar , Sr and Mrs. Ler.ir. ia Y.. 8 c wt:r 1 o r :: !..- ·~ :
Old Tombstone Cemetery 2004
929 .3 755 W754te Edwards Cemetery, Coeburn
Ganell Marshall 2002

(Herald ,

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929 . 3755 W99 7re .Abstracts of Court Orders of WyLr. r::: C~1 u 1 1 · y , \ ' !~ lR~J 1830 Volume 3 Compiled &amp; Edited by Mary 3 . Kegley 1 519q K ~ g. '"'Y &amp;oo i: s
929 . 375502 N894c Cava li ers a nd Pione ers ll·.b s tracts o f v : : c: i
Patents and Grants Volume VIII 2005 Virg in ia Genealogi cal
929 . 37 5502 V819wi Index to Virginia E stcit:es 1 800 - 1 •·6: v
Augusta &amp; Rockingham &amp; City of Staunt o n. Comp il ·,:, d by
Pippenger 2005 Virginia Genealogical SocieLy
o~

La n d
•C: ir;-Ly

L J..rJ

s

&gt;J um·· Ei
W es~.r, y

Cou nties
E,

929 .375502 V819wi Index to Virginia Estates J 8 00 - l~E5 v e lu m ~ B Co un Lies
of Charles City , Chesterfield , Din widd ie , Gree nv ille , Hc nri c0 , J ame s
City, Prince George, Surry and Sussex . Ci t i es of ?e::er8b~rg , ~i c hmon d &amp;
Williamsburg. Compiled by Wesley E, Pi ppeng ~ r ~005 V ir~t n ia
Genealogica l Society
929 . 72 W434m The Magna Charta Suretie s , 121 5 The Ba r o lls lla11v~s in the
Magna Charta , 1215 and Some of Their Descendants Wh o St=Ltled i n Ameri can
1607-1650 by Frederick Lewis Weis , 1979 Gen ea logical Pu bl ish ing
973 . 3455 V819Lc List of Colonial Soldiers of Vir gini a Special Report if
the Department of Archives and Hiscory for 1913 by H. J . Eckenrod~ ,
Archivist 1976 Genealogical Publishing
929 . ~74802 F3le Early Pen nsylvania ~irths 1675-18 75 Compiled by Charles
A. Fisher 2001 Genealogical Publi s hing

973 . 73 49 C647k Killed in Action Eyewitness Accounts of the Last Moments
Of 100 Union Soldi ers who died at Gettysburg by Gregory A. Coco 199 2
Thomas Publishing
SC 97 3 . 782 G38Bc Creed of the old south 1865 -1915 by Basil L.
Gildersleeve 1915 John Hopkins Press
976 . 8 F8llc Counties of Tennessee by Austin P .
Pu.blishing

Foste r

1923 Genealogical

973 .528 P442k Knovm Military Dead During War of 1812 by Ex . Lieut .
Cla rence Ste wart Peterson 1955 Clearfield Publishing
261 83
·
Ei44c Churches in cultural Captivi ty A history of Social
Attitudes of Southern Baptists by John Lee Eighmy 1987 Uni versity of
Tennessee Pre ss
2

~2 B446g The Genealogist ' s Address Book by Eli zabeth Pet ty Bentley 2005
Fifth Edition Genealogical Publishing

277 - 55 M385c Colonial Churches of Virginia by Don W.
Howell Press

&amp; Sue Ma s sey 2003

( 6 4 ·1 52 3 Ap68 April 16th: Virginia Tech Reme mbers F:di t e d by Ro l and

~azenby 2007 Penguin Group

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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929.341812 R989c county Longford Residents Prior to the Famine by Guy A
Rymsza 2004 Dome Shadow Press
929 . 374 An24groC The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634
-1635 Volumes 1 - 5 by Robert Charles Anderson 2005 New England
Historic Genealogical Society
923 . 5755 C367B814m Mosby ' s Fighting Parson , The life and times of Sam
Chapman by Peter A. Brown 200 1 Willow Bend Books
973 . 73 Gl35L Lee &amp; His Army in Confederate History by Gary W. Gallagher
2001 UNC Press
973 . 7456 H463L Lee's Tar Heels The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade by
Earl J. Hess 2002 UNC Press
973.772 B935s So far from Dixie, Confederates in Yankee Prisons by
Philip Burnham 2003 First Tayl or Trade Publish ing
975 . 54 2 52 H867c Civil War Williamsburg by Carson 0 . Hudson , Jr. 1997 The
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P 917 . 53 W276of Washington on Foot by Smithsonian Institution 1992
P 917.55791 M864 Mountain View by Louise F . Kegley 2 007
p 923 . 2755 L5 1 R449n The Nine Lives of Arthur Lee Virginia Patriot by A.
R . Riggs 1976 Published by t h e Virginia Independence Bicentennial
Commission
P 929 . 2 H355b The History of the Heck Family of America by Earl Leon
Heck 1959 Self Published
p 929 . 377 R589x The 1787 Census of Virginia , Rockbridge County
p 929.544 L448f Family Names of Huguenot Refugees to America by Mrs.
James M. Lawton 1 991
p 970.455 V819 The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail Edited by Karenne Wood
2007 Published by Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
p 973 . 345515 N84 Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors from Northampton,
Virginia Muster Rol ls and Pay Rolls of the 27th Regiment of VA Militia
1812 compiled by Stratton Nottingham 1929
p 929 . 3755 C899x Property Tax Lists of Culpeper County, VA &amp; Name s of
Slaves 1783 Compiled by Mrs . Garland C. Norris
923 . 673 B45M992a Angel of Appalachia Martha Berry by Elisabeth P. Myers
1968 Published by Julian Messner
929 . 09768 F956g Guide to County Records and Genealogical Resources in
Tennessee compiled by Richard Carlton Fulcher 1987 Genealogical
Publishing
917 . 3 Sm97t A Tour in the United States of America, Eyewitness Accounts
of the American Revolutions Volumes 1 &amp; 2 by John Ferdinand Dalziel
Smith 1968 Arno Press

VlRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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923 . 673 B45 B99lm Martha Berry, The Sunday Lady o f ?ossu.~ Trout by T~acy
Byers 1932 G. P . Putnam &amp; Sons publishers
923 . 5755 P34 C212L Lee ' s Young Artilleris t Williams R . J .
Peter S . Carmichael 1995 University of Virgini a Pres s

Pegra m by

929. Sh43 Cl So Our Ancestors and Kinsmen, th e Sh el bys , Polk s , McLarcys ,
Perkersons , Tarpleys and Camps compiled by Max W. Camp 1975 Har-l o P ress
975.5791 R531 Roanoke Memories - steam Whistles and Party Lines Pho n es
by Roanoke Old Timers from All Walks of Life compiled by Bo b Lasl e y and
Sallie Holt 2007 Hometown Memories Publishing
359.54 Un3 1954 Mediterranean Cruise yearbook of the USS Roan o ke
929.377102 Oh3s Ohio Source Records from t h e Ohi o Genealogical Quarterl y
1993 Genealogical Publishing
P 286.175579 R531 Annual and Minutes o f the Roanoke Val l e y Baptist
Association, Inc 1995-1996
P 286.175579 RS31 Annual and Directory and Minutes of the Roano k e Valley

Baptist Association 1975

?29 ·2

~182 T737f Family History of Dameron Nelms Dickerson also
including branches of Barksdale, Berger, Crawford, Davis , Dickenson,
Frantz and St Clair compiled by William M. Trippeer 1996
Pam B. Young
Roanoke Public Libraries
Virginia Room
7 06 S Jefferson st.
Roanoke, VA 24016
(540) 853-207 3

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GEORGE SARVER
Research by Marvin L . Sarver
George SARVER (b. abt 1808), born of Henry/Sarah (FRANCISCO) SARVER, bonded/married Mary
Elizabeth BOWEN 3 Dec 1832 in Montgomery Co., VA.
Mary E(?). BOWEN was born of James &amp; Catherine (BOSTERS) BOWEN.
Georoe
SARVER fathered;
b
Fleming (b. 5 Oct 1833, Botetourt Co., VA.),(27 Feb 1863 - Enlisted in Co. D., 22d Inf. Regt.,VA.) (6
Nov 1863 - POW at Droop Mt., W. VA.) (29 Feb 1864 -Transf. To Ft Delaware, on Pea Patch Island,
DE.)(21 Jun 1865 - took Oath of Allegiance &amp; released) (d. 11Jun1906, Andrew Co, MO.),
Mahala (b. ca 1836, Botetourt Co., VA.),
Hiram {(b. ca 1839, Roanoke Co., VA.)(14 Apr 1862-enlisted CSA-Salem VA.)(25 Nov 1863-POWMissionary Ridge, TN)(27Nov1863-sent to Louisville, KY)(ll Dec 1863-Confined Rock Island, IL)(9
Jan 1864-Died as a prisoner, buried-grave #151 south of prison barracks at Rock Island, IL.)}, John
(b. ca 1841, Roanoke Co., VA.),
Bartlet (b. ca 1843, Roanoke Co., VA.) (3 Jul 1864- Captured by Union Army near Marietta, GA., sent
to Louisville, KY., &amp; then to Camp Douglas, IL.)(d.10Nov1864 of Chronic Diarrhea while a prisoner
of the Union Army)(Buried in Block #2, grave #159, Ch icago Cemetery, Chicago, IL.) *Note: Hiram
&amp; Bartlet both died 4 months after being imprisoned by the Union Army during the Civil War.*,
Sarah A. (b. ca 1846, Roanoke Co., VA.), Adeline {b. ca 1848, Roanoke Co., VA.),
Mary E lizabeth (b. ca 1849, Roanoke Co., VA.),
Emmeline (b. ca 1851, Roanoke or Craig Co., VA.),
F loyd (b. ca 1853, Craig Co., VA.),
James (b. ca 1858/9, Craig Co., VA.), &amp;
E lm eda F. (b. ca 1863, Craig Co., VA.).

Census Records {&lt;1850 c. Roanoke Co., VA. - George {b. ca 1809 - VA.), married E lizabeth - ? - (b. ca 1819 - VA.) as
HHLD , with Wife &amp; child r en; F leming (b. ca 1834- VA.), Mahala (b. ca 1836 - VA.), Hiram (b. ca
1839 - VA.), John (b. ca 1841- VA.), Bartlet (b. ca 1843 . VA.), Sarah iv(sic) (b. ca 1845 - VA.), Adeline
{b. ca 1847 - VA.), &amp; Mary E. (6/12)-(6 months)(b. ca Dec 1849 - VA.).&gt;}
{&lt;1860 C. - George (b. ca 1808 - VA.) married Elizabeth - ? - (b. ca 1820 - VA,), as HHLD, with Wife
&amp; children: Hiram (b. ca 1836 - VA.), John (b. ca 1841 - VA.), Barclay {b. ca 1843, - VA.), Sarah A.

(b. ca 1846, - VA.), Adeline (b. ca 1848, - VA.), (d. 16 May 1866, illegible cause, Craig Co., VA.),
Elizabeth (b. ca 1849, - VA.), E mmeline (b. ca 1851,Roanoke or Craig Co., VA.), Floyd (b. 15Oct1854,
- VA.), Jacob (b. 3 Sep 1856, - VA.), &amp; James (b. 10 Aug 1858, - VA.).&gt;} ,
{&lt; 1870 C. - George (b. ca 1808 - VA.), married Elizabeth - ? - (b. ca 1820- VA.), resided as HHLD
with Wife &amp; childreo; E mmeline (b. ca 1851 - VA.), Floyd (b. 15 Oct 1854, - VA.), James (b. 10 Aug
1858, - VA.), &amp; E lmed a F . (b. ca 1863 - VA.)&gt;} [1850 C. Roanoke Co., VA.][ 1860, 70 C. Craig
Co.,VA.J[Craig Co. Birth's (SARVER's) 1851 - 1896J[Craig Co., VA. Deaths (SARVER's) 1853 -

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1896]{Book "Hard Times", a FRANCISCO Family History, 186 1-1 8651
FLEMING SARVER, SON OF GEORGE SARVER

Fleming was born in Botetourt (now Craig) Co., VA. 5 Oct I 83 3 .
His birth parents are identified as:
father: George /SARVER/
mother: Mary E lizabeth /BOWEN/
He married 2 times.
BIOGRAPHICAL TEXT: Listed in Schedule 1 - (1850 Ce ns us) o f Free Inhabita nts in the 55th
District in the County of Roanoke, State of Virginia, enumerated 18 July 1850 by Tho. L. Stratton,
Page 264-B, Dwelling &amp; Families visited; 96/96, Linc 11, as: F lemin g Sarver, So n o f the HHLD , age
16, male, farmer, born in VA. He resided here with his Father: George ( ..t 1), Mother; Elizabeth (31),
&amp; siblings : Mahala (14), Hiram (11), John (9), Bartlet (7) , Sarah iv(s ic) (6), Ada lin e (3) , &amp; Mary £.
(6/12), Sarver.
Listed in the 1860 Census of Free Inhabitants in The Valley of Craigs C r eek, Craig Co., VA., Francisco
Mills Post Office, enumerated 14 Jun 1860 by Ro: M: Wiley , Page 31, Line 15, Dw e lling &amp; Families
visited; 2211193, as: Fleming Sarver, age 26, Head of his own Hou se ho ld , ma le, Farmer, Value of
Personal Estate: 100, born in VA; a long with his Wife: Harriett (23), &amp; So n; G. \\! . Sa ryer (1).
L isted in the 1870 (Census) Inhabitants in Alleghany Twp., Craig Co., VA., S inking C reek P.O., e n um.
16 Jul 1870 by Adam Myers, pg 19/44-521 , Line 32, 347/333, as~ "Fleming A . Sarver", the Head of his
own H ousehold, a White, Male perso n,36 years of age. Occupation ; Fa rmer. Va lu e of Real Estate: 700.
Value of Personal Estate: 400. Born in VA., along with his Wife: Harriett (32), &amp; his Son: George w.
(11).
Listed in the 1880 (Census) Scheduleoflnhabitants in A ll eghan y District, C raig Co., VA., en um erated.
18Jun 1880 byM.M. Caldwell, pg21-268A, Sup. Dist 5; En um. Dist 22; Line 5, 175/ 189, as: "Flembiau
Sarver", a 38 year old, white, married , male person, the H e ad of his own Hou sehold , born in VA.
Mother &amp; Father born in VA. Residing with his Wife; Harriet Sarver, age 36, born in IN., a long with
Welbern Christie, W., m., Age 10, &amp; Harriett Christie, W., f. , Age 6, both born in I N .
Listed in the 1900 Census (12th Census of the U.S. - Population) of Nodaway Twp. , Andrew Co., MO.,
Sup. Dist. 4, Enum. Dist. 9, Sheet #8, Page 116-A, enumerated 9 &amp; 11 Jun 1900 by E lm e r E .
Zimmerman, Line 37, Dwelling &amp; Families visited; 145/~48.' ~s: Flem~ng A . Sarver, Head of his own
H?usehold, white, male, age 66, born; Oct 1833 in West Vargm1a, marned 4 yea r s (to his present wife).
His Mother &amp; Father were born in West Virginia. He was a Farmer, 0 months not employed. H e could
read, write, &amp; speak E nglish, Owned his Farm - Free of Mortgage,# 128 on the farm schedu le. He
resided here with his 2nd Wife: Rosana (65), &amp; Grand Daughter: Jennie F. (14).
Death announcement or Obituary as published in the Savannah, Mo. R e porte r Friday 15 Jun 1906
reads as follows: ''Death of F.A. Sarver. F.A. Sarver died at his home so uth of Rosendale, Monday
evening. Re was born in 1833. The funeral was preach ed at th e Fairview ch urc h by Rev. A.R. Hunt
Tuesday and the remains were placed in the McGlaughlin cemetery".
RECORD NOTE: James Caldwell &amp; F le minu Sa rver were nex t door n e ig hbors o n Craigs C reel&lt; when
Geor?e W. Sarver &amp; Cynthia E. Caldw ell ;ere born. George &amp; Cy nthia grew up together &amp; \Vere
married 5 Sep 187 8 .
R ESEARCH NOTE: It is suspected that Ha rriett D. (Morgan) Sa rver in the 1880 Census is somehow
r elated to the children; Welbern (10), &amp; Ha rriett (6) C hristie, s in ce they a ll 3 were born in IN., &amp; arc

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now living in the same household together.
F le ming A. /SARVER/ was linked to 21 r ecorded events during his life.
1. Birth 10/05/ 1833

Fleming was born in Botetourt (now Craig) Co., VA. 5 Oct 1833.
Indiv iduals linked to this event include: F leming A. /SARVER/ (Child); George /SARVER/ (father);
Mary Elizabeth /BOWEN/ (mother).
EVENT TEXT: In The Valley of Craigs Creek. Birth year determined by: Age 16 (b.1834) in 1850
Census of Roanoke Co., VA; Age 26 (b. 1834) in 1860 Census of Craig Co., VA; &amp; age stated (23 years
of age on 3 Nov 1856) on Statement of Marriage.
2. Resided 07/18/1850
He res ided in Roanoke (now Craig) Co., VA. 18 Jul 1850, SSth District.
Street: SSth District.
EVENT TEXT: He r esided here with his Father: George (41), Mother; Elizabeth (31), &amp; siblings:
Mahala (14), Hiram (11), John (9), Bartlet (7), Sarah iv(sic) (6), Adaline (3), &amp; Mary E. (6/12), Sarver.
EVENT FOOTNOTE: Io The Valley of Craigs Creek, neighbored by; Lewis (83) I Elizabeth (70)
Francisco, Lewis (33) I Susan (20) Francisco &amp; Lewis (25) I E rnaline (20) Niday, John (47) I Sally
(47)(Sarah Francisco) Hipes.
3. Marriage 10/09/1856
He marded Harriett Deshia MORGAN in Craig Co., VA., 9 Oct 1856.
Individuals linked to this event include: Harriett Desbia /MORGAN/ (Bride); Fleming A. /SARVER/
(Groom).
EVENT TEXT: Marriage performed 9 Oct 1856 in Craig Co., VA, by the Minister of the Gospel, A.J.
E lm ore.
EVENT FOOTNOTE: F leming A. Sarver; Age 23; born &amp; resided in Craig Co. Occupation; Farmer.
Pare•1ts; George &amp; Mary; Harriet D. Morgan, age 19, born &amp; resided in Craig Co., Parents; Charles
&amp;Eve.
4. Birth 04/06/ 1859
At 25 year s of age F leming became the father of George William SARVER in Valley of Craigs Creek,
Craig Co., VA, 6 Apr 1859.
Individuals linked to this event include: George William /SARVER/ (Child); Fleming A. /SARVER/
(fathe r); Harriett Deshia /MORGAN/ (mother).
EVENT TEXT: Born 16 miles from New Castle, Craig Co., VA, according to himself. The 1860 Census
for The Vall ey of Craigs Creek, Craig Co., VA., indicates he was born in The Valley of Craigs Creek
&amp; was l y1· old at that time.
EVENT FOOTNOTE: Birth month, year &amp; state verified as April 1859,East Virginia. The birthplace
listed on his Death Certificate as; Roanoke, VA. is in error.

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5. Resided 06/14/ 1860
He resided in Craig Co., VA. 14 Jun 1860, The Valley of Craigs Creek.
Street: The Valley of Craigs Creek.
EVENT TEXT: Resided near the Francisco Mills P.O. with his Wife: Harriett (23 ). &amp; Son; G. W. (1)
Sarver.
EVENT FOOTNOTE: Neighbors were: John S. (51) I Susannah (51) \Vcbb &amp; .Jam es (-t2) I Catharine
(33) Caldwell-(Cynthia's family), &amp; James (77) Bowen &amp; his family.
6. Military service 02/2711863
Fleming served in the military in L ew isburg, W .V A, 27 Feb 1863.
EVENT TEXT: Fleming A. Sarver enlisted 27Feb1863 in Company D of the 22nd Virginia Regiment
at Lewisburg, in what is now West VA. His enlistment sa id he was 30 yea rs old (bo rn about 1833?).
He was 6 ft 2 in tall, had a florid complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, &amp; was a 1·esident of Craig, VA. He
was captured at Droop Mountain on Nov 6, 1863, sent to Camp C hase on Nov 18, 1863, transferred
to F ort Delaware on March 4, 1864, &amp; Released on 21 Jun 1865.
7. Military service 11/06/1863
F leming served in the military in Droop Mt., VA (No·w W. Va.), 6 Nov 1863.
EVENT TEXT: Captured at Droop Mountain 6 Nov 1863. Droop Mt. is n ear Hillsboro, now W. VA.
Confederate Muster Rolls indicate: Arrested Nov 6,1863. (Prisoner of War) Taken to Ca mp C h ase,
OH Nov 18, 1863. Transferred to Ft Delaware (in D e lawa re). To be captured by the enemy force was
commonly referred to as being an Arrest
8. Military service 11118/1863
Fleming served in the military in Camp Chase (OH), 18 Nov 1863.
EVENT TEXT: Transferred to Camp Chase in a Prisoner statu s.
9. Military service 03/04/1864
Fleming served in the military in Ft Delaware, VA, 4 Mar 1864.
EVENT TEXT: Transferred to Ft Delaware in Prisoner s tatus.
10. Military service 06/21/1865
Fleming served in the military in Ft Delaware, VA., 21 Jun 1865.
EVENT TEXT: Took Oath of Allegence &amp; released from imprisonment &amp; military service from Ft
Delaware, Delaware.
11. Resided 07/16/1870
He resided in Craig Co., VA. 16 Jul 1870, RFD, Sinking Creek P.O.
Street: RFD, Sinking Creek P.O ..
EVENT T EXT: Resided here (in Allegh any Twp.) with his Wife: Harriett (32), &amp; his So n: Geo rge W.
(11).

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EVENT FOOTNOTE: Neighbors were; John (67) I Sarah (64) Hipes, John G. (SO) I Sarah (31) Troutt
&amp; Casper (64) I Hannah (43) Sarver, Jaimy (57) I Catharine (47) Caldwell.

12. Res id ed 06/18/1880

He resid ed in Craig Co., VA. 18 Jun 1880, RFD, Alleghany Dist.
Street: RFD, Alleghany Dist..
EVENT T E XT: Resided here (named : Flembian, age 38) ·with his Wife; Harriet Sarver, age 36, born
in IN., along with; Melbern Christie, W., m., Age 10, &amp; Harriett Christie, W., f., Age 6, both born in

lN.
EVENT FOOTNOTE: Neighbors were; Adam (35) I Sarah (25) McPherson, George (39) /Mary E. (29)
M orga n &amp; James (53) I Eva (59) Sarver, Wm. J. (41) I Annie (38) Layman.
13. Immigration 10/03/1880
Fleming immigrated, 3 Oct 1880 - 3 Apr 1883. Destination: Andrew Co., MO.
Destination: Andrew Co., MO ..
EVENT TEXT: Between 3 Oct 1880 &amp; 3Apr1883, Fleming A., Harriett D., &amp; George W ., Cy nthia
E ., Albert F., &amp; James A. Sarver, migrated from The Valley of Craigs Creek, Craig Co., VA. to
Andrew Co., MO. They r esided on the farm of Isaac Caldwell (Cynthia's paternal Uncle). Here, twins
Mollie &amp; Mattie were born of George &amp; Cynthia, 3 Apr 1883. Mattie died at birth. Jennie Florence
was bor11 28 Nov 1885, &amp; Cynthia died about 2 weeks later. Harriett died 4 Jun 1894, &amp; Fleming died
11 Jun 1906.
14. R esid ed 02/14/1888
H e resid ed in Orchid, MO. 14 Feb 1888, RFD.
Street: RFD.
EVENT TEXT: Co-signed a Promissory Note by G.W. Sarver for $30 at the W.S. E arls Bank in Union
Star, MO., with indication written thereon they were from Orchid.
EVENT RESEARCH NOTE: It is s uspected that Harriett D. (Morgan) Sarver in the 1880 Census is
somehow r elated to the children; Welbero (10), &amp; Harriett (6) C hristie, since they all 3 were born in
IN., &amp; are now living in the same household together.
15. Res id ed 07/28/1888
He r es id ed in Orchid, MO. 28 Jul 1888, RFD.
Street: RFD.
EVENT TEXT: Witnessed the Will of Isaac Caldwell in Andrew Co., MO. indicating that he (Fleming)
lived in Orchid, MO. (DeKalb, Co.)
EVENT FOOTNOTE: 13 May 1889; Appeared in Savannah, MO. in the Probate Court of Andrew
Co., MO., March Term A.D. 1889, as a testator in the Will of Isaac Caldwell. Source; Certificate of
Probate in the Will.
16. Marriage 12/02/1895

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He married Rosanna STONER in Andrew Co., MO., 2 D ec 1895.
Individuals linked to this event include: Fleming A. /SARVER/ (Groom); Ros anna /STOKER/ (B ride) .
17. Resided 07/0111897
He resided in Rosendale, MO. ca 1897, RFD.
Street: RFD.
EVENT TEXT: R esided on a 25 Acre Farm located in th e S .E. corner of Sec tion 20, Township 60
North, Range 35 West, about 3 miles so uth of Rosendale, Andrew Co., MO.
18. Resid ed 06/09/1900
He resided in Andrew Co., MO. 9 Jun 1900, RFD, Nodaway Twp.
Street:

RFD, Nodaway Twp ..

EVENT TEXT: He resided here with his 2nd Wife: Rosana (65), &amp; Grand Dau g hte r: Jennie F. (14).
19. Death 06/11/1906
Fleming died 11Jun1906 in Rosendale, MO., at 72 years of age.
EVENT TEXT: Death occurred at his home south of Rosendale, MO.
EVENT RESEARCH NOTE: 11 Jun 1906 was a Monday .

20. Burial 06/12/1906
His body was interred 12 Jun 1906 in Andr ew Co., MO., McGlaughlin (Mcglothl in).
Cemetery: McGlaughlin (Mcglothlin).
EVENT TEXT: The McGlaughlin Cemetery has been known over the years as McGlothlin, Wyatt,
Wyeth, &amp; Bowman.
21. Funeral 06/12/1906
His funeral was held in Fairview Church, Andrew Co. Mo., 12 J un 1906.

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TEXT: The funeral was preached at the Fairview church b y Rev. A.R. Hunt Tuesday
owing his death on Monday.
Medical Statistics:
Fleming w 6
hadf ·
as -feet 2-inches tall
air hair
·
had florid skin
had blue eyes
at age 30 years

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Query

My quest; is to determine the date &amp; place of the death of Mary Elizabeth (BOWEN) SARVER, b. ca
1816-20, in Montgomery Co., VA., with documentary proof thereof... She married (3 Dec 1832), in
Montgomery Co., VA., George SARVER, b. ca 1808. She was the daughter of James (b. ca 1790), &amp;
Catharine (BOSTERS) BOWEN (b. abt 1790 in PA.).

I have been attempting to compose a grouping list by date of birth, of the many "George SARVER's
(soundexed), born and/or residing in the Western Division of VA., including what is now West VA.,
born between early 1700 &amp; 1900. This list is intended to include all variations of the SARVER I
SURBER name, but only in the Western Division of VA.
Would you please make this listing available to anyone who might be researching the SARVER I
SURBER name (soundexed) in your annual Genealogy Fairs.
I'm sure this listing is far from complete, &amp; will gladly accept &amp; include any/all "George's" not
contained herein, on ly on condition that they contain documentary proof from where it came. They
must also be living only in t he Western Division of VA. during the cited period (even if born
elsewhere).

"Any" information on the death of Mary E. BOWEN will be appreciated.
I can be contacted at:

Marvin L. "Jake" Sarver
541 Northride T r ail
Lakeland FL. 33813-1561
(863) 646 - 9557
JakeNLake@AOL.Com
TH E

OLDE DOMINION OF VIRGINIA

WITH THIS

IS FRIENDLY

GREAT DOMINION OF

u.,,,...."'

SI'•·

c. e.

Malcolm,

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AFRICAN AMERICAN ANCEITRY
CEPHAS POINDEXTER
By Toni Y . S rnith
On: SaHturday in July 2003, I was vis itin g with m y g r a ndfath er' s firs t co u s in, C harl es E dwards in
Un1on all F
U . H ' ran m c o, VA. Cous in C harles a n d I were h av in g ge n e r a l co n ve r sa ti o n abo ut w 'hat
thni~n all was like w hen he was g rowing up , wh e n o ut of th e blue h e sa id , '·Yo u know our Unc le w as
e ast man bung up in Rocky Mount d own a t t h e courthouse."

w·

Of course th· ·
killed
. is Just blew me away. I said, " Wha t d o yo u m ea n '!" li e sa id , "'Cc ph P o ind exte r shot a nd
tom ; white deputy a long time ago a nd they s trung him up d ow n at th e co urth o u se." This was n ew s
a ma
figured that ly nching was don e in Franklin Co, V irg inia, but to actually h ave a relath•e was
zmg! Here is wha t he told me:

e:

"Uncle Cepb p ·
. .
.
Sa hp .
omdexter was married to Aunt Mmmc, daddy' s s is t er. li e was th e father of Ned &amp;
ra h01ndext
· g b e t wee n h ere and West Virginia
som
· er. u ncle Ceph sold shine so h e was a lways trave lm
,,~w er~s. Abou' two weeks o r so before Cc ph s h o t Wade, him an d another fe lla we r e cauoht
~nosbm .
h
""
'sso . "'.
e ID t ewoods dow n by t h e ch urch (present d ay E ph es us Primiti ve Baptis t C hurc h ) durino
c1ation m .
.
.
""
Wait d .
eeting. A deputy s nuck up o n him a nd the fe ll a a nd th ey took o ff for Wes t V irg inia. Ceph
wa e .till the heat for him cooled down so m e a nd h e ca me bac k to v is it A unt M inni e and 'cm. Ceph
s going
·
dro
squirrel huntino o ne d ay a nd when h e open e d the door, th e deputy s tartled him a nd h e
Pped hi
·
""
.
m with one shot. Ceph was a good s h o t. H e co uld kill a sq uirre l from a hunn e rt ya rds ."

ma

"W

trai:ll Ce~h knew he was in trouble for s ure for killing a white m a n. He took o ff r unning down to the
was a~:ahon (present day antique s ho p ) in U nion Hall a nd hid in a pile of railroad tics. He said Klan
house uBp an~ down these parts (pointing his fin ger in th e air) kic kin g in doors a nd tea ring up folk 's
· a n cltl1e l&lt;1"d s com e s tay wit
· 11 u s cuz M innie wns
scart s. durning crosses every nig ht. D a ddy had M"mmc
an t he Klan kept coming to h er lookin g for Ceph a nd fo ll owi n g h e r a bout."

"Af~rabout2
·
·
·
shot
or 3 weeks, Ceph J·ust broke down his s hotgun a nd was walkmg mto town with his
·
· an d w e n t to Iio II e rm
· ' b out he caught
t he 0gun
. _ Under h"
is a rm to turn his self in. A white farmer
saw Ium
All t~e ,:r~atkilled Wade. That wasn ' t true; h e wa~ goi~1g to turn h.is self in. H e didn't m a k e 00 fuss.
cou
bite folks was callin' for a lync hin'. S h e riff N ic holso n said h e w as to have a fair trial. Of
rse that d"d
.
1 n ' t happen and he was sentence d to hang in
and c
th e courthouse yard. Well they hung him
field
~~e body down and gave it to Daddy and A unt Minnie. He's buried over t h e r e ( pointing to a
y is house) somewheres. Use to be a big pile of rocks for him &amp; M innie to m a rk the spot."
l asked
nexttra~y cousin C harles "why did Ceph run for the train station?" He sa id, " probably to catch the
•nconii ngthrougb'. Wer en ' t no train du e so h e h 1"d rn
· t h e railroa
·
· . Railroad
·
· throw the
scent offf
d ties
hes
0
and tnor ~ the dogs." I asked "what dogs?" He said , " the bloodhounds." This w as s ounding more
e •ke a sh
'
F·
ow on television!
irst thing lVI
Who work d onday, I called F ranklin C ounty Public L ibra r y to s p eak to Dian e Hayes, a ge n ea logis t
e ther
·
copying off
. e. After I told her my story, s h e sa1"d t h at was very inte r estmg
b eca use s h e was
newspapei·. s~•crofilm stories abou t people from F r a nklin Cou nty th a t was in the old Roanoke
Cousin C hart e ~sked me when my cousin was born because Cephas Poindexter di e d in 1905. I sa id
es •s 90 something, but I don't thi nk he was alive when a ll o f this h app e n ed. I b e lieve

:t

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Cousin Charles told me what his father, my great great Uncle Edmund King Edwards, bad related to
him while growing up.
Cousin Charles doesn't know who Cephas Poindexter's parents were. He believes it was "01' man Ike
Poindexter." I have found an Ike &amp; Isaac Poindexter on census records for Franklin County, VA, but
I have never found Cephas on any census record using various spellings of his first and last name.
Minnie Poindexter was an Edwards before marriage. She was my great grandfather's sister. She
remarried one time after Cephas Poindexter died.
What a sad way for Cephas &amp; Deputy Wade to end their lives. Unfortunately, the time called for the
death of a Black man for killing a White man. An old African proverbs states that "The ruin of a
nation begins in the homes of its people and there is no medicine to cure hatred."
Following are the newspaper articles printed by the Roanoke newspapers Tlze Evening News and The
Roanoke Times on my great great Uncle Cephas Poindexter:

The Roanoke Times
Roanoke, Friday, Nove mber 10, 1905
POINDEXTERISBROUGHTHERE
Dresse d as Woman Murderer of Deputy Wade Reached Here Last Night.
WAS GRANTED A SECOND REPRIEVE
Mob Violence Feared at Rocky Mount if People Learned of Stay of Execution - Was to Have Been
Hanged Today.
Dressed in the garb of a woman, in bonnet, bustle and skirts, Cephas Poinde~ier, the negro who was
sentenced to hang at Rocky Mount this morning for the murder of Deputy United States MarshalJ Z.
B. Wade several months ago, was brought to this ci1:y on the 7:15 o'clock h"ain from Rocky Mount last
night by Sheriff Nicholson and a deputy and lodged in the city jail for safe keeping. He was granted
a second reprieve of two weeks yesterday afternoon by Governor Montague after much solicitation
by the counsel of the prisoner.
It was feared that when the citizens of Franklin county, in whose minds the story of foul murder is
still fresh , got wind of the fact that the condemned man had been granted a second reprieve they might
make an attempt to administer justice themselves, and for this reason it was deemed best to spirit him
away from Rocky Mount jail under cover of darkness and in the clothing of a woman.

A telegraphic message from Governor Montague late yesterday afternoon stayed the hand of
execution and the negro 's attorneys will have until Friday, the 24•h of the month, to make forther
efforts on behalf of their client.
The tragedy for which Poindexter was convicted by the jury of the circuit court at Rocky Mount
sever al weeks ago was the killing of Deputy United States Marshall Z. B. Wade while the officer was
attempting to place him under arrest as an illicit distiller. The negro used a double-barreled shotgun
and Officer Wade &lt;lied instantly. Later Poindexter was tried and sentenced to died on the gallows on
Friday, October 27, but on the day preceding he was granted a reprieve of two weeks. The time would
have b een up today and all preparations for the execution were perfected in the event the second
respite was not granted.
The people of Franklin we1·e greatly aroused over the murder and when information granting the
second r ep rieve reached Rocky Mount yesterday mob violence was feared and it was decided to rush

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the prisoner to Roanoke as early as possible b efore the tim e set for the execution. li e was accordingly
dressed in a woman's garb by Sheriff Nicholso n, who exercised g r ea t ca r e in p e rfec tin g th e disguise.
It was so complete that the prisoner attracted much attention o n th e w a y from th e s tati o n here to the
city jail, a crowd following the party most of the way. A s triking featur e of the pro cess ion was th e
extraordinary proportions of the padding on the priso ner, but the oth e r det a ils o f th e make-up were
sufficiently deceptive to throw the Rocky Mount depot loungers off the sce nt. He was taken to a cell
on the upper floor of the jail a nd pl aced in th e care of Jailer AJlcn , who g uarded hi s priso ner last ni ght
like a Nemesis of old. The sheriff and d e puty who broug ht Poindex ter t o Roanoke w ill r eturn hom e
this morning.

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The E vening News
Roanoke, Tuesday, November 21 , 1905

POINDEXTE R IS REFUSED NEW TRIAL
T he supreme court has refused the appli cation for a new trial in th e case of Cep has Poind exte r , ·w ho
was convicted of the murder of D eputy Mars hall Wade at Rocky Mo unt last Augus t, and unless th e
governor interferes Poindexter will hang on F rid ay.
Poindexter was brought to this city about m ·o weeks a go disguised as a woman, a nd placed in jail
for safe keeping. When the last reprieve was granted him there was so m e talk o f lyn c hing and th e
officers feared that something might happen and disguised him as a woman, he was brnught here and
has been here ever since.
Poindexter was told that his application for a new trial h ad been r efus ed , but the announcement did
not seem to effect him a great d eal. When h e was first arrested and broug ht h ere h e had a rabbit's
foot in his pocket. This be had given to Mr. A llen, th e j a iler, and he s aid th a t if h e h ad had the r abbit's
foot with him all the time he was s ure he would have fared better a nd tbat his tou gh lu c k was due to
the absence of the charm.
It is not known when Poindexter will be taken back to Rocl&lt;y Mount, but possibly not before

T hursday afte rnoon. He will be accompanied by one or two officers from this city, besides the s h eriff
of Franklin county.

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The Evenin g News
Roanoke, Friday, November 24, 1905
CEPHAS POINDEXTER p A YS THE PENALTY
Murderer of Deputy Wade Hanged at 11:05 in Rocky Mount. Did Not Weake n and Met His Fate
Bravely .
.Cep~as Poindexter convicted of the murder of Deputy Zach Wade last A ugust paid the penalty for
his c nm e on the gallows at Rocky Mount this morning a t 11:05 o'clock. In exactly twelve minutes
after the trap had been sprung Poindexter was pronounced dead by the attending physician.
Poindexter was taken from this city to Rocky Mount yes terday a fte rno on by Sh e riff Nic holson and
~epu~ ~er~eant Moss, of this city. They a rrived there without i~cident and Poindexter was placed
m the Jail with a heavy guard. He seemed tit·ed and s pe nt a good night, slee ping nearly a ll night long.
He was awakened about 7 o'clock a nd when asked if he wanted a ny brea kfas t s tated that he did, and
when it was taken to his cell he eat [sic} very heartily. He was stoical all the time and never once
weakened.

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When the time arrived for the march to the scaffold Sheriff Nicholson and several deputies entered
the cell and started with the condemned man to the scaffold. Arriving at the steps, the sheriff offered
to help Poindexter up, but he remarked that he could get along all right.
When under the drop he was asked if he had anything to say, and replied that he did not deny the
crime of which he was convicted, but he did not think that he deserved the penalty, as he had acted in
self-defense.
Drs. Wood, Williams, Chickwood, Cahill and Greer were present, and as soon as the drop fell placed
a stethescope (sic}, listening for he last heart-beat, and in exactly twelve minutes they pronounced life
extinct.
The body was turned over to his relatives, who left immediately with the remains for their old home,
near Union Hall.
The crime for which Poindexter paid the extreme penalty of the law took place about the middle of
August. Poindexter had been in West Virginia and had only recently come home on a visit. A warrant
had been out for him, charging him with illicit distilling. Deputy Wade had the warrant and went to
serve it, and surprised Poindexter at his distillery.
When the officer rode up Poindexter picked up a double-barreled shotgun and emptied the contents
of both barrels at him. Mr. Wade was found shortly aftenvard and died a few hours later.
Poindexter made his escape and for a week was pursued by a posse, who would have lynched him
had he been caught. He was finally captured on Sunday and brought to Roanoke for safe keeping.
He was convicted at the first trial of mui:der in the first degree and sentenced to be hung. Two
reprieves were granted, and aftel" the second one he was brought here for fear there would be a
lynching attempted.

The family ofMim1ie Edwards Poindexter, wife of Cephas Poindexter
Descendants of Abrom Edwards

Generation No. 1
1. ABROM I EDWARDS was born 1848 in VIRGINIA, and died in Franklin Co, VA. He married
FANNIE ? . She was born 1852 in VIRGINIA, and died Unknown in UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO,
VA.
Chi ldren of ABROM EDWARDS and FANNIE? are:

2.

i. MARY2 EDWARDS, b. Unknown. Franklin co, VA; d. Bet. 1910- 1920, UNION HALL
FRANKLIN CO,

VA.
ii. HENRY EDWARDS, b. Bet. 1870 - 1875, Franklin Co, VA; d. Unknown, Franklin Co, VA;
m. ROSIE MATTOX, 31Mar1901, Franklin Co, VA; b. 1879, Franklin Co, VA.

3.
4.

iii . MINNIE EDWARDS, b. 1877, Franklin Co, VA; d. Unknown.
iv. WILEY JOE EDWARDS, b. 15 May 1882, Franklin Co, VA; d. Jul 1973, Rock')' Mount,
Franklin Co, VA.
v. EMMA EDWARDS, I;&gt;. 1886, Franklin co, VA; d. Unknown; m. CHARLES REYNOLDS, 17
Jull9JO,

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Franklin Co, VA; b. Sep 1887, Franklin Co, VA.
vi. EDMUND EDWARDS, b. 15 Feb 1886, Franklin Co, VA; d. 23 Jun 1960, Rock-y Mount.
Franklin Co, VA.
vii. ANDREW EDWARDS, b. 1887, Franklin Co, YA; d. 1938.
viii. ALICE EDWARDS, b. 1890, Franklin Co, VA; d. Unknown; m. ARCHI E SPENCER, OI
Apr 1918, Franklin Co, VA; b. I 893, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; d. I 7 Mar 1979,
Suburban Manor N ursing Home New Castle, PA.
6.

ix. JAMES "ROY" EDWARDS, b. 10 Oct 1894, Franklin Co, VA; d. 20 Jul 1972. Hi gh land
Park, MD.

Generation No. 2
2. MARY2 EDWARDS (ABROM!) was born Unknown in Franklin Co, VA , and died Bet. 191 O - J920
in UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA. Children of MARY EDWARDS are:
i. LILLIE3 EDWARDS, b. Franklin Co, VA; d. Maryland.
ii. CALLIE EDWARDS, b. 13 Dec 1897, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, YA; d. Aug 1987,
Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va; m. ? MICKEY.
7.

iii. NELLIE EDWARDS, b. 09 May 1904, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; d. 13 Sep
1983, Rocky Mount,
Franklin Co, VA.

3. MINNIE2 EDWARDS (ABROMl) was born 1877 in Franklin Co, VA, and died Unknown. She
married (1) ARCHIE SPENCER, son of JOHN SPENCER and DICY PATTERSON. He was born 1893
in UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA, and died 17 Mar 1979 in Suburban Manor Nursing Home New
~astle, PA. She married (2) CEPHAS POINDEXTER. He was born in VIRGINIA, and died 25 Nov 1905
m Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA.
Children of MINNIE EDWARDS and CEPHAS POINDEXTER are:
i. NED3 POINDEXTER, b. UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, YA.
ii. SARAH POINDEXTER, b. UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, YA.
iii. MARLIN POINDEXTER.
iv. ELLA POINDEXTER.

~· WlLEY JOE2 EDWARDS (ABROMl) was born 15 May 1882 in Franklin Co, VA, and died Jul 1973
111

Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, YA. He married (l) LAURA B. She was born 1888. He married (2) OLA
PRESTON, daughter of p ATSY PRESTON. She was born 1897 in Virginia.
Child of WILEY EDWARDS and LAURA Bis:
i. ARTIE MAE3 EDWARDS, b. May 1909, Franklin Co, YA; m.? WADE.
Child of WILEY EDWARDS and OLA PRESTON is:
8 · ii. BERLIE3 EDWARDS, b. 18 Sep 1928, Franklin Co, YA; d. 25 Jan 2007, R ocky Mount,
Franklin Co, v A.

~· EDMUND2 EDWARDS (ABROMl) was born 15 Feb 1886 in Franklin Co, VA, and died 23 Jun 1960
m Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, y A . He married SALLIE 0 MATTOX 02 Apr 1905 in Franklin Co, VA,
daughter of CHARLES MATTOX and LUCY DUNNINGS . She was born 18 Apr 1894 in Franklin Co,
YA, and died 15 May 1975 in Franklin Co, VA.

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Children of EDMUND EDWARDS and SALLIE MATTOX are:

i. BERTRAM3 EDWARDS, b.1910, UN10NHALLFRANKLINCO, VA.
9.

ii. CHARLES EDWARDS, b. 20 Nov 1912, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
iii. BETTIE EDWARDS, b. 1918, UN10N HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.

6. JAMES "ROY"2 EDWARDS (ABROAtfI) was born 10Oct1894 in Franklin Co, VA, and died 20 Jul
1972 in Highland Park, MD. He married PEARL B SPENCER25 Jan 1912 in Franklin Co, VA, daughter
of JOHN SPENCER and DICY PATTERSON. She was born 1894 in Franklin Co, VA.
Children of JAMES EDWARDS and PEARL SPENCER are:
i. EUNICE3 EDWARDS, b. UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.

10. ii. THELMA EDWARDS, b. 1914, UN10NHALLFRANKLIN CO, VA.
11. iii. WILLIE JASON EDWARDS, b. 12 Jan 1915, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; d. 15
Oct 2000, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
iv. JAMES EDWARDS, b. 1917, UN10N HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
v. ARCHIE EDWARDS, b. 04 Sep 1918, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; d. 18 Jun 1998,
Washington, DC.
vi . ROBERT L EDWARDS, b. 1920, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
vi i. WAYMON EDWARDS, b. 1924, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
viii . SALLIE EDWARDS, b. 1925, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
ix. CHRISTINE EDWARDS, b. 1928, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
x. OLIVER EDWARDS, b. 1929, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; m. ETHEL
POINDEXTER.
xi. RUBY EDWARDS, b. 1930, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
12. xii. DELLA EDWARDS, b. 31 Mar 1930, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; d. May 1995,
Capital Heights, Prince Georges Co, MD.
13. xiii. AGNES EDWARDS, b. 17 Dec 1934, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; d. Mar 1993,
Washington, DC.

Generation No. 3
7. NELLIE3 EDWARDS (MAR1'2, ABROlvfl) was born 09 May 1904 in UNION HALL FRANKLIN
CO, VA, and died 13 Sep 1983 in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA. She married WILLIAM T MATTOX
1920, son of WILLIAM MATTOX and MIRIAM ROBERTSON. He was born 1894 in UNION HALL
FRANKLIN CO, VA.
Ch ildren of NELLIE EDWARDS and WILLIAM MATTOX are:

i. LILLIE4 MATTOX, b. UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; m. ? HOLLAND.
ii. CLAUDE MATTOX, b. 1922, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
iii. LUCY MATTOX, b. 1925, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; m.? HOLLAND.

iv. VIRGINIA MATTOX, b. 1926, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; m.? HOLLAND.
v. DELLA MATTOX, b. 1928, UNJON HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA; m. ROBERT
ARRINGTON, JR; b. 1928, McDowell Co,West Virginia.

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vi. JAMES MATTOX, b. 1930, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
8. BERLIE3 EDWARDS (WILEY JOE2, ABROM1) was born 18 Sep 1928 in Franklin Co, VA , and died
25 Jan 2007 in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA. She married W ILLIAM MCK INLEY HANCOCK 18
May 1946 in Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA, son ofMCKfNLEY HANCOCK and CORNELIA
MATTOX. He was born 23 Mar 1919 in Glade Hill, Franklin Co, VA.
Children of BERLIE EDWARDS and WILLIAM HANCOCK are:
i. MATILDA4 HANCOCK, m.? MANNS.
ii. MARY HANCOCK, m.? WILLIAMS.
iii. WILLIAM LARRY HANCOCK.
iv. LONNIE HANCOCK.
v. STEVE HANCOCK.
vi. ROGER HANCOCK.
vi i. GREGORY HANCOCK.
9. CHARLES3 EDWARDS (EDMUND2, ABROM1) was born 20 Nov I 912 in UN ION HALL

FRANKLIN CO, VA. He married HELEN HOLLIDAY 25 Nov 1936 in Pharpe, WV , daughter of
ANTHONY HOLLIDAY and HATTIE ROBERTS. She was born 16 May 1919 in Pharpe, WV, and died
17 Jan 2004 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.
Children of CHARLES EDWARDS and HELEN HOLLIDAY are:
i. CHARLES4 EDWARDS, JR., b. West Virginia.
ii. RONNIE EDWARDS, b. West Virginia.
iii. GLORJA EDWARDS, b. West Virginia.
iv. MARLENE EDWARDS, b. West V irginia.
v. TERRANCE EDWARDS, b. West Virginia.
vi. LINDA EDWARDS, b. West Virg inia.
vii. RUBY EDWARDS, b. West Virginia.
viii. FA YE EDWARDS, b . West Virginia.
ix. DIANA EDWARDS, b. West V irginia.

x. PENNY EDWARDS, b. West V irginia.
lO. THELMA3 EDWARDS (JAMES "ROY''2, ABROM1) was born 1914 in UNION HALL FRANKLIN
CO,VA.

Child of THELMA EDWARDS is:
i. ALEEN4 EDWARDS.

ll. WILLIE JASON3 EDWARDS (JAME:S "ROY"2, ABROM!) was born 12 Jan 1915 in UNION HALL
FRANKLIN
CO, VA, and died 15 Oct 2000 in UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA. He married MARY ANGIE
SMITH 22 Jan1936 in UNION HALL, FRANKLIN CO, VA, daughter of JOHN SMITH and MARY
SMITH. She was born 02 Dec 1916 in UN10N HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA, an d died 18 Sep 1994 in
Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, y A.
Children of WILLIE EDWARDS and MARY SMITH are:

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14. i. WILLIAM "BILL"4 EDWARDS, b. 01 Jan, UNlON HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
15. ii. SHIRLEY MAE EDWARDS, b. 04 Jan, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
16. iii . LOTTIE EDWARDS, b. 26 Jan, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.

17. iv. BETTIE EDWARDS, b. 29 Jan, UNION HALL, FRANKLIN CO, VA.
18. v. DOROTHY "DOTTIE" EDWARDS, b. 31 Jul, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
19. vi. GEORGE "CECIL" EDWARDS, b. 24 Aug, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
vii. CHARLOTTE "FRANCES" EDWARDS, b. 26 Dec, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA.
20. viii. CORNETTA ROSETTA EDWARDS, b. 06 Jun, UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
12. DELLA3 EDWARDS (JAMES "ROY"2, ABROMl) was born 31 Mar 1930 in UNION HALL
FRANKLIN CO, VA, and died May 1995 in Capital Heights, Prince Georges Co, MD. She married ?
CHEWNING.

Ch ild of DELLA EDWARDS and? CHEWNING is:
i. DEBRA4 CHEWNING, b. Washington, DC.
13. AGNES3 EDWARDS (JAMES "ROY"2, ABROM!) was born 17 Dec 1934 in UNION HALL
FRANKLIN CO, V A,and died Mar 1993 in Washington, DC. She married SYLVESTER PRlCE. He was
born 02 Apr 1930 in Penhook,Franklin Co, VA, and died 05 Aug 1995 in Washington, DC.

Children of AGNES EDWARDS and SYLVESTER PRICE are:
i. MARY ELIZABETH4 PRICE.
ii. JO ANN PRICE.
Generation No. 4
14. WILLIAM "BILL"4 EDWARDS (WILLIEJASON3, JAMES 11ROY1'2, ABROMl) was born 01 Jan in
UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA. He married VERONICA. She was born in NORTH CAROLINA.

Child of WILLIAM EDWARDS and VERONICA is:
i. ESPERITAS EDWARDS, b. Maryland; m. DARWIN GARRISON; b. Detroit, Ml.
15. SHIRLEY MAE4 EDWARDS (WILLIE JASON3, JA.lv!ES "ROY"2, ABROMl) was born. 04 Jan in
UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA. She married TC SMITH. He was born in South Carohna.

Children of SHIRLEY EDWARDS and TC SMJTH are:
i. DEBRAS MASSEY.
ii. RENEE MASSEY.
16. LOTTIE4 EDWARDS (WILLIE JASON3, JAMES "ROY''2, ABROlvfl) was born 26 Jan in UNION
HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA. She married NELSON LOUIS REEVES. He was born 31 Oct 1942 in
Franklin Co, VA, and died 26 May 1998 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.

Chi ldren of LOTTIE EDWARDS and NELSON REEVES are:
21. i. CHERYL LYNN5 REEVES, b. Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.
22. ii. NELSON "NEIL" LOUIS REEVES TI, b. Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.
17. BETTIE4 EDWARDS (WILLIE JASON3, JAMES "ROY"2, ABROMl) was bom 29 Jan in UNION
HALL, FRANK.LIN CO, VA. She married WILLIAM "PAT" MCKINLEY PATTERSON II 18 Jun 1958
in UNION HALL, FRANKLIN CO, VA at Aunt Ethel's house, son of WILLIAM "MAC" MCKINLEY

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PATTERSON. He was born 18 Dec 1936 in Franklin Co, VA, and died I I Dec 1999 in Washington, DC.
Child of BETTIE EDWARDS and WILLIAM PATTERSON is:
23. i. WILLIAM "BILLY" MCKINLEYS PATTERSON lII , b. Washington, DC.

18. DOROTHY "DOTTIE"4 EDWARDS (WILLIE JASON3, JAAtfES "ROY''2. ABR01\11 J wa s born 3 J
Jul in UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA. She man-ied FLOYD KATES. He was born 04 Jul 1942 in
Kanawha Co, WV.

Children of DOROTHY EDWARDS and FLOYD KATES are:
i. FLOYD LEE "PETEY"S KATES , JR, b. Washington, DC.

24. ii. TYRONE KA TES, b. Washington, DC.

19. GEORGE "CECIL"4 EDWARDS (WILLIE JASON3, JA!v!ES "ROY"2, ABROM1) was born 24 Aug
in UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA. He married RUTH "ELOISE" TONEY 24 Dec 1958 in Boones
Mill, Franklin Co, VA, daughter of JOHN TONEY and BERTHA HELMS. She was born 24 Aug in
Boones Mill, Franklin Co, VA.
Children of GEORGE EDWARDS and RUTH TONEY are:
25. i. CECIL JASONS EDWARDS, b. 14 Dec, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA.

ii. ROBERT ANTHONY EDWARDS, b. 24 Dec, UN JON HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA.
iii. MARY BERTHA EDWARDS, b. 22 May, Rocky Mount, Frankli n Co, VA.
20. CORNETTA ROSETTA4 EDWARDS (WILLIE JASON3. JAMES "ROY''2, ABROM1) was born 06
Jun in UNION HALL FRANKLIN CO, VA. She married JAMES RUDOLPH SMITH 09 May 1967 in
UNI?N HALL, FRANKLIN CO, VA, son of JSAJAH SMITH and SARAH WISEMAN. He was born 30
Jun in ESKDALE, WV.

Children of CORNETTA EDWARDS and JAMES SMITH are:
26. i. TONI YVETTE5 SM1TH, b. 11 Sep, BAUMHOLDER W GERMANY.

27. ii. JAMES RUDOLPH SMITH II, b. 05 Apr, FORT JACKSON SC.
28. iii. CORNELL EDWARD SMITH, b. 26 Jan, FRANKFURT W GERMANY.

Generation No. 5

21. CHERYLLYNNS REEVES (LOITIE4 EDWARDS, WILLIE JA S ON3 . .JAMES "ROY"2. ABROM1)
was born in Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.
Child of CHERYL LYNN REEVES is:

i. TREY6 REEV ES.

~~NELSON "NEIL" LOUIS5 REEVES II (LOITIE4 EDWARDS,

WILLIE JASON3, JAMES "ROY"2,
M ROM1) was born in Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va. He married ARDELIA "DEE". She was born in
ontgomery Co, VA.

Children of NELSON REEVES and ARDELIA "DEE" are:
i. TAMJSHA6 REEVES, b. Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.

ii. MON IKA REEVES, b. Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.
iii. KELIA REE VES, b. Roanoke, Roanoke Co, Va.
23. WILLIAM "BfLLY" MCKINLEY5 PATTERSON III (BETTIE4 EDWARDS, WILLIE.JASON3,

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JAMES "ROY"2, ABROMl)was born in Wash ington, DC.
Chi Id of WILLIAM "BILLY" MCKINLEY PATTERSON III is:
i . W ILLIAM "WILL" MCKINLEY6 PAITERSON IV, b. Maryland.

24. TYRONE5 KA TES (DOROTHY "D01TIE"4 EDWARDS, WILLIE JASON3, JAMES "ROY"2,
ABROMI) was born in Washington, DC.

Chi ld of TYRONE KATES is:

i. KA YL YN6 KA TES, b. 2002, VIRGINIA.
25. CECfL JASON5 EDWARDS (GEORGE "CECIL"4, WILLIEJASON3, JAMES "ROY'2, ABROMl)
was born 14 Dec in
Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA. He married MARTHA "SUSAN" FRALIN 02 Jan 1981 in Enterprise,
AL, daughter
of CARL TON FRALIN and MARY WEA VER. She was born 21 Aug in Franklin Co, VA.
Child of CECIL EDWARDS and MARTHA FRALIN is:
i. EMILY SUSAN6 EDWARDS, b. Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA.
26. TONI YVETTES SMITH (CORNE1TA ROSE1TA4 EDWARDS, WILLIE JASON3 , JAMES "ROY"2.
ABROMl) was born 11 Sep in BAUMHOLDER W GERMANY.

Child of TONI YVETTE SMITH is:

i. MARCUS ANTHONY6 SMITH, b. IRVING, TX.
27. J AMES RUDOLPHS SMITH TI (CORNETTA ROSETTA4EDWARDS, WILLJEJASON3, JAMES
"ROY"2, ABROMl) was born 05 Apr in FORT JACKSON SC.

Chi ld of JAMES RUDOLPH SMITH II is:
i . SHALEIKA CORNETTA ROSETTA6 ZERK, b. Mannheim W Gem1any.

28. CORNELL EDWARDS SMITH (CORNETTA ROSEITA4 EDWARDS, WILLIE JASON3, JAMES
"ROY"2, ABROMI) was born 26 Jan in FRANKFURT W GERMANY.

C hil d of CORNELL EDWARD SMITH is:

i. NAY A CHANTEL6 CHAPLIN, b. Stafford, VA.
Toni Y. S mith
1805 Excel Drive

K ill een, Texas 76542-4066

!NOTE: In th e las t iss ue of the VAN Toni Y. Smith submitted an ariicle on Nob Brown, the
fo llowing corrections need to be noted for that article:
Law rence Gale Smith should be Lawrence Eugene Smith
Nannie Holland who ma rried Athey Wade did not belong on Nob Brown's genealogy chart.I

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�urayson County

Poll

The following is a list of persons who have paid their STATE CAPITATION TAXES for the years
1922, 1923 and 1924 as indicated by the dates opposite their respectivP names. Alsn: :~ lii;t of lhose who ha1 e
p~id their first. year's c;apitation tax assessible against them for the years 19'25 e.nd 1926: all oi which we1 e
paid.six ~ontbs pr10r to Tuesday, after the first Monday in November 1925.

WILSON DISTRICT
1922 23 24
1922 23 24 1
1922 2$.
Anderson, Ffa,·d
pd pd pd Ander&amp;oh, Gincy
pd pd pd , Baldwin , Wiley Sr. pd
pd pd
An!)erson, N. T.
pd pd
A·nderson, Etter
pd
1Baldwin, W. M.
Ande~on, M illnrd S. pd p&lt;l
Ande1•:on, Polly
pd
' Baldwin, Clcr.:&gt;nc;;
pu
Anderson, Aquiller :"pd pd pcl I Anderson, Bessie
pd pd pd llnldwin, R. K
pd1
pcl
Anderson, H. F.
pd pcl
/ Anderson, Dorn
pd pd pd Baldwin, C lnt c 1-1.
A:nclerson, R. F.
pd pd pd Anderson, V!ssie
pcl
pd pd
1 Ba ldwin Jo ..ic
Anderson, A. B.
pd pd
A.ndet11on, Jane
pd : Baldwin A li :e
pd pd
Anderson, H. L.
pd pd pd Ar:iderton, Rose
pd Baldwin. Laura
pd
A:lidin'1ron, G. S.
pd pd
Andert·on , Bessie
pd
· Bu Id win, Mnttle
pd pl1
pd
A-iiders(Jn Eb. A.
pd
Anderson , Verna
pd
: Bal.;lwin. Laura
..Anderson, E. C.
pd pd pd• Anderson,Frant:isM. pd pd
I Bal l, Jnmei;
pd p&lt;l
Anclerson, Roby
,pd pd pd Anderson, F;nialinti pd pd pd · Ball, Jno, A.
pd pd
A.oderson, w. M.
pd pd pd Anderson, v:r;!'.f! E . pd pd pd I nail. R. A.
pd pd
Anl:leii:on, ;,.. F.
pd
Anderson, SuGie r:.
pd P&lt;l Ball, F. M.
pd, pd
Anderson, W. Ater. pd pd pd P.nderson. «·:t1ic
pd pd , Ball. J. R.
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Osborne, Donald
~ PP~ d Parka, L. H.
pd pC1
I1 Peak, Abee
pd pd. pd Phipl)s, Fred R.
pd
Oeborm.e, H M
d
P PaTks, A Ii
pd pclo pd Peak, Sarah
pd pd pd P·hipps, J . Vester
d d
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pd pd pd Peak, Elclna L.
pd pd pd Phiptps. T .M .
P Pd. pd
Osborne, Earl
d P
Parks, K. C.
pd pd
! Peacock, J. H.
pd pd pcl Phipps, Ben
Pd pd
Osborne, B. M.
' ~d pd
Parka, Shelby
pd pd
' Peacock, Laura
pd
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Pd P~
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pd pd. pd . Pendry, Barnett
pd ,pd pd Pn1J)p11, Wm . w.
P Pd
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Pd
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pd pd
I Pend_ry, Blioom
pd pd pd Ph!pps, Ray
Pd. Yr. 19ls.
Osborne, Noah
~d ~ ~ Parks, Victor
pd prl
I Pcnnmgton, J. C.
p"d pd
Pluplls, Lura A
pd pd
Osborne, W M
d d P Parks, Lo-vii
p&lt;l pd
Penn!lllgton, S. J.
pd
Ph!pps, Lura
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~d P d I Parks, Rosco'! i... pd pd pd Pemnngton, Jaa. S. pd
P1h1pps, Virl!'inin
pd ,pd pd
0~.borne, Levi
pd pd Pd Parks. Joho L.
pd· pd
Penn\ngton, W. C. pd ,pd pd Phi.PP!il. Bertie R.
pd
pd
Os!&gt;orr&lt;'I!, F. t..
JYd pd Pd Parks .W.orley,
pd pd pd Pe~ngton, S M. pd pd
Ph!PPS, Bertie
pd
Osoorne, S. M~
d d P Parks, G. W.
pd pd pd I Pe~gton, W. R. pd
Ph!PPS. Nannie
pd pd pd
Osborne, T. M.
~ ~d ~ Pparks, C. M.
pd
Pemungton. L M.
pd pd P.IUipps, Mae
pd pd pd
Osborne, J .P.
d pd P
arka, F'. A.
pd pd pd !I PC'lln!ng1on, James,
pd pA Phipps, DoraMadge pd pd pd
Osborne, Manning
pd Parks, Cleve
pd
Pen~ngton, Bena pd ,pd pd Phipps, Carrle a. pd
pd d
Parks, Dave M
pd
Pennington, Florence
Phipps, Emma
pd pd pd
Osborne, E. C.
pd Pd Pd Parka, J. G. •
pd pd pd
pd pd pd Phipps. Aana
pd
Osborne, J. C. B.
d P pd Pat·ks, Lee C.
pd pd pd PennJngWn. Virgie
pd
Phipps, Frances· Pd. Yr. 1926
Osborne, Pres'll'!l
Pd
Pd Parks, E.W.
pd pd Pd Perk&lt;'Da, 8 ryarv
pd
P·hipps, Ru'th
pd pu pd
Osborne, Dr. F. L. ~ ~d. ~~ l ~at·~~· Melvin. C.
pd p.d pd Per~ns, E. F.
pd pd
Phip-pa, Mary
pd•
pd
Osborne, Isom
pd pd
ar.,.., M. W.
prt pd pd Perk!'IIS, W: M.
pd ,pd• pd Phipps, Virginia
pd pd&gt; pd
Osborne, Burt.on
d
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pd pd pd Perkins, G. E.
pd pd pd Phipps, Lalla
pd
Osborne, Reeves B. pd ~d ~~ ~ar~a, E . .B.
IP'd d pd Perkins, J. B.
pd' p.d pd Ph~pps, Hazel
Pd
Osborne, C. A.
pd Pd pa~.!· Lincoln
pd p.d pd Per-Jqns, Geo.
pd pd ,pd Ph!pps, Lula F.
pcL pd
Osborne&gt;, Leonard
pd . pa":::'.• R. W .
pd pd pd Perltjns, S. E.
pd. pd pd Pb~pps, Etti•e
pd pd pd
Osborne, W. W.
pd i}d e.r..,,, G. F.
lld pd1 pd Perk!ns; F L.
pd pd pd ph1pps, Mammie G. pd
Osborne, BG-rn
pd
~nr~, W. Ellis
:pd; pd i&gt;d Perkins, R. L.
pd J&gt;1Ci Pd Phipps, Minnie
pd. pd pd
Osborne. Lawton,
pd pd p~rr:k8• SB .BF.
pd pd pd Perltjns, E. M.
pl,!' pd pd Phipps, Mattie E.
pd
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Pd. Yr. 1926. p,Jrippa, Minnie
pd
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pd pd
Pd 1I Parks' T R ·
pd j&gt;d pd PerkiDB, L. P .
pd pd pd Phipps. Sall~
pd pd. pd
pd
J.° W.
pd, pd
Perkjns, J. M.
Pd pd pd
pd pd pd
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Osborne, Rose
pd
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pd pd pd Ph•i&gt;PS. Win.rue
pd pct pd.
ar 8, W. W.
pd pd pd Perkins, Jas. i\ .
pd pd pd Phipps. Elizabeth
pd pd
McCrary, L. V.
pd pd .pd
McCrary, W. C.
.pd pd pd
McCrary, Sar3h J. pd
MuCrary, Jen.nett
pd pd pd
Mccrary, Sarah
pd pd
McCanioll, F. A.
p.d tJd p.
Mccarroll, Emma . pd pd p
McGrady, Fred
pd pd pd
McGrady, C. T.
pd pd i·"
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p,d µ;t pcl
McGrady, S. M.
~d pd pd
Mc.Grady, A. t.:.
pd pd pd
MeGrady, J. F.
pd pd pd
McGraciy, Millard
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McGrady, M1nnte
pd pd pd
McG.rndy,Ida.
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pd pd pd
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n•cGrad!r, Bly
pd· pd p1
McGrady, Ella V. pd pd p
~cGrady, Sallie
pd pd
JcMMeana, W. M.
pd
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pd .pd· pd
McMiU1~n.
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M!ket, J. C.
pd
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M\el, j· K.
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pd pd ipd Sextonl E. F.
pd pd Pd j ~encer, Vennia
pct pd pd Testerman, E ugene
pd pd
lfoup, J. C.
pd pd pd Sedon, W. D.
pd pd pd l&gt;pencer, Boney
pd pd pd Testerman, Dora
pd
Houp, .lno. A.
pd ,pd
Sextpn, J . C,
pd pd· pd Spencer, Myrtle
pd pd pd Testerman, Dorsey pd
R oup, Ro!!coe
pd pd pd Sexton, S. T.
pd pd pd Spencer, Hester
pd pd pd Testerman:, Nancy pd pd
Rioup.; G'Ur.ficldi
pd; W. ,pd I Sexton, Ben H.
pd· pd pd Spencer, Poll~· A.
pd
Te::terman, Mary
pd· ptl pd
Roup, W. R.
p&lt;l pd pd 1sexto11, S. B.
pd pd· pd ·Spencer, Bettie
pd pd pd Testerman, Grayaon pd pd p,d
Roup, H. C.
pd pd· pd Sextc.n, Cicero
pd pd Spencer, Virgini a M. pd
Tesf.erman, Missouri A.
Roup, .John
pd pd pd 1Sexton, Elkenr
pd:
Spencer, Alice
pd pd
pd Jld
floup, G. W.
pd Sexton, Earl
pd Spencer, Wave
pd pd pd TeSterman, Ettie
pd pd• pd
ltoup, E.
pd Sexton, lloscoe
' nd ~ Spencer, Bertie L.
pd pd pd Testerman, Rosa
pd pd Pd
Rm.1p, Mary
pd pd pd Sexton, Cone
Pd'. Yr. 1926 . Spencer, Ida
pd pd pd Test enn!lll, Mattie pd pd pd
Roup, Ida
.pd
pd Sexton. Rex
Pd. Yr. 1926 Spencer, Anna
pd pd' pd Te...-.terman, Pearl E. pd pd pd
Roup, Cordelia
pd pd pd , Sei..-ton, Mary
pd pd pd 1SpenC'el', S. A.
pd pd
Testerman, Victoria pd
Houp, Zenon M .
pd
Sexton, Ada
pd
pd pd· pd Testerman, Ida E. pd: pd pd
1 Spencer, Mary
l.Wup, Delil ah
pd pd pd 1Sexton, Martha A . pd pd pd ;Spencer, Glady s
pd
!Testerman. Nannie D.
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Roup, Mary A.
pd pd pd j Se:o::ton, J•'loSl!ie M.. p&lt;L pd
llapencer, Velma
p&lt;I pd pd Th&gt;;&gt;mas, T. M .
pd1 pd pd
Roup, Olsey
pd pd Sexton, Polly
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Spen&lt;:ilr, Alice
pd
pd Thomas, W. R.
pd pd· pd
Roup, Nona
Pd. Yr. 1926. Sexton, Julia A.
pd pd
:Spencer, Mattie E. pd pd pd Thomas, Eli F.
pd pd ptd
Roupard, W. A.
p,d pd pd Sexton, Sarah J.
pd pd pd !Spencer, Dora
&lt;pd pd
!' Thomas, 0. M.
pd pd pd
Rou,pnrd , Emma
pd pd pd Sexton, Martha
pd pd pd !Spencer, Polly
pd
Thomas, S. G.
pd pd pd
Roya.I, .r. A..
pd
Seicton. Artie
pd
Spencer, Jane
pd
Thomas, J. Walter
pd pd
Royal, Everett
Pd. Yr. 1926 Se:-.."ton, Bessie
pd pd Spemer, Lizzie
pd pd Thomas J. Walton
Pd. 1924
ltu$.,ell, Herbert
pd pd
Sexton, Julia
pd •Spencer. Kate M.
pd 1Thomas, Gessie D .pd P'd' pd
llussell, R. L.
pd p&lt;I pd 1 Se:-..1:on, m,·de
pd Spencer, .J. A.
pd !Thomas, Polls A.
p.d pd pd
Russell, F. M.
pd pd pd Sex~on, Celia
pd Spencer, Sarah A.
pd Thomas, Kate E.
pd pd
Russell, S. C.
pd p-;;
Sh1wcr, Sa m K.
pd pd
_ Spencer, Mrs. Lounie
pd IThomas, Ver na R.
P9.
Rutsc ll, E . T.
pd pd ,p d l Shaver,, M. C.
pd pd pd 1· sprin:kle, Geo. W. pd pd ,p.d ; Thompson, Rev. H. C.
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pd pd pd Sh aver, J. S.
pd pd pd Sprinkle~.Myrtle
pd net pd
pd
Russell, T . M.
pd p.d pd Shaver, Pearl l\L
pd pd pd !Spence, J11.rs. M. J. pd
Thompson, Phina
pd
Ru !~ell, G. C.
pd .pd pd Shaver, Falla
pd pd pd Sta:n--per, Harvey
.pd p'd pd Thompson, Matilda pd pd pd
Russell, Eth:el
nd pl .
Shaver, Falla
pd·
Stamper, J. T.
pd pd pd Thompkins, P. H. pd pch pd
P.ul't'&lt;!Jl, Tietti e V.
pd pd pd Sheets, ,J. H.
pd µd' pd jStamper, F. E.
pd pd
Thompkins, Annie pd' .pd
Russell, RuN~
pd pd
Sheets. C. W.
pd pd pd Stamper, M. N.
•pd pd pd Tbompkin11, Elizabeth:
Russ ell, Lucinda
· pd ,p(I Sheeb, T. F.
pd pd pd Stamper, W. H.
pd pd pd
'Pd. pd
Ru&amp;'!ell, .Mrs. $. E.
pd . Sheets, Malinda
pd pd
. SU!mper, A. L.
pd pd pd Tine, Rose
pd pd pd
Ruesell. Mamie
pd I ~!Jeets, Anna
p&lt;l pd p·l. jStamper, A. B.
pd pd· pd [Tollive-r, Luther F.
pd
Jl.uther:futd. Robt,
pd· od pd ·:hclton, N. F.
µd
Stamper, T. E.
pd, Tollfver, J. W.
Pd
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;,l,epherd, Wih .r11 :.id nd p \ Stam)&gt;llr, Nancy J. · pd
ITolhver, Neva
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pd pd pd !Stamper. Pol~ J .
pd pd pd Tucker, Wade R.
pd
Rutherford, Isom
pd
Shepherd, D . F.
pd pd pd Stamper, Lessie R. pd pd
Tucker, J. A.
pd
lluth~.ri()Td, Tho"'- pd pd pd I Shepherd, ,Jo'hn
pd
I Suimper, R. E.
pd pd 1Tucker, S. F.
pd pd pd
Rutherford, Creed M.
; Shep here!, Cora
pd pd pd Stamper. Lessie
pd Tucker, .J. A. J.
.p'd pd pd
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pd pd pd I Shepherd, Talty Pd. Yr. 1926 Stamper, Laura
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Pld
Rutherford, Rcr•
:P&lt;i pd pd j Shuler, A lbert E. pd pd pd Steadham, R. L.
pd
Tucker. Ray E.
pd pd
ltut-h'Crford, A . L. M. pd pd pd Shuler, s .C.
pd pd; pd Steadham. Nora
pd
Tucker, Dora
pd pd pd
Ruthserfo1·d. D, M . pd pd
I Shuler, R .F.
pd pd pd Stone, J . F,
pd pd pd Tucker, Ceha J.
pd pd pd
RuflherfXJrd, Water
pd
! Shuler, F. Cedelln pd 11a pd ,Stone, W. N.
pd1 pd pd ·rucker, Nancy l!i.
pd pd1
~uthe11ford, Ale-x
pd pd Shuler, Mintie M .
pd pd pd Stone, J. M .
pd pd pd Tucker, Omie a.
pd
Rutheriord, .rohni
pd pd 1Shuler, Susan T.
pd pd· pa Stone, _L. C.
pd
pd Tucker, Orno.
P... ppdd pd
RuthA:?rford, V. W.
pd Shumate, J .Doll
pd
Stone Beulah
pd
Turner, W. W.
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Rptherford, Minnie p&lt;I pd pd Shumate, K. A.
pd pd' pd Stuart. L. G.
pd
pd Turner, .Rosa A.
pd .p-d· pd
Ru.therford,Almedia pd pd
Shumate, Kenley F. pd pd
!Stuart. John
pd
Vaught, A. F.
pd pd pd
RutherJlo.l"d, B. B.
pd pd• pd ~humate, Brack
pd pd
Stuart, 0. W.
pd pd
Vaught. 0. R.
pd pd, pd
Rutherford, Mattie C .
Shumate, T. J.
pd pd· pd Sturgill, F. M.
pd•
pd Vaught, R. E.
pd pd .pd
pd pd pd Shumate, Rev. J . R. pd pd pd Sturgill, J. E.
pd pdi pd Vaught, Ollie M.
pd pdl pd
Rut.heford, Ve_rn~
pd pd pd S humate, J. F.
•p&lt;l; pd· pd ' stanford, Alma
pa pd Vaught, Minnie M. pd pd
Ruther ford, L1zz.1e pd nd pd Shumate Jenn-ae
od pd pd IStanford, Pearl 111.
pd
Vaught, Martha J. pd pd ·Pd
R.ut.herford, Mau.d ~d
pd Shumate, Carrie
pd pd
j' Stanford, .Lucinda
·pd Vaull!bb. Ellen
pd pd pd
Rutherford, H. A._ pd pd pd . Shum.ate, Kate.
pd: pd pd Suits. J. E.
pd pd pd \ra ugh.t, Nan
pd )ld pd
Ruther,ford, Nanme p.d
!Shumate, Carrie L.
pd iSuits, .r. A.
pd pd ~aught, Minnie A.
pd
Ruth.erford·, Maggie
pd pd : Shupe, Bert
pd pd
:suits, Winnie
pd
\•anhoy, J. W.
.J)'d. pd pd
Rutherford, Lillie
,
pd I Sizemore. J W
pd· pd·
Suits, Myrtle
pd pd pd Vanhoy, .Ea'd
~ pd pd
Sage, Leste r
pd pd pd S izemore, .roiin ·
pd Suits, Minnie
pd pd Vanhoy, L. R.
pd• pd pd
:-:nge, .T. T.
pd pd pd Sizemore, Lou
Pd Sulltvan, F. M.
pd pd. pd ! Vanhoy, J. H.
pd pd p.d
Sage, J ••T.
p.d pd pil Smith, E. 1\f.
pd pd
Sullivan, .r. A.
pd pd 'Pd Vanhoy, Fred
.pd
Sage, Roscoe
p,d pd pd Sm~th, H. C.
pd
Sullivan, G. C.
pd
Vanhoy, Nancy A.. pd pd pd
Sage, J. L .
pd pd pd Smith, Hattie El
pd• pd pd Sullivan, M. C.
pd pd pd Vanhoy, Laura E.
pd pd pd
Sage, Maggie
,pd pd• pd Smithers, W. J. ·
pd pd pd Sull~van W. ~pd pd pd Van.h(ly, Verna E.
pd
pd
Sage, Mary
p,d
Sparks, W. R.
pd· pd pi! Sulhvan, Lessie
pd•
Var;ho·y , Ullie
pd' .pd ji,d
Sage, uola
µd pd pd Spark"' Jo.tin
pd pd pd Sullivan, Ellen
pd pd pd 'Vanhoy\ A.lice
Pd
Sage, Snrs.h
pd Sparks, A J
pd pd Sullivan, RoS!l
pd •pd pd Waddel • '-'· E.
pd pd Pd
Sage, Penrl
Pd. Yr. 1926 Sparks Eitle
pd
pcl Sullivan, Margarett pd
Waddell, J. W.
pd pd pd
Sanders, Jrro. W.
pd pd pd Sparks: El izabeth.C. pd' pd pd Sull!van, Alice
pd
Waddell, C. H.
pd .¢
San.ders1....Qelter M. pd
Sparks, Mrs. w. R.
pd
Sull~van; Nora
pd
Waddell, Eugene
p&lt;i pd
Sayers, Welburn R. ,pd
Sparks, D. L.
pd' pd• pd Sull!vnn, Inn.
pd Waddell, Martha C. ptl pd pu
Sawyer&amp;. W .,R.
p.d . Sparks, R. R
pd pd pd : Su1hvan, Lu1itnda
pd Waddel~ Maude
pd pd p.d
Sayers, Ma~ti~
pd
pd Speake, W.R.
pd pc!· pd ,' Sutberland, J. z,
pd pd
Wagg, J. W.
.p'd pd pdSawye!'s, Molhe
pd
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pd pd p.d Sutherland, Lettie Mae
Wagg, J. T.
pd pd· pd
SebaEJt!an, W. w_.
pd pd pd Spealcs, Gincy c.
pd pd Pd
pd• pd
Wagg, C. A.
pd pd pd
Sebasf.!an, Charlie R. pd
pd !Spene.er, Gwyn
pd· p.d'
Summers. Q._ H.
pd pd pd Wagg, Dr. A. W.
pd
pd
Sebast!an, E.
,pd n.d pd Spencer, Everett
pd
Sullins, Hess1e 111.
pd
Wagg, S. W.
J)fd .pd Pd
Sebiwt!an, M.
pd pd pd Spencer, Lonnie P.
pd
pq TayJor, C. F.
'Pd
Wagg, 'Al.Ima• II
pdi .p d Pd!
Seba~an, C.
pd pd pd Spencer, Orie L.
pd• pd pd Taylor, Calvin
pd
Wagg, L. J.
pd pd pd
i?,ebast!an, Dent
pd pd pd Spencer, Blake
pd pd pd Taylor, Steve
pd pd pd Wagg, Sallie F.
pd pd: Pd
~ebast!an, Stev.e B.
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J&gt;d $peneer, E. M.
pd pd
Tayl or, W. E.
pd
Wagg, Hattie
pd pd· pd
Sebn~an, Enn~ce,
pd pd
Spencer, W. G.
pp' pd pd Taylor, Andy
pd .pd pd Wagg, Mattie
pd
Sebastian, Lettie
pd p
. d p.d Spencer, Kilb)·
p.d pd pd ' Taylor, H. J.
pd· pd&lt; pd Walton, E. W.
pd pd
Sebast~an; Ro;ie .
pd
Spencer, Chns. E.
pd pd
Tavlor, J. R.
pd pd pd Walton, S. V.
pd .pd pd
~ebast!al'\, M:mrue
pd pd pd Spencer, S. A.
pd pd pd TA)·lor, Laura
pd pd pd Walton, Floyd
pd pd pd
Sebastian, May
pd pd pd S pencer J. O
pd pCI pd Taylor, Lela M.
pd .p.d pd Walton, Ceborb
@·
Sebastian, Jennie
pd pd
Spencer: D. E.
pd pd pd Taylor, M. J.
d pd •pd Walt~n, T. F.
p-d, pd pd
Sebastian, Bettie
p,d pd pd Spence1·, Marshall pd pd pd Taylor, Ett.a
pd Pd , pd Walton, J. M.
pd pd pd
Rebastian, Matti'!!
pd f.i1&gt;cncer, W. I.
pd pd pd Tedder, B. 'L.
pd pd pd Walton, C. s.
pd pd
Seba'Slt.ian, Kate 'Pd. Yr. 1926 Spencer, C. W.
pd pd pd Tedder, L. l3.
pd pd ·µd Walton, Wayne
pd
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p.d Spe11cer, G. H.
pd pd pp Teater, J. L.
pd pd pd Walton, Mary
pd
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pd pd pd S pencer, Orville
pd· pd pd Tester, Etf.!l A.
pd pd pd Walton, idary J .
pd
Sells, C. W.
pd
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pd
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pd pd
1Spencer, W. T. (Bud)pd pd pd Teste1-.
Sells, G .. W.
pd I
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pd pd pd Walk er, J. F.
p"d IJ4• pd
Sells, C. M.
pd pd Speireer, D. M.
pd' pd pd Testerman&gt; C. M.
pd p.di pd Walker, C. E.
p'dl ,pd) pd
Se'lls, Cla~·
pd
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p,d
Testermatt, Lester W
Walker, Quertvpt!
Sells, Al~ie
pd
Spencer, G. F.
pd pd pd Testerman, Thos. M. pd
pd Walker, Johny Watson
Sells, Pluna
pd· ,pd pd Spencer. Wiley T. pd· pd' pd Testerman., W. B. pd pd
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pd pd pd Spencer, W. W.
pd pd pd Testerman, J. S.
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pd· pd pd Spencer, Mitchell
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pd pd
Senter, .J. q.
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Senter .Malissa
pd
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pd
. Young:, .El~zahei"th ; pd
p;d
Ward, Titia
pd pd pd Weaver, Effie
pd
Wood, Floy:d
p.d
Young, Celia
pd pd pd
Ward, America
pd pd pd "'enver, Mattie
pd
Wood, C. L.
pd .
pd 1 Y-oung, Id.a .
pct
Ward', Laura
pd pd pd Weaver, Mattie .J.
pd Wood, M. P.
P.d Young, Laura
pd
pd
Ward, Came
pd pd pd Weaver, Effie P.
pd Wood, Laura
pd pd
M. E.
pd~ pd pd
1Young,
Ward, Lillie B.
pd pd pd Weaver. Artie·
pd
Wood, Martha
pd d
Young, Lillie 11{.
pd
pd
Ward, Ettie
pd 11d
Wea¥1!r, Lizzie
pd pa Wood, Iva M.
pd p .
Young, Ellen
pd pd pd
Ward, Ettie E.
pd Weaver, Fanny
pd Wood, Ella
pd
Young, Laura
pd
Ward, Bettie
pd pd pd Weaver. Beulab
pd Wood, Iva
pd Young, Nora C.
pd pd pd
Ward, Jincy
pd Weiss, T. M.
pd pd pd Woods, Geo. H.
pd pd pd You11g, J .. Clyde
pd
Ward, Bettle
pd Weiss, B. C.
' pa
Woods, R. H.
pd. pd pd Young, C!ee
pd pd pd
Ward, Lillie V.
pd pd pd Weiss, L. Agness
pd
Woods, W. W.
pd pd. pd Young, Louisa
pd pd
Ward, Mad~e
pd pd ,p d Wells, G. C.
pd pd' pd Woods, Jno. W.
pd pd pd Young, Mary M.
pd pd' pd
Ward, Molhe
pd pd pcJ Wells. J. F. .
pd pd pd Woods, Earl C.
pd
Young, Dell
pd pd
Ward, Francis
pd
Wells, J. A.
pd pd pd Woods, Beatrice
pd pd. pd Young, Nancy
pd '
Ward. Nam R.
pd pd pd Wells, A. H.
pd pd pr! Woods,. Pearl M.
pd pd pd Young, M-ollie R.
pd pd pd
Ward, Zelle
pd Wells, R. C.
pd ,pd pd Wright, W. B.
pd, .
Young, Stella F.
pd pd
Ward, Zollie M.
pd Wells, J. F.
pd
Wright, W. F.
pd pd .pd Young, Bernice
pd
Ward, Ruth
Pd. Yr. 1926 Wells, Lul a
pd pd pd Wright, J. P.
pd pd pd Young, Lillie
pd
Ward, Vergie
pd
Wells,
Anna
Cox
pd
pd
pd
W.right,
J.
A.
pd
pd
pd
Young,
Mittie
pd
Ward, Verna
pd
We.I
ls.
Grace
E.
pd
pd
pd
Wright,
D.
C.
pd ,pd pd Young, Mary E.
pd
\\Tatkins, C. E.
pd
Wells, Sallie M.
pd
Wright, Callie H.
pd
Young, Rose E.
pd
Watkfns, J. ti.
pd
Wells, Etta
Jld pd pd I Wright, Mit:1lie B.
pd
Young, Mattie Mae
pd pd
Watkms, Lucy J.
pd pd
Wells.
Ruth
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1926.
I
Wright.
Callie
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pd
pd Young, Laura A.
pd
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pd pd pd We.s t, Roscoe
pd.
Wrig.ht, Virginia G.
pd. pd Young, Naucy A.
pd, pd
\Vatson, Hugh
pd pd pd
R. L.
pd pd \Vyatt, Leonard
pd
Young, Rose
pd
Watson, Johnie Pd. Yr. l92S West.
Wheatley, B. w.
pd pd
Wyatt, Lundy
pd·
pd Young, Mertie B.
pd
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pd·
\Vheatley, J. F.
pli pd pd Wo/att. S. S.
pd
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pd
Watson, Ollie M. pd pd pd Wheatley, Annie
pd' pd
Wyatt, J. D. .
pd P.d pd Yonce, S. T.
pd pd
War:ren, E. P.
pd pd
Wheatley, Drucie A.
Wyatt, Dewey
pd Yonce. Oma
pd pd
Warren, T. R.
pd pd pd
pd pd pd Wyatt, T-om
Pd.. Yr. 1926 York, Lewis N.
pd pd pd
Warren, L. P.
pd pd
W.heeler. Dora
pd Wyatt, Mazy
pd
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pd. pd
Warren, J . H.
Wilbar, Dr. J. Q.
pd pd .pd Yates, S. D.
pd
.
Cox, Rev. R. C.
pd pd pd
Warren, Carrie J .
pd
Wilblir. Eli~abclh pd pd. pd Young, L N.
pd .pd pd Cox, Wiley
pd pd .
Warren, Cora
p-0.
Wiles, E. E.
pd pd
YoUllg, J. V.
pd. pd· 'pd Cox, Reece
pd pa
Wallace, Elizabeth pd
Wiles,
J.
C.
pd
pd
pd
Young,
M.
Cleon
pd
pd·
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Cox,
Julia
.
pd
pa pd
Weaver, T. J.
pd
pu Wiles, Celia
pd
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. pd pd
G.e ntry, Mandy
pd
\V-eaver, A. M.
pd pd
Wiles, Ruby
pd pd
Young; a. F .
P,d pd' pd Perkins, Troy
pd
Weaver. Rob~·
pd pd Prl Wiles, Martha J.
pd pd
Yoong, J. A.
pct pd
Perkins, Jane
pd
Weaver, J. u.
pd pd pd I Wiles, Munice
pd·
Young, S. F.
pd pd pd Parsons, Handy
pd
Weaver, C. H .
pd pd Wiles, Irrez
pd pd
Young, F. G.
pd pd' pd Parsollll, Vascar Wayne
pd
Weaver, Granville pd
pd
Wile$,
Grace
pd
YQung,
E.
G.
pd,
pd
Parsona,
Mrs.
Ann
pcl
pd ,
W-eaver, E. B.
pd pd pd Wiles, Martha
pd Young, W. M.
pd pd pd McMillian, Gre1?k
p.:l
Weaver, Guffy
pd pd
Williams, \V. J.
pd
Young, J. B.
pd pd pd McKenn~·· Lyd'B
pd
Weaver, Arthur
pd
Williams, T .•J.
pd i)d pd Younrg, F. L.
P.d lld
Phipps, Dailey
pd pd
Weaver, Quincy
pd pd pd Williams, T. R.
pd pd pd Yollng, Jas. A.
pd. pd pd Phipps, Verna
pd
Weaver, W. W.
.pd pd pd Williams, O. A.
pd pd pd Young, Robt. M.
pd pd pd Phipps, Jim
pd
Weaver, E. F.
pd pd pd Williams, H. D.
pd pd pd Y-oung, Lake A.
pd pd
Phipps, Belford
pd
Weaver, Grant
pd pd pd \V11liams, Norman
pd
Young, W. H.
pd, pd
Isom, Bob
o pd pd
Weaver, Olaborne M.
Williams. J. D'.
ird
Young, Luther
pd .
Isom, Millie
pd
pd pd pd Williams, Gertie
pd
Young, E. B.
pd• pd pd Osborne, Coy
pd
Weaver, W. F.
JYd pd pd Williams Dorn F. pd
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pd pd P,d Osborne, Conlv
pt!
\Vcaver, H. S.
pd pd pd Williama,' Berdia J . · pd pd pd Young, F. Mc.
pd pd pd Osborrte, Pearl
pd
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pd pd pd Williams. Inez E.
pd
Young, J. F .
pd pd· pd Osborne, Meda
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Anders, E. S.
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Anders, Ranah
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pd pd
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Alexander, M. G.
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Anderson, Sar':h
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pd pd pd Boyer. Alice A.
pd .pd &lt;;;un oy. Dorn
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Rnwcrs , D. H.
p,J pd pd Cnlhoun. V. A .
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pd Billings, Jlfoo
pd pd pd Bowcre, E. P.
pd pd Culhoun, '!'. M .
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pd Billin~ Emmn
pd pd pd Dow ers. A. A.
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pd Billings. Jdn
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pd pr! Cnlhoun . Nor n
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pd pd pd OOWCJ"I!, co~ola
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pd
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pd pd pd Cnr r ico, T . J .
pd pd pd
1
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pd Brewer, F. J.
rd pd p 1I Cn rri •·o. T . W.
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Bledsoe, Bettie , pd pd
i Bre wer. G. C.
pd pd pd Cnrrico, L. "pd pd pd
pd Rledsoc, Linnie
pd pd pd Brewer, E. C.
pd JJd pd Carrico..I . H.
pd pd pd
pd , Bledsoe, Mrs. R. V.
pd Brewer, S. M.
pd pd 1&gt;&lt;1 Carrico, W. •l .
pd pd pd
pd Bled11oc, Ellzuliu~h
pd Drewer, W. lit.
pu 11d Carrico. S. W .
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pd Bland; G. C.
pd pd
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pd
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pd pd pd
pd j Bland, l::iibbie
pd pd
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pd (;nrrico, Snrn
pd p d pd
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pd pd Brewer, Mollie M . pd 11u pd 11:11rrico. Co lum bus. pd pd pd
pd Boone..J. G.
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Brewe r, Callie
pd pd pd Carrie: ... Stunrt
pd pd pd
pd I Boone. Cora
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I Elrew er, Bettie
pd pd pd '1 Carrico. W . K .
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pd Bolt; Garroet.t
pd pd pd Bre wer, Nettie
pd pd
Carrico. Lnura
pd pd pd
Bolt, J . M.
pd pd pd Brewer. Willie
pd
Carrico . .M ngi;ie
pd pd
Uolt, Thos.
pd pd pd Brewer, Dallns
pd pd pd Ca rrico, Laura
pd p d pd
pd , Bolt, W. E.
pd pd pd 1Brew er, Bessie
pd pd pd Carrico, Effn A.
pd
pd Bolt.. Bettie
pd pd pd Brewer, Lillie !\toy
pd Cnrrir o. Moll ie A.
pd
pd Bolt, Maude
pd
Brewer, llfra John
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pd Bolt, Artcnce
pd pd pd Bre wer, Nettie Kt.
ptl Currie (). Maude
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prl Bolt, Annie
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pd Brewer, Mrs. Jnmes
pd Cnrrico, Almeda
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pd IJourne, K .M.
pd
Drewer, Lizzie
pd Cnrrl ~o. Elizalrn Lh
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pd Bourne, J, C.
pd pd pd 1 Brannock, T. E.
pcl pd pd Carrico, Leasie
pd pd t1
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pd Bourne, L. M.
pd pd pd 13ranoock, Fnnnic
pd pd pd Carrico, M edn
pd pd pd
pd Bourne, L. C.
pd pd pd Ur~·ar.t. Joe
pd pd pd Carrico, Lutic
pd pd
pd Bourne, M. C.
pd pd pd Bryaut, L D.
pd pd pd Carrier , Dettic
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pd 8t1urne. S. L.
pd P.d pd Bryn n ~. Emmn
r&gt;rl pd pd Ca1Tico. Mollie
pd pd
Bourne, M. L.
pd pd pd Bryant. Lillie
pd pd pd Carrico. Maud e F..
pd
Bourne, W. T.
pd pd pd Qrackens, S. C.
pd pd pd Carrico, Mnn· G.
pd
nourne, J. F.
pd pd
Urackens, Ellen
pd Can.ado, R. w.
pd pd pd
pd Pouine, ,J. s.
pd pd pd Burri&amp;, .Jno.
pd
Cnnnda, J\lrs. R. w. pd pd
Bourne, Blliott
pd Burr!&amp;., J. H.
pd pd pd CanadR, Nena
pd
pd Bou rne, lfoward M.
pd Bums, E . J.
pd pd pd Caudill. C. R.
pd
pd B'Jurne, Pauline
pd pd pd 1B urr!s. J. W.
pd pd pd Ca ll oway, J. R.
pd pd pd
8 u1r1~. C. T.
pd Bourne Hattie
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pd pd pd Cullowar. H. n.
pd pd pd
. Bourne'. Ui:~ie
pd pd • I Burris, A. P.
pd pd pd Callowny, A. N.
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I Burris, .J. W.
pd pd
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pd pd pd
pd 1Rourne, Snddie
pd pd
I Burris,J. G.
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pd Bourne, Mynlc
pd pd pd Burri3, Geo.
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pd pd pd
pd Bourne, Lela
pd pd
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pd Catron. J. L.
pd pd pd
pd Bourne Floraiia
pd pd pd Burris. J . T.
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pd Burris. Martin
pd Catron, W. C.
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pd pd
. Boyer. W. H.
pd pd pd Burr!a, Sarah E.
pd Catron, E. W.
pd pd pd
d Boyer, G. H.
pd pd pd Bur.~. Nannie
pd Catron, H. E.
pd pd· pd
Pd Boyer, ll. F.
pd· pd
Burris, Oma
pd Catron, Stuart
pd pd pd
gd 1~oyer, J. E.
pd pd pd Burria, Fl ora
pd Catron, W. E.
pd
d oyer, C. W.
pd· pd pd Burnett, Ii. P.
pd pd pd Catron, C. C.
pd
P Boyer, James
pd pd pd Burnett, Dora
pd pd pd Catron, Var..c e
pd pd pd
PP~ Boyer, J oe
pd pd pd Buri.on, Mrs. S. J.
pd Catron, Roy C .
d
d Boyer, R. L.
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pd Catron, Bay~ K. Pd. Yr. 19:f .
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P Boyer, L. W.
pd pd pd Byrd, J. L.
pd pd pd Ca tron, Lura
pd pd pd
d Boyer, E. W.
pd pct pd Byrd, J. M.
pd pd pd Cat ron, Emma
pd.
pd
P Boyer, J . W.
pd pd
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pd pd
Catron, .Molhc
pd pd
P~ Soyer, Worth
pd pd pd Byrd, M. H.
pd pd pd Catron, Vernn
pd pd
Ppd Boyer, laaac
pd pd pd Byrd, Mont
pd
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pd pd
d Boyer, .r. K.
pd pd pd Byrd, S. R.
pd pd pd Catron, Jen11ic
pd pd
P S.:iver, Cullen
pd pd pd Oyrd, Will
pd
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pd pd pc1
Pp~ l ~oyer,~E. 0.r.
pd pd pd B:yrd, Will
pd
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pd pd pd
d a oyer , · Wyn
pd pd pd Byrd, F. M.
pd• pd Catron, Aunli nc
pd pd pd
Ppd Of:loyer, E. C.
pd pd pd Byrd, K. P.
pd pd Catron, Mary
pd p'd pd
P&lt;l oyer, . T.
pd pd pd Byrd, W, E.
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pd pd . By.rd, W. El.
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Pd Boyer, J. N.
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pd Catron , Lillie,
pd pd pd
P Boyer, Thoe. W.
pd pd' pd 1B,vrd, Eura
pd
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pd Boyer, Edd H..
pd pd pd Byrd, Madge
pd pd
Catron, Lola
pd. pd pd
Boyer, Lamer
pd pd pd Byrd, Fany
pd
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d Boyer, J. E.
pd ·Byrd , Julia
pd pd pd Catron, Mrs. E. W. pd
P j Boyer, Garnett
pd pd Byrd, Mary
pd
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pd pd
Boyer, Pauline
(1d pd pd Byrd, Josie
pd od pd Catron, Mnrthn
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pd 1Boyer, Car'.l line
pd pd pd Byrd, Sarah
pd Pd pd Catron, I ne z
pd pd pd
pd , Boyer. Snllle n.
pd pd pd Byrd, Emma
pd
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pd
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pd
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pd ~rd, Sarah
pd
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P Elr&gt;yer, Sarah
pd pd pd ~srd, 1'll'll. M. E.
pd Catron, Almira V.
pd
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pd pd pd Byrd, Nan
pd Catron. Lola
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P Boyer, Dora
pd pd pd Byrd, Emma R.
pd Ca.tron, Nannie J.
pd
Boyer, Emma
pd pd pd Carr, F. L.
pd pd pd Cnrry, Verna
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Boyer, Cora
pd pd
Carr, Will ie
pd
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pd Boyer , Maud e
pd pd pd Carr, Ada
p·d
Childress, R. c.
pd pd' pd
Boyer, Sue
pd pd- pd Cassell, J. F.
pd Jld pd Childress, Lola
pd pcl pd
Pj Boyer, D.elia
pd pd pd Calll!ell, M. C.
pd pd ptl Cline, W. R .
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pd
~U tyer, Tr Ida
pd pd pd Ca!IS1!11, C. G.
pd pd Cline, Alice
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pd pcJ. pd Casaell, Olli e
pd pd pd Clark, Mila
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pd Boyer Cholrie
pd Cass ell, Maude
p'd pd pd Clark, Sallie C.
pd
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pd C&amp;s11ell, Ollie P.
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OLDTOWN DISTRICT
Toliver, R . L.
Toliver, Fr.ccl
Toliver, Margie
Toliver, Fred
Tidilinc, S. K..
Tidiline, Louella
T.idlline. L . E.
Va lentine, Jnmes
Vnle~ Philis
Wolfe, Mack
Wolfe, Crockett
Willis, J . W.
\Villiam.s, H. J.
Williams, Nora B.
Williams. Jor.dlon
Wnugh, R. L.
Waugh, Tbornns
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Grayson County,

This dny personally appear1..o.d before me, in the! Clerk's
ofi1co of the Co.u.nty aforesaid,
in the State of Virglin!a, A. M.
Kirk, Treasurer. of Grayson
Co unty, w,h'O made oath that
tb.e foreg.oing ill a list of perllODS, who •have paid tbeir State
poU taJC, as aet out in the caption, aw that tbe same is tnie
nod C&lt;ll'rect to the best of ·h is
knowledga and belief.
GivenJ undlar my hnnd this
the 2~d day of June 1926.
T . E. BRANNOCK. 9lerk.
A Copy_ Teste:
T. E. BRANNOCK, Clerk.

The 24th Amendment Ended the Poll Tax
January 23, 1964
Many Southern states adopted a poll tax in the late 1800s. This meant that even though the 15th
Amendment gave former slaves the right to vote. many poor people. both blacks and whites, did
not have enough money to vote. This effectively kept the selection of elected officials in the
hands of rich, white men.

Ratification of the Twenty-fourth Amendment marked the culmination of an endeavor begun in
Congress in 1939 to effect elimination of the poll tax as a qualification for voting in federal
elections. Property qualifications extend back to colonial days, but the poll tax itself as a
qualification was instituted in eleven States of the South following the end of Reconstruction,
a lthough at the time of the ratification of this Amendment only five States still retained it.
Congress viewed the qualification as "an obstacle to the proper exercise of a citizen's franchise"
and expected its removal to "provide a more direct approach to participation by more of the
people in their government." Congress similarly thought a constitutional amendment necessary,
inasmuch as the qualifications had previously escaped constitutional challenge on several
grounds. However, not long after ratification of the Amendment Congress by statute had
impuned the continuing validity of the poll tax as a qualification in state elections and the
Supreme Court had voided it as a violation of the equal protection clause.
In Harman v . Forssenius, the Court struck down a Virginia statute which eliminated the poll tax
as an absolute qualification for voting in federal elections and gave federal voters the choice
either of paying the tax or of filing a certificate of residence six months before the election.
Viewing the latter requirement as imposing upon voters in federal elections an onerous
procedw·al requirement which was not :imposed on those who continued to pay the tax, the Court
unanimous ly h e ld the law to conflict with the new Amendment by penalizing those who chose to

exercise a right guaranteed them by the Amendment.

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�Page 19 7

Botetourt County, Virginia Death Records - Continued
HIPES, James E. - b ca 1846 Bot. Co. - 10 June 1854 - f Harrison Hipes - m Sarah - cd scarlet
fever - rep by father
HIPES, James F. - b ca 1851 Bot. Co. - d 14 May 1862 - age 11 y - f Alexander HlPES - m A - cd
diptheria [diphtheria] - rep by father
IDPES, Mary E. - b 1856 - d 1935 - w/o J. H. HIPES ( 1858-1 937) - Ref Brick Union gravestone

RIPES, Nicholas - d by April 1802 - Ref Will Book p 14, will dated 1 March 1802 - wife
Apolonia; Ch John, Peter, Henry, Maria, Elizabeth (md _ ABLE) , Barbary ( late Hammon),
Madeline (rod (Jacob] Gross), Margaret
IDPES, Ralph Lewis - b 14 April 191 3 Bot Co - d 5 Nov 1913 - fC . f. Hipes (born VA) - m Ida
May (ANDERSON) (born VA) - buried Mount Union Cem - cd diptheria (diphtheria]

HIPES, Samuel F. _ b ca 1853 Bot Co - d 24 June 1854 - f Harrison HIPES - m Sarah - cd scarlet
fever - rep by father
HIPES, Sarah - b ca 1859 Bot Co. - d 13 May 1862 - age 2y 7m - f Alexander HIPES - m A. - cd
diptheria [diphtheria] - rep by father
RIPES, William A - b ca 1845 Bot - d 19 June 1854 - f
Sarah - cd scarlet £ever - rep by rather

Harrison HIPES - m

HITE see Tavenner BEALE
HIVELY, Jacob - d by Feb 1810 appraisal ordered - Ref WB C p45, 47 , 101, 121,
dower, appraisment, sale &amp; settlement - wife Fanny - admr 5 Anna HIVELY, Jo~
HIVELY
HIVELY, Peter (rendered servi ce to US) - d by Feb 1815 - Ref WB B p429
appraisal

HODGES see Laura Emmiean HILL, Laura Elserline HILL
HODGES, David L - b 20 Jan 1870 Va - d 17 Mar 1914 - f T C HODGES (b Va) _ m
Mary S (CALLAHAN) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd gas in mines
HODGES, 'Rinfrey Raymond - b 23 June 1912 Buchanan - d 2 Mar 1913 - f J E
HOD~ES_(~ Va) - m Mahaley (PREAS) - b uri ed Buchanan Cem - cd pneumonia &amp;

mening1t1s

HOFF see BUFF, Elizabeth FIRESTONE, Hannah V NOFFS~~GER
RUFF, Lewis - d by Aug 1823 - Re£ WB C p396, will dated 25 Jan 1823 - wife
Rachel; Ch Abraham, Daniel, David, Peter, Catherine, John, Maryan, Sam~el

HOFF, Samuel J - d by 13 Oct 1862 - Adm Sarah HOFF

BOGAN see Emery J BOOTHE, John James CRAWFORD, Ira Price GISH

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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Char1es P - b 3 Nov 1861 - d 15 Oct 1950 - h/o Cynthia E BOGAN grave Hogan - Old Cem (Litt le Catawba)

HOGAN,

b 8 Mar 1865 - d 30 Nov 1929 - w/o Charles P BOGAN - grave
Hogan-Old Cem (Little Cat awba)

HOGAN,

Cynthia E -

b

ROGAN, Elmira -

25 J an 1834 -

d 10 Feb 1906 - grave Hogan-Old Cem (Little

Catawba)
Hogan.,

Green -

3 1 July

b

1819 - d 24 Nov 1902 - grave Hogan- Old Cem (Little

Catawba)
HOGAN, Mary E - b ca 1820 - d 9 Mar 1821 - age 3m 18d - f
m Elizabeth - rep in " Herald of the Valley " 12 Mar 1821
HOGAN, Mary V -

b

29 Nov 1832 -

Zachariah BOGAN -

d 18 May 1877 - w/o J W HOGAN - gr ave Mill

Creek Cem
b &amp; d (no dates) - age 69y - w/o W B BOGAN - grave Rogan- Old
Cem (Li t t l e Catawba)

HOGAN, Minerva -

HOGAN,

b 1855 -

Sarah -

d 1937 - grave Hogan - Old Cem (Little Catawba)

W B - b 23 Jan 1857 - d 12 Jan 1934 - h/o Minerva - grave Hogan- Old
Cem (Li t tle Catawba)

HOGAN ,

HOGAN., William B - b 8 Mar 18 93 Bot Co - d 5 July 1915 - f Craig BOGAN (b Va)
- m Mary (DWIER) (b Bot Co) - buried Hayrnakertown Cem - cd Epi thelioma of

face
b 4 Mar 1814 - d 23 Oct 1884 - h/ o Mariah R HOGSHEAD (1820Ref Amsterdam gravestone

HOGSHEAD, James -

1 898) -

HOG SHEAD, Mariah R -

1884) HOILMAN,

b 16 Apr 1820 - d 3 Feb 1898 - w/o James HOGSHEAD (181LiRef Amsterdam grave st one
Sidna E -

hoop in g cough -

b ca 1851 - d 15 June 1853 - f Adison HOILMAN - m E - cd
rep by father

HOLDREN, Ida Lee - b 25 Oct 1912 Bot Co - d 26 Aug 1914 - f Smith HOLDREN (b
Bot Co) - m Rosa (CRAWFORD) (b Bot Co) - buried Saltpeter Cave Cem - cd

Cholera Inf an tum

HOLEAWAY see Jo seph HAYNES
HOLMES,
June l 77-9f-

d by 12 June 1793 (son called an orphan) - son Thomas (b 12

HOLMES, Mattie -

d by 17 Jan 1919 - cd natural causes - Ref Inquest papers

HOLS TINE (or HOLSTON )

see Nicholas CARPER, Thomas PRICE, Samuel CALDWELL.,

Micajah ADAMS

HOLSTON, David (maybe Bolton) - d by 9 May 1831 (ch cal led orphans ) - Ch

Henry W, Jacob J, Elizabeth Ann

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HOLSTON, Henry Sr - d by Feb 1805 - Ref WB B p90 , Will dated 16 Sep 1804 wife Mers ey; Ch Stephen, Henry, Raebel, Sarah (md
LOONEY); Mary (md [John ]
SNODGRASS), Ruth (md
CALDWELL); Elizabeth (md -~ADAMS), Mersey (md 1789
[Robert] Mccorcle) - Exr Henry HOLSTON - [Va Gen sO'C""Quar , Vol 2 p65 : Micajab ADAMS, Rev soldier (1757-1842) , Sullivan Co, TN, md El izabeth HOLSTON
(1763 - 1842) both buri ed Acuff Chape l Cem, Bl ountv il le , TN . ] - See Bot Co , Va ,
DB 9 p319 , his h eirs sold land to Richard SUMMER FIELD: h eirs were , at least
some f rom Tn ; Stephen HOLSTEIN (Jane); Hu gh CALDWELL ( Ruth), John SNODGRASS
(~ary~; Henry HOLSTEIN ( Margaret ) ; Rachel HOLSTIEN; Mo ses LOONEY ( Sarah);
Michail ADAMS ( Elizabeth) ; Robert McCORKLE ( Ma s sy )
BOLTON see HOLSTON
HONAKER, Mary Magdalene - b 29 June 1912 Va - d 17 June 1913 - f Charlie E
HONAKER Cb Va) - m Louis a (VINES) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Gem - cd bronchitis
HONTZ see HOUTZ (hard to tell which sometimes), David NOFFSINGER
HONTS, Anderson H - b 21 June 1838 - d 2 Sep 1901 - f
[Elizabeth] - gr ave Mt Mar i ah Lutheran Cem

[Henry HONTS ] - m

HO~S , Berta L (unmd) - d by 1926 Bot Co Heir Lis t - f Anderson H HONTS - m
Marie SCHENCK - Relatives : bros, siss , etc: Cassie S AVILLE (b ca 1874);
Lorena S NOFSINGER (b ca 1865)• Laura E BOOZE (b ca 1870); James H (b ca 1868)
G E (b
. '
·
b
:a 1862); Emory (b ca 1877); nephews Guy, Emory M, Frank, John &amp; Oklaoma; nieces, Etta GOZA, Inez GOZA, Mary GOZA, 8 Eli zabeth HONTS , Minnie
SAVILLE &amp; Hallie L SAVILLE
HONTZ, Evelin - b ca 1851 Bot Co - d 7 Oct 1 862 - age lly Om 12d - f Henry
HONTZ - m Eliza - cd diptheria _ rep by mother
HONTS, George Ed. - b 2 Nov 1872 - 29 Sep 1953 Bot Co Heir l ist - f Ander s on
~HONTZ - m Mariah SCRENCC _ h/o Maude (1876-1959) - Ref Eagle Rock Gravestone
~~)~nder~on B (b ca 1888); Gay FOSTER (b ca 1900) ; Luc ille FULTON (b ca
\' ~a-r-i.on \IOOD (b ca 1 903) · Paulin e HOUSER (b ca 1905); GE Jr (b ca
1906
E .·;Ernest (b ca 1907) · Ca~~iine ET ZLER (b ca 1910) ; Milton (b ca 1913);
loise POWELL (b ca 1915) ; ~obert T1 (b ca 1918)

19

~ONTS, Henry - b l Jan 1811

d 7 Jan 1901 gravestone - f Henry HONTS - m
Matber~e COFFMAN_ wife lst-Elizabeth OBENSHAIN; 2nd Martha DELONG - grave
t

Mariah Lutheran Cem

HONTZ' J aco\)

appo1nt ~d _ W~ r.d by Aug 181) _ Ref WB C p3S , 231 , 273 , appraisal &amp; admr
Nov 1
lee Polly - On 9 Feb 1829 orphan Polly was aged over lli ; On 9
829
MYERS
orphan Sibley was aged over lli - Admx Polly HONTZ , Admr 1819 John
HONTS,
.
l'
son R Jame s R - b 30 June 186 7 _ d 1936 Bot Co, will &amp; heir
is t - f Ander8 ONTs - m Mariah SCHENCK _ h/o #1 Mamie Love BRUGH , #2 Belle M LUGAR grave : st one at Amsterdam with birth date , buried
·
elsewhere - Ch J. ames (b
. ca
19021
·' Blanche PAYNE (b
)
.
Inez
STINNETT
(b
ca
1906);
Nannie
SMITH
(b
1904
9
c(ba l 08); George (b c~ ~~0)· vi~let (b ca 1912); Franklin (b ca 1915) ; Floyd
ca 1912)
. ,

1

HONTS, Louise BAIR - d ca 1947 Bot Co heir list - f BAIR - hus G E HONTS Jr
(b ca 1907); son G E III

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HONTS, Mamie Love BRUGH - b 26 Apr 1870 - d 21 Mar 1898 - f [ Benjamin F ]
BRUGH - m [Esterline R McCLURE ] - w/o J[ames] H HONTS (b 30 June 1867) grave Amsterdam Cem - survived by an infant, 3 months old - Ref Cronise
Scrapbook 55
HONTS, Maria L[effel] - b 16 July 1835 - d 9 Jan 1923 - f [Dr Ralph SCHENCK]
- m [ Nancy Jane OBENSHAIN ] - bus Anderson H HONTS - grave Mt Mariah Lutheran
Cem - Ch: Laura BOOZE, Lorena S NOFSINGER, Emory M, AB, George Ed, Berta,
Cassie A SAVILLE, James B
HONTS, Maude - b 11 May 1876 - d 3 May 1959 gravestone - f [Benjamin F BRUGH]
- rn [Esterline R McCLURE] - w/o George E HONTS (1872-1953) - Ref Eagle Rock
gravestone
HONTZ, Nancy E - b 4 June 1866 Bot Co - d 25 June 1866 - age 2ld - f Anderson B HONTZ - m Maria L - cd not known - rep by father
HOOFMAN see HUFFMAN, Frederick LEMMON
BOOK see Robert Stephen WHITTEN
Henry H - d ca 1891 - Ref unrecorded wil l filed in "Unrecorded deeds,
etc "
HOOK, Nannie - b ca 1818, ?Bath Co,WV - d 15 Sep 1868 - age SOy - f Stephen
HOOK - m Sarah - cd dropsy - rep by b-i - 1 Lewis Circle

BOOK,

HOOTSEL, Perey Walter - b 22 Apr 1915 Bot Co - d 6 May 1915 - f Oraso HOOTSEL
(b Bot Co) -m Bi ttie (JONES) (b Bot Co) - buried Mount Union Cem - cd prol onged labor
HOOVEN, Jacob - b ca 1807 Bot Co - d 20 Jan 1867 Bot Co - age 60y - f Jacob
HOOVEN - m Catherine - cd information of bowels - rep by nephew James FALLS
HOOVER see Peter FALLS
HOOVER, Frank T - b 23 Sep 1897 - d 25 Oct 1897 - f S T HOOVER - m O M grave Mt Mariah Lutheran Cem
HOPE, Samuel Peck - b 31 Aug 1886 Va - d 13 Apr 1913 - f S S HOPE (b Va) - m
Eliza (PECK) - buried Eagle Rock Cem - cd accidental drowning
HOPKINS, Jos e ph - d by 13 Sep 1808 (dau called an orphan) - dau Elizabeth
(over 14)
HORNE see Rosa Eli zabeth HUFFMAN, Fulvia M RHODES, Elizabeth RICHARDSON
HORNE, Annie B - b 3 Oct 1875 Va - d 3 Oct 1915 Bot Co - f Kyle CAMPBELL (b
Va) - m Annie B (CAMPBELL) (b Va) - buried Mount Union Cern - cd puerperal
infection - bus Chalmers C BORNE
HORNE, Chambers E - b 1877 - d 1944 - wife Annie B (CAMPBELL) HORNE - buried
Moun t ain Union Cem
HORNE, Charles -d by June 1824 Bot Co - Ref WB C p585, WB D p 3, will dated 20
Mar 1824 - Ch Benjamin dec ' d; Peter, Elizabeth (md [John] BUSH), John ,, Catherine (md
BRILL); Sarah;
(rnd William VINYARD); Gs 5 Solomon BRILL;
William HORNE, Elisha RORNE·,-;s /o Benjamine HORNE

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HORN, Charles M - b 20 Oct 1871 - d 1890 Bot Co - f J[osephus] HORN - m
["]Jennie( " ] [Virginia T CRAWFORD) - grave Mt Union Cem
HORNE, Edna - b 1872 - d 1940 Bot Co Heir List - f George PAINTER - m Catherine A EVANS - bus Otey G BORNE - Ch Nannie POAGUE (b ca 189 4 ); Ermine (b ca
1896); Wilmer (b ca 1898) ; Bessie PAINTER (b ca 1900); Blanche ROOP (b ca
1907) ; Fred (b ca 1912); Ralph (b ca 1918): - buried Mt Un ion cem
HORNE, Eliza A - b 20 May 1838 - d 25 Sep 1926 Bot Co - f [Green RICHARDSON]
- m [Elizabeth WINEMAN ] -w/o John E HORNE - grave Mt Union Cem
HORNE, John E - b 9 Aug 1838 Bot Co - d 10 Sep 1917 Bot
f Jordon BORNE (b Bot Co) - m Rebeker AUSTON (b Bot Co)
Bertha K, Chalmers E, Otey G, Fulvia M (md JR RHODES ) ;
(his ch Rosebud &amp; Cook) - cd arterio selerosis - buried

Co (Cert · S wil 1 ) - wife Eliza Ann; Ch
Burdett H, L W dec ' d
Mt Union Cem

HORNE, Josephus C - b 25 Nov 184 8 - d 21 Dec 1924 gravestone - f Jordan HORNE
- m Rebecca AUSTIN - b/o Virginia T CRAWFORD - grave Mt Union Cem
BORN, Mary L - b 10 Aug 1830 - d 23 Nov 1908 Bot Co - f John MOORE - m C 2nd w/o William M HORN - grave Mt Union Cem - her 1st hus [Joseph] RHODES
BORNE, Otey George - b 1867 - d 1939 - wife Edna B (PAINTER)
BORNE , Rebecca - b ca 1811, Bot co - d 20 Nov 1855 Bot Co Death Bk - f Isaac
AUSTIN - m S - cd Billious fever - rep by hus Jordan HORNE
HORN, Rebecca J - b 22 Dec 1838 Bot Co - d 20 Aug 1869 Bot Co Death Bk - age
3 2y - f Peter GRIM - m Martha _ cd scrofulo - rep by hus William M HORN grave Mt Union Cem
HORNE, Virginia F or T _ b 18 Apr 1849 - d 18 Jan 1928 Bot Co - m [Po1ly

CRAWFORD] - w/o Josephus

c

BORNE -

grave Mt Union Cem

BORN, William M - b 30 Oct 1836 _ ct 5 Nov 1896 Bot Co (will) - f Jordan HORNE
- m 'Rebecca AUSTIN - h/o #1 Rebecca J GRIM, #2 Mrs Mary L (MOORE) RHODES ~~ave Mt UNION Cem - [by will, he left his estate to his wife ' s ch by her
t hus] - Ref 2 obituaries in copy of 'Fincastle Herald' for 13 Nov 1896
HORNER,
Samuel - b ca 1803 - d 19 Aug 1820 v
alley" 28 Aug 1820
BORTON, Samuel

pensioner , see
BOTSIMPILLER

age l 7y -

.
" Hera ld of the
rep in

- b ca 1751 _ d 20 Aug 1828 Bot Co - Remarks : was a Rev War

1835 Pension Roll , Va section 44

see Henry WAX

ROUFF see HUFF

.

.

' BenJam1n F LOWMAN

HOUK s ee Jacob GISH
HOUSER s ee Benjamin Haden GARLAND, John Robert Eugene POAGUE

HOUS(E)MAN see Ann BITTLE, William R BRUGH, Lewis HAMMOND, Ann McDONALD

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HOUSMAN, Ann M - b 1863 Bot Co - d 9 July 1864 - age 9m - f Lewis BOUSMAN m Charlotte (corrected to Caroline L) - cd not known - rep by father
HOUSMAN, Christian - b ca 1772 Va (cens us #1736) - d by 11 May 1863 - h/o
Eve - Ex Lewi s BOUSMAN &amp; Jeremiah STAIR
BOUSMAN, Elizabeth - b 26 Jan 1805 [?1809 , aged 41 in 1850 Bot Co census
#106] - d 25 Mar 1886 - f [Peter Emanuel BRUGH] - m [Elizabeth (COFFMAN)] buried Slicer-Godwin Cem , Fincastle
HOUSMAN, George - b 7 Apr 1805 - d 24 (or 29) Apr 1826 - age 2ly Om (or 3m )
17d - f [Christian HOUSEMAN] - m [Eve] - Ref Brick Union gravestone
HOUSMAN, John P - b 1 Jan 1826 Fk ln Co - d 6 apr 1913 - f David BOUSMAN buried Troutvill e Cem - cd h eart failu re
HOUSMAN, Lewis Jr - b 5 Jan 1831 Bot Co - d 11 Feb 1914 - f Peter BOUSMAN (b
Bot Co - m Elizabeth (BRUGH) (b Bot Co) - buried Fincastle Cem - cd old age
HOUSTON, David G Jr - d by 11 June 1866 - Adm James H B FIGGAT
HOUSTON, William - d by 10 Oct 179 7 (son was call ed an orphan) - son Joseph
(over 14)
HOUTZ see HONTZ (hard to tell which some times), Susan McCAULEY
HOWARD see Amanda DEISHER, Robert ANDERSON
BOWARD, Edward - d by 10 May 1785 - Ref WB A p227, will dated 25 Feb 1785 Admr bond - wife Elizabeth, Ch Exekiel - Admr Exekiel HORARD
HOWARD, John - d by Oct 1813 - Ref WB B p385, appraisal
HOWARD, Abner - d by Sep 1812 - Ref WB B p304 , wil l dated 6 Oct 1814 - Wife
Hannah; Ch James, Samuel, Thomas, Jesse, David, Jamimah (? md
Rader);
Mary (md
GISH ); [ Virth marked out &amp; Ruth written over it] (md
Gish)
- Ex5 Sam~ BOWELL, Jesse HOWELL
HOWRY, Jacob - d by Apr 1809 - Ref WB B p224, appraisal Apr 1809, Settlement
1811
HOYLMAN see HOILMAN, Martha J KEYSER
BUCKLEY, E1izabetb - b 9 May 1833 - d 28 Nov 1 895 - Ref Brick Union gravestone

HUDDLE see Jacob SNIDER
HUDDLE, George
- d by Sep 1794 - Ref WB A p376, will dated 28 Feb 1794 wife Margaret; Ch George, Elizabeth, Christian
HUDDLESTON see

male LUCADO

HUDSON, Elizabeth Anna - d by 11 Oct 1782 (dau called an orphan) - Ch Fanny,
Green (or GRACE)

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HUDSON, Robert M (Judge) - b 1 Oct 1811 Aug Co - d 19 Apr 1869 - age 58y - f
Cbar1es HUDSON - m Mary - cd Dierhore - rep by wife E1iza C mJDSON - grave
Fincastle Presby Cem - Adm bond 15 June 1869 Eliza C nuDSON
HOETf, E1iza - d 20 June 1859 Poor House -

cd dis . bowels - r ep by Steward

HUFF see HOFF, Lucy A KERN, Narcissa HALL, George FALLS, Mary Elizabeth V
FALLS, Priscilla Virginia FALLS, Mary J BUFF FERRELL, Hanner V GRAYBILL,
Mary GRAYBILL, Marietta Jane KERN, David NOFFSINGER
HUFF, Martha F - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 9 May 1854 - f Danie1 K RUFF - m M F cd croop - rep by father
HUFFMAN see HOFFMAN, HOOFMAN, etc; Janette LEE, Lawrence (or Samuel) AGNOR;

James F CAMPER, Viola DOGAN
HUFFMAN, Andrew Jr (no dates) CSA - b [ca 1833] - d [1865 , Craig Co, will
named ps &amp; bros] - f [Wi11iam HUFFMAN] - m [Rachel SIBERT] - bros [ James B,
Jacob &amp; Thomas] - grave Raymakertown Cem
HUFFMAN, Ella May - b 4 Feb 1861 Bot Co - d 1939 Bot Co (will, WB 7 p217 ) f Peter SHAVER - m Mary TROUT - hus William Henry HUFFMAN; named many nieces
&amp; nephews, one nephew was Sidney, who was dead, leaving 2 ch
HUFFMAN, Erosa Frances - b 2 Feb 18 7 6 Va - d 26 Aug 1917 Bot Co Cert. - f
John L CRAWFORD - m Eliza ELMORE - hus Samue1 L HUFFMAN - buried New Castle
Cem - cd TB of lung
HUFFMAN, John Anderson - b 12 Nov 1837 Va - d 21 Dec 191 7 Bot Co (Cert &amp; will,
WB 2 p381 - f John A HUFFMAN (b Va) - m Mary STARKES (b Va) - wife Sarah
[KESSLER]; Ch Norris, Margie (md S LIPES), James, Eugenia WATKINS, Lillie
PAXTON, Edward - buried Springwood Cem - cd acute intestinal obstruction
HUFFMAN, John T - d ca 1940 Bot Co (will, WB 7 p297) - f [James F HUFFMAN] m [Susannah NOFSINGER] - wife Laura; Ch Sadie FARRIS, Cleo OLIVER, Audrey
NICELY, Ruth SHORE, Fred A, Sidney E, Roy B, Claude M, Maude Joyce
HUFFMAN, Lucy C - b 12 Apr 1842 Mont Co - d 21 Oct 1916 Bot Co (cert) - f
:Boxley HUFFMAN (b Mont Co) - m "Dresey" Druscille DOSS (b Mont Co) [p 5 md
Bot Co 1845] - buried Haymakertown Cem - cd carcinonia of bowels
HUFFMAN, Rosa Elizabeth - b 26 Sep 1927 - d 4 Feb 1896 - f [Joseph FOUT] - m
[Margaret] - w/o ill Jordan BORNE, :/12 Andrew HUFFMAN - grave Mill Creek Cem

HUFFMAN, Sarah - b 25 July 1839 - d 28 May 1829 Bot Co (Heir List) - f [John
KESSLER] - m [Elizabeth BOUSMAN] - hus John Anderson HUFFMAN; Ch James A (b
186
ca
~); Margaret Price (1866 - 1867); Eugenia ~ATKINS (b ca 1868); Virginia
L(I PES b ca 1873); Lillian PAXTON (b ca 1876); Norris K (b ca 1879); Edgar B
b ca 1882) [see Kessler book, p8] - buried Springwood Cem
HUFFMAN, Sidney Elijah - d ca 1936 Bot Co (will, WB 7 p585) - f John T HUFFMAN - m Laura - wife Lillian Ruth - Ch Sidney Ray, Helen Virginia
HUFFMAN, Simenia Gertrude - b 21 Apr 1885 Va - d 2 July 1915 - f J A RUBLE
(b Va) - m Laura (TUCK.ER) (b Va) - buried Andrews Ch ape 1 - cd TB - [ w / o Edgar
:B HUFFMAN]

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�VIR6INIA APPLACHIAN NOTES
Published Quarterly
By

SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.

Vol. 32 - No. 1 - Winter 2008
(January, February, March)
CONTENTS
New Books In the Virginia Room submitted by Pamela Young

1

Stone Printing Company submitted by Jean McGrady

7

William Mead of Bedford County submitted by Mary Ann Barnes

10

Records of Coffin Maker Marion Thomas Hall of Floyd County
submitted by Judith Blackwell

11

African American Ancestry, Patsy Blankenship of Giles County
submitted by Michael Blankenship

18

John Talbert Morgan submitted by Sam 0 . Morgan

22

Botetourt County Death Records, Continued research by Charles T. Burton

25

Article Index for VAN Vol. 31 , 2007by Babe Fowler

40

Name Index for VAN Vol. 31, 2007 by Babe Fowler

41

Submissions for future issues are always welcome.
If you would like to contribute an article on-line please e-mail it to:
mblankens@yahoo.com.
The content of the VAN is supplied by its membership.

-

- , ~crioke C\ty "Publl
1nio f"iloWI"""~~ •____ _ . _

�P. 0 . Box 12485
Roanoke, Virginia 24026

Dear Fellow Members,
I always think I've contacted or heard from about everyone related to one of my main surnames.
Well a month ago I received an interesting package in the mail. I did not recogni ze the name
.but it came from the Syracuse, NY area where my ENGEL family is from . It contained two CDs
and a letter. I began reading the letter and it made no sense, I didn't recognize the surnames
she was listing. My first thought was that she had my ENGEL's confused with hers. I'd have to
set her straight. Reading a little further something clicked ... her great grandfather was my
"Uncle Harry", my grandfather's older brother!! My parents had a summer home just up the
road from his and I spent much time there visiting with him, my grandparents, who were
frequent guests, plus other great aunts and uncles. Harry had a son , Charles , who was not well
liked due to a family dispute but in 1994 I sent what information I had on the ENGELs to his son
Charles Jr. This material was pasted on to his sister and in turn to her daughter. Teresa was '
so excited to get it that she wrote to me (luckily I still live
the address she had!!) to thank me
for my work and provided CDs with b~th old an_d new family ph~tos . She said her mother knew
little about the ENGEL side of the family most hkely due to the nft that occurred in the 1960's.
Uncle Harry's wife died before I was born so I have no memory of her. Teresa told me she was
Irish and wrote beautiful poetry. She said she had a book of her poems and would copy and
send it to me. 1was amazed at these poems, some sad, some happy, some about everyday
things. It reaffirms my feeling that those that have gone before us want us to know them.
Agnes Garvey ENGEL wants us to know her through her beautiful poetry.

c:t

Just a rem.inder about the 2008 Surnam7 Index. For members with surnames in the index you
may submit changes or updates to me directly at the address_bel'?w: Check your listing in the
Summer 2006 issue. New members or old members not having hstmgs may submit up to six (6)
names in the following format:
SURNAME given name Country or State Locale (County, City or Town) Date
ENGEL C@rl

Germany-NY

Syracuse

1850

Again, you can submit your names directly to me at the address below. Email if you like.
Closing date for submissions will be June 1 st.
Happy Hunting,

K~

Karen Kappesser, President
514 Scalybark Drive
Blue Ridge VA 24064-1328
Telephone: (540) 977-0067
E-mail: gkkapp@infionline.net

�Page 1

New Books in the Virginia Room
W inter2007

975.501 Enl9 Encyclopedia of Virginia Indians volumes 1 &amp; 2 Editor &amp; publisher
Frank H. Gille 1999 Somerset
920.72 8631 H639n Never Ask Permission, Elisabeth Scott Bocock of Richmond, A
Memoir by Mary Buford Hitz 2000 UVA Press
929.09768 F956g Guide to County Records &amp; Genealogical Resources in Tennessee
compiled by Richard Carlton Fulcher 1987 Genealogical Publishing
917.554 J239 The Official Guide to Historic Triangle.2007 by the Williamsburg
Foundation
378. 755792 R53lra Rawenoch: Roanoke College Yearbook 1984, 1986, 1988 1989, 1990,
1992, 1994
632.2109755 W85d Dr Francis T. Stribling and Moral Medici ne, Curing the Insane
at Virginia ' s West ern State Hospital: 1836-1874 by Alice Davis Wood
2005 GallileoGianniny Publishing
312 Un3n 1790-1915 Negro Population in the United States 1790-1915 US Bureau of
the Census 1969
312 Un3n 1920-1932 Negroes in the United States 1920 Census 1969

1932 US Bureau of the

917 . 5 W375p Pioneers of Destiny: The Romance of the Appalachian People by
Weatherford 1955 Vulcan Press

w.

D.

sc

917.5 P14o The Old South Essays Social &amp; Political by Thomas Nelson Page
1892
975. 5911 T756s Stauton Images of America by Sergei Trouberzkoy 2004 Arcadia Press

975 . 5791 D742r Roanoke, Virgini a , 1882 - 1912, Magic City of the New South by
Rand Dotson 2007 University of Tennessee Press
929.103 Evl5a A To Zax A Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists &amp; Historians
by Barbara Jean Evans 1995 Hearthside Press
025.0692 M821o The Official Guide to Ancestry . com by George G.
Ancestry Publishing

Morgan 2007

975 . 5 W357b Beyond Pocahontas her ~ritage Continues by Sandra Waugaman
2008 Dietz Press
975 . 54251 R762j Jamestown ' s Story Act one of the Dream by Parke Rouse, Jr
2006 Dietz Press
917.5 2 F73r Rivers of America,
1944 Farrar &amp; Rinehart

Rivers of the Eastern Shore by Hulbert Footne r

917 . 549 G98p Rivers of Ameri ca , The Potomac by Frederick Gutheim 1949 Rinehart
&amp; Co
917 . 53 Ai47w We, the People The Story of the US Capital by The United States
Capital Historical Society 1963

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�Page 2

917 .5 H273h Hippocrene Guide to the Historic Bl ack
Joanne Biondi 1993 Hippocrene Books

So u t h

by

James

917.5 Ml75s The South and the Southerner by Ralph McG i ll 1963 Little ,

Has kins

r,,

&amp;

co

917 . 68 F926s Strangers in High Places The story of t he Great Smoky Mountai n s
Michael Frome 1966 Doubleday

by

Bro•.vn

917.5 W49o Old South The founding of the Ame rican
Jefferson Wertenbaker 1942 Charles Scribner's Sons

Civ i l izat i o n

769.559755 Af27o The Obsolete Paper Money of Virgi ni a
Affleck 1968 Virginia Numismatic Association

Vol ume s

2

by C h a r l es J.

769.559755 Af27v The Obsolete Paper Money of Virginia Volum e s
Affleck 1968 Virginia Numismatic Association

1

by Charl e s

Special Collections Audio Tape of Star City,
Written by Don Muse &amp; Steve Langston 2007

Roanoke,

VA Sung by

by

P e te

Tho ma s

Murphy

920. 075 M322f Frock Coats and Epaulets by Alf J. Mapp, Jr. 1 9 6 3 S . s. Ba rnes
917. 69 F31k Kentucky A Guide to the Blue Gra ss S ta te
University of Kentucky 1939 Quinn &amp; Boden Co., Inc.
929.1072 R994f Finding your Mexican Ancestors,
Peggy Ryskamp 2007 Ancestry Publishing

by

a beginner ' s

917.53 G82w Washington Village &amp; Capital, 1800-1878,
Constance McLaughlin Green 1962 Princeton Press

guid e

Co.

(2

by George
volumes)

SC 917 . 5 015c The Cotton Kingdom, A Traveler's Observations on Cotton
in the American States by Frederick Law Olmsted 1953 Alfred A.
Knopf, Inc
927. 309 E232C66m Moses Ezekiel, Civil War Soldier, Renowned
Cohen &amp; Keith Gibson 2007 Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.

&amp;

Sponsored

WPA

1879 -1950

J.

by

&amp;

by

Slavery

&amp;

Sculptor by Stan

923.173 J359 K958m Mr . Jefferson's Women by Jon Kukla 2007 Publ i shed y Alfred
Knopf
A.
975.54251 W485c The Story of a Virginia Plantation Carter's Grove by Mark R .
Wenger 1999 The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
975.404 P589 Picturing West Virginia, A Century of Collection by th
Virginia State Archives 1905 - 2005 Published by the State of West Vir .e . West
2005
g i.ni.~
975 . 591 L872bg - Looking Back (Historic Gainsboro) DVD 2007 by Cox Cornmunic t .
Compi· 1 a t ion
·
·
·
d escri· b ing
·
th e h isto
·
o f p h otos an d moving
pictures
ry of the Gai a bi.ons
neighborhood in the City of Roanoke, Virgin ia, with commentary by co~s ?ro
members
uni. ty
63 3. 71 0757 Down In the Old Belt, Voice from the Tobacco South DVD -Docum
by Jim Crawford 57 minutes 2005
entary
9 75.5791 H242g Greater Raleigh Court, a history of Wasena ,
Norwich &amp; Raleigh Court by Ne lson Harris 2007 History Press
3 20. 97 75 N84 4 Notes from the Sausage Factory by Barnie Day
20 05 Brunswick Publishing

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

Virginia
&amp;

Heights,

Becky Dale

�Page 3

780.9 2 M828c Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family by Evelyn Foster Morneweck
1944 University of Pittsburgh
917.55 P349b The Blue Ridge Parkway by Foot, A Park Ranger's Memoir by Tim Pegram
2007 McFarland &amp; Co
929.2 G692p Pioneers of the Virginia Bluegrass (and their descendants) by George
B. Gose 2007 Kegley Books
929 . 373 B631b Bounty and Donation Land Grants in BrLtish Colonial America by
Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck 2007 Genealogical Publishing
929.376902 H364f "First Census" of Kentucky 1790 by Charles B. Heinemann
1976 Genealogical Publishing
975 . 9 F659 Pioneers of Florida's
Genealogist's Exchange Society 2006

First

Coast

Volume

II

by

The

Southern

929.2 Q48 Ml410 Our Families Quesenberry with roots in Southwestern VA Volumes
1 &amp; 2 by Betty Jo Quesenberry McDaniels 2005
929.2 M243f McQuilkin Family Pictorial Biography by D. E. McQuilken 1958
929.2 Dl82T737£ Family History of Dameron, Nelms, Dickenson Compiled by Willi am
M. Trippeer 2006
929.2 T737t The Trippeer Family Genealogy Compiled by William M. Trippeer
2004
929.2 F381Hl43s Saints Who Stayed to Build up Zion by Jeanette Farley Rall
2002
790 P27r Recreation as a Function of Government in Virginia by James E.
Pate 1953 William &amp; Mary College
92 9. 37 6102 K299m Miscellaneous Alabama Newspaper Abstracts Volumes 1 &amp; 2 compiled
by Michael Kelsey, Nancy Graff Floyd &amp; Ginny Guin n Parsons 1995 Heritage Books
929.3752 b217t Mt. Olivet Cemetery Baltimore , Maryland Volumes 1 , 2 &amp; 3 compiled
by John J. Winterbottom 1989 Family Line Publications
929.3755 H394I Henrico County , VA Land Patent Abstracts with some Plat Maps
Volumes 1 &amp; 2
2004 by Bert Mayes &amp; Selena Du Luc (Winner of the Don Mosher Memorial
Award)
929 . 375223 Somerset County Maryland Tax lists by Rebecca F. Miller 1992 Millers
Choice Ge nealogy
929.375232 T 593 Tombstones of Talbot County Maryl and Volume 4 by Upper Shore
Genealogical Society of Maryland 1993
929 . 375234 T593 Tombstones of Queen Anne ' s County Maryland Volume 1 by Upper
Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland 1994
929.3755 W997m Wyth e County, Virginia Marriages 1854 -1866 by Janie Dillon &amp; Mary
B. Kegley 2007 Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association
973.745568 M553c Civil War Records of Franklin County, Virginia 1861 -1865 b y
Beverly Merritt 2007

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�Page 4

973 . 745569 M553c Civil War Records of Henry County,
Beverly Merritt 2006

Virginia

1861

1865

by

973 . 7455 M533c Confederate Captains and Military Units Commonwea l th of Virginia
1861 - 1865 by Beverly Merritt 2006
973. 3455569 H24r Revolutionary War Pension Applications Henry,
Counties of VA by C. Leon Harris 2007
977.876 B279 Reprint of Goodspeed's 1888 History of
Printers

Patrick

Barry County

&amp;

Floyd

1971

Litho

975.5723 W379s Saltville by Jeffrey C. Weaver in cooperation with The Museum of
the Middle Appalachians 2006 Arcadia Publishing
929 . 208 W727pf Pioneer Families of Franklin County, VA by Marsh all Wingfield 1992
Genealogical Publishing
929.09755 SL16b Virginia Slave Births
Anderson Morales 2007 Heritage Books

Index

Volumes

929.2 C77lc Cook Family Genealogy by Albert W. Cook ,
929. 2 F982f Furrow Family History by Carson Furrow

1

Jr.

-5

Edited

by

Leslie

2006

(bound 2007)

929.375223 D847so Parish of Somerset County MD by Ruth T Dryden 1987
929.375284 B684M Montgomery County MD Marriages
Bowman 1966

1796

-

1850

by

Tressie

Nash

929.375223 D847t Somerset &amp; Worcester Counties MD 1783 Tax List by Ruth T.
Dryden 198(?)
929. 375223 P87ls Somerset County MD Coventry Parish Records Volume 1 1703
-18 34 Volume 2 1800-1899 by Jody Powell 1993
920 K414s Simon Kenton His Life and Period 17 55 - 1836 by Edna Kenton 1930 County
Life Press
920 . K41 C549s Simon Kenton, Kentucky Scout by Thomas D. Clark 1943 Little

&amp;

Ives

385. N794h The Historic Railroad, A Guide to Museums, Depots and Excursions in
the United States by John R. Norris &amp; Joann Norris 194 4 McFarland
282. 755296 Ss24 St. Mary's:
Alexandria, VA 1795 - 1995

200 Years

for Christ,

St

Mary's

Catholic Church

308 J35pr The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series Volume 4 June
1811 to April 1812 by J. Jefferson Looney Editor 2007 Princeton Press
640 H355s The Seasonal Hearth,
Hechtlinger 1977 Overlook Press

women

at

home

in

early

America

by

Adelaide

917. 5256 M694a Annapolis Visit, A Photographic Essay on Maryland's Ancient City

by Mary Mitchell 1969 Barre Publishers
SC917.55 C239h Historic Shrines of Virginia by W. E . Carson,
Virginia Commission on Conservation &amp; Development 1933

Chairman of the

929. 2 G765Sh49a Ancestor's Call, with a reprint of the Slave Narrative:
Nar rat ive of the Life of Moses Grandy by Eric Anthony Sheppard 2003 Diversity

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�Page 5

Restoration Solutions, Inc
071 . 304 96 H395b Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers by Barbara
K. Henritze 1995 Genealogical Publishing
277.5 M393 Masters &amp; Slaves in the House of the Lord Race &amp; Religion in the
American South 1740-1870 by John B. Boles 1988 University Press of Kentucky
923.2 D66s Speakers &amp; Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates 1776 -2007 by
Bruce F. Jamerson 2007
929. 2 B381Sl 15a Annie Laurie Beauchamp 1884 -1965 Her Ancestors and Allied
Famili es in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and Texas by Martha Strong Slater
2002 Gateway Press
p

917.55 V819ca Carry Me Back to Old Virginia Travel guide 1957

917.557 W252t Travel Tours out of Roanoke Through Southwest Virginia by WPA
1938
929.09747 069n New York State Censuses &amp; Substitutes by William Dollarhide
2005 Genealogical Publ ishing
975.5671 P851Le Lynchburg: A City Set on Seven Hills by Clifton Potter &amp; Dorothy
Potter 2004 Arcadia Publishing
975 . 5723 B996s Images 0£ America Smyth County by Kimberly Barr Byrd &amp; Debra J.
Williams 2005 Arcadia Publishing
975.5723 B996sc Images of America Smyth County, Revisited by Kimberly Barr Byrd
&amp; Debra J. Williams 2005 Arcadia Publishing
929.3097 B675e Eastern Cherokee By Blood Volumes 1 - 5 , 1906-1 910 Transcribed
from court Records by Jeff Bowen 2008 Genealogical Publishing
929.3755 C899 i An Index for the Culpeper Exponent (Newspaper) Volumes 30 -49 19101930 Compiled by Robert A. Hodge 1982
929.357223 D847st Somerset County MD, Stepney Parish Records by Ruth T.
Dryden 1988
975.5791 W896pa The Protective Agencies of Roanoke WPA project by Anne Worrell
1940
016.071 L346c Chronological Tables of American Newspapers 1690 - 1820 compiled
Edward Connery Lathern American Antiquarian Society &amp; Barre Publishers 1972

by

•

017.5528 R272i Inside Loudoun, The Way it Was by Frances H. Reid 1986 Potomac
Press
343.04 L41 Virginia Laws in Relation to Commissioners &amp; Collectors of the Public
Revenue
1882 Published by the Auditor of Public Accounts
353 . 9754 W52 West Virginia Blue Book 1939 &amp; 1940 (2 volumes) Compiled by Charles
Lively 1939 &amp; 1940 Jarrett Press
395 L58h2 Handbook of American Railroads by Robert G.
Boardman Publishing

Lewis

1956 Sinunons-

920 . 073 G953s Seve n Wise Men of Colonial America by Richard Gum.mere 1967 Harva r d

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�Page 6

University Press
923.8773 B884Cl3j Jacob Bunn: Legacy of an Illinois Indu strial Pioneer by Andre w
Taylor Call 2005 Brunswick Publishing
929.2749 G286 Genealogies of New Jersey Families from th e Genealogic a l
of New Jersey Volumes 1 &amp; 2 1996 Genealogi cal Publishing

Mag az ine

929. 3750 2 L567o Old Southern Bible Records Transcription s of Birth , Deaths , and
Marriages from Family Bibles, Chiefly of the 18th a nd 19th Centuries Compiled by
Memory Aldridge Lester
929. 3752 31 843 4 Beneath These Stones
Genealogical Society of Maryland 1996
p

Volume

2

Publ ished

by

Uppe r

286.175579 R531 Roanoke Valley Baptist Association Annuals 1988 -

Shore

1993

P 366 .1 R812v Virgin ia Text Book of Royal Arch Masonry 194 9

P 929. 2 H383 Sel9h He nderson E'amily Records by J Mont gomer y S eaver 192 9 American

Historical - Genealogical Society 1930

P

929.374879 Isln Naturalization Records
1 802
Pennsylvania compiled Willi am L. I scrupe 1 979

p 929 . 3755 Arn32x The 1787 Census of Virginia,
P 929.3755

B39wi Bedford County Virginia
Bondurant Warren 1995

1854

Somerset

Amelia County by Yantis

Index to Will s

17 54

-

&amp;

Lov e 1987

1830 by

P 975 . 583 H629f Historic Fincastle 1772 by Historic Fincastle Inc .

SC 373 .755791 L51y The General, Lee Junior Hi gh School 1947

&amp;

County,

Ma ry

197 6

1953 Yearbooks

SC 923 . 673 B81R24 9p Life of Captain John Brown by James Redpath 18 60
P 286 . 175583 M61m Mil l Creek Baptist Church Histor y 1804 P 549 . 9755 D567v2 Virginia Mine ra ls and Rocks by R . V .
1960

1 954

Dietrich ,

Professor VPI

P 553. 46 L121m Manganese Deposits of the Sweet Springs District We st Virginia
Virginia by Har ry S . Ladd United States Dept of Interior 194 4
p 929. 2 st86V868s Thing Stringer Family &amp; Kin Early Americans
Lawrence County , Mississippi by Alvin Ward Vo~ le 1968
p 929. 34102 G359p Poll Books C 1696 Britain by Gibson &amp; Rogers 1998
P 929 . 3755

1872 A Directory

to

&amp;

Pioneers

Holdings

&amp;

of

in Great

G39lc Giles County Virginia Census 1840 by James Douthat 1999 Mountain

Press
p 975 . 5782 B782v Virginia

&amp;

Virginians Giles County by Dr .

p 292 . 2 Ml26f Family of Wesley D McCann by Mccann

&amp;

332.4973 R27s The Stor y of Civil War
Publishing

Fred

Money

by

R A Brock 19 8?

Mcca nn 1962

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

Reinf el d

1959

Sterling

�Page 7

332 . 4975 C868c Criswell's Currency Series Volume 1 Confederate &amp; Southern State
Currency 1957 Criswell publication
917.55 Cl89v Mark Benjamin Carey's Virginia 360 2007
929.3755 P687c 1820 Pittsylvania County VA Census by Mike K.
Mountain Press

Williams 1988

929.3755 P687c 1850 Pittsylvania County VA Census by Mike K.
Mountain Press

Williams 1990

920.075 Od8s Southern Pioneers in Social Interpretation . by Ho ward W. Odum
1925 University of North Carolina Press
·
325.3 K172f Foundations of Co l onial America Volumes 1 -3 by W. Keith Kavenaugh
1973 Chelsea House Publish ing
975.56 s C38lh The Heritage of Charlotte County VA 1765 - 2007
975.5763 T219h Tazewell County Heritage Volume 2 1799 - 2007
920.72 N843 Notable Women West of the Blue Ridge 1850 -1950 a project of the
colonel William Preston Chapter of the DAR 2008
Pam B. Young
Roanoke Public Libraries
Vi rginia Room
706 S Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24016
( 540) 853-2073

A Little Nostalgia ...
STONE PRINTING C01\1PANY
In July 1883, .J.P. Bell, a Lynchburg, Virginia printer and Edward L. Stone, one of his employees,
decided to open a printing shop in Roanoke. They rented a small frame building on Commerce
Street, the site now occupied by the Times-World Corporation. Samuel G . Fields of Abingdon,
Virginia was placed in charge. Edward L. Stone was the printer; the other two employees a youth,
Fleming R. H urt, and " a boy to furnish the power." This shop was known as The Bell Printing and
Manufacturing Company. Following Mr. Fields' death, in 1885, Mr. Stone was appointed
manager. The plant was almost destroyed by fire in 1889.
Jn 1890, the work force bad increased to 33 employees, eight times the original number. La:ger
working quarters were needed, and a year later, in 1891, the company leased the second and third
floor of a three-story building on North Jefferson Street, across from Hotel Roanoke. Around
1891-92 the company name was changed to the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, and
Edward L. Stone was named president.
In 1895 the building was enlarged by adding an exact duplicate to the side. This building, later
known as the Stratford Annex, was occupied by the printing company until 1908 when the
struct ure with the stone facade, familiar to many, was erected.
The nvin brick buildings were to ..n down in 1931 to make way for the Norfolk and Western
Railway General Office Building.
Submitted by Jean McGrady, 43 year employee of Stone Printing

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�Page 8

STONE'S IMPRESSIONS

~l...\RCH,, 1930

~ e)TORY

1883

18

l.

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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STONE'S Ii\1PRESSIONS

MARCH, 1930

THOUT 'UJoRDS

189 5

11

t

3 0

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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W1111a:m Mead of Bedford County, Virginia
Deed Book 7 pages 472- 473: I ndenture 28 Feb 1785 william Mead o:f Bedford
County conveys to Joel Cheetwood for sum 50 pounds 700a - more or lefs.
.. Beg .
where Greers Line crofses Gills Creek, thence along Greers LinP.s South 60 w to
0
Lynn Tree N 6o W 60 - p to W. o. N 87° W 78 p to Poplar, N 40° ~· lJ6 p to
Taylors line, thence a l ong Crabtaees Line S 144 P to W0 0 ., S 85 W JO -32 P~
tow. o. inCrabtreesLine, N0 81 W 108 p to W. O, S 9 E 5§ p to R . O., S 70
w .58 p tow. o. thence off 19 E 139 p to Chesnut Oak, S 62 0E 43 p to R . O,
N 78° E 176 p to pts, N ')8° E 121 p to pts in other Line N 6o
E 88 p to W. 0 •
N 75° E 68 p to W. O, N 40° E 60 p to Fargasons Corner W. O, N 5° W to Gi l ls
Creek aforesaid thence up as 1 t mearrlers to Beg ." Appurtenances •

°

. · ··

· . .

W. N ead

Memorandum of quiet pofsefsion
Recorded. 28 Feb 1785
Deed :Book 6 pages 54-55: Indenture
of 1778 William Mead to Joel Cheetwood
Both of Bedford County for sum of 20°"Pounds 15Qa tract on north s ide Blackwater River . "Beg . at Baleys corner Hickory on sd River, Thence along his
line N 80 p to his Corner W. 0. off N 26° E 40 p to W. 0. in Peter Blankenship
line thence a l ong his line S '2f3° E 70 p to Po plar N 87° E 40 p to W. o.
N 45° E 20 p to R. o. N 65° E 26 to Chesnut at the Mouth of fox Trap Branch
and thence up river as it meanders to Beg . " Appurtenances.

W. Mead
Memorandum of quiet pofsefsion
Recorded.

25 May 1778

~Book 1pages168-169s
Indenture 23 February 1768 William Mead conveys
to Henry Taylor for sum 10 pounds 3.5a tract on south side Gi l ls Creek .
" Beg .
0
at W O. in TaylCi&gt;rs line . Thgnce on Taylors line S 10 W 124 p to R. o. o ff
0
N 51 W 22 p to a White N 4 3 W 2 p to W. Q. and Thence N 8 7° E 80 p to

First Station."
~" Mead
Memorandwn of quiet and peaceable pofsefsion
Court February 23 1768

.2 pages 10)-104: Indenture 26 July 1773 William Mead of Bedford
County to James Dilion of Pi tsilvania County in Consideration sum Thirty five
pounds paid and Receipt acknowledged . 11 S~lls thre Hundred and Eighty Acres on
Black water River in .Bedford. and Pi tsilvania Counties and Bounded as follows
To Wit, Begining at Blankinships Corner Hicory on South Side of Sa.id River
off North forty Degrees East forty poles to Mil lers Corner Chesnut so on
Millers line North Eighty two Degrees Ea.st Eighteen poles to his Corner White
Oak and North forty five Degrees East Eighty Six poles to hi s Corner Hickory
thence off Soutitl Eighty four Degrees East Sixty Six poles to a Red Oak Sou th
fourteen Degrees East One Hundred and Twenty Six poles to - Bel chers Corner
thence on his line South Sixty two Degrees West · Sixty fourt poles to his Corner
poplar on Sd River thence Down and Crofsing to - Pointers on the South Side
of Sa.id River off South Thirty four Degrees West Two Hundred poles to pointers
North Eighty four Degrees West Two - Hundred poles to Nolands Corner thence
along his line North Nineteen Degrees Ea.st Seventy four poles to said R:i ver
and Down the Same and C:rofsing to the Begining. "
Deed~

W. Mead

Memo Quiet and Peasable Pofsefsion.
Bedford County Court July 26 1?7J
(Notei From Copier, M. A. Barnes. This was copied as written in the actual
volume k nown a s Deed Book E 2• Bedford County, Virginia. I t is believed. the
pause marks do nOtind.icate a lack of' survey descrlpti~: but in fact the style
of t he surveyor. )

Mary Ann Barnes; 1204 Allison Drive ; Ro c kvil l e , l'Jld 20P51
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�Page 11

Records of Coffin Maker Marion Thomas Hall, Floyd County
AgoJOOB

Name of parents or Spouse
Chafin, Gilbert
Vest. A. P.

NIN

Gender
Child
Child

Wtitenack. Jonathan
NIN

IM!e

Vest. Peter

Child
Child
Child
Child
Son
Child
ordered by
Child
Child
ordered by

Cole, Til'ly
Blackv.ed. W M.
Geamart. Mef\lin
Jones, Jasper
8oone. LL
Blackwell, W. M.
Boyd. John

Name

NIN

NIN

NIN
NIN

NIN

NIN
NIN
Boyd. Mat
NIN

NIN
Mcfllca~

Bettie

Oty, Olalley
~r-;.Kyle

McNeaJ. Henry

Yearout James
Smith, John

NIN

Child

NIN
Conner, Jacob

IMfe

NIN

21811912

ordered by
Son

Smith, Sien
Hall, Letcher
Sowers. W. Taylo&lt;"
Poff, S.M.
Soples, Joseph

Likens, David

Basham. Mary Sien

NIN
Howard, Albert
NIN

NIN
NIN
Conner, 0 . P.(Daniel Poter)

ordered by
Child

Sc:Mer.&gt;. Ta-y1or
5mlth. Sten

NIN

NIN (Sarah Bizabeth

Mother

NIN
NIN (Grace Lee)
Epperley, Ruby
NIN

NIN

Bocard, Jacob

NIN
NIN
NIN
NIN

Jones. Larry Genie
NIN
NIN
Mc;Noal, Weldon
Boone, John
Calloway, Philis (col. Female)
Edwards, Dora A.
Thomas, Lawrence Webber
Corell, SUsan

NIN
Ferguson, Temple
Walte!S, NeWo
&amp;nith, Peter
Conner, Kasmus
Blackwell, Warter (Walter)

NIN
C31away, Mary
Caraway, Thomas (col) ·
Moadows. Lona Bealric:e
Howard. Lue (col)
Conway, MUlie
Payne.Lewis
Vest. Charlott (Shockley)
McNeal, Kishie
W ison, AdeITne

NIN

Lucas. V.-ginia Gay
SUmpter, Joseph
Vest. Detiliah A.
Chafin. Alma
Lampie, Nrs.
Spangler, John
Oo¥.er. CaJtare Wade

NIN
Conner, N mer
Craighead, Robert
Martin, Emanuel L J.
Poff, Coy Raymond
Gurrant. Mattie S
NIN

NIN
Lawrence. Oliver Ray
NIN

NIN

NJN
NIN

Hoback. James
Howard. Thomas
Vest, A. P.

Child
Child
Son
Child
Sister
'Mfe
ordered by
'Mfe
Child
Child

NIN

Hatcher

Ch11d

Son
Son
Daughter
Ago 16
\/\Me
Son
Daughter
Son

\Mrrrner, W . M.

Sooth, Cal
Hales. Calib
Epperley, W. M.
Wallen. James
McNea~ Chartcy
Lee, Roy
Clawer, Frank
Conner, Moses
Eppertey, Garland
Buggs, Robert
Duncan, Lawyer
surrmers. James
Jones. Jasper
l..alMence, Germ:in
King, Charles M.
McNea~ James

111y6m15d CallONay, W. M.
Edwards, George
Thorms. LA.

Mother
Vl/lfe
Child
Child

91y 4m9d
Child

Muncy, Rice
(Martin Cemetery)
Watters. John

Son
ordered by

I. W . Of J. W , Collins
calaway, Wm.

c:Nld

Meadows, Harvey Reed

ordered by
ordered by
ordered by
ordered by

Claytor, H. 0 .
Payne. Beldora
Vest. Peter R .
McNea~ Charlie

Son
Child
ordered by
o&lt;dered by

IMfe
orde&lt;ed by
ordered by
Son
Ctilld
ordered by
o&lt;dered by

Son
Son
\Mfe
Daughter
Son
Son
Oaughtet
Oau_ghter
Child
Inf/ Dau

Lawrence. German

Lucas. Daniel
Sumpter, Bernice
Vest, S. A.
Chalin,C. 0 .
Cummings. J. H.
Spangler, J. H .
Clov.er. William H.
Aldeiman, Thomas
Cooner, Joseph
Craighead, James R.
Martin.Rufus
Poff. Hugh L
Gunant. John R
Eppertey, B. T . (J.)
Bla~D.W. T

Lawrence. Alonzo
\MnYner, Robert Pink
Becldeheimer. Moses L
IM11tenack, Lorenza
Muncy, R ice

County/Nat.es
Date
212011911 Pd. By Epperly. Posle
212S/1911
4/25.11911
~911
Doci:a I. Hale
&amp;811911
&amp;'911911
611311911
10/Sl191 1
1Cl/71191 1 Garrh S. Booie
10/1511911
1/811912
112711912
112911912
2110/1912
211311912
212111912
31411912 Margie Marie Hall
3112/1912
:?.'911912
311911912
312611912
512211912
5'3111912
&amp;'1211912
71311912
7/4t1912 Arlinda Epperly
10/26/1912
11/14/1912
11/26/1912
121911912 Sooth, W . C .
12/11/1912
1/811913
2111/1913 R. Martin (Mary J Lancastef)
211911913 Vest, LI.
31311913
31511913
3.'1311913
311911913
312611913
313111913
4110/1913
4125/1913
6'411913
&amp;'911913
&amp;'1811913
71211913
71911913 Montgomery Co.
7/14/1913 Edwards, John
7127/1913
612011913
812911913
Q'3/1913 (DC# 21704 Rictlmond. Va.)
1°"911913 Montgomery Co.
10/28/1913 SUsan Smith &amp; Walter Conner
11nl1913
12/8/1913 Blac:IMoell, Isac Rt#4 FCVA
112611914
2126/1614 MonljJomeiy Co.
311411914
311711914 \Mlite FemaJe
6'611914
712311914

~914 Mon1SOfTlery Co
a/711914
9'1411914
&amp;'2911914
10l2/1914
101211914
111211914
111911914
121811914
12n611914
1/8119 15
31'2311915
3'2311915
415/1915 Martha Almer
412211915 Milburn \/llllitenack
5nf1915
5111/1915
7/1811915
8114/1915
10/9/1915
1111/1915
11/411915 MontgomeryCo.
11/15/1915
12/1/1915
112/1916

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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$5.50

$13..50
$13.50
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$13,50
$4.00
$1259
$13.50

$4.75
$11 .00

$13.00
$15.00

$4.00
$'13.50
$14.10
$13.50
$14.00
$13.50
$6.00
S13.50
$4.00
$5.00
$13.00
$13.50
$4.00
513.00
$13.50
$14.00
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SS.CO
$3.00
$'13.75
$13.50
$4.00
$13.50
$3.25
$4.00

$13..50
$3.25

$4. 00

$7.50
$15.00
$15.00
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$5.25
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$15.00
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$15.00
$15.00
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$15.00
$15.00
$15.00
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$15.00
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�Page 12

Conner, Malildy

Polf,S.M.

ordered by

Howard. Wn. T.

Son
~Clarence
l...edlDr, Roen {WhJe Femile) ordered by
Velt,MllDnC.
Sbwecs. Offie A. (Olie}

NIN

aderedby
ordered by
Daughter

lesler. G. L
Vest. Sally
Sower.;, Wn. T.
c:ia.-. Wm. H.
caiio.vay. W. M.

Wfe

lddiogs, H. B .

~. Calhel1ne

NIN
Clower, Wm. T.

ordefed by

0alwt1, Sarah

arde«ed by
ordered by
O(deled by
ordefedby
ordered by

~J.W

Eanes,J. w.

Tholnls, Neaie Jane
~.

s.ah Martha

ClcMer. Calfe R.
Ba:stiam. R. H.
Dangerlield, Eliia Bell

Eanes, E. L
Thomas, Joseph

Calloway,S11es

Cdlkls, l~W.

Jones, ClilrleY w.

Ught, Sarah Edih
Blshaln, Ma!galet Luther

Clower, Tidie (l.ellla)
Meaclllws, saran JanD
Wtmier, H. A. (H. H.)
King, Margaret Jano
Thoma$,~

lddlngs, Luli5ha (Shoclcley)
Mril, Hannah (Bishop)

Hines. 8. M. Dr.
Epperiey, Hazel Thel1111

. Jones, Charley
Ught. l 0 .

Son
[)ajghlef
ordered by

ordeted

Bashan\ Ja"9S Henry
c:ia.-, Alchie &amp; Joseph
Meadows, CcirNlay

{SS-1861)

~by

\Mnmer, CtarcnceJ.
King, Ooc:k &amp; G. W.
Tho!TW, John &amp; Mary
Iddings, Jame$ W.
Martin, H. s.

Son

Mother
ordered by
\Mfe
ordered by
ordered by
Daughter

Hiies. Charles M.
Eppeiiey, Hy5e Lee

Lee, Royston
NIN

Son

Lee. Roy

Daughter

Vest.AndyW. (Bud)

V951, Peter R
c:bl;iw, Nina Ruth
Tholnls, Ole

ordered
Oaughtef
Wfe

Clov.ef, EH.
Thomas, Bmer

Howard, Jane (black female)
\Mkcn,AMnL

\Mfe

cic-. 'MJe Lee

Son

callcJ,wy, Sias (black)
No Names 3 sons
Elc¥d. John G.
Wnfrey, Pott Ann
Wright, James L
..,,., Sany l l (Beny)
i.-ence. Oailcn A.
Hall, Brainard \'Yiiam
Turner, Ira (blade)
Wrrm!!r, Caoino

ordered by
Son
ordered by

Ho.vard, &lt;=agger
Wison, J . R P.
CbNer, \Mn H.
C3ik7Nay, Ellen
Howard, Robert 0 .
Boyd, Mille &amp; S~ns, P. E.

ordered by
ordered by

Wight, Lizzie
Vest. John H.

Son

Hall, Marion Thomas

ordered by
Son

'Mlill!naclc. L K.

~OlafBSon

Canner, w. ".

Eppeiley, Wm. H.
'Mlleoack, Wn. H.
Canner, Jljle Mn
Pdf, Kallie lee
Mooce, Erneine
Comer, John Paul
light, Matikla Hesler

lljjl1t, wi"ram Lawson
Janney, Fred Thinan

liens, Ceie

51611834

Son

Son

ordered by
Son

NIN

IMfe
ctild

~.Maly

Calner, S. M.
Epperley, Brainard
'MlitenacK, Jaspef w.
Cooner, John &amp; James
Poff, John
M6ore, Mary A £
Cooner, Thomas
Ught, Juline

ordered by
Daughter
ordered by

ea-. Curtis Leonard
smtti. _ ine

Rid'~,H. J.

ordeted by
ordered by

ordered by
ordered by
Son

9ecide.'imef. !Avid

Vest. G. 0 .

Janney, A J .
Vest. J. H.
Becldeheimef, Moses L

8oofter,H.D.
smith, W. H.
'Mlit.enack, L C.
Sowels, Roscoe

Daug~

Gibson, Nancy Ann
Lawrence, Vnglnie P.

Sisson, Oiver
~. OscatClinbl

~Sally
~ 09car MicliaeJ
Calloway, James l.eoMs
Hall, Olie Bell
l&lt;lllg, Sarah Ann
~.Margaret

Conner, Oonie

Basham. latra £

Oaugtiter
Son

lawrenoe, Gennan S.

Son
ordered by

Woolwiie, Robert M.

~.J. E.

Wliamsan. George

Son

R~. AllertC.
caloMly, Ben &amp; Scott. M. F.

Daughler

Hall, Marcus F.

Mother

King, Joseph D.
Johnson, A J.

ordered by
onleredby
Wfe

-

Cooner, Gilie

~.Pied ('Mile~)
Htnt. Martha Jane

ordered by
orderad by
ordered by
Inf/ Son
Child

Basham, James H.
Vest., Sarah
Eppecley, Austin &amp; Hiley
Anderson, Kittie
Clower, A. F.
Haclge, Edward L

Vest,$. P.

Child

Vest. Samuel P.

SoMts, Harley 0.

ordered by

~.AndrewJ.

~

Daughter

Martin. Glies D.

Hcritlrd, Darsie 0.
Maxey, Cli'dlln Harding

CNld
C/'ild

Haward,'Mliam
Maxfl'/, Charles

GilemNator, Jameo M.
Mastin, Mee!jl M.

ordored by
\Mfe

Ve&amp;t, Isac Hall

NIN
Hadge, H - Claudine

Austii, Sellie

Wife

Gllenwater. J. D.
Martin, Ruftw M.
Austin, Joseph H.

111911916
1/2.ct1916
21411916 Mocitgome1y Co.
311611916
311711916
4f13/1916
&lt;111311916 Basham, Va
412211916
61511916
6'611916 Floyd County
6'1611916
7/1211916 FlOyd County
612911916 (black female)
8116/1916 Montgomery Co.
811611916
1Q.11611916Jooes, Rusc;cll
111411916 Basham, Va
1112911918Tindel~ Va
111711917
112511917
112911917
21311917
211211917
317/1917
312911917
41611917
41611917
411911917
412211917

(DC# 815 Richmond, Va.)

(H. H . Wmcr DC# 816 Richmond. VA)
Floyd County
Calloway, James L &amp; Thomas, Elmer

Montgocnety Co.

4122/1917 (s/o Lilliebcry &amp; Sarah)
5115/1917 Floyd Coynty
71811917 Aoyd County
711611917 Howard, .James Montgomery County
6f2/1917
8121/1917 Clawer, Lctc:he&lt;
11 f.2411918
1/1511918
11.2611918
21411918
211211918
211911918
3121/1918
411811918 Floyd County
412711918
6117/1918
7/111918
811211918
1Q.11511918
1Q.11511918
10/19/1918
10f23/1918 Floyd County
11/311918
121411918
12/1211918
1211311918
317/1919
312fi/1919
41111919
4120/1919
Sl2/1919
51'611919
5'611919 or 8 Jun 1919
616t1919
7/211919 Floyd County
711~919 Floyd County
7127H919 Montgomeiy Co.
811911919 Montgomery Co.
912311919 Floyd County
10/8/1919 (black male)
1/411920 Floyd County
11511920 Floyd County
211920
312511920 Floyd County

$15.05

$4.50
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$1500
S1500
S4.2:5
S15. 50
$16 00
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$16.00
$16.00
$15 50
S15. 50
$16.00
$16.00
$350
$6.00
$15.50
$16.00
$16.00
SS.00
$16.50
$17 .00
$19.00
$16.00
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$6.00
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$5.00
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$5.00
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$16.50
$5.75
$5.00
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$3.00
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$20.00
$22.50
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$22.50
$20.00
$24.00
$6.00
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$6.00
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$27.00
$6.00
$6.00
$27.00
$8.00
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$6.00
$28.00
$10.00

•

$29.00
$5.75
$29.00

$28.60

$29.00

41241192n

$29.00

5'3111920 Floyd County
71911920 Montgomery Co.
712()11920
712511920
713111920
817/1920
811311920
9'911920
1/25f1921
21511921
211211921
212711921 (Maggio M . Bun&lt;)
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aa.-, Joseph A

Gearhart. David w.

ordered by
ordol'ed by

Rakes. Cymhia E.

\Mle

NIN

Inf. Son
ordered by
Im. Dau

131ackvd. Wn. J.

Son

Jennings, Chesler

ordered 03 May
Daughter

Sisson, Loula &amp; Si5son, A. P.

ordered by
Inf. Son
Inf. Son
Inf. Dau
adored by
ordored by
Inf. Son
Inf. Son
ordered by
Child
Inf. Son
Child

Ander.;on, John &amp; Jones, Alice
W&gt;olwWle, t..uthet 0 .
Ho.Y:ird, \Mliam T.

Bugg, Watkins M
NIN
Jennings, Lav.ranee ADen

Sisson. J 3mec E. (Eli)
NIN

Sulplm, P.lnnie (while

NIN
NIN
NIN
Eanes. S:lrah Elizabeth
Walll!fs. PermAia E.

NIN
NIN
Light, Bizllbcttl J.
Conner, Bool&lt;cr J.

NIN
Lawrence. Ernest Lee

Buggs. Robert
Conner, James Albert

\Ml~J. M.

Conner, Otis J.
Eanes, Edward L
Clew.et, A. F.
\Mlson, Emett D.
~enc:e.

J. E.

\Mfo

Maxey, Maiy E.
Vest. Rebeclca
Hunga!B. Thomas
Sowers, Oilard
Vest. John E.

Reed. Elizabeth

ordered by
\Mfe
ordered by
ordered by
ordered by
Ofdered by

lane, G. W.

Aldemian, Sarah

\Mio

Alderman, Johnson

w.

Maxcy, Sairool L
Vest.G. W.
Hl.slgate, Sarah
Bowers. Troy W.
Vest. Andy W. (Sud)

NIN

Son

HONard, cager

ordered by

NIN

Inf. Son
Son
Son
Daughter
Son
Son
\Mfe

Howard, James
Anderson. George K
Jones, Mason
(..awrenOe, Brainard
Conner, Brainard
Jones, 9"'anson
McOaniel, Thomas

McOanlel, Hattie
Qmmlns, Don;ie
NIN (Saran Boone Vest}
Hadge, SaUy A
Vest, Edmon
NIN.

Culningham. Malinda
Tats, Rosa
Anderson, John
Vest, samuel A .
111.00lwine, Ida Meg
Pott Marshall
Graham, Joseph
Duncan, Louisa

Son

Ci.nmns. Harfle
Vest, W . M .(Wiliam Madison)

Son
Inf. Dau

Vest, Archie P .
Lawreoce. Ernest

IMfe
Daughter
ordered by
ordered by

Cunnlngtlam, Robert
Vest. Gooige
Kyle&amp;FamOy
Vest, Sadie
11\A:&gt;OlwWlB, Robert
Poff, c. w.
Graham, Hotlense &amp; \Mbie
Mosby, Trigg

NIN Twin Sons

NIN

lnl. Son

NIN
\Mlson, Yelfra A Francis
Meadows, Henry
Vest, John Eugene
Collins, Geofge W.

McNeil, Henry

Wade, Silas
ordered by
Howery, Nannie
ordered by
Oici&lt;etSon. G . Riley
ordered by
Austin, Hoster
ordered by
Cole, Anngll (Ablgaa VesfCole) «dered by
ldcfuigs, H. B.
ordered by
MOie. Eliz:Dbcth F.
ordefed by
SOwers, Ann
«defed by
NIN Hall
Inf. Ctlild
Vest, Adie Anomia
ordered by
Price. EIQe V.
ordered by

Collins, Magle

McNeil. Challle &amp; s. E.

Hall, Leonard H.
Vest. David W .

Vest, Ray
Boatd, H. R.
Purchased by Sumner, L.
Ordered By Smith, J . W .

W/F
W/M

'NF

NIN Infant

W/M

buyecHall J. w.

WM
WlM

(abt. 1849)

B/M

(abt 1857)

71611923 Moi1tgo11.,.y Co. Bralnaid Basham Robert
8'23/1923 Floyd Cotarty.

121311923

~Creek. Va

121411923
11611924
1!Cll1924
1IW1924
21111192.C
212811924

Floyd Co..

Pilot. Va

can-., Cteek. Va Buried in Floyd Co.
Floyd Cotarty.

Montgomery Co.

Caft1&gt;Creek. Va

51'2311924 Floyd Co.
5"2411924 Floyd Co
fY2att924 Oaytor, liatvey; Cafll&gt; Creek. Va

buyer Epperley, M. G ,

buyer Turner, Harlet
Conner, Rifton

Ql14/1924
10/411924
11/411924
1219f1924

~Creek, Va

S"2611925
Monlgonay County byW. T. &amp; Envna
Floyd Co.
7N CV1925 orden!d by vest. Elbert
m.611925 Floyd Co
Q/1511925 Floyd Co.
10/8f1925 Floyd Co
100111925 Montgomery Co. Va
11/11/1925Pilat, Va
11/18'1925B:asham, Va
1212811925 Moo\I"''""&gt;' Co. Ve
1fll192B Floyd Coi.stfy
11911926 9ashall\ Va (Wrfe Mary)

ti'3f1925
7fll1925

B.

slo Bishop, H. C.

SIM
WM

Hall, Emaine
Bashall\ George T.
Epperley, Bmon Oelsy
Turner, Cain

w.

Purchased by Poff, Bsie
Pun:hased by McDaniel, Ge&lt;Mge

WM

Floyd Couniy

1f22/1925 Pilot, Va
211art925 Floyd Ct&gt;.
212811925 Caft1&gt; &lt;:reek, Va
411711925 Floyd County

w.

Son

W!M

1212611922
71311923 Cilnl' Creek, Va
2'10/1923 Montgoo.,.yCo.
2'21 /1923 Floyd Cot.rdy
212111923 Floyd Cola'lty
'm.7119Z3 Cilnl' Creek, Va
3.'711923 Caw4&gt; Creek. Va
311811923 Montgomery Co.
312611923 Floyd, Co. Edward Hadge &amp; George Hunga!B
511711923 .~Creek, Va
5121/1923 McConias, WV. Buried in Floyd C.ounty.

Moolgomety, Co.
Floyd Co.
Floyd Co.
1211311924 Floyd Cotny
12/20t1924 (""°Jacob R. Angle) (nee. Richards)
11311925 Paid by Haivey, G. W . boned in Floyd County

Howard. Ballard
Con,_,.LF.

ordered by

Floyd Cotarty
Floyd Cotarty

McNiet, Charlie C.
Cole, H, V. &amp; Cole, 5 . L
Vost. V. W .
Anglo. W. L
Bower, Troy

Daughter
ordered by

Vest, R. 8Board, Henry
SUmne&lt;, F. Marion
Stmh, S. Catherine
Bishop, Harley Cecil
Poff, John D
Mi:Oanief, Shields
eooi-, Wm. Floyd

Mootgoo.,.y Co.

lr28!1924 Cin1&gt;&lt;:reek, Va
81911924 Floyd,Co

«dered by

Cmner, Oocia

Floyd Couity

Claytlf, E. 0 .
Claybr, H. S.
OcMer, Frank
Hawtey, R. G . &amp; Hov.ery, Jeff

Martin, MoMie

mant

Floyd Col.my
Floyd CotS1ly
Floyd Col.my
Floyd Cotarty

31611924 Floyd Co. Pd. By Emett Wi1soo
3/611924 Floyd Co.
311111924 Floyd Co.

NIN

Daughter

$30.00
$10.50
$9.00
$9.00
$30.00
$30.00
$9.00
$9.00
$30.00
525.00
$7.00
$9.00
$30.00
$30.00
$30.00
$30.00
$30.00
$30.00

811/1923

Guerant. John
Wison, Wm. R
Price, John

Price,
J.
Cooner, Otey
Martio, George

NIN

Q'18/1921
W2.1111921 Moi11g011ey Co..
1111411921 Moutgorneiy Co.
1211411921 Floyd Couity
12.12711921 Floyd Cotrdy
11211922 Simpson, Va.
11811922 Floyd Col.my

Floyd Cotarty
10/10/1922 Montgomeiy Co. James Payne &amp; Robert Wal!Jlrs
1211911922 Pibt, Va.
1212411922 Monlgomery Co..

Wle

Son
ordered by
ord~ed by
Inf. Son
ordered by
ordered by
Son
ordered by
«dared by
Son

$32.00
$7.50

511311922
61311922
Mltt922

King, C . M.

\Mfe

81511921 Floyd Cotrdy ('Mfe Lula Conner Lawrence)
811111921 Floyd Cotrdy

~/1922

Howatd, IMUiam T.

NIN
l&lt;lng, Hatless
Lawrcnoo, Helen Celestim
eonner, Earsef Whitfield
Jones. Ameld Lee

$30.00
$30.00
$30.00
$9.00
$31 .00
$9.00
$11 .00

11811922
2f3f1922
31211922
31711922
3/'711922
31911922
3110/1922
3l'2IY1922

Ught, E. B.
Conner, R. E. (Ras)
Hale. Calib E.
Lawrence, H. T.
SUtphin, Wm. R.

SUtphr.. Roelna

5'511921
5'1411921
5'2311921 Floyd CoU'lty
7n/1921 Floyd Cotrdy
7/1411921 MomgometyCo.
81411921 Montgomery Co.

4t2flf1921

Geast\art, CUrtls

Oower, Archie w.
Rak.es. F. J.

$30.00
$30.00

$6.00
$29.00
$9.00
$10.00
$11 .00
$11 .00
$15.00
$10.00
$30.00

$30.00
$2.8.00

$30.00
$12.00
$8.00
$27.00
$30.00

$33.00
$39.00

$30.00
$10.00
$41.00
$25.00
$6.50
$45.00
$33.00
$33.00
$45.00
$33.00
56.30
$8.30
$29.00
$41 .00
$32.00
$35.00
$35.00
$35.00
$60.00
S30.00
$9.00

SS7.50
$35.00
$8.00
$35.00
$6.30
$35.00
$21 .00
$75.00
$75.00
$75.00
$9.00
$35.00

$26.25

1119!1926 Pilot, Va.

$35.00
S47.50
$35.00
$52.50

1/301192e Burtud in Montuomery Co.

$35.00

21611926

Buried in Huffville, Va

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

$9.45

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Boyd,Ml!Mna
Aus&amp;\, CMin
Cole, Cynthia
Eppeliy, Wm. T.
Connef, Wm. H.

WF

Conner, Cline

WM child

?oft, John H
Sumplef. Sarah c.
Gibson. John
Connel', Carmd L
W!rnwr, Err*Y Lane
SC&gt;angllr, Noah c.
Helm, Jenn

buyer Boyd. J. T.
rJo histin. Wm.
adered by Cole, Kyle
buyer Epperley, Jane

WM

WF
WM

Coiner, Mandy
Conner, R. E.
buyer Mary Pott &amp; Albert Poff
buyer Sorr¢er, T. E.
buyer Poff, M. J. Gbsoo, Rena

WM
WfM
WJF
SIM

Conner, R. E.
Winner, SamJel
Spmlgler, L M.
Sil.tart, Robert &amp; Helm, Ruth
Eanes. Cleveland

WM child
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WM

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N/Nilfant

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Un:lelv.ood, Aaron

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~. Li:lcdn BIUi

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Hale. Wm. F.
Uvely, Chaiie
Light. J. 0 .

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WM
WIF
WIM
SIM

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Age64
}(Jen
Age64

N;Je70

Vest. FrankT.
9asham, Sal8h E.

WM

~30

WF

Snulfer, Fry

bladt

lqe73
f&gt;ee75
&gt;qe80
Age71
&gt;qe74

l&lt;innell, Nancy

Canes. Maly E.
Aldridge, 6anul H.
Boald. l3nira
Cornlll. Nannie

WIF

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l/llF

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!lshcp, RoyT.

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Hale, Herman
Craighead, sarah E

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Conner, Mary M.

Graham,~

Poll. Nelle Mae
Andelson, Kyle
Hodge, Mai1ha s.
~. lri11 Adel

Mal1il. Bet1ha
Sisson, Leula
Slmplllr, Aldel'I

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l/llF

~.1.~

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l&lt;logrm, CNrles L
eo-,T~W.

Martin, Mary E.
StilbomSon
Aldridge, Nina Jane
Ha.oiery, George Wison
Wrrmer, RtA&gt;y J.
Slilbom Son {BrCM'll 7)
Velt,l.elha

Price. Ira J,
'*'-d, Berlha v.
Vest, Geclge 0.
Cdh, l. M.
Boatd, Nancy G.

Ri:hards. Sam.iel R.
~.JamesB.

Conn«, J. H. W.
Marti\, lialvey s.
Austil, Vbla P.

'M11lkldt. Louise
Akera. Enwre J.
Conner. Nora
VeR, Elial Ann

IM&gt;odwrilrd, Eizabel!1
UgtC, Hubert
8Mards, Nelia
Wrt,W.W.

Stil Bom Son
We?Ner, Maly A
Muncy, Martha
Martil, Cynftlla M.
l.Jlwrenoe, Selah F.
Vest, Elsie J.

SillBomSon
Price, Ruth

WM
WM

WF
WfM
W/F

Age93

flge76
Age76
Age33

Age52
~74

Age12
Age57

Age35
Age19
Age58
Age60
Age33
Age71
Age39
Age3v.4cs
Son
Age59

'NF
Y"1M
WF
WM

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WF
WM

IQ82

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.AQe90

WF

Age55
Age89

WIM
W/M

WM
WIM
WF
WIF
WIF
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W/F

buyer Reed, J. D.
liuyer Hale,

vwrie

buyer l.Nely, Ben &amp; Atgabrigtt, W . R.
buyer Light, Groves &amp; A. L
pd. ~ McN"el, SQmuel
ordenld by Gearhart, A. C.
buyer Snt.lrer, Frank
by IU\nelt. OaW:I &amp; Duncan, J. W.
by Eanes, W. E &amp; Robert
by Aldridge, Vlma
byT. L Board
by Correll, Heruy &amp; sons
~Vest. Andy M.
bJyer Bishop, Jeff
by HalG, Hcnty G.
by Conner, Peter
by 'Mlltenack, J . M.
by Sowefs, H. D

by Graham, W. E.

by Pdf, Albert
by Ande!son, Almer
by Hodge, J . H.
by~.w.J.
by Mat&amp;l, George W.
by l..aY!renoe, Alonzo
by Sl.mp!M, T. E.
by Price, John H.

by Comer. Lenora &amp; Afred
ScMers, 0 . W.
Kingrea. Martha A.
Bower, Mrs.. T. W. &amp; Aggie
Maim, John R.
Burke, John R.
Aldridge, Ferrald M.
Ho.-iery, W. J. &amp; Martin, A R.
O!dered By Winvner, Ezsa P.
ordered by Hal~ Ira P.
Vest. W."8.
Price. J.
Howard, Chafie
pd. By Vest, lore!1za
Callins, E H.
pd. By Board, Rush
pd. By Rldiards, Chet &amp; Lee
by Angle, S. W.

~e75

W/M

Age6

w.

Age72
Age68

Age78
Age76

by Conner, James

by Martin, Beltie &amp; P. F.
by Austin, P. E. pd. By A~n. John
by 'Mlitlock. Bernard
by Akers, Ballard p .
~West. John &amp; A. P.

Age88

Age25
Age3
l(Je 72
Age56
Age70

byHal,J. L

WF

Age75

WM
Female

"9e25

WM
WIM

Age83

WF

Age95

WIF

~97

W/F
W/F
W/F
Male

Age79
Age51

by W&gt;odward, G. W.
9/ Light, H. J.
Ill/ eo-ds. G.
by'Mrt.N. W.
l.a'M'enoo, Slanley E
by Matm, A. C.
by Lovern, w. P.
by Martin, L R.
by l..a'M'encc, J . w. &amp; Sons
by Vest, J. H. pd. Vest, Jacob H.

WIF

Age18
1'Qe39

Gilell'Mlef
t.ucas. Pritdla

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1/1/fM

~MaryA.

WM

Marti\, JameS M.

WM

Stil BomSon

Age52
1'1876
lqe20
Age21
Age75

~.CllarieL
Link, Helbert
buyer McNiel, Mary
buyer Vest. Nef"ie

WM

a

1y1~

~61

-

Price. Henron J.
Age86

1'Qe 49
"'1e 61

by Price, Hemlan .L &amp; John
by Boone, C. E
By Lucas, 0 . S .
by \Mdcham, c. 0 .
by Martin, Rufus M .
Sltplm, Eli

2f811926
211311926 FloydCo.

$3500
$12.60
$35.00

2121/1926 Basham, Va
$3500
Buried at Red Ook Grove
$4900
41511926 Copper Hi~ Va
$1400
41611926 Piiot Va.
$46.00
41511926 Otey, Va
$50.00
412811926 burled In Floyd Co.
$3600
4129t1926 Montgomery Co.
$3500
5/7t1926 Floyd. Co.
$21 .00
511611926 Pilot. Va
$00.00
6'811926 Floyd Co.
$35.00
7/17/1926
$900
7/1811926 Pilot, Va. Buried Wi Floyd Co
7tl811926 Basham. Va buried In Floyd Co
$7.35
$90.00
8/20/1926 Floyd Couity
$21 .00
812411926 Copper Hi~ Va
Floyd Couity
sr.Y1926
$9.50
W13t192:6 Floyd Coulty
$36.00
1)'19(1926 Pilot, Va
$38.00
11/'1311926 Floyd Couity
$75.00
11/Z311926 Floyd County
$46.00
1211511926 MontQomery County
$36.50
1131/1927 Floyd County
$46.00
31511927 Basham. Va
$36.00
3/6/19Z7 Floyd Couity, Va
$36.00
~411927 MontQomety County
$36.00
71311927 Floyd County
$36.00
814/1927 Floyd County
$36.00
11f213/19Z7 Floyd County
$36.00
12121/'1927 Basham. Va
$60.00
21811928 Pilot, Va
$50.00
2121/1928 Floyd County
$36.00
312811928 IU&gt;er, Va
SOCl.00
3131/1928 Floyd County
$62.00
4119/1928 Floyd County
$55.00
51411928 Pilot, V a
$60.00
5120/1928 Floyd County
$46.00
!¥28/1928 Floyd County
$46.00
512B/1928 Pilot, Va
$36.00
6'411928 Basham. Va
$36.00
6IZ2J1928 Pilot, Va
$36.00
71911928 Floyd County
$51 .00
712811928 Pilot, Va
$90.00
7129/'1928 Basham, Va
$60.00
91811928 Basham. Va
$50.00
9'1411928 Floyd County
$00.00
9i28/1928 Floyd County
$37.00
10/1611928 Pilot, Va
$100.00
10/2411928 Floyd County
$60.00
1112011928 Floyd County
$ 100.00
1112411928 Montgomery County
$ 13 .60
121211928 Floyd County
$8.00
119/1929 Floyd County
$36.00
2'611929 Floyd County
$46.00
21811929 Floyd County
$50.00
2'11/1929 Floyd County
$7.00
2'1611929 Floyd"County
$30.00
212211929 Floyd County
$36.00
212611929 Floyd County (Burled In the Howard Gem Rinet1
$25.00
'lrZT/1929 Floyd County
$1 00.00
41711929 Floyd County
$40.00
4/811929 Floyd County
$100.00
4/'2S/1929 Pilot, Va
$60.00
5'2611929 Pilot, Va
$75.00
5131/ 1929 Floyd County
$36.00
&amp;'1511929 Floyd County
$37.00
611611929 Floyd County
$60.00
811911929 Montgomefy County
$65.00
6125/1929 Montgomery County
$60.00
612911929 Floyd County
$36.00
8'20f1929 Floyd County
$106.00
812411929 Floyd County
$50.00
9'2311929 Pilot, Va
$36.00
10f1411929 Montgomery County
$25.00
11117/1929 Montgomefy County
$49.00
1tl/1930 Floyd County
$ 14 .00
1/11/1930 Pilot. Va
$80.00
1/12/1930 Pilot, Va.
$57.00
1113/1930 Floyd County
$39.00
21511930 Floyd County
$1 00.00
212111930 Floyd County
$63.00
7.12511930 Floyd Coaity
$7.00
$60.00
212511930 Pilot, Va
$33.00
2'2611930 Pilot, Va
$55.00
3t211930 Floyd County
$100.00
31911930 died In Roanoke City
$36.00
31'2311930 Floyd County

31811926

411 111930 Montgomery County

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

$8.00

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c.

W/M

Stil Born Daughter

WF

Hale, Emmet I&lt;.
Ashworth, M:lrtha

WF
Female

Connc&lt;, Nannie A.
Cunningham, Jamos Robert
Connc&lt;, Rifton E.
Link. J. S.
Connel', Ste8a

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W.F

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Bowets, .l!nier
Eanes, Ward
Vest, Sarah M.
Hale. J. W .
Hall, Jessio W .
SliB Som D:lughter
Board. Jom M.
Conner. Maty E.
Braady, Nancy J.
Andcfson.Kittle
SliD Born
HOM!t)', Jonathan
ClaylD(, Nbort E.
Vest, Rosa
9rilh. Vllllliam H.

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Dobbins, Sallartl

c_

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Beagle, warie A.
Connef. Mitch

\/\obodward, Herbert
Slil BomSon
Link, Burrel
Martin, Samuel \Miiiam
Martin, Helen Eizabelh
Natt. Mary J.
Vest. Louisa
Hale,G. W .
Slustie&lt;. George A.
Vest, David W .
McGhee. Doro A.
McGhee, Robert B
Vest, Oyde C.
Penis. Virg1nia
Webb, Alma
Angle. Mary L
Hadge,C. C.
Poff, Hubert Hoyd
Craghead, GDes E.
Mc:Alexander, Hazel Lee
SUtphin. Na.n lo
T'hon1&gt;SO". Francis A
Trail Geofge J.
Martin, Cleapatry
Conner, Mal)' L
Beddehlmer, Char1esG.
Martin, Cbrenoc wade
Conner, Giles A
Conner, W. Haden
Conner, Peter
Lawrenoo, Virginia Sue
Martin, L Ru1us
Trail. Lucy Angeline
Conner, M elvina
Hale, Sarah R.
Cole, Sara.h J.
Walters, Vtetorta
Haward, Ulura May
Vest. CeclJ Starl3nd
Hale, Virginia Maibell
Vest, Mabel E.
Cole, OaDis L
Andefson, Charles R
Cole, Plesant
light, Scipio
Poff, Mary
~.MargieK

Harris. Louis Haivey
Conner, Frank
Conner, Angeline V.
UnNamed Child Still Born
Vest WiDiam W .
Otey, Chartes If.
Conner, Moses E.
Eanes. Sarah SlfTik1a
Con,_, Sarah Ann
\NooMMe, Martha B.
();ci(elsofl, Sarah C.
Finchum. Amos Dick
Vest, inf.
Martin, Jamos R.
Eppet1ey, Rosa Jane

AgeOO

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Underv.ood, A. B. &amp; Ashv.orth, Green
Conner, Gilio 8 .
slo AndrewW. Cunningham
by Conner, 11.frs. Rifton
l\go28
Ago68
Link, Uona
Age16
Colner, Gies
by Oe'Mtl, James s.
l".Qe 39
s10 f3cMe(s. aay
.Ag83
Age Sm 13d 9o Eanes, ..bsper
Vest, James B. &amp; McNiel, Ernest
Ago74
by Hale. G . W. &amp; J. L
A,ge80
by waiters, G . M .
l\ge88
dlo Cl&lt;Mer. Letcher
by Vest, C.
Ago61
by Conner, Alfred L
AQ062
Ago84
'M&gt;odwan:I, G . W.
Age72
Anderson, C. R. &amp; James. S. T .
Martin, Robert C.
by Hov.e1y, Frank
Age 75
ClaylD(, Harvey 0 ,
Age12
Vest, Clyde C .
Age 69
Martin, R. H.
1"16 75
Beagle. Mrs. W. A
~62
by Wlis. Geotge
f&lt;Qe 63
do 11\bodward, W. E
/v;Je 6
Earles, Marvin R.
Age 10m
6'0 Uik, Henry
Age85
by Martin, Glenvar
d/o Martin, R. H.
/IQe 13
by Naff, 8. F.
Age82
Wlilenack, 0 .
/1Qe82·
Hale, George
Age20
Slusher, Ray
/l(Je 51
Vest, Cleaphis
A(Je 71
McGhee,Beo
AQe47
A,ge68
Welton, K K 2 coffins 5 .00 &amp; 34.00
Vest, RasL
AQe31
Argabright, J. W. &amp; Lucas, D. S.
/IQe 70
W!bb,P. D.
Agc53
Sclays
Angle, J . F .• father
l\ge 83
Haclge, J. E.
Poff, Lake
2Y7m
Age64
Craghead, Emma
McA.lexallder. Gen. W
19mo
1qe74
SUtphin. Ctara &amp; ~ngle&lt;, J_ H.
;&lt;Omo
ThorT..,son, John R. &amp; Cummings., L A
Age88
Trail, John
Martin, James R.
Age75
Conner, W. H.
A,ge 65
A,ge 68
Becldeheimer. Mrs. C. G. (Algela)
Age34
Martin, Andrew J.
Age58
Conner, Lura
Age83
Conner, J. W., Luis, Lewis
Conner, Wilard
Age84

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112 hour

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SliDBom
Age79
A;Jen

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22hrs
Age 79
Jl{Je 81

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Ago59
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by Dobbins, W. H.

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Burk, A Jack
Trail.John V.
Conner, Oscar

~930

Floyd eo..tty
61311930 Floyd County
&amp;'1311930 MontQomely Co
611611930 Floyd County
6'2311930 Montgomery Co
7/4/H¥3/J Floyd County
7f7/1930 Floyd County
711611930 Pilot. Va
7129'1930 Copper Hi~ Va
713fJ/1930 Floyd Courtty
8'1 111930 Floyd County
811711930 Floyd County
1Of17/1930 Floyd County
10/2111930 Floyd County
1Cll22/1930Floyd County
1111611930 Floyd Couity
1211811930 Floyd County
11511931 Floyd County
1110/1931 Floyd Co&lt;.r'tty
111711931 Floyd County
21911931
Floyd County
2112/1931 Floyd County
2121/1931 Floyd Courtly
'3f1611931 Monlgol I lel y Co
&amp;'8'1931
Floyd County
811811931 Floyd County
812111931 Floyd County
00/1931
Montgomery Co.
Q/1111931 Floyd County
Q/1411931 Floyd County
9i30/1931 Montgomery Co.
1(Y15t1931 Floyd Cotnty
111911931 Floyd Cotnty
12/20/1931 Floyd County
1212511931 Montgomeryeo•• Riner
11411932 Floyd Co. Check
1/1611932 Floyd Co., Copper Hill.. Graysville
112411932 Floyd Co., Copper Hill.
112911932 Floyd • Pilot
?115'1932 Floyd-QipperHm hauing $1.50

Cole, Pleasant
Aldridge, C. H. &amp; Weeks. Profit A.
Ho.vard, Ballard, fattM!1
Vest. Som.el G.. falhe1'
Hale, Harvey L husband
Vost. Alton
Cole, Dallas &amp; Cole, Mrs. 0 . L
Burke, A. J . • purchased
Cole, Tammie
Light, Brownlow, purcf1aser
Poff, Robert&amp;Albert
Oicker.;on, Wllam

Harris, Willi$
Conne&lt;, Gillie B .. purchasef'
Colner, Floyd 0 ., purchaser
Conner, Raymond
Vest Allee , purchaser
O\By, Hattie
Conner, George
Eanes. Burrelh &amp; Gracie
Conner, S. Willard, buyer
Gearhart. A C., buyer
Oiclcefson, Andy T .
Ftindlum, Faith Hattie &amp; Epperly, A. P.
Vest. Truman, falher
Hull. J . P. &amp; Wlcl&lt;ham, J . W.
E;&gt;perley, W . D.(William Daniel)

a

$53..00
$36.00
$100.00

$9.00
$80.00
$80.00
$43.00

$81 .50
$30.00
$12.00
539.00
$53.00

$4S.OO
$7.00

$43.00
$53.00

$100.00

$39.00
$7.00
$54.00
$38.00
$80.00

$37.00
$53.00
$37.00
$33.15
$13.00
$12.00
. $106.00 '

$55.00
$51 .00
$43.00
$80.00
$43.00
$33.00
$5.00
$75.00

$32.00

411211932 Floyd
4'1511932 Floyd - Sirnpsons

$1200
$10.50

5/711932
61111932
&amp;411932
6'251'1932
612811932
8'1311932
&amp;"1311932
Ql10f1932

$75.00
$30.00
$95.00

Montgomery Co
Floyd • Momuomery
Floyd - Pilat
Floyd • Basham

Montgomery - Pilot

Floyd-Sa.Ners, Va
Floyd Co.
Floyd-Otey, Va
~1932 MontgomefY-PilOt
10/31/1932 Montgomery -Pilot
11/1411932 Floyd Co.
121611932 Floyd Co.
12117/1932 died in Giato, YN
1J'2Sf1933 Floyd -Check
1/28f1933 Floyd. Checit
112911933 Floyd. Basham
212211933 Pilot, Va
31611933
Conner, Pageton, WV
411/1933 Floyd-Check
411911933 Floyd. Basham
412811933 Floyd· Check
5'2111933 MonlgometyCo_ - Riner
000/1933 Floyd • Pilot
712411933 Floyd. Check
10/311933 Floyd • Pilot
10/19'1~ Floyd - Check
121411933 Floyd - Basham
1217/1933 Floyd -Basham
1116/1934 Floyd • Simpsons
111811934 Floyd-Otey, Va
1131Y1934 Montgomeiyeo. - Riner
211311934 Montgomeiy Co. - Rfler
311411934 Floyd-Chee«

o. s_

Hale, w. E..

$55.00
SS.00

312411934
313111934
41511934 •
4/6/1934

Montgomery Co. - Pilot

Floyd - Check
Floyd -Chee!&lt;
Floyd - Pilot
51611934 Floyd - Checlc
8'1311934 Floyd • Pilot
11.161'1934 Floyd - Copper Hnl
1111811934 Floyd - Check
12181f934 Mon'90melyCo.
1211611934 Montgomery - Pilot
12121/1934Aoyd- otey, Va

$8.00
$77.50

$25.00
$35.00
$35.00
$57.00
$85.00
$85.00
$35.00
$75.00

$50.00
$25.00

$35.00
$37.00
$78,00
$52.50
$37.00
$40.00
$30.00

$9.00

$55.00
$21.50

$55.00

$34.00
$37.00
$75.00

$35.00
$7.50

$6.25

$30.00
$60.00
$11 .50
$38.50

$50.00
S80.00

$70.00
$40.00

$45.00
$45.00
$80.00

121$1/1934 Floyd • Otay. V a

$12.00
$97.00

1213111934 Floyd - Pilot

$48.00

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(Jennings}
Muncy, Infant

· Hall, Ira 0.
Bistlop, Ad9al\ J.
~.WlmithR.

Camer, Mal)' Dela
Hale,~ Edward
Cdlins, Eva Sarah EliZabeCh
z:nc. Mamda
IQng. lnlant

w.

All!, Henry
Ccnner, Hemal Alpha
Graham, Dock Ccy
Ugl1t, 8iz;a Boyd
IGng, Phiney

Poll, Asa
Johnmon, Mbur James
Cille, Henry Valrine
l.lndeNioad. AalOtl
Vest, AJMtt (Pierce)
Smith, Mcfie
Carroll Robert Hen()'
IMlltenack. Hallie Mn
c.r. Henry W9e

Wison. Oalherine

WM
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Eppertey, Y.m. Daniel
Ferris, John
e.ies. Bunal H.
8191op, Na11Cf May
Arrena Jane

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Conner, Lura Kathryn

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aov.er.

Vest, Annie Hazel
Jenniigs, Milly
canell, GaneltW
Qnjngham, Clal1t
Mal&amp;I, Mat)' Ann
Conner. Elsira Isabell
Sov.els. F'o6ie Lee
Hall, lsabele Jane
~LAie

Conner. SasWI R.
Ndle¥. Maly E. (WrlghQ
McHel, Fannie K
Conner, Un;el 0.

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Cole, T~{Lawnlnce)

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Undefwcod, Slilbdm
&amp;nel. Rosabel Ann

Clower, John H.
Galdner, Bilie Clatk
Gardner, Bettie Gene
Riimon, Jolm C.
Undecwood, CurtiS Eugene
Vest, Floyd
Hadges. Geo. Thomas
Ffndium. Gorden

WM
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Price, John H.
Unk. Lucie M:

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Stump, Wn Floyd
l!ecb!ltirneJ. Anderson

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WM

Uflh:&gt;us. Ona Francis
Geamart. Nancy Jane
Allslin. Dela Adine

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WIF

Walliels, Oochia May
Haie,Sllllom
Mo!wt, S6lbom
Sell. Mary Jane
Bllt«, ~ Lee
Poll, C5oile Jean
Jones, WUe Aris
Veit, Mary Jane

WF

WM
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Sun1&gt;. Sarah

WF

Shady, No Name

WM
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WM
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SilBom
SITilh, S3miel Hemy
Palmer, Siii Born
Spangler, Doris Arm
McHlel; Maiy
Spence, Slil Som
Conner, Maigret Miene
Vest, Lallie (Lollie Elen Ugltf)
Conner, James Alred
l/flllf;, 'Mlle Gene
Iddings. James Wm.
Poll BUrlonEdWald Clark

Poff:AtkW/ Dale

8lllsham, ~ H.

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l.t.lncy, Shi1ey, falfier

00y1m15d Hall. Malilda
. Bishop, N2nCV May
"'16 74
pd by Sheriff HystDn
&gt;Qe88
Simpson, w. c~ pd eonne.-. Goorge _L
&gt;Qe45
Hale, Cebert
AQa 11d
Pen9oo Funeral EX
/IQO 73
Finchwn, Gordon &amp; Rosie
~79
l&lt;ing, Cb.renoe W.; faltltt
ltAt¢
Pol'f. Lula E.
~77
f.fle 15 m Cawlef, Oley

1f1911935 Floyd - Pilat
2/7/1'JSS FloydC.O.

712511935 Montoon-Y Co. - Riner

212711935 Floyd - Chock
311111935 Floyd -Copper.Hiii
3117/1935 Floyd--Copper Holl
4130f1935 Floyd - Chock
5'2811935 Montgomery • Pilot
6'2311935 Floyd - Simpsons
81211935 Floyd - Pilot
8'2811935 Floyd - Pilat
10/1111935 Floyd - Pilot
l&gt;Qe48
Cllr""- lh
C..--Gr.hom)
Light, Lenora b. 31 Dec 1854
10/1511935 Floyd - Pilot
Age80
King, Irvin N.
11/11/1935Floyd ·Copper Hill
~22
1112'1/1935 Floyd-Cower Hill
Poff, Arclllo
• /IQO 78
Johnsen. Martha E.
11127/1935 Floyd - Pilot
"'1674
1211211935 FloYct -Check
Cole. Ernest
"'16 82
lJndelv,ood,Howard
1211311935 Floyd - Basham
"'16 S2
Vest, Octava
1211911935 Floyd - Check
"'1666
smith. Daniel
12120l1935 Floyd - CopporhlO
"'16 26
Coiner, Floyd 0.
51911935 Floyd - Pilat
/IQO 79
'Mlitenack. 0.
1212911935 Floyd • Check
/IQ080
Carr, Ginnie
~79
121291'1935 Floyd - Pilot
Wison.Lucy
"'16 ff1
1/14t1936 Floyd - Coppet Hill
Pd. Conner, Ras &amp; Epperley, B. J.
"'1682
1fZ211936 Aoyd - Pilot
Fems, J. L
"'1682
21111936 Floyd - Copper H ill
Eanes, Grace &amp; Lula
"'1685
412311936 Floyd - Pilot
Meis, Mattie &amp; Ballard
!&gt;Qe53
51911936 (MoolQOmcry • Pilot
CloY.ef, Landon
/1Qe82
611211936 Pilot. Va
/1Qe51
Conner, Booker
612611936 Floyd C.O.
!&gt;Qe37
Vest, Shir1ey E.
71811936 Floyd - Pilot
Jenni'lgs, Cheslet &amp; Wall
81111936 Montgc&gt;me1)' Co.
Carrell, Paul
l&gt;Qe18
816M936 Mout9ome1y - Pilot
Y»'1938 Cunningham. And~ Milon (VWton)
811711936 ~ - Rinet
Mattri, Isac Irvin
5.Smo
812711938 Floyd-Check
~75
Bartlet, T. J.
912611936 Floyd - Copper Hill
So&gt;.l.ers, Addi(t E.
l&gt;Qe52
11/5/1936 Floyd-Basham
i\ge83
Hall, Blemmel
1212811936 Floyd - Check
AgeMI
~.Huston
11711937 Montgomery • Harless
N/fJ78
Conner, HenryW.
1fl/1937 Floyd -Check
Ndley, J. E b. 'IT May 1864
"'1667
21211937 Floyd - Pilot
near100
Vest.A.
31811937 Floyd - Otoy, Va
2d
s/o Conner, Lawsoo
3110/1937 Floyd -Copper Hll1
Age54
McNief, Mr&amp;. Banks
311511937 Floyd C.O.
"'1679
Finchum, Garden
3/20/1937 Montgomery - Pilot
Age79
Cde, C. R. &amp; Raymond
3/Zlf1937 Floyd - Forest. Va
l&gt;Qe74
\M\itenacic, L H.
3'3111937 Floyd - Check
lnl
So Undelwood, 8mer pd by A. B.
41811937 Montgomery - Basham
Age71
Eanes. John M.
411911937 Floyd -Check
/IQe 78
Martii, Peter J.
5/21/1937 Montgomery - Christiansburg
7m13d
Gardner, Harvey A.
71711007
Momgomery - Riner
7m19d
Gardner, Harvey A.
711311007 Montgomery - Riner
i\ge63
Relrson, Bertha L
7/14/1937 Floyd -Check
Age1y
UndefWOOd, Nash &amp; A. B.
918/1937 Bladcsburg
i\ge84
Vest, J. Noah Charge 1D Estate.
1012811937 Floyd - Pilot
i\ge 75
Hlllg3!.e, George W.
112Cl11938 Floyd - Basham
Flinchem, Jesse; estate
"'1681
2/6f1938 Montgomery - Pilot
Age65
Price, Bortha &amp; 'Nn.. estate
91611938 Floyd - Pilot
flqe70
Link. David W.
312211938 Floyd - Pilot
Slump, 81aln
~82
41411938 Floyd - Pilot
Becldehelmer, Ml$. Halman
l&gt;Qe63
4/1411938 Montgomery - Pilot
"'1678
Linkous, J. R.
611111938 Mootaomery-Vic:Mr
/IQe lf1
Gealhart, A. c.
9'13/1938 Floyd -Check
Age65
Aus&amp;!, Philip E &amp; Sons
Q'23/1938 Floyd - Basham
Waffers, Jarres Kyje
!&gt;Qe54
Ql30/1938 Roanoke /'Jrjort
Inf.
Hale, Roy; fal!ier
101311938 Floyd Co.
Inf
Mo!a't, Tmy; falher &amp; Moran. S. L
111911938 Floyd - Pilot
/IQe 79
Bel~ Carl &amp; Ca'1ie
12/11/1938 Floyd C(o.
Balker, A. G. &amp; Donald
l&gt;Qe9d
1211611938 Montgomery . Btack.sburg
Age 5m 16d Pat, Vance
11611939 Floyd • Copper Hill
A{}e 76
Jones, &amp;Nan&amp;on
41211939 Floyd - Basham
Vest, J. Noah &amp; Liglt, H. T.
~84
412111939 Floyd - Pilot
Stump, Blane, Laula &amp; Rosooe
Age76
5'20(1939 Floyd - Pilot
Slady, EJ\la
Inf.
6'2411939 Floyd - Pilot
Inf.
NIN
6'30t'1939 Aoyd - Pilot
Smith, Ida; Maxey, Samuel &amp; McN"iel, Samuel 6'30/1939 Monta&lt;&gt;mery - Pila!:
Age61
611-411939 Montg0mery - ShawsviUe
Palmer, Edward
Inf.
1211311939 Montgomery - Pilot
Sj)anglef, Frank R.
12hrs
1212111939 Floyd • Pilot
McNle1, E.
Age79
2111/1940 Floyd Co.
Spence, Kyte; fafher
Inf.
311811940 Floyd - Pi1ot
l(Je2Y7m Conner, Hanton:!
31'2'7/1940 Floyd - Pilot
Vest. James Noah
Age58
5127/1940 Roanoke Co
Connef, Brainard
!'Qe58
512911940 Floyd - Chet;k
Vest. warren P.
!&gt;Qe2m
6110/1940 Floyd - Pilot
Iddings, Bitha
!&gt;Qe83
211/1941
Floyd - Simpsons
Poff, Sherman Roscoe
l(Je3m
3/20/1941 Montgomery - Pilot
Jennings, Chester

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Basham, Amhirst

312511941 Floyd - Basham

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

ssoo
$37.00
$40.00
$37 00
$41 .00
$ 12 .00
$3700
$41 .00
$12.00
$80.00
$'17 00
$55.00
$37.00
$46.50
$60.00
$55.00
S00.00
$38. 00
$38.00
$50.00
$52.00
$40.00
$75.00
SSS.00
$48. 00
$37.00
$67.00
$60.00
$65.00
SS5.00
$75.00
$49.00
$52.00
$9.00'
$15.00
$52.00
$75.00
$60.00
$55.00
$75.00
$67.00
$55.00
$12. 75
$60.00
$72.50
$60.00
$40.00

$13.50
$75.00
$67.00
$15.00
$15.00
$55.00
$15.50
$60.00
$32..00
$75.00
$55.00
$60.00

$45.00
$180.00
$39.00
$48.00
$60.00
$56.75
$5.00
$6.00
$40.00
$10.00
$16.00
$50.00
$61 .50

$58.00
SS.SO
$38.00
$6.50
$10.25

$60.00
$7.00
$22.50
$60.00
$50.00

$17.00
$60.00
$ 16 .50

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$47.00

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Link. BiDy Sheldon

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MartJi, George

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Age 3d
l'(Je 79
Age 69

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Houchins, Abe
Gray, W . Bin
Conner, G illie B.
Janey, Still Bom
Eanes. John M.
Kingrea, Samuel J .
Claytor, Sl!D Born
Sb.Imp, Lija
Hungate, Geofge W.

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W/M
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SIM
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Link, Alvin
Marfu. John R.
Houchins, Cobre
Gray, Mrs. Matilda P.
Conner, Hugh
slo Janey, Nelron Lee

51'211941
61911941
Qf1511941
12i3t1941

21711942

Age51

Hungate, Mrs. Julia
slo Clay1x&gt;r, James
Stump, Rosooe

211111942
312511942
5'311942
611511942
8/Z2J1942

Aoe82

~rs.John

51511943

Age82
Ase5m

Eanes. Dora

Floyd-Check
Mou!9ocne1 y - Pilot
Floyd Co.
Floyd - Check
Floyd - Check
Floyd - Pilot
Floyd - Check
Floyd - Basham
Floyd -Copper Hill
Pilat
Floyd - Pilot

$14.00

$60.00

'$50.00
$42.00
$70.00
$14.00

$70.00
$16.50
$7.00
$45.00

$50.00

oo:ffin

These are the reeords of Marion Thomas Hall of Floyd County, VA . He Was a
maker and kept records very meticulously. His grandson, Everett Hall, who is from
Christiansburg, VA is interested in genealogy bas given these to be used to help people
doing research in this area He has been taking a class taught by Kathy Calvert, who also
teaches at Auburn High School In addition she teaches a genealogy class at night in
Floyd County. She handed the records to Judy Blackwell who has passed them on to
VAN.

r~·gned: '
!' ~/7
'•. ~[d_~
.~dith G. Blackwell (Judy)

February 3, 2008

860 Stonewall Road, NE
Floyd, VA 24091-2716
jgcb@sw.va.nd

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Patsey Blankenship, Daughter of Hillery of Giles Co., VA
In trying to piece together the following puzzle of a purposefully forgotten piece
of history I have determined that Hillery Blankenship of Giles County, Virginia had a
daughter named Martha (Patsey) born around 1810. She would be one of the
daughters born 1800 to 1810 which appear with Hillery on the 1810 Giles County
census.
In the recounting of the history of these Giles County Blankenships, I have come
to the conclusion that Patsey is one of the persons I truly admire. Rather than living
her life to satisfy the norms of antebellum society, she instead intentionally chose a life
of certain hardship. Her stubborn courage, and unwavering determination to live her
life as she pleased, is surely an indication of her Blankenship heritage. She may have
been unable to marry the man she loved but her love for her children should be
legendary in our family. She fought the legal powers of her day to keep her children
close to her, and even though she lost in court, she later manipulated the jus tice system
to have one of her sons returned to her.
Patsey Blankenship first shows in Giles court records in an entry in Giles Order
Book 1833-1835, page 283, dated June 28, 1837, reading: "It is ordered that Isaac
Epling, Overseer of the Poor, bind to Leland Vass, Charles Blankenship [the word
orphan marked through] a free boy of color, son of Patsey Blankenship until he arrives
at the age of21 years".
A year later on, Monday, June 26, 1838, Patsey appeared in court with Joseph
Canterberry questioning the legality of an "indenture of apprentice" which the
Overseers of the Poor had used to "bind" her son, Charles, to Leland Vass. The
original indenture, dated June 1, 1838 is preserved at the Virginia State Archives. It
states that Charles was aged "five years, ten months, a free boy of color", and would
dwell with Vass "to the age of twenty one years" to "faithfully, honestly and obediently
serve his said master". On August 27, 1838 the court gave the opinion that the
indenture was valid.
Leland Vass died in 1843, and on March 28, 1843 John McClaugherty, the
executor of the Vass estate, appeared in court: "having intimated his intention of
transferring the indenture of apprentice binding Charles Blankenship, a mulatto boy
aged 10 years in August next, and a bastard child of Patsey Blankenship, to Mary
Vass, widow ofLeland Vass".
However the court did not agree and Charles was "bound" to Isaac Fry with the
stipulation that "Fry is to learn [sic] the boy the wagon-making trade and when he

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attains the age of 15 is to pay the mother whilst he is in the service of the said Fry after
that period until the last year of his services the sum of $5 annually and for the last year
to pay the said Charles the sum of$50". A year later on March 26, 1844, the indenture
to Fry was cancelled and Charles was bound to Patsey's friend Joseph Canterberry.
Patsey could once again have access to her son.
Patsey Blankenship shows up in the 1840 census, with an older woman aged at
least 50, living in the midst of the Vina [the name would later be spelled Viney] family
with several of her own mulatto children. Although records of the Overseers of the
Poor indicate that Milly was being supported by Captain James Stafford during ·the
early 1840s, I believe that Stafford allowed Milly to remain in the home of her
daughter.
The Vina/Viney's were one of the few families of free Blacks living in Giles
County at that time. Even though they were not slaves laws still forbade the mixing
of the races, so marriage would have been impossible. The Virginia law against
interracial marriage was still in effect until 1967.
In Patsey's household in 1840 were three boys and a girl, all under age ten, listed
as "free colored persons". These were the four mulatto children listed in the June 5,
183 7 records of the Giles County Overseers of the Poor, reading: "Thomas Kirk is
[ordered] to take four mulatto children who are now at the late dwelling house of
Hilery Blankenship dec'd - his grandchildre~ and keep them until they can be bound
out." [Giles Co. His. Vol. II]
The free Blacks many times had it worse than their brothers and sisters held in
the bondage of slavery. They had no one to care for their needs and yet finding
employment was nearly impossible. Occasionally they could find work in dangerous
occupations but even then the pay was minimal, otherwise they engaged in the most
menial work. Some of Patsey's children were listed as fishermen.
The names of some of Patsey's children are known. In a preface to the 1834
Giles Personal Property Tax list are the names of all free "mulattoes" in the county,
included are: Charles Blankenship of New River, Henderson Blankenship of Sugar
Run, and Nancy Jane Blankenship also of Sugar Rllll, all under the age of 16. The
183 6 and 1844 list of free "mulattoes" included: Charles Blankenship of Walker
Creek, Nancy Jane Blankenship of Walker Creek, Henderson Blankenship of New
River, William A. Blankenship of New River, and James A. Blankenship of New
River. Nancy Blankenship appears in the 1860 Giles census listed as a mulatto
washer-woman, aged 28, her children are: Rebecca, William L., and Sarah E .
Blankenship.
The following Giles court record appears on May 11, 1857 - "It appearing to the
satisfaction of the court that Henry Blankenship is a free man of color, it is ordered that

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he be registered as such by the Clerk of this Court, when a full description of the said
Blankenship is furnished to him". This record may refer to Henderson Blankenship.
A Giles "freedman" marriage record dated April 17, 1866 for Augustus Viney,
age 29, and Clara Daugherty states that his parents are Jrunes Viney and Patsey
Blankenship. The marriage took place at the home of Mark Canterbury. C lara, age
23, was a widow, the daughter of Sally (no last name).
James-Viney was born in the early 1790s, the son of Rachel Viney. Lists "of all
free Negroes and Mulattoes with the County of Giles" were prepared by the court for
each year from 1816 to 1864. In 1816 and 1817 Rachel was living "on New River at
Philip Peters' place". Two decades later, on March 27, 1837 Philip Peters is listed in
Giles Court records as the administrator of Hillery Blankenship's estate. By 1818
Rachel Viney and her family are shown in tax records to be living on "New River at
A. Johnston's place".
The will for James Viney was presented at the Giles County November, 1862
court [original will on file at Giles Court House]. A portion o f the will reads: "I do
hereby direct the whole [estate] to be sold to the hjghest bidder for cash and the
moneys thereof arising from said sale to be equally divided between Lusinday, my
wife, and her two boys Andrew and Ballard, and Augustus Viney and Sarah Viney".
A Giles Court record dated January 28, 1828 regarding the opening of a new
road from Clover Bottom on Bluestone to Rich Creek was signed by Hilery
Blankenship. The proposed directions for the road indicate that it would pass through
"James Vina's field and through a comer of Daniel Wray's field", it further states that
"the said road will run through the lands of John McClaugherty, J aines &amp; Santy Vina,
Daniel Wray~ Col. Snidow and John Snidow, and if it should cross the branch near
Wray's it would run through the land of Hilery or Stephen Blankenship. The said
McClaugherty, Wray and Vina give their consent for the said road to pass through their

lands".
The following Giles County Deed is found in Deed Book D , pages 150-152:
"This 28th day of August 1832 Daniel Wray and his wife of the County of Scott and
state of Virginia, hath fo~$58 paid by Santy Vina and James Vina, do give, grant,
bargain and sell to the said Santy Vina and James Vina, three parcels of land all
adjoining and being in the Big Spring Branch water of New River, the first piece
being part of a survey of 52 acres patented to Hilery and Arthur Blankenship, twenty
six acres of the said survey was deeded to Daniel Wray, the second parcel being also
a part ofthe survey above mentioned, ten of which was deed to Daniel Wray by Hilery
Blankenship, the above two piece of land hereby sold and conveyed containing 36
acres. The third tract containing 23 acres was granted to Daniel Wray by letters of
patent bearing date 13th of August 1825." Recorded September Court 1832.

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Giles Deed Book 3, page 114: May 24, 1834 - Hillery Blankenship and Milly
his wife to Santy Vina, for $30, 16 acres on north side of the New River in the Big
Spring Hollow [currently Curve Branch Hollow] adjoining a tract of land belonging
to Santy Vina and James Vina, which tr~ct was conveyed to them by Daniel Wray.
Recorded January Court 183 7.
Submitted by Michael Blankenship

Scene on the New River

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I

Tennessee The Volunteer State Vol 4., p687-688

JOHN TALBERT MORGAN

.

~ . :~·-·

Again and again in the lif~ histories of our successful American business
men we discover evidences of the truth of the old precept that sufficient and
satisfying rewards await those who strive . The exarnjnation of career after
career reveals the fact that the ladder was not ascended at a s ingle l eap and
that the man of affairs of today was the hard-working employe of yesterday.
To John Talbert
-·
Morgan,~vice president of the

Edgar-Morgan Company of Memphis, have
now come the rewards of industry, integrity and efficiency.

He was born on a farm in Roanoke county, Virginia, on January 29, 1871, the
son of Captain Dempsey Abiah Mor~ a farmer and dealer in agricultural
lands. Captain_M organ was a native of South Carolina, his birth having
occurred on the.20th of October, 1822, in Edgefield district. As a young man,
prior to the.Civil war he went west and settled near Independet;lce, Texas,
and during the.war was a captain in the Fourth Texas Infantry, on duty with
the coastal defonse of his state. Before the war he had married Miss Laura .
Hines, a native of Georgia, who had come to Texas with her parents as a gii-1
and it was at Independence that their wedding took place. After the war Mr.
and Mrs. Morgan moved to Roanoke county, Virginia, which was their home
for the remainder of their lives. In his enterprises as a land speculator and
dealer Captain Morgan_was very successful, having accumulated at the time
of his death a considerable estate. Left fatherless at the age of five;&gt; John T ..·
Morgan, together with his brother
sisters, grew up under the mother's
guidance, and well it was for these little folks that she lived until they had all
grown to maturity, passing away in 1912. The subject of this sketch is the
only member of the family in Tennessee, his only brother and three sisters

and

still residing in Virginia in _their native county.
Growing to manhood on the farm, John Talbert Morgan obtained bis
education in. the near by schools until he was ready to enter Washington and
Lee University, where he took a course in civil engineering. Among his
classmates in college was a young man, John W. Davis, who has s ince won
more than national fame as a lawyer in New York ·c ity and w as the
ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary fram the United States to

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Great Britain from 1918 to 192(. For five years after leaving the university
he followed the engineering profession, during three of which he was
employed by the city of Baltimc)re as assistant engineer. While in this service
be helped in drawing a map ..of fue city for pffi.cial use. Having decided,
however, that the field of ciVil engineering ·~ overcrowded and offered
insufficient opportunities
advaric.ement, "i1e resigned his position in the
Baltimore city governn;ient and went to Chicago, where he succeeded in
getting himself on the sales force of a l~ge wholesale paper house as a
traveling representative. His firm assigned him to the southern district and
with headquarters at Memphls he ·trave_l~d ?bout Tennessee and the
neighboring states for fourteen years
in.'tb.e
interests
of this house.
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While he was thus employed he acquired an interest in the John B. Edgar
Grain Company and before he left the road-he had increased his holdings in
this concern to half of the stock. In 1908 he resigned his position with the
paper company in order to devote all of his time to the grain business. At this
time a reorganization took place in th~. company by which the name was
changed to the Edgar-Morgan Company and the business was converted from
a grain trade into a manufacturing concern, producing all kinds. of live stock
and poultry feeds . The firm is now located at the comer of Mississippi and
Broadway and employs about one hundred men in its factory. The products
include all kinds of feed for live stock and poultry, which bear the trade
mark "Happy Line of Sweet Feeds." Because of the large local supply of
.c otton seed Memphis now leads the other cities of the country in t4e
manufacture of mixed stock feeds, and of the firms in the city engaged in this
line of manufacture the largest is the Edgar-Morgan Company, which is now
shipping five thousand carloads of feed annually. The market for the
company's output is chiefly in the south and east, and covers so large a
territory that it finds it necessary to _keep twelve traveling saiesmen in the
field all of the time. The officers of this company at the present time are:
John B . Edgar, president; John T. Morgan, vice president; Howard Jones,
secretary and treasurer.
Nor has Mr. Morgan con.fined his activities to this business alone or limited
his interests to this line of endeavor. He was one of the leading spirits in the
organization of the Liberty Savings Bank of Memphis, the plans for which
were formulated in his own home. At present he is the vice president of this
growing financial institution. He is also prominently identified with several
of the leading business men's associations in the city, being a member of the
Memphis Merchants' Exchange and one of its former presidents, and

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belongmg to the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. has become
intensely interested ~:the work .of~e Boy Scout movement. At
any even~ it is his chief hobby and one that has claimed much time and
personal attention as well as his financial support He is now vice president
of the Chickasaw Council of the Memphis Boy Scouts of America A love of
nature and outdoor life has particularly qualified him for this wor~ as he
, shares with his young comrades a ready zest for sports, camping and holiday
hikes.
He also belongs to
the Memphis Co1:1Iltry Club and the Five Lakes
.
.
Outing Club.
On the 2d ofJune, 1903, Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Margaret Bermers
of Birmingham, Alabama, daughter of the Hon. Alfred H. Bermers, a
prominent lawyer and ex-chancellor. of that city. By her marriage she has
become the mother of four boys: Talbert, Alle~ Augustus, and William. The
religious affiliations of the family are with the St. Luke's Episcopal church.
Sam Morgan has added the following:
Dempsey Abiah Morgan, born 22 October 1822, Edgefield District, South Carolina, died 22
March 1878, Rmµ1oke County, Virginia (per: Oakey,s Funeral Home, Salem, Virginia). The
family was insistent that the body be sent back to Edgefield District for burial. He was the
grandson of Dempsey and Sarah Lyon Bussey and Abiah and Nancy Pace Morgan.

His first wife, Amelia Ruth Holmes died 1854 and is buried in Independence, Washington Co.,
Texas. Hissecondwife,LauraJ.HinesMorgan, born 11September1837, died November 1913
and is buried in East Hill Cemetery, Salem, Virginia. There is an empty space beside her grave.
Laura J. and family sold land on Carvins Creek between 1890 and 1900, Roanoke, Co.

1880 Census, Roanoke, County
Laura J. Morgan, 45, farmer
Mary Morgan, 24, daughter (married James M. McManaway in 1882)
Evan Morgan, 17, son
• James Morgan, 15, son
Marion Morgan, 12, daughter
Talbert Morgan, 10, son (born 29 Jan 1871, Roanoke Co., married Margaret Bermers)
Maude Morgan, 7, daughter
Eugene Morgan, 5, son
I am indebted to the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society for some of the above
information.

Submitted by: Sam 0. Morgan
41 Morgan-Bussey Road
Edgefield, South Carolina 29824

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BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEATH RECORDS - continued
HUFFMAN, Susanna - b 11 Nov 1824 - d 6 Feb 1895 Bot Co - f [Jacob NOFFSINGER]
- m [Elizabeth SNIDER] - bus [James F HUFFMAN] - buried Noffsinger Ce m, Rt
220 s . of Fincastle
HUFFMAN, Vergie Collene - b 29 Nov 1911 Bot Co - d 21 Feb 1914 - f Harold C
[written above Harvey Christopher] HUFFMAN (b Bot Co) - m Willie A (DWIER}
(b Bot Co) - buried Cave Rock Cem - cd nephritis
HUFFMAN, [William] Henry - b 16 Aug 1854 Bot Co - d ca 1924 Bot Co, Settleme nt WB 3 p350 - f James F HUFFMAN - m Susannah NOFSINGER - wife E11a Hay
SHAVER; Ch Lester W
HUFFMAN, William Taylor p l22 - f Anderson HUFFMAN
1st wife "Cinny" [written
ca 1886; Ch Bessie TAYLOR
George (b ca 191 2) ; Ralph
1918) ; Annie (b ca 1920);
D MOORE (b ca 1918)

b ca 1871 Bot Co - d 1947 Bot Co Heir list, WB 10
(b Craig Co) - m Mary J llALTRON (b Pa) - relatives:
above Lucinda] SWITZER, 2nd wife Nora F GUSLER (b
(b ca 1896) ; E P (b ca 1900) ; Clemmie (b ca 1907);
(b ca 1913); Frances WOOD (b ca 1917); Sena (b ca
Benjamin (b ca 1921); Jesse (b ca 1924); Nephew J

BUGGART, Wi lliam - d by 16 marked out 8 14 written above) Mar 1775 - Ref WB
A p52, appraisal 8 admr bond - Admr Thomas HUGGARD
HUGH(E)S see James Burke FINX, Susianna I VEST
HUGHS, Rebecca - b ca Dec 1839 Bot Co - d 16 Sep 1858 - age 18y 9m - f Robert
HUGHS - cd unkn - rep by father
BULL, John - b ca 1845 Monroe Co, Va - d 1 June 1855 - f Irvin HULL - cd not
nown - rep by father
HUMBERT see Tena A KESLER
HUMBERT, D W - b 3 Sep 184 8 Aug Co - d 10 Mar 1917 - f Samuel HUMBERT (b Aug
m Sarah (LEADY) (b Aug Co) - buried Daleville Cem - cd pulmanary TB

Co) -

HUMES, Eliza - d by 11 Dec 1860 - Adm Joseph GILMORE
HUMES, William - d 3 May (1806 corrected to 1860) Cem - admr 13 July 1868 Josiah JOHNSON

ag~SOy

- grave Mt Union

HUMPHRIES see Lucy F RANDALL
HUMPHRIES, Henry - d by 15 Dec 1817 - Ref WB C pl l 8, 222, appraisal &amp; s e ttle ment - Admx Elizabeth HUMPHRIES
HUMPHREYS, John
HUNGATE see

- d by Sep 17 96 - WB A p431, appraisal

male RICHARDSON

HUNT see Josephine HICKOK
HUNTER see Virginia R BUHRMAN , Susan DEISHER, Robert Jaret GILLIAM, J ames
LAWRENCE, William H ANDERSON

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BONIER, Mary A - b ca 1833 Bot Co - d 8 Aug 1866 - age 33y - f John R MAYS m p - cd typhoid fever - rep by bus Thomas A BONIER
BURST see Gladis C LEMON
BURST, _

- d by 14 Feb 1797 (dau called a n orphan) - dau Nancy (a ge ca 3~y)

BURST, c L -- b Apr 1868 Carroll Co - d 13 Dec 1912 - f Leander HURST (b Carroll Co) - m Mary Ann (McGRADY) (b Carroll Co) - buried Givens Va Cem - cd
fall
HUSTON see Henry CARTIUu.
HUTCHINS see Fatima CAMPER
HUTCHESON see Mary LINIENBOIER, Palmer Steele LINKENBOKER
HUTCHISON, Martha I (single) - b c a 1842 Bot Co - d 29 Jan 1 864 - f William HUTCHISON - m Macy - cd consumption - rep by father

age 22y

HUTCHINSON, William - d by 14 Apr 1 778 - Ref WB A p85, wi l l dated 23 Apr 1777
Admr bond - kinsman, James HUTCHINSON Sr - Admr George HUTCHESON
HUTSON, J S - b 8 Dec 1836 - d 3 Feb 1910 - gr ave Mt Mariah Lutheran Cem

HYLEMAN

see Nicholas FIRESTONE

HYLTON see Addie HEADEN
HYLTON, Evastus - b 17 Nov 1842 - d 4 June 1921 - grave Haymakertown Ce m
HYI'ES, Marab - b 1830 Bot Co - d 7 Dec 1914 -

f David HINER (b Va ) - m
[Dellia] (IESLER) (b Va) - buried Brick Union Cem - cd seni 1 i ty

HYPES, Williu Randolph - b 23 May 1859 Bot Co - d 18 Sep 1913 - f not known
- m Catherine LINIENBOIER (b Bot Co) - buri e d Fincastle Cem - cd Alcoholic 8

µremia
HYPES, WP - b 30Nov1845 Bot Co - d 1 Dec 1914 - f A[lexa nder] HYPES (b Va )
_ n Annie (SHANIS) (b Va) - buried Brick Union Cem - cd paralysis

ICENBOllER see ISAimOllARD
ICENBOWER, male - b ca 1856
not known - rep by father

-

d Apr 1856 - f George ICENHOWER - m Mary - cd

INGLEBIRD, George - d 11 (Aug marked out &amp; May written above) 1778 - Ref WB A

p94, appraisal &amp; Admr bond - Admr Thomas MILLER
INGRAM Alexander - d by 9 May 1782 - Ref WB A pl78, will dated 5 Dec 1 780 ,
Admr b~nd - wife Mary; Ch Ann (md _ _ ); John, Wi11iam, James, Mary,

Alexander Jr - Admr John INGRAM
IRELAND see Michael COON

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IRVINE, Elizabeth (md) - b Va - d by May 1850 - age 56y - cd cronic - Ref
1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule
ISAACS see Amanda Virginia BON HOTEL
ISAACS, George - b 1838 Bed Co - d 3 Mar 1914 - buried Glade Creek Cem - cd
Brights Disease
ISAACS, Nancy A - b 9 Mar 1838 Bot Co - d 2 Dec 1912 - f John KESLAR (b Bot
Co) - m E[lizabeth (KINZIE)] (b Bot Co) - buried Glade Creek Cem - cd
bronchitis
ISANBOWARD, Samuel - d by Dec 1824 - Ref WB C p587, will dated 1 July 1824 wife Ann Elizabeth; Ch John, Jacob, Betsy (md
CAHOON); Susan (md
CAMPER); Samuel, Rebecca, Thomas Jefferson, Cynthia Magdalen (md Henry W
KELLY), Timothy Newel

JACKSON see Reuben BILL (colored), Peter ANDERSON
JACKSON, George (colored) - b ca 1 806 Va (census #1328) - d by 8 Dec 1856 h/o Nancy - Adm Samuel M CARPER
JACKSON, Thomas E - d by 25 Jan 1900 - cd excessive use of liquor - Ref
Inquest papers
JACOBS see Harriett DOLLMAN
JAMES see Samuel BALDWIN, Harman CAMPER, Mildred Louise LUCAS
JAMES, Alfred - b ca 1849 - d 2 Mar 1853 - f Green JAMES - m Susan - cd
pneumonia - rep by father
JAMES, Edward William - b ca 1844 Bot Co (census #1314) - d 5 May 1862
Williamsburg, Va - age 17y 8m - f Green JAMES - m Susan - cd gunshot - rep
by father - Adm Green JAMES
JAMES, George J - b ca 1861 Bot Co - d 15 May 1864 - age 3y - f Green James
- m Susan - cd diptheria - rep by father

•

JAMES, Joshua Edward Jr - b 15 Sep 1912 Haden, Bot Co - d 27 Nov 1912 - f J
E JAMES (b Delaware) - m Willie WATKINS (Haden) (b Haden) - buried Haden Cern
- cd pneumonia
JAMES, Mary Magdaline - b 14 June 182~ - d 24 (Mar or May) 1860 - a ge 33y f [Henry DEAR] - cd unkn - rep by bus Joseph JAMES - Ref De ath Bk ; Brick
Union gravestone
JAMES, Palmer - b ca 1864 Bot Co - d 1 Mar 1865 - a ge l y - f Jose ph JAMES rn Elizabeth - cd croup - rep by father
JAMES, Rebecca Jane - b 16 Mar 1845 Bot Co - d 6 Oct 1854 - f Jos eph JAMES m Mary - cd flux - rep by father - Ref Death Bk ; Brick Uni on grave s tone
JAMES, Robert - b ca 1824 Bot Co - d 21 Dec 1866 - age 42y - f John JAMES m Luevenia - cd very sudden - rep by wif e Malinda JAMES

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JAMES, Virginia - b ca Mar 1862 Bot Co - d 3 Apr 1862 - age 8d - f Robert
JAMES - m Malinda - cd diptheria - rep by father
JAMISON see

male MANGUS, Aubrey JAMISON MANGUS

JAMISON, Jacob B - d by 23 July 1906 - cd s ui c ide - Ref Inquest papers
JAMISON, John - d by 6 Jan 1813 - WB C pl6, appraisal

JARRED

see also: GERARD

JABBED, John Sr - d by 26 Mar 1808 (date marked out, replaced by Dec 1807,
marked out &amp; replaced with original date) - Ref WB B pl93, a ppraisal

JENEY see James McCONNELL
JENllNS see JINllNS, Bettie J EDENS, Mary J FIREBAUGH
JENllNS, Jeremiah - d by Feb 1821 - WB C p309, will dated 27 Nov 1815 - Relatives: Others Eliner FALLS (her sons, Peter &amp; Benjamin); Amelia WILLIAMS,
Peter FALLS
JENNINGS see James MASON, .James Lawrence HAMILTON
JENNINGS, Macy F - b 11 Oct 1862 Va - d 24 Mar 1913 - f Thomas B TALLEY (b Va)
- m Nannie (AUSTIN) (b Va) - buried High Bridge Cem - cd Fatty heart
JENNINGS, Pollard - d 1869 - Adm bond 8 Feb 1869 Eliza J JENNINGS
JENNINGS, Simon - d by 29 Aug 1910 - cd unkn or natural - Ref inquest papers

JETER see Edward

BRUGH

JETER, male - b 6 Nov 1915 Bot Co - d 6 Nov 1915 - f J[acob] B JETER (b Bonsacks, Va) - m Battie (:BRUGH) (b Nace, Bot Co) - buried Bons acks Cem permature

cd

JETER, Alice Cary

- b ca Feb 1861 Bot Co - d 24 July 1862 - age Oy l 7m Od f Benjamin JETER - m Susan - cd diptheria - rep by father

JINllNS see JENXINS, James FALLS, James FALLS Jr

JOHN see Sarah Ann GARDNER, Elizabeth SESSLER, John B SESSLER, John T SESSLER
JOHN, Anna - b 1802 - d 1889 - w/o James JOHN - Ref Haymakertown gravestone
JOHN, Jacob - d by Oct 1806 - Ref WB B pl29, will dated 13 Sep 1806 - Relatives: wife Cathren; Ch Henry, Jacob; s-i-1 Daniel BARE; ch by 1st wife (not
named) - Exr Henry JOHN

JOHNSON see Elizabeth LEMON, Jane W THOMAS, Thomas TEEL, George KILMER, Robert
Scott AYERS, Charles R CLEMENT, female COMPTON, Parthenia COMPTON, Martha
Frances DUDDING, John GOODWIN, ma1 e RAYMA'KER, Elizabeth LEMON, John N LEMON,
EdwaTd Johnson PETERS, James ROWLAND, Charlotte Adeline SHEETS, Susan SULLENDER, Thomas ZELL

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JOHNSON, Cast1eton - d ca 1790 Va (census #1050) - d 2 July 1859 Bot Co - age
69y - f [John JOHNSTON] - cd fever - r ep by son John T JOHNSON - h/o Nancy
JOHNSON - Adm John P JOHNSON (8 Aug 1859)
JOHNSON, Catherin - b ca 1789 Ireland - d 5 Apr 1856 Bot Co - cd p ar a l ys i s rep by sis Rebecca BACKENSTO - w/o Henry M JOHNSON
JOHNSON, David B - d by 9 Dec 1867 Bot Co - Admr 9 Dec 1867 The Sheriff
JOHNSON , Elizabeth - b Pa - d 2 Nov 1 870 Amsterdam Twsp , Bot Co - cd old a ge
rep by dau Mary JOHNSON - w/o James JOHNSON
JOHNSON, E1izabeth (widow) - b ca 1794 Bot Co - d 19 mar 1870 Buchanan Precin c t - age 76y - cd old age - rep by s -i-1 William BOOZE
JOHNSON, Frances (of Salisbury Furnace) - b ca 1823 Bot Co - d 7 ( 7 ) 1895
Bot Co - f Rufus PITZER [Rufus was h er bro] - cd unkn - rep by son C B JOHNSON - w/o Moses B JOHNSON
JOHNSON, Frances N - b ca (1849 marked out) [1842] Bot Co - d 5 Jan 1853 Bot
Co - f [ John N JOHNSON] - m Eliza 0 JOHNSON - cd disease of h eart - r ep by
mother
JOHNSON, Frank - b 30 Aug 1832 Va - 24 Aug 1 914 Bot Co - f (b Va) - m Annie
WINGFIELD (b Va ) - buried Clifton Forge Cem - cd he art leakage
JOHNSON, Gabrill Munday - b 17 Jan 1887 Va - d 9 Feb 1915 Bot Co - f J[osbua]
L JOHNSON (b Va) - d Wi11ie J (COTTRELL) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd TB
JOHNSON, George R (of Buchanan) - b ca 1861 Bot Co - d 11 Sep 1884 Bot Co f George S JOHNSON - m Nannie - cd typhoid fever - rep by f George S JOHNSON
JOHNSON, Harriet Ann - b 7 Mar 1840 Bot Co - d 12 Jan 1914 Bot Co - f William WELCH - m Susan (MARKHAM) (b Bot Co) [ps md Bot Co 25 Sep 18 34] - buried family cem - cd died suddenly - [hus Charles W JOHNSON]
JOHNS(T)ON, Isaiah (widower) - b ca Apr 1774 Md (or Va, census #242) - d 13
Mar 1859 Bot Co - age 84y llm - cd paralysis - rep by s -i-1 Jacob DAMEWOOD h/ o Jane - Ex Hoses JOHNSTON &amp; Jacob DAMEWOOD
JOHNSON, James - b 20 Sep 1908 Bot Co - d 22 Aug 1912 Bot Co - f William S
JOHNSON (b Rb Co) - m Maggie (EGNOR) (b Rb Co ) - buried Bethel Cem - cd
Entero colitis
JOHNSON, James - d by 11 Nov 1867 Bot Co - Admr 11 Nov 1867 the Sheriff
JOHNSON, James B - b ca 1800 Bot Co - d 15 Mar 1858 Bot Co - age 58y - cd
pneumonia - rep by dau Mary JOHNSON
JOHNSON, J ohn Henry - b ca 1857 Bot Co - d 21 Aug Bot Co - age Sy Om 2ld - f
William JOHNSON - m Martha - cd diptheria - rep by father
JOHNSON, John W (of Glade Creek) - b ca 1874 Bot Co - d 1 Apr 1885 Bot Co f Richard JOHNSON - cd consumption - rep by f Richard JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Margaret - d by 9 May 1853 Bot Co - Adm John RINEHART
JOHNSON, Mary A - b ca '1813 Amh Co - d 6 July 1853 Bot Co - ps n ot known _ cd inflamation of bowel s - r ep by hus - w/o Peter B JOHNSON (census # 1148)
JOHNSON, Hoses (of Salisbury) - b ca 1802 Mont Co - d 23 July 1 884 Bot Co f Isaiah JOHNSON - m Virginia - cd old age - rep by wife Fannie JOHNSON
JOHNSON, Sarah A (of Peaks of Otter) - b ca 1822 - d 15 Mar 1889 Bot Co
Castleton JOHNSON - m Nancy - cd not known - rep b y bro Steven B JOHNSON

f

JOHNSON, Susan M (of Arnolds Valley) - b ca 1837 Rb Co - d 10 July 1876 Bot
Co - f James B JOHNSON - m Martha H - cd consumption - rep by bro Samue 1 e
JOHNSON
JOHNSON, Susannah (of Haymakertown) - b ca 1 815 Bot Co - d 20 June 1884 Bot
co - d [David SMILEY] - m [Elizabeth SHANK] - cd broken down - rep by hus
Isiah JOHNSON [Jr]
JOHNSON, Thadeus C (of Eagle Rock) - b ca 1842 Bot Co - d 17 Apr
- f Nathan JOHBSON - m Janie - rep by wife Fannie JOHNSON

1891 Bot Co

JOHNSON, Thomas (of Catawb~a) - b ca 1817 unkn - d 1 2 July 1895 Bot Co - m unkn - cd cancer - rep by wife Lydia JOHNSON

f

unkn

JOHNSON, Vina - b 18 Mar 1846 Rb Co - d 20 May 1913 Bot Co - f Mathew JONES
(b Va) - m Vina (JONES} (b Rb Co) - buried Gala Cem - cd disease of heart
JOHNSON, V[ictoria] V (female) - b ca 1838 Va - d 1 Apr 1916 Bot Co - f Mose s
JOHNSON (b Va) - m [Maria] - buried Buchanan Cem - cd Asthma &amp; Hypostal ic
congestion of lungs
JOHNSO'N, Whitfield - d ca 9 June 1862 - Adm Achilles E JOHNSON
JOHNSTON see JOHNSON, George KILMER, Helen BELL, Charles Wesley PETERS,
Tbeodocie JOHNSTON SPERRY

-

JOHNSTON,
gravestone

- b ca 1812 - d 1 ( ? ) 1858 Bot Co - age 46y - Ref Beaverdam

JOHNSTON, Ann 0 - b ca 1775 Va (census #9 70) - d 31 May 18 5 1 Bot Co - age
26y (should be 76y) - f [NASH] - [hus Andrew JOHNSTON] - Ref Beaverdam Cem
JOHNSTON, Archibald - d by 11 Apr 1853 Bot Co - a dm Henry Walrond
JOHNSTON, Edward (Judge) - b ca 1807 [b Va, census #9 70] - d l May 1853 (d in
Pocahonatas Co, reported in Bot Co) - f [Andrew JOHNSTON] - m [Anne O NASH] cd pneumonia - rep by wife Emiline JOHNSTON - Adm Emi1ine JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON, Elizabeth P - d 28 Mar 1820 Bot Co - f James STEPTOE (of New London)
- m [Frances CALLOWAY] - hus Charles JOHNSTON - obituary in Lynchburg Press
of 7 Apr 1820
J OHNSTON , Eve - d by Nov 1809 Bot Co - f [? PERSINGER?] -Ref WB B p22~, ::7i l l
dated 21 J une 1809 - Relatives: Ch Henry PERSINGER, Jacob JOHNSTON, W1ll1am
J OHNSTON , Sar ah PORTER, Rachael SINK.BORN, Margaret Smit:b, Andrew JOHNSTON;
rs Jacob PERSINGER, Michael MALLOW
Gdau Rebecca SMITH - Ex

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JOHNSTON, Ezekiel - Aug 1781 (reported in Bot Co; in service in NC) - Ref WB
A pl37, will dated 9 Aug 17 81; Admr Bond - wife Eve; Ch Andrew, Sarah, Raebel,
John, Jacob, William, Margaret - On 8 Feb 1791 son Andrew was declared his
eldest son . - Admr Eve JOHNSON, Jacob PERSINGER
JOHNSTON, Hannah - d by 12 Apr 1785 Bot Co (dau called an orphan) - dau Mi11y
JOHNSTONE, James Andrew, Dr - b 6 Feb 1836 - d 7 Mar 1 882 Bot Co - f [Peter
B JOHNSTONE] - m [Mary HIGGENBOTHAM] - [h/o Annie E BRUGH JOHNSTONE] - grave
Mill Creek Cem
JOHNSTON, James D - b ca 1847 Bot Co - d 1 6 Aug 1916 Bot Co - f Isiah JOHNSTON
(b Va) - m Susan (SMILEY) (b Va) - buried Cloverdale Cem - cd apoplexy
JOHNSTON, James G - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 25 Oct 185 5 Bot Co - f ·John T JOHNSTON - m Mary E - cd scarlet fever - rep by ~ather
JOHNSTON, John - d by Oct 1806 Bot Co - f [ Ezekiel JOHNSTON] - m [Eve] - Ref
WB B pl30 , oral wi ll not dated - Relat i ves : others, George CRAFI, who took
care of him.
JOBNS(T)ON, John - b ca 1754 Goochl and Co, Va (or ca 1766 census #1050) - d
5 June 1856 Bot Co - f Stephen JOHNSTON - m Susan [FIERCE or PACE] [ps md 1
Oct 1 765 - cd Old age - r ep by son Catlott / ?Castleton JOHNSTON - [see
Jones' The Douglas Register, p 227
JOHNSTON, John N[ash] - b ca 1 800 ( censu s #1136) - d by 12 Aug 1850 Bot Co f [Andrew JOHNSTON] - m [Anne 0 NASH ] - h/o Eliza [Ogilvie BELL] - Admr William T HARDY
JOHNSTON, John W - b ca 1 832 Bot Co - d 8 July 1854 Bot Co - f Samuel JOHNSTON
- m E[lizabetb] - cd bronketus - rep by fat her
JOHNSTON , Lester - d by 24 Oct 1903 Bot Co - cd hit by train - Ref Inquest
papers
JOHNSTON, Mary A ( of Howry town) - b ca 18 15 Bot Co (cens u s #890) - d 16 May
1885 Bot Co - f [James] JOHNSTON - m [Elizabe th] - cd paral ys i s - rep by sis
Sarah JOHNSON
JOHNSTON, Peter [Emigrant ] - b [1 710 Edinburg, Scotland] - d by 14 Sep 1790
[or 1 786] - Ref lfB A p383 , Admr bond &amp; appraisal - [wife, Mrs Martha (BUTLER)
ROGERS; sons Peter, Edward, Andrew, Charles] - Admr John CRAIG
JOHNSTON, Robert F - b 18 June 1915 Va - d 10 Feb 1916 Bot Co - f Baris F
JOHNSTON (b Va) - m Viola (BAGIA) (b Va)
buried Bristol Cem - cd pneumonia
JOHNSTON, Robertson G - b ca 1 837 Rb Co - d 13 Aug 1856 Bot Co - f Hoses
JOHNSTON - m Maria - cd Bil. c h o lick - rep by father
JOHNSTON , Thomas Henry - b ca Oct 1 835?36 Bot Co - 15 Nov 1866
30773ly lm Od - f Edward JOHNSTON - m Emma(line] S BOWYER - cd
bowels - rep by wife S W JOHNSTON - Ref Beaverdam gravestone 1866 Emi1ine S JOHNSTON - also death notice in Rke times for 4

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Adm 10 Dec
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.JOHNSTON, 'Wi11iaia A (unmd) - b ca. 1832 Bot Co - d 14 Sep 1857 Wil 1 iamsburg,
Va (reported in Bot Co) - f James JOHNSTON - m El.izabetb - cd dysentary rep by f atbe-r
.JONES see Vina JOHNSON, Rosa LUCAS, Josephus STRICDAND, John PECK, Carey B
BRADSHAW, Martha BRADSHAW, Mary CALDWELL, Rob~rt CALDWELL, John Lewis CAMPER,
Osborn DAVIS, George DUNBAR, Nancy FEU..ERS, Si.1as T FELLERS, Wi11iam Frank1in
FISHBURN, Perey llalter BOOTSEL ,. Martha 'WATllNS
.JONES, infant - b 17 Nov 1~14 Glen Wilton, Bot Co - d 15 May 1916 _ f
JONES _ m ~~kn . - .buried Clifton Forge Cem - cd Broncho pneumonia

R J

.JONES,

_ d by 14 Feb 1797 (dau called an orphan) _ dau Hannah

.JONES,
Jam.es

_ d by 12 Nov 1816 (ch called orphans) - Ch Ca1vin, Nancy, Hager,

JONES, Ambrois [or. Ambrose] - d by May 1822 - Ref WB c p34l, wi 11 dated 26
Mar 1822 - wife Elizabeth - Ch Polly, Allen, James, Ambrois, Catherine (md
[Adaa] MOYER); Milly (md [John] WATKINS); Mary (rnd
WATilNS) · Nancy (md
rs
· '
)
)
(
d
[Moses] 'WATllNS , ; Sally m
RUSSELL . - Ex
A11en JONES, John
WATKINS
JONES, Ann Regina - b 27 Apr 1847 Bot Co - d 31 Aug 1 854 _ age 7y 4m 4d _ f
David C JONES - cd flux - rep by father - Ref Death Bk; Brick Union g ravestone
JONES, Beauregard - b 8 June 1870 Bot Co - d 10 June 1870 Amsterdam Twsp _
age 2d - f George JONES - m Lucy - rep by father

JONES, Dollie C - b 5 Sep 1912 Bot Co - d 6 June 1913 _ f J E JONES (b Bot Co)
- m Eliza (BINES) (b Rb Co) - buried Springwood Cem - cd gastric enteritis
JONEs, Eliza - b ca 1817 Aug Co - d 4 Nov 1853 - f
child bed - rep by bus John ll JONES

Edward VALENTINE -

cd

JONES , George B - b ca 1852 - d 20 June 1853 - f John T JONES (blacks mith)
- m Mary V - cd measles - rep by father
JONES, Grace - b 19 Apr 1915 Rke City - d 31 Jan 1916 - f Samue1 JONES (b
Floyd Co) - m Eveline (BROWN) (b Bot Co) - buried Bonsacks Cem - cd
pneumonia
JONES, Hannah (single~ - b ca 1789 Bot Co - d 18 July 1 859 not known - rep by Steward

age 70y -

cd

JONES, John - d by 14 July 1773 - WB A p32, will dated 1 8 Apr 172_3, Admr bond
- wife Elizabeth; Ch Nathaniel, John, Margaret (md
McCOY); E1izabetb,
Martbev, Sarah, Jean, Hannah (rnd Thomas HARRISON) - Admr Jame s McCLURE
JONES, John Gabriel - d by 12 Nov 1779 - f John JONES (of England) - m SLADE
(of England) - Ref WB A pllS, 117, will dated l Nov 1776, Admr bond - Relat ives : bros Samuel, Gabriel, Thomas; sis 5 El izabetb, Ann Margaret , Char1otte
(md Thomas GRIFFITH) - Adrnr Patrick LOCKHART
·
f • 1ed in "Unrecorded deeds, etc
JONES, J ohn J - d ca 1881 - Ref unrecorde d will 1

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JONES, Margaret Virginia - b 3 Feb 1916 Bot Co - d 20 Aug 1916 - f Fred Harris on JONES (b Bed Co) - m Bazel May (SWARTZEL) (b ~ed Co) - buried Glade Creek
Cem - cd enteritis &amp; diarrhea
JONES, Marion Stuart, Mrs - b 7 May 1828 Va - d 24 Oct 1912 - f Gustavus Brown
ALEXANDER (b Va) - m Sallie Blair (STUART) (b Va) - buried Buchanan - cd
Apoplexy
JONES, Nancy B - b 6 ca 1838 Craig Co (circled?) - d 28 Jan 1916 - f John
TROUT (b Craig Co [circled, Why??] - m Nancy B (TROUT) (b Craig Co [Circled?]
- buried Botetourt Co Cem [Andrews Chapel Cem] - c d fractured hip - [w/o
John E JONES]
JONES, Nannie E - b 1 Mar 1858 Bot Co - d 30 Nov (or 1 Dec) 1916 Bot Co - f
Frank COX (b Bot Co) - m Casia (STINNETT) (b Bot Co) - buried Back Creek Cem
[Lithia Baptist Cem] - cd carcinoma of stomaGb - w/o James L JONES
JONES, Sarah - b 6 May 1763 Pa - d 19 Feb 1853 - age 89y 9rn 13d - f William
AUSTIN - m M - cd old age - rep by nephew Isaac AUSTIN - w/o David JONES
JONES, Susan E - b 24 Sep 1836 Bot Co - d 7 Jan 1915 - f William JONES (b Va)
- buried Daleville Cem - cd arterio schlerosis &amp; thrombosis
JONES, Susannah - b ca 1778 Bot Co - d 25 Nov 1854 - f John PECK - cd dropsy
- rep by son Harrington JONES - widow of Allen JONES
JONES, Virginia - b ca 1833 Bot Co - d 8 Apr 1860 - age 27y - f William STREETLAND (?STRICKLAND?) - cd soar throat - rep by bus John J JONES
JONES, William S - b 17 Feb 1839 Bot Co - d 11 Mar 1916 - f (b Bot Co) - rn Mary
FAGG (b Bot Co) - buried Daleville Cem - cd Heart lesion &amp; pneumonia
JONES, Wilmer David - b 22 Aug 1912 Bot Co - d 28 Nov 1912 - f Charles JONES
(b Bot Co) - rn Mary LAMB (b Bot Co) - buried White Church - cd pneumonia
JOPLIN see Kent Oliver CUSTER
JOPLING, Calahill T - b ca 1857 Bot Co - d Sep 1861 - age 4y - f John W JOPLING - m s C - cd diptheria - rep b y father
JOPLING, Olivia - b ca 1859 Bot Co - d Oct 1861 - age 2y - f John W JOPLING
- m S C - cd diptheria - rep by father
JOPLING, Oscar B - b ca 18 58 Bot Co - d Oct 1861 - age 3y - f John W JOPLING
- m S C - cd diptheria - rep by fa ther
JORDON see Richard BANDY
JORDAN, Anthony (single) - b ca 17 90 Camp Co - d 15 Mar 1868 old age - rep by friend Cary BRECKENRIDGE

age 78y - cd

JORDON, Catherin - b ca 1765 Shenandoah Co, Va (census #331) - d 22 Feb 1856
- f Tavenor BEALE - m Betsy - cd old age - rep by s-i-1 James PAXTON - widow
of John JORDON - Ex John Jordon PAXTON (14 Apr 1856)

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_ b ca 1800 - d 9 Aug 1 821 Philadelphia, Pa - age 2ly JORDAN, Tavener
l
" 13 A
1821
John. JORDAN of Bot - rep in "Herald of the Val ey
ug

Capt

f

JOSEPH, Isabella - b ca Mar 1857 Baltimore, M~ - d 29 Nov 1 862 - age Sy Sm f J&gt;bilip JOSEPH - m Barbara - cd liver complaint - rep by uncle Isaac

GUGGENBERIMER
IALBFLEISCB see Nicholas FIRESTONE
ULE, L S

- b

n -

d 1878 - w/o David P KALE - Ref Mt Union gravestone

UNODE see DODE
URNES see Mary G GRAY, male MUNDY, Grace Karnes MUNDY

IARBS, Mary Frances - b 15 Aug 1850 NC - d 5 Mar 1916 -

f Moses PIERCE (b NC)
- m Ellen (COLLINS) - (b NC) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd lob ar pneumon i a
IAYSER see n:YSER, Elias LINIENBOKER
IAYSER, Joseph D, Dr - b ca l7if2 - d Nov 1816 - age 74 - Ref Locust Bottom
Gravestone
IAYSER, Williaa A - b ca Apr. 1852 Bot Co - d 26 Mar 1862 B IAYSER - m Mary E - cd diptheria - rep by father

age 9y l lm -

f

J

IAYTON, Bernard - d by 18 Mar 1817 - Ref WB c p86, appraisal

IEACBY see James ALEXANDER
KEAN, Clara G - b ca 1816 - d 9 Oct 1845 - age 29y - 1 st w / o Dr O W KEAN grave Mt Joy Cem
n:AN, Jane C - b ca 1831 - d 30 Sep 1861 - age 30y - f
.cd fever - rep by hus O W IEAi - 2nd w/ o Dr o w KEAN

IEAB, Mary E - b ca Nov 1860 Bot Co - d 10 Sep 1861 m J C - cd fever - rep by father

James ARTHUR -

age lOm -

f

m E -

O W KEAN -

KEEBLE, male - b 14 Feb 1913 Bot Co - d 14 Feb 1913 - f Houston Ke11y KEEBLE
(b ([Knox Co] Tn) - m Lizzie (SHAVER) (b Bot Co) - buried Troutville Va cem
- cd shock from delivery
KEEFAUVER see KEFAUVER
KEEFAUVER, Iatherine - d by Jan 1820 - Ref WB (Mr B had no book # or p) Mary , Elizabeth

Cb

IEELING s ee Martha Jane MURPHY, Mary LINKENHOKER
llELING , Maggie M - b ca 1849 - d 18 Sep 1877 - age 28y - w/o A H KEELING gr ave Ams t erdam Cem

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IEELING, R A - b 18 Sep 186 7 Charlotte Co, Va - d 25 Aug 1917 - f WW KEELING
(b Charl otte Co) - m Elizabeth (PERY) (b Bot Co) - buried Amsterdam Cem - cd
Whiskey 8 Morphy resulting in liver, heart 8 kidney disease

KEENEY, Joseph W - b 6 Mar 1863 - d 24 J an 1916 -

f

Wi11iam WOMACK - m Ann

KEENEY (p 5 urund) - buried Bethel Church - cd struck b y train

KEFAUGER, etc

see James HAWK, KEEFAUVER: KEYFOGGER, etc

KEFAUVER see Mary HURRY, KEEFAUVER, KEFAUGER, Oliver Henry MURRY, America
ZIMMERMAN

KEFAUVER, Catherine - d by Jan 1820 - Ref WB C p247, will dated 1 May 1819 Ch Mary, Elizabeth
KEFAUVER, Mary - b ca 1803 - d 1881 Bot Co but rep in Rke Co - f }):'ed M
[marked out &amp; Evan DAY written in] - rn Polly - hus David I:EFAUVER - cd not
known
KEFAUVER, Peter - d by Sep 1814 , order - Ref WB B p443, appraisal, C p264,
443 settlement, division - wife E1izabetb (md #2
MADISON); Ch Susannah
(rnd Adam GARNARD), Peter, Polly, Elizabeth, David-;-:Jacob, D~ie1; - On 14
Dec 1814 Jacob &amp; David (age over 14); Daniel, Mary &amp; Elizabeth, under 14 Admr Frederick MURRY
KEFFER see Sallie KENDON
KEFFER, female - b 7 May 1854 Bot Co - d 7 May 1854 - f Abraham KEFFER - m
E(liza) - cd born dead - rep by father
KEFFER, Emily G - b ca 1848 Bot Co - d 4 Jan 1853 - f Abraham KEFFER
maker) - m E[liza ] - cd croup - rep by father
KEITH see

(~agon

ASHBURN, Lillie May ASBURN

KEITH, Alice Virginia - b 2 Sep 1908 Floyd Co - d 8 ·Apr 1913 - f A J KEITH
(b Floyd Co) - m Julia (KEITH)? (b Floyd Co) - buried Mt Union Cem - cd
bronchial pneumonia
KEITH, Bessie - b 25 Nov 1 897 - d 10 Mar 1899 - f C[bristopher] KEITH - m
N[annie] R[owe] WILLIAMS - grave Ams t erdam Cem
KEITH, Pergie Lee - b 27 Feb 1890 - d 11 Apr ~902 - f C[hristopher] KEITH m N[annie ] H[owe] [WILLIAMS] - grave Amsterdam Cem
KELLEB, Adam - d by 16 Dec 1813 (dau called an orphan) - dau Mary (over 14)
KELLER, Tbeodocia J - b ca Oct 1861 Bot Co - d 4 Oct 1865 - age 4y lm - f
Was hington J KELLER - m Amitia - cd diptheria - rep by father
KELLY see KELY, Michael COON, Samuel ISANDOWARD, Jacob SNIDER, Jacob CLEAR,
Sarah V AUSTIN, Rev John A BRUMBAUGH , Lula M BRUMBAUGH, Nannie CADE, Elizabeth CAILER , Edmonson CALDWELL, Uriah COALTER, John HAMILTON, Sallie Catherine LANTZ, Neomi Jane MARTIN, George T ST CLAIR, Eliza Ann SWITZER, Newton
SWITZER , Chester Edward TROUT, Andrew WOODS, Julia Frances WRIGHT

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rELLY, Emma

o-

b 30 Nov 1850 - d 4 July 1907 - grave Amsterdam Cem

J:ELLY, Geo-rge - d by 11 Feb 1804 - Ref WB B p52, 149, 269, appraisal, settlement &amp; division - wife Macy; Ch on 10 Dec 1805 dau Nancy (over 14); on 10
June 1806 dau Po11y (over 14); on 9 Sep 1806 dau Sarah (over 16); on 11 Jan
1.809 Peggy (over 14); on 10 Sep 1 811 Ch-ristian (over 14); on 14 Feb 1815 Jane
(over 14) - Admx Macy n:LLY - His 10 ch's names from deeds when they s old
their ·share in land beginning in 1811: 7 Oct 1811 'Wi11iam ALLEN (wife Po11y),
Michael COON (wife Elizabeth) DB 10 p467; 7 Oct 1811 Peter LANDIS (wife Sally)
DB 10 p465; 4 Oct 1817 William FUQUE (wife Nancy), George 'WASKEY (wife Patsy)
DB 13 p283; 27 Jan 1819 Ab-ra_bam LARDERS [or ~RIDGE] (wife Jane) DB 13 pSOS
24 July 1919 (sic 771819??) Edmund PEARCY (wife Margaret) DB 14 p74 ; 22 Sep
1819 Ch-ristopher n:LLY, John l:elly (wife Elizabeth), George Sr• s widow Mary,
DB 14 plOO; 24 Jan 1829 Benson BAILEY (wife Eve) DB 19 pl04

IELLEY, Hallie B - b 16 Feb 1915 Bot Co - d 1 Mar 1915
f R J KELLEY (b Bot
Co) - m Ora R (NICCEL) (b Fr Co) (b Bot Co marked out) - buried Cave Rock Cem
- cd pneumonia
IELLY, Isaac P - b 1 Dec 1836 - d 20 Sep 1893 - Ref Lemontown gravestone

n:LLEY, James B - b 9 July 1844 Bot Co - d 23 Nov 1 915 - f Jacob mLEY (b
Va) - m nizabetb (BISHOP) - buried Cave Rock Cern - cd Parrelhi tic Nef

--

[ELLY, John - d by 13 Oct 1828 (ch called orphans) - Ch (all under 14 [b
after 1814] Eliza Ann, George, Mary Jane &amp; John
IELLEY, John B, Col - b 16 Dec 1811 - d 8 Mar 1880 - wife Sarah KELLEY (1.8191907) - Ref Amsterdam gravestone
n:LLEY, Lotte - b 5 Oct 1914 Bot Co - d 5 Oct 1914 - f 'Watson KELLEY (b Li ck
Run, Bot Co) - m Matte (BOAGUS) (b Lick Run, Bot Co ) - buried Bethol Cem cd Entero colitis

IELLEY, Ora Rufus - b Oct 1895 Fr Co - d 14 Mar 1915 - f G H NICO.ES (b Fr
Co) - m Ellen (GIVENS) (b Fr Co) - buried Cave Rock Cem - cd TB - (w/o R J

KELLEY]
m.tEY, Sarah BAYNES - b 3 Sep 1 819 - d 11 Sep 1907 - f HAYNES John B [El.LEY (1811-1880) - Ref Amsterdam gravestone
IELSLER see

w/o Col

maybe IESSLER, Mary Virginia 'WALKER

IELY see [ELLY, Jacob SNIDER

KEMPER see CAMPER
KEMPLIN, Ellen S - .b ca Jan 1851 Bot Co - d Aug 1860 - age 9y 7m - f Washington KEMPLIN - m "Polly" [Mary FELLERS] - c d dyptheira - rep by father
KEMPLIN, Mary - b ca 1816 Fkln Co - d 12 Nov 1858 - age 42y - f FELLERS consumpti0n - rep by bro Lewis P FELLERS -w lo Washington KEMPLIN
KEMPLIN, Nancy - b ca 1841 Bot Co - d 18 Mar 1854 -

f

Washington KEMPLIN -

cd

m

Mary (FELLERS] - cd consumption - rep by mother

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CENDON, Sal1ie (widow) - b ca 1775 - d 9 Feb 1865 Rb Co - age 90y - cd old
age - rep by s -i-1 Abram KEFFER
KENDRICK, Snowy Francis - b l Nov 1912 Va - d 17 July 1913 - f Hillard J
KENDRICK (b Va) - m Pattie G (TOLER) (b Va) - buried Barbour's Creek Cem cd cho l era infa~tum

KENNY see Polly CASEY
- d 14 Oct 1788 (dau called an orphan) - dau Wil1ey

KENNY,

JCENNEY, James (widower) - b ca 1780 Rb Co - d 29 Apr 1858 - cd diarhea - rep
by neighbor James M FIGGATr

KENNY, John Sr - d by Nov 1813 - Ref WB B p366, will dated 27 Aug 1813 - wife
Elizabeth; Ch William, James, Joseph, David, Sampson, John, Sally, Betsy,
Susanna - Exr Thomas NEWILL
KENNY, Joseph W - d by 24 Jan 1916 - cd hit by train - Ref Inquest papers

KENNY, William - d by 8 Nov 1774 - Ref WB A p45, will dated 8 Apr 1774, Admr
bond - wife Elizabeth ; Ch James, Agnes, Jean, Elizabeth, Harrey - [Note: The
widow rod #2 John SAVAGE] - Admr Elizabeth KENNY
KENT

see

Eliza RICHARDS, Margaret Jane SWITZET, Newton KESSLER

KENT, Eliza Ann - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 25 Nov 1855 Ann [KESSLER] - cd unkn - rep by mother

f

John D KENT - m Eliza

KENT, Benry Hopkins - f John CENT - m Eliza Ann - Ref Death Bk - rep by
mother - cd meas les
KENT, Jacob - d by 11 Feb 1777 - Ref WB A p58, will dated 8 Nov 1776, Admr
bond - wife Mary; Ch John, Joseph, Robert, Jacob, Jane, Nancy - Admr Mary
KENT, Hugh CROCKETT
KENT, John D - b 19 Jan 1818 - d 2 Sep 1878 - h/o Eliza Ann [KESSLER] - Ref
Old Glade Creek gravestone
KERN see Isaac ENGLE, Sarah KERN ENGLE, George PURSLEY, Emma CERN RADER, H
Wood s on RADER
KERN, fema l e - d 26 Oct 1 822 - rep in "Herald of the Val l ey" 16 Nov 1822 w/o Jacob KERN - mother of large family

KERN, Ella E - b 3 July 1911 Bot Co - d 4 Feb 1914 - f E J KERN (b Bot Co) m Maggie V (KESSLER) (b Bot Co) - buried near Springwood - cd pneumonia
KERN, Frank Edward - b 28 June 1889 Bot Co - d 7 Aug 1913 - f C W CERN (b Bot
Co) - m Mary S (MAYS) (b Bot Co) - buried Union Church Cem - cd TB
KERN, Jacob Harrison, Dr - d 1 2 Dec 1813 - d 1901 - grave Mt Union Cem
KERN, Jennie - f SOURS - w/o John N KERN - grave Brick Union Cem

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l:ERN, Jobn_N _ b 26 Aug 1836 - d 13 Mar 1909 - h/o Jennie Sours KERN - Ref
Brick Union gravestone
'CEB.N, Lucy A _ b 13 Aug 1834 Bot Co - d 15 Mar 1914 - f

Samue1 HUFF (b Va)
m Nancy (NOFFSINGER) (b Bot Co) - buried Springwood Cem - cd pneumonia
n:RR, Merietta Jane - b 1 Apr 1865 Bot Co - d 12 Feb 1913 - f D 'W KERN (b Bot
Co _ m Lucy (BUFF) (b Bot Co) - buried Springwood Cem - cd TB
CERN, Mary A - b ca ~ay 1845 Bot Co - d S June 1860 - age 15y lm -

Henry

f

J:ERB _ cd not known - rep by father

KERN, Sarah Eng1e - b 2 Feb 1830 - d 1902 - grave Mt Union Ce m
Stephen Woodrow - b 15 Sep 1914 Bot Co - d 20 Feb 1916 - f N B KERN (b
Bot Co) - m Nannie (FINI) (b Bot Co) - buried Springwood Cem - cd bronc ho
pneumonia

n:BN

Virginia Frances - b 10 Oct 1844 Lynchburg, Va - d 25 June 1914 - f
John' SOWERS (b Va) - m Virginia Frances ( _ ) (b NY City) - burie d Brick
Union Cem _ cd congestion of brain

IERN

[ERR

[ERR,

see Dr Wi11iam Neely ANDERSON
William - d by 11 Mar 1779 (son called an orphan) - son Samue1

KESSINGER, female - b 15 July 1915 Bot Co - d 15 July 1915 - f 'W T KESSINGER
(b Giles Co, Va) - m Annie (PENN) (b Bot Co) - buried family cem - cd still
born
KESSLER see HEPLER, Nancy A ISAACS, Adeline LAYMAN, Anna PECK, Agnes HAMILTON
Dolly HINER, Mary SPICKARD, G?orge .Washington CAMPER, Lewis HINER, Marah HYPES,
Ella E KERN, Mary KLINE, Bernice Vistive LANDERS, Abe C LAYMAN, Jacob G LAYMAN, John McLANE LAYMAN, Mary LAYMAN, James LEMMON (or LAYMAN), John LEMMON,
· Margarette LEMON, Mary LEMMON, Samuel 'Cesler LEMON, Cassie Rader NACE,
(card #2) see tELSLER (maybe) i John F RADER, John X. RADER, Lou E RADER, Susan
RADER Jacob NININGER, Laura Rettea REYNOLDS, E1iza RICHARDS, Gertrude KESSLER
SINER; Robert SINER, William H SPICKARD, lli1liam Henry ST CLAIR, Margaret Jane
SWORTZEL, Barnette ZIMMERMAN
IESSLAR, male - b ca 1854 - d 4 Oct 1854 - age Sd - f John 1'.:ESSLAR Jr - m
Elizabeth - rep by father
IESSLER, male - b 16 Nov 1862 Bot Co - d 16 Nov 1862 - age ~d - f Lewis KESSLER - m Catherine [GOOD] - cd unkn - rep by fat her
KESSLER, male - b 9 Mar 1825 - f J KESSLER - ref Old Glade Creek Cern

KESSLER, female - b 17 Sep 1856 Bot Co - d 18 Sep 1856 - a ge ld - f George
KESSLER _ m F - cd not known - rep by father
IESSLAR, male - b 6 Feb. 1853 Bot Co - d 1 3 Feb 1853 - age 7d - f
LAR _ m Martha E _ cd Hives - rep by moth er

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CESSLAR, Abraham - b 25 Jan 1778 Pa (census #1645) - d 9 June 1857 - age 79y
4m 13d or 78y 6m Od ~ f [Johannus KESSLER] - m [Eva Dorothea LEMON] - cd old
age - rep by wife Catherine [HEPLER] KESSLAR (1781-1861) - Ref Death Bk;
Lemontown graves tone - Ex Danie1 B KESSLER (14 Sep 1857)
KESSLER, Adrian Thornlay - b 10 Feb 1870 Bot Co - d 29 Mar 1879 [written
above is 1870] - age lm 9d - f Abraham KESSLER - m Mary M - cd scafulous affec
- Ref Old Glade Creek gravestone
KESSLER, A1ice Rebecca - b [Jan 1851] - d [1902 Bot Co] ':- f lli1liam B SHAY m Matilda J C - w/o Charles Henry KESSLER - grave Brick Union Cem
KESLAR, Andrew Jackson - b 12 May 1836 (# written over) Va - d 18 Dec 1914
Bot Co - f Jacob KESLAR (b Va) - m Barbi; (BOWERS) (b Va) - buried Back
Creek Cem [Lithia Bap Cem] - cd Uremic coma·- wife Lydia A KESSLER
KESSLAR, Ann Brugh - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 13 Sep 1854 - age 2y 9rn - f Isaac
CESSLAR - m [Elizabeth B RADER] - cd flux - rep by father
KESSLER, Ann Frances - b 8 Oct 1834 Bed Co - d 21 Feb 1916 - f Abraham
(SMELTHER) [written above is SMELSER] (b Bed Co) - buried Troutville Cem - cd
chronic myocarditis - [w/o Green W KESSLER]
KESSLAR, Ardena Susan - b 2 Feb 1848 or 9 (# has been written over) - d 6 Jan
1854 - age Sy - f Abraham KESSLAR Jr - ; Mary M - cd typhoid fever - Ref
Death Bk; old Glade Creek gravestone
KESSLER, Benjamin - b 18 Oct 1772 [Baltimore, Md] - d 22 Nov 1839 [Bot Co] age 67y Om 4d - f [John KESSLER] - rn [Dorothea LEMMON] - h/o Margaret CLEAR
- Ref Old Glade Creek gravestone
KESSLER, Benjamin - b 13 Jan 1834 - d 5 Oct 1914 Bot Co - f Jacob KESSLER m Barbara BOWER - wife Demaris Ann KESSLER - buried Lithia Bap Cem
KESSLER, Benjamin Thorn - b ca 1841 [or 1851] Bot Co. - d 25 Feb 1857 - age
16y - f William C[ox] KESSLER - m-[Nancy McCULLOCH] - cd casualty - rep by
father
KESSLER, Cassie - b 1870 - d 1939 - f Henry DOOLEY - rn Susanna A KESSLER hus Bomer G KESSLER - buried Troutville Cem
:KESSLER, Catherine - b ca 1785 Md (or 17 Dec 1781) - d 1 Sep 1861 (or 25 ~t
1861) - age 76y - cd rheumatism - rep by son Abraham KESSLER - Ref Death Bk;
Lemontown gravestone - w/o Abraham KESSLER (d 1857)
KESSLER, Catherine
b 21 July 1911 Bot Co - d 7 Aug 1912 - f Luther H KESSLER (b Bot Co) - m Mollie (DAVIS) (b Bot Co) - buried Forest Chapel Cem - cd
malnutrition
KESSLER, Chalice C - b 1899 - d 1947 [Bot Co] - f Homer G KESSLER - m Cassie
A DOOLEY - #1 wife Jennie E COOPER (190 2-1930) - buried Troutville Cem
KESLER, Charles H - b 1851 Bot Co - d 28 Mar 1915 - f Daniel KESLER (b Va) m Elizabeth (BOWER) (b Va) - buried Brick Union Cem - cd pneumonia

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New Books In the Virginia Room submitted by Pamela Young

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Belmont School Days by Elizabeth Spoelma

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African American Ancestry - Springwood Cemetery by Robert Bird
Additional Springwood Records by Margarette Tynan

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Memories Held in a Vase by Elizabeth Spoelma

69

1800 Bedford County Tax List from the files of the Virginia Room

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New Virginia Room Webpage

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Botetourt County Death Records, continued by Charles T . Bwton

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New Books In the Virginia Room
Books in t he Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library
can b e v iewed during n o rmal library hours .
SC 917.3 G487s Some Colonial Mansion s and Those who Lived in '!'hem 2 volumes by Thomas
Allen Glenn 1899 Henry T Coates &amp; Co.
SC 929.375502 C59lv Virginia Wills before 1799, A complete abstract register of all. names
mentioned in over 600 recorded wills , arranged alphabetically by William M Clemens 1924
Bilblio co .
P 286.175583 M6lm Mill Creek Baptist Church History 1804 - 1954 Botetourt County VA .
P 352.96 R531f Final Statement of Community Development Objectives &amp; Projected use of
Funds City of Roanoke 1994
p 975.5785 B782v Montgomery County Virginia &amp; Virginians 1606 - 1888 by Dr. R. A. Brock
Mountain P ress

325 .2 479 B859L The Lithuanians in American 1651-1975 compiled by Algi rdas M. Budreckis
1976 Oceana Press
388 . 4 R79t Trolley Car Treasury by Frank Rowsome 1956 McGraw- Hill
929.2 B684 B326c The Chain Rejoined by J . Ross Baughman 2005 Shenandoah History
929 .2 Hl68 W499h History of the Halterman (Holdiman, Holeman, Hal.diman) Ross, Cul.l.ers,
O'Flaherty, Families of the Shenandoah Valley, VA by Wertz &amp; Hutchinson 1973
929.2 Ml32g The Greenbrier McCl.ung Way by Rheba Irrene McClung 1990 Easton Printing
929 . 2 P293pg Payne - Golding Family History (Wiley Payne 1851 &amp; Nancy Jane Golding 1858)
Their Ancestry to Colonial. Virginia Their Descendants through cl995 by Aubrey Hampt:oo
Payne 1999 Wababawab Publishing
929 . 3757 Y82r York County, South Carolina Court Minutes 1786-1797 by Laurence K. Wells
1981
929.3757 Y82w York County South Carolina Wills Abstracts 1787-1862 by Brent H. Holcomb
2002
975.5991 Q27w Winchester, Virginia, Streets, Churches, Schools by Garland R. Quarles 1996
Winchester- Frederick County Historical Society
975 . 5991092 Q27s Some Worthy Lives, Mini - Biographies of Winchester - Frederick County
by Garland R. Quarles 1988 Winchester - Frederick County Historical Society
929.34521 PB49 Potpourri from our files: Family Records of the Lower Eastern Shore Volume
I 1996 A Project of the Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society &amp; the Research Center for
Delmarva History &amp; Culture at SSU
363.209 755 V819 1982 Virgi n ia State Police Yearb ook
363 . 209755 V819 1992 Virginia State Police Yearbook
779.99737 Z38b The Blue and Gray in Black and White , A History of Civil War Photography
by Bob Zeller 2005 Praeger Publishers
929 . 3757 YB2d York County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts Volume I: Deed Books A - E
1786 - 1801 by Brent H. Holcomb 2008 SCMAR
929.375702 H697ro South Carolina's Royal Grants Volume I : Grant Book 1 through 9 1732 1761 by Brent H. Holc omb 2006 SCMAR
975 .5 912 H31 2h A History of Waynesboro, Virginia 1900-1976 by George R . Hawke 2007
Jostens
378.755025 Rll8 Rad£ord University 1995 Alumni Directory by Radford University
Bernard c . Harris Publ1sh1ng Company

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929.1072 Sch43m Mexican-American Genealogical Research by John Schmal &amp; Donna Morales
2007 Heritage Books

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973 . 70922 B45 9h Bouse of AbrahalJI: Lincoln
2 00 7 Houg h ton Mifflin Company

&amp;

the Todds, a family Divide d by S::epher. Ee:-:-y

308 B455p The Papers of Sir William Berkley 1605-1677 edited By l·: ar:-en M.
Library o f Virginia
975.503 SR3 5w Why Confederates Fought by .n.aron Sherman- Dean 2007 The
Carolina Pre ss
929 . 2 C62 a An American Family b y Edward N. Clopper 1950 Standard
Company

Billir.gs 2 0:1"

Univers~::y

Pr~nt~~g

929 . 375702 H697ro South Carolina Royal Grants Volume Three : Gra nt Books
1768-1773 by Brent H. Hol comb 20 08 SCMAR

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929 . 375702 H697ro South Carolina Royal Grants Volume Two: Gra nt Books 10 through 17 1760 1768 by Bre nt H. Holcomb 2008 SCMAR
975 . 8 Hl43h Building the Blue Ridge Parkway by Karen J . Hall 2007 Arcad id Publishing
p 973.74 15 N463L List of Black Servicemen Compiled from the War Depar tme nt Co l lection of
Revo lution of Revolutionary War Records by Deb r a L . Newman

929.375915 Hl23d Charleston , South Caro l i na City Di rectories f or years 1816 , 1819, 1822,
1825 , 1829, 1830, 1831 , 1835 , 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1849 , 1852 , &amp; 1855 by James
w. Hagy 2002 Genealogi cal Publishi n g
928 . 31 R4 4lb Baroness von Riedesel and the American Revolution, Journal &amp; Corres p o ndence
of a Tour of Duty 1776-1783 by Ma rvi n L. Brown , Jr . 196 5 Universit:y of North Carolina
929.274 N877g Gene alogical Di ctionary o f Maine &amp; Ne w Hampshir e by Sybil Noyes,
Libby &amp; Wa lter G. Davis 1979 Gene a l ogical Publishing
929 . 3742 Dt 8lb Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire
Societ:y 19 77

Charles T.

1686 - 1850 by Dover Historical

929.3742 St81w Strafford County, N . H. Probate Reco rds 1771 1983 Heritage Books

1779 by Helen F.

929 . 374461 B657b Boston Births, Baptisms , Marriages &amp; Deaths 1630 Appleton 1978 Genealogical Publishing

Evans

1800 by William $.

97 3 . 3149744 M112d Divided Hea rts Massachusetts Lo yali sts 1765 - 1790 A biographi c al
Directo ry compiled by David E . Maas 1980 Published by The Society of Colonial Wars in the
Commonwealt:h of Massa c h u setts , The New Engl and Histo r ic Ge n ealogi ca l Socie ty
974.25 Sc4 4h Colonial Era History of Dover, NH by Joh n Scales 1977 He r itage Books
974 . 900397 C57a Annals of Swedes on the Delaware by Jehu Curtis Cl a y 1938 John Ericsson
Memorial Committee
977.185 W67 1h A History of Jackson County, Ohio with index by D. W. Williams 2001
Windmill Press
p 929 . 3 75502 P96 Public Officers of Virgi n i a 1680 - 1702 -1714
Press

(3 volumes) 2007 Mount:ain

? 973.35 V819 Virginia - Navy and Marines In The American Revolution 2007 Mo u ntain P r ess
p 9 75.515 L349e Ea s tvi l le at a Glance by Frances Bibbins Latime r 2004 Published by
Hickory House
p

975.515 St45h Hog Island , Virginia by Charles A. Sterli n g 2005 Hickory House

sr, 975.4 Sh28w West Virginia in History , Life , Literature and Industry by Mo r ris Purdy
Shawkey 1928 Lewis Publishing
929.2 Ok2s Scott and Catheri ne Moran Okes Family by Lonnie L. Okes Jr.

2003

929 . 3749 PS3c 1 671 Census o f the Delaware by Peter Stebbins Craig 1999 Pub3ished by ehe
Genealogical society of Pennsylvania
929.375502 P662m Marri a ge and Dea th Notices from Al exandri a , Virgini a Ne wspape rs Volume I
17 94 -1838 &amp; volume 2 1838 - 1852 Compiled Wes ley E. P1ppenger 2005 Privately published
by Comi:;:.ier
380.1 4 G 487r Roanoke Gas Company 1 883 to 1997 by Robert W. Glenn,

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92 9.2 K636 F46 k Kirks of Grayson County, Virginia by Compiled &amp; Research ed by Na nc y Kirk
Cox &amp; Bettye - Lou Kir k Field s 19 80 Gazette Pr ess
929. 2 CBll H369c A Child Will Ask ... Corbins from 1620 to 1993 b y Pe a r l Corb i n He l wig 1 994
Gateway Press
912 . 489 G29d Kort over Danmark 1:200.000 (Danish maps) 1 97 6 Kobenh a vn
929 .2 K6 4 9 D734k The Kite Family History, Fragmentary Records in a New Nation b y Merl e
Kite Dar ius 1986
929 . 2 P5 1 P5 3 5p A Phile n He irloom Chro nicle o f Peter &amp; Fereby Philen &amp; thei r Descenda n ts
1782 - 19 92 Narrated &amp; De signed by Ge raldine (Ch a pman) Phile n 1993 Ga teway Pres s
325.2479 W4 9 9a The Armenians in Ame rican 1618 - 1976 Compiled &amp; Edi t ed by Vladimir
Wertsman 1978 Oceana Publications
325 . 2495 GBl l The Greeks in America 1528 - 1977 Compile d b y He ike Fenton &amp; Melvin Hecker
1978 Oceana Publ ica t i ons
32 5 .253 M4 7 3a The Arabs in Ame r i ca 1492 - 1977
Oceana Public ations

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BELMONT SCHOOLDAYS
Today I drove through the old Belmont Hill section of South East Roanoke, just looking
for anything that was there when I was a child. I lived in Michigan for many years b efore
moving back to Roanoke. Now, everything seems strange and new.
I especially wanted to see the comer of Dale Ave. and 8th Street, the location of B e lmont
Elementary School. I went to school' there from the first grade through the sixth grade,
from 1924 to 1930. Nothing is the same- it seems strange and unfamiljar. The old brick
school is gone. Instead, there is a Salvation Army church on the old school grounds.
Gone are the front and back playgrounds - the front for the boys and the back for the
girls. I remember.how excited we all were when a slide was added to the girl's
playground. I will never forget the new fire escapes that were installed when I was in the
3rd

or 4tb grade. They looked like tall, metal silos opening onto the second floor. A slide

spiraled down inside. When we had a fire drill"' we were lined up and one-by-ooe had to
sit down and go sliding into what seemed to be a big, dark hole. Some of the children
were afraid. They cried and did not want to go down.
Another vivid memory is the big, walk-in basement. The lower grades could go inside in
cold or wet weather and wait for the bell to ring at 9 a.m., telling us it was time to go to

class. There were benches to sit on and there was usually a teacher present to keep us
reasonably quiet and orderly. Tue restrooms were also in the basement but separate from
the main room. The basement was divided by a wall into two large rooms - one side was
for boys and one side for girls. Tue students who couldn't go home for lunch carried
their lunch in a box or a brown paper bag and ate in the basement. There wasn' t a
cafeteria or a gym until much later.
By today's standards, the rules and the teachers were extremely strict. Absolutely no
talking to classmates was allowed and we had to raise our hands if we needed to ask the
teacher a question or tell her something. Eating anything or chewing gum in class was a
terrible crime. We might have to write, "I will never chew gum or eat in class again,"
from 50 to 100 times on the blackboard or perhaps stand in the comer or stay after school

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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for a week. It was humiliating to have to stand in the comer or write on the board in front
of your classmates.
I had teachers who were really excellent, helpful and understanding. Other teachers were
impatient, strict and crabby. But most of my memories are happy ones, especially those
of my first grade teacher, Miss Crocket. Second grade was Miss Penn, younger and who
wanted everything in perfect order. She went by the book; rules had to be obeyed
exactly. Miss Fetters, whom we called "Miss Feathers," was my 3rd grade teacher.
Fourth grade was Miss Jackson but my memories of that year are sketchy. It was a bad
year for me because of my father's serious illness. I adored my Dad and I was really
emotionally disturbed when he died in April of the following year. Miss Lucas was my
5th grade teacher. She was very patient, understanding and gentle following my Father's

death, but again, my memories are vague of that year. Then in the 6th grade, I had Miss
Dean. She was a good teacher but a very strict one. This was my last year at Belmont. I
went to Jackson Junior High and many of my elementary school mates were there, too.
I have so many memories of my childhood in S. E. Roanoke. Some happy, some very
sad, but Roanoke is my old hometown that I love.
Submitted by Elsie Elizabeth Franklin Spoelma
DOB: 8-15-1918
POB: Roanoke, Virginia

Delivered by: Dr. Saunders, at home
Mother: Lydia Ellen Sprinkle Franklin
Father: William Moman Franklin

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�Page 56

African American Anc~&amp;tr~
Springwood Burial Park
Perhaps more than 1,000 people found their last resting place in Springwood Burial
Park in Roanoke's Lincoln Terrace neighborhood between 1937 and 1979. Heavy
undergrowth has since overtaken the private graveyard for Blacks, but Roanoker
Robert Bird is leading a charge to recapture Springwood. The 78 year old Scout
Leader bas turned the clean-up of Spriogwood into a project for his scouts. As of the
date of publication he bas massed information for 767 gravesites. Of those, less than
290 are marked. Mr. Bird bas graciously given the Virginia A ppa lachian Notes tbc
privilege of publishing these records from his personal files. This is seasonal work~ so
hopefully next year the VAN will have additional burials to report.
Do you have information on Springwood, or someone buried there? Contact Robert Bird at
birdnest14r'@cox.net or (540) 366-0996.

Additional Springwood Records
M argarette Tynan, a lifetime member of the Botetourt Gc~ealogy C lub, went through
3 bunch of her old Roanoke Times newspapers and submitted the following records.
She is over 80 years old. We appreciate her efforts to keep the legacy of S pringwood
alive.

The Roanoke Times 7/23/1964
Mrs. Amanda Williams. died Tuesday of 615 Georgia Ave NW .. Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 9/1/1970
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Bud French 79 died Sunday 1707 Grayson A ve NW; graveside by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 5/13/1963
Mrs. Lucy B. Frances of24 McDowell Ave, NW died Sunday, Id. Virginia M itchell;
2 sons John &amp; Isaac ... Fizers Funeral IIome
The Roanoke Times 2/4/1964
Sarah Edith Washington 1305 Loudoun Ave NW ·· Funeral Tuesday by l-lamlar
Curtis.
The Roanoke Times 11/6/1964
F reddie R. Jones from 606 A. Gregory Ave. NE funeral Sunda y by IIamlar Curtis

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The Roanoke Times 11/3/1964
Mrs. Lelia B. Jones of 905 Center Ave,

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by Fizers Chapel; burial Wednesday

The Roanoke Times 4/4/1962
Irvin Robonson of 429 Orange Ave NW died Friday burial by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 2/27/1970
Raymond Strange 52 of 511 Gregory Ave., NE will be Saturday by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 3/19/1965
Gladys Fulton of 905 Madison Ave., NW died Thursday w/o Theodore Fulton burial
Saturday by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 3/22/1969
Mrs. Nathan Seay (Ida Stone Seay) of 33 11th St. SW. widow of Nathan Seay ...
Funeral Monday by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke T imes 3/18/1964
Willie L. Bowman 817 Gilmer Ave., NW funeral Sunday by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 2/14/1964
Louise Willis of 19 Gainsboro Road, NE funeral Saturday at Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 6/17/1964
Margaret Willis 1008 Center Ave., NE funeral Thursday by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 2/11/1970
Willie James Haskins 75, of 112 Giles Ave., Vinton ... funeral Tuesday at Hamlar
Curtis
The Roanoke Times 12/31/1966
George Smith of 1617 Downing St. NW. funeral Thursday by Fizers
The Roanoke Times 2/24/1964
Samuel H. Green 302 Loudoun Ave., NW will be Wednesday by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 2/20/1970
Sam Harris 606 Gregory Ave., NW funeral Saturday by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 2/7/1969
Burley Nickerson 503 Harrison Ave funeral Saturday by Hamlar Curtis

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The Roanoke Times 11124/1964
Charlie Stone, Jr. age 19 of Gregory Ave. NE. funeral Wednesday by Hamlar C urtis
The Roanoke Times 6/30/1969
Tyler W. Morton 320 Wells Ave .. funeral Tuesday at F izers
The Roanoke Times 21911969
Napoleon B. Burwell 528 McDowell Ave., NW funera l Monday by Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 3/23/1964
Edward L. Johnson 525 Fairfax Ave., NW died F riday burial by 1-lamlar Curtis.
The Roanoke Times 8/16/1964
Nannie Robertson 429 Orange Ave., NW funeral Monday by Iiamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 3/31/1964
Leo Coleman 201 Chestnut Ave., NW. funeral Wed nesday by F izers
The Roanoke Times 3/4/1967
Lester J(jng 216 First St., NW died Tuesday ... Funeral Wednesday by Fizer Fu neral Chapel
The Roanoke Times 12/4/1964
Mrs. Ruth Dillard Webb age 100 of 505 Gilmer Ave., NW. F uneral Saturday by
Williams Funeral H ome Chapel

The Roanoke Times 5/5/1965
Annie Otey 1612 Loudon Ave., NW funeral Tuesday by F izers
The Roanoke Times 12/2/1962
Calvin Eugene Thomas 316 Orange Ave., NW died F riday .. funeral Monday by
Hamlar Curtis
The Roanoke Times 6/20/1964
Classie Robinson 1008 Center Ave., NW funeral Sunday by Hamlar Curtis.

Submitted by
Rena Worthen
Botetourt Genealogy Club President &amp; Founder
P OBOX 1107
Buchanan, Va. 24066
doreatr@rbnet.com

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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1872
1877

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1958
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1956

1956

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1900

1939

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1882

1952

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1910

1948

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1904

1969

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1909

1970

BANNER

CALLIE E

1888

1961

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TROMAS H

1877

1949

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LEVI

1923

1938

BARBOUR

DELLA

1871

1953

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JESSE llC

1909

1946

BARLOW

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1935

19"'4

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1883

1957

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1891

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1896

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1960

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1915

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1876

1959

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1900

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1953
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FRENCH

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1944

1948

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1908

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1906

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1963

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1957

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1900

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1968

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1947

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1941

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1945

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1963

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1874

1947

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1950

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1958

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1925

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1952

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1898

1976

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1924

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JOHN

HERMAN

JIERMAN

1910

1957

BOLl\ffiS

ROBERTS

1896

1969

HOUCFflNS

COLUMBUSF

1890

1961

HOWARD

l\iARTHA A

1900

1950

HOWARD JR

SAMlJEL

l897

1949

HUNTER

JAMESR

1892

1961

UOLLOWAV

HUNTER

HUNTER

ALFREDR

HURT

JR

HURT

CLARENCE

1910

1955

ffiVJNG

TffOMAS

1891

1948

JACKSON

BABY BOY

1962

196'2

.TAMES

FRANK

JAMES

ANNlEMAE

1911

1960

JEFFERSON

BEN.IAMINP

1894

1957

JOHNSON

BESSIE L

1898

1962

JOHNSON

GEORGEW

1916

197.S

JOHNSON

LUKEE

1900

1964

JOHNSON

WALTER

1887

1950

JOHNSON

RACHEL

1890

1953

JOHNSON

JOHN HENRV

1926

1957

JOHNSON

BETTIE

1953

JONES

BllGIDE B

1902

.JEFFERIES

t973

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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1957

JONES

GEORGIA

1901

JONES

KATEW

1881

1945
1968

JONES

ARTHUR

1897

JONES JR

OSCAR

1924

1957

1894

1950

JOPLIIN

RUSSELL

1904

1970

KEELING

LILLIE DICKERSON 1908

1958

LANDERS SR

FRANK

1902

1960

LANE

EUNICE TURNER

1921

1968

LANGHORN

NORWOODS

1915

1943

LAW

MASTEN O

1921

1944

LEE

GEORGIE

1890

19-19

LEFTWICH

F

1910

1956

LEFTWICH

ARTHURW

1901

1973

LOVELACE

NOLA

1898

MACKLIN

N

1808

1944

MARCH

LAURA

1888

1958

MARSHALL

THOMAS

1910

lltATTOX

GERTIEL

1895

JUMPER

MAYS

BETTY

1956

MEADOWS

ELIZABETH

1907

MEDLEY

MNELLIE A

1901

MEDOWS

BOWARD

1922

Mll..LBERRY

THOMA.SN

1815

MILLNER

TOM

1870

MOORE

ETHEL E

1888

MORTON

JESSIE

1907

MOTEN

LULA

1868

1970
1967
1956
1973
1959
1957
1939
1951
1957
1960
1974
1954

.RALPH NELSON

1926

NICKERSON

BURLEY

1969

NOEL

MARYE

1904

PARKER

AMOS

1962

PASCHEL JR

BERBERTV

1968

PENN

EP.1MAB

1869

PETTY

PERCEVT

1884

PINNJX

MITTIE

1972

PLENTY

WILLlAMH

1892

POE

SAMUEL VIVJAN

1894

1968

P01NDEXT£R

TAW

1877

1951

POWELL

JOSEPHINE

1917

1958

REAMEY

LEWISH.

1865

1961

REAMY

LEWISW

1865

1961

RIVENS

ROBERT

1925

1972

RO_ERl'SON

ROSIEL

ROBERTSON

HPATT

1908

1940

ROBERTSON

NORMANS

1887

1946

RODINSON

CBARLES

1904

1972

RODINSON

CllARLlE JAMES

1915

1962

ROSE

LETHA BELLE

1890

1956

NAPIER

1972

1973
1971
1948

1968

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

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ROSS J'R

RAYMOND

1930

1949

RUCKER

WALTEL

1899

1972

R USSE LL

ELOUISE

1920

1939

SALTER

BAB\' BOY

1962

1962

SALTERS

J\llATTIE B

IR92

1966

SAUND ERS

FRED OL EAN

1930

1979

SAUNDERS

LYLBURNC

1916

1941

SCHL EY

OAJSYE

1883

1956

SCHLEY

WILLIAMS

1883

1941

SCOT T

CIIARLES

1911

1949

SESSION

cnruss

1891

1970

SINGLETON

IlAVANAE

1910

1960

SMITH

JERRY PRESTON

J9JO

1959

SMITD

WILLIAMA

1860

1960

SJ\.DTH

LUCYF

1898

1960

SMITH

D'llOLEY S

1900

1958

SM ITH

JOHNB

1913

1974

SMITH

MAGCffi lJ

1884

1970

SMTTIJ

MlTTIEA

1912

1970

Sl\flTB

MITTillA

1911

1970

SMITH

ANNAL

1868

1944

SNYDER

FLORENCE

1897

1947

SPEARS

CLARENCEC

1882

1959

STAMPS

J

1864

1957

STEVENS

.JAMES

1876

1955

STONE JR

C UARLill

1925

1964

STOVALL

RlCHARD C

1927

1969

STOVALL

SHERM.AN W().,.c)

1885

1956

SUMMERALL

FRANKS

1963

1979

SUMMERS

BA\'WOOD

1884

1943

TAYLOR

CLAYBORN

1893

1944

TAYLOR

JULIUSC

1907

1969

TERRV

FRANCESE

1940

1972

TERRY

MARGCES

1913

1960

T ERRY

JAMES II

1922

1963

TUOMAS

WILLIAM

19JO

1955

THOMPSON

RENAM

1920

1951

THOMPSON

NORA

1869

1952

TBOMl'SON

ROBERTM

1934

1969

THOMPSON

MARY

1914

1951

TINSLEY

MINA

TRENT

ANNA

1885

1949

TUCKER

MARGARET

1897

1957

TURNER

ROBERTA P

189..

1938

T l lRNER

RUTH M

1923

J940

TURNER

AUGUSTAS D

1893

J95J

TYNER

RUFFIN A

1888

1965

TYNER

l'.WlVE

1889

1973

1890

1955

unknown

The Recording Of A

Cemete~

By Thelma Greene Reaga1
Today we walked where others walked
On a lonely, windswept hill;
Today we talked where others cried
For Loved Ones whose lives are stilled.
Today our hearts were touched
By graves of tiny babies;
Snatched from the arms of loving kin,
In the heartbreak of the ages.
Today we saw where the grandparents lay
In the last sleep of their time;
Lying under the trees and clouds T heir beds kissed by the sun and wind
Today we wondered about an unmarked spot
Who lies beneath this hollowed ground ~
Was it a babe, child, young or old~
No indication could be found
Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay
We had been here once befort
Oo a day we'd all like to forge~
But will remember forever more.
Today we recorded for kith and kin
T he graves of ancestors past;
To be treasured for generations hence!
A record we hope will last
C herish it, my friend; preserve it, my friend'.
For stones sometimes crumble to dus1
And generations of folks yet to comE
Will be grateful for your trus1

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unknown
unknown

uknown

LEETEEO
ABIE

WJknown

unknown
anJmown

WILLIAM BLACK

unJmown

1946

1948

1907

1957

1918

196?

1!&gt;56

1956

1942

imJmown

JOHNH

1969

imJmown
unknown

HESTER

tmknown

ROVANNA

1911

1970

1969

unknown
unlmown
WADE

DELORES ANN

1968

WALKER

JAMESD

1878

l !M4

1878

1952

WALKER

MAGG.IE A

WALLER

... LL

WALLER

MARY ELLIS

1893

1956

WARD

LAWRENCE

1896

1?56

WARREN

ELLJSM

1897

1957

WARREN

MUNGIE

1891

1963

WASIDNGTON

SARAHE

1897

1964

WASBIJ'.iGTON

BC

1889

1964

WATKINS

JOSID.A

1890

1967

WATSON

SAMUELD

1922

1960

WATSON

ORJNJ

1890

1956

WEBB

LOUISE

1905

1956

WEBSTER

PAULINEE

1919

1976

WHALES

ANNIE

1888

1949

WIDTTEN

CORA

1896

1958

WHITTEN

GEORGE

1869

1947

WlLLIAMS

VINNIE

1905

1962

Wll.LlAMS

C_RAG

1904

1969

WILLIAMS

FLOYDW

1892

1954

WILLIAMS

TOM

1880

WITCHER

JOEC

1874

1?49

WOODS

LEO

1897

1957

WOODS

BEN

1940

WOODY

N

1896

YANCEY

MR

1895

1957

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MEMORIES HELD IN A VASE
Submitted by Elsie Elizabeth Franklin Spoelma
I'm sure most of you are familiar with carnival glass. It has become quite
collectable over the years. It is called carnival glass because it was given as a
prize at carnivals and amusement parks. This vase is filled with memories for
me. My mother won it at a booth at Lakeside in the 1920's. It sat on a mantle in
our house and was a constant reminder of how much fun a kid like me could
have at Lakeside.
When I was very young, my parents took me to Lakeside on picnics and on the
more gentle rides, such as the Ferris Wheel and the Merry-Go-Round or the
hobby horses, as most children called them. The Amusement Park opened to
the public in 1920 as a man-made lake for swimming. It had a sandy beach,
complete with a boardwalk. It was 300 feet long and 125 feet wide. By 1923,
m any rides had been added, including the first roller coaster, officially called the
Wildcat. In 1968, a new roller coaster called the Shooting Star was built. Both
were most often locally called , ''The Thriller." When I was older and went to
Lakeside with school friends who always wanted to ride The Thriller, I could
never let them know how I hated the roller coaster or how much it scared me.
So, I closed my eyes, gritted my teeth and went screaming down with the others.
Lakeside closed October 19, 1986. My interest in the history of Lakeside led to
searching for the details and I discovered that I am older than Lakeside, which
was quite a shock until I decided it was o.k. My vase and I are still here, but
Lakeside is gone.
Thank-you for letting me reminisce and share my memories. It is amazing how
many memories one iridescent, orange colored glass vase can hold!

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BEDFORD COUNTY ,

VIRGINIA

1800 TAX LIST
In the .fo llowing entries, the .:first number after each
name is that of -the white ma le s over age twenty-one, the
second· the number of horses owned , and th e third, 1f'
given, the number of tithab l e s laves over a g e twelve.
[First District ]
Matthew Tate, Commissioner
Alexander, Andrew 1-2
Alexander, Thomas 1-1
Armstrong, Thomas 1-1
Adams, Jeremiah 1-2
Austin, Thomas 2-4-2
Ayers, James 4-7-3
Austin, James 5-5-4
Allen, Wm. 3-3-2
Asbury, James 1-3
Ad.kirson, Lewis 1-4-1
Adkirson, Joshua 1-0
Adkirson, Ellis 1-3
Adkiraon, Jer emiah 1-1
Adkirson, John 2-2
Austin, Rober t 1-4
Austin, William 9-8-13
Andrews , Thomas 4-4-2
Adams, Ann 1-1
Adams, Samuel 1-2
1-1
Adams, Henry 2 -3-1
Adams, Wm.

Anthony, Christopher Sr.
2-3 l 2-wheel chair
Negro Adam

1-0

Anthony, Christopher .Jr.
2-3
Ayers, John, Jr., &amp; Co.
1-3

Adams, Absalom 1-1
Adams, Wm. 1-0
Arthur, Wm. 1-3
Adams, Joseph 1-3
Auld, Josiah, &amp; Co. 4-3-1
Allen, Edward 1-1
Ashwell, John 2-2~1
Arthur, Thomas Jr. 1-1
Arthur, Thomas Sr. 1 -2
Ayers~ Samuel
1-2
Anthony, John A. 4-2-3

Anderson, David 1-1
Anthony, Mark 8-3-8
Ander son, Robert 4-3-3
Adams, Wm. 3 -7-2
Arthur Lewis 3-3-3
Arthur, John 1-l
Arthur, Wm. Sr. 2-l
Arthur, Jekinias l-0
Adams, John 3-4
Adams, Thomas 3-1-2
Adams, Wm.
1-1
Arthur, Jame s
1-0
Agnew, Samue l
1-0
Abe t ant, Joshua 5 -3-5
Ab etant, Jesse 6-3- 5
Ablephent, Samue l
1-2
Brown, Joseph l-2
Baker, Joseph 2-3
Brown, Daniel (miller) 1-1
Bewly, Christopher 1-3
Brown, Jesse 1-1
Brown, Elizabeth l-3
Baker, Samuel Jr. 1-2
Baker, Samuel Sr. 2-2
Baker, Henry 1-l
Baker, Absalom 1-1
Brown, Daniel Sr. 5-4-5
Brown, -Daniel Jr.
l-1
Brown, Shadrick 2-1-2
Bond, Allen 1-2
Bandy, George 1-2
l stud horse
Bagswell, Drewry 4-3-4
Branch, James 2-3-1
Branch, Susanah 1-1-1
Blankinship, Ben jamin 1-2
Blankinship, Elizabeth
1-0 -1
Bozwell, George 1-0

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Brown, Henry, Estate 0 -2
Brown, Henry 5-4-5
Burnes, James l-1
Brewer, Philip 2-2
Baber, George 1-0
Barton, Elisha 1-2
Burson, Nathan l-1
Barton, Thomas 1-0
Ballard, Stephen 1-1
Browning , Caleb . 1-6
Brown, James 2-2-1 ·
Brown, George T. 1-1
Bes t, Levi 2-3-1
Burton, Robert 1-1
Barker, Edwin 1-1
Buford, Wm. 4-2-3
Bobbitt, Randolph 1-3
Brown , Wm. 1-2
Brown, Ebenezer 1-2
Becknor, David 1-1
Barton, Burr 1-0
Black, John 1-1
Burton, Jacob 4-6-~
Berditt, Gervis 1-0
Boatwright, Wm.
2-1
Brewer , John H. 2-1-1
Beard, Margaret 0-2
Ballard, Amos 1-1
Baker, Daniel 1-4
Brannon, Lawrence 1-2
Bowls, Elisha 1-1
Boram, Aron Jr. 1-3
Boram, Aron Sr. 1-2
ordinary license
Banks, Samuel 3-8-1
Banks, Dorcas 1-0-1
Boyd, James 1-2
Boyd, Wm. 1-1
Black, Ben 1- 1
Baber, Wm. 1-2
Buford, Henry 8-8-7
Bramblit, Reubin 2-3-1

Bobbitt, Wm.

2~2-1

Blackwell, Moses 4-3-3
Bewly, Nathan 2-3
Board, Wm. Jr. 2-1-1
Barber, Edward 1-1
Brown, Sawny 1-1
Bozwell, Barney 2-1-1
Bozwell, Charles 1-2

Ba sham, James 1-1
Barker, Edward 1-0
Board, John 11-10-11
Board, Stephen 1-0
Bramblit, Wm. 2-1-1
1 stud horse
Bratcher, Can 1-1
Bratcher, John 1-2
Bratcher, John Sr. 5-3-3
Baker,. S.a~ue 1 1-0
Basham, Nathan 1-1
Basham, Obediah 1-1
Boothe, John 1-0
Bennum, Jacob 1-0

Byrd, Luke

1-4

Burnett, Elisha Sr. 1-2
Burnet t, Joshua 1-1
Burnett, Elisha 1-1
Bennet, Richard 6-2-7
Bond, Wright 2-3-1
Bryant, William 1-1
Board, William Sr. 5-2-5
Bowls, John 2-1
Bott, Frederick 2-1-1
Black, Chrisley 1-1
Burton, William 2-3-1
Board, James 4-4-1
Board, Absalom 1-2
Bently, Banner 1-2
Black, Samuel 1-1
Black, John 1-1
Black, Daniel 1-1
Burnett, Wmson. 3-2-3
Best, John 1-0
Bowyer, John 1-1
Burditt, Richard 1-0
Burnitt, Samuel 1-2
Burnitt, John 1-0·
Barber, Elisha 1-0
Butler, Wm., Estate 4 - 6-4
Ballard, I1cCaJah 2-3
Black, John (G C) 1-3
Cwnpton, Meridith i ...o
Cundiff, Isaac 4 -2-3
Creary, William 1~3
Correy, John 1-3
Casey, J~me s 4-3-1
Casey, William i~1
Carter, John 3-5-3
Carter, Mary 6 -6-5

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BEDFORD COUNTY 1800 TAX LIST
Creasy, John 2- 4
Creasy, Thomas Jr. 1-2
Creasy, Byrd 1-0
Creasy, Charles 1-2
Creasy, William 1-0
Cadwallader, Thomas 1-2
Cadwallader, Moses 1-1
Cadwallader, Jesse 1-2
Cundiff, Benjamin 2-4
Corley, Carrell 2-6-1
Corley, William 1-2
Carney, John 2-2
Carney, William 2-2
Coty, Jacob 1-5
City [Coty?], Chris ti'an 1-2
Craigg, Robert 1-4
Crumpacker, John 4-8-1
Crumpacker, Joel 2-2-1
Crumpacker , Abram 2-4-1
Cowan, Robert 11-7-12
4- wheel carriage
Craigg, Adam 1-2
Chaff en, Joseph 5-5-1
Coatz, Samuel 1-1
Cundiff, George 4-5
Crouch, William 2-1
Crouch, Polly 1-1
Crouch, Joseph 1-2
Casey, Alexander
2- 2-1
Cundiff, John 2-2
Candler, Zadikiah 2- 2-1
Campbell, Thomas 6-4-5
Canady, George 1-1
Claytor, Samuel 8-9-4
Corley, Thial 1-0
·Colbert, Francis 1-1
Cooper, William 2-5
Cundiff, James 1-1
Cundiff, Richard 5-1-5
Cundiff, Lewis 1-1
Chapman, Nathan 1-2
Coleman, James 1-2
Carter, IA:lvid 1-2
Clark, William 1-0
Cr1nshaw, David 9-9-11
Crain, John 1-1
Callaway, Ach1111s 1-8-1
Canady, George Jr. 1-0
Cundiff, Elijah 2-3
Cundiff, Isham 1-1

Cundiff, Elisha 1-1
Cadwallader, John 1-1
Claytor, John 7 - 6 - 6
Cazey , Jer emiah l - 1
Crumb, Abram 1-l
Gordin, E dwar d l-0
Cart er, John 1-1
Dowe ll, Nehemiah 2 -1
Duva l, Skinner 1-2
Dobbins, Griff in, 4 - 5
Dickson, George 3-10-4
Dallice, John 1-l
Davis, Rober t
l-0
Dabney, Cornelius 2 - 3
Dollard, William l-1
Davis, Thomas 1-1
Dent , John 2-6
Dent, William l-1
Dawson, Jacob 3 - 5-l
Dawson , George 2 - 5 -1
De arin, J emima 2 - 2 - 2
Dickinson, Joseph 5-5-4
Davis, James 1-l
Dowell, Francis 1-1
Dabney , William 1-1
Debo, Michael 2 -~
Dowdy, John Sr.
1-3
Dowdy, John Jr. 1-2
Dowdy, Elijah 1-0
Dabney, Charles 1-1
Dabney, George 1-2
Donoho, Edward 1-1
Dillard, George 1-0
Davis, Henry 1-1-1
Deake, Aldin [? ] 1-1
Dowell, Micajah 1-2
Dear ion [?], Lewis 2 - 2
Durham, William 1-2
Dickinson, William 1-2
Durri tt , Richard 4-3-5
Dobbins, Battin 5 - 6 -4
Durr1tt, William l-1
Dody, James 1-0
Dowdy, Hunl ey 1-3
Dowdy, William 1-2
Dowell, Elijah 2-2- 1
Dickinson, Agness 1-1
Dobbins, Samuel 1-3
Dobbins, Griff i n Jr.
1-0
Daniel, James 1-2

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Dickson, Thomas 1-1
Dimmy, John 2-1
Dowdy, Claybon 1-0
Dickson, John 1-1
Dickson, John Jr. 1-0
Drewry, Joseph 2-1
Dallace, M Duke 1-0
Doss, Azar1ah 2-1
Doss, Joel 3-3
Dickson, William 3-2-l
Donn, Joseph 1-2
Dowdy, Ezekiel 1-0
Dallace, Robert 1-1
Dickinson, William Jr. 1-2
Early, Jacobus 7-6-6
Eagar, James 3-5-1
Eagar, John 1-2
Ellis, Uriah l-1
Erwin, James 1-3
Erwin, Samuel 1-2
Ellis, William 3-4
Early, Joshua 4-4-4
Early, Joel 2-1-1
Eads, Joseph 1-3
Eads, Edward 2 - 2
Eckhols, James 3-1-2
English, George L. 2-3-1
English, William 1-1
English, Charles 2-1-1
English, Dinah 4-0-4
Ellis, Ben 1-1
Ellis, Spencer 1-1
Freeman, James 4-4-1
Fould1n, John 1-4
Franklin , Edmund 3-1-2
Flournoy, James 1-4-1
Ferrell, Gabriel 3-1-2
Fuqua, Aron 1-1-1
Fiddler, Samuel 1-3
F rith, J oseph 1-1
Fisher, Daniel 1-2
France, Jacob 1-2
Foster, John 2-2
Fields, Daniel 1-0
Franklin, John 1 -2
Fie lds, Samuel 1- 1
Filer, Frederick 2-3
Feazle, Philip 3-4
Feazle, William 1-1
F eazle, Barnard 3-7

Feazle, Jacob 3-1
Fealds, John 3-4-1
Frith, Joseph 1-0
Franklin, John 2 -4
Frith, Harbert 1-0
Frith, Thomas · 3-5
Finny, John 1-0
Forgesson, Jeremiah 1-2
Fruit, Jacob 1-2
Fulkins, John 1-2
Fuqua, ~homas 7-6-6
Fuqua, Caleb 1-1
Fuqua, Moses l-1
Failing , Henry 1-5
Finny, Peter 1-1
Gross, Isaac 2-5-1
Gibb s, William 1-1
Grubbs, Jesse 3-3
Garrett, Silas 2-3-1
Gilpin, Francis 3-3
Gilpin, William 1-1
Goggins, Pleasant 1-1
Greenwood, Samuel 1-2
Goore, J ohn 3-1-2
Gibs on, John l-2
Greer, Asa 1-1
Gill, Charles 4-5-3
. Green, E dward 1-1
Garrett, John 4-4-2
Graham, Michael 8-11-6
Good, Edmund 1-0-1
Gowen, Daniel 2-1
Gowen, Hanoah 1-0
Grif rin, Samuel 2-5-2
Gross, John 1-1
G1llespey, Charles 1-1
Goode, William 1-0
Goode, Robert Jr. 1-0
Goode , Robert Sr. 1-2
Goode, Thomas 1-1
Goare , Standly 1-2
Hole, Charles 1-2
Hole, Nathan 1-1
Hole, Jae ob 1-3
Hole, .Jonah 1 -0
Herford, Benjamin 1-0
Herford, Thomas 1-0
Hag ue, Samuel 1-2
Helm, John De 1-1
Hoo.f'roan, George 2-2

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BEDFORD COUNTY 1800 TAX LIST
Harris, Samuel 3-2
Hughs, Benjamin 1-2
Hix, Philip 2-2
Harwood, Francis G. 5-3-4
Hopson, Richard 8-5-9
Huckaby, Thomas 1-2
Hancok, John 2-1-1
Raiden, William 1-0
Raiden, John 3-2-1
Hogan, Enoch 2 -4
Hogan, Obidiah 1-2
Haynes, Hamton 1-3
Hopkins , John 2-2-2
Huddleston, Henry 1-1
Huddleston, Joseph 1-1
Hopkins, Francis 8-5-7
Hilton, Jeremiah 1-3
Hancock, John 1-2
Hancock, William 1-1
Hardy, Solomon 4-5-2
Hughs, David 2-4
Haynes, Henry Sr. 6-7-8
Haynes , Henry Jr. 1-1
Holland, Druery 0-5
l stud horse
Holland, Stephen 1-4
Hudne ll, William Sr. 3 -4-2
Hollady, John 1-2
Hollady, David 1-2
Hollady, Lewis 1-1
Harriss, James 3-3-2
Hall, Hezekiah 3-5
Holt, Lucy 4-6-4
Holt, Hary 3-1-2
Hill, Robert 1-3
Huckaby, John 1-1
Hurt, Elijah 1-1
Homan, Ralph 2-2
Holt, Thomas 5-3-4
Hurt, Henry 1-2
Henderson, Benjamin 1-1
Raiden, Charles 1-3
Hurt, Elisha 3-5-2
Hore, Edward 1-1
Harper, .Robert 2-3-1
Holt, Joseph 2-5-1
Hunt, Stephen Sr. 3-5
Hunt, John 1-1
Hunt, Thomas 1-1
Horsley, William 1-1

Huddleston, Abram 1-2
Howell, Thomas 1-2
Hopkins , William 6- 8 -6
Hewit , Isaac 1-0
Hampton, John 9-8-6
Hardy, Samuel 1-3
Hix, Farthing 1-2
Hix , Jeremiah 1-3
Hale, Stephen Sr .
5- 3 - 2
Hale , Thomas 1-1
Hale, William 1-2
Hale , Stephen Jr.
1-1
Hale , I.abourn 1-0
Hale, Richard 1-0
Hatcher , Farley 3-3-1
Hal l, Elisha 4-3-2
Hall, Matthew 2-3- l
Hall , Jesse 1-1
Hackworth , George 1-4
Raiden, William 1-2
Haiden, Joseph 1-1
Hudne ll, John 1-2-2
Hudnell, William Jr.
l-1
Hudnell, Thomas 2-1-1
Hudnell, Richar d 1-l
Hancock, Samuel 8 - 6-7
Humphris , John 1-1
Harry , Negro 1-3
Hurt, James 1-3
Hurt, Moses 3-3-2
Hurt, Mary 2 - 2 -1
Hix, William 1-2
Hughes, Rice 2-1-1
Hatcher , Benjamin 11-7-8
Hudson, Robert 2 -5
Hudson, Alexander 1-2
Hudson, John 1-2
Hudson, James 1-1
Hudson, Simon 1-1
Hatcher, William 1-1
Hatcher, Richard 3-2-2
Hatcher, Hezekiah 1-0
Hunt, Jacob 1-0
Hackworth , William 1-1
Hackworth, Ben jamin 1-0
Hackworth, Joseph 1-2
Hambleton, James 1-0
Howe ll , David Jr.
1-0
Howell, David Sr.
1-2
Hunley, Nehemiah 1-0

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Howell, John 1-1
Harris, Levi 1-1
.Hackworth, Thomas 1-1
Hackworth, William 1-0
Hackworth , John 1-2
Ho llagan , John 1-1
Hai l, John 1-0
Hanks, Fleetwood 1-1
Hancock, Edward 3-4-2
James, John 2-2
Jones, Owen 3-1-5
James, Isaac 1-3
Jordan, Absalom 2 -1
1 stud horse
Johnson, James 2-4
Johnson, Joseph 1-1
Johnson, James Jr. 1-1
Jones, Martin 1-3
Jinkins, Abram [?] 1-l
Jinkins, Jeremiah 2-6
Jinkins, David 1-0
Johnson, Thomas 1-2
Jinkins, Isaac 1-5
Ivine, Robert 1-1
Jordan, Winston 2-4-1
Jordan, William 5-6-3
James, Daniel 2-4
James, Samuel 1-1
James, Lawrence 1-1
James, Adam 1-1
Johnson, Christopher 2-1-1
Jordan, Woodson 1-1
Jordan, William 1-1
Jarred, John 1-2
Jarred, Thomas 1-0
Jarred, Joseph 1-3
Johns, Charle s ( Blaclanan)
1-l
Negro Ja ck 1-2
James, William 1-4
Jordan, Jonas 2-2
Jordan, Ben jamin 2-2
Johnson, John 5-6-4
Jinkins, Jacob 1-2
Johnson, Zachariah 1-1
Jones , John 1-1-1
Jones, Jesse 1 -0
1 stud horse

Jones, John 1-0
Jennings , Samuel K. 3-2-1
Kennett, John Jr. 1-0
Kennett, Zachariah 1-1
King, Aviry 1- 4
King, Abram 1-1
King, William ·1-2
Kiplinger , John 1 -1
Keanon, James 1-3
Kent, John 2-2
Kesson, David 0-2
Kennett , Pete r 1-1
Kennett, Joseph 1-2
K~nnett, John Sr.
2-2
Krantz, Michael 2-2
Krantz, 'Thomas 1-1
Yi.rantz, Jacob 1-1
Loyd, Henry 1-2
Lamb, Jacob 1-1
Lamb, Archibald 1-3
Iazanby, Robert 2-7
Leftwich, William 5-7-7
Lancaster , Robert 1-2
Lee, William 8-6-6
Lee, Alexander 2-2-1
Lee, Bever ly 2-0
Lewis, Jesse 1-1
Lewis, George 1-2
Lewis, Joel 1-2
Lewis, Evan 1-2
Lewis, James 1-2
Lyles, Manassah 3-4-1
1 stud horse
Leftwich, Wi lliam , son of'
Thomas 2-3-2
Lef'oy, John 1-0
Leftwich, Augustine Jr. 1-2
Leftwich, Uriah Jr. 1-1
Lynch, Patrick 1-3
Leftwich, Augustine Sr.
6-6-5
Leftwich, Jesse 5-3-4
Leftwich, Littleberry
5-6-4
Leftwich, Jabez 6-5-5
Lazenby, Joshua 1-1
Leftwich, James 1-1
Lef'twich, James (RH) 1-1

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Leftwich, Nichodemus
Leftwich, John 1-0
Ly~n, Elijah
.1-1
Leftwich, Joel

1-1

7-6-7

2 stud horse's · . ·
Lumpkin, Thomas 7-11-5
Lawhon, Isham 1-1
Landsdown! William 1-1
~wman,

~ohn

3-2-2

Leftwich, Uriah 2-2
Leftwich, William -1-1
Mitchell, ~obert (son of
Enos) 1-1
McCormack, Anderson 1-2
Meador, Thomas 1-2
Mitchell, Enos 2-4
Mitchell, Joseph 1-1
Meador, Benjamin 2-3
Martin, David ·1-0
Minor, Three 4-3-3
McCormack, John

1-2

Moorlin, Stephen 3-4
Moorman, Charles 5-4-5
~el ton, Anderson
1-1
Minor,_ William 5-2-5
Minor, Gabriel 3-2-3
McGlothlin, ,John ·s r. 1-l
McGlothlin, William 1-1
McGlothlin, John Jr. 1-1
Maheu, John L. W. 6-8-3
l ~ tud horse '
Mitchell, John Sr. 3-3-2
Mitchell, John Jr. 1-3
Mitche ll, Equiller 1-2
Mitchell , Elisha 1-0
Mead, William 1-5
McCabe, John

1-1

Martin, Stephen

1-4

Mitche_ll, Ignatious l-2
Mitchell, William 5-4-3
Minor, Armsted 1-l

Meador, John

2 -2-l

Meador,· James 3-2-3
Meador, . Reubin 1-0
McCorma.~k, Micajah Sr. l-2
McCormack, Richard 1-l
McCormack, Micajah Jr. l-0
Marckle, Charles 4-3-2
Mayes, Samuel l-2
Moorman, James 1-l
Moorman, Jae ob 1-0

Mayes, Elijah 1-1
11artin, Charles · c. 1-1
Martin, Thomas
1-0
McCormick, Jesse 1-l
Mitcham, Ben 4-4
Moss, Edward l-l
Mitchell, Samuel 4-7-4
McCoy, William 1-3
Morgan, Evan 1-1
I-1ayes, ·John Jr. 1-1
Mahew, Reason 1-1
Mahew, Moses 1-2
Mahew, Alexander
l-2
Mahew, James 1-0
Murphy, John 3-4-2
Morgon, Mordica-1
1-3-3
Medley, George 1-1-1
Melton, Absalom 0-2
MoorJ;tn, Jason Sr.
2-5

Moorlin, Joseph

1-2

Moorlin, Jason Jr.
1-1
Martin, William 2-2
Morris, Jacob Jr.
1-0
Morgan, Reice 2-4
Mitchell, Daniel 3-5

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BEDFORD COUNTY 1800 TAX LIST
Moorman , William 2 - 2 -1
Mitchell, James 0-5
McGeorge , Lawrence 2 -2-2
Meador, Ira 2 -4-1
Meador , John 4-6-4
Meador, Jeremiah 1-1
Meador, Wi lliam 1-2
Meador , Richard 2-1-1
Moorman , Char l es 1-1
Meador, J as on 1-2
Meador , William 1-3
Martin , John 1-1-1
1'1artin, Sarah 1-1-1
tla jar , Ro land 1-2
McCan , Daniel 1-0
Morgan , Lewis 1-1
Morgan , Samuel 1-1
Moody , George 1-1
Major , Samuel l-l
Merrit , Samuel 1-1
McCarty, James 1-2
·McConckey , John 2 -3
Meador, Obediah 1-2
Melson, Char l es 1-1
1'1artin , Samuel 1-1
Moody, John 3 ~2-1
Musgrove , Henry 2 - 2 -1
Musgrov e, Henry Jr. 1-2
Meador , Lee 2 -1-1
Musgrove , Ben 1-5
Morris , Israel 1-2
Morris , Ben 1-3
Murdock , Joseph 1-0
Murdock, William 1-1
McPherson , Stephen 1-1
McPherson , John 2-4
McPherson , Dani el 1-2
McPherson, John Jr. 1-1
~cKey , Alexander
1-1
Mayse , Bingham 1-0
Morris , John 1-0
Mayo , Thomas 1-3
Mullins , John 1-2
Mi lli son , Henry 1-2-1
Morgan , Morgan 2-3-1
Morgan , Abram 1-2
Miller, Jacob 1- 1
Mor g on, ·Lewis 1 -0
Mozzley, Walter 5-2-4
Mitchell, Robert 2-3

Mitchell, Stephen 1-3
Meade , Robert 4-1-2
Newman, Henry 1-1
Nichols , Philipot 1-~
Nichol s , Ar cha 2 - 2
Nimmo , Robert Sr. 2-4
Nimmo, William 1-0
Nimmo , Robert J.r .
1-2
Ninuno , Davi d . 1-1
Newman, Garritt 1-0
Newman , Garritt 1-1
Nicho ls, John Sr. 7-4
Nichol z , Ar chi ba ld 1-2
Nicholz , Elisha 1-1
Nichols, Jesse 1-2
Nichol z, John 2 -1-2
Nichols , Bazdale 1-1
Nance , Paschal 1-0 -1
Nichols, William 1-2
Nelms, Charles 7 - 6 - 6
Nelms, Presley 5 -5-5
Nichols, Bazdale 3-4-2
Nichols , Gi l bert 1-0
Nicho l s , Thomas 1-1
Nichols, George 4 - 5-1
Newlon , John 1-2
Newman, Nimrod 2 -3
Olinger, Philip 2 -2
Owens, John 2 -3
Owens, Samuel 1-2
Owens, Owen 1-1
Overstreet, John 1-0
Overstreet, Thomas 1-1
Overstreet, Thomas Sr. 2-4
Overstreet, James 1-1
Obriant, Matthew 1-3
Otey, Frazer
6-6-7
Otey, John 7-2-9
Otey , James 1-1
ordinary
l icense
Otey, Walter 2-1-1
Otey, Armsteed 1-1
Otey, Isaac 5-5-6
Overstreet, John 2-1-1
Ove.rfelt, Matthew 3-4
Pegram, Daniel 9-4-11
2-whee l chair
Payne, James 1-2
Payne, Joseph 1-2
Phelps, John Jr.
1-3

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Patte r son, ·Joseph 3- 3 -1
Payne , Wi lliam 2 - 3-1
Payne, Thomas 3- 4- 2
Pennock, John 1-1
Pul len , Archa . 1-1
Preas e , Thomas 1-7
Prease , Joseph 1~ 5
Phel ps, Richard 1-2
Phel ps, Thomas 1-2
Pull en , Thomas. 3- 3- 3
1 stud horse
Parker , James . 1-3
Pratt , Steuben 1-1
Preston, Stephen 4-3- 4
Phel ps, John Sr. 10 - 12-10
Parcley , Richar d 1-0
Payne, John 1-1
Pate , Thomas 3- 5- 2
Pearson, Thomas 2 - 3
Prather , J onathan 1-0
Pol lard , John 2-4-1
Pol lard , Thomas 1- 3
Preston, Thomas 2- 2 - 1
Parsons, Samuel 2 - 3 -1
Pryor, Harris 2- 2
Pennock, William 2 -1
Phelps, Randolph 1-2
Payne , Thomas Jr . 1-1
Perrin, John 1-1
Pines, George 1-1
Preston , Nathan 1-1
Preston , Moses 1-1
Perrin, John 1- 0
Pryor, Wi l l i am 1-1
Pigeon, William Sr . 1- 2
Pigeon, William J r. 1 - 2
Paxton , ·Benjamin · 1 - 2
Pearsy , John 7 - 7
Pearsy, James 1-3
Payne, John, Estate 1- 2-1
Parker, David 1-3
Pate, 'Matthew 7 - a-6
Quarles , Samuel 4-1-3
Quarles, James 6-3-6
Quarles, John 3-2-3
Richards, John 1-1
Richards, Richard l-0
Richards, William 1-0
Roze, Thomas 2-2
Rhodes, Joseph

1-3

Ross , John 1 - 2
Rhodes , Robert ~ - l -1
Rives, Jordan 1-0
Robertson, Jeffr ey 2 - 2
Richardson , Barna r d
1 -0
Ri c ha r son , Green 0-1
Richardson , John 1-0
Richardson , Samuel 1 - l
Roberts , Daniel 2 - 2 -l
Robertson , John Jr .
1-l
Roberts , John Sr .
3- 3 - 2
Ragl and, Jacob 2 - 3
Rag l and , Reubin 1 - l
Reid, Danie l Sr .
1-l
Re id, Daniel Jr .
1-0
Re i d , Benja~in 1- 1
Reid, Francis 5 - 4 - 4
Richards , Ben 2 -1
Richardson , Will i am 1 - 2
Rob ertson , James 1- 0
Robertson, Thomas Sr.
0 -1
Robertson , Thomas Jr .
1 -1
Richardson, Thomas 1 - 2
Rider; John 1-3
Richardson , Joshua 1-l
Ri ghtmoirs, Mi cha el 1 - 2
Reid, Will iam, Estate
10 - 8 -12

Roor , J oseph 1-1
Reice , John 2 - 3
Rober ts Richard 2 - 5 - 2
Ri chard; , Abijah l-1
Randolph , J ames (b l ack man)
1-2

Ridgwa y , Joseuh l- 2
Raynor , Geor ge 1- l
Robbins , George 1-l
Rice , Benjamin 5 - 4 - 5
2 - whee l chair
Ri chardson, John 1-0
St o ckt on , Dan 2 - 3
Sirmnons , Charles 1-1
Sincla i r , John 1 - 0
Sinc l air , George 1-2
Sinc l air , David l - l
S~ruver , Wm .
2 _ 4- 1
Simmons , Reuben 1-2
Simmons, Alexander 1 - 2
Stith , Thomas 6 -6-5
Squires, George

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BEDFORD COUNTY 1800 TAX LIST
Snyder', Henry 1-3
Snyder, !1alon 1-1
Sinclair, Wayman 1-3
Saunders , Julius 2 - 3
Stratton, William 3-2- 2
Sinclair, Wayman 1-2
Sinc l air, John 1 - 0
Shrewsbury, William 3 - 3-2
Stwnp, Thomas 1-0
Shrewsbury, Nathaniel 1-1
Sinclair, Robert 2 - 3
Syner, Ben 1-1
Syner, John 2 - 2
Simmons, Elizabeth 1-4
Simmons , William 1-1
Stone , Sabe 1-2
Smith, George 1-0
Stephens, William 1-0
Shrewsbury, Reuel 1-2
Stratton , Archibald ~ - 2 - 2
Sturman, Va l entine 2- 1
Simonis, John Sr . 1-1
Simonis, William 1-1
Simonis, John Jr. 1-0
Simonis, Isaac 1-1
Smelser, Abram 1-3
Sutphin, William 3 - 4-2
Sturman , William 3 - 3-l
Shrewsbury, Rue l 1-2
Smith, Thomas 2-3-2
stone, Admier 1-2
Sme l ser , John 1-5
Shrieve, Joshua 1-1
Swain, Charles 1-2
Swain, Jeremiah 1-0
Stone, Moses 1-2
Sti l t, Joseph 3-5-5
Squires, Levi 3-5- 2
Stith, Benjamin 3-5-3
Squires, Thomas 1-0
Spradlen, Abner 1-1
Stuart, Littleberry 1-0
Stuart , Vashty 0-0-1
Stratton, Thomas 1-2-3
Slack , John 1-1
Slack, Matthias 1-2
Sl ack, Adam 1 -3
Sinclair, Alexander 1-1
Stratton, John 2-~- l
Scott, Drewry 1-2

Sinclair , Isaac ~ -6
swain, George 1-2
School y, Elisha 3 -3
Squires, Uriah 4-4-3
Stone , Micajah, Est .
2- 3
Stone, John 1-1
Scott, George 4 - 6 - 4
Smith, Ale xander 3-2
Smith, Isaac 1-0
Stratton, Henry , Est.
4-3- 4
Saunders, David 14- 12 -l7
Sinc l air, Edward 1-1
Shepherd, Jacob 3 - 3
Sears, John 1-3
Suttle, Willi am ~ -1-1
Suttle, Lewis 1-1
Smelser , J esse 1-2
Scruggs, Gross 8 - 5-D
Swinny , John l-2
Sutphin, Hendrick l - 1
Shehon, Richard 1-3
Smith , Sa~uel ll-8-12
Sutphen, Solomon B. 1-4
Steagall, Drinkard 1-0
Saunders, Jeremiah 1-0
Sampson, Jack (black man)
2 -1
Toney , Harris 2 - 3-l
Tayl or, Edward 1-1
Tucker, Thomas 1-0
Turner, Admire .Junr. 1-1
Turner, James 1-1
Thurman, Henry 1-0
Turner, J ohn 1 -3
Thomason, Thomas 1-1
Thomason, John Senr. ~ -2
Thomason, William 1-0
Terry, William 6-ll-4
1 stud horse
Tate, Obadiah 4-6-1
Turner, Elijah Senr. 4 -3 -3
Turner, Elijah Junr. 1-1
Turner, Wilson 1-0
Trent, Obadiah H. 3-1-1
Trent, William 1-1
Trigg, John 11-8-11
2-wheel chair
Turner, Richard 1-2
Tullace, Richard 1-2

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Negro Tom 1-1
Thresher , John 1-1
Toler , Qhristopher l - 0
Tol er , Joseph 8 - 0-3
Thomas, Ge orge 1-0
Thorp , Solomon 1-3
Toler, Robert 1-0
Thornhill, James 1 -0
Turner , Lewis 1-3
Turner, John 1-3
Thomas, John Senr . 2 - 5
Thoma s, Joshua i - 3
Th.om9.s , John Junr. 1-l
Thornhill, William 1-2
Terrill, Edward Senr . 1- 4
Terri ll, Edward Junr . 1-l
Tur ner, Admire Sen r. 6-8-5
Updych , Amon 1-3
Updych , Samuel 1-l
Vea ly, Simon 2 -3
Vest, John 2 - 2
Vaughn, Wi lliam 2 - 2
Vaughn , Benj amin 1-1
Witt , Robert 1-2
Wieks , Alderson 3 -13 - 3
Wi l son, Joseph Senr. 1- 2
Wi l son, Joseph Junr . 1 -l
Whittaker , Samuel 1-1
Woody , William 2 - 1 -1
Wilson, Asa 1-0
Wright , J ohn (Otter) 6 - 7 -4
Wright , William 2 - 3-1
Welch , Ge orge 1-2
Wa ggoner, Dennis 1-2
Williamson , John 1-2
Walker, Wi l liam J. 6-5-6
Walker , Robert M. 5- 3 - 4
Watts, Ben ~ -4-1
Wright, Thomas (Otter) 1-2
Wilks, Samuel 1-6
Wright, Matthew 1-2
Witt, John 3-6-2
Whitton , William 1-2
Watson, Jesse 4-6-2
Wade, Jacob 2-3
Wilson, William 1-1
Wright, Anthony 0-4-2
Wright, Tornrney 1-4
Walker, Thomas 1-1
Wright, John 3-7-4
Whee ler, Anderson 1- l

Wheeler , Thoma s
2 -5
Wat ts , Wi lliam 1-2
Wright , J oseph 7 - 6 - 5
Wrigh t , John 1-3
Wade, J oshua , E state
0-2
Wo od , Jesse 1 -1
Wade, Jeremiah 1-2
Williams, Roger 9 -4-6
White, Joseph 2 - 4
Wigginton, George l-l
Wigginton , John l-3
Witt , Mi lls 1-1
Wade, I saac 10- 10- 6
Wood , Aron 1-4
Wooderd, Richard 1-1
Wince, Geor ge 1-1
Williams, James
l-l
Williams, Thoma s
2- 2
Williamson , Henry 2 - 3
West, Joseph 1-1
Woost er, Mos es 1-1
Williamzon, Milburn 1-1
Whirly , David l-1
Wri gh t, Joseph (2) 3-7
Witt , J esse 0 - 2
Walden, John 5 -10 -4
Willace , George 2 - 4 -1
Woodford , Thomas 3-6
Whisly, Frail 1-1
Warner, Ja cob 1-3
Woodcock, Robert 1-1
Wright, Grief~ey 1-1
Watson? Jesse Junr.
1-l
Wheat, Zadock 1-2
Wilson , John 1-1
Woos ter, Herman , Est .
5 -7-7
West, George
1-3
West , John 1-2
We l ch , Thor;i.as
l-1
Whit e , Jacob 1-l
Wood, Francis 1-0
Wi lli amson , Ben l-1
We st, Thomas
1-1
West, Obadiah 1 -3
Wommox, Jesse l-1
Waggoner , Peter 1-1
Yo ung , Dunkin l-1
Yates, John 2 -1
Young, John 1 -2
Yates, John 1 - 1

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Yates , Wi ll iam

1-Q

Yate_s, William (son of Wm .)
1-1

Northern District
J _o hn Le.ftwich , Commis sioner
In the .following entries, the f ir st number after each
name is that of t he wbi te males over age twenty-one' · the
second the number of horses owned, and the third and
fourth, i.f g iven, the number of ti thable s l a.ves a g ed
over si.x teen and the total number aged ove r twe lve .
Anthony, Banks 1-4 - 4 -5
Anderson, Jacob 1-7-12 -15
Au stin, Richard 1-0
Anspaugh, Peter 1-1
Anthony, Sally 0-2 - 4-5
Anderson, Nelson 1-4 -12 -14
Anderson, Jesse 1-3-12-13
Asberry , Thomas 1-2
Asberry, James 1-0
Asburry , Thomas _J. 1-0
Banister, Issac Jr .
1-1
Baughan, John 1-3
Banister, Isaac 1-4
Bundurant, John 3 - 3
Burrass, Edmond Snr. 3 -3
Bundurant, Thomas 1-1
Brydie Brown &amp;c 0-1-1-2
Br adfute, Rober t
2 - 5 - 6 -7
Burton, Robert 1-7-6 -8
Bundurant , LittleBerry 1-0
Brown , John 1-1
Brown, Thomas 2-4
Bouyl es , Robert 3 - 2
Bouyl es , John 1-1
Bouyles, Thomas 1-0
Bouyer, Adam 2 -0
Bouyer, Adam 1-2
Boblitz, Jacob 1-3
Bob litz , Mi chae l
2-3
Boblit z , J ohn 1-0
Brown, James 1- 1
Bates , William 1-1
Bundurant, Thomas Jn. 1-0
Br ie;ht, Joshua 1-1
Bright , Charles Senr .
l- ~-5- 7

Bright, Jo seph

1-1

BriE;h t, Charl es Jnr.
1-2-4 - 6
Bennett , Wi l liam K.
1-1
Bunch, James 2 - 5 - 3 - 3
Boothe, William 2 -1-1-1
Burton , William 3 - 4 - 7 -10
Bullock, Hannah 0-3 - 6 - 8
Blankenship , Jose ph 1-5
Blankens hip , Benjamin 1-2
Bullo ck , John 1-0
Ba llard, Barkley 2 - 3
Bateman, John 2 - 2

Bateman, Benjamin

1-1

Bouyer , Jacob 1-2
Beard , Samue l
2- 7- 2 - 2
Bowco ck, Elijah 2 -5
Blackwell , Micajah 1-4 - 2 -3
Bramblet t, James 1-1
Bryant, Elijah 0-3
Bruice , Wi l liam 1-1
Booker, J ohn 1-5-1-1
Bruice, David 1-1
Bruic e, tlor decai 1-2
Brui ce, Ambru s 1-1
Bellomy, Samue l
1-2-2-2
Bellomy, Ben j amin 1-1
Bayman, .Nathaniel 1-1
But lar, Nathaniel 1-1
Brackenridge , James 1-0
Bradley , Jesse 1-1
Blake, Na thaniel 1-0
Boggs, Robert 0-1
Bu ckner, Henry 1-2
Bradl ey, William 1-1
Cobbs, John L. 1-3-3-4
Campbell, Moses 1-3
Chastaine, John 1-2

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Chaff in, Joseph 1-2
Coffer, Jacob 1-0
Curl, Julius 2-3-4-6
Crews, Jease 1-2-1-1
Cavanaugh, William 1-1
Cobbs, Samuel 1-4-3-3
Cozen, William 1-0
Craigg, William 1-2
Campbell, John 1-0
Caffery, Charles 1-6-6-6
Campbell, William

1-4-4-5

Cla~k~ Isham
2-6~2-3
Coward, Reubin 1-7-4-4
Cl~yton, Lewis
1-3-3-3
Childress, Royal 1-2
Chastaine, William 1-1
· Crump, George 1-2
Crump, . Susannah 0-2-3-4
Crump, Fendall 1-1
Crump, Walker 1-1
Cabell, Doctor George
0-4-4-7
Clayton, Jaspar 1-0
Craine, John 1-4
Craine, James 1-1
Cobbs, Robert 0-4-5-5
Cobbs, Jeffery 1-1
Cobbs, Waddy 1-5-5-5
Coffer, Josias 2-7-1-4
Cox, Abraham 1-2
Clay, Charles i~o-12-14
Campbell, Anthony 1-2
Clayton, Pettis 1-2
Clayton, William [no
entries]
Callaway, William

2-12-13-20

Clark, Joseph 1-3
C_lark, Bowling 1-5-4-4
Crews, Edward 1-1
Clark, Christopher
1 -11-10-11
Dooley, John Senr.

2-3
Dooley, John (son of Ab)
1-1
Dooley, Henry 1 -2
Dooley, John Jnr. 1-1
Dooley, George 1-1-0-1

Cashman, Martin l -2
Campbell , James
l-2
Cobbs, Sarah 0-3-5-5
Clark, Jesse 1-4-1-2
Chastaine, John Se.[?]

1-3-8-8
Clayton, John W.
1-0
Coffer, Joseph 1-0
Crump, Thomas 1-2-1-1
Chastaine, Stephen 1-1
Crump, Charles 1-1-1-l
Cobbs, Reubin, Est.
0-2-4-5
Campbell, Aron 1-1
Cox, Isaac l-1
Callaway, Colo. James
6-5-11-13
4-wheel
coach · 2 -wheel c hair
Campbell, Henry 1-1
Conway, James 1-2
Conway, John 1-0
Dooley, Aron 1-4
Dickens, Barnet 1-0
Davies, Henry L. 1-11-25-34
Douglass, George 2 -5-4-4
Douglass, David 1-0
Deardoff, Peter 3-7
Deardoff, Henry 1-4
Dooley, Moses 1-4
Donald, Andrew 3-13-16-18
Daugherty, William 1-3-1-1
Daugherty, Sarah 0-1-4-4
Dooley, George 2-7-5-5

Davenport, William 1-1
Davies, Samuel B.
1-2-2-2

Dawson, John 1-1
Dishman, William 1-1
Duett, Aron 1-2
Dishman, Jeremiah 1-2-2-3
Dooley, Thomas
1-2

Dooley, James

Deardcfr, Henry
Drummon, Thomas
Davi~on, Samuel

1-0
l-l-0-1

1-1
1-1

Eckhols, Jacob 3-5
Eliott·, John 1 -1
Earley, Jubal 1-1-2-2
Ewing, Mitchell 1-2

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Ewing, William 1-4-2 - 2
Eubanks, Thomas 2-3
Edson, Boice 1-5-2-2
Eubanks, John 1-1
Edson, John 1-0
Edson, Henry 1-1
Everitt , Simeon 1-2 -l-l
Everitt, Jesse 1-l
Everitt, Thomas 1-1
Estice, Joel 1-2-2-2
Earley, Jos hua 3-12-8-10
Earley , Bu£ord 0 -1
Estice , Ben jamin 1-8 - 6 - 6
Edens , Benjamin 1-1
Fuqua, Joseph Jr. 1-1
Federi ck , Michae l 1-4 -1-1
1 stud horse
Federick , Michael Sr. 1-1
Federick , Jac ob 1-1
Fr a nkenberry, Willia m 2-1
Fra :n¥;enberry , Samuel 1-0
French, William 1-2-1-1
Fuqua , John 1-0
F o l ding , James 1-1
Fuqua, Joseph 2-4- 3-3
Fisher , John 1-1
Farmer , James 1-3
Fuqua, · Daniel 1-0
Fr i th, Thom.as l-0
Ferrell, Abner 1-2
Frith, Wi lliam 1-0-1-1
Fuqua , Nancy 0-3-2-3
Fuqua , Ralph 1-1
Fo l lis, Peter ~-4- 3-4
Franklin, John 1-0-0-1
F a rmer, James 1-1

Fuqua, Isham 2-3-1-1
Finny , Willia m 0-2
Farler, 'William 1-3
Gray, Thomas .l-2-1-1
Gray, Sarah 0-1-1-1
Gibb s, John 1-1
Gr ay , William 2- 2-1-1
Goodman, David 1-1
Gi ll, John 1-3-4 -5.
Gibbs , Alexander 2-2-1-1
Gor~ , Joseph
1-2-3-3
Gibbs, William l-::L-3 -4
Gtbbs, David 1-1
Gorf, John 1-3-l-i
Go ff , John Jnr .[?] 1-0
Guinn, Hue 1-:-0
Goodman, Robert 1-o ·
G~ddy , William
1-2
Gaddy, John 1-1
Grifrin, Doctor Samuel 0 -3Gadde , Joseph 1-2-1-2
Gadde , Sherrod l-5-2-$
Gaddy , Bartholomew 1-3
Gregory , Thomas . l~O
Gi l es, John 1-0-1-1
Gi l l i am, Richard, Est.
1-3-4-5
Gray, John 1-3-2-2
Gray, Burket 1-1
Ga lloway, Ar chy 1-2
Goff , Christopher 1-l
Gadde, Nancy 0-1-1-1
Garner, John l-3
Gooly, Frederick 2-2
Gwat k ins, Charles
3-13-14-15

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Gentry, Blaxton 1-3
Gibson, John 1-0-1-1
Gutridge, Jam.es 1-1
Gibbs, Mathew 1-2-2-2
Goff, Abram 1-0
Haynes, Thomas 1-4-7-8

Haries, Nathaniel
1(2?]-3-1-1
Holley, Joshua

1-3-3-3

Howard, James 1•1-1-1
Huett, Stephen 1-1
Hubbard, Thom~s 1-6-2-3
Howard, David 2-1
Hilton, James 1-3-2-2
Harmon, Dangerfield 1-1
Hatcher, Julius Jur.
1-2-0-1

Hunter, Francis 1-1
Hunter, Peter 1-1
Hatcher, Julius 1-6-5-5
Harries, Charles 2-3-3-4
Hubbard, Stephen 1-3-1-2
Hensley, Benjamin 1-3
Hensley, William 1-1
Hensley, James · 1-1-0-1
Hensley, Samuel l•l
Hix, Jesse 1-1-1-1
Holley, Sanford 1-1
Hodges, Benjamin 1-2
Hensley, John 1-1
Hatcher, Hardway 1-1-1-1
Hopson, - Benjamin 1-8-8-12
Hughes , Reubin 1-3-2-2
Hidson, Joseph . 1-1
Hawkins , Robert 1-4-6-9
Hawkins, Little Berry
1-0-1-1
Hollaway , Amos 1-1
Huett, John 2-3-1-1
Huett, Jack 1-1
Hughes, John 2-4-5-5
Hughes, Harrison 1-1
Hill, John 1-4
Hatcher, Jeremiah 2-4-6-8
Hardy, Joseph 0-4-3-4
Harriss, Griffin 1-1
Harriss, William 1-7-8-13
Holley, William 0-1-2-2

ordinary license
Handal1te, - - [sic] 1-1
Holley, Francis 2-7-5-7

Humphry, Randolph 1-0
Hensley, Lelean 0-2
Humphry, William 1-2
Humphry, David 1-1
Humphry, Lewis 1-1
Hatcher, Henry l-3-5-5
Hurt, Garland 1-1-l-l
Harrison, Battle 1-2 -0-l
Holley, John Senr.
1-3
Holley, John Jnr.
l-1
Holley, Joseph, son Jno.
1-0
Hurt, John 1-3-3-3
Hurt, William l-1
Hobbs, James 1-1
Hawes, Francis 1-0
Hincle, Jacob 1-1
Holley, John (G C)
1-2
Hurt, John Jr.
1-1
Jones, Stephen l-1
Jones, Julius 1-1
Jones, Charles 1-5
Jeter, Henry ~-3-4-5
Jeter, Pleasant 1-1
Jeter, John 1-2
Jeter, Eliott 1-0
Irvine, William 1-4-9-9
Jones~ Ambros
1-1
Jones, William 1-2-2-2
Irvine, Joseph 3-5 1 stud
horse
Jackson, Jarvis 1-9-3-3
Jones, David (Cap} 2-5-4-6
Jackson, William 1-0
Jones, Charles 1-1-6-6
Jones, Jesse l-1
Johson, Joseph 1-2
Johnson, John Ser.
1-2
Johnson, Thomas 1-1
Johnson, John 1-2
Johnson, Benjamin 1-4
Johnson, David 1-1
Johnson, Timothy 1-1
Johhson, Nie hola-s
1-J.
Jones, LewallAn 1-5-11-14
Irby, Douglass 3-2
IrVine, Jonas 2-3
Jones, Mrs. Jno.
0-5-12-14
Jefferson, Thomas l -9-27-30
Jones, David 1-3-3-4
Jones, Lane 1-1

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BEDFORD COUNTY 1800 TAX LIST
Jones, Gabriel 1-3-3-4
Karr, John 1-0
Karr, William 1-2
Karr, Alexander 1-1
Karr, Thomas 1-1
Kingsor, John 1-3
King, Harmon 1-1
King, Gilliam 1-3-3-3
King, Hartin 1-1
King, John 1-1
Karns, Michael, &amp; sons
3-9-1-1
Karns, George 1-5
Kesley, John 2-0
King, Mrs. 0-0-2-2
Key, James 1-2
Kingsor, George Sen. 2-2
Kingsor, George Jnr. 1-1
Littlepage, John 1-1
Lane, Faris 1-3-2-2
Leftwich, Peyton 1-2-3-4
Lambert, George 1-2
Lambert, Charles, Est.
0-3-2-3
Letsingar, Philip 1-l
Lockett, David 0-2-0-1
Lockett, Mary 0-1-2-2
Logwood, Thomas Jnr.
1-3-3-3
Leftwich, James 1-5-4-6
Lee, Richard 1-3-2-3
Lowry, William Senr.
1-1-3-4
Lowry, William Jnr.
1-6-1-2
Lee, Richard (Forest)
1-4-5-7
Lowry, Thomas 1-2-3-3
Lowry, John 1-2
Logwood, Burrell 1-3 -3-3
Le£tw1ch, William
1-19-2~-26

Lockett, Jesse

1-2
Lambert, Charles 1-4- 2-4
Logwood, Thomas 1-10- 10- 12
Leash, Jacob 1- 2
Leftwich, John 1-9- 5 -6
Moore, Obediah 1- 2
Moore, Tandy 1-1
Hoore, Thomas 0 -1-5 -5

Moss, Henry 1-1
Moss, Richard, 1-1
Moss, Joseph 1-1
Merritt, Thomas 2 -4-2 -2
Merchant, Mathew 1-4
Merchant, William 1-2
Miller, William 1-6-4-6
Millinner, William
1-4-8-10
Millenner, Williamson
1-1-2-2
Millener, John 1-1
Millinner, William 1-1
Moore, Robert 1-4
Maybury, Frederick 1-4
McMullins, Mathew 2-3
McMull1ns, William 1-3
Millenner, Richard 1-0
Milam, Hicajah 1-2

Mccraw, Edward 3-~-1- 1
McGraw, James 1-1

Hastin, Peter 1-1
Merritt, Major 1-2
McDonald, Georg e 2-6-9-9

Macy, Micajah

1-1

Miller, Jacob 1-1
Mayberry, Henry 1-6
Merriweather, Francis
1-8-15-19
Murphy, John 1-0
Moore, Benjamin 1-7- 6 -8
Moorman, James 1-2-1-1
Mead, Nicholas 1-3
Houzley, Arthur 1-8-20- 26
HcCann, John 1-0
Murphy, Michael 2- 2
Milam, William 1-1
Markram, Art hur 1- 1-1-1
Markram, Thomas 1- 1
Murphy, J ame s 1-1
Murphy, Willi am 1-1
Merchant , Ste phen 0-2
Mitc hell, John 2 - 1
Mines s , Cul ohill 1-10-13-

- 13 4~wheel coa ch
Ne al J~.® .1-0
l"ortb, Abraham, Es ta te
0-4 -6-6
Nor th, John 1-5-5-7

Noe l, Cornelius Junr. 1-1

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Noel, Thomas 1-4-3-4
Neal, Daniel 1-1
North, David 1-5-6-6
Neal, John 1-0
Nance, Thomas 2-6-5-6
Neal, Zachariah 1-4-1-1
Nance, Archy 1-2-2-3
Neal, Zaph. 2-3
Noel, Cornelius 4-13-17-19
Gwen, Barnett 1-1
Ownsby, Powel 1-4-2-3
Overstreet, James 1-1
Overstreet, John 1-2-1-1
Owerm, James 1-4-1-1
Oglesby, Richard 2-4-4-4
Otey, John H. 1-7-3-5
Owen, William 1-3-1-1
Pernell, Peter 1-1-1-1
Pate, John 1-2-3-4
Patterson, William 1•5
Patterson, Jarratt 1-1
Prosser, Otey 2-3-0-2
Payne, .Archy 1-8-13-13
Price, Robert 1-4-3-5
Poindexter, Samuel 1-5-5-6
Poindexter, Joseph 2-5-7-8
Poindexter, John 1-1
Poindexter, William 1-3-1-1
Pettett, Lewis 1-1
Pettett, Thomas 1-0
Patross, James 1-4-5-6
1
Palmore, Benjamin 2-3-1-3
Rice, Charles 1-5-1-1

Rusher, James

1-1
Read, Nathan 1-5-10-10
Robinson, James 1-5-2-2
Rucker, George 2-5-5-5
Reynalds, Jonas 1-1
Reynalds, Obediah 1-2-2-3
Reynalds, John 1-3
Robinson, William 1 - 1
Read, James 1-2
Rhodes, William 1-4
Ray, Luke 2-7-7-8
Ray, Luke Jnr.
1-1-1-3
Read, Joseph 1-1
Randolph~ Thomas M.
1-6-14-16
Robertson,- Arthur 1-2-3-3
Ray, James 1-0
Ripley, James 1-4-2-2
Reynalds, Jesse 1-1-2-2
Rosebrooke, Robert 1-1
Rice, Charles 1-2
Rice, David 1-1
Rice, Samuel 1-1
Rice, William 1-0
Rice, John 1-1
Ragsdale, William 1-1
Sharp, John 3-8-1-1
Saunders, James 1-2-1-2
Steward, Nathaniel 1-0
Standley, George 1-2-1-1
Standley, Pleasant 1-0-1-1
Standley, Pleasant Senr

1-1
Saunders, Julius

•

Pagett, ·Frederick 1-2
Powell, Aron 2-4-1-1
Penn, James 0-0-6-6
Price, James 1-0
Purk1ns ·, Elisha 1-9-10-12

1-2-3-4
Smith, Achilas 1-0
Steward, Charles 1-4-5-7
Strange, Robert 1-4-6-6
Slaughter, · Joseph 1-7-7-8

Parker , Aron 1-0
Penn, James 1-0
Quarles , Capt. Wm.

Smith, David

1- 11-4-8
Quarles, William 1-5-5- 6
2-whe el chair
Reice, John 1-1
Reynolds, .Ale:xande,r 1 - 2
Robinson, Benjamin 1-4-5-5
Rucker, William 1-7-4 - 6
Read, Seunue1

1- 1

Rusher, Andrew

1-4-1-2

Sutton, Christopher
2-5-5-7

1-1
Salmons, Robert 1-2-1-1
Salmons, Joel 1-1
Salmons, Nathan 1-2
Streach, John 1-0
Sidney, Fortu.natus 1-0
Stiff, James 1-2
Smith, Stephen 1-2
Steward, Charles
l-0

Smith, Thom.as

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BEDFORD COUNTY 1800 TAX LIST
Scott, James 1-4
Smith, Bowker 0-2 -4-4
Steel, F rancis 1-2
She arman, Henry D.1- 5-6-7
Stone, Geor ge 1-1
Sc o t t, William ( G C)
1-2-3-3
Stiff, Jacob 2-2
Sails, Thomas 1•4-1-2
Sk aggs, William 1-1
Sharp, Sampson 1-4
Sled, John 1-2
Sharp, Noah 1-3
Stratton, Isaac 1-1
Scott, David 1-2
Steel, George 1-5-0-1
Scott, Samuel 0-2-10-11
Stone, William 1-2
Scott, John 1-1
Scott, Drury 1-2
Steptoe, James B-13-16-19
4-wheel coach, 2 -wheel
chair
Tay lor, James ~ - 2
Tay lor, Edmond 1-1
Taylor, William 1-1
Taylor, John l-2
Taylor, William Snr. 1-1
Taylor, Robert .1 -1
Tracy, Solomon 1-2
Taylor, Wash ing ton 1-0
Toney, Charles 1-0
Thorp, Thomas 1-7-4-4
Thomas, William 1-0
Tracy, William Jnr. 1-4
Tracy, William 1-2
Terry, Enock 1-2-1-1
Turpin, William 0-3-12 -14
Turner, James 1-11-8-8
1 stud horse
Tate, Henry 1-0
Tate, John 1-0
Tinsley, Anthony 1-0-1-1
Tate, Jesse 0-10-8-10
Tolley, Christopher 1-1
Tolley, Thomas 1 - 0
Trimble, James 1-0
Taylor, Jose ph 1-1
Thomas, John 1-2
Tinsley , Jame s 1-2-0 -2

Taylor, Richard 1-1-3 -4
Tucker, Jesse 1-3-G-2
Tinsley, Edwa rd l- G - ~-4
Thomas, James 1-1
Taylor, Joseph 1-0
Taylor, Georg e 1-1-1-1
Tate, Nathanie l 1-2 -1-2
Thomas, Joshua 1-2
Wade, David 1-4-B-2
Wade, James 1-1
White, James 1-6-3-4
White, Jacob 1-3-5-5
Williams, Joshua 1-3
Williams, Walter 1-1
Wills, Justian Jnr. 2-1
Wills, William 1-3
Wills, Justian Senr. 2-3
Whitton, William 1-4-7-7
Whorton, John 1-6-4-4
Wilkerson, John 1-1
Wilkerson, Parsons 1-0-1-1
Wilkerson, . Owen 1-1
Wilkerson, Joseph 1-5-4-5
Wheat, Joseph 2-3-1-1
Wheat, Za chariah 1-3
Wheat, J ohn 1-2
Wheat, Joseph Jnr. 1-1
Whea t, Zachariah [b lank]
Whorley, Zachariah 1-1
Whorley, Mathew 1-3
Williams, John 1-3
Watson, Johnson 2 -4
Watson, William 1-3
Woods, Jeremiah 1-2
Wright, John 1-5-3-3
Wright, Ellice 1-0
Watts, Willia m 1-0
Winston, Edmond 0-3 -8-10
Walrund, Jame s
1- 0 - 2- 3
Whitton, Elish a 1-1-1-2
Ward, S e th 1-9-13- l.5
Wilson, Cha mpi on 1-1
Wilson, Vinson 1-1
Wiatt, Tho ma s 1-7-11-13
4-wh e e l coach
Whe eler , William 1-2-2-3
Wilson, Robert 1-1
Wi lson, J ames 1-2
Wilson, Nathaniel 1-1-0-1
Wa t son, John 3-9-2-2

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Winfry, Israel 2-3 .
Welch, James l~l

Wright, Isaac 1-0
Wills, I gnatius 1-0
Williams, Elisna ·l-2
Wil.11ams, John 1-2
Williamson, James 2 -5
Williamson, James Jnr • . 1-1
Wocrls, Josiah 1-1
WoOO.s, James 1-1

Waters, John 1-0
Waters, Franc is ~ -4- 2 - 2
Wilkerson, James 1-2
Wright, William 1-4
Watts, John 1-10-13-14
Woods, Jonathan l-1
Woods, Jerry 1-2
Wheat, John 1-2
Wheat, Joseph l-l

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Botetourt County Death Records by Charles T. Burton - Continued
KESSLER, Christian - d 27 Sep 1797 - d after 1850 - f J[ohn C KESSLER] - m
Elizabeth - father of Isaac KESSLER - grave Brick Union Cem - h/o Elizabeth
KESSLAR, Christian Whitfield - b 14 Nov 1853 Bot Co - d 11 Mar [month # is
written over] - age ly 4m ld - f Abraham KESSLAR Jr - m Mary - cd casualty rep by father - Ref Death Bk; Old Glade Creek gravestone
KESSLER, Christopher
[John KESSLER] - m
Elizabeth HAMILTON p723 gives his death
f

- b [ca 1797 or 1801 Md] - d 16 Mar 1869 Bot Co will [ Mary McCRAY is marked out, replaced with Nancy] - wife
WB L p486, everything to wife Elizabeth - Bot Co DB 35
date - Ex bond 8 Mar 1869 Elizabeth A KESSLER

KESLER, Clara A - b 12 June 1846 - d 17 Aug 1871 Bot Co - f [Henry DAVIS] m [Adelaide] - w/o J[ames] B KESLER - grave Old Glade Creek Cem
KESSLER, Cullie A - b 4 Jan 1881 - d 21 Mar 1917 - f James E KESSLER - m
Amelia A QUIGLEY - buried Troutville Cem
KESSLER, Danie l - b [ca 1825] - d by 12 Jan 1852 [Bot Co] - f [Christian
KESSLER] - m [Eliz abeth PAINTER] - Adm Christian BOWER
KESSLAR, Daniel - ca 1797 [l Feb 1798] Bot Co - d 27 Jan 1853 - age 5Sy llm
20d - f Jacob KESSLAR - m [Elizabeth] - cd nervous disease - rep by wife
Susan [NININGER] KESSLAR - [Troutville Cem] - Ex Susannah KESSLER
KESSLER, Daniel H - b 16 Feb 1805 - d 14 July 1886 Bot Co - f [Abraham KESSLER) - m [Catherine BEPLER] - h/o Margaret J KESSLER (1826-1899) - Ref Old
Glade Creek gravestone
KESSLER, Demaris Ann - b 15 Dec 1838 - d 21 May 1899 Bot Co - f [Joseph LINKENBOKER] - m [E] - hus Benjamin KESSLER - buried Lithia Bap Cem
KESSLER, Doris D (male) - b 28 Sep 1839 - d 29 Mar 1845 Bot Co - f Abraham
KESSLER - m Eliza J - Ref Old Glade Creek Cem
KESLER, E[lijah] N - b 13 Apr 1848 - d 8 (or 25) Nov 1913 Bot Co (Death Cert)
- f [Daniel C KESLER] - m [Jane KENT] - [md #1 : 7 Jan 1869 Bot Co Elizabeth;
md #2: 22 Oct 1890 Bot Co Mrs Lott:ie (~) TROUT - cd Brights Disease - Ref
New Glade Creek Cem
KESSLER, Elizabeth - b 17 Mar 1801 - d after 1850 [Bot Co] - f [Henry PAINTER] - m [Susannah ] - w/o Christian KESSLER - grave Brick Union Cem
KESSLER, Elizabeth - b 16 June 1761 - d 30 Sep 1822 [Bot Co] - age 6ly 4m l4d
- w/o John KESLER (1761-1847) - "Ref Brick Union gravestone
KESSLER, Elizabeth - b Apr 1769 - d 13 Aug 1844 [Bot Co] - f [Shearer] - w/ o
Jacob KESSLER (1757 - 1824) - Ref Troutville gravestone
KESSLER, Elizabeth B - b 26 Aug 1826 - d 25 Jan 1904 [Bot Co] - f [Samuel
RADER] - w/o Isaac KESSLER - Ref Brick Union gravestone
KESSLER, Ellen - b 25 Aug 1845 - d 27 Nov 1919 Bot Co - f
[Margaret] - hus J[acob] B KESSLER - buried Andrew Chapel

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KESSLER, Ellison - b 17 Sep 1903 Bot Co - d 27 Nov 1914 - f A[braham] G n:ssLER (b Bot Co) - m Corab (ORANGE) (b Bot Co) - buried Forest Chapel Cem - cd
diptheria
KESSLER, Eva Dorothea - b 14 Jan 1734 - d 24 July 1798 Bot Co - f
LAYMAN - w/o John KESSLER - Ref Old Glade Creek gravestone

Christian

KESSLER, Ferdinand M - b 1845 - d 1927 Bot Co - f [George KESSLER] - m [Rosanna LINIENBOIER] - wife Martha J - buried Andrew Chapel
KESSLER, Francis M "My Husband" - d 11 Nov 1837 [Ill] - d 23 June 1874 Bot Co
- f [Abraham IESSLER] - m [Elizabeth DAVIS] - h/o Mollie S [MURRY] - Ref Old
Glade Creek gravestone
KESSLER, G[eorge] W - b 4 Feb 1820 - d 14 Oct 1891 Bot Co - f [Jacob KESSLER]
- m [Barbara BOWER] - wife [Rosanna LINKENBOCER] - buried Copps Cem
KESSLAR, George Thomas - b ca 1832 Bot Co - d 30 May 1862 Richmond, Va - age
29y 6m lSd - f [Henry I.ESSLER] - m [El izabeth BOUSMAN] - cd typhoid fever rep by wife Mary E [SPIGLE] IESSLAR
IESSLER, Guy - d 25 Nov 1873 - d 22 Aug 1881 Bot Co - f
m M[olly] S - Ref Old Glade Creek Cem

F[rancis] M KESSLER -

KESSLER, Harry - b 1884 - d 1907 - f John H KESSLER - m Mollie NACE Brick Union Cem
KESSLER, Henry Hepler - b ca 1845 Bot Co - d 25 Feb 1857 f William C KESSLER - rn [Nancy (McCULLY) or (McCULLOCH)] throat - rep by father - buried Mt Union

grave

age lly 2m 25d cd putrid sore

KESSLER, Isaac - b 4 Jan 1827 Bot Co - d 23 Sep 1912 - f Christian KESSLER
(b Bot Co) - m Elizabeth (PAINTER) (b Bot Co) - buried Brick Union - cd
artereo sclerosis - Ref Death Cert; Brick Union graves tone - h/o Elizabeth B
KESSLER (1826 -1 904)
KESSLER, J 13 - b 28 June 1847 - d 12 Mar 1919 Bot Co - f [George KESSLER] m [Rosanna LINXENHOIER] - wife Ellen - buried Andrew Chapel
KESLAR, Jacob - b 22 Apr 1757 - d 20 July 1824 Bot Co - Ref WB C p570, will
not dated - wife Elizabeth; Ch John, Jacob, Henry, Catherine , Daniel, Andrew,
Benjamin, David, Samue1, Elizabeth, George - h/o Elizabeth KESSLER 17 69-1844
- Ref #2 Troutville gravestone
KESLER, Jacob C - b 17 July 1850 - d 29 Dec 1918 Bot Co - f [ William B KESSLER]
- m [ Mary M BLACK] - wife Mary - [buried Andrews Chapel Cem]
KESSLER, James E - b 12 Feb 1846 - d 25 June 1796 - f William B KESSLER - m
Malinda BLACI - wife Amelia A QUIGLEY - buried Troutville Cem

CESSLER , Jennie E - b 1902 Fkln Co - d 1930 Chal i!:!:_ C KESSLER

f

B L COOPER - m Alice - hus

KESSLER , J ohn (or Johannes) - b 8 Mar 1728 - d 24 Mar 1823 Bot Co - age 95y
Om 16d - h/o Eva Dorothea (LAYMAN) KESSLER - Ref Old Glade Creek gravestone

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KESSLER, John (rod) - b ca 1775 marked out, [24 May 1772] Pa - d Feb 1850
[Bot Co] - age 75y - f [Andrew KESLER] - m [ Mary ] - wife [#2 Mary (called
Nancy) McCRAY this has been marked out and Nancy WASKEY written in] - cd old
age - Ret 1850 Mort Schedule of Bot Co
KESLER, John - b 9 Feb 1761 - d 2 Jan 184 7 [Bot Co] - f [John KESSLER] - m
Dorothea LEMMON ] - h/o [Ill] Elizabeth KESLER (d 1822) [#2 Polly] - Ref Brick
Union gravestone
KESSLER , John Henry - b 29 June 1838 - d Jan 1912 - f [Christian K.ESSLER] m [Elizabeth PAINTER] - h/o Mollie (NACE) KESSLER - grave Brick Union Cem
KESSLAR, John Henry - b ca 1843 Bot Co - d 11 May 1854 - age lOy Sm 24d - f
William B KESSLAR - m Mary Malinda [BLACK] - cd putrid sore throat - rep by
mother
KESSLER, John W[alter] - b 28 Dec 1869 - d 20 Oct 1941 Bot Co - f William H
KESSLER - m Harriet E LINKENHOKER - Ref New Glade Creek gravestone
KESSLER, Joseph - b 1803/4 - d 1806 Bot Co - age 2y Sm - buried Troutville Cem
KESSLER, Joseph - b ca 1798 Va (census #1656) - d by 13 Dec 1852 [Bot Co] f [Benjamin KESSLER] - m [Margaret CLEAR] - [wife Mary M SPICKARD] - Adm
Samuel SPICKARD
CESSLAR, Joseph - b ca 1837 Bot Co - d 1 Jan 1853 - age l Sy 8m 16d - f Daniel
KESSLAR - m Susan [NININGER] - cd pneumonia - rep by mother
KESSLAR, Joseph V - b ca 1839 Bot Co - d 5 May 1862 Williamsburg, Va - age
23y - f Joseph KESSLAR - m Mary M [SPICKARD] - cd gunshot - rep by mother
KESSLER, Josie - b 9 May 1909 Bot Co - d 16 Nov 1914 - f A G KESSLER (b Bot
Co) - m Corah (ORANGE) (b Bot Co) - buried Forest Chapel Cem - cd diptheria
KESSLER, Laura A - b 7 Mar 1857 - d 16 Nov 1862 Bot Co - f Isaac KESSLER - m
Elizabeth B - buried Brick Union Cem
KESSLAR, Lewis - b ca Apr 1825 Bot Co - d 13 June 1859 - age 34y 2m 9d - f
(Olive) Christian KESSLAR - m Elizabeth (PAINTER) - cd ''newraligia" - rep by
father - h/o Elizabeth [DENTON] KESSLAR
KESLER, Lewis S[imeon] - b 27 or 4 Dec 1855 Bot Co - d 16 Apr 1916 - f John
KESLER (b Va) - rn Susie (RICHARDSON) (b Va) - Troutville Cem marked out &amp; replaced with Foutz Cem near Bonsack - cd cerebra l hemorrage
KESSLER, Louvenia Ida - b 13 Nov 1855 Bot Co - d 15 Sep 1870 Amsterdam T~s p
- age lSy 9rn 3d - f Abraham KESSLER - m Mary M - cd worm disease - Ref Old
Grave Creek gravestone - rep by father
KESSLER, Lydia A - b 14 Aug 1836 - d 22 July 1918 Bot Co - f [Thomas C FALLS ]
- rn [Eliza J] - hus Andrew J KESSLER - buried Lithia Bap Cem
KESSLER, Madison Woodson - b 10 June 1848 - d 27 Mar [or May ] 1905 - f [William KESSLER - m Nancy McCULLOCH - grave Mt Union Cem

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KESSLER, Margaret J - b 17 Mar 1826 - d 9 Dec 1899 Bot Co - f [Joseph KESSLER]
- m [ Mary M SPICKARD] - w/o [#2] Danie1 H KESSLER (1805-1886); [#1 James
LEMON] - Ref Old Glade Creek gravestone
KESSLER, Martha J - b 1850 - d 1922 Bot Co - f [John HAMMITT] - m [E1izabeth]
- bus Ferdinand M CESSLER - buried Andrew Chape l
KESSLER, Martha J - b 13 Aug 1856 - d 17 Feb 1922 - f T A RICE - m Fannie bus George C?G KESSLER - buried Troutville Cem
KESLER, Mary [E] - b 1854 - d 28 Mar 1918 Bot Co - age 64y - f
- m [Margaret] - bus Jacob C KESLER - buried Andrew Chapel

[ Thomas RADY ]

KESLER, Mary "Polly" - b 21 May 1788 - d 16 Nov 1825 - wi fe #1 ZIMMERMAN; #2
John KESSLER - grave Brick Cem - [her ZIMMERMAN ch include John, Bronson, g
William
KESSLER, Mary A - b 18 Jan 1844 - d 3 June 1863 Bot Co - f
- m [Nancy McCULLOCH ] - buried Mt Union

[William C KESSLER]

KESSLER, Mary Ann - b 10 J uly 1832 - d Bot Co - f [John PEERY] - m [Eliz abeth]
- hus Benjamin KESSLER - buried Lithia Bap Cem
KESLER, Mary S - 12 Apr 1865 Bot Co - d 1 Dec 1915 [Bot Co] - f Overtern [ or
Spessard] THOMAS - m ( Mary has been marked out) [Katherine PETTIT ] (b Bot Co)
buried Roanoke Cem - cd Brights disease - [hus Palmer B KESSLER] - [buried
Foutz Cem (no stone)
KESSLER, Mary Susan " Mo1lie" - b 29 June 1850 - d 12 Nov 1889 [Bot Co] -

f

[G

li F NACE] - m [Cassy] - w/o John KESSLER - Ref Bri ck Union g ravestone

llSSLAR, Mary T - b ca Jan 1856 Bot Co - d 25 Nov 1862 - age 6y lOm 6d - f
William JCESSLAB - m C[bristiana NOFFSINGER] - cd diptheria - rep by father
IESSLER, Mattie Danvil1e - b 10 Jan 1856 - d 16 Jan 19 29 Bot Co - f
LIPES] - m [ Martha] - bus [Peter B KESSLER] - buried Copps Cem

[Danie1

CESSLER, Mollie Bell - b [19 Apr ] 1 884 [or 1874] [Bed Co] - d [18 Mar] 1953
Bot Co - f (WRIGHT] - bus [md 1896 Rke city] John W KESSLER [1869-1941] Ref Glade Creek Cem
KESSLER, Montie - d 1878/9 Bot Co - f John KESSLER - m Mo1lie
Brick Union Cem

- buried

KESSLER, Nancy Ann - b 15 Sep 1819 Bot Co - d 12 Aug 1860 [Bot Co J - age
44y - f McCULLOCH - cd consumption - rep by hus William C KESSLER - grave Mt
Union Cem
KESSLER, Nannie B (unmd) - b 20 Dec 1884 - d 23 Mar 1926 - f James E KESSLER
- m Amelia A QUIGLEY - buried Troutvi ll e Cem
KESSLER, Orena - b ca 1834 Texas - d 21 Apr 1860 Texas - age 26y - f (Wi 1 liam
N KESSLER marked out; replaced by [Henry OPENSHAIN] - m (Olena marked out;
replaced by [Martha HAGE!S] - cd diahorhoia - rep by hus William N KESSLER

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KESSLER, Palmer B - b [21 Feb] 1870 - d 1940 [Bot Co] - age 70y - f [ James H
KESSLER] - m [ Clara Ann] - h/o Mary£ [Jane THOMAS] KESSLER - Ref undertaker's
marker in Foutz Cem , near Bonsacks ; Obituary
KESSLER, Pe ter [BJ - b 25 Dec 1853 - d 4 Dec 1922 Bot Co - f [George KESSLER]
- m [ Ros ina LINKENBOKER ] - wife [Martha "Mottie" LIPES] - buried Copps Cem
KESSLER, Phillip [Henry] - b 8 Feb 1822 - 19 Oct 1893 Bot Co - f [Jacob KESSLER] - m [Barbara BOWER] - wife [Delilah LINKENHOKER ] - buried Li thia Bap Cem
KESSLER, Phoebe - b ca Mar 1765 - d 11 May 1815 Bot Co - age SOy 2m - f
[Rightmere ] - w/o Daniel KESSLER - Ref Ol d Glade Creek graves t one
KESSLER, Rachael - b Apr 1802 - d 7 Mar 1803 Bot Co - age llm 26d - f B[enjamin KESSLER] - m M[ar garet CLEAR] - Ref Ol d Gl ad e Creek Cern
KESSLAR, Saluda - b ca 1846 Bot Co - d 30 June 1862 - age lSy 8m lld - f John
KESSLAR - rn Eliza [RICHARDSON] - cd inflamation of brain - r ep by father
KESSLER, Samuel - b [8 Sep] ca 1795 Md - d 11 Dec 1856 Bot Co [Bible 13 Dec]
- age 6ly 3m 3d - f John KESSLER - m Nancy WASIEY - cd decline - rep by wife
Nancy [BEANE] KESSLER - Adm William KESSLER - [was not in 1850 Bot Co census]
[All Co #Li22]
KESSLAR, Sarah - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 5 July 1856 - age lm - f William C KESSLAR - m Nancy [McCULLOCH ] - cd casualty - rep by father - buried Mt Un ion
KESSLER, Sarah C - b 11 June 1850 - d 4 Oct 1875 - f Isaac KESSLER - rn Elizabeth RADER - hus Geor ge G KESSLER - buried Troutville Cern
KESSLER, Sarah Catherine - b 6 Mar 1846 - d 4 Mar 1847 Bot Co - f Abraham
KESSLER - m Mary M - Ref Old Glade Creek Cem
KESSLER, Susan - b 11 Apr 1802 - d 22 July 1881 Bot Co - f Christian NININGER
- m [Elizabeth SNIDER] - bus Dan iel KESSLER - buried Troutville Cem
KESLER, Tena A - b July 1884, Seito Co, Ohio - d 13 June 1912 [Bot Co] - f
Christo T HUMBERT? - rn Barbie (GRISTO) ? - buried Portsmouth, Ohio cem - cd TB
KESSLER, Texanna - b [ 186 0] Rb Co - d 23 Apr 1860 - f William N KESSLER - m
Olena - cd d i ahorhoia - rep by fat her
KESSLER , Thomas - b 1851 - d 1857 Bot Co - buried Mt Union
KESSLER, Ulicia M - b 10 Mar 1856 Bot Co - d l Dec 1857 - age Oy 22m Od - f
A[rchibald] W KESSLER - m [ Mary Catherine PECK (d/o Martin)] - cd croup - rep
by father
KESSLER, Virginia I - b [25 Sep] 1913 - d [Mar] 1935 [Bot Co] - f John William KESSLER - m [Margaret C SNODGRASS ] - Ref Foutz Cern
KESSLER, Virginia T - b 6 Dec 1848 - d 3 Mar 1849 Bot Co - f Isaac KESSLER m Eli z abe th
KESSLER, William - b ca 1819 - d 15 Aug 1820 Bot Co - age l y - f Daniel KESSLER - m Catherine [BLACK] - Ref Old Glade Creek Cem

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KESSLER, William G? [ Cox ] - b 10 Oct 1808 - d 26 June 1882 - f [David KESSLER]
- m [Sarah COX] --h /o Nancy (McCULLOCH) KESSLER - Ref Mt Union gravestone
KESLER, llilliam Harvey - b 28 June 1 846 Bot Co - d 28 Aug 1916 Bot co - f no t
known [Philip KESSLER] - m not known [Delila LINKENBOKER] - buried Back Creek
Cem - h/o [Harriett E (LINXENBOKER)] - b uri ed Lithia Bap Cem
KESSLAR, William J - b ca 1851 - d 9 Sep 1854 - age 2y l lm 7d - f
SLAR - m Mary [E SPIGLE] - cd flux - rep by father

Ge orge KES-

KESSLAR, William N - b ca Mar 1829 [29 Oct 1828] Bot Co Census #1731] - d 27
June (the month is circ led) 1862 - age 33y 3m - f [ Daniel KESSLER] - m Susan
[NININGER] - cd typhoid fever - rep by mother - [Troutville Cem] - h/o Orlena
(OBENSHAIN) Il:SSLER - Admr John KESSLER
IEYFOGGER see CEFAUGER
IEY(S) see Catherine GURTNER, Philip GORTNER
IEYSER see also IAYSER
KEYSER, Martha J - b 1 Jan 1842 Va - d 19 June 191 3 - f Addison HOYLMAN (b
Va) - m Malinda (ARMENTROUT) (b Va) - buried Locus t Bottom Cem - cd dysentary
KEYTON, Bernard - d by 11 Feb 1823 (dau ca l led an orphan) -

dau Polly

KIDD see Nancy McCARTY, Annie WHITMORE
Ill.MER, George - d by Mar 1823 - Ref WB C p395 , will dated 21 Oct 1819 - wife
Catherine; Ch Elizabeth (md _HAMMITT ) , Susanna Eve (md _ _ COPP ) , Barbary,
Magdalene (md
JOHNSON ), Easter, Margaret, William, Nancy, Sarah, George
III.MORE , Bettie - b ca 1788 - d 15 Mar 1 870 Fincastle Tw sp old age - rep by nephew Jacob WILHELM

age 82y -

cd

IIMBERLING see William REED, John HENDERSON
KIMBERLING, Jacob - d by 11 Sep 1843 (ch called orphans James M, Caroline E, Harriet V

ch Isabe11a Ann,

KIMBERLING, Paulzer - d by Oct 1808 - Ref WB B P 197, wil 1 dated 17 Jun e 1808
- wife Sarah· ch James Martha (md
MATTHEWS) , Agne s (md
PITZER), Re,
'
becca (md
PITZER ), John, Jacob - Others : Jean GLENN (her dau Sarah GLENN)

----

--

KINCADE see KINKEAD
KINZER, Marcella James (fema le) - b ca 1854 Bed Co - d 16 Oct 1855 Bed Co f George M S KINZER - m M A - cd hooping cough - rep by father
KING see Thomas REYNOLDS, Mary Grace ARMENTROUT, Raymond Barker CAMPBELL,
Olie Edward CRIST, Charles T LAYMAN, James Bick STULL
KING,
- d by 10 Sep 1770 (his orphan mentioned) - orphan (not named,
plains-of mistreatment by his master Andrew DONNALY)

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KING, Albert L - b 16 July 1892 Floyd Co - d 4 Aug 1914 - f Andy P KING (b Rke
Co) - m Emily (MILLS) (b Rke Co) - buried Troutville Cern - cd struck by train
KING, Bettie E - b 21 Nov 1861 - d 1 July 1901 - grave Mt Mariah Lutheran Cem
KING, Joseph H - b 19 Dec 1849 - d 22 July 1919 - h/o Sarah M KING (d 1921)
- grave Mt Mariah Lutheran Cem
KING, Nancy L - b ca 1845 All Co - d 9 Oct 1856 - f Charles KING - m Jane cd flux - rep by father
KING, Roy Lewis - b 15 Aug 1895 Oriskany, Bot Co - d 8 Oct 1915 - f John L
KING (b Oriskany) - m Dora Bell (REID) (b WV) - buried Oriskany Cern - cd
accidental rifle shot
KING, Salina C - b ca 1843 All Co - d 1 Nov 1856 - f Charles KING - m Jane cd f lux - rep by father
KING, Sarah J - b ca Apr 1833 Bot Co - d 13 Aug 1858 - age 25y 4m - f Andrew
LEMON - m [Mary] Ann [ELLIS] LEMON - cd consumption - rep by hus Mansfed KING
KING, Sarah M - b 16 July 1851 - d 6 Dec 1921 - w/o (J is marked out) W B
KING (d 1919) - grave Mt Mariah Lutheran Cem
KING, W H - b 23 Nov 1897 - d 15 Jan 1919 - grave Mt Mariah Lutheran Cem
KINGEN, James - d by 9 Aug 1814 (son called an orphan) - son James
KINGRUGB,

-

d by 8

Dec 1801 (dau called an orphan) - dau Polly

KINKEAD see Peter WRIGHT
KINSLEY see Eliza PAINTER
KINSWORTHY, Thomas - d by 1 4 Oct 1822 (son called an orphan) - son John
(under 14)
KINZIE see Catherine GISH, Daniel Saylor GISH, Nancy A ISAACS, Abe K LAYMAN,
Annie V LAYMAN, Charles E LAYMAN, David NOFFSINGER, David NOFFSINGER, Hannah
V NOFFSINGER, Eugene Kinzie ROGERS, Edward SNIDER
KINZIE, Cassie - b 1 Dec 1809 - d 4 Oct 1865 - f [ GISR] - [w/o Daniel KINZIE]
- Ref Dalevill~ gravestone
KINSEY (or KINZIE ) , Catherine - b ca Oct 1773 - d 12 Nov 1839 - age 66y om
25d - f [ELSWODE] - w/o Abraham KINSEY - Ref Daleville gravestone
KINZIE, Daniel - b 6 Feb 1809 - d 8 Mar 1885 - f Daniel KINZIE - m Elizabeth
BERRY - h/o Isobel KINZIE (1813-1883) - Ref Dalevi ll e gravestone
KINZIE, Emma E - b 8 Oct 1850 - d 15 June 1873 - f G R MUMBERD - m S A - w/o
Caleb G KINZIE - grave Old Glade Creek Cem
KINZIE, Hezekiah - b ca 1854 - d 28 June 1854 - f Samuel F KINZIE - m Nancy
- cd flux - rep by father

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KINZIE, Isobel - b 13 Dec 1813 - d 23 J uly 1883 - w/o Daniel KINZI E (18091885) - Ref Dal eville gr ave s tone
KINZIE, J C - b 10 Mar 1839 Va - d 17 June 1 913 Bot Co - f Daniel KI NZIE (b
Va) - m Cassie (GISH) (b Va) - buried Dalev ille Cem - cd (can 't r e ad)
KINZEY, Jacob - d by 12 Dec 180 9 (daus called orphans) - f [ Joh annes KI NZEY]
- m [ Christina] - daus Polly (over 14) ; Elizabeth (ov er 14)
KINZIE, John - b ca Aug 1859 - d 13 May 1860 - age 9m - f Na than KINZIE - m
Elizabeth - cd dyptheria - rep by gf Daniel KINZIE
KINSEY, Martha G - d by 14 May 1860 - Adm James SNIDER
KINZIE, Nathan G - b ca 1835 - d 13 Apr 1860 - age 25y - f Da nie l KINZI E - m
[Cas sy GISH] - cd dyptber i a - r ep by father - h/o Elizabeth KINZIE
KINZIE, Osker F - b 1 Jan 1880 Bot Co - d 15 Aug 1912 - f C[ale b ] G KINZIE
(b Bot Co ) - m Ellen O (NININGER ) (b Bed Co) - buried Da l evil le Cem - cd TB
KIRBY, Thomas - b 11 Nov 1827 - d 30 Aug 1874 - Ref Daleville gravestone
KIRK see Archibald SLOAN

KIRKHAM see Mrs Gilliam WILKERSON
KIRKHAM , Henry - d by 10 Mar 1770 (ch called orphans) - ch Ma rgaret (over
14). Elizabeth (over 14) , Benjamin (over 14)
KIRKMAN see CIRIMAN
KISH see GISH , John Mc CLARE
KISSINGER see KESSINGER
KITCHEN see

J oseph RAYNES

KITCHEN, Henry - d by 13 Sep 17 91 - Ref WB A p316 , appra i sal
admr Margaret KITCHEN

&amp;

Admr bond -

KITTINGER, J acob - d by 27 Oc t 1814 - Ref WB B p410 , appraisa l
KLEPPER see CLIPPER ,

twins DAVIS

KLEPPER, John - b 1 Mar 1828 Hawkins Co , TN - d 19 Nov 1914 - f Peter KLEPPER
(b Pa) - m Catherine ( MYERS ) (b Pa) - buried Daleville cem - cd par a l ysis
KLEPER, Kelsie C - b 4 Jan 1914 Bot Co - d 27 Apr 1917 - f Wil l iam KLEPER (b
Tn) - rn Kennely (ALVIS) (b Tn) - buried Dalev il le Cem - cd measles &amp; broncho
pneumonia

KLINE see CLINE, Jacob COFFMAN
KLINE, Mary - b 26 Nov 1851 All Co - d 6 Jan 1916 - f George W LEMON (b Va)
- m Dianna (KESLER) - buried Clifton Forge Cem - cd lagrippe

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KNIGHT, Catherine - d by 14 Mar 1783 (son called an orphan) - son John
KNISLEY see NICELY, Peter CIRCLE, Eliza LINXENBOKER
KNODE see Henry DOLLMAN, KANODE
KNODE, George W - b ca 1834 Va (census #676) - d by 13 Nov 1865 - f Michael
KNODE - m Mary - adm Lewis LINKENBOKER
KNODE, Michael - b ca 1796 Md (census #67 6) - d by 9 Mar 1863 - h/o Mary
Adm Lewis LINKENHOKER
KNOX see William REED
KOGER see Godfrey HAMILTON
KOHEN, Jacob - b ca 1850 Europe - d 5 Feb 1916 - f Tisbel KOHEN (b Europe) m Rica (b Europe) - buried Charlottesville Cem - cd heart failure
KOLBE, Robert - d by 12 Mar 1861 - Ex Mary M Kolbe
KOLLOCK, Maria - b ca 1777 - d 7 Aug 1814 - age 37y - w/o Dr L KOLLOCK (of
Savannah, Ga) - Ref Fincastle Presby gra.vestone
KOONTZ, Eliza Irvine - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 9 Nov 1856 - f George KOONTZ rn Ann - cd unkn - rep by father
KURFMAN see COFFMAN, George RONK
KYGER see Sarah Jane Wood

KYLE see William ANDERSON, James McDonald GODWIN, Matthew HARVEY, Sarah ROWLAND, Janette Howard TREEVEY, Jane WOMACK, Edward McDONALD, John POAGUE,
Robert L RUDISILL, James W WOMACK
KYLE, Archibald - d by 10 Mar 1784 - Ref WB A pl98, will dated 2 May 1778,
Adrnr bond - wife Mary; Ch Sally, Rhoda, Fanny, Marvin, - on 10 Mar 1784,
orphan Harvin, bound out - Adrnr David MAY, Thomas MILLER
KYLE, Barclay - d by 12 Oct 1829 (dau called orphans) - daus Sarah (over 14),
Mary, Charlotte, Caroline, maybe Nancy (over 14 on 10 Nov 1835)

KYLE, Charles Andrew - b 7 May 1870 - d 6 Aug 1897 - grave Amsterdam Cem
KYLE, Christopher - d 1866 - Admr 8 Oct 1866 Joseph KYLE
KYLE, Edwin - b 15 Jan 1830 Bot Co - d 19 Sep 1912 - f Robert KYLE (b Bot
Co) - m Jane (PECK) (b Bot Co) [dau of John] - buried Mt Pleasant Cern - cd
Senile debility
KYLE, Harriet J - b ca 1845 Bot Co - d 16 Mar 1856 - f Francis J McDOWELL m Sarah - cd pneumonia - rep by father
KYLE, Jane - d by Nov 1824 - Ref WB C p574, will dated 17 Oct 1824 - Ch
Christopher, Jane (md -~Pit zer); Robert, Dinguid , Elizabeth, Polly, Patsy ,
Margaret

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KYLE, Jane - b ca 1790 ( c ensus 41159 8 ) - d b y 12 Aug 1 850 -

Admr William KYLE

KYLE, John E - b ca Feb 18 68 Bot Co - d 12 Aug 1868 - age Sm 14d - f John c
KYLE - m Sallie C - cd not known - rep b y father
KYLE, Jos eph - d by 26 Jan 1808 - Ref WB B pl66, will dated 26 Aug 1806 _ wife
Jane; Ch Robert, Duiguid, Wil1iam, Christophe r, Anne 8 married daus ,
named - Exrs Robert KYLE, Duiguid KYLE

not

KYLE, Margaret - d 186 7 - Adm 8 J uly 1867 Sher iff Lewi s LI NKENHOKER
IYLE, Mary - d by (Sep 1784 , marked out) 15 Nov 1783 -

Ref WB A p213 settle-

ment

KYLE, Nancy - d by 1 6 Sep 1811 - Ref WB B p271, apprai sal &amp; sa le Robert KYLE, Dinguid KYLE

Admrs

IYLE, Robert - b ca 1779 [or 17 90] Bot Co (census # 1 418) - d 27 June 18 61 _
age 82y - cd age - rep by son Edward KYLE - h/o Jane (PECK ) K:YLE (d/o John ]

- Adm John

G RUDISILL (14 Oct 1 861)

IYLE, Ruf u s p - b ca 1837 Va ( census #732) - d by 9 F e b 1863 KYLE - m Mary J - Adm Lewis HOUSEMAN

f

-Was h i n g ton

KYLE , Washington - b ca Oct 1809 [orl81 1] Bot Co (census #732) - d 4 Ju l y
1859 - age 49y 9m - f Robert KYLE - cd consumption - r ep by wife Ma ry Jane
KYLE - Ex Jane &amp; Rufus P KYLE ( 8 Aug 1859 )
IYLE, William - d by Feb 1821 - Ref WB C p307 , will dated 26 Nov 1820 - wife
Sarah; Ch J ane (md
WOMACK ) , Barclay, s Sal1y (md __ Ro-wl a nd ) , J a mes;
s - i -1 s John DICKERSON, Charles BEALE; gs James PITZER (b Oct 1805) ,
Rob ert: PTIZER (b 3 Dec 1807) , both ss /o George PI TZER - Ex Barclay KYLE

KYLE, Wil l i am - b ca 1782 I r e l a nd - d 2 5 J u n e 1832 Finc ast l e - age SOy - R ef
Va Gen Soc Quar, Vol 4 pl4 f r om " Chr ist i an Sent in e l" of 16 Ju ly 183 2 _ bro
Rob ert:, where he d i ed - Ref #2 Fin castle Pr esby gravestone
KYLE, William Jr - d by Dec 1909 - f Joseph KYLE, de e' d -

m J ane - Ref WB B
p224, wi l l dated 1 2 Aug 1809 - b r os Christopher , Robert, Dinguid; sis Ann

KYLE

LACKEY, James _ d by Oct 1823 - Ref WB C p400 , will dated 28 Oct 1822 - wife
Mary; Ch Thoma s, Nathan, Martha (md
McKNIGHT ); Agnes (md
McKNI GHT),
Mary, Samuel

LACKLAND, John S - b ca 1800 Va (census #1691) - d by 14 May 1860 Martha - Ex William M LOCKLAND
LACKEY, John M (single) - d July 1849 - age 19y - cd fever Co Mort Schedule

m

Ref 1850 Bot

LACKEY, Mary Jane - b ca 1834 Bot Co (census #637) - d 23 June 1854 - f
Nathan LACKEY - m Jane - cd consumption - rep by b-i - 1 John T HOMPSON - Adm
John THOMPSON

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LACKLAND see Damaris VANMETER
LACKLAND, Annie Lou - b 19 Aug 1873 - d 6 June 1892 - f L[utber] C LACKLAND
- V E - grave Mil l Creek Cem
LACKLAND, Joel - b ca 1798 Bot Co (census #1692) - d 2 Aug 18 54 - rep by
wife Martha A LACKLAND - Adm William M LACKLAND (14 Aug 1854)
LACKLAND, Luther C - b 9 Mar 1851 Bot Co - d 17 Feb 1913 - f Joel Butt LACKLAND (b Bot Co) - m Martha Ann (EUBANK) (b Amh Co) - buried Mil l Creek Cem cd Lesion of small vein in brain
LACKLAND, Martha - b ca 1762 Md (census #1691 ) - d by 8 Dec 1851 - Ex William
M LACKLAND
LACKS see William R WORLEY
LACKS, Benjamin - d 1869 - Adm bond 9 Aug 1869 Sher iff JOHNSON
LACKS, Homer - b 23 June 1912 Bot Co - d 2 Mar 1914 - f Emmit W LACKS (b Bot
Co) - m Hattie Elizabeth (CAMPBELL) (b Bed Co) - buried family cem - cd
pneumonia
LACKS, Mariah (widow has been marked out) - b ca 1837 - d 21 June 1857 - f
Benjamin LACKS
LACKS, William (unmd) - b ca 1839 - d 2 Mar 1857 - f Benjamin LACKS - cd
fever - rep by father
LAFON see Lewis W DOLLMAN
LAIRD,

- d by 12 Apr 1785 (son cal l ed an orphan) - son Charles

LAKE see Daniel WERNER
LAKE, Israel - d by 23 Sep 1809 - Ref WB B p223 , appr aisal - On 13 Mar 1810
orphan Francis (over 14)
LAKE, Timothy - b 17 May 1785 - d 10 Oct 1869 - age 83y 4m 23d - grave Mill
Creek Cem
LAM(B), Elijah (widower) - b ca 1836 Rb Co - d 29 June 1862 Richmond, Va age 26y - f M LAM - m s - cd fever - rep by father - adm James W SMITH
LAM, Madison - b ca 1842 Rb Co - d 30 Au g 1862, Army - age 20y - f M LAM m S - cd killed - rep by father
LAM, Sidney B - b ca Nov 1867 Bot Co - d 4 Dec 1867 - a ge 14d - f Isaac
- m M A - cd bold hives - rep by father

LAM

LAMB see LAM, Samuel AMYX, John Rowel DUVALL, Wilmer David JONES
LAMB, Elizab eth - b Mar 1827 Va - d 8 Jan 1 913 - f George LOTTS (b don't
know) - m El izabeth (LOTTS) (b Rb Co) - buried Zi ons Hill Ce m - cd LaGrippe

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LANCE see Sarah A BOWERS
LANDERS see Jacob COFFMAN, Elizabeth RICHARDSON
LANDERS, Bernice Vistine - b 20 Oct 1902 Bot Co - d 19 Nov 1914 - f D p
LANDERS (b Bot Co - m Jennie (KESSLER) (b Bot Co) - buried Troutville Cem
cd diptheria
LANDERS, Francis (male) (widower) - b ca 1793 Louisa Co , Va - d 7 Oct 1868 ag 75y - cd bold hives - rep by
?
, Elizabeth F RICHARDSON
LANDERS, George W - b ca 1843 Bot Co - d 18 Sep 1862 Richmond, Va - f Thomas LANDERS - m Mary - cd typhoid fever - rep by father

age l 9y

LANDERS, James E - b ca 1847 Bot Co - d 1 Oct 1868 - age 20y llm 17d - m M J
LANDERS - cd consurnpt ion - rep by mother M J LANDERS
LANDERS, Mary Jane - b ca 1814 Charlotte Co, Va - d 24 Feb 1870 Amsterdam twsp
- age SSy 9m 7d - f John SUMPTER - rn Hannah - cd consumption - rep by hus
Jacob LANDERS
LANDERS, Polly - b ca 1802 New Kent Co, Va - d 30 Mar 1866 sudden - rep by hus Thomas LANDERS

age 64y -

LANDERS, Tazwell - b ca 1835 Bot Co - d 16 Aug 1862 Richmond , Va f Thomas LANDERS - Mary - cd unkn - rep by father

cd

age 27y -

LANDERS, Thomas - d 1868 - Adm bond 12 Oct 1868 Peter LANDERS
LANDON, Martha - b ca 1833 Bot Co - d 23 Feb 1853 - f
abeth - cd consumption

Alvin LANDON - rn Eliz-

LANDON, Mary V - b 12 Dec 1834 - d 1 Dec 1894 - w/o J M LANDON castle Presby Cem

grave Fin-

LANE see LAYNE, Michael CLOYD, Glenna Frances WILLS

LANG, Thomas - d by 10 Oct 1809 (ch called orphans) - ch Hannah Matilda,
Mary, Alfred, all named in suit
LANGE Christian Charles - d by Aug 1814 - Ref WB C p95, will date 7 Sep
1813, , codicil 25 Sep 1813 - wife Elizabeth, wife's sis Christina SCRLENGLISS,
others: Peter BUSH, George RULE - Ex Charles BEALE
LANGHORNE see Joseph W BATES
LANGHORNE, Henry S - b ca 1798 Warwick Co, Va - d 16 Dec 1854 rep by bro William LANGHORNE - h/o Ann LANGHORNE

cd cancer -

LANGHORNE, llilliam - b ca Nov 1783 Cumberland Co, Va (census #16 17) - d 18
Mar 1858 - cd unkn - rep by wife Catherine LANGHORNE - Ex Catherine LANGHORNE,
Geo P TAYLOR &amp; Frederick JOHNSON
LANKFORD , Thomas B - b 17 Nov 1856 Aug Co - d 14 Mar 1916 - f William C LANKFORD (b Aug Co) - m Mary (?BALINE) (b Aug Co) - buried Fairview Cem - cd
died suddenly

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Calvin Shank Blackwell by Judy G. Blackwell

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African American Ancestry- The Woolridge Family ofRockbridge Co.
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Rev. Michael Howery submitted by Judy G. Blackwell

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Jn Memoriam - Ora Belle Mayberry McColman

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Surname Index 2008

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Botetourt County Death Records by Charles T. Burton - continued

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Dear Fellow Members,
I don't know where the summer went! As I write this the days are getting shorter and here in
Roanoke the weather has taken a "tallish" turn. We stayed close to home this year so this gave
me some time to dig out my family history files. I thought I might have a look at "brick walls" and
see if I could find a way to break them down. One of the "problems" was where in Germany
was my great-grandmother, Louisa GOETIEL born? She died before I was born but my father
told me she was born in Germany and spoke with a heavy German accent. Census records
gave me her parents and siblings names but no birthplace other then Germany. Other records
that I could find gave no additional information. When I began this search some 25+ years ago I
checked the IGI (International Genealogical Index) available through the LOS Church. Nothing!!
Over the years I occasionally rechecked. Since it had been quite awhile since I last looked I
dec'ided to give it try. Much to my surprise, there she was!! I knew it was her by the birth date
and parents' names (I now have her mother's maiden name). She was christened in the town of
Gumbsweiler. Using Google Maps and Google Earth I was able to pin point the town. It is
located in the area where many of my German ancestors came from and where many of the
German emigrants to Central New York began their journey.
The LOS Church as continued to add names to the IGI so it is worth check back from time to
time. The website with the IGI on line can be found at www.familysearch.org The LOS
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material and place it on the Internet. They are also doing indexing of records they have filmed.
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New Books in The Virginia Room
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L ibrary during normal library hours.
325.2474 Kl461 The Latvians in America 1640-1973 compiled &amp; edited by Maruta Karklis,
Liga Streips &amp; Laimonis Streips 1974 Oceana Publications
325.2439 C996 The Czechs in America 1633-1977 A Chronology &amp; Fact Book compiled &amp;
Edited by Vera Laska 1978 Oceana Publications
325.246 Nl92s The Spanish in America 1513-1974 A Chronology &amp; Fact Book compiled &amp;
edited by Aurthuir A. Natella, Jr 1975 Oceana Publications
325.2599 K56f The Filipinos in America 1894 -1974 Compiled &amp; Edited Hyung-chan Kim
&amp; Cynthia C. Mejia 1976 Oceana Publications
325.2474 P38le The Estonians in America 1627 - 1975 a Chronology &amp; Fact- Book
Compiled by Jaan Pennar 1975 Oceana Publications
325.252 B426j The Japanese in America 1843 -1973 Compiled &amp; edited Masako Herman
l974 Oceana Publication
3 2 5.2439 Sz26h The Hungarians in America 1583-1974 A Chronology &amp; Fact Book
Compiled &amp; edited by Joseph Szeplaki 1975 Oceana Publications
977.125 B326 History of Buron County Ohio Volumes 1 &amp; 2 with Biographical Sketches of
Prominent Citizens by A. J. Baughman Originally published 1909
reprint 1998 Clarke Publishing
378.755785 V819b 2000 Virginia Tech Yearbook
92 9.3771 H941 t Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Insc1·iptions by Huron County Chapter of
the Ohio Genealogical Society 1997
975.5575 So88b The Heritage of Brunswick County, VA 1720-2008 Walsworth Publishing
355.09 M722b Black Soldiers, Black Sailors, Black Ink: Research G uide to African
American &amp; American Military History 1526- 1900 by T homas Truxtun l\1oebs 1994
Moebs Publishing
929.374461 C648g Gravestone Inscriptions &amp; Records of Tomb Burials in Grana ry Burying
Grounds, Boston, Mass 1918 by Ogden Codman Published by Tbos P . Nichols &amp; Sons

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929.3744 M584b Natick Vital Records Mass to the year 1850 compiled by Thomas Baldwin
1910 Stanhope Press
929.2 M612 H667t They Came to Rockingham by E lisabeth Wilson Hodges 2004 Warwick
House Publishers
333.320974 Ak13t The Town Proprietors of the New England Colonies, A Study of their
development, organization, actives &amp; controversies 1620-1770 by Roy Akagi 1963
University of Pennsylvania Press
016.9292 N42c Circulation Library Catalog for the New England H istoric Genealogical
Society volumes 1 &amp; 2 1993
974.886 B665 Boundless Lives, Italian Americans of Western Pennsylvania - Edited by
Mary Brignano 1999 Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
929.0977125 B941 Huron County Ohio Records &amp; Helpful Information From the Chapter
Newsletter "The Kinologist 1986 -1999 Published by the Huron County Genealogical
Society 2001
929.2 B644 T377t Thomas Boon, Immigrant Died 1723 Isle Qf Wight Co., VA &amp; 1,000 of his
Descendant compiled Rupert Farnham Thompson 1986
919.4429 R796s The Surnames of Wales by John &amp; Sheila Rowlands 1996 Published by
Federation of Family History
929.09429 Se24 Second Stages in Researching Welsh Ancestry by John &amp; Sheila Rowlands
1999 Published by Federation of Family History
929.43 J716g German American Names (3rd edition) by George F. Jones 2006 Genealogical
Publishing
929.090415 G865t Tracing Your Irish Ancestors by John Grenbam 2007 Genealogical Pub.
929.209429 N514 Annals and Antiquities of the Countries and County Families of Wales,
Volume I by Thomas Nicholas 2000 Genealogical Publishing
929.209429 N514 Annals and Antiquities of the Countries and County Families of Wales,
Volume II by Thomas Nicholas 2000 Genealogical Publishing
975.526 D661s Stafford County, Then &amp; Now by Anita L. Dodd &amp; M. Amanda Lee
2007 Arcadia Publishing
940.5486 P871u Ultra and the Army Air Forces in World War JI by Diane T. Putney 1987

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929.3746 Ea76 EarJy Connecticut Marriages by Frederic W. Bailey 2008
Genealogical Publishing Co.
929.3744 G286 Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and
Eastern Massach usetts Vols. I- IV by William Richard C utter 2008 Genealogical
Pu blisbing Co.
929.27468 J159f Families of Ancient New Haven 9 Volumes in 3 compiled by
Donald L ines Jacobus 1997 Genealogical Publishing
SC 929.3755 N763m Norfolk City Marriage Bonds (1790 -1850) &amp; other Genealogical Data
C ompiled by George Holbert Tucker 1934 Wm Delaney Publisher
SC 973.52455 So13t 2750 WAR of 1812 VETERAN BURIALS in VA: listed by Veterans &amp;
by cemetery locations compiled by the War of 1812 Society in VA June 2008 CD
973.91 R183a America 1908 the Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the
model T, and the Making of A M odero Nation by Jim Rasenberger 2007
342.73 B744v Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitutions by Woody Holton 2007
SC 813.0108 C464rt Christmas Memories Selected Short Stories from "A Christmas
Memory Contest" The Roanoke Times Compiled by Margaret East &amp; Lenore Kessel 1996
Pu blisbed by The Roanoke Times
P373. 755791 V658y Viand School 1939 Yearbook, Roanoke VA
373. 755793 An25p Andrew Lewis Middle School yearbooks 1983 &amp; 1997 Salem VA
P975.501 Sb23 Shareholders in the London Company 1615- 1623 Mountain Press 2007
P929.3755 Su78m Surry County, VA Marriage Bonds 1772-1791 Mountain Press 2007
p 779.99737 N622ch 99 H istoric Images of Culp's H ill, Gettysburg, PA
Edited by Gary Adelman &amp; John Richter 2003 Center for Civil War Photography
p 779.99737 N622f 99 Historic Images of Fredericksburg &amp; Spotsylvania Civil War Sites

Edited by Gary Adelman &amp; John Richter 2004 Center for Civil War Photography
p 779.99737 N622r 99 Historic Images of Richmond Civil War Sites Edited by
Gary Adelman &amp; John Richter 2005 Center for Civil War Photography
p 779.99737 N622w 99 Historic Images of Civil War Washington Edited by Gary
Adelman &amp; John Richter 2006 Center for Civil War Photography

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920.073 W62ci Who Was Who in the Civil War by Stewart Sifakis 1988 America
by Facts on File, Inc
929.1072 J599c Cradled In Sweden by Carl-Erik Johansson 1977 Everton Publishers
929.3749 P53c The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware by Peter Stebbins C raig
1993 SAG Publications
920.09755 F761s Some Worthy Women, Biographies of Women Who Lived in
Winchester &amp; Frederick County by Michael M.. Foreman 2007 WinchesterFrederick County Historical Society
920.0744 Q43fFigures of the Past by Josiah Quincy 1926 Little, Brown &amp; Co
917.55 T257b Beach to Bluegrass places to brake on Virginia's Longest Road
by Joe Tennis 2007 Overmountain Press
373.755793An25pAndrewLewisMiddle School, Salem VA Yearbooks 1981, 1982, 19841987, 1993, 1994, 1996,1998
929.2 L873 C85m Most Distinguished Characters on the American Frontier:
Children of Robert and Elizabeth Looney of Augusta County, Virginia and some of their
Descendants By Madge Looney Crane and Phillip L. Crane 2008 Phillip L . Crane
923.173 J359 C58m The Slave Families of Thomas Jefferson: A Pictorial Study
Book With an Interpretation of His Farm Book in Genealogy Charts Vols. I
and II by B. Bernetiae Reed 2007 B. Bernetiae Reed
325.247 W499r The Russians in America 1727-1970 by Vladimir Wertsman 1977
Oceana Publications
325.244 P956 The F rench in America 1488-1974 by James S. Pula 1975 Oce~na
Publications
325.2469 Cl 79 The Portuguese in America 590 BC-1974 by Ma noel daSilveira
Cardozo 1976 Oceana Publications
325.243 F975g The Germans in America 1607-1970 by Howard B. Furer 1973
Oceana Publications
325.243 F975 The Poles in America 1608-1972 by Frank Renkiewicz 1973 Oceana Pub.
779.942 M132r A Random Portrait of Virginia Photographs by GJenn McClure
2004 Art Museum of Western Virginia

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p 779.99737 N622hf 99 Historic Images of Harpers Ferry Edited by Gary
Adelman &amp; John Richter 2007 Center for Civil War Photography
929.2 R636 R696j John Rohrer of Lebanon PA &amp; His Descendants 5 volumes by
Thomas Wise Rorrer, Jr. 1999
929.3755 B39t Some Bedford County, VA Cemeteries Book 1 &amp; 2 by Glenn D.
Stevens 2006 Goose Creek Press
929.3756 Nl 7ld Nash County, NC Deeds 1778-1818 Volumes 1- 5 by Timothy W.
Rackley 2003
286.1755791 M493o 100 Years of Grace Through Faith, Melrose Baptist Church,
Roanoke, VA 1907 -2007
929.3755 G795tg Those who sleep here: Cemeteries of Galax, VA PubJished by
Grayson County, VA Heritage Foundation 2008
929.2 B768 Si47b The Bright Side, Bright Family History Includes names Palmer, Nash,
Lassiter, Cranford, Word, Tippin, &amp; Holman by Loretta Simmons 2007
929.2 M355fFamily ofDavid Marshall, Campbell County, VA by Thomas Edward
Marshall, fil 2002
975.56809 Sw14e Extraordinary People of Franklin County, VA. Compiled by
Darlene Swain 2001
711.58 R399i In Retrospect.·. The Old Southwest Neighborhood, Roanoke, VA by
Joel Richert Progress Press 2007
929.2 L967 F495d Descendants of Adam Lugar by Judy S. Fink 2003
929.3755 Ac27dt The Accomack County Death Register 1853-1896 Compiled by
Gail Walczyk 1997
929.3755 B39m Marriage Bonds of Bedfor·d County, VA 1755 -1800 with Index
to Wills 1754 -1830 Compiled by Earle Dennis &amp; J a ne Smith 1976 Genealogical PubJishing
973.345546 C447r Re"olutionary Public Service Claims of Louisa County, VA
by Claudia Chisholm 1976 Louisa County Historica l Society
929.2 H911 B914t Theophilus Hunt &amp; W illiam Browne, Some of Their Ancestry on the
families of Dayton, Johnston, Lockwood, Seeley &amp; Simonds by Stanley Browne Hunt 1969
929.2 D789 Ml39 Our Drake &amp; C rutcher Families of Marshall County, TN

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compiled by Larry McCutcheon 2007
929.3755 H396ds "Roselawn" Burials Henry County- Martinsvill~ VA 5 Yea r
Supplement March 2001- February 2006 by Margaret Myers &amp; Patricia Johnson
929.3755 B39L Early Bedford Land Patents &amp; Grants Volumes l - 3 by .James
Tinsley 2005 Bedford Museum
929.3755 Is4r Colonial Families of Surry &amp; Isle of Wight Counties Volume 3
Court Orders 1693-1695 Compiled by John Brayton 1999
929.3755 N812x 1856 Land Tax, Northampton County, VA Transcribed by Doris
Adler 1997 Hickory House Publishers
929.3755 N812c 1860 Census for Northampton County, VA Transcribed by
Frances Latimer 1994 Hickory House Publishers
929.3755 N812re Northampton County, VA Register of Free Negroes 1793-J 864
compiled by Frances Latimer 2004 Hickory House Publishers
929.3755 Au45rc Claims Presented to the Court of Augusta 1782 - 1785
Transcribed by Clay Hamilton &amp; Marty Hiatt 2005 Virginia Genealogical Society
929.3755Su78xSurryCounty, VA Tithables 1668 - 1703 by Edgar MacDonald &amp;
Richard Slatten 2007 Genealogical Publishing
929.376202 W713m Marriages &amp; Deaths in Mississippi Newspapers Volume I 1837
- 1863 by Betty Wiltshire 1987 Heritage Books
975.221 M964h History of Pocomoke City, Formerly New Town by James Murray
1987 Family Line Publications
929.3755 C221ma Carolina County VA Lost Marriages 1854 - 1865 Extant
Marriage Register 1866 -1868 by Kimberly C . CampbeJJ 2005 Willow Bend Books
929.3755 ls4w C336w Wills &amp; Administrations of Isle of Wight County, VA
1647 -1800 by Blanche Chapman 2007 Genealogical Publishing
929.2 M972 C355c A Southern Legacy: Descendants of John Muse of VA by Dr.
Roger Chambers 1994
929.3755 B39wc Bedford County Will Book 1 &amp; 2 1759-1803 by Ano Ch ilton 1988
Mountain Press
929.3751 K413r Vital Records of Kent &amp; Sussex Counties Delaware 1686 -1800

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by F. Edward Wright 1987 FamiJy Line Publications

283.975516 Stlg St George's Parish Accomack County Vestry Book 1763 -1787
by Gail Walczyk 1998 Peters Row Publishers
973.345515 N848r Revolutionary Soldiers &amp; Sailors From Northampton County,
VA compiled by Stratton Nottingham 1995 Hickory Bouse
929.376802 M612m Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children Apprentices from
1784-1902 by Alan Miller 2004 Clearfield
929.3755 F854re Franklin County VA Voter's Registration Records 1904 - 1962
by Beverly Merritt 1999
388.42 D168s The Street Railways of Roanoke, VA 1887-1948 by James Dalmas
2006 Historical Society of Western Virginia
384.54065 D168w WDBJ Radio Roanoke's Premier Station 1924 -1969 by James Dalmas
2007 Historical Society of Western Virginia
920.72 N843 Notable Women West of the Blue Ridge 1850 -1950 A Project of
the Colonial William Preston Chapter DAR 2007
929.3755 W997m Wythe County, VA Marriages 1867-1880 compiled by Janie
Dillon &amp; Mary Kegley 2007 Wythe County Genealogical &amp; Historical Association
929.2 E p73c A Compilation of News of Epperly Descendants with Bibliography
&amp; Index by Loyd &amp; Joyce Epperly 2003
929.3755 R59lf Register of Free Blacks Rockingham County, VA 1807 - 1859 by
Dorothy Boyd- Rush 1992 Heritage Books
929.3757 L374sl Blacks Found in Deeds Laurens &amp; Newberry Counties SC 1785
-1827 Abstracted by Margaret Motes 2002 Genealogical Publishing
973.52455 D749r Roster of War of 1812 Southside Virginia by James Doutbat
2007 Mountain Press
929.2 R15r The Reverend George Robertson 1662 -1739 &amp; His Descendants by
Wassell Randolph J 955
929.3755 Y82L York County, VA Land Records 1694 -1777 4 volumes by Mary
Marshall Brewer 2007 Colonial Roots

Submitted by: Pam B. Young, Librarian, Roanoke Public Libraries

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CALVIN SHANK BLACKWELL
Calvin Shank Blackwell, was born on a farm in Roanoke County which is now a part of
Roanoke City, on27March 1844. He was a son of Robert Monroe and Lucy Shank B lackwell,
who bad formerly resided in FJoyd County, VA. Lucy Ann was a daughter of Henry and Susa n
Shank, Robert was a son of Moses and Betsy Williamson Blackwell from Bedford C ounty, VA.
Calvin had three brothers, James L, John Hen ry, who was also a minister and W illiam H.
Blackwell. Their mother died young, date unknown, but the children sometimes resided in
Floyd according to the census, with their grandparents, Henry a nd Susan Shank, while very
young. Their father, Robert remarried to Mary Magdalene Wertz on 14 December 1854, in
Roanoke County .
When the War Between the States began, be became a member of a company of Confederate
Cavalry for the first year under the command of Capt. B . C lay Pate. When the Second
Regiment of Reserves was formed, one company was composed of Roanoke County men, and
was called Company F., and Calvin was a sergeant. Be took part in the engagements in 1864,
with the Army of Northern Virginia around Richmond and Petersburg, VA. In 1865, he was
transferred to the Thirty-Sixty Regiment, and moved to assist General Early in the last
struggle in the Valley, and then to Southwest Virginia to protect railroad communications west
of Lynchburg, VA.
When the war was over, be came back home very much alive, but without money. lt was not
long afterward when he started walking across Virginia , West Virginia , Oh io , and into
Putman County, Indiana, where he went to workoo a stock farm, which was owned by Joseph
La Follette, an uncle of the present Senator La Follette, of the state of W isconsin. It took him
thirty days to walk that distance. His wages were twenty-five dollars per month, with board.
At the end of fifteen months, be bad saved three hundred and fifty dollars cash, with which he
entered Ladoga Academy. In 1870, he entered Oskaloosa College in Iowa . This college later
merged into Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.
He also pursued other theological studies under Dr. F. M. Bruner, who was a German
theologian of eminence and graduated in 1874. After ten years absence he returned to Virginia
in 1874 and located in Norfolk where he began preaching in a little chapel upstairs, on
Cbarlitte Street. From here he was called to BrookJyn, New York, where he built a church.
In 1878, be went back to Norfolk, as pastor of the Disciples Church, and during this pastorate
built a church on Freemason Street . In 1880, he married Miss Frances De Jarnett, and the
same year he received a call to St. Louis, Missouri, and shortly thereafter to Central Christian
Church in the same city. In 1887, he was called to the Central Christian Chu r ch in Chicago
, IL, when two years later he moved to Augusta, Georgia.
On JuJy 12, 1891, he united with the Baptist denomination, and became the pastor of the Third

Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia, then from 1892, until 1897, he was pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church
in this city was named in memory of his great work and usefulness. In 1897, be1· retired from
the pastorate, and was made the first Southern Baptist secretary to organize the BYPU work
of the South, and at the same time be was associate editor of The Baptist Church in Norfolk
Virginia where he remained until his retirement from the pastorate for good in 1909. His grea~

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usefulness in the ministry, was bis remarkable evangelistic powers and gifts. He was an
evangelist and supply pastor in fourteen states. He possessed a rich vocabulary, also had a keen
sense of humor and was very much admired by the young people. It is estimated that he
preached 11,000 times during his fifty-six years in the ministry, and that he married 1,198
couples, and received for baptism more than 12,000 people.
Calvin and Sophia Frances Blackwell are found on the 1900 census in North Carolina, New
H anover with two boys, Hugh Burke born 1881 and Calvin born 1884. The census states that
Hugh Burke is a medical student. Calvin Blackwell died in Suffolk, VA on 03 May 1923,
having been found by some friend in his room, after preaching a revival in Suffolk, on
"Preparation for Death."
Marinus James said the following:

"What a preacher he was!" He possessed a rich vocabulary and had a keen sense of lzunwr,
which was used with biting satire when the honor of hi Lord was at state. He could thunder
like a lion and plead like a mother yearning for a wayward son. Always intensely in earnest,
he swayed the masses by his eloquence. When the writer tried to persuade him just a few days
before he went home to God, to take life easy, he raised that fine voice and thundered in my
ear, "My voice is just as good as it ever was, but my feet bother me." Over the p rotest of his
devoted family, he dragged himself to my car and upon arrival at the depot secured a seat in
the coach that carried him to his last revival"
Article written by W. C. Sponaugle, parts of this article from Virginia Baptist Minister, by
George Braxton Taylor VI Series, p. 144-147, J .P. Bell Company, Inc., Lynchburg, VA
1935, George Braxton Taylor Interview, May 28,1940, Hollins, VA.
Submitted by: Judy G. Blackwell
860 Stonewall Rd., NE
Floyd, VA 24091-2716
jgcb@swva.net

DR.CALVIN S. BlJ\CKa.L

BL'\CKWELL MEMORIAL.
Ellzabeth City. NC

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Afri~1111 An1eri~1111 A11~eNfry
The Woolridge Family
of Rockbridge County, Virginia

Found in a Woolridge Family Bible on August 2004 in the home of my grandmother's
first cousins. Transcribed as written. If unable to discern writing, a question mark will
show.
One of the newspaper articles was an obituary for Lee Woolridge. It read as follows:
LEE WOOLRIDGE

The venerable colored minister, Rev. Lee Woolridge, died early Monday morning, at
Jackson Memorial hospital, after an illness often days due to the infirmities of old age.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 o'~lock this ~fternoon, at the Baptist church, by
the pastor, Dr. P.W. Cook. He is s~ved b~ his son, Lee R . Woolridge, Jr., of
Glasgow, and his daughter Miss Nanrue ~oolridge of Natural Bridge; a brother, Joe
Woolridge ofMidway, and three grandchildren.

The Rev. Woolridge was born in Buckingham county at the home of his mistress, Miss

Nancy Perkins Jones, in 1844, he w~s therefore i~ his 85 h year. By the time Lee was
fifteen his young mistress had mamed Dr. Camillus Kyle and he accompanied the
young master as servant and was with him when John Brown was hw1g, Dec. 2 , l 8S 9 .
He accompanied Dr. Kyle as his body servant when he entered the Confederate army
at the opening of the Civil War in 1861 and remained with him until the doctor was
killed at Petersburg.
1

He came to Lexington at the time when the bridge was built across North River about
fifty years ago. Woolridge in his younger days was a blacks1nith, but for forty years he
has followed the Lord' s ca11ing and gone about his Master's business;&gt; having been
ordained as a Baptist minjster. The last seven years have been spent in work at the
convict camps. This work has necessitated his travelling all over the state. He was
always a welcome guest at the camps and his visits were instruments of much good.
His talks were good plain Gospel truths told in an earnest reverent inanner and his
prayers were those of an earnest christion seeking the Divine help and a ssistance in rus
work.
He was a man who made many friends, and was deeply loved by his own race and
esteemed by all who knew him.
Author's note-According to family Bible, Rev. Woolridge died 24 June 1928.

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EDITOR MITCHELL TRAVELS
(continued :from last week)
It was 5:20 when we left the Union Station via C. &amp; 0 . R.R. for Glasgow, Va. In the

party were Miss M . L. Chiles, Mrs. Gertrude A. Patterson Mrs. Rowena White, Dr. E.
R . Jefferson and Rev. L. J. Morris.
It had been a long time since I had traveled in this section and yet the scenes looked
familiar. The Winding James and its muddy water, almost at its source made a
picturesque landscape.

A FRIENDLY GREETING
Arriving at Balcony Falls, which is also called Glasgow, our p arty met L. R .
Woolridge, Jr. He had brought with him a six seat (or more according to the size of the
passenger) wagon, and in a short time afterwards, we were pleasantly located in Mr.
and Mrs. Woolridge, Jr's residence. The madam and her daughter were engaged
preparing breakfast and in company with Dr. Jefferson, I strolled over the town of
Glasgow. Mr. Woolridge is the only blacksmith in the place. He had notified his
patrons in advance that he would be closed Wednesday, July 24.

THE VI LLAGE BLACKSMITH
I saw a white gentleman come up in his automobile and whisk blacksmith Woolridge
away. He soon returned. Then another, who had come across the mountain wanted
help, for rus horse had gone lame. Again the doors of the blacksn1ith shop swung open
and I stood by watching the operation of shoeing a large mountain travelling horse. In
spealcing of ages, it was sta~ed that this horse was 23 years old. Mr. Woolridge stated
that there was one there which had done service up to the age of 32 years.

A HAPPY FAMILY
I was interested. Another white custo1ner came and I assisted him using the old chisel
on a fanning implement. I then went over to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fitz, where
the ladies were stopping. When I returned to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Woolridge,
breakfast was ready. I enjoyed the repast. One ofMr. and Mrs. Woolridge's daughters
is a student at the Deaf and Dumb school, at Newport News, Va. No one would think
that she was "a child of n1isfortune,'' having been stricken when a child four years old.
She is now a most attractive young lady, who is ever careful of her personal
appearance.

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THE COMMITTEE'S WELCOME
She and her sister are so nearly the same size that they could eas iJy be mistaken for
twins. IhadbeeninformedthattheK. ofP. lodge at N atural Bridge and the headwaiter
and the waiters would send a delegation down to meet me and m y p arty and carry us
over to Natural Bridge. It was about 11 o ' clock when they arrive d . The committee
consisted of Messrs. Sterling B. Delany, chairman; G. E mory Sn1ith, C. C.; M. K.
Diamond; Jno. M. Carter, D.D., G. C.; George Lewis. It was an impress ive scen e.
They brought an automobile, an eight passenger mountain wagon and a four seat
surrey.
THOSE GHASTLY CHASMS

In a short time all of us were on our way to Natural Bridge Hotel , a bout seven miles
and a halfThe road was rough at first, but --- it was b etter. At some parts it was dangerous. It
reminded me of the quotation, "There's but a step between me and death," for down
the mountain side the railroad could be seen about 2 00 feet below. (Missing p art of
newspaper)
Over a precipice was sure ---- intervening five feet of spa?---- have carrie d u s there.
W?
Natural Bridge station. -------- C. &amp; 0. R. R. and the N . S---------- meet

In Memoriam
BYRD--In memory of my wife, Elaine Carson Byrd, who p assed away July 6, 1938.

One year has passed, my heart still sore,
As time go on, I miss you more;
When days are dar~ :friends are few,
Dear Elaine, I miss you.

I can see your face before me
And feel your hands in mine;
The last sweet look you gave me

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Still linger in my heart.
You passed away before you could bid me farewell,
But memories of those happy days when we were together;
Your loving smile and kindly ways
Will live in my heart forever.
May God grant you eternal rest.
Husband Luther.
According to Edna Basham Woolridge, sister-in-law to Elaine &amp; Clara Woolridge, they
were stricken by a high fever when they were younger that took their hearing. Their
brother and Edna's husband, was never stricken by a high fever when he was younger
and therefore he never lost his hearing.
Elaine Woolridge Byrd had the honor of working for the then president of Gallaudet
U niversity (college for the deaf) in Washington, DC, Dr. P ercival Hall. Prior to that,
E laine taught at the Dwnb and Deaf school in Newport N e,;vs, VA vvith her sister,
Clara.

T ranscribed f rom Woolridge Family B.ible in 2004
Marriages
Lee Woolridge, SR married Mar 1862 to Sarah
Lee Woolridge, JR married 14 Dec 1893 to Mary
Nettie Woolridge married 16 Mar 1898 to Michael Liggans. Married a second time to
? Taylor. Date unlmown.

BIRTHS
Lee Woolridge, SR born Mar 1844
Sarah born 18 Jan 1842
Lee Woolridge, .TR born 25 Dec 1870
Nettie A Woolridge born 3 May 1878

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Ida Woolridge born 3 May 1863
Ann Woolridge born 9 Mar 1866
Lizzie E. Woolridge born 9 Mar 1868
Nannie Woolridge born 7 Apr 1875
Elaine Woolridge born 9 May 1894
ClaraL. Woolridge born 7 Feb 1896
Mary R. Woolridge born 22 May 1878
Infant daughter born 23 Jul 1899
Anna Burk Crump born Oct 186?
Woodrow Woolridge born 22 Nov 1912

C lara Woodridge, sister of Woodrow, 1920s

DEATHS
Lee Woolridge, SR died 24 Jun 1928
Sarah Woolridge died 3 Mar 1912
Lee Woolridge, JR died 26 Oct 1943
Nettie A. Woolridge died 1 Oct 1915
Ida Woolridge died 5 Mar I 88 I
Lizzie Woolridge died 29 Jun 1898
Nannie Woolridge died 27 May 1948
Elaine Woolridge died 6 Jul 1936
Clara Lee Woolridge died 28 Aug 1948

Mary Rand Lee Woolridge Jr., 1930s

MaryR Woolridge died 1943
Infant daughter died 3 Aug 1899
Woodrow Woolridge died 11 Feb 19 82

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Descendants of Dock Samuel (D S) Woolridge
Generation No. 1
1. DOCK SAMUEL (D S)l WOOLRIDGE was born 1812 in VffiGINIAl. He married

RACHEL.
M ore About DOCK SAMUEL (D S) WOOLRIDGE :
Residence: 1870, F rancisco, Buckingham, Virginia
Children of DOCK WOOLRIDGE and RACHEL are:
2. i. LEE2 WOOLRIDGE, b. Mar 1844, Buckingham Co, VA; d. 24 Jun 1928, J efferson
Memorial Hospital, Rockbridge Co, VA.
3. ii. JOSEPH WOOLRIDGE, b. 1857, Buckingham Co, VA; d. 06Sep1932, Steeles
Tavern, Augusta Co, VA.
Generation No. 2
2. LEE2 WOOLRIDGE (DOCK SAMUEL (D S)l) was born Mar 1844 in Buckingham Co,
VA, and died 24 Jun 1928 in Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Rockbridge Co, VA. He married
SARAH?. She was born 18 Jan1842 in Virginia, and died 03 Mar 1912 in Virginia, USA.
More About LEE WOOLRIDGE:
Residence: 1880, Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
More About SARAH ?:
Residence: 1880, Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Children of LEE WOOLRIDGE and SARAH? are:
i. IDA J WOOLRIDGE, b. 03 May 1863, Virginia; d. 05 Mar 1881.
More About IDA J WOOLRIDGE:
Residence: 1870, Maysville, Buckingham, Virginia
ii. ANN WOOLRIDGE, b. 09 Mar 1866, Buckingham Co, VA.
iii. ZILPBA WOOLRIDGE, b. 1867, Buckingham Co, VA
More About ZILPHA WOOLRIDGE :
Residence: 1880, Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
iv. L IZZIE E WOOLRIDGE, b. 09Mar1868, Buckingham Co, VA; d. 29 Jun 1898.
4. v. LEE RWOOLRIDGE, JR, b. 25 Dec 1870, Virginia; d. 26 Oct 1943, Virginia
More About LEE RWOOLRIDGE, JR:
Residence: 1910, Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia
vi. HENRIETTA WOOLRIDGE, b.1874, Buckingham Co, VA.
More About HENRIETTA WOOLRIDGE:
Residence: 1880, Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
vii.NANNIE B WOOLRIDGE, b. 07 Apr 1875, Buckingham Co, VA; d. 27 May 1948,
Natural Bridge Station, VA.
More About NANNIE B WOOLRIDGE:
Residence: 1880, Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
viii.NETTIE A WOOLRIDGE, b. 03 May 1878, Buckingham Co, VA; d. 01 Oct 1915;
m. (1) T AYLOR; m. (2) l\flCHAEL LIGGANS, 16 Mar 1898.
3. JOSEPH \VOOLRIDGE (DOCK SAMUEL (D S) was born 1857 in Buckingham Co,
VA, and died 06 Sep 1932 in Steeles Tavern, Augusta Co, VA. He married EDMONIA

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SCOTT32,33, daughter of WASHINGTON SCOTT and JULIA. She was born 1864 in
Rockbridge Co, VA, and died 08 Jan 1925 in SteeJes Tavern, Augusta Co, VA.
More About JOSEPH WOOLRIDGE:
Burial: 08 Sep 1932, Steeles Tavern, Augusta Co, VA
Cause of Death: Perminon [pernicious?] anemia
Residence: 1870, Francisco, Buckingham, Virginia
More About EDMONIA SCOTT:
Residence: 1880, Johnny Cake, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Children of JOSEPH WOOLRIDGE and EDMONIA SCOTT a re:
i. CORA3 WOOLRIDGE, b. 1883, VIRGINIA.
ii. HATTIE WOOLRIDGE, b. 1884, VffiGINIA.
iii. MARY WOOLRIDGE, b. 1888, VIRGINIA.
iv. EUNICE WOOLRIDGE, b. 1890, vm.GINIA.
v. DOCTOR SAMUEL WOOLRIDGE, b. 1893, YmGJNIA.
vi. ROBEMA WOOLRIDGE, b. 1893, VIRGINIA.
vii. INEZ WOOLRIDGE, b. 1902, VIRGINIA.
Generation No. 3
4. LEER WOOLRIDGE3 JR (LEE2 WOOLRIDGE, DOCK SAMUEL (D S)l) was born
25Dec1870 in Buckingham Co, VA, and died 26Oct1943 in Virginia. He married
MARY R Dec 1893 in Rockbridge Co, VA.
She was born 22 May 1878 in Virginia, and died 1943 in Virginia.
More About LEER WOOLRIDGE JR:
Residence: 1910, Rockbridge, Glasgow, VA
More About MARY R ?:
Residence: 1920, Glasgow, Rockbridge, Virginia
Children of LEE JR and MARY ? are:
i. ELAINE WOOLRIDGE, b. 09 May 1894, Glasgow, VA; d. 06 Jul 1936; m.
LUTHER BYRD, 1921.
More About ELAINE WOOLRIDGE:
Medical Information: Afflicted with an illness when she was 4 years old and became
deaf
Residence: 1930, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia
u. CLARA LEE WOOLRIDGE, b. 07Feb1896, Glasgow, VA; d. 28 Aug 1948, Natural
Bridge Station, Rockbridge Co, VA.
Notes for CLARA LEE WOOLRIDGE:
Clara Woolridge died at the home of her younger b1·other, Woodrow Woolridge and
his wife, Edna Basham Woolridge.
More About CLARA LEE WOOLRIDGE:
Burial: In Glasgow, Rockbridge Co, VA
Residence: 1930, Newport News, Newport News (Independent City), Virginia
iii. MARY WOOLRIDGE, b. 23 Jul 1899, Glasgow, VA; d. 03 Aug J 899.
iv. CHARLES ''WOODROW" WOOLRIDGE, b. 23 Nov 1912, Glasgow, VA; d. 11 Feb
1982, Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington, Rockbridge Co, VA; m. EDNA
BASHAM, 1946, Glasgow, VA; b. 12Dec1918, New Castle, PA

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More About CHARLES "WOODROW" WOOLRIDGE:
Residence: 1920, Glasgow, Rockbridge, Virginia
More About EDNA BASHAM:
Residence: 1920, Union Hall, Franklin, Virginia
This is a typescript of a handwritten letter telling about the occupants of Edna Basham
Woolridge's house. The original Jetter is not dated, nor is it signed. Edna doesn't know who
wrote it either.
The only son of Harriet &amp; Eli Napper, W. P. Napper, became a doctor. He was a
pharmacist who lived in the Washington, DC/Maryland area. I do not know if he ever
married or had children. Edna doesn't think he ever married.
Also, the Nappers took in other young men who were studying in school without a home
close by. Edna said some of Eli's family spelled their name NAPIER too.
"Nannie M. Woolridge came to Natural Bridge from Lexington, Virginia in 1924 and
was the Teacher for the [local] school and lived in the home of Eli and Harriet Napper. Eli
Napped died May 22, 1924 leaving Harriet along in the home. The son Walter and all the
other men that were raised in the home asked Nannie to stay with their mother and she
would have a lifetime home. Nannie being single and never married accepted their offer.
Harriet Napper died October 15, 1927. Nannie remained in the homeplace and the men
continued to send money to keep the place going. Nannie's brother Lee R. Woolr idge Jr.
Jived in Glasgow with his wife Mary, two daughters, Elaine and Clara, and a son, C harles
Woodrow. Woodrow came to live with bis Aunt Nannie in 1924 after E li died. M atthew
Elliott came here and lived and worked for Harriet a year after Eli died. Nannie continued
to teach school. She also taught music. Her students included H elen Hubbard (Rodney
Hubbard's aunt), Margurite Moore Carter, Annie Ruth (Na dine H ubbard 's mother) and
Everett Dixon's sister. She taught her sister-in-law Mary W oolridge in GJasgow."

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Edna Basham, 1945

Charles Woodrow Woolridge
4 months.

Charles Woodrow Woolridge
1945

Su bmitted by: Toni Y. Smith - 1805 Excel Drive, Killleen, TX 76542-4066

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1nnv. M. HDWEny

The Family Tree

IMAIUUE:C MANY1
·EAilLY
CCUPLESi
I

I think that I shall never see
the finish of a family tree

Way back in ancient history time,

Dozens or young cnu plcs ......:ho
! migrate n into H ;1 1C'igh County from
: the Va11cy o f
Vi1·ginia bet,veen
. 18 :~ 2 and 1 8 I 4 co LI J d, du 1· i r1 s:!' th cir
! latter ye;:i1·s, st i l I 1·eca11 the rnrnous
'o1d mioiste1·
""'110 officiated
c:. t
tbeir m LltTiage ct:&gt;r erno nie ....
He
w ;:is
) ,.1 ichL\ C'I
How e r y
of

in foreign land and distant clime,

Ij

as it forever seems to grow
from roots that started long ago.

l

County·~ ancient Pin&lt;' Ci-&lt;'e~'

E"loyd

Church.

&lt;tbOllt

fo11c·

miles

I b o1·n

i n JV[nn tgomc-r_v County ( ll O'I.\'
.i'·lo.v d) in l 792 and w a s one o f the

from them grew sturdy trunk

!! mos t

and ever branching limbs,

noted men of his section.
1\larri«'d Hundreds

Hov.:ery, a lon g 'l.Vith the nev .
Samuel G.::i_vfnr·ri. m a 1Ticd hundr eds of t•ouple$ in F l o yd . Fr&lt;: nklin ;i nd Roanoke cou n tie5 bet ""'ee n
1832, '1.vhcn he- '-''&lt;'I&gt;' 111·dairicd, :' nci
1 874, th&lt;' yN11 · of his d e&lt;ltl 1.

that dated back to time so dim.
One seldom knows just when

ThP. P : ne Cn~ck Primi1 iv~ Raplist
Chu1·c-h ,
tl1e
o lci e !0 1
knov:n
j&lt;:htn-c-h in Y loyd Cnu11ty, w:1."' Ol':~ ;111 ; zcd in J i~IO ;ind l s s till ac~ive
' e\·c-n un t &lt;'• 1 hi~ ri'1.\'.
Its ant' it!nt n :&gt;1:0 1·cl
book.
nov.·
in tilt&gt; h ;.rnrls of Ch1:rc-h Sccn•:nrv
H t'n t '.V
Col \.In-~ 0•1·~
1Ch rls t opl~&lt;'I'
;' Bo-.-.·c i'. 14-.vt:&gt;ai·-uld Fl oyd C'o;.1n. · t: in. cont&lt;1:ns the 11«11nt•s nf m;:1n v
· prominent couplf•s whu 1n igndt~li
:o 11AIC"i~h - Ro\\'C.'t' i-.; ~ IH.'P11E.''.\' nr
. · 1hE&gt; late .IVl arLn
Bow0r o[
th i:;

I

parents met and married then.
Nor when twigs began to grow,
with odd-named children, row on row.
Though verse like this is made by me,
the end's in sight, as you can see.

; cou:Hy.

.
I

that ever grow and grow
through many centuries.
[Wjtb apology to Sgt. Joyce Kilmer]

The

Log Chur&lt;'h

Cn·C'io\ Cil ur c::h. now
o ccupy ing a fr: .me building whic:h
, r·cµlaced the orl~in;.i! log stf·ucture.
· keeps up a c-cn-1ctc 1·y 'l.vhich ct ate!':
back lf&gt;O .v c ;.t l's .
Pro1ninPn I Ra lt:&gt;igh Courif v f : •rnil1es who were as~ ot ·ia 1e&gt;-d , ...-it.h this
~·hur&lt;:h inl'l11cle the Le!'tcr·~. G1·,.vs.
\Vo d cys, Cann.:Jda.vs, \l\' ooJ '"; 1 ncs.
B&lt;&gt;Wc.'rs and n ti 1ne1·ou,:; 01 hcl'~. R c~v.
Howe.-~· ''"·as i ts enei·~c·t ir. 1eHder

'Tis not the same with family trees,

Pine

;.ilrno:.:t h;ilf a 1·e111u1 · v
HO\VC'r_v. \vho \\''1~ ·&gt;&lt;;1c«t'•t•ded artc1 · his clc:1t h by () l"'.e of hi;,..
~ons.
wris
di~t;i11tl_v
rel&lt;ited
to
, .rnn;-itlwn Hnv.' t ' r·y o f Flo.vcl Couniy, ::1 WC'll-k110\•:n Cfl!" )y loc:;il c·iti~ z..en. who s&lt;.•tt! f'd o n · Big Vv"h1te&gt; ...;tick Crf'l'k in 18;)3 .
t

~Anonymous

l ocat l' ci

north o f Floyd_ Court Bouse. A
Pri m i tive B::.p~1st.
Howery
was

fa:·

R~,·.

1 950, Raleigh Co., WV newspaper

Submitted by Judy Blackwell

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SURNAME INDEX 2008
There are three steps involved in contacting the person who submitted the surname you
are interested in.
1.
In the "Surname List" identify the surname you are interested in and note the
reference number to the left of the surname.
2.
Locate the reference number in the numerical listing of members. There you will
find the name of the member submitting the surname.
3.
Look up the member's name in the Society Membership Directory. There you will
find the member's contact information.
The Surname Index is designed to help you identify other members researching the
same surnames you are. Dates and places are provided to help you determine whether
or not this is the family you are interested in. Keep in mind that all dates are
approximate. We try to proof read all of the information, but mistakes can "sneak in".
We apologize for this. Please let us know if you find any. Contact Karen Kappesser,
514 Scalybark Drive, Blue Ridge, VA 24064; phone: (540) 977-0067; e-mail:
gkkapp@infionline.net

HAPPY HUNTING!!

L

o:.

...

t. e SVGS member Ora Belle Mayberry McColman passed away on August
~~f
She was born December 4, 1917 in Montgomery County, Virginia. She was
1
receded in death by her husband, Belton F. McColman, Jr.; her parents, Harvey E.
~d Emma Florence Mayberry. In addition to the SVGS she was a member of Oakland
Baptist Church, Gen. Jam~s .Breckinridge Chapter D~ Roanoke C?apter UDC and
a life member of the Will1an1son Road Area Busmess Associatton. She was a
graduate of Virginia Tech. Her many contributions to this organization will be tnissed

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Botetourt County Death Records by Charles T. Burton - Conunued
LANTERN see LANTHORN, James RICHEY, Levi SIMPSON
LANTBRON, Mordica - d by 10 Mar 1780 - Ref WB A p119 , appraisal &amp; Admr bond
- On Mar 1780 Orphans Peter &amp; Ann named 8 on 14 Apr 1780 Mary named _ Admr
Joseph LANTHRON

LANTZ see Mela LEE, Roy Watson DUVALL
LANTZ, Ellinor B - d 18 Jan 1892 Bot Co,

gravestone - Mat Pleasant " White

Church" cem

LANTZ, Margaret - b ca 1784 NJ - d 6 Dec 1869 - age 85y - f Nat ROBINSON cd old age - rep by son N R LANTZ - w/o Peter LANTZ - adm bond 13 Dec 1869
Nathaniel R LANTZ
LANTZ, Peter - d by 23 Sep ( # of month written over) -

Ref WB

c

p 361 ,

appraisal

LANTZ, Sallie Catherine - b 20 Nov 1917 (#circled) Bot Co [1842 gravestone]
- d 28 Dec 1916 - f Dennis [name is circ l ed 8 Fleming written above] CALDWELL
- (b Craigs Co) - m Nancy (KELLY) (b Va) - buried Mt Union Cem - cd paralysis
LARCH, Ida Snow - b 1 4 June 1901 Va - d 31 Oct 1913 - f P F LARCH (b Va) - m
Maggie V (BROWN) (b Va) - buried Mill Cr eek Cern - cd coraman Blain of Shoulder
LARCH, Melsena - b 3 Aug 1842 Va -

rn Sallie (ABBOTT) (b Va)

d 12 Mar 1916 buried Mill Creek Cem -

f Reuben FARROW (b Va) cd chroni c Brights disease

LARKIN, Henry - d by 8 Feb 1773 - Ref WB A p22 , will dated, 13 Nov 1772, admr
bond - wife Jain; Ch James, Henry, Mary, David, Thomas, El i zabeth, Sarah,
Jain, Margaret, Nancy, Hartbew - adrnr John LARKIN
LATANE, female - b 1 8 Nov 1912 - d 1 8 Nov 191 2 - f Harry All e n LATANE (b K &amp;
Q Co) - m Julia Gatewood (ALLEN) (b Shen Co) - buried Buchan an Cem - cd s t i l l
born
LATANE, Julia Gatewood - b 1877 Shen Co - d 19 Nov 1913 - Henry (Clay) ALLEN
(b Va) - m Julia (GATEWOOD) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd puer fural

Septicimia
LATIN, Jane W - b ca 1856 Bot Co - d 18 Sep 1868 Elizabeth - cd flux - rep by father

a ge 1 2y -

f

J

W LATIN -

m

LATIN, Sarah E - b ca 1866 Bot Co - d 10 Sep 1868 - age 2y Elizabeth - cd flux - rep by fa ther

f

J

W LATIN -

m

LATSHAW see LETSHAW, John HINER, Peter HINER
LAUDERMILK see LOUDERMILK
LAVENDER see Edmonson CALDWELL, S T OLDS, Vera M OLD
LAVENDER, Thornton, b ca 1797 Stafford Co, Va - d l Dec 186 7 - age 7 Oy - f
Robert LAVENDER - m Nancy - cd enlargement of veins - rep by wi fe Del pha
LAVENDER - admr 9 Dec 1867 MOSES WATKINS - Death notice in Rke Times for 7
Dec 1867 (says age 67)

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LAW see Mic hae l

CLOYD

LAW, J esse - d by Sep 1805 , a ppraisal ordered - Ref WB B p1 33 , 215 , appr a i s al
8 settlement - On 9 Dec 1806 o r phan Elizabeth n amed i n deed 8 on 13 Au g 1 811
she was under 14 - Admx Elizabeth LAR (rod
HAMILTON )
LAWRENCE , James Jr - d by 1 0 Nov 1 773 - Ref WB A p40 , will dated 8 Oc t 1 773,
Admr bond - wife Frances; Ch Elizabeth; bros Henry Bunter (?? i s Hun t e r a surname or middle name , see under admr ) , William, Samuel , David, John, Solomon,
Isaac, Jo s eph, Robert - a dmr Samuel LAWRENCE, Henry BUNTER
LAYMAN see P a ulina F CALHOON, Francis M HAMMOND, Ida Pearl LAYMAN HAMMOND ,
Eva Dor othea KESSLER, John (Johannes) KESSLER, Mrs Lizzie McCLURE, Lucian A
RILEY
LAYMAN, Abe [Abraham] K - b 1 8 Nov 1833 Va - d 16 Nov 1917 - f John LEMON
(b Va ) - m [Mary C KESSLER] - b uri e d Lemontown Cem - c d c hronic nephrit is [h/o Ann V (KINZIE ) LAYMAN ]
LAYMAN, Abraham C - b 1 6 J a n 1 818 - d 2 Apr 1901 - f [ David LAYMAN ] - m [Mary
BAUMGARDNER ] - h/o Mary J LAYMAN (18 17 - 1933) [#2 Sarah] - Ref Lemont own
gravestone
LAYMAN , Ade line - b 19 Apr 1836 Bot Co - d 4 Apr 1916 - f Daniel KESSLER (b
Va ) - m Su s ie (?MUGGER [NININGER]) - buried Tr outvil le Cem - cd Lagr ippe w/o [ Jacob G LAYMAN ]
LAYMAN, Albino G - b 25 Jan 1846 - d 26 May 1905 - f [ Robert A DENTON ] - m
[Ann] - w/o [ George LAYMAN] - grave Dal eville Cem
LAYMAN, Annie V - b 26 June 18 32 - d 8 Aug 1920 - f [ Daniel KINZIE ] - m
[ Cass y GI SH] - w/o [Abram K LAYMAN, t h ey divorced ] - gr av e Troutvill e Cem
LAYMAN, B[arba ra] - b [ca 1766 Md , censu s ] - d 28 Fe b 1 852 - w/o G[ eorge]
LAYMAN (d 1 85 4) - Re f L e mo ntown gr av es t one
LAYMAN, C[barles] E - b 11 Ap r 1 863 Bot Co - d 30 Mar 1 91 7 - f A[bram ] K LAYMAN ( b Bot Co) - m Ann (KINZIE) (b Bot Co) - buried Troutv il le Cem - cd TB
of bon e - [ hus of #1 Kate M; #2 Alice E BARTON]
LAYMAN, Ch a rle s T - b Mar 1865 - d May 1933 - f [Ja cob M LAYMAN] - m [Martha
J REI D] - h/o [ Gus sie B KING ] - Ref Lemontown gravestone
LAYMAN, Da ni e l (md) - b [ca 1780] Va - d Apr 1850 - age 70y - f [George LAYMAN] - m [ Barbar a BAUMGARDNER] - cd consumption - Ref 1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule - [h/o Ma ry M (BAUMGARDNER) LAYMAN ]
LAYMAN , Fra nk J - b 22 Sep 1888 - d 10 Nov 1896 - f W B [is circled &amp; M is
placed beside H] LAYMAN - m M (is circled &amp; N is placed beside it] L - grave
Haymakertown Cem
LAYMAN, Fre d er ick M (CSA) - b [ ca l8L11) - f [ Abraham C LAYMAN] - m [Mary J
ADAMS ] - h/o [Mary C (LEMMON) LAYMAN ] - grave Fairview Cem, Buchanan
LAYMAN, Geo rge - b 18 June 1798 - d 16 Mar 1880 - f [George LAYMAN] - m [Barbar a (BAUMGARDNER)] - h/o Po1l y [ GISH] LAYMAN (d 1878) - Ref Lemontown
gravestone

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LAYMAN, G[eorge] - b ca 1760 [or 1764 Md, census] - d 20 June 1854 - age 94y
- f [George LAYMAN] - m [Salome] - h/o B[arbara] LAYMAN (d 1852) - Ref
Lemontown gravestone
LAYMAN, George G - b 30 May 1842 - d 24 Nov 1902 - f (George LAYMAN] - m
(Polly GISH] - h/o [Albina (DENTON) LAYMAN] - grave Dal evil le Cem

LAYMAN, Jacob G - b 15 Jan 1836 - d 2 Sep 1927 - f [George LAYMAN ] - m [Polly
GISH] - h/o Adeline IlSSLER LAYMAN - grave Troutville Cem
LAYMAN, John McLANE (CSA) - b [ca 1831] - f [John LAYMAN ] - m [Mary KESSLER]
- h/o Louisa
&amp; Fanny
- grave Fairview Cem, Buchanan
LAYMAN, Joseph C - b 15 Apr 1844 - d 25 Aug 1907 - f [George LAYMAN] - m
[Polly GISH] -h/o Lydia (or Leana) E (BRITT) LAYMAN - grave Trinity Cem
LAYMAN, Kate M - b 1 Oct 1858 - d 19 Mar 1893 - 1st w / o Charles E LAYMAN
grave Troutville Cem
LAYMAN, Lewis G - b 6 Dec 1834 Bot Co - d 6 Mar 1916 - f George LAYMAN (b Bot
Co) - m Polly (GISH) (b Bot Co) - buried Laymantown cem - cd apoplexy - [h/o
Lucy Ann LAYMAN - Ref Death Certificate; Laymantown gravestone
LAYMAN, Lucy Ann - b 24 Apr 1838 - d 26 Oct 1899 - w/o Lewis G LAYMAN (18341916) - Ref Lemontown gravestone
LAYMAN, Lucy Berta - b 2 Nov 1876 - d 9 Oct 1901 - f
grave Laymantown cem

Lewis G LAYMAN - m Lucy

Ann -

LAYMAN, Lydia E [census says Lee A) - b 28 Sep 1843 - d 4 Nov 1921 - f [Henry
BRITr] - m (Elizabeth COFFMAN] - w/o Joseph C LAYMAN - grave Trinity cem
LAYMAN, Mary - b ca 1802 - d 2 Oct 1868 - age 66y - f
[Catherine] - w/o John LAYMAN - grave Laymantown cem

[Abraham KESSLER] - m

LAYMAN, Mary (md) - b Va - d Mar 1850 - age 70 [or 90] - f [Martin SEA] - m
[1st wife] - cd dropsy - Ref 1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule - [widow of Frederick
LEMMON ]
LAYMAN, Mary J - b 18 Mar 1817 - d 13 Aug 1933 - f [Sgt John ADAMS] - m
[Mary] - w/o Abraham c LAYMAN (1818-1901) - Ref Lemmont own gravestone
LAYMAN, Nathan E - b 18 Apr 1840 Camp Co - d 5 Oct 1916 - f Abraham LAYMAN
(b Camp Co) - m Mary (ADAMS) (b Camp Co) - bur ied Mount Union Cem - cd not
known - [h/o Sarah J (SNODGRASS) LAYMAN]
LAYMAN, Polly - b 12 Jan 1803 - d 27 Mar 1878 - age 75y 2m 15d - f Jacob GISH
- m Anna VINYARD - w/o George LAYMAN (1798-1880) - Ref Lemontown gravestone
LAYMAN, Sarah J SNODGRASS - b 18 Apr 18Ltl - d 13 Apr 1910 - f
- Nancy SMILEY - w/o Nathan E LAYMAN - grave Mt Union Cern
LAYMAN, Theodosia U[liaka] - b 20 Jan 1858 - d 28 Feb 1903 - f
LAYMAN - m Mary Jane ADAMS - Ref Lemontown gravestone

VIRGINIA APPLACHIAN NOTES

Robert: SNODGRASS

[Abraham C

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LAYNE see LANE, Woodville WILLIAMSON
LAYTON, Edyth - b 15 Apr 1914 Va - d 16 June 1917 - f STENNETT (?) - m Eke
(CHITTUM) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd septicemia
LEADY see D W HUMBERT
LEDBETTER see

male CLAPPER

LEE see Nancy McCARTY
LEE,
(unmd) - d by 13 Oct 1795 (Bot Co dau called an orphan) - dau Peggy
(was born by Apr 1776 &amp; was an orphan by 13 Oct 1795)
LEE, male - b 15 Jan 1915 [Bot Co] - d 15 Jan 1915 [Bot Co] - f Ward P LEE
[b Bot Co] - m Ida E (DUFFY) [b Bot Co] - cd born dead
LEE, Charles Edward - b 23 Mar 1860 ·Bot Co - d ca 1931 Bot Co Heir list (WB
4 p290) - f Morgan B LEE - m Martha Ann BALL - Relatives: 1st wife Blanche
BINES, 2nd wife Cora F; heirs were nieces &amp; nephews, ch of bro wm J LEE, EC
(b ca 1885), B 0 (b ca 1897), Carl (b ca 1901), Ralph (b ca 1904), Russell (b
ca 1913), Effie MARKLE (b ca 1891), Ethel BRITT (b ca 1894), Della (b ca 1899)
LEE , Daniel - d ca 1835 Bot Co (appraisal, WB E p635) - admr Powell B HUFF

LEE, James (single) - b ca 1847 Scott Co, Va - d 20 Apr 1865 Bot Co (Death
Bk) - age 18y - f William LEE - m Temperance - cd consumption - rep by father
LEE, Janetta - b 23 Mar 1869 Monroe Co, WV - d 2 Mar 1916 Bot Co - f Anderson
HUFFMAN (b Craig Co) - m Mary (WALTRON) (b Pa) - bur i ed family cem - cd acute
nephritis - [hus Joseph E LEE]
LEE, Mary - b 18 Aug 1887 Bot Co - d 18 Mar 1916 Bo t Co [Death Cert] - f
James M PEERY (b Bot Co) - rn Cassie (SIZER) (b Bot Co) - buried Mt Union Cem
- cd Intestinal TB - [bus
LEE]
LEE, Mela - b 10 Mar 1867 Va - d 29 Jan 1916 Bot Co - f Arch LANTZ (b Va) m Sallie (CALDWELL) (b Va) - buried Mt Union Cem - cd pulmontory TB - [Bus
William Jackson LEE ]
LEE, Oliver K - b ca 1894 - d 1961 Detroit, Mich (obituary) - bros &amp; siss:
O C, W J, JR, ET, R B, Mattie JONES, Mrs J W [Gome] WARD , Mrs J W NIXON
LEE, Robert N - b ca May 1856 Bot Co - d 26 Jan 1859 Bot Co (Death Bk) - age
3y Sm - f Mason LEE - m Sarah LAVENDER - cd "Sour" throat - rep by father
LEE, William Jackson - b ca 1863 Bot Co - d ca 1 926 Bot Co, List of heirs (WB
4 p74) - f Morgan B LEE - m Martha A[nn HALL] - wife Millie B LANTZ ; Ch Emmett
C (b ca 1885, Effie M MARKLE (b ca 1888), Ethel BRITT (b ca 1890) , H 0 (b ca
1898), De1la (b ca 1902) , Carl (b ca 1904), Ralph (b ca 1906), Russell (b ca
1913)
LEE, Zachariah - b ca 1792 Va (Bot Co census #453) - d by 13 June 1854, Admr
qualif i ed Bot Co - f [Zacbarizb LEE] - m [ Jean WRIGHT] - wife Agnes BRICKEY ;
Ch Sarah, William, Rowland , Morgan B, Mason, Wilson - Adm Zachariah LEE

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LEE, Zachariah - d ca 1874 Bot Co (App, WB M p525) - f [Zachariah LEE] - m
[ Agnes BRICKEY] - Adm Griffin L VANDERGRIFT
LEFFLE or LEFFEL

see Samuel OBENSHAIN, Col George WALKER Sr

LEFFEL, Catherine - b 12 Nov 1916 Bot Co [Springwood] - d 13 Nov 1916 _ f
Walter B LEFFEL [b Cra i g Co] - m Erma (DOLLHAN) [b Bot Co] - buried Springwood Cem
LEFFEL, Charles M - b 9 Feb 1877 - d 16 Mar 1900 - age 23y lm 7d - grave
Wheatland Cem
LEFFEL, John - d by 11 Feb 1806 (ch call ed orphans) - ch Jacob (over 14)
Polly (over 14), Anthony (over 14) , Sally (under 14) , Thomas (under 14)''
LEFFEL, Mary Emma - b 6 Nov 1880 Bot Co - d 5 Dec 1917 - f Lewis W DOLLMAN
(b Bot Co) - m Mary L (SECRIST) (b Bot Co) - buried Springwood Cem _ cd TB
wife #2 of Walter William Hedrick LEFFEL
LEFFEL, Portia - b 6 Feb 1886 Bot Co - d 6 Feb 19 14 - f Lewis W DOLLMAN (b
Bot co) - m Mollie (SECRIST) (b Bot Co) - buried Springwood Cem - cd TB _
1st w/o Walter William Hedrick LEFFEL
LEFORCE, Rene - d by 1 Dec 1780 - Ref WB A pl84 , app &amp; settlement - wife
Cb Rene, &amp; others not named - admr Rene LEFORCE
LEFIWICB, Caroline - d 1868 - Ex bond 14 Sep 1868 Robert LUNSFORD
LEFTWICH, George or Grief B - b ca 1827 Bed Co (cens us #393) - d 29 Sep 1855
- cd typhoid fever - rep by wife Elizabeth C LEFTWICH - Adm Palmer ST CLAIR
(8 Oct 1855)
LEGG see Thomas SESSLER
LEIB(S) see LIEB, LIPES, Joanna WATKINS
LEIB, Charles Matthew - d ca 1854 Bot Co - d 10 Aug 1 855 - f William LEIB _
m Judith - cd dysent ary - rep by father
LEIBS, David - d by 9 Oct 1865 - Adm James ROWLAND, Sheri ff
LEIB, Mason - b ca Feb 1774 Md - d 12 Apr 1860 - age 86y 2m - cd paralysed _
rep by son Samuel LEI~
LEMASTER see Redmont AKINS
LEMON see Sarah Virgin ia CRUSH, Mary Il.INE, Elizabeth LESLIE, Mary Jane
WHITMER, Elizabeth ZIMMERMAN, Sarah J KING, William RENTFRO, Robert ANDERSON
Barry Chester BOWER, Lula FOUT, Abraham KESSLER, Benjamin KESSLER, Jacob
'
KESSLER, John KESSLER, Margaret J KESSLER, Frederick M LAYMAN, Nan cy Jane
MILLER, Bettie J SIMPSON
LEMMON, female [Mary] - b 1856 ]ot Co - d 15 Dec 1856 - f Lewi s LEMMON - m
Mahala A - cd unkn - rep by neighbor Haden MOORE

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LEMON, mal e - b 13 Feb 1913 Ori skan y - d 13 Feb 1913 - f J E LEMON (b Va) m Cora Ballard (CRAWFORD) (b Va) - buried Oriskany Cem - cd still born
LEMMON , fema le, twins - b 1856 Bot Co - d 15 Feb 1856 - f Abraham LEMMON - m
Ju1ia [Ann SHORT] - rep b y neighbor John E BRUMFIELD
LEMMON, Andrew - d by May 1847 - f [George LEMMON] - m [Agnes Elizabeth YOUNG]
- Ref WB G p360 , will dated 21 Sep 1 846 - wife Mary; Ch James Ellis, Wil1iam
Preston, Sarah Jane Emeline, Elizabeth R; m-i-1 Jane ELLIS; bro George
LEMON, Ann BOWER - b &amp; d no dates given - f [George BOllER] - w/o William LEMON
[ md 15 Dec 1845] - g rave Brick Union Cem
LEMMON, Christian - b [1764 Frederick Co, Md] - d by May 1828 - [ps shown
as George &amp; Salome &amp; marked as wrong] - Ref WB D pSOl, will dated 8 May 1826
&amp; 26 Feb 1828 , recorded May 1828; WB F p359 se ttlement - wife [Hester BAKER] ;
Ch John, Jacob, George, Betsy ANDERSON, Mary NEVILLE; Gs David LEMON, [Note:
name spel l ed 'LAYMAN' at settlement]
LEMON, Christian - b ca 1803 - d 11 Feb 18 74 - age 7ly - f [George LEMON or
LAYMAN] - m [Barbara] - h/o Sidney [BAKER] LEMON (1802 - 1871) - Ref Lemontown
gravestone
LEMMON, Christian - b ca Feb 1854 Bot Co - d 5 May 1860 - age 6y 3m 7d - f
?William B LEMMON - m Ann Susan - cd dypth eria - rep by mother
LEMMON, Christian Baker - b ca 1844 Bot Co - d 7 Feb 1854 - f John LEMMON m Betty - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
LEMON, Cornelius - b 1851 -d 1904 - f [George LEMON] - m [Joanna PERSINGER] grav e Lemon Cem (near Lick Run)
LEMON, David - d by Sep 1817 (order) - Ref WB C pl03, app - his property was
at his gf Christian LEMON's
LEMON, David - b 1849 - d 1880 - f
g rav e Lemon Cem (near Lick Run)

[George LEMON] - m [Joanna PERSINGER] -

LEMMON, Eliza A - b 20 Nov 1832 - d 31 Oct 1890 - f [Peter WRIGHT] - m [Susan]
- 1 st w/o Joel B LEMMON [they divorced] - grave Mill Creek Cem
LEMMON, Eliza Jane - ca Nov 1855 Bot Co - d 27 Apr 1860 - age 4y Sm ld - f
?William B LEMMON - m Ann Susan LEMMON - cd dyptheria - rep by mother
LEMON, Elizabeth - b 23 Sep 1839 All Co - d 5 Mar 1916 - f Javis ( circle d &amp;
Jabez written above it) JOHNSON - m Maria (PERSINGER) - buried Lick Run Cem
- cd heart disease - w/o John N[ewton] LEMON
LEMON, Ellinora Sidney - b 12 July 185q Bot Co - d 28 Oct 1913 - f J[oel] B
LEMON (b Bot Co) - m Eliza (WRIGHT) (b Bot Co, marked out &amp; replaced with b
Bed Co) - buried Mil l Creek Cem - cd cancer of liver
LEMMON, Estaline Frances - b ca July 1850 - d 19 Apr 1860 - age 9y Sm 6y - f
?William B LEMMON - m Ann Susan - cd dyptheria - rep by mother

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LEMON, Eveline E - b ca 1849 Bot Co - d May 1861 - age 12y - f Samuel LEMON
- m E - cd diptheria - rep by father
LEMMON, Frederick - d by Feb 1830 - f [George LEMMON] - m [Agnes Elizabeth
YOUNG] - Ref WB E p207, will dated 22 Feb 1826 - wife Mary; Ch Martin, Polly,
Harriet, Margaret H.Q.OFMAN, Jacob &amp; Thomas J
LEMMON, George Sr - d by Apr 1807 - Ref Bot Co WB B pl41, will dated 7 Dec
1805 - wife Elizabeth; 3rd son Jacob - Ex Jacob LEMMON
LEMMON, George - b ca 1764 (or 1768) Md (census #1655) - d 15 July 1854 Bot
Co - ps George 8 Salome LAYMAN, marked wrong - cd old age - rep by friend
Harryman LUNSFORD [reported wrong parents] - buried Lemon town Cem - h/ o Barbara BAUMGARDNER - Adm Leroy CAMPBELL - Ref I p279 [did not state if WB or DB],
partition of land, on 21 Oct 1854, to 1 Christopher LEMMON, 2 Mary SNIDER, 3
George LEMMON, 4 Jacob LEMMON, 5 John LEMMON, 6 Elizabeth COO~, 7 Barbara
COOK, 8 Heirs of Samuel LEMMON, 9 Heirs of Daniel LEMMON, 10 David LEMMON
LEMON, George - b 1809 - d 1881 - f [Jacob LEMON] - m [Jane GILLILAND] - h/o
Joanna [PERSINGER] LEMON - grave Lemon Cem (near Lick Run)
LEMON, George E (unmd) - b ca 1840 Bot Co - d 1861 - age 21y lOm - f John
LEMON - m Bester [or Harriet LEMON] - cd fever - rep by father
LEMMON, George Gideon - b ca June 1852 Bot Co - d 4 Mar 1860 - age 7y 9rn 7d
- f ?William B LEMMON - m Ann Susan LEMMON - cd dyptheria - rep by mother
LEMON, Gladis C - b 7 Aug 1913 - d 10 July 1915 - f Liburn J LEMON (b Bot Co)
- m Hollie F (BURST) (b Va) - buried Brick Union Cem - cd clio colitis
LEMON, Jack - b 7 May 1763 _ d 6 Nov 1848 - f [George LEMON d 1807] - m Agnes
Elizabeth YOUNG - Ref WB G p563, will dated 11 Apr 1848 - wife Jane; Ch John,
George, James, Samuel, Susan, William; Gdau Elizabeth PITZER - h/o Jane
"Genny" GILLILAND - grave Lemon Cem (near Lick Run)
LEMON, Jacob (urund) - b ca 1842 Bot Co - d 1861 - age 19y Sm - f John LEMON
- m Bester [marked out, replaced with Harriet LEMMON] - cd fever - rep by
father
LEMON, Jacob M - b 9 Oct 1834 - d 7 July 1896 - f [Jacob LEMON] - m [Mary
(WIERS) (CRAWFORD) LEMON - h/o [Martha J (REID) LEMON - grave Oriskany Cem
LEMMON (or LAYMAN), James - b ca 1816 Va (census #1653) - d by 13 Nov 1865 f Daniel LAYMAN - m Mary BAUMGARDNER - h/o Margaret ..Peggy .. KESSLER - Ex
Margaret LEMMON
LEMON, J ames E - b ca 1829 Va (census #321) - d by 11 Nov 1851 - f [Andrew
LEMON] - m [Mary ELLIS] - h/o Mildred - Adm William L ALEXANDER
LEMON, James Washington - b 1836 - d 1920 - f [William B LEMON] - m [Martha]
- h/o Lucinda Hazeltine DILLMAN LEMON - grave Hogan-Old Cem (Little Catawba)
LEMON, Jane - b ca Jan 1771 Bot Co - d 30 Nov 1858 - age 87y lOm - f [James
GILLILAND] - m [Susannah] - cd age - r ep by son G LEMON - w/o Jacob LEMON [d
1848]

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LEMON, Joanna - b 25 Aug 1825 (All Co) - d (9 or 28) Oct 1913 (recorded in 2
places) - f Andrew PERSINGER (b Va) - m Elizabeth (STICt:LEMAN) (b Va) - buried
Lick Run Cem - cd erysipalas - [w/o George LEMON (d 1881)]
LEMMON, Joel B - b 13 July 1828 - d 9 Jan 1910 - f [Chrisley LEMMON] - m
[Sidney BAKER] - h/o #1 Eliza A
; #2 [Emma J VAUGHN] - grave Mill Creek Cem
LEMMON (or LAYMAN), John - b ca 1795 Bot Co (census #263) - d 16 June 1867 age 72y - f Jacob (marked out, Christian written above) LEMMON - m Catherine
(marked out, Bester BAKER written above) - cd spasms - rep by son William H
LEMMON (LAYMAN) - h/o Hester LEMMON - (Adm 13 May 1867 William B LAYMAN, all
has been marked out)
LEMMON (or LAYMAN), John - b 6 Mar 1796 Bot Co (census #723) - d 24 July 1861
- f [George LEMMON] - m [Barbara] BAUMGARDNER - cd flux - rep by son John ~
LEMMON - h/o Mary (KESSLER) LEMMON (d 1858) - Ref Death Bk, Lemontown gravestone - (Adm 13 May 1867 William H LAYMAN, all has been marked out, replaced
with Daniel H KESSLER
LEMON, John B - b ca 18 51 - d 18 June 1857 - f George LEMON - m Ann - cd fever
- rep by mother
LEMMON, John Henry - b ca 1859 Bot Co - d 5 Oct 1862 - age 3y LEMMON - m Ann - cd diptheria - rep by father

f

Abraham K

LEMON, John K - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 18 Mar 1857 - f George LEMON - rn Ann cd fever - rep by mother
LEMON, John N[ewton] - b 18 Jan 1834 - d 14 Mar 1909 - f [John LEMON] - m
[Harriet LEMON] - h/o Elizabeth JOHNSON LEMON - grave Lemon Cem (near Lick
Run)
LEMON, John P - b 18 Mar 1837 - d 17 Oct 1889 - f [Christley LEMON] - m
[Sidney BAXER] - h/o Hollie LEMON (1843-1892) - Ref Troutville gravestone
LEMON, Josephine - b 22 Feb 1914 Bot Co - d 22 Feb 1914 - f William T (circled, L written beside) LEMON (b Bot Co) - m Mrs Virgie (BORER) [GRAYBILL] (b
Bot Co) - cd born dead
LEMON, Julia A - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d Nay 1861 - age 7 y - f Samuel LEMON - m
E - cd diptheria - rep by father
LEMON, Juliet: Douglas - b 12 July 1 817 - d 10 Mar 1909 - w/o [Jonathan LEMON]
- grave Bethel Cern
LEMON, Kate BRUGH - b 17 Nov 1854 - d 7 Sep 1948 - f [Daniel BRUGH] - m
[Elizabeth RADER] - w/o Dr Rufus M LEMON - grave Mill Creek Cem
LEMON, Lucinda Hazeltine - b 1847 - d 1928 - f [Daniel B] DILLMAN - m [Polly]
_ w/o James Washington LEMON - grave Hogan-Old Cem (Little Catawba)
LEMON, Lut:it:ia "Tichie" - b 14 Aug 1849 Bot Co - d 21 May 1914 - f Samuel
RHULE (b Jackson, Bot Co) - m Sarah (FARRIES) (b Vinton, Va) - w/o William
Thomas LEMON - cd apoplexy - grave Brick Union Cem

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LEMON, Margarette - b 1843 Bot Co - d 11 Sep 1913 - f G[eorge]
- m Dina (KESLER) (b Va) - buried Sharon Cem - cd cancer
LEMON, Martha J - b 11 Sep 1830 - d 24 June 1890 - f
HIFES - w/o Jacob M LEMON - grave Oriskany Cem

w LEMON (b Va)

[John REID] _ m [Rebecca

LEMMON, Mary "Polly" - b ca 1792 or ca 1808 Deat h Bk - d 2 Oct 1868 or 17 June
18~8 or 28 Sep 1868 Death Bk - age 60 or 66y - f [Abraham KESSLER] - m [ Catherine HEPLER ] - w/o John LEMMON (1796-1861) - Ref Lemontown gravestone - cd
heart d i sease - rep by son Carlton D LEMON - adm bond 12 Oct 1868 Robert:. R
LUNSFORD, adm bond 13 June 1870 Sheriff THOMPSON (revoked Sep 1870 Jacob M
LEMON
LEMMON, Mary A - b ca 1860 Bot Co - d 7 Jan 1864 - age 3y llm 7d - f Jobn M
LEMON - m Louisa - cd diptheria - rep by mother
LEMMON, Mary Elizabeth - b ca May 1848 - d 2 Mar 1 860 - age l ly 9m 22d William B LEMMON - m Ann Susan - cd Dytheria - rep by mother

f

LEMMON, Mason - b ca 1841 Bot Co - d 15 Nov 1857 - f Christopher LEMMON - m
Sydney [BAKER] - cd causualty - rep by father
LEMON, "Mollie" J (Mary) - b 22 July 1843 [Rke Co] - d 18 Nov 1892 - f [ Andrew BEAMER - rn Elizabeth - w/o John P LEMON (1837 -1889) - Ref Troutville
graves tone
LEMON, R[ufus] M, Dr - b 25 Aug 1856 - d 18 Oct 1916 - f [Joel B LEMON] - m
[Eliza A WRIGHT] - b/o Xate BRUGH LEMON - g rave Mill Creek Cem
LEMON, Samuel Iesler - b 9 Feb 1856 All Co - d 2 Jan 1916 - f George Washington LEMON (b All Co) - m Dianna (KESLER) (b Fincast l e) - buried Clifton
Forge Cem - cd pneumonia
LEMMON, Sarah A - b ca Aug 1858 Bot Co - d 5 May 1860 - age ly 9m 20d ?William B LEMMON - m Ann Susan LEMMON - cd dyptheria - rep by mother

f

LEMON, Sarah J - b ca 1851 Bot Co - d May 1861 - age lOy - f Samuel LEMON m E - cd diptheria - rep by father
LEMON, Sidney - b 17 Feb 1802 - d S Dec 1871 - f
tian LEMON (d 1874) - Ref Lemontown gravestone

[S amuel BAKER] - w/o Chris-

LEMMON, Virginia F - b 1859 Bot Co - d 3 Oct 1 864 - age Sy Om 3d LEMON - m Louisa - cd d i ptheria - rep by mot her

f

John M

LEMON, Virginia M [ or Mary V] - b 6 Dec 1856 Bot Co - d July 1858 - age ly 6m
- f George (circled &amp; wr itten above James) LEMON - m R[ebecca PERSINGER] cd flux - rep by head of family James LEMON (see n ame of fathe r)
LEMON, William Edward - b 18 Apr 1916 Oriskany - d 18 Apr 1916 - f James Edward LEMON (b Bot Co) - m Cora Ballard (CRAWFORD) (b Oriskany) - buried
Oriskany Cem - cd difficult birth
LEMON, William H - b ca 1831 Bot Co - d 1865 - age 34y - f Jacob LEMON - m
Polly WIERS - cd amputation - rep by bro Jacob M LEMON - h/o Hettie (EVANS)
LEMON

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LEMON, William Thoma s - b [ca 1847] - f [Jame s S LEMON] - m [Sarah CLEAR] h/o "Tisbie " Lutitia Rule LEMON - grave Bri ck Un i on Cem
LENTON see LANTBRON
LEONARD see William RUSSELL, Sarah Ann RILEY
LEONARD, Ann - b ca 1807 (1850 Bot Co census #598) - d 1869 - f BUSSELL w/o no t md but bore ch to Jos eph LEONARD, see LEONARD vs LEONARD, ende d 1781
(drawer 42) - Ex bond 10 May 1869 Anthony LEONARD
LEONARD, James - b ca 1818 Va (census #597) - d by 13 Mar 1865 - b/o [#1
Na ncy J (d 27 May 1856 Death Bk) #2 Mary France s BASTIN] - Adm Robert R
LUNSFORD
LEONARD , Mary (widow) [probabl y same as Ann , see ] - b ca 1803 Cumberl and Co,
Va - d 2 Mar 1869 - ag e 66y - cd gravel - rep by son John LEONARD
LEONARD, Na nnie Bell - b 18 Oc t 1912 Bot Co - d 10 Apr 1913 - f Robert F
LEONARD ( b Bot Co) - m Nannie (ST CLAIR (b Bed Co ) - bur ied Gl ade Creek Cem
- cd meneng i t i s
LEONARD, Na ncy Jane - b ca 1821 Bed Co - d 27 May 1856 - age 3Sy - cd childbed fever - rep by bus James LEONARD
LEONARD, W S - b l J une 1893 Bot Co - d 16 Apr 1915 - f J W LEONARD (b Bot Co)
- rn Rosa (GILES) (b Bed Co) - buri ed Bl ue Ridge Cem - cd TB
LESLIE see Mary E HELMICK
LESLIE, Elizabeth - b 10 July 1839 Bot Co - d 26 Feb 1917 Bot Co - f Chrisley
LEMON ( b Va) - m Sidney (BAKER) (b Va) - buried Gla de Creek Cem - cd
Va l v ular heart l esion
LESLIE, William - b 15 J an 1853 Pul ask i Co , Va - d 28 Sep 1912 Bot Co - f
John LESLIE (b Pul aski Co) - rn don ' t know - buried Baldwin, Va cern - cd
catar oh al cond i tion of bowe l s &amp; blader
LESTER see Larkin Rakton THOMPSON
LETSHAW see LATSHAW
LEVY, John - b 17 56 I r e l and - d May 1856 - cd old age - rep by Steward of
the poor
LEWIS see Richard BANDY, Ma di son T BEALE, J ohn MADISON, William McCLENACHAN,
Jo s eph PHIPPS , Geor ge L Killum BEALE, Li za CRAIG, Charles C SPEARS, Jonathan
TOSH, Mary Sophia WOODVILLE
LEWI S, Al exander (of Sweet Springs) - d by 27 May 1799 - Ref WB A p513, app
LEWI S , Andrew - d by 14 Feb 1782 - Ref WB A pl41, will dated 23 Jan 1780,
admr bond - wi fe
; Ch J ohn, Samuel, Thomas, Andrew, William; Anne (under
14 on 9 May 1782);--Gss Andrew , Samuel 8 Charlie (all sons of John) ; bros
Th oma s , Wi l liam ; sis Margaret - ad.mr Andrew LEWIS, Thomas LEWIS

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LEWIS, Andrew Jr, Capt - d by 29 Nov 1 8 14 - [John LEWIS] - m [Martha] - Ref
WB B p407, 416, WB C p251 app, sale; WB C p21 dower; WB C p322 sett l ement dower to Jane; Ch Sally (md James L WOOD); John, William, Patsy, Samuel,
Emeline, Eliza, Jane Ann - On 12 Mar 1816 , WD, Patsy, Eme line, Samuel , Eliza
&amp; Jane were under 1 4 8 by 12 June 1 821 Emeline was over 14. - Admrs Nat Burnwell, Allen TAYLOR [see Chalkley's II p232, 233]
LEWIS, John, Capt - d by 14 Aug 1783 - Ref WB A pl88 , wi ll dated 9 Oct 1782 ,
admr bond - wife Marthew; Ch Andrew, Samuel, Charles, Elizabeth 8 one unborn;
bros Andrew, Thomas - admr Thomas LEWIS, Andrew LEWIS
LEWIS, John, Capt ( Rev so ldier) - b ca 1755 - d 4 June 1823 near Sweet Spri ngs
- age 68y - r ep in "Herald of the Valley" 20 June 1823
LEWIS, John - d by 19 Apr 1902 - cd natural causes - Ref Inquest papers
LEWIS, Martha Rosella - d 30 Sep 1822 - f Capt Andrew LEWIS, dec ' d - rep by
"Herald of t he Valley" 9 Nov 1822
LEWIS, Sallie Gray - b 28 May 1 835 - d 12 Mar 1918 - w/o #1 C C SPEARS, #2 J
D LEWIS - grave Fincastle Presby cem
LIEB see LEIB, LIPES
LIEB, Rebecca - b ca 177 7 Pa - d 11 Aug 1857 - cd c onsump tion - rep by hus
Moses LIEB
LIFFORD (mayb e SIFFORD), Jane - b ca 1813 Bed Co - d 15 Sep 1855 - f Richardson ALPINE - cd enew mon ia - rep b y hus George LIFFORD
LIKENS, Andrew (also writ t en LUKINS ) - d by 10 Mar 1780 - Ref WB A pl32 , admr
bond, appra i sal , settlement - On 10 Nov 1780 orphans named Andrew, Margaret,
David, Jones, Philip - admr Marcus LIKENS
LINDSEY see Thomas REED, LINSEY
LINDSEY, Andrew y - b 23 May 1868 - d 6 J u l y 1897 - Ref Allen-Carper Cem
(near ruins old Allen house)
LINDSEY, BF - b S May 1869 Bristol, Va - d 23 May 1 9 14 - f R J LINDSEY (b Va)
- m Bebecca (TEMPLIN) (b Va) _ buried Buchanan Cem - cd shot himse lf with
pistol
LINDSEY, Elizabeth - b 13 July 1796 - d 29 Mar 1875 - Ref Sheets fa mily
gravestone, River Bottom near Eagle Rock
LINDSEY, Henry - b 6 Feb 1840 - d 28 May 1841 - Ref Sheets fami l y g ra vestone
River Bottom near Eagle Rock
LINDSEY, Margaret - d by Apr 1804 - Ref WB B p62, will dated 20 Feb 1801 sons : Samuel, Matthew, Walter; gch Samuel (of Matthew); Samuel (of Wal ter L);
Margaret (of Walter L); Margaret CANTLEY, Samuel CANTLEY, niece Agnes SMILY
L INDSAY, Matthew - d by 15 May 1778 - ref Admr bond - admr William CROW

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LINDSAY, Robert - d by 15 Nov 1775 - Ref WB [# &amp; p not given] , Appr &amp; Admr
Bond - admr John STEWART
LINDSEY, Samuel - d by 13 Apr 1784 - Ref WB A p204 , will dated 27 Sep 1782 ,
admr bond - wife Margaret; Ch Matthew, Erling (md ~- CANTLY); Samuel,
Walter - admr Margaret LINDSEY
LINK, David W - b 6 Sep 1872 - d 24 Sep 1891 - f J W LINK - m W V - grave
Mill Creek Cem
LINXENBOKER see Caroline BOOZE, Edward Gordon FLAHERTY, William Randolph
HYPES, John W KESSLER, William Harvey KESSLER, W L LIP ES, Alice MURPHY,
Charles A MURPHY
LINXENHOKER, male - b 18 May 1913 Saltpeter Cave , Bot Co - d 21 May 1913 - f
Isaac Wesley LINKENBOKER (b Bot Co) - m Mary Catherine (REDMAN) (b Arritts,
Va) - buried Springwood Cem - cd asph ixia (mucus &amp; blood)
LINKENHOGER, male - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 23 July 1854 - f Lewis LINKENBOGER
- m [Esther] - cd f lux - rep by father
LINXENBOGER, Abbett - b ca Jan 1858 Bot Co - d 18 Oct 1860 - age 2y 4m - f
Elias LINK.ENBOGER - cd croup - rep by father
LINKENBOKER, Adam (md) - b ca 1783 Va - d July 1849 - age 66y - f [Elias
LINKENBOKER] - m [Hannah STREEPER] - cd Paralasis - Ref 1850 Bot Co Mort
Schedule
LINKENBOKER, Bettie - b ca Feb 1862 Bot Co - d 16 May 1865 - age 3y 3m - f
Lewis LINXENBOKER - rn Easter - cd flux - rep by father
LINKINBOKER, Catherine - b 24 June 1805 - d 9 Aug 1882 - f [ Coonrod THRASHER]
- w/o Samuel LINKINBOKER - grave family cem (near Wheatland)
LINXENHOKER., Charles - b 24 Mar 1858 - d 19 Apr 1935 - buried Wheat l and cem
LINKENBOKER, Cora B - b 20 Mar 1884 - d 30 Sep 1901 - f W B LINKENBOKER - m
N B - grave Amsterdam cem
LINKENBOKER, Elias - d by De c 1821 , marked out; replaced with June 1817 App
ordered - Ref WB c pl72 , 174, 351 , settlement &amp; division - Ch George , Lydia
(md Joseph SPITLAR) ; Catherine (md Matthew BOWERS); Anna (md David RIDDLESBARGE'R ); Elias, Sarah (md Henry KAYSER); Joseph, Betsy , Hannah (rnd
SIFFORD ) ; John, Adam, Rebecca (md Abraham BOOSE) - adrnr John KELLY
LINKE:NROGER, Elias - b ca 1802 (census :/11747) - d by 13 Aug 1850 - h/o Mary
- adm Abraham BRUBAKER
LINKENBOKER, Elias _ b 27 Jan 1810 - d 24 Jan 1879 - grave Linkenhoker cem
(Milton farm, w. of #11 on 628)
LINKENROKER, Eliza - b 1847 Bot Co - d 22 Dec 1913 - f David NOFTSI NGER (b
Bot Co) - m Sallie (KINSLEY [written above is KIMBERLING]) (b Bot Co) bur i ed Andrew Chapel Cem - cd Brights disease - [w/o George S LINKENHOKER]

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LIN:i:ENBOKER, Eliza A - b 12 Mar 1815 - d 12 June 1889 - grave Linkenhoker
Cem (Milton farm, W of #11 on 628)
LINXENBOCER, Eliza Jane - b 1835 - d 1923 - f George W RADER - m Susan _ Ref
Brick Union gravestone
LINXENBOCER, Elizabeth [unmd] - d by Dec 1822 - f [Elias LINXENHOKER (d 1817)
- m [ Hannah STREEPER] - Ref WB C p376 , app - admrs John LINXENBOKER ,
George LINXENHOKER
LINKENBOCER, Emaline T (single) - b 27 Feb 1831 Bot Co - d 29 Mar 1869 _ age
38y - f Samuel LINI:ENHOIER - rn Catherine [THRASHER] - cd consumption _ rep
by father - grave family cem (near Wheatland)
LINXENBOKER, Emily Jannett - b 20 Feb 1844 Bot Co - d 22 June 1912 - f John
LINXENBOKER (b Bot Co) - m Lucy (GAUNT) - buried Amsterdam - cd heart disease
LINXENBOKER, Eugene Plybon - b 13 June 1892 - d 2 Dec 1895 - f W B LINKENHOGER - m N B - grave Amsterdam cem
LINXENBOKER, Eveline C Nace - b 1841 - d 1903 - w/o Martin K LINXINBOKER _
grave family cem (near Wheatland)
LINKENBOGER, Frances
Samuel LINXENBOGER

- b ca 1780 Va (census #683) - d by 10 Feb 1851 _ adm

LINXENBOGER, George - b ca 177 6 Va (census #1349) - d by 16 July 1853 _ h/o
Elizabeth STONE (d 1844) - Ex John LINKENHOGER
LINXENBOIER, George w - b ca 1831 Mont Co (census #1548) - d 12 Dec 1857 _
age 25y llm 20d - f John LINXENBOCER - Lucy (GAUNT) - cd casual ty - rep by
father - b/o Mary LINKENBOKER - adm John LINXENBOKER
LINXENBOIER, George Washington - b 19 Feb 1834 Bot Co - d 17 Sep 1914 _ f
Joseph LINIENIIOKER (b Va) - rn [Susannah (RULE )] - buri ed Springwood cem _ cd
carcinoma of right cheek
LINXENBOKER, Barry W - b 23 July 1895 - d 31 Mar 1899 - f
f Lula A - buried Wheatland cem

C J LINXENHOCER _

LINKENBOGER, Henry Taylor - b ca 1847 Bot Co - d 10 Sep 1853 - f John LINKENBOGER - m Lucy - cd scarle t fever - rep by father
LINXENHOKER, J p - b ca 1833 - d 4 Apr 1895 - age 6ly 6m - f [Elias LINKENBOKER] - m [Eliza A PEERY] - wife Ellen R BOOZE - ref Resolutions of respect in
Fincastle Herald of
LINKENBOKER, Jackson - b ca 1841 Bot Co - d 30 Oct 1861 - age 20y LINKENBOK.ER - m Eliza - cd fever - rep by father

f

Elias

LINKENHOKER, James C - b 18 June 1876 - d 4 Aug 1900 - grave Wheatland cem
LINKENBOIER, James Edward - b 2 Aug 1859 Va - d 13 Aug 1916 - f William LINKENHOKER (b Va) - m Estaline (McCOY) (b Va) - buried Forest Grove Cem - cd
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Vol. 32 - No. 4 - Fall 2008
(October, November, December)

CONTENTS
New Books In the Virginia Room submitted by Pamela Young

151

African American Ancestry- Remembering Dr. John Henry Pinkard
By Elizabeth Spoelma

156

Yearbooks, A Rich Resource by Pamela Young

157

Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier of Co. C. 2na Va. Cavalry
By Rufus I-I. Pee~ Contributed by Babe Fowler

159

Botetourt County Death Records, continued by Charles T. Burton

190

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Dear Fellow Members,
Seems like I just wrote a president's letter and here it is almost Christmas!! This is the
time of year to see family and friends and it can also be great time to add to your family
history. W hy not ask older family members about their childhood holidays. What
traditions did they have? Were special foods served? If you are part of "the older
generation" consider writing these things down for your children and grandchildren.
If you do decide to do some writing you might be thinking about a new word processing
program. Perhaps you're using an older version of Microsoft Office and don 't want to
spend the money to upgrade to a newer version. Open Office might be just what you
are looking for. It's a free program that looks and acts very much like Microsoft so
there's not much of a "learning curve". It reads Microsoft Word documents so anything
you've saved in that format is still useable. The program can be downloaded at:
www.openoffice.org
An other free program that might be helpful with those holiday photos is a program
called Gimp. My husband tested this program and pronounced it as good as Photo
Shop for editing photos. Maybe you'd like to correct or enhance some of those
impossible to replace shots. It's available at: www.gimp.org/downloads On the
homepage are links to tutorials and help files. A Google search will turn up more
tutorials and online how-to videos. The program can be used to repair and enhance
older scanned photos.
Happy Holidays and Happy Hunting,

Karen Kappesser, President
514 Scalybark Drive
Blue Ridge VA 24064-1328
Telephone: (540) 977-0067
E-mail: gkkapp@infionline.net

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New Books In The Virginia Room
All books liste d are available for viewing during normal hours at the
Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library.
923.173 M75 P926j James Monroe an Illustrated History by Daniel Preston
2008 Pictorial History Publishing
929.2758 Au84g The Georgia Frontier Volume I: Colonial Families to the
Revolutionary W ar,
Volume II : Revolutionary War Families to the Mid- 1800's
Volume Ill: Descendants of VA., NC &amp; SC families
929.37572 C414f Families of old Pendleton District South Carolina Volumes 1
- 4 by Linda Cheek 2007 Southern Historical Press
973.34 G925f Forgotten Patriots African American &amp; American Indian Patriots
in the Revolutionary War by Eric Grundset 2008 DAR
929.3755 ls4w B739c Colonial Families of Surry &amp; Isle of Wight Counties, VA
Volume 8 Will &amp; Deed Book 2 (1666 - 1719) Compiled by John Brayton 2004
Cain Lithographers
929.3755 Y82d York County, VA Deeds, Orders, Wills Etc., 1698 - 1702 2
volumes by Mary Marshall Brewer 2006 Colonial Roots
929.3755 Y82d York County, VA Deeds, Orders, Wills Etc., 1706-1714 4
volumes by Sherry Raleigh- Adams 2005 Colonial Roots
929.3755 Y82d York County, VA Deeds, Orders, Wills Etc., 1714 -1725 4
volumes by Mary Marshall Brewer 2006 Colonial Roots
929.3755 Y82w York County, VA Wills, Inventories &amp; Court Orders 1704 - 1706
2 volumes by Mary Marshall Brewer 2005 Colonial Roots
929.3755 Y82w York County, VA Wills, Inventories &amp; Court Orders 1732 - 1759
5 volumes by Mary Marshall Brewer 2005 Colonial Roots
929.3755 Y82w York County, VA Wills, Inventories &amp; Accounts 1760- 1783 by
F. Edward Wright 2005 Colonial Roots
973.52469 K419r Soldiers of the War of 1812, Roster of the Volunteer
Officers &amp; Soldiers from Kentucky first printed by the Authority of the
Legislature of Kentucky 1891, Reprint 1992

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929.3758 L962t The Third or 1820 Land Lottery of Georgia Compiled by The
Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. 1986 Southern Historical Press
929.3758 L962t The Fourth or 1821 Land Lottery of Georgia Compiled by The
Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. 2008 Southern Historical Press
929.375802 H981g Genealogical Material from Legal Notices in Early Georgia
Newspapers
Abstracted by Judge Folks Huxford 2007 Southern Historical Press
929.375802 H981 m Marriages &amp; Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers
Abstracted by Judge Folks Huxford 1989 Southern Historical Press
929.3757 L374d Abstracts of Laurens County, S. C. Deeds 1785 - 1800 2
Volumes Compiled by Larry Vehorn 2004 Southern Historical Press
929.34212 C673n North American Wills Registered in London 1611 - 1857
Compiled by Peter Wilson Coldham 2007 Genealogical Publishing
929.376902 K419L Kentucky Land warrants, for the French, Indian &amp;
Revolutionary Wars, Catalogue of Revolutionary War Soldiers &amp; Sailors of
the Commonwealth of VA to whom Land Bounty Warrants were granted for
service Compiled by Samuel W. Wilson 1994
346. 73048 C21c Guide to Copyright &amp; Contracts, a Primer for Genealogists,
Writers &amp; Researchers by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, CG 2005 Genealogical
Publishing
929.3759 G767hi History &amp; Genealogies of Old Granville County, NC 1746 1800
by Thomas McAdory Owen 1993 Southern Historical Press
929.375802 D297r A Researcher's Library of Georgia History, Genealogy, and
Records Resources Volume 2 by Robert Scott Davis Jr. 2007 Southern
Historical Press
929.375802 ln2h Index to the Headright &amp; Bounty Grants of Georgia 1756
-1909 revised Edition by Rev Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. 2007
929. 3757 Ed35w Edgefield County, S.C. Wills 1787 - 1836 by James E. &amp;
Vivian Wooley 2007 Southern Historical Press
929.3756 H336d Abstracts of Haywood County, N. C. Deeds Books A - C , 1808 _
1838 Abstracted by Bill Eddleman 2005 Southern Historical Press

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929.375602 B739t Transcription of Provincipal North Carolina Wills Volumes
1 &amp; 2 by John Brayton 2003 Cain Lithographers, Inc
929.3755 ld4w B739c Colonial Families of Surry &amp; Isle of Wight Counties, VA
Will &amp; Deed Book 1 (1662 -1688), Abstracts of Deeds, 1715, pp. 1 - 32
Volume 6 by John Brayton
2001 Ca in Lithographers
292.3755 W997re Records of the Freedmen's Bureau in Wythe County, VA
compiled John M . Johnson 2007 Keg ley Books
929.09415 M692b Basic Guide to Irish Records for Fam ily History by Brian
Mitchell 2008 Genealogical Publishing
929.09415 M692f Finding your Irish Ancestors Unique aspects of Irish
Genealogy by Brian Mitchell 2001 Genealogical Publishing
923.573 K772 P967h Henry Knox, Visionary General of the American Revolution
by Mark Puls 2008 Palsgrave MacMillan
973.3 N173f Friends of Liberty, Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kosciuszko and
Agrippa Hull by Gary Nash &amp; Graham Hodges 2008 Basic Books Publishing
917.78 R919 .m My Diary North &amp; South by William H. Russell, Correspondent
of the London Times who saw both sides of the war 1954 Fletcher Pratt
Publisher
929.0943 T352g German - English Genealogical Dictionary by Ernest Thode
1992 Genealogical Publishing
929.2755 M519g Germanna Heritage Book, Germanna Record# 15 by The Memorial
Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in VA 2000 Walsworth Publish ing
975.658T759s Shuttle &amp; Plow, A History of Alamance County, NC by Carole
Watterson Troxler &amp; William Murray Vincent 1999 Port City Press
929.3755 C152m Marriage of Campbell County, VA 1782 -1810 Compiled by Lucy
H. Baber &amp; Hazel L. Williamson 1971 Self Published
285.17558 H918L Lexington Presbyterian Church 1789 - 1989 by Robert F.
Hunter 1991 Printed by News- Gazette
929.2755 M51 9g Ancestry &amp; Descendants of the Nassau- Siegen Immigrants to
Virginia 1714 - 1750 by B. C. Holtzclaw 1964 McClure Printing

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929.4 Sa92if Female Index to Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers
of New England by James Savage 2008 Genealogical Publishing
914.1003 8283 Bartholomew Gazette of Britain 1977 Printed &amp; Published in
Scotland by John Bartholomew
973.345515 N848r Revolutionary Soldiers &amp; Sailors from Northampton County,
VA compiled by Stratton Nottingham 1995 Hickory House
929.3755 ls4w B739c Colonial Families of Surry &amp; Isle of Wight Counties VA
Volume 5 by John Brayton 2001 Cain Lithographers
929.3755 N763r Transcription of Lower Norfolk County, VA records Volume 1 Wills &amp; Deeds 1656-1666 by John Brayton 2007 Cain Lithographers
373.75597 W67 The Colonel 1947, William Fleming Yearbook
378.755792 R531ra The Rawenoch 1949, Roanoke College Yearbook
373.755791 J356a The Acorn 1936, 1937, 1938 &amp; 1940 Jefferson High Yearbooks
929.3756 D927r Duplin County, North Carolina Court of Pleas &amp; Quarter
Sessions 1784 -1787 Volume 1, 1788 - 1791 Volume 2, 1792 - 1795 Volume 3,
1795- 1798 Volume 4
929.3756 Or1 r Orange County, North Carolina abstracts of the Minutes of the
Court of Pleas &amp; Quarter Sessions of Sept. 1752 - Aug. 1766 by Ruth H.
Shields 1965
929.3756 Or1 r Orange County, North Carolina abstracts of the Minutes of the
Inferior Court of Pleas &amp; Quarter Sessions, 1777 - 1788 by Alma C Redden
2007
929.3756 B881d Buncombe County North Carolina Index to deeds 1783 - 1850 by
James E. Wooley 2007 Southern Historical Press
929.3756 W659d Wilkes County NC Deed Books D - H 1795 -1815 compiled by W .
0 . Absher 2007 Southern Historical Press
929.3756 W659d Wilkes County NC Deed Books A-C 1778-1803 compiled by W.
Absher2007
Southern Historical Press
929.3756 G223d Deeds of Gates County NC Books A-5 1776-1803 Vol. # 1 Mona
Armstrong Taylor 1987 Southern Historical Press

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929.275682 Ab88s Some Pioneers from Wilkes County NC compiled By w .o .
Absher 2007
Southern Historical Press
929.3768 C654d Land Deed Genealogy of Coffee County TN 1836-1 842 Vol. #1
By Helen C.&amp; Timothy R. Marsh 2006 Southern Historical Press
929.3768 C654d Land Deed Genealogy of Coffee County TN 1843-1850 Vol.#2 By
Helen C. &amp; Timothy R. Marsh 2006 Southern Historical Press
973.52468 G192w War of 1812 Soldiers of Maury County TN Edited by Jill K.
Garrett 2006
Southern Historical Press
929.3768 D639d Land Deed Genealogy of Dekalb County TN 1868-1 885 Vol. #2
2006 Southern
Historical Press
929.3768 Sm51d Smith County TN DEEDS 1852-1860 Vol. #3 2006 Southern
Historical Press

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Roanoke Public Libraries
Virginia Room
706 S Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24016

Petersburg Index Newspaper, Petersburg, Virginia
August 22, 1871
LETTER FROM THE MOUNTAINS
Fata/Accident 11ear Christiansburg-Shooting Affair in Pulaski County.
(Special Correspondence of the Daily Index)
Montgm'y White Sulphur Springs, August 20, 1871
A fatal accident occurred near Christiansburg on Friday last. Mr. Byrd Anderson proprietor
of a hotel in Blacksburg, and Mr. Wm. Hines, a carpenter r esiding near the Yellow Sulphur Springs,
were riding in a two-horse buggy and while going down a hill, one of the pole-straps of the buggy
broke, causing the horses to run off at full speed. Mr. Anderson jumped out and was badly bruised
about the face. Hines was violently thrown out, his head striking the ground with great force,
producing injuries from which be died, on the following morning, Saturday, at 3 o'clock.
Hines was a poor, but industrious m an, about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and six small
child ren to mourn bis untimely death. He and Andrews bad been to the I ndian Show, which gave a
performance in C hristiansburg that day, and it is said they were both intoxicated at the time of the
accident. By the by, this so-called " Indian Show," now travelling through the country, is the greatest
humbug of the age.
Since writin g the above, I learned from persons on the train, that a man named Charlton had
a personal difficulty, today (Sunday) with a man named Thomas, near Pepper's Ferry, in Pulaski
county, (near Central Depot.) Thomas was shot twice by Charlton, and is supposed to be mortally
wounded. I have no particulars at present.
Our crowd of visitors continues to increase, and this place has already regained its former
splendid reputation. We are to have a tournament about the 151 of September-preparations are now
being made.
Yours in haste, Barry Scratch

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.&amp;fri~1111 .&amp;n1eri~1111 &amp;11~et1fr~~
Remembering Dr. John Henry Pinkard
By E. Elizabeth Spoehna

I remember hearing my father saying, 'There goes Dr.
Pinkard!' when our cars passed on the city streets. I knew
he was a Black man because I could see him sitting on the
front seat of his car beside the chauffeur. He sometimes sat
on the back seat but I never saw him driving the car. I knew that he was called
" the herb doctor' or 'the yarb doctor' and that many people, both Black and
White, took his homemade tonic, which be sold from his drug store on Salem
Avenue. They said the tonic cured their ills and made them feel well and
stronger.
My mother was taking a medicine that she said was Dr. Pinkard's ton ic.
I don't know when she started taking the tonic but I do know she was taking it
while she was pregnant. The pregnancy seemed normal and everything was
going well untiJ time for delivery. She went to Roanoke City Hospital, now
Carilion Hospital. Dr. Saunders, her doctor, was concerned about how much
weight she had gained and how large she was.
When it was dark and past my bedtime, I was f rightened because my
Daddy hadn't come home. Our cousin, who was taking care of me, tried to
reassure me. She kept telling me everything was all right and if I would just go
to bed and go to sleep, my Daddy would soon be home. I think I cried myself to
sleep. In the morning, I was told that Mother would have to stay in the hospital
for a while and that my baby brother did not live. Frightening news for a four
year old.
Mother was a very small woman. I was told when I was older that the
baby weighed thirteen and one half pounds and was nineteen inches long. It is
a miracle that Mother lived. Mother's friends and our relatives, especially the
older ones, blamed Dr. Pinkard's tonic for the large baby, the baby's death and
the difficult de!ivery.
The tonic, of course, did not cause any of these problems. In 1923, the
doctors did not have the knowledge or the technology that is available today.
Mother's friends and our relatives couJd have just as well said that perhaps n.-.
Pinkard's tonic gave Mother the strength to survive the difficult time she had
with the birth of the baby.

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Yearbooks, A Rich Resource
By Pamela Young
The Yearbooks, I think, are one of the best resources we have in the Virginia Room.
When we give tours we always ask if anyone's parents/grandparents grew up in Roanoke.
It's wonderful when they find relatives. The yearbooks we have are all from donations.
The Virginia Room is very lucky to have patrons who look out for yearbooks for us. The
Virginia Room is a great reunion destination. Oh, the treasures you 'll find! Below is a
li st of what we have. If you or someone you lmow has a Roanoke yearbook lying around
we'd love to give it a good home. Every new resow·ce enriches the collection making the
Virginia Room even more valuable to genealogists, students, and historians.
We welcome your donations!

Virginia Room School Yearbook Holdings
E lementary Schools
Back Creek "Bears" 1992
Crystal Spring Elementary "Ils Fons" 1976
Westside Elementary - 1977
Junior High/Intermediate Schools
Andrew Lewis Jr. High, "Pioneer", Salem 198 1-1987, 1993, 1994, 1996-199
Breckinridge Junior High "Brigadier"1963, 64, 1971, 72, 73, 1976, 77, 78
Harrison School (segregated) "Highlights "1917 - 1957
Hidden Valley Intennediate, Roanoke County "Eyrie" 1975, 1985, 1986
James Madison Jr. High "Matador" 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978 - 1986
Lee Jr. High "The General" 1947, 1949, 1953, 1956 -1 959 &amp; 1970
Lucy Addison Jr. High "Bulldog" 1979
Monroe Jr. High "The Cardinal" 1950 - 1971Missing1954 &amp; 1959
Salem Intermediate-Trail Blazer 1971
Stonewall Jackson Jr. High- "The Stonewall" 1953, 1969 - 1977 &amp; 1995
William Ruffner Jr. High - Ruffner Rock 1971 - 1980
Woodrow Wilson Jr. High-The Wilsonian 1954
High Schools
Andrew Lewis High School, Salem ''The Pioneer" 193 9, 1941 , 1942, 1948, 1949
Cave Spring High, Roanoke County, "Accolade" 1957, 58, 1960 -1980, 1985, 86, 87, 88
with supplement
Glade Hill High 1951
Jefferson High "Acorn" 1910-1973-missing1948
Luc y Adclis on High "The Addisonian" 1946, 1948 (segregated), 1972, 1973

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Northside High -Roanoke County, "The North Star" 1963, 1969
Our Lady of Nazareth High Roanoke 1937
Patrick Henry High - "The Patriot" 1963 - 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973
Radford High - "Oak Leaf'' 1931 &amp; 1934
Roanoke Catholic - "The Key" 1962 &amp; 1963 &amp; 1975
Roanoke Higb-"Acorns of Roanoke" 1910-1920 * See Jefferson High
Salem High- "The Aeroplane" 1910 "The Oracle" 1915 &amp; 1923 "The Wolverine"
1931
Vinton High - "Roacovin" 193 0
William Fleming High - The Colonel -1942, 43, 46, 47 49-68, 1971-1974, 1977-1982
Post High School Yearbooks

Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley "Cohar ova" 1966-1968, 1971
Hollins College "Spinster" 1927, 193 0, 1931, 1962, 1964
National Business College "Talon" 1960, 1966, 1972, 1974
Roanoke College- Roentgen Rays (before 192 ) 1906,1922-1925 "Rawenoch" 19291930, 1937, 1947-1950,1953, 1954, 1955, 1984, 86, 88, 90,92 &amp; 94
Roanoke Memorial Hospital "Nightingale" 1959 Medi-Cen 1962, 1963
Viaud School- 1976
Virginia College - "In Ole Virginia" 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1928,
1929
Virginia State Police 1932 - 2002

From the Petersburg Index Newspaper, Petersburg, Virginia
Februa·r y 9, 1867
Sad accident in Salem _ The Roanoke Times of Tuesday chronicles the foil owing
sad, but singular, (indeed to those who do not understand the "pavements" of
Salem and their "bottoms" most mysterious) tragedy:
"Last Saturday afternoon, Miss Letitia Smithley, daughter of our esteemed
fellow-citizen, Jonathan Smitbley, attempted to visit a school acquaintance upon
"High Street" - owing to the late thaw, the sidewalk had lost its bottom - and as
she attempted to pass from the jail corner to Mr. Palmer's gate, the pavement
gave way, and with piercing screams she rapidly sank from view. Some of our
citizens made almost superhuman efforts to rescue her from her terrible fate but
in vain. The condition of the sidewalks were such that despite every effort, life
was entirely extinct before she could be brought to the surface of the earth. We
understand that some of Mr. Smithley's friends intend having a judicial
investigation, and if so, we fear that some criminality may in this matter be
brought home to our corporation authorities. We earnestly hope that by prompt
action they will prevent a recurrence of so terrible a tragedy."
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REMINISCENCES OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
Of Co. C. 2nd Va. Cavalry
By R. H. Peck ,
Fincastle, Va.
CHAPTER :I.
In the year 1859 at Fincastle, Va., I enlisted with a
company called "The Botetourt Dragoons." This company was
composed of 106 men, ready and willing to defend their country
when called upqn . Our officers were as follows : Andrew L .
Pitzer, Capt.; Wm. -A. Glasgow , 1st Lieut.; Wm. Price, 2nd
Lieut.; and Ja:s. :R. Thompson, Orderly Serg . Our first Serg .
was Edward Brugh, second Serg. Wm . Garret and third Serg,
Thomas McClu~e. Our first Corporal was Wil l iam A. McCue,
2nd Corporal Robert Rieley and 3rd Corporal Geo. Peck.
We were called out by our captain for drills and
parades usual ly on Sat. Our uniforms were navy blue with
yellow trimmings. We had general musters once each year.
we were invited to Buchanan, Salem and other points.
On our march to Salem we lined up in front of Hollins
Institute and called on Prof. Cocke for an address which
he gave in his usual pleasant manner and finished it b y inviting us to dine with h~m on our return. Capt . Hupp's Battery
of Salem , and Capt . Dierl y 1 s Infantry of Roanoke, met us
there.
Col. Robert Preston, of Blacksburg, addressed the
companies, also Capts Hupp , Pitzer and Dierly.
All this was
enjoyed, but not so much as the time spent with P:of . ~oc~e .
on our return three days later. We received genuine Virginia
hospitality, such as we longed for many times in the four
years which followed.
As the John Brown raid had already occured we soon found
that our service must be for defence and not only for
practice. South Carolina, Mississippi and several other states
had already seceded from the Union and when Abraham Lincoln
called out 70,000 men to coerce the states, the majority of
our men wanted to go to Manassas Junction to protect our
captiol, Richmond. We were called first to Lynchburg for
drilling and future orders.

FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR. '
We left Fincastle on the morning of May 17 , 1861, amid

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We remained at Lynchburg one month guarding the two
and drilling on foot and on horse-back.
On June 10th
Capt. Terry with Co's A and B went on to Manasses Junction
while we of Co. C with Co . D were ordered out June 17th.
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Our first stop was at Rockfish Station where we camped
out for the night, and our second night was spent at new
Glasgow. We reached Charlottesville by noon the next day and
spent the night near Orange C. H .
The next day found us at
Culpepper C~ H. by noon and night overtook at Warrenton Springs .
We reached Manasses Junction by night f~ll of th e next day .
We moved on to Fairfax C. Ho the following day and found Gen .
Bornem commanding the first Sou.th Carol i na Brigade, s tationed
there. Here we . pitched our tents on Sat. eve and on Sunday
a. m. a part of our Co was sent out on a scout and two of
our men, Calvin Garret and Joseph Robinson , were captured
by the New York Zouaves. We remained at Fairfax C. H . unti l
the 17th of July and I was sent with fourteen other men
commanded by Serg Garret, three miles be l ow Farifax C .
on the Falls Church road to stand picket, and at 9 o ' clock
a. m. we found that McDowell was moving on Manassas Junction
by three roads, via.: Falls Church road, Little River
turnpike, and Flint Hi ll road . Serg . Garret returned to
notify the General of McDowell ' s movemen~ , but the Geno had
already learned f r om other pickets , of his advance , so he
ordered the army to retreat immediately. As Serg . Garret
did not return to us Corporal McCue sent me back 3 miles
to Fairfax Ca H., and when I arrived our Adjt. told me of
the retreat and from there I cou ld see Col. Kershaws regiment
already engaged wi th the enemy , so I had ~o return to notify
the other pickets to join the command, wh ich.we could onl y
do by a flank movement and came very near being c ut off entirely
by the enemy. When I returned I found !ha~ two of our pickets
on the Flint Hi ll Road John Mays and Willi am Maller had
been captured
We continued our retreat to Centerville and
remained there until night. Gen . Beauregard's p l an was to
throw sky rockets to let us know when to retreat further
towards Manassas Juction and whe n we cal l ed in the last
pickets, we were fired upon by the enemy and two of our
horses were killed from under their riders, Edward Hayth and
William Walton.
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During ~he night, we marche~ across the B~ll Run at Mitchel's
Ford and laid down for the remainder of the night in front of t 1
g~ns , at Manasses Junction. We were awakened n ext morning by th~e
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was the first big gun I had seen fired , I remember well the
appearance of that shell to me . It looked more like a gatepost flying through the air than any thing else I could compare
it to. After hissing through the air about a mile it exploded
and I to l d the boys I knew it had blown Manassas to " kingdom
come" and she would need no more protect i on.
It wasn ' t man y
days after this though , u nt i l we became more accustomed to the
big guns , so we didn't jump at such h asty conc lusions and the
fireing wasn't so exciting or terr i fying .
I hadn ' t seen much
of the infrantry until that day and when they began double
quicking and crossing Bul l' s Run at Mitche l l's Ford in order
to meet the enemy, I imagined we had men enough to whip the
North right there.
At 9 o'clock on the 18th, the two armies met and for two
hours a raging battle fol l owed and when the Southerners made
a charge a l l along the l i ne , they drove the enemy back with
considerab l e slaughter, i nto the timber back of the lowl ands,
where the batt l e was fought , and they remained there until
Sunday, with " Long Tom'' occasional l y sa l u t ing us o
Our line
of battle extended from Blackburn ' s Ford up nearly to Stone
Bridge, a distance of 10 miles .
Sunday morning a t about 8 o ' clock Long Tom began firing
and we all thought the enemy meant to renew the attack, but
about 9 o ' c l ock, we heard fireing at S t on e Bridge about six
mi l es above Manassas Juction .
The cava l ry was immediately ordered to make a force march
to Stone Bridge and when we got there we found that the 8 th
Georgia Regiment , commanded by Col. Hunt i ngton, in trying to
ho l d the fo r d had lost near l y a l l their men and t heir commander .
The 2nd Va. Regiment arrived to go to their rescue , but failed
on account of the thick pines . About this time Jackson came
in and with Gen . Bee and others turned defeat into victory.
Gen . Bee rushed to Jackson and ~aid " General they are beatin g
us back . " and Jackso n said "we wi ll give th e m the bay o~et ."
Gen. Bee encou:aged by Jackson ' s response shouted to his me n :
Look !
there is Jackson and his men standing like a stone
wal l ." He was ever afterward cal l ed "Stonewall Jackson".
Gen . Bee was killed in a few minutes a fter mak ing t h e
remark to his men . The enemy, under McDowell's comma nd ,
was driven back with dreadfu l slaughter to Washing ton .
As we of th e 2nd Vao regiment were unabl e to get to St one
Bridge to aid in the batt l e there and were i n a dangerous
position, being between the fires of both armi e s , Gen .
Beaureguard ordered us to the rear. Jus t a t t h a t time Gen .
Jos. E . Johnson, coming in from the valley, r ode up to
Beaureguard ' s headquarters and took c ommand, h e being a
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to halt the 2nd Va. Cavalry. Col. Radford told the courier
to go to the D-- that he was acting under Beauregaurd's
orders . We we re not aware of Johnston being near , but as soon
as Johnston saw we didn ' t halt.he ga llop ed down and shouted
"In the name of Jos. F. Johnston I command you to halt . "
Of course, it wasn't any trouble for Col . Radford or his men
to halt, then.
He commanded us to cross Bu ll Run and go toward Cub Run
Bridge to intersect the enemy's line as it passed on retreat
and to shoot all the horses drawing the artillery and wagons '
There being 1,000 of us, we held the road for nearly a mile ·
coming on their right flank and being so near before they
'
knew it that we succeeded in capturing 24 pieces of artillery
and the men commanding same. The road was lined with dead
horses for nearly a mile, a sight no one would want to witness
again, but we were only carrying out orders .
Our captain ordered the fences to be pulled down and 3
other men and I dismounted and tore them down on both sides
When we mounted we happ e ned to loo lc to our le ft and saw a
·
house with a crowd of men standi~g around a well .
I proposed
to these three comrades that we could go up and fill our
canteens as it was a hot day. When we arrived, there were
60 or 70 of the finest looking men I ever saw, about middleaged and finely aressed . More gold-headed canes , gold glass es
and gold teeth than I had ever seen before o~ that number of
men. We asked them to fi ll our canteens, which they did and
just as they filled the last canteen, one of the men said .
to us that our command was retreating and I road around the
house to where I could see our line and it had passed nearly
out of sight. Just then two guns that we h~dn't captured with
the other 24 pieces of ar till ery, and a reg 1man t of infantry
also, opened fire on our regiment, ~nd Capt. Radford of 2nd
Va. reg iment and Serg . Ervin were killed and several others
wounded.
Just as we four men arrived to rec:o~s the road, a cannister
of grape shot passed down th e road strik1n¥ two of our ho rses .
We rode on about a half mile under heavy fire, but they were
over shooting us just stripping the leaves from the trees
when one of the horses fell d e ad from his wound and the other
une was still running on three legs.
I took the saddle from
the dead horse and carried it on my horse that was called the
"Flying Arti llery" and wouldn't carry two men, and another
comrade took the rider of the horse that was killed.
We overtook our regiment just as they were ready to recross
Bull Run, and were held in re~diness the rem~inder of the day,
but no order for action was given and near ni ght fall marched
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Just after dark a heavy rain began and continued all night
and about half the next day, so we were thoroughly drenched
by this time. Shortly after day break we started toward
Centerville and our skirmish line captured several prisoners
on the way. We moved very cautious l y through .the woods in the
downpour of rain, thinking the enemy was · at Centerville. But
instead of the enemy being at Centerville , we found the homes
deserted .
Tab l es were set with the most delicious victoals,
f ine drinks , etc, having been prepared for a general jubilee
after the supposed victory. Some of the houses were locked,
but the majority were so that we could easily enter and some
of the owners soon returned, so we enjoyed a bountiful repast
that was intended for the northern soldiers . After the victory
at Stone Bridge and the capture of the artillery at Cub Run
Bridge, as they were retreating , the enemy rushed on to
Washington panic-stricken. Had we realized the condition of
the enemy then, as we afterward knew it to be we could have
pursued them and easily captured them, but we'didn't know
the conditions .
We remained at Centerville until about 4 olclock, when we
began our mar~h to Fairfax C. H. , arriving there about night.
The next morning we sent out scouting parties and videttes on
all the roads and marched on to Fal l s Church and put out our
pickets, some of them nearly in sight of Washington . We
remained there several weeks and enjoyed the fruit of a 300
acre peach orchard. Finally a division of infantry was sent
to Mason Heights, wh ich they captured without any great lo ss
and a few days later Munston ' s Heights were taken in the same
way. From the Heights the city of Washington could be seen,
but the distance was too great for any bombardment. We moved
camp about this time and when we got to our new camp a terrible
rain and wind storm came up.,
It was a regualr equinoxial
storm . We hurr idly put up our tents and our Orderly Ser g.
cautioned us to ti e our horses well as it was so stormy o He
cautioned Marcus Ammen especially as he had an old ho-rse called
"Roachback" that was in the habit of breaking loose and rooting
around the tents to hunt for corn . William Harvey, Henry Payne
and McCaga Pitzer couldn~t s leep, as the wind was blowing so
dreadfully, so they got out and built a fire and cursed
everyting and everybody from Jeff. Davis down to Buckie Brugh ,
one of our company . Kent Stoner was sleeping wi th me and I
told him I'd give him my room and go out and help the boys
celebrate around the fire.
I reminded Kent of Basil Underwood ' s
sentence to death at the "Ringing of the Curfew,'' and how his
sweetheart said the "Cerfew shall not ring tonight, " and th a t
my motto for the present was that "Roachback must get loose
tonight . '' I went and unti ed Roachback and led him up t o
Albert Pitzers tent . The horse soon began rooting for t h e
corn and the orderly we nt out and soon recognized the horse
as Mr. Ammen ' s. He led the" horse down and hallowed : "Marcu s
! Marcus ! Mr . Ammen ! " And Marcus yelled back " h e l l o ! 11
Then he said "here is your horse that has gotten loose . You

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must not tie him well . Come and I ' 11 show you how ."
an d t h ey b oth went back to bed.

He d id,

In a short time I led him up again and he began his search
for the corn . Pitzer rushed out and called Marcus again and
Marcus said "well d-- that horse."
He tied him again and I went then and talked to that
cu:sing crowd at the fire and when Ma:cus ~nd Pitzer got
quiet, I led Roach-back up for the third time .
Pitzer came
out yelling to Marcus that he must keep that horse tied.
Then
Marcus said curse wo rds thick and fast.
I thought I ' d had
enough f un out of the boys for that night do didn ' t untie the
horse any more.
Pitzer was always telling us to fall into line quickly so
the boys nicknamed him ' Quickly ." Marcus was very quiet f~r
awhile and presently he broke the silence by saying : "D- - 0 ld
Quickly! If he foo l s with me any more, I' 11 thrash him. 11 r
was afraid to go back into the tents f~r fear the boys would
suspect me of the mischief, so I slep in Capt . Pitzer ' s
headquarter wagon
It was midnight by the time Roach- back
got settled and the boys never knew unti l I told them, about
six-months later, that I had caused the fun and trouble that
stormy night.
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The enemy then began forti~ying ~r~ington Height's and
bringing in troops to hold their position ? our men began
falling back toward Centerv i ll~ , but keeping our pickets out
about twenty mi l es toward Washington.
About October 1st the northerners began d riv ing in our
pickets, and Co l .. Kershaw, thinking it was a regu l ar advance
of the enemy sent me with a dispatch to Gen . Bornem at Fairfax
C. H
and he brought four regiments and the Washington
artillery to reinforce use The only man I ' v~ ever _had the
pleasure of meeting since the war that was wit h t~is Washington
artillery, from La., was B . T. ~als~e , Sr . ~ho s~ill lives in
La., but spends a part of his time in Vae with his son.
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The enemy did not advance further so the troops just
remained together over nighto The next morni~g Gen. Bornem sent
an infantry sk irmish line out to go to the He i ghts , near
Lunenburg, and try and ascertain the position of _the enemy.
As I had been a courier for Gen . Bornem severa l t imes I got
permission to go with the skirmishers and left my horse at his
headquarters
The men how bad been killed t h e evening bedore
when the enemy was driving our pickets, had all been taken
'
away during the night, as we found none of them, but several
overcoats were founde Kershaw's men had seen the dead men the
evening before, l ying on the fields , but none of our men were
killed, as they were considerably above us and were overshooting
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us all the time . We went as far as Lunenburg Heights and saw
no troops ahead of us, so we returned to Bornem's headquarters
and Bornem ordered his brigade back to Fairfax C. H . , and left
Col. Bacon ' s regiment , as picket. In three days I returned to
Fairfax and joined my regiment.
All was quiet for a few days, when a similar raid was made
and we were called out at 7 o ' clock p. m. and we tore down
our tents and loaded the wagons and sent them back to Centerville.
We were ordered to march about six miles to a little place
called Langley. Here we drew up in line of batt l e , every man
holding his horse, expecting an attack any moment and remained
there until day break . After day break scouting parties were
sent out in every direction, but no sign of the enemy could
be seen.
Bornem returned to Fairfax camp ground again. Co. C was
sent to the Difficult Run Turnpike and we began leaving
sentiment ' s on every road leading into this Turnpike, from
the north .
I was left 20 miles out from Langley, just after
dark . One other man from our Co . was left at the next road
above me, and from there pickets from another regiment guarded
the roads nearly to Leesburgo
In a short time after we were stationed a terrible thunderstorm came up and my horse became so unruly that I could hardly
control him at all . I soon saw by the lightning that there
was a man sitting at the foot of the tree under which my horse
was standing . I looked closely when the next flash of lightning came and recognized him, as a man by the name of Underwood
who had been our pilot on one of our scouting expiditions.
I
spoke to him and told him who I was and when and where I had
seen him , so he had to search him to see that he had no arms,
thinking he said , that I might think him a fake and shoot
him .
We enjoyed each others company all night, and next mor~ing
he went to a house nearby and got breakfast for me, also dinner
and supper for me and my horse. He certainly proved a friend
in need.
I was reli eved at about 5 o'clock that eve to return
to camp 20 miles distant. I soon reached camp as the horse
was tired standing so long, and I got a good r;st that night.
This I enjoyed you know as I had marched all night and all
day and then been put on picket duty for 24 hours, where no
one dared to sleep.
I was quiet and had an
next turn for picket duty,
twelve of us, commanded by
place called Hunter's Mill
but only had to serve four

easy time, for a soldier, until my
which was about a weeko Ten or
Serg . Brugh, were sent out to a
and stationed on different roads ,
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At one o'clock the next day one of our men went out in
search of food for his horse and he had just bought a new hat
the day before and when he passed my post, I told him it was
da~gerous to go out beyond the picket post.
But he said
he was going , so I told him I hoped the Yankees would get
him and his new hat too. He hadn't been gone long until I
heard the firing of 30 or 40 guns .
I , of course , look ed
immediately in the direction of the firing and here came
the trooper, like a winged animal , without a bridle for his
horse or that new hat.
I .could see that the Penn . Bucktails
were pursuing him , so I notified Serg . Brugh and he sent me
to meeet Capt . Whitehead to prepare him for a line of battle,
but by the time Capt got to Serg . Brugh , we could see the
line of the enemy extended out of sight to right and left.
So we were ordered by Capt. Whitehead to r etreat, which we
did hastily but not until one of Capt . Whitehead 's men had
been killed.
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The line of the enemy, we afterward found , extended
up to where our next picket stood. William Marks of our
Co. was wounded.
This occured in Fairfax County, and as winter was coming
on and we had a great many horses , Gen . J. Eo B. Stewart
·
made a raid into Loudon County to find provender for th e
horses. He took four or five hundred wagons, two brigades
of infantry, one of cavalry and a battery of arti ll ery,
commanded by Capt Cults of La. When we made our way as
far as Drinsville we encountered Gen. McCall , of the
northern army with a wagon train_ and ab?ut as many soldiers
as Stewart had with him making his way into the same county
and for the same purpose , we were .
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The enemy opened on us with five pieces of artillery and
damanged our artillery so much , as we were so hampered only
one gun could be used at a time , that Capt . Cults was forced
to retreat from his position very soon.
Then the 11th Va. infantry was ordered to the front to
drive the enemy's artillery back , but were unable to do it .
The 11th Va. lost several men, one of whom, I remember was
Melv in Gibbs. Both armies remained in position until night
fall and were more than glad to get back to quarters with
our provender. Ne ither claimed to have conquered or to h ave
been conquered .
The next day I got permission to ride over the battle fie ld
from "Dan to Beersheba" and was returning , I saw a lady
beckoning to me from her home .
I went to her yard fence and
s~e told me there was a soldier there who was intox i cated.
I
dismounted and went in and to my great suprise, found it to
be a man of our regiment, from Co. I, of Campbell County,
by the name of Johnnie Woote n, (the man who sat back in his
whiskers, the boys called him) . I insist ed on his going to
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the camp with me, which he finally agreed to do . The Capt .
sent him to the guard house and the officer of the guard
made him walk for two hours with the sentinel, as his
punishment.
I had received a box from home that day , which was enjoyed
heartily by all the soldiers you know. After partaking of
its contents I was in the best of spirits. Any child could
have played with me then . I thought of poor Johnnie Wooten
on his two hours tramp and went out to share some of my
provision with h i m. I found him still paying his penalty
and gave him a ration.
I agreed to walk in h i s place while
he would go a few steps inside the encampment to eat his
supper. At this interval , the guard sent the chaplain out
to reprimand and advise Johnnie how to conduct himse l f in
the future . When he came up the sentinel halted him.
The
chaplain remarked that he wanted to talk to Johnnie and
as I was acting for Johnnie at that moment, I got the whole
reproof and lecture .
After we three walked together about ten minutes, the
chaplain asked me if I wouldn ' t promise to do better in the
future . And with my handkerchief over my face all the
time, to keep him from recognizing me I promised faithfully
to try. The chaplain went back very much gratified to know
that Johnnie had repented so earnestly .
As Johnnie , in reality , failed to get this reprimand,
as soon as he was released , went in search of his horse
which had strayed over to Co. C' s picket rope. He was
so provoked , he cut the picket rope, which was againsed
the rules , of course, and was immediately sent back to the
guard house .
We were next ordered to prepare winter quarters near
Stone Bridgeo About this time I was sick and was sent
to the hospital near Centerville. After recovering I came
back to the camp , having been absent about a month.
As it was near Xmas, now, W. S. Hines, one of our Co.,
had engaged eggs and cream for making "egg-nogg" . My horse,
the " Fly ing Artillery," was very restless, pawing continually,
and I remarked that I wished I had a long ride to take
on him and could give him the exercise he needed.
Hines told me I could ride for the cream and eggs. He
went to his tent and brought canteens enough to hold about
a gallon and a half. I started off and when I got to the
house, the lady remarked, as I gave her the canteens, that
"the man must expect to fatten his sick man." I told her
I expected he had several sick men he wanted to give cream
to, never hinting at "egg-no gg", you may knowo
I soon got
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slipped r~ght in a hole ma d e by the picket rope post and
turned a complete somersault , falling right on top of me
I whistled to the horse and he sprang up at once .
I
•
thought I was smashed up right this time and would certainly
get a furlough to go home. My brother-in-law and a
neighbor , A . A. Woodson , had come down to take me home from
the hospital, but before they arrived I was back on duty .
They were sti l l in camp with us when this o curred and my
first thought was wheather I ' d be able to get home .
r first
tried to move my right arm and it work~d alright, then my
left and it responded also . Then I tried both legs
thinking
some of the limbs were sure to fail to work , but to' my utt e r
astonishment, I wasn ' t hurt at all , only stunned . My first
remark was that any big headed soldier that wouldn ' t get hurt
by such a fal l as that ought never to get a furlough .
When I got into camp and told the joke on myself the boys
enjoyed it hugely .
The winter quarte r s were completed by this time s o we
broke camp and occupied them. ~nile we were.expecti~g to
enjoy the winter quarters, unlike Geo. Washington's men at
Valley Forge, as there was plenty of every thing to live
upon and we were all well c l othe d, we rece i ved orders for
half of the regiment and Col. Radford to move on to Leesburg .
Five of the higglers from our mess were ordered out , so
it only left John K. Young , Lewis Young and myself.
The
regimental quarter masteT, wagon master and several other
men offered to furnish the rations and pay the three left in
our mess to cook for them. My job w~s to notify them wh en
me als were ready and as these m~n had contro l of the rations
they also had contro l of the whiskey .
When I went for them the first time they drew t he bottle
fo r a social drink, all around. Pharoah ' s dream occurred
to me that moment how seven years of plenty must provide
for seven years of famine . S? while I ~ad that bottle at
hand r thought I' d j~st.keep it f o r a time of nee~ .
I
accordingl y slipped it into my coat pocket, unnoticed by
the other men. Every time I went for the men , I p l ayed the
same prank on their whiskey, as I knew ~he whiskey was
to be blockaded soon and we would need 1t fo r the boys when
they were sick. Afte r three or four days some of them said
to me that somebody was taking their whiskey while they were
gone to their meals and I told them I was next to a detective
to find such fellows and I'd soon locate him for them.
Co . Munford 's tent was next to these fellows and he had
a cook hostler and man servanta This servant was a boy of
about ~ixteen, by the name of Bil ly.
They all c alled him
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the one; so black until he was blue , and charcoal was ashamed
of itself by the side of him.
It just occurred to me how funny it would be to put
the blame of whiskey stealing on Billy , as I knew the Col.
would take care of him. On my next arrival they told me
I was right , they could tell that very nigger had gotten
their whiskey.
I continued like Joseph to lay up · for the
whiskey famine until the blockade occurreda After I ' d
gotten all they had and they couldn ' t treat me any more I
began treating them. There was a moonshiner a couple of
miles from camp and a man was going there to get whiskey
so I gave him $5o00 to get a canteen filled for the quarter
masters, fearing theirs would run out before the blockade
was raised , and the man came back saying he couldn ' t get it
for less than $10 . 00 a canteen. I told him he was crazy,
that I ' d bet I could get a canteen full for nothing and one
full of butter milk besideso He said I was a fool and he ' d
bet me $l00o I couldn ' t do it.
I took the bet and we staked
the money.
I had two Yankee canteens exactly alike and I filled
one with water and put a little whiskey on top , as you
know they won ' t u n iteo We both then went to the moonshiner
and I gave him the counter - sign . He knew by this that I
wasn't going_ to betray him.
I gave him the empty canteen
and he went into the cel l ar and filled it. When he came
out and gave it to me , I put it in my saddle pockets and
gave him_ $ S.O~o He held up his ten fingers, signifying that
I must give h i m more.
I told him I was buying it for a Co .
and they wouldn ' t hear to such figures as that, and I'd
just have to gi!e him h i s whiskey back until I could ~ee the
men but gave him my canteen of water with a litt l e bit
' i skey on top i. nstead of t he canteen of whiskey. He
of wh
gave me my $5 . 00 and t?ok the canteen and emptied it ~nto
his barrel.
I asked him to tel l his wife to please fill the
canteen with butter_milk, if she could spare it , which she
did , so I go t my whiskey and butter milk for which he'd
accept no pay , and I won my $1000 Of co~rse the moonshiner
lost nothing, but some fellow bought water in his whiskey
after thato
I wouldn ' t take the $100 . I had won, but we all
enjoyed the joke.
Soldiers have to resort to many jokes and pranks, to keep
up spiri t s, that they would never think of in private life .
We each took our trun picketing around Drainsville, a
small town on the Loudon and Leesburg Turnpike . We made many
friends in this sec t ion finding relatives of some of our
county peop l e . A whole company was sent out on picket for
a three day s period and we were given money to buy our ration
while out, so we rat her enjoyed the outing
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It was a hard wi nter , but the 8th of March soon rolled
around and we were ordered to vacate winter quarters and go
to Richmond. The whole army did not go as Ewell was ordered
to Washi~gton Junctio n and half of the 2nd Va. Cavalry was
sent to keep up a vidette line from Manssas Junction to
Strasburg .
Company C. was among the ones sent and our first order
was to burn all the commissaries at Mans.ses. : Junction .
Then the next was at Haymarket . The next burned suplies
at Throoughfare Gap . At this point a great many hogs were
dr i ven every year and butchered and there was a large mill
which had cost $2 000 and was being used a s a packing house:
The citizens told us that 600 , 000 pounds of beacon was
stored in the building . We were ordered to burn this al so
which we did a nd when the lard ran out into the creek it
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chilled and formed a dam across Broad Run . There was an
acre lot about covered with barrels of flour at the point
we had been getting our supp l ies from , and as i t was feared
the Yankees would get that a l so , we were ordered to knock
the barrels to p i eces and ·ride over t~e flour to.destroy
it.
I was bitteTly opposed to a l l this destruction but
we had to carry out orders. ~e also h~d orders to blow up
the big stone
around which the first batt l e of Manssas
was fought . It took 40 kegs of powder to destroy
It was destroyed in order to prevent the enemr from fo llowing
us, as it was the main thoroughfare from Washington to the
foot of the Blue Ridge .
We burned the depot also , destroying numbers of boxes
sent to the soldiers from home . We open ed t h e boxes and
got out any money th~t was in ~hem , ate what we could of the
provision; and took such clothing as we needed . We advanced
the money on to the boys . We had to burn Loudon Station
also, just on top of the Blue Ridge , and the ~ast was at
Front Royal. The boxes at both of the~e stations w~re
ordered opened and , of course , we receiv~d so~e benifit from
them but not near so much as if t he soldiers in camp cou l d
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REMINISCENCES OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER

CHAPTER

II .

SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR .
Ewe ll then fell back to Orange C.H. and we joined him
there for future orders . Capt. buchene and Capt. White, of
Ewell ' s division , married two young ladi es in Fairfax Co.
and brought them in a fine carriage driven by a white man,
on up to Orange C.H. They were there at a private residence
boarding and would often drive out to the camp and when we
were tearing down tents and getting ready to go to the Valley,
these ladies asked me if I'd seen the Captains but I hadn't
and we began inquiring and no one had seen them for a few
hours, and we learned afterward that they had resigned their
positions put on citizens clothing and had gone to parts
unknown .
The ladies , of course had nothing to do but to
return to their homes.
We crossed the Blue Ridge at Sneeger's Gap in a down
pour of rain and p~tched our tents at E l k Run Church. The
rain ceased that night, so we were ordered to clean up
the encampment next day which was Sat . Sun . dawned clear
and calm and we all had the privilege of attending the church
services . The afternoon was spent in s leep, or rather a part
of it. We were aroused by screams from the east end of the
encampment and we l ooked and saw men shooting out from under
their tents and capsizing some of them in their mad rush.
we inquired for the trouble and some said a snake had crawled
over their faces, and others that the devil was in the tent.
After a number of tents were overthrown and all the men
awakened , nearly, we found that the trouble was a large black
snake running over the men while asleep . He ran in a mus~rat
hole , so no one had the pleasure of killing him for breaking
our rest.
We remained here a few days and scouting parties were
sent out every day across the mountain, and as far down as
Linden Station to see if the enemy was approaching.
The cavalry that was engaged in this vidette line, picketted on the Shenandoah River and were often routed by the
enemy.
Some of the men didn't stop until they got clear out
of the country.
About this time we had a re-election of officers and Col .
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had only commanded half, and Col . Watts was elected Lieut_
Col.
On the 3rd of May , when the regiment was near Lind en
Station, 13 of us were left at Flint Hill , several miles
distant, to have our horses shod, and as we were going on
to overtake the command , we met a man galloping up the road.
Serg._Lemon , who had charge of us , met the man first and
let him pass , but when he reached me I ordered him to halt
as I saw he was a northerner. But he fell flat on his hor~e
a~d swiftly made a turn in the road, so we didn't pursue
h:m. He dropped a nice gum coat in his wi l d rush, which we
didn't fail to get .
We were in Rappahanneck Co . and there were a great many

~tone fences and I told Serg. Lemon we had better get out

into the open on a high point and see if we could locate
any £orces of the enemy . We hadn ' t gone any distance until
we saw Gen. Gary with a division of Inft. and a regiment of
cavalry, making his way from Front Royal to Richmond .
We
soon overtook Col . Munford and notified him of Gen . Gary ' s
mo~ement and he waited until night fal~ and pass~d through
Flint Hill, and took another road leading to Madison C.H .
We camped and kept watch.
The next day some of Gary's men came out in sight and
Munford sent a couple of companies to cut these men off
from the command and capture them, and when we got to a
rock fence where we thought we coul~ cut them off, we found
the fifth Mich. Inft lying just behind the fence . They
raised up right at us and our horses were stopped so suddenly
that six of the men were thrown off and captured.
When Major Cary Breckinridge, who was in command of
us saw the trap we were in, he orde~ed us to "left about
wheel," and just in the act of turning , a bullet th~t was
aimed a t me struck c.c. Cahoon, the man next to me in the
armo
We had to retreat about 400 yar ds in full view of this
whole regiment and they were firing at us all the time . But
they were excited and overshot us and only the one man was
wounded. My horse was struck on the foot and had to make
three-fourths of the distance on three feet.
The roll was
called after we got back, but only the six men of Franklin
Co . had been captured.
After awhi le three indep endent scouts came up, Williams
Lamar Fontain, and Farley - s. Carolina and Mississippians. '
They wanted a dozen sharpshooters to go to where some Yankees
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sent among the others to within about 500 yards of where
they wer~ and we could see the hill beyond blue with Y~nkees.
We fired four or five shots each before they had time
to protect themselves and killed and wounded a dozen or more,
but then had to retreat for our own safety .
The next morning I was sent with C. C. Cahoon, William
Henderson and George Zimmerman, who had been wounded by their
horses fal ling with them , except Cahoon, who was shot, to
Madison C. H.
I led their hors es and took $100 to pay their
expenses on the road, but we were so kindly treated by everyone
that I didn't have to pay a penny. Mrs. Gen. Kemper had charge
of the hospital and took care of the men .
I took my horse , which had been wounded to the horse
pasture and got another and returned with the ambulance, in
several days .
The command was moving, but Gary reached Richmond and was
ki lled in the first battle around Richmond .
We next went back and joined Ewel l in Luray county, and
went on toward Front Royal, where there was a U.S. Garrison.
We joined Jackson at Front Royal , and Col . Ashby , with the
first Va. Regiment, attacked the enemy here and drove them
back with heavy _l oss . The 2nd Va. regiment was to the ri ght
and didn ' t receive as heavy firing as the 1st Va.
There were two Maryland companies in the 1st Va. cavalry
and they were eager to bring on the at tack, as the Maryland
infantry held the position.
The cavalry made a charge through a wheat field and the
regiment of infantry was lying down in the wheat, and when
the cava lry came near the infantry arose and slew a number of
our men. Colo Ashby then ordered our men to charge with
drawn sabe rs, which they did, with considerable slaughter.
This was our first charge with drawn sabers. The enemy
r et r a t e d to Winchester, about four mil es distant. The remainder of the day was quiet except picket firing.
The next day, which was Sunday, Gen. Ewell advanced from
Front Royal with his division of Infantry and Gen. Jackson
advanced from Strasburg with a division of Infantry, also.
The count r y was generally fenced with stone fences and both
armies made use o f the fences as fortifications.
There was a rock fence running paralle l with the fences
occupied by both armies, and each army was ordered to advance
to this middle fence . The Confederates beat the enemy to the
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the fence that they lost heavily before they could retreat
and re-cross the fence used as their fortification .
The Confederates followed them on into the town, and just
as we entered the village a lady be gan ringing a church bell
giving us new zeal 9 and the cavairy was ordered to charge
'
after they had gotten through the town. This they did with
heavy loss to the enemy and considerable loss to us. We could
have captured a great many more men, but they lined up a lot
of w~gons and set fire to them, completely blockading the road.
We could not pass the fire, of course, and could not tear
down or cross the rock fences rapidly enough to pursue to
any advantage . However, we drove the enemy to Harper~s
Ferry .
We remained at Harper ' s Ferry several days and while
we were there Gen. Banks was removed and Gen. Shields appointed
in his stead. Gen. Banks had command of the northern fo rce s
at Winchester and the command was given to Shields Just after
the battle .
While we were at Harper's Ferry, Gen. Jackson r eceived
word that Gen . Fremont was advancing on Harrisonburg from the
direction of Parkersburg, aiming ~o pe~ himo
So Jackson made
a force march, marching day and night in order to get to
Harrisonbur g before Fremont.
Shields rapidly followed us, but our men kept holding him
in check. We were sent on at the h ead of the army, as the
cavalry could make much better time. We arriv~d one day ahead
of the Infantry and rode two miles_b~yond Harrisonburg in the
direction of Parkersburg, and fortified.
Gen. Ashby maneuvered so wisely, that John C. Fremont,
(the old wally horse), thought he ha~ to fight Jackso~ ' s whole
army and was preparing for same . While he was preparing for
a general attack, Jackson pas?ed through Harrisonburg and went
in the direction of Port Republic.
When Fremont made the attack, we retreated hurri edly
through Harrisonburg , and Fremont censur~d hi~ Eng lish General,
Percy Windam , for a llowing Ashby to deceive him that way .
Windam pursued us and made his brags that he would capture
Ashby before the sun went downo He attempted it and Ashby made
the same attempt at him . Windam ordered a charge, but his men
woundn't follow him and he ran into our lines and we captured
him. Just as we captured him, Gen. Ashby was killed. A Confederate brigade was ordered back to help us and quite a
number of our men were killed, but not so many as of the enemy .
This is known as the battle of Harrisonburg.
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The cavalry pickets were stationed a l l around, but the
next morning just after sun rise , the enemy began to advance
again.
Gena Ewell ' s division took a stand near a l ittle
village called Cross Keys . Gen. Fremont marched againsed him
with a force more than double the number of his . At about
10 o ' clock the battle began and raged until about four.
Fremont
was completely whipped and never made another attack.
Jackson, now thinking his way was clear, continued his
march to Port Republic . But when he arrived, to his great
surprise, Gen . Shields had come in on the east side and stationed
a battery to guard the bridge to prevent Jackson from crossing .
Jackson rode up to the men commanding the battery and told
them to move the guns back to another position , which would be
better, and t hese men didn ' t know who Jackson was and obeyed the
order , and Jackson went back and marched his men over the
br i dge . He went on down the river with his and Ewell's divisions
to meet Shield ' s main army . We , of the 2nd Va. cavalry was
l eft in the rear to hold Fremont in check , and as soon as
Ewell ' s and Jackson ' s men crossed the br i dge they burned it.
Of course our cavalry could cross without the bridge but they
fired it to stop Fremont's infantry and artillery ·. The waters
of the Shenandoah were especially deep at this time , but we
crossed unharmedo
11\Then
had taken
stationed
the Lewis

Jackson reached the Lewis House he found that Shields
the very position he wa s aiming to get. He had
18 pieces of arti l lery in an app l e orchard a r ound
House.
It was on a hill and commanded three ways.

Gen . Bran ch wit h his brigade was ordered down the Shenandoah, at t h e waters edge.
Gen. Trimble was ordered up at the
foot of the mountain , his men being conceal ed by the timber.
Jackson's brigade came down the river about a ha l f mile from
Branches men , on a road running paral l el with the river.
Since
Gen. Ashby ' s death, Gen . Stewart from Maryland, was commanding
Ashby's men .
Stewart's men were ordered up to the right of
3ackson ' s men and in fu ll view of the Lewis House and Shields
who l e army.
Shields had taken his position and of course
Jackson had to make the attempt to move him from it .
Jackson had sent a regiment up a ravine about 400 yards
from the house and righ t in front of the battery . They were
entire l y concealed in a rye field . About 200 ya rds bey ond
th i s regiment was another regiment also concea led ~n the r~e .
Neither of these regiments knew the other one was in th e f i eld ,
and when the signal guns were fired for all to a dvanc e , and th e
men nearest the battery raised up, the regiment in t he r e ar o f
the ry e field fired on them, not know i ng the y we re o ur men ,
and killed about 300 before they found their mi st a ke . Bo t h
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Trimbl~, Branch.and Jackson, advanced a part of the way,
but when this confusion occured between the two regiments
in the rye field, Jackson's whole army seemed demoralized.
They thought, probably all those men in the rye field were
men supporting and protecting the battery .

The attack ceased for an hour or so, until Jackson could
notify his men of the plan, and when the second signal guns
were fired, they advanced from the three sides .
Brigadier Dick Taylor had been ordered up nearer the
batteries than any one e l se , and when the signal guns were
fired , Taylor 's men marched right up and took the guns .
Shields sent reinforcements and took them back from Taylor
and Jackson reinforced Taylor and he took them the second time.
Shields reinforced again and took ~hem back from Taylor
the second time, and Jackson ordered reinforcements and Taylor
took them the third time and held them .
Trimble ' s whole force had come down from the mountain and
Brnach from the Shenandoah , with Jackson right in front of the
battery. The cavalry had been ordered to char~e, by this time ,
and we drove them, with heavy slaughter , t en miles down the
river.
By this time Fremont, who was on the west side of the
Shenandoah, and the bridge burned , you remem~er, ha~ gotten a
position and fired a few guns , but we had driven Shields so
far down the river that he could be of no help to him then .
As we were coming back from driving Shields, Jackson
sent out a skirmish line and re-capt~red all of our ~en, about
100 in number who had been taken prisoners, and their guards
Thus ended th~ battle of Port Republic.
·
As my horse was wounded at Gain 's Cross Roads , and I wasn ' t
well myself, I was sent home the 17th of Jun~, afte: being out
18 months.
I was not able to enter th e service again until
Oct.
The people of the community got me to go as a gui de with
about ten wagons, to the Sal t Works at Kanawa , W. Va ., while
I was at home.
I went ahead of the wagons with several other
men from our county , who were going on the same errand .
When we go t to the top of SeWel l Mountain, we spent the
night at a hotel called Locust Lane. When we awoke the next
morning we found a s ix-inch snow on the ground.
We regretted
the snowfall so much, but to our glad surprise, when we we nt
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found no snow at all.
The next night we stopped at Tyree ' s Hotel. The lady of
the house was a sister of Mrs . Dr. Williams, of Fincastle,
so we felt perfectly at home. Wyatt~s Hotel, near Maulden,
was our next stopping place.
There were thousands of barrels of salt and a number of
government wagons, and a large number of oxen for sale. So
we planned to buy some of the salt and haul it back to Botetourt
and turn th e wagons over to government use there . But to our
surprise, at mid-night , before we coul d carry out our plans,
we heard wagons rumbling and were told that Gen. Floyd, who
had driven the Yankees from the Salt Works to Charlestown,
was falling oack. While we were still talking Gen . Floyd
and his staff came to the Hotel and ordered breakfast.
Gen Floyd wanted a courier to go to the Hawk ' s Nest,
a place about 30 miles distant, and hurry al l the wagons on
to the Salt Works; but after ar:riVi!J.g at the Hawk's Nest,
to turn all the wagons back.
I volunteered to act as courier . At first he was afraid
to trust me, but after questioning me until he thought he knew
me sufficiently, he had a dispatch written and gave me to
notify the wagon driveTs to hurry on and load the w~gons, and
they would be put acro ss the Kanaw~a on the fe;rry and sent by
way of Cotton Hill. The mountain road was so narrow that
these teams were sent this way to avoid meeting the other
wagons .

\

I was ordered to shoot any man who wouldn ' t obey orders.
Floyd knew that he could get the wago ns within the 30 miles
loaded and across the river before the Yankees could overtake
them , but it would take too l ong for the wagons to come from
beyond the Hawk ' s Nest .
I met my teams right at the Hawks Nest and ordered them
back . The dispatch also stated that all loaded wagons beyond
the Hawk's Nest, were to sell half their load to empty ones.
This they all did . Some were heavily lo aded and were just
creeping along .
After dividing up loads, we continued to carry out orders,
which was - to travel all night and not stop to feed our teams
until we passed two roads, known as the Sat. and Sun. roads,
where the Yankess were supposed to pass. We kept turning
empty wagons back and overtaking loaded ones and dividing up,
until we reached Lewisburg, in Greenbrier Co. We were about
two weeks making the tripo This was the only time I had any
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~very letter that went to the boys in the eastern army,
I think, told of my trip to the Salt works , and the boys
began to think I ought to be back fighting inst ead of
guiding wagon trains.

The boys showed the letters to Capt. Breckinridge and
he ordered me to be brought back by an officer . Sheriff
Linkenhoker , when he go t the lett er from Capt. B-, came
to me and told me his orders .
I told him that Xerxes 6 ,0 00 , 000 men couldn 't take me
back under arrest. I told him I was going back soon, that r
wasn 't yet able to ride on horse back, so far and constantly .

The next day I wnet to the army surgeon , Dr. Mayo of
Buchanan , and showed him the order and he remarked th~t
"they are a set of fools, your are here under a l egal
certificate . " I had three ce rt ific;:ates fro~ the family
physician of my inability for ser~ic;:e, but in Aug., Gen . Lee
had passed an order that no certificate could be recognized
except from an army ' surgeon, so I had been to_him in Aug.
and twice since that time, so held three of his certificates
in Dec.
Dr . Mayo gave me a reconunendation to e it~ er be discharged
or detailed for light dutyo I'd ?een suffering from congestion
of the liver and was broken down i n general.
Dr. Mayo told
Capt. Allen , who was at the head ?f affairs i~ Buchanan to
give me transporta tion on the train as I was n t able to make
the trip on horse back. On the 20 of Dec: I started back to
Fredericksburg, where my company was st~t1~ned .
I was
detained at Lynchburg several day~ · so d1dn t get to Guinea
Station, near Fredericksburg, until N~w Year~ day ' 63 .
r went
directly to the Capt's tent and the first thing he said when
he saw how bad I looked was, "what in the wor~d have you come
back for"? I showed him the letter he had written to the
sheriff, Lewis Linkenhoker. He said I was u~fit_for service ,
but as they were in winter quarters and no fighting much , I'd
have an easy time.
I then went to Col. Munfords tent.and ~e greeted me with
the same question. I replied by showin g him the Captain ' s
order to be sent back. The Col . said I had b~en r epor ted to
him as absent without leave. I then showed him my certifica te s
from both Drs. Col. Munford remarked: " Wel l, I ' 11 stop this
proceeding right here, you shal l not go before a court-martia l
without a cause."
I told him that I prefered goi~g before the ~ourt-martial
that I wouldn't gratify these parties, who had c i rculated the
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but I wanted a lot of gentlemen to see why I'd been absent.
The early part of the New Year was taken up very largely
to straighten up the work of the old year .
In a few days about 75 of us went to Massiponix Church,
in Spottsylvania County, where the court~martial was in
session.
Capt. William Graves, of Bedford Co . , was there with his
company , guarding the prisoners. He had been commander of
the sharpshooters the first year of the war and I had been
one of themo He assigned the prisoners to different tents
and told me to remain with him.
It was a month before our turn came to appear before the
court , so he gave me leave to visit my friends all over the
army of Northe rn Virginia .
When our turn came, I went before the court and Captain
Breckinridge presented the papers to the court. They asked
me if I had an attorney and I told them I hadn 't but handed
them first my detail and sick furolugh , then my certificates
from Dr . Mayo , the army surgeon.
I then showed them Gen.
Lee ' s order for all soldiers to be examined by an army
surgeon , they cnuld see by the dates that I'd seen Dr . Mayo
on the day f ollowing, and when Dr . Carper's certificate had
only half expired .
I then showed them the order to the
sheriff to bring me back under arrest .
They asked me if I had any witnesses I told them I had
one , Capt. Bo whom I'd asked to please remain until I called
for him .
After reading the pape r s I asked Capt. to please state
to the court just when I ' d enlisted and what kind of a
soldier I'd been while in service, etc . He stated that I'd
volenteered at 19 when a school boy, and that he had joined
the Co. the 20 of May 1861. He said during the 13 months I'd
been with us he wouldn't ask for a better soldier than
I ' d been .
I was dism iss ed , but didn't hear my sentence until a
month lat er. When the last man of our regiment was examined ,
we returned to camp.
As I couldn ' t carry arms until my sentence was heard, I
wasn ' t liable to duty. But I volunteered to go into Stafford
Co. , with a detachment, to try to capture some of Gen . Averill ' s
pickets. We captured about 25 of them and as we were returning,
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sharpshooters of the 1, 2, 3 and 4 regiments, were sent
to the rear to check the advance .
Our skirmish line went back and aimed to get to a
little town of vacated winter quarters, and I saw a soldier
riding a beautiful dappled gray horse , so I made in that
direction and was ordered to dismount and advance on foot.
Not thinking that the man had gotten so near, just as I
started around one of the cabins, the man called to me to
halt and surrendero
I threw up my hands , of course, as he
had his gun right in my face, but even after doing this
he snapped h i s gun at me.
It was snowing very hard and the
gun failed to fire, and fearing that my gun would be like
his on account of the dampness , I drew my pistol on him, so
he surrendered to meo
As I took him back , I had to pass through the sharpshooters
of the 3rd regiment, and three of them had seen the man try
to shoot me after throwing up my hands . They wanted to shoot
him right there for the cowardly act, but I told them two
wrongs never made a right, and wou l dn't al low them to harm
him.
I took him on back to Co l . Ry l es , who had charge of
the prisoners .
When we crossed the Rappahannock o~ our r~turn , we were
ordered to lie down for the night .
This we did; we put our
gum cloths down on the snow , then a blanket, and had a
blanket for a cover. My prisoner and I shared the same bed
that night, but before we went to sleep , the_ three men who
wanted to ki ll the prisoner, came and a~ologized to me and
the man, for wanting to deal death to him for the error he
had made. We accepted the apology and they went back to
their men with much relief.
The next day, the 17th of Feb. '63, we went . to Stewart ' s
headquarters and turned the prisoners over to him and they were
sent on to Richmond immediately . Gen . Stewart made me a
present of the be autiful horse I'd captured and she was my
faithful companion for the remainder of the wa r.
I bought
her home with me after the war closed .
We all returned to the camp ground and remained about
ten days, when we were called out for a dress parade .
After all the orders were read out for the next day ' s
proceeding, the results of the court-martial were read next.
One man who was f ound asleep on picket duty, was sentenced
to be shoto _As he was so young and a good soldier Col.
Munford reprieved him and gave him a good , fath~rly l ecture,
and the man was a faithful soldier for the remainder of the
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Finally they came to my sentence.
I was charged with
being absent without leave, but was found innocent of the
charge and honorably acquitted. As is usually the case,
the first men to come and congratulate me on my honorable
acquittal, were the very ones who had caused the false reports
to be s tarted , I thanked all alike , but knew all the time
who caused the disturbance.
As the weather was bad and no dril ling or f i ghting going
on much, the main thing to break the monotony of camp life,
was picketing on the grand old river, Rappahannock.
On the night of the 16th of March, I had a dream of being
in a battle and of having to retreat, and while doing so ,
mired in the mud and was captured . I told the dream at
breakfast the next morning and they all laughed at such a
dream.
While we were still at breakfast, the orderly sergeant
came around and notified us to get ready immediately to go
down to Kelly ' s Ford on picket.
We expected a good time for three days out on the outpost,
but was kept at the village of Kellyvill e , all that day .
There were about 40 of us scattered around, but in hearing
distance of each other . Some of us were in hay mows, some in
outbuildings and some in a mill, to spend the night.
A load of gun s and 40 rounds of ammunition was sent us,
about the time we were fixing for sleep. Those wh o had no
guns got one from the l ot and we were ordered to clean up
the others , r eady for use.
After we had them all cleaned the Capt . inspected them
and if any of our guns were not good , they were sent back and
a good one taken from the new lot . We were eager to get to
sleep , but ins t ead of that at 4 o ' clock we were ordered to
go down to the ford of the river.
We rolled our b l ankets up and tied them on the horses and
were orde red to moun t and fa ll into columns of four. No. 3 Nos. 1 , 2 and 4 we re ordered to dismounto This being done,
we formed into columns of four again, and were ordered to
march on to the river bank, about four hundred yards .
There had been a heavy rain just before this which
fin ished up with a snow about five inches deep . This was
sti ll on the ground, but the river was swollen from the rain
until it was deep fording on horse backo
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suddenly
works at
snow and
men , but
positioµ

fell to abcut zero. When we reached the breast
the river , some of the rif le pits were filled with
ice , and those that were not, were soon £illed with
some of the men had to just stand and get the best
they could .

At about an hour before daybreak we saw a light that
we first thought was the morning star rising, but the l igh t
increased and we almost instantly found it was the camp fire
of the enemy, being kindled, making ready for an early breakfast to ~ome and attack us .
At daybreak they were coming in sight of the ford .
Gen.
Averill with a division of cavalry and 15 pieces of artillery
soon stationed themselves on the heights commanding the fo rd
and commenced a heavy f ire on us.
In about ten minutes Averil l ordered his men to advance
They came right to the ford, not kn?wing that we were there:
and we opened fire on them from behind the breast works and
drove them back with considerable slaughter .
Then Averill charged with another regiment, but we drove
them back also . He then charged a third time, just about
sun-rise and by that time three companies of the 3rd regiment
commanded by Capte Moss, had reinforced us , and Capt. Breckin-'
ridge, thinking we had enough ~en to hol~ th em back, ordered
us not to fire until they got into the middle of the river.
Gen . Duffe, commanding a French brigade , had the majority
of his men in and near the river before we opened fire .
Several men were shot from their horses and the horses rushed
right out of the river and over our breast wo rks. Some of
them killed themse lves on the stockades . When Gen . Duffe
got within about ten fee t of the bank, his hor~e was shot and
the Gen. came very near being drowned .. When his men rescued
him he was unconscious.
By this time so many of his men had crossed the river that
Capt. Breckinridge saw they would over-power us, so ordered
us to fall back. Some of our men didn't hear the order and
remained in the breast works and were captured .
We fell straight back from the river under a heavy fire
all the time and the men with the horses couldn't well get
to us on account of a fence and the heavy firing.
Those on
the extreme le ft had so much farther to go than th e others
that they couldn't get the horses to them at all.
I wa s
'
with the dozen or so, that was on the extreme left, and just
as I saw the man with my horse coming toward me, I noticed a
little piece of ground fenc e d off right be t ween us, which
to go around wou ld take some li ttle time longer to ge t to
my horse, so I just kicked off a pole and jumped over, to save
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distance, you understand, and to my utter amazement, I found
I had jumped into a bed of quicksand .
Four Yanks were pursuing us as rapidly as they could
and when they saw I had been caught in the sand, they rushed
ri ght on around the fence and drew their pistols on me . I
had managed to get out of the sand by the time they got to
me, but in doing so, had nearly dislocated one of my hips,
so cou l dn ' t rune The man with my horse saw that if he stopped
to help me, he and the horses too would be captured, so had
gone on knowing I ' d be captured - the realization of my dream only caught in quicksand instead of mud .
I immediately surrendered, of course , but found that three of the men to whom
I had surrendered, were beastly drunk.
By that time our line of battle was coming in sight and
the three drunken men rushed on for fea r of being captured
by our men.
I held to the mane of the horse that my captor
was riding and as we went back several Yanks shot at me.
The man told me to get on the opposite side so they could not
see me so well .
One man shot at my hand as I held the
horses mane and missed my hand and shot the horse in t he neck .
They were drunk and enraged because we had shot their General's
horse and he came so near being drowned . They were saying
d - - you, you killed our General! Some of them thought he
was killed .
When we go t ri ght to the rive r, I saw a lot of men standing
around a Gen. who was lying on the g round, and I told the man
who had captured me that if he would take me over there, they
certainly wouldn ' t fire among them.
It proved to be Gen.
Duff e who had been resuscitated and was just able to stand up
as we go t to him .
The man told the Geno that there was a man he had captured
and asked him what he must do with me , and the Gen. just reached
out and hit me over the head with the gauntlet of his glove.
He asked me why we dared to fire on his command with our
p i cket?
I told him we were ordered to hold the ford and would
have fired on Hooker ' s whole army if it had advanced. Then
he hit me again.
I told him I hadn't any idea of rece iving such treatment
from a U. s. Gen. Just then one of his aids said to me to
come with him and he took me down the river a littl e ways,
where about 20 more of our men were who had been captured
this same day, March 17.
As we went down the river the aid apolo gized for the
General's conduct; sa id he was drunk and would never have
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Duffe and the majority of his men were French.
The man who captured me was from the 1st R. I. regiment
and I told him about the man and fine horse from that
'
regiment that I ' d captured just a month before, and he said
the man was from his Company .
Just then I was ordered to fall into line with the other
prisoners, but I took time to thank the two men for their
kindness to me before falling in.
There was a company of cavalry on ~ither side of us when
we s-tarted across the river, marching in columns of four .
We halted a little when we got to the water ' s edge but
were soon ordered to "forward ~ar~h," and we knew that'ment
we must go through that water if it was full of mush-ice and
deep fording . As I was a small man I was ordered to get
between two large men, and we held to each other and marched
through. A Mr. Powell an~ Mr. Shepperson, from near Charlotte
c. H. marched on either side of me.
Matt. Linkenhoker and I had made such an effort to esca e
being captured and to get to our horses that we were about P
hot as a "ginger mill in Au¥ust '_' . But strange to say, wadi~s
that river didn ' t make us sick in the least. The water w
g
just over our shoulders. I rememb~r h~w the mushice and ~!ter
ran down my coat collar. You can imagine how pleasant that
would be , in March and zero weather .
It looked hard but some of our men had made the Yanke
wade the river about a month before; but it wasn't more t~s
knee-deep where they waded.
I.gues~ they thought it no mo an
than right to retaliate. All is said to be fair in love a~~
war.
As soon as we crossed, one company went back to join th
command and the other company took us about four miles to
e
hotel where Gen. Ryles had been ordered ~o hold t h e Yankee a
prisoners about a month beforeo We remained here a few h
awaiting future orders. Ou r clothing had dried while we ~urs
marching. We stopped and poured the water from our boots Nere
soon after crossing the river, so we were very comfortable
by this time.
The lady of the house and her three pretty daughters
came out to look at the prisoners, as they had a month
before, and one of them recognized me.
She came to me and
asked me if the Yankees got my pretty gray horse, too.
r told
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We soon heard the firing of the artillery back at Kelly's
Ford .
Gen . Lee had taken a position on the heights above the
ford and Averill made an attack on him.
Gen. Stewart had
been ordered from Fredericksburg up to Cul pepper C. H., to
attend a court-martial, and went with Lee as a spectato r
and not as a commander . He and Major John Pellum rode in front
of Lee's lines and the Yankees seeing him thought his whole
corps was there and began to fall back at once , under fire
from our fo rces, and lost a great many men in the retreat,
and a few were captured .
Some of our men were captured also,
and among them the gallant Major Cary Breckinridge .
The courier s ordered the gua rds to hurry us on to Fairmouth,
then Hooker ' s headquarters . We arrived about an hour before
sun-set, and about 9 o ' clock the who l e army returned.
We remained here three days and on March 21, ' 63, were
paroled and sent on the Fredericksburg &amp; Aquia Creek Road,
to a station called Aquia Creek. Ther e was a boat landing
here and we took a boat called "The State of Maine," for
Washington .
He r e we were put in the city prison on the
second floor in the basement.
There were 75 of us and ?11 put in one room . There were
bunks on the wall s and benches for seats, but still our
quarters were not comfortable , as the men above us had bored
holes in the water pipes and didn't have them sufficently
stopped, and water was running down the walls and over all
the floor except a little place in the centre large enough
to spread a blanket .
We were kept here until the next day when they sent us
to the Old Captio l Prison. We were all put in the same room
agai n, but the quarters were comfortable and alright. We
had pork and beans , coffee and baker ' s bread, good enough
for anyone.

As I was disabled by being caught in the quicksand, and
was still very lame, the guard al l owed me to go all over the
barracks .
I had to see the Dr. often, so I had a very pleasant
time going around.
Dr. had given me a pass, also, to go any
where inside the barracks . The barracks was a Park of 3 or
4 acres and was said to contain 10,000 men, Rebels and Yankees
together.
We had a f ull view of the street and often saw the Congressmen and President Lincoln pas s by.
The sentinel would often
tell us when different important persons passed, which was
a pleasure to us, to help pass time.
We were given quite a
lot of good literature to read, and altogether, we had a much
better time than when in service.
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that time, certainl y .
While we were there a lot of Yankees were raiding in
the Valley of Va. and a lo t of Confederates were raiding
also, and the two forces met and a good number of the
Yankees were killed . There was quite a lot of talk about
it, and it seems that the Yankees thought the citizens had
gotten the soldiers to attack them in s ome unfair way.
So a
lot of citizens from the val ley , were summened to come to
Wash ington , as witnesses in the case . Th ey were brought
to the barracks and put in with us . The Johnnie Rebs were all
g l ad to see them . We c a lled them fresh fish, and had to
irritate them, of course.
One of us would go to a citizen and get him to talking
and telling us about the affair , and the other boys would
begin crowding around c l ose by to hear , and we'd say , " boys
dont push," which meant to push and crowd ·more , until we got
our fresh fis h in such close quarters that so~ e o~ them would
get fighting mad. When we would laugh and enJOY ~t with the
rest, that was a signal to give way .
Dr. Lucas from Frederick Coo, was a large fe llow·
'
weighed more than
two hundred, and he got the maddest ' of all
until he understood the joke , and then he was the best fellow
we had to halp initiate .
We all en joye d playing pr anks on each other .
I named
myself the "limpy lame dog" and they al l treated me about as
considerately.
Some of the boys sighed and worrie~ over . having to s tay
in prison, but situated as I was, I enJoyed it . . we only
remained 1 6 days. There was a boat lo a d.o f sol~ier s from
Johnson's Island to be exchanged.and as it wasn t a f ul l load
they telegraphed to the Old Cap~ i ol that they could ta ke about
75 more men while making the trip . Straws were dr awn to see
which room wou l d be sent to exchange , and our room go t the
" lucky st raw."
The boat that carried us was cal l ed . the "~ rc:irie Fl ower ."
A beautiful boat i t was , too. We had fine sailing until we
got within about six hours ride of Fo rtres s Monroe.
Here a
heavy snow storm overtook us a nd the boat was compelled to
anchor.
After the storm ceased and we could see the li ght-ho us e
we made the rest of our journey in safety . We couldn 't see ' at
night, of course, but wh en morning came we found ourselves in
sight of t~e guns of Fortress Monro~. We r~mained here three
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that the ship had to remain anchored.
When we arrived at City Point, our exchange point, as we
marched out, another boat load of Yanks were marched in to be
taken home, and we were sent on to Petersburg by rail.
Here we were put in a big tobacco ware house, which was
hardly suitable for mules or billy goats, but there wasn't any
other convenient place near by . There were several very large
barrels in the building and I told the boys that mother said
I was always her best child to find out what was in anything
sitting around.
So I took my pocket knife and began dissecting.
To my great pleasure I found they: contained sugar and we soon
ate all of the sugar that tasted good in the barrel.
I talked to a citizen through the cracks of the building
and told him that he ' d better help to hunt a place for me for
some fo the boys had cut a hole in a barrel in there and had
eaten lots of his sugar. The man left and soon came back with
the information that there was a barracks about a half mile
distant that we could occupy that night, so we went over, and
such a place as it waso We had to stay all night as it was
so late when we got there, but it was only a good place for
bats and hoot owls. He consoled us by telling us that supplies
would be sent in from Richmond and they were, early in the night.
When we got our supplies it proved about like the surroundings. Well , we didn ' t know what to call it even.
Couldn't
think of a name in the English language to call it .
It had
been bread and meat once, but had been sent from "God knows
where," as the old woman said about the rail road, and was just
poured into a corner of a box car and was of course, about
like hog feedo
We had been locked in the barracks and we just said if
we were not taken out we ' d break the old shack down and go on
to Richmond, so we were soon notified that a train was ready
and we gladly got on board for Richmonde
The cars that took us were cattle cars and the engine
must certainly have had a genuine case of tuberculosis, because
it tried faithfully to whistle, but couldn't make a sound.
We would gladly have gone on, or in anything, to get back,
through o
Well, we arrived in Richmond in grand style , of course,
and the next morning took a train for Culpepper C. H.
When
we got to Culpepper C.H . , Col . Munford had orders to make_ a
raid toward Manassas Junction, but we couldn't go on the raid
as our exchange papers hadn't arrived and therefore Col.
Munford had no control of us. He told us to go home for our
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We took the train next morning for Lynchburg and when we
were found to have no furlo ughs, we were stopped there for
furtheT orders . We wrote Col. Munford that we were under
arrest, and ~o send the furloughs on.
I happened to have a
cousin by the name of Linkus keeping the Washington Hotel
and he went my security, and in that way I, with two othe~
boys, got to spend our time with him .
Before I heard from Col. Munford, Gen. Devon sen t for us
to come back to the soldiers home, that he wante d to send us
as guards for some deserters and Yankees that had been
captured in the Western Army.
He gave each of us a pistol and when we a rrived at Richmond
the man who had charge of us handed the papers to Gen Winder
'
and we took the Yankees to the Libby Prison and put them in
'
charge of the officials there . When we went back to Gen .
Winder ' s headquarters , with our deserters , he told the Ser g .
to take us all to Castle Thunder. As the deserters had the
same uniforms we had, he naturally supposed we were all
Deserters , but fou r of us were the guards for the others .
As
I was the oldest of the guards , ~, of course , had to try to
explain the case . But when I tried to do so, he told me to
hush, that he wouldn ' t talk to a deserter, and ordered the
Sergeant to take us on.
0

This the Sergeant refused to do and a general racket
followed. General Winder told another sergeant to take all
of us even our sergeant , because he wouldn ' t obey him · to
Castl~ Thunder . But he went to a Lieut, who was there' on
detached service, and who ~new some of.us, and had him to come
and explain the whole affair to Gen . Windero
He accepted the Lieutenant': account , of course, and
gave us four guards , transportation back to Culpepper c . H.
He told the sergeant to take the real deserters on to prison
castle Thunder, and in the stampede he had caused by trying '
to send us all, the deserters had every one gotten away .
When we got back to camp at Culpepper CGHo and our
exchange papers had arrived and Co l . Munford gave us furloughs
so we made a second attempt to ge t home for the horses .
'
When we got to Lynchburg we learned that Gen. Devon had
been removed form office and Gen. Co l ston put in his stead.
We we nt on to Bonsacks the next day a n d left the train
and took dinner with Geo. Riley, who had thr ee sons in our
command
Mr. Riley was not at home, but Mrso Riley sent us to
Fincastle on horseso
0

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When our furloughs expired , I took my valuable gray horse
back, that I had captured , about 2 months before I had been
captured . Alonza Rinehart , Jo hn Y~u~g and Wi ll iam Henderson ,
were my companions back to camp.
Written by Rufus H. Peck, 1913, Fincastle, Virginia
Submittedby:BabeFow~r

TO BE CONTINUED

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Botetourt County Death Records by Charles T. Burton, Continued
LINKENBOIER, James Watson - b 10 Oct 1917 Bot Co - d 11 Oct 1917 - f I[saac]
W LINXENBOIER (b Va) - rn Mary C (REDMAN) (b Va) - buried Lyle Cem - cd (no
physician)
LINKENBOKER, Joe L - b 30 Dec 1848 Bot - d 29 Sep 1916 Bot - f Joe LINKENHOKER (b Va) - m Lucy (McCORMICK) (b Va) - buried Springwood Cem - cd myocardial
insufficiency
LINXENAUGER, J[obn] Anderson - b 4 Feb 1839 - d 11 Jan 1894 - f [John LINKENHOCER] - m [Lucy GAUNT] - h/o M E LINKENBAUGER - grave Haymakertown Cem
LINXENBOKER, Joseph - b ca 1805 Bot Co - d 3 Mar 1868 - age 63y - f Elias
LINXENHOKER - m Catherine - rep by son ~- LINKENHOKER - h/o Sarah LINKENBOK.ER
LINKENHOKER, Lucy E - d 1870 - adm bond 8 Aug 1870 John LINKENHOKER
LINXENBOKER, M P - b 25 Mar 1836 - d 15 Dec 1897 - h/o Mollie E LINXENBOK.ER
(d 1891) - grave Amsterdam Cem

LINXENHOKER, Margaret (widow) - b ca 1795 Bot Co - d 20 June 1865 - age 70y
·- f Henry MOORE - m Elizabeth

- cd flux - rep by son Lewis LINXENHOKER

LINKENBOKER, Martin K - b 1836 - d 7 Dec 1877 - f [Samuel LINKENHOK.ERJ _ m
[Catherine THRASHER] - cd hung himself - ref Inquest papers - grave family
cem (near Wheatland) - h/o Eveline C Nace LINXINHOKER
LINKENBOXER, Mary - b 1848 Bot Co - d 14 Sep 1914 - f William HUTCHESON (b
Bot Co) - m Martha (KEELING) (b Bot Co) - buried Haymakertown Cem - cd TB
LINKENBOGER, Mary Susan - b ca 1850 - d 17 Mar 1853 - f Joseph LINXENBOGER
m Lucy A - cd Scarlet fever - rep by father
LINXENBOXER, Mollie E - b Mar 1838 - d 23 Feb 1891 - age 52y llm 5d - f William DAVIS - rn Lucinda - w/o Matthew P LINXENIIOKER (d 1897) - grave Amsterdam
Cem - ref Cronise scrapbook 46

LINKENAUGER, Palmer Steele - b 16 Apr 1880 - d 7 Aug 1896 - f J[obn] A[nderson] LINXENAUGER - m M[ary] E HUTCHESON - grave Haymakertown Cem
LINKENBOKER, Rebecca - b 21 Jan 1846 Bot Co - d 16 Feb 1917 - f John BOOZE
(b Bot Co) - m Rebecca [circled, &amp; Harriet M written in] (BOOZE) (b Va) _
buried Springwood Va Cem - cd LaGrippe
LINKENBOKER, Rebecca A - b ca Sep 1867 Bot Co - d 7 Dec 1867 - age 2m 2 3 a _
f A[braham] T LINK.ENBOKER - m Harriet - cd sore throat - rep by father
LINKENBOK.ER, Roberta - b ca 1865 Bot Co - d 10 Dec 1867 - age 2y - f A T
LINKENHOI.ER - m Harriet - cd sore throat - rep by father
LINKINBOKER, Saliva I - b 23 Oct 1841 - d 31 Oct 1877 - age 36y Orn 8d - f [Samuel LINKINBOKER] - m [Catherine THRASHER] - grave Family cem (near Wheatland)
LINKINBOKER, Samue l - b ca 5 Dec 1801 - d 10 Sep 1874 - age 72y 9m Sd - f
[Joseph LINKENHOKER] - m [Frances RIDDLEBARGER] - h/o Catherine [THRASHER]
LINKENBOK.ER (d 1882) - grave family cem (near Wheatland)

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LINXENBOI::ER, Sarah M - b ca 1836 Bot Co - d 17 Aug 1 855 - f Samuel YOUNG - m
Rebeck - cd fever - rep by bus John LINI:ENBOIER
LINKINBOGER, Simon - b ca 1841 Bot Co - d 15 Aug 1862 Richmond , Va - age 2ly
- f J[o sepb] LINKINHOGER - m E[1izabetb LOOP] - cd camp fever - rep by father
LINXENBOKER, W[i11iam] B P - b 4 July 1849 Bo t Co - d 22 Mar 1915 - f John
LINKENBOCER - m [Lucy (GAUNT)] - buried Amsterdam Cem - cd Brights d i sease
LINKHORN see Eve JOHNSTON
LINSEY see LINDSEY
LINSEY, The lma - b l June 1913 WV - d 2 J an 1914 - f ~ F LINSEY (b Bri stol,
Va) - m Georgia (ELAM) (b Bed Co) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd menengitis
LINTON, Ma ry Ann Bogan - b 3 Feb 1854 - d 9 Jan 1941 - grave Hogan-Old cem
(Little Catawba)
LINTON, Mary Ann

- b 1853 - d 1 941 - grave Hogan-Ol d cem (Little Catawba)

LINTON, John H - b 18 Aug 1844 - d 7 Feb 1920 - grave Bogan- Old Cem (Littl e
Catawba)
LINY, male - b 19 Aug 1855 Bot Co - d 19 Aug 1 855 - f
cd not known - rep by father

Henry LINY - m Mary -

LIPES see LEIB, LIEB, Virginia Alma PULLEN, Maggie Lipes SIMMONS
LIPES, Harvey D - b 20 May 1838 Va - d 27 Feb 1916 - f
Samuel LIPES (b Va)
- rn Ester (DILL) (b Va) - buried Mi ll Creek Cern - cd mitral insuff ici ency
LIPES, Maggie S - b 24 Sep 1864 Va - d 10 Dec 1916 - f Jacob MILLER (b Va) m Mary (BLOUNT) (b Va) - buried fami ly cem - cd cerebral hemorrhage
LIPES ( or LEIB), Moses - b ca 1775 Pa (census #1433) - d by 11 J une 1860 h/o Rebecca LIEB (1777-1857) - Ex Samuel 8 David LIPES
LIPES, S F - b 5 June 1851 - d 4 June 1899 - buried Copps cem - Ref Fincastle
Herald for 15 June 1899 (Bot Centenial Bk 90)
LIPES, W L - b ca 1843 Bot Co - d 29 Nov 1914 - f Morris LIPES (b Va) - m
Martha (LINKENHOKER) (b Va) - buried Springwood Cem - cd nephritis
LITTLE, Cl e ment - b ca 1850 Mont Co - d 10 Nov 1853 La - f Charles C LITLE rn Luc y S - cd yello~ fever - rep by father
LITTLE , Dav-id - d by Dec 1813 - Ref WB B p368, will dated 25 Nov 1813 - Ch:
John, Robert, William, James , David, Sarah, Rebeccah - Exrs William ANDERSON, Christian SHANK, James SMILEY
LITTLE, John - d by Jul y 1793 - Ref WB A p361, WB B pl83, will dated 21 June
1788 - wife El izab eth ; Ch David, John, William, Mary, Fanne!, Sarah , James [Note: The widow d ca Dec 1807]

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LITTLE, John - d by July 1820 (order) - Ref WB C p276, 589, app &amp; settlement
- admrx Rebecca LITTLE
LITTLE, William - d by 11 Oct 1803 (daus called orphans) - daus Rachel,
Sarah, Hannah
LITTLE, William - d by 25 Sep 1819 - Ref WB C p227, will dated 1819, recorded in Bot Co 16 Jan 1830, appraisal - [Note: his will was 1st record ed in
Indiana. In his will he said he was from Bot Co, Va &amp; bad property in Bot
Co &amp; in Indiana
LITTLEPAGE see Thomas PRICE
LITTRELL see Bester CAMPER, James H CAMPER, Sarah Elizabeth DILLON, Catherine
C RADER
LLOYD see Thomas REYNOLDS, LOYD
LOCKETT, Albert S - d by 13 Jan 1868 Bot Co - admr 13 Jan 1868 the sheriff
LOCKETT, Ambroze - d by 8 Aug 1864 - adm John AMMEN
LOCKETT, Ann F - d 1869 - adm bond 8 Feb 1869 Sheriff LINKENHOKER
LOGAN see Ralph Harvey CANEVA, Martha EAGER, James McCONNELL
LOGAN, Bugh - d by 9 Apr 1776 - ref admr bond - admr David LOGAN
LOGAN, John - d by 9 Oct 1770 - Ref WB A p28, app &amp; admr bond - admr James
DAVIS
LOGAN, Margaret - b ca 1781 - d 10 May 1830 - age 49y - w/o Robert LOGAN (d
1828) - Ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
LOGAN, Robert, Rev - b ca 1769 - d 9 Oct 1828 - age 59y - h/o Margaret LOGAN
(d 1830) - Ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
LOGUE, William - d by 11 Sep 1792 - Ref WB A p356, app &amp; admr bond - admr
John McCALISTER
LOHRE see John WRIGHTSMAN
LONG see Nicholas FIRESTONE
LONG, Bessie PEERY - b 7 Oct 1872 - d 14 Feb 1850 - f [Abraham W PEERY ] - m
[Sarah Louise BAKER] -w/o LONG - grave Baker-Peery Cem (#779)
LONG, Elizabeth - d by Jan 1824 _ Ref WB C p481 , will dated 1823 - hus Christian LONG dec'd; friend Peter BUSH
LOONEY see Henry HOLSTON Sr, Mary R GIBBS, Charles Rollin WOOD
LOONEY, Absalom - d by June 1796 _Ref WB A p426, wil dated 28 Sep 1791 - Ch
Michael, Elizabeth POTTS, Peter, Mary SWANSON, Margaret CALDWELL, Jonathan,
Absalom, Ruth, Ann BARBERSON, Catherine, Priscilla CALDWELL, Benjamin - dau
Margaret md 5 Jan 1778 (Bot Co) Alexander CALDWELL; dau Priscilla rnd 24 Mar
1789 (Bot Co) William CALDWELL.

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LOONEY, Esther - b ca 1740 - d 26 Feb 1821 Sinking Creek - age 82y - rep in
" Herald of the Valley" 2July 1821 - widow of John LOONEY - [She was said to
be Esther RENFRO the 1st white child born west of James River
LOONEY, John Jr - d by May 1814 - wife Elizabeth (md #2 (1817) Wm E REYNOLD(S)
- Ch Joseph (over 14 by 9 Oct 1820); on 1 4 Nov 1820 all under 1 4 John, Will~am
Sarah, Jonathan - Ref WB B p422, WB C p299, 457 app &amp; division - admx Elizabeth LOONEY
LOONEY, John W (single) - b Va - d Nov 1849 - age 16y - cd dropsy - Ref 1850
Bot Co Mort Schedule
LOONEY, Peter - d by 8 Dec 1772 (son called orphan) - son Peter (under 14 on
8 Dec 1772 &amp; over 14 by 15 Nov 1775)
LOONEY, Robert - d by 13 Nov 1770 - ref WB A p3 , will dated 14 Sep 1769,
admr bond - wife Elizabeth; Ch Joseph &amp; others not named &amp; gs John LOONEY admr Joseph LOONEY
LOOP see George William DILLON, Simon LINKENHOKER
LOOP, George W - b ca 1841 Bot Co - d 19 May 1862 Washington (?DC or Co?) age 20y 6m 6d - f Philip LOOP - m Elizabeth - cd gunshot at Williamsburg rep by father
LOOP, Philip - d by Oct 1824 - Ref WB C p569, will dated 24 July 1824 - wife
Catherine; Ch Sarah (md
?MENGA); Simon, Christian, Catherine, Jobn,
Jacob, Rebecca, Barbara, Philip, Elizabeth, Susanna
LOTTS see Elizabeth LAMB
LOUDERMILK, Audrey Wilson - b 10 Jan 1914 Bot Co - d 19 July 1914 - f V W
LAUDERMILK (b WV) - m Addie (STATON) (Rb Co) - buried Oriskany Cem - cd
entero colitis
LOUDERMILK, Hilda Mary Jennings - b ca 1899 Va - d 1 Aug 1913 - f Valentine
LOUDERMILK (b WV) - m Addie (STATON) (b Va) - buried Oriskany Cem - cd
Rickets
LOUTRER, John - d by 15 Nov 1775 (son called an orphan - son James
LOVE, Joseph - d by 16 June 1770 (son called an orphan) - son Joseph
LOVE, Philip - d by 8 Dec (mar ked out, r ep l aced with 13 Nov 1789 (suit abates)
- Ref WB A p278, admr bond , appraisal &amp; settleme nt; order book - admr Andrew
LEWIS
LOVING see Martha CUPP
LOVING, male - b 2 Feb 1 917 Bot Co - d 24 Feb 1917 Bot Co - f L W LOVING (b
Va) - m Lou (CRAWFORD) (b Va) - buried Buchanan cem - cd broncho pneumonia
LOVING, Be nny Alexander - b ca Dec 1857 Bot - d 18 July 1858 Bot Co - f Joseph
LOVING - m [Racbe1 BRICKEY] [md Rke Co 8 Dec 1852] - cd flux - rep by father

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LOVING, Joel - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 1 Dec 1855 Bot Co m Jane - cd not nown - rep by father

f

Nicholson LOVING -

LOVING, Seaton Alexander - b 6 Jan 1915 Bot Co - d 18 Jan 1915 Bot Co W LOVING (b Va) - m M L (CRAWFORD) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd
convulsions

f

L

LOWMAN, Benjamin F - b 1 Nov 1855 Bot Co - d 1 Dec 1917 - f Abraham LOWMAN
(b Va). - m Lydia (HOUFF) (b Va) - buried Springwood Cem - cd Lobar pneumonia
LOWRY, John - d by 8 Feb 1774 - Ref Admr bond - admr James Buchanan
LOYD see LLOYD, Thomas REYNOLDS
LOYD, Cecil S - b 26 Apr 1913 Bot Co - d 16 July 1914 - f Walter S LOYD (b
Bot Co)
m Bettie (MARTIN) (b Bot Co) - buried Amsterdam cem - cd Ilic
colitis 8 whooping cough
LOYD, Daniel P - b l Apr 1839 - d 3 Dec 1896 - h/o Mary F LOYD (d 1911) _
grave Amsterdam Cem
LLOYD, Dorinda - b ca 1763 Ireland (census #1292) Timothy FLETCHER

d

by 8 Dec 1851 - ex

LOYD, Mary F - b 22 June 1843 - d 3 Dec 1911 - w/o Daniel P LOYD - grave
Amsterdam Cem
LUBOARD see Hezekiah BELDEN
LUCADO, male - b 23 Apr 1915 Bot Co - d 8 May 1915 - f Edgar R LUCADO (b
Fluvanna Co, Va - m Blanch (HUDDLESTON) (b Buck Co) - buried Forest Grove
Cem - cd pneumonia
LUCAS see Mary Ada ROWSEY
LUCAS, Mildred Louise - b 15 Mar 1913 Bot Co - d 15 Mar 1913 - f N C LUCAS
(b Bot Co) - m Rosa (JAMES) (b Bot Co) - buried Troutville Cem - cd permature birth
LUCAS, Ramsome G - b Jan 1850 Craig Co - d 16 Oct 1917 - f John LUCAS (b
Craig Co) - m (b Craig Co) - buried Trinity Cem - cd broncho pneumonia
LUCAS, Raymond - b 3 Apr 1913 Bot Co - d 11 May 1913 - f W T LUCAS (b Bot
Co) - m Mollie (EAVER) (b Bot Co) - buried Troutville cem - cd pneumonia
LUCAS, Rosa - b 19 Apr 1886 Bot Co - d 12 July 1914 - f Lee JONES (b Bot Co)
- m Mary (FIRESTONE) (b Bot Co) - buried Troutville cem - [w/o Noah C LUCASJ
LUCAS, Walter Cable - b 1 Aug 1810 Bot Co - d 5 Oct 1912 - f Woodson e LUCAS
(b Bot Co) - m Mollie (EVANS) (b Bot Co) - buried Troutville Cem - cd acute
tho-colitis
LUCK, John B - d by 10 Mar 1823 (ch called orphans) - Ch Nathan P (
t hese ch are under 14 Matilda, Mildred, Lucy Ann, George P

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LUCK, Nathan P - b 1802 Caroline Co, Va (census #418) - d July 1861 - age
59y - f [John B LUCK] - cd dropsy - rep by wife Hardenia D [written above is
Corrinda A] LUCK - Ex Henry LOVING (9 Sep 1861)
LUCK , Wi11iam B - d by 29 Dec 1879 - Ref WB C p256 app - On 9 Aug 1824 his
orphan William H was under 14
LUDER see Nicholas HAYNES
LUGAR, George W - b 22 Oct 1 836 - d 30 Apr 1910 Bot Co (App) - f Jacob LUGAR
- m Mary - 1st wife Nancy MANN, 2nd Harritt CROWDER - grave Mt Mariah Lutheran Gem
LUGAR, Giles M - d ca 1916 Bot Co (will WB 5 p379 ) - wife Elizabeth ; son W W
LUGAR (his wife Addie R)
LUGAR, Lillie B - d ca 1936 Bot Co Heir List (WB 6 p92) - hus Charles W LUGAR
(b ca 1868) ; Ch Gertrude FINI: (b ca 1895); Elmer C (b ca 1896); Carl M (b ca
1898);
V (b ca 1899); Dana CLAYTON (b ca 1901); May I ALLS (b ca 1903);
Abella E GIBSON (b ca 1905); Mary (b ca 1906); Ava A (b ca 1908); Charles A
(b ca 1912)
LUGAR, Mary A - b 1 Apr 1864 Bot Co - d 1 Apr 1917 Bot Co Cert - f John W
REDMAN (b Bot Co) - m Elizabeth (TUCKER) (b Craig Co) - buried Bot Co - cd
TB of lungs &amp; intestines
LUGAR, Sarah E - b 24 Mar 1850 - d 9 Mar 1909 - w/o W E LUGAR - grave Mt
Mariah Lutheran Cem
LUKINS se e LIKENS
LUNEY see LOONEY
LUNSFORD see Paulina F CALHOON, John HEWITT
LUNSFORD, Clementine - b 24 June 1849 - d 8 Aug 1897 - 1st w/o Marshall T
LUNSFORD (1852-1935) - Ref Lemontown gravestone
LUNSFORD , Lula C - b 24 Aug 1868 - d 2 Feb 1927 - 2nd w/o Marshall T LUNSFORD
(1852-1935) - ref Lemontown graves t one
LUNSFORD, Marshall T - b 23 Feb 1852 - d 1 June 1935 - h/o Clementine LUNSFORD (d 1897) &amp; Lu1a C LUNSFORD (d 1927) - ref Lemontown graves tone
LUNSFORD, Merryman - b 7 June 1787 Northumberland Co , Va (census #381) - d
17 June 1862 - age 75y - cd old age - rep by son Robert R LUNSFORD - h/o
Susan R LUNSFORD - grave Old Glade Creek cem - ex Robert R LUNSFORD
LUNSFORD, Susan R - b ca 1797 (or 1795) Bed Co (census #381 ) - d l Feb 1855
- age 58y - cd pneumonia - rep by hus Merryman LUNSFORD - grave Old Glade
creek cem
LUNSFORD, Wilbert M - b 21 Nov 1913 Rb Co - d 13 Aug 1914 - f H E LUNSFORD (b
Madison Co , WV) - m Mary E (TAYLOR) (b Aug Co) - buried Stuarts Draft Cem cd bronchitis

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LUSTER see Charles E CURD, James Albert CURD, John T CURD
LUSTER, Celia - b ca 1766 , Chesterfield Co, Va - d 4 Jan 1856 - age 90y _ cd
old age - rep by s on James LUSTER
LUSTER, Emeline - b ca 1830 ?Rke Co - d 22 Nov 1868 - age 38y - f Samuel
STONER - m Catherine - cd consumption - rep by bus Edwin B LUSTER
LUSTER, James - b 1804 - d 1875 - b/o Mary L LUSTER (1802-1870) - ref Godwin
gravestone
LUSTER, James W (or H) - b ca 1832 Fincastle (c ensus #1322) - d 6 Dec 1 855
Fincastle - f James LUSTER - m Rev Mary M - cd t yphoid fever - r ep by father
- adro James LUSTER
LUSTER, John B - d in 1890's - age 66y - f John LUSTER - wife Bettie HOUSTON
(md 1866); sis
(md ~-DOUGLAS ) - obituary in Cronise scrapbook 2 2 (not
dated)
LUSTER, Luther J - b ca Jan 1839 - d 31 May 1862 Henrico Co, Va - age2 3 y 4 m
24d - f James LUSTER - m Mary - cd gunshot - rep by father
LUSTER, Martha s - b ca Mar 1843 Bo t Co - d 30 Sep 186 2 - age 19y 6m ld _ f
James LUSTER - m Mary - cd scrofula - rep by fath er
LUSTER, Mary L - b 1802 - d 1870 - w/o James LUSTER (1804-1875) - ref Godwin
gravestone
f Jefferson D LYLE
Bath Co). - m Laura (BURGER) (b Bot Co) - buried Eagle Rock Cern _ cd
acute
milk infection

LYLE, male _ b 16 Jan 1914 [Eagle Rock] - d 28 July 1914 (b

LYLE, Harlie - d by 12 Oct 1922 - cd fell from truck - ref Inquest papers
LYNCH, John - b ca 1852 Ireland - d 19 Jan 1913 - f Pat LYNCH (b Ireland)
m
(McMANN) (b Ireland) - buried Low Moor Cem - cd apoplexy
LYNSEY see LINDSEY, Thomas REED
LYON, Mary - d by Dec 1807 - Ref WB B pl53, will dated 30 Oct 1807 _ dau
Peggy LYON
LYONS,

- d by 11 July 1797 (sons called orphans) -

sons Paul, Peter

LYTB , John -- d by Dec 1781 (entering the Army) - Ref WB A p 139, will dated
2 Apr 17 7 - relatives, others: Mrs Betsy BREKENRIDGE
McALLISTER see McCALLISTER, etc; Frank HAZELWOOD

McBOURN see Mrs Mary PAGE
McCABE, Edward - b ca 1821 Ireland - d 1856 - cd consumption - rep by
Steward of the poor

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McCALLISTER see McK.ALLISTER
McCALISTER, Cynthia - b ca 1810 Bot Co - d 28 Apr 1859 - age 48y - f Robert
RICHEY - cd pneumonia - rep by bus William McCALISTER
McCALLISTER, William - b ca 1851 - d 6 Feb 1853 - f William McCALLISTER - m
Lyvitba - cd drowned - rep by father
McCARROL see Jane GLYNN
McCARROLL, Sarah (unmd) - b ca 1797 - d ca 1820 - age 23y - rep in "Herald
of the Valley" 8 July 1820
McCARTHY, Daniel - b ca 1814 - d 21 Nov 1858 - age 44y - h/o Matilda McCARTHY
- Ref Locust Bottom gravestone
McCARTNEY see William DAVIDSON Sr, Martha BIGGS, Mary A BIGGS, Janette Boward
TREEVEY, Evans DEISHER Jr
McCARTNEY, Andrew - b ca 1784 Pa (census #995) - d by 8 Feb 1858 - h/o Susan
McCARTNEY, John - d by 14 Nov 1815 (ch called orphans) - ch (all under 14)
William, Mary, James, Charlotte, Martha, Andrew, Baker &amp; John
McCARTY, Dennis - d by 13 Oct 1801 (his orphans to be bound) - orphans John,
Polly, Nancy (over 14 by 15 Nov 1810)
McCARTY, Nancy - d by Nov 1823 - f CAMPBELL - Ref WB C p407, will dated 12
Oct 1823 - sis Elizabeth (md
KIDD [of K &amp; Q Co], her daus Elizabeth &amp;
Jane); bros John CAMPBELL, Luray CAMPBELL; niece Susan (d/o bro John CAMPBELL)
others Emily LEE, Matilda CAMPBELL
McCAULEY, Susan - b ca 1812 - d 13 Dec 1891 Salem, Va (obituary) - age 79y f DINGLEDINE - widow of Hon John McCAULEY - ch William, Mary (md
SNEAD) ;
(rnd James P HOUTZ);
(rnd Rev J W BULTER)
McCBESNEY, George - d by 10 Feb 1868 Bot Co - admr 10 Feb 1868 Wm A GLASGOW
McCLANABAN see George GREEN, James MOORE, Joseph SNODGRASS, William SNODGRASS
Sr, Daniel CAMPBELL, Minna BRADFORD, Col GEORGE Walker Sr
McCLENAHAN, Green - b [3 Oct 1782] - d by 8 Mar 18207?1830 (ch called orphans)
f [William McCLANABAN (d 1819 - 1920 sic, 1820 see next name)] - m [Sarah NEELLY]
- wife [El i zabeth GRIFFIN]; ch Washington, Sarah, John, Elijah
McCLENACBAN, John - d by Jan 1815 (order) (obituary in Lynchbur g Press says
d 9 Sep 1814 leaving widow &amp; 4 ch) - f [William McCHANAHAN (d 1819-1 8 20)] rn [Sarah NEELLY] - ref WB C pl23, 124 , dower assigned, app - wif e Lucy; Ch
William, Charles, Mary, Sarah, Jane, Lucy
McCLANACHAN, Robert - d by 9 May 1775, marked out &amp; written ab ove 7 Mar 1774
Point Pl£asant (reported Bot Co) - f [Robert McCLANAHAN] - rn [Sarah BRECKENRIDGE] - Ref WB A pLil, app &amp; admr bond - wife [Cat harine MADISON] ; ch John &amp;
Robert] - admr Samuel McCLENACRAN

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McCLENACHAN, Washington [unrnd] - d by Sep 1819, marked out, written ab ove
Oct 1816 order - f [William McCLANABAN] - m [ Sarah NEELLY] - ref WB c pl08,
216 app &amp; ·settelment - admr James McCANACHAN
McCLANABAN, William - . d by Mar 1818, app ordered - f [David McCLANAHAN] - m
[Isabella SNODGRASS] - Ref WB C p132 - [Note: his wife was Margaret (SNODGRASS); ch Margaret, William, Hannah, David
McCLANAHAN, William (see also Chalkley ' s Records of Aug Co, Va , Vol 2 p271)
- d by Dec 1820, will recorded [1819, Barnes Bk] - f [Robert McCLENABAN] _ m
[Sarah BRECKENRIDGE] - Ref WB C p233, will dated 23 Sep 1~13, codicil 9 Nov
1819 - wife Sarah; ch Elijah, James, Green [dec 'd] (md Elizabeth &amp; had Washington &amp; John); John dec'd (rnd Lucy ~ h;d William &amp; Ch:n-l~s, [Mary, Sarah,
Jane, Lucy]); Washington dec ' d, &amp; Gs W McCLANAHAN, William McClanahan Jr
William LEWIS, William COOK, William LEWIS Jr, William MARKLE
'
McCLAUGHERTY, Ballard S
McCLAUGBERTY

- d by 11 Nov 1867 Bot Co - admr 11 Nov 1867 Virginia

McCLELLON see Edward SHARP
McCLENDISB see Archibald SLOAN
McCLINTIC, Charlotte Ann - b Bot Co - d 20 Apr 1 914 - f Anderson THOMPSON (b
Bot Co) - m Charlotte (BOWLAND) (b Bot Co) - buried Fincastle cem
McCLINTOC~, William - d by 14 Mar 1787 - Ref admr bond - admr Else McCLINTOCK

McCLUNG see Jane McC WILLIAMS
McCLUNG, John (of Rke in Bot Co) - d by 1 4 May 17 7 9 - Ref WB A pl07, will
·dated 15 June 1778 Admr bond - bro James; sis Agnes (md ~ Gray) - admr
James McCLUNG
McCLUNG, Joseph ·(widower) - b ca 1775 [7[ Rb Co - d 8 marl866 - age 9ly _ f
John McCLUNG - m Ella - cd old age - rep by son Joseph McCLUNG
McCLUNG, Mary Ann - d 10 Feb 1823 - rep in "Herald of the Valley" 22 Feb
1823 - w/o Archibald McCLUNG
McCLURE see James TRIMBLE, James WADDLE, ~ary J ANDERSON' Charles E ANDERSON
John Thomas BAKER, :Benjamin BRUGH, Esterline BRUGH, Frances 0 BRUGH, Ollin u'
BRUGH, Martha C Anderson FIREBAUGH, Mary GISH, Mamie Love Brugh HONTS, Maude
HONTS, Lucy Jane PAINTER, Hettie WEBB, Nora Brugh WOODYARD

McCLURE, Andrew - b ca 1801 [or 1805] Va [census #993] - d 9 Nov 1857 [Bot Co
Death Bk] - age 56y - f [John McCLURE] - m [Isabelle BALL] - rep by son
Thomas McCLURE - h/o [Charlotte CROSS] - Adm Thomas &amp; Marcus McCLURE (13 De
1858)
c
McCLUER, Charlotte - b ca 1796 Bot Co - d 7 Feb Amsterdam Twsp [Death Bk] _
age 74y - f [John CROSS] - m [Mary MAYS] - cd old age - rep by son Thomas
MCCLUER - w/o Andrew McCLUER

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McCLURE, Clifton H - b ca 1878 Rb Co - d 1946 Bot Co Heir List (WB 10 p69) f William T McCLURE - ro Sarah J - wife Martha S FORD; Ch Gladys Irene (b ca
1902); Sybil 0 KESSLER (b ca 1904); Mazie NICHOLS (b ca 1905); Oscar Fred (b
ca 1906); Lucy (b ca 1909); Lloyd (b ca 1912); Evelyn BEMOK.E (b ca 1916);
Margaret (b ca 1919); Gch: Edward F FALLS (b ca 1921); Helen ERKER (b ca 1923);
Clarence R FALLS (b ca 1925); Ervin McC FALLS (b ca 1929); Norma Jean FALLS
(b ca 1994)
McCLURE, Elizabeth - b ca 1794 Rb Co (1850 census Bot Co #789) - d 16 Jan
1856 Bot Co Death Bk - f Robert STEWART - m E[lizabetb McCLUNG] - cd consumption - rep by son Robert McCLURE - w/o John McCLURE
McCLURE, Harriet C - b 9 Aug 1848 - d 29 aug 1910 Bot co - f David WHITMER m Nancy - w/o John Thomas McCLURE (1841-1903) - Ref Saltpeter Cave gravestone
McCLURE, Harry D[elmer] - b 1881 - d 1954 - f
C WHITMER] - Ref Locust Bottoms gravest one

[John T McCLURE] :_ m [Barritt

McCLURE, James - b [1831 Rke Co census 1850 #284) - d by 13 Feb 1854 - f
[maybe James McCLURE] - rn [Martha MAYS] - adm Francis T ANDERSON 13 Feb 1854
(Adm 14 Aug 1868 sheriff, has been marked out)
McCLURE, James - b 1809 (1850 Bot Co census #989) - d 1864 Bot Co Death Bk -

£ [John McCLURE] - m [Isabella BALL] - wife Martha (MAYS) - adm bond 14 Aug
1868 Sheriff LINKENBOKER
McCLURE, John - b ca 1725 Ireland - d by 11 Feb 1778 (Bot Co Will, WB A p83)
- f Halbert McCLURE - m Mary [written above Agnes] - Ref WB A p83, wi ll dated
22 May 1777 , admr bond - relatives wife [Mary]; Samuel, Alexander, Mary,
Agnes, Jennet, Malcolm, Hannah, Rebekah, John, Halbert, Moses, Nathaniel Admr George SKILLERN, Caleb WORLEY
McCLUER, John - b 1765 ?Bot Co (census #750) - d S June 1854 Bot Co , will &amp;
death bk (WB I pl87) - age 89y - f Samuel McCluer - m Hannah - cd old age rep by son Joseph McCLUER - Ch: Samue1, Andrew, James, John A, William, Catherine FLAHERTY, Mary KISH, Joseph, Margaret; Gch: Martha Malissa, Margaret
Missouri McCLURE - Ex Joseph McCLUER (12 June 1854)
McCLURE, John A - b 21 Jan 1808 - d 15 Mar 1887 Bot Co, app, WB P p289 - f
John McCLURE - m [Isabe11a HALL] - h/o 1st wife Mary C[olvin] McCLURE (d
1858), 2nd wife Damaris - Ref Beaverdam gravestone
McCLURE, John Thomas - b 7 Oct 1841 - d 7 Mar 1903 ~o t Co - f Joseph McCLURE
- m Susannah T MAYS - h/o Harriet C (1848-1910) - Ref Saltpeter Cave grav estone
McCLURE, Joseph - b ca 1812 - d 1895 Bot Co (will WB Q pl59) - f J ohn McCLURE
- [Isabella HALL] - w ife Susannah T MAYS; Ch : John T, Estiline H FLAHERTY,
Maria J, Martha M
McCLURE, Joseph Thomas (single) - b ca 184 8 Bot Co - d 26 Apr 1854 Bot Co
Death bk - f ~illiam McCLURE - m Evaline [CROSS] - c d scarlet fever - rep by
father

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McCLURE, Joseph W - b 15 Aug 1875 Bot Co - d 16 Mar 1931 Bot Co Heir List
(WB 4 p 300) - f John T McCLURE - m Harriett C WHITMER - wife Irene ANDERSON
(b ca 1898); Ch: Catherine (b ca 1921); Joseph W (b ca 1924 : Ref Locust
Bottom graves tone
McCLURE, "Lizzie" Annie E, Mr s - b ? ca 1 835 - d ? ca 1907 - age 72y Sm 4d _
f John LAYMAN - m Hester A BAKER - w/o Thomas M McCLURE - grave Haymakert own
cem
McCLURE, Lucinda (unmd) - b ca 1813 Bot Co - d 9 June 1858 Bot Co Death Bk _
f Michael McClure - rn Nancy DAVIDSON - cd diarrhea - rep by friend James G
RIPLEY
McCLURE, Malcolm - b ca 1765 - d 2 May 17 91 Bot Co will (WB A p300) - f John
McCLURE - m Mary ALLEN - ref WB A p300, will dated 9 Apr 1791, admr bond _
wife Elizabeth; Ch: John, Mary; bro Samuel Sr; nephew Samue l McCLURE Jr admr Elizabeth McCLURE, Samuel McCLURE Sr, Samuel McCLURE Jr
McCLURE, Margaret Virginia (single) - b ca Dec 1843 Bot Co - d 5 Apr 1861 Bot
Co Death bk - age 17y 4rn lOd - f William McCLURE - m Evelyn [CROSS] - cd
diptheria - rep by fa ther
McCLURE, Martha (single) - b c a 1843 - d 1922 Sussex Co (rep i n Bot Co) (Wi l l
WB 3 pl12) - f Joseph McCLURE - m Susannah MAYS - nieces Dewey SMITH (md
PETTICREW); Elsie SMITH (md 0 S WILLIAMS Jr)
McCLURE, Mary Colvin - b ca 1808 - d 30 Nov 1858 (or 1 857) - f Thomas WILSON
- Mary EDMUNDSON - w/o John A McCLURE [1808-1887] - Ref Beaverdam Cem
McCLURE, May R (single) - b ca 1852 - d 31
m Susannah REID - bro John T

1880 Bot Co - f Joseph McCLURE

McCLURE, Moses - b [ca 1710] - d by 1 Dec 1778 (dau called an orphan) (Rb Co,
app) - f Halbert McCLURE - m Agnes - dau Isabella (over 14)
McCLURE, Samue l - b Ireland - d 13 Mar 17 79 (son called an or phan in Bot )
(Rb Co) - f Halbert McCLURE - m Agnes - son Alexander (over 14)
McCLURE, Samue l - d by 1838 (dau called an orphan) Bot Co ap p WB F pl2 - f
John McCLURE - m Isabella HALL - dau Elizabeth (over 14)
McCLURE, Samuel W - b ca 1835 Rb Co - d 14 Sep 1862 Bot Co (death bk) - age
27y - f J[ohn R] McCLURE - m E[lizabeth STEWART] - cd killed crossing the
Potomac - rep by bro Robert McCLURE - Adm 8 Apr 1867 Sheriff Lewis
LINKENHOGER
McCLURE, Susannah T - b ca 1812 - d July 1880 Bot Co - f Matthew MAYS - m
Esther REID - bus Joseph McCLURE; ch Mays R
McCLURE, Thomas Wilson - b 22 Aug 1840 Bot Co - d 18 Nov 1858 Bot Co Death
Bk - f John A McCLURE - m Mary C[ olvin WILSON] - cd typhoid pneumonia - rep
by father - Ref Death bk; Beaverdam gravestone
McCLURE, Virginia R (single) - b ca 1860 [or 1856] - d 15 Nov 1887 Bot Co _
f Joseph McCLURE - m Susannah REID

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CONTENTS
Page
Index to V.A.N. Volume 32 -2008 by Babe Fowler

1

Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier of Co. C. 2nd Va. Cavalry
By Rufus H. Peck - continued, contributed by Babe f o'\\'1er

8

Crook - Fisher, co1npiled by Mary Ann (Sink) Barnes

32

African American Ancestry- 1933 Program for N &amp; W Veterans Assoc. Colored Division, 1942 listing of African Americans living in Northwest
Roanoke by J. Lewis Majors, contributed by Daniel Jones

In Memory, tribute to E. Elizabeth (Libbie) Spoelma

41

Botetourt County Death Records - continued, compiled by Charles T. Burton

42

Last Word, contributed by Pamela Y om1g

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Continued from last issue Memoir of Rufus H. Peck of Fincastle, Virginia
Submitted by Babe Fowle r
REMINISCENCES O,f A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
CHAPTER

III .

THIRD YEAR OF THE WARo

When we left home we thought our command had gone across
the Blue Ridge and were in the valley of Va. , but when we got
to Port Republic we learned they were movin g in the direction
of Chancellorsville, so we had to recross the Blue Ridge .
Just about sun down of the day we recrossed , we arrived
at a Mrso Woolfork ' s. There were about 24 other soldiers
stopping there for supper , alsoo Mrs . Wool for k ' s son-in-law,
Mr. Poindexter , had been in prison with u s at Washington ,
just about a month beforeo He knew the country well and we
decided to march all night in order to join the command .
Just
as supper was ready a citizen who lived nearby and knew we
were all ther, came in and said there was a lot of cavalrymen
on the Louisa Spring Road, but he could not just tell which
way they were aiming to goo
While we were eating supper , some of the family stayed
on the front porch t o see if the cava l rymen wou l d come that
way and just when we were about half through supper , the young
lady who stood guard rushed in and said th e cavalrymen had
come near enough for her to see they were yankees and a coup l e
fo them were already dismounting.
The dining room was in the basement and we all went out
at an east door while the Yankees were corning in on the west
side of the house on the upper flooro
We ran and got our
horses as rapidly as possible and r o de about a mi l e , and then
Mr. Poindexter and I wen t to a cross road to see if we cou l d
hear anyt~i~g.of them coming and to our surprise, there was
a whole division of cavalry coming . We had left our two
horses wi th the other 28 men and we just stayed in the heavy
p ine timber, where we knew the Yankees couldn ' t see us , until
Stoneman 's whole division passed.
It was fortunate for us that this all took place after
dark, for had it been a couple of hours earlier, the Yankees
would have undoubtedly captured us all.
We s tayed a l l night
in this pine timber about a mi l e from Poindexter ' s hom e and
kept on the alert all the ti~e for fear other Yankees were
f ollowing o

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After day break we started on in the direction of Chancellorsville , but soon found there were troops moving in front
of us . Poindexter and I went in ahead of the otheT 28 ,
to see if we could find out who they were and soon found they
were Confederates.
I left Poindexter and went to them as soon as they
halted and found it was Gen . William Henry Lee's Division .
Poindexter went back and told the other men to come on and
we joined Lee's men . He had no rations for his men and
as we had only had a half supper the night before and no
breakfast, ha told us to go to a farm house near by and
try and get something.
We found the man of the house as . kind as any one could
be. He was the father of our present Judge, William A.
Anderson. He fed all 30 of us and our horses also.
We went back to Lee's division after our late breakfast
and after a short march, overtook Stoneman ' s division and
began fighting his rear men .
He checked the whole division, of course, to protect the
rear and we thus checked his raid.
I was in the rear line of
the battle and didn't see the hotest of the fight.
We were right at a house and as some one brought some
prisoners by taking them to the rear, an old lady came out
and saw the blue uniforms and began crying,
and said,
"Don ' t kill any of them blues!" One fellow said: ' ' I'm
going to kill every d--n rascal I can." She just fell down
on the ground and said : "I ' ve got a boy in the blues and
I don ' t want you to kill him" I felt sorry for her and
went to her and told her I was sorry she had a son in the
yankee army. "Oh ! he is not a yankee," she said, "he is
with Mr. Wiser ' s folks." They were called the Louisa Blu~s
and the old lady thought any one having on blue clothes might
be her boy.
About one o ' c l ock the artillery began firing near
Chancellorsville , about three or four miles from us, but Wm.
Henry Lee held his position to keep Stoneman in check.
Shortly after nightfall Jackson was reconnoitering bet ween his men and Hooker's army, and had given orders to his
outposts to fire on the first sound or man they saw or heard,
and they not knowing he was out there, fired on him and
mortally wounded him.
The next morning Gen. J. E. B. Stewart took conunand of
Jackson's division. Stewart began his march that morning and

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ordered the band to play his £avori te: "The Old Gray Horse
Jumped over the Elephant . " He and one of his aids sang the
tune, to other words, though . They were : " Old Joe Hooker
Get Out of the Wilderness . "
Stewart followed Hooker and drove him across the Rapp ahannock . We 30 fe llows who hadn't got ten to our company
yet, got supper and breakfast among the citizens, and Wm . H.
Lee sent us to Orange c. H. Here we found some more boys ,
who like ourselves hadn't found the command they belonged
to yet . There wer~ about 70 of us by this time.
Some of
them new ~en comi~g in, prisoners returning with their
_
horses, like I was , and some coming back who had been on sick
furloughs, etco
We got rations here and laid down in the woods where the
infantry had been camping and the next morning when we
awoke
the snow was falling in flakes more like biscuits, than snow
flakes . If it had been biscuits it would have had to snow
some, or we would have eaten it just as £ast it fell .
I was about the first one to wake and I jumped up and
shouted "Hurrah for Jeff. Davis o" Campbell, of Co . G . Bedford
County, shouted back Hurrah for H-- o"
Several fellows had to
smil e, when Campbell made his reply.
I told Campbell I had
always heard a bad beginning made a good ending , and when March
came in like a lion it went out like a lamb .
He said : " yes, ''
but this is the first of May and it is coming in like the
devil, and I reckon it will go out like h- - . "
This caused
laughter generally , and everybody was soon up and our fire s
started fo r breakfast .
We went into town after breakfast and orders had come
to send all the men on to Culpepper C. H.
Here we joined our
command and found that none of our Co . had been killed at
Chancellorsville. It had been about six weeks since I ' d been
with the Co., only the one night, before I started for my
horse, after being captured.
Norman Hayth was our cook at ·this time and when the other
members of mess got back from picket duty one day he hacl. a
lot of beef cooked, that was highly flavored with garlic.
Not
one of the boys in the mess could eat it, but me, so I traded
each of them some other part of my supper for their beef and
ate all eight of the rations . They all said I ' d die before
morning, I told them I'd come nearer dying from not getting
enough beef than too much. Joe Shaver was sick and we put him
in a tent near by and John Q. H. Thrasher was tak ing care of
him. Well in the night I woke up and the garlic had gotten in
my head so that I was sneezing and gaging and Jo hn heard me
and h a llooed to the boys to see what was the matter with that
man. They soon found I was the fellow in trouble, but they a l l

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laughted and said that's the man with the 8 rations of beef.
He'll come . Such a time as I had with that garlic for a
wh ile, I told them I'd invented a separator to seperate the
garlic from the meat. By this time a lot of boys was awake
and shouting and laughing, soldier like, and the Capt. had
to call us to order before the fun stopped.
I didn't get
sick at all but the garlic just filled by head almost like
an overdose of snuff would I imagine .
The next thing that happened to me of any note was one
day another boy and I decided to go to see some young ladies,
and we went down to a pond to wash and the water was low,
s o we had dug basins around the edge so the water would clear
up by the time we needed it, and just as we were about washed
and dressed in our very best, a stray bullet crune whizzing
along and went right into the muddiest part of the pond and
threw mud all over us. Well , now if ever boys felt like
saying Sunday school words, we did then . We had to give up
our trip for that day, any way.
We had fine pasture for our horses and they soon f attene d
and l ooked so nice, that we could hardly realize they were the
same animals we 'd brought through the winter. We were in
camp h e re until the 20th of June , when the grand review of the
whole army took p l ace at Culpepper C. Ho
The fences had all been torn away and the infantry, cavalry ,
and artillery were all stationed, so that Ge n. Lee and his
aids could review them . After he had gone around and seen
them all , he took a position ~ and ordered all to march by him
in battallions . The cavalry passed first , then infantry, th e n
artil l ery . The arti llery took a position on the heights and
fired all the cannons as Gen . Lee passed by again.
Gen o Lee had ordered all the cavalry and wagon horse s to
be shod , but we didn ' t know what was to follow . The n ight
after the review a grand ball was given in the town. When
Gens . Kilpatrick and Buford of the U. S. army heard the firin g
o f the artillery , they sent out scoutincr0 parties on all the
roads to see what it meant .
Just at the height of the ball our pickets c a me in and
r e ported that the Yankees were coming in on all th e ro a d s ,
which put a sudden stop to gaities and every man ~a s t e n e d
to his post of duty. The cavalry was sent to guard all the
fords on the Rappahannock . Our command was sent to McLean's
Ford to throw up fortiforcations which we did unt i l d aybre a k .
At daybreak , we found there was a squadron of c avalry near us,
which we could see over our fortifications.
Two of the men came down to the ford a nd wate red the ir hors es
and I

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They continued

comi~g

down, by two ' s until about 8 o ' clock.

At about 9 o ' clock Gen. Kilpatrick aimed to cross at
Kelly ' s Ford and was met by Gen. Wade Hampton . A desperate
battle was fought and finally Hampton succeeded in driving
them back across the river.
We were near enough to hear the firing but not near
enough to engage in it . Geno Stoneman did not at temp to
cross where ' we were, so we just stood guard all day .
While
this was going on Gen . Lee, with the r emainder of the army,
was moving o~ toward Harpers Ferry .
We were ordered from the ford late in the evening and
started in the direction of Manasses Junction . We were there
on the same side of the river with Stoneman and marching on
roads paralle l to each other, but neither General knew the
others course until after the camp fires were started .
We went into Camp in the rear of Stoneman's men , and later
in the night, Gen . Kilpatrick ' s forces camped in a skirt of
woods just behind us , and a little later Gen. Wade Hampton,
following on, got a message from Gen . Stewart that Stoneman
was in front of us and Kilpatrick behind us, and for him to
camp in the woods just behind Kilpatrick and at daybreak
to open fire on Kilpatrick's men and he, Stewart, wo~ld have
us fire on Ki lpatrick ' s and Stoneman ' s men also.
This we
carried out and completely routed both commands .
They didn ' t
know the other ' s position and we surprised them so , that all
they could do was to try to get away . We willed and captured
a good many, but they didn ' t resist us.
It was just a running
fight.
We drove them all that day on toward Washington , not
stopping to get food, and went into camp at nightfall .
Stewart and Hampton cross the Potomac with their men at
Senica Falls in the nighto When Gen . Hooker learned that Lee
was going on toward Maryland , he took his men and tried to
get in front of him, which he did
Eight packet boats had been
sent up with provisions for Hooker ' s army and when they came
into the locks not knowing we were there 'we turned the wickets
and let the water out and burned the boats . We had been marching four days withou t any prov is ions a .t al 1, so we took what
we could in our haversacks, before burning the boats.
We took
the mules, 24 in number, on with us. we helped the woman and
children from the boats and took their furni ture out, as we
didn't want to destroy private property.
It was ha:d to do
then, with them all crying like they did, but such is war.
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In a short distance from where we crossed the river, we
came on a garr ison of yankees at a place ca ll ed West Minister
and captured them all, without the loss of a man .
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completely surprised them that they surrendered without
resistance . We went on to Hanover to capture a garrison there,
but they learned of our coming and resi-sted us with right heavy
loss to both sides. One of our young men, Walter Gilmore, was
shot in the shoulder, as he was riding between Chas Price
and myself, as we were trying to get him to the rear, he was
shot in the left eye , but we f i nally got to a house and asked
the lady of the house to take care of him, while we went on
and took the garrison o I never knew anything more of young
Gilmore until the summer of 1911, I met him at New Port News
at a reu nion. He told me he was sent to a hospital in Baltimore by the Yankees and received the kindest of treatment
and the best of medical aid and soon recovered.
We took our West Minister and Hanover prisoners on with
us and our next stop was at Carlisle, Penn . All the provisions
we had on th i s march , except what some of us got from the boats,
was what we could beg form the citizens . Some of us nearly
starved. Here we destroyed some of the public buildings in
which food for the Yankees was stored . We threw hot shot a
mile or so and wherever those hot balls would strike, they
would set fire . Some of our men who were marching ahead of
our Coo had set fire to Thad Steven's Iron Works · in Penne and
as we passed and saw it burning I told the boys that was a bad
move, that the Yankees would soon retaliate and do us more
damage than we could do them, as so much of the fighting was
done on southern ground.
We did this shelling with hot shot at night and continued
marching all night . We still marched all the next day stopping
occasionally for a little while to let our horses graze.
About noon we heard cannonading about Gettysburg.
Gen.
Lee had arrived Friday July 1st , with his whole army except
Picket t's division, which was coming from Chambersburg and
Hampton's and Stewarts divisions of cavalry with which I made
the trip. Lee had engaged the enemy Saturday and drove them
back, but could not make a general charge, as these three
divisions hadn ' t arrived. Had these divisions been full
numbered there would have been about 48 000 men. But of course
a great many of different companies had'been kil l ed or disabled . For instance Co. C. the one to which I belonged,
only had 64 men bearing arms when we left Va. a Co. was supposed to have 100 men, of course, and they were recruited at
different times, but I remember we only had 64 then and other
companies may have been cut down, also, so it would be hard
to determine just how many men were in these three divisions .
However there were so many that Lee waited until they arrived
to bring on the general chargeo We arrived Saturday evening
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rest since June 20, we all laid down in a stubble field and
were soon fast asleep. I tied my horse's halter strap to
my gun sling and just left saddle and all on, and when I
awoke the next morning, I was about 30 yds farthe r down in
the field than where · I went to sleep.
She had just dragged
me on as she ate, but I was too dead asleep to know it.
Before we got to sleep the enemy was firing a cannon every
littl e while and every thing would be as visible as in day
time. But it was a dark night and illuminations made it
seem darker, of course, after disappearing, the shells would
some time burst over us , but didn't do us any harm.
Some of the boys heard the cannon all night at int ervals ,
but I was too exhausted to hear a great deal.
At daylight the bugle sounded and we mounted our horses
and went out to join the line of battle before having any
breakfast. As our wagon train wasn ' t with us, we hadn't had
any rations issued since the 20th of June and all we had was
what citizens gave uso There were too many of us, for any
one man to get much , so we thought of breakfast the first thing,
when we awoke.
We were halted before reaching the line of battle , by
Major Mason , one of Gen. Lee's staff officers, and he called
for one Capt . two Serg's two Corporals and 30 private soldierso
I was one of the private soldiers called out and Capt .
Jas . Breckinridge was the commissioned officer called out.
Major Mason took us then three or four miles out in the direction
of Harrisburg , Penno Major Mason then told Capt. Breckinridge
to send a reliable ~oldier to an elevated point near by that
overlooked the Harrisburg Road for about a mile.
Capt. Breckinridge told me to go and gave me paper and
pencil to kee~ an account of the enemy ' s regimental flags , and
peices of artillery that passed the road.
There were lookouts
stationed on my right and le ft to guard . me as I was lying flat
and watching the enemy ' s movement, so could not watch myself.
I began my watching about 9 o 'cl ock a nd was to l eave my
post at noon : I~ was a sweltering day, a real type of Ju l y
a~d you may imagine how sleepy_I got l ying flat in that clover
field and the rays_of the sun Just pouring on me.
You see,
I'd only had one night's sleep since June 20 and had been
marching day and night and this was July 3. 'My same old watch
that I'd carri~d when I waded the Rappahannock, was_st~ll
keeping good time and you may know r was g lad when it indicated
12 o'clocko
When I went back to ~he Capt. and gave him the account
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I remember I counted 100 ~egimental flags and 70 peices of
artillery. Lee had men put on all the roads like this, so
he'd have a knowledge of the size of the army he'd have to
fight.
.
When I got back to the CaFt• and gave him the paper, I
was as wet with perspiration, as if I'd been dipped in the
creek.
I was so exhausted from hunger and general fatigue
that I soon fell as l eep and slept £or an hour or so , the
cannons firing a l l the timeo At one when the general charge
was made , I awoke though .
Soon we saw a skirmish line coming, and they began firing
on us, but we showed a bold front and they not knowing how many
there were of us , as there were some buildings near and we
were scattered around and they soon stopped firing on uso
Looking south, we could see the smoke from the artillery and
musketry, boiling up like a volcano. This elevated position
give us a fine view of the surrounding c9untry. The roar_of
artillery was like a continuous peal of thunder. Our regiment
was about a mile from where I was with the few men who had
been sent out with me and in fact our skirmish extended on
to us , but the main part of our regiment was heavily engaged,
but . were driven back by Kilpatrick ' s regiment. They were
fighting , without having had any food all day and .the day
before and the horses the same, only what they ate dragging
us around the night before. The whole regiment had fared just
as I had for the last two weeks and were broken down completely.
The hottest of the battle was fully two miles from where
I was stat i oned . As I hadn ' t had a bite to eat since breakfast
Sat . morning and this was Sunday eve, I told Capt . Breckinridge
I was going to risk my life and go to a brick house about
200 yards in front of our skirmish line and try to get something to eat.
I watched and kept the house between me and
the enemy ' s skirmish line and went in at the winq9w and down
in the basement, I found a boiled shoulder of bacon, several
loaves of bread and all the apple butter and marmalade I could
carry and a lot of dutch cheese. The family had left on account
of the battle , so I took my time to get plenty and made three
trips and took enough back to feed all 35 of the men who had
been sent out with me.
After emptying the crocks we put them on the fence back
of the house and wrote a note to the lady of the house and
put with the crocks, thanking her for her kindness. Her
provisions had certainly been a friend in time of need .
The firing of the enemy stopped for a little while and
we thought our forces had gained the victory, but when Pickett
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ordeTed to advance, we soon knew that we had lost the day.
We could not see the hottest of the battle, only the awful
smokeo I ' d never forget that. Major Mason took us back to
Gen . Lee's headquart~rs about nightfall and we slept in the
yard that night. About 10 o'clock i t began raining and rained
all night. Shortly after daybreak Monday morning, Major
Mason gave us something for breakfast and Gen . Lee sent us
to Gen. Meade's headqu~rters under a flag of truce to get
permission to bury our dead.
So I had the privilege of
sitting with Gen's Lee and Meade at their respective headquart~rs the morning of July 4th 63.
When Major Mason
presented the . dispatch to Gen . Meade, he immediately sent
about 30 of his men with a dispatch back to Lee under a flag
of truce·o
About 60 of the U.So Regulars took us all over the battle
field and explained the position of the armies that fought
the day beforeo We went to the hospitals where they had been
amputating limbs and at some of them a six horse wagon could
have been loaded with legs and arms . We passed a half dozo
or more of these field hospitals.
There were a do z . or more
doctors at each of them.
The dead men were every where to
be seen, of cour~e.
It looked more like fields of flax spread
out to dry than any thing I ' d seen beforeQ The most of the
Confederates had been gathered up ready for burial .
There
were several ten acre fields with men lying just as thick as
they could lay. We saw them digging the graves several feet
deep and a blanket was spread down and fuur men laid on it,
then another blanke~ spread over theme The dirt from the
next grave was filled on this one and so on until the whole
line was buried.
I learned afterward that the hurried dispatch
Geno Meade sent back to Gen . Lee, was to send men to mark the
graves of the dead, but that he would have them buried.
The
· regulars did not take us over the portion of the battle field
occupied by the Yankees a We could see the fields strewn with
the dead but they didn't want us to see how many they had lost.
The men were very nice and kind to us though.
They explained
how the dreadful slaughter of Pickett ' s men occurred .
His
columns had been thinned out so much by the artil l ery and heavy
f iring they were subject to in crossing the low ground comeing
up to the road to Cemetery Ridge, and he gave the order to close
to the left, expecting Geno Heath's division to also close to
the left and support him . But Heath couldn't see the move
Pickett made as his men were in a peice of timber and the trees
being in full leaf, the view was obstructed.
They advanced
slowly and when Pickett charged the breast works, Heath's
division was too far in the rear to aid him .
Ther~ was a gap
of about 700 yds. left between Pickett's and Heath's division
and Gen o Warren, who was in fron t of Heath's division saw the
gap, marched a part of his men to the front and right faced and
marched in behind Pickett and captured a part of his men, who
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When Pickett saw Warren rs move and knew that Heath
couldn ' t support him to recapture the breastworks, the was
compelled t o retreat. Then was when the terrible slaughter
occurred , as Pickett ~ s men retreated under the heavy £ire
from the artillery they had once taken , but was unable to
hold.
The men had to march very nearly . two miles in the retreat,
in full view of the enemy's artillery , before they reached the
timber , which served as a protection . If Heath had brought
his men up as Pickett expected , it would only have caused
a heavier slaugh ter, because I saw the tents of a number of
lines of battle the next day that the regulars told us were
right there to support the b;eastworks, that Pickett couldn't
see when he was making the charge . He never could have held
the position , againsed such heavy forces .
We went right over the summit of Cemetery Ridge, by the
Peach Orchard and High Water Mark . It was all a dismal sight
as it was raining steadily until about 12 o'clock , but the_
work of caring for the wounded and burying the dead was being
carried on as rapidly as it was possibleo The regulars took
us on to our outpost and we bade them farewell , never to meet
againo Major Mason knew some of the men personally, so we
enjoyed their kindness very much. Major Mason took us back
to Lee ' s headquarters and Gen. Lee released us and sent us
on back to our command .
In going back to our command , we passed by the remnant
of Pickett 's gallant division . It didn't look to be more than
a regiment . The first man I recognized was my brother-inlaw, Liewu . John Dill , who is still living. I asked him how
many they had lost and his reply was: "We have lost all" He
got in sight of the breastworks, he said, before they had
to retreat. He was wounded by the explosion of a shell.
As all of the Botetourt Infantry was in Pickett's division,
I soon found other men that I knew. The men of the Fincastle
Rifles had the same sad story to ~ell, of the dreadful loss of
their comrades . The descendants of the Botetourt Infantrymen
can always be proud of the charge their ancesters made and glad
they did not see the disconsolat e , depressed remnant I saw
that morning after the battle. It was the saddest sight, I
think, I ever witnessed. You know the missing men were from
my own county, and so many were my acquaintances.
I talked to
some of the gallant men of the Blue Ridge Rifles, Buchanan .
Rifles, also· some of the men who composed Capto Gilmer Breck.inridge ' s company, then commanded oy Capt. Ke l ly .
Capto Breckinridge raised this Co at the beginning of the
war and his father furnished uniforms for the men. Some of the
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men of Capt. Spessard's Co. of Craig Co . told me of Nat
Wilsdns death . He was k;illed just· as he crossed the breastworks . He was raised in Fincastle and was one of my schoolmates ,
We reached ouT command on the evening of the 4th.
I
found the regiment had lost heavily, but our company had not
suffered so much . Six of our Co. , beside myself, that only
numbered 64, when we went to Gettysburg , were sent out on this
lookout expedition . The most gloomy time of my life, I
think, was from that eve until we started back to Va . the next
day. Lee was· whipped, but unconqueredo Meade was slow in
following us up .
The infantry and artillery moved in front and the extreme
rear, was brought up by the cavalry , as usual.
The business of the cavalry was to fortify behind us and
protect our men in ~ront . We took wheat shocks and piled them
up high and threw dirt on them and when the advance guards
of the enemy would see our fortifications, they would slack
in their movements. Thay would bring up their artillery and
open fire on us often and we would retreat to other fortifications
built by cavalry ahead of us and so ono
Sometimes we would
have to stop in the open field and fight the enemy .
Sam Riley
was killed in one of these engagements, while we were still
in Penno
George Hayth, "F l ud" we all called him, was mortally
wounded near Boonesboro and died at Winchester, about ten
days later. Alonzo Rineheart was shot through the hand at
the same time "Flud" was wounded, in one of these encounters,
trying to drive the enemy back o
We struck the Potomac near Williamsport and learned there
that our wagon train had been captured and about 15 men from
my Co were captured, also o
They were acting as guards for
the wagon train.
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Some of the caval r y was ordered to go to the front to
guard the pontoon bridge, that Lee had used crossing the
Potomac going into Maryland, but before we go t there we learned
that the bridge had been destroyed but we went on to where the
bridge had beeno
Whi le there I saw a lot of the wounded men, who were able
to ride crossing the river o It was very deep and at one time
I saw about 30 men go into the river and the horses go t confused
and threw their riders and only 15 passed over sa£elyo
Some
of the horses came back on the Maryland side while others went
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that the men had picked up along the road and some of the men
were ridi!lg w:l thout sa,ddle or•·b:ridle , just a rope or strap
tied around the horses neck . There were more wounded than we
had wagons or ambulances to carry them and those least wounded were walking on ahead trying to escape the enemy and
get back to Va~ , so picked up the horses as they could.
The citizens told us that the wounded men had been crossing
like that for a day or more , so no doubt many a poor fellow
had a watery grave , in this last effort to reach his home
state again .
We remained at Williamsport , until the whole army arrived .
We had been sent ahead to guard the fords , whi ch we did and
fortified at several places . When they arrived, the river had
run down considerably and the infantry and artillery passed
over first and we again brought up the rear . After we had
crossed we found that Gen. Pettigrew with his division had
been left.
I never knew why . And the enemy attacked him and
he was killed , but not many of his men were lost. Our batteries opened fire from the Va side and protected Pettigrew's
men and held the enemy in check until they could cross the
river and get with uso
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We continued to retreat until we reached Winchester where
we went into camp for a few days and got a little much needed
resto A good many supplies had been shipped to the army and
we found them when we arrived . A great many were not present
to receive the boxes from home. They had answered the last
roll call and were numbered with the slain.
Some of the Yankees had crossed the Potomac between
Harper ' s Ferry and Winchester and attacked us at Sheppherdstown.
When we went into the battle, Co. C. had only 13 men
left of our 64 that went into Penn. Some had been killed
and the others captured. The picket's were driven in about
12 o ' clock by Gen. Kilpatricks men and a skirmish line was
sent out to bring on the attack. There were a hundred or
more of us in the skirmish line and the 13 men, who compsoed
Co. C, 2nd Va . Cavalry were among them.
In marching toward the enemy a large sink hole was right
in our pathway and instead of going through .the hole and
keeping 8 ft apart which was our usual distance in skirmish
lines , some of the boys went around the hole and 6 or 8 of
them were huddled right together. The enemy was behind a rock
fence on the summit of a hill, which was a grave yard and whe n
they saw these men together, they fired among them and
wounded five, two of them mortally.
We couldn ' t get nearer than about 500 yds, to the ro c k
fence, as the enemy was firing grape and cannister among u s so
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I was lying in a £ence corner and a cannon ball hit the fence
stake on the opposite s~de of the fence from me and cut the
stake off and tore it out of the ground and took it whizzing over me.
It shook me up, I ' l l tell you, but didn ' t
wound me . Had it struck the stake my head was againsed
I would not Ji.ave oee·n· left to tel 1 the tale.
We couldn ' t damage them much from where we were so
we were ordered to the left into a piece of timber and
remained there lQ or 15 minutes and were then ordered to
cha!ge in an9ther direction and went through an old field
and came ~cross five pieces of artillery, that our men had
abandoned on account of the heavy firing from behind that
stone fence . Several of the gunners were lying there
dead and after we passed the guns our gunners came back
and opened heavy fire over our heads, at the men on the
top of tfle hill .
As Gen. Young had gotten in position on our right,
we were ordered to advance and came by a house that we
found to be full of Yankee soldiers.
We came across
several men oehind a corn crib and they laid down and
shot under the crib at our feet , but missed us , and
before they could reload their guns, we ran around the
crib and they ran to the house and into the basement . We
followed at their heels, and to our great surprise , there
were about SO men in the basement , instead of 3 or 4 .
We
ordered th.em to surTender, which they did at once.
Our
line of battle had gotten up by that time and we sent the
prisoners to the rear .
We crossed a l i ttle ravine up a slope into a wheat
field and the · enemy opened such a heavy fire, that we were
compelled to take refuge behind rocks , wheat shocks, or
anything we could. Every man, though , that got behind a
wheat shock was kil l ed .
Capt. Graves and I fell down
behind a large lime stone rock and a shell struck in the
ground about 20 feet from us and ploughed right along
to our rock and exploded .
It threw dirt all over us, but
didn't hurt us at all .
Just at that time , I looked to t h e rear and saw J .
E. Stewart, Wade Hampton and Fitz Hugh Lee coming right
up the ravine and would soon have been in full view of
the men at the rock fence and grave yard.
I ran down
and explained the situation to them.
They remained there
a few minutes planning what to do, and Hampton decided
to ha·v e Gen. 'Young's men come up in 1 ine with Fitz Lee's
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Hampton sent a cou~~er to Young , and ~n a few m~nutes
his men did charge , ~uf they were ~~wed down so rapidly
that they didn ' t get near up to our line until they were
compelled to fall back. We had to keep our hidden
positions until n~ght fall and then retreat.
When we go t back I found that only six of our 13 in
my company remained unharmed . Ben Peck , a cousin of mine,
was mortally wounded , only lived a few days. John Deisher
also died in a few days. The othe r S recovered , but were
unfit for servi ce for awhile .
We spent the night in camp and the next morning
our pickets found that Kilpatrick had withdrawn his forces
in the night and gone back toward the Potomac. We remained
at this encampment until the next eve, when we had a dress
parade in an oats field nearby.
Dress parades were held every eve in each regiment .
The orders for the next day were always read out and each
orderly Sergeant had to report if any of his men were absent
" without leave " o When the dress parade was over the regiment
was turned over to the quarter master, and he gave orders
for each man to get four bundles of oates to feed our horses
that night and the next morning.
Our Co . was on the extreme right and Co . K, was on the
extreme left of r eg i ment. Each Co . had one of the contariest me n the wor l d ever knew. We had all said if either
of them ever drowned we would fish up the stream for them.
Instead of getting the oats near by, these men started off
in a sweeping ga l lop to the opposite sides of the field
and ran together about the center of the fieldo We heard
a report like that of a gun and immediately, another;
the first proved to be the horses heads coming together
and then the men ' s. All four fell over dead, as we all
thought, at first . We rushed to them and not a sign of
life could be seen. Some one hastened for Dr. Shackleford
and as he had no restoratives with him except hartshorn,
he used that , and we soon fo und we had' two live men alright.
They felt up for the ground though. They then used the
hartshorn on the horses and they soon revived also. The
crowd had gathered by that time and all had a hearty
laugh and gave them three cheers for the bay windows they
carried on their heads.
After going into camp that night in a piece of woods,
we hitched our horses and some of the boys went in search
of water back in the open field. A fellow by the name of
Bob Luckadoo, had gone off about 30 or 40 yards from the
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from hunting wate~ , accidently stepped on the man.
He got
very mad and cursed and the boys apologized and told him
they could not see him in the dark . He finally accepted ,
but the boys found .. out what a "touch-me -not " he was, so
told it as soon as they got into camp . We decided to pass
by and stumble over him· again in going for water.
The next
boys did so, and he shouted and cursed them and they
pretended to be so surprised at his being there and began
to apologize. He said : " What in the hell is the use to
apologi .z e , when you ' ve killed me? " He 1 ai~ down again, though,
and presently another boy stumbled over him and he jumped
up and called to the bugler as loud as he could yell:
'' Casey·!
Casey! Just turn out the whole damned bloody
2nd Cavalry and let them march over me and maybe they will
be satisfied . " The regiment enjoyed the prank greatly and
we often laugh about it yet.
We moved camp the next day and his horse got lame and
as we would pass every boy would ask him what was the matter
with it. He got so mad he told us it was none of our d--d
business. Sometimes 3 or 4 would be asking him at once.
He finally got so mad he cursed us until you could have
heard him a mile , I think. We camped the next night in
a dewberry field .
As soon as day broke, I got up and ate a good breakfast
of dewberries. We soon found that there were about a dozen
Yankees on the hill, just above us and they fired on us a
few times, but over shot us. ColQ Munford ordered the bugle
to be blown , which was a signal for us to mount. We were
formed in line and by that time the fog had raised so that
we could see the men on the hillQ He wanted someone to
try to ascertain who they were and why they were there.
I told him I'd go on the hill just opposite, where we could
see better , if someone would go with me. Another man
vo lenteered and I told him to come up from one side and I'd
go up from the other and we could meet on the top. When I
went around on my side of the hill and got to the top the
other volunteer wasn ' t there.
I was in sight of the men on
the other hill and about 200 yards from them I could see
that there were 8 men on horseback and there were two horses
without riders. I was riding my horse that I ' d captured
in the spring. I shouted to them and bade them "Good Morning"
and asked them to whose command they belon ge d and they
answered "Gen. Rosser's ".
They asked me to come up to where they were, but I
told two of them to come down to meQ
They insisted on my
coming but I told them there we re more of them and for two
of them to come to me. Just then two men in some sassafras
bushes about SO yds~ from me fired at me and my horse
whurled so sudden ly, that I heard the whiz of both bullets
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right by my head.
I ~ell over on my horse to ~eep her between
me and the men, She almost flew back in the ·direction from
which we had come. The man who started with me never went
to the top of the hill, for he could see the Yankees before
I could and he soon started back .
The Col. then withdrew
the men and made preparation for an attack; but it never was
bro~ght on .
There were a few stray shots all day, but
didn't amount to anything among our men .
Each side seemed
afraid to attack the other , as they couldn ' t ascertain the
strength of the opposi~g forces .
Wh~le we were recuperating and maneuvering around one
evening at dress parade an invatation was read out, that a
Mrs. Lucas in the neighborhood had given an invitation to
all the Burdens , Sheppards and Pecks to attend a dining at
her home .
The invitation was read all through Lee's army.
A lieutenant by the name of Burten from Bedford Co. and I
were the only ones who went. We had to go about six miles:
She lived at a fine farm house and the porch was crowded with
guests. Mrs. Lucas and her daughter came out to meet us
and told us not to tell our names until she guessed who we
were .
She looked at the Lieut. first and said she couldn't
see the favor of any of the Burdens, Sheppards or Pecks .
I told her how he spelled his name and we soorl found it was
different from the name she was hunting . She told us to
get down and come- in anyway ; she was glad we had come,
etco, if the name was a littl e different.
I told her she
had slighted me, that she hadn't guessed who I was yete
She said : "Oh! Come on , I know you by the favor.
I' 11 show
you pictures of your relations for two generat i ons . "

She introduced the Lieut . to the ladies and said she
would introduce me a little later . She took me in and showed
me a life-size portrait of her grandfathe r Jacob Peck, who was
born and raised near Fincastle, and was my great unclea
She knew me by the picture, she said. She then took me back
and introduced me to the guests . Her husband came in, and
to my astonishment, I recognized him as the same Dr. Lucas
that we had so much fun over when we were in prison at
Washington about four months before. I laughed and called
him the fresh fish and he enjoied anew our initiating we
had for these witnesses that were sent to Washington. He
said he recognized me on first sight . Lieut. Burten went
back to camp that eve, but as I had a three day's furlough,
I stayed until the next evening.
Dr. Lucas sent regua~ds to
the other seven men who spent the time with us at Washington.
After a few days we crossed the Blue Ridge and went
back into Culpepper Co, near the same place from which we
had made our start to Gettysburg. We rested and recuperated
at this place a few days and the first disturbance was one
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horses graze , when the pickets came in and said that
Kilpat~ick was crossing the Rappahannocko
The bugle sounded,
a signal to saddle and make ready for movement.
Our horses
all being out and half the men, naturally we had a considerable stampede before the men could get back and we could
all make ready. By our de l ay Kilpatrick succeeded in
getting about all of his men over.
We formed our line of battle and aimed to make a
cavalry charge, but could not on account of the timber and
underbrush. · Just as we were dismounting a young man by
the name of Preston, who had come to our regiment the
day before, was shot in the neck and fell deado We charged
them on foot and drove them across the river, capturing a
few of their men and having a few wounded and killed .
Some of our slow fellows who didn ' t get up with us in time
for the pursuit, hitched their horses a t a straw stack and
were smocking and set the stack on fire, and burned it
and one of the horses .

A few days later while out on a scouting expedition ,
and some of our men were left behind the majority of the
command, having the ir horses shod , Kilpatrick's men came
on them and would have captured them all , but for Lieuto
Ed . Hayth. He hurriedly formed them in line, as soon as he
saw the enemy approaching and charged them and drove them
back
Hayth then hurried on and overtook us and informed us
of the enemy 's advance , so we took our position ~ behind a
rock fence
When Kilpatrick's men advanced , they came up
through a corn field , so we had to s hoot considerably a t
random an d their firing on us was about the same way .
One
of our men by the name of Chaso Cross, from Lynchburg, was
accidently killed by one of :~·our pieces of artillery, and Capt .
Breckinridge sent word back to the gunne rs that they must
aim higher, and just as the messenger, William Craddock , got
to where young Cross was killed, he was shot by the Yankees
and died that nightD
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These were the on ly two men we lost.
We left the fence
and charged the enemy and drove them back, but didn ' t
capture any of them o
The next
· · we heard of the enemy was that Gen . Meade
was concentrating his forces in Culpepper Co . , preparing to
advance on Richmond. Gen. Lee then moved with his army
toward Cu lp epper, Co H. , to check Meade.
He sent Stewart 's
cavalry to cross the Rapidan River at Raccoon Ford , to drive
the enemy back.
When we crossed the river the enemy opened fire ori us
with three or four pieces of arti ll ery and th e first ball
that was fired cut Sergeant McCabe ' s l eg off and th e ball
went on through his horse and killed it instantly.
We soon
saw that our only c ..
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went on thro~gh his horse and killed it instantly. We soon
saw that our only chance was to dismount and charge the
enemy on foot. When we got near the artillery they began
to fall back and never halted until they got to Stensburg,
about two miles distant. Here they opened fire on us again
and we laid down in a mill race, to get out of range and
sight of the enemy .
I was very warm , having wal ked the two
miles in double quick time and h ad to lie ln that spri~g
water for about three hours until reinforcements arrived.
When the infantry got within about 200 yards we were ordered
to charge the artillery, which we did, but when t h ey saw o~r
reinforcements corning they began retreating to Brandy Station.
We fol~owed them expecting them to make a stand agai~ ~ut
they did not.
They continued to retreat until they JOined
the main army .
We camped near Brandy Station that night ~
and the next morning I was unable for service. My rest in
that spring wa t er had given me a case of congestion of the
livero Ke B. Stoner was sent to take me back to Orange C.
H. , I wasn ' t ab l e to go alone.
After going a coup l e of miles a citizen told u~ of a
near w~y by going through his corn field and on out in ~
cross road , that led to the main road 1 Just after getting
into the corn field I was riding a little ahead while Stoner
laid up the fence and to my great surprise one of Gen.
Pleasenton ' s couriers came galloping up.
I drew my pistol
and ordere d him to surrender, which he did without a wordo
When we got through the field and to the next house, the
man of the house told us it wasn ' t safe to go farther
because h e had seen a scouting party go that wayo He told
us another near route back to Lee's headquarterso
We arrived t here in due time and stayed all night and
they to l d us where to find the command . We at last reached
them and turned our prisoner over to the provost guard, and
made a second start for Orange C. H.
I hadn ' t eaten anything
for a coup l e of days and would get so sick every f ew miles
that I ' d have to get off and li e on the ground awhile and
try it again. A£ter two days riding and resting along, we
reached camp and you may know I was glad to get backo I was
sick for a week or so and every thing remained quiet for some
time.
This was nearing fall and we soon began fixing up winter
quarters. We tented in a heavy piece of timber and built a
wind brake back of the encampmento We had built log huts for
winter quarters before this, but just lived in our tents the
winter of '63 as we were expecting to have to move at any
timeo
Nothing occurred during the winter to break our rest.
We kept up picket duty, of course, and had fairly good rations,
principally corn bread and pork with some beef . The country
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had been so over~run that we couldn't expect to fare as well
as we had previously a
We broke camp the early part of march and moved to
Fredericksburg. Thi evening we started, after we had
saddled up we were waiting for further orders and about
half of th~ boys lay down by the wind brake and went to
sleep. The horses were all hitched around, ,just where we
had kept them all wintera Some of the boys thought things
were too quiet, so they slipped around and set fire to the
dry pine brush of the wind brake, and such a scare as the
fellows had when they waked upo The men jumped and some ran
off without their guns or pistols~ and every little while
the f±re ~would burn over one and it would fire away .
The
horses then got scared and we had a general awakening.
Some of the. boys used Sunday words, lavishly, I'll tell you.
If they could only catch the fellow- ~ho set the brush, was
the cry; but catching him was the thing .
Every fellow was
perfectly innocent, of courseQ
At about 8 o ' clock at night we had orders to march
toward Fredericksburg. As the roads were bad, the wagons
made poor time, so we didn ' t get there until the next day.
As soon as we arrived a detail was made from all the
companies to send men down to help draw a seine.
I got
permission to ride about some and took one of the roads made
by the infantry the year before , when the battle was fought
there o I heard a man cursing at the top of his voice and
I went to him and his wagon had upset with a load of £.sh.
I
helped him turn his wagon back and to reload his fish and
he was very grateful for my he l p, so much so , that he gave
me a dozen fine hickory shad.
I strung my fish up and hung
them to my saddle and started on toward the fishing , and
directly I heard my man yelling and cursing and I rode back
to find his wagon upset again and every fish on the ground
I helped him load up again ~nd he gave.me anothe: dozen. My
hands and clothes were considerably soiled by this time so
I dec i ded to go back with himo He was going to the camp wirh
the fish, so I helped him on out o f the woods.
Every time
the wagon would strike the roots of the trees the fish would
slip first to one side of the bed and then the other and by ,
both of holding and watching we kept them from upsetting
the wa g on again . When I got back our quarter-master had
issued f i sh to the men, so with my extra 2 dozen, we had a
fis h f east o
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REMINISCENCES OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDlER
CHAPTER IV .

FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR .

We remained at that camp until the morning of the 4th of
May, when we tore down our tents and started to Spottsylvania
C. H.
When we got there we were ordered out to take a place near
Todd ' s Tavern , where we were ordered to fortify .
In a few hours Gen . Sedwick, with the 19th army corps marched
againsed us . A desperate fight ensued . We fought from behind
our log fortifications; he charged again and again during the_
whole day , but we continued driving him back . Our loss was light,
as we were well fortified, but the ground over which they charged
was left blue with their slain. Gen . Ulysees Grant had already
been appointed commander-in-chief of the Yankee forces and was
now in Spottsylvania Co . His motto was "never to give up" so
he reinforced Sedgwick the next day with another army corps, which
meant 30 , 000 or 40 , 000 men . The first day I receipted for 100
rounds of ammunit i on and shot it all and the next day for 115
and used all that the 2nd day . The others all did about the same.
They had removed t he dead during the night and charged over the
same ground all of the second day . We held our same position
behind the fortif i cations and lost very few men , but the ground in
front of us was blue with the poor boys in blue, again by night
fall .
We left a strong force at the fortifications during the
night , but a part of us went into camp near by.
We went back to our position in the morning of the 3rd day
and the Yankee ' s had moved their dead, but were reinforced and
ready to charge us again and continued until about the middle of
the day.
One of our Bedford boys "Lil" Johnson, looked over the
fortifications and was shot through the head and killed ~nstantl y.
Another fellow Creed Hubbard was killed by a bullet passing through
the fortifications.
Chas. Price, Newt. Shaver and I we re side by
side as we had been for three days firing at the enemy, when
another bullet came through the fortifications and struck Newt.
in the breast and he fell dead, as we thought.
I put my hand
into his bosom to see if we could stop the bullet wound from
bleeding and found there wasn't a particle of blood. He had just
been stuned so we soon revived him with water, and just then one
of our couriers came in sight and was killed. Some one ran up to
him and found a dispatch in his hand ordering us to fall back . .
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and our men had already been ordered back, but we were the last
to receive the order.
The enemy was pressing ha rd er , of course, and just as we
started back, after our breastworks had caught on fire, Chas.
Price took Newt's gun to carry and I took his arm to help him,
as he was still weak from the shock and a bullet struck him
in the arm, that was locked in mine. We had to leave our dead
men at the breastworks to burn . I only saw the two right near
me, in fact they were about 3rd or 4th man from me, but of
course, there .were others all along the line .
Still our loss
was very meager, compared to the enemy . We fell back until we
reached Gen. Lomax's breastworks . When we crossed over and laid
down, I told Newt I wanted to find out why that first ball
that struck him didn't enter his body and I asked him what he
had in his pocket . He said he had the bible that his mother
gave him, when he left home .
I looked and found the bullet more
than half way through the little bible.
So it had saved his
life.
·
turned him over to the ambulance corps to be cared for.
The enemy's whole line of battle followed us, but only the sharpshooters came in sight. We waited for the line to appear to
open fire, but as they didn't, Col. Munford ordered our sharpshooters to re-cross the breastworks and charge the enemy who
was hiding behind the trees and firing oc-asionally .
I

Edward Brugh, of Co. C., 2nd VA Cavalry, who was comm anding
us, ordered us to advance and try to keep the trees between us
and the enemy as much as possible. Just as I got to a large tree
a man behind it fired at Brugh who was behind another tree to
my right, and shot him through the lung .
I ran around the tree
expecting to get him, but he had dodged behind another tree and
I didn't get a shot at him .
Lieut. Hayth was put in Brugh's
stead and we followed on a drove them nearly to our breastworks
that had been burned.
I was in the front line and just as we
were ordered to halt, I saw a Yankee officer lying dead, as I
thought, with his head between two small shrubs.
I went to him
and saw that he was shot through the head and thought from his
appearance that he might have money, so I examined his pockets
and found none, but found a splendid silver watch.
One of Co .
K's men was with me and he said: "Peck, I am going to take his
boots, he'll never need them again." Just as he aimed to pull
one off, the man kicked him and sent him a couple of somersaults.
I looked and saw that our men had gotten some distanc e back
toward our breastworks, so we started back in double quick time,
I'll tell y ou .
The enemy's skirmish line began firing on Bnd we ran at
full speed. I carried the watch in my hand, so if I was shot I
could throw i t away.
I didn't want them to kill or capture me
with a dead Yankees property on my person. We didn't overtake
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our men until we crossed the breastworks, and we crossed right
where Capt. James Breckinridge was and laid down by his side.
He said to me: " The boys thought you were either killed or
captured as you didn ' t get back with them ." I then showed him
the watch and told him of my hunting for money and finding it .
Capt . B . took the watch and looked at it and saw that it belonged to Col . E . L. Sindler, of the 1st Vao V. S . Caval ry.
Col . Munford said he knew the man well ; had gone to school with
him at West Point, and had been his class-mate and graduated
with him.
Capt . B . wanted to tr ade me a gold watch for it,
and I sent the gold watch home , and he carried Col . Sindler ' s
watch until he was killed at the battle of Five Forks.
.
It wasn't long until night-fa l l , so ·the enemy let us rema~n
in camp until morning . We arose early and the infantry had
arrived by this time, and we fortified , expecting them to do
the fighting and we cou l d look on . The infantry had been in
camp nearer Richmond and didn ' t get to us in time to share our
three days fight .
Gen . Lee ordered us out near where our breastworks had
been burned , to bring on the f ight, but before we got that far
the enemy , hiding in the timber, fired on us and killed Capt.
Breckinridge ' s horse, known to us as "Bull Locust. " We retreat ed so they would come out in the field and follow us
nearer to the breastworks where we could have a chance at them
and the infantry opened fire on them. Just at this time Col.
Munford received a dispatch from Gen . J. E. B. Stewart, that
Sheridan , who had been fighting in the southwest was advancing
on Richmond with 15,000 men and 90 pieces of artillery,
pr i ncipal ly parot guns. Munford ordered us to follow him in
a gallop, which we did.
We halted after gal l oping about twe l ve miles, when we were
nearing Sheridan ' s rear . He was in a country where a great deal
o~ broom sage grew and to keep us from overtaking him he ha~
fired the country for miles . We rushed ri ght through the fi re
singing our eye-brows and our horses manes and tails , but suc ceeded in coming on his rear and a l so getting a portion o f our
army in front of him at a place near Beaver Dam.
As Sheridan had so much larger fo rce of men and equipments
than Stewart, we had to give way at sBveral points, to protect
ourselves , but when we got to Yellow Tavern, about 9 miles
from Richmond , Stewart determined to make a stand and save
Richmond . Stewart rode in fron t of his line and told us that
Richmond's destiny l ay at our hands; that in three more miles
Sheridan could reach the Heights from which we coul d throw
Greek fire from the paro t guns and s h e ll the town. Richmond
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time and not so many brick buildings , ~nd as the parot guns
could throw a shell 6 miles, an~ whe~ it struck it would explode and throw fire in every d1rec~1on , it would have been
an easy and short take to have set 1 t all on fire . We had
come experience with Greek fire and_knew what it was to
extinguish it . It was a very dry time, too, but a cloud
arose and just as the battle be¥an t~e cloud reached us and a
dreadful storm followed . The lightning and cannonading were
so terrific, that sometimes we_couldn~t tell the flashing
of one from the other . The rain was Just pouring and often
the ammunition would get so wet , as we were loading our guns ,
that they wouldn ' t fire .
The Penn cavalry made a desperate ~harge and took three
of Stewart ' s artillery guns . ~tewar~, with his 1st Va. regiment ,
the one that he had gone out with, aimed to retake the guns,
and one of the Penn. cavalry , who had gotten out into our lines
before falling back and saw Stewart a~d recognized him , I
suppose , fired and mortally wounded him. We didn ' t get the
g uns but we held Sheridan back and saved Richmond .
The battle
only lasted something more than an hour, but in that short
time we had lost one of our bravest and best men, Gen o J. E .
Stewart.
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We fought nearly the whole ~ime in a down-pour of rain
the
loss was heavy on both sid~s , but we fe l t the los s of
and
our leader more than all of the privates, at this time , when
the enemy was doubling in on us from all sides .
Sheridan was not easily defea~ed, we only spoiled one plan
for him to make another to reach Richmond; that was to go down
and cross th e Chichahominy at Meadow Bridge . He began that
movement as he fell back from Yellow Tavern.
Our pickets that evening and night found that he was moving in that direction , so we were ordered to move down and
form a line of battle south of ~eadow Bridge .
The Chickahominy
was very much swollen by the rain the day before and it was out
over the swamps about waist deep on a man .
We were right at the bank of the river and saw so many
large turtle s , watching for bugs or anything that might be
floated. We soon looked out ac ross the river that had spread
a mil e or more over the swamp, and saw a number of objects that
looked no larger than many of the turtles, advancing in regular
line.
I told the boys that I believe~ that was Yankees wading in
the water and trying to make us believe they were turtl es .
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I was right in the road that crossed the bridge and had a
good view, and felt sure they were men we saw and not turtles.
So I called up to Lieut . McGruder to come down and investigate
the matter .
He hadn't much more than reached me, before these
men in the water opened fire on us and killed McGruder while
talking to me.
The Yankees were armed with Spencer rifles and it made no
difference how wet they got the water couldn't penetrate the
powder.
They had stooped down until only their heads· were
above water, where it wasn't deep enough to hide them, and when
they were yet about fifty yards out from the river in the
swamp timber, they fired on us , killing several men of our
skirmish line and the Lieut .
We were ordered to fall back over the crest of a little
hill south of us, in double quick time. We had a very brave
Irish Sergeant , who said he'd never run, and as we were going
~ack in double quick time, the Capt. said to him:
·
"Paddy, I thought you ' d never run. "
He said : "Ah, Capt . It is shust this wayo Those d---d
rascals have played turtle on us and it is better for a fellow
to be a coward f or a few minutes, .. than a corpse for the rest
of his l ife.
Let the d---d rascals come our of the water loike
min , and I ' ll foight them until hell freezes over and and thin
I ' l l foight thim on the ice."
We fell back to our regular l ine of battle and arti llery and
when they came out of the water we ruched up to the top of the
hill with our arti ll ery and charged them, driving them back
through the river with heavy slaughter.
Gen . Stewart, who had been taken to his brother-in-law's
home in Richmond, and was gradual l y growing worse, heard the
cannonading and asked what it meant. They told him that Sheridan
was aiming to cross at Meadow Br idge, and that FitzLee and Wade
Hampton were holding the ford . Stewart's reply was: "If Fitz
Lee is there with th e Vao cavalry, Richmond is safeo" These
were the last words he spoke, that any one could understand.
I ' l l tell you it did our sad hearts good to know that the man
we had fought with that long, had that confidence in us and that
we could be among hi s last thoughtso
At about two o ' clock the water had run down considerably ,
and some of us crossed to see if we could . locate Sheridan's
movementso Scouting parties were sent in every direction and
we soon found that he had retreated in the direction of the
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Crook - Fisher
Deed Book 45 pages .Yl-J- )44: Deed JO March 1895 between Nancy Fisher, Geo.
Fisher, John H. Fisher, William T . Fisher, Clara P . Fisher and wi.fe Ann M.
Fisher and Sallie M. Fisher heirs of Geo . L. Fisher, deceased to District
School Trustees of Gills Creek District. Parties of first part £or and in
consideration of the building of a Public school house for white children
convey to Trustees and their successors in office 1 acre (with right of
way to water in Franklin county) . "Beg . at a rock Borner in crook's line
on north bank of Greer ' s Ford road, thence S 90 E 9 E 12 Po to pointers ;
thence s 71 1/2° E 12 1/2 Bos . to pointers thence No 9° w12 poles to said
road ; thence N '.71 1/2° W 13 pas . to beg. "
Nancy Fisher. George c. Fisher, John H. Fisher, Ann M
: Fisher,
Sallie M. Fisher, William T . Fisher, Clarra p . Fisher
R· c. Shaon, NP given 30 March 1895
Recorded 1 Jan 1895

c.

( Note: From compiler, recall reading report of Franklin county, Virgi nia
public schools indicated this school in very poor condition by about 1905
and was valued at about $5 .00 . My father , Daniel Rufus Ralph Sink remembered
the old school building as a locator in finding his ancestor Stephen Sink ' s
cemetery. When we were there in 1976, the old school was lo~ gone as well
as other identi:fyi.ng land.marks for him . We were unable to find it. Several
years later after his death in 1979, his si9:.er, Neora Marie (Sink) Vaughan
gave me excellent dire~tions. It was off Route 670 unto Road 900 south Rbout
a mile, with looking for the metal gate at the top of a long hill . Based
on what in:fonnation I have , the school should have been somewhat across from
this stated intersectio n and probably the Dillon Store, a neighborhood general
store . Apparently the old road kn?wn as " the Greer ' s Ford road'' is presently
known as Route 670 in the J3Urnt Chimney area of the county and goes past
Burnt Chimney School . )
Deed Book 72 page 174: Deed 19 May 1922 J . D. D. Perdue and o:rusie his
wife to Jube Taylor for sum ~500 ~ra7t n~ar Taylor's Store containing 76a ml .
" Beg . at a spanish oak tree in Price s h .ne and With road E · or NE to ro ck
planted on side of road and then southward With road to
k planted on side
of road at s . E. corner of field near hollow, then west ~cs . w. to rock
planted at end of wiretfhence _it·hn ~ok : s line then north or N· w. with Crook ' s
line to Price ' s line,
en wi
_. ... ice s line to starting part ."
J . D. D. Perdue. Drusie Perdue
Clerk's Office recorded May 29, 1922 .
R· c. Sha.on, justice 16 Feb 1901
Recorded 2 Aug 1901
of the Jube Tay 1 or f am1·iy are buried
( Note·· from compiler, many members
.
.
n~arby in chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery lo~ated on Route 672~near
Route 670, which was near the old " Road to Taylor ' s Store".
r n the 1980s ,
a local resident had a Mr. Taylor, take us on a walk. ·
t · p on the old
Stephen Altick land (most likely part of Lawrence Bo~~an~~ tracts) to locate
a lone one man unmarked cemetery . He found it and . t had
rock . I wonder
if it could have been Richard Fisher, husband of th~ dau h~er of Mary "Polly"
Bousman.)
g
compiled by:

Mary Ann (Sink) Barnes; 1204 Alli.· s on Drive
.
· Ro ckviJ.le, Md·. 20851.
June, 199. 6 • Descendant . of Stephen S"nk
'
. an Revolutionary
i
Amenc
.
war So ldier, Pennsy1 vam.a Mil itia f h '
C0 untY• He is
buried about .9 mile south of the
C e~ter
ket located at
.
.
community mar
the intersection of Secondary Road 670
d 900 on land
111
designated by deed as " the Sink Ce s ..._~ ~ • FranJdin county,
.irgirua.
. .
me"""'ry in
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The follovling pages contain a copy of the minutes for a 1933 program
conducted by African American employees of Norfolk and Western.
The type-script was written by J. Lewis Majors.
Contributed to V.A.N. by Daniel Jones .

. PROGRAM .
NORB1 0LK A1ID WESTERN VETERANS ASSOCTIATTON

COLORED DIVISION

Hs.filtl§on ».av is, Yi .ee- Ch.ai rman

Lewis Ma jor s - Chairman

Roanoke, June

24 ~

1933

INVOCATION - by J . T . Willia ma
PBESENT.A.T I ON OF .EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEI\.ifBERS

SINGING OF

TH~l'IE

SONG - Lead by P r esi d ent T. F ! Sheehan

A :ru!:ESSAGE FROM TEE RAILROAD !vUiNAGEMEN~ -

by Jf' . E.ehabot

THE SOUTHLAND SINGERS - Voc!il Selecti ons

ADDRESS - Pres ident T . P . Sheehan

VOCAL s:EL:E:CTIONS - Mr. &amp; Mrs. J. R. Robinson
ADDRESS - Vice-P r esident W. B . Carter

SOLO - by Edward Lo gan
ADDRESS - by Chairman Lewis Ma jors
THE ROBI NSON SINGERS - Vocal

~elections

SECRETARY- TRE?i_suEB.Rr s RE.PORT
SOLO- - by Pre sident T. F .

~heehan

srnGING OF TBEJ:lE SONG
ADJ 0 URJl I\/IENT

VIRGINIA APPLACHIAN NOTES

�Page 34

(Portion too dark to reprint)

Mr. Chabot presents Chairman Majors and Vice-Chairman Harrison Davis
and they simply rise and bow as their names are called. Then Chairman
Maj ors takes charge of the meeting.
CHAIRMAN MAJORS SAYS:
~~~t · ··i'.~.-· ~~·· honor }ind , a ~ pl·eai:iu:r~ to serve _.,&lt;;B your chaiTinan ana. to

~e"sA.i"e- at ·..th±s · ineeting ... · ·I ·., think _ it ·i s .generally uno.e· ~st. ood tha.~ th'a:.:.§is
"

· ~:, sectiona l l.il. ~ eting

of OIJ.r division &amp;ncl. th£.: t , t11erefore , no re g ula:r

busine..s s Will be tr Z:nsacted .

we

It is a get - together l.i'le eting, the f irS t

have held s i nce our memorable meet.ing at Bay 0hore , near .duckro e

'Beach, end I hop e tht:.t our prog.x~m tod f:. y wil l be sich a.s to make you fe·e 1
that i t was worth- while to be here.

INVOCATION "At thi s time I wi.i....:.. as.i( 3rother J .

'J.' • • Villicrns ,

one of

O Ll r

fellow

.l lal;erans1 to invoke th e D:ilvine _;l e;:;sint:; upon our m~e tin g .

urt is now my plea.sure to p resent the white officers o± oµ r asso -

ciati on who are with us.
1

'i. hey

names.

I will

E'1

SK them l:::liIU;;ly to

st~nd

as I

call ·their

wL1.l be invited to s _p es.t.C to us a .Little lat er in the mee t ing
· .•

.

? re s i de nt T. F . Sheehan
Second "if ice - P re s i cient ·,f . i3 . Cart e r
~ecret~ry - ~r e ~su rer

F.

~o

Chauot

"Ilow let ' s ee e how well we can all s 1·ng

tog~t.her .

'.le have a l i t t le

theme song- -us ed at the sectional L1e eti11rs of the ;i~.1hi t: e 6 i vision--a.nd .I

believe you Will en joy it .

P r esident T. :L&gt;' . ~3hee han vv ~l.l. ex,.;lain the so~g

anC'. l ead us in sin&lt;.'. ing it.

~. :r .

CH..~ I ~1MJ~

~Jheehc. n."

-·-·- J v ltd d.n.Y 3 :

nr unct erst a.nd thr t our se c ret -~ ry-t re asur e r, :.ir. Chauo t, h a a a sp.e4I..~'a
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VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�.f&gt;!ge 35

CHAIRMAN - iil"J"olis· ~ -

nwe have With us today The S'outh:La-nd Singers and the.y will si~ -·
:for us at this time .

Hr . David Traynham is our pianist.~
.''

CMI2 lfl.A.1'T 11.l-!..JORS :

" It is now my privelege to give the floor to our Presi~ent, Mr.
To F. Sheehan who will t a ltk

to

you."

CHAIRMAN Majors.:

is a :p l eas1J..re to p r esent a t this ti.rne Mr. and Mrs. J.B.

"It

Robinson who will sing fo r

us. "

CID..IRMA.N ll/:.. JORS :

"I next present Vice - President

w.

B. Carter who will speak to us.n

CH!!. I RMAN :h·Ui.. JORS :
" Edward Logan , soloist , will give us a selection now.

n

CHAIRMAN MA.JOBS l.1.'-...KES ADDRESS ABOUT A.S E"OLLOWS:
n rt will be two years in September s ince we have had an.
ineeti~g

a nnual

and this is my first o]tpor.tunity to speak to you collectively.

·'"I .- .w.j..sh it h a d been possible f or a ll members o:f our division to be here

and the :".' e

}J:-.~o bably

meeting.

I look forward to the t ime when we c a n h old another such

would have been mo:re if we co uld have had a re gul a r

meeting cs we had in 1931.
~Now ,

RS

you will

learn

~rom

the secret £ ry's report to be made

in a £ew minutes , our division does not have as man y members as it sh0tl.l-~,
'

Of course I dan understand that there a re many colored emp loyee s of . the
Norfolk a nd Weste rn who

able
quite

~o
8

~ re

eli gible fo r r:iembership but who do not · ::te..~l

join bec ause they h a ve pot h Ed regul a r work.

few

Who

you to do whr. t
urer wil l

Would joi n if we WOL1 ld f::';O ~fter t hem
you c an to inc i"ease

o:.1r membership

0

Ird like: t o...• .

0

be g lad to help in any way that he can, rrm sure ..

VIRGINIA APPLACHIAN NOTES

�Anothe r

~r

I\.

_ _Page 36
3
I would like to mention is the matter of p zying due s

:for the year 1932".

There ar·e about 30 members who have not pa id :fo r

that yea r 2s yet and I understand they were given copies
latte r se~t o:1 t

by our secret ary - t reasurer.

o~

a general

Of course such membe rs ere

not delin~uent as yet but it is desired t h at they be pai d as ecrly a s
pos·sible.

If for any reason you are £_ot able to pay them now the

secreta ry-treasurer would ~p pre icatexl\note from you expl ~ ining ycu.r
situaaion so that when the proper time comes he c 8 n p l aoe your c2se
am
gefore the executive committee. IAsure our officers are all men who
unde rs tand existing conditions and th~t they will be very reasonable
in considering litUCh cases.

You understand tha.t those who pe.icl , or

are ~e~uired to pay, dues for 1932 do not have to pay dues for 1933.

This rule was made

oy

our executive committ ee bec Luse we did not

have a regular annual meet ing in i 932.

However,

the secret£ ry-

treas u rer has been author i zed to collect dues for next ye5r but they
will not be peyable until January l, 1~34.

"I will

now ask the Robinson Singers to giv.e us a selection."

nour secret a ry - treasurer wi l l give us a report on the
of our division.

af :f~irs

Mr. Chabot ."

Cha irman Majors:
" •tyou have h .ea.rd .Mr .. Chabot's report o

a.t

thi~

I wou ld like to ask

time that we all stand for a m&amp;ment in s i l ent medit a tion out

of respect for oux deceased broth ers. "
CHAI BMAN MAJORS SAYS: ·

nl:iow, I hate a pleasant surprise :for you.
'I'. F. Sheehan is. go ing to s i ng for us .

Mr .. Sheehan has 48 years o:f

service despite mis app e ~rence of youth.

you will be very agreeably ea:rprised.

Our presid.ent , Mr .

When you

he~r

Mr. Sheehan. t•

VIRGINIA APPLACHIAN NOTES

him

r•w

sure

�Page 37

... 4_

Mr. Sh eehan a e:a in l e a ds audi ence in si:gging nwe r ve Been Work in 1 on the
Rai lro ~ c1. u
CHA I

ffiU.J:~

?.IIAJ.ORS :

" Th.is concludes o u r ;: ro g ram .

I want to thanlt you ell :tor coming

out , a nd I vt1E:n t ps.. rti c ~j_ a xly to thanlt a l l of these mu :::i ca l artists f o r
~rov i d i ug

s o mu c h e n joyment here t o day.

Goo d bye and goodluck unt i l

ou:r n e x t meeting .n

The follo"ving pages contain a listing of African Americans living in Northwest
Roanoke City. The purpose of the list is unknown. It is possible that this is the
membership of some fraternal organization since consecutive dates are listed,
perhaps to be checked off for the payment of dues. This list was prepared by J.
Lewis Majors who resided with is wife, Martha, at 324 Gilmer Ave., N\V. T he
type-script was prepared by Mr·s. J. M. Wa1·reo, a clerk at the Norfolk a nd
Western office located at 918 Norfolk Ave., S.W.

Have your P1·esc 1· ipt.ions fille d at

PROGRESSIVE
DRUG STORE

COOPEJl'S DRUG
S'f'OI{~:
Th e y Carry a Complete l ine of
SMOKES, CANDIES,
SODAS and TOI LET
ARTICLES
T . C. COOPER, Ma n ager

Corner

H~nry

and Hjgh Streets
PhonE! 1446

W ill Call For and Deliver Your
Prescript ions
125 N . Henry St.

- - ·-

VIRGINIA APPLACHIAN NOTES

P hone 3-4 741

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North west Men

Arr ington, T. E ••••••• 721 Moorman Rd. Ne

w.

1 9 41

Bashman 1 w. w.
Baskerville , Juniua ••• 502 Tent h
Birkes, R· H••••••••••522 McD owe ll Ave. No W ool~ 4l
Board. McKi nl ey ••••••• 220 Patton AVeo, ?~ . W oo o l ~41
-Bumbray, a o~~a.rd.
616 McDowell Ave . No Woool 94l
Burrell, R. c••••••• ,.122 Patton Ave. N o w••• • 1 941
.Burrell, w. Ho • ••• • • • • 604 Harrison A Ve . N.. \I o .. l ~4l
Br yd , Joe •••••• •• •••.•• 605 Madison Ave . l~ . w... o 1 '~ 4l.
Caldwa ld, Jas. R•••• • • 304 Gilmer Ave o , N . W••• l 94 l
Callowa y , J ulian H• • •• 241 Mad i ~Qn .Avenue, N o Vi' o l&lt;J 4l
Cla rk, Allen ~ •••••••• 711 Ma dfso n Ave . N. w. ... 1~ 41
Cobbs, Earlie ••••••••• 713 Mcnowe ll J.\. ve. N o Wo l'J 4 l
1~41
Cooper, Calvin.~ •••••• 211 Y~di aon Ave . N. w.
Coop er, Clarenc·e • • •• lOl b Henry St • N . w....... 1 ';) '.l: 1
Cruise, Cha s •• • •• ••• •• 829 Harri s o n Ave ., N • w••• l &lt;J 4 1
Dani e l, Jame so••••••·• ~l2 McDowell Ave. No Woo 1 941
Dan i els, Geo. R••••••• LJ27 McDo we ll. Av e . w.. w.... l.9 4 1
------- 822 7th St o

N o Wo ••• o • o l 'J4.l
Av e ., No Wooeol94l

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Davi s , Wi l l a rd L •••• •• 708 Rutherf ord A ve., N.W .1 ~41
Davia, William, •••••• • 604 Eighth St. ' No ~ .1i1.l~4l
Benni.a, El.more E •••••• 315 Madise n Av e . N. w... . 1 941
Dennis. Harrison •••• •• 606 Loudon Av e. N o w• ., •• 1~41.
Dent, John H •• •••••o••31 ~ Madi s on ..Ave • N 0 wo • • 19 4 1

Dent, William G. J r ••• 304 Eourth
Di vers, samue 1 ••••• •• • 154

st. N. w••

G

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1~ 41

Dudley, Calmeze R•• • •• 4 05 Gilmer Ave. N. w•• . 1SJ 41
Dudl ey, E . R•••• •• •••• 4 05 Gilmer Ave. N. W c-o•l ~4l
Dupee H. K•••••• •••••308 Gilmer Ave No W o o oo l ~4i
Edwards, U~ r c ell~S.0 00423 Moorma n Rd . N a w ~ •• 01941
Faulkner, T. B • • • •.• • • • 622 Harris on Ave 0 N o Woo1941.
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Fl eming , Legrarde ooeo o414 Gilmer

N., w•• 1 94l

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Hicks, John jugo •• • ••• 923
Hodg es, Sam•.• ••• o o o • •e~~2
...Holland, Alpnons o .. . • • ev4'7
Holland, Jeremi~h•••••51.6
Johns on, E. Lo' ooo•.••••519
Jones, i:ryree. • o • o • .• • • . 1 21
Jones. Wo Lloyd 0 • • 0 • 00 206
.Jordan , John }{ ........ 111 ~?5

L ynchbur g A ve.,• 1'J oWCl&gt; 1 94l.
7th S t • J\T ., W o • • • o • . . . 1~ 41
Mc:.di s on Aveo .Jll. Wo ~ • .19 4 )_
Ch:.stnut Av e .,, H .. Wo l 94l
Fa irfax A vee N. w..... 1 94J~
~arrison Ave. N. vt o .. 1 94 1
.McDowe l l Ave. N• \"; •• 19 4 1
ME1dis on l•. ve. N. w•• 01 941

Cl a renoe ••••• o ~22
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King, '\'talter Co .)•• • 0 0 •;)39 MCDowell a ve. N o \!°~ 00 .J..941
Kyle, R • Hoo••••••••oo7lff !f~rri so n Av e .. N .. w... 1941
Lipscoms, sam Lewia ••• 106 Hi gh St. N. w. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1941
Lynch, F r ank+• "•o11000•604 ~:nth S t .. 1q- . W"•••••l941
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Morton, Charleso•••••o•o•343 s ee·onu Ave.. No ·Wl •• ~l 941
Pal. mer , Donal.~ •• ••••• • ••• 615 Fair fax Ave . N' • ·wo. o 1.941
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Reeves, John R ••••• •••••• 400 Harrison Ave. N.w .... 1941.
Rivens, W. W•••••••••••••• 327 Me~owell. A ve. No w... 1941
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Saunders, Thomasoooooooo•230 Rutherford Ave. N.Wd l~41
Sears, Thomas E · · ··•· ·~··543 Madison . Ave .,, I~ •. W11 al941
Sewell, Jas. H oooooooo•• • 511 Gilmer Ave. No w••• •1 941
Short, Charles ••••••••••• 518 Moor man R4. No w.... . 1~41
Simmons, Wm Jo ooo••o oo ooo307 Patt on ~ve . ·N . w.... . 1 ~41
Simon, Roger E •••••••••• • a36 Patton AV0• N. w..... 194l.
Simpson, Amelia o• Goo•••oo303 N. Hen ry Streeto•o•ol941
Smith, Gran villeao oo o•••o239 Mad i s on . A ve ~ No w••• 1 941
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Vaughan, T . R •••••• • • • •• 916 Madison AVe a N~w •••• 1 941
Vaug han, Wo H ••••••••••• 812 Eigh t h Sto R ~ w••• •1 941
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Anderson, Annie M8.Y•ooel33 McDowell Ave. N .

Ball.out Ruth ••• • •• • •••• 425
Baskerville, LUCY•••o•o502
Bethel, Virgi nia •••• ••• 315
Burrell, Gwendolyn ••••• 122
Craig, Mamie B ••• • •••• • 600
Davia, Emma Loµisee •••• 708·
D~nmon, Elizabeth •••••• 21 4 ·

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Shenandoah Ave. N• W .1~41
Tenth Ave~• No w...... ~ 1 941
McDowell Ave. No w••• l ':J41
Patton Ave . N• W•e- •• • 194 1
Rutherford Ave. w.w •• l 94l
Ruth erford Ave .,N. W•ol94 1

N • Jefferson St •• o • • • 1941
Dillard, Marion Augusta330 Gilmer Ave. N. w••• • .1 941.
DudJ.ey, Theress a H ••••• 405 Gilmer Av e . N• Vl••. o ol 94l
Edwards,. TheJ.ma •••••••• 42v Moorman Rd. ·N. w•••• • l 9.41
Faulkner, Marie~ ••••••• 823 Rutherford A v e ., N• w . l ~4l
F ox, Laura K. ........... 609 Harrison Ave. N• Woool941
Fultz, LB.ura ·· ·• •••••o• ·.325 Chestnut Ave, Na w••• l94l
Gilliam, Elizab eth ••••• 202 Wells Ave. N . w.,. • •• 01941

Hairston, Lizzie • • • •••• 214 Harris.o n .Ave 0 N 0 w. o o 194 1
Harris, Elaie••••• o• • •• 206 Rut hei·f'ord Ave. N•W•o l 94l

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Laven~er, Mary • •••••••• 5 16
Leac}l, Ma r~·~··•• • ••••• 301.
Lynch, Letrtia•••••o•••·~07
Means, }..nnie • •••••••••• 430
Montgomery, Eli zabeth •• 713
Paige, Sarah ••• • ••••••• ~19
Pal mer, Elizabe t h.o •••• 615
Penn, Rosa ••••.•••••• •• • 629

Ches tnut Av e . N• w••• 1941
Loudon Ave. No W• . • • .l94 1.
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Priee, Mamie ••••• ••• • • • 621
Potter, Nannie •• ••••• •• 620
Roberson, Fs.iinie. • • • . .. . 31.6

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Simmons , Muriel•••c.••••307
S impson, .amelia •••••••• 303
Spa in, z en?bi?o••••il•••324
~ teptoe, Virginie •• o o ... 836

~ t raw p r~a K•oooGci Goooe 8~5
Thomas , Mattie ••••••••• ?o7

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Kasey, Artie Mae •••••• 041.4 Patton Ave. No w•• ••• 1 941
King, Ola••o•.,•.,•••••••~39 McD owell. A v e., No Wo o • l 941

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Henry , Ollie ••• •••••••• 233 Gilmer Ave No w••••• l9 4 l
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Holland, Georgia ........ 5 16 Chestnut _c,. ve 0 N o w•• • 1 9 4l
Hughes; Sarah • •••• p • • • • 51.2 Gainsboro Ave• N. W• .1941 1 942

Jefferson. Mollie •••••• 4 17 Park St. No w•• 0 , • • • • 1 941
Johns on JQhnso n • ••• •• • • 522 Rut herfc rd Ave. N. W• .1941.

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North west Woman
Clark, Juanita ••••••.••••• 711 Madison Ave . N. w.. 1941
Clark, zelma .
'711 Madison Ave . N· w•• 1941
Rogers, Gwnedolyn •.•.....• 512 Park st . N° w•••••• 1941
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It is with great sadness that we report the passing of one of our loyal
contributors to the V.A.N. E. Elizabeth (Libbie) Spoelma passed away on

January 26, 2009. At her memorial service on January 31 , 2009 her
daughter read one of Libbie's stories from the V.A.N. as a eulogy. Her
endearing, sweet stories about growing up in Roanoke will greatly be
n1issed in these pages.
From Libbie's funeral bulletin:
When life seems dark and empty
and there's no hope in sight
look for God to send an angel
to guide you toward the light.
-When God Sends an Angel (2007, Pg. 4)

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Botetourt County Death Records by Charles T. Burton, Continued

McCLURE, William T - b ca 1842 Pa - d 11 May 1889 Bot Co (death paper) - f
John McCLURE - wife Susan (or Sarah) .J - ch Vernon, Mazie, Clifton B, Berta
McCLUSKY (or MACLUSKY), Nancy - b ca 1789 Bot Co - d 1859 - age 70y - f
George CLAPSADLE - cd age - rep by bro John CLAPSADLE
McCONKEY, George - d by 14 May 1838 (sons called orphans) - sons: all under
14, Allen, Samuel, John, James
McCONNELL see David J MAYS
McCONNELL, James - d by June 1813 - ref WB B p338, will dated 6 May 1813, WB
C plSS settlement, WB C pl63 division - wife Nancy; Ch James, Peter, Jesy,
John dec'd (md Catherine); others John RIDDLESBARGER &amp; wife, Thomas JENEY Exrs James McCONNELL, Thomas WILSON - [Note: wife d 25 Apr 1818 (WB C plSS)
(see her card)
McCONNELL, James - b ca 1779 - d 9 Apr 1821 - age 42y - f James McCONNELL,
dee ' d - rep "Herald of the Valley" 16 Apr 1821; WB C p 314, 339 ; wi 11 dated
28 Mar 1821 - Relatives: others: James D &amp; Delilah McCONNELL (of Peter);
Demaris McCONNELL (of John); Mitchell McDONNELL (of Jesse ) ; John T Wilson
(of Thomas); Jesse ROWLAND, Rev Robert LOGAN, John NELLY - Exs Thomas WILSON, John x:ELLY
McCONNELL, John - d by 13 May 1817 (ch called orphans) - ch Nancy &amp; James B
(both over 14); Sophia &amp; Demaris (both under 14) - (Sophia was over 14 by 11
Feb 1822)
McCONNELL, Lucinda - b ca 1818 Bot Co - d 24 Aug 1862 - age 44y MALORY - cd not known - rep by hus William McCONNELL

f

Philip

McCONNELL, Nancy - d by 25 Apr 1818 (see WB C plSS) - Ref WB C pl37, will
dated 18 Feb 1818 - ch Peter, James - hus James McCONNELL dec'd
McCONNELL, William Jasper - b 2 Oct 1826 (or 1836) Fincastle - d 13 Dec 1916
- f maybe George McCONNELL - m Mary BI.AXE (b Finc~stle) - buried Oriskany
Cem - cd Brights Disease &amp; heart trouble
McCOOL see Sarah Ann BROUGHMAN
McCORC(K)LE see Henry HOLSTON Sr
McCROMACK see W A GRALEY, Joe L LINKENBOKER
McCOWN, Patrick - d by 10 Nov 1772 - Ref WB A p29, app &amp; admr bond - on 10
Nov 1772 orphan ROBERT - admr ~illiam FLEMING
McCOY see John JONES, Thomas GROSS, James Edward LINKENAOKER, Louise WAUGH
McCOY, Bernice - b unkn - d 5 Nov 1916 - f McCOY - m unkn - buried Co Alms
House cem - cd epilepsy
McCRAWFORD see Hammond Grabill MORGAN
McCRAY see John KESSLER

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McCRAY, Cathernie - b 19 Jan 1850 - d 21 Mar 1927 - grave Mt Union Cem
McCRAY, Elizabeth

b ca 1869 - d 30 Sep 1931 - age 62y - grave Mt Union Cem

McCRAY, Elvira - b 30 Mar 1843 Rke Co - d 16 May 1915 - f Charles McCRAY (b
Amh Co) - m Mary (WEBSTER) (b Rke Co) - buried Carvins Cove Cem - cd Lung
trouble
McCREA, Julia - b July 1845 Rke Co - d 31 Oct 1912 - f John McCRAE
???? buried Mt Pleasant Cem - cd Volvular heart disease

?

- m

McCRERY,
- d by 13 Aug 1803 (his orphans, not named, gdn) - orphans named
in suit 16 Aug 1804 : Mary "Polly" over 14 by 8 Sep 1812; Elizabeth "Betsy"
over 14 by 8 Sep 1812; John, Nancy
McCREARY, Andrew H - b 4 May 1824 - d 24 Sep 1844 - Ref Lemontown gravestone
- Adm Francis T Anderson (10 Apr 1854)
McCREARY, Frances - b 13 Oct 1767 - d 1 Oct 1814 - age 46y llm 18d - w/o
James McCREARY (d 1828) - Ref Lemontown gravestone
McCREARY, Fulton - b 14 July 1804 - d 24 Sep 1844 - Ref Lemontown gravestone
McCREARY, James - b 18 Aug 1758 - d 1 Sep 1828 - age 70y Om 13d - h/o Frances
McCREARY (d 1814) - Ref Lemontown gravestone
McCRERY, John - d by 15 Oct 1802 - Ref WB B p91, 160, app 8 settlement - admr
Timothy PATTERSON - [See Chalkley's Records of Aug Co, Va, Vol II p216: h/o
Hannah 8 f/o Mary (md John B PECK); Elizabeth (md Robert H CALHOUN); John E
&amp; Nancy
McCR[E]ARY, Margaret A (unmd) - b 15 Jan 1802 Bot Co (census #369) - d 25? or
27 (# was written over) Apr 1857 - cd consumption - rep by sis Elizabeth McCRARY - Ref Death bk; Lemontown gravestone - Ex .John E McCREERY
McCRERY, Solomon - d by Feb 1800 - Bef WB A p532, app
McCRASKY see Hattie PAINTER
McCULLEY (maybe McCULLOCH), Nelly - d by 8 Sep 1778 (son called an orphan) son John
McCULLOCH see Elizabeth liILLIAMS, Elizabeth THOMAS, Henry Hepler KESSLER,
Madison Woodson KESSLER, Nancy Ann KESSLER, Sarah KESSLER, William G (orC)
KESSLER, James B THOMAS
McCULLOCH, infant - d by 1 Dec 1 875 - m Emma McCullock - cd natural causes Ref Inquest papers
McCULLOCH, David (md) - d 29 Dec 1862 - Richmond, Va - cd not known - rep by
f-i-1 John WILLIAMS - h/o Sophia WILLIAMS
McCULLOCH, Elizabeth WILLIAMS - b 30 May 1819 - d 1 Dec 1891 -f WILLIAMS w/o Madison McCULLOCH (1819-1896) - Ref Mill Creek gravestone
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McCULLOCH, J R - b ca 1865 unkn - d 10 Dec 1915 - f unkn - rn unkn - buried
High Bridge Cem - cd found dead in bed, supposed heart clot
McCULLOCH, Jerry D - b l May 1862 - d 11 Feb 1884 - grave Mill Creek Cern
McCULLOCH, Lucretia M - b ca 1859 Bot Co - d 18 Dec 1860 - age ly 6m - f M
McCULLOCH - m Eliza - cd paralized - rep by father
McCULLOCH, Madison - b 6 Mar 1819 - d 8 Mar 1896 - h/o Elizabeth McCULLOCH
(1819-1891) - Ref Mill Creek gravestone
McCULLOCH, Martha E - b 7 Apr 1847 Va - d 2 0 July 1916 - f John WILCHER (b
Va) - m Polly (WATKINS) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Cern - cd carimoma of breast
McCULLOCH, Mary Ellen - b 19 Dec 1915 Bot Co - d 19 Dec 1915 - f J J McCULLOCH
(b Rb Co) - m Elizabeth (RHODES) (b Rb Co) - buried Buchanan Cern - cd still
born
McCULLOCH, Sophia - b 9 Oct 1820 Bot Co - d 24 Sep 1916 - f John WILLIAMS (b
Bot Co) - m Elizabeth (ROCK) (b Bot Co) - buried Mill Creek Cem - cd artercoschrosis?? - w/o David McCULLOCH
McCULLOCH, Thomas - b ca 1824 Pa (census #1235) - d by 9 Feb 1852 William KESSLER

adrn

McCULLY see McCULLEY, McCULLOCH, Nathaniel SCOTT
McCUTCBINS see Catherine ROBINSON
McCUTCHEN , Elizabeth - d ca 1879 - Ref Unrecorded will filed in "Unrecorded
deeds etc"
McDANIEL see

female COOK

McDANIEL, James Emory, Mrs - b 8 Feb 1870 Craig Co - d 9 Feb 1913 - f William
Albert CUMB (b Canada) - m Maria Louise (ABAR) (b Canada) - buried Springwood
Cem - cd Septicemia (retained child)
McDANIEL, Mary Ellen - b 21 Mar 1840 Giles Co - d 10 Apr 1917 - f
IER (b Va) - m unkn - buried Springwood Cem - cd TB of lung

Creed FRAZ-

McDONALD see David ROBINSON, Annie McDONALD RADER, Charles Hammond RADER,
James ROWLAND, John THOMISON Jr

McDONALD,

- d by 11

Nov 1795 (son called an orphan) - son William

McDONALD, Ann [md #1 1807 Abraham PETERS , md #2 1831 Edward McDONALD] - b 3
Apr 1780 [or 1783 Md, census 1850 Bo t Co #1597] - d 7 June 1880 - f [Adam or
George] CRITZ - w/o Edward McDONALD - Ref Haymakertown gravestone ·- Ref Bot
Co WB N p425, ch Jacob PETERS, Mary BIGLER, [Eliza (rod Lewis HOUSMAN] [note :
Her son Jacob PETERS in 1880 census, both ps b in Md.
She was aged 100 in
1880 census &amp; b in Md &amp; both her parents b in Germany, she was with Jacob
PETERS in 1880]

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McDONALD, Annie (urund) - b ca 1797 (census #1583) - d 27 Feb 1865 - age 68y
- f William McDONALD - m Nancy Ann ROBINSON (b ca 1759, Census #1583) - Ref
Mt Union gravestone - Ref 1IB L p60; bro &amp; sis William &amp; Priscilla - Ex William McDONALD (10 Apr 1865)
McDONALD, Bryan - d by 11 Feb 1777 (Kegley ' s p504; d 19 Jan 1777) - f [Bryan
McDONALD (d 1757] - m [ Catherine ROBINSON] - Ref WB A p59, will dated 23 Dec
23 Dec 1773, Admr bond - wife Susannah; Ch James, William, Thomas, Edward,
George, Mary, Susannah, Jane - admr James McDONALD, William McDONALD
McDONALD, Bryan Rowland - b 1797 - d 1874 - f Edward McDONALD - m Mary Rowland - [h/o Elizabeth McDONALD (Jonas &amp; Elizabeth)] - Ref Mt union gravestone
McDONALD, Claudia - . b [12] ca June 1858 Bot Co - d 19 Nov 1862 Lynchburg, Va
- age 4y Sm 7d - f Lewis McDONALD - m Madge - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
McDONALD, David (unmd) - b 1785 (or 1790) Va (census #1583) - d 20 Nov 1864
(or 1863) - age 79y - f William McDONALD - m Nancy Ann ROBINSON (b ca 1759,
census #1583) - Ref Mt Union gravestone - Ref WB k p810; bros &amp; siss William
Ann, Priscilla - Ex William McDONALD (8 Feb 1864)
McDONALD, Edward - d by 12 June 1770 (his heirs named) - f [Bryan McDONALD Sr]
- m [Catherine ROBINSON] - heirs Catherine, Elizabeth, Nancy, Rebecca - see
Order books, Bryan McDONALD their gdn
McDONALD, Edward [md #1 1788 Mary ROWLAND, md #2 1831 Mrs Ann (CRITZ) PETERS
- b ca 1761 ?Bot Co (census #1597) - d 19 Apr 1855 - age 96y 6m 14d - f
[Bryan McDONALD] - m [Susannah OGLE] - cd old age - r ep by son George McDONALD
- h/o Ann McDONALD - Ref WB I p344 - wife Ann; Ch Jane CYLE, Harriet CYLE,
James, George, William, Bryan Rowland, Mary - Ex George McDONALD (14 Apr 1855)
McDONALD, George [md 1828 Susan M HARVEY] - d 1877 - f Edward McDONALD - m
Mary ROWLAND - Ref WB N pl83 - ch E B, Lewis B, dau F M RICE
McDONALD, James - d 25 Aug 1777 (oral will) - f [Bryan McDONALD (d 17 77 )] m [Sus annah (d Mont Co 1801)] - Ref WB A p96, will dated (28 Aug 1777),
admr bond - rn Susannah; bros Edward, William, George; sis 5 Mary, Susannah,
Jean - admr William McDONALD
McDONALD, Lovuinia - b [3 Nov] ca 1866 Bot Co - d 20 Aug 1868 - age 2y - f
William McDONALD - m Sarah - cd bold hives - rep by father
McDONALD, Mary (unmd) - b ca 1790 Bot Co - d 1 Oct 1855 - age 65y - f William McDONALD - m Nancy Ann ROBINSON - cd consumption - rep by bro William
McDONALD
McDONALD, Nancy (unmd) - d 1843 - f William McDONALD - m Nancy Ann ROBINSON Ref WB F p546 - bros &amp; siss David, William, Mary, Anne, Priscilla
McDONALD, Priscilla (single) - b ca 1804 Bot Co (census #1583) - d 15 Oct 1865
f William McDONALD - m Nancy Anne ROBINSON (b ca 1759, census #1 583 ) - cd consumption - rep by bro William A McDONALD - Ref Death bk; Mt Union gravestone
- ref WB L p87 Bro William; sis Anne - Ex William McDONALD (11 Dec 1865)

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McDONALD, William [md 3 Dec 1775 Nancy Ann ROBINSON ] - b ca Sep 1756 - d 13
Dec 1833 - age 77y 2m 22d - f [Bryan McDONALD] - m [Susannah ] - Ref Mt Union
gravestone - Ref WB E p407; ch Bryan, David, William, Jane, Polly, Nancy,
Anne, Priscilla
McDONALD, William - b 1799 (census #1583) - d 17 Jan 1 881 - age 82y - f William McDONALD - m Nancy Ann ROBINSON - Ref Mt Union gravestone - Ref WB N
p498; wife Sarah; ch Olivia S, Samuel C
McDOWELL see Harriet J KYLE, Matthew HARVEY
McDOWELL, Elizabeth - b ca 1807 Ireland (census #1311 Jane FERGUSON - rep by hus Jame s McDOWELL

d 30 Nov 1857 - m

McDOWELL, James - d Oct 1771 - wife Elizabeth - only son James McDOWELL
bro Samuel McDOWELi; - Ref Chalkley's Records of Aug Co , Vol II p69
McDOWEL, Jame s (widower) - b ca 1800 Ireland (census #1311) - d 27 Aug 1858
- cd ' P istle' wound - rep by son William K McDOWELL - h/o Elizabeth FERGUSON
- Adm William K McDOWELL (14 Sep 1 858)
McDOWELL, John W - b ca 1854 All Co - d 24 Jan 1865 - age lOy 2m - f
J McDOWELL - m Sarah A - cd disease of heart - rep by fa ther

Francis

McELWAIN, Matthew - d by 9 Dec 1817 - Ref WB C pl03, app
McFADDEN see Eva Lee DOBBS
McFADDEN, Charles - d by 16 Nov 178 6 - Ref admr bond -

admr John PRESTON

McFERRAN see Nicholas CARPER, Mary CALDWELL, Ella McFerran GILLIAM, John
ALLEN, Placenia ALLEN
McFERBAN, James - d by Sep (marked out) written above is 18 Aug 1806 (date
sworn t o by witnesses) - m Anne McFERRAN - Ref WB B pl26, oral will dated 15
Aug ' l806
McFERRAN, John - d by 14 May 1776 - Ref WB A p67 , will dated 27 Feb 1776 ,
admr bond - wife Margaret; ch Samuel, Martin, Agnes , Martha, Mary (rnd
[Philip] WATKINS); Jane, James, Thomas; Gch Robert WATKINS, John McFERRAN adrnr Thomas McFERRAN, Samuel McFERRAN
McFERRAN, Martin - d by Feb 1816 - ref WB C p37, will dated 10 Dec 1814 ,
codic il 8 Dec 1815 - Others : Jean McFERRAN, Samuel McFERRAN of Tn (hi s son
Martin); Hetty McFERRAN - Exs Samuel McFERRAN, Charles BEALE
McFERRAN, Martin - b 28 Nov 1858 - d 23 Nov 1886 - h/o Penelope W McFERRAN
(d 1880) - ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
McFERRAN, Penelope W - d 13 Sep 1880 - w/o Martin Mc FERRAN (d 1886) - Ref
Fincastle Presby gravestone
Mc'FERRAN, Samuel - d by Feb 1 820 - Ref WB C p248 , will dated 13 Jan 1 820 wife [Placencia]; ch Ann, Martin; niece Betty McFERRAN - [Bot Co md 15 July
1802, Samuel McFERRAN &amp; Pla~y vanMetre (his widow #2 John ALLEN ]

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McFERRAN, Thomas - d by 7 Aug 1820 (dau called an orphan) - dau Betty (over
14)
McFERRAN, William - d by 25 Apr 1807 - ref WB B p272 , app - admr Martin
McFERRAN, Thomas McFERRAN
McGAME, Mary Elizabeth - b 12 Mar 1838 Pa - d 25 May 1915 - f P R HcNALL (b
Indiana) - m Hannah (SHEPARDSON ) (b Eng) - buried Philadelphia Pa cem - cd
mitral re gurgitation
McGEE see Thomas REYNOLDS
McGEE&gt; James - d by 26 Jan 1808 - ref WB B p214, 340, app &amp; settlement - admr
John C GRIFFIN, Matthew HARVEY
McGLAUGLIN see Hugo McNEAL
McGRADY see C L HURST
McGRAW, Bryant - d by 14 May 1771 - Ref WB A plO, app &amp; admr bond - admr John
DAILEY
McL\LISTER see Elizabeth MALLORY
McL\LISTER, Elizabeth Ann - b 14 Oct 1838 - d 20 May 1885 Bot Co (gravestone)
- hus John Wesley McKALISTER - family cem
McL\LESTER, Faris G - b 7 Sep 1901 Oriskany Bot Co - d 13 Dec 1915 - f Felix G
McKALESTER (b Oriskany) - m Virginia K (McKALESTER) (b Bot Co) - buried
Oriskany cern - cd peritoEitis
McKALESTER, Garland - d ca 1822 - Ref Unrecorded will filed in "Partly Proved"
MclCALISTER, John Wesley - b 24 Jan 1819 - d 23 Jan 1897 Bot Co ( gravestone)
- wife Elizabeth Ann - family cem
McKALISTER, Narcissia M - b ca 1843 - d l Sep 1855 - f William McKALISTER rn Lucinda - cd fever - rep by father
McKEECHY, James - d by Sep 1805 - Ref WB B pll3, will dated 28 Feb 1803 wife Rebecca; son Andrew - friend James MASON
McKNIGHT see James LACKEY, Thomas J SIZER
McKNIGHT, George - d Aug 1815 - Ref WB B p456, wil l dated 30 May 1812 - ch;
James, Jane, Sarah, William, Elizabeth, Nancy, George, John, Thomas, Mary Ex James McKNIGHT
McKNIGHT, William - b ca 1784 Bo t Co (census #636) - d 14 May 1854 - f George
McKNIGHT - m M - cd disease of h eart - rep by son William H McKNIGHT - h/o
Agnes - Ex William B McKNIGHT (12 June 1854)
McLANE, Benjamine F - d by 13 Feb 1860 - Adm Francis McLANE
McLEVY see Lucy DILLARD

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HcMANN see John LYNCH
McMATH, William - d by 10 Oct 1782 - Ref WB A pl61 , will dated 16 Sep 1782,
Admr bond - wife Margaret; bro James (his son William) - admr Margaret McMATB
McMULLEN see William REED
McMULLEN, Edward - d by 10 June 1788 - ref WB A p260, will dated 8 Nov 1787,
admr bond - wife Sarah; Ch: John, Elizabeth, Margaret, Agnes (all 4 by 1st w)
James, Edward, Joseph, Samuel, Sampson, Lovia, Jean, Ester, Sarah, Lettice,
Mary, Rachel - on 14 Apr 1795 orphan Sampson was over 14 - admr Sarah
McMULLEN
McMURRY see

~illiam

MAYS Sr

McMURRAY, William - d by 29 Nov 1798 - Ref WB A p486 , app &amp; settlement admr Thomas McMURRAY, James McMURRAY
HcNell see Mary Elizabeth McGAHE
HcNEAL see McNIEL, Solomon SIMPSON
McNEAL, Daniel - d by Aug 1818 - Ref WB C pl31, will dated 7 Nov 1812 - wife
Sarah; Ch Jane (md Robert FILSON); Polly (md George BRIGHT ) - Gs Thomas Jefferson BRIGHT
McNEAL, Hugh - d by Feb 1795 - Ref WB A p419, will dated 4 Mar 1794 - wife
Martha; Ch Mary (md
McGLAUGHIN); Lida (md
GORDON); Martha (
MURPHY); John, Sarah (md __ DUKE); Margaret, Elizabeth
McNIEL see McNEAL, Solomon SIMPSON
McNIELL, James - d by 11 Nov 1778 - ref WB A p98 , will dated 30 May 1778 wife Mary; Ch Joseph , Mary A; bro Jonathan
McNEAL, James Jr - b ca 1838 Va (census #829) - d by 12 May 1862 - f
McNEAL Sr - m Sarah - adm James McNEEL Sr

James

McNEIL see McNEAL, John HARRISON
McNIELL, John - d by 2 Sep 1772 - Ref WB A p24 , 217, wi ll dat ed 8 Dec 1772,
Admr bond, settlement - wife Mary; Ch Rebecca, Nancy, Mary, Sarah &amp; one
unborn - on 14 Sep 1784 orphan Sarah was over 14 - admr James McNIELL,
Daniel McNIELL
McPBEETERS, E C (female) - b 6 Sep 1827 - d 22 July 1872 - w/o Rev S B
McPHEETERS (1819 - 1870) - Ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
McPBEETERS, S B, Rev - b 18 Sep 1819 - d 9 Mar 1870 - h/o E C McPHEETERS
(1827- 1872) - Ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
McPHERSON, Charlott A - b 22 June 1843 All Co - d 16 Feb 1913 - f William
SULLENDER (b Bot Co) - m Sophronia (PERSINGER) (b All Co) - bur ied Gala tia
cem - c d broncho pneumonia

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McROBERTS, Samuel - d by 11 Mar 1783 - ref WB A p207, app &amp; admr bond - admr
John McROBERTS
McROBERTS, Archibald - d by 12 Aug 1777 - ref WB A p79, will dated 25 Nov
1776, admr bond - bro Isaac McSPARRON, "if he can be found"; uncle John
McSPARRON of Co Derby, Ireland - admr John THOMPSON
MABERRY, Lemuel Madison - b 12 Apr 1914 Bot Co - d 4 May 1914 - f Ernest
MABERRY (b Va ) - m Elizabeth (WINES) (b Va) - buried Mt Union cem - cd
Spinel bif ula
MACKIE see Mary J MOELICK
MACKINLEY, Duke - d by 14 Sep 1921 - cd a prisoner, shot by guard - ref
Inquest papers
MADDEN, John Edward Fillmore - b 25 Dec 1912 Selma, All Co - d 31 Mar 1916 f Millard Fillmore MADDEN (b Lenox, I owa ) - m Laura Dove (FAIRBURN) (b Bot
Co) - buried Eagle Rock Cem - cd broncho pneumonia
MADDOX, male - b 5 Oct 1916 Bot Co - d S Oct 1916 - f R[enry] W[ebb] MADDOX
(b Va) - m Eva Jane (CARPER) (b Va) - buried Fincastle Cem - cd still born
MADISON see Thomas BOWYER, Peter KEFAUVER
MADISON, Elizabeth - d by 8 Sep 1789 Bot Co (Adm Bond) - bus William MADISON
- ch Elizabeth Smith MADISON &amp; Agatha Strother MADISON - admr William FLEMING
William McCLENACBAN
MADISON, John - d by 9 Mar 1784 - ref WB A p199, will dated 19 Dec 1783, admr
bond - wife Agatha; ch Rowland, George, Thomas, William dec'd (md Elizabeth
&amp; had Elizabeth Smith &amp; Agatha STROTHER); s-i-1 Andrew LEWIS - admr Thomas
MADISON, Andrew LEWIS
MADISON, Thomas - d by 10 Apr 1798 - wife Susanna; Ch Adatha (md Col BOWYER);
John H, Thomas, Patrick, Peggy, Annie; - (mentions military lands on Ohio
River) - Ref WB A p465 , will not dated - "It was dec lared that son Thomas
became 21, Oct or Nov 1810" - adm Susanna MADISON, Henry BOWYER, John PRESTON
MADISON, William - d by 11 July 1782, written above 12 Apr 1872 - Ref Kegley
p 606; admr bond, admr bond - Admr Andrew LEWIS, admr Thomas MADISON, William PRESTON
MALLARY, Elizabeth "Betsy" - b ca 1796 Bot Co - d 2 Oct 1856 - f Garland Mc.KALISTER - m Jane - cd flux - rep by hus Philip MALLARY
MALLOW see MALOW, Catherine GURTNER, Philip GURTNER, Henry DRESSLER (or
Tressler )
MALONEY see Joseph CARPENTER
MALORY see Lucinda McCONNELL
MALORY, Bugh - d by 13 Nov 1811 (dau called an orphan) - dau Betsy (over 14)

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The following appeared in January 1977 at the end of the very first issue of
Virginia Appalachian Notes. It should be noted that, thirty-two years later,
one of those mentioned in the article, Babe Fowler, is still an active member
and contributing regularly to the V.A.N.
Thank you, Pam Young, for
submitting this interesting piece of our history.
LAST WORD
You have come to the end of the first issue of
the quarterly newsletter of The Southwestern Virginia
Geneal ogical Soc i ety and we trust you have found it
informative , helpful, and interesting .
It is our hope
that Appalachian Notes will be a strong link of corn.r.runi cation among members of the Society, as well as with
others who are interested in tracing family histories
and that every member will look on i t as a means o f
learning about genealogy and of helping others in thei r
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upon your contributions . We ne e d the help of every
member if Appalachian Notes is to succeed.
Let us have
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'

This first issue has been put togethe r by Mrs.
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Editor, and our second· issue is scheduled for publication
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We
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The following
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one of these , please contact the edito r.
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Art E.di tor
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Remember, your help, your material, and your suggestions
are needed . If you have access to publicatio ns from
other societies and enjoy some feat ur e particularly,
pass the idea on to your editor - we are always on the
lookout for more effective communicat ion and perhaps we
can ~dapt their feature to our use.

The first issue of Appal-a chian Notes cannot be
brought to a close without acknowledging the help given
your editor by The Hugh s. Watson Jr. Genealogical
Society of Tidewater Virginia, and particularly that
given by Col. Charles A. Nicholson~
Their encouragement and shari~g of information ha s helped Southwestern
Virginia Genealogical Society and Appalachian Notes in
many ways, ::i.nd we want to say "Thank you".
Mary Co Maier
Editor
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�SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INC
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omcen and Executive Board
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Membership
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Karen Kappesser
Pamela B. Young
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By

SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
G1EN1EALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
Vol. 33 - No. 2 - Spring 2009
(April, May, June)
CONTENTS

Page
New Books in the Virginia Room compiled by Pamela Young

51

Summer Workshops at the Roanoke Public Library - Alicia R. Sell

55

National Genealogical Society Convention reported by Pamela Young

57

Marshall Family Records submitted by Edward D. Graham

58

Rev. Peter Vest Marriage Records submitted by Judy Blackwell

63

John Meador Deed Records compiled by Mary A. Barnes

71

African American Ancestry - Mt. Pleasant Heritage Museum

72

Social Secnrity Number Allocations submitted by Babe Fowler

75

Land Records - U.S. Dept. Of the Interior

76

Traditional Genealogy Search Methods Are Often Needed For Virginia
Records by Arlene Eakle

78

Oral U:isto1·y Questions submitted by Babe Fowler
'fips for Planning a Successful Family Reunion
submitted by Babe Fowler

82

Botetourt County Death Records by Charles T. Burton - continued

83

Submissions for future issues are always welcome.
If yollll would li){e fo contJ·ibute an artic]e Ollll lnne please e-m21fi]
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Dear Fellow Members,
Time just seems to fly by!!! In my last letter I mentioned that we were off on a
Mediterranean cruise in March. We were gone about two weeks and had a wonderful
time ... the trip of a lifetime!! We stopped in Italy, in Greece we climbed the Acropolis to
see the Parthenon, walked in St. Paul's footsteps at Ephesus, saw the Pyramids in
Egypt and spent the day on the jewel of the Mediterranean, Malta. While I have no
ancestral ties to these places I could imagine how excited I would be if I did . I felt that
excitement when I first visited England and saw where my ancestors lived and worked.
If you can visit some of your ancestral "homeplaces" I highly recommend it.
My husband had a new development with his family history research recently. I was
looking at the KAPPESSER message board on Rootsweb.com, something I had not
done in a long time. Someone asked for information on Peter KAPPESSER, winner of
the Medal of Honor in the Civil War and my husband's great uncle. A reply was posted
by Peter's great-grandson. Since he blocked his email address, the best we could do
was post a response. We figured he might not look at the board for sometime so we
searched Switchboard (switchboard.com) for an address and phone number for him.
Sure enough we found him. Gary called him but got voice mail. He left a message and
waited. Several days later he received a call. He now has a new "cousin" and the
answer to a burning question, what happened to Peter's Medal of Honor? The cousin
has it framed and hanging on his wall. The moral of the story is: check the surname
boards at various genealogy websites often and, if you can't respond with an email, find
the phone number and give the person a call.
Happy Hunting,

K~
Karen Kappesser, President
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Blue Ridge VA 24064-1328
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New Books in the Virginia Room
All books can be viewed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library during normal
library hours.
920.0429 R544e Eminent Welshmen: a short Biographical Dictionary by T. R. Roberts 1995
Clearfield
929.3097 B675e Eastern Cherokee by Blood 1906 -1910 3 volumes 21,881 - 34, 185
Transcribed by Jeff Bowen 2008 Clearfield

929.3755 N812w Abstracts of the W illis &amp; Estate Administration of Northampton County,
VA 1800-1854 compiled by Dr. David R. Scott 2008 Picton Press
929.2 C846g Get your Foot off the Running-Board, Parley! Crane, Craine, Crain a collection
of Crain Family Stories &amp; Recipes by Carolina J. Crain 2003
973.7468 M229h E&amp;tory of the Twentieth Temne!See Regiment by W. J. McMurray 1976
Elder' s Bookstore

81 l.6 L588v The Virginiad 400 Years of Virginia History in Poetl'y by Tim Lewis 2008
929.374402 D299g Genealogical Register of Plymouth F amilies by William T. Davis 2006
Genealogical Publishing

929.374402 R555m Mayflower Source Records from the New England Historical and
Genealogical Register 2007

923.173 J359 H327r The Road to Monticello The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson by Kevin
Hayes 2008 Oxford University Press
929.2 L 722 Sh77c Capt Daniel Little and his Contemporaries 1753 - 1789 by Pauline M .
Shook 1994
975.431 J132 .Jackson County West VD"ginia Past &amp; Praent by Jackson County Historical
Society 2006 Walsworth Publishing
·

P 973.36 L23b Battle of Camden, South Carolina 16Aug1780 by Liet. Col. H. L. Landers,
Historical Section Army War College 1997 Kershaw County Historical Society
P 929.2 Od5 D718g Genealogy ofDmm.ell Langford &amp; oitnler fammilies by Charles E. Donnell
1949

P929.2 W771 F496w Witcher Family Cemetery EstallP118slned 1848 Inn Commemontno1m olf 115®
years 1833-198.l Published by the Family
(This is a great little book - complete with pictures, obits and family stories- PBY)

P 929.2 W93 G767i Identifying the Wrights m ¢.be Gooch.Band Cowmtty, VA Tnttb~ Lists 117321784 by Robert N. Grant 2000 Heritage Books
·
929.2 F456 Ll19j James Fields Papen, 1781-1874 Bed.foll"d Cowmty 11 VA Edited by Carole
Field Lacy 2008 Carole Field Lacy Publications

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929.3755 F873bc Birth Records Fredericksburg, .MD 1900 - 1940 (A - Z Colored) Transcript
Prepared by Robert A. Hodge 1988 (gives info on parents, wonderful resource - PBY)
973.444 H36 Historical Register and D ictionary of the United States Army 1789- 1903
2 volumes, by Francis B. Heitman 1965 Government Printing Office

973.27 B159p PampbJets of the American Revolution Volwne 1 1750-1 765 Edited by Bernard
Bailyn 1965 Belknap Press
973.303 B63e Encyclopedia of the American Revolution by Mark Mayo Boatner TH
1969 David McKay Co.
973.3 13 F322g Greatness to Spare, The Heroic sacrifices of the men who signed the
Declaration of Independence by T. R Fehrenbach 1968 Van Nostrand Co.

973.3441 F531s Soldiers, Sailors &amp; Patriots of the Revolutionary War Maine Compiled by
Carleton Fisher &amp; Sue Fisher 1982 National Society of the Sons of the Revolution
929.3755 W268r Warwick County, VA Colonial Court Records in Transcription Edited by
Richard Dunn 2008 Clearfield

973.75 H67ld Damn the Torpedoes! Naval Incidents of the Civil War by A. A. Roehling
1989
283.75543 Sa24vb The Vestry Book of St Peter's Parish 1682-1758 New Kent County, VA
National Society of Colonial Dames 2006

929.3097 B675ec Eastern Cherokee Census Cherokee, NC 1923 - 1929 Volume 1 Taken by
Agent James E. Henderson, Transcribed by Jeff Bowen 2007 Genealogical Publishing
929.3756 G223d Deeds of Gates County, NC 1803-1808 (Volume 2) &amp; 1808-1819 (Volume
3) compiled by Mona Armstrong Tay lor 2007 Southern Historical Press

975.57 M662 Miner's Lamps and Cold Mountain Winters, Tales from the Good Old Days in
Southwest Virginia by Old-timers in Southwest Virginia Compiled by Bob Lasley &amp; Sallie Holt
2008 Hometown Memories Publisher
267.13 F4 l6g The Gideon Ministry in Virginia 1905-1993 compiled by John Ferrell. Virginia
Beach

922.86 C836 N388s "So Beloved Cousins", The life &amp; Times of Solon B. Cousins, .Jr. by
Joseph Nettles 1983 Mercer University Press

929.2 L758h A History of the Livesays Volumes 1 &amp; 2 by James J. Livesay &amp; The Livesay
Historical Society 2003
929.2 W93 G767amx Wright Family Personal Property Tax Lists 1782 - 1850 Amherst
Cow:nty VA by Robert N. Grant 2008 Heritage Books

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929.2 W93G767amb Wright Family Birth Records 1853 - 1896; Marriage Records 17611900; Census Records 1810 -1900 in Amherst County, VA by Robert N. Grant 2008 Heritage
Books
929.2 W93 G767amL Wright Family Land Ta."&lt; Records 1782 - 1850 Amherst County, VA
by Robert N. Grant 2008 Heritage Books
929.2 93 G767drc Wright Family Death Records 1853 - 1920, Cemetery Records· by
Cemetery &amp; Probate Records 1782- 1900 Campbell County, VA by Robert N. Grant 2005
Heritage Books
929.2 W93G767ped Wright Family Records, Prince Edward County, VA Birth, Marriage,
Election Polls, Tithes, Persona.I Property Tax &amp; Census Records. By Robert N. Grant 2006
Heritage Books
917.557 T257s Southwest Virginia Crossroads, An Almanac of Place Names &amp; Places to see
by Joe Tennis 2004
975.445 F336m Memories &amp; Photos of Mullins, West Virginia Volume 1 - 1894 to 1925 &amp;
Volume 2 - 1926-1931Volume3 - 1932 -1936 by John W. "Jack" Feller 1993 &amp; 1997 Harless
Printing
373.75597 W67 The Colonial, William Fleming yearbook 1940
929.3097 J764c Cherokee by Blood, Records of the Eastern Cherokee Ancestry iD the U.S.
Court of Claims 1906 - 191 O Volumes 3 - 9 by Jerry Wright Jordan 2006 -2007 Heritage Books
973.D988c A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volumes 1 - 3 by Frederick H. Dyer
1959 Thomas YoseloffPublisher
917. 504 Sch9 l t Travels in the Old South, Selected from Periodicals of the T imes Volume l
1783 - 1835, Volume 2 1836- 1860 Edited by Eugene L Schwaab &amp; Jacqueline Bull 1973
University of Kentucky Press
611. 018 F582d DNA &amp; Genealogy by Colleen Fitzpatrick &amp; Andrew Yeiser 2005 Rice Book
Press

929.2 EL58 Si47e Elliott Family History, Allied Lines: Bell, Trolinger, Heavener, Rb.odes,
Addison, Cockrum &amp; Meler by Loretta Elliott Simmons 2008 (History of Curtis Elliott born
1764 of Montgomery, VA and his descendants* PBY)
975.471 F294h History of Fayette County West Virginia Fayette County Chamber of
Commerce 1993
929.2 W884C237p Pioneers, Patriots and Planters, First Settlers in Viirginllat , Kentuu:ky,
North Camlina, Sou.th Carolina, Te.11umessce &amp; Geoll'gia by Elizabeth Can ow Woolfolk 2004
Wynnton Publishing
929.375202 H728i Index to Marriages m ilie (Baltimore) Sum 1851- .11860 Compiled by
Thomas L. Hollowak 2007 Genealogical Publish.ing

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917.5304 H629.h Historic American Buildings Survey, National Parks Service, Department
of Interior, District of Columbia Catalog 1974 Compiled by Nancy B. Schwartz, Virginia
University Press
975.5 En19v The Encyclopedia of Virginia 1992 Somerset Publishers
P 283.755 B84e The Established Church in Virginia &amp; The Revolution by Rev G. Maclaren
Bzydon, Historiographer of the Diocese of Virginia 1930 Richmond Press
929.543 Sm53n German- American Genealogy Research Monograph# 8, Nineteenth Century Emigration from Kreis Simmem ( Hunsbrueck), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, To
Brazil, England, Russian Poland, and the United States of America. By Clifford Neal Smith
2004 Genealogical Publishing

282.755791 Stla St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Roanoke, VA. Membership Directory 1995
P 975 .5B38s Story of Virginia an American Experience by Sara B Bearss 1995 Virginia
Historical Society
P 975.2 Si39p The Provisional Government ofMaryland (1774-1777) 13•h series by John
Archer Silver, John Hopkins University Studies in Historical &amp; Political Science 1973
P 917.55791 IL6r illustrated Review, The city of Roanoke, Metropolis of Southwest
VA with Historical points of interest 1931 by C. E. Weaver &amp; Parker Studios
SC 975.5 R54c The Changing South by Wm J . Robertson 1927 Boni. &amp; Liverigbt
973. 7 L85c The Civil War Day by Day an Almanac 1861 -1865 by E. B . Long 1971 Doubleday

973.311 B73r The Tea Leaves of 1773, Illustrated, Being a Collection of Letters &amp;
Documents Relating to the Shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by
the East India Tea Company by Frances S Drake 1970 Singing Tree Press
553.78 G292w Surface Water Records of Virginia 1961-1964 by the Department of the Interior
Geological Survey

553.78 V819ch Surface Water Supply of VA Cbow~n &amp; Roanol'e River •. Bulletin 6 ( 1927 1942) 17 (1942· 1950) 18 (1951-1955) &amp; 26 (1956-1960) by Commonwealth of VA Department
of Conservation &amp; Economic Development, Division of Water Resources
551.57 St48 Virginia Geological Survey Surface Water Supply of Virginia by G. C. Stevens
1916 University of VA
551 .49 V8lr Water Resources of Virginia Report to the Virginia LegisJatjve Council to the

Governor&amp; General Assembly of Virginia 1955 Commonwealth ofVirginia

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Summer Workshops at the Roanoke Public Library
Creating a Digital Memory Scrapbook
A three part workshop, take advantage of this opportunity to pass down
family memories by creating a Digital Memory Scrapbook by u sing family
photographs and digital sound recordings. We provide the equipment - you
provide the memories! At the end of the workshop you will have a CD copy
of your Digital Memory project. A fun project for the whole family!
Dates:
Monday July 27: Recording Family Memories: A Beginner's course for
Recording Oral Histories
Computer Lab, Main Library
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Take a crash course in how to collect sp oken memories. You will learn how
to:
Establish project goal of what information you want to collect about
your family
Create questions to ask family members
Use digital recording equipment
Transcribe your interviews
Homework: Interview family members, write up short transcripts from your
stories, pick out photographs you would like to include in your
scrapbook.
Mondays August 17 &amp; 24: Compiling Your Digital Memory Scrapbook
Computer Lab, Main Library
5:30 pm ... 7:30 pm
Now that you have done your interviews, we will start to compile your
Digital Memory Scrapbook. You will learn how to:
Scan your photographs
Choose sound clips to use for your scrapbook
Create a Digital Memory Scrapbook presentation

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Thursday August 27: Family Memories Reception (A Public Showing of your
Digital Memory Scrapbook. Refreshments provided).
Mezzanine, Main Library
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
A special presentation where you can show off all of your hard world All
of the participants will have the opportunity to give a public showing of
their scrapbooks followed by a reception. Every participant will receive a
cd copy of their presentation so that they can preserve it for future
generations!
Alicia R. Sell, Archivist
Roanoke Public Libraries
Virginia Room
706 South Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24016
540-853-5868

6£.NEAL061CAL QUERIES
Wish to correspond with persons interested in the THONIPSON family of
Montgomery, Carroll and Grayson, Virginia Counties in the late 1700s-1800s.
What is the relation of Elder Nathaniel 1HOMPSON to Andrew 1H01V1PSON and
James THOMPSON Jr. and Sr.? Who were their wives? Children?
Marilynn Dickerson
740 N. Wagner Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 4 7 103
Seeking information on Edward SivlITH, Irish conscript, deserted British in
Revolutionary War, became a patriot and married Milard or Mildred BIRD
(BYRD). May have lived in Grayson Co., VA. Children: Sally SILVERS (born
VA), James, Edward, Hiram, Jane (m. Temple HAYNES), Milard (m. Stephen
HALE), William and Jessee. Pulaski, KY in 1800, died Hamilton Co., OH ca.
1823. Children to Indiana. Will share.
Marilynn Dickerson

740N. WagnerRd.
Ann Arbor, MI 47103
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National Genealogical Society Convention May 2009 Raleigh NC
What a great convention! If you haven't had the opportunity to go to the
National Convention_, I encourage you to go next time it's in your area. Next
year it's in Salt Lake .City, Utah. Just going to the exhibitor's hall 1s
awesome, plus it's free! Titis year many great classes were offered.
I was able to go to a couple of classes - "Solutions for Missing or Scarce
Records'' - Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG &amp; co-editor ofNGSQ.
This class dealt with overcoming barriers in your research caused by lost or
destroyed records.
The wealth of knowledge at the convention is intoxicating. "ABC's of
NARA'', conducted by several National Archives staff, dealt with finding
aids for the vast holdings at the National Archives &amp; Records
Administration including its regional &amp; affiliate archives.
It was hard choosing which classes to attend -wish I could have stayed .for
the whole week.

Like most of the N GS conventions one of the nice things is the free extra
activities offered. They had a "Society Night" where most all the geney
societies in NC had info tables set up. There were free lectures on:
Melungeons_, Irish Emigration, How our Ancestors Moved over the Land in
Olden Times, Genealogy 2.0 Using Digital Tools to Trace your North .
Carolina Roots, The Journey of the Ancestry Record and African
American genealogy forum at the North Carolina Museum of History.
There were also extra activities that \Vere not free but sounded fun Research Trip to UNC Chapel Hill's Wilson Library, Raleigh Trolley Tours,
and Orientation Tours &amp; Segway Tours. Great activities for non-genealogist
&amp; genealogist alike, so a good time can be had by all!

-Pam Young

rot.-sou&gt; 1903

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Marshall Fam~ly Records
The family of Norman Eddie Marshall &amp; Laura Cosby Jennings
and their Family Tree. They m 28 Mar 1900 in Carroll County, Virginia
Children:
1a

Lilly Ada Marshall b 4 Mar 1901 d 8 July I 902

1b

Cassie Isabell Marshall b 20 Sept 1902 d 10 Dec 199 5
1 m ___ 1934 Richard Asa Quesnberry b _ _ 1889 d _1931
2 m 23 Nov 1942 John Harry Clowers b 2 Sept 1909 d 27 Nov 1999

le Earl Emmett Marshall b 25 Feb
1 m Jan 1934 Fannie Rankin
ch Evelyn Jean
2 m ___ 1980 Mary Nell

1d

1904 d 30 Mar 200 l
b 7 Oct 1910 d 31 Oct 1979
Marshall
Walbun

Velma Jane Marshall b 4 May 1906 d 22 June 1999 m 26 Sept 1928
to Leonard Curtis Hardy b 2 July 1904 d 16 July 1986
ch 1 Curtis Marshall Hardy 2 Clyde Calvin Hardy 3 Alvin Ray Hardy

le Dorsie Mae Marshall b 8 Apr 1908 d 7 Mar 2006 m 18 Dec 1927 to Perry
Eddie Ferguson b 19 Feb 1892 d 22 Jun 1963
ch Junita Maxine Ferguson
lf Emma Nancy Marshall b 19 Aug 1910 d 20 Oct 1992 m 21Jun1930 to
Denton Lewis Brubaker b 1 Mar 1906 d 15 May 1984
ch 1 David Lewis Brubaker 2 Samuel Norman Brubaker

lg Orpah Ruth Marshall b 4 Apr 191 2 d 10 Sept 1999 m 15 Nov 1930 to
William Albert Graham b 25 Sept 1903 d 11 August 1992
ch I Edward Douglas Graham 2 Kermit Eugene Graham
lh Tida Marshall b 9 Mar 1915 m 22 Nov 1939 in Roanoke, Virginia to
Cannie Lee Huff b 3 Mar 1913 d 2 Aug 1992
ch l Betty Sue Huff
2 Jackie Lee Huff
3 Bobby Joe Huff 4 Nelson Eddie Huff
1i

Susie Belva Marshall h ~ Aug 1917 m l April 1943 to Arvid
Jerome Berdahl b 23 fieb 1917 d 9 Mar 2000
ch 1 Wlliam Earl Berdahl 2 Rebecca Ann Berdahl 3 Jeffery Wayne Berdahl
4 Rebecca Kay Berdahl 5 Kristi Sue Berdahl

lj

Naomi Rebecca Marshall b 12 Feb 1 925 m 14 July 1946 to
Marvin Eugene Davidson b 18 June 1921 d 27 April 2004
ch 1 Stephen Allen Davidson 2 Gary Marvin Davidson

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Norman and Laura were born in Carroll County and lived at Panther Creek with his
parents Levi and Isabel until around 1920 when they bought a farm in Wythe County about
1 mile south of Patterson on the west side of present Rt 100. Naomi was born in Wythe
County while the others were born in Carroll County. After Laura died in 1939, Norman married
Suki Campbell of Wythe County.

Notes: m =married
b=bom

d =died

Date = day/month/year

Father= 2xN = Is even N
Mother = 2xN+ l = Is odd N

2 Norman Eddie Marshall b 21 Apr 1878 in Carroll County Virginia d 4 Oct 1857
m 28 Mar 1900 in Carroll County Virginia to
3 Laura Cosby Jennings b 2 Apr 1880 in Carroll County Virginia d 5 Dec 1939

4 Levi S. Marshal b 19 Dec 1847 d 9 Feb 1935 m 16 Nov 1871 to
5 Isabel Hylton b 5 Dec 1853 d 11 April 1920
6 James M. Jennings b 10 Sept 1849 and d 3 Nov 1936 m 19 Nov 1868 in Carroll
County Virginia to
7 Pheba Jane Goad b 15 April 1850 d 27 Feb 1938
8 Thomas Huff Marshall b _ _ l821 d ___ 1887 and m 15 May 1845 in Carroll
County Virginia to
9 Suzannah Bond b _ _1827
10 Elijah Weddle Hylton b 15 Jan 1830 in Floyd County Virginia d 4 Dec 1903
m 3 Feb 1853 to
11 Hannah Bowman b 19 Oct 1830 in Montgomery County Virgiu.ia d 24 Feb 1884
12 Clifton Jennings b 12 Apr 1809 d 6 June 1890 m 16 June 1831 in Grayson
County Virginia to
13 Catherine Dalton b __ __ 1813 u 25 April 1893
14 Robert Goad b _ _ 1812 in Virginia d about 1872 m 19 Oct 1830 in Grayson
County Virginia to
15 Alley Durnel b _ _ 1814 in Virginia

16 Simon Granser Marshall b 26 Dec 1791 in Surry County North Carolina m 27 Oct
1812 in Surry County North Carolina to
17 Sarah Reece b _ _1791 in what is now Yatkin County North Carolina d 1857
18 Nathan Bond b 6 June 1786 d 15 June 1871 m 1 June 1808 in Grayson County
Virginia to
19 Nancy Uickens b _ _ _ 1784 d in the 1860's
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20 Archelous Hylton b 13 April 1779 in Montgomery County Virginia d I 0 December
1865 m 24 Nov 1803 in Montgomery County Virginia to
21 Catherine Weddle b 7 Mar 1784 in Montgomery County Virginia d 26 Sept 1863
22 Christian Bowman b 17Apr1791 in P ennsylvania d 24 July 1867 m 19 May 1815
to
23 Hannah Reinheart b 25 Jan 1793 in Augusta County Virginia d 23 Jan 1886
24 Thomas Jennings b _ _ 1778 d 31Dec1849 m 16 June 183 1 to
25 Sarah Clifton b 19 June 1855
26 John Dalton b _ _ 1772 d about 1850
27 Elenor Edwards b
1778

2 8 Aaron Goad b _ _ 1784 in Virginia d _ _ 1854
29 Rachel Dalton b _ _ 1778 in Virginia d _ _ 1850
30 John Dumel b _ _ 1782 in Patrick County Virginia d 11 June 1843
m 4 May 1806 in Patrick County Virginia to
31 Dinnah Jennings b _ _ 1774 d _ _
1829
32 JosephMarshall b _ _ l764 d _ _
1805
33 RuthHadley b _ _
1770 d _ _ 1852
34 AbrahamReece b _ _ d _ _ 1822
35 Mary Huff b _ _ _ 1755 d after 1830
36

37

Stephen Bond
Carolina
Maiden

came to Carroll County Virginia from Yadkin County ' North

40 Elijah Hylton d 1798

4 1 Susannah

d 1815 in what is now Floyd County Virginia

42 Benjamin Weddle b 21 Sept 1742 - 31 Dec 1742 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania
d Apr 1807 buried Bent Mountain
43 Annie Marie Eiler d Floyd County Virginia

44 John Bowman b _ _ 1765 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania

d in 1884 m

Franklin County Virginia
45 Elizabeth Ikenberry b_ _1767 in Lancaster Cowity Pennsylvania d 26 Oct 1830
48 William Jennings b 16 Dec 1750 d 15 Oct 1843 in Carroll County Virginia
49 Elizabeth Ogle b_ _

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50 John Clifton lived at Clifton Forge on the James River d in Rev olutionary War
51 Penelope Ward
52 William Dalton b _
53 Elizabeth - - -

_

_

54 Issac Edwards b 25 Oct 174 7
55 Cathrine - - 56 Robert Goad b 1750's d 1836 m in Buncomb County North Carolina
57 Isabel b
d 1845

to

58 William Dalton b___ 1747 d_ _ 1811
59 Elizabeth Sturman b _ _ 1755
60 James Durnel
61 Pheba Goad
62 William Jennings dafter 1842 in Carroll CountyVirginia
63 Elizabeth Ogle
64 John Marshall b 1720 d 1787
65 Ruth Hadley
b 1726 d 1812
66 Simon Hadley b 1737 d 1803
67 Bridget Foote bl732 d 1807

70 Daniel Huff Jr b 1720 d 179 1
71 Mary Worley
80 James Hylton
81 Susanna Walton d 1760 in Goochland County Virginia
84 Elijah WeddJe b Germany d 1742 at sea
85 _ __
96 Jonathan Jennings b about 1721 d about 1780
97 Diannah Bobbitt b about 1721
98 Thomas Ogle b 25 July 1721 in Delaware d 1803 in Grayson County Virginia
99 Elizabeth _ __
11 2 A braham Goad d in 1779 in Pittsylvania Cow1ty Virginia
113

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126 Thomas Ogle
127
128
129

Jacob Marshall b about 1700-1717
Ann Griffith b about l 700-1729

130
13 1 Mary Rowland d about 173 3 ·
132 Joshua Hadley b 1703 d 1760
133 Patience Brown b 1712 d 1783
140 Daniel Huff b 1793
141 Elizabeth Dudley
168 Johan Michael Weddle b Germany
169
224 Abraham Goad b 1682 in Richmond County Virginia d 1741
225 Katherine Williams d 1741 in Richmond County Virginia
250 James Bobbitt din present Pittsylvania County Virginia in 1761
251 Elizabeth Dalton
252JohnOgleb _
253 Elizabeth

_

1679d _ _ 1749

256 Jacob Marshall
257 Margaret Edwards

Edward D. Graham

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REV. PETER VEST MARRIAGE RECORDS
The following was printed in the Floyd Press, February 4, 1960
and is presented here in its entirety.
Ma1Tiage Records Kept by the Late Rev. Peter R(obert) Vest
The following was taken from some papers found by Mrs. Lala Vest in
old files of Rev. Peter R. Vest. It is not an accurate record as the papers
were so depleted that they could scarcely be read and it is not a complete
record. It was taken from scrapes of paper and was inco1nplete but we
thought it might interest some to have this published. Rev. Vest was a
minister for the Methodist Episcopal Church for 44 years.
Peter R. Vest was converted to God, June 20, 1852; was appointed Class
Leader 1866, was licensed to exhort 1871; was licensed to preach 1873;
was ordained deacon 1886 by Bishop Andrews.
Rev. Vest was married to Charlotte Shockey, December 7, 1853. His
family consisted of the following children: William Madison, Sarah,
Callahill, Nancy Ellen, George D, Biar, Lewis Letnon (Jeff), Frances
and Noah.
Fron1 1874 to 1888, he had preached 750 sermons. That was the last
record he had kept. Below are the marriages we found.
December 28, 1881
February 13, 1882
June 12, 1884
July 02, 1884
July 31, 1884
December 3, 1884
Decetnber 30, 1884
February 26, 1885
December 30, 1885
February 18, 1886

G. W. Loving
Horace Whitenack
Charles Muncy
George W. Vest
William A. Poff
Isaac J. Vest
George R. Muncy
Charles A. S1nith
John W. Stuart
David W. Vest

Julia Akers
Aldora Shank
Dora Maxey
Martha A. Conner
Nannie E. Wimmer
Lucy Ina Conner
Elizabeth Halley
Dora Bell Conner
China E. Iddings
Adinonia Conner

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May 19, 1886
February 18, 1886
December 16, 1886
February 08, 1887
February 17, 1887
March 03, 1887
March 20, 1887
May 10, 1887
N o date
August 28, 1887
December 10, 1887
January 25, 1888
December 31, 1888
December 13, 1888
January 03, 1889
January 24, 1889
February 14, 1889
February 18, 1889
March 14, 1889
March 28, 1889
April 12, 1889
May 10, 1889
June 10, 1889
December 11, 1889
December 11, 1889
January 19, 1890
April 19, 1890
April 19, 1890
May 11, 1890
June 11, 1890
June 16, 1890
June 25, 1890
November 13, 1890
December 15, 1890
May 16, 1891
June 28, 1891
August 9, 1891
September 17, 1891
October 29, 1891
December 1, 1892

Robert L. Janney
David W. Vest
David W. Link
Robert L. Craig
Lindsey L. Boone
Andrew L. Iddings
Charles H. Rakes
John W. Ward
Charles P. Wilson
John T. Taylor
Joseph P. Martin
James F. Poff
James McNeil
Charles M. Iddings
Delaware Whitenack
Henry McNeil
Charles E. Sumner
Charles W. St. Clair
Charles Craighead
Robert Huff
James B.McNeil
Burnett P. Ferrill
Dennis H . Clower
Andrew Pierce Vest
Aquilla Lucas
J.B. Board
Benfod W. McNeil
Joseph F. V. Conner
James Sumner
T. J. Walters
J. R. Craighead
C. 0. Conner
Moses Poff
Robert Roop
William Craghead
John Henry Vest
JohnL. Link
Oscar W. Whitenack
Robert L. Whitenack
Lewis Letnon Vest

Eleanor Graham
Nancy Mills
Lucy M . Conner
Sarah Gearh eart
Marelda Whitenack
Laura L. Whitenack
Mary Ann Janney
Molly Keister?
Margaret McNiel
Mary E. Wort
E lmetta Lawrence
Minnie Belle McNeil
Margaret C. Boone
Agnes M . NolJey
Enora A. Iddings
Mary Ann Smith
Margaret E llen Iddings
Margaret L. King
Lucy Conner
Sallie J. Houps
Olie Sisson (Alia E.)
Ada Keister
Mellie A. Lawrence
Ellen F. Vest
Alice D. Iddings
Cora Conner
Bulla Aldridge
Melvina Co1u1er
Mollie Dangerfield
Mary Poff
Martha F. Eanes
Zora M. Conner
Lucy Poff
Tabitha 0 . Wilson
Sarah Webb
Lettie Florence Light
Sallie B. Link
Mathursa Ann Lawrence
Margaret A. LawTence
Lilian 0 'dell Craghead

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March 10, 1892
March 19, 1892
July 17, 1892
September 4, 1892
November IO, 1892
November 24, 1892
December 2, 1892
December 22, 1899
January 1, 1893
January 11 , 1893
February 14, 1893
February 23, 1893
May 4, 1893
Jillle 1, 1893
August 10, 1893
November 5, 1893
November 6, 1893
July 4, 1894
July 18, 1894
July 18, 1894
August 20, 1894
August 29, 1894
October I 0, 1894
Nove1nber 15, 1894
November 15, 1894
December 1, 1894
December 24, 1894
March 2, 1895
May 9, 1895
June 30, 1895
December 21, 1895
May 31 1896
July 23, 1896
September 17, 1896
October 29, 1896
December 15, 1896
December 29, 1896
January l, 1897
January 20, 1897
January 9, 1898

John W. Martin
Elijah Whitlock
William Harvey
William H. Anderson
Joseph M. Whitenack
Andrew M. Hall
Ratio H. Board
Peter Sn1ith
Henry L. Lawrence
Gilley B . Conner
William R. Stump
Joseph P . King
Giles K . Craghead
Samuel A. Vest
David L. Likens
William Poff
Ernie Poff
James M. Kennett
Samuel Shockey
Joseph S. Craghead
David H. Board
Kyle Muncy
Walter A. Laurence
John W. CoIUler
C. W. Vest
Fountain Kingrea
Poff
Jrunes S. Board
Jonathan Whitnack
John A. Clower
Giles A. Conner
Moses Martin
John H . Green
Charles T. Anders
J. H. Stump
Theodore Lee Board

John Conner
Arthw· W. Whitenack
Jrunes B. Creasy
James L. Hodge

MaryL. King
MaryE. Vest
Adeline Sigmon
LolaL. Bugg
Lovenia Craghead
Mathursday M. Collins
Nancy G. Blackwell
Sallie Harrison
JuannaHall
Nannie A Conner
RildaKing
Alice King
Mary E . Martin
Helen Whitenack
Celia Well
Isabelle Conner
Laura Aldridge
Ivy Vest
Sarah J. King
Matilda E. Whitlock
LucyM. Vest
Cora Light
Gay Whitenack
Laura Eanes
Virginia Poff
Sarah E. Vest
- - Beckleheimer
Parthenia Martin
Mahala Ann Vest
Eliza A. Clower
Laura L. Martin
Ella Weaver
Geneva McNieJ
Malinda Conner
Maude Whitenack
Ernaline C. Muncy
Mary J. Smith
Collie M. Whitenack
Virginia lYf. Lawrence
Lucy Clower

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March 9, 1898
May 12, 1898
November 20, 1898
April 3, 1899
April 14, 1899
May 3, 1899
November 9, 1899
November 15, 1899
November 30, 1899
Mar. 16, 1899
December 16, 1899
March 19, 1899
January 24, 1900
February 22, 1900
April 1, 1900
April 11, 1900
July 15, 1900
July 28, 1900
August 15, 1900
September 10, 1900
September 13, 1900
September 14 , 1900
October 25, 1900
November ?? 1900
December 26, 1900
December 27, 1900
July 11 , 1901
August 5, 1901
September 11 , 1901
September 12, 190 I
October 1, 1901
October 3, 1901
D ecember 12, 1901
D ecember 24, 190 J
December 27, 1901
January 19, 1902
February 5, 1902
March 12, 1902
April 3, 1902
May 22, 1902

Andrew Lucas
L. B . Anderson
William Wieland
J.M. Poff
Thomas J. Epperley
C. Milton Link
Andy King
John W. Hall
Elbert Vest
Jeff Poff
Henry Letcher Vest
Edward Hodge
Brainard Conner
Noah Vest
Charles H. Sink
Robert Hatcher Basham
Thomas Hungate
Jasper Boothe
W. Letcher Clower
Henry J. Light
Lewis Payne
Cephas M. Graham
JohnL. Jones
R.E. Sanders
J. F. Smith
Frank Likens
Letcher David Hall
William E. Eanes
Jessie D. Vest
Melvin J. Gearheart
John Gearheart
Enoch Whitenack
Landon Clower
John Jerome Wilson
W. A. Akers
J. W. Conner
C.O.Carr
R. E. Conner
Isaiah Surnner
James Jones

Callie C lower
Kate Burke
Sallie King
Martha A. Whitlock
Annette Spangler
Susan Winfree
Sally Haulcs
Flora M. Whitenack
May Vest
Martha Whitenack
Ella King
Grace Dickerson
Martha Jane Vest
Lottie Light
Peradine Smith
Martha E. Ridinger
Sarah Dickerson

Catherine Eanes
Louannie Iddings
Te1npy Vest
Dora Kingrea
Cora E. Sumner
Adeline Conner
Cora E. Sigman
Octavia Wickham
Admonia Wilson
Hattie E. Hall
Monie Martin
Etta Vest
Julia Wilson
Hattie Epperly
Eliza Dewease
Della Iddings?

Lucy Whitenack
Ola Payne
Laura A. Vest
Regina Vest
Callie Epperly
Elizabeth Cwminghru11
Ola Poff

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December 25, 1902
26 December 1902
January 4, 1903
February 26, 1903
March 12, 1903
March 8, 1903
March 15, 1903
July 14, 1903
August 9, 1903
November 26, 1903
December 9, 1903
December 23, 1903
December 31, 1903
January 3, 1904
January 6, 1904
February 10, 1904
July 14, 1901
September 1, 1904
October 20, 1904
October 25, 1904
November 19, 1904
December 22, 1904
December 15, 1904
February 26, 1905
March 5, 1905
January 5, 1905
January 15, 1905
March 15, 1905
July 9, 1905
December 20, 1905
December 27, 1905
December 28, 1905
January 29, 1906
March 25, 1906
April 25, 1906
July 24, 1906
September 19, 1906
October 10, 1906
Nove1nber 7, 1906
Decen1ber 2, 1906

Joe B. Martin
Charles D. Vest
George W. Smith
John Furrow
Joseph Ridinger
Charles Keith
Giles D. Martin
T. H. Simmons
Albert F. Clower
Willie F. Poff
John W. Conner
Oscar B. Wirt
L.B. King
Victor Orlando Light
Robert Lee Vest
C. Thomas Conner
Samuel Evans Bower
J aines E. Spardin
E. S. Randolph
S.S. Goff
Frank B. Jones
V.T.Carr
Charles Luther Poag
Noah D. Conner
J arnes J. Smith
John Henry Eanes
Hosea L. Kingrea
George K. Anderson
Adolphus Sisson
Garfield Wilson
Jolm R. Poff
Robert Walters
Marks Hall
Booker Conner
William C. Vest
Elbert Otho Light
Vriel Long
Samuel Lawrence
J. T. Rwnburg
Peter J. Martin

Roxie Walters
Lydia Conner
Hattie Wimmer
Eliza McNeil
Cora King
Zula Eanes
EstaL. Reed
Nancy Williams
Imogene King
H.J. King
Laura Sisson
Ida Woolwine
Minnie Poff
Roxie E. Hall
Lucy Biar Muncy
Mary Sisson
Rosa Conner
Bertha Lovern
Dora Shank
Bessie Jones
Virginia Jones
Lula King
Nettie Wilson
Hattie Kingrea
Prudence Light
Henrietta J. Vest
Sallie Ann Poff
Eliza Price
Annie Conner
Cynthia Ann Wickham
D elia Hall
Etta Florence Wimmer
Lelia Wilson
Laura Woolwine
Sallie Gay Whitenack
Effie C. Poff
Della Lawrence
Bertha Clower
Ella Sue Perdue
Laura B. Clower

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December 20, 1906
December 26, 1906
April 3, 1907
April 14, 1907
July3, 1907
October I, 1907
October 23, 1907
November 14, 1907
November 14, 1907
May 21 1908
September 0, 1908
October 21, 1908
October 22, 1908
October 28, 1908
December 27, 1908
December 27, 1908
March 5, 1909
March 21, 1909
April 1, 1909
April 15, 1909
August 12, 1909
September 22, 1909
November 26, 1909
December 5, 1909
April 5, 1910
May? 1910
May 1, 1910
July 22, 1910
August 14, 1910
August 28, 1910
October 10, 1910
December 29, 1910
January 29, 1911
March 5,(?) 191 I
August 10, 1911
September 14, 1911
September 21, 1911
September 24, 1911
October 15, 1911
October 22, 1911

Garland Lawrence
Robert W . Conner
Samuel P. Vest
P.R. Wilson
Albert Vest
J. Lem Vest
Coy Link
Cleve Eanes
Flournoy Eanes
Charles W. King
Hubert Willis
W. H. Clower
William A.Wright
Alonzo Lawrence
Sydney Vest
Andrew Lewis Conner
Haden Doss
Wheeler Poff?
Charlie D. Huff
Posey Epperly
Robert Woolwine
Arthur L. Poff
Wall Jennings
Thomas J. Bower
G. Alfred Conner
William Howard
George E. Hale
Phillip Whitlock
J. W. Light
Edgar Vest
Noah L. Poff
Giles D. Wilson
Joseph B. Vest

Eliza Craghead
Marcella Vest
Alabama Lawrence
Minnie F. Light
Wilda McNeil
O'dell Hale
Ada Akers
Ella Wickham
Ida Lee Wickham
Virginia M. Sutphin
Martha Hodge
Stella Maxey
Lelia Underwood
Martha J. Iddings
Maude Lawrence
Almeda F. Vest
Mintie Pugh
Ocie Alice Muncy
Artie L. Hendricks
ArindaHall
Ida Mae Poff
IdaD. Shank
Willie Sowers
Ocie Jennings
Maudie Lawrence
Bertha Epperly
Minnie Epperly
Della Bartell
Lula Vest
Ethel Vest
Carrie E. McNeil
Carrie B. Hylton
Virginia Wright
WillJ.Beck.Jeheimer
Callie Dorua Wickham
Brainard 0. Vest
Maude Carr
Chester Vest
Nellie Trump
Earnest Poage
E. W. Iddings
Frank Wickham
Clara Lawrence
Archie Clower
Martha W. Iddings
Henry Cassell Dewease Fannie B. Lawrence
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November 01, 1911
November 29, 1911
December 13, 1911
December 24, 1911
December 24, 1911
April 16, 1912
September 5, 1912
September 10, 1912
November 27, 1912
December 22, 1912
December 29, 1912
September 7, 1913
September 15, 1913
December 16, 1913
February 25, 1913
March 29, 1913
September 20, 1913
August 16, 1914
August 21, 1914
December 24, 1914
January 23 , 1915
January 12 1915
January 22, 1915
January 17, 1915
August 19, 1915
December 23, 1915
December 25, 1915
September 16, 1915
July 1, 1915
February 14, 191 5
February 11, 1915
February 17, 1916
March 12, 1916
April 12, 1916
April 22, 1916
October 19, 1916
October 29, 1916
October 29, 1916
January 23, 1916
April 18, 1917

H. A. Beckner
Jesse Stuart
E. D . Eanes
Herbert T. Lawrence
G. A. Lawrence
Charles C. McNeil
Grover Carr
Eldridge Wright
Wall Jennings
Ezra Wimmer
Posey Sisson
Dock Link
Guy Link
Robert Charles Vest
James H . Carr
Loranzo Whitenack
Albert Rutrough
Shirley Austin
Hugh Poff
AndyW. Vest
G. W. Collins
Chester Poag
Edgar Epperly
James Biar Vest
Shirley L. Cole
T. H. Thornton
J. W. Johnson
Guy Poff
Magruder Willis
Chester W. Whitenack
A. T. Perdue
Hiley Epperley
Clarence D. Wimmer
Shelmon C. Vest
Millard Epperley
David Beckleheimer
Jasper Eanes
D. R. Iddings
Willie F. Hale
J. W. Kingrea

Virginia Vest
MaryPugh
Della Maxey
Lucy Sisson
Gertie Johnson
Respie Muncy
Imogene Iddings
Maude Vest
Virgie Hodge
Laura Reed
Maude Vest
Alpha Boone
Allie Akers
Lucy Biar Whitenack
Chloe King
Myrtle Poag
B ertha Jane Whitenack
Hester Clower
Ollie Poff
Minnie Perdue
Maggie Vest
Minnie Craghead
Alina Ric11ards
Louella Vest
Anna Mill Dewease
Maude Craghead
Mallie Hall
Ella Boone
Nelly Boyd
Gracie Vest
Bertha Board
Blanche Sumner
Elva Sisson
Mantil Dew·e se
Mobie Iddings
Mollie Green
Aurah Clower?

Ennna Booth
Ollie Jane Whitenack
Lucy Conner

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Three African American couples were married by Rev. Peter R. Vest:
March 4, 1884
April 22, 1885
December 11 ~ 1894

Benjamin Conner
John C. Reynolds
Sheldon Lawrence

Serena Wilson
Wanda Huff
Dora Smith

This list was signed by: Alice Vest Thomas, granddaughter and Mrs.
Lala Vest granddaughter-in-law.
Contributed by:
Judy Blackwell
jgcb@swva.net

6£N£AL.06ICAL QUE.RY
Information needed on Vincent Sirls (Searles, Saris, Surls) and has wife
Nellie of Montgomery County, Virginia; estimated year of birth 1750.
Known children are: Mary (born 1774) married David Waggoner, WulUam
married Nancy Bell, Vincent Jr. (born about 1775) moved to Davidson Co.,
Tennessee. Other possible children are Hannah, Joseph, James a1111d

Jacob.
Loretta Simmons
1205 N. Lee
Corde~I, Ok~ahoma 73632

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John Meador Deed Records
Franklin County, Virginia
Deed Book 19 pages 441-442; Indenture 11 Apr il 1846 John G. Meador and
sare£rta his wife to Hiram Hayden
in hand traet 2J9a ml on waters Gills
c r eek . "Beg . on a Black Gum in Thos Divers line thence No 57 E60p to w.
cake stump, where formerly stood a corner w. o ., N°48 Wllpls crofsing
Bowsman ' s Branch to a Red Oak stump in Daniel Oyler ' s line where formerly
stood a corner R· Q. The~ce with the said Oylers line s 0 88 1/2 W86pls to a
s . o. stump formerly a corner Spanish Oak No44 W2Jpls to a R. o. No28 W66pls
to aw . o . in John D. Booth ' s line with it So8 W4lpls to a Bl ack Gum So85
W22pls crofsing a branch to a white oak in John Williams line with it Sol5
Ell4 pls to a Post oak in Bousman' s li.1e with it So41 E62 pls crofsing
Bowsmans branch to pointers Sol9 E74p~s to a poplar in John Meadors line
with it SolJ E54pls Crofsing Greer' s fvrd road to points So77 El8 pls to two
Red oak N40 1/2 E66pls t o pointers in the afo r esaid Di vers line where
formerly stood a corner w. o . thence No67 E90pls crofsing a Road to pointers
and thence No44 W86 pls to the beg. " Land and premises.
J no . G. Meador. sarepta (her x mark) Meador
Saml Hale . John D. Booth, JP Certify Sarepta who acknowledges 27 APr il 1846
Recorded in Court 7 December 1846
Deed Book 15 page J28 :
Indenter JO August 18J7 Affection love fo r my son
paschal Meador convey tract of Land and one negro man, Thomas, tract on
waters camping Run.
John Meador
Patrick Hix . Mofses Greer, JP
Recorded court lJ Sept 1837
Deed Book 19 page 168 ~ John J . Meador to Eli Ferguson 20 Nov 1845
tract--ci"il"waters Camping Run, mouth of Linville Creek, mentions Yates, Cliborns,
Si mmons and more . ( no _further info:rmation given here, consul t recoril)
Deed Book 15 pages 364-365 :
Indenture 9 Sept 1837 Henry Koon and Sarah
Meador for sum $200 tract with exception of the grave
yard on the premise whicl: right, the granter retains in himself, lyj.ng
in Franklin county on waters Gills Creek bounded ·by t he road of Weaver,
Bousman and Early containing 75a ml. Appurtenances.
Henry Koon. Sarah Koon
Sarah examined and acknowledges 9 Sept 1837
clerk ' s Office recorded 2 Oct 1837

~wife ~John

Mary A. Barnes

1204 All ison Dr.
Rockville, M D 2085 1-2 103

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African American Ancestr_y
MT. PLEASANT
HERITAGE MUSEUM
320 SOl.JTH MAIN STREET
MARION, VIRGINIA

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THE BEGINNING:

WELCOME
TO

ANEW MUSEUM

Featuring the-cultural

contributions of
Smyth County African-Americans
V~RGINIA

APPALACHIAN NOTES

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Most aspects of African
American History is undocumented
in Southwest Virginia. If these
histories go unrecorded, a
remarkable saga will go untold and
will be lost to future generations.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE?
On August 8, 2001 with the
help of a committee of Marion,
Virginia citizens. Evelyn Lawrence
organized the Mt. Pleasant
Preservation Association (1\1PPA)
to insure the preservation and the
use of the Mt. Pleasant Church.
With the aid of Atty. John
Graham and Rev. Harry Howe this
goal was attained and the church
building sits ready to be used as a
Community Center and an African
American Museum.

There was once a society of people, ill
this area, who are with us no more.
Their lives were filled with sacrifice,
social injustice and deprivations; a people
who counteracted with courage, triumph
and outstanding achievements.
But the voices of these people have been
stilled and will not be heard audibly again.
We've heard the stories told by these
voices, that were never written down.
But there are ways to bring these voices
back. The task rests with the present
generation.
Hany Plummer, inventor/chemist

MISSION
The Mt. Pleasant Heritage
Museum is partnering with "Project
Crossroads," as a non-profit group,
to focus on the preservation of the
Church, to be used as a Community
Center for worship services,
programs and meetings; and as an
African American Museum to
promote the cultural contributions
of African Americans to Stnyth
County, the state and the nation.

1915-Susie Madison
Thompson
Dedicated Pioneer in
Smyth County Education
She was the first black
teacher in Sugar Grove
and also taught in one
room schools in Emmy
and Pearisburg.

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We look forward to having you and your
family j oin the "Museum Family.'' Begin
your research now and let us hear from you.

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The problem·in the establishment of any
project is a financial one. The key to
success in building and sustaining an
on-going museum rests with the members.
Regular contributions are needed.
A grant is being sought. Mt. Pleasant,
which is located in Marion's historic
district, qualifies.
We already have and are grateful for
contributions from friends in Marion,
Chilhowie, Sugar Grove, Meadowview and
Atlanta.

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"The Old Red Bani"
(circa 1940)

How?
COLLECT: Artifacts, old books, letters,
photographs, fliers and posters, site maps,
old items in attics or basements.
CHECK: Court House records, old documents, church records, family
Bible, memorable events.

SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
BOTH PAST &amp; CURRENT
WITH
MT. PLEASANT HERITAGE
MUSEUM

One of Virginia s 100 most outstanding trees.

Donor Level:

MT. PLEASANT
HERITAGE MUSEUM
312 BROAD STREET
MARION, VIRGINIA 24354-2804

_ _ Individual $20 and up

- - Contributing $25 an.d up
--Sponsor $100 ancl up
- --Benefactor $500 and up and up
--Gift

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SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ALLOCATIONS
Since 1973, social security numbers have been issued by our
central office. The first three (3) digits of a pcrrson's social
security number are determined by the ZIP Code of the mailing
address shown on the application for a social security number.
Prior to 1973, social security numbers were assigned by our field
offices. The number merely established that his/her card was
issued by one of our offices in that State.

THIS DATA IS STRICTLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

The chart below shows the first 3 digits of the social security
numbers assigned throughout the United States and its
possessions.
387-399 ... Wisconsin
526-527 ... Arizona
001-003 ... New Hampshire 400-407 ... Kentucky
600-601
004-007 ... Maine
408-415 ... Tennessee
525-529 .. . Utah
756-763*
008-009 ... Vermont
()46-647
416-424 ... Alabama
010-034 ... Massachusetts
530
... Nevada
035-039 ... Rhode Island
425-428 ... Mississippi
680*
587
040-049 ... Connecticut
531-539 ... Washington
588*
050-134 ... New York
540-544 ... Oregon
752-755*
135-158 ... New Jersey
545-573 . .. California
429-432 ... Arkansas
159-211 .. .Pennsylvania
602-626
676-679*
212-220 . .. Maryland
574
... Alaska
221-222 ... Delaware
433-439 .. . Louisiana
575-576 .. .Hawaii
659-665*
223-231 ... Virginia
750-751 *
440-448 ... Oklahoma
691-699*
577-579 ... District of Columbia
449-467 ... Texas
232-236 ... West Virginia
580
. .. Virgin Islands
627-645
232
... North Carolina
580-584 ... Puerto Rico
468-477 ... Minnesota
237-246
596-599
478-485 ... Iowa
681-690*
586
... Guam
486-500 ... Missouri
247-251 ... South Carolina
586
... American Samoa
654-658*
501-502 ... North Dakota 586
... Philippine Islands
503-504 ... South Dakota 700-728 ... Railroad Board**
252-260 ... Georgia
505-508 ... Nebraska
667-675*
509-515 ... Kansas
261-267 . .. Florida
589-595
516-517 ... Montana * New areas allocated, but not yet issued
518-519
... Idaho
268-302 ... Ohio
520
... Wyoming ** 700-728 Issuance of these numbers to railroad
303-317 ... Indiana
521-524 ... Colorado
318-361 ... Illinois
employees was discontinued July 1, 1963.
650-653*
362-386 ... Michigan
525,585 ... New Mexico
648

649*
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u.s...pepartment of the Interi~i-

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Land .R ecords

Bur ea u of Land Managem~n~

Eastern

Where Th ey Came From

States

How We Got Them

As the United States expanded westward from the Thirteen Original Colonies, Congress recognized the need for an
orderly system of surveying and. describing the Federal lands to be opened for settlement. On May 20, 1785, the Continent al Congress enacted 'a land disposal ordinance establishing a Pubfic·Land Survey System based on a rectangular grid, and
authorized the Treasury. Board to sell public lands for revenue.
The General Land Office (GLO) was established within the Treasury Department in 1812 to
take charge of all survey and land title records. GLO became part of the newly-created Department of the Interior· in 1849, and merged with the U.S. Grazing Service in 1946 to form the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). BLM is now custodian of the land records, including more than
7 .5 million ow.n ership titles covering. 1.5 billion acres of present or former Public Domain land.
America.
More than 5 million of these title documents are stored and mafntained· at BLM's Eastern States
To all whom the.re
presents shall come,
office in Virginia .
greeting; Whereas
there has been
deposited in .....

Th e Records We Maintain

The first land records developed from the Ordinance of 1785 were survey field notes.
Government surveys began in Ohio in 1785 and progressed westward to open more territory for
settlement. The surveyor prepared the field notes 'describing the survey performed. The notes
might include the names of very early settlers livlng in the survey area and a variety of descriptions of land formations, climate, soil, and plant and animal life.
Survey plats. are drawings of the boundaries created by each survey. Plats are prepared by
dra~smer:i who base their drawings on information in the field' notes and surveyor sketches. The. survey plats do not show ownership or land status. ·
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Land ownership, protected b.y a legal title, Is a hallmark of western civilization . As the Public
Domain was surveyed, the Federal Government began transferring title of land parcels to private citizens, companies, and local governments. · Mos't titles were transferred by patents (deeds) from the
Federal Gover.nment. Records of these patents and other conveyances of title-such as railroad grants,
swamp grants, schoot grants, Indian allotments, and private land claims-are contained in large-sized
tra.c t books. First developed around 1800 and maintained in local land offices, tract books have long
served as the essential reference source for all transactions involving public lands. They tell who obtained what land from the Federal Government and when.
.
RLM's Eastern States maintains approximately 2,000 GLO tract boo ks containing the land records for the 13 ·p ublic
land states under its jurisdiction: Alabama, Al'kansas, Florida, Illino is, Indiana 1 Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Consi dered the largest land title. office in the world, Eastern States maintains almost five ml llion Federal la nd conveyance documents issued before and after the U.S. constitution was ratified. These conv eyance documents include homesteads, cash sales, miscel laneous warrants, private la nd claims, railroad lists, and St;:1te
swamp lists and selections. We do not have the land owner.ship records that come after this first patent. · (These recoFds
are unde r State jurisdiction and are usual ly kept at t he local county courthouse or recorders' offices.)
The historic t ract books are continual ly used by the Eastern States' staff, Federa l arid state agencles, title insu:·ance companies, ind ustry , researchers, and others. The continuous use o f many of these old books has caused much wear
and tear, despite \::he efforts of artisan bookbinders using old skills and new technologfes to help maintain the books in ·usable form. These old records are literal ly being

"Preserving Anierica's Heritage," The General Land Office Records Project
BLM faced an urgent need to preserve and protect these r.ecords, but still insure their ava ilability for resea rch . Technology provided the answer. In 1989, Eastern States launched a unique
project--the GLO Automated Records Project--to copy these priceless conveyance documents onto
com puter-read laser disks. Once copied, the historic documents can then be retired and stored in
acid-free boxes in a climate-controll ed vault.
This Project offers researchers a single source of recorded information on lands once in Federal ownership, such as data regarding current Federally-owned lands and minerals; which Federa l
agency ha s j urisdiction over the land suiface; and what individuals or entities first received the land
from the Federal Government.
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.
"www.glorecords.blm.oov"
The GLO Automated Records System has the capability to provide such information
°
to State land officials, county clerks, industry representatives, and the public through requests from remote computer termi nals . Access to these o ld records wi ll be effortless, and the origina l
.
d oc ument s wi ll maintain t heir integrity and value to historica l research or other critical uses .

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If We've Got It, You Can Get It ·
Every month, the BLM, Eastern States, furnishes certified copies for hundreds of patents. Most requests for copies come
from genealogists seeking information about their ancestors. Individuals and firms involved in real estate and in minerals
exploration and development find these records essential to knowing whether or not the United States owns the land, or if
mineral rights were reserved to the Federal Government when the United States conveyed
title to the land.
;
Many of these requests come from the southern States where the burning of county
courthouses during the Civil War caused the loss of many titl.e records. The records are also
,.&lt; •
Ci
of value in historical research.
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If you can provide the legal description of a parcel or parcels, BLM can locate the .....
use ! Ll~E
patent and supply you with a copy. The lega l description should include the subdivision, ~ • :
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section, township, range, survey meridian, and state. Until very recently, the name of the
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landowner alone has not been sufficient, because the land records of most states are not
indexed by name.
)
Now, available via the internet, BLM offers information on historic land patents from
a II 30 public land states (those not included in the original 13 colonies), east and west.
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Cash and Homestead patent images and data for 13 eastern public lands states have been online for about 9 years. Now
the "serialized" patents can be found on-line--these records includ~ post-1908 conveyances issued chronologically from the
headquarters General Land Office/SLM in Washington, D.C. Currently, we are in the process of automating the Military
Warrants issued under the Acts of Congress dated 1847, 1850, 1852, and 1855. Data and images are being made available daily, as the automation of the GLO records. continues. The website also includes indexes to patents issued prior to
1908 for most western states. The website has image display capabilities to include TIFF, GIF, and PDF formats.
The survey plats and field notes are now being added to the GLO Records website. These hand drawn p·lats were
made from the descriptive field notes in preparation for the Federal Government's sale of public lands. These plats show
the landscape as it was prior to American settlement as well as legal surveying measurements. Occasionally these plats
indicate man-made features, both Indian and from early pioneers, however they do not show ownership information or
land status. Today these plats still have legal, historical and scientific value.

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Visit our website at http://www.glorecords.blm .gov.
Bureau of Land Management,
Public Information Center: (703) 440-1600
Eastern States
Internet mailbox: records@es.blm.gov
7450 Boston Boulevard
FAX: (703) 440-1609
Springfield, Virginia 22153
Public Affairs Office (703) 440-1713

Even If I-Ve Don't Have It, Someone Else Probably Does
Because the Thirteen Origi nal Colonies and their territories were not a part of the Federa l lands acquired during
national expansion, we do not maintain the land records of 18 eastern non-public land states or the District of Colu mbia.
H1ese states are: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Vir ginia, Also, we do not have records for Texas and Hawaii.
Inquiries concerning land records for these states should be directed to the individual state archives or land record s
offices .

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of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency with1h
the Department of the Interior. We are responsible for managing the Nation's public lands and resources in
ways that best serve the needs of the American people. Management is based on the principle of multiple
use and sustained yield--a combination of uses that balances the needs of future generations for rehewable
and nonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, fish
and wildlife, wilderness and natural scenic, scientific and cultural values. BLM's Eastern States (ES) organization is the steward of the public lands and resources under the jurisdiction of BLM in the 31 states east of
and bordering on the Mississippi River. These public lands and resources are managed to protect the environment and provide a diverse array of products and outdoor experiences. In addition t o maintaining and protecting the
Secretary of the Interior's official land records, ES also performs cadastra l surveys for other Federal agencies and hel ps
place many of America's wild ho rses and burros lnto adoptive homes.
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Traditional Genealogy Search Methods Are Often Needed For Virginia Records
Access to so much information online may mislead you into thinking you can solve tough Virginia
genealogy research problems with a few clicks of the mouse. Not so!
Record loss because of missed entries in sources that were:
1) written on convenient slips of paper tom from edges of record books
2) copied into ledgers provided by government agencies
3) microfilmed by technicians who often had no idea what they filmed
4) scanned into digital format from microforms
5) indexed by non-English speakers in foreign lands
6) searched by selected spellings
7) retrieved mechanically by exact spelling as typed by foreign indexers
Read Lynn C. McMillion, "An Index Can Be A Roadblock,'' The Virginia Genealogist 21 (July-Sep
1977) 205-06. Ms McMillion cautions, "Good effective research can begin with a published index,
but MUST NOT END THERE. Search an index for alternate spellings of the name; then locate them
in the actual census ... When too much reliance is placed on indexes-especially mass-produced
ones-they become roadblocks to research."
You can read the census records online frame by frame without using online indexes. Just remember
that the online version comes from microfilm, not a new scanning of the original handwritten pages.
If the filmer missed a page, you will too. And page numbers are not a lot of help-because they have
been numbered and re-numbered over and over.
If you sit quietly in the comer of your local genealogy library with a stack of The Virginia
Genealogist issues beside you, you can begin to make some progress. John Frederick Dorman edited
the magazine from 1957 to 1996, filling 40 volumes with record extracts.

There is a basic focus in those volumes, if you do sit quietly and examine them all. Dorman sought
to fill in the gaps where the records were missing. He included the 1800 tax lists county-by-county
(alphabetically). He printed the British Mercantile Claims, 1775-1803 serially-providing more
specific details than more recent printed versions.
Genealogists from all over the country submitted names missed in printed census editions. For
example, "Some Corrected Readings to the 1625 Census," submitted by William Thorndale, Volume
37 (Jan-Mar 1993) 54. And "Virginia 1820 Federal Census: Names Not On The Microfilm Copy,"
submitted by Gerald M. Petty, Volume 18 (Apr-Jun 1974) 136-39.
"Some Delinquent Taxpayers, 1787-1790," submitted by Robert Y. Clay, Volumes 19-21 (19761978). These census substitutes for the missing 1790 schedules, also give the next place of
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are just examples of the goodies that await you.
Account books, militia lists, legislative petitions, land office warrants, and special census schedules
for the independent city of Alexandria continue the focus on those sections of Virginia where record
loss is especially grievous. And each volume is indexed and there are cumulative indexes in the
reprint and CD editions
Many genealogy libraries subscribed to The Virgillia Ge1Zealogist from the beginning. Libraries
established later acquired the reprint edition from Heritage Books of Bowie, Maryland. Or ordered
the CD-Rom available in 1994. If you want your own set, most of the volumes are still available:
http://www.heritagebooks.com.
Or you can access the volumes at your local Family History Center on 3 rolls of microfilm, FHL
844855-57.
Your favorite Virginia Genealogist,
Arlene Eakle

Website: http://www.arleneeakle.com

PS - I don' t hesitate to read the handwritten records when I work on a tough Virginia ancestor and
you shouldn't hesitate either.
Reprinted by permission of Arlene Eakle.

January 9, 1891
The Roanoke Times

Our correspondent, ''Front Row," is right and wrong. Roanoke fares
better than the average city of its size in the matter of theatrical
performances. It is on a trunk line and gets the best companies on the road.
The Greenwood Opera Company, Clara Louise Kellogg, Robert McLean
and Marie Prescott have been here the present season, and are in the front
rank as theatrical attractions. Evans and Hoey will be here to-morrow night
and give a performance at a less price than it can be seen in Washington~
On the other hand, "Front Row" is right in complaining of the building in
which the performances are given. Roanoke ought to have a hundred
thousand dollar opera house, with a seating capacity of not less than 1,500.
Manager Beckner, "Front Row" and The Times are right in a line on that.

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Oral History Questions
This list of oral history questions was compiled from a variety of sources
by Joanne Todd Rabun in 1992.They included a 6th grade class project of her
daughter and a college-Jevel Women's Studies class project of her nephew.
She used them to produce a booklet entitled "The Life and Times of Winnie
Lackore" to commemorate Winnie's 90th birthday celebration.

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What is your full name and why were you named it?
Were you named after somebody else?
Did you have a nickname as you were growing up?
If you did, what was it and why did they call you that?
Have you had other nicknames as an &amp;dult?
What do family members call you now?
Where were you born and when?
Do you remember hearing your grandparents describe their lives?
What did they say?
Do you remember your great-grandparents? What do you know about them?
Who was the oldest person you can remember in your family as a child?
What do you remember about them?
Do you remember your family discussing world events and politics?
Was there a chore you really hated doing as a child?
What would you consider to be the most important inventions that
have been made during your lifetime?
How is the world now different from what it was like when you were
a child?
What kinds of books did you like to read?
Do you remember having a favorite nursery rhyme or bedtime story?
What was it?
Do you ever remember not having enough food to eat because times
were hard for your family?
What were your favorite toys and what were they like?
What were your favorite childliood games?
What were your schools like?
How did you get to school?
What was your favorite subject in school and why?
What subject in school was always the easiest for you?
What was your least favorite subject in school and why?
Who was your favorite teacher and why were they special?
How do your fellow classmates from school remember you best?
What school activities and sports did you participate in?
Did you and your friends have a special hang-out where you liked to
spend time? Where was it and what did you do there?

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Were you ever given any special awards for your studies or school
activities?
How many years of education have you completed?
Do you have a college degree? If so, what was your field of study?
Did you get good grades?
Did you like school?
What did you like the most and the least about it?
What did you usually wear to school? Describe it.
Were there any fads during your youth that you remember vividly?
How old were you when you started dating?
Do you remember your first date? Describe the circumstances.
Name a good friend that you have known for the longest period of time?
How many years have you been friends?
Has there ever been anyone in your life that you would consider to
me your kindred spirit or soul mate? If so, who were they and why did you
feel a special bond to them?
How did you meet the person that you would later marry? Describe them?
Do you remember where you went on the first date with your spouse?
How long did you know them before you got married?
Describe your wedding proposal.
When and where did you get married?
Describe your wedding ceremony. Who was there?
Did you have a honeymoon? If so, where did you go?
How would you describe your spouse? What do (did) you admire most
about them?
How long have you been married (or were you married)?
What wise advice would you give to a grandchild on their wedding day?
How did you find out that you were going to be a parent for the
first time?
How many children did you have all together?
What were their names, birthdates and birthplaces?
Do you remember anything that your children did when they were
small that really amazed you?
GENEALOGY POX
Warning: NO KNOW N CURE
(Very contagious in mature adults )
SYIVI PTOl\'IS: Continu al complaint as to need for n3mes, dates and places. Patient ~a.~ a b lanl'
expi·essiou. sometimes deaf to s pouse a nd children. Has no taste for wo1·k of any ~md, cx1.:~.pt
frvHishly lookin g through r ecords at libraries and courthouses. Has compl~s10~ to write
letters :i~d send e-ma ils. Swea rs at the mailman when he doe o't leave m a il. :swears. :u
. puters when there is no e-m ail in the in-box. Frequents s trange places such as cemet~nes ,
~.::~s and remote, desolated country areas. Makes secret calls. Hides phone bills from spouse.
i'Vlumbles to self. Has sh·ange faraway look in eyes.

TREATMENT: Medication is useless. Disease is not fa ta l bu~ gets pro~ressively w~rs~.
Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to genealogtcal mag:lzmes nnd be grvt!n
n quiet corner in the house where they can be alone.
REMARKS: T he usual nature of this disease is - the sicker the patient gets, the more he cnio~·s
it.

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TIPS FOR PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL F AMJL Y REUNION
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Name tags for everybody.
Be sure to have a camcorder, and after the reunion provide/sell copies
of the video.
Have a display area showing everyone on the family tree. If people
want to share photos, documents, etc., look into renting a copier.
Assign someone to schedule games. Prizes could be small like a mug, tshirt, etc., with the family name on it.
Put together a Family Trivia Pursuit game.
Make a family time capsule. Family members could write down
memories, bring pictures or anything they would like to put in the
capsule. The idea is how you would want others to know your family.
One family put their items in a small footlocker and donated it to the
local historical society in the family name.
Have family members bring odd pictures that not too many have seen,
and guess who they are.
Ask family members to bring one wrapped gift, something
about/of/from the family. The gifts are numbered as they are registered
and given out as door prizes.
Give prizes for the oldest, youngest, farthest traveled, most children,
etc.
Have a story telling time, with the elders telling stories that begin with
sentences like, "The orneriest thing my brother/sister ever did to me
while we were growing up was ..."
Sell t-shirts with the family name/crest.
Make a xeroxed family history coloring book that tells the family story.
Buy discount stuffed animals and send one home with each child.
Sometimes the teenagers want one, too.
Have crafts for the kids: necklaces, marble pouches, something they can
make and take home. Or, have face painting, bubbles, ring toss, etc.
Have everyone handwrite a recipe card or paper, copy them and make
a family cookbook.
Laminate copies of family photos for a placemat to be taken home.
Make a family calendar showing everyone's birthday.

Something to think about: Some folks might not be at the next reunion, so
make it one they will remember. Have something interesting for all age
grolBps.
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Botetourt County Death Records by Charles T. Burton - continued
MALOW, Mary (widow) - b ca 1767 Pa - d 25 Aug 1857 - cd diorobear - rep by
son Mitchell MALOW

MAN see MANN, William RENTFRO
MANGUS, male - b 13 Jan 191 5 Bot Co - d 13 Jan 1915 - f M W MANGUS (b Bot Co)
- m Frances ( JAMISON ) (b Fkln Co) - buried Mill Cr eek cem - cd premature
MANGES, Aubrey J amison - b 22 Nov 1912 Bot Co - d 27 Nov 1912 - f Marshall
MANGES (b Bot Co) - f Frances M ( JAMISON) (b Fkln Co) - buried Mill Creek
Cem - cd complicated delivery
MANGUS, Daniel - b 19 Aug 1815 - d 28 Aug 1880 - h/o Mary MANGUS (d 1886) grave Haymakertown cem
MANGUS, George - b ca 1788 Pa (census #1675) - d 3 May 1854 - cd unkn - rep
by son Daniel MANGUS - h/o Mary MANGUS - adrn Daniel MANGUS
MANGUS, George W - b 20 Mar 1840 - d 28 Feb 1906 - grave Haymakertown cem
MANGUS, Ida S - b 12 Mar 1869 - d 28 June 1869 - f [ George W MANGUS] - m
[Susan E] - grave Haymakertown cem
MANGES, John Daniel - b 8 Apr 1908 Bot Co - d 3 Sep 1913 - f C W MANGES (b
Va) - m Leona E ( WHITE) (b Va) - bu~ied Haymakertown cem - cd intestinal
inflamation
MANGUS, Leona Ellena - b 26 June 1882 Haymakertown - d 15 Nov 1912 - f W W
WHITE (b Va) - m Catherine ( PAINTER) (b Va) - buried Haymakertown cem - cd
gasoline burns
MANGUS, Lewis Edward - b ca Jan 1858 Bot Co - d 7 Feb 1859 - age l y lm - f
Daniel MANGUS - m Polly - cd 'information' of the brain - rep by father
MANGUS, Mary - b 19 Nov 1816 - d 3 Aug 1886 - w/o Daniel MANGUS - grave Haymakertown cem
MANGUS, Mary S - b 17 Mar 1880 - d 3 Jan 1881 - f D B MANGUS - m C L
grave Haymakertown cem
MANGUS, Mattie M - b 11 May 1875 - d 26 Apr 1879 - gr ave Haymakertown cem
MANGES , Ruby Leona - b 20 Dec 1904 Va - d 25 Mar 1915 - f Charles W MANGES
(b Va) - m Leona (WHITE) (b Va) - buried Haymakertown cem - cd erysep~las of
right le g
MANGUS, Willia J - b 31 May 1878 - d 4 J an 1881 - f D B MANGUS - m C L
grave Haymakertown cem

MANKEY see William SIMMONS
MANKY, Elizabeth - b ca 1807 Aug Co - d 27 June 1869 - age 62y BYERLY - m M - rep by hus Philip MANKY
MANLEY, Richard - d by 26 J an 1804 - Ref WB B p79, app

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MANN see William RENTFRO
MANN, John - d by 11 May 1780 marked out, written above is 4 May 1778 - Ref
WB A p193, 206, app, Admr bond, settlement - admr Moses MANN

MANN, Thomas - d by 9 Feb 1773 - admr bond - admr William MANN

HANKY, Nicholas - d by Feb 1824 - Ref WB C p543, will dated 20 Oct 1812 wife Barbara; ch George &amp; others not named; bro David of Pa
MANN, William - d by 10 Nov 1778 - Ref WB A p96, will dated 3 Feb 1778; Admr
bond - wife Jeane; ch Moses, Thomas, William, John, Ealie, Jenny, Sarah, &amp;
one unborn - admr Jean MANN, James GRAHAM, Robert ARMSTRONG
MANN, William [maybe a duplicate] - d by Feb 1795 - Ref WB [no vol or p
g iven], app
MANSPILE, Preston - b Nov 1895 Bot Co - d 28 Nov 1917 - f A J MANSPILE (b Rb
Co) - m Lucy (WARNER) (b Bot Co) - buried Zions Hill cem - cd killed by train
MARKHAM see Fannie A BRYAN, Mary DODD, J J BRYANT, Harriet Ann JOHNSON,
George WILKERSON
MAR.KHAM, female - b 4 June 1914 Bot Co - d 4 June 1914 Bot Co - f William E
MARKHAM (b Bed Co) - m Nina Frances (BOWER) (b WV) - buried Arcadia Cem - cd
prolonged labor
MARKHAM, Amanda - b ca 1834 Bot Co - d 2 May 1859 Bot Co - age 25y - f E
TUCKER - cd scroffalo - rep by f-i-1 M[arshall] MARKHAM - w/o Marshall
(marked out) written above William A MARDI.AM
MARKHAM, Cornelius A - b ca 1838 Va (census 411055) - d by 10 Mar 1862 Bot Co
- f Tilghman MARKHAM - m Catherine - adm Tilghman MARKHAM
MARKHAM, Dovie - b Apr 1912 Bot Co - d 2 June 1913 Bot Co - f Henry Albert
MARKHAM (b Bot Co) - m Ella {BRYANT) (b Bot Co) - buried family cem - cd flux
MARICIIAM, Gilbert Jackson - b 13 Sep 1896 Va - d 24 Dec 1912 Bot Co - f John
Marshall MARKHAM (b Va) - m Lucy Bell WORLEY (b Va) - buried family cem - cd
typhoid fever
MARKBAM, Idora (single) - b ca 1861 Bot Co - d 11 Dec 1864 Bot Co - age 3y Om
lOd - f William T MARKHAM - m Matilda [FLIPPO] - cd diptheria - rep by father

MARKHAM, J[ohn] P, Rev - b 23 Feb 1813 - d 17 Feb 1898 Bot Co - f [Nathaniel]
MARKHAM - rn [Nancy Agnes] - wife Kiziab POLLARD - grave Mill Creek Cem
MARKHAM, James - d by 26 Sep 1900 Bot Co - cd accidently shot by Dolly VINES
- Inquest papers
MARKHAM, James [L] (rod) - b ca 1790 Va - d Mar 1850 Bot Co - age 60y - cd
cold - Ref 1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule - wife [Elizabeth VEST]

MAR.KHAM, Jessie Solomon - b 11 Mar 1840 Bot Co - d 23 Mar 1917 Eot Co - f
Jessie MARKHAM (b Va) - m Mary (CANNADY) (b Va) - buried family cem - cd
cerebral hemorrhage

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MARKHAM, Liza Jane - b 28 July 1833 Bot Co - d 7 Jan 1917 Bot Co - f Thomas
FALLS (b Bot Co) - Eliza J ( UTI ) [Utt is circled &amp; EURICK or EWRICK is
written] (b Bot Co) - buried Lithia cem - cd old age &amp; Avitis (see nosis) [hus F1eming E MARKHAM]

MARKBAM, Margret - b 15 Sep 1837 Va - d 15 Sep 1915 Bot Co - f Owen HARDIAM
(b Va) - m Nancie ( WATSON) (b Va) - buried Jennings Creek Cem - cd b l ood
poison
MARKHAM, Nicbo1is Owen - b 30 Dec 1836 Bot Co - d 18 Jan 1914 Bot Co - f
Marshall MARKHAM (b Bed . Co) - m Mar tha (WATSON) (b Bed Co) - buried family
cem - cd dropsy - [wife Rebec ca N]
MARKHAM, Raymond Wilson - b 6 Dec 1912 Bot Co - d 12 June 1913 Bot Co - f
Charles Breckenridge MARKHAM (b Bot Co) - m Etaw (SHORTER) (b Bot Co) buried family cem - cd f l ux

MARKHAM, Susan J - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 25 June 1855 Bot Co - f Josee
[ Jesse ] E MARDIAM - m Mary [ CENNEDAY] - cd typho i d fever - rep by father
MARKHAM, Virgil A - b ca 1841 Bot Co .- d 4 June 1862 Bot Co - age 21y lOm f J[ohn ] P MARl{llAM - m Kiziah - cd fever - rep by father
MARKLE see William McCLENACHAN
MARKRAFF, Joseph - b Germany - d 4 June 1913 , buried Alms house cem - ref
Deat h Certificate - cd Sarcoma of face, neck, mouth &amp; tongue

MARKS, Henry B - d by 11 May 1868 - admr 11 May 1868 James M FIGGATT
MARGUART see David OBENSHAIN, Lewis T OBENSHAIN, Matthew OBENSHAIN, Samuel
OBENSHAIN
MARTIN see Philip Henry BAKER, Hermit BALE, Cecil S LOYD, James MAYS ,
William Lee RUFF
MARTIN,

- d by 8 Dec 1801 (Bot Co dau called an orphan) - dau Jane

MARTIN, Asbury - b ca 1839 Va (census #1200) - d by 14 Apr 1862 Bot Co - f
Ephraim HARTIN - m Rhoda - adm Andrew HANNAH
MARTIN, Betty A - b ca 1847 - d 13 Jan 1899 Bot Co - age 52y - grave Mt
Mar i ah Lutheran cem
MARTIN, Charles B - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 10 May 1854 Bot Co MARTIN - m Virginia - cd hooping cough - rep by father

f

James S

MARTIN, Ciger7 (Macijah) (male) - b ca Feb 1868 Bot Co - d 4 July 1868 Bot
Co - age 4m lOd - m Julia HILLER? - cd hives - rep by mother Julie ?MILLER
MARTIN, Conrad - b ca 1775 Pa - d 27 Nov 1856 Bot Co - cd dropsy - rep by
son Hiram MARTIN - wife [Eva]
MARTIN, Elizabeth (widow) - b ca 1780 Winchester, Va - d 31 Aug 1837 Bot Co
- age 77y - cd cholara morbus - rep by dau Mary Ann HAMILTON - widow of John
P MARTIN - Ref Death bk; Mt Union gravestone

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MARTIN, Frederick A - b ca 1828 Bot Co (census #1245) - d 20 July 1854 Bot Co
- f Thomas MARTIN - Mrs Mary [BRYAN] BOYD - cd disentary - rep by bro William
W BOYD - adm (14 Aug 1854) Pleasant M MARTIN &amp; (9 May 1859) wm W BOYD; admr
12 Nov 1867 Thomas F MARTIN
MARTIN, Henry C - b ca May 1842 Bot Co - d 2 Dec 1861 Orange Court House, Va age 19y 6m 20d - f Abraham [or Archiba1d ] MARTIN - m Susan - rep by father

MARTIN, James (M) or S - b ca 1810 Bot Co - d 15 Mar 1868 Bot Co - age 58y f William MARTIN - m Charlotte [ROBIOU] - cd consumption - rep by son John
MARTIN - h/o Virginia MARTIN
MARTIN, James W - d by 9 Feb 18 63 - adm Lewis LINKENBOKER, sheriff
MARTIN, John - b ca 1822 Bot Co - d Oct 1860 Bot Co - age 38y MARTIN - cd 'drounding' - rep by father

f

Ephram

MARTIN, John C - b ca 1841 Bot Co - d 25 Aug 1866 Bot Co - age 25y MARTIN - m Catherine - cd fever - rep by father

f

Hiram

MARTIN, John Phi1ip - b ca 3 June 1781 - d 7 June 1850 Bot Co - age 69y Om
4d - h/o [Elizabeth] - ref Mt Union gravestone

MARTIN, John W - b 1861 - d 1932 Bot Co - h/o Mattie M MARTIN (1867-1936) Ref Lemontown gravestone
MARTIN, Johnson - d by June 1818 Bot Co - Ref WB C pl21, will dated 22 Feb
1810 - wife
; ch: Nancy (md
BARTEL has been marked out), Judy, Sarah,
Feby, Bartlet; s -i-1 Thomas PEAS'"'= Exr Thomas PEAS
MARTIN, Josiah - d by 9 Oct 1820, order, Bot Co - Ref WB C p302, dower assigned - wife Polly

MARTIN, Mary A - b ca 1836 Va - d 3 Sep 1916 Bot Co Va) - m Mary (BENNETT) (b Va) - cd old age

f

Aaron PERSINGER (b

MARTIN, Mary B - d by 11 Aug 1862 Bot Co - adm T F MARTIN
MARTIN, Mary E - b 30 July 1791 - d 24 Mar 1857 Bot Co - ref Lemontown cem
MARTIN, Mattie M - b 1867 - d 1936 Bot Co - w/o John W MARTIN (1861-1932) ref Lemontown gravestone
MARTIN, Mildred F - b 22 Jan 1841 - d 8 Aug 1935 Bot Co - grave Amsterdam cem

MARTIN, Neomi Jane - b 18 Aug 1839 - d 27 Mar 1917 Bot Co - f F B CALDWELL (b
Bot Co) - m Nancy (KELLY) (b Bot Co) - buried Mt Pleasant Cem - cd burn [md #1 21 Jan 1858 Bot Co John H Fridley]

MARTIN, Philip (md) - b ca 1779 Pa - d June 1869 Bot Co - age 70y - cd
paralasis - ref 18 50 Bot Co Mort Schedule
MARTI~,

Pleasant M - b ca 1824 Va (c ensus #1234) - d by 9 May 1859 Bot Co f Thomas MARTIN - m Mary (BRYAN) BOYD - adm Will iam W BOYD; #2 12 Nov 1867
Thomas F MARTIN

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MARTIN, Priscilla - b ca 1832 Bot Co - d 15 Oct 1854 Bot Co - f Ephraim MARTIN - m Rosetta - cd cancer - rep by father
MARTIN, Samuel B - b 10 oct 1830 - d 21 Dec 1902 Bot Co - grave Amsterdam cem
MARTIN, Thomas E - b ca 1845 - d 9 Aug 1917 Bot Co - age 72y - f Wi11iam MARTIN - grave Mt Mariah Lutheran cem
MARTIN, William R - b ca Mar 1866 Bot Co - d 23 June 1866 Bot Co - age 3m od
- William MARTIN - m Lizzie C - cd not known - rep by father

MASEY see Bettie HINCHEE
MASON,
- d 10 Oct 1895 Bot Co - bus V Otis MASON; ch 3, not named buried Copps cem - Cronise scrapbook 54 (~o date)
MASON, Daniel - d by 8 Nov 1822 - Ref WB C p439, app - On 11 Oct 1824 orphan
Eliza (age ca 7) - admr Philip SHARTZER
MASON, French - d by 10 Mar 1814 (dau called an orphan) - day Cath erine
(over 14)
MASON, James - d by May 1808 - f
MASON dec ' d (James McKEACHEY , Ex) - ref
WB B pl83, will dated 2 Mar 1803 - bros William (dec'd of Ky) , Joseph (of Ky)
siss Janet (md Samuel CRAWFORD of Ky &amp; had William, Samuel, Mason, Mary (md
Edward PATE), Jane (md
PATE), Elinor (rod
JENNINGS), Margaret , Sarah
CRAWFORD); Mary MASON dec1 d (rod James E EDGARof Bed Co); Margaret MASON (md
Joseph SNODGRASS of Tn)
MASON, Jonathan - d by Mar 1822, marked out,
ref WB C p347, app - admr Philip SWITZER

&amp; 20 Dec 1821 written above -

MASON, Martin - d by Dec 1794 (app WB A p383) - orphans Su sanna, Sarah ,
Martin &amp; Abraham, all under 14 on 12 June 1798 ; John , Jonathan &amp; Peggy ,
over 14 by 8 Apr 1800; - On 16 June 1815 there were 5 others listed ; Wi l
Daniel, Catherine, Elizabeth &amp; Mary, and saying the youngest had become
Feb 1815
MATHENY, William T - b 24 Aug 1854 Bot Co - d 26
- m M - cd inflamation bladder - rep by father

Aug 1854 -

f

P eachy

Nancy,
all

l i am,
21 in

MATHENY

MATHENY, Willie - b 1857 - d 1922 - grave St Jacob's Lutheran cem
MATTHEWS see Pau1zer KIMBERLING
MATTHEWS, William - d by 10 Nov 1772 - ref WB A pl9 , will dated 23 J u ly
1772, Admr bond - wife Frances ; ch Ann, Elizabeth , John, Joseph~ J ames; br o s
Samson , George - admr George MATTHEWS

MAURA (or MOYER, MYER), Conrad - d by Feb 18 24 - . Re f WB C p 54 5 , wil l dated
23 Oct 1809 - son Conrad (of Somerset Co , Pa) , s-i-1 Henry PAINTER
MAURY see MURRY
MAURY (or MURRY) , Alice L - b Bot Co - d 29 Mar 1 86 1 - f Barne y MAURY - m
Ellen M - cd Scarlet fever - rep by f atber

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MAURY, John K - b ca 1830 Aug Co - d 5 May 1862 Williamsburg , Va - age 32y cd gun shot - rep by wife Elizabeth MAURY - ad.rn Ferdinand WOLTZ (9 June 1862)
MAURY, Oliver Henry - d 28 Mar 1861 - f
scarl et fever - rep by father
MAY see MAYS,

Barney MAURY - m Ellen M - cd

mal e HARLOW

MAY, Richard - d by 14 Feb 1782 - Ref admr bond - admr Agnes MAY
MAYBERRY see Bil lie BANE
MAYO, Anna U - b ca 1850, Bot Co - d 1 Sep 1853 - f L W MAYO (doctor) - m
Frances - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
MAYS see MAY, Jacob HARMAN, Thomas REED, Mary A HUNTER, David WHITMORE,
Frances J FARROW, Mariah R HOGSHEAD, Mary J ANDERSON, Esterline BRUGH, Maria
F BRUGH, John CROSS, Mary DILL, Frank Edward KERN, Charlotte McCLURE, James
McCLURE, James McCLURE , Abraham W PEERY, James WALLICE, Mary J ANDERSON, Dr
Cyrus DOGGETT, Fletcher M DOGGETT, Isabella E M DOGGETT , Mary MAYS DOGGETT,
Nellie M DOGGETT
MAYS ,

_

- d by 6 Feb 1814 (dau called an orphan) - dau Mary

MAYS, Alberta V - b 8 Aug 1853 [Bot Co] - d 26 Oct 1938 Bot Co - f J[ohn H]
SHEETS - m M[ary] J - w/o Josephus MAYS - ref Shiloh Methodist gravestone
MAYS, David J - b 30 Nov 1860 Bot Co - d 14 July 1954 Bot Co - f Thomas MAYS
_ m Mary A McCONNELL - h/o Mary E MAYS (1869-1924) - Ref Eagle Rock gravestone
MAYS, Elisha - d 1928 Bot Co Heir list (not copied)
MAYS, Ellen - b 23 Dec 1808 - d 23 Mar 1840 Bot Co - age 3ly 3m - f [Joseph
FERGUSON] - m [Jane] - w/o Fletcher H MAYS (d 1894) - Ref Fincastle Presby
gravestone
MAYS, Ellen - b ca 1805 (census 1850 Bot Co #858) - d 187 5 Bot Co (will) (John CALLAHAN] [see my Shirkey file] - 1st hus George SHIRKEY , 2nd hus
James MAYS Jr - ch by 1st hus Oliver SHIRKEY, Margaret (md James CRAIG)
0

f

MAYS, Esther - d ca 1780 Va - d 1853 Bot Co (will) - f Thomas REID - hus
Matthew MAYS; ch Thomas R, Patsy R McCLURE, Estiline, Susannah McCLURE,
Harriet A PEERY (ber son wm M PEERY), Maria A HOGSHEAD, Frances J, Po1 ly
R, John, Florence M
MAYS, Fletcher H - d ca 1894 Bot Co (settlement of estate) - 1st wife Ellen
FERGUSON, 2nd wife, Mrs Mary L (____ _) EWIN 4 heirs, Belle M DOGGETT, 0 M

DOGGETT, R F MAYS, Mrs Mary S WILSON
MAYS, Fletcher Reid - b 17 Aug 1873 - d 18 Aug 1876 Bot Co Fletcher B] - m E D - grave Mil l Creek Cem

f

R F MAYS [s/o

MAYS, Florence M (single) - b ca 1799 Bot Co (or 1801 , census #1226) - d 31
Aug 1855 Bot Co , Death &amp; will book - f Martha (Matthew) MAYS - m Florence
[circled, written in Esther REID] - cd Bylias complaint - rep by bro John
MAYS - Ex Joseph McCLURE

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MAYS, Frances Jane (single) - b ca 1835 Bot Co - d 8 June 1853 Bot Co Death
bk - age 1 8y - f Fletcher B MAYS - m Ellen - rep by father - Ref Fincastle
Presby gravestone; death bk
MAYS, James - b ca 182.1 - d by 21 Aug 1850 Bot Co (adm appointed) - f ??
Ballenger MAYSE - m ?? Mary WRIGHT - admr William MAYS (bro ?)
MAYS, James - b ca 1805 Va (census #980) - d by 12 May 1862 Bot Co (adm
appointed) - f James MAYS - m Mary REID - wife Mrs Ellen &lt;~) SHIR.KEY; ch
Walter - adm Walter L MAYS
MAYS, James - b ca 1763 Pa (census #277) - d 24? July 1853 Bot Co (Death &amp;
Will Bk) - a ge 89y llm 4d - f John MAYS - m Mary REID - cd old age - rep by
son William MAYS - Ref Death bk; Will bk (will) - wife Mary &amp; her father
Thomas REID &amp; ch John R; James (his son Walter) , Thomas, Florence Ann,
Joseph R, Robert; gs John D HARTIN - Ex John R &amp; Joseph R MAYS (11 July 1853)
MAYS, James David, Rev - b 1853 (# written over) - d 1929 Bot Co Heir List f Robert MAYS - m Lovinia WHITMER - Relatives: nieces &amp; nephews Bomer P FLAHERTY (b ca 1872); Arthur FLAHERTY (b ca 1888); R M FLAHERTY (b ca 1881);
Anna BUNTER (b ca 1878); Blanche PULLEN (b ca 1884); Bertha M LEGG (b ca
1875) - [buried Metb-Epis Cem, Eagle Rock, Va]
MAYS, John - b ca 1806 - d 2 May 1878 Bot Co Death paper 8 will bk - f Matthews MAYS - m Esther REID - wife Agnes J REID; ch Mary Rowland COFFER, Henry
R, John W, Joseph R
MAYS, John Harrison - d ca 1919 Bot Co (will) - f Joseph R MAYS - m Letitia
B KERN - relatives: to the heirs of [uncle] John W MAYS
MAYS, John T - b 18 Dec 1834 - d 9 Sep 1909 Bot Co - f John R MAYS - m
"Polly" R TATE - Ref Shiloh Method i st gravestone
MAYS, Joseph R - b ca 1812 Va (census #275) - d 7 Aug 1866 Bot Co - age 54y
- f James MAYS - m Mary [REID] - [1s t wife Virginia LINDSEY, 2nd wife Pauline BISHOP] - rep by bro Thomas MAYS - Adm 10 Sep 1866 Thomas L MAYS
MAYS, Josephus - b ca 1 845 - d 19 July 1882 Bot Co (assigned dower) - f John
R MAYS - m Mary R TATE - wife Alberta V SHEETS
MAYS, Lavinia - b 8 July 1823 - d 22 June 1892 - f [David WHITMER] - 2nd w/o
Robert MAYS - Ref Old Shiloh gravestone (on #43) Allen Carper cem, near
ruins old Allen house)
MAYS, Letitia Be1le - b ca 1867 - d 1947 Bot Co Heir list - f N B KERN - m
s J - Relatives: sis Ada L MAYS (b ca 1868); bros (all KERNS) 8 many nieces
&amp; nephews - hus Joseph R MAYS
MAYS, Mary - d by May 1822 Bot Co (will) - Ref WB C p357, will dated 11 Sep
1820 - ch Susannah (md ___ TATE); Mary (rnd [John] CROSS) ; James - [w/ o John
MAYS]
MAYS, Mary E - b 12 Sep 1869 - d 12 Aug 1924 - f W B FINNEY - m S E - w/ o
Davi.d J HAYS (1860-1954) - Ref Eagle Rock gravestone

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MAYS, Mary L [JONES] Ewing - b ca 1818 - d 1865 - f [Wi11iam JONES] - w/o #1
Danie1 P EWING, #2 Fletcher H MAYS - grave Fincastle Presby cem
MAYS, Mary R - b ca 1800 - d 29 Dec 1865 - f John TATE - rn Susan - hus John
McCLURE

~

MAYS, Mary R (unmd) - b 3 July 1802 - d 11 Dec 1884 Bot Co (death papers) f Matthew MAYS - m Esther (REID) MAYS - sis Maria HOGSHEAD - re f Ams terdam
gravestone
MAYS, Mary Susan - b ca Oct 1859 - d 11 Mar 1860 - age Sm 21d - f Alfred B
MAYS - m May J - cd burned - rep by father
MAYS, Matthew - d ca 1841 Bot Co (app) - f John MAYS - m Mary - wife Esther
REID
MAYS, Matthew B - b ca 1835 Bot Co - d ca 1908 Bot Co (will) - f Thomas R
MAYS - m Elizabeth HOGSHEAD - wife Sallie McCLELLAN; ch James E, Alice (md
W KERN); Sallie S (md Tinsley GULLEY); Thomas R

c

MAYS, Robert - b ca 1823 Va (census #462) - d by 15 Feb 1853 Bot Co (adm bond)
- f James MAYS - m Mary REID - b/o Lavinia WHITMER - adm Joseph R MAYS
MAYS, Thomas (urund) - b ca 1799 - d 10 May 1876 Bot Co; wil l &amp; death papers
- age 77y -f James MAYS - m Mary REID - Ref Saltpeter Cave gravestone - bro
John R; sis Florence A HUNTER; n ephews Thomas L &amp; Walter L MAYS - nieces Ann
Eliza RUDESILL, Mary Ellen HUNTER
MAYS, Thomas L - b ca 1843 - d 1876 Bot Co (app) - f Joseph R MAYS - m Virginia LINDSEY - wife Catherine "Kitty" J BURKS
MAYS, Thomas R - b ca 1807 (census 1850 Bot Co lf700) - d 1876 Bot Co (will)
- f Matthew MAYS - m Esther REID - wife Elizabeth HOGSHEAD; ch Matthew B (his
dau Mary A); Mary Ann REES; Easter R WILLIAMS; Letitia F DRISCOLL; gdau Minerva D ~ or ~ (now Minerva PRILTZ)
MAYS (or MAZE), William Sr - d by Mar 1783 Bot Co will - f James MAYS - ref
WB A pl69, will dated 1 Oct 1781 - wife Margaret; ch William, Richard, Sarah
(md
McMURRAY); Mary (md [William] SCOTT]

MEAD see

male FERRELL

MEAD, Charles Lewis - b 13 Apr 1896 Va - d 15 Nov 1 916 - f Henry MEAD (b Va )
- m Mary (BICE) (b Va) - buried Hollins, Va cem - cd lobar pneumonia
MEADOWS, Josiah - d
MEASILS??

by

8 Jan 1793 - ref adrnr bond - admr Josiah MEADOWS

see John HAYS

MEDLEY see Mary Jane RULE
MEDLEY, Humphrey - d 1868 - adrn bond 14 Sep 1868, Sheriff LINKENBOKER
MEDLEY, James W - b ca 1787 Charlotte Co, Va - d 3 Dec 1867 - age 80y - f
William MEDLEY - cd paralized - rep by wife Nancy MEDLEY - Ex 13 Jan 186 8
Charles VANDERGRIFf

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MEDLEY, "Wi1liam (colored) - d by 23 June 1927 - cd natural causes - ref
Inquest papers
MEEKINS, Malinda - b ca 1829 Bot Co - d 18 Dec 1869 - age 40y - rep by bus
Arthur MEEKINS
MEEKS , Wi1bur Ramond - b 2 Dec 1912 - d 28 Aug 1913 - ps from Orphan's
house in Richmond - buried Glen Wilton cem - cd cholera in£antum
MEFFORD see MIFFORD
MELLON

see Nathan SCOTT

MENGA ?? see Philip LOOP
MEREDITH, Be.n ry - b ca 1860 Bot Co - d 2 Aug 1862 - age Oy 16m Od - f Samuel
MEREDI TH - m Sarah - cd dysentary - rep by father
MERRITT

see Mary J MYERS, Eliza A ALDERSON, Daniel CAMPBELL, Gussie Pearl

STULL
MERRITT, Catherin - b ca 1825 - d 23 Nov 1856 - f William AUSTIN - m Sarah
[CUSTER] - cd typhoid fev er - rep by sis Margaret AUSTIN - w/o Thomas C
MERRITT
MERRITT , Christina - b 25 Feb 1820 Bot Co - d 24 Jan 1916 - f John BARGER (b
·Rb Co) - m Christina (WILHELM) (b Rb Co) - buried Sizer Cem - cd old age &amp;
LaGrippe
MERRITT, Clarissa - b ca 1845 Bot Co - d 20 July 1861 - age 16y - m Mary
MERRITT - typhoid fever - rep by gm Polly MERRITT
MERRITT, Henry - b ca Mar 1853 Bot Co - d 20 Aug 1861 - age Sy Sm - f Thoma s
C MERRITT - cd diptheria - rep by father
MERRITT, James M - b ca 1839 Va (census #1646) - d by 12 May 1852 - f Samue l
MERRITT - m Susan - adm Samuel MERRITT
MERRITT, John - b ca 1784 Bed Co - d 26 Sep 1854 - cd r h eumetism - rep b y
wife Sarah MERRI TT
MERRITT, John M (urund) - b ca Aug 1839 Bot Co - d 2 Oct 1861 Fairfax Co age 22y 2m - f Samue l MERRITT - m Su san - cd hemorr hage - rep b y mother
MERRIT, John Wil liam - b Mar 1 8 53 Bot Co - d 25 Apr 18 5 3 - f Thomas C MERRIT
- m Catherine - cd pneumonia - rep by father
MERRETT, Samuel - b ca 1757 - d 17 Oct 1820 (orphans to b e bound, 7 Apr 1821)
- ref WB C p334 , app - on 7 Apr 18 21 Orphans Daniel 8 Pa~terson - [Note : mentions pension money due the state . See 1835 Pension Roll , Va se ction, p44
MERRITT , Samuel B - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 5 Dec 1856 - f Thomas C MERRITT - m
Catherin - cd typhoid fev er - rep by aunt Margar e t AUSTIN
METTS see El izabe t h ADAMS , George W ADAMS

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MICHEL, Rose - b ca Mar 1861 Bot Co - d June 1861 - age Oy 3m Od - f J D
MICHEL - m Sarah - cd cold - rep by mother
MIDDLETON, Juliett B - b ca 1840 - d 21 June 1862 - age 2ly llm 8d - cd
typhoid fever - rep by hus Henry C MIDDLETON
MIFFORD see Nicholas HAYNES
MIFFORD, Jacob - d by June 1798 - ref WB A p473, will dated 9 Apr 1798 - wife
Peggy; Ch Elizabeth (
NUGENT); Polly, John, Jacob, Catherine, Peggy,
Pricilla - On 13 Apr 1802 orphan John was over 14
MILER, Thomas - d by 11 Aug 1845 (dau called an orphan) - dau Ann E1iza
(over 14)
MILLER see Frances A ROSS, Ciger MARTIN, Ann S BLUNT, Maggie S LIPES, Bugh
ALLEN, Leab ETZLER, John FIREBAUGH, Mary FIREBAUGH, Philip FIREBAUGH, Philip
M FIREBAUGH, William M FIREBAUGH, Virginia Hester SWARTZ, Loise Mildred SWATTS
MILLER, Clyde Maxwell - b 22 Jan 1913 Glen Wilton, Bot Co - d 24 Jan 1913 f Middleton MILLER (b Media, Pa) - m Eva C1yde (WOOD) (b Glen Wilton) buried family plot - cd heart failure
MILLER, C P - b 3 May 1829 Va - d 14 Feb 1915 - f John P MILLER (b Va) buried High Bridge cem - cd paralphlegia
MILLER, David - d by Apr 1808 [see Aug Co, Va, death cards] - ref WB B pl92 ,
196, 266, app &amp; division - wi fe Hannah (her dower); Ch 3, not named - wife
Hannah md #2 _
Boyd - admx Hannah MILLER 1811
MILLER, Elizabeth S - b ca 1804 Surry Co, Va - d 1 June 1857 - cd paralises
- rep by hus Fleming B MILLER
MILLER, Fannie A - b ca 1857 Bot Co - d 2 Mar 1865 - age 8y 3rn - f Jacob S
MILLER - m Mary - cd brain fever - rep by father
MILLER, James - d 20 June 1866 - cd hung himself - Ref Inquest papers - adm
10 Sep 1866 Jacob G SPERRY
MILLER, James A - b 1831 Rb Co - d 24 Feb 1913 Bot Co - f Andrew MILLER (b
Rb Co) - m (? ORRVERSOLT ??) (b Rb Co) - buried Colland Cem - cd LaGrippe
MILLER, John J - b ca 1795 NY (census #615) - d by 14 Oct 1850 - adm Isaac A
MILLER
MI LLER , Lillian Gertrude - b 24 Feb 1890 Bot Co - d 23 Feb 1917 - f John
MILLER ( b Germany ) - m Mary C (FISHER) (b Fkln Co) - buried Bethesda - cd
bronchal pneumonia
MILLER , Mary A - b 18 June 1869 - d 21 May 1900 - ref Allen-Carper (near
rui ns old Allen house)
MI LLER, Nancy Jane - b ca 1829 Rb Co - d 14 Nov 1857 - f Ge orge LEMON - m Ann
- cd f ev er - rep by hus Sam. MILLER

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MILLER, Permalie - d by 9 mar 1868 - Ex 9 Mar 1868 Henry C MILLER
MILLER, Rachael - b ca 1790 - d 3 Oct 1853 - cd dropsy - w/o William MILLER
MILLER, Randal - b ca 1845 Bot Co - d 2 May 1868 - age 23y - f Anderson
MILLER - m Nancy
cd pneumonia - rep by wife M MILLER
MILLER, Thomas, Dr - b 24 Oct 1837 Turnstall, Suffolk, England - d 29 May
1916 Bot Co - f William MILLER (b Boyton, Suffolk Eng) - m Elizabeth (ABBITI)
(b L~shaw, Suffolk, Eng) - buried Fincastle Cem - cd heart failure
MILLER, William - d by 18 Feb 1786 - ref Admr bond - admr Ad SMITH
MILLIRON$,

- d by 13 Aug 1801 (son called an orphan) - son Henry

MILLNER, Robert - d by 8 Sep 1845 (son called an orphan) - son Robert (over 14)
MILLS see Albert L KING
MILLS, Hugh - d by 10 May 1785 - Ref WB A p225, wil l dated 25 Mar 1785 , Admr
bond - bros Blaney, John; nephew Bugh MILLS (of John) - admr Blaney MILLS, D
MAY

MILLS, John - d by 12 Apr 1781 - ref WB A pl49, app, admr bond - admr John
MILLS
MILTON see Samuel NOFSINGER
MILTON, Frederick - b 19 Feb 1914 Bot Co - d 3 Aug 1914 - f William MILTON
(b Bed Co) - m Minnie (COOK) (b Bot Co) - buried Glade Creek Cem - cd
cholera infantum
MILTON, Madaline Dematus - b 27 Oct 1911 (b Bot Co) - d 29 Oct 191 2 - f Allen
G MILTON (b All Co) - m Pearl M (GIVENS) (b Craig Co) - buried Andrew's Chapel cem - cd spinal menengitis
MILTON, William H - b 13 Jan 1854 Craig Co - d 30 May 1913 - f Pleasant MILTON (b Va) - m Mary (SIZER) (b Va) - buried Mill Creek Cem - cd heart
MINEELY or MINEALY see Alexander WALKER
MINGES see George RONK
MINNI CK see Christiana HAYMAKER, Isaac Newton HAYMAKER
MINNICH, C A - b 22 Dec 1826 - d 26 Oct 1911 - h/o #1 Catherine S, #2
Martha A - grave Amsterdam cem
MINNICK, Catherine - b ca 1844 Bot Co ?? or 1800 census #871 - 25 Feb 1862 age 18y ???'? - f [John MINNICH] - cd typhoid fever - rep by b-i-1 Buford T
MURPHY - Ref WB K p630, will dated 25 Oct 1853 , probated May 1862 , names sis
Elizabeth MURPHY &amp; their 3 ch - Ex Buford T MURPHY (11 Aug 1862)
MINNICH, Catherine S - b ca 1837 - d 21 Oct 1887 - age SOy - w/o C A MINNICH
- grave Amsterdam cem

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MICHEL, Rose - b ca 'Mar 1861 Bot Co - d June 1861 - age Oy 3m Od - f
MICHEL - m Sarah - cd col d - rep by mo t her

JD

MIDDLETON, Ju1iett B - b ca 1840 - d 21 June 1862 - age 2ly llm 8d - cd
typhoid fever - rep by hus Henry C MIDDLETON
MIFFORD see Nic holas HAYNES
MIFFORD, Jacob - d by June 1798 - ref WB A p473, will da t ed 9 Apr 1798 - wife
Peggy; Ch Elizabeth &lt; ~-NUGENT); Polly, John, Jacob , Catherine, Peggy,
Prici11a - On 13 Apr 1802 orphan John was over 1 4
MILER, Thomas - d by 11 Aug 1845 (dau called an orphan) - dau Ann Eliza
(over 14)
MU.I.JIB see Frances A ROSS , Ciger MARTIN, Ann S BLUNT, Maggie S LIPES, Bugh
ALLEN, Leah ETZLER, John FIREBAUGH, Mary FIREBAUGH, Philip FIREBAUGH , Philip
M FIREBAUGH , William M FIREBAUGH, Virginia Hester SWARTZ, Loise Mildred SWATTS

MILLER, Clyde Maxwell - b 22 Jan 1913 Glen Wilton , Bot Co - d 24 Jan 1913 f Middleton MILLER (b Media, Pa) - m Eva Clyde (WOOD) (b Glen Wilton)- '
buried family plot - cd heart fai lure

MILLER, C

p - b 3 May 1829 Va - d 14 Feb 1915 -

f John P MILLER (b Va) -

b uried High Bridge cem - cd paralphlegia
MILLER, David - d by Apr 1808 [see Aug Co , Va, death cards] - ref WB B pl92,
196, 266, app &amp; division - wife Hannah (h e r dower); Ch 3, not named - wife
Hannah md #2
Boyd - admx Hannah MILLER 1 811
MILLER, Elizabeth S - b ca 1 804 Surr y Co, Va - d 1 June 1 857 - cd paralises
- rep by bus Fleming B MILLER
MILLER, Fannie A - b ca 1857 Bot Co - d 2 Mar 1865 - age 8y 3m - f Jacob
MILLER - m Mary - cd brain fev e r - rep by fa ther

s

MILLER, James - d 20 June 1866 - cd hung himself - Ref I n quest papers - adm
10 Sep 1866 Jacob G SPERRY
MILLER, James A - b 1831 Rb Co - d 24 Feb 1913 Bot Co - f Andrew MILLER (b
Rb Co) - m (? ORRVERSOLT ??) (b Rb Co) - buried Colland Cem - cd LaGrippe

MILLER,
MILLER

John J - b ca 1795

NY (census #615) - d by 14 Oct 1850 - adm Isaac A

MILLER, Lillian Gertrude - b 24 Feb 1890 Bot Co - d 23 Feb 1917 - f John
MILLER (b Germany) - m Mary C (FISHER) (b Fkln Co) - buried Bethesda - cd
bronchal pneumonia
MILLER, Mary A - b 18 June 1869 - d 21 May 1900 - ref Allen-Carper (near
ruins old Allen house)
MILLER, Nancy Jane - b ca 1829 Rb Co - d 14 Nov 1857 - cd fever - rep by bus Sam. MILLER

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MILLER, Permalie - d by 9 mar 1868 - Ex 9 Mar 1868 Henry C MILLER
MILLER, Rachael - b ca 1790 - d 3 Oct 1853 - cd dropsy - w/o William MILLER
MILLER, Randal - b ca 1845 Bot Co - d 2 May 1868 - age 23y - f Anderson
MILLER - m Nancy
cd pneumonia - rep by wife H MILLER
MILLER, Thomas, Dr - b 24 Oct 1837 Turnstall, Suffolk, England - d 29 May
1916 Bot Co - f William MILLER (b Boyton, Suffolk Eng) - m Elizabeth (ABBI1i')
(b L~shaw, Suffolk, Eng) - buried Fincastle Cem - cd heart failure
MILLER, William - d by 18 Feb 1786 - ref Admr bond - admr Ad SMITH
MILLIRONS,

- d by 13 Aug 1801 (son called an orphan) - son Henry

MILLNER, Robert - d by 8 Sep 1845 (son called an orphan) - son Robert (over 14)
MILLS see Albert; L KING
MILLS, Hugh - d by 10 May 1785 - Ref WB A p225, will dated 25 Mar 1785, Admr
bond - bros Blaney, John; nephew Bugh MILLS (of John) - admr Blaney MILLS, D
MAY

MILLS, John - d by 12 Apr 1781 - ref WB A pl49, app , admr bond - admr John
MILLS
MILTON see Samuel NOFSINGER
MILTON, Frederick - b 19 Feb 1914 Bot Co - d 3 Aug 1914 - f William HILTON
(b Bed Co) - m Minnie (COOK ) (b Bot Co) - buried Glade Creek Cem - cd
cholera infantum
MILTON, Madaline Dematus - b 27 Oct 1911 (b Bot Co) - d 29 Oct 1912 - f Allen
G MILTON (b All Co) - m Pearl M (GIVENS) (b Craig Co) - buried Andrew's Chap-

el cem - cd spinal menengitis
MILTON, William B - b 13 Jan 1854 Craig Co - d 30 May 1913 - f Pleasant MILTON (b Va) - m Mary (SIZER) (b Va) - buried Mill Creek Cem - cd heart
MINEELY or MINEALY see Alexander WALKER
MINGES see George RONK
MINNICK see Christiana HAYMAKER, Isaac Newton HAYMAKER
MINNICH, C A - b 22 Dec 1826 - d 26 Oct 1911 - h/o #1 Catherine S, #2
Martha A - grave Amsterdam cern
MINNICK, Catherine - b ca 1844 Bot Co ?? or 1800 census #871 - 25 Feb 1862 age 1 8y ???? - f [John MINNICH] - cd t yphoid fever - rep by b-i-1 Buford T
MURPHY - Ref WB K p630, will dated 25 Oct 1853, probated May 1862, names sis
E1izabeth MURPHY &amp; their 3 ch - Ex Buford T MURPHY (11 Aug 1862)
MINNICH~

Catherine S - b ca 18 37 - d 21 Oct 1887 - age SOy - w/o C A MINNICH
- grave Amsterdam cem

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MINNICH, Caty (urund ) - d by 10 May 1825 (son call ed an orphan) - illegitimate
son, Henry COLDRITER

··

MINNICH, Isaac W - b ca 1822 Bot Co - d 17 May 1869 - age 47y - f Michael
MINNICH - m Rebecca - cd sor e leg - rep by bro James MINNICH - h/o Catherine
MINNICH
MINNICH, Martha A - b ca 1 831 - d 6 May 1900 - age 69y - w/o C A MINNICH grave Amsterdam cem
MINNICK, Sarah L - b ca 1846 Bot Co - d 5 Aug 1862 - age 16y Om 13d - f
Isaac W MINNICK - m Catherine - cd typhoid fever - rep by father
MINNIX, Ezekiel - b 28 July 1916 - d 28 July 1916 - f Kyle Griffin MINNIX (b
Rke Co) - m Willie Ann (WARD) (b Fr Co) - buried on farm - cd born dead
MINTER, Susan (widow) - b ca 1772 - d 1 6 Dec 1857 Poor house - rep by Steward
MITCHELL see MICHEL, Luke PRYOR, Mary Frances Elizabeth RIDER, Goldie Alice
STAPLE
- d by 11 Feb 1 817 (son called an orphan) - son John

MITCHELL,

MITCHELL, David - d by 11 Dec 1787 (app ordered ) - m Martha - ref WB A p259,
app &amp; admr bond - admr James MITCHELL, John Ta te
MITCHEL, Henry - b ca J an 1856 Bot Co - d 21 Apr 1858 - age 2y Om 23d - f
James MITCHEL - m [Sarah J] - cd not known - rep by father
MITCHELL, John W - b ca 1837 Rb Co - d 27 Feb 1856 - f Henry MITCHELL - m
Mary - cd consumption - rep by father
MITCHELL, Virginia B HARVEY - b &amp; d no dates - age 37y - f Matthew HARVEY m Magdaline - w/o Col Thomas B MITCHELL - Ref Fincastle Presby graveston e was youngest dau of Matthew &amp; Magdaline
MOELICK, James G (widower) - b ca 1810 Ireland - d 1 Apr 1864 Buchanan age 54y - cd not known - rep by son T M MOELICK - adin T M MOELICK (11 Apr
1864)
MOELICK, Mary J - b ca 1819 Ireland - d 30 Nov 1862 Buchanan - age 43y - f
Thomas MACKIE - cd fever - rep by hus James B HOELICK
MOFETT see
MOLER see

Martha ROBINSON
Elizabeth RULY

MOLICK, William A - b ca 1854 ~uchanan - d 12 Feb 1861 Buchanan - age 7y - f
J B MOLICK - m Mary - cd fever - rep by father
MONDAY

see MUNDAY

MONTGOMERY~

Charles - b ca 1869 Bot Co - d 18 Mar 1870 Buchanan Precinct age 6m Od - f Henry MONTGOMERY - m Rebecca - rep by father

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MONTGOMERY, Bazel Dorine - b 24 Apr 1916 Eagle Rock - d 26 Aug 1916 - f w c
MONTGOMERY (b Bot Co) - m Carlina (TEAFORD) (b Bot Co) - buTied Eagle Rock
Cem - cd malnutrition
MONTGOMERY, Hugh A - b ca 1853 Bot Co - d 8 Nov 1853 - £ . William MONTGOMERY
- m S - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
MONTGOMERY, John - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 8 Oct 1861 - age 6y - f Samuel MONTGOMERY - m Lucy - cd diptheria - rep by father
MONTGOMERY, Samuel - d by 22 Nov 1774 - ref WB A p74, app &amp; admr bond - On
12 May 1784 orphan Janice named - admr Sarah MONTGOMERY, Thomas DIXON
MOODY

see

Jacob NININGER

MOODY, male - b 10 Oct 1856 Bot Co - d 11 Oct 1856 - f Joseph MOODY - m
Sarah - cd not known - rep by fa ther
MONFORD see John M SLOANN
MOOMAW see Barbara PETERS, Catherine CROUSE, Tonie BECKNER, Theodore E DENTON,
Benton D PAINTER, William Austin PETERS, Minerva Moomaw THOMAS, William E
THOMAS
MOOMAW, Alvin Russell - b 25 Apr 1905 - d 22 May 1905 Bot Co - f Elmer C
MOOMAW - m Emma R - M~a- cem [[?Moomaw cern]]
MOOMAW, Ann - b ca 1801 Bot Co - d 26 Dec 1862 - age SSy - f [Jacob GISH] .m [Anna WINGAT ] - cd heart disease - rep by son Rufus MOOMAW - w/o [Samuel
MOOMAW] - buried Daleville Cem - adm 11 Feb 1867 Sheriff LEWIS LINXENHOKER
MOOMAW, Ann Elizabeth (single) - b ca 1850 Bot Co - d 16 Oct 1853 Bot Co age 3y - f Benjamin F MOOMAW - m Mary A [CROUSE] - cd scarlet fever - rep
by mother - [Moomaw cern]
MOOMAW, Annie L - b 23 Feb 1863 - d 10 June 1888 Bot Co - f Henry SLUSSER m H - w /o Simon J MOOMAW - ref Daleville gravestone
MOOMAW, Annie Maria - b 1 June 1856 - d 6 Sep 1862 Bot Co - age 6y 3m Sd Moomaw Cem
MOOMAW, Benjamin F - b 30 Mar 1814 - d 6 Nov 1900 Bot Co
f Christian MOOMAW - m Catherine SNIDER - h/o Mary A MOOMAW (1816-1887) - ref Moomaw grave
stone
MOOMAW, Cat herine (widow) - b 14 Mar 1775 Bot Co - d 5 May 1864 Bot Co
Death bk - age 89y lm 2ld - f Peter SNIDER - m Susan - c d old age - rep by
son Joseph MOOMAW --ref-death bk; Daleville gravestone - hus Christian
MOOMAlJ
MOOMAlJ, Christian - d by 10 Mar 1812 (dau 7 called a n orphan 7 Bot Co)
[[do not know why the question marks]] - dau Catherine (over 14) - wife
[ Eliza "Betsy" HOWPE]

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MOOMAW, Christian - b 16 Dec 1774 [Lancaster Co, Pa] - d 8 oct 1847 Bot Co
(will) (Daleville cern gravestone) - age 72y 9m 22d - f [John MOOMAU (b Pa)] m [Ann Barbara] - wife Catherine SNIDER; ch Joseph, Ann, Christian B, Elizabeth (md wm King); Samuel, Benjamin F, Barbara (md Jacob PETERS); Susannah
(md John TRUCELL); Catherine (md Abram STOVER); &amp; son Samuel's ch Catherine
Salome, Pauline Cassandra, Elizabeth Ann &amp; Rufus
MOOMAW, Delia - b 1881 - d 11 Nov 1881 - age infant - f Jos C MOOMAW - rn M A
- Moomaw cem
MOOMAW, Edward J - b ca 1848 Bot Co - d 20 June 1859 Bot Co Death bk - age
lly - f Joseph MOOMAW - m Mary - cd unkn - rep by father
MOOMAW, Edward Newton - b 2 Feb 1859 - d 25 Sep 1862 Bot Co - age 3y 7m 23d
MOOMAW, George Algilee - b ca 1869 - d 1946 Bot Co Heir List (WB 10 p48) - f
Rufus S MOOMAW - m Mary M BOOZE - [1st wife Dove LAYMAN] [2d] wife Bessie C
SMITH (b ca 1891); heirs, Lelia BRILLHART (b ca 1892); Katie NUCKOLLS (b ca
1898); Ralph (b ca 1901); Algilee (b ca 1928)
MOOMAW, Honoria E - b 12 Mar 1843 - d 11 June 1900 Bot Co - age 57y 2ro 19d f BOWMAN - 2nd w/o John C MOOMAW (1838-1886) - ref Moomaw gra,.restone
MOOMAW, Iona Ann - b 15 June 1873 - d 3 Nov 1876 Bot Co - f W(m) P MOOMAW
- m Lucinda
MOOMAW, J Lucian - b 22 Aug 1871 Cloverdale, Bot Co - d 30 Mar 1914 Bot Co
(family cem ) (will) - f John Crouse MOOMAW - m Honoria E BOWMAN - wife
Lottie E
MOOMAW, John Crouse - b 1838 - d 16 Aug 1886 Bot Co (app) - age 48y - f Benjamin MOOMAW - m Mary A CROUSE - h/o #1 Virginia GRAYBILL (d 1865) ; #2 Honoria BOWMAN (d 1900) - ref Moomaw cem gravestone
MOOMAW, Joseph - b 23 May 1816 - d 21 Apr 1894 Bot Co (app) - age 77y lOm 28d
- f Christian MOOMAW - m Catherine SNIDER - h/o Mary STOVER (d 1888) - ref
Daleville gravestone
MOOMAW, Lucinda N - b 10 J une 1846 - d 18 Mar 1934 Bot Ave - bus
MOOMAW: son WU A MOOMAW, dau Mary Maggie MOOMAW - Moomaw Cem

wm

Price

MOOMAW, Mary - b 30 Sep 1819 - d 20 Sep 1888 Bot Co - age 68y llm 20d - f Jobn
STOVER - m Caty SNIDER - w/o Joseph MOOMAW (d 1894) - ref Daleville gravestone
MOOMAW, Mary Ann - b 1816 - d 15 Apr 1887 Bot Co - age 7ly - f Daniel CROUSE
- m Catherine - w/o Benjamin F MOOMAW (1814-1900) - ref Moomaw gravestone
MOOMAW, Mary C, Dr - b l Feb 1861 - d 5 Feb 1957 Bot Co - f John C MOOMAW m Virginia - Moomaw cem
MOOMAW, Mary Catherine - b ca 1834 - d 28 or 22 Oct 183 7 Bot Co - age 3y Sm
- f Christian MOOMAW - m Frances A NOFFSI NGER - Daleville gravestone
MOOMAW~

Mary M - b 9 June 1839 - d Apr 1882 Bot Co - hus Rufus S MOOMAW, son
Weber L MOOMAN - Fairview Cem, Buchanan, Va

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OOMAW, Mathew Henry (single) - b ca 1851 Bot Co - d 14 Oct or Apr 1855 (Bot
Co Death Bk) - age 4y Om 29d - f Joseph MOOMAW - m Mary STOVER - cd croup rep by father - ref Daleville gravestone, Death bk
MOOMAW, Nathan Rufus - b ca 1870/1 Bot Co - d 1948 Bot Co Heir list (WB 10
p 129) - f Rufus S MOOMAW - m Mary M BOOZE - wife Emma HOUSER (b ca 1879);
Ch N R (b ca 1902); Annie PAGE (b ca 1904); Louise PAGE (b ca 1905); William
Albert (b ca 1908); Kenton Benjamin (b ca 1911); Otho Anthony (b ca 1913);
Margaret (b ca 1922)
MOOMAW, Rufus S - b 7 Oct 1840 - d 22 Feb 1900 Bot Co - f _Samuel MOOMAW - m
Ann GISH - wife Mary M BOOZE; son Weber L MOOMAW - Fairview cem, Buchanan
MOOMAW, Samuel - b ca 1800 Va (census #1666) - d 7 Nov 1852 Bot Co - age 52y
- f Christian MOOMAW - m Catherine SNIDER -. h/o Anna GISH - ref Daleville
cem - adm Ann MOOMAW; Adm 8 Oct 1866 Sheriff Lewis LINKENBOI:ER
MOOMAW, Virginia - b 10 Mar 1838 - d 3 Oct 1865 - age 27y 6m 23d - f Joseph
GRAYBILL - m Mary SNIDER - bus John Crouse MOOMAW - Moomaw cem
MOOMAW, William Price - b 11 Oct 1841 - d 30 May 1900 Bot Co - f Benjamin F
MOOMAW - m Mary Ann CROUSE - wife Lucinda N; son w18 A MOOMAW, dau Mary
Maggie MOOMAW - Moomaw cem
MOORE see Joseph RHODES, Margaret LINKENBOKER, Peter HINER, Bugh ALLEN, Bugh
BROWN, Joseph WOODS, Rucker Bell BURDJOLDER, Demaris Barbara ETZLER, John
Lewis ETZLER, Mary Elizabeth ETZLER, W T FRINGER, John GRAY, Sarah Bright
Moore GRAY, George W OBENSHAIN, Joseph RHODES
MOORE, Daniel - b 1783 [maybe 1763?] - d 1835 - [other relatives, maybe md
Martha BARNETT, Aug Co 17 Feb 1893 (sic - maybe 1783 or '93)) - ref Mt Union
gravestone [not in cemetery bk]
MOORE, Grace J[ane] (single) - b Va - d Apr 1850 - age 24y - f [William BAYS]
- cd consumption - ref 1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule - [bus William MOORE, rod #2
10 Apr 1856 Sarah GISH]
MOORE, Henry - d by Dec 1822 - ref WB C p 372, will dated 7 Nov 1822 - wife
Elizabeth; Ch John, William, Elizabeth
MOORE, James - d by Aug 1780 - ref WB A pl20, wil l dated 13 Sep 1776 - ch
James, John, Martha (md
RALSTON marked out &amp; Thomas ALDERSON -written
above); Jean (md Samuel McCLANABAN)
MOORE, Jane (single) - b Va - d Apr 1850 - age 25 - cd consumption - ref
1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule
MOORE, John - b ca 1 754 - d Apr 1838 - age 84 - h/o Mary Bright MOORE (d
1837) - grave Fincastle Presby Cem
MOOR(E), Livingston - b ca 1834 Bot Co - d 1 Sep 1855 - f Jacob G MOOR - m
Elizabeth - cd typhoid fever - rep by father
MOORE, Mary Bright - b ca 1765 - d Sep 1837 - age 72y - w/ o John MOORE ( d
1838)- grave Fincastle Presbyterian cem

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MOORE, Stephen - d by Apr 1811 - ref WB B p258, app - [wife Catherine; ch
John, Nicholas, James, Stephen, Anne (rnd Henry SMITH); DB 11 p25, all survivors were in Madison Co, Ohio in 1812]
MOORE, Thomas - b ca 1770 (census #778) - d by 14 Apr 1851 - wife Martha
WOODS - Ex Joseph MOORE
MOORE, Tilford J (CSA) - b 28 Dec 1828 - d 30 Dec 1877 - f Jacob G MOORE m Elizabeth COON - grave Mil l Creek Cem - [h/o Rester M]
MOORE, William - d by 25 Dec 1804 - f Stephen MOORE - m Catherine - ref WB B
p 123, 208, 2 app 8 - wife Elizabeth PATTERSON
MORAN, Ada - b 21 Feb 1913 Bot Co - d 6 Mar 1917 - f W D MORAN (b Fl oyd Co)
- rn Rosa L (CONNER) (b Patrick Co) - buried Daleville Cem - cd lobar
pneumonia &amp; calambal croup
MORGAN see Charles A FRANCIS
MORGAN, female - b 20 June 1916 Bot Co - d 20 June 1916 - f William MORGAN
(b Bot Co) - m Clarinse (CRAWFORD) (b Bot Co) - buried Cove Al um cem - cd
still born
MORGAN, Hammond Grabill - b S May 1913 Troutville, Bot Co - d 5 May 1913 - f
W E MORGAN (b Hollins, Rke Co) - m Clarice (McCRAWFORD) (b Bot Co) - buried
Mt Union Cem - cd died at birth
MORGAN, Bazel Pauline - b 4 July 1913 Bot Co - d 10 July 1913 - f Joe E
WOMACK (b Bot Co) - m Birtie W MORGAN (b Fkln Co) ps urund - buried Mt
Union cem - cd feeble from birth
MORGAN, Henry E - b ca 1812 NY City - d 8 Oct 1868 - age 56y - cd flux - rep
by son G W MORGAN - h/o Mary MORGAN - admr bond 8 Feb 1869 Sheriff LINKENBOKER
MORISON see MORRISON, Benjamin DOUGLAS Sr
MORRIS see Adaline POOL, Samuel BALDWIN, Joseph W ANDERSON
MORRIS, George W - b ca 1797 (or 1803) Va (census #10 91) - d 24 Aug 18 62 age 6Sy - h/o Susan G - cd fever - Adm 10 Oct 1864 Lewis LINXENHOKER,
Sheriff
MORRIS, George W Jr - b ca 1839 Bot Co - d 24 Aug 1862 - age 23y - f George
W MORRIS - rn Susan - cd fever - rep by mother
MORRIS, William - b ca 1842 Bot Co - d 24 Aug 1862 - age 20y - f George W
MORRIS - rn Susan - cd fever - rep by mother
MORRISON see MORISON
MORRI SON, Mason - b ca 1895 - d 10 Sep 1913 - buried Buchanan Cem - cd train
wreck

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Mysterious Death in Covington - submitted by JoAnn Rice

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information including marriage dates and full names of spouses.
Another exciting thing that happened was making contact w ith a direct line cousin in
Australia . His ancestor is a sister of my great-grandfather. I recently purchased a
netbook computer (VERY small, lightweight laptop) that came w ith the program Skype
installed. This program allows you talk over the Internet, computer to computer, as if
you were using the phone. If you have a camera installed on both computers you can
also see the person you are talking to. My cousin had Skype so we set up a time to
call. It was amazing!! He sounded like he was in the next room. In fact, my husband
who was several rooms away could clearly hear him, too. Best of all , the service is
free!! This type of technology has certainly come a long way. Visit www.skype.com for
a free download and instructions on how to use it.
Any member who has interests in Botetourt County should turn to page 116 straight
away. We are offering a special , one time only, chance to own copies of Charles
Burton's Botetourt County research books. Copies MUST be ordered by November 10.
Happy Hunting,

K~

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514 Scalybark Drive
Blue Ridge VA 24064-1328
Telephone: (540) 977-0067
E-mail: gkkapp@infionline.net

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New Books in the Virginia Room
T he following books can be viewed during normal library hours in the Virginia Room of the
R oa noke Public L ibrary.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Summer 2009
~~~~~~~~~~

929.375502 Au76vb Virginia Bible Records by Jeannette Holland Austin 2008 Heritage Books
(* This contains an itemized lists of births, marriages, &amp; deaths found in approximately 478 Virginia
Family Bibles - PY)

929 .341 1 D656a American Data from the Records of the High Court of the Admiralty of
Scotland, 1675 -1800 by David Dobson 2000 Genealogical Publishing
975.5523S i58g T he Great Dismal, A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir by Bland Simpson 1990
University of North Carolina Press
929.2L721 L725g A Genealogy of the Little -Odom Family of Georgia &amp; North Carolina by
Lawrence L. &amp; Margaret M. Little 197 4 Adams Press
331.892 G566 The Goldenseal, Book of the West Virginia Mine Wars, Articles reprinted
from G oldensea l Magazine, 1977 -1991 Edited by Ken Sullivan 1991 Pictorial Histories
Publishing
975 .622 Ev l 6t T o Die G ame, The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerrillas of
Reconstruction by W. McKee Evans 1971 Louisiana State University Press
929.2 Ag32L588b Blue Ridge Agees, Descendants of John Agee, Jr. &amp; Sena Hylton of
Patrick County, VA by Robert E. Lewis 2008
975.3 Sch37w Washington City, People, Places, &amp; events in two centuries of history of the
Capital of the U. S. by Philip Schleit 1993
923 .573 B4 l 3c Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff, Portraits &amp; Biographical
Sketches 1775 -1983 by William G. Bell 1983 Center of Military History
9 17 .3 G 156o OJ'igin Of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett 1971
reprint of 1902 published by US Gov.
917 .3 Kl 31 a The American Counties, Origins of names, dates of creation &amp; organization,
a rea, population, historical data, &amp; published sources. By Joseph N. Kane 1972 The
Scarecrow Press
975.219 W97s Southern Honor, Ethics &amp; Behavior in the Old South by Bertram WyattBrown 1982 Oxford University Press
975.5 J7 I pr The Present State of Virginia, From Whence is inferred a Short View of
Maryland &amp; North Carolina by Hugh Jones Published for the Virginia Historical Society by
University of NC press

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373.375597 P275p The Patriot 1978, Patrick Henry High School Yearbook
373.75597 W67 The Colonel 1944, William F leming High School Yearbook
SC 378.755 V81 lb The Bomb 1933 &amp; 1936 VMI Yearbooks
SC 016.385T386c Check List of Publications on American Railroa ds 1841, A union list of
printed books &amp; pamphlets, including state &amp; federal documents, dealing with charters,
bylaws, legislative acts, speeches, debates, land grants, officer's reports , travel guides, maps,
etc. Compiled by Thomas Richard Thomson 1942 New York Public Library
284.1755773 D352s St. Paul Lutheran Church 1776-1976 Wythe County VA 1976
Commonwealth Press
330.975 EL54m Miners, Millhands &amp; Mountaineers, Industrialization of the Appalachian
South 1880-1930 by Ronald D Eller 1982 University of Tennessee Press
340.045R552z Zoning &amp; Subdivision Law in Virginia, A Handbook by Stephen Robin 1993
Center for Public Service University of Virginia
920.755D298i Inspiring African American Women of Virginia 2005 by Veronica A. Davis
929.3768 G76lw Grainger County Tennessee Inventories of Estates &amp; Wills Nov. 1833 May 1852 Abstracted by Mary E. Reeves 1989 Southern Historical Press
929.3768 G76lr Grainger County Tennessee Court of Pleas &amp; Quarter Sessions Record
Book No. 3 1812-1816 Compiled by Ella E. Lee Sheffield 1983 Southern Historical Press
940.5476 K243s Shangri-La for Wounded Soldiers, The Greenbrier as a World W a r II
Army Hospital by Louis E. Keefer 1995 Cotu Publishing
973.35 N227 Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume 8 by William James
Morgan 1980 Naval History Division of the Navy
973.7 W868m Military History of the Civil War 1861-1865 by W. B. Wood &amp; Major
Edmonds 1959
975.4 St48c Coal Towns of W est Virginia, a Pictorial Recollection by Mary Legg Stevenson
1998 Quarrier Press
975.487 C561ob On Beyond Leatberbark: The Cass Saga by Roy B. Clarkson 1990 McClain
Printing
975.563 B94lh ffistory of Prince Edward County, Virginia, From Its Formation in 1753, to
Present, Compiled mainly from Original Records &amp; Personally Contributed Articles, With
a Brief Sketch of the Beginnings of Virginia, a Summary of the History of the County Seat,
And a Special Chapter on the Churches of the County by Charles Edward Burrell 1922
W illiams Printing
929.3755 G795t Those Who Sleep Here: Grayson County, VA Cemeteries Volumes A, B &amp;
C Edited by Ginger &amp; Rich Ballard 2009 Grayson County , VA Heritage Foundation

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373.755791 The 1964 Brigadier James Breckinridge Jr. High Roanoke VA
975.5743 H425w The Heritage of Wise County &amp; the City of Norton 1856 -1993 Volume I
1993 Wise County H istorical Society
975.519 W58v Virginia's Eastern Shore, A History of Northampton &amp; Accomack Counties
Volumes I &amp; II by Ralph T . Whitelaw 1968
929.3768 An23t Anderson County, TN Cemetery Records Compiled by Mary S Harrisl989
Whipporwill Publication
338.272 P93 lb A Brief History of Several Coal Mines of Montgomery County, VA by Price,
Lilly, DeHa11, Jones, Proco &amp; Hodge 1994
338.272 P75 l T he Pocahontas Coalfield, E arly Recollections &amp; Happenings by The
Pocahontas Coalfie ld Centennial Celebration 1983
338.7622 L579i Images of Appalachian Coalfields by Builder Levy 1989 Temple Unjversity
Press
P 262.55 So89 Souveni r General Assembly, Lexington VA 21-31 May 1903 Compliments of
Presbyterian Committee (Contains photo of Ministers on the east coast - PY)
P 365.9746 N45n Newgate of Connecticut 1707-1927 by Newgate Historical Corporation
P 91 2 B417o Old M aps of the World Set I North America, featuring maps produced in 1757
By Jacques N icholas Bellin 1959 Bloch &amp; Co.

P 929 .2 H9 l h History of the Johann Theo bold Hunsucker Family by Jonas &amp; Thomas
Hunsucker 1928
P 929.3752 F872w Index to Frederick County, Maryland, and Willis 1748 -1777 by Raymond
B. C lark Jr. 1982
P 929.5729 AL54b The Barbados - Carolina Connection by Warren Alleyne &amp; Henry Fraser
1988 MacMillian Publishers

P 929.5729 L97lb The Barbados American Connection by May Lumsden 1988 McMillian
Publishers
P 975.685 H384b Burke County Facts &amp; FoJkJore by Derald E. Hendry 1985
P 975 .5 P412o OJd P lace Names, West Central Piedmont &amp; Blue Ridge Mountains by Alfred
Percy 1950 Percy Press
940.4 D77b A History of the Great War. The British Campaign in France &amp; Flanders. 2
Vo lumes 1914 &amp; ] 915 by Arthur Conan Doyle 1917 George H. Doran Company
922.9673 R 723 b A Biographical Dictionary of Eal"ly American Jews. Colonial Times to
1800. By Joseph R. Rosenbloom 1960 Un iversity of Kentucky Press

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922.3755 M46 J623m Memoir of The Life of The Right Rev. William Meade, D. D., B is hop
of The Protestant Episcopal Church in The Diocese of Virginia by J. Jo hns &amp; Wi lliam
SparrowReprint of1869
929.3752 C139 Calvert County, l\.1D Family Records 1670-1929 (Church Records , Newspapers
&amp; Tombstone Inscriptions - PY) by Mildred O' Brien 1986 Family Line Publication s
016.9737N417c Civil War Books, A Critical Bibliography, Volum es 1 &amp; 2 by Nevins,
Robertson &amp; Wiley 1967 Louisiana Press
929.3756 C l44m Camden County NC (extant) Marriage Returns 1848 -1919, Including
Cohabitation Records by Sharon Rea Gable 2007
929.3755 N763m Norfolk County VA Marriage Licenses 1850 -1899 (non white) Volume I
1900 - 1935 (non white) Volume 2
011.532 M437d Declaration of Independence checklist 1778 -1825 (Author was a Beale
Treasure Hunters-PY) by Stephen Matyas Jr., 2009 Printed by Thomson-S hore
973.2 W933t History of the Thirteen Colonies by the Editors of American Heritage 1967
American Heritage Publishing
362.732Sh19f Feed My Lambs: A History of Presbyterian Hornes &amp; Family Services, Inc.
1903 -2003 by Mary Jo Shannon 2003
973.7472 J418sThe State of Jones (From 1863-1865 res idents of Jones County M ississippi,
engaged in an insurrection against the Confederacy - th is is the story) by Sally Jenkins &amp; John
Stauffer 2009 Randon House.
SC 923.l 73J359m Jefferson's Memoir's &amp; Correspondence Volumes I - IV Edited by
Thomas Jefferson Randolph 1829 Published by F. Carr &amp; Co
929 B446g The Genealogist's Address Book, State &amp; Local Resources by Elizabeth Petty
Bentley 2009Genealogical Publishing
929.3755 Y82w York County, VA Wills, Inventor ies &amp; Court Orders 1725 - 1728 &amp;
1728-1732 by Mary Marshall Brewer 2008 Colonial Roots
929.3755 B657m H25 lrnl Botetourt County, VA Marriages Licenses Ind icatin g Slave
Relationships 1865 - 1868 by Robert Harshbarger 2003
929 .3755 B6lr Bland County VA Court Order Book 1884 -1891 by Parke Coleman Bogle
1999 Mountain Press
929.3755 B6lx Bland County VA 1890 Property Tax Records by Denise Smith
2004 Mountain Press
929.3748 L221 b Pennsylvania Births Lancaster County 1778- 1800 by John T. Humphrey
1997 Humphrey Publications

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P 289.675528 J263y Ye Meetg Hous Smal, A Short Account of Friends in Loudoun County,
VA 1732 - 1980 by Werner &amp; Asa Moore Janney 1980

P 330.97557 P39 T he People &amp; E conomy of Southwest Virginia, a Study Prepared for the
Southwest Virginia Economic Commission by Knapp, Cox Brown &amp; MitcbeIJ 1986 Tayloe
Murphy Institute
P 352.008 M567 Metropolitan Virginia: A Program for Action 1967, Report by the Virginia
Metropolitan Areas Study Commission.
P 3 69 .1 35 N2 1i In Washington, DAR Memorial Continental Hall, Diamond Anniversary
1890-1965
P 369.135 So54p Washington Landma rks: Pillars of Patriotism, National H eadquarters of
the DAR by Mollie Somerville 1986
P 378.755785 Sm55b Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Semi- Centennial, A Brief History of the
College Published by VPI May 1922
929.3 755 W9971 Abstracts of Land E ntries, Wythe County VA Entry Books l&amp; 2 17901803 by Mary Kegley 2006
929.3755 W997m Wythe County VA Ma rriages 1790-1853 by Beverly Repass Hoch &amp; Mary
Kegley 2006
929.3755 W997w Abstracts of Wills, \Vythe County VA Will Books 3- 6 1822 - 1848
by Mary Kegley 2006
929.3755 P687x Land Tax L ists of P ittsylvania County, VA 1782 -1802 Compiled by Gayle
Austin 2006 Southern Historical Press
929.3 754 F294t Fayette County Cemetery Records Volume IV, Cemeteries of Oak Hill &amp;
Fayetteville by Fayette- Raleigh Genealogical Society 2005
929 .3 754 P983m P utnam County Marriages 1848 -1882 by Upper Vandalia Historical Society
1997 (Alphabetically by Groom)
929.3755 N8 12R Loose Papers &amp; Sundry Court Cases 1732-1744 Volume IlNorthamptoo
County, VA Compiled by Jean Mihalyka 2000 Hickoiy House Publishing
929.3755 G854m G reensville County VA, Man·iageBonds 1781 -1808 2007 Mountain Press
929.23757 K474c 1850 Kershaw County South Carolina Census with Expanded
Genealogical information Compiled by Catawba-Wateree Chapter, Genealogical Society 1997
SC 287.755 L132s Sketches of the Virginia Episcopal Church Conference 1880 with
Sketches of the PastoJ"s (pictures too - PY) by Rev John 1. Lafferty Printed by Whittet &amp;
Shepperson, Bound by J.W. Randolph &amp; English of Richmond VA

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373.375597 P275p Patrick Henry High School Yearbook 1979
929.374602 B812b Black Roots in Southern Connecticut 1650 -1900 by Barbara Brown &amp;
James Rose (Genealogist) New London Historical Society 2001
P 917.55 C245v Virginia &amp; its People by Ali cia Carter, Associate Professor of Education,
Longwood College 1949 Edition Ginn &amp; Company Publishing
P 917.55666 M623m Milloway's Manua l and G uide" A Life Partne r" by On nie M illoway,
Danville, VA 1926 (List of Businesses, ads, adv ice for daily life, recipes etc., 143 pages - PY)
P 929.1028 C936n Numbering Your Genealogy, Basic Systems, C omplex Families and
International Kin by Curran, Crane &amp; Wray 2008 NGS Publishing

P 929.2 C462r Record of the Families of G ilbert Christia n a nd Moses F isk by H. C. Christian
1969
P 929.2 W349w Watts, Mohler, "Leibig" &amp; Shaw Families &amp; History by Fred Watts 2002 Jim
Presgraves, Bookworm &amp; Silverfish Publisher
929.375502 R395i The Fairfax Herald Index 1886 - 1936 B irths Compiled by Malco lm
Richardson 1992 Printed by IBM
929.375502 R395ip The Fairfax Herald Index 1886 - 1936 Place Names Compiled by
Malcolm Richardson 1992 Printed by IBM
929.375502 R395iob The Fairfax Herald I ndex 1886 -1936 Obituaries Compiled by
Malcolm Richardson 1992 Printed by IBM
929.375502 R395im The Fairfax Herald Index 1886 -1936 Marriages Comp iled by
Malcolm Richardson 1992 Printed by IBM
SC 378.755 V819n The 1929 Virginian - State Teachers C ollege year book, F armville VA
SC 376.9755 V819 Virginia College Yearbook 1929 -1930 Roanoke VA
929 B466c County Courthouse Book 3rd Edition by Elizabeth Bentley 2009 Genealogical
Publishing
929 K32i International Vital Records Handbook s•h Edition by Thomas Kemp 2009
Genealogical Publishing
929.3755 AC271Accomack County, VA Land Deeds Volume I 1737 - 1743,
Volume 2 1744 -1749, Volume 3 1750-1754 by Leslie &amp; Neil Keddie The Family Tree
Bookshop 2006
975.5912 M385w Waynesboro VA, Images of America by Elizabeth Massie &amp; Cortney
Skinner 2009 Arcadia Publishing
929.2 St49 K297m My Stewart &amp; Other Kin of Iredell County, NC, A Genealogy of My
Mother's People: The Stewart, Allen, Stikeleather, Wallace, Brown, Lawson &amp; Tolbert

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Families by Jeanette KelJy 1986
929.0946 H625 Hispanic American GeneaJogical Sourcebook by Paula Byers 1995 Gale
Research
P 975.~99 M622 Military Operations in Jefferson County VA &amp; WVA 1861-1865 by Sam
Hendncks 1910 Published by Authority of Jefferson County Camp U. C. V.
P 975.5623RI14b Buckingham's Francisco by Ralph Racer 1971

"Warsh"1ng"0oth es R ec1pe
. ........•
Never thought of a "warsher" in this light before..what a blessing!
" Warshing Clothes Recipe" - imagine having a recipe for this!! !
Years ago an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe: this is an
exact copy as written and found in an old scrapbook with spelline errors and all.

W ARSHING CLOTHES
Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if
wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in boilin water.
Sort things, make 3 piles
1 pile white,
1 pile colored,
1 pile work britches and rags.
T o make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down
with boiling water.
Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil,
then rub colored don't boil just wrench and starch.
Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench,
and starch.
Hang old rags on fence.
Spread tea towels on grass.
Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy
water.
Turn tubs upside down.
Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair comb. Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell
and count your blessings.

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Mysterious Death in Covington
The following collection of news articles and information was
compiled by JoAnn Rice of Norwalk, Connecticut . The Pharr family of
Covington, Virginia is shown in the following 1850 census record,
1 st Dist. Alleghany County I
Virginia, August 9 ' page 65:
Household 449
Dion C. Pharr , age SO, male, O. S.P . Minister ,

born North Carolina

Mary Pharr , age 43 , female
Agness Pharr , age 15,

female

Sarah Pharr, age 14, female
John Pharr, age 12 , male
Mary Pharr , age 9 , femal e
James Pharr , age 7 , male
Dion Pharr, age 4 , male
Allegh eny County Virginia Death Records
1854 - Line 46 -Agness Pharr , white, female , died March 6 , place
of death : Covington, cause of death: poison, age 19, parents: C.
and Mary Pharr , born in Covington, reported by Mary Pharr, mother .
The New Yor k Times, June 21, 1854
Supposed Murder of a Young Lady by her Betrothed
From the Lynchburg (Va.) Republican
It will be remembered, that some time during last Spring, an item
went the rounds of the papers, chronicling the sudden death of Miss
Agnes Pharr, of Covington, Va. , and stating that she was within a
few days of her marriage to one Dr. Thompson [27 year old Wil liam
B . Thompson originally from Botetourt , County ], h er father's
physician. We learn from a private source, that i t is strongly
suspected that her death was caused by strychnine administered by
Dr. T.; that several public meetings of the citizens have been held
to consider the matter. The circumstances seem to be these: Miss
Pharr had been indisposed for some weeks, and had been taking
medicine from Dr . Thompson. On the morning of her dea t h, Dr . T.
wrote her a note, asking a postponement of her marriage, and urging
her to take the remainder of the pills he had left her. Among the
pills there seems to have been one considerably larger than the
others, and this was the only one le ft , Mis s Pharr having refused
to take it. Upon this last request, she took i t , and in fifteen
minutes was a corpse. Her death was pronou nced , at the time,
similar to that produced by strychnine, but there was no suspicion

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of foul play until the ladies engaged in dressing the body
discovered certain signs, which were more than confirmed by the
further discovery of a box of ergot pills. When the suspicions
a~s1:1111ed a public character, Dr. Thompson demanded that the body be
disinterred and examined by a committee of physicians, named by
himself; but when the consent of the parents of the unfortunate
girl was obtained, he refused to have anything to do with it,
alleging as a reason that he did not wish to wound the feelings of
the family . These are the facts as they have been detailed to us by
two gentlemen of standing. If they be true, there is certainly good
ground for demanding an investigation. If Dr. Thompson be guilty,
no time should be lost in ridding the world of this monster; if
innocent, his character as a man will be satisfied with nothing
less than a full, free and triumphant acquittal . The father of Miss
Pharr is a Presbyterian minister, and is said to be one of the most
upright , amiable, and unsuspicious persons to be found anywhere.
The New York Times, August 12, 1854
A Case of Supposed Murder of a Young Woman by her Betrothed

From the Petersburgh (Va .) Intelligencer, Aug. 4
Post Mortem Examination - A Lexington correspondent furnishes to
yesterday's Richmond Dispatch the following account of the
proceedings of several physicians who were required to hold a post
mortem examination upon the body of a Miss Pharr, a young lady
residing in covington, Va., who died some time since under
mysterious circumstances:
Drs. Jordan and Estill, and Major Gilham, Professor of Chemistry in
the Military Institute, returned to this place last night from
Covington, where they had gone for the purpose of attending a post
mortem examination of Miss Pharr, whose death took place in the
month of March last. Rumors had been rife in the community, and had
found their way to the public prints, that she came to her death by
foul means at the hands of her physician, Dr . Thompson, to whom she
was said to be engaged. These [rumors] had become so common, that
Dr. T., in order to vindicate himself, instituted suits against
several prominent citizens of Covington, for slander, laying his
damages at a high amount. The defendants, in order to relieve
themselves, determined upon an examination, and at their instance
(insistence] the coroner summons a jury of inquest, and several
physicians from a distance were invited to be present , on Saturday
las t, the time fixed for the inquest, of whom, Drs. Jordan and
Estill of this place, and Dr . Woodson of Fincastle, (the latter at
the instance of Dr. T.,) were in attendance. Major Gilham was also
present to submit to a chemical analysis of the stomach .
On Saturday morning they repaired to the place of burial and too k
up the body, which was recognized by several witnesses , and
conveyed to a room near at hand. All were required to leav e the

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room except the physicians and Major G., though Dr. T. is said to
have done so with great reluctance. The body, though somewhat
decayed and very much blackened, was still in a remarkable state of
preservation. Upon examination she was discovered to have been
inciente [enceinte: pregnant] , as had been suspected. They next
examined and found the stomach to be entire. It was taken out and
placed in the possession of Major Gilham, who will leave here in a
day or two for some of the Northern cities, in order to have the
assistance of experienced chemist in submitting i t to the chemical
tests. It is very doubtful whether they will be able to discover
anything, as strychnine, the agent supposed to have been used,
diffuses itself very rapidly through the system, and is very
difficult to detect at any time, and much more so after four or
five months have elapsed.
After completing the examination they repaired to the hotel, where,
after consultation,
they
communicated
the
result
of
the
investigation to William Skeen,
Esq.,
the Attorney for the
Commonwealth and Thompson's counsel in the slander suits, who
immediately had a warrant issued and Dr . T., taken into custody .
The Jury then met in the Court-House, and after hearing the
testimony of the physicians and other witnesses, adjourned until
this morning. A crowd was in attendance, and manifested great
interest in the proceedings. Dr. T. manifested considerable anxiety
during the examination, but appeared perfectly composed after his
arrest.
Such are the facts as I gathered them from those who were present.
Whether he be guilty or not remains to be determined. If he be
guilty of what is alleged against him, he has upon his head the
most horrible crimes that can be conceived - seduction and double
murder; the seduction and murder of his betrothed, and the murder
of his own unborn offspring. Of his guilt or innocence we express
no opinion, as it would be improper, the matter having to undergo
judicial investigation. We can scarcely believe, however, that any
human being can be guilty of crimes of such enorrni ty as are laid at
his door .
The New York Times, August 31, 1854
Tria 1 of Dr. Thompson

From the Richmond Whig, 29th
The Term of Al l eghany County Court, which commenced Monday last, is
now hearing and reviewing the evidence upon the c ha rge against Dr.
William Bo Thompson, of Covington, for the murder of Miss Agnes
Pharr, of the same town, in March last, by giving her strychnine.
The circumstances which led to the arrest of Dr . Thompson were
given through the papers at the time it was made. A large number of
witnesses were sworn, and among them Drs. Jordan and Estill, of

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Lexington, and Dr. Woodson, of Botetourte, physicians who made the
post- mortem examination, and Maj . Gilliam, Professor of Chemistry
at Virginia Military Institute, who made analysi s of the stomach of
the deceased, and its contents . The examination of witnesses has
been very full and lengthy, and .especially was it so in regard to
the physicians and Maj . Gilliam, whose testimony has leading weight
i n the case.
It is expected that the trial will consume the entire week, as i t
is probable lengthy arguments will be delivered.
During the progress thus far there have been evidences on the part
of all who witnessed the proceedings of the deepest sympathy for
the friends of the deceased. There were many spectators from a
distance.
The Daily Globe, Satur day Ev ening, Sep t . 23 , 185 4

City of Washington
The c a s e of Dr . Thomps o n. - An indictment has been found by the
grand jury in Alleghany county, Virginia, against Dr. Thompson,
charged with killing Miss Pharr . The physicians, however, who
analyzed the stomach of the deceased, have decided that it
contained no poison.
The Daily Globe, Tue sday Ev ening, No v . 28, 185 4

City of Washington
The Thompson Trial . -The trial of Dr . Thompson for the murder of
Miss Pharr , in Al l egh a n y county, had not terminated at our last
accounts from that p lace . The testimony for the defense contains
nothing to break t he force of the overwhelming facts disclosed by
the witnesses for the Commonwealth -Richmond Inquirer
The Daily Globe , Saturday Evening, Dec . 2, 1854

City of Washington
Acquitted.

Richmond, December 1. -Dr. Thompson, charged with the murder of
Miss Pharr , at Covington, has b een acquitted. The jury was out
about one hour.
The Globe, Thursday, December 28, 1854

Official Paper of Congress and Newspaper for the People
Riotous Demonstration in Alleghany, Virginia
The Greenbrier Era [newspaper] contains the proceedings of a large

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and respectable meeting of the citizens of Alleghany county,
Virginia, held on the 18th instant, for the purpose of expressing
their indignation at the acquittal of Thompson ,
the alleged
murderer of Miss Pharr . There was quite a serious riot on the
occasion , as appears from the Era :
«At ten o'clock the people quietly hung Dr. Thompso n in effigy . The
image hung unmolested until the people went into the court-house to
attend the indignation meeting . Whilst there, Robert B . Thompson
backed by Messrs. Bush, Neff, Waldron and others , attempted to, or
did, pull down the effigy. The people rushed out of the courthouse, and a scene of intense excitement ensued. The friends of
Thompson drew their revolvers and bowie knives, but, deeming
discretion the better part of valor, they finally broke and fled ,
pursued by the excited populace. Waldron , however, having r un into
a field, turned upon his pursuers and showed fight, when he was
knocked down, and mounted upon a rail, and thus carried into the
court-house. The friends of Thompson were bound over to ke e p the
peace , and the effigy was subsequently burnt."
Further Info rmation:

The house where the supposed murder occurred still stands and is on
the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest house in
Covington. It was built in 1800 by Dr. James Merry, a physician,
who also operated a store near the river which was called ''Merry's
Stand." The house has a stone foundation and is a log structure of
solid walnut which has been stuccoed.
Rev . Dion Cassius Pharr was born in Mecklenburg County , North
Carolina on February 25, 1800 . He ministered in the Presbyterian
Church for 23 years . Before the acquittal of Dr. Thompson, Rev.
Pharr died of typhoid fever on November 20, 1854. The death record
lists his age as 54 years, nine months. [Allegheny Co. Death
Records, 1854, line 47.]

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COMPANY F, SECOND REG. VA RESERVES
Eileen Bolger has graciously supplied the following article.
Times Register - September 30, 1915
E ditor's note - The following interesting history of Salem men composing Co. F . Second
Reg. VA Reserves, written by the Rev. Calvin S. Blackwell, D.D. LL .D. distinguished
Baptist preacher of Norfolk and a native of Roanoke County.
T here were eighty-one in the Company when we were called out and organized in Salem,
March 12, 1864. Five of these names I cannot recall. The late Pleasant Mills, keeper of the
Cemetery at Roanoke, assisted me very greatly in connecting the roll, he having remained
in the county, kept up with the men while I have been away for forty-two years.
At one time I could call the roll in the dark from memory, as well as from the roll book.
But forty-two years are apt to dim the memory somewhat. This is the best I can do. The
late Col. Guy of Richmond showed me a complete roll some twenty years ago. But since his
death I have been unable to get any information from persons having his effects in char ge.
March 22, 1864, the law calling out the last reserves of the youth, sixteen to eighteen boys
and fifty-five to sixty men "the cradle and grave fellows" brought th e company together at
Salem, VA. The notice and the law being read by an official of the C.S.A. and the
following list of names were recorded as present. We were assem bled in the five-acre ho rse
lot of Dr. Griffin, south side of the rock road west end of the town. We were given the
privi.l ege of electing our own officers. The elected offic~rs, as given below, a happy mixture
of old men and boys. The second Lieut. S. Lee, mentioned, had served in the War with
Mexico. None of the others had seen service. We were per mitted to return to our homes
subject to call, which came in a few days, April 1. Federal fo r ce was str iking for the
railroad at Salem or Christiansburg. We were armed and put under the general command
of Col. Preston of Montgomery and marched through rain to Hanging Rock and went into

camp.
Our chief duty was to obstruct the road fro m the north by cutting trees across it and
arranging breastworks of logs. Col. Preston being an old military officer , our drill was
after that style. While Col. Preston was nominally in command, M ajor Sweeney, a gallant
Confederate officer on wounded furlough a nd r esting at Salem took actual command of the
defense. He inspired the boys with enthusiasm and the led men with confidence. On the
second day of the defense a dashing stripling d ressed in full uniform of a V.M.I. cadet rode
into camp. It was Wingfield (Rough) Griffin. The call of the camp was too much for him
in the quiet of the schoolroom when bis native town was in danger. He took " French" leave
of the " West Point of the South" and sought the field of action, remembering how only the
yea r before Salem bad been raided by the Federals, one of his neighbors, Ca pt. Chapman
was killed, his family taunted, and the property of the citizens destroyed. H e being
mounted witb a few others was sent forward in to C raig to feel for the enemy, and n ot
finding any blue coats returned. Being fresh from the drill grounds of the V.M.I. Cadet

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Gr_iffin be~ame a very important personage in the company, as driJlmaster at the campus
of instruction at Lynchburg, Richmond, South Anna and elsewhere. He was unusually
popular among the old and young and did much to hammer them into military shape. His
heart was in the Cavalry service where he served with distinction until the surrender. The
enemy not appearing, we were ordered to Lynchburg and put into camp of instruction.
May 1st the company was ordered to Richmond, where at Camp Lee we were again put
under instruction and organized into the Second Regiment VA Reserves. On May IO'h we
were put forward a few miles towards Yellow Tavern but did not get into the fight. On
June 2°d, the Regiment marched to the Chickahominy Bridge on the York River Railroad
and placed to the extreme right of Lee's army during the second battle of Cold Harbor.
General J. L. Kemper was in command of the reserves. Col. John Guy and Major Cook in
command of the Second Regiment. The Federals were on the north side of the river and
put us under a heavy shellfire, our first experience of the kind. After the battle of Cold
Harbor Lee's whole army started on its march southward and toward the James and
Petersburg. Our company lay in the pines by the road along which passed the whole of
Lee's army of veterans. It was an inspiring sight for our boys all the days of June 12the
and 13th, 1864, the steady tramp was heard and their battle torn banners were seen by us.
On June 15th we were taken to Richmond and assigned to duty on Belle Isle to guard
Federal prisoners. A week later we were assigned to South Anna Bridge and fortified and
guarded the bridge against a second attOack which was threatened. July 2o•h we were
moved near to Deep Bottom. Hancock's Corps of Federals were malting a movement north
of the James with Butler as a feint preparatory to exploding the crater mine near
Petersburg, which took place on July 3o•h. Though north of the James, the shock was
beard and felt by us. On August 161h Hancock was again in front of us at Deep Bottom.
We remained in camp at Signal Hill just above the Dutch Gap where butler was cutting the
Gap day and night while our battery at the Howlett House kept up a constant fire. But
unable to reach the battery would take revenge by having the guns in gunboats shell us on
the north side. Not until September 28th did this get lively. Warren's Corps made an
attack on Forth Harrison near Chaffin Farm. We were not in the fort but in a line of
works northeast. The fort was taken in the morning, our line was fiercely assaulted in the
afternoon and the enemy repulsed with great slaughter. The next day September 30'h,
General Lee himself came to the north side to direct a vain effort to retake Fo1·t Har1·ison.
A terrific artillery fire was opened from the gunboats, Drury's Bluff and Chafin's Farm.
We were laying in the ditches and behind us a battery of six guns. It was drizzling rain. At
every discharge of the guns, great volumes of powder smoke wouJd pour out on us, so that
the three o'clock every man was black as powder. Just then General Lee quietly remarked,
"Lie down again boys, some of you might get hurt." Just then a shell exploded near by and
killed several of the gunners in the artillery and we got back in the ditch again. Through
the fall and winter 1864-65, we remained in the works at Cbafin's Farm. We were a part of
that attenuated line forty miles long held by Lee's 37,000 men and boys, half-clothed, halffed and poorly equipped. February z nd we were brought t o Richmond. The veterans
regiments were most reduced to not much over a hundred fighting men and Reserves were
well seasoned and so they were broken up and given the privilege of uniting with such
regiments as they might choose. Quite a body of Company F. was united with Company E.
36tt' VA Regiment and sent on a march to Lynchburg to protect it against Sheridan.

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Thence to the Trans-Allegany River and back to Christiansburg, when General Lee
surrendered and E chol's army of 4,000 disbanded.
After our first call to Hanging Rock and before we went east to the real seat of war, quite a
number of our men secured exemptions from one cause or another. So they were not with
us after we left Roanoke County.
Following is the complete roll of officers and men of the company:
Privates:
J . C. Miller, Captain
G . Frank Beard, 1st Lieut.
Samuel Lee, 2nd Lieut.
John Steele, 34d. Lieut
Calvin S. Black-well, 1st Searg.
Charles Stevens, 2nd Searg.
Thomas H. Kefauver, 4th Searg.
Addison H. Whitsell, 1st. Corp.
Gus Beamer, 2nd Corp.
Jacob Smeltzer, 3rd Corp.
Armstead Neal, 4th Corp.
Third Lieut. Steele left the company 21 51 June 1864
J. A. Lavinder became 3rd Lieut.
Capt. J. C. Miller resigned in October 1864
G. Frank Bead became Capt.
Privates:
T homas Arth ur
J. Polk Baldwin
Christian Barnheart
J. 0. Bandy
Mat Bandy
Louis Blankenship
Jas. Bonsack
Andy Bryant
Philip Brown
William CampbelJ
Charles Coffman
J.C. Cox
Polk Craft
Pleasant W. Mills
Charles Miller

Levi Crickenbarger
George Cunningham
Martin Delany
Henry Edmundson
Christian Eller
Samuel Ferguson
Randolph Ferguson
Emory G. Frantz
Wingfield Griffin
Georg Grubb
Jas Harris
Austin Hardy
George Harmon
Samuel Hays

Samuel Jo.rdon
Benjamin Keagy
Jacob Kesler
T. A. Kesler
J. A. Kesler
Martin Kittinger
J . A. Lamb
Andrew Lamb
J. A. Lavinder
John Lemon
Thomas Lemon
J. Ledbetter
William Looney
Henry Minick
Jas. Mosely

Contributed by: Judith G. Blackwell

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Charles T . Burton
Charles T. Burton, who lived in the Daleville Community in the County of Botetourt, Virginia
was a man who may have known more about places and people in early Botetourt County than
any other person of recent times. Mr. Burton was a well-known genealogist who spent years
checking faded and yellowed deeds, tracing the lineage of fan1ilies, or the history of property
ownership. He researched just about every court record available-deed books, marriage records,
death records, birth records, wills, tax records, court records, census reports and the information
available in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Library.
In addition to being a Genealogist, Charles Bwion was a historian. Not only did he search the
records for information about places and people, he personally visited and checked out early
places of travel, commerce and industry, as well as home sites and cemeteries. His knowledge of
people and places in the days of settlement and development was remarkable. He consistently
reported his findings in the numerous papers and reports that he wrote for individuals and he
shared many of these with other genealogists and record searchers.

Charles T. Burton's ancestors were early settlers in Botetourt County and he grew up on family
lands in the Glebe area of Botetourt County. His life changed when he became ill with
tuberculosis in the l 950's. He was unable to work for about seven years and struggled to fi nd
something to do to relieve his boredom. During this period he discovered the Virginia Room of
the Roanoke City Library. His research and genealogy work began there.
For a number of years, after recovering from tuberculosis, he did agriculture survey work in
Botetourt County. This work added to his knowledge about creeks, branches, homes and other
old buildings.
It is of interest to note that much of Burton's genealogy work was done for women, who were
trying to track down proof of their ancestry so they could apply for membership in the Daughters
of the American Revolution organization. Some of his research was done to trace the ownership
of property. Many people buying property in historic Botetourt County wanted to know the
history of their land from the days of its first settlement. In his personal files Burton maintained
detailed records and information of his findings as well as copies of his reports and data
compilations. In 1995 he gave all of his research material along with the copyright to his books
to the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society in Roanoke, Virginia. The society donated
his material to the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Library but retained the copyright.
Charles T. Burton passed away in the fall of 1998.

Please tum the page for an exciting, one-time offering!!

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Charles Burton's Books Offered for Sale
Several years ago the society reprinted 75 copies of Charles Burton's seminal work
Botetourt County, Virginia Early Settlers. They were offered for sale to members a~d
they sold out quickly. Some thought was given to reprinting Burton's other book,
Botetourt County, Virginia Children, but it never happened.
Two years ago the society decided to participate in the genealogy fairs sponsored by
the Bedford Genealogical Society and the Botetourt Genealogy Club. It was felt that we
should offer something other then just brochures. We decided to sell reprints of both
Burton books at the fairs. The books were ordered and paid for at the fairs. Following
the fairs the books were printed and mailed to the buyers. This proved to be a
successful project. Please see the order form for a description of the books.
The society would like to offer the same opportunity to our members. The sale will be
conducted as a "one day sale", which will allow us to not have to collect sales tax on
books sold to Virginia residents. Out of state residents pay no sales tax. Orders MUST
reach us by November 1O, 2009. Any orders received after that date will be returned
unopened. Checks will NOT be cashed until November 1o th . After the 1oth, the books
will be printed and mailed. They will NOT be bound but will come with coverstock front
and back covers. The buyer can then "bind" the book as they see fit. If we were to bind
them it would add significantly to the cost. Please use the following order form . Make a
copy of the order form if you don't want to cut it out of the VAN. Mail to:
SVGS Book Sale
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Blue Ridge VA 24064
This will be the only time these books are offered for sale. If they are of interest to you
don't miss the opportunity to purchase a copy.

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BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA EARLY SETTLERS and BOTETOURT COUNTY,
VIRGINIA CHILDREN
By Charles T. Bwton

Charles T. Burton was a well-known and respected genealogist and historian who compiled a
large amount of data for Botetourt and surrounding counties. The Southwestern Virginia
Genealogical Society is pleased to announce the reprinting of two of Charles T. Burton's works,

Botetourt County, Virginia Early Settlers and Botetourt County, Virginia
Children.
Early Settlers consists of 133 pages of names from the 1782 land area of Botetourt County
encompassing all or portions of: Monroe County, West Virginia and the present day Virginia
counties of Montgomery, Floyd, Giles, Roanoke, Craig, Allegheny and Bath. He collected
material relating to the 1740 to 1795 land transactions of the early settlers in the indicated area.
Approximately 2000 individuals are listed alphabetically by their surname. These entries are
followed by an identification of the county where the record is located, along with the type of
record, its book, page, date and quite often the acreage and location of the land.
Botetourt Children lists hundreds of children found in the county records. Included is the date
or approximate date of birth and/or any information to indicate that the person had a childhood in
the county. After 1912 the records give more information and, when found, death dates are
noted. The names are arranged in alphabetical order by parents with the child or children
following along with their information.

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Flea Market Family History
Each of the following Bibles, complete with family records, was found at a yard
sale, flea market, thrift shop or estate sale.
Michael Blankenship, editor

Bible No. 1
Mrs. William H. Mowles
South Salem, Virginia
R.F.D. #2
Family Record
Parent' s Names
Husband - William Henry Mowles
born May 26, 1883
Wife - Mary Elizabeth Yates
born August 19, 1894
Married · May 17, 1911
Children's Names
Mary Thelma Mowles
Hazel Virginia Mowles
William Henry Mowles, Jr.
Iris Louise Mowles
Agnes Marie Mowles
Thelma born August 2, 1915
Hazel born August 4, 1917
William born June 30, 1920
Iris born Nov. 1, 1924
Agnes born January 9, 1928

Deaths
William Henry Mowles, Sr.
January 4, 1945
Marriages
Thehna and Lester Clay McGhee married November 20, 1932
Hazel and Roy - Feb. 11, 1945

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Ernest C. Mitchell, April 5, 1955, father
Mary G. Board, May 28, 1955
James F. Board, Oct. 28, 1959, Wednesday, about 2 pm
John Wesley Board died Aug. 8, 1969, age 29 years. John got killed in Detroit,
ivfichigan.
Records inserted from the Bible of James Fletcher Board, Jr.
Family Register

Parent's Names
Husband - James Fletcher Board Jr.
Born Feb. 24, 1909
Son of James Fletcher Board Sr. and Norma Board
Wife - Mary G. Board
Born Jan. 28, 1910 at Roanoke, Va.
Daughter of Ernest C. Mitchell and Sally Mitchell
Married at Roanoke, Va.
By Rev. W. E. Lee Date March 24, 1926
Marriages
Mary Goode Mitchell was married to James Fletcher Board on March 24, 1926
James F. Board was married to Sallie Copper [Cooper] April 26, 1956 about 8 pm.
Rev. Hunter married us.
Sallie Board and James Board separated March 21, 195 7 about 4 pm and haven't
been back since.
Deaths
Ernest Samuel Board died June 21, 1954 about 11 :40 am. Monday. Age 5 years
old.
My wife died May 28th 1955 9:10 am, Saturday morning.
Mrs. Mary G. Board died May 28th, 1955.

Births
Mary Alice Board, Feb. 10 [page tom]
James Matthew Board, Nov. [page tom]
Norma Ruth Board, Aug. [page tom]
Lawrence Board, Aug. [page tom]
Charles Milton Board, Jan. 25 [page tom]

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William and Catherine - December 24, 194(?)
Iris and Pete - June
Agnes and Warren - Aug.
Iris Louise Mowles and
Raymond W. Peterson, Jr.
Were united in Holy Matrimony
on the 25th day of June
in the year of our Lord 1949
at First Methodist Church
by Rev. H . W. Curry

Bible No. 2 [African American]
Presented to Mary G. Board
Jan. 14, 1955
Daughter - Kathryn B.
Marri~es

J . F . Board married to Amanda Jones, May 31, 1961, about 8:20 p~ 1302 Loudon
Ave., NW. Rev. Rader married us.
Joseph Board married Sue Otey, Nov. 26, 1966 about 8:10 pm, on Orange Ave.,

NW
Ja.mes M. [Board] to Annabell
Nonna Ruth [Board] to Sylvester Poindexter, Dec. 2, 1953
James F. Board to Mary G. Mtichell, March 24, 1926
James F. Board to Sallie Cooper, April 26, 1956
about 8 pm by Rev. Hunter
Rachel [Board] married Allondo Nora [?] July 26, 1968 about 8 pm. Rev. Turner
married them.
Sallie and James Board separated March 21 , 1957. She [left] that evening about 4
pm and haven't been back since.
Charles Board married Dec. 24, 1960 to Teresa [?] from Bluefield, W. Va.
Kathryn Board married to Rufus Jackson Jan. 23, 1964, 1128 Orange Ave., NW,
Roanoke. Rev. Wilkerson married them 8:15 pm
Deaths
Ernest Samuel Board, June 21, 1954, son

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John Board, Oct. 17, 193 9
Joseph Lynwood Board, June 25, 1941
George Thomas Board, March 13, 1943
Kathryn Elizabeth Board, March 15, 1945
Ernest Samuel Board, June 29, 1948
Rachel Marie Board, Oct. 25, 1950 married George S. Barbara on Jan. 31 , 1966 in
Delaware.
James Fletcher Board, Feb. 24, I 909
Written inside: I love my mother. I am not doing so good now since she is gone. 1
know that I have done mean things but one day I will be a Christian of my mother's
church. I will keep going to your church. I will try to bring Rachel up so she can
be a lady. I will love you even though you are gone. No one could take your place. I
love you better than I would anyone else. I will be up there with you one of these
days. And pray for Dad and all the rest.
Love your daughter,
Kathryn
[Family members were located and this Bible was returned to the Board family.]

Bible No. 3

Ernest Clifton Jennings and Beulah L. Beard married June 11 111, 1919 at Lexington,
Va . by Rev. Thomas K. Young
Children from this union are:
Kathryn E . Stonebraker born June 29, 1920
Harold C. Jennings born Aug. 18th, 1922
Norma L . Fisher born Aug. 8th, 1924
Vance W. Jennings born Sept. 27, 1928
Melvin D. Jennings born Dec. 27, 1930
Dorothy M. Ling born April 7, 1938
Peggy J. Thompson born Oct. 6, 1940
E. C. Jennings died March 25th 1957
Born Nov. 30th 1894

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Beulah Beard Jennings
Born June 18th 1903
Died May 3, 1990
Parents ofE. C. Jennings
Hiram Clifton Jennings (Father)
Tempy Lee Wilmer (Mother)

(This was his favorite Bible)
Daniel Webster Johns
Born March 14, 1885
Died Sept. 9t11, 1968
Daniel W. Johns and Beulah B . Jennings married Aug. 2nd 1958.
Parents of Beulah L.B. (Jennings) Johns
Walter Douglas Beard
Born Apr. 27, 1878
Died Apr., 1966
Myrtle Lee Driscoll Beard
Born Nov. 14th, 1885
Died Oct. 21 5\ 1918
Children from this union were:
B eulah Lee Beard (Jennings) Johns
E lsie Thelma Beard Stinnett
Lawrence Douglas Beard
M. Louise Beard Hudson (Margaret)
Josephine Alice Beard Van Bibbee
D orothy May Bear Reed
Saylor Flory Beard
Robert Elwood Beard

Parents of W. D. Beard
Father : Jatnes Powell Beard
Mother: Josephine Adelia D avis Beard

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Parents of Myrtle Lee Driscoll Beard
Father: Augustine Lilton Driscoll (from Pa.)
Mother. Lucretia Alice Allman
Kathryn Earnestine Jennings (McGuire) Stonebraker, daughter of Ernest Clifton
Jennings and Beulah Lee Beard (Jennings) Johns, passed away Oct. 12u1, 1976 at
Greater S. E. Com. Hospital, Wash., D .C. Surviving - Mother: Mrs. Beulah
Jennings Johns, Daughters: Celia Sue Johnson and Patricia Ann Price, 8
grandchildren, 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Also Husband Jay N . Stonebraker
Daniel Webster Johns
Died Sept. 9, 1968
Kathryn born on Tues., Leap Year, 1920
Harold born on Fri. 1922
Norma born on Fri. 1924, Leap Year
Vance born on Fri. 1928, Leap Year
Melvin (Ned) born on Sat., 1930
Dorothy born on Thurs., 1938
Peggy born on Sun. 1940, Leap Year
Beulah born on Thurs. 1903
Dan born on Sat. 1885
Lori Elizabeth born Sat., 1963
(Tucked inside the Bible was the following obituary)
.BeuD~b

B . Johims

l\frrs. Beulah Beard Jennings Johns of 4902 Grandin Road Ext., died suddenly on
Thursday, May 3, 1990. She was born on June 18, 1903 in Buena Vista, Va. She has
been a dedicated member of First Wesleyan Church for over 50 years. Surviving are
three sons, Harold C. Jennings and Vance W. Jennings, both of Roanoke. Melvin D.
Jennings, Bellevue, Ohio.; three daughters, Nonna J. Fisher and Peggy J. Thompson, both
ofRoanoke; Dorothy J. Ling, Cary, N.C.; three sisters, Josephine B. Van Bibber, Dorothy
B. Reed and Louise B. Hudson, all of Roanoke~ seventeen grandchildren, nineteen greatgrandchildren, and several great-great-grandchildren and her many friends. Funeral
services will be conducted at Lotz Roanoke Chapel 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 7:; 1990 with
the Rev. Percy Bailey, officiating. Interment in Fair View Cemetery. The family will
receive friends, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. on both Saturday and
Sunday at Lotz Roanoke Chapel.

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TWO CENTURIES OF BEDFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DAYS
Published 1952 by the Bedford County School Board

MONETA HIGH SCHOOL

one-room

a hall to the school. In 1916, the community added an-

Met h o d isl

other two rooms. The teaching staff was increased to

The early settlers of Moneta went to a
sc h oo I

near

th e

Iocotion of

th e

present

Church. Records show that John Bond donated land for
o one-room school building with a fireplace in 1859.

eight by that year.
The school was accredited for the first time in 1927.
Horry Waldron was principal. Since that time, there have

M. P. Rucker, W. M. Reese, and John Gordner built

been the following principals: P. l. Steffey, K. B. Coff-

a one-room school about 1883 on o lot across from the

man, G. R. Kirocoffe, 0. T. Bonne r, S. J. Coffey, A. L.

present

Garrison, and Archie F. Robertson.

school

building.

They

employed

o

private

teacher.
The present building was completed in 1935. It is
The first building on the present site was completed
in the year 1909. The land was given by John Watson.
It consisted of two rooms and the expense was shored

jointly by the community and the county. The Reverend
Horace Wilkinson was the first principal, and Mrs. W.
P. Rucker, his assistan t. Th e next year Luther Rodgers
wos mode principal and Miss Verna Thaxton was added
to the teaching staff, making three. The first graduating
class in 1913 was composed of three students, Miss Pearl
Bond, Miss Solly Holland (now Mrs . Wesley Hicks), and
Miss Ethel Johnston (now Mrs. Warren Hicks) .

The county added the first addition of two rooms and

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located behind the site of the o ld school. The new builo ing is a very modern rural school. It includes thirteen
clos~ rooms, library, laboratory, up-to-dote res t rooms,

and

combination

auditorium-gymnasium.

The

locust

Grove two room school, which hod been moved to the
present site some years before lo house a portion of the
grade school , was remodeled into o home economics cottage containing five rooms. If was not equipped of that
time and if was nof until the foll of

1943 that Home

Economics was added to the · curriculum. The

people

in the community gave t he shrubs and landsca ped the
grounds. 0. T. Bonner was principal when the n ew buildin g was o ccupi ed.

FIRST GRADUATION, 1913

HURT SCHOOL, 1900

The remaining one and two-room schools in that vi·
cinity were brought in to the new consolidated school.
They were Ayers, Davis Mill , Emmaus, Flint Hill, Hurl,
Mitchell , Morgon , Mt. Olivet, Mortin, Oak Grove, Pleas·

GIRLS'

BASKETBALL, 1925

ant Hill, Union Oak , and Western light. Some of the
buildings hove been

sold for

dwellings, others were

destroyed, and still others ore in use now as colored
schools .

Today , all classrooms ore 1n use; o basement room
hos been equipped for class use, and o "quonset hut"
hos been added to house the school lunch room. This
year sees the completion of on agricultural build i ng in·
elud i ng an extra classroom. This w il l mean the addition
of

agricultural

and

commercia l

departments

to

the

curricu l um in the fall and the addition of one or more
BOYS' FOOTBALL, 1925

t eachers to the personnel.

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HISTORY OF BOONSBORO HIGH SCHOOL
. . ....

~..;.~.-:

In the early days before public schools, parents who

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,. lt

could afford to do so would employ a governess or private tutor to come live in the home and teach the children. Poetry, French, Latin, music and cultural things
were taught to the children to hold their social position.
At this time, there were a few private schools but
only the children of wealthy families were able to attend. There was one private school in the Boonsboro
community. This was Pebleton which was organized by
two Mason sisters, Anno and Charlott. This was for girls
only and was located on the Holcomb Rock Rood.
The attitudes of communities on organizing public
schools varied. The lower class and less fortunate people wonted the organization of public schools. Children

HER.MITAGE 1915-16

whose parents hadn't been able to send them to private

Henry lewis-Teacher
(8y Building)

schools or hire o governess would hove the opportunity

First row: Lola Webber (Mrs. Lola Arthur), Edna Terrell,
Eddie Owens, Minnie lewis, Marion Owen, Reginald Rucker. Second row: Lucy Ogl1&gt;Sby, unknown, unknown, Locke
Me riwethe r, Waller l ewis. Third row: Unknown, Guy
Miller, Perry Miller.

to get on education. The higher and more wealthy people looked down on forming one-room schools which
would be open to the public.
Some of the early la ymen supporters of the public
schools were Mr. W. R. Abbot, Mr. Charles Abbot and

The fi,•st instructor was Mr. Jordon Griffin, followed

Dr. Sam Scott.
by Mr.

Roy Smith, Mrs. Brockenbrough, Miss Nellie

The first public school in this community was a one-

Hubbard, Miss Jennie and Florence Fuqua , Miss Coffee,

room school located on Route 501 where Newman's

Miss Terrell and the lost instructor was Mr. John lewis.

Store is now located. The property was deeded to the

About 1902, the original school was moved to Chap-

State Literary Fund by Elizabeth Cobbs, with Nathaniel

pelle Hollow, now known as Walnut Hollow and rebuilt

I. Mason as trustee. The said property was deeded April•

for a Negro school.

15, 1842. No list of teachers or the years the place was

On the old Hermitage site a new building was erected

used for a school ore available. It was turned into a

with just one room. This was used for two or three years.

Negro school after a time.

HERMITAGE
HERMITAGE (the first public high school). A Mr. Meriwether owned a form lying between what is now known
as Coffee and Jackson Mountains. He lived the life of o
bachelor until rather late in life and the place was appropriately named Hermitage.
In 1877 a lot was purchased from th is place and a
one-room building was erected and called Hermitage
School. It was a plain one-room schoo l with desks which
hod been mode at the school.

Virginia Appalachian

HERMITAGE
First row : Woller lew is, Clarence Hunter. Sccond row :
Oolly Howard, Virgie Owon, Vernie Chaffi n, Ed Owens.

~~7:.b~arion

Owen,

Mabol Hubbard,

Ida Lewis,

�Two of the school officials

of

thi !. timE: were Dr. F.

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I

Nelson and Captain E. N. Wise, C. S. A.

I

In 1905, a move was made to enlarge He rmitage for
grade and high school work . At this time Mr. W. R.
Abbot was Division Superinte ndent of Bedford County
Schools . The Forest District Boord was composed of S.
A. Elliott, S. H. Hubbord and Copt. E. N. Wise, C. S. A.
All of these men gave liberally of their time and effort to
help make this move a success.
Jn the spring of 1905 two acres of land were pur-

SITE OF POINDEXTER SCHOOL

chased from Mr. C. H. Owen and a contract for a tworoom school was awarded to Mr. E. B. Millner. In due
tim e the school opened with Mr. R. A. Woolfolk of Dan -

that there was once a crowded two room school there,

ville os principal and Miss Sallie Lindsay who taught

but at one time small hou ses and large families were a

the first four grades.

short distance apart.

In the summer of 1906 the third room was added and

As the white population receded from the valley, th e

more high school subjects were made available. The fac-

school dwindled to one teacher and then closed out. It

ulty consisted of Principal J . S. Cooley, intermediate

was later used for a few years as a Negro school and

teacher, Miss Upson and primary teacher Miss Lindsay.

then passed on as many others did.

In the fall of 1906 a small library was installed which
served a goad purpose for many years. The auditorium
was added in 1911 and a well dug soon after.

About halfway between Forest and Perrowville, on
the farm now owned by C. H. White, stood Poindexter,
one-room school. The exact date of its opening is not

Soon after World War I other schools were built in

known, but is thought to be about 1875. Then a few

the District and the enrollment at Hermitage began to

years later another one-room school was erected in the

decline.

vicinity of Mt. Carmel Methodist Church and was called

Consolidation didn't favo r that school much, though

by that name.

it did begin the re when Ivy Creek children were brought
t here by transpor tation. The last two years or so that
Hermitage was on th e map, It was operated as a oneroom school and was taught by Miss Dorothy Biggs
(M rs . Perry Chaffin .)
Thus t he school passed into history leaving many
pleasant memories and a

fair number of its alumni

have made outsta nding records as professors, lawyers,
doctors, business men and formers.
At Elk Creek Volley, abo ve Perrowville, on the land
now owned by Mr . Perry Mil ler, stood what was always
called the ol d Rucker School.

It was estab lished soon

o f te r the War between the States. A few years later
th is schoo l was abol ish ed and a two room school wa s

FOUNDATION OF MASONIC SCHOOL

bu ilt highe r up the vo lley. Thi s was operated as a two
room schoo l fo r a

numbr of years with M rs. W. J .

Ru cke r , Sr. as principa l.

In th e year 1914 1 these two schools were consolidated
in to a two-room school about halfw oy between the two .

To look at t he loca lity now, it wou ld n' t seem possible

This wos named Midway. Miss Ide lla Lindsay who taught

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at Poindexter for several years was employed as prin·

in Ivy Creek Volley north of Ivy Chappell Church. The

cipol, assisted by Miss Mory Miller.
In 1920 Elk Volley, a two-room school, was erected
ot Perrowville os a joint school for Forest, Bellevue and
Charlemont districts. By this time Midway was operated
with one teacher. Then a few years later consolidation
ot Boonsboro and Brookhill caused both of these schools
to

About the year 1900 o one-room school was built

school served as o one-room school until 1922 when the
patrons asked for bus service to Hermitage, which was
granted by the newly formed County Boord, os the old
District Boards hod been abolished. This was the first
bus service in Bedford County. The first teacher at this
school was Miss Jennie Webber.

become history.
In 1881 the Masonic School, located one-fourth mile

off U. S. 501 on the Coffee Road, was erected. This was
a one-room school and the first teacher was Mr. Boyd
Clayt or and Miss Julia Clayton the last. The school was
expanded to two rooms in 1920. It was destroyed by

The first Bon Ton School was a one-room store house
which was rented by the school board in 1905. The land
is now owned by J. H. Putt. Miss Kate Bu rkholder and
Miss Jeon Taylor followed Miss Julio Nonce, who was
the first instructor. In 1908 the second Bon Ton School

fire soon ofter and a three room school was erected on

composed of two rooms w as built at the intersection of

the present Boonsboro High School site in 1921.

Route 501 and 649, across from what was the Bon Ton
Supper Club. Teachers were Misses Jeon and Sue Taylor,
Miss Susan Ea rly and Miss Sollie Oglesby. In 1923 this
school was closed. The board paid the tuition to go to
town school and later they came to Boonsboro by bus.
The Seward school at Holcomb Rock opened in 1914
fo r

the

children

of

the

Electro-Metollurgicol

Co.

employees through the efforts of Mr. Horry lee, Superintendent of the company.
The
SITE OF FIRST WHITLOW SCHOOL

enrollment

numbered

between

twenty

and

twenty-five and grades one through seven were taught.
The building was on old store house provided by t he

Scotts' school which was located on Trents' Ferry Rood

company and they furnished fuel and ionitor's service.

was a one-room school. The school was started by Dr.

The first teacher was Mrs. Horry Sing leton, then Miss

Som Scott and was built in 1882. It had seven grades.

Louise Meriwether and Miss Emily Meriwether was the

Among the first teachers were Miss Sollie and Betty

teache r until 1933 when it w as consolidated with Boons-

Davies, Mr. Henry Davies, Miss Lucy and Vivion Rucker

boro. · It is now used as a church.

and Miss Lula Meriwether. By 1915, the attendance was
very low and the school ebbed out prior to consolidation.
In the year 1898, on the Wiggington Rood in the home
of the late Mr. Charles Scott, was the beginning of
Whitlow School. Two years in the Scott residence and
then a school house was erected on land given by Mr.
George Leftwich. Th e first teacher at Whitlow was Miss
Lena Reed; the seco nd was Miss Mamie Nonce (Mrs. Horry Singleton). Others were Miss Dollie Webber, Miss Sue

FIVE POINT CHILDREN
SEWARD SCHOOL

Taylor, Miss Helen Tankers ley, and Miss Lucy Howard.
'vVhen Whitlow was consolidated it was lorn do'.v n and
port of the l•Jrnbe r s1rnt to Boonsboro.

1930-31
Kester Fe agans, Charles Willioms, Jay Williams, Edward
Marl in, Maisie Oliver, Marjo ry O livar, i,\o\rs. S. M. :-tu!&gt;·
(Mrs. Henry Douglas), "aulino 01.

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BROD~f

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Higl, School, a s w e- thin !- of it , hod irs b e.

ginning in 1921 du e to

1hc

fact that fir e hod d e$troyed

the old schoo; opposite 1 rinit y Church on the Coffee
Near where ML Gilead Methodisl Church stands, once

Rood. The

community,

reoliz.ing

rh o I

greater

thing s

stood the Brod ie School. The firs! building was mode of

could b e hod, selected a

logs and the first teacher was Mr. Wolter Brodie. Loter

building was e r~ct~d . Thi !&gt; was on the si te of ou r present

the log bu ilding was replaced with a frame building
and fo r several years Brodie was o two-roorn school.

new site and a

three-roam

Boonsboro High School. By 1 931 pup ils were completing
three years of high school at Boonsboro .

The dote of its beginning is not known. It wos abolished
and children were :;ent to Boonsboro in 1928. Mr. Her-

Again the building was wrecked by fire and stu-

mon Hubbard was one principal and some of the teach-

dents resumed lessons in the old Peokland school bock
of Virginia Baptist Hospitol.

ers were: Miss Mory Keith (Mrs. J. R. Watts), Misses
Louise and Emily M e riwether, and Mrs. E. 0. Tinsley.

The first school bus ron when Brodie school was closed
on account of low overage attendance. R. H. Rhodes
contracted to furnish and drive the bus.
A brick building was e rected and in 1932 the students went bock to Boonsboro. Th is year (1932) was the
first year any graduating exercises were held in the
school, upon completion of four years high school work.
In the spring of 1934 o frame bui ld ing was erected
to house the primary grades and take core of Home Ec-

BRODIE
Sue Dawson Rudy, Nannie Hawks
C
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Ella
Jones
onner,
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F
irs ro .
Lang Ic y , Pete Dawson , Frond Bear • o
et
Moorm
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nett,
argar
d Buck McGinnis. Second row: Mory
M
Robert Jones an
.
oorman,
Mar Smith Reynolds, Elizabeth Hawks Jennings,
Jones TempletonM,
yet
Dawson Wiley, Kath leen Beard Helms,
p tt
Jordan
argar
I
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.
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bb
Pheby Dowson Dameron, Car ton
oorman.
Anne Wrrght We er,
G d
El'
M.
Ethel Tinsley teacher, Ellen Dawson or en,
1zoThird row :d R,.hs d
Virgini; Dawson Watts, Robert Wright, Nill
beth Bear
o es,
. h
Jordan, Pat Daw son , Wolter Moor man, J im Wng I.

onomics work. Miss Helen Skofield was the first Home
Economics teacher.
In the spring of 1937 the auditorium was added and
in 1939 the office, li brary and typing room were added.
A well was dug and a heoting system installed.
The children from the Presbyterian Home were enrolled in 1943. At tha t tim e only s t udents from th e s ixth
to th e e leven th come. Now they start with students from
the fourth grade.
In 1949, playground equipment was added to the
school. This consisted of swings and slid es. In 1950 the
athletic field was graded. This work was completed with
the help of the men in the co mmunity who gave so
fre e ly of their time.

Six bus routes bring children to Boonsboro. Those driving the buses ore M. R. Campbell , Kenneth Moy and J.

C. Williamson .

BRODIE-1913
Teocer , Mary Keith (Mrs. J . R.
Watts) and pupil, Virginia
Dawson Watts .

Principal-Hermon Hubbard

1952 -53 wi ll find Boonsboro, as always, moving forward. Th ere wi ll be twelve grades, for the first ti me;
the offering of extra units of high schoo l work, and the
addition of two new classrooms.

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BIG ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL
BIG ISLAND, VIRGINIA
1951 - 1951
OAK GROV E

CHARLEM ONT

GILLA SPIE

O LD SIG I SLAND

IVORY GROVE

HUNTING CREEK or

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'SEDALIA

�A HISTORY OF WHITE SCHOOLS
IN AND AROUND BIG ISLAND
one-room schools in lhe years up to 1938, when final
consolidation took place and all the pupils were brough1
by bus to M. E. Morcuse (no"'' Big Island) High School.

Among the oldest in addition to Oak Grove, ore Hughes'
Hill, Porks Schoo l, the first of two schools named Ivy
Grove, the o ld Charlemont School , and Union Hill or
Gruggetts' Hollow.

In operation a round 1875 wa s a

The House in the a b ove p icture w o s once O ok Grove Sch ool.
The logs h ave rott od o w oy, and th is frame ho use now st a nds

school known as

Hughes' H;°ll, which tokes its place along

on the fo u ndation of the school. This b uild in g wa s used a s
a home by a Negro woman, Edna Jenkins, until h er de a th,

with Oak

Grove as the area's oldest centers of learning . Its exact

ond is now unoccupied .

location is not known but is though t to be east of Big
The public schools in the Big Island area ore relatively

Island. Like most early school.., ii was mode of logs
and the pupils cut wood to be used for heating. The

young, cs is free public education in Virginie , the sysstudents at Hughes' Hill, certainly little different from
tem being inaugurated in 1870. It was then shortly ofter
those of today, enjoyed " vocations'' from classes and
the

War

Between

the States

that

o

one-room

log
re joiced to see a certain young man approach t heir

school, known as Ook Grove, was built a b out two mi les
school. This gen tleman w h o h au led ba rk b y th e school,
southwest of the v illage of Big Island, no w one of Be d was the teacher's b eau and wou ld a lways s top fo r a conford County's indu stria l centers, located on the banks
versotion w it h her, thus giving th e delighted scho lars
of the Jomes River.
a long ''recess".
The original building was o crude structure bu t it
served the purpose, as many children learned the three
Porks School , not now standing, was located on Route
R's there during the existence of the school. The teachers
637, near the present home of Mr. S. R. Porks . Prior to
instructed students who sot on long split log benches
its construction the children went one year lo the first
which surrounded the stove in the center of the room.
Ivy Grove School and one year to a school which actualCrocks in the wa ll were so large that snow often blew
ly was o room in the Fife r home. The Eng lish sett lers in
in on ihe pupil s. Wood was cut by the boys from a grove
th is area built o church and when the need for o school
nea rby , and o box of sand served a s o cuspidor.
become so great, held classes in the church i1; o room
We find t hol the Big Island a rea , speciflco lly in the
Charlemont 01st11ct of Bedford County, included many

bu ilt sepa rat ely for this purpose . The enro ll men t grew
and the county decided to furnish th e

money for o

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school. Thus Porks School was built between 1898 and

The then Miss Arrington was followed by Miss Maud

1900 on land donoted by Mortin C. Parks, with actual

Lazenby, Miss Susie Moon of Appomotox, a Miss Mos-

construction work being done by John Rusher. When

sie. Miss Ethel Tomlinson, now Mrs. John Arrington, was

Mr. Porks gave th e land, the deed stated that as long
as the building was used as a free white school the land

the lost teacher at Gillespie, as the schools were consolidoted and the children were brought to Big Island.

belonged to the county but when it ceased to be a
school the land would revert to the owner. The school

Mr. Raine Oliver bought the school building and later

board would not accept this deed but the school remained
sold it to A. M. Padgett, who bought port of the
in use on this land until in need of general repair, and
Arrington estate. The structure is now owned by Mr.
because of the nature of the deed, the school was
tro nsferred to Gillaspie School, named for lee Gillaspie,

Joe lee.

a school trustee. It is known that Parks School was still
in existence in 1905 along with Sedalia and the first
Ivy Grove and that students from Porks attended classes
at Sedalia School which provided more advanced instruction in the system.

In 191 4, Mrs. lynch Burks was teaching at Parks, a
large one-room building containing a cloak closet and
on entrance hall. Mrs. Burks was followed by Miss Nellie
Duling of Clifton Forge. Other teachers who come later
were Miss Evelyn Marshall of Otterville, Miss Betty
Collins (step-mother of Mr. Fronk Griggs, owner and opGILLASPIE

erator of the Big Island Garage), Miss Vicksella Rucker,
Mr. Claude Griggs, brother of Fronk Griggs, Miss Roso
Tomlin of Fluvanna, Miss Martha Wots;n (now Mrs. Cline

SCHOOL

Dotes are uncertain for the establishment of the first
of two area schools known as Charlemont School and

Sanderson, mother of Ed Sanderson, seventh grader at

Ivy Grove School. It is believed that the old Charlemont

Big Island High School), Miss Katherine White of Cifox

School would be close to one hundred years o ld if still

wos the los t teacher al Porks School.

in existence. The first Ivy Grove School , re placed in
1915 by a two-room b uilding of the some name, is also

Thi s school wcis then moved to a hill near the home
thought to be one of the oldest in the Charlemont Disof Mr. Fon Arrington, father of Evelyn A rring ton, now
trict.
Mrs. Raine Oliver, .,., ho become the firs t teacher in the
schoo l w h ic h was now to be ca ll e d Gillaspie. This school
The 0ld Charlemont School, a

wos also a large one-room building and w as located

fifteen-feet .vide

by

011

twenty feet lo ng one- room bui ld ing rnocle of logs, wos
ihe VVo u gh lo-Chorl·?mon t Rood, o ff

u.Vi~Ml~Ap'i)ala~rnff~Jf?t~~ land ".)iv~n

l,y

'"In

En,,l'shmon nomad

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F· ~ge 134
Tevon and was to be used for school purpose!&gt; o s long
the old building wa s in use, and M r . C. M . Abbo1 sue ·

as there remained a school there. The schoo l was h E:ated

ceeded Mr. Hawkins, serving several years while the

by o wood slove for w hich th e boys cut wood, and th e

old building was in u se throughou t most of th e e xistencf,

students drank with a dipper from o buckE:t of water

of the second Charlemont School. Miss Beatric e Marshall

brought from a spring below the school. The boy!. ond

taught one session ot the second Charl emon r School.

Mr. Abbot usually mode two visits a sess ion to eoch
school, riding on horseback from his home ot Bellevue
to spend from one-fourth to one-half o day ot eoch
school. Much of hi s tim e was spent on th e roo d going to
ond from the schoo ls, but he near ly always managed
to visi t two schools in a de:y. Many pupils walked three
miles to school and many teachers rode horseback on

CHARLEMONT SCHOOL

sidesaddles. In addition to teaching, the making of fires
the girls hod recess ot separate times in the morning

and cleaning of school rooms were among the duties

and afternoon but at noon they had one hour recess to-

of teachers, as janitor service was unheard of in those

gether. In those days school began for all the seven

days.

grades taught

of

Charlemont School at 9:00 a. m. and

lasted until 4:00 p. m. Students often attended school
until they were twenty-one or twenty-tw-::i years of age,
and it is also interesting to note that school terms were
only five to six months in length, beginning in October
and ending in Morch. Some of the teachers who taught

The second Charlemont School wos located near the
center of the Charlemont community where there was

0

postoffice to which mail was brought an horseback twice
a week from Lynchburg, end where there was o tobacco
factory in which the formers sold their tobacco befo re
warehouse days. Charl emon t remains a voting precinct

in the old building were Mrs . Lynch Burks and Miss
today. The lost Charlemon t School building was used
Betty Collins (both deceased) and O lander C. Rucker,
until the consolidation of schools in the area in 1938 ,
Jr., son of the late O . C. Rucker of Bedford, Virginia.

When the old bui lding become usable no longer , o
new Charlemont School wos built nearer the homes of

when the pupils were transported by bus to the M . E.
Marcus High School , now Big Island High School. at
Big Island, Virginia.

most of the children. This school house is still standing

Sedalia School , located about seven miles from Big

on land owned by Mr. J. W. Arrington of Charlemont

Island on Route 122, near D. F. Mitchell s Store, is now

and is. being used as a storehouse for groin at present.

the hom e of Cha rlie Whit e, Negro. It is actually owned
by Mr . Hugh Tomlinson , whose wife . the former Mary

Mr

Howkins was Superintendent of Schools while

LeGrand, was the lost teacher of the school , which was

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�Page 135
consolidated in 1938. Miss Susie Moon also taught ot

in 1904 and in 1906 there were enough children in the

Sedolio School.

neighborhood to hove a school. The parents pa id Miss
Fann ie Fifer (Mrs. Bud Reynolds) to teach private school,

Interv ie ws with citizens of the Big Island area show

pay ing her fifty cents per pupil. She taught from Oc-

us that the years 1904-1906 brought construction of

tober, 1906 through March, 1907; the county sent o

severa l schoo ls. The Hunting Creek School or Red Hill

teacher in October of 1907.

SEDALIA

RED Hill

School, os it wos also known, w as built in 1905 or 1906

Yes, it is necessary to look eastward from Big Island

by A. C. Powell and his brother. The building is stonding

toward Waugh, Virg inia, for the site of the Pryer's

today abou t three miles west of the village of Big Is-

Chapel School, which burned in 1928, according to Mr. P.

land just off Route 122 , the Big-Island-to-Bedford road.

P. Pryor, on whose land Pryor' s Chapel School once stood.
The school wa s heated with a w ood-burning sto ve f o r

Miss Bertie Watson was the first teacher ot Red Hill,
a one-room school heated by on iron stove for which
wood wos cut by the boys at recess. Some of the other
teachers were Misses Rosa Tomlinson, Gladys White,

which the county and the neighbors furnished th e w ood .
Some of the teachers who taught at the Pryer's Chapel
School were: Mi ss Mabel Fall s, Miss Elizabeth Hatcher,
Miss Mory Treo vy , (Mrs. Fran k Fawcett) Miss Groce

Gladys Gregory, Winnie Tonner and Ruby Tomlinson.
Mitchell, (Mrs. Bob Hurt) Miss Lucille O w en , Miss Addie
The school is listed as s till in existence in 193 1, on Mr .
Oglesby, Miss France s Whi te , Miss Este ll Belle, Miss ClarS. S. Lynn' s map of the white schools of Be dford County,
but is b e lie v ed to hove closed shortly a fte rw ord.

Pryor's C hapel. ori g ina ll y o one-room frame building
used as a chu rch b y the Metho dists ond the Ba p tists,

ice Ellis, Mrs. Pearl S. Downey, Miss Ma u d e Lazenby,
Miss Ol ive Lacy, (Mrs . Woolridge} M iss Daisy Logwood ,
Miss Eve lyn Arrin g ton, (Mrs. Ra ine O liver) and Miss
G ladys Gregory. W h en the school was burned in 1928,

w a s loca te d tw o and one-half m ile s fro m Waugh, Vir-

Miss Gregory was teaching and Mr. A. B. Collins, father

ginia on the Charl emont Rood. Pryor's Ch apel w as built

o f J oyce Col lins, ninth grade student at Big Island High

Virginia Appalachian Notes

�School,

was attending school there. Moteriols sove.Pag&amp;\Elsli. A . C. ond J . W . Powell . It wos located four to

from the fire were token over to on old building on the

five mil es south of Big Island on Route 1 22

Turpin form, and th e semester wo!o f in ished. A rra nge·

ment was about sixty for th e two-room frame building

ments were mode the next year for th e students to come

with o concrete foundation . The school w as h e ated by

by bus to the new brick school ot Big Ir.land. When the

a wood stove ond d ri nking wa te r was obtained from

weather was bod and the bus could not get over the

a nearby spring.

Th e en roll ·

roods, Mr . J. H . Oliver, who remained in the business
of opera t .ing sc hool buses until his passing in Novem ber,
1951, use d covered wagons for transporting pupil s.

The second of the two Ivy Grove schools is standing
today and is the hom e of Mr · Cl av1e
· G o ff .

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'

The Gruggett's Hollow School. or Union Hill, wa s o

If is interesting to note the two pictures below, show-

one-room school located near the land owned by Mr.

ing o group of students at Ivy Grove School about 1925,

Lawrence Thomas. The dote of its origin is not known but

and the stru cture as it appears today as a

dwelling.

the building was sold to C. Raine Oliver by the school
board several years cfter the pupils hod been trans·

Ivy Grove School was nam e d on a

s chool advisors'

fer red to the old Big Island School. In 1932 the building

li st, believed to hove been made in 1925, and is thought

was torn down.

to hove remained in operation until 1929. Thi s list also
contained the names of Red Hill or Hunting Creek, Se-

Some of the teachers at Union Hi ll were Miss Hattie
dolio, Charlemont, Porks, (which wa s moved and the
Owen, Miss Arlene Rucker, Miss Annie Lazenby, Mi ss
name changed to Gillaspie),
Bernice

Perrow, Miss Mory Lazenby,

M iss

Pryer' s Chapel, and the

Kathleen
Big Island Schoo l. M r. S . S. Lynn 's mop , doted Morch 2 ,

Dav is, Mi ss Pearl Shepherd, and a Mr. Dinkle, who is
1931 lists Charlemont , Gillaspi e , Red H ill , Seda lia , and

thought to hove been the lost teacher at the school.
M . E. Morcuse H igh School. All of these existed when
The second Ivy Grove School was built in 1915 by

th e county unit pio n replaced th e dist r ict pion in 1922.

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�Page 137

Prior lo 1 890, the boys ond girls of Big Island attended Oak Grove School, as previously mentioned. In

well, Mr. A. J. Comden, Mr. B. T. Quill en, Mr. M. C.
Davis, and Mr. G. R. Bird.

1890, the school was move d to a new bui lding which
stood where the present Big Island Baptist Church now

Our present high school was completed in 1929, and

s to nds. The school consisted of only one room a t first

the old school on the hill was so ld. The Od d Fellows

but through funds contributed by three public-spirited

Holl burned and the last two rooms were remodeled and
sold to Mr. Horry Wright. A group of citizens known
as the Big Island Realty Company, composed of J. H.
Oliver, Boyd McKee, W . M. Brydg es, F. L. Mattox, and
R. C. Harlow, bought this land and later built and sold
homes on this land.

The home of Mr. Horry Wright shown in the picture
below, stands on the si te of t he old Big Is land School.
BIG ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL

The new school, a semi-fireproof building, was named
citizens, Mr. R. G. Turpin, Mr. W. B. Watts and Dr. H. A.
Jordan, another room · was added. Mabel Jordo n was
teacher in 1909. In 1910, the school become so crowded
it

was

on

the

decided

to rent

the

old

Odd

Fellows

in honor of Milton E. Marcuse, owner of the pulp mili
in Big Is land . In 1948 the name was cha nged to Big
Island High School.

Ho ll,

hill above the present highway, fo r use in

The present plant consists of e leven class-rooms, two

Mrs. Maude Jordan

of which were added for the 1940- 1941 session, o lob-

was employed as teacher for this group, and work

oratory, on industrial arts work-shop, o home economics

was begun on two more rooms in order to occom-

room, o combination auditorium and gymnasium, o Ii-

modote all of the children at the new location.

brory containing over five thousand vo lumes, and a

teaching some of the children.

A

two-year high school course was added at this time.
Ot h e r teach e rs were Miss Frances Wood, Miss Coro-

well-equ ipped cafeteria which is a separate quonsettype structure. The present facu lty consists of fifteen

line Reed, Miss Sutherland, Miss Esther Miller, Miss
members.
Ethel Arthur, Miss Cheek, Miss Myrtle Trevey and Mr.
Norman Pryor. Mr. R. l. Brown, who also served as pas-

The schools of Big Island oreo hove mode much prog -

tor of the Big Island Baptist Church, was principal. He
ress over the years and will continue to go forward with
was followed by Mr. Joe Bruin, who became principal
of the n ew M . E. Morcuse High School . located on the

Bedford County!

Lee-J ackson highway or U. S. 501 . Other principals up
to th e prese nt hove been in order, Mr. Raymond Black-

Virginia Appalachian Notes

�THE ~E\!8 LTY

Seated, left lo right: Miss Nelle Harris,

Da vid Mitchell, Second Grod e; Mrs .

Math, Latin, and Science; Miss Dor-

Louise Wilson, Sixth Grode ; Mr.

othy Burnette, First Grade; Miss Clara

W. Callahan, Industrial Arts; M r. W il-

Richardson, Third Grade; Mr. G. R.

lis

Bird ,

Physical Education; Mrs . Emma Suth -

Princ ipal;

Mi ss

Marie

Day,

Fourth G rade; Miss Phyll is Hockman,

Oglesby,

History,

Eng lish,

C.

and

erland, First-Second Grades.

Home Eco nom ics; Mrs . Martha EberAbsen t from picture: Mrs. J. C. O liver,

ha rdt, History and English .
Standing, left to right: M iss Gwe ndolyn

Page,

Seventh

Grade;

Mrs.

Lib rar ian; Mrs . Eth e l Arr ing to n, Thi r d
Grade; Miss June Hylton, Fift h Grode .

�Page 139

EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS AT MONTVALE FROM 1870-1951
Schools in Lisbon District, as well os in other districts

poorly educated. Many of them had completed seven

of Bedford County, hove witnessed great strides in edu-

g rades in school and had taken a teacher's examination

cation in the lost 100 yeors. Only during the lost few

in order to become certificated to teoch for periods of

generations hove we really come to understand that the

one or two years. Some few of them attended summer

education of children is the hope of the world .

school, others took teacher's courses which were offered
a t New London Academy and Jeter Female Institute in

In 1870, the Legislature of Virginia passed on Act "to
Bedford, then known as Liberty. However, they were
establish ond maintain uniform system of Publ ic Free
paid very poorly for the services rendered. Often it was
Schools as required by the Constitution." Bedford Counne cessary for them to live "around among the patrons"
ty was divided into seven school districts, each repreduring the school year.
sented on the County Boord by trustees. Trustees from
Lisbon District, the district about which we ore concern-

Facilities and conveniences in the old schools were

ed, were Major Cornelius Pote, Albert W. Ewing, Cap-

usually very meager, there were no libraries, only a

tain Jomes H. Buford, and Captain N. C. Luck.

fe w books supplied by the teacher, home mode play
ground equipment, few mops, little blackboard space,

When the free school system was firs t inaugu ra ted,
no erasers, worn desks and in some cases, deplorable
there was considerable prejudice against it. At first there
sanitary conditions.
were only one-room schools with one teacher. Mo re
teachers and rooms were added os needed. When the

Recreational periods were usually du r ing noon hou r

two-room school appeared, there were two teachers, one

and ot " little recess." Some of the games ployed were:

teacher teaching the higher grades in the " big room" and

boll, squot tag, blind man's bluff, leap frog , swi nging

the other, teaching the lower grades in the " little room."

in the grope vine and fox-in- the-walnut. Friday ofte r-

The teacher of the higher grades usually wos the prin -

noons were set aside for recitations, dialogues, spe ll -

cipal.

ing bees and the like .

Each district wos respons ible under the new Act for

The su b jects taught in these e a rlie r schools w e re: read -

its own school re venue, consequently, different salaries

ing, w riting, spelling, arithme tic, ph ysiology, g eog ra phy,

were paid for the some w ork in the various districts. Th is

dictiona ry, history.

le d to di scontent a mong te a chers and patrons and certainly did noth in g to streng th e n the mora le in th e ranks
of the teac hing pro fession . Some salari e s were a s low

A religious atmosphere surrounded th e old schoors.
Each mor n in g the teacher read o selection from th e
Bible and led he r class in re peati ng the Lord's P1·a yer .

o s $15 .00 a month for a te rm of fi ve o r six m onths.
Th is was on accepted procedure a n d 1t was e xpected of
Te a ch ers o f the e arly p erio d o f

thVjr9i~~M~acb@a,;t1NQ~

�Page 140
Toda)' when we look ot lhe school plant

Montvolf'-

Some of the olde5.t " fre£:- school!." ;, , th i:, section cf

it is hard to realize how for this sma ll community hos de-

Lisbon district around Montval e were o o n e -room log

veloped in an educolionol way since the Acl of 1870

school up Goose Cre ek Vall ey not for fro11 1 th e Oscar

was passed . A number of private schools were in opera-

Broughman place. This schoo l burned and another sch ool

tion and parents who cou ld afford it sent their children

was built

to them . One of these schools wos held in the house now

called Smyrna School. Thi s 5choo l was taught at one time

01

near Walnut Grove

church,

this

sti ll being

by Mr. R. B. Cofer, father of Mrs . Henry Noel.

Another one-room log school at Mt. Zion , located be·
tween Mt. Zion Church and what is now Route 460, was
used to serve the people in this area below Montvale.

I

M iss Willie Wilson, Mrs . W. H . Buford, taught this school
at one time and boarded in t he home of Captain Allie
Williams.

first Montva le High School Buildi ng built about 1911, located northe ast of Montvale railroad station, housed first four-year accredite d
class in 1922-23, when Miss Clyde Parr was principal.

Pine Top, o school which was located near what is
now the Draper farm, "a port of the Buford Estate" was

occupied by Mr. Louis Chilton in Montvale. Mr. J. Allen

the nearest school . to Montvale. Families from as far as

Biggs was o pupil in this school. Another private school

Blue Ridge Stone Quarry sent their children to this school.

w as located ii') the Villamont area where the J. P. Roudo·

Mr. Stuart Buford was on e of the teachers . Som e of the

bush's no w live. Thi s school was taught by Mrs. Robert

pupils who attended this schoo l were: Miss Lucy Riley.

Leftwich and was known as the lronv ille School.

J . Allen Biggs, Gordon E. Davidson, Mrs. Anno Wells.
Thi s school was la ter c losed and the pupils attended o

About 1885 a private school located on the lot where

schoo l in the village of Montvale

in on old Masonic

Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Biggs now live was owned and

building just in front of where Mr. and Mrs. A . B. White

operated by Mr. and Mrs'. Charles Tate. It was known

live. Thi s build ing was lat er torn down and a two-room

a s o sub-collegiate school. Many young men and young

school was built on the lot on which the home of Mr .

ladi es were educated at thi s school. Many of the stu-

White is now loca ted . Thi s schoo l, with some addi ti ons,

dents co me from South west Virgin ia, because there were

served th e pupils in and around Montval e until the first

no hig h schools at thi s tim e. Some o f th e pupils of this

high schoo l was bu ilt i n 1909 . Dr. S. H . Pric e, Mr . Bob

sch ool were: Dr. W . R. Wh it man , $urgeon Lewis-Ga le

Ga rrett and Mr . J . B. Obe ncha i n were tru stees at thi s

Hospita l. Roano ke, Virginia ; Dr. W i ll lom Graham , bone

time .

s peciali st, Richmond, Virginia; Miss Betty Buford (aunt of
The h igh school was buih o n th e no rth s id e of Mont J . L. Buford); Mrs . Mory Lu ck Buford (mother of Mrs . Guy
Garre tt); Mrs. Mary Garrett (mo t her of Guy Gor re t n.

vole, the la nd being purchased from Copl. Allie Williams.

Virgeruoa AppaiBaclhoan Notes

�Page 141
onlr cored for the chi ldrer; who hod ottended the older

For som e ti me it hod b een realized that on agricul -

building , bu1 if a lso provided for those who attended

lure shop was o great need in this community. In 1939

Smyrna, Luci:, Irving, Lisbon and Villomon1 school$.

a number of interested potrom, including Mr. J. W . Inge

Se v e ral years later children from Quarlerwood, Goldb erry

and

Mountain

View elementary school s were.

t rar1sferred to Montvale. Bus. lines were lengthened in
order

to bring

high school students from

Moseley's

Bridge, Wheatland, Blue Ridge, and Union Communi-

and Mr. B. B. Brown, along with the principal , Mr. H. D.
McKee,

starte d

canvassing

funds

to

bui ld

o

shop.

Through the generosity of o number of friends ond poIrons and with NYA help, the shop was completed in
spring 1941. Lumber from Johnson's and Irving's colored
schools was used in the construction of this building.

tie s into the Montvale School.

When the old Brethren Church at Blu e Ridge was torn
In 1933-34 a two-room building was constructed by
down, the lumber from that was purchased for $425
the W. P. A. to take care of the first and second gr?des.
and also used in the building of thi s shop. The floor
Some of the lumber in this building wos obtained from
from that church is now the floor in the shop class room.
several one-room schools which had been closed and
Blue Ridge Stone Corporation donated all the stone used
pupils transported to Montvale.
in the foundation and shop floor.
At the beginning of the 1935-36 school term the
Montvale school hos grown by " leaps and bounds
home economics cottage was ready for occupancy. This
in the lost 25 years. It now hos on enrollment of 552
building contained o kitchen, d in ing room, liv ing room,
pupils ond hos 24 teachers. Mr. H. D. McKee, the presbedroom and bath. The same year Miss J essie Dunkum
ent principal, hos served the school and community for
was added to the faculty as Home Economics instructor.
- almost the entire 25 years. Through his capable manageLo ter additional rooms were added to this building to
toke core of some of the elementary grades, due to the

ment the Montvale school developed its physical plo11t
and also broadened its curriculum .

increased enrollment caused by consoiidotion.

TODA Y'S STORY

During the session 1935- 36 on extensive program in
The present philosopl y of education tokes into concarrying forward the work of revising the curriculum, a
siderotion the individual chi ld and his adjustment to lifa
State project for the improvement of instruction, was

by decrea sing the pupils each teacher h elps. Closs rooms
b eg un unde r th e lead ers hip of Miss Mae Kel ly. Thi s new
hove been divided ond every a vailable space is being
idea in curriculum s tressed pupil activity and democrat
u tilized to the ma ximum.
ic living and minimized teacher domination. Among the
proj ects developed at this tim e was an experimental
course in home economics for the first and second grades.

The health of each pupil is also a major part of the
program. A healthy body and a healthy mind lead to

These children learned much about nutrition, how to be

better life adjustment; therefore, t he school hos a well

helpful in the home a nd how to core for their health.

organized physica l education program. Included in this

Virginia Appalachian Notes

�Page 142
This building consisted of four rooms ond an auditorium

e ither rode in buggies or on horseback. A s table wos

which housed both e lementary grades and high school.

built on the lower end o f the sc hool lo t by some of the

Only three years of high school was offered at fir st.

patron s so tho t the horses could be cored for while the

Some pupils who completed 3 years here wen t lo Bed-

children were in school. .'v\any pupils walked 3 and 3 1 !?

fo rd Hig h School or New London Academy to toke the

miles lo attend this schoo l.

fourth yeor. The curriculum included Lotin, French, EngSome of rh e p r in cipa ls of this school were : Miss Rosa

lish, Algebra, Plane Geometry, Ancient History. Trustees
at this time were Mr. Joe Fones, Mr. R. A. Gilliom and

Lew is, \Mrs. G . W. Schenk ); Miss Cl y d e Parr, Mi ss Mamie

Mr. J. M. Stevens.

Potterson (Mrs. Winfred Arrington ); M ess r s. Blankenship,
Copenhoven, Sounders, Scott, Steel , J . F. Harrison and H.

In 1922 the present county unit system was adopted
in port. This

D. McKee.

system provided for only one representaMiss Roso Lewis (Mrs. Geo. Schenk ). one of the first

tive from each school district, these to form o county

e lementary supervisors in the s late, was elementary suschool board. This change was brought about by on act
pervi so r a l th is time of Liberty and Li sbon Di s tricts. She
of the Legislature. Mr. R. A. Gilliom of Montvale, who
was appointed by Mr. E. E. Worrell, Stole Supervisor of
was the repre sentative from Lisbon district, served until
El e mentary Educat ion, in Virginia. Most of the schools

1927. Mr. J. H. Rusher followed Mr. G illiom and hos
in these districts were one or two -room schools, with the
held the position until the present time. He is now choirexception of Thaxton school which offe re d two years of
men of the School Boord.
high school work, and Montvale school offered three
In 1922·23 the fourth year of high school work was

years of high schoo l. Mrs. Schenk states that in making

offered ct Montvale High. Many of those who hod not

visits lo schools she rode horseback most of the time,

completed the fourth year returned ond took the addi -

only w h en sh e carried s upplies did s h e ride in o buggy.

t ional yea r of work. The four years of work were taught

In 1927, the en rollm en t a t Montvale was so large that
a 2-room bu ilding was constructed near the high schoo l

by three teachers including the principal .

to take core o f the first fou r g rades.
A very good athletic program was developed in this
In 1928 the hig h -;ch oal d-:!portment a t the Thaxton

school, regardless of the fact that outdoor courts hod to
be used. Some of th e outstanding athletes

Nere:

Ted

Obenchain, Marvin Ferrell, Edward Gray, Fred Gray,
Ear ly Caud le, Madison Hatcher, Rodney Ar ring ton and
1•lo&lt;; h

Hotch~ r

;chool wos closed and abou t 2 5 pupils were Iron sported

by bus •o Montval~ . to toke th "!ir h iq h sc h oo l work .
fh ~~~ pupi ls come from Re ba, P ~nicks. ar-d Thaxto n . Mr.
&lt;) .

'

1

D, l·Jewma n .va5 the

:1~

··oinp li:. rr.d

Virginia Appalachian Notes

,. · '

1;J r i 1 r: r

J)WP':"d

ii

o f th.,, bu s

:r

r"

11

rh .~ bu tiding nol

�several y e ars . This building was also used for

churc1'ge nt~ When

o s wel I o s school.

this building was firs1 constructed in 1902

there was only one room, however, two teachers taught
in this one room without even a partition for two terms.

Loter Smyrna school was moved bock up the volley

Later this room wos partitioned and two separate rooms

to a site not for from the Broughmon home. This build-

were formed. This school served the pupils of lower

ing served the community for a number of years until

Goose Creek Volley until 1931 when it was closed and

in 1912 a two-room frame building was built where Dr.

the pupils were transported to Montvale school. The

Carey's hom e is now located . This school was closed in

building was sold in 1931 to Mr. Chocklette for $40 and

1930 and pupils were transported to Montvale. The

the lot was sold for $20 to Mr. A. F. Ferrell.

building ond lot were sold to Dr. J . F. Carey for $105.00.
Some of the teachers of this school were:
Some of the teachers who taught at Smyrna were:

Miss Nannie Rice

Mi ss Elva Thompson (Mrs. J. T. Walker).

Miss Anna Cooper

Mr. J . T. Walker

Miss Ida Hardy

Miss Willie Wilson (Mrs. W. H. Buford)

Miss Lillian Hatcher (Mrs. R. H. Luck)

Miss Willie Ha tcher (Mrs. R. B. Schenk)

Miss Nannie Luck

Miss Oro Hatcher
Miss Mory Potterson (Mrs. Rob Ruff)
Miss Virgie Hatc~er
Miss Lottie Lock
Miss Lindo Noell (Mrs. A. F. Ferrell)
Miss Virgie Hatche r

Miss Genello McGhee

Miss Gilmer Hatcher

Mi ss Minnie Higginbotham

Miss Margaret Rice

Mr . James Witt

1913-14-Virginia Garrett (Mrs. J . B. Obenchain, Jr.)

Miss Jessie Fa ll s
1915- 16-M iss Annie Moe Turner (Mrs. L. M. Cofer)

19 14-15-Miss Jimmie Ha nley

19 16-17-Miss Gertrude Whitehurst (Mrs. Macon Ferrell)

1916-17-Mr. Henry Beprd

1919-20-Mi ss Ida Gibbs

1918· 19-Miss Frances Scott

1920-21-Miss Vero Arrington (Mrs. J. L. Hommer)
192 2-23-Miss Sollie Whitworth (Mrs. Morch Noell)

1919-20-Mrs. L. W. Kasen hagen
1920-21-Mrs. A. W. Robbins

1923-24-Miss Myra Vann
1921-22-Miss Louise R. Hamilton
1924-25-Miss Lucille Oliver
1922-23-Miss Mory E. Otey
1925-26-Miss Mory Belch
1926 -27-Miss Junis Clingenpell

1923-24-Miss Mildred West

1927-28-Mi ss Solly Arrington (Mrs. Bud Neeley)

1924-25-Miss Mary Belch

1928-30-M iss Susie Massie

1925-26-Miss Maude Lazenby
1926-27-Miss Mattie Bell

LUCl&lt;'S SCHOOL

1927-28-M iss Evelyn Arrington

luck's school, once known as "Lone Oak School," was
a frame building located where Johnny Long' s house is

1928-29-Miss Lucy H. Massie
1929-30-Miss Lucy M. Vaughn

Virginia Appalachian Notes

�Page 144
program ore games, relays, soft ball, boseball , volley
ball, touch football and basketball plus driver educe·
tion and firs t aid along with physiology and hygiene.

many informative and

inspirational

outside speakers

hove appeared before the variou s club5. The social and
leadershi p training receiv e d in th e various clu bs cannot
be overemphasized.

Another important health

benefit

is our cafeteria

where o well balanced hot lunch is served doily to

proximately 300 students. Due to the excellent management of Mr. McKee and Miss Potterson there hos been
no increase in price even

though food prices

Visual education hos brought us films and film strips

op·

have

greatly increased.

on

science,

geogra phy,

history,

litera ture

and

other

phases of school work.

Montva le High School is truly a part of the community
life during the school day and into the night. Its facilities
are used for Vete rans' classes in ag r iculture and shop

In order to adjust well to school life and p r epare for
the future there are guidance counselors who help the
pupils with school and personal problems . They a lso

work two nights of each week, School social functions,
games and meetings extend into

the nig.ht for both

pupils and patrons alike.

help the high school pupils pfan their school schedu les
Montvale High School is ever s triving to increase its
and future training or job possibilities on leaving school.
usefu lness of each individual pupil and to every citizen
The school now offers new cultural and vocationa l od-

within the district.

vantages. Music and art ore being taug ht. Talent in both
Brief history of the sc hools which hove been consoli·
fields hos been displayed by the pupils. Typing is also
doted at Montvale:
being taught as we ll as agriculture and home economics .
SMYRN A

Our library is o source of pleasure and help to all .
The first Smyrna school that we know of was located
Here one finds the latest magazines and newspapers
ond the best in refe ren ce books. Many of the o ld favorites in classics hove new faces with colorful ill•;s trotian s
to attract youth. The best in modern fiction on d non·

somewhere above the O s car Brou ghmon place about s ix
miles north of Montval e. It is not known w h en it was
built before the War Between the States. It was o plain
one-room log building, heated by on open fire place.

fiction ap p ears on its she lves.

The only furniture was o sm all table and home mode
The e ighth grade ho s bi?en 'Jdded

10

our high school.

fne purpose of orii::ntot1on ond remed ial Nork is

'N~ll

benches. During the wr;r thi:. building

wr::J5

u sed for both

church an d school. A Mr Goode and .Y\is&gt; Fr f"ddie Stone

r:bn'? 5 pecirJI r1:1:T' edial norl&lt; ·., r'.:odir,g, arithmetic r:ind
N~rr::

burned

•l)me, y ~ors k11c.r .

A b1Jdding wos "!r ectecl lcte1 ro•~u r

Jhc1 t i-.

'"-'w Wu l -

.. , , h-' ld

·here fo1

�Page 145
VILLAMONT SCHOOL

The Villomont School was built in 1908 by Mr. Lee
Newman at a cost of $400. At first there was only one
room, but a year later another room was added. The
land on which the school was built was purchased from
Mr. G. E. Davidson for $17 an acre. Before this school

in 1925 and closed in l 933. The pupils were transferred
to Montvale School.
,

The teachers were:
1925-27-Miss Irma Kidd
1927-29-Miss Sallie Whitworth {Mrs. March Noell)
1929 -33-Miss Virginia Crouch (Mrs. Billy Schenk)

was built there was a school near the water tank at
Villomont. Miss Lillie Higginbotham was the teacher.

'

GOLDBERRY SCHOOL

This school was constructed in 19 13 at a cost of $500.

The Villamonl school was closed in 1931 and the build-

It was closed in 1933 and the pupils were transported

ing and lot were sold to Mr. L. M. Huddleston for $500.

to Montvale School. The school wos so ld in 1939 to Mr.

The pupils were transported to the Montvale School.

Kirk for $41.00.
The teachers were:

Some of the teachers were:

1913-15- Mrs. R. L. Rieley

1913-14-Miss Bertha Riley

19 15-16- Miss Florence Spindler

1915- 16 - Miss Mory Obermiller

1917- 18- Miss Iva Forgie
1917-18-Miss Ruth Landers

19 19-20- Miss Moy Whitworth

19 18-19-Miss Hattie Bilbro

1920-2 1- Mrs. R. L. Rilley

19 19-20- M r. Fronk Timmerman

1922-23 - Miss Mory Bishop

1919-20- Miss A lice New

1923-26-Miss Mory A. Ryman

1 92 1-22-J . G. Reveley

1926-27-Miss Corrie E. Dooley

l 922-23-Miss Bertha Riley

1927 -28-Miss Junia Clingenpell

1924-25-M iss Gladys Griffin

1929-31 - Miss Angie Welcher
1931 -32-Miss Mory Moc Millon

1924-25-Miss Ida Rust

1932-33- Miss Virgi nia W. Davidson
l 925-26-N. W. Rucker
1925-26-Anna Coffey

LISBON SCHOOL

1 925-26- Miss Gertrude Reynolds
Lisbon school was located near the Herbert Macmillan
1926-27- Miss Eula Salyer
farm. Th is school was closed in 1931 and the building
1927-28- Miss Gertrude Reynolds
1928-29- Miss Amanda Poteet (Mrs. G. C. luck)
1928-29-Miss Gertrude Reynolds

and lot were sold to Mrs. Herbert Macmillan for $130.
Teachers were:

1929-30-Miss Mattie Cheek
1913-14-Miss Mory Epes
1929-30-Mrs. S. M. Query

19 14-1 5-Miss Myrtle Bowling

l 930-3 l -Mrs. S. M. Query

1915- 16 - Miss Mabel Falls

1930-31- Miss Virginia Ruff

1919-21 -Miss Mory E. Otey
1921-22- Miss Sollie Whitworth (Mrs. March Noell)

OUARTERWOOD SCHOOL

1922-23-Miss Eula Salyer
1923-24- Miss Ruby McMillan

Quorterwood sc hool was a frame building constructed

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�Page 146

Chombli s ~burg

l Vi4-2.5 - Miss Motii; B. Harvey

oncl

1925 -26-Mis s Ruby McM illan

Chcmblissburg

end

d is1ricb . 1he fH 1nc ipo l's room was in
when she w a nted !.Upp lies she had

192 6 -27- /\/\i;;s Claudine Noe ll
to apply to the sc hool tru s tees in that distr ict. When th e

1927-28-M iss Willie E. Bowyer
1928 -30-/11\iss Winnie M.

l ow~r

Jet~ r

grade teacher need e d supp li es. ir was necessary

for h er to contact th e

truste: e~

in Lisbon Dis tricl.

IRV ING SCHOOL
Irving school was constructed in 1900 at o cost of

This school was closed in 1940 and th e pupils were
transported to the Mont v al e Schoo l. A port of th e lumber

$400. If was c.lose d in 19 30 and pupil s transported to
from
Montvale.

th e

schoo l was

use d

in th e

Hom e

building at Montvale.

Teachers:
Teochers were:
1913-14-M iss Eleonor Keeler
1914- 15-Miss Emily Talbot

1913-14-F. M. Basham

1916-17-Miss Effie Luck (Mrs. G. W. Bond)

1913 - 14-Miss Blanche Griffith

1917-18-Miss Ava Alphin

1914-15-Miss Mabel Robins

1919-20-Miss Mary Obenchain

1915 -1 6 -lro Powers

1920-21 -Miss Esther Clark

1916- 17-W. E. Lockard

1921-22-Miss Lizzie Padgett
1917-20-1 ra Powers

1923-24-Frances Turnes (M rs. J. L. Buford)

1920-21 - Miss Ethel Smith

1924-25-Miss Katherine Bailey

1921-22-Miss Thelma Bible, Principal

1925-27-Miss Gertrude Williams

Miss Vero Pollard

1927-28-Miss Ruby Moxey

1922-23-Miss Gladys Wooldridge, Principal

1928-30-Miss Ida Gibbs

Miss Irene Hesson (Mrs. J. B. Boyle)
1924 -25-D. B. Brooks, Principal

MOUNTAIN VIEW

Miss Alma Williamson
Mountain View School was constructed in 1908 at

0

cost of $550. It was first o one-room structure and when

1925-26- Miss Katherine Owen , Principal
Miss Alma Williamson
1926-27- Miss Lydia Johnson, Principal

another room was built this room was in Chamblissburg
d istrict. Th e building was on the line between Lisbon

Miss Corrie Moore
1927-28-Mrs. W. Sutherland, Principal
Miss Thelma W illiamson
1928-29- Miss Edith Garrett
1929-30- Miss Dolli e Webber
1930-31-Miss Mamie Strick lan d
1931-33-Mi ss Ello Epperl y
1933-34 - Mi ss Sara h Br ugh
1934 -35-Miss Rut h Gi lles p i€!
1935 -37- M iss Ida Gibb s
1937 -39- Miss Paul in e Logwood
1939-40 - Miss Phoebe A lphin

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Botetourt County Death Records by Charles T. Burton - Continued
MOSELEY, Bennett W - d by Nov 1811 - Ref WB B p274, will dated 24 Marl810 wife Elizabeth; ch Henry, Mar y, George; bro John; gf John MOSELEY - EJ2C
Elizabeth MOSELEY
MOSELY, Charles Powell (twin) - b 12 Oct 1915 Bot Co - d 12 Oct 1915 - f
William Reginald MOSELEY (b Bed Co) - m Bertha (POWELL) (b Bot Co) - buried
family cem - cd still birth
MOSELY, Elizabeth - b ca 1844 Bot Co - d 10 Feb 1854 - f Joshua MOSELY - m
Mary - cd scarlet fever - rep by friend Park B WOOD
MOSELY, Emma Katherine - b 30 Sep 1916 Bot Co - d 4 Oct 1916 - f Reginald
MOSELY (b Bed Co) - m Bertha ( POWELL) (b Bot Co) - buried borne cem at
Buchanan - cd not full grown
MOSELEY, Jobn Robert - b 1853 Bot Co - d 20 Jan 1853 - f Joshue MOSELY - m
Mary - cd pneumonia - rep by neighbor Robert HINES
MOSELEY, Manervy (widow) - b 1825 (Bke Co?) Bot Co - d 21 Jan 1914 - buried
Linkenhoger - cd organie heart disease
MOSELY, Mary - b ca 1813 unkn - d 1 Feb 1853 - ps unkn - cd pneumonia - rep
by neighbor Robert HINES - consort Joshua MOSELY
MOSELY, Priscilla - b ca 1847 unkn - d 27 Dec 1853 - f Joshua MOSELY - m Mary
- cd scarlet fever - rep by nei ghbor Robert HINES
MOSELY, Sarah - b ca 1841 unkn - 28 Dec 1853 - f Joshua MOSELY - m Mary - cd
scarlet fever - rep by neighbor ROBERT HINES
MOSELY, William Reginald (twin) - b 12 Oct 1915 Bot Co - d 12 Oct 1915 - f
William Reginald MOSELY (b Bed Co) - m Bertha (POWELL) (b Bot Co) - buried
family cem - cd still birth
MOUND, John James (had much land) - d by July 1815 - re f WB B p455, dower
assigned - wife Harriet L
MOURA see MAURA
MOYER see Ambrois JONES, MYERS, MAURA
MOYER, Jacob - d by July 1795 [Bot Co app] - ref WB A p402 , 481, division ,
settlement, app - wife
; ch Adam, Susannah, Sarah, Dolly, Peter - On 12
Sept 1 797 orphans Dolly, Susannah, Peter &amp; Sally were under 14
MOYERS, Phil Henry - d by 15 Aug 17 87 Bot Co - ref WB A p364, app &amp; admr
bond - admr Peter CIRCLE
MULDROUGH, Jean

- by 8 Sep 1789 - ref admr bond - admr Hugh MULDROUGH

MULL, James - d by 9 May 1782 - ref WB A pl56, will dated 20 Apr 178 2, admr
bond - Others, friend John TATBUM (bis son Thomas TATTHUM) ; William EMMONS
(disowned) - adrnr John TATHAM
MULLENS see Ruby Ann CRAWFORD, Annie GIBSON

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MULLEN, 'William - d by 13 Apr 1868 - adm 13 Apr 1868 the sheriff

MUMBERD, Gabriel B - b 25 Mar 1821 - d 24 July 1887 - h/o Susan A MUMBERD grave Old Glade Creek cem

MUMBERD, Susan A - b 11 Jan 1824 - d 5 Jan 1909 - w/o Gabriel B MUMBERD grave Old Glade Creek cern

MUNCY, John - d by 11 Mar 1777 (ch ere called orphans) - wife Elizabeth be came gdn of orphans: Richard, Martha, John (all under 14)

MUNDY, male - b 8 Apr 1915 Bote Co - d 2 June 1915 -

f L[utber] T[homas]
(b Bot Co) - rn Pearl C (KARNS ) (b Bot Co) - buried Buchanan Cem - cd
Moras sues

MUNDY

MUNDY, Elizabeth - b ca 1810 [Caroline Co, Va] - d 10 Dec 1895, near Springwood, Bot Co - age 85 - bus John MUNDY - ch
in Cronise scrapbook 4

(rnd L J WELCH) - obituary

MUNDY, Grace Karnes - b 3 Mar 1914 Bot Co - d 20 Mar 1914 - L[uther] T[bomas]
MUNDY (b Va) - m Pearle (KARNES) (b Va) - buried High Bridge Cem - cd
erysipelas

MUNDAY, 'William H - d 1867 - adm 14 Oct 1867 Florence R MUNDAY
MURPHY see Catherine MINNICI, Bugh McNEAL, J J BRYANT, Lawson S BRYANT

MURPHEY,

- d by 10 Feb 1801 (son called an orphan) - son George (age 15)

MURPHY, Alice - b ca 1845 - d ca 1890's Bot Co - f John LINKENBOKER - rn Lucy
GAUNT - hus Charles A MURPHY [md 21 Bot 1866 Bot Co] - see Cronise scrapbook
p 41

MURPHY, Charles A - b 6 Aug 1811 ? - d 5 Jan 1928 - wife Alice LINKENBOKER grave Amsterdam cem
MURPHY, Dennis (of Fayette Co, Ky, but now in Bot Co) - d by Sep 1808 - ref
WB B pl95, will dated 4 July 1808 - friends: James HANNAH, Joseph HANNAH,
Anna HANNAH, Peggy HANNAH - admr Joseph HANNAH
MURPHY, Elizabeth - b ca 1807 Bot Co - d 20 Feb 1862 - age SSy - cd typhoid
fever - rep by hus Buford T MURPHY
MURPHY, Frances (female) - b ca 1793 Bed Co - d 10 Feb 1853 - rep by son

Buford H MURPHY
MURPHY, James B - b ca 1838 Bot Co - d 4 Sep 1862 - age 24y - f Butford T
MURPHY - m Eliza - cd typhoid fever - rep by father
MURPHY, James M - b 29 Dec 2867 [Bot Co] - d 4 Feb 1889 - C A MURPHY - m
Alice G - grave Amsterdam Cem
MURPHY, John F - b l June 1835 - d 17 Jan 1898 - h/o Sarah J MURPHY (d 1913)
- grave Amsterdam cem

Vargunna

Appa~aclhian

Notes

�Page 149

MURPHY, Martha Jane - b 12 Mar 1830 Amelia Co, Va - d 28 Oct 1915 - f Joseph
KEELING (b Amelia Co) - m Elizabeth (FARLEY) (b Amelia Co) - buried Amsterdam
cem - cd morphine habit for 8 or 10 yrs
MURPHY, Mary E - b ca 1844 Bot Co - d 25 Feb 1862 - age 18y - f Buford T
MURPHY - m Eliza - cd typhoid fever - rep by father
MURPHY, Samuel Henry - b ca 1839 Amsterdam - d 10 Mar 1853 - f Buford T
MURPHY - m Elizabeth - cd tetenus - rep by father
MURPHY, Sarah E - b 31 Dec 18 39 - d 11 Apr 1914 - grave Amsterdam Cem
MURPHY, Sarah J - b 1843 - d 1913 - grave Amsterdam Cem
MURR(A)Y see MAURY, Abraham GISH, America ZIMMEBMAN, Francis M KESSLER
MURRAY, Elizabeth - b ca 1820 Va (census #880) - d by 9 Dec 1861 - w/o James
MURRAY - adm Isaac ENGLES
MURRY, Elizabeth - b 29 Dec 1834 - d 4 Nov 1885 - f [ZIMMERMAN] - Ref Old
Glade Creek gravestone
MURRY, James I - b ca 1801 Va (census #880) - d by 9 May 1859 - b/o Elizabeth
- Adm Jacob G SPERRY
MURRY, John - b 6 Dec 1794 - d 20 Apr 1876 - h/o Mary MURRY (1806-1867) ref Lemmontown gravestone
MURRAY, John

- d by 15 Dec 1815 - ref WB C p61, app

MURRAY, John (maybe duplicate) - d by 11 Mar 1777 (ch called orphans) - ref
Admr bond - wife Elizabeth (became gdn of orphans) Richard , Martha, John Admr Elizabeth MURRAY
MURRAY, John, Capt (maybe dup licate) - d by 10 Jan 1775 - ref WB A p46, will
dated 23 Aug 1774, admr bond - wife Elizabeth; ch Richard, Martha, Charles admr George MATTHEWS, Charles CAMRON
MURRAY, John Lewis - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 18 May 1855 - f Samuel MURRAY - m
Lucinda C - cd croup - rep by father
MURRAY, Mary - b ca 1760 - d 8 Jan 1790 - age 30y - 1st w/o A MURRAY - grave
Finccastle Presby cem
MURRAY, Mary - b 24 July 1806 Rke Co - d 17 June 1867 - age 61y - f Peter
KEFAUVER - m Catherine - cd sudden - rep by hus John MURRY (1794-1876) - ref
Death bk; Lemontown gravestone
MURRY, Oliver Henry - b [25 Nov 1840] Bot Co - d 4 Feb 1916 - f John MURRY
(b Va) - m Polly (KEFAUVER) (b Va) - buried Laymantown Cem - cd paralysis [h/o Selina G MURRY (1845-1934) - ref Death cert; Lemontown gravestone]
MURRY, Selina G - b 15 Feb 1845 - d 20 Feb 1934 - w/o Oliver Henry MURRY
(1870-1916) - ref Lernontown gravestone

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�NEELLY, John, Dr - d by Jan 1802 - ref Ill! B plO, will dated 3 Dec 1801,
codici l 4 Dec 1801 - Rel atives: - wife Sarah; others Major Robert N'EELLY Ex (Maj) Robert NEELLY

N.EllCOMB, Philip - b 10 May 1833 Dot Co - d 13 ~lay 1913 - f John NBICOKD (b Va )
- m F:lizabe th (UNRUS) (b Va) - buried Fainter's cem - cd Dry gangrew (exposure in Civil War)

REELLEY, Robert - d by 14 Sep 1780 - ref WB A pl23, will dated 20 Apr 1780,
admr bond - wif e Ann; cb John, James , Andrew, William, Robert; adnrr Wi lliam

NEWGENT see NUGENT

N£ELEY, John !)RAU

NEWMAN see Byrne FRAZIER, Sgt Samuel BLAIR, Mason OWENS

NEIGrtllORS s ee l\icbard BANI&gt;Y, John Thomas RIDER

NEWMAN,

NELL

NE'llMAII, Susan (widow) - b Va - d Nar 1850 - age 70y - cd small pox - ref

see

narman BRUGR

- d by 16 Dec 1813 (son called an orphan) - son Samuel

1850 Dot Co Mort Schedule
NELLY see NEELLY, James McCONNELL (d 1821)
NELMS, John Preston - b 28 Jan 1916 Va - d 28 Jan 1916 - f Sam p OELMS (b Va)
- m Vircinia Bell (DUVALL) - (b Bot Co) - buried Mount Uni on Cem - cd
Extreme larne head , pr emature
NE'l.SON see Prances Nelson GlllTY (colored); Jobn Girty (color ed)
URI.SON, Eliza Jane - b l Nov 1836 Fincastle - d 18 May 1916 - f John H rRICE
(b Pr Ed Co) - m Eliza (RUDISILL) (b Fincastle) - bui:ied Fincastle Presby
Cem - cd heart fail ure
NELSON, Eliza Price - b ca 1852 Fi ncastle - d 16 Mar 1853 - f Robert B
NELSON - m Hartba S - cd i nf lamation of brain - rep by father

NEWTON, infant - d by 13 Apr 18811 - m Eliza NEWTON - cd killed by mother or
(lrandmother or both - ref Inquest papers
NICELY see n!ISLt:Y, Peter CIRCLE, Georcia NEWCOMB, Myrtle DUDDING, Peter
NF.WCOMll, Serena J SMITn
NICELY, Elizabeth - b 1823 Dot Co - d 29 Mar 1913 - f don't know - m don't
know (b Va) - buried Bethel ccm - cd old a&amp;e
NICELY, Geor&amp;e Washini;ton - b 10 Feb 1850 All Co - d 30 Jan 1915 - f Jacob
NICELY - m Annie (DEACON) - buried Gala Water cem - cd TD
NICELY, Harriet Martba - b S Feb 1848 - d 7 Har 1915 - buried Gala Cem - cd
TB

NELSON, Ibeodosia E - b 1865 - d 10 Sep 1908 - w/o E a NELSON - ref Estle
Rock Bapt is-t cem
'REVILLE see Mary CARPER, Christian LEMMON
NEVrLLE, Georce (unmd) - b 22 Oct 1821 Fincastle, (or 1823) (census g1289) d 22 J ul y 1855 Fi ncastle - f John NEVILLE - m Mary - cd dyspepsia - rep by
b-i-1 Daniel Al!Ml:N - Ref Death bk ; Fi ncastle Presby gravestone - Ex Willinm
A GLASGOW 8 Dlllliel AMMEN

N£VILLE, John - b 12 Dec 1773 Fr ederick Co, Va (census 111289) - d 17 Feb
1856 - cd old age - rep by a-i-1 Daniel AMHEN - ref Death bk; Fincastle
Presby gravestone - adm Daniel AMMER (10 Nar 1856)

NICELY, Boward Benjamin - b 30 July 1912 Va - d 29 Oct 1912 - f nenjamin
Franklin 111'.CELY (b Va) - m Cecil (GIVENS) (b Va) ~ buried Oriskany - cd
cholera infantum
NICELY, James Franklin - b co 1859 Va - d 23 Dec 1912 - f Jackson NICELY (b
Va) - m Bettie DOWNEY (b Va) - buried Oriskany cem
NICELY, Nora Wallace - b 18 Oct 1911 Va - d 20 Sep 1913 - f William J NICELY
(b Va) - m Mary (CRAJ'T) (b Va) - buried Oriskany cem - cd acute intestinal
infection
NICELY , Polly - b ca 1821 sumption - rep by mother

d li

Mny 1853 -

f

John NICELY - m Nancy - cd con-

N'EH see Willi am REE))

NICEWONGER see Peter CIRCU:, Wi lli am REED

NF.WCOMil see Rut h Vi:rcinia llHAUClllMAN, Jennia VANNESS, Lelia llODINSON

NICDOLAS , George - d by AUG 1812 - ref \ID D p295, will dated 25 Jan 1812 wife [Nancy] tum; ch not no med 1 oll miners - admX Nanc.Y NlCDOLAS &lt;widow &amp;
relict)

NY.WCOMn , Catheri ne - b 19 June 1855 Bot Co - d 28 June 1913 - f Phi.lip NEWCOMD (b Rb Co) - m Nancy (SLONE) (b Rb Co) - buried fain t er' s cem - cd heart
disease

mmcmra ,

Geor c ia - b 1868 Bot Co - d 13 Apr 19lli - f James NICELY ( b not Co)
- rn Elizabeth (NICELY) - buried BC!thel Cem - cd TB - w/ o John Nl':WCOHD

ll EWCOMll , l'etor - b 17 Aug 1898 Dot Co - d 12 J uly 191 7 - f John NEWCOMll (b
WV) - m Ceorcia (NICELY) (b (Bot Co)) - buried Bet he l cem - cd TB

NICHOLAS, Val R - b
- d 17 Hoy 1915 NC cem - cd petropharyngial abscess

f

J 11 NICHOLAS - buried Saulsbury,

NICKEL / NICCELS s ee Hollie D K:EJ,t.EY, Ora Rufus l:ELLEY
NININGER see Joseph KESSLER, William N l:F.SSLER, Osker F llNZIE, Adeline
r .llYKllN

�NllUNGt.1\, l\nna Mnriab - b 7 July 1850 - d 12 l\ug 1919 - f Robert
m l\nn M- hus Benjamin F NININGER - buried Daleville Cem

I\

DENTON -

NINJNGER, ncnjamin F - b 26 Jan 1846 - d 6 Aug 1924 !lot Co Heir list (WD 4
p13 - wife Annn Mari.a U£N'f0N; ch E IC (b ca 1866); Lull FRANTZ (b ca 1876); &amp;
n (I&gt; ca 1878); tstelle LONG (b ca 1884); Hary NEWBILL (b ca 1886); R R (b ca
1891 ): Gladys CALDllRLL (b ca 1889); Goh Barbara SllJ\FER (b ca 1913); - buried
Daleville cem

NININGER, Sarah S E (sincle) - b ca 1858 - d 14 Nov 1862 llot Co Death Dk f Caleb G NININGER - m Eliza TROUT
NOBLES see Cotleab 8£1\R
NOELL see Elizabe1:h

D

HA'!SON, Ethel Noel ODENSllAIH, Louise OBF.NSnAIN

NOELL, Frederick - b ca 1833 Va (census 01060) - d by 13 l\ug 1866 - f John G
NOELL - m Elizabeth - adm John G NOELL

NININGER, Caleb - b 27 Nov 1829 Va - d 13 Dec 1915 Dot Co - f Peter NININGER
(b Va) - m Lydia (CISll) (b Va) - buried Daleville Cem - cd apoplexy - wife
[Eliza I\ TRENT]

NOEL, William Oalbert - b 23 Au n 1913 Dot Co - d 7 Apr 1915 - f W Taylor NOEL
(b Rb Co) - m Dallie Dell (TOLLEY) (b Dot Co) - buried Eagle Rock Cem - cd
pneumonia

NININGER, Chl:i.stian - b ca 1767 - d Feb 1838 !lot Co (will wn E p864) - one
70y llm - h/o Elizabeth SNIDER (d 18l1S) - t'ef Daleville gravestone - ch WU 1iam, Peter, Ch'C'istion, (Catherine] (md Martin GAIJBY); George, David S, [Susannob] (md Daniel KESSLER)
-

NOFfSINGFll see Elizabeth llAHILTON, John UIN!R, l'cter nnnm, Eliza L1NKENTIOKER, Catherine NACE, Eliza PAINTEll, Lucy A ~ERN , Mary T ll:SSLER, Virginia Nofsing~r STYNE, William Robert STYNE, Sallie ~ TAYLOR,

NININGER, Elizabeth - b 3 June 1770 - d 5 Sep 1845 (Dot Co) - age 75y 3m 2d
- f Peter SNIDER - w/o Christian NININGER (d 1838) - ref Daleville gravestone

NOFFSINGER, male [Rowm:d] - b 15 May 1912 [Bot Co] - d 8 Mu 1914 - f Claude
David NOFFSINGER [b Bot Co) - m Bertha Lee (HILIJELM) [b Bot Co] - buried
Zions Hill Cem - cd pneumonia

NININGER, Georae C - b ca 20 June 1859 Bot Co - d 17 Apt' 1861 Bot Co Death lllt
- aGe iy 9m - f Georce II NININGER - m Mary (ENGLE] - cd diptheria - rep by
father

NOFFSINGER, Charlotte J - b ca 1816 Bed Co - d 1 July 1866 - age SOy - f
[SMITH ) - m (Elizabeth) - cd of 1&lt;omb - rep by hus William NOFFSINGF.R - also
death notice in Rke Tlimes for 13 July 1866

NININGER, Jacob - b ca 1798 Va (census #1519) - d by 11 Jan 1864 Dot Co
(will) - f Christian NININGER - m F.lizabetb SNIDER - wife Dl Elizabeth J:'ESS1,ER; ch Georce II, Eliubetb 8 Mary S; wife 1!2 Hrs Mariah (
) MOODY - WB IC
1805 - l.&lt;Jnd partitioned to Mary S Z'IHMl:RMAN, George W NININGER, 8 Eliza RINEnART - adm Madison H SllITZER

NOFFSINGER, David - d by 29 Oct 1831 (inv ordered) Dot Co - ref WB E p252,
se ttl ement (WD E p437) - adm Christian MOOMAW - h/o Polly - his heirs: John
C GISO, Christian ll MOOMAW, Deary FRANTZ, John llOUTZ

NININGER, Jacob Frantz - b 1861 - d 1866 Bot Co - f Christian G NININGER - m
Nannie E f!l~NTZ - buried Daleville Cem

NOFFSINGER, David - b ca 1800 Va (census 01170) - d by 9 June 1862 - f [Peter
NOFFSINGER] - m [Macy PETTINGER) - h/o Catherine llONTZ - Ref HB L p341,
settlement of estate to ch: Willirun, Susan SnflNK, Hary DEISHER, John, Sarah
RUFF, lletty KINZEY, Gcorce g Rufus - Adm William NOFFSINGER

NININGER, Hariah - b ca 1821 - d ca 1888 Bot Co (will) - f J - m B - lst hus
2nd hus Jacob NININGER - in will named her Moody heirs

- f Mathias SNTIJER - m Eliza he th - cd bronchi tis - rep by son nenry NOFl'l!IGER

-~ MOODY,

NININGER, Newton (single) - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 15 May 1856 Bot Co Death bk
- f George H NININGER - m Hacy ENGLES - cd hooping cough - rep by father
NININGER, Ora L E - b 4 Dec 1658 Bot Co - d 14 Nov 1862 Bot Co Death Bk a5e 4v Om 20d - f Caleb G NININGER - m Eliza [TROUT] - cd d iptheria - rep by
father
1ffNINGP.R, 0Rcar - b 1875 - buried Dolevil l e Cem

d

NININGER, Peter - b ca l80u NtNtNGF.H - m Eli 1.aheth SNIOER
Wi11'am r mJFF, Sallie COO N):
Lula DENTON ; Sarah dec'd ( her
MOOMAW)

1875 Bot Co - f Caleb G NININGER - m Eliza TROUT
d 1890 Bot Co wil l (WB p p402) - f Christian
- wife Lydia C lSR; ch El ilia dee' d {her ch
William G; ll F; Christian ; Edward; JG; CG;
ch C N RUFF, Netti WOODSON, Lula DOVE , Susie

NININGER, Sarah K (single) - b ca 1633 Va - d Dec 1849 - age 16 - f Jacob
NlNINGnR - m Eliz3beth KESSLEft - cd St V Dance - Ref i850 Bot Co Mon
Schedule

NOFFSINGER, Elizabeth - b 1 Juno 1787 Bot Co - d 9 Au&amp; 1969 Bot Co - age Bly
- w/o Jacob NOFTSINGER - buried Noffsinger ccm on "220

s.

of Fincastle

NOFFSINGER , Ellen Sidney - b 17 Jan 18110 - d l Oct 1893 - f [Oliver Cf\1.LAGllAN] - m [ Elvira llTLF.'Y] - w/o llilliam NOFFSINGER - crave Fincastle l'r eshy crm
NOFTSINGER, Gertrude - b 10 Jan 1902 Bot Co - d 3 Aue 1913 Bot Co - f Chnrlen
Wi lliams NOrfSJNGER (b Sot Co) - m Snrah Eli?.abcth (CRAt'T) (b Dot Co) buried Andrews Chape l Cem - cd diptheria
NOFSINGER, Crace - b ca Au s 18~8 - d 18 June 185!1 - nee ! Om - f Snmuel NOfSINGl:."R - cd dis. bowels - rep by father
NOFFSINGER, nannah - b ca 1803 F'kln Co - d 2 Sop 1867 - ai;e 63y - f Jncoh
NAFF - m Elizabeth STOV1':R - eel consumption - rep by hus Peter NOHSlllGF.R buried Noffsinse r cem on i/220 S of Finc:-islle
NOFFSI!lGER, llannah V - b 26 Dec 1827 Oot Co - d 6 Apr 1913 not Co - f Oavid
llOFF (b Va) - l'1 M3ry ( UN7.TF.) (b V11) - hurl eel l\P:\r.tPrS Cem - C!I ccrcbre 1
tsorbolisn, nrlc:rio Sc1 cro~i o - huo Peter !IOFFSINCF.R

�NOFSINGER, Oenry - b 26 Jan 1826 Bot Co - d 11 Sep 1914 Bot Co - f Jacob
NOFSINGER (b Bot Co) - m Elizabeth (SNID£R) (b Bot Co) - cd old age &amp;
senility

NORTO, G P - b 14 June 1854 - d 25 Nov 1919 - h/o Lucy NORTll - &amp;rave Amsterdam Cem
NORTn, Lucy - (no dates &amp;iven) - w/o G P NOR'l'TI - erave Amsterdam cem

NOFSINGER, Jacob - b 11 Nov 1782 - d 21 Jan 1873 - f Peter NOFFSrNGER - m
Salome - wife Elizabeth [Sl'IIDER] (1 June 1781- 9 Aug 1869) - buried family
cem E of #220 S. of Fincastle
llOFSINGER, James - b ca 1835 - d 16 Apr 1895 Bot Co - age 60y - f Isaac NOFFSINGER - m Elizabeth M NACE - ch Mrs EVANS, Rev John E NOFSrNGER, t 2 other
sons who work for N&amp;W ; a sis Mrs John WMORGAB - ref obituary in Fi ncastle
llerald for 11 (is oircle&lt;l) Apr 1895

NORVILL, James - d by June 1812 - ref WB D p31t. , t.25, app &amp; sale - Admr
Yount; NORVILL
NORVILL, Thomas - d by Sep 1812 - ref WB D p303, will dated 22 June 1812 ch Rebeccab, Elizabeth, Nancy, Younc, Samuel, John, Ilugb, Thomas, William Exr Young NORVELL
NORWELL see NORVILL

NOFrSINGER, Joel (unmd) - b 11 Feb 1812 Bot Co - d l Oct 1857 Bot Co - f
Jacob NOFTSINGER - m [El izabeth SNIDER) - cd typhoid fever - rep by father buried family cem !!! of l/220 S of Fincastle

NORWOOD, Thomas lJill - b 18 Aue 18111 Richmond, Va - d 23 Nov 1917 -

f

Rev

William NORWOOD (b NC) - m Winifred (llILL) (b NC) - buried Richmond Va Com -

cd Valvela! heart disease
NOFSINGER, John E - b ca 185t. , Bot - d 1 May 1855 - f Samuel NOFTSWGER - m
Mary E JOPLING - cd convulsion - rep by father

1lOWLAND,

- d by 11 May 1773 (son called an orphan) - son James

NOFSINGER, Joseph - d by Sep 1815 - f Jacob NOFFSINGER
m Susan STONER
ref WB C p4, «ill dated 11 Aug 1815 - wife Betsy; ch not named , ' 'my son John
NOFSINGER - On 10 Sep 1816 orphan Susanna (over 14)

NUGEll'I' see Jacob MIFFORD

NOFFSINGER, Maria - b 2 Mar 1828 Bot Co - d 26 Jan 1913 - f Jacob NOFFSINGER
(b Bot Co) - m Elizabeth (SNIDE'R) (b not Co) - buried near Fincastle - cd
bernoThage

NYE see George DE/IL

NOFSINGER, Mary - b 22 Dec 1829 - d 9 ApT 1909 NOFSDlCEB - grave Haymakertown cem

f

[ PETTINGER) - w/o Peter

NOFFSINGER, Hary E - b ca Jan 1865 not Co - d l July 1866 Bot Co - aee ty 6m
- f Samuel NOFFSINGER - m Mary JOPLING - cd flux - rep by father
NOFTSlllGF.R, Nancy (unmd) - b ca 1833 Bot Co - d 2t. Dec 1858 - age 25y - f
Jolm NOFTSINGER - m [Susann ah GISB) - cd not known - Tep by bro Peter NOE"rSINGE'R

NUGENT, Richard - d by 8 June 1790 (son called an orphan) - son John

NYSONGER see NICEWONGER, William REED
OAll.EY see

~lancbe

E STULL, male STULL, Crystal STULL

OATY, Elizabeth Rebecca - b 17 June 1832 (Bot Co marked out) Va - d 31 Dec
1912 - f Lewis Heritto 01\Tt (b Bot Co, marked out) (b Va) - m Levinia
(RAYTllE) (b Bot Co marked out) (b Va) - buried llaymakertown Cem - cd
La Grippe

Peter - b 27 Aue 1808 - d 9 Sep 1885 - f [Jacob NOFSINGER] - m
[ !!!lizal&gt;eth SNIDER] - wi.(e Aannah NAFF - buried family cem E of 11220 S of
Fincastle

OBENSHAIN see Mary Ann DEEL, John AEllF.'IT, Daniel CAMPBELL, II 0 BECmE!l, William Oarvey BURGER, Catherine Ellen DURNS, Wesley DEEL, Martha Pauline FELLERS ,
Ja~es A GRl\YlllLL, Mary Gll/\YlllLL, Dr P C GRAYBILL, El.len OARRIS , Maria L AONTS,
Oreaa X:ESSLER , William N JCESSL'ER, Clara Edna PAXTON, Charl es D ROCIC, Ann ie
Louise SMITD, John David SMITll, Phebe Obenshain BOSSERMAN, Jobn W BOSSERMAN,
Joseph BOSSERMAN, Micbnel FESTLER

llOFTSINGF:n, Sarab N - h ca 1829 - d 29 Jan 1853 - f John NOFTStNGER - m Suoun
[GISR] - cd breast complaint - rep by mo ther

OBENSAllIN, female - b "30 AU (l 1857 Bot Co - d 30 Aug 1857 Dot Co OBENSllAIN - m Matilda (or Mnlindn ) - cd unkn - rep by fai:her

NOFFSINGER, William - b 16 Jan 1806 - d 5 Mar 1896 - f Joseph NOFFSINGEll - m
Eliznbeth - h/o 111 Charlotte J SMITn, 112 Ellen S CllLLAGAAN - grave l'i.ncestle
Presby Cem

OBF.NSllllIN, female - b ca 1857 Dot Co - d 20 Alli! 1857 Do t Co SAAIN - m Nancy J FELURS - cd flux - r. ep by fat her

~IOFSlNGER ,

NOFFSINGEJI, WU liam Abraham - l July 1826 Va - d 17 Jan 1913 llot Co - f
llbrahnm NOFl'SlHGEl1 (b Va) - m Elizabeth ( Ff:RRALL) (b Va) - buried Lithia
Methodist Cem - cd isoncTal debility
NORBORNE,

- d

by

14 May 1776 (dau called an orphan) - dau Mory

f

f

Peter M

David C ODF.N-

ODENSllAIN, female - b 1 Jan 1857 Dot Co - d 1 Jan 1857 Bot Co - f David (or
Daniel) D OBENSllAIN - m Mary E - rep by father
OBf.NSAAIN, Ann E - b ca 1827 Bed Co - d 211 Dec 1858 Bot Co - age 31 - f
[Thomas HAJlllY] - m [Ruth llAI.t.EY) - cd pneumonia - rep by hus Samuel ODENSllllIN
Jr -

g~ava

Mill Creek Cam

�OllENSHl\Ill. Allthony - b ca 1817 !lot Co (census li49 5) - d 3 May 1857 Bot Co f Peter OBENSRl\IN - m [Christiana BECKNER) - cd cancer - rep by wife [Evel"ine )
Ann ODENSRAIN - adm Jobn S BECKN£R 8 Newton SWITZER

OUENCHATN , Kyle D[oyis] - b ca 18ltl1 Dot Co - d 13 Oct 1862 Bot Co - a6e 18y
3m - f Jacob ODENCfll\l'N - m Mary [ODENCOA!N] - cd shot at Goineu Nill - rep
by father

01\F.NSHAIN, Cary B (CSI\) - b 14 June 1833 Bot Co - d 15 July 1915 Bo t Co - f
William OBENSHAIN (b Bot Co) - m Susan (ODE'NSnAIN) (b Dot Co) - buried Mill
C1:eek Cero - cd carcinoma of face &amp; stomach &amp; o l d age

ODENSDAIN, Lewis T (CSA) - b (ca 1814) - d [1877 ) Va - f [ Doniel OBENSHAIN )
- m [ llannab MARQUAllT] - grave ttill Creek Cem

OBF.NC:RAIN, Christiana - h ca 1791 not Co - d 7 Apr l!\70 Buchanan Precinct aae 79y - f John BECKNER - m Susan - c(I old age - rep by hus Petet: OllENCUAIN
OBENCHAIN, Daniel - b ca 1832 Va (census #1746) - d by 13 Oct 1862 not Co C William OBENCllAIN Jt: - m Susan OBENCnl\IN - Ex Peter &amp; Walton ODENCllAIN
OBENCnl\IN, David - b ca 1807 (cen sus 11967) - d by 13 Aug 1850 Bot Co - f
Daniel OBENCBAIN - m Aannab MARQUART - adm Samuel OBENCnAlN

-·
~

"'l

tr.:.

ODENCRllIN, Edward J - b ca 14 Jan 1 843 Bot Co - d 25 Sep 1861 Bot Co - 18y
Sm 1ld - f reter OBENCHAIN - m [ Malinda ODENSlll\IN) - cd typhoid fever - r ep
by rather
OBENSRl\I"N I Emza Ann - b Oct 184 l - d l3 Apr 1842 Bot Co - f nenry
- m Hartba [ llAGENS ] - ref Old Dutch cem

s

OBENSllAIN, Louise - b 16 Oct 1912 linden, Bot Co - d 27 Feb 1913 Bot Co - f
Uufus Z OUENSllAIN (b Bot Co) - m Ethel (NOELL) (b Ded Co) - buri.ed Covin(lton
cem - cd don't know [pneumonia)
OBENCIJAIN, MaTtho - b 19 Nov 1798 Louisa Co, Va - d 10 Dec 1866 Bot Co - ai;c
70y - f [TOLER ) - cd old age - rep by son '1illiam F ODENCllAIN - 11/0 Samuel
ODENCll.AIN - adm bond 13 Dec 1869 wm F ODENCIIAIN
OBENCllJIIN, MaTtbn Jane - (b co 1840, mat"ked out) b ( 12 Nov 1839) - d 10 Oct
1855 Bot Co - aae 15y - f (Jacob OBf.NCRl\IN] - m [ Mary ODENClll\IN] - grave
Obenshain Cem (ca s t of Mill Creek Cem
OBENSHAIN, MARY D - b ca 1849 - d 27 Aug 1888 Bot Co - ace J9y - 11/0 F D
OBENSHAIN - erave Haymakertown Cem

OBENSlll\rN

ORENSHAIN, E~hel Noe l - b ca 1875 - d 22 Jan 1913 Bot Co - f Ground [or Granville] NOEL (b Va) - m [Mary] Sue (TOLLY) (b Va) - buried Covi n g ton Cem - cd
TB - ( 11,'o Rufus Zi.mmenoan ODENCUAIN Sr)
OB V.NCRAIN. George W - h ca 1808 Bot Co - d 23 Nov 1868 Dot Co - age 60y - f
[GP.orge OBENCRAIN ] - [Mary TAYLOR] - rep by wife [112] Harearet [Moore) OBENCllAIN
OBENCHAIN, Isabel - b ca 1849 Bot Co - d 26 Mar 1854 Bot Co - f John OBENCHAIN - m Lucinda SMTTB - cd s carlet f ever - rep by fa ther

0111\NSRAIN, J William s ee William O
ODENSllAIN, Jacob 0 - b (25 June 1 767] - d 4 May 1883 , Bot Co (1&lt;ill, WB O p112
- f [Samuel OBENSllAIN ) - m [ Pheobe TAYLOR) - [wife Mary Paulina ODENSnAIN (d
1 fi7 ~ )) - ch Emeline , J oel B, Katy BURGER (dec 'd); David C; gch Allen R OEt'L,
Hartha J TOLLY, Mary Sus an TOLLY
ORENSRAIN, James T - b 2 Apr 1852 - d 30 Sep 1890 Bot Co - f [ Samuel OBENSllAIN ] - m ( Elizabe th A nARDY ) - h / o Theodosia [GRAYULL] - grave Hill Creek

rem
OUF.NSllAfN, Joel 0 - b 1842 - d 1892 Bot Co - f [J acob OBENSHAIN) - m [ Mary
OllENCllAIN ] - [h/o Hny A OBENSTIAIN] - r:rav e Mill Cnelt Cem

OBENSRAIN, Mary M C - b ca 1858 - d 4 Aug 1882 Bot Co - age 211y - f [John p
TffRJISllER] - m [fl U ll] - w/o Harcuc E ODENSRAIN - i;rave Hill Greek Cem
OBENCllAIN, Matilda fl - b ca 182l1 (or en 1829] Bot Co [census 0968] - ct Aur;
1867 Bot Co - oce l13y - f Jacob SllANJl:S - m Hary [ROWLAND) - cd consumption
rep by hus l'eter H ODENCIJAIN
OBENSHAIN, Matthew ( 1) ( CSA)? - d cra ve not Co - f [ Daniel ODf.NSllAlN ) - m
[ Hannah MARQUART) - grave Mi 11 Creek Cem - [llote: he was named in fa th er ' s
wil l dated 15 Hor 1861)
OBr.NSRl\IN, Mollie [E] - b 15 Mar 1835 Bot Co - d 12 Nov 1913 Dot Co - f
Philly (circled, John is written ilbovc] SPICAL (b Rb Co) - m [ Anna FTRElll\UGll)
(b Rb Co) - buried Mil l Creek Cem - cd cancer of ri6ht eye 8 brain - [w/ o
Cary ll ODEHSllAIN )
OBENSRl\IN , Myra Beatrice - b 4 flu e 1872 - d 31 May 1900 Bot Co - f z T 0!11'11 SHA IN - m Jennie H TllRASllER - crave Hil l Creek cen
ODENSllAIN, Peter - d ca 1880 Bot Co (settleoent) - f (Sam11e l OntllSllAJN) - n
[Phoebe TAYLOR] - other relatives 7 shares I . MaTy (C'tl M GRAY!ll l.I .): 7 . Phochr
Cr.id John DOSSF.RMA!I) : 3. Harcarct (rnd S ilas EODY ) ; 11. f\nn DRUDAl':F.R; 5 . J D: (I .
Anthony•s ch A II t Luther; 7 . Sus:m'3 r.h Oaniel P, Cary n, C n, Amancla (mil
.lames FERGUSON ) , lletty (md lt:iucl n:nCUSON ), Chr1stiana l'f.ARCY~ Amc nica 1.0Cl':ETT, A(lntha 1'0\IEl.1, , 8 Vircinia NOHSJNGEI\

ODENSllA fN, John S - b I Sep 1850 Bot Co - d 7 Apr 1917 Bot Co - f Peter OBE'NSAAIN (b Bot Co) - ~ Malinda [OBF.NSHAIN) (b Bot Co ) - h/o Nannie J {SIFFORD)
- ~ur1ed Xi1l Creek cem - cd TB of lungs &amp; broncho pneumonia, etc

ODf.NCOAI!I, Phil ip - b '' Oc t 11!10 Bot Co (census 1:717) - d lli Oct ;II(,] !10 1 ro
- age 5/1y - f (Rineholt ODF.NCll/\JN] - m [Mory IHJ/lTT) - cd consu:-:r t i o n - r" P
by l&lt;ife llann:ib [SNlnll\) ODENCllAIN - cr;wc Mi t 1 Crcl' k C•m - Ad1:1 John l\HHOll
(10 Nov 1862)

OBENSHAIN, ~yle C - b 16 Oct 1860 - d Apr 1844 Bot Co - f Aenry S OBENSAAIN
- m Martha (RACtNSl - ref Old Dutch Cem

ODENSllAIN, Philip - d Sep 11325 !lo t Co (\ID 0 p1119) - f rtli~cholt OllEllSlll\ ltl ) wife Sally

�OBENCHAIN, Rbinholt - b ca 1773 (or 1776) Pa (census #1797) - d 12 June 1859
Bot Co - age 86y - f [Rineholt OBENCHAIN) - cd old age - rep by neph ew Daniel
OBENCHAIN - h/o Mary OBENSHAIN - Ex Jacob OBENSHAIN (11 July 1859)
OBENSDAIN, Rusal Coolt - b 18 July 1908 Rite City - d 18 Aug 1917 Bot Co - f
Clark OBENSHAIN (b Bot Co) - m Pearl (COOK) (b ~ke Co) - buried Mill Creek
Cem - cd accidential drown;i.ng by fallin in creelt
OBENSRAIN, Samuel - b ca 1756 [Austin says 13 Jan 1749] - d by [6) July 1824
Bot Co - f [Reinholt OBENCHAIN] - ref WD c p562, will dated 17 Sep 1821 - oh
Daniel, William, Betsy ( md John LEFFLE); Polly dec'd (md John GRAYBILL); John,
Peter, Thomas, Nancy (md James FISHER); Jacob . Goh: Samuel LEFFLE, Samuel
OBENSHAIN (of Daniel); Feba LEFFLE, Feba OBENSIIANE (of Peter); Feba FISIIER,
Fe~! OBF.NSBANE (of Thomas); George GRAYllILL, Andrew GRAYJ!ILL, Nancy GRAYlJILL.
Ex William, Jacob 8 Peter OBENSBANE - [wife was Pboebe TAYLOR d 16 Jan
1820J

OBRIAN, Virginia F - b ca 1853 Dot Co - d Oct 1856 - f Anthony ODIUAN - m
Mary - cd liver complaint - rep by father
OCRELTREE, Michael - d by June 1799 - ref HB A p511, will dated 11 May 1799
- wife Elizabeth; bros 8 sisr not named [see Chalkely's V II plll, no siss
8 only 1 bro Mathew] - others Rev wm BALDRIDGE
OGDEN see M DODSON
OGDE.N, James B - b ca 1853 Bot Co - d llpr 1862 - age 9y - f Anthony OGDEN m Ellen - cd diptheria - rep by father
OGDEN, Johll R - b ca 1850 Bot Co - d Oct 1867 - age 17y - f II R OGDEN - m
Ellen - cd brain fever - rep by father

OBENSHAIN, Samuel - b 8 Dec 1798 Va (census #749) - d 27 Feb 1864 Bot Co - f
lPhilip OBENCHAIN) - m [Sally) - h/o Martha TOLER (d 1868) - grave Mill Creek
cem - see his &gt;1ill WB K p852 - adm Alexander J OBENSBAIN (9 May 1864)

OGLE see Edward McDONALD

OBENSHAIN, Samuel - b 28 Sep 1812 - d 4 June 1890 Bot Co - f [Daniel OBENCBATR] - m [Bannah MARQUllRT) - grave Hill Creek Cem - [h/o Anne E HARDY g
Lucy E HALLEY)

OLD, Caroline R - b 27 Aug 1832 - d 5 July 1900 - w/o Madison A OLD - grave
llogan-Old Cem (Little Catawba)

OBENSHAIN, Samuel - b 10 July 1842 Bot Co - d 10 July 1914 Bot Co - f Jobo
OBENSHAIN (b Bot Co) - m Lusinda (SMITH) (b Dot Co) - buried Troutville cem
- [h/o Sarah A S (DEISHER)
OBENCBAl;N, Sarah ["Sally" ) - d by 14 APT 1856 Dot Co - [w/ o PhiliI&gt; Oll:ENSBAIN
(d 1825)) - adm Samuel OB'F.NCIIAIN
OilENSIJA!N, Sidney J - b 23 Jan 1863 - d 7 May 1885 Bot Co - f Salll\lel OBENSHAIN
- m Lucy [llAJ,UIT] - grave Mill Creek cem
011ENCHAil'i, Susannah (widow) - b ca 1813 Bot Co - d 8 June 1869 Bot Co - age
56y - f D!llliel DECKNJIB - m Hannah [GROSS] - rep by son Samuel C OBENCHAIN adm bond 13 Sep 18651 Sheriff JOllNSON - [w/o William OBENCHAIN Sr]
OBENCHAIN, Viola Elena - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 5 Dec 1854 Bot Co - f Anthony
OBENCBAIN - m Ann [BECJnfER] - rep by father
OBENSHAIN, William (or J Wil.liam) - b [ca 180L1] - d 14 Jan 1866 Bot Co (WB 0
plo38 - f [Daniel OBENSHAIN] - m ( Hannah MARQUART] - [wi fe Susan Ollf.NSIJllIN] ch Christiana PERCY, Daniel, Cary B, Amanda FERGUSON, Virginia NOFfSINGER,
he i r s , America LAKES , Agatha POWELL's hejrs, Ilarvey, nett;' VF.RGUSE'N
OBENCnAIN, William - b ca 1780 Va (census !11712) - d by 10 .July 1854 Rot Co f [ S:unuel ORENCRAIN) - m [Ph&lt;&gt;he 'l.'AYLDn) - h/o 1/1 Hrs Sarah (WARNER) FESLER;
112 Susanna DECICNRR - adm Peter OBENC!IAIN
OBENSlllllN, Z[achari ah) T[aylor] - b 25 July 1846 - d 9 July 1900 Bot Co - f
[Samuel OlleNCllAIN] - m [Amt~ E AARDY] - g-r:ave Mill Creek cem
O' Slli llN, 'J'en:ence - b ca 1812 Ireland (census 111136) - d by 8 Sep 1851 - adm
J aco!&gt; f\ llf\Nl':Y

OLD see OLDS, Virginia M l.l:l10N

OLD, Charles (widower) - b ca Feb 1788, Dinwiddie Co, va (census /11566) - d
21 Apr 1659 - age 7ly 2m 7d - cd dropsy - rep by son Thomas J OLD - ll/o Mary
W - E:x 8 Au8 1859 Thomas J OLD &amp; (June 1870)
OLD, Charles Edwsrd - b ca Feb 1857 Bot Co - d 25 June 1858 - f Madison A OLD
- m Caroline R - cd flux - rep by father
OLD, Edward - d by June 1619 - Ref WB C pl98, will dated 26 July 1815 - wife
Elizabeth; ch James, Nancy (md
IJEAD); Elizabeth, Charl es, Anderson,
Luellen (male); Benry, l'attersoiligdau Elizabeth EPPS (d/o son Patterson OLDS)
OLD, Madison A - b 4 Mar 1626 - d 19 Jan 1908 - h/o Caroline R OLD - grave
Hogan-Old cem (Little Catawba)
OLD, Mary W - b ca 1792 Dot Co (census 111566) - d 28 Oct 1656 - f [Joseph
SNODGRASS] - cd disease of the kidney - rep by hus Charles OLD
OLDS see Johll K RllDER
OLDS, S[amuel] T - d by 13 Apr 1927 - [t&lt;ife Bessie (l,AVE'NDF.R)] - cd suicide
- ref Inquest papers
OLD, Susan C - b 7 Nov 1845 - d ca 1929 - w/o Thomas J OLD - grave Hogan-Old
cem (Little Catawba)
OLO, Thomas J - b 25 Sep 1630 Dot Co - d 29 Aug 1917 - f Charles OLD (b Bot
Co) - m (WALDREN) (not llnown) - buried llaymakertown cem has been marked out
3 Bogan-Old cem (Little Catawba) writ ten above - cd arterio SC1!:£BSis - h/o
Susan C OLD
OLD, Vera M - b 26 June 1906 Bot Co - d 8 Dec 1915 - f Sam. T OLD (b Dot Co)
- m l)essie L (Ll\VENDIDl) (h Bot Co) - bur Raymakerto= Cem - crl dipthei;ia

�OLOSllOE , Jacob - d by J uly 1795 - t'ef WB A

p~Ol,

app

OLINGER, .Jacob - d by 12 Oct 1813 (orphons mentio ned) - orphans , not n a med
OL.t.VER see

mu l e CRONK

tn

OLl VE!\,
izabeth - b ca 1795 Cnmp Co - d 14 Feb 1858 - cd dropsy - rep by
d-i-1 Elizabeth OLIVER - w/o Jame s C OLIVER

01.TVlil\, William - b 20 Apr 17 Sl1 - d 15 Mar 1842 - age 88y Om 25d - ref Old
Glade Craek cra,·estone
O'ffl'v\L, Corne lius - d by 12 Feb 1778 - ref Admr bond - admr John HcDADE
OllANG E see Eliza A DOGAN, Ellison KESSLER, Josie ICESSLER

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CG.
&lt;
"'I

=

OUANGl'i, nenrietta V - b 22 Feb t 846 - d 22 Aug 1895 - w/o C L OW\NGE - ref
Ol d Gl ade Creek gravestone
01\ANGE, John A - b l Apr 1833 - d 6 June 1926 - h/o Nancy J ORANGE (1858-1937)
- ref Lemontown g-ravestone
ORANGE , Nancy J - b 27 May 18S8 - d 14 Ju ly 1937 - Ti'/o John A ORANGE (1 855 1926) - ref Lemontow-n gravestone
ORANGE, Pamella
p.ravestone

N - b 28 Jan 1827 - d 28 June 1897 - re f Old Glade Creek

OWENS, Jennie [Vircinin] Allen - b 2 Apr 1849 [or 6 Apr l8lil] l\b Co - d 27
July 1 913 - f Jlobert llenry CASA (b Bot Co) - m May (ALT.EN) (b Dell Co) buried Eagle Rock Cem - cd Senile dementia , artorio Sclerosis - Emnnuel
Episcopel Church Cem , llnc;le !loci,, Vo
OWENS, Jullith - b en 1771 (or 1768) Ded Co (c e n sus //10l18) - d 20 Nov 1855 f Benjnmin OWEN ?7 - m Judith 77 [p 5 names nre circled 8 ?7) - cd old ace
- rep by son nenj a min 11 OllEN - wIo D O\l"EN - ndm Denj nmin l' OREN ( 11 Feb
1856)
OWENS, Judith A - b co 18~7 - d 18 June 1853 - f James D OllE!IS - m Mnrcnrct
- cd s carlet fever - rep by father
OWENS, Mnson - b 1895 not Co - d 30 Nov 1913 - f John OWENS (b Bed Co) - m
Macy (NEllMAN) (b Bed Co) - buded St Clai"t' Cem - cd Brights disense
OWEN, Thomas - d by 10 Jan 1 775 - ref WB A p 5G , app 8 admr bond - admr
Joseph KYLE
OWENS, William - d by 28 Oct 1900 - od fell from railroad bridge - ref
inquest papers
OWENS, William C - b ca 1830 Bot Co - d 5 Sep 1867 - ace 37y - f James D
OW'ENS - rn Margaret - cd consumption - rep by fn ther - adm 6 Oct 1867
Hacdalen L Oln."N

....

ORRNERSOLT see James A Mil..Llffi

(.)1
.....)

PACE see William 11 DllINURD Jr
OTEY sec James Alvin GOODWlN, Sarah Ann StMl'SON
PAG E see Viq:ic Mnin DUNMAN, Mary E WILCllER, Mncy Sus:m WORTn
OT"RY, Jane ( unmd) - b ca 18A2 - d 20 Jan 1932 7 - age ca 90y - crav e Brick
Un ion cem
OTEY, Halter G - d by 20 Sep l 908 - cd was shot - ref inque st papers
OTT, George - d by 8 Sep 1807 (dau called an orphan) - dau Juliet (over 14)
OVERACRE , Christopher J ohn - b 12 Feb 1851 Bed Co - d 15 Aug 1913 - f Geor ge
Washington OVl':RACRE (b Bed Co) - m Emily Nelson BALLARD (b Bed Co) - buried
Mun f onl Cem - cd cer bre 1 hemorr hage
OVF.£1S'mF.ET see Bessie WILSON

l'AGE,

- d by 8 Apr 1779 (doll ca1led nn orph:in) - dnu Ell.zaueth

l'AGE, Andrew I.ewis - b 15 Nov 1837 Bot Co - d 18 July 1913 - f Gideon PAGF.
(b Ded Co) - m Hnrc nrct (SIFFORD) (b Bot Co) - buried llack Creek cem - ell
Bri gh t s disease
PAGE, Mnrcaret - en 1813 Bot Co - d 30 Aue 1853 - rep hy dnu
._./o Gideon PAGE

Wll.SIIIRE -

PAGE, Mary, )Jrs - b 1 Jan 1838 !lb Co - d 25 nee l'll 2 - f F.noch BOGGUS (b Gh
Co) - n Marc aret (McUOllRN) (Rb Co) - huried nrick Unio n Crm - cd TD

OWF:f'lS ~ee Toliver A OAVIS, Jacob DEIS11ER, William SMILEY

PAINTER see PAYNTER, llcttie Wf.DB, Mary STOCNAl., Conrnil MAURA, llannnn TIRUGll,
1.ewis DHUGll, Uavi.d J CAHl'BEJ .L, Oma Pa inter F.T7.LER, Wi 11 lam F. ETZUJI, Cl nm
nell e llf\RRIS, F.1 i7.ahc th KF.SS J.f.Jl , Isaac KF.SSl.F.R , John tlcnry KF.SSLF.R, l.•'11\ n
KESSl.ER , Leona F.llen;i MANGUS, Milton Wlllllif.11, ~'.tln:t 1101\llE , l! l'nr:y L OAV l S

OWEN, Bettie S - b 15 Dec 1873 Bot Co - d 17 feb 1917 - f George R CARRlCOl'F
{b Va) - m Mar t ha J (BECKNER) (b Va) - buried Mill Creek Cem - cd Lngrippe

PAllITF.R, mnlc - 'J JO June 1862 Bot Co - ti 1 J11ly 1862 Bo t Co - ar.~ 3&lt;1 John l'AINT~:R - 1n Hny ADDOTI - cd unkn - r~p b)' faihr.r

OW'ENS, George L - b ca 1851 Bot Co - d 3 Har 1867 - age l6y - f James l&gt; OWENS
- m Margaret - cd not known - rep by Cather

PAlNTF.R, na 1 e - b II ~:oy \ 8f18 Jlot Co - d 1 S May 1868 - age 6:J - f .John l'A lflTJ\n
- m Macy ABOOIT - rc11 by fa t her

OVERS'rREET, William - d by 10 Jun P 18 12 (cl au called an orphnn) - dau Nancy
(over ll1)

�PAINTER, Benton D - b 9 May 18S6 - d 20 Mar 1926 Bot Co Heir List - f [John
PAINTER] - m [Mary ABBOTT] - h/o Sallie C MOOMAW - grave Mt U~ion Cem - ch E
A (b ca 1889); Margar et JONES (b oa 1891); John C (b ca 1892); J E (b ca
1892) ; HM (b ca 1893); Lenna CROCICETT (b ca 1895) ; DD Jr (b ca 1897)
PAINTER, "Bettie" Elizabeth - b ca 1816 [or 180 3, census 1850 Bot Co /~491)
- d 13 Apr 1861 Dot Co - age 45y [gravestone says 55] - rep by hus Charles
PAINTER - ch (from census) Charles Jr 23, John H 20, William p 17, Sarah J
16, Elizabetb
21

c 10 I James

N 13., Samuel 0 11, Joseph

n 7 Martha J l1, Mary A
I

PAINTER, Catherine - b 4 Aug 1859 Bot Co - d 1937, Bot Co Heir list - f Matthea (or Madison ) M OLD - m Caroline VANDERGRIFr - hus George WPAINTER - ch
John L 43, Lena LEE 42, Cladt Edward 40, Estelle BARRIS 37 , G T 34
PAINTER, Christian - b ca 1797 - d 1845 Bot Co - f Henry PAI'NTER - m Susanna
MAURA - wife Macy llAMl'TON
PAINTER, Christopher Columbus (single) - b 3 Dec 1859 Bot Co - d 11 Aug 1930
Dot Co (will) - f George WPAYNTER - m Macy Ann RADER - bros &amp; siss. all
dead Robert S, George 0 &amp; Emily S - buried Trou tvi lle Cem
PAI'NTER, David J (single) - b ca 1833 Va - d Feb 1850 Dot Co - age 17y - od
Fever - Ref 1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule
PAINTER, Elizabeth - b ca 1853 Bot Co - d 1 Nov 1855 Dot Co death bk - f Newton ~llINTEB - m J anus - cd Jaunders - rep by father
PAINTER, Emily Susan (single) - b 23 Sep 1848 - d 21 Aug 1925 Bot Co heir list
- f George W PllYNTE'R - m Mary llnn BADER - bros ilobert S 68 , C C 65; nephews
0 H &amp; G W 21; nieces Nora BOO'RI': 21 , Lillian SHOWALTER 21; grand neph ews Lewis
LITTRELL, Donald, Robert &amp; Rex BISHOP ; grand nieces Gay LITTRELL, Eloise
MYRES, Ruth 6 Oazel DISBOP - bur ied Tr outvil le Cem
PAINTER, "Enuna" (Emily) [Eveline] (single) - b 14 Apr 1848 - d 7 May 1930
Bot Co Heir list [M t Union cem] - f John PAINTER - m Mary ABBOTT - Nephews E
A 41 , JC 37, J E 37, BM 36, B D .Jr 32, W S 52, AW 49, EM 47, John L 36,
Clark 34, Francis 38 ; Nieces Margaret JONES 39 , Lenna CROCKETT 34, Alice
URICICEY 55, Oma ETZLER 53, Sallie llAJIRIS 45, Lenna LEE 33, Rosa 55 ; grand
ne phews Edward BENNETT 21 , Preston BENNETr 18, Saul BENNIITT 15 , Aubrey BENNET1' 13 , Herbert PAINTER 33 1 Newton PAINTER 30; grand ni eces Gladys DENNETT
20, Gainor 'rllOMAS 46 1 Nannie BENNETT 41 1 Kathleen PAINTER 28
P l\TNT!ill, Ethan Allen - b ca 1889 - d 1933 Bot Co Hei r 1 ist - f Den too D PAIN'rER - m Sall i e MOOMAW - wif e Mary ROBERTSON (b ca 1891) ; ch E II Jr (b ca 1926)

PAINTER, Georee 0 (single) - b 28 Au g 1861 Dot Co - d 1 5 Dec 1917 Dot Co,
Cert e Hi ll - f George W PAYNTOR - m Mary Ann MDER - s is Emily S; bros
Robert S g CC - bur~ed Troutv i l le Cem
l'llIN1'f;R, Geor.ge W - b ca 1826 Bot Co -

cl 23

Mar 1865 Bot Co Deat h Il11 - age

39y - f Chri s t ian l'll! NTF.ll - m Mary 111\H'l'TON (mtl 1823) - cd consumption - rep
by wife Mary Ann RllDE'R (md 1847) - [ buri etl 'ls t in Shay cem - later i n Tr out~i lle Cam)

PAlNTt."Jl, George II - b ca l8l1S - d 1926 Dot Co Heir list - f John PAINTER - m
Mary ABBOTT - 1st wife Emma J VANDERGRIFl' - 2nd wife Catherine "Cassie" OLD
66; ch Oma ETZLER 50 ; Wal. ter S 48; Estelle 25; A W t16 ; John L 31, E M 112;
Turner 22; Clark 28; Sall y TIARRIS 40; Lura GLEE 26; Alice BRICKEY 55; goh
all Dennetts: George E 17 ; Preston 13; John S ~; Frank II 6; Gladys 15
PAINTER, Tienry - b 1760/65 - d 1839 Dot Co will (HB) - f [ John PAINTER ] wife Susanna MAURA - ch Christian, Mary Cordian, Magdalin CURFMAN, Catherine
DRUGB, David, John, Jacob, Detty KESSLER - [ had land on Cat awba Creek]
PAINTER, "Bettie" Matilda - b 3 Aug 1807 - d 11 Feb 1870 Bot Co - f George
McCROSICY - w/o Morgan PAINTER (1797-1881) - ref Buchanan gravestone
PAINTER, Jacob - d 1834 , admr qualified Dot Co - f Henry PAINTER - m Susnnna
MAURA - wife Mary M ETZLER - admr John PAINTER
PAINTER, James J - b en 1826 Bot Co [ca 1821 census #516] - d 23 lluB 1861
(not known) (Bot Co Death bk) - age 35y - f (m aybe John PAINTER] - m [Susannah llARSTIDAl\GER ] - cd not known - rep by wife Polly PAINTER
PAINTER, James N (or 0) (single) - b ca 1838 Va (census #491) - d 21 Dec
1861 Dot Co - age 23y Sm - f Charles PAINTEI\ - m Elizabeth "Bettie" - cd
killed - rep by father - adm William P PAINTER [ bro) (8 Aug 1864) Martha J
PllINtER [sis]
PAilfl'ER, John - b ca 1801 (census 1850 Bot Co #5 35 ) - d 1875 Bot Co (will) f [Conrod PAINTER) - m [Barbara MOUNDS) ; ch named i n will Hartin V &amp; Isabella
other ch in census John, William &amp; Washington
FAINTER, John - b 10 Aug 1810 [or 1814, census 1850 Dot Co #1582) - d 23 Jan
1900 Dot Co - f John PAINTER - m Sarah BEAN - h/o Mary ADDOTT (1823-1898) ref Mt Union grave stone
FAIN'rER, .John A - b on 18t16 Bot Co - d 26 Apr 18Sl1 Bot Co Death bk - age By
- f James M [or N] FAillT.ER - m [Martha] Jane [DURIIIOLDER] - cd en l argment of
neart - rep by father
PAINTER, Lucy Jane - b ca 18ll7 Va - d 20 Feb 1917 Bot Co - f Sam PAINTER (b
Va) m Bessie (McCJ.URE) (b Va) ( md 1838) - cd TB 8 Grippe
PAINTER, Martin V - . b lG Dec 18/.10 - d 10 Jan 1911 Bot Co - f John PAINTER m Susannah AARSADllRGER - 1st wife Marthe A OR INICJ\RD; 2nd Samantha T t!JIJ\SAALL
- buried Mill. Creek Cem
PAINTER, Mary - b 8 June 1823 [or 1818, census 1850 Bot Co tll582 ] - f James
/\DBOTT - w/o John PAINTER Cl810-l900) - ref Mt Union gravestone
l'llill"fER, Monroe - b ca 1851 not Co - tl 8 Nov 1857 Dot Co de ath bl1 - a(le 6y f Jqhn l'AtNTER - m Mary Annon - cd unkn - rep by father
l'AINT.F.R, Mor (lan - b 18 M&lt;!Y \797 - d 26 Sep 1881 Bot Co - f [Conrod FllINTEI\]
- m [Bar bara MOUNDS] - wife Malinda "llettie" McCROSICY (1007-1670) Cmd 1826)
- ref Buchanan gravest one

,.
J

�l'ArN'?El!, Paxton ll (single) - b 30 Aue 1827 - d 29 Mar 1868 Bot Co - f Horgan
l'AlNTER - m Malinda "Hettie" McCROSKY - buried Fairview Cem, Duchanan, Va atlm 11 M11y 1868 Morgnn l'Al:NTER
PArNTER, Robert S - b 1 2 Feb 1857 Bot Co - d 14 Aue 1926 Bot Co (will) - f
George II t'A YNTOR - m Mary Ann RADER - sis Emily S dee ' d.; bros Christopher C
R Georse O, dec'd
PAINTER, Sallie C MOOMAW - b 6 May 1857 - d 18 Feb 1925 Bot Co - f Josepb

MOOMAW - m Mary STOVER - w/o Denton D PllllfrER - grave Mt Union cem
PAINTER, Samantha T - b l tlar 1858 - d 2 Dec 1921 Bot Co (will) - f John A
MARSIIALL - m Eliza RICllARDSON [b Amh Co] - sis Emma V HOOD 1 - hus Martin V
PAINTER - buried Mil1 Creek cem

PARR see Florence A WATSON
PARll, William D - b ca 1853 Bot Co - d 13 may 18511 - f John 11 PAJIR - m Catharine - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
PARRISn see Rebecca POLLl\llD
PARRISH, Jul ius - d by Sep 1803 - ref WB D p43 , wi 11 da tcd 14 Feb 1801
(changed from 3) - wife Betsy - on 10 Nov 1807, his orphan Leonard bound out
l'AllROTT, flenry - ti by 11 June 1793 (sons cnlled orphuns) - sons John (b Sep
1779), nenry
PARSINGER see PERSINGER

PAINTER, Susan - b ca 1796 Bot Co - d 11 Nov 1868 Dot Co death bk - aee 72y
- r Christian llAJISl!BARGER - m M - cd consumption - rep by hus John PAINTER
[ md 1819]
PAINTER, Sydney - b ca 1859 Bot Co - d 31 Dec 1862 Dot Co death bk - age 3y
- f John PAiliTER - m Mary ABDO'IT - cd diptheria - rep by father
l'AIN'l'ER, Thomas Lewis Wesley (single) - b 3 June 1853 Dot Co - d 19 July 1908
Dot Co (1;\ 11) - f George 11 PAYNTFJ\ - m Mary Ann RADER - bro Robert S; sis
Emily s
PAINTER , William M - b 30 Nar 1849 Va - d 13 Nov 1913 Bot Co - f C 1' PAINTER
- buried Rapp's Mill. Rb Co - cd not given

PATE see James MASON
PATE, Jeremiah - d by July 1797 - ref HD A p454 , will dated 4 Apr l797 - ch
Edward, John , Judith, Jeremiah, William, Hat.thew, Poll,y (md
COH"PTON),
Minor, Amelia, Rhoda - on 15 May 1801 orphans Milly &amp; Minor (both over lt.)
PATERSON see PATTERSON, Maria GRAYBILL
PATRICK, James - d by 29 Nov (marked out) Wt'itten nbove Oct 18011 - ref
p78, sale g app

we n

PATSEL , Minor - b 8 Feb 1836 Fkln Co - d 6 Feb 1915 - hu ri Cld Cnve Rock oem cd chronic nyocarditis

PALMER see Clarke Samuel BURKS, Volney DAVIS
PALMER, David - b ca 1767 - d 30 Aug 1843 - age 76y - ref Old Glade Creek
gravestone
l'ALMER, Sarab - b ca 1780 Loudoun Co, Va - d 28 Mar 1853 - cd dropsy - rep
by dau Adalaide DAVIS - •~lo David PALMER
PAUfF.R, William - d by l3 Nov 1771 - WB A p26, app &amp; Admr bond - admr Peter
DIRfil.Y
PAH'PLIN see Jobn GRIFFIN
PANE see
l'AN"rER see

P.i\YNE, John

n fl ILt.

may be PAINTER ' Mary STOGNAL

PATSELI., l'olly Ann - b 2 Feb 1912 Bot Co [Li&amp;nite) - 14 July 19111 - f Hiltinm
l'ATSU.L (b Cr3iG Co) - m Dove (PATSELL) (b Craig Co) - buried New Castle Cem
- cd whooping couch &amp; pnoumonio
PATTERSON see PATEHSON, ncnry CARl'Mil.T., Frnncis R.ICl!Y
PATTERSON, Ethel ltICOIAN - 30 Mar 1916 Bot Co - d 8 May 1916 - f Ray naapton
PATTERSON - m Bessie Virginia (RICKMAN) - buried Arcadia cem - cd s pinal
mencngilis
PATTERSON, Georce - d by 15 Apr 17119 - ref WB A p269, 11ill dated 20 Feb 17RR,
adar bond - wife Harcarct; ch Ccorr,e, Jean &amp; the other older ones, not named
ech Arthur WOODS, James WOODS - admr Georen l'A'ITEHSON
PATTERSON, Samuel - b ca Feb 1777 - d 20 ~l•u 1797 - a~e 20y ln - ' Rohl!rt PAT TERSON - ref finca s tle Pres by gravestone

PARISH, Charlin - d by 9 Fob 1829 (son called an orphan.l - son John (over 14)
PATTERSOU, Timothy H, Dr - h ca 7 July 1781 - d ~ SC'p 182R - ~ er• l1 i y )ii 1 R'1
PARKER see

Charlotte STATON, Edward WEE[S

- ref Fincastle Pr e s b y &amp;ravestonl!

PAR KER, Elijah Edward - b 26 Feb 1913 Bot Co - d 9 Feb 1915 - m Kate Pf\RKER
Cb Bot Col - buri ed at home - cd pneumonia

PATIF:RSON, Willi~rn - b en lR'iO f\ti Co - d 76 ~:~y 191 ') !lot Cu - f Mose:; t'ATIEH SON (b Rb Co) - m Eli7.ahcth (ACIERLY) (b Rb C:o) - buri&lt;!d lli r,h ntl rl&amp;" C: l&gt;l:l cd dropped dc:-ad

l'AHKER, Elizabeth - b 18 Oct 1854 Va - d 15 Apr 1916 - f William CROUCO (b
Va ) - rn Fannie PARO:R (b Va) - buried Buchanan cem - cd pulmonary TB

PATTON see Cass;indra

~I

ANOF.RSON, John Tl1omns lltlDf.R SON

�PATTON, John Anderson - b 24 Oct 1858 (has been changed) Bot Co - d 8 May
1860 - age ly 7m - f William T PAITON - m Fannie R - cd pneumonia - rep by
father - ref Death bk; Fincastle Presby graves tone

PAXTON, Joseph Sr - d by June 17911 Dot Co - ref Wll A p37l, app &amp; settlement
- orphans Cassandra (over 14 by 12 Feb 1805); Polly (over 14 by 12 Feb 1805);
nannah (over 14 by 12 Feb 1605); narriet (still under ll1 on 12 Feb 1805) admr Peggy PAXTON [wife)

PATTON, Marcus G (or C) - b 12 Nov 1825 (or 1816) Va (census 01347) - d 4 Jan
1859 - age 42y - n/o Sarah A PATTON (1830-1852) - ref Fincastle Presby gi:-avestone; death bk - rep by bro William T PATTON - adm William T PATTON (10 Jan
1859)

PAXTON, R (male) (unmd) - b ca 1834 l)Ot Co - d 27 Sep 1857 - f J&lt;tmes PAXTON
- m Catherine - cd typhoid fever - rep by father

PATTON, Mary W - d 24 Oct 1855 - d 9 Mar 1877 - f William T PATTON - m F R grave Fincastle Presby Cem

PAYNE, Benry Oscar - b 1838 All Co - d 6 Nov 1917 - f Ch&lt;trles PAYNE (b 7) m Frances (PITZER) (b All Co) - buried lluchanan Cem - cd (no physician) supposed acute indigestion

PATTOH, Sallie A P - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 20 Mar 1854 Fincast le - age 2y - t
Harcus C PATTON - m Sarah A - cd inflama tion of brain - rep by father
PATTON, Sarah A - b 5 May 1830 - d 16 Oct 1852 - w/o Marcus G PATTON (1822_1859) - ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
PATTON, William - b 1790 Co Down, Ireland - d 21 Sep 1851 - ref Fincastle
Presby cem
PAUGH, Charles F - b 11 Nov 1868 - d 12 Feb 1911 or 1910 - ref Brick Union
gravestone

PAYNE see PANE, Judge John J ALL.EN, John James

AL~,

Mary E ALLEN

l'AYN1'ER see PAINTim
PAYNTOR, George 0 - b 28 Aug 1861 Bot Co - d 15 Feb 1917 - f George W PAYNTOR
(b Bot Co) - m Mary A (RAD.ER) (b Bot Co) - buried Troutville Cem - cd Uremia
Coma
PAYNTER, Jane - b 1 June 1822 Bot Co - d 30 Jan 1915 - f John PAYNTOR (b Bot
Co) - m Sarab (DEAN) - buried Daleville cem - cd pneumonia
PEAK see Sallie SWOOPE, James WAGGONER

PAUGH, Otho C - b 16 Feb 1865 - d 16 Har 1912 - ref Brick Union gravestone

PEAS see Johnson MARTIN

PAUl., Audley Sr - d by Apr 1810 (will recorded] ( by Dec 1802 will 1st preented] - Ref WB B p231, win dated 6 Sep 1802, codicil 6 Sep 1802 - ch Anna
(mcl (James] TAYLOR); Audley Jr; l1ari~aret (md
WALKER); John, Rebecca (md
[ffm C) TAYLOR); James, Jane (md
RARRIS); Elizabeth (md
DEFREESE (her
son Riram Abett! PAUL] ) ; - other"'JOhn WALKER, Cawfield TAYLOR, James DARRIS

PEARCY, George William - b ca l845 Bot Co - d 5 Feb 1855 - f Isham PEARCY m Ann Eliza - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
PECK see Diannah DEISHER, Eliza Jane DILL, Daniel GIVENS, Lewie IUCJ::LE, Susannah JONES , female WOOD, Samuel Peck DOPE, Ulicin M rESSLER, Edwin r:YLE,
Robert IC\'LE, Mollie E RIELEY. Jamee WAGGONER

PAULEY see Will i am CARLTON
PAULSON, Benjamin - d by 14 Aug 1770 - ref WB A p2, will dated 28 June 1770,
admr bond - wife Mary; ch Margaret (a minor); bro SRain PAULSON - admr John
ARMSTRONG, Bryan McDONALD
PAWLEY see 1n11iam CARLTON

PECK, Anna - b ca 1809 Bot Co - d 9 May 1855 Bot Co - f Michael AMMEN - m
Cather·i ne Ann - cd epaplexy - rep by s-1-1 Archibald KESSLAI\ - Bot Co md 7
Jan 1833 Martin PECK g Anna AHMEN (Michael) - adm Archibald W KESSLER
PECK , George B - b ca 1828 Va (census i/1532) - d by 14 July 1862 - f Jacob C
PECK - m Martha (WALK£l\] - Ex Mary L PECK - adm bond 11 Jan 1668 James R
DURNS

PAWPAH see l'OPPAW, Mary Mali.nda BTIIDERLIGRTER
PAX'! ON eee Catherine JORDAN, Mary E BLOUNT, Es taline RODINSON
PAXTON, Catherine - b ca 1795 (census 41331) - d 14 Dec 1858 - age 63y - f
J ORIJAN - cd not known - rep by hus James PAXTON
PAXTON, Clara Edna - b 11 Sep 1910 !lot Co - d 19 Oct 1913 - f Tailor PAXTON
(b Va) - m (ODf.'NSAAnl) (b Bot Co) - buri ed Mill Creek Cem - cd dip theria
l'llXTON, James - b ca 1782 1\b Co (census 11331) - d 1.3 June 1866 - age 84y - f
[William Pl\X'l:ON] - m Ellen PAXTON - cd gland ers (infection of nose &amp; l ungs)
- rep by dau Bell PAX'l:ON - h/ o Catherl.ne JOltnAN - Ex (9 July 1666) James G &amp;
Williwu A PAXTON

PECK, Jacob (md 1743 Lydia DOJ\DEN] - b (7 July 1723] Germany - d by Oct 1801
Bot Co (lilill) - ref 1;n n p4, will dated 8 Oct 1800 - ch Benjamin, Jacob,
John, /\dam, Joseph , Mary , Ester, nannah; (wi~e Ras Lydia BORDEN); s-i-1
Jacob CARPER - Ex Benjamin PECK
PECK, Jacob C - b oa 1788 Vo (census 1/1532) - d by 9 July 1855 - f [John
PECK] - m [Susan Mory n~O.E] - h/o Martha [WALKER] - Ex George ll PECIC
PECK, James, Capt - b ca 1768 - d 6 Dec 1826 - age 38y - f [Adam PECIC) - m
['Elizabeth SilARICEY] - grave Fincastle Presby cem
PP.CIC, John - b ca 1825 France (census #1015, in a group of imported laborers)
- d by 10 Dec 1855 - adm Georce n PECC (What kin7777]

�rECt, John (R) - b ca 1750 - d Sep 1820 (Bot Co) - f [Jncob PECK) - m [Lydia
UORDF.N ) - ref WB C p21q, will dated 15 Aug 1820 - wife Mary; ch Susanoab (md
l\llen JONES): Margaret (md John Sl'l'ES); llnJl (md IHlliam CORNELL); Jane,
c;eorce, Joseph, Wi lliam, Martin , .Jacob C, Leuis dec 'd (md Mary W - · &amp; had
George) - t:e f obituary in " fl en ld of the Valley for 4 Sep 1820 (age 70)
l'F.CR, Lewis - by 9 Feb 1829 (son called nn orpllan) Bot Co [by 1820, !lead
father 'Wrote his wi 11) - r {John PECK] - m [ Susan Mary OINKLE ) - son

11he11

Ge01:1JO (o ver

l t1,)

PEERY, John - b ca 1808 Va (census Q558) - adm Lewis LINta:NIJOICEJl

d

by 13 Jon 1862 - h/ o Elizabeth

Snrah II - b cu 1839 Va - d 12 July 1!11 3 - f Alfred YOONG (b Va) Mary DIERLY (b Va) - buried Catawba Cem - cd mi trel regercitation

PEP.RY,

111

PEl\RY, Sarah J - b ca 1853 Rke Co - d 19 Sep 1854 - f Washington PEllRY - m
Mary - cd scrofulo! - rep by fa th er

PEC(, Lizzie - b ca 1841 - d 5 Sep 1866 Bot Co - age 25y - f [Edwarll PECK] m [ Ann E ALLEN) - rep in Rke Times for 7 Sep 1866

PEERY, Sarah Louise - b l June 1844 - d 6 l\ug 1909 - f [ John E Bl\ICER) - m
[ Elizabeth EVERSOLE) - w/o A[braham] II P!ERY (md h Dec 1870) - grave BakerPeer y cem (0779) [See Eversole file for Eversole-Baker Dible information)

PECK, Lumima - b 12 Oct 1809 - d 12 Mar 1876 Dot Co - f [Barnet FINCllJ - m
[ Sarah WEBBEl! ) - ~ 10 William PECK (1796-1882) - ref Fincastle Presby gravestone

PEERY, Thomas

PECK, ttartba - b ca 1802 (or 1799) Dot Co (census 111532) - d 31 July 1853 Dot
Co - f John WllLKER - m S - cd appoplexy - rep by hus Jacob C PllCK
PECK, Hartin - b ca 1802 Dot Co (1850 Bot Co census #1753) - d 9 /\pr 1854 Bot
Co - f John PECK - m [Susan Mary RINO.E ) - cd abcess - rep by wife Catherine
Anna AMHEN - [Bot Co md, 7 Jan 1833 Martin PECK &amp; Anna AMMEN (Michael) - adm
Anna PECK &amp; A Wll:SSLER
PECK, Mary "Polly" - d by Feb 1829 Bot Co (will,
- son George - bus Lewis PECl, dcc'd

WB

D p599) -

f

Allen JONES

PECK., Sarah RALL - b 1861 - d 188/1 Dot Co - f [RALL) - lst w/o Lucian 0 PECK
- srave Fincastl e Presby cem
PECK, Will. iam - b Oct 1796 - d 11 May 1882 Bot Co - f [John PECt] - m (Susan
Mary fllNKLE) - h/o tumima PECK (1 809-1876 ) - ref Fincastle Presby cravestone

PEERY see Ma-cy LEE, Elizabeth BAKER, Evlio May RILL, Dessie Peery LONG
PE'ERY, Abraham - b ca 1784 [or 1792) Pa [Va) [Census #843] - d 31 Aug 1854 -

Philip PEERY - m Elizabeth - cd old age - rep by wife Polly PEERY - Ex
John PEllRY (11 Sep 1854) wm B PEARY (13 Nov 1854)
f

PEERY, /Ibraham W - b 15 Sep 1842 (census 1850 Bot Co 0687) - d 2 Jan 1916 C Abraham Thomas PEERY (b Va) - m llarriet MAYS (b Va) [md Bot Co 25 Oct 1838]
- h .'o Sarah Louise Baker PEERY [md 4 Dec 1870) - grave Baker-Peery Cem (Rt fl
77o1 - cd sma l l wound infected , arterio sclerosis - [see Eversole file [or
Everso le- ttnker Bible information) (see Cronise scr apbook - 32 for sis
florence mri
PATTERSON]

II -

d by 10 Mar 1862 - adm William PEERY

PEFFLEY see William UORNlJRACER has been marked out; llndrcw BORNDR/\GER, Susan
E GRAYBILL

PENCE see Henry DRESSLER, George WSRllVER
PENDLETON s ee Lucy Jane DOOTR, /Inn G BROGll,

mnlc Fl\Ll.S

PENDLETON , Charles - b ca 1850 Dot Co - d 16 Apr 1859 - age 9y - f Hacacnh
PENDLETON - m [Hary 11] - cd consumption - rep by father
PENDLETON, Edmund, Capt - b ca 1776 - d 10 Sep 1820 IHnchester, Va - ai:e
- rep in "Herald of the Valley" 25 Sep 1820
PEliN see

female l:F.SSINGER

PENN, Charles D - d by 11 Oct 1858 - Ex William J rENN
PENN, Josephine - b en Dec 1834 Bot Co - d 21 Feb 1858 - ar;e 23y 3m - f Richard G llADEN - m [ Eliza) - cd pneumonia - rep by hus Geo S HllN
PENN, Mary II - b en 1835 Bot Co - d l Apr 1857 - f II W BOWYER - rn N - ell
fever - rep by hus Wil li11111 J PENN
PElfN , Stewart D (unnd) - b ca 1821 (or 1827) Bot Co (census 111231) - f 21
Sep 1857 - C PF.N?I - n /Inn - cd drops)' - rep b}' bro Willi:lc J PEN?I - adm
William J PENN

PENSLEY, William 11 - b en 1853 Bot Co - d 20 Sep
Mary - cd summer comp laint - rep by fathe:-

lR ~J

- f .John PF.NSJ,rY - m

PERCY Seo PEARCY
PEERY, Carl W - b 18 Aug 1871 - d 1 feb 1897 - f ( Abraham W eEERY)
fSarah Louise 81\KER ) - grave llaker- Perry Cem (11779)

- m

PBERY, Cassie J - b 26 Aus 18[j7 - d 17 Aug 1907 - f SIZER - w/o James M
PEERY - grave Haymakertown Cem

PEllGRll!N see

Thom~s

t:Vl\llS

l't:RKINSON see Mari ll:irris GORDON
PERRIN, Sarah ll - d by 13 Oct 1851 - El&lt; Ccorcc II CARP1'.'R

PEERY (or PERRY ), Granville - b ca 1842 (census 11889) - d by 12 Aug 1862 - f
James PERRY - m Mary - adm Mary PEERY

"4y

PERRY see R A Kf.El.JNG

�PERRY, JaJIJes - b ca 1819 - d 31 Aug 1859 - age 40y - cd pneumonia - rep by
bro William PERRY - h/o Mary PERRY
PERSINGER see John Franklin ALLEN, Henry DRESSLE'R (or TRESSLER), Eve JOHNSTON,
Joanna LEMON, Mary A MARTIN, William REED, CoTnelius LEMON, David LEMON, Elizabeth LEMMON; George LEMON, Joanna LEMON, Charlott A McPHERSON Bettie J
SIMPSON
'
PERSINGER, Christopher - b by 4 Jan 1802 App, by 8 Dec 1801 Admr Bot Co - f
[maybe Jacob PERSillGEll) - ref WB B pB, app - wife Barbara J?ENCE - admrs Barbara PERSINGER &amp; Moses PERSINGER on 8 Dec 1801
PERSINGER, Jacob - d by 13 Oct 1789 - ref WB A p272, app &amp; admr bond - admr
Thomas KINKEAD
PERSINGER, Jobn - d by Sep 1 822 - ref WB C p368, app - wa c pl68 on 3 Jan
1829; sett lement paid widow (7 Raebel?] ( not named) - Admr John PERSINGER
PERSINGER, Jobn

- d 1870 - adm bond 12 Sep 1870 Pauline A PERSINGER

PERY see PERllY
PEl'ECREW see Wilson BLOUNT, PETIGREH'
PETERS s ee Annie GIDSON, Jacob SPITLER, Estelle 9 ARRINGTON, Catherine BllUGU 1
Benjamin IlBUGR, Daniel BRUGB, David BRUGB, Edward DRUGB, Jacob BRUGB, Joel
!!URGER, Macy BURG~, Marjorie Josephine DEISBER , Lewie D GISH, Ann McDOlillLD,
Edimrd McDONALD, Lura Thomas l'ETTIGREll, Charlotte Adaline SHEETS, Jameo B
TnOMAS, Ava WATKINS, Barbara R B WATICINS , Susan C WATCINS, Willie W WATKINS
i'ETERS, Abraham - b Md [1880 Bot Co census , son Jacob's ps b in Md] - d by
Feb 1817 Bot Co (app) - wi f e Jinny Ann Cl!ITZ (md 1807) - on 7 Apr 1821 ,
orphans , Jacob, Mary 8 Eliza ( all under 14) - Ref W1l C pl 01,263, 438, app 8
settlement - admrs George COPP &amp; Ann PETERS - [His widow md #2 Edward
l1cDONALD
l'ETERS, Ann (\lnmd ) - b ca 1800 Bot Co (census #1547) - d 20 May 1857 Bot Co
wi ll S death bit - age 5 7y - f Jacob PETERS - m [Mary] - cd uakn - r ep by s is
Drusilla GISH - nephew Jacob P nRUGB; als o na metl in wil.l Elizabeth Francis
BRYAN - Adm Jacob P BRUGD ( 8 J une 18 57) - [ Elizabeth Frances BRYAN was d/o
Reubin &amp; Malinda DRYAliT. She was adopted by Ann' s sis Drusilla who md Lewis
GISR. Elizabeth Frances was b 1850 8 md 1867 to Renry DAVIS]
PETERS, Barbara - b 7 Oc t 1805 Bot Co - d 3 Feb 1869 Bot Co de ath bk - age
63y 4m - f Chri stian MOOMAW - m Catherine SNIDER [md 1800 ] - cd apoplexy rep by hus [md 1892] Jacob PETERS (1810- 1896) - r ef Dea th Bk ; llayme kertown
gra·1estone
J&gt;ETERS, Carol i ne L - d 1887 Dot C:o (will ) - f CLINE - 1st: hus COMl'TON; 2nd
hus J acob PETERS - [ ln wi 11 she named her sis e bros ]
PETERS, Charle a F - b 18 Sep 1877 - d 2t. May 1878 - f Benjami.n F PIITERS - m
Sarah P. m1owm.1m - cra ve llaymakertown cem
PETE.HS, Char l es l'lesley - b 15 Apr 1853 Bot Co - d 22 f1ug 1915 Bot Go - f
John (P) PETIDlS (h Aug Co) - m Martha Ann (JOflNSTON) [b Aug Co ) - bur ied
Shiloah Gem - cd metral beart: disease

PETEHS, Edward Johnson - b 15 Mar 18118 Bot Co - d 6 Oct 1916 - f John PETERS
(b Pa) - m Ann (JOIINSON) (b Aug Co) - buried Eagle Rock Cem - cd guangreen
of thii;h &amp; groin - [h/o Martha D (SHEETS) md 1868)
PETERS, Elizabeth AlGlira Josephine - b 11 Nov 1859 - d 31 Aue 1865 - aee Sy
9m 20d - f Edward C PETERS - m Mary DENDERSON [md 1859) - grave Haymakertown
cem

PETERS , Giles [Edgar] - b ca 1861 Craig Co - d 15 July 186f1 - age 3y - f Edmund C PETERS - m Mary HENDERSON [md 1859) - ad diptheria - rep by gf Jacob
PETERS - (erave Haymakertown Cero]
PETERS, Jacob - d 1848 (will) - ch Susannah SP.F.SSARD dec ' d; Nancy (called
Anne) [b 1600}; Drusiller [b 1810); Polly 'ETZLER, &amp; s - i-1 5 John DRUGll &amp; Peter
CRUM - Ref Dor Co WB - [h/o Mary Magdalin EVERSOLE]
PETRRS, Jacob - b l1 July 1810 - d 11 Mar 1896 Bot Co (will) - f Abraham
PETERS - m Jinny Ann CRITZ [md 1807)- h/o /11 llnrbat:n MOOMAW (1607-1869) (md
1832) - ref llaymalter gravestone - h/o (12 Hrs Cnt:oline (CLINE) COMPTON - named
in Jacob PF.TEllS will, 1896 : ch Susan C WAT~NS =Jacob M WATKINS ; Louisa A
SWITZER; Macy E LIPES; Emeline J TIJOM/IS (dec'd) =Laura, Mary &amp; A El' TAOMAS;
E[dward C] ; D[enjamin F] (dec'd) =James A, Frank, Erasmus, Wirt &amp; Rush
PETERS
PETERS, John M - b 2 Feb 1861 - d 15 July 1862 - f B[enjamin] F l'ETERS - m
S[orah] E [BROWNLEE] - grave Raymnkcrtown Cem
PETERS, John W - b oa 1882 Bot Co (by birth oert of dau Mary) - d 1937 Bot
Co lleir list - f [Edward J l'ETERS] - m [Mariert:a B SREETS] - wife Edna ll
PETERS; ch Virginia XESSLER 28 1 Mary PETERS 22; i;s E B GATES Jr lo
PETERS, John ff - b 22 Dec l8t.0 Bot Co - d 8 Apr 1914 - f Thomas PETERS [b Aug
Co] - m Katherine SNYDER [b Bot Co) [md 1840) - buried Mill Creek Cem - cd
bulla paralysis - [h/o Mary VA (BURGER) (md 1869))
PETERS, Josepb A - b ca 1860 - d 1931 Bot Co Heir list - f Thomas PETERS - m
Catherine SNIDER - ls~ wife late A VAUGB; 2nd Nannie S RAGLAND 57; ch Helen
RICE 41 ; John S 39; Harry E 37, George S 31; Minnie L HAUCK 29; Audrey
WAGNER 26
PETERS, Loura A - b 22 Feb 1872 - d 19 Nov. 188t1 - t: ll[enjamin] F PETERS - m
S[arah E BROWNLEE] - snve llnymal&lt;ertown cem
PETERS, t~artha :Francis - b ca 1859 - d 1929 Dot Co (wi ll) lleir lin t - f John
VINES - m Loui se - hus Thomas Oenry l'ETF.RS; ch Rowena llODGES 118; Alice SURVER
115 ; A G loO; Fannie ARRINGTON 37; 11 G 311 I Grace 'fllAXTON 31; Josephine 28
PETERS, Mason W - b ca l 6fo8 Va - d ll Jan 1914 Bo·t Co Cert &amp; will - f [John
PETERS ) - m [Martha JOBNSON) - buded Salt Peter Cave cem - cd Tll - [sis Mrs
Charlotte SIJEETS, bro Henry PETERS, nephew ArtlJur PETERS)
'PETERS, Mildred - b ca 1833 !lot Co - d 2 Mar 1860 - age 27y - f D[avid)
DUNDARD [DRIN~ARD written above] - m Susan - cd fever - rep by hus Phillip
PETERS [md 18511 ]

�PETERS, Sallie - b 2 nee 1528 Aug Co - d 22 Mar 1913 - f Philip PETERS (b
Au g Co) - m Sallie (RHODES) (b Aus Co) - buried Mill Creek cem - cd diabetis
PF.l"tms, Sarah C [or F.] - b 16 Feb 1812 (should be 1642) - d 1.663 - f [Philip
UHOWtn.F.R] - m [llarbara) - w/o ll F Pl:."fERS - srave llaymalcertow n cem
PETERS, Philip ( widower)
(as rc:&gt;p by son Thomas on
74)' - f [ Abram PETERS ] death cert &amp; dau Sallie]

- b ca 1783 census 1850 Bot Co 1/916; ca 1788 Shen Co
de nth recorcl) - d 28 Jan 1862 Bot Co death bk - age
m [ Catherine ZIRKLE] - wife was Sarah RllODES [from
- son Thomas

PETERS, Susan f - b ca 1847 - d 1936 Bot Co Reir list - r Thomas PETERS - m
Catherine SNIDER - dau Edna D PETERS (b ca 1878 [ Aug Co]) - [ Edna B had md
John w PETERS &amp; their dau's birth cert says her mother Edna D wa s b in Aus Co
Pe"TERS, Thomas Oenry - b ca 1845 - d 1922 Bot Co (will) - f Jobn PEI.ERS Martha Ann JORNSON - wife Martha F VINES; ch Arthur G, Oan:y G

ro

!'F.Tl\RS, William Austin (CSA) - b 2l1 Oeo 1835 Rot Co (census 11253) - d 27
J110e 1862 Oaine • s Nill - age 26y 6m 3d - f Jacob PETIIBS - m Ila'Cba'Ca NOOMAW
[md 1832) - cd gun shot wound - 'Cep by father - grave Haymakertown cem - adm
Jocoll PETERS
PETTIGREW see William ANDERSON, George A.n na ANDERSON, Wilson BLOUNT
PETTIGREW, Ada IlOOZE - b 1854 - d 1932 - f [ William] BOOZE JOHNSON - gr ave Fai'Cview cem (Buchanan)

-·
~

::S

z

0

r;'

m [ Hary Jane

PETTIGREW, W J

- b 1854 - d 19211 - grave Fairview Cem (Buchanan)

PET'l'IGREll, Willi11m Griffin - b 11 Ma'C l8l1 3 - d 15 Ap'C 1902 - f [Maubew W
l'lITTIGREW] - m [Paulina DACIClJS) - h/o Lura Thomas l'El'TIGllEW - grave Pettigrew
essamer)
PETTI'r see Lizzie Myrtle DAVIS, Snah J FRANTZ , Katherine J TOOHAS, William
E THOMAS
PHELPS, Amanda - b en 1820 Lynchburg, Va - d Vo Nov 1855 - cd dropsy - rep
by hus Charles PllELI'S
POILIPS see Haggle Caroline DOLLMAN
POILLTI'S, Richard - d by 11 July 1859 - adm Samuel PllILL!PS
PHILLIPS, Samuel - d by J une 1812 - ref WB n p291, will dated 2 Oct 1608 wife Elizabeth ; ch Sau1uel , Richatd, Nancy, Sarah, Elizalleth ; bro John (his
son, Samuel) - others Mary ALDERSON, James WOODS ' son Samuel; (cs 5 named
Samuel beinc sons of his 3 daus)- Ex"?: Samuel PllILIPS
PllIPPS, Joseph - d by 11 Feb 1772 - ref WD A pl2, will dated 7 Dec (717017)
- ch Joshua, Aaron, Caleb, Mary (md Isaac LEWIS [Chester Co, Pa]; Rache l l
(md Owen ASTIN [ of Chester Co, Pa]; Dannab (md Georce Antin [Bot Co) ; Easter
(md _Crosby &amp; h:id Benjamin); Josepb (his ch Jonathan g Anne PHIPPS)
PICO, Jacob C - b ca 1787 Dot Co - d 15 June 1855 - f John PICO - cd (died)
Reading - rep by son, George U PlCll

PETTIGREW, Ashby - b ca 1863 Bo t Co - d 8 July 1867 - ase 4y - f H W PETTIGREl! - m Paulina - cd not known - rep by father

PICKLESIMER see Hartin WADDLE

PETTIGREW, Delia Florence - b 31 July 1875 - d 21 Mar 1940 - w/o John A PE'I'TIGllF.W - grave Galatia cem

PIERCE see tlary Frances KARNS , Thomas RF.F.D
PIFER, E [circled, I written beside E] H (female) - b Dec 1833 Bot Co - &lt;I 2
Nov 1912 Bot Co - f Samuel CRAWFORD (7) - m Jinnie (AUSTIN) (b Dot Co) md
1805 - buried f"aris Chnpel Cem - cd npoplexy

PETTIGREW, Ella D - b 19 Mar 1857 - d 25 May 1943 - f [M W PETTICREW] - m
[Pauline] - grave PettiG'Cew cem (near Bessemer)

ill

PETTIGREW, John A - b 13 Aug 1851 - d 19 Feb 1934 - h/o Delia Florence
PETTIGREW - grave Galatia cem

PIFER, Macgic H - b ca 1865 - d 29 Dec 1878 - nl)c 33y - u/o Jnmcs H l'IFF:ll -

PETTIGREW, Josepha C - b 8 Oct !8lr8 - d 22 Hay 1934 - grave Pet ti gre w cem
(near lless emer )

PILE see nuch ALLf.N

crave

fa~ ily

ceQ·(near Wheatland)

PITZER see Frances JOHNSON, Paulser KTl1nF.IU,1NG, Jnne l:Yl.E: , Willinm m ,F.,
rETTIGREW, Lura Thomas - b 2 Apr 1870 - d 18 Hay 1936 - f [James B T~OMASJ m [F.mr.Ji ne J PETERS] - w/o William G PETTIGRtw - srave Petti grew cem (near
Ressemer)

PILSON see 0_£nnis Rf:l 0

PF:TTtGREW, Mamie A - b 184 1 - d 1926 - (?.rave l'ettigrew cem (near Bessemer)

PINER, ma l e - b 21 May 1656 Uot Co - d 28 May 1656 - f John l'ltlF:ll -

Benjamin WilCll, Jacob l,EHOll, llcnry Oscar l'flYNE, Ann M WF:l,Cll

111

Martha

- rep by father
PETTTGRF.W, Matthew W - b ca 1799 - d lO May 1883 - age 84 - h/o Paulina
Backus PETl'I GREW (d 1891) - grave Pett igre1J Cem ( near Bessemer )
PETTIGREW, Pauline BACIWS - b ca 1824 - d o Apr 1891 "~le l rose" - age 6 7y BAC[IJS - m Dorethea - w/ o Matthew W PETTIGREW - grave Pettigrew cem (near
Bessemer)

PINER, John - h ) May 181'• - d 10 Dec 1902 - h/ o Julia flnn llC'll~tcr rTUf.11 c rave Mt Union ceo
f

PINER, Julia Ann WEnsn:i1 - h 70 Aui; !!Vil - rl 11 Mar 1926 - f WEBSTER - i;/o
Jobo l'HlER - &amp;rave Ml Union Cem

�PINER, Martha Ann (unr.ld) - b ca 1837 Rh Co - d 7 Mar 1856 - f John PINER m Martha - cd cramp colick - rep by father

POAGE, Robert - d by 9 Sep 1788 - ref WB A p261, wi 11 dated 17 July 17117,
adilir bond - wife
; ch William, Robert, John; others Thomas GOODSON ,
Nathan SCOTT - admr Jane POAGE, tlathan SCOTT

PITZER, Catherine n - b ca 1821 All Co - d 5 July 1864 - ace 43y - cd not
knoim - rep by hus A B PITZER

POAGE, Sarah (widow) - d Dec 18119 - age 42y - cd consumption - ref 1650 Dot
Co Mort Schedule

PITZER, Frank - d ca 1854 Bot Co - d l May 1854 - f Robert C PITZER - m D cd pneumonia - rep by father

POBST see Mary Ann GRAYllILL, P11ul D BECmER

PITZER, John - d by Har 1823 (order) - ref WB C p414 app

POLLARD see Josiah S CRAWFORD, Hollie S CRAWFORD, Mary Elizabeth RIE:LEY, P
Pollard SEAY

PITZER, Virginia E L - b ca 1823 Rb Co - d 10 Sep 1854 - age 3ly - f Benjamin
Welch - m Charlotte - cd flux - rep by hue Albert B PITZER - ref Death bk ;
Fincastle Presby gravestone

POLLARD, Ella - b [ca 1876) - d 1930 Bot Co will (WB 4 p278) - lst hus
FLEHM1NG; 2nd hus Dave POLLARD - will named only r"LEMMING ch

PLEC~ER

see John BACICENSTO

POAGUE, George - b ca 1844 Va (census #781) - d 1868 (or by 11 Mar 1862) - f
Georce l'OAGUE - m Sarah - relatives: uncle Samuel GILMORE g son George grave Fincastle Presby cem - ex bond 9 Nov 1868 Jane Ellen POAGUE - adm
Joseph V CA.RPER
POAGE, George - d by 13 Mar 1787 (marked out &amp; Dec 1786 written above) - ref

WD A p250, will dated 20 May 1786, admr bond , WB C pl82 division - Ch Elizabeth (md
SRillKY), Raebel, Margaret, Experience, Mary, George, John (age
6) - admrCeorge POAGE, John POAGE
POAG(E), James - b ca 1830 Bot Co (census #781) - d 15 July 1853 - f George
POAG(E) - m Sarah - cd consump t ion - rep by unc le Samuel GILMORE
POAGUE, James H - b co 1795 Rb Co (census 0630) - d 8 Apr 1864 - age 69y - d
8 Apr 1864 - f James POAGUE - m Acnes - od (sic)information Bowels - •ep by
wife Sarah [D L] POAGUE - adm 15 Mny 1866 Jnmee ROWLAND
POAGE, John - d by 15 Apr 1789 - ref WB A p268, will dated 9 Aue 1788, admr
bond - wife Martbew; oh not named - admr Martha POAGE, George POAGE, John
ALL"EN
POAGUE, John - b ca 1780 - d 11 Aue 1806 - age 26y - f George POAGIJE - wife
Jane (KYLE) (md 02
WOMAC!); son George POAGUE Jr - ref WB D p136; IOI C
p182, 258, app S settlement - Locust Bottom gravestone

,.

POAGUE, John - b ca 1835 Dot Co - d JO Dec 1867 - oge 32y - f George POAGUE
- m Sarah - cd consumption - r ep by f-i-1 J C CIRCLE - h/o C V POAGUE - Ex
13 Apr 1868 Catherine V POAGUE

l'OLLARD, Joe W - d 1918 Bot Co (will) WB 2 pt;52 - ndoptnd dau Roxie POLLARD
- legacy to Mary AG£E (no kinship mentioned) - [a son Jamoo, aged 23, md
1878 Magcie RICOARDSON in Bot Co]
POLLARD, John Henry - b 1 Au&amp; 1867 like Co - d 2 Apr 19"1 llot Co (will , WD 8
p38) - f Sheppard POLLARD - m Sarah SMITIJ - wi.fe Eva Lena (COITTUM) ETTER;
ch, named in obitua-ry Ora CAMPBELL S A~es CRAWFORD
POI.LARD, Mollie - d l9i6 llot Co (will , WB 2 p3ll) - hus Joe W
POLLARD, Rebecca - ti ca 1862 Dot Co - d 15 Aug 1865 Bot Co death bk - ace 3y
Shepherd POLLARD - m Sarah SH1Tll (marked out , Eliznbetb PARRISD written
above) - cd erysipelas - rep by father
- f

POLLSON see PAULSON
FOOL, Adaline
b ca 1836 Bot Co - d 2lo Aue 1862 - n&amp;Cl 26y - f George W HORRIS - m Susan - cd £ever - rep by mother - w/o D L POOL
roOJ.E, Georcic D - b 14 June 189l1 Eagle Rock Daptist cem

d

8 Jan 1906 - f J E POOLE - m S J - ref

POOLE, Mary Alice - b 1877 - d 1904 - f POWELL - w/o R I POOLE - ref P.agle
Rock Southern Methodist cem
FOl'PAW see PAWl'AW
POPPA'll, l\lexnnder - b [ca 18117 (census 18SO not Co 11985)] - d 2 Mar 1865 - f
(John rOPPAW) - m [Mary ) - cd ncc1dently shot by John SllEA - ref inquest
papers
POPPl\W, S:ilJlon - d by 9 Mar 1881 - cd head bent in - ref inquest paper

POAGUE, John Robert F.ugene - b 14 Oct 1812 Va - d 8 Dec 1913 - f John Sandy
l'OACUE (b Va) - m Lillie Sophia (llOllS'ER) (b Va) - buried Flaherty burial
cround - cd pneumonia

PORTER

5

ee Thomas EVANS, Eve JOONSTON, DO'rothy Lee SH1Tll

POAGE, Joseph r. (or R) - b ca 1839 Va (census 11781) - d by 11 Mar 1862 - f
Geor 6 c l'OAGUE - m Sarah - uncle Samuel GD.MORE - adm Joseph V CARPER

PORTER, Otis Earle - b 12 Aug 1912 Bot Co - d 1 Oct 1913 - f Thomas PORTER
(b llot Co) - m Cora {AYERS) (b Dot Co) - b=ied Buchanan Cem - cd cerebral
meningitis

POAGE, Marietta (eincle) - d f'eb 1850 - age 18y - cd fever - ref Do t Co Mort
for 1850

PORTER, Stuat:t c - b 27 June 1861 l~ythe Co, Va - ti l Jan 1913
Roanoke Com - od crus hed by Roilwoy oo-r - rl!f inquest popnrs

Schedule

..' ·

,

- buried in

�PRATT see Micl1ael FESTLER

l'Ol\TER , William Mitcbeit PORTlill

rl by

8 June 1790 - ref HB A p284, app S admr bond - admr
PREAS see Winfrey Haymond HODGES
Pllf:DLE, Margaret (unmd) - b ca 1839 Bot C'o - d 24 Mal' 1859 - aee ZOy - ·f
Thomas PREULE - m Sarah - cd 11neumonia - rep by father

?OT'rRn see Hattie UORYERS
POTTS see Absalom LOONEY, Joseph SNODGRASS

PRESTON see Samuel AMYX, Susan RADFORD, Sarao R UOWYER

POTTS , Amos - d by 10 Aug 1780 - ref WD A pl2 1 1 will dated 26 June 1780,
adnir bond - w1.fe Dannab; ch John, Nathan &amp; others not named - admr flannab
POTTS , John DOLLAR

1'RES1'0N, Jane - d by July 1813 - ref WD B p341, 1:ill dated 30 May 1811 - hus
ThomaG PRESTON dec'd; oh Polly 1 Thomas

POTTS, John - d by 9 Aug 1781 - ref wn A pl47, app &amp; admr bond - on 11 Dec
1783 orphans (all under 14) Joseph, Sarah, Tiannah, Jobn - admr Rebecca POTTS
POTTS, Nathan - d by 9 Oct 1777 - ref WB A plO l, app &amp; admr bond - on 14 Aug
1783 orphan Rebecca (bound out): on 9 Nar 1785 orphans Susan, Ann, Benry
(a11 under 14) - admr Amos POTTS
POWELi see Charl~s Powell MOSELY, Emma Katherine MOSELY, William Reginald
MOSELY , Mary Alice POOLE

Pl\f:STON, John - b 1762 - d 1827 Bot Co - £ Col William l'J\F.STON - m Susannah
SMI'l'R - wife f.11 Mary l\ADFORD (d 1810); wife 112 - buried family cern on Greenfield
PRESTON, John - d by 1807 Bot Co - f [Thomas l'RESTON, d ca 1808) - m [Jane]
- ref WB D p24l1, r-iil.l dated 17 Jun e 1806 - bro Thomas, sis 5 Anne, Mary;
others Robert PRESTON

pOWELL, D - d by 5 Apr 1910 - od drowned - ref inquest papers

l'RES'l'ON, John Breckenridge - d by Dec 1833 (in Darren Co, Ky) - f John 'PRESTON (had Carvine Cove land) - ref WB E p512 , will dated 1 Aug 1832 - wife
Susan F; father John

POHRLL, Eleanor May - b 8 Sep 1915 Bot Co - d 7 Mar 1916 - f J E POWELL (b
Va ) - m Lillie (SHOWALTER) (b Bot Co) - buried Trout:vllle Cem - cd Lagr ippe

PRESTON, Thomas - d by Apr 1808 - ref HB n pl80 , will dated 11 May 1807 wife Jane; ch Thomas, Anne , Mary, Jane (md [Isaac] SNODGRASS), John dec 'd

POWELL, Nancy - b ca 1853 Bot Co - d
c d not !mown - father

l

Jan 1854 - f Alfred ff POWELL - m P

-

POWE'L).., Sarah E - b ca 1845 Bed Co - d 27 Sep 1867 - age 22y - f nenry A
POWELL - m Martba A - cd newralgia stomach - rep by fa ther
POWELL, IU Uiam n ( llnmd) - b ca Mar 1832 Jennings Creek, Bot Co - d 26 Sep
1861 "in the Arny" - age 29y 6m - £ Josiah POWELL (census 111065) - m Catherine - cd measles - rep by mother - adm John P E MARKHAM

Pl\IDBLE, George II - b ca 1820 Va (census 11695) - d by 11 Feb 1861 - Ex
George P DEATON
PRICE sec John TAYLOR, nenr:y WAX, Eliza Jane lfELSON
l'RICE, Eliza lludsill - b 25 or 15 Apr 1805 or 1804 - d 15 Mar 1899 or 1890 f RUDISILL - 1&lt;/o John M PRICE (1797-1855) - ref Fl.ncaGtle 1'rusby sravestone
PRICE, Farrell L - b 6 }lay 1884 - d 10 M;ir 1886 - f Rev P B PRlCE - m Martha
B - grave Amsterdam Com

POWERS see Maggie Caroline DOLLMAN
POWERS, Catherine - d 9 Jan 1823 - rep in "Herald of the Valley"
1823 - w/ o John POWE'llS

11 Jan

POlfERS, John - b c a l790 Va (c e nsus itl402) - d by 10 Sep 1855 - adm Joseph p
Gaunt
POlfF.RS, Martha E
b c a 185 7 Bot Co - d 7 Nov 1864 - age 7y Om 23d Charles M POWERS - m Nary - cd di p theria - r ep by f ather
POWERS , Nancy (widow ) - b c a 1757 l(ing William Co, Va - (or 1768, census
d S De c 1861 - a ge 104y - f John EDWARDS - m E - cd old age - r ep
liy da u Miss
WAGONER

PRICE, Geori:c S - b 1 June 1841 - d Feb 1863 - cd killed in battle - ref
Fincaste Presby gravestone
PRICE, John n - b 20 Oct 1832 - d 6 Mar 1865 - ref Fincastle
stone - adm ll Mat: 1867 James TI 11 FIGGAT

P rc~lly

crave-

l'RICE, J ohn D (marked ou t, replaced i&lt;i.th H) - b 3 or 5 Se p 1797 Prin ce falward Co (c ensus ~ 1 2 7 8 ) - d 5 Sep 1855 Fincastle - cd dro pscy - r ef ~i n c a ~ tlP
Pre s by ;;ravestone ; tl~a tl1 bl&lt; - h/o Eliza PRICE ( 1 805 - 1899)
re p by son John
11 PRICE - Ex John R PRICE &amp; Robert D NELSON (10 Sep l BS '&gt;) - F.x lfi Ser lRn R
James II 11 FIGGATT

!lll1(12) -

POWERS, Sarah E - b c&lt;i la60 Bot Co - d 2li Oct l61i4 - age Sy 41n - f Charles M
POWERS - m Mary - cd di ptheria - rep by father
POWERS, Yancey - d by 10 Dec 1816 ( dau called an orphan) - dau Mary (under 14)

Pl\ICt:, Paulina ~locton - b 26 S~p 1831; Finca s tl e: - cl 9 M:iy 1915 - f John H
PHJCE
Pr f.d Co , Va) - m Eli7.;i (HUllTSIJ.L) (b Fin c a s tl e) - bu ci cd l'incastl c
cem - cd cnrdiac as thma

rb

PR ICE, Robert James - b 18 June 18116 r.ile s Co - d 15 Jul r 19 17 - f John r!IICE
(b Gile s Co ) - m Jo,;ephinc (ROCK) (b GilP. • Co ) - bu1· icrl n111,. lti tll:I' c:orn - e ll
valvular heart lesion

�PRICE, Sarah - d by ll Dec 1854 - ex Willi am B DOU'IHAT
PRICE, Sophie M (widow) - b Va - d Jan 1850 - age 61 - cd cold - Ref 1850
Dot Co Mort Schedule

PULLEN, J ohn W - b 15 Feb 1841 - d 28 Apr 1902 - f [Samuel PULLEN) - m [Mnry
DEISfiER) - h/o Hnry M WILHELM PULLEN (d 1912) - crave Mt Mariah Lutheran oem
PULLEN, Lucile - b 26 Apr 1916 Eagle Rock - d 26 Aug 1917 - f D t PULLEN (b

PRICE, Thomas - d by 1823 - ref WB C p382, will dated 5 Oct 1820 - wife Mar garet; ch (lo by last wife) &amp; Sophia (md Jacob PRICE); Madoriab, Acnes , Rebecca
(md John BANJ:); Polly (md _SCOTT ); Sarah (md _ LIITLEPACE); Mar garet
(md
BENNETT); Thompson; gs Alfred ROLSTON; wife's bro Thomas BEARD
PRICE, William J - b 15 Jan 1826 - d 12 Jan 1898 - grave Presby cem at
Fincastle

Eagle Rock) - m Mattie (BROUCflMAN) (b Bot Co) - buried Shiloah cem - cd
illes- colitis

PULLEN, Hanerva S - b ca 1850 Bot Co - d 13 July 1866 - age 16y - f Wi lliam
PULLEN - m Mary - cd fever - rep by father

Pl\IllCE, Peter - d by 13 Feb 1796 - ref WB A p424, app

PULLEN, Mary M Wilhelm - b 9 or 2 May 1844 Bot Co - d 17 July 1912 - f J obn
WILHELM (PULLEN has been marked out) - m Cathern (DANCER) (b Rb Co) - buried
Mt Moriah oem - cd dysentary - \.l/o J ohn WPULLEN

PRITCRARD, Dezeki ab A - b ca 1638 - d 27 May 1862 Petersburg, Va - age 24y f Alexander l'RITCRARD - m Eliza - cd typhoid fever - rep by mother

l'ULLEll, Nancy - b 31 AU6 1818 - d 1 May 1904 - w/o William PULLEN - ref Allen
-Carper cem (near ruins old Allen house)

PRITCHARD, Mary - b ca 1846 Shen Co - d 21 June 1862 - age 16y 2m - f Alexander PRITCHARD - m El iza - cd diptheria - rep by mother

PULLEN, Robert P - b 16 May 1873 - d 29 Mnr 1901 - nrnve Mt Mari ah Lutheran
cem

PRITCDARD, Sarah - b ca 1849 Shen Co - d 21 June 1862 - age 13y PRITCRARD - m Eliza - cd diptheria - rep by mother

c

f

Alexander

PROCTOR see Peter l'IRICBT
PR~

see William R CARNER, maybe Pugh

PULLEN, Vir ginia Al~a - b 9 Aug 1914 Eagle Rock - d 28 Mar 1916 - f M[elvin]
PULLEN (b Bot Co) - m Mabel C ( Lll'ES) (b Dot Co) - buried Eagle Rock Cem cd infantum fever
PULLEN, William - b July 1810 ruins old Allen Home)

d

21 July 1878 - ref Allen-Carpctc cem (near

PRUNER oee Fannie FOSTER

PURlS (or l'ARICS) , Jane (colored) - b ca 1795 Va (census 1/1293) 1857 - ex Ezekiel MAYREll'

PRYOR, Luke - d by 11 Oct 1785 (7) - ref WB A p233, will dated 16 Jan 1765 \.life Suenn; ch, unborn; btcos John, Jooeph, Luke, Samuel dec'd; nephe.., Samuel
HlTCRELL - admr Susatllla "fRYOR, Samuel MITCHELL

PURSLEY see Rebecca THOMAS

PRYOR, Richard I - b 10 Apr 1804 - d 23 Dec 1663 - grave Mill Creek cem
PUCH see maybe PRURE, William R

C~RRER

d

by 9 Nov

PURSLY, male - b 27 Dec 1655 Bot Co - d 27 Dec 1855 - f J ohn PURSLEY - m
Mary - cd born dead - rep by father
l'URSLEY, Ceorcc - b ca Dec 1866 Bot Co - d 12 Dec 1867 - age 12tn PURSLEY - m Narcissa - cd not known - rep by uncle John I:ERN

f

Douglas

PUCn, Wlyses S - b 19 June 1891 Floyd Co - d 30 June 1916 - f Wyl ey M PUCR
(b Floyd Co) - m Sarah DICKERSON (b Floyd Co) - buried Troutville cern - cd
chronic rnyocarditis

PURSLEY, John A - b ca 1655 Dot Co - d 10 Oct 1856 - f John PURSLEY - m Mary
cd flux - rep by father

PULLF.N see

femal e AUSTIN, John L WRICOTSMAN

l'URSLEY , J ohn C - h ca 1855 not Co - d 24 Oct 1860 - age Sy PURSLEY - m E - cd soar throat - r ep by father

PULLEN,

- d by 8 June 1840 (son called an orphan) - son John

PULl.EN, male - b 6 July 1856 Dot Co - d 7 July 1856 - f Samuel PULL'EN - m
Mary - cd not known
J&gt;ULLEtl, Almore - b ca 1842 Bot Co - d 19 Apr 1855 - f Samuel PULl.EN - m Mary
- cd Sain Vit. Dance - rep by father
l'UJ,LE?l, Emma Alice - b 16 Jen 1855 Bot Co - d 24 Jan 1916 - f J ohn SREETS (b
Bot Cn) - m Mary Jane (RA14!LTON) (b Bot Co) - buried Eagle Rock cem - cd
orcmin e par~lysis

f

Oaden

PURSLEY, Mary C - b 22 Oct 1639 Dot Co - d 25 Apr 1917 - f Carrison (b Ireland) - m not k.nown - buried Bethel cem - cd valvular heart disease
PURSLEY, Samuel A - b ca 1846 Dot Co - d 24 Au a 1860 - age 12y PURSLEY - m E - Cd SOOT lhront - rep by father

f

Daden

PURSLY, Sarah E - b ca 1854 - d l Apr 1855 - f WilliaJD l'UllSLY - m Levi.so
(Mary has been mor~ed out) - cd not nown - rep by father

�QUICKLE

see Ocnry DllESSLER (or TRESSLER)

l'IJIU:N, John H - b 15 Feb 1841 - d 28 Apr 1902 - f [Samuel PUT.LEN] - m [Mary

OEISllRl\] - h/o Mary M Hil.AF:LM Plll.l.EN (d 1912) - grave Nt Mariah Lutheran cem

QUISENBURY

see Josiah

s

CRAWFORD

l'IJl.t.l\N, t.uoile - b 26 Apr 1916 Ea.ale Rock - d 26 Aue 19l7 - f HT, l'ULLEN (b

E:1cle Rock) - m Mattie (UROUGlfMAN) (b Do t Co) - buried Sh!lo3h cem - cd
i.t !es-col Hii;
pUl,LEN. Hanerva S - b ca 1850 Uot Co - d 13 July 1866 - nee 16y - f William
PULLEN - m Mary - cd fever - rep by father
PULLEN, Hary H Wilhelm

RADER sec Laura 1\ettea REYNOLDS , Eli,zabetb RRUGO Ill , Almer ROWELL, Benry C
DAKER, Daniel DRUGll , Effiah DRUGU, Elizabeth DllUGll 1/2, Ellen f BllOGll, Jolin
DRUGO, William R DRUGD, Ann Drugb KESSLER, 61izobeth 8 Jl:ESSLER, Ko.te llt:UCh
LEMON, Eliza Jane LINKF.NIJOKEll, Cassie Rader NAU, Georce 0 P/IYNTOR, Cary L
STYNE, Dcster STYNE, Dr llazel WILLIAMS

- b 9 or 2 May 18"4 Bot C-0 - d l 7 Ju ly 1912 - f John

WILHELM (PULLE!I has been marked out] - m Cathern {RANGER) (b Rb Co) - buried
Mt Moriah cem - cd dysentary - w/o J o hn W PULLEN

RADER, infant - b ca 9 Sep 1861 - d 21 Oct 1861 - ace lm l2d - f Adam RADER
- m £ve - rep by cf Samuel RADER

POLLEN, Nancy - b 31 Aug 1818 - d l May 190t. - w/ o William PULLEN - ref Allen
-Carper cem (near ruins old Allen house)

RADER, male - b 5 Apr 1917 Dot Co - d 5 Apr 19 17 - f Harry R RADER (b Dot Co)
- m nertha (SIMMON) (b Mont Co) - buried Troutville cem - cd born dead

PULLEN, llobert P - b 16 Hay 1873 - d 29 Mar 1901 - grave Ht Mariah Luthernn
cem

nADRR, Adam (sometimes spelled RAYDER) - d by Dec 1817 (order) - ref HD C
pl54 , 556, opp g settlement - Do lo July 1823 orphans Denjo.min &amp; David (both
under l/1) - admt:s Mary HADER, Abraham RADER

PULLEN, Virginia Alma - b 9 Aug 1914 Eagle Rock - d 28 Har 1916 - f M[elvin]
G PULLEN (b Bot Co) - m Mabel C (LIPES) {b Bot Co) - buried Eacle Rock Cem cd infantum fever

RADER, Ann Watkins - b 1 Mar 1828 - d 13 Mar 1909 Dot Co - f [ Moses] WATKINS

PULLEN, Willirun - b July 1810 - d 21 July 1878 - re f Allen-Carper cem (near
ruins old Allen Home)

RADER , Annie McDONALD - b 1858 - d 1931 - f McDONALD - u/o Charles Oammond
RADER - &amp;rave Mt Union cem

PlJRKS (or PARKS), Jane (colored) - b ca 1795 Va (census 91293) - d by 9 Nov
1857 - ex Ezekiel MAYDEW

RADER, Asa Edi;nr - b ca Oct 1859 Bot Co - d 16 Mar 1860 - :ice Sm 20d - f
Daniel K RADER - m Frances - cd thrash - rep by father

~

PURSLEY see Rebecca THOMAS

RADEU,

~

PtmSI.Y, male - b 27 Dec 1855 !lot Co - d 27 Dec lBS5 - r John PURSLEY - m
Mary - cd born dead - rep by father

-·

=
"Z
...
~
Cl&gt;

PURSLEY, George - b ca Dec t866 Bot Co - d 12 Dec 1867 - age 12m - f Dougl.as
PURSLF.Y - m Narcissa - cd not known - rep by uncle John lll:RN
PURSLEY, John A - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 10 Oct 1856 - f John PURSLEY - m Mary
cd flux - rep by father
PURSLEY, John C - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 24 Oct 1860 - age Sy - f Raden
m E - cd soar throat - rep by father

r1msu:v -

PURSLEY, Mary C - b 22 Oct 1839 Sot Co - d 25 Apr 1917 - f Garrison (b IrelancJ) - 1n not known - buried Bethel cem - cd valvular heart disease
PUllSLEY, Samuel A - b ca l BLiS Bot Co - d 24 i\ug l 860 - age Uy - f !laden
PlJRSLm' - m E - cd soar throat - rep by father
Pl1RSLY, Sarah E - b ca 185t. - d I Apr 1855 - f William PURSLY - m Levisa
(Mary has been marked out) - cd not nown - rep by father

- m [ Anna DAIRD] - 2nd w/o David RADE'R - gr ave Brick Union Cem

Barbara - b 6 Mar 1805 - d 28 Sep 1895 or 23 Sep
22d - w/o Abraham llADEH - ref Orick Union cravcstonc

1885 -

aGe 90y 6m

RADER , neulah Sarah - b en 1904 - d 9 Jan 191\5 Troutville - age Bly - (
llEDOLE - hus Cecil RADER - ch Ellen (md
WtCnEN, her ch Rev Christopher &amp;
Erie); sis 5 D;iphne (md _
McDANIEL), Rheba \IEODLE - buried Hill Creek cem
RAUER, Catherine C -b 1 Aue 1832 - d 14 Sep 1907 - f Gcorcc E CAliI'f.R - m
Sarah LITrRAL - w/o llillia.m R RADER {1826- 1910) - ref Brick Union gr avestone
1\J\DER, Cephas - b 26 Nov 1872 - d 9 i\{lr 1912 - f David Rl\DER - :-: Ann - h/o
Nettie GRADY - ernvc Brick Un ion Cem
RADF.R, Charles 11.immond - b 18)3 - cl 1890 - h/o Annie McDONALD lli\DER -

l1t Union

(;t' JVP

CCIII

l\AllF.R, Ch:u:lottc - d

c~

19 10 - ref llnrcr.onlrd wil l filed In "for 1;an1 o f lilx"

RADER, Cora A 11 - h ca 1863 ilot Co - d 27 O~c 1765 - ;ir,c 2y 9m - f Daniel K
RADER - :n F A - cd di i.•t ht'ria - rep by fa th er
RADER, Daniel

K

(CSA) -

b

18 Aue

1823 - d

29 Aue 188" - c;nive

RADER, Edwin - b 7 Apr 1880 - d 19 Apr 1925 - f J S RADER Brick Union 6ravcstonc

r.i

~!t

Union

Crr&gt;

Hollie - rrf

�RADER, El!lllla KERN - b 21 June 1857 - d 26 Nov 1918 - f KERN - w/o H Woodson
RADER - grave Brick Union cem

RADER, Susan - b 18 Dec 1801 - d 14 Jon 1881 - f John KESSLER - m Elizabeth
- w/o George W RADER (1797-1894) - ref Drick Union gravestone

RADER, Frances F - b 7 Oct 1832 - d 11 Mar 1867 - f OLDS - w/o John IC RAOt'R
(1823-1860) - ref Brick Union gravestone - adm 8 Apr 1867 Robert R LUNSFORD

RADER, William narvc - b lli Feb 1855 - d " May 1932 - h/o Luce CUSTER grave Mt Union cem - bro of Charles Hammond RADER

7

RADER, Frances Ann - b 15 Nov 1828 All Co - d 20 Dec 1912 - f Samuel BROWN
- m 7 (7) 7 - buried Haymakertown cem - cd arturo sclerosis

RADER, William Rowland (CSA) - b 26 Aug 1826 - 22 Jan 1910 - f Georee W
RADER - h/o Catherine C RADER (1832-1907) - ref Orick Union gravestone

R/IDER, George £d11ard - b 11 Sep 1853 - d 30 Jan 1929 - f ll Rowland RADER - m
Catherine - h/o Lou E RADER (1854-1939) - ref Brick Union gravestone

RADFORD see Sarah R BOWYER, John J SlfITD

RADER, Georce Washington - b 14 June 1797 - d 9 May 1894 - h/o Susan RADER

RADFORD , Susan - b ca 1804 Mont Co - d 16 Jan 1857 - f John PRESTON - cd
disease of heart - rep by hus William M RADFORD

( 1801-1881) - ref Brick Union gravestone
HADER, James Brown - b 29 Aug 1858 - d 15 May 1886 or 1880 - £ J
F S - ref Brick Union gravestone

It RADER -

m

RADER, Jerrey S /Jeremiah - b 23 Mar 1850 Bot Co - d 23 Nov 1915 or 25 Nov f Samuel RADER (b Va) - m [Sarah } Sallie (BRUGR) (b Va) - buried Brick Union
cem - cd fell out of buggy - [Ref Death cert; Brick Union gravestone; h/o
Mollie £ RADER (1860-1939)
RADER, John F - b 13 Dec 1816 - d ll1 Nov 1895 (obituary in Croniee Scrapbook
p47) - f Abraham RADER - m Barbara rt:SSLER - h/o Sarah Jane RADER (1835-1903)
- ref Brick Union gravestone - only dau
md W B SRAY
RADER, John
June 181i0 (1632-1.867)
- [see also

(census II 1739) - d 10
Frances (Ot.US) RADEll
- ref Drick Union 6t'l\Vestone - adm William n RADER (9 July 1860)
Old Bot Co Newspaper book, p40)

K (Lutheran minister) - b 11 Sep 1823 Va
f Geo~r;e W RADJIB - m Susan KESSJ.lIB - wife

RJIDER, Lee Carter - b ca 1861 Dot Co - d 15 A~r 1862 - age 9m 15d - f David
(written above is Daniel) RADER - m Frances - cd croup - rep by father

RAGSDALE see Frank DOOLEY
RAINES, William (widower) - b ca 1810 Spotts Co (census 01373) - d 13 Nov
1858 [or 1857) - age 59y - cd disease of henrt - rep by friend James H
FIGGATT - adm Green J/IMES (7 8 Nov 1858)
RALSTON see James MOORE
RALSTON, Andrew - d by 13 Aug 1776 - ref admr bond - ndmr Elizabeth RALSTON,
William CRAIG
RALSTON, John (Continental soldier) - d by 10 Dec 1779 (oh to be supported)
- wife Mary; ch (not named)
RALSTON, Llizahcth Ft:nnceo - b 2 Sep 1863 - d 2l Moy 1916 - ref Lemontown
crnvestone
l\J\MSEY 1 Mary Edieth - b 25 Dec 1916 Bot Co - d 27 Doc 1916 - f E L RAMSEY (b

Va) - m Mary (DARVIE) (h Bot Co) - buried Troutville cem - cd broncal
pneumonia

RADER, Lou E - b 13 or 3 Hay 1854 - d 26 Apr 1939 - f Isaac KESSLER - m Elizabetb R/IOER - 11/0 George E RADER (1853-1929) - ref Brick Union gravestone

RANDALL, Lucy F - b 29 Apr 1917 Bot Co - d 9 May 1917 - C D W RAND/ILL - m
llmeba (DUMl'IIBIES) (b Vo) - buried Grottoes cem - cd hemotrice

Woodson - b 20 llov 1853 - d 17 Jan 1938 - f David RADER - m /Inn
h/o Emma Kern RADER - grave Brick Union cem

RllPPS see W U SDORTER

RADEil, 11

15 l1uc 1835 - d 20 Mar 1920 ref Uri ck Union crave stone

R/\f&gt;ER, Haria - b

f

-

Samuel. n/\Dlffi - m Sarah -

RADER, Mollie E &lt;real name Mary Elizabeth DOWER R/IDER) - b 9 Apr 1860 - d 9
Sep 1939 - ! DOWER - w/o Jeremiah RADER (1650-1915) - ref Brick Onion cravestono
RADF.R, flettie GRADY - b 12 Feb 1879 - d 1 Nov 1907 - f Gn/IDY - w/o Cephas
RADEi\ - crave Brick IJnion cem

RAYlJER sec RADER
RllNFRO see RENTFllO

!\Elin see -SEED, REID, Snrah 'UISROP, Hatild:i Moy CllDD
REED, female - b 30 Oct 1916 Troutville - d 30 Oct 1916 - f Elmer M RE/ID (b
Mont Co) - m Manila (DEEL) (b Bot Co) - buried 1'routville cem - cd 7Minel
nort i a7
RE/ID, John - d by 14 Jan 1Bl6 (son called an orphan) - son Joseph {under 14)

RllUER, Sarah - b 14 Dec 1837 - d ll1 Aug 1893 - f Samuel RADER - rn Sarnh rer Dricl1 Union gravestone
JtllUF.R , Sarah Jane - b 8 Sep 1835 - d 28 June 190'.l - f FELLERS - w/o John
n11mm (1816-11!9:.) - ref Brio!\ Unlon Gravestone

RtllDF.R see Cornelius RUDDELL
REDURN see Georr,e GREEN

�-·UEDDINGER see Catberine SIZER
REESE see
REDMAN see Mary /\ LUGA!\,

DONALD , female FAIRCflILD

male LINKENBOICER, James Watson LINICENilOKER

REDMA'tl, Jonathan (sing le) - b Va - d Dec 184'9 - age 96 - cd killed - ref
1850 Bo t Co Nort Schedule

REESE , James tt - b 11 Apr 1885 !Jlaoksburg , Mont Co, Va - d 11 Mar 1915 Dot Co
Anderson REESE (b Va) - m Marie 1' (To\YLOR ) (b Va) - buried Shawsvil le
Cem - od TB

REmtAN, Naocy - d by 9 Nov 1807 - ref WB D pl64 , app

REESE, Mary F - b 1849 - d 1929 - crave Foutz Cem (near llonsack)

- f

R£DMO):ID, Mary A.n nie - b Oct 1858 Craig Co - d 24 Nay 1917 - f Thomas ELMORE
(b Craig Co) - ru not lrno1m - buried Fincastle oem - cd or(lanic heart disease

REID see READ, REED, Elizabeth GARRF:rr, Fannie A BRYAN, Saral1 Vi.rginia CRUSD,
Roy Lewis ICING, CbaTles T 1.1\YMAN , Jaoob M LEMON, Martha J LEMON, Florence M
M.llYS, James MAYS Ill, Jnmes MAYS 112 , Joseph R HAYS, Mary R MAYS, Robert MAYS,
Thomas MAYS, Samuel NOFSINGER , James ROI/LAND, Mrs Emma TUCKER

REED see !U'AD, REID, John GOODWIN, Thomas GOODWIN, Sarah TROUT, Elizabeth
ADAMS, George W ADAMS, Robert ANDERSON

REID, Charles E (duplicate card) - b ca 1851 Bot Co - d 3 Nov 18Sl1 - f John
REID - m narriet - cd scarlet fever - rep by father

RRED, Charles E - b ca Na_y 1851 - d 3 Nov 1854 Bot Co death bk - age 3y 6m f .John REED - m. Harriet

HEID, Dennis - b 7 tla• 1851 Bot Co - d 25 Aug 1912 Dot Co oert - f Jonathan
REID (b Bot Co) - m Sarah Jane PILSON (b Dot Co) - buried Amsterdam Cem - cd
chronic dysentary

REDMOND see

~ary

Susan WORTH

REJID, Frederick - d by Oct 1827 (Bot Co, Will, WD 0 p410) - ref WB D p410
will dated Nov 1822 - wife Barbara; ch John dec ' d, Ca1:bedne [ dec'd ] (rod
AUNSl'AUG8: her son Frederick); Jacob; gdau Elizabeth (md James TnOtv.S)

REED, Jacob - d 1836 Bot Co WB E p831, 894, app 8 division of land - wife
Nancy TflOMAS ; ch Eliza (md Andrew READ), John, Catherine, Ann, Mary (md Newton SWITZER), Jacob, Bevaline, Fredericlt - [had land on C;aig ' s Creek]
REED, Joseph, Rev (of Bath Co) - d by 21 Oct 1812 Bot Co - ref WB B p330,
app g settlement - h/o Lily (THOMAS) (rod 2 Jan 1806) - adnn:s Fl:ancis !ROMAS,
Liley REED

REID, John - b ca 1797 Va Census 111206 - d by 12 Mar 1866 - h/o Rebecca JUPES
- oh (from census) George W, Martha J, Sarah E, Samuel A, James A, John E,
l'auline A, Andre'W L , William I. - adm Geo W JIEID 8 Abraham SAVILLE
REID, John Edward - b 30 Mar 18l17 Oriskany, Bot Co - d 20 Jan 1917 - f Andrew
REID (b Rb Co) - m Eliza (RF.ID) (b Oriskany) [md 1826] - buried Oriskany cem
- cd TD of f lesh 8 skin
HEID, Julius - d llo Nov (no date) Craig's Creek, Bot Co - ase l7y - f Benjamin
llEID - obituary in Cronise scrapbool1 18 (not elated)

1\EED, Nancy (widow) - b ca 1777 (census 1850 Bot Co fll213) - d 1858 Bot Co
will, lffi K p234 - £ WiUiam TOOMAS (d by 1858, named in Nancy's will) - ch
Catherine (md Samuel CRAWFORD), Mary (md Newton SWITZER) , Devalioe (md ~ever­
ley TUCKER, their dau Mary); Eliza (md Andrew UEED); Ann (md Geo ff CALDllELL ~,
Frederick , Jacob (md Susan~); John dec ' d - ( la te hus Jacob R'E'ED]

REID, Martha R - b ca 1826 - d 20 Dec 1850 not Co - ace 211y - f John GOODWIN
- w/o WilliDJn J REID - ref Goodwin cem (over river from Mays cem)

REED, Samuel - d by 8 Jan 1793 Bot Co will - ref WB B p'.349, will dated 22
Oct 1 792, admr bond - ch Samuel, William, Michael, Nancy, Rachel , Elizab eth
( md
TELFORD); Sarah (md
RICRARDSON); Jane (
CflARTER); Margaret
(md
GOODSON); John - admi=""Sarnue l REED

Re!D, William (duplicate card) - d 25 Dec 1820, fell from bridge, 1 mile
from Pattonsburg - ref "Herald of the Valley" l Jan 1821; \ill C p'.l15 , app

REED, Thomas - d by Sep 1827 Bot Co will - ref \~B 0 p396, will da.ted 12 July
1 8 27 - ch Martha (md [Thomas] GOODEN, her dau Mary A); Ann (md
LYNSEY),
Mary (md [J ames ) MAYS, her dau Flo:;;nce) ; Easter (md [M atthew} MAYS, her dau
Florence) - others Catherine PIERCE, Madison PIERCE

REMLEY, Samuel - b ca 1859 Dot Co -d 15 July 1862 - ace 3y - f James A
HEMLEY - m Frances - cd inflamation of bra in - rep hy father

REED, William - d by Dec 1805 - ref WB B pl2l, &gt;1i1l dated J Aug 1805 - wife
Ru1:he; ch William, John, Sa-rah (md
McMULLEN); Ruth (md
NEW); Anne
( rod
KNOX); Margaret ( md [ Jacob]-PEnSINGER); Rebekah (md·- - NYSONGER);
Thomas-:- Mary (md
HMBERLING ); Archibald - Exr widow &amp; Jacob PERSINGER

RENTFRO, William - o by 8 Sep, market! ou t, written auovl' 9 June 178 ? - ref
HB A p270, will dated 20 Feb 1789, aumr bond - rclJtives, other s l'atrick
LEMON, John TAGENT, James NAN - admr l'atrick LEMON

REID , Nancy (duplicate card) - b ca 1777 Ve (cens11s 111213) - d by 12 Apr
1858 - Ex Frederick RELD

REILEY see RrELEY

REN(T)FRO see Esther LOON'EY

RETI'lNGEl\, David - d 1869 - adm b9nd 13 Sep 1869 Sheriff JOllNSON
REED, William - d 25 Pee 1820 Bot Co (obituary in Herald of Va lley) - wife
several ch - cd fell from bridge, one mi l e from Buchanan &amp; drowned

REYNOLDS see Lodowick TnOHAS, John LOONEY Jr, Col Ceorge llAl.KF.11 Sr

�REYNOLDS, Ax:chelius - b ca 1775 Va (census 41336) - d by 8 Feb 1864 - h/o
Sally - Ex Davis M WOOD

RHODES, ma le - b 18 Aug 1915 Bot Co - d 18 Aug 1915 - f Chat"les RIJODES ( b
Bot Co ) - m Mary E (AYRES) (b Bot Co) - buried near Buchanan - cd st i ll born

RE!flOLDS, Fannie - b ca 1849 Bed Co - d 18 July 1867 - age lSy - f Ilarrison
REYNOLDS - m Mildred - cd typhoid fever - rep by father

RHODES, Anthony U - b 27 Sep 1852 - d 3 Feb 1802 - g rave Mt Union cem

n

REYNOLDS, Greenville
W - b ca 1790 Va (census #525) - d by 1 2 Mar 1866 h/o Frances - admr James ROWLAND, Sheriff (9 Apr 1866, revoked), James e
FIGGATT (10 June 1867 revolted) Dorman L PITZER (revoked Dec 1874)
REYNOLDS, nenry A - b ca 18 57 Dot Co - d 7 May 1 864 - a ge 7y - f Micajab
RE'YllOLDS - cd diptheria - rep by father
REYNOLDS, John - d by 8 Apr, marked out, written above Mar 1815 - ref WB B
p434, app S settlement - wife Magdaline (see her will )
REYNOLDS, Laura Rettea - b 8 Sep 1876 Bot Co - d 16 Apr 1917 - f G E RADER
(b Bot Co) - m T E ( ICESLER) (b Bot Co) - buried Brick Onion Cem - od rupture
of large blood vessel of brain during l abor
REYNOLDS, Magdalen "Ann" - d by llov 1821 (1&lt;ritten over) - f [ Lodocrich TOOMAS,
i n his will] - ref WB C p340, wi ll dated 30 Aug 1821 - cb James, Thomas,
J ohn , Ann (md ~-GIVENS); Fanny (md [ Joseph ] TAYLOR ); William (his dau Ann);
ot hers: J ane REYNOLDS - [widow of John REYNOLDS ]

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RHODES, El la Hillis - b 28 Dec 1912 [ Dot Co] - d 17 Dec 19 13 - f Charlie
RHODES [b Va) - m Sis (AYERS) [b Va] - buried Buchanan Cem - cd cap illary
bronchitis
RHODES, Fannie - b ca 1880 - d 4 Mar 1899 - age 19y - w/o John W RDODES grave Mt Union Cem
RHODES, Fulvia M - b 30 Aue 1 871. - d 30 Aus 1953 - f [John E UORIIB ) - m
[Eliza A UICllJ\RDSON ) - w/o J l\ush RHODES - grave Mt Union cem
RllODES, J nusb - b 18 Jan 1857 - d 11 June 1920 - f [Jooeph RilODES ] - m [M
L] - h/o Fulvia M ROODES - grave Mt Onion cem
RHODES, John W - b 3 Dec 1850 - d 30 Aug 1927 - h/o " Fannie" RHODES - grave
Mt Union cem
RnODES, Joseph (md) - b 5 Aug 1822 Rb Co - d 24 or 27 Aug 186/i - age 40y - f
Anthony 1\flODES - m Eliza - ad fever - rep by b-i-1 Daden MOORE - grave Mt
Union cem

REYNOLDS, Roy Alexander - b 21 June 1900 Bot Co - d 16 J une 1917 - f James A
REYNOLDS (b Va) - m Alice V (CAKPER) (b Va) [md 1890] - buried Deisher buryi ng ground - cd killed by falling tree

RHODES , Lillian - b 28 Feb 1862 - d 3 May 1 918 - grave Mt Union cem

REYNOLDS, Tbo1Das - d by Dec 1804 - ref WB B p81, wi.11 dated 15 Oct 1803 wife Ann; ch John, Barry Dyne, Sarah (md [Thomas] LOYD) ; Pattie (md
KING];
Betty (md [Samuel) McGEE ]; gch Jobn GIVIN (of Ann md Joseph GIVIN); Nancy
.l\nn TAYLOR

RICE see Nathan EAKINS, Gcoree McDONJILD, Alivia Frances SMITll

REYNOLDS, 't.bomas E - b 20 June 1842 Bed Co - d 27 Mar 19lt. - f JllcCage REUIOLDS
(b Bed Co) - m Ana:Liza (TURPIN) (b Ded Co) - buried Eagle Rock cem - cd TB

RICE, F.lizabet:b - b ca 1832 - d 20 July 1853 - f William D ANTllONY - m M .T cd childbed - rep by hus Charles RICF.

REYNOLDS, William - d by Feb 1796 - ref W8 A p420, app - on 14 Jan 1812
orphans Maxey, William (both over 14) - [Bot Co PB 19 p335 &amp; mar r iage indiatcs this man's widow Amma 02 Alex&lt;l)]der RANLl::Y on 20 Feb 1802]

RICE , Frances N - b ca 1829 (census 1850 Bot Co 1/1600) - d 28 Nov ?18957
near Haymakertown - a&amp;e ca 66y - f George McDONALD - m Susan M TIARVEY - son
(md Mnry J , d ca 1895); son S D RICE - buried Mt Union cem - Cronise
SOTapbook 53 (no date)

REYNOLDS, William A - b ca 1821 Bot Co - d 1861 "In Army" - age 33y - f Arch ibald REYNOLDS - cd fever - rep by bro C M REYNOLDS
JIOEJ\

GeP.

1-lenry DD..L

RICE, Albert G - b ca 1830 llnlifax Co , Va - d 22 Mny 1858 - cd typhoid fever
- rep by bro Thomas A RICE - h/o Tabitha F RICE

R~CE,

Mary J - d 12 Nov 718957 - hus

RICE - m-i-1 Mrs Frances M J\ICE -

Cron~-se Scrapbook 53 (no date)

!\ICE , Rufus A - b 27 June 1868 - d 11 July 1892 - Tef Drick Uni0n gravestone

1\ll!HF.111\J\'l: see RINEBJ\lt'f

l\llOUENRElSIIB, female - b ca 180) Rb Co - d 11. Dec 18611 - age 63y - f
DRlCKET - m Mary - cd pneumonia - rep by hus nen:ry 1UlODENTIF.ISER

Rllill,E see RULE, Mrs Tbomas l.EMON , Luitia LEMON

llICE, Thomas JI - b 8 June 1813 - 18 Mor 1676 - ref Drick Union gr ave- a tone
Frederick

lWO(J\)DES see Mary F CRlJSA, Sarah Elizabeth DILLON, William L cnusn, Mary t.
HURN, Will'l.am M AORR, Mary Ellen HcCUl.1.0CO, Sallie PETERS, E J HOMJ\CK, Emma
Rhodes WOMACK, Raney ANDERSON

RICHARDS see Lawrence Willis GJ\/IY
RICHARDS, Eliza - b 1835 Bot Co - d ll1 Sep 1913 - f John KENT (b Dot Co) - m
Eliza ( KESLER ) ~b Bot Co) [mrl 181&lt;1 ] - bur ied Glade Creelt cem - cd Genl.
debility

�RICllllRDS , llicbard - d by 18 Jan 1803 - ref WB 8 p31, app
l\I CllllRllSON see Emma D l\IELEY, Eliza O/\RRIS, Francis Ll\NDERS, Jamee 111\lllC,
Srunuel REED, Roward llLIFF, "Emma 01\YllNT, tliza A HORNE, l.ewis S ICESLER,
Saluda USSLER, ~ulvia M RHODES,
RICllllRDSON, male - b 16 Nov 1916 Dot Co - d 16 Nov 1916 Bot Co (cert) - f
[Charles] Gilmer RICllARDSON (b Dot Co)- m Paleen (R!!NGllTE) (b Va) (md 1915)
- buried Troutville Cem - cd still born
RJCllARDSON, male - b 27 Apr 1859 Bot Co - d 28 Apr 1859 Bot Co Death bk ase ld - f Samuel II RICllARDSON - m Eliza J UAlil'TON [md 1856) - r ep by father
RIClli\RJJSON, Aramin~a - b ca 1859 Oot Co - d 28 Aug 1862 Bot Co death bk age 2y llm 16d - f William M RICllARDSON - m Oannah [ODENSOAIN) - cd diptheria
- rep by father
RICllllllDSON, lltwell S - b ca 1839 Dot Co - d 29 June 1862 Dot Co Doath bk nae 22y 7m - f James MRICOARDSON - m Narisisa - cd shot at Gatn ' s Mill rep by mother
R!Clll\ROSON, Damaris - b ca 1801 Surry Co, Va - d 20 June 1869 - age 68y - f
Alexander DOO'l'RE - m Tempy - od El ar sement of liver - rep by bus William S
RICBllRDSON (md 1820)
RICBARDSON, Eliza J - b ca 1837 - d 28 Apr 1859 Bot Co Death bk - age 22y f Wi lliam B HAMPTON - m Ann - cd childbirth - rep by hus Samuel II RlCllARDSON
(md 1856)

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RICOARDSON, Mary S - b 2 Nov 1808 - d 10 Mor 1845 - f J ohn N BEllLE - m Rbodo
TRIGG - lst hui; Charl es 11 C PRESTON, 2nd (1837) John R RICDAnDSON - grave tit
Joy cem - o son R[ichord] D (b ca 1840) [md 1890 Ello J JONES)
RICIIARDSON, Otey - cl 1874 Dot Co (will, Wll M p4115) - wife Mahala JONES
RICRAl\DSON, Samuel - [b before 1775; over 45 in 1020 census) - d by Oct 1821
- ref will dated 12 Sep 1821, WB C p336 - oh John, 8 others, not named - on
21 Nov 1821 orphans Gross , Elizabeth, Kit ty, George (all under 14, all b
a£ter 1807) - Exr Elisha BETTS
RICllARDSON, Thomae - d by 1835, app; by B May 1837 (daus called orphans) daus Maria, Hary Jona (both under 14) - [WO E p796, 118 F p391, names widow
Sarah RIClll\RDSN &amp; another ch named Sarah &amp; Mary Jane hod md
WRIG!IT by
1841]
RICHESON see RICOARDSON
RICBEY see RI'rcmrr. Cynthia McCllLISTJm
RICDEY, Demarius E - b ca 1816 (or 1820, census 01506) Dot Co - d 18 Nov
1855 - f [James RICHEY) - m Mary RICDEY - cd consumpt ion - rep by mother adm Samuel DllRGER
RICIIEY, James - b ca 1790 Bot Co - d 31 /\pr 1853 - f Solomon SIMPSON - m
£[lizabeth LANTERN] [md 1793) - cd duspepsia - r ep by dau Demaris RITCHEY adm John G RUDISILL (9 Hay 1853)
RICHEY, Robert - b ca 1767 river from Hays ccm)

d

12 Jan 18110 - a110 73y - ref Goodwin cem (over

RI CRARDSON, Elizabe~b - b Feb 1851, Va - d 13 Feb 1915 - f Thomae LANDERS [b
Va} - m [Mary (b Va)) - buried Daleville Cem - cd TD - [w/o Coruel ius RICHARDSON (md 1867)]

RICKMllN see Ethel Hickman PllifERSON, Mnrcaret Doll WALl\ER

RICllll!WSON, Elizabeth - b ca 1809 Bot Co - d 1 July 1869 Bot Co Death bl&lt; &amp;
will - age 60y - f Frederick WINEMAN - m Catherine [RONX, see Georse RONX] cd consumption - rep by d-i-1 Susan [RORN) RICHARDSON - w/o Green RICDARDSON

RICKMAN, Lawrence Elbert - b 4 May 1915 Dot Co - d 17 June 1915 - f James 11
RICKMAN (b Va) - m Ola (llYE!lS) (b Va) - buried Pico cem - cd acute intestinal
indigestion

RlCllARDSON, James H - b ca 1806 [England) - d 20 Sep 1895 Bot Co (will, Wll Q
pl92; death papers ) - wife Narcissa; ch J Delrain; TS (or ST), Malissa
KARSBALL; Eliza HARSBALL, dec•d ( her ch Samantha PAINTER, Charles F MARSIIALL,
John E KARSBALL, Obelia GELL'f:L &amp; /Inna KARNS) - [dau Eliza was b in Amh Co)

RIDDLEBARGER see Alice DllRGER, Elizabeth VTNF.S, Jruncs McCONNELL, Elias LINl\ENUO~, Sa1DUcl LIN~ENTIOKl:R

RICHARDSON, Josepb - b 1 July 1858 Bot Co - d 8 Juy 1858 Bot Co death bk - f
Samuel II RICBA.RDSON - m Eliza J fllllfPTON [md 1856] - cd unkn - rep by father
Rl CRAROSON, Hary Bell - b 17 Sep 1877 Bot Co - d 2 Apr 1913 Dot Co Cert - f
Renry M BISBOP - m Sallie (SINGLETON) (b Dot Co) - buried Troutville Cem cd edema of lungs - (2nd w/o Jacob ltICRllRDSON (md 1898))
lUC B/l[IOSON, Mahala - d 1891 Bot Co (WB P p505) - f James JONES - hus Otey
RICllARDSON
RICRARDSON, Mai:y R - d 1880 heirs l i sted (WB N p467) - heirs listed as Mary
(md David EDHUNDSON) g Charl es T

RIDDLESBARGER, female - b ca 1860 Bot Co - d Apr I 860 RIDDLESBllRGER - cd not kn0\..11 - rep by fat her

nt;e

2ld - f Charlton

RIDDLEBARGEl\, female - b 6 July 1913 Bot Co - d 6 July 1913 - f S~mucl ll:irrison RIDDLEDl\RCEll (b not Co) - m Julia Fnnccs ( Dll.l.ON) ( b !lot Co) - bud eel
}It Mariah cem - cd born dead
RIDDLEDARGt:R, AlCred - b 10 feh 1860 llot Co - d 8 t\u g 191'• - f Dul c;uicl 11
l\IDDLJ::DARGER (b Dot Co) - rn ltcbecca (STUl.l.) (b /\ti Co) - bur ied Alms 11011se
cem - cd hear t dise~se
RIDDLEBA RGER, Mathew - b 19
eran cern

May

1877 - d 20

Se!p

1903 - c;rave :1t Mariah

Luth-

�RIDDL£SBARGE:R , Nancy - b ca 1824 Bot Co - d 18 May 1859 - age 35y - f Jobn
BARGER - m not knoi:n [Christian a llILBELM ] - cd no t know - rep by hus Sam
RIDDLES BARGER

RINEHEART, Fr anci s - d by Jan 1814 - ref WD D p371 , will dated 14 Nov 1813 wife Rebekah ; ch J ohn &amp; others not nar.ied - Exr Peter NOFTZINGER
RIPLEY see Clara J ane CAHOON, Lucinda McCLURE

RIDDLEBARGER , Rebecca J ane - b ca 1834 All Co - d 6 Mar 1913 - f Sam SLOSS
(b All Co) - m Bettie ( DEEDS) (b Va) - bur ied Low Moor cem - cd mytral insufficence of heart

RIPLEY, Alice - b ca 1856 Bot Co - d 12 Feb 1860 - age 6y - f J ohn RI PLEY m ["Patsy"] - cd dipther ia - rep by father

RIDELL, (can't tell) - b 2 Feb 1915 Bot Co - d 2 Feb 1915 - f Bennett RIDELL
- m Cor a ( nIPF.S ) (b Va) - cd abortion at J months

RIPLEY, Alonza - b ca 1848 Bot Co - d 6 J une 1860 - age 12y - f John RIPLF.Y
- m ["Patsy"] - cd diptheria - r ep by father

llI DEOUT, Joseph - d ca 1894 - r ef unrecord will f iled in "Unrecorded dee ds ,
etc"

RIPLEY, George Washineton - b 27 Sep 1857 Dot Co - 6 July 1916 - f John RI PLEY
- m Marth a (BARGER) (b Rb Co ) - hur l ed Ri pl ey cem - cd acute myocardit i s

RIDE'R , John Turner - b ca 1831 Va - d 13 Apr 1913 - f J ohnnie RIDEil (b Va ) m Mati lda (NEIGHBORS) (b Va) - bur i ed Hons cem - cd mytral r egurgitation

RIPLEY, James - d by 13 June 1815 ( ch called orph11ns) - ch Ally (over 14);
William, Verlinder, Rillor y, Alec (these 4 , edn on 11 Feb 1822)

RIDEil, Mary Frances Eliza beth - b 10 Mar 1873 Va - d 26 Apr 1916 - f Thomas
RIDER - m Mart ha (MITCBELL) - bur;i.ed family cem at Buchanan - cd unkn

RIPLEY, Jamea A - b 18 Apr 18611 Vn - d 10 Sep 19111 - f John RIPLEY (b Va ) m Martha (BhRGER) (b Va ) - buried High Dridce Cem - cd cnrcenomin &amp;
dueclenoma

RIDER, Peter - d by 8 Oct 1793 (dau cal l ed an orphan) - dau Eliz abeth (under
llt)

RIPLEY, John

RIELEY see Christian DOWER
RIELEY, Emma U - b 12 Aug 1802 (7Rke Co) - d 27 Oct 1915 - f Gross RICRABDSON
- ~ Phebe (RICOARDSON ) - buried Mc~~ ce~ - cd pelagra
RrELEY, Francie - d by Feb 1779 - ref WB A plOl, wil l dated 16 Aug 1775 others Jamee REILEY, Catherine PATTERSON, both of County Cavin, Kingdom of '
Ireland
RIELEY, George P - d by 7 Sep 1901 - cd fell from train - ref inquest papers
Rr£LEY, Mary Elizabeth - b 17 lfar 1847 Dot Co - d 22 Oct 1916 - f William
STARKEY (b Bed Co) - m Mi ldred (POLLARD) (b Bed Co) - buried Bethesda cem cd valvular heart lesions, mitral regurgatat i on aortic
RIELEY, Mollie F. - b 1840 Bed Co - d 27 Dec 1912 - f Meredith DAVIDSON
m Vista PECK:
7 - buried Old llomestetid Cem - cd broncho pneumonia

7 -

- d by Feb 1817 (order) - Ref WO C pl90, app

Rll'LEY, Mary (md) - b en 1810 - d Feb 1850 - age 40 - cd sudden - r ef 1850
Dot Co Mort Schedule
RIPLEY, Mnry (\fidow) - b ca 1770 Bot Co - d Aue 1860 - age 90y - cd old age
- r ep by son John RIPLEY
RULEY, Susan A - b 26 Dec 1846 llnl Hax Co, Va - d 27 Aug 1914 Bot Co - f
Jacob ROBERSON (b Middlesex Co, Va) - m Tebertha ( WILLINIIAM) (b Rnl Co) buried Brick Union cem - cd cancer
RIPLEY, William W - b ca 1860 Va - d 20 Feb 1915 - f John RIPLEY (b Va) - m
_ _ _ (b Va) - buried High Bridge ocm - cd was insane f ar a l one t i me
RIPP, Frederick - d by 8 Doc 1789 - r ef WD A p279 , app &amp; admr bond - admr
Geo•ce SPOTTS

lllGBTMF.RE see I'hoebe imssum

RITClfEY s ee RI CHY, Emel i ne S AUSTIN, Chnrle e D AUSTIN, James AUSTIN, John
Will iam AUSTIN , Samuel Carper AUSTI N, Ellen n GOODWIN, Etta D GOODWIN,
Wi lbur F GOODWIN, Mary Dove RANCOCt, Ella Josephine SRAN~S ,

RILEY 1 t..o uedna Ercill - b 18 Apt" 1912 Hollins , Bot Co - d 9 J une 1913 - f
Georce Thomno RILEY (b [liolline) Bol Co) - m Rallie J ( &amp;'r'l'EI\) (h ( llollins]
Bo t Co) - buried Carvi ns Cove Cem - od spinal menemgitis

RITCAEY, John - d by Au g 1780 - ref WU A p122 , wi l l dat ed 3 June 1 780, admr
bond - wi fe Snrat1; ch James , Stcpphen, John, 1'1nry, 7Aunice - On 10 Nay 1765
orphans James , Stephen &amp; John (all under l it) - admr William RI'fCllEY

RILEY, Lucian A - b 17 Nov 1916 Bot Co - d 17 Nov 1916
f J A RIJ,f:Y (b Va)
- m Li l1 ie D (LAYMAN) ( b Va) - buried Cai:vins Cove cem - cd pi:ematurc

RITCUEY, William Sr - d by 10 tiny 1775 - r ef Wll h p81 , spp
admr Wi llilllll Rl TC0£Y , J omes RITCIJF.Y

RilEY, Sarah Ann - b '31 Mar JB/J7 Dote Co - d 17 May 1915 - f James LEONARD
(b Va) - m Nancy J (OURlfE'J'T) (b Va) - buried Carvins Cove cem - cd Brights
diseose

RORF.RSON see Susan A RI PJ,EY

RTlHmAUT nee Hnry Jane CIRCLE, RFIINEllART etc, Ceori;e W CLAPSADDT,E

&amp;

odmi: bond -

ROBERTSON, Art hur - b ca 1751 Scotland - d 22 Oct 1821 , "at nig Lick, Dot Co,
Va" - ref obi tuat"y in Lynchburg Pt:eas for 9 Nov 1821 - son , the late Or
Rober t ROBERTSON

�ROBF.RTSON, Chasteen C - b ca 1639 Bot Co (cens us 062 t) - d 12 July 1862 Ri c hmond, Va - age Z3y - f Matthew ROBERTSON - m Mary - cd s hot at Gain' s Mi 11 rep by mother - odm John II F ROll£RTSON (8 Sep 1862)

ROBINSON, Eleanor - b 15 June 1809 - d 23 Sep 1830 Dot Co - f Isaac RODINSON
- m Martha Eleanor MOFFIT!' - ref Deaverdam gravestone

llOBERTSON, John n - b 13 Sep 1855 - d 29 Jan 1919 - wife Mary S - Mill Creek
ceru

- Ill Elizabeth J - hus David F - Godwln cem

ROBINSON, Eliza V - b 28 Sep 1851 - d 14 Jan 1918 Dot Co - f William S DAVIS

HOBERTSON, John Ii - b ca Aug 180t. Tretand (census 1850 llot Co i/262) - d 24
Jan 1861 Bot Co - aae 57y Sm - cd µaralysis - rep by wife Susannah ROBERTSON

~

ROBINSON, Elizabeth BART - b 1830 - d 3 Feb 1903 Bot Co - f Rev Andrew flART
- m [Mary] - hu s Starkey - Fairview cem

ROBERTSON, Mary S - b 11 Oct 18 57 - d 13 Apr 1927 Bot Co - hus John R - Mill
Creek cem

ROBINSON, Estaline ti - b [20 Dec) ca 1827 - tl 24 Oct 1857 Dot Co - f Jamee
PAXTON - m [Cat hei:ine JORDAN] - cd fever - rep by hus Shai:key [or Stai:key)
ROBINSON - buried Locust Bottom com

ROBERTSON, Matthew - b ca 1804 Alb Co - d 23 Mar 1862 Bot Co - age 58y - cd
unkn - rep by i;ife Mary ROBERTSON

ROBINSON, Faonie A (unmd) - b co 1832 Dot Co - d 21 Feb 1856 Bot Co - f William RODINSON - m Sarah A (1101.TZ] - cd consumption - rep by father

ROBF.RTSON, William Deale - b 9 Uec 1854 - d 13 Sep 1898 Bot Co - f [Starkey
RODINSON ) - m [Estel ine PAXTON] - Fairview cem, Buchanan

ROBINSON, Gcoi:ce Pendleton - b 23 AUG 1899 Glen Hilton, Bot Co - d 29 Sep
1913 not Co - f L(oren.zo) .D RODINSON (b Mont Co) - m Jane Ann (llIL1.) (b
Duohanan) - buried Fincastle cem - cd Uremic poison

ROBINETT, Samuel - d by 12 Nov (marked out, replaced with 25 Oct 1771 - re f
HB A p14, app 8 admt' bond, sale - odmr Thomas DONN
RODINSON see Mary E O'ELMICK, Margaret LANTZ, 'llilliasa GRARAK, Gi:anville CALD'11£1.L, Dr Isaac Robinson GODWIN, Geoi:ge 8 DILL, Annie HcDONALD, David McDONALD, Edward HcDONALD, Mary McDONALD, Nnncy McDONALD, Pt'iscilla HcDONALD,
William McDONt\LD #1 1 William McDONALD i/2 , Edwai:d ~OOD
ROBINSON,
(aged 10)

RODINSON, Georce T - b ca 1847 (census 1850 Bot Co 0262) - d 1 May 1896
Tinker Knob, section Bot Co; will - age ca 49y - f [ John W ROBERTSON) - m
( Susannah) - wife not named [ Lu cy Ann); ch dau Hrs Chapman JOl{ES of rulaski see Ci:onise scrapbook 30 {no da te )
RODINSON, Hester A - b l2 Jan 1852 - d 20 Jan 1900 Dot Co - f [James A DRUHFIELD) - m [ M fl E WOOD) - w/o C[harlcs] w ROBINSON - cnve llaymnke•town oern

- d by 15 Sep 1773 (Bo t Co son call ed an orphan) - son John

ROBINSON, female - b ca Sep 1868 Bot Co - d 14 Oct 1868 Bot Co - age 16d - f
Geo•ce W ROBINSON - m Lucy A - rep by mothe•
ROBINSON, Catherine - d by 12 Feb 1821 (Bot Co, dau called an o•phan) - dau
Hary Acnes TDOHPSON
ROD INSON, Catherine - b ca 1835 Rb Co - d 10 Nov 1912 Bot Co - f John McCUTCRINS (b Rb Co) - m do n ' t know - buried Ga la cem - cd pare lys;is
ROBINSON, Cornelia A - b 13 Aug 1863 - d ll July 1901 Bot Co - f [George II
DILLON ] - m [Rai:Tiet J ) - hus J E W - Godw in cem
ROBINSON, David - d by 8 Apt' 1788 Bot Co - f (James ROBINSON) - m [Jean) re( 118 A p258, will elated 15 Sep 1787 - wife Cat•on; ch William, George,
James, Pricilla, Jane, Catherine, Mary, Elizabe th , Ann, Annable, Phebe,
Pi::u&lt;lence; s-i - 1 William McDONALD
RODlNSON, David F - b 16 J an 1867 - d 26 Feb 1912 Bot Co - [John H ROBlNSON )
- m [ Mai:y FERGUSON ) - wife Eliza V: c h Medot'a md Alva WOOD; William Floyd md
Vista ~RUGR ; John Moffett md Bessie C RF.ABERN - Godwin cem
l\OBTNSON, Eleanor - b 31 Mat' 1773 Va (census ul27l) - d 2 Sep 1856 Bot Co f [ MOFFETT ] - hus [ I saac ROBINSON ) - ref Beave•dam gravestone - rep by d- i-1
Hai:y ROBINSON - adm Thomas G GODWIN ( 12 Nov 1856)

ROBINSON, Isonc F - b 23 Jun e 1812 - d 11 Mat' 1832 Dot Co - f Isaac RODINSON
- m Martha Eleanor MOFFETT - r ef Beaverdam c-ravestone
RODINSO!l, J £ W - b 13 Apt' 1842 - d 15 Apr 1935 Bot Co
ISON) - m (Tabitha) - wife Cornelia A [DILLON]

(CSA) - f (Jacob ROB-

ROBINSON, John - b en 1749 - d 23 Nov 1820 Bot Co - nee 7ly - •er sec 1835
Pension Roll, Va section p44
ROBINSON, John ti - b ca 1807 Rb Co - d 8 Nov 1856 Dot Co - age l19y - f lonck
RODINSON - m Harthn [Eleanor MOFFETT] - cd inflamati.on uf 1 Iver - rep by
wife Mary RORJNSON (d 1888) - ref Denth bkl Beaverdam c•avestone
ROBillSON, John W - b ca 1842 Va {census 111271) - d b)' 12 feb 1861 Dot Co - f
John H ROBINSN - m Huy (FERGUSON) - adn l3 Jan 1862, Do vid G llOUSTON (11
Apt' 1866 Lewis LlNl:F.NTIOKF.R, sheriff {revoked 11 June 1866) James II!! nGGArT
ROBINSON, Jose ph F - b 25 Har 1838 - d 16 Dec 18(73] Bot Co - f [John M ROn INSOll] - m (tjnt'y FITTIGIJSON) - Be;1venlam cem
ROBINSON, July - b ca 1850 Bed Co - d 15 Ju l y 1856 Dot Co - f Randolph llOOINSON - m Hacy [DOWDY) [ROBERTSON md Brei Co 28 f;ov 1833) - cd croo1• - r!'JI hr
father
ROBINSON, Lelia - b 28 Au&amp; 1873 WV - d 14 AUG 1916 Bot Co - f Philip NF.\ICOHn
(b Bot Co) - m Nancy {Sl.OANE) (b Bot Co) - buried fam ily cem - cd TB - r1111~
Geor&amp;e £mme t RODINSON]

�RODTIISON, Lucian Dolf'YeI - b 30 Sep 1839 - d 5 June 1914 Bot Co - f [John M
RODINSON ] - m [Mary FERGUSON] - wife Mary LUSTER

ROGERS, Mary Pauline - b 27 July 1868 Buchanan - d 18 July 19H - f "Mat"
ROGERS (b Frederick Co, Va) - m Matil da (WILLIAMS) (b Bot Co) - buried
Buchanan cem - cd TB

RODI!lSON, Maggie - b [ca 1854] - d no date, Spreading Spring Valley, Bo·t Co
- f [Jacob YOUNG] - m [Mary E] - hus William [BJ ROBINSON - Cronise Scrapboolt
57, no d&lt;!te

ROLAND, Ja1Des (umnd) - b ca Sep 1819 Bot Co - d 14 June 1859 - age 39y 9m f James ROLAND - m Sarah - cd consumption - rep by mother

RODillSON, Mary - b ca 181,2 - d 23 Feb 1888 Bot Co - age 76y - f (Ferguson] w/ o John M ROB!NSON - ref Beverdam gravestone
RODINSON, Mary Broff!l - b 3 Oct 1861 - d 1 Mar 1893 Bot Co - f Starkey ROBINSON - m Ellen V - Fairview cem
RODillSON, Mary C - b l3 Sep 1863 - d 11 July 1932 llot Co - f [NUCn:LS] - m
[Ellen E NUCKELS] - hus Samuel - G~latia cem
ROBINSON, Mary Luster - b 1839 - cl 1926 Dot Co - f [James LOSIER] - m [Mary)
- hus Lucian Do1&lt;Yer ROBINSON - Godwin cem
ROBINSON, 'Nancy - d by 17 June 1825 Bot Co (son called an orphan) - son
llilliam
RODINSON, Samuel - b 7 Aug 1859 - d 31 Mar 1939 Bot Co - f [Duncan RODINSON)
- m (Catherine NEflCOMl!] - wife Mary C - [ch Berta NEllMAN] - Galatia ccm
RODINSON, Sarah - b ca 1851 Craig Co - d l Nov 1853 8ot Co - f Randolph ROBTNSON - m M[ary DOWDY] [ROBERTSON md Bed Co 28 Nov 1833) - cd scarlet fever
- rep by father
ROBIJISON, Starkey - b 8 Oct 1826 Va - d 29 Nov 1915 not Co (CSA) - f Anthony
non111soN (b Va) - rn Rel1ecca (COUCB) (b Va) - buried Buchanan cem - cd apoplexy - h/o ill Esta line M PAXTON; 112 [Ellen RA!\T]; l/3 [Elizabeth TIART]
RODillSON, Sue - b 25 Apr 1878 - cl 15 June 1961 Bot Co - f [ll'illiam SBANK] m [Bettie M) - [1st) hus W H; [2nd nus J M CAMPER] - [Andrew Chapel ccmJ
ROBTIISON, W[illiam] B - b 2l1 May 1854 - d 22 May 1925 not Co - f [ George
ROTITIISON) - m [Rebecca YOUNG] - wjf.e Sue [SAANKS) - [eh Rosalie (md C S
DODD)] - Andrew Chapel cem

ROLAND , Pougn (female) - b ca Aug 1855 ]ot Co - d 1 Oct 1858 - age 2y 2m - f
Robert: ROLA.llD - cd croup - rep by father
ROMER see George R CARIKnOFF
RON~,

George - d by ~far 1812 - ref llD B p313, app - Left 9 ch - for heirs
see DB 12 p335, 348, 350; DB 13 pl58, 165 1 303 - On 12 Mar 1812, orphan
Modlena (over 114) - ch; 1. Jlanno.b (md John MINGES, Jr); 2. Mary (md John
SOOllALTER); 3. Anne (md Peter WRFMAN); 4. Magdaline (md Abraham SUOWAl.TER);
5. Catherine (md Frederick llINEMAN); G. Barbara (md Andrew SLOAN); 7. Jooeph
(md Mary 51101/ALTER); 8. Jacob (md Hannah BROTLURE); 9 . 7?
ROOP, Frederick - d by 9 Sep 1807 (dau called an orphan) - dau Nancy (over 14)
ROSE, Lucy Ann - d en 1869 - Ref Unrecorded will filed in "Unrecorded deeds,
etc
ROSENBAUM, Bettie - b 7 Apr 18'15 - d 27 Aug 1878 - w/o D
Denverdam gravestone

F.

ROSF.NOAUM - ref

ROSS, Frances A - b ca 1796 Bot Co - d 18 Aug 1854 Fincastle - f John MILLER
- m [Sal:ah CARTER] - cd dysentary - rep by s-1-1 "Robert M UUDSON
ROSS, John - b 1819 - d 1899 - h/o Mny;:y
gravestone

J

ROSS (1835-1909) - ref Godwin

ROSS, MarY J - b 1835 - d 1909 - w/o John ROSS (1819-1899) - ref Godwin
i;ravestone
ROSS, Reuben - d by 12 Apr 1830 (ell called orphans) - wife Frances Ann;
orphans Eliza C, John D, Virginia M, Reuben G
ROSSJIB sec Susan BOLTON

HOCK see F.lizabetb WILLIAMS, Alonzo B DOOLEY, Earl Clifford FllF.'l'WF.LL, Sophia
f1cCUliLOCH, I\obert James PRICE

ROTn, Willie (male) - b ca 1888 England - d 21 June 1913 - buried Glen Wilton
cem - cd by violence at hands of associates

ROCK, Charles Jl - b 7 Nov 1861 Va - d 4 Mai: 1916 - f. George W ROCK (b Va) m Mahala (OllENSllAIN) (b Va) - hurled Hount Union oern - od don ' t know

ROllLANll see William m.E, Andrew DOYU, Jamel! MoCONJ'ffiL).., Charlotte Ann McCLIN'l'lC, Bryan Rowland McDONALD, Edward McDONALD, George McDONALD, Matilda A
OBENSHAIN

RODENIZER, Charles -

d

1870 -

Ex

bond 10 Oct 1870 Floyd

G

ROCtm

ROGE!IS see Peter. JOHNSTON
ROGE'llS, Eugene Kinzie - b 16 Sep 1912 nuchanan - d 16 Sep 1912 - f (Charles]
Eugene HOC:BRS (b Va) - m Verna L (KINZIE) (b Va) - buried nuchanan - cd
JH!t111ature hirth

ROWT.AND, male - b llot Co - d l Aug 1855 - f John n ROI/LAND - m Salina - rep
by father
ROllJ,ANTl, James - d by June 1805 - ref HD D p96, 1&lt;1ill dated 11 Feb 1805; Wll C
p111 settlement - wife Marcaret; ch Mary, Elizabeth, Jane , Margaret, Agness,
Prudence, Robert, Georee, James, William - Exrs Mnrcnret ROllJ,AND, G IlOWLAND,
F.dwm:d Mcl)ONALD - 1-lll C plll: equal portions went to Agnes DLACJC Cornelius
IJROWN, Eliz.abeth JOUNSON, Hn-cgnret ROWLAND , IH1liam lllU:D , Edwa-ccl McllONl\LD

�ROWLAND, Jru:ies - d by flpr 1819 - ref WB C 185, will dated 15 Apr 1814 - wife
Sarah [KYLE] - ch Charlotte, James; bro William ROWLAND - on 14 Oct 1822,
orphan Cb3t:lotte (over 14)
RO\.ILllND, Jesse - d by 11 Apr 1831 (ch called orphans) - ch Gilmore , Rob ert,
Susan, William, Joseph G, Elizabeth

-

Eli~n

Rudesill PRICE, Paulina Morton PRI CE

J!Ul&gt;ISnL , Robert L - b Oct 1851 llot Co - d 1 Sep 1912 - f John C RUDI SILL (b
Bot Co) -m :Evelyn (ICYLE) (b Bot Co) - buried Eagle Rock Epiecopnl cem - cd
chronic nlcoho l ism

ROWLAND, Joseph P - b ca 1853 Bot Co - d 17 Aug 1854 - f John D ROWLAND - m
M - cd flux - rep by father

RUFF, Clcotis Jackson - b 14 Mar 1913 Dot Co - d 17 June 1913 - f William
Lee RUFF (b Bot Co) - m Corn V (DOGAN) (b Dot Co) - buried Cove Alum cem cd malnutrition

ROWLAND, Robert - d 8 flug, marked out, written above Feb 1782 - ref WB A
pl59, 11ill tinted 16 Jan 1777; ad mr bond - ch J ames, 'fhomas, Georce , Wi lliam
dec'd (his son, Robert) - admr James 110\ol:LAND, Thomas ROWLllND

RUFF, William Lee - b 8 Aue 1869 Dot Co - d 18 Aue 1913 - f J ohn RUFF (b Ded
Co) - m Sarah Jane (MflR'l'I N) - buried C!vc Alum Cem - cd Stru ck by lit1htninc

ROWLAND, Snrab - b ca 1800, Va (census 0855) - d by 4 July 1856 - f WOOD w/o William ROliLAJID - Ex William S DAVIS

RULE see RllULE, Jacob llEISBER , Henry DILL, Chris t ian Charles LANGE, William
Thomas LEMON, George Washington LINl\T.NUO[ER

ROWLAND, Sarah (widow) - b ca 1780 Bot Co - d 12 Dec 1867 - age 87y - f
Will;i.am KYLE - m Sarah - cd old age - rep by gs J ames R THOMPSON - exs 12
Nar 1868 W111 r:YLE &amp; James R TnO~IPSON

RULE, George - d by Sep 1823 - ref HD C p393 , will dated 12 Apr 1819 - relatives: Gdau Sally FRF.NCn; others Cat her ine ( md _ _ SntlTE); Rosanna (md
French); Gcorne RULE; Cbristinab (md _ DASHER) ; J acob RULE, John RULE, Mi cbael RULE

ROWLAND, Thomas - d by Aug 1814 - ref l~B B p397, will dated 23 Dec 1813 wife Mary; ch Jesse , Silag, J oel , George, Milly (md
Gil mor e); Wi l liam,
David

RULE, Jesse D - d by 22 Oct 1928 - cd suicide - ref Inquest papers

ROWLflITTl, William - d 4 Nov 1776 (dnte on will ), WB A p76 - relatives , none
named in wi 11 - on 14 Dec: 1780 orphan Elizabeth, not to be bound; on 14 Mar
1782 orphans John, George, Robert, Willi am, Amey S Sarah, are bound out; on
13 Feb 1783 orphans John &amp; Rober t (over 14) - Admi Sar ah, James, &amp; Tbomas
ROI/LAND, Amos &amp; John POTTS
ROWLAND, William R - b ca 1820 - d l Apr 1853 - h/o Isabella ROWLAND

·".

RUDISI LL sec Eliza Jane NELSON,

William ROWLAND - cd pneu-

RULE, John - d by 17 Aue 1824 - ref WB C p575, oral will prosented 8 Nov 1824
- wife Eve - On 12 Sep 1824, orphans , Susanna, I nane , Roeanna , Samuel , Marie ,
Elizabeth &amp; Mathias
RULE, Hary A - b ca 1853 Ded Co - d 28 Oct 1845 - f fldaJll RULE - m Hary - cd
flux - rep by father

~onis

RULE, Hncy Jane - b ca 1820 Bed Co - d 28 Dec 1854 - f J ames W MEDl.F.Y - m
Nancy - od congea ti ve Chill - rep by hus S;imuel RllLF.

ROWS'E'Y, Mary Ada - b 23 Aug 1917 Bot Co - d 26 Nov 1917 - f R L ROWSEY (b Va)
- m Nonie (LUCAS ) (b Dot Co) - buried Troutville cem - cd bronchial pneumonia

IUJLY, El izilbetb - 11 ca 1799, Rb Co - d 3 Aus 1855 - f John HO l. ER fever - rep by bus John F RULY

RUllLE see Simenia Gertrude ITIJFFMAN

RUNNILLS see REYNOLDS , Lodowi ck TllOHAS

RUCKER see Kathleen GILLIAM , Josephus
SHEr nERD

M~ES,

f

infant SREPBERD, Pearlie Anne

rn E -

cd

RUSSELL sec Georce flRMf:N1'ROUT, Ambrois JONJ:;S , Ann l. F.ONARD
RUSSELL, JaC1es - d by 16 flpr 1812 (dnu called an orphan) - dau l'olly (over

RUCK:ER, female - b 5 Sep 1915 Bot Co - d 5 Sep 1915 - f Walter n RUCKER (b
Ala, marked out) - m Tandy C (GRIMM) (b Bot Co, marked out, replaced with Va)
- buried Mt Union c:em - cd premature
RUCKER, Lessie - b 10 Apr 1913 Dot Co - d 16 Sep 1913 - f J oe RUCKER (b Bot
Co) - m Lillie (BRYANT) (b Bot Co) - buried Woody graveyard - cd whooping cough

Jli)

RUSSELi., William - b c:i 1837 !lot Co - d 30 Aue 1862, Pr lirn Co,
- c:d cunshot - re p by cousin N;incy LEONARD
RUl'llERFORll, Reuben - d hy 21 Ju l y 1803 (sons
(over 14) ; Reuben (over lli)

c~llerJ orph~ns)

Vn -

•1 i;r

25y

- sons .John

RUCKER, Thomas T - d by ll May 1868 - admr 11 May 1868 Sheriff
RUTLEDCE see Cornelius RIJDOEl.L
RUDDELL, Cornelius - d by 10 Apr 1798 - ref Wll A p467, will dated 3 Mar 1798,
codic~l 6 Mar 1798 - wife I ngebo; ch Andrew, John, Stephen, Cbear (md
READE'R ) ; llebor ough (md
RUTLEDGE); C;itherine (mCI _Sani; ler); Elizabeth
( md
ALCORN: bro George (his dau Ingebo)

Sf\ ILS, 11ebccca - IJ note C:o - d 16
SAI LS

~ov

1858 - C!I

"liurn~•·d'' - r!)p hv hus

John

�SCO'IT, Edward - b not Co - d 1868 - f Fletcher C SCOTI - m Emeline - rep hy
father

SAINTCLAIR see ST GLAIR, Denjamin DOUGU\S
SALE see Thomas MADISON
SALE, Ballie P - b 5 May 1868 - d 23 Oct 1891 - gi:ave Old Glade Creek cem
SANDRIDGE, male - b 27 Sep 1913 Eagle Rock - d 27 Sep 1913 - f Benjamin T
SAllDRIDGE (b All Co) - m Minnie (SANDRillGE) (b All Co) - buried Eagle Rock
Cem - cd still born

SCOTT, James - d by 11 Dec (marked out) written above Sep 1783 - ref 110 A
p192, will dated 17 Apr 1783, admr bond - wife Esther ; ch 'William, Samuel, '•
daus, not named, &amp; son William's son, James - admr SatDUel SCO'IT
SCOTT, James - d by 8 June 1790 - f Edward SCOTT of Ireland - ref adrar bond
- relatives: bro Robert SCOTT of Bed Co - Admr Thomas ~C - [see Bot Co DB
4 p331 for name of father t bro]

SAllGLE!I see Cornelius RUDDELL
SCOTT, John A, Rev - b 7 Jan 1820 Martinsbuq;, WV - d 17 Dec 1895 Santilane,
Fincastle , Dot Co - wife Mary C McCLI LLAND (md 8 Dec 1847); son Dr S M SCOTT;
sis t!rs E M SCOTI' - obituary in Cronise Scrapbool&lt; 4 &amp; 38

SARVER see SARVOUR, Col George WALK.ER Sr
SARVE:R, M A - b 15 Apr 1840 - d 21 Mar 1895 - ref Allen-Carper Ccm (near
ruins old Allen house)
SARVER, Sarah L - b 11 Sep 1845 Bot Co - d l Aug 1917 - f G W BILL (b Bot Co)
- m Hartba A (CARR) (b Nelson Co, Va) - buried Eagle Rock cem - cd mitrel
insufficieney

SCOTT, Mat thew - d by 8 Au&amp; 1820 (son called an orphan) - son Jooepb (over ll•)
SCOTT, Nathan (see Nathaniel SCOTT, same) - d by Oct 1819 - ref wn C p223,
will dated 28 Mar 1816 - ch Rober t , William, Jane (md David SllORT); Saro.h
(md Philip 'llflITMORF.); Isabella, Pecgy (md Andrew HELLON); Hary, Rebecca,
Nat han, John, James , Joseph - On 11 Sep 1820 orphan Joseph (over 14)

SARVOUR see SARVER
SARVOUR, Elizabeth - d by 8 June 1790 - ref WB A p383, will dated 16 Jan
1787 - relatives, others Julies lfEDB Sr

SCOTT, Nathaniel (see Nathan SCOTT, same) - d by July 1820, order - rof 'llD C
p313, 468, app &amp; settlement - heirs Josepb,
(md Charles or Jamee TIIOHl'SON), Nathaniel , John, [Rebecca] (md Isaac Hc;cui,LY); James - admr 'llill io.m
DilrKLE

SllTERTllWllI'l'E see William FLEMING
SllVAGE see llilUam KENNY

SCOTT , Susan - b ca July 1860 Bot Co - d June 1861 - nee llm - f Thomas SCOT'r
- cd diptheria - rep by father

SAVAGE, Mnry - d by 10 July 1787 (dau called an orphan) - dau Jean (or Jane)

SCOTT, Thomas - b ca 1827 Va (census #1476) - d by 8 Sep 1862 not Co (adm) adm Lewis LIN'u:NflOCEl\

SAVILLE see John Franklin DEACON
SEA see SEAY, Hary 1.AYHAN
SllVILt.£, Frances M - b 1819 - d 1879 - f Mathias CIRCLE - m Mary ARMF.NTROOT
- ref Locust Bottom gravestone - w/o Joseph SAVILLE
SAWYERS, Sampson - d by Apr 1819 - ref UB C p84, will dated 18 Mar 1815 wife Mary; ch by last wife : Andrew, Hat:tbew, Rebecca, Alexander, Archer; by
lot wife : James, John, George, l~omae, Raebel (md ~ WRICDT); Sampson,
William
SCANLON , Mahala BASRl\M - b 18llo - d 19011 - f BASHAM - w/o l'eter SCANLON crave Old Glade Creek cem

SEACAT, Elizabeth - d by June 1824 - ref WB C p559, will dated 29 July 1823
- late husband Ceorne SEACAT, dec'd; dau
dec'd
SEACA',J:, Lucinda - d 10 Feb 1823 Amsterdam - f SEACAT "llerald of the Valley" 22 Feb 1823

m

Elizabeth - rep by

SEACATT, l'eter - d by 11 Mar 1800 (son called on orphnn) - son Daniel (over
14)
SEACl\IS'f see SECRIST, Michael COON, Charles Lewis DOJ,LHAN

SCAHl.ON, Peter - no dates - h/o Hahala llASDllM SCANLON - grave Old Glade
Creek ceru
SCffE:tl(C)JC see Preston Cardina FJ\l.LS, Ma-ria 1. HONTS
SCllLl!NCLISS see Christian Charles LANGE
scnROl'PE, Stcpben - d by 13 Hay 181'• - ref 148
SCOl'T

ace

c p90, app

William MAYS Sr, Robert POAGE, Thomas PRICE

SEACRIST, Bartley - b en 1824 Va (census 11962) - d by 9 Oct 1865 - h/o Ido adm James ROWLllND, sheriff
SEACRIST, Emma l'rudel\ce - b ca Aug 1860 Bot Co - d 15 llay 1861 - age 9m 5d f Barkley SEACRIST - m Ida - cd consumption - rep by father
SF.ACRIST, Jobi\ - d by June 1815 - ref WB B pt.49, wil 1 dated 20 Mar 1815 wife (Rosanna); ch Daniel and others not named - on 14 Feb 182~ orphana Hnry
(1SEACRlST7) nnd John DIJJIG'ER [7SEllCRIS'I7) (both undtH; l'o) - Ex 9 RoSBllJla SEACRIST, nan5o1 SEACRIST

�SERBER,
(sec also SOllDER) - d by 8 Oct 1799 (son called an orphan) - 8on
Joseph (under 14)

SEAY see SEA, Dora Emmett COLEMAN
SEAY, p Pollard - b Feb ca 1833, Fluvanna Co - d 2 J uly 1917 - f Durrell SEAY
(b Fluvanna Co) - m Cotberine (POLLARD) (b Fl uvanna Co) - buried Glade Creek
cem - cd acute dysentery
SEAY

Thomas D - h 1 Jan 1871 Bot Co - d 1.6 Mar 19'l7 - f William SRllY (b Va)

- m ~e1en (DODLh-Y) (b Va) - cd myocardial insufficiency

SECKLES, Thomas (maybe Sickles) - d by 14 Aug 1799 (sons called orphans) sons Tbomas, Georne

SERRET, James Kenneth - b 15 Apr 1914 Rb Co - d 22 Aus 1915 - f ~ndrew J SERm Emily 0 (TRUSLOW) (b Rb Co) - buried Rb Co cem - cd
acute enle!_ctis

RETT (b Aug Co) -

SERVEi\, Casper - d by llo Feb 1782 - ref HU A pl48 , will dnted 15 J;m 1782
Admr bond - wife _ _ ; ch Oenry , Casper, John - adrnr llenry SER\ll:R
SESSLER see Sarah Ann GARDNER

SECRIST see SEACRIST, Macy Emma LEFFEL, Portia LEFFEL

SESSLER, Elizabeth (Joan mnrked out) - d 1901 - f
(d 1893) - grave Ha)'l!'akcrtown cem

SECRIST, Bulah Loren - b 20 July 1908 Bot Co - d 18 July 191~ - f Jacob A
SECRIST [b Bot Co] - m Sue E (CRUSH) [b Bot Co] - buried Mill Creek cem - cd
obstruc tion of bowel (ate nreen apples)

SESSLER, John D - 17 Jan 1821 - d 3 Feb 1893 - h/o Eli znbetb (JOllN) SESSLE'l\
(d 1801) - &amp;Tave llaymakcrtown ccm

SEcnIST, John - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 1 Oct 1862 - age lOy - f Barc lay SECRIST
- m Ida - cd diptheria - rep by father
SECRIST, Joseph Daniel - b ca May 1854 - d 8 June 1859 - age Sy lm 23d - f
Barkley SECRlST - m Ida - cd pneumonia - rep by father
SECRIST, Mary C - b ca 1848 Botetourt Co - d 27 Oct 1862 - age 14y 7rn 3d - f
narclay SECRIST - m Ida - cd diptheria - rep by father
SECRIST, Mary Ruth - b l May 1913 - d 7 Hay 1913 - f Jacob II SECRIST [b Bot
Co) - m Sue C (CRUSH) [b Bot Co) - buried Mill Creek cem - cd convulsions
SEACRIST, Robert Thomas - b ca 1 852 Bot Co - d 7 Aug 1854 - f Solomon SE/\CR I ST
- m Roba.ma - cd rlu.x - rep by mother

JOUN - w/o John B SESSLER

SESSLER, John T - b 22 Ap:r 1870 - d 23 Dec 1886 - f John D SESSLEll - m Elizabeth JOllN - grave Haymnkerto1m cem
SESSLER, Hary - b ca 1771 Md - d 7 Mar 1865 - oi;e 9loy - cd old nse - rep by
son Jolm 8 SESSLER - w/o John SESSLER
SESSLOR, Nancy - d by Sep 1823 - ref WB C p388, will dated '' Aue 1823 - ch
Polly, John, others not named - £xr Joho SESLER

SESSLER, Thomas - d hy 19 Feb 1801 (admrs A &amp; C C!Sll); \In A pSl1S, St.8 orphans Nancy (ove r llo b)• 12 Mat 1805); Samuel, Jacob (both under llo on 9
Dec 1805) - heirs Hary SESLER; Elizabeth LEGG; Catherine EMRIC~. Nancy SESLER, J:r Thomas SESLER
SHADD/\N,
Joseph

- d by 12 Au&amp; 1772 - (ch cn l lC!d orphans) - ch \laonnh, Robert,

SECRIST, Sarab A H - b c a 1831 Dot Co - d 19 Jan 1856 - f [llIPES ] - cd cancer
- rep by hus David SECRIST

SHAFER see Sll/\VER 1 Pbil'ip C SlZF.'R

SF.CRIST, Susan - 15 Oct 1834 Bot Co - d 20 May 1914 - f Robert FOUT (b Bot Co)
- m Margaret (SMil.F:Y) (b Bot Co) - buried Mill Creek cem - cd Brights disease

SHAFER, unnacrd - b 23 Julr 1912 not Co - d 23 Ju l)' 11)12 - f l.uthcr SllAFER
(b Shen Co) - Cl Sadie (BRIDGER) - burled on farn - eel nbortion due t o fol I

SF.EL see William SNODGRASS, Sr

SDAFf'F.R, fer.iale - ti 2 l\ov 191 5 [Acis t erdam) - d 2 liov 1915 - ~ Cflarcncc] H
SHAFFER [b Va] - m Vallie Virginia (DRJDCES) [b Va] - burled t.r:istcnlar. c cn cd bo rn clead

SEFFORD, William - b ca 1839 Bot Co - d 14 Nov 1861 - age 22y - f John SEFFORD
- m Fannie - cd fe ver - rep by father ?George SEFFORD
Sf.LDEN see Cary

SRAFF'ER , fc::ialc - b i Ju l y 1916 Aristcr1lnr.i - &lt;! 7 July 191/i - f lklli tl II SllAffER
- (b Shen Co) - m Ida ,\ (SELVINS) (b Sh~n C:o) - buried Amr,tPrt!ar.i r~rt1 - c:•I
premature

OREC~IDGE

SELDEN, James I\, S-r - d 30 Aug 1899 - cd

kill~d

by train - ref Inquest papers

SELLAR, Jacob - d by Feb 1811 - ref WB B p280, app; WB C p52_ (or 51) s e ttlement
- admr Philip SIMON
SELVlliS see

female SRllFFER

SENSE see B J DOWNS

SHAFFER, Carl Eancenc - b 27 i\pr !9lh Hol Cn - 11 July JllJ/, - f 0:1n io•l ( 11&lt;'witt, 11ri ttcn abo\'e) S\IAHER (b Shen Co) - m Ida A (STF.Vt.llS) lb !'ihl'n Co l buried Amsterd:i m c~m - cd pneumonia
SllAFER, John - b ca 1808 !lot Co - d 13 July \8(18 - "l&gt;C! &lt;oOy - f "Pct" [A&lt;J;i111)
Sll/IF'ER - m Barbara [YOUNC) (cid \809) - cd drop!ly - n p hy son .Jor.cph SHAFER
- h/o Susan SllllFER

�SRAF'ER, John - b ca 1843 Bot Co - d 29 June 1861 - age 18y - f John SHAf"ER m S - cd dro!llled - r ep by father - Ad111 (marked out) Ex written above, 10 Aug
1868 Joseph MSBAFER

snANIS, Grace 11 - b ca 1795 - d 26 July 1833 - age 38y ref Fincastle Presby gravestone

SOAFER, Luther - b 25 July 1893 Va - d 25 Jan 1916 - f J H SOAFER (b Va) - m
unlm - buried Bethel cem - od TB

SHANKS, James - b ca 1801 Va (census 1111156) - d by 8 Aull 1853 - Ex George
SHANKS

SOAFFCR, Noffet - b 18 Dec 1899 Va - d 7 Har 1913 - f J H SilAPFEB (b Va) - m
J (STNJ:) (b Va) - buried Bethel cem - cd TB

SnANXS, John William - b 27 Apr 1857 Dot Co - d 30 Apr 1857 - f George (f')
SBANl:;S - m Eliza Ann - cd-Unkn - rep by father

SllAFFER, Roy - b 17 Apr 1915 Bot Co - d 21 July 1915 - f DeWitt SHAFFER ( b
Shen Co) - m Ida A (SILOINS) Cb Shen Co ) - buried Amsterdam cem - cd malnut r i tion (premature)

SAANIS, Mary C - b ca 1805 [or ca 1797] - d 7 July 1833 - age 28y [ or 36y) w/o Dr Lewis SBANtS - ref fincas tle Presby gravestone

H

SUAMllLill see

11 / 0

Thomas Slll\!IKS -

w

SilANKS, Mary T - I&gt; 20 Sep 1797 - d 10 May lSiiS - w/o Thomos SHANKS (1796-18119)
- ref Fincastle Presby gravestone

Cha~blin

SOAR[ see SAAN[$, David NOFFSINGER, Susannah JOHNSON

SOAN[S, Thomas - b 15 July 1796 - d 7 May 1849 - h/o fll Grace H (d 1833); 02
Mary T (d 1845) - crave Fincastle Presby cem

SAANJ:, Jacob - b ca 1790 Va (census fll l 74) - d by 9 Nov 1963 - adm Lewis
Lllln:NTIO[ER
SUANI, Laura S - b 13 Aug 1869 Bot Co - d 20 Aug 1869 - ase 7d - f John R
Sf!ANIC(S] - m Elizabeth (DUPREE) - rep by father
SllA!lXLIN, John w - b ca 1663 not Co - d 18 July 1867 - age 4y - f John D
SnAflJ\LIN - m Sarab S - cd typhoid fever - rep by fath er
SllANICT.IN, Richard - d by Oct 1800 - r ef WB A p539, ~ill dated 18 Har 1800 wife Agnes; ch John, W111i3GI, Bobert, Andr ew, Catherine, Elizabeth (her son
AbsolUJD) , Richard - Ex 6 John SBANCLTN, William SOAm:LJ:R

SnAR~ ,

J ames - d by 7 Sep 1808 - ref WB B p200 app - [property was assigned to Pat . SllARlEY g wH SBl\llllIN

SDARKEY, Potriclt - d by 8 Aug (marked out) May (l'rittcn above) 1786 - ref Im
A p238, will dated 30 Jan 1786, admr bond - wife Anna ; ch Jrunes, John, Patrick;
gch not named - admr Patrick SUAI1[£Y, Adam PECK
SHARP, EdwaTd - d by 12 June 1770 - m
McCLELLON (John) - HB A pl, 263,
will dated 8 Hay 1770, admr bond, settie'iiient - wtfc (Jane); ch John, Anthony,
Annias; b-i-1 wm McCLELLAN - admr John McCLELLAN, Wi lliam McCLELLAN
SUABRETTS see Baltzer (or Paulacr) BUMGARDNER

Sl!Am:LIN, Robert -

d

by Feb 1802 - -ref WB, app
SllAVER see SOAFFER, malc KEEBLE, Thomno J SI ZER, Michocl SDLl'!NDERGlm

SllANKLIN, Susan - b ca 1781 !lot Co - d 15 Apr 1855 - f James GILLILAND - cd
consumption - r ep by s on John D SOANICLIN - w/o John SUANICLTN
SUAllJ:S s ee Matilda A OllENCRAIN, Michael FRANTZ, Nicbolae BECKNER, Luvenia
BllUGB, Cassandra M ANDERSON, J ff DRUGO, Luvenia BRUGU, Dunioo B CALDWELL,
Mar garet DILLMAN, ff P l'.l'YPES, Cathrean St!IL'EY, William H WOODSON, Susanah
lfYSO?IG

SHAVER, Charles D - b ca 1851 Bot Co - d 12 Aue 1856 - f Peter SUAVER - m
Mary - cd f lux - Te p by father
SHAVER , George W - b 26 Jan 1860 Rh Co - d 23 June 1915 - f Wil.l irun SllAVEll
[b va ) - m late (PENCE) [b Va] - bui:-ied Trinity cem - cd pryalitis (prostnte
trouble)

SRANY.S, female - d 28 J une 1821, neu Amnterdam - rep i n "Ueral.d of the
Vall ey•• 2 July 1821 - w/ o David SlJAHKS
SOAtllCS, Carey - b ca 1802 - d 25 J une 1821 , near Amst erdam - age 17y l&gt;avid S!lANKS - rep in "Heral d of the Va l ley" 2 J uly 1821

SUAVER, .Andrew - d by Apr 1816 - ref WB C p43 , will dated 7 Oct 1615 - wife
Ursula: ch AndTew, Betsy, Saly, Lucy, John, Jonathan, David, others not
named; bro Adam SUAVER - :Elcr Adam SOAVER

f

SHANKS, David - d 28 June 1821, near Amsterda.. - ref "Her11ld of t he Val ley"
2 J ul y 1821 , Wll C p 3 28 , will - wife
; ch William, Davi d, Thomas , JSG1es ,
..Lew.i.8, -Ca:&amp;ey~ CaasQJ', George-Wash in&amp;ton~ sis-Sarah (.Land-in-Ea)~~~~~~~~~~~~
SllANKS , El la J osephi ne , Mi:-6 - b ca J8S6 Bot Co - d 9 Sep 1912 - f Isaac S
AIJS'l'lN (b !lot Co) - m Vireinia (BITCHI F.) (h Bot Co) (ind 13 Hay 1851.i] - bui:1cd
Zion&amp; !!il l - cd corcl noma of Bi:east [ ehe was 2nd w/o Ieaac David SUANkS (md
211 Dec: 18!10))

SOAVER, James B - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 15 Aue 1856 - f Peter SUAVER - m Mory
- cd flux - TCP by father
SUAVER, John N - b 10 Aug 1 844 !lot Co - d 10 Sep 1917 - f Peter SUAVER ( b Rh
Co) - m [HaTy ] (TROUT) (b Rke Co) - buried Troutville cem - cd general
decline f rom age
SUAVER, Peter (late of ~erKs Co, Po' - d by Apr 1798 - f
Wll A p466, will dated 12 July 178lt - b't'O Andrew

Andre~

SUAVER - r ef

�snAVER, '(lobert L - b ca Feb 1870 !lot Co - d 15 Mar 1870 Amsterdam Twsp - age
lm 1Sd - f John W SHAVER - m Cathe1:iue S - cd i nfluenza - i;ep by father

SHEETS, George - b 6 Oct 1820 - d 3 Oct 1841 - ref Sheets family gravestone,
River Bottom near Eag le ~eek

SIJA'H see

SREETS, Jacob - b ca 1752/3 - d ca 1835/6 - age 83y - ref Sheets family
gravestone, River Bottom near Eagle Roclt (no dates) - will dated 25 Nov
1831, recorded Jan 1836

Denni~

ETZLER

SHAWVER see Joseph CARl'ENTER, Leah CARPENTER, Col Geoq~e 'HALICER Sr
SHAY see Alice Rebecca KESSLER, Jobn F RADER

SHEETS, Sarah J - b ca June 1858 - d 9 July 1858 - age 27d - f John D SllEETS
- cd unltn - rep by father

SBAY, Alice - b 12 Sep 1853 [or 1858] - d 3 Mar 1921 - f John BADER - m Sarah
Jane FELLERS - w/o William D SBAY (1853-1916) - t'ef Dt'ick Union &amp;t'avestone
SRllY, Jacob, Jt'
Union cem

- d 1936 - h/o Mary Jane "Kate" GRAYBILL SHAY - grave llriok

SHAY, ,Jacob, Sr - b 29 Sep 1840 Va - d 1 Nov 1916 - f William K SHAY (b Md)
- m Matildy (CBAMDE!IS) (b Md) - bu'ried Brick Union cem - cd cerebt'al hemorrhage - grave Oriolt Un ion cem
SRAY, Mary E L - b 18 June 1865 - d 8 Apr 1903 - w/o Riram SHAY - ref Brick
Un i on gravestone

SHEFFIELD, John Earl - b 4 Dec 1912 Glen Wilton - d 27 Dec 1912 - f Blaine
SREFFIELD (b Wash Co, Tenn) - m Estella Mee~s (WFll'fE) (b Tenn) - buried Glen
Wilton cem - cd premature
SDEPm:nn, infant - b 15 Nar 1913 Dot Co - d 15 Nar 1913 - f II L SDEPBERD (b
Dot Co) - m Hatt (RUCtER) (b Bot Co) - buried Cloverdale cem - cd maybe falt
of mother
SDEPARD, l'earlie /\nne - b 30 Sep 1912 Dot Co - d 2 Oct 1912 - f Harvey L
SHEPARD (b Bot Co) - m Mattie (RUCICER) (b Dot Co) - buried Mt Union cem - cd
unlth

SHAY, Mary Jane "Kate" - d 29 Mar 1936 - f Joseph Ricbal:d GRAYDILL or Joel
GRAYBILL [".Kate" &amp; Joseph R a-re bro &amp; sis; Joel is the father] - m Mat:y Ann
BRUGR - w/o Jacob Sll/IY - grave Brick Union cem

SHEPllERD see SHEPARD, SUEPp/illO, J:ate Ann WAYLAND, Michael WOODS

SBAY, Matilda J ".Jane" - b 27 Jane 1827 - d 14 Mar 1884 - f CHAMllERS - w/o
William B SHAY Sr - ref Brick Un ion gravestone

SREPPARD, Ann - b ca 1824 Bot Co - d 16 Jan 1867 - age 43y - f George GRAY
- m Mary - cd disease of heart - rep by hus John S llEPPARD

SHAY, Ulysis Grant - b 7 Dec 1866 - d 9 June 1925 - f William B SnAY Sr - m
Matilda - grave Brick Union Cem

SllE~ARDSON

SHEPPARD see Wilson BLOUNT, Michael WOODS

see Mary Elizabeth McGAf!E

SHETON see Josephine DICKOIC
SHAY, William B Jr - b 27 Jan 18 53 Bot Co - d 9 Sep 1916 - f William B SRAY
Sr (b Va) - m Matilda (CHAKBERS) (b Pa) - buried Bric\1 Union Cem - ad angina
past ine - [ ref death cert; Ori cit Union gravestone - h/o Alice SRAY (1853192 1

D

SllELLING, Florence - b 30 June 1861 Rke Co - d 16 Oct 1915 - f Eat:on SlllLLlliG
(b Rke Co) - buried Coper llill Cem - cd typhoid fever
SITIP see H1chael COON

SRAY, William Bennett, Sr - b 29 June 1820 Pa - d July (or Aug) 1888 - grave
Brick Un ion cem

SHIRKEY, Charleton - b ca 18 23 - d 19 Mny 1907 - ar,r&gt; 8r.y - h/o Hnry Sidney J
SRIRICEY ( d 1880) - ref Locust Bot ton t}ravcs tone

SBEA see Alexander POPPAW
SREF.TS s ee fJDIDa Alice PULLEN, Catherine
PETERS , male SROR'fER

SllIBK(E)Y see Geor(\e POAGE, John TnOMl'SON, Ellen HAYS

'HAL~ER,

male RAYMAKER, Edward Johnson

SllEETS. Cathet:ine - d age 78 y - ref Sheets family gravestone - River Bottom
near Eag le Roel&lt;
SHEETS, Charlotte Adaline - b 25 Har 1849 Bot Co - d 20 May 1914 John
PETERS (b Pa ) - m Ann {JORNSON) (b Aug Co) - buried Eagle Rock cem - cd
a po pl exy
SREETS, Frederick - b 20 Sep 1789 - d 21 Sep 1831 - ref family gravestone River Oottom near Eagle Rock - on 10 Apr 1843 orphan Mary (over 14)

SllIRKY, James {see Sll/\RKE:Y ) - d by l AJO - re f WB C p352, se1 t lem0nt - n&lt;lmr s
George S Patrick SlllRKEY
SllIRl:E:Y, Mary K - b 1830 - d 19011 - r e f Loc11st Bo tt om

r.r ~V" 5 1 0 ~H!

snIRKEY I Mary Sidaey J - b 24 May 1827 - d !11 Jul y 18!10 - are
..,/o Charleton Sllll\Kf:Y (!I 1 907) - ref Locust not tom (l r3v" stMr

)3)'

ip }(hi -

SllIRK£Y, llicfiolas - lJ ca 1791 Vn (census 0773) ·- !I by Jt, J uly 1R56 - n&lt;!m
Oliver SHIRl':EY

�SB'IRCEY, Sarah - b ca 1760 (census 1850 Bot Co ~795) - d by 11 Aug 1851 - f
[William WOODS] - m [Shusana WALLACE) - widow of Nicholas SHIRKEY (d 2 July
1830) - Ex John SHIRKEY &amp; William ANDERSON
SAIRLF:Y, Sarah J - b ca 1826 - d 22 July 1886 srave Fincastle Presby cem

age

SOOLTZ, lilale - b ca 1856 Bot Co - d 1 Dec 1856 - f Joseph n SROLTZ - m M J cd still - rep by father

e

SHUEY, Joseph W - b ca Dec 1867 llot Co - d
SllUEY - m Mary - cd hives - rep by father

4

Mar 1868 - ace

f1m -

f

I.cwis

60y - w/o S SRIRLE:Y -

SITTHDO see SNIDO

SROllT see Nathan SCOTT,

SHUE, Daniel - b 9 Aur; 1796 - d 30 June 1878 - h/o Matilda - rci far.iily ccm
gravestone between Trinity 8 Blacksbure Road

(twins) LEMMON

SRORT, Jacob - d by 21 June 1805 - ref WD B pl08, app - On 9 July 1805,
orphan Samuel (under 16)
snoRT, Joel (md) - b Va - d Feb 1850 - age 35y - cd fever - ref 1850 Bot Co
Mort Sched.:1e

SITUE, Matilda - b 18 Jan 1792 Bot Co - d 30 Apr 1857 - f Thomas ANDf:RSON
(marked out) ALDERSON written above - m Martha - cd Rheumatism - rep by hus
Daniel SHUE - ref death bk , fa111ily cem eravestone, between Trinity &amp; Blacksburg Road
SUUEY, Samuel (urund) - b ca 1822 Dot Co (census ltl669) - d 21 Nov 185Q - f
Ad3111 SHUEY - m Mary - cd consumption - Tep by bro Lewis SllUEY
SITUMAlCER, Lucy - b ca 1847 All Co - d 9 Nov 1861 - ace ll1y - cd diptheria rep by f ricnd Soloman Sitfl'SOll
SRUTE see Ccorce RULE
SIBERT, Coonrad - d by 20 Sep 1822 - ref WB C p363, app

SRORT1 John - d by 21 Jan 1808 - ref WD D pl70, app

SICO.ES see SECKLES

SBORTIIB see Raymond Wilson MAlUCTIAM

SIFFORD see SEPfORD, M E BROOFHAN, Elizo LINIT.NllOnm , Jomco r: DROUGDMAN,
John S ODENSDAIN, Andre~ Lewis PAGE

SRORTER, male - b 1 Nov 1912 Saltpetre Cave - d 2 Nov 1912 - f Earl SRORTER
(b Rapps Mill, Rb Co) - rn Willie (SOEETS) (b Eagle Rock) - buried Shiloh Cem
- cd premature birth
SRORTER, Sidney Thomas - b 13 Mar 189Q Rapp's Mill - d 5 May 1917 - f George
R SUOllTER (b Rapp' s Mill) - m Mattie E (HE'l!IJ'ERSON) (b Fayette, Va) - buried
Shiloab Cem - cd epilepsy e Brights
SUORTJm, W D - b ca 1871 Va - d 2 Apr 1915 - f John I SRORTER (Va) - m Nancy
CRAPPS) (b Va) - buried Buchanan ce.m - cd spinal menengitis

SIGCEL see SICLE, George DEAL
SIGLE, Nancy -

d

by oct 1811 - re f WB, sale

SIGLER see Michael SOLENDARG'ER
SllOINS see l\oy SOl\FFEll
SIMMONS see Sarah A DOl'IERS, Lawrence UF.CICNER , male l\J\DER, Charles A YOUNG

SflOWALTER see AbTahalll C.BUMPACtER, Eleanor Hay POWELL, Georte RONI:, Jac-0b
f.'VERSOLE

SIMONS, Abraham B - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 11 May 1855 - f David SIMONS - m
Susan - cd not named - rep by father

SllOHI.ATER, David Michael - b ca 1852 Dot Co - d 4 Dec 1853 - f David SROllALTF.R - m Je111lllima - od scarlet fever - rep by father

SIMMONS, llnthony l - b 11 Har 1810 - d 23 Apr 1886 - (h/o Sophia DOI/ER] ref Old Dutch cem

SHOWALTER, Susannah - b ca Dec 1859 Dot Co - d 13 Feb 1861 - age lY 2m - f
David SROWllLTF.R - m Jemima - cd scarlet fever - rep by father

Slffi'JONS, Edward O - b ca 18l13 Dot Co - d 6 Aug 1862 Gn\ne's Ml.11 - nee 19y
Om 23d - f Anthony K SIMMON - b Sopbio (DOWER] - cd (\Un shot - rep by
father - Old Dotch cem

SflRJIDIID see Minnie Dora BENDilICKS
SllRF.WSUF.RRY see John BRICltEY, Rhoda DRlCJ;EY , Daniel

H URlCn:Y,

Mary BRICCEY

SRREllSBURY, Dabney - d by 31 Jan 1803 - ref WB B p28, app
SlllJF. see Mary C BOJ:fOll

SJIUF.Y, l\rlam - b ca July 1800 l'a (census 01669) - d 24 Jan l 860 - nge 69y 6m
?Od - nil Ulcer - rep by so n, J.ewis SIJUl!Y - Ex l,e.wis SflUEY (12 Mar 1860)

SlHMONS , f:vnline - b ca 1846 - d 20 Aug 1853 - f Samuel SlMHONS - m E[li7.nbeth ffl\GGONEI\] - cd scarlet fever - rep by father
SIMMONS, J[acob] l, Dr (CSA~ - b 7 Dec 1840 - d 9 Apr 1927 - f Anthony l
SIMMONS - m [Sophia DOWER] - [h/o llP.len GB AYDILL] - grave Amsterdam Cem
SIMMONS, Jncob - d by 14 Oct 1788 - ref WB A p265, WB D p3, 203, app, admr
bond , settlement - legatees&lt; Hnthins CROY, J,arencn DOUSMAN, Jacob WEAVER,
Jacob SIMON, John SrMON, Jacob BECCNP.R - ndmr John SlHHONS, PRILLI P SIHHONS

�SIH~IONS, Hogcie Lil'ES- b 18S3 - ""dl894:' :fl'iiMiel 1.IPES]-=m [Mat:tl~ ----­
[lst] w/o Nathan P Sn!MONS - crave Mill Creek cem

SIM'PSON, Ello W - b 6 July 1848 - d 25 Oct 1911 Dot Co - f Levi SIMPSON - m
Julia Ann - crave Fincastle Presby cem

SIMONS , Mory - b ca 1789 Dot Co - d 17 May 1854 - f Ceorce CLAPSADDLE - m
Catherine - cd rheumatism - rep by hus Jonathan SIMONS

SIMPSON, Doi:riett - b 26 Deo 1821 - d 31 Nov 1881 Dot Co - f Jacob CRUSH - m
Susannah SWITZER - w/o J\lcxnnder W Slt!I'SON - grave Mill Creek cem

SIMMONS , M111:y Elizabeth - b ca Aug 1859 Dot Co - d 25 Sep 1859 - age 27d Anthony K SIMMONS - rn Sophit:a [DOWER] - rep by fa thet'

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...
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~
,.

SI!fi'SON, nenry B - b co 1852 - d 25 July 1854
- m Uarriet CRUSH - cd flux - t:ep by fathct'

Bo~

Co -

f

Alexander WSIMPSON

SIMMONS, Samuel - b ca 1810 Va (census gJ53) - d by 13 Apr 1863 - h/o Elizabeth Ann WAGGONER - Adm Elizabeth SIMMONS

SIMPSON, John D - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 22 Aug 1861 llot Co - age 9y - f William D SIMPSON - m Sarah DECIOlER - cd diptheria - rep by Cathet'

SIMMONS, Sophia - b 17 Oct 1811 - d 2 Oct 1885 - f [llilliam llOllER] - [w/o
Anthony K SIMMONS] - ref Old Dutch cem

SIMPSON, Joseph - d by 24 Nay 1808 Dot Co - t:ef lfll D p191, app

SIMMONS, Susanne [ - b 12 Aug 1806 - d 3 Dec 1973 - t:ef Old Outch cem
SIMMONS, Sue Dounlas (2 other ch) - b 17 May
- d 11 Apt'
W[ i lliam] D SJJolMONS - m Sue [GllJ\YilILL) - gt:ave""""A;;;Sterdam cem

SIMPSON, Joseph - b 12 Jun e 1830 Do t Co - d 20 Oct 1915 Bot Co - f Cary SIMl'SON (b Bot Co) - m l'ollie (SIMl'SON) (b Dot Co) - buried Su&amp;artrcc Hollow cem
- cd frac ture

71 - f

~

SIMMONS, William - b ca 1829 Va (census 01503) - d by 10 Nov 1862 - f Jonathan SIMMONS - rn Mary CLAPSADDLE - h/o Nancy MANKEY - adm Philip MANXEY
SIHMONS, William B (CSA, Judge ) - b 29 Aug 1838 Bot Co - d 30 Nov 1917 - f
Anthony SIMMONS (b Bot Co) - m Sophia (DOWEII) Cb Sot Co) - but:ied Amsterdam
cem - cd cet:ebral hemon:hal.!e - h/o Sue (GRAYBUJ.)

....,.

f

SIMMS, Ignatius, Jr (of Charlotte Co , Md) - d by Nov 1786 - m Sorah H - ref
Iii\ A p249 , will dated 17 Aul.! 1786 - rela tives bro James; sis 5 Mattincley,
Sarah , Ann (md _
FOWLEB); nephew John SIMMS; niece [Sarah) Maddox SIMMS
SIMPKINS, John, Dr - b ca 1813 - d 15 July 1838 - age 25y - ref Fincast le
r r esby gravestone
SIMPSON see James RICKEY, Archibald CAMI'BELL, Daniel CAMPBELL, Moses ALLEN,
William Aarry BROUCBMAN

SIMPSON, Julia Ann - b 19 Aue 1814 Bot Co - d 13 Oct 1862 Dot Co - ace t18y cd l!yeresipclas - rep by hus Levi SIMPSON - grave Fincastle Pt:eGby cem
SIMPSON, Levi (widowct:) - b 25 Har 1809 Bot Co - d 12 July 1869 Bot Co - age
60y - f Solomon SIMPSON - m Fanny (mat'k&lt;!d ou t ) (F.lizabeth I.ANTF.RN] - cd
heat:t disease - rep by son John C SIMPSON - ref death bk; Fincastle Presby
eravcstone - h/o Julia Ann SIMPSON (d 1862) - adm bond 13 Sep 1869 J Charlton
&amp; Va A SIMl'SON
SIMPSON, Mary - b C3 June 1797 Bot Co - d 12 Oct 1868 Bot Co - ace 7ly Jm
28d - f John BLACC - m Eve - rep by hus Solomon SIKPSON
SIMPSON, Sat:ab Ann - b 19 Jan 1836 Dot Co - d 10 Dec 19llo Bot Co - f TI1omns
SIMPSON (b Dot Co) - n Pauline (OTEY) (b Va) - buried Fincastle Ccm - cd
Cht:onic bt:onchlt is
SIMPSON, Sarah Frances - b 10 Nov 1839 ~o l Co - d 16 Har 1861 Bot Co - ~gc
2ly - f Levi SIMPSON - m Julio Ann - cd con5um1nion - rep by father - r,nwc
Fincnstle Presby cem

SIMPSON, Andr ew - d by 12 May 1773 Bot Co (son called an orphan) - son John
S IM P~ON,

Alexander W (CSA) - b 24 Dec 1820 - d 12 Feb 1908 Bot Co - f ( Solo~an SIMPSON) - m ( Frances CARRICOFF ) - ~/o Harriet CRUSB &amp; 02 Matilda BOGGESS - grave Mill Creek cem
SIMPSON, Almirah - b ca 1845 - d 26 July 1853 Bot Co - f James SIMPSON - m
M(ary Ja ne WAGGONER) - cd scarl et fever - rep by father
Sll1PSON, Bettie J - b 21 Nov 1850 - d 8 May 1885 Bot Co - f [George LEMON ) m l Joana PERSI NG.ER ) - ~ l o Jose~b 8 SIMPSON - grave Lemon cem (near Lick Run)
SIMPSON, Chat:lotte - b ca 1859 Bot Co - d l Oct 1862 Bot Co - age 3y - f
Alexander W SIMPSON - m Rarriet [CRUSH) - cd Diptheria - rep by father
SIMPSON, Eliza - b ca 1853 Bot Co - d 5 Apt: 1862 Bot Co - age 9y - f John
SIMPSON - m Rebecca (DEAL] - cd diptheria - rep by father

SIMPSON, Solomon - b ca Aue 1770 Sot Co (census ::)714 - d 10 Jon 185q Bot co
death bit - ace 88y 4m 2lad - f Sol omon SIMrSON - m lfari;arct - c:&lt;I old nt:P rep by son Soloman SIMPSON - ref \ID I: p321a, i\il ~ pl2 1, 1:111 rlat~I 8 Ju l ;· 1R'il•
- ch Fanny; Sally foe!
HcllEAL), l.cvi - Settlcricnt , 13 t:ov IF76 lo .Jnn:es
McNi tt-;-ihomas SIM1'SON;hc1rs of Snmuel SIHPSO!l; I.&lt;!vi SlMPSON; Sol omon STHrSON, Alexander SI HPSON 8 John SIMPSON - F.x Levi SJ Hl'SOfl (11• F-:l1 · 11~0) (11
Sep 1869 Sheri ff JOONSON
SIMPSO!i, Solomon - ll by 11 Oc t 1785 not Co - =-&lt;:?f \&lt;ll 1\ p71] , 11i i l rln 1 orl " ' lav
li8S, adrnr bo:id - 4ife Harcarct ; cL Solomon, Eli za\Jcth - atlrar H;irr,arct
SIM PSO tl
SIMPSON, Thomas n - h ca Jnn 1857 Rot Co - d 6 Feb 1860 not Co 2d - C John SlHPSON - m Rehecca DEAL - cd croup - rrp I&gt;)' fa t Ile:SIMPSOtl, Iii 11 iam - ll
Archibald (undrr lt.)

by

a&amp;~ ~v

14 !lay 1786 Bat Co (son ca 11 ed nn orphan) - !Ion

Il a

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SINER, Gertrude KESSLER
b ca 1876 - d 1910 - f John KESSLER - m Hollie
NACE - w/o Robert SINER - grave Brick Union cem

SIZER, Thomas J - b ca 1805 Va (census 111196) - d 10 Apr 1859 - f Jobn SIZER
- m Jennie McKNIGBT - b/o Christiana E SnAVER - adm (9 May 1859) John SIZER
8 (13 Nar 1860) George MSIZER

SINAR, Robert - b 1871 - d 1929 - age 58y - h/o Gertrude KFSSL'ER SINER - ref
Brick Union gravestone

SKIDMORE see Archibald SLOAN, Nancy ANDERSON

SINGLETON see Mary Bell RICBl\RDSON

SKIDMORE, Adam - d by 11 Feb 1861 - adm Robert R DOUTIJAT

SINK see Elizabeth Adams, Noffet SHAFFER

SIC!DMORE, Andrew (sini;le) - b Va - d July 18119 - age lily - ad consumption ref 1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule

SINKBORN see flve JOHNSTON

SITES
SITES,

see

SKIDMORE, Eleanor - b ca 1779 Pa - d 19 June 1854 - cd old nae - rep by son
Allen T SKlDMORE - w/o Randolpl1 SKIDMORE

John PECK
- d by 12 Oct 1802 (son called an orphan~ - son George

SITES, Hannah - b ca 1800 Va (census 111509) - d by 9 Jan 1854 - adm James R
TnOMPSON
SITES, Margaret - d 1823 - rep in "Herald of the Valley" 29 Mar 1823 - w/o
John SITES - [The llerald of 30 May 1823 said the funeral would be on 8 June
1823 at Presby Meeting House]
SIZ£B see Susan GLENN, Raymond Sizer ALPIJIN, Mary LEE, William fl MILTON
SIZER, Catherine - b ca 1815 - d 22 Nov 1853 - f Michael REDDINGER - cd
lungs diseased - rep by hus George M SIZER
SIZER, Christina - d 1867 - adm ll Feb 1867 James M McCOY
SIZER, Daniel - b ca 1786 Va (census #1191) - d by 15 Feb 1853 - h/o Sally adm George M SIZER

Sl:IDMORE, James - d by Dec 1807 - ref WB D pl54, will dated 1 May 1802 - wife
_ ; ch Ann, Joseph, John, RnndQlph, James, Sarah
SKIDMORE, Randolph - d by 13 Hay 1822 (ch called orphans) - on 12 Aug 1822,
orphans Andrew, John &amp; David were over 111; on 13 l'lay 1822 orphans Sarah, l'eyton, Randolph, &amp; Allen were under 14
SKILLERN see JOHN

(or is it John _

SKILLERN, Elizabeth - d by Oct 1808 July 1808 - dau Nancy

)
f

DROWN - ref WD 0 p202, wil l dated l

SKILLERN, George - d by Apr 1804 {will) WB D p57 (Ex John BEALE) - wife Elizabeth (her bro John BROWN); ch wm Preston, Elizabeth (md
BEALE); l'eeirr
(md
BEALE), Nancy (age over 14 by 14 Jan 1806); es Georee Skillern DEALE;
nepheW-James CABTMILL
SOIJ;.ERN, William - d by Feb 1817 - ref WD C p73, "ill dated 9 Feb 1816 wife _ ; ch George

SIZER, Fannie DOOLEY - b ca 1658 Bot Co - d 1896 Troutville - age 38y - f
John DOOLITT' - m Nancy - hus Charles L SIZE:R (md 19 Oct 1882); ch (7 small
ones); ch Lewis W - see Cronise Scrapbook 30 (no date)

SIDWI'rB, Peyton - b ca 1823 - d ll Oct 18211 - age llm ll1d - f fluroberston
SKIPWITH - m. Lelia (both of Mecklenbur{l Co) - crave Fincastle Presby cem

SIZOR, narett - b ca 1853 not Co - d 5 Nov 1855 - f Thomas J SIZOR - m Catherine - cd croup - rep by father

SLACK", 'Elizabeth - b ca Mar 1862 Bot Co - d 18 July 1862 - age l1m - f Thomas
SLACK - m Elizabeth - cd diptl1eria - rep by father

SIZER, Jane E - b ca 1837 - d 1 Jan 1853 fevQr - rep by father

SLADE see John Gabriel JONES

f

navid B SIZER - m R - cd scarlet

SIZER, Mary E - b 18 Dec 1825 - d 10 Jan 1900 - w{o D S T SIZER - grave Hay-

SLOANE see SLOlffi, Ruth Virginia IlROUCllMAN, Lelia RODINSON, Ceor{lc RONK,
Jennie VANNESS

inaker town cem

SIZER, Philip C - b ca 1838 Va (census 111196) - d by 12 May 1662 - f Thomas
J SIZER - in Christiana E SHAFER - adm Andrew L 11/\NNAFJ
SIZER, Samuel Edward - b 8 Apr 1913 Uot Co - d 5 Feb 1914 - f E T SIZER (b
Va) - in Myrtle (7TERPH~N7) (b Va) - buried ~igh Bri dge Cem - cd pneumonia
SIZER, Sa:rab - ll ca J777 Va (census 011.91) - d by 14 Nov 1853 - w/o Daniel
SIZ£ll - ;:1dm Geor15e M SIZE'Jl

SLOAl{ , Archiba1d - d by Oct 18011 - ref WD D p75, will dated 30 July 1804 wife Nelly; ch Mattie, Elizabeth, Ceorce, Sarah (md _
ICffiK); Rosannnh (md
[David] McCLENDISll); Nellie (md
SKIDMORE); Polly (md _ FERGUSON) ;
David, James
SLOAN, Cl1nrlie - b 9 Oct 1898 Bot Co - d 10 Hay 1917 - f Som SLOi\N (b not Co)
- m Viola (DAWSON) - b not Co - buried Roaring Run cem - cu Tll of lung
SLOANN, John M - b ~ May 1882 Va - d 7 Oct 1913 - f John M SLOANN'
:Rosa (l!IONl'OllJ&gt;) (b Vn) - buried DoLevi.1 lo - cd convulsions

(b Va) -

m

�SLOAN, Lloyd Elmer - b 8 Apr 1 902 Va - d 3 Oct 1913 - f Robert Lee SLOAN (b
Va) - m Mary Sus3nnah (DUDLEY) (b Va ) - buried at home - cd log rolled on hi m

SHILEY, John Alice - b ca 1853 Dot Co - d 24 July 1854 - f John E SMILEY - m
Elizabeth A - co dysentery - rep by father

SLONE see SLOAN, Catherine NEWCOMB

SMILEY, John William - b ca 1841 Va (census 0257) - d by 14 July 1B62 - f
Addison SMILEY - m NDllcy U - adm Addison SHILEY

Sl.OSS, C3tberine - b ca 1852 Oot Co - d 6 Mar 1853 - f llilliam SLOSS - m
Mary - cd scarlet fever - rev by father
SLOSS, nezeki3b - b ca 1855 Dot Co - d Dec 1861 - age 6y - f William SLOSS m Mary - cd diptheria - rep by father
SLOSS, Mary J - b en 1815 - d 30 Dec 1893 - age 78y ref Allen-Carper cem (near ruins old Allen house)

11/0

William SLOSS -

SLOSS, William A - b 19 Oct 1823 - d 22 Dec 1899 - ref Allen-Carper cem
(near ruins old Allen house)
SLOUGH see Sarah Ann DROOGllM11N
SLUSS see Rebecca Jane RIDDLEBARGER
SLUSSER, 8o1l'J'el: - b 4 Mar 1913 Bot Co - d 21 Nov 1913 - f Jacob Smith SLUSSER
(b Dot Co) - m Lillie Sallie (DOWY"E:R) (b Bot Co) - buried Mt Pleasant cem co Double Broncho pneumonia

SMILEY, Walter - d by June 1807 - ref WB B pllo2, will dated 26 May 1801 - ch
Al exander, George, Daniel, James, Nancy (her 6 ch, not named)
SHILEY, Walter - b ca 1796 Va (census 01679) - d by 8 July 1861 - Ex Rober t
OINES
SMILEY, William - b by Sep 1831 - ref llD E pl98, will dnted 22 Feb 1830 wife Jnoe; ch Jane (md
OWENS)i James, Johe, Willinm, Walter, Cnrter,
Ann, Patsy , Polly , Alo~ander
SHrrll see SMYTn, llannah DUDLEY, Sai:ah C DIN£$, Mathew EMACtS, Eve JOONSTON,
Michael SO LEH1lARGER, Elizabeth BRADLEY, James Dai:vey CONNER, Alraate Hurl CRAFT,
Hollie S CRAWYORD, Lenn F CROWDE'I\, Elbert P EVANS, J ohn Robert £VANS, John
MADISON, Stephen MOORE, Samuel ODENSUAIN, Julio ST CLAIR
SMITD,
- d by 12 Aug 1793 (ch called orphans) - ch Thomas, Susanna (b
May 1782°)
SMITll ,

- d by l l Nov 1801 (son called an orphan) - son William

Sl.USSliR, Elizabeth - b 1831 Bot Co - d 19 June 1914 - f John DWIRE (b Bot
Co) - m Susan (DEEDS) (b Bot Co) - buried Alms Rouse cem - cd heart troub le

SMITn,

- d by 8 Sep 1823 (son called an orphan) -son Peter

SLUSSER, Renry H - b l July 1819 - d 10 June 1887 Bot Co (gravestone) - Mt
Pleasant Cem

SMITD, male - b 18 Nov 1857 Bot Co - d 18 Hov 1857 - f William SHITD Hary - rep by father

SLUSSl\R, Jacob Smith - b 17 June 1860 Ded Co - d 1 may 1916 - f nenry SLUSSER
(b Va) - m Rannah ( ZIMl:fERMAN) (b Va) - buried Mt Pleasan t cem - cd mirral
incompentency

SHITD, male - b 30 Nov 1916 Indian Rock, Bot Co - d 30 nov 1916 - f James II
SMITD (b Va) - rn Ella J3ne (BROUGllMAN) (b Va) - buried Indian Rock ccm - cd
st:ill born

SMELSER I SHELTER see Ann Frances KESSLER

SMITll, Mrs
(see Macy E SHITn) - d by 2 Dec 1912 - hu s Jnl!le6 SHITTI - cd
hit by Railway car - r ef Inquest papers

SMILEY see Margaret DILLMAN, Margaret LINDSEY, Phil ip Anderson FOUT, James D
J OHNSTON, Sarab J Snodgrass LAYMAN, Susan SECRIST, Mary Ellen SMlTR, Emaline
A SNODG RASS, Palmer SNODGRASS, Robei:t SNODGRASS, Susannah JOnNSON
SM!l.EY, Ann E - b 15 Dec 1851 - d 4 Apr 1931 - w/o F L SMILEY (1853-1923) ref Lemon town gravestone
SMILEY, Cathean - b 25 Oct 1830 Bot Co - d 17 Aug 1917 - f Daniel SHILEY (b
Va ) - m [ Eliz;beth ] {SRANXS) (b Va) - buried Mt Union Cem - cd ept helioma of
face
SHll.EY, David - d by l l June 1860 - adm Chai:les VANDERGRIFT
SMil..F.Y, El!lma Alice - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 29 J un e 1853 - f Addison SHILEY m Nancy fl - cd measles - rep by father
SMILEY, FL - b 11 June 1853 - d 4 Ju l y 1923 - h/o Ann E SHILEY (1851- 1931)
- ref Lcmonto"'1 gravestone

p

SHITll, Alivia Frances - b 30 Apr 1856 Mont Co - d 9 Dec 1917 - f John CRllfER
(b Giles Co) - o Almcdia (RICE) (b Giles Co) - buried Pulaski ceQ - cd
apoplexy
SHITD , Andrew - b ca 1790 Ireland (census 01099) - d by 8 Apr 1861 - h/o
Catherine - ad.:i Lewis LINKENllOJ:ER, she riff
SHITn, Annie Belle - b 111 Sov 1911 \'a - d 6 Jan 1917 - f II H SHTTll - 111 Annie
(COFFMAN) (b Va) - buried Gala ccm - cd valvular d i cn!;c of hean ~ ur,;mi;i
SHITn, /\nnie Louise - b 29 Aue 191~ Va - d 13 H;ir I 9 l ) John Smi tlo (I VA)
- Callie (OBENSflAUI) (b Va) - buried Dael&lt; Creek cem - c•I pneu:r.o:i i ;i
SHITn, Caroline - d (In 1890's) - ace 86y - hus Willi;un n SHlTH (11 20 July
__ : sa me year as i;ifc) - see Cro nise Sc r apbook 29 (nol c.tnted)
SMITn, Charles William - b 1848 - d 1848 - f I 0 SMITll - n R A - ref
Fincastle Presby &amp;ravc~tone

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(JJ

�SHITR, David - d by 9 Dec 1806 (son called an orphan) - son James H (over 14)
SMITH, David - d by 15 June 1782 (app) WB A pl60 - admr James SMI TH (bond 15
June 1782)

SHITll , P II - 19 Jan 1870 - d 11 July 18911 - i:e f Lemon town Braves tone

SMITB, Dorothy Lee - b 15 July 1911 Bot Co - d 25 Aug 19111 - f Samuel SMITB
(b Bed Co) - m Susan (PORTER) (b Bed Co) - buried Bethesda cern - cd unkn

SHITR, Peter - d by (13 July 1784, morked out) Sep 1778 written above - ref
WD A p248 settlement - admr John STUART

SHUB, Guy Horgan - b l Jan 1910 Bot Co - d 26 June 1916 - f R M SMITH (b Va)
- m Annie L (COFFMAN) (b Va) - buried Cala cem - cd endocorditis rheumatic

SHITH, Robert Parks - b 1849 - d 1852 - f I B SMITH - m R A - ref Finco&amp;tle
Presby gravestone

SHITIJ, I n - b ca 1828 - d 27 Jan 1903 - age 75y - ref Lemontown gravestone

SHITO, Sereno J - b 26 Nov 1849 Va - d 26 Oct 1915 - f William SMITH (b Vn)
- m Nancy (NICELY) (b Va) - buried Rb Co cem - cd neurnlgin of heart

SMITn, J ll - d 19 June 1845 - grave Fincastle Presby cem
SMITH, James (probably a Continental Soldier) - d by 11 Nov 1779 - ref WB
8 WB A pll9, app 8 admr bond - On 13 Apr 1780 orphans John &amp; J;imes (both over
14 ) - adm: Mary SMITR

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SMITB, James - d by 11 Nov 1816 - ref WB C p31B, settlement - relatives 6
heirs (one dau md Abraham DEYERLE) - admr Abraham DF:YP.RLE
SHITU, John, Capt (had an officers claim warrant) - d by Har 1783 - ref WB A
pl80, will dated 26 Apr 1779 - wife
ch .Tames; friend Ceorce SllLLERN
SHITll, John (also written S~b) - d by 9 oct 1804 - ref wn B p77 , 118, inv
dated 9 Oct 1804, sale dated 2 Nov 1804, at sale Jane Smith was principal
buyer - On 10 Apr 1805 orphans Peggy, Charlotte &amp; Jrunes, all under 14 Ex 5 James BOYD 8 Thomae STARRETT
SHITB, Jobn - d by Apr 1806 - ref WB B p122, will dated 21 Feb 1806; WB C
p373 , eett1ement - wife Macy; ch Samuel - [note: Widow md 112 Pbi1lp GOODMAN - Exr Mathiao SNIDER

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SMITH, Silas Lorenzo - b 9 Nov 1868 Bath Co - d 28 flu&amp; 1913 - f John Moreno
SMITll Cb Bath Co) - m Ellen (BULGER) (b Bath Co) - buried Gala cem - cd
Chronic Brights disease
SHITR, Thomas - d by 12 July 1808 (dau called an orphon) - dau Elizabeth
(over 14)
SMITU, Thomas D - b 30 Aug 1875 - d 2 Mar 1941 - ref Lcmontown gravestone
SHITIT, Thomao Hammond - b 9 Nov 1877 Bot Co - d 5 May 1916 - f Jacob Dalley
SHITD (b Bot Co) - m Martha Jane (HAMMOND) (b Bot Co) - buried MountDin View
cem (Vinton) - cd pulmontory TB
SMITll , Virginia Alice - b ca 1852 Fincastle - d 2 Aue 1853 - f William 0
SHITR - m Caroline - cd summer complaint - rep by father

SHITll, Wheeler (colored) - d by 11 Aug 1907 - cd justifiably killed by
Gr ove.• Franklin CLEMENTS - ref lncaueot papers
SHITA, ffillinm - b 8 Nov 1739 - d S July 1863 - grave Fincastle Presby cem

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SHITR, tlary S - b 19 Oct 1833 Camp Co - d 11 Sep 1917 - f Nathan CllAPKflll - m
flnnie (COLEMAN) - buried Lcmontoim Cem - cd apoplexy

SMITH, John David - b 9 Oct 1912 Bot Co - d 9 Oct 1912 - f John David SHITO
(b Bot Co) - m Callie James (OBENSHAIN) (b Bot Co) - buried Back Creek cem cd premature

SMITH, William - d by 14 Mar 1786 - WB A p252, app &amp; admr bond - admr Acnoa

SMITR, John J - b 3 Nov 1 843 Fr Co - d 13 Feb 1915 - f Cl:eed SMITD (b Fr Co)
- m Polly (RADFORD) {b Fr Co) - buried Bethesda cem - cd fell out of buggy

SHitn, William n - d (in 1890's) (o few months before his wife) - wife Cn-roline; clJ Walter J SMITTI - Croniso So-rapbook 29 {not dated)

SMITIT, Loyd 11 - h 5 J ul y 1877 Va - d 111 Mar 1917 - f Fallon SMUA (b Va) - m
OHvia (CRillF.R) (b Va) - buried Pulas ki Cam - cd severe burns &amp; internal
injuries (furnace)

SHITRT see

SMl1'11, Mary E - b 29 /\ug 1870 HV - d 21 Nov 1917 - f lle=y DUSO (b Bot Co) m Eliza (BOOZE) (b Bot Co) - buried Hountnin Union cem - cd apoplexy

SHYTD, Adam, Rev - d by 11 July 17807 [or 17861) - ref WD A p2Lc0, will dntetl
13 Jan 1785, odmr bond - ch Nancy [V (md __ MOXLEY -hoe been marked out),
Alexander, Hol ly, others not named; others step-mother, not named &amp; Doctor
James SMYTD - odrnr 111.cxandCJ: SKYTll

SHITIT, Mary E - b ca 1830 Coyn&lt;!r ' e Springs , Bo t Co - d 1 Oc t 1912 - f John
WRE!l (b Bed Co) - rn Polly (COYlfER) (b !led Co) - buried Coynor ' s Springs cam

SHITA

Harca&lt;e~

LINDSEY

SMYTH see SHITll, Peter

wn1cnr

- od killed \ly freieht train

SMYTO, Jomes - d by 8 June 1790 - f Rev Adam SMYTll dec'd - ref WD A p282,
will dated 5 Mnr 1790 - bro llloxnndcr

Mory F.lleo - b 1, Feb 1845 not Co - d 13 Jan 1913 - f Peter GnIM (b
Uot Co) - on :llnrt bll (SMJLl':Y) (b Bot Co) - buried Back Cr eek cem - cd TB

SMYTIJ, Jane - d by (Feb 1820, mnrked out) 10 Oct 1819 - ref 118 C µ2118 , opp

SMJ'rn,

�SMVTH, John
o.pp, snle

(li1iecl in Pattonsbur&amp;) - d by 9 Oct 1804 - t·ef WO 8 p77, 118,

SNEAD see Susan McCAULEY

SNIDER, John A -

SNEAD, William papers

SNIDER, Margaret - b 15 Aug 1761 Germany - d 25 Nov 1837 Bot Co (11ill) (WD E
p835) - 1st hus George OUDDLE, 2nd hus J acob SNIDER - grave Fincastle
Presby cem - [see Jacob's card for ber Snidet" ch)

d

by 1902 - cd killed by Cheatwood DOLMAN - ref Inquest

SNIDER see Mary WOLDRIDGE, Catherine HOOKAH, Elizabeth DEISOER, Elizabeth
NOFTSINCER, nenry DOLLMAN, Aenry l\Nl&gt;ERSON, Henry BROGll, Virginia DltUGCI,
Co.tberine GRAYBILL, Harcus R GRl\YBil.L, Oency NOFSINGER, Joel NOFISINGER,
Moria NOFFSINGER, Pbilip OUENSRAIN, Barbo.ra PETERS, female WOOLIDGE
SNIDlln mo.le - b 15 Feb 1915 Cloverdale - d 16 Feb 1915 Bot Co cert - f W E
SNIDER' (b Bot Co~ - m Lo.urn (FLORA) - buried Daleville oem - cd intestinal
11emori:hage

&lt;:

SNIDER, Abraham - b ca 1850 Bot Co - d 25 Sep 1856 Bot Co death bk - f James
SNIDER - m Ann (CRUM1'11CKER) - cd flux - rep by father

&lt;J,9.

SNIDEll , Ann Rebecca (or Rebecca Ann) - b 9 Sep 1827 - d 20 Feb 1906 - f
William FISBBURN - m Catherine - w/o nenry R SNIDER (1826-1900) - ref Brick
Union i;ravestone

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=
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SNIDER, John - d 18l1S Bot Co will (WB G pl73) - wife Jlannah NOFTSINGER; ch
Mary Ann (md Thomas SITTINGTON) (their dau Nancy S SITTINGTON)

SNTDER, Dnniel U - b ca 1855 Bot Co - d 25 Sep 1856 - f James SNIDER - m Ann
CRUMPACKER - cd flux - rep by father
SNIDER, Edward - 20 Nov 1868 Bot Co - d lS June 1915 - f John SN'IDER (b Dot
co~ - m Marry (KINZIE) (b Bot Co) - buried Daleville cem - cd septicemia
SNIDER, Ella - b 1865 - d 1896 - f Cary ECROLS - w/o
stone in family cem between Amsterdam &amp; Trinity

wm

SNIDER - ref grave-

SNIDER, Oenry - b ca 1850 Bot Co - d 20 Nov 1862 - o.ge 12y 6m - f Henry SNIDER
- m Rebecca [FISOBURN) - cd casualty - rep by father
SNIDER, Renry C - d 1899 Bot Co (will) (WB R p36) - [lst wife Marietta Bartman): her ch William B, Elizabeth (md Samuel WALLACE); Sophia (md Joseph B
ROLMES); Samuel S, Charles A; [2nd wife) Sarah; her ch Hillard, Tbomas, Everett w, Ella D, Horris, Sue E [Dl wm W MYRES] ((92) md Cbarles BOOZE )
SNTDRJ\, Rent}' R - b 31 Jan 1826 - d 8 Mar 1900 Bot Co (app) (WB R p2ll) - f
Jacob SNtnt.1t - m Susannah - h/o Ann R FISHBURN (1827-1906) - ref Orick Union
gravestone
SNIO~:rt. Jacob - b 31 July 1781 by aravestone (or 1779, census U894) - d 11
Mar 1852 - h/o Susannah - ref Briel\ Union gravestone

SNIDER, Jacob - d 1821 Bot Co (will) (WB C p358) - 1st wife Mrs Margaret (
) RUDDLE; their ch El1zabeth, laty, Becky, Filip , Mary, Molly, Felty,
John, George, Christian, Barberry 8 Eve; 2nd wife Susannah HUFF; their ch
Jacob, Flany, Nickls &amp; Lily
SNlOE'!I, James - b ca 1812 ?Rke Co (census #863) - d 17 Sep 1865 Bot Co ~111
{WB L p65) Death Bk - f nenry SNIDER - m Catherine - eel 7\nfor.. ~~ion bo,.l&gt;ls
- rep by wife Ann CRUMPACKER - Ex Ann SNTI&gt;ER

IJ

8 May 1851 - d 25 Jnn 1662 - ref Brick Union gravestone

SNIDER, Hary R - b ca 1851 Bot Co - d 3 Dec 1862 - age lly - f nenry SNIDER
- m Rebecca FISDOURN - cd diptheria - rep by father
SNIDER, Matthias (or Matthew) - d 1836 Dot Co will (Wll E p660) - ch Henry,
John, Jacob (his dau Catherine); Catherine GISll, El izabe th NOFrSINGF.R,
Susannah
SNIDER, Philip - d by Sep 1803 Dot Co (will) - f Matthias SNIDER - ref WD D
pl12, will dated 21 May 1803 - bro nc.nry, sis unnamed - Ex John llF.CICNl::R
SNIDER, Philip - b co 1781 (census 1850 Dot Co 0947) - d 1867 llot Co (adm
named) - wife Nancy DOLMAN (md 1809); ch in census Barbara (b ca 1815); /Inn
(b ca 1820); Solomon (b ca 1823) - gdau Easter - adm 8 July 1867 Ralph
BENDERS OH
SNIDER, Presilla - b ca Sep 1849 Bot Co - d 5 May 1860 Bot Co Death bk ace lOy Sm - f James SNIDER - m Ann CRllMl'ACrER - cd diptheria - rep by
father

SNIDER , Susan (sini;le) - b 31 oc t 1792 by cravcstonc - d 31 Oct 1863 by
gravestone (will) (llB 1( p810) - f Mntthins SN'IDF.n - sis Elizabeth NOHSINGER
- ref Orick Union gravestone
SNIDER , Susannah - 22 Jan 17 96 by gravestone (17 89 Census 1/895) - \I 4 Jnn
1664 by sravestone - w/o Jncob SNIDER Sr - ref Driclc Union (lravestone - odm
llenr y SNIDER {8 Feb 1864)
SNIDO, John - d by 8 Oct 1771 - ref WB A p25, app
betb SONIDO

e

ndmr bond - admr F.1\za-

SNODGRASS see Henry llOLSTON Sr, James MASON, Thomno PRF.STON, William WAl.U:R,
Nathan E LAYMAN, Sarah J SNODGRASS LAYMAN, Hary W 01,0
SNODGRASS, Elizabeth - b 17116 (bnptl7.ed nt Tinl1l Ins Sprinc Church) - &lt;I hy
(l3 ~tar, marked out) 15 Feb 1783 - f William SNODGRASS - m Jsabelln McCl.AtlACllAN - ref WO 1\ pl 7 7, app 8 admr bond ~ admr Wil U am SNOOG!li\SS
SNODGRASS, Georcc II C (or F) - I&gt; ca 18311 V~ (cl"nsus 11158'&gt;) - cl hy 11 A"li
1862 Dot Co {adm named) - f llobert SllODGRi\SS - m Hnry Wi\l.n:n - adr.i Hoben
SNODGRASS
SNODGRASS, Jane - d by Nov 182 3 Bot Co ( wl 11) - f Rob&lt;:rt SllOOCRASS der:' 11 - r.1
Nancy ADAMS - ref WR C p406, will dated 9 Sep 1823 - sis Maranda: ch or hr o
Tilchmnn 8 sis Mary: (Robert L, nenry W &amp; Willinm II SNOIJCRASS)

�SNODGRASS, Joseph - d by (14 Nov marked out) Oct 1782 Dot Co (will) - ref IIB
fl p162, will dated 15 Nay 1782 Admr bond - wife Hannah; ch Robe-rt, Joseph,
Lidia (md
Cammeron): Margaret (md McCLENACRAN); Hannah, Rebecca (md
John POTTS); Pbebe (md [Martin] OAICER); Isaac; gs Joseph POTTS - admr John
ARMSTRONG, Rannah SNODGRASS
SNODGRASS, Joseph Sr - d by Sep 1809 Dot Co (will) - f Joseph SNODGRASS - m
Hannah - ref WB B p216, will dated 20 July 1809; WB C p209 settlement - wife
Mary; ch Robert, John, Joseph, Caroline , William, Elizabeth (md [George) ST
CLAIR); George, Bartley, Henry, Polly, Isaac; b-i-1 John WALrF:R - Exr Alexander llANDLEY
SNODGRASS, Lydia [Colored) - d by 12 May 1851 - adm George W DILLON

SOLOMON, nenry - d by 12 Feb 1805 (son called an orphon) - son William
SORRELL see
SOURS

male BAYES

see SOWERS, Jennie KERN, John N KERN

SOW'ERS see SOURS, Virginia Frances rERN
SPANGLER

see George DEAL

SPANGLER, male - b 13 Oct 1917 Va - d 13 Oct 1917 Bot Co - f M[anassa] P
SPANGLER (b Va) - m Mory Susan (WELCH) - buried near Spt:incwood - cd
still born

SNODGRASS, Miranda - b ca 1802 [or 1812, Census #1586] Bot Co - d 3 Dec 1853
- f [ Robert SNODGRASS] - m [Nancy ADAMS) - cd paralysis - rep by nephew
Robert L SNODGRASS - Ex Robert L SNODGRASS (13 Feb 1854)

SPANGLER, Lola M - b 2 Feb 1865 - d 22 Sep 1906 Bot Co - f (John M COFFMAN]
- m [Marthn s LONG] - hus [Willinm D SPMICLER)
crnve nnymakci-town cem

SNODGRASS, Miranda S - b 5 Feb 1826 - d 7 Apr 1874 - age 48y 2m - f Robert
SllODGl\ASS - m Mary WALn:R - grave Mt Onion cem

SPANGLER, female [Mary Ella] - b 5 Oct 1916 Va - d 5 Oct 1916 Bot Co - f
J [ames] W[csley] SPANGLi1l (b Vn) - f Hary [Eliz. ] (flADD.Q.X) (b WV) - buried
Springwood cem - cd still born

SNODGRASS, Palmer - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 15 Feb 1854 - f Robert SNODGRASS m Nancy [SHILEY] - cd scarlet fever - rep by father

SPANGLER, Tbomao J - b 26 Dec 1845 - d 7 Aug 1923 Bot Co - 77wife Virginia A
(1853- 1930) - buried Coppe cem, Sp•ingwood

SNODGRASS, Robert - d by Nov 1806 (Will) WB B pl30 , WB C pl04 - f Joseph
SNODGRASS - m Bannah - ch Tilghman, William Adams, Sabra (or Solah) , Elizabeth, Jane (or Jenny), 8 Miranda; friend &amp; neiBhbor (Rev) Edward MITCHELL;
bros Joseph &amp; Tilghman SNODGRASS - Ex Joeeph SNODGllASS (d 1809), Hexander
BANDLEY
St~ODGRllSS, Robert - b ca Dec 1788 Bot Co (census 111585) - d 23 June 1868 Bot
Co neath Bk - age 79y 6m - f Joseph SNODGRASS - m Mary BARTLt:Y - cd heart
diGease - rep by [last) wife Nancy SHILEY - adm 13 July 1868 Jacob G SPERRY

SllODGRASS, William Sr - b 7 Mar 1714 - d 15 Dec 1790 Bot Co (admr bond) ref WB A p291, will dated 18 Dec 1789 Admr bond - wife Isabella: ch Joseph,
James, William, John, Sbusan (m __ TEADY); Jain (md _
FISRER); Margaret
(md
SEEL); IsabeUa (md _
HcCLENACRA1'1); Elinor (md __GEORGE) - admr
JoscPbS!lODGRASS
SNYDE:R see SIITDER, Ruby Ann CRAWFORD, Elizabeth NOITSINGIIB, John W PETERS
SOLENDETIGF.R, David - cl by 26 Oct 1807 - ref WB 11 pl58, app - On 11 Oct 1614
orphan Anne (over 14); On 9 llu&amp; 18211 orphans Susan, David (both over lll )
sol.£tmf:RGTm, Michael - d by 1798 (Adm bond); opp g settlement WB II p533, 118

SPANGLER, Vircinia A - b 30 May 1853 - d 16 Dec 1930 Dot Co - huu 71Thom110
(1845-1923) - buried Coppe Cem, Springwood
SPllNGLER, William n - b 13 Ap"t' 1859 Fl Co - d 10 Sep 1892 Dot Co - f (William
n SPANGLER] - m [H11nnah SOW"£RS] - 6rave llaymakortown cem
SPEAGLE sec SPIGLE, etc.
SPEAGLE, John - b ca 1799 Va (census 4117119) - d by 11 June 1866 - h/o Anna adm Ann S1'EAGLE
SPEARS sec Elizabeth S GLASGOW, Will iam A GLASGOW, Sally Gray LEWIS
SPEARS, Charles C - b co 1837 Rh Co - d 21 Sep 1862 Leesbu"t'g, Va - aBe 25y
2/3m - h/o Sallie Gray SPEARS (Gbe md 1/2 J D LEWIS) - cd aun shot - Ex
William II Gluocow (10 Nov 1862)
SPENCE, Andrew Frederick - b 1 Dec 1829 Orange Co , NY - d 18 Aug 1912 - f
John SPENCE of NY - buried Lithia Dapt Church - cd Euremic convulsions
SPERRY, Cassa - b co 1817 7Rke Co hus Jacob G SPERRY

cl

22 Nov 1855 - cd childbi"t'th - rep by

n r189, 292, 297 - On 9 Sep 1800 orphan Michael (ove"t' ll•); On 14 Oct 1880
orphan Samuel (over lf1) - heii:s John, David, Betsy (md _STOVER); Sa.ah
(ind
SICLF.R ); Sukey (md _
S'fOVll'R) : Joseph, Mary (md _
SlfITR);
Hi.chii'i?l, Jacob SFl/\VE'R - adm"t'o Christ Lan GISn ; Joseph a Sarah SOLE'NllERGf:R

Sl'ERRY, Jacob - d by 10 Ap"t' 1798 - ref we II pl180, opp g settlement - On 11
Dec 1798 oTphan David - admr David SllAN~S

SOLEHllERCER, Sarah - d by 7 Dec 1811 - llB B p279 , app

Sl'F.R.RY, Theodociu JOllNSTON - b 12 July 1835 - d 11 Nov 1876 grave /\mste"t'dam Cem

SOLLERS sea SELLAR

SPESSARD see Jrunea D TOOHAS

f

JOBNSTON -

�Sl'ICKl\RD see Eliza BEACB, Clan 01\VIS , Joseph V KESSLER, Mar11at:et J ttSSLER
SPICKl\RO, Christian W - b 2 Dec 1768 - d 18 Sep 1848 - age 79y - ref Old
Glade Creelc i;ravestone

SPICtl\RD, (SPINlARD, written above) William Worth - b ca 14 Nov 1855 Bot Co
- cl 4 Mar 1858 - C Natliao SPICKARD - m I\ Eliza - cd dropsy ofbrain-- rep by
father - ref Old Glade Creek gravestone1 death bk
SPIGAL / SPIGLE see SPEAGLE, Mollie OBENSnl\IN, George Thomas DlSSLER, Mnrrie
Cline STEVENS

SPICICl\RD, Georee - b 7 Sep 1832 - d 1833 - ref Old Glade Ct:eek 11ravestone
SPICRARD, narriet - d Aus 1812 - erave Old Glade Creek Cem
SPICKARD, Reni:y - b ca 1759 - d 6 Apr 1836 - a11e 77y - ref Old Glade Creek
gravestone

SPIGGLE, John G - b ca Oct 1858 Bot Co - d 22 Hat: 1860 - age ly Sm 20d - f
George ll SPICGLE - m Elizabeth - cd diptheria - rep by father
SPILLER see Jane McDonald GODWIN
Sl'I'ILAR see ELIAS LINXENUOKER

S~ICKJIRD,

Henry - b ca 1794 Dot Co - d 1 Sep 1858 - cd consumption - rep by
son Nathan SPICKl\RD - h/o Phebe SPICKARD
SPICtARD, Jacob - b 15 July 1785 - d 5 Aug 1815 - ref Old Glade Ct:eek g-ravestone
SPICKARD, John - b ca 1806 or 1800 llot Co (census 11385) - d 28 Mar 1859 ace 53y - cd pluracy - rep by wife Elizabeth [KESSLEB] - adm 13 June 1859
Elizabeth SPICICARD
SPICKARD, Lucy A - b l Mar 1840 - d 16 Feb 1894 - gi:ave Old Glade Creek
cem
SPIClARD, Mary - b ca 1738 Gennany - d 28 Jan 1823 Fincastle - age 85y - rep
in "Herald of the Valley" l Feb 1823

,,

SPIC~D,

Mary ( singl e) - b Va - d Apr 1850 - age 17y - cd (ever - ref Dot
Co Mort Schedule for 1850
SPIClJ\RD, Mary - b 30 Mar 1800 - d llr Apr 1860 - f Benjamin tESSLER - m
Marearet [CI.EAR) - w/o Samuel Sl'ICIU\RD (1809-1875) - ref Old Clade C\"eei&lt;
sravestone

.-.

SPTCltARD, Nathan - b ca Feb 1831 Dot Co - d 1 Dec 1861 - ase 30y 9m 26d - cd
consumption - rep by wife Ann Eliza SPICKARD
SPICURD, Philip - d by 9 Oct
SPICtARD, Aenry SPICKARD

~

·~

1792 - l48 A

p350, app

8

SPITLER, Jacob - d by tlar 1820 Bot Co - ref HD C p249, will dated 9 Feb 1820
- wife F;mny; ch Michael., Barbara (md _
CROUSE), Daniel, Elizabeth (md
[ Michael ) PETERS); Jacob, Dannah (md _ HY£1\S); Hacdeline - ex5 Mathias
SNIDER , Michael SPITLER
SPRINGER see llillinm GRAHAM
SPRINGER, Amanda - b ca 1831 - d 9 Mar 1853 - f Abram /\BNOLD - cd pneumonia
- w/o S3l!luel SPRINGER
SPRI!ill.E, female - b 20 Oct 1913 Bot Co - d 20 Oct 1913 - f Clarence llenry
SPRINILE (b Bot Co) - m Laura Catherine (BOLTON) Cb Bot Co) - buried Fincastle cem - cd still born
SPRINXLE, Ann M - b ca Feb 1867 Bot Co - d 11 Mar 1867 - ase 24d - f William
M SPRINJCLE - m Martha - cd not l\nown - rep by father
SPRINKLE, J M R, Col - b l Dec 1811 - d 24 Dec 1889 - f (maybe Peter SPRINKLE)
- h/o Mary J DARLEY (1829-1898) - ref Raymakcrtown gravestone
SPRINKLE, Joltn R - b 12 Apr 1853 - d 27 Feb 1923 Bot Co - f John H Sl'lltNKU:
(b Rh Co) - m Jane DARLEY (b Rh Co) - bui:ied llnymokertown by 1-l ll Rader Co
SPRINUE, Lela D (DRUGI!) - b 16 Jan 1868 - d 30 Apr 1903 - f Denj;1111in F
[BRUGH] - m Esterline HcCLURE - w/o John H R Sl'RINn.E - i;rave llayr.inkertown ccm

Admr bond - adr.ir Mary

SP1CL4RO, Sallie B - b 1862 - d 1943 - w/o William 0 SPICKARD - ref Old
Glade Creek gravestone

SPRINKLE, Mary J - b 10 Aue 1829 [can't he; she md in 183t.) or 10 [July 1870
written above) - d 17 Jan 1898 Bot Co - f Jacob 81\RLEY - m Phoebe llElITOll w/o Col J M R SPRJNUE (1811-1889) - ref llarna kertown cravestonc

SPTCKARD, Samuel - b 26 Dec 1809 - d 1 Dec 1875 - h/o Mary [KESSLtB) 08001860 ) - re( Old Glade Creek Bravestone

SPRlNUE, Olen Elmer - b ca 188 1 - d 1950 Bot Co (llc\rs) 1;11 10 p23 • f Samuel
SPRINKLE - m Mattie E BRUGfl - i;ife Flossie A llrPES 68)' - ch John f: 1.2y,
Ch&lt;irles llr.nry 1, oy , Louise G llt.RRfS 38y - buried Godi;in Ccm

Sl'CCKAllD, William A - b ll AU(\ l8lt5 Bot Co - d 7 Feb 1916 - f Jolln SPICK.ARD
(b Bo t Co) - m Elizabeth [KESLER) (b Dot CoO - buried Blue Ridae Springs cem
- cd lobar pneu~onia - ref Death cert; Old Glade Spring gravestone

SPHINKLE, Samuel Edward Sr - b 21 July 18'15 Uh Co - d 12 F'eb 1900 Do t Co llB R p80 - f John H R Sl'l11NKLE - m Hnry Jane OARtF:Y - :-:He "Hatti c" E OlltJC:ll
- grave Haymakcr t own cem

SPICKARD, William P - b 17 June 1841 - d 16 Aug 1903 - grave Old Glade Creek
Ce Cl

SPRINICT.E, Viola AHee (sini;le) - d 1956 - f Samuel E SPlll!lltLF. - c, Hall \c 1-:
DRUGR - relatives sis 5 Annie, Myrtle, Hattie; hro Sar.iuel (hi s ch Pcnj:imi11
J:, Robert W, Samuel E, Floyd S); crand nephc" Benjamin J:. (s / o Br.njnoin t ) buried Godwin Cnm

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Vol. 33 - No. 4 Supplement - Fall 2009
(October, November, December)

CONTENTS

Botetourt County, Virginia Death Records by Charles T. Burton - continued

188

1920's Hopscotch and Double Dutch by Libby Spoelma

211

New Book by Max S. Thomas

213

Do to unforeseen circumstances we will be unable to provide an index to volume 33.

�STARKEY, Thomas A J - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 22 Au~ 1854 - f William II STARlEY
- m Hildred - cd scarlet fever - rep by father

SPROWL soc Peter lll\IGRT
SPIJRLOCt, inf ant - b 1866 - d by 14 Sep 1866 - m Ellen SPURLOCi': - cd throat
cut at birth - ref inques t papers

STARCEY, Wi lliam A - b 4 Sep 1B24 - d 31 July 1902 - age 77y - h/o Hildred F
STARCEY - grave Old Glade Creek cem

STAIB see STAR
STAIB, Oenry (wido11er) - b ca 23 Aug 1769 Pa (census 11742) - d 11 Apr 1858 cd old nee - re11 by son Jeremiah STAIR - [grave SiJMlons cem
h/o Hnry - Ex JerOD1i3h STAIR (10 Hay 1858)

011

Hi 11 Creek) -

STAIR, M:i.ry M - b 13 Nov 1773 ra (census #742) - d 28 Jnn 1854 - ref Old
German [Dutch) cam (Simmons) - N/O Henry STAIR

STARCEY, William ff - b ca Aue 1858 Bot Co - d 4 Jon 1859 - age 4m 27d - f
William A STAJICEY - m Edna F - cd hives - rep by father
STATLER, Abraham Sr - d by Hay 1813 - l:'Cf WB D p332, will dated 20 Oct 1812
- ch [.Jacob), Abraham, John, Elizabeth (md .John WRITE),
(md John CODD) Exr Jacob STATLER
STATON see Audrey Wilson LOlJllERH:ILK, Oildn Hnl:'y Jonnlncs LOUDERMILK

STJILEY, Ste11hen - d by 23 Dec 1815 - ref WD C pt11, app
STf\NDf\CK, .John - d by 7 Mor 1818 - ref wn C pt09, 121, 130, app, sole, etc admr Phillip EDDINGTON
STANDIFER, Sruauel - d by 9 Apl:' 1776 - ref admr bond - admr .Tnmes S'f/INDil"ER

STATON, William - b ca 1844 [Amil Co) - ti 30 Mnr 1914 - buried Alms House cam
- cd old a ge
S'f CLAIR also spelled SINCLf\IR, SAINTCLf\I:B , Benjamin DOUGLAS, Jos eph SNODGRASS , Elizabeth CAILER, Rhodn BRICKEY / Dora Loe FAl,LS, Nannie Bel1 LEONAlU&gt;

STANLEY see Isnnc ENGLE
STf\N'LEY, Frances A - b en 18511 not Co - d 28 Apr 18511 - f John N STANLEY - m
Naooy - cd hoopinn coush - rep by father
STANLEY, Fcyiar Lewis - b 4 Aug 1910 Bot Co - d 26 Apr 1914 - f Auston F
STANLEY (b Gbr Co, WV) - m Anna May (BRADS) (b Rb Co) - buried Mt Union oem
- cd acute nephritis
STARLEY, James E - b ca 1851 llot Co - d 4 May 1854 - f John
Nancy - cd hooping cough - rep by Cather

STATON, Charlo t:t:a - b 29 Apr 18111 Vn - d 23 Dae 1917 - f
(b don't know)
- m Pamela PARn:R (b don't !mow) - buriad Orisknny com - cd pnl:'alysis

N

STANLEY -

ST CLAIR, female - b 2 Nov 1912 Dot Co - b 6 Nov 1912 - f Pack ST CLAIR (b
Dot Co) - m Mary [name is circled] (b Dot Co) - budcd Glade Creek cem - cd
prematue birth
ST CLAIR, Bland - d by 30 Aug 1899 Bot Co - cd hit by Railway car - ref
Inquest papers

11

STANLEY, John N - b ca 1804 Bot Co [ar 1807 Census :1459) - d 5 Har 1859 a(!e SSy -cd fevn - rep by wife Nancy STANLEY - adm Raney STllHLEY (11 Apr
1859)
STANLEY, Posey L - b 20 Apr 1889 - d 2 Sep 1923 - grave Fautz Cem (near
Bonsack)
STAPLES, Goldie Alice - b 4 Aue 1914 Bot Co - d 6 Aug 1914 - f Richard
STAPLES - m Alvcna (HITCflf.LL) (b Ohio) - buried family burying Gt'Ound - cd
pre ma tu re birth

Elizabeth "Betty" - b ca 1861 Dot Co - d (ca 1897) (obitual:'y not
dated) Bot Co - f Michael ENGLISU - m Susan (ECHOLS] - bus John R ST CLAIR buried in family cem - obituary in Croniso Scrapbook 16

ST CLAIR ,

ST CLAIR, Ellijean - b 25 July 18113 - d 10 June 1909 Bot Co - f [John K ROBINSON] - m [Mary) - w/o George D ST CLAIR (d 1869) - ref Beaverdam gravestone
ST CLAIR, Geor ge D - b [ca 1836 Limerick, Ireland) - d 28 Sep 1868 Bot Co h/o Elljean ST CLAIR (1843-1909) - ref Beaverdam cravestone
ST CLAIR, Georce T - b ca Nov 1847 Bot Co - d 15 Oct 1861 Bot Co - age l3y
llm 25d - f Robert H ST CLAIR - m Elizabeth [KELLY) - cd casualty - l:'ep by
father

STAR see STAIR
STARKES see John Andel:'son flUFFMAN
STf\RK.EY see Mary Elizabeth Rffil':Y
Sl'AllKEY, Mnrshnll narve_y - b co 1853 not Co - d 23 Dec 1856 - f William f\
S1'f\ltKF.Y - m Mildred - cd croup - rep by father
STAllKF.Y, Hildred F - b 15 Oct 1825 - d 4 Apr 1906 - w/o William A STAR~
- grnve Old Glade Creel&lt; com

ST CLAIR, Julia - b July (1874 marked out) Bed Co - d 30 Oct 1913 Bot Co - (f
William WllEELER (b Ded Co) - (m Hnry (SHITll) (b ncd Co) [both parents info
marked out] - buded Lemon town ccm - cd typhoid fever [I inndc n bi&amp; mistake
copyint this see other Julia card ]
ST CLAIR, Julia - b 1 Jan 1887 (or 1881) [Only one Julio, 1900 Ded Co census
Chbg dist Ir, house 186) - d 10 Oct 1913 llot Co - f .T D ST CLAfR (b Bed Co)
- Ill Hollie (ADBOTI) (b Ded Co) - buried Lemontown - cd typhoid fnver - [hus
Lawl:'eoce D ST CLAIR

�ST CLAIR, La\l'rence - b 6 Jan 1875 Iled Co - d 19 Feb 1916 not Co - f Steven J
ST CLAil\ (b Iled Co) - m Sarah (BOHO) (b Bed Co) - buried Lemontown cem - cd
eancerous tumor
ST CJ,Alll, Lewis - b 6 Aus 1839 - d 4 Mar 1840 Dot Co - f William ST CLAIR m Mai;y [KESSLER] - ref Old Gl ade Creek gravestone
ST CLAIR, Lucy M - b 6 Mar 1838 - d 7 July 1838 Bot Co - age /1m ld -f William
ST CLAIR - m MaTy [KESSLER] - ref Old Glade Cree k gravestone
ST CLATn, Hable - b 6 May 1916 [Bot Co] - d 6 Nov 1917 [Bot Co] - £ John ST
CLAil\ [b Va] - m Anna [C/UITER] [b Va] - buried Johnson Cem in Bed Co - cd
spinal menengitis

STERRET, John (md) - b Va - d June 1849 - ace 63 - cd suddtm - re?f 1850 Do t
Co Mort Schedule - admx bond 8 July 1850 Margal'.et STERRETT
STEVENS see Carl Eu6ene SOAFFF.l\
STEVENS, Elizabeth - b en 1811 Bed Co - d 26 !far 1870 Am•te-.:dam Twsp - a ge
58y tom - f Tilgbaman A [STEVENS, marked out, CO DDS writ ten in) - m Hannah cd pneumonia - rep by hus Robert STEVRNS
STEVENS, Elizabeth - d 10 Aug 1879 - od murdered by hus - w/o James U
ST.EVENS - ref in~uest papers

ST CLAIR, Mncy - b 23 May 1813 - d 19 June 1887 Bot Co - f [Charles SELVY] hus William ST CLAIR - grave Old Glade Creek cem

STEVENS, James n - b ca [16341 [census 1850 Bot Co 0899) - d 17 Aug 1879 - f
(Robert ll STEVENS) - m [J&gt;:lh'lbetb) - od shot himself - ref inquest papers hfo Elizabeth

ST CLAIR, Samuel P - b ca Nar 1860 - d 31 May 1860 [Bot Co) - age 2111 lld - f
R[obert] M ST CLAlll - m Elizabeth [KELLEY] - cd spasms - rep by f ather

STEVENS, Julia - d 23 Jan 1885, an infant - f T A STEVENS - m Molly - see
Cronise scrapbook 16

ST CLAIR, Sarah Virginia - b 3 Jul y 1854 Bed Co - d 8 Aug 1917 Bot Co - f
John 0 DEL\J.Ul [marked out, Bond written above] (b Fr Co) - m Martha (DEERING)
(b Ded Co) - buried Lemontown cem - cd cancer of breast - [hue Stephen Jonat.h~ ST CLAIR)

STEVENS, Hagele H (single) - b 16 Apr 1872 - d 18 Sept 189l1 - age 22y - f T
A STJWENS - m H H - sis · - (md John CRONISE) - buried Mill Creel&lt; cem - see
Croniee scrapbook 41

ST CLAIR , Virgil M - b 10 Sep 1841 - d 9 Nov 1898 llot Co - £ [Wing1'ie1d J ST
CLAIR] - m [Margaret] [1850 Bot Co census 111673] - ref Old Glade Creek
gravestone

STEVP.NS, Harrie Cline - b 1, Feb 1917 Va - d lO Feb 1917 - f Oerbert U STEVENS
(b Va) - m Sallie D (SJ'ICLE) (b Va) - budecl Mill Creek cem - cd supperior
?Ur in
STEVENS, Mollie S - b ca 1841 - d 2 Aui: 1892 - Bfle Sly - grave Mill Creek oem

ST CLAIR , Wi115.am - b 29 Aus 1788 Va (ce nsus 11607) - d 3 Mar 1855 Bot Co age 67y - f ( Wayman ST CLAIR] - m [Mary) - h/o Mary [SELVY] ST CLAIR [bis
3tcd wife] - grave Old Glade Creek cem - adm Daniel O:SSLER (9 Apr 1855) [ Mr nu-.:ton had as wife Mary [ESSLER, 2nd wife, which he marked out]
ST Ct~IR, William Henry - b ca 1844 Dot Co - d 30 June 1862 - age 18y Sm 5d
- £ William St Clair , Seven Pines,(Bot Co Death Bk) - m Mary [U::SSLER] - cd
shot a t 7 Pines - rep by mothe,r - adm bond 1.5 Feb 1870 Sheriff JOllNSON
STEEJ..E, fe male - b l(j Jan 1915 Dot Co - d 16 Jan 1915 - f Cheste-.: ll STEE'LE
( b Mercer Co, WV) - m Viola (l!Il,EY) (b IN) - cd born dead
STEELE, Sa1lie M - b l Apr 1837 - d 9 Sep 1880 - w/o J M STEELE - ref
Fincastle Presby gravest one

STEVF.R see George DEAL, William Brown BOWYER
STEVER, Michael C - d by 8 Apr 1818 - ref WB C pl34, app
STEWART see S'flJART, Renry CARTMILL, Elizabeth McCLURE
STEWART , Hartha A - b 15 May 1846 - d 9 Mar 18
- f Newton SllITZmt - m Elb;n
A - w/o William L STEWART - grave s~itzer cem (fll l, steep hill, Williamson
farm)
STEllART, l'riscilla (widow) - b ca 1807 Dot Co - d June 1661 - -age Sloy - f N
SWITZER - E - cd consumption - rep by bro Ceo-.:ge SWITZER

STEENBERGER see 'ravener BEALE

Sl'E\IAllT, Samuel - (mtl) - b Vn - d Feb 1850 - n(le 511y - cd consumption - ref
1850 Bot Co Mort Schedule - ndm Tl1omas SWITZER ("12 Aus 1850)

STENNETT see Edyth LAYTON

Sl'EllART, Thomas - d by 12 Oct 1851 - adm William H LACJ:l,AND

STEP sec STIP, Lewis HICKLE

STEWAR'f , Will A (single) - b Va - d Oct 18119 - ase 20y - cd fever - ref 1850
Bot Co Mo~t Schedule

S'fEPllF.NS see STEVENS
STICK1,P.MAN see Joanna LEMON
S'l'P.T'nP.NSON, _ _ - d by 9 Feb 1791 (son c alled an orpha n) - son Geori:e
STEPTOE see F.lizabetb P JOHNSTON

STllLEll, Jolin P - b 17 Oct 18511 Oed Co - d 29 Oct 1869 - nae 15y Om 12(1 - f
John STILLER - m Mazy - cd rheumatism - rep by father

�STtNNETT oe c Sarah CAMPER, James F CAfll'lm, Eunice Dele.o DILL, Nannie
Jock Robert wniamsoN, mnle liILUNSON

E

.JONES,

STINNE'IT, male - b t, June 18511 Bot Co - cl 5 June 1854 - f Tilgbmnn STINNETT
- m E - ctl not known - rep by fn t hl?r
STINNE'l'T, John J (unoad) - b ca 18111 fever - rep by f ather

d

23

Sep

1857 - f Tilman STINNETT - cd

STOVl:R, John - b en Oct 1842 Bot Co - d 30 Dec 1861 - ase t9y 2m 24d
William C STOVER - m Mary - ad congestion of brain - rep hy father

- f

S'fllF.F.PAR see Mani LINKENl!Olrnn, Eli.7.abeth LlNJ:RNllOICER
STREliTLAND see Vircinin JONES
STllETES see Jacob DEIS06!1, Susnn DE'.ISOBR
STRICll./\ND see Dennie Davia FIRESTOlfE, Vircinio JONES

STfmlllTf, Otho .Jackson - b 19 Apr L914 Buchanan - d l Hay 19lli - f Otho STlliNEIT ( b Va) - M Daisy (WORTR) (b Va) - buried Buchanan Cem - od spinn bifida
STIP s e e STEP, Hichael COON

S'fKlClLAND, Josephus - b ca 1830 Bot Co - d 1.3 nee 1067 - esc 37y - f William
STRICICLAND - m Christiana - rep by b- i-1 John J JONliS - h/o Mory STRIC{LAND
- admr 10 Feb 1868 Mary A STRICICLAND
STRICICJ,AND, Sarah R - b ca 1856 Dot Co - d 1861 - n(le Sy - f Josephus STRIC"t,f\NO - m M A - cd diptherio - re1&gt; by father

ST JOllN sec Tbomns .J DARBIS
STOUO, llcney - d by 14 Ma..: 1770 - ref admr bond - admr William rNGt.t:s
STOGNAL, Mnry - b ca J uly 1847 not Co - d l Sep 1858 - ago lly 2m - f John
S'fOGNAt. - od brain fever - rep by hcnd of family 1 John PANTEll
STOKES

see

STRICJCLllND, Thomas V - b en 1858 Dot Co - d 1861 ~·AND - m M A - od dipthorin - rep by father

nee

3y - f Joeephua S'l'lllCll-

STRICICI.AND, William E - b ca 1839 Vn (census 11658) - d by tt1 Au e 1866 - adni
J,ewis LINK.ENBOICER, sheriff

Wilbert Woodrow UELL

STONE see George LINJ:ENROKER

STROTHER see John HAOISON

STONER see Nora IU.LLIAMS, Emeline LUSTER

STUARD, Fannie M - b 1 July 1849 - d 24 Oct 1888 - w/o G WSTUARn - ref cem
across River from Salt Poter Cave

STONRR, f emale - b 6 Dec 1855 Bot Co - d 4 Dec 1855 - f Dav:id STONER - m
Martha Ann - cd unkn - rep by mother
STONER, Catherine - b 1776 Moomaw [family] gravestone

d

1820 - w/o Jacob STONER (1782-1836) - ref

STUART see Christian VINYARD, STEWART, Marion Stuart JONES
STUART,

- d

by 9 July 179'• (son called an orphnn) - son Ocnry (age 14)

STUART, James - d by 8 Oct 1803 - ref
STONER, Jacob - b 1782 - d 1836 - 11/o Cntherine STONER (1776-1820) - ref
~loomaw Fomily sravestone
STONF.R, Louisa G - b 5 Oct 1.81&gt;2 - d 3 June 1852 - f Samuel STONER - m
Catherine - ref Fi.ncast:le Presby 5ravutone
STOUFFER see Dorman BRDGD
STOUTAMIRE, Gasper - d by Sep 1822 (order) - ref WB C p378, app - On 9 Sep
1822 orphans Dianna, Bellona, Josiah, Sally S Berryman (all under 14) - admr
Michael Mnt.ER
S'f0V£1t s ee Michael f'RANTZ, Michael SOLENBARGER, Minerva Moomaw TDOMAS
STOVER, Charles Ivan - 20 Feb 1912 Dot Co - d 28 Feb 1914 - f C II STOVEil (b
Do t Co) - m Hnllie J (DEISD£R) (b Bot Co) - buried Forest Grove cem - cd
menensi t is
STOVER, Ema 'f - b ca 1855 Sot Co - d 19 Har 1856 - f William C STOVER - m
Ann - cd hooping cough - rep by fa th er
STOVER, John - d by
Oannab S

1~

June 1830 (daus called

orphans) -

daus

El\~nbetb,

wn

B

p45, app

STUART, Robert - d by Dec (mnrked out) 4 Nov 1819 written nbove - ref 1m c
p228, 366, app &amp; sale - ad1ax Jane STUART
STULL see Joseph WOODS, Alfred RIDDLEBARGER
STULL, male - b 21 Hay 1913 Bot Co - d 21 May 1913 - f John W STULL (b Bot
Co) - m Blanch (OAl:LEY) (b Bot Co) - buried Stull'&amp; cem - cd premature
STULL, Blanche E - b 4 Sep 1882 Dot Co - d 31 May 1913 - f William OAKLEY (b
llC) - m Jane (BARGER) (b Do t Co) - buried Forest Grove oem - cd TD
STULL, Crystal - b 11 Feb 1912 Dot Co - d U Feb 1916 - f John W S'fULL (b
not Co) - m Emma nLl\NCU (01\ICLEY) (b Dot Co) - buried Stults buryinc ground cd ocasles &amp; pneumonia
STUI.t., Eloise Dorcas - b tl May 19111 !lot Co - d 18 tlar 1916 - C Charles ll
STULL (b fill Co) - m Dennie (EVANS) (b not Co) - buri.ed Caln ccrq - cd
pneumonia
STULL, Emeline - b 18 Feb 1838 - d 27 May 1908 - f [Dar&amp;cr) - [ w/o John John
STULL) -

crave Ht H:i&lt;inh L11tho~an Cem

�STULL, Frank T - b 24 Mar 1897 - d 5 July 1899 - f J 1l STULL - m Mary E crave Mt ~lariah Lutheran cem
STOLL, Gussie Yearl - b 28 Nov 1885 A11 Co - d 6 July 1912 - f Mead STULL (b
All Co) - m Sarah Ann (M'ERRI'fT) (b Bot Co) - buried Galatia - cd apoplexy

SULLENDER, L A II - d by 19 D"c 1910 - od fell from railroad britlce - ref
inquest papeits
SULLENDER, Susan - b 11 June 18115 All Co - d l2 Sep 1916 - f William ITELHANTOLLER - m Mary (JOllNSON) - buried Locust Dot tom cem - od gani;reen of rii;ht
foot
SULLIVAN, John 0Ren - d by 10 Apr 1783 - ref WB A pl81, app &amp; settlement,
admr bond - admr DUGR ALLEN

STULL, Jacob - d by 30 Nov 18lii - ref llD n pl123 app
STULL, James Rick - b 27 May 1847 (All Co) - d 10 Mar 1917 - f James STULI.
(b Va) - m Sarah (Bannab, wri tten above ] (KING) (b--vii) - buried Stull buryi ng ground - cd Fibroid phthisis, organic valaular heart disease, chronic
g lanular nephrit is

SUMMERFIELD , John - d by 31 Dec 1813 - ref WB B p382, app - On 15 Aug 1816
orphan Benjamin
SU!ll'TER see Mary Jane LANDERS

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STULL, John - b ca 1774 Aug Co - d 4 July 1853 - f George STULL - cd pneumonia - rep b y son George STULL

SUBER see SERllER, James llAGGOl'IER

STYNE, Cary L - b 8 Oc't 1834 - d 4 Nov 1911 - f (William 11 STYNE] - m (Sarah
Ann DOLMAN ) - [ 1 st wi fe Susan,] [2nd} wife Bester [RADE:R) - buried Copps cem,
Sprin gwood

SUBER , John D - b 16 Aug 1851 Bot Co - d 2 May 1855 - f Wash SURBER - m Ca therine - cd not nown - rep by {nther - ref Allen-Carper cem (near ruins old
Allen hOuse)

STYl'IE, Catherine - b ca 1800 ( 1850 Dot Co c ensus #713) - d i867 - f John
STY!'m (STONE) - sis Rebecca COMMINGS - Bot Co WB L p312 - adm 12 Aug 1867
Ralph OENDERSON

SUBER , William Anderson - b 15 June 18l1G Ho - d 17 Sep 1912 - f Washington
SURREil
7 - m 1 (
7 - buried McKalister cem - cd organic heart
disease

STYNE, George W - b 10 J en 1830 - d 15 Jan 1904 - £ William 1l STYNE - m
Sarah Ann DOLLMAN - wHa Martha Jane NACE - buried Wheat l and c em

SWAI}I, infant - d by 6 Nov 1912 - m Mary SWAIN - cd born dead - ref inquest
papers

STYlfE, Rester - b 7 Dec 16~2 - d 20 Jan 1936 - f [RADER ] - hus Cary L STYNE
- buried Copps cem, Springwood

SWANSON &amp;&lt;!e Absalom LOO!fEY

STYNE, James A - b ca 1862 Dot Co - d Aue 1867 - age 5y - f George W STYNE m Jane - cd hooping couuh - rep by fa ther

SWARTZ, Vi7:ginin Rester - b 1 tlay 1914 Va - d 2 Hay 19111 - f W 0 SWARTZ (b
Va) - m Vivian (MILLER) (b VaO - buried Springwood cem - cd prematu11e birth
SWARTZEL see Margaret

STYllE, Martba Jane - b 20 June 1838 Dot Co - d ).8 Nov 1916 - f Robert NACE
(b Va) - m (b Va) - buried liheatland - cd pneumonia - [ hus George Ii STYNE]
STYNE, Sarab Arw - b ca 1797 - d 18 Apr 1876 - age 79y - f [ Renry DOLLMAB] hus Wil l iam a STYNE - buried Copps c em, Springwood

STYNE, Susan - b 30 Aug 1837 - d 8 Oct 1893 n e ar Springwood - age 56y lm 9d
- hus Cary S'!YN:E - buriud Copp s oem, Sprin gwood - Cronis s crapbook 48
S'£YIIB, Vi r ginia NOFSINGER - b 30 J une 1866 - d 12 Oct 19'36 - f. [NOFSINGER) hus William Robert STYllE - bui:ied Fairview, lluch anan

STY'NE, William R - b ca 1600 Va (census /f926) - d 22 Jan 1863 - a&amp;e 62y h/o Snrah Ann DOLMAN - adm Geo W STYNE &amp; Jacob ~~ZER

STINE, Wi'lliam ilob&lt;&gt;rt - b 3 Oct 1858 - d l S Sep 1936 - wHe
ER - buried Fairview, Buchanan
SULLENJ!F.RGl::R see SOLENDARGER
SULJ.EllDER see lfaTY Lee CIBCLE, Charlotte A Mcl'OERSON

Vil:~inia

NOFSING-

Vir~inia

JONES

SWATTS (SWARTZ), Loise Hildred - b 28 Nov 1915 Dot Co - d 21 Jan 1916 ~ f lJ
O SllATIS (b Va) - m Vivian (HILLER) (b Va) - buried SpringwooO Cem - cd
gastro-enteretis
SWATTS , William W&lt;!sley - b 7 May 1917 Dot Co - d 7 May 1917 - f William 0
SWATTS (b Va) - m Vivian (WILt.IAMS) (b Va) - buried Spr·ingwood cem - cd
still born
SWISllER see Julia Ann BARGER
SWISllEJl, George W, Dr - b ca 1815 Vn (census i/1476) - d by 10 Oc t 18611 - atlm
Lewis LINK~NROKEl\, sheriff
SWITZER see Priscilla STE11ART 1 Penelope W AUSTIN, Robert CALDWELL, Mnrtha /\
StEllART, narriett SIHFSON
SWITZER, male - b 11 Feb 1856 Dot Co - d 12 Feb 1856 - f George SllITZER - n1
Snrnh - cd not known - rep by father
SWITzr,n, Andrew J - b ca 1858 Bot Co - d 16 Apr 1862 - age 4y - f
- m Alice - cd acarlet fever - rep by father

n

SWITZER

�SWIT7.ER1 Cary Aston - b ca 1819 Va (census 01554) - d by 11 Oct 1852 - f
Thomno SWITZER - m Mary - h/o Jnne - l!lC Thomas SWITZER

SHITZER, Lucy Ann - b 31 Jon 1810 - d 30 July 1866 Dot Co (graveatonel - f
Elias LINCENBOGER - hus Hadieon H SWITZER - Mt Pleasant cem

SW!l'?.ER, Cntherine - b (before 1821) Dot Co - d 9 Sep 1861 - age over 40 rep b) hos William SWITZER

SWITZE'R, Madison M - b 26 Hay 1810 - cl 9 J an 1887 Bot Co Canvostonc) - f
Nathan SWITZER - m Elizabeth CIJENOWITO - wile ill Lucy i\nn LINC£Nl10GER; wife
02 Jane Atkinson GILES - Hr Pleasant cem

SWITZF.R, Chat:les - b CR Har 1869 Bot Co - cl 9 July 1869 - a11e 3m 28d - f
Solomon SWITZRR - m Sopbin - cd summer comploi.nt - rep by father
SWITZER, Chloe? - b 8 July 1789 - d 8 July 1873 - grave Switzer cem (fill,
steep hill, Williamson fnt"lll)
SWITZER, Elizn llnn - b 20 Nay 1814 - d 1 May 1875 - f [KllLLY] - 2nd w/o
Newton SWITZ!iR (d 1886) - grave Switzer cem (/Ill, Williamson's fa'rni (steep
hill)
SWI!ZER, Geor&amp;e - d 1870 - adm bond 12 Sep 1870 A A WOODSON
SWITZRR, Bart:iet - b en 1810 Va (census #1496) - d by 12 Sep 1865 - ndm
Hnti.lda SRITZER
SWITZER, Bart:iott - b 2 Mar 1845 - d 14 June 1909 - w/o H :r S\IITZER - gt:ave
Mt Mnriab Lutheran cem
SWITZER, Benry - d by June 1798 - ref HB A p487, "ill da tod 1783 - wife
Chloe; ch Will~am, Wathnn, 'l"bomes, John, Mary, Joseph

SWITZER, Mory - b ca 1787 Dot Co - cl Nov 1870 Buchanan precinct - age 83y od old age - rep by son Benjamin SWITZER - w/o .James SWITZEll
SHITZER, Newton - b ZO Aug 1813 - d 9 Oct 1886 - h/o ¥2 Eliza Ann (tE'LLY] grave Switzer cem (011, steep hill, Williamson's form)
SllITZEll, Paulino - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 26 Nor 1862 - age 10y 2n1 - f ll SWITZER - m Alice - cd scarlet fovor - rep by father
SllITZEn, Samuel Guy - b 11 July 1878 Dot Co - d 6 Apr 1915 - f C II SWITZER
(b Bot Co) - m Mory Virginia (BURGER) [b Bot Col - buded Zions Hill Cem cd consumption
SWITZER, Thomae - b ca 1800 Va (census /11522) - d by 13 Oct 1862 - f Nathan
SWITZER - m Elizabeth COENOWITIJ - h/o HaJ:Y IJ DROWN - adm Jonathan SWIIZER
SWITZER , Thomas - b ca 17611 Va (census /11555) - d by 1.3 Jan l.851 - f [Benry
SWITZER) - m [Chloe COENOllTill) - h/o H:ary - adm Co.cy A SWITZER

SWITZER, Rent:y M - b ca 1856 Bot Co - d 14 Ap'r 1862 - nge Sy 6m - f D SWITZER - m Alice - cd scarlet revet.' - rep by father

SWI TZER, Tilford H - b (22 Har 1856) Dot Co - d 20 Feb 1859 - :age 3y - f Newton SWITZER - m Eliza [Ann] - cd pneumonia - t:ep by father - [gt:ave Switzer
Cem (/Ill, steep hill , Williamson farm))

SWITZER, Jamee - b ca 1797 Dot Co - d 19 Dec 1870 Buchanan P'recinct - age
7Jy - cd old age - rep by son Denjamin SWITZER - h/o Mary SWITZER

SWITZER, Virginia - b ca 1846 Bot Co - d July 1861 - age 15y - f T SWITZER m Hnry - cd consumption - rep by uncle Geor ge SWITZER

SlfI1'ZF.R, James C - b ca 1826 Va (census 111592) - d 13 Nov 1865 - h/o Margaret
A - adm Margaret A SIUTZER

SWITZER, William, Sr - d by Feb 1812 - ref l~D D p282 , wi 1l elated 9 Jan 1811
- wife Nancy [Anne]: ch William, Sar:ih, Cloe, J o.mes; bros John, Joseph

SWITZER, Jane Atkinson - b 5 Dec 1844 - d 10 Feb 1864 - C CD.ES - hus Madison
M SWITZER

SWOOPE, Sollie - b 1878 Bot Co - d 25 Apr 1913 - f J C PEA~ (b Bot Co) - m
Ollie (CROKER) (b Mont Co) - buried Bethel cem - cd septicemia

SWITZER, John - b ca 1799 Bot Co (census #1500) - d 9 Jan 1858 - ase 59y cd rheumatism - rep by wife Mary SWITZER - adm John G RUDISILL (8 Feb 1858)

SWORTZEL, Amanda J - b 18 Jnn 1839 - d 26 July 1906 - w/o
Old Glade Creek crovestone

SllITZEll, John Kelly - b ca 1854 Bot Co - d 19 July 1857 - f Newton SWITZER m Eliza A - cd measles - rep by father

SWORTZl:L, Charles W - b 16 Hay 1867 - d 11 June 1921 - ref Old Clade Creek
gravestone

SWITZER, John WilJ.iam - b ca 1856 Bot Co - d 11 Apr 1862 - age 6y - f B SWITZER - m Alice cd scarlet fever - rep by father

SWORTZEL, Florence M - b 27 June 1874 - d 5 Feb 1937 - ref Old Clade Creek
gravestone

SlUTZtll, Jonathan - d 1867 - admr l2 Aue 1867 Samuel BURGER

SHOR'.l'Zl1, D S - b 18 /\pr 1839 - d 15 Mar 1905 - ref Old Clncla Creak {lravcstono

SWITZER, Louise A - b 29 July 1844 - d 19 Oct 1904 - srave Ha)'lllaker cera

SWORTZEL, J A - b 27 Sep 1837 - d 14 Sep 1902 - h/o Marcat:ct J SllORTZEL (18411
- 1912) - ref Old Clade Creek &amp;ravestone

SWITZEn, Lucinda I - b 24 Dec 181l7 - d 29 Nov 1884 - grave Switzer cem (#11 ,
steep hill, Willio.mson farm)

n S SllORTZEL - ret

SHORTZEL, Louise - b 23 .July 1912 Dot Co - ll 23 Jan 1914 - f Mont. SWORTZEL
(b Bot Co) - m Ho.ry (WALDRON) (b Bed Co) - buriod Clndc Crook com - cd
pneuconia

�SllORTZEL, Margaret Jane - b 6 Mnr 1844 Bot Co - d 20 Oct 1912 - f John M XENT
b Bed Co - m eliza (CESLER) b Bot Co - w/o J A SllORTZE'L (1837-1902) - ref
Old Glade Creek gravestone - cd broncho pneumonia
SYMl'SON see SIMPSON

TAYLOR, John D - d by 11 July 1864 - adm Lawis LIN[!NROIER
TAYl,OR, John W - b ca 1830 Va - d 11 Feb 1913 - f Tom TAYLOR (b Vn) - m
don't know) (b Va) - buried Buchanan cem - cd pneumonia
TAYl.OR, Ma-rk - d by 10 Nov 1828 (dau cnllod an ot:phan) - dau Halindn (over
14)

TABLER, Elizabeth M - h ca 1800 Clark Co, Va - d 20 Mar 1865 - age 65y [or
57y Om l9d] - f P 78ROWll - cd cancer - rep by hus Rev John T TABLER - grave
Fincastle Presby cem - [her hus Rev Johll T TABLER d 15 Dec 1895 i n Boyce
Ci ty, Texas (s ee Cronise Scrapbook 36)]
TAGERT see William RENTFRO
TALLEY s ee Mary P JENNINGS
TAPSCOTT see Dr John WOOD

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TAl'SCOTT, James - d by 21' Oct 1807 [Division Dot Co WB B p290 ; Drawer 9,
Chancery papers, 12 Sep 1839, TAPSCOTT vs ROWLAND, copy of his will which
was recorded Sweet Springs District Court] - wife Susanna; lst wife's ch
Robert, Albi!fi, J8l1Jes &amp; ffarneJ; tefli.s; ch by 2nd wile Louise, Raker, Newton ,
Cat:ol,ine, Chichester; s is Salley; others Font:ose 8 Stanbopa WOOD [ 2nd wife's
ch by her 1st hus ) - on 14 June 1614 Newton (under 14) g 12 Sep 1815 Chichester (over 14)
TAXE see Mary l!AYS , John T HAYS
TATE, ~- - d by 12 June 1792 (so n called nn orphan) - son Edward
TATE, Nathaniel G - d by 8 mar 1810 - ref WO D p231, 262 , app 8 settlement
admr Georce BAYRR, Elizabeth TATE

TAYLOR, Rhoda, Hrs - b ca 1786 (census 01259) - d by 9 June 1851 - f ('IRIGC]
- bus 01 John BEALE, hus 02 Allen TAYLOR - adm Charles T BEALE
TAYLOR, Rosa A - b 30 Apr 1687 Fr Co - d 30 Apt: 1915 - f John DEAN (b Fr Co)
- m Hillie (Tf\YLOR) (b fr Co) - buried Clovet:dale cem - cd puet:pernl fever
TAYLOR, Sallie i - b 23 Oct 1874 Bot Co - d 30 Hay 1917 - f Wil liam AUSTil'I
(b Bot Co) - m Amanda (NOFFSINGER) (b Dot Co) - buried Zionz Hill Cera - cd
TB of luncs - hua [Charles TAYLOR)
TAYLOR, Virginia C:itherine - b 3 Jan 1915 (Licnite , Dot Co) - d 5 Jan 1915 f E J TAYLOR (b Bot Co] - m Emm:i (TAYLOR) [b Bot Co) - buried Ba-rbaurs Creek
Cem - cd unkn
TEADY see William SNODGRASS
TEAFORD see Bazel Dorine HONTGOHERY
TEAFORD, Roy Harrison - b 17 Nov 1857 Aue Co - d 12 Har 191li - C John TEAFORD
- buried Forest Gt:ove cem - cd diabete&amp; Hillelus
TEEDf see TEADY, William SNODGRASS Sr
TEEL, Thomas - d by Jan 1824 - ref WD, will dated ( no bk U or date) - wife
Martha; ch Daory, Betsy (md
JOJTPISON), Peter, John, Jacob

TATBAH oee Jamas MULL
TELFORD see Samuel REED
TJIUllMflN, Willi.am -

d

by 14 Nov 1852 - adm John G TAURHf\N
TEMPLIN see D' F LINDSEY

TAYLOR sae Samuel AHYX, Duell BROUN, Alexander RANNAD, Audley PAUL Sr, Thomas
REYllOLOS, Magdalen REYNOLDS, Lucy Frances llaker, Wilbert H UJNSFORD, Georse
W OBf.NSRAIII, Samual OBENSll1UN, William OBENSUADI, James W REESE, Hn11dalen
"Ann" llF.\'NOLDS
Tf\YLOR, Eonna E - b ca 1880 Bot Co - d 15 Jan 1915 - f Jamas E TAYLOR (b Bed
Co) - "' Emma E (l'AYLOll) (b Bed Co) - buried Barb!urs Creek ce11 - cd acute
nephritis
TAYl.OR, James - d by 12 July 18111 (dau cal 1 ed nn orphan) - dau £1i zabeth
(over 14)
'l'AYJ.OR, Jolln - ti hy 7 Sep 181 l, earliest date - ref WB 0 p289 , wil J dated 17
Sep 1810, WB C p268 settlement - wife Mary; ch Andrew, El izabeth (md Toa
PRlCF.), Jolla, Tsaa a, T~omas, JomeG, Hary d~c'd (md Hose&amp; BONONT or BEH!fETT
dee' d) - on ll Uct l 813 orphan Andrew (u nd er 16) - exrs .fames HAGG_AT, Mary
"fAYl,Oll

TERPnEN see Samuel Edward SIZER
TERRY see Thomas DROWN
TERRY, Stephen b [ en 1760] - d by 12 Jan 1808 (their. orpha ns m1mtloned) - f
[maybe William TERRY] - m (maybe Kezia) - wife Alice [Eleanot:] [md Dot Co 21
Nov 1792 Alice DIGGS ]; orphans (not named) - (h i&amp; widow Eleanor DIGGS TERRY
md Gilbert TURNER 24 Hay 1810 Dot Co)
'fERllY, Stephen - d by May 1825 - r ef WR 0 11111 et nl, will dntecl 9 Hoy 1822,
proheted Hay 1825 - will named only a s on John Al fo-rd; later settlomunts
name these othere: Urusilla, Nothnni.el D; Darnett (01: Dennett) W; (Ref WD
does not itemize settle~ent - papers (circled) found under date 183~ - admr
Bernard OWEN
Tf.llRY,

William -

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admr bond - admr ,Jnep11r TF.RRY

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TRERSON, navid W K - b 1 Apr 1855 - d 2 Apr 1855 - f John M TIIEllSON - m Mary
M - cd not named - rep by fntheT:
'l'llOHl\S oee Annie ANDERSON, John Thomoi; ANDERSON, Maj Joseph II AN'llERSON, llr
llillinm Neely ANDERSON, Lizzie H,YTtle DAVIS, Margaret CORDON, Mary S i::ESLER,
Palmer 0 n;SLER, Frederick REED, LuT:n Thomae PETTIGREW, Willi1111 Griffin
l'ETTIGlU!W, Joseph RE£D, Hni;dn1en "Ann" REYNOLDS
TnOHAS, mnl e - b 30 Oct 1912 Eagle llock - d 3l Oct 1912 - f Willinm Ueory
TBOHJIS (b Bed Co) - m Nina (BIGGS) (b Craig Co) - buried Eagle Rock - cd
bronc ho-pneumonia
TllOHAS, Alice Maude - (2 other ch) - b 1873 - d 1877 - age 6y - f Giles S
'IIJOHAS - m ~itty John PETTIT - Brave Amsterdam cem
TUOHl\S, llennett L - b ca 1873 - d 20 Jan 1952 !lot Co Reir list - f John
A[nderson] 1.INKENUOICER - m Mary Ft:aoces !nITCllESON - hue Oornce E TBOHAS hairs were bros, sis", nieces, nephellA, erand niece S grand nephew
THOMAS, Cephnlos Burnette - b 6 Apt" 1865 Dot Co - d 19 Nov 1930 not Co - f
Giles S TllOHAS - m l:itty-J TflOMAS - wife tlagsie C; ch Eula BORTON, Corrie
OENRY, Lucinda - buried Amsterdam c em
TllOHAS, Clinton Hoomaa - b Nov 1886 Bot Co - d 1937 Bor Co Re1r list - C
'Rillinm E II TIIOHAS - DI HillttVa S llOOllAW - relatives Mar:y 48, ch Leo 26,
Oelen 23 1 William 15, Hary Willle ll
TOOHAS, Elizabeth - b Mar 1847 - d 1923 - f [Madison) McCULLOCH - DI (Eliir.abeth) - 2n&lt;I w/o James n TUOMAS (1841-1922) - ref Hill Creek i;ravastone
TflOtiAS , Francis - b 28 Mar 1763 - d 27 June 1835 llot Co (Rill) - h/o Grace
(17/ol-1829) - ref Fincastle P1:esby Gravestone - ch Liley l\EED, John, Elizabeth llEl.T; Mory CRABB (dec'd), Ann ANDERSON, Eleanor MITCUr:tT.
TllOHAS, Giles Spessard - b 4 Aug 1828 - d lZ. Jan 1897 not Co (obitunry) a&amp;e 69y Sm - f Elias TnOHAS - m Mary Hancock SPESSARD - b/o ICatherl.ne J
TrlOHAS (1839-1898) - ref Amsterdam gravestone - [survived by wife &amp; 10 ch)
THOMAS, Crace - b 14 Mar 1761 - d 6 Sep 1829 - w/o "Francis TUOMAS (1743-1835)
- ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
tnOl!AS, James B[arnett] - b (8 June) 1841 - d [4 Oct) 1922 - f [Elias TBOHAS ]
- m (Mory R SPESSARD] - h/o [1/1 Emalinc PETERS) g Elizabeth [McCIJLl.OCI:)
rnOMAS (d 1923) - ref Mill Creek Gravestone
Tl lONllS, Jane w - b ca 1845 Dot Co - d 3 Oct 1869 Bot Co Death bk - a!Je 211y f S[nmuel] D JOllNSO'N - m Eliza - cd chi l d bed - rep by hus William A THOMAS
'i'flOMAS, Joseph Lee - d 1940 - wife Mary Elizabe1:h 82; ch llishop Hanio 47, II
M 45, Lucy N 42, William llurley 39
TllOMAS, (arhedne J - b en 1839 - d 2 Dec 1898 - age 59y Sm - f ( William A
PETTIT ] - m [Mary Tosh EVANS) - w/o Giles S TnOHl\S (1828-1897) - ref Amsterdam gravestone

TllOMAS, Lodollick - d by Sep 1778 - ref WB A p91, will dated 15 AUG 1775 - cl1
Hogdal,in (md __ UUNNILLS); Mar11nret (md __ CORIS'IIAN ); Elizabeth , Abraham,
Mtiry, Ca tberine
TflOMAS , Maggie Caroline - b 5 Mar 1863 Outler Co, Ohio - d 1935 Oot Co - f
David L SMlTB - m Caroline L CAGE - hus C 0 l'lJOMAS; ch Euln 1101\TON, Ca=ie
11&amp;!(1\Y, Lucinda - buried l\ms te1:dam cem
TUOHAS, Mary o - b ca 1829 (1825 gravestone) Bot Co - d 1910 Dot Co (will)
(1909 gravestone] - f John U.SSLER Jr - m Susannah OMfILTON - bus Nathaniel
C 1110HAS; ch N C, J H, Solly C nARRIS, W D &amp; son [F L) who hod (Guy, Uoy,
Clnrence, Ruth &amp; Beaaie (md [Ja111es N] CAilf ) - buried in Hoffaincer cem on
Craics Ck in Bot co
TllOHAS, Mary Elizabeth - b 14 Oct 1916 Craig Co, (Craig Co) [Berbours Creek]
- d 20 Nov 1917 - f William llenry TIJOHAS (b Bed Co) - m Ninn Lee (DIGGS) (b
CrniG Co) [New Castle] - cd in£1nmntion of bowels
TflOHAS, Minerva Moomaw - b 22 Aug 1860 - d 17 Oct 1935 - f [ Joseph HOOHAW]
m [Macy STOVER) - w/o William E TllOHAS - grave Ht Union oem
TflOHAS , Rebecca - b [ca 1854) Dot Co - d 18 Sep 1860 - age 6y - f Josiah
TllOHAS - m [PURSLEY] - cd soar throat - rep by t f Uenry PURSLEY
TllOHAS, Richard - d by 13 Feb 1783 [all Rits were of Camden District, SC] m Hildred - ref WB A pl66, will dated 15 Aug 1782, admr bond - sis Sarah,
bros James, George - admr Patrick LOCDJART
TnOHAS, Samuel Clinton - d 1942 !lot Co Heir list - f W 11 TflOHAS - m Hollie
GLENN - wife Nannie Inez 50 ; ch George II 30, Gladys E 29, Otbo C 27, Le11is E
26, Lillie C 211, Ft:aalt R 22, l;lolph E 21, Carl D _; GU l'crcy G CALDWELL Jr
T110HAS, William - d by 8 Oct 19111 - cd was a pdsoner 1 shot by cuard - ref
inquest papers
TllOHAS, William E - b 12 Nov 1857 ~ d 12 Mu 1937 Dot Co llctt" list - f [Giles
S 'fnOHAS] - m [l:itty J PETTIT) - h/o Minerva HOOHAW TUOHAS - Grave Ht Union
cem - ch II fl· 52 (53], C tt 50 (51] 1 Ethel JACKSON 45 [49), L l' 115 (45)
TnOHAS, William Henry - b co 1857 - d 1949 Bot Co Heir li9t - f Nathaniel G
TUOMAS - m Macy ICESSLER - [1st) wife Ida B DAHEllOOD; 2nd wifo Hollie P GLENN
82; ch R c 58, N a 55, D E 52, 1' H 49, w R 66, a a 48, Elsie TllOHPSON 43;
sch ny 32, Gladys LOVELL 30, Clinton 29, Lewis 27, F1:ank 25, Ralph 24, Katherine 23, Carl 17; g ss Percy Cl\l.OWEU. J1: 18
TflOHISON, John, Jr - d by May 1813 (order) - ref WB B p4Sl , 452, WB C plo42,
app, se ttlement, division - wife Nnncy (md tl2 _
McDONALD); ch J.ycimla,
William Preston - on 11 May 1813 orphans William 1' &amp; l.ucincln (both under 14
&amp; on 11 Oct 18211 Lucim.lo (over 14) - admx 'Na.ncy TllOMlSON
TnOMl'CINS see Elizabeth

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UF.Clrn'F.1\

TnO!fPSOH see Charlotte flnn HcCLINTICt, Sarah ROWLAND, TI1omas nROllN, Nathaniel
SCOTT , Lucy FLADERTY, Mory Jane l.ACltEY, Catherine ROBINSON, female Wll.t:Y ,
Roy WrLEY, Lottie fldell WRIGHT

�TBOMPSON, male - b 16 Sep 1916 Bot Co - d 16 Sep 1916 - f flenry
(b Va) - m Nann~e L (BYEll) (b Va) - cd premature

n

TROHl'SON

TAOMPSON, CharLeS A (unmd) - d 16 Oct 1857 - f Anderson TAOMPSON - cd fe ver rep by fat h er
THOMPSON, Belen - b lt1 Feb 1027 Pr Ed Co - d 5 Aug 1895 Rke Co (obituary) f Henry P DAVIS - m Sarah - widow of James R TROMI'SON (md 5 Dec 1849) - ch
[Lucy] md A Q FLAHERTY;
md N B AINSWORTH; Rillie - buried Godwin Cem,
Fincastle
TAOMPSON, James R - b 6 Aug 1823 - d 19 Dec 1888 Bot Co - wife UELEN M J; ch
Lucy (md A Q FLADERTY), N ff (female )(md N B AINSWORTll); Willie - buried God ~-1in oe.m, Fincastle
THOMPSON, John - d by ii Sep 1775 Dot Co - f [??Moses TROMPSON) - m [1 Jane]
- ref admr bond - On 9 J une 1789 orphan Joseph Covar 14) - admr Robert
TROMPSON
TnOMPSON, John - d by June 1822 (will ) WD C p346 (Exs Creed T &amp; John W THOMPSON - f James THOMPSON - m Mary - wife Judith; ch Bartlett, John W, Creed T,
Anderson, Elizabeth (md Elias M F!1JllANX ) , Mary ( md
SBIR~EY); bro Bartlett
T THOMPSON ; others Benjamin WEST (his son ffashingtOilWEST)
TIIOMPSON, John, S:r - d by 9 Jan l85u - adm James R TflOMl'SON
1'BOMPSON, Joseph - d by 11 Aug 1812 (dau called en orph&lt;in) - dau Aggy (over
l" )
THOMPSON , Judith (widow of John TROMPSON) - b c a 1764 Nelson Co, Va - d 2
Oct 1853 Bot Co - rep by d-i -1 Nancy THOMPSON

THOMPSON, Sarah Martin - b 25 July 1840 Bed Co [ o r 6 July l,8l12) d 24 [or 18 ]
Jan 1914 - { James CLAYTOR (b Bed Co ) - m Nnrcissn (FUQUA) (b Bed Co) buried Fincastle Presby cem - od heart disease
TllORNALt, _
- b ca 1859 Bot Co - d '• Sep 1870 Fincastle Twsp - age lly - f
John F THOllNELL - m Ba.n nah - cd consumption - rep by fat.h "r
TDRJISOER see Fannie L BREWBAlER, Edmund D DRUDAJCER, Sallie Thrasher BRYANT,
M w FIREBAUGH, Philip E FlllEBAUGD, William M FIREBAUGn, Harca:ret FIRESTONE,
George C FRINGER, Henry P FRINGER, John FRINGER, William J FRINGER, Lewis G
GRAYBILL, Margaret GRA·YDILL, Catherine ' LrNUNUOCER, Ema line T LINICENllOf:ER,
Marti.n 1( LINJCENBOJ.'.ER, Salina I LINICENROn'R, Samud LINICENllOICER, Mary M C
OBENSHAIN
THRASHER, Conrad - b ca 1774 (census 111688) [Pa] - d 12 Dec 1850 - age 76y h/o Mary - g:rave Family oem (near Wheatland) - ex Geo:rge W &amp; .John P TARASllER
TITRASHER, Eme l ine S B - b ca 1017 - d 11 June 1879 - nee 61y Sm lOd - f
[Conrad TllRASHEB] - m [Mary] - grave family cem (near Wheatland)
THRASHER, Floyd Wilson - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 20 Oct 1855 - f William P
TllRASOER - m Mary L - cd pal pi tat ion of the. heart - rep by father
TDRJISRER, Ceoree - b ca 1780 Pa (cen sus #1262) - d by 12 May 1851 - EK William P THRASHER &amp; Le,.is llOUSMAN
TIIRASITT:ll, George W - b ca 1801 Va (census 1/1688) - d 16 July 1865 - ace 64y
- f [ Conrad TBRASDEll] - m [Mary CIRXMJ\N] - crave fnmi ly cem (near Whe atland )
- adm 13 AUG 1866 John P IFIRASH'ER
IIIRASIJER, Bester V H - b 24 July 1832 - d 16 Feb 1858 - w/o .John P TRR.ASDER
- gra ve Nace cem (west of ltll on 642~

THOMPSON, Larkin flalttoo (male) - b 20 Feb 1850 Floy d Co - d l3 J an 1917 Bot
Co - f Elyick TBOMl'SON ( b Va) - m Lockey (LESTER) (b Floyd Co) - buried
Bethel cem - cd pneumon ia

TARi\Sllf.'R , John P - b 2B May 1822 - d 12 Oct 1885 - h/o Marcy C 'J:llRAS!fER grave Hlll Creek cem

THOMPSON , Marga:ret d by 12 Sep 1775 - ref admr bond - admr Robert THOMPSON

TllRASRER , Marcy C - b 5 Nov 1830 - d 27 J uly 188u - w/o John l' TITRASDER grave 11~11 Creek cem

'fflOMl'SOR, Nora C - b oa 1856 Bot Co - a 6 Nov 1862 Bot co - age 6y 2m - f
Jobn TllOMPSON - m T - cd diptheria - rep by fat h er
'J'llOMl'SON, Pleasant - d by 17 Mar 1825 (ch called orphans) - or1i hans Louisa &amp;
Lucinda (over lq) , Will iam (under 14)
TllOMl'SON, Priscilla - f) 26 ])er. 1880 llot Co - d 22 Mar 1916 Uot Co - f Jacob
COOIC (b Dot Co) - m Knthrine (Gl\OSS) (b Jled Co) - buTied Glade C-reek oem cd inf ! amat ory rheumatism
WOMPSON, Robert Renry - b ca Oct 1856 Dot Co - d 9 Dec 1858 Bot Co - age 2m
Sd - f Hilliam P 'fllOtlPSON - Ill Sara]) - cd unkn - rep by fat h er
THOMPSON, Sa-cab Jao e - b 28 J uly 1833 [ Fincas-tle) - d 2 Jul y 1914 Dot Co - f
Fer.dinand WOLTZ (b Rl\e Co'/) - m Mary .Jane (ACTON) Cb Fincastle) - buried FinOU$tle com - od paralysis - [w/o n l TROHPSO~]

TRRASRF.R, Mariah - b aa 20 Au 5 18111 - d 23 Aug 1873 - age 59y Om 3d - f
[Conrad TBRASOER] - m [ Mnry CIRJCMAN) - urave family cem (near Wheatland)
TRRASllT.11, Mary - b ca 1789 Dot Co - d 19 July 18SQ - f John NACE - m Cntberine - w/o George TIIRASHER - ref death bit - rep by son Robert TllRASllY.R - cd

flux
TllRASIIER , Ma:ry - b ca 1779 ( census /t1688 ) - d 22 mar 1863 - a ge 8l1y - f
[ CIRICMAN ] - w/o Conra d TITTIASHER - grave fam ily cem (near 1iheatlantl) - ex (ll;
Mar 1864) John 1' TUHASfflm (oc·t 1866)
TflRASHEl\, Mary S - b 28 Aur 1013 - ti Jl A11i; 1889 - w/o Willi.am l' TORASRER
( 1818-1860) - ref Fincastle Prcoby gravestone
TllRASllEl\, Nancy - b on Apll' 1.807 - d 22 Oct 1882 - ace 75y Sm 25d - gra ve
family cem (near Wheatland)

�WR!ISnER., Robe.rt J - d by 9 mar 1863 - Ex Martha Ann TIJRASllER - adm 10 Dec
186G Mnr ti.n V D liICKO~
TllllASllliR, William P - b 7 June 1818 Bot Co (census 11364 ) - d 15 Jan l860 nee loly 7m - ad nuralgi.a - rep by wife Mary S THRASBER - ref deatb bk; Fincas tle l'resby gravestone - ex Mary S TllRASIJER
TRURSTON, Geori;i&lt;i - b 25 May 19\5 Uot Co - ti 25 May 1915 - f Judson TBURSTON
( b f'luv11nna Co ) - m Neoma Dessie (TYREE) (b not Co) - buried Glen Wilton ce.m
- cd imper f ec t (no annus ot: genital organs)
TILLETT, 'J.'homas - d by l3 Dec 1824 (son called an orphan) - son John B (over
14)

TINDORF,
- d by 10 Feb 1801 (son called an orphan) - son John, b 1785 8
was an orpllan aged "16 next harvest" o.n 10 Feb 1801
TINNELL, E J - b 14 Apr 1859 - d 15 Nay 1890 - "t:ef Old Glade Creek gravestone
TINNF.Y, Eve - b 10 Dec 1795 - d 20 Jul y 1871 - w/o Miles TINNEY (d 1826) srnve Fi ncastle Presby oem
TINNEY, Miles (1812 Vet) - b 9 July 1786 - d 5 Apr 1826 - h/o Eve TINNEY (d
1871) - !!Tave Fincastle Presby cem

TOSO .see ,Jamee ALF.XANDEll
'fOSll, Ai;oes - d by lO Nov 1772 llot Co, adm n.amed - ref admr bond - ndmr William lOSll - [widow of Taslter TOSll (d 1762), m/o William (d 1773), Jonathan,
Jnmes &amp; Jean)
TOSO, Jonathan - d by 12 Apr (marked out), Feb 1782 written above, Dot Co
(will) - f [Tasker TOSO) - m [A&amp;nes] - ref we A pl51, will dated 9 Jnn 1762,
admr bo nd - wife Dina; ch Nancy &amp; one unborn, bro Jamee, cousin Jonathan TOSO
- ndmr Jonathan TOSB, James MASON
1'0SB, Jonathan - d by May 1812 Dot Co - f Thomas TOSB - m Mnry - ref WB B
p'.128, 393, WD c p503, 566, app, division - wife Elizabetl1; oh Jane (md William LE\IIS), Jonathan, Thomas - on 14 Aug 1821 the orphan's Gdn was Thoe
EVANS - admr Tbomas EVANS

rosu, Thonias - d by 11 Feb 1778 Dot Co - ref we A p81, will dated 17 Sap 1777
- wife Hary; ch Mary, Jonathan; s-i-1 8 Jamee CRAWFORD [md Jean], Peter
EVANS [md Mary] 1 [bro Tasker TOSH] - see Barne' s bk p9 &amp; ICegley ' s Va Frontier
p528 - [Thomas TOSO was a delegate from New Antrim Presby Church (Peter's
Creek) to the 1769 Presby held at Tinklin(l Sprin(l Prasby Church]
TOSO, William - d by 9 Feb 1773 - f Tasker TOSO - m A11nes - ref WD A p23,
will dated 26 Dec 1772, admr bond - bro Jonathan, James; sis Jean - admr
Jonathan TOSH, John DOllHAN, James ALEXANDER

TOLEll see Sno"}' Francis l:ENDRICIC, Hartba OBENSRAIN, Samuel ODENSOAIN
TOLER, Charles A - b 1694 - d ll&gt; Sep 19111 - f C
- buried Barbers Creek cem - cd pellegra

fl

TOLER - m Patsy D (HYERS)

TRAIL, female - b lli Feb 1870 Dot Co - d 15 Feb 1870 Amsterdam 1'wsp - nge ld
- f Fleminc l'RAI.L - m l,uti tia - rep by fa the.r
'I'RE(E)VY see TREVY, Mary Catherine WATTS

TOLER, Gladys LiUian - b 13 Feb 1913 Va - d 15 Feb 1913 - f Robert TOLER (b
Va) - m Olie J (CRAFT) (b Va) - buried Barbour's Creek ce.m - od pneumonia,
immature birth

"rnF.EVl:Y, Janette Doward - b ca l8l13 Va - d 2 July 1.9 17 - :f Wasbincton KYLE
(b 7) - m Mory Jane (McCARTNEY) (7) - buried family oem - od parnlyeis

TOLLEY see Lee Anna WlllCAT, male DOOTRE, Roscoe S DOOTRE, William Ra1bert
NOEL, Ethel Noel ODENSBA!ll

TRESSLER see DRESSLER

TOLLEY, Harriet - b 3 May 1822 - d 22 Aus 1653 - w/o J H TOLLEY - grave Obenshain cem (east of Mill Creek cem)

TREVY, Mary - b ca 1779 Va (census 11681) - d by 11 Dea l85lo - ndm Lewis
LINKENllOGER
TRIGG see Elizabeth CllRISTIAN, Charles Trigg DEALE

TOLLY, Joseph n - b ca 1815 Rb Co - d 11 Jan 1877 Dot Co - age 62y - f £x.ekiel
TOLLY - Mary R - cd accident at Iron Works - h/o Mary R - rep by son, Ezekiel
n TOLLY - ref Bed Co Death bk p59
TOLLY, Lucinda - b ca 1848 Bot Co - d 7 Oct 1853 - f William TOLL'\' - m Sarah
- cd burned to death - rep by father
TOI.LY, Martha A - b ca 1853 Rot Co - d 7 May 1855 - f Lewis TOLLY - m Mnry cd fever- - rep by father

TRIGG, Ma"t:Y - b ca 1783 Vn (census #1601) - d by 14 Dec 1857 - f Robe.rt DARV'EY - m Mnrtba BORDER - w/o Stephen TRIGG - adm James l' LOGAN
TRIMBLE, James - d by 10 Apr 1776 - ref WD B p65, will dated 18 Nov 1775,
ndmr bond - wife Sarah; ch John, Isaac, Moses, Alexander, William, Agnes,
Sarah, Rochel , Jean (md
McCLURE); bro Moses TRIMBLE - admr John TRIMBLE,
Isaac TRIMllLE, James TRIMBLE

TOMBLIN see Dillie DANE

TROUT see Sarah BISOOP, Nancy ll JONES, James ll CAMPER, Ora L E NININGEll,
John N SHAVER

TOHEO, Luca - b 1895 Italy - d 15 Sep 1914 - f Severia TOMEO (b ltaly ) - m
(b Italy) - buried Low Moor cem - cd mine accident

TROUT, Charles S - b ca 1861 Bot Co - d 12 Aull 1865 - ace 3y 9m - f Amlerson
TROUT - m Elizabeth - cd diptherin - rep by father

�TROUT, Chester Edward - b 21 Aug 1911 Bot Co - d 19 Oct 1912 - f Ceoree W
TROUT (b Bot Co) - m S E ([El.LEY) (b Bot Co) - buried Cave Rock cem - cd
bronchial pneumonia
TROUT, John - d by Oec 1816 Bot Co, will probated - ref WB (no bk # 5 no pfl
tiven] - wife Elizabeth; ch John, Phil.ip, Elizabeth, Michael, 1'.mnnuel, Jacob,
Rosannab
TROUT, Morie Lucinda - b ca 1852 Bot Co - d 26 July 1853 - f James M TROt1I Martha J [Cl\Ml'ER) - cd flux - rep by fnher- - -

m

TROUT, Samuel w- b 7 June 1867 Va - d 15 Dec 1915 - f J ob.o TROUT (b Va) - m
Sarah (HARIIIS) (b Va) - buried Daleville cem - cd paralysis of bladder [h/o Clara A CROWDER)
TROUT, Sarah (widow) - b en 1802 Rb Co - d 28 Dec 1862 - age 60y - f [BEED ]
- cd rheumatism - rep by son James TROlTt - [w/o Anderson or Andrew C TIIOUT]
TROUT, Sorab Ann Jackson - b ca 1851 Dot Co - d 21 June 1853 - f James H
TROUT - Martha J [CAMPEil) - cd flux - rep by father
l~USLOW

see Jnmes

~enneth

SERRETT

'OlUSTLl'.R, Henry - d by 9 Jan 1816 (ch called orphans&gt; - orphans Jacob &amp; William (both over 14) &amp; Nancy, Michael, Sarab, George, Christina, Julia &amp; Hoses
under 14. - On 13 Aue 1805 another son was named in a suit, Peter

TUJU:, Samuel - d by 13 Apr 1824 (son called an orphan) - san Samuel (over t4}
TURllAN, Benjnmi.n, Sr - d by 12 Oct 1784 - WB A p213, will dated 26 July 1784,
Admr bond - wife Frances; ch Charles, Ceorce, John, Elizabeth, JDJ!les, IF,nasus,
Benjamin, Willi.am, Mary, Ann , Frances - ndmr Francie TURMAN - [see Chalkley'&amp;
II plll, 112
TURNER see Stephen TERRY

1111UfER, James L - d 28 Jan 1823 - ref "llernld of the Valley ' 1 Feb 1823; WB

C p383, will dated 23 Jan 1823 - wife Sally; 4 oh, not named
TURNEll, Sarah Ann R - b ca 1812 - d 28 May 1842 - age 30y - w/o Dr P TURNER

- ref Fincastle Presby Gravestone
TURP:Qi see Tbomas E REYNOLDS

TURPIN, Solomon - d by 11 Har 1777 - ref 118 A p8/1, npp &amp; ndmr bond - admr

James TURPIN
TYLER see Eliza BEACH, Clnrcncc W DERRY

m.tn, t'at"!:i a - b

29 Har 1840 - d 18 Oct 1898 - w/o W A T'(l,ER

TYREE see Geor&amp;i a THURSTON

TRtJX"ELL, John - b ca 1793 (census #1615) - d by 10 Mar 1851 - wife Susanna

(MOOMJIW) TRUXELL - adOI Susanna TRUXELL

UNBUS see Philip NEllCOHll

TUCKER see nen'l"}' GURHF.'l, Sopiah llUISELY, A•anda MARDIAM, Simenia Certrude
HUFFMAN, HaT)' A LUGAB

UPDYCE, J B - b 10 Feb 1843 Va - d 20 Apr 1916 - f Osle UPDY~ (b Va} - m
Ruth (BROllN) (b Va) - buried Fairview Cem - cd apoplexy

TUCKER, Alexander (colored) - d by 11 Nov 1899 - cd hit by train - ref
inquest papers

UT!' see Liza Jane MARKllAH

TUC~,

Alvin Andrew - b 19 June 1915 [Lignite), Bot Co - d 19 June 1915 - f
David M TUCKER (b All Co) - Ill Anna (CRAFT) (b Craig Co) - buried Craig Co
cem - cd asphyxotion

UTZ , Calvin (CSA) - b 23 Jan 1843 - d 24 Jan 1861 - grave Fincastle Presby cem

trrz, Charles - b 28 Apr 18118 - cl 12 Nov 1896 - grove Fincastle Presby ce.m
UTZ , Mary L - b 1 Jan 1808 - d 28 June 1856 - grave Fincnstle Presby Cem

TUCKER, Emma, Mrs (w idow) - b 24 Apr (1916 circled) - d 20 Apr 1916 - f Ceocce
CALDWELL (b Va) - m Anna (REil&gt;} (b Ve) - buried Oriskany cem - cd pneumonia

trrz, Morgan - b 12 Oct 1796 - d 25 Feb 1881 - ernve Fincastle Presby cem

TUCKER, Jacob - b ca 1648 not Co - d Nov 1856 - f Beverley R TUCKER - m Devati.ne - od flux - rep by father
VALENTINE see Eliza JONr:S, John CAHPER, Lucy CAMPER
TUCKF.ll, Mary - b ca 1855 Dot Co - d Feb 1860 - age 5y - f Beverly 11JCICER cd fever - rep hy Cather
tUCKF.R, Penelope - b oa 1658 Dot Co - d Apr 1860 - age 2y - f Reverly TUCKER
- cd fever - rep by Cother
TUCn:R, Hobert (colored ,I - d by 7 Oct 1916 - cd shot by Robert FLETCHER
(colorad) - r&lt;'f i1&gt;11ueot papers

Vl\NllinDER , Isaac - u by lS Nov 1775 - ref 1m A p63, np11, admr hond - ndmr
Sarah VANB:tllDEll
Vl\NDF.RGRIF'J' see Joh n Thoma s CRUSH, Omn Painter ETZLER
VANDY.RGllIFT, Abrnhnm - d by 111 Ar&gt;r 1801 (son callell on orphan) - son John
(over 14)

�VANDERGl\IFT, llarnett - b ca 1836 Dot Co - d 21 Apr 1862 - age 26y - m Barbara
VANOERGRIFT ~ cd dyspepsia - rep by mother

VEST, Bertha II - b 11 June 1875 - d 9 Nov 1934 - f CllJ\MACIC - w/o Ernest _F
VEST (18 70-1902) - ref Brick Union aravcstone

VANllf:llGRIF"l', nnny - b ca 1855 not Co - d 27 June 1858 - ai:e Zy em - r
Griffin S VANDERGRIIT - m Elizabeth - cd flux - rep by father

VEST, Et:nest F - b 8 June 1070 - d Z6 Oct 1902 - hfo Bcrtlt0 W V£S'r (1875-1934)
- ref Brick Union gravestono

VAtmERGRtFt, Evaline - b ca 1862 - d 16 Apr 1868 - age Sy llm l8d - f John W
VANDERGRIFl' - m Elizabeth - cd conjestion of bowels - rep by father

VEST, Susianna I - b 20 Doc 1827 Va - d 2 Jan 1916 - C William llUCut:S (b Flu-

VANDRllCRIFT, George (single) - b ca 1825 Bot Co - d 20 Oct 1864 - age 39y f John VANDERGRIFT - m Barbara [WINEMAN] - cd conjestive chills - rep by
mother
VANDERGRIFT, J ohn - b ca 1785 DRlawore (or Va, census Dl686) - d 1 June 1858
- age 73y - cd stricture - rep by son Burnett VANDERGRIFT - hfo Barbary VANDEl\GRIFT - Ex llarbary VANDERGRIFT (9 llug 1858)
VllNDEllGRIFT, Lottie Old - d 1956 Obituary (crave i n Catawba cem, llko Co) tddow of Samuel VANDERGRIFT; ch Hrs R R t&gt;Ufl!Y, Nrs W E RILEY
VANDERGRIFT, N (no stone) - h/o Sus an VANDERGRIFT - grave Mt Union cem
VANDERGRIFI', Susan - b 19 Har 1838 - d 3 Hay 1887 - w/o M VANDERCRlf'T - grave
Ht Union cem
VAllHETER see Placencia ALLEN, Samuel HcFERBAN
VAIQfET'ER , DamaTis - b ca 28 June 1795 - d 8 Oct 1879 at: Hat:lon , Vo (obituar y)
- asc Oby Jm lOd - f [ Elisha 1.ACILAND] - [md 7 Sep 1815 Bot Co, Joseph
VANHF.T£R

vanna Co, Va) - m Susan (Bl.ACl) - burled Columbia , Va, ccm - cd La Grippe &amp;
old age
VIE, Hary Ann - b 18 Nov 1885 Bot Co - d 27 Hay 1915 - f John YONO (b Italy)
- m El emith (WEI.CD) (b Bot Co) - buried Springwood cem - cd TB
VIERS see Joseph Carpenter
VTNCENT, John ,P, Dr - b ca 1830 - d (in 1890's) Timber Ridce , Bot Co - aae
ca 60y - see Cronisc Scrapbook 27 (not dnted)
VINES see Mari;aret llllUGll, M11ry Magdalene llONAJ:ER, J amee HARICDAH

VINES, David - b ca 1816 - d 19 Nar 1895 - age nearly 79y - oh John, William
(David g George both died in CSll) - ref obituary in Flncnstle. llerald for 11
Apr 1895

VINES, Eli:r.abe.tb - b ca July 1781 Bot Co - d l Sep 1858 - age 77y 2m llIDDLESDARGER - cd bilious fever - t:ep by son James VINES -w/o D VUfES

f

J

VINRS, Hildred Edna - b 7 Feb 1917 Dot Co - d 7 Feb 1917 - f Roy VIRES (b Va)
~ Anni e (GOODE) (b Va) - buried Lithia cem - cd infection of biblical site

-

VINCART see WINGART
VANMET!lE, Isaac - d by 21 Apr 1798 - ref WD /\ p479 , app - On 14 May 1799
orphnns Elizabeth, }'lacy, Joseph, Jacob &amp; Sarah all under 1 11 - On 10 Dec
1805 .Joncph R Jacob were over 11• 3 on 11 Jan 1809 Sarab was over 14 - admr
!Jester VANMETER
VANNESS, Jennie - b 1858 (Dot Co) - d 16 Oct 1914 - f Philip NEllCOHD (b Rb
Co) - m Nancy (SLOAN) (b Rb Co) - buried Gala Cem - cd TB
V/\SSAR, female (twins) - b 12 Nov 1915 Bot Co - d 12 Nov 1915 - f S1dney R
VASS/\R (b Bed Co) - m Callie Hay (AYERS) (b Rb Co) - buried noar Buchanan cd premature labor

VIllYllRD see Cbarles HORNE, folly L/\YMAN
VI NYARD, Christian (also llillEYAllD) - cl by June 1798 - ref WO A pl17l , will
dated 27 Feb 1798, division llD C pl92 - wife Christinah; ch John, Nicholas ,
Tartor (or Taglor7Tablor ) , Peter, Nancy, Williruo, Christian, /\brnham, Elizabeth (md James BRYANT); Cntborinc (md William STUART), Tabler - admr Christ iana VINYARD
VINYARD, Christi.nab (also WINEYARD) - d by Feb 1805 - ref WO B pl87, WB C
p119 , app &amp; settlement - [Note: she received legacy from her father in Pn) admr Chr is~inn VINYARD

VAUGON see Joel B LEMMON
VAUGllAN, Wi lliam R - b ca 1787 Va (census 11923) - d by 14 Mar 1853 - ndm
William S DlfNNIV/\NT
VF.ST see flRnnnh Elizabeth ENSMINGER, !'hi.lip BOWER, Ann B DUDDING, llcd moat
AKINS, Uct:thn Vest CARMACr:, America DUDOING, Martha Eliza DUDDING, Raroh
Catherine DUlJDING
VEST, Amanda - b 26 Feb 1843 - d 29 Dec 1911 - wfo John Mark VEST - crave
Orick Union cem

VINYARD, John - d by 21 Nov 1822 - ref WD C p380 , npp
VINZANT see Andrew CRAWFORD
VOIT, acnry - b 26 July 1830 Cetmnny - d l1 Aug 19111 - f ( b G&lt;!rmn ny ) - m (b
C:crma ny) - buri ed Orisknny com - cd 'I'll

WADDl.E, James - d by June 1809 - ref 1'111 D p2 l lt, will dntcd 25 Nnr 1809 - relatives: others Anny Mccluer

�WADDLE, Martin - d llY 13 Mar 1783 - ref WB A p168 , will dated 17 Oct 1782,
admr bond - wife Katltrean; ch Benjamin, Barbara (mtl Job.II. PHILSTBIMER or PICKLESIMER) - admr John l?ICKLES!Ml!.R
WADE,

~

P

WAG(G)OUIDl see llancy POWERS, Evaline SillMONS, Samuel SIMMONS
WAGGO!IBR, .James - d by 17 Sep 1813 (earliest date) - ref WD C p177 , 225 Settleme n ts - wife Mary; ch Jane ( md Jacob PECK [s/o JobD]; Mary, Joseph, Patsy,
SusaTlJJah, Nancy {mu Jacob SURllER), John, Geor~e - on 8 Aus 1815 orphan Jane
was over 111 - admx Hary WAGGONER

n

ref WB E p601 Inv; WB D pt159 settlement

WALICER , Aenry, Capt - d by June 1803 - ref WB B p37, l'Ut dated 14 May 1803
- wife
; ch Andrew, William, Robert, Henry, Archibald, Mar.y, Joocpb,
George,""3iimes - on 13 Sep 1803 orphan ~obert (over 14)

- grave Fincastle Presby cem

WAGGO!ffiR, John - d by 13 Jan 1868 - admr 13 Jan 1868 nenry

WALJ::ER, Georce - d 13 May 1835
(this gives death date)

WALICER, James - d by 211 Feb 1822 - ref WB C p362, 3 75, ilPP &amp; sale - on 9 Dec
1822, orphan Delia (over 14) - adtn" Archibald WALKER
WALx:Ell, James W - b 20 Mlly 186 7 - d 8 Oct 19 38 - grave Foutz cem (near
Bonsacl&lt;)

llURGER

WAGONER, Martha ( widow) - b ca 1797 - d 30 Jan 1857 Poor Rouse - rep by
s t eward
WAGGONER, Mary (md) - b Md - d Aug 1849 - age 6By - cd oronic - ref Bot Co
Mort Schedule for 1850

WALJ;ER, John - b [ ca 1755] - d by 13 Oct 1835 - f [William WALK'f:R ] - m [Mary]
- ref WD E p681, 683, Inv e sale recorded above date - others named: Wal kers
who purchased a t the sale Elisha T, George B, Sarah S, Henry Jr , Willia.m,
Isaiah, Reuben, Rober.t 8 Daniel G - [ h/o Sarah GIVENS WllLK&amp;R]
WALICER , MaTgaret Dell - b 8 Nov 1915 Bot Co - d 15 J an 1916 - f Nathan WALKER
(b Va) - m Ida (RICntAN) (b Va) - buried Roaring ~un cem - cd pneumonia

WAID see Jacob DAKIN
llAID , Jllioe nudley BRUGH DAIC!R - b 11 Feb 1853 - d 12 June 1933 - f [Lewis]
BRUGA - m [Ann G PENDLETON] - w/o 111 Jacob DAON; fl2 Thomas Arche'r WAID &amp;rav e Fi ncastle Presby cem
WAIT, George - d by Dec 1798 - ref WD A p486, will da t ed 17 July 1798 - wife
Mary; ch Kesiah, Sarah, Elizabeth

WALICER, Mary Virginia - b 6 Sep 1916 Bot Co - d 8 Sep 1916 - f James A WALITR
(b Bed Co) - m Willie Pauline (~ELS~ER) ( b Bot Co) - buried Dack Creek ccm c d convulsions
WALKER, Walter J - b 18 June 1882 - d 27 July 1910 - ref Engle Rock Southern
Methodist oero
WALICER, William - d by 8 Nov 1803 (dau called an orphan) - dau Sarah (over 111)

WALDRON see Louise SWORTZEL, Jacob WOLTZ
WAI.DRON, Bertha - d ca 1900 - ref u nrecorded will f iled with deeds - for
w;mt of t ax
ffALn:R m~e Nat han EllUN, Daniel GTVITTIS, Audley l'AUL Sr, Joseph SNODGRASS,
Martha l'ECJ::, Moses ALLEN, James I AUSTIN, Elizabeth BRUGA
WALKER , Alexander - d by 13 Aue 1771 marlted out, G July 1771 written above ref WD A p7 , will d ated 6 July 1771 1 Admr bond - sis Martha (md
HINCEJ,Y),
bro John; 2 niecP. a 8 a ne phew in Cnrolina (not named ) - admr Jobn----WALJ::ERCathe rine - b 2 3 Oct 1827 Bot Co - d 'i Dec 1 91 2 - f Frederick SHEETS
{b?) - m Elizabeth (b 7) - but i e d Eagl e Roe l&lt; - c d Ln Grippe

~11\LKER,

ll/IJ,Klm, Edwin R ( or EdwaTd K,) - b c a 1826 - d by 11 Feb 1856 - adm John G
RUDI SILL

WALJ:liR, WillinJD - d by Sep 1810 (will 1st presented) WB D p2 l16 - ch John
(his ch Polly 8 William); Hary (md
SNODGRASS); George, Jame s , William
(his son William); Esther; d-i-1 Mal:°iha WllLKER; s 8 - i-1 Thomas HARMAN &amp;
Isaac SNODGRASS; others named nenry WALKER (his son William)
WALJ::INSllAW

see Mary Jane ALLEN

WALKUP, James G - h ca 1799 - d 29 May 185'' - sne 55y - ref Locuse Bottom
gravestone
WAl..!Om, Marietta (md) - b ca 1798 Va - d 5 ,Jan 1850 - ace 7 52y (or 33y) - cd
consumption - ref Locust Bottom grav estone - ref 1850 llot Co Mort Schedule
WALlUP, William W - b c~ 1860 Va (census 113 ll0) - d by 1l J u ly 1859 - f Dr
William E WALJ::UP - adm William E WALICUl'
WALLllCE see William llllBRO, Aannah DUDLEY, Sarah Stl!RIC£Y

WAI.KER, El l e n V - b 21 May 18 77 - d 21 Nov 19M - grave Foutz cem (nea r
Bo nsacl&lt;)
WAI.Kim, Geor(le , Sr, Col - d ca J an lfll10 - r e f Wll F pl6 5 , '1i l.l writ ten in
lrl32 ; Wll F p264 di v ision; WB C pli ll show s prob able d ea t h da t e - ch John,
Ge or.11e , .Tacoll , llet11y ( md 11111 E llEYNOLDS ); Frederick, Caty (md J'1mes Sarver ) ;
Dani el , Mary lYDERT , l'e t er, Marcaret (md William McCI.ANllRAN ) , Sally (md Samuel LEF!'F.l.); £ Susan J (md Cht:iotopheT SOl\11111lB)

WALU.Cf., James - h 211 Dec 1914 Vo - d 8 may 1916 - f Ams terel WAT.LICE (b Va )
- m Berta (MAYS) (b 'fa) - buried Grove Aili cem - cd genP-ral 1'll
WALLIN see infant ZIMMEllMAN
WALROND / Wallren see llaldron , Margaret II llANNfln, Madison 111\NNAO, Thomas J
OLll, Janette LEE

�HALIJl\ON , Margaret - b ca 1602 llot Co - d 24 Feb 1856 - f' Jacob llOLTZ - m
Nancy [DRI DGELAND] - cd typhoid f ever - r e p by hus James S WALROND
lUILTERS se1&gt;
DUNCAN

mal e Duncan, Jossie C DUNCAN, Mary Malinda DUNCAN, William

WATKINS, J oanna - b 13 feb 1861 Bot Co - d 16 Feb 1861 - age 3d - f Moses
WATKINS - m Rebecca [LEIDS] - rep by fat her
WATKINS, John - d by 13 flpr 1784 - re.:f WB A p216, i&lt;ill dated 16 Oct 1780,
admr bond - "ife Elinor; ell Joel, Jonathan, Agnes, Mary - on 15 June 1785
orphan Joel (under 1l1) - admr Elinor WA1'1CINS
WATKINS, John - d by Oct 1823 (order) - f [ Philip WA1'CINS] - m ( Mary] - ref
WB C p436 , app

WALTRON see Janett e LEE
Wft.MMOCK s ee UOMl\CK, Francis l!aymond Cl.J!E
WARD see Ezekiel MINNIX

WATUNS, Marcaret - b [ca 1825) - d by 12 Jan . 1852 (will) - f Moses 'flATUNS
- Anna DAIRD - ex Thomas JOHNSON

WARD, Edward ( s ingle) - b ca 1759 - d 10 Apr 1859 Poor House - age lOOy cd not known - rep by steward

WATKINS, Martha (unmd) - b ca 1816 Bot Co - d 19 June 18511 Dot Co - f Hoses
WATKINS - m [Nancy JONES ] - cd consumption - rep by bro Moses WATKINS

lift.RD, Jnmes - d by 14 May 1776 - ref admr bond - admr Rilliam WARD

WATICINS , Hoses - b 18 July 1822 Bot Co - ~ 21 Feb 1889 Bot Co - f Moses WATKINS - m Anna BAIRD - wife Rebecca LEillS - erove Haymaker town cem

WAl\NER see Daniel CAMI'BELL, Joel BURGER, Sarah DUllGER, :Preston MANS.PILE,
William OBENSHAIN
llAllNER, Charlotte Greer - d 16 Mar 1871 - f GREER - srave Mill Creek cem
llASKEY see Daniel Ct.MPBELL
WASKEY, Elnaline - b ca 1856 Bot Co - d 27 Api:il 1860 - a ge 6y RASKEY - m Pannelia A - cd unkn - rep by father

f

Robert

WATKINS, Susan C - b 5 Oct 1834 Bot Co - d 1 Ju ne 1900 Dot Co - f [Jacob
PETERS ] - m [Barbara] - w/o William A WATl:INS (d 18711) - crave Haymnkertown
cem
WAT~I NS, William A - b 10 Sep 1822 not Co - d 22 Dec 1874 Dot Co - f [ Moses
WATUNS] - m [Anna BAIRD] - h/o Susaa C WATICINS (d 1900) - grave llaymnkertown
cem

RASICEY, George W - b on 1818 Rb Co (or 1816, census #999 ) - d 25 AUG 1855 f George WASKEY - rep by bro Robert llASn:Y - adm Robert WASKEY

WATl:INS, Willie W (7female) - b 19 May 1863 Bot Co - d 14 Oct 18611 Bot Co age ly 5m - r William A WAUINS - m Susan C [PETERS) - cd diptheria - grave
llaymnl&lt;er t o1m cem

WASKEY, .Jo.mes 0 - b ca 1829 Va. (census #1269) - d by 9 Nov 1857 - adm John Q
A KELLY

WATSON see James BOYD, Harrie ANDERSON, Will iam BRYAN, Margaret MARICIJAM ,
Nicholis Owen HARlllAM, Lillian Catherine ZIMMERMAN

WASKEY, John S - d by 12 May 185 1 - adm John LUSTER

WATSON , male - b 3 Jan 1914 ~ d 3 Jan 1914 - f llavid WATSON (BIPES) - buried Parr, Va, cem - cd prolonged labor

lll\SICEY, Martha - b ca 1795 Bot Co - d S July 1861 - age 6Gy - cd erysipolas
- rep by son Robert WAS~EY
WASJCEY, Martba Ann - b ca Oct 1847 Bot Co - d 13 Apr 1860 - age l2y 6m - f
Robert WASr;EY - m Parmelia A - od )looping cough - rep by father
WASKEY, Mary .Jane - b ca Jan 1822 - ll 90 Aug 1859 - age 3 7y 7m 29d - cd consumption - rep by hus Madison WASKEY
WATKINS see ft.mbrois JONES, John Hcl'ERRAN, R L CADWALANDF.R , Le .. is nINER ,
Martha E McCULLOCn, Ann Watkins RADER, Lattica Watkins BRADLEY
WATKINS, Ava [flvajinoah] - b 23 Jul y 1868 (or 1866) Bot Co - d 30 Nov 1916
Bot Co - f William fl WATKINS - m Susan (PETERS) - buried Mill Creek cem - eel
heart failure
WATKINS, Barbara l\ B - b 29 Nov 1860 Bot Co - d 24 Oct 1864 - age 3y llm 2d
- f William A WATKINS - m Susan [ PETERS] - cd diptberi a - rep by father Gr ave Haymnkertown cem

f

Florence A

WATSON, male - b ca Apr 1839 Bot Co - d Oct 1861 - age 22y 6m - f Nicholos
WATSON - m Paulina A - od measles - rep by mother
WATSON, Ann E - b ca 1828 Bed Co - d 26 Feb 1853 lied Co - f Benjamin WATSON
- cd child bed fever - w/o Benjamin B WATSON
llATSON, Elizabeth n - b cn 1832 Bo t Co - d l 1 Nov 1867 - ace 3Sy - f John G
NOELL - m Eliza - cd consumption - rep by hus Milton \IATSON
WATSON, Florence fl - b 11 Jan 1883 Bot Co (Parr) - d 6 J an 1914 - f F.dwartl
RIPES ( b Dot Co, marked out) (b Bed Co] - m Mary A (PARR) [b Parr, Dot Co) buried Parr, Va cem - cd childbirth
WATSON, James F - d 1869 - adm bond 14 June 1869 Benj P &amp; Barnett C WATSON
WATSON , Joseph Price - b 26 Apr 1833 Bed Co - d 11 Aut 1915 - f Flem WATSON
(b Ded Co) - m Cynthia (WILJClNSON) (b Deel Co) - buried Bis Island cem - cd
Uremic cancer

�WATSON, Hary - b ca 1827 ~ed Co - d 14 Hay 1853 - f not kno1m - rep by Ben
WATSON - w/o Owen WATSON

WEBB see Daniel GIVENS, Elizabeth SARVOOR, Edward S ADAMS, Pattie Thor p BRUGO

WATSON, William - d by 8 Sep 1772 (aon called an orphan) - son Thomas

llEBB, Cephas - b ca 1811 Va (census 0969) adm J acob C SPERRY

WATSON , Wil1iam A (or Alexander W) - b ca 1838 Va (census Cl054) - d by 10
Mar 1862 - f Nicholas W WATSON - m Paulina - adm Nicbolas W WATSON

WEBB, Oarold Woltz - 31 July 1915 Bot Co - d 12 Nov 1917 - f Dr R R WEBB (b
C~aig Co) - m Leonora ( W
OLTZ) (b Bot Co) - buried Cola cem - cd dyptheria

WAT.rs , Caleb H - d by 14 Sep 1868 - adm 14 Sep 1868 Lru:ii sa llATTS

WEBB , Dettie ( V1] - b ca 1850 Bot Co - d 17 Har 1917 - f S11111uel PAINTER (b
Bot Co) - m Bettie (McCLURE) (b Bot Co) - buried Back Creek cem - cd TB of
luni:s &amp; bowel s

WAT.rs, Isaac - d 1869 - adm bond 14 June 1869 - Newton SllITZER
WATTS, Mary Cother1ne - b 30 Jan 1833 Harrisonburg, Va - d 20 Jul y 1912 Bot
Co - f William FALLS (b Rh Co) - m Dr!!Jla ( TREVY) (b Va) - buried Amh Co - cd
fall from high porch

d

by 9 July 1855 - h/o Eliza A -

WEBB, Paul Cephas - b ca 1848 Bot Co - d 15 Dec 1853 - f Cephas WEBB - m Eliza
cd sc ar let fever - r ep by father

H -

WEBSTER s ee Lucy DILLARD, Elvi ra McCRAY, J ohn PINER, Julio Ann Webster PINER
WAUGn , Louiae - b 8 Aue 1914 Gle n Wilton, not Co - d 9 Oct 1914 - f Quile
WAUGH (b WV) - m Oraacelia ( McCOY) (b All Co) - buri ed Glen Wilton cem - cd
whoopins cou11h

WEEKS see

WAX see George E CAMPE'll

WEEl:S, Charles B - b ca 1863 Dot Co - d 211 Nov 186/i B WEEltS - m Eliz abeth - cd diptheria - rep by mother

WAX, Catherine (uidow) - b 15 Dec 1784 Bot Co (census !il280) - d 18 June
1858 - age 73y - f Michael DOO!t - cd casualty - rep by friend J ame5 H FIGCAn
- ref Death bl&lt;; Fincastle Presby gravestone - w/o Reary WAX - ex James s
WALDRON 8 lli1l iam /I GLASGOW
WAX, llenry - b 1775 - d 1842 - h/o Cathet:ine BOO[ II/IX (d 1858) castle Presby cem

llt'OVB

Fin-

WAX, Peter - d by July 1804 (WB B p67, 439, app &amp; set"tlement; admr Henry WAX
- widow Moraaret; heirs Eathl!I:, Catherine, Peter g Oenry E RAX - on 13 Sep
1808 orphan llenry (under 14) - on 13 Oct 1812 orphan Pet er (under 14) (over
14 by 12 Apr 1815) - on 12 Apr 1815 orphan Elizabeth (over 14) - on 12 Apr
1815 orphons Rester &amp; Catherine (under 14) - Catherine was 21 g insane by 9
llov 18211
I/AX, nenry (had property in Beaver Co, Pa) - d by Feb 1797 (will, l/B A p442
(aertlement WB B p374 - wife Catherine: heir&amp; Peter, John, Denry, J acob,
Hery, Christiano, Handilson, Ronnah, Retty g Susanna WAX; Mary (md
TIOGER), George ET.rEll, nenry PRICE, Horearet RATSilfl'ILLi\R - on 15 Mar"°1"802,
orphans Susanna g Jncob were ov~r 14 - exs Nicholas CARPER, Chri s t ian RARSnnARGRR, Peter NOFTZINGER
fll\Yl.AND, Kate Ann - b 20 July 1859 Va - d 25 Juty 1916 - f Bronson ZIH'M~:RMll N
(b Salem, Va - m Soll.ie llnn (SllEPIJERD) (b Va) - b uri.ed Bucha nan cem - cd
paralyals

~ugh

DOOLEY
1160

l y 7m 22d - f Tyr,e e

WEECS, Edward - b 28 Nov 1877 Bed Co - d 6 Mar 1915 Dot Co - £ C(layborn] F
WEEl:S ( b Bed Co) - m Lou M (PllRCER) (b Bed Co) - buried Bethesda cem - cd
shot by E FALLS
WEECS, Eli zabeth - 2 /lug 1826 - d 20 June 1896 - f [John LAYMAN ) - m [Mary C
[l;SSLER] - w/o T F REE!tS (1823-1905) - ref Lemontown gravestone
WEEKS, Elvira Ann - b ca 1851 Bot Co - d 14 Dec 1853 - f Tyree F WEEltS - m
( Mary A marked out) Elizabeth written in - cd scarlet fever - rep by mother
WEE[S , T F - b 23 Oct 1823 - d 5 Har 1905 - h/o Elizabeth WF.F.l:S (1826-1896)
- ref J,emontown gravettone
WEERS I WEIRS see WI ERS
I/ELCO see lli llinm C DllADLEY, narriet Ann JOrrNSON, Virg1.nia. E L PITZER , male
SPANGER, Mary Ann VIE , Cora Yeli n Yon o
WEI.CD , Ann 14 (unmd) - h ca 1828 Rb Co - d 2 Nov 1854 - f Benj amin WF.LCO - m
Charl o t te - cd flux - rep by b-i-1 Alber t M PITZER
lfEl·Cll, Benjamin - b ca 1839 Bb Co - d 6 Aug 1856 - f Bcnjomln WELCH - m Charl otte - cd fever - rep by b-i-1 /I B PITZER
WEl,Cll, Elizabeth A H - b en 1628 - d 2 Nov 185l1 - ace 26y - t;rave Fincas tl e
Presby cem

WAYMER see UYMEI\, mo le 0001.ey
WEl\VEll see Jocoh SJ»tlUNS

WELCH, Franceu - b
WELCH

WEllVEI\, l.eormrcJ - d by July 1800 - ref ND A p536, ..,ill dated 11 Apr 1796 ch Conrod, Cotherine, Barbaro, 1.eonard

WELCH, John ~ d by 10 Mar 1829 (ch oalled orphono) - ch Francis , J ames, Job n
(nll under 111)

ca 1790

Vo (census 1/13115) - d hy 12 .Jul y 1858 - e x John E

�WRLCO, Thomas - d by l l Sep 1787 (&amp; maybe as early as 13
an orphan ) - son J ames (under 14 on l1 Sep 1787)

Ap~

1780, son called

WlfITE, Samuel - d by 12 Dec 1831 (ch called orphans) - ch Jane, G R,
(all over 14)

~"ranees

WP.LCD, Tbo1110s - d by Oot 1802 - ref WB B p22, will dated 20 Hay 1802 - wife
Jnne; ch Thomas (his sons, not named)

WUITE, Tamza - b 1817 - d 1887 - w/o John llhito (1807-1886) - ref Ht Union
graves tone

WELLS, Jnmes - b 16 Feb 1829 VA - d 22 Jan 1914 - f William ffRLLS (b USA) m Hart:ba (BROOKS) (b USA' - buried Gale cem - cd old age

WHITE, Thomas R - b /1 Dec 184 2 Va - d 21 tlay 1914 - f Plea . lffiITE - m
Frances (BRAGGS) (b Va) - buried Betball cein - cd Hitral Rugurgitation

WERNER, naniel - d hy .June 1802 - ref WD B pl6, will. dated 24 Oct 1801 - ch
George (his son Dnniel ), Kary (md _LAKE, her ch Frances &amp; Daniel), Anne
(md
BOWYER), William, Sarah, Philip, Aaron

llRITli, William (of ?Williams Co
Glade Creek cem

WEST see Jolin WOMPSON

lillITE, ff ff Union cem

lillST, Edward II - d 27 Apr 1865 - cd j ustifinbly shot by Cnpt ll E OUNCAN ref inquest paper

\/HITE , llilliam A - d by 6 Jnn 1855 - adm William H LACn,/IND

llllEllLER see Julia ST CLAIR

wm:rcm: see male DEE'L
llllISLEll, Au~elia - b 1813 - d 1868 - f CROSS - w{o Banry WHISLER - ref Mt
Union gravestone
lffiITE see Leona Ellena HARGUS, John Wesley CAMPER, ff D GRIM, Levi Lawson
REA1Ui, John Doniel MANGES, Ruby Leora HARGES, John Earl SllEFFIELD
llTIITE, male - b 24 Dec 1867 Bot Co - d 25 Dec 1867 - age ld - f John lfflI'LE m Virtinio A - cd not known - rep by father

b

Washinnton) - d 3 Jan 1802 - grave Old

6 /lull 1852 - ti 27 Jan 1910 -

11/0

!Catherine P WRITE - crave

Mt

ffl1ITEllILL, Joseph - b (10 Oct marked out) Sep 1605 - ref \ID B pl99, 299, opp
g aettlemeot - exx Mary WRITEllII.I.
WHITLEY, Paul - d by ll1 Apr 1772 - ref \ID /I p13, will dated 2 Dec l,771 1 odmr
bond - wife Jane; ch Michael, Sarah, Kosos, l'homoa, /lnne, Samuel, l'nul (nll
minors); sis Ann - admr Jane WRITLEY, John SUMMERS
ffllITESIDES, Mar&amp;aret Rill - b ca Oct 1859 Bot Co - d 9 July 1860 - age 9m f John C llllIIESIDES - m Sarah J - cd dyaentary - rep by father
llllIIESIDES, Samuel C - b en 1799 - d 1867 - one 68y - rep in Rke Times for
19 Feb 1867
WHITMER see WllITMORE, Natbnn SCOTT, Lavina MAYS, Robert HAYS

WHITE, Elizabeth s v - b ca Jan 1860 Bot Co - d 10 Aug 1860 - age 7y - f
Horatio WDITE - m Elizabeth - cd typhoid fever - rep by ?bro Francis M llTIITE
llTIITE, noratio - b ca 1808 Bot Co - d 4 Sep 1860 - age 52y - cd typhoid
fever - rep by son Frances H wn:rn: - hfo Elizabeth llBITE
lllJIIE, John - b 28 July 1807 - d 7 Aug 1886 - wife Tamza llllITE (1817-1887) ref Mt Union

llTIIT!fER, D R - b ca 1840 Dot Co - d 18 June 1862 - oge 22y - f P H ffllITHER
- m C - cd fever - rep by mother
WHITHER, Kary Jane - b 1831 Bot Co - d 10 Sep 1913 - £ [John] LEMON (b Bot
Co) - m unkn (Harriet LEMMON) - buried Carper's cem - cd Hitrel regurgitation
- "lo David W1JITlil:R

WHITE, Judith C - b ca 1847 Bot Co - d 4 Oct 1860 - age 13y - f Horatio
WRITE - m Eli~abeth - cd typhoid fever - rep by bro? Francis H WTIITE

llUITHER, Hilton - b 29 Oct 189l1 Dot Co - d 3 July 1916 - f A D lffiITHER (b
Bot Co) - m Minnie (FAINTER) (b Bot Co) - buried Eagle Rock cem - cd killed
by fall from freight train

WHITE, latherine P - b 19 Oct 1855 - d 6 Oct 1941 - w/o ll II WRITE - Grave Mt
Union cetn

lffiITMER - m C - cd fever - rep by 111.fc. C lllllTMER

WRITE, Hnrlt N - b 1 Har 181,9 - d 15 Hny 1920 - Grave Ht Union cem
Peter - d by Sep 1810 - ref wn D p245, app; HD B p287 Divison (dower
plot) - wife Mnry (she md 112 [Daniel) CAMl'BELL) - on 9 Oct 1810 orphan Nancy
(over 16)

lffil:'l'.£,

WRITF., Rosa L - b 19 Uec 1882 - d 28 Dec 1909 - w/o William S WTIITE - llravo
Mt Mariah Lutheran cem

\IOITKER, feter H - b ca 1813 Rh Co - d 20 Apr 1862 - a&amp;e 49y 4m - f David
llTIIIHER, Samuel - b 24 Nov 1814 - d 26 Feb 1906 - re! Allen-Carper cem (near
ruins old Allen House)
WHITMORE sec ffllITHER, Nathan SCOTT
llllITHORE, Annie - b S June 1870 Vo - d 2/1 Nor 1917 - f unlrn - m Nancy KIDD
(b Va) - buried Eagle Rock cem - cd valvular heart disense 1 intestinal
nephritis

�soy -

WDITMORE, Davi.d - b ca Apr 1861 Rh Co - d 30 Oct 1866 - age Sy 6m - f D lfflITMORE - m C - cd typhoid feve-r - rep by sis, Mrs HAYS

lllLtn:Lt!, Cath erine - b ca 1816 Aug Co - d 31 Aue 1866 - nge

fflllTI'EN see G-race Ann DELL

llILRELM, Ec!Hard - d by 17 Apr 1905 - cd suicide - ref inquest papers

ffllITTEN, Robert Stephen - b Oc t 1852 Va - d 19 Feb 1917 - f .James G llllITI'EN
(b Va) - m Sidney Allll (1100¥;) (b Va) - buried Gala cem - cd pneumonia

llILBELM, Georgia Ann

f John

UANGER - cd consumption - rep by bus John llIL!lF.LH

- b 21 Dec 1863 Bot Co - d 15 June 1916 - f Jacob WIL-

HELM (b Va) - m Ann (BURGER) (b Va) - buried Forest Grove cem - cd acute

Brights disease
WDITfEN, William - d by 3 Jan 1651 - adm Thomas G GODWIN
WTIITTLE, Ann Eliza - b ca 18Z3 Bot Co - d Deo 1860 - age 37y - f Ss111Uel
ANTBONY - cd fever - rep by hus William C WHITTLE - Adm llilliam C WBTITLE
(111 Jan 1861)

WII.1JEL!1, Darriett - b 9 Jan 1841 - d 15 Mar
cem

192~

- grave Mt Mariah Lutbe..;an

llDORLEY see WORLEY

llILITE'Ll!, Ira l'reston - b 16 June 1894 Bot Co - d 16 Sep 1916 - f Lewis A
llILRELH (b Bot Co) - m Martha J (DEISBER) (b llot Co) - buried Forest Grove
cem - cd !tilled by falling rock

WllORLEY, Mary Virginia - b 11 Apr 1850 Bed Co - d 3 May 1915 - f Rampton
ARRINGTON (b Va) - m Delila Ann (CAMPBELL) (b Va) - buried £amily cem - cd
gastritis &amp; c irohosis of li.ver

llILEIELH, Peter (unmd) - b ca 1839 Dot Co (census 1Jl118S) - d by 9 Dec 1861
"In the Army" - age 22y - f John llILBm.M - m Catherine - cd fever - rep by
father - adm Johll WILIJELM

WHORLEY, William D - b ca 1800 - d 10 July 1857 - cd fever - rep by wife

lllLRELM , Robert A - b l Jan 1839 - d 28 Dec 1895 - Grave Mt Mnrieh Lutheran
cem

Mary lnlORLEY

WILUELH, Susanna (sincle) - b Va - d Feb 1850 - n6e 26y - cd cold - l:ef 1850
Bot Co Mort Schedule

WICKL.INE, Matilda R - b 1823 - d 1889 - grave Mill Creek cem
Wl.ERS see .Jacob M LEMON, W:i.11.;iam B LEMON

llILICERSON see Mary Robert ALL
WIER, Joseph - tl by 20 Mar 1809 - ..-ef WD D p211, app
WIERS, Thomas - d by 211 Dec 1813 - ref Wll D p372, 373 1 app &amp; sale - on 11
Sep 1820 orphan Eliza T (under ll1)

llILICERSN, George - b 17 Feb 1910 Va - d 8 Dec 1916 - f George llILICEllSON - m
Gertrude (MARmAH) - buried family cem at Duohonan - ad l'arenebyneatmus
nephritis
WILKERSON, Gilliam, Mrs - b 23 Mar 18l1S Va - 23 Apr 1913 - f Leonard llALLEll
(b Va) - m Sollie (URJ::llAH) (b Va) - buried High llddge cem - cd TB

WILCBEU see Mar-tba E McCULLOCll
J.IILCRER, Mncy E - b l.8 Aue 1828 Dot Co - d 6 !1ar 1914 - f PAGE (b Va) buried Linlte nl101ter Cem - cd TB
WILDMAN see 1.uise Gertrude BOSSERMAN

WILKERSON, .Jack Jlobel:t - b 20 Jon 1917 Bot Co - d 27 July 1917 - f -WaLTr&gt;n
WILICERSON (b Rb Co) - m Nora E (STINNETI' ) (b Dot Co) - buried lluchanan cern eel Spinal menengitis

WILEY see female STEELE

WILKINSON see WILKERSON, Minnie BLOUNT, Joseph Price WATSON

WILEY, _

WILKINSON, male - b 29 July 1912 Bot Co - d 29 July 1912 - f R F WILKINSON m Addie (STINNETT) - buried Buchanan - cd delayed delivery

- d by 10 Apr 1793 (SQn called an orphan) - son Daniel (over 14)

WILEY, female - 8 Apr 1916 Eagle Roclt - d 8 /\pr 1916 - f Douglas WILEY (b IN)
- m Hollie (TOOMl'SOH) (b Forest Rill, tN) - bul:ied Saltpetre Cave cem - cd
unkn

WILEY, Roy - b 1904 WV - d 16 Oct 1915 - f Henry WILEY [b WV] - m Laura
('l'f!OMl'SON ) [b WV] - buried Shiloah oem - cd typh oid fever

WUIJF.LM , rnale - b oa 1856 Bot Co -

a

1856 - f .Tacob WllRELM - m Ann

Jeremiah JENKINS, David McCUI.11111.irun 11 GflRRE1T, Jlessie CEl'.'fll,
Wi.lliams HcCULLOCO, Sophia McSWATT$

\IIJ,J.IAMS, A J - b 1.7 Aug 1861 - d 4 Aug 1911 - Grave Amsterdam com

lll!.llRLM soa Macy Catherine ALDERSON , Bettie ULMORE, Alma May AYF.RS, Thelma
Wilhelm llAl\GEII, WoodroH Wiley BAHGER, Christina tiEJIRT.TT, male NOFFSINGER,
.John 11 PIILLEN, Mary M llilhelin PULLEN, Nancy RIDDLEBARGP.11

no1. l;lnot-m - rep by fnther

lllLLiflMS see Elizabeth GARRETT, John llEWITT,
LOCK, Elizabeth McCULLOCll, Sophia McCULLOCll,
fer6ie Lee K.ElTR, Dnvid McCULLOCB, Elizabeth
CULLOCD , Mnry Pauline ROGERS, Willinm Wesley

- od

WILLIAMS, A .J - b ca 18116 Bot Co - d 1 Aug 1868 - llGll 22y - f Charles
llILJ.IAMS - m Abba - od consumption - rep by father
"WILLiflMS 1 Allice - b ca 1853 Rot Co - d 1 Dec 1855 - f David WILLIAMS - m
Ann - cd fever - rep by father

�W!Lf,IJIM, Dowyer ( unmd) - d 8 Dec l857 - cd nnt !mown - rep by bro (unnamed)

WILLlNllllM see Susan JI RIPLEY

RILLll\MS, Charles. Dr - b 27 Dec 1806 - d 10 Nov 1870 - h/o Jane McC WILLIAMS
(d 1900) - ref Fincastle Presby gravestone

ard HAY

WILLIAMS, Elizabeth (widow) - b en 1786 Pa - d 24 July 1870 Buchanan Precinct
- ase Sfiy - f Geor6e ROCK - m Eve - cd old age - rep by duu S McCULLOCH

WILLIS, John

- d by 15 May 1773 - ref WO A p31 , app, adnn: bond - adJIT Rich-

WILLS see Samuel BALDWIN

Wll.I.IAMS, 'Eveline - b ca Jan 1861 Bot Co - d July 1861 - age 6m - f Dovid
WILLIAMS - m t.nn E - cd diptherio - rep by father

WILLS, [Miah], Mrs - b 27 Oct 1886 Craig Co - d 19 Oct 1913 - f J T DOGAN (b
Va) - m Adaline DAMEWOOD (of Craig Co) - w/o G W WILLS - ad pneu111onia buTied in Family cem

WILl.IJIJllS, llozel, Dr (male) - b 21 Sep 1845 Jlmh Co - d 21 Har 1914 - f nazel
llII.1.IJINS (b Jlmh Co] - m Nancy (RADllR) [b WV] - buried Lithia cem - cd
pneumoni.11

WILLS, Glenna Frnnoea - b 3 Oct 1917 Dot Co - cl 3 Oct 1917 - f G E WIJ,LS (b
Mont Co) - m M J (WILLS) [LANE io written above) - buried Mont Co ccm - cd
convulsion&amp;

WILLIAMS, James E - b ca 1835 Bot Co (census 81110) - d 27 Oct 1862 - a5e
2iy - f Snmuel WILT.IAMS - m Lucy S - cd dropsy of heart - rep by bro Charles
WILLIAMS - adm Snmuel WILLIAf!S (9 Feb 1863)

WILLS , nenry w - b ca 1858 Bot Co - d 12 June 1862 - ago 3y llm - f J [ayhugb]
WILLS - m S[arab ] E - rep by father

WILLIAMS, Jane HcC - b ca 1817 - d 1900 - ase 83y - f [McCLUNG] - ~/o Or
Chnrles 1111.L!AMS (1806-1870) - ref Fincastle Presby gravestone
WILLIAMS, Jeremiah (doctor) - b co 1826 Bot Co - d 1 Sep 1854 Rke Co - r
John WILLIAMS - m S - cd slow fever - rep by father
WILLIAMS, John W - d \867 - adm bond 11 Oct 1869 Sheriff Johnson; E:x Hndison
HcCUt.LOCll 11 Feb 1867
~ILLI/\MS, Le~is - d by 13 /\pr 1802 (ch called orphans) - ch Elizabeth, Polly,
Harriot, Norbon , Janel't, Marshall

WILLIAMS, Maria Jane - b ca 1853 - d Jan 1863 - nge lOy Om 15d - f Or Charles
WILLIJ\MS - m Jane - ref Fincastle Presby cravestone

WILl,S, Imogen N - b oa 1856 Bot Co - d 10 June 1862 - age 6y 5m - f J[aybugh]
WILLS - m S[arab] E - rep by father
WTLSTIIRE see Margaret PACE
WILSllIRE, Virginin P - b ca Nov l85t1 Dot Co - &lt;I 21 Mar 1859 - ni:e 4y 6m - f
William J WILSOIRE - m Mary J - cd pneumonia - rep by father
WILSON see Ellin GILllAM , Eleonor EDHONUSON, llueh BROllN, 11\leo GULLIFORO,
Jameo McCONNELL, Mary Colvin McCLURE , Isabella E Mayo OOGG£1T
ll!LSON, male - b 30 Mnr 1913 Dot Co - d 30 Hor 1913 - f Wolter Lee Wtl.SON (b
Bot Co) - m Dorn Boosie (BRITT) (b Dot Co) - buried llnymnkertown ocm - cd
still born
WILSON, Jlllizanno. - d by Feb 1816 (order) - ref WO C p46 , app

ln:LLIAMS, Hary J - b 8 Sep 1848 Giles Co, Va - d 4 Dec 1914 - f Lewis ALBERT
(b Va) - buried E&amp;nleston cem - cd apoplexy
WILLIAMS, Nora - b en 1847 Dot Co - d 26 nov i969 - age 22y - f Slllltuel STONER
- m Catherine - cd consumpt\on - rep by mother - w/o Chorles WILLIAMS
WILLIAMSON see Ella McFerran GILLIAM
W!Lf,JAHSON, male - b 4 Nov 1858 Dot Co - d 11 Nov 1858 - age 7d - f Jomes T
HILLIMISON - m Morioh - cd unkn - rep by father
WILLIAMSON, John - b ca 1742 - d 15 Feb 1828 Bot Co - ref see 1835 Pensioner
Roll Va section, p 44
WILLl/\MSON, Julia - b 19 /\pr 18117 - d 15 Dec 1924 - grave Ht Union cem
WILLIAMSON, Martha (widow) - b ca 1771 Pr Ed Co (census 11358) - d 6 Dec 1854
- cd old age - rep by dau Marcaret WOOD - Ad111 J.eroy CAMPBELL (8 Jan 1855)
WILLIAMSON, Woodville - b 25 Aus 1847 Va - d 3 /\pr 1915 - f James L WILLIJIHSON (b Va) - m Re&amp;ter (LAYNE) (b Va) - buried Springwood cezn - od heart
failure

WILSON, Dessie - b 5 Moy 1882 Dot Co - d 7 Apr 1913 - C Jlndersoo ORITI (b
Dot Co - m Bettie (OVERSTREET) (b Dot Co) - buried Woodland cem - cd heart
disensc
WILSON, Carl Ooustoo - b 26 Har 1900 Gala, Bot Co - d ll1 June 1917 - f F TI
WILSON (b Rb Co) - m Rosie (DROWN) (b Rb Co) - buried Murat cem - cd drowned
in James R
WILSON, David - d by 13 Jan 1789 - ref WD A p264, app, admr bond - admr
Catherine WILSON
WILSON, Elizabeth - d by 22 Oct 182to - "Ce(
Oct 1824 - dau Soroh

wn

C p574, oral will, declored 22

WILSON, Ferdinand Claibourn - ll ca 1854 Bot Co - d ll1 Feb 1855 - f Gcorce W
WILSON - m Susan H - cd disease of the brain - rep by Cother
WILSON, Georee - d by 10 Jan 1799 - ref WB A p508, app - on 19 Apr 1799,
John WILSON was edn o( his orphans under ase 14 - ex 9 John WILSON, Thomas
WILSON

�WILSON, George W, Col - b 7 July 1802 (or 1805, censu s 1850 Bot Co ff850) - d
20 May 1878 - [hfo Susao H CLAIBORNE] - re! Beaverdam gravestone

WIMER, Christina - d by 13 Jan 1862 - ndm I.cwis LINl:"Elil!OCER
WINDRON see Elizabeth RARTS

1111.SON, Rerbert Leigh - b ca 1852 Ft- Co - d 11 Apr 1853 - f Ja;ics B WILSON m Ann C - cd measles - rep by father

WINDSOR, Richai:d - b en 1795 Rl (census 0996) - d 10 Mar 1862 - h/o Hary adm Isaac BREllBA~

WILSON, J Wellington - b ca 1825 Va (census 11700) - d by 9 Apr 1866 - adm
Thomas J CARPER

WINEMAN see Eliza A llORNE, Elizabeth RICllARDSON, Ceorce ROJll:"

WILSON, James - d by May 1815 - r ef 118 n p453 app

WINES see t.emuel Mndi1100 HABtru\Y

WILSON, J ohn - d by 11 NOV 1808 (son called an orphan) - son Thomas Cover 14)

llitlEYARD see VINYARD

WILSON, John - d by Feb 1820 (order) - ref WO C p304 , division of land - ch
John, Josiah, Hargory (md
Harison ), Tbomao (dec'd), James, Jone; gch
Jane, Mary &amp; Elizabeth (of--rhomas )

WiliCERT see Anna GISD, Jacob CISll, Ann MOOMAW

WILSON, John f - b 1 Mar 1812 - d 20 Dec 1892 Bot Co (cravestonas) - Mt
Pleasant cem
Wil.sON, John - d by May 1823 (will, WB C p411) - wife Elizabeth; ch Ann,
Tllomas, Pricilla, Sarah , James, John; bro Thomas HILSON - on 14 Ju ly 1823
orphan Thoaas (over 14) 8 on 13 Apr 1824 J ames, Priscilla, John, Sarah 8 Ann
(all under 14)

WTNGERt, Christian B - d 1823 Dot Co Inv (Wll D, p448) - adm was hbraham CISll
who wns also gdn of dnu Cassie
llTNCflllt (or VDIGART), Henry H - b en 1800 l'a (ce nsus 11992) - d by 111 Mny
1955 Bot Co Inv (WB I p360) - h/o "Polly" [Horcaret] [maybe Mnrcnret Mocdalin FRANTZ]; [dau Elvira C by udn Snmucl SPIC(ART) - adm Robert R LUNSFORD
WUIGERT, Michael - d 1837 Dot Co Inv WB E p740 - son Peter (hnd Cntberine
WINGERT as his gdn maybe sh~ wns lficbael ' s widow) - adm John SRAVER

WILSON, Matthl?ll - d by Dec 1795 (wil l, WO A p411) - wife Hary; ch Thomas,
John Steel (of Ky), Somuel, Matthew (of Ky) , J ennet, ~etsy, Polly, Sally &amp;
NGncy - on ll1 Feb 1797 orphans Jane &amp; .Toho Steel (both under ll;) J on 13 Sep
1803 orphan Elizabeth under llq other orphans mentioned Nancy, Hary &amp; Sara.h

WINGFIELD see Frank JOITNSON
WINNER, Martha - b ca tell Dot Co - d Apr 1856 - cd fever - rep by hus Jncob
WINNER

WlLSON, N C, Major - b 12 Sep 1839 - d 3 July 1863 - ref Deaverdam gravestone

WITllERS, Jean - d by 11 Sep 1798 (son co llcd nn orphan) - son Nntllon

Wil.SON, Patrick - d by 13 Apr 1774 - ref WO A p43, will dated 26 Mar 1772 ,
admr bond - ch William, Ale~ander, Moses, Andrew, 3ohn, Thoiaas - admr
Rilliam WI1.LSON

WI TllER, John - d by Oct 1805 - re f we n pll6, will dnted 18 Aug 1805 - wife
Elizabeth: ch not named - on 8 Oct 1805 orphans (all under 14) Olly, Su1DDerville , William, Dnbner, Richard , Elizabeth &amp; llansford (in a suit) - E~
Elizobeth WITDERS

wn.soN, Richard - d hy 11 Hm: 1779 - ref wn A pl04, will dated 30 Nov 1778,
odrnr bond - ;.iife Mary; ch William, TI10111as - odmr Hary RILt.SON

WITT see George W CREASEY

WILSON, Sarah - b ca 1796 - d 5 Apr 18116 - n(le soy - w/o John S lffLSON grave Mt Joy cem

WOLDHIDGE, Mary - b en 1672 Fr Co - d 30 Hlly 1913 - f Thoman SNTnP.R - m M
(SNIDRR7) (b Va ) - buri ed Daleville cem

Wil.SOH , Susan M - b en 1818 (census 1850 Dot Co 5850) - d 11 Aug
in
Clifton Forge , buried Godwin ce111, Fincastle - f Ron Nathaniel II CLAIBORNE
(of Fr Co) - m Elizabeth - bus Col Georne wWU.SON (md 1832 Or 1837) - ch
T11omas J WILSON; bro Col Nathaniel CJ,AlBORNE ( of St Louis, MO); nephew Dr I
R CODWill - ollituary in Cronise Scrapbook 19 &amp; 36 (not dated,l

WOT.PF., Caroline - b ca Sep 1832 - d 29 Jr&gt;n 1859 - age 26y luo 4d - f John GODWIN - m F. II - w/o Rev J II WOLFE - ref Goodwln cem (over River from Heys cem)

WILSON, Thomas - d by June 1801 - ref HD B pl, app
WILSON, Thomas - d by Oc't 1815 - ref
Jane O, Mary, Elizabeth

wn

C p30 , app - on 11 July 1831 orphans

Wll.sON, William - d lly Hay 1823 - ref WB C p447, will dated 13 Apr 1823 wife Jlebecca; ch John L, David J, and othera, not m•med

llOLFF. see John GOODllJN
WOLRlllGE, Clarence 0 - b 1895 Va - d 17 Mar 19\/l - f T S WOJ,nIDGE (b Va) - m
no t known - buried llebAter cem - cd poiaoncd by &amp;as in mine
WOJ,TZ see Sarah Jane TllOMPSON , Harcnret Wi\Ll\OND, Curtis i\J.DERSON, llarold
Woltz WEBB
WOLTZ, Ann Eliza - b ca 12 Hay 1819 - d 26 July 1810 - oge !Y 2m Jqd - f
William WOLTZ - m Mftry - rRp in "lferllld or the Val Joy" 29 July 1820

�WOLTZ, Clnri.oda - b 1819 - d 1880 - [11/0 Ferdinand WOLTZ] - srave Fincostle
Presby cem
WOLTZ, Ferdinand - b lft08 cem

d

1877 - [hfo Clarinda] - grave Fincastle Pre1by

llOLTZ, Jacob - b en 1772 Hd (census 111681) - d 31 July 1853 - f WOl.TZ - cd
pulmonory cor - rep by s-i-1 Jnmes S WALROND - [h/o Nancy] - (ex James II
WALROND (12 Sep 1853)]
llOMAC~ see WAMMACl, Joseph
Jobn POAGE

wIEENEY,

Aazel Pauline MORGAN, William l'YLE,

llOMAC t, 6 J - b 30 Sep 1855 - d 16 Dec 1908 - h/o Emma (RRODES) WOMACK c:rnve Nt Union cem
llOMACIC, ~nma (nAODES) - b 27 Dec 1.854 - d 28 Oct 1930 - f llUODES - w/ o E J
WOMACK - c:rnve Mt Union oem

WOOD, Elizabeth (single) - d 1837 Dot Co (will, 118 E p829) - f Joseph WOOD(S)
- bros &amp; s i s 5 Thomas, Edward , James , Joseph, Carlos dec'd , Martbn MOORE,
Hary STULL, Sally ROWLAND, Ann WOOD
WOOD, James [D] - b [ca 1790 Charlotte Co, Vn] - d by Feb 18A7 Bot Co (inv
of slaves, WB G p355 - f Joseph WOOD - (w\fe Elizabeth Crensl1aw DAVIS] [son Davis Horton] - [buried in Wood Cem, Glen Wilton]
llOOD, John, Dr - b 1 Jan 17114 - d by 12 Nov 1791 (son called orphans) - f
Col Jnmes llOOD - m Mary RUTllE!IFORD - wife Susnnnah (md #2
TAPSCOTT),
sons John Fonrose (b a fter 1777) &amp; Jnmes Stanhope, both under l~, 12 Nov
1791 &amp; both became 21 by 9 Oct 1811 S both sons' mother md
TAPSCOTT [so John F &amp; James b 1777-1790]
llOOD, Jolin F[onrose] - b [1777 -1790 ] - d 1846 Bot Co (will, WB G p224) - f
Dr John WOOD - m Susanna DAXER - lot wife Mory LOONF.Y me 1835, wife Eliza
GOODWIN md 1840 - adm 8 Apr 1867 Sherief Lowis LINKENllOKER

WOMACK, James II - b co 1812 Va (census 41333) - d after 9 Ju ly 1660 - f William WOMACK - m Jane ICYLE - curator William E WAL[IJP

WOOD, Jonathan - d by Feb 18011 - f [ 'll1omBB WOOD Jr - m ElizBbcth - ref WB n
pSl, will dated 29 Mar 1802, codici l 19 Jan 1803 - bros Jomes (of Mont Co),
Jeremiah (bis son John), Josiall - ex Andrew DONALD (of Bed Co)

WOMACK, .Jane - b (24 E'ebl 1783 Va [census 11333) - d 22 June 1858 - f William
KYLE - cd disease of heart -~ep by son James WOMACK :- w/o William WOMACK [ref Death bk; Locust Dottom gravestone] - [adm wm C Wl\LtuP &amp; Robert KYLE)

llOOD, Joseph - d by llpr 1816 Bot Co - ref WR C pl14, will dated 25 Hary 1814
- ch Carlos, Edward, Thomas, Joseph , Jo.mes , Hary (md
STUI.L), Martha (md
MOORE), Elizabeth, llnne, S"llY - Ex 6 Joseph WOODS-;-:inmes A WOODS

WOHACIC, Josepb IC - b ca 1815 - d 28 July 1853 Oibrell 's Springs WOMACK - m Jane - cd intemperance - rep by mother

WOOD, Julie B - b ca 1842 - d 1863 Dot Co (will, llB t p21 - f John F woon m Eliza GOODllIN - bro Thooas H WOOD, niece July Bell YATES (d/o Daniel c g
Minerva t YAT"ES )

f

William

llOMACl, William - ca 1769 - d 26 Mar 1828 - age 59y - hfo J ane llOHl\Cl (17831858) - ref Locust Bottom gravestone
WOOD see woons, Ceorce PATTEllSON, J:unes TAI'SCOTT , Laura Emmiean DILL, Capt
Andrew LEWIS Jr , Clyde HaXRell KILLER, Sorah ROllLAND , Martha WILLIAMSON
WOOD, female - b ca Hay 1868 - d 19 Au&amp; 1868 - ace 3m C [PECl) (b ca 1846) - rep by &amp;f Ed PECK

f

J D WOOD - m Hary

WOOD, Lucile E - b 18 Oct 1910 Bot Co - d 5 Apr 1917 Bot Co - f HattbeR
["Hattie"] Emmerson WOOD (b Dot Co) - 11 Nora DcU CllLDWELL (b Craig Co) - cd
measles &amp; broncho-pneumonia - buried Mount Union ccm
WOOD, Harcaret Dean - b 21 Sep 1908 Bot Co - d 19 July 1913 Bot Co - f
WOOD - m Carrie DEISDEll (b Va) - buried Locust Bot tom cem - ed spinal
menencitis

Frnnl&lt;

llOOD , female - b 6 Nov 1917 Bot Co - d 6 Nov 1917 - f Charles WOOD (b Dot Co)
- m Sa-rah H [Dilda] (BRYANT) (b Bot Co) - cd probably too much ha-rd work (by
mother) in cannery

WOOD , Sm:ah Jane - b 24 May 1849 - d 23 Sop 19lll Bot Co - f David CYGtR (b
Va ) - m Drusilla (FIREDllDGR) (b Va) - buried Mt Union cem - cd heart Lesion
- [ hus John Wesley llOOD]

llOOD, Ann - d 1847 Bot Co (Will, Wl\ G p400) - f Joseph WOOD - bros g siss
Thomas (his wife Sally), Edwa..:d, Joseph , Ca-r:t,os de c'd, Polly STULL, Hat:tha
MOORE, James, Solly l\OWl,l\ND

WOOD, Thomas - b 5 Jan 1780 Charlotte Co , Va - d 25 Mar 1849 Dot Co (will,
118 G p595) - f [Joseph llOOD ) - [ IJ2] wife S:irnh A - ch Samuel n, Mary' S,
f?:ances, Sarah, F.lizahcth S ACTON, Ann F ACTON - buried Wood cem, Glen Wilton

WOOD , Charles Rol lin [writtQn above is Carlos A) (unmd] - b ca 18~8 Va (cen sus 11242) - d by 14 Feb 1859 Dot Co (will, WB K p324) - f John f WOOD (d en
18116) - m (md Ill) Mary J.OONEY, (md 112 ) Eliza GOODWIN, bros s sis" , Tboinns
Moore llOOD &amp; Juliet Dol&lt;er WOOD - Ex llillinm w l!OYIJ - Mm 13 Hay 1867 1.ewio
1.INKENllOKER

WOODRIDGE , Nancy - d by 13 Oct 1807 (ch called orphn ns) - ch John (aged 10
by 13 Oct 1607) , Rebecca (b May 1799), Samuel (b Fr.b 1803)

WOOD, Edward - b 6 Nov 1904 Dot Co - d 27 Feb 1916 - f A D WOOD (b Va) - m
Dora (llODINSON) (b Dot Co) - buried family cem (Clifton Forge) - cd pneumonia

llOODS see Mary R GIBBS, WOOD, Geor11e Pi\'ITERSON, Samuel PlffLLIPS, S:inh SRillKE"i
WOODS, Andrew - b ca 1722 - d by 9 Aus 1781 - r Michael WOOOS - m Mary CAMPUELL - ref WO A pl35, will do t ed 15 Mny 17Rl, admr bond - wife Martha; ch
James, Andrew, Archibald, Robert, Martha, Hnry, Elizabeth (md __ CI.OYO),
Rebecca (md ~ ~LY) - ndmr Hnrthn llOOOS, Andreu WOODS, Jnmco WOODS

�WOODS , Archibald - b [ca 1733) - d by 11 Dec 1783, a(!m named - f [maybe illigitimate] - ref WB A pl95, app, admr bond - wife Mary - admr Mary WOODS
WOODS Arthur - b between 1747-1761 - d by 14 Sep 1773 - f [Charles WOODS] re f w~ A p42, app, admr bond - relatives , on 9 Apr 1793, his son James was
declare\l to be age 21 - wife was _ PATTERSN, d/o George who named her 2
sons i n his will, Arthur 8 James - admr Georce PATTERSON
WOODS, David - d by 11 Oct 1791 (son call ed an orphan) - f Michael WOODS Jr
- Ann Ll\MBERT - son John (over 14) - wife Mary McAFEE
1100DS, James - d by U Nay 1797 (ch called orphans) - f [Arthur WOODS] - m
[ PA'ITERSON] - ch Peg6Y, Josiah, Archibald, Polly, James, E1i1.abeth &amp; Samuel
- wife Jane (became gdn of ch)
WOODS, Jane - d 3 Apr 1816 Bot Co (oral will, WB C p58) - f Edward GREEN hus Samue1 WOODS; oh Margaret, Wi1liam; gdau Demarius FLillT - other interest
persons from out of the county: Richard I/ODDS , Edward WOODS g Edward GRE.EN
WOODS, Michael - b ca 1716 - d by 11 Mar 1777 Bot Co (will) - I Michael
WOODS - m Mary CAMP.DELL - ref WB A p75 1 will dated 29 Hay 1776; \fB A p73 !ipp;
admr bond - "ife l\nne; ch Jane (md
DOSTER) ; Susannah (md
COWAN);
Samuel, Elizabeth (md
Sbepberd);-iiill iam, Macdaline (md -==-CAMPBELL);
David, Martha, Sarah -liiY 2 younges t daus Ann &amp; Mary - adnn: David WOODS
WOODS, Samuel - b
Dec 1811 (app, WB
"Jennie" - on 12
GREEN - on 14 Jan
James

l Oct 1741 (baptized 15 Oc t 1741) Orange Co , Va - d by 27
B p278; division W1l B p288) - f Richard WOODS - m Janet
Mar 1799 ( i n a suit) son Edward 1&lt;a.s named - wife Jane
1812 orphand David, William, Marcaret (all under 14);

WOODSON see John F COFFMAN
1100DSO'.ff Durnace Virgini a - b 21 Oec 1917 Bot Co - d 30 Dec 1917 Dot Co - f
Charlie' Duff 1WODSON (b Bot Co) - m Katie M (FLORY) (b Fr Co) - buried Daleville cem - cd congenital ptc.mpegia
WOODSON , Cor.a A - b 17 Jan 1675 - d 20 Sep 1875 [Bot Co) - f A[chillee A)
llOOOSON - m Annie [BRUGR] - ref Old Dutch cem
WOOJJS!iN, Edward Vaden - b 1 Sep 1855 J)ot Co - d 30 Aug 1917 Bot Co (cert) f A A HOOOSON (b Bot Co) - m Annie (nRUGR) (b Bot Co) - l,lu!'j.ed Fincastle cem
- cd malnutrit ion (&amp; ssph i lis)
WOODSON, John Hilliam - b [23 Feb] 1853 Bot Co - d 10 l'e\1 1.854 Bot Co - f
AchilleB A WOODSON - m Ann BltOGll - cd croup - rep by father - ref Olcl Dutch
cem

WOODSON, J,ou - b ca 181t1 Neloon Co, Va - d 29 Nov 1870 Nelson Co (Bot Co
neath Bk) - age 29y - f James HRIGHT - m Judeth - cd drowned - rep by b-i-1
OCl!t'Y FELIX - hu s William 11 llOODSflll
WOQUSON , Melvin Al1en - b 29 Nov 1866 Rot Co - d 25 Mar 1913 not Co - f A A
iiOODSON Ch Bot Co) - m Annie Peters (BRUGH) (b Dot Co) - bur.ied Fincastle
com - cd suici.do hy pi s to1. !ihot: in \&gt;rain

WOODSON , Nancy S - b ca 1823 - d 2 Apr 1845 Dot Co - ace 22y - f Renry W
BOllYER - m Matilda BRECKENRIDGE - hus Willia~ M llOODSON - ref Fincastle
Presby gravestone
\IOOOSON, Nettie B - b 30 June 18611 - d 14 Nov 1948 Bot Co - f David A
m Sarah V - hus Selma B \!DODSON - buried Daleville cem

RUFF -

WOODSON, Samuel - b ca 1810 Va (census #533) - d by 12 Jan 1852 Dot Co - h/o
Martha A - adm Martha A WOODSON
WOODSON, Selma D - b 26 Jan 1859 - d 28 July 1933 Dot Co - f A A WOODSON - m
Annie F DRDGB - wife Nettie llUFF - buried Daleville cem
WOODSON, William - b ca 1798 - d by 9 Oc~ 1845 Bot Co (ch called orphans) f Allen WOODSON - m Jane TAYLOR - ch Achilles, Blake, William D, Charles wife Martha G nAYTBE
WOODSON, William M, Dr - b ca 1818 Rh Co ( census #1365) - d 7 Nov 1857 Farmville, Va (rep in Bot Co) - od unkn - rep by b-i-1 John Y SRANl:S - h/o Grace
E SllANltS - adm Grace E WOODSON, ndm 14 Aug 1868 Wm A GLASGOI/
WOODSON , Willie E - b ca 1868 Nelson Co - d 29 Nov 1870 Ne lson Co (rep in Bot
Co) - age 2y - f William R WOODSON - m Lou WRIGHT - od drowned - rep by
uncle Oenry FELIX
WOOOVILL'E, Mary Sophia (DAR plaque) - b oa 1797 - d 8 June 1636 - nge 39y f Col John LEWIS - w/o James L \IOODVILLE - ref Fino·a stle Presby grnvestone
WOODVILLE, Sarah S - b oa 1743 - d Apr 1813 - age 70y - widow of Rev John
WOODVILLE of Culpeper Co - grave Fincastle Presby cem
WOODY see

male DROGAN, James lterley BROGAN

WOODYARD see Darriet FARLEY
WOODYARD, Nora DRUGR - b [ 26 Oct 1865] - d 1§. Oct 1895 near Amsterdnm, Dot
Co - f Renjamin DRUGB - m [Emeline McCLURE] - hus Dr S W WOODYARD (md 20 Apr
1892) - grave Amsterdam oem - obituary in Croniue Scrapbook /1
WOOLIDGE, female - b 21 May 1913 Bot Co - d 30 June 1913 - f J P WOOLIDGE (b
Bot Co) - m Mary (SNIDER) (b Fr Co) - buried Daleville cem - cd ollio colitis
11001.SEY, William D - b [mnybe 1821] [maybe w01 D WOOLEY i.n 1850 Bot Co co:msus 111040) - d by 1'1 Sep 1857 - [h/o Mary J] - ndm Denjnmin L~CKS
WORD, Cyril Ernest
b co 1856 Dot Co - d 5 nee l856 - ( William E M \IOllD m llelen W - rep by father - ref Death bk; Fincastle Presby sravestone
\!ORD, F.mily Messlor &amp; WORD, llelen Early (twini;) - b Nov l81t6 f lli11iam M WORD - m Helen D - ref Fincast'le Presby 6ravestone

d

Dec 18116 -

\/ORD, Hubert C - b July 1860 not Co - d 28 Sep 1861 - age ly 2m lld - f William F. H \/ORD - Helen D - cd chronic thrash - rep by father
WORD, Minna - b ca .Jan 1858 Bot Co - d 3 Mar 1861. - age 3y 2m 20d - f William E M I/ORD - m Helen D - ctl croup - rep by father

�llOllD, llilliam W (CSA) - b ca l8ltl1 Bot Co - d 30 Aug 1862 l'r Wm Co - age l7y
9m 16d - f llillirun t M WORD - m R D - cd gun shot - rep by father - crave
Fincastle l'resby cem

WRIGRT, Lee Anna - b 5 May 1865 Bed Co - d l7 Sep l911i - f Thomae H 1'0f,LEY (b
Bed Co) - 11 Hannie (AUSTIN) (b Bot Co) - buried llillh Bridge ce111 - cd Brights
disease

WORLEY see

WRIGD'r, Lottie Adell - b 25 Jan 1916 Beasamer, Bot Co - d 22 Feb 1916 - f
Joseph K WRIGUl' (b Crates Co) - m Nillie D (TllOMl'SON) (b Bot Co) - buried Via
buryinc cround - cd acute uterio intoxication

WHO~LEY,

Gilbert Jackson HARtcrlJIK

WORLEY (or WRORLEY), Riram - b ca 1796 Va (census C241) - d by 11 Aug 1862 h/o Martha J ("Patsy") - adm Patsy llORLEV
NORLEY, Patience (or Patrick) - d by 7 July 1785 (dau called an orphan) dnu Sunb
llORLEY, William R - b ca 1849 Dot Co - d 5 Nov 1860 - age lly - f William
Norley - cd fall - rtlP by uncle Jruaes LAC[S
llOKLEY, WUlie Ddgbt - b 23 Nay 1913 Dot Co - d 1 July 19l3 - f Jobn Tyler
WORLEY (b Bot Co) - m Kate Allen (BURICI10LDER) (b Bot Co) - buried family cem
- cd die't'eahea

NRICOT, Harvin t.e't'oy g Mary Lavenia (twins) - b 5 Dec 1912 Bot Co - d 11 Feb
1913 - f Georce II llRICRT (b All Co) - m Luella (ENSMINGER) (b Rb Co) buried Forest Grove cem - cd mnluntrition
llRIG!II, Mildred (unmd) - b 31 Dec 1810 - d 4 Oct 1882 - i;rave Hill Creel&lt; cem
NRICllT, Peter - d by Dec 1793 - ref WD A p365, will dnted 12 Nov 1793, recorded Dec 17931 WB n p25 settlement - wife Jane; oh Pete't', Elizabeth (md [Alexander] SPROWL ); Macy (Ill(! [William] SHYTll); Rebecca (md [Robc't't] CINUlAD) I
Thomas (his ch Jane g James); Agnes (md [Chdstophe't'] CLARt)J Jane (md _
ESTILl.); Raebel (md
J&gt;rocto't')

llOR'l'U sec Otho Jackson STINNETT
WRIGO'I, Sa't'ah - d by 22 Har 1816 - ref NB C p46, app
HORTH, Ha't'y Susan - b 30 Apr 1870 Dot Co - d 10 Oct 1915 - f William L l'AGE
(b Va) - m Ellen (REDMOND) (b Va) - bu't'ied Back Creek cem - od TB
WORTZ see Ch't'istinn FRA.NTZ

llRIGDTSKAN, Uoater - b ca 1820 (or 1825) - d 18 Dec 1895 Bot Co - age 75y f Jocob NOFSINGER - m Elizabeth SNIDER - hus Somuel S WRIGllTSl'IAN - bro llenry
NOFSINGER - bu't'ied family cem - Cronise Scrapbook 57

WRAY see Sgt Sa.m uel BLAIR
WRAY, Sarah - b ca 1838 Rb Co - d 23 Ap't' 1913 - ( Jobn (b Rb Co) - buried
Lemontown cem - cd pa't'alysis
HREN

see Nicbolao FIRESTONE,

WRICDTSMAN seo Mary Jnne Hilson DEISHER, Sarah GISll

Macy

E SMITll

WRENN, Nancy (single) - d June 1849 - ane 22y - cd fever - 't'ef 1850 Bot Co
Hort Schedule
Rober1: A - d (in 1890 's ) near Eagle Rock - age 18y - re! C't'oni&amp;c
Scrapbook 57 (no date)

llR.ENJI,

WREN, Hilliam - d by 11 Mar 1844 (ch cal led orphans) - ch Harvey
(both ovu 11.i)

&amp;

Muy

llRERY, Ren't'y W - b ca 1828 Alh Co - d 21 Dec 1854 - m Ma't'Y COINER - cd
spinal a ff liction - rep by mother
HRIGUT see WRlTE, RIGUT, Mary E DRUGR, Nannie RRUGR, Mnry Edith CADE, Samuel
Sears CUMMINGS, Sampson SAWYr.ltS, Ab-.;ahnm STATLER, Lou llOODSON, Verlioda DRUMMOND, Eliza A LEMMON, Ellnora Sidney LEMON, Dr R M LEMON,
llllIGD'I, Charles - d by 12 Apr 1803 (son cal led nn orphan) - son Cba't'lcs
WRIGRT, George - d by 3 .June 1815 - ref

wn n p453, app

llRIGRT, Jul ia Francis - b 8 Dec 1866 Rot Co - d 24 Nov 1915 - f John DRITT
(b Mont Co) - m Eliza (KELLY) (b Dot Co) - buried Deisher g't'aveyard - cd
llenrt dropsy

llRIGD'ISHAN, John - d by Sep 1810 - re( WB B p242, will doted 22 Feb 1810 ch John, Samuel , Michael, Daniel, Solomon, Hn't'y, Cbriotlna (o nome hos been
m11rked out here) (md _ LOIIBE)
llRIGllTSKAN, John L - b ca 1813 Va (cenaus 9761) - d by 11 Sep 1865 - f
[Michael llRICDTSHAN ] - m [Snroh] - h/o F.lizobcth [l'ULl.RN] - ex Abraham DUllllMAN
111\IGDTSKAN, Malissa - b ca 1858 Rot Co - d Feb 1862 - age 4y - f J[ohn) (S
is marked out) L WRIGDTSHAN - m E[lizabeth) - rep by father
WRIGUTSKAN, Nicholas (single) - b oa 1787 Va - d June 1849 - cd dropsy - ref
1850 Bot Co Ho't't Schodule
llRIGllTSMAN, Snrab E - b oa 1847 Bot Co - d 9 Sep 1862 - age 15y - f J[ohn] S
WRIGRTSMAN - m E[lizabetb] - rep by father
WRIGRTSMAN, Tecrissa - b ca 18511 Bot Co - d Feb 1862 - ase By - f J[ohn) S
llRIGllTSMAN - m E[lhabeth] - rep by fnther
WRITE see WRIGllT, RITE, etc; Abrahalll STATLER
WYATT see Effie ELMORE

llYHER sec Malissa A GRUllBS
llYHF.11, Geor&amp;e Boyd - b 24 Apr 1914 Bot Co - d 16 Mar 1917 - f Asbury WYMER (b
Va) - m Hollie (GRUBBS) (b Va) - buried Fincastle cem - cd Hensle&amp;

�lfYNARD see VINYARD
WYSONG, Susannah (widow) - b l'a (ca 1795 Va , census 111172) - d 23 Dec 1855 rep by s-i-1 George SBANlS - adm William E UORD (11 Feb 1856)

YOUNG, Isaac (of AUil Co) - &lt;l by June 1818 - f YOUNG - ref WB C pl23, 11111
dated 28 Oct 1811 - brs John White, Oueh , Thomas, David &amp; others, not named,
(Andre~, sis Peggy] - exr Thomas YOUNG
YOUNG, Jacob - b ca 184£1 Bot Co - d 15 Sep 1854 - f Isnnc YOUUG - m Sally cd flux - rep by father

YEARGIN see Sarah J FRANTZ

YEATMAN, A A (male) - b aa Apr 1866 Bot Co - d 11 Apr 1867 - age 12m A YEATMAN - m Josephine - cd pneumonia - rep by father

f

A

YOUNG, Jacob, Jr - b [ca 1810] not Co [census llat.9] - d 24 Apr 11161 - age
5ly - f Jacob YOUNG - m Margaret - cd pneumonia - 11ifc Marcaret YOUNG - adn1
James ROW'LANl&gt; (12 Aug 1861)

- m Josephine - rep by father

YOUNG, Jacob, Sr - ca 1769 Pa (census /1849) - d 11 Jan 1856 - f Nicholas YOIJNG
- m Barbary - cd cancer - rep by son Jacob G YOUNG - h/o Margaret - ex Samuel
&amp; Jacob YOUNG (12 Jan 1857)

YONO see Mary Ann VIE

YOUNG, Patrick - d by 14 Aug 1770 (ch called orphans) - ch James, Janet, Alice

YONO, COTa Yelia - b 24 Dec 1887 ( Dot Co] - d 22 Aug 1913 - f John YONO (b
Italy) - m Elmire (WELCH) [b Bot Co] - buried Springwood cem - cd TB

YOUNG, nobert Lee - b 20 Jan 1869 Bot Co - d 22 June 1914 - f A J YOUNG (b
Bot Co) - m Sarah F. (YOUNG) (b Bot Co) - buried Springwood cem - cd TD

YORK, Fannie - b ca 1845 Pa - d 2 Jan 1866 - cd brain fever - rep by father

YOUNG, Virginia - b ca 1841 Bot Co - d 9 Sep 1854 - f Jacob YOUNG Jr - m
Peggy - od flux - rep by father

IF.ATMAN, Minerva - b ca 1863 Bot Co - d 23 Feb 1866 - age 3y -

YORK, Vina - b

Pa -

d

Mar 1866 - f S

D

age

20y 3m - f S

A A YEATMAN

f

D

YORIC - m M A

YOUNG, Vi.rginia E - b 15 Mar l81d1, Va - d 31 May 191'1 - f Alfred YOUNG - m
Mary (BIERLEY) - buried Catawba cem - cd Brinhts disease

YORK - m M A - rep by father

YOST, llenry - d by 11 Sep 1804 (son called an orphan) - son Jacob (under 14)
YOUNG see elizabetb CllMPBELL, Sarah A PF.EBY, Sarah M Ll:NttNROo:R, Elizabeth
OAllTS, Bugh CUl'ININGf!JIM, Renry DILL, Jacob Randall JIIERLY, Melvin Bazel CRAFT,
Andrew L'EMMOU, Frederick LEMMON, Jacob LEMON, John SDAFF.B
YOUllG, Amnilla - b 13 Dec 1858 - adm John

YOUNG, llUliam D - b ca 1899 Bot. Co - d 111 Sep 1854 - f Jacob YOlfNG Jr - m
Peggy - od flux - rep by father

BAMMI'r

YOUllG, Charles A - b 17 Apr 1915 Dot Co - d 4 Feb 1916 - f C A YOUNG (b Bot
Co) - m Albe~a (SIMMONS) (b Bot Co) - buried Fincastle cem - cd peretonitis

ZF.'LL, Jocob - d by 13 June 1837 (ch called orphans) - ch Jacob, Jobn, llilliam
(all under 14)

YOUNG, David - b ca 18l16 Dot Co - d 13 Sep 1854 - f Isaac YOUNG - m Sally cd flux - rep by father

ZELL, John - h 17 July 1832 [Bot Co] - d 18 Dae 1914 - f Jacob ZF.LL - m
Sallie (DARGER) [b Eagle Roclt] - buried Mt Mariah cem - cd infection of
urinary tract - h/o [Mary A ZELL ]

YOllllG , David - b ca 1808 Va (ce nsus 1/1169) - d by 9 Nov 1857 - h/o Mary adm Somuel YOUNG

ZELL, Mary A - b 23 Sep 1832 - d Feb (grave Mt Mariah Lutheran cem

YOUNG, F.li?.abeth - b O&lt;t 11:1211 Va (census 11677) - d by 15 Feb 1853 - 11/0 Jacob
G YOUNG - adm Jacob YOUNG

ZELL, Thomas - d by Jan 1821&lt; - ref wn C p484 1 wilt dated 19 Apr 1823 - wife
Martha; ch llenry, Be·t ey (md __ JOllNSON), Peter, Jolla, Jacob

YOUNG, f'rancis J M - b ca 1846 - cd flux - rep by father

ZIGLER see SIGJ.ER

YOUNG, nenry YOlJNG

b

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Pa

d

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Peggy

Samuel.

YOUNG, nugh - d by 9 June 1829 (cl1 called orphans) - ch llu(lb F, Mary 1 1 Sarah
A, Catherine E, Isaac N

-

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ZJ:GLEll, Paul - &lt;l by Jan 1812 - ref WB n p276 , will. dated ~ Jan 1812, proved
Jan 1812 - ch F:lizabeth; others not named - on 14 Jan 1812 orphan Betsy
(over 14) - on 111 Oct 1822 orphan Susan (ovl!r 14) - Exs John STOVF.R, Leonard

notrrz
ZIHMRRMAN see Michael COON, Kote Ann llAYl.AND, Mary J:ESSLER, F.li?.obeth MURRY•
Jacob Smith SLUSSER

�ZIMMERMAN, inf ant - b 30 June 1915 Bot Co - d 30 June 1915 - f George ZIMMER-

MAN [b Bot Co] - m Fannie (WALLIW) [b Bed Co] - buried Glade Creek cem - cd
premat ure

ZIMMERMA~,

Sallie - d ca 1895 Presby cem - obituary in Cronise Scrapbook 18,

not dated

ZIMl'!ERMAN , America - b ca 1830 Dot Co - d 20 Apr 19l7 - f John MURRAY - m
(Mory "Polly" O:FAIJVF.U (md 1822)) - buried Glade Creek cem - cd apoplexy [w/o Barnett ZIMMERMAN]

ZIMMERMAN, Susannah - b 10 Jan 1797 - d 3 June 1876 - f [Denj111Din lF.SSLER]
m [Mat:garet CLEAR] - w/o Jacob ZlMMERMAN (1799-1863) - ref Old Glade Creek
craves tone

Zil:!MERMAN, Andrew D - b ca 18117 Bot Co - d 25 June 1869 ZIMMERMAN - m Sally - cd measles - rep by father

ZIMMERMAN , Wi l liam - b 21 Mar 1832 - d 9 Nov 187/i - f Jacob ZIMMERMAN - m
Susan [KESSLER] - i;ravc Old Glade Spring cem

age

22y - f Bronson

ZIMMERMAN , Barnette - b 12 Apr 1828 Bot Co - d 211 July 1912 - f Jacob ZIMMP.RMAN (b Dot Co) - m Susan [KESSLER] (b Dot Co) - buried Glade Creek cem - cd
paralysis

ZIMMERMAN, William 11 - b l Nov 1857 Dot Co - d 17 Sep 1860 - age 2y 10m - f
Bernet Zil!Mi:RMAN - m Aruerioa - od diptheria - rep by father - ref death bll;
Ol d Glade Creek gravestone

ZIMMERMAN, Barney - b 30 Jan 1856 - d 13 Mar 1933 - h/o Mary A ZIMMEllMAN (d
1900) - ref Old Glade Creek gravestone

ZOJ,UfAN, Tieory - d by 9 Oct 1810 (dau called an orphan) - dau Betsy (over
14)

ZIMMERMAN, Benjamin - b 25 Dec 1825 - d 3 Apr 1887 - ref Old Glade Creelt
gravestone
ZIMMERMAN, E J - b ca 1867 Bot Co - d 11. Jan 1870 Amsterdam Twsp - age 3y ln•
- f Deojamin ZIMMERMAN - m M A - cd diabetus - rep by father

ZIMMERMAN, l:liza - b 28 Feb 1830 - d 29 Jan 1910 - "ref Old Glade Creek
gravestone
ZIMMERMAN, E1izabeth - b 8 Nar 1834 Dot Co - d 13 Dec 1913 - f Cris l ey LEMAN
(b Bot Co) - m [Sidney DA!tER] - buried Glade Creek cem - cd acute bronchitis
- [w/o William ZIMMF.BMAN - "ref death bk; Old Glade Creel~ gravestone ]
ZIMMERMAN, George ll - b 10 ~lar 1857 - d l Sep 1894 - survived by wife, son
aged 6y, mother, bros B sis 9 (obituary) - ref Old Glade Creek gravestone
ZIMMEBMAN, Jacob - b 27 Sep 1793 Va (census 11397) - d l May 1863 - age 69y f [William ZIM!ff:RMAN] - m [Christiana] - h/o Susannah ZIMMERMAN (1797 - 1876)
- ref Old Glade Creek cravestone - adm 13 July 1863 Robert .R LUNSFORD (revoked Feb 1872
ZIMMEllMAN, John - b 25 Sep 1813 - d 6 Aug 1886 - grave Fincastle Presby cem
ZIMMEllMAN, Lillian Catherine - b 8 Nov 1913 Dot Co - d
10 Oct 1913 - f
George ZIMMERMAN [b Dot Co] - m Fannie E (WATSON) [b Taz Co] - buried Glade
Creek cem - cd pneumonia
ZIMMERMAN, Mary A - b 25 June 1857 - d 15 June 1900 - w/o Darney ZIMMERMAN ref Old Glade Creek gravestone
ZIMMERMhN, Mary Aon - b 12 May 1829 - d 18 July 1896 - ref Old Glade Creek
ccavestone - [Maybe illegitimate oh of a Mrs
ZIMMERMAN 8 Ralpb SCllENCK
men tioned but not named in OB 8 Mar 1830
ZIMMERMAN, Mary Elizabeth - b 11 Nov 185/i - d 5 Sep 1860 - age Sy Sm - f
Bernet ZIMMERMAN - m America - cd diptheria - i=ep by father - ref deat h blq
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�1920's HOPSCOTCH AND DOUBLE DUTCH
Memories can make us happy and at the same time, very sad. When one is
elderly, we seem to cherish both happy and sad memories alike. There are
happy memories of years gone by, things we did as a child, things we did with
our parents, followed by the joyful times with our children and their father as we
watched the children grow up and wondered how we had grown so old.
Remembering those years, I think about all the other people close to my age who
have similar memories and wish we could share them with each other. One of
my fondest memories as a child is of the happy, carefree days of summer
evenings in Roanoke when after supper, the neighborhood children gathered on
the sidewalks in front of their houses to play. Our parents were sitting on their
front porch, visiting with neighbors and sipping sweetened ice tea. We felt loved
and safe with Mother and Dad watching over us.
We rode our tricycles, skated, played hide-and-seek, and played tag, always
"counting out" to see who would have to be "it" for the first game. We played
hopscotch drawn in chalk in front of someone's house. In the cool evening, we
could be heard chanting to the rhythm of a turning rope. Jumping rope was my
favorite! I remember dozens of the limericks we chanted , jumping to the rhythm
of the rhyme.
Who will I Marry?
Rich man, poor man,
Beggar man, thief,
Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief,
Tinker, Tailor, soldier boy, sailor!
When you missed the rope during the limerick, the word you last chanted was
destined to be your mate!

�We learned to jump rope very quickly while two children turned it faster and
faster with:
Mable, Mable, set the table
Don't forget the vinegar,
Mustard, salt and pepper!
Each time the word "pepper" was chanted, the rope was turned as fast as the two
children could manage. Your turn at jumping ended when you missed the rope.

Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear, Teddy
Teddy Bear, Teddy
Teddy Bear, Teddy
Teddy Bear, Teddy

Bear, touch the ground, ground, ground
Bear, turn around , 'round, 'round
Bear, show your shoe, shoe, shoe
Bear, how old are you?

The "Teddy Bear" chant now required you to jump your age and then "run out" so
the next person could have a turn .
All this could go on for hours, changing rhymes or limericks when we grew tired
of one and agreed on another. These are such pleasant memories of years past!
Now, at nearly 90 years old, I go for rides to these old neighborhoods and I am
saddened by how it has all changed . The growth of the area and the removal of
many proud and beautiful buildings make it hard to recognize what was once a
familiar neighborhood, if the place can be found at all. I realize how much I have
seen and experienced in my life. I miss my husband, family and friends, now
long passed. But no matter what the future brings, I know that the children of
today will continue to play games with their friends and create wonderful
memories just like those that are so precious to me and that make me so happy
and sad all at the same time.

E. Elizabeth (Libbie) Franklin Spoelma
August 15, 1918 - January 26, 2009

�New Book by Max S. Thomas

A new book by Max S. Thomas is just off the press. Titled THIS PLEASANT
LAND: A Blue Ridge History, it is being published posthumously by Harvestwood Press.
The author's daughter, Jean Thomas Schaeffer, has served as editor, compiler, and
publisher of the book.
This Pleasant Land is a 250-year chronological history of the border areas of
Floyd , Franklin, and Patrick Counties in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern
Virginia . The book covers an area reaching out from the epicenter where the author
lived by the Blue Ridge Parkway, about fifteen miles in all directions. In the book, the
author also describes going with his father in a wagon to Roanoke to sell farm-grown
products at the downtown Market.
The book is a local history but it is written within the context of what was
happening in the outside world during the 1sth, 19th, and 20th centuries. The paperback
book has about 200 pages and begins with the first settlers coming to the area. The
book goes on to explain how certain events impacted the local people - events such as
the American Civil War and Reconstruction, the American chestnut blight, the Great
Depression, the building of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and World War I and II.
The last half of the book is a collection of the author's earlier writings on a variety
of topics such as early music, the language of the area, early roads, the mountain
economy, country stores, old-time tools, fences, foraging , early marriages, women and
their lives, photography, weather, geology, critters and maladies that caused problems,
passing on, old-time medicine, and communicable diseases. One chapter tells about
Sparrel Tyler Turner who represented the area in the Virginia House of Delegates and
the Virginia State Senate. The book has twenty photographs, including a picture of
Turner.
Speaking about the manuscript he wrote, Max Thomas said , "I am a fifthgeneration descendant of the first settlers in this part of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I
have lived all of my life on the same piece of land on a high plateau on the FloydFranklin County line in southwestern Virginia. Since I was a boy, I have been told
stories about my ancestors and their neighbors, men anp women who came to and lived
in a pleasant and rugged land during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. No
matter who told the stories, they were always the same. It is also my story, for I was
born in 1908 and witnessed events through most of the twentieth century, including the
building of the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930s.... So in 1997 at age 89, I began
writing this history in longhand."
Jean Schaeffer has this to say about her father's book: "In publishing my father's
book, I have made every effort to be true to his writing and intent. He wanted people to
kn ow about the Appalachian heritage of this area, and he wanted them to understand
the local history within the context of what was going on in the outside world. He knew
what he had to tell was extraordinary. His was a generation that served as a bridge,
beginning with the most basic way of life typical of the nineteenth century and evolving
into the modern technological age of the late twentieth century. He was a farmer and

�school teacher. Having lived on the same piece of land for almost ninety-three years,
he was drawn to it in a way that a native will understand. Beyond that, he wanted to
know all he could and studied about the area the way a scientist or historian studies.
He learned from his grandparents and other people, he learned from books, and he
learned from his own observations about the natural environment. He knew first-hand
about the land and its people and he wrote about them continually. He was interested
in everything and was blessed with an excellent memory throughout his life. He was a
deep and divergent thinker, and he wrote this history the way he thought and talked like a conversation he might have had with a visitor on his back porch."
More information about this book is available at www.HarvestwoodPress.com, by
e-mailing info@HarvestwoodPress.com, or by phoning (540) 745-3173. The book's
ISBN is 978-0-9703758-2-7. This is the author's second book. His first, Walnut Knob,
was first published in 1977 and is a collection of songs and stories of the area. Its
copyright was renewed in 2005 but, after three printings, Walnut Knob is once more out
of print.

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First Vice-President •............... Mrs Inez St . Cl air
Second Vice-President ..............• J erry Bartmess
Recording Secretary ................. Mrs Belva Coun ts
Corresponding Secre tary ............. Jo hn Bu rrows
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FOWLER
Anc es tor ~~F~O~W~LE=---R~·-=Th=-o~m=a~s--"'R=i~c~ha=-rd--=---~-------~
born 17 Mar 1775. Lee Parish, Staffordshire, England
died 28 Mar 1855. Mason County, Va (now West Virginia)

22 Sept 1800, ·Staffordshire, England
Anna Johns on (1780- 1850)

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Researcher

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Mrs Claude S . ("Babe "Waskey) Fowl er

1716 Colgat e St , NE
Roa nok e , Va 24012

f ami l y: Eng . to Phila,Pa
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Vol. IV - No. 1 - February 1980
Pre s ident s Message . .................................. . 1a
Genealogical Researcp in the Virginia Room ............. 1
Vinc ent Hobb s , S r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Hardy, Franklin County, Va ........................ 7
Will of Chris tian Kuntzy ......................... : .... 10
Obituaries fro m a Scrapbook ..... .. . ,,,,,,,,,,,, ....... 12
1850 Morta lity Schedul e
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Death Book of Roanoke County, Va for 1853-1881 ........ 17
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February 16, 1980
February Meeting = 1:JOpm at the auditorium of the main Roanoke
City Public Library, Elmwood Park, Roanoke, Virginia..
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Here I am , s tarting my second year as your president.
Your other officers
and chai:r:persons who will really be handling the many, many tasks that must be
performed are shown on the oppos ite page. (Inside front cover page)

In order to get the ball rolling early for 1980, your executive commi ttee
met in December to develop a proposed list of activities.
That list of activities was approved at the regular meeting of your society on January 19, 1980
and is published elsewhere in this issue.
There are two activities whi ch should be especially interesting: the
Genealogical Workshop on May 17, 1980 and an Open House on July 19, 1980. It
is too early to give spe?ifies for either activity, but pleasant surprises are
being planned for our distant members who attend our Open House. Watch your
VAN for further details.
In closing, I want to offer sincere thanks to those officers,

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and many others whose efforts made 1979 a successful year.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR 1980
DATE

January 19
February 16
March 15
April 19
May 17
June 21
July 19
August 16
s eptember 20
October 18
November 15
December 20
(there could be changes)

PLACE
Roanoke Public Library
Roanoke Public Library
Troutville 0 Va
Roanoke Public Library
To be announced
East End Cemetary
Salem, Va
Roanoke Public Library
Roanoke Public Library
Roanoke Public Library
Alexander House
Newbern, Va
Roanoke Public Library
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AC TIVITY
Speake r, "Vital Sta tis tics"
Speaker: Jess Carr
Walking tour of Fincastle
Speaker.
Genealogical Workshop
Grave site plotting and
stone rubbing
Open House
Speaker
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Tour of Museum and Court
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Speaker and election

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GF.NEALOGI CAL RESEARCH IN THE VIRGINIA ROOM
by
Carol Tuckwiller

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If you've ever read any of the numerous books that have been written
on how to trace your family history, you have found in most of them. a
chapter on using the library during part of your genealogical research .
If you have not read them, .you should. THE RESEARCHER'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN
GENEALOGY, by Val D. Greenwood; TRACING YOUR ANCESTRY, by F. Wilbur Helmbold; FUNDAMENTA.LS OF GENEAIDGICAL RE.SEARCH, by Laureen R. Jaussi and Gloria
D. Chaston; SP1PLIFIED GENEALOGY FOR AMERICANS, by Kay Kirkham; and BUILDING
AN AMERICAN PEDIGREE, by Norman E. Wright, are just a. few of the many "howton books that will help you, not only in using a library, but in all phases
of your genealogical research.
Not all libraries have a separate genealogical department, but if you
should live near a library that does have one, you should take advantage of
its sources.
The Roanoke Public Library's Virginia Room houses an excellent col lection of historical and genealogical information relating, not only to Southwest Virginia, but to the entire Commonwealth of Virginia, and t he s urrounding states. Special funds have been established by organizations and by
individuals to help provide a large proportion of the money used in acquiring additional material for the expanding collection. One such fund ,
established by the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society , has bee n
added to not only by the society, but by individuals who have wished to
contribute o
The Virginia Room collection consists of more than books; informat ion
can also be found in the form of pamphlets, microfilm, microfiche , maps,
newspapers, and personal papers. These various forms contain chur ch recor ds
and church histories, biographies, printed genealogies, state and county_
records (marriages, wills, deeds, tax lists, etc.), cemetery records , shi p
passenger lists, histories of surnames, heraldry, patriotic s ocieti es ,
Revolutionary War and Civil ~Tar histories and records, stat e and county
histories, and census records.

With that many subjects to choose from, one of the basic t ools that
will help you locate books on a particular subject will be t he card catalog.
Each book is catalogued, with a ~ard filed under the autho r's name and under
various subjects covered by the book. For instance , if you are looking f~r
a book on the Davis family, the cards for bOoks wi. th mate r i al on this family
will have the heading DAVIS FAMILY in red capital l e t ters. Information on
a particular county will be headed with the na~ of the county in red capital
letters; i.e., BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA - MARRIAGES .
Another basic tool is the bibliography of genealogies. Three of our
most widely used bibliographies are Stuart E . Br own•s VIRGINIA GENEALOGIES:
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Genealogical Research in the Virginia Room - continued
A TRIAL LIST OF PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS , Robe rt A. Stewart's INDEX TO
PRINTED VIRGINIA GENEALOGIES, and Marion J. Kaminkow 1 s GENEALOGIES IN THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS .
Earl G. Swem's VIRGINIA HISTORICAL INDEX is a 2-volume set that wi l l
probably be found in many genealogi cal libraries around the country .
This
index is an excellent guide to the references found in the foll owing:
HENING' S STATUTES AT LARGE
THE LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY VIRGINIA. ANTI QTTARY
TYLER'S QUARTERLY HISTORICAL ILND GENEALOGICA L MAGAZINE
CALENDAR OF VIRGINIA STATE PAPERS
VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER
VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLE GE QUARTERLY, 1st series and 2nd serie s.
All of the publications listed above can be found in the Virginia Room.
Our church records include parish records of the early Episcopal
Church, which was the established church in Virginia until the late l700 1 s.
There are also histories of the various denominations, including William
Hinshaw' s 6-volume set of ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEALOGY ..

The collection of individual genealogie s in the Vi rginia Room is expanding. :· Some of these volumes have been published , others are si mply
typewritten copies of family memoirs, still others are bound copies of
family group sheets. Collective genealogies in this colle c tion include
John Bennett Baddie's HISTORICAL SOUTHERN FAMILIES.ll Zella Armstrongv s
NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES, George N. MacKenzie 's COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE
UNITED STATES . OF A.MERICA, Frederick A. Virkus' ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF
AMER! CAN GENEALOGY, and J runes Savage t s GENEALOGICAL DI CTI ON l\RY OF THE
FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND.
When checking for Revolutionary War records of Virginians, you will
need to look at REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS, VIRGINIA, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, HISTORICAL HEGISTER OF VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTION, by John H
Gwathmey, VIRGINIA SOLDIERS OF 1776, by Louis A. Burgess, and LIST OF
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF VIRGINIA, by Hamilton J .. Eckenrode o The Virginia
Room also has the DAR PATRIOT INDEX and volumes 1-166 of the DAR LINEA GE

BOOKS.
If you are a student of the Civil War period, you will find a good
collection of histories of campaigns and battles, personal narratives a nd
diaries, the OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES IN THE
WAR OF THE REBELLION, and, on microfilm, the INDEX TO THE COMPILED SERVICE
RECORDS for Virginia soldiers in the Confederate Arnw o
Virginians census records of 1790 and 1800 were destroyedo

The 1 790
census returns were substituted by tax lists from 1782-1785 :for most of
the Virginia counties. These lists are found in a volume titled HEADS OF
FAMILIES AT THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1790 RECORDS OF THE STATE ENUMERATION: 1782 to 1785, VIRGINIA.
Tax records for
those counties not included in this book are found in Augusta B. Fothergill ' s
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Genealogical Research in the Virginia Room - continued
In the Virginia Room we have all of the Virginia census records on
microfilm from 1810-1880, and 1900. The 1890 census for most of the states
was destroyed by fire. Indexes for the censuses from 1810-1850 are on hand,
and for the 1900 census, we have the Virginia Soundex. It wasn ' t until 1850
that the census records gave the name and ag€ of every person in a given
household; before 1850, only the name of the head of the household was give n,
with other members of the family arranged by sex and by a ge groups.
In our vertical file collection, which is arranged alphabetically by
subject, will be found anything from newspaper clippings on old hou ses and
communities, to bible records, cemetery records, or papers on various f amilies .
Other sources in the Virginia Room that are used, particularly for local his tory, are gazetteers and business directories, Roanoke City directories from
1888 to the present, local newspapers on microfilm, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.
For anyone needing vital records of Roanoke County, a visit to the
court house in Salem is suggested. Likewise, a visit to the Roanoke Ci ty
Municipal Buildin8 is ne ce ssary for records of Roanoke City residents .
Just as our collection includes compiled court records and his torie s
of counties in Virginia, we are beginning to branch out in obtaining compiled records and hi s to r ies of surrounding states and their countie s . Our
indexes to the censuses of other states now include Ohio , Kentucky, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Indiana.
One source that should not be overlooked is the gene alogical pe r i odical.
THE GENEALO GICAL HELPE R, NATIONAL GENF.A.LOGICA.L SOCIETY QU ARTERLY, and the
AMERICAN GENEALO GIST, just to name a few, publish materi al pe rtaini ng to the
entire country. For Virginia there are the VI RGINIA G~NF.ALOGICAL SOCIETY
QUARTERLY and the VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST. Through subscriptions and through
the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society's exchange with ot her sociM
eties, the Virginia Room receives genealogical publi ca tions f rom all over
the United States.
With the cost of gas going up, it is not always possible to travel to
various parts of the country to do research. More people are turning to
correspondence for answers to their problems. The staff of t he Virginia
Room is unable to do genealogical research. Ve will , however, answer requests for specific information, if given a .full name , an approximate date,
and a county. If a reference from a particular volume is re quested, we will
be glad to check the reference and send a xeroxed copy of the- record. If
more detailed research is desired, members of the Southwes tern Virginia Genealogical Society will answer requests, or the name of a re s earcher will be
given to you.
The Virginia Room is open .from 9- '5, Mondays - Satur days, except Wednesdays, 12-5. We have microfilm readers, a mi crofi l m reader- printer (25¢ per
sheet), and a xerox machine (15t per shee t) . I f you have an opportunity to
visit our Virginia Room for research, we encourage you to do 50 • We will
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VI NCSNT HOBBS, SR.
Immigrant Anc estor of Nan e t ta Hotch~iss Ho bbs
by
Mrs. L. G. Tice, 17 5 Ja ck so n Avenue, Bradford, PA 16701
Vincent Hobbs , Sr . ,who w ~s torn c a 1720 i~ England or
possibly Wales, arrived i n America i~ 1735 at Dover, Delawar e
with two brothers, Wi l lia m and Beale .
He settled near Hag er stown, Md. Vincent ma r ried Mary Sh elby .
Family tradition
says she belonged i n t h e fa mily of Evan Shel by, Sr. who al so
settled in this area o f Maryland. Ly research has found no
proof of this. There may have be en other Shelbys near who
were related in soI'1 e way to t h e Eva n Shel by, Sr. family.
Th e
Evan Shelby fa mily was fro I!1 Wales (Cardiganshire).
Vincent rema ined in Marylan d unti l about 1769 when h e and
his son-in-law, John Benham who married Vin.cent's dau g hte r Mary,.
went to the Holston region of Southwest Vi rgj nia.
J ohn Benha m
built a fort there. Vincent set t l e d h is family near Abingdon
in what is now Washi ngton Co unt y, Vi rginia g,nd he d i ed in 1804.
He also made a settl ement in Turkey Cov e i n Lee Co unty about
1780, but Abingdon peo p le clai m h e and hi s wife are bur i ed i n
unmarked graves near t hei r to wn .
In a ny c ase, h5_s chi l dr en
(10) were born and reared i n Ma ryla nd before the mo v e to sout hwest Virginia.
The date of Ma ry Shelby's birt h is tho u gh t t o be c a 1 725.
The only }';ary Shel by I have fou nd was born i n 1 7 3 5 j n Mar yland
and she married Adam Al exander i n. 1 752 o ( See p a p er s " Sear ch for
Mary Shelby" - my not es sent to So u th'.v es t Vir gi n ia Hi st orical
Society, Wise~ Va ; l1fa.shi n g ton County Va. Hi s t o ri c a l Society,
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Children of Vincen t Hobb s, S:r.. and Mary Shel by Hobbs:
James went to Mi sso uri
Abner settled on the Collins river in mi d dle T e nnessee and
later went to Mi s souri
Vincent Jr., noted Indian fighter , l ate r went to middle
Tennessee but never married
Thomas wounded in ex pedition against the Che r o ke e Indians
and was in th e Revolu tionary Wa r
Mary who married J O:hn Benha m
William killed i n a n ambush by Indians on th e Ke n tucky side
of Cumberland Gap
Ezekiel , my conn e ct ing ances to r
Absolam
Rach el who marr i ed J o h n Rus sel l
Rebecca who married William Blanto n .

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The abo v e ar e chi l d ren as li st ed
DAR. They d o n ot list Job,
Jo e l
Hannah , o r Ruth. Job, born 1759 died 1861, serv e d in the
Re volutionary and when he applied for hi s p en s ion in Madison
County, Arkansas i n 1859 h e sta t ed he wa s 100 years o ld ~ He
was a Bap t ~ s t p r eacher and it is sa id he lived to be 1 02 .
He
said his father was Vinson ( sic) Hobbs and mothe r Ruth Thomas
and that h e was bo rn in Freder i ck County, Virgini a .
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VI NCENT HOBBS, SR. - Continued
the n a mes o f t he children are the same (except for the ones
not mentio ned i n the DAR) as given by him in his pension papers.
R e volutio n~ry war service listed for Vincent Hobbs, SR. by DAR
papers o f Hrs. l·ia ry Cecil Estes, Pennington Gap, Virginia,
desc e nda nt of J ohn Russell and Rachel Hobbs Russell (daughter
of Vincent Sr o ): Fought in Battle of Point Pleasant; private in
Captain Daniel Smith's Co. In the defense of Fort Chiswell
app ears t he n am e of Vincent Hobbs.
Ezekiel Hobbs, son of Vincent Hobbs, Sr.:
Ezekiel Eo bbs had 22 .children. All are mentioned in the will
along wi th two g randchildren. The will, on file in Abingdo n,
Va. (Wash ington County) is dated 11 Novemh Ar 1831 and probated
27 July 1835.
Ezekiel (born 1762) was born before the Hobbs wove t o
Virginia so he was born in :Maryland. Family papers give t wo
birth dates - one of 1753 and one of ca 1762. He was 72 plus
when he applied for a Revolutionary War pension in 1834. He
entered service from Fincastle County in 1776. You will note
this would make him only 14. This makes the earlier date of
1753 more likely but brings us the question of whether the
last of his children were not step children, perhaps his las t
wife's by h er fir s t marriage. In the will they are listed
after "my remaining children" and they seem to have name s mu ch
different in nature from the first group of child r en.
Ezekiel served under Captain Fulkerson and Colonel Chri s tian;
later under Captain George Adams and Major Daniel Smith and l a s t
under Colonel William Campbell. After service he returned t o
his home on the North Fork of the Holston River in Washing t o n
County near Abingdon, Virginia. He died June 13, 1835.
Mrs. Jg_mes Hobbs of Pikeville, Ky. who sent the info rmation on Ezekiel is the wife of James of Pikeville who has a
chain of variety stores in the area. He is a descendant of
Ezekiel through Ezekiel's son, Shelby Hobbs. Accordi n g to
t~eir infor~ation, · Ezekiel was married three times a nd his last
wife was Elizabeth . Lilly Hobbs, whom he married on or abo u t 2 7
July 1803.
Since my ancestor Nathan, brother of t h e above
Shelby is mentioned in the first group of children and was
born in 1790, Elizabeth Lilly was not his mother and I d o not
know now who his mother was. She may have been a Blub ok
(Blubaugh) since they were nei ghbors of the Hobbs i n Virg i ni a
an~ two other Blubaugh girls married Hobbs .
El iza beth Lilly,
third wife of Ezekiel Hobbs was born ca 1785, place not kno wn
Ezekiel and Elizabeth were married in Washing t o n County, Va .

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VINCENT HOBBS, SR . - Continued

Nathan Hobb s wa s born i n Lee Count y VirgJ.nia on 2
November 1790 . He di ed o n 1 Septemb er 1 B62 and is buried i n
Morristown , Ten n essee . He married :t&lt;ildred Hargis who wa s t he
mother of h is 12 chi l dren.
( This inf ormat ion is from },i s s
Hattie Hobbs , deceased 1970 , o f .M.o rristo wn 1 also a desce n da nt
of Nathan. ) Nath an is l isted in th e 1 850 Lee County, Vir gini a
census with hi s second wif e Ozin a and so me of his childr en
still at home including my grea t grandfa t her, Cree d Fult on
Hobb s , then 16 and 1·-Iiss Ha tti e Ho bbs' grandfather, Allan Wylie
Hobb s , then 18 a nd bro the r of Cre e do Na than was postma s ter
at Rose Hill , Vi rginia 183 5- 1842 . Th e ho me to which he· moved
later in l·~ o r r i st own, Tenn ess e e wa s s t ill standin g in 1 96 7. My
grandfather da t ed a p1c tur e o f th e h ome wi t h h im (Wi l l j a m C. G.
Hobbs) s t a nd i n g in f ro nt a long wi t h h is wif e and their o nly
other grandchild i n 1927 a nd said t he h ou se was then ov e r 100
y ear s old. Th8 re wer e Ho bbs in that area at this tim e a nd the
home could have b e long ed t o a relativ e o riginal l yo
It is said
to have been t h e firs t f rame dw ell ing iD the area , t he r e s t
being log , a nd was supposedly a large p lant a t ion .
Na tha n
b ecame a Me t hodist mi n i s t e r i n later l i fe and h e is s aid t o
ha v e ma rri ed a third time t o a Mrs . Car ri g e r. ( 1976 no te W.H.T. - Beli ev e his third wife wa s ~r sG Oz ina King Car rig e r. )
Dr. Cr eed Ful t on Ho bbs , so n of Na t han Ho bbs, was b orn 1834
in Lee County, Vi r gin ia a nd died 14 Octo b er , 1876 .
Fro m the
Mo rmon Chur c h Libra ry re cords:
Hawkin s Co u nty , Tennes see ma rriag e s - Hobbs , Cr e ed t o Jose phine S. Lee 2 Ma y 1859; Hobb s
Cre ed t o Sally Quary 14 Sep t ember 1861 ( Sa l ly d ied 1 4 May iS76)~
Sa lly Quary Ho b bs was born p robabl y c a 18.3 5- 40 , in Le e County,
Virg inia s ince her father, Ro bert Quary , i s the r e in th e 1880
census with one of her c h i ld r en a f ter h e r dea th .
Dr o Cr eed
Fulton Hobbs wa s a phy s ic i a n in St . Cla i r, HA.w1ci n s Coun t y, Tennessee and family tradition s t ates he p e r fo rmed the fi r st a bdominal operation in Southwes t Vi r g inia c
William Carrell Grave s Hobbs, so n o f Dr .. Creed Fu l ton Hobbs
and Sally Quary Ho bbs, wa s born in St .. Clai r, Hawkins County,
Tennessee on 6 April 1864 a nd d i ed 15 Septem ber 1 930.
He
attended medical college l n Tennessee and for a tim e pra cticed
with his uncle, Dr. William Au gustus Quary, befor e t a k i ng up
the study of law . He wa s a prominent a t t o rn e y in Lex ington ,
Kentu cky , and t he f a mi ly ho~e wa s a t 426 No r t h Broadwqy , a
h a lf bl ock fro m Transylvania Universi t y. He wa s a judg e and
al so s erved in the Kent u cky S t a te Leg i s l ature 1895- 1 900 and
1916-1 918 . He ma rried on 23 April 1890 E~~ a Ca rol i ne S t e phenson
who was born 20 F ebruary 18 67 and d ied 6 Fe bruary 1949.
See : Tice Families i n America Vol. II publi s h ed 1972 by Chedwa to, Middleboro,
Massa chuset ts f or L. G. Tice fami ly; Book by Ja mes Strode Els t on , Vol. I
publis hed 1947 by Tuttle , Rutl a nd, Vt., a ls o has Tice Family.
Tice married
i nto t he present da y fa mi l y.
Note:

This his tory c ontinu es into the p r esent g eneration.

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NINEVAH UNION CHURCH

CEMETERY HARDY , VIRGINIA
FRANKLIN CO . , VIRGINIA
Wa lt er R. Amos
3-16-1878
Fanny M. Amos (wife)
10-4-1883
Lloyd Amos
3-30- 1909
Irvin H. Amos
10-2-1886
Floyd Henry Turner
5-27-1901
Georg e W. Amos
3-18-1837
John Amo s
1802
Annie Payne Amos (wife)
5-1-1813
(daughter of Isham Payne
Franklin Co ., Va.
William Lee Amos
5-7-1909
Joe C. Amos (f a ther)
9-14-1887
Ora F. Nimmo
4-20 - 1886
{daughter of S.&amp; J. Lynn Nimmo)
Lucy Pearc e y
5-8-1840
N. Lula Amos
12-28-1888
Donnie Amos (wife of J.C. Amos)
1882
Lucy Pearcey Amos
2-12-1886
Mack Henry Amos (husband)
8-31-1886
Lena McGuire Amos
3-6-1906
Cla rence H. Amos
7-9-1900
Mary McGuire
2-2-1880
W.K. McGuire (wife of)
Annie Thelma Payne
9-13-1877
R. B. Amos (wife of)
Sollie E. Nimmo
8- 14-1884
Moody E. Nimmo
9- 19 - 1914
Robert Lee Kesler
7-27-1874
Geneva Booth Kesler (wife)of) 10-22- 1875
Floyd G. Chandler
7- 4-1899
Rowena G. Chandler (wife)
7-25-1901
Peach T. Truman
1- 28 - 1899
Hele n Kesler Truman
10- 6- 1909
Lewis H. Lesler
10-28-1869
Bliza Ann Spradlin
5-29-1873
William Joel Nimmo
4-19 - 1858
Mary McGuire Nimmo (wife)
3-10- 1860
William Earl Nimmo
6-22- 1905
Roy Pre ston Nimmo
9- 9-1889
Elsie S . Nimmo (wife)
7- 23 - 1903
John w. Sprad ling
11- 1- 1880
Cha rmie E. Nimmo (wife)
1- 8 -1883
Beverly D. Kesler
6-5-1895
John W. Kesler
1- 9-1856
Virginia Hopkins (w i fe)
4 - 9 -1861
Morris Ollen Kesler
5-20 -1910
Isaa c He nr y Kes le r
8 - 16-1882
son o f J . W. Ke sler
2-29 - 1836
T. C. Hopkin s
Fa nn i e A. Hopkins (wif e)
6-30-1835
J . W. H. Ho pkins (son)
6-6-1869
Flo rence Hopkins
7 - 4 - 1863

VIRGINIA APPALACH IAN NOTES

3 - 2-1951
5- 13-1913
6- 4-1909
10- 19-1887
3-3-1918
4 -15-1874
12-30-1882
8-26-1889
2-25-1927
1- 25 -1936
4
1906
10- 21-1914
2- 9-1909
1918
9- 5-1950
3 - 29 -1932
( living in 1978)
9-3-1917
9- 5-1900
2-28-1919
10-20-1958
10-20-1936
12-23-1964
11-5-1934
9-13-1971

(living in 1978)

8-23-1961

(living in 1978)

7-8-1942
2-3-1939
3-21-1940
2-9-1938
5-6-1935
2-20-1972

(living in 1978)

5-7-1961
. 2-9-1920
10-7-1946 (Va. Info)
11-2-1946
8-11-1929
9-1-1911
4-14=1906
11-16-1909
1902
2=11-1906
12-21-1918

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Y IRCINl t\ APPAL ACH IAN NOTES

William Penn Hopkins
2-17 -1880
11 - 28 - 1954
Mary A. Webb Prather
4 - 2 2-1938 (age 80)
Samuel Prather (husband)
Reuben B. Webb
5-22-1862
1- 23-19 34
10 -22 - 1941
James B. Ford
10-22-1941
7 -18 -19 69
John Warren McGuire
11-28- 1925
11 - 27-19 61
Frank Oscar McGuire
8-2-1893
Thomas G. McGuire
7-27 -1865
8-27-194 0
Cynthia A. McGuire (wife)
2-13-1871
7 - 23-195 2
Willie H. McGuire
9-17-1898
7-12- 1959
Mary E. Amos
4-6-1846
1 -12- 1905
Spencer Amos (husband)
Ewell E. Robertson
,
8-2-1887
8 -7 -1965
Alzie Amos Robertson (wife)
5 - 25 -1882
10-11-1914
William Harvey Amos
4-26 -1875
1 - 1 - 1937
Susan lv1artin Amos (wife)
7 -17 -1885
9 - 22- 1972
Sallie Ann Martin
6-26 -1876
3 - 27- 1914
Mary Elizabeth Amos
6 - 7-1913
7-10-1915
George S. Whitehead
2 -4- 1871
5-18-1933
Emma S. Nimmo Wh itehead
8 - 15-1886
8-17-1954
Samuel Henry Prather
4-11 -1886
5-8-1958
Ida Kesler Prather (wife)
11 - 3 -1880
3 - 22-1 959
Judson Hughes Kesler
11 - 3-1906
9-5-197 1
Elsie Mary Kesler (wife)
7 - 13 -1909
(living in 1978)
William J. Barton
1-2-1891
1 -26-1967
Bertie A. Barton (wife)
11-1-1898
( l iving in 1978)
William Penn Brown
1884
1969
Clarence E. Morgan
11 - 11 -191 0
4-26-1975
Mami e S. Morgan (wife)
2 - 5-1913
(liv ing in 1978)
Grover Cleveland Spradlin
6 -11-1885
9-5-1956
Dora Barnhardt Spra dlin(wif e) 6 - 7 -1878
4-21-1972
J.H. Kesler
Elsie w. Kesler
Mary F. Amos
2 - 28 - 16 7 5
3 - 20 - 1926
C.J. Booth (wife) (no t e hurrie d White Rock Bapt i st Church)
Howard J. Sprad l in
10-3-1900
d ie d age 9 y 2m 4d
Daniel J. Spradlin
10-18-1871
11-19-1940
Su s ie E. Kesl er Spradlin(wife) 5 - 21 -1871
9-5-1943
Ruby May Cooper
7 -27 - 1925
12-23-1930
daughter of Rev. H. L. &amp; Rhodessa Cooper
3 - 28-1934
Albert G. Spradlin
9 - 20 -1887
3-5-1954
Nellie E. Spradlin (wife)
4-16-1894
infant Spradlin (child)
James w. Spradlin
11 - 26 - 1924
8-28 - 1961
Frances c. Spradlin (wife)
2 - 26 - 1926
(liv i ng in 1978)
Chri s topher Jones
1977
1977
Lora Ellen Mitchell
8 - 10-1957
8-10-1957
2 -4- 1932?
Mary L. Davis?
3-27-1917?
William Oscar Mitchell
188~
196b'
Myrtle P. Mitchell (wife)
1888
1975
7-27 - 1936
Lila Hubbard Cyphers
1-31-1887
4-2-1952
Charles M. Cyphers
3-20-1882
9 -17 - 1969
Rachel Cyphers Swan (daughter)6-8-1920
wife of Donald Swan

�VIRGINI A APPALAC HIAN NOTES

Henry Te rrell As hw ell
Millie A. As h well
John Ot e y Meado r
Urna Amos Me a d o r ( wi f e )
Rhodess a c . S i mmon s
Melva I Hudso n
Ruby E. Hud s o n
Norma J e an Amos
Euell V . Amos
Maud ie T. Amos ( wi fe )

10- 4 - 1880
2 - 23-1886
4 - 19 - 1887
1893
7 - 26 - 1915
7 - 14 - 1922
3 - 4 - 1917
10- 18- 1937
6 - 30 - 1906
11- 3 - 1909

Floyd P. S immon s
1912
Walte r P . S prad l in
1883
F. Maude S pr adlin (wife)
1894
Dani e l Wi lfo r d Turner (so~ of )9-17 - 1946
J . W. &amp; O. H. Turner
Geneva Amos Turne r
2 - 22-1880
James He n ry Turner
10 - 6 - 1872
Home r 0 Amos Montana
Wagoner 356 I nf . 89th . Div .
Robert G. Lockett
1949
Fannie s . Webb
9 - 19-1878
Ralph Jen n i ngs Fo r d
2 - 2 - 19 - 2
Jame s C. Rans om
10 - 29 - 1918
Dorothy A. Ransom (wife)
2- 22 - 1927
Bertha H. Amos (wife of)
12- 11 - 1890
Lewis P . Amos
8-12 - 1886
Jesse S . Amos
8 - 14 - 1874
John w. Wallace
10-14-1869
Annie E. Wa llace (wife)
7 - 10- 1877
Terr ell Ki ng Payne
4 - 10 - 1908
Sallie Maude Payne (wife)
8 - 15 - 1907
Jamima A. Payne
1875
Willia m K. McGuire
1 1 - 16- 1874
Lil lie Fi s h e r McGu ire (w i f e ) 11- 9-1877
Lew i s H. McGu i re
6 - 2 - 1916
Flossie V. McGuire
3 - 13 - 1916
C. T . McGu ire
1964
Jos e ph w. Div er s
4- 5 -1885
El i zab eth McG . Di v er s (wife) 4-27 - 1885
Daver s Oa the r Di ve r s
4 - 13- 1909
Percy N . Di llon
19 22
Clinton Roy Gant t
7 - 24 - 19 55
David Ray Di xo n
2 - 11-1959

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5-30-1956
2-15-1959
10-17-1940
1977
11-26-1938
2-23-1939
12-7-1941
3-19-1941
6-8-1974
(livi ng in 1978 )
1967
1950
(living in 1978)
12-10-1946
2-4 - 1942
11-8-1946
6-19-1943
1974
4-29-1962
3-29-1959
(living in 1978 )
7 - 6-1977
1-27- 1966
9-25-1954
5-7-1943
2 - 18- 195 1
7 - 14- 1948
5 - 31 - 1970
194 6
5 - 18- 1974
10 -13 -1956
4 - 15- 1950
4 - 6-1950
1964
12-29 -19 67
5 -3-1963
1 - 10- 1971
1978
9 - 29 - 197 3
8 - 24 - 1972

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Our memb er, Vi ola B Wr i ght , has a s eri es of art icles on genealogy from an
amateur v i ewpoin t a ppear ing in the Sal em Times Register. The fi rs t article
app eared 24 Jan 1980.
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DESCENDAN'IS OF BATTA ILE FITZHUGH TALIAFERRRO CONWAY, article in Nov. VAN , is
by Dr . W Conway Price , father of Mrs. Patrick A Ya t es. Very sorry f or this
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APPALACH IAN NOTES

WILL of CHRISTIAN KUNTZY, dec eased 1774
contributed by .
Mrs Joan E Hlousek

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I Christian Kuntzy of Alsace Township in Berks County being at this time v ery
old and weak in Body yet God be thanked of good Unde rstanding &amp; Memory do
hereby make my Last will and Testament in Manner followin g .
Firstly It is my
Will and I bequeath to my Wife Sarah Kun tzy my Cloathes Pres s with a ll things
therein contained, her Saddle, a Tea Kettle and Ut ensils thereto belonging ,
and an Iron Pot, to do therewith as she pleas es .
I give and bequeath to my wife Sarah Kuntzy yearly every year durin g the Time
of her natural Life on my present Dwelling Plac e Five Pounds curren t Money of
Pennsylvania which my Son Iavid Kuntzy h i s heirs Executo rs Administra tors or
Assigns shall pay to her, together with a ll the fo llowing Articles herein
mentioned, to wit, One Cow to be kept for her i n Summer in Pasture an d in
Winter in good Fother &amp; Stabling, also a good Riding Mare to be kept in the
same Manner for her; the Cow my Wife may take from among my Cows , bu t the Mare
shall be provided by my Son Iavid and his Suc ces so r s ; the Thi r d part of the
Garden, a Row of Apple Trees in the Orchard to b e chosen by h er yearly, g ood
Bedding Cloathing and Shoes as much as i s necc essary to be provided for her,
good and sufficiant small cut Fire Wood to b e d eli v ered a t h er House , fourteen
Bushels of good Wheat to be hauld to the Mi ll fo r her as she wan t s i t and the
Meal to be brought to her House, on fatt Hog of an hundred Pounds Wei ght and
in age and Sickness she shall be supplied with medicines and good At tendan ce,
and the new House on my Place s hall be kept in good Repair for her Dwe lling
during such Time.
3dly I give and devise to my s on Iavid Kuntzy all my Land a nd Plantation
where I live in the Township and County aforesaid adjoining the Lands of Jacob
Lansiscus and Henry Schmeck to have and to hold to him and h is Heirs and
Assigns for Ever Upon Conditions that he his He irs Executo rs Administrators
and Assigns shall be obliged to observe and fulfill all the above Bequests to
my Wife.
4thly And Whereas I have appraised such Land to him Five Hundred Pounds
Current Money of Pennsylvania whereof he shall have an equal Child's S hare,
and he hath already paid the Sum of Two Hundred and twelve Pounds and s even
Shillings current Money of Pennsylvania; He shall therefore pay the further
Sums f ollowing, to wit, forty two Pounds four shillings and s ix Pence to my
Son Jacob Kuntzy, twenty Pounds in Two Months Time and Twenty t wo Pounds four
shillings and six Pence in five years Time.
5thly And to my Son Abraham Kuntzy the sum of twenty Pounds in on Year ans
the Sum of twenty two Pounds four Shillings and cix Pence curren t Money in
six Years.
6thly And t o my Tu.ughter Magdalena the Sum of twenty Pounds in two Years and
the Sum of Twelve Pounds four Shillings and six Pence in seven Years .
?thly And to my s on Chris tian Kuntzy the Sum of twe nty two Pounds f our
Shillings and six Pence in thre e Years Time.
8thly

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And to my Son Henry Kuntzy the sum of twenty Pounds in four Years and

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the Su m of twenty two p o unds f o u r Sh ill ings and six Pence in eithe Years and
to my Le.ughter Cathari na and t o my Daughter Maria the Sum of five Shillings
current Money each , t hey havi ng a l r ea d y r eceived their portion of the Land.
9 t hl y And to my Grand chi l d ren Johann es Kuntz y, J a cob Kuntzy and Catharina
Ku n tz y Chail dren o f my De ceas ed Son Johannes , The Sum of forty four Pounds
and s i x S hi l l i ngs at suc h Time whe n e a ch of t hem has arrived to the Abe to
t wenty years to be di v ided in equ a l Shares amongs t them.
Their Brother Henry
has rec i eved h i s Shar e of the Land .
10thly An d a ll suc h Sums of Mon ey above bequea thed which my Son David Kuntzy
shal l be a l l o wed h im af te~ my Deceas e i n Payment of the Land devised to him.
11 thly My Will i s tha t my Executors shall di v ide a ll the Residue of my mov eabl e g o ods in t o t e n e q u a l Parts betwe en my Wife a nd Children, the four Children
of my S on J o hn Kunt z y deceas ed s ha ll rece ive the ir Father's Share according
( i ll egibl e ) b e true Interest and Meani ng here of .
Lastl y I orda in no mina te and appoint as Executo rs of this my Will and Testamen t
my t rus ty Fri e nd Ma rtin Orner of Ch ester County a nd my Trus ty Friend Conrad
Prei s s of Be rks County a n d I d o hereby make n ull a nd void a ll Wills by me
h e r e t ofore made a nd dec l are thi s to b e my l ast Will and Testament c'.!~d to othe r
in Witness where of I have h e r e un t o set my Ha nd and Sea l.
(Illegible) This
t wen ty fourt h Lay of Marc h 1 773 ,
/s/ Chris tian Kuntzi ( S eal)
Si gn ed S e a l ed a nd d e clared by t h e
said Chri stia n Kunt z v to be hi s Testa men t, i n t h e Presence of u s
Ch ri s t i an Merckel
Willia m Ri es er
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( a Trans l ati on fr o m t h e ori ginal German fi l ed i n the Berks County Court House
in Will Book.
Page
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CORRECTION t o #686 i n Dea th Book of Roa noke Co., Va, for 1 85J-1 881
#686 .
J a mes Bo h o n: d 1 Au g 1 864 = c d pn eumon ia = J6 y r s = p William and
Franc es Bo hon = b Rke Co = d Sa lisbu ry, NC = o t a nne r &amp; soldi er = c Mari a
Bohon.
J a mes Bohon was my 2 nd grt. grandfather a nd I have c olle c ted c ons i derable
inf o r ma ti on on h i m and his ances tors . He was a sol d i er in t h e confederat e
The
Army a nd hi s milita ry s e rvic e pap ers show t hat he died July 17 , 1864.
na me of his wif e ( a bove ) i s a l s o a n erro r.
James C. Bo h on marri ed Sara h
Frances Owens, Jun e J O, 1853, Roanoke, Va.
He wa s still marri ed t o her at
the time of h is d eat h.
Sh e later remarried to George W Ll oyd about 1869 .
I don ' t know how or why the nam e of Maria Bohon is given as his wife ' s na me
on the deat h record.
Thi s James C Bohon was the grandson of Thomas Bohon
and Eli zab e th Cla rk who came to Botetourt Count about 1824.
The name was
origina lly s p e ll e d Bau ghan or Boughan .
Th ey were fro m Culpeper Co . , Va .
. . . . . Mrs Barba ra Thorn, 16 07 Or chard Hts, Rd . NW , Salem, Or e gon 973 04
( Not e : The death could have b een reported to the c ounty on Aug 1 b y a me mber
of the f a mily or a neighbor . An d ho w many knew wha t 'consort ' meant ?
Remember the early c ourt re c or d s can b e wron g - especially the vita l
statistics.)

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OBITUARIES FROM A SCRAPBOOK
contributed by Doris Sink*
Andrew Ritchey (my great uncle) born 1874 in Pa. di ed 1966 in Carroll Coun ty,
Indiana. For a hobby in later _years he kept a scrap b ook and cut out the names
of people he knew and pasted in his book. Readi ng his book I found many obituaries of people who were born in Virginia. I wonder if they would be of any
interest? About the year 1895 maybe a little later a t rain load of Virgi nian ' s
came to Flora, Indiana (Carroll Co.) to make their hom e . Have a picture of them
getting off the train at the Flora depot.
George D Fisher, age 70, died 1937, native of Virginia.
Elder J J Oyler, 78, died 1938, native of Virginia.
Moss Meador, 79, died 19J8, native of Va., widow is Mary Boone Meador.
Geo. B. Flora, 82, died 1937, born Franklin Co., Va.

Old Order.

Elizabeth Boone, 102, died Jan 2, 1939, daughter of Ianiel and Eliza beth Oyler,
born Franklin Co, Va., married Josiah Boone, a descend ent of Ianiel Boone.
Josiah died 1917. Old Order.
July 20, 1940, Benjamin Wray, 49, born Franklin Co., Va.
Iavid Sink, born in Va., son of Joseph and Barbara Sink, died 1942, age 9J.
Thaddeus S Dillon, born Roanoke, Va, bro Zack, s ister Mrs . Sallie MaJC!i.Y, both of
Roanoke, Va., died 1942.
Henry Crook, 73, died 1955, born Franklin Co, Va, marri ed Julia A Hodge.
Mrs Alice (Flora) Funderbur gh,

of Emanuel Funderburgh.

81, born 1874 in Franklin Co, Va, di ed 1956.

Wife

Old Order .

Mrs Wil l a Sink Dillon, 78, native of Va, died 1957, widow of Jesse Dillon.
Mrs Ella Landis, brothers Russell, Virgil, Goldie, Tom and Floyd Sink.

Sister

Lee Sink, 69, died 1955, born in Va,, son of Lavid and Martha (Frantz ) Si nk,
married Wlxie Price in 1909.
Mrs Eva (Oyler) Brown, died 1935, born Franklin Co, Vap in 1902, daughter of
Ammon and Elizabeth (Simmon) Oyler.
Ammon Oyler born Franklin Co., Va, married 1895 Betty Simmons of Va ., died 1953,
Newton Wray, 58, born Roanoke , Va, died 1951, married Eva Aibaug h.
Dec 11, 1950 Mrs Mary Lucinda (Boone) Meador, 82, born in Va, married Moss Meador.
Riley Sink, 73 , born Franklin Co, Va, died 1953. Married 1899 Susan Harter.
sisters Mrs Sophia Swanson, Roanoke, and Mrs Sally Flora, Boone Mills, Va.

Two

Mrs Mike Barnhard, 73, native of Franklin Co, died 1947, came of Carroll Co. in
1916. Formerly Mary H Angle.
Jess Lee Dillon, 82, Q,j.ed 1948, . born Wertz, Va, son of Tyree and Anne Divers
Dillon, marri ed Willa Ann Sink. Two brothers, Emmett and John of Wertz, Va, and
a s ister Mrs Sally Plybow of Wertz.
Irbin E Angle, 88, died 1979, born Franklin Co, Va, son of Benjamin D and Irene
Bowman Angle .
Dincie Ann McGuire Sink, born 1888, Franklin Co, Va , died 1937 .

*1323 Wabash Road; Marion, Ind . 46952 ,

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Walter Lee Sink, born 188J, Roanoke, Va, died 1917,
Martha Su sanne Fishe r M G .
b
Ri ha
c uire, om Franklin Co, Va, died 1941 , daughter of
c rd and Eli zabeth Bousman Fisher.
Joel Samuel Mc~, born 1859 Roanoke, Va, died 1902 Carroll Co, Ind.
(Note: Words that
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are underlined--copied as spelled on original paper mailed
t 0 us. )

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NELSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOC IETY (Ky) is planning a celebration on 6 Sep t
1980. In 1 88 7, twenty-two years' after the Civil War, a memorable celebration
took plac e in Bardstown, Ky. 'Ihe Sixth Annual Reunion of the Orphan Brigade
was held with Union soldiers as special guests .•...... And we are going to
remember it! The Nel son County Historical Society is planning to re-create
the whole day from the morning welcome to arriving travelers, down to the
fancy ball in the evening •................ 'Ihe original newspaper a ccounts list
202 names with pertinent facts -- this list may be obtained by sending one
dollar and a stamp ed, s elf-addressed business-size envelope to .. ... Sept 6,
1980; Nelson County Historical Society, PO Box J11; Bardstown, Ky 40004. Also
write for information on the day of celebration being planned by them.

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"History of Sc ott County, Va," by RM Addington, 1932, is being reprinted by
by Cecil L Durham , 1361 Watauga Street, Kingsport, Tenn. 37660. Cost til Mar
1, 1980 $11.00,-afte r Mar 1 $16.oo

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MARS EXCHANGE NEWSLETTER -- all those interested wri te to Mrs Nancy Miller ,
2J12 Rising Hill Road, Placerville, CA 95667 .

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The AMERICAN LEGION magazine, Jan 980, p 16, has a very good article on " The
Place Namers", The little known agency that tried to make Pittsburgh drop its
"h" has had successes too. The Federal agency or committee , The Domestic
Names Committee of the US Board on Geographic Names, "is the arbiter of the
nation's nearly four million place-names and of the federally-accepted version
of the uncounted millions of foreigh names, including the labels pinned on
topographic features on seabeds and on extraterrestrial bodies. With a mandate extending f r om the s mallest crossroads hamlet to the far side of distant
planets, its decisions effect legal, political, economic, acadis, and even
military matters."
Does anyone know what has been printed by the goveniment on the past name
changes of this agency, The second year of its existence, several thousand
names were involved - - and changed. Maybe this would be on e sourc e t o f i nd
that place that has disappeared.

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1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE

RUSSELL COUNTY, VIRGI NIA
The mortality schedule was taken at the time of the c ensus . The 1850 , '60 , '70,
'80 schedules for the state of Virginia are on mic rofi}Mat the State Archiv es .
Copies of the county schedule may be order from The Vi rginia State Library ,
Archives Division, Richmond, Va. 23219.
page 189. SHCEDULE 3. - Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1850,
in District 52 in the County of Russell State of Virginia, enumerated by me I saac
Vermillion Ass't Marshal.
The headings of the columns are as follows: 1. NAME OF EVERY PERSON WHO DIED during the Year ending 1st June, 1850, whose usual Plac e of Abode at the ti me of his
Dea th was in his Family. DESCRIPTION: 2. Age 3. Sex 4. Colour : White, bl a ck &amp;
mulatto. 5, Free or Slave. 6. Married or widowed . 7. PLACE OF BIRTH. Naming the
State , Territory , or Country . 8. The Month in which the Person died. 9. Profession , occupation or trade. 10. Disease, or cause of death . 11. Number of days ill
(Note: each line is numbered)
1. Tilmon Cassell* = 22 = M = B = S =O= Russell Co, Va = Oct = Laborer = ?Typf oid
fever = 21 dyas
(or Carrell)
11
2 . Joseph = 18 = M = B = S = O = IO = Jany = Do = Do = 2 0
J . Amanda Adams = 19 = F = 0=0= M = Do = Nov ' r = o = Con s ump ti on = 2 years ?
4. Winney ?Grizzle = 2 = F = 0=0=0= IO = Jany =0= Croup = 3 days
5. Eli zabeth Mennick = 54 = F =0=0= M = ?Shenandoah Co, Va = Sept ' r =0 = Rheumentis?
= 1 year?
( Rheuma tism)
6. Pa t ton J ?Blessing = 7/12 = M =O=O=O= Russell = Mc h = 0 =* ?D~~ to brain? =
90 days?
( *Dysp eepsie )
7. Martha J Harris ?*= 41
= F =0=0= M = Pa trick Co , Va = Nov' r 0 = ? 'IYJ?f oid
= 21 "
( *Harais)
f ever
Do
0
b
=
= 20
8 . Nancy Hendricks = 23 = F = B = S = o = Russell Co, Va = Fe Y =
9. Jackson Hendricks = 16 = M = B = s = o = Do = Mch = Labor e r = Do = 2 0
10. Martha a Slave
= 10/12 = F = B = s = o = Do = Nov'r = 0 = Not Known = 1 Month
11. Nancy Price = 88 = F = O = o = w = N.C. = Do = O = ?Billicus fe ver= 10 ? days
12 . J ames Bays = 69 = M =O=O= M = Bedford Co , Va Augt = Meth Minis t er = ?Gravel =
12
13. Rebecca C Burk = 1 = S = O=O=O= Rus sell Co, Va = Fe by = 0 = Cr oup = 15
11
14. Rebecca Fields = 35 = F =0=0= M = Tazewell Co, Va = Mch = 0 = Cancer = 20
15. George Dick enson = 75 = M =O=O=W = Louisa Co, Va = Jany = Farme r = Old age =
8
16 . ?Lydia Puck ett = 28 = F = 0=0= M =Grayson Co, Va = Ap'l = O= Cons umption =
5 years
17. Jane Puck ett = 75 = F =0=0= w = N c = Feby =0= Do = not known
18. Nancy Puckett = 28 = F =O=O= M = Russell Co, Va = Do = O= Cold = J Mos
19 . Lydia Hess = 25 = F =0=0= M = Do = Mch = O = Consumption = 2 y ears
20. Elizabeth Hes s = 2 = F =0=0=0= Do = July = O = Burn = 2 0 day s
21 . Elizabe th Gi l bert = 13 = F =O=O=O= Do = May = 0 = Sudden = 0
22. Ja 's H Campbell = 1 = M =0=0=0= Do = July = 0 = Cr oup = 9 days
23. Mary J Ramsy*" = 1 = F =O=O=O= Do = May = O = Bold Hi v es = 7 "
( *Ramey)
24. Ds.niel P Ds.le = 6/12 = M =0=0=0= Do = July =O= Not known = 6 months
25. Spencer Adkins = 1 = m =0=0=0= Do = May = 0 = Burn = 7 days
26 . John Rose = 80 = M =O=O= W = N c = Do = none = Gravel = 2 mon ths
11
27. John Ratliff = 14 = M =0=0=0= Russell Co , Va = June =
Dropsey = 12
11
28. Wade H Ratliff = 8 = M =O=O=O= Ky = Do = O = Do = 6
29.*Patteson? Kiser= 2 = M =O=O=O= Russel l Co , Va= Dec'r =0 =Bold hives= 6
days
(*Patton)
II

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II

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JO.
31.
32.
JJ.
J4.
35.

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John Burris = 12 = M =0=0=0= Do = Augt = 0 = Consumption = 3 years
Nancy Fraley = 65 = F =O=O=W = Do = July = 0 = Dropsy = 4 months
Rob' t Hol e br ook = 63 = M =0=0= M = N C = Dec 'r = Farmer = Piles = J "
Melvin Ke ith = 6/12 = M =0=0=0= Russell Co, Va =July =O= Croup = 2 days
J ane Te t er ? = 60 = F =0=0=0= Tennessee = Do =0= Dropsey = 1 year
W'm Lockhart = 20 = M =0=0=0= Russell Co, Va = Feby = Farmer = Sudden =O

page 190 ( 2nd opi ni on - all Hunt (surname) should be Hurt)
1. I saac Hunt?Hurt? = 20 = M =0=0= M = Russell Co, Va = Nov'r = Farmer = 'IJrphoid
f ever = 3 We eks
2.Jn'o M Hunt? = 31 = M ~v=U= M =Do = Oct'o =Do =Do= 6 weeks
3. 3. Lewis B Robins = 23 = M =0=0=0= Do = Dec 'r = Do = Do = 2 "
4. Jn' o ?Ba rrett = 39 = iM =0=0= M = Tennessee = Oct' o = Do = Do = 5 "
5. Rebecca Hunt = 69 = F =0=0= W = not known = Nov'r = 0 = Do = 3 months
6, Wes ley Hunt = 26 = M = B = S = Russell Co, Va = Oct'o =Laborer = Do = 2 Weeks
7. Julia Hunt = 14 = F = B = S = Do = Do = 0 = Do = 10 days
8. Neely? McGlothlin? = 42 = M =O=O= M = Do = Farmer = Plurasy = 1.3 "
9. Henry Smith = 27 = M =0=0= M =Do = Feby = Do =Consumption = 2 years
10. John As hley = ?42 = M =0=0= M = N c = Augt = Laborer = Typus fever = 2 weeks
11. Sally Green*= 22 = F =0=0= M = Do = July = O = sudden
(*Greer )
12. ?Na.Q!Tla Mitchell = 10 = F =O=O=O= Russell Co, Va . Feby =0= Not known = 10 days
13. Martha C Dickenson 26 = F =0=0=0= Do = Dec 'r =0= '?Scrofulus = 4 years
14. Phoebe R. Mitchell = 24 = F =0=0= M =Do = Augt = 0 =Sudden = 0
15. Jacob Fuller = 'Y( = M =0=0= M = Do = Dec 'r = Farmer = 'fy]f-oid fever = ?2 weeks
16. Barbara C Pe ck = 5 = F =0=0=0= Do = Feby = 0 = Croup = 6 hours
17. W'm ?Sams ales? *= 80 = M =0 =0= M =Princ e Edward Co , Va = Mch =farmer=
~:-* ?Cheronice? =O
( *Samples ; **Chronic )
18. -Etrrr:ts-?/Ennis Ratliff = 35 = M =0=0= M = Tazewell Co Va = Dec ' r = Do = Consumption = 5 years
19.--ID:ttnra:-?Elihue Ratliff = 5/12 = M = 0=0=0= Russell Co Va =A .ugt =0= Croup =
2 days
20. Elbert *?T Hurt? = 1 = M =0=0=0= fu = fu = 0 = not known = 5 months
( *S)
page 191 (written 469)
1. Ja mes Chapman = 33 = M =O=O= M = Smyth Co Va = Augt = Laborer = Sudden =O
2. Thurston C Hunt?-it: 25 = M = O=O= M = Russell Co Va = Dec ' r=Farmer = Typhoid
fever = 3 weeks
(*Hurt)
3. John a slave = 1/12 = M = B = S =0= Do = Feby =O= Sudden = 0
4, ?Sarah Neece = 57 = F =O=O= Va = Tennessee = Dec'r = O =Consumption = 6 years
5. Ja's C McCoy = 1/12 = M =0=0=0= Russell Co Va = May=O= Croup = 3 days
6. J a ' s Poindexter = 1/12 = M =0=0=0= Do = Jan'y =0= Bold hi ves = 3 days
7 • Martha C Owens = 5/12 = F =0=0=0= Do = July =0= Colery molus ?-it: 1 " ( *morbes )
8. Celia Poston = 80 = F =O=O= W = Henry Co Va = April =O= Old Age =O
9. John Garrett?*= 76 = M = O=O=O= N C =Sept =Farmer = Dis eas e of the kidney
(*Garnett)
= 8 months
10. Anna Honaker = 80 = F =0=0= W = Do = Dec'r = old age = 0
11. W' m T Johnson = 6 = M =O=O=O= Russell Co , Va = Feby = 0 = Inflama tion of the
brain = 7 days
12 . Jeremia h Muns ey? = 79 = M =O=O= M = Rockingham Co Va = Mch = f armer = old age

=0

13. Susan Gibson = 63 = F =O=O= M = Mon tgomery Co Va = Do = 0 = Consumption =
12 yea rs
14.*?Axla? Gilmer= 35 = M =0=0= M =Russell Co Va= Ap'l = Farmer= Cholic = 2
days
( *Axton)

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1_5. Margaret Long = J = F =0=0=0= Do = Nov =O= Croup = 10 "
16. Joel D3.venport = 21 = M =0=0=0= Scott Co Va = Apri l = Far me r = Cons u mption
= 2 years
17. John E White = J/12 = M = O=O=O= Russell ·co Va = July =0= Bea ling = 1 mon th
18. Margar e t J essee = 2 0 = F = 0=0 =0= Do = Do = O= Typhoid f ev er = 9 da y s
19. W' m Fields = 29 = M =0=0= M = Do = Mch = Fa rmer = do = 8 weeks
20 . Rachel Vanhook = 24 = F =0 =0=0= Do = Fe by = 0 = Cons umption = 2 y ears
21. ~onda Martin = 48 = F =O=O=M = Do = Nov 'r =0= Typ hoid f eve r = J we eks ( *Rhoda)
22 . John Finney= 76 = M =0=0= M =Bedford Co, Va = Dec ' r =Farmer = Grav el =
J months
2J . Wm Burk? = _52 = M =0=0= M = Rus sell Co Va = Feby = Do = Typhoid fever = 11
weeks
24. Hannah E White = 5/12 = F =0=0=0= Do = Mch = 0 = Cr oup = 2 "
25 . John Owens = 82 =0=0= M = Va = July = Farmer = Drop s ey = 6 mon ths
26. Susannah Carty = 101 '= F =O=O= W = Pa = Mch =O= Do = 4 years
27 . Mary Johnson = 79 = F =0=0= W = N C = July =0= old age = 0
28 . W' m Isaacks? = 19 = M =0=0=0= Russell Co Va = Augt = Laborer = Su dden = 0
29 . Mary Vermillion = BJ = F = 0 = 0 = W = Frederick Co Va = Fe by = 0 = Typhoid
fever = 4 weeks
JO . Elizabeth McGraw = JO = F =O=O= M = Patrick Co Va = April =0= Sudden =O
J1 . An infant not named = 1/12 = F =O=O=O= Russ ell Co Va = Aug t =0= Croup = 3
days
32. Do Do = 9/12 = F =0=0=0= Do = Oct'o = 0 =Worms = 8 days
33 . Lucy Vincel? = 40 = F =0=0= M =Do= April =0= Sudden =0
J4. Elizabeth Tauney = 76 = F =O=O=W = Wythe Co Va = Feby =0= Appop l exy = 5 days
35. Nancy K McGraw = JO = F =O=O= M = Russ ell Co Va = Nov' r =O= Typhoid f ever =
4 ·weeks.
( The * are the opinion of what the handwr iting i s on the c opy of t h e 1 850
morta l i ty s chedule that we have)

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William BRONAN, June 1 , 1784, A 11JO. Aid from Stat e . Pe t i tioner was blacksmith i n public s ervi c e &amp; beca me paralyzed in left s id e from drinking cold
water. Whi le i n public s ervice he went from place to pl a c e , &amp; c onsequently
cannot b ecome a charge upon Staunt on Pari s h, where he was taken ill. Re j e cted.
Augus ta Co, Va. Legislative Peti t ions . Va . State Li brary Report 1907- 08.
Vol 5, p 141 . ( Note: In t hi s volume the Legis lative Pe titions have been
abs tracted through Bedf ord Co . The originals are in the Va Stat e Ar chives)

RESEARCH NOTES FOR MEMBERS
"Bi ographical Sketches" f r om Hardes ty ' s Encycl opedi a , 1884.
The _51st Va Infant ry, CSA, from Wy the Co ., Va.
Wheeler, Wm R, Co B; promoted quart ennaster ser geant ; battles 7 ,
s ervice 4 year s.
Wheel er, Samuel B, Co B; promoted commiss a ry s ergeant; capture d. at
Waynesboro; held at Ft. Dela wa r e 4 months ; bat tles, 8; service
4 years.

�DEA TH BOOK OF ROANOKE CO., VA. FOR 1853 - 1881
copied by Marvin U Ne i ghbors

1867

851. Henry Oyler - d 3 Sept 1867 - cd gangreen of the lungs - 36 yr 6
mo 27 da - p Lewis &amp; Sarah Oyler - c Catharine Hartman - b &amp; d
852.

853.

854.

855.
856.
857.
858.

859.
860.
861.
862.

863.
864.
865.

866.
867.

Back Creek ne ar Red Hill Church - o farmer - inf Cornelius Oyler,
brother
Purity Jane Owen - d 3 Feb 1867 - cd not known - 1 da - p James .A
&amp; Julia Owen - b &amp; d Back Cr, Rke Co
John Pot t e r - d 2 June 1867 - cd feeble, old age - 78 yr 9 mos P Lewis &amp; Nancy Potter - c Phoebe Potter - b Franklin Co - d Big
Lick Depot, Rke Co - inf M:artha B A. L F Trout, daughter
Elizabe th Poage - d 11 June 1867 - cd feeble &amp; old age ·s upposed 82 yr 2 da - p
&amp;
Franklin (Gj_ ven names not known) b not known - d Back Cr, Rke Co - c William Poage Sr - inf
William Poa ge Jr son.
John Solomon Richardson - 20 Jan 1867 - cd diabetes - 52 yr 2 mo P William &amp; Nancy Richardson - p Frances Greenwood - b Back Cr d Cave Sprin g , Rke Co
John William Richardson - d 25 July 1867 - cd croup - 2 mos - P
John N &amp; Mary H.ichards on - b Franklin Co Va - d Bent Mt, Rke Co
Martha Simmons - d 17 June 1867 - cd par~lysis - about 30 yrs - P
could not of certain - not married - d Poor House on Mason's Cr,
Rke Co - inf John Humphries
Elizabeth Saunders Scott - d Nov 1867 - cd thrown by a horse 12 mos 1 da - p Delila Scott (not married) - b &amp; d Catawba at A
Huf.finan.
John Allen Stokes - d 28 Oct 1867 - cd congestion of the br ain 48 yr - p German y &amp; Jane J Stokes - b &amp; d Lunenburg Co, Va not married - inf EN Stokes, brother.
Mary Frances Stevens - d 26 Nov 1867 - cd consumption - 42 yrs P A.ustin &amp; Frances Noble - c James W Stevens - b Amelia Co , Va d Salem, Va
Ellen Shephard - d Oct 1867 - cd inflamatory brain - 60 yr - P
not given - c lewis Shephard - b Rockbridge Co, Va - d near B
Deyerles Hill , Rke Co
b .
Laura Herter Trout - d 19 Jan 1867 - cd conjestion of the r ain 6 mos - p David E &amp; Sarah C Trout - b &amp; d River Hill Farm , Rke Co
Ruth Dabney Turner - d 15 Sept 1867 - cd flux - 54 yrs - p Samue l
&amp; Mildred Fields - c Gideon Turner - b Bedford Co, Va - d Back Cr,
Rke Co.
Samuel Fields Turner - d 18 Nov 1867 - cd consumpti on - 37 yr - P
Gid &amp; Ruth Turner - not married - b Bedf'ord Co - d Back Cr, Rke Co
Priscilla Woods - d 2 Jan 1867 - cd consumpti on - 70 yrs - P
William Gulliford - c Joseph Woods - b Botetourt C.o , Va - d Stone
House Catawba, Rke Co - inf G McConkey, son
Walte r Shelboun Wolf - d 23 Feb 1867 - cd e rysipilas - 1 mo 1 da p Jacob I N &amp; Bettie Wolf - b &amp; d Mason's Cove , Rke Co
Mary Hag . Painter - d July 1867 - cd heart disease - 78 yr - P
George &amp;
Etzler - c Jacob Painter - b Botet our t Co - d Catawba
Rke Co - inf George Painter ~ son

continued from page 146, No . 4 , Vol. III

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1868
868. Julie Anders on - d 27 Oct 1865 - cd bold hi ves - 4 da - p J ohn M
&amp; Martha Jane l\nderson - b &amp; d J1fason' s Cove , H.ke Co
869. Joseph Emory Barri.hart - d 23 Apr 1868 - cd brain fever - 1 mo 28
da - p Daniel E &amp; Susannah Barnhart _ b &amp; d Craven 1 s Cr, Rke Co
870. Amanda C Baldwin - d 17 Mar 1868 _ cd neuralgia &amp; cons umption 23 yrs - p Samuel W &amp; Matilda Jane Hen~J - c William J Baldwin b Franklin Co, Va - d Bent Mt, Rke Co
871. Sarah Burton - d Dec 1868 - cd pneumonia - 36 yr - P William &amp;
Joana Burton - not married - b Rockbrid ge Co, Va - d Catawba, Rke
Co - inf William S Burton, brother
872, Stephen Boyd - 1 Mar 1868 - cd diptheria - 43 yr - p Samuel &amp;
Agnes Boyd - c Grace Trumbill _ b Franklin Co, Va - d near Salem
873. Charles Wesley Bess - d 1 Aug 1868 _ cd inflamation of the stomach
- 8 mos - p William H &amp; Em F Bess _ b Tenness ee - d d ontgomery Co,
Va
874. not named Board - d 21 .May 1868 _ cd not lalown - 5 da - p Francis
&amp; Mary A Board - b &amp; d Rke River Rke Co
875. Lucian Frank Bowers - d 23 Jan 1B68 - cd supposed pne un onia - 19
da - p S Carson &amp; Sarah P Bowers - b &amp; d Salem, Va
876. Mary E E Bowers - d 4 Har 1868 _ cd pneumonia - 2 yr - p S Cars on
&amp; Sarah P Bowers - b &amp; d Salem Va
877. Reuben Bryant - d 1 Feb 1868 _' cd paralysis - 84 yr - p not lalown
- c ..A,nna Thrift - o farmer _ b Richmond Co, Va - d Tinker Cr, Rke
Co - inf John M Bryant son
878. John William Banks - ct'1 July 1868 - cd scrofula - 2 yrs 6 mos p Charles &amp; Paulina Banks _ b &amp; d near Salem, Va
879. William Carper - d 28 Apr 1868 _ cd cholora infantum - 30 da - P
E Hersey &amp; Cordelia Carper _ b &amp; d Salem, Va .
880. Sarah Carroll - d 9 Apr 1868 _ cd child birth - 25 yr 6 mo - P
John S &amp; Susan Hartman _ c John Carroll - b Back Cr, Rke Co - d
Crowell' s Gap, Va
881. Eliza C Cunningham - d Aug 1868 _ cd inflamation of the bowels 20 yrs - p George &amp; Margaret Cwmingham - not married - b &amp; d
Cave Spring, Rke Co
882. Malkiah Damewood - d 25 Nov 1868 _ cd fall from house - 60 yrs p James &amp; Mary Damewood _ c Sarah Britt - o farmer - b Craig Co,
Va - d Catawba Co
883. John H J Dangerfield - d 25 Dec 1868 - cd hemorage of the lungs 33 yrs - p Alex &amp; Clarkey Dangerfield - o farmer - not married
- b Franklin Co, Va - d near Back Cr, Rke Co
884 . Jacob Doos:i.ng - d A,ug 18 1868 _ cd pnewnonia - 19 yr - p Jacob
&amp; Catharine Doosing - c Rachel Deedes - o farmer - b Pennsylvania
- d Catawba, Rke Co - inf John Deedes, step son
885. Rachel Doosing - d 28 Aug 1868 - cd typhoid fever - 63 yr - P
Peter &amp; Susan Deeds - c Jacob Doosing - b Botetourt Co - d Cat awba
Rke Co - inf John Deeds, son
886. Hegina V Dunlop - d 4 June 1868 - l yr - p Robert B &amp; Saloma F
Dunlop - b Augusta Co Va - d Augusta Co 11???1 = cd flux

�VI RGINIA APPAL ACHIAN NOTES

8870 Wi l li am _,Lun l op - d Sept 1868 - cd flux - 3 yr - p Robert B &amp;
Saloma i• Dunlop - 13 &amp; D Auguste. Co Va
88 8 . Eule li a Frantz - d 4 J ul y 1868 - cd cholers infantum - 6mos 13 da
- P ifa rs h all F &amp; Vi rginie.. B Frantz - b &amp; d Masons Creek Bridge,
Rke Co
889 . R. obert lee Ga'1ibi l l - d 6 June 1868 - cd chronic diarrhoea - 1 yr
6 mos - p Jame s '-'.i &amp; Sarah .:::; Gambill - b &amp; d Big Lick, Va
8 90. Vi r gini a Garst - d 13 Mar 1868 - cd not known - 1 mo 14 da - P
Henry &amp; Sarah Gars t - b &amp; d Garst• s .Mi l l Rke Co
8 91 . Wis e Go odman - d 16 Ma r 1868 - cd dipthe;ia - 5mos 27 da - p
Robert T &amp; Fran oe s A Goodman - b &amp; d Botetourt Springs, Rke Co
892. Nancy R Greer - d 25 1868 *- cd consumption • 4o yrs - p William
&amp; Tab ith a Ch ildre ss - c Moses C Greer - b Franklin Co, Va - d at
Anthem Da l e Fa n n, Rke Co = *June 25
893. Yiary Grice - d 2 Nov 1868 - cd consumption - 73 yrs - p Samuel &amp;
Is a bella Grice - not married - b &amp; d Back Creek, Rke Co - inf
Hannah Gr ice - sister
Sarah Gri ss o - d 28 May 1868
cd old age - 87 yr &amp; some months P Owen &amp; Judy Franklin - c Jacob Grisso - b Bedford Co, Va - d Back
Cr, Rk e Co - inf William Grisso, step-son
895. Eve Gri ggs - d 8 Apr 1868 - cd consumption - 31 yrs - p Peter &amp;
Sus an Kefauve r - c Samuel Gri ggs - b &amp; d Rke River, Rke Co
896. Willi am Harris - d 13 Dec 1868 - cd pneumonia - 60 yr 7 mo - P
Levi &amp; Tobith a Harris - c Sarah E Muse - o farmer - b Bedford Co
- d Bac k Cr, Rke Co
897. Harriet Hieze r - d 23 Jan 1868 - cd consumption - 30 yr - P
William &amp; Hannah Boon - c Benjarr,.in Hiezer - b England - d Salem
Va - o seamstress - inf Zebulon Boon, brother
Mary D Howbert - d 12 Jan 1868 - cd Spasms - 14 yr 2 mo 23 da P George W &amp; Charlotte Howbert - b &amp; d Rke River, Rke Co
Samuel Hubbert - d 14 Jan 1868 - cd consumption - 65 yr 8 mos P George &amp; Elizabeth Hubbert - c Mary A Shafer - o farmer - b
Shenandoah Co, Va - d Peters Cr, Rke Co
900. Henry Keagy - d 28 Nov 1868 - cd pneumonia - 80 yr 7 mos 1 da P Henry &amp; Catharine Keaggy - c Ann Strickler &amp; Eliza Marky - o
farmer - b Shenandoah Co, , Va - d near Green Ridge, Rke Co
9010 Jane Lee - d 1 lviar 1868 ../ cd pneumonia - 40 yrs - p James &amp;
Elizabeth Turner _ c James lee - b Montgomery Co, Va - d north
of Rke River, Rke Co
902. John Scott Lovern - d 23 Dec 1868 - cd diptheria - 6 yr - P
Theophilus B &amp; Elizabeth Lovern - b &amp; d Back Cr, Rke Co
903. Frances HcLav ey - d 27 Nov 1868 - cd consumption - 43 yr 11 mo p John &amp; rfar tha Withers - c Arthus NcLavey - b &amp; d Salem , Va inf Maria Withers, sister
904. Mary Hays - d Apr 1868 - cd Asthama Suffocation - 77 yr - p Thomas
&amp; Cynthia Wright - c Ba linger Mays - b Bedford Co Va - d Back Cr,
Rke Co - inf John W Mays, son
Nancy Elle n Muse - d 21 July 1868 - cd conjestion of Br a in - 1 yr
10 mos - p Benjamin S &amp; Margaret Muse - b Back Cr - d Poages Mill
Rke Co -

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906. not named Murry (female) - d 3 i'1ay 1868 - c d not kn own - 3 da - P
Elias &amp; Lucinda Murry - b &amp; d on Rke H.iver, Rke Co
907. 1-'Iary Pane - d ll Jviay 1868 - cd dropsy - 70 -::lr supp os e d - p n ot lmown
- no relatives in this country - not mar r i ed - d at the Po or House
- George W lewis
908e George Brook Parker - d 30 Jan 1868 - cd i nf l arna t ion of the brain
- 7 mos - p James L &amp; Ann Parker - b Cave Sprin g , H.ke Co - d
i·'1eadow Green
909. Catharine Pettit - d 28 Sept 1868 - cd con j e cti on of the lun gs 58 yr - p Peter &amp; Elizabeth Shafer - c Wi lliam Pettit l a s t - b
Rockingham Co, Va - Evans Bit; Spring - in f J ames Y Pett:Lt, ste p-son
9100 Rebecca Platt?/flott - d 11 June 1868 - cd consumption - 70 yrs p Lawrence &amp; :Mary Spiggle - c Henry Platt - b Shenand oah Co, Va d Peters Cr, Rke Co - inf Sarah Spi ggle brothers wife.
911. Eliza Jane Rogers - d 26 Sept 1868 _ cd' consumpti on - 20 yr 8 mos
26 da - p Washington &amp; Catharine Rogers - n ot marrie d - b Craig
Co, Va - d Garvin's Cr Rke Co _ inf Jane G Richardson, a unt
912. Jane Rutter - d 30 May'1868 - cd consumption - 36 yrs - P David
&amp; Rachael Owens - c John Rutter _ b &amp; d on Rke Ri ver, Rke Co
913. Eliza Jane Rhodes - d 8 June 1868 _ cd drops y - 20 yrs - p Fred/
Frederick &amp; Eliza Ann Rhodes _ not married - b &amp; d S ale m, Va
914. Amanda E Rhodes - d 17 June 1868 _ cd heart di seas e - 16 yrs - P
William F &amp; Nancy Rhodes - b &amp; d Salem Va
915. Mary Catharine Settle _ d 11 Oct 1868 - cd womb dis e ase - 36 yr p John &amp; Sarah Barbara Hammack _ c Berry Settle - b Be dford Co d Wolf Cr, Rke Co
916. Isa'?8lla G Simmons - d 24 Aug 1868 - cd consump tion - 4~ yr - P
lew"'l..S &amp; Frances T Harvey _ c s F Simmons - b Speed1ve 11 1 arm - d
Back Cr, Rke Co
917. Lucinda Siler - d 29 Jan 1868 _ cd dropsy - 70 yrs - P George &amp;
Sallie Wright - c John Siler _ b Rockbridge Co, Va - d Fort
lewis Mt, Rke Co
918 . James 11 B Thomason - d 4 July 1868 _ cd brain fever - p Joel S &amp;
11aria Thomason - b &amp; d Fair Dealings
6 mo
919 e Nancy C Turner - d 15 Dec 186e _ cd conjestion of the lungs - 46
yr - p James &amp; Elizabeth Lynch _ c Alfred Turner - b Bedford Co
Va - d Balahak, Rke Co
920. Joel Withrow - d 23 Har 1868 _ cd pneumonia - 84 y r ll mos 23 da
- p not Im.own - not married _ 0 farmer - b Botetourt Co, Va d Garvin ' s Cr, Rke Co _ inf F Johnston, his executer
921. William lewis Zirkle _ d 2 Aug 1868 _ cd not given - 4 mo 22 da
- p George William &amp; Emma Zirkle _ b &amp; d Mason 1 s Cr , Rke Co

=

1870
92 2. Sa r ah S Doosin g - d 2 July 1870 _ cd consumption - 64 yrs - P

Woods - c widow of John w noosing - b &amp; d Catawba, Rke Co
923 . -C_at_h-a rine Garman - d 19 Mar 18 70 - cd rupture - 52 yr - P
Grabill - c not named - b Botetourt Co, Va - d on the North Fork
of Rke River, Rke Co

�I -

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924. Ad i ·

a ine. Go ?&lt;1win - d 30 July 18 70 - cd consumption - 52 yr - p
Phi 1.l7ps - c n ot name d - b &amp; d Cat awba, Rke Co
925 .
e or ge l-I Hi x - d 1 2 Sept 18 70 - cd f lux &amp; fever - age not given
- P J ames H 8c Florentine Hi x - b Bradshav-r's Creek - d Hason's
Cr , Rke Co

er--

926 .
927.
928.
9290

930.
931.
932.

933.
9J~o

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936 .

938.

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942.
943.

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946 .
947 .
948.

Sar ah . J Lawson - d 3 J une 18 70 - cd drops y of chest - ll yrs P Mad is on &amp; Cyndar illa Laws on - b &amp; d Catawba Rke Co
'
i 1ar1- B · 1
d 6
&amp; M./ • a i ey 2 June 18 70 - cd n ot known - 10 da - p Christopher
11
Ba iley - b &amp; d Sale m Township Rke Co
_ ar1 a
4'li za Ann B t t
'
4' .
u ,.
- d 9 Oct 18 70 - cd consumption - 22 yr - p Henry
, ..... 11 zat.eth Bu t t - b &amp; d Salem Township
ifary Barne:tt - d 1 Ap r 1870 - cd consumption - 26 yr - p not known
~ c Jame s D Barne tt - b H.k e Co - d Salem Township, Rke Co
d dy Ca r pe r - d 11 .May 18 70 - cd not lrr.: own - 3 mo - p E H &amp;
Cord e lia Ca r pe r - b ('{ d S a lem Va
Is a ac Duckwiler - d 22 :fov 18 70 - cd disease of the heart - 74 yr
- P not known - o far mer - c Salome Duckwiler - b Franklin Co, Va
- d S a le m T o i.-mship , Rke Co
Joel Go f f - d Au g 18 70 - cd flux - 64 yr - p not knoi;.m - o laborer
- b &amp; d Sale m Townsh i p , Rke Co
Leroy Harris - d 21 July 1870 - cd not kn m·m - 4 mo - p Leroy &amp;
Han ey - B 0c d Salem Township, Rkt:: Co. - fathers o carpenter·
Joh n Hirt - d 14 De c 1870 - cd not known - 60 yr - p not knovm
c not give n - o farmer - b not lmown - d Salem Tovmship, Rke Co in.L· ::; on
not n a med PaJ.me r - fe male - d 18 Au g 1870 - cd ch olera infantwn 3 mo - p L l'J &amp;
Palme r - b &amp; d Salem Tovmship, Rke Co
Is a ac F Re nn - d 20 Ha y 1870 - cramp colic - 67 yr - p John &amp;
Ma gdalen Renn - c A E Henn - o farme r - d Salem To..mship, Rke Co
Lillie Hay Schoole r - ct 7 Sept 1870 - cd conj e stion of fever - . 5mo
13 da - p ::V L &amp; Susa..11 E Schooler - b Tennessee - d Salem To-vmship
Harry Stotz - d 1 May 1870 - cd croup - 5 mos - p John &amp; Jenny
Stotz - b &amp; d Salem To-vmsh i p , Rke Co
Serenia 'V'· lhitesell - d July 1870 - cd dropsy - 16 y r - p Peter &amp;
Nancy ' ilhitesell - b &amp; d Salem Township, Rke Co
James Waltz - d 23 June 1870 - cd consumption - 25 yr - P James
&amp; Ann Waltz - o carpenter - d Salem Township
Frances ~food Butt - d 2 Jan 1870 - cd consumption - 25 yr - P
He nry &amp; Eli z a beth Butt - d Salem Toi;.mship
Andrew J Moseley - d Dec 1870 - cd consump tion - 30 yr - P Joshua
Hose ley - c not given - o l aborer· - d Salem Township
Margaret Cunningham - d 7 !v.iay 1870 - cd consump tion - 51 yr 4mo
17 da - p J &amp;. C Hartman - c George Cunningham - d Rke Co
Mary Susan Grisso - d 3 Apr 18 70 - croup cd - 1 yr 6 mo 9 da - P
Joel &amp; Matil da Griss o - d Rke Co
Mary V Hartley - d 9 Apr 1870 - meas l es - 15 yr - P John &amp; Sarah
Hartley - d Rk e Co
Robert P Maxey - 9 May 18 70 - cd not knovm - 2 mo 19 da - P Bruce
E &amp; L A Maxey - d Rke Co
not named Morris - fem ale - cd not !mown - 14 da = p Joh n T &amp;
Maranda Horri s - d Rke Co
not named She lton - male - d Au g 18 70 - cd br onchitis - 5 mo p Au gus tine H &amp; E She l t on - d Rke Co
1

&amp;

21

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22

18 71

949. Fannie R Barnett - d 9 Dec 1871 - cd e l eple ptic - 41 yr - P n ot
gi ven - c David Barne tt - b Be dford Co, Va - d Catawba , Rke Co

950. Mary L Hine s - 6 lJov 1871 - cd typh oi d fever - 18 yr l_ mo 6 da p
Hopkins - n ot married - d ;.ias ons Cr, Rk e Co - inf
Phillip Carnpte 11

951. not n amed Hall - ma l e - d 10 July 1871 - cd not gi ven - 4 mo -

953 ..
954.

955.
956 .
957.
958.

959.
960 .
961 .

962 .

963 .
964 .

965 .
966 .
967 .

968 .
96 9 .
970.

p lrJilliam &amp; "Sli z a Ha ll - d t h e wat ers o f :.he Ca.tc:.·vf0 2 . •
I.B on a John - d 27 Dec 1871 - cd pneumon ia - 59 yr - P Jo~eph &amp;
Susannah Hamb rick - c G John - d - l'J orth Fork o f the Rk e River
Nanch Hardb ar ge r - 6 Nov 1871 - cd n ot gi v2n - 60 yr - . P not
known - c v.r.i.d•owe d - d P oor i-I ous e, Rke Co - i nf G './J lewis
not named Dillard - f e mal e - 24 J u l y 187 1 _ 4 da - cd not kno ~m p Lafay ette &amp; ~mma Dillard - d llke Co
Norman Din guid - d 1 Hay 1871 - - cd not known - 3 mo 28 da - P
1
:lillia.m &amp; Har r iet Di ngui d - d hke Co 1-.Jewt on Din gui d - d l l·iay 1871 _ cd n ot kn o.,_,m. - J mo 28 da - twin
of Nonna,'1. Dingui d ab ove
n ot
Anna Deyerle - d 30 Oct 1871 - cd cons u mption - 70 yr - P
known - c Joseph Deyerle - d Rke Co _ in £' John D Co leman
Jane Forsyth e - d 2Li June 1871 - c d n ot J.mo ~m - )-l-6 yr - P not
kn o-vm - c Henry Fors yth e - d Sal e r.i , Va
5 7 yr _ p n ot
Jacob Fran ce - d 10 Sept 1871 - cd t yph oid f l ux
known - o f armer - c Rot given - in f son
not n arr.ed Goodman - d 1 Har 1871 _ cd n ot kn own - 6 mo 5 da - P
Robe rt &amp; Fran ces Goodma.ri - d Hke Co = male
Mrs E C Hans brou gh - d 21 Jan 1871 _ cd chr oni c disease - 6 1 yr p n ot give n - c widowe d - b Culpe p per Co, Va _ d Rke Co - inf
G \t[ Hans b rough , son
not named Jone s - male - d 25 Ye b 1871 _ cd n ot k:n oHn - 1 mos p Jame s &amp; Na ry Jon es - d Rke Co
Helly R Sibole - d 12 Au g 1871 - cd i nfl ama Gi on o f the lun gs l yr 2 mo - p Lemue l &amp; Eliz a Si b ole - d Sale m Va
!1ar garet Willia11s - d 4 July 1871
cd old a ge - 75 yr - p not
known - c wido-we d - b not known _ ct Sale m, Va - inf J R C Brown
a f riend.
Claren ce "tk bbe r - d 10 Dec 1871 _ cd not known _ 26 d a - P Henry
&amp; Lucy / Jebter - d Rke Co
not named ~ ~J~t t - f~m~::-S - d 25 July 1871 _ cd not k n o1rm - l da p Re uben G: Aarga re i:. ,Jitt - d Rke Co
J a cob Ne vi l le - d 12 Sept 1871 - cd d y s pepsi a _ 54 yr - P not
given - c not gi ve n - o saddler _ b Fincastle Va _ d Sal e m, Va
- inf by general i n for mation
'
Hrs. Pa rrish - d 10 Oct 18 71 - cd cramp colic - 47 yr - p Nicholas
Shootman - c Joh n Pa r r i sh - b &amp; d Salem Va
not named Coffman ~ d 5 Aug 1871 _ cd not kno-wn _ 3 d a - P Charles
&amp; J i3 Coffman - d -hke Co
John Eller - d 7 Nov 1871 - cd strictur e _ 75 yr - p J a cob ~
Magda~n Eller - c Cath a r ine ~lle r _ 0 f armer _ d RJ.ce Co - Jnf
Abram Eller, brothe r

�VIRGI NI A A PPALACHIAN NO T ES
23

971. J eff ~ Gree n wood - d 15 JViar 1 8 71 - cd not !mown - 2 yr - p Samuel
&amp; Ju li a Greenwood - b &amp; d Rke Co
972 • Sarah A t-~axey - d 8 Au g 18 71 - cd scrofulous - 2mo - p Bruce &amp;
Lo~ i sa - d Rke Co
97 3 • J ohn. :-lays - 5 ifay 1 8 71 - cd n ot known - 2 mo - p lewis &amp; Mary Ann
ila ys - d It.ke Co - i..' lf J olm '..J Hay s, gr-and.father
9 74. not n ame d Dl a c k - fem a l e - d : ray 1 8 71 - cd not lmown - 1 da - P
J P &amp; M: Bl a c k - d near o on sack Va
975 • P atte r s an .I3r y ant - Mar 187 1 - ~d whoop i...'1.g cough - 13 mo - p A J
&amp; Sus a n Bryan t - d n e ar b i g Lick, Rke Co
97 6 • Ida Chaffin - d Apr 18 71 - cd brain fever - 6 mos - p Stephen &amp;
Sarah Cha ffin - d Bon sack Va
977. not name d Donit h an - male' - d June 1871 - cd spasms - 1 mo - P
.Andrew &amp; Nancy Don ithan - 0 of .father alaeksmith - d Gish Is ~vlill,
Rke Co
·
978. John Lunsford - d June 18 71 - cd cholera morbus - 22 mo - P Charles
&amp; Julia Luns f ord - d Balahak, Rke Co
979. }iary A Hill_e r - d May 18 71 - cd in.fla11ation of' the brain - 52 yr
P J o!m &amp; Mary Shirey - c J C Miller - b Rke Co - d near Big Lick ,
Rke Co
980 .Lucy l'lcAlist e r - d I·f ay 1871 - cd child birth - 29 yr - P J C &amp;
Harrie t Stover - c F G McAlister - d near Big Lick, Rke Co
981. not n a"'n e d :McFalls _ :nale - d Sept 1871 - cd not given - P_ ,,John
&amp; Fanny McFalls - d Botetourt Sprin gs, Rke Co - inf John }iyers '
a friend
982 • Clara I'-1 J:vioor111an. - d Feb 18 71 - cd not given - 14 mo - P Robert B
&amp; Annie :vroorr.ian - d Big Lick, Rke Co
983. Arma McDerm2d - d Oct 1871 - cd pneumonia - '(9 yr - P Daniel &amp; 1
Mary Stoner - c l,'/illiam HcDermed - b Botetourt Co, Va - d Gish s
984. Not named Head _ female - d June 1871 - cd not given - 1 da - P
D S &amp; Maria - d Di g Lick, Rke Co
985 • Robert L Snouf fer - d Mar 1871 - cd not given - 6 mo - P J B &amp;
Annie Snouffer - d Botetourt Sprin gs, Rke Co
986 • John H Smith - d Aug 1871 - cd Heart Dis :ease - 78 yr - P not
MP
kn mm - b Bedford Co' Va - d Gish Is Hill, Rke 0uO - ~nf
.w.•
Preston, a friend
·
987 • Frances G Steger - d Nov 1871 - cd dropsy - 70 yr - p Merriman
- d Balahalc, Rke Co - inf T ~ Steger, son
1872
988 . Marsha ll Cr awf ord - d 27 Oct 1872 - cd diptheria - 4 yr - P T D
&amp; Laura Crawfor d - b Lyn chburg, Va - d Pamplin Depot , . f\.ppomattox
Co, Va - son of a me rchant .
Catharine Doyle - d 5 Aug 1872 - cd inf. of stomach - 63 yr - P
&amp;
Dennis - c L Doyle - b Nottaway Co , Va - d Catawba ,
Rke Co
990 . Emma R Furr ow - d June 1872 - cd pne umonia - 18 yr - p James M
&amp; Lucy Ann ~urrow - b &amp; d Catawba , Rke Co - inf Haden Furrow,
b r othe r
991. William Huff man - d 18 Feb 18 7 2 - cd diptheri a = 5 yr - p Cale b
&amp; El iza ~ u ffma.~ - b &amp; d Cata wba, Rke Co

�24

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992. Woods Huffman - d 28 Feb 1872 - cd diptheria - 3 yr - p Caleb &amp;
Eliza :foffman - b &amp; d Catawb a, Rke Co
993. James McFalls - d 5 May 1872 - cd consumpt ion - 70 yr - p not
known - o farmer - c not given - d Poor House, Rke Co - inf G W
lewis, Steward at Poor House
994. Allen Richardson - d 29 Aug 18 72 - cd paraletic - 61 yr - P
William &amp; Rachael Richardson - c Elizateth Richards on - b n ot
known - d McAfees Knob, Rke Co
995. Daniel D Beam - d 26 Mar 1872 - cd croup - 5 yrs - p Henry &amp; Ann
Beam - b Rockingham Co, Va - d Salem Township, Rke Co
996. Mary Jane S~ons - d 21 June 1872 - cd consump tion - 21 yrs - P
Josiah &amp; Eliza Sinunons - b Hampshire Co W Va - d Salem, Va
997. Elcany Dulany - male - d 14 Aug 1872 _ ~d kidney affection - ~fyr
- p not known - o saddler - b Shenandoah Co Va - d Rke Co Charles Dulany, son
'
998. Ballard Deyerle - Aug 30 1872 d - cd conswnption - 29 yrs - P
Joseph &amp; .Anna - c not married to our knowledge - b Rke S T - d
Salem, Va - inf John D Coleman
.
.
999. Joseph Dinguid - d 5 Sept 1872 - cd cholic _ 16 da - P William &amp;
Harriet Dinguid - b &amp; d Rke Co
1000. Elijah E Robertson - d 9 Jan 1872 _ cd conswnption - 18 yr - P
Mat &amp; Elizabeth - not married - b &amp; d Rke Co
1001. Nancy M Moses - d 26 Nov 1872 - cd conswnption - 20 yr - P
Jonathan &amp; Elizabeth Moses _ b Montgomery Co Va - d Rke Co
1002. not named Frier - female - d 12 Nov 1872 _ 2 'da - p Sam &amp; Mary
Frier - b &amp; d Rke Co
100). George Obenchain - ~ 7 July 1872 _ cd dyspepsia - 59 yr ~ ~~ p not known - c Mariah Obenchain - b Botetourt Co, Va Co - o farmer
·
1004. !llcy A Woltz - d 25 Dec 1872 _ cd conswnption _ 24 yr 3 mo - P
·James &amp; .Amanda Woltz - not married _ b &amp; d Rke Co
1005. Joseph Stover - d 6 Mar 1872 _ cd apolexy _ 72 yr _ p not known
c not given - o school teacher _ b Boteto rt Co Va - d Rke S T
- inf Mrs Mitchell, a friend
u
'
1006. Mary J Stoutamire - d 6 Nov 1872 - cd not known - 73 yr - p not
known - c widowed - b Shenandoah Co, Va _ d Rke Co - inf Mr
Stoutamire, son
1007. Louisa lemon - d Nov 1872 - ed. dropsy _ 35 yr _ p not known ~ c
married - b Botetourt Co, Va _ d Rke Co _ inf Mrs :seamer, friend
1008. Sarah Wertz - d 5 .Apr 1872 - cd consumption - JO :Tr' - P Kerns - c Noah J Vkrtz - b &amp; d Rke Co
1009. Iuther Johns - d 9 Jan 1872 _ od. 'Whooping cough -· 2 mos • P George
&amp; Fannie Johna - B &amp; d Rke Co
1010. infant Yopp - rnale - cd not ~own - 4 mos - p Jacob A &amp; Melissa
Yopp - b &amp; d Rke Co
1011. W':i.lliam A.nnstrong ~ d 10 Dec 1872 - ed. consumption - 7~ yr
no~ given - not married - o farmer _ b Rockbridge Co,
a Co - inf William Mccampbell
.
1012. Mary .a.rmstrong - d 10 Dec 1 872 - cd flux - 7 1 yr - p not given
- b Rockbridge Co, Va - d Rke Co, Va _ n ot married
1013 o Henry D Sublett - d 25 Oct 1872 _ cd flux _ 1 yr - P Thomas &amp;
Sallie Subl ett - b &amp; d Rke Co

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10l4. Geor ge Trout - d 3 De c 1872 - cd not known - 3 mo - p Alex &amp;
lA.lcinda Trout - b &amp; d Rke Co
1015 . Margare t Woodrum - 10 June 1872 - cd consumption - 46 yr - p
Tompkins - b Va - d Rke Co - c not given - inf Jordan
_
Woodrum
10160 Dennis K Ferguson - d 7 Apr 1872 - cd was shot - 55 yr - p
Samuel &amp; Rebe cca Ferguson - c not given - o fanner - b &amp; d
Rke Co
1017. George Bryant - d Har 1872 - cd not known - 2 mo - p·A. J &amp; S
Bryant - b &amp; d Rke Co
1018. Lucy E Brosius - d Mar 1872 - cd not known - 4 mos - p T J &amp;
N J Bros ius - B &amp; d Rke Co
1019. not named Bonsack - male - d Mar 1872 - cd not given - 5 da P J W &amp; Delia Bonsack - b &amp; D .Rke Co
1020. Magdaline Garnan - d Feb 1872 - cd cancer - 64 yr - p George &amp;
Eva Niday - c John Garna~d - d Rke Co
1021. not named Hatter - female - d !.ug 1872 - cd not given - 1 da P U:.:·iah &amp; S Hatter - b &amp; d Rke Co
1022. not named Ieonard - female - d Jan 1872 - cd not given - 14 da
- P J B &amp; N le onard - b &amp; d Rke Co
1023. not named McFalls - female - d Aug 1872 - cd not given - 1 da
- P John &amp; F McFalls - b &amp; d Rke Co
1024. Bird Ruddell - d Mar 1872 - cd pneumonia - 1 yr - p John B &amp;
Ella Ruddell - b &amp; d Rke Co
1025. Fanny Spradlin - d Mar 1872 - cd scrofula - 1 yr - p Silas
Spradlin - b &amp; d Rke Co
1026. Virginia M Steger - d Oct 1872 - cd pneumonia - 42 yr - P not
given - b &amp; d Rke Co
1873
1027. James McFalls - d 25 May 1873 - cd consumption - 70 yr - P not

1028.
1029.

1030.
1031.

1032.
1033 .

1034 .

Known - b not known _ c not listed - d Poor House, Rke Co ing George W lewis
Virginia J Moore - d 27 Mar 1873 - cd croup - 2 yr - P E F &amp;
Susan Moore - d Bradshaws Cr, Rke Co
Mattie M Peck - d 30 Apr 1873 - cd paralysis - 23 yr 5 mo - P
Charles D &amp; R H Peck - o school teacher - not married - b Giles
Co, Va - d Blacksburg, Va
Ernaline J Thomas _ d 16 Aug 1873 - cd dr opsy of heart - 27 yr p Jacob &amp; Barbara Peters - c James B Thomas - b Botetour t Co, Va
- d Catawba, Rke Co
Willy Akers - d 5 Apr 1873 - cd not lalown - 5 da - P John &amp;
Araminta Akers - b &amp; d Rke Co - inf Jacob Smelser
Lizzie A Camper - d 31 Dec 1873 - cd fever - 31 yr - P not known
c J H Camper - b Monroe Co , W Va - d Salem, Va
Bettie NowJin - d 21 Dec 1873 - cd feve r - 28 yr - p James &amp;
Ernaline Persinger - c Samuel H Nowlin - d Salem Va
Cath arine McFadden ~ d 4 Dec 1873 ... cd cons umption - 15 yr "" P
Jacks on &amp; Harri e t McFadden - b Buckingham Co, Va = d Rke Co

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lOJS. Jackson Mc Fadden - d 26 Dec 18 73 - cd d i sease o f the b owe ls 62 yr - p not. lmown - b Buc k i ngham Co, Va - c Harriet 1'·1c::i'ad den
- d Rke Co - o f arme r

_ p n ot kn own
- c widowe d - b Pe nns y lvania - d Sale m, Va - inf D G Mor gan

1036. Henry Francis - d 2) Dec 1873 - cd ol d age - 88 yr

1037. Eliza Ann Gish - d 2 June 1873 - ed. dy spepsia - 22 yr 1 mo 3 d a
- p John &amp; Sarah Gis h - not ma r rie d - d Hke Co

1038. Roland Goodwin - d 17 Mar 1873 - cd t yph oid fever - . 2h yr - P
1039.
1040.
104l •
1042.

1043.
101.+4.
1045 .
1046.

1047 !'

1048.
1049 .
10)0 .

10)1 .
1052 .

1053.
1054.

1055.

Joseph &amp; leanah Goodwin - c not gi ven _ d Rke Co - inf Joseph
Goodwin
_ 50 yr _ p- Enos &amp;
Patse y Bee mer - d 18 Feb 18 73 - cd c ancer
Rke
Co =c Augustus Beemer
Matilua Good win - b Montgomery Co Va - d
Medora Huff - female - d 16 Dec 1S7J - cd typhoid fever - 14 yr
- p Thomas Huff - d Salem, Va
no t name d ,,\;lars t - f emale - d 16 Dec 18 73 - cd no t kn OVJ11 - 1 da
p Henry Garst - d Rke Co
Elizabeth Keagy - d Feb 26 , 1873 _ cd heart dis ease - 67 yr - p
1no t ru10-w:n
- c wi d owed - b Pennsylvania - d Rke c o - :inf Henry
Garst, friend
Nelly Willis - d 6 Feb 1873 _ cd not known - 5 da - P Al ex &amp;
Mary Willis - b 8c d Salem, Va
kn own
George Cox - d 10 Nov 1873 - cd paraly sis
65 yr _ p not
c w.i.dovled - b Au gusta Co, Va - d Rke Co - o l a b orer - inf
11.argaret Cox , d a ughter
1.
yr _ P 'Snos
John H Goodw-i.....Il - d 7 Aug 1873 - cd cramp colic - 4 2
Amanda
&amp; Patsey Goodwin - o fanner - b Tennessee - d Rke Co - c
Goodwin
1.i .
6 mo _ p
Robert G Lo gan - d 4 Jan 1873 - cd consumption - 44 yr Va
now knovm - not married - b Botetourt Co, Va - d Salem ,
inf Joh n L Barnett, friend
.
_ 74 yr
:N olan 11'l illiamson - d 11 F'eb 1873 - cd kidney aff~ Cc t i o~a _ d
- p not lmown - o farmer - c married - b Bedfo r d
o,
Salem, Va - L~ f Alle ~ Jones, friend
20 yrs _
John E Fitzge rald - d 10 Hay 1873 - cd typhoid fever c
b
p Green B &amp; Frar1ces Fitzgerald - not married - o me chani
Rke Co - d S alem, Va
17 yr - p
Geor ge Fit z ge rald - d 1 May 1873 - cd typhoid fever Green B &amp; Frances Fitzgerald - b Rke Co - d Salem, Va
Nancy Elliott - d l Hay 1873 - cd conswnption - 35 y rs - pfnot
known - not ma rrie d - b Campbell Co, Va - d S ale m, Va - in
Henry Elliott , br other
cd
cT &amp;
John Reed - d 21 July 1873 - in. of bowels - 6 mos - P
Fanny Re ed - b &amp; d Salem, Va
.
mos - p
i'1arion Yon ce - d 19 July 1873 - cd inf . uf bowels - 9
w B &amp; Victoria Yonce - d Salem, Va
5 yr 1
3
Victoria Yonce - d 7 Feb 1873 - cd di" s e~ q e of h eart Va
1~
1.r B y
~du ,
d S alem'
mo - p not rui oi-m - c vv
once - b Pulaski, Va _ p
JY~ary Fran cis - d 23 July 187 3 - cd child bir th - 33 yr
George St e ve n s - c W A Francis - d S alem Va
_ p
Eurena J Deyerl: - ~O May 187 3 - cd cons ~pti on - J l a.fc:rd co. Va
Edward &amp; E MerrJJnan - c Char l e s S Dey erle - b &amp; d Be

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l056. E 0 Hodges - d l9 Sept 1873 - cd pneumonia - 2 yr - p James &amp;
Sue Hod ge s - d Rke Co
l057 . Ch ar l es S Coon - d 16 Mar 1873 - cd measle s - 19 yrs - p John
&amp; Sarah Coon - o clerk - n ot married - d Rke Co
lOS8. Ma ry R Ta y lo r - d 2 Aug 18 73 - cd cold - 1 yr - p Thomas &amp; M C
Tay lor - d Rke Co
l05 9. ~~rai: Cunnin gham - d lC Mar 1 87 3 - cd consumption - 30 yr - P
'-lilli am &amp; C Cunnj_ngham - not married - d Rke Co
1060. Charles H Bell - d 3 Oct 1873 - cd dyptheria - 9 yrs - p George
&amp; Susan Be ll - b He nry Co Va - d Rke Co
l06 l . ~li zabe th Henry - 25 June 1 87 J - cd dropsy - 58 yr Henry &amp;
f1 Webster - c Stephen Henry - b &amp; d Rke Co
1062 .. Margie Loc ket t - d 8 Mar 1873 - cd Measles - 5 mo - p W F &amp; M J
Locket - d Rke Co
lOb J . Emily Willett - d 1 8 Har 1873 - cd fever - 25 yr - p D S Yates
- b Henry Co , Va - d Rke Co - inf Julia
Joseph B 1rJillett - d 8 Sept 1873 - cd co_l_..d---5-mos - P James &amp;
E Wille tt - b &amp;.. d Rke Co - inf Julia
l065 . Nanc y J Eas t - d 17 June 1873 - consu-m-pt.,....1~.o-n---21 yrs - P not
kno1m. - c married - b Tennessee - d Rke Co - inf Thomas
1066 . J Gr ubb - d 30 June 1 873 - cd cold - 4 mo 28 da - p James &amp;
Cath arine Grubb - d Rke Co
1067 . Jonat11an Hartin - d 12 Ma y 1873 - cd liver disease - 69 yr P not kno-vm - c not gi ven - b Campbell Co, Va - d Rke Co - o
fa r llttd r - jnf Charles Ro
l068 . Jos eph Standback - d 10 Dec 1873 - cd croup - 6 mos - P I.er oy
&amp; Susan Standback - d Rke Co
l069. Ale xander Trout - d 22 Dec 1873 - cd drinkin g brandy - 60 yrs P H &amp; Sarah Trout - c married - cl Rke Co
1070 . Vir ginia vJhitescarver - d 10 Nov 1873 - cd fever - 18 yrs P C &amp; E 1Nhitescarver - d Rke Co
1071~ Jane Armstrong - d 26 Dec 1873 - cd not given - 82 J'T - P not
known - b Botetourt Co, Va - d Rke Co - inf P Armstrong
1072. Mary Murry - d 10 June 1873 - cd fever - 3.5 yr - P not Imown
d Rke Co - inf W Murry
l073. Martha Redden - d 20 June 1873 - cd dropsy - 30 yrs - P not
known - d Rke Co
l074 . 2 infants H &amp; F - d 5 June 1873 - cd dead born - p Martha
Redden - d Rke Co
1075 . W Murry - d l Dec 1873 _ cd burnt - 3 yrs - p ·win &amp; M Murry d Rke Co
1076. not named Brown - male - d Apr 1873 - cd not given - 5 da - P
William &amp; Ll.zzy Broi-m ... son of a farmer - d Rke .Co
1077 . John E Burk - d Aug 1873 - cd pneumonia - 19 da - P Eugene &amp; E
Burk - d Rke Co
1078. Lucy B Danne r - d J une 18 73 - cd br a in fever - 4 yrs - P Daniel
&amp; Mary Danne r.
1079 . not named Dent = male - d June 1873 - ed. n ot given - 5 da - P
Juhn &amp; Lucy Dent
l080 . Daniel Re dden ~ d Aug 1873 - cd consumption = 27 yrs = P William
&amp; Betsey Redden - o mechanic - not married - d Rke Co
•1

p

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28

NQIES

P E C &amp; Erruna
Kale - f athers o miller - d Rke Co
Alice N lesly - d Nov 1873 - cd fever - 9 yr - p J D &amp; M J Le sly
fathe r s o f armer - d Rke Co
William B Pr e s t on - d July 1873 - cd ne uralgi a - 66 yr - P Is a ac
&amp; Sally Pres t on - c f.futilda Preston - b Bedf or d Co, Va - Rke Co
George 0 Pain - d Aug 1873 - cd hives - 9 mos - p George &amp;
Ieannah Pain - d Rke Co
William A Reynolds - d Nov 1873 - cd col d - 4 yr - P J ohn &amp;
Susan Reynolds - d Rke Co
Michael Ruddell - d Jun.e 1873 - cd d iabe tis - 74 yr . . , P Andrew
&amp; C Ruddell - not married - d Rke Co
Geor ge R Routt - d Sept 1873 - cd fe ver - 6 yr - p Thoma s &amp; Eliza
Routt - d Rke Co
.Maggie Ste wart - d Feb 1873 _ cd worms _ 4 yr - p Sam &amp; M Stewart
d Rke Co
J Trout - fe male - cd not given - 4 d a - p John &amp; Eliza Tr out fathe r s o : labore r
- p not
Sally C Wi l ey - d Dec 1873 - cd child bed fever - 31 -.rr
J giv~n - c Benton W
iley - d Rke Co

1081. Huston C Kale - d Feb 1873 - cd not gi ven - 3 yr
1082.

1083 .
1084.
1085.
1086.

1087 .
1088 .
1089 .
1090 .

1874
- p Michael
1091 • "Rli
~ za be th Evans - d 1 Oct 187 4 - cd n ot known - 8 3 -.rr
J- Rke
Co _
&amp; Barbar a Shepard - c William Evans _ b &amp; d Catawba '
inf George Pair..ter, son-j_n-law
not
1092 . Nancy Far r i s - d 18 J an 1874 - cd not known - 80 yrs - P. f
kn own - not ~arrie d - b Rke Co _ d poor house , Rke Co - l i l
George W lewis , Ste wart at the Poor Hous e
1093 . Nancy Ha ll - d 15 Fe b 1874 - cd rheumat i s m - 7 0 yr - Pt b
Iedge rwood - c widowed - b Rke Co _ d wat ers . of t he Ca aw a,
Rke Co - inf Al len Hall, son
Floyd &amp;
10 94 ~ not named - d 27 Dec 1874 - cd brain fe ve r - 3 mos - P
Sarah Ha l l - b &amp; d on the waters of the Catawba, Rke Co El" "ah
1095 . Wile ;y J Murdock - d 23 Nov 1874 - cd drops y - 53 yr - : b ~d:rord
&amp; Eliza .Mur dock - c AJJrira Murdock Co, Va - d Br ads haws Cr, Rke Co
n ot known _
1096 Samuel Perdew - d 2 Au g l874 - cd dropsy - 16 yr - P Le ·
G W
wis,
b Mont gomery Co, Va - d poor house , Rke Co. - inf
Stewart at the Poor house.
1097 . Jose ph Anders on - d 2 May 1874 _ cd not know.v - l mo 3 d a - P
Lewis &amp; Nancy Anderson - b &amp; d Rke Co
1098 . Edward Brad ley - d 6 July l87l - cd not knowrl- 79 yr - ~on ot
known - b not lmovm - Former wife Mary Bradley - d Rke _
1099.Lydia Bradley - d l Oct 1874 - cd burned by fire - 40 ~e c~
not known - c Allen Bradley - b Botetourt co , Va - d _ p Henry
1100. Paulina Butt - d 17 Mar 1874 - cd c onsumpt ion - 22 yr
&amp; Be tsy Butt - not married - d Rke Co
R B&amp;
1101. Frank Foste r - d 14 June 1874 - cd not known - 7 mos - p
Ha·..,tie Fos t er - b &amp; d Salem, Va
0

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VlRCINlA APPALACHIAN NOIES
PEDIGREE CHART
Paul W Hodges

= 6931

Cole Creek

= Houston,

Texas 77092

Name
Pa ul W Hodges
1927 TX
Les t er Eu gene HOIGES
1895 Ark 1969 T:x
Bea t r ic e El i zabeth SIMPSON 1898 Kan
Forrest Ha yward Hodg es
1867 Ky 1952 Tx
5. Mary Ell en LAK I N
1874 Ill 1932 T:x
6. Willia m J ackson Simps on
1865 Kan 1924 Mo
7. Effi e Myrtle MILLER
1874 Kan 1936 T:x
8 . J ames Robert Hodges
1839 Ky 1922 T:x
9. Eli zabeth Powel l NUCKQLS 1848 Ky 1918 Tx
10. Robert Lakin
11. Mary Ellen PEA SE
12 . Nathan i el Simpson
18J6 Mi ch 1861 Kan
1J. Elvi ra WILLI AMS
1838 Mo.
14. Angus G. Mill er
1850 Kan 1896 Kan
15. Anna Cloya n HAMMOND
1855 Ind 1874 Kan
16. Abedn ego Hodges
1813 Va
Ky
17. Angelina DARMON
1822 Ky
Ky
18. Pouncy Nuckol s
1807 Va 1881 Ky
19. Ester Powell SAUNDERS
1812 Ky
20.
21.
22. Nathan i el Pease
2J. Eli zabeth
24. John Simpson
1799 Va 1861 Kan
25 . Sarah
1798 Va

1.
2.
J.
4.

Married/Lived
1951 Rheta McCain,Houston,Tx
Illinois and Texas
Joplin, Mo; Houston, Texas
K.y (Barren); Ill (Marion); Tx
Ill (Fayette; Tex (Harris)
Parsons, Kan; Joplin, Mo.
Altamont, Kan; Joplin, Mo.
Ky (Breck, Barren); Tn; Ark;Tx
Ky (Barren) ; Tn ; Ark; Marshall , Tx
Vandalia (Fayette Co) Ill.
Vandalia or Centralia, Ill.
Cass Co,Mich; St Scott, Kan
Altamont, Kansas
Vermillion Co, Ind; Al tamont,IL
Franklin Co.,Va; Breck. Co,Ky
Ky; Big Spring area (Meade)
Va (Gooch. Co) to Ky (Barren)
Barren Co, Ky (born, reared)
Ill. and/or Indiana
Ill. and/or Indiana
Burbon Co. Kansas fr . Mich.

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RESEARCH NOTES FOR MEMBERS
Allen France (b 1811ca) md 27 Aug 18J9, Scott Co, va , to Mary Ann
Semones (b 1816, Tenn). (#1129, 1850 Scott Co. Census)
Abraham Lane, Jr. (b 1808 ca) md ca 18. 6 Barbara
(b 1818 ca )
1850 Montgomery Co. Va., census:
#722. Abram Price Ljl.j,, Elizabeth 44, Margaret L 16, Rebecca V 15,
William T 9, Eliz'b 7, John H 6, Ballard 4, Harriet CJ
Rufus 1.
# 901. Iavid Price 46, Eliza 25, Taylor W 5, Mary N J , Ann C 2 mos ,
Patsey COLLINS 2J, Alexander COLLINS 23.
Scott Co, Va. Green E Stallard &amp; Elizabeth fuvid md 15 May 1845 by
Robt. Killgore .
Scott Co, Va . John Conn md 12 Nov 1824 Ursaly Carter by John Pendleton .
(fr om Scott Co ., Va, marriages by Bonnie Ball)
1850 Lee Co, Va census by Mrs Leister E Presley) # 586-606 : John E
Minter 29, Sarah 21, Chas H 5 , Jas S 2, Wm A 1 , Wm 18 , Martha
J 2 0 , Landon C 16, Sarah 12.
"Botetour t Co . Cemetery Records " Jos eph Ferguson ~ a native of the
Co. of Tyrone , Ire. emigrated to this country in 1826, d 9-26-18JJ
age 56.

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Carolyn J Walters

Name of compiler

Address _ _.2'"-'6"'--"-5-=B=r~i=a=rw~o~o~d~~C_i_r_ _ __

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31
Chart No. _ __

Person No. 1 on this chart is the same
person as No. _ _on chart No. _ _ •

(Father of No. 8,
Conr. Oil chart No.~

City, state Ft Walton Beach,

5

Date

Feb 1978

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b.
p.b.

18 Jan 1866

18.,..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

New Haven Mas on Co WV
m. 2L. Dec 1891
d.
17 Apr 1936
p.d Huntington Cabell Co WV

b.
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Dote of Blrtb
Place of Birth
Date ol Marriage
Date ol Death
p.d. Place aC Death

2

(Father o! No. I)

9 Sept 1 900
Huntington Cabell Co v-N

m.

3 Oct 1921

(Mother of No. 9,
Conr. on chart No. - - - - - )

b.
d.

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(Father of No. U,
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25 Sep 1 ~6L.

p.ct. St Al bans Kanawha Co
RESHWAT.ER Eli zabeth A

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27 Sep 1925
Logan Log:m Co WV
18 Mar 1950

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(Mother of No. 11,
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(Father of No. 12,
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1 Aug 1856

Amelia County VA
m. 19 Jan 1899
d.
2 Nov 19h0
p.d Huntington Cabell Co WV
(Mother of No. 1)

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lL Jul 1904

p.b.

Yard::: Tazewell Co VA

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(Mother of No, 3)
b.
8 Jun 1870
d. '8 Oct 1907
p .b . Falls Mills Tazewe ll Co V .d
d. 20 Nov 1963
15
NASH Mar are t Daniel
p .d. Huntington Cabell Co WV
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William Henry

(Spouse of No. 1)

6 Jul 1921
p.b. Bluefield
Mercer Co WV
b.

d.
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b.

22 Sep 1830

p.b.Prince Edward Co VA
ct. 21
p.d.

Sep 1899

d.

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NA SH William Daniel

b. 12 Jul 1787
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Cont. on chart No. ~

m-20 Feb 1812
d. 21 Jan 1866
31 G.AIII.DING. Macy Frances
(Mother of No. 15,
b, 29 Sep 1792
Cont. on chnrt No. _ _)

d.26 Jan

1886

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VIRGIN IA APPALACH IAN NOTES

QUERIES

Mrs. A.H.HUEBINGER,P..!...Q.Box 280.1._ Raymondsv il le 'l' X 7858 0
Phillip ALDERMAN, son of Jacob and Rosanna 0 b. ca 1805 Gra yson/
Carroll Cos VA m. Niary"Polly" SHOUSE b. N. C . Need date and place
of marriage, her parents,birthdate et c. Liv ed Fl oyd Co un til 1855
Michael A. PQRTS, 1014 Ced~r Ridge , Annapo lis ~D 214 02
Will exchange information on Patrick KE NDRIC K who d i e d Russe ll
Co 1805 and wife Jane. He was son of Th oma s and Marian KENDRI CK
of Stafford Co. Will answer all.
Carolyn CARROLL.1._ _l Ol Cl~rnson Ave,_£~an d Sta . Charle st on WV25306
Family reunion and history of Elias and Han n ah L INKENHOGER family, please write about either. Info rmation want ed a bout Ambr ose
JONES 1700 ' s, Jacob and John SONGER 1800 's Pulaski Co. Ne ed CASTEEL family info pre-1900 VA,WY, KY, PA.
Nancy COWAN , 8333 NW 33, Bethany OK 73008
Need TERRY family info. Benjamin TERRY d . 1816 Pat ri ck Co leaving wife Mary and 7 children. Need ancesto rs.Thomas STEPHENS
m. Sallie MILLER 1776 Pittsylvania Co later to TN. Would like
more info about these families.
~.W. BURROW, 703 W. Barton, West Me mphis ARK 72 3 0 1
Need inf o on Alexander BURROW or BURRIS b. 1770° s VA d . Maury
Co TN ca 1812. Father was Hays BURROW d. VA age 105. Alexander
had son "Sandy" d. 1815 after Battle of New Orle an s ;son John
William b. 1801 d. Marion CoMiss 1892; dau Susan m. N.M. COLLINS

Sharon STOTLER HRUSKA 349 26th St.NW Cedar Rapids Iowa 52405
Nathaniel HIX-HICKS patriot Revolutionary War Le e Co VA wife
Jean or Jane. Interested in descendants of son James HICKS, war
of 181 2 .
Jane COX, 2619 Waldo Ln. Richmond VA 23228
William COX b. 1765 m. ca 1790 Hannah LAMMIE b. 1767 and lived
Smythe Co VA. Bible records list his parents as Jame s COX and
Susan SMITH. Need bibthplace of William and wh ere James and Susan
were born and married.
Mrs. J. D. DICKENSON, P O Box 935 , Huntsville 'r X 7734 0
Charles DICKENSON b. ca 1831 VA m. Sally GRAY b. 5 Jan 18J6 VA
d. J May 1925 Calif., dau of William D. and Hanna h POSTON DICKENSON. GRAY family found in Russell Co VA. Nee d p are nts of Charles and date and place of marriage to Sally. I n Russell Co 1880
Will e x c hang e and refund postage.
Mrs . Charles W!-l!AMPTON,6422 Angus Dr. ~Lakeland FL 33805
Wi l l e xchange info on parents and children of Jul i us and Mary
Ann KELLY SHARPE Rockbridge and Henrico cos VA. Chi l dren: William,
Isaa c b .1 780, He n r y , Juliu s , Robert b. 1784, Lu c y m. POTTER, Susan
m. REESE, El i z a bet h m. LEAVERTON. Have data on I saa c d , 1814 Ohio

�VIRGI NIA A PPALACHIAN NOTES
Mrs. Martha L. PERKINS , Rt 2 Box 399 , Nacodgoches TX 75961
Ne ed parents, br o t h e rs, and sisters of both John NORTHCUT and
wi f e Lync ia ENGLAN D b o rn ca 1756-1770 Lee Co VA.
Mrs. J ames RANDALL , 1519 Morson Rd. , Jackson MS 39209
Wan t anc e ~tors of John R. COLLIER had a brother Moses who came
t o Miss. by 1840. Born 181 3 in VA m. Caroline HARRIS of SC.
J .V . AVERY , J r. P 0 Box ~1 54 , Roanoke, VA 24002
Ne e d parents of Fre deri ck McLAUGHLIN b. 1832 Page Co VA was in
I llino is (n~ar Qu i n c y ) a nd marrie d by 1852. Was he relate d to
the Mc LAUGHLIN° s o f Ro c k bridge Co??
BURC HI NAL , P 0 Box 5085 , Modesto CA 95352
Ne d infor a t i on a nd contact d e sc e ndants of Major Samue l F.
SPENC ERb. 175 5~ m. (1 ) Ange s MORTON 1786 Prince Edward Co; (2 )
Ang es WOODS ON DANIEL 1799 Charlotte Co1 (3) Judith HOLCOMBE .
Ch ild ren: Annie, Elizab et h , Sophia, Mary"Polly" , John , Samuel,
Mart h a , J ane, Thoma s , Al e xand e r.
~Lu t h er

Sa nd ra BIRTHISEL S t Rt . 1 Box
4 Tornado WV 2 202
Need info on Jame s B. DAUGHERTY , m. Martha ? ca 1880 Tazewell
Co VA. Also Samantha TERRY buried Burkes Garden VA m. Jame s Harv ery NUC KLES ca 1 879 dau J e ttie E. b. ca 1881 m.
Rhode s ,
t h e n Wil liam W BALCH . Also Samue l BALCH m. Martha VINEING 1869
Me i gs Co Oh i o.
(Edi to r 's No!~= I h ave que ry conc e rning a Philip LAMBERT in Bote tou rt Co . Who i s i t from??)
La Vonne WORKMAN, 1824 S. E. J6 th Terr., Topeka, Kansas 66605
Need h e lp f i ndi ng the ma rriage da te and place of William TYREE/TYRE to
Na n cy ? in l at e 17 00 's. Children born somewhere in the Shenandoah Valley.
Mrs. Cha r l es H AN DERSON , 312 S , Clinton St., Leitchfield, Ky. 42754
Need p of D:tniel J SAUNDERS b?, md i n Ca mpbell Co, Va, 2J Oct 1793 to Martha
STITH , da u of Ri c ha rd &amp; Lucy HALL STITH . Did he live i n Bedford. Co , Va , awhile
---wh o a re his s i blings ?? Their ch came to Hardin Co ,Ky , ca 1800 .
Mrs Ju li e Colema n L INJ.2QJJ I ~r, 2541 Pi oneer Lane , St. Cloud , Mn 56301
Need informa tion r e : Peter &amp; Abi gail COLEMAN . Pe t er d 1808, Grays on Co . , Va,
on the f ollowing t ax l is t s: 1789 &amp; 179 0 Montgomery Co (Glady Fork of New
River) , 1793 Wy the Co , 1795 Grayson Co. Ch: Abraham , Stephen, William,
Peter, Iani el, Ric hard , J erusha Wells, Mary Williams, Rac hel Burc ham Rankin,
a nd Charity . Birthplace ? Pa r ents?
Mrs . J ohn W BOSWELL, 32 06 Ashby St . ,SW; Roanoke, Va 2401 5
SNI DOW FAMILY of Giles County, Va. Are you a descendant of John a nd Elizab eth HELM SNIDOW who came to wha t is today Gi les County before t he American
Revolu tion? The Snidow Fa mi l y Associ a ti on, organized in September, 1977,
has a Reunion each year and wel comes you ! Send y our name, addres s and your
d escent fro m the above Snidows t o me ( Mrs Boswell) .

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�VIRCJNIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
Mrs Charlene HOOK, 201 Mayo Building, Tulsa, Okla homa 74103
Lemuel COOK, b ca 1800 Va (where?) md Margaret
? , b ca 18 02 NC, i n
Anderson Co, Ky, by 1831. Known ch: Susan F., b c a 18J 1, md 1851,Ky , t o John
CUTSINGER; Thomas J, b ca 1834; Mary G, b ca 1836; Jane, b ca 18J8 ; Will i a m E,
b ca 1840 -- all ch born in Ky. Need ancestry of Lemu el &amp; wife and info
regarding descendants.
Mrs Susan C SALISBURY, 307 Buckingham Road, West Pal m Bea ch, FLA J3405
Info on Julia Carolina Montgomery (1873 Va-1911Va ), fath er Jo hn Mon t g omery
of Carroll Co, md 1895 Rev Ransom Pontell Pike (1 865 Va- 19 6 0Va ), fat her
Jacob Pike (Miss. to Va)

NOTES ON JONES FAMILY
contributed by
Pa~ricia Surface *
Montgomery County, Va, Deed Book M, p 656: Know all men by these p resents
that I Joshua Jones of the county of Clinton and Sta t e of Oh i o ~ a t tor n ey in
fact for all the heirs of Zachariah Stanley dec'd do gi ve grant barga i~ and
s ell , and by these presents have bargained and sold a li enat ed and c onfi rmed
unto William Halpain his heirs and assigns Two thous and · acres of Land n ot
designated , in different tracts on the waters of the Nort h fork of _ Roa ;£Whe
sold for the Direct Tax in Richmond in the year 181 8 a l s o Four hund r ed acres,
lying and being situate in Montgomery County on Big Trap run , ad join~ng th=
land of E Rutledge and others, with all their appurtmanc es, for a nd in con
s iderati~H of the sum of Seventy five Dollars, to him the said Joshua Jones
in hand
epaid by the said William Halpain ~ the receipt wh ereof is hereby
acknowledged, have bargained and sold all the above named land f r e e fr~m the
clai m of him the said Joshua Jones &amp; his heirs Executors Adm'rs or as si~~
forever, and all other persons whatsoever. In Tes timony of which the sai
Joshua Jones hath hereunto set .his hand and seal this ?th da y of July 1832
I n presents of
Joshua Jones ( s eal)
Jos eph Hambrick , Michael E Kinser, Samuel Scanla nd
These a re the within Tracts making the Two thousand acres
Towit.
One Tract
·
d
of 420 acres on the South side of the mountain on the waters of Bra s haw's
creek, j:lin ing another Tract of 570 acres ajoining Redmind Eakin and ot~e:s~al~
i t sold. One tract of 200 acres on the South side of the No rth fork Joining
l ands of Mr Bennett &amp; Edmundson. One Tract of 280 on the South s ide of mount a in opp osite Samuel Crumpackers, one Tract of 170 acres on Big/Bay? trap~~
on t he waters of t he Nor th fork of Roarrwhe, One Tract of 39 5 acres near the ~
of Ca t a wba , j oi ning the land Alexander Snodrass, Wm Wall , Giles Thomas.
At Montgomery Ma r c h Court 18JJ .
This de ed of barga in &amp; s ale from Joshua Jones to William Ha lpain was proven in
by the oa ths of J os eph Hambrick and Michael F Kinser two of the witnesses
and c ontinue d f or f u r ther proof . And in the clerks offi ce of Montgome~hCo~
0
Court the 2Qx day of October 184Q , The same was fully p r ov en b y the oa
s
Scanland a third witness thereto and admitted to r e i v'd
~~
R D Montague C.

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401 Surfac e Drive, Taz ewell , Va 24651

�Yt&amp;QlNfA APPALACH IAN NOT ES
BOOK REVIEWS
THE DIARY OF HENRY BOSWELL JONES OF BROWNSBURG (1842-1871)
Edited by
Charl es W. Turner
Capta in Henry Boswell Jones of Whitehall near Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co,
was born i n Madi s on, Vi rgi n i a i n 179 7 and moved there in 18J2 where he lived
until hi s death Oc to ber 1, 1 882 .
He married Sally Withrow, daughter of Henry
Withro w of Lexi ngton , Virgini a , whos e family occupied one of the most historic
homes t h ere , " Al exand er-Wit hrow Hou se ".
Three children were born to the couple,
Iavid Will iam an d John Henry Bowell, Leonora Boswell Brown. One son attended
Was hin gt o n Col lege , the o ther , Vi rgi n i a Military Institute. Both fought for
the Confederacy and took over the pla ntation after the passing of their father,
while Le onora ma rri ed a medi~al do c t or of her father's old hometown, Madison,
Dr. Willia m Aldred Jones .
. H. B. Jones kept a diary f rom 1842 -1 8 71, which reveals the life of a very
Spi r i ted man .
Hi s man y acc ompli s hments are shown from the pages of his
diary kept reli g ious ly at the end of e a ch busy day.
This diary belongs to the
Rockb~idge Hi s torica l S oci e ty an d c a n be found in the files of the Societ y now
kept in the new libra ry of Was hing ton and Lee University.
The diary was sold
t~
t?e S ociety in 1970 b y Mrs . Henry Jones the granddaughter-in-law of the
diari s t.
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Th e entri es in the di ary give a g ood picture of farm life in Rockb~dge
for thirty yea r s .
S ome of hi s ma n y a ctivities were model planting, running a
saw mill, flour mill, a country s tore a nd public hauling,
In politics he was
a_ local Ma~i s tra te, Judge of the p olls , Surveyor and Keeper of the local roads ,
His community servi c e s were numerous he helped build New Providence Presbyterian Church, the Ma n s e, the s addle ho~se and landscaped the yard. He served as
deacon, elde r, and s uperint e nden t of the Sunday School.
He was president of the
County School Board, a nd founder of the Rockbridge Agricultural Society. I n t h e
War of 1861 he was Ca pta in of the Home Guard.
A few entries of his diary: 1842, May 6_"I am sherring sheep and will g o
to the forge for iron. 11 June 15 "Frances Wright has gone to witness at Wa ynes boro the wedding
ceremony of her-;;-ous in, Caroline Gulley to a Mr. Walla?e of
11
Albemarle •
1863, July 14 11 I finished sewing buckwheat today and received
word from John s aying he w~ the only one of his company alive and safe . 1869,
April 2 6_"My dear Wife Sally di e d thi s day at 2 P.M ......... ,She would have
been 68 next July ... . .... 1871, October 1 __ "This da y I a m 74 years ' am still .
able to
ride horseback to church.
I ha ve not missed a Sabbath day s chool t his
year. 11
The book has 126 pages, hard cover 1 index footnotes and photographs. A c op y
has been placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library , a gift
from the author to the Southwestern Genealogical Society. A copy m~y be ordered
from Professor Charles W Turner, Washington and Lee University, Lexington , Va .
24450.
The price is $6.oo.
(Book Review Editor)
Mrs. Oren Counts (Belva )
6804 Northway Driv e
Roanoke , Virginia 24019

�WILLIAM PRESTON and the ALLEGHANEY PATRIOTS
by

Patricia Givens Johnson
William Preston was born December 1729 at Newton Limava ddy , Londonderry
County, Northern Ireland. He was the s on of Jo hn Preston ( ~~ 1747 ) a nd
Elizabeth Patton (1700-1776). "When Captain James Patton ( Will iam's uncle ),
received an order from the Council of Virginia Colony in 1737 for land beyond
the mountains he planned to bring over a shipload of relatives , f riends and
servants to settle the land and came asking Jo hn Preston to ac company h"i m to .
America as a shipwright. For Preston's services Patton promis ed 4000 acres ~n
Virginia. "A descendant recorded that " Presto n did not hes itate." John an t
Elizabeth with their only s on, William, and three daughters, Letti ce , Margare
and Ann left Ireland forever.
The ship Walpole brought the Pattons and Prestons to Virginia, arri~ing
The land beyond the mountains was Augusta County. W"1 lliam
Preston grew to manhood fighting in the French and Indian War. When the American Revolution began he was already a leader in his region, having served as
militia commander in Botetourt and Fincastle counties and i n the House of
Burgesses. Among the many Alleghaney Patriots were the names Boyd, Buchanan
ai
Cloyd, Christian, Crockett, Fleming, Henry, Lewis, McGavock , Montg omery, Pen eton , Robertson, Russell, Washington and others.

23 August 1738.

William Preston married Susannah Smith, daughter of Franci s and Eli~~beth
Waddy Smith , on July 17, 1761 by the Reverend Patrick Henry probably a t
hildPaul 's Anglican Church. William and Susannah were the parents of twelve c
ren , Elizabeth, John, Francis, Sarah (Ann), William Susannah James Patt ~n ,
.
'
Mary, Letitia, Th omas Lewis,
and Margaret. William , Preston died
in h.1 s fifty
·t _
·
d
·
1
third year an d was b urie in a p ot a few hundred yards from his ham e ' Smi . h
field, Fincastle County, now Blacksburg, Virginia. The Prestons intermarried
with the families of Breckenridge, Brown, Campbell, Carrington, Floyd, Hampton,
Lewis, McDowell, Marshall, Peyton, Randolph , and Watts.
The book has 318 pages, hard cover, illustrated dust jacket, L .C . ?umber,
indexed, photographs, and well do?umented from William Pres ton' s unpublish:d
papers and other records. The price of the book is $ll
lus 60¢ postag ·
95
Order from Patricia Givens Johnson, Rt 2, Box 172, Chri ~tia~sburg,
Va 24703.
A copy of the book has been given the William Fl .
H" h School Library,
Roanoke Virginia , a gift from the author to the Soutehwmingt igVirginia Genea·
Fl eming
·
·
em
logical , Soci e ty. T?e w·i_11 iam
1:1-gh
School has a esgenealogy
clu b , s ponsored by Miss Claudia Geiger, the foreign language teacher in the school.
Mrs Oren Counts ( Belva )

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January 18, 1980

MEMO TO: National Genealogical Society Membership
FROM: Netti Sch reiner-Yantis, President
Malcolm H. Ster n, N GS Representative, National Archives Advisory Council
Every pe r son who has ever relied on the National Archives for research
assistance should be aware of an alarming recent development which is seriously
threatening your ability to do organized research in the future:
The new Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), taking
advantage of the law which makes the National Archives and Records Service a
branch of GSA, has issued orders to disperse many of the collections now housed
in _w_ashington and send them to the regional branch closest to their source of.
ong1n · This . means that searchers in military or immigration or similar colle_ctions
of records will have to pursue the data all over the country in assorted regional
offices, many of them already ill-equipped to s~rvice the many researc~u::fi.3 who
would now be seriously augmented in numbers.
In the opinion of many knowledgeable people, including members of the
Citizens• Advisory Council to the Archives, this misguided move must be stoppe~
o: ou~ National Archives will cease to be the great central resource for genealogists ,
historians, and authors, that it has always been.
Some of the important collections are already being processed for dispersion.
Many of us are addressing individual letters of protest to David

~ubenstein

in the Office of Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy' The

White House, Washington, DC 20500. Letters may also be sent to your Senators
[Washington, DC 20510] and to your Congressmen [Washington, DC 20515] to
make known your views mn this matter.
Whatever you can do to disseminate this information will be appreciated by
every American concerned with the future of the National Archives and Records
Service.

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IT IS OUR INTENTION TO KEEP NGS MEMBERS INFORMED OF EVENTS OF
INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE A
VOICE IN DETERMINING POLICIES WHICH MAY EFFECT THEM.

VIRGINIA

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THE WASHINGTO.\i P,OST
T11r3day, ]rmu ary 15 , 1980

Scholars Oppose Record·s Dispersal

se

Archives Dispute Goes
By Thomas Grubisich
Was hingt o n Post Staff Writer

General Services Admini strator
Rowland G. Freeman III, the former
Navy admiral who is pressing ahead
w ith his plan to reorga nize the National Archieves , has been attacked by
h is foes on a new flan k: the White
House.
Until recel!tly most of tile contro. d to . the chande-t
vcrsv was con f me
licr~d Archivist Recept10n. Room a
the Archives on Pennsylvama Avenfue,
or Freeman's ornately panel~d co~~~
encc room at GSA hea quar e
across town.
,
"\row in a:fJ. effort to get ~reeman s
"d t C rter t o mter vene,
.
.
1
b oss. Prcs1 en
a
' kl" head of
h istorian Joh!l Hope Fran. m, uistoriOOO.mcmber
American
..,.
the 15
·
cal Association,
an d t h e t wo most re·
cent ch ief archivists h ave ta~ en t hheirf
grievances t o d, omestl
. · c policy c ie
Stuar t Eizenst at s office.
.
The academicians and schola~s a1 e
. t b Free man's a nnounced mten~fu~: oiY shipping hundr~ds ~f t houan ds of cu!&gt;ic feet of hist orical .r~c­
~rds from the overstuffed_ Ar~hn es
h d uarters in the Federa• Triangle
t~~·o6mier r egional centers thr oughout
the countr y.
.
.
admiral says t he sh ift will
1,1
l C·better use of e:-; pens•·.'.ie
·
stora&lt;&gt;e
a ke
o
: Jacc a nd al~o •·oting history t o t he
people:·
.
But hi s cri tl t'S :-ay Fn~ em a n.s plan ,
if l'arried ou t, " ·ill make a rch ival r~5C&lt;ll"C:h much more. ~ifficul! and , 1n
svme cases, render 1t 1mpo-ss1ble.

"It's the craziest thing I've heard
of," says historian Franklin. "People
ask me , 'What the hell is going on at
the National Archives?' "
According to one participant, the
delegation to the WJ:iite House told
Eizenstat aide Al Stern that Freeman
was bypassing profes&lt;;i onal opinion in
making decisions a~out the Archives.
The group focused its criticism on the
shifting of records a5 proposed by
Freeman, the participc.nt Gaid.
Stern's only react~o~, according to
the source, was to as,&lt;; for II!ore information about the controversy, and it
was subsequently sent to him.
Last week ~ ~roup of loca l hi storia ns and arc~1v1sts formed an Emerg.e ncy Com~ittee to Preserve the Nat10nal Arcluves. The new group's t
terhead already includes the names1eof
":'ell-known s•:holars, including Willrnm Appleman, n ew. pr~sident of t he
8,000·me mber Organization of A
.
' t ·
can H1s
onans, and Herbert Gutffi B~
one of the. lead~ng experts on m:hn~
slave experience in the South
In yet another example of tile anti.·
Freeman offensive, Jam&lt;!s B. Rhoads
who resigned as archivist last sum:
mer, has gone public with a frontal at·
tack on his former boss.
"I am convinced that there is a real
very danger that in tne course of a
fc wmonths he [Freeman] may undo
t he work of three generations of professional archivist s who have built
possibly the finest national archivei;;
in the world," Rht ads said in a recent.
t alk t o archivists ar.d historians.
1

f til e conu·oversy now
T he focus 0 h imminent selection
t d to t e
has sh if e
to Rhoads.
of a successor
'tig criticisms made
1
F reem an , _ec1 JOIAccountin g Of f"1c~ am.l
b y t he Genera ni m ittee , has cla1mea
a House subc.o. s which is respons1that the Archive '., billion documents
·
ble fo r mor e th11a n~
Declaration
of .I n d ~'.
ranging from t e canceled
Treasury
pendence
to ·al •zed by m ismanagechecks, is pa; ~s to adopt current,
meil_!; ~n. ?ret u:echniques of i•ecord
more eff1c1en
keeping.
reeman stresses manBut because Fas hi s No. 1 prercquiagement taten;rchivist. his c:ritjcs fea!
site i n a n e w 5·om€one who will treat
he will ch.oose ess as a national cu1the Arch1.ve 5 _ 1 than as a balky butural insti~ut io~~ri of modernizing.
reaucr a cy Ill n c: ·•ssion today in Free·
At a n all-d.aY
r oom. a n a~visory
man's confei e n 1., te e will hold Its Jas,
·
comm cn 'lin" names of qua i·1select10n
se ,' to
"' a GS1\ pane l .
session b e fore
0 1
fied cand id ate~P til e final recommenwhich will ni a - ... -1
reern ... • ·
dations to F . fea rs among commit·
But th ere.1 a~~at the select~o.n proctee membe s k"n&lt;t ··r set.? decisions be
i ,,,.
ess is no t wor
v Free
man] i~ a war, t 1l~ t
ing m a? e [b.ff good candidate~. said
w ill d nve 0
Frankly we have
o ne m em b e r .·r{t~d ·in the number and
been disap po1 dictates."
quality of can

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APPt\LACijlAN NOTES
ALEXANDER (ADAM HANCE) HOUSE
in
OLDE NEWBERNE'S NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT

History of house
The first section of the Alexander (Adam Hance) House was built in 1810. As
it stands today, the 12 -room structure is now a two-story clapboard building
with chimneys of brick and native stone. The interior has hardwood floors,
recently refinished, solid panel doors with wrought iron strap hinges, plastered walls, two bathrooms, and the windows have twelve panes. The rafters over
the log section are f astened together with wooden pegs.
Standing back of the main house is the original log kitchen, a la~ge barn ,
smokehouse and three s ma ller buildings. The Alexander family used the house
as an inn for s umm er guests for ma ny years. The front entrance faces the
Wilderness Road, and the s ide road passing the east veranda leads to Claytor
Lake. The porch in the back extends the length of the house. There are three
separate basement sections and a root cellar with fireplace.
THIS HOUSE WILL BE USED FOR A REGIONAL MUSEUM.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR MUSEUM: To provide a regional museum to preserve the
cultural heritage of the area; to discover and collect any and all material
relating to the hi story of said New River Valley; to provide for the housing ,
storing, preservation, display and accessibility of said material to students
and the general public.
PURCHASE PRICE OF PROPERTY -- $75, 000.
approximately six acres of land)

(12-room house, six outbuildings and

OWNER and SPONSOR: NEW RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY (embracing: City of Radford,
Floyd, Giles, Montgomery &amp; Pulaski counties.

OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE to the REGIONAL MUSEUM in OLDE NEWBERNE

D a t e - - - - - - -- -

Amount----- - - - - Check:

$10 , 000
$1,000
$100

Mail to :

Room named in honor of donor
Name will be olaced
on individual plaque
- /
Charter Membership(s)

Supporting Units ($10 per unit)

Mrs. Jennie Simmerman, Treas.
615 11th S treet
Radford, VA 24141

"in memory of" - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - " in honor of"
Other

(Acknowledgmen t and receipt will be sent to y ou for income tax purposes)

NEW RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY--A non- prof it organization

�VIRGfNfA APPALACHI AN NOTES
QUARTERLY EXCHANGE
VIRGINIA GENEAGOLICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Vol . 17, #4 , Oct 1797 . Our member,
Richard Dickenson, article "Free Papers " Montgomery Co., Va., P 1JJ . He has
had articles in VAN and has published a book on black research .
MIDWEST GENEALOGICAL REGISTER (KS), Dec, 1979, Vol. XIV , #J, P 101. Ward
Locations on Census Rolls, a Problem Solved.

THE HOOSIER GENEALOGIST (IND ) , Vol 19, #4, Dec 1979·

"Some Reasons f or the

Westward Movement During the 1800s"
APACHE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (ARIZ), Vol. 4 #4. Articles on Interviewing ,
Photo Anaylsis by Shirley Neese (also member SVGS).
Vol 5 #1. Articles
on Relationship ; States &amp; Nicknames,
SEATTIE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Vol 29 #2 1 979 winter
"Finding your Roots
·in Lan d Reco rd s. " "Bl ac k Genealogy - a Closer
'
' Look", Tracing
'
·
you r Ancestry
in Canada", New England Ancestor File".
THE SEA~CHE~ (California) Vol XVI , Sept 1 979 , #J. Articles on how to research
Naturalization Records, p 72, and how to date old photos, p 76.
GENEALOGY (Ind) , Oct 1979, p 7 Genealogical Data from the rec ords of the Mo.
Legislature; p 9 New York State Vital Records• p 10 SAR Library moved from
DC to Louisville, Ky.
'

Seattle Gen. Soc. ( Wash) Vol 28, #4, Summer 1979 : Indiana : History~ Gen.
Research; Research in Connecticut State Library· Illinoi s Sta t e Archives,
Gen. Records &amp; Research Policy; Archives of Nor.:.ay.

THE LAST WORD
We received a correction to the Roanoke County Death Regis ter which_is on
page 11 - - The early Vital Statistics were very haphazarded __ So, JUSt because they are c?urt rec ords, don't say that "it" i s true ___ I have found
too many errors in ~hese recor~s. Remember that thes e records ha d to be
copied into the register and mistakes could be made a nd were .
A copy of the . o·~i ginal of the 1850 Russell Count
Va Mortality Schedule
will be placed in the Virginia Room and a co
~,
' en t to the court house
of Russell County.
PY will be s
PLEASE read the letter from the National G
S . ty and write to
.
enea1 ogica l ocie
your congressma n. We ( VAN ) cannot express
. .
s ociety but our
·
d"
·
d
1
our
opinion
as
a
members as in ivi ua s can and s hould
For
with the l e tter.
•
myself, I agree
The 1979 index was mailed and late -- have a very good excuse -- had facial
surgery and could not wear m~ glasses, plus the holidays.
I would have made
a very good impressi onist pai nter -- could see the f orest but not the trees.
We very much hope that others of our members will send in documents~ articles,
etc., that they have on their fa milies or on those that are n ot family . We
will try to print as space is available.

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ymposlum -

February 29 and March 1, 1980 ·Roanoke College· Salem· Virginia

Roanoke College and the Roanoke Valley Histcrical
Society will sponsor a two-day symposium on the history
and culture of Southwest Virginia on February 29 and
March 1, 1980 ( Friday and Saturday).

The entire program

is free unless you plan to attend the Friday evening
banquet ($3) and the Saturday luncheon ($2).
To be held on the Roanoke College campus, this
symposium will focus upon a broad overview of the Blue
Ridge Area:

natural history, early native Americans,

early settlers, industry, crafts, and other areas.

The

program will feature a diversity of expert speakers and
will provide ample opportunity for your participation.
Further information can be obtained by writing:
Beyond The Blue Ridge Symposium
Roanoke College
Salem, Virginia 24153

This project is funded in part by the Virginia Foundation
for the Humanities and Public Policy, an affiliate of the
National Endowment for th e Humanities .

�SCHEDULE OF EVE TS

Friday, February 29, 1980

2 - 3 p . m.

Registration, Stud ent Center Lobby, Roanoke College

3 p.m.

Gary Clarke, Roano ke College ,

4 p.m.

Michael Barb e r, U.S. Forest Service,

6 p.m.

Banquet--Student Ce nt er Ballroom, Cost $3 . 00

" The Natural History of Southwe st Vir g in ia"
" Prehis tori

era tis Williams, Ap palachian State University,
Behind the Mountain s"

7:30 p.m.

l'fan in the Bl u e Rid ge"

"Settlement Pa tt e rns

Saturday, March 1, 1980
(A) cratis Williams, Appal achian State Uni vers i t.y,
and Culture"

9 a.m.

" Appalachian Spe e ch

(B) Thomas R . Dunlap, Virginia Polytechnic Instit u te,
Agriculture"

(C) Andrew Baskin, Ferrum Col lege ,
Century Virginia"

" The Black Exp e r ience in Nin e teenth

(A) Dell Upton, University of Vi r g ini a ,
Ridge"

10 a.m.

" Ear l y Virginia

" Ar chit e ctur e Behind the Blue

(B) Arthur M. Bixby, Roanoke T ransportation Museum,
western Railway in the Nineteenth Century"

" The Norfolk and

(C) Charlotte Shelton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Virginia in the Nineteenth Centur y "

ll:30 a.m.

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" Early Economic Development of

southwest Virginia"
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"Religion i n Virginia in the

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MAY 1980

�SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINI A GENEA.LCGICAL SOCIE'IY
OFFICERS
President •. . .. ... . .. .. .... .. . . .... .. Bruce Anderson , Jr
First Vice-President ..... .. .. .. . .. .. Mrs Inez St . Cl air
Second Vice-President . . .... . . .. ... . . J erry Bartmes s
Recording Secretary . .. .. . ... .. .. . ... Mrs Belv a Counts
Corresponding Secretary .. .. ... .. . . .. J ohn Burrows
Treasurer .. . .... . . . . . . . . .... . ·.· · · .. Mrs Mondia Dyer
Assistant Treasurer ... . . .. ...... . . . . Raymon d Brickey

COMMI TTEES
Book Review • ... . . .. .. .... ... ... . . . . . Mr s Belva Counts
Membership . . .. . . ... .. . . . . .. . · · ·· · ·· · . Raymond Br ickey
Hospitality . .. .. .. .. .. . . . · · ··· · · ·· · . Mr &amp; Mrs Elliott Ramsey
Pedigree Charts •. . ..... .. .. · · ···· .. . Mi ss Mary Ja n e Vaden
Program .. . .. . .. . ... ..... ... . . ...... . Mrs Inez St . Cl a i r
Publicity . .. . . . . ....... .... · · · · · · · . ·Jerry Bartmess
Research .. . . . .. . . .. .. .. .. . .. . . . . .. . . Mr s Ann Ky-l e
Surname Index .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . ····· .. . Mrs Ela ine Trumbul l
Telephone . ... · ~ .. .. . .. . . . .. . · ·.· . ... Mis s Virgini a Petty
Virginia Appalachian Notes (VAN )
Edi tor ... .. ... . . . .. .. .. · · · · · ··. Mrs "Babe " Fowler
Quarterly 'Exchange .... . . .. . . ... Committee
Queries ... . ... ....... . . ........ J V Av ery J r .
Art Director • . . . .. . .. . . . .. ... . .. .. .• Marian Landress

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MEMBERSHIP: Single membership i s $7.50 a y ear (Ja n . to Dec.); family m~m­
bership $10. 00. Membership includes the Virg inia Appalachian Notes which
is publis hed four times annually - Feb. , May , Aug., Nov . Single issues
are available ~t $2.00 each as long as supply l as t
Send payment of dues
to .. , , Mrs_. Mondia E fyer , Treasurer, PO Box 4J64 ' Roanoke , Va 24015
Make check payable to Southwestern Virginia Geneaiogical society .

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Donors may deduct contributions to us as provided in section 170 of the
Code. Bequests , legacies, devises , transf er s , or g ifts to SVGS are ~educ­
tible for Federal estate and gift tax purposes ~f they meet the applicable
provi s i ons of s ections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Code .
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BOOK REVIEWS: The SVGS welcomes genealogical books for revieW coveri~g
records and events of the area. All books sent Will be reviewed as. t7me
and s pace permit . Please include the price of th b k
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oa~o e Oren R counts ,
6804 Northway Drive NW, Roanoke, Va 24019
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�TREAS URE CHEST OF KNOWLEffiE
The key is at the
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALCGICAL SOCIETY
THIRD ANNURAL GENEALCG JCAL
WORKSHOP
on
Saturday
May 17, 1980

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that key

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WHERE : Virginia Western Community College
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Welcome and Introduction by Bruce Anderson, president
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society.
"Publishing the Genealogical Booke"
"Areas of Arther ' s Responsibilities in Book Publishing"
Jess Carr, arthor
Coffee break
"Services of the LIS Genealogical Lib:rary"
Representative of the LDS Church
Lunch on your own, resturant and cafeteria near by
"American Indian Sources in the National Archives"
"Early Settlement Trails"
Ms Pauline Dunn of the National Archives.

�REGIS'IE.R NOW - - - SAVE MONEY
0lip the registration form below and mail with your check to
Genealogical Annual Workshop
S. W. VA. Genealogical Society
P. 0. Box 1221
Roanoke, Virginia 24006
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PRE-REGISTRATION S . W.VA.G. S . WORKSHOP

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NORTH CAMPUS

Virginia Western
Community College

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May, 1980
Greetings:

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1980 are shaoing

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Good weather made our planned visit to

Fincastle, the County Seat of' Botetourt. County, in Ma rch enjoyable and informative ..
Fortunately, the records there are almost intact, not having been damaged by fire.
Microfilming the "l oose oapers" in the Rec"Ord Room is proceeding apace at the hand

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and funded by a C.E.T.A . grant.
Our "Annual Genealogical Workshop~ s cheduled for May l -7 th, will be held at
Virginia Western Community College, Duncan Hall, Roam 210, Roanoke,

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The

prog-ram for the day is oresented elsewhere in th is issue of the the VAN.

Contact

General Chairman Bob Steadham ( 703) 774- 8946 for deatils.
On June 2l, we will visit East End Cemetary, Salem, Va. to map grave
·locations and to learn how to "rub" gravestones.

Contact Jim Avery, (703) 982:..0492~.

The July meeting is to be a .fun thing, dedicated mainly to our out-bf-town
members (i.e.,

t~ose

domiciled more than 100 miles from Roanoke).

Plan your

vaca.t~on

so that "you can spend July 19th at the onen house at the Roanoke Public Library and
enjoy ~ Picnic lunch in the adjoining park -- as honored guests of your Socie.t y.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Ramsey, (703) 343-7236, are in charge of arrangements and wi.11
be happy to take your reservation.
Our last outing

for the year will be a visit to the Pulaski County Court

J..Touse and the "Alexander House" in Dublin, Va.

Members of the Olde Newberne

Foundation, Inc. will join us for lunch and visits to points of genealogical
interest in the area.

Contact John Burrows, (703) 982-2872.

Well, I'm running out of space.

So long far new.

Gook searchin' •

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Vol. IV - No. 2 - May 1980
CON'IENTS

Floyd Co., Va., Personal Property Tax List 18J1
Achilles Womack
Helen Ring Womack
Death Book of Roanoke Co . , Va., for 185J-1881
Marvin U. Neighbors
Books Reviews
Belva Counts
Queries
J. V. Avery, Jr.
Quarterly Exchange and Notes on
Pedigree Chart

May Meeting - WORKSHOP

June Meeting
July Open House

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Bob Steadham
June 19, 1980 J . V. Avery Jr.
July 19, 1980 Mr &amp; Mrs. E. Ramsey

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LOST - THE PRESIDENT ' s MESSAGE - Th e mail man did not deliver it today
and the editor has been wa iting for

J days and I have to go to press !

Sorry, Bruce.

Please remember that the J u ne
meeting will be to help the Roan oke
Hi s torical S ociety to record the
tomestones of the area cemeteri es .
Last year those of us who were in
Salem had a good time toge ther a nd
were there just a short t i me .
And DON ' T FORGET THE WORKSHOP next
month - - fill in t he b l ank t he regi s tration sli p a n d ma il it
i n -- TODAY !

IN MEMORIAM
CLYDE J. HAMPTON
1425 Cass
Cayucos , CA . 934Jo
Ma rch 11, 1979

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Jessee Arthur
Thomas Aus tin
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Samuel Alexander
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Jessee Boyd
Jacob Bis hop
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Henry T Burk
George Bright
Clabourn Bond
James Bolt
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Daniel Brown
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Thomas Bowden
Josiah Burnett
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William Coner Sr
William Conar Jr
William A Coner
Andrew Conor
Henry Cronk
William Cronk
John Cross
William Clifton
Nathan Cockram
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Peter Dewise

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1-0-0-1
1-0-0- 1
1-01-0-0-2
1

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-

11

1-0-0-J
1

J-0- 0-4
1-0-0-1

2- 0- 0- 4
1- 0- 0- 2

t -0-0...2

1 6- (J-~
1-0-0-1
2-0- 0-2
1-0-0-2
1-0-0- 1
1-01-2-1- 7
1-0-0-2
2-0-0-J
11-

0-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1

2-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-J

Charles Divin
Peter Dickerson
Reed Duncan
Paul W Dehart
Moral Dickerson
Moses Dickerson

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1

Leonard Edward
William Edward
Samuel Agnew
Christian Epperly
George Epperly
Jacob Epperly Jr
Jacob Epperly J son
John Epperly
Daniel Epperly
Marcus Evans
Timothy F.arls
Benjamin Edwards
David Elkins
Philip Epperly
John Emerson
Jacob Epperly C. s on

1-

Daniel Field
John Finch
Jessee Finch
Solomon Garrett
Archibald Goodykoontz
Robert Grayham
James Gardner Sr
James Gardner Jr
Alexander Gardn er
James Grayham
William Gray Sr

Willi a.m Gray Jr
J os eph Gray Sr
Joseph Gray Jr
Edward Gray
Peter Guerrant
Alvin Grayham
William Gunson
Mary Grayham
Lawrence Grayham
John Grayham
Samuel Grayham
Jacob Grayham Sr
James Goard
Abraham Goard
William Gilham
Ezekiel Gilham
Jacob Goodykoontz
Mary Goodykoontz

11

1-0-0-J
2- 0-0-4
1

1-0-1-5
J-0-0- 6
1-0-0-J
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
2-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-5
2-0-0-1
2-0-0-1
1-01-0-0-2
1

1-0-0-J
2-0-0-5
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-3
1-0-0-4
1
1-0-0-1

1-0-0-1
2-0-0- 1
1-0-0- 2

iro-0-5
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-2-4-7-1- J - OO
1

1

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-3
1-0-0-2
2-0-0-2
J-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
2-0-0-2
2-0-0-1

�YIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

William Goodson
'lhomas Goodson Sr
'Ihomas Goodson Jr
Robert Goodson
John Goodson
Jona than Gibson
Jonathan Griffith
John Griffith
Isaac Garvin
John Gearhart
David Goodykoontz
James Gray
Thomas S Gardner
Henry Gearhart
Alexander Grayham
Jacob Grayham Jr
George Godbey
Joseph Hoback
John Hurt
James Hylton
Benjamin Hall
Jacob Hartman
Benjamin Harris
Jessee Hylton Sr
Archelaus Hylton Sr
Archelaus Hylton Jr
James Harris
Rolen Hall
James Rowel
Michael Howry
Jona than Howry
Michael Howbert
Henry Hylton A. son
Charles Hall
Sarah Howard

1-0-0-1
2-0-0-5
1-0-1-J
1-0-1-J
1-0-0-1
1
1-01-0-0-1

Ira Howard
Ma jor Howard
Joseph Howard
George ~ornbarger
Francis Huff
Henry Huff
Samuel Huff
James Huff
William Huff
Margaret Huff
Jos hua Hylton
D:l.vid Rowel D. son
Jacob Helms
John W Helms
'Ibomas Helms
James Helms
Adam Helms
John Helms
John Howerton

1-0-0- 3
1-0-3-2
1-1- 2- 4
1-0-0-4
1-0-0-1
2-0-1-5
1-01-0-1- 3

11

2-0-0-5
1
1
1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1

1-0-0-5
1

1-0-0-1
1-0-0- 1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0- 2
2-0-2- 8-1-1-00
1-0-0- 2
1-0-0-1
1

1-0-0-1
0-0-0-3
1-0-0-1
1-0-0- 2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0- J
0- 0-1- 1

1-

0-0- 0-1
1-

1-0-0- 1
1-3-9-171-1-0-1
0-0-J-2
1-0-1-2
1
1-1-0-2
1-0-0-1

J

William Hewit
John Hewit
Valentine Hylton
Austin Hylton
Elijah Hylton
George Hylton
John Hylton
Henry Hylton
Jessee Hylton Jr
Burwell Hylton
Hiram Hylton
Solomon Hylton
Gordon Hylton
Briant Hylton
Jacob Harman rep ' s
Solomon Harman
Henry Hylton J . son
Ianiel Howel Jr
Benjamin Harman
Jacob Harman
Jacob Hoback
Adam Harter

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-J
1-0-0-2
1- 0-0- 2
1-0-0- 3
2-1-6-6-1-1-00
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0
1- 0-0- 4
1- 0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-2-J
1-0-0-J
2- 0-0- 2
3-0-2-7
1-0-0-3
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-J
1-0-0-3

Christian Harter
Benjamin Howel
John Howel D. son
John Howel B son
10.vid N Howel
Rani el_ Howel Sr
Iavid Howel Miller
'Ihomas Howel
Mark Howel
William Hungate
John Hungate
Iavid Hoback
Levi Holliday
William Holliday
Joseph Harris
Samuel Harris J. son
Samuel Harris F son
William Hancock
Spratray Holt
George Hannan
John Hurd
Stephen Hurd
David Howel Sr
Isaac Rowel
Richard Hungate
William Haxter
William Hawkins
Joseph Hurt
Alexander Howel ·
Henry Harter
Joseph Harter
William B James

1- 0-0-1
J-0-0.- J
1-0-0- J
1- 0-0- 2
1-0- 0- 1
1-0-1-2
2- 0-0- 3
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
2- 0-0- 1
1-0-0-3
1-01-0-0-3
1-0-0-1
2-0-0-1
1- 0-0-1
1

1-0-4-8
J-0-0-1
1

1-0-0-1
1

0-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1

1
1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-J
1
2

�V IRCINl8 APPA LACHIAN NOTES

4

Henry Jones
Henry Iddings
John Jinkins
Joseph Johnson
Wiley Jones
Robert Jones
Anderson Jones
William Iddings

1-0-0-2
2-0-0-3
1-0-0-3
1
1
2-0-0-2
1
1-0-0-2

Thomas Iddings
Josiah Jackson
Abraham Kingry
Cyrus Keeth
John C Keeth
Joshua Keeth
John Keeth Sr
James Keeth Jr
James Keeth Sr
Bran ton Keeth
Guy Keeth
John Kersey
John Ki ttennan
Isaac Kersey
George Kitterman
David Kitterman
Anthony King
John King
Henry King
Barnabas Kennet
Solomon Kennet
Robert Kent
Peter Kennet
James Lively
Champ Lester
Stephen Loyd
Jacob Lawrence
John Lester Sr
John Lester Jr
Abner Lester ·
William Lester
James Lester
James Li trell
Jonas Likens
Samuel Likens
Andrew Likens
James Light Jr
Elijah Light
James Light Sr

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1
1-0-0-1
1
1
1-0-0-3
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1
2-0-2-6
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-J
1-0-0-1
2-0-0-4
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1

John Long
Henry Link
Jacob Link
William '?Leampy
Lewis Lancaster
Oliver Leffew

1-0-0-3
2-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2

1

1
1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1
1-0-0-1
4'-0-0- 6
1-0-0-1
2-0-0-5
2-0-0-4
2-0-0-4
1-0-2-4
3-0-0-3
1-0-0- 3
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-3
1
1-0-3-3

2

1

James P Lawrence
Henry Latham
Joseph L:tmbert
?Russi a Light
George Lovel
John Lovel
James Loving
Edward Lambert
ravid Level
'Ihomas Moles
William Murf ey
Barnabas Maxey
Andrew Morrical
Abram Mays
Alfred McD3.niel
John Morrical
Thomas Mitchell
John Morton
Samuel Morrical
Jacob Morrical
William Morrical
Alexander McAlexander
Archibald McPeak
Hyatt Montgomery
Alexander McAlexander
William Moor
John McLard
J eremiah Moles
J essee Montgomery
Ezekiel McPeak
Robert Morton
Jona than McPeak

1-0-0-1
1-0-2 - 2
1
0-0-0-1
1
1

1-0-0-1
1- 0-0-1
1
1
1
1
1
1-0-0-1
1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1
1-0-0-0-1-2-00
1- 0-0-1
1-0-0-J
bf? 1-0-0-1
~·
1-0_ _ 0 -_1
1 _ 0 _ 0 _2
1 0 0 2
1_ _ _
1 0 0 1
2_ _ _
1 _0 _ 0 _ 1
1 0 0 1
1_ _ _
1 0 0 1

Clabourn Monnon/Mannon
Lewis Mitchell
Jessee Millican
Austin Millican
raniel McNeal
Catharine Nester
Ianiel Nester
Edmond New
Joel Noftsinger
Jonathan Nester
William Obrian
Jona than Otey
John Power
Richard Pugh
Henry Platt
Henry Po:ff
Shoas Price
John Poff
George Phleger
John Pearson
Bartlett Pearson
John B Phares

1-0-0-1
1
2-0- 0-8
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
0-0-0-2
1-0-0-J
1
1
1-0-0-1
1-0-1-1
1-0-0-2
1
1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-3
0-0-3-6
1

2-0-0-4
1

2-0-0-1
1-0-0-2

�~IRCINJA APPALACH IAN NOTES
George A Peterman
Tobias Philips
William Philips Sr
Randolph Philips
William Philips Jr
Obedience Pratt
Stephen Philips
Nehemiah Pxater
James Parmer
Joseph Phleger
Abram Phleger
Isaac Phl eger
Burke Priddy
William Pugh
Peter Poff ' s rep ' s
Peter Poff

1-0-0- 4
2-1-0-5
1-0-2-5
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
2-0-0-1

Jehu Philips
Michael Poff
Anthony Poff
Joshua Pratt
John Pratt
Jordan N Peters
Thomas Precise
John Parker
Lewis Payne
Michael Phleger
Simon Plott
Elizabeth Rutrough
Joriel Russel
Thomas Riffy
Matthew Ratliff
Peter Ratlif'f
William A Reed
J'ohn Reynolds Jr
Andrew Rose
John Rodgers
Thomas Rodgers
Joseph Rodgers
Thomas Rodgers B son
Moses Ratliff
Ralph Ratliff
Benjamin Ratliff
Joseph Ratliff
Jeremiah Ratliff
George Ridinger
Henry Rutrough
Richard Rodni ck
Peter E Reed
Andrew Reed- lame
Humphrey Reed H son
Spencer Reed
Humphrey Reed P. son
Andrew Reed G. son
Griffith Reed

1-0-0-2
1-0-0-5
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
2-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-J
2-0-0-2
1-0-0-1

1

1-0-0-1
1-0-0- 1
1-0-0- 2
1-0-1-4
1-0-0-3
1
1

0-0-0-2
2-0-0-5

1
2

1-0-0-2
1
1-0-0-1
1
1
1
1

1
1

1-0-0-1
2-0-0-2
1

1-0-0-1
1
1-0- 0- 1
1-0- 0- 3
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1- 0-0-1
0-0-0- 3
1- 0-0- 1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-J
1-01-0-0-2

5
Humphrey Reed

A son

George Reed A. son
Michael Reed
Andrew Reed A , son
Elijah Reed
Emry Reed
Georg A Reed
Nancy Rigney
William Richard
John Reynolds G. C.
Seth Russel
William E Reed
Charles B. Reynolds
George Reed P. son
Ezekiel Ramy
Walter Richard
Hiram Reed
John Russel
George Reed W. son

1

1-0- 0-1
1-0- 0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0- 0-1
1- 0-0-2
1-0-0-1
2-0-0-2
2

3-0-0-3
1
1
1-2-3-42-0-0-J
1
1-0-0-.5
1- 0- 0- 1
1
1-0-0-1

1
1-0-0-2
1-0- 0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
1
0-0-1-3
1-0-0-4
2-0- 0-5
0-0-0-1

1homas Sutfin
Owen Sumner
Christopher Slusher
Henry A Smith
Christopher Smith
John Smith J. Son
John W Smith rep ' s
Humphrey Smith
Peter Smitl-i
Margaret Smith
Jacob Smith
John Spence
Hale Spence
Owen Sutfin
Stephen Slusher
Tu.Yid Slusher
Solomon Slusher
Jacob Slusher
Martin Slaughter
Cary Simmons
1homas Simmons

1-0-0-3
1-0-0-5
1-0-0-3
1-0-0-4
1-0- 0-0-1-3-00
1-0-0-2
1-0- 0-3

William Simmons
William Slaughter
Mastin Stegall
John Sutfin
Heiuy Sutfin
Christopher Sutfin H.son
William Sutfin
Christopher Sutfin W son
Jacob Sowers
William Sowers J. son
Henry Sowers Sr
John Sowers J son

2- 0-0-6
1-0-0-3
1-0-4--J
2-0-0-5
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-1-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2

1

2-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1

�YIRClN!A APPALACH IAN NOTES

6
John Sowers H. son
William Sowers G. son
George Sowers
John Sowers G. son
Henry E Sowers
Edmond Sumpter Sr
Edmond Sumpter Jr
George Sumpter
Isaiah Sumner
Philip Stiggleman
William Simpson
James Simpson
Henry Shockey
Tu.niel Sowder
Anthony Sowder
Rosanna Shilling
George Shilling
Bluford Shilling
John Snuff er
Lucretia Scott
Jacob Shelor
Tu.niel Shelor
John Scott
Samuel Saunders
Nancy Smith
George Shelor
William Shelor
Thomas B Shelor
Iavid Spangler
Samuel Spangler
William Spangler
John Spangler
Joseph Shoe
John Semones
Ianiel Shively
Joseph Short
Philip Sowers
Jabez H Smith
Alexander Smith
Lemuel Swain
Peter Slusher
Thomas H Steger
Peter Saunders
Nathan Thompson
Henry Thompson BF
George Turman
Samuel Thompson Sr
Joshua Thompson
Samuel Thompson Jr
Clabourn Thompson
Henry Thompson M.C.
Jeremiah Thompson
Nathaniel Thompson
Elisha Thompson

1-0-0-J
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-J
1-0-0-4
J-0-0-J
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
2-0-0-1
1-0-0-3
1-0-0-2

Randolph Thompson
Ma tt hew Thompson
John T Thompson
Mat thew Turman
Cha rles Turman
William Thornhill
James Trail
John Terry B. son
Jacob Tice
William Terry rep's
Jona than Terry

1

John Terry C. son
Charles Trail
Valentine Thrash
Henry Tropp
Archibald Thompson
William Thompson
Preston Thompson
William Thompson E. Son
William Thompson S. son
William B. Thompson
Elijah Trail
Nicholas Tice
Manasseh Tice
James Trump
Allen Tolbert
Alexander Tolbert
Johri Thomas
Richard Thompson
Joseph Underwood Sr
Joseph Underwood Jr
Jessee Underwood
Joshua Underwood

1-0-0-2
1-0-0-3
0-0-0-2
1
1

1-1-0-J
0-0-1-3
1-0-0- 2
2-0-0-4
1

0-1-5-3
0-0-0-11-0-2-4
2-0- 4-7
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-3
2-0-0-J
2-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
1-0- 0-1
1-1- 0-4
1

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1- 0-3-3
0-2-3-3
1-0-0-1
2

1-0-0-3 .
1-0-0-7
1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-6
1-0-0-4

Charles Vest
William Via
Nathan Wade
Edward Wood
William Webb
Isaac Wimmer
Freeman Waynright
John Wilson
William Weddle
Peter Wilson
Burwell Wilson
Ebenezer Watkins
Samuel Wilson
Benjamin Wilson
Thompson Weeks
Elijah Wilson
John Weaver
George Walters
William Walters Sr

1-0-0-2
1-0-0-3
1-0-0- 1
1-0-0-1
1-1-2-3
1

1-0-0-1
1

1-0-0-3
0-0-1-1
1
1

2

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1
1-0-0-4
1
1
1
1

2-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-1-4
1

1-0-0-5
1-0-0-1
1
1
1-0-0-J
1-0-0-1
1
1

1-0-1
3-0-0-3
1
2- 0-0- 2
1-0-0-1
2-0-0- 4
1-0-0-3
1

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-4
J -0- 1- 5
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2

�VIRCINI A APPALACH IAN NOTES
Anders on Wade
Henry Wa d e
Willia m ~fad e
David Weddle
Jacob Weddle
Samuel Weddle
Jonas Weddl e
Dennis Weddle
Andrew Weddle
Robert Whitlow
Jos hua Wils on
John Weeks
John Weddl e
Henry Wood
Jonathan Willis
John Wood
John N Woods
William Whilock
Easter West
John Wes t
Philip Williams
Richard Wells
Job Wells
Elizabeth Wiley
Jacob Wimmer rep ' s
Samuel Wimmer
Nathaniel Wickham
Nathaniel B Wickhan
Robert Wickham
Paulus Winther
Elijah Weeks
Henry Whitlock
John Wimmer
Stephen Winfree
Robert Wiley
John Wade

1-0-0-J
1-0-0-2
1
2-0-0-4
0-0-0-4
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-6
1-0-0-2
2-0-0-5
1
1-0-0-2
1

1- 0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1
1

2-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
0-0-1-2
1
2-0-1-4
1-1-4--4
1-1-0-2
0-0-0-1
1- 0-0-1
1
1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-1-4
3-0-0-1
1-0-0-0-1-1- 50
1-0-0-2
1
1-0-0-2
J-0-1-6

William Walters Jr
David Weddle Jr ·
Jeremiah Wood
Joshua West
Martin P Walters
Alderson Weeks
Joshua B Wickham
Jacob Wickham
Eli Williams
Andrew Wilson
Moses Weddle
Jacob Walters

1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-3

Joshua Young
Marvel Young
William Young
Thoma s Young

1-0-0-J

1

1-0-1-2
1-0-0-1
1-0-0-2
1-0-0-2
1

1-0-0-0-1-2.00
1- 1-0-2-

7

John Zentrneyer
Daniel Zentmeyer

2- 0-0-1
1- 0-0-1

This was "A List of the Taxable
property within the county of Floyd
taken by Joseph Howard commissioner
of the revenue for the year 18J1.
Floyd County, Virginia, was formed
1n 1831 , from Montgomery and Franklin
Counties - this should be a list of
most of the people in the county
compare thi s with the 1830 Montgomery
and Franklin Counties censuses .
The abbreviation rep ' s stands for
representatives.
Chistopher Bower
rep ' s (or representatives) - would
usually mean that Bower was
deceased and the estate had not been
settled .
The 'abbreviation ' - Isaac Booth A. son
- Isaac Booth is son of A - most
likely Abner (the only A. listed in
this tax list.
Iavid Howell Miller - name is Daniel
Howell and he was a miller.
The original of this document is at
the Virginia State Archives, Richmond,
Virginia, in the Legislative Petitions.
Our copy of this tax list will be
given to the Virginia Room, Roanoke
Publi c Library, Roanoke, Virginia, and
a copy will be given to the court
house at Floyd, Virginia.

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ACHILLES

WOMA CK

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. . . a Virginian by birth . . . Jay ' s great-gra ndfather , wh o
made the long trek from Vir g inia to Texas in 1 86 0, w ith his w i fe a nd
seven*childr en. He is buried in a l onely family cemetery "in Fa in's
pa s ture, " according to a l ocal resident. This is the B l a nton Fam ily
Cemetery, n ear Whitewright, Texas , but in Fan nin Coun ty . The e l dest
son of Achilles Womack married Maggie B l a nto n , and ev id ent l y Achi lles
was living with this young family at the time of hi s death . His g ra v e is
inside a very o ld iron fence, n ear th e entrance to th e Cemetery, has
a Masonic emblem on the stone , and the fo llowing ins er iption:

A . WOMACK
Dec. 25, 1 807
Nov. 30, 1897
Sle ep on Twili ght, work is done,
Jesus has come and borne thee home .

Family members have stated that a "wagon train of Wornacks" came to
Texas about the same time, a nd Jay's Dad (Arthur Virgil Womack ) to ld
us an Uncle came a long, but we ha ve not verified th e nam es of those w ho
came to Texas in 186 0, along with Achilles and fam ily . It is very probable
that John Daniel Womack (from Pittsyl vania County, Virginia ) was o ne of
those who came at that time, s inc e he lived in Lama r county near the same
time period. John Daniel Womack was a third cous in ..of Achilles, as they
were both gra ndsons of William Womack (1710 _ 1792) There were a lso
.families by the name of Gish, Pearcey and Danie l in Lamar Co unty , Texas
circa 1860-1870, and it is possible these famili es were all related.
Our first record of Achi lles Womack in
·
4 January 1830, to Polly Bowyer.

v·ir g 1n1a
· . is
· his marria ge bond on

"Know all men by thes e pr ese nts that we, Ach illes Womac k ~
Adam Bowyer are held and firmly bound unto William B. Giles ,
Esqr . Gover nor or Chief Magistrate of th e cornrn.onwealth. of
Virginia in th e Sum of One Hundred and fifty dollars to whic~
payment we ll and truly to be ma de to the said Governor or hi~
succe ssors in Office for the us e of the Commonwea lth - We bind
ourselves and each of us owe &amp;: each of our heirs Exe cutors a nd
administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents
* (p erh aps eight)

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From Mrs. Jay Womack (He l en Ring Womack) 3461 Manana
Dallas, Texas 7 52.20

D r ive,
1978

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Sealed w ith our Seals and d ated this 4th day of January 1830. The
Condition of the above obligati on is such, that whereas a marriage
is short l y intended to be h ad and solemnized between the above
bound Ach illes Womack and Polly Bowye r , now if there shall be
no l awfu l c a us e to obstruct the said marriage, the above obligation
to be void, otherwise to rema i n in fu ll forc e and virtue. "
Signed
by Ach ille s Womack and Adam Boyer .
Achill es i s mentioned in th e will of his father, Daniel Womack, probated
in Bedford County, V ir g inia in March of 1 830. This wi ll mentions the wife,
N a ncy, and twelve chi ldr e n (all n a mes given). Evidently final settlement of
Daniel' s estate did not take place until after the death of Nancy • . • circa
18 50. By that t i me it appears tha t only eight ch ildren were still living as
the estate wa s div ided into nine parts • •• and one of those parts w as to the
h e irs of a dec ease d d a u g hter, Julia Be nson Womack Burson.
On the 1 8 30 Ce nsus of Bedford County, Virgin ia the name Ach illes W.
Womack ap p ears (age be tween 20 - 30). Th is is the only instance I have
ever seen his name wi th a middle in itia l. His w ife at that census ye ar was
also b etwee n the age of 20 and 30. We ha ve never found any further record
of Polly Bowyer Womac k, and assume she died. J ay reme mbers his Grand fathe r stating that his father was mar r ied twice • . • "but there warn't no
childr e n by th e fi rst union."
On 4 January 1840, in Roanoke County, V i rg i nia, Achilles Womack and
Anna Carney were m ar ried • • • ten years to the day from the date of the
marri age bond betwee n Ach ill e s and Polly! This bond was unrecorded in
Roanoke County records in 1973 when we v isited the courthouse. Kent Womack
found the bond in the drawers of " loos e" bonds i n the courthouse, and I gave
it to a clerk in th e office a nd as k e d that she ind ex it for their records (after
securing a photocopy) .
Anna Carney was the daughter of C harles Carney and Susannah (Gish) Carney.
The Woma c k family remembers that Charles Carney was not happy about the
marri age, and since Achilles was 1 6 years o lder than Anna, it is easy to understand his con ce rn .
C harles Carney' s w ill was dated 5 July 1853 (with a codicil
dated 15 July 1853, and probate d in August, 1853 - Roanoke County, Virginia) &amp;
stated:
"I h ave given to my daughter Anna Womack her part that may be coming
to h e r, &amp; to all my c hildren except Anna Womack who have receive d
anything from me the same must be cons i dered as apart of what they
are to receive makeing all e qual."
On the 1840 ce n sus of Roan oke County, Virginia, 11 Achilles Wamack" was living
in the house h o ld enumerated i mmed iately following Charles Carney. The one
femal e in Ach ille s ' hou sehold was between 15 - 20 years of age, which would
be the right age bracket for Anna.
These families were also listed in adjacent
households i n the 1850 cens us of Roanoke County (See Census Worksheet).

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YIR GINIA APPA LAC HI A N NOTES

Achilles Womack bought land in Montgomery County , V ir g ini a b y 1 8 44
·
·
" o f Montgomery c oun t Y '' in
· that fir s t deed.
and he ·is mentioned
as being
b
k
He and Ann sold this first tract of land in 1848; ev idently th e y mo ve d ac
to Roanoke County, since they were enumerated ther e in 1 8 50 - ~ow~ver#,l
"Archelaus Womack" was chosen as a Justice of t h e P e ace for Distr i ct
of Montgomery County in 1852, and deeds from 1 848 t o 1 8 5 9 in ~o ntg omh etry
.
.
It 1s odd t a
and Floyd Counties show them as residents of M ontg ome ry.
f
h
0
they were enumerated in Roanoke County, and I have no knowledge
wt· en
1
they moved back there, since they seem to have owned land a l most con inuous Y
in both Floyd and Montgomery Counties .
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'Texas after
The Achilles Womack family appears to have left Vir g 1n1a or
b
th
sale of their land in 1859, as they appear in Lamar County, Texas y
e
time enumeration was made for the 1860 census .

: "Archilles Wamack"
Lamar County, Texas deed, dated 23 October 1860
H Stephenson&amp;:
bought 313 acres of land in Lamar County from J _ames
~f North Sulphur,
Emily C. Stephenson - "on Kimbells Creek, a tr1but_ary
$ 2504
11
it being the North half of headright survey of John Kimbe l 1·
Recorded in Book K - Pages 663-664

$3754 - land
This same land was sold in August of 1869 to Vanary McBee, for
North half of
"on Kimbals Creek North tributary of North Sulphur, it being ~h~
Recorded in
the Head Right of John Kimball about 14 miles S. W. from Paris
Book S, Pages 228-229 - deed dated 10 August 1869.
res in Fannin County,
In October of that same year Achilles Womack bought 160 ac
.
ld t
•f
Louisa , so
o
Texas . In deed dated 4 October 1869, Harrison Ford and w1 e,
f G
rge
"Achilles Womack of said county" this acreage surveyed in the naLmedoS e o .
W S
oy
urvey,
Damron, "on Bois d'Arc Creek"
Also 154 acres out of
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also 60 acres out of said Lloyd Survey. Deed Book R - Pages
a ••mule trader, "
Jay's Dad had mentioned to us that his Grandad Achilles was
d Book T Page
and th i s seems to be borne out by a bill of sale recorded in DeeD· Browd~r
402, of Fannin County records , wherein Achilles Womack and lt described
pa i d $1, 000 for "twenty eight head of horses mares mules ~ en~ ~ve Bay Mares
as follows . (Viz) Two Black Mares and colts . Two Brown a
f" ll
t n
wn 3 t eys e
and colts. Three 3 years old horse two sorrels &amp; one a Br 0
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. g my en i re ors
Bays o n e a roan 4 Mules . Yearlings an two years old. betn
M
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Wal 1s,
ay,
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pr o pe r ty B r anded W on the right shoulder " - signed L. c.
W
k
Who
amac •
W i tnesses we r e J. H . Wamack (John Henton Warnack) and T •
was t his T . W. Wamack?

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two tracts of land
Ma n y other dee d re c o r ds appear in Fannin County, including
•f
A J
M
"on w a ters o f B ois d' Arc Creek" in 1876 from John M. May &amp; wt e,
• t. h ay,
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to A . Womack.
D u ring most of his adult life Achilles Womac
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Bedford County, Virginia Deed Records
Deed Book AA - 27 I Page 436: William Sublett sold 200 acres to
Achilles Womack for $400 - "a certain tract or parcel of land lying
on the East end of Porters Mountain . . . bounded by the land of Dan'l
Womack deceased, Charles Stephens, John Barker, Samuel Williams,
and others it being part of the land purchased by the said Sublet of
John Thomas and estimated to contain 200 acres more or less, it
originally when purchased of said Thomas containing 250 acres, 50 of
which was sold by the said Sublet and conveyed to Daniel Womack in
his lifetime."
19 January 1839
We did not find a deed which i ndicated Achilles Womack ever sold this land (?)
Order Book 30, Page 295 - November Court, 1 849
Division of estate of Daniel and Nancy Womack, deceased.
Plaintiffs:

Defendant:

Achilles Womack
Jesse Womack
Allen Womack
Edmund Womack (Commissioner - "he retain anothe r
part thereof to himself"
Burwell G . Gilpin and Nancy, his wife
William A . Johnson and Malissa, his wife
"Guardian of Frances, Thomas D . , Z acharia and the
other two children of July Burson, Dec'd. "
Ann Womack
Robert Campbe ll - "pay all of the costs of the suit,
including the l egal commission for the sale and collection of the purchase money and pay to the defendant
Robert Campbell the sum of $30. 33 with legal Interest
thereon from the 20th day of March 1835 till paid and
divide the residue of the purchase money into eight equal
parts and pay one part thereof to the plaintiff • • • • "
All eight plaintiffs named - as above

Question :

Who was Robert Campbell ? ?

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VIRGINIA APPALACH IA l..J NOTES

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Montgomery County, Virginia Records

Achill e s Womack

Order Book 31
Page 452

David G. Douthat, Russel A . Sm i t h, Arche lau s
Womack &amp; Edward D. Williams w ho were on the
27th day of May 1 85 2 duly e l ected Just ic es of the
Peace for District #1 in th i s County f or t h e t erm
of four years commencing on th e first d ay of
August, 1 852

Page 457

A. Smith, Archelau s Womack , Edwa rd D. Williams
. • . being present and q ua li fied they proceeded to
choose one of their own body to be Presiding Justice
of the Court, and Russel A. Smith was duly chosen
the Presiding Justice.

Page 474

September 7, 1852 - Archelaus Womack paid $1. 00
for service

Page 475

Archelaus Womack paid $6. 00 for 2 days, September
Gou rt

Order Book 32
Page 114

Paid Achillis Womack for 3 days - $9. 00

Page 239

8 August 1854 -

Court Minutes
Achilles Womack - 1 term - $1. 00

Page 240

Achillis Womack paid for 6 days - $18. 00

Page 353

2 July 1855

Achillis Womack paid for 8 days - $24. 00
Deed Records
Samu e l Sublet of the County of Montgomery "and Archilles
Womack of the same county of the other part" - 100 acres ($300)
sold to Womack " • .•• parcel of land lying and being in the said
County of Montgomery on the waters of Roanoke. Signed by:
Samuel Sublet and Margaret (his wife)
5 December 1844
Deed Book N - Pages 554 and 555

Achilles Womack and his wife, Ann Womack, sold 10 0 acres
to J o seph Swinney - "all of the County of Montgomery" ($462. 50)
Deed Book 0 - Pages 408 &amp; 409
10 June 1848

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VIRGINIA APPALACHl /l.. N NC·TES
Montgom ery County, Virginia Deeds

Achilles Womack

Note: In the Deed immediately preceding (Deed Book 0 - Pages
408 and 409) l and was further identified as being "on the waters
of the Den Creek, waters of the South fork of Roanoke."

William Lawrence and Sarah Lawrence, his wife, sold to Achilles
Womack ("all of said County of Montgome ry 11 102 acres for $409
"parce l of land lying and being in county of Montgomery on the
waters of B rush creek, . . • conveyed by John Lawrence to said
Wi lliam Lawrence, • . . bounded by Abraham Becklehimers 11
Deed Book 0 - Page 447
1 August 1848
(Sarah Lawrence acknowledged to J.P. on 27 January 1849)

Jacob Lawrence and Nancy his wife sold to Ach illes Womack 150
acres in Montgomery County - $500 - legal description mentions
lines of Abram Beckleheimer &amp; Benj. Penden, Wm. Lawrence's
11
Crab Apple corner" . . . "it being a division lin e between Wm.
&amp; Joe Lawrence to the end of the lane, thence with the road purchased of Isam Beckleheimer by Jno Lawrence Sen. - it being
the same land conveyed from Jno. Lawrence Sen . to Jacob Lawrence .
Deed Book P - Page 385
18 March 1853

Achilles Womack and Ann , his wife, ''of the County of Montgomery 11
sold to Edward H. Evans, Trustee for Mrs. Catherine Woolwine,
wife of Phillip \Voolwine" - for the sum of $ 1 , 709. 08 in hand , and
balance payable on the 1st day of May 1860 (total sum of $3, 000)
two tracts of land 11 situated on Brush Creek in Montgomery County
&amp; adjoining each other, being the said tracts of land which were conveyed to said vVomack by deed of record in said County, one of the
deeds executed by William Lawrence &amp; the other by Jacob Lawrence .
The said tracts "are estimated to contain about 250 acres , but this
sale is in gross and not by the acre. 11
Signed A. Womack and Ann
(her mark) Womack.
Deed Book Q - Pages 468 and 469

5 September 1859

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Achilles Womack Deeds - i:.=toyd County, Vi r g inia
John Walters and Rhoda , his wife, of the County of Floyd , and
"Achilles Womack of the County of Montgomery and State afore said of the other part" - sold 22 acres in Floyd County 11 on the
waters of Brush Creek adjoin i ng Jacob Lawrence 11 for $ 120
Deed Book G - Page 422

11 February 1 854

Doctor P. Lawrence and wife, Sarah, to Arthur J. Mccorkle
and Achilles Womack, both of the County of Montgomery and
State of Virginia. "doth grant unto the said Mc Corkle and
Womack a certain saw mill and lot of land adjoining the quantity
not know, lying and being in the County of Floyd on both sides
of Brush Creek . • . 11
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"do grant and covenant to the
said McCork le and Womack the saw mi ll with its l and and appurtenances with the land thereon belonging thereto with a covenant
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of suitable road through their lands to said mill . . •
Deed Book J - Page 266

11 April 1857

Achilles Womack and wife, Ann, to Jacob Lawrence ("Achilles
Womack of the County of Montgomery, Virginia, of the one part and
Jacob Lawrence of the County of Floyd on the other part" - Same
legal description as land on Brush Creek - Deed Book G - Page 422
Deed Book J - Page 379

14 August 1857

Arthur J. McCorkel and Naomy, his wife, and Achilles Womack
and Ann, his wife, llof the County of Montgomery State of Virginia"
sold to Esom Huff of the County of Floyd, Virginia for $175 (to be
paid in two equal payments to the said Mccorkle and Womack"
• • • "one certain tract or parcel of land known as the D . P. Lawrence Sawmill tract in the County of Floyd, Virginia on Brush Creek"
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(Same description as found in Deed Book J _ Page 266
Signed by:
Achilles Womack, Ann Womack, Arthur J. McCorkle, Anny B. McCorkle .
Deed Book L - Page 138

2 May 1859

�ACHILLES WOMACK - Census Data and Family Worksheet - (Helen Ring Womack, 3461 Manana Drive, Dallas, 75220)

Bedford Co., Va.
1830
696

Roanoke Co . , Va.
1840
223

Roanoke Co. , Va. Lamar Co., Texas
1850 H'hold 420/,::/ 1860 (Beat 4)
34

F a nnin Co., Texas
1870
H'holdl0 6
Precinct 2

Achilles W.
Womack (20 - 30)

Achilles Wamack
(30-40)

Achilles Womack
Age
41

Achiles Womack
Age 52

Achim Womack
Arie 60

Anna
27
Char !es A.
9
Matilda
7
John H.
5
Henrietta
2
William M. 1I 12

Ann
Charles
Matilda
John

38
19
16
16

John H .

22

12
10
6
1

William M.
Winfield S.

21
17

/*/ Charles Carney in H'hold 419

Billy
Winfield
James
Arthur

Arthur J.

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**::!( No further record

(All born Virginia)

* 1 Female (20-30) ~(:::c 1

Female (15 - 20)

*

Polly Bowyer
**Anna Carney

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The 6 - y ear old child named James, on 1860 Census

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of La m ar County, Texas is unknown to Womack

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family members . A daughter named Virginia E llen
wa s bor n 16 Oct. 185 3 and should appear on this
cens u s , but does not. She was married in 1869 to
Jame s A. Henry.

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Oddly e n ough, i n H o usehold 27 of this same 1860
Census, same p r e cinct, there is a George Gish,
age 44, bor n Vir ginia, with two young daughters:
Virginia - age 5
Ellen
.- age 3
Is it possible that James is
actually a Gish a nd one of the two youngest daughters
enume~ated with Georg e Gish is Virginia Ellen - ?
Conjecture only . Susannah_ (Gish) Carney was mother of
Anna .

(All born Virginia)

Fannin Co. , Texas
1880

Achilles Womma c k
Age
71

Arther Jay

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:Page 7 - Line 2 9
:wm. Wommack
:shown as head of
~ouse hold in this
:1 880 Census.
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:stated that both his
:parents were born
:in Virginia
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Anna Carney

b. ca. 1823
Virginia
d. 18 6 0 I 18 6 1
Lamar County, Texas

VIRGINIA APPAL/\C!-~! /·. ~ NOTES
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I Achill es Womack ava ilab l e ]

More complete r eco rds on Anna

m .
4 Jan. 18 40
Roanok e Co.,
Virginia

Achilles Womack

b . 25 December 1 80 7
Bedford Cou n ty, V ir g inia
d. 30 Novembe r 1 89 7
Fa nnin Cou nty, Texas
Buried B l a nto n Fam il y
Cemete ry - near Whitewright

Children:
1)

C h arles A. Womack
b. ca. 1841 - Roanoke County, Va.
Appears on 1860 Census - Lamar County,

Texas - no furth e r r eco rd

2)

Matilda Daniel Womack
b. ca. 1843 - Roanoke County, Va.
Died in New Mexico - burial plac e not known - n eve r married

3)

John Henton Womack
m.
b. ca. 1 845 - Roanoke Co ., Va .

d.
Buried Stockdale,

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2}

Rebecca
(&lt;l. 11 D e c . 1890}
Ora Ag n es McOu ee n
b. ca. 1 856 in Alabama

Texa~

4)

Hen ri etta Womack
b. ca. 1848 - does not appear in family records after 18 50 Census

5)

L . Maggie Blanton
William Melton Womack
m .
15 Nov. 1 876 b. 1860 - North Carolina
b. August 1850
Fannin Co., Tx.
d. April of 1916
Buried Chickasha (Grady Co.) Oklahoma

6)

Winfield Scott Womack

m.
Alice Johnston
16 Dec. 1873
b. 12 Mar. 1852
Grayson County
d. 28 Oct. 1918
Texas
Buried Royse City, Texas (Divorced from Alice)

7)

Virginia Ellen Womack
m.
James A. Henry
17 Dec. 1869
b. 16 Oct. 1853
Lamar Co., Tx. b. 17 May 1844
d. 11June1932
d. 23 Feb. 1921
Buried
Nocona, Texas
Buried Nocona, Texas

8) .

Amanda Womack
Baby Daughter

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Both daughters appear on Montgomery County,
Virginia birth records - evidently died young

Arthur Jay Womack
m.
Virginia Texana Clevenger
b. 17 Jan. 1859- Va.
30 Jan. 1886
b. 6 July 1864 - Fannin Co., Tx.
d. 6 Dec . 1955 Fannin Co., Tx. d. 21 December 1939
Buried Floydada, Texas
Buried Floydada, Texas

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Origi. nal owned by Arthur Womack, Jr ., Route l, Box 638 , Hot Springs,
Arkansas
71 90 1
1977

A WAMMACK ESQR.
Bot of J . H . Guggenhi.mer

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1 fmi Bonnet (trim) 1 5 L

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Credit By Cash in full
of all dues to date
J. H . Guggenhimer

Outside cover:

A/C A Wammack Esqr
to
J. H. Guggenhimer

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two : white oak by the Branch
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Resurveyed the following Line for Henry T . Calloway Beginning al a ches nut
on top of a hill Cor ner to Jacob Beckel shimer Land and
th e n ce N 34
West 51 3/4 pole to a stake in th e field where Abraham Beckshimers Grant
calls for two white oaks thence with his (Abraham) L ine N 5 5 E 200 poles to
betwixt a Small white oak and pine about fifteen y a rd s apart in a B ru s hy Plac e
on a ridge and North of a road about 3 poles at this point a white o ak i s calle d
for in the grant N 17 E 52 poles to betwixt four white oaks &amp; a Che s nut oak on
a North hill side and Near the top of said Hill and in an Ancient mark e d Line
of a tomyhawk at this point two white oaks are Called for in the grant thence
with Said ancient marked line nearly N 71 E 200 poles pas s i ng Becke lshimer
Black oak by the road at 164 poles to in a line of Terry land a t this point a
Black oak is Called for Corner to Renthfro land th ence with said Terry lin e
S 36 E 61 poles to two white oaks corner of John Lawrence Land formerly
Renthfro land and at this point is where Renthfros B l ack oak stood thence
with said .Lawrence S 61 West 262 pol es Cross i ng severa l Branches to two
white oaks by a Branch thence S 19 E 87 poles Down sai d Branch and Grossing
it twice to a dead pine a white oak marked Close by and Near to Brush Creek

April the 6 day 1848
Variation 3

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John Sifford
Asst. S . M.C .

Fee
$ 12. 77 cents for the above work

Original owne d by Arthur Womack, Jr., Rout e 1, Box 638 , Hot Sp rings,
Arkansas 71901

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Original owned by Arthur Womack, Jr .

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Hot Springs, Arkansas

Commissioner's office. 1 st Feb 1 858
To Archalaus Womack Administrator of Isaac B ooth Deed
your are hereby notified that I have fix up on th e 10th of
Feb 1858 to take and settle at my off ic e in Jacksonv ille the
account of James Furguson, r e quired to b e tak e n by a d ec r ee
of the Circui t Court of Floyd Co unty rend e r on th e _ __
day of A pr 1857 in a suit in Chancery pendin g in sa id co u rt,
between James and Jacob Huff who su e by th e ir n ext fr i e nd,
and sa i d Fur g uson their form er g uardi a n, yourself a nd others
at which times and place you may a tt end, G iven under my
hand as Comr in chanc~ for th e C irc uit Court of F_!:Y_d Co unty
the day and year just aforesaid
Jno Mer v a ll Comr

Note from Mrs. Jay Womack (Helen Ring Womack ) of 346 1 Manana
Driv e, Dallas, Texas 75220.
My husband's father owns an or iginal copy of the w ill of Isaac Booth.
I ~ave ne:rer known if there was a family relationship or whether this
will was in the Womack's possession because of the fact that Achilles
Womack was a justice of the peace in Montgomery County, Virginia,
and thus was chosen as administrator de bonis non , estate of Isaac
Booth.

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copied from the KANAWHA BANNER, Charleston, (w) Va., from microfilm
date of 4 February 1831
Died -- Norfolk Beacon, Jan 18 •.... . died yesterday ••••• 27 years oldo••
Stephen T Mitchell . ••• . attorney • • •• native of Bed.ford Co ••••• lately a
resident of Gates Co . , N.C.

copied from the KANAWHA BANNER, Charleston (W) Va, from microfilm
date of 3 June 1831 .
In jail •••• James Russell ••••• Wythe Co, Va ••• • his master William Young
is deaf and dumb •••• •• • Russell is 6 1 , straight built and quite black ••••

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DEATH BOOK OF ROANOKE CO., VA., f or 1853-1881
copied by
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P Jonatha n &amp; Betsey Modes = c George Halsey
b Montgomery Co
Va = d Rk e Co
1103. William Jones
d 16 Oct 1874
cd not known
1 yr
p James
8. Mary Jones = b &amp; d Rke Co
1104. Charle s Loyd = d 30 Dec 1874 = cd phthisic
1 yr 1 mo = p
William &amp; Rhoda Loyd = b &amp; d Rke Co
1105. Nora O'Ne a l = d 2 Mar 1874 = cd bronchitis
1 yr 8 mo
p
Kat e O'Neal
b &amp; d Salem, Va
1106. not named Petty = female = d not known = cd not known = 1 da =
p Will &amp; Susan Pe tty = b &amp; d Rke Co
1107. Peggy Well s = d 20 Dec 1874 = cd heart disease
64 yr
p not
known
b Montgomery Co, Va = d Rke Co = c William Wells
1108. Maggy Whitewell?/Whitesell = d 16 Oct 1874 = cd not known = 23
yr
p Peter &amp; N°a ncy Whitesell = b Augusta Co, Va = d Salem, Va
1109. Jes s e 0 Black = d 27 July 1874 = cd not known = 1 yr
p John N
~ Lucinda Black = b &amp; d Rke Co
1110 . Susan C Farley = d 9 May 1874 = cd child bed fever = 32 yr
p
Thomas J &amp; Mary Baldwin = c not given = b Charlotte Co, Va =
d Rke Co = inf S G Farley
1111. John S Farley = d Aug 1874 = cd not known
3 yr 3 mo
p S G
&amp; S C Farley = b &amp; d Rke Co
1112. Peter Kefauver
d 28 Dec 1874
cd dropsy = 76 yr
p not
given = d Rke Co = inf I H Huff
1113. not named Hale - female
d Nov 1874 = cd not known = 7 da = p
Charles H &amp; Mary Hale
b &amp; d Big Lick, Rke Co
1114. George W Haller
d 26 Aug 1874 = cd not known = age -0- =
p Uriah &amp; Sarah F Haller = d Rke Co
1115. Frances J Norvell
d May 1874 = cd consumption
61 yr
p
George C &amp; Sophia Powell = c Ja mes Norvell = b Amherst Co, Va
= d Big Lick, Rke Co = inf Mrs Jones
1116. Maud L Mauck = d 10 July 1874 = cd brain fever = 1 yr 5 mos =
p Peter D &amp; Sarah E Mauck
b &amp; d Big Spring, Rke Co
1117. not named McFalls = male = Mar 1874 = cd not given
14 da =
p John &amp; Fannie McFalls = d Rke Co
1118. Mary E Peary = d 25 Apr 1874
cd not known = 4 yr = p William
&amp; Lina Peary = b Bedford Co, Va = d Rke Co
1119. Mary Roberts = d Mar 1874 = cd not known = p John L &amp; Ma r y
Roberts = d Rke Co = 2 yrs
1120. not named Robertson
male = Sept 1874 = cd not known
6 mos
p Samuel &amp; Elizabeth Robertson
d Rke Co
1121. not named Underwood = male = cd not known
1 da = p W B &amp; C A
Underwood = b &amp; d Rke Co
1122. Elvira H Moorman = d 13 Apr 1874 =brain fever = 6 yrs = p R B
&amp; A M Moorman .d Rke Co
1102. Lee Halsey • fe male ; d 26 Aug 1874

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cd di arrhea = 3 mos
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d Rke Co
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d 10 Ma y 1875 = cd pneu monia = 65 yr 3 mo
4 da
p not kn ovm
c Sara h R Hender son
b Au gu s t a Co, Va =
d Rke Co = o farmer = inf John M Henderson , s on
1125 . J ames W Logan = d 6 May 1675 = cd con sumption = 22 yr = P James
W &amp; Sarah Logan = not ma r ried = o s t udent = b Goochl and Co' Va
= d Rke Co
1126. Austin At ki n s
d 30 May l e75 = cd not known
7 6 yr
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Thomas &amp; Sa ra h Atkins = b Bed fo r d Co , Va = c S allie Atkins
f ar mer = d Rke Co = i nf W B Atki ns , son
11 27. Lu la Rebecca Boon = d 2 Dec 1875 = cd fever = 3 y r 2 mo = P
Zebulon &amp; Erna line Boon = d rtke Co
1128. Minnie L Bandy = d 1 Nov 1675 = cd c hlore a inf a ntu m = l yr l mo
= p Isaa c ~ Sallie Ba ndy = d Rke Co
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1129. Rebecca Beemer = d 4 Sept 1875 = cd not know = 5 6 yr = P William
Windle = c Wi lliam Beemer = inf Wi ll i am Bee mer , s on
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1130 . Catharine H Holland = d 30 J une 1875 = cd dropsy of t he brai n =
2 yr = p Newton &amp; Agnes Ho l l a nd = c Rke Co
11 31. t.!ary J Ha i s l ip = d 26 Sept 1875 = cd fe v er = 20 yr = P Asa &amp;
Ma rtha Hai s lip = b Botet ou rt Co , Va = d Rke Co
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1132. Wi llia m L Ha r l owe = d 1 Dec 1875 = cd peritone t i s = 25 yrs - P
John M &amp; Julia An~ Harlowe = c merchant = n ot ma rried
d Rke Co
1 133. W G Kent
d 20 De c 1875 = cd con s umpt i on = 22 yr
p J ane B &amp;
J ohn B Kent = o student
d Rke Co
1134. James T Logan = d 4 Jan 1875
cd consumption = S lyr
P Robert
&amp; Margare t Logan = c :,1argaret Logan = 0 la wyer = b Botetourt Co
Va
d Rke Co = inf Robert Loga n son
1135. Carried T McFadden = d 1 Apr 1875 = cd c on s umpti on = 21 yr 8 mo
= p James 8. Ha rri et McFadd e n = not marri ed = b Cumberland Co, Va
= d Rke Co
1136. not named Goodwi n
f emale= d 1 Ma r 1875 = cd f e ver
7 mos = P
John L &amp; Louisa Goodwin = d Rke Co
1137. John Ga rst = d 26 June 1875 = cd not known
79 yr ::: p F:ederick
&amp; Magda len Gars t = c mill er
c Mary Gars t
d Rke Co
inf John
Garst , son
1138. Martha Hurt = d 17 Jan 1875 = cd puerpal convulsions
26 yr 7
mo = p James &amp; Edna Poague = c John A Hurt = d Rke Co
1139. Char l e s Reed = d 24 Apr 1875 = cd pneumonia = 7 da = p Frank &amp;
Fannie Reed = d Rke Co
1140. Wi l l iam F Rhode s = d 27 May 1875 = cd not known ::: 58 yr = P
Abr aham &amp; Nancy Rhode s = c Nancy Rhodes = 0 coach maker = d
Rke Co
1!41.*James W O'Neal = d 10 Aug 1875 = cd pneumonia
p John
3 3 yr
&amp; Cathari ne O'Ne a l = c Catharine O'Neal = b Luray, Va
d Rke Co
114 2. Ira Jeter
d 4 J~ne 1875 = cd old age
79 yr = p not known
c Sarah = o druggist = b Augusta Co, Va = d Rke Co = inf M
Jeter, son
1143. Nancy C Loone y
d 15 Oc t 1875
cd not known
1 mo
p James
&amp; Hester Looney = d Rke Co
1144. Martha B Chapman
d 10 Sept 1875
cd congestion liver
18 mo
p F T &amp; Cl ementine Chapman = d Rke Co
1145. Elizabeth Thomas = d 1 Nov 1875 = cd heart Disea s e
84 yrs = p
David &amp; Elizabeth Barne t t
c Charles Thomas = d Rke Co = inf

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d 14 June 1875 = cd not known
1 yr 10 mo
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A M &amp; Jane Stover
d Rke Co
1147. Mary L Stoutamire = d 31 May 1875
cd fever = 1 yr 9 mo = p
Joseph &amp; Salome Stoutamire = d Rke Co
1148. Nancy Jane Adams = d 9 Sept 1875 = cd scrofula = 10 yr = p
Joseph &amp; Rachel = d Rke Co
1149. James A Black
d 28 Mar 1875 = cd not known
p David &amp; Mary
Black = d Rke Co
3 da
1150 . Samuel H Dent
d 10 W~r 1875 = cd pneumonia
10 yrs
p J 0
&amp; Florentine Dent = d Rke Co
1151. Alackie Franklin
d 1 June 1875
cd consumption
21 yrs
p B N &amp; Sarah Franklin = not married = inf S M Franklin,
brother
1152. Hettie Fox = d Nov 15, 1875 = cd not known
11 yrs = p John C
&amp; Sarah A Fox d Rke Co
1153. Mary Spradlin = d 1 July 1875 = cd not known = 1 yr
p Mary
Spradlin = d Rke Co = inf S G Farley, friend
1154. Bennie Parker = d 29 Aug 1875 = cd pneumomia = 1 yr
p James
Mary Parker = d Rke Co
1155. Adalaide Ruddell = female = d 24 Dec 1875 = cd pneumonia
1 yr
= p James B &amp; Ella J Ruddell = d Rke Co
1156. Lucius E Turner
d 1 Oct 1875 = cd fever = 8 yr
p G A&amp;
Bettie A Turner
d Rke Co
1157. John StClair = d Sept 1, 1875 = cd not known = 2 yr = p W H &amp;
Mary St Clair = d Rke Co
1158. Charles L Eller = d 1 Nov 1875
cd not known
2 yrs
P John
W &amp; Hannah Eller
d Rke Co
66 yr
p not
1159 . W D Ferguson = d 13 Sept 1875 = cd not known
known = o farmer = c Jane Ferguson = d Rke Co
1160. not named Grubb = male = d 15 Mar 1875 = cd not known = 1 yr =
p James &amp; Catharine Grubb
d Rke Co
22 yrs
p William
1161. Thomas Harris = d 22 Feb 1875 = cd mumps
&amp; Sarah E Harris = not ma~ried = d Rke Co
1162. Clarey Hartman = male = d 2 Apr 1875 = cd not known
2 yr
p Abraham &amp; Sarah Hartman
d Rke Co

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10 mos = cd diarrhoea = P
George &amp; Julia Callahan
d Rke Co
1164. Frances J Gish = d 10 Mar 1875 = cd pneumonia
21 yrs = p John
&amp; Sarah Gish = d Rke Co
1165. Ann M Dulaney = d l Jan 1875 = cd pneumonia = 29 yr = p not
known = c Charles Dulaney = b Augusta Co, Va = d Rke Co
1166. Frank Owens = d 17 May 1875 = cd paralysis = 74 yrs
p Barnett
&amp; Margaret Owens c Susan Owens = d Rke Co
1167. David Owens = d 16 May 1875
cd not known = 85 yr= p Barnett
&amp; Peggy Owens
c Rachel 0.Vens = o farmer
d Rke Co
1168. Susan Stoutamire
d 13 July 1875
cd not known
41 yr = p
Christian &amp; Mary Ann Stoutamire
d Rke Co
inf Joseph Stoutamire, brother
1169. Margaret Colter = d 10 Mar 1876
cd consumption
24 yrs
p
J T ~ M D Colter = b Fincastle = d Rke Co
not married
inf
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1170. Lida Barnett = d 10 Mar 1876 = cd cholera infantum = 2 yr = P
James D &amp; Alice M Barnett = d Rke Co
1171. Susan Jane Surface = d 28 Nov 1876 = cd not known = 36 yr = P
Peter &amp; Mary Surf ace = not married = d Rke Co
1172 = Adam Elliot = d 28 Nov 1876 = cd heart disease = 78 yr = P
William &amp; Sarah Elliot
c Susan Elliot
b Bedford Co, Va = d
Rke Co = o machinist = inf William E Elliot, son
1173. Jennie S Franklin
d 26 Nov 1876 = c d consumption = 26 yr s =
p Charles &amp; Catharine ------ = c H T Franklin = d Rke Co
1174. Samuel H Franklin
d 10 Dec 1876 = cd not known = 9 mos
P
H T &amp; Jennie S Franklin = d Rke Co
1175. Charles Kern = d 4 Aug 1876
cd not known = 10 mos = p George
&amp; Georgianna Kern = d Rke Co
1176. Jane Moomaw = d 3 Nov 1876 = cd dyptheria = 3 yr 4 mos
P
William P &amp; Lucinda Moomaw = d Rke Co
1177. Oscar L Nininger= d 13 Jan 1876 = cd not known
13 yr= P
Jacob G &amp; Bettie Nininger = d Rke Co
1178. Joseph Face = 1 Apr 1876 = cd pneu monia = 6 mos = p James E &amp;
Mary Pace = d Rke Co
1179. William Settle = d 10 July 1876 = cd not known - 14 mos = P B G
&amp; Elizabeth Settle = d Roanoke Co
1180. J N Settle = d 6 Sept 1876 = cd not known = 49 yrs
p Filing &amp;
Margaret Settle = o farmer = c Lydia Settle = d Rke Co
1181. Ellen Whaling = d 24 Aug 1876
cd fever
20 yrs
p Dennis &amp;
Margaret Whaling
d Rke Co = not married
1182. Susan Hartman = d 22 Dec 1876 = cd not known = 20 yr = P John L
&amp; Susan Hartman
not married = d Rke Co
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3 mos p Ezekiel &amp; Isabella Minnix = d Rke Co
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1184 Abraham ~rt~n =.d 7 Mar 1876 = cd pneumonia= 63 yr= P David
&amp; Catharine l''1art1n = c Margaret Martin = 0 farmer == d Rke. Co
1185. Lydia Murrey = d 1 June 1876 = cd not known
5 yr == p Elias
&amp; Margaret Murrey
d Rke Co
1186~ Matilda Meadow = d 10 Apr 1876 = cd pneumonia = 2 o yrs == P Ewell
&amp; Matilda Meadow d Rke Co
1187. J B Noftsinger
d 30 June 1876 = cd typhoid fever == 50 yr = P
not known = c Susan A Noftsinge r = 0 farmer = b Botetourt Co,
Va = d Rke Co
1188. Zola Jane Owens = d l~ Jan 1876 = cd dyptheria
11 yr
P
John W Ov.Jens = d Rke ~o
1189. Laura Owens = d 11 Jan 1876 = cd dyptheria = 6 yr == p John W
Owens = d Rke Co
1190. Luna G Owens
d 11 Jan 1876 = cd dyptheria = 4 yr == p John W
Owens
d Rke Co
1191. Ernaline Page
d 1 July 1876
cd not k
24 yr = p Charles
&amp; Jennie Page not married d Rke Co nown
1192. Ernaline
Persinger _ d 1 Nov 1876
cd ca ncer = 55 yr = p Abner
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&amp; Elizabeth Petty - c James Persinger = d Rke Co
1193e Charlotte Richardson = d 1 Jan 1876 = cd d theria
4 yr = P
Frank &amp; Martha Richardson = d Rke Co
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1194. Henry F Richardson = d 1 Feb 1876
cd dyptheria
2 yrs = P
Frank &amp; Martha Richardson = d Rke Co

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ll95. Sarah Martin - d l Sept 1876 - ed. not know - 60 yr - p David &amp;
Catharine Martin - not married - inf A J Reynolds, friend - d
Rke Co
ll96. A C Weaver - d 10 Nar 1876 - cd not known - 7 yr - p S W &amp; Ann
Neaver - d Rke Co
1197. Ellen Baxte r Armstrong - d 1 June 1876 - cd not known - 6 mos p D G &amp; Hannah Armstrong - d Rke Co
1198. James Dame - d 1 Oct 1876 - cd not knmm - 3 mos - p J T &amp; Virginia
Dame - d Rke Co
ll99. Evaline Ligon - d 31 Dec 1876 - cd consumption - JO yr - p Henry
&amp; Jane Forsythe - c R H Ligon - d Rke Co
1200. William Terrill Landon - d 26 Apr 1876 - cd not known - 5 yrs p G H &amp; Mary Jane Landon - d Rke Co
1201. Rev Dr D F Bittle - d 25 Sept 1876 - cd heart disease - 65 yrs p Thomas &amp; I1ary Bittle - c Louisa C Bittle - o minister - b
Frederick Co, .Md - d Rke Co - inf Thomas Bittl e, son
1202. Lydia C Thrasher - d 20 Oct 1876 - cd not known - 57 yrs - P
Stephen &amp; Lydia Thrasher - not married - d Rke Co
120J. not named Short - male - d 11 June 1876 -cd not known - 4 da p Samuel &amp; Sarah Short - d Rke Co
1204. Curran Cocke - d 1 June 1876 -cd not kr..own - 4 mos - p Charles &amp;
Ellen Cocke - d Rke Co
1877
1205 . Robert T Arthur - d 1 Aug 1877 - cd not known - 18 mos - P William R &amp; Fanny Arthur - d Rke Co
12060 Rebecca Eakin - d 8 Feb 1877 - cd consumption - 70 yrs - P William &amp; Mary Eaken - husband M B Sessler - d Rke Co
l207Walter Davis - d 10 Oct 1877 - cd not known - 5 yrs - p James &amp;
Pamelia Davis - d Rke Co
1208. Lucy J Brand - d not given - cd not known - 64 yrs - P not known
- husband David .Vi Brand - d Rke Co
1209. Rhoda Akers - d 18 Feb 1877 - cd heart disease - 54 yrs - P
Daniel &amp; Elizabeth Akers - husband John Hale - d Rke Co - inf
George M Metts , friend
121C . Callie i\ Hurray - d 30 May 1877 - cd brain fever - 10 mos - P
B W &amp; Sarah Murray - d Rlce Co
1211. Mary F Johns - d 29 Apr 1877 - cd not known - 39 yr - P Isaas- &amp;
Mar y Williams - husband G D Johns - d Rke Co
1212. Calpernia Johns - 22 Sept 1877 d - cd consumption - 17 yrs - p
G D &amp; Hary Johns - d Rke Co
1213. Mary S Eller - d 5 Mar 1877 - cd dyptheria - 18 yrs - p John W &amp;
Hannah C Eller - not married - d Rke Co
1214 . John B I Logan - d 10 Dec 1877 - cd not known - 67 yrs - p Robert
&amp; Margaret Logan - wife Eliza Logan - o lawyer - b Botetourt Co,
Va - d Rke Co, Va
1215. Ellen L Logan - d 10 Apr 1877 - cd consumption - 17 yrs - p James
&amp; Saran Logan - d Rke Co
1216 . Lucy E Stiff - d 22 Nov 1877 - cd not known - 2 yrs - p S B &amp;
Mary - b Bedford Co, Va - d Rke Co
P 206. Laura E Light = d 1 Sept 1877
cd dytheria
10 mos
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Canady &amp; M E Lig ht = d Floyd Co, Va.

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1217. Thomas N Pollard - d 21 June 1 8 7 7 - cd not kn o "WI1 - 1 6 yrs - P
Henry &amp; Elizabeth Pollard - d Rke Co
12lti. W F Persinger - d 1 Aug 18 77 - c d n ot kr_o;.m - 1 yr - p S G &amp; J
S Persinger.
1219. Elizabeth Morgan - d 1 Nov 1 8 77 - cd n ot kn ovm - 60 yrs - P
John &amp; Elizabeth Morgan - n ot married - b Bedfor d Co, Va - dRke
Co - inf C S Logan, brother
1220. Maggie Kelling - d 20 Nov 187 7 - cd dys peps ia - 2 8 yr - P not
known - husband Al bert Kellin g - b Bot e tou rt Co , Va - d Rke Co
- inf Dr Hart, physician
1221. Elizabeth Howell - d 24 Jan 1 8 77 - cd n ot lm own - 8 3 yrs -: P
David &amp; Mary Beckner - husb and David Howe l l - d Rke Co - inf
William Howell, son
1222. not named Gunard - male - d 1 Oct 1 8 77 -cd not know - 3 da - P
W S &amp; Sarah Gunard - d Rke Co
1223. Samuel C White - d 13 Apr 1 8 77 - cd brain fever - 2 yrs - P
Samue 1 &amp; Jennie vJhi te - d Rke Co
1224. Cyntha Purseley - d 15 Apr 1 87 7 - cd n ot lmovm - 70 yr - P Abner
&amp; Hary Stultz - husband Anderson Purseley - d Rke Co
1225. Mary I Jones - d 21 Au g 1877 _ cd fever _ 2~ yrs - p Allen &amp;
Annie H Jones - d Rke Co
1226. Sarah A Jenkins - d 8 July 1 8 77 - cd cot'lsumption - LB yr - P ~~1;1
&amp; 'Mary Dillon - c not known _ b Franklin Co Va - d Rke Co R H Harris, son
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1227 . Puripha B Hartman - d 25 Dec 1877 _ cd liver disease - 60 yr p ~ .... sti...11 &amp;_ !"aru_1y i'1 oble - husband George Hartman - d Rke Co
1228. Elizabeth Harris - d 19 Nov 1877 _ cd old age _ 78 yrs - P not
known - not married - d rke Co
1229. Leona Goodwin - d 1 July 1 8 77 - cd not knov.m _ 6J yrs - P O
husband Joseph Goodwin - b Shenandoah Co Va _ ct Rke Co
1230. Wade A Frantz - d 21 July 1877 _ cd chol~ra infantum - 9 da - P
11 P &amp; Virginia B Frantz - d Rke Co
1231. Jorn: Dooley - d 1 Nov 1877 - cd not lmown - 70 yr - p not knovm
- wife Isabel Dooley - o farmer - inf .William
- d Rke Co
1232. Carrie C Coffman - d 1 June 1877 _ ed. not lmown _ 3 &lt;la - P David
1"1 &amp; Carrie C Coffman - d Rke Co
1233 . Lula A Brovm - d 5 Sept 1877 - cd pneumonia _ 38 yr 3 da 1234. J arnes A Thanas - d 20 l·Iar 1 8 77 - cd con a-est lun gs - 3 da - P 0
1235 . Delilah Jarnes - d 12 Feb 1877 - cd canc: r _ • 7 5 yr - p 0 - b 0 husband O - d Rke Co
1236. Carrie C Coffman - d 2 Jan 1877 - c d no t lmovm
· - 40 yr - .
.
1237. William Helms - d 19 Nov 1877 - cd not knovm _ 8 da - P 11
~ i 11 iam
&amp; J oanah He ]JTls
1238. Catharine C Terry ~ d 1 Aug 1877 _ ed. pneumonia-4 mos - P J C &amp;
Elizabeth Te rry - d Rke Co
1239. Birchie N Hensley - d 9 Dec 1877 _ cd not known _ 7 da - P James
&amp; Slizabeth Hensley - d Rke Co
12400 Julia Webster - d 13 June 1 877 _ cd not kn m _ 73 yrs - P David
&amp; Catharine r.i:artin - husband Henry Webste r o: d Rke Co - inf John
Grubb, friend
.J...lJ.

�27

12!~1 . Annie

1242 .
1243 .
1244.
1245.
1246 .

C Luc k - d 14 June 1877 - cd brain fever - 8 da - p Ge orge

S &amp; ~·!ar .i..c1 L Luck - d Rke Co
1
S t1 Jeter - male - ci 10 Oct

1877 - cd poison - 54 yr - p Ira &amp;
Sarah Jeter - not :'larried - o druggist - d Rke Co - inf John W
J uhns on , friend
James L Shanks - d 6 Nov 1877 - cd killed by rail road t r ain 36 yr - p Ge or ge &amp; Lucy Shanks - wife .Martha E Shanks - o farme r
- d Rke Co
Nora Barnett - d 16 Sept 1877 - cd not lmovm - 6 da - p r,vi ll iam
&amp; J eanie Darnett - d Rke Co
SlJnore Brubaker - d 10 Dec 1877 - cd not known - p J C &amp; Mary
Brubaker - d Rke Co
Hu gh J 'M cCauley - d Sept 1877 - cd cholera infantum - 9 mos - P
'tJilliam &amp; t·1 J i·icC:iule y - d Rke Co
1879

1247 • not named Fe rguson - male - d 17 June 1879 - cd not lmm·m - 9 da
- p S K &amp; Martha Ferguson

1248 . Samuel Ho.fau ger - d 10 :J ov 1879 - cd old age - 71 yr - p Nichael
&amp; Elizabeth Hofaugz:r- - wife Elizabeth Hofauger -

1249 .

1250 .
1251 .
1252.
1253 .
1254 .
1255 .

1256 .
1 257.

1258 .
1259 .
1260 .

o farmer - b
Botetourt Co, Va - d Rke Co
l.evi Harris - d 10 1·;ay 1879 - cd whooping cou gh - 5 yr - P John
L &amp; Sarah Harris
Caleb Huffrr.an - d 10 ?·iay 1879 - ed. consumption - 41 yr - P
Thomas &amp; Rachiel Huggman - o farmer - b Craig Co Va - wife
Elizabeth Huffman - d Rke Co
Louis Kirkwood - male - d 1 Jan 18 79 - cd not lmo-vm - 3 da - P
Lewis &amp; Jane Kirkwood
Linda Hurt - d l Aor 1879 - cd not lmown - 21 yr - p William G
&amp; Ella C Hurt - not married
l'1ary B Fleming - d 19 riay 1879 - cd not knmm - 21 yrs - P
Elizabeth
- husband George ~v Flemin g - b Lynchburg, Va
- d Rke Co
not named Wygal (no sex given) - d 8 Aug 1879 - cd not lmown l da - p Adelia &amp; J P Wygal
H 0 Trout - d l July 1879 - cd choloria infantum - 17 mos 5 da
- p Joseph N &amp; Eliza Trout
not n~~ed Robeson - female - d 19 Mar 1879 - 3 da - P Samuel &amp;
E~zabeth Robe s on
Iucy C T r out - d 13 Nov 1879 - cd fever - 16 yr - p John E &amp;
Julia Trout
C Roy?;Ray Turne r - d 1 Feb 1879 - cd whooping cough - 3 yr - P
C M &amp; Julia Turne r
Sal lie J Mor gan - d 2 Oct 1879 - cd consumption - 26 yrs - P
Thomas &amp; Martha Norgan - not married - b Brunswick Co, Va - d
Rke Co
J ames G McC onkey - d 13 Hay 1879 - cd not lmown - 54 yr - P
J ames &amp; Mary Mcconkey - wife Mary 11cConkey - o farmer - b
Montgomery Co, Va - d Rke Co

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VIRGIN I A APPAL A CHI A N

NOTES

1261 . Laura A Gordon - d 11 July 1879 - cd con ge stion of the b r a in 20 yr - p John 1:1 &amp; Ann Gordon - not marri e d
1262. David 11 Brand - d 11 Dec 1879 - cd old age - 8 0 yr - p David &amp;
Martha Brand - ·wife Lu cy J Br and - o f arrner - b Au gus ta Co, Va d Rke Co
1263. Bernard A Agee - d 5 Au g 18 79 - cd not kn ovm - 9 da - p Am os A
&amp; Isabella Agee
1264. James C Iedbetter - d 10 Dec 1 879 - cd not k n own - 6 4 yr - p
Jeremiah &amp; Jane - not marri~d - o carpente r _ i nf Sa.'"7lu e l Crawford
friend
1265. Griffin F Ledbetter - d 6 Nov 18 79 - cd he art dis e as e - 58 yrs p Jeremiah &amp; J ane Ledbetter - not iilarrie d _ o fa r~ne r - :L.'1f
Sd.ffiue l Crawford, fri·:md
1266 . Catharine King - d 12 July 1379 - cd old a ae _ 91 yr - p Andrew
&amp; Eary lewis - husband Jos eph Kin g - inf J;se ph Kin g , son
1267. Minnie L Kittin ger - d 12 J u l y 18 79 _ cd not lmoi.·m - 5 mos - p
Daniel &amp; EnLrna Kittinger
1268. John W Loone y - d 1 Fe b 1679 - cd n ot k:novm _ 12 da - p James &amp;
Margaret Loone y
1269. Tazewell P:;rsin ger - d 1 Nov 18 79 - pn eumonia _ 13 r.ios - P John
&amp; Louisa ?ersinger
1270. Jacob Persinger - d 4 Mov 18 79 - cd pneumonia
oJ yr - p John &amp;
Margaret P8rsi:.'lger - wife ~1.ary Persinger _ 0 farmer - b Botetourt
Co, Va - d Rke Co
1271. Lilly Shartzer - d 8 :-iar 1879 - cd not known - 13 yrs - P
Patte!'son H &amp;: ?ranees Shart·z .er
1272. Alonza D Zirkle - d 10 J u l y 1 379 - cd not knm·m - l.5 mos - P John
&amp; r1ary Zirkle
1273. Hary Hedley - d 25 i1iov 18'(9 - 70 yr _ p Jar:les 8::. Susan Hedley????
- b Bedford Co, Va - inf John &gt;iedley, son
1274. Palm'3r 0 Harris - d 10 Dec 1879 _ cd fever _ 28 yr - p Robert H
&amp; Polly Harris - wife n ot given _ 0 far:ner _ b Botetourt Co, Va
- d Rke Co
1275 • Cary Campbell - d Aug 1879 - cd not known-5 mos - p James &amp; Eliza
Campbell
· T F·is hb urne - d Aug 18 79 - cd bra.i..'1. fever - 10 mos - P
1276 • F anni.e
Reuoen J &amp; Em.ma Fishburne
127'(. Philip Loyd - d 6 Feb 1879 - cd croup _ 13 mos - p James &amp;
Virgi..-iia Loyd
1278. Susan Thrasher - d 15 Mar 1879
d
60 yr - p Stephen
- c n_:&gt;t known --:
l :.'·1 Thrasher
&amp; Lydia Wood - b Franklin Co, Va
- d ttke Co - 1nf pau
son
1880
d 12 Sept 1880 _ cd child birth - 22 yrs p Charles &amp; Julia Lunsford - husband
D S Kefauver
p J c &amp;
Delia l'ioomaw - d 1 Dec 1880 - cd not known - l rno i'1 attie i-foo maw

12790 Sallie B Kefauver
1280

0

~

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I

I

l 28l. Ida M Bye rs - d 28 Sept 1880 - cd n ot lmown - 7 mos - p James
A L Janet Bye rs
l.282 . B P J ohnston - d 9 Oct 1880 - cd not knoi-m - 5 yr - p Al e x &amp;
Mary Johns t on
l 283. Nannie B Arthur - d 5 Apr 1880 - cd flux - 2 yr - p James &amp;
Sarah Arthur
1 284 . Louis Kirkwood - male - 1 Har 1880 d - cd not lmown - 2 mos - p
Lewis. H &amp; J ane Kirln-10od
l 285 - Freddie A Page - d 1 June 1880 - cd c onsumption - 19 yrs - p R W
&amp; M A Page - o clerk
1286 . Frederick Spence - d Jan l tS80 - cd old age - p not lm01-m - 60 yr
- o hatter - inf M A Huff, friend
1287. Albert S We lls - d Aay 1880 - cd not knovm - 5 mos - p E M &amp;
Clarence B Wells
l288 . Virginia C Stevens - d 15 Apr 1880 - cd consumption - 34 yrs p T
.·Jil.liam &amp; Ann Oakey - nnsband C J Stevens - b Lynchburg, Va
d Rke Co
l 289 • Jac ob C Miller - d 9 Sept 1880 - cd not lmown - 62 yrs - P
i1..1..chae l &amp; Elizabeth l·Iille r - former wife Jennie Mille r - o
f arrne r
l29Q. Elijah H Folks - d 6 Se pt 1880 - d paralysis - 64 yr - p n ot known
- wii'e Panthia A Folks - o cabinet maker - b Henrico Co, Va - d
Rke Co
1 291 . W H David - d 29 Dec 1880 - cd n ot lm own - 85 yr - p not lmown
wife Agne s S David - b ~·lontgome ry Co, Va - d Rke Co
1 292 . Mary J Davis - d 10 Dec 1880 - cd can cer - SJ yr - p not lmown
husband S S Davis
1 293. Mary Bradley - d 8 ~far 1880 - cd old a ge - 89 yr - p John &amp;
Susan Kelly - husband D Bradley - b Botetourt Co, Va - d Rke
Co - inf J H i"Iinnick - s ::m in l aw
1 294 . Sar ah S Goff - cl. 1 Oct 18 80 - cd not known - 37 yr - p Henry &amp;
Polly King - husband George Goff - b Montgomery Co, Va - d Rke Co
1 295 . J H Frantz - d no dat e given - cd not known - l mo - P M P &amp; V
B F'rantz
1 296. John S Deaton - d 22 May 1880 - cd not known - 16 yrs - P J '!!_
&amp; Nary Deaton 1 297. J M Simps on - d 1 Aug 1880 - cd not lmown - 15 mos - p J M &amp;
Mary Simps on
1 298 o Ad o lphus Shartze r - d 18!-Iar 1880 - cd brain fevar - 9 mos - p
Patte rson &amp;: Frances Shartzer
l 299 . Mol lie S Shartzer - d 19 Aug 1880 - cd consumption - 19 yrs p Patterson &amp; Frances Shartzer
1 300 . Mary Reynol ds - d Har 1880 cd not known - 84 yr - p George &amp; Eva
Bdker - husband John Reynolds
lJOl.
J King - d 1 2 July 1880 - cd not lmown - So yrs - p Joseph &amp;
Cat heri ne Kine ? ?? ? - husband J King - b Montgomery Co, Va - d
Rke Co
1302 . Wi lliam Reese - d 23 Juzy 1880 - cd not lmo1m - 16 yrs - p George
&amp; Jltl ary Reese
130). De l la R Grice - d 1 7 Jan 1880 - cd not lmown - 15 yr - p S &amp;
Sarah E Grice

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29

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30

1304. Maggie Ferguson - d 9 July 1880 - cd scarlet fevgr - 3 yr - P
W G &amp; Lucy J Ferguson

1305. Ollie J Deyerle - d 6 Nov 1880 - cd child birth - 28 yrs - P
Jahn B &amp; 11'..enrietta De ye rle ???? - husband J D Deye rle

1306. Nancy A Cunninghar:1 - d June 1880 - cd conswnp t.ion - 24 yrs p S &amp; Margaret Cunningham - not marri ed
F S Boon - d June 1880 - cd n ot kn own - 2 yr - p

0 D &amp; Anni e
D Boon
1308. David Myers - d 1'"'e b 1880 - cd not kn own 85 yr - p John &amp;
Catharine Myers - wife :Mary Myers - o f a rme r
1309. Mollie F Muse - d 22 Dec 1880 _ cd consumpt ion - 21 yrs - P
W H &amp; Sarah Muse - not marrie d
1310. P ~ Loyd - d 1 Feb 1880 - cd not kn ovm - 14 mo s - P J 4'_, &amp;
Virginia Loyd
1311. Allen V Jones - d l Feb 1880 _ cd b rain fever - 2 yrs 2 mos 2 4
da - p John &amp; 1fargie Jone s - b Fincastle - d Rke Co
J p &amp;
1312. Rosa P Baldwin - d 2 Feb 1880 - cd not known - 19 yr - P
Sallie Baldwin

1307.

1881
.
.
- 24
Joh.~ston - d
0 - cd lllflamation
of th e bowels
C
yr - p 0 - husba.rid John F Johnston - b Salem - d Rk~ ~ ~el
William G Thomaston - cd not kn ovm - 1 da _ p C C &amp; rv- a
Thomaston
_ p William
Hes t er -li' Kess 1er - d
0 - cd con,sumption - 47 yrs
erst Co,
&amp; Susan Haislip - husband Jarnes ?;Joseph l\essler - b Amh
Va - d Rke Co
Will~am ~rt:tn - cd Typhoid fever_ 66 yrs _ p Co~rkadc~
r-1art:i..n - WJ..~e dargaret Martin - 0 Miller - b FrederJ.C
'
d Rke Co - lllf J W Martin son
Margaret C Bear - cd not known - 53 yr - p David C &amp; Re~ecca
Spingle? - husband Charles J Bear _ b Maryland _ d Rke 0
not named Otens - cd not lmown _ 20 da
I{ B &amp; Martha Owei:s
· t on B Ke•yt on - cd not known _ l yr
· -_ P William E &amp; Pauline
Clin
Keyton
P
Louisa Huddleston - cd consumption _ p David &amp; Catharine Trout husband R Huddleston - b Bedf.'ord Co Va _ b Rke Co vfolfenden _
E P Wolfenden - cd not known - 6 mo~ _ p T c &amp; Ma?'Y
B &amp; D Salem, Va
Mary Kefauver - ed. not lmown - 78 yr
p Fred &amp; pollY r-1_ __
husband David Kefauver - b &amp; D Botet - t C
v
.
o'
a
Mary J Crickenberger
- cd dropsy _"' 5Sour
PhiliP
&amp; 14'11'
Q
en R
- b Rocking.ham Co, Va _ d Rke
LeroY Crickenberger
""'b_o_r_a--=E~l.liott - cd not lmown _
Carroll
22 yrs - p Thomas &amp; Hannah
.
.
.
C0
- uusband William Elliott - b Bedford Co Va _ d Rke
Isabella Elliott - cd not known _ 18 d
'
William &amp; Dorah
Elliott
a - P
Ollie F Hale - cd not known _ 48 yr _ p Beryard &amp; pollY Stanley
- husband 0 Hale - b Halifax Co, Va _ d Rke co.

1313. Isabella
1314.
1315.
1316.
1317.
1318.
1319.

13200
1330.

1331.

1332 .
1333.

13340
1335.

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�31

1336. Cordelia R Oden - cd not lmown - 13 yr - p F M &amp;

- b
Rke Co
133'(. Julia R Roarer - cd not lmown - p P H &amp; Na.'l!lie Rorer - 3 yr b Gi les Co, Va - d Rke Co
1338. Harry Simmons - cd not lmown - 9 mos - p E R &amp; Margaret Simmons
1339. Michae 1 W Whaling - cd drowned - 18 yrs - p Dennis &amp; Margaret
Whalin g - o brick mason - d Salem, Va
1340. Edwin. C Brown - cd not known - 1 mo - p Joshua R C &amp; Alice
Brown - b &amp; d Salem, Va
1341 . Rosa A Benning - cd not known - 2 mos - p A H D &amp; Rosa S
Benning .
1342. not named Mor gan - twins male &amp; female - cd not known - 7 mos p W A &amp; Nannie Morgan
1343. Bettie Hurt - cd not known - 1 mo - p W H &amp; Ella C Hurt - b
&amp; d Salem, Va
13440 Zulenia Conne 11 - female - cd not known - 5 mo - p J A &amp;
Sarilla Connell
1345. Dorah Elliott. - cd not lmown - 22 yr - p T D &amp; Hannah Carroll b Bedford Co, Va - d Rke Co
1346 .. Gabriella Elliott - fe male - cd not known E3edf ord Co

,--va:-- d

1.347. N J Garst = cd not known = 1 mo = p N P &amp; Carrie R Garst= yr 1881
1348. Eugene S Garst = cd not known = 1 mo = p N P &amp; Carrie R Garst

= yr

1881

1349. not naJlled Anderson

=

=

cd not known
1 mo = p H C &amp; Malinda
Anderson =yr 1381
1350. C R Campbell cd diabetes 72 yrs = p John &amp; Rebecca Campbell
= wife Lucy Campbell = o minister = 1881
1351. Leonard Doyle = cd not known
64 yrs = p William &amp; Margaret
Doyle = wife Catharine Doyle = o fartier = b Bedford Co, Va =
d Rke Co
1881
1352. Sallie C Goodwin = cd not lmown 24 yr = p William &amp; Alice
Crump
husband R A Goodwin
b Albemarle Co, Va
d Rke Co= 1881
1353. M S Parrish cd cholera infantun = 18 mos p G Y &amp; Sallie E
Parrish
1881
1354. Robert Mitchell = killed by Railroad train 55 yrs p George &amp;
Judith Mitchel l = o supervisor on railroad = wife Virginia
Mitchell = b Nelson Co, Va = d Rke Co

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

=

(This is the end of the Death Book of Roanoke Co., Va, that is in the
court house at Salem, Virginia. )
===~=============-====~==========-==========================================

Received a newspaper clipping from one of our members - Dorothy P. Munson ,
who writes the column ODIE 'n ENIS in the Charlotte Sun. Oh, how, I could
put you to work.
Dorothy, how about moving up here? Also the paper has
a genealogical column which offers free queries up to 50 words, with no
limit as to number. The paper is a weekly and the residents &amp; 'snowbirds '
came from all the country. Here is the address is you want to send a
query - - ROO'IS by Roxanne , % The Charlotte Sun, 157-A S. Tamiami Drive ,
Port Charlotte, Fla . 33952.

�VlRGINfA

32

APP A L AC l-11 1\r'-J NOTES

TREASURE UP THE MEMORY
By James Frederick O' Nan

*

"Those who do not treasure up the memory of their ancestors
do not deserve to be remembered by posterity."
Edmund Burke
The family O'Nan had its beginning in France. The earli est extant
record of the name in this country is contained in a list of French
(Huguenots) arriving in King William's Town, Virginia, aboard the Peter
and Anthony out of London, England in 1700. From the Virginia Historical
Society Collections, Vol. 5, New Series, pages 24 and 27, "is set down
the name of JEAN ONAN, his wife and one child."
In Peyton Neal Clarke's book Old King William Homes and Families,
there is a biography of one John Onan. The author noted that THIS John
Onan "no doubt descended from the French refugee Jean Onan." These Onans
moved into Woodford and Union County, Kentucky, where the descendants are
now living and spelling the name O'Nan.
Many of the
of The American
register of the
the year 1743",

O'Nans are predominantly Roman Catholic. Listed in Vol . II
Catholic Historical Society is the oldest Catholic Church
original thirteen English Colonies. Under "Baptisms for
one finds this entry:

"Onan, Mary of Denis and Rebecca Onan, baptized December 28th
in parent's house; sponsor, Ann Blainy."
One Dennie Onan signed in 1776 the Dissenter's Petition (Virginia
Historical Magazine - Virginia Legislative Papers PP· 265- 267) • "Whatever
his religious affiliation, every member of the fa~ily can take pride in the
fact that one of his ancestors struck a blow for religious freedom."
Denis Onan, born about 1720, married about 17 40. He was living in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1743, where his daughter Mary was born.
There were three sons, Dennis b. 1748, William b. l753, and James b . 1755 .
(There may have been a daughter, Rebecca, named for her mother, b. 1750).
The family moved back to Virginia and were well established by the year 1776,
for that was the year Deni s Onan, at the age of 55 _ 5 6 signed the Dissenter ' s
Petition. The sons. Dennis, Wil l iam a nd J ames
d th~ir descendants are
chronicled in this book.
an
Dennis O:' nan settled permanently in She l by County, Kentucky· :he name
of his wife is unknown. They were the parents of at least one child, John,
born in Virginia in 1773 .
William O'nan married Mary Ann Carrico b 1757 daughter of Abel and
Elizabeth Sinu:is Carrico. Mary Ann was born
Cha~les county, Maryland ~nd
later moved with her parents to Fairfax Cou t
v·rginia· Mary Ann Carrico
O'Nan's brothers and sisters were William, ~b~i, ~r., Nancy, Simeon, Sally,

ln

�JJ

;YIRC I N /A APPAL ACH IAN NOTES.

of these eight children were born in Virginia).
eph. (Six C
d
J
P
t
e
er
an
°
s
· · · . Ma ry Ann ' s f a ther, Abe 1 Carrico,
·
Th
ttl d in Grayson oun t Y, Virgim.a
Sey ~7 d ebout 1790 while visiting his son William at Galax, Virginia in
G~~~so~e Co~nty. Will_iam and Mary Ann Carrico O'Nan are buried in Henry
County, Kentucky in unmarked graves.
James O' Nan married Elizabeth Lincoln of Virginia . Their son John
was born in 1790 in Virginia, and emigrated with his parents at an early
age to Kentucky; married in Shelby C?unty, ~entucky, ~ugust 2, 1813
Rebecca Carrico, the daughter of Basil Carrico, a native of Maryland and
a recognized Revolutionary War Patriot . Basil was the son of Peter
Carrico and Margaret Gates .
One allied family of the O' Nans was the Robert Looney, Sr., family,
who settled in Botetourt County about 1742, southwest of the James River
and west of the Blue Ridge at the mouth of a creek near Buchanan, Virginia ,
now called Looney ' s Mill Creek.
The book has genealogical notes on the following allied families :
Bowles, Carrico, Cook, Hanley, Lincoln, Looney (Luna), Martin , Mellody ,
Merryman, Molohon, Monohan , Potts, Robinett and others .
It is we ll indexed, documented , and has 149 pages . The book represents
fifteen ( 15) years of research by the author . A copy of the book has bee n
given to The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society and placed in the
Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library .
A copy of the book may be purchased from James Frederick O'Nan,
3890 Isabella Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209. The price is $12.50.

BOTETOURT COUNTY, VA ,
Its Men , 1770- 1777
$ 6. oo
1785 Enumerati on
6. oo
Its Men, 1780-1786
6.oo
1820 Census , Alphabetized 6 .00
1850 Census &amp; Index
12.50
Earl y Settlers
25 . 00
(see p 111 , Aug '79 issue for
review of above book)
MON'IGOMERY CO. , VA .
1850 Census &amp; Index
$10.00
a ll prices include Va. tax.
Charles T. Burton, Genealogist
Rt. 2 , Box 191
Troutville, Va . 24175

R. BOULTON DICKENSON
Genealogy Researcher

128 Central Avenue
Staten Island , N. Y. 10301
Research
Metropolitan N. Y. - N. J,
Res~arch Federal

&amp;State

Censuses

Birth - Dea t h - Ma rriage Records
Proba t es in County Records
Deeds
City Direct ories
( Newark , Elizabeth.
Brooklyn, etal.)

�34

.YIRGIN IA APPA LACHI AN NOTES

1850 CENSUS: ANNOTATED

Carroll County, Virginia
Compiled by
John P. Alderman

*

The 1850 Census of Carroll County is reproduced verbatim with
each of the nine hundred and ninety-six (996) families listed with
the same numbers as used on the microfilm. The head of the household and a ll fami l y members are listed with their ages. The value
of the real estate is given.
The compiler has made this census record more valuable with his
extra research in the clerk's offices in Hillsville and Independence ,
using marriage records, death records and order books. Cemeteries
have been visited to find some death records .
The annotations after each fami ly give marriages , names of parents, places lived and other genealogical data if known.
The book is paper bound , has 134 pages and a complete index .
A gift copy from Mr . Alderman to the Southwestern Virginia Genealogi cal Society has been placed in the Vlrginia Room of the Roanoke City
Public Library.
A copy of the book may be ordered at a price of $11 . 00 from
24343.

Mr. John P. Alderman, P. O. Box 647, Hillsville , Virginia

====================================~======================================

The ARK-LA-1EX GENEALCCICAL ASSOCIATION , INC . is sponsoring The Jrd Annual
Genealogical Congress on Tuesday, 10 June 1980 thru Saturday, 14th June
1980 at Centenary College, Centenary St. &amp; Kings Hwy, Shreveport, La.
Sounds interesting - featuring over 35 genealogists , historians &amp; Historical demographers . For prices , rooms, etc , write to Veda Thornhill ,
President &amp; Congress Coordinator, PO Box 4462, Shrev.eport, Ia 71104,
phone 1-319- 222- 5570,

*

�35

QUERIES
Patty Streeter, Rt. 1 Grantville KS 66429
Trying to locate deenendants of Betty BLACK married nameunknown. Father was William (Billy) BLACK. Last known to be
in Roanoke area.
Bruce Anderson Jr.
10 W. Lexin ton St. W theville VA 24 82
Searching for information on Mary WENTWORTH (ca 1 70-1733
from England who m.
DONOHOO in VA. Daughter Elizabeth
m. John PLEDGE in Bruton Parish Church.
Mrs.
Chestnut
Middle ort OH 4 60
Need information on George INGELS INGLES m Mary RAMEY ca 1790
They move d with 9 children1 Joseph, Elinor, Olive, James, George, Anson, Sarah, Polly, and Jesse Thomas(b. 1811 Uniontown
PA d. 1896 Gallipolis OHJ from Pa to Me igs Co OH ca 1815.
Mrs . Lee Stewart, 1010 W. Lyman Rd. Topeka KS 66608
Parents of George Walter WARD were Dan WARD and Margaret WAMPLEY. George b. 11 Aug 1899 or 1900 Bristol VA. Br~thers and sisters were: John Clayton (d. 1961 Wichita KS) Lee, Fletcher ,
Fie l don, Evis, Rosa , Betty, and Charles. Need info on either
family. Would like to correspond with descendants .
Ms . Caroline Israel
201 Hollis- Missoula MT
801
Seeking parents of John David TURNER b. 17 July 1 77 Roanoke
VA and wife Mary Frances(Fannie) HARTMAN b. 1878 Roanoke. They
migrated to Billings MT. ca 1900.
Genevieve Be l l Ivlc Daniel, Rt. 2 Box 22, Hurricane, WV 25526
Need parents . of Peter H. BELL m. 24 Feb 1852 in Franklin Co
.VA to Ella CASSELL. They moved to Putnam Co WV Their Children
are: Rosie, Lilly, Delia, Walter, Media (living in 1940's at
Shawsville, VA) Oscar Fitzallen, Iola , Emilus. Valeria, and Henry.
Chester A. Peters, 1522 Merion Way, 33 B, Seal Beach, CA,
Need data on the marriages of Michael PETERS to Hannah
ca 1780 Botetourt Co VA and second marriage to Elizabeth widow
of Daniel DOLLMAN ca 1820 also Botetourt Co. Michael and Hannah had childrens Jacob, Michael, Hannah (Polly) Jonathan, and
Daniel. Would appreciate help with the Peters tribe.
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Mrs. Darrell Wilson, 2500 Wisconsin St SW Cedar Rapids Iowa 52404
Need ancestors of Tobias BARNETT b . 1792 Hampshire Co WV.
Served War of 1812 £rom Ohio m. Sarah MOORE 1816 Highland Co
OH. d. 1871 Keokuk Co Iowa.
Mrs. Curtis Long, 1789 Sullivant Ave. Columbus OH 43223
Searching for parents, brothers, sisters of Josiah KENNON b 4
Nov 1817 Rocky Mount VA. Married Mary Jane BROWN b. 1.5 Oct 183:3
Martinsville VA . Had nine children b. near Martinsville. Moved
to Ohio after 1874. He was a shoemaker.

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John E. Burrows III 2 731 Estates Rd . SE Roanoke VA 24014
Need siblings, parents , ancestors of John E . BA ILEY b. ca 1824
Ohio and wife Rebecca Ann WILEY b. ca 1827 PA. m. 4 Jan 1846
Pickaway Co OH. Children Worth b. ca 1849, Enos b. ca 1 850.
Listed on 1850 Census as John J.
Carol L. Gellert, 155 Woods Way, Pasadena f,1D 2 1122
Would like to exchange info on HEDGE family found Botet ourt and
Montgomery Co early 1800's. William HEDGE m. Lucy GODBEY daughter of William GODBEY March 1804 . Was Amanda Jane WILSON daughter of Green WILSON? Amanda b. 1835 Pu lask i Co and m. Andrew Jackson SIMPKINS.
Willadean H. Jennings, Rt 1 Box 413 , Wood l awn VA 2 4381
John Bryand FRANKLIN Sr. m. 1792 Margaret NEWlV'LA.N daughter of
Conrad and Anna NEWMAN Bedford Co VA All four to Grayson Co
VA by 1806. Were John and Edmond of Bedford Co brothers?Who
were parents? Relationship of Conrad and Nimrod NEWMAN Sr. of
Bedford Co?
Vivian S, Bandy, 49 San Miguel Ave, San Mate o CA 94403
Wish info on John FORD b. 18 Jan 1784 Hanove r Co VA, wife
Frances b. 11 Nov 1780. He d. 13 March 1838 she d. 21 Jan 1853
both Barren Co KY/Also Thomas WALTHALL b. 26 Sept 1794 VA
(poss. Amelia Co). Wife Martha ~"ln
b. 21 June 1803. She
d. 1869, he 1872 KY .
Rose B. Anderson, 95 NW Seenic Dr., Albany OR 97321
Hiran Ha~ilton LEWIS b. 26 Jan 1802 Gallitan Co KY m. Emilie
HARMON 24 June 1820 Shelby Co IN. Childrena Zerelda (b. 1822)
Evermond, Willis , Polly Jane , William, John . Legend says Hiram was related to LEWIS family in VA? Need ancestry of Hiram
and Emilie.
Mrs J. D. DICKERSON, 59 Graham Rd. PO Box 935 Huntsville TX
2Z34v. CORRECTION My query on page 32 of last VAN should reads
Charles DICKENSONb. ca 1831 VA m. Sally GRAYb. 5 Jan 1836, d.
3 May 1925 Calif. daughter of William D and Hannah Poston GRAY
(not DICKENSONJ. Wil l exchange and refund postage.
that --ed. )

(Sorry about

Dorothy P . MUNSON, 850 Aaron St., Apt B-103, Port Charlotte , Fla 33952.
I 'd give my eye teeth to find the parents of my David HARRIS
bo 1798 Scott Co VA. Parent s were from PA.
Mr.F . L.McCulloch, 72 Burdette Addn . Pt. Pleasant WV 25550
Need parents of Thomas KINCAID b. 1777 m. Nancy LOCKRIDGE of Augusta Co.
Nancy b. 1781 daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth LOCKRIDGE. Need place of
birth and place and date ofi marriage of Nancy and Thomas .
Michael A. Ports, 1014 Cedar Ridge , Annapolis MD 21403
Wish to correspond with researchers of following:John STINSON d . ca 1820
Russell Co and wife Jane STEWART had children: Martha m/Enoch HORTON;Rob(1 785-1862) m. Amy KELLY ; John (1790-1851); Samuel d.ca 1865;William(l7951857);Alexander;Polly m. John BAILEY; Jame m/ Wm . DRAKE ; and James . Ans . all.

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Mrs . Linvil G. RICH , Box 1185, Clemson , S. C. 29631.
Desire name of wife of Hezekiah SUNNER md about 1775, lived Floyd Co , Va.
Desire name of parents of Amos A. GRAHAM, b 20 Feb . 1825 , d 11 Feb 1904
Floyd Co , Va, md 7 Nov . 1848 Floyd Co, Va, Pennelia RICHARDS.
Mrs W. M. PETERSEN, 724 Grace Ave ., Charleston , WV 25302

Need p and any info prior to 10 Sept 1827 on Ansel (Ancil) MASSEY (MASSIE)
when he md in Patrick Co , Va to Elizabeth M. VIA , dau of William D Via
and "Sallie" Elizabeth INGRAM ; also p of William D. Via and maiden name
of Martha
, mother of Sallie Ingram, who md James Ingram. Ch of
Ansel and Elizabeth are Thomas J. , Frances, Onez , Mary, John A., Martha,
Jane, Sarah A. , and possibly James W. Ansel d ca 1850-1860.
(NOTE: Write to Mr. Harold H Via; 6674 - 17th Way North; St. Petersburg,
Fla 33702 = He is writing a book on the Via family and has his own computer
for the material he has on the Via family. Send your data to him and he
probably has your answer).
J. William AUSTIN II, 15A Franklin Road, Roanoke , Va 24011.
Need the first marriage of (Capt . ) William ASTON (AUSTIN), b ca 1725, in
Chester Co, Pa , the son of George ASTON Jr . &amp; Esther THOMAS, d 1787 in
Botetourt Co.; md (2) Margaret COMPTON, widow on 16 July 1770.
Mrs . Patricia R . Soard , 34883 Doheny Place , Capistrano Beach, CAL 92624
Mary Ann DUNCAN, b 16 Jun 1816, Giles Co , Va, md 19 Jan 1842 Giles Co to
Alexander Lugar.
Need her parents names . Was her f John Duncan? Cath'e
FISHER md 17 June 1817 Giles Co. to Barnabus LUGAR. Need p, birth, death.
Where?
Genevieve B . McDANIEL , Rt 2 Box 22 , Hurricane, WV 25526
Need info on the Peter Henry BELL family that left Franklin Co, Va, in
early 1880's. He md Ella Jane CASSELL (Pedigo, 1st) 24Feb 1852. Ch:
Rosie , d ca 1914; Lily md Wirt LAW; Delia md Nathaniel MASON, lived near
Roanoke; Media md Lou TAYLOR, living in Shawsville 1940 's- all Va. These
to WV: Walter, Oscar F., Iola, Emilus, Valeria? and Henry Cassell.
Dorothy M. WALT, 833 Cieneguitas Rd, Santa Barbara.Calif.
Benj. F . MANTZ, b 1831, d &amp; pd?. Nancy RIGGLE md John SEAVER. Mother ?
of Simon Riggle, f' of Nancy md? where? name of wife? Wm. Christopher
Seaver , b ca 1770, d?, was his f Henry md Elizabeth ?. Was Wm. Seaver's
wife Sarah CHRISTIE?
Mrs Alva VIA JOHNSON, 1103 Overland Rd, Roanoke, Va 24015.
Need info on Francis M. SONGER, b 18JJca md 1850 's Where? When? Susanna
LAUCH , b 18J4ca.
In 1860 Giles Co, Va. Who were parents, etc of both .
(she does not have the answer for Mrs . Petersen.)

Mrs Velma ROGERS TOWER, Elmore City, Okla 73035 .
Dyer Lawson, b 1793, TN, md Jane
?, ch b 1822-1841, Va . In 1870 census
Lee Co, Va. not in 1880 census. What happened? In the lower part of
Scott Co., Churchhill section, there is a Rogers Cemetery. Does anyone
know anything about it? When established? Named after who?

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M ra M. LOUDIN Rt 2 Box 128 French Creek WV 262 1 8
Va Sarah
Samuel H
Woods, b 1823 4, Va rnd 5 Oct 1842 , S henandoa h1 ~b0
Need d
Cathy Santmyers, b 1823/4 , Va; lived i n Braxton Co , Va (WV)
·
date and parents of Samuel and Sarah.

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ge,
We received the following letter from Michael A Port s , 1014 Cedar
th compliAnnapolis , Md. 21403 .. .... ... .•. . •... ( Thank you Mr . Por~s for
eny of our

ments) However, I have a suggestion for improvement.
S i nce 5 ~ ~ifficult
members reside outside of Southwest Virginia , research there ~s members
if not impossible. Could the VAN serve as a vehicle for gettin~ would be
together who would be willing to trade research? For e~mplehange for
willing to research Maryland records here in Annapolis in ex~ an exchange
research in Russell and Tazewell Counties . Do you agree tha
col umn would be a useful addition to the Van ? . . . . . . . . . . . ···· · ····
I AGREE WITH THE ABOVE! Any exchange would be between mem b ers --chVANWe
.
. t the names o f people and a reas they would resear
. e do
would Just
prll'l:
the peopl
couldn't vouch for the people . I have found that 99 . 9% of
moer that
· 1 d o - tha t . 1%o do es bother me .
Also
what t hey say t h ey w~l
. t.reme
I do not
people may spend days on research and n ot find what you ~an t are just
want to sound like "sour grapes " on this , but some people t~
t h ey want
beginning to do research on their family thinks that e v eryt h ingd estroyed ,
is in the records . They do not realize that many records were l e with
never recorded, recorded wrong, names changed , and too many peopnot be
the same name . And please remember that the in£o they f ind m~;wn , illness ,
what you would like to hear! Just as soon as my house c alms . t . Babe F.
working, graduation , etc, I am going to add my name to that lis
Patricia R Soard., 34883 Doheny Pl, Canistrano Bea ch, CA q262L~ . has
been trying to obtain copies of marriage b onds &amp; deeds from Giles Co, Va,
so far the Clerk's office has not answered her. -- i s there anyone there
who could help her.

PSs

That could also go on the exchange list: obtaining copies o f marriage
bonds, deeds, etc, from the court house for people.
. your name , address , etc, and we le
will
If you are interested send in
are try
not
the exchange research column. Please remember that most peop t you want
professional researchers and will be looking for the names tha cords for
in the indexes --- very few have the time to sit and read the r~n Campbell
several days looking for that name you so want (I Have Robards 1
t t
Co, Va, that doesn't fit with any of the families there -- anyone wan
read court order books ) •

°

pss. Mr. Ports, we will type the material is sent so we can read it
Van has one family history that I dread typing because I cannot read it.

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FOOTPRINTS , Ft . Worth, TX , Vol 22 , #4 , Nov. '79 : p 174: Mrs . Rebecca (King )
Ki..l"'lg , p Wm &amp; Susanna King, d 1857 , b Va 4--26-1792 , md 1812 H. B. King , moved
to Alabama then Te xas .
The COLORADO GENEALOGIST, Vol. 40,

' 79, p 147 : What is Interlibrary Loan.

MIDWEST GENEALOGICAL REGISTER , Vol XIV , #4, Mar 1980 : p 1.57 , Will of Robert
Coe ; p 175, Josiah Dodd Family (Amherst Co,Va) ; p 176 , Richard Luttrell ,
d Amherst Co, Va.
THE TREE TRACERS . Vol 4 #2 , p 10 , "Just What are the Draper Papers?" (Note:
The Virginia room has the Preston Papers/Draper Papers on microfilm , there
is an index to this film) .
Virginia TIDEWATER GENEALcx;Y :

Excellent articles for Virginia.

THE WAGONER NEWSLETTER : Vol III , #3 , Mar. '80 : To send a free query to Pa.
Schuler Brossman , Box 4J , Rehrersburg , Pa 19550 % our Keystone Families.
The query will run in one of J newspapers in this area of Pa. To receive
a single copy of the paper in which your query is published , send 40¢ with
your query to Mr . Brossman .
Include an SASE if for some reason you need
an answer .
This is a hobby for Mr . Brossman . He does not get reimbursed
by the paper .
Article on Open Records of various states.
THE GREATER CLEVELAND GEN ' CAL SOC . NEWSLETTER : No . 10, Feb , ' 80; Quotes
from Nat ' l Gen ' cal Soc .; U. S . NEWS &amp; WORLD REPORT, Feb 4, ' 80 on the National
Archives . (If you have not written your letter(s) , please read this and
the letter from Netti Shreiner-Yantis in the Feb . '80 VAN and write!)
SEATTLE GEN ' cal SOC. BULLETIN , Vol 29, #3 , Spring 1980: P 219: "Oral Tradition is Important to Black Genealogists. p 231: con ' t '' Tracing Your .Ancestry
i n Canada - part 2 ",
The Society has several ' interest group' , P 251, New
England Ancestor File .
THE WAGONER NEWSLETTER, Vol III, #2 , Feb , ' 80 : From the Willamette Valley
G. S ., Salem , Oregon : Famous Last Words Category: Our name is ALWAYS spelled
~~~~- NEVER spelled
• We descend from 4 (or whatever number)
b rothers who came to America in --- --- . Aunt Mi nnie has collected the complete fam line and pub ALL the info on the family ! I don ' t have any people
to research in(state or county) . My people were the FIRST (settlers, judge,
; etc , etc) .
I have looked EVERYWHERE for info on -- - --- ··. My
g gm
was an "Indian Princess " in the
tribe. I ' m not interested in geneal ogy • ...... I only want to find out who some of ou r fam were.· · ·•·.····.
( Note : VAN editor has said a l mos t ev eryone of the a bove. Now on the last
one -- look where that rema~k got me.
MIAMI VALLEY GEN ' CAL SOC: GENALOGICAL AILS BULLETI N; Vol IX, #3, Winter,
1980 : p 63, DAR Bible Records Ohio (con ' t).
THE APACHE GENEALcx;ICAL SOCIETY: Vol V, #J , Apr '80s Good articles on
'how to ' of researchs Background to an Event, Boundary Changes in Germany
&amp; .Prussia; Using the National Archives by Mail;
THE COLORADO GENEALOGIST: Vol 41, #1,

'80: p 5, Vital Records - USA.

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1084, S i erra Vista , Arizona 8 5635,
HIDDEN VALLEY , PO Box 2190 , Escondido , CA 92025
"LEAVES &amp; S APLI NGS
San Diego Genea log ica l Society, JOJO Kellogg St. , San
Dieg o , CA 9 2 106 .
ORANGE COUNTY BULLETIN , Orang e County, Cal. Genealogical Society, Huntington
Bea ch Public Library , 7111 Talbert , Huntington Beach, CA 92648.
THE COLORADO GENEALOGIST , Colorado Genea logical Society , PO Box 9671 , Denver,
Colo . 802 09 .
NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL S OCIETY NEWSLETTER , 1921 Sunderland Place NW,
Washin g ton , DC 2 0036
ANCES TRY , Pa lm Beach County Genealogical Society , Inc., PO Box 1746, West
Palm Beach , FLA 33402
SYCAMORE LEAVES , Wabash Valley Genealogical Society , PO Box 85, Terre Haute,
IN 47808 .
GENEALOGY, Indiana Historical Society , Genealogical Section, PO Box 88255,
Indianapolis , IN 46208.
THE HOOS IER GENEALOGIS T , Indiana Historical Society , PO Box 88255 , Indianapolis , IN 46208
KANSAS KIN , Riley Co . Genealogical Society , 2224 Post Road , Manhattan, KS
66502 .
MIDWES T GE NEALOGICAL REGISTER , Midwes t Genea log ical Society , PO Box 1121,
Wichita , KS 67201
QUARTERLY, Topeka Genealogical Society, PO Box 4048 , Topeka, KS 66604.
ANCES TRAL NEWS , Ancestral Trails Historical Society , PO Box 573, Vine Grove,
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KY 40175 .
15 . THE NELS ON COUNTY PIONEER , Nelson Coun ty Historical Society , Box J11,
Bardstown , Ky 40004
16 . THE GENIE , Ark-La- Tex Genealogical Society, PO Box 4462, Shreveport, LA 71104
17 . QUARTERLY , St . Louis Genealogical Society, 1695 S. Brentwood Blvd., Suite
203 , St. Louis , MO 63144.
18. ANCESTORS UNLIMITED, Southwest Nebraska Genealogical Society, PO Box 6,
McC ook , Neb . 69001
19 . The WAGONER, The Northwest Genealogical Society , PO Box 6 , Alliance, Neb.
69301 .
20. BULLETIN, Genealogi cal Society of Old Tryon County , Box 9J8 , Forest City,
NC 28043 .
21 . THE CERTIFIED COPY , The Greater Cleveland Genealogical Society, PO Box 9639,
Cleveland , OH 44140
22 . THE PALATINE IMMIGRANT, 153 Aldrich Road , Columbus, Ohio 43214.
23 . GENEALOGICAL AIDS BULLETIN, Miami Valley Genealogical Society, PO Box 1364
D:Lyton , Ohio 45401 .
24. TI£E TREE TRACERS , Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, Inc., PO Box 5044
Lawton , OK 73504.
25 . FOOTPRINTS, Fort Worth Genealogical Society , PO Box 9767, Fort Worth, TX
76107
26 . TRAILS WEST , Parker County Genealogical Society, 1214 Charles, Weatherford,
TX 76086
27 • HEART OF TEX.AS RECORDS, Central Texas Genealogical Society, Waco Public
Library, 1717 Austin Ave., Waco, TX 76701
28. QUARTERLY, Virginia Genealogical Society, PO Box 1397, Richmond, Va 23211
29. VIRGINIA TIDEWATER GENEAL&lt;X;Y, Tidewater Genealogical Society, PO Box 29 ,
Hampton, VA 23669.
JO. BULLETIN , Whatcom Genealogical Society, PO Box 1493, Bellingham, WA 98225.
31 . TRAIL BREAJ&lt;ERS, Clark County Genealogical Society, 1511 Main St . Vancouver
WA 98660

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YAKIMA VALLEY BULLETIN , Yakima Valley Gen ealog i cal Soc iety , Bo x 445 ,
Yakima, WA 98907
THE JOURNAL, Kanawha Valley Genealogica l Society , PO Box 8765 , S. Charleston

WV 25303.
34. BOONE GENEALOGICAL QUARTERLY, Box 260, Hewett , WV 25108 .

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Who is Ia.vid Justice? Ia.vid s ent in his du es (we think) but
his address ----Ia.vid where do you live?
Please who - whe re i s
DAVID JUSTICE????????

=========================================================================
Just a few lines for some 'thoughts' and items of interest
(at least to me) . First, some people misread the letter on
page 158, Nov 1979, and thought that I was correcting Dr.
Chitwood -- he was correcting me.
On p 119 , Aug 1979, I
printed some diseases and what they are called today or what I thought they would be -- Dr. Chitwood wrote
and correct my info.
I'll take his word over mine any
time.
Pedigree sheets are placed in the library and the cards
in our index file -- sometimes we run into people working
on the same families .

GRA: S?N COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY is publishing a

~ewslette~.

Individual membership $2.00 ; Contributing membership $5.00
address: Rt 1 Box 293, Elk Creek, Virginia 24J26 .
.
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It
. fis at.~ews~et~er not a quarterly
does ..a, interesting
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Vol. I.V - No . 3 - August 1980
CONTENTS
President's Message
William Cooper - Revolutionary War Soldier
Obituary of Col. Andrew Jolmson
Chapman Cemetery , Giles Co., Va.
Marriage Records of Botetourt Co., Va.
Walker Family Cemetery, Eggleston, Va.
1850 Mortality Schedule,
Giles County, Va.
Genealogical Researches in Southwest
Virginia
White Gate, Giles Co. , Va.
Petition - Franklin Co., Va.
Notes on Exchange Quarterlies
Pedig;ree Charts
Mrs. J. D. Dickenson
Michael A. Ports
J. C. Porter
Harold B. Peters
Book Reviews
Queries
Members

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AUGUST MEETING = August 16, 1980 = speaker Claudia Geiger
Time 1:30 pm in the Auditorium (Bullet Ave, entrance), main Roanoke City
Public Library, Roanoke, Virginia.
Gome ear~y ana ao research in the Virginia Room --- For genealogical research
the best in this part of Virginia.

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PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE
Greetings ! By now you should have your copy of the Society ' s "Membership
Directory . - 1980 ", It s hows 126 members in Virgi nia and 2 14 members in other
states , for a whopping total of 340 .

Activities planned for 1980 are coming off as sc heduled . Turnout for
the Genealogical 1tlorkshop (11ay) was s maller than expected --- partly due to
a goof by the local post office which return ed an unknown number of properly
addressed applications . Those who came received many good , practical tips
on how to go about nurs i ng your genealog ical gleanings into book form from
Jess Carr. Pauline Dunn ' s description of th e treas ure trove of genealogical
data contained in the American Indian Record s in our Na tional Archives
caused many of us to s tart fi guring out how to get down to D.C . this summer .
An unusually large group turned out to plot grave s ites at East Hill
Cemetary ( Salem , Va .) in June . Jim Avery had the task well planned as a
result of good coordination with the Roanoke Valley Histori cal Society . J ohn
Burrows showed us how to "rub" a graves tone . (I put John ' s techniques to
work two weeks later when I plotted graves on my Grandfa ther William Henry
Speas ' es place down in Forsyth County , N.C.)
By the time you read this , our Open House (July 19th) will be "un fait
accompli. " Here ' s hoping that I get a chance to meet many of our out-ofstate members •. .. . Don ' t forget to tell John Burrows ((703) 982-2872 ) that you
will be with us when we join members of the New River Valley Historical
Society in October to tour the newly dedicated "Alexander House" in Dublin
and the nearby Pulaski County Court House ,

And don't forget --- keep those cards &amp; letters comin '.
Bruce Anderson

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WORKSHOP
Just a note to thank the merchants and ' folks ' who donated to the 'Bag ':
Bush- Flora Shoes for the bag, Mill MoW1tain Playhous e "History - Old Homes
- Other Historical Facts about Martinsville &amp; Henry c~ ., Va . " Chamber of
Commerce, Inc .; "Suggestions and Items to Consider in Writi ng Your Personal
History" from Everton Publ is hers , Inc . , Logan , Utah. " The (Farmers) Market ,
Roanoke Area Market Association ; "Welcome to Danvilie, Va.; The Botetourt
Co . Court House Dedication Ceremony - 1975; Tazewell Va. Chamber of Commerce ;
Historic Fincastle, Inc.; Roanoke Valley Historical Society;--a lot of info
o~ the places we need to go .
~ow books and where to get them :
Bookworm &amp;
Silverfish, PO Box 516 , Wytheville , Va 24382 . Virg inia Book Company, Berryville, Va 22611. Books &amp; Forms , 6818 Lois Drive , Springfield , Va 22150 .
Goodspeed's Book Shop , Inc., 18 Beacon St ., Boston Mass 02108 . Genealogical
Book Trading Post, Cook &amp; McDowe ll Publications,
9 East 6th St , Owensboro,
Ky 42301.
The above all sent catalogues . The Dept. of Community Affairs ,
Commonwealth of Pa ., Bureau of Land Records , PO Box 155 Ha::rTisburg, Pa 17120
sent info on maps . The FNEB (Fi rst National Exchange :sa.:ik) furni s hed a small
pad for note taking and Colonial American Nationa l Bank furnished the pen.
I may have missed s ome, being a spectator this year I do not know all who
contributed. Babe Fowler
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tfILLIAM COOPER
(This petition i s from the Legislative Petitions , Virginia State Archives ,
Richmond , Va , from Rus sell Co ., Va , Box B, 1815-18JJ , petition# 9369 . A
photocopy of the origina l may be obtained from the State Archives ; a copy has
been placed in the Virginia Room , main Roanoke City Publi c Library , Roanoke ,
Virginia) .
(page) William Cooper' s Petition
to Rev'y Claims
(page) William Cooper

/

/

H. Gray

/ Dec ' r. 19th 1829

/

ref ' d to

Detail of his war

(page) To the Honorable Speaker and members of the House of Representatives of
Virginia.
The Petition of William Cooper &amp; sundry citizens of Russell county and State
of Virginia humbly sheweth , that your petitioner who was a soldier in the
Revolutionary war, now is in his ?8th years of age , and very feeble and sickly
in body &amp; distitue of all the means of comfort and necessaries of life , Save
what are contributed by the hands of one or two charitable individuals . Your
pretiti oner was engaged in a skirmish at Bunker Hill, and there by his own
activity &amp; Courage took a prisoner of the enemy and delivered him to Gel
Washington . He was also engaged in the Battle of Long Island under the comman
of Col ' o Hand?. on account of s ickeness he was thence discharged &amp; enlisted
a substitute ; after his recovery your petitioner was enrolled in the malitia
under the command of Gen 'l Putnam and act ive as Sergeant Major ; he was under
the command of Gen ' l Ported at the Battle of Brandywine and acted as Adjutant
in a skirnish near Philadelphia , and at the Batt~e of Gennan Town , he was also
engaged Your petitioner had formerly some property which he gave to his sons
on condition they would support him during his life, they by misfortune &amp; bad
management became Insolvent, so that they were unable in any manner to contribute the comforts or even the necessaries of life to your peti tioner, who
i s as destitute as possible to be , and has been so far a year or more
(page ) In the year 1?75 August I entred in to the Revolutionary War. I marched from York Town in Pensylvania under the command of Capt Michal D3.wdle
belonging to the first Rifle Regiment of Pensylvania , commanded by Co'l Edward
Hand . We marched to Cambridge &amp; then we ware attached under the Command of
Gen Washington Capt Ia.wdle's company marched Down to Bunkers Hill neck, were
we attacked the British picket yard : We ware caused to Retreat, i n the skirmish I was so fortunate as to take a prisoner and deliver him to Washington
-- J O day s afterward I foilled? a British major off the british Brestwork
In 1776 March, we marched for New York in April --- and from that to Long
Island, &amp; on 2nd of August 1776 where said Cooper stood in defense of America,
The enemy being to strong we ware compeled to Retreat in to New York under
the command of Capt . Henry Miller. then said Cooper was taken s ick , and was
discharged and sent home.

In the year 1777 I marched to Jarseys under the command of Capt James Mitchell
attached to the Regiment commanded by Maj. James Dill an then I acted as
Sergent major under Maj Dill &amp; served three months. Co'l James Thompson
appointed me as Adjutent and we march from York Town in the year 1777 to
Brandywine
the Brigade being commanded by General Potter and was in the

�battle of Brandywine on the 11th d a y of September 1777 a n d a l s o in the Battle
of Germantown also acted as Adjutant on the 4th day of Oct 1777

78 years of age
(page) And i s indebted for hi s s ubs i s t ence for that length of time t o the
charity of one or two i ndividuals a s a bov e state ;
the prayer therefore of
your Petition is that he may be pla c ed o n the pension list , and he as in duty
bound will ever pray etc
Will iam Cooper
The ~ollo~ing signatures were t rac ed f r o m the photocopy , by placi ng a rti s t
tracing paper ovar the document.
I beli e ve they are a fa i r copy .

(1.5)

(17)

22)

(2J )

(25 )

�(P;;c;~)

we have
printed what we believe the
above names are -- if we have
made an error, please let
us know so we can make the
correction .

f)! ~. ~~(28)
The signatures on the petition;
(~age) William Cooper
1J Griffith/Griffeth Dickenson
(2) Sam ' l Luce
(J)*L~d (Lund) Sneed (*or J S)
(4) William Gibson
(5) Ja ' s Hall
(6) Nelson Gray
(?) Robert Boyd
( 8 ) H Smith
(9) Henry P Smith
(10) Henry Campbell
(11) Isaac McFadden (the ' c' is
written as part of the F)
12~ William Horton
(13) Vincent S Hurt
(14) Ezekiel Burdine

(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(10)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(2J)
(24)

John Wilson
E D Kexnan
Laniel Horton
?G ' a? Kindrick
Thos Dickinson
William Garrett
Cha rles Carroll
Jackson Buckley
James Dixon
George heabenlin?
(25) Joseph Gibson
(26) Andrew fuvison
(27) A. Alderson
(page)
(28) F L B Shaver

OBI'IUARY OF COL . ANDREW JOHNSON
Copied from Lewisburg , (w) Va , newspaper from microfilm. rate of 7 Dec.
18J8: DIED.
At his late residence at Giles c. H. Va. on Wednesday the
14th inst . Col . Andrew Johnston in the 68th year of his age. He was one
of our most distinguished citizens , and through life was characterized by
a highminded and gentlemanly deportment , and an unflinching integrity
rarely equalled . About two years since he made a profession of reli gion
and attached himself to the Baptist Church, since which time his steady
christian demeanor and constant attention to all the duties of religion,
has evinced the sincerity of his profession and done honor to the cause
he had espoused . His death was preceded by a most distressing illness of
near three weeks , during which he gave strong evidence of the efficacy of
the Christian religion to soothe the bed of affliction , and light up the
dark valley and shadow of death. He was not herd to utter a complaint
but with truly christian resignation committed himself to the keeping of
him who judgeth righteously "he was often heard to say that his only hope
and consolation was in the blessed Saviour of sinners, and when scarcely
able to articulate his lips were still seen to move and his voice heard
to whisper in prayr , thus he passed away from a world of affliction to
the bosom of his God. He has left an affectionate family and a numerous
circle of relatives and friends to mouxn a loss which cannot be easily
repaired, as a magistrate, a citizen and a christian, his memory through
succeeding years will call up a tribute of melancholy yet pleasing reflection in the minds of all who knew him and were ca~able of estimating his
wortho
This microt·ilm was obtained from
town, WV, on interlibrary loan.

West

Virginia University Library, Morgan-

�CHAPMAN CEMETERY

Giles County , Virginia
Location:

Ripplemead, on Rt 634 South, off old 460 Rt .
the new bridge at Ripplemead .

Earliest birth date: 1740
Complied by Bill &amp; Ruth Blevins, 1975

This road goes under

Earliest death date :

1815

John Chapman / Ensign / U. S . Anny / Rev . War / Accordi ng to DAR re cords, he was
born 1740, died 1815
A double Stone: Isaac William Chapman/ bo:r:n: Dec . 11 , 1839 / diedt May 7, 1867
Ann Mather Chapman / bo:r:n: Feb. 23 , 1833 / died1 Oct. 29 , 1894
Isaac Chapman/ eldest son of John and Sally Chapman /died May 29, 18J6 ( born
1764) / 72 years, 1 month, 10 days
William Jackson Chapman / son of Manilius and / Susan Chapman / b . Feb 1J, 1857
I d . May 20, 1857
Elian Chapman / wife of Isaac Chapman / and 3rd daughter of David &amp; Nancy
Johnston/ died Aug. 3, 185(?)6
Mary Chapman/ wife of/ Henley Chapman/ b . April 7, 1784 / d July 13, 1837
Mary Ann Mullins / born in Franklin Co. / died in Giles Co . / October 10, 1875
Alberta Pendleton / dau . of Philip W. and Nannie P. Strother / b. J an . JO, 1882
d. June 18, 1882
Susan Beirne / wife of / Manilius Chapman / b. June 13, 1813 / d. June 15, 1886
Manilius Chapman / b. Oct 14, 1806 / d. Oct J, 1883
Sadie Viola / dau. of Philip W. and/Nannie P. Strother / b Feb . 2J, 1874 /
d . July 9, 1887
Elvina Pendleton / wife of A. G. Pendleton / and dau. of Henly Chapman / b .
Apr. JO, 1811 / d . Sept . 18 , 1868
Henley Chapman / son of Manilius Chapman / b May 25 , 1843 / d Sept . 10, 1855
Maj . Wm P. Cecil / elder son of Sam L. and / Sal ly / died July 20, 1899 / aged
79 years / (A Masonic emblem is on this stone )
Albert Gallatin Pendleton / b . in Culpeper County / June 28 , 1807 / d June
19, 1875
Mary A. Chapman / b. Mar. 29, 1811 / d. Aug. 17, 1873 / eldest daughter of/
Manilius and Susan Chapman
Two other stones were found: one had writing that could not be read ; the other
was designed like those of 18J6 and has f l aked off so that no writing is visible .
There are several graves with rocks for markings outside the cemetery wall .
These were reputed to be slaves' graves.

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MEADOWS NATIONAL REUNION will be Oct 17- 19 at Pipestem State Park, Pipestem,
WV. For infonnation send a large , stamped, self-addressed envelope to one
of these officers:
Roy E Meadows, 4709 Pensacola Blvd, D:i.yton, Ohio 4.5439;
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BOTETOURT CO., VIR::;INIA

VAR appreciates very much that the Col. William Preston Chapter, DAR, of
Roanoke, Va. , for allowing us to publish the following records . This volume
of marriage bonds was in book form and has been retyped £or VAN.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------MARRIAGE RECORLB OF BOTETOURT CO. , VIfilINIA
1770 - 1790
VOLUME I
Compiled by
Charles T. Burton
Vicie W. Fowler
Sponsored by
Col. William Preston Chapter
National Society Laughters of the American Revolution
The sponsoring of this book
is a part of the observance of
the Bicentential Year
1776 - 1976

Every precaution has been taken to insure the accuracy of this copy of
the Marriage Bonds and Minister's Returns on file i n the Botetourt County,
Virginia, Courthouse, Each document has been carefully examined by several
persons familiar with the script of earlier days; both English and German ,
Where several interpretations are possible, the most plausible one is found
herei n. In some instances, a second possibility is noted.
It is interesting to know some of the rules gove:rning the early marriages
of this state. Before 1780, all marriages were supposed to be performed by
a minister of the Church of England, who was to keep a list of them, to be
turned over to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. A great many of such lists ,
if they were kept, were never tu:rned over to the state.
In Botetourt County , where a great majority of the county officials ,
and even the vestrymen of the Church, were of Scotch-Irish and Presbyterian
backgrounds, these Marriage Laws were not rigidly enforced,

There were two methods by which the Minister was authorized to perform
the marriage rites; one is generally ref erred to as "by bond, '' and the other
"by banns" or "by publication. " By bond, the groom and his surety would sign

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a bond for fifty pounds (later, one hundred and fifty dollars) payable to
the King (later, to the Goveznor) , to guarantee that a ma rriage would take
place with the girl, if there were no legal objections .
Legal objections
were: the refusal of a parent to give consent , if either party was under the
age of twenty-one ; either party having a living , legal husband or wife , etc .
When this bond was presented to the Clerk of Courts , he would sign i t , thus
giving authority , or license, to the minister to perform the ceremony .
By the other method, the intended marriage was announced a t public worship service , for three weeks , a nd if no objections were heard , the ceremony
was performed. A list of these marriages was to be kept by the minister,
and a copy sent to the Clerk of Courts , within three months.
The fee charged
for a marriage by this method , was only one-fourth that for the "bond" method.
Ministers of other denomiations performed marriages , t hat were considered legal only by members of that denomination, and were not recorded at the
Courthouse.
Some denominations considered marriage a sacrement , the same as baptism
and the Lord's Supper, and should not be regulated by any other a uthority
than the church , and that there should be no costs, s uch as fe es , involved.
So , we have some of the reasons why the Courthouse records do not show
all marriages actually celebrated .

In 1780, the law was changed, allowing ministers of other denominations
to qualify to perform ceremonies , and legalizing the marriages performed in
these denominations, in the earlier years.
This law also, required that the
list of marriages performed be sent to the Clerk within three months .
This
was not always done. The Law reads that he who "failing to trans mit such a
certificate to the clerk of the court in due time, shal l forfeit and pay the
sum of five hundred pounds, to be recovered with costs of suit by the informer in any court of record ." To my knowledge, this was never enforced, so it
appears that ministers were allowed to do pretty much as they pleased.
The genealogist wishes there had been more marriages recorded, but he
is amazed and thankful that we have as many as we do.
Charles T. Burton, Rt 2 , Box 191, Troutville, Va . 24175

--------------------------------------------------------------------------This volume is copied according to the year the marriage was preformed
(for VAN it was retyped in alphabetical order - groom ' s name) and copi~d as
the names were listed -- as we read them - - on the bond in the space listed
for the bride and groom, the sureties, and signatures .
We found several
errors on the bonds but made no attempt to correct any errors .
There were
several names in which a "l" should have been a " t", " e " for " i '' --- in fact
just about any letter. I know that just about any name is subject to correction, because on the second go around I ' ve changed my mind. Also noted
genealogical material, unusual information , or spelling from the bonds and
consents . The one thine that I have found out from my experience at abstracting original records is, if at all possible, to OBTAIN COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL
RECORDS because what is copied into the court records or abstracted (such
as we are doing) may be entirely different from the original or the data you

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need has been left out .
Mrs. Inez E Good, Assistant Professor Roanoke College, Salem, Va., helped u s with the translation of some of the German names and consents. Mrs.
Good said she is not sure that the translations are correct because of the
difficulty in reading the handwriting. She also put down her "translation"
of the English signatures -- these were included to show the difficulty in
reading the handwriting of that period.
Our abstraction s were compared with the Botetourt County marriages included in "Anna ls of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800" by Lewis Preston Summers
(I was told these marriages were copied by a typist and not by Mr. Summers)
and "Early Marriages, Wills, and Some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt
County, Virginia" by Anne Lowry Worrell. After each author's name are listed
the differences , if any . If no differences, just the name of' the author or
if the bond was not listed.
We sincerely hope that these abstractions will be of help to those researching the county --- and please forgive us for any error that we may
have made .
Mrs. Vicie Waskey Fowler, ?e-Box-5:1:33-1716 Colgate St,Ne. Roanoke

Below is an example of a marriage bond -- some were printed but most were
written out by hand .

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MARRIAGES BONDS &amp; MINISTER RETURNS
of
BOTETOURT CO, VA.
AKINS (sig: Eakin), Joseph &amp; Rosana Caldwell. 14 Fe b 17f57. Sur:
John Caldwell.
MIN RET : Joseph A.kin &amp; Rosanna Caldwell
m.d 5 Mar 17f57 reported by Jno. W Bo l t, clerk, Protestant Episcopal
Church.
Summers: Adkins.
Worrell.
2 . ALDERSON, Joseph &amp; Mary Newman
5 J an 1789.
Sur : Henry Bowyer .
CONSENT; 4 Fe b 1789. Jonathen Newman, fa t he r c Wit : Jo se ph Carrol,
William Carrol.
CONSENT: 2 Feb 1789. John Alde rson, father.
Wit: Joseph Carrol, William Carrol. In consent - - son of lawful age
Summers.
Worrell: also l iste d under Anderson.
3. ALDERSON, Simon &amp; Anne Spratt. 16 Aug 177 3 . Sur : Stephen May.
Summers: 1793.
Worrell: a lso listed under Anderson.
4. ALDERSON, Thomas &amp; Martha Moore, dau of James Moore, Senr. 13 J uly
1789 . Sur: Matthew Harvey.
CONSENT: 13 July 1789 . James Moore
Senr, father. Wit: John Moore, J ohn Sutten.
CONSENT: 13 July
1789. Curtis Alderson, father.
Worrell:
Summers.
5. ALLEN, Francis &amp; Rebaccah Mills md 2 March 1785 by Edward Crawford.
Min. Ret .
Summers : not listed.
Worrell: not li sted.
6. ALLEN, Robert &amp; Jane Hill. 10 Mar 1784 . Sur: Malcom Allen. MIN
RET: Robert Allen &amp; Jane Hill md 20 Mar 1784 by Edward Crawford.
Summers : not listed.
Worrell.
7. ALLEN, Solomon &amp; Susanna Stevens. 15 May 1787. Sur: William Allen
CONSENT: 12 May 17f57. John Stephens of Montgomery Co., father.
Wit: Peter H.,ough, William Allen.
Summers: 1784.
Worrell.
8. ANDERSON , Jam.es &amp; Maryan Tatham.
May 1789
Sur: James Bryant.
CONSENT : 4 May 1789. Jn'o Tatern, father. Wit: Joseph Ander s on,
William Davis. MIN RET: James Anderson &amp; Mary Ann Tathum m.d 5 May
1789 by Edward Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell.
Fowler : Jn'o Tatham.
9. ANDERSON, James &amp; Agnes Dean md 20 April. 1790 by l icense by Christopher Clark.
MIN RET.
Summers.
Worre l l: n ot 1.isted.
10. ANDERSON, John &amp; Rebecca Maxwell. 10 Jan 1775 . Sur: Geo Skil lern
Summers.
Worrell.
11.ANDERSON, Joseph &amp; Sarah Bess. 6 Feb 1780. Sur: Thom.as Veill (sig:
Veaill)
Summers.
Worrell: Biss (Bip)
12. ANDERSON, Thomas &amp; Rebecca McClure. 12 Feb 1784. Sur: Mal com
McClure.
MIN RET: Thomas Anderson &amp; Rebecca McCluer md 25 Feb
1784 by Edward Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell .
13. ARBUCKLE, Matthew &amp; Francis Lawrence .
17 Dec 1774. Sur : Ri chard
May.
Summers: Frances.
Worrell: F. Lawrence, widow
14. ARBUCKLE, William &amp; Katherine Poague. 30 Oct 1779. Sur: Geo.
Poage.
Summers.
Worrell: Katerine; Nov 11
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15. ARMSTRONG , James &amp; Mary Thompson.

20 June 1787 . Sur : Robert Armstrong.
CONSENT: 16 June 17f57o Martha Thomson , mother.
Wit: T I1e lholand, Wm NcClintick.
MIN RET: James Armstrong &amp;
Mary Thompson md 21 JlUle 1787 by Edwd Crawford
Summers .
Worrell.
1 6 . ASHFORD, Wo &amp; Mary Thompson.
27 Feb 1784 Sur : Andw Lewis (did not
sign).
Summers.
Worrell : 1785 .
(Md Reg : 1785)
ASTON, William &amp; Margaret Compton . 16 April 1700 . Sur: Charles
Ellison .
Summers : Acton.
Worrell : Wm Acton .
(Md . Reg : Acton)
18. ATCHLEY, Martinno (sig : Martanno) &amp; Zessery Tyler .~ Feb 1785 .
Sur: John Reaburne (sig: Reburn .)
Summers: Zephery Tyler 0
Worrell: Zephery , Martanno Atchey.
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11 Feb 1772. Sur : Archibald Baker.
Summers.
Worrell.
BALDEN (sig : Baldwin) , Sam'l &amp; Mary Wills. 10 Mar 1778. Sur: William Wills .
Summers : Well s ; Baldwin.
Worrell: incomplete information.
BARNETT, David &amp; .Mary Wallace
14 April 1789 . Sur: James Reburn
CONSENT :
14 April 1789. James Reburn g 'd'n of Mary.
Summers : Barnette
Worrell.
BARNETT, John &amp; Anne Dyerly. 10 Sept 1783. Sur : Geo . Madison.
Summers .
Worrell : Deyerle.
BARROTT (sig : Barrett) , William &amp; Elizabeth Coans. 26 Nov 1783.
Sur: Paulser Kemberlain (sig : Palzer Kimberling)
MIN RET: William
Barret &amp; Elisabeth Coan md 3 Dec 1783 by Edward Crawford.
Summers: Barnett , Eliz. Coass .
Worrell : Barrett &amp; Eliz Evans.
BARTLEY, Hugh &amp; Sarah Culbertson . 1 Sept 1772 . Sur: John Anderson
Sum.mer : Bartlet
Worrell.
BARTON , Sam ' l &amp; Martha Robinson . 10 Mar 1778. Sur: Hugh Crockett
CONSENT : Sam.l Woods . 9 Mar ' 78. Wit: Will'm Simpson; Wm Madison
Summers .
Worrell: Robertson.
BEALE, John of Shanandoe Co. &amp; Peggy Skillern. 17 Nov 1788. Sur:
CONSENT: 17 Nov 1788. Geo Skillern, father . Wit: Peggy Baker;
Peggy Alexander ; Betsy Mathews ; Henry Bowyer.
MINRET: John
Beale &amp; Margaret Skillern md 18 Nov 1788 by Edward Crawford.
Summers:Beal.
Worr ell: dau of Capt Geo Skillern.
BEAN , Jo shu!! &amp; Dinah Henry md 12 Jan 1784 by Edwd Crawford. MIN Ret.
Summer s : not listed.
Worrell: not listed.
BEATTY , Andrew &amp; Mary? Sitl ington md 18 Dec 1786 by Saml Shannon.
(the marri a g e bond is recorded in Augusta Co, Va.)
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: not listed.
BECKETT, John &amp; Anne Bickelshimer o 17 Dec 1788. Sur: William Hung ate o
CONSENT: 15 Dec 1788. Richard &amp; Susanah Beckett, parents.
J ohn &amp; Elizabeth Beckelshimer, parents. Wit: Jesse Hale; Josiah
Goodson .
Summers.
Worrell: Becklesimer.
BECKNER , Henry &amp; Christenah Deardorf dau of Peter Deardorf. 6 Sept
1790. Sur : Henry Deardorf.
CONSENT: 6 Sept 1790. Peter Deardorf, fa ther. -- sp Henery Beckinger -- . Wit:
Jacob Beckner.
Summers .
Worrell: dau of Nicholas Deardoaf; Christinah
Beckner, bride.
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31. BENNETT, John &amp; Sarah Clancy. 26 Nov 1 / 82 . Sur : Wa l ter Lin~ay
(sig: Lindsy)
MIN RET: Johr:. Bennett &amp; Sarah Clanc y md 27 No v
1782 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers: Claney.
Worrell.
32. BENNY, J ohn (sig: Benney) &amp; Mary Price.
27 Dec 1781 . Sur: Curtis
Alderson.
Summers: misprint.
Wor rell.
33. BI CKERS, James &amp; Mary Johnson. 20 Jan 1782 Sur : John Johnson (sig:
J ohnston)
Summers: Bickey; 1792. Worre ll: 2 ent r ies - Bickey &amp; Bric key.
34. BOOKER, Andrew &amp; Frances Bra dy. 28 Oct 17 80 . Sur: John Kenney
Summers.
Worrell : Bradley - bride.
35. BOWYER, Col John &amp; Mary Baker md 14 Aug 1784 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: not l is ted.
36. BRACE, Peter &amp; Charity Em.mans, dau of Wm Em.mans. 14 Jan 1790 . Sur:
John McCrery; William Emans .
MIN RET : Peter Brac e &amp; Charity
Emans md 14 Jan 1790 by Henry Ogburn.
Summers.
Worrell.
37. BRADLEY, John &amp; Ancay Johnson, widow. 4 May 1790. Sur: Charles
Smith.
CONSENT: 4 May 1790 . Ancay Johns o}! - own consento Wit:
Charles Smith, Hezekiah Bradley.
38. BRIANS (sig: Bryan), William &amp; Priscilla Graham. ~Dec 1790. Sur:
Preston Breckinridge.
CONSENT: 31 Dec 1790. Frances Graham -- my dau ~ o Wit: Jas Hawkins ; Preston Breckinridge .
Summers: Bryant.
Worrell: 1793; Frances Graham, de e.
39. BRICKEY, Jarret &amp; Mary Slinker. 10 Jap. 1789. Sur: James Thompson
CONSENT: 8 Jan 1789 . J ohn Slinker, fa ther. Wit: J arot Brickey Sr;
George Wilkie; James Thompson.
MIN RET: Jarret Brickey &amp; Mary
Slinker md 15 Jan 1789 by Nath ' l Shrewsbury.
Summers: Jarrett Bickley, father.
Worre ll .
40. BRIGGS, John &amp; Tomsey Jones. 21 April 1783. Sur: Moses Tu lly (si g :
Tullis)
Summers.
Worrell: Apr. 23 .
Burton: Tamsey.
41. BRIGHT, James &amp; Margaret Smith. 5 May 1778. Sur: John Smith.
Summers.
Worrel l .
42. BRINKLEY, John &amp; Ruth Saintlear
8 Oct 1780. Sur: J ohn Stewart.
Summers : Sarntler
Worrell : Brinkey ; Saintclear. Fowler : Sai nttear.
43 0 BROOKS, Jonathan &amp; Margaret Reyburn. 20 Oct 1789. Sur: William
Taylor.
Summers.
'Worrell.
Good.
44. BROWN, Thomas &amp; Margaret Anderson. 22 Jan 1779. Sur : John Tathem
(sig: Tatheny.
Summers: 1799 .
Worrell.
45. BROWN, Thomas &amp; susanah Terry dau of William Terry. 2 1 Jan 17 83
Sur: Isaac Tayloro
Summers.
Worrell.
46. BROWN, Wm &amp; Sarah Guy
7 Jan 1782
Sur: John Tygert.
Summers.
Worrell: J an 12.
47. BRUSH, John &amp; Catharine Trout dau of Jacob Trout. 23 Aug 1790.
Sur : Hugh Means.
CONSENT: 23 Aug 1790. Jacob Trout father of
Katherineo Wit : Hugh Menes; Rich'd Willson.
Summer s.
Worrell.
48. BRYAN? , Wm &amp; Martha Lewis. ?11 Mar 1784 Sur: Jas Barnet
Summers : Bryanto
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49. BRYAN (sig: Bryant) , William &amp; Pollie Arnett. 13 Nov 1786. Sur:
Ja's Roberts.
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Summers: Bryant.
Worrell: Bryant.
500 BRYANT, James &amp; Margaret Welcho 9 Dec 1779. Sur: Adam Smyth
Summer so
Worrell.
510 BRYANT (sig : Bryan) &amp; Eliz'h Lillieso 28 Dec 1780. Sur: William
Carvin.

Summers.

Verrell.

520 BRYANT, Rowland (sig: Row ' d Bryan) &amp; Elizabeth Jones.
53.
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56.
570
58.

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1 Oct 1780
Sur: Chalres McFadeno
Summers.
Worrell.
BRYANT (sig: Bryan), William &amp; Sarah Henry. 29 Jan 1778. Sur:
James Mason.
Summers.
Worrells : Feb 29.
BRYANT (sig: Bryan), William &amp; Elizabeth Phillips. 6 June 1785.
Sur: Fran's Smith.
Summers.
Worrell.
Burton: Francis Smith.
BURAM, Henry &amp; Mary Miller. 11 Feb 1788. Sur: Peter Miller. MIN
RET: Henery Bu.rem &amp; Mary Miller md 1 5 Feb 17 88 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers: Burman.
Worrell: Burens.
BURCH, George &amp; Mary Hiley. 30 Dec 1788. Sur: William Hiley.
Summers.
Worrel: Dec 31.
BURKS, Isham &amp; Elizabeth Rowland. 26 Jan 1781. Sur: Thomas Rowland
Summers: Isham Parks for Burks.
Worrell.
BURKS, Samuel &amp; Sarah Rowland.
Mar 1778. Sur: Henry Paulin.
CONSENT: 23 Feb 1778. Sarh Roland , widow, mother. John Pots consents for Samuel Burkso
Summers.
Worrell: bride is a widow.
BUTCHER, Samuel &amp; Mary Burns
25 Oct 1790. Sur: George Hughes.
CONSENT: 21 Oct 1790. Isaac Burns, father.· Wit: s. Kennerly; Geo
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Summers: Isaac Butcher, father; May Burns.
father.

Worrell: Wm Butcher,

60. CALDWELL, Alexander &amp; Margaret Looney 5 Jan 1778 Sur: Tillery, John
61.

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CONSENT: Absolum Luney.
Summers: Absolum Looney. Worrell: dau of Absolwn; 25 July.
CALDWELL, William &amp; Priscilla Luney. 24 Mar- 1789. Sur: Patrick
Lockhart.
CONSENT: 23 Mar 1789. Absalom Luney, father of Pricella
Wit: John Reyndls; Joseph Eakin.
Summers: Looney.
Worrello
CALHOON, James &amp; Nelly West dau of Benj'm West. 26 May 1790. Sur :
Henry West.
CONSENT: 25 May 1790. Benjamin West, father. W'i t:
Henry West.
MIN RET: James Cathon &amp; Nelly West md 27 May 1790
by Edwd Crawfordo
Summer so
Worrell.
CAMPBELL, George (sig Ge'o) &amp; Nancy Cardeno 9 Mar 1790 . Sur: Joseph
Carden.
MIN RET: Geoarge Campbell &amp; Nancy Carden md 18 Mar 1790
by Edwd Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell.
CAMPBELL, Isaac &amp; Sarah Lapsley. 18 Aug 17730 Sur: William Skillern
CONSENT: 17 Aug 1773. Joseph Lapsley, fathero Wit: Wm Skillern;
Pa'tt Campbell
Worrello
Summerso

�65. CAMPBELL, John &amp; Elizabeth McDonald. 1 Oct 1778. Sur: Robert
Campbello
Worrell: 10 J an; Edw' d McDonald
Summers: parents R. O. Campbe ll.
as suretyo
66. CAMPBELL, Lawrence &amp; Ruth West md 9 Oc t 1786 by C Clay . MIN RET.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: not l i sted .
67. CAMPBELL, Robert &amp; Rebecca McDonald. 28 Nov 1785 . Sur : Edward
McDonaldo
MIN RET: Robert Campbell &amp; Rebeccah McDonal d md 29
Nov 1785 by Edward Crawf ord .
Summers.
Worrell.
68. CAMPBELL, Willi am &amp; Susanna Dabney. 14 Feb 1781. Sur: Toliver
Craig ( sig : Tolavr)
Su.mmerso
Worrell .
69. CAMRON, John &amp; Lydia Snodgras s . 9 Sept 1771 . Sur: Robert McClanachan of Bot etourt Co.
Summers : John Cammon.
Worrell.
70. CARNEY, Patrick &amp; Hannah Adams. 12 Feb 1788. Sur: Matt Harvey.
Summers.
Worrell: 2 listings- Mat t hew Carney (Patrick in Min
Ret); Susannah Hester, 1787.
71. CARPENTER, Solomon &amp; Lurcrecia Prentice. 5 Sept 1783. Sur: Thoma s
Carpenter.
CONSENT: 30 Aug 1783. Daniel Prentice . Wit: Thomas
Carpenter.
Summers: Daniel, parent . Worrell: Lucretia; Dan'l parent . Mr
Burton: Lucretia.
72. CARRELL, William &amp; Jinney Adams , dau of the wife of t he above
bound Richard Wilson. 29 Dec 1789. Sur: Richard Wilson; John
Wilson.
MIN RET: William Carrel &amp; Jenney Adams md 17 May 1790
by Edwd Crawford.
Summers: 1780; Carrelle; Jenny.
Worrell: Carroll.
73. CARTMILL, Henry &amp; Elendor Cartmill. 31 July 1775. Sur: James Cartmill.
CONSENT: 29 July 1775. Elendor Cartmell, own consent .
Wit: James Crocket; Samulel Cartmill.
Summers: Elianor.
Worrell: 3 July.1775. Elinor.
74. CARTMILL, Henry &amp; Sarah Anderson. 27 May 1776. sur: Geo Skillern
CONSENT: Jame s Anderson, father. 27 May 1776.
Summers.
Worrell.
75. CARTMILL, Henry &amp; Margaret Wallace. 27 Aug 1788. sur : David
Wallaceo
CONSENT: 27 Aug 1788. David Wallace, father. Wit;
James Cartmell; Capt John Cartmell.
Summers.
Worrell .
76. CASTILE, Henry &amp; Mary Looney. 3 J uly 1786. Sur: Jno Looney.
MIN RET: Henry Cartill &amp; Mary Looney md 4 Jul y 1786 by Edwd Crawford
Summers: Cartete.
Worrell: sur: John Luney; Bartill Cartmill
77. CESLER, John &amp; Mary Buglar - list dated Dec 26 1786 - md by Edwd
Mitchel l . MIN RETo (note: the bond for John c;sler &amp; Mary Bigler
i s date 28 Jan 1~6)
Summe r s : not listed. .
Worrell: not listed.
780 CHEETWOOD, J oshua (sig: Jo'sh Chitwood) &amp; Jane Robinson (ink blot)
27 Apr 17860 Sur: Richard Cheetwood (sig: Chitwood).
CONSENT:
26 April 1786. John Robinson, father of Jane 0
Summers: not listedo
Worrell: Apl 26; Chitwood.
79 . CHINNETH, Nicholas Ru.xton &amp; Mary Switzer 0 12 Apr 1790• Sur: Isaac
Dawson.
Summers: not listed.
Worre ll: Ruxton Chenowith.

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22 May 1788 by Sa.ml Goodwin.

MIN RETo
Summers: yr
; Christmas; Ghoalson.
Worrell: not listed.
CHRISMAN, Joseph &amp; Hary Gholston. 25 Aug 1788 Sur: William Gholston
(sig: Gholson).
CONSENT: 26 Aug 1788. Anthony Gholson, father.
Wit: John Cross; Wm Gholson.
MIN R.ET: Joseph Crisman &amp; Mary
Ghols on md 23 Aug 1788 by Sa.ml Goodwin.
Summers.
Worrell.
82. CLAIR, George &amp; Susanna Kesler. 10 July 17f57. Sur : Jacob Bishop
Summers: Susanna Hester. · Worrell: July 19
83 . CLANCY, William &amp; Betsy Anderson. 13 Apl 1784 Sur: David Worley
CONSENT: 12 Apl 1784. Joseph Anderson, father. Wit: David Worley;
Thomas Anderson.
MIN RET: William Clancy &amp; Betsy Anderson md
15 Apl 1784 by Edward Crawfordo
Summers: Clancey
Worrell: 3 Apl 1783.
84. CLARK, Amos &amp; Anne Duval. 12 Feb 1786. Sur: Cornelius Duval (sig:
Duvall).
CONSENT : A Smytho
Col 'o Wm Mcclenahan. The initials
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Worrell.
&amp; Agnes Wright dau of Peter Wright.
9 Nov 1789
Sur : John Wright
CONSENT: 6 Nov 1789. Peter Wright, father.
Wit: John Wright ; Moses Mann.
MIN RET: Christser Clark &amp; Agness
Wright md 25 Nov 1789 by license by John Alderson.
Worrell: 17ITT.
Summers.
CLONCY, James (Clancey) &amp; Nancy Ocheltree . 15 Apr 1788. Sur:
William Clancy (sig: Clancey).
CONSENT: 15 Apr 1788. John
Ochiltree, g ' d 'n of Nancy Ochaltree, who is upwards of 21 ~. Wit:
James Poindexter; Wm Clancy
MIN RET: James Clancy md Nancy
Ocheltree on 17 April 1788 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell: Clancey; dau of John Ochletree.
CLOYD, David &amp; Rachel Alderson. 17 Jan 1788. Sur: David May (did
not sign bond)
CONSENT: 16 Jan 1788. Curtis &amp; Elizabeth Alderson
CONSENT: 11 Jan 1788. Michael &amp; Elizabeth Cloyd.
Summerso
Worrell: Anderson for Alderson.
COLE, John &amp; Cathrine Bryan. 4 Sept 17860 Sur: Jesse Hudson.
CONSENT: 2 Dec 1786. Wm Bryan, father. --Cathrine hath her age.
Wit: James Bryan; John Love.
Summers.
Worrell.
COLE, Richard &amp; Mary Richie. 12 Jan 1789. Sur : Joseph Hende:son.
CONSENT: 13 Jan 1789. Mary Gibson, mother of Mary Richie. Wit:
Henry Gibson ; Leonard Kunckes; Joseph Henderson (marked out). MIN
RET : Richard Cole &amp; Hary Ri tchy md 16 Jan 1789 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell: Coke for Cole.
CONNER, Daniel &amp; Hannah McDonald. 10 Jan 1786. Sur: William Sutton.
(note: this bond is torn.) MIN RET: Dennis Conner &amp; Hannah McDonald
md 14 Apr 1786 by Edward Crawford.
Summers.
Worre l l: Jan 150
CONNER, Dennis &amp; Sarah Fanning. 11 Nov 1773. Sur: Nathaniel Evans
(sig: Evins.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell.
CONNER, Lawrance &amp; Hargaret Blane. 3 Feb 1783. Sur: James Scantland
Summers: Marg't Blair.
Worrell: Bane.
CONNER, Terrance (sig : Terence) &amp; Anne Boons. 26 Jan 1786. Sur :
John Reyburne (sig: Reburno
CONSENT: 25 Jan 17860 William Bones
father.
Wit: John Reburn.
SUJDJ:lers: Boones.
Worrell: Boone.
COONEY, Matthew &amp; Mary Snodgrass. 8 June 1780. Sur: Ja's Corbet
Summers: Coones.
Worrell: Coones; Cooney on Nin Ret .

85 . CLARK, Christopher
0

86 .

0

87 .

0

88.

89.

90 .

91 .

93.

94.

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56

95. COWDEN, Ja's (Jam's Cowden) &amp; Sarah Hawkins. 4 Jul y 1775. Sur :
Jesse Herd (sig : Heard.
Summers: Cowdin.
Worrell.
96 . COX, Exekiel &amp; Elizabeth All. 28 May 1790 . Sur: Jacob Smith .
CONSENT: 25 May 17910 Nelly All ( or Elenor All) mother. \I/it : Jacob
Smith ; William All.
Summers.
Worrel: May 20
97 . COX, John &amp; Rebeckah Dunn. 28 July 1780. Sur : Wm Cox .
Summers.
Worrell.
98. CRAWFORD, Andrew &amp; Euphus Batey.. 23 Nov 1788. Sur: Alexander
McRoberts ..
Summers: Euphies.
Worrell.
99. CRAWFORD, James &amp; Sarah Vinsant.. 21 Oct 1786. Sur: Samuel McRoberts.
CONSENT: 19 Oct 1786. Isiah Vansant, father. Wit:
Wal ter Linsay; Walter Smilay/Sm.il ey.
Summers : not listed.
Worrell: 2 entries - James Campbell; dau
of Sarah.
100. CRAWFORD, Josiah &amp; Elizabeth Tootle md g Dec 1784 by Edwd Crawford
MIN RET.
·Summers : not listed.
Worrell: not listed.
101 • CRAWFORD, Samuel &amp; Jane Mason. 23 Mar 1771. Sur: John Mills Junr
Summers.
Worrell.
102. CRAWFORD, Thomas &amp; Ann 11cNeely dau of Wm McNeely. 13 Apr 1790.
Sur: Elijah I1cClanahan.
CONSENT : 5 Apr 1790 . \t/m McNeely,
father.
Wit : J Bowyer, Wm Howell
Summers.
Worrell.
103. CRAWFORD, Wm &amp; Margaret Kelpatrick md 20 Sept 1784 by Edward
Crawford. MIN RETo
summer s : not listed.
Worrell: not listed.
CRAWFORD,
William
&amp;
Martha
Cooper. 13 June 1786 • Sur: And' w
104.
Betty.
CONSENT: 11 June 1786. John Dickinson of cowpasture.
Summers.
Worrell: June 15.
105 .. CRAWFORD, William &amp; Margaret Dean md 28/20 May 1788 by Christopher
Clark.
MIN RET.
summers: 20 Apr..
Worrell: not listed ..
106. CREBBIN (sig: Cribbin) , Thomas &amp; Nancy Guthire. 9 Oct 1787.
Sur: Jn'o Wood ..
summers: Cribbins.
Worrell: Cribbers.
1070 CRIDER, Jacob &amp; Cathe:ine HaJ'1:le• ~2/7/g May 1786 • sur : Robert
Thompson .
CONSENT . (Ger s ig) \h tzlaf? Henn? _ English
Nicholas Hayne .
MIN RET: Jacob Crider &amp; Katharine Heyne md
1 June 1786 by Edward Crawford.
summers: Haynes.
Worrell: Haynes.
Good: Creder.
Sur: Hugh Crockett
108. CROCKETT, Anthony &amp; Mary Robinson. 12 Apr 1780
summers; Not listed.
Worrell: not list d •
109. CROW, John &amp; Williana Phipps. 13 Mar 17fr7 . es:U. . John Mills.
CONSENT: 13 Mar 1787 . Joshna? Phipps , father
.
Summers: Willana ; Joshua Phipps.
Worrell: ; F b · Wilima; sur:
Joshua Phipps,
Good: John Phipps, father.3 ~ ~onsent read
"I am" as Tom.
110. CUL.N'.AN, Michael &amp; Anne Pitzer. 14 Oct 17 83 • Sur: Isaac Taylor
Junr (no Jr on sig.)
Summers; Fetzer.
Worrell: Culman.

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111. DAVIS, Thos (sig: Thoaes) &amp; Mary Lanthron. 1 Feb 1780. Sur: Joseph
Dennis.
CONSENT : 12 Jan 1780. Mary Lantron, widow - own consent. Wit: Tbo's Harrison; Joseph Davis.
Summers: Lauthron.
Worrell: Lauthron; widow Lawhorn consent.
112. DAVIS, Wm &amp; Sarah/? Hanah Trotter. 28 Aug 1778. Sur: Adam
Kimberlin (did not sign)
Summers: Trotter.
Worrell: two entries. Hannah - Aug 28; Sarah
- I1ay 28.

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113. DAWNY, Michael &amp; Hary Parsinger dau of Nelly Wells. 26 June 1789
Sur: Ro(d)ger Mourning.
CONSENT: 26 June 1789. Nelly Well,
mother of Mary Parsingero
Wit: Rodger Mourning; John Mourning.
!UN RET : Michael Downey &amp;: Mary Persinger md by license on 29 June
1789 by Christopher Clarka
Summers: Downey.
Worrell: Downey.
114. DEFOE, John &amp; Frances Tathaw. 2 Nov 1784. Sur John Tatham.
Summers: Defoce ; Tatham.
Worrell: Fatham.
Fowler : Tatham.
115. DELBRIDGE, Robert &amp; Nancy Hainey. 10 June 1788. Sur: Joshua Bane
(sig : Jo's Bean).
CONSENT: 10 June 1788. Jo's Bean --- Nancy
Haniey , his dau-in-law. Wit : James Poindexter; M. Gr
(blot.
Summers: Haney; Delbridge.
Worrell: Haney ; dau-in-law of~
Beau, also su.r.
116. DELZELL, Tho's (sig: Dalzell) &amp; Lucrecia Depew. 13 Nov 1787. Sur:
Saml Depew.
CONSENT : John Depew, father of lucratia. 12 Nov
1786. Wit: Saml Depew; Lucratia Depew; Elijah Depew.
Summers : Dazelle ; Lavenia.
WORRELL; Detzel; Letricia Depew.
117. DEMPSEY (sig: Demsey), John&amp;: Racheal Soloman. 5 Sept 17880 Sur:
William Snow.
CONSENT: 5 Sept 1788. Joseph Jankins , g'd 'n of
Rachel. Wit: James Scott; James Trenor.
MIN RET: John Dempsey
&amp; Rachel Soloman md 6 Sept 1788 by Edwd Cra·w ford.
Summers.
Worrell.
118. DEMPSY (sig: Dempsey) , Mark&amp;: Mary Turner . 23 Aug 1788. Sur: John
Dempsy (sig: Demcy).
CONSENT: 15 Aug 1788. Willia.m Dempsey Sr,
father; James Tarner , father. Wit: Charles Tarner; John Gregor.
Consent mailed to John Griggory, Botetourt; postman Geo Huston.
MIN RET: Mark Dempsey &amp;: Mary Turner md 24 Sept 1788 by Edwd Crawford
Summers: parents Wm &amp;: Jane Turner~
Worrell.
119. DEPEW, Isaac &amp; Jane Jones. 19 Jan 1780. Sur: Moses Tullis. CONSENT:
17 Jan 1780 Elizabeth Jones. Wit: John Logan.
Summers.
Worrell.
120. DEPEW, Samuel &amp; Mary Dean. 7 Mar 1787. Sur: Leap.a.rd I Fleming
CONSENT: 6 Mar 1787. Will'm Fleming; Mary Dean; Col'o Hugh Rose
(no sig). Wit: s Palfreman; Leon'd Fleming.
MIN RET: Samuel
Depew &amp;: Mary Dean md 5 Mar 1787 - returned by Jno W Hol t, clerk of
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Summers.
Worrell.
121. DERRICK, Michael &amp; Elizabeth Moyer dau of J acob Moyer. 16 June 1789
Sur: Nicholas (sig: Nick) Sharkey.
CONSENT: (Ger sig:) Jacob
Moyer?, father. 16 June 1789. Wit: Nick Sharkey.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell.
122 . DEWESE, David &amp; Jane Harry. 28 Nov 17£57. Sur: David Iddingsa (sig :
Deweese).
CONSENT; 23 Nov 1787. Evan Harry , father. Wit :
David Iddings; John Hough.
Summers :
Worrell : Nov 23.
Fowler: Harvey for Harry.
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123. DIRGAN, John &amp; Elizabeth Hewit dau of sd Pat. Hewit. 2 Nov 1790
Sur: Patrick Hewit
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: not listed .
124. DISHMAN, James &amp; Jane Gunn. 25 July 1788 . Sur : William Gunn.
Summers.
Worrell : J ----- Dishman .
DIXON,
John
&amp;
Rachel
Howard. 8 May 1787. Sur: Rob' t Harvey
125.
Summers.
Worrell .
126. DODD, William &amp; Mary Pierce 31 Aug 1782 Sur: Tbo ' s Rowland.
MIN RET: Wm Dodd &amp; Mary Peirce md Sept 10, 1782 by Edwd Crawford
Summers: 1792.
Worrell: Hary Price.
DOHERTY,
John
&amp;
Adacey
Elder 7 Sept 1789 Sur: William Royall
1270
CONSENT: 4 Septo William Gu thry for Adacey Elder, his step/dortter
and to home I am gardeen. Wit : 'William Runnals , Iseck Borns ?Corns
Summers.
Worrell: Daugherty; Adicey
1280 DONOHO (sig: Donghe) , James &amp; Margaret Reyburne 8 Feb 1785 Sur:
James Reyburne (sig: Reburn)
Summers: Donaho ; Reyburn.
Worrell: Reyburn ; 18 Feb .
129. DOUGHERTY, Dan ' l &amp; Charity Thompson 21 July 1786 Sur : Rich ' d
Armstrong. MIN RET: Daniel Daugherty &amp; Charity Thompson md 28 July
17 86 by Edward Crawfordo
130. DOUGHERTY (sp Doherty), William &amp; Mary Bridger 28 Jan 1786 Sur:
James Stewart.
MIN RET: William Docherty &amp; Mary Bridges md 30
Jan 1786 by Sam ' l Shannon
Summers: Bridge s.
Worrell: Daugherty; Jan 20
88
131. DOUGHERTY (sp Daugherty), William &amp; Mary Scandland 29 Dec 1 7
Sur: James Scandland.
Summers.
Worrell : Scantland; Daugherty.
132. DOUGLASS &amp; Ann Morris 23 Jan 1788 Sur : William Hansford. ~O~SENT
20 Jan 1788 Richard Morris, father Wit : John Scott; Adam K~: ~rland.
MIN RET: John Douglass &amp; . Anne Morris md. 26 Jan 17
Y
Christopher Clark by license.
Summers.
Worrell: 2 entries - John Duncan· Rich 'd Morris s ur.
133. DRAPER, Tho ' s &amp; Leiller Breedan 4 Aug 1780 'Sur: Charle s Mcfadden
(sig: Mcfadon)
B
d
Summers: Leiller.
Worrell : Siller Breede.
Fowler: Sill~~N ~; an
134. DUKE, John &amp; Sally McNeel md 12 Feb 1789 by Edwd Crawford
Summers: Feb 10
Worrell: not listedo
sig: Mareen)
135. DUVALL, Cornelius &amp; Ann Pr yo r 8 May 1788 Sur: Marine ( Wit:
Mareen
Duvall.
CONSENT: 19 May 1788 Jo seph Pryor father
Duvall; Joseph Pryor J unr
Summers: Durallo.
Worre ll: Dewall.
0

136. EADS, John &amp; Sarah West dau of Jno. West 26 Feb 1790 sur: John
West.
Summers.
Worrell.
1370 EADS, Tho's &amp; Priscilla West 11 Aug 17 87 Sur: John West . t
Summers.
Worrell: Aug 3.
Good : Sig: Eades · Ozzo Wes •
138. EAKIN, Robert (sig: Eagan) &amp; Mary Martin 10 Fe~ 1778 sur: John
Potts.
Summers.
Worrell: 5 Feb.
Fowler: July 10
139. EASON, Saml. &amp; Ann Goodson 12 Feb 1779 Sur: James Barnett
Summers
Worrell

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140. EAVENS, William &amp; Mary Ross md 13 Oct 1788 by Saml Goodwin. MIN RET
Summers: 30 Oct; Evans
Worrell: not listed.
141. EDWARDS (sig: Edward), John &amp; _ arbary Faught 4 July 1785 Sur:
Spencer Haney (sig: Spense Bayne)
CONSENT: 2 July 1785 Gasper
Fought, father of Barbare
Wit: George Tacot; David Glasburn.
Summers: parent Joseph Faught .
Worrell.
142. EDWARDS, John &amp; Betsey Stevens. 15 Apr (blank) (1789?) Sur: John
Dudding.
Summers.
Worrell.
143. ELLIOT (sig: Elliott), Jn ' o &amp; Jane Cross 1 Oct 1785 Sur: William
Cross.
MIN RET : John Eliot &amp; Jane Cross md 6 Oct 1785 by John
Brown.
Summers
Worrell.
144. ELLIOTT, William &amp; Isabella Morris dau of Rich ' d Morris 11 Oct
1790 Sur: James Briant
CONSENT: 9 Oct 1790 Richard Morris,
father Wit : John Scott; James Armstrong.
MIN RET : William
Elliot &amp; Isabella Morris md 12 Oct 1790 by license by Christopher
Clark.
Summers.
Worrell.
145 . ENDERS, Adam &amp; Jean Hart 7 Sept 1790 Sur: Joseph Haynes. MIN RET:
Adam Enders &amp; Jane Hart md 10 Sept 1790 by license by Christopher
Clark.
Summerso
Worrell.
Burton: on bond Hurt.
146. ESTILL, William &amp; Martha Wright md 7 May 1789 by license by Christopher Clark.
MIN RET .
Summers: Estelle.
Worrell : not listed.

147. FASHIERE (sig: Fascher), Daniel &amp; Murrelas .Eagle 24 Oct 1785 Sur:
David Bowman.
Summers : Fascher; Murrilas .
Worrell: Fascher; Murelas.
148. FAUGHT, George &amp; Mary Persinger dau of Christ. Persinger. 11 Sept
1789 Sur : Jacob Johnston (sig: Johnson)
CONSENT: 10 Sept 1789
Christo Pessenger , father of Merey. Wit: Jacob Pessenger; Samuel
Porter.
MIN RET : George Faught &amp; Mary Persinger md 14 Sept 1789
by license by Christopher Clark.
Summers: 1780
Worrell: dau of Christopher.
149 . FELPS, Isaac &amp; Sarah Deen md 4 Oct 1788 by license by Christopher
Clark. MIN RET:
Summers: Folps.
Worrell: not listed.
150. FINNEY , John &amp; Rache l Taylor 18 Sept 1787 Sur: William Taylor.
CONSENT: 18 Sept 1787 Jonathan Taylor, father. Wit : David May
MIN RET: John Finney &amp; Rachel Taylor md 21 Sept 1787 by Edwd Crawford
Summers.
Worrell.
151. FOGLE, John &amp; Margaret Millar/?Miller md 26 Feb 1782 by Edwd Crawford

MIN RET
Summers: not listed
Worrell: not listedo
152. FORISTER (sig: Forrester), David &amp; Elizabeth Ham 3 Jan 1789 Sur:
John Harler
CONSENT: 3 Jan 1789 Judah Harlow, mother of Elizo
Ham Wit: Joseph Holmes; John Harlow
Summers.
Worrell: Forrester; dau of Judy Lorton.

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153. FRINGER, Christopher (sig: Christophel) &amp; Susanna Zirkle 1 Dec
1787 Sur: George Deal (sig: Dill)
Summers Susanna Fickle
Worrell: 5 Dec
FULLEN,
James
&amp;
Sarah
Whitley
23 Mar 1772 Sur : Andrew Allis on;
154.
John Barton
Worrell: Fulton
Summers: Fulton

23 Nov 1781 Sur: Wm McClelan
CONSENT: 21 Nov 1781 Wm McClelan (note : now McClenan ) -- Sarah
upwards 21 ~both parents dead~ no g'd ' n Wit: Ca leb Wallace
Summers
Worrell
GARDNER, James &amp; Sarah Bowel 6 M.ar 1786 Sur : Thomas Howel MIN
RET: James Gardner &amp; Sarah Bowel md 10 Mar 1786 by Edward Crawford
Summers: Gordner; Howell
Worrell: not listed.
GARWOOD, Joseph (Saml was marked ou.t) &amp; Martha McClelon 31 Jan
1786 Sur : John McClelon (sig: Mcclellon)
Summers: Martha McClure: Worrell: Jan 30; McClellan
GELLESPY, Ja's &amp; Mary Robertson md 25 Jan 1785 by Edward Crawford
MIN RET.
Summers : not listed
Worrell: not listed.
GEORGE, William &amp; Elinor Snodgrass 9 Feb 1779 Sur: Jonathan New-

i 55. GAMMON, Richard &amp; Sarah Gamble

156.
157.
158.
159.

man.
Summers.
Worrell
160.GILL, Edward &amp; Elizabeth Bails 20 Mar ch 1789 Sur: James Gillis.
CONSENT: 20 Mar 1789 Ellen Bels, mother. Wit: William Kyle, Jas
Laudendale.
MIN RET: Edward Gill &amp; Elizabeth Boils md 3 1 Mar
1789 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers: Edward Bails parent.
Worrell : dau of Ellis Bail 80
161. GILLISPIE, James (sig: Gillespy) &amp; Elizabeth Gillispie 29 July .
1779 Sur: Robert Gillespie (sig : Gillespy. Wit: Edward Crawford,
William Gillespy
Summers: no given name for groom.
Worrell : Gillespie.
162. GILLISPIE, William &amp; Sarah Carpenter 24 May 1780 Sur: Rob't Harvie
Summers: Mary
Worrell: Mary/Sarah
163. GILLISPY, John (sig: Gillespy) &amp; Jane Harvey 13 Aug 1779 _sur:
Mich'l Wooley
CONSENT: 12 Aug 1779 Rebecah &amp; Simon Gillespy
Summers: Gillispie ; Paul Harvey.
Worrell: son of Simon &amp; Rebecah
164, GLASSBURN, David &amp; Elizabeth Carpenter 18 Mar 1778 sur : Moses
Kimberland (sig: Falser Kimberlingo
CONSENT: 14 Mar 1778
Zophern &amp; Nary Carpenter, parents. Wit : Moses Man; Thomas Carpenter; Robard Galespe .
Summers: Glosburn; Jes Carpenter, father.
Worrell: 21 June
165. GOFFORD, John &amp; Elizabeth Hughs 16 Jan 1781 Sur: Charles Mcfaden
Summers: Hughes.
Worrell: Hugh; Gifford 0
,
166 . GOLDSON (sig: Gholson), William &amp; Mary Cross g Dec 1784 sur: ~m
Cross.
MIN RET: Wm Goulston &amp; Mary Cross md 9 Dec 1784 by Edwd
Crawfordo
Summers: misprint
Worrell
167. GOODSON, John &amp; Sarah ~ickham, orphan of the Co
17 sept 1789 Sur
Nicholas Carper.
CONSENT: 5 Sept 1789 John.Wick.ha.m,brO to Sarah
Wit: Jonathan Graham.
CONSENT: 5 Sept 1789 bro to sarah who is
over 21.
Wit: Jonathan Graham; Jas Terry 0 '
Summers: misprint.
Worrell: sur John Wickham; 7 Sept
to be continued

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WALKER FAMILY CEMETARY

Located on State Route 622, Eggleston, VA, on a
Farm Currently (1 Aug 1978) owned by Charles D. Walker
RFD

Compiled by J. Tracy Walker III *
5 Box 258 Charlottesville, VA 22901

1. Burton , Ja.Ines W.

16 Feb 1945

2.

8 Apr 1924

J.

·- - -- -·--- - - - ·-- ··- - - - 29 Jun 1876
Pvt. 2nd Va . Inf'.
, Josie - - - -· - -- - -·· · - --·-·
J Apr 1880

1898
, William Henry -------------~- 8 Jun 1928
Son of W. H. and B.E. Hodge

1961

Hodge , 'lbomas M. - - - - - - -

4.

10 Jan 1929

6•

5. Jones, M.F. - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - -- - ll Aug 1845
, Elvina M. Oct 186J
7•
• Sam •
2 Sep 1890

24 Feb 1924
Sep 19JO
16 Feb 1911

8 • McClaugherty, Hugh - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - JO Oct 1804

25 Nov 1878

9. Niday , David ~o. C, 24th Va. Inf., CSA
10.
, Sarah- -----------------~ 1844
11.
, Arthur - -----------------~- 1887

1908
1905

, Etna (or &amp;ina) ~-------------, John E . · ~----~-----~----1875

12.
1).

1898

14 . Sartin , Hughie P. --- - - -- - - - - - - - - -- 9 Nov 1872
15.
, Flora Elizabeth - - - - - - -- - - -lJ Oct 1871
Sa.Ille Stone as H.P. Sartin

9 Apr 1941
22 Feb 1953

16. Simpkins, Wm.! -------------~-

2 Feb 1883

17. Walker, George
18.

12 Dec 18.58

H .----------------~-

, Sarah B. Mcclaugherty
(2nd wife of G.H. Walker)
, I . H. ~------------~~-- 5 Feb 18ll
(Brother of G.H . Walker)
, s . Fannie
13 Jun 18)8
Daughter of George H. &amp; M.C.
McClaugherty Walker
, Mattie E. --- - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - 1841
, Annie Wal. ton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Nov 18.58
, John Floyd - - -- - - - - -- - - -- - 7 Jun 184)
(Son of G.H. Walker &amp; 'PVT in

19.
20.
21.
22.

23.

57 Va. Inf• , ~)

, Margaret A. - - - - - - -- - - - - - - lJ Jul 185.5
(Wife of J.F. Walker)
, John F. T:racy - - - - - - - -- - - - - 2J Apr 1877
(Son of J .F. Walker)
8 Mar 1870
, Barbara Emmons •
(Wife of J.F.T. Walker)
, Wilmont Webster ------------~ 1 Jan 187)
(Son of J.F . Wal.ker)

24.
25.

26 •
27.

1881
1916

181)
18J l

14 Nov 1892
22 Sep 1898
1912

5 Jan 1920
21 Apr 1904
JO Apr 1928

10 Feb 1930
16 Dec 1937
l Ma.r 1942
over

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28. Walker,

Mary May

7

29.

Daughter of John &amp;: ftla8gie A. Walker
H. Kyle
Son of J.F. &amp; M.A. Walker

2 Jul 1896

19 Feb 1899

1888

19)0
1967

JO.

Whittaker, Frederick Albert Sr.
, Annie Laurie Walker Jl.
(Daughter of J.F. Walker )
J2.
, Lelia Walker Meyerhoeffer

May

1884

4 Sep 1885

1893

25 Jul 1888

25

Apr 19)2

NOTES

1.

Comments in parentheses are by the compiler and are not engraved on the stones.

2.

'lbere are at least a dozen unmarked graves outside the fenced(or 'Walker)portion

of the cemetary.

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GILES COUNTY, VIRGINIA
1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
Following are a few of the deaths listed for the 1850 Census Mortality
Schedule. These deaths include only those that were married or the old.
The original of this record is at the Virginia State Archives, Richm9nd,
Virginia, and on microfilm.
page 238.
line 1. Thomas Sartin = 78 yrs = male = married = b not known = d June
8. Andrew J Fry = male = married = d June
9. Nancy Fry = 60 = female = ?widowed = d Aug.
11. Betsy Farley = 80 yrs =female =widowed = d April
12 . Sinia Lucas = 27 yrs = female = married = d Jan.
2J, Jane Pool = 75 yrs = female = widowed = d Apr.
26. Wm Lucas = 44 yrs = male = married = d Aug.
27 . Sarah Simmons = 45 yrs =female = married = d April
31 . George C Trout = 42 yrs =male =married = d Aug.
33. Jacob Nida = 67 yrs = male = married = d Aug.
page 239 ,
1. Wm Chapman = 62 yrs = male = widowed = d May
15 . Roland Fletcher = 80 yrs = male = married = d June
17. Haven Bane = 49 yrs = male = widowed = d July
18. James Bane = 71 y-rs = male = married = d Apr.

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HINT: Marriage records: Check the index for the name you are researching: if the page has only one line of names per page, have the court house
zerox that page for you. You then can copy down the information from the
register along side of the name on the zerox index page . Also applies to
deeds, will, etc.

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County of

Mrs . W.T.Trevil lian
625 West Washington St ., Wytheville, VA
Phone : 703-228- 5347

24651

24293
24382

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This 1.1st o f peop 1 e willing to do genea1 ogical research was P 1anned
th Street
carried out under the direction of Mrs . Gwen Thompson~ 460 west Nor
Wythevill e, VA 24382 , during the months of Harch and Ap ril 1980, for
publication in the " Virgini a Appalachian Notes ."
Persons listed responded to a questionnaire mailed to the courthOU se of each
jurisdiction listed .
Charges for research varies .
Ar rangements for
uld be mutually
assis t ance sho e nvelope
developed. Each request sho uld enclose self- addressed , stamped
(SASE) .
No reply to date from the following: Counties of Bland Buchannan, Craig,
Highland, Montgomery, Patrick, and Scot t; City of Radfo ~d .
Editor's Note : For our members who are profess ional researchers or . h
genealogists, send me infonnation similar to abo~~and we will pub1 is
your 'ad' in the VAN.

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�WHITE GATE , GILES COUNTY , VIRGINIA
by Jerri e Atkin*
A large taste of living abroad has convinced the James Bryans there ' s nothing like bu rrowing down in this little Giles County hamlet of some 150 souls •
.. A year ago they bought the old Beauregard Allen home and 250 acres off
Virginia 42 ... . . . . . .. . . . . Although the Allen hous e i s only around 85 years
old , the site is historic . In cleaning out around fencelines , the Bryans
found the wooden sign marking White Gate's first post office in 1842 .
Oddly enough , the community , previously called Rye Meadows and Baneville,
was dubbed White Gate because the first postmaster, John Bane , had a white
gate in front of his house .
The place a lso bustled a lot more in pre- Civil War years .
Bill Bane , Giles County treasurer and a lifetime resident of White Gate,
says it used to be known as an educational hub of the county because it
boasted the Old Academy , one of two institutions of higher lea:rning in Giles.
The Old Academy wasn ' t college caliber or anywhere near it , Bane said.
Rather , th e primitive log structure was the next rung above the one-room
school , kind of equivalent to the current junior high.
*This article i f f rom the Roanoke Times &amp; World News , Roanoke, Va., for
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FRANKLIN COUNTY , VIRGINIA
Legislative Petitions 1790 - 1825
List of Insolvant Property i n the County of Franklin for the year 1797
Retun-ied by Swinfiel d Hill Sheriff .
2 horses
Jessee Beck
Kentucky
John Cook
2 slaves over 16 4 h
Montgomery
1 h
Meredith Clay
Montgomery
1 h
John Crawford
unknown
1 h
Anney Carter
Cumberland
1 h
Isaac Ia.vis
unknown
1 h
J ona than Reese
same

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1.06
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1.69

Franklin September Court 1799
Ordered that the above list of insolvants of property returned by
Swinfield Hill
? Sheriff of this County be certified to the Am 't ?
of publick accounts .
a Copy teste James Call away Clk
The above document is in the box of legislative petitions as dated above
at the Vi rgin ia State Archives, Richmond, Va.

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NOTES ON EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES
For list of exchanges see page 41 &amp; 42 of May , 1980 , issue of VAN .
The following is a list of articles on Virginia or of genea1o 6 1 cal interest ,
We wish that we could include all articles (for they are all of interest ),
but we do not have the room .
"Heart of Texas Records", Winter , 1979, #4 , Vol X.XI , p 115 = con't " The
Westward Movement - Part III" . Also for fun , a tongue twister from an 1894
paper - p 151.
" Ancestry" (Fla . ), Vol 1 5 , #1, Jan 1980 = p 29 , International Genealogy Scotland. p 31 , 'Glossary of Law Terms ' con't .
"Apache " (Ariz) - Vol V, #2 , Jan, 1980 - p 5 : Sources from va rious s tates;
p 15, ' Tips on German Research '; p 16, ' Vital Records from States . Since
their members are from many states - they always have articles on "How to" ·
"Search &amp; Prove " (Wash.) Vol 29 , #4, p314 , 'Womack Family Records''; P.32 3
start of articles 'Research Aids'- The Western Reserve Historical Society .
p 329, bibliography of periodicals at the Suzzallo Library (part I) at the
u of Washington ; p 345 'New England Ancestor File ' ,
"Genealogy " (Ind. His . Soc) , #53, May 1980 ="Research in Virginia", part
II. (see below) by Bob Clay. Good Reading !
"Midwest Historical &amp; Genealogical Regis ter (Kan) , Vol XV, #1 , p 20 , 'Y(ouel
Family Archives, Washington &amp; Lee University Library , Lexington, Va . - as
I read the article , Mrs . Naomi Nielsen , 402 West Taylor Street, Lyonds,
Kansas 67554 is to leave her material to W&amp;L) .
"Virginia Tidewater" ( va) = Vol II #2 , June 1980 = p L1-9 " Probate Regis try
of Colonial Virginia Wills "; p 60 ' York Co . Marriages . Also other good
info on Va.
"The Certified Copy" Vol 9 , #1= p 20, " How Reliable is the information on
Death Records?'; "Info on various states ' vital records . 1 0 pages on genealogical information sources in Ohio.
"The Journal of the Kanawha Valley Genealogical Society", Vol 4 #2 , ' The
Windons (family)'; ' A List of Officers of the Illinois Regiment, and of
the Crockett Regiment ' . .• Vol 4 #4 = ' The Musgraves'
"Genealogy", Apr 1980, #52 = ' Research in Virginia ' (part I) by Bob Clay .
p 12, Quarterlies , etc, on Kentucky .
"Genealogy", #54, July 1980 = p 16, a letter to a court house.
---I'm reserving my comments.

Read it

(Note: Do we have a local member who would like to review these quarterlies for VAN?There are many interesting articles
you can learn a lot.
Really need the help.)

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"Genealogical Aids Bulletin" (Ohio), Vol 9 , #4, Spring 1980 , p 92 ''We need
unpublished materials . (How about copying just two pages of material for our
Bulletin the next trip you make to a court house or cemetery) . We need Bible
Records .
((Note : This would apply to every quarterly published -- a few cannot supply all the material needed . So PLEASE help out your quarterly --or
genealogical society)
"Genealogy " (Ind) , Feb 1980, #51 , p 1 ' Researching in Maryland ', p 12 , ' How
to Become a Certified Genealogist '; p 13, 'The Edward Hei rs' (a swindler &amp;
fraud story) . #50 , Jan 1980 , p 1, ' The Genesis of Deed Registers ' .
"Orange Co , California , Genealogical Society Quarterly", Vol 17 , #1 , Mar,
1980 , p22-24, ' Martin H Payne Family Bible ',
"Ancestry (Fla) , Apr , 1980 , p 75, ' Glossary of Law Tenns ' (con ' t).
" The Search " (Calif) , Vol 17 , Mar 1980, ''Where Pilgrims still Walk the I.and"
(Wonder if R A Goodpasture read this . ) ; 'Spain , Portugal &amp; Mexico - Some
Research Sources ' .
"Trails West" , Vol 10 #3, Apr 1980, p 59 : "The Loving Irish , The Gillilands"
has been reprinted.
Car-Del Scribe , May 1980: p 6= we would like to note that the 'ad' for us
in this issue is wrong and has been for several years .
Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly" , Vol 18, June 1980 , #2: All articles on Va ; good research one ' Genealogical Research i n Virginia Church
Records .'
" Trail Breakers ", Vol VI , #3 ,
North and South" (Va Room has
Confederate A.nnies in the war
were stored - the 128 volumes
Family surname publications.

Apr 1980 : "Searching for Civi l War Records the 'Official Records of the Union and
of the Rebellion ' on microfiche, the books
took up too much space . ); p 27, a list of

Augustan Society Newsletter :

list of publications.

''Newsletter" Clark Co. Gen ' cal Soc (Wash) , June 1980 : 'SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN,
GERMANY. If you have ancestry from Schleswig-Holstein, Ger., you are urged
to write to Prof . Paul G. Buchloh , Kiel University , Kiel, Gennany. You
are cordially requested to participate by answering Dr. Buchloh's questionaire . One fonn is needed for EACH ancestor. This is to assist in
their project in researching all descendants of Schleswig-Holstein area.
They need your participation .
(New) "Ancestors Unli mited Edition" Ancestors Unlimited, Inc., PO Box
= Vol II, #1, Mar 1980 =mainly Clayton
County , Ga.

490336 , College Park , Georgia 30349

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PEDIGREE CHARTS
Mrs . J. D. Dickenson
.f. (nee Johnnie Jo Sowell)

PO Box 935
Huntsville, Texas 77340

NAME
1 . Johnnie Jo Sowell
(hus) Jimmy Don Dickenson
2. John Onan Sowell
3. Alpha DICKEY
4. George Russell Sowell
5. Lucy Mary GIBSON
6. James William Dickey
7. Lucy Bell e DURHAM
8 . John Alexander Sowell
9. Laura A. HILTON
10. Samuel Gibson
11. Laura Jane KIRKLAND
12. Matthew Emanuel Dickey
13. Narcissus E. LANCASTER
14. James Blair Durham
15. Lucy Ann KEMP
16. James Russell Sowell
17. Jane BLACKWELL
18. Moses Hilton
19. Rebecca HOLLIS
20. Anthony Palmer Gibson
21. Catherine GREEN
22. Francis A. Kirkland
23. Jane CONE
24. Edmond Dickey
25. Charlotte
26. John Lancaster
32. Levi Sowell
33. Gilly Ann KING
J4. John Blackwell
36. George Hilton
37. Peggy HOUGH
40. Samuel Gibson
41. Tabytha KENNEDY
42.
43. Mary Ann COLLARD
48. Matthew Dickey
49. Rebecca
64. James Sowell
65. Sarah
72. Samuel Hilton/Helton
?J. Edith
80. Guyon Gibs on
81 . Eleanor KENNEDY
82 . Thomas Kennedy
83. Mary
86 . Elija h Collard
87. Mary STARK

BORN
DIED
1937, Walker Co,TX

MARRIED
1962 , Tx .

1896 , Madison Co,TX
1919, Tx
1900, Leon Co, TX
1868 , Kershaw Co,SC=1922, TX
1890 , TX
1869 , TX
1931 , Ma dis on Co,TX
1871, Marshall Co , ALA+1953 , TX
1894
1878, Leon Co, TX 1966, Wa lker Co, TX
1840, Iarlington,SC=1914, TX
1865, SC
1842 , Lancaster Co , SC=1921 , TX
1846, Texas
1893 , Texas
1865
1846, Ala .
1909 , Texas
1848, Ala.
1914, Texas
1868
1849, Ala . or Ga . 1928 , Texas
1879, Texas
1810, SC
1891, Texas
1856, Ark .
1914, Texas
1818, SC
SC
1818, Missouri
1824, MO
SC
Ga.
1810, Tenn
1819
Ga . or Ala?
1774 NC

1842, TX·

18J8,

A].a .

1780 SC
1782 , SC
1805, Ky
1776, SC

NC

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96. John Dickey
97 , Sarah ROBINSON

Va.

1. Jimmy D. DICKENSON
wife-Johnnie Jo Sowell
2. Jesse Felix Dickenson
J . Mildred Pauline LISBY
4 . William Doran Dickenson

1941 , Tex.

1962, TX

1940, TX
1904, TX
1914, Tx.
1895, Tx
186J , Indian Cr., Va . =1923, Tx
?Russell Co , ????
5. Ora Ella GRAHAM
1878, TX
19.21TX
6 . Jesse Lisby
1908, TX
1886 , Ala
1949 , TX
7. Virginia Elizabeth FORD 1889 , Ala
1951 , TX
8 . Charles Dickenson
1860??? Va
1831 , Va
Va
9 . Sallie GREY
18J6 , Va
1925, Calif .
1867, Tx.
10. Duncan McFarland Graham 1847 , Miss .
1916, Tx
11. Frances C. PRESSLER
Tx
aft
.
1917,
1848, Miss
1881, Ala
12 . John Russell Lisby
1901, Ala.
1867, Ala .
1J. Frances Elizabeth BERRY 1860, Ala
1933, Tx
1873, Ala
14. Lewis Miles Ford
1889 , Ala
1848, Ala
15 . Alice Louisa NEIGHBORS 1853, Ala
1941, Tx
18. William D. Grey
1809, Va
19. Hannah POSTON
1818, Va
20. William A. Graham
Ala.
1815 , SC
21. Margaret
1821, Ala.
1849, Ala.
24. John Lisby
1830, Ala
25 . Mary Ann MUSTIN
1899
1828, Al.a
1851, Ala.
26 . Andrew A. B.erry
1825, Ala.
27 . Elizabeth BEAVERS
1830, Tenn.
28 . Issac M. Ford
1823, SC·
29 , Sarah P..nn
1824, SC
JO . John M. Neighbors
1803, SC
31. Winny
1809 , SC
40 . John H. Graham
41. Rebecca C.
48 . Nathan Lisby
1791 , Tenn
49 , Fennette
1800, SC
50 . Samuel Mustin
51. Matilda OOWNEY

52.
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PEDIGREE CHAR'IS

-It Michael A. Ports
1014 Cedar Ridge
Annapolis, MD 21403
name
1. Mollie STEELE
Hus= Charles Henry RILEY
2. George H. Steele
J. Ellen FINNEY
4. Harvey Jacob Steele
5. Jane ASBURY
6 . Reuben Finney
7. Rebecca JOHNSON
8. Richard Steele
9. Eleanor MARLOW
10. Henry Asbury
11. Martha, MoORE
12. George Finney
13 . Phoebe ·
14. John Johnson
15. Elizabeth FLETCHER
20. John Asbury
21 . Jean BOLLING
22 . I saac MOORE
28. William Johnson
29. Mary
JO. William Fletcher
31. Mary

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marri ed
Russell Co,Va=1947 Texas
1897
Va
1943, TX
Tazewell Co,Va=1878, Russell = 182 0
Russell Co,Va= 1920, Pr.Wm.Co, Va
Tazewell Co, = 1878, Russell Co = 1820
Tazewell Co.
1876, Russell Co,Va
Russell Co.
1890, Russell =
Russell Co
Rus s ell Co.
1840, Tazewell = 1798
1840, Tazewell Co,
1826 , Tazewell = 1785
1829, Tazewell =
1766, Va
1863, Russell Co

born
1873 ,
1874,
1833,
1845,
1799,
1800,
1801,
1812,

1782, Russell Co, Va= 1863, Rus s ell Co
1789, Tazewell Co
1720
1806, Tazewell= 1745
1742
1795
1797, Russell Co.
1753
1817, Russell Co.

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PEDIGREE CHARTS
1t Harold B. Peters
RFD 4 , Box 219

Jonesville, VA 24263
MARRIED
NAME
BORN
DIED
11-29-1939 , Ky
1. Harold Burnette PETERS
3-28-1919 , Lee Co, Va
(wife) Maine Evelyn Wells
2. William Slyvester
1879 , Lee Co , Va
1970 , Lee , Va 1899, Harlan Co , Ky
3 . Amamda Lee PARSONS
1883 , Lee Co , Va
4. George W. Peters
1844, Scott Co , Va 1929, Lee Co. 1868, Scott Co , Va
5. Francis "Fanny" FRANCE 1845, Scott Co , Va 1889 , Lee Co,Va
1918 , Lee Co , Va 1874, Lee Co, Va
6. Henry Zion Parsons
1853 , Lee Co,Va
7. Elizabeth PARSON
1844, Lee Co, Va
1939 , Lee Co,Va
Scott Co, Va= 1830 , Scott Co.
8. George Peters
1809ca
Va
Scott Co, Va
9. Elizabeth PEARSON
1809 ca
Va
Scott Co , Va 1826 , Scott Co
10. Andrew France
1803 ca
Va
1889 , Scott Co .
11. Elizabeth DARTER
1804 ca
Lee Co,Va
12. William A Parsons
1828 ca , Lee Co , Va 1877 , Lee Co , Va
Lee Co, Va
13. Mary Jane CALTON
1823 ca
ca 1840 Lee Co, Va
1887
14. Edward Parsons
1816, Lee Co, Va
15. Margaret JONES
1818, Lee Co,Va
1905,Lee Co , Va
1857 , Lee Co, Va ca 1825 , Lee Co.
24. John "Jackie" Parsons
1802ca , NC
ca 1886 , Lee Co ,
25. Rebecca PENNINGTON
1805, Lee Co , Va
1856, Lee Co. ca 1814, Lee Co
28. William S . Parsons
1779. , NC
29. Phoebe PENNINGTON
1794, NC
ca 1862/63 , "
Jackson Co, MO
30. Abraham JONES
Botetourt Co , Va
1857
, Jackson Co , Mo
31 . Mary KYLE
ca 1793
1856 , Lee Co, Va= ca 1780
48. John Parsons
ca 1755, NC
.Lee Co , Va
49. Mary "Polly" SIMMONS
NC?
50 . Edward "Neddy" Pennington
1779 , ?Wilkes Co , NC= 1852 Lee Co = ca 1792/3
Wilkes Co • 'NC
51. Martha ''Patsy" FLANERY 1779 , Wilkes Co,NC?=1852 , Lee Co,Va
1856 , Lee Co , Va= ca 1780 NC
56. John Parsons
ca 1775 , NC
57. Mary "Polly" SIMMONS
Lee Co, Va
NC?
58. Edward Pennington
see No . 50
59. Martha "Patsy" FLANERY see No . 51
?Botetourt Co,Va
62. Robert Kyle
63. Sarah RUNNELS
(Note: Robert Kyle &amp; Sarah Reynolds md 13 June 1788 , Bote . co ., Va.
( Sarah is dau. of John Runnels )
96. Richard Parsons
?NC
97. Elizabeth FEATIIERS
100. Micajah Pennington
Lee Co , Va
1741, Lee Co , Va
1761
101. Rachel JONES
1741
102. John Flanery
NC?
103. Phoebe BOGGS
112. &amp; 113. See Nos. 96 &amp; 97,
116. &amp; 117 . See Nos. 100 &amp; 101.
118. &amp; 119. See Nos . 102 &amp; 103.

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BOOK REVIEWS

BY Belva Counts
1860

GILES COUNTY VIRGINIA CEt!SUS INDEX
By hlary- Paul Beaudrias Shannon
This index of Giles County 1860 Census consists of the Head of the
Household and the Household Number. It also contains the first member( s)
of the household whose l ast name is different from the Head. In this way,
at least all surnames are represented in the index for each household.
The 1870 Giles County Virginia Census Index is in preparation.

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BLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA

CE l~SU S

IiiDEX

By Mary- Paul Beaudrias Shannon ~
Bland County was formed in 1861 from Tazewell, Wythe and Giles Counties,
and divided into four districts . In very ge~eral terms, those people in
Sharon and Rocky Gap Districts in 1870 were probably in Tazewe l l in 1860 .
Likewise , those in Seddon District in 1870 were in Wythe County in 1860, and
those in Mechanicsburg District in 1870 were probably in Giles County in 1860 .
The index itself consists of the Head of the Household, the district
abbreviation and the household number. It also contains the first member(s)
of that household whose last name is different from the Head. All surnames
are represented in the index for each household.
Gift copies to the Southwestern \' irginia Genealogical Society from the
author have been placed in the Virginia ~oom of the Roanoke City Public
Library. Copies may be ordered for the price of $5.00 each postpaid plus
Virginia sales tax (20¢) from :
Mary-Paul Beaudrias Shannon
510 Fort Branch Road
Pearisburg, Virginia 24134

--------------------------------------------------------------------------SCOTT COUNTY VIRGINIA CEMETERY RECORDS, Volume I, maps, over J200 names
200 pages soft cover Si x 11. $12 .95 postpaid. order from Phyllis L. Willits
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MILLS, FRAZIER, AND ALLIED FAMILIES
~ By Margaret Mills Frazier

Margaret Mills Frazier was inspired to search for her ancestors as
she watched our country's 200th Birthday Celebration in 1976. tArs . Frazier 's
choice of drawings for her book cover expressed the situation in researching
each of the families included here- -"The Family Tree - Out on a Limb."
Beginning with her three grandchildren, James Thomas Connor III, James
Henry Boschma III and Stacie Lynn Boschma, her search went back twelve
generations. Records include the families of Adams, Addington, Crank,
Cromwell, Duncan, Elswick , Fraley, Frazier , Green, Hutchinson, Ingram,
Mason , Mills, Moore, Napier, Newberry , Phillips, Powers, Squire, Stallard,
Teal, Thompson, Todd, Wilburn, Williams and others.
The family of Adams, Addington, Mills and Stallard came to the United
States from England ; Duncan and Frazier from Scotland ; Ne wberry and Powers
from Ireland. Some families are traced back to 1500.
Family records include the states of Pennsylvania, East Tennessee,
Kentucky, Massachusetts , North Carolina and Virginia (counties of Culpeper,
Essex, Goochland, Gloucester , Lee, Montgomery , Russell, Scott, Washington
and Wise), and parts of the state of West Virginia .
There are 250 pages of family records with many pictures throughout
the book, with coat of arms and indexed . The book is cloth bound and
Library of Congress catalogued. A copy of the book is in the Virginia Room
of the Roanoke City Public Library and may be ordered from the author,
Mrs . Margaret M. Frazier
558 Sunnybrook Drive
Hurricane, West Virginia

25526.

The price is $20 .00 postpaid .

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the Western Waters" - The New River of Virginia in Pioneer Tu.ys - 1745-1800.
Price $27.25. Order from Kegley Books, Mary B. Kegley, 4400 Park Avenue ,
Richmond, Va. 23221.

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A revised edition of James W Hagy's historical study, CASTLE ' S wooIS AND
EARLY RUSSELL COUNTY, 1769-1799" is being sold by the Russell county Historical Society. Price $5. 00. Order from Russell Co. Public Library , PO Box
247, Lebanon, Va 24266.

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~UERIES

~arold B. Peters, RFD 4 3ox 219, Jonesville VA 24263
Does anyone have information about George PE'r ERS and Pinknew
CARTER who built mills in Scott Co VA;or of their parents,brothers
sisters, or children.George PETERS is shown on 1 850 Scott Co
census, but not Pinknew CARTER.

J. William Austin, 15 A Franklin Rd . Roanoke, VA 24011Needed r First marriage of Capt. Isaac AUSTIN St. b.ca 1755 Chester
Co PA a son of William As·roN and ? died 1828-1835 Botetourt Co .
Marr ied(2) Mary (i;:artha) i\~ALCOMB 16 Dec 1777 Somerset Parrish MD

Vivian S. Bandy, 49 San fl'. iguel Ave, San f\lateo CA94403
Need info about the follo.,.,,ing Virginia families' Thomas WALTHALL and I'1 ;artha Ann AV A':?.RY m. June 182J; John SALMONS and Naomi
DE PRIE:.::&gt;'I' m. 6 June 1759;James iv.rrc:-LELL and Elizabeth BEARD m.11
Feb 1762 1John FORD b. 1.8 Jan 1784, wife Frances b.11Nov17801
Anthony SYDfiOR and Mary CHAPrf.AN' BRCWDErt m. 16 Jan 1800; Barnett
SMITH ,Jr. and r~~ary GRAYSON m. 11May1809; 'l 'homas GRAYSON m. Jenny
FIELD 1 788; William JOHHSI'O!'.f m. f·~ary GOODLOE 21 July 1720 :and
Henry SAMUEL d . 1748 wife Catherine .
• Watha Lambert, 6005 W. Indianola Ave, Phoenix Az 85033
Need info on parents and wives of Philip LA~BERT b. ca 17J4;in
Botetourt 1770; d. in ·razewell Co 1820. «vill correspond with anyone working on LAr:'BER'I' (anywhere), NGCKLE;':; (anywhere), and CAR•r ER
(Tazewe 11 Co) .
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Rose B. Anderson, 935 NW Sc enic Dr ., Albany OR
Seek ancestors of John MC NEIL , b. 13 ~ay 1820
Migrated to Oregon 1346. Said to be one of six
ther '} eorge A. (b. 1822; m. Diana ?; children
b. Illinois, William and Lizzie b. California)

97321

Rockbridge Co YA.
brothers. One broJennie and John
To Calif.by 1858.

Frances !·tallowa
08 r. ~cCr eery, La Junta CO 81050
John CATO CATOE b. 3runswic~ Co VA 1710-15 d. South Carolina 1804
m. Jane COOKE dauGhter of Henry COOY..E of VA. :fad son Allen whose
children married into 3COKE~Fami ly of VA. Willis BOOKER b. 1793
m. Sarah r.:ELl'CN Cumberland Co :-.re. '#a!1tto contact any CATO's or
BOOKERS whos family moved to NC or SC then to Alabama .
John E. :Burrows, 731 Es"tates Rd SE, Roa.r1oke, VA 24014
Does anyone know the location of diary of George King GRIGGS. The
diary outlines the campaigns of the J8th Regement Pittsylvania Co
Vols. He enlisted June 1 861 and was in command of brigade at Appomattox . He was from Dyers Store nenry Co and was a teacher and merchant after war. Died 15 Oct 1914 .
~rs .

Curtis Long, 1789 Sullivant Ave, Columbus OH 43223
Need info on KEl"friON family. r.:y g-grandfather Josiah KENNON, a shoe maker, b. 4 Nov 1817 Rocky i1:ount, Franklin Co VA. Poss. nickname
"Doc". ~eed parents, brothers,sisters. Karried iViary Jane BROWN
13 Nov 1852 foartinsville.

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Michael A. Ports, 1014 Cedar Ridge, Annapolis MD 21403
Wish to correspond wi th anyone rese arching family of GeorgeFINNEY
b . ca 1766 VA d. 1863 Russell Co. Hem. (1) Phoebe ?
and (2) ·
Nancy FLETCHER. Fo ll owing children apparently all by first wife a
George ( 1802-1864) J Sarah, Judith,Phoebe, Reuben, James, John,
Nancy, El izabet h , and Rebecca.
Larry King, 100 Longview Dr., Hendersonville , TN 37075
Info needed on Robert BEDWELL who immigrated to Old Rappahan nock Co , Va , in
1660. Descendants settled in Grayson Co . , Va, &amp; Southwest Va . A Re ward of
$500 is offered for pertinent facts on Robert BEDWELL. Also wish to include
his descendants in BEDWELL FAMILY HISTORY now being compiled. Those interested in the Reward and Bedwell descendants are requested to write.
i)Jo ce E. Lord

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At . 1

Yakima

WA

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~ Falser Polser ROUSE married Susan WEDDLE in Ger, , lived in Va . -- John Weddle

md in Ger. Mary WALLING, lived in Va . &amp; Tenn.

All came to Ame r. ca 1774.

Royale R. Crabtree , 1221 Arl ington Place , Winter Park , Fla. 32789
Isaac CRABTREE, b Baltimore Co, Md, 1754, md ?
PIKE . What was his wife's
given name &amp; who were her parents? Was she related to Mary PIKE, wife of Wm
II. Was Chloe CRABTREE , dau of John (b 28 Apr 17J2, Balt. Co , Md) and Hannah
:$UTCHER) CRABTREE? Xch info .
Catherine Hargreaves , 124 Larch , Saginaw, Mich . 48602
Seeking confiramtion of lineage of George Washington WELCH 9ca 1811,Va - 1895
Ashe Co, NC) md Mira DUNN . Was he son of Ianiel WELCH and Leah SEXTON of
Grayson Co, Va and gson of John Welch . Leah , dau of Pryor Sexton &amp; Caty ~
who? Will exchange.
Jf'Carolyn Carroll, 101 Clemson Ave., #4 , Rand Station , Charleston, WV 25306.
on the following: William McKINSTER md Elizabeth HINES , Wise Co, l atP
1700's; Giles VAN de CASTEEL , d Stafford Co. , 1700; SONGER family of Pulaski
Co.; William CARROLL and Flemi ng CARROLL , Augusta Co , , 1780-1870. All Va .

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Cloyce DEAN, 304 Reynick, Saginaw , Mich. 48602
Alexander Pleasant McGANN (MAGAN) , b 11 Feb 1826, Nelson Co , Va , md 27 June
1850 Nancy Anna WHITE, Staunton, Amherst Co. (?shouldn ' t this be Augusta Coor was there another Staunton?) Moved to Ohio. Who were their parents?
Exchange info.
Mrs.
Need
Mary
beth
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Paul S. Pate, Rt 11, Box 73 , Roanoke , Va 24019
bros &amp; sis of Robert Rad.ford, b 1792 , (son of James RADFORD, b 1778, &amp;
JANNEY, b 1775) md Eleanor UNDERWOOD, b 1792 . Children: Lewis md ElizaVIA, William Riley md Artie COCKRAN , Jessie md Dorothy THOMAS, Rosannah
WEST, Mary md Burwell JANNEY, Jeff, &amp; Ruth md Charles COCKRAN .

William R SHelton Jr , 1131 Westwood Ave. , Columbus, OH 43212
Seeking data relative to the George &amp; Salome LEMON family , Frederick Co, Md
prior to 1785. Will answer queries relative to Genealogical data for the
following family names: SHELTON (state of Va, NC &amp; TN); LAYMAN (state of Va &amp;
Md); FULK (s tate of Va); WILKINS (state of Va &amp; Calif); BRATTON (state of
Ohio) •

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MEMBERS

This list includes new members , corrections to addresses , etc, etc •••••.••.
Check your membership list and add or correct --- or remove this sheet and
add to the Register .
New:
V-1251
V-126:

phone 1-70J-628- 6127
THOMPSON , Rebecca H.; 541 Sutton Street; Abingdon, VA 24210 (Page 7 )
SMITH, Mrs . Uri D.; 1931 Braeburn Dr. , #504; Salem , Va 2415J .

0-211: BLACKARD, Charles M. ; 10415 Moss crest Drive; Ia.llas , TX 75238
0-212- 1EDMONDSON , Eleanor R. : 280J Byron Ave. ; Odessa, TX 79762
0213-: TONEY , Mr &amp; Mrs K S; 9400 Boca Ridge Drive ; Boca Baton, Fla • .3.3433
0-214: CAR!X)NA , Mrs. Mary; 7 DJ.ke Street; New Brunswick, N.J. 08901
0-215: WIMMER , George F . , Jr, ; 804 Falconer Road; Joppatowne, MD 21085.
0-216 : GULLBORG , Ruth McEthaney; Two Lamertin Lane ; St. Louis, MO 63122.
Corrections s (in Register)
p 19: 0-208 : This is MR.Jimmie K. Maples (sorry about that)

_0-210..t ROYA.LE (not Royall) CRABTREE.
p 12 : 0-86 : the state of IOWA.
p 2 : V-J4 1 1716 Colgate St . , NE
p12 s o-? 5 : Mrs . Geraldine (Charles W) HAMPTON, 815 Trailing Heart Rd. ,
Roswell, New Mexico 88201 (after 25 Aug 1980) Mrs. Hampton will
you be using the Fla . address?
P 19: 0-209: NAVE: zip code Houston , TX 77006. Phone 1- 713- 527- 8736.
EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES
Change of address :
"Searcher"; Southern California Genealogical Society; 103 South Golden Mall;
Burbank, CA 91502
Fort Worth Genealogical Society ; PO Box 9767 : Fort Worth, TX 76107
New:
"Newsletter"; Southern Ky. Genealogical Society ; 1425 Audubon Drive;
Bowling Green , KY 42101,

RESEARCH EXCHANGE
Frieda M. D3.vison, 612 West Poplar, Johnson City, 'IN J7601. Will trade
research in these t wo (Tennessee and North Carolina) for comparable research in other states' Compiled Records in return. (She did not say what
states - so write to her) (Frieda thanks for the material, we will use!)
Mrs Beverly R Hock, 13001 Meadow View Drive, rarnestown, Md. 20760;
her - - s he will research Maryland records.

write

WIMMER FAMILY NEWSLETTER; Interesting and informative 8 pages on the Wimmer and allied famil ies -- mainly Wimmer. If your family contact Fred
Wimmer, 804 Falconer Road, Joppatowne, MD 21085. The cost is $5.00 yr.

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SURNAME INDEX FILE
ANCES TOR'------'-'W.--AB=-=-KE=Y'"""'---"G:;...oe"""o'""'r"""g""'"'e"---------------"
born.~--------------------------~
DIED ? Maryland

married first known child born

ca 1774

Margaret
(d 1827, Va . )
wife
Researcher Mrs Claude S Fowler (nee Waskey)
address 1716 Colgate St . NE; Roanoke , Va 24012

Our file is
for JX5" cards.
Lar ger ones
will not fit.

came from Frederick Co . , Md . bef 1800 to Rockbridge Co.
Va.
Believe all Waskeys are from the same family .

At one time we attempted to place all names on the pedigree charts on cards
but membership is growing and just too much for one person to record all the
surnames --- so if you want the surname entered in the index file, please
fill out a Jx5 " index card and mail to us . Only one surname to a card and
be sure to put YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS on the card. Or state if you are
researching all of that surname.
SURNAMES FOR VAN: We will publish 5 names per member in VAN (see Register
-Membership-). If you have not sent in the names , do so and we will put
them in Nov. issue,
The PEDIGREE CHARTS published in this issue were conden sed from the charts
sent to us . Takes less room and more can be published.

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I am suppose to write a short message -- earlier
I had several things to say - -- but now my
'mind' is blank, Must be the hea~ .
We have several articles by members that will
be in the upcoming issues and need more .

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Again, thanks to the Col William Preston chapter
of the DAR for allowing us to publish the
marriage records that are now in Botetourt Co,
Va., --- there are 4 Volumes in all that cover
the period up to 1820,
Please remember --- to be sure of the record,
try to obtain a copy of the original record - not from the marriage register, deed book (that
record is seldom available), will book, for
they are copies.
Babe Fowler

�VlRGI N IA APP1\ LAC HI AN NOTES
BY-LAWS

OF
S OUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Article I - Name and Purpose
Section 1 . The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society, hereafter
referred to as the "Society" is organized as a non-stock , non- profit
organization to encourage , foster , and organize genealogical research,
teaching , publishing , education , and recording; and to encourage , foster
and organize all other activities related to genealogy .
Section 2 . The area covered by this society shall include the twentynine counties of southwestern Virginia , consisting of the following:
Alleghany, Bath , Bed.ford , Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan , Carroll , Craig ,
Dickenson, Floyd , Franklin, Giles, Grayson , Henry , Highland , Lee , Montgomery , Patrick , Pittsylvania , Pulaski , Roanoke , Rockbridge , Russell ,
Scott , Smythe , Tazewell , Washington , Wise , and Wythe , as well as any
cities located within this area .
Article II - Membership and dues
Section 1 . Membership in the Society shall be open to any person who
subscribes to the purposes and principles of the organization as stated
in Article 1 .
S£~tion 2 . Membership in the Society shall be of two classes , active a~d
honorary. Honorary membership may be conferred upon any person by unam.mous vote of those present at any regular meeting. Honorary members
shall not be required to pay dues and shall not have a vote in the meetings
of the Society .
Section J. Annual dues of $7 . 50 for individual membership and $10.00 for
family membership shall be due and payable on January 1 of each cal~ndar
year. Members whose dues are not paid by January J1 of each year wi~l
not receive the next issue of Virginia Appalachian Notes (VAN). Family
memberships shall be furnished only one copy of any newsletter, notices,
or other publications . All members will be furnished a list of members
of the Society , a copy of the by-laws , and a copy of the VAN to be published
quarterly .
Section 4 . VAN - Virginia Appalachian Notes, shall be publi shed in
Feb:ruary , May, August and November of each year.
Article III - Officers and Their Duties
Section 1 . The officers of the Society shall be a president, a first vicepresident , a second vice-president, a recording secretary, ~ correspond~ng
secretary , treasurer , assistant treasurer. With the exception of the first
and second vice-presidents · duties of the officers shall be such as their
titles imply and as prescrlbed by the parliamentary authority adopted by
the Society. The first vice-president shall serve as program chai·Tlllan
and the second vice-president will be chairman of the membership committee.
Section 2. The officers and the immediate past president shall constitute
the Executive Board.

Section 1.

Article IV ·- Elections
All officers shall be elected by ballot at the November meeting

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and shall continue in office one year, beginning on J a nuary 1, following ,
or until the next annual election . No officer ma y be el e cted to more
than two consecutive terms of office .
Section 2. A majority of all votes cast shall b e necessary to constitute
an election.
Section J . Vacancies in office shall be filled by speci a l el ection .
Section 4 . The President shall appoint a nominati ng committee of t hree
members at the October me~ting to present a sla te of officers to t hu
membership at the November meeting . :r-rorninations fo ""...~ a ll offices ma y be
made f:r:om the floor at the November meeting . Pri&lt;•r c onsent of all
nominees shall "'iave been ott.aine:C:.
Section 1.
Saturday of
Main Public
Section 2.

Article V - Meetings
Regular meetings of the Society s b.c. 11 be held the third
each month at 1 : JO p . m. in the audi·~orium of the Roa.noke City
L:i..brary ,
Ten members, exclusive of· office:;.--s , shall cons titute a q i.;orum .

Article VI - Committees
In addition to the Nominating Committee provided i'or in Article IV, the
following committees shalJ be named.
1. The Program Committee shall be chaired by the first vice-pres ident
who will appoint two others to serve .
2. The membership committee shall.be chaired by the second vicepresident who will also appoint two others or more to serve .

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The president shall appoint a chairman and committee members for
publicity , books , telephone , pedigree charts or others as the
occasion arises .

Article VII - Parliamentary Authority
Robert Rules of Order , Revised , shall be the parliamentary authority of
the Society except where they are inconsistent with the By- Laws.
Article VIII - Amendments
These By- Laws may be amended at any regular meeting by a majority vote of
the members present. All proposed changes shall be in writing and shall
be distributed to the members at the regular meeting. Voti ng on the proposed amendments shall take place at the next regular meeting.
Article IX - Honors
At the end of the president ' s term of office, a book shall be given to
the Virginia Rooom of the· Roanoke Public Library in honor of that
retiring president.
Article X - Dissolution
In the event that the Society shall be dissolved, any assets held by the
Society shall accrue to the benefit of the Virginia Room of the Roanoke
Public Library if it qualifies as an exempt organization under section
501 (c) (J) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding
provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law. If they do
n ot qualify under the Internal Revenue Code, then the assets will be
d isposed of a s s t a ted in the Sixth part of the Articles of Organization.

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�VIRGINIA A PPA LAC HI A N NOTES
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
Articles of organization of the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society.
The undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens of the United States,
desiring to form a Non-Profit Association, do hereby certify.
FIRST: The name of the Associat ion shall be the Southwestern Virginia
Genealogical Society .
SECOND : The place in this State where the principal office of the Association i s to be located in the home of the president elect of the association.
THIRD : The Ass ociation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational
purposes . The purposes for which the association is organized
are as follows :
(a)

To encourage , foster and organize genealogical research,
teaching , publishing , education and recording .

(b)

To encourage , foster and organized all other activities
related to genealogy .

FOURTH : The names and addresses of the persons who are the initial trustees
of the associat ion are as follows :
Roanoke , Va 24012
Mrs . Claude S Fowler
1716 Colgate St , NE
Mr. Robert C Phlegar
Salem , Va 24153
216 Craig Ave .
Mrs . H. G. Stover , Jr.
Salem, Va 24153
1026 Homestead Dr.
FIFTH : No part of the net earnings of the association s hall inur e to the
benefit of , or be distributable to its members, trustees , officers, or
other private persons , except that the association shall be authorized and
empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make
payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in
Article Third hereof. No substantial part of the a ctivities of theassociation shall be the carrying on of propaganda , or otherwise attempting to
influence legislation , and the association shall not participate in, or
intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any
political campa ign on behalf of any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of these arti cles , the association shall not
carry on a ny other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by an
association exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(J) of the
I nternal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corres ponding provis ion of any future
United States Internal Revenue Law) or (b) by an ass ociation, contributi ons
to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States
Internal Revenue Law).
SIXTH : Upon the dissolution of the association, the Board of Trustees
shall , after paying or making provi sion for the payment of all of the
liabilities of the ass ociation, dispose of all of the assets of the associa tion exclusively for the purposes of the corporation in such manner,
or to such organization or organizations organized and operated e*clusively for charitable , educational, religious, or scienti fic purposes as shall
at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizati ons under
section 5 01 (c)(J) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding

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provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law ) , as the Board
of Trustees shall determine . Any such a s sets not so d i sposed of shall be
disposed of by the Court of Common Pleas of t he c ounty in which the
principal office of the association is then l ocated , exclusively for s u c h
purposes or to such organization or organizations , as said Court shall
determine, which are organized and opera ted exclus ively for s uch purposes .
In witness whereof, we have hereunto s ubs cribed our names this
day of
, 19_.

Mrs . Claude S Fowler

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Robert C Phlegar

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Mrs. H. G. Stover , Jr .

(Seal)

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Of c o urs e, we cannot promise next issue publication .
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OFFI CERS
President .... . . . .... . .. . . . .. . . . .. . .. Bzuce Anderson , Jr
First Vice-President . . .. . ... ... . .... Mrs Inez St . Cl a ir
Second Vice-Pres ident . .... . . ... . . ... J erry Bartmess
Recoxding Secreta ry ... . . ..... . ..... . Mrs Belva Counts
Corresponding Secreta ry . .. ...... .. .. J ohn Burrows
Treasurer ...... .. .. . .. . .... . ........ Mrs Mo nd i a Dyer
Assistant Treas urer .. . .... ... ...... . Raymond Bri ck ey

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Book Review ... . .. . . . . . . . . . ... ... . ... Mr s Belva Counts
Membership . ....... . ... . .. . ......... .. Raymond Bri ck ey
Hospitality . ........ . .... . .... .. .. . . Mr &amp; Mr s Elliott Ramsey
Pedigree Charts ...... . ........ . .. . . . Miss Ma ry Ja n e Va den
Program ... .... . . ... . .. . . ... .. . . .. . .. Mr s Inez St . Cl ai r

Publicity ... .. .. .... . .. . . ... . . . ... . . J erry Bar t mes s
Research •... . ..... . .. ............... Mrs Ann Kyl e
Surname Index . ............. . .... . . . . Mrs El a i ne Trumbull
Telephone ....... . . . .. .. . . .... .. . .•. . Miss Vi rginia Petty
Virginia Appalachian Notes (VAN)
Edi tor . . . . .. . .. . . .. .... .. .. . ... Mrs "Babe " Fowl er
Quarterly Exchange .. . ... . . . . . .. Committee
Queries ...... . . . . .. .. .. .. ... . .. JV Avery Jr.
Art Director . . . .. .. ... . . . . . . . .. .... . Maria n Landress
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MEMBERSHIP : Single membership is $7 . 50 a year (Jan . to Dec , ) ; family membership $10.00 . Members hip i ncludes the Virginia Appalachian Notes which
is published four times a nnually - Feb ., May , Aug. , Nov , Single issues
are available at $2. 00 each as long as supply last . Send payment of dues
to , . , , Mrs_. Mendia E J:?yer , Treasurer, PO Box 4J64, Roanoke , Va 2401.5
Make en.eek payable to Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society.
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SVCS is tax exempt under the Federal income tax under section .501(c)(J).
Donors may deduct contributions to us as provided in section 170 of the
Code. Beques ts , legacies , devises, transfers , or gifts to SVGS are deductible for Federal estate and gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable
provisions of sections 20.55 , 2106 , and 2.522 of the Code .

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BOOK REVIEWS: The SVGS welcomes genealogical books for review covering
records and events of the area. All books sent will be reviewed as time
and space permit. Please include the price of the book, any advertising
material that you have and place from which a vailable . After review all
books will be placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library ,
Roanoke, Virginia. Send books for review to .. • . .... Mrs. Oren R Counts,
6804 Northway Drive NW, Roanoke, Va 24019

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ADVERTISEMENT: We will accept advertising pertaining to genealogy . Rates
two col umns per 'Page; 1"xJ" is $2. 00; J"x%" is $?.50, half column; J"x9 "
full co1-unU'l is $14.00; full page 6t"x9 " is $2:.5.00,
Members write for
special rates .

�SOUTlIWEST ERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

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P. O. Box 4821
Roanoke , Virginia

24015

Dear Member :
I hav e c ertainly en joyed being y our Treasurer this year, for you a re undoubtedly
t he nices t people any organization could have as members . Your prompt replies
t o my l ittl e n o tes and y ou r many kind notes to me have made my job easier and
more pleasurabl e . Now I need t o ask once again your special help and cooperation .

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We are mos t anxious t o keep ou r du es a t their pres ent level, but inflation is
hurting u s as i t i s e v e ryone else and we a re looking for ways to practice some
nec essary econ omies . We believe that with your help we can keep our expenses down.
'Ihe f :.rs t thing we ask is that you send in your membership renewal promptly so
that t h ere will be n o break i n your service , Special mailings to members who
have r enewed l a te a re very expensive compared to the bulk mail we normally use.
'Ihe s e c on d thin g we ask i s t ha t you send us prompt notice of any change of
address .
Again , thi s enables u s to avoid the special mailings that are s o
expens ive .
Another reas on f or asking you to renew your membership promptly is to en able us
to g et out our me mbership Directory early in the year. I f our renewals come in
on time, we s ould be able to publish the Directory in February or March. We would
probably get mo r e u se f rom it if it came out earlier. (NO'IE : Plea se be s ure to
fil l ou t you r r e newal notice to show your name and addr~ss as you wish them t o
appear in t he Directory . )

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Please write me if you ha ve any. suggestions or ideas . In t he meantime, thanks
again for your cooperation .
Sincerely,
(Mrs , ) Mandia E . Dy~r, Treasurer
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL s

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Mail to :
Mrs . Mo n d ia E. Dyer , Treasurer
Southwestern Virgi nia Geneal ogical Society
PO Box 4364
Roanoke , Vir gini a 24015

Area Code + Number
Zip Code ~~~~~~~~~

NOTE:

Please DO NOT SEND
CASH. Remit by c heck or
money order.

SURNAME INDEX 1 List f i ve names and area that they are in. Example s Waskey
(no area given, means anywhere ) . Bevins , (Ky) ; Straton , Scudder (WV ) , Deskins (KY )

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Queries : not including name and address , t ry to l imit to
a:bbrevi ate .

50 words , do not

NAME~~-----------------------------------ADDRESS_ _ _ __ __ _ _ _______________________ _ _
CITY &amp; STATE_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ZIP CODE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _

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The foll owing i s permiss ion f or VAN t o publish your chart .
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You may publish my chart ~ YES
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On pedigr ee charts #1 is you or the person the chart is a b out ; #2 and all
even numbers a r e males , all odd numbers a re females . #2 is father, #J i s
mother; #4 is grandfather &amp; #5 is grandmother &amp; wife of #4 and parents of #2 ;
#6 i s grandfather &amp; #7 is grandmother &amp; wife of #6 and parents of #J. You
will notice that tha t each number is doubled for each generat i on. A pedigree
chart is incl uded in thi s issue .

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SURNAME INDEX FI LE : At one t i me we attempt ed to pla ce all names on the pedigree
chart s on ca rds , but membership i s growing and j us t too much for one person to
record ~11 t he s uniames --- s o i f you want the s urname entered in the index fil e ,
pl ease fill ou t a ~" index car d and mai l to us. Only on e s urname to card and
be sure t o put YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS on t he card. Or s tate i s you are res earchi ng all of tha t s uniame . Anyone may put t heir s unia me index card in the file.
FOWLER
Ancestor FOWLER. Thomas Richard
Boni
17 Mar 1775, Lee Paris h, Staffordshire, England
Died 28 Mar 1855. Mason County, Va ( now Wes t Virginia)
Married 22 Sept 1800, Staffordshire , England
WIFE
Anna J ohnson (1780 Eng. - 18 50 WV)
Family : Eng. t o Phila ., Pa., t o DC to Mas on Co., WV
Came from Eng 1818
Res earcher : Mrs . Claude S. ("Babe" Was key) Fowle r
1716 Colgate St . , NE
Roanoke, Va 24012

From this card,
this family would
be of no help iN
researching a
Fowler family in
early Va or NC.
Note: most
previous s uniame
cards listed
suniames only•

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Vol . IV - No . 4 - November 1980
CON'IENTS

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Proceedings of Militia Court-Martial
Botetourt &amp; Montgomery Counties

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Amendment Revisions to the By- Laws
White Cemetery, Shawsville , Va.

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Surname Index
Professional Researcher - Members

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Marriage Records of Botetourt Co . , Va.

1770-1790 (con't)

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" Pa tricks" Who Served in Confederate

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Organizations in the War Between the
States
Newspapers Abstracts

100

Pedigree Charts

101

Books Reviews

105

Notes from Quarterly Exchanges

107

Queries
The English Language?

108

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Remember
Room and

MEETING -- November 15 , 1980, at 1 :JOpm at the auditorium of

Roanoke City Public Library , Elmwood Park, Roanoke, Va.
its election t i me ! Come early and research in the Virginia
meet lots of good people !

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PRES IDENT ' S MESSAGE

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Well, this is it , Good People .
This is my
swan s ong . Your Nom i nating Commi ttee (Marian
Landress , chairman , E~liott Ramsey, and Jim Avery)
is actively engaged in putting together a s late
of candidates for considera tion at our November
meeting.

I'll take thi s opportunity to thank the
other offic ers who have se rved so wholeheartedly
during the past year .
'Ihey were the tie-t hat-b i~ds the whole organization
together and handled all those tasks required to keep any organizati on g oing .
And it was through the efforts of editor o f our Virginia Appalachian Notes
(VAN) that brought most of you into our S oci ety .
This fact was brought
forcefully home to me when I contacted memb ers as my wi fe and I vacationed
in Texas this past August.
I am deeply gratefu l for a ll the work they ha ve
all done.
Planned activities for the year (January VAN ) came off as sc hedul ed .
'Ihose who attended our extra-library me etings see med to have enjoyed themselves --- Fincastle County C, H. ; Gen ea logy 1:/orkshop 8 0; Eas t Hill Ceme tary
(Salem, Va.) gravestone plotting a nd " rubbing "; and , vi s its to Pulaski County
graveyards . Unfortunately, no one show ed up to claim the g oodies offered to
attract out- of-State members to our Open House in July.
One last thought: please make i t a point to get informed on the implica- '
tions to genealogists implicit in the various unnatural ways now being
considered by genetecists for human reproduction techniques.
We are actively
exploring the subject in our regular meetings .
Any significant developments
will be passed on in the VAN .
Well, thats all for now.

Corne to visit us in person when you can.

In the meantime, keep those cards and letters (and checks) corning.
Bruce Anderson , Jr .

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CORRECTIONS
Aug, 1980
p 67: The Searcher NOT the Search .
p 72 s #2. William Sylvester Peters ,
p 53 : #51. James (omitted) Bryant &amp; Eliz'h Lillies, bond 28 Dec . 1 780 .
p 56. #96. Ezekiel Cox.

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PIEASE N01E: The quarterly comes out in Feb., May , Aug , and Nov .
We try
to have the quarterly mailed out by the middle of that month --- Please if you have not received the issue of VAN by the end of the month or
no later than the 15th of the following month~- It is much easier to
send the copy at that time ,
We are having to reprint all 1980 issues
because we do not have any left.
Our membership has grown so fast.
But
it's wonderful! b.f ,
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PROCEEDINGS OF MILITIA COUR'.[\-MARTIAL
The followin g i s the proceedings of the Tory trial of Botetourt and Montgome ry Counties taken from microfilm of "The Preston &amp; Virginia Papers ·of
the Drap er Collection of Manuscripts " of the State Historical Society of
Wiscons i n . A copy of the original may be obtain from the Historical Soc.
Aug . 178 0: At a meeting of the Justices of Montgomery County and Botetourt
for the Examina tion of Col W'm Ingles of Montgomery County, who stands
charge d with being quilty of Treason against the Commonwealth
Pres ent: Col ' o W' m Preston , Col ' o W'm Christian, Col ' o James Robertson,
Georg e Ru t ledge , Ca pt John Taylor, Capt Ja 's Thompson, Capt Ian 'l Trigg,
Capt J a mes Barne tt , Ca pt Jos 'h Grey , William Neeley , Patrick Lockart,
Andrew Boyd, Robe rt Sayers, William Campbell, James Byrns.
Whereupon the Witnesses were examined as well in Behalf of the Commonwealth
as for the Pris oner. The charge not being proven and information being
?
? that further evidence may appear.
The Court are una nemously of opinion that the f inal Cehrmenation of the
Matter be defor'd &amp; that in the mean time Col ' o Ingles do ent.er into Bond
with s ufficient Security to appear at any time when call 'd or under the
?Bond? of 100,000 n.
Robert Grayson, i s allso charged for the same offense &amp; witness being swo:rn
&amp; examined as well for the Commonwealth as the prisoner.
The Court are of
opinion that the charge is not fully proven &amp; he offers to enlist into the
Continental Army till the last of Dec ' r 1781. He is received &amp; he took
the Oath accordingly &amp; as long as he serves , his Family &amp; property is to
be protected-Joseph McDonald allso stands charged with the same offens e and witnesses
being examined , a s well, in Behafe of the Commonwealth as for the prissoner.
The Court are of opinion that the charge is proven but he being 58 years of
age &amp; a large family &amp; his Two sons Joseph &amp; Edward offering to enlist into
the Continental Army untill the last day of Dec'r 1781 ?in order? to have
Their Fathers Familly &amp; Property Protected during their Services (W'm Lockhart des en ts)
John McDonald; i s charged as above &amp; witnesses being examined as well in
Behalf of the Commonweal th a s the prisoner. The Court are of opinion that
the charge i s fully proven &amp; that he be sent to Augusta Goal for a further
Tryal .
Joseph Poppecaughofer is charged as the rest &amp; the witnesses sworn &amp; Examined as before &amp; the Court are of opinion that the charge is fully proven
&amp; that he be sent to Augusta Goal for further Tryals.
Jacob Shull Jun 'r is also charged as the rest &amp; the witnesses sworn &amp; exaim ' d as well in behalf of the Commonwealth as the pris oner. The Court are
of opinion that the charge is prov·en &amp; that he be sent to Augusta Goal for
:further Tryal.
John Grayson, Gasper Reed &amp; Jeremiah Patrick stands charged with being
guilty o:f Treason against the Commonwealth. Witnesses being sworn &amp; examined.
The Court are of opinion that the charge is (blank or faded)
Gasper Garlick is charged as ?
? the above &amp; the witnesses being sworn
and examined .
The Court are of opinion that the charge is supported &amp; he
appears to be a s imple fellow. do acquit him on his a greeing t o take 39
lashes

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Tory Trial - con ' t
Henry Stafford being chargP-d as the res t &amp; wi t nesses being examined. The
Court are of opinion that the charge i s not s upported &amp; that he be acquited ,
Abraham Morgan, stands charged a s the res t &amp; the witnesses being s worn &amp;
examined. The Court are of opinion that the charge i s s upported , but it
appearing that he i s an Ignorant Poor Man wi th a s mall Familly to order him
to be acquited after getting J9 lashes .
Swain Polson stands charged as the res t &amp; witness es being s worn &amp; examined ,
The Court are of opinion that the charge i s proven that he be sent to Augusta
Goal for further Tryal .

Robert McGee stands as the rest , charged for Treasson &amp; witnesses being
sworn &amp; examined. The Court are of opinion that he be sent to Goal for
further Tryal .
Jeremiah Stover , stands charged as the res t, &amp; the witnesses being sworn &amp;
examined. The Court are of opinion that the charge is so far proven as
finding him with his gun hid in a Barn with Several Tories &amp; has been known
frequently and allways since in this part of the Country to live among them,
therefore do order him 39 lashes .
Thomas Copeley is charged as the rest &amp; witnesses being sworn &amp; examined
The Court are of opinion (the last line has been damaged) .
Henry ?Savier? stands charged as the res t &amp; being examined. He acknowledge
he was an enlisted Soldier under Howard Haven for the British Service . But
it appearing to the Court that he was a youth &amp; (marked out) &amp; advised.to
do so by Haven. &amp; an his agreeing to enlis t into the Continental Service
for 18 months after his ?
? The Court are of opinion that he be admited to do so --- &amp; he took the oath .
Andrew .? Savier?, stands charged as the rest &amp; being exami ned , acknowledge
hinself an enlisted Soldier under Howard Haven for the British Service .
But it appearing to the Court that he was a youth &amp; might have been pe~
suaded, to enlist into· that service without properly understanding the
matter &amp; he now recanking &amp; offering to enlist into the Continental Service
&amp; there to serve for 18 months after his arrival at the Grand Camp .
They
are of opinion that he be admitted to do so and he took the oath.
George Walter is charged with Treason as the rest &amp; examined. The Court
are of opinion that the charge fully proven . He havi ng been enlisted as a
soldier. But he appearing to be a poor &amp; ignorant Man , offering to enlist
.
into the Continental Army for 18 months from the time of his arrival in
Gen'l Washington Camp &amp; he took the oath accordingly.
John Harris on is charged as the rest &amp; witnesses being s worn &amp; e:xo..mined • .
The Court are of opinion that the charge i s not proven &amp; that he be acquainted .
John Henderson is charged as the rest &amp; acknowledges himself sworn by Tho ' s
Heaven, not to lift arms against the British Army &amp; to adhere tc the King
of England. The Court are of opinion that he
(blank)
William Grant is charged as the rest. But he voluntari ly agreeing to enlist into the Continental Army to serve for 18 months from t he time of his
arival i n the Grand Camp. The Court did not go into the Examination of
witnesses. But admited him to the oath of a soldier.

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Walter Stewart is charged as the rest &amp; witnesses being sworn &amp; exam 'd.
The Court are of opinion that the charge is not fully supported &amp; that he
be acqui ted on entering into Bond with suf'fictient security in the sum of
20 ' 000 !. for his Good Behavior.
Samuel Robins on being charged as the rest , &amp; witnesses sworn &amp; Exam ' d.
The Court are of opinion that the charge is not fully supported &amp; that he
be acqui ted on entering into Bond &amp; with suf'fictient Sec'y In the sum of
20' 000 !. for his Good Behavior.
John Heaven &amp; his two Sons James &amp; William being charged as the rest ?__ ?
?_ _nd thing appearing to fix the charge fully on them &amp; William voluntarily
offering to enlist into the Continental Army to serve as long as those
troops ordered to be raised by the last seembly (for that service) &amp; the
said James &amp; his ot:1er son James offering to take the State oath at the
Table .
The Court are unanimously of opinion that the s 'd William be received as a Soldier upon which he took the oath for that purpose &amp; that
John &amp; James be acquited &amp; that they &amp; their property be protected during
the service of the said William &amp; forever ?to serve? so long as they behave
as becomes Good Citizens.

William Gurant stands charged as the rest &amp; witnesses being sworn &amp; examined.
The Court are of opinion that the charge i s (blank)

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Adam Sevier being charged as the rest &amp; acknowledging himself guilty of
the charge &amp; offering to enlist himself in the Continental Army to serve
as long as the Troops ordered by the last assembly . The Court are of
opinion that as he is a youth &amp; it is probabl.e he was inadvertedly drawn
to the wrong side of the Dispute . And that he be admitted as a Soldier &amp;
there upon he took the oath of a Soldier.
Jacob Francisco is charged as the rest &amp; he confesses that has been sworn &amp;
enlisted with Howard Haven for the British service.
Hexekiah Phillips &amp; Henry I.aybrook being charged for assaulting &amp; Beating
Christian Snido , an officer on duty . &amp; Witnesses being sworn &amp; exam ' d.
The Court are of opinion the charge is proven.
Jacob Shull charged as the rest and voluntarily enlists a Soldier in the
Continental Army until the last day of Dec ' r 1781 and also John Shull enlists on the same terms . on which their &amp; their Fathers property all is to
be protected , while the said Jacob ?! John , if their said fathers behaves
well .
Iavid Price, charged as the rest ; and the Court are of the opinion that he
be having voluntarily enlisted lU!r.self for that purpose till last Dec'r 1781
be rec'd as a Soldier in the Continental Anny.
Jacob Francisco , charged as rest , and enlists as a capt ?_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
soldier until the last lay of Dec 1781
Robert Mcgee charged as the rest . He stands a prisoner ?capis? Parole
that he will appear at Dec ' r court next, then &amp; there to answer to all
charges heretofore said &amp; that they be laid against him in the mean Time,
and in penalty of having his Estate
Samuel Ingram charged as the rest and his sons Jonathan &amp; James voluntarily
enlists themselves as Soldiers in the Continental Army until the 31 of Dec'r

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W'm Grayson charged as the rest. He voluntarily enlicts hims elf a s a Soldier
in the Continental Army until the last .I:ay of Dec ' r 1781 after which him &amp;
his property i s to be protected, while he behaves well .
Abraham Beaver charged as the rest. He volunta ri l y enlis t s hims elf as a
Soldier in the Continental Army until the J1s t of Dec ' r 1781 upon which
him &amp; his property is to be protected, s o long a s he behaves well .
Henry Iaybrook charged for misbehaviour. voluntarily enlis ts himself as a
Soldier in the Continental Army until the 31 Dec 1781 .
Robert King charged for Treas on. The Court waved giving Judgment upon it
upon his enlis ting as a Soldier in the Continental Army until the Last Iay
of Dec'r 1781 and his pledging his own Estate real &amp; personal ; also his
Father in law Joseph Robs on pledging his Estate , real &amp; personal as Security
that thes'd King will find another good and fit Soldier , fo r the Term as
!0cve when Col Preston
Frederick Smith being charged with Treason against the State , But the charge
not being fully proven &amp; his son offering to enlist into the Continental
Army during the Tenn for which the Troops are be raised agreeable to an act
of Assembly, lately passed ? for Filling up the Virginia Quoto . The Court
are of opinion that he be admited as a Soldier &amp; the prison er is a cqui t ed
during the service of his Son
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Robert Henderson i s charged as the rest &amp; witnesses being s worn and examined
The (blank)
Thomas Downard being charged as the res t &amp; the witnesses being sworn &amp; examined. The Court are of opinion (blank)
Nathaniel Britten being charged as the rest, &amp; the charge being exami ned
into The Court are of opinion that he be sent to Augusta Goa l &amp; ther e t o
be confined for a further Tryal.
James Keer being charged dS the rest &amp; the charge being exarn ' d into . The
Court are of opinion that he be sent to Augusta Goal &amp; t here to b e confined
for·a further Tryal.
Jeremiah PatricK being charged, now singly, as t he r est , &amp; witnesses s worn
&amp; examined &amp; the charge not being fully supported &amp; He offering to enli st
himself a Soldier in the Continental Army until t he last day of December 1781
The Court are of opinion that he be admitt ed as a Soldier &amp; that his f a mily
&amp;property be protected so l ong as he remains in the Service &amp; thereafter so
long as he behaves himself as becomes a good citizen , (W'm Lockhart disents
to this order)
Gasper Reid being charged, now singly, for Treas on agai nst the commonwealth

&amp; the charge being examined into &amp; proven , But he a ppearing to be s 1xty

years old , &amp; his son !avid appearing &amp; offering t o Enlist into the Continental Army until the last day of December 1781. The Court a re of opinion
He be rec'd as a Soldier &amp; that during t he Term of his Service the old man ,
his Family &amp; property is to be protected He himself go to the Minds by the
25th of this Month of August &amp; there serve as a Soldier two &amp; a half months
from that time.
Samuel Pepper is charged as the rest &amp; (blank )
Abraham Beaver stands charged as the rest &amp; wi tnesses being s worn &amp;. examined
The Court are of opinion
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James Bane Sen ' r being charged as the rest. But his son Edward coming into
Court &amp; agree ing to enlist into the Continental Anny until the last day of
Dec ' r 1781.
Whereupon the Court received his son as a soldier &amp; let the
old man g o.
&amp; s o long as his Son Serves in the Anny his family &amp; property
is to be protected and afterward , so long as he behaves as becomes a Good
Citizen.
Samuel Sadlon is charged as the rest, But he offering to enlist into the
Continenta l Army, to serve to the last day of Dec 'r 1781. Whereupon the
Court did not proved to the full Hearing of the charge but received him as
a soldier &amp; he took the oath accordingly &amp; so long as he serves as a soldier,
his Family &amp; property is to be protected &amp; for ever after if he behaves well.
James Bane Junior? stands charged as the rest But he agreeing to enlist into
the Continental Army to the last day of Dec 'r 1781 &amp; his Father coming into
Court &amp; acknowledging that he will forfeit his estate if his son ?
?
&amp; the s 'd James agreeing to forfeit his on the same conditions.
The Court
are of opinion that he be received &amp; he took the oath during his service
his Family &amp; property is to be protected &amp; forever after so long as he behaves well.
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WHITE CEMETERY, Shawsville, Va.
Montgomery Co. , Va.
by Marvin U Neighbors
J . Slate Craig= born = Dec 10 1822 =died = July 4 1900
(note : from
Bedford; son of Chas Everette??; know chi Mary , James, Caroline , David ,
Samuel, Rebecca, Charity Ella, Wm Archer)
Lucinda = wife of = J S Craig = born = Sept 2J 1823 = died = Dec 18
(note&amp; Lucinda St Clair from Bedford)

= 1896

one stone r W. A. Craig = May 15 1846 = May 20 1926 ===== Lucy F Craig
July 4 1848 = Nov 17 1926
(Noter Lucy St Clair)
Our brother = Samuel J Craig
Dooley; son of J Slate)

= Aug

28 186)

= Mar

16 1935

=

(notes Betty

= July 15 1876 = May 15 1945
Willie D Craig = born = Oct 27 1902 = died = Mar 24 1924
Lola Bell Craig = Oct 29 1933 = Oct 20 1947
Marion Clingenpel = born = Mar 20 1834 = died = Mar 16 1906
Nancy = wife of = John Taylor = born Apl 8 1805 = died Aug 7 1855
James Henry Langhorne = adjutant 4th Virginia Regiment CSA = born August
31st 1841 = wounded at first battle of Manassas = and again at battle of
Kernstown = died May 31st 1864
Jacob Kent Langhorne = Co A 2nd Virginia Cavalry CSA = born March 1 1845
= Killed in action at = battle of Brandy Station = June 9th 186J
Lucy Fannie Craig

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Sons of Margaret Kent and John Archer Langhorne
Samuel Kendrick

= born = Feb

2 1821

Mary M = wife of = Samuel Kendrick
1890

= died = May 5
= born = Jan 17

1890
1818 = died

= Oct

21

CROCKETT

our father &amp; mother = Robert 1788 - 186J = Sarah H. 1797 - 1878
our uncle &amp; aunt = Hugh 1790 - 1865 = Mildred 1809 - 1870
our great grand parents = Joseph 1697 - 1767 = Jane Devigtiia = 1703 - 1792
children of H &amp; E (R) = Robt. L 1887 - 1891 = Bertha G 1897 - 1902
our sisters = Muldred B 1832 - 1912 = F.sther A 1835 - 1917
our sisters = Lydia 1826 - 1902 = Annie E 1835 - 1885
our brothers = Joseph P 1815 - 1849 = Hugh 1819 - 1826 = Harrison 1821
- 1862 = George W 1824 - 1881 = Samuel M 1838 - 1863

Mrs. Ella Crockett

1861 - 1952
Arthur J Crockett = Oct 25 1882 = Apr 11 1921
Hugh Crockett = who was born
= aged 72 years

= December

1793 = and died

= June 23

1865

Caroline = wife of Harrison Crockett = born Dec 8 1830 = died Mar 17 1859
Alice = daughter of = H &amp; C Crockett = born Mar 8 1859
Jacob Kent= died Jan'y 1812 =aged 42 yrs

= died

Apl 11 1859

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White Cemetery, Shawsville, Montgomery Co., Va.
Mary Kent

= died

Joseph H Kent

March 19th 1826 = aged 87 yrs

= d i ed

Oct 20 1849 = aged 28 yrs

Jacob Kent = who died Apl 24 1858

(Notes son of Joseph)

Mary M Kent = wife of = Jacob Kent

= died

= Apr

Jacob Kent Anderson

= Apr

Georg e W Anderson = Apr 20 1818
William G Anderson

= aged

56 yrs.

12 1897
12 1900

22 1841 = died = Feb 16 1910
June 6 1809 = died = Dec 15 1880

= born = Mar
=

J A Lan g horne = born

= wife

Margaret Kent
Dec 1 9 1891

= May

9 1819

Dec 18 1850

of

= John

= boni = .Apr

A Ianghorne

= died =

6 1817

= died .= Dec 26 1865
Isaac White M. D. = born Jan 29 1837 = died Aug J 1889
Mary Virginia lay = wife of = Isaac White = Nov 6 1840 = July 17 1922
Warren C White = born = Mar 16 1839 = died = Nov 26 1873 =
Thomas Barnett = 1809 - 1887 = Rebecca Barnett = 1819 - 1874
Fannie W Lorentz = wife of Mifflin Lorentz = and daughter of Isaac and
Mary White = born Feb 1 1829 = died Feb 16 1864
Archer G White = born = Mar JO 1831 = died = Dec 26 1883
Prudence Rowland = wife of = Archer G White =born = Aug 1 1840 = died =
Isaac White

= born

= Aug J 1794

Feb 18 1917
Lucy J

= wife

of = Dr Geo. D White = born June 13 1833

= born=Feb 20 1816 = died = Dec
B = 4 Va Inf = CSA

Harriet Patterson Reid
Theodore F Wright = Co
Samuel Sublett
Margaret

= wife

= born

= May 6 1817

= S~muel

of

1

12 1900

I

Emily Tinsley = born

I

21 1825

= died

Sublette

= March

= died

Sept 8 1888

14 1899

Feb 15 1878

= born

= May 13 1817 = died = March

19 1839 = died

= April

13 1876

Dr Daniel Allen Langhorne = Lt Col CSA = born = Cumberland Co. Va
= died = Lynchburg Va = February 10 1908

= July

Virginia Preston Langhorne = wife of = Daniel A Langhorne = and daughter
of = Jacob &amp; Mary Kent = died Oct 22 1909 = aged 76 years
Nannie E = daughter of
September 19 1911
William Beckelhimer

= Jacob

= died

1863

&amp; Mary

Buford Kent

= aged

about

25

= December

2 !828 =

yr

=

James Harrison Sublette = born = Oct 17 1842 = died
Jan 29 1905
Alean C Sublett = wife of' Jas H Sublett = born July 5 1846 = died April

18 1879

Elizabeth Helm Sublette
Emma Chester

= wife

Alfred James Marye
CSA

of

=

= born
=J

Jan 16 1852

W Helm

July 18 1846

= died = Apr

15 1902

= born = July 12 1844 = died Nov 28 1905
= Feb 26 1920 = Va Light Artellaey =

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White Cemetery, Shawsville, Va.
Nannie C Anderson = wife of = A J Marye
Thomas L Whitworth = 1848 - 1927
Oney M Whitworth

= 1841

= Apr

10 1856

= Dec

20 1943

.

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Mr &amp; Mrs Richard D. Robinson , 353 East Lake Road , Palm Springs , Fla . JJ461 :
Robinson , Booz , Minton, White, Edie .
Robert T. Nave, 1308 Kipling , Apt . 4 , Houston , TX 77006 :
Martin, Fo(r)ster , &amp; White for southwestern Va .

Asberry

Couch , Harmon , Gray, Jolley ,

Mrs. E. Housten Halstead, 6 Saunders Addition , Scott Depot , WV 25560 : Sigmon ,
Jones, Hill, Huff , Barnett, Harrison , Reed , Christian , Harmen , Scaggs.
Mary Frances Parsons , 2505 Stephenson Ave . SW , Roanoke , Va 24014 :
(WV), Cutchin (VA) , Nor-fleet (VA) , Lee (VA &amp; NC ), Dennis (MD) .

Parsons

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Mrs. Don W. Wells, Box 125, Riverton , KX 66770 :
Provience, England, Elliott , and Lunsford .

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VIRGINIA 1770 - 1790

conti nued from Aug . 1980 , p 60
168. GOODSON , Jr, Thomas &amp; Elizabeth Poage 11 July 1782 Sur: Robt Poge
Summers: misprint
Worrell
169. GOODSON , William &amp; Elizabeth Wickham 13 July 1784 Sur: Saml Eason
Summers: misprint
Worrell.
170. GOODSON , William &amp; Margaret Read , dau of Samuel Read 12 Jan 1790
Sur: Martin McFarrerr
CONSENT: 11Jan1790 Sam'l Read, father
Wit: Andr ew Telford; John Goodson
Summers: not listed
Worrell.
171 • GORMAN, Patrick &amp; Frances Trotter . 11 Apr 1788 Sur: John Galloway. .MIN RET : Patrick Gorman &amp; Francis Trotter md 19 Apr 1788 by
Chris topher Clark.
Summerso
Worrell: Garmon.
172. GRAWMER, Frederick &amp; Mary Green 22 Apr 1777 Sur: Edward Green.
Summer s : Growner
Worrell .
173. GRAY, Ge org e &amp; Mary Davis
24 Feb 1778 Sur: Joseph Davis
Swnmers:
Worrell: Davies
174. GRIGGS, John &amp; Mary Clancy 7 Mar 1783 Sur: George Clancey
Swnmers.
Worrell.
175. GRINELLY, John &amp; Ann Campbell 29 Sept 1780 Sur: James Mitchell
Swnmers: Grenelly
Worrell: Greenlee

176. RAHN, Peter &amp; Hannah Peck 21 Oct 1788 Sur: John Duke
CONSENT:
21 Oct 1788 Jacob Peck, father. Wit: Isaac Vanmete; Jacob Crider
Summers: not listed
Worrell: not listedo
177 o HAINS, John &amp; Catherine Clark 2 June 1788 Sur John Gofford.
(sig: Johny Haynes)
Summers: not listed
Worrell: Haynes; Clack
178. HAMILL/Ham.bell (sig: Hamiell), Robert &amp; Jean Ferguson. 27 Aur 1782
Sur: Allen Gulliford
PAPER: Henry Ferguson's dau of Bedford.
CONSENT: 5 Aug 1782 · Henry Ferguson of Bedford Co
Swnmers: not listed
Worrell: Hammill
i79. HAMMOND ( sig: Hamon) , Peter &amp; Barbara Hypes 8 Dec 1789 Sur: Jacob
Cob (Ger sig: Coch)
CONSENT: 8 Dec 1789 (in Ger: Nichles Hinbs
Wit: (Ger)*Karl Spengler; (Ger)*Michael Barn?
MIN RET: Peter
Hammond &amp; Barbara Hypes md 15 Dec 1789 by Edwd Crawford.
Sum.mars; Jenny Williamson.
Worrell:
Good: Sig: Jacob
Koch; Nicklas Hiebs ; Jacob Coh.
180 . HANES, Jacob &amp; Catharine Peightal , dau of Frederick Peightal 18
Jan 1790 Sur: Jacob Mefford.
CONSENT: 17 Jan 1790 (Ger sig:?)
Frederick Pightol/Peightol in English. Wit: Jacob Crider; Jacob
Mefferd
MIN RET: Jacob Hanes &amp; Katherine Peightol md 19 Jan
1790 by Edw'd Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell .
Good: Jacob Meffor?/Meffers; Cridern
Friederich Pechdal
181 . HANNON, Thomas &amp; Elizabeth Henry 28 Dec 1781 Sur: John Henry
Summers.
Worrell.
182. HANSON, John &amp; Mary Hall 10 Apl 1783 Sur : Patrick Lockhard. CONSENT: 10 Apr 1783 Connrod Wall for Meary Wall (sig : Mary Wall.
Wit: Catey Wall ; Margrat Wall
MIN RET: John Hanson &amp; Mary
Wall md 16 Apr 1783 by Edward Crawford.
Summers: Henson
Worrell : Mary Wall

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183. HARBISON, James &amp; Ann Looney 26 Oct 1786 Sur: James Coldwell
(sig: Cal'd)
CONSENT: 26 Oct 1786 Absalom Looney, father.
Wit: Thomas Reynolds; Alexander Caldwell; James Caldwell.
Summers: not listed
Worrell: 15 Oct 1785
184. HARIE, John (sig: Harris) &amp; Mary Leatherdal 25 Oct 1779 Sur: John
Leatherdale (sig: Lidderdale)
Summers: 1799; Harris
Worrell: Harris
185. HARRIS, James &amp; Jenney Paul md 14 Oct 1790 by Edwd Crawford. MIN
RET.
Summers: Mary Paul
Worrell: not listed
186. HARRISON, Reuben of Greenbrier &amp; Mary Hickinbottom dau of Moses
Hickinbottom.
3 July 1789 Sur: Moses Hickinbottom
Summers: not listed
Worrell
187. HARRISSON, Thomas &amp; Hannah Dennis 7 Apr 1779 Sur: James Pearie
(sig: Peary)
Summers.
Worrell: Mar 7
188. HARRISON, Thomas &amp; Margaret Billups
18 Jan 1788 Sur: James
Barnett.
MIN RET: Franklin Co., 2 Oct 1788 , Thomas Harrison &amp;
Margaret Billips md 30 Jan 1788 by Randolph Hall.
Summers:
Worrell.
189. HARSH (sig: Kersh), Jacob &amp; Jean Weathers
19 Feb 17fr7 Sur: Hugh
Allen.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell.
Good: Jacob Harsh.
190. HARVEY, James &amp; Elizabeth Carper dau of Nickolas Carper 21 July
1790 Sur: Nickolas Carper
Summers.
Worrell
191. HARVEY, Matthew &amp; Magdalen Hawkins 18 Aug 1788 Sur: Alexander
Smythe•
CONSENT: 1 8 Aug 17 88 Martha Harvey, mother of Magdalen Hawkins. Wit: James Harvey; James Hawkins
Summers: not listed
Worrell.
192. HARVIE (sig: Harvey), Robert &amp; Martha Hawkins
9 Dec 1779 Sur:
Adam Smyth
Summers.
Worrell: 1788; Martha is widow
193. HAYNE (sig: Chri's Hanes), Christopher &amp; Alice Vanmatre 28 Aug
1784 Sur: Samuel Gill
MIN RET: Christiphor Heynes &amp; Alsse
Vanmeter md 30 Aug 1784 by Edward Crawford.
Summers: not listed
Worrell: Vanmetre.
194. HAYNES, William &amp; Catey Shanklin, dau of Richard Shanklin 22 Jan
1790 Sur: John Gafford.
CONSENT: 20 Jan 1790 Richard Shanklin
father. Wit: Will'm Young; Joseph Haynes.
MIN RET: William
Haynes &amp; Katey Shanklin md 2 Feb 1790 by Edwd Crawford
Summers
Worrell
195. HENNEN (sig: Esem Hanan), Isam &amp; Mary Greenlee dau of Wm Greenlee
11 Sept 1783 Sur: William Greenlee (sig: Gree)
Summers: not listed
Worrell: Esom Hannon
196 . HENRY, John &amp; Rosanna Jarrot 2 Oct 1787 Sur: Marcus Likins
MIN
RET : John Henry &amp; Rosama Jarrot md 10 Oct 1787 by Randolph Hall
Summers: not listed
Worrell.
197 . HENRY , John &amp; Hannah Custord 25 Dec 1790 Sur: James Henry. CONSENT : 25 Dec 1790 Abram Custerd, father. Wit: James Henry; James
Huls.
Summers: misprint
Worrell: Custer.
198. HENRY, Samuel &amp; Elizabeth Salmon 18 D_ 1790 Sur: Jacob Salmon
CONSENT: 13 Dec 1790 Samuel Henry, requesting license -- Eliz'h
Salmon's father, Jacob Salmon~
Summers: misprint
Worrell.

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199. HENRY, William ( s i g : Henery)
200 .

201 .

202 .

203 .

204.

205 .

206 .

207 .
~08 .

209 .

2 10 0

. 211.

2 1 2.

&amp; Elizabeth Jones, 14 June 1780,
Sur :
Thomas Luck ( s ig : Lockey)
Summers : Mi s print.
Worrell.
HENSON, William &amp; Livilly Duckwyler. 1 Mar 1785. Sur: John
Harles ( s ig: Harles) .
MIN RET:
Wm Henson &amp; Ciely Duckwyler md 3 Mar 1785 by F.a.ward
Crawford .
S umm ers : not listed . Worrell : Savilly Duckwyle.
HERBISON , fuv id ( s ig: Harbi son) &amp; Catharine Dougherty. 25 June
1773 . Sur : William Herbison, PAPER: 25 June 1773 = "of age"
by Rabecak fu u gherty . Wit : James Dougherty &amp; William Harbison .
Summers : Houberson; dau of Rebeckah Dougherty,
Worrell : Houbers on.
HICKLEN, John &amp; Hannah Roop md Jan 12, 1784 by Edward Crawford.
Min Ret.
Summers: not l is t ed.
Worrell : not listed.
HILL, J a mes &amp; Jane Culbertson . 8 July 1772. Sur : John Neelly.
Bond reads " there i s a marriage suddenly intended to be had •••• "
Summers : misprint.
Worrell .
HILL, Spencer
&amp; Mary Rutherford.
24 Jan 1788. Sur : Jos ' h
Haines (sig: Jos Haynes)
CONSENT : 24 Jan 1788. Mary Rutherford
• .. . . Mary dau of Thos, dec ' d •••• Wit: Benj Haynes • .. . MIN RET:
25 Feb 1788 , Spencer Hill &amp; Mary Rutherford md by Chris 'r Clark
Summers : not listed .
Worrell.
HILL, Will (William) &amp; Rachel Poage. 20 Mar 1789. Sur: And ' w
Shanklin (sig : A Shankine) CONSENT: 19 Mar 1789. George Poage
_ ? , bro to Rachel &amp; G 'd ' n. Wit: Geo Poage ; Nicholas Sharkey.
MIN RET: William Hill &amp; Rachel Poage md 26 Mar 1789 by Edward
Crawford.
Summers: Misprint . Worrell: no consent .
HODD , Tho ' s &amp; Katharine Kelly. 19 Apr 1779. Isaac White (sig:
Wi te).
Summers: misprint. Worrell : 17 Apr 1779.
HOI.STON, Stephen (sig: Holstine) &amp; Jane Looney. 1 June 1781.
Sur : John May.
Summers: not listed .
Worrell.
HOULSTON, Henry (sig: Holstine) &amp; Margaret Frame. 2 July 1781.
Sur: Jacob Trout . Wit: William Walker &amp; Sam ' l Burk. CONSENT:
26 June 1781. Henry Hostine, father ; Tu.vid Frame, father,
Summers: not listed .
Worrell : Holstine .
HOWARD, Ezekiel &amp; Mary Anne Goodman. 5 Feb 1785. Sur: Charles
Barnett.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell.
HOWARD , John &amp; Barbara Susher/?Susber. 16 Nov 1789. Sur: John
Douglas ( sig : Douglass). CONSENT: 16 Nov 1789. Rasanah Surber
Wit: John Douglass; Wm Gr iffith,
Summers : not listed.
Worrell .
HOWARD, Thomas &amp; Pattey Hughes. 28 May 1783 (sic) . Sur: William
McClenechan.
CONSENT: 27 May 1793. Wl ' m Ruggs (father) &amp; Wife
Wit: Joseph Anderson; Wil 'm McClanahan. MIN RET: Thomas Howard
&amp; Patty Hughs md 29 May 29, 1793 by Edw'd Crawford.
Summers: Nov 25, 1782 ; Wm Hughes. Worrell: Wm Hughes ,
HOWELL, David (sig: Howal ?) &amp; Jane Allen. 28 Oct 1785. Sur:
Benjamin Howell. Wit: Sam 'l Eason.
CONSENT: 28 Oct 1785.
Daniel Alan? &amp; Jane Allen?, parents of Jean . Wit: Elizabeth

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212 . Howel ; Mary Howel .
Summers : not listed.
Worrell ! J Nov 1804
21J . HOWRY , Michael (Ger sig) &amp; Christeena Hartman .

14 Aug 1786 . Sur :
Jno Peckaner (sig : John Becknear?)
Summers : not listed.
Worrell : Chris teen . Good : Michael Harvey;
Had.man?
214. HUI.SON , Jesse &amp; Jane Taylor. 7 Dec 1787 . Sur : William Taylor .
CONSENT : 7 Dec 1787 . Isaac &amp; Jane Taylor , parents . Wit : William
Taylor, Mary Taylor.
Summers : not listed.
Worrell: 7 Dec . 1819 .
215. HUGHES , George &amp; Margaret Johnston , dau of David . 9 Nov 1790 .
Sur : John Johnston. CONSENT: 8 Nov 1790. David Johns ton , fat~er
Wit: John Johnston; Thomas Lockey .
Summers : mistprint. Worrell .
Fowler: Sockey.
216. HUGHS, James ( s ig: Hughes) &amp; Mary Simpson . J May 1781. Sur :
Saml Walker Jr (no jr on sig). CONSENT : 1 May 1781. James &amp;
Jean Simpson . Wit : Ca ' pt lli.vid May .
Summers : misprint . Worrell .
217 . HULSE , Janes (sig : Hames) &amp; Peggy Henry 5 Mar 1781. Sur : James
Robbards (sig: J Roberts) .
Summers : misprint.
Worrell .
218. HUTCHISON , James &amp; Elizabeth Franeisco . 27 Mar 1784. Sur : John
Luseoleet (sig : Loscallect. MIN RET : James Hutchison &amp; Elizabeth
Fransisco md 27 Mar 1784 by Edward Crawford .
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : Hutcheson .
219. IN'ISMINGER, Jn ' o &amp; Jane Reese . 1 Feb 1787 . Sur : Adam Peck
CONSENT: 27 Jan . 1787. Margaret Rees , mother of Jain •• •• ••• •••
(sp) Entsminger)
Summers: not listed .
Worrell: not listed .
220. JACKSON, Thomas &amp; Elizabeth Faught. 31 Aug 1786. Sur : Samuel
Meredith (sig: adds jr). CONSENT: (very d i m) ?J Aug 1786. Casper Faught, Sr, father. Wit : John Edward.
Summers : not listed .
Worrell :does not have Sr.
221. JARVIS , Franklin &amp; Elizabeth Scott . 1 Aug 1789 . Sur : John
Prentice . CONSENT: 1 Aug 1789 . William Scott , father. Wit:
John Jarvi s ; George Green .
Summers : not listed.
Worrell : Jarris ; dau of Tom.
222 ?JEENS , Erassrnus &amp; Margaret Kelly rnd 17 Sept 1782 md by Edward
Crawford. MIN BET.
Summers: not listed .
Worrell: not listed .
22J. JOHNSON, John &amp; Elinor Willson . 2 Sept 1776 . Sur: William
Robinson.
Summers.
Worrell.
224. JOHNSSON, John &amp; Elisabeth Rolison . 30 Dec 1782. MIN RET :
John Johnsson &amp; Elisabeth Rollison rnd 1 July 1782 by Edward
Craw:f ord.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell : not listed .
225. JOHNSON, John &amp; Catren Dewhit . Ji Nov 1787 Sur : Jacob Middleton.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: Dewitt, Catrin.
226. JONES, Richard &amp; Jane Buchanan . 1 July 1782 . Sur: Thomas
Clemmons (sig: Clement)
Summers: not listed. Worrell.
227. JORDON/ Jorden, Thomas ( sig : Jordan ) &amp; Lydia McNeill
10 Oct
1783. Sur: Hugh McNeill.
Summers: not listed .
Worrell: McNeel.
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228. KASEY/Casey , William

&amp; Sarah Hudson 29 Nov 1784 Sur: William
Huds on .
S umm e r s : not l is ted.
Worrell: Casey
229 . KEASEA , Arch ' d &amp; Su sanna Nox, dau of Elisha. 31 Aug 1789. Sur :
.David Tate .
CONSENT : 20 Aug 1789 . Elisha Nox , father. Wit :
D:l.vid Ta te , Jr ; John Knox .
MI N RET: Arch ' d Keasea &amp; Susanna Nox
md 1 Sept 1789 by Chri stopher Clark .
Worre l l : Arch .
Summers : Archibald ; Wax for Nox ; 1 Sept 1796
230 . KELLY , I saac &amp; Rebecca Woods . 15 Nov 1775, Sur: Robert Woods,
( s i g : Kelley)
Su mmers : B ebena Woods;
Worrell: dau of Robt Woods , sur.
231. KELLY , Jo seph &amp; Dinah Woods . 2 June 1788. Sur: Allen Cox.
CONSENT : 30 May.
Joseph Woods , father of Dinah. Wit: Allan Cox; John
Miller .
Summers : not listed .
Worrell .
KENNADY , John &amp; Martha McNeel. 27 Apr 1772 . Sur : James McNeel
232.
( s i g : McNei ll)
S ummers .
Worrell : Kannaday ; Marth
233 , KENNERLY , Sam 'l &amp; Mary Reford 21 Oct 1784 Sur : Tho 's Bowyer.
Summ ers : not listed . Worrell : Saml Kimmerly ; Mary Ryford,
2J4. KENT , John &amp; Rachel Barnett 21 Dec 1782 Sur : James Barnett.
Summers : not listed. Worrell .
235 , KERR, John &amp; Jan Lhary of lawf'ull age. 29 Jan 1771. Sur : Abraham
McClellan; William McClellan .
Summers : Jan e Strong ,
Worrell: Jane Sharg ,
KERR,
Samuel
&amp;
I
sabella
Ledgerwood
. 17 Dec 1779, Sur : John Cox
236 ,
CONSENT : 16 Dec 1779 , John Ledgerwood, father of Isabel. Wit:
Mary Ledgerwood ; Lucey Kerr.
Su mmers .
Worrell : 16 Dec 1779,
237 , KIMBERLANE , Pauls er ( sig : Pals er Kimberling) &amp; Sarah Wright. 6
Jan 1777.
Sur : Philip Fogle .
CONSENT : 4 Jan 1777 . Peter Right
father of Sarah Wright ,
To Paulser Kimberlain . Wir: Nancey
Right ; Jeny Right .
Summers .
Worre l l : Paulson
2J8. KINCADE, Robert (sig : Kinkade) &amp; Becky Wright, 13 June 1786,
Sur: William Wright .CONSENT: 12 June 1786, Robert Kinkead,
father .
Peter Wright, father. Wi t: Wm Right . (sp Kingcaid;
Bee cay Right) , MIN RET: Robert Kincaid &amp; Rebeccah Wright md 13
June 1786 by Edward Crawford.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: Backy.
JCTNCAID
,
James
&amp;
Elizabeth
Edwards , dau of John Edwards, 30 Oct
239 .
1790 .
Sur: William Kincaid . CONSENT: 27 Oct 1790, John Edwards,
father .
Wit : Robert Armstrong; Palser Cimberlan
Summers: not listed .
Worrell.
240. KINCAID , J n 'o (sig: Kinkaid) &amp; Aley Elliot. 26 July 1787. Sur:
Paulser Kimberland (sig: Palser Kimberling) CONSENT: 18 July 1787
Jas Elliot , father, , , . and wife , Wit: John Morris, William Morris
MIN RET : John Kincaid &amp; Aley Elliot md 25 July 1787 by Edward
Crawford.
Summers : July 25; Kinkead .
Worrell: John El liott, sur.
241. JCTNG , Charles &amp; Rebecca Bess, 21 Aug 1787 . Sur: Matthew Walker
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: Bear; 21 Aug 1784.
242, JCTNKEAD, Andrew &amp; Mary Caldwell. 9 May 1777, Sur: John Kinkead
CONSEN T : 2 0 May 1777. Samuel Caldwell, father. Wit : James Ewing,
Wallis Caldwell,
Summers.
Worrell.
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24J . KIRK, John &amp; Elizabeth O'Bryano 31 Dec 1788 (ink blot ). Sur:
John Henderson . Wit : Geo Rutledge .
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : 1787
244. KNOX , Thomas &amp; Milly McFadden 7 Dec 1787 . Sur : William Britt .
Summers : not listed.
Worrell.
245 , KYLE , John &amp; Polly Green 13 May 1788 , Sur : I saac Dawson .
CONSENT : Z? May 1788. Edwa rd Green , fa t her . Wit : James Green ,
James Gant . MIN RET: John Kyle &amp; Polly Green md 20 May 1788
by Edwd Crawford .
Summers .
Worrell.
246 . KYLE , Robert &amp; Sarah Reynolds . 10 June 1788. Sur : Pa trick
Lockhart (sig : Pat . Lochihard?) CONSENT: 10 J une 1788 . John
Runnels , father. Wit: John Runels ; Joseph Runel s o CONSENT :
John Kyle &amp; Sarah Runnells md 13 June 1788 by J eremia h Ma rtin .
Summers : md JO June 1792 ; Runnells . Worrell : md 15 June ;
Raynolds .
247 . LACEY , Wm &amp; Hannah Evans . 12 June 1787 . Sur : And ' w Lewis .
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : Jan.
248. LAKE, John (sig : Leek) &amp; Jane Smith. 14 Feb 1779 . Sur : Ds.vid
Smith.
Summers ,
Worrell .
249. LANE , James &amp; Martha Jack . 26Mar1778 Sur : Alex'r Jack .
CONSENT : 26 Mar 1778. William Jack . Wit : Alex ' r Jack ; James
Smiley .
Summers : misprint .
Worrell : Janes Lane
250. LAPSLEY , John &amp; Mary Armstrong 13 Dec 1778 Sur: Ja ' s Cloyd
Summers ,
Worrell.
251 . LEE, Thomas &amp; Jerushe Hough . 15 Aug 1788 . Sur : John Huff
(sig Hough)
CONSENT : 13 Aug 1788. Stephen Lee , father . Wit :
John Hough ; 10.vid Idings . CONSENT : 15 Aug 1788, Ruthh Hough .
Wit : Jno Hough ; Zeaton Lee . MIN RET: Franklin Co . 2 Oct 1788
Thomas Lee &amp; Jerushea Hough md 2 Oct 1788 by Randolph Hall.
(note : two min ret , the other is in Franklin Co , 1 Sept 1789 )
Summers : Andrew Lee ; 26 Sept 1788.
Worrell : Ruth Hough , mother
252. LEFORGE , Rene ·&amp; Anne?/Agnes Robinsono 10 Mar 1774. Sur : ~ames
Robinson . CONSENT : 10 Mar 1774. Rene Leforce , father , for son
Rene Jr. Wit: Samuel Leforce .
CONSENT : 10 Mar 1774. Agness
Roberson . • for her own marriage . Wit : An Leforce
Summers .
Worrell: Iaforce .
253. LEWIS, Adam (sig: Adam Luis) &amp; Margaret Road Heaven . 1 Aug 1786
Sur: Rob ' t Harvey (did not sign) PAPER : 31 July 1786. Robt
Harvey will be security on bond •••• Adam •.•.• to marry ••• a wooman
with a child in her arms from Millers town ..•••• MIN RET : 9 Aug
1786 Adam Lewis &amp; Margaret Roadheaven md by Edwd Crawford
Summers: not listed
Worrell: Aug 31
254. IEWIS Junr, And'w &amp; Elizabeth Madison 26 May 1778. Sur : James
Neely. CONSENT: John Madison , father . 24 May 1778 . Wit:
Peter Brooks; R Madison .
And 'w Lewis .
Summers .
Worrell.
255. LEWIS , Andrew &amp; Margaret Briant . 7 June 1788. Wit : James Niely
(sig: Neely). Wit: John McKee; William Bryan . LICENSE ; 9 June
1788 by Ph Lowe. MIN RET: Andrew Lewis &amp; Margret Brient md 10
June 1788 by Nath's Shrewsbury .
Summers : 10 June 1792.
Worrell.

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91

256 . LEWIS, Richard

257 .

258 .

259 .
260.

261 .

26J.
264.
265 .

266.
267 .
268 .

269 .
270 .

271 .

272.

&amp; Cathrine Jewel - list dated 26 Dec 1786 - md by
Edw'd Mitchell . MIN RET. (note : this bond dated 1806 -- others
on l is t dated 1805 &amp; 1806)
Summers: not listed.
Worrell : 1806.
LEWIS, Thomas (alias Thomas Edward) &amp; Mary Thompson , dau of Jos .
11 Au g 1789 . Sur : Charles Scott .
MIN RET: Thomas Lewis &amp; Mary
Thompson md 3 Sept 1789 by Christopher Clark. By l i cense.
Summers : 3 Sept 1790.
Worrell,
LEWIS, Wil(l)son &amp; Rachel Griffith. 26 Jan 1774 Sur: Hercul es
Ogle .
CONSENT: 25 Jan 1774. Father, Thomas Griffith , deceased
•• • Rachel over 21 yrs • •• by Thomas Griffith. Wit : Rowl and Madison
Summers: not listed .
Worrell: 1794
LIKINS , And 'w &amp; Rebeccah McNiell. 11 Dec 1787 . Sur 'Ibo's McGeorge
(sig: Lykins).
Summers : not listed . Worrell
LINDON , Benjamin &amp; Mary Thing (believe this is King) 10 June 1789
Sur: James Barnett.
Summers: not listed . Worrell : King.
LINDON/?Sindon, Jesse &amp; Jemime King , dau of Richert King, Sur :
Isaac Vanmetre (sig : Van Matre), CONSENT: 30 Oct 1789, Rickert
King.
Wit: John Welch ; Samuel Willson.
Worrell: Linden; Jemima ,
Summers : not listed,
LIN.IBEY, Walter &amp; Mary McCalgan. 17 Jan 1772. Sur : Samuel Lindsey;
John Cantly. Wit: Epm Dunlop, John Floyd . PAPER: 16 Jan 1772,
Parents do not consent - of bride . ?Norborne, PAPER : Ad Smyth
said " Lindsey has been on a fowl scheme of getting married,, • •• "
Summers : no given name for bride, Worrell.
LITTLE , James &amp; Eliz ' a Craddock . 9 Aug 1786. Sur: William Little
CONSENT: 9 Aug 1786, Wm Craddock,
Summers : not listed.
Worrell .
LITTLE , William &amp; Margaret. Snodgrass , 16 Aug 1774 Sur: James
Snodgrass little* ("*note: designate which James .)
Summers : not listed ,
Worrell.
LITLE, William &amp; Nancy Cradoch - list dated 26 Dec 1786 - md by
Edw ' d Mitchell (note : bond dated 16 Apr 1806)
Summers : not listed.
Worrell : 1806
LOCKEY , Thomas &amp; Susanna Henry . 24 Dec 1777 Sur: George May
CONSENT : 24 Dec 1777 John Henery , father.
Summers.
Worrell : Dec 2 1; dau of John Hiney
LCX}AN , Hugh &amp; Sarah Wood 9 Mar 1780 Sur: Robert Shanklin.
Summers :
Worrell .
LCX}AN , William &amp; Agness McCoun. 1 Aug 1775. Sur: Benjamin Estill
Summers. Worrell : Aug 5
LOVE , John &amp; Sarah Robinson , 16 Sept 1780 Sur: Stephen May
Summers.
Worrell .
LOWMAN, Jn ' o &amp; Mary Spickard. JO Jan 1787 Philip Spickard.
Summers: not listed . Worrell : Jan J, Loman; Prichard for Spickard
LOYD , Levi (sig : Levi (X) Hale) &amp; Abby Hale 7 Jan 1786 Sur a
William Hungate. CONSENT: 2 Jan 1786. John &amp; Elizabeth Hale ,
parents. Wit : Will iam Hungate; James Hale.
Summers: not listed.
Worrel l.
LUKUS , David &amp; Mary Wills . 11 Oct 1785. Sur: John Lukas (sig:
Lucos) .
Summe rs: not listed.
Worrell : Lukas,

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273. McCAFFER'IY, Hugh &amp; Priscilla Faulconer

274.

275.

276,
279.

280.
281 .

282.
283.
284.

285.
286.

287.

288.

289.

14 Feb 1787 Sur: Spencer
Faulconer. CONSENT: CorJTlick McCafarty . ... .. . huh Mccafarty to
prirsiller Faulconer.
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : dau of Spencer.
McCALISTER , Edward &amp; Mary Dehart. 10 Aug 1785 Sur : John Slieth
CONSENT: 10 Aug 1785. William &amp; Hannah Yoully. Wi t : John
Slieth; Robert Bernard.
Summers : not listed.
Worrell.
McCALISTER, John (sig : McCalliter) &amp; Mary Anne Loague 7 Jan ~779
Sur: William Loague (sig : Lajue) CONSENT: 4 Jan 1779 Saml Loague
father . Wit: Janos/James Robason ; John Robason.
Summers : Loague .
Worrell.
McCASLIN, Andrew &amp; Fanney Green md 1 Jan 1789 by Edwd Crawford .
MIN RET. See bond McHaslin .
Summers: not listed ,
Worrell: McCaslen ; dau Edward Green.
McCAWLA , John &amp; Margaret McBeath. 16 Jan 1789 Sur: John McElwain
(sig: McClvain) CONSENT : 14 Jan 1789 . Andrew McBeath , father
(sp John McCalla) Wit : Wm McBeath; Robert McBeath .
Surruners: not listed.
Worrell : McCalla
McCAWLEY, Campbell &amp; Mary Harness 1 Nov 1787 Sur : John Dougherty
Summers : not listed,
Worrell: McCauley
McCLAIN , James (sig ; McClan) &amp; Sarah Kyle 23 Aug 1785 Sur :
James Rowland. CONSENT : James Rowland. Wit : A Smyth; M May.
MIN RET : James McClain &amp; Salley Kyle md 1 Sept 1785 by Edward
Crawford.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell.
McCLANACHAN, Alexander &amp; Sarah Moore. 5 May 1788 Sur : John
Moore junior (sig: Moor)
Surruners: not listed.
Worrell
McCLANNACHAN, Wm (sig : McClenachan) &amp; Sarah Webb 16 Mar 1779
Sur: William Webb
Summers: misprint.
Worrell .
McCLENTICK, Alex'r &amp; Sarah Mann 6 May 1788 Sur : Paulser Kimberlane (sig: Palser Kimberling. MIN RET : Alexander McClintock &amp;
Sarah Mann md 12 Feb 1788 by Christopher Clark.
Summers: not listed. Worrell: McClinock; Feb 6.
MACCLIN'I'UCK/Maulintuck, William &amp; Elinor Mann md 4 Mar 1782 by
Edwd Crawford,
MIN RET.
Summers: not listed. .
Worrell: not listed .
McCLURE, Richard &amp; Malley Crafford, dau of Wil liam. 27 June 1789
Sur: Burkey Crafford.
CONSENT : 27 June 1789. William Crafford ,
father . Wit: Burkey Crafford; William McClure.
MI N RET :
Richard McClure &amp; Molley Crawford md 7 July 1789 by Edwd Crawford
Summers: Crawford
Worrell : McClung
McCLURE, Thomas &amp; Jane McClure.
26 Mar 1778 Sur: Stephen May
CONSENT: 28 Mar 1778. Samuel McClure , bro to Ginet McClure who
is of age.
Surruners.
Worrell : Jane T McClure
McCORKLE, Robert &amp; Merey Holstine. 19 Sept 1789 Su r : Samuel
Kennerly
CONSENT: Henry Holstine, parent. Wit : Henry Holstine
Junior; James Brian. MIN RET: Robert Mccorkle &amp; Mary Holstine
md 26 Sept 1789 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers: Holston .
Worrell: Mary Holstine.
McCORMICK, John &amp; Ruth Looney, dau of Absolom. 15 May 1790 Sur:
Hugh Means.
Summers.
Worrell

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290 . Mc COUN , John &amp; El izabeth Telford 14 May 1774 Sur: James McCoun
CONSENT : 7 May 1774. James &amp; Catrin Telford , parents . Wit : James
Mccoun ; James Currey.
Summers .
Horrell : Apr 14
291. McCOUN/Mc Cown , Malcom ( s ig : McCown) &amp; Eli nor Moss 21 Jan 1781
Sur : Jonathan Taylor ( s ig : TaleK?)
Summers .
Worrell: McGahan
292 . * McCREARY , James &amp; Rebekah Bridgewater 11 Feb 1786. Sur: John
Peck . ( *sig : Mccreery ) Wit : William Ritchey ; Saml Mcferran . MIN
RET : J ames McCreary &amp; Rebeccah Bri dgewater md 13 Feb 1786 by Edwd
Crawfordo
Summers : not l isted
Worrell : McCrary
293 . McCURRY, John &amp; Mary White 17 Nov 1781 Sur : Edw ' d Swiney Wit :
Mary May
S ummers : 1779
Worrell : Nov 21
2940 Mc DONALD, Edward &amp; Mary Rowland 19 Feb 1788 Sur : William McClelon
( sig : McClelan ) CONSENT : 15 Feb 1788, James Rowland .
Summers: not lis ted.
Worrell : dau of James ,
295 . McDONALD, John &amp; Margaret Watkins 26 Dec 1788 Sur : Alexander
McClenochan ( sig : MClenahan)
CONSENT : 20 Dec 1788 Mary Walkins ,
mother.
Wit: Alexd ' r MClenahan ; Iavid McClenahan
Summers : not l is ted.
Worrell : Dec 20
296 . McDONALD, Joseph &amp; Nancy Smyth 14 Feb 1785 Sur : Edward McDonal d
Wit : Geo Rutledge CONSENT : 9 Feb 1786 Frederick Smith, father
of Nancy .
Wit : Robt S mith ; Geo Robinson .
Summers : not lis ted.
Worrell : 4 Feb.
297 . McDONALD, Richard &amp; Mary Ross 8 Jan 1779 Sur : Edward Ross
Summers.
Worrell.
298 . McDONALD , Walter &amp; Margaret Smallwood 14 Aug 1779 Sur : Arch ' d Kyle
Summers,
Worrell.
299 . McDONALD , William &amp; Anna Robinson 3 Dec 1779 Sur : George Robinson
Summers,
Worrell ,
JOO. McDOWEL , Wil liam (sig : McDovel) &amp; Margaret Madison 23 Sept 1786
Sur : Henry Bowyer ·
Summers: not listed
Worrell : Marg ' t McPherson
J01 . McELHENY , Francis/Fra ' s &amp; Susanna Henry 1 Feh 1781 Sur: John Henry
Summer s .
Worrell
3 02 . MACENTI RE , J o hn &amp; Mary Mil ls md 2 Dec 1782 by Edwd Crawford . MI N RET
Summers : not lis ted .
Worrell: not listed.
3030 MCFADDEN , Charles &amp; Milly Stevens 11 Sept 1786 Sur : Alexander
Smyth
Summers : not lis ted
Worrell.
304. MCFERRAN , John &amp; Mary Mcferran 11 Feb 1779 Sur: Paulser Kimberlane
(sig : Fals er JG.mberling )
Summer s : Mcferran
Worrell.
Kent
4 Mar 1785 Sur: John Kent (sig: Jos)
305. McGAVOCK, Hugh &amp; Anne
CONSENT: 3 Mar 17850 Hugh Crockett (gives consent) &amp; Mary Kent,
mother.
Summer s: no t l isted ,
Worrel l.
306 . McGEE , fuvid &amp; Jean Robinson 5 Sept 1782 Sur: Wi lliam Robins on
Summers: not listed .
Worrell
307. McGEE, John &amp; Elizabeth Cox 12 Jan 1788 Sur: Ezekiel Cox. CONSENT:
1 1 Jan 1789, Allun Cox. Wit: David Smith; John Miller. MIN RET:
J ohn McG ee &amp; Elizabeth Cox md 15 Jan 1788 by Sam ' l Goodwin
Summers.
Worrell: t wo listings - Jan 11, 1789; Jan 12, 1888

�JOB. McGEORGE, Thomas &amp; Judith Leforce 1J July 1784 Sur: Saml
Walker junr
Summers : not listed .
Worrell
309. McGUIRE, James (sig : McGuier) &amp; Anne Goodwin , spinster. 22 Sept
1783 . Sur : Charles Ellison
Summers : not listed
Worrello
310. McHAFFY , John &amp; Jenny Campbell, dau of Robert of Botetourt 2J Oct
1789 Sur : Samuel Kennerly
CONSENT : 20 Oct 1789 . Robert Camp- ·
bell, fathero Wit: John Brush; And ' r Haffy . MIN RET: John McHaffy
&amp; Jenny Campbell md 27 Oct 1789 by Edwd Crawford
Summers : Haffey
Worrell .
310. *McHASJCTN , Andrew &amp; Fansy Green. 31 Dec 1788 Sur John Kyles ( sig :
Kiles) (*sig: McCoslin) CONSENT : 31 Dec 1788. Edward Green , father
of fancy • ... ... to Andrew mechaslin.
Wit : Samuel Woods ; John Kiles
Summers : not listed.
Worrell : Andrew Mccaslin . ( s ee McCaslin)
J11 . McKENNY, James &amp; Elizabeth Buckey - list dated 26 Dec 1786 - rnd by
&amp;lw'd Mitchell . MIN RET. (note : bond dated 18 Dec 1805)
Summers: not listed.
Worrells : 1801.
312. McMAHAN , James &amp; Rachel Colvert
1 Dec 1788 Sur : Robert Colvert
(sig : Calvert).
Summers : not listed
Worrell : Covert
313. McMULLIN, Edw ' d &amp; Sarah Reed. 11 Mar 1788 Sur : James McMullin
CONSENT: 10 Mar 1788. Will &amp; Ruthe Reed , parents . Wit : Jas McMullin;
Rob ' t Armstrong.
MIN RET : Edward McMullin &amp; Sarah Reed md 14 Mar
1788 by Christopher Clark.
Summers : not listed.
Worrell: 1787
314. McMULLEN, James &amp; Jane Robinsono 14 Mar 1788 Sur : Joseph Hunter,
Palser Kimberlen (sig : Kimberling) CONSENT : 12 Mar 1788 . Ja ' s &amp;
Elizebeth Robinson, parents of Geen. Wit: Joseph Hunter ; James
McCalistir.
MIN RET : James McMullen &amp; Jean Robertson rnd 15 Mar ,
1788 by Edw ' d Crawford.
Summers : Jean Robertson
Worrell.
315. McMURRAY, John &amp; Eli zabeth McClelon. 4 Oct 1785
Sur : William
McClelon.
Summers : not l i sted
Worrell : McClelan
316, McMURTREY, John &amp; Anne Campbell . 28 Oct 1779 Sur: John Campbell
CONSENT: 26 Nov 1779, Joseph McMurtrey , father of J ohn ,,,, to marry
Nancy Campbell.
Summers : John Murtrey
Worrell : McMurtry
317. McNEILL, Jonathan &amp; Jane McCord
6 Sept 1779 Sur : William Shepherd.
CONSENT: 7 Sept 1779 . Mary Henderson . Wit : John Young &amp; James
McCord. CONSENT: 7 Sept 1779 · Neil McNeil . Wit : Margaret McNeil;
Mary McNeil; D3.vid May ,
Summers.
WORRELL : son of Neil &amp; Margaret McNeil .
318. McPHE:RSON, Barten &amp; Elizabeth McPherson . 5 May 1789 Sur : Jacob
Middleton. CONSENT: 4 May 1789. Alexandria Mcpherson , mother of
Elizabeth. Wit: Jo's Robinson ; Jno Recton . MIN RET: Barton McPerson
&amp;&amp; Elizabeth McPherson md 5 May 1789 by Edwd CraWford.
Summers: Barton
Worrell: Bastin ; Alexander; May 13 ,
319 . McROBER'IS, Alexander &amp; Nancy Hiland 3 May 1784 Sur : Samuel McRoberts
MIN RET: Alexander McRoberts &amp; Nancy Hiland md 4 May 1784 by Edward
Craw:ford,
Summers: not listed. Worrello
320. McROBERTS*&amp; Sarah McClenachan 12 Apr 1770 Sur : Willi a m Preston .
CONSENT : 12 Apr 1770, Frances McClenachan , mother. Wit: William
McClenachan; Samuel McRoberts; Willia m Webb; Samuel McCJ..anachan
Summers : McClanahan
Worrell: McClanahan,
* groom is John McRoberts
to be continued

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" PATRICKS " WHO SERVED IN CONFEDERATE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WAR
BETWEEN THE STATES
The following n ames were found on the microfilm copy of the Consolidated
Index to Compiled Service Records ~ Confederate Soldiers which is part of a
body of record s in the Na tional Archives designated as Record Group 109, War
Department Collect ion of Confederate Records. The Consolidated Index . . .
contains "all the n ames of Confedera te soldiers foun in the records u sed in
compilin g service records f or each soldier ."
These comp i l ed servi c e records are arranged according to a complicated
organizatio n al breakdown beginning with the state or Confederate Army organization.
With the f ollow]ng l is t, a searcher gains to the compiled service records.
Included in the se r ecord s are abstracts of entries for each soldier found in
original mu s ter rolls, returns, rosters , payrolls, appointment books, hospital
registers , Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls and inspection
reports.
The first column in the following list is the name of the soldier as i t
appears in service records; second, the entering rank; third, the final rank;
and fourth, the company and outfit with whom the soldier served.
The last section, "Miscellaneous" are those outfits which do not indicate
a particular s tate affiliation. Further research will be required to determine
where the original records will be found .
There are definite short-comings to this list: (1) Spelling is as it appears
on the records . This causes many problems. One specific problem is that different
officers may spell one man's name in tiifferent ways, thus causing several
different sets o f records.
Also, nicknames and variant names may also be used.
Thus, J., J. J ., Joe, and Joseph J. may possibly be the same person. Only
a detailed inspection of the compiled records may indicate if this is the
case. (2)
The Confederate Records are organized by outfit. Thus, i f two
regiments or batteries consolidated, there is an entry for each soldier in
both the old and the new outfit,
FLORIDA
Patrick,Archabald
J. B .

Thomas

Mus ician
Private
Private
Private
Private

w. w.

Private

M.
M.

Private
Private
Private
Private
Jr. 2
Lieutenant
Private

Co. E, 7 Florida Infantry
Co. C, 2 Florida Infantry
Kilcrease Light Artillery, Florida
Capt. Dyke's Co . , Florida Light Arti
Co. I, 1 Florida Cavalry
Co. E, 10 Florida Infantry

MARYLAND
Patrick, Charles R.

Private
Private
J. H.
Private
James c.
James Thomas Private
John
Private
o . R.
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private

Co .
Co.
Co .
Co.
Co .
Co.

A, 1 Maryland Cavalry
A,
G,
G,
A,
A,

1
1
1
1
1

Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland

Cavalry
Inf an try
Inf an try
Cavalry
Cavalry

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VIRGINIA
Patrick,--- (Col.
Slave)
Aistrop
Alexander
Alfred S.
Ambros

Cook

Cook

Private
Private
Private
Private

Private
Surgeon
Private
Private

Corporal
Farrier
Pr ivate
Farrier
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Pr ivate
Private
Private
Pr ivate
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Sergeant
Private
Pr ivate
Privat e
Sergeant

Corporal
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Sergean t
Private
Private
Private
Sergeant

c.

Private
Private
Corporal
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Bugler

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Bugler

James C.
John
John
John H.
John H.
John H.
John M.

Bugler
Sergeant
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private

C. E.

Charles
Charles E.

D. M.
Daniel C.
Dennis
E. T.

Edmond C.
Edward
George
Green
Greenberry
H. p •
H. S.

Henry
Henry
Henry
Hen ry
Henry
Henry
Henry
Henry
Henry
Isaac
Isaac

C.
Clay
S.

s.

T.
A.

Isaac A.
Isaac L.
Isaac L.
J.
J. N.
J. T.

James
James
James

Co. G, 25 Battalion Virginia Infantry
Co. G, 14 Virginia Cavalry
Co. K, 22 Virginia Cavalry
Co . H, 22 Virginia Infantry
Co . A, 29 Virginia Infantry
Co. B, 34 Virginia Infantry
Co . E, 1 Virginia Cavalry
Co. B, 16 Virginia Cavalry
Co . E, 6 Virginia Cavalry
Co . H, 32 Virginia I nfantry
Co . E, 6 Virginia Cavalry
Co. , 5 Virginia Infantry
Co . H, 32 Virginia Infantry
Co. A, 45 Virginia Infantry
Co. C, 22 Virginia Cavalry
Co. A, 45 Virginia Infantry
Co . A, 45 Virginia Infantry
Co. B, 11 Virginia Infantry
Co. E, 23 Virginia Infantry
Co. H, 32 Virginia Infantry
Co. K, 1 Virginia Artillery
Co. A, 9 Virginia Cavalry
Co . A, 63 Virgin ia Cavalry
Co. D, 6 Battalion Virginia Reserves
Co . G, 1 Virginia Infantry
Co. L, 50 Virginia Infantry
Co. D, 6 Battalion Virginia Reserves
Co . B, 11 Virginia Infantry
Co. A, 45 Vi rgin ia Infantry
Gents Co., Caldwell ' s Battalion
Virginia Cavalry
Co . B, 16 Virginia caval ry
Co . E, 22 Virginia Cavalry
Capt . McFarl ane's co . Virginia Cavalry
Co . F, 48 Virginia Infantry
Co. H, 22 Virginia Infantry
Co. E, 12 Virginia caval ry
Co . D, 50 Virginia Infantry
Co. G, 12 Virginia cavalry
Gents Co., Caldwel l ' s Battal ion
Virginia Cavalry
Co. B, 16 Virgin ia caval ry
Co. A, 45 Virgin ia Infantry
Co. E, 4 Battalion Virginia Infantry
Co. H, 17 Virginia Infantry
Co. B, 39 Battalion Virginia Cavalry
Co. I, 32 Virginia Infantry
Capt. Jackson's Co . , Virginia Horse
Artillery

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VIRGINIA (cont . )
Patrick, John M.
John R.
John w. H.
Joseph
Joseph
Joseph
Leander
Morgan
Morgan
Robert
Robert c.
s. H.
Samuel
T. M.
Thomas c.
Thomas M.
Wilbern
William
William
William
William
William J.
William M.
William H.
Wilson
Wilson

Private
Corporal
Private
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
CoFporal
Private
Private
Private
Captain
Private
Major
Private
Private
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Captain
Private
Major
Private
Corporal
2 Lieutenant

Private

Private

Co.
Co.
Co .
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co .
Co.
Co .
Co .
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co .
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co .
Co.
Co .
Co.
Co.

H, 22 Virginia Inf an try
A, 32 Virginia Inf an try
I, 32 Virginia Infantry
D, 15 Battalion Virginia Cavalry
- 40 Virginia Infantry
A,' 41 Virginia Militia
- ' 72 Virginia Militia
A, 63 Virginia Inf an try
F, 48 Virginia Inf an try
A, 45 Virginia Inf an try
I, 32 Virginia Infan try
H, 22 Virginia Inf an try
c, 22 Virginia Cavalry
E, 21 Vi·.::-ginia Cavalry
H, 32 Virginia Inf an try
F, 22 Virginia Cavalry
F, 48 Virginia Infan try
E, 22 Virginia Cavalry
E, 1 Virginia Cavalry
c, 4 Virginia Cavalry
4 &amp; s, 11 Virginia Cavalry
B, 11 Virginia Infantry
H, 32 Virginia Infantry
I, 32 Virginia Infantry
A, 45 Virginia Infantry
I, 16 Virginia Infantry

ALABAMA
Patrick,Andrew J.
Private
B.
Private
B. F.
Private
Benjamin F. Private
13erry G.
Private
Churchill W.Private
Churchman W.Private
E. H.
Private
Francis M. Private
Green B
Private
H. A.
Private
H. G.
Private
Henry A.
Private
Hillery
Private
J. A.
Private
J. c.
2 Lieutenant
J. F.
Private
J. J.
Private
J . J.
Private
J. J.
Private
J. J.
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Corporal
Corporal
Private
Private
1 Lieutenant
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private

Co. I, 10 Alabama Infantry
Co. D, 49 Alabama Infantry
, 9 Alabama Infantry
Co . I, 10 Alabama Infantry
Co. E, 49 Alabama Inf an try
Co. G, 57 Alabama Infantry
Co. G, 57 Alabama Infan try
Co. D, 2 Alabama Cavalry
Co. B, 16 Alapama Infantry
Co. E, 49 Alabama Infantry
Co. D, 43 Alabama Infantry
Co. E, 49 ..Alapama Infantry
Co. D, 43 Alabama Infantry
Co. I, 16 Alabama Infantry
Co. C, 24 Alabama Infan try
Co. F, 23 Alabama Infantry
Co. G, 1 Regiment Infant.ry
Co. D, 60 Alabama Infantry
Co. K, 27 Alabama Infantry
Co. A, 28 Alabama Infantry
Co . F, 3 Battalion Hilliard's Legion
Alabama Volunteers

�98
ALABAMA (cont.)

J. M.
J. M.
J. M.

Private
Private
Private

Private
Private
Private

J . p.

Private
Private
Private
1 Lieut e nant
Private
Private
1 Lieutenant
Private
Private
1 Lieutenant

Co . I , 10 Alabama Infantry
Co . I , 10 Alabama Infantry
Co . D, 60 Alabama Infantry

James W.
James W.
James W.

Private
Private
Private
2 Lieutenant
Private
Private
Brevit 2
Lieutenant
Priva te
Private
Brevit 2
Li eu tenant
1 Lieutenant
2 Lieutenant
Sergeant

Co . D, 60 Alabama Infa ntry
Co . H, 60 Alabama Infan tr y
Co . F, 3 Battalion Hilliard ' s Legion
Al abama Volunteers
Co . K ~ 24 Alabama Infan try
Co. D, 56 Alabama Partisan Rangers
Co. I, 27 Alabama Infantry
Co. F, 23 Alabama Infa ntry
Co . C, SO Alabama I n fa ntry
Co. G, 2 Alabama Cavalry
Co . D, 60 Alabama Infantry

1 Lieutenant
1 Lieutenant
1 Sergeant

Jerry
Jerry J.
Jno . K.

Priva te
Private
Private

Private
Private

Joe
John
John
John

Private

Private

Private
Private

Private
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Sergeant
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Priva te
Private
Private
Corpora l
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Privat e
Private
Sergeant
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Corporal
Private

Private
Pr ivate
Private
Private
3 Corpo ral
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private
3 Corpora l
Private

Co . G, 16 Alabama Infantry
Co. F, 28 Alabama Infantry
Co . F , 3 Battalion Hilliard ' s Legion
Alabama Volunteers
Co. A, 20 Alabama Infantry
Co . A , 20 Alabama Infantry
Clanton ' s Battery , Alabama Light
Artillery
Co . K, 24 Alabama Infantry
Co . C, Capt . of Instruc tion
Co. D, 43 Alabama In fa ntry
Co. D, 43 Alabama In fantry
Co. A, 4 (Russ ell ' s) Alabama Cavalry
Co . K, 24 Alabama Infantry
Co . K, 27 Alabama Infantry
Co . K, 24 Alabama In fantry
Co . I, 10 Alabama Inf antrY
Co . I, 10 Alabama Inf ant r Y
Co . B, 11 Alabama Cavalry
Co . F, 30 Alabama In fantry
Co . C, 2 Regiment Alabama Infantry
Co. A, 4 (Russell' s ) Alabama Cavalry
Co. A, 4 (Russell ' s) Alabama Cavalry
Co. K, 27 Alabama Infantry
Co . K, 27 Alabama Infantry
Co. G, 3 Alabama Reserves
Co. I , 10 Alabama I nfantry
Co . B, 7 Alabama Inf ant r Y
Co. F , 43 Alabama Infant r y
Co . H, 50 Alabama Infant r y
Co. H, 33 Alabama Partisan Rangers
Co. I, 10 Alabama Infan try
Co. D, 43 Alabama Infantry
Co . D, 60 Alabama Infantry
Co. D, 60 Alabama Inf antrY
Co. D, 60 Alabama Infantry
Co. D, 60 Alabama Infantry
Co. A, 4 (Russell' s) Alaba~~ Cavalry
Co. F, 3 Battalion Hilliar 5 Legion
Alabama Volunteers

Jacob
James
James
James
James
James

C.

H.
K.
L.

James M.
James W.
James W.

Patrick, John
John A.
John W.
Joseph
Joshua
K. J.
Lewallen
Luke
Luke
M. D.
M. L .
H . W.

Martin
R . C.
R. J.

s.

S. S . B.

T. M.
Thomas
Thomas A.
Turner
W. · A .

W. D.
W.

G.

W. H.
W. H.
William A.

�99

I'
'

Wi ll iam D.

Priv a te

Private

Wy at t:
Z. H.

Priva te
P riva te

Private

Z.

Cor po ral

Private

H.

Co . F , 3 Battalion Hilliard's Legion
Alabama Volunteers
Co. I, 36 Alabama Infantry
Co. D, 15 Battalion Alabama Partisan
Rangers
Co . D, 56 Alabama Partisan Rangers

ARKANSAS
Pat:rick , A.
A.

J.

Alphred
Blackwell
Blackwell

D.
D.

p .

Dan
David
F. E .

Freeman
G.

F.

G . L.

G. L.
George L.
Gonvil F.
H . H.
Henry M.
J. F.
J. 0.
J.
J .

Private
Private
Pr i vate
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private

Sergeant
Private
Private
Private
Private

Sergeant
Private
Private
Private
Sergeant

Private
Private

Private
Private

Private
Private
2 Lieutenant
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Corporal
Private
Private
Corporal
Private

Private
Private
2 Lieutenant
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Cotporal
Private
Private
Sergeant
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private

Private
Private
Private
Private

s.
T.

John
John
John
John
John C .
John W.
L.
L . M.

M. H.
P. M.
R . H.
Robert M.
Solomon
T.
W.

Priv a te
Private
P riva te
Priva te
P riv a te
Priva te
Priva te
Priva te
Private
Priva te
Priva te
Private

D.

William
Wi l liam

Co . A, 35 Arkansas Infantry
Co. B, 6 Arkansas Infantry
Co. A, 35 Arkansas Infantry
Co . E, 18 (Marmaduke's) Arkansas Infantry
Co. -, 5 Arkansas Infantry
Co . A, 35 Arkansas Infantry
Co. G, 7 Arkansas Infantry
Co. B (New), 9 Arkansas Infantry
Co. G, 7 Arkansa s Infantry
Co . -, 5 Arkansas Infantry
Co . E, 18 (Marmaduke's) Arkansas Infantry
Andersons Co ., 1 Arkansas Volunteers
(30 days 1861)
Co . D, 10 Arkansas Militia
Co . D, Gordons Regiment Arkansas Cavalry
Co . D, Gordons Regiment Arkansas Cava l ry
Co. D, 25 Arkansas Infantry
Co . H, 35 Arkansas Infantry
Co . - Arkansas Conscripts
Co. I, 36 Arkansas Infantry
Capt. Hart's Battery, Arkansas Light
Artillery
Co. D, 21 Arkansas Militia
Co. E, 36 Arkansas Infantry
Co. H; 23 Arkansas Infantry
Co . D, 7 Arkansas Militia
Co. H, 27 Arkansas Infantry
Co. K, 15 (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry
Co. I, 34 Arkansas Infantry
Co. B, 2 Arkansas Infantry
Co. A, 35 Arkansas Infantry
Co. C (New), 8 Arkansas Infantry
Co. C, 15 Arkansas Militia
Co. G, 7 Arkansas Infantry
Co. C (New), 8 Arkansas Infantry
Co. K, 23 Arkansas Infantry
Co. H, 27 Arkansas Inf antry
Co. G, 7 Arkansas Infantry
Co. G, 7 Arkansas Infantry
Co. I, 34 Arkansas Infantry
Co . D, 7 Arkansas Mili t ia

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KENTUCKY
Patrick,Alexander B. Private
Private
Charles
Charles
Private
George
Granville
Private
Green
Private
J. J .
Corpo r al
James
Private
James
Private
James J .
Corpo r al
Levi
Private
N.
Private
Newton
Private
Robert
Private
Robert
Private
Samuel H.
Corpor a l
William
Sergeant

Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Corporal
Private
Private
Corporal
Private
Privat e
Private
Private
Private
Corporal
Sergeant

Co.
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co .
Co.
Co .
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co.
Co .
Co .
Co .
Co.
Co .
Co.

B,
B,
B,
A,
H,
H,
F,
C,
C,
F,
D,

c,
C,
B,
B,
D,
F,

5 Kentucky Mount ed Inf an try
5 Kentucky Mounted Infantry
6 Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Morehead Regiment
4 Kentucky Mounted Inf an try
4 Kentucky Mounted I nf an try
12 Kentucky Cavalry
13 Kentucky Cavalry
13 Kentucky Cavalry
12 Kentucky Cavalry
3 Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifl
7 Kentucky Mounted Infantry
3 Kentucky Mounted Infantry
12 Kentucky Cavalry
5 Kentu cky Moun ted Infantry
5 Kentucky Mounted Infantry
12 Kentucky Caval ry
To be continued

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This article was complied by Frieda M. Davison , 612 West Poplar , Johnson City
TN 37601.
In her letter : " In the introduction, I make reference to the ' Compiled
Records '
I have access to Tennessee and North Carolina . I will gladly
trade re;earch in these two states for cori:•::rs,ble research in other _states '

Compiled Records in return . "

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ODDS &amp; ENDS

copied from the KANAWHA BANNER , Charleston (W) Va , from microfilm
Date of 10 June 1831: Died 4 June • • .• 52 years old • ••• Elizabeth P . Lewis ,
wife of John , and native of Prince William Co.

Copied from WESTERN VIRGINIA, Charleston , (W) Va . , from microfilm . IB.te
of 24 July 1829: Died i n Charleston • • 20 inst Robert A Miller, formerly of
Augusta Co, Va •• • • JO years old . _
Date of 14 Aug, 1829 : Died in Charleston ••• 20 July ••• Robert A, son of William Miller of Goochland • •• 27 years
old.,.leaves widow and son.
Copied from WESTERN VIRGINIA, Charleston, (W) Va ., from microfilm . Date
of 18 Sept 1829: Died. near Charleston Thurs . 10 inst ••• Gen Thos Chilton ,
formerly of Fauquier Co •••• 62 years old • • • late war ••• • • • • •

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30 Sept. 1980

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" 7 Nov •
1852
p11 Virginia
d
16 May 1917

11 L - - - - - - - - = - : - - - : - : - : - - - : - - - - - - - J
51
(Moc.lier"' No.

111

(ley)
William Pres(ton)White
•, ~December ,.......,"'Nu.. I&gt; 186 7

Zona Estella White
(W. .relNa. I) 1895
"Oct

6 Nov. 1936

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• 24 Aug , 1935

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Thomas Musick
'~ 29 Jan. lfa&amp;1urotNo. 5&gt;1847
p11Virginia
• 31 August 1868

.. John Wesley Meade
II J Une
(falher al No. lJ
18 4 6
pt. Wise Co.(?)
• 1872
d

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Eliza D, Dingus
.. 1853
(Woti.ttalNo. 7)

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He l en P . (Creger ) Nielsen
5211 S . E . 52nd Ave .
Por~lan d, OR 9720 6

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PEDIGREE CHART
dated 1 J ul 1980

Born - State
Died - Stat~ Married-State
2. J ames Iver Creger
1885 , NE
1971 OR
1913 I D
J . Ge rtru de Ethel BLAYDEN 1885 NE
1963 OR
4 . Peter Alex ' r Creger
1860 IA
1883 IA
1940 ID
1864 IL
1957 WA
5. Agnes Emeline SLINKER
1884 IA
1860 IL
6 . J ames Hora tio Bladen
1905 ID
1866 OH
1937 ID
7. Margar et A. EICINGTON
1 824 OH
1856 IA
8 . Samuel Creger
1906 IA
183 7 KY
1861 IA
9. Lu c i nda A. COMPTON
18 42 IL
10. Levi Sl in k er
1863 IL
1919 OR
11. Anna h Ma r gar et HOULETTE 18 45 OH
1912 ID
12 . Wa lter Le wis Bl a den
1824 England
1852 Eng.
1908 NE
1918 IA
1J. Rachel Nao mi ATKINS
1827 England
1856 OH
14. Thomas Edgington
1917 ID
1835 OH
I
sabel
WALKER
1898
ID
18
36
OH
15 .
1864 OH
16. Peter Creger
1793 VA
OH
17 . Elizabe th RIECHMAN
1795 Switz .
1836 KY
18 . Willis H. Co mpton
18 09 SC
1870 IA
19 . Malinda RALS TON
1815 ;-\~·Botetourt Co . 1896 KS
20 . Green Berry Slinker
1841 IL
1824
KY
21. Emeline BAXTER
1852 IL
1844 PA
22 . James Ia.l e Houlette
18 16 PA
1909 IA
1822 Ireland
1911 IA
2J. Agnes Smith CLARK
1818 OH
28 . Brice Viers Ed g ington
1878 IL
1796 VA
18 04 OH
29 . Margaret GUTRI ICE
1855 OH
18 11 OH
1862 OH
JO. Elijah Wa lke r J r
1835 OH
J1 . Jane Hanna h HAMIL TON
18 14 OH
1867 OH
1841 OH
J2 . Jacob Creg er
1759
JJ . Mary (Sharlotte)
1810, Botetourt,Va
40 . William Brickey Slinker
1786 Bed.ford Co,Va- 1843 I L
41. Nancy Ann BRICKEY
1786 IL
1845 IL
42 . James BAXTER
KY
44. Louis J . Houl e tte
1841 PA
1795 PA
1764 France
45 . Annah PLUM( B )
1867
1773 CT
46 . James Cla rk
~
47. Margaret JOHNS TON
1775~Hampshire Co- 1841 OH
56. George Edg i ngto n III
1850 OH
57 . Elizabeth " Be tty" LINDSEY 1782 MD
58 . James GUTRILGE
1813 OH
1797 KY
1847 OH
59 . Hannah McLAUGHLIN
1773 PA
!l.800, Rockbridge
60 . Elijah Walke r
1820 OH
1775 Va
Rockbridge Co
1861 OH
61. Mary Magda l e ne DIEHL/Dial 1784
1806 OH
62 . John HAMILTON
178 7 Ireland
1852
6J. Isabelle S MITH
1788 , Ireland
1783, Bedford, Va
80 . John Slinker
Va1823 KY
1763 , Bed.ford,
81. Mary " Molly " BRICKEY
Bed.ford, VA
1836 Va
1781 VA
82 . Peter Bricke y
1761 VA
Wes tmoreland Co-Botetourt Co Botetourt Co
BJ . Elizabet h BRICKEY
1820 " " "
1762 " " "
90 . John Plum(b)
This i s a c o ndensed from the pedi g ree charts ma iled to us .

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112.
113.
118.
120.

George Edgington II
Mary
Barney McLaughlin
John Walker

121.
122.
126.
127.
160.
161.
162.

Mary
Ianiel Diehl
Samuel Smith
Isabella
Christopher Slinker
Catherine
Jarrett Brickey

1746 PA

1817 OH

1747 VA

1801

Rockbridge Co , Va

VA
Rockbridge

1815, Rockbridge Co , Va
Ireland
Ireland

1733

1794, Bed.ford , VA

1740 VA
Westmoreland Co

1791

164. same as 162.
166. John Brickey
1747 "
1740
Mary
Elizabeth
GARNER
167.

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VA

II

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II

VA
Bed.ford Co

1758 Westmoreland

1806 TN
1780 VA

Co, Va

Botetourt Co , Va .

224. George Edgington I
1724 ?England
1791 Ohio Co , VA 1743 PA
225. Margaret BROOME
Ohio Co , VA
240. John Walker
1705 Scotland
1778 Clinch R, VA
241. Ann HOUS'IQN
NC
324. Peter Brickey
1715 , Westmoreland- 1786 Westmoreland Co, VA
1786
325. Winifred LUCAS
"
328 &amp; 329 same as 324 &amp; 325 .
332 &amp; 333 same as 324 &amp; 325.
334. Thomas Garner
1757 Westmoreland Co, Va.
II

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Rosamond COURTNEY

480. John Walker
Scotland
481. Katherine RUTHERFORD 1685, Scotland
648. John Brickey
1640
649. Alce
**656 &amp; 657 . same as 648 &amp; 649 .
450. Thomas Broome
664. &amp; 665 same as 648 &amp; 649 .
668. Henry Garner
669. Catherine BRADLEY
670. Thomas Courtney
671. Mary
960. John Walker
962. John Rutherford
Scotland
963. Isabella ALLEIN
1336. John Garner
ca 1633
1337.
2672.
2674.
2675.
5348.
5349.
5350.

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Susanna KEENE
John Garner
Thomas KEENE
Mary THORLEY
Thomas KEENS
Elizabeth GOSNOLD
Edward Thorley

1702 , Scotland
1734 PA
1738 PA
1718 Westmoreland Co , Va

1745 Westmorel and Co , Va
1756, Westmoreland Co ., Va
Scotland
Ireland
1702 VA

-1660 VA

Westmoreland Co Northumberl and
Kent Island , VA

1593 , England

1716 "

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BOOK REVIEWS
by
Mrs.

Oren Counts*
EARLY ADVENTURERS ON WES'IERN WA'IERS

VOLUME I
by
+

Mary B . Kegl e y

F. B. Kegley

This i s the Ne w Riv e r of Virginia in Pioneer Days 1745-1800.
"let the r e cords s p eak f or t h ems elves. "

The authors

The records of Augus t a , Bote tourt, Fincastle and Montgomery counties are
used to s how a cti vities o f the New River settlers : appraisals, deed,s entries,
grants , l and r ecords , o r d ers , s urveys , wills , and other records.
Family s ketches for Bla cksburg: Christiansburg area of Montgomery County
include:
Banke, Bar g er, Be ard, Billups, Binga min (John) , Black, Boles, Broce,
Buchanan, Byrn , Chris man, Conrad, Craig, Crewey, Draper, Elswick, Gresham,
Harless , Harman , Ha ven , Hornbarger, Keister , Kinzer, Kipps, Linkous , Lorton,
McCoy, McDonald, McGee, McMullen, Martin, Peterson, Poppicover (Cofer) , Preston,
Price , Ribbl e , Ritchie, S hell, Smelser, Sperry , Stephens, Surface, Taylor,
Trigg (Abram), Vickers, Wa ll, Wes tcoat, and Wood .
Family sketches for the Radford-Dunkard Bottom area of Montgomery and
Pulaski Counties include the familie s of Bell, Bingamin (Henry), Carty (Carter)'
Cassiday , Charlton, Chris tian, Cl oyd (Ninian, Samuel, Thomas), Gardner , Grayson,
Grills, Ingles, Mccorkle, P e nner , Reilly , Rife, Sallust , Skaggs, 'lhompson,
Trigg (Laniel and Stephen), Whitt and Wiley .
There are many family names in the military records of both the French
and Indian War and Revolutionary War. In the 155 pages of the index in addition to personal names, there are a few place names of special interest, lists
of mills, forts, ferries and churche s ,
The idea for this publication was conceived 50 years ago by F. B. Kegley
during his research and writing of VIRGINIA FRONTIER. After his death in 1968
the final research and organization of EARLY ADVEN'IURER3 ON WES'IERN WATERS was
completed by Mary B. Kegley .
A gift copy from the author to the Southwestern
Virginia Genealogical Society has been placed in the Virginia Western Community
College Library, Roanoke , Virginia.
A copy of the book may be ordered from Kegley Books, Mary B. Kegley , 4400
Park Avenue, Richmond, Va. 23221.
The price is $27.25.

*6804 Northway Drive, Roanoke, Virginia 24-019 .

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BOTETOURT COUNTY, VI RGINIA
CHILDREN

VOLU1'1E I

Researched and Compiled by
Charles T. Burton

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For many years while searching Courthouse Rec ords i ncl uding Hi ll Books ,
Deed Books, Order Books , Birth a nd Dea t h Records , the author made note of places
where information on children could be f ound . I n th i s volume he has listed
Botetourt-born children ; or at least s pen t a part of t heir childhood i n the
county.
He lis t s the date or approximate da te of birt h . The b irth of the parents .
The death records, in many cas es , gives the pla ce and da t e of b irth , and birthplace of the parents .
In this volume is found in the 228 page book , more t han 12 , 000 na mes
completely alphabetized, beginning with Abercromb ie , L. S . ( B. Al a .) an d Mary
Scanlon ( b . Botetourt County ca . 1891) with child Mary Iris (b . 7-31- 1917) t o
Zollman, Henry (d. by 10- 9-1810) wi th child , Bets y , an orpha n ; age over 14 on
10-9-1810 with guardian , Peter 'D:tgger.

A gift copy from the author to the Southwestern Virg inia Genealog ical
Society has been placed i n the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library .
A copy of the book may be ordered from Charles T. Burton , Rt . 2 Box 191,
Troutville, Va. 24175 . The price of the book i s $J5 . 00.
Reviewed by Mrs . Oren Counts .

g[rnold/amH!! :dssocietion
-of the ~nuth
-~

Researching al l ARNOLD fami l ies
in t he Southern United States

published since 1970 - back issues avai lable
send for free I ist

--- --------- --- Membership, $10.00 Annually
includes an nual newsletter and free queries

1655 Imperial Crown

Mrs. Marian C. Ledgerwood
Secretary, AFAS

Houston, Texas 77043

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NOTES FROM QUAR'IERLY EXCHANGES
( Several membe~ of the 3 WG S a re reviewing the exchanges -- picking up items
of i nterest to those of us in Virginia . Please remember that each quarterly
has those a rticles pertaining to their a rea . These quarterlies are placed
in the Virginia !ioom , Roanoke City (ma i n ) Library , Roanoke , Va. )
From THE JOURNAL of the Kanawha Valley Genealogical Society : June 1980. A
new quarterly publication , THE SECOND BOA T, s pecializing in Colonial American
geneal ogy , will a verage 40 pages per issue , and will deal with ships arriving
before 1 650 , a t tempt in g to trace these immigrants through the Revolutionary
War era .
Tne S ubscri ption rate i s $10 . 00 from THE SECOND BOAT, PO Box 398 ,
Machi as , Maine 0 4654 .
. . .. . . . A list of anglicized German names i n Virginia ... .
An a rti cle about the Ci bbs family of Mason County , W, Va . , wi th reference .to
their origin in Rockbri dge County .
From the MIAMI VALLEY , Ohio , Genealo gical Society: Summer 1980. A l ong lists
of burials in the Pursel l Private Burying Ground , Bridge Townshi p , Bucks Co , Pa .
. . . . . Abs tract s of Hills , Inventories and Administrati ve Accounts of Loudon Co ,
Va , 17 57-1 8 00 . . . . . . Chart s di vi ding Anabaptists and other separatists and
S chwarzenau Brethren .
S hows origins and evolution .
From THE COLORADO GENEALcx;IST: May 1980 . Text of a lecture , GENEALcx:;ICAL
RECOR DS IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES , by James D. Walker. 'Ihis is a delight to
read, and mos t informative .
It i s considerably more detailed than is usually
found . . • . . ... An index of exchange publications , a great idea which should be
helpful to VAN readers .
(Note : we also exchange with quite a few of the
quarterlies they index .
Thank you 'IHE COLORADO GENEALOGIST)
From the NA TI ON AL GENEALOCICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER :
genealogical books .

Aug 1980.

Reviews of recent

"Just lookin "', p 47 - - about research ...
"Some Revolutionary Veterans of Both Sides " p 48 . . .... p 58 "A Perpetual Calendar
a n d How to Use It . . ... .. • • p 62 " Ancestral Diggings .

THE SEARCHER (Calif . ) June 1980 .

THE WAGONER , Vol III No 2 - J , 1980 : p 88 , Abbreviations used in Genealogical
Queries •. • . . . . p 97 , Old Photos -- Neglected Genealogi cal Informat ion .. . , p 102
Where Immi grants Go.
ANCESTRY (Fla . ) Vol 15 #3 , July 1980 : p 82 ' The Perfect Genealogist" . .. ... p
'History of Guilford - Schools ' ........ p 10J , Origin of Family Names - from
King F amily of Conn . . . . . . p 107 Abbreviations used in Genealogy (research) . .

99 ,

Bulletin of Va-NC Piedmont Gen Soc . summer, 1980 . .... p 87 "Where did they go
from Here?"
WIMMER FAMILY NEWSLET'IER , Fred Wi mmer, 804 Falconer Road , Joppatowne, MD 21085
. • .•• article on Johannes Wimmer , from N. J . to Maryland .• ... other i terns on the
Wimmers .
BULLETIN , S ou them Cal. Gen. S oc. Inc. Ne wsletter, Oct . 1980 ••.. • • VALLEY
FORGE HONOR ROLL.
A search is under way to find the names of the J, 000 or so
men who died a t Va l l e y Forge • .•• these unknown s a re being named - through mus ter
roll s , pens ion applicati ons , etc ••. 8 , 000 compa triots who survived . ••... Information abou t the s ervice of a s oldi er at Va lle y Forge can be sent to Mr. Homer
F Dean , 76 Baylee Road , North Weymou th , MA 02 191

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Mrs Royse A. LANDRESS, 2528 Edinburc;h Drrrl"l Roanoke,VA24012
Are John MERRYMAN(IVEARYMAN) and his wife Elizab eth of St. James
Parrish Goochland Co VA (deed dated lS Jan 1747) the pareyrl~ /Y]
of Richard ff:.ERRICM - wife Ann COil'.iALLY ? ~ .~ c:J)f&gt;~~// W.Harry surr iiERLAND, 5607 Chamberlayne Ave, Richmond ,VA 2J2~7
Need information on parents of Nancy COWAN, b .17 9 5 who married
in 1818 Johnston HOWARD(l 782-1~73) and lived in i~ ussell Co.
Her mother was a GOSE . t)U). (5~ -f!!:::.~~~Q_;
John PHILLIPS 8105 ~acArthur Blvd. ,Bethesda ~ D 200J4
Seek exchange on SPEAR , SKILES , GU'.CHRIE, COU J-fl'NEY, and~.:~
FIRD families of the Pulaski area late l?OO's~h /~J7f"~v
(V

Mrs. Curtis LONG,1789 Sullivant Ave., Columbus Ohio 4)223
In search of parents,brothers,sisters of my great-grandfather
Jos iah KENNON b. 181 7 Rocky Mount VA and m. Jl.: ary Jane BROWN
in Mart i nsville VA, had family there and moved to Ohio by
1800. Will answer all letters with KENNON information.

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Karl F. HOBACK, p O Box 702 Alexandria VA 22J1J
James T. WORKMAN m. f.~ary Ann HOBACK(HOUGHBOK) in Wythe Co June
1838. MaryAnn as a widow m. Granville DILLON(DeLOVE) Wayne Co
WVA May 1861. He was the son of A. and E. DILLON (De LOVE) and
was born in Wythe Co 1826 . N'.aryAnn b. 1819 was dauzhter of i!ohn
HOBACK of Wythe and Wayne Cos.Would appreciate info concerning
MaryAnn's families,children . (Names typed as submitted)
Edward D.GRAHAM,718 Beechnut Lane MartinsvilleVA 24112
Need parents of Robe rt A. GRAHANilll. Edith BOOTH Floyd Co VA
6 Feb 1848. They lived near Snowville,Pulaski co. Her father
wa~ Daniel BOOTH . . He r mother probably Rachel GRAHAhl. Had
children1William Ad~n,U.J=+ah,Ji9ah , Dee,Th i as,Harrieo,Acel,
a nd Molly or Mary .
)rvrW o;Y Cf:&gt;~ ~'!7(
Laura TA!rlAYO, 531 NE 58th Ct . Ft. Lauderdale 11 FL 33334
Need information on LAWRENCE brothers who lived in Radfo rd VA
in early l?OO's. They were Radford or J . R., Clayton, Eusib i us ,
an~ , Nathaniel. I am trying t~
rove my grandfather,John G.
LA1'/RENCE was their brother
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Mrs. Johnnie MORHISON WRIGHT , )201 SW 81 Ave Miami,FL ~)155
I am researching the follow i ng families a r~~ORRISON PEPPER,
OVER'r ON , BARBER, and HOWLE·r ·r .
Jrn/&amp; ~'tt.f..orrn ifp~
Ca:ol f·f:C CLASKEY,545 :-Iansen,#7, Idaho Falls,Idaho 8)401
.
Doing research on the iv:c CLASY.EY Surname in this area. Grate ful
for any info or help on anyone with this name. dill hel:p or
work with anyone on the rr.c CLASKY line nope to make family
Lineage Bo ok .
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Del ore s CLARK , R124 Whe lan Dr . San Di e g o CA 9211 9
. Jeed informa t i on on 3 rax t on CLA RK who married r·,~argaret ROGERS
25 June 1 8 4 6 i n F l oyd C o VA . Wh o we r e their parents ?
Mrs. J . L . B~A.IE. l , !·. ~arsha ll OK 73056
~~ ~~
Wi s hes t o k no w th e n a me s o f chil d re n of Isaac KI RK Sr . b .
p o ss i b l y i n Fauqu i er Co VAabou t 1 ? 60 . Isaac Jr . of Boone Co
WV was 7 0 y e a r s o ld o n the 1 8 60 Censu s . riis wi fe Sarah HUNTER
KIR K d . b efore 1 829 .
Illrs. Royse A. . LA ~JD RE SS , 2 52 S Ed inbur g h Dr. NW Roanoke, VA24012
Nee d p ar e nt s of R i chard M.E J&lt;R I O~~ b . 1734 Goochland Co VA d. 1777
m . Ann C O~~ ~ ~ ALLY d au g hter of Bryan, sons Bartholemue, Samuel John
r::att h ew , R i ch a rd , J esse , daught er s r.~ ary , Hannah.
'
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f1'i r s . ",' /. G . BAT E:..) , J r .l OJ Ge o r g e S t , 3ta unt on , VA 24401
P i o neer s o f th e Virg inia Bl u e r;r ass says tl':argare t HAYTER dau
of Wi l l i a m BAT E S m . P h ilip GREEVER ( 28 Aug 1 8 00 pe r LDS re cor ds )
Which HA Y'r ER was her firs t h usband? Whe n and whe re were the y
marrie d , where t he re any c h ildren .
Mary F rance s P ARSO NS ,25 0 5 St e phe nson AveSW Roanoke , VA 24014
Nee d p arents of !i e n r y LEE b . Gat e s Co NC m. Mary Elizabeth
PIPKINS 9 No v 1779 Gat es Co d. ca 1 806 NC Rev Army . Children1
Mary , E l iz abe th, Wi l l i am , Isaac , Richa::{pH ., J ohn , Rochelle , Margaret ,
Sarah , C hari ty , Ann , Martha. ~:
),'t"{.'lf~4£Jcx.~
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Mr s . J o s e p hi n e C . DE P UE , Rt 1 Box 8 3 , Amesville OH 45711
Ne e d ance st ors o f Barne s MERRI CKS 1793- 1 8 56 (m . Elizabeth DODSON 1 792 - 1 8 70) , J ames f..1ULLINS d . 1 8 95 (m. Mary Elizabeth MEADOWS
d. 1 898 ), Samuel MEADOWS ( m. Sophie STAFF ORD ) Giles Co VA. , marriage date E l isha Mobson MERRICKS and Ma r y Elizabe th MULLINS
a nd date left for Charl eston WV. He was CSA Art illery ve t .
~ ~ ~~ir'"'
P.-1~
Mr .s . Les t er H . PLOETZ, 1004 N. Mi t che l l Ave, Arl fngton Hgt IL60004
S e ek info on J ohn S. GR EEN l ived Smythe Co VA 1 840-1 856 born
" on the 'v'labash R iver in Ind iana " . Where? Parents?. Mother (Ann)
brought 4 c hildre n b ack t o VA after fa t her die d i n 1840 . How ?

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Michae l A . P OR rs , 1 0 14 Ce dar Ridg e A..rma p olis MD 21403
0 .JI,~ __
Wish to co rre s pon d wi th a nyone researching family of Jo hn 1 'J1"Y':;";.
BRADS HAW d . Russe l l Co 1 8 2 4 . m. S arah dau of J ohn and Isabell a rr
(KENDR ICK) HORTON . Children s Wi l l i am (1 8 1 0- 1 8 70 m.Jane HOR'r ON)._t) J,.
Di cy b . 1 8 14, J ames , Ra che l, Eliza , Lucy , John , Le lley .
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Mandia DYER , P 0 B ox 4J6 4 , Roan o ke, VA 2 4015
Info wanted o n J ames JENKS of Richmond VA listed in th&amp;Ts,10
R i chmond Census and his wife Be t ty W~RRI SETT.
(.V S andra

S . BI RTH I S EL, Star Rt l Box 334, Tornada,WV 25202
Wan t t o he ar f r om descendants of J ohn a nd Elizabeth E. DAUGHEHTY
J effer s on T wp Tazewel l Co VA 1 8 70 Childrena Sarah Jane , Willi am
Martha, Jame s H. , l,~a t elda Cat h erine, El i zab e t h,Elbert,Mary, John'

(9:;:::;:;.}~an;;;:fa;:ters

and~;~!~~$Jtti~

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Harold B. PETERS, RFD 4 Box 21 9, Jonesville VA 24263
Doe s anyon e h ave infor ma t i on on George PETERS and Pinknew CARTER who bu ilt mills in Scott Co VA o r parents, brothers,sisters ,
c hildren . Fou n d Ge orge on 1850 Sc ott Co Census, but not Pinkne w .~

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J . V. Ave r y, J r . P O Box 21 54 Roano ke, VA 24009
1)
Nee d anc eetors of John WOLFORD wh o l ived Hampsh i re ~WV~
he t h e son of Adam or Fre der ic k . Any connection with those WOLFORDS in Shenandoah Co VA, Wa~h irgton Co MD, or Bedford Co PA?
Thare ma y be conne c t i on wi th FUNKS and RI·rTENOUR ( RIDENOUR )fams .
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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ?
Copied from WESTERN VIRGINIA (newspaper) , Charles ton , (W ) Va., from
microfilm, date of 20 May 1823

Mr. Editor . A few days ago in looking over an eas tern pa per, I di s covered
a catalogue of words entitled the "Wes tern dial ect ," and the "Yanke e dia lect . " The writer is pretty correct so far as he goes ; but he has fo r gotten, or has never been acquainted with many more which might with
propriety, have been added to his list ; and as he has omitted it , I will
beg leave to lay a few before the public , for the information of foreigners .
Mine shall not be entitled the Eastern nor Western dialect ; but s hall in
a great measure be applicable to Kanawha. The following i s as nea r as I
can guess at it:
Earl =Barrel
Farnence = opposite
Spacia = specie
Bar= Bear
Shouldn ' t ought= ought not
Best man = the greatest bully
Sang = ginseng
Mought = might
Needcessity = necessity
Pultry =poultry
Guine = going
Totial = total
Gi n = gave
That ' s what I look at= that ' s what astonishes me Mather = madder
Stomp = stamp
Stob = stab
' Lexion = electi on
Sartin = certain
Tote = carry
Shot = shut
"Coon of a fellow = a shrewd fellow
Saft = soft
Poweif'ul sight = a large quantity
Cot ch ' d =caught
Indeever = endeavour
Taters = potatoes
Fetch = fetch
Poke = pork
Better nor that = better than that
Saunt = sent
Smowtch = ki ss
Sense = since
Do you mind? = do you remember
The above is all I at present recoll ect , and I wil l only add a few r i diculous phrases: "to sut(soot ) and ashes , " as " I can run to sut and ashes , "
" I can knock you to sut and ashes, " &amp;c . A. excl aims , "I can knock down
a nd drag out a camp- meet i ng of you - -eat , drink and fight a camp- meeting !''
B s ays, " I can eat a funeral , whip a funeral , lift a funeral , &amp;c .
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THE LAST WORD:

I just knew that this time I would have a very good ' Last
word " but a fraid that I am not in mood. We will be l eaving tomorrow for
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Roanoke, Virginia
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY

�SOUTHWES'IERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL S OCIETY
OFFICERS
President
Fi rst Vice-President
Second Vice- President
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treasurer
Assis~nt Treasurer

Bel va Counts
S . A. Bel l
J erry Bar tmes s
Ilene Lavinder
John E. Burrows I I I
Mond i a Dyer
Raymond Bri ckey
COMMITTEES

Book Chairman
Book Review
Historian
Hospitality
Membership
Parliamentarian
Pedigree Charts
Program
Publicity
Research
Surname Index
Virginia Appalachian Notes (VAN)
Editor
Art Director
Query Edi tor

Geri Glosh
Belva Counts
Robert G Phl egar
Myrtl e Bell, Carol Hill , Virg inia Petty
Raymond Bri ck e y
Bruce Anders o n
Mary J a n e Vad e n
S .A. Bell, Nelle S hiv ely, I nez S tclair
Jerry Bartmess , Lore t ta Caldwell,
Georg e Tulli
Ann Kyle
"Babe" Fowler
Marian Landress
Minnie Hall

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Feb, May, Aug , Nov; also an index &amp; membership roster.
Singl e issues are ava i l able at reinbursement cost of $2.00 each as long a s supply last .
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t o Mrs . Mondia E Dyer, Treasurer, PO Box 4J64 , Roanoke , Va 24015.
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and events of t he a rea . All books sent will be reviewed as time and space permit .
Please include t he price of the book, any advertising material that you have
and place from whi ch available . After review all books will be placed in the
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Send books to
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Volume V - Number 1 - February 1981
CONTENTS

President ' s Message
Genealogist's Code of Ethics
Bedford County, Virginia
Taxable Property &amp; Tithes for 1782
Pittsylvania County , Virginia
Insol vents , Tax List 178.5
Rockbridge County , Vi rginia
1850 Mortality Schedule
Botetourt County , Virginia
Marri age Records 1770-1790
Franklin County , Virginia
Abstracts , Legislative Petitions
Quarterly Exchange
Letters at Abingdon , Virginia , Post Office
Queries
Book Review

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MEETINGS
February 21, 1981 - Harold E. Howard, Lynchburg, Va . , on the "War Between
the States" .
Mar ch 21, 1981 - Dr . Warren L Moorman - "Local e and History of John Hook
of Bedford Co . , Va ."
April 18, 1981 - Mrs. Patricia G. Givens , ,author of "Andrew Lewi.s," "William
Preston ", and other books .

May - ?
J une 20 , 1981 - Plotting graves at East Hill Cemetery, Sal em, Virginia.
July 18 , 1981 - Workshop - Details to be in May VAN .
Unless noted the meetings are held in the Roanoke City Public Library
Auditorium, Elmwood Park at 1:30 pm, the third Saturday of each month .
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

It is a real privilege to be chosen as your president .
I look f o:rward to
working with you. Our January 17 meeting was an inspiration wit h more than
50 in attendance. We hope it was our program entitled , Back to the Basics in
Genealogy . Miss Claudia Geiger, our speaker, di stributed basic charts ,
Individual and Family Group Sheets, Pedigree Charts , and United States Census
Summary Charts .
Our February 21 meeting will have a speaker from Sons of the Conf ede:ra te Veterans
(scv) , who will distribute forms and tell us how to locate our Confederate
ancestors who fought in the Virginia Regiments during the War Between the States .
Plans are being made to put these in print. To contribute information write
Harold E Howard, 808 Sanhill Dr., Lynchburg , Va 24502 .
Thanks to all of you for sending your memberships renewals so promptly and we
welcome all new members to our society .
Notice on your VAN cover the twenty-nine counties fro m whi ch we try to in clude
records. If you have records from these counties , and would like to s hare wi th
others, please send to Mrs. Fowler, the editor of VAN .
We want to serve you better and reach out to those of you who are far a way .
Write to us any suggestions that you have .
Belva

M Counts , President

GENEALOGIST'S CODE OF ETHICS

(We have seen this in several of the exchange quarterlies that we h a ve rec eived
and thought that our members would like to read it. No comments are necessary .
This is from Midwest Historical and Genealogical Reg ister , Wichita , Kansas . )
In order to protect the integrity of public records and library books ,
ethically bound and hereby agree:

1.

2,

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am

That I will treat with the greatest care and respect all
records and library books which may be made available for
my use.
That I will speak with courtesy to all employees of a vital
records office, or of a public library book, when requesting
to see any vital record or library book, and that when finished with such record or book , I shall express my thanks to the
person attending to my requests .

3,

That I will not tear, erase , mark , or remove any public record
or library book, and will refrain from mutilating , defacing ,
or otherwise destroying any part of such public record or
library book.

4.

That when I have finished viewing any public record or
library book, I will return it to the proper or designated
place.

'!his pledge is freely made by me upon penalty of forfeiting my membership in
this Society.
(signature)
(date)

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BEDFORD COUN'IY, VIRGI NIA
Taxable property &amp; Tithes for 1782
This list i ncludes the ovmer of the house plus the names of other males over 21
years , the names of the slaves. The numbers following ~he name denotes Free
males over 21 years , s laves , horses , cattle , With tithes above 16 years.
ANDERSON, Jacob, s on William Anderson
Slaves : Dick, Phillis, Dick, Phillis ,
Denny, Caesar, Peter, Judy , Lucy , Jane ,
Fanny, Phobie , Beck-y , Stephen, Rhoda ,
Sarah , Glasgow , Sela , Nancy .
2-19-1Lv-50-2
ARMSTRONG , William 1-0-7-24-1
ARMSTRONG , Robert 1-0-2
ASHBON, James 0-0-0-0-1
ASBERRY , George 1-0-2-2-1?
ASBERRY, Thomas 1-0-J-6-1
ALLEN, John 1-0-3-6-1
ADNEY , Thomas 1-0-7-3-1
ABSHEAR , Lod.mick 1-0-3-9-1
ABSHEAR, Abraham 1-0-J- 5-1
ABSHEAR, Christian 1-0-3-5-1
ARTHUR, Thomas 1-3-6-20-1
Negroes : Harry, Mercer, Betty
AKERS, William 1-J-2-10-1
Negroes: Aggy, Jeffrey, Jess
ANTHONY, John o-4-2-6-0
Negroes: Squire , Blackman, James ,
Randolph.
ADAY, Walter; son Josiah Aday 1-0-3-11-2
ADAMS , John Senior 0-0-1-7-0
ADAMS, John Junior 1-0-3-13-1
ADAMS , William (Otter*) 1-0-J-5- 2
ADAMS , Williams 1-0-6-14-1
ADAMS , John (Otter) 1-0-1-4-1
ARTHUR , Thomas 1-0-2-8- 1
ARTHUR , James 1-0- 1-0-1
ALEXANDER, Robert 1-7-8-28-1
Negroes: York , Bob , Joshua, Luke , Milly ,
Jenny , Clo·e
ARTHUR, Thomas &amp; Thomas Arthur Junior
2-0-2-0-2
AUSTIN, William (Jacob Howdeshell)
Negroes : Cesar , Isaac , James , Adam ,
Sarah, Cloe , Judy , Inn•a, Edey , Eve,
Lucy , Lale , Phillis , Esbell, Moses ,
Pete , Bell , Luckey , Anthony , Old Adam,
Peter.
2-21 - 13-57-2
ASTON, Jesse . 1-2- 2-16-1
Negroes : George , Tom
ALLEN, Drury 1-0-1-2- 1
ALEXANDER, Thomas 1-0-2-8-1
ANTHONY, John, (Stanton!)?o-9-6-43-0
Negroes: Lenunon, Young, Judy , Bett,Lale
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Martha, Jude, Phillis, Jack.
AYRES , John
1-0-2-6-1
ARTHUR , Barnabas 1-1-3-16-2; Negroe George
ADAMS , Samuel 1-0-2- 6- 1
ARTHUR, Thomas Senior 1-0-4-20-1
ARTHUR , Thomas Junior 0=0=2=8=0
ADAMS , Moses
0-0-0-0-1
ANDERSON, Bartlett 1-0-1- 4-1
ANDERSON , Charles 1-0-3- 12-1
ADKINS, Rowland 1-0- 0-2-1
BROWN , Ianiel 1-4-4-11-1
Negroes : Jane, Isaac, Phillis, Kit
BANKS, John 1-0- 3-3-1
BRADSHAW, William 1-0-1-5-1
BANDY, Richard
1- 6- 3-8Negroes : Hannah, Chloe, Esther, Milly,
Rachel , Jane
BANDY , George 0- 0-0-0-2
BANDY, George
1-0-2-3-0
BEIRD, Edward 1-0-1- 2-1
BAILEY, Richard 1-0-1-5-0
~ (no ti the.)
BAILEY, John 0- 0-0-0-1
BLANKENSHIP, Peter 1-0-1- 7-1
BLANKENSHIP, La.gin 1-0-1-1-1
BLANKENSHIP, Peter Junior 1-0-4-J-1
BRANIBGROVE, Elizabeth 0-0-1-1-0
BOON , Jacob 1-0- 2-7- 1
BROWN, Richard ; Willi am Brown 2-0-7-5-2
BEEK , Santligent 1-0-2-J-1
BOOKHA.UT, Mariner 1- 0- 1- 0-1
BOWCOCK, Elijah 1-0- 4-10-1
BRIGHT, Edmund 1-1-3-17- 1
Negroes: Roger
BURRASS, Edmund 1-0-0-6- 1
BARRER , Richard 1-0- 0-Z-1
BARON , Willi am 1-0-~~7-1
BALLARD, Bartlett 1-0-2-7-1
BALLARD, William
1-10-7-22-1
Negroes: Moll, Moll, Dinah, Jane,
Squire , Venus, Patt, Rose, Peter,
Iavis

BALLARD, Richard 1-0-1-9-1
BRADSHAW, Josiah
1-1-J-11-1
N~_gro: Sam
BANKS, Samuel, 1-0-1-0-1
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1- 19- 4-29- 3
Negroes , Bob, Jerry , Susy , Sam,
Robin, Isham , Ned, Judy , Phillis ,
Harry, Peg, Ally , Tom, George, Adam,
Agg, Chloe , Isaac, Fille
BOOTH, Richard 1-2- 4-3-1
Negroes., Silvia , Bett
BURGRESS, Edward 1-1-1-4-1
Negro Dinah
BOOTH, Thomas
1- 0- 0-0-1
BROWN , William
1- 0-4-9-1
BROWN, John
1-0-2-15-1
BANDY, Thomas
1- 0- 3-9-1
BANNISTER, Isaac
1- 1- 7-11- 1
Negro Harry
BANNIS'IER, James 1-0-3- 4-1
BANNISTER, James, Junior 1-0-1-2-1
BROWN, Araba
1-0- 2-5-1
BEARD, Adam
1-1- 3- 9-1
Negro Harry
1- 1-J-6-1
BEARD, Samuel
Negro, George
BUFORD, Henry
1- 5-10- 13-1
Negroes, Tom, Judy , Silva, Rose &amp;
Annaka
BRYAN, Matthew
0-0-0-0-1
BAULDING, James
0- 0- 0- 0-1
BUFORD, James
1-12-9-27- 3Negroes, Tom , Abraham , Sippe , Jane ,
Patt. Children 7.
William Buford &amp; John Buford
BOWU::S, Robert
·1-0- 4-7-1
BRYANT, Elijah
1- 0-2-5-1
BOUSH, Philip
1-0-0-0-1
BROWN, Clayburn
1-0- 1-1- 1
BENNETT, Thomas
1-0-2-2-1
BRIGHT, Charles
1-1- 6- 21- 1
Negro Jack
1- 0-2-0- 1
BATEMAN, John
1-1-0-01
BUGG, Sherrard
Negro, Hannah
1-9- 6-J- 1
BURTON, Robert
Slaves, George, Frank, Simody, Manuel, Boatswain, James, Charles , Mary
Jane
BUFORD, William
1-8-9-24-1Slaves , Frank, Delph, Leth, Jack,
George, Bristol, Jane and Ben
BROWN, Jeremiah
1-0-1- 5-1
BOYD, Jane
0-0-4-9-0
BOGGS, William and Robert Boggs
2-0-J-13-2
BUNCH, Joseph
1-0-3-6-1
BLACKBURN, Andrew
0-0-1-J-O
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BUNCH , Charles
BONDURANT , John
BEARD , Davi d.
Negro , Ma rtin
BROWN , Tu.vid
BROWN , Thomas
BUFORD , John
Negro , Ben
BROWN , James &amp; J o hn

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1 -0- 2 - 0 -1
1-1- 4 - 9 -1
1- 0 - 2 - 7 -1
1- 0 - 2 - 5 -1
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BOOKHAUT, Charl es
0 - 0 - 0-0- 1
BURNES , James
1-0-4'-11-1
BROWN, Henry
1 - 0- 5 -1 2 - 1
BENNE TT , Frances
0-7- 6 - 1 8 -0
Negr oes , Tack , J a ck , Delph , Cloe ,
Sp en c er , Ned and Lucy
BAILEY , J esse
1-0- 1- 0 - 1
BANNESTER , William
1-0-1 - 5 -1
BULLOCK, David
1- 4 - 2 -0- 1
BASHAM , Ja mes
1-0-2 - 2 -1
BASHAM , Willia m
1-6 - 9 -30- 1
Negroes , Abram , Ce aser , J ack, Be c k
Jenny , Alee
BLACK , Andrew
1- 0- 0 - 2 -1
BOLLING, William
1-0-2-0-1
BOARD Senior, John
0-0-2- 8 -0
BROWN , Daniel Senior 1-5-2-10-1
Negroes , Bredge, George, Larak ,
Wenny, Judy
BROWN , Wi lliam
1-4-4-2-1
Negroes, Judy , Ann , Delcey, Wenny
BOARD , John, Junior 1-0-7- 1 3-1
BANKS , Samuel
1-1-3-8-1
Negroe, Peter
BANKS , Mary
0-5- 1 -9-0
Negroes , Cack , Tider , Tharper ,
Lewis , Dick
BALLARD , Micajah
1-0-2-6-1
BRAMLETT , Ann (James Braml ett )

0-1-6-17-1
Negroe , Tom
BLANKENSHIP , J oel
1-0- 2-3- 1
BRANCH, John
1-1-2-4'- 1
Negroe Beck
1-0-1-2- 1
BRANCH , William
0-1-4-11-0
BROWN , Sarah
Negroe Rose
BROWN , Thomas (son George Brown )
1-0-1-3-2
BURDEN, J ohn &amp; Son William Burden
BAKER , Glover
Negroe Rachell
BROWN, Sarah
Negroe - one

1-0-4-10-2
1-1-1-3-1
0-1-1-3-0

�J

1-1-5-21-1
BUTLER , William
CREE.SEY, John
1-0-1-9-1
Negroe Trann
CREESEY , Thomas &amp; Son Wm. 1-0-5-16- 2
1-1-4-4-1
BURTON , Jacob
CROUCH , William
1-0-1-0-1
Negroe Sam
CHEEK, Williarh &amp; William Cheeke Junior
1-0-1-J-1
BAUMMELL , James
2-0- 2-11-2
1-0-0-2-1
BURNETT , Joseph
CUNDIFF, Benjamin
1-0-1-5-1
1-0-1-J-1
BURNETT, Samuell
COOPER, Arthur
1-0-1-6-1
1-0-1-7-1
BURNETT , Elijah
CAMPBELL, John
0- 0-0- 0-1
1-0-0-2-1
BROWN , Zachariah
COMPTON , Caleb
1-1-1-7-1
0-0-0-0-1
BALLARD, Richard
COOKSEY, Lamaster
1-0-3-7-1
1-6-0-10-1
BRADSHAW, John
CLYON , Peter
1-0-1-5-1
Negroes , Steven , Zack , Agg , Sarah ,
CUNDIFF, Valenetine 1-0-2-4-1
Milly &amp; Cloe
CARNIEL, Jesse
0-0-0-0-1
BOARD, James
1-0-J-11-2
CANTREL, Sarah
0-0-2-8-0
BROWN , Joseph
1-0-2-10-1
CLAYTOR, Samuel &amp; John Claytor
BLANKENSHIP , Joseph 1-0-2-6-2
2- 3- 7-27-2
BAKER , John
1-0- 1-J-1
Negroes, Will , Tom, Augustine
BAKER, Samuel 1-0-1-J-1
CROCKETT, Samuel
1- 5- 6-25-1
BROWN Senior, William 0-0-1-J- O
Negroes , Moll, Lucy, Ben, Duk,
BROWN Junior , William 1-0-1-J-1
Chaney
BRADFUTE, Robert
0-2-2-10-0
COWAN , Robert
1-12- 4-20-1
Negroe , Joe &amp; Hannah
Negroes, Torn, Tom , John, Ianiel, Jack
BURRASS, John
1-0-1-5-1
Rachel, Lucy, Nanny, .Iafney, Neilson
CALLAWAY, William
1-15-12-J0-1
Patt , George, Chair
Negroes, Tom, Roger , Simon, Hampton,
CHANDLER, William
1-1- 2- 4-1
Will, Fann, Tinah , Isbelle, Sall,
one Negroe
Rhoda , Rachel, Delph , Baker, Esther, CROUCH, John
1- 0- 2-11-1
Jane
1-1-3- 9- 1
CLARJq:, Thomas
CALLAWAY, Susanna
0-4-2-8-0
Negroe Adam
Negroes, Moll , Perry , Selah , Jim
(No Tithes )
COFFER, Josias
1-0-7-18-1
.CcHrLEs , Cap: John
1-5-7-31-1
CLAY, Reverend Charles
0-14-8-13-0
Negroes, Ben, Dick, Pegg, Dinah,
Negroes, Jacob, .Iavid, Tom, Eve,
Patt
Betty, Susan , Charlotte , Lucy,
COOSWELL , Joseph
1- 1- 3 -9-1
Phill , Sall , Patrick , Jacob, Ned,
Negroe Philles
Judy
CLIBORN , Thomas
1-0-0-5-1
COBBS, Edward, Son John Cobbs
CAR'IER, Merry &amp; son John Carter
1-14-7-28-2

Negroes , Jack, Sampson , .Iavid, Joe
Delsey , Sett, Rachel, Patt , Sukey ,
Eady, Chloe, Ma:r.y, Sarah , Charlotte
CALLAWAY, Charles
1-6-5-7-1
Negroes , George, Eve , Rachel, Caroline, Adam , D3.niel
CREWS, Jesse
1-0-4-9-1
CAVENOUGH, William 1-0-1-0-1
CAMPBELL, Samuel
1-4-J-6-1
Negroes, Ben , Moll, Joe, Frank
CAMPBELL, John
1-J-5-10-1
Negroes, Major, Same , Bett
CONAWAY , James
0-0-1-J-1
CASEY, James
1-0-4-11-1
CARNS, Michael
1-0-5-36-1
CHURCH, Robert, son Robert 1-0-6-20-1

1-4-6-16-2
Negroes, Patt, Rachell Tener and
Stephen
CUNbIFF, George
1-0-4-7-1
CUNDIFF, John
1-0-2-3-1
CAMPBELL, Josias
1- 0- 4-8- 1
DeWITT, James
1-0- 2-10-1
DOUGLASS, Iavid
1-4-3- 1-1
Negroes, Cuff, Will, Children 2
DAWSON, John; Jeremiah IB.wson

1- 0- 3-10-2
DeWI TT, John Ross
1-0-4-4-1
DAUGHERTY, Thomas; Gerrard Daugherty

2-4-8-24-2
Negroes, Frank, Kitt, Bett, Phillis
DAVIS, Nicholas
1-42-13-75-1
Negroes, Watt, Billy, Matt, Nan,
con't

�4

Ianiel, Scotland, Tim, Moses, Jude,
Wappin, Joe, Sam , Joe, Phoebe,
Godfrey, JiID11ly, Pompey, Lucy, Fanny ,
Pompey, Jacob, King, Scotland,
Pompey, Squire , Isham , Isaac , George
Charles, Matilda , Flora , Milly,
Nell , Sissley , Edy , Lewey, Amy ,
Billy, Squire , Sall , Bett , Cris
DUDLEY, Gwin
1-0-4-12-1
DIVIS, John
1- 4-5- 12-1
Negroes , Alice, Lue , Jupiter
DRAKE, William
1-0-2-6-1
DAY, Thomas
1-0-5-8-1
DILMON, Jacob
1-0-1-2-1
DAVENPORT, Clover 1-0-p-5-1
DEMOSS, Thomas
1-0-4-7-1
DELANY, Samuel
1- 0-J-6-1
DOGGETT, Chatteen; Thomas Doggett

1-0-7-25-2
DAVIS, John Lewis, Sons Ela Tu.vis ,
1-1-4-15-.3
Lewis D3.vis
Negro Jack
DAVIS, Benjamin
1-0-5-6-1
DICKSON, George
1-2-5-12-1
Negroes, Jack &amp; Jane
DOOLEY, Rebecca
0-2-J- 16-0
Negroes, Jack &amp; Dick
DOOLEY, John
1-0-2-0-1
DOOLEY Junior, Thomas
1-0-4-8- 1
DOOLEY, Thomas
1-0- 4-7-1
DISHMAN, Jeremiah; William Dishman

2-3-5-2-2
Negroes, Titus, Betty &amp; Nelly
1- 0- 2- 9-1
DUNAWAY, William
1-1-10-11-1
DOOLEY, George
Negro Sall
t~Not in Lis t of Tithes)
-.OOOLEY, John
1-0-4-11-1
DICKSON , Joseph
1-0-J-5-1
DOWNING, William
1-0-J-11-1
DOOLEY, Stephen
1- 0-2-5-1
DOOLEY, Joseph
1-0-1-0-1
DAVIS , John
1-2-7-20- 1
Negroes , Sam &amp; Mary
DEAL, Wi lliam
1-0-2-6-1
DUVAL , Benjamin Skinner 1-0-4-4-1
DUVAL, Ben jamin
1-0-4-5-1
DEANE, Charl es; John Deane 2-8- 8-18- J
Negroes, James, James , Sarah, Jack,
Tom, Will Sam, Crace, Nat han1el
Deane ,
1... b... 2... 11- 1
ross , Jeremia h
1- 0- 1- 1... 1
DILM.AN, Ianiel
1.. 0-3-5-1
DUNLOP, funie1

DAVI S , Robert
1-5-4-4- 1
Negro es Ge orge , Tom , Charles , P o mpey
&amp; Dick
DOSS , Zacheus .
1 -0- 2 - J -1
DICKSON , J ohn &amp; Son
1 -0-2 -14 - 2
DICKSON , Willia m
1- 0 - 2 - 8 -1
DOSS , Stephen &amp; Noch
1-0-2 -4-2
DONOHORE , Edward Junior
1 - 1-5-17- 1
Negr oe Kike
DURRETT', Richard
0-J-J-1-0
Negroes , Jim , Grace
DEAKERSON , Joseph
1 - 1-J- 6 -1
Negr oe Rachell
DALE , Ri chard
1-0-2-2 -1
DANIEL, J ohn
1-0- 1-Lr l
DEARI NG , J ohn
1 -0- J -9 - 1
DONOHOE, Edward &amp; Son Patrick 1-0- 1 -lJ - 2
DOi;QHOE , Charles
1- 0- 2 - 0 - 1
DONOHOE , Robert
0 - 0 - 1 -0-1
DAVENPORT, Josep h
1 - 0 - 0 - 0-1
DABNEY , Carnel i u s , S ons Benjamin &amp;
George Iabney
1- 0 - 5-1 1-J
*DEAKERS ON, Frances 1 - 0 - 2 -6-1
DAVIS , Za c hari a h &amp; S on
1 - 0 - 1-5 - 2
DAVIS , I saac
1 - 0-1-0- 1
DALLIS , John
1-0 - 2 -0-1
DEPREAST, Randoll
1-0- 1-4-1
DOWDY , John
1-0-J-8 -1
DALLIS , Marma duke
1-0-3-5-1
DUYALL , Maran
0- b- 0- 0-1
DOLLARD , Amelia
0-0-1-2-1
DENT, John
1-0-4-10-1
DENT, Peter
0-0-2-11-0
DAVIS, Levie
1-0-3-J-1
EARLY, Jacob
1-26-6-24-1
Slaves , Charles, Joe, Cupi d, Gluscow
Jack , Tom , Sarah, Phillis, Merear ,
Agg , Will, Jim, George, Doll , Hannah
Dinah , Luce &amp; Luce, Man , Phill,
Aron, Phebe , Lalse , Guy, Rose , Prince
EARLY, Joshua, Son James Early
1-20-11-42-2-

Slaves , Cooper, Dick, Same, Joe,
Peter , Wil l , Sa ll , J an e, F rank . Kate ,
Jan e , Ja ck, Hill , Win11 , AnC.!.r e w ,
Dinah, s euk , .Dani el , Ge orge , S e l a h
EASTON, John
1 - 0 - 1 - 3 .... 1
n;WING , Rcrnert a nd s on Young
1 - 0 - 9 -2 0 -2

EWING, Bake r - No Ti the in G. Scruggs
Lis t
0-0-2-0-0
EWING Junior, Rober t
1 - 0 -2 -2-1
EASTICE , Ben,ja mj_ n ; Robert El e rs t o n

*Deake:rnon , J ohn 1- 0- 2 - 8 -1

2 - 11 - 3 - 9-2

c on

' ·t

�5
Sl a v es , Gabriel , Kate , Jane , Mil ly ,
Charl otte , Winny , Silva , Lucy ,
Reuben, Cha rles &amp; Pleasant
EWI NG , John ; St ephen .Day 2-0- 5-12- 2
EWING, Willia m
1-1-4--11-1
Negroe Cloe
EWING, Cha rles
1-2- 6-5-1
Negroes , Moll &amp; Bett
EWING , Martha
0-1-2-7- 0
Negroe Bett
EAD3 , Robert , Sons Rober t a nd Thomas
1- 0- 4- 8-J
EWING, Sa muel
0- 0-3-4--0
ECHOLLS , Jacob
0-3-4-10-1
Negroes , Ben Pegg &amp; Pe t er
Son James
ENGLISH, Stephen
1-7- 6-12- 2
Negroes Barns , Peter &amp; Hannah, Jane
Wi ll , Jenny , and Jude
Son Willia m
ENGLISH Junior , Stephen
1-0-1-0-1
ECHOLLS , John
1-0- 4--8-1
ENNES , James
1- 0- 2- 4--1
EDWARDS , John (Goose Creek ) 1-0- 1- 10-1
EUBANKS , Thomas
1- 0- 3- 7-1
*EUBANKS Senior, Richard
1- 1-J-6-1
EUBANKS , Junior, Ri chard 1-0- 2- 0-1
EIGAR , John
1- 0-4- 5- 1
EUBANKS , Achilles
1-0-2-4--1
EUBANKS , William
1-0-3-5-1
EATON, Joseph
1-0- 0- 11-1
EVINS , Thomas
0-0-0- 0-1
**EPPERSON, Anthony
1-1-4-14-1
ELLISON, Amos (Son John Ellison)

1-0-4-17- 2
EDWARDS , John ( Cantrells) 1- 0- 2- 7- 1
EUBANKS , Wi lliam
1-0-1-4-1
ENGRAM , Willi am
1-0-1- 0- 1
EVERETTE , Simmon
1-0-2- 8-1
EIGAR , James
1-0- 4-17- 1
FUGUA, J oseph
1-0-1 - 2- 1
FOALDING , James
1-0-2-7-1
FORBUS , Alexander
1- 0-1- J - 1
FERGUSSON , Henry
1- 0-4-8- 1
FUGUA , J ohn
1-J- 4-18- 1
Negroes , Esther, Lucy, George
FERRELL , Gabriel
1-1-5-13-1
Negroe Jane
FLURNER, Willia m (Charles W. Glaughl in
1 - 11 - 1 - 9 - 1

Nogrooo Ioham , Roso, Debo and Mol l
FT 'J'Z trr&gt;: ,

R o pn 1~ t.

1 0 - 1- 9- t

FITZUF. , Pet er
1- 0-3-0-1
FITZUE Junior , Robert 0-0-1-0-1
FOWLER, Eli zabeth
0-2-1- J-O
*]"egroe Leas
**Negroe Eve

FOWLER , William
1-0- 1- 9-1
FORQUERAN , John
1-5- 2- 3- 1
Negroes , C~s s , Charles , Luce , .Dace ,
Poll
FORQUERAN , Pyter; Peter Maston
1-9- 3- 5- 2
Slaves , Venus , Tab , Phillis , Jupter,
Cuff , Phan , Nut , Ned , Lou c e
FRENCH , lhniel ; Sons : .Dani el &amp; James
1-0-3-10-3
FERGUSSON , Alexander
1-2-6- 20-1
Negroes Phillis &amp; Judy
FERGUSSON , I s ha m 1-0-2-J- 1
FERGUSSON , John
1-1-2-2-1
Negroe Pegg
1-0-2-4-1
FARLOR , Tu.ni el
No Tithes )
1-0-3- 2- 0
FARLOR , Francis
No Tithe )
FARLOR , Jeremiah
1-0- 2- 4-0
FARLOR , Obediah
1-0-1-0-1
FRENCH , J ohn
1- 0- 1- 3- 1
FITZJARRELL , Jerrell
1-0- 3- 10-1
No Tithes )
1- 6- J- 14-1
FUQUA , Thomas
Negroes Arrow , Dick , George, Dennis
James &amp; Lucie
1-0-1-6-1
FUQUA , Isham
1-0-3-5-1
FRENCH, Wi lliam
1-0-5-20- 1
FARR , Edmund
(No Tithes )
FRANKLIN, Owen
1-0- 2- 5-1
FOSTER , Nathaniel 1-0- 4- 6-1
FENNARY , J ohn
1-6- 4-11-1
Slaves Bett , All en, Buck, Fann,
Rachelle , Veni ce
FOSTER , ?
1- 0- 2- 1- 1
FOSTER , James
1- 0- 2- 1- 1
FREEMAN , Ja mes
1- 0- 2- 7-1
FLOWERS , Edward
1-0- J - 8-1
GI LLIAM , Richard
1- 6- 5- 19-1
Negroes , Jim , Dick , Milly, Tommy
Creesey , Arny
1-1- 3-10-1
GOFF, John
Negroe Sarah
0-1- 2-9-0
GOFF , Joseph
Negro e Tanner
GOODMAN , J o hn
1- 0- 2- 6- 1
GOODMAN , As:l am/ ?An sel am 1- 0- 1- 1- t
OOF'lT' ,

Atu lJ..r.•onu

1- 0- 2 - 5 - 1

GALLOWAY, John &amp; Daniel Galloway
2- 0- J -6-2
GA'ISON , Pet er
1-0- 2-4-1

�6

GADDY , William
1-0-1- 6-1
GADDY, George
1- 0-2-8-1
GADDY, Sherod
1-0-4-17-1
GA'IEWOOD, Dudley
1-20-6- 23-1
Negroes, Harry , Hampton , Sam , Joe ,
Dink , Lammy , Kate , Elee , Dinah ,
Esther, Reuben , Lincy , Branch Leny
Milack , Sall , Tilda , Dick , Wile ,
Frank
GADDY, Bartholmew
1-0-2- 8- 1
GADDY , George Senior
1- 1-4-8- 1
Slave Judy
GADDY, William
1-0-2-2- 1
GRIFFITH , William
1-0-1- 0-1
GIPSON, John
1-0-2- 4-1
GREER, Thomas
1- 0- 2- 4-1
GRIFFITH, John
0-0-0-0-1
GIBBS, Alexander
1- 0-3- 8- 1
* GASH Senior, Michael 1-1-5-8-1
** GASH Junior, Michael 1-1- 2- 4-1
GIBBS, Iavid
1-0-1-5- 1
GOING, D:l.niel
1-0-1-J-1
GOWER, Standley
1- 2-2-4-1
Negroes Ben &amp; Will
No Tithe)
GA'IES , Elijah
1-0-1-0- 1
GATHRILE, Miles
1-1-1-10-1
GA'l'HRITE, Samuel
1-0-1 -0-1
GOOD, Edmund
1-0-0-0-1
GOING, Joseph
1-1- 0- 0- 1
Negroe Winny
GOING , William
1-0-1- 5- 1
Gcx:;cIN Junior, Stephen 1-1-?- 16-1
Negroe Judy
GWATKINS, Charles
1-11-9- 25-1
Negroes , Dick , Laman , Will , Sarah ,
Patty, Mitchell, James , Lelah , Aron ,
Robin, Charlottee
GA'IEWOOD, James
1-23?- ? -? -1
Negroes, Hampton , Sall , Sarah, Cloe ,
Rachell , Leacher, Jim , Lewis, Avery ,
Venus, Creasey , Rose , Sall , Anna
Hann, Sarah Pope Antony , Livue
Doston, Daniel Shepard Guford
GUTHERY, Henry
1-4-4-13-3
Negroes , Toby Hannah , Dick Charles
John &amp; David Guthery included.
GREER, Ben jamin (George Greer)
1-7-6-12-2
Negroes Counseller Bobber Judy D:i.fney Ceaser Jack, Toney
GREER, James
1-1-6-12-1
Negroe Winn
*Negroe Boy

**

Negroe Girl

GREER, Ann
0 - 4- .)- 1 7- 0
Negroes , Jinny , F'ortu?.e , Joke , Fann
0 - 0-1-7 - 0
GRAYHAM, Sally
1-1-r -~ -1
GREER , Moses
Negre Aleck
GEYPEAL , Peter
1-0 -0-t~-1
GREEN , 'Ihomas
1-0-J-1 1-1GIPSON , William
1- 0-1- 5 -1
GREEN, Richard
1-0-?- 1-1
GRI FFITH , Benjamin 1-0-9- 1 4- 1
GRIFFITH Senior , George
1 - 0-4-10-1
GREER, Vincent
1-0- J-10-1
GREER, Aquila
1-1-4-11-1
Negroe Mark
1-0-4-10-1
GOING , William
1-J-7-15-1
GREER, James
~Tegroe s Toney , Cloee , Canterburry
GIBSON , James
1-1-J-10-1
Negroe Rachell
GROAM, Jo nathan
1-0-1-J-1
GRANT , John
1-0-1-J-1
HOWARD, William , The Estate of 0-J-J-10- 0
Negroes Daniel J ames &amp; Jude
HUNTER, Andrew
1 - 0- 0- 4-1
HUN'lER , Peter ; Son Francis Hunter
1-0-2 - 5 - 2

HARRISS , William
1-9-5-lLv-1
Slaves , Harry , Hampton , Rhuben , Nancy ,
Hannah , Silva , Rachel , Jude Will
HALL , Leonard ; Son Leonard
2-13-12-25-2

Negroes , Nell Kate Dinah Pegg ,
Phillis , Lue, J ames , Ya mer , Sawney ,
Abam , Mitchell, Jacob a nd one
Unnamed
HARRISS , Moses
1-4-4-6-1
Negroes Arsem , Nan , Moll , Fanny
HAYNES, Thomas
1 -6-5- 1 6-1Negroes Sarah , Rachell, Isbell,
.Dinah , Harry and Peter
HAMBELTON , Richard 1-0-1-0-1
HAMBELTON , Thomas
1 -0-1- 0 -1
HUGHES , John

1-6-2-7-1

Negroes, Bob, Frank , Jane, Rachell ,
Pheby and Ralf
HARDEY , Joseph
1 -0-4- 1 2-1
HARDY , Robert ; Andrew Hardey 1-J- 1 - J- 1
Negroes Moll , Moses &amp; Alee
HARDEY , Andrew
0-0-0-2-0
HUDLESTON, William 1 - 0-2- 10- 1
HATCHER, Julius
1-7-2- 8 - 1
Negroes Daniel Isaac &amp; Jacob and
Chloe and 3 children

�7

HARDWICK, John
1-9-4-23-1
Negroes, Lenon , Charles, Hannah,
June &amp; five children
HOLLEY , Francis; Son William

2-7-5-10-2

Negroes Bob , Jean , Fillis &amp; Clara
with Three Children
HARRISS , Nathaniel 1-1-1-2-1
Negroe Orrange
1-0-5-12-1
HENSLEY , Samuel
1-2-1-2-1
HATCHER , Samuel
Negroes Charles &amp; George
1-0-1-0-1
HATTON, William
HATCHER, Jeremiah 1-8-4-12-1
Negroes, Caesar, Nut &amp; Hannah with
five children
1- 0-2-6-1
HARMAN, Peter
1-0-2-1-1
HARMAN , John
1-0-2-3-1
HILL, John
HARDWICK, Robert
1-8-5-16-1
Negroes , Patience, Beck , Sarah ,
Lucy, Isaac, Stephen , Charles &amp;
_ ed .
1-0-1-0-1
HARDWICK, John
1- 0-5-7-1
HALL , William
1-2-2-8-1
HALL, Caleb
Negroes Violet &amp; Hannah
1-0-4-8-1
HARROLD, Housand
HOLLAND, Peter Junior 1-2-5-11-1
Negroes Cuff &amp; Teller
HOLLAND, Asa
O-o- 4- 6-l
HAYNES John
l-J- 6- 8-l
Negro ~s Bett, Winn &amp; Jude
HOLLAND , William
O-O-l- 2 -o
HOLLAND Senior, Peter
l-O-i-3-l
HAILE R" chard ; John Haile his Son
'

l

1-7-4-17-2

Negroes Rob , D3£ney , Prudy , Rachell ,
Ben , Randoll Amy
1-0-2-6-1
HUGGINS, Phillip
1-0-1-7-1
HUGGINS, Luke
1-0-2-4-1
HARRISS , John
1-0-1-4-1
HUNDLEY, Joseph
1-0-2-2-1
HINKERLY , Joshua
1-0-1-3-1
HATCHER, Elijah
HOLLOWAY , Joseph
1-o-2 -B-i
HU.ISON , Abram; Pleasant Hudson

1- 2-2-5-2

Negroes Dinah &amp; Lucy
1-1-J-4-1
HATCHER, Farlor
Negro Joe
1-5-4-1J-1
HAYNES, John
Lucy,
Phillis,
Negroes, Stephen
Jackee , To by
1-0-2-15-1
HUNT, Thomas

HOLLOWAY, William
1-1-2-13-1
Negroe Toby
HARDEN, Elexious
1-0- 4-7-1
HAYNES, James
1-0-J-0-1
HENRY, Hugh
1-0-1-6-1
HALL, Owen
1-0-5-6-1
HALL , Robert
1-0- 3-4-1
HALL, William
1-0- 2-4-1
HENDERSON , Samuel ; William Henderson

1-7-6-18-2

Negroes, Jack, Bett, Grace, Dinah
Rose , John &amp; Dick
HENDERSON Junior, Samuel 1-0- 1-0-1
HENDERSON, John
1-0-2-6-1
HUSTON, Thomas; James Huston 1-0-4-8-2
HAU.KE, John
1- 0- J - 5-1
HARGRADER, Coonrad 1-0- 1-5-1
HARGRADER, Philip
1- 0-0-0-1
HALL , Hezekiah
1-0-6-12-1
HOWARD, Allen
1-0- 0-0-1
HOWARD, Drury
1-0-0-1-1
HUDNALL, William &amp; Son John 1-0-J-14-2
HOLT, Philip
1-0-3-0-1
HACKWORTH, John
1-0-1-1-1
HACKWORTH, George &amp; Son 1-0-3-12-2
HACKWORTH Junior, George 1-0-2-0-1
HOOK, John; Phil Smith 1-7-10-37-2
Negro , Stephen, Grace , Stephen,
Antony, Dennis, Deduce, Jacob
HAMPTON , John
1-5-J-12-1
Negroes, James, Fann, Boston, Sarah,
Kitt
HAYNES, Henry
1-3-4-21-1
Negroes, Kitt, Ned &amp; Rose
HIX , Philip
0- 0-2-6-0
HIX, William and Son Jesse 1-0-4-13-2
HANCOCK, Edward.
1-0-2-0-1
HANCOCK , Samuel
1-0-2-0-1
HANCOCK, William London
1-7-4-13- 1
Negroe, Jane, Tom, Patt, George,
Dennis, Fann, Spencer
HIBBS, Isaac
1-0-J-4-1
HURT, William
1-0-J-6-1
HURT, James
1-0-2-12-1
HURT, Elisha
1-0-4-7-1
HOPKINS , Frances
1-3-3-27-1
Negroes, Bistole, Harray, Ceaer
HANCOCK, Simond
1-7- 3-l0-1
Negres
HANCOCK, William
1- 1-2-8-1
One Negroe
HAWS, Francis
1- 0-0- 0-1

HARDWICK, Cap t

HA I LE , Adra
Negroe Harry

1-0-J - 8-1
0-1-1- 8-0

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HENNY, Michael
1-0- 0- 0- 1
HUDSON , Alexander 1-0-1- 5- 1
HAMBRICK, Joseph
1-0-3- 0-1
HOWELL, John
1- 0- 3-7-1
HOLTON, James
1-0-2-11- 1
HUFF, Henry
1- 0- 2- 10- 1
HOWDESHELL, JacGb 0-0-5-9-0
HAILE, Abednegoe
1- 2-4-8- 1
Negroes , Fann &amp; Stepney
HURT, Moses
1- 2- 3-9-1
Negroes Phebe &amp;
HATCHER, Richard
1-2- 3-6-1
Sl~ves, Eve, &amp; Nutty
HUDSON, Joel
1-0-1- 3-1
HOLT, John W.
0- 5-2- 11- 0
(More Tithes)
HATCHER, Sarah
0- 2-2- 6-0
Negroes Eve &amp; Ledia
HAYNES, Henry
0-1- 0-0-0
Negroe Esabellam
1- 0- 0?- 11- 1
HANDY, William
1-1- 2- 6- 1HARMAN, John
Negroe Jane
HALL, John
1- 6-7- 37-1
Negroes Ben, Pegg, James , Judy ,
Frank &amp; Joe
HAYNES, Parmenas
1- 5- 3- 8-1
Negroes Iafney, Frank , Phillis ,
Fann, Jacob
HALL Junior, John 1- 0- J - 4-1
HAILE, Stephen
1- 0-3-13-1
HUDLESTON, Abraham 1- 0- 2- 7-1
HUGHES, Iavid
1- 0- 2- 3- 1
HOLLODAY, !avid
1-0-J- 10- 1
HUDLESTON, Laniel
1- 0- 2- 9- 1
HOLLODAY, John
1-0- 1- 3-1
HURT, Nathan
1-0- 1- 3-1
HUCKERLY, Thomas
1- 0-1- 5- 1
INNES, Harry
1- 13- 9- 18- 1
Negroes, Isaac, Lucy, Venice, D:tvid,
Foster, Ledda Harry James, Jerey ,
Rachell, Matilda, George , Saunders
JACK, Samuel
1- 0-2- 0-1
JETER, Henry
1- 1-4-12- 1
Negroe Ned
JONES, George
1-1-1-J- 1
Negroe Bob
JONES , Julius
1-0-1-1-1
I RVINE, Joseph
1-0- 4-8-1
IRVINE, Jonas
1-0-3-17-1
JONES, William
1-2-2-6-0
Negroe Wi ll &amp; Annikey
JACKSON, Ja rvis
1-2-10-22-1
Negroes Charles &amp; Will

JACKSON , John
1-0-2 -0-1
JACKSON , Congrave 1-8 -9-17-1
Negroes Ben 1 J imm , Glasgow , Nan , Sall
&amp; three children .
JEFFERSON , Thomas 0-31-5-52 -0
Negroes Will , Jack , Lunda , Jupiter,
Will , York , Bess , Hall , Di be , Bill ,
Cuff , Patt-- Tom , J effrey , Bett , Judy
Bellow , Ra c hell , Bill , Dinah , Dinah ,
Soloman , J udy , Sarah , Greg , Bett ,
Lucy , Landy , Phillis , J ohn Lucres
JOHNSON, Benjamin 1- 8- 7-19- 1
Negroes Dinah Hannah Morris Milly Sam
Pete Lu ck J enny
JOHNSON Juni or, Benjamin 1- 0 - J - 5 -1
JONES, John
1-0-2 - 5 -1
JOHNSON , George ; Jo hn Johnson
1-0-2 -7-2
JOHNSON , John ; Willia m Johnson
1-0-5-2-2
JOHNSON , Patrick
O-O-J-2-0
JINKINS , Amos
1-0-4-8 - 1
JINKINS , Jeremiah 1 - 0-4- 7-1
IRVINE , Miss Nancy O- J- 2 -0-0
Negroes Hannah Bett Es ther
JONES, John
1-0-1-0-1
JONES, Thomas
1-0-1-J-1
JOHNSON, Robert
1-0-1-2-1
JORDAN , Absalom
1-0-2-8-1
INMAN , William
1-0-J-6- 1
INMAN , Elisha
1-0-2-0-1
JOHNSON , William ; Willi am Johnson Junior
1-0- 2-11-2
1-0-J-16-1
JACKSON , Abel
1-0-2-5-1
JAMES , Daniel
1-5-4-1 4- 1
IRION, Phillip J acob
Negroes
1-1- .3-10- 1
JORDEN , Jonas
Negroe Cato
1-0-2- 0- 1
MANNION , Ambrose
1-0- 4-6-1
KERR, William
KENNADY, James
1-1-J-8-1
Negroe Patt
KING , James
1-0- 2-2- 1
KELLER, Henry
1-0-J-1-1
KELLY , James
1-0-2-10-1
KENNADY , Easther
O-J-5-14- 0
Negroes , Beck , Jane &amp; J oe
KING, Martai n ; Gilliam &amp; J ames Ki ng
1 - 6-2-10-.3
Negroes Hampton , Phebe and Sarah
with three children
KEER, William
1-0-J-0-1
to

be

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PIT'ISYLVANIA COUNTY , VIRGINIA

Court Records 1767 - 1772
Tu.x List Book, p 313, (a photostat)

A List of Insolvants Subject to the half 'Tu.x for 1785
Shel ton D Sherf
Thomas Clefton - no effects found
tlosiah-Bags - -no-e£feet~-fonnd-{marked

Returned by William

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James Blanks the same
John Watkins , Runaway
Rich'd Worthey , Lives in Halifax
I:av 'd Stewart , the Sarne
George Wilson, no effects found
John Overton, the same
Mosses Poore , moved a way
tlames-K±ng, - -no-ef£eet~-£onnd- (marked out)
Charles Vallentine, the same
Francis Irvy, the same
John Williss , rnov ' d to KenTucky
Jo 's Crenshaw , mov'd to Charlotte
Henry Sullevan , mov ' d to KenTucky
Willia m Dove, no effects found
John McGehee, l i ves in Campbell
James Murphy , Runaway
.Dav'd Johnson, no effects found
Jerimiah Burns , No Inhabitant
John Kelley , mov'd a way
Edw ' d Burton , mov ' d to Henry
Edw'd Webb , mov'd away
William Fielder , lives in Camp ' l
George ?Degianett , lives in Halifax
Leonard Keeling , No Inhabitant
Armb:rus Morriss, no effects found
Andrew McHaney , no Inhab't
D:rumman Smith , no Inhabitant
William Vest J ' r, mov ' d away
John Williss ,
mov ' d away
John Hammond S ' r, no effects found
George Hammond , the same

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Redmond Cody , lives in Halifax
John Du glass ,
no effects found
Ned Evans , Gone to Ken Tuckey
Archa Farris lives in Henry
Ja ' s McBee ,
mov ' d to Geogey
John Perkins, gone to Henry
D:tnl Saunders , Mov 'd away
Benj'm Foster, Runaway
Geo Willson,
no effects found
Mon jnet Mays, no effects found
Jn'o Clever?, the same
Willia m Dewes , in Charlotte

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John Johnson, Runaway
Geo Vest , No Inhab ' t
Jn ' o Pattery , Runaway
Jn '·o Abston, lives in Campbell
Young Shelton , mov ' d away
Phil'n Johnson
no effects found
James Wright
Runaway
William Fambrough , no effects found
Iav ' d Barben,
the same
Dan ' l Bruce ,
mov ' d away
Sam ' l Vest ,
No inhabitant
Henry Bow ,
the same
?Tolevier? Bow ,
no effects found
Lav 'd Towler ,
the same
Jo ' s Dove , the same
John Jenkins, runaway
?Jo ' s Mustain , no effects found
Tho ' s Templeton , the same
Rob ' t Templeton J ' r , the same
Isham Podem ,
the same
Jesse Bailey, the same
Sam ' l Greggory , mov'd away
Nathan ' l Hicks , no effects
~ohn-Harkin~,--mo~~ d- (marked out)
Jo ' s Dove , no effects found
John Fruman, No inhabitant
Randolph Thackin , no effect found
Tho ' s Sprouce ,
the same
Leonard Dove, the same
Isham Johnson , the same
William Roach, the same
John Brown , mov ' d away
William Furman ,
no effects
Michal Mullins , the same
Bardet Roach, the same
John Chadoih?, ?J ' r , tr.e same
Jacob Andeson?
the same
William Smith
no effects found
Iav'd Hambrick, the same
James Fambrau~h,
the same

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ROCKBRIIX;E COUNTY, VIRGINIA
1850 Mortality Schedule
The following are a few of the deaths (married and old people ) from the
1850 census mortality schedule . The original is at the Virginia State
Archives , Richmond , Virginia, and on microfilm .
page 176
Line 2 . Daniel Lambert = 79 yrs = male = widowed = d Feby
J . Henry Hardy = 75 yrs = male = widowed = b Md = d Nov
5, William Shields = 63 yrs = male = widowed = d Feby
6 . Eliza Hardy = 32 yrs = female = married = d July
page 177.

6 . ?Jamson/Tamson? Fletcher = 45 yrs = female =married = d Jan
9 . Sarah Paxton = 66 yrs = female = widowed = d Dec

page 178.

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6 . Isac Bryan = 40 yrs = male = married = d April

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John McCown = 66 yrs = male = married = d April
Strother McElhany = 6J yrs = male = married = d Oct
William Williams = 51 yrs = male = married = d Sept
John Green = 105 = male = widowed = d Sept = occupation shoemaker
= cause of death old age
23 . Mary Albright = 60 yrs = female = married = d Dec
page 179
1. Margaret Lotts = 67 yrs = female = married = d Jan
4 . John May = 90 yrs = male = married = d Sept
10. Robert G Davidson = 66 yrs = male = married = d Mar
14. John Waskey = 82 yrs = male = married = b Md
d March = o farmer
= cd ?
= sick 9 days
yrs = male = married = d April
19 . David Greenlee? =
25. Michael ?Deitneto?? = ?61 yrs = male = married = d June
34. Mary Crouse = 94 yrs =female = widowed = b Md? = d Feb.
35 . ?Blruto?/?Bluetl?? Bluett?= 60 yrs =male =widowed= d Apr

=

page 180
3 , Sarah J Hagan = 26 yrs = femal~ = married = d May
7 , Fanny Nevius = age unknown = female = widowed = d Mar
11. John Hughes = 107 = male = widowed = d Feb = cd old age = sick
15 days
12. Susan Hughes = 98 yrs = female = married = d Jan = cd old age =
sick 1 day
13 . James McClung = 85 yrs = male = married = d May
15. Ellen Wallace = 48 yrs = female = married = d June
18. Nancy Ott = 45 yrs = female = married = d Feb.
2J. Adam Hackman = 88 yrs = male = widowed = b Germany = d Aug .
31. Henry Imboden = 51 yrs = male = married = d Dec
34. James Karr = 53 yrs = male = married = b NC = d Mar = o minister
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page 181
Line 1 . Nancy Hutton = 40 yrs = female = married = d Dec
J . Joseph Cooper = 74 yrs = male = mul atto = married = d Ma r
5. Joseph. Tolley = 44 yrs = male = marri ed = d Au g
6. John Tribbet = 72 yrs = male = married = d Dec
7. Esther Standoff = 68 yrs = female = widowed = d Dec
14. Elizabeth Thompson = 20 yrs = femal e = married = d May
2?. Samuel Wilson = 73 yrs = married = widowe d = d Sept
JO. Nancy Saville = 42 yrs = female = marri e d = d Jany
J2. Catharine May = 93 yrs = female = widowed = d April
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We are always looking for that very important letter or book which give us
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Whatever your mode of research is, I hope you
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MARRIAGE RECORDS OF BOTETOURT CO . , VIRGINIA

1770-1790

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321. MACHAN , John &amp; Agness Leforce 21 June 1778 Sur : A(a)ron Palfaeman
322.
323.
324.

325.

325 .
326.
327.
J28 .

329.

JJO.
331.

JJ2 .

333 .

334.
335.

336.

( s ig : Palfreman . )
Summers: Mahan
Worrell: Mahan
MADISON , Roland (sig : Rowland) &amp; Annie Lewis 10 May 1?82 Sur: Ad
Smyth
Summers : not listed . Worrell : May 9
MAN , Asa (sig : Ase Mann) &amp; Sarah Hair 9 Mar 1780 Sur : Moses Man
(sig : Mann)
Summers : Man &amp; Haire
Worrell : Mann
MANN, Moses &amp; Frances Bland. 10 Mar 1778 Sur: Jacob Parsinger
CONSENT: 10 Mar 1778. John Bland , father, .• to Moses Mahan • • • dau
fannay .
Wit: Jacob Persinger; Falser Kimberling
Summers .
Worrell : Mar J
MANN, Moses &amp; Jane Kinkead. 4 Nov 1779 Sur : Andw Kinkead
Summers : Mar 4
Worrell : Nov 11
MARIAM , Frederick (sig : Friedrig Mar;Yan) &amp; Barberry Smith 7 Apr
1787 Sur : Wm Smith
Summers : not listed .
Worrell :
Good : Friedrig Mar_ an
MARSHALL , John &amp; Eliz ' a Allison 1~ Nov 1778 Sur : James Cloyd
PAPER : 13 Nov 1778, Elizibath "of age " (over 21) by John Annstrong
Summers .
Worrell .
MARTIN, Andrew &amp; Prudence Robinson 28 March 1786 Sur: Wm McDonald
CONSENT: David Robinson . Wit : Andrew Martin; James Robinson
Summers : not listed
Worrell: David R, father.
MARTIN , Jonathan &amp; Elinor Akin 10 Apr 1783 Sur : Geo Hancock
Summers : not listed . Worrell : Akins; A;&gt;r 17
MARTIN , Wm &amp; Elizabeth Leatherdale 13/?18 Oct 1785 Sur: Matthew
Wilson
Summers : not listed
Worrell ; Oct 18
Mr Burton: Oct 13
MASON, William ( sig : Masson) &amp; Isabella Scott 28 May 1780 Sur:
Saml Crawford .
Summers .
Worrell .
MAVAY , Benjamin (sig: McVey?Mevey) &amp; Prudence Pryor 31 July 1786
Sur : Sarnl Mitchelle MIN RET : Benjamin Mavay &amp; Pru~ence Pryor md
3 Aug 1786 by Edward Crawford .
Summers : not listed
Worrell: Mavey
MAXWELL , William &amp; Elizabeth Vansandt 9 May 1786 Sur: Hugh Allen
MIN RET : William Maxwell &amp; Elizabeth Vansandt md 24 Oct 1788 by Nath'l
Shrewsbury .
Summers : 24 Oct 1792; Vansant .
Worrell: Elizabeth Green, dau of
F.d.ward ; May 13, 1786
MAYBERRY , George &amp; Christian Kimberlane . 5 Jan 1782. Sur: Henry
Mayberry. CONSENT : Mary &amp; Falser Kimberling, ••••• for Christeen
Kimberling. Wit: John Persinger; Jacop Persinger; Andrew Jonston,
Summers : not listed,
Worrell : dau of Falser,
MEREDITH , Samuel &amp; Elizath Brackenridge md 7 Oct 1786 by C Clay.
MIN RET.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: not listed,
MILHOLAND, Jonathan &amp; Anne McClintick md 12 July 1786 by Edward
Crawford. MIN RET.
Summers : not listed
Worrell: not listed.
MILIRONS , Christopher &amp; Abigal Wall. 8 Apl 1785 Sur: Patrick
Lockhart. MIN RET: Christipher Milirons &amp; Abegal Wall md 11 Apr
1785 by Edward Crawford
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: Millerons

*Continued from Vol. IV, #4, Nov.,

1980, p 94

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337. MILLER, . John

338.
339.

340.

341.
342.

343.

344.

347.

348.

349.

&amp; Sarah Carter 15 Aug 1785 Sur : Joseph Ke l ly
Summers: not listed.
Worrell
MILLER, Thomas &amp; Mary Clark
1 Oct 1780
Sur : Cha ' s Mcfaden
Summers.
Worrell.
MILLIRONS, Henry (sig : Milirons) &amp; Eliza b eth Wa l l s .
2 9 May 17 8 0
Sur: Christian Milirons (Ger sig)
CONSENT : 27' Ma y 17 8 0 .
Co nnrad
Wall, father of Elizabeth Wall &amp; Ceatery? Wall .
Wi t : Ca trenau g h
Wall ; George Carney; Elisabeth Carnery; Pal ey Wa l l .
Summers: Catey Walls;
Worrell : Millis on
MILIS, James &amp; Elizabeth Phipps 24 Mar 1784 S u r : John Mi.ll s
Wi t : John Mills .
CONSENT: 24 Mar 1784 Joshua Phipps, fathe r .
MIN RET: James Mills &amp; Elizabeth Phipps md 25 Mar 1784 by Ed wa rd
Crawford .
Summers: not listed.
Worrell : dau of Jos i a h
MILLS, James &amp; Sarah Lemar md 14 May 1788 b y &amp;lw ' d Crawford . MI N RE'I
Summers: Lemas
Worrell: not lis ted
MILLS Jun ' r, John &amp; Martha Ewing of Bedford 14 J an 1772
S u r : J ames
Lade:rdale . Wit: Jn ' o Floyd ; Ep ' m Dunlop
CONS ENT: 10 J an 1772 .
Rob't Ewing, father. Wit : Jn'o Ewinb; Cha' s Ewin g .
( Note : Ben
Howard, Clerk of Bedford Co . dec ' d)
Summers,
Worrel : John Mills
MILLS, William &amp; Sarah Lemar. 14 May 1788 S ur: Nicholas We l s h
(Nick - sig) CONSENT: 13 May 1788. Wm I.arnar, bro •••• Sarah over 2 1
Wit: Alexander Wilson; William Crow .
Summers : not listed.
Worrell: Lemox; May 20; sur Wm Lemox
MONICLE, George &amp; Lucy Banday. 7/? 9
1777 Sur: Chri.s topher
Monicle (sig: Monnical)
MIN RET: George Monacle &amp; Lucy Bandy list dated 8 Dec 1797 - md by Sam 'l Mitchell.
Summers : Worrell : Aug 9
MOORE , Thomas &amp; Elizabeth McCreary . 30 June 1785.
Sur : Matthew
Willson, Sen 'r?
MIN RET : Thomas Moore &amp; Elizabeth McCreary md 2
July 1785 by Edward Crawford .
Summers: not listed.
Worrell.
MORAN, Jn'o (John) &amp; Mary Walker 7 Apr 1787 Sur : James Mattin Early
CONSENT: 3 Apr 1787. John Walker, Wit: A Smyth; James Early.
MIN RET: John Moran &amp; Mary Walker md 20 Apr 1787 by Saml Shannon .
Summers: not listed.
Worrell.
MORRIS, Benjamin (sig: BenJamin) &amp; Elizabeth Catron
29 Sept 1788
Sur: Robert Kyle. CONSENT: 29 Sept 1788. Robert Caton , father •••••
Ben Jamin Morris of Rockbridge Co. .. . Wit: John Runnels; John
Morris. MIN RET: Benjamin Morris &amp; Elizabeth Caton md 29 Sept 1788
by Edw'd Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell.
MORRIS, James &amp; Rutha Reed . 14 Feb, 1789. Sur : John Morris.
CONSENT: 13 Feb 1789. William Reed, &amp; my wife Ruth, parents.
Wit:
William Nox; John Reed. (Note: see other bond this date - this girl
md John Stuart )
Summers: not listed.
Worrell.
Sur : Rodger
MORRIS, John &amp; Jane Scott , dau of John. 2 Oct 1789.
Wit : Rodger
Mourning. CONSENT: 22 Oct 1789. John Scott, father.
Mourning; John Mourning. MIN RET: John Morris &amp; Jane Scott md 6 Oct
1789 by Christopher Clark. Md by license.
Summers : 6 Oct 1796.
Worrell:

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350. MORRIS, Joseph &amp; Elizabeth Speers
29 Sept 1788
Sur : John Gofford
CONSENT: Joseph Speers . Wit : John ?Popes?; James Sinpson MIN RET :
Joseph Morris &amp; Elizabeth Speers md 30 Sept 1788 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers : Spears
Worrell : dau of Joseph.
351. MORRIS , Patrick &amp; Sarah Bellamy
27 July 1799
Sur: John Hawkins
Summers .
Worrell.
352 . MORRIS , William &amp; Margaret ~cClintock. 25 Mar 1788 Sur : Robert
Kinkead .
CONSENT: 20 Mar 1788. Wm McClintick, father . Wit: Robert
Armstrong ; John Scott .
MIN RET : William Morris &amp; Margaret McClintock
md 27 Mar 1788 by Christopher Clark. Md by lieense.
Summers.
Worrell.
353 . MORROW , James &amp; Margaret Mahan 8 Mar 1779 Sur: Pat . Ma(c)han
Summers : 1799; Morran
Worrell : April 8
354. MOYERS , Henry &amp; Mary Beckner 13 Dec 1790 Sur: Joseph Beckner.
CONSENT : Nicholas Beckner , father •• •• (sp) Henery Mires ••• • Wit : Joseph
Beckner.
Summers : Moyer
Worrell: Dec 30
Sur : Rev ' d Caleb
355 . MULDROUGH , Hugh &amp; Jane Frazier ~ Sept 1781
Wallace. CONSENT : 28 Sept 1781. ~:Sry Frazer. Wit: George Frazer;
John Muldrough
Summers .
Worrell: Jean Frazier ; Mary Frazier, mother.
356 . MURPHEY, Robert &amp; Martha McNeill . 10 Oct 1783 Sur: Hugh McNeill
Summers: not listed
Worrell : Oct 8; McNeil
MURPHY
,
Edward
&amp;
Elizabeth
Hobbs md 9 Nov 1790 by Edwd Crawford.
357 .
MIN RET.
Worrell : not listed
Summers .
Fowler : Eliz ' h Webb.
MUSSINS,
James
(sig:
Mewson
)
&amp;
Jane
Muldwich.
9 Jan 1779. Sur:
358.
John Tillery.
" CONSENT" 10 Jan 1779. John Tillery , father of John
Tillery, sur.
Summers : Muldwick.
Worrell : Mupires ; Muldwick.
NEELY,
William
(sig
:
Wm
M) &amp; Elizabeth Gholson, dau of Anth'y . 27
359.
Nov 1789 Sur: John Drake.
CONSENT : 26 Nov 1789. Anthony Ghols (ink spot) Wit : Tho's Madison; John Drake .
MIN RET: William Neeliey
&amp; Elizabeth Gholson md 1 Dec 1789 by Henry Ogburn . Md by license.
Summers: James Neely; father Anthony Gholson .
Worrell .
1 0 Jan 1787 Sur : David Neidy (Ger sig)
360 . NEIDY , John &amp; Catherine Wall
Summers: Mispri nt
Worrell .
361. NEILE, William &amp; Mary Dennis 7 Apr 1779 Sur : Saml Walker Jr
Summers .
Worrell : 1 Apr ; Wm Null
362 . NELSON , Andrew (sig: Nilson) &amp; Martha Wilson , dau of Thomas . JO Nov
1790 Sur : (paper torn) Anderson (sig: Wm)
CONSENT : 25 Nov 1790
Tho ' s Willson , father , • ••••• groom Andrew Nilson. Wit: Saly Mitchal;
Ja ' s Nilson
Summers .
Worrell .
NOBLE
,
David
&amp;
Susanna
Emmons
24 Feb 1784. Sur: James Roberts.
J63.
PAPER for bond: 21/27 Feb 1784. D May. Wit: Geo Skillern, Gent.
MIN RET : David Noble &amp; Susana Emmans md 27 Feb 1784 by Edwd Crawford
Summers : Daniel Nobel.
Worrell: Feb 4
364. NOONIN , Patrick (sig : Partrick Nunen) &amp; Sarah Hawkins. 31 Jan 1789
Sur: John Rutherford.
CONSENT: Thomas Hawkins, £ather. Wit:
Robert Wyly; John Wood
Summers: Noonen
Worrell:
NOX, William (sig: Knox) &amp; Anna Reed. 17 Jan 1789 Sur: Edward Tate
CONSENT: 17 Jan 1789 . William &amp; Ruthey ( sig: Ruthe) Reed, parents.
Wit: John Reed; I.avid T ~te . MIN RET: William Nox &amp; Anna Reed md 26
Jan 1789 by Christopher Clark.
md by license.
Summers.
Worrell.

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&amp; Jane Coffee
16 Jan 1787
Sur : Te rrence O ' Co~ n er
(sig : Terrene Conno) .
Summers : 1795
Worrell : Jan 17 ; 0 ' Brian
.367 , (X;BURNE , Henry &amp; Charlotte Haley , orphan of Wm Ha ley , d ee ' d .
27
Feb 1790
Sur : Edward Mitchell.
PAPER : . 2 7 F e b 1 7 90 .
Hen ry
Ogburn authorizes Edw ' d Mitchell my lawful a ttorn e y to obtain
license.
Summers .
Worrell : Osburne
368. OHAIR, Mich ' l ( Mick ' l) &amp; Elinor Hawkins 10 J une 1783 . S ur : J esse
Clark.
Summers : O' Haire.
Worrell : Ha wks
ORSBURNE/Osburne (sig: Osborn) , Robert &amp; El i zabet h Lap an 28 Oct
1784 Sur : Allen Gulliford ( s i g : ? )
Summers : Osborne
Worrell : Lafoa n .
370 , OUTINREED (Ger sig : Johan Elutherreth) , John &amp; Fa n n y Ep ers on .
12
Mar 1789. Sur : Jacob Woolandi ( sig : Wollandi)
Summers : ,
Worrell : error bride .
Good : Joha n Auth enri et h Ger
sig for Outinreed.
371. OWENS , Barnett (sig Barnet Owen) &amp; Marga ret Petross , d a u of Matt h e w
27 July 1789 Sur : John Reybourn (sig : Jn ' o Reburn?) CONS EN T : 26
July 1789. Mathew Petross , father of Margrett , ••• to marry Mr Owens
Wit: John Reburn .
CONSENT : 25 July 1789.
David Owen , f a ther of
Barnett. Wit : James Irvin
Worrell : July 7, 1789
Summers : Pitross
372. PARSINGER, Jacob &amp; Mary Kimberland 10 Nov 1778 S ur : Pal s er Ki mb e rlane (sig: Kimberling)
Summers ,
Worrell : Nov 14; Mary _imberland
PARSINGER,
John
&amp; Elizabeth Kimberlarn
14 Nov 177 8 Sur : Pauls er
373.
Kimberlane (sig: Falser Kimberling) Wit : Harry Innes ; Chas Cameron
Summers .
Worrell : Nov 10, 1778; Kimberline
CONSENT :
374. PA 'IE, Edward &amp; !1ary Crawford 6 Apr 1789 Sur : James Mason.
6 Apr 1789, Saml Crawford, father . Wit : Ja ' s Mason ; J Roberts
Summers.
Worrell: Edwin ; dau of James Crawford .
375. PAT'IERSON , George &amp; Cathrine Smyth . _ _ _ _ 1785 S ur: Robert Smyth
CONSENT: Dec 22 , 1785. Fredrick Smyth , father •••• •• , Robert, brother
Wit: Wm McDonald ; Robert Smyth,
Summers .
Worrell: De 22
PATTERSON
(sig
: Paterson) William &amp; Letis Taylor dau of Thomas Taylor
376.
14 July 1789, Sur : William Taylor.
CONSENT : 1J July 1789 .
Thomas
Taylor, father of Letis • • Wit : William Taylor ; H Bowyer .
Summers.
Worrell
377. PAUL, James &amp; Mary McKnight , dau of· George . 19 Feb 1790 Sur : Jo el
Walker, CONSENT: 16 Feb 1790. George McKnight.
Wit : Cawf ' d
Taylor; William Logan ; Joel Walkar. MIN RET : James Paul &amp; Mary
McKnight md 23 Feb 1790 by Edw ' d Crawford .
Worrell.
Summers,
378. PAUL, John &amp; Jean McColough 28 June 1787 Sur : James Taylor ( s i gs
are tom) CONSENT: 29 June 1787, Jennet McColough , mother with
dau 's own consent. Wit: James Taylor; Joseph Walker.
MIN RET : John
Paul &amp; Jean McColough md 2 July 1787 by Edw ' d Crawford.
Summers: McColaugh; Jeannette.
Worrell.
379. PAUPER, John &amp; Crate Howry. 20 Nov 1786 Sur: Michael Howry.
Summers: Hawry.
Worrell: Paup es ; Cate Howry.
J80. PAXTON, John &amp; Elizabeth Logan, dau of Jno . 29 May 1789. Sur : Jno
Logan, CONSENT: 28 May 1789. John Logan ••• I and my fami ly agree • •
Wit: Thomas Paxton; Jno Logan. MIN RET: John Paxton &amp; Elizabeth
Logan md 1 June 1789 by Saml Carrick.
Summers .
Worrell: Thos Paxton is s ur.

J66 , O'BRYAN , Tho ' s

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381. PAXTON , Thomas &amp; Mary Barely 5 July 1774 Sur : William Paxton .
CONSENT : 4 July 1774. Hugh Barclay , father of Poley Barclay .
Summers : Barcley .

Worrell : Hugh Barclay , sur.
18 Mar 1777 Sur : Joseph Dennis .

382. PEARIE , James &amp; Elinor Dennis
38J .
384.
385.
J86 .

387 .
J88 .
389.

390.

391 .
392 .

393 .

394.

395.

(sig : Ja mes Peery)
Summers : Pearie .
Worrell : Mar 8.
PEARIE (sig : ?Peary ), Thomas &amp; Margaret Dennis. Ji Jan 1781. Sur :
Ja ' s Pearie (sig : Peary)
Summers .
Worrell .
PECK, Adam &amp; Elizabeth Shirkey . 29 June 1777. Sur : James Gaunt,
Summers .
Worrell : June 24; also has two entries . - misprint on one.
PEDAN , James &amp; Nancy Willson . 29 Apr 1784. Sur : John Pedan . CONSENT:
Apr 21. Samuel Wils on , father. Wit : Margrt Wils on ; William Willson
Summers.
Worrell.
PERSON (sig : Pursen) , Joseph &amp; Charlotte Kee. 29 Dec 1787. Sur : Roger
Mourning (sig : Rodger). CONSENT : 6 Oct 1787 . David Robinson • •••••
Charlott Kee under his care &amp; tuition .. •• Wit : James Robinson : Abraham
Dick.
MIN RET : Joseph Person &amp; Charlotte Kee md 1 Jan 1788 by
Christopher Clark.
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : not listed .
PLYMELL , Anthony &amp; Bethia Boone. 11 Jan 1789. Sur : Matthew Harvey
CONSENT : 12 Jan 1789 . John Bowen ....•. (sp Anthony Plirneal ) . •.•.•
Summers : John Plymill &amp; Bathia Bowen .
Worrell : Bone/Boon .
POAGUE , Samuel (sig : Pouge) &amp; Agness Kyle
19 Oct 1779 Sur: Robert
Peari e (sig : Peery)
Summers : 1729
Worrell Oct 25 .
PORTER , Samuel &amp; Sarah Johnston . 2 Apr 1788
Sur : Patrick Reed.
CONSENT :
Mar 1788. Eve Josten , mother of Sary . Wit: John Pershing;
Patrick Reed. LICENSE : signed by Mart-in McFarrin . MIN RET : Samuel
Porter &amp; Sarah Johnson md 10 Apr 1788 by Christopher Clark.
Summers .
Worr ell .
POT'IS , Nathan &amp; Hannah Shadden?.
4 Oct 1772. Sur : James Snodgrass;
John Potts . Wit: Robert McClenachan ; Joseph Snodgrass ; John Potts
junr; Rebeckah Potts . (Nathan did not sign ). CONSENT: John Potts ,
father.
James Snodgrass, g ' d'n of Hannah Shadden . Wits; Robert
McClenachan; Joseph Snodgrass ; John Potts junr; Rebeckah Potts.
Summers : Patto ; Shaddin .
Worrell : Hannah Shannon .
PRESTON , George &amp; Jean Luney . 14 May 1787 . Sur : Joseph Looney.
CONSENT : 16 May 1787 . Joseph Luney , father.
Summers : Lunney .
Worrell .
PRICE , Wm &amp; Rebecca Tillery . 23 Mar 1778
Sur: Sarn 'l Price. CONSENT:
John Tillery , father of Rebaca. 20 Mar 1778. Wit: Saml Price; John
Tillery Junior.
Summers : Tellery .
Worrell: Rechel Tillery.
PROTHERO , Thomas &amp; Hannah Miles 19 Aug 1785 Sur: Jonathan Tosh.
CONSENT : 16 Aug 1785. Bartholamue Miles, father.
(sp Mr Pludrough)
Wit: ?Carohoff Anna : S Huff .
Summers: Prathers .
Worrell : Bartholomew.
QUARLES , Wm &amp; Polly Lamb 12 Jan 1788 Sur: James Dishman. CONSENT:
11 Jan 1788. Arcb ' d Lamb &amp; Polly Lamb. Wit: James Godman: William
Dishman.
Summers.
Worrell.
QUICK , Thomas &amp; Miss Jane Kent. 9 Sept 1783. Sur: James Mccorkle
Summers : Quirk
Worrell : Quirk.

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396. REABURNE , John (sig: Reburn) &amp; Elizabeth Green 27 Aug 1782 S ur :
Ja 's Reburn
Summers : Reaburn
Worrell : Raabuni .
397. READ, Alexander (sig: Reid ) &amp; Rebeckak Camron
1 8 '.Jept 1 780 Sur :
Iavid McClenehan
Summers : Rebekah Cameron
Worrell : Rebeceah .
398. READ (sig : Reed ), John &amp; Jenet Jane McMurry 8 Aug 1 788
.~u r : William
Richey (sig : Ritchey)
CONSENT : William McMurrey , father . . . . . John
Reed to marry Jenet McMurrey ,.,. . Wit : James McMurrey : Robert Mcl':urry
MIN RET: John Reed &amp; Jennet McMurrey md 1J Aug 1788 by Chri~ ' r Clark
Summers : McMurrey
Worrell : Janet McMurrey
399.READ, William &amp; Mary Ryan 3 Feb 1779 Sur : Cha ' s Cameron
CONSENT :
Feb 1 , 1779. Wm McClenechan . • • servant mead ( maid ) to marry
Summers ,
Worrell
400, RECTOR, John &amp; Chloe McPherson
29 Sept 1786 Sur : Mac Rector ( s ig :
Mack) Rector
CONSENT : _ Sept 1786 Richard McPherson , fa thcr Wit :
Barton McPherson ; Edward J ections ; Henry Middleto n (very dim )
Summers .
Worrell .
401. REED , Patrick &amp; Mary Boyle
2 Apr 1788
Sur : Samuel Porter .
CONSENT :
29 Mar 1788. Rebeccy Boyls
Wit : John Smiley ; D:tn i l el Ayars
MIN RET :
Patrick Reed &amp; Mary Boil md 3 Apr 1788 by Chris top her Clark .
Summers .
Worrell : Read
402. REESE , John &amp; Elener Loague md 6 Apr 1784 by Edward Crawford . MIN RET .
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : not lis ted .
403 . REESE , Iavid &amp; G_ (ink spot )_sy Loague . 7 Jan 1779 .
S ur : William
Loague (sig : Logue) CONSENT : Bote . Dunlap Creek , 2 Jan 1 779 .
Sam ' l
Loague , father of Greesay . Wit : James Robason ; John Ro bason .
Summers : Ianiel ; Greelay Loague . Worrell : J an 20 ; Greesay ; f Saml
Poague ? .
404, REYBURN ( Reburn) , Thomas &amp; Mary Woods , dau of Archibald .
13 May 1789
Sur : James Reyburn (sig : Reburn) CONSENT : 11 May 1789. Mary Wood ,
mother of Mary who is of full age ,
Wit : James Wood ; Jo_ _M---( ink
spot)
Summers .
Worrell: Rawburn ; Wood
4o5, REYNOLDS , Wm &amp; Amey Elder? 19 Dec 1786 Su r : Rob ' t Snodgrass
MIN
RET: Willi am Reynolds &amp; Nancy Elder md 26 Dec 1786 Protestant Episcopal Church by Jno W Holt , clerk .
Summers : Elder
Worrell .
406, RICE , Iavid md Polly Aikin - list dated 26 Dec 1786 - by Edw ' d Mitchell
MIN RET . (Note : bond dated 15 July 1806)
Summers : not listed.
Worrell : see bond
4o7. RICHARDS , Josiah &amp; Thomasin Rucker mg 10 Dec 1787 by Chris ' r Clark .
Md by license . MIN RET.
Summers : not l i sted.
Worrell : not listed .
408. RIGNY (sig : Rigney ), Charles &amp; Catherine Alsup .
31 Jan 1785 Sur :
Swithen Paulson.
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : not listedo
409. RING, James &amp; Sarah Goodson . 12 Oct 1782 Sur : Tho ' s Goods on.
Wit : Saml Walker junior ; Esom Hannon .
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : James Jno King.
410. RIPLEY , James &amp; Anna Wes t . 8 Aug 1787 Sur : John Bowyers.
CONSENT :
8 Aug 1787 . Ben j a min West . Wit: Henry Wes t , George Wilkie.
Summers: Jos Ripley.
Worrell : Ja mes Kepley ; Aug 3 ; dau of Ben j 'm
411. ROAN, William &amp; Elizabeth Ellison 27 Jan 1778.
Sur : Da.vid Sc ott
Summers.
Worrell

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412. ROBERTSON , George &amp; Jane Barnet . 6 Aug 1774. Sur : James Barnet. Wit:
J a ' s Barnet ( sig wit by John May); Geo Robertson (sig wit by Ad Smith)
Summers: not listed .
Worrell: not listed.
413. ROBINS , William &amp; Sarah Wilson. 31 Oct 1785 Sur : Thomas Wilson.
CONSENT: Sam ' l Willson , father . With: John Lu~os.
Summers.
Worrell: not listedo
414. ROBINSON , Alexander &amp; 1-'Jargaret Robinson. 17 Aug 1773. Sur: Saml Woods
Summers : not listed
Worrell : not listed .
415" ROBINSON, Isaac &amp; Sarah Cloyd ~Feb 178J . Sur : Henry Pauling (sig:
Paulin)
Summers : not listed.
Worrell: not listed.
Li-16. ROSS , John &amp; Mary McDonald
11 Dec 1777 Sur : Thomas Gillis.
Summers .
Worrell: John Rose
417. ROSS , Joseph &amp; Elizabeth Evans md 26 July 1787 by Saml Goodwin. MIN RET
Summers : not listed.
Worrell: not listed
418. RUTTER , Moses &amp; Catherine Wilson dau of John 23 Feb 1790 Sur: Elexander Wilson (sig: Alexander)
CONSENT: 20 Feb 1790. John Wilson,
father . Wit : Jn ' o Wilson Jun'r; Alexander Wilson . MIN RET: Moses
Rutter &amp; Katharine Wilson md 25 Feb 1790 by Edw'd Crawford.
Summers : Nilson for Wilson.
Worrell:
419 . SAWYERS , John &amp; Sarah Robinson. 7 Jan 1786 Sur: Falser JG..mberlin
(sig: Kimberling.) CONSENT: 5 Jan 1786. James Robinson, father. Wit:
George Sawyers .
MIN RET: John Sawyers &amp; Sarah Robertson md 7 Jan 1786
by Edward Crawford.
Summers : not listed .
Worrell: not listed.
420 . SCHRODER, John George &amp; Mary Rernern
20 Dec 1781 Sur: John Smith.
(sig for above : Johana George Shroder)
Summers : Mary Renner.
Worrell : Renne:rn .
421. SCOTT, Nathan &amp; Sarah Poague
16 Feb 1781 Sur : William Masono
Summers : 1787 .
Worrell : Feb 13
422 . SCOTT , Sabrit &amp; Anne Mays 9 Feb 1787 Sur: John Pecka CONSENT: Richard
Mays • •• • (sp Salril Scot •• Ann Mays) Wit: William Griffith. MIN RET:
Sabert Scott &amp; Ann Mays md*20/22? 1787 by Sam ' l Shannon.
Summers: 1790 .
Worrell: Sambritt . *Feb . 20/22
423. SCOTT , Samuel &amp; Rachel Sawyers. 12 Feb 1785. Sur : William Ritchey.
CONSENT : 9 Feb 1785. Sam~son Sawyers , father. (Note: see bond of Wm
Wright &amp; Rachel Sawyers , )
Summers .
Worrell: Rachel dau of Samson &amp; Agnes ,
424 . SCOTT, Samuell &amp; Sarah Baller. 14 Sept 1790 Sur: Henry Bowyer.
Summers : 1798; Sarah Bellin.
Worrell.
425. SCOTT , Smith &amp; Matty McCafferty
13 Nov 1783. Sur: Cormack McCafferty
Summers : McCaffeety .
Worrell : Scott Smith.
426 , *SEEGRIST, John &amp; Rosanna Dunn
28 Apr 1789 Sur: John Rittlesperger**
MIN RET : John Seegrist &amp; Rosannah Dun md JO Apr 1789 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers : Seegrest ; Rossanna.
Worrell: Sucrest; Daun,
Good:
*ger sig: Johannes Siegriss; **Ger Sig: Ruttelsperger?
427 . SERVER , Casper &amp; Susanna Miller 21 Feb 1780, Sur: Malkier fumewood
Summers: Sarver ; Mellero
Worrell: Sarver.
428. SEXON (sig: Saxson), John &amp; Rebecah McDonal. 2J Aug 1790 Sur: William
Sexon (sig: Saxson). MIN RET: John Sexon &amp; Rebeckah McDonald md 28
Aug 1790 by Saml Nontlon
Summers: 2 entries,
Worrell: Sexton
429. SEXTON, William &amp; Mary Ewing, dau of James. 3 Aug 1790 Sur: James
Anderson junior. CONSENT: J Aug 1790 James Ewing, father of Mary
Ewin. Wit: James Anderson j Mosses Ralston.
Summers: p Jos Sexton.
Worrell:

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430 . SHANKLIN , Samuel &amp; Mary Reburn dau of Jn o . 14 J uly 1789 S ur : Henry
Reabourn (sig : Henery Reburn). CONSENT : 13 July 17 89 .
John Reburn
Senr c Vl'it : Henery Reburn ; Jenent Reburn .
Summers .
Worrell .
431. SHAVER, George &amp; Mary Glasper 14 Mar 1789 Sur : J acob Coop .
CONS EN T :
6 Mar 1789 Robard. Gillery . Wit : Jacob Coop ; j ames S cott . MIN RE T :
George Shaver &amp; Mary Gilaspy md 21/24? Mar 1789 b y Chr i s ' r Cla rk .
Summers : Glasphere .
Worrell: Richard Gl asp e r .
432. SHAVER (sig : Shaver) , Jacob &amp; Judith Carpenter . 9 Au g 1 7 8 6 .
Su r :
Tho ' s Carpenter. CONSENT : 9 Aug 1786 . Jo seph Carpenter , fath e r of
Jude . Wit : Tho 's Carpenter. MIN RET: Jacob S ha v e r &amp; J u di th Ca rpen ter
md 31 Aug 1786 by Saml Shannan ,
Summers .
Worrell .
433 . SHIELIB , John &amp; Anne Smith 31 July 1786 Sur : James Ma t t h e w ( s i g :
Mathes .)
Summers.
Worrell .
434. SHI:LEY , Adam Robert &amp; Margaret Robine t t . 17 Mar 17 88
S ur : J ess e
R~binett. CONSENT : 17 Mar 1788 . J esse Robi nett , g ' d ' n o f Ma r garet
~it: Jn~ Go:ford ; John McCrery,
urnmers . omitted Adam; Robinette.
Worrell .
435, S(HIRKY , James &amp; Elizabeth Poague, 20 Aug 1774. Su r : Pa t ri ck S hi r k e y
sig: Patt Sharkey) ( s ig : James Sharkey)
Summers : Shirkey
Worrell : Aug 24.
436 . SHIRKEY , John (sig : Sharkey) &amp; Jane George . 12 Jan 1 780 S u r : J o s e ph
Carrol,
Wit : Richard May; Wm May
Summers.
Worrell : 2 entries .
437 • SHIRKEY, Nicholas &amp; Sarah Woods , 3 Deer 1777 Sur : Ada m Peck .
( s ig: Nicolas Sharkey)
CONSENT : 29 Nov 1777 S hus a n a Woods , mother ;
Michael Woods , bro •••• (in letter - Sarah Woods of Montgome ry Co . )
Summers : Shirkey .
Worrells : Michael, father .
438. SHIRKEY, Thomas &amp; Sarah Jeffersons , JO Jan 1788 S ur : Ge orge Shaver
CONSENT: 26 Jan 1788. Benjamin Herbert Gardein . * CONSEN T : 28 J a n 1787
W Royall.
MIN RET : Thomas Shirkey &amp; Sarah Jeffers on md 9 Feb 1788
by Christopher Clark ,
Summers.
Worrell.
Fowler:* Surname or guard ian·
439, SHOEMAJ&lt;ER, Leonard &amp; Unus Ritchey , 11 Apr 1787 Sur : Henry Gibson .
Summers ,
Worrell : Shoemaker ; Richey ,
440, SHOUP*, Peter &amp; Margaret Hartman , 11 Apr 1787 , Sur : Chris t ia n Vineyard**
Summers: Hartmare ,
Worrell : Huntsman; Apr 1.
Good : Ger sig *Schaub; ** Weinnat?
441. SILVER, Aaron* &amp; Sally Wall
8 Nov 1788 Sur : John Ni deyo
CONSENT :
8 Nov 1788. Conrod Wall, father. Wi~ : Janes Smith ; John Nidey .
Summers: Silvey
Worrell.
Good : Ger sig - *Aaon S chif er?
442, SIMMONS (sig: Simons) , Philip &amp; Catharine Crater .
26 Mar 1788 .
Sur :
Jacob Simmons.
Summers: Carter.
Worrell .
443, SINKHORN, John &amp; Rachel Johnston md 3 July 1786 by Edwd Crawford .
MIN RET.
Summers : not lis ted
Worrell : not lis ted.
444, SLATER, Edwa rd of Frederick Co &amp; Elizabeth Kean. 1 8 Oct 1788 . S ur :
Henry Bowyer, CONSENT: 18 Oct 1788 Samuel &amp; Hanna h Kean , parents
of Swe et Springs . Wit: Dav'd Kean ; John Lewis , MIN RET : Edward S l ater
&amp; Elizabeth Kea n md 20 Oct 1788 by Chris ' r Clark .
Summers,
Worrell.
445, SMILEY, Alex'r &amp; Sus anna Ellison 24 May 1782 Sur: William Ros s
Summers .
Worrell .

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446 . SMI LEY , Tul..niel &amp; Esther Ritchey , dau of William Ritchey. 23 June
1789 . Sur: Archibald Murray . MIN RET : Ianiel Smiley &amp; Esther Ritchy
md 30 June 1789 by Edwd Crawford .
Summers : Eshter Ritchety .
Worrell
447 . SMILEY , George &amp; Mary Ellison JO Apr 1787 Sur : James Ellison
Summers.
Worrell .
Good.
448 . SMILEY Jun ' r , Walter &amp; Anne Smiley 23 May 1785 Su r: George Smiley
MIN RET : Walter Smiley &amp; Anne Smiley md 27 May 1785 by Edwd Crawford
Summers.
Worrell : William Jr
449 . SMITH , Abraham &amp; Anne Gore. 13 May 1788 Sur: Michael Gore .
Summer .
Worrell.
450. SMITH, Brine &amp; Dolly Brines md 23 Mar 1783 by Edwd Crawford.
MIN RET
Summers : not listed
Worrell : not listed .
451. SMITH , Humphrey &amp; Elinor McElheny. 1 July 1785 Sur : Absolem Smith
CONSENT : Rob ' t Mcelheny , father of Elianor. Wit : John Murphy .
Summers : Elinore McElhany .
Worrell: Elinor McCheny (of age );
Cormack McCheny, sur.; 1 July 1785 .
452 . SMITH , Isaac &amp; Mary Sevel/?Level . 12 Aug 1783 . Sur : Charles Ellison
Summers: Mary Sewell .
Worrel: : Sevel .
453 . SMITH , John &amp; Martha Wood . 4 May 1780. Sur : Hugh Logan . Wit : Saml
Walker Junr.
Summers : not listed .
Worrell .
454. SMITH , Robert &amp; Hannah Preston, 1 Sept 1 787 . Sur : Terrance Conner
(sig : Terene Conno )
Worrell .
Summers ,
455 , SMITH , Wm &amp; Margaret McCravey md 6 Jan 1785 by Edwd Crawford . MIN RET
Summers : not listed
Worrell : not listed .
456 . SMITHERS , Gabriel &amp; Jane McRoberts 1 9 May 1772 . Sur : Richard May;
John Todd jr,
Summers ,
Worrell
457 . SNOlnRASS , James &amp; Elizabeth Fulton , dau of Il3.vid , dec ' d . 26 Sept
1790. Sur : William Little . CONSENT : 26 Sept 1790.
J osep h Snodgrass;
Tu.v id Fulton •• •• • • the gardeens &amp; tuters &amp; friends " consent . Wit: Jams
Turner; Thomas Fergeson.
Summers : La.ni~l Fulton , fat her,
Worrell: J as , son of Joseph.
458 . SNOIGRASS , Joseph &amp; Susanna Snodgrass .
10 July 1787 . Sur: Matthew
Harvey. CONSENT : 1 0 July 1787 .
James Snodgrass &amp; Margar et , his wi fe,
••••••• Sussy Snodgrass •• • • • Wit : Wm Litle ; Rob ' t Snodgrass.
Summers •
Worrell : son of Susy
459 . SNOW, William &amp; Margaret Vandine , 2 Feb 1789 . Sur: James Smith MIN
RET : William Suow &amp; Margaret Vandine md 10 Feb 1789 by Edwd Crawford
Summers : Nandin e .
Worrell .
460 . SOUDER , Jacob &amp;*Beddy Newgen. 18 Jan 1787 , Sur : Il3.vid Neidy**
Summers : Sowder .
Worrell : Eaddy ; Jan 1 0 .
Good: *Eaddy; **Eng.
Needy ; ** Ger sig - Ila.fi t ?_ _ t i g.
461. SPICKLEMOYER , Leonard* &amp; Susanna Thompson , 18 Sept 1788 Sur: Robert
Shaddon ( s i g: Shadden) Wit : James Scott ; Robt Rowan. CONSENT: 6 Sept
1788. James Thomson, father of Susanah Thomson •.•• (sp Spicklemer**).
Wit : John Manley ; Josep h Smi th.
Summers : not listed .
Worrell: Samuel Specklemoyer.
Good:*Eng.Spickl e mayer; Ger sig : Leonhard Spigemeyer; ** Spicklemier,
462 . SPURLOCK, David &amp; Hannah Flower. 19 Jan 1786. Sur: D May. PAPER:
Jenre 18 , 1736 , Saml Eason.
CONSENT: 18 Jan 1786.
Tho's &amp; Prudence
Flower. Wit: Jo ' s Richards; Frances Truman.
Summers.
Worrell: Jan 17

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463. STANBACK, Phillip &amp; Priscilla Pratt - list dated 26 Dec 1 786 - md by
Edw ' d Mitchell. MIN RET , (note : others md on this list - their bonds
are dated for year 1805 &amp; 1806)
Summers : not listed.
Worrell: not listed .
464, STEEL, Andrew &amp; Margaret Mcfarran . 3 Mar 1789 . . Sur : John Mc Farran .
(sig : McFerran) CONSENT: 3 Mar 1789 Samuel McFerran , f at h er .
Wi t :
Martin McFerran , MIN RET: Andrew Steel &amp; Margaret McFerran md 4 Ma r
1789 by Edw'd Crawford,
Summers : McFerrace ,
Worrell .
465. STEENSON/Steanson , John &amp; Phebe Clency , 11 Dec 1783 .
S ur : Caleb
Worley , CONSENT : James Clancey, father.
Wit : Malcom Al l en .
MIN RET :
John Steenson &amp; Phebe Clancy rnd 11 Dec 1783 by Edwd Crawford .
Summers : Phebe Clanery ; Joseph Clanery , father .
Worrel l : Phebe Glendy ;
father James Glendy.
466. STERLING , Henry &amp; Elenor Sterling dau of John .
25 J an 1790. S ur :
Samuel Sterling, CONSENT : 25 Jan 1790 . Jon S tirlin g , f at h er .
Sam
Sterling, bro , (sig : Samuel Stirling. Wit : Hen Boyher ; Arch' d Murray
MIN RET: Henry Sterling md Eleanor Sterling md 4 Feb 1790 by Edwd
Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell : Henry, son of Sam ' l .
467. S'IEVENS , John &amp; Elizabeth Hudson . 31 Jan 1782 .
Sur : Robert Black did
not sign , PAPER : 31 Jan 1782 , Jos Kyle.
( s p Elizabeth Hudgeson ) . Wit :
Iavid Kyle . PAPER : JO Jan 1782. Jos Kyle
Summers : John Stivins ; Thrasher , father. Worrell,
468. STEVENS , Solomon(sig Soleman) &amp; Milly Britt , 26 .May 1781 .
S ur: * J a 's
Ba:rnett. (sig : John Love) Wit : Caleb Wallace ; Arch'd Kyle.
Summers : Henry Stivers ; Molly Britt. Worrell .
(*did not s ign )
469, S'IEWART (sig : Stert), Alexander &amp; Doratha McSee
13 Dec 1785.
S ur :
James McSee (sig : McGee)
Summers: Dorothea See.
Worrell: not listed .
··~70,STUART (sig: Stuert) , John &amp; Ruthey Reed .
14 Feb 1789.
Sur: Edward
Tate, CONSENT: Feb 15, 1789. William &amp; Ruthe Reed , parents .
Wit:
William Knox; John Reed . MIN RET: John Stuart &amp; Ruth Reed md 16 Feb
1789 by Chris' r Clark. (note : see other bond of this date James Morris )
Summers.
Worrell .
471. SWART, William &amp; Amey Reynolds. 1 Feb 1786. Sur : John Morrison .
CONSENT: 28 Jan 1786. Silas Reynolds, father .
Summers.
Worrell : Stewart .
472. SUTTON, John &amp; Winney Runnion . 4 Sept 1783. Sur : John McCurdy .
Summers: Sutton .
Worrell : Lutton
473.SWIWHER, Philip &amp; Agness Bridger md 29 Mar 1787 by Saml Shannon. MIN
RET.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: not listed.
474. SWITZER, John &amp; Rosannah Caldwell , dau of Mary Caldwell relict of
Robt Caldwell dec'd. 15 Nov 1790
Sur : Samuel Walker Jun'r.
MIN RET :
John Switzer &amp; Rosannah Caldwell md 16 Nov 1790 by Edwd Crawford. .
Summers,
Worrell.
475. SWITZER, Wm &amp; Ann Bridger 9 Mar 1787 Sur: Wm Dougherty (sig : Doherty )
Summers: Bridges
Worrell.
476. TACKET, Christopher &amp; Hannah Dehart md 26 Feb 1782 by Edwd Crawford .
MIN RET.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell : not listed.
477. TAITE, James ( sig: Tate) &amp; Mary Loyd , dau of Thomas .
17 Feb 1 783 .
Sur: Iavid May.
Summers: Josp. Tate
Worrell : Tate,

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478 . TALBOT, John &amp; Elizabeth Forster JO Aug 1790 Sur : James Mattin Early
CONSENT: 26 Aug 1790 Alex'r Simpson •• .. Elizabeth Forster is of full
age .. • . Wit : Jo . Paxton
MIN RET : John Talbott &amp; Elizabeth Foister md
20 Sept 1790 by Henry Ogburn.
Worrell : Tolbert .
Summers : Foster.
479. TATE, David &amp; Cumfort Knox
11 Aug 1784. Sur :- Pat. Lockhart. CONSENT :
10 Aug 1784 Elisha Nocks , father. Wit : ?Ishel Thomas ; Edward Tate .
Summers : Daniel Tate ; Comfort ; Eista Knox , father .
Worrell : Comfort.
Burton : or Elisha Kock .
480 , TATE , Edward (sig : E D Tate) &amp; Sarah McMullin 8 Jan 1786 Sur : David
Robinson . CONSENT : 7 Ja..~ 1786 Edwanl McMullins
Wit : David Robi nson ;
Jacob Salmons . MIN RET: Edward Tate &amp; Sarah McMullen*by Edwd Crawford
Summers .
Worrell: dau of Edwd ; July 8
(*md 7 Jan 1786)
481 . TAYLOR, Isaac &amp; Elizabeth Street . 23 Nov 1785
Sur : David May .
CONSENT : 2J Nov 1785
Wm Street , father .
Summers .
Worrell
482. TAYLOR , Isaac &amp; Susanna Smith. 9 Jan 1786 Sur : Tho's Price. MIN RET :
I saac Taylor &amp; Susanah Smith md 17 Jan 1786 by Edward Crawford .
Summers : misprint .
Worrell .
48J . TAYLOR , James &amp; Anne Tillery . 5 Jan 1778
Sur : John Tillery
Summers : Tellery .
Worrell .
484. TAYLOR , James &amp; Rebecca McDonald
22 Jan 1785
Sur : Walter McDonald
MIN RET : Ja ' s Taylor &amp; Rebecca McDonald md 24 Jan 1785 by Edwd Crawford
Summers : not listed .
Worrell .
485 . TAYLOR , Jonathan &amp; Mary Kelly 5 Aug 1777 Sur : William Scott .
(above sig : Taler)
Summers .
Worrell .
486 . TAYLOR , William &amp; Margaret Tummons
31 Feb 1781 Sur : John Benny (sig:
Benney)
Summers .
Worrell .
487 . TELFORD, Andrew &amp; Pricilla Robertson . 4 Nov 1777 Sur: Frederick Smith
Summers: not listed .
Worrell : not listed.
488 . TEMPLETON , James &amp; Lucy Billups 2J Dec 1787 Sur : Robt KeITiy (sig:
?Re
y)
Summers : Billips .
Worrell : not listed .
Good : Bellufes .
489 . TERRY , John &amp; Esther Brown 2 Feb 1781 Sur : Thomas Brown
Summers .
Worrell : date ''bF .e2 1781 " - misprint.
490 . TERRY , Miles &amp; Hannah Horton 30 Jan 1782 Sur : William Johnston. Wit:
Caleb Wallace ; S~sanna Hancocke .
Summers .
Worrell .
491. THARP , Zacheus (sig : Zaciheus) &amp; Catherine Taylor 14 Sept 1781 Sur:
Joseph Damrel (sig: Dameron)
CONSENT : 11~ Sept 1781. Charles Taylor,
father of Katy . ... Zreckeous Tharp .
Wit : Step ' n Moore; Jn'o Howard.
Summers : Thorp .
Worrell : not listed.
492 . THOMAS, Jonathan &amp; Hannah Potts . J July 1786
Sur : Joseph Snodgrass
MIN RET: Jonathon Thomes &amp; Hannah Potts md 6 July 1786 by Edwd Campbell
Summers .
Worrell.
493 . THOMPSON , John &amp; Winfred Brickey. 2 1 June 178 1. Sur: Jarret Brickey
Summers: Winifred Breckey .
Worrell: Winifred; Jarrett.
494. THOMPSON, Joshua &amp; Mary Gantsley 12 Dec 1786 Sur: James Harvey
Summers: Joshue. Worrell : ----- Gantsby.
495 . THOMPSON , Thomas &amp; Anne McNeill 17 June 1784 Sur : Isaac Robinson
Summers .
Worrell : McNeal
496 . THOMPSON, William &amp; Temperance Brickey, dau of Jarret 13 Jan 1790
Sur : James Thompson . CONSENT: Dec 9 . Jarret Brickey, father.
Wit:
James Thomps on; Jo ' s Thompson.
Summers.
Worrell: not listed .

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497. TILFORD, Andw
498.
499 .
500.
501.

502.

503 .
504.

505.
506,

507.

508.

509 .
510.
511.
512.

513.
514.
515.

&amp; Elizabeth Reed . 20 Feb 1778 .
Sur : Francis Graham .
Summers : Andw C Tilford.
Worrel l : n o t listed .
TIPTON, Joshua &amp; Jennet Shields . 10 Aug 1785 . Sur : Thomas S hield s .
Summers .
Worrell : Aug 16.
TIWS, Joseph &amp; Elizabeth Matthews . 6 Apri l 1775 . Su r : Stephen Ma y .
Summers : Mathews ; Josp.
Worrell : May 5 , 1775 .
TOMENS , Sam'l &amp; Barbara Herman md Oct 31 , 1786 by Sam ' l Shannan .
MIN RET
Summers : not listed.
Worrell : not listed .
TOOMEY , John &amp; Rebackah McMahan. 23 Nov. 1788 .
Sur : Henry Bowy e r .
Wi t :
Benj Rowe .
CONSENT: 22 Nov 1788. Mic h . Tumey .
John unde r age .
Wi t :
Pat . Lockhart , Thomas Creigh.
Summers : John Turney, Mcchart McMahan , pa r ent .
Worrell : Toomey Read ,
Nov 22.
TOSH, Ja ' s &amp; Anne Broadwater. 11 May 1787 ,
Sur : Mc h ' Reed ; T_ _ Canidey
was marked out.
(sig : Michael Reed)
Summers.
Worrel.
TRIGG , William &amp; Susanah Smith . 18 Aug 1788 . Su r : Franci s Preston .
CONSENT: 18 Aug 1788. Fran ' s Smith, father .
Wi t : Fran cis Pres ton , J Presto n .
Summers .
Worrell.
WRMAN, Charles &amp; Lucy Hilton . 14 Nov 1786 . S ur : Tho ' s Goods on .
CONSENT :
10 Nov 1786. Elija h &amp; susanna Hil t on. Wi t : fuvid Spurl ock , Dancy S teagall.
Sum.niers .
Worrell : dau of Elijah &amp; Susanna h Hil ton .
WRMA.N , Samuel &amp; Barbara Shauman . 23 Oct 1786.
S u r : Josep h Damrel l . ( s i g :
.Ihmeron )
Summers : not lis ted .
Worrell .
VANSANDT, Elijah &amp; Elinor Willson . 1 Aug 1784 . S ur: James Will s o n ( s ig :
Wilson)
(sig : Elege uinsant)
MIN RET: Elijah Vanza nt &amp; El ener Wilson
md Sep ' ber 2, 1784 by Edwa rd Crawford .
Worrell : Elisha Vansant .
Summe rs : Elinor Nels on , Va u sant .
VANSANDT, Isaiah &amp; Margaret Thompson. 11 Aug 1782 S ur : John Wi l ls on
(sig :
Wilson). MIN RET: Isiah Vansant &amp; Margaret Thomps on? or Thomson md 12
Aug 1782 by Edw'd Crawford.
Summers: 1783, I s eah Vausant .
Worrell : Vans ant .
VINSANT, Lisha (sig : Elisha Vansand) &amp; Marga r e t Crawford .
8 April 1788
Sur: William Hawkins .
CONSENT: Apr 7 , 1788.
Andre w Craford , father of
Margit, • •• • ••• Elisha Vinsant .••• Wit: Jonathan Taylor, Nicolas Sharkey .
Summers: Mary.
Worrell: Elisha.
Summers : Vaus ant.
VAUNS, Philip &amp; Liddy Armstrong md Dec 2 , 1782 by Edw ' d Crawford .
List
dated 13 Mar 1783.
MIN RET.
Summers: not listed.
Worrell : not listed .
VEAL, Thomas &amp; Mary Kerr . 11 Mar 178? . Sur : Stephen May.
(sig: Tho ' s
Veall.)
Summers .
Worrell .
VERNER, Wm &amp; Sarah Faught md 29 Oct 1782 by Edw ' d Crawford .
MIN RET .
Summers : not lis ted.
Worrell : not listed.
VIORS , Robert &amp; Mary Carpenter, md 7 Jany 1785 by Edw'd Crawford.
MIN RET
Summers : not lis ted.
Worrell : not listed.
WADDLE, fuvid &amp; Kesiah Dehart . 10 Jany 1786 Sur : Wm Wooley.
MIN RET :
fuvi d Waddle &amp; Kez iah Dehart md 31 J a n 1786 by Edward Crawford
Summers: DeHart .
Worrell: Keiah.
WALKER, Henry &amp; Martha Woods . 27 Dec 1781
Sur : Andrew Wood ( s i g : Woods )
Summers : not listed.
Worrell.
WALKER, Jame s &amp; Margaret Woods 2 Ma r 1773 Sur : J a mes Woods.
Paper: 2 Mar
1773 . "of a ge " by And'w Woods. Wit : James Woods .
Summers.
Worrell : 1772. Andw Woods is sur .

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516. WALKER, Oliver &amp; Millian Webb 8 June 1779.
7 June 1779. Julies Webb , father .
Summers: Olivin; John Webb , parent .

Sur : W' m McClenachan.

Worrell : Million Webb , father Julius.
Wit : James

517 . WALKER , Samuel &amp; Susanna McDonald 26 Oct 1786 Sur: A Smyth.

518.
519.
520 .

521.

522 .

523.
.524.

525.

Poindexter.
(sig : Sarnl Walker Jun ' r)
Summers .
Worrell .
WALKER, Wm &amp; Mary Walker 25 Apl 1785 Sur : Joseph Snodgrass . MIN RET :
Wm Walker &amp; Mary Walker md 10 May 1785 by Edward Crawford .
Summers .
Worrell : 1786.
WALLACE , Caleb &amp; Rosanna Christian . 10 May 1779. Sur : Heni-y Pawling.
(sig : Henry Paulling.)
Summers .
Worrell : Joseph Christian , sur.
WALLACE , Robert &amp; Anne Cartmill . 10 Dec 1789 . Sur : William Wallace . (Nancy
Cartmill marked thro) . (Sig : Thomas Cartmill for Robert Wallace) CONSENT:
10 Dec 1789 . James Cartmill , father . Wit : Henry Cartmill, William Wallace
MIN RET : Robert Wallace &amp; Anne Cartmill md 31 Dec 1789 by Edw ' d Crawford.
Summers .
Worrell .
WARD, Jn ' o (John) &amp; Marget Woods . 14 Weby 1786 Sur: Andrew Woods.
Consent : 14 Feb 1786 . Joseph Ward , father • .•• .. Mrs Woodses dau ••.• CONSENT:
14 Feb 1786, Mrs Merey or Mercy Woods, mother. Wit : Andrew Woods , Geo.
Smiley . MIN BET : John Ward &amp; Margaret Woods md 16 Feb 1786 by Edward
Crawford .
Summers: misprint - parents listed 1 line below as Jos &amp; Mary Woods.
Worrell : not listed.
WATTERSON, Will iam &amp; Agniss Shankli n . 22 Oct 1788. Sur : Wil liam Barnett.
CONSENT : 21 Oct 1778. Robert &amp; Rebecca Shanklin . Wit: William Taylor,
Henry Reburne ,James Reburne .
Summers .
Worrell .
WAT'IWOOD, George &amp; Margaret Franklin . 27 Jan 1779 . Sur : William Allen.
Sig : Watwod) . Wit : Tutvid May, Chas Cameron .
Summers : Wallwood .
Worrell .
WEBB , James &amp; Jane Claxton
JO Nov 1784 Sur : Wm McClenachan
Summers : John Webb &amp; Cloxton.
Worrell .
WEBB , Julias &amp; Ann Givens
13 Dec 1790 Sur: James Webb.
CONSENT: 13
?_ __ ,
Dec ' r 1790. Ial . Givens , father . Wit : Julias Webb , ?
J Smyth , Jas Webb
Summers : Julius .
Worrell : dau D:tb . Givens .
WESE , Phillip &amp; Ann Votane .
21 July 1788. Sur: Isaac Annstrong. (sig:
Phillip Wease)
CON8ENT : 19 July 1788. John Votaiwt father of Ann. Wit:
Enoch McKinney, Isaac Armstrong.
MIN RET: Phillip Wease &amp; Ann Votaue md
Jul y 24, 1788 by license by Christophe~ Clark.
Summers: Phillip Wean , Votare ; Isaac A.nnstrong as parent.
Worrell : Wears ; Voltain.
Burton : Votan .
WEEST, Peter &amp; Mary Smith
12 Sep 1788 Sur: Wil liam Smith. MIN RET:
Peter West &amp; Mary Smith md 19 Sept 1789 by Edwd Crawford.
Summers : Woost .
Worrell: Weist .
Fowler: md Sept 14.
WELSH, John &amp; Elizabeth Thing*. 23 May 1789
Sur: William Grahams? (paper
torn)
CONSENT : 22 May 1789. William Thing, father •• •. consent of Wm &amp;
Mary Thing , parents .. Wit: William Grahams, Wm Tayler, James Reburn.
Summers: Thurvy (Eliz ' h &amp; Wm).
Worrell: John Welch, Esther Thing.
Fowler: * I wonder if this could be King.
WHITE, Samuel &amp; Sarah Ha.ndeford
15 Aug 1787
Sur: Robert Annstrong.
MIN RET: Samuel White &amp; Sarah Handsford md 31 Aug 1787 by Christopher Clark
License dated 16 Aug.
Summers: Hauford.
Worrell: Handiford.

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526.

527.
.528 .

529.

CONSENT:

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530.

WHITEHEAD, William &amp; Margaret Hutchison . 11 Jan 1785 . Sur : Thomas
Hutchison.
MIN RET : William Whitehead &amp; Margaret Hutchi s on md 13 Jan
1785 by Edward Crawford.
Summers: William Rev White . Worrell : J an 25 , 1785
531. WICKHAM, John &amp; Rebekah Dodd . 27 Aug 1785 . Sur : Francis Preston . CONSENT :
25 Aug 1785. Susanna Barton, mother of Rebeckah · Dodd .
Wit : Will i a m Dodd.
Summers : no parent listed .
Worrell : Sur : Wm Dodd , consent by S Barton.
532 . WILLCOCKS , Benj ' n &amp; Mary Kelly 24 Sept 1787 Sur : Joseph Robinson .
Summers : ~Tilcocks .
Worrell.
Fowler : Millcocks .
533 . WILLEY, John &amp; Lydia Robinson. 13 May 1774. Sur : William Mann
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : not listed.
Sur : Jos i as Crawf'ord ( s i g :
534. WILLFORD?, Jacob &amp; Mary Mccorkle 3 Jan 1786
Jonas (X his mark) Crawford.) (sig : for Willford - Jacob Kessler)
CONSENT :
J Jan 1786 Patrick McCorkel , father ..... to marry Jacob Willfong . MIN
RET: Jacob Wiltsong &amp; Sarah Mccorkle md 3 J an 1786 by Edward Crawf'ord .
Summers : not listed. Worrell: Feb J , 1786 , Willfong?Wilsong .
Good: Jacob Wiltfong (sig : Hessler?) , Jonas Crawford ; Padrick McCorckel
535 . WILLIAMS , Tho ' s &amp; Rachel Casteel 2Q Apl 1779 Sur : Jos eph Cas til~ or
Castill (sig : Jo's Casteel)
Summers .
Worrell : James Casteel , sur.
536. WILLIAMSON, James &amp; Nancy Mccorkle . 13 Sep 1788.
Sur i
Patrick Mccorkle . MIN RET: James Williamson &amp; Nancy Mccorkle md 7 Oct 1788
by Edwd Crawford.
Summers: Joseph Williamson , 2nd entry no date , Jas Williams .
Worrell : Sept 30
537. WILLINGTON, Thomas &amp; Alice Brady . 2 Deer 1779 Sur : Jacob Carper .
Summers: Wiltington , parents listed wrong . Worrell : Wi ttington .
538. WILLSON, George &amp; Jean Wallace 9 Nov 1784 Sur : Jame Willson. MIN RET s
George Wilson &amp; Jane Wallice md 11 Nov 1784 by Edwd Crawf'ord.
Summers:
Worrell: Wilson, Wallen for Wallace .
539. WIISON , James &amp; Elsanett McClure. 15 Sept 1785 Sur : Martin Beard. MIN RET s
James Wilson &amp; Elianath McClure md 22 Sep 1785 by Edward Crawford .
Summers : Eliza McClure.
Worrell : Eli zabeth , Sept 5 .
Burton: Elizabeth.
540. WILLSON, John (sig: Wilson) &amp; Elizabeth Wil son . * Sur : Isaiah Vansandt ( s ig:
Van Sandt)
CONSENT: 11 Aug 1782 . Isaiah Vansandt .
MIN RETz John
Wilson &amp; Elisabeth Wil son md 12 Aug 1782 by Edwd Craw.ford.
Summers: Eliza Nelson
Worrell : not listed.
*Bond dated 11 Aug 1782
541. WILSON, John &amp; Rosa1ma Dennis dau of Joseph Denni s . 7 Jan 1790
Sur :
James Peery. CONSENT: 7 Jan 1790, Joseph Dinnies . * Wit: William Peery ,
James Peery. MIN RET: John Wilson &amp; Rosanna Dennis md 12 Jan 1 790 by
Edwd Crawfo:rd.
(*father of Rosanna)
Summers.
Worrell .
542 . WILSON, Josiah &amp; Margare11 Crow
9 Nov 1790
Sur : John Crow .
CONSENT:
Oct 29, 1790. Willm Crow, father, • ••• daughter Pegey •••• Wi t s J ohn Crow,
Tho' s Willson.
MIN RET: (blank) Wilson &amp; Mary Crow md Dec (blank) 1 790
by Edwd Crawford.
Summers.
Worrell: Josiah Webb &amp; Margaret Crow, dau Wm md 9 Nov 1790.
543. WILLSON, Richard (sig: Wilson) &amp; Margaret Fulton . J O Nov 1784 S ur: John
Strother.
MIN RET: Richard Wilson &amp; Margaret Fulton md 1 Dec 'be r 1784
by Edw'd Crawford.
Summer: parents, Richard. &amp; Sarah, misprint.
Worrell .
544. WILSON, Thomas &amp; Elizabeth Warnock md 6 Jan 1785 by Edwd Crawford. MIN RET
Summers: not listed.
Worrell: not listed .
545 . WOODS , Adam &amp; Anne Shirkey. 29 May 1773.
Sur: Patrick Sharkey
Summers: Shirl ey.
Worrell: Wood, 1772

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546 .

WOOI:S, Saml (sig: Samuel) &amp; Jane Green
17 July 1778 Sur : Edward Green .
CONSENT : 16 July 1778, Elizabeth Woods , mother •• .. Edward Green's dau • •• •
Wit : Edward Green , Richard Armstrong .
Summers : mother Eliza Woods .
Worrell .
547 . WOOLEY , Mich ' l &amp; Jane Mann 1J Aug 1779 . John Gillaspie (sig : Gillespy)
Summers : Woolsey &amp; Jane Main .
Worrell : Woodley r sur Jno Gillespie .
548. WORLEY, Tu.vid &amp; Hannah McClure md Feb 17 , 1784 by Edward Crawford..
Summers: not listed .
Worrell : not listed.
549. WRIGHT, James &amp; Eliz ' a Black 5 April 1781 Sur: John Black. CONSENT :
4 April 1781 . James Black , father .
Summers : John Wright, parent Joseph Black.
Worrell : Apr J
550 . WRIGHT, John &amp; Anne Cohar
8 Sept 1778. Sur : William Crow
Summers : Cohan .
Worrell : Coher .
551 . WRIGHT, John &amp; Catherine Parsinger
12 Oct 1785
Sur : John Parsinger
Summers : Persinger.
Worrell : Catherin Persinger.
552 . WRIGHT, John &amp; Agness McMurry, dau of Will McMurry 13 Aug 1789 Sur:
Falser Kimberlin (sig : Kimberling),
CONSENT: 8 Aug 1789 Wm McMurry,
father . Wit: W Estill, Christopher Clark.
MIN RET : John Wright &amp;
Agnes McMurry md by license on 17 Aug ~789 by Christopher Clark.
Summers :
Worrell : McMurray .
13 Feb 1785 Sur: Paulser Kemberlin
553 . WRIGHT, William &amp; Rachel Sawyers
(sig : False Kimberling)
CONSENT : 8 Feb 1785 , Samson Sawyers , father •••
Agnes, wife of Samson . .• . dau Rechal • ... Wit : Roger Morning , J ames Brown,
Tu.vid Rees.
MIN RET : Wm Wright &amp; Rachel Sawyers md 21 Feb 1785 by
Edward Crawford.
(Note : see bond of Samuel Scott)
Summers : Samuel Sawyers .
Worrell : dau of Solomon &amp; Agnes, 1789.
?) &amp; Christian Coulter. 10 Aug 1784
554. WRITSMAN , John (sig : Johan ?
Sur: Fiat Wysong.
MIN RET : John Wrightsman &amp; (blank) Coulter md 29 Aug
1784 by Edward Crawford.
Summers : Jan .
Worrell: Christina .
Good : Johan Wutsman?
555 . WYATT, Reubin &amp; Margaret Robinson 9 May 1787 Sur : John Wiley (sig:
John Willey)
Summers : not listed .
Worrell : not listed .
556. YOCUUM , Geo &amp; _ _Taylor. 5 Oct 1780. Sur : Peter Keeny (sig: Keeney)
(sig : George Yocom)
CONSENT: 5 Oct 1780, George Taylor, father of
I sabellea Taylor.
Wit : Peter Keeney.
Summers : Isabella .
Worrell : Yoakum , Esabella Taylor.

FRANKLIN COUNTY , VIRGINIA
Legislative Petitions 1790-1825

1811 , Dec . 4.

John Law, guardian of Betsy Law ....... , . .. Betsy Law is 7
years old . . . .. . ..... 100 acres of land in Botetourt County to be sold •..
1810, Dec . 6. Ryan's Petition, Sarah Ryan . ... . . . . husband William Ryan
died 1800, . . .... petitioner upwards of 60 years ,, . , .. ... 1809 her father
died at an advanced aged leaving her slaves in Georgia •................
The above are abstracts from the folder containing petitions for Franklin
Co. at the Virginia State Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

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MIDWEST HISTORICAL AND GENEALCGICAL REGISTER , Vol 15 , #2 : p50 , Genealogist's
Code of Ethics (This has appeared in several quarterlies) ; p 70 Research :
A Guide for Beginning Genealogists ; p 73 How To Pres erve Old News paper
Clippings .
THE WAGONER NEWSLETTER, Vol J
Four Kinds of Bones .

#9 , Sept , 1980, pJJ : The Body of S ociety Has

WIMMER FAMILY NEWSLETTER , Fred Wi mmer , 804 Falconer Rd , Joppatowne , Md . 2 1 085
Includes Wimrners and related lines . $5.00 a year.
Anyone interested in 19th century Augusta Co , Va will rejoice to hear that
the Illustrated Atlas of Augusta County , Virginia, first published in 1885 ,
has been reprinted in a s l ightly reduced size by the Augusta County Historical Society. It includes maps , Waddell ' s Annals , physiography , and J4
biographies and illustrations of the era . Order from : Augusta Historical
Society , Box 686 , Staunton , Va 24401. Price is $18 . 00, plus $1. 50 for handling, Virginia residents add $ . 64 (cents) sales tax.
BOONE GENEALOGICAL QUARTERLY (WV) has many cemetery records in the Apr &amp;
July (1980) issues . (editor apologizes for the lateness )

THE CONNECTOR of the Hamil ton Genealogical Society , membership $7 . 50 , is
attempting to establish a genealogical clearing house , a truly ambi tious
project open to anyone and not limited to Hamiltons .
The 1980 SURNAME SEARCHER of the Southern California Genealogical Society
contains their membership list and s urname index, which tells geographic
location of sumame sought . This is a big book , with 96 pages of surnames.
BULLETIN OF VA-NC PIEDMONT (Va ) 1 If you have any family in this area , y ou
will find this bulletin of much interest s dower lands , wil ls , cemetery
records , obituary notices, surnames .

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THE SEACHER (Calif. ) Confederate Military and Pension Records - where to
order records. Calif. infl on Robert Bedwell from Rappahannock Co , Va , i n
1660.
YE OLDE GENEALOGIE SHOPPE, 905 Vandergriff Road , PO Box 391 28 , Inai danapol i s ,
IN 46239 - cost $1. 50 catalogue type - - some good source material on Va &amp; WV.
CASTLE ' S WOODS and EARLY RUSSELL COUNTY, 1769-1799 - revised edition , addi tion .
Order from Rus sell Co. Public Library, PO Box 247, Lebanon, Va 24266.
Price
$5. 00 . Sold by the Rus sell Co. His torical Society to help restore the o l d
Cou r thous e in the county.

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PUBLICA TIONS RECEIVED
The foll owing publica tions have been received and we thought that you might
like to know about t hem . We do not exchange with these quarterlies .
PINON WHISPERS , Southea stern Colorado Genealogical Society , Inc . , 100 East
Abriendo , Pueblo , Colorado 81004 . Published quarterly , newsletter monthly,
membership - Adult , 1a mily , s enior/student , or organization , payable by
April 1st .
THE TRI - CITY GENEALOCICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN of Richland , Pasco, Pennewick ,
lo/ashington , Rt . 1, Box 5006 , Richland WA 99352 , published quarterly .

OUR HERITAGE - AMOR PATRI AE , San Antonio Genea logical &amp; Historical Society ,
PO Box 5907 , San Antonio , TX 78201. Published quarterly . Subscription rates
and dues : Active membership , non -res i dent , libraries &amp; societies . Own.
library .

THE HERITAGE TRAIL , Frederick County Family Facts , The Frederick County
Genealogical Society , PO Box 58 , Frederick , Md. 21701.
THE HOOSIER JOURNAL OF ANCESTRY, published by Naomi Keith Sexton , PO Box
471J9 , Little York , Indiana 47139.
GENEALOCICAL SOCIETY OF OKALOOSA COUNTY , PO Box 1175 , Fort Walton Bea.ch ,
FL 32549 .
QUEBEC FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY, PO Box 1026 , Postal Station Pointe Claire,
Pointe Claire , Quebec H9S 4H9
MID-CITIES GENEALCGICAL SOCIETY , PO Box 171, Bedford , TX 76021.
THE SUN CITY GENEALOGIST, the Sun City Genealogical Society , PO Box 1494,
Sun City , Arizona 85372 .
LA CROSSE AREA GENEALOGICAL QUARTERLY , La Crosse Area Genealogical Society,
PO Box 1782 , La Crosse , WI 54601
OLYMPIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY , Olympia Genealogical Society ,
Olympia Public Library, Seventh a nd Franklin, Olympi a , WA 98501

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THE SONOMA SEARCHER , Sonoma County Genealogical Soci ety, PO Box 2273 , Santa
Rosa , CA 95405
SEARCHERS &amp; RESEARCHERS of Ellis Co., TX ., Ellis County Genealogical Society
PO Box J85 , Waxahachie, TX 75165
THE FAMILY TREE NEWSLETTER , The Family Tree Genalogical Society, 450 Potter
Street , Wauseon , OH 4J567 .

NEWS AND JOURNAL , Tippah County Historical &amp; Genealogical Society, 308 North
Commerce St . , Ripley , Miss . J866J .
TIMBER TRAILS , Yamhill County, Genealogical Society, PO Box 568, McMinnville,
Oregon 97128 .

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The fol l owing was publ ished in t he 10 October 18 12 iss ue of
THE POLITICAL PRC6PECT at Abingdon, Virginia:
A list of letters remaining in the Post Office at Abingdon, Va •

on the first day of October 18 12, wh i ch if no.t take n o ut before
the first day of January, 1813. will b e sent to the General
Post Office, as dead letters.
John Anderson, 1 ,Mr. George Byars, 1 , William Byars, 1 , Messrs·
A. Buchanan &amp; co. Ezekiel Boutcher, 1, Messr' s John Br own &amp; c ol,
John or Edmond Boland, 2, William BlaclG. . ell , 1 , Mr. Ge orge Br ooks ,
1, Austin Bishop, 1, Mr. William Clemmons , 1, James Crow, 2,
William Ctnnmings, 1, John F, Conn 1, Mr . Robert Churc h, 1, Mr.
Thomas Colly, 1, Mr. Isaac Collin, 1, Jonathan Collam, esq. 1,
John H. Clark, 1, Charles Stewart Cars on, 1, Mr. Peter G. Countess,
t, Me ssrs. Robt. Campbell&amp; son, t, Campbell, esq . 1, James
Crawford, 1, Al ex'r Dode , esq. 1, Mesrs. James Drab, and co. 1,
Mr. H. St. John Dixon, 1 , Mr. Capt . Dixon, 1, Mr. Will iam Dixon,
1, Maj. An lw. Davidson, t, Mr . Isa a~ Depuer, 1., James Davis 1,
Maj . Thos . Edmondson, 1, Samuel Edminson, 1, Maj. John Edmunson,
1, John Anthony Fity Patrick, 1, Willing Fulling, 1, Messrs. A
&amp; S Fulton, 1, Messers. Haslerig and Finley, 2, Mr. Samuel Fulton,
esq. 1 , Mr. Washington Fulps, 1 , Peter Gay , 1 , Philip Greever, 1 ,
Mrs. Mary Goff, 1, Henry Gregg, 1, Mr. Armstead Go ss , 1 , Bathany
Hull, 1, Samuel D. Hooser, 1, Mr. Michael Horn, 1, Philip Horn
and John Hayter, 1, Mr. Isaac Hughs , 1, Robert Houston, 1, Mr.
John Harrington , 2, Mr. Andrew Hender son, 1 , Leonard Hutton, 1 ,
Mr. William Harris~ 1, Mr. Williams Hogins; 1, Mr. Ster&gt;hen Lett,
1, Mr. Thomas Jamison, 1, Susannah Jone s , 1, John Kelly, esq. 1,
Mr . Mathew Kincannon , 1, Edward Hampton, 1, Peter Long, 1, Mr.
J ames M' Cni ght, 1, Mr . Joseph Meek, 1, Andrew M1 Henry esq. 1 ,
Thomas Mille r, 1, Mr. Joseph Moore, 1, Mr. John Murdock, 1, Mr,
James M'Croskey, 1, Mr. David Martin, 1, Mrs. Eliza Meek, 1, Mr.
Hugh M'Chesney, 1, Mr. Samuel Neal, 1, Martin Nickles, 1, Mr. James
o:r, 1, Messer s. Robt. Preston and Son, 3, Col. Francis Preston, 2,
Miss. Susan S. Preston, 1, Mr. Andrew Patterson, 1 , Reason Ray, 1,
She:iff of vJashington County, 1 , Mr. Zachariah S hugart, 2 , Mr.
Lewis Stone, 1, Mr. Thomas Smith, 1, Mr. Wm. Speer. 1, Mr. Robert
Strange, 1, Peter Stalaup, 1, Maj. John Tate, 1, William P. Thompson
esqr. 1, Ma j. James Taylor, 1, Stephen Taylor, 1, Mr. Obijah Thomas,
1 , Mrs. Jane Tood, 1, Mrs. J ane R. Thompson, 1, Jesse Viney, 1,
Mr. John Vint, 1 , Samuel Varme n, 1, Mr. David Waid, l , Mr.,- William
Walter, 1, Mr. Joseph Wood, 1, Mrs. Kittv West, 1, Edward West, 1,
Mr. William Washam, 1.
JOHN

M1 CORMACK P. M.

October 2, 1812.

Copied by C. E. Shepard

Box 511 Far Hills Branch, Dayton, Ohio

45419 from microfilm or' the POLITICAL PROSPECT which was published
in Washington County, Va.

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Vivian Q BANDY , !i2 ~an Mi-;uel Ave , 3an Mateo, CA 94403
Need info on : Ba:rnett SMITrl Sr (1 747-1 819) of Hanover and Louisa Cos. , son of
John and Frances SMITH , md Jane MOSS , will proved HC!-nover Co 1 Dec 178J. Their
son Barnett Jr md Mary GRAYSON , moved to Barren Co , Ky . Also Ann SMITH , dau of
Thomas SMITH , md Capt William GRAYSON , grandpa rents of Mary GRAYSON . Were
Smith lin es related ? Will exc hange .
Marianna B WHITE , RR 4 , Box 154·, Shelbyville , TN 37160
Need info on the fo llowing peopl e : Abednego WH ITE, d Tazewell Co , Va , ca 1820.
Children : ( ? ) Meshack , d 1874 Russell Co, Va , md Lodica HORTON; Charlotte md
John RA'ILIFF 1801 Tazewell Co , Va .
Mrs Harold M GOODE , 524 Westview Ave , Bed.ford , VA 24523
John WALDEN , b ca 1760 (where ?) md Martha HOPKINS 6 Apr 1786 , Bed.ford Co, Va ,
dau of William Hopkins . Children : Jane ( COBBS) , Harriett (HANCOCK) , Mary
(GOGGI N) , Elizabeth ( SAfl.:vlONS ), James . John WALDEN, d Bedford Co . 18J9. Need
parents na mes , Co. he came from . Is he r~lated to Waldens of Pittsylvania,
Campbell and Ha lifax Cos of same period .
Mrs. L. G. BRIMHA LL , Box 787 , Winston , OR 97496

Thomas DAVIS in Pitts ylvania Co , Va 1770 md Miss DYER. D:tu F:r:ances md Ianiel
Green SAUNDERS , son of William D:tvid Saunders , b ca 1725 Lancaster Co, PA.
First wife Polly, second wife Ann DOVE.
Herman Joseph WILLIAMS , 2860 Circle Drive , Portsmouth, Ohio 45662 .
Am interested i n any inforrna tion of the George Harrison Williams (1812-1891)
des cendan ts , particul arly the families of his children : Sarah b 1832, Philip
b 18J4 , Mary b 18J9, Agnes b 184J , Martha b 1845 , Emma b 1850, all born in
Craig Co , Va.
Mar aret DRODY
W ndale Ave ,
SW Roanoke Va 24018
Info exchange re Va WV families of : (1) Grace TANNER 1771(wi fe of Jesse HUGHES.
(2) DRODY , DRODDY, DRAWDY , DRUDE, &amp; variants. (J) (HARLESS, Ballard 1826 and
issue of Philip 1778 &amp; Ma ry 1797. (4) SNIDER , Mary Jane, 1827 &amp; issue of Harrison &amp; Michael Snider . (5) SCHOONOVER , Willia m, 1814.
Mrs Doris V BIAS , 730 Tudell S t , Huntington , WV 25704
Searching the parents of Henry F S TINESPRING, b 1814, Va, md 1835 Mary Lucenda
VANCE , were living in Bath Co , Va.
Children: James W, Sarah, Elizabeth, Polina,
David H. , Jona than, Alice , Mary , Harvey , Franklin . md 2nd 1850 Martha~?~
Son Tu.vid G Henry, d 19 Oct 1874 Williamsville , Va .
Mrs Alva VIA JOHNSON , 1103 Overland Rd , Roanoke , Va 24015
Info on Frances RAINES (1787-1859) married 10 Aug 1806 Monroe Co, VA, J ohn SMITH
(1785-1821) . Also Susanah LAUCH (b 18J4 ) rnd ca 1854 Pulaski or Giles Co, Va,
Francis M SONGER ?SINGER (b 18JJ ) .
Mrs. Inez F . ST . CLAIR , 76? VA Ave. Salem, VA 24153
.
Need descendants of Jeremiah FARMER, Montgomery CO. VA 1792, b . Chesterfield
co. , marr ied in Lune nburg CO . Hiram SMITH m. Poll y RIDPATH, Montgomery Co,
VA 1812. Who were his ancestors or parents? Who were Rachel Hasley FARMER 's
parents? - Wythe CO. VA.

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Birdie B. VONTREBRA, 246 ~· Fowler, Apt. l, Oconomowoc, WI , 5 3066
Need parents of Charles LONG, b. ca. 1770-1774, Rockbridge Co, VA,
m 16 Dec., 1793, Catherine FIRESTONE, also of Rockbridg e CO.
Whe re ?
MD or VA?
Mrs. June E. GREEN, 4078 Stony Brook Dr . , Hamilton, OH, 450ll
Seeking bd.-and parents of Daniel BLANKENSHIP b. ca. 1822 in Tazewell or
Russell Co VA. In Buchanan Co. 1860 census, served in Union Army in KY
29th Div. Co unknown. D in Buchanan Co. ca 1899-1900. 1st w. Sophia,
2nd wife Spicey BLANKENSHIP.
Eleanor MULLINS, 1253 Floyd Ave, SW, Roanoke VA, 24015
Robert Clement BROWN, Cumberland Co. VA claimed bounty land for service
in French &amp; Indian War in 1758. Where? In 1812, Peggy COOL m. Jacob
MCNEIL in Franklin Co. VA. Who was whe? Where from? John MULLINS was
living with his son, Booker, in Franklin Co. VA in 1810. Whom did he
m? Who were his parents?
Mrs. W. M. PETERSEN, 724 Grace Ave. Charleston, WV 25302
Desire parents of Jesse HUBBARD and w, Anna, (Annie) who resided in
Patrick Co.VA in 1778. Children: Jonathan, Anna, William, Stephen,
Benjamin, Elizabeth, Joel, Lucy, &amp; John.
Sandra S. BIRTHISEL, Star Rt. J.:, Box 334, Tornado, WV 25202
Want to hear from descendants of Henry Heath BROOKS &amp; Matilda Catherine
DAUGHERTY m. 28 Feb. 1883 in Tazewell Co VA. Also decendents of: E.
BEDSAUL &amp; Sarah J. DAUGHERTY, m. 27 Dec. 1871, in Tazewell Co. VA.
Also
decendants of George &amp; Polly NUNLEY from Tazewell Co. VA, now McDowell Co.
WV.
Michael !· PORTS, ~Cedar Ridge, Annapolis, MD, 21403
Wish to correspond with anyone researching family of Thomas J. RILEY who
was b. in Russell Co. in 1817, and d in the New Garden District of Russell
Co. on July 9, 1885. furn. first Celia JOHNSON ca. 1843, 2nd Mary J. MUNSEY
on June 12, 1856, and 3rd Eliza FRAILEY on Nov. 5, 1877. They had the
following children : Hugh Lafayette (18 5-1894) who married Josephine
BRADSHAW ; Charles B. (1848 -?) ; Louis J. (1849-?) who m. Josephine BRADSHAW;
Charles B. (1848-?); Louis J. (1849-?) whom. A. Taylor HUGHES; George F.
(1850-? ) ; Octavo E. (1852-?) who m. 1st Wm. A. KILGORE &amp; 2nd James B.
J OHNSON ; and Patsey M. (1859-?). WilJ..,answer all and exch.
Mrs . ~obert ~· .MISER, 115 ~· Grant St., Bozeman, !:!:£. 59715
Need info attainable for John A. RAMEY who m. 2nd w.
PRICE(?).
Lived in Wa~hington and/or Russell Co. VA. Was living near Lebanon at time
of WWio Children were Mary Elizabeth called Molly; &amp; Robert Andrew.
Mrs o Charles !!· ANDERSON, 312 ~· Clinton St., Leitchfield, KY t275:4
Need pare n t s a nd marriage of Joseph ANDERSON &amp; Nancy DEWESEL ( ? -VA - ca..
1810 - set t led in White Co. Tenn. ca . 1811. Need parents &amp; siblings or
Daniel Jo SAUNDER, VA. m Campbell Co. VA 23 Oct . 1793 to Martha STITH.

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Charles ~ · B LACK~.RD , 10405 Mosscrest Dr ., Dallas, TX 75238
Any info on des cendants of .../illoughby BLACKARD, b •. Aug . 12, 1758, prob. in
Bute or Orange County, NC . M. Susannah Owen(s). Was in Wythe Co . VA in
1832 . Prob . d . in i.Jythe or Stua rt Co. VA. between 1832 and 1840.
Mrs. Catherine S . SCHORN, 4624 East 54th ST ., #224, Tulsa, OK 74135
Want info on a CASPAR/GASPAR ALLBRIGHT anCf""Joseph ALLBRIGHT"-Tn Botetourt
Co., ca. 1790 . Gasper had a dau . Sarah whom . 1809 as a war d of John
WATKINS . Casper and Charlotte mov. to Franklin Co . where he made his will
1803. He had sons John, Henry (m . Sarah Sewell, may have moved to Ohio &amp;
Indiana) , John m. Polly HACK. Was there a son Wm? Was he the Wm. whom.
Jane .MEADOR 1821 and Sarah MIMMO 1832 in Franklin Co? What was Caspar's
relationship with Valentine WYSONG , who lived adjoining in Fr anklin Co.
Was Caspar his bro-in-law? Father - in-law?
Martha Q. BLAND, 703 Seaford Rd., Bel Air , MD 21014
Would like info on Dr. William Jacob SMITH ZT744-1818) Montgomery Co . said
to have been tried as a 'Tory' after Revolution . Also info on John &amp; Mary
(KIRBY) WALTERS - early 1800 ' s.
Mrs . W. ~· GROSS , Star Route , Bridgeport, WA. 98813
Henry GROSECLOSE b . in 1771 d. May 1, 1836, m. Elizabeth COPENBARGER 27
Feb . 1793, in Wythe Co . Va . Who were Elizabeth ' s parents , brothers &amp; sisters?
Mondia E. DYER, P . O. Box 4364, Roanoke , VA 24015
Info wanted on James JENKS""""&amp;13etty MORRISSETT , m. in Goochland Co . VA 1812.
Resided in Richmond , VA .
Velma Ann (ROGERS) TOWER , Elmore City, OK 73035
Does anyone know anything about Jesse ROGERS, who was b. 1801 in Hawkins
Co . TNZ He ma. Lucinda (RICE) maybe. They had knoWlsons, Calaway b. 1830
TN. Arthur b. 1831, Scott Co . VA, Patton M. C. b . 1836, Scott Co.Va. 1830
census shows four boys in the household. 1860 census shows a Robert James
ROGERS who was b . in 1855 in . I found a John M. C. RICE in the HAWKINS Co
TN. census. The M.C. coincides with the M.C . in the name of Patton M.C.
ROGERS . Patton M.C. was ki lled during the Civil War . Calaway was in
Douglas County MO . in the 1880 census.
Ce.lvin Lee WEDDLE, ~ Pennsylvania Ave., NE, Roanoke, VA 24019
I am looking for the parents of Thomas HELMS who m. Mary WEDDLE IN Montgomery
Co.VA. 26 March 1818. Can anyone help?
Albert H. CREASY, 204 South Orr Dr. , Normal IL 61761
Trying to locate the graves of Claiborne CREASY and his son , Wyatt CREASY
who both d. ca . 1850, prob. in Bedford Co . VA. Can anyone help me!
Harold ~ · CRAWFORD, 1615 Rocky Ford Rd, Columbus, IN 47201
My g. g . grandfather, William CRAWFORD, by will dated 22 July 1813, inherited
Daniel STEWART ' s land in Wythe Co. VA. I have been unable to determine that
STEWART was a relative. Does anyone have info about STEWARTs or CRAWFORDs
of Wythe Co. that might shed light on the relationship?

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Mrs. James Q. HOBBS, f . Q. Box 752 , Pikeville, KY 41501
Need info on Thomas &amp; Margaret "Peggy" PATTERSON, .who lived in Lee Co . VA
ca. 1860- 1870. Need names of Thomas GARRETT ' S wives. He was b . ca. 1775,
d . ca . December, 1852 , Lee Co . VA. Where did he live before Lee Co . ? Who
were his parents?
Robin Ann SMITH, 947 Vassar , Apt • .2_, Kalamazoo , MI 49001
Exchange all info on following VA . families: SMELSER, BURNETT, MELTON (MILTON),
DAVIDSON, VENCILL and STOCKDELL.
Su san SALISBURY, 307 Buckingham Rd, ~ · Palm
Need par ents of Martha Ann MCGRAW , b . circa
27, 1859, Purdy, TN. m. to Benjamin WRIGHT,
Ga. d. Jan 30, 1860, Purdy , TN. Need their

Beach, FL 33405
1793, Dinwiddie Co . VA, d. Feb.
b . April 2 , 1789, Chatham Co .
marriage place and date.

Frances HALLOWAY, 308 McCr eery, La Junta , CO 81050
Want info on David L. LUNSFORD or John B. LUNSFORD who m. Nancy HITE, 1849
Rockbridge Co . VA. Want to hear from decendants of Elisha ESTES b. 1749 ,
son Andrew, Lundenburg Co . VA.
Mrs. Vivian HILTON JOHNSON (Joe R. ), f.Q.Box 698, Danvil le, KY 40422
Seek info on Alfr ed HAMMOND, w. Lucinda MUSGROVE, lived near Marion, Smyth
Co. VA. Their known ch.: Robert , Neumwn, Florence, Lockie, Jessie (f),
Ida Lodeman, (md. Char lie POSTON) , and James Richard, b. 1874, Smyth Co . ,VA .
md. Lizzi e SHOPE and lived in Harlan, Harlan Co. , KY ., where he died in 1 925 .
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Drusilla Payne MOGAVERO, 1372 Har low · Rd., Columbus , OH . 43227
Need info on ch. of Moses PAYNE in Bedford , VA. in 181 0 . Who we r e parents
of Ellis PAYNE in Bedfor d Co. VA . in 1799? He m. Mary RAGLAND.
Need more knowledge of John WILSON of Henr y Co . VA. 1 806. He had c h i l dren,
Diana, Patrick and Henr y .

~· ~ · ECKSTADT, 608 Hunter , Kil gor e, TX 75662
Mary DOWNARD who m. John HENDERSON the dau. of Thoma s DOWNARD? Their
son, Joseph HENDERSON, mar ried Jane MCGEE, dau. of Robert and Jane . John
HENDERSON, Robert MCGEE and Thomas DOWNARD wer e tor ies in Mont gome r y Co . VA .

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Wat ha LAMBERT, 6005 ~· Indianola Ave ., Phoenix, AZ 85033
John ALSUP m. Jurta POTTER 23 May 1762, Goochland Co . VA . need parents of
each. Would like to cor respond with person r esear chi ng CARTER in Tazewel l
Co.
Rodger A. JENNINGS , Rt. J.., Box 413, Woodlawn , VA 24381
John JENNINGS , w. Ann, children Elizabeth, Luke, John. Arrived Fr eder i cksburg,
VA, 1754. In Orange Co,VA, 1786, Silas ATKINS m. Frances, dau . of John . 1790
census Wilkes Co. NC lists Silas ATKINS , John, Luke &amp; John J r. John Sr. house
hold has 3 males over 16. Is one Presley b . 1764, VA?
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ANDERSON, 935 NW Scenic Dr. Albany, Oregon, 97321
Seek descendants of the "John MCN.i:!-:AL" listed in the US census of 1840 for
Rockbridge Co. VA. Family consisted of six sons &amp; five daughters in 1840 .

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Garland ~. BLACK , J r., 5306 Easton Drive, Springfield, VA 22151.
Seeking info on Robe rt BLACK , b. 1725, VA, m.Elizabeth
?
; living in
Caswell CO , NC, by 1777 , d. 1781; ch.: John, Henry b. 1753, Elizabeth, w. of
Abraham FULKERSON : Geor ge, Thomas, Robert &amp; Mary • . Also on Cpt. James
CRAIG , b 1744, of 8th VA Re giment, Continental Line, m.second Mrs. Sarah
S. ( GRANGER?) DICKENSON , 1795 , Washington CO, VA.
Mrs. Doris ~ · BIAS , 730 Tudell St. Huntington, WV 25704
Need info on Fr ances--rMaude) MILLER b. 1876, m. 28 Feb. 1906 Creed EURQUERH.ART.
ct.before 1947, Roanoke , VA as he r estate was settled June, 1947. Owned home
in 1928, 124 Cambridge Ave . Was a half sister to my father Everett MILLER..
Will exchange info .
Minnie ~· HALL, 2617 Lyndhurst St . Roanoke VA 24012
Seeking info on the WILLIAMS family who lived on South Fork of Holston
River in Smyth County in l?OO's. Dau, Margaret maybe married Moses WELLS.
Earle H. CHRISTENSON, 1200 Lincoln #295, Bellingham, WA. 98225
David S. DENTON, b. 1817 VA. d. 1878 Kansas; m, 1874, Harriet Ann LINKENHOGER.
What is the ancestry of David?
Dallas J. OGDEN, 320 Tremont St.,
Need parents of Ephrain DICKENS b.
Elizabeth THORNBERRY, 3 children:
8 children: Daniel, Ephrain , Mary
and James.

So. Charleston, WV 25303
~Oct. 1783, in Carroll CO. VA. m.lst
Sarah, Isaac &amp; Emily. M.2nd Esther JAMES
Catherine, Rhoda, Mahala, Harrison, Rachel

Mrs. Charles H. GREEN, 5283 Blue Ash Rd. Columbus, OH 43229
Need info on marriage of
- - MARTIN and Nora America (Lee) MARTIN
m.sometime in 1860's Patrick CO. VA.
David Q. RYAN, 1953 Foster Ave, Huntington, WV 25701
Would like to hear from any RYAN descendant from the Franklin Co. VA/
Bedford/Roanoke area. Desc . of Wm. &amp; Elizabeth ALIFF RYAN. Will exch.inf'o
Also his father, John RYAN, and wife (Mary Jordan) dau. W • &amp; (?) Jordan,
Bedford Co., VA.
Harold ~· PETERS, RFD 4, Box 680, Jonesville, VA 24263
Henry PETERS b. 176:3°Tac ) to death record in Rockingham Co.NC. But in
census 1850 listed as born 1771 in VA. (supposedly in Rockbridge or Rockingham (old Augusta Co. VA. He d. Aug 16, 1859 Scott Co. VA. Wife's name
Mary (Polly). Would like to correspond with anyone who has info on Henry &amp;
Polly PETERS •
Louise J. SPRADLIN, R#l, Box 151, Vinton, VA 24179
Info needed on John WOOD &amp; wife Mary of Amherst Co. VA. Will pro . July,
1783 Amherst. Was his f. Wm Wood of Albemarle Co. VA who gave a John WOOD
100 acres of land in 1761. Was Charles WOOD b. 27 June 1760, d . 1844 MD
Betsey DEWEY the son of this John WOOD.
Will exchange.
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Mrs. Johnnie MORRISON WRIGIIT, 3201 SW 81 Ave, Miami, FL 33155
Need info on Andrew J. (could be Jackson) MORRISON, b:-GA, parents b . VA
Could he be the JACKSON MC ' . ' ~ ~ ON in the book of Upper Monongahela Valley WV
by Butcher? whose r. was Davi . . ·1 11ISON, G:father Edward MORRISON o
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Mrs. Arlene !I_. WII.SON, 2500 Wisconsin St., SW , Cedar Rapids, IA.
52404
Desire parents and ancestery of Fontaine WILLIAMS, b . 1786 VA , rn . Nancy
HAMRICK in 1812 Pittsylvania Co. Went to Campbell Co . 1 820 , to Clinton
Co., Ohio 1830. Postage refunded.
Helen C. STOLLER, 1811 Preston Dr, Columbus, GA . 31906
Wish t~ contact any descendantsof the DEAN family which lived in Grayson
and Carroll Co. from about 1790, particularly descendants of' James BRANSCON
and Frances DEAN.
Dolores c. CLARK, 8124 Whelan Dr. San Diego, CA 92119
Need anyinfo available on Adam THOMAS and his wif'e Sarah (
)•
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They are listed in the 1860 s and 1870's Census for Floyd Co. VA. Their
daughter Susan married James N. CLARK, 12 Dec. 1867, Floyd Co. VA.
Jack QUINN 1959 Sullivant Ave, Columbus OH,43223
On May 7, 1806 Sarah (SallYJGILL m Richard PEEL/PEAL in Botetourt Co.
Richard 1 s parents were James &amp; Elizabeth. Brothers Mannes &amp; Joseph.
Desire info on either family.
Gordon P. TIERNEY, 1810 W. Thom.Atkinson Rd. Inverness, IL60067
Seeking descendants of an Absolem E. BROWN b (CA) 1785 VA - d (CA)
1850 Rke CO. VA. Connections, Pamiues WELLER, BROWN, LEWIS, PLEASANTS.
Wife of Absolem E. BROWN was Mary _____? _______
Beverly Repass HOCH, 13001 Meadow View Drive, Darnestown, MD 20760
Compiling history on REPASS family of Southwest Virginia. Desire
correspondence with desc, all states. Also these early SW Virginia
German families, CREGAR, FELTY, SCHRADER, SMITH, SHARITZ, HARKRADER,
BROWN .
Mrs. Agnes Branch PEARIMAN, 2001 North Westwood Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92706
Woul~ like to share info from files on following families, of colonial
or nineteenth-century NC &amp; VA: BRANCH, ROBERTSON/ROBINSON, LEWIS, THOMPSON,
YARBOROUGH, NORWOOD, FULLER, LENOIR, CRAWLEY MURRAY HENRY WALL JORDAN·
. VA: CHRISTIAN, MITCHELL, WHITE, WORKMAN,
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MCNEELY,
PINE,
MOORE,
EDMISTON/EDMONDSON, GOODWIN, BURFORD, GORE, GATLIFF, FARRIS, MORLEY,
MADERAS.
~ ~, Rt l Box 522 !!, Midland, TX 79701
Need parents of Adam Frederick SOWDER b 1772, VA or PA, m. about 1800
Green CO TN Mary "Polly" CASNER b 1780 PA. Children m. Washington CO IN.
Elizabeth (MOORE), Sarah (STARK ) , Rebecca (BLALOCK). John m Polly CARTER,
Benj . m KOONTZ.

Evedene GUNTER, 1525 SW Broadway, Albany, OR 97321
D~vid DR~EN at Mill Creek, Rockbridge CO in 1747;
Timber Ridge 1753; 1772 will to ch: Thomas James
William, Elinor, Jane, Elizabeth &amp; w Dorothy. Had
previous wife Where from? Parents? Grandson David
Can exchange Wash . Co and TN desc.

called Rev. BROWN to
David, Nathaniel,
he a LOWERY or WALKER
m. Esther GLASGOW ,1792
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Dorothi P. MUNSON, 850 Aaron, B- 103, Port Charlotte FL 33952
Are you descended from Lewis HARRIS, Scott CO, VA? Had sons David,
Benjamin, Martin, John, Wm; wife Catharine. Seeking !'-of Lewis. Is
there a connection with PA? Postage refunded.

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Vaughn CASSELL, P.O . Box 269 , Wytheville , VA. 24382
Need info William CASSELL, w. Elizabeth b. ca. 1794. Lived in Patrick
County and moved to Russell CO. VA. in 1846 or 1850. David Cruise, M.
Rosina "Sena" or " Zina " RAKES , 13 Feb . 1847, Patrick CO. Need parents
of Abraham BUTT &amp; Margaret CROWL married Botetourt. CO, VA. 16 April 1812.
Any info on Phillip REEDER or RODER from Wythe CO.,VA.
Shirl PRIDEMORE Rt . 2 Box 416, McMinnville, OR. 97128
Seeking info on wil liam Riley POAGE and Maryllnn FERGUSON b. ca. 1845 and
June 7, 1847, m. De cember 1874 in Roanoke, VA. William's parents were
William POAGE and Elizabeth COON. William RILEY was m.to Mary Elizabeth
CALDWELL and Octavia '..J}fITLOW. Moved to Ind . about 1895.
Genevieve,~. McDANIEL, Rt ~' Box 22 , Hurricane, WV 25526
Need info on John CASSELL/ CASTLE, b. about 1795, whom.Lucy DENT of Bedford
CO., VA. Their children (according to 1850 census) Elizabeth (1826);
Larken (1824); Ella (1832); my &amp; grandmother who married Peter Henry BELL
24 Feb 1852; John ( 1838); and perhaps Mary (Polly) and Lewis.

Jill Thompson DECKER, 421 Echols St ., SE , Vienna, VA. 22180
Looking for GILLIAM family. Came to Botetourt from Fluvanna, 1835-1850.
John P. &amp; Elizabeth. C, Richard, Alexander, Reason , Frances (my great
grandmother), Grinttetta(?), Jessee. Believed to be Indian or partIndian. Frances married John R. Thompson. Went to Kanawah CO., WV after
Civil War.
Bertha,Lee (KIRK) SD1MONS, Rt. ~' Box 123, Marion, VA 24354
Jacob KIRK, my~' g., g. grandfather, m.a Sarah WRIGHT in 1801, 2nd he~ a
Elizabeth POOLE. He died in wythe Co. in 1825. Their children are Jones
M. born 1818, Mary Poly b. 1820, Ptolemy b. ?
He m. Emily NICKELS in
1848, George Washington KIRK b. 1823 .
Pauline R. PATE , 6440 Trevilian Rd. NE, Roanoke , VA 24019
Need inf~ on Thomas L. KELLEY b Feb.l87J, Floyd Co, Va. m.. Gillie VEST,
28 March 1893 . She was born June, 1873, p were Samuel D. &amp; Mary (Polly)
VEST of Floyd Co , VA . Moved to Maryland and Lived till their death.
Leila I· EVETI, lJl2 N. Post Rd. Oklahoma City, OK . 731?0
Seeking parents and descendants of following ancestors with Va.background:
John ALTHANS m. Caty VENERECK in Wythe Co VA. 14 June, 1792. Nathaniel
Haggard LACEY m.Margaret CARR in Union Co, KL 2 Jan . 1844. Nancy JENKINS
b.ca 1800 in KY . Father served RV from VA. Mother was Mary---.,,..Nancy m Evan STEWART ca 1Bl7, possibly in TN later lived AL, dying in Polk
Co.M0.1865 .
JoAnn WHITSON CUDDY (Mrs. Dan J. ) , 58 Pear Tree Point Road, Darien, CT, 06820
Need parents of Mary A. JONES who m-. - Thomas FERGUSON, 1802, Tazewell-Co o
John JONES and Thomas JONES lived near Thomas' father Samuel FERGUSON on
Bluestone Creek. FERGUSONS mov. to Kanawha/ Cabell Co. in 1803-4. John JONES
family mov. to Ohio just across river from Cabell.

Mrs. Linvil Gene RICH, Box 1185, Clemson, SC, 29631
Desire names of parents, w. and 8 sons of William MUIRHEAD (MOREHEAD) b
1716, and d. 16 June 1810. Son Andrew MUIRHEAD and w. Martha or Esther BALA
lived in Montgomery Co., VA . at the time of his death 11 May 1837.
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Nelson~· EDDY,1634 Second Ave ., Terre Haute,IN~47807

Searching for any members of the John EDDY- EDD.!!.-EDDIE &amp; ect , or VA rrom
1774 Frederick Co VA up the great valley by way of Bath Co on Cow Pas ture
River to Botetourt Co. VA (Fincastle) over the mountains 1840 ' s and into
KY, IN, OH, and WV. Will share my info with interested other r esearchers .
My line Samuel EDDY d. at Gap Mill, WV, 1872 .
Janet M. SCOTT RR2 Box 540 Monticello IN 47960
Wanted-parents of Stephen M. MARLIN b in. Gra:(son CO, VA about 1 860 . Mother
believed to be Cherokee Indian. He married in Clark Co , KY 1883 to
Issaphania WILLIAMS. Parents unknown. Also nee d he lp on Abraham LISKEY
family of Harrisonburg, VA about 1850-1900 .

2. Box 258 Charl ottesville VA 229~1
Garland ELLIS, possibly of Pulaski Co VA married (CA.1832 Julia MUSTARD
dau. of James MUSTARD and Sarah MUNCEY of Giles Co. Their dau. Elizabeth
ELLIS (1841-1902) married Oscar Johnston EMMONS of Giles Co. Want in:fo
on all of the above families.

!!_. Tracy WALKER III ~

Marvin BRUBAKER 5532 Kiva Dr Sacramento CA 95841
Are you a desc of John &amp; Anna MYER BRUBAKER of Franklin &amp; Roanoke Cos.
1750-1825? I am compiling material and plan a book in the near :future.
Would like to include all descs. If you think you might be descendant I'll
help determine if you are.
Nancy COWAN 8333 NW 33 Bethany OK 73008
John COWAN m. Sarah WALKER PAXTON in 1815 in Rockbridge Co VA, immediately
moving to Washington Co, TN. Would like more info on this :family.
Ruth WALKER SCANTLIN 101 Michigan Ave, Nitro, WV 25143
Need the names of parents and brothers and sisters o:f William WALKER and
Margareta SNODGRASS m.28 Oct 1803, prob . Montgomery Co . VA.
~.WIMMER,

804 Falconer RD, Joppatowne,MD.21085
Looking for more info on the death of Jacob WIMMER,SR. Jacob settled in
Bedford Co.,1779 (now Franklin Co). Would like to know where buried and
also either of his two wives Mary VANDYKE &amp; Elizabeth CAPPER.
Jaequ:line SHARTZER KINN, 216 Main Street, Tiffin, OH 44883
Need info on James W. SHARTZER, b. about 1838 Cave Spring area Roanoke.
w. #1 Martha E. STEELE, #2 Martha E$ GRISSO. His f. was Samuel, mother
Elizabeth? Samuel's ~was Phillip orig from Lancaster,PA. Showed up in
Shenandoah CQ VA.then Botetourt, then Roanoke. Anything on these people
much appreciated.
M. Luther
Need info
Co,VA, in
Where did

BURCHI NAL, POBox 5085, Modesto, CA 221..2.2
on Thomas CLARK(E) married Martha W. MADISON, in Prince Edward
1818, raised a family in the co . Who were their children?
they go?

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;w DEAR EM!v1A
(War Le tter s of Colone l Jame s K . Edmondson

18 61 - 1865)

Ed i t e d by
Cha rl es W. Tur ne r, Ph . D .
Pr ofesso r of Hi story
Washin gt on a nd Lee Uni v e rsity

" My Dea r Emma is a vo l ume of life and wa r letters to his wife of
Colo nel James K. Edmond s on, a n outstanding figure of Lexington, whose
life spanned across the 19 t h ce ntury . Everything he did well, even the
letters were mod els of penmanship and a delight to read. His concern
for hi s family and his g ood wo rks of the a r ea bespeak of a noble and
able person."
PREFACE
James K. Edmondson was born February 11, 1832 at "Savernake" farm
two miles southwest of Buena Vi sta . His parents were James and Margaret
Edmondson. In 1857, h e married Miss Emily (Emma) Jane Taylor of Staunton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor. Emma's sister, Laura, married
Albert Marshall Moore and died very young, leaving two little girls, Mary,
age 5, and Frances, age 3. James and Emma Edmondson had no children of
their own and raised the two girls . Frances married Paul M. Penick; and
Mary married Edward Robinson. One grandniece, Miss Mary M. Penick, gave
the 139 letters to the Rockbridge Historical Society in 1956, and the
other Penick sister, Mrs. Frederick Pearse, supplied illustrations for
the text of this book .
Edmondson ' s letters, beginning April 19, 1861, were regular and
detailed of the happenings of the Confederate Army . The last war letter
was May 4 , 1863 written to Emma by L . C. Vass , Chaplain 27th Virginia
Infantry , informing her of her husband ' s loss of his left arm in the
battle of Chancellorsville. This would necessitate his retiring from
active service and returning to Lexington where he would do his part for
the war effort from there . When he returned to Lexington in the summer
of 1863 , he was made commander of the Military Post at Lex i ngton. James K.
Edmondson was surely one of the ou t standing Lexingtonians of his day . He
had been a soldier , politician , judge, business man and loyal servant of
his alma mater, Washington and Lee University . He passed away March, 1898,
and his funeral was held at the Lexington Presbyterian Church where he had
been a deacon for many years. The Pastor, Dr. Thornton Whaling, conducted
the service, and his remains were placed in the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery,
as reported in the Lexington Gazette, April 6 , 1898.
The book has 151 pages, hard cover, index, footnotes and illustrationso
A gift copy from the author to the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical
Society has been placed in the Virgi n ia Room of the Roanoke City Public
Library. A copy may be ordered from Professor Charles W. Turner, Washing ton
and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450 . The price is $8.00.

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Volume V - Number 2 - May 1981
CONTENTS
Pres ident ' s Message

41a

Floyd County, Virginia, Legislative Petition

41

Tazewell County, Virginia, Mortality Schedule

46

Bed.ford County, Virginia,

47

1782 Tax List

Giles County , Virginia, Cemeteries

55

Scott , County, Virginia, Early Settlers

57

Craig County, Virginia , Index to Will Book

59

Civil War Letter by S. H. Hoilman

62

Montgomery County, Virginia, Deaths

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Pulaski County, Virginia, Mortality Schedule

66

Ancestor Chart

67

Queries

68

Quarterly Exchange

73

Book Revi e ws

75

Charts

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58, 61, 67

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MEETINGS

May 15 - Spending the day at Bed.ford, Va .
June 20 - Speaker meeting at City Library, R noke, Va .
July 18 - WORKSHOP - see back page for registration blank .
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�THE PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE
What could be more exciting to us than to know that we have Ne t ti Sc hreinerYantis, past president of National Genea lo g ical Society , a profess ional
genealogist, a lecturer at the National Arch i v es Genealogica l Ins titute ,
and author of several genealogical source b o oks , as our ma in s p eaker at our
JULY 18 WORKSHOP!! Mr. John Salmon, Ar c hi vis t of the Virg i n i a Library
Staff will also be a speaker. Make your reservat i ons earl y .
Our March 21 meeting with Dr . Warren L. Moorman d i s cuss ing J ohn Hook , New
London merchant , Bedford Co ., and Mrs . Patri c i a G . J o hnson , s peaki ng on
General Andrew Lewis on April 18 were mos t inf orma t i v e .

Mrs. June Goode and Jack Denton , members f rom Bedfor d , Va . , will be our
leaders for a field trip in Bedford at our Sa tur~ , May 16 meeting .
Meet
at the museum across from the Courthouse a t 10:00 a . m.
Having completed our work with the Roanoke Hi s torica l S oci e ty a t the East
Hill Cemetery, Salem, Val, our next cemetery proj e ct is the the Wy t he Co W1ty
Historical Society, Wytheville , Va .
Both S ocie t ies will shar e t h ese records .
New books received to review for VAN and appearing s oon are:
The McConnell
Family, John and Edward Tuck Family , The Wampler Fa mily , and The Ge o r ge
Phillip Williams Family -- all Southwes t Virg inia f a milies .
Our membership is growing. We appreciate a l l o f you.
He lp u s
share , and preserve records.
Belva M CoW1ts , Pres ident .

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F'LOY D cou::TY, VIRGINIA
L~GISLATIVE

PETITION

County Meetj rlf~ i11 Floyd .
Pursuant to notice a meet in g of the citizens of Floyd County was held
at their Court House , on Saturday 8 th inst , to pass resolutions concerning
the Distillir.,cr of Grain in to Whi s key . Henry Deskins Srg was called to the
chair , who expl-i.ir.ed the objects of the meeting, and Co'l John Williams
appointed secretary .
J . J . ~.Jill iams addressed the house in a Short &amp; pertinent speech &amp; presented th e follo wing resolutions
Whereas : We the people of the County of Floyd in public meeting assembled,
deplorin g th e unhappy state of affairs produced by an inordinate thirst for
s peculation , particula rly in a rticles of huino? necessity , the principal
s ufferers from which are the needy &amp; unprotected fam ilies of the poorer
classes ; and d e precating the conduct of the unscrupulous , who ought to be
the warmest friends of the country -- who instead of supporting the Government , are buyin g up large quantities , &amp; all the surplus of Grain produced
by the Country for the purpose of distilling it into whiskey(underlined i n
original) -- Therefore be it
Resolved, I
That inasmuch as the County has furnished its quota of men
to the Confederate service , the most of which is actual labor from the fields,
and in th e event of a failure of the Grain Crops the ensuing year, every
cons ideration of safety &amp; Humanity requires us to protect ourselves , &amp; provide for the families of the absent , by husbanding our resources, &amp;thwart
if possible the s chemes of the Distiller , who seeks the destruction of, &amp;
perversion from its ordinary channel s , the fruits of our industry .
Resolved II That we condemn in the strongest tenns the erection &amp;
putting into operation the Distilleries in our county , consuming in a few
months the entire produ c ts of the County &amp; petitions the Legislature to pass
general Laws , prohibiting the Distilling of Grain into whi skey throughout
the State , d u ring the Continuance of the present war , as we in duty bound
s hall ever pray &amp;e?,
Resolved III That a copy of t0ese resoluti ons be transmitted each to
our Delegate &amp; Senator i n the Legislature , requesting them to lay them before
their respective houses , and that they be instructed to vote (underlined in
petition) for the same &amp; that these preceedings be published in the Richmond
&amp; Lynchburg papers .
P . Howell Esq in a lengthy speech objected to the Resolut ions , but they
passed the Hou se unanimonsly - there being not a single dissenting voice
Henry Deskins P_t
John Williams Secte

To the House of Dclcgi'.tcs .ma Senate of Virginia.:
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. We '"'o~J,1 the.refore most l1um?iy pray thnt n lnw may.be pnsscu proliil11t1ug th o 1 ii~tillin _g o f g roin. d 1iring ou·~
present (hfficulhes. Our men will Le much Letter soluicr:i wil11out th e lir1uor 1 anu lhl·ir fa milies e nable d to o b tain
bread .
. ~our pe:it~o~ers 'rou.I~ hnmb~y repres;nt, ~lint in their ~pinion the only way to rernedy th e evil, will be to proh1b1t the d1st1~lrng of g1nm alt~gether.• The 1&lt;le11 of sorr.e 1s to tnx tlH·in, but th1 1 t will only a u gini: nt the evil.
aad lei.d to still grcatt'rexto~·t1ons . \\ c co.ul&lt;l so.y much more in support of our p c lit ion; but arc aware that v o u
need no argument to be eonnnced of the en! of wLich . nc compbin auu 0. :1 io duty bo und w ill ever vrny &amp;c.
•

(page BN-1)
Sparrel H Griffith
Peter L Howard
James B. Headen
James B. Muncy
Fleming Pugh Sr
Geo M Mo~ely?Morely
Jefferson Turner
'Ihos H Mo~eley/Moseley?
Joshua B young
R P Fleenor
Q A Buckingham
Joseph M Young
A. J. Thomas
John B Beckett
John P. Black
?Alfred P Holly?
Ferdinand Duff ?Huff
Moses G Kelley
James H Huff
?G. L. T. Jones
?W/M? W?/W Jones
William Lan ?Lam
Fleminey ?Feltny?
?Rwen? Mdfunil
John McTu.niel?
Hary Mcfuniel?

Burel Jannay
H R? Hall
J. "F, "Redman
John Turner
James T. Radford
James S Kelly
? (too faint)
?Richard ?

?James Adkins?
?John ?
?
?John P Terry?
? C P Hunt?
?Fedric Wood?
?John C King
?Fleming Pugh Jr
William Likens?
Henry Shively
A Gill enwaters

?

?John Martin
?L T Viar
R Boothe
Geo ?Whorley
C H Tunier?
(most of the last column
on this page was very
faint on the photocopy)
(page BN-3 )
C. M. Stigleman
J. W. Headen
George G. Helms
J . M. Howard
L. W. Bower?/Bowen
R. P. Elliott
B. P. Hylton
Hary Weddle
M. F . Hylton
John H Hylton
J . J . Humphries
Asa Keeth
Champ T. Dunmill
John T. Lester
Geo W Lester
D E Williams
P. H. Martin
?J. W. Helms
J . G.?/T. Helms
?F. 0. Dobyns
?L. V. Edward
?W'. T. Deheart
s. H. Fench
J. Jeff Mabry
John T Mabry
Samuel Palmer
Isaac Palmer
NB Gillenwalters?
W Y Shelor
EB Griffith
'I'azwell T Graham
B S Black
F M Payne
DA Griffith

John S weeney?
Albert Matthews
A J Castle
John Jones
Joseph Howell
Ahab . Weddle
Levi Keith
F . A. Huff
C. Sowers
James Palmer
(part of this page was
faint)
(Page BN-4)
Abram D Burnett
T. H. Simmons
Charles A Simmons
J ames C Turner
? S L Hylton
J. B. Shelor
M. B. Hylton
N. B. Stimson
Geo . M. Switzer
Creed Underwood
Preston Goad
Ransom Quisenberry
Henry Taylor
?Ja ' s Ronald (or J . J . )
Geo M Wells
Monroe Howard
Geo W Goodykoontz
W'm M Goodykoontz
G. W? Kitterman
Solomon Hylton
Cha ' s Weeks
Will 'l S?L Underwood
John T underwood
Sam 'l Terry
G. W. Lancaster?
R. H. Bower
?Masarine C Howel
W. A. Underwood
?Saml L Rigney
?Jas E Cartercon 't

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(page BN- 4 can ' t )
Petition of Capt C M
Stigl e ma n ' s Company
of Floyd Volunteers
praying that the
Distilati on of grain
be prohi b_._ted in t he
County of Floyd
?Vu Thras h?
(page BN-5)
Dickers on
Tho ' s P Do bny s ? Dobnyns
F.arly Dicke rson
James F Sowe rs
Birdine Dickerson
Harvey Dickerson
Charlton Thomson
Andrew Dickerson
John P Short
Generel Wea ks
?John W Raford
Haden Morciel
Alpherd Whitlock
Crawford Moran?
Hiram Dulany
H. C. Lester
Z. Lester
W. M. Sowers
W. S. Sowers
J . Bishop
W. J. Vancil
Harry Sowers
?Luss r Weeks
?Josephf Weeks
John Holt
?D W Sowers
?Henderson Helton
A.

James M Pugh
F.• H. Young

* Calep?Caleb

lovel
George Bradberry
Abreham Woolwine
I sak Whorly
C. N?M Bolt ?Holt
J , D. Idings
John Walters
W. H. Anderson
Sparel Holt
Reuben S. Wickham
Geore W Sowers
W' m A Lee
Shelby A Smith
NS Wickham
*E C Wickham

Jacoub Fi s her
George Hungate
J ohn H Spangler
Sylvester Mills
Givens Epperly
Wm Di ckerson
A . I. Short
T. H. Mitchel? Mitckel
Samuel B. Wickham
Mathew Williams
? G. M. D. Williams
?Eli j ah Dickers
fuv i d Williams
Rily Dickerson
Flemon H Poff
Joseph Sumpter
Lani el 0" Mara
?Abra.ham B Wa tkins
Gor den Roop
Jyl es H Roop
Jos eph Simmons
fuvid Spa ngler
Al en Epperly
J . W. Mitchel
A. J . Young
Samuel Spangler
?Charles Thorn.mas
? James M Burton
?Richard B Alley
?James Tomrnor?/Tornmo s
T. B. Wingfield
?Phelnen Janny?
Floyd Roop
W H T Roop.
Joseph R Wickha m
?H . B. Shoolter?Hoalter
J. F . Calwell
?Alexander M Graham
? (very fa int)
James A Simmons
Ianiel R Simmons
(page BN-6)
1st Lieut. A. Harman
2nd Lieut G. Harman
Lieut. S. Slusher
Jabez Harman
Simon P Weddle
Calvin Delong
John C Burnett
L . J. Hylton
?Clo bin Hylton
?Abram Harris
?Philip W. Guthrie

?Bethuel Hylton
?B . F. o ' neal
Caleb Weddle
Rolen Sutphin (or Rolew)
Joshua Weddle
?Wm H Hyltonn
?Foster I /?J Wood
Archelous Quesenbury
? A. L? Sutpin
Hendrick Sutphin
Henderson P Sutphin
Wm Augustus Weeks
? Samuel P Burnett
?William J. Caldwell
?

?Archibald Weeks
?(name cut off on copy)
Green B Sowers
Lafayete Sutphin
?Clabron MacPeek
?Fredric Quesenbury
?Samuel Harter
?
Willis
Allen Weddle
Chesley Hylton
Elijah Weddle
William Quesenbary
Lues Quesenbary
?Jesse Pratt
Benjiman MacPeek
Henry H Thompson
?
Moles
Lues Hylton
?Joshua Hylton
Elijah Weeks
Isaac W ONeal
?James Pratt
James W Guttery
Jeremiah B Burnett
Ben j amin W Keeth
William Keeth
William J Keeth
Tazwell W Hylton
?Heserkiah C McPeek
Erastus Hylton
(page BN-8)
James G Harris
Preston Quesonbery
Eli Wade
Thomas Willis
James Keeth
P. A. Weeks
Henry H McPeek
?La.nan Harman

�(page BN-9)
?George Kefavar?
1
?Philip Shoemaker
2
George Siner
J
Wm Truslow
4
'!'a.swell M Ratliff
5
John Poff
6
G. H. Ratliff
7
?Benjamin 1 Bell
8
John H Gahart
9
John B Walters
10
J" R" Palmer
11
Ja cob Clower
12
Charles O/?P Craghead 13
James H Jarrett
14
Philip M Walters
15
George Whitlock
16
John F Furrow
17
John K Lee
18
Jacob Boyd
19
?Jesse T/?Y Ca rter 20
?Cainan Lawrence
21
?Thomas F Carter
22
Fleming T Wimmer
25
Major Sowers
24
W. T. Clower
26
H. 1 . Smith
27
William S Moore
28
William E Tice
29
Charles D Ves t
JO
?John H?W Thomas
31
G. W?H Via
32
S. E· Palmer
33
Greenvill Leftwitch 34
Caleb Maxey
35
T. W. Gleason
36
S. R. Conner
37
Benjamin Swiney
38
Joseph T Turner
39
?John H Wimmer
40
John Jenny
41
?John E. Vest
42
J. T. Clowers
43
?Samuel
44
Wm T. Simpson
4.5
J1.. J. Hudson
46
A. J. F.arles
47
(Page BN-11)
(the 3 columns on this
page did not copy too
well)
Jackson ?Godbey
W. Campbell

Alexander Gardner
Floyd Epperly
William ? Johnson
J . J. Dehart
James Philips
John Philips
Madison More?
H. D. Craft
George W Whitlock
Francis Collins
R. C. Beasley
?Fr ' ck Quesenberry
Jacob Sumpter
John W. Wright
Anderson ?_ Howell
George W. W_ _ __
James M Webb
?Millne Quesinberry
Allen T Howery
Jer Goad
John W Tice
Wm H Castle
Harvy D Carter
M D L Harris
William H King
Tobias Philips
Abner Lester
Oliver Henigan
James Bond
James M Castle
James W Silver
Lloyd Quesenbury
James M Boy.d
Martin Cox
Crockett Quesinberry
James P Howery
Jacob ?Turman
Joseph Harris
Hiram Cock
George A Slusher
Samuel Harris
John 0 Mitchel
?John Sumner
Henry M Duncan
William M Bol"tP. T. Howell
Lewis Lester
?Lerroza Lester
Harrison Lester
?Wm H. Man(n)ing
I/J? B Whitlow
Benjami n Weddle
H. W. Bishop

?Mahlin Lemnon
Enoch Philips
James G Alley
Luke Cox
Daniel Carroll
Robert Philips
Frederic Quesenbery
Preston Philips
?Briant Philips
W. C • Quesenbery
?Elijah Turman
Abraham Black.~~~
Benjamin~~~~-­

?Cumming ?Lig ht?
Mah.lan Phillip
J . C. Conner
At the request of my
men I have signed their
names to this petition
J . Godbey
Capt . of
Co . B
?54
Regt Va .
?
(page BN-1J)
Samuel Hurt?Hunt
B . P . Shelor
F . A. Winston
Hiram Hoff
Benjamin Harman Jr
John T Wells
Levi Weddle
Valentine Hylton
Jessee Arthur
Solomon Hylton
Joseph Hylton
Levi Hylton
Aston Hylton
?Heney Slusher
Archilous Hylton Sen
Jacob J Weddle
J . H_ Ratliff
Nancy J Rogers
?A . W. : Dehart
?Mos es Ma rti n ?
James D? Smith
?Esther Whitlow
Lutitia M Whi tlow
Francis Whitlow
Joel Weddle
Clark Hunga t e
Alexander Weddl e
James P Weddle

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�Susanna Weddle
Stephen H Canady
Moses Dickson
Wilson A Wea ver
?Tu.s well
Sowers
?Birdine Bi shop
? James W Phlegar
? James Holland
James Martin
William Huff
l.fm A Canaday
?Ma t i s on Ca rter
Burwell Shi v eley
(page BN- 1.5)
Timand.ra Howell
Minerva E Howell
Sarah Weddle
Mrs Sarah Weddle
?
Weddle
Mary J Gill
Elizabeth S Carter
Sarah Gill
Anne _ Gill
Emeline F? Gill
Elizabeth Wickham
Suzanna Wickham
Lioney Omara
Elizabeth Burnett
Emilly Hylton
Almiria Burnett
CathaRine Weddle
Sarh E Weddle
?Octava th Pratt
?Didd( wie ?mie ?nur) Pratt
?John Pratt
Harriett Harter
Eve Pratt
Elizabeth Ann Hylton
Cathari ne Pratt
Lemuel R Wickham
?Hiram Hy l ton
John C Weddle
Joshua Pratt
John B Hylton
Henry A Hylton
James Howell
* Jacob Harman
Adam Har ter
Jeremiah Ratliff
Wm A Simpson
(Page BN- 16 ?)
Margaret Hylton
*Henry Harman

Elizabeth Ann Howell
Catherine Ho well
Zilpha Star
Rebecca Hyl t on
Cyrenia E Harman
Ann Harman
Noama Harman
Margaret Harman
Mary Harman
Selia Harman
Christena Harman
Barbra E Pratt
Martha Pratt
Judith Pratt
Sally Elgin
Catharin Boling
Sallie Harter
Mary A Harter
Elizabeth Harter
Margaret Harter
Bell Baber
Laura G Howard
Sophia A Burnett
Alley Ratliff
Matilday Viar
Maryan Ratliff
Addaline Ratliff
(Page BN- 17)
Thomas B?P Shelor Jr
Wm M Shelor
Tho ' s B Shelor
W. M. Alltizer
Benja min G Boon
Andrew F Stigleman
Barna Bolin
James W Stigleman
Henry Ballenger
William H Fisher
Joseph Wever
John Reed
Andrew W Lancaster
Charles Thomas
Wm H Epperly
M. M. Switaer
Sarah A Shelor
Mary G/?J Shelor
Mary J Weddell
Nancy Suery ?
Milla Reed
Mirana Reed
Sarah An Burges
Sarah M Burges
Mrs Sarah Reed

Jula An Burges
Frances Sti gleman
Caroline Epperly
Margaret A Boon
Sarah M Epperly
Susan A Marten?
Nancy B Marten ?
Alex Bolen
Ruth Carter
Susan Ballinger
Louisa Ballinger
Martha Ballinger
Susan E Ballenger
Mary S Fisher
L. F. Fisher
Martha A Ianiel
Mary S. Ianiel
Ann Ianiel

(page BN-19)
Tho ' s Lancaster
Isaac E Robertson
Jessy Underwood
James Underwo od
5 . John Sowers
Nathan Cockram
Jesse P Boyd
John Jinney
A. H. Cannaday
10 . Jacob Bowes Jr
Robert Palmer
Abraham Phlegar
Samu el Phl egar
J W' m Lester
D. H:?S Howell
Vanbeuren Wade
Caleb Howell
(page BN-21)
John Chaffin
Sarah Chaff i n
Nancy Eller
Jas M L ?D Harman
Joel Sowers
Julia A Rakes
Rebeca Chafin
William Holloday
Heneyetta Holloday
Joel Ross
Betsy Ross
Jinney Ross
Mary M Lester
Serrena M Lester
Rhoda Simmons

�Permelia H Simmons
Wm C Simmons
Hiram Boyd
John G Hoff
Joseph H Henderson Carter
(page BN-2.3)
John F Williams
Asbury B Williams
Susen Williams
Martha A Fishburn
Susan B Hamilton
Levi G Adkins
Harvy T Spanglor
W T Lester
?L
Tice
William B Howell
?M_F_ _

Fleming J Tice
Tho 's D Howell
George M Dobyns
Zachary ~ Dobyns
William R. Kittennan
Samuel F Dobyns
William E Kirby
Samule Stimson
Lelon Stimson
Samuel G Light
William Sowers
Mrs Nancy E Sauers
Miss Rosa B Sauers
A Austin
Proffit
William H Boyles
Cephas Pri tchi t
Catharine L Howard

Wa lter R Godbey
Junior S Dobyns
William Ira Howard
Willia m B Wells
Z. T. Hamilton
L. W. Boyers
(page BN-25)
Sallie Wilks
Mary Dobyns
Ciset R Waggel
?Jacob Sowers
J . T. Sowers
Tho's S Robertson

TAZEWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
1850 Mortality Schedule
The f' allowing are abs tracts of deaths (those who are married) from the
1850 census mortality schedule. The original is at the Virg~nia State
Archives and is on microfilm.
p 228
Line 1. Jacob Stump = 48 = male = married = d June
5. Martha P Wright = 20?26 = female = married = d Mar
7. Sparks Martin = 39 yrs = male = married = d Nov.
8. Jane Boyles?Bozles = 4-0 yrs =female =married = d Aug .
14. Clementine Harrison = 43 yrs = female = married = d Jan .
18. Peggy Hall = 60 yrs = female = married = d Mar
20. William Jones = 82 yrs = male = married = b not known = d Jany
24. Alex• r? Mahood = 90 yrs = male = married = b Ireland = d Nov
27, Mary Mullins = 96 = female = married = d Oct
33. William Beavers = 44 yrs = male = married = d June
34. Matthias Harman = 67 yrs = mal~ = married = d Feb
35. Elizabeth Beavers = 49 yrs = female = married = d July
page
3. Susan McQuire = 45 yrs = female = married = b SC = d Sept
6. Elizabeth Carter = 21 yrs = female = married = d March
9. Henry Bowen = 81 y-rs = male = widowed = d April

�BEDFORD COUNTY , VI RGINIA
Ta xabl e Property &amp; Tithes for 1782
Continued from pa.Be 8 , February 1981
1-0- 0-0- 1
KEER , James
KING, Jo hn
1-0-2 -9-1
KINSEY , Her.ry
1-0-1-5 - 1
KEER , David
1-0-1-J-1
1-0-1-0- 1
KEENU11 , James
1- 6 - 4-9-1
KEY , John
Negroes Bob , Cloe , Ja mes , Adam , Sam
&amp; Trib
1-0-1-0-1
KEY, John Waller
0-2 - J -11- 0
KENNADY, Easther
Negroes Phillis and Jac k
KRANTZ, Michael
1-0-J-7-1
KING , Avory
1-0-5-7-1
KEETH, Nicholas
1-2 -1-9-1
Negroes l.ucy &amp; Tom
LAINHEAR'IS , _ _
1-0- 4-16- 1
LAMB , Archibald
1- 0-0-0-1
LEAR, Willia m
1- 0-2 - 8 -1
LAMBERT, CharJes
1-J- 8-12-1
Negroes , Jupiter , Lucky &amp; One child
LCGWOOD, Thomas
1-15-7-34-1
Negroes , Bol , Ma le , Charles , Joe
Hannah Phillis, Doll Winny with
seven children
LOVING, David
1- 0-1-0-1
LUMPKIN, Thomas
1-6-9-16-1
Negroes Scipio , Tom , Harry , Dublin
LOWRY , William and Son John

LONG , John
1-1-0-0-0
Slave Judy
LEFTWICH, Augustine Senior 1-15-7-23- 1
Negroes Will , Sandy , Esseac , George
Venice Sook , Leamont , Diloy Anne
Shadrack Stephen George, Vine , Tener
Flanders
MILLER , Si mon
1-15-11- 24-1
Negroes , Harry , Dick~ Dove,Jaco~
J a mes, Pegg, Rose , Dinah , Luce , Nell,
Hannah, Teller , Frank, Harry and
Jerry
MILLER , Simon Junior
1- J-5-4-1
Negroes Arney_,George, Elsey
MOORMAN , Cha rles
1-4-2-10-1
Negroes Cuff , Tobey , Hannah &amp; Luce
MERRETT, 'Ihomas
1-1-J-9- 1
Negroes Cuff
MURRY , David
1-18-8-24-1
Negroes York, Frank , Jamey, Steven
Jack Hanner, Rachel , Lew, Jude,
Phillis , Charle~Aleck~Lummer,Simond,
Peter, Silvey, Milley_, Cate
MOSELY, Arthur
1-1J-4-2J-1
Negroes Pete~ Phill , Bobb, Will,
Charles , Jacob, Soloman, Easthe~
Lue. Milley_, Pegg , Cate &amp; Agg
McFARLAND, Benjamin &amp; father John
McFarland
2-7- 6-20-2
2-0-4-1J-2
Negroes , Agg , Harry, Jude, Archelles,
LEFTWICH , Thomas
1-?-8-45-1
Negroes Tom , Moll, Jane , Hannah ,
Abb , Sall , Danul
1- 0- 0-2- 1
Nann , Tabb , Letice
·MARTAIN , Gideon
LEFTWICH Junior , Augustine 1-J-8-1J-1
McGUIRE, Lawrence
1-0- 3-7-1
McGLOWKIN, Charles 0-0-2-2-0
Negroes Ianiel Ben Aim
1-1 - 2-7-1
LODER , _
John
1-J- 1-J-1
MARTAIN, Thomas
Negroe Barkey
Negroes Jin Nell Sam
L&lt;X;WOOD, Edmund
O-J-2-2J-0
McCLANAHAN, Absalorn 1-0-4-11-1
McCLANAHAN , John
1-0-4-0-1
Negroes John Harry &amp; Phill i s
MILAM , Elizabeth
0-0- J-8-0
LEFTWICH , Littlebury
1-J-2-5-1
MEAD, John
1-10-5-8- 1Negroes Dick Ai m Dicea
Negroes Sarah, Parks, Dick, Wallaces
LEE, John
1-0-J-8-1
Lidia, Alee, Rubens, Milley, Bett &amp;
LEVENSTON , Aaron
1-0-4-1J - 1
LEWIS , James
1-0-4-9- 1
Harry
1-0-J-4-1
LAZENEA , John
1-0-2-J-1
MATTHEWS, William
1-2- 2-6-1
LEFTWICH , Uriah
1-1 -6-11- 1
MEAD , Nicholas
Negroe Will
Negroes Charles &amp; Nance
1-0-2-8-1
LANGHORN , Henry
1-0-1-J-1
MCCRAW, Edward
LEFTWICH , William
1-24- 16-45-2
MABERRY, Henry
1-0-J-8-1
Slaves Joe , Bachus , Little Joe ,
MABERRY, Frederick &amp; Son Frederick
George Punch , Jane Cloe Iarcus Ledia,
1-0-4-2J-2
1-0-J-12-1
Isaac Judy , Annis , Bill , Jacob, Pa tt MAY13URRY, George
Winny Pegg , Charles, Lucy Bobb,
1-0-J-11-1
MILAM, Zachariah
Charles, Cloe, Ceaser, Dinah
1-0-1- 4-- 1
MURPHY, Michael
Son John
1- 0-7- 13-1
MILAM, William

�MILAM, Rush
1-0-2-6-1
McELVAINE , Moses
1-5-7-18-1
Negroe Nann with four children
McGradah , Laughlan 1-0-2-7-1
MAXEY , Josiah
1-0-2-11-1
MEADORS, Jesse
1-0-2-9-1
MEADORS Junior, John
1-0-0-0-1
MEADORS , John Son of Joel 1-0-1-6- 1
MEADORS , Joel Son of Joel 1-0-0-0-1
MEADORS , Isham Son of Joel 0-0-0-0-1
MEADORS, Jarvis
0-0-0-0-1
MILLS, James
1-0-2-9-1
McELLARRY, Richard 1-0-3-4-1
MILIER, William
1-1-3-5- 1
Negroe
MEAD, Rob
1-0- 6-12-1
McCLURE , James
1-0- 4-11-1
McDOWELL, Michael 1-0-3-3-1
McVAY, James
1- 2-4-14-1
Negroes Jane &amp; Li mmon
MORGAN , Tu.vid
1-0-2-5-1
McGUIRE, John
1- 0-1-0-1
MILAM, Ann

0-1-4-13-0

Negro Tom
MILAM , Moses
1-1- 9-20-1
Negroe Tom
MARSH, Page
1-0- 1-2-1
McCAR, Richard
1-1-1-3-1
One Negro
MORTON, John
1- 4-J-8-1
four Negroes
MANION, Thomas
1-0- 3- 8- 1
MARKUM, Thomas; William Markum

1-0- 2- 3-2

MARTON, William
1-1- 2-8- 1
Negroe Hagar
MAXEY, Walter
1- 2-3-23-1
Negroes Sambo &amp; Phill
MAXEY, Jeremiah
1-0-2-9-1
MEADORS, John; Jonas Meador

1- 4-5-20-3
Negroe WilbYJ Phillis_, Fie &amp; Annis
John Meador Junior included
MEADORS Junior, Joel
1-0-1-0-1
MEADOR, Joel
1-8-3-20-2
Negroes Phebe, Tabb, Toby, Bob,
Steven, Harry,Phillis 1 Luke,
Jobe Meadors
MOON, Fanny; Chris topher Kinlet
Overseer
1-5-3-6-1
Negroes, Sam, Thomas, IRnieJ., Silvia
&amp; Bett
McKENNEY , Charles 1-0-6- 9-1

MOORMAN , Charles
1-J- J- 10-1
Negro es Peter , Moll &amp; Rachell
MASON , Elizabeth &amp; Reu ben Mason

0-0- 2 - l J - 1
MEADORS , Absala m/?Ambrose 1- 0-2- 10-1
MEADORS , Thomas
1-0- 1-0-1
MEA DORS , Wil lia m
1-0- 2 - 2 -1
MEADORS , J e r emia h
1- 1-2 -9- 1
MOUSLEY , Wa lter
1-4-J- 12 - 1
Negroes Ad am , Bett , Toney &amp; Sam
MITCHELL , Jo hn
1- 2 - 5-17- 1
Negro es Phib &amp; Ba rna
MITCHELL , Aquila
1-0-1-0- 1
MORGAN, Evan
1-0-1-4-1
MELTON, Willia m Junior 1-0-1 - J- 1
MORGAN , Es ther
0-0- 6-13-0
MILLER , Michael &amp; Jacob Mil l e r
1-0-J- 4-2
MILLER , Ja cob
1-0- 8 -11-1
McGENNISS
1- 0-2-2 -1
MITCHAM, Benja min
1- 0-2-J -1
MEAD, William
1-29- 8- 22-1
Negro e Will Ie.niel , Ne d , Joe D:tvid ,
Sam , Will , Judy, Doll, Na nn , Cate ,
DorcusJ Moll, Grace, Suk ey, Molley ,
Hannahj Abram, Frank , Stepney, Ha nnah
Agay , Phill, Jesse, Esther , Amanuei;
Andrew , Anneka y, and Isham
MOSELY , Willia m
1-1-1-2-1
Negroe Jacob
MEAD, Samuel
0-0-1-0-1
MOON , William
1-8-6-8-1
Negroe Peter, Jinny, Grace, Edwa rd
Hannah, Rodah, Nice , Jane
MEAD, Makland
1-0-1-0-1
MITCHELL, John
1-0-J-11-1
MOON , Jacob
1-6-4-9-1
Negroes Tom , Lucy , Grace, Harry ,
Sarah , Chanea
0- 0-J-0-1
MURRY , J:avid
MITCHELL Junior, Robert 1-0-5-0-1
1-1-5-17-1
MITCHELL , James
Negroe Rac hell
1-0-0-2-1
MORGAN, Reece
1-0-J-4-1
MORRISS , Willia m
1=0-0-J-1
11cCAY, William
1-0-J-?-1
MITCHELL, .D:miel
1-0-2-9-1
MULLICAN, William
MANSON , Na thaniel
1-9-5-6-1
1-0-2-0-1
MITCHELL, Samuel
MITCHELL Senior, Rob. 1-0-4-13-1
1-0-1-8-1
MITCHELL, Abram
1-0-2-6-2
MELTON, Absolam
Son Anderson

�t

'

l
1

J

MITCHELL, Enos
1-0- 2-lJ -1
MITCHELL J unior , Rob . 1-0-J - 5-1
McCAY , Joseph
1-0-2- 5-1
MUSGRO\'B , Henry
1-0- 4-11-!
MATTOX , J orn
0- 0-1- 6- 0
MURRY, Thomas
1-0-7-1- 1
MURPHY , Jo hn
1-8- 7-J2-1
Negroes _,om1 J a ne , .Baker , '. iannah ,
Bet t, Harry , 03.niel &amp; Nanny
McDONALD, Al exander 1-0-1-0-1
McGRADAY , Jac ob
0-0- 0-0-1
MILLER , Johri
0-0-0-0-1
MEADORS , J a mes
1-J-J-4- 1
Cato Lucey &amp; J a ne
MOURTON , Jeremia h
1- 1-2 -6-1
Negroe
MAYS, John
1-0-J-21-1
l1AYS , James
1-0- 4-12-1
MAYS , Joseph
1-0- 1- 0-1
McCOMMACK, Mica j a h 1-0-J-5-2
MARTAIN , Sarah Widdow
0-6-2-19-0
NegToes Ben , Phillis, Mary , Patrick
Len &amp; George
MANICH, Ambrose
1-0-2-0-1
MOUSELY, Edward.; Sons Jan1e s &amp; Evin
Mousely
1-0-1- 9-J
NOWELL , Cornelius
1-22-10-17-1
Negroes Charles , Will , Tash , D:ture,
Sam, Lucey, Phillis, Judy , ~dy ,
Frank , Bobb , Lucey , Soloma11 , Jim ,
Jinny, Nicea, Hannah , Phill, Ben,
Alec, Venus , Da.fney
NOWELL , Thomas
1-2-J-2-1
NEAL, Zachariah ; 8011 William Keal
1-4"- 6-28-2
Negroes Peter, Amy , Pheby, Hc..nna h
NORTH, Abraham ; s on D:tvid North
1-14-5-22-2
Negroes , Peter , Hannah , Betty ,
Hannah , Frank , D:tphen , Jack , Tom,
Robert, Ceaser , Agg , J udy , Nell,
Sarah
NEAL, Zepheniah
1- 0 - J - 5-1
NANCE , Thomas
1-10-5-2J-1
Negroes Peter, Robb , J~ne, L ~dda ,
Bib , Jack , Beck , Agg , Amy , James
NEAL , Walter
1-0-J-5-1
NOFSINGErl, John
1-0-6-8-1
NAFE , Jacob ; son John Naf e 1-0-4- 5-2
NICHOLLS, ~sill
1-1-J-8-1
Negroe Jack
1-0-2-5-1
NICHOLLS, Flail
NEWMAN, Nernrod
1-o-~-7-1
NICHOLIS , Arch
1-0-2-5-1

NI CHOLLS , James
1-0-1-J-1
NEW
MAN , Coonrad
1-0-2-9-1
NICHOLLS, John
1- 0-4-11-1
NIMO , Robert
1-0-1-8-1
ORCHARDS, James
1-0-4-7-1
ONEAL, Ianiel
1-u-4-14-1
OT ~ Y , John
1-15-6-22-2
Negroes , Phill , Pegg , Judy, Moll,
Patt, Nell, Joe, Gilbert, Teller ,
Phill, Ceaser , Abram, Sara h, Jacob,
Peter, &amp;
Son Isaac Otey
1-1-J-21-2
ORR , John &amp; Son John
Ne.groe Ja cob
OVERSTREET, William 1-0-2-6-1
OWINS , John
1-0-2-6-1
OWENS , Owen
1-0-2-5-1
OV-~RSTREET Senior, Thomas 1-6-8-20-1
Negroes Landon , Jane , Cloe, Sall,
Judy , Lucey
OVERSTREET, Thomas (Hatter) 1- 0- 5-5-1
OVERSTREET, Thomas Junior 1-0-1-5-1
OSBURNE , John
1-0-J-8-1
OVERSTREET, John
0-0-0-0-1
PARISH, Joseph
1-0-1-2- 1
PARISH , Alexander
0-0-2-4-0
PEARCEY, Johr. &amp; Son James 1-0-4-14-2
PULLEN, William
1- 0- t-J- 1
PHILLIP8, Mary; Son Stephen 1- 0-J-9-1
PHELPS , John
0-0- 0-1-0
POWELL , Aron
1- 0-1-2-1
PARISH , William
1-0-0-J-1
POINDEX'IER, Joseph 1-10-8-28-2
Negroes , Hartain, Patt , Moses, Lucy ,
Thur~ton , Sarah, Cate, York, Lelly
&amp; Rose
James Poindexter
1-1-2-12-1
PALMER , Ben jam1n
Slave Amy
1-0-1-7-1
PUCKR'TT , Jeremiah
1-0-1-2-1
PARKER , Thomas
1-0-2-9- 0
PJTEET, James
1-0-1-01
PO'IEET, Benjamin
1-0-1-0-1
PARKER, John
1-0-J-8-1
PAYNE, Thomas
1- 0-1-6-1
PAYNE, John
1-0-J-4-1
PRI CE, GeorgG
1-J-6-15-1
PATE, Anthony
Negroes London, Frank, &amp; Jud.f
1-0-2-10- 1
PORTLOCK, 'l'homas
1-0- 1- 1-1.
PAGET, James
1-0-6- 17-1
PO'IEET, William
1- 0-2-2-1
PREWIT, Henry
0-0-0-?-0
PREWIT, Widd ow

�5o
PULLEN, Mosses
1- 6-5- 9- 1
Negroe Winny, Spencer, Rose, Charlotte, Jiny, Eve
PAYNE, John; Nathaniel Parish Overseer
1-12- 6- 15-1
Negroes, Dick, James, Esther, Bob,
Amble, Samson, Lucey, Winny, Jacob
Rachell, Sirus, &amp; Phill
PRESTON, Moses
1-0- 1-5-1
POLLARD, 'Ihomas
1- 0-2- 7-1
PHELPS, John
1- 8- 8-20- 1
Negroes Dick, Rachell, J in, Nann,
Lucy, Bett, Judy, Sally
PAT'IERSON, Joseph
1-0- J - 7-1
PAYNE, Flail
1-2- 6- 12-1
Negroes Harry and Sarah
PRES TON, Thomas
1- 6- 4-16- 1
Negroes Fib, Sid, Cloe, Jim, Jack
Rody
PRESTON, Stephen
1- 2-1- J -1
Negroes Isball &amp; Frank
PRESTON, Joel
1-1- 1-4-1
Negroe Ben
PHEAZLE Senior, Philip 0- 0-2-J- O
PHEAZLE, Bernard
1-0-1- 4-1
PHEAZLE, Jacob
1- 0- 2- 5- 1
PERKINS , Harden
0-5-1- 20-0
Negroes Jesse, Judy, Phillis,
Martin, Aron
PAY NE, William
1-0- 1- 4-1
PRICE, Thomas
1-0-1-0- 1
PRESTON, Nathan
1-0-0-2- 1
PAYNE, John
1-2- 5- 9- 1
Negroes James &amp; Sarah
PAYNE Junior, John 1-0-2-J-1
PRATT, John
1- 0-4-8-1
PULLEN, Thomas
1-2-4-14-1
Negroe George &amp; Adam
FARREN, John
1-0-1-7-1
PA'IE , Jeremiah
1-4-7-20-2
Negroes Tom , Peter, Barlett, &amp;
Phillis
PA'IE, Matt hew
1-4-7-22-1
Negroes, Sall , Jane, Amy &amp; George
PA'IE, Thomas
1-0-7-11-1
PAYNE, John
1-0-2-1-1
PAINE, Joseph
1- 0-4-17-1
QUARLES, Wil liam
1-4-J-7-1
Negroes Bob, Peter, Julaner, &amp; Sall
QUARLES , Col . John 0-6-2-12-0
Negroes Peter, Ceaser, Matt, Nann ,
Sinus, Tobby
RAY, Luke
1-5-5-10-1
Negroes Bett, Sam, Dick , J erry ,
Charles

ROBERS ON, George; Son Hobson Roberson
1- 5 -2 - 11-2
Slaves, Agg , Tom , Sall . Jubo , J imm
REYNOLIB, Charles
1-0-J-6-1
RUCKER, Will i a m
1-1-2-2-1
Negroe Boy
RUSHER, Andrew
1 -0-J - 12- 1
ROUNDTREE, D.idley
1- 2 - 5-2 4-J
Negroes Fann &amp; Cloe
Son Patt &amp; Willia m Roundt r ee
ROUNDTREE, Samue l
1-0-J-?-1
READ, Jones
O-J-0- 0- 0
Negroe Will , Luck &amp; Char l es
READ, Francis
1-J-6-2 1 -1
Negroe Derry, Pegg &amp; Cata e
ROBERTS, John
0-1-J -9- 0
Negroe Sam
1-0-J - J -1
READ, James
William
Reeves
REEVES, John;
1-0-5-16- 2
1-J-2-8-1
RICE, Charles
Negroes Claybon, Fann &amp; Child
1-J-2 - 2 0-1
REYNOLIB, Jonas
Negroes, Rodger, Patt , Hannah
1-0-2 - J-1
REYNOLIB, John
1-0-2 - 4-1
REYNOLIS, Jesse
1-0-2 - J -1
REEDY, William
ROBERSON, William; filchard Robe rson
1-0-2-4-2
READ, George Senior 1-0-4-9-1
READ, Andrew
1- 0-2-8-1
RICHESON, Canady
1-0-2-0-1
RICHESON, Capt. Jonathan 1-2-5-15-1
Negroes, Hannah, &amp; Moses
RI CHESON, Jane (Widdow) . 0-0-1-6-0
RICHESON, James
1- 0-1-J-1
ROIGERS, John
1-0-1-3-1
ROBERTS, John
1- 0-J-4-1
BOSON, Charles
1-0-4-5-1
ROBERTS, Richard
1-0-2-2-1
RAI NS, Ambrose
1-1-2-12-1
Negroes Nann
RI CHARDS, Richard; Di.ck Dunn
2 - 0-4-9-2
READ, William
1-19-5-21-1
Negroes Peter, Frank, Mos es, Primus,
Isaac, Bess, Judy , Phillis, Lucy,
Will , James , Jeffry, Jacob, Aron,
Tom, Nick , Alee, Lett, Rachel
ROBERTS, Richard
1-0-J-8-1
ROBERTS , (Widdow)
O-J-J-1J-O
Negroes , Moll , Isbell &amp; Bob
RICE , Benjamin
1-2-4-8-1
Negroes Patt &amp; George

�RENTFROE , I saac
1-2- 5- 4-1
Negroes Ben &amp; Rain
1-0-1-6-1
ROBERTS , J a mes
1-0- 4- 6-1
REEDY , I saac
1-0- 2- 5-1
RAGLAND, Jacob
1-0- J-0- 1
RICHESON , Thomas
ROBINSON , Benjami n 1-0-J-0-1
0-0- 2- 6- 0
RAINES , Hannah
RICHARDSON , Jos eph ; Son Jos hua
1-0-J-19-2
Richards on
RICE , Da.vid
1-1-5- 20-3
Negro Dick
Sons Samu el &amp; Da.vid
ROU'IEN , Ric hard
1-0-J-1 4-1
1-0- J-6- 1
ROU'IEN , John
1-0-J-11-1
ROBERSON, James
1-0-1-1-1
ROSS, William
ROSS , Thomas &amp; Son J ob 1-0-2- 4-2
ROBERSON , Thomas &amp; Son Jos eph
1-0- J-11- 2
RUSHER , George
1-0- 5- 9-1
1- 1-2-4-1
RICHARDS, John
Negroe James
RICHIE , James
1-2-1-2-1
Negroes , Dilcey &amp; Frank
ROBERTSON , Arthur
1-9-6-9-1
Negroes , Rodger , Phillis , Beck ,
Ja mes , Joe , Kate , Na n &amp; Silvia , Dick
STANDLEY , Pleasant ; George Standl ey
1-0-2-7-2
STORT, Patty
0-0-2-7-0
S'IURMAN, Va lentine 1-0- 1-2-1
SCOTT, James
1-2-J-1J- 1
Negroes , Bowker &amp; Amy
SCRUGGS , Thomas ; Son William
1- 12- 10-25-2
Negroes James , Hampton , Taler , Tamer
Grace, Amy , Jack , Charles , Watt ,
Fann , Bett , George
SCRUGGS , Gross
1-8-7-19-1Negroes , Sam , James , Nancey , Jack ,
Bob , Ben, Phillis , Sall
SMELCER , Widow
1 -6-20-0
Negroe Peter
( 2 Ti th es)
SINCLAIR , Robert
1-0-5- 9-1
SHARP, Abram
1-0-4-7-1
SHARP , Adam
1-0-4-18-1
SHARP , John
1- 0-7-28-1
STRATTON, Isaac
1-0- 1-2-1
STITH , James
1-0-0-1- 1
SIMMONS , Joseph
1-0-J-6-1
SIMMONS , George
1-0-0-6- 1
SPENCER Senior, William 1-0-J- 8- 1

SLOANE , James
1-1-J-11-1
Negroe Edey
SHARP , John
1-0-1-8-1
STEWART, John
1-0-1-J -1
1-0-2-4-1
STEWART, Da.niel
STONE , William
1-0-2-6-1
STONE , Patrick
1-0-J-0-1
SPENCER , Wi lliam
1-0-2-5-1
SPENCER , William Junior 0-0-1- J-1
1-0-4-7-1
STONE , Thomas
SOUTHLING , Gibson 1-0-2-0-1
1-0-2-5-1
STANTON, Richard
1-0-0-8-1
STOVER , Jeremiah
1-0-3- 5-1
STEEL, John
SHEPHERD, William 1-0-J-J-1
1-1-2-0-1
SALMON , John
Negroe Adam
SLAUGHTER, Ru eben 1-11-9-17-J
Negroes , Steven , Adam , Charles , Martin
Cate , Ann , Da.fney , Nell , George,
Ledda , Lucy
Sons John and Rueben Sl aughter
SHANNAN , 'Thomas ; John Shannan
1-0-5-13-2
1- 0-J- 9- 1
STARKEY Senior , John
1-0-4-12-1
STARKEY Junior , John
1-0-2- 2-1
STARKEY, Joseph
1-1-2-9-1
STARKEY, Joshua
One Negroe
SMITH, J ohn ; Sons Samuel 'Thomas &amp;
Willi am
1-6- 6- 39- 4
Negroes Sam, Martin, Cate, Bowker,
Amy , __ny
STANDEFORD, I saiah 1-0-1-5-1
SMITH , Cha rles
1-11-6-12-1
Eleven Negroes
1-0- 2- l.r1
SIMMONS , Peter
1-0-2- 6-1
SIMMONS , Charles
1-0-J-12-1
STEPHENS , James
1-0-22-1
SIMPKINS , James
SIMPKINS, William 1-0-2-5-1
1-0-2-4-1
STANTON, Thomas
1-0-0-1-1
SPEARMAN , John
O-O-J-8-0
SHAW, John
SCARBOROUGH, Isaac 1-0-6-14-1
1-10-6-16-1
SMITH , John
Negroes , Sall , Patt, Arny, Nann,
Ja mes , Agness , Judy, Melander,
I saac and Jane
SPRAGGINS , William 1-4-4-10-1
Negroes Moll , Hannah, Lucy, Arny
STONE, Micajah
1-0-J-10-1
SQUIRES , Uriah
1-0-2-6-1

�SWAIN , Charles
1-0-2- 6-1
SCRUGGS, Britten
1-0-1- 0-1
SQUI RES, Levie
1-0-5-12-1
SINGLETON, John
1-0-2-8-1
SMITH, Guy and Brother William

2-4-1-8-2
Negroes Bess, Ciss , Lewis , Esther
SMITH, Stephen
0-3-1-7-0
Negroes , Glasgow, Frank &amp; James
STRATTON Junior, Henry 1-0-1-0-1
STA.RR, John
1-0-2-8-1
STRATTON, Henry
1-9-7-24-1
Negroes , Tony , Cloe , Lucey , Frank,
Ned , Rachell , Isaac, Phillis , Tom
SMITH, Guy , Estate 0- 15- 7-23-0
Negroes , Tross, Peter , Joe , Amanuel ,
Hagar, Tener, Hannah, Rose , Dick ,
Gabriel, Grace , Esabella , Ja mes ,
George , Phill
SPAULDING , Thomas
1-J- 1-9-1
Negroes, Ciss , Lucy &amp; Ned
S'IUMP, John
1-0-3-5-1
SAUNIERS , Stephen
0-3-0-0-0
Negroes , Pegg , Sall , &amp; Peter
STEVENS, Soloman B. 0- 0-2-7-1
SPENCER, Benjamin
0-0-0-0-1
STONE Junior, Thomas 0-0-0-0-1
SCOTT, Axton
1- 0-1-6-1
SLINKER, Chris topher
1-0-2-8-2
SHREWSBURRY, Dabney 1-1-1-0-1
SIMMONS, George
1-0-4-4-1
SCOTT, George
1-0-3- 0-1
SINCLAIR, George
1-0-2-3-1
STITH, Joseph
1- 6- 2- 6-1
Negroes Billy , Bris ten, Ben ,
Edmund , Charles &amp; Cate
SUTHERLAND, James
2-0-5-4-2
SINCLAIR, Isaac
1-7-2- 4-1
Negroes, Sarah, Silvia , Dick, Jack ,
Jim, Hanah, Tom
SHREWSBURRY, Nathaniel 1-5-4-8-1
Neg. Winny, Isaac, Phebe , Jimmy
&amp; Ann
SHREWSBURRY, Samuel 1-6-6-34-1
Neg, Sam, Peter, Bess , Lucy, Jack ,
&amp; Dol l

STONE, Uriah
1-5-2-2-1
Negroes , Will, Lett, Jack, Nann
&amp; Sall
SINCLAIR, Weaman
1-1-2-6-1
Negroe Hannah
SCOTT Junior, William 1-0-4-6-1
SCOTT Senior, William 1-0-3-8-2

TATE, J esse
1 -11 - 6-12 -1
Negr oes , Ada m, Joe , Toby , Na nn , Luck
Matt , Tony , J enny , Dinah , Bob
THORP , Thomas
1-0- 1- 1 1- 1
THORP , Willi a m
1-0-J-5- 1
TALBOT, Isham
1-J-14-20- 1
Negro es , Simmon , Bellow &amp; Bett
TALBOT, J ohn
0-8-5- 40- 1
Negro es , Peter , Cate , Ned , Dick ,
Ma rk , Nancy , Pet e r, J oe
J ones Read, Overseer
TAYLOR , Willia m
1 - 0-J- 6- 1
THORP , Francis
1-7 -J- J6- 1
Negro es , J a mes , Ceaser , Roy , Adam
Ros e, Pe ter , Be rry
John Roberts , Overs e er
'IURNER , Ja mes
1-7 -5-11-1
Negroes , James , Lue , Hooper , Ma tt
Lett , Cooper , Joe
1-1-J-10-1
TA TE, Charles
Negroe , Lue
TERRY, Ma rtha; Thomas Mill Terry
0-0-1-1-1
TRACEY , William
1-0-J-8-1
1-0-2-4-1
TAYLOR , James
1-1-2-J-1
THOMAS , Ja mes
Slave Tom
TURNER , Lewis
1-0-1-0-1
TALBOT, Ma tthew
1-6 -2-0-1
Negroes , Phillis, Wonder, Cuff ,
Dolly , Fridy &amp; Judy
TRENT, Obediah H
1-2-2-7-1
Negroes , Judy &amp; Cloe
TATE , Nathaniel
1-4-J-10-1Negroe John , Nell, Rachel , Mill ey
THORNHILL Senior, William ; Sons
William &amp; Ez.ekiel Thornhills
7-0-5-14-J
1-0-0-0-1
THORNHILL, John
1-0-1-5-1
TONEY , Harriss
TRIGG , William &amp; Son Hea den Trigg
1-15-10-39-2
Negro es , Jack , D:l.niel, Jack , Dick ,
Nann , Lett, Judy, Fann, Mill , Rachell
Tamer, Phillis , Esther, Essex and
Major
TURNER Senior , James
1-10-2-13-1
Negroes, Jenkins, Patrick , Nann,
Cloe, Annus, Antony , Parratt, Ledia
Winn, Cloe
TURNER, I s iah
1-1-4-6-1
Slave Edom

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I

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I

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�1-12- 7-32-1
TRIGG, J ohn
Negro es Peter , Jack , Bobb , Jacob ,
Hannah , Lucey , J udy , J ames , Da.vid ,
Ned , Moll , Phebe
A Riding Carriage Two Wheels
1-0-1- 0-1
TONEY, Reuben
1-0-J - 2-1
THOMAS , John
1-0-2- 4-1
'IURNER, J ohn
0-0-0-0-1
TERRY , Jasper
1-0-1-0-1
THOMAS , Da. vid
1-0-J-1 0-1
THOMAS , William
1-0-5-9-1
TAYLOR , John
1-1-5-11-1
TAYLOR , Shel ton
Negro Tom
TAYLOR, Sarah (Widdow) 0- 0-J-1 0-0
TAYLOR , William
1-0-1-J-1
TONEY, William Junior 1- 0-2-0-1
'IURNBULL , George
1-6- 8-1 8-1
Negro~s , Nann , Lue, Grace , Harry
Aus tin &amp; Sep
TONEY Senior , William ; John , Deckerd
&amp; Money Toney
1-0-4-11-4
TERRY Senior , Thomas
1-0-6-10-1
THOMPSON, Samuel
1-0-6-9-1
THOMPSON, Sarah
0-5-J-8-0
Negroes , Mill , Harry, Joe , Nicey
Rachell
1-5-4-28-1
TOLER , Joseph
Negroes , Da.niel , Hannah, Nann,
Sall, Steven
1-1-4-12-1
'IURNER , Admiah
Negroes , Dinah
1-0-2-4-1
THOMASON , John
1-J-4- 6-1
'IERRY , William
Negroes , Sarah , Dick , Lucey
1-0-4-7- 1
THOMAS , John
1-0-1
- 8-1
TURLEY , Ro ber t
1-2J-16-1
'IURNER , Elijah
Negroes , Joe
0-0-3-11-0
VINCENT, Charles
1-0-0-2-1
UNDERWOOD, John
UPDIKE , Aman
1-0-2- 7-1
VAUGHAN , William &amp; Son Obadiah
1-0-2-2-2
VAUGHAN, William
1-0-J-10-2
1-1-4-11-1
WILLIAMSON , James
Negroe Cloey
1-1-4-19-1
WRIGHT , J ohn
Negroe Lucey
WRIGHT, David ; Son Da.vid 1-18-7-11-2
Negroes, Jack , Cupid , Tom, Dinah,
Charlotte , Grace, Millay, Abram ,
Toby , Isham, Samson, Cupid , Amy,
Moll, Rackes, Judy , Tiller, Dilcea

WOODWARD, William, Sons George &amp;
Jeremiah
1-0-2- 11- J
WOOD , Agness
0-0-J-12-0
WOODY , William
1-0-2-9-1
WILLIAMS , Elisha
1-0-J-4-1
WOOD, Thomas
1-0-4-13-1
WOOD, Jona than
1-0-1-4-1
WRIGHT, James
1-?-4-10-1
Negroes Ben, Rachel, Rose , Benjamin
Hannah , Buster and York
WILLIAMS , John
1-0-2-6-1
WILLIAMS, Thomas
1-0-2-4-1
WOOD, Jeremiah
0-0-2- 4-1
WADE, Jacob
1-0-1- 6-1
WOODWARD, Chesley
1-4-9-16-2
Negroes , Pompey , Judy , &amp; Rose.
Duley Woodward &amp; Negroe Child
WILKINSON , Peter
1-2-J-8-1
Negroe Rodger &amp; one Negroe chi ld
WRIGHT, William
1-0-J-?-1
WILLIAMS , William
1-0-J-8-1
WORDLEY, Mathew
1-0-1-0-1
WHEAT , Basell
1-4-2-8-1
Negroes Milly &amp; Combo with two
children
1-0-1-5-1
WILLIAMS , John
1-1-3-9-1
WILSON, William
Negroe Cock
WILSON, James
1-0-1-9-1
WADE , D3.vid
1-0-1-2-1
WORLDLY, William
1-0-1- 5-1
WHEAT, John; Zachari ah Wheat
1-0-3-8-2
WOODWARD, Samuel
1-0-6- 18-1
WILLIAMS , Thomas
1-J-J-8-1
Negroes Jack, Phillis, Reener
WOODWARD, lance
1-0-5- 8-1
WOODWARD, Richard , 0-1-1-6-0
Negroe Peter
WATERFIELD, Philip 1-0-2-4-1
WILKINSON , Joseph
1-1-1-16-2Negroes , Simon
(James Wilkinson)
WATSON, Johnson
1-12-5-25-1
Negroes George , Sarah, Lewis, Patt,
Harry, Susanah, Tom, Nell, Ben,
James, Sarah , Judy
WOODWARD, Ishua
1-0-2-0-1
WATTS, Thomas
1-2-2-7-1
Negroe Will and Jinny
WATTS, Richard
1-2-6-6-2
Negroes Sarah Mamber
(Bing Watts his son)
WATTS, William
1-0-1-4--1

�WOOIB, Peter
WOOIB, Ambrose
WOOIB, Stephen

1-0-5-4-1
1-0-0-4-1
1-J-4-14-1
Negroes, Bab , Lucy &amp; Phill
WRIGHT, Thomas
1-0-1-5-1
WEBB, Samuel
1-0-5-10-1
WEMMER, Jacob
1-0-6-11-1
WRIGHT Sr., William; George Wright

1-0-3-10-2
1-0-2-7-1
1-0-3-6-1
1-0-2-0-1

WRIGHT, Wingfield
WRAY, James
WRIGHT, James
WALTON, William; Nathan Demsay
WRAY, Moses

2-0-5-12-2
1-0-4-7-1
1-0-1-2-1

WALKER, John
WEBB, Theoderick; James Webb

2-19-6-27- 2

Negroes, Tom, Bett, Agay, Isaac,
Venice, Bett, Joe, Phillis , George
Ben, Rodger, Blender, Ambrose ,
Peter, Abram, Moll, Antony, Lucey
&amp; Amia
WILSON, Edward
1-0-3- 5-1
WATSON, John
1-5-8-14-1
Negroes, Cipio, Nell, Nann, Sall
&amp; George
WEBS'IER, John
1- 0-2-5-1
WRAY, Benjamin
1-0-2-4-1
WALTON, John
1-0-0-0-0
WRIGHT, John
1-0-0-0-0
WRIGHT Junior, William 0-0-0-0-0
WHI'IMORE(?Chrisley?), Jacob 1-0-0-0-Q
WOOD, John
1-0-0-0-0
WILEY, William
1-0-0-0-0
WILEY, Adam
1-0-3-0-0
WEST Junior, John
1-0-0-5-0
WRIGHT, John; Son Thomas Wright

1-0-J-11-2

WOODY, Henry; Martain &amp; John Woody

1-0-5-15-J

WOO.S'IER, Hinman
1-0- 4-2J-1
WHITE, Elizabeth
0-0-1-4-0
WHITE, Stephen, Sons Thomas &amp;
William White
1-0-5-15-J
WEASEnAR, Laniel
0-6-J-10-0
Negroe Alee, George, La.ff, Phib,
George, Bob
WHITE, George
1-0-2-8-1
WHI'IE, Joseph
1-0-2-6-1
WHITE, Jacob
1-0-3-5-1
WITT, Ann

WAIE, Jeremiah
IAIE, Isaac

0-0-2-9-0
1-0-11-5-1
1-0- 0-0-0

WADE, Joshua
1-0-0-0-0
WILSON, Joseph &amp; Son James 1-0-0-0-0
WELLS, John &amp; Sons Samuel &amp; Benjamin
2-0-0-0-0
WRAY Junior, Moses
WRAY , Ianiel
WALKER, John
WALKER, William
WHEELER, Archelas
1-0-0-0-0
WHEELER, Benjamin
WAT'IS , Edward
Negroes Jack, Bister, Melzer, Agg
&amp; Charles
WRIGHT, John
Negroe Lucey
WRIGHT, Joseph
Negroe Lue
WRIGHT, Joseph
WEAVER, John P
WHEELER, Rowland
1-0-0-0-0
WHEELER , Thomas
1-0-0-0-0
WILLIAMS, William (Overseer for Ros
1-0-0-0-0
Bradfute)
YOUNG, Agness
1-0-0-0-0
YOUNG, Joseph
1-0-0-0-0
YATES, William
1-0-0-0-0
YATES, John

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�FIRST BANE CEMETERY
Compiled by Mi ~;, S3.rn.h Franci s
State Rt . #42 , one mile ~:E of White Gate , Giles County, Virginia.
A

James M
Aug . 5 , 1849
Feb. 21, 1878
WOODYARD, E. B.
t~ov . 2 , 182J
Feb. 9, 1865
WOODYARD, Charl ty - wl fe of E . B. - May 17, 1823 - Nov. 13, 1880
MOORE, Jennie M - d.1u of W. W. &amp; M. C. - Feb 28, 1872 - July 6, 189J
BARBEE , L. C . - M::iy 29 , 1821 - Sept . 8 , 1877
BARBEE, Jane Co. i...herinc - wife of L . C. - June 29 , 1829 - May 8, 1908
BARBEE, Mrs Fann ie - wife of Gabriel T . Barbee
BAHBEE, Cabri cl T. - Sept . 4 , 1850 - May 8, 1908
WOODYARD,

B

c

PAINTER , Sarah L - Feb . 12 , 1800 - Nov. 25 , 1861
LEE, Margaret C - M...1.y 25 , 1810 - June 23 , 1884
MOORE, Laura E. - wife of C. T. - Nov 4 , 1860 - May 4, 1890
BANE, Frances McDon.::i.ld - Aug . 27 , 1846 - June 16, 1923
BANE , Captain R. H. - June 24 , 1836 - Apr. 1, 1880
MILLER, Ma ry Oli via - wife of' Jas . E. Bane - Jan 2J, 18J4 - Jan 7, 1916
BANE , Jas . E. - Apr 11, 1829 - Dec 17 , 1886
BANE, Sarah Maria h - dau of Jas. E &amp; Mary O - Dec JO, 1862 -Nov 22, 1871
BANE, Jesse - s on of Jas E &amp; Ma ry 0 - Sept 10, 1856 - Sept 11, 1857
BROYLES, Bessi e B - d.::i.u of G H &amp; M J - Feb 4, 1897 - Jan 21, 1898
SHELTON, George R - ~on of W J &amp; L J - Aug 25 , 1875 - Nov 4, 1895
SHELTON, Ma tti e J - dau of W J &amp; L J - June 17, 1871 - Sept 27, 1890
SHELTON, Luther - son of W J &amp; L J - June 22 , 1878 - June 7, 1890
SHELTON, Annie B - d.::i.u of W J &amp; L J - Mar 1, 1870 - May 2, 1880
SHELTON, Elizabeth H - wife of L. C. - Oct 11, 1820 - Mar 24, 1889
SHELTON , L C - Mar 6, 1810 - Nov 21, 1882
SHELTON, Mary M - dau of L C &amp; _ H - Nov 27 , 1842 - Oct 20, 1865
BANE , Anna - wife of Jesse - Feb 15, 1796 - May 4, 1868
BANE, Jesse - Nov 2J, 1791 - Nov Ji , 1875

D

FRANCIS , Elizabeth R - dau of AndrP.w J &amp; Jeanie Shannon Francis - Nov
21, 1906 - July 1, 1910
BANE, Allen M - died June 2, 1878 - 32 yrs, 11 mo, 2 days
BANE, Mary A - dau Jesse and Anna Bane - Oct 2, 1822 - Oct 6, 1823
WOLFORD, Frances Ann - Jan 1, 1845 - Sept 25, 1860
BANE, Sarah - dau of Jesse and Anna - died Nov 7, 1856 - age JO yrs,
9 mo, 18 days
BANE , Nancy - dau Jesse and Anna - died Mar 24, 1856 - aged Ji yrs,
2 mo , 1J days
BARBEE, unnamed daughter of Mortimer &amp; Nannie - Dec 26, 1874 - Dec 27, 1874
BARBEE, Lewis G. - son of Mortimer &amp; Nannie - Sept iO, 1884 - Aug 17,1885
BARBEE, Nannie B. - wife of M A - Sept 5, 1848 - June 2, 1901
BANE, Annie Barbee - Mar 18, 1861 - April 9, 1943
BANE , Pierce Jackson - Dec 20, 1855 - June 3, 1931
E

J&lt;EI.I.ER, Lizzie - Jan 12 , 1848 - Apr 15, 1912
BANE, Samuel - Aug 10, 1821 - Dec 25, 1898
BANE, Lucy Baker - July 2, 1827 - Aug 5,
MILLER, Jean - Apr 1, 1889 - Feb 15, 1890
MILLER, Beverly - May 18 , 1887 - Feb 26 , i890
*BANE, Ellene Cannon - Dec J, 1857 - Sept JO, 1862
*(note: child of Lucy B &amp; Samuel Bane )

�56

First Bane Cemetery - con ' t
BANE, Virginia Graham* - Mar 14, 1861 - S ept 22 , 1862
BANE, Maria O'Brian*- Sept 1 , 1859 - Nov 6 , 1861
*(note: children of Lucy B &amp; Samuel ane )
BANE, Sarah - youngest daughter of Christian &amp; Mary Snidow an d consort
of H. H. Bane* - June 9, 1802 - Dec 10 , 1845.
( *note : possibly
William Haven Bane , from " The Burke Family" by Dr John A Kelley ,
p

11-vdm)

BANE,
BANE,
BANE,
BANE,

an infant son of William &amp; Sarah - Dec 9 ,
- F eb 11, 1845
Mary H - age 12 years
Jane - wife of William D - Dec 12, 1824 - Mar 16 , 1865
William D - Dec 17 , 1814 - Oct 11, 1901

F
Jas M - Oct 5, 1869 - Jan 10 , 1894
Betsy Bane - wife of Tobias - died May 16 , 1880 - 7 5 yrs , 2
days
Tobias - Mar 6, 1797 - Apr 22 , 1865
SHANNON, Nancy C - wife of Jon . H. Bane - Dec 17 , 1820 - J an 27, 1897
BANE, John H - June 7 , 1809 - May 21, 1856
BANE, Maria - wife of Madison Allen - Apr 29 , 1807 - July 9, 1852
BANE, Jane - wife of J D Snidow - Feb 5, 185J - Aug 9, 1884
SNIDOW, John D - Nov 17, 1847 - Sept 29 , 1927
SNIDOW, Jas H - June 7, 1880 - Nov 9 , 1902
MILLER,
MILLER,
mo , 2
MILLER,

G

MILLER, Madison A - son of Tobias &amp; Betsy - Nov 10, 1839 - June 16, 1857
ALLEN, Jas M - son of Madison &amp; Maria - Jan 5, 18J4 - Dec 19, 18J8
GRAHAM, infant son of - John C &amp; Jane - Sept 15, 18J8
BANE, Wythe G - May 9, 1846 - Nov 22, 1892
BANE, Jennie Height - June 5, 1854 - July 25, 1902
H - (note: no burials in this line)
I

PAYNE, Annie F - wife of Smith - died May 6 , 1851, in 70th year of
her age
BAKER, Alfred A - Oct 20 , 1818 - June 2, 1887

BEAMER CEMETERY
Down the hill from Millirons Cementery on Old road up Wolf Creek on Rt. 724

HARE, Mary Ann - dau of Mr

&amp; Mrs J W - May J , 1925 - Oct Ji, 1926
Unmarked stone to left of Mary Ann Hare
HA.RE, Sarah E - wife of R. F . - Feb 14, 186J - Apr 12, 1922
MORRIS, Pauline - Mar 17, 1918 - Aug 8, 1918
GEORDON, Emmett - Nov 20, 1917 - Nov 21, 1917
BURTON, Exekiel - born Sept 27 , 18J8 - Died Sept 15, 1916
PRUETT, Earl - Aug 15, 1915 - Oct Ji, 1916
BEAMER, Ada V - Dec 22 , 1905 - Apr 11, 1912
BEAMER, infant son of W A &amp; Fannie - born July 9 , 1915 - died July

10, 1915

BEAMER, Fannie - wife of W A - Born Oct 25,
BEAMER, Mary Clare - Jan 13, 1901 ·- Aug 22,
BEAMER1 Joseph Lee 1862 - 1945
Virginia B
1866 - 1925
BEAMER1 Mary Lynch Saners
Apr 27 , 1906 George Leslie - May 2, 1903 - July

1886 - Died July 14, 1915
1958
(one stone )
Nov 1.5, 1970

21 , 1960

(one stone )

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�EARLY SSTTLERS NEAR NICKELSVILLE
by
H . D. Kilgore
Rt 2
Nickelsville, Va .
f rom "Scott County Herald-Virginian , Inc." , Gate City , Va. 24251
"Early Settlers West of Nickelsville"
Robert (Robin) Kilgore , bon1 4-22- 1765 diedJ-29-1854 and his wife Jane Porter,
born 9-9-1761 , died 9-25-1842 , Kilg ore Fort .
Valentine Bush , born J-1- 1807 died 1-8-1904, his wife Nancy Gose 12-2-1813,
died 4-16-1 884.
Charles Culberts on, born 1800, died 1872, wife, Nancy Osborne , birth unknown,
died 1882 near Culbertson Chapel .
Charlie K. Broadwater , 5-27-1827 , died 7-16-1899 , wife Melvina Moore , 8-24-1828,
died 1-18-1913 , Copper Creek .
George McConnell, Sr., born 1775 , died 1845, wife Susanah Snavely , born 1775,
died 1855, Twin Springs .
Henry S . McConnell , 4-4-1801, died 1-4-1884, wife Sarah J . Kilgore, J-7-1806
died 4-9-1 879 , Valley Creek .
Samuel R. McConnell, 10-22-1814, died 8-29-1864, wife Nancy Allen, 12-10-1817,
died 5-6-1 894 , Twin Springs .
Hiram Ki l gore , 1771 , died 4-1-1851, wife Rebecca Renfro, 1781, died 1861.
Charles Kilgore, 1801, died 10-26-1871 , wife Sarah Dougherty, 4-20-1804, died
January 1885 , Valley Creek .
Steven Kilgore , 4- 1-1815 , died 4- 11-1863 , wife Betty Allen, 8-29-1819 died 12J-1899 Copper Creek .
Charles Cramwell Addington , 10- 10-1777 , died 1-18-1882, wife Anna Dota , died
5-18-1874, Copper Creek.
Richard Fraley , wife Caroline Cl ay , Valley Creek .
John Dingus, 6- 2J-1800 , wife Jo el Stallard , born 1-29-1802, 'IWin Springs.
George Dingus , 2-7-1811, died 7-12,1875, wife Margaret Addington, 7-10,1814,
died 1-14-1877 ,
William Harris, 4-24-1808, died J- 10-1898 , wife Susanah Dougherty, J-20-1812,
died 4-24-1896.

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*

*

Here are some more of the early settlers near Nickelsville which were missed
in the article which appeared several issues ago.

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John Broadwater - born 2-28-1788, died
Born 4-10-1796; 4-2J-187J.
James Dougherty 6-11-1771 ;
4-1-1845, Valley Creek .
John Dougherty

12-14, 1857.

8-12- 1859 ; hi s wif e , Wi nnie Kilg ore
His wife, Eliza beth Hamilton

1- 8- 1803; 12-16-1856, Copper Cre ek , hi s wife , Pats y Wa mpler .

7-4-1826 , 1-16-1888 , Valley Creek, his wife , Nancy
12-25-1837 ; 6-20-1890 .

William Elam

Hiram Kilgore,

7- 1-1779 ;

M.

Ding us ,

J-2J-1828 ; J-1-1907, Ridge; his wi fe Rbecca Tu.vi s , 9 - 26-1 826 ;

7-14-1912.
Rev. William Addington

5-6-1812; 9-20-1882 ; Hi s wif e Elizabeth Stal l a rd , 5-

22-1813; 5-29-1899.
Jessie Wampler ,

J-17-1814; 1-17-1889 , Copper Creek .
12-23-1826; 6-14-1874.

His wife, Rebecca Kilgore

William Wampler, 1-28-1819, 6-7- 1898 , Copper Creek .
Bauzell 3-25-1824; 1-5-1897.

Hi s wife, Elizabeth

9-9-1813 , J-10-1900, Cornsville.
12-23-1815; 4-14-1853,
John B . Corns

Jacob Meade,

1-9-1826; J-4-1896.

Hi s wife, Elizabeth Cutler

His wife Susannah Stallard

5-26-1826; 4-26-

1875,

copies from Lewisburg, (W) Va, newspaper , from microfil~ . D:i,te of 17 Aug
18J8.
"MURDER MOST FOUL AND UNNATURAL ." The painful duty devolves upon
us to record one of the most cruel and savage murders , ever known to have
been perpetrated in our section of country.
Two children of Mr . George
Mays who resides at the Warm Springs, Bath County, were one day last week
most barbarously murdered by two of his female slaves.
The children we
understand were between six and nine years of age .
When murdered , they
were on their return fr~m a school a short distance from the Warm Springs ,
and were found with their throats cut and schokingly mangled.
We have no information of the particulars of this horrid Transaction.
The negroes have confessed the crime, and they were incited to the deed
by a malignant spirit of revenge, for some slight correction they had
previously received from their mistress, noted for her kindness , attention and indulgence to her servants.
To Mr. and Mrs . Mays this unhappy
berenvement is peculiarly afflicting, as these two murdered children were
the only survivors of four or five others who met an early gi:ave.

�CRA IG COUNTY , VIRGINIA

Index of Will Book , April 25 , 1851 , thro Sept 11, 1867
During the Civi l Wa r most of the record books of Craig Co . were taken into
the s treet and burned by the Un ion force~ After the war, citizens were asked
to bring in any documents they had so that the records could be officially
recorded aga i n . Thl s book is written in brown ink on blue paper and may not
zerox. The off i ce is s ma ll a nd i f the document will not zerox , she cannot
type it for you . So , you must find someone who will copy i t for you.
WILL BOOK A
Caldwell , Andrew - Sale Bill 441, Appr
Armstrong , 'Ihomas
p 1
bill 445 &amp; 446 , property &amp; money
"
John
117
?
? by heirs 468 , Admr 469
Abbott, James Wa lls J67
Caldwell, Hamilton R - admr bill 487
Bishop , Marti s ha 2 , 20
Drummond , Thomas - Inv . 24, sale bill
Exers Sett ' t JJO
27 , Sett' t 40
Brizentine , Seyburn -Adm ' r Sett JJO
Iamewood
, James - will 249 , appt 253
Bowers, James .Dec ' d -Adm ' r Sett 486
Duncan , Benj ' m - will J48
Bowers , John M - aclm ' r sett . 488
Duncan , John S - app ' t 4J2 , 4JJ , Sale
Caldwell, Wm J 2 2 , 2J , J4, 52
bill 461
Caldwell , Elizabeth - will J2 ,
Elmore, William dec ' d - App ' m bill 29,
appt 46 , sale bill 47 , Sett ' t
Sale bill JO
before comm'r 6 1
Eaken
, Gilley A - g ' d 'n 62 ; 63, 113?2,
Caldwell , Robert dec ' d - appt 79
484
Sale Bill 102 , Settlement of
Echole , Joseph - will 72, appt 89,
adm ' r 144
Bill sale 90 , Sett ' t of 139
Carson , Fanny E ( aclm ' r) - app ' t
Eakin , Nancy - adm (appt) bill 82,
Bill 117 , Sale Bill 118
sale bill 84 , sett ' t 182 &amp; 191
Campbell , William W - a pp ' t bill 1J1,
Elmore , James dec ' d - app ' t bill 91,
Sale Bill 1J2
sale bill 93 , will 80, sett't
Crist , Philip - inventory 212 , Sale
admr 129-193, adm DBN appt 189
Bill 215, Sett ' rn of Adm'r 247 ,
(DBN deed book N)
2nd Set . JJ4
Elmore , Hannah - app ' t bill 1J7 , sale
Carper, Joseph Dec ' d - Al ill? 222
bill 1J8
Carper, Isaac - App ' t Bill 237 ,
Eakin , Thomas - will 256, appt 271,
Sale Bill 240 , Sett ' t 343
sale bill 273 , JOJ, sal e adJn 'r?
Caldwell, John T - Sett ' t of Adm ' r 246
Carper, Mary - will 268 , app -' t 25J
378
Elmore , Iavid - will 386, appr ~13?
Canode , Wm L - App't 290
sale bill 414.
Caldwell , Clayton - will 295
Eakin , Joseph - will 439, appt bill 475
Champ, Erastus - inventory 308,
Sale Bill J09
&amp; 476
Farrier, William - 119, appt 122, sale
Crowder, Abel - App ' t J20 , Sale
Bill J2 1
bill 123, sett ' t 184
Fisher , Aaron? - appt estate 176, sale
Crowder , George - app ' t J21
Caldwell , Jacob S - Inv . JJ1,
bi ll 190, sett ' t 219, 236
Fisher,
John A - appt 299, sale bill
Sale Bill J32
Caldwell , N T - Inv J38 , Sale Bill
301
Givens, John F - appt bill 228 , sale
339 , Set . 425
bill 229, s ett . ~' 2nd sett. J92
Caldwell , Edrnunston - Appt J61 ,
Gray , Mary - will 353, appt bill 426,
Sale Bill J65 , Com' r Sett ' r 481
sale bill 427,-8 , &amp; -9, 2nd sett .
Cale , Joseph S - Will J66 , app 't
41Lr417
392
Givins , Madison - g 'd' n Texas P Givins
Caldwell , Geo W - Will J68 , Appt.
&amp;al Sett. 401 (Note: i nf . ch of
373, Sale bill 499
Jon ' n Givens. Other ch: Bryan C
Caldwell, Wm H - Set ' m admr. 377,
&amp;
Sarah A.
Appt 356, bill s ale ( blank)

�Givins, Madis on - g 'd'n John A Leff els c h . Sett . 441
Givins, Madison - g ' d ' n Wm E Reynolds ch. Sett . 4 02
Givens , Jonathan - additional a pp ' r 411 , S ett 4J0 , -1 , &amp; - 2
Hutchison , Robert M = p 6, 8 ; Sett .
before com . 38 , 39 , 40 , 51 ; 2nd
sett. 64; Sett . 159, 16J, 180 , 181
Sett . 313
Lugar, John - will 2 9 8 , Inv J22 , sale
Hughes, George 13
b i l l J25 , se tt. 4 5 1 to 456
Hutchison, Hamilton W - Sell by corns .
Leffel , J ohn A - sett . J 82 , app 2 59 ,
41, 42 , 43, 44, 63 &amp; 64. Sett .
sale bill J61, com ' r sett 484 &amp; 5 .
158. Sett . 165, Sett 179, Final
Lugar, J ohn A - app 389 , sale bill 390
192 , will 14, app . bill 33, s ale
Looney, Dav id - a pp 347 , comm 483
bill 34, 3.5 , 36 &amp; HW &amp; Il2 &amp; 1W
Looney, Jo sep h - In . sett . 423
37 &amp; 38
Mann , Samu el (d e e ' d) - appt b i l l 5 J
Humphreys, Wm 21
s al e bill I nv 8 0- 8 1-11 5
Hamman, Jacob dec ' d - app ' r bill 45 &amp; 46McPhers on , J aco b - wi l l 1 35 , appt 2 50 ,
sale bill 49
sale b i l l 1 68-17 3 , sett 2 14, 2 50
Hawkins , William - will 59 , appr. 65 ,
s ett . J 1 4
Sett 127, sale bill 196, sett.
McCallis t er , J a mes W (dec 'd) - a ppt b ill
223 , final s ett . 311
160, sal e b i l l 161 &amp; 1 62
Huffman, Sarah dec ' d - appr bill 96, s ale McNutt , T(Thos ) R - a ppt bil l 370 ,
bill 97
sale bill 371, sett. 49J
Hambrie, John - adms sett. 128
Mann , Robert C - appt J74, sal e bill
Huffman, William B (sale bill John
J76
A Jones 136)
Miller, A p - g ' d ' n Jane A Miller J51
Hutcherson, Elizabeth - adm ' tor appt
Miller , A p - g ' d ' n Chas P Ca ldwell 352
bill 149, s ale bill 151 , sett
McClanahan , William - wi l l 438 , appt
231, s ett 312
bill 442 &amp; J &amp; 4, Widows t enem ' t?
Holstine, Henry W, dee ' d - appt 276 ,
451 , appr land 477, b i l l s ale 477sale bill 277
481.
Hutchison, D T, dee ' d - appt 278, sale Mi nnich , A J - app 456 &amp; 7 , s ale bill
bill 316, sett. 331, 332 , 2nd
458-461, com ' r sett 473
sett. 383, St , 403
Maye s , William dec ' d - adm ' r bill 486
Hutchison, M V - app't 285 , sale bill
Mann , Wm o - g ' d ' n Betty Looney 491
286, sett. adm. 381
Nutter , Barclay - will 209, app b i l l
Harless, Wm - sale bill 289
274, sale bill 276
Hutchison, D T - s ett 313
Peck, Adam - will 1 77 &amp; 8, appr bill
Huffman, Giles , dec'd - app 3 16 , sale
106 &amp; ? (not found on thes e pages)
bill 317, s ett 430
Phillips , Iabney M - adm ' r A J Minnick
Huffman, Jacob - will J42, a ppr J87,
app 456, sale bill 458, com• r
sale bill 388
sett 473
Huffman, Andrew - will 369 , sett
Reynolds, Lewis L dec'd - appt 72 , sale
adm 'r 489
bill 75 , sett o f ad.ms 141
Huffman, Hugh - adm ' r sett. 485
Rowan , Boston - adm' r sale bill 109 ,
Humphreys, Anders on S - adm'r sett 487
2nd s ale bill 1 1 9 , appt bill 120 ,
Hickle, A J - will 62
sett 155- 157-192-194
Jones, Jacob E - a dmr - Inv 186, s ale
R,owan, Charl es L Jr - sale bill under
bill 189
deed - 134
Jones, Ler oy R - a d.mr inv. 195, sale
Reynolds, Wm W appt 287,
b ill 201
Ross, James - will 294, app 318, sett
J ordon , Theodore - Inv 251 &amp; 252
J46
Kepler, John - a pp bill 265, sale
Ripley, Hilla ry - will 349 (Note: son
b i l l 267, will 255, sett. 237
James &amp; other ch recorde d June
Kanode , Saml - a dmr W L Canode,
1864.) Dis t of slaves 367 (note:
Sett. 328
names me ntioned Arme W Ripley, Jas
Lyons, Ralph - 24, 25 , 56
Watkins , P M Ripley, J as E Ripley,
Looney, Joseph d 'd - a pp 254
H Y Ripl ey , Na _' on M Ripl ey , con , t
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Ripley , Hillary (con ' t ) Octavia
Taylor , Charles ~ app 4JJ , sale bill 434
Ripley , Pa ul H Ripl ey ) , sett .
Thrasher , M F app bill 449 . app 450
Wiley , James J , 4, 28
adm J 84 , app J54.
Wiley , John S adm 'r s e tt 28
Rowan , A C app J70
bill
Wharton , Thomas .I
134
Rowan , Charles L Sr appt J 50 , sale
Walker , John will 166, appt bill 17J,
4J6 , sett 464- 466
sale bill 175 , sett 220, sett 2J1,
Ross , Wm appt 392 , sale bill 394
Rowan , Martha Va . sett of G ' d 491
?
? appr 412
Simmons , Christi an app b ill 55 , sale Wal ker , John H sett before comm 178
bill 96 , Inv/sett 111, AS 112 , Wa lker , William dec ' d app bill 205
White , Jane dec'd app bill 218, sale
496
bill 218
Scott , Willia m will 58
Wa lker, John H Inv 398
Shephard , Mary appt b ill 118
Wa lker , George Jr (dec ' d) 146 &amp; 7, sale
Shephard , John appr bill 257 , sale
bill 448 &amp; 9
bill 260
Walker, Andrew - copy will 496, appt
Switzer, Ca ry A - g ' d ' n Thomas J W
'IUcker , se tt a cct J10
497-498
will 496, Inv 497,
Smith , John M app Li-10 sales bill
Walker, Andrew
411
app 498
Trenor, George H 12
I tried to copy the above as it was in
'Tu.ylor , J ames app t sale 208, sale
the book . Several abbreviations were
bill 422 , sett 462-464 Ad
used for the same thing. Usually, the
sett 467
items in a will book are wills, inventor'Tu.ylor, Willia m a ppt bill 2JJ , appt
ies (personal articles belonging to the
290 , sale bill 291
deceased), appraisements (generally same
Tu.ylor , George W a ppt 287 , sale bill as inventories) , sale bill i s the sale
288 , sett admr J79
of the inventory or apprisement .
Todd , Samuel 297
I have found deeds , marriages, and other
'Tu.ylor, Henry J appt J15
documents in will books and the wills
Trenor, James L
will J20
may be in deed books or other books.
*Federal Army
(see first page of article)

THE ROAl\OKE WEEKLY SUN

Sat , Jan 1 9 , 1 889
Hager stown , Jan 17:
February

di~d -- Hr s

Annie Middlekauff, with of James - - -

23 , 1889
l··~cClanahan ,

Died Tuesday

25 years - - p Elijah G &amp; Sarah E

~~. Abr am Brewbaker --- died Thursday at his home near old Hickory,
Botetourt Co - - 93 years old --- served War of 1812 - - father of

Capt Wn Brewbaker - - Died ~:r Larkin
Uednesda.y ,

.i:.:l ~urn er

- - - this morning --- from Lynchburg Advance of

j

�A letter written during the War Between the States by S . H . Hoil man ,
Pearisburg , Virginia , to her sister.
Submitted by J. Tr acy \.Jalker , III
Pearisburg , Va .

I1tov .

25 th 1863

Dear Bro &amp; Sister
As it has been some time since I wrote you , I thoug ht I would write
to- night. We are al l well at present .
Mr . H is not a t ho me at this time .
He has been absent for two weeks. He went to '1 /ythevill e l ast Thursday one
week ago •• I suppose he has been visiting his r e latives .
I e xpe ct him
home in a few days . We heard from Frank last week.
He was n ear Chatanoo ga
Tenn . Was not very well when he wrote . I came from the riv e r this evening .
I have been helping mother to make apple butter .
They were all we ll.
Pop
says you can get some leather from Sinsz. and also that cotton that was
coming to you . He has several bales of cotton yarn for sale.
if you want
to purchase now is your time . You had better come soon , or it will all be
gone . I t is going very fast . Try and make it convenient to come and stay
with us all night. You are always in such a hurry when you come ove r here
that I scarce have an opportunity of conversing with you .
I suppose you
have heard of Barbara Woolwines death
?
this she died of Dypheria a
few weeks ago. Jinnie has been very unwel l . She is teething.. I think
this causes her to be puny. She is some better now. How are Annie and
Jinnie? I would like very much to see them and all the family.
I will
try and come over if I can before the weather gets bad .
I would like very
much to do so , if the Yanks do not get you .
I hope you may be unmolested
this winter. The relations g enerally are well.
I will now try and g ive
you some of the general news . Henry Dennis has sold his property to Flinn
from Dublin. He moves today and is going to keep tavern.
I am g lad of it .
We need a tavern in this town to entertain strangers. Black Mary is dead .
She died with the disease you said she ha d, poor creature .
I suppose you
have heard of Robert Bro thertons decease . He died with fever.
His was a
triumphant death. "Let me die the. death of the righteous." Square Billy
Snidow died with the same disease . Death is not confined to any particular
place. James Adams is dead also . And many more that I do not remember
at this time. Mrs Thrasher is at home. She is still increasing in size .
rapidly I understand . Beck says please send her that flannel for Jinnie's
dress and petticoat of the first chance . Excuse this badly written and
dictated letter. I did not feel like writing to- night and have had to
entertain company and laugh with Beck a I do not often apolo gize but am
really ashamed of this blotted paper . Writ e to me soon, not a short
letter, but a long interesting one and I wi ll endeaver to do better next
time. Accept our love and kiss the children for me .
Your affectionate Sister

s.

H . Hoilman

�1-:0!\TGm:ERY COUNTY, VI RGINIA

Deaths for Al l egha ny Dis trict
The information here is s uppose to be as follows : name of deceased ; sex; race ;
martial s t a t us ; if marr ied name of hus band or wife ; date of birth - age ;
place of d eath ; occupation ; place of b irth ; pa r ents , name &amp; place of birth ;
person g ivi ng informatio~ ; *date of death ; where buried &amp; date . As you know
t he blanks were not al ways filled in or the i nformation may be incorrect .
(*place of residence .)
DUDLEY , Edward A. = ma l e = whi te = s ingle = b 18 May 1946 = 72y 10m 29d =
farmer &amp; mercha nt = b Montgomery Co ., Va . = f John E Dudley , b Montgomery Co ,
Va = m Elizabet h Burc hf i e ld , b Ha lifa x Co ., Va . = inf H. C. Dudley , Christenburg , Va. = d L~ April 19 18 = bu r Fogg , Va , 6 Apr 1918.
WEST, Lucy Beaver = female = col. = widow =b unknown = ca 40y = housewife
b Patrick Co ., Va = f J a mes Beav e r , b Va = m unknown, b NC = inf MC Thomas,
Crockett Sp~s , Va = d 25 Aug 1918 , bur Crockett Spgs , Va , 26 Aug 1918.

VIA , Osie = fema le = white = ma rried = b Feb 22 , 1896 = 22y 8m Od = o house
work = b Montgomery Co , Va = f Owen Trump , b Va = m Betti e Trump , b Va = d
23 Oc t 19 18 = bur 25 Oct 1918 = inf . Eldee Via , Alleg hany Springs , Va .

I

'

RICHARDSON , Nancy = f = w = widowed = b 18 Oct 1830 = 87y .5m 21d = o house
keeper = b Montg omery Co , Va = f Samuel Sesler , b US = m D::&gt;r cas Brickey , b US
= d 9 Apr 1918 = inf Samuel Ric hardson , Shawsville , Va = bur Denhill Cemetery,
10 Apr 1918
POFF , William Leona rd = m = w = s = b 11 Oct 1811 (sic) = 37y 2m 8d = o farming
= b Floyd Co , Va = f John Henry Poff , b Fl oyd Co , Va= m Mary Byrd , b Floyd
Co , Va = d 19 Dec 1918 = inf Robt Poff , Otey , Va .
MUSE, Char lotte = f = col . = s = b 1838 = ca 80y = housekeepi ng = b Va =
Booker McEnhanuner , b Va = m Louis a Mackenh.ammer, b Va = inf John Mus e ,
Shawsville , Va = d 28 Feb 1918 = bur Boners Rund , 1 Mar 1918 = undertaker,
John Muse , Shawsville, Va .

MARRS , Carri e = f = col = md = b Feb 1875 = 43y 5m 4d = housework = b Floyd
Co , Va = f John Briggs , b Floyd Co , Va = m Emma Gay Frogg , b Floyd Co, Va =
inf Gilbert Deaton, All eghany Spgs , Va = d 11 July 1918,= bur Crockett Spgs,
Va , 12 Jul y 1918 = un d e r taker , Rev W H Mitc hel l , Bristol, Va.
KIRBY , Fran cis = f = w = s = b 12 May 1 83 1 = 86y 8m 24d = o housekeeper= b
Va = f Gordon Kirby , b Va = m EJ.iza Ryan, b Va = d 6 Jan 1918 = inf WJ Kirby,
Roanok e , Va = bur Ryan Graveyard , 7 Jan 1918
FISK?/FISH , Othie?Ottie = f = w = md = b 22 May 1880 = 38y Om 28d = o house
work = b Montgomery Co , Va = f Frank Bandy , b Va = m Mittie Bandy, b Va = d
20 June 1918 = inf Alfred Fisk , Alleghany Spgs, Va = bur Alleghany Springs,
22 June 1 9 18.
DEATON, La.isy Ray = f = col = md = b 12 Sept 1867 = 50y 6m 5d = o hous ekeep ing
= b Ky = f James Dockray ??Docksag , b Ky = m Nerssin Richardson, b Ky = i nf
John Ray , Richmond , Ind. = d 17 Mar 1918 = bur Ellis ton, Va, 18 Mar 1918.

�CONNER, Giles Alexander = d Crockett Spgs = m = w = widowed = ? 6 y Sm 1 Od = o
minister retired = b Montgomery Co = f Costley Conner , b Floyd Co , Va = m
Lydia Hal l , b Ind . = d 19 Nov 1918 = inf Susie E Conner , Crockett Springs , Va
= bur Otey , Va
CABBLER, June = f = col = md = b unknown = ca 60y = o house wi fe = pb Carroll
Co, Va = f &amp; m unknown = inf Julius Cabbler , Shawsville = d 9 Dec 1918 = bur
near Shawsville, 10 Dec 1918
BRANAGAN, Elizabeth = f = w = md = b 27 J an 1880 = J 8y Jm 19d = o housewife
= b Montgomery Co , Va = f Charles Garnette , b Montgomery Co , Va = m Sarah
Francis Ga!:lic , b Montgomery Co , Va = d 16 May 1918 = inf Charl es Garnette ,
Shawsville , Va= bur Sublette Graveyard , 17 May 1918 = undertaker , H E
Gardner, Shawsville , Va .
BOHN , William Penn = pd Ry track near Shawsville = m = w = md = b 4 July 1887
J1y 4m 11d = b &amp; res Roanoke , Va = f Henry Bohn , b Baltimore , Md = m Rosa
Scott, b Princeton, WV = d 15 Nov 1918 = cd RR accident , crushed &amp; grou nd up
by train = inf F J Bohn, Roanoke, Va = bur Fairview Cemetery , Roan ok e , Va,
17 Nov 1918

=

BOHN , Charles Michael = pd Ry track near Shawsville = m = w = md = J4y = o
crew dispatcher N&amp;W = b Roanoke , Va = f Henry Bohn , b Baltimore , Md
m Rosa
Scott , b Princeton, WV = d 15 Nov 1918 = cd RR accident , crus hed by train =
res Roanoke , Va= inf FJ Bohn, Roanoke , Va= bur Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke ,
Va, 17 Nov 1918

=

BANDY, Virginia H = f = w = md = b 26 April*= 78y 6m 12d = o housekeeping =
b Bedford Co , Va = f Edmond Atkinson, b Bedford Co , Va = m Susan Hanks, b
Bedford Co , Va = d 7 Nov 1918 = inf AE Band{'" , Alleghany Spgs , Va = bur
Alleghany Spgs , 9 Nov 1918

(*;year b 1840 )

=

BRANCH , Jacob = m = w = md = b 29 Apr 1877 = 47y 5m 21d = o RR foreman
b Va
f Henry Branch , b Va = m Sarah Silvens , b Va = inf Henry Branch , Elliston ,
Va = d 19 Oct 1918 = bur Montgomery , Va , 20 Oct 1918

=

PERDuE, Mary E = f = w = md = b not known = o housewife = b Montgomery Co , Va

=f

Archie Moses, b Montgomery Co = m Nancie Martin, b Va
Ironto = d 1J July 1918 = bur Halls Church 14 July 1918

= inf

MD Perdue ,

WADE, Emma z = f = w = widowed = b 18 Feb 1869 = 49y 29d = o hou sewife = b
Franklin Co, Va = f John H Wade , b Franklin Co , Va = m Nancy Dehaven , b Va =
inf Mrs Carrie Haynes, Di~ Block , Ky = d 1 7 Mar 1918 = bur Rocky Mount , Va ,
12. Mar 1918
MARTIN, Nettie F = f = w = widowed = b 27 Aug 1870 = 47y 5m 9d = o housewife
= b Montgomery Co, Va = f Al§Y Richardson,_ b Montgomery Co = m May?Mary J
Waay, b Montgomery Co = inf AA Richardson, Elliston , Va = d 5 Feb 1918 = bur
Richardson Cemetery 6 Feb 1918
HALL, Walter M = d 9 Jan 1918 = m = w = md = b 29 Jan 1881 = J6y 11m 9d = o
Locomotive Engenen = b Montgomery Co, Va = f John B Hall , b Montgomery Co , Va
= m Nancy M Walthall, b Roanoke Co = inf John B Hall, Lafayette , Va = bur
Halls Church, 14 Jan 1918 = undertaker AW Wells, Lafayette

'

�DUNCAN , Martha J = f = w = md = b 24 Sept 1844 = ?Jy 4m 4d = o housework =
b Franklin Co = .f Smith Williams , b Franklin = m Lucy Martin , b Franklin =
inf A J Duncan , Sllis ton , Va = d 28 Jan 1918 = bur Halls Church , JO Jan 1918
ZOPP? ?YOPP , Et ta May = ~ = w = md = b 12 May 1897 = 21y ?m 2Jd = housewife =
b Franklin Co = f Peter Young , b Franklin Co , Va = m Rose 1 Young , b Franklin
Co . = inf S W Yopp , Elliston , Va = d 5 Jan 19 19 (sic) =bur Lafayetta , Va ,
6 J an 1918 ( s ic)
DUDLEY , John L = m = w = s = b 7 Sept 1843 = 76y Om 28d = o mer chant = b Montg omery Co , Va = f John E Dudley , b Franklin Co, Va = m Eli zabeth Bi rchfield,
b Bedford , Va = inf Ha rry C Dudley , Christi ansburg , Va = d J Oct 1919 =bur
Fagg , Va 5 Oct 1919
MUNCY , Malinda Francis = f = w = s = b 22 Aug 1837 = 82y Om 8d = housekeeper
= b Montgomery Co , Va = f John Muncy , b Va = m Susan Trump , b Va = inf Wade
Lovern , Harless , Va = d 1 Sept 1919 =bur near Harless 2 Sept 1919
GAR:r:.NER, George Washington = m = w = md = b JO Mar 1829 = 80y 5m 20d = o
minister = b Pittsylvan ia Co , Va = f John Gardner , b England = m Sallie Hutson,
b unknown = inf HE Gardner, Shawsville , Va = d 20 Sept 1919 = bur Shawsville
21 Sept 1919 , undertaker WW Likens , Shawsville , Va .
KIRBY , Nancy A = f = w = md = hus Robt Kirby = b 18 Nov 1844 = 74y 10m 21d =
housewife = b Floyd Co , Va = f Jacob Weaver , b Va = m unlmown = inf RR Kirby,
Shawsville, Va = d 9 Oct 1919 = bur near Shawsville , 10 Oct 1919
ARGABRIGHT , William Peyton = rn = w = rnd = b 1 Jan 1840 - 79y 9m 16d = o farmer
= b Floyd Co , Va = f Johnathan Argabrig ht , b Floyd Co , Va = m Jennie Wimmer,
b unknown = inf A J Argabr ight , Alleghany Springs , Va = d 17 Oct 1919 = bur
Bent Mountain , 20 Oct 191 9
HAMBLIN , Louisee J = f = w = md = b 10 Jan 1846 = ?Jy 11m 12d = o housewife
= b Giles Co , Va = f John Scott , b Giles Co , Va = m Eli zabeth ??Cuner?Coner ,
b Giles Co , Va = inf William Hamblin = d 22 Nov 1919 = bur Denhill, 22 Nov 1919
MARTIN , William D = pd Lafayette = m = w = md = b 2 Sept 1858 = 60y 10m Jd =
o Sheriff, Montgomery Co , Va = b Va = f W'm Martin , b Va= m Matilda Philpot,
b Va = inf Mrs W D Martin , Lafayette , Va = d 5 Jul y 1919 =bur Halls Church,
7 July 1919
GARDNER , Sallie Gatewood = pd Lafayette = f = w = md = b 19 Mar 1942 (sic) =
77y 9m -d = b Montgomery Co = f Thomas J Deyerle , b Va = m Mi ldred P Moon,
Campbell Co, Va = inf WW Gardner , Lafayette , Va = d 19 Dec 1919 = bur 2 Dec
1919 (sic ) , Lafayette , Va
SPANGLER , Nannie Elizabeth = pd Elliston = f = w = md = b 2 Nov 1851 = 68y 10m
2d = o at home = b Floyd Co , Va = f Mathew Williams , b Floyd Co = m Elizabeth
Soures , b Va = inf Essie D Barton , Elliston , Va = date of 1919
SHOWALTER , Will iam Thomas = rn = w = md = b Dec 22, 1848 = 70y Jm 4d = o farmer
= b Montgomery Co, Va = f Phillip Showalter, b Va= Mary Ann Hall, b Montgomery
Co , Va = d 26 Mar 1919 = i nf JE Showalter, Shawsville, Va = bur Piedmont
cemetery, 28 Mar 1918 = undertaker none

�RYAN, Virginia Katherine = f
housework = b Craig Co , Va =
Ann Dudding , b Va = d 22 Mar
family burial ground , 24 Mar

= w = widowed = b 15 Apr 1 841 = 77y 1 1m 7d = o
f Elisha Powell Givens , b Craig Co , Va = m Mary
1919 = inf Norvel W Ryan , Shaws ville , Va = bur
1919

ROSE, Shelor 1 = m = w = s = b 26 July 1893 = 25y ?m 26d = o farmer = b Montgomery Co , Va = f John D Rose , b Montgomery Co , Va = rn Annie James , b Montgomery Co , Va = d 22 Mar 19 19 = inf JH Akers , undertaker , Chris tiansburg , Va
bur James Graveyard, 24 Mar 1919

=

EANES , J , G. = m = w = md= b 10 Sept 1855 = 64y ?rn = o farmer = b Va = f Joel
S Eanes , b Va = m Elizabeth Taylor, b Va = d 14 Apr 1919 = inf Rev D L Goch-

enour, Elliston , Va = bur At kin son Cemetery =

15

Apr 1919

DOOLEY , Edward Thomas = m = w = md = b 16 Oct 184J = 75y 6m 22d = o farmer =
b Montgomery Co , Va = f Obadiah Dooley , b Bedford Co , Va = m Sallie Hanks , b
Beciford Co , Va = d 8 May 1919 = inf HE Akers , Alleghany Spgs , Va = bur Alleghany Spgs, 10 May 1919

BEVERLEY, Matilda = f = col = md = b 1841 = 78y = o housework = b Va = f &amp; m
unknown = inf' Parris?Panis Patterson , Alleghany Spgs = d 1 1 Apr 1919 = bur
near All eghany Spgs , 13 Apr 1919
BEVERLEY, John = m = col = md = b unknown = b 1849 = ?Oy = o farmer = b
Montgomery Co , Va = f Thomas Beverley, b Va = m Louisa Brat ton , b Va = inf
Gilbert Deaton, Alleghany Springs , Va = d 18 Apr 1919 = bur near Alleghany
Spga, 20 Apr 1919

PULASKI COUNTY , VIRGINIA
1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
The following are a few of the death.$ (married. and old) from the 1 850
census mortality schedule . The original i s at the Vi rgini a State Archiv es ,
Richmond, Virginia , and on the microfiim .
page 164.
Line 1 . F.dmund Wills = 37 yrs = male = married = d June
4 . ??Joshua'?? Gibbs = 52 years = male = married = d Sept
5. Henry Haner? = 69 yrs = male = married = d Ap ril
14. John Black = ??91 yrs = male = widowed = d May
16 . Thomas ?Cloyd? = 74 yrs = male = married = d Jul y
19 . Sarah Breeding = 19 yrs = female = married = d F e b y
24. ?funn? T? Kent?= 42 yrs =male =married = d Jany
29. Emmnial ?Tusl ley? = 31 yrs = female = married = d Mar
33. Richard ?Gethrin? = 83 yrs = male = married = d May
page 165
Line 7 . ?Henry Patten = 76 yrs = male = married = d May
8. George ?Baskerville? = 36 yrs = male = married = d Sept
(4. ?Larkin? Gibbs;

29. ?Tins lley?)

�DYSON
Mrs Madelei ne U Dysor.
2J27 Fa irway Dr SW
Roanoke , Va 24015
I - 1 . Madelein e Louise URICK , b 22 Oc t 19J6 Roanoke , Va ; md 19 May 1956
Chesterfield , SC , to Willia m Meade Dyson
II- 2 . F'rederick William Urick : b 10 Apr 1909, d JO Mar 1978 , b/d Roanoke , Va ;
md 22 June 19J2 Gettysburg , Pa .
_ _ _,_3-'.-- Florence Evelyn FRI DINGER : b 25 Jan 1910 , Roanoke , Va .
III- 4 . !Hllia m Ha rry ( Henry ) Urick : b J June 1886 , ?Roanoke , Va ; d 6 Feb 1963
Roanoke , Va ; md J/4 June 1906 Roanoke , Va .
5 . Lillian Alma SAUNDERS : b 1 Aug 1884 , Mt Crawford , Va ;
6 . Charl es Guy F'ridinger : b 5 Dec 1876 , Hagers town , Md; d 25 Aug 1948 , Roanoke
Va ; md 17 Apr 1900 Hagerst own , Md .
_ __.._?..:..
. Carrie Bell ROWE : b 4 Aug 1879 Waynesboro , Pa; d J Jan 1964, Roanoke , Va.
III- 8 . Henry ( Harry) Urick : b 27 Jan 1844 Ephrata , Pa ; d 26 Sep 1932 Roanoke , Va;
rnd
9 , Sarah FRIESE : b /a 5 Fe b 1847 Tamaqua , Pa ; d 26 Jan 1928 , Roanoke , Va .
10. Luther Anderson Saunders : b 21 Aug 1849 Fa rmville , Va; d 12 Aug 1893
Mt Crawford , Va ; md 6 Sept 1875 Mt Crawford , Va .
11 . Louise FOLEY : b J May 1858 ; d 19 Feb 19J8 Mt . Crawfor d , Va .
12 . John Henry Fridinger : b 24 Mar 1848 ; d 20 July 1920; rnd 10 Nov 1868,
Hagerstown , Md .
13 . Margaret Rosanna MATCHETT : b 27 Sep 1842 ; d 19 Sep 1910.
14 . John Henry Rowe : b ca 1859 ; d 25 Ma y 19JJ ; md Waynesboro , Pa .
May 1916
--~1~5~
. Ma ry Alice FUNK : b ca 1864; d
IV- 16. Ben jamin Uhrich : b Ji Jan 1809 ; d 2 Feb 1896
17 . Katherine B
b 31 Jan 181J ; d 7 July 1890
18 . Samuel Friese
19. Elizabeth BELTZ
20 . Robert Luther Saunders
21. Mary Jane NOEL
22 . John Foley : 9 Sept 1817 ; d JO July 1888 ; md
23 . Elizabeth FISCHER : 28 Oct 1818; 15 May 1902
24. Charles M Freidinger : b 12 Feb 1818 ; d 21 June 1895
25 1/md Chris tian
b 5 Mar 1825 ; d 22 Jan 184J
2/md Catheri ne
: 19 Aug 1824 ; d 10 Mar 1911
26 . &amp; 27 ??
28 . William Rowe
29 , Rebecca
JO . Sam Funk
J 1 . Rebecca WOLFE

LYNER
Whereas Mary Lyner , my wife , has behaved herself in s uch manner as to induce me to inforn the publick that I forwarn them not to trust or credit
her on my account, as I am d e ternined not to pay any debts she may contract . JOHN LYNER
Richmond , Apr 12, 1786. Virginia Gazette , Apr 13,
1786. (contributed by Mrs, Alpha Scott )

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QUERIES
Mrs . Lynda STONE BROWN , 12220 MacCorkle Ave., Chesa pe a ke , ;.JV 253 1 5
Looking for birthplace of Jacob Hansbarger BRI DGETT , b 9 - 7 - 1836 . He m.
Charlotte Ann MALLOW of Allegany Co, VA. Jacob wa s t he s of Geo r ge
Washington and Phoebe HULL BRIDGETT .
Mrs. Lynn E. NEUENSCHWANDER, 4727 South 1300 East , Salt Lake Ci ty , UT 84117
Need to identify parents of John LAFCT~LAFON or LAFON ), b . Jan . 8 , 1775 ,
m July 18, 1797, Montgomery Co , VA to Mary (Polly) BOwEN , d a u of J o hn &amp;
Elizabeth BOWEN : d . April 29,1840 , buried Clover Hollow , Giles Co . VA. Ten
children identified .
Byron T. MORRIS, 912 Poplar St, Kenova, VIV 25530
Benjamin TURMAN d 1784, Botetourt Co . VA. Who we r e his parents? Survived
by w, Frances , who is mentioned in his will. Who were he r parents? Whe re
did she d? Rachel JONES m. John TURMAN in 1791 in Montgomery Co. VA. Who
were her parents?
Mrs. H. S. SURFACE , 401 Surface Dr ., Tazewell , VA 24651
Searching for parents, w of the following: Genjamin GRIFFITH, d. 1830 ,
Franklin Co, VA ; Joseph HAMBRICK, Sr. D after 1810, Franklin Co , VA; Henry
PATTON, resided near Dublin, Pulaski Co , VA, dafter 1824, Tazewell, Co . , VA?
John SMITH, d 1828, Wythe (now Smyth) Co. VA.; Richard WRIGHT, d 1820 Grayson
Co, VA.
Mrs. Janet A. SMITH, RRl, Metamora , Il, 61548
Info needed regarding parents of Luke RICHARDSON of Roanoke &amp; Franklin Co , VA,
He lived 1801 ( ?) to 1868. Also need more info on Hezekiah MEADOR and w ,
Mary
, parents of Luke ' s w, Nancy, and info regarding children of
Luke &amp; Nancy (MEADOR) RICHARDSON , Ans all letter s &amp; refW1d postage.
Delores R. Dees SPRINGER, 5120 B. Capitol Hill Dr . Fairfield , OH 450l4
Mary R. MILLER , b 1870 in Lee Co . VA. Mother ' s name, Sara Phina MILLER ,
Sara PHINA m Joseph Melvin ROOP in Lee Co . ca 1873, moved to KY . The 1880
census record for Rock Castle Co . shows Mary R. MILLER, s - dau, age 10. This
is the last record to be found. What happened to Mary?
Mrs. E. S. McKenzie, 56 Bryan Street, Pryor, OK 74361
Mary Ann BEVERLY, b 1841 Russell Co, VA. dau of Freeman and Eunice (RAMSEY)
BEVERLY. M cousin, Nathan BEVERLY, son of Elizah &amp; Nancy HAMILTON) BEVERLY
May, 1860, Wise, VA. Where did Mary Ann die? when? Where , when did Nathan
die? Three dau b to Mary Ann, two in VA, one Chattanooga, TN.
Arlie E. BROWN, Rt. 1, Box 108, Seagrove, NC 27341
Henry Brown fion Salem County NJ to Augusta Co. , VA, d 1757. Children, Henry,
Samuel, Daniel m Grace THOMPSON 1750, David, Thomas , Robert, Ester . Desire
any info on this line. Will exc .
Dolores CLARK, 8124 Whelan Dr., San Diego , CA 92119
Need info on Orville HANKS and his w, Sarah R.
Orville was a s
of Joshua HANKS, jr. &amp; his wife, Ros amond (CARRISO) HANKS, and was b May,
1844, Carroll Co, VA .

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BO'..!LES U&lt;r s . ..i. L. ) , houte 1 , Bowen , Ill. 62316
Need an ce stor s of Robe r t ...i . lHCr,i::Y- who d . 18~Bo tetourt Co., VA, m. 1817
to Mar gar et , dau . of John !~ 1\CC: . Also need wi f e a nd ancestors of J ohn NACE.
Robert S. DICKZY 1 s childr en we r e : Elizabe t h , Mary J . (WASKEY ) , Elean or
(CUSTER)m ine , Ruf u s S ., wil l iam J ., Littl e t on S ., Evaline A., Fr ances S .,
Hester M., &amp; Mar gar et C. Glad l y exc . info .
Betty~· ROB INSON , 1405k Offne r e St., Portsmouth, Ohio, 45662
Beginner needs a ll in fo on James ROB INSON, b. Sept . 1818 and d . Sept . i a93 .
He m. Rachel CLl\RK, b . Nov. 18 29 a nd d. March 1909, dau. of Edmund &amp; M ilie
RAMZY CLARK •

Mrs . Grace D. MELLANDER, 2705 Newton St., Silver Spring , MD. 20902
Need parents of Wm . R. DYER , b . c a . 1776 Pittsylvania Co.VA. M. Elle~der
DYER 5 Jan. 1805, Granger Co . Tennesse e, d . Morgan Co . ILL. 1842. Children :
Wm Anderson, Wilson, Hende rs on, Hamilton, Alexander, and John DYER. Did
parents of Wm. R. DYER come fr om Car oline County or Augusta Co? VA?
Dorothy HALE AMIS , 8730 Ferncliff Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA . 98110
Williamd &amp; Nancy RE DMAN HALE both b . VA ca . 178 0 . Married 26 May 1804,
Patrick Co. VA . In Claiborne Co. TN . 1830 . Children: William,Jr. m. Mary
BARNES, Comfort m. Isaac CARMAv~ &amp; Polly m. John DEAN. Moses, Rosina h,
Benjamin, Anna &amp; Keziah HALE, also Patrick Co. 1800.
James~ · PORTER, 4615 ~· Selby St . Marion, IN 46952
Wish ton contact someone working on the LUNDY family of Grayson Co . VA .
My 3rd great uncle Levi PORTER m. Bettie LUNDY, Jan 4, l86J. Was Bettie a
dau . of Wm . and Alice LUNDY, or was she a widow of Fielder J . LUNDY? Bettie
LUNDY was b. ca. Apr. 1844.

Paul W. HODGES, 12707 Ro lling Valley, CyPress, TX 77429
Seeking descendants earliest HODGES families, SW VA . , including allied families
like DILLINGHAM, HALL , RICHARDS, RIVES, CAMPBELL , others in Franklin Pitts~
vania, Henry &amp; Patrick Co. Will answer all correspondence and exc. info.
Martha ~· NORTHCUT, Rt. 2 Box 4530,
Need parents , br others &amp; sisters of
Need parents, brothers &amp; sisters of
Need parents , br others &amp; sisters of
Need parents, brother s &amp; sisters of

Nacogdoches, TX . 75961
John NORTHCUT b . 1758 Henry Co. VA.
Lincia ENGLAND b. 1778 NC or VA.
James COPE b . VA. or TN.
Jesse FULTS , b. ca. 1779 TN. VA. NC.

The ~a Ray HARPER , 3318 Mackland Ave ., NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106
Daniel MORRIS , Bedford Co. , VA named his daughter Elizabeth in his will
proved 24 November 1767. His wife Tabitha named her dau. Betty Ray i n he r
will made 12 August 1778 Bedford Co. Was Elizabeth (Betty RAY) wife of
Moses RAY (WRAY) d. Franklin Co.VA 1802 ?

Richard Q. ROBINSON, 353 East Lake RD. Palm Springs, FL . 33461
Was the Eleanor RUSSELL whom. John ROBINSON Campbell Co.VA. 19 January
1793 the kinswoman of Anna RUSSELL who m. James BOAZ 1778 Campbell Co . VA
Was James BOAZ' f. Thomas who d. 179 5, Pittsylvania Co. VA ?

�Mary Jane VADEN, 2438 Memorial Ave SW, Roanoke , VA 24 0 15
John WARD, Sr. b ca 1760, m Sallie (Sa r ah) BURT0 !1 l a t e 1782 , d late 1826
or early 1827. Want parents names . Sons - 'llilliam A , Za d o ck, Abner ,
Robert, John , Leonard. Dau Elizabeth (Be t s y ) rn . Samuel Ellett Jan . 1827
Lunenburg Co. VA . lived and d in Lunenburg CO , VA
JoAnn CUDDY, 58 Pear Tree Point Road , Da r ien , CT 06820
Will welcome corres with any descendants of Samuel FERGUSON and Mary JAMESON ,
pioneer settlers of Tazewell Co . VA Allied families include : BAILEY , CLARK ,
STOKES, JONES , BOOTH, VAUGHN, BLOSS , WORKMAN , ROBERSON , LYCANS , BURTON .
Mrs . John R. (Helen) NIELSEN, 5211 SE Ave, Portland , OR , 97206
John WALKER 'S will was probate Nov. 17, 1778 '..Jashing ton Co . VA . Whe r e in
NC did his w. Ann HUDSON or Houston die? Would like to know mor e about
their son John WALKER's w Mary LONG and her f'amily . ~ere both Ann and Mary
WALKER born in Augus ta Co. VA?
Mrs. Robert H. BURKHOLDER 10582 Kenrid e Dr . Cincinnati Ohio 45 24 2
Would like to know if there are early 1800-1850 Church records f'or Botetourt
Co VA, especially areas of Buchanan and old Pattonsburg or of' just Botetourt
Co. VA. Our early BURKHOLDERS were Mennonites, later Baptists . Looking f'or
parents of Joel David BURKHOLDER, b . 1816, m. 1841 Botetourt Co. VA to Mary
Ann CRAFT.
Mrs. J. L. BRONEN, Box 186, Marshall, OK 73056
Wish to know the names of the child b. to Joseph KIRK (s/o Thomas) who m.
Martha HARLESS, (d/o Martin) 18 Jan . 1788 in Botetourt Co VA; glad to exc
KIRK info of desc of Lewis Amos and Margaret (OVERHOLSER) KIRK, m 1821 Giles
Co VA. Residence, OH 1830; IL, IA, KS 1860.
Eleanor R. EDMONDSON, 2803 Byron Ave. Odessa, TX, 79762
Need desc and parents of Doswell ROGERS b 1736 VA, d. 1809 Hawkins CO. TN
W, Anne, one proven son, William . Others might be Thomas DOSWELL, jr. Denston .
Lived Halifax, 1762; Pittsylvania, 1767; Botetourt, 1770 ; Fincastle, 1774;
Montgomery, 1782; Wythe, 1791; Russell, 1792, Lee, 1794; Hawkins Co. TN, 1805.
Gene CROTTY, "Jamestown" Daleville, VA 24083
Michael CROTTY settled first in Bedford Co. VA around 1814, moved to Franklin
CO in late 1830's and then to Monroe CO . VA. (now WVA) in 1846. Brother,
Wm MCCROTTY lived with him in 1833-34, but no record of him af'terthat date .
Need info on this line of CROTTYS or MCCROTTYS.
Mrs. Allen E. FUHS, 25932 Carmel Knolls Dr, Carmel , CA 93923
Need parents of Solomon LARGE and w, Charity, Washington CO , VA, 1830; named
as grandson in Russell CO . VA. Will, 1814, of' William LARGE (Revolutionary
War, NC). Solomon d before 28 June 1839; Charity, age 54, with James ANDIS
family, Washington Co, 1860. Child: J81J1es, William, possibly Susan, others
Robert A. GOODPASTURE, Star Rt. , Georgetown, CA 95634
Seek wife and origins of Jacob GOODPASTlffiE, who first appeared at Brock's Gap
Augusta Co (now Rockingham CO, VA in 1753.

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George PESL.LY, 2609 Ellsworth St. #202 , Berkeley, CA 94704
Need proof Anna BURNETT m 1842 Reuben BOOTHE , was dau of Reuben BURNETT
and Nancy TUGGLE ( m 1802 Patrick CO VA). Remainder all Montgomery CO. VA:
Need maiden name Mi lly BOOTHE ( w George BOOTHE 1737- 1813). Whither Cyrus
HOWARD, Mi lly BOOTHE (m. 1787)? Whither Henry TRIPP, Sally BOOTHE (m 1822)?

Mrs . Richard L. JORDAN, 3118 Cofer Road, Falls Church, VA

22042
Desire parentage of Mariah Taylor, who m. Howard RUTHERFORD 29 Dec. 1801,
Bedford CO, VA. Were her p arents John TAYLOR &amp; Mary KELLY of Botetourt Co?
Were these Taylors from Caroline CO, originally or Isle of Wright? Are the
GILBERTS of Green CO. VA. related to the Samuel GILBERT of Bedford Co.?
Iris D. MCCONNELL 1940 Santa Fe. St. Charles MO . 6 01
Needs info, parents and s iblings of Nathan Nathaniel WORLEY, Jr. b. ca
1795-1799 in PA or VA and Magdalene SMITH, dau of Henry. M. 12 Aug, 1820
Montgomery CO . VA.
Joanne CARRICO, 125 S. Layton Ave . , Wyoming, DE 19934
Need any info about Joshua COX, b circa 1831 in VA who m Jane HIGGINS in
early 1850's. Appears in 1850 Grayson CO, VA. Census Ashe CO, NC shows 3
child . Entered service in 1862 - d of wounds, Oct, 1864.
Lemuel WALLACE KALLAM, R-8, B-660B US Army Ret. Mt. Airy, NC 27030
Searching for info on Vinson or Vincent SIMPSON b. 1795, Venice, VA. Need
to find out his parents. M in Stokes, NC on Aug 16, 1820 to Dyce "Dicy"
COOK. He was a carpenter.

Mrs. Louise LEE, 2315 Larchwood St. NE.

Roanoke VA 24012
Sarah Jane BARTON, dau of Joseph and Sarah BARTON b Montgomery CO. VA,
1841, m Cor nelius Hall i n 1858 (Where?) d May 6, 186 , Craig CO. VA

Edith M. SIGMON, Rt. 3 Box 304, Ferrum, VA 24088
Need info on Peter SICKMAN, 1745- 1837, Franklin CO then PO 'Was Saphronia.
M to an Indian, Katherine NOSSEMAN WILLIS, 11 child. My genealogy book to
be finished soon $10. 00 and postage.·
Karl F. HOBACK, P. O. Box 702 Alexandria, VA 22313
Guil for d WAAL m Diana HUBACK ~HOBACK), dau of Jacob, in Aug. of 1824, in
Wythe CO, VA . Any info concerning this couple, particularly with regard
to their family, pla
of residence, etc., greatly appreciated.

Mrs. Dorot hy Scott FIELDER, RD 1, Box 29, Maryland, NY

12116
Need info on Henry DAVIS and his wife, Adelaide. They had a son, Osborne
H. DAVIS, b 24 Jan. 1849, in Botetourt CO. VA, d in 1915, Coyner's Springs,
VA. He m 8 June 1870, Fannie G. HUTCHENS, dau of Jas . W. and Caroline
HUTCHENS.
Lemuel Wallace KALLAM, U. S . Army Ret, R-8, B-660-B, Mt. Airy, NC 2703Q
Marriage bond from Stokes CO, NC. 1820, indicates that Dyce 11 Dicy 11 COOK
m. Vinson Simpson, Aug 16, 1820. B- Stokes CO or Surry CO NC in 1799 .
Her parents John COOK &amp; Jennie LINVILLE, m. Feb 5, 1809 or Carner COOK,
f of John COOK m Margarette MCCALEB.

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Royale !!_. CRABTREE, PE . , 1221 Arlingt on Pl ace , Winte r Par k , FL . 32789
John CRABTREE, b. 28 Apr. 1732 , Balt imor e Co ., MD ., m. Han nah- BUTCHER .
Who were Hannah's parents?
I s aac CRABTREE m. PIKE ? . Grandfather
William II m. Mary PIKE, Baltimore Co ., MD , b . 17 Feb . 1725 , PIKE r elati on ship? Parents? Isaac OLIVER, b. ca . 1765 , NC/VA. d . 15 Oc t . Clark Co . KY.
Parents?
Shirl PRIDEMORE, Rt. ~Box 416, McMinnvi lle , OR 971 28
Seeking info on William Riley POAGE and Mary An n FERGUSON, b . ca 184 5 a nd
June 7, 1847, m. Dec . 1874, in Roanoke, VA . Williams par e nt s we r e Wi lliam
POAGE &amp; Elizabeth COON. William RILEY was m. t o Mary Eli zabe t h CALD WELL
&amp; Octovia WHITLOW. Moved to Indiana ca . 1895 .
Dorothy HALE AMIS, 8730 Ferncliff Ave, NE , Ba i nbr id7e I sland , WA, 98110
Any info appreciated on William &amp; Nancy REDMAN/HAIL HAI LE/HALE both b . VA.
ca. 1780, m. 26 May 1804, Patrick Co, VA., In Cl aiborne Co, TN 1830 .
Children: Wm. Jr. b. 1807 VA., m. Mary BARNES ; Comf ort b. 18 1 6 TN, m.
Isaac CARMACK and Polly m. John DEAN. Be lie ved related to Moses, Ben j amin,
Rozinah, Anna and Keziah HAILE who were all in Patrick Co.
!h_ R. MURPHY, Mallow Lanes, Covington, VA

24426
Need parents, info on Charles Henry JENKINS , b. Ma rch 12, 1822 , d . Oct. 22 ,
1911. Also, Sarah Anne DILLION, b. 1833, d. 1 888, m. Franklin Co. , VA.
Dec. 31, 1851. Charles Henry JENKINS worked Lovely Mount (now Radford ) VA
as overseer, 1860 census.
Virginia FLETCHER, 721 NW 73 AVE., Gt. Lauderdale, FL . 33317.
Need info on James BOWEN, b . ca . 1790, d. 1888, lived Montgomery Co. VA.
His father John d . 1826, Botetourt Co. Who was John ' s father? Who did he
m.? James rn. Catherine BOSTERS 1815, dau. of Jonathan BOSTER.S. Who was her
mother?

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Curtis LONG, 1789 Sul livant Ave.·, Columbus, OH 43223
Need any info on these famil ies: Josiah KENNO~ b. 1817 in Rocky Mt.Franklin
Co. VA, m. Mary Jane BROWN, dau. of George &amp; Anna COUSINS BROWN in Martinsville
Henry Co. Va in 1853, 9 children born in Martinsville. Girls m. HUFFMAN,
STUDEVANT &amp; MORRIS. Sons m. SILVEY, MCDANIEL, HULL, &amp; LESLIE.
Helen SPORE , Route 1, ~ 19, Kildare, OK. 74642
Who were parents of Frances PE'ITIT who m. Isaac ALLEN in VA. Who was the
w. of John SUMMERS who d. in 1806 in Augusta Co. VA, b . at Middlebrook,VA.
Carl ~· RAY, 404 Navajo Lane, Kingsport, TN. 37664
Would like to correspond with anyone who descends from any of these Russell
Co, VA pioneers : John SYKES (1750-1851) Revolutionary War vet; b. Prince
George Co . VA . , Benjamin RAY (1756-1841) Revolutionary War vet(6th NC Regt.)
Martin HONAKER (1772-1848) b. Wythe Co. VA., James ARTRIP ( 1789-1869) b.
Roanoke Co . VA.
Frieda M. DAVI SON, 612 ~ · Poplar, Johnson City, TN 37601
Need proof of father/son relationship for Hezekiah PATRICK, Sr. b. late
1700's and Hezeki ah PATRI CK, Jr., b . 1816, Smyth Co. VA.

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by Jea n Mosel ey
Ann Kyl e
Don ' t ov e rl ook the excellent i n d e x t o the i r exchange pe.r:iod~ca2s pub2£sb$d
in ev e ry q uar terly of the COLORA .00 GENEALOGIST .
There a.re su:na.;12es as we:J...1
a s topi c s .
GENEALOGY ( Indiana Hi s torica l Soc i e t y ) J an 198 1 , has a well-reas oned sample
of deduc t iv e p l otting , and would repay y our r eading time if y ou can ' t think
whe r e t o sear c h next .

THE JOURNAL of t he Ka na wha Va lle y Ge n eal og i cal Society , ~tN \~'C , \.~l\~ \Ji:
t he Young fa mi ly o f Kana wha County .
Al s o , t he pedig;r ee c\'\!U:t -a\. \\\~ \so.~\__
conta i ns many s outhwes t e rn Vi rg inia na mes .
THE COLORAIX) GENEALOGIS T , Aug 1 9 8 0, contains Part II of t he Jame s D. Wal ker
lecture , Ge n e a logica l Re cords in the Na tiona l Archi· ves .
Th e s t yl e i s l ight
a nd amusing , t he c o n t e nt s olid .
This i s a mo s t help f ul a rti cle .
THE TREE TRACERS , V2 , # 1, 1977- 78 : p 11, Ofte n Us e d Abbrev i a tion s and Te.rms helpful inf orma ti on i n resea rc hin g o l d r ecords ; p 12 - J , Nembei --ship req ui.remen ts
in Na tional Societi e s ; p 1 8 - 2 1 , How to us e t h e S oundex s y sterm [o:r the 1880
Federal c ens u s ; art i cle " How to Begin Res e arc hin g · "
ANCESTRY, (Pal m Beac h Co, Fl a ), Jan 1 981 :

p .30,

"Aid es t o I r i s h Res e a rch · "

MIAMI VALLEY GENEALOGICAL S OCIETY (OHIO) , Vol X, #J , 1981 :
Patte:rns" , clue to g randparents, p 78 .

" Old Namin g

VIRGINIA PIEDMONT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ' Vol J ' #1, Feb ' 81 t Addi ti&lt;Jna1 Revolutionary Soldiers &amp; Pa trio t s of Halifa x Co. , Va . ; "Early \T i:rgin.i~N 1Qi "t\l~"'al1
Notices , 1804-18J8 .
We have received the back i s s u es of THE· GENEALOGICAL JOURNAL, Randolph
NC . 1977-1980 . Excellent q uarterly from that area.

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KEN;ruCKY AN?Es;ro~: Oct 198 0 , Vol 16 , # 2 : Glinn/Glenn marriage s ; The Bott
Family of Virginia, Ky and Misso u r i f rom 162J to 1 8.37.
om
St. LOUIS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY , Fall 1 980 : Bi ble Records of
Wall er - son of Carr Wal l er a nd El i z ' h Martin of Va .

J o seph

Granvil

NEWSLETTER , Grays on Co . Histo rical Soci ety , Inc . , Rt 1 Box 293 , Elk Creek ,
Va. 24326 .
Contains an a maz ing a mount of i nformation of i nteres t t o people
interested in thi s a r ea .

THE ARNOLD FAMILY AS SOC I ATION OF THE SOUTH ,

Mrs Marian C Ledgerwood,

1655

Imperia l Crown, Houston, TX 7704J : Jan 1 9 8 0 , Annu a l Ne wsl e t ter , Vol . X.
Would that a ll f amilies could p u t togeth er s u c h a c ompre h e n s ive a nd interes ting annua l? Wonderful l y documented and a weal t h of refe:ren ' t\ s ul'{'~,s 1 r
any family .
(Note : Should have b een in ' 80 i s sue )

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Royale ~·CRABTREE, PE. , 1 221 Arlin gton Place , ..linte r la r k , FL . 32789
John CRABTREE, b. 28 Apr. 1732 , Baltimore Co ., MD . , m. HannA.hBlITCHER .
Who were Hannah' a parents?
Isaac CRA BTREE m. !'IKE ? .
Crandfa the r
William II m. Mary PIKE, Balti mor e Co ., MD , b . 17 Feb . 17...::5 , PIKE r e l a tionship? Parents? Isaac OLIVER, b . ca . 176 5 , NC/VA . d . 15 Oc t . C lark Co . KY .
Parents?
Shirl PRIDEMORE, Rt. ~ Box 416 , McMinnville, OR 971 28
Seeking info on William Riley POAGE a n d Mary Ann F ERGUSON , b . ca 1 8 45 and
June 7, 1847, m. Dec . 1874, in Roanoke , VA .
Wi l li am s pa r e n ts were William
POAGE &amp; Elizabeth COON. William RILEY was m. t o Mary E l i za b eth CALDWELL
&amp; Octovia WHITLOW. Moved to Indiana ca . 1895 .
Dorothy HALE AMIS, 8730 Ferncliff Av e , NE , Ba inbridJe Island , wA , 98110
Any info appreciated on William &amp; Nancy REDMAN/HAIL HAILE/HALE both b . VA.
ca. 1780, m. 26 May 1804, Patrick Co , VA., In Claiborne Co, TN 1830 .
Children: Wm . Jr. b . 1807 VA. , m. Mary BARNES ; Comfort b . 1816 T N, m.
Isaac CARMACK and Polly m. J ohn DEAN .
Believed related to Moses , Benjamin,
Rozinah, Anna and Keziah HAILE who were all i n Patrick Co .
!h_ R. MURPHY, Mallow Lanes, Covington , VA

24426
Need parents , info on Charles Henry JENKINS, b. March 12, 182 2 , d . Oct . 22 ,
1911. Also, Sarah Anne DILLION, b . 1833, d. 1888, m. Franklin Co ., VA .
Dec. 31, 1851. Charles Henry JENKINS worked Lovely Mount (now Radford) VA
as overseer, 1860 census.
Virginia FLETCHER, 721 NW 73 AVE., Gt . Lauderdale, FL. 33317.
Need info on James BOWEN, b. ca. 1790, d. 1888, lived Montgomery Co. VA .
His father John d . 1826, Botetourt Co . Who was John's father?
Who did he
m.? James m. Catherine BOSTERS 1815, dau . of Jonathan BOSTER.S.
Who was her
mother?
Mrs. Curtis LONG, 1789 Sullivant Ave. ·, Columbus, OH 43223
Need any infOC&gt;'!i these families: Josiah KENNO~ b. 1817 in Rocky Mt. Franklin
Co. VA, m. Mary Jane BROWN, dau. of George &amp; Anna COUSINS BROWN in Martinsville
Henry Co. Va in 1853, 9 children born in Martinsville.
Girls m. HUFFMAN,
STUDEVANT &amp; MORRIS . Sons m. SILVEY, MCDANIEL, HULL, &amp; LESLIE.
Helen SPORE, Route !, Box 19, Kildare, OK . 74642
Who were parents of Frances PETT IT who rn . Isaac ALLEN in VA.
Who was the
w. of John SUMMERS who d. in 1806 in Augusta Co. VA, b . at Middlebrook , VA.

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~' 404 Navajo Lane, Kingsport, TN. 37664
Would like to correspond with anyone who descends from any of these Russell
Co, VA pioneers: John SYKES ( 1750-1851) Revolutionary War vet; b. Prince
George Co.VA. , Benjamin RAY (1756- 1841) Revolutionary War v et(6th NC Regt . )
Martin HONAKER (1772-1848) b. Wythe Co. VA., James ARTRIP (1789-1869) b.
Roanoke Co. VA.

Frieda M. DAVISON, 612 ~· Poplar, Johnson City, ~ 37601
Need proo.f of fa~her/son relationship for Hezekiah PATRICK, S r. b. late
1700's and Hezekiah PATRICK, Jr., b. 1816, Smyth Co.VA.

�HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES
by Jea n Moseley
Ann Kyle
Don ' t overlook the excellent index to their exchange periodicals published
in every quarterly of the COLORADO GENEALOGIST. There are surnames as well
as topics .
GENEALOGY (India na Historical Society ) Jan 1981, has a well-reasoned sample
of deductiv e plotting , and would repay your reading time if you can 't think
where to searc h next .
THE JOURNAL of the Kanawha Valley Genealogical Soci ety, Nov 1980, tells of
the Young family of Kanawha County . Also , the pedi gree chart at the back
contains many s outhwes tern Virginia names.
THE COLORAOO GENEALOGIST , Aug 1980 , contains Part II of the James D. Walker
lecture, Genealogical Records in the National Archives . The styl e is light
and amusing , the content solid . This is a most helpful a r ticle.
THE TREE TRACERS, V2, # 1, 1977-78 : p 11 , Often Used Abbrevi ations and Termshelpful information in researching old records ; p12-J , Membership requirements
in National Societies; p 18-21, How to use the Soundex systerm for the 1880
Federal census; article " How to Begin Researching ."
ANCESTRY, (Palm Beach Co , Fla) , Jan 1981 :

p JO , "Aides to Irish Res earch."

MIAMI VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (OHIO ), Vol X, #J , 1981 :
patterns ", clue t o grandparen ts, p 78 .

"Old Naming

VIRGINIA PIEDMONT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Vol J , # 1, Feb ' 81: Additional Revolu tionary Soldiers &amp; Pa trio ts of Halifax Co. , Va . ; "Early Vi rginia Obi turary
Notices , 1804-1 838 .
we have received the back iss ues of THE· GENEALOGICAL JOURNAL, Randolph Co .,
NC . 1977- 1 980. Excellent quart erly from that a r ea.
KENTUCKY ANCESTORS: Oct 1980 , Vol 16, #2 : Glinn/Gl enn marriages; The Bottom
Fami ly of Virginia , Ky and Missouri from 162J to 18J7.
St. LOUIS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY , Fall 1980 : Bible Records of Joseph Granvil
Waller - son of Carr Waller and Eliz ' h Martin of Va .
NEWSLETTER , Grayson Co. Historical Society, Inc. , Rt 1 Box 29J, Elk Creek,
Va . 24J26. Contains an amazing amount of information of interest to people
interes t ed in this area.
THE ARNOLD FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTH, Mrs Marian C Ledgerwood , 1655
I mperial Crown , Houston , TX 77043: Jan 1980, Annual Newsletter, Vol. X.
Would that all families could put together such a comprehensive and interesting annual ! Wonderfully documented and a wealth of reference sources for
any famil y. (Note : Should have been in '80 issue)

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NON EXCHANGE QUAR1ERLY
The following quarterlies have been r ecei v ed a1.ci pl a ..; &lt;;d i r. :.he v irginia
Southern Indiana Gen ealogical Society , PO Bo x 665 ,

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Ind . 47 1 5 0 .

Kimberlin Kobold News letter ( f amily) , J ames R Kimberl Jn , 7854 Coll Ave . ,
91605. ( small but of intere~t to V.imbcrlins) .

No . Hollywood, Ca.

The Internal Geneal ogica l Exchange , Genealogi cal Research Center , Rt 2 Box
1030 , Kountze , TX 77625. Monthly i ssue .
The Sun City Genealogi s t , PO Box 1494 , Sun Ci ty , Ariz . 85J72 .
Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe , PO Box 39128 , Indianapolis , IN 462J9 .
for books , charts, etc. , $1.50 .

Catalogue

The Yellowstone Genealogical Forum, % Purmly Billings Library , 5 1 O North
Broadway, Billings , Montana 59101. One note : Passport Applicat ions - The
practise of obtaining a pas sport began in 1 791.
Duri n g the e arly years of
the nation passports were i ssue d to t ravel between s t a tes or fro m a stat e to
an Indian Territory. They may b e esp ecially hel pful to those s e a rching Ala . ,
Miss. &amp; La. Modern passports a re r e c e ive d by t he Dept. o f State a nd then
transferred to the Nationa l Arc hives . They include the name of the app l icant ,
age, date of birth, residence, and a p ersonal des cript ion.
Natu ral i zation
records can be obtained from the Immigrati o n a n d Na tural i za ti on Servi ce ,
119 D st , NW , Washington, DC 20536. Re quest f o rm N- 5 85 .

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In 1 t s
15th year of publication. Will spons or Rose Genealog i cal Resea rch Conference ,
June 5, 6, &amp; 7, 1981 , Iowa State Univers ity , Ames , Ia.
Write for information
to address above , San Jose, CA.

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�BOOK REVIEW
by Belva Counts
J o hn and Edward Tuck of Halifax County , Virginia,
and Some of Their Descendants
compiled by
Aletha J ane Macon
The Tucks of Virg inia a r e descended from an English family chiefly of CountJ
Kent , but al s o of London a nd Norwich .
In the Seventeenth Century many Tucks
emigrated from the old Country to the Colonies . Robert Tuck, "a chirurgeon,
vinter and tailor" came in 1636 from County Suffolk to settle first in Massachusetts, later in New Hampshire where he founded a numerous family.
Amo ng
those of the name who came to Virginia in the early years were: Woodland
Tuck in 1642 ; Ann Tuck in 1652 ; William a nd Robe rt Tuck who in 1657 had headrights of 730 acres of land each in New Kent County . Nothing further is
known of these early settlers .
This compilation deals almost entirely with the descendants of J ohn and Edw~
Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia, whose direct ancestry has not been determined.
They, and a Thomas Tuck, who may have been a brother~ appeared in. Halifax
County about the time it was cut off from Lunenburg in 1752, acquired land,
established homes and reared large families, the descendants of whom are
scattered throughout our nation.
John Tuck (1730-1801) married Mary Powell (1733-1828), daughter of Edward
and Elizabeth Powell.
From his will of 1801 the following children were
named: Sarah, Elizabeth, Edward (Ned) , Mary Achsah, Ezra, Robert, Richard,
Benjamin (Bennett), John , Jane , and Da.vid.
His descendants are numerous and
widely scattered throughout our nation. Large numbers are to be found in
Virginia, many in Halifax County.
In 1945 a great-great-great grandson living
in that County, William Munford Tuck was elected Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
Edward Tuck , b. ca 1730 d . 1781 (will recorded May 17 , 1781) , listed the
following children:
Mary , Moses , Josiah, Edward , Cary, Sarah, Vashti,
Tabitha and Susannah .
His wife's name was unknown .
The book has a hard cover , 218 pages, a bibliography, indexed ( 25 pages),
with the price of $13.00 . The book may be ordered from Mrs . Al Amundsen,
2 D Country Club Apts., Greenville, Alabama 36037, A gift copy to the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society has been placed in the Virginia Room
of the Roanoke City Public Library.

�HIGHLIGHTS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF MONTGO.' ERY cou: :TY '

\'I i ~G r :: r A

By Lu la Por terfiel d Givens
Montgomery County , Virg i nia, l ie s a t t he sou t hwe s ter n tip o f the Val l ey
of Virginia between the Allegha ny a nd the Blue Rid ge l.1ou n t a ins .
It ha d b een
originally a part of Augusta Cou nty, formed in 173 8 an d wit h d ivis i ons was
formed in 1777 from Botetourt a nd ex t inct Fi nc a s tl e Countie s .
Be ing fo rme d
one year after the death of a n Amer ica n Revol uti o na r y Wa r off i cer , Richa rd
Montgomery , it seemed fitting that t he c ou nty shou l d bea r his name . He wa s
the first officer of high rank i n the Ame r ican a r my t o be k i ll ed , an d h is
death saddened both officers and so ldi e r s .
Richard was the son of Thoma s a nd Ma r y Fran k li n Mon t gome r y , and was bo r n
in Swords County , Dublin, Ireland . He ma rri e d Janet Livi n g s t on i n 1 773, th e
daughter of a weal thy judge and land owne r , J ud ge Li vi ng s t on in Ne w Yo rk City .
In Drapers Meadows were the Drapers and In g le s fam i 1 i es , who we r e na ti ves
of Ireland . George Draper and Eleanor Harden Dra per h a d two children , Mary
and John. Mary Draper married William I ng les, a s o n of Thoma s I n g l es , in 1750.
John Draper married Betty Robinson in 175 4. William Ingl es was o n e o f the gentle justices of the first court of Fin ca st le, pre sent Montgomery , and a signer
of the Fincastle Resolutions, an important document drawn up at F ort Chiswe ll
(Wythe County). other gentle justices appoint e d by Patrick He n ry we re Walter
Crockett, James Mccorkle, James McGavock, John Montgomery, William Preston ,
James Robertson, James Thompson and Stephen Trigg·
William Christian was a patriot, policy maker, and defender of the fronti er•
His parents, Israel and Elizabeth Stark Christian , emigrated from northern
Ireland to America in 1740. William was born on Christian's Creek near Staunto!'1
Virginia , in 1742 where his parents opened a general store. He married Anne
Patrick, Patrick Henry 's sister , about 1768. William Christian moved his family to Kentucky in 1785, and he died there April 9, 1786. Chr isti ansburg, th e
seat of Montgomery County , was fittingly named for this brave and able defende r
of the frontier in early days .
Dr. John Blair Radford, for whom the city of Radford was named, came from
Bedford County in 1836 to the area, and married Elizabeth Campbell Taylor on
May 31, 1836. Descendants of the Radfords married into the families of Adams,
Moore, Yancey and others. The Radford home,, Arnheim, st ill stands today and i s
used as an annex to Radford High School .
Jane Buchanan Floyd is typical of the many frontier women who went with
their husbands into a wilderness land to sustain and comfort them.
She was the
daughter of John and Margaret Patton Buchanan and a granddaughter of James and
Mary Osborne Patton. Jane Buchanan married John Floyd in October, 1778 . Jane ' s
son , John Floyd, Jr., became governor of Virginia in 1830. Floyd County,
formed from Montgomery, was named for him.
The book has 183 pages with a bibliography, and contains an appendix with
a chronology of early Mont gomery County, Virginia, from 1671 to 1867, and copies
may be ordered from Patricia Givens Johnson, Route 2, Box 172, Christiansburg VA
24073 . The price per copy is $5.95 plus 50¢ postage. A copy of this book ha~
bee n given to the William Fleming High School Library, Roanoke, Virginia, by t he
author. There is a genealogy club in the school.

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Name_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Born_ _ _ _ _ _ _~~Dieu.--------~
Birthplace _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Burial place _ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ _ __
Education = - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

Military Service:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _

Physical and other characteristics (circle or give more specific information):
l. He ight
Tall, medium, sho rt or
ft.
in .
6. Emotionally stab le or labile
2. Weight
lbs. or thin, average, obese
7 . Shy, gregarious
3 . Blond, red hair, intermediate, brown, black
8 . Confident, hesitant
4 . Eye color :
9 . Quiet, talkative
5. Right or left handed
l 0 . Good sense humor, average
Use of alcoho l: never, socially, heavy . Tobacco: never, m oderate, heavy. Chronic d isorders (as arthritis,

asthma, TB, visual, hear ing or birth defects): ----------------------------~

Special Talents: _ _ _ __ _ _________________ _ __ Musical, artistic, mechanical, literary, etc.

Hobby or favorite recreat ion: _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ __ __ _ _ _ __
Religious affiliation (casual, average, intense) :_ __ __________ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ __
Major politica l affi liation (casua l, average, in ten se):

Married- - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - -Born _ _ _ _ __ __ _ Died
Birthplace_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ P lace and date marriage_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _
Children :

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2.

3.

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6.

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8.
9.
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11.
12.
13.
14.
NOTE: Use reverse side for second marriage data, anecdotes, etc.
From :D.-WArr&lt;=2N Iv. moorv;J/19/V

�TREASURE CHEST OF KNOWLEI:x;E

The Key is at the
SOUTHWES'IERN VIRGI NIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ,
FOURTH ANNUAL GENEALOGICAL
WORKSHOP
on
Saturday
July 1 8 , 1 981

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At the First United Methodist Church a t Wes t Main &amp; Lang horne Place ,
Salem, Virginia .

PROGRAM
8:30 - 9:00

Regi strat ion

9: 00 - 9 115

Wel come and I n troduction by Belva Counts , pres ident
Southwestern Virginia Genea log ica l Soc iety .

9 :15 - 10 130

"Early Set tlers of Wes tern Wate rs "
Netti Schreiner-Ya n t i s , member of the exe c u tive commi ttee of
the Nat i onal Genea log ica l Society .

10s15 -10 :30

Stret ch &amp; cof fee brea k

10 :30 - 11z30

Mrs Schreiner- Yantis conti nues with Ques tion &amp; Ans wer

11 :JO - 1100

Lunch &amp; Book Fai r

1100 - Js OO

"Revolutionary War Records in the State Library"
John Solmon of the Virginia Lib rary s taff. He will also have
a Question a nd Ans wer p eriod .

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Treas ure r
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S . A. Bell
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Belva Counts
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CON'IEN'IS

President ' s Message

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Revolutionary War Records in the Archives and
Records Division of the Virgini a St ate Library

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Abram Crabtree, Revolutionary War Petition

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Plasters Cemetery

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North Carolina Cemetery

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Mortality Schedules
Ba th County, Virginia
Washington County, Virginia
Scott County, Virginia

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Legislative Petitions
Russell, '.Iazewell, &amp; Logan (WV) Counties, Virginia
Walter Richards

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Workshop Notes &amp; Pictures

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Queries

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Book Reviews

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Due to the Library building an addition, the auditorium i s being used
for storage. Our meetings will be held either at The Gallery, S.H . ·
Heironimus, Downtown Roanoke , or The Hancock Room of the Central or
main Library at Elmwood park .
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THE PRESIDENT' S MESSAGE
Summer is pass ing and I hope you have collected much fami ly data from
your family reunions and travel.
Our May 16 meeting with June Goode and Jack Den ton as our guides in
Bedford was excellent, vis iting t he museum , churches , homes and cemetries .
Church Records and Genealogy was the theme of the Rev . Guy Ritter , associate professor of religion at Roanoke College , Salem, Va . , at our June 20th
meeting.
Our year's highlight has been our fourth Annual Genealogical Workshop
held at First United Methodis t Church in Salem, Virginia, on July 18 with
Netti Schreiner-Yantis, past president of the National Genealog ical Society
and Compiler of Genealogical Books in Print , and John Salmon of the Virginia
State Library Staff, Richmond, Va. We will be sharing s ome of their contributions at the meeting you as space premits in the VAN . A special thanks
to Mrs. Anne B. Parks of Detroit, Mich., who made a s pecial effort to attend
our workshop . Come back again, Anne, to see us.
At our August 15 meeting, Mrs. Claude S . Fowler will be our speaker .
Her topic will be Genera.logy in Documents (wills, inventories, pensions ,
bills of Sale, etc.) . On Sept. 19, J. Roderick Moore, Director of Blue
Ridge Institute, Ferrum College, Rocky Mount, Virginia, will be our speaker.
Since the Roanoke City Public Library Auditorium in NOT available
while the library is being remodeled, we will be meeting sometimes in the
Hancock Room of the Library and at The Gallery, SH Heironimus, Downtown
Roanoke, Your monthly notice will tell the place.
George D. Garretson, Director of Roanoke County Public Library, J1J1
Electric Rd, SW, Roanoke (County), Va. 24018, has contributed a listing of
the County Library Genealogical Collection. Ask for this in the Virginia
Room of the Roanoke City Public Library .
Our membership still grows, thanks to all of you, and welcome to our
meetings each THIRD Saturday.
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REVOLUTI ONARY WAR RECOR.L'S
IN THE ARCHIVES &amp; RECOR.L'S DIVISION
OF THE VIRGINIA STA1E LIBRARY
'Ihe following i s t he text of the talk that John Salmon of the Virginia State
Library gave a t the SVCS Workshop on July 18 , 1981.
Channel 2J i s p r esently rerunning a series of shows on World War II,
called " The World a t War." This is a very interesting series, especially
to s omeone interested in history , because it makes use of original newsreel footage s howing both civilian li£e and combat scenes , as well as
contemporary s till photographs . My wife and I , who had not yet been born
when World l•/a r II too k place , were talking the other night about how we
think abou t that era has been influenced by what we have seen over the
years on s uch s hows as "The World at War, " and by what we have read in
the history books .
This gaining of our impressions from secondary sources rather than
from personal e xp e rience has a very peculiar side effect : we find that
when we call up a mental image of a person or an event , Adolph Hitler or
the war in North Africa , for instance, that mental image tends to be in
black and white rather than in color. This may sound a bit strange ,
especially to those of you who fought in World War II , but consider for a
moment that my only s ources for mental images of that period have been
black and white newsreels and photographs, disregarding Hollywood movies.
It comes as a grea t shock , then , when I open a book on the history of the
war, as I did not too long ago , and find color photographs of Hitler,
Rommel, Patton , and soldiers fighting in the North African desert. At
first these photographs hardly seem real - - they look more like Hollywood
productions , people in costume. At first I find it hard to believe what
I am seeing.
Then I remember that color film did exist then, it was just
used very rarely in news photography, and I am able to accept the pictures
for what they are .
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Cast your minds back , if you will, to an era before color photography
was popular - - to pre-Revolutionary Russia , for example , and you will
see what I mean . When you think of that time before 1917, you think of
shaky newsreels ·and still photographs of World War I battle scenes, Russian villages , peas an ts , and the royal family. And all these images will
be in black and white. In fact , it is almost impossible for you to think
of that country in that period, in color.
Recentl y , however, a book has been published which is causing a good
deal of e xcitement among historians, especially those who are interested
in photography - - a book containing recently discovered contemporary
color photographs of pre-Revolutionary Russia. Ille photographs were made
using a complicated, primitive method of recording color that was nowhere
near as accurate as today's films, but the colors are still startling in
their beauty and freshness.
He~e is the Czar, the peasants, the villages,
and the war , almost unbelievable real and lifelike. Indeed, if you were
to see the book , you r first reaction might be like mine when I saw the
World War II color photographs - - these are not real, they are just

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stills from a Hollywood costume piece .

But they are real .

Now , what does all this have to do with Revolutionary War records in
the state archives?
The point I want to make is this: How we perceive a piece of hi s torical evidence is affected - - distorted
by the qual ity and variety of
impre.s sions that we hold concerning the era to which that e vidence pertains .
If we think of World War II or of Czarist Russia in images of b lack and
white , we may refuse to accept the evidence of color , even when we see it
before us. We allow our preconceptions , in other words , to come between
us and even the most concrete of facts .
This is p articularl y true of historical events in which we have s ome emotional involvement , and in this
country the two best examples of that are the Civil War and the Revolu tionary War. Deep emotional involvement with the Civil War , however ,
seems to be largely a regional phenomenon --- it is not found in the same
degree of intensity in the North and West as it is in th e South .
And if
I may be allowed to say so without causing a riot, I think that a typical
Southerner' s view of that war is often obscured by a butternut-gray haze
of romance --- certainly to a greater extent than that of a Northerner or
a Westerner. Als o , many Americans are yet a bit uncomfortabl e thinking
about the Civil War. It was a bitter pericd in our history , a nd we are
s till too close to it for calm reflection.
No , if there is one part of our history which stirs up, in every
region of this country , pure feelings of patriotism , romance , and g eneral
s atisfaction , it is t he Revolutionary War . In fact, we as a nation have
so enshrined this war in our mythology , that often it i s impossible to
s ee the human beings who were involved in it , among a l l the heroic paintings and statuary . Our mental images of the period are reduc ed to stereotypes . Think of George Was hington , and our mind's eye sees him in the
painting, standing tall in the boat crossing the n.elaware, not as he was
at Kip's Bay , New York , leaning down from his horse, half-hysterical ,
flailing about with his sabre , screaming curses at his men as they flee
in panic from the advancing British ; think of the handwriting of the
period and we see the elegant signature of John Hancock before we see the
frontier scribble of D3.niel Boone ; think of death in battle and we see
the painting of General Warren expiring calmly on Bunker Hill , not the
horrible bloody reality; think of Benedict Arnold and we see the traitor
at west Point , not the s tockycolonel leading his men from Maine in a
heroic march against Quebec in 1775, 1he popular imagination is s o taken
up with the heroism of the age, t~t if we happen to find some document
associating one of our ancestors with all thi s g lory , then reason leaves
its throne and we are set all aqui ver with excitement . Even if , as i s
often the case , the ancestor was only peripherally involved in the war ,
the mere discovery of his being a round at the time is enough to keep us
talking about it for weeks .
I know, of course, that we here are all more reasonable than that,
but those of us who are archivists have occasionally encountered researchers who are unwilling to take a realistic view of the r ecords .
In fact ,
some of the archivists and editors who have worked with the r eco rds in
the past, compiling guides and indexes, have been guilty of perrni tting

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their patriotic zeal to color their interpretations of thJse records. This
evening I want to mention the guidebooks , some of the records they describe ,
and what it is that the records tell us --- and what they DO NOT tell us.
I do not intend to rattle off a list of books and record series concerning the Revolutionary War . I will discuss some of the more commonly
used series , and the t wo basic guides or indexes to the records. The
guides are listed in this booklet , Genealogical Research in the Viri;inia
State Library , on page 8 . They are : John H. Gwathmey's Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, 1775- 1783 , published in 1938, and Dr.
H. J . Eckenrode ' s t wo-volume List of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia,
publis hed in 1911 a nd 1912 . There are other guides and compilations available , but these are a mong the mos t u seful, and they do by and large cover
records that are phys i cally in the arc hives and available for use. All
of the guides and co mpilations are availabl e for use · in the archives reading room. The r efe rence staff will g l a dly e xplain their use and help you
evaluate the records they d escribe . It will help the staff , as well as
yourselves , however , if you a r e abl e to approach the records and indexes
in the righ t spirit , along the lines of my preceding remarks .

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With that s pirit in mind, then , I would like to get involved in a
bit of gentle debunking here tonig ht , not of heroes , but of the records
themselves , or rather, of that old-time , uncritical approach to the records
and to books ABOUT the records , that too many researchers still seem to
take . The records , the guides to the records , and the analyses which the
compilers of those guides often forced upon the records, or read into them,
are not holy writ.
The records are for the most part the straightforward
writings of a plainspoken people; the g uides or indexes are the results
of a sincere attempt to bring order out of chaos: dull , tedious work for
which we all owe the compilers our gratitude --- and our charity for their
occasional mis readings of names. Where we can justly fault either the
compiler or the researcher, or both , is in the unfortunate and very human
tendency to read into the records that which we would LIKE to find written there , BUT DO NOT.
A very go0d example of this failing concerns a group of records
pertaining not to the Revolutionary War but to the one which just preceded
it in Virginia, called .Dunmore ' s War. This war, which took place on the
western frontiers of Virginia in what is now West Virginia , had only one
battle: the Battle of Point Pleasant , fought on October 10, 1774. In
this battle a small army of colonists held off and beat back an attack by
a large number of Indians under the command of a chief named Colllstalk.
'.Ihis battle i s sometimes referred to as "The First Battle of the American
Revolution. "

On the contrary , it is not any such thing!
I£ anything , the battle could poss ibly be considered the last gasp
of the French and Indian War . It was a colonial war; the soldiers served
under the royal governor; and they were paid on behalf of the Crown. They
were not, in 1774 at least , rebels and revolutionaries.

Far from being a year of bloody revolution, 1774 was a year in which

�our colonial leaders were still trying to rea ch a compro mi s e wi th t he
royal gove.r nment, so that what revolution t her e was i n Nort h Ame rica might
still be stopped short of independence !
Dunmore 's War, then , belongs at l east as much to the end of t h e colonia;t period as it does to the beg inning of the Rev olutionary era . What
exactly was Dunmore ' s War all about , and wha t r ecords of g enea l og i cal interest -did it generate?
Lord Dunmore was one John Murray, Earl of Dunmore , who had bee n
formerly governor of New Yo'rk and who had bee n appointe d g ove rnor of Virginia in 1771 . He immediately set about reorganizing the Virg ini a militia,
and he made a serious attempt to protect the fronti e r against I ndian
raids --- and also to push the limits of the colony to t he Ohio River if
possible. The resulting war in 1774, the n , was partly du e to the s ame
spirit of expansionism that prevailed during the French and Indian War ,
and it indirectly contributed a few sparks to t he Revolutionary movement
in Virginia. Lord Dunmore was at first quite a popular governor, and in
1772 when a new county was carved out of Frederick County, i t was named
Dunmore in his honor. However, because of his s eizure of the land and
personal property of some residents in various areas of the f r ontier , and
becaus e many Virginians believed his milita:ry adven turis m was intended to
.distract them from the political tensions of the era, h e rapidly became
unpopular. Finally, in June 1775, he fled the colony and took refuge on
board a ship off Yorktown, declaring the ship to be the legal seat of
government. On January 1, 1776, he wished Norfolk a Happy Ne w Year by
having the town shelled. Fires got s tarted , and the militia was called
out to fig ht them. The militia, however , spent its time liberating
liquor bottles from the flames , got thoroug hly drunk, a nd s tarted its own
fires. Norfolk burned down, and the whol e sor:ry episode was the subject
of one of the first coverups in American history.
The patriot propaganda
machine ignored the militia ' s role, and blamed the whole aff'air on Lord
Dunmore, who then reached new depths of unpopularity, and who sailed away
before the ultimate indignity befel l him : in 1778 Dunmore County changed
its name to Shenandoah.
Lord Dunmore was truly more trouble than he was worth , especially to
genealogists. His war in 1774 did produce a few records of interest , but
they have been the _s ource of a terrible l ot of confusion, due to the
soldiers' not getting paid until after the Revolution heated up in 1775 ,
and this nonsense about the Battle of Point Pleasant being the first
battle of the Revolutionary War.
our archives has under the title "Lord Dunmore' s War" a volume of
claims, both for military and non-military service, made by reside nts of
Augusta , Bedford, Botetourt , and Fincastle counties, and a card i ndex to
the same . Almos t no genera.logical information is included therein , but
these r ecords do at least place an individual in a particular county at
the time of that war, and they do give proof of his colonial servi ce --NOT his Revolutionary War s ervice .
Als o i n t hi s group of records are three payrolls, calle d the Romney,
Winchester, and Pitts burg Payrolls. The Romne y and Winches t er payroll.s

�record soldiers paid at those p l aces in 1775 , and the Pittsburg Payroll
records sold i er::; paid at Fort Pi tt in 1775 . Although payment for their
military servi ce was mad e i n 177 5 , the s ervice for which these men were
paid wa s ac tua l ly l n Lord D.lnmore ' s Wa r in 1774. To further confuse the
issue , all these payrolls are indexed by Eckenrode and by Gwathmey , and
at l eas t on e patri ot i c soc i e ty has a cce pted these records as proof of
Revolutiona ry War servi ce , per haps because of the 1775 payroll dates , and
perhaps in par t because of a stateme nt by Gwathmey : "Apparently thes e
were Colonia l rathe r than Revolu t ionary s oldiers who were in Dunmore ' s
War and were la te i n rec eiving the ir pay . But they are included i n this
volume for the r eason t hat a lmost to a man they transferred over into the
Revolutionary servic e . .. . . .. . . " This statem en t has no basis in fact, however. Quite to the contrary , thes e payrolls include a number of individ uals who are knovm to hav e been Loyalis ts in the Revolution. Gwathmey,
and many other r es earc h e rs , s eem to feel that just because a soldier
s erved in one war he mus t have served i n the other , but in fact there is
no s uch a s s urance .
I1, des pite the relative abundance of Revolutionary
War records , no record of s ervice is found f or that war , but only for Dunmore ' s War , then one c a n only conclud e that the individual simply did not
s erve in the Revolutionary War.
Turning now to the variou s types of Revolutionary War records in the
archives , we fin d that many of them are indexed by Gwathmey and Eckenrode ,
who conveni ently a rrang ed their entries alphabetically by the names of the
soldiers.
Eckenrode's List i s p robably the first source to consult because of its de tai l .
The first volume , publis hed in 1911 , mos tly des cribes
records found in the Virginia State Library.
The 1912 volume also indexes
some Library mate rial, but concentrates largely on pay and muster rolls
held by the National Archives in Washing ton . Of the records in the Virginia archives , t hose most u seful are the following : Bounty Warrants and
Military Certificates , Rejected Claims , and Auditor's Pay Accounts .
The first of these , the Bounty Warrant and Military Certificate
files , are among the most interesting records we have . Bounty land warran t s arose out of the need of the state to increase army enlistments ,
but ine.xpensivel~r .
Since Virginia had claims to a vast amount of land i n
the Old Northwest Territory , including Kentucky and Ohio , the state decided t o promis e free land after the war in return for long enlistments dur1.ng the war.
Eventually the laws refined t his idea to a set procedure.
To qualify for the land , a man must have served at least three years continuously in a s tate or continental line unit . Militia service did not
coun t .
The longer t he service and the higher the rank , the more land
the soldier would receive.
Minimum amounts ranged from 100 acres for a
private up to 1100 acre s for a major general .
The procedures for obtaining the land were as follows : the soldier
secured evidence of the length of his service , his rank , and his unit,
usually i n the form of an affidavit f rom a superi or officer, or his military discharg e p apers , and submi t te d the evidence to the Governor's
Offi ce .
'Ihe governor often referred the papers to a commissioner to inves t igate the claim , and acted u pon his recommendation.
If the e vidence
was deemed insu ffic i ent , i t was rejected, and it was left up to the soldier to gather additiona l evidence to support his claim.
If he was unable

�to do so, his papers eventually ended up in the Rejected Cl ai ms file .
If
his clai m was approved , the Governor signed a Military Ce rtif icate a uthorizing the Register of the Land Office to iss u e a numbered boun ty l and
warrant . The original warrant went to the soldier , while the Reg i s ter of
the Land Office recorded a copy for hi s files .
We have , then , the s oldiers' evidence files , which are misnamed "Bounty Warran ts "; the Military
Certificates sent by the Governor to the Regi s ter of the Land Office ; a nd
numbered copies of the bounty warrants (printe d forms fill e d in) i n books
still in the Land Office .
Once the soldier had. his warrant , he could take i t and move to the
military district which had been set a s ide for Vi rgi nia ' s claims in e ither
Kentucky or Ohio, and claim his land . The procedure was s imilar to that
for obtaining a civil land grant from a colony or a s tate :
f ind s imilar
land , have it surveyed , file a claim with the land office, a nd if there
were no prior claims , eventually receive a land grant.
Please note that
none of the land could be taken up within the boundaries of Virginia .
Some researchers think that because their ancestor rece ived a land g rant
in Virginia at the same time that the bounty warrants were b e ing i ssued ,
this was proof that he had s erved in the Revolutionary War .
This i s simply not the case . If the land was claimed ins ide Virg inia , then i t was
not claimed on a military bounty warrant .
'!he bounty land warrants were transferable . A s oldie r could sel l his
warrant to another soldier, or even to a person who had not s een any military service . Many soldiers did just that .
The years following the Revolutionary War wer e very hard ones , with runaway inflation and widespread
poverty, and many soldiers sold their warrants for a fraction of their
worth. Some individuals were able to amass huge tracts of land in the
military districts on purchased warrants. So , if you find an ancestor
using a military bounty warrant to obtain land in the military districts
of Ohio or Kentucky , that alone i s not proof of military service,
The so-called "Bounty Warrant" files , then , contain affidavits concerning the soldiers ' s ervice, usually from superior officers but sometimes
from former comrades in the ranks.
The evidence may be nothing more than
a terse statement of the facts --- rank , length of service, unit - - - or
it could consist of l etters, copies of orders , lengthy testimonials from
the soldiers applying for the land --- almost anything that would support
a claim of service.
In one case a sold.i er submitted as proof of his having been in service at a particular time, a dated letter from his commanding officer to
another officer. The letter seems to have nothing at all to do with this
soldier until the last couple of sentences .
Then the commander mentioned
that he was sending the soldier along under guard, to be punished for having stolen and eaten a sheep , with the comment, "It ' s steal sheep or starve.
says the poor s oldier . " I wonder if the soldier didn ' t steal this letter
as well .

Another affidavit was in the form of a se ri es of qu es tions and a nswers concerning the service of a Colonel Henry Aimes, who began his
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been dismissed from the service , the questioner a.sked : "Was or was not
this Captain Henry Aimes for any cause ever dishonored during his term of
service? Pointedly : was he cashiered or s uperseded during his 3 years '
service?" Aimes ' s old comrade volunteered more than was asked when he answered the question : " This Captain Aimes would fight anybody any how .
He was imperious , stiff , and unpleasant , but he was never cashiered,
superseded , nor dishonored , in no way ."
I f a s oldier died before he c laimed his bounty land, his widow or

children, or other legal heirs , could f ile a claim. Before they were
given the warrant , however , they had to submit sufficient proofs and
powers of attorney to establish that they were entitled to it . 'lhese
proof~are u sually found in the Military Certificate files in the Land
Office. In cases where there were many decendants fil:ing several years
after the end of the wa r, these proofs may include genealogical charts to
establis h who was entitled to the warrants. Sometimes copies of the sol diers' wills are found. One of the most poignant wills found among the
Military Certificates is that of a free black soldier. He directed his
wife to apply for the warrant , then once she had obtained it , to sell it,
and use the money to buy one of their children out of slavery.

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There are also s ome sad records a mong the Rejected Claims . Most of these
rejected claims dat e from the 18JO's, when many of the veterans still living were in their seventies and eighties . Their officers were no doubt
l ong dead , as were most of their comrades, s o there was no one left to
testify for them. For this lack of supporting evidence their claims were
rejected , and they lost an opportunity to earn a few dollars by selling
the warrant. While there were undoubtedly a few attempts to defraud the
Commonwealth, most of the soldiers ' statements have the ring of truth,
especially considering the elaborate lengths they went to, to record every
odd scrap of information about their service they could recall , on the
off chance it mig ht convince the Governor to approve their claim. One
ol d gentleman even swore that as he lay wounded on the field of battle,
General Washington himself rode up and spoke to him, and gave directions
f or his care. That seens so transparent a fabrication, that it probabl y
really happened. Many records of service such as payrolls and muster
rolls were at that time unavailable to the soldier, because they were
t ucked a way in obscure offices or ev en still in the hands of the officers
who created them. I want to mention , in this regard , Governor James Wood,
who had been a colonel in the Revolutionary War and a brigadier general
afterwards , and was governor i n the 1790 's. He kept many such rosters in
his own hands , and was one of those rare men who would stop whatever he
was doing to re.lp an old soldier . Many soldiers got warrants who would
not otherwise have d one so , because James Wood took the time to search
t hrough his papers until he found the proof of service. 'Ibere must be
hundreds of affidav its in his tiny handwriting, scattered throughout the
Bounty Warrant files . He ·als o helped soldiers get pensions, and I plan
to quote from one of his affidavits on that subject later.
Of course, not all soldiers g ot bounty land warrants , not all who
wer e qua l ified applied, and there were thousands of soldiers who were inel igible , either becaus e their term of s ervice was too short, or because
they served in the militia instead of in the state or continental line.

�The most likely source of infonna tion for these soldiers i s in the various
types of pay records kept by the State Audi tor's Office .
(I will include
in this category the pay ·and muster rolls filed in the National Archives
and indexed by Eckenrode in his 1912 volume. ) Thes e records tend to be
extremely cryptic regarding the soldiers service.
An entry in an Auditor ' s
Account Book might read that John Jones was issued a pay warrent in, say,
1783, "for service in the Militia of this State;" or "for service in the
Militia of this state in 1781;" or "for service in the Militia of Botetourt County in 1781;" or "for service in Capt . James Smith ' s Company of
Botetourt County militia in 1781." Not very much to go on .
And, unfortunately ·for the hopes and expectations of many researchers, that is often
all the record of service that there is .
There are, of course, other types of service records in the archives,
which I will lump :together as "Miscellaneous . " They include s ize rolls ;
court martial records; appointments of militia officers found in county
court order books; a few militia payrolls; militia classes; the Illinois
Papers and dlark Papers ; legislative petitions; and pension records .
We have two size rolls, each with a strange , arbitrary title : one
is called "Revolutionary Army , Vol . I. Register. " and the other is known
as the "Chesterfield Supplement ." They are both indexed by Eckenrode ,
and each is a gold mine of information of the sort that genealogists are
always hoping to find but n~ver do.
They not only contain the names,
ages, place of birth, county of residence , when and where enlisted , and
for how long, but the soldier's height , col or of eyes and hair, and
complexion. The reason these volumes were compiled beginning about 1780 ,
was to help provide a description for newspaper advertisements .
Then if
a soldier deserted, he might be more easily recaptured .
Unfortunately for
the researcher, only a very few soldiers, relatively s peaking, are listed.
The chances of finding your ancestor are extremely remote .
There are court martial records for Augusta County militia only, and
we have a card file index to the volume containing them.
I f you find your
ancestor therein , don ' t feel too badly. Most of the offences were minor
--- failing to attend a muster, for instance, and probably every county
had a big thick book like this one at one time.
The militia was organized on a county basis .
The counties were divided into districts called "companies " which were u sed administratively for
various purposes, including taxation . In the past some researchers have
gotten excited when they found their ancestor listed early in the Revolution in someone's "company." Very patriotic fellow, they figure.
I 'm
sorry, but usually its just a tax list, not a military roll, especi ally
when the only rank appears opposite the captain ' s name at the top of the
roll. The captain was also the tax collector, or the compiler of the tax
list.
The militia of each county was organized into a regiment under an
officer with the rank of Colonel, who was also known as the County Lieutenant, after the English custom. There might be one or two battalions
in the regiment, each under a Lieutenant Colonel; a major was the executive
officer in 'each battalion, and the soldiers were organized into companies

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under captains , lieutenants , and ensigns , the lowest ranking commissioned
officer.
When a vacancy occurred among the commissioned officers , usually becaus e of death, resignation , or for moving out of the county, the county
court would recommend officers f or promotion. Usually the most senior
officer below the grade vacated would be recommended. The recommendation
was entered in the county court order book along with the rest of the
court' s business , and a copy was sent to the Governor. He then issued a
commission appointing the officer to the new rank , and that officer came
before his county court with his commission and took an oath of loyalty,
Gwathmey has indexed these recommenda tions and oath- takings found buried
in the court order books , s o that many officers' names are recorded that
would otherwise be los t .
There were probably a hundred times more enlisted men in the militia
than there were officers , but unfortunately the records concerning the
privates are very scarce . Only a fe w rolls have survived , perhaps because
the militia was so seldom called into active service for a period of eight
days or more, the minimum necessary to be paid by the state . 'Ihere was a
reason for this n eglect of the militia and resulting scarcity of records
- -- they were notoriously unreliable in a fight, or rather, they could
often be relied upon to run away at a crucial moment: just as the enemy
charged , for instance . To be fair to the militia , however, what could
you expect of troops who had received almost no formal training, in the
face of the Britis h Army, one of the best-drilled fighting forces in the
world?
The militia has been very much maligned , perhaps not always justly.
The regular Continental Army officer was probably happy enough to see the
militia man when he came to the army as a draftee, and we do have a record
of the militia draft for Culpeper County only, called the " Culpeper
Classes ." In 1781, because the level of voluntary enlistment into the
Continental line had fallen so low, even with such inducements as the
bounty land offer , the General Assembly authorized a draft of the militia
to fill the state's quota for the regular army . Each county divided its**
into groups or classes of 12 or 13 men each , cast lots or drew straws,
and the lucky winner got to go serve in the regular army for eighteen
months. The "Culpeper Classes" is a slender volume listing the militia
of that county in their classes, and indicating which men were drafted.
There is a card file index to this record.
Even though the war-on the Eastern seaboard has received most of the
publicity from historians, we must not forget that there was a war in the
West as well. I refer to the Old Northwest , particularly the present
states of Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. Beginning about 1778, a remarkable man named George Rogers Clark commanded a small, mixed army of
militia and regular state troops , which became known as the Illinois
Regiment . The men who served in the regiment were mostly residents of
that part of Virginia which is now Kentucky, and the regiment saw much
activity against the British and Indians in what was known then .as the
"Illinois Country." The archives has about 200 muster and pay rolls for
the regiment and for the various Kentucky militia units which were associ**militia (word omitted)

�ated with it . These rolls were indexed by Ecken rod e .
We a l s o have Clark's
official papers, including letters , accounts , and thou sand s of e xpense
vouchers, some of which have been indexed by Gwa thmey .
Clark had a lot of trouble being reimburs e d f or h is expen ses by the
state, thanks to a very complicated financial s y s t e m, and t he r e luctance
of the gove:rnment to spend the taxpayer ' s money on anything i t had not decided to purchase itself. It was therefore a neve r - ending s trug gle for
men like Clark to get paid back for money they had e xp end e d o n s uch transitory i terns as foodstuffs and other supplies .
Of ten t heir only recourse
was to petition the General Assembly directly for r e lief, and thi s they
did , generals and soldiers alike , on every conceivabl e s ubj e ct, but u s ually financial. The "Legislative Petitions," as they are c a lled, are arranged alphabetically by county , then chronolog ically s tarting with 1776.
They are partially indexed by Eckenrode. They cons t 'i tute the only source
of names, in fact, for some militia soldiers and officers.
All the members
of the militia of Orange County, for instance, signed a petition complaining bitterly about the militia draft of 1781, asking that the period of
service be cut back from 18 to 12 months or even les s.
The last group of military service records I want to dis cuss are the
pension records . The state of Virginia paid a few small pensions to disabled veterans and to their widows, but most were eventually taken over
and paid by the federal government . The U. S. Congress passed dozens of
acts revising the pension la!'fs over the years .
The federal pension papers
are in the National Archives and are indexed in a thick volume entitled
Index to Revolutionacy War Pension Applications . We have this volume in
the archives, As far as original pension records are concerned , we have
those few that were issued by Virginia, and there is a fi l e card index to
them. The records are very interesting , and contain doctor ' s opinions
concerning the disabilities, affidavits of service , powers of attorney ,
receipts , and so on .
One of the pensions was granted to a Captain Leonard Cooper, who lost
his leg in the service of his country.
"I do with the advice of the Counci l of State hereby
Certify That Leonard Cooper, aged about 38 years , late a Cap tain in the 4th Virginia Regiment, whose annual pay was One
Hundred &amp; forty four po:unds, was disabled in the service of the
United States, by a wound which occasioned the amputation of his
right leg; and he is allowed the sum of Fifty pounds yearly , to
commence from the first day of January 1787.
Given under my hand as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia at Richmond this 2Jd day of April 1787 .

T. Meriwether

Edw: Randolph "
(92-7)

"Sometime i n the Course of the Campaign 1779, a Dispute
aros e on the Parade Ground while the Army lay at Pompton Plains
in the State of New J er s ey, between Captain Abraham Kirkpatrick
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the part of Kirkpatrick he procee d ed t o s tri ke the said Captain Cooper several strokes wit h a Cane --- that Captain
Coope r not Showing a di s pos i t i on to demand Satisfaction, was
i nformed by many Officers of his Own Corps that unles he did
he must l eav e the Reg ime nt , a s t hey were Determined he shoud
no t rank as an Officer; upon whi c h he ga ve the said Kirkpatrick
a Chal lenge , which was Accepted and a Duel fought with Pistols,
in which t he s aid Cooper r e c e i ve d a wound that Occasioned an
Ampu tati on Abov e his r i gh t knee . after Captain Cooper ' s recove ry ( upon the applicati on of mysel.f and s everal Other
Officers ) he wa s a dmi ted to t he Corps of Invalid in which he
Continue d until t he fin a l Dis char g e of that Corps .
Given unde r my hand t his 2Jd day April 1787
James Wood
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Coope r d rowned in t he Shenandoa h River on May 21 , 1821)

'Ihere i s one group of records which is ref erred to by a variety of
names: non-military servic e r ecords , pa triotic s ervice, impressed property claims, or Public Service Claims , as they are termed in the archives.
We have a card file index to them . At leas t one patriotic organization
considers an ancestor ' s being mentioned among these records as sufficient
evidence for me mbership . Ac cording to the popular view, these records
show that even thoug h a citiz en was unable to serve in the army, he might
still have enough patriotis m to donate his material possessions to the
cause. The only problem with this view is that the records do not support
it one way or the other.
By 1780 paper currency had become so worthless that people were unwilling to sell supplies to the army. The General Assembly responded with
a law authorizing Commissioners of the Provision I.aw for each county to
seize necessary property and give the owner a certificate in return. '.Ihe
owner then took the certificate to a meeting of the county court and had
it authenticated for payment . The court sent the original certificate anda copy of their proceedings , called a court booklet, to a commissioner in
Richmond, who then i9sued a pay warrant to reimburse the citizen for his
property . Here is one such claim followed through the procedure.

( "Publ·i c Service Claim" Certificate)
"Bedford County, Nov Bth.1781. I Hearby Certify that I have
Rec ' d of John Hook towH-Beeves Waighing Seven hundred &amp; twenty
five pounds for Publick Use givin under my hand.

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Christopher Irvine DC T Lan·"

(PSC Campbell Co. Court Booklet)

n1.,7. 4 . furnished the Militia
on their March to S. Carolina Oct . 80 --- To Ditto for 6
Bushels Corn . 42 J/4 . 'lb Lot Bacon &amp; 20 Galls. Whiskey furnished Continental '.Iroops Feb . 8 1 - -- To Ditto for 1 Bushel
Salt for British Prisoners &amp; Guards Feb . 81. n3 . O. 0 - -- To

"To Jehn Hook for 1 Iron Kettle

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�Ditto for 725 ToWt . Jr. Beef fur Upper Irvin e Com. Pro . Law ."
(PSC Commissioners Book I, pp 285-286)

"1 John Hook for beef furnished Comr : Pro : Law Bedford
ditto

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impressed by Major Criddenden for Public use . P Ce r t .
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1 Warrant to John Hook for Salt fu::r:nished PW P Cert
allowed by the Court of Campbell "

Theoretically one could join a pa trio tic s ociety on thi s man ' s socalled public service , al though I cannot find that anyone ever has.
The
reas on may be that this man was John Hook , one of the mos t infamous and
obnoxious Loyalists in the state of Virginia.
The s tory goes that he even
sued for damages after the state took his beef, and Patrick Henry , acting
as the lawyer on behal£ of the Commonweal th , got the case laug hed out of
court,
I cannot help but wonder how many other Loyalists lie hidden in the
Public Service Claims. I imagine that many pa trio tic Commis sioners of the
Provision Law, charged with taking from their neighbors property which
they would not fre ely s ell , would first seize the property of a known or
sus pected Loyalist , before they would deprive a fellow patriot.

We have s een tonight , I hop e , that the records do not alway s prove
what they are often presupposed to prove.
I a l so hope that you wil l agree
with me that what the records DO tell us is just as interesti ng, may be
more s o, as what we WANT them to tell us.
In closing, I would like to men tion one last myth about the men of
the Revolution: that they were a grim, serious lot.
Of course , they had
a g ood deal to be serious about , and we do owe them our respect for their
c ourag e and sacrifices .

But one old ve teran, applying for a federal pension, dredging up
ev ery scrap of information he could recal l in ord er to prove his c l aim ,
.r emembered a n obs cure order issued by General Was hington in the depths of
t hat terrible winter at Valley Forge, when the men left bloody footprints
i n the s now. The General had to strictly forbid any furth er displays of
bad discipl ine , s uch as then were going on between the Virginia and the
Pennsyl vania troops . And do you J.mow what they were?
Snowbal l fig hts.
Th.ank. you .

(John Salmon, we thank you fo r a most in£ormative talk!)

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'The origi nal of t hi s petition i s a t the Virginia State Library, Archives Division,
Richmond, Va , 2 3 2 19 .
As k for petition Ab ram Crabtree , # 8880 , 7 Dec 1827 ,
Russell Co , Legi s l a ti v e Peti ti ons , Box B , 1815-1833,
page : Petition of Abra m Crabtree / 2 Ibcuments ~ Jan ' y 17th 1831 / ref'd to Rev ' y
Claims /Re jecte d &amp; Re ported 4th Feb (1 8 )31.
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To the Gen eral asse mbly of Virgin i a
'The petition of Abram Crabtr ee of the County of Russell would respectfully represent to your Honorable body that h i s was born in the year 1750 and until Sept
1776 was rema r kably heal thy s trong and robust .
He was engaged in many of the
military adventures which occu~ e d in the first settlement of the Weste:rn Country .
He was a spy, and a s s uch was sen t out from Harrison ' s fort on the North fork of
Holston and served s i xty f ive days , a t the daily hazard of his life. He was
afterward induc e d by Col'o Arthur Ca mpbell and Col. Christian to go with the
Army on the Cheockee e xp edition.
He did s o cheerfully being in fine health &amp;
vigor and a remar kably g ood woods man , having in one day in the month of September from nine o ' clo c k in the morni ng t ill sunset walked from Blackmore's Station
on Clinch to the b i g Sa l t lick o n Hols ton in Washington County , a distance of
seventy miles .
He a ttended the Army a t the special s olicitation of the commanders aforesaid and was a ccompanied by two of his brothers , who were the only
members of the f a mily old enough to leave home . Your petitioner marched with
the Army to Long I s land on Holstein, where he was taken sick with a fever of a
very malignant character .
He continued to march with the army the sick but frequently gave out and hi s brothers a t night would retu:rn in search of him and find
him entirely exhaus t e d on the road s ide
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He kept on however untill the a:rmy ?
? &amp; the three springs near
Boyd mountains on the Cherokee trace , when your petitioner failed entirely?
His fever raged with violence and fell into his legs one of which has remained
Sore and Swelled to this day , without one hour's intermission. Your petitioner
was sent home and remained under the care of a nurse thirty-two weeks, when he
partially recovered but has never been able to earn a sussistence in consequence
of his leg.
He has made out heretofore to subsist on the earnings of his youth
but is now in extreme old age , an object of common charily . In this situation
he appeals with the confidence to the Justices of his country . He cannot believe that his appeal will be rejected while thousands who have gone through the
ceremony of enlistment in the regular service , without having rendered half the
service which your petitioner has rendered and without having incurred by that
servi ce any bodily injury are revelling on the bounty of their country. Your
petitioner thinks it unnecessary to address any argument to your Honorable
Body in support of his claims.
He States the facts that he has rendered good
s ervice to his country in the day of her need and that in rendering that service
he has incurred an incurable malady, which has utterly disqualified him, from
eantlng a s ubsi stence , even if he were forty years
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younger than he is.
He prays for s uch a s sistance from his country as will en able him to enjoy at least the necessaries of life during the brief remnant of
his days and as in duty bound he will ever pray
Abram Crabtree

�(page) ISAAC AND JACOB CRABTREE AFFIDAVITS
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I Isaac Crabtree of the County of Overton and state of Tennessee
after being duly sworn He depose and say that in the year 1776 I was forted with my Brother Abraham Crabtree at a fort at that time called Harrisons
fort in the County of Washington in the state of Virginia that he well recollect that the said Abraham served a regular tour of duty of ?Sixty days
service as a spy under James Cratree a Lieutenant and then the Commandant
at that fort after which service , he was requested by Col's Campbell and
Christie, to unite with them and became a s oldier, for the purpose of going against the Cherokee .nation of Indians, that he did so , and went to
Rendevous at the Long Island of Holston from thence he marched some distance with the main army, and was taken sick with a disease, called in the
army the "Slow Fever" some time in the month of September 1776, and contined thus affected at the place first attacked until the month of February
following when by the assistance of friend and rotation he was enabled to
reach home -- the disease immediately fell in his legs ' and s o disabled
him that he has been rendered helpless ever since, and by no means has he
been able to attend to his ordinary duties, that hs is now
(page) dis ti tute and helpless and dependent upon exertions of a daughter
and wif'e now nearly eighty years old that they afford him but a scanty and
lean support this affiant further states that previous to his Brother
Abraham entering the service as aforesaid i t was well known that he was
an unusually hearty man, that but few men enjoyed the same heal th , that
he verily believes and has ·no doubt that his afflictions were brought upon
him, in consequence of exposure in the service aforesaid; that his Brother
Abraham is this day (being his birth day) seventy nine years old .
Given
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under my hand this sexth day of July 1829 .
Isaac Crabtree
I Jacob Crabtree Sen ' r of the county of Lee and state of Virginia do depose and say that the statement aforesaid of Isaac Crabtree is just and
true most of the facts and circumstances having happened under his notice ,
and within his knowl.e dge
Given under my hand the sexth day of July 1829
Jacob Crabtree
(page) Virginia Lee County
I William Feiskell a Justice
state of Virginia, do hereby
this day personally appeared
statement is just and true.

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of the peace for the County aforesaid in the
certify, that Isaac Crabtree &amp; Jacob Crabtree ,
before me and made oath that the foregoing
Given under my hand this sexth day of July
Wm Feiskell , JP

(page) w. H. Remine Af''t -- Crabtree
(page) William H Remine being sworn and saith that he has been acquainted
with Abraham Crabtree, nearly forty years.
All that time he knows that
he has been a cripple in his leg he understood i t was occasioned by a
fever that fell in his leg while in the service against the Cherokees , in
the time of the Revolutionery ware, and that the sd Abraham Crabtree has
been very much afflicted with his leg ill able at best to make a living
and is now very old and infirm and withal needy that he has been a sober
industrious man as much so as any man could in his afflicted condition as
to drinkin I never knew or heard of his being drunk.
Wm H Remine

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Sworn to and subscribed before me Crabtree Price a justice of the peace
and for the county of Russell in the State of Virginia this 16th day
of November 18JO .
Crabtree Price
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(page) Crabtree
(page) Russell County to wi t Personally a ppeared before the undersigned
a justice of the peace in and for said County Crabtree Price of lawful
age who made oath in due form that he has known Abraham Crabtree more than
thirty years . and has a lways understood that he served in a campaign
against t he Cherokee indians and that whilst in that service he was afflict ed with a fever ( which fever ) ultimately fell into his legs ; and from
the time the said Price first knew said Crabtree one of his (sd Crabtree)
legs has been verry s ore and he rendered verry lame thereby
Crabtree Price
Sworn and s ubs cribed befor e me this 17th day of August 1829 . Wm Price jp
I William Price do hereby certify that I know that the facts stated in
foregoing affida vit a re true
W'm Price
Sworn and subscribed to before me the 17th day of August 1829
Crabtree Price J.P.

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(page) John Collys Aft.
(page) Russell County to wit
This day John Colly appeared before me undersigned a justice of the peace in the (?)Afor said county and
made oath in lawful form that he has known Abraham Crabtree since the
year 1781 has known him to be afflicted with a sore leg from that time
to the present occasioned (as he has always understood) by a fever having
fallen into his leg which fever he understood still understands he took
while in the service in the Cherokee War. Given under my hand this 18th
day of November 18JO .
Wm Price J.P.
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Sworn to before me this twenty-fifth day of November 1829
Crabtree Price J.P.
McFarlane ' s Affidavit
(page) Russell County to wit
This day personally appeared before
Crabtree Price a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid
Col o James McFarlane being duly sworn deposeth &amp; saith. He has been
acquainted with Abraham Crabtree (who he understands is petitioning the
Legislature of Virginia for a pension) upwards of forty years
When he
was first acquainted with the said Abraham he complained of a sore leg
and has been in that situation ever s ince, as he beleives. 'ftlis affiant
always understood it was (?)occasioned by a fever which the said Abraham
got during the time he was in the war against the Cheroche Indians .
Abraham Crabtree is now in indigent Circumstances, and it seems unable
much longer to support h imsel f, his leg at this time is very sore, which
renders him in his opinion unable to give him support. Abraham Crabtree
has always been since t his affiants acquaintance with him a temperate
man man ne:ver intoxicated with spiri tious liquors to his recollections.
Crabtree appears to be a man about eighty years of age and further saith

�not.

James McFarlane

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(page) John W Price -- AffidaVit
(page) Russell County to Wit
This day personally appeared before
me William Price a justice of the peace for said county John W Price and
made oath that he has been acquainted with Abraham Crabtree upwards of
twenty years, has known him to be a cripple from , as he alway s understood)
the fever having falen into his leg while in the service of his country
in the Revolutionary War, said Crabtree has been a man of sobriety industry and uncommon fortitude is now old poor &amp; infirm and must have some
assistence as a pensioner of otherwise shortly or continue a sufferer a
few more days dependent on the cold hand of charity for his scanty support .
Given under my hand this 17th day of Nov 1830
Wm Price J .P.
page: Richard Price - Aft.
page: Russell County to wit
This day Richard Price appeared before the
undersigned a justice of the peace ~n forsaid County and being sworn in lawful
form saith that he has Imow Abraham Crabtree for nearly forty years and has
!mown that he has been afflicted with a sore leg which he has always undersifood
was the effect of a fever caught while in the public service on an expedition
against t .he cherokee Indians. Given under my hand this 18th day of November 1830
Wm Price jp

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From "The Genealogical Society of Northeast Texas," Paris, TXs
Clay Conner of Indiana is going to do some extensive research into the Cook line
and bring out a booklet on the Cooks. Any of you having any data on the
Cook line that will Clay in this work should share i t with him.
The Cook
descendants of Valentine Cook Sr. have a long and important history.
Several of Valentine's sons were Methodist ministers, one being the first
Methodist minister ever to hold a charge West of the Trans-Allegheny
Mountains! There is much recorded history in the annals of the Methodist
Church pertaining to the preacher s ons of Valentine Sr.
Send Cook data
to -- Clay Connor, 6350 E • .56th, Indianapolis, Ind. 46226 (Note:
Clay
will store all Cook/Cooke data sent in before Dec. 1982 and then sort i t
out.)

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!! RESEARCH

RIDES: Membership car-pooling to Archives and Courthouses.
your name on the list for notification by mail or phone to:
!!Margaret 'lhompson, 4.528 Wyndale Ave . SW, Roanoke, Va 24018 .
\III Trips will originate in Roanoke. If you are abl e to drive sometime,
11 advise .

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95
PLASTERS CEMETERY
Th is c emetery is l ocat e d abo ut one mile east o f' Vesta,
Patri c k 0 :&gt;·1n ty , Vi rgin i a , on US 58 on the so uth side of'
the hi ghwa y o Th e r e is a Virg inia St q te Po lice Radio Re lay
Stati o n bes ide thi s ce me teryo The c13retaker of' this cemetery
is Mrs. Lottie Cl i ft on Wood , Gen e ral Delivery, Vesta, Va.
Mayna rd L eon Casse ll, Ja nua ry 1, 1 947 - January 29 , 1973.

J

I

Pense anna C . Casse ll, June 6 , 1 8 90 - Octobe r 2, 19650
Marrie d Febru a ry 6 , 1 9 1 0
J . Henry Cass ell, Dec emb e r 26, 1 888 Dorothy Virg inia Casse ll, Marc h 1, 1 91 5 - January
Verna Edith Cas s ell, December 26, 1910 - June
Jess A. Mas sey, March 22 ,
Pearl A. Ma s s ey, J u ly 5 ,
Infant

-

5,

13, 1926 .

1 912.

1 898 - May 1 2 , 1 942 .
1 901 -

Carl Ma ssey, Born - Died, May 22 , 1931.

Infant of J. T. &amp; Verd ia Massey, Died May 23 , 1932.
Infant of J. T.

&amp;

Verdi a. Massey, Died October 13, 1935.

Verdi a Massey, March 1, 1 91 2

J

I

James T. Massey,

c. T.

-

Oc tober 1 5 , 19 35.

September 25 , 1900 - May 21, 19450

Pla sters -(Th is is an o l d soapstone tombstone without
any dates given)o

Inf't. Dau. of T. Bo &amp; El es ha P laster (No dates given ).
Gereo l

Massey , August 26 , 1908 - November 7 , 19100

Charlie T. Masse y, Ma r c h 22 , 1 8 96 - July 1, 192 10
Tom B. Massey,

I

june 2, 1 8 69 - September 20 , 19310

Elisha Fla stars Massey, Au g ust 31, 187 5 - June 26, 1 939°
William Po DeHart. July

4,

1902 - January 18 , 1962 .

Celia Jane DeHar t, February 6, 1 871 - October 28 , 1957.
Thomas J . DeHart, October 29, 1 861 - Ma y 4, 1947 .
Darthulia Lee, March 1 9,

w.

1 860 - Marc h 10, 1949 .

W. Le e, February 9, 1849 - September 10, 1 9270

contributed by R. Vaughn Cassell , PO Box 269, Wytheville, Va. 24382

�Ruby Wood, (New grave, no stone).
Elizabeth Massey, November 22, 1832 - Janu :? ry 26, 1914.
Nancy Jane Boyd, DE

4 (Very old stone, not legible).

Mary E . Clif'ton, March, 1849 - Decembe.r, 1902.

(No day shown).

Tolbert .Clifton, 1850 - 19080
Lucinda J. Radford, November 23 , 1841 - May 2, 1930.
Dau. of A. J. Cassell.
L. S. Cassell, Mey 8, 1861 - April 21, 1948.
Martha E .. Ca sse11·, December 6, 1865 - October 24, 1949.

Austin M. Clifton, January 18, 1876 - April 22, 1959.
Mattie Jane Clifton, October

5,

1881 - July 31, 1947 .

Daniel F. Clifton, October 23, 1900 India Wood Clifton, February 7, 1909 - April 27, 1966.
Joyce ~nn Clifton, 1944 - 1944.
William I. Austin, February 18, 1900 - February 21, 1921.
Henry C. Austin, February 10, 1917 - January 18, 1929.
Beulah M. Austin, Mey 18, 1919 - July 9, 1919.
A. Green Austin, September 15, 1881 - December l , 1933.
Rosa Lee Austin, February 12, 1881 - March 21, 1959.
James Wo Austin, September 1 5 , 1915 Ida Sutph in Austin, October 3, 1912 - February 13, 19490
John A. Hall, Janug ry 17, 1871 - November 2, 19490
Fannie R. Hall, December 30, 1874 - April 20, 1958.
Alga D. Clifton, April 28, 1887 - June 23, 1968.
Rosa R. Clifton, July 28, 1894 - December 26, 1940.
Infant of N. B. Cassell, F~bruary 25, 1939 - March 3, 1939.
Albert w. Rakes, January 31, 1873 - November 1 1 , 1949.
Sarah E. Rakes, November 9, 1876 - March 11, 1942.
James M. Rakes, March 20, 1911 - April

5,

1974.

Daniel L. Slaydon, November 8, 1921 - August 17, 1977.
Ethel

c.

Slaydon, 1908 -

Harold Thomas Wright - Died Janu ~ ry 28, 1980.
57 years, 5 months, 26 days.

4, 1910 - November 11, 1973.
Clifton , October 12, 1920 - April 26, 1971 .

Arzie E . Clifton, October

Vada R

0

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�Laura A. Hylton ,

January 29 , 1871 - February 25 , 1946.

Viol et J. Hylton , Apri l 2 9, 1842 - March 6, 1902.
E. Taylor Plasters, July 2 , 1848 - April 1 81 1887.
his wife
Henrie tta Plasters, May 5 , 1852 - Octobe r 18, 1883.
Emory Lo Casse ll, 1 893 - 1 904 .
Austin D . Casse ll, 1 870 - 1 922.
Belle P. Cassel l , 1 873 - 1 933·
Willi am Eugene Cassell, 1 895 - 1953 .
Katherine Rorrer, May 16, 1907 - July 8, 1930 .
wife of P. L. Casse ll
January 30, 1 8 62 - September 28, 1942.
R. Spe ncer, January 24 , 1 865 - November 27 , 1942.

J. D. Spencer,

o.

Alexander Spencer, Augus t

3 1, 1900 - July 15, 1903.

Infant child of J. D. &amp; Octa vo Spenc e r, Bo rn &amp; Died, July 22, 1890.
Luv ena DeHart, January

5,

1 834 - February, 1867. (Da y not shown).

Thomas DeHart, Co. A, 24 Va Inf., CSA.
Elitia M. DeHart, November 5, 1857 ; - June 7, 1892.
Adie M. DeHart, January 13, 1890 - November 24, 1894.
Robert L . Rorre r, 1 865 - 1938. Husband.
Naoma Rorre r, 1870 - 1964. Wife.
Emeline Hy lton, July 17, 1 837 - Au gu st 30, 1912.
Grace U . Clifton, March 28 , 1911 - May

14,

1937.

Fred R. Clifton, May 1, 1905 - May 12, 1980.
Tazewell G. Hal1, March 14, 1870 - February 27, 1939.
Lucinda H. Ha11, February 29 , 1880.Sarrah Hall, 1 855 - 1943.
Marvin R. Wood, August 14, 1931 - December 9, 1935 ·
Charles Alex Wood, May i9, 1896 - January 29, 1965.
Marr ied May 26, 1921
Callie Clifton Wood, October 8, 1898 . -

�Ronnie R. Rakes, 1948 - 1966.
Theodore R. Rakes, 1912 - 1978.
Johnnie B. Wood, June 2, 1912 - July 16, 1972 .
Married November .2 9, 1933
Lottie c. Wood, November 8, 1912 The above inscriptions were taken I'rom the P last ers Cemetery
on 3 April 1981 by Ray Vaughn Cassell.

NORTH CAROLJNA GRAVEYARD
Contributed by
Bruce Anderson
310 W Lexington St .
Wytheville, VA 24382
Tombstone Inscriptions from an Abandoned Graveyard on the Estate of William
Henry Speas- (dee.) Located in Winston-Salem, N.C.
(Note: Transcribed by
a grandson, Bruce Anderson, Jr. , Wytheville, Va, on 6 July 1980. )
No. 4Z

JOSEPH BINKELI
Nd1 i761 Den 1794

No. 34 Jon georg BockerJ\aMeimck
Nodt 1758 det11786

36

Anna Maria Chitty· Wachau
d 7 Dec 1799 A 20J ~M 21T

JoHN EHLER
born 1754 died 14 Jan. 1804
No . 56

Chrif1- A Leinback
dep . 77 Sep . 1800

MARCIACA IBA.RIMA UOLEU
GEBOREU DEL.i 8MARZ 1802 GS'IO RBF.ll1 DEUZI
JUL 1803
HENRICH SCH.A
BORN APRIL 4 1767 DEPART OC'IDBER 7 1806

John Shause
born 26 Sept 1788
Age J2y 8M 15d

dep "11 June 1821

#48 Elizabeth Shemel
born 24 Ma.rch 1760 in Pennsylvania
deP 6th Nov~17~7
Age J7Y 7J11 2W

59 PHILIP JACOB MEYER Befha.nia
born Oct . 25 1771 died Sep 22 1801
LEWIS MICKEY
st
was born April 1
1775 AT BETHABARA
departed Sep . 22 1844 Aged 69y 6m 14d
JOHN NiLSON
born 1751

Anna SiHOUSE

died 1810

born June 18th, 1801
died Febr 7th 1845

�BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA

1870 Mortality Schedule
'Ille followi ng scheduly is from the 1870 census mortality schedule . '.Ihe
original i s at the Virginia State Archives , Richmond, Virginia and is on
microfilm.
This was copied from microfilm at the LIB Library , Roanoke, Va.
Columns : (line no.) 1 . House number . 2 . Name
J. Age 4. Sex - male
(m), female (f)
5 . Color - White (W) , Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinese
(ch) , Indian (I).
6 . Married (M) or widowed (w) 7 , Place of birth
8. father of foreign birth 9 , mother of fo reign birth. 10. Month of
death. 11. occupati on
12 . cause of d eath.

page 1.
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2.

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7.
8.

Warm Spring Township.
McDANNALD, Nellie = 10/12 = f = w = 0 = Bath Co , Va = 0 =
o = O = Sept = O = Inflamation of the Brain .
KO&lt;X;IER, John G = 60 = m = w = m = Rockingham .= 0 = 0 = Mar
= farm laborer = dropsy of the chest
HAMILTON, Charles W = 7/12 = m = w = m = Bath Co = 0 = 0 =
July = 0 = disease unknown
KINCAID, Margaret J P = 40 = f = w = m = Bath Co = 0 = 0 =
Dec = h ousekeeper = disease of the hea rt.
VANCE, Wallace = 9/1 2 = m w = 0 = Bath Co = 0 = 0
Feby
0 = Con ges tion of the Brain
LACY, Elizabeth = 77 = f = w = w = Orange Co = 0 = 0
July
21 = housekeeper . = diarhara

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Cedar Creek Township
CONLEY, Catharine = 85 = f = w = w = Hanover Co
0
0
Jun e
housekeeper
apoplexy
MUSTOR, Metamora = 2 = f = w = 0 = Bath Co = 0 = 0 = Mch =
0 = disease unknown
MOON?, Henry Clay = 25 = m = b = m = Alleghaney = 0 = 0
Mch? = farm laborer = consumption of the lungs.
FRY, J D = 51 = m = w = m = Bath Co = 0 = 0 = July = farm
laborer = disease unknown

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Williamsville Township
RATLIFF, Agnes = 68 = f = w = w = Va = 0 = 0 = Jany = housekeeper = dropsy
BURNS , Tu.ni el = 67 = m = w = w = Bath Co = 0 = 0 = Mar =
blacksmith = disease not known
BURNS, Eldridge A = 33 = m = w = w = do (Bath Co) = 0 = 0
= June = house carpenter = dropsy of the chest
SLY, Alfred = 24 = m = w = w = Augusta Co = 0 = 0 = Feby =
farmer = disease not known
FAUCET?, Elizabeth = 48 = f = w = m = Rockbridge = 0 = O =
do (Feby ) = housekeeper = cancer
BROWN, Mary E = 70 = f = w = w = Rockbridge = 0 = 0 = Nov=
do (housekeeper) = cons umption of the lungs
CRAWFORD , John S = 54 = m = w = w = Augus ta = 0 = O = Apl =
farmer = disease of the heart .
HENRY, Jerusha? = 2 = f = b = 0 = Bath = 0 = 0 = Mch = O =
disease unknown

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line

10.
11.
12.

HAIGHT, Jane = 22 = f = b = w = -- = 0 = 0 = -- = housekeeper = lung disease
MAYSE, ~ry = 66 = f = w = m = • " = 0 = 0 = Jan 'r = keeping
house = inflammation Rhernonatism
CAWLEY, Edward = 2/12 = rn = w = 0 = --- = 0 = O = May = o
disease not known
HENRY, Reece = 1 = rn = b = O = --- = 0 = O = " = O = " "

page 2

Milbro Township
WISE, Julia E = 39?34 = f = w = m = Alleghany Co = O = O
Oct = ke~ping house = consumption of the lungs
2.
CHAPLIN, John = 68 = m = w = rn = England = O = o =
=
farmer = from opening veins in his arm - suicide - blead
to death.
3,
BROOKS, Mary = 44 = f = w = s = Augusta = 0 = O = Feby =
= consumption of the skin.

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Copied from Lewisburg, (W) Va, newspaper from microfilm.
rate of 1 7 Aug
1838. CALUMNY EXPOSJ;!:D! Blacksburg, Montgomery Co, Va . July 11. TO THE
PUBLIC- -! feel my self . under the disagreeable necessity of coming forward
to contradict a false and malicious report which was put in circulation
against me, by my enemies in the counties of Giles and Washington.
The
report is·, that I have beat or stabbed a negro man, of my property, in
such a manner that he will die; and some have even said, that he is al-read~ ·dead.
Allow me to state the Facts, which are these:
On Saturday morning, the 7th inst, a horse was offered to me to buy in
Washington County. I got a switch and rode him some distance and returned
him to the owner. I then went to the place where my negroes were at work
with my teams. I asked one of the boys, why he had behaved so badly as
he had done the day before. He gave me some saucy language, which provoked
me to attempt to whip himo But he caught hold of me, and then I tried to
throw him down and to tie him. I forgot to say that I had my knife in my
hand, with which I was cuttin~ the switch to pass away the time , and with
no other view whatever. When we got into the affray, and while we were
scuffling, I was astonished at discoveri ng some blood on hig clothes. I
let him go, and then for the first time thought of my knife, which I found
in my hand with the switch. I examined the boy and found a small cut
under one of his arms, about one half inch deep at most, and about _ ths?
of an inch wide, whj.ch was made during the scuffle; but how i t was done,
I don't know--It never made the boy sick, nor was i t more painful than a
cut on the finger of the same size would have been.--'Ihese are the facts.
I submit them to a dis:passionate public.
WM. J . BARRIGER. Aug 10, 18J8.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY , VIRGINIA

1850 Mortality Schedule
'Ille followin g death abstracts a re from the 1 850 census mortality schedule.
'lhese are only the deaths recorded of those who were ma rried . The original
i s at the Virginia State Archives and i s on microfilm .
pag~

Line

2J6

1. Wm Carma.ch = BJ yrs = male = widowed = b Md. = d Oct .
2.
J.
4.
5.

6.

15 .
18 .
22 .
JJ .
27 .
29 .
JO.
J2 .
JJ.
J5 .

Elizabeth Lindemood = 82 yrs = female = d May
Kissiah ?Midwin ??Nidwin? = 70 yrs = femal e = d April
Elias? Rambo = JO yrs = male = d Jany
Rebecca White = 49 yrs =female = d Aug
Francis Ro si n baurn? = J1 ?J5? = d May
Patrick ?Manny ? = 74 yrs = male = d April
Saunder Rust = Ji yrs = ma le = d Jany
Margaret Lyons = J4 yrs = femal e = d July
Francis Fuller = 72 yrs = male = married = d July
John fuff = 77 yrs = male = widowed = b Penn . = d Aug
Mary Hawk = 72 yrs = female = married = d May
Mary Smith = 51 yrs = female = d June
Jessee ??Meeks?? = 72 yrs = male = b Jany
Martin ?Methenty ?? = J4 yrs = male = d Feb
Ann ?Keeyto r ??Kington?? = J2 yrs =female =married= d March

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9.
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JO .
31.
J2 .
J4 .
page 2J8
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6.
9.
11.
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1J.
14.
16.
17.
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24.
27.
28 .

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Joseph Dalton = 58 yrs = male = marri ed
Jany died
?Saml? Repass = 48 yrs = male = d Oct
Lewis Smith = 68 yrs = male = widowed = d Feby
Catherin e Smith = 54 yrs = female = married = d Dec
Richard Buskin = ~ yrs = male = widowed = b PA = d May
Jno Barlow = 31 yrs =male = b NC = d·Oct
Jno Spoon = 7- yrs = male = d Mch
Wm ?Nis ly??Nidy?? = 72 yrs = male = d Nov
Hugh C ?Nicely ? = 55 yrs
male
d Oct
Unis Eakin = JO yrs = f emale = d Mch
Lovina in Jones = 97 yrs = female = d Feby

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John Moore. = 54 yrs = mal e = married = b Jan
Henry Minick = 76 yrs = mal e = married = b PA = d July
Susanna ??Niaidow?? = 50 yrs = female = married = d Mch
Mary Scott = 40 yrs = female = married = d June
John Kisner = 80 yrs = male = married = d Oct
Margaret ?Ludy??Sudy?? = 40 yrs = female
ma rried = b Tenn = d Feb
Catharine Doomfire?? = 40 yrs = female = married = d Jany
John Hackett = 48 yrs
male
married = d May
Noah Wa l l = 41 = married = male = d May
Moses Snodgrass = 42 yrs
male = d March
Wm ?Hickey?? = 47 yrs = male = d Dec
Rachel Jamision = 90 yrs = female = widowed = d Feb
Susan ??Spuck?? = 55 years = feamle = married = b unknown e:: d June
Solomon Brooks = 48 yrs = male = d Feby
Sarah J Bowman = J4 yrs
female
married
d Apl

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Line 31. Epraim Estridge = 48 yrs = male = married = b NC
J2. Jas? Jos?? Ball = 23 yrs = male = b SC = d Oct

=d

Nov

page 239,

4, Robt E ??Brod.iey? Bradley?? = 44 yrs = male = married = d Nov
6, Sarah Mullins = 70 yrs = female = widowed = d May

LEGISLATIVE PETITION
BUSSELL &amp; TAZEWELL COUNTIES, VIRGINIA
'Ihe original of this petition is at the Virginia State Library, Archives Division.
Richmond Virginia,23219. Ask for #8880, Russell County , Legislative Petitions,
Box B, 1815-1833, date December 7, 1827.
page·
No. 17 - Parts of Russell &amp; Tazewell to be added to Logan County . / Dec 7, 1827
=ref ' d to Prop's /Dec 11th. Reasonable /Dec 12th Resolution reported /Dec
20th Bill drawn &amp; Reported
page
To the Senate &amp; house of delegates of Virginia the undersigned residents of those
parts of Russell &amp; Tazewell counties bordering on Logan County respectfully
represent that they are so situated that they labor under great inconvenience
on account of the immense distance they have to travel to their respective courthouse and cut off from the body of their counties by mountains almost impossible
which would be from 80 to 100 miles if roads could ever be made; they are convenient enough to Logan Courthouse and therefore pray that your Hon 'ble bodies
may attach them to said County by extending the new line from the mouth of Elkhoni creek &amp; nmning to the head of Lusters fork then with the dividing ridge
to the head of the Pophaw fork to intersect the Kentucky line thence to the Tug
fork of Sandy R. to the mouth of Knox and thence to the mouth of Elkhorn creek
to the beginning. &amp; as in duty bound ?etc?
pa,ge (all signatures w.ritten by same person)
samuel Hunley
John hunley
Mines hunley
James Estep
david pane
John pane
george charles

Edman Murphey
Michel cline
peter cline
James Barker
frederiCk trent
malachi _d~al (?Saul)
themas smith

frneley blankenship
William Jones
William blankenship
Nathan Robenett
william luster
John whit

(notes not sure of any of the spelling of the name s - handwriting awful)

�SCOTT COUNTY , VIRGINIA
1850 Mortality Schedul e
The follow ing are abstracts of deaths ( married and old people) from the
1850 census mortality schedule . The origina l i s a t the Virgi.Ifia State
Archives , Richmond , Virginia , and on microfilm .
page · 192
Line 1 . Keziah Lane = 100 yrs = female = widowed = b PA = d Sept
6. Isom Hensley = 78 yrs = male = widowed = d Sept
1J . Ben j a min Agee = 56 y rs = mal e = ma rried = b Tenn = d April
14 . J a mes Fa rrin gs mooch? = 28 yrs = ma le = married = d Oct .
19 . Henry Minic k = 48 y rs = ma l e = ma rried = b Tenn = d Aug
25. Reec e Price = 70 yrs = male = ma rried = d Aug
page 193

1. Margar e t Pendl eton = 35 y rs = f ema le = marri ed =Aug
6. Silas Fla nn e ry = 65 yrs = ma le = widowed = d Mar

8 . Na ncy Ca rter = 64 yrs = fema le = widowed = d Jany
1J. George McConnell = 55 yrs = ma le = married = b PA = d Aug
15 . Elizabeth Hallard.? = 42 yrs = fema le = married = d Oct
16. Malenda Os born = 2 1 yrs = fema l e = married = d Nov
21 . Jos eph Sta lla rd = 24 yrs = ma l e = married = d May =
22 . Nancy Egan = 65 y-rs = female = ma rried = d Jun e
28 . Louis a Flannery = 38 yrs = fema l e = marri ed = d July
JO . Elishu Rhoton = J 2 yrs = male = ma rried = d Mar
31 . Lucy Starnes = 28 yr:S = female = marri ed = d Aug
J2. Mary Adams = 69 y-rs = fema le = widowed = d Dec
page 194

6. Re b e c ca Mcconnel = 39 y rs = f ema l e = ma rried = d Feby
7. Louisa Wa lls = Ji yrs = f ema l e = married = d Dec
14. Samuel Robinett = 87 y-rs = ma l e = ma rried = d May

15 . Polly Johns on = 85 yrs = fema l e = widowed = b PA = d June
16. Elizabeth Lewis = 60 yrs = f ema l e = ma rried = d Jany
18. Rawl ey D Sta llard

23 . Rac hael Mc Cubbins

= 45
= 70

y rs = male = ma rri ed = d Dec
y rs = f emale = widowed = b Pa

=d

June

ADOPTION: Wa lter Richards of Floyd County , Virg inia •. . •. married 18JJ ..... Cather1ne Bowers , widow of Christopher Bowe-rs .• .• ..••.• .• . change the name of Amanda
J3owers to Amanda Richards ... .. ... 7 Janua ry 18.39 . For complete copy of petition
write to Virginia S t a te Library , Archives Divis ion, Richmond, VA 23219, and ask
f or Petition of Wa lter Richards to c hange name of Amanda Bowers to Amanda Ric hards,
Legislati ve Pe ti t ions , Floyd Co , Jan 15 , 18J9 .
(A zer ox copy of a bove petition has be e n placed in the Virginia Room)

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LOOKING FOR ROOTS TAKES A LOT OF DIGGING
by Cheryl L Cromer *
Finding one's family roots in Southwestern
Virginia requires careful digging into old ,
dusty records . But, as one genealogist said,
"It's a worl d of discovery. "
The Southwestern Virgini a Genealogical Society
held its fourth annual workshop Saturday at
First Uni t ed Met hodist Church i n Salem .
"With the popul arity of 'Roots ,' availability
of records and the increase in courses in
geneal ogy , more people ar e dabbling i n genealogy
as a hobby ," said Netti Schreiner-Yantis , a
guest lecturer and past president of t he National
Genealogical Society.
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Ms . S chrein~Yanti s , a professional
g enealogi s t and lecturer at the National
Archives Genealogica l Institute , s poke

on "Early Settlers of Westem Waters ,"
settlers in what is now Montgomery ,
Floyd and Roanoke counties .
She is a tnistee of the Board of
Certification of Genealogists and
lives in Springfield .
Anyone can trace his family tree, she
said. "Start with yourself and go
back .... a lot of people try to hook
onto s ome illus trious ancestor, for
instance.
"Ask the older people i n the family

ques tions , t hen us e area res ources -- county
records , obi tuari es , t ombst one records -- t o
connect the f amil y ."
Genealogi s t s use l ibrary r es our ces and government
r ecords as clues to family lines . Knowing t he
hi s tory of a stat e or county hel ps pinpoint
mi gration trends , us eful i n t racing ancestors
and t heir homes , Ms . Schrei ner-Yanti s said .
"If you know the his t ory of your area , you can
guess what r ecords could have been made .
"Put your ances t ors i n thei r own background,"
s he sai d . "Find out why and how they lived,
not jus t who married whom.''
John Salmon , head of the s t ate records unit of
the Virgi nia Stat e Li brary Archives , spoke on
"Revolutionary War Records in the State Library . "
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Using records saves time and energy for the genealog ist , he s a id .
"You can do an awful lot of research at home without tearing around the
countryside . Just be sure to double check everything .
"What the records tell us depends on the emotiona l baggage we carry with
us," Salmon said. In the enthusiasm of dis covery , many p eopl e r ead in t o
a :r:ecord, assuming it is important because of the family l ink .
"Go to
the original source if at all possible."
After a joumey to Maryland, Frieda Iavison found h er original s ourc e -a 18th century tombstone to an ancestor ' s grave .
She stopped in for the
Salem meeting on her way home to Johnson City, Tenn.
"Genealogy is an addition," Mrs. :r:a.vison said , " You find the answer to
one question and five more pop up. "
A medical librarian at East Tennessee State University, Mrs . Iavison began tracing her father's family a few years ago.
"My father ' s a great

storyteller.
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rt dawned on me that somebody should be setting his stories

"Then I traced my mother ' s family, then my husband ' s ...... . i t just
snowballed."
Not every family has a famous ancestor, she said, "but there are always
some characters in every faIQily ."
The hobby can be expensive "and time-consuming ," said Inez St . Clair of
Salem.
Mrs. St.Clair, a retired nurse, has traced one family line back to 1616.
She and Eloise Crosswhite of Salem picked up the hobby after retiring.
"It's something new, " said Mrs. Crosswhite, a retired school teacher .
"I'm just having fun finding out what the world's all about . "

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Editor's note : Notice the map on the wall in the picture of SchreinerYantis &amp; Salmon. This map is on a sheet . I do not know how Netti reproduced the map but one way would be a slide and projector or the use of
an opaque projector in drawing the map on the sheet .
A very compact way
of traveling with a large map --. no tears and easy to see -- especially
from the back row.
For a list of books published by Netti, write to
Print, 6818 Lois Drive, Springfield, Va. 22150

Genealogical Books in

For a list of the publications of the Virginia State Library, write to
Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
A Home Study course is being offered by the National Genealogical Society
1921 Sunderland Place NW, Washington, DC 20036. Write them for details .

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Dorothy Scott FII:;LDEH, RFD 1 , ~ ox -!.9 , .M:1rJl·:11J ,
l!Y 12ll6
!1eeditlfo on Friel SiiUPE, b ?e b . 14, 1 849, S i) ri:1c V::.llcy , VA., d Oct . '.:.7, 1925,
Spring Valley ; ;. nd hi s wif e , l· ~ry J u :1e i&gt;HVI...&gt;, b Feb . lJ , 1844, Bridle Creek,
VA . , d Apr 27, 1928 , S~ri116 Valley , d a u . of' Chu1 ·ctli . l 0 . D/,VIS, Thei r d a u,
Margaret· Ann Sl iUPL, b Ju Ly 18 , 1875 , .H·iJ c ; d July 15 , 19 5 0 , G~ ~ lax, VA, m
Rush Carson F'I!'.:i...DEh .
l ~-~20 Via c Con(le ;.ve , Chi..;saµeak e , \JV . 25315
1elson ".~els " i·LilliJOX, b i n iJD ht. n,t Co . VA ca 1843 . iii:.:; bro, Dani el, b 1 2 - 4 -1836,
d 12- J - 19,_Q. They were ~ o ss i uly Lhe s ons of ilt=lson A . a nJ. Judy IvlAiJDOX? " Nels"
m J times . Who "'ere his wives ? R~latetl Lm-:i li e s u.re CASH l·L'\.YS ANGUS l-1.ASSIE
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and CANPBELL. 1,·J ou.ld lik e:: to e xc info .

Lynda Stone BRO.,JN ,

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HARGREAVES , Mrs. Cai:.herine J\.rmst.:-ong, 124 L:.1rc h, Saginaw, .MI 48602
Am interested in corres with a ey i1Alfuiso;J r esen r chers. My line a pparently
lived first in PA and then in Soi.lthwesL VA be.fore moving on to what i s now KY
by 1775 . They still o·.med l a nd in what i s now Craig Co VA until 1798 .
HORAN, Sebert, 1 -o Ca rrol..l ton Ave S.:tl e m VA
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'foed marriage info on Jas (Jeff VIA b 1859 in Fl oyd Co VA.
Jim, Victor, Dale, .Lina, Lizzie , NDnnie and Pa nsi.e. '.Jho did
Jas (Jeff) VIA's f a ther was Anders on VIA, Jr. a nd his mo t h e r
Prob went to WV in late 1800 ' ~ .
Al.so who was the father a:1d mothe r of John CCNPl'O~J, who m Eli
Sept 25, 1827, in Halifax Co . , VA?

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Also his children:
each one marry?
was Nancy MOH.AN.
zabe th ANDER.Sa;

CLICK Maurice A. 1 1 ~bbtide Terrace 01
i a \~A 98502
Seek info on Anll/ Anna VINYA.!.ill ;,,JE~·~..c::itT who m Jacob GISH, Sr. Ann d in l828
in Botetourt Co . Jacob &amp; Ann GISH we re parents of Priscilla GISH, who m James
SNYDER and were grc:.ndparents of Catherine s r,f T.JER, who m J oms GRAYDILL on Dec.
18, 1856. Seek bdate and parents of Jame s Si·JYDER, m to Priscilla GISH i n l833.
Lived in Botetourt Co VA.
FAWBUSH, Mrs. Bessie , 88 E. Front .St., Richla nJ.s,
VA 2464l
rleed info on John and Ja:1e STLJ!_.;ON, who resided in rlt.l ssell Co. VA in 1800.
Known children - ilexander, Ro bert , Wm., James, John, Martha, Polly &amp; Mary Jane.

BUl&lt;NS, Mary Moore , I3ox 261 , Rt ii 1, Denton, T iJ 37307
1{eq1i1.eat info on SNAPP farnily - 1850 census o f Hancock Co . T.J shows William .SNA.??
b 1800, w Priscilla ]_, Children - El.ecaney, David, Chri stopher a nd i3enjamin.
They apparently came from somewhere in Lee Co. VA prior to moving to Hc.ncock Co
Tn . Who were William SAA.PP' s parents? ',.Jhat was his wife ' :s maiden n ame ? '.Jho
were her parents? This is my great grandparents on my mother's family.
MaYJ Judith A. 1 6616 Gaines H.oad Broad Run v;l 220
Heed info on Charles and Marc:;a ret (BIAS?? JO§i~S &amp; their children, By&lt;..1. s Cezareo,
Riley, Etbel, Bessi e or Margaret . May be others. Byas b Monroe Co 1,-JV, d Mt .
Grove, Bath Co . VA Married (1) Dovie JONi.:S, (2) Charmie Ellen MOl cGA!'J (.3) Ida Bel le
PRIT'l' . He had a ~otal of eleven children.

�PEIRCE, Robert A.,P. 0. Box 48, Hagerstown, I N 4734/?
Hen:ry FULLHART bought land on Tinker Cre ek, Botetourt Co VA in l 798. His
1819 will mentions wife, Mary, sons Jo h n &amp; Henry. Need Henry sr•·s place and
date of b, and his parents. Will e xc on FULLHARI', FRANTZ, GARST &amp; Zug.

HARGREAVES Mrs. Catherine An:nstro
l2 Larch S a i naw MI
602
Would l i ke info on any WITHROW WITHEROW .families .
illd document says William
Withrow, Sr . "of Bartholomew Co., VA'' There i s no Bartholomew Co , VA . To
what could this have referrEtd? William left lam in Washington C0 . , KY whe re
my ancestor s made their final settlement .
BURNS Mrs . Ma
M. Box 26l Rt
Benton TN
Hancock Co TN 1 850 census shows Jame s PERSELL PERC~L) wife Eli zabeth ? .
They came fiom Lee Co VA t o Hancock Co Tn . He was hi g h s heriff in Lee Co VA
prior to coming to TN . Children - Ersula b 1829, George W b l8Jl, Wm C . b 1836,
Martin V. b 1838, James K. b 1842, Mary E . married Dr. Christopher SNAPP,
and Lafayette J. b 1845 . Who w~s James PERSELL ' s pa r e nts?
Where in Lee Co VA
did they live? What was his wife s maiden name? Mary E. PERSELL is my ggmother
(Maternal, Paternal).
HARGREAVES, Mrs . Ca therine Armstrong, l24 Larch, Sagi naw, MI 48602
)\.dam HOPE of Chester Co PA m about 1749 to Agnes KINKEAD, dau of John &amp; Mary
KINKEAD . They were in Washington Co VA on 15 mile creek by l 769 with children,
Mary, Jame s, Thomas , John, Richa rd, and Adam . Jun interested in corresponding
with any HOPE and KINKEAD (KINCAID) researchers.
BURNS, MAHY MOORE, Box 26l, Rt #1. Benton, TN 37307
Need info on MOORE family - 1796 Botetourt Co Va mar riag e record shows J ames
MOORE &amp; Elizabeth HINER, her fathe r is listed as John RYNER . Note the spel l ing
the sarr.e as on the marriage certificate. Who was James MOORE ' s parents? Wa s
his wife 1 s name Elizabeth HINER or HYNER? Wer e they originally from McKeesport,
PA? This is ray dire ct line my paternal ggggrandparents . In an old land g r ant
book, it s tates James MOORE .came from McKeesport, PA.
Hargreaves, Mrs. Catherine Armstong, 124 Larch, Saginaw, MI 48602
Would like info on John RICH.i1.RDSON who d 1804 Me r cer Co Ky leaving property somewhere in VA. His w Susan BRUMFIELD was the dau of Robert BRUMFIELD, also believed
t o be from VA. Would like any BRUMFIELD info .
.MCCONNELL l 0 Santa
Desire info on Nath
dau of Henry, Au g l 2,
c~nsus . I n 1840 J.vlrs.
Tippicanoe Co . Ij.

Fe St • Charles MO 6 Ol
Nathaniel WORLEY b l 'i95- l800, PA or VA . M Magdalene SMITH
1820, Montgomery Co. VA. I n l820 &amp; l830 Montgomery Co VA
Magdalene '.iOiU,EY, head o f house , with 5 c hildren in

NCCON,IELL, 1940 Santa Fe, St. Charles , M6 6330l
Desire Info on Wm BURK who m Margaret ~·JILLIA1-1S Oct 2 , l 792 Montgo nery Co, VA .
Who were their children? Parents? Are they the Wm &amp; Margaret BURK i n Warren Co .
IN. in l840 and buried in Warren Co . in l850 1 s. Was Wm Henry BURK b VA l8~ ,
one of their sons?

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�WETZEL, Hazel Ellis , 3618 4th St. , Brownwood, TX 76801
Need p of Robert BROWN, b 1772 Russell Co, Va; rnd 1819 Floyd Co, Ky. Jemima
WALKER, b 1791 Mon tgomery Co , Va , dau of William &amp; Sarah (?) Walker, Was
Wm Walker a bro t o Robert Walker of Surry Co, NC, Quaker (also had a dau
J emima .) The Wm Walker &amp; Brown fami lies rnigra ted to Ill. , then to Mo.
WELLS , Clara Couch; Box 125 , Riverton , KS 6677 0
Need p and info on Abraham Kilby LUNSFORD, b Surry Co, NC 1814-20; rnd Minerva GRAY,(b 31 Aug 1822 Ky ) on 8 Nov 1843, London, Ky. She dau of Thomas
Henry Gray (b ca 1797 Va or Tenn ) &amp; Mary Ann FRASHURE (b ca 1798 Va. ) In

1850 living Laurel Co ,

Ky ;

1860 in Grundy Co, MO - buried Mo.

ANDREWS, Eleanor L., 6228 Capell a Ave ., Burke, VA 22015
Seek info, correspondence with des cendants of following families: GRAY,
Montgomery , Floyd Cos . LIDDLE, Wythe, Grayson Cos . LIDDLE, Wythe, Grayson
Cos . MAYS, Amherst , Augusta , Nelson , Rockbridge Cos . McCLELLAND, Augusta,
Rockbridge Cos. POR'IER, Wy the Co. STONER , Rockbridge Co. WALL, Wythe Co .
McALISTER, Ann L ., 3609 'Tu.nglewood Lane, Lynchburg, VA 24503
Who are p of Benjamin Iabney ANDERSON, b Lynchburg (?), Va 1810. Md Sarah
LINDLEY in Ala . Lived Pontotoc Co, Miss . 1850, Shelby Co, 'IN 1870. Had
bro James H. Anderson.
DOUTHAT, James L., Rt 6 , Box 603, Harriman, 'IN 37748
Need p for Adam PAIN'IER, d 1773, Augusta Co, Va. Estate settlement Nov,
16, 1773 by wife Elizabeth (?). Ch bound out by court 1773-74 named Barbara, Margaret, Mary and Matthias. Will exch info on the Painters/BENDERS
of Shenandoah Valley ,
GREEVER , Elizabeth L ., 115 Spring Grove Ave., Bluefield, WV 24701
John REY, Augusta Co, Va. md Peggy DONAGHE 18 Apr 1796, dau of William
Donaghe. From 1800 until 1810 the names of John, George, Moses , Jacob,
lli.niel, Henry KEE/KEY appears on the Personal Property 'Tu.x List Dist. I
Augusta Co, Va . Can anyone identify these people?
SHANNON , Mary Paul, 510 Ft. Branch Rd., Pearisburg, VA 24134
Need p of James McCARTY &amp; wife, Mary HAYES, md 26 Sept 1811, Washington co ,
Va. Need p of Nicholas PRATT (b 1811 Va - d 1891 Va.) &amp; wife Sarah/Sally
(1812-1893 Va) md (now) Smyth Co, Va . Need p George M. Hamilton (b 1816
'IN) &amp; wife Virginia -Shelton HARRIS (b 1822 'IN) md Sept 1838 Hawkins Co, TN.
BRIMHALL, Mrs. L . G. , Box 787, Winston, OR 97496
John W. THOMPSON (b 1788) moved to Giles Co, TN. son George Thompson (b 1847)
w~fe Mary Narcissa MCNINCH.
George NICHOLS (will rec'd 1812) son Bazdell
gdau Elizabeth (b 1770) md Mordecai MORGAN. William David SAUNDERS 1725
Lancaster Co, PA, wife Polly . Bedford Co. son, funiel Green Saunders.
GLOSH, Gerri, 301 Houston Ave. NE, Roanoke, VA 24012
Need info on Mabry and Esther (_1) YORK, p of Malverne York (b Apr 186J,
Guilford Co, NC) hus of Lilly V. HALL .

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TRENHOLM, Emily Quillin , 1150 Judson Dr . , Boulde r , Colo . 8 0 303 .
Need p &amp; vital sta.tistics on followi ng famili es who lived S cot t Co , Va in
early 19th century: Thomas &amp; Anna FIELIB STRONG ( md 2 1 Dec 1 795 , Rockingham Co, NC); Isaac &amp; Ursula BOUNffi , J oseph BEV I NS , Willia m &amp; Margare t DAVIS
BOND, and Mary Polly GRAY (md Charles KILGORE 18 1 2 S cott Co , Va .)
FUSON, Babe Moore (Mrs . L . G), Clio Rt , Box 25 , Williamsburg , KY 40769
Need p of John C. MOORE (1795) &amp; wife J ane (MUNCY ?) ( 1794 ) .
They came to
Whitley Co, Ky in 1831 from Russ e ll Co , Va .
D3.. t e of marr-l age &amp; where?
They c'o uld have lived in Montgome ry Co. &amp; Scott Co ., Va .
JORDAN, Mrs. Edna J, 3118 Cofer Road , Fa l ls Church , VA 22 0 4 2
Desire p of Maria TAYLOR, who md Howard RUTHERFORD , Bed.£ o rd Co, Va . 1800.
Relationship of HOWARDS of Botetourt Co, Va , with GILBER'IS &amp; TAYLORS of
Bedford, Botetourt &amp; Roanoke Cos , Va.
FERGUSON, Helen V. • 77 Laurel Ct. • North Port, FL 33 596
Seeking info on DILLMAN and KIMBERLIN famili es .
Ge o. DILLMAN md Cindy _
from Gennany. They had a son John Tu.vid (b 1839 Bla nd Co) who md Amanda
KIMBERLIN. Who were her parents? Where was Geo. born, die &amp; buried?
Postage refunded.
CURRY, Rita, PO Box 77 5 , Glade Spring , VA 2434o
Searching for the p of Pleasant Coleman TArtOR (b 1815) and Jane Reed THORP
(his wife) (b 1816). Were in Carroll Co, VA 1850 &amp; 1860 census and the
census showed both being borp in NC .
DALTON. Mrs. Helen May, 74o W. Austin St., Paris, TX 75460.
!avid MORGAN (b 12 Mar 1753 Halifax Co, VA; d Oct 1813 Floyd Co, KY) md ca
1780 Anna POTEET. Who were parents? Only thing I've heard "David was of
the family of General Daniel Morgan". Whatever that can mean •
. BRANEN, Mrs. J. L. , Box 186, Marshall, OK 73056.
Continuing search for names of ch of Isaac Kirk Sr (b ??Fauquier Co, Va, ca
1760) ; Isaac Kirk Jr of Boone Co, WV was 70 yrs old in the 1860 census.
His wife, Sarah HUN'IER KIRK d before 1829.
CRAGON, Mrs. Henrietta Herbert , 11423 Royalshire Drive, Dallas TX 7 5230
Will exch info on William HERBERT, superintendent at Lead Mines, Va, by
Mar 1764. He d Fincastle Co, Va 1776 , leaving wife Sarah, p David &amp; Martha,
ch: William, Thomas, Joanna &amp; Martha.
Need proof of his birthplace, birthdate, marriage and arrival in Va •.
LONG , Mrs Curtis, 1789 Sullivant Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43223
Need p &amp; siblings of Josiah Kennon (b Rocky Mt, Franklin Co, Va, 1817) md
Mary Jane BROWN 1852, Martinsville, Henry Co, Va .
Dau of George &amp; Anna
COUSINS BROWN, b 1833. 9 ch in Va &amp; after 1874 moved to Cedarville, Greene
Co, Ohio .
VOWELL. Mrs . Elbert A, 508 Warwick Road, Palatine, Ill. 60067
Timothy DALTON, Bedford Co, Va, will proved 1775, naming wife, Elizabeth,
&amp; son , James.
Need names of other ch.
Was William Dal ton, of Grayson Co,
Va ( 1782-1811) a son? By tradition, Wm's wife was Elizabeth STURM.AN, who
d Campbell Co . , 1789?

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DICKENSON Richard 128 Central Ave. Sta ten Island NY 10 01
MURFIN MURPHIN , Joseph Lo awery (b ca 1798 NJ?Pa ; d 186J Hancock Co , Ind)
md Mary ? ( b 1811 , Ohio; d 1856 , Hancock Co, Ind). Ch: Joseph L,
Martin T, William R, Rachael (md Eli Garrett) , Lucinda (md John T. Garrett),
Mary A .(md John Keller) , &amp; Sarah (md William Sample).
Need info backwards on Georg e YOUNG md 19th Jan 1835 , Floyd Co . , Va , Nancy
Jane AGNEW ( p Samuel &amp; Sus an PRESTON AGNEW) . Jos hua Young signed. oond..
George Young in census was delagate t o Legislature .
MERRIAM, Mrs D F , #12 Drumlins· Terrace , Syracuse , NY 13224 .

PORTS , Michael A, 7900 Westheimer , #411, Houston , TX 77063 (new address)
Need any information on John , Josiah , and William BRAIEHAW all of whom
appear on Bedford Co, Va tax li s t for 1782. Also , will pay reasonable
fee or exchange for research in Bedford County records .
MCCONr.fELL, Mrs . Iris , 1940 Santa Fe . ST . Cha rles , MO 6J.30l
Anxious for info on pa r e nts a nd children of Henry S MI'.i. H m Eli za be t h POWELL,
dau of Robert,. May 10, l 796, Franklin Co VA. . ',.Jere they the Henry &amp; Eli z abeth
SMITH who were parents of ~.Janey , who m Wm Henry DURK 1840, l.Jarren Co IN .
Nancy was b in VA 1807. Henry &amp; Elizabeth SMI TH are buried in Warren Co I N.
MCCON:JELL , MHS IRIS , 1950 S.Jnta Fe ,, St, Cha rles MO 63301
Any info appreciated on HE,;,LCHY-1•.JORLEY . In l 796 Botetourt Co VA William
HEAL.CHY will p robated and i t named Th omas ':J OH.L~, son-in- l a w as one of their
heirs. What was Thomas's wife given name? His parents ·? Who wer e his?

Elsie~: PERSINS,(.Mrs. James S~, 1737 Marker~., Wenatchee, WA 988
Would ~ike to know parents of ~amuel F. RUSSELL, b 1803 &amp; Susannah Hash
1810, in G:ayson Co., VA, m.23 Sept. 1829. Ch _ John, James Preston b,' b.

1~31! Bassil b. 1832, Rebecca b. 1835, Stephen b. 1838 Poll M b l848
William Floyd Riley b. 21 Jan. 1844. Any info. on the ~hildr~n ~ouid be '
appre.

Mrs. The lma RAY HARPER, 3318 Mackland AveNE Albuquerue NM 87106
Need parents of' Susannah NOWLIN m. .5 r.~ay 1777 Will i a m CHI'l' WOOD
(CHEATWOOD) who liv:ect in Bed~ord Co. ~yhen Frankl~n Co was t: o r J?ed
from Bedford their home was in Frank l in. Issu7 : D isey, J?e l ~Squire
(m. r-1ary WRAY), Frankey, w:atthew , and Sally wife of' E l i PE RDUE.
~rs .

Harold M. GOODE, 524 Westview Ave Bedford VA 24523
John HEWIT'l' and wife Mournin~ appear 3edford Co 1798 , to Breckenridge Co KY 1810. Known Children: John Jr, Warner, Nancey,
7 homas, Betsy, Edmund, Stephen,Need county he came from and
parents' names . Is he related to John HEWI'rT family of Botetourt
Co in 1 794?
Dallas J. OGDEN, 320
Need parents of Joel
Tazewell Co., £ought
Union Army, d. 3 Feb.
1865, 11 children.

Tremont St., So. Charleston, WV 25303
Harmon EDMONDS, b. 14 July 1842 in sw VA perhaps
in Confederate Army 1861-is64 defected a:ia joined
1928, Raleigh CO, WV. M Mary Frances TYREE 16 June

�Mrs. L. G. BRIMHALL, Box 787, Winst on, OR 971.'}t
Seeking info on James A. FARMER m 1 840 , Bedf o r d Cl . '/.'\ .
~da Ann DAUGHERTY
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dau of James. George NICHOLS will rec o r d ed 1812 , son ~ azdel l NICHOLS f of

Elizabeth who m. 1791 to Mordeca i MORGAN, son of '.:'r,omas ~·~u!{G AN a nd Es ter
TAYLOR. John W. THOMPSON b ca 1788 of VA mov ed Gi le3 C&lt; , T H s Ge o r ge J .
THOMPSON b 1827 m. Mary N. MCNINCH b 1 831 TN.
John d lf" ' ,"' .
John ROPER B
Jan, 1788 of NC d ca 1865 MO ., Wife, Nancy mov ed to '!'!i , then to MO.
John
PERDUE b 1818, Giles CO. VA., m c a 1844 Ma r y 1"r&amp;nce~ t·:I ~ , b 1 822 Me rcer
CO •. VA., moved to MO, then to OR. 1852 .
Mrs. ·C atherine S. SCHORN, 4624 East 54 th St . , t/22. l , Tulsa , OK. 74135
Need proof of relationship betwe en RichardT . SHAU N &amp; Hi chard R . SHAON.
Richard T. was in Bedford. Co. by 1792 when he m. Ann KASE Y.
Larana KASEY
m.Alexander KASEY, Ann's bro . Was Lurana Richard T . ' s sis ter? Richard R.
b. 1804 Southside Bedford Co ., moved to Franklin Co. ca. 1840s.
Richard
T. was probably living with him when he died by 185J .
Des cs. lived in
Franklin Co . &amp; Roanoke area. Will exchange on all SHAON a .
Name also
spelled SHAHANNE, SHEON. Was Rich ard R. bro. to J ames K . S HAON in Bedford
Co? Proof?

!:!· PETERSEN, 724 Grace Ave., Charleston, WV 2 5 3 0 2
Desire info on parents of Sarah LEE, who m. John BRAMMER, Jr. in Patrick
Co., VA. on 4-30- 1795. Parents believed to be F . M. LEE &amp; Lucy GRYMES.

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FLOYD COUNTY (VA) BIRTH &amp; DEATH RECORIB , 185J- 1872 and ZION LUTHERAN
CHURCH REGISTER
compiled by Marjorie L. Fluor.
Price $20 . 00 (includes
Tux &amp; postage). Order from Mrs. Marjorie L. Fluor, 1920 Heliotrope Drive,
Santa Ana, Cal. 92706.

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Mr. Gordon P. Tierney of Inverness , Ill. was rec ently elected to the position of Genealogist General in the National Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution at the 91s t Annual Congress of that organization held
in Oklahoma City, Okla . Mr. Tierney will serve in this capacity during
1981 and 1982. Mr. Tierney is a Certified American Lineage Specialist and
a Fellow of the American College of Genealogists.
The National Society of
the Sons of the American Revolution is the larg est male patriotic organization in American.· .•. . .. elgibili ty in the organization is derived by lineal
. ~es cent from one or more Revolutionary War patriot ancestors. (Mr. Tierney
is a member of SVGS --- congradula tions from all of us! )

Mr. Richard Boulton Dickenson of Staten Island, NY , is Historian-inResidence at Cornell University. This position i s part of the New York
Historical Resources Center - - must be interes ting work.

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WAMPLER FAMILY HISTORY

17 01 - 198 0

by
Fred Wamp l er
Hans Peter Wamfl er (Wampler) was born in Germany in 1701 and was married
ca 1721 in Germany to Anna Veronica
Aboa rd the ship LYDIA,
he was among the Germany passengers fr om the Palatinate and among t hose
who had s worn a llegiance to the Briti s h Crown upon arrival on September
29, 1741 i n Phil adelphia . He brought with him hl. s wife and 6 (known)
children.
Only male passeng ers 16 and above were l isted.
Hans Peter Wampfl er S r.
was 40 y ears of age , Hans Peter Jr . was 18 and Hans Michael was 16.
Hans
Peter Wa mpf l er Sr. d ied in Lancas ter County , Pennsylvania prior to Apr i l
24, 1749 .
This book dea l s primarily wi th descen d ants of Hans Michael Wampfler
(1?25-1789). Michael Wa mpfl e r, along wi th Martin Ki mberl in g, Mi chael
Steffey and John Phillippi we r e t h e Elders who fo unded St. Paul 's Lutheran
Church in Rural Retreat, Virg i nia .
This was about 1782.
S t . Pa ul' s i s
still an active Church i n Rural Retrea t .
This s tudy includes records from Southwes t ern Vi r g inia counti es o f Bot etourt, Dickenson, Grays on, Lee, Montg o me ry, Russell, Wc hoot, Smyt h ,
Tazewell, Washington, Wis e and. Wythe . S ome families with whom the Wamplers
intermarried were Adding ton, Beverley, Boggs , Broadwater , Burton, Doug herty, Francisco, Gray, Henry, Hillman, Kilg ore, King, Kinser , McClellan,
McConnell, Moore, Porter, Quillen, Reedy, Sanders (Saunders ) , Skeen s,
Snodgrass, Stallard, Stang er, Steffey, Wells, Wheatley, Wolfe , Wood and
others.
Copies of census records, inventory lists, land surveys, wills and o ther
records are included .
The book is well documented including a biliog :raphy
A gift copy from the author to the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical
·
Society has been placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public
Library.
The book has a hard cover and contains 120 pages.
A copy may b e ordered
from the author, Dr. Fred B. Wampler, 479 P:rui t t Ave., Los Alamos , NM
87544 , The price is $16. 00 postpaid.
Review by Belva M Counts.

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QUERY
Isaiah JONES, b 7 July 178.5 Va, md Ann (
?) 11 May 1807, Va ., Ann
b 11Sept 1786 , Va.
Their children: Nelson, Ellender , Celia , Rachel ,
Belinda, fuvid, a l l b Va.
Ellender Jones md Nathan WARD, Ky , 18
Nov. 18J4. Seek parents of Nathan Ward, b Grayson Co, Va. 1814 poss .
Also s eek inf. Peter SNIDER md Olivia J. SEXTON, Grayson Co ., Va., 8
Apr 1800.
Mrs . Lydia HI CKS, 117 Russell St. , Rayville, La . 71269

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THE CRAIG COUNTY HISTORI CAL SOCIETY
Volume 2 1 Recipes , Folklore , Supers t i tuions ,
Home Remedies and General Pleasantries
This volume has been given the S VGS and p l aced in the Vi rgin ia Roo m
of the Roanoke City Public Library .
I t has genealogical i nfo rmat ion.
A page from the ledger, April 6 , 1849 , o f Newton A . Caldwe l l• s s tore,
Looney, Va., contains the following n ames :
Britts , Caldwe l l , carper, fudding, Eskins, Givens, Hancock, Huffman , J ones , Leffl e , Lipes , L ooney, Lugar,
McCarty, Niday, Rubble, Shawver, Size r, Smith , S p essard , Taylor , and Walker.
Mr. William M. Hellems of Paint Bank k ept a l edger f rom Ma rch 16, 1876
to June 14, 1913. A few excerpts containe d the n a mes of Ada.ms , Baker, Bean,
Bostic, Cale, Clingenbell, Craft, C:rump, Harmon , Humphri es , Kirby, Liilton ,
Mac!l3.niel, McGuire, Mayhand, Myers , Pedigo , Re ynolds , Smith , S n odgrass,
Stark, Surface, Sutton , Ting ler, Treynor, Tu cke r , Whi t e l a w, Wi l e y and Wright.
Many old photos are included.

Write to 1 The Craig County His tori cal Soci ety, Rt 1 Box S J - E, New
Castle, Virginia 24127 .
Membership fee s a r e s
$2 . 00 a cti v e ; $.5 . 00 family
(parents, children under 18) ; $10 . 00 contributing ; $50. 00 s u staining ;
$100.00 life . All members receive CCHS news l ett e r, " Our Proud Heritage" ,
f ree genealogy services , and a di s count on a l l CCHS publica tions .
Life
members receive one free copy of a l l CCHS publica tions .

SAIN'IS AND BLACK SHEEP

by
Kenneth E. Crouch
This i s a c rouch - Overstreet family bookle t and was produced as a
personal item for a family reunion .
'Ibis was first printed in 19.51 and
revised in 1973.

Part I contains the family and ancestors of Berry Zane and Lou Henry
Cheek. Pa.rt II contains the family and ancestors of Seymour War and Gabrella La.nsdown Crouch.

The book has family photos .

A complimentary copy from the author has been presented to the Southwestern Vi rgi n ia Genealogical Society and placed in the Virginia Room of
the Roanoke City Public Library.
It is hoped by the author, that those
s earching for these family roots will feel free to make corrections and
update this material. Contact Kenneth E . Crouch, Rt J, Box 3.5.5, Bedford,
Virgini a 24.523.

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THE MCCONNELL FAMILY
Descendants of George Mc Connell and Su s anna h Snav e l y
by
J ohn G. Marti n

The Mc Connell f a mily c a me to the Un ited States from Ireland &lt;U\d se\\1...~~
i n Penns ylvan i a wher e George McConnell Sr . marri ed Susannah Sna~e~ .
'.Illey f i rs t came to Sou thwest Virg inia and settled in Elk Careen , 1mss~l.'1..
Co, Vir g inia . The y move d f r om there to Scott Co u nty .
Ge orge McConn e l l
a weaver by trade was Hi g h S he ri ff of Scot t County in the pionee r days .
Georg e Mc Connel l (1775- 1845 ) and Susannah Snav ely McConnell (1775-1855)
are buried in the McConnell Ce metery located b etween N\.c\ l.~..:;~ \.l.~
"'~ ".;.\, \
and t he Twin Springs School in Scott County .
TI1ay \-J i: th~ \\.~ 1~ \'tR '\
10 children ; Elizabeth , George Jr , Henry , Joa b , Wats on , Kate Pri.scill
'lliomas , Price , Samuel R., Su san and William G .
These c hild '
a,
into the fo l l owi ng Sco tt Co unty families , Al len , Cox , D:lv i s re n ma rri e d
Fugate, Kil gore , Laws on , Phillips and Stal lard .
' Dou g h e r t y,

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The book has 10 c hap ters wi th t h e d escend ants of eac h me mber 0 ..1.4"
and Susannah Snav ely McConne l l ' s family .
There are photo g raphs
homes and tombs t ones .

Geo~g-e

of

o.1.d

Marriage Records of McConnel ls in S cott a nd Wa s hington Cow 1ti es , Va , a.re
included in a s ep arate chap ter .
The book has a hard c ove r, 1 2 1 p ages
and comple t ely indexed. A c opy · of t h e book has b e en placed in the V i rginia Room of t he Roanoke Ci ty Pub l i c Library, a g i f t f r o m the autho r
to the Southwes tern Virg i n i a Genealog i c a l S ocie ty.
You may order the book from J o hn G. Marti n ,
Tenn . 37664. The p rice is $11. 50 p o stp a i d .

1313

Kinrs-

Pineol a Av e
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Revi ewed by Belva M Counts .

TH&amp; GEORGE PHILLIP WILL IAMS OF CRAI G COUNTY , VI RGINIA
a nd
VIRGINIA AYLETT WEAVER OF MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRG INIA

by Herman Jos eph Will1ams
This book is soft bound and produced from a typewritten copy - con ta .
264 pages , 39 pictures, ancestor charts, family group records, his t orie5 ins
and .generalogical charts for both Williams ( 23 pag e s ) and We a v e:r ( 30
families . '!he author hopes contacts can be made wi th his f ath e r, • ,... . P~ S
brothers' and sisters' families , all born in Craig County Vi r .. ~ s~v~m
were twelve children c:u1d he has information on only fiv e familI~~ia.
There
price of this volume i s $15 . 00 A second volume is planned · th
·
'Ille
tional information t hat can be obtained.
A g i f t copy from ~
the a ddi the Southwes tern Virginia Genealogical S ocie ty has been place~ ~u t hor t o
Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public L i b rary .
Co pies may b i n the
0
f r om Herman Joseph Williams, 2860 Circle Drive , P ort s mo u t. h
C t ~ 0 ;,ct-arect
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r e v i e we d by J3(.:).],.va Co unt s .

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�From Newsletter of NORTH CAROLINA GENEA.Lcx;ICAL S OCIETY , PO Box 1492 ,
Raleigh, NC 27602 .
ABANDONED CEMETERIES : On 14 April 1981 NC S t a t e Leg i s la turo ratified House
Bill 333 which provides that: "The Departmen t of Cul tura.l Res ources i s
authorized to take appropriate measures to rec o rd and permanently p r e serve information of significant historical, gen eal o g ical or archeal o g ica.l
value when , in the opinion of the .Department , a ny s u ch information located within an abandoned cemetery is in imminent d anger of loss or des struction because of the condition or circumstances of the cemetery . " ..•.
The iegislature also ratified House Bill 611 whi ch strengthens t h e laws
concerning penalties for " Desecration of cemete ri es an d grav es . . . .. plowing over or covering up graves."
What are Virginia laws?
being enforced ?

Your state laws ?

If there a r e l a ws , are they

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NOW AVAILABLE - SCOTT COUNTY
VIRGINIA CEMETERY RECORPS

Volume 2

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Inc ludes over 6,000 mo r e name s
211 cemeteries, not in Vo 1 ume '1 •
I t covers the entire County area
ful l y indexed.
270 pages, soft '
cover 8-! X 11 archival Bond Paper
Vo 1 2 $19. 95 post pa i d
Vo 1 1 st i 1 1
ava il ab l e in i ts 2nd print i ng for
$ 14.95 o r $34 for the set.
PHYLL I S L. PETERSON, 704
Hermi ston, Orego n

E Highland

97838

THE LAST WORD
I Imow I'm behind - again - but hopefully this issue will arrive before
the end of August . As you all know summer is very hectic and for me this
year has seemed e:ven more so . We wanted to put the workshop in this issue
- s o one delay . Nettie spoke from notes so no copy of her speech .
How
about the pictures -- if you were there , find yourself or . your fr:tends .
We also had a guest from Galifomis -- a visitor wh~ was in ~al em .
So
glad to see the out-of- towners -- sorry that I didn t have time to speak
to all.
My summer has been full of joyful and sad events -- weddings • Children

home for visits (from Texas &amp; DC ) , trips to courthouses -- sad ones , funerals
- selling my Mother's home and finding out the result of her last physical.
At 95 she is a beautiful, loving person.
JOB OPENING - co-Editors: Of our local members there should be a couple
of members who could be co-editors to take over if circumstances arise
that I will not be able to put the VAN out in November.
Babe Fowler

�GU I DELINES FOR VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
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If you
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Pl ease read the material over before s en ding it and check all dates .
2 . Give s ource of material.
Original d o c umen t s - where found , type , number
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We c ann ot pri nt materia l f rom printed source unless we have
permiss ion from the aut hor .
J. Deadline f or s u bmitting material i s t h e firs t of the month previous to the
month of p ublicati on .
4. Material contri buted will n ot be r eturned unless accompanied by a stamped
s elf - addressed envelope .
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of c ourt records , Bible records , etc .
Tha t littl e bit of information may
b e of help to s omeone . Of co u rse , we c anno t promise next issue publication.
6. On family hi s tori es , our policy i s to print prior 1900 -- much as we would
l i k e t o c a r ry forward t h e modern da y g enerations - it u ses too much space .
NOTE : We can not vouc h for the accu rac y of t h e ma terial s ubmitted to us or
tha t the " trans lation " of the ori g i nal docum ent i s true.
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s uch material , you can u ndersta nd .
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Virginia 2 4009 .
~ ~
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I f longer tha n 50 wo r d s , we will edit.
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5. Pleas e put q ueri es on a separa te s heet with your NAME and ADDRESS when
enclosing with other materia l . Some queries have been lost along the way
because of being included in the body of a letter.
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REQUES 'IS FOR RESEARCH : Our r e search i s made in our l ibrary. NO One should
a sk f or ma t e rial on John Henderson of Virginia -- we need dates , county (area)
--give us something to go on . Remembe r early Virginia went to the Mississippi
River - later included Kentucky, West Virginia, part of North Carolina, Tenness e, Maryland , a nd Pe nnsylvania (disputes over the boundaries). So when you
say John Henderson was born in Virginia ----designate,-paren~s, children
and who married who . Please remember that the research is done by volunteers
and theref ore is limited , i t cannot be a comprehen sive research. Also pleas e enclose a s elf addressed s tamp ed envelope ( SASE )

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Roanoke, VA 24012

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Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society
Roanoke, Virginia
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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY

�SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
OFFICERS
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President
First Vice-President
Second Vice-President
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer

Belva Counts
S. A. Bell
Jerry Bartmess
Ilene Lavinder
John E. Burrows III
Mondia Dyer
Raymond Brickey
COMMITTEES

Book Chairman
Book Review
Historian
Hospitality
Membership
Parliamentarian
Pedigree Charts
Program
Publicity

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Research
Surname Index
Virginia Appalachian Notes (VAN)
Editor
Art Director
Query E'iii tor

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Geri Glosh
Belva Counts
Robert G Phlegar
Myrtle Bell, Carol Hill, Virgi nia Petty
Raymond Brickey
Bruce Anderson
'Mary Jan e Vaden
S.A . Bell , Nelle Shively , Ine z S tclair
Jerry Bartmess, Loretta Caldwell ,
George Tulli
Ann Kyle
"Babe" FoVller
Marian landress
Minnie Hall

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MEMBERSHIP: Single membership is $7.50 a year (Jan to Dec); family membership
$10.00, s pecial rates to H.S. students &amp; libraries (inquire) . Membership includes the quarterly, VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES (VAN), which is published in
Feb, May, Aug , Nov; also an index &amp; membership roster. Single issues are available at reinbursement cost of $2.00 each as long as supply last. Send payment
to Mrs. Mandia E Dyer, Treasurer, PO Box 4364, Roanoke , Va 24015. Make check
payable to Southwesteni Virginia Genealogical Society.

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SV .GS is tax exempt under the Federal Incom~ Tax under section 501 ( c ) (.3 ).
Donors may deduct contributions to us as provided in section 170 of the Code.
Bequests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gi£ts to SVGS are deductible for
Federal estate and figt tax purposes if they meet the applicable provisions
of sections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Code.

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BOOK REVIEWS: The SVGS welcomes genealogical books for review covering records
and events of the area. All books sent will be reviewed as time and space permit.
Please include the price of the book, any advertising material that you have
and place from which available. After review all books will be placed in the
Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library, Roanoke, Virginia. Send books to
be reviewed to
Mrs Oren R Counts, 6804 Northway Drive NW, Roanoke, Va 24019 .

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�THE PRES IDENT' S MESSAGE

'Ihis has been a g reat year for our s ociety .

Thank you for the many calls

and notes complimenting our Membership Directory for 1981 . Mrs. Ora
Belle McCol man , printer of VAN , did the beautiful job of typing and putting it out for us . We are s till ge tting new members and those not in the
Directory will be published in the VAN .
Saturday October 17 will find the Society traveling to Chatham, V:trginia ,
(county seat of Pittsylvania County ), where we will visit the Courthouse,
cemeteries and old homes . The trip was planned by Bruce Anderson and
John Burrows . Our hos t will be Judge Langhorne Jones .

Mrs.

Swain, Archivist , Radford University Library, Radi'ord , Virginia,
will be our s peaker f or the November 21, 1981 meeting . The meeting will
be at 1:J O pm a t the Gall ery , SH Heironirnus , Downtorn Roanoke . Her topic
will be "Floyd County , Its People and Pl aces. "
Ann

'Ihe November mee ting will be the e lection of officers for the year 1982 .
During December you will be sen t a renewal form for the year 1982 with
the name and address of th e new rne~bers hip chairman. There will be no
meeting in December.
'Ihe January meeting will be Jan. 16, 1982, with speakers from Grayson
County . The meeting will be in the Hancock Room, Roanoke City Public
Library , Elmwood Park, at 1 : JO pm . The speakers will be Laura A. Bryant,
news paper editor, Grayson County Historical Society , and Mrs. Betty Low
Fields , author of "Grayson County: A History in Words and Pictures. "
'!hanks for all your support during the year and HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
Belva M Counts , President

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�V I R G I N I A A P P A L A C H I A N N._0 T E S
Published Quarterly
by
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

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Vol . V - No . 4 - Nove mber 1981
CONTENTS
'Ihe President ' s Message

117a

Buchanan County , Va , Register of Deaths

117

How to Get the Most Fr om a Professional Genealogist

1JO

Genealogy in Southwestern Virginia

131

Catherine Willis , A Legislative Petition

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Pittsylvania County , Va , 1850 Mortality Schedule
Confederate Veterans , Co C, J7th Va . Infantry
Nunn Family Bible Records

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140

Surnames (Index)
Queries
Exchange Quar terlies

152

Blankenshi p and Arms t rong Families
Book Reviews

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Switches &amp; Cinders

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November Meeting :
"Floyd County , Its !'eople and Places."
speaker: Mrs Arm Swain
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BUCHANAN COUNTY , VIRGINIA
REGISTER OF DEATHS
copied by Ethel Hughes
contributed by
June Green*
REGISTER OF DEATHS within Buchanan County , Virginia , Eastern District
John R. Yates , Commissioner of the Revenue in the year ending 31st
December 1886.
(The inf'ormation and abreviations used : Race : w -white , b - bl ack, mul
- mulatto ; sex : m - male, f - female ; d - died; pd - place of death;
cd - cause of death ; age : y - years , mo - months , w - weeks, d - days;
p - parents; b - born; pb - place of birth; inf - person giving information and relationship to person who died.) (o - occupation)
1.

ALLEN , Paris =

w =

cd dysentery = 1 y
= inf father.

rn = d December 25 , 1886 in Buchanan Co. , Va. =
= p Lewis and Armida Allen = pb Buchanan Co , Va.

2.

BROWN , George W. = w = m = d January 31 , i886, in Buchanan Co . , Va.
= cd dropsy = 35 y = p George A. and Mary Brown = o Merchant =
married = inf L. E. Brown, wife .

J.

BOOTHE, Victoria = w = f = d August 20 , 1886 =pd Mcfuwell Co, WV.
= cd consumption = JOy 2 mo = p Adam and Rachel Harner = b Tazewell
Co , Va = o housewife =married =inf J!W. Boothe , husband .

4.

CHARLES , Nelson = w = rn = d August 10, 1886 =pd Buchanan Co, Va =
cd dysentery = 3 y = p D. M. and Nancy Charles = b Buchanan Co, Va =
inf D. M. Charles , father .

5.

CHARLES, William = w = m = d August 12 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va =
cd dysentery = b Buchanan Co , Va = 9mo 2 d = p D.M. and Nancy
Charles = inf D~M . Charles , father .

6.

CHARLES , A. J. = w = rn = d July 8 , 1886 =pd Buchanan County, Va. =
cd not known = 1 y 1mo = p Green Charl es = inf Green Charles, father.

7.

CHURCH , Reub en = w = rn =d October 8 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co ., Va. =
cd consumpti on = 60 y 6mo = p not known = b Buchanan Co, Va = inf
Emil ine Church , wife.

8.

CHILDRESS, Miles = w = m = d March 24 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va =
cd croup = 16d = p J . W. and Francis Childress = inf J. W. Childress,
father .

9.

CHARLES, William = w = m = d October 8, 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va =
cd dysentery = 3 y 1 mo = p J . M. and L. J . Charles = inf J.M. Charles
father = b Buchanan Co, Va.

*4078 Stonybrook Dr. , Hamil ton, OH 45011

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10.

DAUGHERTY, Mary E. = w = f = d September 24 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co ,
Va = cd dysentery = 2 y = p G. F. and R. E . .Ia.ughe rty = b Buchanan
Co , Va = inf G. F . Iaugherty , father .

11.

:OO'ISON, ----cd still born

12.

= d October 8 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co , Va
cd dysentery = 1 y = p Ianiel and Alifair Hurley = b Buchanan Co ,
Va =inf Ianiel Hurley , father.

13.

HURLEY, Levi = w = m = d November 1 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co , Va
P Jonathan Hurley = inf Jonathan Hurley , father.

=

14·,

HURLEY , Celia = w = f = d October 9 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co , Va
cd dysentery = 70 y = p unlmown = inf Jonathan Hurley, son.

=

15,

HORN, Milly F. = w = f = d May 20 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va = cd
puerperal state = 42y 4 mo = p Joel and Caroline Church = pb Buchanan
Co, Va = inf husband .

16 .

HONAKER, L . c. = w = f = d December 10 , 1886
pd Buchanan Co , Va
cd droup = 2 y = p Iavid and L . C. Honaker = pb Buchanan Co, Va . =
inf !avid Honaker , father.

17,

KEEN, Martha = w = f

18.

KELLY, Hettie C. = w = f = d December 24, 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va
= cd unknown = 2 y 2 mo = p J . H. and Mary Kelly = inf J · H. Kell y ,
father = pb Buchanan Co , Va .

19 .

LESTER, Marisa
w f
cd dysentery
1 y 6 mo
Sarah Lester, mother.

20.

LEE , John = w = m = d December 15 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co , Va = cd
dysentery = 2 mo = p Chril and Melvina Lee = b Buchanan Co, Va
inf Chris Lee, father.

21,

LOONEY, Abby = w = f = d October 2 1 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va = c d
dysentery = 52 y 1 mo = p Ben and Vicey Ratliff = pb Buchanan Co ,
Va = o housewife = inf Joseph Looney, husband.

22,

MATNEY, Celia = w
f = d January 15, 1886 = pd Buchanan Co , Va =
cd dysentery = 2 mo = p William and Celia Matne y = pb Buchanan Co,
Va
inf' William Matney, father,

=w =f =d

=

HURLEY , Caroline

October 28 , 1886
p Shade and Nancy J Dots on

= pd

=

Buchanan Co. , Va =
inf Shade Dotson , father.

=w =f

=

=

=

=d

April 10 , 1886 =pd Buchanan Co, Va = cd
unknown = p James and Malinda Keen = 7 y = pb Buchanan Co, Va. = inf'
James Keen , father.

=

= = = d November 15 , 1886 = pd Buchanan
= p Sarah Lester = pb Buchanan Co ,

=

Co , Va
Va = inf'

=

=

=

2),

MATNEY, Joseph = w = m = d December 5, 1886 = pd Buchanan Co , Va =
cd dysentery = 3 y = p Joseph and Pricy Matney = inf Joseph Matney,
:father.

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24.

OSBORN, Dacy = w = f = d August 15 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va = cd
erys ipelas = 18 y = p R. P . and Cinda Osborn = inf R. P. Osbo:rn,
father .

2.5 ·

OSBORN , Noa h = w = m = d December 25 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va =
cd not known = 1 mo = p Levi Osborn = pb Buchanan Co, Va = inf Levi
Osborn, fat her.

26.

RATLIFF, Jos eph H = w = m = d September 11, 1886 =pd Buchanan Co.,
Va = cd pertussis = 1 mo 10d = p T. W. and Jennie Ratliff = pb Buchanan
Co, Va = inf T . W. Ratliff .

28.

RATLIFF , Thomas = w = m = d November 8 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co., Va =
cd dysentery = 1 y = p Jacob and Viecy Ratliff = pb Buchanan Co, Va
=inf Jacob Ratliff, father.

27 .

RATLIFF , Albert G. = w = m = d October 19 , 1886 =pd Buchanan Co,
Va = cd pertussis = 14 d = p R. N. and M. J . Ratliff = pb Buchanan
Co ., Va= inf R. N. Ratliff, fath er.

29 ·

STACY , Rhoda = w = f = d October 8 , 1886 = pd Buchanan Co, Va = cd
dysentery = 74 y = p Simien and
Tu.vis = pb Buchanan Co, Va =
o housewife = inf Ben Stacy , husband.

JO .

STILTNER, Charles C. = w = m = cd dysentery = d September 4 , 1886 =
7 y 4 mo = p Tu.vid and Matilda Stiltner= pb Buchanan Co, Va =inf
Iavid Stiltner, father.

J 1.

STACY , Sarah F. = w = f = d August 8, 1886 =pd Buchanan Co, Va. =
cd dysentery = 8 y = p J . R. and Clarissa Stacy = pb Buchanan Co.,
Va
inf J , R. Stacy , father .

=

32.

WHITE , Shade -= w = m = d August 10, 1886 =pd Buchanap Co, Va= cd
dysentery= 2 mo J d = pb Buchanan Co . , Va= inf Shade White, father.

33 .

ROWE , Jane = w = f = d June 14, 1886 = pd Buchanan Co., Va = cd
cancer = 70 y = p not known = pb Buchanan Co, Va = inf D. L. Atkins,
son .

REGISTER OF DEATHS within Buchanan County , Virginia. F.astern District.
William Keen, Commissioner of the Revenue , in the year endind Jist
December 1891.
ADKINS , William Riley = d July 11 , 1891 = cd phthisis pulmona = 32 y =
p Squire and Sarah Ad.kins = pb Buchanan County, Va = s i ngle = inf father.
BOYD, Macy Isabel = d September 16 , 1891 = cd spasms = 21 y = p Isam and
Elizabeth Boyd = pb Buchanan County , Va = single = inf father.
CHARL.E S,
= f = d March 10 , 1891 = cd Spasms = 12 d = p J. C. and
Mary J. Charles = pb Buchanan County, Va = inf father .

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COLEMAN, Rueben = d November 11, 1891 =pd Buchanan County, Va . = cd croup
= 2 y = p Rueben and Matilda Coleman = pb Buchanan County, Va . = inf
father.

=

COLEMAN, Mahala = d August 9 , 1891
pd Buchana n Co, Va = cd fever = 68 Y
== P Iavid and Nancy Stiltner = pb Buchanan Co., Va. = married = inf Peter
Coleman , husband .

COOK, Ruth A. = d November 1, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va . = cd La.Grippe =
2 Y = p Eli and Mary Cook = inf father .
EPLING, Henry = d December 4 , 1891 =pd Buchanan Co, Va. = cd consumption
== ?y or 81y = p James and Elizabeth E. Epling = pb Giles County , Va. =
married = inf Elizabeth Epling , wife.

KEEN,

= f = d September 29 , 1891 (born dead) = p Nettie Kean =
pb Buchanan County, Va = inf Nettie Keen, mother .

KEEN, Isabel = d February 6 , 1891 = pd Buchanan County , Va = cd La.Grippe

= 45

=

Y
p James and Mary Keen = pb Buchanan County, Va
James Keen, son.

=

married = inf

KEEN, Boyd = d October 1P , 1891 =pd Buchanan County, Va = cd ta.Grippe =
18 mo = p James A and Cordelia Keen = pb Buchanan County , Va = inf James
A Keen, father.
McCLANAHAN, Clinton ·= d August 4, 1891 =pd Buchanan County, Va = cd
La.Grippe = 4 mo = p William and Martha McClanahan = pb Buchanan County'
Va = inf' father .

~ITCHEL, Bury(?) = f = d March 16 , 1891 =pd Buchanan Co, Va = cd LaGrippe
- 1 mo = p Russell and Rebecca Mitchell = pb Buchanan Co, Va = inf father.
~TNEY, Dmiel B = d October 2, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co , ·va = cd La.Grippe
- 2 Y = p D. H. and Cozbie Matney = pb Buchanan Co , Va = inf father.

OSBORN, Ida = d March 14, 1891 =pd Buchanan Co , Va = cd La.Grippe = 1 ~
mo = P N. S. and Raney Osborn = pb Buchanan Co, Va = inf father·

= d · October 14, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co, Va = 4 d = cd
- = p Rush and Minta Roads = pb Buchanan Co, Va = inf father .

ROAIS , ____ = m

----

RATLIFF, Polly = d July 2J, 1891 =pd Buchanan Co, Va . = cd consumption
= 4o y = p Walter and Lizzie Matney = pb Buchanan Co , Va = inf William
Ratliff, husband.
RATLIFF, William J. = d February 15, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co. , Va = cd
Measles = J y = p George R and Ocea Ratliff = pb Buchanan Co, Va = inf
father.
STURGEON, --.,....-- = m = d September 10, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co. , Va . =
cd unknown = 15 d = p Jrio. and Luley Sturgeon = pb Buchanan Co. , Va. =
inf' father ,

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STILLWELL, Rinda = f = d April 2 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co, Va = cd rheumatism = 5 0 y = p unknown = pb Buchanan Co, Va . = married = inf 'Tu.zewell
Stiltner , husband .
SMI TH ,
= m = d May 2 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co, Va. = cd unknown =
15 mo = p Rus . T . a nd Louisa Smith = pb Buchanan Co, Va. = inf father.
STAGY, Martha J. = d December 24, 1891 =pd Buchanan Co., Va= cd typhoid
= 28 y = p George and Mary Yates = pb Buchanan Co., Va . = married = inf
M. H. Stacy , husband .
STACY, Charles= d Sep tember 12, 1891 =pd Buchanan Co., Va . = cd croup
= J y = p John W. and Mary L . Stacy = pb Buchanan Co . , Va = inf father.
WHITE , Ia.vid = d August 12 , 1891 = pd Hazelton, Barber Co. , Kansas = cd
gastritis = 49 y = pb not known =married = inf Sarah White, wife .
WALDRON, Sidney Elmer = d April 27, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co ., Va = cd
cerebro spinal rneneng i tis = 10t mo = p John W and Mary E Waldron = pb
Buchanan Co., Va = inf father .
WOOSLEY, Thomas Mays= d December 16, 1891 =pd Buchanan Co., Va. = cd
cholera infantam = 8 mo= p Thomas and Abigale Woosley= pb Buchanan Co.,
Va. = inf father.
WARD, Mary E.

= 18

d

=

= d January 18, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co., Va . = cd unknown
p John and Oily Ward = b Buchanan Co ., Va. = inf father.

REGISTER OF DEATHS within Buchanan County , Virginia, Western District.
John H. Keen, Commissioner of the Revenue, in the year ending 31st
December , 1891.

1.

BOWMAN , Nancy E . = w = f = d April JO , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd erysipelss = 10 d = p John and Mary C. Bowman = pb Buchanan Co . ,
Va. = inf John Bowman, father.

2.

BOYD, Vicey V. = w = f = d Febniary J , 1891 =pd Buchanan Co., Va .
= 7 d = p E. K. and Rachel Boyd= pb Buchanan Co., Va. = o (of
father) farmer = inf father .

J.

COOK, William= w = m = d December 19, 1891 =pd Buchanan Co . , Va.
= 1 d = p Isaac and Esta E. Cook= pb Buchanan Co., Va. - o (father)
farmer = inf father .

4.

COXTON, Marion = w = m = d January 17, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va.
= cd shot= 32 y = p Marti n and Rebecca Coxton = pb Buchanan Co . ,
Va = o farmer = not married = inf father.

5,

COLEMAN, Lilly R. = w = f = d March 27, 1891 = cd not known = 1 mo
p w. O. H. Coleman and Rebecca Col eman = pb Buchanan Co ., Va. =
o farmer = inf father.

=

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6. COMPTON,

Edward = w = m = d September 15, 1891 = cd fever = 35 y

=

1? Rend.rs. and Phebe Compton = pb Buchanan Co . , Va ( a lso pd) = o
farmer = husband of Nancy Compton = inf father .

7,

DEEL, Orpha = w = f = d December 16, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va . =
cd tumor = J y = p Henry Deel = pb Buchanan Co . , Va = o (father)
farmer

= inf

father.

8.

GRIFFEY, George = w = m = d October 3 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va .
= cd ol d age = 95 y = p John Griffey = pb Tazewell Co. , Va . = o
farmer,

9.

HALE, J . K. = w = m = d February 24, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va . =
cd scrofula = p Lazarus and Margaret Hal e = pb Buchanan Co. , Va . =
20 Y = o farmer = not married = inf father.

10.

LOONEY , Jenni r = w = f = d April 22, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co· , Va· =
cd consumption = J8 y = p John and Mattie Yates = pb Buchanan Co .,
Va =wife of James Looney .

11.

LESTER, Jacob= w = m = d April 13 , 1891 =pd Buchanan Co . , Va. =
cd Lagripp = 50
= p John and Raches Lester =-= pb McDowell Co · , WV·

12.

McGLOTHLIN, Jacob J , = w = m = d November 11, 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . ,
Va = cd not Jmown = 30 y = p Il:tv i d and Nelli e McGl othlin = pb
Buchanan Co . , Va . = inf wife .

13.

OQUINN, John = w = m = d January 7 , 1891 =pd Buc hanan Co ., Va . =
cd not known = 1 d = p G. W. Oqui.P11 = !&gt;b Buchanan Co. , Va .

14.

OWENS, Louisa = w = f = d S eptember 16 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va .
= cd consumption = 43 y = p Lewis and Mary F . Winrs = pb Buchanan
Co . , Va . = wife of A. J . Owens = inf husband .

15.

PHILLIPPS, Jackson= w = m = d July 4 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co ., Va .
= cd cro op = 1 d = p Jack son and Mary J. Phil lips = inf father·

16.

RUNNION, Loucinda J . = w = f = d May 19 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co · ,
Va = cd cancer = 22 y = p Martha J . Deel = pb Buc hanan Co ·, Va . =
Wife of A. J. Runions = inf husband .

17 . SHORTRIIX;E, Cathrin or Catharine = w = f = d June 1J , 1891 = pd
Buchanan Co., Va. = cd fever = 48 y = p John and Sidi e Yates = p b
Buchanan Co., Va. =wife os Simien Shortridge= inf husband .

18.

SHORTRIIX;E, John = w = m = d August 13 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co ., Va
= cd fever = 21 = pb Buchanan Co., Va. = p Simon and Catharine
Shortridge = not married = inf father .

19,

SHORTRI:rx:;E, Berta = w = f = d April 1891 = p d Buchanan Co. , Va =
cd crpPi = t mo = p Robert and IX&gt;ra Shortridge = i .n f father .

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20.

SHORTRIIX:;E , Pat ten= w = m = d May 24 , 1891 =pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd fever = 2 1 y = p Elijah and Ellen Shortridge = pb Buchanan
Co ., Va . = inf father .

21 .

SHORTRIOCE , Ellen = w = f = d November 6 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . ,
Va = cd fe ver = 54 y = p not given = wife of Elijah Shortridge =
inf husband.

22 .

STILTNER , C. L . = w = f = d August 17 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va .
= cd consumption = 74 y = p John Elswick = pb Buchanan Co., Va. =
Wife of Elijah Stil tner.

2J.

TALLER, Basil = w = m = d December 13 , 1891 =pd Buchanan Co. , Va .
= cd croop = 2 d = p James and Malvina Taller (Taylor?) = pb
Buchanan Co ., Va . = inf father .

24.

WOOD, William C. = w = m = d January 22 , 1891 = pd Buchanan Co ., Va .
= cd croop = 2 y = p Charles and Angeline Wood = pb Buchanan Co. ,
Va = inf father .

25 .

YATES , Loucinda = w = f = d November 5 , 1891 =pd Buchanan Co , Va .
= cd fever = 15y = p George and Mary Yates= pb Buchanan Co., Va.
= inf fat her .

J

REGISTER OF DEATHS Within Buchanan County , F.aste:rn District , L. W.
Compton , Commissioner of the Revenue , in the year ending J 1st December
1895 ,
1.

No name = w = m = d January 9 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va. = cd
Bold Hives= 1 d = p Noah and Vicy Addiar = pb Buchanan Co . , Va. =
inf Noah Addiar, head of family.

2.

DENNIS, Beslie = w = f = d February J , 1895 =pd Buchanan Co. , Va .
cd not know = 16 d = p W. L. and Mary Dennis = pb Buchanan Co., Va
= inf W. L. Dennis , head of family.

J.

LESTER , Linsy = w = m = d September 9 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va .
= cd f lux = 11 mo 25 d = p Jos eph and Remy Lester = pb Buchanan Co.
Va . = inf Jos eph Lester , head of family.

4.

MATNEY , Poley = w = f = d May 10, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va . = cd
consumption= 52 y = p Ben Stacy and Roady= pb Buchanan Co., Va.
= inf John Matney , hea d of famil y.

5.

MULLINS, Lety = w = f = d October 11, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co. , Va.
= c d f l ux= 1y 11 d = p W. R. and L. Mullins= pb Buchanan Co., Va
= inf W. R. Mullins , head of famil y .

6.

RIFE, Sarah L . = w = f = d August 18 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd f l ux= 1 y 2 mo = p Shird and Winey Rife= pb Buchanan Co. ,
Va = inf Shird Rife , head of family .

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7,

RIFE, Poley Ann = w = f = d January 10, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va .
~ cd fever = 5 y = p James Luveney Rife = pb Buchanan Co . , Va . =
inf James Rife, head of family .

8. - RATLIFF, Jimimia = w = f = d Februa ry 16, 1895 = p d Buchanan Co . ,
Va, = cd spinal disease = 1 mo 3 d = p G. B. a nd O. C. Ratliff =
pb Buchanan Co . , Va. = inf G. B. Ratliff, hea d of family .

9.

RIFE, No Name = w = ni = d May 14, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co. , Va. = cd
not known = 1 d :::: p Esaw and S. Rife = pb Buchanan Co. , Va . = inf
Esaw Rife, head of family.

10.

STACY, Margaret = w = f = d June 11, 1895 =pd Buchana n Co . , Va . =
cd not lmown = 56 y = p John and Betsy Yates = pb '.fuzewell Co . , Va
=inf Preston Stacy, head of maily .

11 .

STACY, Elis = w = m = d December 19, 1895 = pd Buchana n Co. , Va . =
cd fever = 7 mo = p Joseph and L . Stacy = pb Buchanan Co . , Va . = inf
Joseph Stacy, head of family .

12.

STACY, Rindy = w = f = d January 16 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co ., Va. =
cd fever = 1 y 4 mo 16 d = p Epison and R. Stacy = pb Buchanan Co . ,
Va. = inf Epison Stacy, head of family .

13.

PERKINS, Emily R. = w = f = d July 9 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd consumption
23 y = p c. W. and M. S . Smith = pb Buchanan
Co., Va. =inf C. W. Smith.

14.

STURGEN (?STURGESS?), Lucinda = w = ;f = d October 1, 1895 = pd
Buchanan Co., Va. = cd fever = 2 y 6 mo = p J. L . and Lovely
Sturgen = inf J, L. Sturges.

=

REGISTER OF DEATHS within Buchanan County, Virginia, Eastern District .
L. W. Compton, Commissioner of the Revenue, in the year ending 3 1 st
December, 1895.

1.

VANCE, El.en = w = f = d April 4, 1895 = pd Buchanan County, Va . =
cd gropsy = age unknown = p w. and Louvisy Vance = pb Buchanan Co.,
Va = married = inf Wm. Vance, Hd of family .

2.

TAYLOR, John = w = m = d February 16 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd not lmown = 1 d = p B. D. and Hetty Tayl or = pb Buchanan Co.
Va = inf B. D. '.Iaylor, Hd of the family .

3.

RATLIFF, Mattie E = w = f = died April 8, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co . ,
Va = ;::d croup = 1 y = p B. R. and Elizabeth Ratliff = inf B. R.
Ratliff, Hd of family .

4.

No Name = w = f = d August 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va. = Dead Born
= P furse and Gracy Lester = pb Buchanan Co., Va. = inf Dorse Lester.

5.

!&amp;TER, Edmond = w = m = d December 22, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va
= cd old age = 90 y = p James and Polly Lester = p b Pike Co • , Ky =
inf Joseph Les ter, grandson.

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6.

LEE , Ri c hard = w = m = d May 1, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va. = cd
c roup = 3 mo s = p Sha.de and Lucy Lee = pb Buchanan Co ., Va. =
inf S hade Le e , Hd . of family .

7.

No Name = w = m = d April 10, 1895 =pd Buchanan Co., Va . = cd Dead
Born = p Dorse and Tildy Estep = pb Buchanan Co ., Va. = inf D:&gt;rse
Este p , Hd of family.

8.

ELSWICK, Dorey (?Dora) = w = f = d January 23 , 1895 = pd Buchanan
Co. , Va = cd fever = 3 y = p Miles and Vicy Elswick = pb Buchanan
Co., Va . = in£ Miles Elswick, Hd. of family .

9.

McCOY, Wm. Albert= w = m = d February 12, 1895 =pd Buchanan Co.,
Va . = cd not known = 5 y = p John and May McCoy = pb Buchanan Co . ,
Va .
inf John McCoy, Hd. of Family .

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CHARLES, Sarah M. = w == f = d February 7, 1895 =pd Buchanan Co, Va.
cd consumption
53 y = p Johnson and S~aly Herley pb Tazewell
Co ., Va . = married = inf Mo ses Charles , husband .

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No Name= w = m = d November 8 , 1895 =pd Buchanan Co . , Va . = cd
not known - age not known = p Autony and Mandy Coleman = pb Buchanan
Co., Va . = inf' Autony Coleman , Hd of family.

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BAKER , Cosby = w = f = d December 25 , 1 895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd not known = p Wm . and Polly Baker = 8 mo = pb Buchanan Co.,
Va = inf Wm. Baker , Hd . of family .

13.

BROWNING, Dorcas = w = f = d December· 26 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co.,
Va = cd not known = 6 mo 2J d = p J. L . and Mary Browning = pb
Buchanan Co. , Va. = inf J. L. Browning, Hd . of family.

14.

BLANKENSHIP , Ferl = w = m = d November 2, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co.,
Va = cd burned = 1 y J mo = p G. L. and Harrett Blankenship = pb
Buchanan Co. , Va . = inf G. L . Bl ankenship, Hd . of family.

15.

BLANKENSHIP , B. = w = m = d February 1, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co, Va
cd not known
2 mo 2 d = p Jackson Stacy and R. Blankenship = p b
Buchanan Co , Va. = inf' Rebecca Blankenship.

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BLANKENSHIP, Ida = w = f = d July 25, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va .
= cd not known = J mo 25 d = p U. G. and Mary Blankenship = pb
Buchanan Co., Va. = inf' U. G. Blankenship.

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L. W. Compton, Conunissioner of the Revenue , in the year ending J1st
December 1895 .
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BROWN, James P . = w = m = d December 1 6 , 1895 =pd Buchanan Co . , Va
cd catarrh = 77. y 2 mo = p Thomas and Rachel Brown = pb Ta11;ewell
Co ., Va . = married = inf G. if. Brow11, s on.

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COMPTON, S. T. = w = f = d November 12, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va
= cd fever= 72 y = p J. J. and M. Jolmson = pb Russell Co. , Va . =
married
inf B. N. Compton, son .

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No Name = w = f = d June 16 , 1895 = pd Russell Co ., Va. = cd dead
boni = p Charles and Sarah Cordill = pb Russell Co. , Va . = inf
Charles Cordell , father .

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DAY, Joshua = w = m = died September 27, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co. , Va.
= cd not known = 13 mo = p Albert and L
Day = p b Buchanan Co.
Va. = ihf Albert IB.y, father .

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April 15, 1895 =pd Buchanan Co ., Va. = cd
fits = 10 mo = p Sandy and L. Goss = pb Buchanan Co . , Va. = inf
Sandy Goss .

6.

HARMAN, Ida J . = w = f = d April 2, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co. , Va. =
cd fever = 6 mos = p H. C. and Nancy Harman = pb Buchanan Co . , Va.

GOSS, D. A. = w = m

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H. C. Harman .

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No Name= w = f = d November 15, 1895 =pd Buchanan Co., Va . = cd
Dead Born = p J. P. and Catherine Keen = pb Buchanan Co . , Va . =
inf J. P. Keen, father.

8.

McNEIL, Thomas Foster = w = m = d October 16, 1895 = pd Buchanan
Co., Va. = cd flux = 4 y 7 mo = p J. Q. and Marg ret McNeil = pb
Buchanan Co., Va. =inf J. Q. McNeil, Hd. of family.

9.

NIPPER, Mary A. = w = f = d March 10,' 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va.
cd whooping caugh = 10 mo = p P . and E . Nipper = pb Buchanan Co.
Va. = inf P. Nipper, head of family.

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No Name = w = f = d July 8 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va . = cd dead
boni = p N. W. Osborn and Randy = pb Buchanan Co . , Va. = inf Randy
Osboni, Hd. of family.

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RATLIFF, Howard = w = m = d September JO, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co . ,
Va = cd spinel disease = 6 y = p W. B~ and Cosby Ratliff = pb
Buchanan Co., Va. = inf W. B. Ratliff, Hd. of family.

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STILLWELL, Amos E. = w = m = d July 28, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va
= cd spinel disease = 2 mo = p B. and H. Sti11well
pb Buchanan
Co., Va. =inf B. Stillwell, Hd of family .

13.

STILLWELL, Hannah E. = w = f = d August 25, 189.5 = pd Buchanan Co .
Va = cd flux = 24 y = p unknown = pb Buchanan Co. , Va. inf B. Still well, Hd. of family.

14.

WADE, Author = w = m = d September 9, 1895 =;: pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd fever = 18 y = p Asa and Sarah Wade = pb Ash Co . , N. C. = in£
Sarah Wade .

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WARD, Mary = w = f = d October 19, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va. = cd
not lmown = 6 d = p J. R. and L. M. Ward = pb Buchanan Co., Va. =
inf J. R. Wa rd, Hd of family.

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Mary = w = f = d August 28, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va. =
cd cancer = 1 y 3 mo = p R. and Dicey Watson = pb Buchanan Co. , Va
= inf R. Wa t s on, Hd. of f amily.

REGISTER OF DEATHS within Buchanan County , Virginia, Western District.
J. W. Boyd , Commissioner of the Revenue, in the year ending J1st
December 1895 .

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ASHBY, Vienna = w = f = d March J, 1895 =pd Buchanan Co., Va. =
cd croup = 1 d = p Ed and Almeda Ashby = pb Buchanan Co., Va. = inf
parents.

2.

BOYD, Ma r garet L. = w = f = d July 28, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd cons umption = J1 y 6 mo 8 d = p H. G. and Nancy Jackson =
married = inf husband = pb Buchanan Co . , Va.

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BARTON, Simeon = w = m = a Augus t 8 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va . =
cd unlmown = p G. W. and Mary Barton = pb Buchanan Co., Va. = 1 mo
14 d = inf Hd. of family.

4.

CHURCH, William F . = w = m = d September 20 , 1895 =pd Buchanan Co,
Va. = cd croup = 1 y 4 mo = p D. C. and Isabel Church = pb Buchanan
Co., Va . = inf Hd . of family .

5.

CLEVINGER, Lincus
Va. = cd unknown
Buchanan Co., Va.

6.

COOK, Edward = w = m = d December 14, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va.
= cd unknown = age dead born = p J. A. and Nancy Cook = pb Buchanan
Co ., Va = inf Creed S . Cook .

7.

GRIFFETH, Pheba = w = f = d November 26, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va
= cd diphteria = 47 y = p George and Peggy Gri.f'feth - pb Tazewell
Co. , Va. = married = inf parents .

8.

HURT, Meekin L. = w = m = d August 25 (1895) =pd Russell Co., Va .
= cd fever = J4 y = p I. J. and Anna Hurt = pb Buchanan Co. , Va. =
o distillery = inf parents = married.

9.

HALE, Rosa = w = f = d April 14 (1895) = pd Buchanan Co., Va. = cd
unknown = age unknown = p J . H. and D. C. Hale = pb Buchanan Co . '
Va = unmarried = inf parents.

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= w = m = d January 16, 1895
= 20 d = p L. W. and Caroline
= inf Hd. of family .

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Clevinger
pb

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Va = cd unknown = 24 d = p J . and Lucy Jackson = pb Buchanan Co . ,
Va. = inf parents ,

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JAMES, Jane = w = f = d Septe mber 12 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va .
= cd lock j aw and hog b i t = 40*= p F . and Vicy Deel = pb Russel l
Co . , Va. = married = inf hu sband .
(*years )

12.

LOONEY, J . M. =white = mal e = d February 15 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co .
Va. = J4 y = p Joseph and Vicy Looney = p b Buchanan Co . , Va . =
married = inf wife = cd consumption .

1J. LESTER, Saida L . = w = f = d November 16 , 1 895 = pd Buchanan Co .,
Va
Va

unknown = 1 mo
= inf parents.

= cd

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El i and Jane Lester

= pb

Buchanan Co . ,

14.

MUTTER, Wm. H. = w = d August 12 , 189 5 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va . = cd
unknown = J d = p B. J. a n d C . A. Mutter = pb Buchanan Co ., Va . =
inf parents .

15.

MEADOWS, Francis = w = m = d August 18 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co .,
Va = cd typhoid fever = 50 y = p Horten and Rebecca Meadows =
pb Buchanan Co . , Va = marri e d = i nf wife .

16.

NICKE18, Willie = w = f = d F e brua ry 22 , 18 9 5 = pd Buchanan Co . ,
Va. = cd unknown = age unknown = p J. a n d Sarah Nickel s = u nma rried
= inf parents .

17.

= d June 8 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va . = cd
consumption = 54 y = p J . a nd Pricy Owens = pb Russell Co., Va . =
married = inf wife.

18.

OQUIN, Wm . P . = w = m = d December 8 , 1 895 = pd Buchanan Co , Va . =
cd who oping caugh = 2 mo 14 d = p A. and Marga ret J. Oquin =pb
Buchanan Co , Va = inf parents .

19.

PHILLIPPS , Ethel = w = m ( ?) = d October 15 , 1 8 9 5 = pd Buchanan Co ,
Va = cd unlmown = age unknown = p T. and Mary Phillipps = p b
Buchanan Co, Va . = inf parents .

20.

SWINEY, Sarah E. = w = f
= cd unlmown = age 2.3 d
Va. = inf p arents.

21.

STILTNER, John = w = m = d September 15, 1 895 = pd Buchanan Co . ,
Va = c d f lux = 5 y = p Jacob and Sus~ Stiltner = pb Buchanan Co. ,
Va. = inf parents .

22.

STILTNER, I saac = w = m = d S eptemb er 18, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co .,
Va = cd flux = 7 y = p Jacob and Susan Stiltner = pb Buchanan Co ,
Va = inf parents.

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STREET, Girtrude = w = f = d December 2 0 , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co .,
Va = cd flux = 10 mo 18 d = p Jm. and Jane Street = pb Buchanan
Co, Va = inf parents.

OWENS, A. J. = w = m

= d October 8, 1895· = p d
= p Ell and Retta. Swiney

Buchanan Co. , Va.
= p b Bu chanan Co,

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TII.LER, Arthu r = w = m = d April 11, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co., Va . =
cd croup = JO d = p A. and Rosina Street (I ques tioned this informa tion , since the child has one name and parents a different one)
= p b Buchanan Co . , Va . = inf parents .

25 .

VANCE , Alexander = w = m = d December Ji, 1895 = pd Buchanan Co ,
Va = cd typhoid fever = 45 y = p W'm. and Peggy Vance = pb Buchanan
Co ., Va. = inf wife.

26 .

YATES, Aams = w = m = d December Ji , 1895 = pd Buchanan Co . , Va. =
cd unlmown = 1 mo 12 d = p J . D. and M. D. Yates= pb Buchanan Co ,
Va . = inf parents .

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LOONEY, Peter= w = m = d February 15, 1895 = 8 Y 5 mo J d = P
J . W. and Vicey Looney = cd fever = pb Buchanan Co., Va. = inf
mother.

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by
Charles T Burton , Genealogist
Rt 2 , Box 191, Troutville , VA 24175
When you are just begin ning your search for family records, in this
area, you ask yoursel£ several questions : What do I do first? What next?
Where do I g o first ? Next? Etc .
First , you put together all names , dates , places , etc ., from your
living relatives , family records , such as Family Bibles, old diaries ,
letters, e tc . ·
Next , you look for additional information about the persons at the
places you have from the Family Records . Most of this additional information i s f oW1d at County Courthouses, in the office and vault of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court .

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information recorded after the date of the formation of the county.
Therefore , knowing the date of the founding of the county, is important.
Records of an earlier date may be found in the Courthouse of the county
that was s plit to form the new county .
Another thing; when a town is incorporated into a city , it is no
longer a part of the county , and the records of that area are found at
the CITY Courthouse .
So , you ask, "Where do I find the Courthouse?" If travelling, the
street address can be found in the local telephone directory ; look under
the name of the City, for "Clerk of Circuit Court '' , or the attendant at
a service station , etc , will direct you .
To learn the name of the County seat , where the Circuit Courthouse
can be found : Most libraries have booklets listing Counties and their
CoW1ty seats, and giving other helpful information . County seats are
also listed on State Road Maps . If you wish to write to the County Clerk,
address it: Clerk of Circuit Courty , - - - - --- County ,
(name
of CoW1ty Seat ), Va . (zip code . )
By way of illustration, to help you understand about the early court
records of this area: All of this area was in Orange County, Va., before 1745; but there were hardly any white people here, then. In 1745,
Orange County was split , and the area west of the Blue Ridge Mountains
and south of the northern boundary of present- day Rockingham County, became the new County of Augusta, County seat in Staunton, Va.
In 1770,
that part of Augusta southwest of the site of Lexington, Va., became the
new County of Botetourt , County Seat at Fincastle. In 1772, that part
of Botetourt County southwest of about the site of Salem, Va., became the
County of Fincastle, County Seat at the Lead Mines. 'Ihen, in 1777, Fincastle County ceased to exist , and three counties were formed from it's
area : Kentucky, Washington and Montgomery, County Seat of Washington,
Abingdon, and of Montgomery, Christiansburg. The records of Fincastle
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'!hen , at later dates , othe r new counties were formed , with their new
courthouses .
Another thing to r emember : t he forrnatior. of new ::;tates ; Kentucky
in 1792 , and West Virg i nia in 186J .
Some of you will a sk , "How a b ou t Church Records ? "
None of the e a rly
churches in this area attempted t o k eep records of births , deaths or
marriages , or if they did, none have s urvived , to my kno wledge .
A few
minis t ers kept personal lists of ma rriages and (or ) baptisms ; bu t these
lists are so few as to be almost none .
Another question , often a s ked , "Why can ' t I find real ear l y marriage
records at the courthouse ?" Before the Rev oluti on , t h e only persons
·authorized to perform the marriage cere mo n y were the Min i sters of the
Church of England. The Church of Eng land was v ery wea k in thi s part of
the state ; the Ves tries being made up , p a rtly , by men of o the r demoninations . The marriage rites were considere d t h e bus i ness o f the Church,
as were thos e of baptisms and the ' las t rite s ' o f the d ead , a nd these
records were supposed to have been recorded i n th e Pari s h Reg i s ter and
kept in the Church records , and not at the courthous e .
As far as is
known, these Parish Registers were not kept , in thi s p a rt of Virginia .
Ministers of the ' other d enominations ' performe d marriag es in their
own congregations , and the couples c ons idered th ems elves married in the
sight of God . At the clos e of the Revolution, one of the f irst a cts of
the General Assembly , was to make all marriages performed by a l l denominations legal , and the children born to s uch marriages , legi ti tmate .
And authori zed the l i cens ing of Ordained Ministers to perform marriages .
For the above reasons, very few marriag e s we re recorded in the County
Courthous e, until about 1782 .
You will have other questions ; feel free to a sk this wr iter , or
the Genealogical Society, we '11 do our best to answer.
Charles T Burton

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CATHERINE WILLIS
(The orig i nal of thi s Legislative Petition is at the Virginia State Archives,
Richmond Vir g inia . It is i n the Franklin Co., Virginia, box which includes the year 1807 . A copy has been placed in the Virginia Room,
Roanoke City Public Library . An attempt has been made to trace the signatures that were on the petition . Told that it is a very goocl copy. )

Legislative Peti tion : Catharine Willis petition; To Ch Jus'n Rej'd Dec 18-07;
Deer 29 , 1807 Rej ' d ; rep 'd.
To the honorable the s peaker and house of delegates of the General assembly of
Virginia. The petition of Catharine Willis humably sheweth that she was married
to a certain Joseph Willis a bout five years ago in Pendleton Virginia and that
after coming with him to Franklin County Virginia where your petitioner now
lives - he abandoned your petitioner and her two little children and went to the
State of Ohio where he is since married. Your petitioner would have contented
herself in her forlonghn situation and endeavored to support herself &amp; little
children without murmer had it not been for the distrisses which have follen on
her by reason of the Debts of her unnatural husband
Your petitioner begs leave
to state that the said Joseph Willis when he went of was very much in debt and
left her without bread with out meat und allmost without ·cloathes-- and sti+l
it is a fact that his creditors have taken from her from time to time what she
has made with her own hands -- her wheel the pot in which she prepaired her
humble meal secured by the work of her own hands, has been taken &amp; sold and
such was the capacity of his creditors that lately a part of her cloathes were
taken &amp; sold Thus situated &amp; suffering your petitioner appeals to your honorable Ya by for releif and prays that you would grant a divorce - And as bound in
duty the wile pray de Catharine Willis
At the request of Catharine Willis formerly Catharine Harrold she Certify that
Joseph Willis has deserted her - and that it is reported and believed that he is
married again in Ohio that the said Catharine is apparrantly a discreet woman
very industrious and that it is t:rue what she has his?the too made by her
labour has been taken to pay her husbands Debts .
Nath ' l H Claiborne Att at L
Abram Griffey
John Bowman
John ?Ceely
Joseph Nave
Philemon Smith
Abraham Abshire
John Noftsinger
Nathaniel Mitchel
Henry Carper
William Coger
William James
John Boon

John ?Flosey? Hoses?
Isaac Boon
George Phillips
James Abshire
Adam Wray
Adam Gannan
Na" Gayerols?
Henry Wees? Wese
10.niel Brower
10.vid Overhotts
Edward Robision
James Wray

Oliver Wray
William Wright
James Wray Jr
John Wright
George Wright
Elijah Booclgnan
Henry Lane
John Lwary?
Jams Mills
Valentine Napier

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PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
1850 Mortality Schedule
The followin g i s a few of the deaths (married and old) from the 1850 Census
Mortality Schedul e . The original is at the Virginia State Archives, Richmond , Virginia , and on microfilm .
page 118
Line 1. J esse Sanders = 87 yrs =male =widowed= d July
2 . Lynch Dilla rd = 66 yrs = male = widowed = d Aug
J. Jane Thompson = 60 yrs = female = widowed = d May
16. Susan Boswell = 44 yrs = female = married = d Feb
17. Abram Debo = 75 yrs = male = married = b PA = d May
18. R H Bowen = J6 yrs = male = married = d Oct
26 . Su san Shields = 6J yrs = female = d Feb
27 . Eliza Whitehead = J6 yrs = female = married = d Mar
29 . Elizabeth Shel ton = ?40 yrs = female = married = d Aug
35 . Jacob Hufman = 62 yrs = male = married = b Md = d Apr
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Abram
Dolly
Bryan
Sally

Lewis = 52 yrs = male = widowed = d April
C Mathews = J7 yrs = female = married = d June
Lea = 62 yrs = male = married = d May
Crews = 45 yrs = female = married = d Jan .

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2 . Susan Wooding = 73 yrs = female = widowed = d April
14 . Harriet Lovelace = 47 yrs = female = married = d May
24 . Jacob Turk = 70 yrs = male = d Aug
26 . Mary Giles = 54 yrs = female = widowed = d Oct
33. B M Reynolds = 45 yrs = male = married
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2 . ?Avery Law = BJ yrs = female = widowed = d Mar
4 . Francis Parish = JO yrs = female = married = d May
5 . Jane Parish = 62 yrs = female = married = d June
11. Chris Robertson = 70 yrs = male = married = d June
1J . Judith Meraisks?? = 24 yrs =female =married = d Sept.
14. Mary Childress = 25 yrs = female = married = d July
16. William D Griggs = 49 yrs = male = married = d Oct.
19 . John Giles Sr = 80 yrs = male = married = d Aug.
2J . Nancy Powerr = 26 yrs = female = married = d Jany
27 . Clement Pigg = 63 yrs = male = married = d Dec .
28 . Eleanor Parker =
yrs = female = widowed = d Feby
F:rancis
Bell
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85
yrs
= female = widowed = d Nov.
32 .
JJ. Frances Swanson = 67 yrs = male = married = Feby died
35, John James = 61 yrs = male = married = d Jany
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1. Thomas East = 74 yrs
male = married = d Oct.
19 . John S Adams = 69 yrs = male = married = d Oct.
2J . Betsey Barrett = 37 yrs = female = married = d July
28. Travis G Miller = 45 yrs = male = married = d Sept
29. Elizabeth Roach = 85 yrs = female = widowed = d Sept

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page 123
Line 7 . Willis Shel ton = 83 yrs = married = widowed = d June
14. Ann Watson = 74 yrs = female = married = d Mar
20 . Sally Watson = 72 yrs = f emal e = widowed = d Mn.r
21. Nancy Shel ton = 37 yrs = female = married = d May
26 . Catharine Womack = 33 y rs = female = married = d Aug
34. Mary Nowlin = 39 yrs = f emal e = married = d Dec .
page 124
4 . Shedrick Chaklah? = 40 y rs

= male = married =

d Aug

page 125,
1. Wilmoth N. Aany??/AJnos ?? = 36 yrs = female = marri ed
2. Letty White = 75 yrs = f emal e = married = d Oct
3. Clement Pigg = 70 yrs = ma le = married = d Jany
9 , John Elliott = 34 yrs = ma le = ma rri e d = d Ap ril

=d

Aug

page 126 .
2. Martha M Harris = 42 yrs = fema le = marri e d = d J any
20. William F Burnett = 23 yrs = ma le = ma rri e d = d Ma rch
28. Sarah Thornton = 72 yrs = fema l e = b NC = d Jul y
page 127.
3. William Womack = 50 yrs = male = ma rried = d Nov
8 . Jane Dix = 28 yrs = female = ma rried = d Jany
13. Sarah McLanland? = yrs = female = ma rri e d = Nov
14. Wilmoth Williams = 84 yrs = female = widowed = d Apr
33. Robert Terry = 22 yrs = male = married = d Sept
page 128
3,
11.
26.
35.

George A Gwinn = 55 yrs = male = married = d Jany
William B Anderson = 71 yrs = male = married = d Feby
Eliza ?Townes = 24 yrs = female = married = d Aug
Joshua Howerton = 40 yrs = male = married = d April

page 129
1. Mary Millner?

= ?62

yrs

= female = married =

d Nov

page 130
4, Mary Iailey = 22 yrs = female = married = d April
5, Nicholas Lewis = 28 yrs = male = married = d July
7, Sampson Dodson = 42 yrs = male = married = d Oct
8. Nancy ?Grey? = 74 yrs = female = married = d April
9, Mary Banks Pricharde? = 31 yrs = female = b NC = d Nov
11. Robert Hardy = 70 yrs = male = widowed = d April
21. Ann W Eanes/?Eavins? = 50 years = female = married = d Nov
page 131
9 , John Iavis = 62 yrs = male = married = d Jany
page 132
9, William W Price = 21 yrs = male = married = d Mch
17. John Ross = 66 yrs = male = married = b Ireland = d Mch

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CONFEDERA'IE VE'IERANS
contributed by
Michael A Ports
(From the Richmond , Va . , Dispatch, May 16, 1902)
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COMPANY C, THIRTY- SEVENTH VA . INFANTRY
A List of the Officers and Privates and Brief History
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Will you kindly publis h in your Confederate Column t he enclosed roll
of Company C, J?th Regiment , Virginia Infantry? By so doing you will
oblige the few survivors of that old company , which was as gallant as any
that ever kept step to the music of ''Dixie" during the sixties .
And right here I want to thank the Dispatch
of the worthy Confederate soldier. We claim the
organ , as some of us commenced reading it in the
Richmond , and we value it greatly. I wish every
s criber to it .

C. B. Price.

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for its generous defence
paper as our offici al
camps and trenches around
Confederate was a sub-

THE ROSTER .

Rol l of Company C, J?th Regiment , Vi rginia Infantry, Third Brigade
(Taliaferro ' s) , Jackson ' s old Di.vision , Jackson ' s Corps, Army of Northern
Virginia.
Captain - J . F . Mcilhany , dead .
Lieutenants - James L. White, wounded ; John D. Duff, killed; J . D.
Alderson .
Sergeants - John W. Fickle , dead; Mike Powers , dead; William H. _,
Fuller, wounded ; Floyd Carico .
Corporal s - James L. Will iams; John T. Gray , wounded; William Carson,
dead; C. B. Price , wounded .
PRIVATES.
Thomas C. Aston , wounded , dead.
Orral Anderson .
Mel vin Anderson , kil led.
James Adams, d ead.
James Bussey .
J ohn Bussey , killed .
Fleming Burk, kil led.
John G. Burk.
Edward Ball.
James Ball.
O. C. Baker.
James Boyd.
R. C. Boyd.

Ha.be. Bickley, dead.
John Buckles , dead.
Isaac Boyd, dead.
Charles Breadlore, dead.
William Breadlore.
Joseph Bausel l, dead.
John Belther, killed.
George Bays, dead.
James Bays, dead.
Fitze. Coman, dead
John Crowder, dead.
Wesley Barker, dead.
(above 'out of _.place name - typist
error)

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*Ianiel Farmer
William Campbell, wounded; dead .
William Culberson , killed.
William P. Cooper, wounded.
Nathan Cooper, wounded.
John Counts, dead.
Luther H. Clapp.
Fullen Dickenson.
John fuff.
James Du:ff .
Reese B. Du:ff, dead.

o. c.

Dlff .

Samuel Du:ff.
Thomas Dougherty, killed.
J . B. Ia.vis , wounded.
E. D. K. Iavis.
William Iavenport .
John Dickenson, wounded .
Nathan Easterly, killed.
Soloman Engle, dead.
Jesse Elliot, dead.
Jackson Farmer, dead .
*H. S. Fickle , wounded ; dead .
I . B. Fickle, wounded; dead.
William Frick, dead.
Isaac Faddas, dead.
Andrew Ferrel.
Soloman Fraly.
Elihu Fields, de'ad.
Dock Fraley , dead .
Henry Fry, dead.
Lilburn Fields.
Charles Finery, dead.
Lafayette Gilmer.
E. D. Grey.
John D. Grey, wounded; dead.
W. S. Gilmer, dead.
William Greyham.
James Grey, dead.
Arch. Grey.
Morgan Gil mer, dead.
Jefferson Howell, dead.
Lilburn Hendrix, dead.
Frank Horton , killed.
John Human.
J. J. Heneritzy.
William Haney.

*Jame3 J essee , dead
William Hanson .
W. R . Harry .

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Thomas Harri::&gt; , wounded ; dead .
J effers on J essee , S r ., killed .
J efferson Jes3ce , Jr ., dead .
Samuel Keller , transferred .
J erry Kelly , d ead .
Henry Kelly , d ead .
Willia m King .
Thomas King .
David Kimberlin .
David McCru t , kille d .
Jo hn McElhany, dead.
Samuel McCloud, kil l ed .
Hugh Mutter , dead.
Hensley Mead, dead .
Charles McElha, dead .
J acob Mitchem .
Hug h Mongumery, killed .
Thomas Morton .
John McFaden, dead .
Joseph McCarthy , dead .
John McCloud.
Henry Moore.
Harry Mays, dead .
C. W. Powers .
Calvin Powers, wounded.
William Powers, dead .
William Parks.
G. W
. Seacott .
James Shell , killed.
I saac Shell, wounded.
John Sawyers.
William Sawyers, dead.
Samuel Southerland.
Riley Smith, dead.
J. H. Sullivan .
Armstrong Skenes.
Henry Steel.
George Smith, killed.
J. S . Vermillon, killed .
Charles Whetsel, killed.
Benjamin Whetsel, dead.
John Williams, killed .
Thomas Wilson, wounded; dead.
S. H. Wyett.

'Ihe foregoing roll was ma.de from memory by C. B. Price, a member of the
old company, who now resides at Hansonville, Russell County, Va .
I have been at work on it for one year. If any name has been omitted or
is spelled incorrectly, I hope it will be reported to me, as I wis h the
the roster to be complete before it is i mpossible to get it, as the sur-

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vivers will have soon passed away.
C. B. Price was corporal of Company C, J7th Regiement, Virginia
Infantry .
Company C was enlisted in Russell county , Va . , Apri l , 1861 , went
immediately to the front , and was in the war from start to finish.

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NUNN FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS
Contributed by
Colonel William Preston Chapter NSDAR
Roanoke, Virginia
In 1949 this Bible was in possession of Hermann Adkins , Roanoke , Va.
BIRTHS
Josiah Wesley Nunn was born April 20 , 1827
Lovina Ann Pedigo was born July 22 , 18JO
William R. Nunn was born December 8 , 1850
Joseph Henry Nunn was born August 6 , 1853
Saro.h Jane Nunn was born April 24 , 1856
Mary Virginia Nunn was born
27 , 1850
Martha Ann Nunn was born October 25, 1861
Thomas Martin Nunn was born January 9 , 1866
John Wesley Nunn was born August 29, 1868
Lillie Bell Nunn was born May 1 , 1872
MARRIAGES
J . Wesley Nunn and Lavi na A. Pedigo were united in matrimony at the residence of Joseph Pedigo, October 17 , 1849 , by Aniold Walker, Oaklever, Henry
county , Virginia
W. R. Nunn and Emma J , Draper were married November 20, 1877
J . H. Nunn and Lucy J , Stone were married November 24, 1881
Sarah J . Nunn and D. E. Marshall were married December 18, 1878
Martha A. Nunn and C. L. Holland were married February 10, 1886
Mary V. Nunn and B. L. Marshall were married .December 2J , 1898
T. M. Nunn and Bettie M. Carter were married
1895
John W. Nunn and Marie Womack were married~~~~~~
Lillie B. Nunn and W. H. Adkins were marri ed January JO, 1895
William R. Nunn and Roberta Susan Draper were married June 27, 1894
William R. Nunn and Lil ian Via Shumate ~~~~~~~~
DEATHS

J . Wesley Nunn died March 14, 1901
Lovina A. Nunn died Spring of 1907
W. R. Nunn died March JO , 1818
Emma J, Nunn died August 5 , 189J
Roberts S . Nunn died July 5 , 1897
Joseph H. Nunn died
1908
I do certify that this is a true and just copy of the above named bible
(note: from a typed copy)

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SURNAMES

i..

Here is the list of s urnames that members have sent
See the members(hip directory for the numbers followin g each name .
Example : Goodpas ture
Va-0112) - The member i s looking for Goodpasture:::; in the state of Va . ,
0,~12 - Robert A Goodpasture . The state the person ls rc:.:;earching comes
first - i f no state than they would like to hear .from o.11 researc hing the sane
Abshear - 01
Bell : (Va-V128)
Cameron : ( 0301)
·
Abshire - 01
Bench: . (026 )
Campbell : (Va-0102 )
Acton - (Va-OJOJ
Benham : ( 0216 )
(Russell Co , Va - Tn
Adams - (Va-0128) (NC-0128 ) Bennett: (Va-016)
-0190 )
('Ih-Va-Mo-0293)
Bentley: ( SC , Ga-079 )
Capper (va-OJ1 8 )
Adkins _ (Va-Oh-0149)
Beverly : (NC-0179)
Cardwell : ( Ku- 012J )
(Montgomery Co,Va-0232) Bishop: ( sw Va-OJJ)
Carr : (Va-Ky-095 )
Akers: (Va-V?8) ; (Va-OJOJ) Black: (Va-NC-Ky-V15 ); Carrick s (va-0175 )
· (Va-OJ18), (Va-0270) .
(Va -WV-011 5 ); (OhCarroll : (Va-Tu-06 )
Alexander : (NC-Va-TN-01 );
0227)
Carter : (Va- 0 6 9) (GoochVa-V51)
Blackwell: ( NC- Va-091 )
land/Cumberland-V175)
Allen: (Va-1\y-In-0272)
Blakely: (028J )
Cassell : (va-VJ1)
Alley : (Va-0273)
Blankens hip: (Va-0104), Cassity: (Va-WV-Ky-MoAltic: (038)
(va-WV-0115 ), ( Oh01 81 )
Altizer : (Va-V87);
0227 )
Cecil : ( Pulaski Co-0232 )
(Va-0270)
Boothe: (Va-V96 ), (0221) Chamb ers : (Ky-V87)
Ancrums: (SC-082)
Bosters: (Va-0101)
Chapli n : (Va- 0242 )
Anderson: (Va- NC-0309) ;
Bott: (Va-014)
Chastain : (Va-s c-079) ,
· (Va-06) ; (Appomattox
Bowen: (Va- 101)
Childress : (Va -NC-0170),
Co, Va-040)
Bowlin: (Va-02 17)
(Va-NC-Tu - Mo- OJ4) ,
Andrews: (Va-V124)
Bowman: (Va-0222 )
(Va- 01 75 )
Angle: (Va-V124)
Bowyer: (Va-093) ,
Christian : (Va-Isle of
Argabright: (Va-V25 )
(Va-0175)
,
Man- 0 219 ), Va-0254)
Armentrout: (Va-093)
Boyl(e ) s (Pa-Va-In-0295 ) Churchwell: (0216)
Arrington: (Va-0309)
Bradshaw a (Va- 0228 )
Clark: (Va -055) (Va-V
Artrip: (Va-0240 )
Branch : (NC-Va-0219 )
J6 ) , (Pa-059)
Asberry/Asbury: (015)
Brandstetta : (Va-0102) Cochran: (Hampshire CoAtkinson: (va-041);
Brayton: (059)
02J8 )
(Va-066)
Brickey: (Va-068 )
Cock: (Scott Co- 097 )
Atkins: (Va- 066)
Brooks : (va-159 ) ,
Coffman: (Va-017 )
Austin: (Va-V128)
(Ky-0255)
Collins : (Grayson CoBrown : (Rke-Botetourt047 ) , Va-V196 )
0288)
,
(Va-V25)
,
(paColtharp
: (Va-Tn-061 )
Bagnal: (NC-Va-066)
swVa-0135) , ( va-0167 ), Colyer: (Pa-076 )
Baker: (Va-055)
(Henry &amp; Franklin Co Compton : (Halifax CoBallard: (Culpeper Co ,
-0157), (Orange Co-0251 )
V120 )
Va-0251)
Brumfield: (Va-Ky-01J1 ) Cook: (Ga-V107 )
Banner: (015)
Bryant : (Va-V96 ), FrankCooper: ( Va-V199 )
Barbour: (Va-V199 )
lin, Va-V12J ) .
Cope: (Va-NC-0206 )
Barnard.: ( 'lh- 061)
Burkholder: (Va-041 )
Copenbarger: (Va-0120)
Barnett: . (va-Oh-0316)
Burnett: (0221), VaCopes: (Oh-Va-0257 )
Barnhart 1 (Va-0222)
0268.)
Copp: (Va-OJ1)
Basham 1 ( 088) ; CumberBurton:
(VaNC024J
),
Corl
ey: ( 088 )
land/Goochland-V175)
Md-0319)
Courtney: (Pa-09)
Bates: (Va-0_54)
Butchers (Va-Md-067 )
Cousins: ( Va-0167)
Bayne: (Va-V159)
Beach: (0217)
Butler: (Va-NC-0170 )
Cowan: ( Va-'fu-066 )
Beckett t ( 026)
Butt: (Va-V31)
Cox: ('Ih-06 ) , Grayson
Beils (Pa-Va-0295);
Byars: (Va-OJ18 )
co-NC-047 ) , Scott CoBelcher: (Ky-0255)
Byrd: (va-V123), (NC097 )
Va- V179)

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Galloway: (NC-Tn-0295)
Gandy/Gandee ): (WV-V187)
Gardner: (035)
Garner: (va-Ky-062 )
Garrett : (swVa-0134),
(Pittsylvania Co-0251)
Gauldl.ng: (Va-OJOJ)
Gearheart : (Va-0199)
George : (Hampshire Co0238) , (Ga-091)
Gibboney : (Va-VJ?)
Eagle : (NC-Va-Ky-01)
Gibbs : (Ga-V107)
Earles: (Va-V199)
Gibson : (Va-V199)
Easter : (Va-086)
Gilbert : (va-V9J )
Gillespie: (Va-Pa-OJ1)
Echols: (V101)
Gill(e)y : (Va-076)
Eddy : (Va-WV-Oh-InGilliland: (Botetourt089)
Alleghany Co-022)
Edmonds : ( 0208)
Gillispie:
(Va-0280)
Edwards: (NC-V36)
Gilmore
:
(Va-Ky-062)
Edwins : (Va- NC- 065)
Glenn : (Va-NC-08)
Elder : (Va-V1J8)
Godbey: (Halifax-Pulaski
Eller : (NC-V51)
DALTON : (0301) , (vaCo-0251 )
Elliott : (Mo-Ky-0293)
Golding: (NC-Va-0282)
Tu-076)
E:nglard : (va-NC- 0206)
Goodpasture : (Va-0112)
Da.niel: (Prince Ed ' d
Ervin : (Scott Co-097)
Graham: (Va-0243), (VaCo-040)
Epperly : (va-0303)
Darter: ( Scott Co-V141)
Ester : (Va-Ky-062)
VJ?)
Gra(i)nger: (Va-V15)
Daugherty: (019)
Evans : (Va-075)
Davids on : (Va-075) , (VaGraves: (Va-V?8)
Gray: (Va-V5), Va-053)
0268)
Fanning: (Va-0202)
Grayson: (Va-V166)
Davis : (va-OJ4) , (va-v76), Farmer : (Va-Or-OJ4),
Green: (NC-WV-0115)
(Botetourt Co-099 ),
(V162 )
Greenwood: ( 015)
(Va-0288 ), (Pa-0189 )
Fehrman : (Il-097 )
Griffith:
(va-069), (VaDa.vison : ( 078)
Felty: (Pa-swVa-0135)
0240)
Da.wson: (va-079)
Ferguson : (Va-015), VaDean : (Va-0278)
WV-Ky-072) , (Va-02JJ) Grills: (Va-0284)
DeBoe : (Pa-Va-Ky-0220)
Fielder : (Grayson CoGrisso: ( OJ8)
Groseclose: (Va- In-IoDebusk: (Va-091)
099)
Dees : (NC-SC-0273)
Fillinger: (Va-0254)
0120)
Grubb: (Va- 202)
DeHart : lva-V120)
Finney : lVa-0228)
DeLapp : Il-V87
Finter : 053
Gunoe: (va-WV-0254)
Denton: Va-054L (VaFisher : OJ8L (0262),
Hale: (Va- 'lb-06), (VaNC-0309)
(Oh-Io-0120)
0252)
Deshler : (Va-Pa-093)
Fisher: (OJ8 ), (0262),
Haga: (Va-0202)
Deskins: (V124)
(Oh-Io-0120)
Haggard: (va-NC-Tn-0181)
Dickens : (0208 )
Fleming: (Va-0102)
Haller.: (Va-Pa-VJ?)
Dickenson: (Va-V15),
Flora: (038), (0222)
Halley: (Va-0256)
(Russell Co-082)
Ford: (NC-WV-0115)
Halstead: (NY-Oh-In-0295)
Dickey: (Va-OJ1l
Francisco: (Va-0101)
Hamilton: (Va-0179),
Diehl1 (Va-0205
Franklin: (Va- V91 )
Dinwiddie : (V79
Frantz1 (038 )
(va-V186)
Disher : (NC-V46 )
Freeman:(NC-0179), (OJ5) Hammond: (Va-0149)
Doak: (Va-Mo-Il-o2J5 ) , . Fuga tes: (Va-V111)
Hamrick: (va-Oh-0316)
Dool(e )y: (Va-Ky- In-0181) Fulk: (Va-NC-0309 )
Hancock: (Va-V?6)
Downard.a (088)
Fults: (Va-NC-0206)
Hanks: (Va-055)

Craghead : ( V79 )
Crous e/Crows : ( Pa-NC065 )
Crabtree : (va - Md-066 )
Craft : ( va-041)
Craig : (Va - Ky-V15 ),
(Va -041)
Crane : (Va - In-059)
Crawford : (Va -069)
Crocke tt : (OJ01)
Crotty : (WV-Va - V41)
Cruis e : (Va- VJ1)
Creas y: (va- 070)
Crumpacker : (va-070)
Cundiff: (Va-Ky-013)
Curtis : (In-Va -WV-019)
Curtrig ht : (va-J&lt;y067)
Cus ter : (Pa -Va -OJ1) ,
Va-Oh-Wa-0320)
Cyphert s ee Seifert

Drake : (Va-Tn-Il-067),
(Va-Ky-WV-086 )
Drod(d)y : (WV-Fl-V187)
Dryden : ( 0247)
Duley : (va-Ky-In-0181)
Duncan : (Ky-Va-0227 )
Dunn : (va-NC-0131)
Durham: ( 0283)
Durmon : (Va-Ky-0137)
Dyer : (Va-NC-WV-Tn-0184)

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Hanshew: (Va- OJ1)
Harbert t (Va-068)
Harless : (Pa- Va-V78)
Ha.rma.n_: (va-VJ1)
Harmon: (Montgomery/Alleghaney Cos-022), (va202)
Harlow.: (Va-OJ20)
Harper: (NC-Va-V179) ,
(Va-Oh-0149)
Harreld: (Va-In-0120)
Harrell : (Va-0270)
Harris: (va-0199), (0200) ,
(0221)
Harrisonr (Va-0117)
Hartley: (NC-VJ6)
Hartman: (Md-V159)
Hartwell: (Brunswick CoV9J)
Harvey: (Va-76), WV- 0199)
Has h: (Va-0220)
Haymaker: ( 053)
Haynes: (Botetourt/Alleghany Cos -022)
Hays : (Grayson Co-047)
Hazl ewood: (va-Ky-0273)
Helton: (Va-Ky-0149),
(098)
Henderson: (Va-016), (VaKy-Ind-088)
Henton: (Berks Co,Pa-0198 )
Herbert: (Va-068)
Herrald: (Va-In-0120)
Herron: (Ga-V107)
Higgins: (Grayson Co-NC
-047)
Hilton: (Va-Ky-0149)
Hix: (Cumberland/Goochland
-V175)
Hoback: ( V8J)
Hobbs : (swVa-01J4)
Hodgen : (0200)
Hodges : ( 0137)
Hoggard: (Va-NC-Tn-0181)
Holland : (Va-08), (V79)
Holley: (Va-0256)
Holl oways (Cumberland/
Goochland-V175)
Honaker: (va-Pa-0240)
Hopkinss (Va-068)
Honibarger : (022)
House : (Va-0252 )
Houston: (va-0205 )
Howard: ( 0221 )

Hoy : ( va - WV-086)
Hubbard : (va-022J)
Huds on : ( Va-0205 )
Huggart : (In-Il-0154 )
Hughart : (In-Il-01 54 )
Humphri es : (Va-V128 )
Hur t : ( Va-055 )
Hutchens : (Va -099)
Huts on 1 ( va-NC- OJ09)
Hyatt : ( Md?-Ky-076 )

Kyle: (Va-Tu-Mo-V141)
L-'.J.ccy : (Va- NC-.Ky- Mo- 095)
L:..rrcrty : (wv-v59)

LLFollette : ( In-Tu-019 )
lr'.1.nc..:a::.;tcr : (Il-Oh-Va0?. 57 )
L:tni.lerc : ( Va-OJOJ )
L:trc h : ( Va - 086 )
L-1r~e : ( va-NY-Ky-0104 )
Lawlesz : (sc- v107 )
Innes : ( Ky-Va- V51)
Lawrence : ( Tu-Va-0284 )
Law:wn : (va-Tu-MoJackson : (Va -OJOJ )
0293 )
Ja meson : (va-WV-Ky-072) Layman : (va-0222 )
Ja mis on : ( Franklin CoLee : ( Va- Oh-Io- 0120)
0190)
Lemmon: (Va- OJ18 )
Jenkins : (Va-Ky- Al-MoLeonard: (Va- Ar- OJ19)
Leslie : (va- 0280)
095)
Jenks : (va-V51), ( V124) Les ter : (Va- V87 ), (Henry
Jennings : (va - NC- V91)
Co-0157 )
Lewellen : (va- WV- Pa Johns on : (va -0303 )
Johns ton : ( s wVa -033 )
0288 )
Jones : (va-013 ), (va Lewis : (In-Mi- 09), (vaWV-Ky-072) , (va- 0198 ),
065 ), (NC-Va -0219) ,
(Va-V128 ), (va-Tn-Mo( s w Va- OJ J)
V141), Grayson/Carroll Liddle : ( V5 )
Light : (Floyd Co-V102 ),
Cos -0278)
Li nkenhoke r: (Va-054)
Kasey : (va-0256)
Li s key: (va-In -0258)
Little: (va- Ky-0104)
Kee: ( 0117)
Lockart: (Va-0102)
Keith : ( o59) , ( v96 )
Kelly : (Va-0128),
Long : (va -0123 )
Love : (NC-V25) , (Rock(va-V196)
bridge Co-0300 )
Kendig: ( 0267)
Kennedy : (va-V25), (vaLove : (NC-V25) , (vaKy-062)
02 05)
Lovelace : (NC-0170 )
Kennon : (Va-0167)
Kenny: (va-V91 )
Lovell : (va-061 )
Kerlin : (Ky-069)
Luca s: (va-V87)
Kerr: (Va-V196 )
Lyon: (V111 )
Kessler: (Pa-Va-Md-0320) Lyon(s)/Lyen(s) : (KyKilgors: (Va-V111)
0123)
Kincade: (Va-WV-0174 )
Kindig: ( 0267)
McAlexander: (0221 )
Kingry: (Pa-V159)
McAlister : (SC-Ga-V107 )
Kinn: (Pa-Oh-0157)
McCarty: (Va-V166)
Kinnerly: (Floyd Co,Va- Mccaskey: ( oh-09 )
V102 )
McClannahan : (Pa-VaKinzer : ( V101)
0247)
Kirk: (sw Va- OJJ)
McClelland.: (Va-V5)
Knuckl es: (All sp. VaMcClintock: (Va-0117)
019)
McCrory: (Ky-V87 )
Kountz: (Va- 09J)
McCrottys (WV-Va-V41 )

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Moore : (Va-0228), (VaOh-0316)
Mooring : (Va-0363)
Moran : (WV-V120) .
Morehead : (Va-0243)
Morgan : (Tn-0184)
Morrison : (Ky-0117),
(Pittsylvania Co-061) ,
(\N-Ga-Ala-0325)
Mossis : (Va-066) , (Berks
Co,Pa-0198)
Morrissett : (Va-V51)
Mosely : ( 098)
Mothershead: (Io-0233)
Muirhead : (Va-0243)
Mullins: (Va pr 1800V123)
Mullis : (088)
Murfin : (NJ-082)
Murphy : (Va-NJ-Pa-V124)
Mackey : (SC-Mo-0235)
Musgrove : (Va-0149)
Magee : (va-Ky-0154)
Musser : ( 0301)
Major : (Md-Va-0288)
Myers: (Va-V96) , (VaMarch : (Pa-Va-Ky-Oh-089)
V1J8)
Marion: (Goochland-SC-V102)
Marlin : (va-In-0258)
Marrol/Marl: (Frederick Co Nance: (Va-0192)
-0238)
Nash : (va-V1J8) , (vaMarshall : ( s wVa-NC-0242) ,
0303)
Va-V196)
Neal : (Ky-V87)
Martin: (Pr. Ed ' d Co-040) , Newbolt/d: (sc-11-0257)
Va-034) , (Va-NC-061),
Nigh : (Io-Mo-0233)
(NC-0170).
Northcut(t) : (Va-NCMarvin : ( 0217 )
0206)
Massey : (va- NC-0223)
Nunley: (Va-Pa-WV-019)
Matthews : (Pa-065)
Mattox : (v79)
Obenchain : (Va-Pa-IoMay: (va-Ky-V31) , (Ky-VaKs-0320)
Ogden : (0208) , (Md-Va075), (Va-0300)
Mays: (Va-V5)
Ky-0319)
Meador: (Va-0267)
Ordways (Mass-NH-Ky0220)
Meadows : (Va-WV-Oh-0223)
Melton : (Va-0268)
Orange : (Va-0280)
Meridth : (Va-0273)
Overton : (Va-Ga-Ala-KyMessick : (Haywood Co , Tn0325) ,
0190)
Overholser: (sw Va- 033)
Miller: (Va-Ky-Mo-017),
(Va-Pa-093), (Va-WV-0115 ), Padgett: NC-091 )
(Va-0202), (0273) .
Pael : (Botetourt- 0238 )
Milton.: (Va-0268 )
Painter: (Tn-Va-0284)
Minter: (Va-Ky- 01)
Parkinson: (Md-Ga-079 )
Mitchell : (Va-ScotlandParsleys (Va-0216)
0219)
Parsons: (Pa-065 )
Montgomery: (Va-VJ? )
Pate: (V136)
Montague: (Va-0247)
Patrick: (078)
McClung : (Va-053)
NcD3.niel : ( Oh-0134)
McDearmon : (Va-068 )
McElhaney : (va-0123)
McElhany : (Floyd Co-V102)
MeEntire : ( 0217)
McGee : ( 088 )
McGeorge : (V 79 ) (Va-0256)
McGlothlin : (078 )
McGrady: ( s wVa- 0242 )
McGraw : (va-0252 )
Me:Guire : ( 0262 )
McHenry: (Va-Ky-0177)
McKee : (Va-0179)
McMahan: (WV-0199)
McMullan: (Va-Ga-Mo-017)
McNeil: (Va-09), (Va- V123)
McPherson : (va-013)

Patterson : (swVa-0134)
Patton : (Va-075), (VaV179) .
Patteson : (Buckington061.)
Payne: (Va- 0192) , (VaNC-0206) , (V138),
(035)
Peal : (Botetourt Co0238)
Pearce : (Pr. Edw'd Co
-040 )
Pearson : (Scott Co-V
141), (Va086)
Pedigo: (Va-0216)
Pennybaker: (Va-VS?)
Pepper s (WV-Ga-SC-Ala0325)
Perdue : (Va-Mo-Or-034)
Peterman : (va-V87)
Peters: (Va-Ky-0154),
(V1J6) , Va- 0222),
(Scott Co-V141)
Pettit: (Va-0272)
Philpot : (NC-Ky-06)
Pierson: (WV-Fl-V187)
Pike : (va-Md-Ky-067)
Piles : (va-V8J)
Poage : (Va-In-Ky-Mo0233)
Porter: (va-V5 ), (KyVa-0227 )
Power: (Va-041)
Prather : (Va-NC-0170)
Pratt: (Va-V166)
Price : (Va-Ky-062),
(va-Md- Or-0320)
Prince: (va-Il-0257)
Probus: (Md-08)
Pruitt: ( 0278)
Purvine: ('lh-Carolina0235)
Pyles: (Va-V8J)
Radford: (v1J6)
Ragan see Reagan
Ralston: (Va-0205),
(Ky-0205)
Ramey: (Russell &amp; Washington Co-0190)
Ramsey~ (NC-0179),
(NJ-082)
Randall: (Maine, NYWV- Ky-072 )

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Rasnake : (078 )
Raven s (Md- Va-0288)
Ra.y r (Ya- NC-0240 )
Redman: (va-Tn-06)
Reagan.:. (Pa-Va-Ky-01 )
Repass : .(Pa-sw Va-0135)
ReynDldss (Va-V196) ·
Ricer (Va- Ky-V15 ), (NC~
'Ih- Va-0293)
Richardson s (Va- 0267) ,
Va-OJOO ), (Va-Ky-0131)
Richmond: (Ky-Va- 0227)
Riley: (Va-0228), (KyVa-0227)
Ritchie r ( OJ01)
Roach: (WV- V59 )
Roberson : (Va-WV-Ky- 072)
Roberts: (Va- WV-0192)
Robertson : (Va-V159 ), (vaVJ6), (Va-WV-Ky-072) ,
(NC-Va- 0219)
Robinson: (Va-016) , (NCVa-0219) , (Va- 0284)
Rogers : (Va- V96) , (va0255) , (Va-Tn-Mo-0293 )
Roop: (Va-0273)
Roots (Io-Mo-0233 )
Ros e: (Va-WV-0115)
Rouse: (Va- 0168)
Rupe: (Va-0273 )
Rus h: (Va-Ky-0272)
Russel l: (Va-0175 ), (VaKy- 0220)
Rutherford: (va-V93)
Ryan: (Bedford/Roanoke Co
-0251)
Samuels (NC-0242 )
Sappington: (Ky-09)
Satterwhite : (0208)
Saul : ( 0262)
Saunders: (Va-08)
Schoonover: (WV-V187 )
Schrader: (Pa- swVa-0135 )
Scott: (Oh-In-0258)
Scudder: (Va-V59)
Seals: .(Ky- 0255)
Seiferts (Fred.reek Co0238.)
Sextons (Va- NC-0131 )
Shannon1 (Va-Pa-Ky-TnV166.)
Shaon.L (Md-Va-0256)
Sharps (Va-Oh-0128)

Shartzer: (va- Pa -0157 )
Sheets :. ( In- Oh- Pa- 0258 )
Shelton: ( Va-075 )
Shepher d : ( 098 )
Shifflett : (Va-013 )
Shipley : (Va - Ky-In-01 68 )
Showalter r ( Va- Pa-0243 )
Shupe s (Grays on Co- 099 )
Sibold: (V101)
Sifrit s ee Sei fert
Simpkins : (va-V186 )
Simps on: (Va -WV- Ky- Oh0137)
Sinclair : (Bedford Co061)
Sink : (Bedford/Franklin
CO-V123)
Slusher: (Va -070)
Smelser : (Va-054) , (Va 0268 )
Smith: (Tn-026) , (Pa 059 ), (Va-069) , (Pa swVa-0135 ) , (va -Ky-'Ih
- 0220) , (Va-0267 ),
(Rockbridge -0300) ,
(Floyd Co-V102 )
Snodgrass : (Va-0254 )
Soper: (Va-Tn-0233)
Sowder : ( 026 )
Spence : (Ire-Va- 0247 )
Spencer: (Charlotte Co04o) , Va-0117), (Va076 ), (Carroll /Grayson- 0282 ) ·
Spradlin s iva- V78 )
Spurlock: Va-0198 )
Steagall : Franklin Co0137 )
Steele : ( va-0228 ), (Va0157 )
Stevens : ( Va-V46 )
Stewart : (NC- 'Ih-Al- Mo095 ), ( Va-0123 )
Stickler.: (WV-0134)
Stickley : (Ya-V166 )
Stinespring s (Va-017 )
Stinson : (055 )
Stones (Va-054) , ( Va0175.)
Stoverr (va-vli-6 )
St:r:aton·: (WV-V59 )
Strong 1 ( NC- 0242 )
Stockner.:. (NC-Va-0282 )
Stoneman: ( Va- 0252 )

Sullivan : (Tn-In-0168 )
Summerfield : (Va-0101·)
Summers : (Va-Ky- In02 72 ) , (WV-V187 )
Sumner : ( Va-0243 )
Sumpter/Sumter : (018 )
Surface : (V101 ) , (V1? 9)
Surratt : (NC-Va-0282)
Sweeney : ( Va -Pa-0223)
Sykes : (va- 0240)
'Tu.rter : ( Scott Co-V141)
'Tu.ylors : (va - NC-KyV93 )
Terry : ( NJ- Va -Ky-0286 )
Thomas : (va -01 6 ), (Va055 ), (v1 J6 )
Thomps on : (Va -0102 ),
Va- 01 92 )
Tribbl e : (va -0112)
Truman : ( 098)
Turman : (va-0198 )
Turner : (Va-?_46 ),
(Va - 02 56) , (Cumberl and/Goochland- V175 )
Tyree : (0208)
Updtke : ( 0262)
Vance: (Va-017 ) , (va Tn-0104 )
Vaus es: (va-NC-V93 )
Vencil: (Va-In- 0295 )
Vencill: (Va-0268 )
Vest : ( V1J6 )
Via r (WV-V120 )
Waddle: (0168 )
Wade : (va-NC-V124),
Va-0247 )
Walker s (Wythe Co-0235 ) ,
( Va-0254), (swVa0216 )
Wakefi eld s (0217)
Wall : ( Va-016 )
Walling : ( Pa- Va- 'lh0168 )
Wallis: (Va -013 )
Walters : (Va- 03 03 ),
(Montgomery Co-022 )
Wampler : (va-099 )
Ward: ( Va-V91), (098 )
Ware: .(Va- 070 )
Waskey s ( V59 )

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Wasson: ( 035)
Wa tkins.1 ( 026)
Wheeler: (NC-Va-0278 ),
(Md.-NG-Va-V179)
White: (NC-V25 ), (Va078), (va-06 1)
W(h)atley1 (Il-0257 )
Webb: (va-0223 ), (Va0278)
Weddell: ( 0168 )
Weddle 1 ( 0168)
Welch: (Va- NC-0131)
Wellcome: (Va-0137)
Weller: (Ca-NY-082 )
Wiley: (Va-0300)
Wilkens on: (va-0319)

Wilkins: (Il-0154)
Williams: (Ky-0258), (VaIn-0272), (Va-Oh~OJ16)
Wilson: (Va-0192) , (Va0199) , (Va-V186), (Va
-Ky-Ill-OJ17 )
Wimmer: (Va-OJ18)
Winchester: (NC-Va-'Ih095)
Winesett: (Va-NC-V91)
Witt: (Va-070)
Wood: (WV-V120)
Woods: (va-...V78) , (Va-0270)
Woolwine: (05J )
Worrel : (NJ-Pa-Va-Ky0286)

Wren : {Va-NC- 091)
Wright: (Va-015), (Vav76.)
Wyatt : (va-Oh-0316),
(va~o79)

Wygal: (V101)
Young: (Va-0267)
Zerfas: (Vi 79)
(note: Those counties
without a state are Va.
-- I hope that I haven't
made too many errors .)

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QUERIES (con't)
WILSON , Robert L. , Sunrise Acres, Rt 1 Box 20 , Fletcher, NC 28732
Need marriage record of Samuel FERGUSON and Rebecca MAYS md ?Grayson Co,
Va , early 1800's . Rebecca dau c f William Mays and obedience 'TERRELL.
Also need parents of Samuel Ferguson.
PURCELL , Mrs. Isabell W., 720 Aumond Road , Augusta , GA 30909
Need parents of Isaac WILLIS b 1804 Va . d after 1880 res . Lee &amp; Wise Cos ,
Va , md ca 1826 Elizabeth
, b 1810 Va, d 1884, parents of Absolom
Willis, b 1828 Lee Co, Va, d 1905 Wise Co , Va, md ca 1848 Lucinda C TA'IE,
b 1830 d 1905, dau of John Tate, b 1800 Va, who was pastor Three Forks
Primitive Baptist Church near Big Stone Gap, Wise Co ., Va . Will exchange
Willis and Tate information .
ODIE &amp; ENIB FOR MEMBERS
First name is ancestor - following names are members who are working on the
same name .
Check the Membership Directory for member address,
PARSONS, John = Wm S Abshear &amp; Harold B Peters.
MAY, John = Jo Ann Cuddy &amp; R Vaughn Cassell.
BOOTHE, George = George Pesely &amp; Edward D Graham.
McALEXANDER, = George Pesely is working on William and Mrs . L. G. Rich is
not sure of her ancestor - could be a connection.
NUCKLES/Nuckolls = Mr. Watha Lambert &amp; Mrs. Margaret M Curnow - surname is
in Tazewell Co., Va . Also Mrs. Sandra S. Birthisel.
FULKERSON =Mrs Shirley O'Toole &amp; Garland Black.

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QUERIES

editor: Minnie Hall
BARCLAY, Kathryn, 110 Windham Rd., Nor folk , VA 23505
Seekin~ info on Bedee (B.D.) BARCLAY, b Januarv 5, 1815 in T.JV .
his parents?

Who were

DICKINSON, Patricia, 825 S. Wa lnut St . , ST . Albans , WV 25177
Need info on Patrick &amp; Lucy Fuller SMITH .
Sale of PATRICK ' s es tate J un e
11, 1814 in Russell Co. Ha d son s , Henr y b . 1808, Aly b. 1812 i n Camp b e l l
Co., TN. Lucy married, second, I ssac JACKSON .
After 1820 census , mov e d to
Pike Co. , KY.
CLARKSTON, Deborah Thompson, Rt. 1 , Box 41 - Gl, Big Stone Gap VA 242 19
Need to know parents of John Martin THOMP S ON , b March 8 , 1874 in L ee Co.VA
d 1949. Also Eliza STAPLETON, b Aug . 15 , 1873 i n Scott Co . VA, d. 1956 in
Wise Co. VA. They married in Wise Co . VA on Dec . 28 , 1893 .
VOWELL, Marion C., 508 Warwick llcl., P ala t i n e , IL 6 0 067
Barnabus GULLION, Daniel CANERON and wife Jane ( GU I LLION ), Reu ben REPASS &amp;
wife Ester (GULLION), sold land, Wy t he Co VA , 1 82 4.
Was Barnabu s GULLION
and Kettering KEATH, who were m 1788, Mo nt gomery Co. oarent s o f these
GULLIONs? Was Daniel CAf1ERON the son o f J a mes CAf'fER ON &amp; Ann Ch a rity SPANGLER?
COX, Jane, 2506 Lafayette Ave. Richmond, VA 23228
Gompiling data on the desc of Robert GIBBONEY ( 1810-186 7) a nd E l i z abeth
Goering HALLER (1816-1884) of Wythe Co. VA.
The y h a d 7 c h i ld . (1 male and 6
females) b between 1838 &amp; 1858, who s e marri e d surn ames were GIBBONEY, COX,
HUDSON, KYLE, SHELLEY, BEAR, &amp; MAJOR(S) .
BRIMHALL, Mrs. L. C., Box 787, Winston, OR 97496
Collecting info on desc of Henrv PEP.DEUX and w, Marie TOISSON, who left
France in 1657. Came to Eliz. City, VA. Spelling variations - PERDUE, PURDUF.,
PARDUE, PURDEW, PURDOO . Reply with SASE.
BRIMF..ALL, Lavonnie, P . 0. Box 787, Hinston, OR. 97496
Seeking ancestors, etc of: John CHILDRESS, Sr. ca 1730, Henrico Co VA. lived
Albemarle Co, w Rachel PERKINS, father and s in Rev. War.
John CHILDRESS,Jr.
Dec 2, 1759 Albemarle Co. VA, lived Amherst Co. VA, w Elizabeth LINDSAY, also
lived Burkes CO &amp; Wilkes Co, NC. In 1795 settled on Bull Run in TN.
John d
Jan 11, 1849 . Need all data for 6th child, James who m Polly AYRES 1808 TN
have no data on wives.
ROBERTSON, James S ., 3520 Winding Way RD. SW, Roanoke, VA 2401.5
Need info on Stephen ROBERTSON b ca 1805 Franklin CO. VA, d Dec 27, 1889,
Franklin Co VA; son of John &amp; Frances (Smith) ROBERTSON; m Martha A. PALMER
Nov 25, 1828 Franklin Co . VA. Would like to find someone with Bible record
&amp; photogr aphs of this family.
BARNES, Freda , 1111 Wilmore Dr . Middletown, OH 45042
Need info on BIRDS of Bedford &amp; Franklin Co.
Elizabeth, dau of Luke BIRD, m
J ohn CUNDIFF in 1803 Bedford Co . Who were others in her family •

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GIBSON, . Na urine H. , Box 1507 5, 5101 Cortez Dr. Orlando, FL 32808
Need info parents of Thomas BLANKENSHIP, b ca 1823, in VA, m Malinda
HOLBROOK b 4-4-1834.
Child Sarali b ca 1853, Thomas b 4-19-1855
Tazewell CoVA., Isaac, b ca 1858 &amp; Mary 1839 . Will answer all responses
&amp; xch info.
BUCKINGHAM, Richard W., 6129 Leesburg Pike, #817, Falls Church,VA 22041
Where can I find copies of the Montgomery Herald for 1855, a newspaper
possibly published in Radfor.
The Library of Congress does not have it
in theri newspaper depts. My grandfather published "a piece of l)Oetry"
in it and dedicated it to his sweetheart (later his wife).
GUTSCHE, Mrs . Pamela J., 516 O'Connell St . Watertown, WI 53094
Seeking info about par en ts of William WOMACK, b in 1814 or 1815 in VA.
Mother's first name is Catherine P. or A., no maiden name known. Father's
name unknown.
Bros &amp; sis are James, Joseph, John, LeRoy, Larkin, Rebeccah,
Catherine, and Mary Catherine (Mary may be a niece). Any info may be of
help.
JOHNSON, Mrs . Joe R . (Vivian H.), P. 0. Box 698, Danville, KY 40422-0698
Seek info on Charles M POSTON m Lodemie HAMMOND Sept 23, 1896, Smyth Co.VA
He the son of Thomas &amp; May/Mary Elizabeth POSTON, age 23, and Lodemie, age
16 ,- dau of Alfred &amp; Lucinda (Musgrove) HAMMOND. Child: Lola m Charles
HARRIMAN, lived FL in 1920; Harry 1 Welch WV 1923: Hubert/herbert, Charles
Wm and Laura Lou m a Smith and liv Welch, WV in 1923.
BLANKENSHIP, Barbara, 9125 Woodpark Lane Apt D, Knoxville, TN 37923
Seek info Rev SOLDIER, James C. MCGHEE b 1762. Cumberland Co PA to Bedford
Co PA 1766, to East TN after war, then to Lee Co VA ca 1800 , to Anderson/
Campbell Co TN ca 1806 , to Wayne Co KY 1833, d 1839. Seek parents, wife
and children.
PARKS, Mrs. Elizabeth M., RT 1 Box 407, Sedona, AZ 86336
Seeking ancestry two great grandmothers, Sarah W. CHANDLER b Nov 15 1805,
Albemarle Co, m Samuel L. BILLUPS, Kanawha Co, Apri l 25, 1822, d Wayne Co ,
April 27, 1887. Mary (Polley) CHANDLER b 1794, m Oliver MOORE, June 6,
1808, Fluvanna Co, d July 23, 1854, Kanawha Co VA.
JONES, Shirl ey A ., 3664 Woodruff Ave, Long Beach, CA 90808
Seeking info and desc on my 3rd ggfather, John BREWER, son of Lewis &amp;
Agatha (Holland) BREWER of Grayson Co VA. John m 1st Celia J. (Celey)
ELLET/ELLIOTT 1828; 2nd Catherine BEDWELL, 1 847. Where did John &amp; Catherine
go? Al so researching Andrew, Miller &amp; Reddick.
MERRITT, Russell W. , Box 261, Augusta , IL 62311
John MERRITT b Bedford Co VA ca 1780-84, w Sarah (?) b 1780 . Where? Where
m and who wer e their parents? Child - Daniel K, Richard, Mary, Nacy, John
B , Thomas, George, William. Daniel K was my ggfather . John d 1854,
Botetourt Co.
Where did Sarah go? Are there living relatives?

�FAWBUSH, Bessie
Seeking desc of
Russell Co. VA,
James . O; Nancy
Danial HORTON.
Russell Co. VA,

Stinson, 88 E. F r o n t St . Richlands, VA
24641
James STI NSON a n d his w Adc:th
JaJTJes b ca 1799
d ca 1870 Russell Co . VA . Th e ir child - 1Jilliam E .,
md.
. HEL TON~ Amancla md . Eli JA.C!&lt;.SOl\J • Mary Ja n e md
Also, Chlirle s B . STINSON m Flori e n c e DAVIS 1891
moved to Irentcr.. . OH . ca 1910 .
G1;:1
: clly xch i n fo .

MOORE, Barbara J., 14922 Heimer Rd, San Anto n io , TX 78232
Need birthplace of Magnus MCDONALD d 1809 , Wil so n Co TN , m 1 7 88 t o
Tabitha MORRIS, Montgomery Co. VA.
Ma g n ess &amp; James MCDANIEL i n
Botetourt Co. 1771. Magnus in Wa s h ing t on Co . 1 7 82 .
P u rchase d l a nd
in Wythe Co. VA from James &amp; Reb e c ca MCDONAD i n 1790, he sold thi s
land in 1800 and went to Wilson Co . , TN.
PEIRCE, Robert A., Hagerstown, I N 4 7 34 6 ( P , 0,Box ~8)
Henry FULLHEART bought land on branch of Ti nk e r Cree k, Bote t o urt Co,
1819. Will mentions wife Mary, Child r J o hn, He n ry . Nee d d a t a on
Henry Sr., country of orgin, etc.
Xch o n F ULLHART, FRANT Z, GARST,ZUG.
MCHENRY, Miss Aileen, Rt. 2, Beloit,KS.
07420
Info wanted on MCHENRY family who lived in Southwes t e rn Vir gi n i a.
Isaac
was 1 of 8 sons of John MCHENRY. Was John s on of Ba rn a bur MCHENRY?
JOHNSON, Mrs. Leonard, 500 E. Tunnell St., Santa Mari a , CA 93454
Seeking info on Charles HOLLIDAY b 1771 Ba ltimore to Mary MCALISTER &amp;
James HOLLIDAY. Siblings - William, Janit/Jane.
Others?
Married
Sarah WATKINS may 1793, Montgomery Co.VA. , Lived Montgomery, Smythe,
Russell Counties. To Kentucky ca 1809.
Sarah d Allen Co. KY 1816 .
Charles d 1850 Chesterfield, IL.
WELLS, Mrs. Don· W., Box 125, Riverton,KS 66770
Need the parents and bp of william COUCH b 1820 in TN.
Md Louisa Jane
PROVANCE b May 16, 1822. In Cape Girardeau, MO by 1850, buried Mitchell
Cemetery at Melbourne, MO . Lived in Daviess Co. MO.
Louisa was the dau
of Gincey HARMON &amp; William PROVANCE who m in Greene Co TN Nov 26, 1818 .
Their oldest son was named Isaac Harmon PROVANCE.
COFFMAN, Ban H. , Box 67, Center Point, IN 47840
Need info Robert ST.CLAIR, w Ruth (?) Bedford Co. VA.
Will probated
1827, son Isaac SINCLAIR m. Anna PATTESON Feb. 20, 1798.
Moved to KY
then IN with Thomas E. MARTIN family. Would like info on SINCLAIRS,
MARTINS &amp; GRAVES.
DALTON , Standler V. , 2901 Hillcrest, Hays, KS 67601
My gggfather, Timothy DALTON, b 1760-1770, w Sarah, in Hawkins Co. TN ca
1800-1834 . Son, Timothy b 1803. He probably came from Carroll Co. VA .
Wish to learn his parents, siblings and other children .

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PATE, Ruth J., 11315 E. 72nd St·, Raytown, MO 64133
Searching fo r the father of Daniel BOWLIN b 1801 in VA, d in Indianola,
IO.
Also am search ing names : WAKEFIELD, HULL, MCENTIRE, BEACH, MARVIN
and MOFFIT.
GREEVER, E. L., 115 Spring Grove, Bluef ield, WV 24701
I am searching the JONES and TURNERS of Bedford Co VA .
I will share .

Have much info

FRANCIS, Mrs. Bernice Kelley, 11 Montague Ave. Winchester, VA. 22601
Dicy/ Disey FARLEY, b 1813 in VA~ all census records and family Bible say
she was b in VA .
Where in VA? Who were her parents? M 1834 in Ohio,
Thomas SHARP: children - Jackson, Seth, Huldah, Ivy, Melissa , Zimri,
Phidella, Charlotta "Lottie"(my gmother) and Ezra. Info Xch, postage
refunded.
PURCELL, Isabell Willis, 720 Aumend Road, Augusta, GA 30909
My paternal line WILLIS i s from Lee &amp; Wise Cos. Earliest documented anc
is Isaac WILLIS b 1804 VA m. ca 1826 Elizabeth ?, d ca 1880 Wise Co. This
family was associated with the Three Forks Primitive Baptist Ch. Their
eldest son Absolom WILLIS b 1828 Lee Co .. m ca 1848 Lucinda TATE .
WELLS, Clara Couch, Box 125, Riverton, KS 66770
John Henry LITTLE b ca 1800?? wife Elizabeth ??. Son John Henry LITTLE b
MO Aug . 4, 1828. M Amanda ENGLAND b IL Sept 9, 1832. They m June 3, 1852
at Warsaw, MO, Benton Co. Also Isaac ENGLAND b ca 1800 VA m Rebecca ??
b ca 1805 VA.
His f was Titus ENGLAND b 1780 VA. Isaac was a Meth preach
in Benton Co. MO in 1850 census.
HARGREAVES, Catherine Armstrong, 124 Larch, , Saginaw, MI. 48602
Is proof avail that John RICHARDSON &amp; Su san BRUMFIELD, dau of Robert
BRUMFIELD who d 1790 Mercer Co. KY, were the parents of Mary D. RICHARDSON
(1790- 1871) who m 1813 Mercer Co . KY to James Ramsey ARMSTRONG? Who were
the parents of John RICHARDSON &amp; where in VA was he from?
FERRIN, Mrs . Mildred Slone , 12061 S 800 East, Draper, UT 84020
Surnames I am researching are - HALE, SHEPHERD, SLONE, SIZEMORE, MOORE,
PRATOR, ELKINS, FRAZIER, SEXTON, SALISBURY, THORNSBERRY, STEARNS, STEARN,
TRUMAN, WIREMAN, HELTON, WARD, MEREDITH, CARTER, SALMONS, CARPENTER, MARIS,
MENDENHALL, THOMAS, DIXON , CLEMONS, FRANKLIN, MOSELY. Want to hear from
anyone with these surnames in their lines. Will refund postage.
DAWSON,Jr ., Marilyn (Mrs. EF.) , 309 Shadow Oaks, Conroe, TX 77303
Want to trade info with anyone working on a BENTLEY line. My BENTLEY family
settled in GA, Wilkes Co by 1800 , came from SC &amp; maybe VA.
COFFMAN , Ben H. Box 67, Center Point, IN, 47840
Want proff David COFFMAN m Mary Ann LOVELL ca 1774 , prob Westmoreland Co. VA.
Childr Lovell, Robert, Markham, Marshall, Sara. Robert LOVELL III Sarah
MARSHALL family names .
David COFFMAN b Lancaster Co. PA l ived Jefferson Co
TN , d Limes tone Co . AL 1835.

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FERRIN, Mrs. Mildred Slone, 1 20 61 S 800 East , Dra ner . UT 84 020
Having problems on my Joseph HALE, b 1756 , Patrick Co , VA , m Rac h e l
WELLS, Clara Couch, Box 125, Rivert o n, KS 66 7 70
John David JOLLEY b Dec 12, 1825 MO .
M Eliza Ann ELLIOTT b Ap r
TN, dau of Robert &amp; Margaret ?? ELLIOTTE .

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2 0 1830 ,

CUDDY, JoAnn Whitson, 58 Pear Tree Point Rd, D;:i ri e n , CT 06820
Seeking info on ch of James JONES &amp; Thomas ~T ONES who 1 i ved n ea r Samu el
FERGUSON in the Bluestone-Clinch area late 1700 ' s .
Was Sa mu e l ' s w
Mary A. JONES, b 1779, dau of ei ther?
TRENHOLM , Emily Quillin, 1150 Judson Dr. Bould e r, CO 90303
Desire info on Thomas &amp; Anna Fie ld s STRONG, I s aac &amp; Ur s ul a BOUNDS, Ch a rle s
&amp; 'Rebecca Bevins BOND, William &amp; Margaret Davi s BOND, al l livin g in Scott Co
or thereabouts in the late 1700 ' s, early 1800's.
Also P a trick &amp; Ann Walker
PORTER of Russell Co.
LUCAS, Doris A. , Star Route 3, Alturas, CA 96101
Seeking info on Valentine MARTIN, b ca 1750, w Elizabeth DALTON fro m Vir g inia
to Surry Co. NC ; Edward BUTLER b early 1700' s , s Wil l iam BUTLER &amp; brothers
to NC , w Francis COOK.
COONES, Mrs. J. Michael, Rt 2, Box 195, Gentry, Arkansas, 7273L1
Seek info on the following - Edmund Warren LEWI S, b J an 31, 1813, VA . M
Sarah Lewis POINDEXTER. Who were his parent s , bros &amp; sisters?
Adam CROUSE
(CROWS), Jr. b 1801 Ashe Co. NC, m Judith JOHNSON. One bro possibly named
Obediah. F Adam CROUSE, Sr. Who was his mother, other siblings?
BLANKENSHIP, Barbara, 9125 Woodpark Lane, Apt D, Knoxville, TN 37923
Desire info on surname SHOOPMAN/SCHUPPMAN/SHOOKMAN/SHOATMAN/SHOAKMAN/SHOOTMAN
any place or time . First found in 1792 Montgomery Co VA marriage records.
Same names John , Jacob, Nicholas &amp; Michael appear 1813 Campbell Co TN.
Elizabeth SHOOPMAN m Wm BYRD ca 1830 Campbell Co. TN .
Seek parents &amp; birth
place.
EASTER, Peggy E., Rt 1 Box 401, St. Albans WV, 25177
Need info on Charles DRAKE, b 1780 in what is now Giles Co, VA, m Clarissa
JEANS (JEAMS). Moved to Pike Co . KY, then to WV .
CARTER, Mary J . 5701 East Glenn #62, Tucson, AZ 85712
Info on Nathaniel &amp; Elizabeth FOGG, parents of my ggggmother, Anna FOGG who
m Cornelius NOELL ca 1740 Essex Co. VA.
Joseph CALLAWAY, Jr. b VA, f of
Richard CALLAWAY, b 1722 Caroline Co . VA .
Richard CALLAWAY &amp; w Frances WALTON
were p of Mildred Callaway NOELL. Need all info on WALTONS &amp; CALLAWAYS. Wm
GRI ZZARD &amp; wife Sussex Co . VA to Southhampton Co. VA Their son Jeremiah was
my gggfather, who m Betsy WOODARD , dau of Micajah &amp; Mary WOODARD, both b VA
later went to NC and on to Davidson Co. TN where Mi caj ah's w. p Aug, 1808 .
Xch info on early ancestors of Betsy WOODARD.
GUTSCHE, Pam, 516 O'Connell St. Watertown, WS 53094
Need info on William WOMACK b in VA in 1814 .
M was Catherine P or A. , no

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maiden nam e .
Broth ers of William are James , Larkin (Lukin), John, LeRoy,
Joseph . Sisters are Catherine, Rebecah, Mary Catherine. Any info please.
LONG, Helen E ., 1789 Sullivant Ave. Columbus, OH 43223
Josiah KENNON b 18 17 VA, m Mary Jane BROWN . Who are his parents &amp; siblings.
Marria g e performed b y Rev . J. SCHOONFIELD, witnessed by Theodric MORRIS &amp;
Susan HARRIS.
SCHRADER, Patricia L. 3438 Castle Rock, Garland, TX 75042
Is Henry WHATLEY (WATLEY), who fought in 1812 Illinois Militia, part of the
WATLEY family of Logan Co. KY (1798-1802)? And also from the WHATLEY line
out of VA?
LORD, Joyce E ., 913 Sou th 4lst Ave Apt l, Yakima, WA, 98908
Would like to he ar from desc of Falser ROUSE who m Susan WEDDLE and settled
in Montgomery Co VA.
Also a n y WALLING . Info for info.
CARTER, Mary J., 5701 East Glenn #62, Tucson, AZ 85712
Thomas CARLIN m Elizabeth EVANS in VA ca 1779. He was son of John CARLIN
of County Antrim, Ireland. She was dau of George EVANS &amp; w Mary, Halifax Co
VA &amp; and gdau of Walter EVANS, who came from Wales. Need info re EVANS
family, whose desc later moved into TN. John CARLIN, s of Elizabeth EVANS &amp;
Thomas CARLIN m Jane COULSON in Grayson Co . VA 1804. Jane was dau of Jacob
and Eliz? COULSON in Grayson Co VA.
Jacob's will proved May 1811 named h i s
wife, Elizabeth &amp; child: Jeremiah, Isaac, Rachel HILL, Sarah, Jane CARLIN,
Priscilla NEWMAN &amp; John . Will xch info .

PARSLEY , Mrs. W. B., 10908 Melton View
Need any information about John BENHAM
Washington Co, Va, ca 1769. Also John
ca 1800 Washington Co, Va . They moved
Wayne Co, 'IN.

Lane,. Knoxville, TN 37921

&amp; wife Mary HOBBS, who came to
Benham Jr, who md Elizabeth GRIMES
first to Dickson Co, 'IN, then

SWITZER, Norma, Rt 7 Box 115, Doniphan, MO 63935
Searching for birth &amp; parents records of Salena DURHAM, b Natural Bridge,
Botetourt Co, Va. on ?11 May 1843. Salena md Pleasant BLAKELY, b 16 Sept
1849, Laurel Co, KY. When &amp; where were they md?
(Note: No Durham in Botetourt Co 1850, er Montgomery Co., but family by
that name in 1850 Franklin Co. - no Salena.)
BOWLING, Mrs Rubye , R2 Box 444, Osgood, IN 47037
Information on following who lived in Scott Co, Va in 1800 era to 1900.
PETERS: Joseph, Issac, Rev. James, Nancy Catherin (b 14 Apr 1866) , Samuel
and Elizabeth; MAY, Eli C (b 26 Oct 1819); BOWERS, Carolene; GILLIAM, W.
Hiram, Harmon, Floyd, Charles, Mirna, Paralee, Elizabeth, &amp; Ellen .
NEIGHBORS, Marvin U., 3817 Vermont Ave., NW, Roanoke, VA 24017
Need parents of Henry CRAIG, who md Mildred MEADOR, dau of Richard , in
Bed.ford 1818 . D3.vid &amp; Elizabeth MOORE to Montgomery Co. pre 1799 - sold
farm in 1816 &amp; left county. Where to? Need marriage of Iavid &amp; Eliz'h
- also parents.

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EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES
by Jean Moseley
'Ihought that the following articles mig h t be of interest to our l oca l members . All of our quarterlies are pla ced in the Vlrginia Room of the main
Roanoke City Library at Elmwood Park.
"Ancestry " (W. Palm Beach , Fl.) July 198 1 &amp; preceding issues :
and the Law . '

' Genealogy

"St . Louis Genealogical Society" , Summer, 198 1, p 4J "What ' s a Pal a tine? '
and ' 1782 Tux List , Greenbriar Co ., Va. ' (continuati on XIV - 1)
"Nelson Co . (Ky) Pioneer" , summer ' 81 , " The uncertainty of
Titles ', ' Nelson Co . Deed Books '.

F.arly Ken tucky

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"Kentucky Ancestors", Vol 17 #1, July 1981,
ginia names - 'Church Records'.

'Ceme tary r ecord s ' - many Vir-

Miami Valley Genealogical Society (Ohio) , Vol XI #1 , Crieger F a mily of
Southwest Virginia " by Clarence E Shepard (also one of our members ) .
Vol XI #J, Bible Subscription list - persons who boug ht - 1 8 19-1820, Pa ,
Ohio, Md, Va, NY , NJ &amp; NC, Germans mostly - good s ource.
Pellissippian Genealogical Society (new exchange) , Tenn . -

excellent records .

"Heart of Texas Records", Vol XXIV #J, Fall 1981.
Hint of enclosed envelope: Information has been pass ed along to me that when a business size
envelope is folded in thirds and put inside another envelope of the same
size, it jams the posting machines at the post office.
I am told that i t
is better to carefully insert the unfolded envelope of the same size (it
will work). Just don ' t forget to always enclose a stamped, self-addressed
envelope when writing for information.
This is just a common courtsey and
you are more likely to get a reply too.
QUARTERLIES RECEIVED

"Newsletter", Grayson Co . Historical Society, Inc. , Rt 1 Box 293, Elk Creek
Virginia 24326 . Queries, articles, etc . on Grayson Co .
Quarterly from YJOWVA Genealogical Society, PO Box 1254, Huntington, WV
&amp; where , pedigree charts, June issue has
Hutchison/Hutchinson births from Wayne Co . Court House, WV.

25715. Queries, hints on how to

"'Ihe 'Ihree Bells" (newsletter for the Bel l Famil y ) published by Mrs . Molly
Bateman R-eigard, 1321 Gum Tree, Huffman , TX 77336. August issue has 12 pages
(consecutive page 58 )
'Ihe Flint Genealogical Society, PO Box 1217, Flint, Michigan 48501 .
Good information for Michigan.

July ,

1981, sample copy .

Coos Genealogical Forum, PO Bos 1067, North Bend, OR 97459. June 1981 . Starts
with page #34 and ends p 60.
(We are not including the price of above --due to change in dues ( inflation! )

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The Sun City Genealogist , The Sun City Genealog i cal Society, PO Box 1448 ,
Vol 2 , #II , sum.me r 1981.
Good a r t icles on how to and
where t o research - and how to use the fa cili ty af ter you g et there.

Sun City , AR 85372 .

BCGS News l etter , Blair Co . Genealogical S o c i e ty, Box 855, Altoona, PA 16603
Jan 1981, Vo l 2 #1.
Article on " The Lower Family.
We have rec e i ved notice of the Map es Fa mily Ass ociation . Georg e Robertson III
90 Clifton Bl vd., Binghamton , New Yo rk 139 03, i s seeking people to start
chapters and i nformation on the Map es fa mily.
Contact him.

BLANKENSHI P and ARMS THONG FAMILIES
contributed by

Mrs. Joe R Johns on
PO Box 698
D:tnville, Ky 40422
Copied from "The Iron ton Reg ister ", Iron ton, Ohio, Thursday, February 16 , 190.5
LAWRENCE COUNTY
Continua tion of His tory of Early Times
Early Families of Aid Township - Humble Start Which Some Had
(Copyrighted by T. O. Walton

Of Jas. Blankenships children, Pressley marr~ed Mary Jacks and lives on Elkins
Creek. Bartley married Martha daughter of Ianiel Markin. Rily married Isabelle, daughter of James Rayburn.
Andrew went to Tenn.
Andrew Sr. 's child ,
Jane, married Lewis Nida and is dead. Mary Ann married Peter, son of Jeptha
Clark Sr. He died and she married Allen Drumond.
Ida niarriedNathan ERrwood
and lives near the mouth of Raccoon . Johnson married Polley, daughter of
D:tvis Green, She died and he married Jane, daughter of Hannah Fostnot, and
lives in Ill.
Jeremiah Rankin's, sr. 's childs Malinda, married Patrick ,
son of Jno. Culpepper Wilson and Sarah Martin Wilson .
Col. Amstrong married Hannah, daughter of Elizabeth Dilley, and died on
N. E. S . 24. Both died of cholera in Sept. 1848 and both were buried in
one grave by Peter Ghirst and Esq. Jno. Massie. No other persons would go
near them. All were afraid of the cholera.
They slid their coffins with
them in onto the sled on skids and when they got them to the grave slid them
on skids into the grave.
Of his children Mary married Sylvester Drummond
and is dead. Hiram married Susan, daughter of Thornton Drummonds , and lives
at Rankins point; John died single; Sarah Ann married Mid Freeliae and is
dead; Peniance married Thornton Lambert and is dead.
Wm . Ba.rbery Stevens
lives .at Rankin point; Asherina married John Harvey, son of Thos. Lambert
and is dead; Matilda married in Ill.
'Ihos. and Berry died single ; Diana
Adaline married Mr . Saunders and lives in Mason township. Mahala married
Miss Brown. Diana married a son of Edmond Massie and liv es on Buck creek .
Col. Armstrong Sr. 's child, Lowden , went off in time of the wa r and wa s n ever
hear of.

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GENERAL ANDREW LEWIS of ROANOKE and GREENBRIER
by
Patricia Giv ens Jo hnson
Andrew Lewis was the greatest Ind ian fighter and frontier hero produced by Western Virginia prior to the Revolution .
He was a close associate of Geroge Washington, Lord Dun more , Dr . Thomas Waslker , 7homas
Jeffe;rson, Patrick Henry, William Christian , and other prominent men .
This is the first biography to be pub l ished about this first nati onally
known leader of the Roanoke Valley.

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Lewis accomplished many things . Three important accomplishemen t s
were: (1) He participated in Commissi ons negotiating Indian treat i es a t
Fort Pitt and Fort Stanwix.
(2) He co mmanded Virgin i a Rifle riflemen
who set back Cornstalk's force s at t h e Battle of Point Pleasant on the
Ohio River in October 1774. (3) He drov e Gove:rnor Dunmore from Gwynn 's
Island during the Revolution.
Genealogists will be interested in t h e fiv e genera t i on Lewi s family
chart with the following surnames: Amos , Ball, Beale , Bo s well , Bragg ,
Bowyer, Bryant, Calhoun, Crow, Evans , Finney, Gi v ens , King , Long , Love,
Luke, Lynn, Madison, Marshall, McClanahan, Mon t g ome ry, Murray, S trother,
Whitley and others.
'Ihis book has a soft cover, 259 pages plus 20 pag es of pictures and
maps and completely indexed. A complimentary copy has b een g ive n the
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society by the author and has been
placed in the Roanoke County Public Library (Electric Road).
The price
of the book is $14.50 and may be ordered from Patricia Givens Johnson,
Rt. 2 Box 50, Christiansburg, Virginia 24b73.
(Note:

See Nov. 1979 for a list of other books written by Mrs.

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1875-1981

This 10th publica~ion in memory of Raymond H Sloan and published in
connection with Franklin County Fiddler's Convention has an outstanding
Collection of old photos of Franklin County churches, homes, schools and
early settlers.
The family ?f John Thornton(1806-1888) and Luch Ashworth Thornton
( 1812-1888 ), marri~d 13 J~n 1834, has a group picture with names of their
twelve children and marriages . There were 95 known grandchildren.
The Knowles (Noles) family was found in Franklin County by 1788, discovered fro~ the_ research of Robert (Bob) Knowles (1894-1952 ) .
Other
early families pictured were Iavis, Dillon, English, Goode, Greer, Gregor,}
Hodges, Newman, Perdue, Ramsey, Sigmon and Turner.
Tue editors of this
pub l i cati on are Dorothy R Cundiff and Rod Shively.
It is published by
the Merchants' and Businessmen's Association in Rocky Mount, Va. 24151.
The price is $2 . 00 . A complimentary copy was sent to the Southwest
Virgin i a Gen ealogical Society and has been placed in the Virginia Room
of the Roanoke City Public Library.

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RCX::KBRirx:;E HISTORICAL SOCIETY
VOLUME SEVEN of the PROCEEDINGS
1966 - 1969

On August 9, 1939 citizens of Rockbridge County and Lexington met in
the hope of saving fr om destruction a building that was considered an
architectural gem , and formed the Rockbridge Historical Society. During
1966, the Chairman of the Library Corrunittee, Dr. Charles W. Turner, with
·the help of some Washington &amp; Lee University students, recatalogued and
indexed all papers , pictures and memorabilia belonging to the s ociety.
A committee working under him rearranged and decorated the living rootn and
other- rooms of "The Castle. "
Improvements on
throughout the three
vision of Dr. Turner
tions, 1966- 1969 are

the three house s owned by the Society have continued
years. The opening of "The Castle" under the superwas started in October, 1969. The principal acquisilisted.

Some of the outstanding papers were: Blac k Friday in Lexintgon - The
Failure of the Bank of Lexington by Dr. Ollinger Crenshaw; The Ellen Glasgow
Library by Colonel Carrington c. Tutwiler, her nephew; Spottswood Styles,
Lexington's Negro poet, including his poetry by Houston Barclay ; Lexington
Baptists, 1839-1887 by Dr. John Barrett; John Jordan , Builder by Willard
lseJY, : and many others. Each paper . ~s well docume nted with foo tnotes.
This volume has 175 pages and is completely indexed.
A gift copy to the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society from the
Rockbridge Historical Society has been placed in the Virginia Room of the
Roanoke City Public Library. A copy of this volume and earlier volumes
may be ordered from the Librarian, Rockbridge Historical Society, Lexington,
Virginia 24456. The pri ce is $ 3.00 each.
GIFTS TO SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Haven Families and Allied Families by Mrs Bonni e Ball, 1970-71, Big Stone
Gap, Virginia, as collected for Mr. J B Havens, Family Historian, PO Box
508, Stafford, TX 77477
Prelude to the Present 1831-1981. Salem Presbyterian Church by Collier
S Harvey. Printed as a part of the observance of the 150th anniversary
of the Salem Presbyterian Church, June 4, 1981, Salem, Virginia.
All have been placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public
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SWITCHES

&amp; CINDERS

It is the right of the editor to s elect the mate r ial tha t g oes i n t o t he
publication and i am doing t hat now by r e pri n ti n g thi s article tha t a ppeared in the October 1978 i ssue of VAN . Carrie Gertrude S traton was born 7
July 1886 and died 23 Sept 1981 , married 1 909 Ma n n i n gs G Waskey , 1 887 -1972 .
Told by Mrs Carrie Straton Was k ay to her d a ughter , Mrs
Fowler.

Cl aude S .

( Babe )

" The year is about 1892 . The place is now Myrtl e , W. Va . , abou t 2 0
miles from Logan . The home is a t wo- story l og house , known as the Col.
Floyd ' s old home. There are two rooms up a n d two rooms down - eac h with
a huge fireplace . 'Ihe family : the fa th er , Allen Butcher S traton ; the
mother , S. Jane Des kins Straton ; the two c hildre n are Carri e , abo ut 6
years old, and Joe, about 4 years old.
The t i me was a bout November with
Christmas not too far away . Toys , as we kn ow them , were unhe ard of in
that a rea, and hard candy just a s rare .
The p resents were hand ma de and
usually clothing.
"'Ihe trip to Logan took the better p a rt of the day a n d when we went ,
we spent the night with my grandparents , Willia m and Ma ry ( Perry ) Straton ,
and returned home the next day.
"Father made the trip to Logan about a month b ef o re Chr i s tmas for
supplies and purchased some hard candy f or Chris tmas as a s p e cial treat
for us . Mother hid the candy , bu t I foun d it.
Eac h day Jo e a nd I would
sneak a piece or two of the candy and on e day t h e re was no more candy.
It did taste s o good !
"Chris tmas Eve, we hung up our knitted yarn s tockings (which were
made by my grandmother Martha (Bevins) Deskins ) by the fireplace and
placed our shoes under them . Then off 'to bed wi th dreams of what Santa
Claus would bring us .
" 'Ihe next morning we ran down the stairs to see what Santa Claus
had left for us .
" I hea rd Joe , crying , ask , "Did Santa Claus bring you just what he
gave me? - - - A switch in my stocking and cinders in my shoes . "
I replied , with tears s treaming down my fac e , "Yes , that ' s what I got. "
( She told many s tories of her childhood but I believe that this was her
favorite one -- especially when she toid i t to her grandchildren and
great grandchildren. )

THE LAST WORD
I would like to take this opportunity to thank many of you for your many
Kindnesses to me and my family at the death of my mother.
Hopefully , I
can n ow get around to ans wering the many letters that have accumulated
over the pa st --- - to long a time.
Pl ease all of you ou t the re be good so you won • t get ' swit-ches &amp; cinders '
in your stocking .
Babe Fowler, edi tor

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President's Message

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Bath County, Va, Legislative Petitions

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BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA
LEGISLATIVE PETITIONS
The follo\\ing is from ''Filth Annual Report of the LIBRARY BOARD of the
Virginia State Library = 1907 - 1908 ", Richmond ; Tu.vis Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing; 1908.
These are abstracts of the legislative petitions in the Virgi nia State
Archives , Richmond , Virginia . A photocopy may be obtained, or, in some
cases , a photostat is necessary . There i s a minimum charge of $8.00 on
material that is ordered by mail (as of 1980 ) . On petitions where several
counties are listed on the petitions , all listed county folders must be
checked for the original - one original (signatures ) and copies of the
petition placed in other counties.
BLEIEOE I ANTHONY.

1777. Dec . 11 . A 1534 . Payment of balance due petitioner for use
of wagons . I n September, 1776, he hired the State two wagons
for carrying provisions to troops at Great Island and to haul
timber for the forts . Upon return of troops from the Cherokee
expedition , wagons were used as baggage wagons and petitioner
procured a third wagon . He charged State 14s . 6d . a day for
each wagon , according to the hire a llowed in Cherokee expedition , but auditors made some reductions and petitioner asks
that these be made good .
CITIZENS.
1792. Oct . 5 . A 1535 . Establishment of a town at Wann Springs on
the lands of John Lewis, deceased , as the county seat. Place
to be called .Bathville . Danial Yevins, William McCli ntick,
'!hos. Mil hollin , John Bellar, John Paul Pa ttes on, John Scott
and 164 others . Referred .
LEWIS , MARGARET .

1792 . Oct . 16 . A 1536 . Protest against establishmen t of town on
petitioner ' s lands at Warm Spri ngs , left her by her husband,
John Lewis . By means of this spring, which is visited by many
people, she has been able to sustain herself and children
since her husband ' s death.
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WILKINSON , NATHANIEL, JOHN CARTER LITTI.EPAGE &amp; JOHN OLIVER.
1793 . Oct. 2J . A 1537 . Establishment of a town at Hot Springs .
Petitioners -have laid off 100 half-acre lots and desire establishment of town for benefit of those who wish to use waters
for "scorbut ick and rheumatic complaints . " Reported.
ROBINSON, JAMES.
1794. Nov . 14. A 1538 . Grant of a pension. Petitioner received
a wound at the battl e of Point Pleasant in 1774, which resulted
in loss of hearing in his right ear and rendered him i ncapable
of' l a bor and military service.
Certificates of James Persinger,
John Dickinson, John Bollar and Robert Gillespey. Reported .

�KNOX, HEREMIAH.

1794. Nov. 14. A 1539. Grant of allowance to petiti oner for a
service r f two years six months and 2J days in the 2nd Virgini a
State Regiment. Certificate of William Long . Reported .

BOWLAND, ELIZABETH, &amp; JAMES BOWLAND &amp; ANNA CRAWFORD BOWLAND , Her children.
1795, Nov. 12. A 1540. Authority for appointment of trustees to
sell land in Bath left by John Bowland, who died intestate in 1787.
Land cannot be improved; trustees would inves t money rising from
sale of it in Kentucky. Endorsed by Alexr. St . Clair, John Poage ,
Alex. Nelson, John Mathews, Matthew Kenney , Wm . Wilson and 7 others .
Reported.
LEWIS , THOMAS.
1795. Nov. 25. A 1541. Establishment of a town on lands of petition ' s father, John Lewis, at Warm Springs . John Lewis laid
off lands in lots , proposing to establish a town thereon, but
his death prevented. Reported.

CITIZENS.
1796. Nov. 14. A 1542. Annexation of part of Bath in which petitioners live to Pendleton . Jacob Henkle, Joseph Bennet, Jon.
House, James Sweet, John Bai th, Alexr. Picken and J5 others.
Bill d:rawn.
REAGH, ROBERT.

1796. Nov. 22. A 1543. Divorce from his wife, Martha Meek, on
grounds of adultery and desertion .
BROWN, JOHN, Sheriff.
1800. Dec. 5. A 1544. Return to petitioner of $2J.28, which he
paid into treasury as costs and interest on a judgment given
against him in the General Court . Petitioner was required to
pay revenues of 1798, for which he did not know he was bound;
he thought that he had given bond to finish the collection of
the taxes of 1797, as he succeeded to the office of sheriff on
the death of John Oliver. Copy of John Brown ' s account .
Letter of Charles Cameron , Clerk of Court. S . Shepherd ' s
receipt for $2J.28. Bill ordered.
BROWN, JOHN, Sheriff.
1801 . A 1545. Return of interest and costs paid by petitioner on
a judgment obtained against him. Rejected .
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, Sheriff.
1802. Dec. 21. A 1546. Autho7'."ity for auditor to credit petitioner with settlement of accounts for 1801, together with $92.J7,
which is the amount of damages, interest and costs paid by him
on a judgment given against him by the General Court for fail ure to pay the taxes of 1800 into the treasury at appointed
time . Bill drawn.
DUNWCDY, WILLIAM, Late Major of the 81st Regiment.
180J. Dec. 27. A 1547. Remission of fine of $JO imposed upon

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petitioner by a court-martial for alleged neglect of duty . It
was charged that he failed to notify the battalion officers in
time for muster. Depositions of captain Stewart Stevens and
Captain Robert Given. Reported .
CRAWFORD, ROBERT, Deputy Sherif£.
180J. A 1548. Authority for auditor to credit petitioner with
$9.08, sum allowed by .Bath County Court for insolvents and
delinquents for the year 1800. Auditor refused to accept the
list owing to the lateness of its arrival. List of delinquents
and insolvents. Reported.
SITLINGTON, ROBERT, Sheriff .
1804. Dec. A 1549. Authority for auditor to account with petitioner for the delinquent list of 1802, amounting to $142.51.
Reported.
CITIZENS OF BATH &amp; BO'IETOURT.

1804. Dec. 27.

A 1550 . Act establishing the line of Bath County .
John H. Craw.ford and George Chapman. Reported.

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VANCE, SAMUEL.
1805. Dec. 18. A 1551. Payment of petitioner's expenses as one
of the commissioners appointed to report on opening the road
from upper navigation on James River to Kanawha River. He
called a meeting of conunissioners at Lewisburg on March 9, but
owing to an accident to one James Preston he was detained for
nineteen days, and govenior and council did not feel authorized
to pay his expenses for that time. Two certificates. Rejected .
Sheriff.
Dec. 16. A 1552. Release from damages and costs on a judgment obtained against petitioner for balance of taxes for 1804.
Bill drawn.

MAYES , JOSEPH,

1806.

HICKLIN, JAMES, Late Sheriff.

1809 .

Dec. 28. A 155J . Release from damages on judgment obtained
against petitioner for failure to pay promptly the taxes of
1807. Scarcity of money in country and danger of impoverishing the people were the causes of his seeming neglect . Reported .

FRAVEL, GEORGE, Jr.

1811.

Dec. 4. A 1554. Payment of $26 .58 expended by petitioner
for benefit of negroes committed to jail when he was acting
as jail or. Prisoners murdered 'Taylor and Schutz in Botetourt
but were taken prisoners in Bath; Botetourt and Bath county
refused to certify petitioner's claim. Account of expenses.
Bill drawn.

DONAVAN, CHARLES.
1811 . Dec. 4 . A 1555 , Release to petitioner of Commonwealth's
right in land purchased by him from the widow of Owen Kelly 9
who died intestate and without heirs. Reasonable.

�BRAIBHAW, JOHN, &amp; CITIZENS.
1811. Dec . 5, A 1556 . Remission of fine imposed upon petitioner
by county court for alleged sale of liquor without license .
Jno. Lewis, George Francisco, James Naylor, Joseph Wallace,
Robert Mauze, Jno. Brown, Jr. and JO others . Bradshaw ' s deposition giving names of persons to whom he sold liquor and
circumstances of the sales. Rejected .
HANSBARGER, JOHN, &amp; Citizens of Bath &amp; Botetourt.
1811. Dec. 7, A 1557, Inclusion of Hansbarger ' s house in Bo tetourt County . John Halloway, Joseph Haynes, Jilson B. Douglas,
William Hill, Alexr. Wilson, Simon Gillespie, John Hansbarger
and 52 others. Bill drawn .
CITIZENS.

1811,

Dec. 9. A 1558. Aid in building road from Hot Springs
across Warm Spring Mounta .::.n to Fincastle , passing within two
miles of Falling Spring. Hot Springs is ten miles distant
from Falling Spring, which is tWP miles from the junction of
Cow Pasture and Jackson rivers, where a market is to be
established. At present it is difficult for travellers fro m
the south to reach the mineral springs, but the proposed road
will make connection with the main roa d to Tennessee, North
Carolina, Sou th Carolina and Georgia and with the roads to
Petersburg and Richmond . Aid may be given road out of public
dues of Bath County . John Lewis, Chas. Cameron, Jo hn Brown,
Alexr. McClintic, J. B. Brown, Robert Kincaid and 155 others.
Address accompanying the petition, which states that Legislature granting ample aid for building the road, but the money
was appropriated to mending an old road. Bill drawn.

MEMBERS of Bar, Acting Magistrates &amp; Citizens.
1812. Dec. 4. A 1559. Change of quarterly term of county court
from second '.fuesday in May to second '.fuesday in June . Joseph
Mays, Alexander McClintic, James Tallman, Chas. A. Lewis,
Robt. Gray, John Jardin and 7 others . Bill drawn .
McCLINTIC, WILLIAM &amp; THOMAS MILHOLLIN.
1812. Dec . 15. A 1560. Allowance for petitioner's services in
1810 in carrying eleven slaves charged with murder from Bath
to Botetourt County. Botetourt County Court has refused to
certify accounts. Seven certificates and accounts. Bill
reported .
MANN, WILLIAM, &amp; others .
1812. Dec. 15. A 1561. Pay for petitioners' services as guards
in carrying eleven slaves charged with murder to Botetourt
County. William Mann, Moses Mann, George Hull, Peter Smith,
Josiah Shanklin, Robert Morris, Ed.ward Morris, Andrew Kincaid.
Bill reported.
CITIZENS.

1812.

A 1562.

Authority for citizens in western part of Bath to

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hold elections, regimental and battalion musters at some more
conve11ient point that the courthouse. Great inconvenience for
inhabitants of Little Levels and western waters to go to courthouse, which is 25 to 50 miles distant . They have preferred
not to vote and to pay fines for non-attendance on musters
rather than make so great and tedious a journey. John Bradshaw,
John Jordin, Richard Hill, John Stumbaugh , Charles Kinison , Jr. ,
John Chitter and 96 others.

KEE, GEORGE.

181J.

Dec . 7, A 156J . Confirmation of petitioner's title to
certain l and given him by his father-in-law, Joshua Buckley.
He is a native of Ireland and came to America in 1796; as an
alien he cannot hold the said property, but he has served in
the militia and he intends to become a citizen of the United
States . Reasonable.

McCAUSLAND, JOHN.
1814. Nov. 15 . A 1564. Remission of fine of $96 imposed upon
petitioner by a court-martial. Reported.
MORRIS , EDWARD.
1815. Dec . 12. A 1565. Divorce from his wife , Rhoda Morris, on
the ground of adultery. Major Moses Mann named as corespondent. Depositions and other papers. Rejected.
WHITE, VALENTINE.

Dec . 14. A 1566. Pay for petitioner's services as clerk
of the battalion and regimental courts of inquiry of the 81st
Regiment. He was allowed from $70 to $96 a year from 1809 to
1814 by courts of inquiry, and he transferred these claims to
other parties after they were certified by the colonel commanding. Auditor, however, refused to pay the claims on ground
that law does not allow clerks of courts of inquiry more that
$40 a year. Referred .

1815 .

BLANKENSHIP, JOHN,
1815. Dec. 20 .

A 1567 . Payment of fifty cents a day to grand
jurymen for their services. At present men are sometime s
summoned from a distance of 50 miles to serve, without any
compensation. Rejected.

BLANKENSHIP, JOHN.
1815. Dec . 20.

A 1568. Provision for the recove-ry of debts by
persons who are about to move from a county. Also for the
recovery of laborers' hire in the same manner as recovery of
rents from tenants. Rejected.

McCAUSLAND, JOHN .
1815. Dec. 22. A 1569, Refunding to petitioner of $96, which
amount he was fined by a court-martial. He was a member of a
company of light horse under Capt . John Dickinson . In 1814 he
went to Rockbridge County on business, having r equested Dicki nson to notify him in case the company s hould be drafted in his

�absence. He was detain ed in Rockbridge for sometime and was
enrolled in the militia of that county; he later returned to
Ba.th and joined his company. He was thereupon informed that a
court martial in Rockbridge had fined him $96 a nd he was refused
a hearing . In February 1815, his company was called into service and he was arrested at Staunton and forced to pay the fine .
Certificate of John Steele , Deputy Marshal . Bill drawn.

INHABITANT.3 .
1815. Dec .

A 1570. A petition s upporting the addre:::s of the
Rockingham meeting of July 4, 1815, calling f or a constitutional convention to extend suffrage to all citizens. It is not
just that men who pay taxes and serve in the militia should be
refused the right to vote. George Happel, Jesse Allen , Jeremiah M'Key, Joseph Allen , William Wood, J. W. Abbott and 72
others . Duplicate with 36 names. Laid on table.

FREEHOLDERS .

1816.

Nov. 15. A 1571. Annexation of petitioners to the chancery court district of Staunton in prefere nce to the Greenbrier Chancery District . Present arrangement is inconvenient .
John Da.vis, Walter Richards, John Hoover , Crofford Jackson,
Arnold Richardson, J . N. Pitt and 38 others . Bill drawn .

CITIZENS .
1816.

A 1572. Appropriation of $500 for building road across
Wann Springs Mountain about 14 miles sou thwest of Warm Springs .
.Road will make connection with roads to Fincastle , Lynchburg ,
Petersburg and south. Two appropriations have already been
made for this road but they proved insu£ficient . Lewis Payne,
Franc. Crutchfield, Richard D3.vis, Jr., Richard D3.vis, John
Oldridge, George H. Payne a nd 31 others.

CITIZENS.
1818.

Dec. 10. A 1573. Improvement of navigation of Cow Pasture
River. Sum of $5,000 was raised by lottery for a seminary at
Hot Springs, which was never built, and this money may be
applied for the improvement of river. Walter Richards, John
Burns, Henry Richards, Chas. L. Kinkead, Wm . Venable, Samuel
Corbitt, Jr. and 32 others . Reasonable.

CITIZENS of Ba th &amp; Randolph .
1818. Dec. 18: A 1574. Formation of new county from Bath and
.Randolph. William Edmiston, Wm. Cackley, John McCarty,
Andrew Edmiston, John Karns, Valentine Cackley and 230 others.
Bill drawn.
ELDERS &amp; Members of Windy Cove Congregation.
1820 . Dec. 5 , A 1575. Incorporation of elders so that they may
receive a bequest of $1,000 made by Elizabeth Sitlington interest upon which sum is to be used for maintaining a minister.
John McClurg, James Hughart, William Crawford, And':I McCausland,
Joseph Turper, Hugh McDonald, Elders, and 8 others. Reasonable.

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CITIZENS .
1820. Dec . 18. A 1576. Formation of a new county from Botetourt,
Bath and Monroe . John Pateson, John Howard , Conrad Brunner,
William Brunnemer, Samuel Carpenter, Wm . McClusky and J66 others .
Bill Drawn.
CITIZENS of Bath, Randolph &amp; Pendleton.
1821. Dec . 7. A 1577. Formation of a new county. John McCarty,
Francis W. Perkins, Ianiel Mattiany, William Campbell , Henry
Harold, Lautz Lockridge, Peter Harold and 138 others. Bill
drawn .

CITIZENS.
1821. Dec . 7. A 1578. Protest against division of county. Bath,
though large in area, contains only 4,000 white inhabitants; it
has a revenue of only $1600.
John Mayse, Lud Richards , Henry
Richards, W. D. Kincaid, Jno. Fry, Henry L. Culp and 98 others .
Reported.
CITIZENS.
1821. Dec. 20 . A 1579. Removal of seat of goveniment from Richmond, which last census shows is not the center of white population . More convenient to have the capital in the up country.
Chs. L . Francisco, Saml . Gay, John Bratton, Hugh Mciannald,
Robert Carlile , Jno. Lewis and 22 others. Referred.
CITIZENS of Bath &amp; Pendleton.
1822 . Dec. 4. A 1580. Formation of a new county. Samuel Givens,
Jr. , Jacob Bright, William Benson, John Grim, Jessie Slaven,
Reuben Slaven and 214 others . Rejected.
CITIZENS.
1822 . Dec. 4. A 1581. Permi ssion to remain in Bath County . Commissioners appointed to run dividing line between Bath and
Alleghany counties cannot agree. If line is run according to
wishes of Alleghany commissioners, petitioners, to their great
inconvenience, will be included in Alleghany County. Thos. McClintic, William McElwer, William McClintic, William K. Tidd,
Richard Snead, John Akerman and 49 others. Reports of Commissioners. Rejected.
INHABITANTS .
1822. Dec . 5. A 1582. Removal of seat of gove:rnment from Richmond to a more central and secure situation. Richmond is
easily accessible in time of war; it is rapidly growing in
population; its luxurious habits increase cost of government
and its climate is less salubrious than that of the upper country, where Legislature could hold summer sessions and sit two
hours a day longer. Printed. Norborne Wood, Ro'bert Lockridge ,
Pat Carpenter, D:Lni el Monroe, Saml . Vance, Sanll. Gay and J8
others . Duplicate with 28 names.
CITI ZENS.
1822.

Dec . 14.

A 158J ,

Re-annexation of Bath County to the

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Augusta Chancery Court district . At tachment of Bath to the
Greenbrier district has not proved co~venient, as peti t ioners
can better conduct their business at St aunton than at Lewisburg. William McClintic, John Chesnut , Richard Hick.man ,
Abijah Ha.thery, J acob Hardway, William Bird and 4J others .
Duplicate 1, with 43 names, 2 with 59 names, J with 2J names.
INHABITANTS of Bath &amp; Pendleton .
182J. Dec. 4. A 1584. Formation of new coun ty . Difficult for
petitioners to reach Bath and Pendleton courthouses on account
of mountains and rivers. Samuel Give n, Jr ., David L . Ruckman,
Adam Rees, Otho Wade, Jr., John Bird, Charles S . Callihan and
100 others.
CITIZENS,

182J,

Dec, A 1585 . Re-annexation of Bath Coun ty to the Augusta
Chancery Court District. John Fry , Geor ge Francisco, William
McClintic, Robert Bratton, W. Wilson, Chs . L . Francisco, and
7 others. Duplicate with 38 names . Certificate . Bill reported.

FRY, JOHN.

1824,

Jany. 7. A 1586. Repayment of excess ive license tax
levied against petitioner as innkeeper at Warm Springs.
Property was over-assessed and he was required to pay license
of $70 for years, when $24 was proper tax. Four certificates.

WARM SPRINGS Company &amp; its Tenant , JOHN FRY.
1825. Dec. 16. A 1587. Repayment of excessive tax of $70 a year
on his property. Tenant of tavern was charged with taxes on
tanyard, blacksmith shop and other property he did not occupy .
Bill drawn.
INHABITANTS.

1825,

Dec. 16. A 1588. Vote at spring election on question of
holding constitutional convention . Printed. Haz Williams,
Robert Sitlington, Van Swearing en, Jr . , James Frazer, J. Payne,
J. W. B. Stuart and 15 others.

INHABITANTS.
1826. Dec. 18. A 1589. Establishment of turnpike across Warm
Springs MEmntain to replace present road.
Road from Richmond
to the west passes by Warm Springs and Hot Springs on to White
Sulphur Springs and should be a good highway. James McGrif'fin,
Otho Wade, William Benson , Robert Carlyle, James Mussan, W. W.
Cameron and 47 others. Duplicate with 50 names.
WARM SPRINGS Company and JOHN FRY .
1826. Dec . 2J . A 1590. Repayment of excessive tax.
ficates . Reported.

Four certi-

PRESIDENT &amp; Directors of Warm Springs Tuznpike Company.
1827. Dec . 7, A 1591. Permission to change turnpike route as
prescribed by law, for present plan will not make road long
enough to reach Warm Springs . At present a road 5 miles long

�is to be built and the company i s authorized to raise $3600 to
build it . A. P. Strother, Thomas Sitlington, Chs . L. Francisco,
Jno . Ry , Saml. Lewis and John Brown, Jr.
CITIZENS.
1827 . Dec. 7. A 1592 . New election precinct at John Stephenson's
on Jackson's River. Leonard Wade, John Rider, R. Slewen,
Thomas Burk, Isaac Briscoe , D:Lvid Bird and JO others . Bill
reported .
RESIDENTS of Ba th &amp; Adjoining Counties.

1828 .

Dec. 17. A 1593 . Incorporation of company to buil d turnpike from Warm Springs to Hot Spri ngs , with State subscri ption
of $2,000, t wo-fifths of stock. Also an appropriation of $50,
000 to construct a turnpike by way of Warm and Hot Springs
from Staunton to the Kanawha '.furnpike. Geo . Mayse 1 Hezekiah
D3.ggs , William Bonner, Jacob Grase, Henry Miller, Chs . L.
Francisco and 22 others. Reasonable in part.

HARRY , Free Negro.

1829.

Dec . 18 . A 1594. Permission to stay in State. All of
petitioner's family are slaves and he cannot go to Ohio, as
that State requires negroes to gi ve security for good behavior.
Certificate testifying that Harry was faithful and managed a
considerable estate for his mistress . Wm. McClung, James Hughart, Robt. Thompson, Jesse Thomas, Henry Stewart, Andrew
Crawford and 27 others. Rejected .

CITIZENS.
1829 . Dec . 22. A 1595 , Amendment of act of last session making
the intersection of Kanawha Turnpike at Covington the terminus
of the proposed turnpike, instead of Callaghan's, as provided
in act . First route would be much better than the second.
Lewis Payne , Jas. Armstrong , William Thompson, Jared Williams,
James Cleek, J oseph Caberley and 17 others. Reported.
INHABI TANTS of Bath &amp; Augusta .
1829 . Dec . 28 . A 1596. In corpora ti on of company to build turnpike from Warm Springs Mountain to Harrisonburg, passing
through Jenning ' s Gap and by Miller ' s Iron Works in Augusta.
This is the best route for a road in this section of country .
Charles Fawcett , Walter Richards, L. Blackburn, Abraham Lange ,
Archibal d Kinleaid, John W. Frazier and 37 others.
CITIZENS .

1831 .

Dec. 28. A 1597. Exemption of petitioners from paying toil
upon Wann Springs 'I\.trnpike when travelling to and f r om cour thouse. Henry Frazier, Charles Kinkead, John Chesnut , Moses
Guin, Robert Lockridge, R. Slaven and 61 others . Rejected .

INHABITANTS of Ba th &amp; Alleghany.
18J1 . Dec. 28. A 1598. Permission to build turnpike from Cedar
Creek in Bath to Indian Draft, a distance of ten miles . Road
will cost $800 a mile and Legislature may s ubscribe two-fifths

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of stock or not , as it sees fit .
A.rchibald Gilham, John W. Dunn .

Hamilton Mann, Abel Jacks on,

CITIZENS of Bath &amp; Rockbridge.
1832 . Jany. 16. A 1599 . Incorporation of Compa ny with s tock of
$5,000 to build turnpike from Millboro road over Mill and
North Mountains . People going to Wa rm a nd Hot Spring s would
travel thither via Lexing ton and Mi llbor o if t he road were
better . James Williams, A. P. Strother, John Fry , Chs. L.
Francisco , Wm. Peyton , Iavid Fultz and 22 others . Bill reported .
CITIZENS.

1832.

Dec. 21. A 1600. Protest agains t proposed collections of
tolls on free turnpike from Staunton to Warm Springs . Money
to build road was rais ed chiefly by lottery, and people gave
right of way to road through their lands , private persons having agreed to pay any damages demanded by property owners .
People using the free road are willing to work five days a
year to keep it in repair. E. Wi lliams, James Lyle , Albert
Fawcett, Charles Rhyne , Lewi s Bratton, Jacob Dill and 10 others .
Duplicate with 9 names .

INHABITAN'IS .

1834.

Dec. 8. A 1601 . New election precinct at Samuel Buckman's
near Back Creek . John McNully, Jacob May, Iavid Bird, S .
Hami lton, James Wade, W. C. Rider and 32 others.

RESIDEN'IS.

1834.

Dec. 10. A 1602 . Aid in building road from Bull Pasture
Road on Ja ckson's River Mountain across this mountain and Ba.ck
Cr eek Mountain to mouth of draft leading over Alleghany Mountains . Petitioners live in Back Creek Valley and a re cut off
from east and west by high mountains . Chas. S . Callihan, Thos.
Campbell, George Gilbert, Nonnan Holcomb, Jacob May, Robt .
Canby and 95 others . Duplicate 1, with 14 names, 2 with 22
names. Rejected.

RES IDEN'IS.

1825 ,

Dec. 11. A 160J . Protest against erection of tol l gate on
Huntersville and Warm Springs Turnpike, a qu&amp;rter of a mile bel ow Warm Springs at the eastern end of road , thereby requiring
t ravell e:r;:s to pay toll for f ive or ten miles when they need
not t ravel mor e than a quarter of a mile on the turnpike befo1:e
reaching a f ree roa d. Geo. Mayse, Jas . W. Warwick, Thomas
Mayse, Henry Frazier, A. Benson , Saml. Gillaspie and 2L~ others.
Rejected.

ANDERSON , HENRY.
1835. Dec. 15. A 1604. Authority for petitioner to take possession of certain l ands belonging to Lewi s Eisenmenger in Bath,
Grayson, Randolph and Russ ell counties upon the pa yment of
taxes due upon them. Petition er a nd Eisenmenger and obtain ed
a judgment, but there i s no available property except these
lands, which are s hortly to be sold fo r delinquent taxes . Bill
drawn.

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CITIZENS.

1836.

Dec . 20 . A 1605 . Appointment of John J . Allen as circuit
judge ·co fill the vacancy caused by death of Allen 'Th.ylor.
Joseph Wallace, Jno . Burns, Thos. Graham, Wm. Stuart, Robert A.
Benson, Wm. Lockridge and 27 others .

CITIZENS .

1836.

Dec. 21. A 1606. Same as A 1605. Ludwell Richards,
'Ihornas Kir~kpatrick, John Oliver, James R. Ewin, James Thomas,
Hazael William~ and JO others . Laid on table.

INHABITANTS of Bath, Rockbr::;.dge &amp; Augusta.
1837 . Feby. 10 . A 1607 . Aid in finishing turnpike from Staunton

to Warm Springs. About 28 miles of road have been completed
and 15 or 18 miles remain to be built. Joseph Bell , Edw. J.
M'Laughlin, J . W. McClung , James Mccawley, Wm. Adams, John M.
Bell and J2 others. Duplicate with 42 names.
WATSON, JOHN.

18J8.

Jany. 9, A 1608. Grant of $400 to enable petitioner and
family to move west. He is blind from cataract and six of his
ten children are blL~d from the same cause. Bath County gives
him $30 a year but this is not enough to buy food. Geo. Mayse ,
R. McClintic, S. Hamilton, Chs. L. Francisco, L. A. Porter,
Ian. Sitlington and 10 others. Refen·ed.

CITIZENS.
1838. Jany. 23. A 1609 . Change of quarterly terms of county
court from June and November to May and October. Robert Mc Clin tic, Henry Mill er, James Frazer, Wm. T. Clarke, I. K.
Ervin, Ben F. Douglas and 130 others. .Bill drawn.
INHABITA_1'-{'IS of Bath &amp; Augusta.
18J8. Feby. 7. A 1610 . Appropriation for opening road across
Calf Pasture Mountain to intersect Harrisonburg and Wann
Springs Turnpike near .Deerfield. Such a. road woi..lld greatly
shorten petitioners• distance from market. Saml . N. Marshal,
Wm. Lockridge , John C. Marshall, Peter Burns, James Venable,
I. S. B. Bryant and 46 others.
MILLS , ROBERT.

18J9.

Jany . 11. K 1611. Protection of' petitioner's deed to certain property in Bath bought by him from one Caleb Kirk. Deed
was recorded in Baltimore and was lost while on the way to
Ba th to be rGcorded there. Kirk is dead and his heirs are
scattered, so petitioner cannot get another deed and s~ggests
that a copy be files as the original . Rejected .

McCLINTI C, WILLIAM.
1839 . Jany. 12. A 1612. Application for a land bounty in t he
right of William McClintic, Revolutionary soldier. Statement
0f his brother, Alexander McClintic , tha. t William was wounded
a t Guiiford (fought on March 15, 1781) and died in 1786. Copy
of record from Bo·t e touri:. County records. Statements of John
Bolar and John Hutchi~son .

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MAYSE, GEORGE .
18J9 . Feby. 19. A 161J. Protest against removal of county seat
from Warm Springs. Grievances of persons asking removal are
chiefly imaginary, such as the untrue statement that the proprietor would never sell land for another hotel. Public
buildings are built of stone and will last for years. Persons
wishing removal of county seat desire its removal only a fe w
hundred yards to a tavern in Terman town. Rejected.
CITIZENS .

1839,

Feby . 19. A 1614. Protest against removal of county seat
from Warm Springs . Samuel Clarke, Thomas Mayse. Thomas M ' D:ulnald, Samuel Ross, Wm. Ayres, Fountain Morrison and 32 others.
Referred.

INHABITANTS .

1839 .

Feby. 2J. A 1615. Authority for Thomas A. Bell to build a
mill dam across Cow Pasture River . Chas . B. Dickinson, A. H.
Sitlington , John Dickinson , Henry E. Rush, Jas . Hughart, J . R.
Bell and 26 others.

CITIZENS.

1839, Feby. A 1616. Removal of courthouse to land of Lavid G.
Wise in Genna.ntown. Present public buildings are unsafe and the
proprietor of Warm Springs has precluded all hotel competition ,
so that accommodations are bad. Wm. H . Terril l , John Bala.n, John
Cooper, Wm . w. Shields, Robert Johnson, Robert Lockridge , and
61 others.
Duplicate 1, with 97 names , 2, with 144 names .

CITIZENS.

1839.

CITIZENS.

Mar. 1. A 1617. Protest against removal of county seat.
Adam Given, John Mynes, Samuel Corleitt. Rejected.
Mar. 4. A 1618. Protest against removal of county seat .
John T. Wright , Jilson Douglas, John . Shawver, Edw . Wood,
Fuller Ross, Orlando Griffith and J6 others.

1839 .

CITIZENS of Bath &amp; Pocahontas.
18J9. Mar. 6 . A 1619. Examination by State of turnpike route
from Staunton to Parkersburg via Warm Springs and Huntersville,
passing-through Nicholas and Lewis counties . This route would
save State $JO,OOO or $40 , 000 if adopted for proposed road.
War. Gatewood, Chs. L. Francisco, Henry Miller, Elisha B.
Williams, Th. Goode, Tho. Blundell and 17 others.
CITIZENS of Bath &amp; Pendleton.
18J9. Mar. 8. A 1620. Adoption of route through Buffalo Gap and
Hodges' Draft for proposed turnpike from Staunton to Parker9burg, TC4s route has advantage of being five mi l es s horter
than the other'" and of missing three mountains crossed by latter.
Adam Stephenson, I. B. Campbell, 'Ihomas I . Meadows, John M.
Pray, D. McNulty, Peter B. Williams and 205 others .

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CITIZENS .

1839.

Mar. 8. A 1621. Increase in the salaries of judges . They
are hardly paid enough at present to live on. Printed. Thomas
Blundell, Edward Stuart, I. Sloan, Thomas Mayse.

CITIZENS.

1839.

Mar. 8.

A 1622.

Same as A 1621. John Fry, Chs. L.
Francisco, John Saunderson, D. R. Cooper, Stephen N. Porter,
Robert McClintic and 7 others.

CITIZENS .

Mar. 9 . A 1623. Protest against removal of county seat .
William P. Mines, Jno . Sproule, John Clerk, Stephen Mandly,
Jno. Stephenson, William Kincaid and JO others. Rejected.

1839.

CITIZENS .
Mar. 9. A 1624. Same as A 162J. James McGlaughlin, Robt .
Dixon, John Hicks, James Curry, Alexander Benson, James McNulty
and 15 others .

1839 .

CITIZENS .

1839,

Mar. 9 . A 1625. Protest against removal of county seat.
Petitioners formerly wished removal but have changed their
minds. Robt. Viley, Wm . McKirkpatrick, Isaac Pritt, Jas. M.
Curry. Rejected.

CITIZENS.

1839 .

A 1626 .
Protes t against petition asking for removal of
county seat from Warm Springs a nd a lleging that public buildings a re dilapidated. This is untrue; jail and c ourthouse
are both in excellent condition. Nothing can be gained by
removal. William Stewart, Harvey Hicklin , Ja mes Lavis ,
Alexander Reed, Thomas Williams, James Williams and 67 others.

TAYLOR , ANDERSON, Free Negro .
1840. Jany. 20. A 1627 . Permission to remain in State . Jo hn C.
Wallace , Jno . C. Marshall, John D. Kincaid , Jerrod M. Stuartp
Moses McClintic, Chas. L. Kinkead and 18 9thers.
CITIZENS.

1840 .

Feby .

J.

A i628.

Prohibition of sale of liquor in State .
Sale of
it should be prohibited under penalty. Robert C. Warwick, John
Weaddell, 'Ibos. Ca.mpbell, Wm. J . Borden, E. S. Call ahan, D.
Holcomb and 10 others.
Drink causes most of the cr imes, poverty and misery.

CITIZENS.
Mar . J. A 1629. Removal of courthouse from Wann Springs
to John Cleek's. Certain that public building cannot be repaired; it must be rebuilt . Also , inn accommodations at Warm
Springs are inadequate , Dr. John Brockenbrough 9 the proprietor
of springs, refused to lay out town when so requested , Germantown has few advantages over Warm Springs but Cleek 's has many.
Jno . Sproule, Michael Doyle , Wil liam Hiner, John McGlaughlin,
Robt . Dixon, John Wiley and 52 others . Duplicate signed by 13
names.

1841.

�INHABITAN'IS .
1841. Dec. 31. A 16JO. Amendment of charter of Jackson's River
Turnpike Company, so as to abolish Board of Di.rectors and to
give Board of Public Works power to appoint a superintendent of
the road. None of the stock is owned by the -Board of Directors
and they cannot feed much interested in the road. James Crawford, Nich. C. Kinney, William Kinney, Henry Erskine.
INHABITAN'IS of Bath, Augusta &amp; Rockbridge.
1842. Jany. J, A 16J1. Protest against action of the Staunton
and Parkersburg Tt.unpike Company in erecting a toll gate at
Buffa.lo Ga.p and eha.rging people to ride oYer a free road where
it intersects Parkersburg road. Joseph Bell, Saml. D. Wallace,
Joseph Mil.ray, Robert Harris, Wm. H. Bell, .Iavid Bradley and
72 others. Duplicate with 72 names. Two copies of signed
letter:, JUIX;E &amp; Bar of Bath &amp; Pocahontas Courts.
184J. Dec . 16. A 1632. Change in tenns of superior court of
Bath to April and September 26 and of Pocahontas Court to
April and September 23. Present enns are inconvenient. Edw.
Johnson, William H. Terrill, Johnson Reynolds, Edward D.
Bailey, W. SkeeL, Chris. IB.mron, J. J. Alderson, John W.
Brockenbrough, Andrew IB.mron. Rejected.

BUCKINGHAM, ELISHA.
1844. Jany. 11.

A 1633. Certificate of court of claims of 81st
Regiment allowing Buckingham $90 for having stand of colors
painted in 1831. Signed Geo. Mayse, Clerk. Ref erred to
Assembly for payment.

OFFICERS of the 81st Regiment.
1844. Dec. 7. A 1634. Return t o system of brigade inspection .
Present system is highly unsatisfactory and off icers receive
no training. One company in each regiment should be required.
to drill and to keep arms ready for inspection for a year and
then to pass the arms on to another company. In this way
militia might be fairl y well disciplined . A. G. McGuf'fin , Wm.
W. Shields, Lieut.-Col., Wm. McClintic, Ca.pt., C. C. Francisco,
Capt., James McClintic, Ca.pt., W. Stephenson , Capt., A. A.
Stevenson,_Adjt . , M. Trainer, Ca.pt., Wm. Hamilton, Ca.pt.
Referred.
CITIZENS of Bath &amp; Alleghany.
1844. A 1635. Permission to divert money :raised by lottery for
improving navigation of Cow Pasture River to the improving of
roads . Most of money raised was spent on river but nothing
accomplished. '!hos . A. Bell, William K. Dickinson , F.dward
Wheat, E. K. Va.nBewen, Heney Willson, Benj. Thompson and 50
others.

CITIZENS .
1844. A 16J6. Permission to appropriate an Unexpended sum of
$100, raised by a lottery for building bridge over Cow Pasture

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River, for i mprovement of a road from Otho Williams ' s mill
a long said river. Otho Williams , James P. Wood, Adam McDonald,
John Clerk , Jr . , Alex. H. Sitlington and 31 others. Bill reported .
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CITIZENS of Cow Pasture Valley.
1845. Jany. 15. A 1637 . Permission for James Paine to build a
dam eight feet high across Pasture River at McDannald's for
purpose of running a saw mill. Sam. Lewis , Jas. Howell, John
Wallace, Otho Williams, James Mayse, John Carrell and 27
others.

CITIZENS OF CENTRAL VIRGJNIA .

Jany. J . A 16J8. Adoption by State of some adequate system
of public educati on. Present system of common schools is very
unsatisfactory; there are no legal provisions for construction
of schoolhouses, engagement of teachers and management of
schools. Intelligence and morals suffer from these defects.
Fund appropriated for instruction of poor children is small
and badly administered, but it would fail to accomplish anything if it were three times as great, without some sort of
system . Money is wasted as long as teachers are paid four or
five cents a day for giving poor scholars any kind of instruction. A comprehensive plan should be adopted and a large fund
appropri ated for schools. Printed. Thomas P. Simms, Wm. McClintic, S. A. Porter, Chas L. Francisco, A. W. Cameron, David
H. Bird and 52 others.

1846.

CITIZENS of Central Virginia .
1846. Jany. 3 . A 1639 , Same as A 1638. Samuel Ruckman, Stuart
S. Rider, Thos . C. Methany, Michael Francis, William Ewin,
Thomas Waulip and 22 others. Referred.
CITIZENS.
Jany. J. A 1640. Same as A 16J8. Saml. McComb, Jacob
Elleson , James Waugh , Wm . S. Hevner, S. Ruck.man, Charles Wade
and 46 others. Referred .

1846 .

CITIZENS.
1846 . Jany. 7. A 1641. Incorporation of company to build railway from western terminus of Louisa Railroad to Staunton and
along the Great Kanawha to the Ohio. This is the shorest,
cheapest and most direct route from east to west . No longer
any chance of completing the James River and Kanawha Canal and
people will not consent to travel one- half the distance by
railroad and the other half by canal. Printed . Charles 1.
Francisco, Francis T. Fry, John Brockenbrough, Sylvanus A Bird,
Henry Meyers, John Lemon and 35 others. Referred .

CITIZENS.

1846.

Jany . 7. A 1642. Same as 1641. Charles L. Francisco,
John Brockenbrough, Francis T. Fry, Stephen A. Porter, J. S .
Craw:ford , G. B. Ri chards and 10 others.

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CITIZENS.
1846. Jany. 7, A 164J. Same asA1642. James F. Bell, Alex. H.
Sitlington , Geo. W. McDonald, James M'Laughlin, Wm. Y. Mccutcheon, John Gillaspie and JJ others.
CITIZENS of Bath &amp; Pendleton .
1846. A 1644. Formation of New county. Petitioners find it difficult to reach courthouse because of difficult ford and bad
road. W. Wilson, A. A. Stephenson, James Brown , Richard Ratcliff'; Mitchell D. Meadows , John Hiner and 1.56 others . Poll
taken on question of having new county.
lNHABITAN'IS of Bath &amp; Pendleton.
1846. Dec . 28. A 1645. Formation of new county. William B.
Hull, Sampson Zichefoose, Thomas O. Sitlington , ~rl.chael Propst,
Wm. Hevener , John M. Rexrode and 60 others . Duplicate 1 with
43 names, 2 with 28 names, J with 46 names , 4 with 16 names.
INHABITAN'IS.
1847, Jany. 16 . A 1646. Protest against formation of a new
county out of parts of Bath and Pendleton . Population of Bath
has not increased since 1840, and if new county is formed
there will be only about 2000 white inhabitants left in Bath .
James McGuffin , W. M. Bean, Wm. Ihvis, Sam Carpenter, Wm . Lockridge, Henry Given and 140 others. Duplicate with 89 names.
CITIZENS of Cow Pasture River Valley .
1847. Jany. 28 . A 1647. Act requiring mill owners on James and
Cow Pasture rivers, above James River Canal , to build sluices
wide enough to admit passage of rafts 16 feet broad, to build
slopes and to put up pilot marks to guide navigators. James
Paine, Charles Hughart, James Black, William Spy, William R.
Foster, Wm . Bulger and 64 others , Duplicate with 26 names.
Rejected for want of notice.
CITIZENS of Bath and Pendleton.
1847. Feby. 1 A 1648. Formation of new county. W. Stephenson ,
John McGlaughlin, Jonathan Syron, John T. Armstrong, Samuel
Moyers, Paschal D. Williams and 20 otners.
CITIZENS of Cow Pasture River Valley .
1847. Feb. 2. A 1649. Act requiring mill owners on James and
Cow Pasture rivers to fix dams so as to allow navigation .
James Paine, Chas. L. Kincaid, Wm. Kincaid, Jno. C. Marshall,
St. Cl.air Stewart, James H. Benson and 19 others. Rejected
for want of notice .
CITIZENS .
1847. A 1650. Formation of' new county . Henry Seybert, Iavid
Varner, Amos Sample, Henry T. Fleisher, Solomon Waggoner, Jas.
Trimble and 50 others,

CITIZENS.
1849.

Jany. 15.

A 1651 .

Extension of Louisa Railway by a tunnel

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through the Blue Ridge . It can then be extended westward to
Covington without trouble. Trade now diverted to B3.ltimore
will come to Richmond. John Brockenbrough, Andrew L. Warwick,
Chs. L. Francisco, I . D. Fry, S . A. Porter, J. N. McGuffin, and
65 others.
CITIZENS.

1849 .

Jan . 17 . A 1652 . Grant of aid in constructing turnpike
or graded road from Vance's on Huntersville Turnpike to intersect the Jackson ' s River Tu.rnpike at John Shu.mate's tavern, a
distance of 15 miles . S . N. Gatewood, Levi Server, Samuel
Marley, Charles Hamilton, George Turber, Je~se Whitman and 28
others. Bill reported.

CITIZENS .

1850 .

Feby . A 1653 . Exemption of people of Falling Springs
Valley from paying toll on Jackson ' s River Turnpike at a gate
situated between Warm and Hot Springs. A. Meister, Richard
Snead, John Cawley , Elisha 8 . Williams, David Thomas, Wm. M.
Thompson and 14 others . Letter of A. Meister. Reported.
**omission
VO'IERS.

1854.

A 1658. Prohibition of sale of liquor in State. Wm. J.
Weldon, Hughart M. Burns, Joseph W. Burns, William C. S. Jordan.
John Cleek, John M. Sitlington and 16 others .

INHABITANTS.
1857 , Jany. 21.

A 1659 . Apporpriation for a road from Hot
Springs to Clifton Forge . Thi s road would fonn link between
Jackson' s River and Covington and Lexington turnpikes, shortening the distance 25 or JO miles; would also afford facilities
for going to market. S. A. Byrd, A. Richard, Lewis Williams,
S. A. Porter, Wm. W. Shi elds, D. O. Wise and 58 others .

MERCHANTS.
1858.

Jany. A 1660.
sal es is unjust to
Bryan &amp; Co., C. R.
A. G. Clerk and 11

Change in taxation system. License tax upon
merchants . Printed. D. G. Wise, W. H.
M'Donnald, H. G. Riveraomb, S . A. Porter,
others .

CITIZENS .
186J.

Feby. 14. A 1661. Removal of negro convicts from this
section of country and employmen-t of them on fortifications
around Richmond. (The State employed many negro slaves in 1861
for fortification work.) Also repeal of act which directs
appointment of negro convicts on public work. Wm. B. McElwee.
Roger Hickman, Geo. L. McElwee, A. N. McClintic , Geo. Mayse,
W. A. Sitlington and 11 others. Referred .

CITIZENS
A 1662. Appropriation f or extension of State Turnpike from Covington, its present eastern terminus, to Staunton. For sum of
$24 , 600 State could turnpike road for whole 71 miles, and tolls
t hereupon would pay excell ent interest on investment. Printed .
A. Dickinson , Robt. H. Morris on , Hugh Kelso, George Turber,

�18

Saml. S. Williams, Saml. Crawford and 79 others .

**

omissions

SCHOOL Commissioners of Bath.
1852. Jany. 24. A 1654. Payment of Bath quota of school fund
for 1850. Comin.issioners forfeited quota for 1850 by failure
to report to the second auditor; notwithstanding, teachers
were hired and indigent children taught. Signed by John C.
porter, Pres., and S. A. Bird, Clerk .
CITIZENS of Bath &amp; Highland.
i852 . Feby. 26 . A 1655 , Appropriation of $500 to make a wagon
road over mountain from Clerk ' s Mill to Back Creek. This part
of country has never receiv~d any money from State for roads
and the proposed improvement is badly needed . W. Wilson, 10.vid
Stephenson, John F . Bratton, S . C. Slaven, John Given, D. Lockridge and 48 others . Bill reported.
CITIZENS.

1852.

Mar. 16 . A 1656. Exemption of petitioners from paying toll
at a gate on Jackson's River '.fu.rnpike between the Wann and Hot
Springs. Petitioners understood that tolls were to be charged
for foreign travel, but on the contrary they are compelled to
pay to go to courthouse, church, etc. Geo. Mayse, A. P.
Strother, John D. Payne, John Dean, Geo. Hivel y, Eras.
Williams and 92 others. Rejected .

CITIZENS .
Dec . 31. A 1657. Incorporation of a company with $6,000
worth of s~ock, to build turnpike from Central Railroad at
Millboro to intersect Warm Springs Turnpike at Mrs. Brinkley ' s
in Bath4 Travel to the springs would pass over this road .
F. H. 'Ihompson, Wm. Winder, Christopher Brinkley, Samuel
Clark, J, N. Sitlington, John P. Porter . and 40 others.

1852.

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Approved
Family History Researcher
in N. C. State Archives, N.C .
1218 Scott Place
Cary, NC 27511

Walnut Hills

(919) 467-6989

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RESEARCH AID1 National Parks Headquarters just outside of' Luray (on way
to Skyline Drive) has oral history on tapes and transcribed for that
r egion .
from Ann L McAlisteru J609~ Tunglewood Lane, Lynchburg, VA24503

�MISLED .BOOK BUYERS WARN OIBERS
by
Margaret Drody Thompson
WARNING has come from several who b.ave been misled into purchasing books
they believed were family histories , but were not ! They found no pertinent history or pedigrees in an irrelevant collection of information
pulled together under the guise of their surnames in the book's title.
There are many credible family histories being published of which their
members are proud to own. It i s important to know how to identify and
safely purchase these. Legitimate family historians will welcome your inquiries and should be able to provide proper descriptions or abstracts
that will give enough information for you to determine if the book relates
to your family in some way, accurately .
You may also ask for assistance from your local genealogical librarian,
genealog ical society , or historical society . Try to see a copy of the
book prior to purchase either in a library , through another member of the
family, or on an "approval" basis .
An Evaluation Guide for Purchasing Family Histories
What are seller interests (member of the family)? Reputable? Longestablished?
Is my satisfaction guaranteed , with adequate return information, if refund is desired?
Does it meet my needs? What are my criteria? (for instance: are my
ancestors in it? How? Does it list their origins? Vital statistics?
Is the information documented? Does the book have a bibliography? In
other words , are there things included about which you are most curious
or that will help your search?)
Does the book contain only begets? My pedigree (from me to my earliest
known ancestcr )? My family tree (my immediate kindred)? All i ed lines?
Does the book contain only general information that could pertain to
any su:rname in America?
. Does it contain only general history - or is specific history related
to my particular family?
If you are actively engaged in research , it is sometimes necessary to own
books of su:rname ' s lineages to eliminate unnecessary research on the ancestor of unknown decendancy. Or , if you are just begi nning research, a
book of pertinent lineage can be a touchstone from which you work. '!here
are various reasons for purchasing family history books, and it is important for you to first decide why you want or need a book prior to its
purchase , for economy.
Ancestor searching is becoming the popular new hobby of an increasing
number of Americans . Memberships in genealogical societies, ethnic associations , and family associations are growing. Unfortunavely, however, all
this inr.reased interest and monetary outlay is attracting the attent ion
of a few who are in terested only in capitalizing in the market , at the
expense of the unwary.

�Most involved with genealogy as a pastime or a profession
putable people, and with a little care and thoughtfulness
the unscrupulous. A cardinal guide is: It takes time to
family history . It is unique ! So, take a little time in
purchases will best meet your needs.

REGISTER OF

are helpful , reyou can avoid
discover YOUR
deciding which

DEATHS

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY I VIRGINIA

selected abstracts from the year 1853
p 1 (name - color - sex - date of death - place of death - cause of death - age

- parents - place of birth - occupation - husband or wife - person giving
information - relationship of person giving information)
5. Sally Robertson - white - female - Oct 19 - Pittsylvania Co - liver disease 62y 9m 11days - D3.vis &amp; ?Polly Pettn?/Petty - Halifax Co - farmed - Christopher
Robertson - Jno E Robertson, son of dec ' d
6. Elizabeth Prewitt - white - female - Aug 15 - Pittsylvania Co - Flux - 61y 10m
- Polly Pr~ett - Halifax Co - farmer - unmarried - Martha Ukles - daughter of
dec'd
10. Sally Adkins - white - female - Jan 22 - Pitts . Co - old age - 80y - Wm &amp;
F.ady Owen -0-0- John Adkins dec ' d - Nancy Adkins - daughter of dec'd
16. Richard Parrish - white - male - Nov - Pitts. Co - Kidney disease - 75y Abram &amp; Sarah Parrish - Pitts Co
- farmed - Jane Parrish dec ' d - Roct W
Parrish - son of dec'd
22. Averella Woody - white - female - Feb 20 - Pitts . Co - Brase d isease - 43y
- D3.vid &amp; ?Avery? ?Iaccs? - Pitts Co - O - Willis Woody - consor t to dec ' d
28. Charlott Jones - white - female - Feb 20 - Pitts Co - 0 - 40y - Thos &amp;
Rebecca Jones - Pitts Co - O - unmarried - Mrs Hodnett - sister to dec ' d

JO.

Henry Hogans - white - male - June 7 - Pitts Co - Lightning - 31 Y - Enos &amp;
Denitha Hogans - Pitts Co - farmer - Eliz ' th Hogans - Enos Hogans - father
to dec'd
·
32 . Mary Bibb - white - female - Dec ' r 12 - Pitts Co - Ulcer - 39Y - Michael &amp;
Mary Roberts - Pitts -Co -0- James Bibb - Catharine Roberts - sister

JJ.

Pleasant Sayne?/Sayre - white - male - July 14 - Pitts Co - dropsey - 88y Joel &amp; Sally Sayne? - Pitts Co - farmer - Eliz ' th Sayne? - Coley Sayne daughter of dec'd
(Note : the original of the above is at the Pittsylvania Court House.)

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Con t ributions of Time, Information, Money always needed. George Robertson,
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CHRISTIANSBURG HISTORY LIES IN RUIN
by Mary Bland Armistead

*

CHRISTIANSBURG: The way to the venerable Craig Family Cemetery is up a
hill from Park Street and through waisthigh growths of thistle and snaggy
blue wildflowers.
The path is hardly more than a depressed tracing through the hillside growth.
Once it was pretty well defined, but that was in the day when the old burying ground was in use as "the" cemetery for people of prominence in the
Christiansburg area.
Indeed, as M--rs. Roy H Collins points out, lots of older families were
buried there, and Mrs. Collins' family was one of· them.
Now Mrs. Collins, who lives in Christiansburg, is one of a small group
deploring the neglect of the in-town cemetery which has an un!mown age,
a known his+0rical value and a $2, 500 trust fund set up for its maintenance.
People are wanting to know what's happened to that money; the graveyard
has become the victim of vast and heedless abuse.
Mrs. Collins' grandparents, M. F. Akers and wire, are
of her great-grandparents, the Anderson Alleys .

~here,

and the remains

But their graves are disgraced by underbrush, their carefully carved
markers in shambles. A fallen tree enshrouds the plot in snags and :rustling leaves.
"It ' s a shame the grounds have gotten in this shape," Mrs. Collins comments.
And Mrs. Charles King of Roanoke says, "It hurts me to see this place • .,
In its jumble and desec ration by vandals and infrequent care lie her forebears who, ironical ly, had handed over aC'reag'e two centuries ago on which
Christiansburg would be built.
Mrs . King, her concern heightened by an wiusual genealogical motivation ,
walks carefull y around chunks of stones fallen into honeysuckle, long grasses
and old Virginia creeper vines. Under the tangle are her great-great-great
grandparents, James Craig and Anne Montgomery Craig, whose home was in
Hans Meadows, the territory on the headwaters of Crab Creek where Christians burg would rise.
'Ihe first courthouse Montgomery County ever had was built on land given
by this James Craig in 790, and the settlement of Christiansburg sprang

up two years later on the rest of his 175-acre gift.
Craig was a patriot and only 18 when he fought in the Battle of King ' s
Mountain. He was given fine lands in the newly formed Montgomery Cowi t y
in recognition for his war services . His son , Robert Craig, s erved in
the Virginia l egislature, and was elected later to Congress . Craig County
was named for him.
*Senior wri t er, Roanoke Times &amp; World-News, Sun . , Sept . 16, 1979

�M.-T"S. King says she was not aware of these historical vignettes until three
years ago when she started tracing her Craig and Bowyer lineages. Her research led to Christiansburg, and up the desolate hill, where she found
the spot where her ancestors lie.

Two years ago, their grave marker was undisturbed; today it is in fallen
ignominity, inscriptions eroded and decorative motifs nearly gone.
And there are graves of other people there whom history should not forget,
Someplace, under giant fir trees swiftly succumbing to age, is the grave
of John McHenry, who died in a duel with Thomas Lewis in May, 1808. His
grave was never marked; its site unknown today. But it's there.
'Ihomas Lewis died in that confrontation, too. It was said to be the first
duel with rifles known to have taken place in Virginia. It led to the
passage in January 1910 of the Barbour Bill outlaWing dueling in Virginia.
Lewis, a grandson of Gen. Andrew Lewis who is buried in Salem ' s Fast Hill
Cemetery, has an unmarked grave somewhere in Shawsville ' s Madison Cemetery.
There are Confederate veterans in the Craig cemetery, and the grave of
Lewis Miller, a Pennsylvania Dutch artist who wandered, notebook in hand,
through the mountains and valleys of the land, and left beguilingly vivid
sketches of the scenes he saw.
He roamed the Shenandoah Valley, through Big Lick and the Bennett Springs
area, and up the mountain to Montgomery County, where he had relatives
and places that interested him. He traveled abroad, too, always looking
and always drawing, but he returned many times to the Virginia scenes he
liked best.
Some of the best of his little pictures are on display in the Abby Aldrich
Rockefeller Folk Art Center in Williamsburg, for Lewis Miller has become
justly famous.
He was born in York, Pa., in 1796, and made a living as a house carpenter.
When his traveling days were over, he made his home wi th a niece, Mary
Sherwood Flagg, who, when he died in 1882, saw to his burial in t he old
Craig grounds on the hill near her Christiansburg home.
His stone, originarlly standing tall with an open Bible carved above the
letterings of his name and vital statistics, has toppl ed and broken now,
and grasses and wild strawberry vines thread its fallen pieces into a
random mosaic.
'!here are an estimated 50 graves in the area, and in many of them are
people who, as Mrs. King points out, "had the most to do with the building
of this town."
She shakes her head, "Here they are up on this hill, and neglected."

Mrs . Collins says her family is thinking about clearing its section of
the land, "but if the vandalism keeps up, we 're not interested." She speaks
of "motorcycle gangs riding up here and drinking beer," and Mrs. King points

�to the scraggly path -- a s hort cut to a trailer park on the back side
of the hill .
The women a r e aware of the $2 ,500 Flagg trust.
not being expended on c emetery rnai~tenance .

They question why it is

If the plots and fence lines were cleared, they say , and if the •hiding
pla ces for vandals " were removed and the safety of the graves insured,
ther e may be other descendants who will s how interest in the place.
"Lots of people don't Imow they got kin folks uo here."

CRAI G CEMETERY , CHRISTIANSBURG, VA .

Montgomery County
by Ma rvin U Neighbors

Captain James Craig = died Feb 8 18J4 = aged 72 years (Notes ch in will
18291 Celenda Kyle, John, Robert, Clementine, Susannah)
Anna Montgomery = wife of Captain James Craig = died Dec 2 1841 = aged
74 years
John Craig = born = April 25 1794 = died Aug 27 1852 (notes ch in will
1852 &amp; Mary Taylor Craig, James Robert , Elenor Lewis, Charles Joseph, John,
Melinda w.)
Emeline = wife of=John Craig = born Nov 1 1813 = died Jan 3 1892
John Craig Jr = born = Jan 14 18J9 = fell in battle of = Chancellorsville
= May J 186J
Mary T Craig = Oct 21 1841 = Jan 16 1929
Charles Joseph Craig = Apr 17 1844 = Feb 28 1923
Brainard W Craig = Virginia = Pvt 34 AAF .Pursuit SQ = World War I = Aug
12 1893 - April 7 1950
Annie Augusta Craig = Feb 12 1886 = Mar 1 1953
Elizabeth Gray Craig = Feb 1898 = Oct 16 1898
Melinda Craig = wife of = John L Taylor = born July 25 1836 = died July

5 1911

Ellen Craig

= wif'e

of = W _ Flagg

(stone broken)

= 1847

- 1925
William C Flagg = 1857 - 1925

Ellen Craig Flagg

Here lies the body of = Doc. Geo. Anderson = bom the 19th day of April
1779 = and died the 22 day of Sept 1818
This slab is inscribed to his
memory by his widow who deeply deplores his loss.

=

John Anderson = born 19 April 1789 = departed this life = 16th March 1821
=This tribute of •••••••• affection was erected to his memory by his son
George

�Sarah Leek Anderson = who departed this life = March 4th 1833 = aged J
years 8 months = and 20 days
Doct'r Joseph Miller = born 7th Sept ' r 1784 &amp; =departed this life =17th
January 1849
Matilda L Miller = born Feb 16 1785 = died Feb. 17 1854 = aged 69 yrs
1 day
Lewis Miller = born May 3 1796 = died Sept 15 1882
Rev. C A Miller = born Nov 15 1819 = died = Mar 26 1893
Malinda Taylor Miller = born = Oct 13 18J6 = died = June 25 1906
Mr s. Fannie Miller = widow of thP, late T W Micon = wife oi' = Rev C A
Mill er = born May 13 1819 = died May 26 1860
James Wade =born 5th Dec ' r 1794 = and departed this life
18J 9
Eliza P Wade = born May 1799 = de~arted this life
(notes nee Anderson : md 10- 7-1824)
Hamil ton Wade = born May 28 1789
1821 Mary Anderson)

= died

= 30th

May 2 1846

= 27th

April

October 1839

(noter md 11-13-

-

William Wade = died = April 11 1857 = a ged 59 years
Emil~ Wade = died Jan 14 1873 = aged 78 years
(Note1 nee Crow, md 7 July
1819)
Mrs. Ella L Wade = wife of = William Wade = born April 11 1842 = died
Dec'r 29 1869
Rebecca widow of David Wade = born ~ June 1764 = &amp; departed this life
= 4th June 1822

=

Rebecca A Pettus = born = July 15 1851 = died = Sept 10 1912

=

Marthey
wife of
June 26 1888

= Phillip

Haymaker Sen. = born

= Jan

12 1814 = died

=

Col. Robt, c. Trigg = died = Jan 2nd 1872
Minero Shuffl ebarger = wife of = M B Franklin = born = May 17 183) = died
Mar 26 1907
Mrs. Martha F Holman =wife of = Geo. P. Holman = born Feb'y 22 1819 =
died Nov'r 3 1868
Joel C Parrish
1847 - 1921
Elizabeth K Parish
1849 - 1926

=

=

John G Woods = born April 19 18JO = died Oct J 1895
Malin-la H Wood = born Sep 4 184-0 = died Dec 22 1922
Paris Shufflebarger
9 mos &amp; 24 d.s

yrs

= born = Oct

Magdalene Shufflebarger

29 1826

= born = Mar

= died = Aug

6 18JJ

22 1895 = aged 68

= died = Nov

18 1895

�Peter W Ried = born = in Scotland
burg = Jan JO 1909

= June

Miss Janet Reid = born = in Coupar Angus
1825 = died = Nov 13 1900

=

James R Flagg

= died

= Perthshire

= near Christia.11s-

Scotl and

= July

1J

1856 - 1929

= Jan

Mrs. M. J. Flagg = born
Robert Flagg

9 18JO

= born

4 18J6

July 10 1885

= departed

this Jan JO 1910

= died Jan 8 1889

Mrs. Jane Murray = departed this life = Oct 29 1884

= aged

84 yrs

= departed this life = Oct 4 1879 = aged 84 YJ:S
David Jones = born 1811 = died Mar J 1922
Mary J Lee = born = Aug 15 1839 = died April 27 1889 = aged 50 yeaJ:S
Rebecca A Lee = born Mar 15 1859 = died Mar 14 1879 = aged 20 yeaJ:S
B F Jennings = born = Apr 19 18J7 = died = Aug 5 1914 =a Confederate
soldier = 1861 - 1865

Mrs . Sarah Murray

Matilda H Jennings = died = Oct 12 1907 = aged 66 yeaJ:S
Luthe"t" A Jennings = born Oct 26 187J = died Aug 18 1918

= died

James Brown = of Madison Miss.
Malichi Shufflebarger
Anderson Alley

= born

July J 1866

= aged

60 YeaJ:S

= born = Dec 6 1846 = died = July 28
= June 11 1817 = died = Aug 14 1890

Martha _
18?2

= wife

of Anderson Alley = born = June 17 1822

M F Akers

= born

Oct 16 1848 =died = Feb 25 19.31

1906

= died

= May 28

Sarah Elizabeth Akers = born = Nov 2J 1851 = died = April 2 1904

= 1835 - 1911

Eliz Scott Taylor

Ca.pt . James Bratton = who died in Christiansburg= Jan'y 2 1814 =and
infant daughter = Eli zabeth M Bratton = who died July 25 1806 = aged 9
months
James al.ark = 1827 - 1916
Mary

Ann

Clark = 1841

Sallie Meade Kyle

= 1864

= 1822

William Emmett Kyle

- 1875

= 1819

- 1875

Anna Montgomery Kyle = 1852 - 1875
Gracie Craig = 1892 - 1912

= 1841 - 1906

Rev. S K Wickham
george V corell
Hannah J

= wi:fe

= Co
of

= 54 Va

= G V Corell

William James Cherry

L

C

= May

Inf

= CSA

= Apr JO 1845

= May

4 1850 = Mar 28 1924

11 1906

�Dora A Cherry

= his

wife = Aug 2 1862 = Apr JO 1940

James L Burson = died = July 27 1848 = aged 22 years
Bettie Craig = Oct 4 1868 = Sept 1924
William H Dooley = born

Mary Dooley = 1848 -

= June

= 1 O mo 's

&amp;

21 days

28 1841 == died = July 28 1909

1916

MILTON - EARLES
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Deed Book: page 25-26
Know all pearsons whoever it may cons em that we Richard Mil ton, and
Judith his wife of Pitsilvany County and State of Vira of our Volintery
Chois and free will , efiction we hav for Thomas Eurls and Timmornithy Eurls
hath Givin and Granted unto the Said Thomas and Timothy Urls their heirs
&amp; forever the tract or pa:rsil of land we recovered by decree of John Allsup his heirs &amp; it lying and being in the bov Said County on the Draughts
of Sandy river, and by Virtue of this Gift we invest in them the said
Thoms and Timothy Eurls ther heirs &amp; the right in fesimple to the abov
said land and will defend the said to them, ther heirs &amp; from our heirs
or any other pearson or peasons whatever, In Witness whearof we hav hea~
unto afixt our hands and Seals this f orteenth day of Jinery one thousand
and Eight hundred and Eight
Richard (his X mark) Milton
S ind Seald and Delivrd
)
Judith (her X mark ) Milton
In presents of
)
John Mintor, Smith Strange
Thomas Currey, Richard B Beck
Isaiah Morten
At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 18" day of April 1808 This
Deed of Gift from Ricr..ard Mil ton and Judi th his wife to Thomas F.arles and
Timothy Earles was presented in Court and prouved by the Oath of three of
the Subscribing Witnesses to be the respective acts and deed of the said
Richard and Judith, and by the Court Ordered to be Recorded ------Teste
Will Tunstall C o C
contributed by
Calvin Weddle
Mispla ced QUERYs
Dorothy A GRIFFITH, 9514 Minerva Ave . , St . Louis, MO 63114
John WHEA T.LEY b 1805 Scott Co VA, md ca 1830 Lucy DEAN, (da u of Ellis Dean
&amp; Mary MILLER). Josh Wheatley who md Sally PARKER ca 1800. Seeking info
and descendan t s of thes e families .

...

�WYIBE COUN'IY (VIRGINIA) CEME'IERY SURVEY
by
Bn.ice Anderson
Work has s tarted on a comprehensive survey of cemeteries in Wythe Cotmty.
The project i s sponsored jointly by your Wythe County Historical Society
and the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society . Bn.ice Anderson, Jr.
is serving as General Chairman of the joint committee to plan and coordinate
effort s of members of both Societies and other interested people. Rate of
prog ress will depend greatly on the willingness of volunteers to come forward to he lp locate and identify c emeteries and to record data from individual grave markers . As work progresses, a list of cemeteries surveyed and
names found therein will be made available for publication in the Wythe
County Historical Review and the Virginia Appalachian Notes.
To insure that no over~rown, near-forgotten burial site is overlooked,
"Old Timers" in our County a re urged to volunteer their services to the
Committee . As names a nd locations of burial sites are made known, each
will be assigned a serial number and placed on the List of Cemeteries to
be Surveyed.
Then a Search Team, accompanied by the informant, will visit
the burial site and initiate a Cemetery Description form. It's location
will be plotted on the appropriate section of U. S . Geologic Survey Map.
Informational items to be recorded on the Cemetery Description Form include
serial number , name, location (in reference to State and National roads),
name and telephone number of the person from whom permission might be gotten to enter the cemetery, level of care, etc . (If anyone voices opposition to entry, the name of the objecting person will be recorded and listing of g rave markers deferred.)
03.ta-taking Teams will perform a detailed study of each cemetery. A Grave
Site Location Gride and Grave Marker Description will be prepared. The
position of each probable grave site (marked or unmarked) will be marked
on location gride sheet by means of a small square . After all sites have
b een so marked, each square will be serially numbered. Larger ceme t eries ,
say greater than 100 grave sites, will be sectioned and each section assign ed a letter ~f the alphabet .
Transcription Teams of two people each -- one reading and one recording
will transcribe data from grave markers. (Every, reas onable effort will
be made to assure that vital statistics aEe recorded precisely as they
a ppear on the marker . ) Every name transcribed will be given the same
number as the one entered on the grid sheet. (If the cemetery was sectioned, the s ection letter should precede the serial ' number . ) When more than
one name appears on a marker (i . e., husband and wif e), the same marker
number will be assigned to both names . If no death date shows on the
marker, the name will be recorded by the Team. Names of military veterans
will be flagged and all military information transcribed. Other non-vital
data that might be recorded at the option of the Team include Bible quotat i ons, fraternal order , type of marker, weathering , orientation (i.e.,
flat on ground or partially buried, etc.). Every Team should inquire about
a bag of tri c ks for locating buried markers and improving legibility of
b lu rred characters . Snapsho ts and/or "rubbings" are encouraged if time
pennits.
*J10 W. Lexington St., Wytheville, VA 24382

�It is planned that the transcription of data, initiated in the southeasteni. end of the County, will precede toward the northweste:rn end. It is
anticipated that additional data, over and ~eyond those acquired by direct
transcription, will be offered by interested citizens in the County.
White it would be highly desirable to record indirect data, lack of manpower and facilities have precluded creation of a system for such.
Presented below is the first report of work perf onned oy the Cemetery
Survey Committee. '.These cemeteries are located in the southeaste:rn edge
of the County along its border with Carroll and Pulaski Counties. Each
name and date was taken from a grave marker . In order to improve readability, a uniform format has been adopted and most non-vital data deleted.
Suznames have been placed in front of Christian names and cates are cast
in the DAR- preferred military form. Also omitted from this list are those
n·ames for which no death date shows on the marker . Where military service
is indicated on the marker, an asterisk has been placed opposite the name.
(Editor's note: 1he cemetery records mentioned above will be in a later
issue of VAN. We thought th.at the members would like to have a report
on what is happening and maybe someone out there will know of a cemtery
that has been "forgotten" and will let Bruce Imow about it.)

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Facts in Farly American History
- that"step-mothers" were sometimes called "mother-in-laws" in Colonial
times 't
- that the word "h6usekeeper" once meant "property owner"?
- that the wcrd "infant" once meant any person under 21?
- that the word "domestic" once me,ant "housewife"?
- tr'.at "tithings" once meant "towns"?
- that the word "mister" in the early days of America was applied only
to men of wealth and/or education?

From :

The Bulletin of the Yakima Valley Genealogical
issue .

Society~ January

1982

�SMYTH COUNTY , VIRGINIA

1 850 Mortality Schedule
The following death (married &amp; old people) abstracts are from the 1850
census mortality schedule . The original is at the Virginia State Archives ,
Richmond, Virginia , and is nn microfilm .
page 200 .
Line 1. Ianiel ?L Long = 30 yrs = male = married = d May = drowned
2 . Samuel Scott = 44 yr:s = male = d Jany
b Germany = d Mar
7 . Peter Dickard = 84 yrs = male = widowed
11. Charles Hancock = 45 yrs = male = ma rried
d Feb

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1. Benjamin Charles
24 yrs = male
married = b NC = d Sept =
drowned
2. William Humphrey = 89 yrs = male = widowed = d Mar
J, Sarah S Deborde = 40 yrs
female = married
d Feby
6. Elizabeth Boyd = 80 yrs = female = widowed = d Mar
7 . Charles D3.vison = 76 yrs = male = d Feb
10 . Peter D Joiner
80 yrs
male
b NC = d July
1 5 . Henry B Thompson = 25 = male = widowed
d Nov
2 1. Abram Galding = 42 yrs = male = b Tenn = d April
22. Thomas Howel = 42 yrs = male = b NC = d July
26 . Jordon Ferguson = 74 yrs = male
d May
28 . Sarah Hull ?/?Hall = 37 yrs = female = married = d April
29 . Joseph Phipps = 28 yrs = male = married = d Sept
JO. Thomas Hawk?/?Hank = 77 yrs = male = married = d Dec
J2. Martha Thomas = 48 yrs = female = widowed = b NC = d June
JJ. ?Aeiah?? Sherwood = 54 yrs = male = widowed = b NY = d Dec
J4 . Mary Pickle = 50 yrs = female
married
d Mar

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4. Sarah S Locke = 62 yrs
female = married
b NC = d Feb
6. Martha ?Harns? = 76 yrs = female = married = d July
female = married = b Tenn = d June
7 . Jemimah Atkins = 40 yrs
8. Wm G Atkins = 41 yrs = male = widowed = d Aug
11. Sarah Allen = 44 yrs = female = widowed = d July
1 2 . Abijah F Allen = 24 yrs = male = married = d Oct .
16. James Buchanan = 27 yrs = male = married = d Dec = cd accident
17. Alex ' r Buchanq,n = J4 yrs = male = d Dec
20 . ?Sally Lambert = 40 yrs = female = · married = b NC = d July
2 1. Elizabeth Riley = 50 yrs = female = married = d Feby
22 . Susan Williams = J4 yrs = female = married = b Tenn = d Apr
2J. James A Morris = 75 yrs = male = married = b NC = d June
27 . William Yonson = J6 yrs = male = married = b Germany = d Oct
J2 . Peter Shupe = 49 yrs = male = married = d July
87 yrs
female
widowed = b PA
d Oct
35 . Elizabeth Vaught

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QUERIES
Mrs. Wanda HELM, Route# 2 - Box 77, Metropolis, IL 62960
Nancy Ann GILBERT m 1st 1774, Capt. Thomas HELM (1748-1781) of Bedford
Co . VA. Killed Battle of Guildford C.R. They had 4 child : Wm, James
Samuel &amp; Elizabeth. M 2nd widower Jonathan ROSSER 1782, had 3 child~
Preston Gilbert ROSSER, David and Sarah Lavina ROSSER . M 3rd Vincent
GLASS,Sr. 1796, Who were Nancy Ann's parents , date and place o f her
birth and death. Was Elizabeth PRESTON-GILBERT who m Michael GASH her
mother?
J. Tracy WALKER III , RFD 5 - Box 258, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Seek info on parents of James H. Kerr, b June 6, 1824, Giles Co. VA; d
J an 31, 1890 in Giles; M Feb 17, 1848 in Giles to Frances FERRELL . Suspect
his parents lived in White Gate area. Also info on Hartwell B . NEHSON of
the Botetourt Craig Co. VA area. He was b ca 1801, w was Narcissa.
Imogene MIN~ON, 511 East Jerome, Hot Springs, ARK 71901
Need info on Reuben DALTON, s of Willia DALTON &amp; Elizabeth.
Reuben
m Elizabeth PHILLIPS, dau of Tobis PHILLIPS &amp; Margaret GOAD. Need dates
and children's names of the above. One known son of Reuben and Elizabeth
i s Martin b 1818, d 1900. Min 1840 Grayson Co. VA to Nancy COCHRAN, dau
of Wm . B. COCHkAN and Rhoda PASLEY. All from VA. Xch info.
Mrs. W. G. BATES, 103 George St . Staunton, VA 24401
When and where die William HAYTER (d Washington Co. VA ca 1804/5) marry
Margaret BATES? Wish correspondence with descendants of their sons, said
to be Abram, Wm. Jr., Rev . Israel and Thomas.
Mrs . John A. PENROSE, 17609 East 19th Terrace Ct. S. , Independence, MO 64057
Seeki ng info on Matthew BANDY and his w, Judith CAULEY BANDY . Matthew was b
in Scotland. Where in Scotland? Date? Both Matthew and Judith passed away
in Roanoke Co. VA. Descendants?
Mr s . T. Bruce TYNDALL, 4704 Waverly Lane , Jacksonville, FL 32210
Need info on Abraham WELCH (WELSH) b 1822, m Mary E. ?, b 1828 , l ived in
Botetourt Co . VA . Also CAMDEN, HIGHT, CLEMENTS, CRAWFORD . William CAMDEN
m Jane HIGHT (HITE), Botetourt Co. VA. Son Oliver P. 1836/9 m Mary M. CLEMENS
1841/4, dau of J. Anselm (Ansil, Anson C.) CLEMENS 1802 &amp; Angelina CRAWFORD,
18 14 .
Mr . J . Tracy WALKER III, RT 5 - Box 258, Char lottesville, VA 22901
Seek i n fo on Micajah &amp; Rebeckah (THOMPSON) SAUNDERS, parents of Elvira J.
SAUNDERS who m Isaiah K. PRICE . They lived in the Bland-Wythe-Giles-Tazewell
area du r ing the 1800's.
Mrs . Edward F. BORER, RD 3, Box 173, Wakeman, OH 44889
Searching for the parents and g parents of Philip HALL b October 28, 1828.
By 1850 he was liv ing in Lewistown Mifflin Co. PA, m Sarah MCCURDY Feb . 1855
d in Lewis town J an 31 , 1891 . 1880 census says parents b in VA

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Ron PUCKETT, 7503 Brian Clark, San Antonio, TX 78240
Worsham TUCKER &amp; w Sarah (POTTS) were l iving in Montgomery Co. VA
time of the 1850 census . When &amp; where did they die? Worsham was
and Sarah was 40 a t time of census. Any other info appreciated.
Olive (Ollie Virginia HARKRIDER (HARKRADER), b 15 Mar 1873 Vinton
Benjamen Amos TUCKER 12 Mar 1891. Who were Ollie ' s parents?

at the
age 70
Also
VA, m

Jodie UPDIKE, Rt . 1 , Box 281 - Billings, MO 65610
Need info on William Alexandria POOL(E), hi s w Mary Ann POOL &amp; their childr,
Ella, Algie Lee, Ollie, Cora and Laura. B either in Person Co. NC or
Pittsylvania Co . VA. Also seeking info on the ALLEN fam of Pittsylvania Co .
VA and Carroll Co. VA. George &amp; Eliza FARMER ALLEN. Their childr Jennie
"Whit e , Burt, Emma and George . Also Floyd ALLEN and Sidna ALLEN. Trying
to find the bo ok "The Courthouse Tragedy at Hillsville, VA."
Catherine ARMSTRONG HARGREAVES, 124 Lar ch, Saginaw, MI 48602
Need help proving Alexander WALKER who d Nov. 1774 - March 1775 Augusta Co.
VA was f of John WALKER, who went to KY and disappeared on trip back to VA,
ca 1778. John left w Nancy (Agnes) and young childr Jennet, Alexander,
Robert and Sarah (Sally) in KY .
Mrs . T. Bruce TYNDALL, 4704 Waverly Lane, Jacksonville, FL 32210
STINNETT, POLLARD, CLEMENS, CRAWFORD. Thomas STINNETT b 1800/5 lived in
Bed for d &amp; Botetourt Co. VA. Did he marr y Jenny POLLARD or Rachell ??
Their son Tilghman STINNETT m Sarah E. CLEMENS d/0 J. Anselm CLEMENS &amp;
Angelina CRAWFORD .
J. Tracy WALKER, III, RFD 5, Box 258, Charlettesville, VA 22901
Seek info on Hugh D &amp; Elizabeth FERRELL of Giles Co. VA. Hugh (1801-1853 )
was the son of George and Polly FERRELL. Seek info on parents also. Need
info on George LOWE whose dau Katherine (b. 1820) m Henr y MCCOY in Giles Co.
VA 11 Nov 18~8.
Dorothy P. MUNSON, 850 Aaron, B-103, Port Charlotte, FL 33952
Must connect Lewis HARRIS (Russell &amp; Scott Co VA) with HARRIS fam that
founded Harrisburg, PA. Lewis had sons: David, Benjamin, John, Wm, Martin
and 2 daus . Lewis went to Vigo Co . IN ca 1830: and d there 1831 . Postage
refunded.
Mr s . Doris V. BIAS, 730 Tundell, St, Huntington, WV 25703
Need info on John MILLER, d March 1930 in VA. Known childr Florine V. JONES,
Vivion E. SMITH &amp; May E. WERDENWEBER. John's parents were Thomas A MILLER
first wife Mary Margaret EDDINS, 2nd Elizabeth V. MCMULLAN. Also info on
Audrey MILLER JONES who was living in Roanoke VA in 1945.
Mr s . A. W. Horton, Jr. Box 218, Raven, VA 24639
Seeking info on Johny BROOKS - Polly CHAFIN family, their childr Lilburn ,
Polly, James , John Kirk, Ruthie, Mahala and Charles. Have some info on John
Kirk BROOKS, my ggrandfather. Need to know parents of John &amp; Polly CHAFIN .

�Catherine Armstrong HARGREAVES, 124 Larch, Saginaw, MI 48602
Researching all HARBISONS from SW VA of the 1700's. Especially inte rested
in James HARBISON &amp; Rachel PORTER &amp; their 13 childr. Will answer all
letters and xcha data.
Mar y Tyree CHEESEMAN , 330p Ransom, Muskogee, OK 74401
Davi d TYREE was taxpayer in Lee Co. VA 1810, Scott Co VA 1816 to 1850.
What were surnames of his wives? Elizabeth, Nancy? David's son Jesse
TYREE b 1818 Scott Co VA m Rosannah ROBERTS in 1837 . Who were her parents?
James ALLEN, 229 Helen Lane, Barboursville, WV 25503
Seeki ng info on par ents and childr of James (Alfred) ALLEN, t 1837/38 in TN
and Margaret Elizabeth DAY ALLEN, b 1840/45 in VA . Childr James, H. Clay,
Elizabeth , Eliza, Willie V., Newlon T . Hiram Bethel (my father), and Harvey.
Famil y i n Bedford Co. VA in 1880 .
Sebert Moran, 1504 Carrollton Ave, Salem, VA 24153
Caroline Hall m Elizah MORAN in Patrick Co. VA in 1839. Her f was Joseph
HALL and h ~r m was Fannie CLAR.KE. Did she have brothers or sisters? Need
par ents of J oseph RALL and Fannie CLARK .
Mary Paul SHANNON, 312 Horsley Dr., Pearisburg, VA 24134
Who were parents of Col. Charles Henry ? KING, b ca Dec 13, 1783 , NC? D
Dec 15, 1861 Giles Co . VA. m Jan 1, 1807 Giles Co . VA to Jane SHANNON b ca
May 15, 1 789 Gi les Co. VA, d July 20, 1848 Giles Co, dau of Thomas &amp; Agnes
(CROW) SHANNON. need inf o on Alexander MARRS , b ca 1748 VA?, d 1834
Shelby Co . KY , m ca 1775 Montgomery Co. VA? Jane SHANNON, b ca 1754 VA?, d
ca 1832-34 Shelby Co . KY, dau of Samuel &amp; Jean (REID) SHANNON. Childr : Jane,
David, Marga r et, Hannah , Samuel , Elexander , Hugh, Rachel and Polly.
Mrs. Rubye Gill iam BOWLING, RT 2- Box 444, Osgood, IN 47037
Seeking v erification on b, m and d of Isaac GILLIAM (1830-45?) of VA. M to
Carolene BOWEN of TN. Issues : Wm H. , Thomas, Elizabeth &amp; Sadie . Would like
to correspond with people from Lee, Wise, Franklin &amp; Scott Co . VA. Also
Hancock TN that are interested in GILLIAM - BOWEN connections.
J. Tracy WALKER, I II, RFD 5 - Box 258 , Charlottesville, VA 22901
Seek info on Jesse KELLY, b in New Jersey in 1780 , m 18 May 1811 in Giles Co.
VA to Lucinda TILLETT; d 30 April 1859 in Giles; father of Rebecca KELLY b
1825, who m Lewis COLLINS, son of Milton COLLINS.

Roberta H. VI A, 3032 Robin Hood Dr . - Greensboro, NC 27408
Seeking par ents of Ruth SCOTT b 15 Dec. 1815 Green Co . KY. M ca 5 July, 1832
Green Co. KY to Fr ench N. HAZELL, b 1806 in VA . Related to Gen Winfield SCOTT?
Desire genealogy Capt . Wm ScOTT b 1747-1748 Dinwiddie Co. VA. Ruth SCOTT
HAZELL d 12 Oct 1878 Gr een Co . IL . Bro Joseph FIELDS (FIELD) Desire info
SCOTT, FIELDS, FIELD connecti on.
Mrs. Sue McKINNON, 225 S . Hur on ST, Cheboygan , MI 49721
William John BROWN b 17 50 Campbell Co VA, m Jan 20, 1775 Bedford Co. VA to
Nancy Ann BURNLEY d / o Isreal &amp; Hannah "Ann" TERRELL BURNLEY .

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�J. Tracy WALKER, III, RFD 5 - Box 258, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Seek info on George FRY. Sr. (ca 1735-1793) of the Giles-Montgomery, Co., VA
area who m 2nd Nannie ABBOTT , widow of David JOHNSON; also seek info on his
son, George FRY, whom Keziah?
Corilda Grover, 01521 Winchuck Riv. RD, Brookings, OR 97415
Info after 1860 for Nancy Ann HOBACK, b 1829 Montgomery Co. VA dau of
David HOBACK and Sophie CONNOR m 1826 Montgomery Co . VA. Associated with 5
children 1850 - 1860 . Whose? My gmother was one of these childr, Corilda N
HOBACK m Wm Riley Stewart 1873 Montgomery Co. VA.
Ru th J . Pate, 11315 E. 72nd Street, Raytown, MO. 64133
Need pa~ents of Daniel BOWLIN b 22 Jan. 1801, VA. Where? Moved to KY ca
1820, m Lucinda MARSH - childr: Avelener, Benjamin F., Thomas. Benjamin
b 12 Oct. 1825, Mad is on Co KY, m Priscilla STRADER, 18 Apr. 1845, dau of Wm .
STRADER and Nancy SOCKWELL .

Mrs.

Mrs. Sue McKINNON, 225 S . Huron St, Cheboygan, MI 49721
Robert MCMULLIN b Bedford CO VA d Jan 1816, m Oct 12, 1813 Botetourt Co. VA
Esther Hetta BALES, b Oct 19, 1785 York Co PA d Nov 1857 Lee Co VA Robert
s/o Matthew MCMULLIN. Also Joseph EDDS of Bedford Co. VA 1772 d Campbell Co
VA 1805 m Sarah LEFTWICH? Childr Thomas, John , Jesse L., Molly Sarah, Jane
"Jenny", Elizabeth, Ann.
Thelma JONES BJORKLUND, 1146 N. Ramona Ave, Indialantic, FL 32903
Need info on parents of my grmother, Mary FALKNER JONES b 23 Mar 1859 Bland
Co . VA, d 10 Aug 1937, Grayson Co. VA. F Gideon P. FALKNER b Bland Co . VA ,
d during Civil War, bur Confederate section, E &amp; H College cemetery, Emory,
VA, Washington Co. Mother Martha FISHER, b 1828 Bland Co. VA d 1908 Grayson
Co. VA.
Mrs. Rubye G. BOWLING, Rt 2 - Box 444, Osgood, IN 47037
Need info and verification of marriage between Wm Hiram GILLIAM 19,and Nancy
Cathern PETERS 21, at Gate City VA. Aug 5, 1886. Where was license issued?
Where did they live? Also info on Henry M. PETERS and Nancy Elizabeth ? of
Franklin and Lee Co VA . Who were the parents? Info greatly appreciated·
Elsie V. FARLEY, 2506 N. Chambliss St., Alexandria, VA 22311
John Farley b ca 1765-75 in Va md Nancy SHERRILL in western NC 180J-04. Sons
named Lampkin, Langley, and William Hamilton. Searching for p of John Farley ,
date and place of birth i.ri VA . Can supply info about SHERRILL and DOBSON
families of NC.
Evedene BENNETT GUN'IER, 1525 SW Broadway, .A·lbany, OR 97321
Micajah BENNETT b 19 May 1797 in westerri VA, father gunsmith for Revolution.
Parents? Where from? In 1820 Micajah &amp; wife Margret (b 2 Mar 1799) in
Dickson Co, TN with 2 ch; Wayne Co, 'IN, than Graves Co , Ky. Ch&amp; John M,
Patsy W, Della C, Drury W, James W, Benjamin J , Francis Asbury Garrett b 1827,
William Jasper, Margret C, Elma.nda Elisbeth, Micajah Newton, &amp; George W.

�Imogene MINTON , 511 Fast Jerome, Hot Springs , Ark 71901
Need information on the following families and related families from
Carroll Co. and surrounding counties. Allen THOMAS and ife Mary NES'IER
(dau of Joshua Nester and Rebecca COCK.) Rebecca Cock's f, Reuben Cock,
who was mother? Joshua Nester's parents Ja~ob Nester &amp; Catherine GOAD.
Mrs. Leo RIORDAN,

213 W. Hamilton, Box 225 , Odell, ILL 60460
Seek descendants of Lewis ORNDORFF, b ca 1752. Migrated with his bros,
John &amp; Philip from Chester Co, Pa to Frederick Co, Va 1782 . Lewis on
Frederick Co, Va, 1790 census as head of 5, In 1799 migrated to Washington
Co, Va.
Betty Buchanan MARTIN, 217 NW Jayellen, Burleson, TX 76028
Samuel WALKER md Elizabeth PARRISH 18 Feb 1799 Pittsylvania Co, Va. Peter
Parrish was surety. Son Wi lliam Parrish Walker, b 18 Dec 1799 md Nancy
WOODALL JO Dec 1822 Pittsylvania Co, James Woodall Bondsman . Lived Fairf ield Township bef moving to Henderson Co, 'Ih, in 18J8.
Lazrus HAWKINS, b 1795,NC, md 1816 Stokes Co, NC, Elizabeth PETREE - moved
to Smythe Co, Va, bet 1845-50. Son Solomon J Hawkins, b 1822 NC, md 1845
Mary JAMES, - moved to Smythe Co early 1860's . Exe info on these families.
Annette ~IMARIB, 681 Peartree, Gr. Pte Wos, MI 48236
Looking for p of Catherine PRUITT, ca 1837. Mary CRESS , 1844, Nancy
LANDERS i81J, both Lee Co. Catherine DUFF , ca 1825, Helen PORTER, ca 1844
Ruth JOHNS 1848. Thomas WESTON 1800 . Henry SALLEY 1810 . Joseph HACKNEY
1804 Russell Co.
Wilma W BUCHANAN, 4055 Maxey Hill Dr. , Stone Mountain , GA 30083
Looking for info on maternal grandmother, Martha Lucinda KISER, dau of
Daniel SHORT of Pound, Va. Family stories has it that she was closely
connected with the BOLLINGS of Pound who were supposed to be desc of
Pocahantas &amp; Rolfe.
Mrs Anna TRAMMELL PRATT, 104 Moore St. , Fairfax , AL 36854
Seeking info on the family of Shadrack TRAMMELL, b SC or Md, in 1777 . He
moved from SC to Tenn bef 1810. Elias E TRAMMELL, his son once lived in
Perry Co, Ala, from 18JO's to after 1880. In Ala . 1850 census , he was
living Morgan Springs, Perry Co. Mail ret ' d to me "no Post Off ice", Elias
E Trammell 1st wife was Rosana S BOYD, dau df Liza &amp; John Boyd. Rosana
buried in Perry Co, Ala.
Jean HUNSAKER, 3215 Balsam Dr. S . , Salem, OR 97302 . (ph J61..r7264 )
Desire info on p of George BURNET(T) b Sept 1770 in Pittsylvania Co, Va,
md Dorothy HARDEMAN of Iavidson Co, Tenn. The family lived in Howard Co,
MO from 1817. George died Clay Co, Mo 22 Feb 18J8.
Desire info on p of Elizabeth "Lizzie'' LEE , who md Joshua L YOUNGER ca 1775.
They were the p of Charles Lee Younger . Elizabeth Lee Younger d prior to
1787 . The family lived in Virginia and Kentucky .
PURCEIL, Mrs Isabell W.• 720 Aumend Road, Augusta; GA 30909
Need origins &amp; p of William BLANTON (b 1799 Va , d 1871 Wise Co, Va) md ca
1820 Elizabeth
(b 1803 Va, r Lee &amp; Wise Cos, Va). Was his father
the J ohn Blanton had had 100 acres &amp; 139 acres surveyed in Lee Co 1808?

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WOODY, Mrs J W, 2409 E Manchester, Springfield, Mo. 65804
John WOODY, s on of Henry Woody &amp; Susannah MARTIN, b 1764., Goochland Co.
Family in Bed.ford Co 1794-1791, then to Franklin Co . John's wife was
Prudence. What was her last name, when &amp; where were they md? Was Henry's
father John was received grant in Goochland in 1732?

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Creek, VA 24326. Books &amp; maps, etc, also for sale.on Grayson Co.
Southern Indiana Gen ' ical Society, PO Box 665, New Albany, Ind 47150
Wimmer Family Newsletter, Fred Wimmer, 804 Falconer Road, Joppatowne MD
21085
A Press Inc, PO Box 8796, Greenville SC 29604, Catalogue of genealogical
books, etc for Ala , Ark, Ga, Ky, Miss, Mo, NC, SC, Tn, 'IX, &amp; Va.
'l\.iscarawas Co. Gen'ical Society, Inc . , PO Box 141, New Philadelphia, Ohio
44663. "'fuscarawas Pioneer Footprints." Also books for sale on the county .
Genealogical Society of Akaloosa Co, Fla, PO Box 1175, Fort Walton Beach,
Fla 32549.
Sun City Genealogist, Sun Ciety Genealogical Society, PO Box 1448, Sun City
AR 65372-1448. Good articles on how to.
Family Links - Past &amp; Present, Vol. 1, #1, Jan 1981. Magaine of The Irish
Genealogical Association, 162a Kingsway , Dunmurry, Belfast BT 17 9AD,
Northern Ireland. Registration &amp; 1st yr US $50.00, renewal US $25 . 00.
Looks nice -- Belva will have comments on it in the next issue.
·The Sun City, Vol. 2, #'2 =article "Hints in researching the Pa . Archives
Books." CSA records.
'l\.iscarawas Pioneer Footprints (Ohio), Vol 9 #2, May 1981s
of Dover Tws , Ohio -- many names same as Franklin Co, Va.

1820 index (part)

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NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM OF MEETINGS
17 April 1982 in D. C.
"Black Genealogy r Seaching for Slave Records in County Courthous es"
R. Boulton Dickenson, C.G.R,S. • compiler of NGS Special Publication No .
47, Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia Conceniing Antebellum Freeboni
Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery County, Virginia.
(Mr. Dickenson is a member and some of his articles on the above subj ect
has ·been published in VAN . In fact , he gave his first speech on the
subject at our first Workshop . )

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�BOOKS REVIEWS

WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA MARRIAGE RECORD
MARRIAGE REGISTER
1856-1886
by John C Mullins
Wise County was formed in the year 1856 from Virginia counties of Lee ,
Russell ·and Scott. The county of Dickenson was formed in the year 1880
- all of our Dickenson County marriages were performed there . Many couples
from eastern Kentucky as well as neighboring counties were also performed
there. This book contains over 8500 names of brides and grooms and the
parents of each. It also gives the birthplace and place of residence of
both the bride and groom. The book has a complete bride and groom index .
It .has a soft cover with 153 pages. The price of the book is $15. 00 and
may be ordered from Mr. John c. Mullins, Route 2 Box JO?, Clintwood, Va .
24228. A gift copy from the author to the SWVGS has been ~laced in the
Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library.
1880 Wythe Co . , Va. Census
by James L. Douthat

Now in print for the first time, The Wythe County, Virginia, census . The
1880 census is one of the most valuable tools in genealogical and historical research. This census includes: (a) names of persons living in
Wythe Co. in 1880, (b) race/sex of each person, (c) age of each, (d) relationship of each to head of household, (e) occupation, (f) he~lth conditions when other than normal, (g) birth state/country of each person,
their father and mother, (h) index of surnames (8 pages), (i) map of Wythe
County indicating the five districts and Evansham (now Wytheville). The
book has 140 pages and a soft cover. The price of the book is $18 . 50 (plus
$1.50 postage) and may be ordered from James L Douthat, Route 10, Kingsport ,
Tenn. 37664. A gift copy of the book from the author to the SWVGS has been
placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library.

FLOYD COUNTY
A HISTORY OF I'IS PEOPLE AND PLACES
by: Dr. Amos D. Wood
Edited by: Ann Scott Swain
In compiling the history of Floyd County's people and places,

Dr. Wood

drew on the memories of the old timers in the area. Civil War veterans
were still living when he began this endeavor and their recollections are
a vital part of the book.
Patriotism is highlighted by references to veterans of the Revolutionary
War, the War of the Rebellion and the World War (I) . Close family ties
are evident in the location of homestead and the intermarriage of families
in communities. Education is shown to be highly desirable by those that
acquired it and became "well known". The establishment of various churches
is recorded.

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Over 100 fa milies -- Brammer, Graham, Lancaster, Lawrence, Phillips , Phlegar, Scott, Short , Spangler, Turner, Vest, Wood and many others -- are
sketche d in detail, some at gr eater length than others. Thousands of
names are recorded . How familiar places and watercourses in the county
were named i s related - - truth or fic tion is not known!
'Ihe author used family manuscripts, personal letters , diaries, Bible
records, court records , questionnairies and g~nealogical publications
available in the 1920's to trace family connections. On the lighter side
one will find reminiscences of bygone days, poetry, superstitions, some
f olklore and amu s ing anecdotes.
Through the study of birth and death rates is shown that many young children succumbed to infectious disease . Although Floyd was never a "plantation county'', it seems the early homesteads were a ided by slaves.
The editor has compiled a b i bliography of books and s ources used by Wood
and also l isted thos e written about or by Floyd countians.
The book has 478 pages wi th J O pages of index . Order from Floyd County
Historical Socie ty, Rt. 2 Box 192 , Willis Va. 24J80. The price is $J2.50
(including tax and shipping charge . ) The book has a hard cover . A gift
copy has b een placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public
Library by the SWVGS .

1853-1872 BIRTH AND DEATH RECORLS
FLOYD COUNTY , VIRGINIA, and
THE ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH REGISTER

compiled by
Marjorie Fluor and Marguerite Tise
'Illl.s is a register of births : white, black, male, female, date and place
of birth, parents and informant. The register of deaths is white, black,
male, female, date of death, cause of death, parents and informant.
The records of the Zion Lutheran Church are of historic value . 'Ihe data
compiled involved transactions from the German script. 'Ihe Church records were writ ten and this is a rough translation. 'Ihe Church was
organized in 181) under the authority of the Evangelical Lutheran Conference of the State of North Carolina. The travelling preachers were B. G.
Miller and J. Scherer. 'Ihe cover s ketch is from a watercolor by V. Simpkins of the Primitive Baptist Church built about 1831. The book has been
given the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society and has been placed
in the Roanoke County Public Library, Electric Road .
The price of t he book is $20 . 00 and may be ordered from : Marjorie Fluor,
192 0 Heliotrope Drive . , Santa Ana , CA 92706 .
reviewed by Belva M Counts

�NOTES FROM MEMBERS
"In the May 1981 VAN on page 42, you list a Q. A. Buckingham.

This should
be L.A. Buckingham (Lewis Amiss) who was a lawyer in Floyd County. (see
1860 and 1870 Federal Cens us, p 127 and 11 respectively.) My grand.father
signed his first initial with a lot of curlycues that could be mistaken
for a Q instead of an L . Also, he and his brothers were the only Buckinghams in the area at that time, but they were in Carrol, Wythe, Pulaski and
Montgomery counties. Only Lewis A. was residing in Floyd County."
Richard W. Buckingham, Munson Hill Towers West, 6129 Leesburg Pike #817,
Falls Church, Va. 22041
"Re the material about Abraham Crabtrees (Aug, 1981, p 91) Neither he
nor his daughter Mary were able to obtain a pension. But, Virginia House
of Delegates, 1777-80, 26 Nov 1778, The Claim of Thomas Ramsey for nursing
Abraham Crabtree was allowed, at the rate of 10d per day for 112 days."
R. R. Crabtree, 1221 Arlington Place, Winter Park, Florida 32789.
SURNAME INDEX REPORT

from Margaret D Thompson
Same name research: JONES, Abraham, b ca 1778, Botetourt Co . , Va . , d ca
1808 Jackson Co, Mo., md ca 1807 Bot. Co, Va, to Mary Kyle, b 1793
Bot . Co, d 1857 Jackson Co, Mo.
Researcherss Harold B Peters, RFD 4, Box 219, Jonesville, Va 24263
Mrs James Barnes, 1111 Wilmore Dr, Middletown, OH 45042
Same surname researchs
SPENCER: Thos H, b ca 1840-50, d 8 May 1935 Spouts Springs, Va , md
Betty Mae Hannah. Children: Bernard, Addie, Anne, William, Hannah,
Oscar, Champie, Alice, Supt.
Researcher: E L Greever, 115 Spring Grove, Bluefield, WV 24701
SPENCER, Thom Jr, b 1751/6, d July 1806 Charlotte Co., Va . , md (1) ?.
md (2) 5 Apr 1781 Lucy Watkins.
Researcher: Luther Burchinal, PO Box 5085, Modesto, La . 95352

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To be reviewed next month "Gideon Macon of Virginia and Some of His
Descendants" compiled by Aletha Jane Macon. Cost is $20 . 00 and order from
Mrs. Al Amundsen, 2 D Country Club Apts. , Greenville, Al. 36037

NATIONAL ARCHIVES MICROFILM LOAN PROGRAM
'!he Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library has asked us to make
the announcement that the National Archives has discontinued sending census microfilm to libraries. '!he census may now be ordered and used at
the Mormon Library here in Roanoke . Or, if several of the members are
researching the same county -- why not get together and give the Virginia
Room $15.00 and they will order the film for you . (It is tax deductible
if given to them.) And the film will be here at the library.

�SURNAMES
As we grow - we change - so we are changing the Surname Index ·to the form
- 'borrowing 'the idea from several other quarterlies. We especially like
the one in the Virginia Tidewate r Genealogy . So the new form will be as
follows;
(Note : We will publish at least 10 names -- not more than 20
- - f or me mber . This Index will be publis hed as part of our May issue,
we think i t will be that iss ue. So get your names in . )

Mrs. Claude S . Fowler, 1716 Colgate St . , NE, Roanoke, Va. 24012
SURNAME
HUTTON
COLLINS
WASKEY

LOCATION
DATE(S)
Joseph
Kanawha/Putnam Cos, WV
md 1846
Moses
Kanawha Co, WV &amp; ''West"
md 1821
Georg e
Maryland
died prior 1790
P~"LLEN
John
Botetourt Co, Va
d 1845
MOORE
Richard Marshall = Campbell/Montg. Co, Va 1817-1882
ROBARIB Moore= Emily O. Hurt Campbell /Montgomery Co,Va 1818-1908
VANARSDALE
Cornelius
New J ersey/WV/Ohio
b NJ-md 1785 Va
HARMON
Thomas
Botetourt Va /West Virginia c1750-1824?
FARLEY
William
Va/Ky/WV
1766-?prior 1820?
I hope that the above is to everyone liking -- believe it will be better
that the previous way. So send your names in and depending on how much
space we have is whether we will print 10 or 20 names per member.
GIVEN NAME

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PLEASE NOTE: When mailing queries, reques ~s, etc . , especially more than
one at a time , put each on a separate sheet of paper and be sure to include your name and address. PRINT or type -- there have been a few
that give the old records a run for which is the hardest to read.
CARDS FOR SURNAME FILE
These cards are placed in the Virginia Room of the central Roanoke City
Public Library . Anyone may send cards - memcer or non-member. They must
be on J "x5" (so they will go in drawer) and only one surname per card .
Do NOT write a ll the way to the bottom of the card. An example is given
below .
FOWLER
Ancestor: FOWLER, Thomas Richard
Born : 17 Mar 1775, Lee Parish, Staffordshire, England.
Died: 28 Mar 1855, Mason Co., Va. (now WV)
married: 22 Sept 1800~ Staffordshire, England .
wife: Anna Johnson (1780-1850)
Researchers Mrs . Claude S Fowler (Nee Vicie J . Waskey)
1716 Col gate St . NE, Roanoke, Va 24012
Family : Eng. to Pa to DC (1820ca)
to WV . Came from Eng . 1818.

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mail to
Margaret Thompson
4528 Wyndale Ave .
Roanoke, VA 24018

�"A PLACE APART" - BRIEF HISTORY OF EARLY WILL IAMSON ROAD AND NORTH ROANOKE VALLEY.
COVERS PERIOD FROM MID 1700 ' S TO 1930'S . PLAC ES : THE CANNADAY HOUSE ; BLACK HORSE
TAVERN; BELLVUE;BOTETOURT SPRINGS HOTEL; GREE NRIDGE AND MANY MORE . FAM I LIES :
EVANS; FLEMING; CHRISTIAN; BOWMAN; READ; OL IVER ; BETTS ;HUNT;HARSHB ARGER ; MOOMAW;
NELMS; PETTY;RILEY; KYLE; THOMPSON AND MANY OTHERS. NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS.
RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW - LIMITED PRINTING. APPROX. $15 PLUS $ 1 .50 POS TAGE
HANDLING. CALL 362 0604 AFTER 5 OR WRITE HELE N R PRILLAMAN-PO BOX 5431
ROANOKE , VA. 24012. AVAI LABLE EARLY MARCH, 1982.

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HELP WANTED !

VolWlteers needed to help with WORKSHOP - July 17 , 1982 - complete d etails
on Workshop in May issue. Many things that members can do at the workshop .
Also need typists that have a typewriter with a carbon r i bbon .
lmow what you would l ike to do to help SVGS.

Let us

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RESEARCH RIDES

P~ ons interested in car- pooling to Research Facilities contact
Margaret Thompson 989-9402 or write to her at 4528 Wyndale Ave SW,
Roanoke Va . 24018
( tf1c.hrno111d; RPle..l9h : ___?_:_9-~_f2_:~r:!J

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THE LAST WORD
As usual good thoughts didn't materialize -- thought that VAN would be
out by the 1st but you will get it by the 28th or before . Many of our
members live in areas where our winter would be mild -- but here it is
thrown us for a loop -- especially the ice and the cold. We are not use
to such long spells of cold winter! Nobody could get out and do the
things we are suppose to be doing, so VAN did not get out on the 1st.
not
We have1mentioned t his before, but one of our members called about a card
that she had gotten - that "The
Family Name Album " was being published and she could get a copy for $19 . 95, From what I have read and
been told it is not what it appears to be. Most of it is names that may
be obtained from the city directo:ry . Also I understand that there is
another one - - this one is from Jenny's Inc, , in Hyattsville, Mo 20784.
See the article written by Margaret Thompson on you to check out the book
you want or think that you want,

Weather is getting better and I want to go to Richmond for some research
material for VAN . Since my son has left Richmond -- no place to stay (of
course, there are motels - they are f or one night stays} . Does any of
our members has a spare room they would care to rent to me for several
days.
Must get this to the printer --- Have a good year----

Babe Fowler.

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GUIDELI NES FOR VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES
Ma t erial for publication :
1 . Please ty-pe , if possible , on 8tx11 " paper, s i ngle space, with mim.mum margi ns of 1 " on all sides and headings patterned on those in this issue .
PLEASE use a dark ribbon and CLEAN keys, mail in large manila envelope if
ready to publish . If handwritten , please write plainly or print. If you
feel you cannot ty-pe well , please type the material with double space ,
Please read the material over b efore sending it and check all dates .
2 . Give source of materi a l.
Original documents - where found, type, number
of page , etc . We cannot pri nt material from printed source unless we have
pennission from the au thor.
J . Deadline for s ubmitting mat eri al i s the f i rst of the month previous to the
month of publ icati on .
4 . Material con tributed will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped
s elf- address ed envelope .
5. We welcome all family •histories (may have to be edited due to space&gt; copies
of court r ecords , Bibl e records , etc. That little bit of information may
be of help to s omeone . Of course , we cannot promise next issue publication.
6 . On family hist ories , our policy is to print prior 1900 -- much as we would
like to carry forward the modern day generations - it uses too much space.
NOTE : We cannot vouch for the accuracy of the material submitted to us or
that t he "translation" of the original document is true . If you have read
such material, you c an unders t and .
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QUERIES :
1 . Un less queries are to be used as fil lers, submit one at a time. Since
this is a quarterly, queries not usP.d when originally submitted may become
dated and of no value to the writer.
2. All material should be sent to Mrs. Minnie Hall , 2617 Lynhurst Ave . NW,
Roanoke, Va. 24012.
J, Be sure your query makes sense. I.on't abbreviate (we will) or over simplify,
If longer than 50 words, we will edit.
4. Queries are free to members. To nonmembers the cost is 5¢ a word -- does
not include your name and address . Limit of 50 words. We will try to get
all quer.i es in as space permits .
5 . Please put queries on a separate sheet with your NAME and ADDRESS when
enclosing with other material . Some queries have been lost a long the way
because of being included in the body of a letter. (NOTE: this applies
to other requests as well.)
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REQUESTS FOR RESEARCH: Our research is made in our library . NO One should
ask for m~terial on John Henderson of Virginia -- we need dates, county (area)
--give us ·somethi ng to go on. Remember early Virginia went to the Mississippi
River - lat er included Kentucky , West Virginia, part of North Carolina, Tennesse, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (disputes over the boundaries) . So when you
say John Henderson was born in Virginia ----designate,- parents, children
and who married who. Please remember that the research is done by volunteers
and therefore is limited , it cannot be a comprehensive research. Al so please enclose a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE)

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Virginid
Appalachian

MAY, 1982

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PUBLISHED QUARTERLY

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Mrs Belva M Counts
Mr S A Bell
Mrs Loretta Caldwell
Mrs Evelyn M Robertson
Mrs Ilene Lavinder
Mr Calvin Weddle
Miss Nancy Barton

President
First Vice-Pres ident
Second Vice-President
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Corresponding Secretary
Recordin~ Secretary

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COMMITTEES

Mrs Geri Glosh
Mrs Belva Counts
Robert G Phlegar
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Mrs Eloise Crosswhite
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Mrs Reva Weeks
Mrs
Ilene Lavinder
Membership
Mr
Bruce
Anderson
Parliamentarian
Miss Mary Jane Vaden
Pedigree Charts
Mr. S . A. Bell, chairman
Program
Miss Marguerite Tise
Ms Norma Jean Peters
Mrs L?retta Caldwell, ch 'r
Publicity
Mrs Viola Wright
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Mr . H W Scott
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Mrs
Margaret Thompson
Su.r name File
Notes
(VAN)
Virginia Appalachian
Mrs "Babe " Fowler
Editor
Mrs Marian Landress
Art Director
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Quarterly Exchange
Katir a M. Keith
Minryie Hall
Query Editor

Jlook Chairman
Book\ Review
Historian
Hospitality

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MEMBERSHIP: Singl e members hi p i s $8.50 a year (Jan to Dec); family membership $11.00 , special ra. t es to High School s tudents &amp; Libraries (inquire).
Membership includes/ the quarterly , VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES (VAN), which
is published in Feb, May, Aug, Nov; also an index &amp; membership roster.
Single i ssues are available at reinburs ement cos t of $2 .00 each as long as
supply last . Send payment to Mrs Ilene Lavinde r, Membership Chairman,
2702 Cedarhurst Ave NW, Roanoke , VA 24012 .
Make check payable to Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society .

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SVGS is tax exempt under the Federal Income Tax under section 501(c)(J) .
Donors may deduct con~ributi9ns t&lt;;&gt; us as pr?v~ded in secti?n 170 of the
Code. Bequests, legacies, devises , transfers , or g ifts to SVCS are deductible for Federal estat~ift tax purposes if they meet the applicable provisions of sections 2055, 2106, ~nd 2522 of the Code.

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BOOK REVIEWSs All books sent will be reviewed as time and space premit.
Please include the price of the book, any advertising material that you have
and place fro~ which available . All books will be placed in the Virginia
Room of the Roanoke Public Library, Roanoke, Va., or library (local) of your
choice . Send books to be reviewed tot Mrs Oren R Counts, 6804 Northway
Drive NW, Roanoke, Va. 24019.
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Volume VI - Number 2 - May 1982
CONTENTS
The President's Message

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Heraldry, the Art And Science of Bearing Arms

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Report of Cases of the Supreme Court of Appeals

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of Virginia
Surname Index

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Marriage Records, Craig County, Virginia
Queries

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Book Reviews
Exchange Quarterlies
Genealogical Workshop

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MEETINGS
While the addition is being built on the central Roanoke City Public
City Library, our meetings are being held at the Jefferson Street
~aptist Church, 19 Albemarle Ave . SE, Roanoke, Va, on the third Saturday
at 1130 pm , unless other noted.
May 15
June

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July 17
August 21
September 18

Field trip to Henry County, Virginia
Hugh E. Gwin - Bath County (President of Bath County
National Bank in Hot Springs; President of the George
Washington Cleek Chapter of the S.A . R. in Bath County;
past President of the Bath County Historical Society.)
Genealogical Workshop
John P. Alderman - Carroll County, Virginia (United
States Attorney
James Presgrave - Smyth CoUi'lty, Virginia and Its
People.

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'THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Make your plans now to attend our annual workshop of July 17, 1982 .
will be TWO EXCELLENT SPEAKERS.

There

Bill R. Linder of Vienna, Virginia, is director of the Central Reference
Division of the National Archives and General Chairman of the National
Genealogical Conferences in the States . He is the author of the book , How
To Trace Your Family Tree .
-Peggy S. Joyner (Mrs. Douglas) of Portsmouth, Virginia , a certified genealogist, has published two genealogy books and is a genealogy instructor at
Old Dominion University in Norfolk. Her special interest is early German
records of Pennsylvania , Maryland and Valley of Virginia .
The membership chairman reported a total of 535 members in our society on
March 20. Our regular monthly meeting will be held at the Jefferson Street
Baptist Church until the constzuction work has been completed at the
Roanoke City Public Library .
John Bullock , Art Instructor at Salem High School , was the speaker at the
March meeting . His subject was "Heraldry . " Mr. 0 . E. Pilson of Ridgeway ,
Va., will be our speaker April 17. His subject will be genealogy sources ,
some families and interesting cemetery searches in Henry and Patrick
caunties .

Mrs. Fowler (Babe) will be attending a Virginia Genealogical Society Spring
Conference in Richmond on April 16 and 17 . We look forward to her report.
Belva M. Counts , President .

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HERALDRY, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BEARING ARMS
contributed by
John F Bullock, Jr .
"Azure a chevron argent between three mullets of the second. " That is the
everyday language of the heraldic artist , the artist who special izes in
HERALDRY , THE ART AND SCI ENCE OF BEARING ARMS . This language i s descended
from an archaic French which , in this case , descri bes a coat of anns of the
Hilliard family . In translation , this describes a blue shield with a silver
chevron between three silver star-shaped figures . The chevron takes its
shape from an ancient roof-tree and is frequently borne by those who have
buil t fortresses or churches, and the star-shaped figures refer to the rowel
of a knight's spu r.
In heraldry colors a s well as figures have a significance . In this case,
blue denotes truth, loyalty and patriotism , while silver i s symbolic of
purity, peace and sincerity .

There are five basic colors used in heraldry. They are red, bl ue , green,
bl ack and purple. In addition to these basic colors, the metals silver and
gold are also used . The color of some charges or objects found on arms is
described as "proper." This means that they a re shown in their natural or
normal colors .
In British heraldry especially, most coats of arms consist of at least one
of the five basic colors and one metal, displaying either a colored object
on a metallic background or a metal~ ic object on a colored background. The
main reason for this is that the shields were then easier to see, thus
allowing the knight , dressed in full combat regal ia, easy recognition by
both his enemies and fri ends . Otherwise , covered from head to tow with a
sui t of armor and helmet, the knight could never be identified.

The term "coat of arms " very logically derived from a fabric coat or cloak
the knight wore over his suit of armor . This coat displayed the same figures and colors shown on the knight ' s shield. It served both to identify
the knight and to protect his anr.or from the hot sun and cold weather.
The coa t of arms as we display it today consists of the shield , the helmet,
the crest, motto and lambrequin or mantling . Some are shown with animals
or other figu res on each side of the shield supporting it. 'Ihe mantling the design shown around the helmet and shield - represents the mantle or
cloth-covering the knight wore falling from his helmet around his neck and
shoulders. This also helped to protect his metal helmet from the hot sun
and cold wind. The inside of the mantle is s hown as the primary metal of
the s hield and the outside is shown as the primary color (being the cloth)
of the shield. The divisions seen i n the mantle represent the cuts and
slashes the kni ght received in his mantle from his enemy ' s sword.
Who has the right to display coat armor? Technically, the countries where
arms are ac tually granted, only the person to whom the arms was granted
and his direct heirs could bear the arms . Since Americans cannot be granted
arms by our g overnment, we, in a manner of speaking, "adopt" the anns from

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a known ancestor who had been granted an arms. Ii1 this case, one should
have evidence of his family's connection to the original bearer of the
arms . There are books that list American families which are directly descended from those Europeans who were granted arms .
Heraldry, in one sense , dates back to the dawn of the history of man , f or
when the first primitive man marked his crudely-made shield in such a way
as to identify himself, heraldry was born. But the science of heraldry
never reached its peak until the Middle Ages , especially during the Crusades (from 1096 to about 150 years thereafter), when thousands of
European knights, footsoldiers , churchmen, and even kings, joined ranks to
go to the Holy Land to rescue it from the infidel Saracens who had occupied
it.
The French were primarily responsible for establishing the science of coat
armor. Even today the descriptions of arms from which heraldic artists
work, though in English, have retained the original sentence structure and
many - new archaic - French words.
One outstanding continental European authority on coats of arms i s J.B.
Rietstap, while Sir Bernard Burke is one of the authorities on British
arms, Some other authorities on heraldry are: Fairbairn, DeBrett, Wade,
Boutell, Scott-Giles, Bolton, Crozier.
While the majority of continental arms were granted to royalty and the
aristocracy, the British granted arms to nobility and commoner alike .
An interesting story, whether true or 1not, tells of a farmer working in

his fields one day. He suddenly· heard a lady's screams for help coming
from the direction of a nearby stream. Upon arriving at the edge of the
stream, he discovered a lady rider who, while crossing the stream, had been
thrown from her horse into the water. In order to save her from drowning,
he dashed into the water, grasped her by her riding girdle or belt und
began to pull her from the water. In fear and desperation , she screamed
to him, "Hold fast, hold fast!" while he pulled her to the bank and safety .
Since she was a lady of noble birth and from a family of high standing and
influence, as a reward for saving her life, he was granted a coat of arms
bearing three buckles representing the buckles on her riding girdle and a
motto quoting, "Hold fast!"
Many coats of arms have a story behind them , and often, wherever possible,
display figures making a play on the family name, such as the three bulls '
heads on my own family coat of arms . Heraldry is both a fascinating and
revealing art and science.

*
Where did that man come from?
back? These would include the
a mountain or around it? More
wide· or deep, he would go down

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Have you followed the migrations routes
roads and rivers ,, Would he have gone over
than likely around it. If the river was
the river and not try to cross it.

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REPORT OF CASES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
by William Munford
Vol. II

New York

1814

page number
March 11, 1811
1
Kincaid agnst Cunningham: Judgment at law obtained by Andrew
Donnally (for Walter Cunningham) agst Thos Kincaid • • . Augusta
County Court . . . Action founded on"" alleged warranty by Kincaid
(called Spring Lick) purchased of Jacob Persinger, who claimed it
by virtue of a settlement made by Christian Saunders .•.. * to Kincaid 10 Jan 1777 .... . Kincaid assigned to Ik&gt;nnally •.... who 5 Feb.
1777 assigned to W. Cunningham .. .. . land in the County of Greenbrier
(*Persinger to Kincaid) ...... affidavits of Lavid Stephenson,
Joseph Bell and James Bratton (3 of the arbitrators) .. . .. . Benjamin
Strother . .. .. survey for Greenbrier Company 1751 ... ; . .. .

10

Kirtley agst Deck &amp; others: Apl 25 , 1811 at Staunton •.• St. Clair
Kirtley agst Michael Deck, John Munger Jr &amp; Catharine, lli.s wife,
Martha Munger, Chas Deck &amp; Christian Deck • • • • •• for conspiracy,
malicious prosecution .... .. . Catharine Munger on 6 Nov 1799, agst
plantiff before Layton Yancey, JP of Rockingham County •.... .•. ..
forcible attempt to have Can1al knowledge of her body .... .•• • 19
Nov 1799 Kirtley found not guilty •. ... .. The suit abated by death
of John Munger Jr ..

24

Catlett &amp; others (Justices of King William County) agst Carter's
Executors: Catlett for benefit of John D Watkins ad.m 'r de Bonis non
of John Watkins, dec'd • . ... debt ...•• Williamsburg Court agst Chas
Carter &amp; Wm D Claiborne, obligors on bond given by Judith Browne,
adm'x of William B Browne, 'dec'd •.. . ... .. J. Browne not paying to
William Clayton , in his life, ex 'r of John Watkins •.... ; judgment
in Williamsburg Court 1795 ..... Mrs Judith Browne died .•• her
estate •• made Oct 1802 ... . .
March, 1811

31

The Audi tor of Public Accts (in behalf of The Commonwealth) agst
Nicholas: court of Dinwiddie.

34

Flournoy ' s Ex ' rs against Holcomb.

J6

Hansbrough agst Baylor: •.... debt •..•• John Baylor agnst Peter Hansbrough •..... Thomas R Rootes, esq . .. . . :. 1801 •...•

40

King agst Newman: • •.. Henry Newman &amp; William King ••••• land in Wythe
Co ...... ca 178J George Peery obtained certificate for land (135
acres). . . . . in Montgomery County (now Wythe) ••••• 1786 purcrased by
Newman, who living on the land &amp; contested Peery's right • .. ...
March 28, 1811

42

Goodwin &amp; othexs, Ex'rs, Widow &amp; devisees of Matthew Mayes» dec'd
agst Miller &amp; others: •. . . Richmond district .....

(Notes

see end of article for locations of book(s))

�March 25 , 1811
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40

Heffner agst Miller &amp; others: Staunton Court . . ... John Codery, the
elder, 1752 .. ... land in Frederick County •. . ... died before he obtained grant , leaving widow and one son .••.. Widow married Boon . . .. . .
1772 she returned to Frederick and son still , an infant (under 21)
• . .. . she still married • •. she Hannah Boon • . . . husband George Boon ..
son John Codery •.. .. ..... .
March 22 , 1811
McRea agst Brown: Appeal from Court held 22 May 1804 at Haymarket
••.• judgment from Common Court of King William 8 June 1804 . .. .. .
Braxton's Adm'r agst Hilyard: Debt in district court of King &amp;
Queen County 21Jan1783 ...... George Braxton .. . •. to Anthony Thointon, ex'r Walter Taliaferro ••... Robert Pollard .... . . Joseph Hilyard. ... .• . . Mary Braxton, adm'x of George Braxton •. . .. . Carter
Braxton (dec'd) • • . . .. .. Mrs Elizabeth Braxton, mother of George,
lately dec'd •. . .. . . George bani 17 Sept 1762 • ... . , Elizabeth Braxton
widow of Carter Braxton . . . . . . . . .

53

88

March 1811
Hatfield agst Jameson: from appeal Richmond district . .... . County
Court of Fairfax (Mch 1796) .• . freight charges and ships •. . •. Robert
Brown Jameson and Samuel Montgomery Brown, merchants .••• •. Joseph
Hatfield (residing out of state), his lawyer James Bar:ry . ..... .
Josiah Watson, Jonah Thompson ... .. . . . . .
Waller's Ex'rs agst Ellis &amp; others: Argued Oct 1809 •... debt . •. • . .
John Ellis and Mary (Fleming) wife, Susannah (Fleming) Lewis, coheiresses, in parcenary, of Jot:n Fleming, jun, dec ' d, who was heir
of John Fleming dec'd • .... . John Fleming (Sr) on May 1760 in the
parish of abingdon •.. . . . ..

5 March 1811
105

Clay agst Williams &amp; others and the same agst the same: from
Richmond district 16 May 1804, .• , ,. Matthew Clay &amp; Mary his wife
agst Sarah Williams, ex'x of Joseph Williams &amp; adm ' x of Robert
Williams &amp; others ••... . first suit filed 10 Sept 1795, Pittsylvania
Court • ... Robert Williams , 2nd husband of Sarah, widow of Joseph
Williams • . .. . ... Mary only child of Joseph • . . . . . • John Call and wife
Lucinda, daughter of Robert Williams •.... . .. Nathaniel Washington
Williams ........ Mary Williams Clay died on or about 26 May 1798 • .
•• 'Iheoderick B McRoberts (1794---95).

129

Robert's Widow &amp; Heirs agst Stanton: argued May JO, 1810: ...• Nov
1797, William Stanton •..••. Richmond district vs ...... Wilson Miles
Cary, ex'r of George William Fairfax , dec'd; Battaile Muse, and
Joseph Roberts •••.... 1791 land in Culpeper County •... . · Ferdinando
Fairfax ••..•• in June 1801 suit abated as to Joseph Roberts by his
death •. ... •. left widow and 8 children •...... Sarah Roberts.··· · ··
John Strode.

141

March 7, 1811
David Ross agst James Keewood; agst Michael Hoofacre; agst George

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Smith:. . . . . from Staunton distl:ict, ..... land in Washington County
under Loyal Company . ...... 31Jan1788 .... . Joseph Scott ••• Stephen
Trigg . . . . William Inglis .. ... 1773 . .. . . .
148

March 1811
Richardson ' s Ex ' r agst Hunt: ... . from Richmond district ..... Elijah
Hunt and Sarah, his wife, one of seven residuary legatees of Turner
Richardson ..... . John Richardson and Samuel Richardson ex'rs . . .. .
John , a legatee ..... Elizabeth Ellis , a legatee .... . Turner's J
daug hters , Sarah Hunt, Elizabeth Ellis, Ann Hunt. , heirs, John,
1\.J.rner, Martha &amp; Rebecca . .... . (1805 , 4 June , Elijah Hunt is dead.)
April 1811
Fairfax Coilllt to Richmond district .... debt • ...

151

Cook agst Piles:

154

Hite's Ex'rs agst Paul's Heirs: ...• Margaret Paul in 1794•... Joist
Hite s old land to 'Ihomas Hart now in Berkeley County .. . . . . John
Miles of PA .... .. Margaret Paul , daughter of John Miles ..... her
husband now dead, always lived Pa . . . .. .. Issac Hite , son of Joist
. . ... Andrew McCoy, eldest son of Robert McCoy, who was eldest son
of Robert McCoy .... ... James Williams (who married Eleanor, only
daughter &amp; heir of Moses Green, a s on of Robert Green dec'd •.... .•
I saac Hite' s brother, Jacob ....... Giles Cook tenant·to George W
Fa irfax ... . .. Thomas Paul and Margaret Paul heir of Pltf ..... . Suit
abated by death of Andrew McCoy •... . .. William Duff ....... .
March 1811

162

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Holliday &amp; Wife agst Cole{llan &amp; Wife: ..... in 1786 Robert Spilsby
Coleman and Mary his wife vs Lewis Holliday and Betty, his wife ...
Betty (mothe r of Mary) was daughter of Zachary and married James
Littlepage •• had 2 children Mary and Lewis Littlepage .. . . . brother
John Lewis ... . 2/married Lewis Holliday . .. . .. . John Carter Littlepage
. .. . .. . Lewis Littlepage ?died at sea •.... •Waller Holliday . .. . ... .
April 1811
Lovell agst Arnold: .• .. Franklin Court House . ... . Elisha Arnold
agst Markham Lovell .. . .... land in FJ:ankJ.in County ..... Andrew Ramsey eldest son and heir of Patrick Ramsey .... . . Obadiah Woodson . •.
Archibald Gordon • .... . Andrew Ramsey, his guardian, Elizabeth Ramsey • .

179

Grantland agst Wight: .. from Richmond district ..•.. Micha.el Grantland, Hezehiah Wight , ex ' r of John Foy and of John Prentis, dec'd .
. . . . a lot in Richmond .... William Hodgson .. . .. .

187

Jones agst Robertson: . . . from Nottoway County Court ... . Mary Robertson (otherwise called Wilkinson) ..... Richard Jones Jr .... . W. Peter
Robertson ..... William Jones, lhniel Robertson . .... Mrs. Comer ....

193

Cave agst Shelor &amp; Wife : ... slander •. .. County Court Orange . . . . .
Ann Cave agst John Shelor &amp; Nancy •......

195

March 1811
Cornwell agst Truss:, .. district court of Suffolk .....

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196 Iambert .agst Nanny: ••. County Court Bed.fo:rd. • . .. John Quinn •..••
Andrew Kennedy •..... Iavid McCormack . . .. . . . William Graham •. . .. .
town of Library ••... John Lynch
6 May 1799 .... George Lambert
April 1811

200 Hyer agst Shobe: •..• district Hardy Court House • . . Jacob Shobe
agst Jacob Hyer •... Feb 1803 .... Land 1773, Jacob Stockey • . .......
205

16 April 1811
agst Flowers: •••••• trespass . .. .. County Court of Sussex . . .
Samuel Mangum •••• • William Mangum .•.. .. . .
Mangum

18 April 1811

209

Hughes agst Hughes's Ex ' rs: •.• Amelia County, 23 Feb. 1809 •.... last
will of Anne Hughes, dated 18 Nov 1804 ..... codicil dated 19 Dec 1804
, •.• John Hughes • .. . . Joshua Chaffin, ex ' r •..... Purham Booker and
Walter Fo:rd., ex'rs •. . ... (Anne Hughes was insane ••. 8 Dec 1807) •. .
Heirs: Ed.ward Hughes, son of Blackburn Hughes . • Anne Hughes, daughter
of Blackburn Hughes, • .. George B Hughes and John Hughes, sons of
Blackburn Hughes .•... . .... . Nancy Hughes . . . ... D.ldley Seay .. .. .. .
pr. Bathurst Randolph •••. .. . ..

228 Mayor &amp; Commonalty of Alexandria agst Hunter: •... Fairfax County •
•• John Chapman Hunter .... •... Hay Market Court •.... . . . ..
229

Scott agst Hall

17 April 1811
Di.striat Court of Petersburg •. . .. .. Peter M
Ha.rd.away, son of William Hardaway •.. . . .• 2J April 1802 ... .. . .... . .
Dinwiddie County •. ... .• .

230 Hardway agst Manson:

26 April 1811
234 Carnagy &amp; Wife agst Woodcock &amp; Mackey , Ex'rs of Martin: • . ... will

of 'Ihoma.s Bryan Martin . . .... . housekeeper Betsy Powers . .. . . survey
made by George Bell , dated July 1794... . ... Frederick County Court
William Carnagy and Betsy his wife (l ate Betsy Powers ) . . .... . . .

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242

2J April 1811
Monroe (Governor) agst Redman &amp; others: Di.strict Court of King &amp;
Queen. County •..... Vincent Redman (Sheriff) .... ... . . Fouchee G.
Tebbs •••.•.... Redman resided in Richmoud County at time of writ •.
Triplett 's Ex'rs agst Jameson s Charles Little and George Triplett ,
ex'rs of Tilliam Triplett, dec'd ••.•.• Fairfax County •..•.. . Robert
B Jameson (devise, in right of his wife) •..••.•. district court at
Hay Market •••••••.

244 Fenwick a.gst M'Murdo &amp; Fisher : •.• Charles James McMurdo and George
Fisher, trustees of James Wardrop, dec'd •..••. William Fenwick •...
Falling Creek in Chesterfield County ••.•.........

254 Beattie agst '.Iabb's Adm'rss • . . . debt, Dec 28, 1803, in Petersburg
district court •. •• . .. . note by John '.Iabb to Robert Armistead, April

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12, 1773, assigned to William Beattie . . . . . . Beattie a British subject
1

May

1811

257

Norvell agst Camm &amp; wife &amp; others: • • John C.amm &amp; Betsy his wife &amp;
John Warwick &amp; Mary, his wife, children of Thomas Powell, dee ' d,
late of Amherst County .. . . . . .. Reuben Novell . . ... patent to James
Christian, John Christian &amp; William Brown on 10 Sept 1755, , , .. . . . .
before 1765 John and James Christian died . . .... . 2 sons of John:
John Christian and Charles Christian • .... . . . James Gresham . . .. .. . .
Thomas Powell died 1788 . ....... . . .. .

263

Sydnor agst Sydnors: Anthony Sydnor ' s will dated 4 Feb 1779 .... . .
to his son Joseph Sydnor .. .. . . . . Dinwiddie County .. .. .. his son
William Sydnor .. ... .. his sons John and Anthony Sydnors .. . .... . .. .
John Sydnor died 1788 without lawful heir of his body . . .. . . his
share nephew John Sydnor jun ... ... . Joseph Sydnor died 1787 without
heirs .. ... . . Petersburg district court • . ..

266

Bronaughs agst Freeman's Ex ' rs John Bronaugh ...... Thomas Bronaugh
. .. . ... . Benjamin Bronaugh .. .... Fauquier County Court •..•... Haymarket district court . . . .. . . .

268

Ashley agst Cornwell: .... 1801 John Coniwell ..... Norfolk County
Court . .. .... . Warren Ashley ...... . .. .

272

Ison agst Johns : • . .. Sweet Springs district court .... . . Robert Jones
· · · · . . . Jonathan Isoms . . .... . . Montgomery County Court . ..... .

277

Garnett agst Childers: .. .. . James Webb and Thomas C Martin, ex'rs
of Jesse Carter, dec'd •...· .. . John Childers .•.... . Reuben Garnett.

279

Addison &amp; Wife agst Core's Administrator: . .. . James Core of Northampton County, died 28 May 1795, an infant, intestate, and without
issue (having neither father nor mother living ... sister, brother,
nor their descendants) possessed of estate from his father •.......
Kendall Addison and Palmer, his wife, only sister of the mother of
the said infant .. . .... John Core, adm ' r •. . . . . . . April 1806 Williamsburg District Court ... . . . . .

280

Royster &amp; others agst Leakes Richmond district court..... James
Vaughan, deputy for Joseph Payne, late sheriff of Goochland County
• · · .. .. Gideon Hatcher ....... 1804 ... . ... Goochland County ••..•. . .

282

Braxton ' s Adm'x agst Lipscombs ••. Thomas Lipscomb •. .. Robert Blackwell .. . . . . Thomas Littlepage ••...... Mary Braxton adm'x of George
Braxton, dec ' d ........ .

283

'I\.mnell &amp; wife agst Watson &amp; Wife: ..... will of Selby Simpson of
Accomack County ....... daughter Betsy, unborn child; daughter Betsy
Selby ........ male child bonl 5 or 6 mos after his death and died
July 1796 under 21 and single, Betsy also under 21 and single ••...
Betsy Selby mar.ried John W Watson .... ... . . .

285

White's Ex:'rs agst Johnson &amp; others: •.• . Pittsylvania County Court
....... Johnson &amp; others, legatees of Jeremiah White, agst William
Clarke and William White, ex'rs •. . . . ..

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289

Ross agst Gordon

290

Duvals agst Ross: ... Richmond District Court , 5 May 1807 .... . . .. on
6 Jan 1787 ..... .. Ia.vid Ross and William Duval land in Buckingham
County . . . . . . . . Philip Duvall. ....... .

297

Payne &amp; Fairfax agst Grim: . .. Morgan Town district court ..... . . 15
Sept 1806 . ... . ... .

299

Page ' s ex ' r agst Winston ' s Adm ' r:
Edward Winston, in his lifetime • .. .. . . the late Chanceller Wythe . .. . . .. William Fleming
Gaines ex'r of Robert Page dec ' d . . . . . . . . John C Littlepage ...... .
Macon Green . .. . .... Hanover Court . .. . .. Humphrey Brooks . . ...... . . .

302

Wilson agst Crowdhill

303 Stovall's Ex 'r agst Woodson &amp; Wife: .•.•.• legatees of .Bartholomew
Stovall dee 'd • •.• . .. Powhatan County Court ...... 17 Sept 1804-.... .
Richmond District Court ....... . .

304 Johnson agst Johnson ' s Adm ' r
305 Winston agst Johnson's Ex'rs: .... Noel Johnson ..... Geddes Winston
. . . .. . his 2 sons Samuel Jordan Winston and William Winston , and
William Radford, one of his sons-in-law •. . .. .. .. land in Hanover
County ••..... . . . 16 May 1795 (after abating as to the death of
Geddes Winston) •....... Samuel Perrin ........ Noel Johnson having
removed to Kentucky .. . . . .. . Oct 1805 ... . .

310 Gibson agst Randolph: •. . . . Richmond district ..... Feb 1811 ..... . . .
William Randolph •• . . . .• Thomas Gibson • .. , .... . Robert Gibson ..... .
180J deeds • .... . . . ..

314

Taylor agst Stone: •. . . Uriah Stone • .... . John Early, Skelton Taylor,
Stephen Pate, John Pate and Anthony Pate ....... 180J . . . . .. · ..

316

Holladay, ex'r of Littlepage agst Littlepage: . . . . John Carter
Littlepage ... .. . Walter Holladay ex'r of Lewis Li~tlepage ...... .
1785 testator made will •. . . . ... mother living at time of trial .•. .
testator d 1802 .. .. .. suit brought 1803 .. . . . .. Francis Irvine . . .

321

Quarles ex'r agst Quarles &amp; others: ... Louisa County Court • . .. John
Quarles, William G Poindexter, and Jane his wife; and Patsy Quarles,
3 younger children of William Quarles, dec'd •.... . . mother living
. . . . . 1803 . .... .

326

Hopkirk agst 1Dennis &amp; others: •.• Richmond district Court, 6 May
1807 ....... James Hopkirk .••.. .. Alex'r Spiers, John Bowman &amp; Co.
agst John Dennis &amp; others, children of Henry Dennis, dec'd •..... ..
wife died intestate ....... John Dennis, Edward Dennis, Owen Haskins
(who married one of his daughters), Thomas Dennis, Lucy Dennis and
Sarah Johnson, wife of John L D Johnson (he left the commonwealth),
Nicholas Bourden and Jane his wife ....... .

329 Stratton agst Minnis: . •.. William P Skillern . ...... .

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'IUttle agst Eskridge: .. . Fairfax County Court .. ... Will iam Eskri dge
.. . . Charles Eskridge . .. .... William Tuttle . . .... 1801 ....... Robert
Morriss . .. ... William Lane jun ..... . . town of Centerville •...• Adam
Mitchell .. . ... .. .. . .

333

Waug h agst Carter: . .. Haymarket District Court . .. ... Moore F Carter
. . . . .. Samuel Oliver .... . . John Pash .. .. . . Alex 'r Waugh, deputy for
James Waugh, sheriff of Fairfax County, 19 Aug 1805 • .... ..

334 Wallace

&amp; others agst Baker : ... Hardy County Court ... . . 27 Feb 1802
... . . Alex'r Wallace, George Harnes (Jd), Jacob Fisher , Evan Payn,
James Baker • . . ... ..

336

Norris agst Tomlin &amp; Gray : . . .. Fauquier County Court .. . . . .• •. Haymarket District Court .... .. . . .

26 June 1811
336

Buckner &amp; wife agst Blair , surviving Ex ' r of Mitchell: •.. . . Henry
Mitchell , dee ' d •.. . . . . . Fredericksburg District Court .... . . . Blair
dee 'd ... . .... .

337

Drummond ' s Admrs agst Richards : ... Spottsylvania County Court . . .. .
William S Stone .. . . . . Thomas Richards . ... ... June 1805 .... . .

339

Winchester &amp; others agst President &amp; directors of the Bank of Alex'a

341

Dunton agst Robins

341

Alex'r agst Deneale : . .. . . William Henry Washington . . .... Philip
Alexander .. . .. .. Haymarket .Di:strict Court . .... . . William Deneale,
s heriff of Fairfax County . . . .. . .. . death of Washington • . ... ... ....
George Minor ... . . ... John Luke •. ... . . ...

342

Wells ' s Heirs ags t Winfree &amp; others

344

Brooks agst Scott Executor : . . . . Hezekiah Brooks •.. .• James Scott .•
Prince Edward County Court . . .. . . .. .

349

Thomas Scott

357

Walker' s Ex ' r agst Aick1in: Staunton District Superior Court of
Chancery . . .. .. Dr. Thomas Walker . . , . Francis Walker .... . Tu.niel
Smith . . . .. . Jacob Murrell • ...... Andrew Vance •..... (1793-1802) •..

363

Coutts &amp; others agst Green haw : .. . Richmond district • .. • .. (?Coutts
to marry his mistress and legalize children) • .. . .. Reuben Coutts . .
George Greenhow •... . .. Locust Creek, N. Fork Licking, Kentucky ....
James Greenhow •.. . . Samuel McGraw.. . . . Coutts married 17 Sept 1799
Jane New (5 children prior to marriage ) ....... .

379

Hook agst Nanny Pagee &amp; her children:. . . . Nanny Pa.gee from Nor th
Carolina, prior t o 5 Oct 1778, white, •. . .. .. Thomas Jones purchased
her as s lave • . ... .....

387

Edgar agst Donnally &amp; Joness ••. Staunton district Court . . .. .. Thomas

&amp;

Co. agst Dunlop , Pollok

&amp;

Co.

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Edgar of Greenbrier County .... .. Andrew Donnally . .. ... Jo hn Jones .
land in Kanawha County •.... . . J ohn Matthews , s on and heir of Archer
Matthews, dec'd (died 1786) .. .... . J ohn Pryor ....... .
393

Murray (a pauper) agst McCarty : .... Hay mar ket d i s tric t c ourt .. . ..
Fairfax County •.. ... IB.niel McCart y III, born Virgi n i a , son of
Ianiel II, son of Ianiel I, on Oct 1800 , before he arr ived at full
age, he (III) married Matilda M S Magruder , daughter of Denni Magruder of Charles County, Maryland . .. .. . . John Mason, born Virginia
•. .. . ... Nancy Murray, a slave ........ .

407

Marks agst Morris : • . . Richmond dis trict court ... . . Solomon Marks . .
Simpson Morris .. . . .. Charles Copland .. . ... . . Hyman Marks . . .. . .. . .

412

Marshall agst Thompson: . . . ... . Mary Anne Thomps on . .. . . Iani el
Marshall • . .. . . 1789 •. .. . . . Nottoway Count y Court . . . . . Ric hmon Di strict Court • •. •• . . .

412

Scott's Ex'r agst Osborne Ex'r: . . . . J a mes Sco tt •. ... 1795 . .. ·
William Osborne, dec'd, of Nottowa y County •.. . .. Prince Edward Co .
•.. ... . Robert Donald .. . ..... James Scott married Elizabeth
oSborne, daughter of William . . . . . . . . . Henry Anderson .. . .. Willi am
Osborne and Elizabeth, his widow ..•.... Abner Os borne .. . .. .

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Moore's Ex ' x agst Ferguson &amp; others : . ... Geor ge Moore d ec ' d ... · . .
marriage settlement 10 May 1783 .. . . .. widow ·Molly (
) Moore ..

423

Mayo agst Haines &amp; Coutts: •.. Richmond Dis t r i ct Court.

424

Watkins agst Taylor &amp; Mewburn: . . . Richmond Dis trict Court 1807 . · · ·
Robert Watkins, Thomas Ta.ykor and Willia m Mewbu:rn ... . . 1798 land
Harry Heth .. . ... .

442

Bowles agst Bingham: .. .. James Bing ham, adrn'r of Harriet Bowles
(died intestate, under 21 yrs, daughter of Sally, wife of Peter
Bowles ) •.•... Richmond district court . . .. . . . Mary Anne Blythe,
maternal grandmother of Harriet .. . .... John Woody . . .. . . Harriet ,
born April 1798 . . .... Sally and Peter married Jan 1798 .. ... . Pe ter
not father •.... Hanover County . . . ... Sally Bowles died 8 Feb 1802 .
• ... Harriet died 12 Sept 1805 ...... . .

448 Carter agst Cockrill &amp; Rogers: . . .. Northumberland County Cour t •.. .
John Carter • . . . .. George Morris on .... . .. John Cockrin . . . . . Joseph
Rogers • . ... Williamsburg district court ..•..
451

Defarges agst Lipscomb: .... Williamsburgs dis trict court ... . .

452

Temple's Ex'r agst Ellett's Ex'r: .... King William County Court . ...
Robert Temple Ex'r of Benj 'm Temple . . . . . .. Sarah Ellett, ex ' x of
William Ellett •.. . . . John P Ellett, s on of William . . .. ... . .

453

Mooberry &amp; others agst Marye : • .• Fredericksburg district court ... .
James Marye •• . "· testament made 3 Oct 1780 ... ... James Marye , eldest s on, 6 daug hters -- J named Lucy, Sus anna and Sally - - other 3
younger children . . . . ... Lucy marri ed J a mes Wei r • ... . Susanna di ed
1782 .under age ...... Sally attained 21 years died 1786, single and

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intestate . ..•. Susanna also single ...... Andrew Mooberry . •.. . land
in Spotts ylvania County . . ... . Col. William Grayson ...... brother
Peter Marye ..... .

454

Trueheart agst Price: .... City of Richmond ... . .. William Price ... .
William Duvel ...... Ia.niel Trueheart ... . . 1789 .. . . Isham Bethel. ..
William Galt . ... .. .

478

Shanks &amp; McRae agst Fenwick :. . . Richmond .District Court . . .. .

479

John Royall agst Rich'd Eppes, Adm ' r of Lucy Royall: . . . . will, dated

4-1J- 1783, admitted Sept 1784, of Joseph Royall . ... .. Lucy, his
wife . .. . . son John ...... brothers Littlebury and John ...... Lucy
died 1795, . .. .. son John died 1802 intestate •. . . . . son John under
age 1784 .... .. .

491

Crews &amp; Higginbotham agst Garland: . . ,. Charlottesville district .. .
Iavid S Garland agst Pleasant Crews ..... 15 June 1807 ..... . .. .

492

Page, adm 'r of Nelson ags t Taylor and Thonrton: • . . . James Taylor,
Anthony Thornton, Peyton Stern and James Sutton .... Caroline County
· ·.· . William Nelson, County Clerk .. . ... Roy Griffin ..... Alsop
children . . .. . . Thomas Jones .. . ... . Fredericksburg District Court •.

501

McCargo , Ex 'r of James Callicott, agst Susanna Callicott: ....... .
Littlejohn Mccargo ... . ... James Callicott, dec 'd . . .. . Susanna Callcott, widow • . .. . . Susanna ' s 1st husband was George Brooke, died
intestate ....... James Callicott died 1807 .. ... .

505

Snickers agst Dorsey: . ... . Michael Dorsey . . .. . William Snickers • . .
.I:avid Castleman, jun ...... . Superior Court of Chancery at Staunton
.. . . . Frederick County Court. . . . . . . Thomas Stribling and Joseph
Tidball .. . .... 1806 . . .. .

510

Whitlock agst Ramsey ' s Adm ' x: . . . Campbell County Court ... . . . James
Whitlow, jun . alias James Whitlock ..... . Franklin district court . .

511

Callis agst Waddy.

512

Claughton &amp; others agst Macnaughton: •. . Williamsburg District
court ..... 1803 .... . Duncan Macnaughton in 1802, St Stephen's
parish, Northumberland County a clergyman ...... George Claughton
George Barrett, William Norris , Samuel .Downing , Peter C Rice , .....

513

Green agst Dulany: . , Culpeper County Court . , • , Braxton Dulaney . ••
Zachariah Dulaney .... William Blackwell ..... Moses Green •.....••..

521

Williamson , Ex'r of Mayes, agst Ledbetter &amp; others: 1807, Richmond
district .. . ,,. Charles Williamson, ex'r of Anne Smith Mayes •..••.•
her husband Joel Mayes, dec'd ... .. Joshua Smith . ..... will of her
grandfather GeoTge Smith dated 1771 .. . .. Joshua Smith, son of George
• . . . . . Anne died without children . ..... .

523

Eppes's Ex'rs agst Colley

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523 Mackey, Ex'r of Fuqua , agst Bell, surviving partner of Jas Byrne &amp;
Co: •.. Charlotte County Court ....... . James McClellan ....... Thomas
Mackey .......• Samuel Fuqua . ........ Christopher Irvine of Halifax
County . . . . . . . . . . 1792 . ..... .

525 Hill agst Harvey: ... . Fredericksburg District Court •.. .. Benj'm
Hazlegrove ......... Stephen Winchester ........ .

527 Il3.vison against Waite: ...... George Kiger of town of Winchester .. .
Obed Waite ... .. . Joseph Tidball, adm ' r of William Grayson dec'd .. .
• . . 1802 ...... Hugh Holmes . .•...•. Amelia, wife of George Kiger •..
William IB.vison ... ..

534 Young agst Price

&amp; others: .. Richmond district •. .. William Young ..
William Price, adm 'r Charles Price, Robert Price and Samuel
Williamson .. ... Henrico County • . ..... Thomas , brother of Samuel
Williamson .. .. ... IB.bney Williamson, ex ' r of Samuel Williamson ... .

1776 ..... 1808 .... .

539 Holladay &amp; Wife agst Littlepage: .. . . Richmond district court . .
541

Henry ' s Ex'r agst Elcan: •.. . Rusting Court, Richmond City ........ .
same agst Pickett , Pollard &amp; Johnson: ........ John Henry •.... · ..
Marcus Elcan •.•.. . ..

542 Melson agst Melson ' s Adm'r: •••.. Accomock County Court ..... ···· ...
Jonathan Melson ...... .. Smith Melson . ... .. . .

543 Gay agst Moseley: •... Buckingham County Court .... William Gay .....
Susanna Eldridge . . ... Frank Moseley • .. . .. 1790 ........ Iavid
Meade of Maycox, Prince George County ... .. . William Gay of Powhatan County •....... Susanna Eldridge , niece of Lavid Meade •.. ... .
deed of trust, recorded 1790, Henrico County ...... Susanna, wife
of Ralfe Eldridge.
(Note: This volume may be found in a law library . Originally these cases
were tried in the local courts and appealed until they reached the Supreme
Court. Most, if not all, of the original documents in the Supreme Court
building in Richmond were destroyed by fire ~uring the Civil War.
The appeals -- consisting of the case, plantiffs , defendants, depositions
of each and witnesses, lawyers' please, judges' opinions, and verdict
may be listed. In some cases, the case may be only a half page or less
and no genealogical information given . Another could be 60 pages and
still no genealogical information, and in others a wealth of information
may be obtained. Names , dates, places, etc. of genealogical value in
the cases have been extracted and printed here.
Volume I has not been typed and proof read, but will be soon.)

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SURNAME INDEX

VAN has set up a new (that is for us) system for surnames of our members.
This year we will publish others that are sent to..fauring the year because
of the early issue in which it is published. Next year it will be in only
one issue. The abbreviations used are listed on a page in the back of VAN.
The following format is used:
Name and address who is doing the researching:
SURNAMES
GIVEN NAME
LOCATION
DATE(S)
Mrs. Dorothy HALE AMIS, 8730 Ferncliff Ave NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
BARNES
CARROLL

cox
cox
cox

CUMMINGS
HALE
HALE

HALE
HALE

HILL
PHILPOT
PHILPOT
REDMAN

SMITH
SMITH
WHITAMORE

Mary
Delilah
Sarah Jane
William
Aaron
Polly Anne
John Newton
James
William Jr
James
Polly
Mary Elizabeth
Thomas
Nancy
Lydia
William
Elizabeth

res. 1830-60 TN
NC/Claiborne Co, TN
VA/Claiborne Co, TN
md ca 18JO TN
Claiborne Co,Tn/Clay Co, KY md 18.53 TN
md ca 18JO TN
NC/Claiborne Co, TN
b ca 1780 NC
NC/Claiborne Co, TN
Patrick Co , VA
b 1755 VA
Claib Co, TN/Clay Co, KY d 1924 KY
Claiborne Co, TN
d 1862/J TN
Patk Co, VA/Claib Co,TN res 1830-60 TN
PA/VA/Ohio
b 1750 PA
d bef 1860 'IN
NC/Claiborne Co, TN
Clay Co, KY
md 1878 Ky
Clay Co, KY
b 1826 KY
Patk Co, VA/Claib Co,TN md 1804 VA
NC/Clay Co, RY
md 1854 KY
b ca 1807 NC
NC/Cla,Y Co, KY
, VA/NC/Clay Co, KY
d bef 1870 KY

Rose B ANDERSON, 935 Scenic Drive NW, Albany, Oregon 97321
McNEIL
HARMON
BYRD/BIRD
LEWIS
CARTER
COUR'INEY
MILLER
McCASI&lt;EY
TALBOT
SAPPINGTON
ANDERSON
CARMICHAEL

John
John L
Elizabeth
Hiram H
Joseph
John B
Hester A
George
Elizabeth
James Monroe
Mary Ann
D3.niel

Augusta/Rockbridge Co,VA b 1820
Fincastle/Montg Co, VA
md 1787
"

"

"

"

Kentucky/Indiana/?
Missouri/Iowa
PA/Indiana/Ill.
Coshocton Co, Ohio
Ireland/PA/Ohio

1787
b 1802; md 1822
b KY d 1860

md

1797 md 1818
md 1855
b 1786 d 1871
Indiana/M~ssouri
d 18~.5
Kentucky/Missouri/Oregon md 18J6 d 1846
Montg Co, KY/MO/Or
b 1820 d 1907
Westmoreland Co, PA
1758
b

Mrs James Barnes, 1111 Wilmore Dr, Middletown, Ohio 45042
McPHERSON
BIRD
CUNDIFF
WALLIS

Stephen
Luke o:r; John
Benjamin
John

Giles Co, VA
18JO
Bedford/Franklin Co, VA 1800
Bedford Co, VA
1800
Tu.zewell Co, VA
d 1870's

�Mrs James Barnes (con't)
HUNSUKER

GABBARD
JONES

RUNNELLS
McGRAW
ROBBINS

Abraham
Henry
Abraham
John
John
Thomas

Washington Co, VA
"
"
"
Botetourt/Lee Co , VA
Co, VA
"
Russell Co, VA

"

"

1810
1810
md 1807
1800
d 1867
1820

"

Mrs M Rodney B ILTER, 24976 Townsend Ave, Hayward , CA 94544
ADNEY

IDDINGS

IDDINGS
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON
ADNEY

SMILES
SMILES

RICHARDSON
McCORMICK
McCORMICK
SHARP

Thomas
Iavid &amp; Nancy
Henry &amp; Abigail
Byrd
James &amp; Martha
William
Mary
Elijah
Nancy
Byrd
Robert
Grizella
Robert

Bedford Co , VA
res 1782
Botetourt Co, VA
res 1783
res 1810
Montgomery Co, VA
Montgomery Co, VA
b 1807
res 1783
Botetourt Co , VA
md 1800
Franklin Co, VA
rnd 1800
Franklin Co , VA
Harrison Co, VA (now WV) 1820
"
"
"
" md 1830
"
"
" md 1830
res 1787
Rockbridge Co, VA
md 1805
"
md 1805
"
"
II

II

II

II

II

II

Loretta A CALDWELL, Rt 2 Box 190 , Eagle Rock , VA 24085
AGNOR(Agner)
James
Buffalo Forge , Rkbge Co, VA md 17 Aug 1848
WILSON
Joseph
N. Buffalo Cr,
"
"
rnd 14 Jan 1819
HUFFMAN(Hoffman) John S
Buffalo Forge, "
" " b 1815 d 18J8
BROWN
Andrew Jackson
Lexington , Rkbge Co, VA md 16 Sept 1853
SMI'ffi
Telemacus D
Gala , Botetourt Co, VA
md 6 Aug 1846
CALDWELL
O. Elendo
Blacksburg, Montg Co , VA b 15 June 1860
It
b da 1806
CALDWELL
Harper W
DICKERSON
William Ira
Burk Fork, Floyd Co, VA
b 1838
OLYER(Oiler)
Alexander
N. Buffalo, Rkbge Co, VA b ca 1802
MATCHETT
Hannah E
Rockbridge Co ., VA
b ca 1805
11

II

II

II

Ellen CALVERT, PO Box 517, Cabin Creek WV 25035
RU DOK
Cornelius
Rockingham Co, VA
1789
DASHNER
George
Rockingham Co , VA
1788
LOFLIN/Llofland D:tvid
Loudin Co, VA
1777
MARTIN
Charles H
Bedford Co, VA
b ca 1810
BRITTON
Mary
Augusta/Frederick Co, VA md ca 1768
ALEXANDER
Thomas
md ca 1768
BUCKNER
Elizabeth
Campbell Co, VA
md bd 18 Jul 1791
OLIVER
Leonard
Rockingham Co, Va/WV
md 1 Aug 1794
ALEXANDER
Andrew
Bedford Co, VA
md 8 Nov 1792
md 8 Nov 1 792
BLACK
Elizabeth
BANNISTER
William Bennett
So Branch Valley/Mason Co,WV
d 1846
McBRIDE
John
Augusta Co, VA
b Nov 1722
GAY
Hennery
/Rockbridge Co, VA b 13 Mar 1750
"

"

11

"

11

"

11

11

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55
Calvert (con ' t)
WALKER
MURRAY
WALKER
GRINSTEAD

McCOY
BANNISTER

WELDY

Judith Ann
D:t.vid Henry
John Randolph
William
Elizabeth
Mark
Sarah

b 5 Jan 1826
b 24 Oct 1821
b ca 1798
ca 1788
ca 1791
d 1776
b ca 1800

Fluvanna Co , VA
Goochland Co, VA
Essex Co , VA
Albemarle Co, VA
If

tr

If

Augusta Co, VA
Ghld/Fluv . Cos, VA

Mrs. Gwendolyn SIMPKINS THOMPSON, 460 East North Street , Wytheville, VA 24382
HAMIL'IDN

SIMPKINS
SIMPKINS
WILSON

Delia
Thomas
James
Malinda

Pulaski Co, VA

b ca 1851 md
1869 (above)
b 181?; md 1839
b ca 1819; md 1839

Pulaski Co , VA
Pulaski Co, VA

Mrs Oren R Counts, 6804 Northway Dr, Roanoke, VA 24019
BURTON
HILLMAN
BURTON
MARSHALL
CARRICO
ROBERTSON
EDWARIS
Mrs

Margaret
William
Rachel
James
Alexander
Catherine
John D

Montgomery Co, VA
Montgomery Co, VA
Beverley, Essex Co, MA
Wythe Co, VA

1760-1842 md
md 1792 (above)
b Md.; md 1800
in Montg. Co. (above)
b ca 1748 (Rev War)
ca 1816-1893
md 18J4 (above)

Dan Cuddy (Jo Ann), 58 Pear Tree Pt Rd, Iarien, CT 06820

STONE
STONE
SHELTON
SHELTON
ROBERTSON
BUFORD

FERGUSON
JAMESON
JONES
HOSKINS

John
Joshua
Abraham
Crispen
Chloe
Lettice
Samuel
Mary
Mary A
Mary

Mrs Allen E Fuhs
William
LARGE
Solomon
LARGE
Nancy
FURBUSH
Charity
FLEENOR
Joshua
DERBY
John
BO'l'T
STACK
V. Ell~n
HARLESS
Abraham
DAVENPORT
Lucinda
VANCE
John

Pittsylvania Co, VA
"
",,

"

"

"

,,"

"

,,

1776-1833
d 1822
1735-1789
1713- 1794
d 1804

"

ti

"
"
Tazewell/Aug. Cos, VA
"
"
"
,,

"

ti

"

Pittsylvania

"

"

1744-1825
1746-1827
md 1802
(md Josh.Stone)

NC Pitts, Wash, &amp; Russ. VA 176J-1814
Russell &amp; Wash. Cos, VA
?1800-1839
Pitts/Russ Cos,VA; Lawr,KY 1862-1850s
Washington Co , VA
1806-1860+
KY; Russ/Wash Cos, VA
prior 1850
Halx(?)/Wash Cos, VA
1750/60-1831
Washington Co, VA
1760/70-1846
Giles, Russ,Wash,Scott,Lee ,VA 1790-1877
Russ, Wash,Scott , Lee Cos,VA 1798-1880+
Washington Co, VA
1814-1888

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Fuhs (con't)
HAYTON(DON)
BLANKENSHIP
MUNSEY( CY)
LITTLE
RUSSELL
HOBBS
SHELBY
ETTER
ETTER
FELTY

Elizabeth W
Arthur
Lavine
Susan
William
Vincent
Mary Hannah
Gerhard
Tuniel
Elizabeth

Washington Co, VA
1809-1880+
Chfd/Russ/Mont/'Iaze/Lee Co , Va 1790-1861
Lee Co , VA
1790/94-1833
Russell &amp; Lee Cos, VA
180/22-1890s
Guilford Co, NC
d prior May 1795
Fin/Montg/Wash/Lee Cos , VA ca 182 0-1808+
Fdrk/Fin/Montg/Wash/Lee,VA ca 1725-1808+
Switz/Lane Co, PA
1718-1783
Lane Co,PA &amp; Wythe Co , VA 1750-1803
Wythe &amp; Lee Cos , VA
1810- 1895

James Guy FRENCH, 2307 Berkley Ave SW , Roanoke , VA 24015

RICKIE
FRENCH
FRY

PAYNE
BURNETT
FRENCH
LUCAS
LOCKE
REED
BURGESS
BURGESS

Sarah Jane ''Sallie" Wythe/Pulaski Cos, VA
John
West/Frdrk Co, VA
Rachel
Giles/Dickerson Co,VA
Sarah ''Sallie"
Culpepper/Fdrk/Giles, VA
Louvenia
Pul , VA/Raleigh, WV
West/Fdrk, VA/Hamp, WV
Martha
Josephine "Josie" Giles/Pulaski Cos ,VA
Esther
West/Fdrk Cos, VA
William Harvey
Floyd/Montg/Pul Cos,VA
Sarah Jane
Floyd/Montg/Pul Cos, VA
Henry
Floyd Co, VA

md 1862; d 1896
rnd 1710 ; d 1749
ca1813-1901
d 1813
md Mar 1832,d 1862
b
b

1826
1837

Mrs June BLANKENSHIP GREEN 1 4028 SLony Brook Dr 1 Hamilton, OH 4,2011
Conley
BLANKENSHIP
KY/VA
md 1809
DESKINS
John
Tazewell Co, VA
d 1813
S'IEELE
Samuel
b 1800
KY/WV
BENTLEY
Tuniel
b prior 1800
NC/KY
HAMILTON
Thomas
d
1847
KY
ROBER'IS
Cornelius
md 1820
VA/KY/WV
VANCE
Abner
d 1816
VA
STATEN
b 1810
William
VA/WV
GREEN
Joshua
1799-1865
NC/WV
SCARBOROUGH
Samuel
md 1825
Franklin Co, V.A
b 1810
MULLINS
Nancy
VA/WV
d 1870
FORD
Nathan Matthew
NC/VA/WV
PARSONS
md 1845
Mary
NC/WV
BISHOP
Henry
b 1825
VA/KY/WV
MILLER
Peter
d prior 1850
VA/WV
ADAMS
d 1866
John
VA/KY
CRACE
Christinia
b 1795
VA/la
ROSE
b 1824
Issac
VA/KY
rnd 184-2
LESTER
Sophia
Ia/VA
rnd 1833
LOCKHART
Bird
VA/KY/WV
Mrs .

Margaret W. CLARE 1 RR 1 Box 528 1 Tro~ 1 MO 6JJ22

CLARE

0

KESSLER , MILAM , McLEAN, SUMMERS , NAYLOR

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Wanda HELM, Rt 2 Box 77 . Metropolis , Ill. 62960

HELM
WATKINS
HELM
ROSSER
GLASS
GILBERT
SCHOOLCRAFT
HARROWOOD
TROUT
FRAZIER
STEELE
GILBERT

Moses
Moses
James
Jonathon
Vincent
Preston
John
William
George
John
Alexander
Gervis

NJ/PA/Bedf'ord Co, VA
CaAbell Co , VA
GA TN/Campbell Co, VA
Bedf'ord Co , VA
II

II

II

B~Pitts Cos , VA
V KY/ILL .
Rowan Co , NC/Ill.
NC/VA/ILL
SC/ILL/MO
VA
MD/VA

Mrs Harold p KYLE 1 ]411 Exeter St. 1 Roanoke 1 VA 24014
ANDERSON
Ann
Washington Co, VA
COOKE
John
Goochland Co , VA
DAVENPORT
Daniel
Lee Co , VA
HARDY
John
MD
PAGE
Benjamin
Goochland Co , VA
JONES
Frederick
Lee Co , VA
WELDON
Edith
Amelia Co , VA
WIND.LE
William
Shenandoah Co, VA
HANCOCK
Major
Goochland, VA
REED
Joseph
Rockbridge Co , VA

deed 1754
deed 1790
md 1797
md 1782
b 1735
b 1748
md. ca 1800
md 1818
b 1795
b ca 1800
d 1808
d 1759

md 1804
d ca 1775
b 1800 KY
b ca 1725
md 1771
d 1808
md
b ca 1800
late 1700s
d 1798

Mr Watha LAMBERT, 6005 West Indianola Av , Phoenix 1 AZ 85033
LAMBERT,
LEWELLYN
CAR'IER
CARTER
NUCKLES
VERNON
POTTER
AL$UP

TAYLOR
TALBOT

Philip
Thomas
Elizabeth
Mary E
Elijah
Nathaniel
Jurya
John
Robert M
Basil

Botetourt/Tazewell Co, VA 1770-1820
1771-1860+
Rockingham, NC
1812-1880+
Tuzewell, VA
,,
1816-1880+
1812-1880+
1799-1861
Rockingham, NC/'Iaze,VA
ca 1730-1798+
Goochland/Lee Cos , VA
ca 1730-1798+
"
1824-1880+
Smyth, VA
1753-1818
II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

Trudie DAVIS LONG , 8213 Mapleville Rd, Mt . Airy, MD 21771
COUN'IS
KETCHUM

BOGER

SEFORD/SEPHARD
GOBBLE
HILL
HILL
SPEARS
LINDER

Linic
Edward
James Franklin
Emily Jane
Sarah
Martha
Benjamin
Lucinda
Jemima

Washington Co, VA
Wash. Co,
,, VA/NC?
" "
NC/ Wash. Co, VA
Wash. Co, VA
Wash . Co, VA
"
Wash/Russell Cos, VA
Wash. Co, VA
II

II

II

d 30 Apr 1880
b ca 1825
b 10 Aug 1862
b 29 July 1862
b ca 1827
b ca 1827
r . 1827

b 1805
b

31 Aug 1774·

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Nancy HOUGH, 1416 W. Mohawk Dr. , 'IUcson , Arizona 85705
BRICKEY
BRICKEY
BRICKEY
BRICKEY
BRICKEY
LUCAS

cox

COMP'IDN
GISH
GISH
CARDELL

Peter
Jarrett(Gerard)
Peter
Elijah
James Allen
Winifred
Elizabeth
Mary
Priscilla Ann
Elizabeth
Henry

Botetourt Co, VA
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia, Kentucky
Va., Ky. , Ark .
Virginia
Botetourt Co, VA
Westmoreland Co, VA
Botetourt Co, VA
Va., Ky
Texas

1715 - 1806
174o
b 1761
b ca 1800
b 1828
md 1783
1788-1851
md 1780
b 1828
md 1867
d. 18-b

Jodie UPDIKE, Rt. 1 Box 281 , Billings , Missouri 65610
BUT'INER
SCHROEDER
ALLEN

FARMER
OWEN
OWEN

.OWEN
POOL
UPDIKE
HUBBS

Frederick
N.J./N . Y./VA
1890-?
Herman
N.Y./VA./Fla.
1890- ?
George
Pittsylvania Co, VA.
1840-?
Eliza
Pittsylvania Co., Va.
1842-?
John
Pittsylvania Co , Va.
1852-?
Nannie
Pittsylvania Co, Va.
1867-?
Nannie Pearle
Pittsylvania Co., Va.
1876-1902
William Alexandria Person Co,NC/Pitts.Co,VA 1841-?
Samuel
Ill. /Mo .
1831-?
James B.
Ill.
1855-1903

Mrs. John A. PENROSE, 17609 East 19th Terrace Ct. S , Independence MO 64057
BANDY , Sr.

WEST
BANDY
BANDY

WILLIAMS
BANDY
~ANDY

BANDY
BANDY
BANDY

LEWELLEN

LEMON
BUSH
JAMES
BURNETT
BURNETT

DAVIS
BANDY

Richard
Nancy
Samuel
Richard Hasten
Mary Elizabeth
Thomas
Cornelius
Matthew
Samuel W
Thomas L
Nancy
John H
Thomas J
Elias
Sarah Virginia
Charles H.
Miss Martha J
Samuel Reeves

Bote./Bed. Cos, Va .
Bedford Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
Bedford Co , VA
Bedford Co, VA
Bed.ford Co , VA
Bedford Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
Botetourt Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
Campbell Co, VA
Amherst Co, VA
Amherst Co, VA
Roanoke, VA

( t,,+/ !?- rl1~

d 1850-55
md 25 Nov 1828
d bef 1872
b 1830
md 1851
md 1815
md 1838
rnd 1840
md 1846
rnd 1850
rnd 1791
md 1852
rnd 1820
md 1823
b 1 May 1843
d 1877 in MO.
md 1847
b 1879

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Mrs. Evelyn M Robertson, 2800 Titlei.e st Dr , Salem, VA 24153
BASHAM
BLAKE
CHARLES
DECIOUS

William H.
Richard A
Lula Mae
Frederick
Louisa
Eliza(beth) J.
Nancy
John Bolregard
Lucy Bishop
Lucalvin (Luke)

EDWARIB

HANNABASS
lCTNSEY

ROBERTSON
WEAVER
WICKHAM

Montg/Floyd Cos, VA
Franklin Co, VA
N. C.
Shenandoah Co, VA
Shenandoah Co, VA
Franklin Co, VA
Bote./Montg. Cos., VA
N.C.
Montgomery Co, VA
Montg/Floyd Cos, VA

Mrs . Helen M. Musselman, 4110 Maine Ave . , NW,
GRICE/GRIST

John
Moses
Sarah
Sarah (Sally)
Wi lliam
John
Taylor
Thomas W.
Mary Elizabeth
Mary (Molly)

HELM

JAMESON
LOVING
MABE ( S) /MAIB
MUSSELMAN
MUSSELMAN
SPAULDWG
TRAVIS

WEBB

Mrs. Thelma Jones Bjorklund,
JONES

Mini tree

BLAIR
STONEMAN

John
James

FREEMAN

Sara

FALKNER
FISHER
JONES

Gideon p
Martha
Nelson Powell

SWIFT

Alf red

s

Roanoke, VA 24o17

Botetourt Co, VA
Appomattox Co, VA
England
Franklin Co, VA
Albe./Hanover Cos, VA
Shenandoah Co, VA
Montgomery Co , VA
Mecklenburg Co, VA
Pitts . /Patrick Cos, VA
Franklin Co, VA

ISHAM a

PLE.ASAN TS 1

VA

VA

md prior 1740
1701-1780
1711-1811
md prior 1833
d 1762
b ·ca 1755
md 1869
b ca 1790
md 1822
md 179.5

1146 N Ramona Ave, Indialantic, ·FL 32903
"Jas City/Kg. Wm/Louisa/
Grayson Cos , VA
1752-1821
PA; Grayson/Carroll Cos , VA 1772- 1853
England; PA; Orange Co ,
NC; Grayson Co, VA
1798-1836
Chester Co,PA; Grayson/
1751-1844
Carroll Cos, VA
ca 1825-1861ca
Montgomery Co, VA
1828- 1908
Montg/Grayson Cos , VA
Montg/Gray . . Cos, VA/
Anson Co, NC
1774-by 1842
Gray . Co,VA; Randolph Co ,NC b ca 1797

Paul W. Hodges , 12707 Rolling Valley, Cypress , TX 7?429
HEIGES 1 DEL-Md-Penn-Va .
HOJX;ES : Va- NC- 'IN - KY
DARMONs VA-KY-JN-IL
DURMON: VA-KY-JN-IL
SIMPSON s VA-OH-MI-MO
WOOffiONs VA
BUSH a
VA
WELLCOME a VA

b ca 1856
b ca 1843
b ca 1876
b ca 1790
b ca 1820; ,md 1838
b ca ·1849
1812-1885
b ca 1858
md 1839
md 1838

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Mrs Jean WALKER MATTHEWS, 11438 Seabrook Way, Cypress, CA 90630
WALKER
SHERFEY
BACON
MARTIN

BARRON
HALE

GARST/GERST
BOSWELL/BOS TIC
JOB/JOBE
SITZLER
ELLER
PEFFLEY

BORN TRAEGER
MURRAY

William
Samuel
Thomas
Henry
Joseph
Archibald
John Nicholas
Cloe Ann
Phoebe
Elizabeth
Jacob
Jacob
Andrew
Sarah

Washington Co, TN
MD/Washington Co, 'IN
VA/ "
"
"
MD/ ''
''
"
'I'al Co, MD/Camp Co, TN
Washington Co, TN
GER/Botetourt Co, VA
Washington Co, 'IN
VA/Washington Co, 'IN
Maryland/Virginia
Botetourt Co, VA
Germany/Pennsylvania
Lan Co,PA/Bote Co, VA
Maryland/Termessee

d 1846

b ca 1795 MD
d 15 Sept 1871 'IN
d 24 Sept 1819 TN
b 30 July 1752 MD
d bef Jan 1855 'IN
d 1803 VA
d 28 Oct 1850 TN
b 3 Sept 1777 'IN
md ca 1815
d ca 18JO

d ca 1786
d by Oct 1798 VA
b 9 Feb 1760

Norwood C MIDD.LETON, 1149 Forest Lawn Dr, Salem, VA 24153
GARDNER
GARDNER

CAR'IER
CRONK
CRONK

James
Johil
Eliza Ann
John
Henry

Wythe/Floyd Cos, VA
Montgomery Co, VA
Floyd Co, VA
Shenandoah Co, VA
Shenandoah/Floyd Co, VA

1799-1884
? -ca 1816
1836-1916
1722- ?
1770-1850

Mary Frances PARSONS, 2505 Stephenson Ave SW, Roanoke, VA 24o14
PARSONS
EWlNG(EWIN)
DENNIS

CUTCHINS
HOLLAND
HOLLAND
DAUGHTREY
NORFLEET

Thomas
James Sr
John
'Ill.omas
John
Joseph
'lhomas
Joseph

Hampshire Co, WV
Ireland/New York City
Maryland
Nans/Isle of Wight, VA
Isle of Wight, VA
father of above
Isle of Wight, VA
Nansemond, VA
I

1772
ca 1770-1831 NYC
1772-1818
dees 1747/1767
1750
d

d 5 Dec 1809
d ca 1790

Virginia FLETCHER, 721 NW 71rd Ave, Ft Lauderdale, Fla 33317
FRANCISCO
SUMMERFIELD
BOWEN
BOS'IERS

COLLEY

Lewis
Richard

John
Jonathan
John

Botetourt Co, VA
II

II

II

Montgomery
Co, VA
,,

"

Augusta Co, VA

II

1802
1780
1826
1815
1759

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Mrs . M. C. Hess Jr . , 5023 Pomeroy Rd . NW , Roanoke , VA 24-017
CRAGHEAD
McGEORGE
MATTOX

DINWipDIE
GOGGIN
SAUNDERS
SAUNDERS
POWELL
MORGAN
HOLLAND
JETER
OVERSTREET
ACREE
MAXEY
ROBERTSON
TAYLOR
SMITH
GILBERT
WRIGHT
NICHOLS

John
John
Wesley
William
S tephen III
Littleberry
funiel (Green?)
Robert
Thomas
Thomas S
Sovereign
Nancy
Nancy Brown
Jane
Jeffrey
Esther/Hester
Nancy
Sarah Elizabeth

Chtfd/Fkln Cos , VA
Hanover/Bedford Cos, VA
Bedford Co , VA
b PA; Campbell Co, VA
Bedford Co , VA
Bedford Co , VA
Bedford Co , VA
Franklin Co , VA
Bedford Co , VA
Franklin Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
2/w S. Jeter
md Wm . Din'Yfiddie
md J . Craghead
Chtfd/Bed.ford Cos , VA
md T. Morgan
md L. McGeorge
md T. Holl and - Bed . Co .
Ruth
md Wm . McGeorge-Rke. Co.
Pamelia Elizabeth md M. Morgan

d 1808
d ca 1793
1786-1876
d 1788
1789-1872
1789-1866
1776-1862
d 1811
1725-1774
1764-1816
late 1700-1840s
md 1834/d 184J
md 1820/d 1868
1747-ca 1789
1770-1856
17JO-ca 1805
1756-ca 1794
1775-1811
md 1810/d 1861
1770-1840

Royale R Crabtree , 1221 Arlington Place, Winter Park, Fla . 32789
ABBOTT

SPANGLER
CRABTREE
BUTCHER
DRAKE
THROGMORTON
OLIVER
BROUGHTON
CUR TRIG HT
EVANS

NICHOLS
SMITH
ROWE

PLYMALE
BOWEN
STEINMETZ
WALLICK(H?)
HURLEY

John
Margaret ( ?
John
Hannah
Elizabeth

)

?

Isaac
William
Samuel
Eleazer
Mary
Thomas
Joseph
Elizabeth
John
Emil
Charles (Wm.? )
Hugh

Jefferson Co, KY
widow of William
Md/Wash. Co , VA/K:f.
md J. Crabtree
Tenn./Union Co, I ll .
md Eliz. Drake
b NC/Va - d Clark Co,K:f.
b VA - d Hardy Co, WV
VA/Bourbon Co, KY
Loudolin Co, Va/Md/Ohio
wife E. Evans
Belmont Co, Ohio
Knox Co . , Ill
as above
dau md 1789 i n Giles Co,
Germany/Jersey City,NJ
Germany/?Illinois
Monmouth Co, NY

md 20 Mar 1788
md 20 Mar 1788
b 1732, Md
b ca 1802 VA
d prior 1850
ca 1765-1835
ca 1735-1798
ca 1745-1828
1779-1849
md 14 Nov 1796
dau md 1825
1st settlers
as above
VA
1824-1875
1811-1897

County abbreviations used
Switz - Switzerland
Albe - Albemarle
Fluv - Fluvanna
Nans - Nansemond
Aug . - Augusta
Fdrk - Frederick
NYC - New York City Taze - Tazewell
Tal - Talbot
Bed. - Bedford
Ghld - Goochland
Patk - Patrick
Balt - Baltimore . Hamp - Hampshire
Pitts - Pittsylvania
Claib - Claiborne Halx - Halifax
Pul - Pulaski
West - Westmoreland
Bote. - Botetourt Jones - Jonesborough
Wash - Washington
Camp - Campbell
Lane - Lancaster
Rkbge - Rockbridge
Chtfd - Chesterf i el d
Rkham - Rockingham
Cas - Caswell
Lawr - Lawrence
Russ - Russell
Fkln - Franklin
Montg - Montgomery res - resident

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GRAYSON COUNTY,· VIRGINIA
Courthouse Records
Marriage Records : from 1793
(John P. Alderman has supplied the county with an index, in chronological order, of marriage bonds and minister's returns from 1793
to 1849.)
Court Order Book #1:

1819- 1825 (missing records for 1796 to 1809)

1809-1832

General Court:
Deed Book #is

Beginning 7 June 1793 . . ...

Will Book #1:

Begins 1794

Plat Book #1:

Beginning 1795 ........ .

(John P. Alderman has abstracted book #1.)

1832-1869

Chancery Records:

(Book #1)

Birth Register :

Book #1

1853-1871

Death Register:

Book #1

1853-1871

Judgement Lein Docket:
Court Minutes:

1871-1885

Book #2

(Book #1 not on the shelves
at this time.)

1793-1794 (restored volume.)

(Note: The Virginia Room, Roanoke City Public Library, has the above
books by Mr. Alderman plus others that he has done on other counties of
southwestern Virginia.)

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THE GRAYSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
Rt. 1, Box 293
Elk Creek, Va. 24326

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Individual
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25.00 yearly
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Publications
Grayson County: a History (paperbound
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10.50 ppd
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J . 25 ppd
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*Virginia residentsJadd 4% sales tax.

�6J

CRAIG COUNTY , VIRGINIA
MARRIAGE RECORIB

'Ihe personnel in the Court House a't New Castle , Craig Co., Va. , told me that
the following marriages were not recorded in the marriage register. I did
not get a chance to check the register, so I do not know if any of them are
recorded.
During the Civil War, the Union Army was in New Castle and bunied
many of the books and records of the county. After the war, the Clerk of
Courts reconstructed the record books -- no one knows how many records were
not recorded because of~lost of original documents or death of the people
involved.
'~~
Following is a list of abbreviations used in the article:
Ty-pes of marriage records.
(A) Certificate to obtain a license
(B) Minis ter's certificate of
marriage
(C) Marriage License - has A, B, &amp;D
(D) Minister Return
b - born. If no birth place given , it
is Craig Co .
Cr. - Creek
d - days
dau - daughter
Lie. - license
m - months

Md - married
Min Ret - minister retuni
If not given, he is
0 - occupation.
a fanner .
p - parents
s - Single
w - widowed
wit - witness
y - years
res - residence. If not given, it
is Craig Co.

Pleas e remember, if possible, get a copy of the original document -- I am no
expert in reading the handwriting: I can come back later and decide that it
should be something else .
The following is a copy of (A) Certificate to obtain marriage license , (B)
Minister ' s certificate of Marriage, (C) Marriage License, and (D) the minister return has not been included because usually it was just a written note
or included in the Minister ' s Certificate of Marriage.
Mosl of the older record books of Craig County are of blue paper and the ink
has faded to a brown , so it almost impossible to zerox the pages. If copies
are required of deeds , wills , etc. , the records will have to typed. The
marriage records copied should be easy to ' zerox ' -- just remember that each
type of document i s a separate page.
New Castle (where the court house is located) is a small town and there are
a couple of quick order places to eat . One is across the street and down
from the court house and the other is on the edge of town. The clerk's
office is small but the personnel were very pleasant (when I was there) .

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A

Certificate to obtain marriag e license

(to be annexed to license)
Having app li ed to the Clerk of the county
Court of Craig for a ma rriage
License, a nd bei ng requested, I make the following Certificate , as required
by the Act of the General Assembly passed April 7th 1858 .
I.ate of Marriage supposed 26 Aug 1858
Place of Marriage
Si nking Craig CounJ:y~V_a____ - - - - - - - - - - -- - Full Names of Parties Married John Zell &amp; Mary Ann Looney
Age of Husband --=2~6_...y~e=a=rs~---------~
Age of Wi fe __2____----,.---------~
Condi ti on of Husband (widowed or single ) _..:.;;;S..;;:i=n;;J..g..;.::l:;;..e=------ Condi tion of Wife (widowed or s i ngle ) -~S..;;:i=n=g=l:;;..e=----Place of Husband ' s Birth _ _B_o_t_e_t_o_u_r_t______~
Place of Wife's Bi ~th (Botetourt now) Craig
Place of Husband's Residence Botetourt
Place of Wife's Residence ___C_ra
-"=
i~
g..____________
Name of Husband's Parents
Jacob &amp; Sarah Z~e~l=l=----------­
Name of Wife' s Parents
W'm (?John) &amp; Cha."rl otte Looney
Occupation of Husband - Far=m~e_r_______
Within 2 months after the Marriage shall have taken place, the Minister
solemnizing the same , must certify the fact to the Clerk of the Court .
(on back) James Looney wit.
B

Minister 's Certif i ca t e of Marriage
To the Clerk of the County Court of Craig
i n the State of Virginia.
I hereby certify, that the fo l lowing is a correct statement of a Marriage
soleminized by me in the County a f orsaid .
I.ate of marriage
December 26, 1855
Place of Marriage
Elenor Elmore J ohn 's Creek
Full name of Parties married Benjami n ~ Thomas &amp; Margarett A Jones
Age of Husband Twenty-tow
Age of Wife
Twenty-one
Place of husband's Birth
Giles County (now Craig
Place of wife's Birth
Bottetourt "
"
"
Names of husband's Parents William S Thomas &amp; Mary Thomas
Names of wife's Parents William Jones &amp; Jane Jones
Occupati on of Husband __
f_a_
rm
~
e_
r~~...,...--~~~Given under my hand as a Minister (legally authorized to solemnize Marriages ,)
this ~ day of Decem
AD 1855
Philip B Williams

c

Marriage License
Virginia - County of
to wit.~~---~-~
To any Person Licensed to Celebrate Marriages : You are hereby authorized
to join together in the Holy State of Matrimony, according to the rites &amp;
ceremonies of your Church, or religious denominati on, &amp; the laws of the
Commonweal th of Virginia Thomas M Dunbar &amp; Sarah F Jones·
C G Hill: Cl.

�CRAIG COUNTY , VIRGINIA
The following marriage abstracts are taken from marriage licenses, minister
returns, consents at the New Castle Court House , New Castle, Virginia.
(A) ANDERSON, Hiram H - 20 yrs - single - b Botetourt Co. - p John H &amp; Matilda Mary Frances Beard - 19 y - single - b Augusta Co . - p Anthony &amp; Martha Ann md 16-Sept 1856. Consent by father , John Anderson, dated 14 Sept 1856.
(B) ASHUEL, Ianiel - 21y - s - b Bedford Co - p Burel &amp; Elizabeth- rod Phebe Mcpherson
- J2y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p Jacob &amp; Phebe - md 27 Mar 1856 by
Philip B Willia ms.
(B) BARKER, Nathaniel - 27y - w - b o- p John &amp; Elizabeth - o carpente~md Mary
Bryan - 24y - s - p Cessialia Huffman - rnd 1J Oct 18.59 at Washington Britts by
C C Lee,
(Barber instead of Barker???)
( D) Bishop, Wm M of New Castle &amp; Lucy Ann Wiley md 12 June 18.51 by James M Rice.
(B) BAUGH Jr, John - J6y - s - b Campbell Co - p John &amp; Elizabeth md Agnes Mann 3Jy - s - b Meadow Cr, Botetourt Co , now Craig - p Samuel &amp; Margarette - md
29 Dec 1859 at John Baugh Sn ' rs by EC Lee, dated 2 Jan 1860.
(C) BRADFORD, Henry - 44 y - s - p Elijah &amp; Martha rnd Nancy A Helvy - J6y - s - b
Montgomery Co, Va, - p Jacob &amp; Elizabeth - md 15 Dec 1861 at§. Adams by Philip
B Williams
(Addams)
(B) BELL, Jeremiah - J6y - w - b Giles Co now Craig - res. Johns Cr - p Buchanan
Bell- md Eleaner Elmore - J4y - w - b Bottetourt Co now Craig Co - res. Johns
Cr - p William &amp; Jane Jones - · md 4 Dec 1856 at EJ.eaner Elmore, Johns Cr. by
Philip B Williams
(D) BARKER, Na thaniel &amp; Juliann Catharine Robinson md 6 Oct 1852 by A J Elmore.
BRITTS, James H &amp; Margaret Craft md 9 Nov 18.52 by A J Elmore. Min Ret Lis t
(c) BOWEN, John W - J2y - s - b Montgomery Co - p James &amp; Catherin~md Nancy AT?
Webb - 21y - s - b Giles Co - p John ·S &amp; Susan - md 2J July 186J at house of
John S Webb by Philip B Williams.
(B) BAKER, William A - 22y - s - b &amp; res . Monroe Co., Va - p John &amp; Nancy Baker
md Catherine M Lugar - 21y - s - p Jacob &amp; Mary - md 25 Oct 1860 at res. of
Bride ' s father by William Huffman jr.
(B) BECKNER, Ma thew - 44y - w - b Botetourt Co - p John &amp; Ma:r:Y.:: md Malinda Trenor
formerly Malinda Webb - J4y - formerly md - p Wm &amp; Mary Webb - md 'IUes 29 May
1860 by Wm Huffman Jr
(B) BOWEN, James S - 28y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - res. Green Brier Co - p
James &amp; Catharine Bowes - o Matris maker - md Margarette Keffer - 28y - s - b
Giles Co now Craig Co - res Green Briar Co - p John &amp; Sarah Keffer - md 17
Apr 1856 at Philip B Williams by Philip B Williams.
(C) BREWER, Floyd A - 24y - s - b Botetourt Co (now Craig) - p Dan'l H &amp; Eliz ' h
C - md Emily Book - 22y - s - b Botetourt Co now Craig - p George &amp; Eliz ' h md 26 Oct 1865 at Newcastle by A J Elmore.
1

(B) CIRCLE, James W - 25y 27d - s - b &amp; res. Botetourt Co - p John S &amp; Mart ha § md Mary J Walker - 20y 11m 7d - s - b Botetourt Co - p George H &amp; Magdalin C
- md 2 Dec 1857 by Jacob Carper.
(B) CRINER, George - 22y - s - b Giles Co - res. Johns Cr - p Samuel &amp; Francis
Crigner - rnd Eli zabeth Huffman - 22y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - res . Johns
Creek - p William B &amp; Selah - md J Dec 1856 a t William B Huffman ' s , Johns Cr
by Philip B Willia ms .

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CAMPBELL , Chapman S/J &amp; Sarah A Smith md 20 Feb 1853 by D C Pharr. Min Ret .
CROWDER, Iandy or Sandy &amp; Mary Elizabeth Myers md J Feb 1853 by A J Elmore .
(C) CALE, John ~ - 45y 9m 14d - w - b Botetourt Co now Craig - res Potts Cr - p
James &amp; Catherine md Mrs Christiana A Minnich - 35y - w - b Giles Co now Craig
Co - res New Castle - p Joseph &amp; Susan Mills - md 21 Nov 1865 at res of Mrs
Christiana A Minnich, Newcastle by Wm Gaines Miller .
CALDWELL , Lloyd &amp; Susanah M Hendrickson - date 18 Nov 1851 on license - ba ck
md by Philip B Williams .

(c) CHAPPEL, John W - 21y - s - b &amp; res Morgan Co , Indiana - p William &amp; Polly o Soldier in the US Army - md Ella Virginia Elmore - 18y - s - p Andrew J &amp;
Elizabeth - md 19 Oct 1865, New Castle , Va , by (ink blot) Bullard .
( C) CALDWELL, Arter P - 21y 10m 15d - b Botetourt Co - p Thompson &amp; Elay - md
Barbara Ann Caldwell - 22y - s - p Andrew &amp; Barbara Caldwell - md 2J Nov 1865
res of bride ' s mother, Barbara Caldwell by Wm Huffman Jr.
(c) CALDWELL, Archibald McHenry - 22y JOd - s - b Botetourt Co now Craig Co - P
Archibald &amp; Nancy - md Eliza Jane Reynolds - 22y - s - b Giles now Craig Co P Andrew 1 &amp; Amanda - md 23 Nov 1865 at res of Mrs Amanda Reynolds by Wm Gaines
Miller.
CROW DER , Abel &amp; Caroline Drummond md 30 Dec 1852 by A J Elmore . Min Ret List
( c) CALDW
ELL , Noa h N - 28y - s - b &amp; res Montgomery Co, Va - p Harper &amp; Mary - md
Sarah Ann Sarver - 20y - s - b Roanoke Co now Craig - p George &amp; Eliz ' h - md
26 Sept 1865 , res George Sarver by Philip B Williams.
(C ) CRAWFORD, William W - 34y - s - b Botetourt Co now Craig - p Wm &amp; Hannah - md
Lucy Ann Bugg - 24 y - s - b Lynchburg , Va - p ----- - &amp; Mary E Bugg - md 24 Oct
1865 at court house in New Castle by A J Elmore .
?(B) CAMPBELL, Henry C - 21 y - s - b Kanawha Co Va - res Monroe Co , Va - P Mathew
&amp; Virginia - md Martha J Beckner - 17y - s - p Mathew &amp; Elizabeth - date certificate and license 28 Nov 1861 - date 5 Dec 1861 (marriage date?)
CARROLL, John &amp; Charlotte Surber md 8 Feb 1853 by A J Elmore . Min Ret List .
CALDWELL, Patrick &amp; Nancy Lucas md 17 Feb 1853 by A J Elmore .

Min Ret List

CRAWFORD, Daniel W &amp; Saral Sarvar , dau of George Sarvar Sr md 26 Dec 1852 by
~~~~ ~~~~~' Newport, 24 Jan 1853 . License granted 25 Dec 1852.
(B ) CHARLL~N , 'Ihomas J - 28y - s - b Montgomery Co - res Chri stiansburg Va - p
Col Willi am B &amp; Melinda Charlles - o
merchant - md Julia W Walk - b Frederick
- r es - Dinwiddie Co - p George W &amp; E S Wall - md 2 Sept 1857 at Level Green
by Charl es A Miller.
(c) CRAFT, George W - 27y 29d - w - b Alleghaney - res Amherst Co - p John &amp; Eliz ' h
- o Carpenter - md Sarah C E Furrow - 15y 10m ?d - s - p Reuben &amp; La.vica - md
14 Dec 1865 , res of Reuben Furrow by S R Smith .
(C) CHASTER , Leoue tte/Leverette N - 21y - s - b &amp; res Ellington, Tolland Co ., Conn
- p Wm W &amp; Mariah - o Soldier in the US Army - md Nannie Myers - 20y - s - b
Botetourt Co now Craig - p Ambrose &amp; Rebecca md 20 Oct 1865 at Newcastle by
C Bullard .
(C) DUNBAR, Thomas M - 29y - s - b &amp; res Monroe Co - p Robert &amp; Elizabeth - md
Sarah F Jones - 18y - s - p Allen &amp; Susannah - md 1 Sept 1863 at res of John
Huffman , Granny ' s Run , by William Huffman Jr.
DILLARD, Thomas H B &amp; MariJ C Goode, both of New Castle md 20 June 1851 by
James M Rice .
Mi n Ret

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DODD , Lorenzo R/ B - 23y - s - b Franklin Co, Ala - res Newcastle - p Barkley
Virlinda - o merchan t - rnd Harriet §. Carper - 21y - s - p Isaac &amp; Eliz' h rnd 17 Sept 1856 a t Isaac Carper ' s by James M Rice ,

&amp;

( C) DUNCAN, Charles L - 33y 5m 1 d - p John L &amp; Hannah - md Mrs Mary Ann Caldwell
- 24y - w - p Jacob &amp; Hannah Kintzley - md 31 Dec 1865 res of Jacob ~intzley
by William Huffma n.

(A) DENNIS , Samuel T - 26y - s - b Nothoway supposed - p Robert W &amp; Eliz ' h - o
carpenter - md Ema ltne E Haymaker - 17y - s - b Botetourt Co - p Adam &amp; Mary
J. - md 23 Sept a t Sinking Creek (or rather date marriage to take place) licens e dated 18 Sept 1858 .
Willia m S &amp; Mary T Thurman - 25 Nov 186J (sig: Mary T Thurrnon &amp; Wm
Karns) - Wm S Duncan - 45y - w - p John &amp; Hannah- o blacksmith - md Mary T
Thurman - J5y - s - b Amherst - p Philip &amp; Mary - md 2 Dec 186J, the house of
Philip Thurmond, Potts Cr, by John Bragg ,
(B) ELMORE, James-JO y - s - b Orange Co , N.C - p John &amp; Elizabeth-rod Elizabeth
Caldwell - JOy - s - p Andrew &amp; Susanah - md 25 Sept 1856 by A J Elmore
( C)

DUNCAN,

(c) ELMORE , William-46y 1m - ~ - p James &amp; Milly-md Elizabeth Saunders - 40y - s b Giles Co - P --- - &amp; Iatsy-md 12 Dec 1865 at res. of Wm Leffel (certificate)
Md 11 Dec 1865 a t res . of Mr Saunders by Wm Gaines Miller.
EAlCTN, Thomas M &amp; Elizabeth Walker md 6 Nov 1351 by A J El.more Min Ret .
ELMORE, Jacob &amp; Julia Ann Britts md 18 Sept 1851 by A J Elmore. Min Ret
(D) EASLY , I saac &amp; Alzira E Carper md 17 inst by John B Lee, dated 18 June 1852 .

ECKLES , Henry &amp; Martha Ann Caldwell (Lie.) on back: md 5 Jan 1852 by Philip
B Williams .

Thomas &amp; Margret Taylor , dau of John Tuylor (lie.) Back: md 25 Sept
1851 by Philip B Williams .

ELMORE ,

ELMORE, James &amp; Martha Craw.ford md 25 Jan 1853 by A J Elmore. Min Ret List
(C) EAKIN, Wllliam E - 28 y - s - p Nathan &amp; Gilly - o Enrolling Officers of the
Co, md M Maggie Hill - 2Jy - s - p C G &amp; Mary - md 9 Aug 1863 res of C G Hi ll,
Newcastle by A J Elmore .

(B) EPLING , Paul - 20t y - s - b Newport , Giles Co, Va - res Craigs Cr. - P Pasel
&amp; Margaret Huffman Epling md Mahala Sarver - 22y - s - b George Sarver, Cr~_?
Cr .. - P George &amp; Mary Sarver -*res Gasper Sarver - md 19 Nov 1857 at Cr a i g Cr
by F Hickerson. (*living at)
FIGGAT,*Gibbons G - 28y - s - b &amp; res Monroe Co - md Virginia Ch...amp - 2Jy - s
- P James &amp; Sarah - rnd 15 Feb 1861 by Wm Huffman Jr. (or Gibs on )
FERREL, John A &amp; Susannah Coldwell md 12 Mar 1852 by A J Elmore . Mi n Ret List
FISHER , Phillip &amp; Harret Paxton md 25 Oct 1852 by A IT Elmore.
Mi n Ret List
(B) FEICUSON, James - 2Jy - b Appomattox Co. - p Stephen &amp; Gratsey - o Coach driver
- md Sarah Eliz ' h Bagens? or B.agens? - 19y - s - b Greenbrier Co - p George W
&amp; Catharine-md May 27, 1856 by A J Elmore.
(James is single)
( D) FRENCH, Henly C of Giles Co &amp; Harriet Ea~ley md 29 July 1852 by John B Lee.

GORDON, John M &amp; Ann P Spessard md Apr 1853 by William Jeter. Min Ret.
(B) GIVENS, W L - 2Jy - s· - p Johithan &amp; Elithe.§.-md Synthe Love.§. - 18y - s - p
John &amp; Pats y Love~ - md 22 Nov, Sinking Cr by WG Williams , dated 22 Nov 1860
GIVENS , Mazarine C &amp; Lucinda Carr rod feb 11, 18.52 by _ _ _ __ (Lie .

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(

) GIVENS, James H - b 16 Apr 1819 - w- b Botetourt Co , now Craig - p Joseph &amp;
Ann Givens md Sarah Jane Houseman - b 27 Feb 1839 - s - b Botetourt Co , now
Craig Co - p Peter &amp; Elizabeth Housman - md 10 Feb 1857 by ~~~~ ~~~~­
min. M.E. Church South.
(c) GIVENS, Oliver H - 26y 5m id - s · - b Botetourt Co - res Roanoke Co - p Elisha
E &amp; Mary Ann md Ann E Caldwell - 21y 1m 7d - s - b Botetourt Co - p George W
&amp; Ann Caldwell - md 19 Dec 1865 res of Mrs Ann Caldwell by ~~~~ ~~~~' - s - p John &amp; Clementine md-eathari:ne-(marked out. &amp;
( c) GIVENS, James M - J4y
Rutha ~ritten in pencil above ) Rutha C Caldwell - 24y - s - p Archibald &amp;
Nancy - md 13 Mar 1864 at Sinking Creek by H §. Williams.
(B') GORDON?Gorden, Thomas - 24y - s - b Pulaska Co - res Giles Co - p George &amp;
Susan - md Marget Kerr - 22y -o - b Giles Co now Craig - p El izabeth Kerr md 15 Mar 1860 at Thomas Kerrs , Sinking Creek by Philip B Williams.
( c) GRIFFITH, Jefferson - 56y - w - b Amherst - res Monroe Co - p John &amp; Hannah md Virginia C Baker - 26y - s - b Monroe Co , Va - p Wm &amp; Jane-md Thurs . 14 Jan
1864 at the house of Wm &amp; Jane Baker , Potts Cr md by G W Carpenter.
(c) GRAHAM, Mitchel M - 40y - w - b Montgomery Co - p James &amp; Martha - and Mrs .
Catharine Dowdy - w - b Botetourt Co now Craig - p Alexander &amp; Elizabeth
Sarver - md 17 Aug 1865 at (license said St Clair C Abbott) min return said
md at res of J W Younger, New Castle by A J Elmore .
(c) HQGHES, Robert J - 24y - s - b Giles Co (now Craig) - p John &amp; Delilah - md
Mrs Julia A McKinzey - 28y - w - b Pittsylvania Co, Va - p Wm &amp; Martha Enes md 21 May 1865 at res of Mrs McKinzey on Potts Cr by Geo W Bruffey .

(B)

HUTCHESON, James A to marry NancyAnn Elmore , s igned by Eli zabeth E Bell,
dated 11 Jan 1870 (consent)
HUFFMAN, Hugh - JJy - w - p Andrew &amp; Mary md Martha A Jones - 25y - s - p
fathers name unknown &amp; Catharine Jones - md 29 Jan 1856 by A J El more.
IDJFFM.AN, Jacob &amp; Isabell A Carper md 1 7 Apr 1853 by William Jeter.
I

Min . Ret . List

HUTCHESON, George W &amp; Sarah J Taylor (?Gaylor) md 27 Nov 1856 by James N
Eakin . Min Ret.

(B)

HANCOCK, Adam - 2Jy - s - b Botetourt Co .-p Barnet &amp; Susannah - o wagon maker
- md Mildred Robin (paper torn) - 16y - s - b Bedford Co , Va - p Randol ph &amp;
Mary - md 15 July 1857 by A .J Elmore .
HOLSTINE, Wm A &amp; Ann E Breedlove rnd 24 Nov 1851· by A J Elmor e . Min Ret , List
HUBBARD, Robert &amp; Frances Nelson md 22 Dec 1852 by A J Elmore. Min Ret . List
HANNAH, fuvid &amp; Sarah Jane Love rnd 29 Sept 1853 by Jas M Rice . Min Ret.
HUFFMAN, McGuy to marry dau Sarah Jane Hutchison ••• (signed ) Elizabeth Hutchison
4 Feb 1853. Wit: James J &amp; John F Hutchison. (Consent.)

(A)

HUBBARD, Thomas - 22y - s - b &amp; res Pittsylvania co - Joel &amp; Martha - o
speculating - md Melvina A Nutter - 17 y - s - b Botetourt Co now Craig - p
Barclay &amp; Susan - date of md (to take place) 25 Nov 1858 at J ohns Cr. (License )

HUF'FM.AN, Guy &amp; Sarah Jane Hutchison md 9 Feb 1853 by A J El mor e .
HINCHEE, Mexican D &amp; l;Iannah Duncan md 10 Feb 1853 by A

J

El more.

Min Ret List
Mi n Ret List

HENDRICKSON, Jacob M - 20 y - s - b Botetourt Co now Craig - res Sinking Creek P George &amp; Ann - rnd Sarena/Lorena E Caldwell - 22y - s - b Botetourt Co now
Craig - res Sinking Co - md 14 Aug 1855 a t William Caldwell, Sinking Creek by
Philip B Willi(torn) ----p Wm &amp; Sophia Caldwell.

�(A)

HUTCHISON, James J - 28y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p Robert M &amp; Eliz ' h - o
fugeorean Artist md India Ferguson - 20y - s - b 0 - p Henry C &amp; _ _ Ferguson
- date of md, supposed 8 Sept 1858 at 1evel Green . (from license)
HUFFMAN, Giles &amp; Eliz'h J Caldwell - 29 Mar 1852 (license) (on back) md 1 Apr
1852 by Philip B Williams.
HARMON, George W &amp; Marcy (or Mary) C Sarver md 18 Mar 1852 by William Jeter,
Cata wba. Min Ret.

(B)

HOU'IS, James - 2Jy - s - b Roanoke Co - res Botetourt Co - p John &amp; Eliz'h - md
Sarah Caldwell - 26y - s - b Botetourt Co - p Edmonson &amp; Sarah - md 18 Mar 1857
by A J Elmore.

(c) HIVELY, William A - 20y - s - p Eliza Hively - md Mary A Snodgrass - 19y p Cobb &amp; Eliz ' h - md 5 Sept 1865 at Wm 1 Johnston ' s by William Huffman Jr

s -

(c) HANNAH, Joseph - 47 y - s - b Craig Co (formerly Botetourt) - p James &amp; Sarah
md Almira/or Alvira F Biggs - 25y - s - b Craig Co (formerly Botetourt ) - P
Miles &amp; Eliza - md Mon 8 June 1863 at ?AH Price's by George C Thrasher.

HINCHEE, John M &amp; Mary Smith - dated 25 June 1852 (Lie) (on back) md 15 July
1852 John M Thrasher &amp; Mary Smith dau of James by Philip B Williams.
HYPES, Peter - p John &amp; Eliz' h - md Sarah Jane Caldwell - p*Ma.rgi t - license
dated 4 Oct 1864 - md 2 Oct 1864 by Wm Huffman Jr. (*or Margaret)
(D) HOUSMAN, Samuel

(*Lieb)
KELLYl James &amp; Rachael Carter, dau of Margaret, Lie. dated 9 June 1851. (back)
June 9, 1851 (md by) Philip B Williams.
&amp;

Martha Jane*Leeb md 18 Nov 1852

by

Edmund

H

Waring.

KELLY, Lemuel &amp; Jane Carter md 28 May 1851 by A J Elmore. Min Ret
(c) KYLE, William Henry - 2Jy - s - b &amp; res Roanoke Co - p James (dec'd) &amp; Nancy T
(ab) - md Sophia Virginia Scott - 21y ~ s - p Wm (dec'd) &amp; Eliza W - md 16 Feb 1864
at Middle Mt.
(Cc blank - mark duplicate)
LEFFEL Jr, Samuel - 22y - s - p un.Imown - md Sarah A Craft - 2Jy - s - b Botetourt Co - p Jonathan Craft - md 26 May 1857 at Craig Alum Springs by G Cobbs
(B) LUGAR, James - 28y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p Adam &amp; Elizabeth - o carper.
- md Polly Ann Givens - 21y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p Wm &amp; Nancy - md 5
Jan 1856 at William Givens , Sinking Cr, by Philip B Williams.
(B) LEE, Jonathan C - 20y - s - b Botetourt Co now Roanoke - p Elijah C &amp; Delilah
Lee - rnd Cynthia M (paper torn) - 17y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p Philip B
&amp; Elizabeth Williams - md 7 Aug 1855 at Philip B Williams, Sinking Cr by Philip
B Williams.
LOONEY, Alexander C &amp; Margaret M Lugar, dau of Jacob-Lie dated JO Dec 1851 (on back) 8 Jan 1852 (md) by Philip B Williams .
(B) LOONEY, Nicholas - 22y - s - p Moses &amp; Jane - md Martha Kibert - 19y - s - P
Mary Kibert &amp; Samuel Shawver - md 11 Nov 1856 by A J Elmore.
LARK, !avid &amp; Sarah M Myers md 14 Jan 1853 by William Jeter. Min Ret . List

(c) LARCH, Samuel - 20y - s - p John &amp; Clencity - md Cynthia A Stebur - 18y - s P Jefferson &amp; Elizabeth - md 23 Dec 1862 at Jefferson Steba.r by Philip B Williams
(C) LUGAR, George W ·- 25y - s - p Jacob &amp; Mary - md Nancy A Mann - 1?y - s - p
Aaron &amp; Mary - md 20 Oct 1862 at house of Aaron Man by Philip B Willi ams .

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(B)

LEE, ~ratio - 47 y - s - b Prince George Co. - p Isaac &amp; Eliz'h Lee - o
waggon maker - and Nancy Armstrong - J5 y - b Rockbridge co, - P.Rob~rt &amp;
Sarah - md 2 Nov 1865 at res of Miles Bigs*by E F Jameson . \Or Biggs )

(B)

MYERS, Jacob - 21 y - s - b O - res Miler ' s Cove - p Isa~l &amp; Catherine - and
Martha Hughes - 21 y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - res Sinking Creek - p John
&amp; Deligh - md 15 Dec 1859 at John A. J . Lee &amp; St Clare C Abbotts - md by
Philip B Williams, dated 15 Dec 1859 .

(c)

MILLER , Adam Peck - J1 y - s - b Giles Co. now Craig - res Sinki ng Creek P John &amp; Sara.h - and Martha Ann Reynolds - 2J y - s - b Giles Co. now Cra.ig res Si nking Creek - p Wm &amp; Ann - md 15 Dec 1863 at house of bride's father
on Sinking Or by James H. Burns .
MARTIN , Charles &amp; Margaret Carter , dau of Margaret .
back md 12 June 1851 by Philip B Williams .

Lie dated 7 June 1851 -

MILLER, David B &amp; Virginia Hutchinson md 12 Feb 1852 by A J Elmore .

Min Ret . List

MILLER, George C - 23 y - s - p John - 0 Teacher - and Nancy*M Caldwell - 18 y
s - P Andrew - md 18 Aug 1853 at Andrew Caldwell by Philip B Williams dated
17 Sept 185J. Lie. dated 6 Aug 1853 &amp; inf . on back of lie . ( -*·Melvina)
MANN, Robert C - 32 y - s - p unJmown - and Mary Caldwell - 21 Y - s - P
Absalom - md 17 Nov 1857 by G. Gobb??
(B) NEELY, William N - 19 y - b Russell Co . - res Kanawha Co , Va - P Richard
Catharine - and Elizabeth A Terrill - 25 y - s - b Botetourt Co , Va - P
Elizabeth Terrel , widow of D. Terrel , dec 'd - md 'I\.les. 16 Aug 1860 by
William Huffman Jr . , Christian Church .

&amp;

(C) PECK, A. H. - 29 y - s - b Montgomery Co. - p M. M. &amp; Sally G. - and Mrs . Ann
M. Thrasher - 26 y - w - b Botetourt Co . now Craig - p Nathan &amp; Gilly Eakin md 9 Nov 1865 at res of Mrs Gilly Eakin by A J Elmore.
PRICE, Jacob L &amp; Harriet A M 'Iaylor md J Nov 1852 by A J Elmore , Min Ret . List
PR!CE, Addison W, of Greenbriar Co . &amp; Mary Price md JO June 1853 by Ja s M.
Rice, Newcastle. Min Ret . (or Addisen)
(C) PAXTON, 'l'homas J - 20 y - s - p Rebecca J - o soldier , Com . B 28th Va , Regent .
and Nancy A Brizentine - 17 y - s - p Reuben &amp; Nancy - md 9 Aug 1863 at res .
of Reuben Brizentine by A J Elmore .
(A) PAXTON, Thomas B - 19 y - s - res - Barbers Cr. - p Wm &amp; Sarah Anne - and
Mariah Jane Clinebell - 20 y - s - b Augusta Co . - res Barbers Cr . - p George
&amp; Sally - date of md 13 Oct 1858 at Barbers Creek
(B) REYNOLDS, John E - 26 y - s - p Bennet &amp; &amp; Priscilla - and Sarah S? Liffel 22 y - s - p Samuel &amp; Sarah - md JO Apr 1857 by A J Elmore

ROCK, Elisha - 23 y - s - p Madison M &amp; Sarah S - and Mary Frances Reynolds 17 y - s - p Hugh &amp; Margaret - md 28 Oct 1856 by A J Elmore.

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(B)

RUSK, John Henry - 21
Warring - and Harriet
John Carson &amp; Euphama
Wiley, "Potts Creek",

y - s - b Greenbrier Co , Va - p Samuel Rusk &amp; Ellenor
Elizabeth Carson - 18 y - s - b Alleghany Co, Va - p
Nisbett Lenton - md 20 Aug 1857 at the house of Pennell
by Lorenzo D Nixon .

(B)

ROGERS , William - 22 y - b Bedford Co - p George W &amp; Catharine - o Coach
driver - and Margaret E Walker - 20 y - s - p Henry &amp; Maria R - md 27 Feb 1856
by A. J . Elmore.
SMITH, Henry &amp; Adaline Hugh(e)s, dau of Nancy - dated 25 Aug 1851 - Lie. on
back 3 Sept 1851 by Philip B Williams.

(B)

SARVER, F1eming A - 23 y - s - p George &amp; Mary - and Harriet D Morgan - 19 y
- s - P Charles &amp; Eve - md 9 Oct 1856 by A J Elmore.

(B)

SMITH, Ihniel - 27 y - s - p Susanah-&amp; Evaline Taylor - 27 y - s - p Ann
Taylor, widow of James Taylor, dec'd - md Wed 1Aug1860 by William Huffman,
min. of the Christian Church.

(B)

SURVINE (Savine), John M - 24 y - s - b Montgomery Co. - p Henry &amp; Catharine
- and Catharine Tayl or - 19 y - s - b Giles Co now Giles - p John &amp; Mary md 7 Jan 1855 at John Taylor, Sinking Cr by Philip B Williams

(B)

SARTIN, Joel - 6 1 y - w - b &amp; res Giles Co . - p Joel &amp; Avysiler - and Mary
Jane Hutchi son - 14 y - s - p William &amp; Mary - md Thurs, 15 Nov 1860 at res .
Brides father - by Wm Huffman Jr.

(B )

SMITH, Harvy W - 28 y - s - p William &amp; Frances - and Harriet E Rock - 23 y
- s - b Botetourt Co, Va - p Madison &amp; Sarah Rock - rod 'fues, 12 Mar 1861 at
res. of Henry Looney by Wm Huffman Jr.
SARVER, Wm &amp; Leanna Shawer md. 4 Nov 1851 by A J Elmore.

Min RetList

SHAWVER, Samuel &amp; Fanney Caldwell md 5 Aug 1852 by A J Elmore .
SARVER, Henry &amp; Sarah Caldwell md 17 Jan 1853 by A J Elmore.

Min Ret. List
Min Ret List

(C)

SI MMONS , Benjamin F - 25 y - s - res Montgomery Co - p Jacob &amp; Catherine o teacher - and Lucy Francis Hill - 24 y - s - b Bedford Co - p Jefferson S
&amp; Frances W - rod 15 Oct 1865 at Newcastle by C Bulla.J:!!.

(B)

SPESSARD, Jacob p - 24 y - s - p Jno &amp; Susan - o merchant - and Elvira V
Eakin - 17 y - s - p Na than &amp; Gilley Amanda Eakin
- md 13 Feb 1856 at
Mrs Eakins by James M Rice.

CB)

SNOIGRASS, William N - J4 y - s - b Botetourt Co - res Amsterdam, Va - P
Tilghman &amp; Polly W - 0 physician - and Kate M Kelley - 19 y - s - res Newcastle - p Nathaniel B &amp; Medora - md 27 Feb 1856 by James M Rice.
SMITH, Jacob &amp; Hannah Mariah Taylor md 17 Feb 1853 by A J Elmore.

Min RetList

j

(C)

SELF, Robert - 22 y - s - b St Mary's Co, Md - res Washington City, DC - p
John &amp; Eliz'h - o U.S. Soldier - and Molly J Elmore - 2J y - s - p Andrew
J &amp; Eliz'h - md 18 Oct 1865 at New Castle by C Bullarg.

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(B) THOMAS , Benjamin ?L - 22y - s - b Giles Co (now Craig) - p William S &amp; Mary and Margaret A.. Jones - 21 y - s - b Botetourt Co (now Craig) - p William
&amp; Jane Jones - md 26 Dec 1855 at Elenor Elmore, John's Creek by Philip B
Williams .
Margarret
(B) 'IUCXER, John - 23 y - s - p John &amp; Margaret - and Amanda Crawford - 17 y - s
- p Alexander &amp; Margaret - md 13 Dec 1855 by A J Elmore .

TAYLOR , James &amp; Evaline Givens, Lie. dated 25 Dec 1852 .
1852 by Philip B Williams .

Back - md 26 Feb

TINGLER, Henry &amp; Malinda M Helms md 25 Oct 1851 by A J Elmore.

Min Ret.

(c) TAYLOR, Jacob - 45 y - w - b Giles - p John &amp; Mary - and Ann M Dobbins - 40 Y
- w - b Roanoke - p Joseph &amp; Ma:ry Wright - md 5/6 Aug 1863, res of Jacob
Taylor by William Huffman Jr.

(C) 'IUCKER , George W - 22 y 4m 10d - b &amp; res Botetourt Co . - p Bevely L? &amp; Evaline
and Emily J Caldwell - 22y 6m 16d - b Botetourt Co - p George W &amp; Ann - md
14 Nov 1865, res of John Caldwell by A J Elmore .
(C) TROUT, Jno. (John) G - 40 y - b Augusta Co - p Saml &amp; Mary - o blacksmith and Sarah Hughes - 34 yr - s - p James &amp; ~~ Hughes - md 11 June 1861, at
Craigs Cr - md by John C Repass.
(John was widowed)
TROUT, H~ G?S

&amp;

Martha Albert md 27 Jan 1853 by A J Elmore.

Min Ret.List

(B) TROUT, George M - 26 y - s - p George C (deed) &amp; Rosanah - and Mary E.
Hendrickson - 26 y - s - b Monroe Co . - p George &amp; Ann Hendrickson - md 26

Jan 1860 by William Huffman Jr. ·
(B) TAYLOR, Jacob - 23 y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p Adam &amp; Sarah - and
Margrett Hughs - 44 y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p George &amp; Margrett - md
11 Dec 1855 at Jacob Wheeling, Sinking Creek by Philip B Williams.
THOMAS, Joseph W &amp; Martha Jane Rock, daughter of Sarah - Lie . dated 24 Feb
1853 - back 1 Mar 1853 by Philip B Williams .
TROUT, Samuel W. &amp; Elizabeth · YPES md 1 Apr 1852 by William Jeter, Catawba ,
Va. , Min Ret.
THRASHER, John M md Mary Smith -- see John M Hinchee .
*WRIGHT, Hugh C &amp; beanna-Sbawver Ann Gray md 23 Oct 1851 by A J Elmore. Min Ret,
(*Lost or misplace original copy --not sure about difference in bride's name )
WAUGHT, Wm A &amp; Sarah F Banks, both of New Castle, md 20 June 1851 by James
M Rice. Min Ret.
( C) WILLIAMS, Philip B - 54 y - w - b Giles Co now Craig - p Henry &amp; Susannah &amp; Mary E Jones - 21 y past - s - b Botetourt Co now Craig - p William &amp;
Hannah - md 1 May 1861 at William Jones'es by Elijah C Lee.
WORSHAM, McIEniel C - 22 y - s - b Monroe Co, Va. - res Alleghany Co, Va. p Laniel &amp; Ernaline - and Mary M Baker - 23 y - s - b Monroe Co, Va. - p
William &amp; Jane M - md 2 Nov 1865 at res of Wm Baker, by S W Bruffy.

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WEBB, David &amp; Susan Rock, daughter of Thomas - Lie . dated 1 Sept 1858 - back
28 Sep t 1858 by Philip B Williams
WALL, Harvey
Williams.

&amp;

Elizabeth McPherson - Lie - back - 13 Apr 1852 , Philip B.

YOUNGER , John W &amp; Florantine V Walker md 16 Mar 1852 by James M Rice,
Amsterdam . Min Ret.
ZELL , John - 26 y - s - b &amp; res Botetourt Co - p Jacob &amp; Sarah - and Mary
Ann Looney - 25 y - s p Wm (?John) &amp; Charlotte - Back James Looney, wit date of md. suppos ed 26 Aug 1858 - place of md Sinking , Mary b Botetourt Co.
now craig .
Additional marriages copied at a later date
(C) AMMEN, Benjamin F - 25 y - s - b Craig Co , Va - res Montgomery Co, Va . - P
Jacob &amp; Catharine Ammen - o teacher - and Lucy Francis Hill - 24 Y - s - b
Bedford Co , Va - res Craig Co - p Jefferson 1 &amp; Frances W - MIN RET : 15 Oct
1865 at Newcastle by C Bullard .
BARBER , Nathaniel md J uliann Cathari ne Robinson on 6 Oct 1852 by A
Min Ret List
BOOTH , James H &amp; Margaret Craf't md 9 Dec 1852 by A J Elmore.

J

Elmore

Min Ret Lis t

(B)BANE, Thomas - 37 y - s - b Rockbridge - res Craig - p Thomas &amp; Mary - 0
(D) farmer - and Sarah F Reynolds - 18 yr - s - b &amp; res Craig - p James &amp; Mary
J? - md 2 Apr 186J at res of James Rey . by A J Elmore .
"

(B) BRITTS , Samuel - J4 y - w - b &amp; res Craig Co - p Henry &amp; Catharine - and
Mary Campbell - 18 y - s - p Wm &amp; Elizabeth md 7 Sept 1856 by A J Elmore
(This was a zerox copy)
(D)CALDWELL, George - 23 y - s - b &amp; res Craig Co - p Absalom &amp; Delila - and
Elizabeth Leffel - 19 y - s - p Wm &amp; Mary - md 2 Oct 1856 by A J Elmore
(B) CALDWELL , Hamilbton B - 23 y - s - p Wm &amp; Mahala - and Adeline Huffman - 20 Y
(D) p Isaac &amp; Margaret - md 16 June 1861 at Isaac Huffman, Craig Creek
Lic~by John C Repass .

s-

(B)
( D)

CALDWELL, Smith - TFirtyeight (J8 ) y - w - b Ind. - res Salem, Roanoke Co,
Va - p Smith &amp; Eva - and Charlotte E Hill - 28 y - s- b Bedford Co., Va - res
New Castle , Craig Co - p Jefferson &amp; Frances Hill - md 2:t_ Jan 1865 a t _ __
Hill , Craig Co by James F? Leggett.
CAMPER , Peter A - J2 y 5m 8d - s - b Giles Co - p Peter &amp; Eleanor - o ma~on a nd Mrs Elizabeth A Walker - J 2 y - w - p Willia m &amp; Polly Leffell - md Dec 20 ,
1865 at Ch. H. in Newcas tle, Craig Co, Va by A J Elmore .
CROWDER , Abel &amp; Caroline Drummond md JO Dec 1852 by A J Elmore ,

(B)
(D)

Min Ret List

CROSIER , William Henry - 22 y - s - b Monroe Co - res Po ts Cr, Monroe Co , Vap William Crozer - and Sarah Jane Williams (paper town, name on back ) - 21 y
- s - b Botetourt Co now Roanoke Co - res Craig Co , Sinking Cr. - p George W
&amp; Mary- md 15 Mar 1855 at Geo. H· Williams, Sinking Cr by Philip B Williams

�DUNBAR, Robert S - 24 y - s ~ b Monroe Co - p Robert &amp; Elizabeth - md Nancy
Ann Huffman - 22 y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p Susanna - md 18 Oct 1855
at John Huffrnans, Johns Cr by Philip B Williams.

EAKIN, Thomas M md Elizabeth Walker 6 Nov 1851 by A J Elmore
(C)

Min Ret

FISHER, Jacob - 22 y - s - b Montgomery Co now Craig Co - p Lemuel - o fa.nner
now soldier - and Cynthia Afbelia Saunders - 19 y - s - b Giles Co - p John
Saunders - md 20 Nov (1864) at res of Bennet H Karr by A D Botton.
FERRELL, John A md Susanah Caldwell on 12 Mar 1852 by A J Elmore .
FISHER, Phillip &amp; Harret Paxton md

25 Oct 1852 by

A J Elmore.

Min Ret List

Min Ret List

(D) FERREL, Alpha J - 22 y - s - b Botetourt Co now Craig - p D3.vid??Il3.niel

&amp;

Elizabeth - and Lucinda Sarver - 22 y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - P Isaac &amp;
Fanny - md 18 Mar 1856 at Isaac Sarvers , Johns Cr by Philip B Williams.

(C) GRIFFIN, Jefferson - 56 y - w - b Amherst - res Monroe - p John &amp; Hannah and Virginia C Baker - 26 y - s - b Monroe Co - p Wm &amp; Jane - md 14 Jan 1864
at house of William &amp; Jane Baker by G W Carpenter.

(D)

GIVENS, Mazarine C &amp; brinda Carr md 18 Feb 1852 by Philip B Williams. Lie .

HENDRICKSON, George - 24 y - s - p George &amp; Anna - and Sarah A Britts - 19 Y
s - p James &amp; Margaret - md 16 July 1874 at bride's father, Crai g Co by Wm
Huffman,
Lie &amp; Min Ret .
HOLS 'ITNE, Wm A &amp; Ann E Breedl ove md 2 4 Nov 1 8 51 by A J Elmore .

Min Ret List

HUBBARD, Robert &amp; Frances Nelson md 22 Dec 1852 by A J Elmore.

Min Ret List

(D)

HIVELY, Alexander - 22 y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p Margret hiveley and Sitha Ann Thomas - 20 y - s - b Giles Co now Craig - p William S &amp; Mary
Thomas-rod 6 Feb 1856 at William S Thomas, Sinking Cr by Philip B Williams

(c)

JONES, Eu1:£. - J6 y - w - p Jacob &amp; Ellender Jones - and Harritt Harless - JO y
w - b Giles Co - p Jacob &amp; Mary Epling (p 's name written in pencil) - md 26
Feb 1863 res of the bride by William Huffman.
MILLS, Iavid B md Virginia Hutchison - 12 Feb 1852 by A J Elmore.

Min Ret List

(D)MORGAN, Jo~ - 22 y in Mar 1857 - s - b &amp; res Botetourt Co - p Charles &amp; Eve and Mary Eliz'h Reynolds - 16 yrs in Aug 1857
s - b &amp; res Botetourt Co p James &amp; Mary Jane - md 7 Oct 18.56 at Craig Co by Jacob Carper.
NEWSUM, William - 2.5 y - s - b Forsyth Co, NC - p Hartwell Newsum &amp; Mary Cork?
Cook? - and Mary M Campbell - 22 y - s - b Rockbridge co , Va - p Wm &amp; Elizabeth
- md 2 Jan 1856 by A J Elmore
NEWSUME, Hartwell - 56 y - w - b Gilford Co, NC - p Jacob &amp; Lucy - o miller and Catharine Beckner - ,52 y - w - b Winchester Co, Va - p William &amp; Catharine
- md 13 Aug 1857 by A J Elmore ,

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PRICE , Jacob L &amp; Harriet A M Tayler md j June 1852 by A J El more

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REYNOLIB, John L - 27 y - s - p James &amp; Mary ( ?) - and Mary ?S E Wright - 25y
- s - p Charles &amp; Eunice - md 3 Dec 1861 at res of Mrs Eunice Wright by Enoch
G Jameson.
REYNOL.Il3 , John A - 22 y - s b Giles Co now Craig - p James &amp; Catharine - and
Lucinda Snodgrass - 20 y - s - b Giles now Craig - p Caleb &amp; Mary - md 24 Oct
1855 at Elizabeth Reynolds , Sinking Cr by Philip B Williams .

(p) SARVER , James &amp; Bethsaida Thomas md 8 Jan 1852 by Philip B Williams. Lie .
SARVER , Wm &amp; Leanna Shawver md 4 Nov 1851 by A J Elmore

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SHAWVER , Samuel &amp; Frankey Caldwell md 5 Aug 1852 by A J Elmore

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SMITH , Samuel R - 25 y - s - b &amp; res Montgomery Co - p Samuel &amp; Elizabeth
- o minister of the Gospel - and Clementine Reynolds - 20 y - s - b Giles
Co - p John &amp; ?Eleryaber?? md 10 Dec 1861 at res of Peter Hy:pes by Solomon
Schaeffer.
?TRENOR , G. W. - 26 y - s - res Sinking Cr , Craig Co - p J R &amp; Ann Trenor and Louise( s) McCrosby?? - 18 y - b Giles Co ., Va. - res Sinking Cr - P
Nancy McCrosby - md 5 Mar 1861 ??? at Mr R Terions by ?T/B? h Williams
( C) TOLLY , Alexander - 29 y - w - b Bedford - p Ezekial &amp; Mary - and Mary Thomas
- 33 y - w - b Rockbridge - p Thomas &amp; Ann Marlin - md 4 Feb 1863 at res of
Mary Thomas by A J Elmore .
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TAYLOR , Jacob - 45 y - w - b Giles - p John &amp; Mary - and Ann M Dobbins - 44y
- w - b Roanoke - p Joseph &amp; Mary Wright - md 6 Aug 1863 at res of Jacob
Taylor , Craig Co by William Huffman Jr .
Lie &amp; Cert .
WRIGHT, Hugh C &amp; Ann Gray md 2J Oct 1851 by A J Elmore.

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THOMAS , William D &amp; Martha Ann Hively , dau of Eliz - lie. date 22 Feb. - md
1 Mar 1853 by Philip B Williams .

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QUERIES
Mrs. Jean Walker MATTHEWS, 11438 Seabrook Way, Cypress,CA 90630
Need info on Wm WALKER &amp; Susannah GRAHAM whom June 18, 1787,
in Montgomery Co. VA.
Wm d in Washington Co. TN in 1846.
Thelma Hoy OGDEN, 4815 Hickory St ., St. Chas, WVA 25309
Need info on Wm Crump HOY who m Martha Frances HALE, Nov 10,
1897.
Would like to contact Ira HOY, Boones Mill, VA or Cyrus
HOY of Roanoke.
Geraldine E. COOK, 992 Viejo Drive, DCBE, Granbury, TX 76048
Is James ELKINS of Henry Co. the f of David ELKINS who m Mary
PEDIGOE in 1793?
Is Ralph ELKINS of the Leatherwood community
f of James?
Mrs . Ruth BURKE, P. O. Box 7, Bodega, CA 94922
Need info on MCCOWNs of Rockbridge Co.
Was FRANCIS ancestor of
Malcolm who went to Kanawha Co WVA?
John and James lived on
Kerr's Creek or Calf Pasture.
Were they bros?
Who was John
who went with son George (whom. Polly PARTER) to Sevier Co. TN
Who was Isabelle who m . Wm HENRY ca 1748 and went to SC?
Lynda (Stone) BROWN, 12220 MacCorkle Ave . Chesapeake , WV 25315
Need par en t s o f A1 b er t " Y i ck " MAYS b c a 18 3 2 , m Mar y A . "P o 11 y "
CASH b.ca. 1838 .
They raised their childrn in Amherst Co . VA.
Childrn m into ANGUS, CAMPBELL, CASH &amp; MADDOX families.
Mrs. William A . LANSAW, 3008 Morris Ave, Terre Haute, IN 47805
Want any info on surname LANDSAW (LANSAW).
Was in Augusta Co. VA
&amp; Greenbrier Co, WV ca 1800 &amp; before.
Shirley A. JONES, 3664 Woodruff Ave, Long Beach, CA 90808
Seeking info and desc of my 3rd g .grandparents Isaac &amp; Sarah
"Sallie" (Wampler) MILLER, Wythe Co . VA .
Known child: Amanda
''Mandy", William Harw, Rachel Catherine, &amp; Franklin.
Are there
any . more?
Where are Isaac &amp; Sarah buried?
Need data for Martin
MILLER.
Dorothy S£ott FIELDER, R.D. 1, Box 29,
Need info on family of John CARR III,
Creek, VA; d 1874, Montgomery Co . VA.
HARBISON, Sarah HUDSON &amp; Sarah HOGE.
b 1735, England, d 1798 in Montgomery
served in American Revolution.

Maryland , NY 12116
b. June 9, 1798, Walkers
He had 3 wives: Esther
His gfather, John CARR, Sr.
Co VA (now Pulaski Co),

Elsie V. FARLEY, 2506 N. Chambliss St., Alexandria, VA 22311
WALDEN fam of VA went to Jefferson Co. GA, ca 1800,
Would like
info about this family in VA.
Can supply info about WHIGHAM &amp;
HANNAH f amilies of Je ff erson Co. GA late 1700 1 5.
Also looking
for info on SHERRILL &amp; DOBSON in VA, mid 1700's; SHERRILL in MD
1703; any other SHERRILL.

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Mr s . E . Ho ust e n H ALS TEAD, 6 Saunders Add, Scott Depot, WV 25560
Maud Cart e r CLEMENT , in her History of Pittsylvania Co. V_A ,
m entions o n e. joh n SIGMAN thusly:
"In 1 777 the work (circuit
minister) i n P ittsylvania was assigned to John SIG'tvfAN &amp; Isham
TAT US : in 17 7 8 to Wm GILL, John MAJOR &amp; Henry WILLIS."
Th is
was un de r th e heading "Methodist Church."
Does anyone have
info on e ithe r this SIGMAN (SIGMON) or WILLIS?
These families
intermarri e d seve ral tim e s in Franklin Co. VA.
Will exc dat a.
Sonya K . BURNET TE, P. 0 . Box 41, Barbourville, KY 40906-0041
Need info on Ambrose ARTHUR b late 1600's or early 1700's.
r esided in Caroline , Bedford &amp; Franklin Co. VA. D in F ranklin
Co. VA .
His so n was Col. Thomas ARTHUR b 1748, who rn Sarah
ARTHUR (his cousin) .
Also need in fo on Sarah.
Will exch.
Mrs. Twila G . PHILLIPS, 5022 Mahan Dr.,Tallahassee, FL, 32308
Would like to exc h info on f illowing:
John J. PHILLIPS-Mary
S u e " P o 1 1 y " S NE A D ; wm ENGLEMAN - Mary ? ; Mich a e 1 TRAINER - Marg a r et
LEE; Wm GRIFFI N-Martha GUM; Daniel SLATE N-Patsy?.
Mrs. James BARNES, 1111 Wilmore Dr., Middletown OH , 45042
Like info on the DINWIDDIE families (John, Robert , Wm, James)
who were in Amherst Co . VA in the 1790's .
Am look ing for the
parent s of Martha DINWIDDIE, b 1804 who m John MCPHERSON ca 18 22.
Juanita KELLERMAN , Rt 3, Garnett, KS 66032
Seek to prove John RICHMOND b ca 1760-1770, where?) of Whit ley
Co . KY w a s d e s c o f Abra ham RI C!IM 0 ND , 0 s borne s Fo rd &amp; Ru s s e 11 Co • VA •
Mrs.
Need
They

Don W. WELLS, Box 125 , Ri"verton, KS 66770
to find where and when Thomas Henry GRAY m Mary Ann FRASHUR E(?)
are in Laurel Co . KY 1850 census.
M ca 1820.

Mrs. L. W , LEDGERWOOD, Jr . , 1655 Imperial Crown , Houston, TX 77 0 4 3
Need info on Nancy DAVIS, dau of John DAVIS &amp; Jane GLENDE NNI NG , m
Donel (Da rr el?) F AIR (FEAR) .
Dau. Mary FAIR b . ca 1805 VA m Geor ge
W. K E NT b ca 1799, VA.
Another d~u Esther DAVIS FAIR b ca 1802
VA, m . Param BOLEY, a saddler .
The FAIR (FEAR) &amp; BOLEY famili e s
were in Lynchburg, VA ca 1820.
Have a sampler which Esther DAVI S
FAIR embroidered in schcol at Lynchburg, prob 1815.
Earl e n e GOBOLIS , 15230 Channel Rd, Grand Haven, MI 4941 7
Need info on fami ly of ggfathe r , Samuel MCMANNAMY , b ca 1820
Rockbridge Co. VA, m Malinda SHARP in Sidney, OH Oct. 22 , 185 4.
Had
1 set twins, 2 others. Died in Civil War Nov 1864 .
Pa re n ts , where
buried - who?
I

Mrs. Patricia W. SURFACE, 401 Surface Dr., Tazewell, VA 24 65 1
Seeking parents, birthplace, w of George GRI FFITH who left w i l l
Bedford Co 1777 (area now Franklin Co VA)
Also parents o f Cather i n e,
w of George's son, Benjamin.
Benjamin left will Fr a nkl in Co, 1830
Catherine died after 18 30.

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Mrs. Sue (Don) MCKINNON, 225 S. Huron Street, Cheboygan, MI 49721
Daniel NEFF b VA r Wythe Co. d ca 1859 m 4-22-1841 Matilda BUMGARDNER b
Feb 1819 Wythe Co. , dau of J . . &amp; R. BUMGARNER b VA. part of family in Lee
Co VA 1860. Also Sarah/Sallie Ann CAVIN b ca 1834 Hawkins Co. TN. Raised
childrn (Mary Jane, William Hampton Franklin, Charlie, Julian, Martha E.,
Meddie C., Jesse, Margaret, Lucinda) with Jesse R. EDDS in Lee Co. Have
much- EDDS info, need CAVIN info.
Thelma Jones
Need info on
Thomas BLAIR
Co. VA after
son Co . VA.

BJORKLUND , 1146 N. Ramona Ave. Indialantic , FL 32903
father of ggggrandfather John BLAIR 1772 - 1853. Father
believe born PA, m Rebecca (Mary?) ANDREWS. Settled in Grayson
Revolutionar y War and built ironworks on Chestnut Creek , Gray-

Rubye (Gilliam) Bowling, R2 - Box 444, Osgood, IN 47037
Searching for the names, dates of birth, and info on the six GILLIAM bros
who came from Scotland in 1700's . My descending line: Thomas b 1823 VA;
Isaac b 1845 VA; Wm b 1867 TN; Floyd W. b 1894 TN, Rubye b 1916 TN.
Mn;;. Dorothy Hale ANIS , 8730 Ferncliff Ave NE, Bainbridge Island, 'VJA 98110
James HALE b PA 1750 m Polly Anne CUMMINGS b 1755 in VA in 1773 . Polly,
dau/sis of Moses CUMMINGS. Childrn: Benjamin, Wm, Moses , Anna, Hannah, John ,
&amp; Charlotte b Patrick Co. VA btwn 1775-1800.
Moved to Washington Co OH 1811.
Intermarried in Patrick Co with REDMAN, POORE, BARTON, CORN &amp; KEATON. Info
needed on HALE, CUMMINGS &amp; REDMAN.
Mrs. Donna J. Bowling, Box 87, Wever, Iowa 52658
Seeking parents of Robert Washington WILSON &amp; his w Martha Sixe WILSON; and
Wiley Kimball NEWTON whom Phebe COLEY and -his bro Wm H. NEWTON who m Rosella
Rebecca BURTON. They lived in Tazewell Co. VA in the mid 1800 ' s. There
were sisters Sarah NEWTON, Joanna GILLESPIE.
William P. GROHSE, Rt 4, Box 33, Sneedville , TN
Hancock Co, TN historian des i res background info on the original Vardy
COLLINS, b 1764 NC &amp; his wife Margaret 'Peggy' , b. 1773 NC (census). Owned
lg tracts of land in Vardy, Hancock Co. TN . Was in Wil kes Co. NC in late
1790s but in what is now Hancock Co as earl y as 1780. Listed in 1809/12
Harkins Co TN tax list as land owner. W supposed to have been sis of the
original Shepherd GIBSON who came to Hancock Co. with Vardy .
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore PARKS, 80 Piki Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336
Seeking info on Sarah CASEY b ca 1737, d before 1796, m Lt. Col. Edward
BILLUPS 1755, lived Lunenburg, Botetourt, Montgomery Cos. Childrn; Sally,
Lucy, John, Edward, Margaret, Thomas, Richard, Elizabeth, William, Sarah
BILLUPS.
Mrs. Drusilla Payne MOGAVERO, 1372 Harlow Road, Columbus, OH 43227
Need parents of John Culpeper WILSON of Henry Co . VA. Also parents of his
w, Sarah MARTIN. Where did they from Henry Co? Postage refunded.

(Noteg the handwriting on a few of the pages is 17th century -- should
it be continued as a space filler -- or you don't like it . )

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Mrs. W. M. PETERSEN , 724 Grace Ave., Charleston, WV 25302
Need parents of Thomas B. PICKERING b 8-20-1809, VA. M Elizabeth Louisa
DAUB (DOBBS), 12/31/1831 in Augusta Co. VA . They lived in Montgomery Co.
VA 1842 .
Thomas' mother's narn~ was Mary?, apparently ma 2nd time, as
name was listed as Ruffer when Thomas M.
Mary Noell CARTER, 5701 E . Glenn #62 , Tucson, AZ 85712
Will exch info on MEREDITHS ( MEREDETH or MERIDETH) &amp; NOELLS. Need Bedford
Co VA info on Thomas &amp; Mildred Callaway NOELL, believed to be buried in the
Herman Baptist Church Cemetery. Need death dates &amp; marriage dates. David
MEREDITH left will in Brunswick Co. VA 1782, and dau Elizabeth m Wm ROSE,
parents of Judge Robert H. ROSE b Brunswick Co. VA 2 -1-1818.
Mrs. Linvil G. RICH, Box 1185 , Clemson, SC 29633
Desire maiden name of (Isaac) Daniel SHOWALTER' s wife Sarah, b ca 1800.
Da~iel &amp; Sarah SHOWALTER were living in Montgomery Co. VA in the 1830's.
Desire info on Michael CARNES (KERNS, KEARNS) living in Bedford Co. Va
ca 1750 .
Mrs. E . Housten HALSTEAD, 6 Saunders Addition, Scott Depot, WV 25560
Desire corres with anyone doing research on the HUFF family in VA . My
ggfather, Jacob SIGMON, m Sarah HUFF in 1844 in Franklin Co. VA. Since all
of his children were born before this time, we must assume she was his 2nd
w.
Yet, family lore mentions a HUFF as the maternal ancestor. Share data.
Ben H . COFFMAN, Box 67, Center Point, IN 47840
Need proof David COFFMAN was s of John KAUFMAN &amp; Barbara MARTIN who d in
Rockingham Co, VA and that David's wife was Mary Ann LOVELL, dau of Robert
LOVELL III.

Mrs. Joe R. Johnson, P. 0. Box 698, Danville, KY 40422-0698
Seek info on Charles M. POSTON, m Lodemie HAMMOND Sept. 23, 1896, Smyth Co
VA. He was the son of Thomas ~May/Mary Elizabeth POSTON, age 23, and
LODEMIE age 16 , dau of Alfreu &amp; Lucinda (MUSGROVE) HAMMOND. Childrn : Lola
m Charles HARRIMAN, lived in FL in 1920; Harry lived Welch, WV 1 923; Hubert/
Herbert; Charles Wm; Laura Lou m a SMITH &amp; lived in Welch, WV in 1923 .
Ba.rbara BLANKENSHIP, 9125 Woodpark Lane, Apt D, Knoxville, TN 37923
Seek info Rev. Soldier Wm. PATTERSON b 1753 Augusta Co VA, m ca 1777 Nancy
ENGLISH.
Resided 1770's in Sullivan/Hawkins Co. TN, in area that was possibly Botetourt Co VA before 1772. Moved to Anderson Co . TN ca 1802, d 1841.
Possible son of John.
Geraldine E. COOK, 992 Viejo Dr. DCBE, Granbury, TX 76048
ELKIN(S), Richard, Ralph &amp; Nathaniel pay tithes Lunenberg, Co . VA , 1748 .
Ralph &amp; James own property adjoining or in common on Smith ' s River , Henry
CO, 1771.
Is Ralph the f of James? James , Wm, David, &amp; James, Jr. moved
to Grainger Co. TN 1800/1810. Is James their f?
They seem to h av e been
associated with the Leatherwood Community, Henry Co . History of t hi s Commun?
Mrs. John A. Penrose, 1.76.09 East 19th Terrace CT . S . , Independence , MO 64 057
Seeking info on Samuel Reeves BANDY, who was b Febr uary 17th , 187 9 , and his
parents, Stephen Polk BANDY &amp; his wife, Martha N. (HAZELWOOD) BANDY of
Franklin Co . VA.
Are the re any desc of this family? Hazelwood desc?

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Rose B. ANDERSON, 935 Scenic Drive NW, Albany, OR 97321
Seek ancestry of John L. HARMON whom Elizabeth BYRD/BIRD 16 Dec. 1787 ,
Montgomery Co. VA. Who were Elizabeth ' s parents? Marriage record says
she was dau of Wm &amp; Sarah BURCH. John d in 1825 in Marion Co. IN. Elizabeth
d in Knox Co . IL at age 99 .
Mrs . Dan CUDDY (JoAnn), 58 Pear Tree Point Rd. Darien, CT 06820
Seeking vital info on Mary HOSKINS/HASKINS, w of Joshua STONE, &amp; Chloe
ROBERTSON,'w of Abraham SHELTON . Who were Chloe's parents? Was Lettice,
w of Crispen SHELTON, a BUPORD? Her parents? Dates? Welcome any info .
Esther KISER, P. O. Box 175, Cleveland, VA 24225
Seeking info about my gggfather, John Michael POWERS (wife's name unknown) .
Lived in Montgomery Co or possibly Wythe Co . VA. Son, John (Johnny) m
Sallie LEASE (probably Sarah). Childrn were Calvin,Harvey , Charles, Georg,
Henr y , &amp; Jeffrey, Jane, Mary, Betty, Lavisa,Margaret (Maggie or Peg) . Need
info about Sallie LEASE.
Mrs. H. B. Huntsman, P. 0. Box C, Greensburg, KY 42743
Need parents, any info on Susannah HATCHER &amp; Henry GREER, m Sept 24, 1792
in Bedford Co. VA One dau, Julia, b 30 Oct . 1802 in Franklin Co. VA . To
KY before 1820 . What connection between Susannah &amp; Huguenot Bartholomew
DUPUY? Connection with HAYNES, WARFIELD families?
Mrs. Jean WALKER MATTHEWS, 11438 Seabrook Way, Cypress,CA 90630
Seek info on William WALKER, b 1760- 1770, prob in VA or NC. D 1846 in
Washington Co. TN. M Susannah GRAHAM(?) 18 June 1787, in ~ontgomery Co . VA.?
9 childrn per will of Wm WALKER entered March-August 1846, Washington Co. TN:
Mary(RECTOR), Jane(HARTMAN), Nancy(JONES) , John (m Lucretia MARTIN 24 Nov 1824,
in Washington Co. TN), Anna(DEAKI~S) , Wm (m Mary BROWN) , Andrew (m Sarah
BROWN), Margaret (HUNT), Susannah WALKER. Who were the parents/bros/sis of
the above Wm WALKER &amp; Susannah GRAHAM?
Mrs. Carilda GROVER, 01521 Winchuck Riv. Rd., Brookings, OR 97415
Need info on Dr. Cassius COOKE of Charleston, WV; Carilda HOBACK STEWART :
Nancy Ann HOBACK.
Mrs. Thelma DIVERS, 6441 Trevilian Rd. NE, Roanoke, VA 24019
Need info on the NIMMO family, especially Wm. R. NIMMO, who were his parents?
What did the "R'' stand for? Date of his birth? Also would like info on the
George MERRIMAN family from Franklin Co.
Mrs. Lynda (Stone) BROWN, 12220 MacCorkle Ave. Chesapeake, WVA 25315
John CREASY of Bedford Co. VA. will dated 11-28-1825, m Elizabeth WOODSON
BUGG in Fluvanna Co . VA. Their issue: Thomas ; Anna; Edumund; Bird m Polly
DOWDY in 1794; Charles m Judith DOWDY in 1797; Wm m Elizabeth HAWKINS in 1795;
Jesse ; &amp; David . ~ho did David marry?
Paul W. RODGES, 12707 Rolling Valley, Cypress, TX 77429
Seeking info about Wm LOVELL HODGES, d KY 1858 &amp; Ashford HODGES who left
Franklin Co. VA ca 1823. Both believed related to Abednego HODGES (1759-1843).

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Dorothy MUNSON, 850 Aaron , B-103 , Port Charlotte , Fla . 33952
Seek parents of Lewis HARRIS from Va. but d at Vigo Co, INd, 18J1. Sons
David , John, Benjamin , William, Martin , 2 daus, all b Va .
Want proof
Jonathan CLARK, from Ohio but d Muscatine, Iowa 1854, was father of John
Clark who m Abigail SUMNER , Pike Co , Ohio , 1829 . Postage refunded .
Elsa V. STOUT
1 Ma lewood Drive Athens Ohio 4 01 (Mrs. Howard E. Stout)
Who were p of Rachel BARNETT, 2 w of Alexander BEAVERS Sr? Md JO July 1851
Tazewell Co, Va . Alex'r had 13 ch by 1/w Elizabeth HANKINS. Rachel and
Alex ' r had 4 ch: Thomas (b ca 185J ), Robina (b 1854), Alex. W (b ca 1858)
&amp; Elijah (b ca 1858).
Were Rachel ' s p Archibald &amp; Nancy BEAVERS BARNETT
or were they Joseph &amp; Elizabeth HARRISON BARNETT? Would like to correspond
with descendants of Alex'r &amp; Rachel or Alex ' r &amp; Elizabeth. Will reimburse
postage .
Evelyn ADAMS REYNOLUS, West Box 31 , Seiling , Okla . 73663
Searching for my Adams Ancestor's history. Samuel ADAMS md ca 1767 Anne
ADAMS , dau of William Adams &amp; Mary WALKER. Wm . came from Ire . to Pa. to
Va. to Ky.
Samuel, b Pa . or Md . to Va. to Ky. (Mercer Co.). Want to buy
''The Tinkling Spring , Headwaters of Freedom" by Howard M. Wilson, 1954.
Ethel F. Davidson, 2406 2nd StE, Lehigh Acres , Fl 33936
Need info on Farris WADDELL, Samuel Wesley CECIL son David CECIL.
was Paint Lick, VA in 1856? Tazewell and Bland Co.

Where

Ellen Pepper TILLEY , P. O. Box 112, Danbury, NC 27016
I descend from Samuel &amp; Naomi BURKE PEPPER through their son William PEPPER
who m Jane RAYBURN .
I am interested in hearing from anyone doing research
on these families . Will share old letters that contain family records. Both
families of Montgomery Co. VA .
Mrs . John A. PENROSE, 17609 East 19th Terrace Court South, Independence, MO
64057 - Seeking info on my 4th ggf a ther, Richard BANDY, who had ties with
both Botetourt and Bedford Cos. VA. Richard BANDY m Nancy LEWELLEN on 3rd
Sept, 17 91 in Botetourt Co . VA, dau of Thomas LEWELLEN. Where is Richard
BANDY &amp; w buried? Seeking desc of this family.
Edith McGhee SIGMON, Rt , Box 304 , Ferrum, VA 24088
Seeking info on family of Peter SICKMAN 1745 ca. - 1837. 1st m Indian
KATONKA? or Mary? From this union came 11 children. 2nd m Catherine NOSSEMAN
WILLIS.
Cather ine SIGMON m William Jackson GRIFFITH in Franklin Co. VA. Moved
to IN.
John SIGMON m Rachel RICHARDS on Jan 1, 1810, moved to IN. Peter
SIGMON , Jr. m Mary WILLI S Oct 31, 1829, in Franklin Co . Had 9 childrn.
Edith McGhee SIGMON, Rt 3 - Box 304, Ferrum, VA 24088
When looking for cemeteries in Ferrum, Mt. Forest areas for SIGMONS, HUFFS,
KEYS, WILLIS, MOORE, SHIVELY, HALE, BROMLEYS, &amp; GRIFFITH, we found Sarah COX
tomb.
Very large, made of soapstone, no dates. Was she Sarah COX from Floyd?
Was she a dau of Daniel ROSS? Sarah ROSS that m James COX on June 22, 1799?
Was she Sally Ann FARRIS.· who m Daniel COX 1844?
Genealogy Books, "The SIGMONS" and "The SINKS" to be finished soon .

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GIDEON MACON OF VIRGINIA AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDAN'IS

compiled by
Aletha Jane Macon
The Macon family of Virginia began with Gideon Macon , and English citizen
of French parentage, who became identified with the prominent people of
the New World and founded a family which has played a not unworthy part in
the history of our country .
The earliest definite references to Gideon Macon are found in the Court
Records of York County, showing that he was attorney-at-law in the county
as early as 1671. He was an Indian interpreter and served as secretary to
Sir William Berkeley , Gov~or of Virginia, during his second administration which ended in 1677, It seems that Gideon Macon arrived in Virginia
about 1670 and that he was at that time in his early twenties; so that the
year of his birth was about 1648 .
In religious affairs Gideon Macon seems to have taken an active part and

is listed as one of the earliest vestrymen of Bruton Parish Church, which
still stands in Williamsburg, Virginia .
He owned extensive acreage in New Kent , Henrico, and King and Queen
Counties. About 1680 he married Martha Woodward of King William County.
Gideon and Martha Woodward Macon were the parents of eight children, four
sons and four daughters, Gideon Macon Jr. , Anne, Martha, William, John,
James and two daughters , whose names were unknown.
The first section of the book gives eight generations of the Macon family
and one chapter of recent generations. The second section develops the
Allied familie~ of the Macon family which includes the families of Green,
Grimes , Hunt, Jack, Jones, .Thorn and Woodward.
'Ihere i s a bibliography and an index of 46 pages of individual names.
'Ihis is a revised edition of the 1956 Aletha Jane Macon edition by Arthur
J arvis Wood, Jr , 1979 and published by the Wilkes Publishing Company, Inc.
1981, Washington, Georgia. A gift copy to the SWVGS has been placed in
the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library. 'Ihe price of the
book is $20 . 00 and may be ordered from Mrs . Al Amundsen, 2 D Country Club
Apts . , Greenville, AL. J60J? .

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A PLACE APART
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EARLY WILLIAMSON ROAD AND NORTH

ROANOKE VALLEY RESIDENTS AND PLACES
by
Helen R. Prillaman
Mark Evans arrived in the Big Lick area and Roanoke Valley about 1744 from
Pennsylvania . He married Katherine Thomas on June 17 , 1723 at Christ Church
in Philadelphia . With thousands of acres from which to choose , he took his
time and chose well lying fertile land fed by gushing springs. He built
his upended log home at Evans Spring.
Mark Evans died at Evans Spring in 1748 leaving his lands to three sons ,
Daniel , Nathaniel and Peter. His original grant was 1200 acres, but later
by survey proved to be 1910 acres.
There are a number of descendants of the Evans family in the Valley. Mr
Charles Burton of Botetourt County is a direct descendant of Peter Evans .
Early owners 0£ the Evans tract were James Breckinridge , John C. Griffith,
Charles Johnston and William Watts .
Early families that followed and contributed to the area were Betts , Bushong ,
Campbell, Cannaday, Fellers, Fleming, Garst , Harshbarger, McClanahan , Moomaw, Nelms, Nininger , Oliver , Petty, Read, Rudd, Stokes , and Williamson
(for whom the Williamson Road area is named) .
Community builders of the Williamson Road area continued to arrive at the
turn of the century. Some of the family names were Andrews, Bowman , Coulter ,
Epperley, Hansbrough, Huffman, Hunt, Lemon , Prillaman, Riley , and Woodson.
Miss Prillaman brings the early days of the area to life with her many
pictures and sketches -- Black Horse Tavern and "Bellvue", The Barren ' s
Mansion, Guildhall, "Greenridge" , ''Old Bushong House~· Tombstone Cemetery-The ~enton Stone , Grayholme , Huntington , Monterey and many others.
The book has 187 pages and is completely indexed .
A gift copy has been given to The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society
by the author and is being placed in the Vinton Branch of the Roanoke County
Public Library .
The price of the book is $17.10, including postage and tax, and may be
ordered from:
Miss Helen R. Prillaman , P . O. Box 5431 or P . O. Box 5197 ,
Roanoke, Va . 24012
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'Charlotte Sun' (newspaper), J2J1 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte , Fla. 33952
has a genealogical column called ROOTS by Roxanne. Queries are free. Lots
of people live in that area from all over the US - maybe one of your 'kissin ' kin' .

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EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES
THE COLO.RADO GENEALOGIST , vol. 4 3, no . 1, Feb . 1982, p. 3- 8: The
Genealogical Delicacy" includes information on national societies such
as DAR and on the origin of nam~s; p. 44- 57 , an index to genealogical
publications.
TRAIL BREAKERS, vol . VIII, no. 2, Winter 1981, p. 8 -9:
old photographs " .

"Preserving

YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN, vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 1982,
P . 16 &amp; 23:
"Did You Know; facts in early American history".
GENEALOGY, a publication of Indiana Hi·s torical Society , no. 63, Aug.
1981, p.3-11: " County Court Minutes : helpful in understanding and
using court records.
MIDWEST HI STORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, vol. XVI, no. 3, Oct. - Dec.
1981, p. 113: " German Surnames with English meanings "; p . 115-116:
" Hugnenots "; p . 126: " Census Day" .
THE REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY , vol. 79, no. 3, Summer
1981, p . 240-265: " The Traveling Church" an account of the Baptist
~xodus from Virginia to Kentucky in 1781 .

NON-EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES
THE SUN CITY GENEALOGIST, v . 2 , no . III, Fall 1981, p. 49-50: "Research
at the Virginia State Library" ; -p . 51- 53 : "Quakers in the American
Colonies "; p, 55- 57 : "Notes on the History of Greene County, Virginia";
P • 59 : "West Virginia Estate Settlements ".

TREE TRACKERS , Phillips County Genealogical Society, Box 114, Phillipsburg,
KS

67661.

WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY FAMILY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION NEWSLE'ITER, P. O. Box
1~65 , Owensboro, KY 42301 .

THE GLEANER , The Wheatland Genealogical Society, 1616 Irving, I ndependence, KS 67301 .
FLINT GENF.A.LOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, P. O. Box 1217, Flint, Mich. 48501.
MID-MISSOURI GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, P. O. Box 715, Jefferson
City, MO 65102.
GRAYSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, Route 1, Box 293, Elk
Creek, VA 24326.
KYOWVA Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 1254, Huntington, WV

25715 .

WIMMER FAMILY NEWSLETTER, c/o Fred Wimmer, 804 Falconer Road, Joppatowne ,
MD 21085.

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1981 End-of-Year Financial Statement
Operating Income
1981 Membership dues
1982 Membership dues
Workshop
Contributions:
Back Issues
Queries

$ 40J6 . oo
255 , 50
785 .00
290 .10
J2.20
$ 5398.80

TOTAL Deposits

Opera.tin Expense
Office Supplies
Postage
Postage - Bulk Mail
Copying
Honorarium
Donations, Contributions, Books
Workshop
Membership Recruitment
Returned Checks
Fees and Licenses
Communications with members
Notices
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Membership Di.rectory
Brochures

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162.89
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28.43
270.00
152.75
279,52
86 .06
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106.00

2083.01

$ amount Checks

$ 3837.92

Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1980
Net. Income
Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1981

$ 1473.38
1560. 88
$ 3034. 26

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SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALcx:;ICAL SOCIETY' INC .
FIFTH ANNUAL GENEALcx:;ICAL WORKSHOP

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WHERE:

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Place, Salem, Virginia.
PROGRAM

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Welcome and Introduction by Belva Counts , president
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society

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"An Overview of, and Update on, the National Archives"
Bill R. Linder, Director of the Central Reference
Division of the National Archives and General Chairman
of the National Genealogical Conferences in the States.

10 115 - 10 : 30

Stretch &amp; Coffee Break

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" Organizing to Produce."
Bill R. Linder

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Lunch and Book Fair

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" Colonial Germans in the Shenandoah Valley. "
Peggy Shomo Joyner , Certified Genealogist, author,
and genealogy instructor at Old .Dominion University
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The Book Fair will include Mr. Linder ' s book How to Trace Your Family
History , Ms Joyner ' s books, one on the German Mennonite family of Roosen/
Rosen , .one on the Quaker Denson family of eastern Virginia, and copies
of the Report , scholarly publication issued periodically by the Society
for the History of the Germans in Maryland and edited by IG.aus Wust.
There wil l be others there with Books to sell and also back issues of
Virginia Appalachian Notes will be there.

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The lunch at the church will be served
reservations for lunch must be in July
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of page, etc . We cannot print material from printed source unl ess we have
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J. Deadline for submitting material is the first of t he month previous to the
month o ~ p ublica tion .
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s elf-addressed envelope.
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of court records , Bible records , etc . That little bit of information may
be of help to s omeone . Of course , we cannot promise next i ssue publi cation.
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and who married who. Please remember that the research is don e by volunteers
and therefore is limited, it cannot be a comprehe ns ive research . Al s o please enclose a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE)

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Mr S A Bell
Mrs Loretta Caldwell
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Miss Mary Jane Vaden
Pedigree Charts
Mr . S . A. Bell , c ha i r man
Program
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Ms Norma Jean Peters
Mrs Loretta Caldwell , ch ' r
Publicity
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Virginia Appalachian Notes (VAN)
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Membership includes the quarterly, VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES (VAN), which
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suppl y last. Send payment to Mrs Ilene Lavinder, Membership Chairman ,
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Please include t he price of the book, any advertising material that you have
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choice. Send books to be reviewed to : Mrs Oren R Counts, 6804 Northway
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Giles County , Virginia, Eaton's Chapel Cemetery
Cherokee Removal Records
Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemeter1
Alleghany County, Virginia
Workshop
A Family Records System
Pictures
Mapss Shenandoah Valley
Surname Index
Queries
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The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society meets the Jrd Saturday of
each month (except December) at 1:30 pm. While construction woxk is being done on the addition to the l ibrary, we a~e meeting at the Jefferson
St. Baptist Church, 19 Albemarle Ave SE. 'Ihe Church is just off of
Jefferson St - a few blocks sout'1 of the library.
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�87a

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
The highlight of our ye~ is_alwa~s the ~AL GENEALOGICAL WORKSHOP.
This year was no ex~e~t7on with _Bill R. Linder, formerly director of the
Central Reference Division, National Archives, and author of HOW TO TRACE
YOUR FAMILY HISTORY, and Peggy Sho~o Joyner (Mrs . Douglas) , a Certified
Genealogist, author and. genealogy
instructor for 10 years at Old Dominion
. .
. .
University , Norf olk , Virg1n1a.
Mr. Linder in his first lecture gave "An Overview of and Update on the
National Archives " with a slide presentation. I f you are inter t
in
Genealogy
Tour
to
National
Capital
,
Oct
.
17-23
including
claes
ed
a
·
t
.
'
sses
social s and research trips
o the National
Archives
DAR , Library o f, Con.
,
gress and Natio~al G#en ea l ogical Society write: DC Tour, Bill R. Linder
6129 Leesburg Pike, 415 , Falls Church, VA 22041 . There could be
'
rn
t
space
left for his Geneal ogy LOUX o London , England , leaving Sept. 19. Contact
him soon.

0xgM1Yi1ng to Produce " a s lide presentation,
covering the gro1111d from note taking , filing, writing , publishing and
distribution.

tinder 's

sOcoffd lecture rras

0

Mrs . Joyner' s l ect ure was entitled "Colonial Germans in the Shenandoah

Valley of Virginia. " Her special interest was pre- 1800 German - Swiss
immigration and the early Germans of SE Pa., W. Md •• and Valley of Virginia .
She has published two genealogy books, " The German Mennonite family of
Roosen/Rosen" and a "Study of the Quaker Denson Family of Eastern Virginia."
She transcribed the German register of St . John ' s (Union ) Church, Augusta
County and presented the church with a bound copy . She distributed two
maps from John W. Wayland ' s book , "A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia ,"
Her address is Peggy Shomo Joyner, C.G. , 5008 Dogwood Trail , Portsmouth,
Virginia 23703.
Thanks to all of you for attending OUR WORKSHOP . Our membership is now
the highest in its history and the attendance at the workshop was the
largest, about 120 including book fair people . Enjoy our workshop notes
in the VAN. You will find the remainder of the 1982 programs listed in
the August VAN. Keep in touch with us and best wishes to a ll.
Belva M. Counts, President.

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MEETINGS

August 21, 1982

John P. Alderman

"Carroll County, Virginia"

September 18

James Presgrave

"Smyth County, Virginia and Its
People "

October 16

Mrs. Elizabeth Corron -- "All eghany County, Virginia"
author of " Cli.fton Forge, Virginia - Scenic, Busy , and
Friendly''

November 20

George Kegley -- "Farly Pl ace Names of the Roanoke Area"

December

no meeting -- have happy holidays

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�87
FLOYD COUNTY, VIRGINIA

LEX;ISLATIVE PETITION
The original of this document is at the Vi rginia State Library, Archives Divition, Fi chmond, Va. 2J219. Ask for Petition dated Feb . 2, 1852, Floyd Co.,
Va., Box A, Legislative Petitions. The photocopy has been placed in the
Virginia Room, main Roanoke City Public Library , Roanoke, Va. - also a copy
will be given to the Floyd County Court House, Floyd, Virginia.

*

*

*

(page) A Petition of Citizery of Floyd County for a Precinct Election At the
house of Thomas W. Williamson on Indian Creek ----------- --- - -- Jn' o Carroll
-- Feby 2d 1852 -- ref 'd to Pa ' ops(?) (parts of this document is very faint)
(page) To the Honorable House of delegates of Virginia your petitioning represent that they reside in the north west section of Floyd County and Some
of them distant fourteen miles , from any Election Precinct and having Good
Faith in the Wisdom and Patritism of the Present Legislature, We humbly ask
that our Grievances may be remedied by Estibishing a Seperate Election Precinct at Indian Valley which is Situate midway between the Counties of Carroll
and Montgomery and the Pricinct at Lemon and known as the Burksfork Pricint,
and the County of Pulasky, and in the Center of a Populous Community , and
Cannot but be the best Situation for a Precinct for the Election of County
officers when the County is laid off into districts and your Petitioners
further represent that owing to the Great distances to any Election Precinct .
Many voters are deprived of enjoying the right of Suffrage, your Petitioners
Will ever Pray.
1. Pleasant Cott
2. Malen Reed
J. T. w. Williamson
4 . Henderson Phillips
5. Peter Duncan
6. Greenville Rigney
7. John "X" (his mark) Compton
8 . Andrew Akers
9 . Henry Simpkins
10. Asa Burnett
11. Wil liam Cox
12. Stephen Hughett
1J. John Hughett Sr
14. Jonathan Burk
15. T? or J ? Phillip
16. Joseph ?farmere

17. Selmon f anner
18. Jorge Quesenbury
19. Frederick Quesenbury
20. Mar k Sam?Van Phillip
21. Brasson Cott
22. Jefferson Co.Qk
23. Jonas Shenae
24. Jacob Bishop Jr
25. Sawyer Cox~
26. Robert W. Phillips
27 . Middleton R Clay
28. Wil liam Canady
29. Aris R Coxe
JO. John E Smith
31. John W Philips
J2. John Philips

(page)
34. John Bishop
35. John Hugett J
36. John Wed.le Jr
37. Henry Duncan
J8. John Cook Jr
39. Jackson Cook
40. Joseph Slusher

41. Eligah Hill
42. William "X" (his mark) A Howell
4J. Luke Duncan
44. Henry Bishop
45. Ianiel Nester
46. George "X" (his mark) HYlton
47. Andrew A Reed

�48.
49.
50.
51.

Ennids Reed
David Hughett
Luke Cox
Jesse galemoore
52. Blanch D.mcan Sr
53. Mark Reed Jr
54. James C D.mcan
55. Abraham Goad

69 . Wm. H Reed

70. Grifeth H Reed

71. Isaac Bond
72. Benjamin D.incan
73. Robert Reed

74.
75.
76.
77.

56. D. P. Hall
57 . ?B
? Quesinberry

78.

58. Edmud Sumpter
59. Randolph Phillips
60.
61.
62.
63.

64.
65.
66.
67.
68.

Joshua Jones
Blanch Duncan Jr.
James Palmer
A. Philips
Preston "X" (his mark) Akers
Henry Harris
John Duncan
Edmund Sumpter Sr
Jeremiahe? Goad

79,
80.
81.
82 .

8J.
84.

85.

86.
87.

Calvin delong
E. Dickens
Elias E Altizer
Croceth Duncan
Matthew Cox
Samu el H Harris
George E· Duncan
Luke ?Warle?Worle?Vaile
S. Sled
?P or ?J
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Robert Calwell?Culwell
Iavid Lucass
George A Reed
Emery Reed d_r.

(the

~

means not sure of the letter)

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�MON'IGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA
A Few Death Records

These deaths were contributed by a member. The record included: Name, sex,
race , maritial status , name of consort, date of birth. age, occupation,
place of birth , father and place of birth , mother and place of birth, person
giving info rmation, date of death, place of burial and date.

AKERS, Willie Jane = f = w = md = hus Floyd Akers = b 17 May 1856 ~ 69 yrs
= at home = b Floyd Co, Va = f Elijah Brickey, b Va = m Christine
Austin, b Va = inf E D Akers, Ironto Va = d 25 Dec 1925 = bur Ironto, Va.
26 Dec 1925.

?m 8d

ALLEN, Louisa J . = f = w = md = hus N. S . Allen = b 21 Feb 1859 = 66 yrs 10m
5d = 0 at home = b Floyd Co, Va = f Joel Anderson , b Bedford Co, Va = m
Bettie AJ.len, b Franklin Co , Va =inf NS Allen, Lafayette, Va = bur Galilee
Church, 8 Jan 1926.
ANDERSON , Martha Gillie = res Bradshaw = f = w = widow = hus Frank = 85 yrs
8 m 28 d = o at home = b Montgomery Co , Va = f Robert Wilson, b Augusta Co
Va = m Martha Connoway, b Augusta Co, Va= inf CF Long, Shawsville, Va=
d 18 Feb 1936 = bur Halls Church , Va , 19 Feb 1936
APGAR , Jacob Elwood = m = w = widow = 0 = b 2 Nov 1856 = 68 yr 10m 11d = o
Retired RR cond'r P&amp;LERR - b New Jersey = f . Frederick Apgar, b NJ= m Mary
E Apgar, b NJ = inf Miss Sarah M Apgar, Lafayette , Va = d 15 Sept 1925 =
bur Pittsburg , Pa , 17 Sept 1925 .

=

BARNETT, Mrs Willie Jane = res . Elliston = f = w = widow
hus J. W. = 76y
7m 4d = o at home = b Va = f Fred Northcross , b Va = m Ellen p Davis, b Va
= inf Mrs W W Gardner , Lafayette, Va = d 23 Mar 1936, bur Elliston, Va , 25
Mar 1936.

=

BLOUNT, Emma P = res . Elliston
f = w = widow = hus C F = 85y 10m = o at
home
b Montgomery Co ., Va = f Henry Tu.ylor, b Va = m Margaret Pepper, b
Va = inf Mrs AJ.lice Grubb , Elliston = d 27 Jan 1936 = bur 29 Jan 1936,
Elliston, Va .

=

=

BRADFORD, Mrs Bell Chas. = f = w = md
hus Charles = b June 1869 = 55 y =
at home = b Roanoke Co , Va = f Thomas Stover, b Va = m
Bailey, b Va =
inf Chris Bradford, Salem, Va = d 11Oct1924 =bur Montg. Co. , Va 13 Oc t
1924.
BRADFORD, Mark = m = w = widower = b 10 June 1850 = 80y Sm 24d = farmer =
b Montg, Co= f Jacob Bradford, b Botetourt Co., Va= m Elizabeth Wheeling,
b Montg. Co. = inf Jacob Bradford, Ironto, Va = d 5 Mar 1931 = bur Ironto,
Va, 6 Mar 1931.
BRAMMER, Rubin P = m = w = md = wife Sallie = b 19 Dec 1864 = 65y 9m 25d =
farmer = b Pa trick Co. = f not known = m not lmown = inf Mrs W J Brammer,
Christiansburg = d 1J Oct 1930 = bur Janell Cemetery , 14 Oct 19JO.
Montg . - Montgomery Co, Va.

�BUTT, Lonna W = f = w = md = hus Jos ?Jas W. = b 18 Sept 1868 = 57y 1m 1Jd =
at home = b Lafayette, Va = f John W Gardner , b Va = m Sallie G Dryerle , b
Va= inf W, W~ Gardner, Lafayette,· Va ·= d 1 Nov 1925 = bur Lafayette , Va,
3 Nov 1925
BUTT, Mary Sue = f = w = widowed = b 13 Jan 1857 = 68y 8m = at home = b Roanoke Co, Va = f John Henry Minnich? , b Va = M Susana Bradley, b Va = inf Miss
Lottie Minnich, Laf'ayette, Va = d J Oct 1925 = bur Lafayette, Va . 5 Oct 1925,

CLARK, Catherine = f = w = widow = b 16 Nov 1839 = 86 y = at home = b Franklin Co, Va = f John Martin, b Floyd Co, Va = m Elizabeth Boone, b Franklin
Co, Va = inf J L Clark, Bramwell WV = d 7 July 1925 = bur Alleghany Springs
July 9, 1925
DICKERSON, Pence Anna = f = w = rnd = hus Byrd Dickerson = ca 55y = at home
Patrick Co, Va = f James Bryant, b Va = m Mandy Woods , b Va = inf Miss
Zuey Dickerson, Christiansburg,= d 12 April 19JJ =bur Fagg, Va, 1J April
1933

=b

DCX;AN, Abraham H. = m = w = md = wife Melvina Duncan = b 13 Mar 1925 = 59y
1m = o farmer = b Montg. Co, Va = f Robert Dogan, b Va = m Sarah E Fu~r
= inf Mrs Melvina Dogan, Ironto , Va = d 14 Mar 1925 = bur Ironto, Va, 15
Mar 1925.
ll.JDIEY, Miss Virginia = f = w = s = b 20 Feb 1853 = 79 y = housekeeper = b
Montg Co. = f John E D.ldley, b Franklin Co, Va = m Elizabeth Birchfield, b
Bedford Co, Va = inf H C IUdley, Christiansburg , Va = d 14 Feb 1932 = bur
Fagg, Va, 15 Feb 1932
EARLY, George W = m = w = md = wife Martha J = b 20 Aug 1858 = 71y 4m 21d
= fanner = b Montg Co = f Joseph Early, b Montg Co = m Mary Kirby , b Va =
inf James Early, Christiansburg , Va = d 30 Jan 1930 = bur Fagg Cemetery ,
Montg Co, Va, 15 Jan 19JO

=

EPPERLEY, James N = m = w = widower = b 13 Mar 1861 = 69y ?m = farmer
b
Floyd Co, Va = f John Epperley, b Floyd Co, Va = m Martha Basham , b Floyd
Co, Va = inf Mrs Flora Stewart, Elliston, Va = d Ji Oct 1930 = bur Elliston ,
Va, 2 Nov 1930
GORDON, Susan = f = w = s = 81y = b 1852 = housekeeper = b Montgomery Co ,
= f Samuel Gordon, b Montg Co = m Jane Bowe , b Montg Co = inf J R Early,
Christiansburg, Va = d 20 Dec 1933 = bur Gordon Cemetery 2 1 Dec 1933
GORlXlN, Montgomery B = res RFD Elliston, Va = m = w = md = wife Ruth A =
b 10 May 1868 = 69y ?m 28d = farmer = b Montg Co = f Charles L Gordon, b Va
= m Sarah McIX&gt;nald, b Montg Co = inf Luther M Gordon , Rt , Salem , Va = d 8
Jan 1938 = bur Fagg, Va, 9 Jan 1938
GRAHAM, Mrs Mary J = f = w = md = hus J M = b 19 June 1858 = 67y 5m 19d =
at home= b Montg Co,Va = f John E Eakin, b Montg Co = m Susana Garman , b
Roanoke Co, Va = inf J M Graham, Lafayette, Va.

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HALL, Freeburn Archie = res Ironto = m = w = widowed = b June 23 , 1212. (sic)
= ?Jy 11m 2d = farmer = b Montg Co, Va = f Henry Hall , b Va = m Rhodea
Stuart, b Va= inf DR Hall, Ironto, Va= d 2.5 May 1936 = ·bur RQsedale, Va
26 May 1936
HALL , Nannie Elizabeth = f = w = md = Iave Hall = b not known = ca 51y = at
home = f William Barnett , b Montg Co, Va = m Sa:rah E Boothe~ , b Montg Co =
inf Tutve Hall , Ellis ton Va = d JO Apr 1924 =bur Christiansburg Va 1 May 1924
HALL, Parish = m = w = md = wife Etta Hall = b 10 Jan 1860 = 64y 8m 11d =
coa l miner = b Montg Co = f Gordon Hall, b Montg Co = m Bertha Conner, b
Floyd Co, Va = inf D J H Moses , Ironto, Va = d 21 Sept 1924, = bur Halls
Church, 2 3 Sept 1924
HELMS , Wa lter L = m = w = md = wife Alpia L. = b 4 Sept 1877 = 56y 11m 16d

= laborer RR Section = b Floyd Co, Va = f Madison Helms, b Floyd Co, Va =

rn Mary M Supton, b Floyd Co, Va = inf Mrs WL Helms, Elli et, Va = d 19 Aug
1934

= bur

Ellett , Va, 20 Aug 1934

HILTON, Joseph H = m = w = md ?Wetrnek?Netrnes? Hilton = b 7 Oct 1848 =
76 y = farmer = b Va = f Robert Hilton , b Va = m not known = inf R L Mc Clung,
Ironto, Va, undertaker = d 7 Dec 1924 =bur Montg Co, Va = 8 Dec 1924
HOWARD , Mary Jane = f = w = md = hus R L Howard = b 17 Apr 1862 = 62y 5d =
at home = b Carroll Co, Va = f Jas M Iawson , b Halifax Co, Va = m Mary J
Upton, b Halifax Co, Va = inf R L Howard, Elliston = d 22 Apr 1924 = bur
Lafayette , 23 Apr 1924
KIRKWOOD, Wm D = pd Elliston = m = w = widower = b 24 Feb 1844 = 81y 2m 28d
= b Bedford Co, Va = f Charles E Kirkwood, b Va = m Lucy Harvey, b Franklin
Co, Va = inf F J Kirwood, Elliston , Va = d 21 May 1925 = bur Ellis ton, Va
22 May 1925.
KNOX , William R = m = w = md = wife Henrietta = ca 89y = farmer = b Canada
= f Robert Knox , b Canada = m Susan Cashian , b Canada = inf Mrs W R Knox,
Christiansburg = d 7 Sept 1931 = bur Montg Co, 7 Sept 1931
LES'IER , Gordon = m = w = md = wife Mary = ca 84y = farmer = b Floyd Co, Va
= f Champ Lester , b Floyd Co = m Rachel McAle.xander, b Floyd Co, Va = inf
L B Lester, Cambria , Va = d 1 May 1935 = bur Christiansburg, 3 May 1935
MARTIN , Joseph P = m = w = md = wife Nealie = b 11 Feb 1850 = 75y 10m 16d
= fanner = b Rockbridge Co , Va = f William Martin, b Rockbridge Co = m Mary
Tomlin, b Rockbri dge Co = inf Mrs Nealie Martin, Lafayette, Va = d 27 Dec
1925 , bur Lafayette Va, 29 Dec , 19~
MARTIN, Judie Ann = pd Elliston = f = w =md = hus Jas A = ca 4.5y =at home
= b Franklin Co = f Plead Pugh, b F:ranklin Co, Va = m Sallie Cox, b Pat rick
Co, Va = inf Jas P Martin, Elliston = d 1 Dec 192.5 =bur Ellist on, 2 Dec
1925.
MINNICH,
5m 10d =
Jackson,
ton , Va,

Charles Wesley = m =w = md = wife Lula = b 22 July 1869 = 56y
merchant = b Lafayette, Va = f Samuel Minnich, b Va = m Clementine
b Va = inf J W Minnich, Lafayette, Va = d 1 Jan 1926 = bur Ellis2 Jan 1926

�MORTON, Mrs Mollie = res Lafayette = f = w = md = hus G A = at home = b
Ia.fayette, Va= f Grief D_Wells, b Roanoke Co, Va= m Mariah McKee, b WVa
= inf Mrs J M Weaver = d_7 Apr 19J6 =bur Lafayette, Va 9 Apr 19J6
MOS~, J eremiah = m = w = widower = b 17 Apr 1842 = 81y 8m 9d = farmer = b
Ia.fayette, Va = f James Moses, b Va = m Rebecca Wells , b Va = inf w c Moses
Olaf/?Olat, Va = d 26 Dec 1923 = bur Lafayette , Va, 27 Dec 1923
'

OWENS, James M = pd Elliston , Va = m = w = md = wife Marinda Owens = b 18 May
1871 = 5Jy 8m 15d =RR Cond'r on Frt Train, N&amp;WRR = b Roanoke Co, Va = f F
M Owens, b Va = m Mary .Deyerle, b Va = inf J W Price, Roanoke, Va = d 2 Feb
1925 = bur Ia.fayetta, Va = 4 Feb 1925
PENDLETON, Louise Francis = res Elliston = f = w = md = hus Julious = b 2
Nov 1880 = 54y 11m 15d = at home = b Montg. Co = f Jermiah D Hall, b Montg
Co, Va = m Florentine Creasy, b Bedford Co, Va = inf J W Pendleton, Elliston
=bur Shawsville, Va, 18 Oct ·1935 ; d 17 Oct 1935

SESLER, El.mer Frank = rec Iron t o

= 111 =w = md

:. wife Lillian Sisler = 55y

5m 12d = b Montg. Co = f Chester W Sisler , b Montg. Co = m Laura A Walthall ,
b Montg. Co. = inf Mrs Lillian Sesler, Ironto = d 27 May 1936 = bur Ironto
= d 27 May 1936 = bur Ironto, Va, 29 May 1936
PERDUE, Mark Davis = res Ironto, Va = m = w = widower = 81 y 28d = farmer
= b Bedford Co, Va = f Burton Perdue, b Va = m Pricilla McCarmack, b Va =
inf W E Perdue, RFD J, Roanoke, Va = d 7 April 19J6 = bur Halls Church, 9
April 19J6
PUGH, Tillie = f = w = s = b not known = ca 40y = at home = b Franklin Co.
Pliat Pugh, b Franklin Co, Va = m Sallie Cox, b Patrick Co, Va = inf
Jas P Martin, Elliston, Va = d 4 Nov 1925 = bur Elliston, Va, 5 Nov 1925

=f

SCANLAND, John = m = w = widower = b 2J Jan 1834 = 96y 11m 6d = farmer = b
Montg. Co. = f Samuel Scanland, b Va = m Catherine Whorley, b Va= inf . W J
Scanland, Elliston, Va = d 29 Dec 1930 = bur fud.ley Cemetery, Ji Dec 1930.
SCANDLAN, Sarah Jane = f = w = md = hus John = b July 1842 = 82y 6m = farmer's wife= b Rockingham Co, Va = f Ephram Sites, b Rockingham Co = m
Barbra Harbor, b Rockingham Co. = inf' W J Scanland, Elliston, Va. = d 8 Feb
1925 = bur Fagg, Va, 20 Feb 1925
SESSLER, Frederick Tosh = m = w = md = wife Virginia = b 2 Aug 1855 = 77Y
5m 6d = retired School teacher = b Montg. Co = f Samuel Sessl er, b Va = m
Eliza Huff, b Montg. Co. = inf' Mrs E F Sessler, Ironto, Va = d 11 Jan 1933
= bur Ironto, Va = 13 Jan 1933
SISLF..R, Robert W = m = w = md = wif'e Maggie = b 25 Nov 1874 = 51y 2m 27d =
Blacksmith = b Montg. Co, Va = John W Sisler, b Va = m Sallie F Moses, b Va
= inf S. H. Heslep, Elliston, Va = d 21 Feb 1926 = bur Shawsville , Va, 22
Feb 1926
SNUFFER, Elevia Ellen (Lester) = Res Christiansburg, Va = f = w = widowed
= hus Sid. = b 3 May 1852 = 7Jy Jm 12d = housewife, b Floyd Co. , Va = f
Champ Lester, b Floyd Co., Va= m Rachel McAlexander, b Floyd Co. , Va. =inf
Gordon Lester, Cambria, Va = d 15 Aug 1925 = bur Christiansburg, 8-17-1925

�13
STEWART, James W = m = w = md = wife J
? Stewart = b 1 May 1860 = 65y
3m 8d = d 8 Aug 1925 = bur Elliston V~ , 9 Aug 1925
STUMP, Peter S = res Elliston = m = w = md = wife Margaret = 67y 4m 3d =
farmer = b Floyd Co, Va = f Elijah Stump, Ba = m Marth Smith, b Va = inf
Alfred Stump, Elliston = d 7 Feb 1936 =bu! Little Hope Church 8 Feb 1936
SUTHERLAND, Sarah Francis = f = w = widowed = hus John = b

29 Dec 1836 =

88y 3m 10d = at home = b Albemarle Co, Va = f William Suddarth, b Albemarle
Co = Nancy Scrage, b Va = inf Mrs M Byerle, Elliston Va = d 9 Apr 1925 =
bur 11 Apr 1925, Elliston, Va.
VADEN, James M = res Browns Mt. = m = w = md =wife Hattie = b19 Aug 1840
= 84y 1m 26d = farmer = b Ironto, Va = f Vincent Vaden, b Dunwoody Co,
Eastern Va = m Sara Martin, b Ironto, Va = inf Mrs W C Wells, Ironto = d
14 Oct 1924 = bur Rusedale , Va 15 Oct 1924
WELLS, Frank H = m = w = md = wife Bertha = b 26 June 1871 = 54y Jm 15d =
carpenter N&amp;W RR = b Montg Co, Va = f John T Wells, b Roanoke Co, Va = m
Lucinda Graham, b Montg. Co = inf Mrs Bertha Wells, Elliston, = d 11 Nov.
1925 = bur Richardson Cemetery, 12 Oct 1925.

WHEELING, John L = m = w = widower = 81y 2m 3d = farmer = b Giles Co, Va =
f James Wheeling, b Giles Co = m Kattie Taylor, b Giles Co. = inf Mrs Mary
J Wheeling, Christiansburg = d 22 Apr 1935 = bur Fagg , Va , 2J Apr 1935
WILLIAMS, Mary Emma = f = w = md = hus Hoge S = 62y 8 d = b May 1872 = b
Ellett, Va = f John McFarland, b Ireland = m Ann Wilson , b Ellett, Va = inf
Hoge S Williams, Christiansburg, Va = d 12 July 19J4 =bur Ellett, Va , 14
July 1934.

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giving i nformation , and relationship .
2. Bolton, Keziah - white - female - Aug Ji , 1864 - New Castle - Anisarca - 95
yrs - 0 - 0 - 0 - Coonrod Bolton - Adam Myers - friend.
J. Britts, Georg e Washington - w - m - Feby 2 1, 1866 - Craig Creek - Phetisis
- 35 yrs - Na ncy Britts - Craig Creek - fanner - Mary S Britts - Mary S
Britts , wife .
1. Crawford, Elizabe th - w - f - Aug 10, 1864 - Craigs Creek - ulcer - 97 yrs
- James &amp; Nancy Gray - Craigs Cr - O - Nimrod Craw.ford - Mahala Crawford daughter-in-law
2. Craft, Peter - w - m - June 22 , 1864 - Craigs Cr - gun shot wound - not
known - not known - Md - mechanic - single - Isaac Huffman - friend .
J. Ca.node, Elizabeth Ernaline - w - f - Sept 22, 1864 - John's Cr - Typhoid
fever - JJy 2m 16d - John &amp; Hannah Wickline - Stony Creek - 0 - James H
Canode - James H Canode ,- husband .
5. Caldwell, Edmison - w - m - June 7 , 1864 - Sinking Cr - epilspey - 42y 14m
Od - John &amp; Mary Caldwell - Sinking Cr - fanner - Martha Caldwell - Martha
Caldwell - wife
6 . Carr, James Buchanan - w - m - June 15, 1864 - Christiansburg Depot - gun
shot wound right thigh - J4y - Buchanan Bell &amp; Nancy Carr - Si nking Cr fanner - Esther Carr - Esther Carr - wife
8 . Caldwell, George Washington - w - m - Mar 2 , 1865 - Craig Co - Billious
Cholic - 49y 11m 27d - Granville &amp; Cath 'e Caldwell - Botetourt Co, Va farmer - Ann Caldwell - Ann Caldwell - wife .
9 . Caldwell, Andrew - w - m - 1865, Feb 20 - Sinking Cr - tn:&gt;hoid fever - 55y
4m - John &amp; Mary Caldwell - Giles Co, Va - fanner - Barbara Caldwell Barbara Caldwell - wife .
1 J . Champ , Sarah - w - f - 30 Nov 1865 - Craig Co, John ' s Cr - Phthisis? - 4Jy
James Carr &amp; Margaret Thomas - John's Cr, Giles Co, Va - Hous e Keeper Christopher M Champ - C M Champ - husband
17. Carper , Phoebe - w - f - 8 June 1867 - Meadows Cr, Craig Co - Ancessai? 5Jy 11m - John &amp; Eliz 'th Leffel - Meadow Cr - 0 - of Benj 'm Carper Benj 'm Carper - husband
19. Craft , Roxanna - w - f - 22 Dec 1868 - Barbers Cr, Craig Co - Scrofula? 55y - John &amp; Eva Rule - Alleghany - of Philip N Craft - George M Craft brother-in-law
2 1. Clinebell, George - w - m - JO Apr 1868 - Potts Cr, Craig Co - unknown 72 yrs - George &amp; Sarah Clinebell - Augusta Co - farmer - widowed - Henry
U Clinebell - son
22 . Caldwell, James - w - m - 29 May 1869 - Craig Co - dropsy - 78 y - Hugh &amp;
Rutha Caldwell - Craig Co - farmer - widowed - M F Caldwell - daughter- in
law.
23. Clinebell, Mary Jane - w - f - 19 July 1869 - Craig Co - childb irth - 39Y
10m - Wm &amp; Rebecca - Rockbridge Co. - 0 - of M 1 Clinebell - M J Clinebell
- husband .
24. Ripley, Hillery - w - m - Aug 3, 1864 - Craigs Cr - E2.£plenin of Shell? 6Jy 10m 14d - James &amp; Anna Ripley - Bedford Co - fanner - Rebecca Ripley
- Rebecca Ripley, wife
1 . Duncan, John Samson - 25 Dec 1864 - Johnston Island - fever - J6 - John S
&amp; Hannah Duncan - Sinking Creek - fanner - Mary A Duncan - Hannah Hinchee
- s ister .
6. Damewood, Martha Eveline - w - f - 23 June 1865 - Broad Run , Craig Co Typhoid Pneunonia? - JJy - Ja mes &amp; Nancy Abbott - Crai g Co - o - o:f Anderson
M Iamewood - A M Lamewood - hus b and

�10. llincan, John Samson - w - m - 15 Dec 1867 - Sinking Cr, Craig Co - typhoid
Pneumonia - 77Y - Wm &amp; Mary Duncan - Sinking Cr. - farmer - of Hannah
Duncan - Nancy Duncan - daughter
11. D:i.mewood, Mary - w - f - JO May 1868 - Broad Run, Craig Co - cancer - 78y
- Jacob &amp; Rachel Hu£fman - Craigs Cr, Craig Co - 0 - widow - A M I0.mewood
-son
1. Gray, Mary - w - f - Oct 15, 1864 - Craigs Cr - 0 - 75 y - James &amp; Mary
Harrison - Craigs Cr - 0 - James Gray - Mahala Crawford - daughter.
================·============================================·= =========

CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
A page from the marriage register
p 125: D:i.te of marriage or bond; male; female; Names of parents of male - female;
name of minister perfonning ceremony
Aug 23, 1832 = Pearson, Mastin = Hutson, Rachel = 0 = Wm H Hutson = Abner Early.
Deer 17, 1828 = Peck, William = : Finch, Miner = 0 = Barnet Finch = O
Feb 29, 1812 = Peannan, Grief = Roulling, Polly = O = O = o.
March JO, 1840 = Peerman, Wm H = Harvey, Caroline c = 0 = Sarah Harvey = o.

= Peennan,

= Terrell,

= 0 = 0 = o.
Mch 1 , 1849 = Peerman, Wm H = Mitchell, Catherine S = 0 = 0 = Alex Dossiphan
June 16, 1795 = Pemberton, James = Wood, Elizabeth = O = John Wood = o.
Nov 8, 1841

Nov 26 , 180J

Benj F

=Pember.ton,

James

e

Mary J

= John Johnson = Henry
= 0 = 0 = Char les Clay.
= 0 = Aaron Dewitt = 0 •

Johnson, Hannah = o

Brown .

1787 = FBnn, Wtl l i am = St ovall , Martha
Dec 20, 1813 =Penn, Richard = Dewitt, Lucinda
June 15, 1814 = Penn, Robert C = Steptoe, Lucy = 0 = James Steptoe = O.
Apr 13, 1815 = Perrow, I0.niel B = DePrl.est, Christian = 0 = Guardian John DePri.est
Jr. = o.
Dec 23 , 1813 = Pendleton, Wm = Alexander, Marg G = 0 = Robert Alexander = Johns,
Dec 17,

Edmund.
Oct 28, 1816 = Pendleton, James = Sharp, Nancy = 0 = Guardian Wilcher Burton
Frederick Kabler.
Nov 23, 1846 = Pendleton, Jas W = Martin, Ann E = 0 = Samuel Martin = O.

=

Apr 8, 1822 = Pentecoast, Iavid = Graham, Eliza = 0 = Frances Graham = Frederick
Kabler.
Dec 15, 1846 = Penticost, John G = Ford, Sarah E = 0 = Calvin Ford St = Elijah
W Roacho
Nov 3, 1818 = Perdy, Henry = Cyrus, Elizabeth = 0 = 0 = O.
Oct 10, 1805 = Perdue, Isham = Powell , Rebeckah = 0 = Johannah Powell = o.
Nov 10, 1812 = Perdue, I0.vid = Mullins, Joannah = 0 = 0 = Obediah Edge,
Nov 21, 1825 = Perdue, Jesse = Cumbee, Susannah = 0 = Emanuel Cumbee = Samuel
Armstead.

�'flJ
GILES COUNTY , VI RGilUA

GAUTIER CEMETERY
contributed by
William Coeburn
copied by:
location:

On

route 711 off of route 100, west of Narrows, Virginia.

Macy Evelyn
Iau . of S. &amp; J. W. Morris
Aug. 8, 1908 - Sept. 24 , 1912
Charlie Williams

No date

Blankenship
J . Henry
Feb . 9, 1873 - Oct. 5, 1952
Maude E.
July 18, 1892 - Mar. 11, 1967

G. W. Blankenship
April 18, 1914

Will Hammond

Unmarked grave to the right of
G. W. Blankenship

Carl A. Vaught
Nov. 8, 1913 - Sept . 7, 1917

2 unmarked graves at the foot
of Parcell Stone.

J unmarked graves to left of
Warren G. Vaught

Parcell
Leslie W.
Susan M.

Vina Annabelle Ratcliff
Tu.u. of John &amp; Mary ~ Ratcliff
Died May 24, 1916

Ratcliff
Martha A.
Martin L.

1872 - 1930

1870 - 1937
1880 - 1953

Unmarked infant grave beside fence

1963 - 1950
1861 - 1940

2 unmarked graves between Ratcliff
and Betty Lou Ratcliff.
Betty Lou
Infant daughter of Mr.
W. T. Ratcl iff
Aug. 19, 19J6
W. T. Fink

&amp; Mrs .

1862 - 1927

Unmarked sunken grave to left
of W. T. Fink

FARLEY

Unmarked grave to the left of grave
beside fence
George W. Akers
Nov. 8, 1869 - May 26, 1908

J. B. Ratcliff
March 11, 1865 - Feb. 27, 1931
William L. Ratcliff
1888 - 1937
Russell R.
Son of S. &amp; J. W. Morris
Feb. 14, 1917 - April 20, 1920

Mother
Manerva A. Farley
July 9, 1861 - Apr. 20, 1926
Father
John A. Farley
Mar. 10, 1867 - Mar. 9, 1926

Mary
Tu.ughter of Charles &amp; Hattie Williams
BoD'l Sept 16, 1906
Died April 23, 1913

Charlotte B. Smith
Dec. 28, 1920 - Jan. 16, 1942

Matt Spicer

1872 - 1965

�Unmarked grave to the left of
Matt Spicer

Johnithan A. Akers
May 5, 1840 - Apr. 2J, 1926

Robert Lee Vaught
Feb. 5, 1899 - Nov. 22 , 1934 •

Goldie Bula Turpin
Born Aug. 14, 1914 - Died Mar . 31, 1915

Luther Harden
Infant son of Mr.
Ratcliff
Sept. 15, 1925

Unreadable stone of infant of W. M.
(?
?) Beside Goldie Bula
Turpin

&amp; Mrs • W.

J.

Elizabeth Ann
Infant daughter of W.J. Ratcliff
Dec. 14, 1930
D3.lton
William S.
Mary R.

1882 1889 - 1968

George W. Turpin
Mary 27, 1897 - Dec. 12, 19JJ
Hubert M. Martin
Oct. 5 , 1941 - Feb. 22, 1942
Harry R. Martin
July 25, 1934 - Aug. 3, 1934

Iavid Harold Meadows
Apr. 14, 1949 - Dec. 10, 1952

2 unmarked gxaves to the left of
Harry R. Martin

Mrs. Fannie M. Branham
Born June 8, 1923
Died Aug . 3, 1950

Edna Gray Fleeman

Unmarked grave to left of Mrs.
Fannie M. Branham

Arminta V. Fleeman

Mary Taylor Stables

William M. Fleeman

1926 - 1966

1852 - 1931

James E.
Mar. 11, 1937 - Mar. 11, 1937

Infant son of Mr. &amp; Mrs. C. D. Smith

Fleeman

Tutu. of T.G. &amp; E.M. Fleeman
Jan. 21,-1911 - March 21, 1911

1863 - 1929

Infant child of Mrs . &amp; Mr. J.W. Gautier
William Rhea
Son of J . A. &amp; M. F. Fl.etcher
Born Jan. 29, 1916
Died Feb. 7, 1920

Minnie Elsie Fleeman
Dec. 19, 1904 - July JO, 1905

William G. Hammons
June 15, 1904 - July 31, 1926
Age 22 yrs, 1 mo &amp; 16 dys

Lovenia
IB.u . of Jas . &amp; Matilda (No su.niame given
on copy)
Oct. 26 , 1886 - July 4, 1908

Andrew M. Hammons
1899 - 1926
Matilda Anna Fletcher
Mar . 16, 1863 - July 20, 1955
Harriet F . Akers
July 8, 1846 - Mar. 19, 1923

Nellie Beatrice
Tutu. of F. A. Ratcliff
Born Apr. 20, 1906
Died Sept. 16, 1909
Infant D9.u of J.L. &amp; S.O. Fletcher
Feb . 21, 1909 - Feb. 22-; 1909
Samuel D. Vaught
Nov . 8, 1913 - Sept . ?, 1917

�99
William L. Taylor

Margaret Lucille Wilson
Died May 24, 1940

1925 - 1932
Lucy Hammond

1873 - 1965

3 unmarked graves to the left of
Margaret Wilson

Unmarked grave to left of Eula
R. Gautier

E. Fletcher

Eula R. Gautier
Aug. 5 , 1894 - Mar. 4, 1937

One sunken grave to left of
E. Fletcher

James A. Hammond
June 2., 1900 - Aug. 8, 1968

Emery Vivian
son of J.A. &amp; M.E. Fletcher
Feb. 26 , 1918 - Feb. 11, 1920

3 unmarked graves to the left
of Mary Davis Runions

(No dates)

Fleeman William A
Dec. 4, 1937 - Dec . 5, 1937

Mary Davis Runions
May 21, 1893 - Dec . 17, 1927

Bertha I. Fletcher

Fannie Francis
Wife of J. D. Runions

George E. Fletcher

18.59 - 1927

1867 - 1947

Paul Phlegar Wilson

Walter L. Gautier

1910 - 1975

1894 - 1967

A. Ellis Wilson , Jr.
July 11, 1939 - Feb. 27 , 19.51

1919 - 19

1880 - 1947

Virginia R. Gautier

Carol Jeanette Wilson

Karen Elaine Journell

194J - 1945

1964 - 192.5

Albert Ellis Wilson , Sr.

Richard E. Gautier
Apr. 2, 1954 - Aug. 5, 1962

Paul T. Keffer
Virginia Tee . 5 Medical Department
World War II
Nov . 7 . 1927 - Nov . 21 , 19.53

Margie Louise Ratcliff
Mar. 14, 1924 - May 14, 1925

1912 - 1944

Chas . Snow Wilson
Jan. 36, 1904 - Jan. 22, 1913
Rosie Gray
Da.ughter of E. D. Wilson
Nov. 16, 1901 --March 21, 1920

Edward
Son of J. W. Gautier
Aug. 23, 1913 - Aug. 24, 1913
Sallie V.
Wife of Geo. Fleeman
May 23, 1892 - Jan . 12 , 1919
Mary Elizabeth Fletcher

Infant child of Mr.
W. B. Fletcher

&amp;

Mrs.

Sadie G.
Wife of • J . Ratcliff
Feb . 9, 1906 - May 18, 1925

1834 - 1909
Warren C. Vaught
Mar. 11, 1921 - Apr. 12, 1921

�itJO

Claude Elmer Ratcliff
Son of John &amp; Ma:ry Ratcliff
Born May 23, 1913 Sept. 12, 1914

Unmarked grave to left of
Milliard A. Hammond
Unmarked grave to right of Milliard
A. Hammond (Small stone erected , but
no legible engraving.)

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCES OF OUR
CONFEDERATE DEAD
Madison Allen Fletcher
Dec. 20, 1838 - Jan. 23, 1922

Homer R. Wilson
Mar. 25 , 1907 - Feb. 9, 1948

James W. Fletcher
July 1, 1897 - Jan. 2J, 1943

Rimoins, Gordon L .
Feb . 18, 1881 - Apr. 5, 1913

Rhoda B.
Wife of J.B. Ratcliff
Died Jan . 14, 1921 - Age 56 yr:s.

Arthur Wilson
July 10, 1923

Unnamed grave to the right of
Rhoda B. Ratcliffe

.

Fred W. Hammons
Virginia S SGT 906 AAA A. BN
World War II
Oct. 12, 1923 - Nov. 16, 1966

Virginia L. Robertson
May JO, 1920 - May 31, 1920
James H. Meadows
1929 - 1959
John L. Fletcner
(No date)

James Elbert Morris
Jan. 9, 1928 - Feb. 24, 1928
Milliard A. Hammond
1865 - 1937
=================:==================~======= ===============================

SOME DRAPER FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS
Contributed by
Colonel William Preston Chapter NSDAR
Roanoke, Virginia
In 1949 this Bible was in possession of W.W. Phillips, Roanoke, Virginia,
Martin Draper was born March 4th 1796
Mary G. Draper was born June 2J , 1799
John Harrison Draper was born
27,
Letitia Amanda Draper was born ~~~~
Emma Jane Draper was born Sept 16, 1856
Martin Draper and Mary G. Williams were
John Harrison Draper and Letitia Amanda
Emma Jane Draper and William Riley Nunn

1822
19th, 18J2
married Febr 19th, 1818
Scott were married Janr 27 , 1848
were married Jan 27th, 1877

Martin Draper died Janr 4th, 1878
Mary G. Draper died December 19th , 1824
John Harrison Draper died July 21st, 1891
Emma Jane Nunn died August 5th, 189)
Letitia Amanda Scott Draper died July 4th, 1900
(note: from a typed copy)

�1111
GILES COUNTY, VIRG !NIA, CEMETERIES

EATON'S CHAPEL CEMETERY
Locations Staffordsville
Compiled bys Gladys E. Johnston, 1975
Earliest birth dates
George Brown Eaton

1860 - 1936
Martha Ellen
wife of Geo.
Born Mar 15,
Died May 22,

Eaton
Eaton

1861
1923

Clarence Edwin Eaton
son of Geo. Eaton

1891 - 1930
Clara Edna Eston
dau. of Geo Eaton

1891 - 197.5
(twin to Clarence E.)
Nelle Eaton Weaver
Iau. of Geo. Eaton

189.5 - 1967
Allen French Eaton
son of Geo. Eaton

188.5 - 1958
Raymond Stafford Eaton
son of Allen Eaton
1918 - 1966

1805

Earliest death dates
Etta
wife
Born
Died

Hughes Th.llaney
of Charles D.
June 1, 1859
June 12, 1947

Mary V. St. Clair
wife of Rufus
Boxn 1893 - 1971

Mable P. Eaton
Ie.u. of H.M. &amp; Lucy L. Eaton
Born Sept. 11, 1896
Died Nov. 7, 1913

Theophilus T. n.d.aney, Sr. H. Milton Eaton
Boni July 12, 1865
son of Charles D.
Died Jan. 26, 1947
June 29, 1889
Died April 17, 1937
Lucy Lee Eaton
Born April 6, 1872
Zobeda Robertson Dtl.aney
Died Nov. 22, 1925
wife of Theophilus D.
Born Oct. 15, 1889
Charles Scott
Died Aug. 26, 1972
Born Oct, 27, 1878
George Chapman D.llaney
Died July 10, 1903
son of 'Iheo . D.
Mary A. E. Scott
Born Apr. 11, 1918
Born May J, 1850
Died Nov. 18, 1941
Died Aug. 2, 1905
Wife of Joseph C, Scot t
Ellen J. Eaton
wife of
Joseph C. Scott
Crozier F.aton
Boni July 11, 1845
Boni May 7, 1825
Died Jan. 1, 1926
Died April 14, 1884
Frank Lee Brown
Boni March 24, 1888
Died Aug. 6, 1964

Rufus G. St . Clair

1890 - 1972

1857

Alex Brown
(Brother to Frank L.B.)
no date

Sam Brown
(brother to Frank L.B. )
(Below the St.Clair graves)no date
(are some Ialton and maybe )
(Ratcliff graves.)
John B. Sexton
Born Aug, 12, 1869
Charles fulaney
Died July 21, 1928
Born Feb. 14, 18.56
Died July 19, 1927

Our Little Ba.by Sleeps Here
July 8, 1907
July 9, 1907
E, B, and L. C. E.
Brown Eaton

186J - 1926
lura Peters Eaton
wife of Brown Eaton

1866 - 1951
Eugene Blake Eaton
Boni July J O, 1909
Died Oct. 12, 1942
Rex B. Eaton

1893 - 1962

�/()~

Anna Gray Eaton Long
Samuel H. Stanley
lhu. of Bro.:wn &amp; Lura Eaton Born April 20, 1881
Died April 15, 1940
Born May 20, 1897
Died Aug. 22, 1969
Sallie Ann Stanley
John Howard Price
April 22, 1895 A.S. U. S,N.R, World War II
Jan. 10, 1952
Born Aug. 4, 1917
Died Dec. 3, 1964
Lueille S. Eaton
Born May 21, 1916
Charles Douglas Price
Died Aug . 6, 1963
Sgt. 150 Infantry,
Arthur C. Eaton
World War II
Born Aug. 16, 1912
Born July 7, 1923
Died Sept. 27, 1962
Died Oct. 3, 1968
Robert Carl Price
Oct . 28, 1895 - Sept 28,

1972
Richard Eat.Gn
Born Dec. 29, 1805
Died Mar. J, 1857
Juliet P. Anderson Eaton
Born Nov. 25, 1815
Died Mar. 13, 1906
Mary
Wife
Born
Died

C. Eaton
of Johnson Wilburn
May 14, 1837 (?)
Aug. 1862 (?)

Johnson Wilburn
Born Jan. 1822
Died Oct. 3, 1863
Joseph

c.

Eaton
(1861- 1865 C. S.A.)
Son of Richard and
Juliet P. Eaton
Born Dec . 15, 1839
Died May 9, 1864
Clyde L. Eaton
Born Sept. 29 , 1884
Died Aug. 16, 1922
Clara Burnett
lhu . Sam H. &amp; Sallie A.
Stanley
Born June 9 , 1928
Died Jan . 29, 1929

Minerva S. Eaton
Wife of Joe Hoge Eaton
Born Oct. 17, 1864
Died April 2, 1919
Joe Hoge Eaton
Born Nov. 23, 1858
Died Mar. 25, 1902
Ellen M. Eaton
Wife of Richard Eaton
Born Sept. 4, 1836
Died April 16, 1904
Richard Eaton
Born Jan. 7, 1832
Died Oct 19, 1924
Albert M. Eaton
Born Dec. 13, 1886
Died May 27, 1922
Robert Glenn Eaton
Born Oct. 21, 1889
Died Jan. 18, 1931
Minnie J. Eaton Dennis
Born April 14, 1892
Died Oct , JO, 1966
Jean Hoge Eaton
March 24, 1947
March 25, 1947
Mandona O. Wilburn
Born Feb. 17, 1854
Died Oct. 9, 1925

Mason Br own Eaton
Son of H. M. a nd L.L. Eaton
Born J a n . 14 , 1900
Died June 2J, 1901
Maggi e E. Eaton
Ia.u. of J . W. &amp; Ettie S .
Ea ton
Born Dec . 10, 1888
Died Au g . 17, 1906
Ray Ca udill Eaton
Born
?
Died Sept. 15, 1966
50 yea rs old
Jo e T. Sadler

1900 - 1950
James W. Poff

1908 - 1958
Ja mes Ea ton Poff
Born May 4, 1947
Died May 24, 1947
Clarence Hayes Eaton
Son of Ray C. Eaton
Born Apr. 11, 1917
Died May 9 , 1940
Crozier Eaton
Born May 19, 1826
Died Mar. 7, 1900
Kissiah C.
Wife of Edward Eaton
Born Jan. 15, 1819
Died Oct. 7 , 1893 (?)
Edward Eaton
Born Oct 7, 1861
Died Aug. 24, 1888 (?)

Ivy Stafford
Ia.u. of J . W. and Linnie
Ann s.
Born Oct. 25, 1881
Died Nov . 13, 1881
James Eaton
Born July 8, 1823
Died Jan. 19, 1874
A grave below this has
rock marker, no name .

�/ 1)3
James C. Eaton
Born Mar. 28, 1850
Died Aug. 11, 1882
Henry H. Eaton
June 21 , 1894
April 7, 1895
Son of C.L. &amp; S. V. Eaton

M. Berta Eaton
fuu. of L.M. &amp; Emma S,
Eaton
Born June 25, 1871
Died Jan. 28, 1884
Ellen J . Henderson Eaton
Born May 7, 1825
Died April 14, 1884

E. Fannie
Wife of W. J. Thurman
Born Feb. 16, 1846
Died JW1e 28, 1881
John I:avid Eaton
July 21, 1868
July 26, 1914
John Strother Eaton
Born July 29, 1897
Died May 4, 1968
Son of William Boston &amp;
Sarah Emma Eaton
William Pete Stafford
son of Wm. B. Stafford
Born Feb. 23, 1910
Died Mar 28, 1929
Walter Cecil Stafford
Son of Wm. B. Stafford
Born April 5, 1916
Died Feb . 4, 1946

Vesta Richard Eaton
Born July 8, 1886
Died Jan. 7, 1959
Son of Wm . and Sarah
Charles Crozier Eaton
Son of Wm. B. and Sarah
April 20, 1888
May 28, 1957
William Boston Eaton
Born May 28, 1857
Died July 10, 19.36

Dorothy Francis Dulaney
.Iau. of Jess T. and Stella
Dllaney
Born Nov. 5, 1919
Died Feb . 19 , 1922
William fuvid Dulaney
Son of Jess T. and Stella
Dllaney
Born Feb. 5, 1913
Died Oct. 9, 1914
fuvid Eaton
Boni Sept. 7, 1820
Died April 25 , 1860

Sarah Emma Eaton
Wif'e of Wm . Boston Eaton
Born Feb. 22, 1862
Julia Eaton
Died July 22, 1941
Born Jan. 15, 1818
Died Apr. 14, 1871
E. Doc Eaton
1848 - 1906
Boston Eaton
Born Dec. 2, 1820
Madora S. Eaton
Died Apr. 7, 1900
wife of E. D. Eaton
1854 - 1906
Rhoda E. Eaton
Wife of Boston Ea.ton
Gertrude F.aton
Boni May 27, 1838
fuu. of fuc Ea ton
Died Mar. 10, 1913
1877 - 1898
William B. Stafford
Richard Eaton
Born Sept. 24, 1860
Son of Doc Eaton
Died Mar. 28, 1934
1885 - 1907
Avie Hardiman Stafford
Sarah Fern Stafford
Born Jan JO, 1870
fuu. of Wm. B. Stafford Died Nov . 27, 1922
Born Nov. 18, 1896
Wife of Wm. B. Stafford
Died May 24, 19.31
Bettie Bell F.aton
Joe Shannon Eaton
1867 - 1950
1866 - 1936
(wife of Joe Shannon Eaton)
John Sheppard Eaton
Shuler K. Johnston
1890 - 1951
Born Sept. 17 , 1900
Died Dec. Ji, 1974

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IN MEMORY
Naurine H. Gibson
Orlando, Florida
===================~========================================

�CHEROKEE REMOVAL RECORIB
in the National Archives , Washington , D. C.
from material given out at the SVCS Jrd annual Workshop on May 17, 1980
Register of Cherokees who wished to remain in the ea s t. 2 Volumes .
These are arranged chronolog ically by date of reg i s tration of the
Cherokees who wished to remain in the Eas t 1s U. S . Citizens. There is
an alphabetical name index for some of t hese .
Emigration Rolls
18 Volumes.
This is a listing of Cherokees who wi s hed to e migrate , rolls of
actual emigrants , muster rolls of conducted parties, and lists of Indians
able to move by themselves. Some rolls a r e s i gned by the Indians and
constitute relinquishments of their lands in the east. Usually only
heads of families are listed, but often there i s s ome information conceniing the other members of the family. There a re alphabetical name
indexes for some rolls.
Easteni Cherokee Census Rolls -- 19 Volumes
Original rolls, copies of rolls , and alphabetical indexes. The
rolls were commonly known as follows :
Henderson Roll: This was the census of 1935*taken of the
Cherokees bef ore removal to the West.
Mullay Roll, 1848; Siler Roll , 1851; Chapman Roll, 1852;
Powell Roll, 1867 (no index); Swetland Rolls, 1869 (one roll
not indexed) and Hester Roll, 1884.
The Henderson Roll lists heads of families and gives inf'ormation
concerning the family and its property. Most of the other rolls were
made to determine eligibility for payments due under provisions of the
1835 Treaty.
1851 Old Settlers Roll
This is a roll made up of those old Cherokee settlers who were in
the west before the Trail of Tears or the emigration of the Eastern
group. The settlers of the west felt they should have a portion of the
fund allotted in the Treaty of 1935. The government did give them a
portion and a transcription and index to this is in microfilm roll 12,
microcopy 685.
On May 28, 1909 Guion Miller, special commissioner presented a final
roll of those Cherokee Indians who were eligible to participate in a
fund awarded to the Eastern Cherokees at the time of 1835-36 and 1845
or to their descendants.
The report consists of 10 volumes of findings on individual applications, arranged by application number. There are two volumes of
alphabetical index to names.

(The above was part of the talk given by Ms Pauline Dunn of the
National Archives.)
(*should this be 1835?)

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FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Falling Spring , Alleghany Coo , Vao
*Contributed by D R Murphy
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Note : The list of gravemarkers includes only the people
born before 1900 0
Wilford W. Anderson
July 7, 1889
April 18, 1975
Revo JoGo Rinrrner
Father
Jan 1898
Oct 1978

Hickory Jackson Kern
Son of Jim &amp; Sarah C. Kern
Dec 22, 1871
June 5, 1958
Mar. Lillie Allen 1911
Lillie Mac Kern
Jan 5, 1890
Nov 21, 1969

Martha Ko Clark
Mother
May 1893
Apr 1973

Jacob Snead Kern
Nov 24, 1877
Apr 26, 1960

Rob ert Gwinn Vawter
May 9, 1895
Feb 23, 1979

Gertrude Corron Kern
June 14, 1879
Nov 18, 1963

John James Robbins Jr.
Nov 17, 1892
Mar 16, 1979

Robert Dabney Carson D.D.
1876-1937

Reba Kyle Robb ins
Aug 30, 1893
John A. DePriest
Nov 15, 1894
Apr 14, 1952

Julia Kyle Carson
1881- 1949
Mary Leighton Smith
June 4, 1875
Mar 4 , 1939

Cora V. DePreist
Oc t 1, 1900

Robert Edward Lee Smith
June 4, 1871
Jan 8, 1940

John W. Fuller
June 9, 1886
Dec 11, 1954

James Palmer Deacon
June 18, 1898
Aug 11, 1963

Annie Mo Fuller
Feb 1 , 1884
Oct 24, 1954

Jerry Hanna
Dec 5, 1874
May 10, 1941

*P.Oo Box 161, Covington, Va.

24426

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FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Thomas H. Lemmons
June 30, 1895
Dec 3, 1977

Ethel Bishop
Sept 8, 1879
June 2, 1974

Reba C. Lemmons
Jan 27, 1902
July 28, 1974

Sadie Smith Deacon
Dec 11, 1895
Aug 25, 1967

Robert Mo Perkins
Nov 10, 1872
Oct 24, 1957

Albert Ao Slayton
Feb 27, 1883
July 25, 1965

Ella Bo Perkins
Nov 12, 1873
June 8, 1954

Polly A . Slayton
Feb 15, 1889
Nov 27, 1975

George Wo Vance
Aug 1, 1885
Har 16, 1968

Wo Howard Martin
Mar 1, 1894
Mar 18, 1932

Melvinia Ro Vance
Aug 19, 1887
Mar 23, 1956

Charles Ao Mann
1869-1949

Archie A. Rucker
Jan 4, 1882
Aug 4, 1957
Minnie B . Rucker
Oct 27, 1888
Aug 25, 1969
George Alexander Vance
1875-1952
Cora A. DePriest
1891-1980

Irene Bo Mann
1865-1954
Mary Jane Thacker
1870-1953
Henry Bo Vance
1868-1967
George Mo Terry
Pvt . USA WWII
Jan 25, 1897
Apri l 27, 1977

William T. Blake
Oct 1, 1892

Walter Scott Smith
Sept 3, 1885
Feb 17, 1966

Al i ce J o Blake
Apr 2 0, 1903
Dec 7, 1973

Eva Ballard Smith
Feb 5, 1894
Dec 23, 1961

Preston GQ Blake
Oct 10, 1937

C . R. Williams
Son of EoNo &amp; M.K. Williams
July4, 1889
Feb 4, 1927

John L . Mann
Feb 8, 1839
Dec 24, 1918

�FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Estaline V. Mann
Feb 26, 1832
Sept 19 , 1909
Aaron L. Burger
Son of DoEo &amp; A.M. Burger
Feb 28, 1892
Feb 6, 1920
Albert Callaghan
June 9, 1851
Aug 12, 1925
Jacob Richmond
CSA Co I 60 VA Info
Thomas Frank Mann
1873-1955
WoAo Vance
Mar 31, 1855
Oct 13, 1934
Daniel Ao Vance
May 22, 1869
Apr 7, 1924

Erasmus N. Williams
1861-1928
Mary Ko Williams
1863-1937
Joanna Thacker
Wife of AoLo Tha cker
Feb .. 21, 1862
May 16, 1917
Caroline Mo Vance
Wife of Wm. Ro Vance
Died Jan 19 , 1917
Aged about 80 Yrs .
Amanda Mo Vance
Wife of W.A. Vance
Sept 18, 1866
Mar 4, 1923
Wmo Ao Scott
CSA SC Co. Edgars Batto
July 10, 1841
Jan 20, 1911

Ballard J . Smith
1830-1914 '

Thomas H. Smith
Oct 1, 1881
Jan 7, 1970

Mattie F. Robinson Smith
Wife of B . J. Smith
1841-1917

Otie Co Smith
Jan 8, 1888
June 18, 1946

Ada Mae Smith Tyree
Wife of Charles H. Tyree
1866-1937

Arthur H. Fountaine
June 29, 1868
Mar 12 , 1935

Charles Henry Tyree
1866-1940

Allen Po Thompson
Apr 17, 1873
Mar 25, 1955

Anna Muriel Thompson
Oct 3, 1893
Dec 2, 1943

L.E . Bowers
1875- 1933

Ida Keyser Thompson
Aug 4, 1879
Mar 25, 1955
Charles W. Helder
Aug 23, 1866
Feb 27, 1933

�FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Brownie M. Bowers
1878-1956
Verna Keyser McCallister
1893-1967
Archie Wo Keyser
Oct 21, 1877
July 12, 195.1
Rosa B. Keyser
Apr 12, 1885
July 16, 1955
Robert Lee Jenkins
1865-1931
Carrie Lisa
1873-1939

J~kins

Daniel Paul Grose
May 3, 1875
Jan 8, 1921
Born at Hot Springs VA in old
log house at Groce Siding
Margaret S, Greaver
April 16, 1865
Nov 5, 1933
H.F . Shoaf Keyser
Jan 20, 1852
June 25, 1922
Louisa Clark Keyser
Wife Of H.F. Shoaf Keyser
May 26, 1854
Feb 9, 1902
Bessie
Dau of
Dec 4 ,
Feb 9,

Keyser
S . H. &amp; LoCo Keyser

1883
1902

Lee Andrews Keyser
Feb 16, 1882
June 5 , 1906

Carl Bernhard
June 15, 1869
Feb 12, 1937
Tho~as F. Dressler
July 18 , 1885
Oct 9, 1915

Ethel Mann Dressler
1888-1972
Bertha Lo Boswell Varner
Jan 27, 1873
Apr 9,
1945
J.Y. Greaver
May 28, 1873
Apr 27, 1915
Susan E o Greaver
Wife of J.Y. Greaver
May 19, 1838
Aug 17, 1918
Fannie A o Curry
July 23, 1879
Dec 8, 1960
Charlie Ro Curry
Sep 8, 1899
Sept 25, l 9Lt-5
Fannie Lewis
Colored Servant of AA
Perkins Family
1824-1894
Thomas Wo McCallister
1891-1978
Susan McCoy McCallister
1876-1944
Lewis T. Mann
July 8, 1802
Nov 3, 1893

�FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
John Renick Keyser Sro
Sept 10, 1880
June 12, 1969
Blanche Tyree Keyser
Apr 22, 1891
June 25, 1962
Virginia F. Mann
Jan 28, 1846
Mar 20, 1907
Anson A. Perkins
June 25, 1828
Feb 10, 1905

Sarah A. Mann
Wife of L.T. Mann
Aug 14, 1804
Sept 24, 1860
James Ro Mccal lister
Sept 7 , 1839
Mar 18, 1918
Margie So Mccallister
Wife of J . R. McCallister
Died Feb 29, 1888
Aged 46 Yrs 1 Mo 13 Ds
May C. Mccallister
Dauo 0 f J R &amp; M S
Died Aug 14, 1876
Aged 1 Yr 1 Mo
0

Sarah E. Perkins
Nov 18, 1837
Oct 4,
1940
Lee Jo Dame
Sept 9, 1861
Aug 7, 1864
Aramitti A. Dame
Wife of John Dame
Died July 22, 1879
Aged 54 Yrs
Henry E. Curry
Nov 10, 1879
Feb 12, 1936

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Mccallister

Samuel S. Mccallister
May 20, 1861
Jan 30, 1862
Archibald Mccallister
Died June 24, 1889
Aged 80 Yrs 6 Mo 20 Ds
Margaret S . Mccallister
Wife of Ao }fcCallister
Died April 23, 1888
Aged 68 Yrs 2 Mo 26 Ds

Milton W. Mccallister
Dec 1, 1858
Feb 1, 1862

Ann Kincaid
Wife of Andrew Kincaid
Aug 30, 1791
Sept 10, 1864

Susan J. McCallister
Nov 22, 1849
Jan 16, 1862

Andrew Kincaid
Jan 8, 1858
Aged 74 Yrs 10 Mos 16 Ds

WilliaIP_F, Mccallister
Dec 24, 185·6· ·
Feb 5, 1862

Blank Stone
Nov 4, 1854

John Ao Mccallister
CSA
July 20, 1841
May 1864

Margaret J. Kincaid
May 5, 1824
Oct 24, 1855
Aged 29 Yrs 5 Mo

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FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Andrew K. McCal lister
Nov 2, 1851
Feb 12, 1862
William Harvey Handley
Sept 6, 1861
Mar 18, 1870
&amp;

John Bryant Handley
May 2, 1869
June 27, 1875
&amp;

Henry Adolphus
Feb 25, 1856
Jan 14, 1875
Sons of Harrison &amp; Susan
Mann Handley
Mary Ao Kincaid
Nov 18, 1818
Nov 5, 1874
Sanuel Kincaid
Jan 24, 1814
May 5, 1873
George Fo Kincaid
Mar 27, 1870
July 24, 191 4

Sarah Elloitt Kincaid
June 3, 1812
Febyl3, 1830
Aged 17 Yrs 8 Mo 10 Ds
Anne Kincaid
June 12, 1826
June 18, 1827
Elizabeth J oCo Perkins
Wife of Alex A. Perkins
Feb 23, 1860
Aged 18 Yrs 4 Mo 27 Ds
Mary J.C. Perkins
Dau of AoAo &amp; E . J . C. Perkins
Mar 15, 1860
Aged 21 Ds
0

Maggie Kincaid
Jan 20, 1857
Jan 29, 1902
William Dean
Son of s. &amp; Mo Dean
Jan 13, 1838
Oct 26, 1861
2 Stones can not read

Elizabeth Kincaid
Jan 12, 1831
June 14, 1897

J . G. Kincaid
Feb 10 , 1818
July 28 , 1891

Ann Eliza Kincaid
Dau. of S. &amp; MoAo Kincaid
June 27, 1860
Aged 20 Yrs 6 Mos 11 Ds

Isabel la P . Kincaid
Wife of Jas. G. Kincaid
Jan 20, 1830
Oct 15, 1904

John Kincaid
Pvt Hanley's Co VA Mil
Revolut ionary War
Jan 11, 1758
Aug 5, 1835

Wilber Lo Ca l laghan
Sept 20, 1861
Oct 20, 1896

Alice Kincaid
Wife of John Kincaid
Feb 23, 1861
Aged 94 Yrs

Mrso J ane To Dudley
Sept 30, 1797
Nov 24, 1890

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FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Nancy Kincaid
Po lly Kincaid
Ange line Kincaid
Dau o of Jo &amp; A. Kincaid
William D. Kincaid
Jan'y 18, 1838
Aged 47 Yrs
Nancy Kincaid
Wife of W. Kincaid
May 11, 1836
Aged 27 Yrs
Nancy Alice Kincaid
Dau. of W. &amp; No Kincaid
Aged 5 Mo
Erected by Ada Louise Keyser in
memory of the Tyree , Keyser,
McCallister, Kincaid and
Smith relatives that rest
here o
Robert C. Noel
1812-1868
Louisa Cooper Noel
Wife of ·R. Noel
1812 - 1895
Sudie H. Stull
Wife of GoLo Stull
July 8 , 1854
June 8, 1895
Robert Wo Griffith
Feb 12, 1865
Aged 21 Yrs 1 Mo 24 Ds

John Mccallister
Sept 3, 1890
Aged 76 Yrs 11 Mo

I ,H. Tyree
Father
CSA
El i za Tyree
Mother
Arch H. Mann

CSA
June 19, 1834
Feb 5, 1900
Mrs Mary M. Mann
May 20, 1838
July 4, 1908
Aged 70 Yrs 1 Mo 15 Ds
William H, Surber
Jan 11, 1916
Aged about 72 Yrs
Sarah C, Surber
Wife of W.H. Surber
Nov 2, 1841
May 7, 1916
James AoC. Kincaid
May 7, 1849
Apr 3, 1916
Mary S.H. Kincaid
Wife of JoAoCo Kincaid
June 2, 1852
Oct 7, 1916

Elizabeth Griffith
Jan 18, 1824
Nov 22, 1911

Annie MoAo Keyser
Dauo of S H. &amp; L.C. Keyser
Nov 19 , 1889
Nov 24, 1889

Caleb Griffith
Sept 15, 1813
Mar 15, 1896

Henry B. Keyser
Son of H.F . S. &amp; LoCo Keyser
Jan 17, 1889
Aged 2 Mo 19 Ds

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FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Dennis Callaghan
Aug 14, 1814
Mar 24, 1900

Mary Edith Clarkson
June 28, 1893
Aug 28, 1962

Rebecca
Wife of
Nov 25,
Dec 21,

William M. Johnson
Aug 1, 1856
May 10, 1937

So Callaghan
D. Callaghan
1830
1901

Elizabeth Grose
Wife of Wmo Grose
Nov 19, 1839
June 29, 1903
Wm. A. Grose
Oct 25, 1822
Mar 24, 1901
Thomas Ao Mann
Son of A.G. &amp; CoVo Mann
Mar 7 , 184i
Nov 15, 1892
Clementine Vo Mann
Wife of AoGo Mann
Nov 29, 1885
Aged 67 Yrs 2 Mo 20 Ds

Mary Ao Johnson
Feb 20, 1861
Feb 23, 1838 (;&gt;1&lt;!.)
Lester J. Johnson
Aug 22, 1888
Aug 25, 1938
Mary A.Mo Mann
Aug 7, 1840
Jan 2, 1929
H.B Morgan
1869-1932
0

Florence To Mann
Wife of HoBo Mann
1862-1938

Archibald Go Mann
Stone Broken

Georgie L o Perkins
Aug 17, 1870
Jan 14, 1933

Harry Preston Scruggs
Son of C.H. &amp; LoBo Scruggs
Dec 3, 1888
Oct 31, 1937

John Lo Boswell
CSA
Aug 26, 1837
Nov 14, 1899

Ira B. Griffith
Wife of J.B. Griffith
June 2, 1869
Oct 24, 1891

Elizabeth Ao Boswell
Wife of J.L. Boswell
Dec 9, 1844
Apr 7, 1899

Gertrude Gold Griffith
Dauo of JoBo &amp; B.B. Griffith
Apr 8, 1898
June 19, 1898

Virginia R. Helmintoler
Wife of PoC• Helmintoler
June 26, 1876
June 19, 1897

Mamie Shelton Griffith
Dau. of J.B. &amp; BoBo Griffith
Apr 28, 1900-0ct 25, 1900

Clarence W. Cave
Son of E.L . &amp; MoPo Cave
Age 4 Mo 1897

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FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Alice Cavendish Mann McCallister
Wife of E.T . Mccallister
Mar 29, 1841
Oct 18 , 1905
Lilia Kyle
Dau of T.D. &amp; AoLo Kyle
Dec 4, 1884
Sept 27, 1891
Edmond Warren Kyle
Son of T.D. &amp; AoLo Kyle
July 15, 1892
Feb 3, 1899
Annie Lo Kyle
Wife of Thomas Daggs Kyle
Dec. 20, 1857
Apr 12, 1934

Thomas :J o Daggs
Mar 12, 1807
Apr 12, 1892
Russell B. Tyree
1864-1927
Susan ·Co Tyree
1886- 1979
Eward James Skelding
Nov 5, 1876
Dec 12, 1907
Lucy Skelding
Wife of E.J. Skelding
July }.6, 1882
Apr 25, 1907

Thomas Daggs Kyle
July 31, 1858
Apr 18, 1899

E?asb Johnson
Son of W.M. &amp; MoA. Johnson
Sep 8 1891
Aug 31, 1899

Jo Galbraith Kyle
Apr 26, 1886
June 13, 1973

Larkin F . Tyree
Co K 52 VA Inf .
CSA

Lucinda ·L . Miller
Jan 17, 1824
May 8, 1903

Martha Eo Meadows
Sept 7, 1899
Aug 23, 1945

Thomas McDevitt Kyle
Feb 25, 1888
Jan 16 , 1919

Henry Ao Noel
Mar 3, 1845
May 29, 1930

Martha Mo Tyree
Wife of L.F . Tyree
Aged 83 Yrs

Anna Lorena Noel
Wife of H.A . Noel
Nov 17 , 1865
Dec 2, 1915

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A FAMILY RECORIB SYSTEM
"Happiness is Knowing Where it is"
(The following is the outline of the talk presented by Bill R. Linder at
The Fifth Annual Genealogical Workshop held on July 17 , 1982 . )
MAIN IDEA:

"EVERY'IlUNG HAS A PLACE"

GET CONTROL 1

Go through the house and find out what you've got. Make headings on
slips of paper and stack item under these headings .
Make a working list of the types of items ( s ubjects) you find.
GET ORGANIZED:

Set up major subj ect classifications .
Set up subdivisions as necessary.

EXAMpLE:
Subject

1st Level
Subdivision

2nd Level
Subdivisions

EXPENSES

Insurance

Auto
Life
Medical

Make an alphabeti cal list of all subject headings, and under each
subject , list subdivisions alphabetically .
This list is a guide or index to what is in your paperwork collection.
GET FILEDs

Label fo l ders to match subject headings and subdivis ions.
File papers neatly within folders in orderly fas hion.

USE YOUR FILE1
Place your file index at the front of your file.
Don't let papers accumulate -- file them.
Create new subject and subdivision headings as needed , always addi ng
them to your file index.
When feasible, use your file for appropriate non-paper items.
Use your file for all family paperwork. It is a family " central" file.
All papers will flow efficiently to and from it i f you will use i t .
Teach your children and your spouse to use your file.
Tailor the concept of the family records system to fit your family' s
needs.
(Editor's note: As Mr. Linder also used s lides, the above was the basis
for his lecture. How does the above apply to genealogy -- everyone has

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the above expenses -- but the needs of each genealogist is different. '.!be
beginner will not have as extensive a fi le as the one who has done research
longer.
As Mr. Linder said start NOW -- on your house file and your genealogical file .
Too expensive to buy a file and folders. Start with a cardboard box (paint it, use contact paper to cover it) and the folders -- or
manilla envelope makes temporary file folders. You have a friend - or
spouse - who works in an office, ask them to save you the old folders that
are to be thrown away. I wish I could think of everything that Mr. Linder
said -- and it takes me forever to transcribe a tape. We learn a lot -now to put it into practice -- today not tomorrow! !)

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Fifth Annual Genealogical Workshop

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President, Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society

�"An Overview of, and Update on,
the National Archives"
"Organizing to Produce''
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Bill R. Linder
Director of the Central Reference Division
of the National Archives and General Chairman
of the National Genealogical Conferences in the States

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"Colonial Germans in the Shenandoah Valley"
Peggy Shomo Joyner
Certified Genealogist, author,
and genealogy instructor at
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Va.

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SURNAME INDEX
The list is set up as fol lows: name and address of person doing the research;
the columns are: Surname, given name, location, and dates.
Emily LARGE FUHS, 2 5932 Cannel Knolls Drive, Carmel, CA 93923
correction to her list on p 55 , May 1982.
STARK (Not Stack) V. Ellen
Washington Co . , VA
1760/70-1846
Barbara Blankenshi
LOW(E) LAU
HENBREE/EMBREE
CARROLL
BIRD/BYRD
SHOOPMAN/SCHUCKMAN
ADKINS
PHILLIPS
BUNCH
McGHEE
McGHEE
COLE
COLE
PA'ITERSON

Michael
Mashack
Martha
William
Nicholas
John
Isaac
James
John
James C
Judy
Alexander
William

PATTERSON
KING
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
BLANKENSHIP
BURLESON
CARROLL

Robert
Robert
Nancy
William
John 'fu:rner
Mary Caroline
Drury

Mrs
thia L MUSSELMAN
PO Box
AIKEN EAKIN
Redmond
BELL
Buchanan
BELL
Victor
BENNETT
John
Christopher
CHAM PE
Robert Mason
HUTCHISON
HUTCHISON
Samuel
KNIGHT
Peter
PERSINGER
Nancy
PRICE
Sarah
SARVER
Sarah Frances
Mrs May S Worley,
RAMSEY

OOVE
WITCHER
McHANEY/McHENRY
SAUNDERS
GEORGE
REYNOLIB
PIC.KERAL
DALTON
MUSTAIN

Pa Scott Co, TN
Knox Co,KY/Scott Co/TN

d 1852 TN
b 1812 Ky
md c 18.33 (above)
Ky/Tu
b c 1801 NC
NC/Camp (Scott) TN
TN
res VA til 1811
Loud, Montg, VA/Camp,
1816-1862
Cam;&gt;., Scott Co, TN
NC/Anderson Co,TN
ca 1794--1865
SC/Anderson Co, TN
b c 1795 SC
Anderson, Scott Co, TN b 1792
c 1839 KY
PA/VA/TN/ Wayne Co, KY
b
1804 TN
Anderson, Scott Co, TN
d c 1827 TN
Anderson Co, TN
Aug. Co, VA/Hawkins,
Anderson 'IN
b 1753
Aug . Co, VA/Sullivan,TN d bef 1799
Aug, VA
d 1749 VA
d c 1840 'IN
VA7Anderson, TN
killed by Ind. 1787
Hawkins Co, TN
md 29 Oct 1868
Madison Co, NC
b c 184.3
Madison Co, NC
b
c 1800 NC
NC/Anderson Co,'IN
Stafford VA 22
Botetourt Co, VA
Giles Co, VA
Craig Co, VA
Alleghany Co, VA
Giles Co, VA
Botetourt Co, VA
Craig Co, VA
Harrison Co, WV
Alleghany Co, VA
Craig Co, VA
Craig Co, VA

4-00
d Aug 1781
1820 ' s
18JO's
1840's
md 1802
b 1772
b 1812
1810 ' s
1840 's
1850's
184o's

Box 272, Natural Bridge Station, VA 24579
Pittsylvania Co, VA
d 1790
Thomas
Charles ·co, MD
b 27 Nov 1758
William Sr
Pittsylvania Co,VA
d 1808
William Sr
Pittsylvania Co, Va
md 8 Nov 1794
Celia
Pittsylvania
Co,
VA
md 22 Dec 1829
Amos
Pittsylvania Co, VA
d 1799
James
Pittsylvania Co, VA
d Apr 1917
Henry Clay
Jane Katherine Pittsylvania Co, VA ? b 29 Sept 1849
Pittsylvania Co, VA
md 1 Apr 1782
Molly
Mary Polley
Pittsylvania Co, VA
md 25 Apr 1811
con't

�Mrs May W Worley (con't)
BRADffi
.Ianiel

HARPER

Frank

O'CONNELL

James
Nancy Jane
Jacob
Harriet
Charles
Mary
Barba:ra

GREEN

NICELY

CUMMINGS
CAMPBELL
MORRIS
NICELY

Mrs La Mona WALDRON PHILLIPS ,
WALDRON
Moses
ST CLAIR
Mary
St CLAIR
Ro be rt Sr
WALDRON
Beverly D
MOORMAN
Nancy
MOORMAN
Jacob
GROOMS
Jonathan
Rev War
WALDRON
Moses
Civil War
PEARCY
Nancy
PEARCY
Henry
GRASS/GROSS
Rachel
GRASS/GROOS
Isaac
WALDRON
James E
COOK
Margaret
WALDRON
Edward D
Pearl Ann
LONG

Rockbridge Co , VA
Botetourt Co, VA
Rockbridge Co , VA/ILL
Rockbridge Co , VA/ILL
Rockbridge Co , VA
Rockbridge Co, VA
Rockbridge Co , VA
Rockbridge Co, VA
Rockbridge Co ., VA
2402 Sycamore ,
res Bedford
Bedford Co ,
.Bed.ford Co ,
Bedford Co,
Bedford Co ,
Bedford Co ,
London, Eng

taxpayer 1782
d c 1894
rnd 4 Jan 1853
md 4 Jan 1853 VA
c 1750
md 21 Nov 18J8
md 21 Nov 18J8
md 5 July 1832
md 1J Aug 1807

Wasco, CA 93280
Co
b c 1784-1852 VA
VA
b c 1784-1852 VA
VA
d 1827 VA
b c 1805 - 1886 VA
VA
b c 1820-1877 VA
VA
VA
md 1800 VA
b 1756-1841 VA

Bedford Co , VA

b c 1827-1904 MO

Bed£ord Co , VA
Bed£ord Co , res
Bedford Co , res
Botetourt Co , VA
Bedford Co , VA

b c 1820-180J(sic) MO
b c 1776-1859 VA
VA
md 1794 VA
b 1854-1918 AR
b 1856-1941 OK
b 1881-1952 CA
b 1886-1975 CA

'IN

Vichy, Maries Co,MO
Freeman Sp , Pope Co,AR

Mrs Beverly PFAFF 1
HOLLOWAY
HOCKER
Mc CARLEY
FITZGERALD
HARRIS
HARBERT/HARBORD

1212 Cox Road 1
John F
Samuel
Samuel
John
William
Joseph Bailey

Kay E Cunningham,
BARB

1016 Pleasant Drive, Plattsmouth, Nebraska 68048
Elizabeth
Washington Co , VA
b 1855
Washington Co, VA
b 1830
John
Isaac
Aug . , Wash. Co, VA
1797-1874
Jacob Jr
Shen , Wash, Aug, Cos, VA 1764-1845
Jacob Sr
1708-1819
Ger/Shenandoah Co, VA
P Wesley
res 1848-1861
Claiboum e Co, TN
Thomas
res 1780
Roane Co, TN
Jacob
d 184J
Sullivan Co, TN
res 1835
Henry
Bristol, TN?VA
d c 184o's
Frederick
Bristol, 'IN?VA
Nicholas
Bountyville, Sullivan Co ,TN d c 1840's
1758-1841
William Tandy
Roane Co, TN
1648-1698
Original
Westmoreland Co, VA
d c 1862
Mary
Westmoreland Co, VA
F:rancis
Richmond/Fairfax Cos, VA 1704-1757

BARB

BARB
BARB
BARB

BARNARD
CRUMBLISS

DROKE
LEONARD
LEONARD
BARGER
SENTER

BROWNE
BUTLER
TRIPLETT

A::Qtos 1 CA 2200]
Pittsylvania Co, VA
MD/Mercer Co, KY
Jessamine Co, KY
Pittsylvania Co, VA
Jessamine Co, KY
VA/KY/ILL/Iowa

b 1813
d 1855

md 1824 KY
will pro 1824
will pro 1844 KY
md 1809, Mercer KY

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Mrs Elbert A Vowell
08 Warwick Road
Palatine IL 6006
CAMERON
Da.niel
Montg Wythe Co , VA
GULLION
Jane
Wythe Co , VA
CROCKETT
Alexander
Jefferson/Anderson Co , 'IN
WATKINS
Elizabeth
'IN/IN/MO
DALTON
William
Bed.ford/Pitts/Gray. , VA
S TURMAN/S TIERMAN
Elizabeth
Bed.ford/Pitts/Gray. , VA
NOSLER
Conrad
Montg , VA/TN/Owen Co , IN
PAIN
Sarah
Montg VA/'IN/Owen Co , IN
WEBB
Jacob
Franklin Co , VA
AUSTIN
Mary (Mollie)
Franklin Co , VA
COCK
John
Grayson Co, VA
GOAD
Abraham
Richmond Co , VA
WARD
James
Bertie Co , NC
JENNINGS
Margaret ( Peggy) Pitts/Grayson Co, VA
HOWX
Adam
NC/Lee Co , VA/Owen Co . IN
HALE
Mary
Lee Co VA/Owen Co IN
MUSSER
Smyth Co VA
John
SPANGLER
Peter
Wythe Co VA
Ianiel
HELT/HELD
Smyth Co , VA
SOUDERBA.CK
Da.niel
VA/IN/Adams Co IL
Mrs Roy F DODD,
ARNOLD
BROWN
CALLAWAY
BRYAN
CALLAWAY
CHAPMAN
CURLE

2 Oak Lane SW ,

William
Ianiel
Polly
William
Joseph Sr
Giles
Pasco

Glen Burnie, Md 21061
Cumberland
Bed.ford, Campbell Co
Botetourt Co
Essex Co
Frederick Co
Elizabeth City Co

will 1774

1748-1795
md 1781 above
will 1790
Deed 1700
1744 sold land
1700 elected co
officer
1743, processioned
l ands in precinct
d 1818
d 1700
1779 land transaction
will 1784
d c 1752

DAVIS

John

Louisa Co

LEE

John
Andrew
William
Henry
Elizabeth
Col Wm
Wi l liam Curle
Col William
Samu el Sr

Campbell Co
Nansemond Co
Botetourt Co
Campbel l Co
Bedford Co
husband of above
Roanoke Co
Elizabeth City Co
Orange Co (now WV(sic))

MEADE

TABLER
TATE

TILLEY
CALLAWAY
WILLIAMS
WILSON
WORTHINGTON

1787- after 1850
md 1 Nov 1808 (above)
d 1816
b 1777, md 179J(above)
c 1748- 1811
md c 1768 above
c 1770-1836
b 1782; md 1801 above
res 1760's
md 1740's above
d after 1787
d 1734
d 1780
md T Phillips c 1767
1786-1851
b c 1790; md above
d 1844
1712- 1796
d 1845
1752- 1843

d 1851
will 1713
1686-1739

�QUERIES
Jill T. DECKER, 421. F.chols St. SE, Vienna, VA 22180
Looking for parents and info of my gggrandmother, Sabina NUI'TER, m in
Monroe Co in 1842 to Silas Foote TAYLOR .
Mrs. C . Jeannine SOUTHERS, 695 E Main St. West La..fayette, OH
Need info on DUDLEY family of Pulaski and Montgomery Co VA.
Stevens DEATHERAGE and had 14 children . James RANSOM m Jane
and had 10 children . These two bro came from Surry Co NC ca
were their parents?

43845
Wm m Mary

Mallory LYON
1827 • Who

Mrs. Jeane WALKER MATTHEWS, ll4J8 Seabrook Way, Cypress. CA 90630
Need info on Samuel SHERFEY, b ca 1795, in MD or VA, son of Johannas
SHERFEY/SCHERFFIG and Mary KAUFMANN. Samuel m (1) Elizabeth SITZLER,
(2) Vinie SHORT; 6 children - John, Andrew, Susan, Catherine, Mary, and
Elizabeth, b probably in VA. John SHERFEY m Susan Ernaline HALE, Jan 17, 1839.
in Washington Co. TN. Elizabeth SHERFRY m Harvey King CH.ASE.

K. H. BR.a.J'NINQ, 267 Oakwood Road Charleston,

WV 25314
Need Info on Richard MCCALLIS'1'ER &amp; Thomas MCCALLISTER, maybe bros . Thomas
m Mary MICHELL 29 July l8ll,. Monroe Co. Who were their parents? Need info
on Elisha Pepper JONES whose father was Thomas JO~~ES and who m Murgaret
JOHNSTON, dau of Wm JOHNSTON &amp; Eli:l.a:Jeth HICKS.

Rita Sanders 72 Hile Ln . E:.1.::rlewood OH
22
Christopher SA..i.f"DERS (SAill'f0l::RS b . ca 1759 possibly in Louisa Co VA, m Jeane
LUCAS 1786 Campbell Co . Ch: Nelly - John (twins) b . 1787. Hem. 1. Betsy
CROWLEY 1801, 2 Lucina COX 1842; Lucy (John DANIEL); Eliz Ann (James ASK1'W);
Ann (Garret S.M.N:.JERS) • John &amp; Betsy CRO"lLEY ' s Known Ch . b. Evington, VA were:
Lfancy (Richard BlTrG'JET'f), William (Mary ST,J~); Elizabeth (John M SCRUGGS);
Christopher b. 1820 m. Lucinda LANDESS 1842 in Highlarrl Co. OH; Mary E.
(Robert DUNCAl{). Please write if names in your family.
Sonya .PURNEI'TE, P. O. Box 4l• Barbourville , KY 4Cf)06
Exe info on Fleming S . BURlfEl''l'E, b 1806 in Russell or Scott Co •. VA, his w
Elizabeth; their antecedents and desc . .Also Nimrod &amp; Mary ELAM both b 1798,
who had several children b in Russell Co. VA between 1825 &amp; 1844, among them
Susannah, Erizaoeth, Nancy, George, John and William.
Mrs. Babe M. FUSON, Clio Rou.,e, Box 25 , Williamsburg , KY 40769
Would like names of the wives &amp; children of James M(X)RE, Jr. who lived in
Tazewell - Montgomery area and was captured by Indians.

Patricia DICKINSON 825 So. Walnut St, St . Albans, WVA 25177
Need names of parents and info on Simon (Simian) HARRIS who was on Ta~ewell
Co. VA tax lists 1802-1810 and migrated to Floyd Co . KY, then to Logan Co.
VA (now YVA) He is believed to be the same one who m Mary TAYLOR (b ca 1775
NC) in Floyd Co . KY on ll Aug 1811 .

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Ethel Ketchum TREGO 4l6 W De troiL Ave, Monmouth, ILL 61462
Joseph Levi K~TCHUM o 1856, d 192.5, ID Martha SAUNDERS 1880, lived Washington
Co. VA.
P&lt;..:. ren ts were Jacob iCEl'CHUM &amp; Matilda LOGGINS. Need b, d, and m
dates and places on r?a rents. His parents James KEI'CHUM &amp; Martha PHILLIPS,
had l l children. Need names &amp; other info on all. Will exc info.
E. G. ZENDT 6 20 Central Building Peoria, Illinois 61602
Seek inf'o on anc or parents of Israel SMALLWOOD b in VA Oct 3, 1799, m
Elizabeth HARGRAVE in Frederick Co. VA on Oct 14, 1822. She d Nov 2, 1845,
where? Moved t o Livingston Co. ILL from OH in 1850 's . Israel's father thought
to be Hebron SHALL':JOOD.
Patricia DICKINSON 825 So. :../alnut St, St. Albans, \NA

25177

'1lere Ericus Siv[[TH &amp; Rosanna PUCKEI'T (ID 20 Aug. 1785 in Washington Co. VA) the

parents of Patrick SLITH who ID Lucy FULLER and d in Russell Co VA ca 1814?
Did members of the. SMITH family move to Tn with Rosanna's bro John W. PUCKErT
when he m his second wife Rhoda LYDA? The name Ericus SMITH is on Russell
Co lists from l 785 to 1802. Appears on Campbell Co. TN lists in 1818.
Patrick SMITH 1 s sons, Henry &lt;:i.nd ily (Ali) were bin Campbell Co. TN.
Arnold Ru ert KEGEL - 1212 2 th Ave SE Everette WA 820
Seek any scrap of i11.fo on the CONNELY (CONLEY,CONOLY families of SW VA
and NW North Ca rolina in l 720-1850 era from local histories, tombstone readings,
diaries, Militia Public or private records . Known members: James (Montgomery
l740-50), Thomas, John, James, Henry, Da vid (Montgomery 1770-1800), John,
Henry (Wilkes, Ashe , 1JC l 78J- 18l0) Exch and reinburse expenses.
Mrs. W. B. PARSLH:Y 10908 Melton View Lane, Knoxville, TN 37921
Need info about ancestors of Henry &amp; Catherine GRIMES who moved from Washington
Co VA to Dickson Co TN 8eforel8l0. Children were: Eleanor m 1793 Washington
Co . VA Jo seph BRADEN, J a cob F ., Nancy m 1792 Washington Co. VA George MOORE,
John b l 775, m Magery CARMA.CK, Elizabeth m ca 1800 Wushington Co. VA John
Benham, Jr., Isaac Gore b l 789 m Charlo tte LATANE MONTAGUE,. Mary b ca 1780,
m S urnuel GRIGG,. Rebecca m Wm Morris.
Elizabeth Mus e SEELBACH, P . 0. Box 54. Farmersville, IL 62533
Would like to locc:Ie burial pla ce of Thomas MUSE b 1757, d 1832 in Pittsylvania
Co . Also burial pla ce of Nancy ann WRENN MUSE (Mrs. Thomas MUSE) b ? , d after
l832 in Pittsylvania Co . Also burial place of Issac STONE, probably in same
county .
Bill PORTER, H-J, Box 279. Coeburn, VA 24230
George '.-iELI..S b 18(;2 Grayson Co. VA, m Mary Polly DiliIThl.S 29 Sept 1829 .
b in Bedford Co. ifoeci paronts of uoth. Will exchange info.

Polly

Doris A. Sanders l909 uni.on Avenue HE Renton, WA 98056
Need parent's names of Jonat h :in (John) H.EED b Montgomery Co VA 12 May 1777,
m Re be cca C ON1JE}1:. l2 Dec l 779, d 24 Aug 181~8 in Wabash Co. HJ!).

�Elizabeth A. i LOYD, 5001 Indian Island Dr . , Heed , CA 96094
Was Catherine l..iH.EYJ:jI LL who ill Pe te r ZELL, 5 Sept 1818, in Botetourt Co t he
dau of Daniel. GRAYBILL \.,rho was in Botetou rt Co in the 1820 census? Need ;:,he
parents of Elizabeth t\L~:lER wh J m Daniel GREYBI LL in Franklin Co VA ca 1794.
Mrs. La Mona ''WALDRON" PHILLIPS 2 02 S camore
Wasco CA
280
JeE:::d L1fo on Moses ~~ALDROA who m Ma ry Polly) ST CLAIN in Botetourt Co VA,
res in Bedford Co. VA. Known chiluren: Ann Ma riah, Be ver ly D., Samuel,
Joshua, Lucinda Jane. Are there others? Would like d dates on Moses &amp; Mary .
Who was Moses' father , was it Benj amin, Sr. 1.hLDRON d in Bedford Co. VA . A:ny
i nfo which would leed me to my English anceste r s \·JOuld be appre cia ted.
Rodger A. JEN~U NGS, Rt 1, Box 4l3 Woodlawn. VA 24381
Sept, 1801 John KEN.IY and wife Eleanor bought 940 acres for $3 000 . 00 in
Grayson Co. VA. Children a re : 1,Jm ( b ca 1765), Eli zabe th, Margaret, J a nd.
and Elea110r. A 1913 reference says "they came from Frederick Co. VA. Eleanor
may be his second wife .
Mrs. Grace Dyer .Mi:.:LLl.,.l-JDE.R. 2705 Newton St. Silver Spring, MD 20902
Am working on a comprehensive his tory of the Dye r f a mily of the middle South
states of VA, WVA, KY, Tn, and NC. Wish to contact a nyone reaea rching t his
family preferably in time period previous to 1850.
~nes B. PEARLMAN 2001 North Westwood Avenue Santa Ana , CA 92706
Will excharlbe info on the GOODWIN f arnily and their WHITE &amp; MITCHELL connections
in SW Virginia. Nancy GOODWIN, dau of Micajah &amp; Elizabeth (BURFORD) GOODWIN,
m Benjamin H. WHITE 10 July l 787 .Amherst Co. VA. Nancy 's sis, Spicey GOODWIN
m Archelaus MITCHELL, Jr., 7 March 1791 Campbell Co. VA . Who were Benjamin's
parents &amp; Archelaus' mother?

Rose E. LAMON, 4214 NE Q.st St, Vancouver, WA 98661
Want info regarding Jo11athan R1CHARDSON, who made will Bedford Co. VA 1773, and
name of lst wife. They had son
Joseph . Want birth date of wife and childr
of Joseph. Postage retu rned
Son a K. BURNEI'TE P . 0. Box
Ba rbourville KY
06
Need info on Fleming S. BU&amp;'JEI'T BAR.JEI'T b. 1806 Russell Co. VA, m Elizabeth.
They lived 1830-1840 in Scott Co . VA, 1850 Lee Co. VA and 1860-1880 in Laurel
Co . KY . He d in Rockcastle Co. KY 1881 . Please helpl
Hel.en L. DOUGLAS. 205 North N, Duncan, OK 73533
Need info on Joseph BISHOP b. 1715. Where born? When &amp; where died? M Sarah
Bouton who was b . 1722. Where born? When &amp; where died? Their children :
Matthew, b 174).; Stephen, b 1743 ; Waitstill, b 1746; Sarah, b 1748; Jonathan,
b 1749; Rachel bapti~ed 1758; Levi, James, Joseph bapti~ed 1764 . Where were
t he children born?
Margaret R. PRICE, 1621. Exe ter .Rd. 1..Jestminister, MD 2ll57
Seeking inf'o on Benjamin WALLACE (WALLIS ) b. 4 Nov. 1752, NC (?), d

24 Aug

�l838, Indiana, m Mary ? 5 Aug 1773 probably Caswell Co. i'lC. Applied for
Revo. War Pension from Lee Co. VA in 1834. May have lived Washington Co. VA
l8l0 - l 820. Ch: Jum, Da vid B., William, Ma.ry, John, Sarah, Zebulun, Ruth,
Benjamin, Jean (Ja ne) , Jospeh, Polly. Where die Jean (Jane) m William BLACK
in 1 8l3? Wh o were his parents?
Mrs. Eliz.abeth R. FOGARI'Y - 405 Vermont - McAllen TX 78501
Seeking a ncestors, parents, bros &amp; sisters of Adam SHAVER, b 1790, Wythe Co .
VA. M. Rosann.a VAUGHl' in l8ll or 1812. Parents of 9 children.
Aline R. WADE - 1..4224 Hi-wood Drive - Rockville, MD 20850
Need parents and bros and sisters of Andrew Silas RATCLIFF ( RATLIFF), b.
July 20, 1841 in SW VA possibly Wythe Co . D. December 26, 1881. Buried at
Peppers Ferry, VA. M. Eliza Ann Robertson Aug 8, 1866 . Rev. Daniel Ewing
officiated.
Agnes J. RUDBERG - 5801 Widing Ridge Dr. San Antonio, TX 78239
Need info on Richard RATCLIFF, b. 1820 in VA. Lived Logan Co (Mingo Co. WV
in 1895), d. 1894-1900. Wife Elizabeth (Betsy), dau of Wm &amp; Hannah (Clevenger)
CLINE . Childr: Nancy, Mary, Martha, Wm, Suzannah. Who were his parents,
brothers, sisters? Where was he born and living before 1850?
Mrs. Allen E. FUHS, 25932 C&lt;.i. rmel Knolls Dr. Cannel, CA 93923
Need names of lst wife &amp; parents of William RUSSELL, Sr., d. before May,
l 79 5, when will ( dated i. 792) proved in Guilford Co. NC. Will names 2nd wife
Elenor (CRCSS) and ch. Wm, John (lat:.er in Lee Co. VA), James, David, Alexander
( t o Rockingham Co. NC), .Elizabeth DOWNEY (m. William ? ) and Martha MAXELL (m.
James).
KaY E. CU.WINGHAM, 10l6 Pleasant Dr. Plattsmouth·, .. Nsoraska 68048

Need info on Nicholas BARGER &amp; Nancy SLOAN, parents of Elizabeth BARGER, "Who
m Henry LEONARD. Their dau Eliza Jane b. March 4, 1835. Nancy and Nicholas
BARGER were members of the Presbyterian Church &amp; are buried in the churchyard
in Blountville, Sullivan Co. TN.
Susan MA.l'-l"OLAKO.S, l05 Hillcrest Rd. Syracuse, NY 13224
Need clues or connections amoung the following MOORES &amp; r~C'1ANIELS :
Ef.farilla (Ef.fa El.la) MOORE b. ca 1765 VA or NC, dau of Wm- Sterling (Starling)
MOORE or Sterling;..Wm MOORE 0£' VA &amp; Montgomery Co. NC. She had illegitimate
sone Allen MOORE b. 1800, Montgomery Co. NC and came in that year to Lee Co .VA,
remaining until 1816 when she moved to Breathitt or Clay Co . VA, supposedly
with the DEATON family also possibly from Montgomery Co . NC • Father of Allen
was supposedly naned MORRIS. Sferling or Starling MCDANIEL (MCDONALD) m
Margaret MOORE 1829 Montgomery Co. VA. May have lived in both Montgomery Co.
VA and NC as well as possibly Rowan or Stanley Co. NC . Was named executor
in will of Willial.11 MOORE, possibly the Wm namd above who wrote will 1801 or.
07 in Rowan Co . NC. In this will, Sterling McDA.J.\SIEL was referred to as son-in
law. Thomas MOORE, father of Benjamin, father of David MOORE b. 1776 Henry Co.
VA, later lived Lee Co. VA . Need other descendants of Thomas &amp; Benjamin.

�Sterling or Starlin5 MOOhE (son of John) m. &amp;n~ah EDWARDS l 788 Brunswick Co·
VA with Jesse BRASWELL, bond.
Sterling or Starlin6 MOORE (the same or another?) lived Rowan Co. NC
1799-1816. Wilkes Co. NC 1816 until death after 18J6. Sterling MOORE m.
Elizabeth HOLLAND 1824 \fashington Co. TN, Wil _iam GILLESPIE, bond .
Hester (Hetty) LA.HUS, dau of Jacob LA.HUS m Phillip COLE l808 Botetourt
Co. VA. Phillip COLE was son of John COLE &amp; Catherine BRYAN of Botetourt.
Mrs. John A. PENROSE, 17609 East 19th Terrace Ct . S, Independence,MO 64057
Seeking info on Ccrnelius BANDY. Believed to be bro of Samuel BANDY OF
Bedford Co. VA . Cornelius m Sally BARTON in 1838 in Bedford Co. VA. Sally
was dau of David BARTON. Seeking desc of Cornelius BANDY.
Mrs. John A. Penrose, 17609 East 19th Terrace Ct. S ., Independence , Mo 64057
Seeking info on my gggfather, Richard Hasten BANDY. He was b 3 March 1830
in Bedford Co . VA. Rem Mary Elizabeth WILLIAMS . She was b on 18 June, 1836.
S he was the dau of Sarah. Believe Richard ' s middle name "Hasten" to be a
surname . Does anyone know name?

Donald FORTUNE, 9062 Janet Court, St. Louis, MO 63114
Need info on family of Benjamin S. FORTUNE - lived in Lynchburg , VA 1858-61.
One son, Edward Wesley FORTUNE, b 1 May i8ss, VA?, md Maria Louisa WORSHAM
in Bedford or Pulaski Co. 1858 - came to MO in 1858 to M. Louisa ' s parents
William &amp; Elizabeth WORSHAM who had land grant in Dent Co. , MO. E. W. FORTUNE
had a bro Joel - Bedford Co., sis laura in Lynchburg in 1871, 16 yrs.
Rosemary B. DODD, 2 Oak Lane SW, Glen Burnie , Md 21061
Need info rep of Ianiel BROWN (1748- 1795) md Polly CALLAWAY, dau Col. James
&amp; Sarah TATE CALLAWAY, 1781 in Bedford Co., d Campbell Co.
Was surgeon in
Rev. War. Need p of Capt. John Lee (1748-1818 d Campbell Co ). Wife ?Tabitha.
Dau Patty md John ARNOLD.
Genevieve B McDANIEL, Rt 2 Box 22, Hurricane, WV 25526
Eager to correspond with desc of Nathaniel MASON and his wife Delia BELL, of
Franklin Co, Va . Peter &amp; Ella migrated to Putnam Co, WV ca 1884. 2 of their
ch remained in Va: Delia lived in Roanoke and Media (John DEMETRIUS) lived
at Shawsville . The MASON children were Bill, Minnie, Etta and perhaps others.

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IN MEMORY
Elliott M. Ramsey
Roanoke, Virginia
We wil l greatly miss Mr. Ramsey as he was one of our charter
members .
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�Rosemary B. DODD,
2 Oak Lane, SW, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Need inf'o re parents of William WILLIAMS and verification of marriage to
Mary CUR.LE.
Their son was William Curle WILLIAMS of Salem. Where did
William WILLIAMS live?
Marion CAMERON VOWELL, 508 Warwick Road , Palatine, ll 60067
Ia.vid &amp; Elizabeth (HE.r:x:;ES?) CROCKETT were massacred by Indians, Hawkins Co,
'IN, 1777.
McClung Library, Knoxville, TN, a typewritten sheet, in Crockett
folder gives inf'o:
"In 1778 Will iam CROCKETT entered Land in the name of
Alexander and James CROCKETT, orphans of Ds.vid CROCKETT, deceased." Does
anyone know anything about this record?
Beverl PFAFF
1 1 Cox Road
A tos Ca.
John HARBERT HARBORD, b ca 174?, Va, md ca
Va to Mary BAILEY; d 1808
Mercer Co, Ky.
Was John the son of Mathew HARBERT of Henrico Co, Va? Was
Mary BAILEY the daughter of Joseph Bailey Jr. of Henrico Co, Va?

.

Mary MULLANIX,
PO Box 474, Imperial, NE 69033
Need info re p &amp; gp, birthplace &amp; date of a Henry BISHOP, b c 1813 Va, d
1880 Putnam Co, MO; md 18J0-1 pmd?. Wife Mary Ann------?, b c 1811, Ky,
d 1898 Putnam Co, Mo.
They were in IN c 1831 -- 5 ch bIN; in Clark Co, IL
ca 1840- 5?; in Putnam Co , MO by 1860. , Ch: Nancy, John, Uriah, Samuel,
Barbara, Leonard, Levi (b 184.3, Clark Co , IL), Henry , Hannah b 1848 c, not
in 1860 census.)
Mrs. James TURNER, 22257 Panama, Warren, MI. 48091
Would like to exchange info on these sunia.mes: BENTON, BREEDING, CALLAHAN,
CHILDRESS, FINNEY, FUGATE, GABBERT (GABEHART), HUNSECKER (HUNSAKER). JETT,
OAKS, PETERS, ROBER'IS, SPENCER, SHORT , STOVER, STAMPER, TURNER, WIATT
(WYATT).
Miss Ruth SCOTT, 2532 Third Ave., Huntington, WV 25703
Need inf'o on Jesse ADAMS, b 1803 Lynchburg, lived Giles Co until 1845. Edward
ROSE, Montgomery Co, Va or any of the ROSE family of that Cty . Col John
SMITH of the Rev Guy Smith family who lived at Abingdon Parish but Col. John
Smith - Bedford Co and the Pockett in Pittsylvania Co. LUCAS or HALE of
Montgomery Co.
Velma TOWER, Elmore City, Okla 73037
Need info on Benjamin HARRISON, b c 1854-8 &amp; in Ark as a ch - where was he
living? Info on Thomas HARRISON living Prairie Co, Ark, 1850 - others in
house: Catherine 35, Parmelia &amp; Jesse HARRISON &amp; Ephraim SUTton. 'Ihomas
b Va &amp; gunsmith. Ephraim b Ind.
Juanita SIGMON HALSTEAD
6 Saunders Addition
Scott De ot WV 2 60
Peter SICKMAN, Sr (SICKMOUNT SIGMOND SIGMON(D)) ca 1745-18.37 of Franklin Co ,
VA. Have ms on SIGMONS OF VIRGINIA - accounted for aJ.l 1.3 of his ch and much
data on them. Need data on Susannah SIGMON md James MOORE 28 Oct 1818 , ch
William, Abraham, Frances (md Wm. RATLIFF), Isaac, John, Mary, Catherine (md
Charles SMITH). Elizabeth SIGMON md Isaac SHIVELY 28 Nov 1831 (his 2nd wife )
Ch ? - Eliz. d young. Sarah SIGMON md Lewis HALE 20 Nov 1840 (dau by Peter 's
2nd wife, Catherine (nee NOSSEMAN) WILLIS). Mary SIGMON md William SHIVELY.
Please help me fill in the blanks on the families .

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BOOK REVIEWS
by Belva Counts
PIONEERS ON THE WES'IERN WA'IERS
by

Theodosia Wells Barrett
Indians lived in adjacent areas when the long hunters came to the northeastern section of Russell County, Virginiar an area the Indians called
"Middle Ground". It was the crossroads of several tribes of Indians who
inhabited the surrounding areas and met in the secluded forest retreat at
regular intervals to hold conferences and engage in hunting parties .
'Ihe beautiful Indian name for Clinch River was Pellissippi , which means
Son of waters . About the year 1769 Thomas Witten and a few other families
settled at Crab Orchard on the headwaters on the Clinch River now in Tazewell County. About the time the Upper Clinch settlements were made , Jacob
Castle left his home in Rockbridge County and wandered through the wilderness until he reached Lower Clinch Valley, where he traded a big knife to
a band of Indians for a large tract of land which was called "Castles
Woods" and later changed to Cas tlewood. He stayed here for a short time ,
trading his land to another tribe and resumed his wanderings.
Permanent settlers began to arrive in Castles Woods, among them were
Charles Bickley, James .Bush, Archelous Dickenson, Henry Dickenson , William
Fraley, Hen:ry Hamblin, Je-rry Harold, Richard Long, Henry Neece, James
Osborne, Simon Oscher , Samuel Porter, William Ritchie, William Robertson ,
and William Russ ell.
Settlers kept coming into Clinch Valley. By an act of the Virginia Legislature January 6, 1786, Washington County was divided into two counties .
The new county was Russell County, honoring General William Russell. The
first court was held in the home of William Robinson September 18 , 1787.
On September 19, 1787 the court convened in the new court house at Henry
Dickenson's plantation. It was a log structure, twenty feet by twenty
feet, a wood floor, benches and a rustic bar. Henry Dickenson was the
first clerk of the court.
Mid-Clinch Valley settlers began to arrive . Names as, Bal l, Elam, Fletcher,
Griffith, Honaker, Horton, Kendrick, Patrick, Sword , 'lhompson , Vance ,
Wells and Wilson were some of them.
Old family photos, homes and scenes of earl y towns are included. Brief
biographies are included of some notabl e citizens named Boyd , Dye, Elkins ,
Ford, Griffith, Hartsock, Hess, Lockhart 1 Mays Newberry, Spear, Whited
and others. A gift copy from the author has b~en placed in the Virginia
Room of the Roanoke City Public Library, Roanoke , Virginia . The book has
116 pages and a soft cover. The price of the book is $6. 00 and may be
ordered from Mrs. Theodosia W. Barrett J5 Palmas Drive, F.dgewater, Fl orida

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This is the Jou:rnal of the Christian Church on Wolf Creek, Giles County ,
Virginia.
The beginning of the Christian Church in Giles County was on
December 20, 1818, by Joseph Thomas, Elder of the Christian Church, with
Landon Duncan and Thomas Kirk, ministers in the Baptist Society. · 'lbe
records says 12 males, 21 females, 28 blacks, J dead, 7 joined.
These records were from 1820-1829. The names of the. members of the
Christian Church of Wolf Creek, Oct ober J, 1824 were: Elder Landon Duncan, John French, Jeremiah Jones, Susan French (dead), Elizabeth French,
Elizabeth Pennington, Jane Garrison (died in July 18~5), Polly Straley,
celia McDaniel, Harry ( a servant), Henrietta (a servant), John Jones,
Susanna Jones, Vincent Hale (dead), John Hale, Abraham Garretson, Rachel
Jones, Nancy Conley, Elizabeth McKinny.
The original manuscript was written with a quill pen by Landon Duncan himself and is in the possession of Dr. O. s. Hare, Bluefield, WV. This
document was sent SwVGS by James L Emerson, 3162 Madeira Ave., Costa Rica,
CA 92626.
It has been placed in the Virginia, Roanoke City Public Library .
(by Belva M Counts)

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RUSSELL COUNTY - A CONFERA 'IE BREADBASJ&lt;ET

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Theodosia Wells Barrett
Russell County's role in the WAR BE'IWEEN THE STATES was unique. Not a
single full company of Union soldiers invaded the county during the war
years. There are no memorial battlefields as in many other parts of
Virginia.
Russ.ell County soldiers fought, died, and were left on numerous battlefields in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and
other areas . The County played a vital role as a Confederate breadbasket
and supplier of horses, clothing, and other essentials to the war. At
least 1450 were soldiers, others in the local militia and Horne Guards.
Many women were left to manage their homes when the men went to war.
Stories and pictures are included of Cynthia Hurt Barrett, Amanda Richardson, and Mahala Kiser Sutherland.
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Mrs. Wells lists her source materials (books, court and census records).
Her most unusual find was the Muster Roll of Captain Simeon Hunt which
reached her by way of a flea market in North Carolina. This Muster Roll,
consisting of 12 officers and 74 privates, is listed. They were called
the NEWGARDEN FEARNO'IS and was a part of the 1st Regiment of Virginia
Volunteers. Slavery in Russell County is reviewed and the slave population
in the Russell County Census of 1820 is included.
Pictures are included of Lt. James H. Barrett, Mace Emmette Duff, Christopher C. (Kit) Richardson, C.L. Samples, (Rebel) Robert D. Silva, age 100,
(Yankee) Andrew J. Kiser, age 97, and Captain Bimeon Hunt. A group picture
of Confederate soldiers at Honaker (Russell Co.) in 1922 with Capt. J. W.
Baus ell.
The book has a hard cover, 144 pages and may be ordered from the author,
Mrs. Theodosia W. Barrett, PO Box 1045, Lebanon, VA 24266 (summer ~ddress).
After Nov. 1st the address will be 35 Palmas Drive, Edgewater, Fla . 32032.
The price of the book is $10 . 95 plus $1. 00 postage . A gift copy has been
placed in the Virginia Room of The Roanoke City Public Library.
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Volume VI - Number

4 - November 1982

ROANOKE CENTENNIAL ISSUE
This iss u e has a few of the records pretaining to the early records of the
town of Roanoke and the city of Roanoke (1884). Due to lack of space, the
188J census of Roanoke will be a future issue.
CON'IENTS
The Pres id en t ' s Message
Big Lick District, 1880 Census Index,
Roanoke County, Virginia

133a

1882 Roanoke County, Virginia, Marriages

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137

Virg inian's Idea of the United States

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1882 Personal Property Tax List
Big Lick District, Roanoke County, Virginia
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John's Parish Register, Roanoke, Virginia

Bible Records : Camden and Edwards-Barlow
Virginia Gazetter &amp; Classified Business Directory
Wythe County, Virginia, Cemetery Records
Queries
Su:rname Index
New Members
Quarterly Exchange

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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

It has been a real privilege to have served as your president f or the
past two years. I have enjoyed hearing from you , and getting to kn ow many
of you. 'Ihe success of the SWVGS has come from all of you. Loca l members
have been responsible for business, committee meetings , works hops and programs, as well as duties and honors of off ice. Distant members have made
contribution by sharing your re cords, research and f inancial s uppor t.
Visit the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library . You will find
an excellent Virginia genealogy collection and collections from other
states . You have contributed to this collection with your books given the
society for review in VAN. Each year a contribution of money is made to
the Virginia Room for purchase of books, microfilm etc . f rom our treasury .
Use your membership directory when you arrive , and call local members.
Someone could have a spare bedroom!! Our membership is the highest in history, about 675 members i ncludi ng ~O exchange quarterlies. Watch fo r your
1983 renewal form . Renew early and receive your issues on time. Each
issue contains a variety of records , thanks to our hard working editor,
Mrs . Claude Fowler (Babe). November 20, 1982 is the elect ion of officers
for 1983. A nominating committee was appointed at the October 16, 1982
meeting, with Mary Jane Vaden , Chairman, Mrs. A.B . Brown (Dorothy), and
Norwood Middleton as members . Look forward to a new year with a n ew
president. Don't miss the January 15, 1983, Saturday meeting at the Jeffers on Street Baptist Church, Roanoke, 1 :JO pm . The speaker will be
Mrs . A. W. (Deedie) Kagey , author of Community At The Cross r oads, A Study
Of The Village Of Bonsack Of The Roanoke Valley. Many thanks to all of
you and best wishes for Happy Holidays .
Belva M. Counts, president .

"KEGLEY' S VIRGINIA FRONTIER" REPRINTED
"Kegley 's Virginia Frontier," a history of the upper James and Roanoke
River country in the s ettlement era of 1740-1780, has been printed for the
fifth time. Covering mainly present Botetourt and Roanoke and parts of adjacent counties, the 822-page history written by the late F. B. Kegley of
Wytheville, contains 31 maps showing original grants, trails, roads, town
and community bounderies and 66 illustrations of people , buildings and
places .
The book is priced at $35.00 plus $1.40 sales tax for Virginia residents
and $2.00 for postage per copy . Orders may be placed with George Kegley ,
the author's nephew, at Tinker Creek Lane, N.E . , Roanoke, Va. 24019. For
local orders, telephone 366-4607, and the book will be delivered .
. . . . UNTO THE HILLS . . .. SOME HJ:L+,MANS AND OTHERS. c . 1979 by Mrs . Belva M.
Counts has been reprinted in a soft cover. The book is a partial genealogy of the Southwest Virginia families of Carrico, Edwards, Hillman,
Newberry, Stallard, Wells and other allied families . 'Ihe book has about
170 pages, i ncluding old family photos, coats of arms, bibliography and
is completely indexed. The price of the book is $10.50 including the tax
and postage. Order from:
Mrs . Belva M. Counts, 6804 Northway Dr . N.W . , Roanoke, VA 24019.

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BIG LICK DISTRICT
1880 CENSUS INDEX - ROANO.KE COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Contributed by
Marvin Neighbors

(Noter The page numbers are from the typed copy of the census that Mr. Neighbors
presented to the library . The list includes the head of the household and any
person in the house whose name is different.)
BIG LICK DISTRICT

15. Evans , John

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16. Bushong , Eliza J

J4. Williams, Lavid

17. Patterson , John T
Etter, Mary E

35. Nininger, Christian

1 . Howbert, George W
Hamilton, Wm T
Lockard, Mary
2 . Whitesell, John W
(1900 living Norwich )

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Howbert , Lucinda
(1900 near Va. College )
Byrd , Jane
Boon , Ellen

18. Crickenbergen , Levi
19. Whaling , Dennis
20 . Day, John W

21 . Roberts , John L.
*(?p Wm P &amp; Mary)
4. Rorer, Ferdinand
Powell, Sophia W
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*start of p 4
5 . Evans, Green
22. Shartzer, Jeremiah
6. Curling, John L.
Mitchell, Isaac
Austin , Ella
23. Nichols , Thomas C

p 2

? . Shaver, John N

24. Kesl er, John W

(1900-Hollins)
37 . Dillard, Perm B

JS. Viar/Vier, Samuel

(Commonwealth &amp; Patton-1900)

39. Deyerle, Wm A
40. Trail, James
Ballard, Amanda
Evans, Mary
McFalls, Eliza
41 . Patterson, Lucy
Brown, Sallie

25 . Utz, Wm M
26 . Berger, David

:P.7

9 . Garst, J. T.

27, Dent , Harvey J

10. Huffman, Martha

28. Morgan , Laura J

11 . Bell, W. J.

p

Harris, Harris

36. Jeter, Ransom

42. Chittum, George W
(1900-Lynchburg Ave)

Litteral, Dossie
8 . Freeman , D(avid) D
(1900 - 2nd &amp; Campbell)

p 6

43. Thompson, James R
Linkenhoker, Demenius
Gaunt, Susan B
Barnett, Hampton

44. Roland, James

5

45. Nelms, Charles D

12. Campbell, Samuel G.

29. Nininger, Nathan
(1900-Salem &amp; 2th )
(1910-Cove Road )

1J. Byer, James A

JO. Berger, Daniel A

46. Worley, Henry L

Hodges , Rachel
Dowdy, Jennie

Spradlin , Mary
Citty, Wm H

J1. Berger, Samuel
47 . Cooper, Joel

14. Wiley , Benton

32. Myers, fuvid

p J

JJ, Preston, 'Ihos J?I

48. Cooper, Henry C.

(1900-Salem Road )
(Note 1

The 1900 address was taken from the 1900 Roanoke City Directory)

�134
p

8

49.

Angel, William
(1900 - Crockett)
(1910 - Back Cr. Rd.)
T.rent, Peter

70. con ' t
Simmons , Fannie
Craig , Wm

9J . Hambrick, A. L.

71. Renn, Georg e W,

94 . Trent , John

Stephens, ~ Fanni e

50, Harkrider, John W

51. Bush, Gillie
(1910- Back Cr. Rd.)

72. Kropff , John H.

54. Bush, George
55 , Werts, David
Custer, Martha
Arthur, Caroline
Merriman, Mariah
Harris, James

p 14.

95, Waid , Marshall

Robertson, Marshall

73. Bandy , Joseph W
Owens, Barney

52. Bush, John

53, Bush, Patterson

92 . Fishburne , Reubin

96. D3.vid, Andrew J
97 . Akers , 'Ihomas H

74. Bandy, John O.
Falls, Agnes

98. Pabst, Charles H.
99. Cardwell, Robert D

75. Bandy , J . C.
Kasey, Annie L.
Harkrider, Lucinda

100 . Proffit , E. F.

77 , Lacy, Curtis

101. Griggs, Samuel
Price , Chas B.
D3.y, Joseph E
Cox, Mary J

78. Hogans , John O.

p

76. Hogans, Elisha

56, Hundley, Peter
p 9

57. Parish, Eliz ' h

79. McDermed, Edward

58. Hurt, Mariah

p

12
80. Robertson, Sam'l G

15

102. Rhodes , George T
Bondurant, Emma
Asberry , A.L.
(Alexander S)
10J. Barksdale, Thos F

59, Waldron, Marth
81 . Stover, James E.
60. Arthur, Wm R

82. Kefauver, J.D.

61. Ferguson, William

104. Kesler, Wm
Draper, Susan C
Scott, Minerva J

SJ. Kefauver, J.D.

62. Faris, Jane

105. Armstrong , D.M.
84, Martin, John

6J, Carr, George W.

106. Peak , John E

85. Citty, Cath'e

64. Bush·, Thos L
Peery, Sallie

86, Redden, George W

65, Peery, William

p 13
87, Mills, Pleasant W

p 16

88. 'Ihomas, James W

109. Webb, Jacob W
Hogan, John

p 10
66, Falls, 'Ihompson
67, Bandy, Jacob
6S, Carner, Francis
McVey, George

69, Smith, A. McD.
70. Vinyard, C.P.

107. Dinwiddie, John C

89. Th.ylor, Wm
Wilhelm, James D

108. Tinsley, John N

90. Garrett, Henry N.

110. Arthur, John T
Werts , Hiram C.
(1900-5JO Iale)
Ledbetter, Sam'l

91. Gwaltney, James W
Haley, Ella
Lewis, Sallie

111. 'IUrner, Callie M.
{Callohill M. (1900=72J-1st St,SW )

�111. con ' t
Huchinson, Miranda
Boon , James

112. Kirkpatrick , J . M.

124. Ammen , Daniel
Derr, R. U.

125. Luck, Geo . L?S
(1900=J19-Jrd st . )

Startzman , Wm H
p 19

113 . Ga mbtll, James M

126. Harris , Wm J

(650 Campbell, 1900)
Andre ws , WK
Reynolds , Chas M

114. Hughes , A. L .

127. Smith , A. R.
Meador , Jas W
128. Stover, John T
1900-John &amp; Fkln Ave)

115. Bu.ford, Thos P
(1900-424-Jrd St SW) 129 . Turner, Geo A

(Tazewell &amp; Henry)
Thrasher, Peck

p 17
116 . Turner, J . P.
Woody, Sarah V.
117. Neal , Eliza A
118. Word, T?I M. (Quinn)
Mcclanahan, Lizzie
Shield, J.W. Jr

Goodwin, A.R.
Kent, J. McG .
(James McGavock)
(1900-28 Fkln Rd)

1J8, Trout, Henry
(1900- 610 Campbell,SW)
Ki.rkpa trick, Ru th
Pinkard, Betty
Helm, 'Ihos W
Thomas, F. B.
(1888- Campbell &amp;
Park)

Huff, Philip
(1888-Campbell &amp;
'Th.zewell)
Cook, Wm. B.
the town of Big Lick

Gains bough/Gainsborough
p 22
1.
Ferguson, John B
Crowder, T.B .
2.

funcan, L.

Kefauver, John
Hardigan , Wm
Kochle , Geo . A.
Locklard, John

3.

Franklin , Lucy

4.

Jones, M.E.
Huffman, J.B.

Hensley, Jas. (0)
(1900- Park &amp; JoM.i)
hinson, Milla.rd
Willis, Tu.vid

5.

Witt , G.L.
Whitmore, H.L.

135. Elliott, Wm
(1900-John &amp; Park)
Kidd, Elizabeth
Hard.barger, Henry

122. Arthus, Greenvill e
123. Franklin, Julia A
Murphy, Michael

137 . Reynolds, 'Ihos L
(1888-Salem &amp; Commerce)
~tephens, Margaret
Smith, Callie B

139.
130. Ferguson , I.M.
(Isham McGrady)
(Water &amp; Center-1900)
Fishbunie , T. T.
(Tipton T. )
(1900-Salem Ave.)
Tench, Mattie
Taylor, L.B .
(Lewis B)
Ends
(Evans &amp; Chalmers)

119. Trout , John
Potter, Chas L.
Fishburne, John P
Wilson, Wm J
131.
Holley, J. Thos
Price, Wm Ed
132.
Jamison, Joel A
Elliott, R.M.
Hodges, Wm
Haley, Jas H
p 20
Werts, C. R.
1JJ.
Huff, Ballard P .
(1900-107 Commerce)
Carter , Ka ~.e M
(1900-Campbell &amp; Park)
1J4.
p 18
120. Williams , 'nlos P
Leffew, John W
121 . Hale , Overstreet
(from Lynchburg)
Hard.berger, Fannie

136. can't
Huff, George C
(1900-'Tu.zewell &amp;
Commerce)
Watkins, W.T. (Wm)
(1900- Conunerce &amp;
Church)
Reid, J. H.

1J6. Neal, James W
(1900-215 Shenandoah)

6.

Hart, H. C.

Fielder, Mattie F.

7.

Hipes , Catharine

p 23
8. Goodman , M.L.
Mormon, Mary G.

�20 . Schoonover, Wm

2 0 . Vinyard, Nicholas J

9. Coleman, J . D.
Woodward, Wm.

21. Jones , Edw 'd M

21. Wilkins on, Wm G

10. Garst, Charles

22 . Stephens , I. B.

22 . Settle, Jas N.B.
Steger, Fannie

p

23 con't

Swain , Ellis

Gish's (now Vinton)
p

24
1. Walker, Geo T.

2J. Polla rd, H.C.
p

2 . Harrison, J.B.

Holley, Fannie

27
24. Thras her, A.E.L.
Danner, Ja cob H
Harris , Regina
James, Wm

4. Hunter, John H
Hodge, Sarah

p

1. Foster, John A

26 . Ja mes , I s aac D
Hammock, J . D.
p

Vinyard, Isaac W
Sanderson , Wm

J.

J2
27. McGe org e , Wm L

2. Morman , Robt . A

28 . Fea ther, John H
James , Rich ' d B
Crouch, Lucy

Kesler, John M
Lancaster, John

25
8. Obenchain, Jas P

4. Wright, Morman

9. Funk, Joseph

5, Terry, Peyton L

29. Gray, John o.
McGeorge , Ann E

JO. Richardson, Phoebe

Jamison, Saml (W.)
Lunsford, Chas S

10. Minick, Henry

Ji .

Preston , Moses p

11. Long, J. O.
Donald, Sallie

6. Persinger, Gideon J

12. Gish, Thos G

7, Arthur, Jas W

JJ . Swain, Ad.mine D

29
8. Huff, Isaac H

p

1J. Jones, J . W.

15.

p

Walker, Wm H
Graham, Martha

9 , Patesell, Harriett

Boyer, M.M.

26
16. Gis h, Geo. McH.

10. Brown, Iantel

11 . Filson, Wm. S ,

Board, McHenry

17. Dennis, Wm. H.

12 . Kasey, Geo .

18. McLean, .Ianiel

1J. Rains , Wm.

19. Dowdy, R. H.
Meador, D. T.

J2, Bush, Eugene

Gleason, Martha

14 . Fox, John C
James, M. B.

p

Hun t , Ja mes

Big Lick Dis trict

6. Franklin, Henry J
Calvert, Mary H

?.

25. James , Harvey

26. Craig , R.W.
p 28

Settle, B.J.
Hammock, Melinda
Craig , Harri s on

24 . Muse, 'Ihos R
Bush, Sarah

25. Nelson, Wm. H.

J, Jones , Benj'm A.

5. McFadden, B. T.

2J.

p

JO

Lunsford, Samuel

JJ

J4. Muse , Geo M
Settle , Lydia
Lawho:rn, Wm. G

35. St . Clair, Jos. D
36. Muse, Wm. H.
Feather, Geo.

37.

Wright, Stephen W

38.

Harris, Jos.

39.

Howell, Wm T

�1882 MARRIAGES, ROANOKE CO., VA.
Joaeph E. Graham and Martha Eliza"'eth Shewster
10 Jan 1882 -- bride's home
His parents: Jamee; and Martha Graham
Her parent.~ :
Philip and .Margaret J. Sheo-rs ter

l-1882

Rohert Lee Funk &amp; Lucv Frances Powell
5 Jan 1882 -- Bonsack
His parents:
Joseoh &amp; Lizzie Funk
Her parents:
James &amp; Mary Po•·•ell

2-1882

Henrv Clinton Hurt &amp; Harv Alice Ridgwav
9 Jan 1882 - - bride's home
His parents:
~ teph e n &amp; Marv Hurt
Her parents:
Abraham &amp; Sarah Ann Ridgwav

3- 1882

Walter Hi l 1 Stalev &amp; Josephine A. Denison
11 J an 1882 - - St. Paul!=S Episcopal, Salem, Va.

4-1882

His parents s
Her

parent~:

George R.
Charl es H.

s. V.

&amp;
&amp;

~talev

Caroline Denison

Charles Ed~ard Poage &amp; Sallie Hartman
19 Jan 1 882 - - bride's home
His parent s :
Joseph &amp; Mary Poage
Her paren ts :
J acob &amp; Lucinda Hartman

5-1882

John Henrv Black &amp; Lucretia Jane Gallaspy
12 Jan 1882 -- ------His parents: t47 illiam T. &amp; Rehecca Black
Her parents :
William &amp; Marv Ga llaspy

6-1882

Thoma~

7-1882

M. ? undv /Randy &amp; Parthena Pearcv

15 Jan 1882 -- minister's home
Sam~~--:.:.~~_:-_-:_ _____!&gt;u~dv /Bandy:~ parents
Her parents:
Nathan &amp; Lucy Pearcv

Samuel Ludowick Boon &amp; Matilda Jane Campbell
24 Jan 1882 -- bride's home
His parents:
LudOA'ick &amp; Emilv Boon
Her p arents:
William and Mary Ann campbell

8-1882

Henrv Martyn Doll &amp; Arabella Elizabeth Lunsford
30 Jan 1882 -- bride 's home
His parents:
Rev . Jacob &amp; Susan Jan Doll
Her parents:
Charles and Julia Lunsford

9-1882

George Washington Wiseman &amp; Elizabeth Mcc rai g

10-1882

31. Jan 1882 -- Gospel Church
His parents :
George &amp; Mary Ann Wiseman
Her Parents:
William &amp; Nancy Mccraig

13 7

�Daniel Thomas Meador &amp; Mo lli e Catharine Kittinger
1 Februar"'' 1882 -- bride's home
His Parents: Ewel l &amp; Ann Meador
Her oarents: John M. &amp; Barnara Kittinger

11-1882

Jec:se .Rotoc:e ~tover &amp; Julia A. Graham
1 4 Feh 1882 -- bride's home
~ is parents:
A~her M. &amp; Jane ~tover
Her oarents: Marshall M. &amp; Elizabeth Graham

12-1882

Thomas .Rohert Boon &amp; Lucv Blanche Rarmitz
14 Fen 1882 -- Salen, Va.
His parents: Zeb &amp; Rehecca Boo n
Her parents: William M. &amp; Elizabeth F. Rarmitz

13-1882

--- ----- ----- Bandv &amp; Sarah F. Ho gan
16 Feb 1882 -- bride's home
h is parents: Thomas M. &amp; Parthena Bandy
her parents: El isha &amp; Nancv Hogan

14-1882

Joh n Henrv Owens &amp; Melinda Fletcher Elliott
21 Feh 1882 -- ~ome of Jacob Hindereigh
his parents : David &amp; Rachel Owens
her parents: William &amp; Nancy Elliott

15-1882

Thomas Jefferson Moore
24 Feb 1882 - - .Roanoke
his parents: Thomas &amp;
her parents: James A.

&amp; Laura Green Wells

16-1882

Co.
Francis Moore
&amp; Bettie Wells

Giles Otev Lundy &amp; Frances Florentine Ovler
26 Feb 1882 -- minister ' s home, Naff
his parents: William E. &amp; Nancy Lundy
her parents: Cornelius &amp; Francis Ovler

/7-1882

Floyd Scott Murrv &amp; Elizabeth Maria Stri n e
9 March 1882 -- 'Clotetourt Spr i nqs in .Roanoke Co.
his parents: Jacoh P. Murry and Elizabeth Murrv
her parents: Andrew J &amp; Mary Strine

18-1882

George BrWlk &amp; Irena Susan Eller
9 March 1882 -- Minis t er ' s home, Moomaw
his parents: John &amp; Mary Brunk
her parents: Abram J. &amp; Sarah Eller

19-1882

Peter Yopp &amp; Rosa Bell Hays
28 March 1882 -- Horne of Miss Rosa Wade
h is parents: Charles &amp; Lucinda Yopp
h er paren ts : Jack &amp; Eliza Hays

20-1882

�Charl.es Wil.l.iam Hane~ &amp; Lil.l.ie Wal.ker Page
4 Aoril. 1.882 -- Sal.em, Va.
his parents:
Uichol.us &amp; Priscilla Hanes
her parents:
Robert w. &amp; Mollie Page

21-1882

Will.ie ctone &amp; Nannie Rarnett
26 April. 1.882 - - Catawba
his parents:
Wil.liam E. &amp; Marv H. Stone
1-ier parents:
Gil.es &amp; Annie Barnett

22-1882

Radford Lawrence &amp; Maggie Leo Martin
1 9 April 1882 -- Salem , Va.
his parents:
Frank w. &amp; Gertrude Lawrence
her parents:
Wil. liam R. &amp; Margeret G. Martin

23-1882

Thomas Anthony Coleman &amp; Marv A . Huff
10 May 1882 -- ~ ride' s home
his parents:
Thomas &amp; Marv Co leman
her parents:
Austin &amp; --------Huff

24-1882

Edward Thomas Woodward &amp; Annie S. Craig
11 Mav 1882 -- Salem, Va.
his parents:
w.T.J. &amp; Agnes c. Woodward
her parents:
James &amp; Margaret Craig

25-1882

George wa~hington Goff &amp; Margie Francis Carroll
14 May 1882 -- Cedar Grove Church
his parents :
Jack &amp; Retsy Goff
her parents:
Isaac &amp; Martha Carroll

26-1882

~amuel Wa 1 ter

Howerton &amp; Mollie Ronsack
l June 1882 -- Bonsacks
his parents :
Thomas J. &amp; Sapshronica Howerton
her parents:
Abram &amp; Mary Bonsack

27-1882

James Knox Henderson &amp; Annie E . McCankev
15 June 1882 - Catawba
his parents:
Francis &amp; Nancv Henderson
her parents i
James &amp; Elizabeth McCankev

28-1882

Samuel w. Aliff &amp; F. Virginia Dent
25 June 1882- - bride's home
his parents:
John &amp; Marv Aliff
her parents:
John &amp; Lucy Dent

29-1882

Mack Kenrv &amp; Al ice Ada OWens

30-1882

7 Julv 1882 -- Roanoke, Va.
his parents:
Mack &amp; ------Kenrv
her parents:
Catharine Owens

--------&amp;

�John Preston Raislip &amp; Berta Marcella Kasev
l.2 July 1882 -- bride's home
his parents: Arthur J. &amp; Elizabeth Haislip
her :oarents: ThomaQ A. &amp; Virginia M. Kasev
Jo~eph

Pritchard &amp; Marv Elizabeth Gearhart
16 Julv 1882 - - home of F.A. Eiler
his parents : Thomas &amp; Susan Pritchard
her parents1 Jame~ &amp; Pol ly Gearhart

31-1882

32-1882

John Peter ~esley Bowles &amp; Merjca SidnPy Webb
18 Julv 1882 -- home of Peter RowleQ
his parentss Peter s. &amp; Elizaheth Bo&lt;-&gt;leQ
her parents: Edmund &amp; Eli zaheth Wel...b

33-1882

Henrv Letcher Bird (stone mason) &amp; Sarah Jackson Powerq
31 Julv 1882 -- bride's home

34-1882

his parents:

her narents:

Ohediah William &amp; Matilda FranceQ Bird
James A. &amp; FranceQ A Po~ers

William Jo~eoh Mo~es &amp; Laura Rell Elizaheth AnderQon
26 Julv 1882 -- bride's home
his parents: Alexander &amp; Marv Ann Moses
her ca.rents: John M. &amp; -------AnderRon

35-1882

Julius M. Whillard &amp; Ella Howerton
2 Aug 1882 -- Bonsack~

36-1882

his parentRs

her parents:

---------------

Samuel w. &amp; Alice Howerton

Charles s. Yoop &amp; Lydia M. Mosby
14 Aug 1882 -- home of Rev. P. ~hickle, Salem, Va.
his parent~a CharleA &amp; Lucinda Vo"'p
her parentQa Andrew J. &amp; Minirva MoRby

37-1882

P.obert Carroll &amp; .Martha A. Parker
16 Auq 1882 Roanoke Co.
his parento;: Tsaac &amp; Martha Carroll
her ~entss James L. &amp; Martha Parker

38-1882

William Cunningham &amp; Lucv D. ~alker
24 Aug 1882 -- premise~ of Mr. William Muse
his parents 1 William &amp; Florentine Cunningham
her parentq 1 George &amp; Nancv Wal.kPr

JCJ-1882

fofynn &amp; Julia Ann Franklin
30 Aug 1882 -- Duval hou~e in Salem
his parents: William D. &amp; Lucv WVnn
her !lClrents a Greenville &amp; Fannv Franklin

40-1882

~tith

�Wal ter uaxall Carter &amp; Ma r• Elizaheth Paolo
30 Aug 1882 -- Roanoke , Roanok e Co., Va.
Hi~ Parents ' Daniel Hen,.-v &amp; Laonia Va. carter
~er Parente:: i
Peter &amp; Louisa E. Paolo

41-1882

Mat thew Clar'k &amp; Laura "Rurne tt
7 sept 1 88 2 - - a t J oc:: e nh Burnett's
his parents:
George "~ . &amp; Ma rtha Cla.rk
her oarentc:::
- --- - --- &amp; Martha Rurnett

42-1882

J ames Meador McManawa" &amp; Marv Rohinc::on Morgan
28 ~eot 1882 -- br ide's h ome
'his parentci:
Charle"" H . &amp; Nancv A. McManawav
her parents:
D .A. &amp; L . J . Morgan

43-1882

Reuben Moore Turr e ll &amp; Maranda K. i.iuchin~on
4 Oct 1882 - - Roanoke~ Va.
his parentc:: :
Rohert &amp; Elizaheth Turrell
her parent~ :
------ -----------

44-1882

John Ahner Perq inger &amp; Matilda Julia Routt
2 Oct 1882 -- Gish's - Roa noke co.
his parents:
Jame~ s . &amp; Enliline
her oarents:
Geor g e &amp; ---------Routt

45-1882

Wi l l iam o . Bi erhower &amp; Moll i e E. Marshall
4 Oc t 1882 -- bride's ·home
his pare nts 1
George &amp; Catharine Rierhower
h e r oarents a ------&amp;Ann Marshall

46-1882

Da niel Hovt Gris so &amp; Sallie Lucinda Ann campbell
19 Oct 1882 -- ~ride's home
his parents a John &amp; Anna Grisso
her oarents: Charles J. &amp; Julia A. Campbell

47-1882

Edward Al.exander Cl.eland &amp; El.la Cornelia Peck
l. 7 Oct 1882 - - Roanoke Co.
his parents:
James &amp; Janet Cleland
her P a rents :
John E. &amp; Julia A. Peck

48-1882

A1phonso nuiqq Philpotts &amp; Lilia E. Corner
18 Oct 1882 - - Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Va.
h i s paren'Gs 1 John c. ·&amp; Sarah w. Ph; lpotts
her paren ts s
Frances Corner

49-1882

Samuel Henrv Di.s hang &amp; Mary L. Dangerfield
2 5 Oct 1 882 - - house of D.A.Na ff, Minister
his parent.q s Lewis &amp; Lucy Dis hanq
her parents a Al ex &amp; Clarkev Dangerfield

50-1882

-------&amp;

�Letcher Nininger &amp; Berta L. Williams
31 Oct 1882 -- 0 otetourt Springs
his parents: Christian &amp; Nannie Nininger
her parent~: David &amp; Julia Williams

51-1882

George A. Revnolds &amp; Fannie A. Goode
9 Nov 1882 -- Goode home
His· parents: Alexander &amp; Delania Reunolds
her oarents: Samuel D. &amp; Marv Goode

52-1882

Henr'' Johnson

53-1882

&amp;

Annie

M.

Dor-&gt;art

9 Nov 1882 -- Roanoke, Roanoke Co. , Va.

his parent~:
her oarentA:

----------------Jacoh &amp; Sarah Dor&lt;-7art

John o. uorn &amp; Enuna June Parker
Nov 1882 -- bride's home
his parentA: John &amp; Sophia Horn
her parent~: Jame~ M. &amp; Marv Parker

54-1882

Pre-ton Luther Farlev &amp; Christina A. Doule
16 Nov 1882 -- Salem, Va.
his parent!';: Thomas B. &amp; Elizaheth Parle"
her parents: John R. &amp; Mary E. Dovle

55-1882

JameA Alexander Campbell &amp; Hester Ann Deaton
16 Nov 1882 lie. -- no minister return
His parents: Charles J. &amp; Julia Ann Campbell
her parents: Francis A. &amp; Ann Dea ton

56-1882

Henry Thomas Knott &amp; Mary E. Bird
3 Dec 1882 -- home of Henrv Bird
his parents: John &amp; Julia Ann Knott
her parenti:;: Ohediah w. &amp; Matilda Frances Bird

57-1882

Isaac Kinqerv &amp; Louisa Blankenship
3 Dec 1882 -- bride's home
his parents s Albert &amp; Ursula King€ry
her Parents:
Lucinda Blankenship

58-1882

q

------&amp;

George canadav Huff &amp; Alice

~lanche

Vinvard

59-1882

12 Dec 1882 -- Gish's
his parents s 1saac H. &amp; Lucinda Huff

her oarents 2

Isaac

w.

Joseph Edie Shoemaker
11 Dec 1882 -- Salem,
his parents: Lindsev
her parents: James &amp;

&amp; -------vinvard
&amp; Sarah Janer Siler
Va.
F. &amp; Jane Shoemaker
Martha Siler

60-1882

�Ce phaQ Malcom Moore (carpenter) &amp; Margaret Elizaheth Hontl}(er
1 9 Dec 1882 -- Moo r e ' s School House
hi s parents;
Jo 0 eph &amp; Marv Moore
h er oarentss
Henrv &amp; Elizabeth Honaker

61-1882

JoReph Frank Snel l &amp; F lorence Mav Boon
1 4 Dec 1882 - - Sa lem, Va.
his parents:
Renjamin &amp; Susan Snell
h er parents;
Zebul on &amp; Rehecca s. ~on

62-1882

John Thomas BrO'-'n &amp; Do ra Alice Kefaver
19 Dec 1882 -- hride's home
his parents:
John &amp; Mary Jane Rrown
h er oarents:
Jame~ D. &amp; Marv Ann Kefaver

63-1882

Wi l l i am Taze'-'el l Kingarv &amp; Patria 'Rurnett
21 Dec 1882 -- home of William Schoonover
his parents:
John &amp; Chlao Kingarv
h er oarents s
Zehulon &amp; Martha Burnett

64-1882

Jo~iah

weaver &amp; Nannie Wrav
21 De c 1882 r is. -- no minister's return
his parents:
Josiah &amp; Malipa Weaver
h er oar en ts :
Jame"" &amp; - - - - - wrav

65-1882

James Olive r Lovd &amp; Kate Al.exander Stevens
26 Dec l.882 -- ~ome of JHB Stevens
his pArents s
John H. &amp; France~ Lovd
her p a rents :
Jacob H.'R. &amp; Elizabeth StevenR

66-1882

Fo:r;rest James Garst &amp; Mollie Elizabeth Shartzer
26 Dec 1882 -- bride's home
his parents:
George &amp; Marv F. Garst
her parents:
James w. &amp; Martha Shartzer

67-1882

Frank P. Goodwin &amp; Moll.ie E. Mitchell
27 Dec 1882 -- home of George Beamer
his parent"" a
JOReph &amp; ~arah Goodwin
her oarents a John &amp; Fannie Mitchell

68-1882

George Rohert Whi tlo-·• &amp; Mattie F-lizaheth Rrvant
27 Dec 1882 -- Mrs. Brvant's
his parent~:
Patrick &amp; Lucinda Whitlow
h er oarents:
John H . &amp; Rhoda Rr..ant

69-1882

Peter Mathai s Engleman &amp; Emm Vir9inia Trout
27 Dec 1882 -- Roanoke Co., Va.
his parent.Ac
Phi lip &amp; Elizaheth Engleman
her parentci 1
Jacoh &amp; Marv M. Trout

70-1882

�1882 Marriage0 in Roanoke Co. Courthous e Colored
Edward Ta"lor &amp; Marv Simmon!';
S Jan 1882 -- Baotist Churc h, Salem, v a .
h is par ents : Richard &amp; Marv Tavlor
her oarent s:
Sarah Simrnona

1-1882

J ohn Daniel Lipscomh &amp; Maria Clar k
19 J an 1882 - - Salem, Va.
h i s pare nts z Frank &amp; Lucv Lipscomh
her parents : ------------- ------

2-1882

Geor ge w. Sherman &amp; Susan Chappell
2 Februar v 1882 -- - - -----his parents: John &amp; Ann ~herma n
her par ent~: Jame 0 &amp; Lizzie Chaop ell

3-1882

Richard Boldi ng &amp; Mollie Davis
7 Feb 1882 -- Baotist Church, Salem, va .
hi~ par ent sz
Henrv &amp; Lizzie 0 olding
her parents: - ----- &amp; Martha Davis

4-1 882

John Preston &amp; Savanah Stentoe
11 Feb 1882 -- Gish's Mill, Roanoke ea.
his parents: George &amp; Phi l lis Precton
her parent~:
Po l l i e ~teotoe

5-1882

Homer Clemmons &amp; Sally Hi ll
25 Feb 1882 -- Bantist Church, Salem, va.
his parent.c::: Thomas &amp; Cla r a Clemmons
her parent..c;: Frank &amp; Sa rah Smith

6-188 2

George Hancock &amp; Marv Green
8 Mar 1882 -- Salem, Va .
his parents: Sparel &amp; Amanda Hancock

7-1882

------&amp;

--------&amp;

her parents:

-------&amp;-------

Charles w. Archer &amp; Lettie Lamox
11 March 1882 -- bri d e's home
his parentc::i John &amp; Marv Archer
her oarent~: Caesar &amp; ----Lamox

B-1882

Clavton P. Howard &amp; Sallie B. We~ster
18 Aoril 1882 -- Salem, Va.
"'is parentc::
Sarah Ho-·•ard
her parents: Frank &amp; Marv Webs ter

9-1882

Andrew Jackson Anderson &amp; Fleta ~usan Monroe
26 April 1882 - - Private home ?
his parents i Andrew Jackson A &amp; Sarah Anderson
her parents : ------ &amp; Lina

10-1882

--------&amp;

�Col.
Scott Snvder &amp; Lucv Ann Stone
26 Anr 1882 -- home of Cager Stbne
his parents:
Aaron &amp; &amp;nilv Sn•rder
her parents:
Micajah &amp; Martha Ann Stone

11-1882

Samuel Taulor &amp; Ca roline Reverlv
21 Mav 1882 - - Sal em , Va.
his parents:
Fountain &amp; Rachel Tavl o r
h er oarents:
------- &amp; - - - -- --

12-1882

Henr • Williams Turner &amp; Jul ia Cla•rton
7 June 1882 -- at Mr. Joncalan Tavlor~
hi s parentq :
------ &amp; Amv Turner
her oarents:
Thomas &amp; Marv Clavton

1 3-1882

Arnhroc::e Stova l l &amp; Ambrich Ellena Callowav
4 Jul .. 1882 -- houc::e of Mrs. Emmiler Pa tter~on
hi s parents:
Rrice &amp; Martha S tova ll
her oar entc:::
Henrv &amp; Marv Ann Callowa y

14-1882

John Israel &amp; Sarah Jane Snvder
6 Julv 1882 -- farm of F.clmon H. uowlv
his parents:
--------- &amp; aLanche Israel
her parents:
Ahram &amp; Parthena Snvder

15-1882

Charle 0 Wilson &amp; Lin~ Clayton
6 Julv 1882 -- bride's home
his parentc:::
La•·•son &amp; E~ter Wilson
her oarents:
Thoma~ &amp; Mary Cl avton

16-1882

Daniel Neighbors &amp; Emma Saunders
6 July 1882 -- -"t Mr. Thomas Clavton ' s
his parents :
------ &amp; Marv Ne i ghbors
her parent~:
------ &amp; ------

17-1882

Thnrnac:: R. Sirnmc:: &amp; Annie Tavl or
8 Aug 1882 - - Private h ouse a t 9 i OO o c l o c k
his parents i
George &amp; Kizzie Simm~
her parentss
----- &amp; El l en Tav l o r

18-1882

Gahriel c. Fields &amp; Amanda Moorman
10 Aug 1882 -- Salem, Va.
his parents:
&amp;Lfred &amp; Mil l ie Fields
her par e nts:
'Renjarnin &amp; El iza Moorman

19-1882

David Phillips &amp; Marv V. Whitlock
13 Aug 1882 -- Rride's home
his parents s
Stephen &amp; Judy Phillips
h er parents :
Ti l as &amp; Catharine Whitlock

20-1882

�The following are marked "colored" marriages for the year 1882 for the county
of Roanoke .

Harry Glanders and Ernaline Worrell
17 Aug 188Z - Salem, Va .
His parents: John &amp; Mirna Glanders
Her parents: Lewis &amp; Kitty Worrell

21-1882

Lewis Mead and Margaret Taylor
18 Sept 1882 - Roanoke City
His parents: Ephraim &amp; Martha Mead
Her parents: ------- &amp; Eliza Taylor

22-1882

Essex Noel and Edmonia Reed
28 Sept 1882 - Salem, Va.
His parents: Essex &amp; Martha Noel
Her Parents: Isaac &amp; Ros etta Reed

23-1882

William Henry Jackson a nd Betsy Lunco
28 Sept 1882 - private home a t 9 o'clock
His parents: Thomas &amp; Lucy Jackson
Her parents :
&amp; Agnes Lunco

24-1882

Robert Blaney and Fanny Duckwiler
25-1882
29 Sept 1882 - residence of Henry Duckwiler at 8 o ' clock
His parents: James &amp; Hannah Blaney
Her parents : Henry &amp; Charolette Duckwiler
James Henry Turner and Laura A. Sef tridge
4 Oct 1882 - Salem, Va .
His parents: Robert &amp; Lucinda Turner
Her parents : ------ &amp; Fanny Seftridge

26-1882

John Henry Patterson and Delia Shorts
12 Oct 1882
M. E. Church, Salem , Va.
His parents: Frank &amp; Amelia Patterson
Her parents : Samuel &amp; Chlao Shorts
His occupation : Omnibus Driver

27-1882

John Pollard and Rose Claytor
14 Oct 1882
at Mr. 'Ihomas Claytor's
His parents : Robert &amp; Matilda Pollard
Her parents: Thomas &amp; May Claytor

28- 1882

J ames Dennis and Sarah Stiff
19 Oc t 1882
resid. of John Stiff
His parents.: Samuel &amp; Ema.line Dennis
Her parents: Allen &amp; Elizabeth Stiff

29-1882

Ti tus J otu1son and Ellen Palmer
19 Oct 1882
Salem, Virgi nia
His parents: John &amp; Rebecca Johnson
Her paren t s: ~.nders on &amp; Mar garet Palmer

J0-1882

�Jo hn William Newton and Lelia Preston
24 Oct 1882
1st Baptist Church of Salem
His parents :
Isaac &amp; Julia Newton
Her parents :
Whi t &amp; Scylla Preston

31-1882

J erry Barnett and May
Lavis
2 Nov 1882
The Davis' home
Hi s parents : William &amp; Charlotte Barnett
Her par en ts :
Claiborne &amp; Mary Ann Tu.vis

32-1882

Edwa.rd Holland and Agnes Searcy
?
Nov 1882
no minister ' s return
His parents : Edward &amp; Mary Holland
Her parents : Simon &amp; Judy Searcy

33-1882

Plummer Fierce and Ella Newsom
14 Nov 1 882
The Newsom ' s home
His parents:
Isham &amp; Eliza Fierce
He r parents :
D:tniel &amp; Martha Newsom

34-1882

Thomas P0well and Et ta Brown
- Roanoke City , Va .
Hi s parents s Mabrail &amp; Peachy Powell
Her parents: Anthony &amp; Martha Brown

35-1882

Decatus

Helm and Ellen Price
home of Thomas King
His parents s ------- &amp; Nancy Helm
Her parents: Robert &amp; Jane Price

36-1882

Lindsey Anderson and Ann Eliza Morgan
-- Bonsack, Va.
His parents :
Thomas &amp; Julia Anderson
Her parents: ------ &amp; Hannah Morgan

37-1882

John Frogg and Ida Tu.ylor
Roanoke, Va .
His parents : George &amp; Ann Frogg
Her parents: Mach &amp; Mary Taylor

38-1882

Moses Lest Becan and Delia Williams
14 Dec 1882
Roanoke, Va .
His parents s Basonper M. &amp; Mary Becan
Her p a rents: --- ----- &amp; Sarah Williams

39-1882

Lewis Kasey and Adaline
bride ' s
His parents: Richard &amp;
Her parents s William &amp;

4-0-1882

18 Nov 1 882

25 Nov 1882

30 Nov 1882

6 Dec 1882

2 1 Dec 1882

Chamblip
home
Sarah Kasey
Clara Chamblip

Willia m Wade and Lou Jennings
Bonsack, Va.
His parents: George &amp; Lydia Wade
Her paren t s :
John &amp; Sarah Jennings

26 Dec 1882

41-1882

�Norman Wright and Alice King
28 Dec 1882
Y&gt;.ingtown , Roanoke Co . , Va.
His parents : Thomas &amp; Delia Wright
Her parents : Joseph &amp; Amzel ine King

42-1882

'Tu.ylor Wad.ki ns and Lucy Bailey
28 Dec 1882. - Salem , Va .
His parent s: Lavi d &amp; Maria Wad.kins
Her parents: Alfred &amp; 'Iabiti a Bailey

43-1882

contributed by Evelyn Robertson

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VIRGINIAN ' S IDEA of The Uni ted States of America was distributed at the
time of the ?5th ' birthday ' of Roanoke City and having a copy of the
postcard, I thought that this would be a good time to reproduce it.
Under the ' Caution" on the map I would also add genealogy - - altho at one
Virginia did go to the Mississippi River -- so please remember that when
you. find that your ancestor was born in Virginia . Altho' there will be
few ancestors from that period of time -- what most people forget is that
until 1863 Virginia included West Virginia and that is still a large territory to cover.

SURNAME I NDEX

Mrs C Jeannine Southers, 695 East Main St, West Lafayette , OH 43845
Dudley
Charles
Surry Co , NC
res ca 1780- 1790
Ross
Clarissa
md C Dudley
res ca 1780-1790
Dudley
James Ransom
NC/Pul aski , Montg Co, VA md 1818 NC
Jane Mallory
Lyon
rod J R Dudley
md 1818 NC
Dudley
James Lyon
NC/Pulaski , Mon tg Cos, VA b 1819 NC
Mary Jane
Kirkner
2nd wife of above
b 1827
VA ?
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Jones
Isaac
Jones
Mil,ion Dennis
son of above
b 1853
Cundiff
Eli
VA ?
b 1812
Cundiff
Virginia Jane
dau of above
b 1853
Howell
Rebecca
md E Cundiff
b 1814
?
Howell
Pleas
father of above
Hill
Emma
mo~her of R Howell
?
Snyder
Henry
Germany/VA/Ohio
b ca 1780
Snyder
Henry
VA/Lawr Co, Ohio
b 1824 VA
Rev.
Isaac
Morris
Wales?/PA/Ohio
?
Morris
(Judge) John
PA/Clermont Co , Ohio
b 1767 PA
Keeney
William H
Greenbriar Co, VA/K:f./OH
b 1789
Crawf'ord
md W Keeney
b 1787 KY
Mary
Gholson
James H
KY/ Lawr Co , Ohio
d prior 1850
Richard D Robinson, 353 East Lake Road, Palm Springs, Fla 33461
Minton, VA; Wade, VA; Boaz, VA; Dryden, VA; Pruner, PA &amp; VA.

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PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST FOR 1882
BIG LICK DISTRICT
Roanoke County , Virginia
(The following names are taken from the large ledger type of book used for the
tax list for Roanoke County, Virginia . Only the names and not the property
they were taxed on was copied . )
p. 59 Ascertained for 'laxes &amp; Levies in the County of Roanoke , within Big Lick
District.
Geo. H. Sand.
(The columns were as £allowed : person charged with tax ; residence ;
white male over 21; colored male over 21; horses , mules , etc .; cattle ; sheep ;
goats; hogs; pleasure carriages, coaches , carts , gi gs , etc .; books &amp; pictures ;
mechani c tools value ; farm implements value ; watches ; clocks ; sewing machines ;
(the second page I did not copy, by this times I had decided that I would not
have the time to copy everything in just a couple of days.) (Residence - all
listed as living in Roanoke - tot-m)

1. Arthur, William R
2. Ayers, B. A.
3 . Ayers, W. D.
4. Angel, William
5. Anthony, Smith
6 . At.kins , J. T.
p

60

1.

Ammen, Laniel
Arthur, James
3. Andrew, Wm K &amp; Co .
4. Arthur, T. J.
5. Aliff, P. S.
6. Andrews, John B
7, Armstrong, D.M.
8. Arthur, G. W.
9, Anderson, Frank
10. Adams, John
11. Ayers, Wesley
12. Andrews, W. K.
1J . Aliff, Samuel
14. Aliff , John
15. Ammon, Geo. W.
16 . Anderson, Benjamin
17. Archie Worley
18, Anderson, Jackson
19. Anderson, Lindsey
20. Aldridge, Benjamin
21. Anderson, Allen
22. Allen, Monroe
(#16-22 listed as colored
males)
23. Bandy, J . C.
24. Bandy, John 0
2.

(Note:

25 . Burnett , James
26 . Burnett , S. H.
27 . Bus h, Patte!:son

13 .
14.
15.
16.

Black , John H
Berkel ey , W. W.
Bryant, W. R.
28. Bradley , Lee
Blackwell , James S
29 . Bush , Eugene
17. Bell, James H
18 . Bowers , Geo . F.
JO. Bush , Charles H.
31. Binford , W. A.
19. Burks , W. A. (Depot
Agent)
J2. Bachrach , Isaac
20 . Banks , A . J.
33. Black , William T
34. Black , John N
21 . Brumbaugh , John A
35, Baldwin , James K. P. 22 . Blackwell , Charles
36 , Bonsack, S.G .
23 . Burgess , A. S .
37, Bandy , Thomas S.
24 . Blan ton , Mrs. R.F.
no males
38. Bushong , J . W.
25 . Brown, J.V.
39. Bush, William P.
40. Bush , Charles S .
26. Bushing , H. C.
27 . Black , Benjamin F
28 . Burke , W. A. (Salone
p 61
Keeper)
Ai. Bush, Thomas S
1. Bowyer , M.M.
29 . Black, Iavid
2. Barksdale , Thomas F JO . Bl ack , H.A.
3, Bushong , Mrs Jane
31 . Bower, James R.
no males
32. Bowie, E.H.
4. Burnett , Sila s
33 . Bl ack , Benjamin
34. Bandy, J. T.
5. Berger, I.avid
35 . Bryant , Ambrose B
6. Bbwil , J.R.
36 . Beller , Charles S.
7. Butler , Dr. G.W.
37 . Berry , H.N.
8. Beller , C.E.
J8 . Berry , G.W .
(the follo wing are colored)
9, Blecher , Geo, D.
10 . Bonsack , Susan
39 , Banks , John
no males
page 62 (blacks con't )
11. Bonsack, Jacob
1. Burwell , Giles
12. Bonsack, J , William

Did not have time to check my copying - hope the above is right.)

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p 62 con ' t
2 . Beal , John
3 . Brown , Charles
4 . Brown, Anthony
5 , Battle , John
6 . Bruce, Marshall
7 . Banks , Oliver
8 . Bright , CW
9 . Becker, Silas
10. Brooks, Milton
11 . Black , Martin
12 . Bruce, Ben jamin
13 . Bruce, William
14. Brooks, Simon
15. Brown, Charles
16. Bolling, Samuel
17 . Baxter, William
18 . Brown, William
19. Beviley, Madi s on
2 0. Burwell, Lewi s
21. Blinter, Godfrey
(the following are white)
22. Bush , Geo. O.
23. Burchet , G. F .
24. Burchet, J.S.
25. Bryant, R . W.
26. Benedict, John
27. Campbell, Mrs Lucy
No ma l es
28. Coffman, Louis
29. Cunningham, Geo. S
30. Carrol, N.J .
31. Chipman , Howard
32. Camp, W.P.
33. Chockolate, J . B .
34. Coleman, John D.
35. Crocket, William
36. Casedy, James E.
37 . Carpenter, Orin
38 . Comer, Francis
39. Craghea d, James
4o. Cooper, George W.
p 63
A1. Craig, James C
1 . Carr, Col . Geo. W.
2. Carney, John
3. Cook, Geo. W.
4. Cook , Charly J .
5. Cook, F. J .
6. Carner , Robert
7. Chafin, Stephen
8. Creasy, R.H.
9. Campbell , Rev . W.C .
10 . Claiborne, R. H.

11 . Coleman , Louis
12 . Cheatwood , Squire
1J . Creasy , John L
14. Crai g , W. H.
15. Carner , Joel H
16 . Cash , S.B.
17 . Crosby , H.M.
18 . Coon, J . W.
19. Campbell, S. G.
2 0 . Crickenberger, L.
2 1 . Coniell , J . A.
22 . Crozier , T.N. Dr.
2J. Cocke, S.H.
24. Craig , Joseph H
25. Cook , John R.
26 . Cook , G. T.
27 . Canier , Matthew F.
28. Coleman , R. E.
29 . Cunningham, G.W.
(following are blacks)
JO. Clay , George
31. Childrip/Childup,
Jube
32. Carter, Aldridge
JJ. Carroll, Thomas
34. Carr, Dennis
J5. Clemens , Thomas
J6. Chambers , Henry
J7. Curtin, C.C.
JS. Calaway , Edward
39. Cane, Charles
40 . Childress , Joseph
p 64 (blacks con't)
Ai . Curtis, Houston
*1. Colvin, George
J . Cos by, Albert
4. Calaway, Marshall
5, Collins, Benjamin
6 . Crocket, George
7, Clayter, Thomas
8. Calaway, Squire
9, Cawon, Charles
10. Curtin, Thomas
11. Clemens, Home
12. Collins, Abraham
13. Carter, Benjamin
14. Coleman, James
15 . Clements, John
(following whites)
16. Cooper, Joel
17. Cooper, Henry C
18. Clark , W.W .
19 . Chittum, Geo . W.
2. Conaway, Robert (b)

20. City, W. H.
21. Davis, A. J .

22 . Duncan, S.
23 . Dent, James 0.
24. Derr, A. N.

25. Tu.nner, J.H.

26.
27.
28.
29.

JO.

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JJ,

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J5.
J6,

J7.

J8,

Tu.vis, D. W.
fuwdy, R.H.
Dickson, James
I.Ooley, William
Dent, Harry J .
Iay, John W.
Tu.y, Joseph E.
Dillard, P.B.
Iavis, Patrick
Derr, Rush
Derr, O. D.
Dent, Thomas J.
Duni than, A. R.

p 65 (following blacks)
1. Dickinson, Henry
2 . Dennis, Tuylor
J, Dentist, John
4. Tu.vis, John
5, Digs , Peter
6. fudley, Henry
7. Tu.vis, Edward
8 . Tu.vis, Lee
9. Dallas, George
10. Dennis, Lacy
11. Duckwiler, James
12. Deanor, William
13. Dudley, Ramsey
14. Dennis, Elisha
15. Davis, John H.
16. Tu.y, Milton
17. Duckwiler, Samuel
18. Dennis, Jack
19. Dickinson, John
20 , Dickinson, Jerry
21 . Dock, John
22. Lavis, Charles
2J. Lawson, Geo.
(following whites)
24. Tu.vis, John T.
res . Lynchburg
25. Engels, Joseph
26. Evans, N.J .
27 . Evans, William G.
28. Elliott, W.E.
29. Ellen, Charles
JO . Eddington , John D

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p 65, foll owing blacks
Ji. Edwards, Bailey
J2. Edwards , Doctor
33 . Evans , Jefferson
J4. English, Thomas
J5. Evans , Pati son
J6. Edwards, John W
(following are whites)
37 . Eddington , J. P . &amp;
mother
J8. Forrir, William
p

66
1.
2.
J,
4.

Feree, Thomas S .
Fishburn, J . R.
Fishbu:rn , J.A,
Fishbu:rn, R. H.
5. Fairburn, John P
6. Fishbu:rn, T. T.
7. Fishbu:rn &amp; Bro .
no males
8. Franklin, Benjamin H
9 . Friend, Josi ah
10. Funk, Saml. B
11. Funk, Robt. S
12. Franklin, Henry J
1J. Fox , John C.
14. Finch, Joseph
15. Feather, John H
16. Funk, Joseph
17. Foreman, Iavid
18 . Foutz , J.R.
19. Foutz, Geo . T.
20 . Flaher ty, J.W.
21. Feather, S. H.
22. Foster , Ben jamin
2J . Fellow , M. S,
24, Ferguson, W. H.
25 . Ferguson , J. B.
26. Frantz, Emery J,
27, Franklin , Mrs. Lucy
no males
28. Fell, George
29. Frazier, Clifton
(following are blacks)
JO. Frog, John
31 . Ford, Charles
32. Fisher, Arthur
JJ. Franklin, John
J4. Finley, Lewis
35. Finley, Jack
(following are whites)
J6. Ferguson, N.B.
37. Filson, S. D.
38 . Filson, Robert
39. Gani.and, John H.

40. Gary , Henry
p 67
Ai . Garnand , W.S .
1. Garrett , H. N.
2 .' Gish , S . H.
J , Gwaltney , J . W.
4 . Gish , Geo . R.
5, Gillaspy , Williams
6. Gambill , James M
7 . Gray , John 0 .
8 . Gish, Gw . McH .
9 . Gillaspy , W. H.
10 . Gish , Thomas G.
11. Carrel , Robert
12, Gilbert , W. McR .
i J. Gore , N. M.
14. Garnet , James N.
i5 . Gerhardt , Richard
(following are blacks )
16. Gilbert , Richard
17. Grigs , Mars hall
18. G~ns , Jessee
19 . Grimes , James
20 . Gill , Frank
21 . Godf'rey , Charles
22 . Gordon , 'Tu.zewell
23 . Gholston , James
24. Garrett , William
25 . Goins , John
26 . Griffin , Iallas
27 . Gilbert , Alber t
28 . Gilbert , J ohn
(followi ng are whites)
29 . Gary , Robert
J O. Garnand , John
Ji . Huff , Isaac H.
J2 . Hazl ewood, S. B.
J J, Harrison , Iani el
J4. Hambrick , A. S .
35. Hall er , Uriah H.
J6 . Hudson , Dr. R. B.
37 . Henderson, N.F.
J8. Howbert , J:::i,mes E.
Huff , Isaac , Ex of
Peter Kefauver
no males

p 68
1. Howell , A. T.
2. Hutchins , Charl es
J . Hines, James C
4. Hale , 0
5. Heart, Dr. H.C.
6. Hypes, W.R.
7 ! Howell , W. T.

8 . Howerton , S . W.
9 , H.aymaker, Wm Y
10. Hu.f:f, Lewis
11. Hu:ff , W. P .
12 . Holly , Dr . J . T.
1J . Harris , J . B.
14. Helms , T. C. &amp; Co .
no males
15 . Huff , B. P .
16 . Huff , Geo . C.
17 . Harti gan , J . F.
18. Harris , William
19 . Hen ry, William R.
2 0. Hanline , A. M.
2 1. Haislip , J . R.
22 . Hudgens , B. F .
2J . Hardwich , R.E .
24. Hale , A. S .
25 . Hines , John
26 . Ha rdbarg er , Hiram
27 . Helms , T. C.
28. Howell , Phil
29 . Helms , James R.
JO . Harris , T.N.
31. Hooper , J . C.
(following a re blacks )
32. Hall , Simm
JJ . Holl and , Edward
34. Hackley , Willi am
35 . Hunt , Doctor
J6 . Hadlen , Morris
37 . Holland , Sandy
38. Hannah , Robert
p 69 (following a r e bla cks )
1. Hunt , Booker
2 . Holland, Thomas
J. Hannah , D:tv i d
4 . Hannah , Cornelius
5. Hanley , Aaron
6. Harper, J ohn
?. Hackley , Lewis
8 . Hopkins , Henry
9, Ha rvey, Wilson
10. Hawkins, Allen
11. Hurt , Joseph
12 . Holmes , Noah
13 . Harston , Peter
14. Howary , Henry
15 . Holland , Edward
16 . Hale , Wi ley
17 . Holla nd , Stephen
18. Hurt , Step hen
19. Hunter, Harry
20. Hardy, Henry
21. Hopkins , Pompey

�15.3
p 69 con ' t
(following are whites )
22 . Howbert , Geo . W.
23 . Hogan , John 0
24 . (blank )
25 . Jones , Robert B
26 . J amison , J . A.
27 . Jones , B . A.
28 . Jon es , John W
29 . James , R . B .
JO. James , Delilah
no male
31. J ames , M. R.
3 2 . J amison , S . W.
JJ . Jones , Mrs . M. E.
no males
J4. Jordan , John N.
JS. Jo hnston , J . C.
36. J ames , S .H.
( f ollowing are blacks)
37. J a cks on , Elisha
J8. J ackson , William
p 70 (bla cks con ' t )
1 . Johns ton, Green
2. Jordan, Joshua
3 . Jones, Norvell
4. J effrieys, Jack
5. Johnston, Willia m
6. Johns ton , Edmund
7. Jon es , Edward
8 . Johns ton, Robert
9. Jones, Peyton
10. Johnston, Prince
11. Johns ton, George
1 2. Jones, Moses
13. Jefferson , Wesley
14. Jones, Booker
15. Jon es, Alexander
16. Jon es , Sandy
(following are whites )
17 . Kefauver , D. E .
1 8. Kefauver, S . H.
19. Kefauver, John
2 0 . Krofeff, J.H.
2 1. Kasey, James P .
22. Kessler/Kepl er ,
John W.
23. King, Charles G.Y.
24. Kent, Mrs. S . N.
no mal es
25 . Kepler, William
26. Koiner, A. Z.
27. Kennet, John P.
28. Kefauver, Geo . W.

29. Kizer, Wm O.
JO . Kizer , John M
31. Kirk, Dr. J . D.
32 . Kas ey , George
, H. T.
JJ . Kasey
I
J4. Kepler, James H.
J5. Kale , E . C.
J6 . Kefauver, P.G.
J7. King, Andrew
J8 . King , James
p71.
1. Les ter, William A
2 . Luck , Dr. Geo . S.
J. Loyd, Rev. S. S.
4. Lewis , Andrew
5. Long , John A.
6 . Loving , A. C.
7 . Lemen , F.M.
8 . Leslie , John
9 . Lowman , Michael
10. Litrell, Henry
11. Leadbetter, W. S.
12 . Lunsford , Williams
1J; Little , Joseph
(following are blacks )
14. Langhorne, Henry A.
15 . Leftwich, William
16. Lawson , Elijah
17. Leftwich, George
18 . Lewis , Nicholas
19. Laney , Lewis
20. Lewis, Frederick
21 . Lewis , William
22 . Lewis , Charles
23 . Langhorne , G. W.
24. Lee , 'lbomas
25. Lawson, Ogle
26 . Lewis, James
27 . Lark, Aaron
28 . Lawton , Green
(follow~g are whites)
29 . Lloyd, R. S.
JO. Leonard, A.
J1 . Lockard, J.S.
J2 . Lesli e, J.T?
J3. Lesli e, James D.
J4. Leslie , W. C.
35. Ll oyd, J.E.
J6. Locket, H.J.
37. Lunsford, Charles
J8. Lumpkins, Thomas

p 72

1. (blank)
2.

3,
4.

5.
6.

7,

8.
9,
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22 .
2J .
24.

25.
26 .
27 .
28.
29 .
31.
JO.
J2.

33.
J4.

35.
J6.
J?.
J8.

William H
Muse, George W
Murray, Catharine
no males
Mu!X&lt;3-y, James
Merriman, James
McLane , Ianiel
McClanaha.n, Miss
Lizzie -- no males
Moomaw, D. C.
McFalls, Thomas
Meadows, D.S .
Miller, John
McGuire , Uz
May, A.F.G.
Maddock, Frank
Martin, T. J.
Morgan , John J.
McGee, Patrick
Morrisey, John
Miller, John F.
Moomaw, Joseph C.
Muse, Thomas R.
Mosely, W.S.
McClung, J .B .
Murrell, S.S.
McGeorge, W.S.
Meadows, James W.
McCauley, Peter P
Mills, J.P.
Meador, D. T.
McFalls, John C
Moomaw, W.P.
Morgan, Mrs. S. J .
no males
Moomaw, W.P. Jr,
Miller, P.F.V.
McClanahan, E.G.
McNamer, W. F.
Mauck, Peter D.
~use,

p ?J
1. Mills , P. W.
2. McDermed, Edward
J. Myers, S, R.
4. May, W.S.
5, May, W.H.
6. Magee, A.H.
7 . Mason, John W.
8. Mason, W. H.
9, Myers, G.W.
10. Moore, Z.F.
11 . McGuire, Philip

�154
P 73 - (whites con 't)
12. Morgan, J . M.
(following are bl acks)
1J. Mays , Geo .
14. Miller, Reuben
15. Mills, Thomas
16. Meadows, Willis
17. Marshall, Mack
18. Moore , Robert
19. Meadows, McHenry
2 0. Moor e, Sye
21. McGeorge, Harveey
22. Miller, Perry
2J . Mills, Lindsey
24. Martin, Joseph
25. Miner, William
26. McGeorge, Alfred
27 . Mosely, James
28. Meade , Lewis
29. Mitchell, Jack
JO. Mays, William
31. Morris, Thomas
(following are whi tes )
32. Moomow, Robert B
p 74

1. Nininger, N.T. &amp; Co
no males
2. Nelms, T. p.
J. Nelms, Charles D.
4. Nininger, Edward
5. Nininger, Letcher W.
6. Neal, James W
7. Neal, Mrs Eliza A
no males
8. Nelson, W. H.
9. Nace, W.S.
10. Nelms, O.W.
11. Nelms, C. D. Jr
12. Neal, Armistead
13. New, S.S.
14. Napier, John
15. Noel, S.A.
(following are blacks)
16. Nemo, I:aniel
17. Newton, J.W.
18. Noel, Rousee
19 . Noel, John
20. Neal, Paschal
21. Neal, Van
22 . Nichols, Jerry
(following are whites)
2J. Nininger, N.T.
24-27 blank
28. Obenchain, Charles

29. Owens , John B

1. Pike, H. G.
2. Peters, Charles
J. Payne, Dr. John M
4. Price, W. E.
1the following are blacks )
5. Parker , Samuel
J2. Oliver , Jessee
6 . Persinger, John
JJ. Oliver, P . W.
7 . Persinger, Charles M
J4. Oliver, Julius
8 . Persinger, Geo . M
P 75 (following are whites19 · Per.:&gt;inger, Taylor
1 . Persinger, Lawyer?
1. Pace, James E
or Sawyer
2 . Proffit , E. F.
12
.
Penn
, Thomas Sr
J . Preston, M. P.
10.
(
I
have
omitted a given
4. Peck, John E
name for a Persinger)
5. Paris , John D
1J. Potter, Ca r r
6. Pates el , Thomas
14. Preston, John
7 , Pers inger, G. J.
15 . Penn , George
8 . Payne, V. w.
16 . Prior, Moses
9. Payne , Mrs . Ellen
17.
Pate, Henry
no males
18.
Price, Henry
10. Price, C. B.
19 . Preston , Toby
11. Pobst , Charles E
20.
Poindexter, Joseph
12 . Pleasants , Dr. H. B.
21
.
Pinkard, Armstead
1J. Pattison , Harrey ?
22. Preston, Alexander
or Harvey
2J. Pers inger , George
14. Pollard , H. C.
24.
Preston , Thomas
15. Pollard, W. S.
25.
Preston , Jordan
16. Petty, J ohn M
26.
Pate,
Green
17. Powell , Miss S.W.P.
27
.
Preston
, Wesley
no males
28 . Philpot, Alexander
18. Preston, 'Ihomas J
29
. Pike , E. Wol fha ine
19 . Petty , Smith
JO-J6
blank
20 . Poppaw, Jacob
(following are whites)
21. Penn , S. G,
J7.
Roland , W. J . &amp; Brot hers
22 . Paul , Thomas
4 males
2J. Powers , James A
J8
.
Roland
, James
24. Pearcey, Williams
25 . Parker, James M
p 77
26. Patterson , S. F.
1. Reynol ds, A. S.
27. Powell , Josephus
2 . Rvlite ?, Geor ge
28. Plai ne , I:avid H
J
. Redding , George
29. Pace, William M
4.
Rhodes , Geo. Y?T
JO. Pace, Miner
5. Richardson , C. A.
J1. Pace, Lewis
6.
Route , Thomas
J2 . Pace, M. J .
?.
Route,
William
JJ. Powell, J . H.
8
.
Richardson
, Miss Nancy
J4. Price, J oseph H.
no
mal
es
J5 . Peery, Abraham
9. Rorer, P.H.
J6. Parrish, J.W.
10
. Ryan, Charl es M
J? . Payne, Horace B.
11.
Rudd ell , Mrs . Sarah
J8. Payne, G. C.
no males
12.
Ruddell,
J.B.
p 76
1J. Robinson, J a mes H.

JO.

Obencha~n ,

Rev. J.P.
J1. Oden, Francis M
(foll owing are blacks)

�155
p 77 con ' t
14. Robertson, S . G.
15. Rose, Thomas W.
16. Richardson , Mrs.
Phoebe -- no males
17. Read, D3.vid S.
18. Raines, William
19. Rogers , M.M.
20. Roberts, Geo . E.
21. Roberts, John S?L
22. Richards on , James G.
&amp; mother
2J. Robison, Joseph M
24. Robertson , Wm Gordon
25. Rorer, Ferdinand
26. Ryals, J. D.
27. Richardson , Ia.vid
28. Rorer, E
29. Reynolds, P.W.
JO. Richardson , Saml. H
J1 . Richardson, John R
J2. Robeson, James
JJ. Reynolds, A. T?Y
(following are blacks)
34. Rowman s, Joseph
J5. Richards, William
J6. Robison, John
37. Ress, Tazewell
38. Robison, Scott
p 78

1. Ridgeway, James
2. Rose, Wyat
3. Rayford, Peyton
4. Rideout, Harry
5. Rucker, Peter
6. Reed, Doctor
7 . Rayford, James
8. Rayford, Josiah
9. Reynolds, 'Ihomas
10 . Reed , Henry
11. Right, Samuel
12. Rayford, Wil lis
13. Robertson, Jerry
14. Rayford, James Jr.
15. Robison, Osborne
16. Ray, Oat
17-21 blank
(following are whites)
22. Saunders, Henry
23. Smoot, J. T.
24. Stover, E.J .
25. St Clair, Palmer
26. Simmons , Charles K.
27. Steele , George W

28 . Smith, D. F .
29. Settle , B. J .
JO. Stiff , William H
J1. Swain , A. D.
J2. Stevens , P. B.
JJ. Smith, John B
34. Sykes, E. W.
35. Startzman, W. H.
36. Shields, J.W.
37 . Sims, A.H.
JS. Short, Geo . W.

37. Steptoe, Ceasar
JS. Steward, Henry
p

80
1. Scott , John
2. Smeltzer, Jack

J . Saunders, Harry
4. Saunders, Thomas
5, Spradlin, William
6, Sims, Benjamin
Sherman, Washington
8. Sims, Anthony
9, Suttles, Walker
p 79
1. Smith, A. McD.
10. Steptoe, William
2. Sale, Wm D
11. Smith, Crocket
3. Shaver, J , N.
12-17 blank
(following are whites)
4. Scott , James
5. Schoonover, William 18. Trout , John, Committee
for N. Burwell - - no
6. Smith, E. C.
males
7, Smith , John W.
8 . Switzer, M. M.
19. Terry' s . w.
20 . Thomas, W. C.
9 . St Clair, P.P.
10. Saunders , James T.
21. Thomas &amp; Jemison
no males
11 . Stanley, Ovael
22. Terry, p ,S. &amp; Co.
12. Sanderson , John A
no males
13. Settles, Mrs Lydia
23.
Terry,
McGuire &amp; Co
no males
no males
14. Smith, Morgan
24. Taylor, Noel &amp; Co
15. Simmons, S.R.
no males
16. Sorrel l, Francis
25, 'fu:rner, C.M.
&amp; wife
26. Trent, John
17 . Shaffer, George
18. Shartzer, Mrs. Julia 27, Taylor, William
28 . Terry, P.L.
E. - - no males
29 . Taylor, Geo. P.
19. Stiff, Samuel B.
JO. Trent , J.P.
20. Sanderson , Richard
31 . T.rail, James
P. C.
32. 'Ihompson, James R.
21. Shumate , John
JJ , Tinsley, John M
22. Smith, A. R.
J4, Thomas, Mrs. Jane
23 . Shirley , R.A.
no males
24. Short , Charles W
25. St Clair, W.H.
J5 . 'Ihomas, C. W,
J6. Thomas , William
26. Shaw, Geo. C.
37, Trout, Henry S.
27 . Shartzer, Jerry
28. St Clair, Dr. James JS. Trout, Henry S. Adm 'r
no males
s.
.
(following are blacks)
p 81
29 . Steptoe, Wilson
1. '.Ihrasher, Stephen
J O, Sims, Louis
2. 'Iboniton, 'Iboma.s S
J1, Sims, Baldwin
J2, Smith, Reuben
J. 'fu:rner, G. A.
4. Tomlinson, Edward
JJ. Sims, Reuben
J4. Snyder, Abraham
5. Teafo:rd, 'Ihomas J.
35, Saunders, Sandy
6. Trout, Mrs . M. B.
36, Stratton, Wiley
no males

7:

�p 81 con't
7. Turner, W. E.
8. Thomas, M. C.
9. Taliaferro, N.D.
10. Trent, J. F.
11. Thomas, B.G.
12. Tabb, L.C.
(following are blacks)
1J. Taliaferro, Charles
14. Thomas , John
15. Taylor, Reese
16. Taliaferro, Henry
17. Taylor, Morris
18. Turner, Abraham
19 . Taylor, Lawson
20. Teigles, James H
21 , Terry, Irvin
22 . Turner, Henry
23. Tyree, Samuel
24. Taliaferro, Thomas
25 . Trount, Anderson
26. Thomas, 10.vid
27, Taylor, Jordan
28. Taylor, Stephen
29, Taylor, Munroe
JO , Turner, James
Ji. Thornton, Louis
J2. Turner, Peter
JJ, Taliaferro, Edward
J4. Taylor, Jackson
p 82

1-5 blank
(following are whites)
6. Underwood, Wm
7. Utz, William M.
8. blank
9. Vineyard, N.J.
10. Vineyard, E.O.
11. Vineyard, Abraham
12. Vineyard, C.P.
1J. Vineyard, E.S.
14. Vineyard, I . W.
15. Vineyard, J.P.
16. Voight, S.
17-22 blank
23. Watts, J, Allen
24. Wood &amp; Vineyard
no males
25. Webb, Dr. J,W.
26. Word, Q, M.
27. Williams, David
28 . Wells, Samuel
29. Whaling, Dennis
JO. Walthall, Wm.H.

J1. Whi te , Dr. G.D.
J2. Wilson , W.J.

JJ.

Woodroof, P.P.

34. w·ertz , J . H.
35. Wa l ters ?Watters ,
Jacob H.
J6. Webb, D3.niel R
37, Wiley, Benton
JS. Weeks , C. C.

P SJ

1. Williamson, Wm S

2. Wade , M.M .
J, Witt, G. S.
4 . Wright, Benjamin T
5. Wright, F . B.
6. Williamson, Thomas J
7 , Willson, S . A.
8. Wilkinson , W. G.
9. Williams, Thomas
10. Wright , Stephen W,
11. Walker , Ur . Geo. T.
12 . Waid , Marshall
13. Wertz, fuvid
14. Weaver , Mark
15. White , M.B.
16. Wolfheine , William
17. Watts, Bell &amp; Evans
no males
18. Wernnag , William
19. Welch , William
20. Wyatte , William
21. Williams , John F.
22. Williams , C.M.
2J . Webb, John H
24. Willis, John
25. Wood, Capt. S . G.
26 . Wood, S.B.
27. Wertz, C.R.
28. Woodson , E. V.
29. Watkins, J.L .
(following are blacks)
JO. Woodson, Newton
31. Wertz, Jessee
32 .. Watkins, Louis
JJ, Watkins, Price
34. Wright, Kenley
JS. Wright , Griffin
J6. Wollen , Moses
J7 . Wright, James
JS. Wheeler, R.F.F.
p 84

1. Woods, Charles

2 . Was hington, John
J , Whales, Alexander
L~ . Whales , Gallenus ?
5. Webb , Charles
6 . Whales , James
7 , Wilber, Henry
8 . Watkins , William
9 . Watkins , William SR
10 . Warren, Jerry
11 . Woody , Peter
12- 18 blank
(following are whites )
19 . Yowell, Robert B
20 . Yowel, James M
2 1. Yates, D. S .
22 . Yates, D.C .
23-25 blank
26. Zimmerman, Geo.
27-30 blank
supplement
J1. Bandy, J,W,
J2. Cunningham, Henry
33 , Blackburn, Wm R
J4. Buford, Charles P.
Big Lick
62J white males over 21
J32 colored males over 21

�ST JOHN'S PARISH REGISTER

157

Roanoke , Virginia
contributed by
~s . Alice T . Hagan , h istorian
(No te z The additional notes+ \1ere added by Mrs. Hagan -- some have a question
mark beside them . She also found that only 2 members of the present congregation were descendants ·of members of the congregation 100 years ago .
they are Jean Showalter , descended from the Watts ' family , and Mary Kucera ,
descended from the Berkley family . Other descendants of the 100 year ago
congregation are in the city - but as members of other churches.
The Episcopal ians of this area shared a little brick church with the Presbyterians in 1831 .
In 1840 , the Episcopal group moved to a vacant building
in Big Lick for its services and in 1850, built its own "House of Worship"
called St . John ' s - the first use of that name by this congregation. Consequently , I fee l that St. John ' s congregation is certainly one of the
oldest, if not the oldest , in the area.
Should the publication of this list evoke any inquiries, or new pieces of
knowl edge , I whould be very happy to receive them . Our early records are
scant and any information about our church in that era would be most welcome.)

COMMUNICAN'.IS
TI1e columns a r e:
fuy ; .rate ; No . ; Names ; Ch(urch) ; Whence received; Removals,
Marria.&amp;es , Deaths , &amp;c.
Changes )
June 1 st 1880 When Rev. R. A. Goodwin became _ __
Salem Parish , Roanoke Co., VA
Marriages,
D3.y
Date No.
Ch. Whence Received Removals ,
Names
Deaths, &amp;c
Mr. Geo. P. Tayloe
St.J.
St . J.
Mrs. Virginia Rogers
II
J.
Miss Lizzie McClanahan
II
4.
Miss Bettie Word
daughters of Quintus Word - ~
Miss Sallie Word
5.
~
cashier
of 1st Nat'l B&amp;nk?
'
"
6.
Dr. J.W. Webb
"
Mrs. J . W. Webb
7.
"
8.
Mrs . Lucy Kent
wife &amp; daughters of Dr. James
"
II
Miss Kate Kent
McG~t.
Dr. Kent, bapt. 18819.
II
10.
Miss Mary Kent
sick +
Miss Kate Carter
11.
II
Removed Dec. 1
12 .
Mrs. Mary G. Moorman
(+wife of B.F . or R.A . Moorman)
II
Removed Dec. 1
1J. Mrs . Anna W. Goodman
II
( -twife of Dr. Frank Sorrel)
14.
Mrs. L. G. Sorrel
Mrs. Emma Read
15.
" (+wife of Iavid Read)
St . P . Apl 1883
16 .
Mrs. Catharine Read/Reid II
II .
II
II
II
(store owner+)
Mr.
John
fubney
17.
"
II
18.
Mrs. Lavinia D:i.bney
"
" " "
Miss Lizzie D:i.bney
19.
St. J -married Rev'd ? - Missionary=
to the Diocese of Cape Palmas
April 1881
It
Mrs. Catharine Sperry
20
(+mother of James L~Sperry who
con't
Penarth Rd., Roanoke, VA 24-014

1.
2.

'+

!
to

*355

l

�158
20

24.

Mr. Benjamin Brown
Mrs . Benjamin Brown
Miss Eleanor S. Fry
Mr . Geo. WcH. Gish

25 .

Mrs. Geo. McH. Gish

26.

Mr. A. McD. Smith
Mrs . Rosa V. Smith
Mrs. Geo . W. Carr

21
22 .

2J .

27.
28 .

"
"
"

!

was born in 188Q12, baptized
i n 188112., witnessed by Edward
Langhorne, Salem ?
)
To Atlanta GA in 1880
,,
" '. "
"

" !+conbined Hotel keeping &amp; mercantile business , l andowner,
home attached)
+Mrs . E.A. Gish - children
"
Estelle, 6 yrs old , &amp; Geni~eve,
J mos old, bapt. in 1881 . )
"
(+founding father vesterman)

!

"

k+he

~

29,

JO.
J1.
July 25
1882

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Miss Maria Carr
Mr. Henry L. Pauli
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Mr. Theodore Pauli

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Mr. B. T. McFadden

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Col. Robt. H. Logan
Mrs. Anna C. Logan
Mr. James W. Logan
Mrs. James W. Logan
Miss Edith Logan
Mrs. Martha D. Logan
Mr. Robert Logan
Miss E. D. Coles
Mr. Thos. c. Wolfenden
Mrs. Mary S. Wolfenden
Mrs. Sarah J . Griff in
Mr. L. T. Mcl.avy
Mrs . A. Snead

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Mr. Edmond LanghoITie
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Mr. John Langho:rne
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for #35 &amp; J6 April 1st 1881
Mr. W.W. Berkeley
Mrs. W.W . Berkeley
Miss Maggie Barksdale
Dr. E.W. Sale
Mrs . M.E. Sale
Mr. D. C. Booth
Mrs. D.C. Booth
Mr. McHenry Booth
Miss Kate Iabney

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62 . Miss Mary L . Smead
6J . Mrs . Mary C. Mc Cl el.land
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Mr . Wm P . Peyton
Aug 1 881
66 . Mrs . Sarah E . Peyton
Miss Elizabeth M. Peyton
67.
68 .
Miss Sallie R . Peyton
Miss A . Earn e t t Peyton
69 .
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Mrs . J . R . C. Broim Jr .
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Mrs . H . D . Huff
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Mr. Chas. W. Burwell
Mrs . Chas W. Burwell
Miss Gryme s Burwell
Mrs . J.C. Green
Mrs . J . T. Wilson
Miss Josephine Woltz

79 . Miss Betty Johnson
80 .
Mis s Maria Johnson
81 .
Mr. Walter K. Coontz
82 .
Mr. L . W. Wise
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Mrs. Jean D. White
84 .
Miss Lucie White
85 . Miss M. W. Hansbprough
86. Miss Lila Hansb~rough
87 . Mr. L .C. Hansbirough
88.
Mrs. Geo. Hornes?Horries?
89 .
Mrs. Annie C. Ribble
90.
Mrs . Coles Terry
91 .
Mrs . Joseph Terry
92 . Mrs. R. A. Goodwin
93 .
Mrs . Alice G. Crump
94 .
Miss Ellen Crump
96 .
Miss Cassie A. Shanks
95.
Miss Mary E. Shanks
97. Mr. M L'D Hawley
1st Communed Nov 25th/80
98. Mrs. Dr . O. Wiley
1 st com. Dec . 12th 1880
99. Miss Addie Greenwood
1 st com Dec. 12 th 1880
100. Mrs. Cornelia Whiteman
From Englewood N. J. M ? /80 ?81
101. Mr. L. F . Burgess
102 .
Mrs. Clara C. Parrish
1 OJ. Miss Anna C. Payne
104. Miss Ella Payne
105. Miss Mary M Crump

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Mr. T.B. Stultz

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(#1 15, -6,-7,-8,-9) These five students of
were Bapt . __ the Holy C_~
120. Mrs. Annie Rebecca Martin
St.J. Zion Ch . Char_
June 1882
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Zion Ch . Cha_
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122 . Mr. J.T. Smoot
Moore
Parish C_ __
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Aug " 123. Mi-. H.H. Powers
Monumental _ _
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Christ Ch. B
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Blacksburg in Jan 1883
125
Mr. Andrew Kennedy Selden
Zion Ch. Cha._ _ _
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Dec . 17th 1882
Dec. 17th 1882
126. Mr. R. E. Scott
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127. Mr. Nat . Burwell
St. P. An old member, re__ = Dead
128. Mr. T.D. Griffin
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129. Mrs. John Allen
Church of the E._ __
Feb 188J
130 Mrs. A. K. Selden
St. J . Zion Ch. Charle_ _
Sept 1882
131. Miss Betsy B. Carr
By confirmati_
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(#131,-2,-J,-4,-5,-6, -7,-8) by Confirm
in St John_ Roanoke
1J9. Mrs . C.A. Denison
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(#139, 140,-1,-1,-J,-4)
141. Mr. C. M. Wiley
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CAMDEN BIBLE
Mr. Walker L . Camden ' s

Bible

:;;t

March 31. . 1893

Roanoke, Virginia

Presented to W. L . Camde n b y His Sweet little Wife, Lucy M. Camden
25th, 1 8 91

Dec

This Cert i fies that W. L . Camden of ;Roanoke , Va . and Lucy M. Campbell
of Roan oke , Va . , we r e united by me in the Bans of Holy Matrimony at the
M. E. Pars o nage on the 23rd d a y of .December in the year of our Lord 1891
In presenc e o f Mis s Sallie C. Camden and Mr. C. W. Francis . Signed Rev
Hamner a nd Rev . Gre ene.
BIRTHS

W• • L .. Camden was born Nov 21st 1861, Scottsville , Albemarle Co, Virginia
Lucy M. Camden Was born Sept. 29 , 1872, Mays Forge, Patrick Co . , Virginia
Ethel Claudine Camden was born Dec 1st , 1892 , Roanoke City, Roanoke Co,
Virg inia
Lillie Bell Camden was born April 25th, 1894, Roanoke City, Roanoke Co,
Vir g inia
James Lewis Camden was born Nov 2nd 1897, Roanoke City, Roanoke Co, Va.
Edward Norg rove Camden was born July 14th 1899 , Roanoke City, Roanoke Co, Va.
Little Athy Camden was born July 2 1st 1902, Ogden, Roanoke Co, Va.
Margarett Ovedia Camden was born Mar. 17, 1905, Roanoke City, Roanoke Co, Va
William Wray Camden was born Mar 26, 1908 , Gold Hills, Buckingham Co, Va.
(note added to sheet: Walker Lewis and first wife of W. L. (Sally fuvis
Camden from Campbell County. Child Luck died 9 days after her...)

Sue Maynard Wood born March 11th 1924 in Farmville, Va.
William Henry Wood born Febuary 24th 1926 Weal thia, Va.
Francis Eugene Wood born March 14, 1928
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Dorothes Ovedia Wood born Febuary 6th 19JO
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James Franklin Wood born May 21st 1932
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Stephen Lewis Wood born September 8th 1934 Farm~(edge of paper)
Walker Camden Wood born Febuary 11th 1937 _
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Margaret Rosalyn Wood born April 16th 1939. Farm_("
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John Carter Wood born Dec 27th 194o Farmville
)
Lucy Estelle Wood born Oct 6th 1943 Farmvi
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DEATHS
Ethel Claudine Camden died Mch 24th, 1893 , at Roanoke City, Virginia .
age J months &amp; 24 days .
Little Athy Camden died Jan . 18th, 190J, age 5 months &amp; 28 days, at
Roanoke City, Virginia.
Lucy Campbell Camden died Dec 24th 1920 at John Hopkins hospital , Baltimore ,
Md. , age 49 yrs 2 mo. 27 days.
W . L. Camden died Oct. 18th, 1947 at Farmville, Va., age 85 yrs 10 mos
28 days.
MARRIAGF.s
Lillian Belle Camden to Samuel G. Jolley at Dillwyn Va. Aug. 26, 1915. 8pm

�-Margaret Ovedia Camden to Wm. Henry Wood Jr. June 9th 1923 at Gold Hill, Va.
Edward Norgrove Camden to Florence Claiborne at Roanoke, Virginia.

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found in Bible
Ca.rd.: 1876 - 1926
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Camden

Golden Wedding
At Home
'IUesday, November Twenty-Third

Six to Twelve P . M.

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IN MEMORIAN

,
Floral Offerings
Tom
&amp;
Minnie
Camden of Gold Hill
The world recedes, it disappears
Virginia
Heaven opens on my eyes, my ears
' Father and family of Roanoke
With sounds seraphic ring;
I
flY.
!'
Virginia
Lend, Lend your wings! I mount!
O grave! where is they victory?
O death! where is they sting?
--- Pope ,
Pall Bearers
George T Diuguid
Levi Witt
C. W; Francis

In Memory Of
Lucy M. Camden
Birth Place
Henry County Va.

Services
Roanoke, Virginia

Passed Away at
John Hopkins Hospital

Officiating Cl&amp;rgyma.n
Francis Hiune Scott

rate
December 24th 1920

49

Aged
Years Two Months

25 Tu.ys

Memoranda

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Services
Intermen t at
Evergreen Burial Park

Floral Offerings
Una &amp; Myrtle Robinson, Roanoke, Va.
Hancock Dry Goods Co , Roanoke, Va.
Employees of Hancock Dry Goods
Company
Mr. &amp; Mrs. R. K. William's
Mr. &amp; Mrs. J . H. Hood
and
Mr. C. C. Williams of Roanoke, Va.

Song Selections
Nearer My God to thee
Abide with me
Safe in the arms
Rendered by
First Christian Church Choir

Contributed by
Mary Camden

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EIMARffi-BARLOW BIBLE
BIR'.IHS

Doctor Prince al.fred Was b orn May 1 - 1848
Salli e Edwards Was born Feb 22 - 1850
James M Edw~ds was born Oct 11t h - 1867
Doc tor Prince E:ciwards Was boni May 9th - 1869
Caroline Edwards Was born Jan 25th - 1871
Boston Alexandra Edwards Was born Jan 23th - 1873
Rosa L e e Edwards Was b orn June 2 3th - 1874
S arah Edwards Was born Oct 22d - 1875
John Luke Edwards Was born Aug 9 th - 1878
Josep h Edwards Was Feb the 22th 1880
Mary Edwards Was born Sept ? th 1 881
Et ta Frances Edwards Was b orn Aug - 22d - 1882
Isaac Edwards Was born Nov 5th 1884
Coro Per l ina Edwar ds Was b orn July 2 0 - 1886
William
ther Edwa rds was born ?may? 2. - 1888
Mattie Keato n Was born Sept 2 2 d 1879
'Ihe Hand o f God &amp; S on
The Wall.
Mary Elizabe th Barl ow was born Apr 13th 1935
Barbara Ann Barlow was b orn Dec, 9 - 1941

MARRIAGES
Ca.r:rie Edwa rds was marri ed Jan 15- 90
Arthur Taylor _ _ ? was married March 3, 1931
Rosa Lee Edwards was married Oct. 14 - 94
.!?Eet.:5y Edward~ was - ma rrie d.- (marked out )
Sal lie Edwards wa s marri ed Sept 15 - 97
Bos ton Edwards Was married Sept 27 - 99
Joseph M. K. Edward Was married Dec 1904
Mary C Edwards Was
George D Barlow was born thurs Sept 5th 1907
Fromis E Barl ow was born Sat Nov 20th 1909
James Willie Barlow was born tues May 12th 1913
John Mathew Barlow was born Monday April 15th 1918
Frances E. Barlow was married Aug - 17-1935
James W. Barlow was married Feb-15- 1936

DEATHS
Mary Virginia Edwards Was born Sep ?th 1881 .
Died April the 1- 1887
Doc tor P . Edwards
Died April the 5th 1889
I saac Edward.s
Edwards
Died June 21. 1892
Ca.role Perlina
Died ~ch 26, 1897
James Edwards
Boston Edwards
Died Nov 23 - 99
Died Marh 7 1899
Sallie Edwards
Died
Ma.X'Y C . Edwards Was born Apr 9th 188_
Die d April 1 - 1934
John Matthew Barlow
Died Nov - 14 - 1942
James E Barlow
Died Sept. 22 - 1943
Sally A . Barlow

Died Sept 14th-1881.

March 26, 1922
Born April - 15 - 1918
Born July - 13 - 1874

�ROANOKE COUNTY , VIRGINIA
'Ihe following is a zerox copy of a few pages from the Directory tha t i s in
the Virginia Room. No way would I type all the material and I believe you
would rather see the whole thing than just part of it .

CHAT AIGNE'S

V I R.G-INIA

GAZETTEER

. PoPULATION 18Ro-\.\'hite, 8,i73; In·
d1ans, 4: colored, 4 .8:11i; totnl, 13,105.
County seat, SALEM.
Population,
l,759.
Vote of count~· November 6th, 1883:
Democrats, 1,538; Coalitionists 1,398.
Value of real estate 1883, $3,457,420 oo
Value of person al property . 936,26o oo
State tax on real estate.
13,829 68
State tax on personal p roperty, 3,745 04

AND

Classificd Business Directory,

1884 ·t5.

Compiled and Published by J. H. CHATAIGNE, Richmond, Va.

PRICE.

$5.00.

Ent ettd ac:&lt;:0rdlng to Ac:t of CongTesa In the y9i' 1884, by J. H. €HATAIG !fS, In tbt
Libmri11n of Congtesa a\ Washington, 0 . C .

R O ANOKE COUNTY•

ofl'i~

of the

This count}' was formed from Botc·
tourt in 1838, and lies in the Roanoke
Valley, the Blue Ridge forming its cast ·
e rn boundary, with Butetourt on the
north ca~t and l\1011tg-o m c ry o n the
west , 1' luyd and Franklin on the
south, Bcllfo rd on the cast, and Crai.g
on the northwest.
T he surface 1s
bro ken. but the l:uids are very
rich, and yield large cro ps of
all the staple products principa l of
which are w heat and t~bacco. This
county, in common with a ll the others
in this section of the State, is fam o us
for its line p astura ge a nd s ince the ex·
te nsion of lhe Shena'ndoah V a llc;Y road
• to Roanoke City a n ew impetus has
been given the raisi ng of cattl.e, ho rs c:s
and sheep, because of furnishing a direct and quick means o f transportation

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to the ~ markets of the North. The
mineral deposits.. the chief gf which is
iron, are very nluable, and extensive
machine and iron and steel works have
recently. been establi..,hed at Roanoke,·
the former, in the construction of pas·
senger and freight cars, giving employ·
ment to 1,200 hands, and the latter
working to its full capacity of 100 tons
of pig iron ~r &lt;la)·. The mineral
springs, of "·h1ch there are several, en·
j oy a h ig-h reputation for the medicinal
properb es of their waters. Of these the
Roanoke Red Sulphur and Botetourt
take precedence.
Salem, the countx seat, is a beautiful
and prosperous village on the north
bank of the Roanoke river and on the
line of the ~orfolk and Western R R,
178 miles southwest from Richmond.
The place is steadily growing in impor·
lance as a business centre, and with its
fine natural advantages and the railroad
connections soon to be consummated
at this point by the extension of the
Valley railroad. is destined to become a
populous and highly prosperous city.
Owing to itsdelightful location, Salem
has become very popular 33 a summer
resort, and its society during the sum·
mer months is greatly augmented bv
visitors from the more southern local·
ities.
Roanoke College, one of the young·
er, though one of the most ftourishing
institutions of leamin~ in the State, i5
located at Salem. It is a Lutheran in·
5titution, and its system is the regular
college curriculum. It has also a nor·
mal course of teachers of public schools,
a select one for a mere busines5 educa·
tion. and a preparatory department for
t raining boys for the college classes.
Roanoke, formerly Bi~ Lick, on the
Norfolk &amp; Western railroad at th~
southern terminus of the Shenandoah
Valley road. is the principal town of
Roanoke county. Its growth from a village of a few hundred three years ago
to a city to-day of 6,ooo inhabitants is
unparalled in the histo!°)' of Virginia
towns. T here are extensive work shops
here, where the connecting Norfolk &amp;
W estern and Shenandoah Valley roads
ha ve their great e ngines and handsome
coaches builL The streets, stores and
dwellings are liKhted with gas, and
there are large ~·ater·works, which
fumijh an abundant supply for the vari·
ous p urposes. The area of the county
j5 398~ square miles. 19 1,118 acres and
the aver•JtC aS9e'SSed value of the land
is $ J8.Q9 pe1' acre.
P.-Ollca.
Air PoinL
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Bonsack's:
Botetourt Springs. SAML S DANNER.
Bradshaw, ~I ~l ~lOORt.
Catawba, r-iELSON BARRETT.
Cave Spring.
Gish's.
Leslie, Jamt&gt;S D Leslie.
Poage's Mill. GEORGE POAGE.
Roanoke, Alexander S Asberry.
Sn/em (ch).
Singer, B B YEADIAN.
Courts.

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Cou ntry P roduce Solicited.
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SllOES. &amp;c., in J!re:it ""rictr.

THE COUNTY COURT meets ill Salem
on the Third Monday in each month.
Ja.~

W Palmer.
Clerll, Wm McCauley.
County Officers.

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Slteriff, Chas M Webber.
Treasurer, Wm W Drand.
Suroeyor, Jas E Day.
Comrs Revenue, G B Fitzgerald, fim
di5trid.; f'!~! D ~fa.!l!:~. se!:~ :!~
trict.
Commwllh's All'y, LC Hansbrough.
Sup/ o/ Poo1, J T Pollard.
MAG ISTRATES.

John M Anderson, Henry H BriUnart,
Wm H H Brown, Henry A Cnmper,
Jas' W Jan, \\' 0 \\'esson, John S
lieckner, ohn Coon. ) Coles Terry,
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Chas Lunsford.

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Cl-lu~I13LEY l~ \\Tll~\LISG,
DEALERS IH

FINE FAMILY GROCERIES,
1539 Salem Avenue, RO ANOKE, VA.
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ROANOKE LEADE R,
BROOKE &amp; DA LTON, Proprietors,
R OANOKE, VA.

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Giles l~'lmctt, T M Starke)·, Onid E
Trout, Lewis H ulf.
Roanoke City Offken.

Mayor, John H Uunstan.
&amp;rgean/, Chas \\' Thomu.
Treasurer, M C Thomas.
Commissioner Rez·en11e, C l\I Turner.
Cltief o/ Police, J S. Traynham.
r:omwlllt's Ally, RH Woodrum;
Courts.

The C OR PORATION COURT meets
Tuesday after second Monday.
Judge, W G Robertson.
Clerll, John S Ward. 1 ·
Agricultural lmplementa.

Harlowe J .M,
Palmer &amp; Dame,
RORER'S F &amp; SONS,
Watt, Bell &amp; Evans.

TOBACCO AND

Cl&lt;~.\KS of thl· ht.,l Br.111&lt;1'&gt;

QU EENSWA RE, GL ASSWAR E, Etc.,

Clerk, Wm McCauley.

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THE CIRCUIT Cou RT of the Four·

tee nth Circuit meets at Sa lem on the 1st
April and 1st October.

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Salem
Salem
Roanoke
Roano~e

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CO:V1MERCE STREET,

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
JOSEPH HARRISON,

Proprietor.

i ABLE FlRST·CLASS. Furniture and Entire Outfit New.
CHARCES MODERATE.
Large Rooms on First Floor for TraYcllng Salesmen,
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.BET'W'EEN THE

XORTH and EAST, SOUTH and SOUTII,VEST.
A New 'rnmk Line Passenger Ilighway, with 'Unsurpassed

THROUGH PULLMAN-CAR SERVICE,
And Perteet Transportation Facilities. traversing the most prosperoua
aectiona of the Southern States upon Railways or

~ilorm

clzcellezice, &lt;§uperior clquipment and 'ommon Management,
- U N ITING -

New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harrisburg, WashingloQ
--ASD--

Chattanooga, Memphis, Little Rock, Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans , Jacksonville, and
all points South and Southwest,

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ALONC THIS ROlTTE, OR MOST ACCESSIR LE T llEREllY1 ARK

- HEALTH RESORTS AND SCENIC ATTRACTIONSOF ENDURING VA.LUE.
The SKESASDOAH VALLEY, its continuous phyi;ical beauty and ~cenes of historic inte·
rest; the w ;&gt;nderful CAVERNS oF LURAY: th e NATURAL RR11h ; £ of VtRCISIA; rhe
noted Y111. c rs1A SPRINGS; the WARM S PRISCS of N o tnH CAROl.1:-IA, and the unrivaled
scenery of W estern North Caro lina; Ash~ville and the French Ur&lt;.1:i&lt;l; the charming re·
sorts of East T~nnessee; the re nowned W inter touril\I points o l South Georgia and Flonda;
with a reorgani~ed and re-created hotel service en ro ute :

The Luray Inn, lQe Natural Bridge Hole\ 1 lQe Hole\ Roanoke, &amp;c.,
ASAring a penonal comfort bitberto unattained in a Southern traveler 's progress.
lo dae ~eason Elcursion Rates, Tickets, and arrangements .to all the Wonderful
Resoru alrm g the line will be perfected, adapted to the tastes and me:1ns of all classes d
Summer T o unslS.
for T1ckel5, T im e-Cards, Gu ide Books, Sleeping.Car R eservat ion~, ancl all informa
tion, 1oqaire at all l'enn~ylvania J{ailroad or olher leading Rail way T icket Oftices North
and Ea.it. or at the Eutern Offices of this line ;

290 WubinglDn Street, BOSTON. Mass.
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303 Brcwiway, NEW YORK.
838 Che&amp;l.!Jo\ Street, PHILADELPHli.

157 West Baltimore.Street, l BALTIMORE.
WesternMaryland Ratl r.:iad, f
Cumberland Valley R. R., ~ 'RRISBURG, Pa.
She~andoahValley R.R., ~AG.ERSTOWri,~d.

A. POPE,

JOSEPH H. SANDS,
General Supen'ntmdenl,

Gen. Pass'r and

Tic~el Agenl,

ROANOKE,

ROANOKE, VA

ROANOKE.

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Attcwne19 at Law.

Soot and Shoemali.....
·Salem

BALLARD WILLIAM W,

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Salena
Chittum
Roanoke
Dawson\ M.
Salem
Grove CH,
Markley, C,
Roanoke
Roanoke
Nolan Edward,
Roanoke
·Parrack A R,
Webber HA,
Salem
Ying ling J,
Salem
Boot and Shoo Dealen.

Salem
Barksdale T F.
Roanoke
Gibson Henry.
Roanoke
Griffin &amp; Griffin;
Roanoke
Hansborough G W &amp; L C,
Salem
Houtz JP,
Salem
Logan &amp; Staples,
Salem
Lunsford William,
Roanoke Wright &amp; Stoll,
Roa"°"'
Roanoke
Miller Thomas.
Bottlera.
Salem
Penn lobn E,
Ro.ooke
R0anoke Kump J H,
Penn &amp; Cocke,
Scott Robert E,
Roanoke ,
BowUnr Alle19.
Salem
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Strouse DB.
ROAooke
Bent Mountain W11lmeth E S Mn,
Terr:r1-s\f,
WA
J ALLEN,
Roanoke
Bricllmaken.
Wood Samuel M,
Roanoke Deyerle l C
Salem
Woodrom &amp; Palmer.
Roanoke Oakley ·&amp; \Vaiden
Salem
Woodrum &amp; Palmer,
Salem
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Building Aasoclatlona.
Aactloncen.
Salem
Huff ML,
Salem Salem Building Association,
Huff Thos G,
Salem
Butchers and Meat MarlretL
Valentine &amp; Stevens,
Roanoke
Parrish Jacob,
Salem
Bakr.a and Conlectloneeni.
Peltz &amp; Grigg,
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke Smith C G,.
Bell Jc -~l
Huf( Aw.
Salem
Cabinet Ma.ken and Undatak...
Knapp &amp; Malone,
Roanoke
Oakley JM,
Salem
Band• of Mu1lc.
Carpenten and Bullden.
Salem
Salem Silver Comet Band,
Bower &amp; Tuggle,
Roanoke
Banka.
Orner ~( V,
Roanoke
Parrish John,
Salem
Fanner's National Bank, G B Board,
Salem
pres. Jas Chalmers, &lt;:&lt;\Shier,
Salem Walde f:: H,
Roanoke l"ational Bank, E G McCbn·
Ch11ir hctoria.
aha n, pres. John C Wood, cashier.
Roanoke Strickler J A &amp; Bro,
Salem
Roanoke Trust Loan and Safe DeChina and Crockery Wan.
p&lt;&gt;sit Co. P L Terrry Prest. S W
Roanoke
Jamison secty and treasr. Roanoke Donaldson W,
Bill.larda.
Cigani and Tobacco.
DUVALWDF,
Critz W 0
H otel Roanoke,
Mallory John A.
.Nichols &amp; Hessburg,
Payne George F &amp; Co,

Salem
Salem
Roanoke
Roanoke
Ro&lt;1noke
Roanoke
Blacbmitba and Wbeehmrhta.
Day CH,
Roanoke
Roanoke
Helm TC &amp; Co,
Ro:rnoke
Garrett William.
Roanoke
Pobst Charles,
Booballen and Btatlonera.

Ben Printing and Manufacturing Co
Ro:rnokc
Beller George E,
Roanoke
Gravatt George Jr,
Ro:inoke
~CJ W S.
Salem

I Dawson
WM,
Fink J Albert,
1

RoAnote
Salem
Forhes ~t D.
Roanoke
Gre~ne G ES,
Roa noke
Lookabill W H,
Roanoka
Cigar Manuractunn.
Fink J Albert,
S.liem
Clot hiers.

Be1 kowit z Paul,
Ra.ooke
Boon G &amp; Son!!,
Salem
Frank N &amp; Co,
ROQnolte
Grinberg &amp; ~!orris,
Roanoke
Troutman H,
Roanoke
Co.ch and Waron Bullden.
Danne r A

J.

Earman ~f H,

•Botetourt Spmto

Roanoie

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Ug•'•n &amp; Bro,
Lind~y J T,
Richard:iOn George,

H,

:\d.ims, R A Buckner agt,
Southern, R A l.lurkner agt,
Southern, ~[ J Ballard agt,
Palmer &amp; Dame,

Fish and Oysters.

Commissioner• in Chancery.
Roanoke

Miller T W.
Palmer James W,

Roanoke
Salem
Roanoke

Loterzo Lewis,
Florists.

Salem

Tabb LC,

Shatzer Jeremiah,

Confectionera.
Roanoke
Roanoke
Salem
Roanoke
Salem

Den tis ta.
CrozierT W,
Jeter M,
king K. E,

Roanoke
Salem
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Diatillera.

France HK,
Mills J T,

Truman I W,
\\'right to A,

Botetourt Spnngs
Poage's ~till
Poage's MiU
Catawba
Drucctata.

Annstrong W D,
Barnett ND,
Beller EV,
Demaree W L,
Johnson J C.
KOJ:\"E~. GALE &amp; CO,
Scott&amp; Co,
Younger WT,

Salem
Catawba
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Salem

Roanoke
Roanoke

Gas-Light Companies.

ISee also Bakers and Confectioners.)
Bayliss James,
Davis J H,
Huff M F,
Toole H,
Wolfenden T C,

Botetourt Springs

Furniture Dealers.
Donaldson W,
Stewart E H &amp; Co,

Roanoke, P L Terry prest, J H Dunstan
treasr, J D Austin secy,
Roanoke
General Merchants.
Bachrach fsaac,
Gish's
Barnett ND,
Catawba
Baskerville &amp; Co,
Salem
Berry J \V, .
Cave Spring
Bonsack &amp; Kiser,
llonsack's
Botetourt Springs
' Rowen H M.
Brown Bros,
S&lt;tlem
Brown J R C &amp; Sons,
S.1lem
Ferguson W H &amp; R \V,
Poage's '.\till
Hamlin &amp; Jones,
.
Gish's
Huff John j ,
Bent .:'ltountain
, Jones B A,
Gish's
Kittinger Henry &amp; Co,
Poage's .:'ltill
Lowry S B,
Catawba
Marshall &amp; Bro,
. Sal~m
Ti!n!l'!!!y &amp; Bro.
Air P~tnt
Thaxton W I &amp; H J,
Cave Spring
· Watts &amp; Sublett,
Cave Spring
• WOODSON C E, (see adv) Roanoke

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Grocers.
Burdett F C,
Carr G F,

Drr Gooda and Notions.
CHUM OLY &amp; WHALING,
(see adv)
Armstrong D G,
Salem
Bachrach J H,
Roanoke *Davis J H,
Bachrach Jsaac,
Roanoke Didier Edmund,
Baker\\' F,
Roanoke Evans John M,
Bower &amp; \\'oolfolk,
Roanoke Cos nC!' ) F Mrs,
Roanoke Gre,·ett &amp; Co,
Crai~J R,
Roa'1oke Haywood Angelo,
HamsJ M,
Rosenbaum Bros,
Roanoke •Ho!lends Sandy,
S howner ;\f B Mrs
Roanoke Jones J C,
TERR\', GAMBILL &amp; CO , Roanoke ~1il le r &amp; Co,
!'age ) A .
1&gt;r7 Goode-Wholna1e.
Pattie JS,
Q ueen &amp; Co,
TERRY, GAMBILL &amp; CO, Roanoke Scott MP,
Seymour &amp; Co,
Encineen-Cl•ll.
S huff J 11,
Roanoke Simcoe. Sitlington &amp; Co ,
Coarad Charl~ F,

Stern S.
\':rn ~tille r P F.
\\'alker &amp; Btaawell,
\\'crtz E R.
\\'olfenden TC,

Roanoke
Roanoke
R
oanoke
Roanoke

Gam bill J ~I &amp; Co,
T erry P L &amp; Co.

Salem
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Salem
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Rua noke
Roa noke
Roanoke
Salem
Roanoke
J&lt;oanoke
Salem
Roanoke

Ande rson \\" \\',
Cha ln1er.; John.
Sta rtzman \\' H.
\\'alls, Bell &amp; faans,

Ro anoke
lfo,111uk&lt;.:

Roanoke
Roanoke

Sale m

DU\' AL llOLS£, \\ D F D uval,_
propr,
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Sale m
Eutaw House, L \\'Squire, prnp
r,
Roanoke

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Land Companlc:J.
OeArmond, SCC)' :111tl treas, Ro:rnoke
Lime, Plas ter and Cement.
Roano ke

L ivery, Feed and Sole Stables.

Hdm T C &amp; Co ,
L1~un &amp; Bro,
lfae R K.

Roano ke

SJkm
Roanoke

L umber Dealers.

RoJnokc

Salem

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Roirnoke, John C Bullcl, prcst, \\. C

Terry P L &amp; Co.

Hotels.
Augus ta Houc;~! lsaa~ S,

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Salem

Hardwan and Cutlery.

Roanoke

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Grocen-Wholcsalc.
Salem
Roanoke

RORER'S F SONS,

Roanoke

Barksdale Thos F,
11arnett John L,

Ro.innke
Roanoke
Salent

Fcrtili.zer11.

Coal Ageot1.

Tinkham JR,

l\1..I:\ ~UKF..

Express Companies.

Catawba
Roanoke
Salem
Roanoke
Catawba
Roanoke

Huffman Andrew,
Kefaun:r &amp; Sons,

Startzman \\'

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Salem
Roano ke
RU KER"S F SO:\S,
Ruanoke
Stewart S ( ~ .
M achine W orlca.

ll ockm.1n \.

\foanoke ~bchi11c \\'ork~. A J
K imball , pr l· ~ t. C R \\' Am1es,
tn:as, A J 11&lt;.: rn ph ill, !-occy, Roanoke
M a r blc W or'·..era.

Salem
Gilmore House, Mrs M E l~ilm u re,
Brinker hoff &amp; \'an t.ant,
propr,
Ruanok e I
. .
H otel Roanoke. G eo K Mu llc:.: n. prop.
I
M illinery.
Ro:m oke
Roanoke I J lowcll L R Mrs,
S:i lem
HufT House, ~I L I lu ff, pro pr. Salem , '.\larks M A Mr~,
S alem
Kim ball House, E P '.\tcCa rth y.
Par ri'&gt; h J uli a :'11rs,
Roanoke
propr,
/
Roanoke Pa tterson S F,
Roanoke
Lake S pring House, F J C ha pman,
Rosenba u m Bros,
Roanoke
propr.
n,~Jii 5&lt;ii:k.i 5 iiu\VJU'C ~'~ B :vt:s.
Salem
Sl Clai r Palmer,
Bonsacks Waldron K ate Miss,
Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs, F J
Mills -Com and Flour.
Chapman, propr,
Catawba
llonsack's
Uonsack &amp; Kiser,
Rorer Park Hotel, F Rorer. propr,
Ca,·c Spring
Roanoke Boon Benja min D.
Gish's
Bush &amp; H o rn,
TROUT HOt:SE, Joseph Harrison,
Roanoke
(see adv i
Roanoke Cauley 0 &amp; Son,
Catawba
Custer oscph,
Virginia House, Philip Reed, propr,
Salem
Salem • Dcycarlc Jol\!1 S.
Cave Spring
G
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rsr
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vr~c
&amp;
Son,
Waltz House, J M ·waitz, propr
Salem
Roanoke Garst Henry
Poagc's .:'lti!I
Hartman
john,
H ouse Moven.
l'oagc's !\till
Hays H.
Botetourt Springs
R oanoke • Huff\\'m G,
Owner:\[ V,
Cave Spring
I1 Jamison Sarni H,
Insurance Agenta.
Salem
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Langhorn James C,
Roanoke
Has&lt;; W K,
Roanoke I McClanahan E G ,
Bradshaw
Lew!s Thomas,
Salem ; MOORE M M,
Catawba
Lewis Thomas,
Roanoke 1 Painter George,
Poal{e's Mill
Lu!lsford Charles,
Ro~noke j Poage E.
Catawba
S h1ckel T J,
Salem ! Stevens Charles W ,
Roanoke
Iron Foundet11.
; Terry I' L &amp; Co,
Catawba
u
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: T homas \\'illiam E,
G ish's
(See also .•• ac1umsts.)
. Vinyard I \iV,
Gish's
Croier Iron Furnace, Samuel Crozer,
Viny:trd &amp; Broe..
Catawba
prest, Col I) F Houston manager,
Woods Joseph K,
Roanoke :
Mille-Saw.
Fergui;on &amp; Son,
Roanoke \
Poage's Mill
Mani n &amp; Camden.
Salem Aliff &amp; Co,
Bote tourt Springs
RORER I RO:-; CO; F Rorer. prest,
Bre wbak er Isaac,
Gish's
jno H S)·ke-c;, secy and tres, Roanoke Bus h &amp; H o rn,
Roanoke
Land A g ente.
Cauley I I\ &amp; Son ,
Salem
·
D cycarfc John S.
Singer
Roge~ F airia11. &amp; H ouston, Roanoke Galloway W H,

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Garrett, W H,
-Singer Payne John ~[,
Roanoke
Garst George &amp; Son,
Cave Spring Pleasants H B,
Roanoke
Garst John,
Salem S ims H A &amp; E W,
Roanoke
Hockman N,
Salem Terrill G M,
Salem
Jamison Samuel H,
Ca\·e Spring Thompkins Dr,
Sale m
i&lt;efauver &amp; Son,
Roanoke , Walker GT,
G ish's
McClanahan E G,
Roanoke I Wiley 0,
Salem
Moomaw N B,
Cataw ba I Willits I W,
Roanoke
Moore M M,
Bradshaw
Plasterers,
Parson's G N,
Catawba
Poage E lijah,
Poage's Mill I Fitzgerald G B,
Salem·
Thomas Bros,
Roanoke Littrell Wjlliam A,
Salem
Vinyard I W,
Gish's
Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fittent.
Werts, Ferguson &amp; Bros, Poage's Mill
Brownlee H H,
Roanoke
Mills-Woolen.
Carper R H,
Salem
Bonsack's Cogan &amp; Co.
Bonsack Jacob,
Roanoke
Engleby &amp; Bro,
Roanoke
Millwright..
Printers-Book and Job.
Catawba
Cunot /ohn W,
Catawba
Harrel John H,
Roanoke
Bradshaw Bell Printir:g &amp; ~tanfg Co,
Moore CM,
McClanahan
R
C,
Roanoke
Bradshaw ROANOKE LEDGER OFFICE.
MOORE MM,
Mines-Iron.
Brooke &amp; Dalton, props,
Roanoke
Singer Saturday EveningTelegram office,
Frazier ED,
Roanoke
Newspapers.
Elliott John B,
Roanoke
ROANOKE COLLEGIAN (monthly)
Railroads.
Prof JT Crabtree edr,
.
Salem
NORFOLK &amp; WESTERN, j H
Roanoke Saturday Review, Oscar
Sands, gen supt, A Pope, gen pass
0 Derr edr and propr,
Roanoke
agt, (see advi
Roanoke
ROANOKE LEADER (weekly).
SHENANDOAH \'ALLEY RR CO,
Brooke &amp; Dalton eds and proprs,
J H Sands, gen supt, A Pope, genl
Roanoke
pass agt, (see adv)
Roanoke
Saturd~y Evening Telegram, Strasburg &amp; Jones eds and props, Roanoke
Real Estate Agents.
Times-Register, Crabtree, Denit &amp;
Roanoke
W ebber, eds and props,
Salem Barksdale &amp; Gregory,
Chapman F J &amp; Co,
Roanoke
Painteni-Houae and Sien.
Chipman H,
Roanoke
Roanoke
Denit John
Salem Dalby J A &amp; Co,
Roanoke
Francis John A,
Salem Skinker &amp; Scott,
Restaurants.
Photoguphen.
Salem *Carter Lewis,
Roanoke
Maury CL.
Roanoke Criest C,
Roanoke
Scruggs W F,
Roanoke Hillary CL,
Roctnoke
Woolwine WC W,
Roanoke
Snyder L C Mrs,
Phyaiciana.
Baskerville J 8,
Botetourt Springs
Saddlers and Harness Maker•.
Salem
Bruffey John W,
Salem 1 Carper E H.
Botetourt Springs
Bryant WW,
Bonsack's ' Dane Thonrns,
Roanoke
Canada CG,
Poage's Mill HuKhes AS,
Gish's
Cooper CS,
Roanoke James 1\1 R,
Roanoke
Deyerle Dr,
Singer ' 'rhomas W C
Roanoke
Dillard TH R,
Salem Vines J uette '
Farrar Dr,
Catawba
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Goolshy Dr,
Salem 1
Saloons.
Salem
Gray Hjnry V,
Roanoke 1 Critz W 0,
Salem
G riffin C B,
Salem Dillard L F,
Salem
H udson R B,
Roanoke DUVAL W D F,
Roanoke
Kearney W A,
Roanoke 1 Hess F,
Roanoke
Kirk J K.
Roanoke I Hotel Roanoke,
Roanoke
Koiner &amp; Gale,
Roanoke I Kimball House,
Roanoke
McWhorter J K,
Salem / McCarthy John,
Roanoke
Marvin G D,
~oanoke Mallory John A.

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&amp; H essburg,
Patterson C L,
Patterson H,
Payne George F &amp; Co,
Pettigrew 1 T,
Rorer Park Hotel,
Shreve J H,
Smith J B,
\ 'avell CL,
~icholas

Tobacco Warehouses.
~
Gordon &amp; Davis,
Roanoke ~
Gwaltney &amp; Davis
Roanoke
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Undertakers.
Danne r A J,
Botetourt Sp_rings
I Goodwin F p
Singer
Moomaw l\l ri,
Calaw~a
Poage E,
Poage's Mill
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Variety Stores.

Roanoke 1

Roano~e

Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke

Roano~e

Roanoke
Roanoke
Roanoke
Sash, Doons and Blinds.
Shomo Henry J &amp; Co,
Roanoke

Schools and Colleges.
Roanoke
Deacon J E,
Hollins Female Institute,
· Botetourt Springs
ROA~OKE COLLEGE, Prof Julius D
Dreher prest of faculty, F V A Painter secy (see adv),
Salem
Teaford T J Mrs,
Roanoke
Tinsley J 1\1 Mrs,
Roanoke
There are 51 white and 17 colored
pubiic schools in this county. Superintendent, Marseall Frantz,
Salem
Seedsmen.

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i Williams Frederick,

Roanoke

Watchmakers and Jewelers.

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Bening August H D,
Franklin H H,
Kramer 0 F,
Page R \V,
Picken A) r,
Pike &amp; \\ alfheim,

Salem
Roanoke
Roanoke
Salem
Roanoke
Roanoke

Wines and Liquors.

I Lawson David,
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Roanoke

Wood and Coal.
RORER'S F SONS,

Roanoke

Palmer &amp; Dame,
Salem I
Wool-Dealer.s.
Shuff J H &amp; Co,
Salem I Barnett N D,
Catawba
Sewing Machine Agents.
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Principal Farrneta.
Yeatman James S,
Roanoke ' BENT !\lot1 ST.\IN.- john Coles, Taze ·
1 well l'rice. Jo:;&lt;:ph R Kini;. Thos King,
St k y rds
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Roanoke. J J Martin prest, P L Terry . j Shelor, Jno C T erry, Jos :'II Terry.
mng,
Roanoke
Ro:-;sACK's.- Bcnj F :'l!oomaw, Lee
Stoves and Tinware.
I Fellers. Jacob Bonsack. R11nsack &amp; Ki7.cr, c;eoq~c ' Cook. J 13 ~lcClung-, D H
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· Cl:ur,
· f' a l mer St Cl air,
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" l:·e • l'Ia1ne,
...,ng 1eoy o.: oru,
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c·1s I1' s I ;:,amuc , uOC.
,,cL ean D ame
Palmer &amp; Dame,
S:1lem
HoTETlll"RT S1·R1 ~1;s.-J \\'Day, DaSTOVER DC,
Salem viu \\'illi01 ms, L T ~l org:rn , H !-: Dent,
Whitenack Du Mont,
Roanoke 1 1'i fl I &gt;illanl. L \\".1ldrvn. J;i mes Camphell N T '.'\ inini;cr, C :\ininger, Louis
T ailor1.
' I lull~ J G Riclrnrdson, T P l'\elmg, N
Heffley A A,
Roanoke Evans, I) I &gt;cycrlc . J A Kessler, Jerry
Kester Wm Y,
Roanoke , Brewhnkl'.r, \\" illi:i m Roberts, C Collins,
Wesson W 0,
Salem Dr J JI 11. ~kc r \'ille, F Uc:aton, I L Ro·
Tanners.
.
bcrts, \\'illi .1 111 L't7. \\"illiam f\ickols,
Fox JC,
Gish's J:imes }{ Tho mpson, John 0 Myers,
Harveycutter J W,
Salem Isaac Brubake r, II 1' hantz.
Jones john W,
Gish's I
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B R AO~ llAW.-Jno Hri ck&lt;:y, ~1 J Hines,
Teams ten.
' N I &gt; :'lloOl't·, j :1111c" .\f:tn :lin, F ·1 Moore,
Salem '. J ao; A ~loo n:. ) 11 111.x. \\"m Garman, J
Ballard AB,

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Telegraph Companies.
Western Union,

JH

' A :'lluru&lt;wk , 1~ &lt;; .\luruock, I D Mur·
J ock, I D Hain, J S Garm.1n, f I E Long,
j\f

Dunn. mngr,
Konnoke
Western Union, W S Oake)·,
Salem

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Tobacco Manuracturen.
Roanok e
Fishburne Bros.
Roanoke
Huff, Griggs &amp; Co,

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flrand, Giles Barn.cit , Henry H Brillh:irt :\ D Harnettf
(; J) :'llcl'onkcy, John \\" \\'uods, Jos
L:irch, ( ; \\' l.cw1s Jc.~ II !'eek, Geo 't
Robeson, ll&lt;:vcrly liril!harl, Geo Paint·
er, MU ~l oomaw, .\lrs t\nn .\I Spessard,
CATA\l'llA.-\\' \\'

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Mrs Eliza Huffman, David Burnett, Geo brou~h. \\'m Cook, Geo Ke&lt;lgy T H
G McConkey, £ H Sandys, Mark B Board, \\' :\ Byrd, J K Pit7.er~ o E
Sessler.
Trout, 1~r Trout, Jas Stou ten1ore, Wm
C~Vf;. SPR!SGS:-Samuel H Jamison, A Furguson, John Gish, \\'m _Trery, ~[
Lewis Zirkles heirs. ~annie Campbell P,.Frantz. C R Frant~, E J hantz, B
Samuel Crawforc1, CJ Campbell, Jame~ \\ 1ley, John Statz. Elras Brubaker, Jno
D Oeyerle, Ludo\'ick Boon, B D Boon. Rruba.ker, D R Brubaker, H ~r Garst,
Susan P B Poteete, ~oah J Wertz, Ro Jerenttah Ga.rs!, Jas A Garst, Henry
Coon, Robe~ Blackes"ll, John \V Eller, Garst, John (,ar~t, James H _U;irnett, G
Ahr~ham R1dRtwar, J&lt;lmes Shartzer, A H~ll~ert , J I Hon!;:, G f S_hanks,
David A Brumbaugh, Gideon Tu mer. Frank J,?ard, John \V [rout, B ~loo·
Chas S Deyerlt, SH C Greenwood, G maw, \\ m Buslt~n~. Geo B Johnson,
H Hofrrngn, Talewtll S St;irkey, Pat· Geo Call;ihan.) S \ cat~wn, j H n.Ste·
terson Coon, \\'m F Lockett. Thomrson vens, CF Reea, Floyd Shell, J ~f ~1car.
Trout, (;eo \I Bell. Jn.i \\' Greenwood
Sr-;&lt;"ER I \\' R ·
I I 13 I
G CH
\(TH
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· ' -e 11 mg-c:r o 10 o es
ar\t\'!1a"c:. ~lalrtGmanG
..JohnJA C L H;itcher, ~I Bandy, '.\! Owen" j
I, eo.
ersinger, m :impoe ' eo :irst r. f?uckwiler, J Tusner, A Owens, £' C
CLo\·ERDALE, 13&lt;nnot:RT.-Caleb G 1 hom&lt;ls John T Goodwin, T \f l3e&lt;1mer
r-;ininger.
EV .Goodwin, G A Beamer, Wm Jones:
G1sH's.-John H Feather, \\'illi;im L : Dame] Jones, H C Hatcher.
Willi;imson, \\'m \\' Berkley, C P Vin- l
1
vard, A ~f~D Smi1h. Geo R Gish, Thos
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY
R Muse. I hos!. Bu;h, Ann "kDermed
·
Steph~n H Thrasher, John B Ru&lt;.l dell:
.
.
I W V111yard.
POPL'l..\TIO~ in 188o-\Vh1te, 14,66o;

.

colored s.J.u; total ' 20•003.
. County seat, LEXINGTON.

t1on, 2,i7L

popula -

ivkDuNALO's -'ilLLS, l\fOSTGOMF.RY
Vote of county November 6th, 1883Co.- Achille Luster. Philip Farebaugh, Democrats, 2,r96; Coalitionists, 2,050.
Sarah Ga rman, Ad a m Ga rman Peter Va lue of real esta te, 188 , $ ,6 ,
3
53 170 00
Garman Jr.
Value of person&lt;tl property, 31,312,450
oo
PoAGE's MILL.-S W Henry, R G Tax on personal properly,
14,612 68
Wertz, Wm Gisso, E Poage, D Kittin- ' County levr.
5,249 Bo
ger, 1l\f ~ittinger. w. G Ferguson, Ar·
This county, formed from Augusta
aba M~rtm, B P. 'fan!"· James T urne r, ' and Bo te tourt in 1778, is one of the
F M Tmdale, T J \\ ebster, J S Wood largest, most populous and fl ourishing
i:t!m, J..,h~ H~nry, John Wertz, Kyles G
in the State. It is situated in the ValWertz, John John, John Brunk.
ley of Virginia, with Augus ta and Bath
RoANOKF..-lsaac H Huff, fas E How· 1 o n the non h~ast and northwest, Botebert
Kessler /as D Kefauver Mrs · tou rt and Am he rs t o n the southwest
Jane' ewis, Chas' .unsford, N F \\~ert7., a nd southeast : :-.'elso n o n its easte rn
John 0 Bandy, George \\I Carr, John C 1 centre and Alleghany o n its 'western
Bandy, Jos ~ Bandr. Thos L Randy, . central part.
John T Davis, Mrs Hester Persinger,
. The lands through the central por·
"Martha J Davis, Jas E Day. Jacob Per· ll~n o f .the county are ve ry fertile and
singer, Jas S Persinger, Geo p A irhart. ! highly •mpro\'ed , but those 0~1 the eastG Newton Shavt..r, E G ~fcClanahan, c er!1 and western horders. berng mounD Nel ms, Thos P ~elms, Men Smith, tamo~s. are spa~el y settl~d and comH S Trout. Q M \\'ord. Daniel C Yates, , p~rative~· but h_ttlc .cult1vatcd. The
Geo W How~ert, Ferdinand Rorer, l ~i ue~al epostts m tlus C&lt;~nn ty are v~ry
Gideon J Persinger, \\' P Moomaw, ri ch, ir~n ore of.great purity abounding
Daniel C Moomaw, R H Moomaw, R l 111 • various sect1011s, ~ncl a '"!lllllber o f
F Moomaw, David S Read, Francis / mint's and furn aces bemg profitably op·
Sorrel, J Allen Watts, Geo P Tayloe, crated. .
. .
.
.Michahl.owman &amp; wife, Sarni H Gish. 1 • The mineral deposits mclu~e, hes1des
.
• iro n ore, manl{a nese, k.whn, baryta
SALP.M.-A \\' hate, Or J S Deyerle, E 1 ochre, lime~lull&lt;.-s of a litho~raphic char:
M Armstro~g Sr. E M !"-rmstron~ Jr, 1 a.cter, an~I furni~h.ing 111arl?lcs of supe•
Dr T H n I &gt;1llard, s F Simmons, 'nor quality, ~pec1;11ly that Ill the neigh·
8urwell, E W Jack, J W J&lt;;&gt;hnson, W H borhood of Cr:1igsvillc, and in the northRuthrauff, B W ~an, Fl Chapman, east part o f the county, unsurp:tssed in
C I Preston, Wm Zirkle, C W Ham. I beauty and v-.riety for "ins ide work."

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On James river, two mi les :ibo,·c the ' F:ills. up :\or1h rh cr to l.cxinf;lOn, n
mouth of North ri,·er. a limestone fur- di:.tancc oi twcn t,· miles. l.cx111gton
nishing a first·class hydraulic cement is is abo the pre'&gt;ent ·tami nus of the Valfound. At the mouth of '.'\orth river Icy Branch of the l!.1l1imnrc &amp; Ohio
sand of the fine st quality for making J{ailro:ul. J{i\l: r:.1&lt;!c: .. tatio11, the near·
glass has been disco\'ere&lt;l.
&lt;:&lt;.t cltput 1111 1he ~ 1 w11a11do:t lt Valley
Tin mines arc being opened on lri .. h l\.1ilrn:11I, i~ \\1t h111 ,r, c:n mik., of Lex·
creek, in the Sou th ~ lnunt.1 in. :1brn1t 8 i11g1 11n to " hich point there is a daily
or 10 miles from \'esll\ iu-; and I&lt; iH·r.,idc l111r of h.1d..'
statiuns on the Shenand1)a h \'alley rail·
lite: am1 n l thl' r1J11nty i-; 6_;r] ...quare
road .
111il1·.... or .11 ~\1/1 1 .1rrl '· .t11d till' I.ind h.1s
The railroad facilities in this county :in '" c:r.1gc .1 .. ~nwd ' .due of f.'i 93 per
for tra\'t-1 &lt;l nd tr;uv;purtatiun an· txlra· acrc.
Post .Offices.
ordin.rnly gvod. 1 hl ChL..,.tpeakc and
Ohio Railway pa!-.,&lt;.::- thrir11gh lh l' w&lt;:'&gt; l· :\lone.
ern part of the: cou n1y, .,., ith a hr:tnrh Jl.1lc11ny F.1lls, CEO\\' ~! O XLEY.
from (;osh&lt;:n !Jep&lt;Jl to \ "ictona Fur· 1 llt:ll., \ ':illcy.
nae&lt;: mine-;, nC'u the Rockliridi.:c :\lu111 Br•m 11'&gt;llllf", FRED'" :\ TAYLOR.
Spri11g-;. The \'alk·y hr:inch ttf lhl' l\ulf.do Fo~'l'·
Baltimore and Ohio run.; ir1m1 St.11111ln11 H111t.d o .\l ill~. \\" F 1'0:\G UE.

r

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LAFAYETTE, ifo~TGOM E R\·-V1rg1n1a
Heslep, Mrs J B Kent. G \\.' &amp; B F
Thomas, Benj F Thomas.

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th rough the entirt&gt; lengt h of t h&lt;: count y C11lli1:r-;tuw11, I .\ \\"11.K I :\SON.
to l.e xini.;tvn where it conntch 11ith :1 l k 11111ark. J \\' R.\l'I' ckpy.
br~nch of the ~{i chm o nd ;rnd .-\lh·l'hanr
El111eria, J&lt;&gt;l I:..; 11 S.\l.E
Railro:td leading fr&lt;1111 Le:ongton ;tlo11g F:1irtit·lcl, JOll :'\ \\' \\' II £AT.
!\Orth Ri\'er.tv Balc&lt;•ny Fall ~ . wlil'rc it F.11iry 11 111, J I ~l &lt;JORE.
mtcrsects with tht: trunk line: of the c;ifmorc':. .\lif[s.
Ri chmo nd and r\lh:ghat1)', which runs (jfcnwoml.
throu)!h the SOl~them .r::irt o~ the coun ty (;o..,hcn Bridge.
along J:11nes. 1&lt;1ver. I he Shtn:i nc~oah Gree n F o resl, J H WILLSON,
Valley Railroad
e xtends 1:nt1rcl y Iris h Creek.
through the c011n tr from north1:;1st tu · Kerr',; Crttk, J.\ ~.! ES ~ SH :\!'!NON.
southwes t. _al o ng the ~-est em base o f l.exi11,trlo11 1c /, I.
the Blue Ridge :'l!oun1:1111s.
.
L o ng wood , \\'II.LI.·\;\( A MOHLER.
The scenery in many portions of Midvale, SA;lll.:EL P CA;llPBELL.
Rockbridge is ve ry grnnd ~nd pie
;\fon111outh.
turesque, and the county contains m:rny f\! ura t, Theophilus S Las kie.
points of great interest to the traw!lcr 1'aturnl Bridge.
and pleasure·seeke r, among whic h may Oakdale.
be mentioned the 1'atural Bridge, so : Raphine, If S CA;llPBELL.
famous :is ~ei~111 o~e of the greatest 1 Rapp's Mills.
nawral cun os1t1es m t he world, and ! Rive r Side, S K LA \VnORN.
fro m which the countr takes i1s n:tme. J Rockbridge Alum Springs.
H andsomt: ho tels have recently been ; Rockbridge Daths.
built at this place and first' class accom · ., Sherwood.
modations can .now be l!ad for 400 1 South River, JO H :-1 DAVIDSON.
guesls. The mmeral. spnngs of the Summers.
·
Jordan Alu::n• Roc~b!ldgc. Alum, Cold Timber Ridge.
Su lphu~. \\ 1lson \\ h11e Sulphur and
Vesuvius.
Rockbridge llaths, all popular places of Victoria Mines.
resort, are in this county. S uperio r
Courts.
bass fishing is found in lhe James ri ve r
TH F. CrRcurT Cot:RT o f t he 13th Cir·
from the m o uth of !'torth ri ver up to
cuit meets :it .Lexington on the 1st
C lifto n Forge.
Lexington, the county seat, is o n M:trch :ind 1s t September.
North river in the centre o f the county,
Jud;re, \Vm McLaughlin.
s urro unded hy wild and beautiful seen·
Clerk, J C Lloudc.
cry and fert ile count ry. It is the seat
Tim
Coe:-iTv Cot' RT meets at Lex·
o f the Virginia ~filitary Institute and of
the Was hington &amp; Lee L'nivers ity, two ington on t he 1st ;llon&lt;.Iay in each
of the m ost ~minent ins titutions of mont h.
lc:1rni11g not only of the State but of
Jud;re, j amco; T Patton.
Clerll, P ;lloore.
the country. The remains of G e nera ls
Lee and Stonewall Jack.son lie buried
County Offic:era.
here.
.
Sher~ff. R R \\'itt.
A bra nch of the Richmond &amp; A lleTreasurer, jas D Anderson ,
ghany Railroad extends from Balcony

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WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINI A, CEMETERY ~Ec OR~.5
The f ollowing record was done by the Wythe Cotmty His tori cal Society and sent
to us for publication . See VAN for Feb. 1982, page 27, for article on the
work being done .
The information is as follows: Nt.nnber on grid s heet , surname, given name,
inscription of marker, date of birth and date of death.
/(~ /- 1.

SANDERS (Fann) CFMETERY
Location: Along SR 619, one mile east of junction with US 52.
198. Est. No . graves: 257 . This record as of J uly, 1981.
Julia
23 Jan 1862
Elizabeth Aker
12 Apr 1936
Ada
ARNOLD
1919
ARNOLD
Elmer G.
1914
BLANKENSHIP Sarah Jane '~vf.OTI-IER"
Mary Jane
BOYD
08 Jun 1839
BURO-IAM
Edgar W.
1909
BUR.GIARD
---the--1928
BURNET
John R. "CO D, Va Inf CSA"
BURNET
Adline M.
06 Jul 18Sl
Caudle
Clyde W
09 Oct 1907
DSC COLLINS
James Boyd
18 Oct 1896
06C COLLINS
Ida Huff
30 Dec 1898
02C COLLINS
James Robert
01 Feb 1853
03C CDLLINS
Ollie Jackson
22 Dec 1867
18D CRIGGER
Ada R.
1880
17D CRIGGER
Jallles
28 Jun 1915
18D CRIGGER
Thomas
1850
12D CROCKETT
Byron "Beloved one farewell"
1836
42D DAVIDSON
Fl orence Jane
1858
SOD DAVIDSON
G. Cleveland
OS Apr 1895
SID DAVIDSON
Kathern Roberta "Infinate day excludes the
03 Oct 1923
SOD DAVIDSON
Laura S.
24 Aug 1896
45D DAVIDSON
WoM. "Asleep in Jesus"
22 Dec 189S
27A DAVIS
Brenda Kaye Gravely
01 Mar 1955
13C DUNFORD
James L. "Son of B &amp;E Dtmford"
14 Jan 1900
59D EASTER
Troy Lee
25 Apr 1894
25C EllvUNDS
Eliza Maude
06 Aug 1900
27C EIM)NDS
Ethel B.
09 May 1904
24C EIMJNDS
Floyd Kenny
03 May 1891
30C EIMJNDS
George W. "Husband of Mary E. Montgomery"
08 Nov 1873
21C EIMJNDS
Maggie
1877
31C EllviJNDS
Mary E. "Wife of G.W. Edmonds"26 Apr 1874
22C EIMONDS
Posey
1888
23C EIMJNDS
Rice
31 Aug 1855
27C EIMONDS
Robert K.
21 .Tan 1907
26C EDMONDS
Shel ly Rice
14 ' ~p 1916
llA

AKER

13A
36C
35C
28C
06A
20C
19D
43C+
43C
37C

ALLEN

Legi ble names :

27 Jan 1922
9 Nov 1963
1975
1974
17 Nov 1927
13 Aug 1938
1967
1966

26
02
18
26
22
28

Apr 1928
May 1916
Jan 1955
Feb 1974
Feb 19 22
Feb 1912
1928
29 Nov 1940
1928
11 May 1920
1942
27 Dec 1945
night"
ZS Jan 1947
23 Aug 1934
26 Jun 1920
29 Aug 1980
17 Apr 1918
07 Oct 1967
03 Feb 1941
13 Jul 1953
06 Jun 1955
1961
08 Jan 1923
1958
11 Mar 1939
08 Dec 1978
24 Mar 1937

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SANDERS (Farm) CEMETERY
18C
17C
16C
67D

03B
13B

EDWARDS
EDWARDS

EDWARDS
FARRIS
FARRIS
FARRIS
FARRIS
FARRIS

67D
13B
52B + F1JIJ.ER

GILLESPIE

04A

GTT .I .ESP IE
GD .I FSPIE
GILLESPIE
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY

09A

OSD

22D
23D
04D

1926
1903
1890
05 Jan 1898
26 Jun 1930
1939
05 Apr 1903
1943

1978
1976
1963
14 Mar 1960
07 Oct 1980
1969

1909
C.L.
1910
Ida Belle Boyd
15 Aug 1869
M.L.
1917
Gra cie Jane
1897
Infant son of MoandM. Lewis Gravely 1941
Infant son of M,andMo Lewis Gravel y 1949
''Til we shall meet
1893
Jessie J.
and never part''
Joesamp (?)
1884
Jolm Edgar
14 M3r 1914
Josie P .
1882
Lewis F.
''Live' s work well
1876

1909
1916
06 Mar 1940
1917
1963

Ao

Mary

George C,

"C.O.D, 2 Va Inf
Sp hner War''

03A
OSA

C.a.rl w.
Minnie Lee
Rupert Co
Charles Walter
Fred Elm:&gt; , Sr.
Ji.mnie Ro
Josephine Viars

OlB

GRAVELY
02B+- GRAVELY
OlB GRAVELY
OlD GRAVELY

A.H.

1949
23 Oct 1949
17 Nev 1971
07 Dec 1946
1943

done''
04D
48D
08D
06D+

GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
G'RAVELY

55B

GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRA\7ELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVELY

25A
46C
20D
70D
26A
47C
07D
28A
28A
08D

1900
Maggie V.
1962
Terry Lynn
22 Feb 1903
Charley J.
Earnest Peyton ''Va Seaman 1 CL 06 Dec 1~2.5
USNR' '
1958
Elwin Hank
EiIIna

Harvey
Harvey

Howard Ho
James
James Elbert
I..a.ura D .
Lee

Ao

Hill1PHRIES

l.Duise Ro
Pearl ey Mo
Roxey M.
' 'Granchwther''
Thanas Jo
Vergie Viars
Virginia B.
William E.
William ·Po "Douglas"
J '.
James Vivian
C.ora Tickle
Stephen D.
George P .
I 'M:&gt;ther''
Mary France

04.B

l.NGO

Anna Mat

04B

INOO

02D

INX&gt;

Clarence Edward
Della Mae

42C
07D

47C
70D

32A

41C
16A
29A
32C
32C
33C
33C

HALL
HINES

HUMPHREY
HUMPHREY
lilJMPHRIES

1909
'1910
1933
1912
1904
07 May 1901
1879
15 May 1905
11 Feb 19??
28 Oct 1909
03 Aug 1858
1874
1930
1917
04 Nov 1891
04 Jul 1892

20 Feb 1900
1877
1870
07 Apr 1846
05 Feb 1846
13 M::lr 1922
17 F~b 1924
14 Nov 1954

1964
14 Nov 1971
19 Aug 1944
1978
1974
1967
1971
.1978 .
1975
30 Oct 1969
1947
13 Feb 1975
12 Nov 1962
01 Aug 1931
1957
13 Nov 1918
06 M:ly 1972
1956
1942
24 Apr 1916
13 Feb 1919
09 Feb 1973

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SANDERS (Farm) CEMETARV
09C
29C
09C
llC
75D
18A

17A
2'2A
74D
15A

19A
15A
16D
13D

JACKSON
JACKSOO

JACKSON
JENNINGS
JONES
JONES
JONES
JCNES
JONES
JONES

JONES
JONES
KING
KING

Ellis Lo
Luther
Mary Bo
Edd

Infant child of CW &amp; Ollie Jones
James B.
09
Joseph Lee
19
Lillie Ida
10
Ollie
''Wife of C.Wo Jones" 19
Stella Go
Walter Jo
18
William T.
Ben El-- -dge
19
Howard ·Wo
"Son of JW and IE 10

14D KING

John H.

15D KING
15D KING
56B KIRBY
32B

LEPHEW

36D

M)LE.5

33B MJNI'CN
33B Ml:nUN

lOC

09 Sep 1881
15 Jan 1888
11 Nov 1917

17 Jul 1925
07 Oct 1966
14 Feb 1918

John Draper

02 Feb 1918
18 Mar 1915
1889
1882
05 Nov 1889
24 Jul 1891

11 Oct 1969

23 Dec 1930
1906
1896
1900
1916
12 Jul 1902
07 Jul 1941
15 Feb 1880

07 h1g 1973

Pearlie Mae M.

37D MJLES

cx;r.E

40D PARKS
24B PEAK

46D PEAK
47D PEAK
SlB PEAK
22B PEAK
22B PEAK
24B PEAK.

03C PEARMAN
04C PF.AR1AN
04C PEARMAN

14B RASH

54D ROSE
5~D ROSE

"At Rest"
Edith
Nelia Sayers
Stuart

"At Rest"

Frank

Martha L.

Robert Lee
Irvin Foy
Aaron Jefferson ''God is our
refuge and strength''
Clifton Archer
Dossie June
Flossie May
George ·Lo ·
''Daddy''
Maggie Crigger ''Mama''

Matilda Alberta
Flora M.

JaDES G.

"Dau. of J .R and
0

Flora M,

Mattie Co
Ihrtbula
M'al.colm Robinson

Roy Allen

48C

Mary Humphrey I 'Our Motlier''
James "Son of Wn &amp; Stella
Jones"

23A SANDERS
SSC SCXJIT

45C SCXJIT

1919
1926
1926
1913
1921
25 May 1883
18 Oct 1891

0,J. C.Ollins"

60D ROSE
SAFERIGHI'

27
27

Jolm William
Lessie Gilbert
Hazel Roberta "Asleep in
Jesus''

McPFAK

38D IDLES
35D IDLES

12

29 Mar 1921

McPF.AK

MEL'IDN

Mfil..'IDN

22
12
01
04

1963
1964
1931
1981
1913
May 1931
Jan 1909
Feb 1917
Jul 1916
1964
Jan 1915
1958
May 1980
Oct 1918

07 May 1920

Vergie Humphrey
Matilda
Thom:is Franklin
James Ballard

32B LEPHEW

07C
07C
54C
54C

King' '
"Son of Jolm and
Lessie King''

1875
1912
1878
1897
1912
Feb 1863
Jan 1889
Aug 1898
Jul 1893
1891
Jul 1890
1887
May 1913
Jun 1916

"Aged 11 years"

Edward ·Ao

Kenneth Edward

1885
1891
10 Jan 1910
1881
04 Oct 1904

--

03 Feb 1897
17 Jul 1923
29 Jul 1919
24 Mar 1939

1953

07 Apr 1951

31 Jan 1981
1980
1952
1977
14 Sep 1934
31 Jan 1942
10 May 1959
1919
1926
1926
1973

01 ~c 1926
14 Jul 1910
1964
1910
24 Jan 1910
1 Q(;8

30 Aug 1967
01 Jul 1971
09 Feb 1936
27 Jul 1931
05 Mar 1980

09 Apr 1965

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SANDERS (Farm) CEMETERY
SSC

SCXJIT

24A
24A

SMITH
SMITH

OlC+ SNAVELY
72D

STEEi .E

72D

STEEIE

73D + STEEIE
34D TAYLDR
lOB TfKJMAS

Ruth P .
Benjamin
Carol ine Wo

"Caroline C.
Smith''
Jolm Walter "Pf c US Army,
Mv II"
Lizzie Jones ' 'Wife of James P,
Steele''
Virginia Vauglm 'tna.u of James
P o Steele''
William M.
Katharine E .

Friel Winifred

''Dau of G.W. &amp;
Eo Thomas"
"Cplo US Amrj,

30Dt- IBCMAS

William Freal

44C+ TI-ICMPSON
44C TI-ICMPSON
44C+ TIICMPSON

Everett Green
Gl adys Leone
Harless E
"F2 US Navy"

Korea''

OlA
OlA
02A
02A
07A
OBA
24D
34A
34A
? C
61D

TIICMPSON
TI-ICMPSON
TI-ICMPSON
TI-Ia1PSON
THa-IPSON
THCMPSON

44B
31D
36B
41D
39B
49B
37B

VIARS
VIARS
VIARS
VIARS

TICKIE

TII.SON
TII.SON
VERES

VIARS

VIARS

VIARS

VIARS

Harman Bo
June W.

Leonard Tyler

''Father''

Martha Bishop

''t-bther''

Martha Boyd
Tyler T o
Melinda Jo
Edward Foster
P olly Turman
Garland
''Rock a bye baby
Baby Girl
in the tree .top"
Clarence E. ''At Rest''
Donald Edward
Dora Gravley
Dorothey L. )
George Edward, Jr.

Irven

James Edward

62D

VIARS

Jolm Co

43B
49B
34B
63D
42B
35B

VIARS
VIARS
VIARS

Margie Po

VIARS
VIARS
VIARS
VIARS

Osker M.
Polly Mo
Ronnie Wo
Walter
''Son of Pete &amp;

38B

VIERS

Evelyn Ma.e

?.SD

WALLS

Mark Allen
Albert C.
Jolm ·Wo

6SD

430 WEBB
440 WEBB
430 WEBB
030
14C

WHITE
WILLIAMS

Laura Ann

''Beloved mothert'

Lindy
"At rest"

Luratta Viars"
''Dau of J oE o and

D.B. Viers"

Thanas
Willie Lee

Alice Barlow

'~ther''

10 Jan 1920
1862
1882

1953
1970

04 Feb 1918

10 Jtm 1978

25 Jan 1885

24 Apr 1929

26 Mar 1913

05 Jan 1917

08Nov1.878
31 Aug 1915
31 Mar 1917

28 Aug 1963
04 Sep 1918
28 May 1917

30 May 1933

09 Aug 1977

04 Dec 1920
1930
25 Aug 1896
1927
1930
29 Jtm 1904
13 Apr 1907
16 Mar 1882
08 Mar 1881
1944
1885
1887
13 Dec 1S18
21Mar1928

05 Jan 1975
1930
14Nov1934
1979

18 May 1919
01 Nov 1940
02 Apr 1898
1936
13 Feb 1937
1886
25 Feb 1897
15 Jul 1939
18 Jtm 1877
1884
27 Mar 1918
1925
1841
11 Oct 1954
17 Jul 1907

14 Jtm 1919
18 Feb 1941
19 Sep 1970
1936
23 Feb 1937
1955
30 Nov 1942
10 Mar 1941
16 Jtm 1934
1952
30 Sep 1966
. 1925
1924
20 Jul 1973
03 Nov 1917

25 May 1919

04 Oct 1921

1969
1889

1969
1933
12 Nov 1920
1934
05 Feb 1970
1978

1915
14 M:iy 1900
1917

05 May 1975
25 Nov 1978
23 Jul 1944
04 Jul 1921
1975
1955
1932
23 Jul 1929
21 Apr 1928

�SANDERS (Farm) CEMETERY
Jo
Ibrthula E.
Eliza Davis

09C WILLIAMS
07C WILLIAMS
llC WILLIAMS

Andrew

04C
07C

Herbert H.

OBC

osc

WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS

06C WILLIAMS
12C WILLIAMS
58D WILLIAMS
64D WRIGHT
SEARCHERS:

''Wife of McN
Williams''

John Do
Joseph F.
Lo Vergil
Laura ·Eo

1912
15 Mar 1915
21 Jan 1864

1976
15 Mar 1915
04 May 1924

05 Jul 1917

09 May 1975

?

10
12
15
12

McN

Robert S.
Carl Preston

?

Jan 1914
Jtm 1875
Jul 1882
Feb 1851
1894

Location: On SR 700, 1 Mile east of US 52.

c

JACKSON
JACKSON

LINDAMJOD

Adaline Hirris
John W.
Ella Jackson

16 Apr 1876
21 Jan 1870
04 Apr 1902

Location: W. Of SR 772 at Carro l l Co . Line.
Sallie A.

WARD
WARD

As of May, 1981
1947
1939

CORNELL (Family) CEMETERY
Location: So. of SR 607 between SR 772
CARNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
LAWSON
LAWSON

&amp; US 52.

ALLEN

GIRISLEY
GUN

SWACKER
SWACKER

Alo: 0.5

As of April, 1976.

Mary D.
Driscal

12 Sep 1884
20 Nov 1909
Emly
"Our Mother"
1871
Lewis c.
10 Dec 1870
Fayette Elza "Our Father" 09 Oct 1893
Lillie V.
"Our Mother" 01 May 1900
TEDDER (Family) CEMETERY)

Location: No . edge SR 607 between SR 772

Laura Stewardson
Daisey Helen
Elizabeth Annie
Arthur S.
Mack P.

B. Anderson

20 Nov 1964
14 Mar 1934
03 Apr 1948
!Vo: 1

1866
1864

Thomas J.

No: tJ7

As of April, J 981 .

WARD (Family) CEMETERY

Searcher :

1966

Nannie Graham Sanders, Helen Grove Ethel Brown, Geo. San&lt;lers,
B. Anderson
'
Wytheville, Virginia
21 Aug 1981

JOHN WALTER JACKSON (Family) CEMETERY

c

14 Feb 1915
09 Sep 1953
16 Aug 1949

&amp; US 52.

25 Jun 1962
27 Apr 1930
1932
29 Jun 1945
01 May 1900
25 Jun 1939
No : 06

As of April, 1976 .

04 Feb 1914
17 Apr 1906
1925
1895
1898

08 Sep 1961
08 Nov 1962
1959
1971
1962

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SPENCER FAMI LY CEMETARY
Location: So . of SR 607 between SR 772 &amp; US 52. Est. No. graves 24.
Legibl e graves 24 .
This record as o f April, 1981.
1
2
3
4

ARQ-fER
ARO-IER
ARQ-IER

A. Preston
Dora E. "Wife of S.B.
Spencer''
Margaret Jane
Robert J .

5

BEASLEY
BEASLEY

6

DAVIS

David Roy

7

DAVIS
HORTON
HORTON

Frankl in C
James M.
Sarah V.
Frank P.
Nora C.
Earnest B.
Mother Kitty F.
Albert Ray
Bert
Dora E.
Paul eida E.
Doris E.
Myrtle ''Daughter of Bert
&amp;Dora Spencer"
Opal
"Daughter of Bert
&amp; Dora Spencer''
Edgar Lee ''Son of Bert &amp;
Dora Spencer"
Robert L.
Sarah Eo
Robert Fred

8
9

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
21 .
17
19

MABRY
MABRY

20

SPENCER

18

SPENCER

23

SPENCER
SPENCER
SPENCER

24

22

RIGGINS
RIGGINS
SPENCER
SPENCER
SPENCER
SPENCER
SPENCER
SPENCER

SEARCHER:

Mary

"Son of Roy &amp;
Mae Davis"

29 Jun 1854
30 Sep 1889

14 Jun 1940
30 Mar 1922

15
27
10
03

06
13
29
03

Jul
Jan
May
Apr

1851
1866
1858
1940

Feb
Jan
Nov
Apr

1910
1938
1939
1940

08 Jul 1933
1888
1898
22 Mar 1890
15 Jun 1892
15 Jul 1917
06 Jan 1895
27 Mar 1908
02 May 1883
30 Sep 1889
1948
1950
23 Jan 1920

25 Dec 1934
1974
1973

25 Mar 1922

26 Mar 1922

27 Mar 1910

03 Oct 1951

26 Aug 1879
17 Feb 1877
07 May 1913

18 Feb 1968
28 Jul 1971
29 Jan 1975

?

?

23
14
22
25
30

Dec 1956
Nov 1965
May 1974

Nov 1962
Mar 1922

23 Jan 1920

B. Anderson; Apr 1981
PRIMM (Family) CEMETERY

Location: Off SR 607.
09
09
13
03

E!MJNDS
EIMONDS

JONES
KEMP

As of April, 1981.

Mary Primm
John Lee
Paul Anthony "Infant"
Nancy Jane ''Wife of John
Rankins"

07
OC&gt;

08
14
11
01

MOSES
MOSES
MOSES
PRI:Mvi

RANKIN
RANKIN

Jrunes H.
Thomas E.
Willirun Robert
John
George
Harvey J . .

1883
1878
1961
1871

10 Nov 1962
07 Nov 1961

16 Jun 1937
21 Jan 1928
20 Nov 1920

14 Aug 1960
21 Aug 1928
22 Mar 1969
16 Jun 1924
OS Apr 1980
02 Jan 1972

29
04
09
27

Apr
May
Jan
Apr

10 Jun 1904
20 Mar 1899

15 Jan 1947

�/7~

PRIMM (Family) CEMETERY
04

RANKIN

10
05

RANKIN
RANKIN
RANKIN
RANKIN
RANKIN
SPENCER

02
12
12
15

+

"Son of John &amp;N.J
Rankin''
John Morgan
John Thomas
Lee Hardin ''WW II"
Elmo David
Pauline
Ronnie Eugene

J.S.

0

22 Dec 1902

29 Jan 1924

14
17
13
23
06
13

27
07
25
20
06
07

Dec
Jun
Sep
Sep
Dec
Feb

1870
1908
1922
1932
1931
1947

PRIMM (Fami ly) CEMETERY

Feb
Jun
Dec
Oct
Dec

1961
1972
1966
1932
1931
May 1967

No. 03

Location : So. of SR 607 on Tommy William's Farm, be tween SR 772
and US 52 . As of April, 1981.
PRIMM
PRIMM
PRJM-1

SEARCHER:

Alexander S.
Thomas H.
Infant son of John Primm

OS Apr 1873
13 Nov 1879
08 Jul 1876

B. Anderson Apr 1981
BLACK (Family) CEMETERY

Location : East of SR 772 near Carrol Co. line.
43
43
28

BAYS
BAYS
BLACK

19

BLACK

20

BLACK

18
31
31

BLACK
CARPENTER
CARPENTER

CARPENTER

29
30
10
09
32
34

CARPENTER
HARTLEY

HARTI..EY

HICKS
HICKS
HICKS
HICKS

33
34

42
41
14

01
12

15 Jun 1909
25 Aug 1920
08 .Jul 1876

NESTER
PEAK

STOOTS
+

STOOTS
TATE

Mary c. "Together Forever"
Tommy D.

N~

As of Nov, 1981.

29 May 1947
11 Nov 1946
Johnie Clarence "Son of W.S. 02 May 1894
&amp;S.E. Black"
Sarah Ellen ''Wife of W.S.
04 Sep 1864
Black"
Thomas Verner "Son of WoS.
02 Sep 1895
&amp;S.E. Black"
William S.
"Father"
18 Mar 1860
Mallie Jane
24 Sep 1884
Oscar C. "In Heaven there
1878
is One Angle More"
''Mother"
Stella
15 Apr 1911
Walter G.
22 Jul 1908
Jack Monroe
10 Jan 1949
Lena Mae
''Mother''
30 Dec 1926
James Alexander
1884
James P.
19 Feb 1853
Mary Ellen
1886
Mary F
''His Wife"
29 May 1858
Roger E.
1943
Donald Franklin
29 Jtm 1938
James David "Father, He Is
17 Mar 1873
Not Dead but Sleepeth"
12 Mar 1902
Myrtle Blanche
2
19 Aug 1924
Alered Roscoe ''Va Seaman
CL USNR"

01

13 Jul 1975
01 Sep 1901
19 Oct 1926
28 Oct 1918
16 Feb 1941
24 Aug 1932
1955
11
26
25
03
01
27
25
25

Sep 1968
Mar 1968
Jan 1960
Nov 1972
1902
Apr 1915
1901
May 1915
1971
Nov 1956
Nov 1932

01 Apr 1912
14 Jun 1944

�177

Cl yde Monroe ''Va SN US Navy'' 11 Oct 1932 25 Mar 1968
Littie
''Mother''
OS Mar 1897 06 Oct 1959
Absabeth "Wife of Stephen
12 Oct 1827 02 Oct 1903
MUTE
C. White''
Brenda
Gay
''Gone but not
03
YORK
OS Sep 1950 18 Mar 1966
Forgotten"
Claude B.
28 Aug 1922 28 Sep 1977
YORK
05
Clifford
Lee
12
Jan 1924 29 Feb 1924
02
YORK
Dennis ''Born &amp;Died"
07 May 1949 07 May 1949
YORK
04
Isaac Andrew ''Va. PFC Co H
Q3 Dec 1894 26 Aug 19S4
08 + YORK
317 Inf WW I"
Maudy June ''Of such is the 11 Jan 1932 21 May 1934
YORK
06
Kingdom of Heaven"
Willie
Myrtl
e ''Wife Of I .A. 25 Jul 1903 22 Feb 1943
YORK
07
York"
SEARGIER: B. Anderson
Wythe County, Virginia

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11
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QUERIES
Note;
Mrs Minnie Hall has resigned as Query Editor as she will be moving
to Grays on Co. , Va . , next year. Send all queries to 1716 Colgate St. NE,
Roanoke, VA 24012.
Please place query on a separate sheet of paper with
your name and address.
When more than one (question, query, etc) is enclosed on one sheet, i t takes a while for\ it to get from one person to
another as we have no central office. Please include compltte address on
your letter -- the envelope may be filed in 'file 13' •
L. Herbert DAWSON, Box 166, Crum, WV 25669
JOHNSTON.
Need info on George Johnston, bro of Chapman I, ():)car, Ollivia.
GILLISPIE, Louisa A PEARIS; and son of Tu.vid Johnston • . Kea 1800, he md
1819, Giles Co, Polly Stowers and had Emeline THOMPSON, William, Sarah HAMILTON, &amp; David.
He md Susannah, dau of Urias PERDUE in 1829 and had John
I,ewis , Christena Johns ton DAVIS and Nancy Jane. George and Mary WILLIS
had George Andrew, Mary Ann, Oscar Fitzalom, Chapman I. , !avid R F, Sarah
&amp; Chloe.
David mentioned George as his son in his will in Giles Co.
Mrs. Al Amundson, 2F Country Club Apts., Greenville, AL36037
Would like to contact desc of Ann HUNT, wife of John MACON of New Kent Co,
VA.
She d Feb 8, 1724/5 according to the St. Peters Parish Register. Believed to be desc of William Hunt "a Hugeunot doctor of physick'' who is
buried at Bachelor's Point, Charles City Co . Was William Hunt who md
Judi th BURTON, dau of Richard Burton and his wife Katherine CHRISTIAN of
the same family?
Genevieve BELL McDANIEL, Rt 2 Box 22, Hurrican, wV 25526
F.a.ger to contact relatives of I.andon C. BELL, Lunenburg Co, Va, historian.
I descend from James Bell Sr, d 1786 intestate, Halifax Co, Va , from his
son James BELL Jr , who md Frances MEADOR 19 Jan 1768 , and through their son
John Meador Bell , b ca 1801, 1/md "Polly" BROWN 11 Feb 1823 , Franklin Co,
Va •
John M. Bell ' s son , Peter Henry Bell , &amp; other members of his family
migrated to Putnam, Lincoln , &amp; Ka.na:_who. Co~,_ Jrl.._a.fter the Civil War. Peter
&amp; his wife Ella CASSELL are my great grandparents.

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QUERlES
Winnie (KIRK) BRANEN, Box 186, Marshall, OK
73056
Wish to correspond with a descendent of Joseph KIRK son of
Thomas who d 1801 in Montgomery Co. VA who m Jan
1788 to
Martha HARLESS, daughter of Martin &amp; Margaretta \~ILLIAMS
HARLESS, who were early German settlers in Clover Hollow on
Sinking Creek or branch of the New River.
What wer e n a mes
of childr born to Joseph &amp; Martha? Where did they spend l ast
years?
Carole PRESLEY (Mrs. Jack) 502 W. 8th, Russellville, AR 72901
Correction:
My families are AKERS, CECIL, HALL, HOUSMAN, HO WARD
and HOUSEMAN.
Chester MABERRY 5310 Westbrook Dr. Charleston,
WV 25313
Seeking ancestry of Wm Sanders, d 1815 Pittsylvania Co. VA, who
m 2nd Ann DOVE, 1787 in Pittsylvania Co. VA.
Also seek identity
of his 1st wife and her ancestry .
Also ancestry of Jonathan
THARP (ca 1765-1833, Surry Co. ,NC) m Eliza Ann SAUNDERS (SAND E RS)
dau of the above Wm SANDERS, in 1791 in Pittsylvania Co . VA.
Rit a CURRY, PO Box 775, Glade Springs, VA 24340
Seek ing ancestry of John HODGES, b 1814 and his wife Frdelia
CLARK, b 1816.
They were min 1839 in Henry Co. VA.
They were
in Montg omery Co. VA in 1850 census.
Where did they go?
Also
seeking last name of Susannah ?, 1st wife of Isaac MABRY (1798188 6, all life in Carroll Co . VA) son of Ch arles MABRY of Grayson Co.VA.
Issac m 2nd Virginia Jane MCGRADY, in 1848 in
Carroll Co . VA.
Ardys v. HURT, 5715 Fieldcrest Dr . Boise, ID 83704
Need info on family of Simon HOILMAN (HOYLMAN) b ca 1790, m
Mary ?, living Rockbridge &amp; Botetourt Co. VA 1810 - 1850.
Sons
Robe rt, Wm &amp; George Washington.
George W. b. 180 9 moved to
Greenbrier Co, m Nancy Ann FLESHMAN , dau of Michael FLESHMAN &amp;
Elizabeth SIDENSTRI CKER .
_Qeorge PESELY, 2609 Ellsworth St. #202, Berkeley, CA 94704
Exe info on BOOTHE family Floyd Co. VA, Russell Co. VA ; HARRIS,
MCALEXANDER, BURNETT families Patrick Co. VA.
Need verification
Annie BURNETT, b 1825 KY was dau of Rauben BURNETT, Nancy TUGGLE,
m 1802 Patrick Co . VA.
Seek later whereabouts of Cyrus HOWARD,
wh o was in Montgomery Co . VA 1797 .
Marianna B. WHITE, RR 4, ·Box 154, Shelbyville, TN 37160
Seeking info on John RATCLIFF , who lived Tazewell &amp; Russell Co.
VA, d 1835 and w Char lotte WHITE RATLIFF d ca 1855, Buchanan Co .
VA.
Last
listed in 1850 in Wm RATCLIFF's household.
Place of
burial?
Chil dren?

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119'

B U T T N E R U P D I K E , Ro u t e 11 1 B ox 2 8 1 , B i 11 in g s , M{) €&gt; 5 ti 1.~
Info on Geo r ge W . AL LEN , b c a 1840 &amp; Eliza FARMER ALLEN, b ca
18 42 .
Childre n wer e Wm , Emm a, Ha rve y Burt and Jennie White ALLEN .
The y lived in P i t t s y l va ni a C o . VA .
Where &amp; when Ge o i: g e &amp; Eliza
marr ied .
\.Jho did the child r ma rr y , when ?
l.iKe t.o b.e.ai: f.i:om
ones working on t h e ALLEN &amp; POO L E lin e .
J od i e

:

D o r othy J . TURNER , 568 Sout h J o plin, Tusla, OK 74112
S eek p a r e nt s of Al e xand e r TU RNER, b ca 1834 Montgomery Co. VA,
m D i a n n a B A N K S ,Oc t 7 18 5 8 , i n Carr o 11 Co . VA . Chi 1 d r were Mary F ,
Martha E , Mario n W , V i ola Alic P. , Cor a L ee &amp; Ha rriett R.
Also
wi sh to corr es po n d wit h d es c of Fr a nces A. TURNER, b c a 1837 in
Mont gomery Co. VA .
M . l s t to Wm WARDEN, childr Magnoli a &amp; V i o l a .
M 2 nd to J o hn W . MIT CH EL L Jul y 14, 1864 in Montgomery Co . VA .
Ch i l d r n Wi l l i e A, Ma rth a A, Mo llie L, Laura B, Hattie L, Rosa F,
and L i ly V.
Mr s . S . Osca r D E AN, RD /1 3, Box 82, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403
Marr iage i n fo o n HAW K S, N e w e l l m Elizabeth STONEMAN, fan;iily
t r a dition says D e c 1 856, both b near Pipers Gap-Galax area • .
H AW KS , Th om a s m S u s a n ? , Thom a s b 1 7 9 6 Gr a y son Co . VA , d May ,
1881, C a r r ol l Co. VA, marriage record not in Grayson Co or Surry
Co.
1 s t chi l d age 1850 is 21, census of 1900 says 75.
HAWKS,
Abraham rn Nancy ? •
On Thomas HAWKS ' death certificate parents
given as Abrah a m &amp; N a nc y HARKS.
Abraham m 2nd Elizabeth PAYNE ,
dau o f N a thaniel PA YNE.
Mrs. All e n E. FUHS, 25932 Ca rm e l Knolls Dr . Carmel, CA 93923
Solomon &amp; Ch a r i t y ? LARGE were in 1830 Wa shington Co . VA federal
cen s u s with one f e mal e and l m a le child.
Solomon d before 1 8 40,
Char i ·l :y d a f t e r 1860 census.
Need names of both their parents .
Charity may h a ve b e en an ANDES or a FLEENOR, po s sibly dau of
Daniel.
Solomon named in hi s grandf Wm LARGE' s will in Russ e l l
Co. VA in· 1814.
Solomon's parents prob dead by 1814.
J?aul J. KUHN, PO Box 2041, Austin, TX 76768
William DAVIS lived in Bedford Co. VA in 1778 .
He was b in
Chester Co. PA. His bro, Daniel substituted for him in Rev .
service.
Need parents, wife, other siblings, prog e n y .
Col. J . Paul BREDEN, 420 Bay Ave. Apt 113, Clearwa ter ' FL 3351 6
Family Bible says Briant BREEDEN b VA Oct 1772, m in TN to
Christiner BIRD.
Childr John b 1798, Catherine, Briant , J a me s ,
David, &amp; Jocob b 1809, a l l in TN;
Phillip &amp; Martha prob b i n
IN.
Purchased land in Harrison Co. IN in 1814 .
Parents o f
Briant &amp; Christiner?
Where they lived in both VA &amp; TN ?
Ann L. MCALISTER, 3609 Tanglewood Ln , Lynchburg, VA 2 4 5 03
Need info on family &amp; desc of Hartwell NEWSOME , b NC 1801 ,
lived Guilford &amp; Forsyth Co .
Moved to Botetourt Co , VA in 1 850 .
M, prob NC 1st to Betty GRAY or Mary COOK , 2nd in NC or VA to
Narcissa ? ; 3rd to Catherine BECKNER, widow , Craig Co VA 18 56 .
Dau Sarah , b 1845/6, m Hood COLLANS .
Is thi s Hoge COLLI NS
1880 censu s, Pembrook , Giles Co . VA?
on

�Mrs. Allen E. FUHS, 25932 Carmel Knolls Dr. Carmel, CA 93923
Wm LARGE served in Rev. War in NC and in t he militia in
Washington Co, VA in 1792 .
Wm's w was nancy FURBUSH, they m
in Pittsylvania Co. VA, Jan 3, 1783 .
All in fo on parents is
needed.
Wm's fa may have been Robert LARGE who was l i sted on
the tax list in Pittsylvania Co. VA in 1767 and sig ned in 1785
petition to separate Russell Co VA from Wa s hin gto n Co.
Billie BULLARD CHESNEY, 1305 Dupont Dr. Kingsport, TN
Appreciate any info about a Patsey PERRY who lived i n Grayson
Co. VA prob Independence in the 1830's.
She had son John C.
PERRY b in 1835.
She &amp; Matthew HODGE m Nov 18, 1836 i n Grayson
Co VA, later moved to KY.
Son John C. stayed in Indep e ndenc e
and m Polly POOLE in 1857 .
Date of Patsey' s birth , place,
parents' names, brothers &amp; sisters?
Loui se MCALEESE DAY, 744 McMahr Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069
Need info on these families - Edward GARRETT II, b 1733 Loudoun
Co . VA, m Ann WEST OWSLEY, b 1744 Loudoun Co. VA.
Johnson HARRIS
b 1769 Charlotte Co. VA.
Would l ike to corresp with DAY famil i es
from Botetourt, Greenbrier or Pocahontas Counties.
MCALEESE
fami ly descended from Ireland.
Richard D. ROBINSON 353 E .L ake RD. Palm Springs, FL 33461
Who was the James Robert ROBINSON of Petersburg &amp; Roanoke VA
who m Viv i an An.-. e 110 0 DY , d au o f Wm Franc i s MO 0 DY ?
\J h o w a s th e
James ROBINSON, Capt in Army out of VA who served 5~ years to
1789?
Mrs . Grace DYER MELLANDER, 2705 Newton St, Silver Spring, MD 20902
Will exc info on DYER family of the Middle South states of WV, KY,
TN and NC.
Juanita S. HALSTEAD, 6 Saunders Addition , Scott Depot, WV 25560
Desire to contact descendants of Wm BRUMLEY who m Frances SIGMON
in Franklin Co VA Aug 3 1812.
Frances &amp; Wm had 4 childr: Peter,
Joseph, Susan and Mary Ann who m John S. ARTHUR.
I am compi li ng
history of The Sigmons of Virginia and want to be as factual as
possible.
Patricia DICKINSON, 825 S Walnut St, St.Albans, WV 24177
Need info on Wm H . STABLE b 1824, a lawyer &amp; his wife Ellen WINDIN
b 1830 who came from London, England to Giles Co. VA in 1858.
They h ad 7 childr, among them Katherine M. STABLE b 1854, d 1940
who m Gasten Putnam SPANGLER b 1856 d 1935, who lived in Ballard,
WV.
Was Ellen WINDIN g desc of the royal house of Windsor?
Al fred Sells MCDONALD, 280 E California Blvd 10 2, Pasadena CA
91106 - Seek all info on Al exander MCDONALD who d in Washington
Co, VA near Bri stol between April 24, 1793 - May 21, 1793; and
his w Hannah who d i n Overton Co. TN at Ivyton, near Alpine
between 1830 ~ 1849 .

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Patr i c i a DICKINSON 825 So Walnut St . St . Albans, WV 25177
Ne e d n ames o f sp ouse and/or children of Ericus SMITH who is
known to be in Ru sse 11 Co VA fr om 17 7 3 to 17 91 .
He served
in th e m i l i t i a a t Elk Garden Fort on the upper Clinch River
un der Capt . D a ni el SMITH &amp; fought in the Battle of Point
Pl e a sa nt , f i r s t b a t t l e of the Revolution, · in 1774 .
EKc info.
Cl a ud e t t e MAERZ P. 0 . Box 37010, Bloomington, MN 55431
CH AMBERS H ELP ING CHAMBERS , a publication for researchers of
the n a m e CHAMBERS .
P ubli s hed 3 times a yr, 150 pages per yr.
$12.00 yearly .
Co n tact me.
Doroth y P . MUNSON 850 Aaron, B- 103, 'P or t C\\a t:lo tte, "FL 33951
Seek parents of L ewis HARR IS , who lived in Ru s sell.. t~ . ~ k, ~a s
in 18 2 O ce n s u s ; was a J. P . ; wife, Cat ha. r i n e; ) t 't'I.~ \, 1 QO..\.'\\~ .
Died Vigo Co. IN 1831.
Need con nection to HARRlS ta\'t\i l.1 t"t-.
Harri sburg , PA. Posta ge r~turned.
Ro g er E . PETERS 0 N 51 0 5 S • Fr an k 11· n S t
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Need info on John ~ e nr y PRI ~E's_wife Mary Magdalin~
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No
kno w n s urname, or i f Ma g dalin e is th e s urname?
Pare"Ilts of
Adam, b J u ly 10, 17 60 &amp; Henr y David b Mar . 14
1859
Jo h n H en r y b i n G e r many S e p t . 8 , l 7 2 6 •
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Mrs. Gray ESHELMAN P. 0 . Box 122 Mendoc in o, CA 95460
Need pare nt s of Armina (PRESTON) SLAYTON b 22 May 180 7 in VA
d 16 Dec 18 6 7 Mas on Co WV .
Cou l d be Wm PRES TO?-! / Caroline l M .N COCK
m 28 Mar 1802 in Botetourt Co . VA .
Dr. PRESTON mov~d to rvyoma ?
Beckley? WV.
Where Armina's son Daniel, settled durin g late
1800' s .
Will pay xeroxed material.
Connie SNIDER 34515 Egerton Place Fremont, CA 94536
Want to find the parents of Abraham SHULER b VA 1 824-25, w
Hannah (?) SHULER b VA 1826-28.
Found in 1850- 60 census for
Independence, Grayson Co. VA .
Would like to kno w if 97 yearol.d Michael, b Philade l phia, PA, listed with thi s famil y in
l. 8 6 0 i s the f a th er of Abraham ?
One of the 8 chi 1 d r 1 is t ed
also was Allen Troy SHULER, my 2nd ggrandfather b Feb . 18 48 i n
Grayson Co. VA 1848. Also would like to find parents of Letha
A nn HALE b Grayson Co. VA, dau of Francis FRANKLIN HALE b VA
1810 &amp; Elizabeth (?) HAL E b VA 1812-14 . Th ey were in 18 50 -60
cens u s in Elk Creek Grayson Co.
James

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CARICO, RT 5 Box 658, WhitesMill Ro ad 2 Maryville, TN
Need data, parents· &amp; siblings of Peyton P axton RING
who m Cynthia CARICO/CARRICO 30 Mar 1845 in Gra yso n Co.VA .
Childr e n of Cynthia &amp; Peyton were Nancy, Jefferson , Mar y, James,
Rhyle &amp; Martin.

�Ms. Shelvie J. NICKLES 5250 Guinea Road, Burke, VA 22015
Would like to exc info on these surnames:
COUCH, DINGUS, HILL,
DORTON, GIBSON, MCCOY, MEADE/MEAD, STALLARD , VICARS/VICKERS,
WALKER &amp; YOUNG.
Marjorie FLUOR,1920 Heliotrope Drive, Santa Ana, CA 92706
Seek parents of Enos CARTER, b 1791 Franklin Co. VA, m
Ann SNODGRASS 1818 Montgomery Co. VA . d Fayette Co. IN 1856 .
Married 2nd Margaret KELLY 1860.
Enos and Ann had 8 childr,
John A. m Elizabeth MONICAL.
Sara m Judge Wm SCOTT.
Elizabeth
Jane m Moses LEWIS.
Charles B. in. Mary (?), Vincent m ?
Other 3 unknown.
Montgomery Co.VA 1810 census a Bail e y CARTER
closely assoc with Enos, but no records to verify relationship.
Debbie ZNOSKO, 8027 Sportsmanclub Rd,NW, Johnstown , OH 43031
Need info on the STILTNER (STILTNOR) family of Buchanan /
Tazewell WV.
James H. STILTNER b 1815-1827, m 2nd Missouri
STEVENS ALLEN in Wayne Co.WV, 1869.
His death record gives
parent - only as M.J.Stiltner, father and D.J.Stiltner, mother
May have been orphaned.
Exe &amp; reimburse expenses.
Mrs . Allen E. FUHS, 25932 Carmel Knolls Dr. Carmel, CA 93923
Laura Emma (Emily) BOTT m Daniel LARGE in 1890 in Washington
Co.VA.
Her f was John Thomas BOTT, s of John &amp; Malinda Harless
BOTT, who m Washington Co. VA 24 Oct 1838.
John BOTT was the
son of John BOTT (Sr.) and V. Ellen (Eleanor) STARK.
Need
parents of John &amp; Malinda HARLESS BOTT.
May have been Abraham
&amp; Lucinda DAVENPORT HARLESS who were i n Russell Co. 1820 &amp; 1830 ,
and in Washington Co 1840 &amp; 1850,
Need their parents and was
Benjamin STARK the father of V. Ellen STARK?
Marjorie FLUOR, 1920 Heliot rope Dr, Santa Ana, CA 92706
Who ware parents of Samuel THOMPSON who m Nancy LUCAS, dau
of Capt John LUCAS, 27 Aug 1797, Montgomery Co. VA?
Their childr
Joshua, m Elizabeth CARTY; Polly, m. John COOPER; Archibald m
Sarah SULLINS; Samuel m Didama HOWARD; Sarah unm; Wm m Catherine
BURKE; John L. m Narcissa HOWARD: Llo yd m N.C.HAWLEY: and
Randolph m. Catherine C. CARTY, 2nd Ann BISHOP, 3rd Catherine
LESTER .
Mrs. Allen E. FUHS, 25932 Carmel Knolls Dr. Carmel, CA 93923
John Thomas BOTT m Nancy Catherine VANCE in Washingto n Co. VA in
1869 .
Her parents were John H.VANCE b ca 1814 &amp; Elizabeth W.
HAY(T ) DON b 1809-1810, m Washington Co. VA 23 Oct 1834.
Names
with proof needed of
their parents?

�SURNAME INDEX
Charles E . Byron, 3727 Calmer Circl e , Ea.st Point, Georgia 30344
Byron (Biron)
Chas Henry
Ontario, Canada
b May 5, 1846
Bennett
fuvis f'~a the w
Montg omery Co, VA
b July 16, 1785
McDonald
Nancy Ann
Montgomery Co, VA
b Aug 29, 1833
Flora
Annie
Franklin Co, VA
b Aug 29, 1856
Garland
John Redden
Decatu r Co , GA
b Apr 7, 1791
Williams
Annie Elizabeth
North Carolina
b Sept 25, 1850
Maxwell
James
North Carolina
b Apr 7, 1791
Bryant
10.niel C.
North Carolina
b ca 1780
LeSage
Jean
Montreal , Canada
md Dec 9, 1658
Flora
Joel
Franklin Co, VA
b ca 1798
Flora
Jacob
Franklin Co, VA
b ca 1830
Barnhart
Elizabeth
Franklin Co, VA
d ca 1857
Trottier
Genevieve
Quebec, Canada
d Feb 9, 1800
DeGerles
Marie-Josephte
Quebec , Canada
b Dec 19, 1689
Sutton
Grier Moses
Decatur Co, GA
md Oct 23, 1867
Carole Pres ley (Mrs Jack ) , 502 W. 8th, Russellville , AR 72801
Correction: My famili es are Akers , Cecil, Hall , Hous(e)man, Howard
NOT Adkins .
Mrs Bessie Fa wbus h 1 88 E. Front St .
Fawbush,
Hugh
Critter
Mary Catherine
'.Iaylor
Isaac
'.Iaylor
Catherine
Stinson
Jol:m
Stinson
Jane
Stinson
Adah
Stinson
Alexander
Drake
William
Hilton
T. c .
Jackson ,
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res 1824
Hawkins Co, 'IN
Hawkins Co, TN
res 1824
Russell Co, VA
d 1873
Russell Co, VA
d ca 1876
Auga , Russell Cos,Va d 1820
Russell Co, VA
d ca 1836
Montg . , Russ. Cos, VA d 1876
Russell Co, VA/KY
b ca 1789
Russell Co, va
md ca 1823
Smythe Co, VA
md ca 1848
Russell Co, VA
md 2-12- 1855

Rd NW Johnstown OH 4 0 1
Goochland Montg, VA b 1759
Franklin Co, Va
b 1814, md 1842
Bote., Montg . Cos, VA
d 1826
Washington Co, Va
b ca 1776 - 1845
Montgomery Co, VA
md 1784
Bedford, Franklin Co, Va b ca 1762-1810
Buchanan/Tazewell Co,VA
b ·ca 1820

Debbie Znosko
Adkins
Bird
Bowen
Cunningham
Lafon
Oxley
Stiltner

Hezekiah
Thomas A
John
Thomas
Mary "Molly"
Jinkins Sr
James H

Carol L. Gellert
Hedge
Loomis
Godbey
Carroll
Hooven/Hoover
Rose
Robinson
D.msf ord
Simpkins
Wilson

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Woods Wa
Pasadena MD 21122
William
Montg Pulaski Co, VA
md 1804
Mary (Polly)
Montg, Pulaski Co, VA
md. 1804
William
Montgomery Co, VA
d 1832
Robert/Sarah
Montgomery Co, VA
d ca 1870
George
Pittsylvania/Fkln . CO:; , VA md 1846
Isaac/Ruth
Montgomery Co, VA
md ca 1860
Preston
Grayson Co , VA
md 1813
Mary Ann (Polly)
Grayson Co , VA
md 1813
William
Pulaski , VA
b ca 1811
Amanda Jane
Pulaski, VA
b ca 183.5

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Southern Indiana Genealogical Society Quarterly, P.
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Car-Del Scribe, Box 73, Ludlow, MA 01056-0073; March &amp; May 1982
Platte County Historical &amp; Genealogical Society Bulletin, P.
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Tuscarawas Pioneer Footprints, Tuscarawas County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical
Society, P. O. Box 141, New Philadelphia, OH 44663 ; May 1982
Wimmer Family Newsletter, 804 Falconer Road, Joppatowne, MD 21085; July 1982
Burnett Family Genealogical Assoc., Inc., 3891 Commander Drive, Chamblee,
GA 30341; April- June 1981
National Genealogical Society Newsletter, July/Aug. 1982
KYOWVA Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 12.54, Huntington, W.VA 25715-12.54,
Vo1. 5, no. 2, 1982
CALDWELL - EAJCTN - LEMON - REID and RELATED FAMILIES by J. William Austin II
This book is of the Caldwell &amp; related families
of Craig, Botetourt, Giles and Montgomery Counties, Virginia . It will be
published Dec 15, 1982.. Cost $22. 00 plus $1. 00 postage. Other books by
the Austins are RELATED FAMILIES OF BO'IETOURT COUNTIES, cost $30 . 00 plus
$1.00 postage, and WILLIAM RAPER, 1725 - 1795, of A~BOTTS CREEK, N.C. history of the family of William Raper - cost $25.00 plus $1 . 00 postage.
The above books are available through the Austins, 15A Franklin Road,
Roanoke, VA 24011. Telephone 703-345-8801 or 703-344-2178.

&amp; Rebecca H. Raper Austin.

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May be -- the way my typewriter is acting up.
I will have to get it fixl
Doesn't anyone out there have a real nice typewriter to give away, such as
an IBM -- the one with the screen, memory bank , etc, etc. -- if ~ou do,
let me know and will accept with open arms.
Someone wrote and said that one of the marriages in the "Botetourt Co .
marriages" was not found by the researcher at the courthouse . These
bonds are the original ones that are still in the courthouse and have not
been checked against the marriage register and then the ' translation' that
we made may not agree with the names in the register. And then our translation may be wrong .
Again I must apologize for the lateness of VAN . Due to the illness of my
oldest sister, Virginia, and her unexpected death in September -- I am
v e xy much behind in everything . The material on Roanoke is incomplete
b u t hav e not had the time to collect and type all that I have or wanted to
g et.
The stories on early years of Roanoke ---- oh well, another time.
This i s s ue has not had the care and planning that is usually given to VAN,
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APPA LACHIA N NOTES
Published Quarterly
by

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Volum~

VII - No . 1 - February 1983

President' s Message

1a

Pulaski County , Va , 1839 Personal Property Tax List
The Boo~he Family of Floyd County , Virginia

1

8

Conner ' s Bible Records

14

" I ' m Sorry "

15
16

Census of the Town of Roanoke , 1883
Mabry - Bolt Cemetery
Queries

37
37
39

Book Reviews

42

Exchange Quarterly Review

44

Bible

Recor~ ,

Samuel Mabry

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Due to the cons truction at the Central Roanoke Public Ci ty Library, we
are meeting at the Jefferson Street Baptist Church, 19 Albemarle Ave, SE
in the basement . The entrance i s in the front, to the right of the steps.
'Ihe time is 1 :30 pm - the third Saturday of each month.
Feburary 19 - John Mack Welford
March 19 - "Searching for Revolutionary War Ancestors" - Mary T Boswell
April 16 - "Pulaski Co , Virginia " - Mrs. E. L. Morgan
May 21 June 18 - Field Trip to VPI Library &amp; Smi thfield Plantation
July 16 - Workshop
Augus t 20 - "Augusta County, Virginia " - Katherine Bushman
September 17 - "Slides on Washington County, Vi rginia , and Ol d Letters" Joseph E Williams
We hope to see you at the meetings.
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�;r~~l.1JENT ' S

MESSAGE

Wel aome to a

new year and new opportunities to make more discoveries in
your family research. As the new president , I want to take a moment to
say thank you for t he honor and to invite everyone t o take an active part
in what promises to be an exciting year for the SWVGS .
Don ' t forget to ren ew your members hips promptly i f you haven ' t already
done so. Tnis wi l l insure that you won ' t miss a single copy of the VAN .
Also, be sure to i nvi te friends , family , and ne i g h bors interested in
genealogy to join us as the society continues to g r ow.
In looking at the year ahead , remember to reserve July 18 , 198J for o u r
Sixth Annual Genealog ical Workshop. Details wi ll be announced at a later
date, but i t promises to be a most interesting a nd d~li ghtful day l
Speaking of programs , we have started our year with a "bang " as the J a n u , ary program featured Mrs. A.W. (DeeDee) Kagey ' s interes ting p r e s enta ti o n
on the cornmuni ty of Bonsack. It was a delightful and informa tive a fternoon, The February meeting will be a day to look forward to with Mr . John
Mack Welford speaking to the society on his work with family histories a nd
students. He will be giving some informa tion on a grant and h ow the SWVGS
may be involved. Don't miss this important date -- February 19.
In closing, I would like to say a s pecia l word of thanks to our past
president, Mrs. Belva Counts. Her wonderful attitude of teamwork , helpfulness, and consideration rhas made my job so much easi er.
I am looking to a great year for the SWVGSI

Nancy Barton
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THE PURVINE - WALKER .REUNION

''Ihe Purvine - Walker Reunion W(\S held at Zena Church , nine miles Northwest
of Salem, Oregon, on 14 August '1 982. Officers were elected and i t was
decided to hold our reunions on even years on the third Saturday of August.
Both families came west in same wagon train from Independence, Mo., in
The Purvine ' s were
from Morgan County, Illinois and the Walker's had lived in Pike County,
Mo. Adam Walker Sr. and Adam Walker Jr_, parents and grandparents of the
group who went to Oregon lived in Wythe County , Virginia, until 1829 when
they moved to Missouri.
Paul L. Purvine, Historian, 3411 W. I.awton Street, Seattle , WA 98199.

1848 and settled in the Willammette Valley of Oregon.

(Notes I know that if you have a connection with the families mentioned,
he would like to hear from you.)

�PUI.ASKI COUNTY, VIRGINIA

1839 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX·LIST
'Ihe original of this tax list is in the Vi:r·ginia State Archives, Richmond
Virginia .
page 1

(the heading of each page is as below)

A list of the taxable property within the district of Sam'l Shields
Commissioner of the Revenue in the County of Pulaski for the Year 1839
(the headings of the columns ares) Persons names Chargable with Tux; White
mail above 16; Slaves between 12 &amp; 16; Slaves above 16; Horses, mares, etc;
Stud Horses , etc ; Rates of Covering P the Season; Conveager Giggs Carryalls
etc etc.
1 0 0 5 000
Jacob Anderson
1 0 0 J
William Anderson
1 0 0 0
John Anderson
1 0 0 1
Isaac Ashford
2
J 7 -20James Adair
1
0 0 2
Thomas As kins
1
0
2 J
Mathew Aiken &amp; Co
1 0 0 2
Jaben Alexander
1 0 0 0
Lavidson Akers
1
0 0 1
John H Anderson
horses)
(12 slaves, 59
1 0 0 2
George W Baskenvill
1
0 0 0
John Barnett
1 0 0 2
Harrison Brown
1
0 0 2
Samuel Brown
2
0 0 2
Abram A Brown
1
0
0 0
Samuel Burton
Thomas &amp; Michael
2 0 0 6
Bratton
1 0 0 1
William Bradshaw
1 0 0 1
Robert Bell Sr
Lee C (written above )
1 0 0 1
James Lee Brown
1
0 0 0
William Baitman
0
0
0 j
Mary Brookman
2
0
0 4
John Bell (N.R)*
lives
on
*N . R. - New River,

page 2
George Bell
John Bicklehimer
Chester Bullard
Thomas Bratton Sr
Samuel Banes
Peter Bish
Samuel Bish
Willia m Bosang
John H Bosang
Jessee Biclmell

1 0 0 2
2 0 0 J

page 2 con ' t
Michael Brown
3 0 4 8 000
Thomas Baker
1 0 0 1
Nelson Bell
1 0 0 2
John Bowdon Sr
1 0 0 1
Benjamin Bradshaw
1 0 0 1
Clayburn Bradshaw
1 0 0 0
James H Burton
1 0 0 3
James Backnell
1 0 0 0
John G Bradshaw
1 0 0 0
William Becknell
1 0 0 0
John Baitman
1 0 0 2
Charles Burton
1 0 0 0
Jonathan Burk
1 0 0 0
Andrew Biggs
1 0 0 2
John Brown (N.R)
1 0 0 2
Isaac Birk or Bish
1 0 0 2
James Boyd
1 0 0 1
Jessee Baitrnan
1 0 0 0
Valentine Brookman
1 0 0 1
Mark Bradberry
1 0 0 0
Henry Bridgwater
1 0 0 0
John Bowdon Jr
1 0 0 0
Charles R Burton
1 0 0 1
Alexander Bryson
1 0 0 0
total 5 SJ.aves; 42 horses
page J

'Ihomas Cloyd
fuvid Cloyd

1 1-24-21

3 9-35-29 000

1 0 0 0

1 Carriage $400-00
James C Curren
John G Cicel

1 0 0 0

Samuel Covey

2 0 0

Robert M Craig
Henry Cook
Elijah Covey
William B Charlton
Samuel Cicel
1 carryall $50-00

1 0 1 1
1 0 0 1

0 0 1 1
1 0 0 6
1 0 0 2

1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0

V IRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

1 0 0 1

4 1 1 8

3

1 0 0 1
1 2 4 J

1 1 J 6

�page 3 con't
Zachariah W Cicel
3
John Carper Sr
1
Isaac Carper
1
John Carper (John,son) 2
Thompson Carper
1
Doct'r John Carper
1
Samuel Caddells (Repts)O
John Caddell
1
Hannah Crow
0
Asa Ch:J:!Ilney ?Chewney?
1
Ianiel B Covey
1
Allen Chewney??
1
Frederick Carper
1
Samuel Cole
1
James Crowle
0
George Cook
1
Il3.niel Conaway
1
Ianiel Clowers
1
James L Charlton
1
(89 slaves 128 horses)
page 4
George Dean
William Dudley
Ranson Dudley
William Dobens
John Douthat
John C Il:l.rst
Thomas Ia.ws on
Adiron Ia.vis
Robert furham
Thomas furs t
Jeremiah Early
John Elkins Sr
John Elki ns Jr
Croizer Eaton
Phili p Eversole
Gar land Ellis
Sa muel Earley
J ohn Fl oyd (Repts)
1 Corri age $500.00
James V Fore
Jeremiah Farmer
James Farmer
George Farmer
Will iam Fa rmer
Christian Fa rmer
Patsey Farmer
James B Farmer
John Fortune
Alfil!_son Farmer

0 2-15 000
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
O0
0 J

3
0

6
0
~

2

0 2-14
0 0 2

0 0 2
0 0 2
0 0 4

0 0 1
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

1
1
0
0

0 0 0
0 0 0

1 0 0 2
1 0 0 5
2 0 0 2
4 1 0 4
1 0 0 0
1 0 2 4
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0

1 2 0 1
1 0 0 1

1 0 0 6

1

0 0

0

1 0 0 1
1 2 J 7
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 7
1 0 0 0
2 4 7-12

1 0 1 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 _g_
1 0 0 2

1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
0 1 0 1
1 0 0 2
2 0 0 1

1 0 0 1

Selvenus Foot
1 0 0 1 000
Rupel/Russel Fa rmer
1 0 0 2
(23 slaves , 66 h orse~ )
page 5
Bird S Grills
·- 0 5 8
Charles T Grills
1 J 1 J
2 0 0 J
* Giles Gordon
Franc i s Godby
2 0 1 6
Will iam Godby
1 0 0 2
Benjamin Godby
2 0 0 0
Ric hard Gurthree
1 1 J J
1 Carriag $75 . 00
Wi l liam Gurthree
1 1 0 5
1 Carryall $75.00
Henry Guilding
1 0 0 0
J ohn &amp; Dav id Gl indy
2 J J 7
Soloman Gatt
1 0 0 0
John Gray ham
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
Samu e l Gra y ham
J ohn C Gunn
1 0 0 1
Elijah Gi lla waters
1 0 0 0
Archabald Godbey
1 0 0 2
*Ge orge Gor don
1 0 0 1
Ja mes M Henders on
1 0 0 1
Wi lliam H Howe
1 0 2 6
Edward Hale y
1 0 0 1
Abram Honaker
2 0 0 4
Benja min Hess
1 0 0 0
Isaac Huds on
1 0 2 9
James Hoge S r
J J-14-22
1 Barouch $100. 00
John Hoge
2 0 5-12
John D Howe
1 0 1 2
Andrew Hall
1 0 0 1
Henry Hanee
1 2-12-11
1 0 0 1
James Hedge
George Hedge
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
John W Haney
1 0 0 0
John Haley
(62 slaves; 113 horses)
page 6
Jacob Honaker
Samuel Hona ker
:Peter Honaker
John Holley (W. son)
Elija h Hodge _
Henry. H~naker
Geor ge Hammon
Andrew Hodge
Ben j a min Haley
Wil liam Haney
William Hoge

1
1
1
1
1

0
0
0
0
0
1 0
0 0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1
0
1
1)
1
0
1

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 1 2 J

�3
page 6 con ' t
James F Hoge Jr
John Honaker
William Howar d Jr
Thomas Hail
Samuel Huff (H .W )

1
1
1
1
1

0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

2 000
1
1
0
2

(H.W1 2-11-11

Thomas Ingles
1 Burouch $250 . 00
Aaron Ingram
Robert C Ingram
John Irick
Michael Jordan
Willes Jones
William Journell
John Jordon

1 0 4 7
1 1 J 5
1 0 0 0

J

2 1 2

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 J 9

Jefferson B JG.nzsolvi~?1
William JG.ng (N. R)
1
(N.R.- New River)
1
James JG.ng (N. R.)
1
James Kirkner
(J2 slaves , 58 horses)

2 0 7
0 0 2
0 0 0

0 0 0

page 7
1 0 0 1
Jacob Kirkner
2
0 0 5
Christian Kerbough
1
0
0 2
George J&lt;erbaugh
1
0
0
0
Samuel Keffer
1
J-JJ-66-1.10
David F Kent
1 carriage $100,00
Joseph King
1 0 0 1
William P Kerven
2 0 0 1
1 Carryall $50 . 00?80 . 00
Stephen S Kelton
1 0 0 1
Daniel Kirbaugh
1 0 0 J
Thomas S JG.ng
1 1 0 J
Henry King

1 0 0 0

John Ke..nbough

1 0 0 0

William Lesley
D:iniel Lane
James Lane
Joseph IJ.oyd
Moses B IJ.oyd
Robert Lorton

1
1
1
1
1
1

William Miller

(B. C.-

(B.C.)

James Miller (Pepts )
Robert Mc Clintick
Jona than Mon gold
Adam Miller

0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
1
0

1
0
2
0

Jeremiah Meredith
1 0 0
~essee Melton/Metton 1 0 0
~ncis A Morgan
1 0 0
Josiah Mullen?
1 0 0
James Mullen
1 0 0
james Muirhead Sr
2 0 0
.Tames Muerhead Jr
1 0 0
(44 slaves , ~JJ horses)
page 8
James Miller Sr
John Muerhead
William Mc.Daniel
William Mullen Sr
William Mullin Jr
Alexander Meller
John Mullen
Michael Monahans
( Repts ?Pepts )
James Merideth
Hugh Meredith Sr
Hugh Meredeth
John Mangus
Ilavid Mangus
Alexander Mayers
Joseph Martin
James Madison
Samuel Meek
Daniel Muerhead
James K Miller
Jeremiah ?Newby
William Newbey
Joseph Newby

1 000
0

6
2

0

J
0

J 0 2 5
1 0 0 3
1 0 0
1 0 0
J 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 1

1
0

5
4
0

J

1 0 0 1
0 0 0 1
1 0 0 2
2 0 0 4

1 0 0 4
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 1
?1 0 0 2

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0

Henry Patton
1 0
Jessee Pepper
1 0
Jacob Peck
1 0
Robert L Parker
4 0
William Peck
1 0
Thomas Pat ton
1 0
(9 slaves , 69 horses)

3

3 8
2

5

1 7-1 3 0
0 6
0 J
0 1

1 0 0 0

page 9
Thomas Phleamer
Calven Patton
Samuel Paterson
Valantine Patton
Washington Patton
Russel Patton
Madison Pratt
Isaac Phelps

1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0

1 0 0 2
1 0 0 2
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 2
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0

James Rankin

1 0 2 5

7
1

2 0 2-16
2 2 2-10

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 1

�page 9 con't
George Rutter
John Rains
George Ryan
Joseph Ronk
Jacob Richardson Sr
William Rains
Stephen Runyen
James Readpath
Henry Rupe Jr
John Rupe
John Robertson
Merideth Rains
1 Carryall $80. 00
Isaac Roberts on
Edward Richardson
James Rutherford
Benjamin Readpath
Richard Runyen
John Rutter
Daniel Ronk/Rank
Benjamin Robertson
Daniel Russell
(2 slaves, 62 horses)
page 10
James R Smith
Joseph Summers
AsiaQ. Snow
Hiram Smith
Fredareck Sheppard
John Simpkins (L. R)
Absalom Simpkins (L.R)
(1. RJacob Slusher
Iavid Shawalters
James Simpkins Sr (HW)
(H.W. Da.vid Summers
John Shuffelbarger
(Repts)
Jacob Shuffelbarger
David Shuffelbarger
Eliaz Shuffelbarger
Amiss Speers
John Simpkins (L.w.c)
L.W.C Benjamin D Seacott
Harman Sifford
Jacob Sherman
Sam'l Shields
Jacob Sandler
Christian Sanger
Julias S Saunders

1 0 0 0 000
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 2

1
1
1
1
1

0 0
0 0
0 0

4
J
J

0 0 J

0 0 2

1 0 0 4
4
3

2 0 0
1 0 0

1
1
1
1

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
2
0
0

1 0 0 2

1
1
0
1

0 0 0

0 0 1
0 0-17
0 0 0

1 0 0 0 000
1 0
3 0
1 0
3 0
2 0
1 0

0
0
0
0
0
0

4
4
1

5
1
2

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 3
1 0 0 1
1 0 1 2
0 0 0. 2
1 0 2 6
1 0 0 8

1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 3

1 0 0 0
J 0 3-13

1 0 1 5

1 0 1 1
J 0 0 4
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 2

Jonathan Spence
1
Adam Shuff el barger
1
Stephen Sa peen/Sass en 1
Isaac Shuffelbarger
1
Abram Showal ters
1
Jacob Sanger
1
Leander Smith
1
David L Summers
1
J ohn Swoope
1
(9 slaves , 75 horses)
page 11
George Sifford
James Sanger
Elias Simpkins

(LW
C)

0 0 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
O 0 0

0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
1

J
0
0
1
0

1 0 0 2
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1

John McC Taylor
Henry Taylor (H. W)

2 5 -19-31-1

John Trolinger
Stephen Trinkle
James Tiffaney
Robert Thornton
John Taber
Thomas Thorn ton
Meredith Thornton
Peter 'Ihornton
James Tines
Robert P. Taylor
Robert Taylor
John Trinkle
Creed 'Tu.ylor
Nicholas D Trainer
1 Carryall $60.00
Henry Trinkle

2 1 4-10
2 0 2 4
1 0 2 0

Leve Vermillion
Reason Virmillian
George Vinyard

J 0 1-12
3 1 4 5
1 0 0 6

(H.W-

1 0 0 J

1 0 0 0
1
1
1
1

0
0
0
0

1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0

0
0
0
0

0
1
1
1

0 0

0
0
0
1 0 2
1 0 0

1
1
1

5
1

1 0 0 0

4 1 4-1J
James Wygle Sr
1 0 1 5
James Wygle Jr
1 2 5 9
John Wygle Sr
(54 slaves; 114 horses)
page 12
John Wygle Jr
Sabastian W1Ygle
Bird Wygle
Henry Wyson Sr
· 1 Carryall $40.00
Henry Wyson Jr
James Wyson
James Wall

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES.

2
1
1
1

0 4 5
0 0 4
0 0 6
0 2 4

2 0 9-14

1 - 2 7
1 0 0 5

5

0

�page 12 con't
William Wa rner
1 0
Green Wils o n
1 0
Jo hn Wilson (G.Son)
1 0
Samuel Wilson (G.Son) 1 0
Jos ep h wardon/ Wordon
1 0
William Walraven
1 0
Andrew Whitt
1 0
Jo hn Wri g ht
1 O
Philip L Woolwine
2 1
1 Carryall $80 .00
Lorenzo D. Wri ght
1 0
Aaron Wa mer
1 0
William Waltz
1 0
Hugh Wilson
1 0
Benjamin F Wyson /Wysor 1 0
(18 slaves ; 56 horses)
White Tithes
Black D'o
Total

*

p 1J

*

*

0 0 000
0

J

0
0
0
0
0
0

1
1
0
0
0
1

0 1

0 1
0 2

0 0
0 0
0 1

400
~

699

*

*

*

*

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 1

.08

1 0 0 0

1
1
1
1

0 0 0
0 0 2
0 J J

.16
1.14

0 0 0

1 0 0 0

Lynch A Curron
1 0 0 0
Henry Cumpton
1 0 0 2
.16
John Clark
1 0 0 2
.16
Reuben Clark
1 0 0 J
. 24
W'm Cook
1 0 0 0
Isaac Cook
1 0 0 0
Henry Christly
1 0 0 0
Elizabeth Clark
0 0 2 J
.84
Joseph Clark
1 0 0 0
Randol Clark
1 0 0 6 1 $3-6.48
James Crocketg
1 0 0-18
2.64
Nathaniel Crockete
1 2 7- 15
J.90
Samuel Craf ord
1 0 0 1
08
Jeremiah Cook
1 0 0 1
.08
Campbell Chimbny
1 0 0 1
. 08
Elliot Cox
1 0 OO
Fleming Cox
1 0 0 0
John Carnahan
1 0 0 4
.32
(4 slaves; 37 horses
page 15
Samuel Calfee
2 0 0 J
.24
0 0 1 0
Fugate Clark est
,JO
John Cooper
2 0 0 0
Alexander Cooper
1 0 0 2
.16
W'm Calfee sen
1. 00
2 0 2 5
James Calfee
, 08
1 0 0 1
William B Carnahan
1 0 0 2
.16
Jn'o Calfee of Reed Island
I

A list of Tu..xable property in the
west end of Pulaski County for the
year 1839
Mch 11
A
James Allison
2 0 1-12Hiram Allison
1 0 0 2
John S Ashworth
1 0 0 0
Armsted A Ashworth
1 0 0 1
Hillory G Ashworth
1 0 0 1
William Ashworth
1 0 0 0
* Hugh Black
1 O 0 2
Stephen Brookman
1 0 0 0
William Breeding
1 1 0 7
Andrew Boyd
2 0 2 7
James &amp; S i mion Bryson2 0 0 4
John L Black Jr
1 0 0 0
* Henry Barrett
1 0 0 0
Hazlet Barrott
1 0 0 1
Samuel Black
1 0 0 0
John Black ~r
1 0 0 0
Lenord Baily
1 0 0 0
John Black Jr
1 0 0 0
(4 slaves: 37 Horses)
page 14
John Boothe
Tu. yid P Bowin
Annon Bevell
Henry M Bently

Charles Blankenship
Thomas Bartman
Valentine
.
- Brookman
Samuel Brookman
Armsted Breedlove
John Brook§.
F;lija!l Breeding
Spencer Breeding
George Becknalt?
James Breeding

2 0 0 1
1 0 0 1

1 0 0 0
1 2 5 9

Tax

-1 . 26
.16
.08
. 08

.16
. 86
1.16

.J2
. 08

W'm Calfee Jun
James D Calfee

1 0 1 4
1 0 1 4

• 62
.62

1 0 5 5

1.90

Jonathan Dinkins
Jn 'o Draper

1 0 0 0
1 J-12-28-1-$3

12.74

. 08

2.82

1 0 0 0
Solomon lli.vis
Solom
1
0 0 0
Joseph lli.vis of'
1 0 0 0
Victor Doriat
1 0 0 0
Jn'o Dunkin
1 0 0 1
.08
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THE BOOTHE FAMILY OF FLOYD COUNTY, VIRGI NIA
by George Pesely

*

George Boothe (1737-1813) and .his wife Millie settled in Mon tgomery
County, Virginia (the parent count y of Floyd Co.), s hortl y before
1787. Their known children are Isaac, Millie, George Jr., Abijah,
Daniel, and Tamar.
For many years Millie Boothe's maiden name has incorrectly been
thought to be Carroll. I recently found a query by a John T. Booth
of Wyoming, Ohio, in the NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL
REGISTER for 1877 which reads in part: 11 I find one George Booth who
is said to have married a Millie Wright or Rite, and with a brother
Stephen lived in or near Rye, Westchest~r Co. , N. Y•• . • From Rye, N. Y. ,
he moved to Montgomery Co . , Va." (vol . 31, p. 225). The maiden name
Wright is confirmed by the name of 8 grandson, Wright Boothe.
Stephen Boothe lived for some years in Montgomery Co. before moving
to the "north side of Clinch mountain" in Russell Co. , Va. , where he
died in 1815. His will names his wife, Nancy, and his children
William,' Jerutia (Elkins), Anny (Bishop), Rachel (Dickson) , Stephen,
James, and Joseph, and the widow of his son David (VIRGI NIA MAGAZINE
OF HISTORY, 1927, vol . 35, p. 196). The marriage records of
Montgomery Co., Va., include the marriages of Elijah Elkin s and
Jerusha Booth (daughter of Stephen and Nancy Booth), Nov. 28, 1789;
George Bishop and Nancy Booth (daughter of Stephen and Nancy Booth),
June 28, 1790; James Dixon and Rachel Boothe (Steph e n Boothe,
witness), Dec. 11, 1799; and Stephen Boothe and Polly Boothe (no
parents' names), Jan. 1, 1799 .
John T. Booth had been in .contact with descendants either of George
or of Stephen Boothe, and commented that "his descendant s think he
came direct from England, bu\ are not positive."
This point has not yet been resolved. It is possible that George and
Stephen Boothe were descended from earlier soothes i n that part of
New York, or they may have been related to the numerous Booths of
nearby Fairfield Co., Conn. A Richard Booth settled at Stratford
in that county in 1639. By one tradition this Richard Booth was
a close relative of the Earls of Warringt~n (NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, 1901, vol. 32, p. 240).
In 1867 some descendants of George Boothe living in Lawrence Co. ,
Ohio, formed an association to investigate their legal heirship to
an estate reportedly left them by their ancestors in England
(IRONTON JOURNAL, Sept. 18, 1867; contributed by Robert M. Willis).
The outcome of this investigation is not known.

* 2609 Ellsworth St.

#202, Berkeley, Calif. 94704

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�Re portedly a barrister from England came to Floyd Co. and to ld the
Soothes there of their supposed estate in England.
Possibly this is
what inspired the investigation by the Boothe descendants in Lawrence
Co . , Ohio .
In any event, stories were current in the late 19th
c entury telling why George Boothe had come to America.
Th e basic version of the story is that, at the age of 12 or 14, Geo rge
Boothe was with some boys who were showing off their strength .
George
moved a stone which happened to be a landmark or a cornerstone to a
piece of property.
For this deed he was liable to th e death penalty,
and so he was sent to America, either secretly or because of the
Ki ng's clemency.
In t~e more elaborate versions of the story, George is said ta have
been the son of Sir George Booth, second Earl of Warringto n, and to
h ave li ved for some years with Booth relatives in Gloucester Co., Va.
In fact, Sir George Booth (1675 - 1758) had only one child, a daughter,
and there is no reliable evidence that the Booths of Gloucester Co. ,
a pro minent family in the Coloniai period, were related to the Soothes
of Floyd Co.
It should be borne in mind that there was a great
int erest in 19th- century America in rumors of estates in England
which were being held in abeyance or which had passed to false claiman ts
b e c ause the rightful heirs in America were unable to prove their claim.
So there may be nothing of substance b ehind the legends ab ou t Ge orge
Boothe.
Acc ording to Olivia Simmons Keesee (1870-1944), the first descendant
of George Boothe to join the DAR, George Boothe was born in Sandwich,
Kent, England.
In 1980 I was able to examine a complete transcript
of the Sandwich parish rec ords, kept at Maidstone, Kent.
There was
no George Boothe listed.
Curiously enough, some of Millie Boothe's
ancestors may hav e lived for a time in Sandwich, Mass. Pe r haps that
is the o r igin of that detail.
The will of Danie l Wright o f the Manor of Cortlandt, Westchester Co.,
N.Y., writ ten i n 1777 (with a codicil dated 1781), mentions "the land
which I purchased of Ge orge Booth" (New York Historical Society,
Collections , vol. 33, p . 240 ) .
One of Daniel Wright's daughters was
named "Miloson" (Millicent) .
Quite possibly Millie Boothe was a
sister of this Daniel Wright.
Daniel Wright uses the Quaker dating
formula .
Probably both Daniel and Millie were descended from the
Wright s of Oyste r Bay, N. Y., wh ich is across the Long Island Sound
from Rye.
These Wrights had come from Sandwich, Mass., in 1653, and
were prominen t Quakers ( see ''Th e Wright Family of Oyster Bay, L.l.,"

NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, 1872, vol. 3, pp. 35-45 ).
There was considerable e migra tion from the Oyster Bay area to
Westchester Co.
Isaac Boothe's first wife was named Freelove, and
Oyst er Bay is one of the few places where this name was common.

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Beginning in 1787, George Boothe acqui red more than 1300 acres in
Montgomery Co. (See Netti Schreiner-Yantis , MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRG I NI A
--CIRCA 1790.) He is lis t ed in the 1 810 cens us of Montgomery Co . , and
he was still alive in March 1813 (Mon tgomery Co . De eds, Book E , 341) •
Millie Boothe is last found in Janu a r y 1815 when she was a witness t o
a marriage. Both George and . Mi ll ie Boothe a r e said to be buried in
the Simmons Cemetery in Floyd Co. Mrs . Linvi l G. Rich made a thoro u g h
search of this cemetery in 19 75 b ut found n o gravestones earlier tha n
1866 still legible.
Col. Lucian D. Booth's book, DESCE NDAN TS OF GEORGE BOOTHE, 1737- 1813 ,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1948), l ists mor e t h a n 1200 descendants
and contains a great deal of valu a ble informa t io n o n many lines.
There are copies in the Roanoke Public Library, the Virginia State
Library (Richmond), and the Los Angeles Pu blic Li br ary .
Col . Boo th
li sts 11 childr en of George Boothe : I saac, Geo r g e, Permelia ( Mi l li e ) ,
Abijah, Daniel, Elizabeth, Wrigh t Step hen, Elisha, Ne 11 1 e, an d Ri lay.
Of these, Elisha was actually a B~wma n , Nel l ie was a S i mmon s , and
Riley was the son of George H. Boothe , a grandson o f t he first Geor ge
Boothe. I have not been able to c onfi rm Elizabeth, Wri g h t , o r S t ephe n·
The marriage record of Thoma s Ashley a nd Ru t h Ka rn ( Montgome r y Co . , Va . ,
Aug. 21, 1797) shows her as a daught e r of George Booth e .
E it h er s he
was a young widow or (more likely) an er r or was mad e wh e n th e r e co r ds
were recopied. The Polly Boothe who marri e d S te p h e n Boo th e in 1799
is another possible daughter . Co l. Booth was unawa r e of Tamar Boot h e.
SECOND GENERATI ON :
Isaac Boothe, b. Apr . 27, 1758; d. 1837, La wrenc e Co., Ark.; m. (1)
Freel ove -- (b. Apr. 17, 1764; d . Dec . 15, 1809 ) ; (2 ) Mar y Ferg uso n
( b. Jun e 26, 1773), Oct. 8 , 1810 Franklin Co . , Va .
I saac ap pea r s in
the 1790 and 1800 censuses of Dutchess co., N. V. (Fre d eric k t own s h ip ,
now Ken t township , Putnam Co.). His daught e r F re elove g a v e " F r e d e ri c k"
a s her place of birth on her third marriage record.
Census r e cords for
5 of Isaac ' s chi l dren (Daniel, Isaac Jr. , Freelove Whirle y, Ann a
Mc:Al exander , and Drucilla Langdon) give N. y. as their pl a c e o f birth .
Bib l e records survive for Isaac's family and for hi s daught e r Ann a' s
f a mily . Isaac' s will : Lawrence co . , Ark. , Will Book C , 1 22-1 24
(t r a ns c ript : Floyd Co . , Va. , Will Book A, 136- 137).
Millie Boot he , dat es unknown, m. Cyrus Howard (s on o f .Ja mes a nd Mary
Howard ), Apr. 4 , 1787, Montgomery Co . , Va. Names of ch i ldre n unknown.
George Boothe , Jr., d . 1801, Kanawha co . , Va. (now W. Va. ); m. S a rah
Howa rd (da ughter of William Howa rd), Dec. 23, 1 789 e Montgome ry Co . , Va.
Se e VIRG I NI A REPORTS , vol. 40 p . 161 "Page and Othe r s Vs. Booth anc1
Othe rs" (first na me fr om Montgomery c~ . Cour t Orde r Boo k 23 , 275) :
" ••• he died in 1801, l e av i ng a wi dow (who d i ed a bout 4 months aft e r him),
11
and ~evera l children, th e eldest about 12 ye ar s , t h e younges t 1 3 months old·
Abijah Boothe, d . 1841, Jackson co., Mo.; m. Rh oda Ellen Howard ( dau g hter
of James and Mary Howard), Dec . 29, 1 789, Mont gomery Ca· , Va·
Abijah
appears in the 1810 1820 a nd 1830 ce nsuses of Montgomer y Co. an d in tne
1840 cens us of Jack~on ca : , Mo. Rhoda Boot he is found i n the 1850 a nd
1860 c e nsuses of Jackson Co., Mo.

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Dani el Boothe, d. 1857 (7), Pa trick Co., Va.; m. (1) Sarah McAlexander
(daughte r of William Mc Alex ander, Sr.), May 24, 1805, Patrick Co., Va.;
(2) Rachel Gr aham , J u ne 28, 1827 , Mo ntgomery Co., Va.; (3) Susannah
Hub bard, Dec . 27, 1836 , Pat rick Co. , Va. Daniel appears in the 1810,
1820, and 1830 censuses o f Mont g omer y Co . , Va., and in the 1840 and
1850 censuses of Patrick Co., Va.
Two daughters of Daniel (Tamar
Si mmons and Sarah Sowers) gave N.Y. as their father's place of birth
on the 1880 census of Floyd Ca ., Va. , as did Asa Boothe, probably a
son of Da niel .
Tamar Boothe , b . ab o u t 1780 , d. 1844 or Jan. 1845, Patrick Co., Va . ;
m. Willia m McAl exand er, Sr. (d_ Mar ch 8, 1822; son of James McAlexander),
Dec. 27 , 179 8 , Patr i ck Co., Va. William had 11 children by his first
marriage, 5 of wh om married Soothes. Tamar McAlexander appears in the
1830 and 1840 cen s use s of Patrick Co., Va. A daughter, Rachel Lester,
gave N.Y. as h er mot he r 's place of birth on t he 1880 census of Raleigh
Th e t own of Lester, W. Va. , is named for Rae he l's husband.
C0. ' w. Va.
THIRD GENERATION:
Children of Isaa c and Freelove Boot he:
1) Abner, 1 781-1836
2) George, b. 1783
3) Daniel , 1785-1853, m. (1) Mary McAlexander; (2) Martha Arbaugh;
to Lawrenc e Co., Ohio .
4 ) Isaac, Jr ., 1787-1855, m. (1) Nancy McAlexander; (2) Dacia -5) Freelove, 1789-1860 or 1861, m. (1) William Ervin; (2) John Powers;
(3) Samu el Whirley .
6) Anna, 1791 -1 86 3 , m. William McAlexander, Jr.; to Patrick Co., Va .
?) Hannah, b . 1793
8) Drucilla or Zillah, 1795-1864, m. Samuel Langdon; to Lawrence Co. , Ohio .
9) Adah, 1797-1820' s, m. Robert Boothe; to Lawrence Co., Ohio.
10) Elizabeth , b. 1799
11) Henry Stephen , 1801-1846
Children of Isaac and Mary (Ferguson) Boothe:
1 2) Ferguson, b. 1811, m. (1) Millie; (2) Susanna ; to Lawrence Co. ,
later Sharp Co., Ark.
13) Wright, b. 1 8 1 3 (in Floyd Co ., Va., 1870)
14) Robert G. , 16i5-1862, m. Mary Kirkpatrick; to Corinth, Miss.
15) Millie, b. 1817 (prob. the Mille Austin in Lawrence Co., Ark., 1842:
see Floyd Co., Va ., Deeds, Book C, 220) .
Children of Geor ge Jr . and Sarah (Howard) Boothe :
1) Abijah , 1792-183D's, m. Lucy Hubbard; to Tenn.
2) Robert, 1793 -1860 or 1861, m. ~l)·Adah . Boothe ; (2) Nancy (Oliver)
Eaton; to l a w1ence Co. , Ohio.

3) GeEJrge
4) Rachel , m. Austin Hylton; to Washington Co., Tenn .
5) Milly , b . 1800, m. Hyram Hylton
6) William

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�Chil dren of Abijah and Rhoda (Ho~ard ) Boo t h e:
- 1) Mary , 1792-1850 's , m. Alexander McAlexa nd er; to .Jackson Co. , Mo·
2) George H., 1795- 1872, m. Lucy Reed
3) Austin , 1796-1870, m. (1) Lucy Harris; { 2) Catherine Ha gy; to
Jackson Co ., Mo ., 1831 ; to Silver ton , Dre., 1852.
4) Delilah , 1797-1870 , m. Thomas W~ e ks Si mmons
5) Ri ley , m. (1) Clarissa Akers ; ( 2) Mal i nda Lester
6 ) Sarah , b . 1804 , m. Henry Tripp
Known children of Daniel and Sarah ( McAlexa nde r ) Boothe:
1) Tamar, 1806- 1890, m. Thomas R. Simmons
2) Mi l ly , m. - - Sowers
3) George I . or J .
4) Nanc y, 1811- 1878, m. John W. Graham
5) William C. , 1814- 1856 , m. Luana Sowers
-6 ) Sarah , d . 1886, m. Frederick Sowers
Chi ldr en of Daniel and Rachel (Graham) Boot h e:
7) Edith , m. Robert Graham ; to Pulaski Co ., Va .
8) Rachel , m. -- Miles (to Pulaski Co., va.? --perhaps same as Julyann R.Bootb)
9) ( prob .) Asa , b . 1832 , m. Eliza J . Spa n gler {gra n dd a u ght er of I saac
Boot he Jr . )
Childr en of William and Tamar (Boothe) McAlex ander :
1) John , 1800- 1870 , m. Margaret Brammer
2) Mil l y, b . 1801 , m. (1) James Re ynolds; {2) .John Hubba rd
3) Daniel , 1804- 1853, m. Nancy -- . to Bath Co ., Ky .
4) Samuel, 1808-1876, m. Bier Lest~r
5) Isa bel , m. Wi l liam Robertson
6) Tama r, 1 8 13 -1871 , m. Aaron DeHart
?) Rac he l, 1817-1881, m. Champ Lester; to Lester , W. Va.

DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE BOOTHE WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR
Abner Boot he ( Abner, I s aac) Preston's Reserve Corps , Capt . A. ~.
Graham's Co. ( Confederate)
Andrew J . Bo o~he (Dan iel , Isaac) lst Lieut ., co. A , 173 Ohio Inf .
Martin 5. Earles (Na ncy , Daniel , Isaac) Co . E, 173 Ohio Inf.
Elliott N. Earles (Nancy , Daniel , Isaac) Co. G, 4 Ohio Ca v.
Ephraim Smith (Elizabeth, Daniel , I s aac ) Co . o , 1 Ohi o Heavy
Artillery; Co. K, 5 W. Va. Vol .
Joshua Bishop (Hannah, Isaac Jr. , Isa a c) Co. A, 54 Va . Inf.
James G. Alley (Elizabeth, Isaac J r. , Isaac ) ca . B , 5 4 Va. I nf .
Jacob a. Lawrence {Sarah, Isaac J r., I saac ) Stuart's Hors e Artillery
William 8. Lawrence {Sarah, Isaac Jr
Isaac) Co . I , 54 Va. Inf.
Joel McAlexander (William H. McAlexa~der· Anna, Isaac ) Co . K, 50 Va.
Inf.; died March 28, 1865
'
Right Boothe (Isaac) 2nd Sgt., Co . H, 54 Va. Inf.
Rev. Abijah Howard Boothe (Abijah , George Jr.) Chaplai n , 2 6 Miss. Inf .
Joel w. Boothe (Abijah H., Abijah, George Jr.) Confede ra t e
Robert Campbell Boothe , Co . I, 146 Ohi o I n f.

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Lewi s Boothe (George H., Abija h) Co. I, 54 Va . Inf.
Riley R. Boothe (George H., Abi jah) Co. I, 54 Va . I n f.
Noah R. Boothe (George H., Abija h) Stuart' s Horse Artillery
Reu ben H. Boothe (Austin, Abijah) Co. E, 45 Mo. Inf . (Union)
Clayborn e B. L. Boothe (Austin, Abijah) Confederate
Joh n T. Lester (Mary Amanda Simmons, Delilah, Abijah) Co . A, 24 Va . Inf.;
captured at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862
Role y M. Simmons (Delila h, Abija h) Stuart's Horse Artillery
Charles A. Simmons (Delil ah, Abijah) Co. A, 24 Va. I nf . ;
killed at Frazier's Farm, June 30, 1862
Thomas H. Simmons (Del ilah, Abija h) Co. A, 24 Va. Inf.;
kill ed at Five Forks, Apr. 1, 1865
Abijah Boothe (prob. Riley, Abi jah) Co . H, 36 Va.; captured at Cloyd ' s
Farm , May 9, 1864; died at Camp Chase, Ohio, Jan . 21 , 1865
James A. Simmons (Tamar, Daniel) Co. A., 54 Va . I nf.; captured at
Bentonv ille, N.C.
Dan iel R. Simmons (Tamar, Daniel ) Co . A, 54 Va . Inf . ; captured near
Atl anta , July 20, 1864
Al exander Graham (Na ncy, Daniel) Co . A, 54 Va. I nf.
Paris Graham (Nanc y, Daniel) Co. A, 54 Va. Inf.
William Sowers (Sarah, Daniel) Co. A, 54 Va. Inf.
Asa H. Boothe (prob . Daniel) Capt., Co . D, 54 Va. Inf .
Jeremiah McAlexander (Joh n McAlexa nder, Tamar) Co . D, 51 Va. Inf.;
died Dec. 12, 1861
Wil liam McAlexander (John McAlexander, Ta mar) Co. G, 54 Va . Inf .
James McAle xander (John McAl exander, Tamar) Co. D, 51 Va. Inf.;
died Dec. 14, 1861
Wil liam Reynolds (Milly McAlexa nder , Tamar) Co. D, 51 Va. Infe ;
died at Fort Delaware, Del ., Apr . 2, 1865
J a mes C. McAlexand er (Samuel McAlexa nder, Tamar) Co . D, 51 Va. Inf c
Darius McAlexand e r (Samuel McAlexa nder, Tamar) Co . D, 51 Va . Inf.;
died Dec . 14, 1861
Da ni e l McAlexa nder (Sa muel McAle xander, Tamar) Co. D, 51 Va. Inf. ;
Co . G, 21 Va. Cav. (See VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, 1963, vol. 71)
Perry Lester (Rach7l McAlexander, Tamar) Co. A, 30 Va. Sharpshoo ters;
capt ured at Winches ter , Va ., Sept. 19, 1864
Thomas Boothe, Stuart 's Ho rse Artillery
J. w. Soo the, S tuart's Horse Artillery
James Bo o the, Co . E, 54 Va . I nfo

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�I 'f
CONNER'S BIBLE RECOR.IS
Contributed by
Miss Jean D. Powell*
"Letter written to my mother , Mrs . Adeline L. Conner Powell, with a copy
of the marriages and births and ~eaths , copied by Nannie J. (Mrs. George
W. Conner ) March 7, 1928.
This is from Uncle John ' s Bible (now Tommy ' s)
John Conner Jr born Aug 9 , 1803
Milly Conner, daughter of William and Anna McAlexander was born March S ,
1808 (Uncle John ' s wife)
Our color ed servant Jenni e was born May 7 , 1839
John Conner , Jr, son of John Conner , Sr and Lucy his wife, and Milly
ander united in bonds of Wedlock Nov 16 , 1826.
Alex....... 'Ihis is all found in Uncle Johns Bible .

N. F . Conner.

Our latest Bible Records
Reed W. Conner was bo:rn Dec 22 , 1847
Polly E Conner was born Feb 18 , 1852
Thomas G. Conner was born March 5 , 1871
George w Conner was born April 11 , 187J
R W Conner, Jr was born May J1, 1875
~ these are two infants who died
Daniel W Conner was born April 1J, 1876,
Reed

w and

Polly E Conner were joined in the bonds of Wedlock April 14

, 1870

Deaths
Polly E Conner d. Sept 6, 1918
Reed W Conner died Feb 28, 1920
Copied March?, 1928 by Mrs . George W. Conner (Nannie J .)
Old Bible Marriages
William McAlexander and Anna Booth the father and mo ther of these
were married May 14, 1807.
Children
John Helsm and Louvina McAlexander md Oct 7 , 1847
Jackson Dillon and Elizabeth McAlexand er md Oct 26 , 1841
William McAlexander and Lucy Hubbard md Nov 26, 18J6
William McAlexander b. Aug 2J, 1779
Anna Booth
b. May 26, 1791
Mille McAlexander
b. Mar 5, 1808
Buxke
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b. Dec 2, 1809
Nancy
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Anna
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William
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Aug 15, 1819
Nov 3 , 1821
June 3, 1823
Sept 15 , 1829
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b . 20 Apr 178J
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17 Mar 1795
7 Apr 1797
8 May 1799

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Millie McAlexander Conner
d. 21 Aug 1859
John Conner
d. 8 Feb 1885
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'Ihis is f r om a n ol d Bible we have N.F.C.

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"I'M SORRY"

Charlott e Co., VA - Deed Book 12, Page 207:
Whereas I Mary Palmer of the County of Charlotte do hereby for
myself Confess tha t from the hurry of passion without reflection I did say imprudently words going to the injury an d Slander
of Elizabeth Rackerby which words were in amount that Luke Palmer
my husband had acts of intimacy and improper Connection with her
the said Elizabeth Rackerby.
Now I do Confess that I said so
without evidence to justify the Speach, and for which I am truly
sorry, and ask the pardon of her the said Elizabeth Rackerby.
I will just mention as one cause by which I made the charge
towit, an unhappy diference seemed to exist between myself &amp;
my dear husband, he seemed to associate at Mrs. Rackerbys &amp; in
my passions on that subject, I said without evidence the thing
now going to Mrs . Rackerbys injury, And in justice I say of her,
I believe her to be a virtuous chaste woman, Given und~r my hand
28th April 1813.
her
Witness :
Robert Morton )
Mary X Palmer
William Overstreet, Tho~)
mark
M Dearman
)
At a Court held for Charlotte County the 5th day of July 1813.
This Instrument of writing was proved in Court by the oath of
Robert Morton and Thomas M Dearman two of the subscribing
Witnesses to be the act and deed of the said Mary Palmer, and
on the mo·tion of the said Elizabeth Rackerby t he same is admitted
to Recorded, Teste - Thomas Read Ce
Truly Recorded
Thomas Read Cl e

YI RCLNIA A PPALACHIAN NOJfS

�CENSUS of the TOWN of ROANOKE

- 188J

This census is composed of three books that now belong to the Roanoke Valley
Historical Society, Roanoke, Virginia, who gave us permission to publish .
On the first page of each volume is written "Alma G. Hart Kyser ' s Book Roanoke's first Baby, bom June 2, 1882."

'lhe reason for taking th~ census was that before Roanoke could be incorperated there had be be a certain number of people living here .
Census of the Town of Roanoke, taken by A. J . Camp. Decenber, 1883
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Tom Booke r
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96. Reva Cardwell
97. Delia Walker
98. Mr. H. Weber
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Jno E. Trent
Juliet S, Trent

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164. Fielder Fetzer
165. Florence Fetzer
166. W. B. Wright
167. E. L. Iameron
168. W. D. Garvin
169. E. T. Kendred
170. McHenry Meadows
171. Laura Meadows
172. Charley Morton
173. Mary Morton
174. O?F T. Morton
1(5. Harry Hunter
176 . Harriet Hunter
177 . W'm Earl y
178. Josiah Holland
179. Annie Holland
180. Jno Saunders
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182 . E. E. Holland
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184. Florence Feuqua
185. J . H. Fisher
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Geo Washington
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Stephen Hurt
Harriet Hurt
Joanna Hicks
Charly Hancock
Tho' s Robinson
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page 14
261. Princ e Johnson
262 . Annie Johnson
263. Anna Beal
264. Martha Garrett
265. Warren Garrett
266. Ma linda Garrett
267. Columbus Beal
268. w. H. Bain
269. c. A. Bain
270. J. c. Bain
271. w. F. Bain
272 . J. L. Bain
273. w. A. Tomlinson
274. M. s. Tomlinson
275. Booker Hunt
276. Bettie Hunt
277. Reves Hunt
278. Wellington Hunt
279 . Coleman Hunt
280. Anna Hunt
page 15
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E. E. Hardwick
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50J. Martha Penn
504. Maggie Penn
505. Samme Penn
506. Mary F. Armstrong
507. Joe Muse
508. HarrY Kane
509. Jems Kane
510. HarrY Kane
511. Adeline Allen
512. Sam Chitwood
51J. Ed Harvey
514. Robt ·Eppes
515. Thorn ton Eara..y
516. Iavid Fultz
517. Phillis Brown
518. Harriet Black
519. Anne Alexandre
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522. W'm Phillips
523. Anna Phillipps
524. Edward Philipps
525. Sam. Philipps
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544. J . Brumgardner Jr
545. J . Bunting Jr
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558. H. B. Hammond
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562 . M(?) H. Ingles by
563 . c. A. Johns on
564. Geo W. Jones
565. J. c. Johnson
566. J. E. Jones
567 . J. c. Johnston
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MABRY - BOLT CEMETERY
Ca r r oll County, Va.
Just of f co unt y rt. 900 at junction with county 625, near Mt. Hebron Church.
List e d by Or a B. Mayb e r ry Mc Colma n
BOLT, Anni e D., wi f e of Addis o n Bolt, b . Nov . 10, 1850, d. May 11, 1906
BOLT, Addis o n, b. Nov . 28 , 1850, d . Oct . 5, 1941
BOLT, Jul i u s El gin, b. 1 880, d. 1968
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double stone
BOLT, Emma b e ll e Kemp, b . 1880, d . 1956
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BOLT, Gary Way n e, so n o f Floyd and Oka Bolt, b. 1930, d. 1938
BOLT, Flo y d A. , b . Aug . 4 , 190 2 , d. Jan . 31, 1972
BOLT, Dollie Ke mp, b. 1 8 88 - d. 1962
) double stone
BOLT, John Kyl e , b . 1883, d. 1932
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BOLT, Fr e da, b. Ma r . 23, 1911, d. De c. 14, 1929 (murdered on Bent Mtn., Floyd Co. )
BOLT, Vivi a n Gay
BOLT, Bertie A., dau. A . &amp; A. D. Bolt, b. 18--, d. 1905
VAUGHAN, Eld . Amo s D. , b. Oct. 6, 1870, d. Feb. 28, 1959 )
double stone
VAUGHAN, Cora A. Bolt, b . No v. 13, 1876, d. Nov . 26, 192? )
THOMPSON, Nathanie l, son of James, b . 1780 Va. or S.C: . , d. July 15, 1858
THOMPSON, Hannah Buchanan, wife of Nathaniel, b. Va. 1784, d. Aug. 29, 1855

MABRY,
MABRY,
MABRY,
MABRY,
MABRY,
MABRY,

C.
Dec. April the 1, 1840
S.
Dec. Aug. the 24, 1846
Joseph, b. 1807, dee. Mar. 30, 1864
Susannah, b. 1811 - d. 1896
Nancy, wife of Eld. R. M. Mabry, b, Mar. 3, 1845, d. May 15 , 1899
R. M.
CO E 25th Va. Calv. CSA (Confederate Marker)

JACKSON, Lillie Susan, b. Aug. 4, 1878, d. Feb. 9, 1944
JACKSON, Atta R ., dau. M. T. &amp; Lillie Jackson, b. Apr , 29, 1900, d. Oct. 12 , 1900
O'NEAL, Oliver Chesterfield, b. 1870, d . July 14, 1891
O'NEAL, W. S., d . Nov . 28, 1858, age 38
DOD, J. T. d. Oct. 30, 1849, age 19
SUTPHIN, B. L., Wife of D. L. Sutphin, b . Jun. 1, 1867, d. Jun. 5, 1890
JENNINGS, Avis, son of R. E. &amp; A. G. Jennings, b. Aug. 19, 1913, d. Mar. 2, 1914
About twenty graves with illegible markings, or with field stones with no markings
at all, very old graves.
Note:

Th e C. Mabry is Charles Mabry, the settler,from whom the Mabrys/ Mayberry s
having roots in Carroll, Grayson, Floyd, Patrick Counties descend .

NOTE:

It is believed that some of the following are buried in this cemetery ,
as local historians have ref erred to this cemetery as the James Bolt
cemetery.
These names are from Samuel Mabry's Bible , which he had
pur chased from James Bolt. These names are as listed in the Bible.

James Bolt son of Charles Bolt was born November 22nd 1796.
Elizabeth Bolt wife of James Bolt born 15th October 1805.
Polly Bolt daughter of James Bolt and Elizabeth Bolt born 26 Jul y 1825 .
Jackson Bolt son of James Bolt and Elizabeth Bolts born 7th Apr il 182 7 .
Adaline Bolt daughter of James &amp; Elizabeth Bolts born October 17th 1830 .
(Bible listing continued nex t page )

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�BIBLE - SANDEL MABRY
(Continued from prec e ding page )
Samuel Mabry son of Charles Mabry was born Marth t h e 10th, 18 0 2 .
Tabitha Mabry his wife was born Decemb e r th e 2 3rd, 1805
Absolom Mabry was born June the 26th, 1824.
Sarah Mabry was born June the 2nd ~ 1827.
Churchwell Mabry was born August the 6th, 1829.
Joseph Mabry was born December the 11th, 1831 .
Nancy Mabry was born April the 27th, 1834 .
Lu cy Mabry was born February 4th, 1837.
Samuel Mabry was born January the 5th, 1840.
Tabitha Mabry was born October the 16th, 1842 .
Greenberry Mabry was born Sept. the 14th, 1845.
Winf ield S. Mabry was born March the 20th, 1848.
America Mabry was born December the 28 , 1839 . (S amu e l Mabry Jr . ' s wif e )
William Fielden Mabry was born August the 10th, 1860 and d ye d October the
26th, 1862',
December the 11th 1836 :
"Remember this saying, the good pay mas t e r is lord of another ma ns
purse. He who is known to pay punctually and exactly a t the time he
promises may at any time and on any occasion raise all th e mon ey his
friends can spare .
Nothing contr ibuts more to a you!lSman in the world than punctuality
and justice in all his dealings therefore never keep borrowe d money an
hour beyond the time you promised lest a disappointment shut up your
friends purse from you forever."

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QUERY INDEX
Index to Ancestral Surnames by
Adams
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Elswick
12
Akers
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Fariss
19
Barnett
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Garland 2,5
Beavers
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Hankins
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Boothe
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Hardwick
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Boyd
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Harris
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Brown
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Hathaway
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Burgess
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Hopkins
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Burne t t
12
Kegley
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Car(r) ico 20
Kilgore
17
Daniel
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Lester
12
Deboe
14
Lewis 10,18
Dickerson
4
Mankin
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Dooley
14
Mannon
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Edwards 6,20
Mason 17,18

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Mc Cann
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Milam
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Mileham
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Miller
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Owens
18
Ped an
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Peden
10
Picklesimer 10
Poage
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Probst
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Provst
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�QUERIES
1 - 83 .
S eek info o n p a r e nts and siblings of Sarah Jane Ward,
b . Va . , 17 May 1834, md . John Edley Kegley of Wythe Co . , 23
Sept. 1852 .
( Marriage r ec orded in Wythe Co. Marriage Register
#1, p . 20 3 )
1880 cens u s s t a t es both p a rents b. in Va.
All
childre n b . in Iowa (Hor e n ce Virginia 1853; AliceVictoria 1855;
Sarah J a n e 1857; Joh n Wy t h e 1859; Aletha Elizabeth 1862; Mary
Oregon 1 8 71 ; Nev3da Ge r tr ud e 1872; James Edley 187 4 ).
Died
13 May 18 95, bu ried Wyomi n g, Iowa . Virginia E. McGary, 5833
Archwood Dr. , S a n Anton i o,
Texas,
78239.
2 - 83.
I wou l d l i k e to c orrespond with other descendants of
William Simms a n d hi s wi fe Anr'!ister ( Ag a tha?) Step or Stapp who
lived in Albema r le Co . , Va . in the ear l y 1 780's. Their daugther
Elizabeth md . Jon a th a n Mc c a nn who later move d to TN.
Who were
the parents of Willi am a nd Annis ter Sin~s? Also, I would like
to corres pond with othe r de s cendants of William Garland of
Westmoreland Co ., Va. who d . there in 1743 .
His dau g hter
Henrietta md. J a1nes Ha rdwick of the same county who d . ther e
in 1737.
Who we r e the p arents of William Garland? Mrs. Robbie
Neelley, 1908 E as t 19th St. #22, Lawr e nc e , KS 66044
3 - 83.
Seekin g info on Richard Charles Burgess said t o b e b.
in Floyd Co . ne a r the town of Floyd on Apr . 4 , 1882. Also u sed
the name of Albian Sidney Rich or Richards. L. Samuel mother
Sally West Hathaway .
Sybil P lumlee, 7735 SW 45, Portl a nd, OR
97219
4 - 83.
Seeking parents of James M. D. Ma nnon d . 1870 i n Fl oyd
Co. and wife Sarah Boot he Mannon b . 1826 - d . 1 9 06 in Floyd Co.
They were md. Feb. 1 3, 1 845. Their children were: Ma thi a s ,
Catherine Reed, Lucy Reed, George Wi ll iam , No ah Davis, Mar y
Eliz a b eth Akers, Martha E. Dickerson, Louisa Jane Dicker s o n ,
James A. , a nd Andrew J.
Paul E. Mannon 1 1301 Tyler Av e. ,
Radford , Va.
24141
5 - 83.
Need info on Martha Gardner, who md. Samuel Mileham,
1724 , Lancas ter Co., Va.
Also , Mary Rush Adams, b . 1728 d . 1 778 ,
md . Thomas Milam, Bedford Co., Va.
Jean L. Kelly , 6163 All i son.
St . , Arva da, CO 80004
6 - 83.
Seeking info on Mankin Tavern loc a t e d on Gr aysonPatrick Co. line .
Also info on Jesse Mankin b . ca. 1 775, d. 1830
in Patrick Co.
Wife Mary .
Issue:
Nanc y m. John Edwards;
Catherine m. Nehemiah Daniel ; Masey m. Ewe ll Smi t h ; poss ibly
William m. Harriett Smith, Joel, and Sarah m. Joseph Bo yd.
Jessie S. Barbour, P. O. Box 3221, Richmond , Va.
2 3 235
7 - 83.
Wish to corr espond with descendants o f Dar ius and Sara
Mil ler , family in census of Wytheville, Va. 1850 .
Moved to KY
about 1860, leaving older children; Austin , b . 1 8 2 9 ; James, b.
183 1; Mary, b. 1833 and Sara, b . 1836 in Va .
Wi s h i nformation
about these children.
Ms. Marie R. Justi c e , P. O. Box 2172 2
Pikeville,
KY 41 5 01

Y IRGI NiA AePALACHI AN NOTES

�8 - 83.
Need proof of paren ts of Ra chel Barnett , 2nd wife o f
Alexander Beavers, md. 7/30/1 851 .
Had 4 children :
Thomas,
Robina, Alexander and Elijah .
Childr en of 1st marriage to
Elizabeth Hankins were:
James, Betsy, Mary, Catherine, Rebecca,
Robert, Martha, John, Willi am, Mathi as H ., Ly di a, Nancy and
Rachel.
Descendants of either ma rri age may have proof I need
so very much.
Will exchange inf o a nd re-imbursc postage.
Mrs. Howard E . Stout, 51 Maplewoo d Dr., Athens, Ohio
45701
9 - 83.
Researching for about 10 yrs . o n my Young family, b ut
cannot locate their ancestors and l i t t l e about their descen dants .
Need assistance such as photo s, r eferen ces to court
records, books, etc. for I pl an to print a sma 11 book on my
family . The data I have:
My GGG Grandfather 1) J eremiah "Jerry"
Young, b. 1778 in Va.
In 18],l, a Hawkins Co . , TN taxpayer ,
possibly md. a Probst or Provs t.
Al i ve in 1853 C l::iiborn e Coo, TN.
andabrother"Jerry" 2) Francis "Fr ank" Youn g , b. 1788 in Va.
In 1810 Hawkins Co., TN tax list .
Md. Feb. 12 , 1813 JaneWi lliams
of Grainger Co., TN .
Still in Gr ainger Co. in 1830 .
Ray mond G.
Young, 512 Greenwood Dr . , Clinton,
TN
37716

10 - 83 . Would like to locate th e grave of John P e den (Pedan ),
a Rev . War Patriot from Botetourt-Montgomery Co., Va.
He was
b. in 1734 and d. in 1815.
His wife, Mary Smith, was b. in 1734
and d . in 1806.
John Peden bought 180 acres in Botetourt Co. , Va .,
in 1780, on Marshall Ridge and waters of Back Creek a branch of
Roanoke River.
In 1783 he was resident of Mason ' s Cove Community
which constituted Capt. Lewis' New Comp any.
Joh n Peden' s n eighbors
were the Picklesimers and Poages .
He d. in Mon tg omer y Co.
His
family migrated to Barren Co., KY o Will pay for a n y in:f o that
will lead me to gravesi te of John Peden (Pedan, Pa den) .
Henry C . Peden, Jr . , 2502 Hanson Rd., Edgewood, MD
21040
11 - 83.
Want info Lewis Harris; sons, David, John, William,
Ben jamin, Martin.
Was Justice of the Peace, Scot t Co . , Va. ,
1829. Wife Catharine.
He do 1831, Vigo Co . , Ind.
Postage
refundedo
Dorothy P. Munson, 850 Aaron, B-103, Port Charlot te,
FL 33952
12 - 830
Seeking ancestry of Labourn Burnett, b o in Va o 180 4 ca..
Came to Florida during Indian Wars o Died 18 4 7 :from wounds from
Indian arrow .
Also, seeking ancestry of James Lester who md.
Mary (Polly) Elswick, daughter of John and Susannah Elswick on
5 June 1792 in what is now Montgomery Coo, Va.
Ja mes a nd Mary
moved to KY ca 1805 0 Will am A. Lester, 4511 Melrose Ave.,
Tampa, FL 33629
13 - 83.
Would like to contact descendan ts o:f David J. Tuck ,
b. 14 Oct. 1818 in Halifax Co., Va. md. Elizab eth Ann Whitt and
had 3 chi ldren.
Both David and Eliza.beth d. within 8 yrs. an d
children reared by Richard Tuck and wife Sarah Ro Whitt o
David
Tuck d. 22 Mar. 1850 and Elizabeth b. 21 Mar. 1828, d o 9 Deco 1852.
Mrs. Al Amundsen, 2F Country Club Aptso, Greenville, AL
36037

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14 - 83.
Desire to contact d e scendants of Ha lifa x Co. brothers
Mark Al exander Tuck b . 29 Aug. 1889 who md. Lola Deboe of Bedford
Co .
One known daught e r, Peggy Sue . And Alfred Kyle Tuck b. 5
Sept . 1891, who rnd . Sadie Kathe rine Dooley of Bedford Co.
Five
known children : Virginia, Evelyn, William, Alfred, Ma ur een.
Mrs . Al Amundsen, 2F Country Club Apts., Greenville, AL 36037

15 - 83.
Would lik e info on 3 wiv es of Phaltiel Tuck b. 27 Jan.
1800 and d . 1865 Halifa x Co.
1st wife Sarah Catherine Tuck,
dau g ht er of Richard Tuck; 2nd wife Lucy P . Seat.
3rd wife either
Larcany Dani.el or Lorraine Wall.
Wi l l mentioned "Dear Wife Lurena."
Will probated 27 Marc h 1865 Ha lif ax Co. Mrs. Al Amundsen , 2F
Country Club Apts., Greenville, AL 36037
16 - 83 .
Sear ching for info on Whitel y/Whitley family.
Samuel
(?) Whit ely 1795-1882 md. Rebecca A ( ?) Brown b . 1809 ct. after
1882? d/o ? poss . Walker and Sarah (Tu rner) Brown. Son Chapman
A (?) Whitl ey md. Sarah ? poss . Saltville, Broadford Area ca.
1860 .
Samu e l and Rebecca md. ca . 1829? - 9 children known. Help
appreci ated"
Mrs. Mary F . Lon g, 2721 Allen Ave. 1 Indianapolis,
Indiana 46203
17 - 83 .
Robert Whitley md . Eliza beth Kilgore, came to Indiana
where he d. in Marti n Co., Ind .
Known children Minerva who md.
Andrew Mason - St e phen - J o hn - Rober t md. Margaret (?).
Mrs. Mary F. Lon g, 2721 All e n Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 46203
18 - 83 .
Jeremiah Lewis b . ca 1800 md . Margaret Owens d/o John
Owens and Rosann a h Maso n .
Margaret was gr d/o Owen Owen and
Sophia Wade.
Ziba Hopk in s adm of estate of Margaret Lewis.
Help appreciated.
Will exc han ge.
Owen Owen crune from Wales.
Was this Jeremiah the d esc . of Jeremiah who came from Wales?
How are the Hopkins connected.
I desc. fr. Vin cent Lewis s/o above.
Mrs. Charles Lon g , 2721 All en Ave . , I ndi an a polis, Ind. 46203
19 - 83.
G-grandfathe r Da ni e l May md. Jane Ross Fariss in
Frankl in Co . , Va . 21 Jan . 1808 .
Jane Ross Fariss appears to be
the daughter of Joe l Fariss and hi s wife Jane Hall? Ross? I
don't know where they came fr om and Joel seems to have died
under mysterious circumstances 1808 to 1 810.
Wish to know if
anyone h as data in looki ng for place they came from.
Mrs. Margaret D . Thompson, 4 528 Wyndale Ave., S.W. Roanoke , VA
24018
20 - 83 .
Who were the parents of John D. Edwards and Martha J.
Edwards (brother &amp; sister), who gav e the place of birth as NC
in the 1880 Wise Co., Va. cens u s.
F~th er b. in NC and mother
in Va .
John D . md . Ca therine Robertson Dec. 11, 1834 in Wythe
Co., Va.
Martha J. md . Alexdnder Car(r)ico in Grayson Co ., Va.,
J an. 19 , 1832 .
Mrs. Belva M. Counts, 6804 Northway Dr., N.W.
Roanoke, VA 2401 9
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THE SALYER FAMILY
by
Eli zabeth L. WL Salyer
This is a history of the Sa],yers/Sallier family ln America ~ince 1655 .
The immigrant ancestor is thought to have been of French extraction , i t has
not been determined how his name may have originally been spelled .
The
history includes information from original court records , personally re searched by the author , explanation and documentation of records , old family
pictures , reproduction of original documents , confirmation of a name change ,
lineages numbered and cross-referenced and interesting stories about early
ancestors.
The Colonial era Salyers were located in New York , New Jersey , Chowan
County, N. C. and other western N. C, counties .
It seems from a ll records
that descendants of Zachariah Salyer, Sr. of N. C. went int o parts of Southwestern Virginia by 1780. These were Isiah Salyer Sr. of Russell Co , Va ,
John Salyer of Scott Co , Va , Zachariah Salyer Jr of Sco tt Co , Va , Martin
Dunn Salyer of Lincoln Co, Ky , Benjamin Salyer of Harlan Co , Ky , Sarah
Salyer Saylor of Harlan Co, Ky , and Rebecca Salyer Kilgore of Marion Co , TN.
In 1787 Isiah Salyer (1752-1818) settled on Copper Creek in Russell co ,
Va. His brothers , John , Benjamin , and Zachariah; sisters , Sarah, wife of
Solomon Saylor , and Rebecca , wife of Stephen Kilgore , settled on nea rby land .
The Salyers intermarried wi th Virginia peioneer families - Castle , Isaacs ,
Nickels , Stapleton , Vicars and Byerley , Recently , November 16, 1982 , an
historic marker honoring Isiah Salyer was erected on Virginia Hi ghway 71,
Russell County by the Virginia Department of Hig hways and Transportati on.
Kermit w Salyer of Roanoke , a great, great , great grands on of I siah Salyer
requested the marker, and provided proof of the data , with the help of
Elizabeth Salyer of West Palm Beach, Fla, and Dr Howard Salyer of Nashville ,

Tenn.

A review of thi s book can in no way show the outstanding reference done
on the many families represented , The book has a hard cover, 688 pages ,
and is completely indexed. A gift copy from the author has been placed in
the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library .
The price of the
book is $51. 00 and may be ordered from Mrs . Elizabeth K. Salyer, 734
Ardmore Road, West Palm Beach, Florida J.3401.

(Note: The historic marker noted above is located at Grassy Creek Church ,
between Dickensonville and Nickelsville . )

SI MPSON FAMILY TREE BOOK
by
Kenneth C. Kallam
This is a comprehensive listing of descents of Vinson a nd Vicy Cook Simpson (1799-1982), Surry County, North Carolina.
Copies of many documents_
included (birth, death, marriage, land deeds, mil itary )' news p a p er clippings
and family pictures
The book contains 108 pages and has a paper cover.
A
gift copy of the bo~k has been placed in the Virginie: Room of the Central
Roanoke City Public Library. The price of the book is $12 · 00 plus $1 . .50
postage. Order from Wallace Kallam, Route 8, Box 660- B, Mount Airy, North
Carolina l70.30.

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�KALLAM CEMETERY BOOK OF SURRY COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS
by
WA LLACE KALLAM
Thi s book contain the listings of active and inactive burying grounds.
The table of contents lists 100 cemeteries . There are 148 pages with a
complete i ndex of J9 pages . The book has a soft cover. A gift copy has
been placed in the Virginia Room of the Central Roanoke City Public Library
by the author. The price of the book i s $15 .00 plus $2.00 postage. Order
from Wallace Kallam , Rout 8 Box 660-B, Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030,
A

DOWNEY AND CRAWFORD ANCESTRY
by
Roy H. Downey

Both the Downey and Crawford Families are traced from Ireland to
Pennsylvania, arriving in Virginia as early as 1700 in the areas of Alleghaney, Augusta, Botetourt, Craig and Roanoke Counties. The Downeys were a
part of establishing the iron works that were located in Alleghany County
and were called the Longdale Mines , quarry or furnace Downeys.
The book is a complete genealogy of John Edward Downey born Feb. 29, 1864,
son of Archibald J. Downey (1831-1913) and Mary Jane Craft Downey (1832-1903),
who married Elizabeth "Betty " Crawford on July 7 , 1885 in Covington, Va. by
the Rev. A.F. Chapman, pastor of Covington Baptist Church . Elizabeth Crawford was born Aug. 1, 1867 and was the daughter of John J. Crawford (18361878) and Eliza Jane Martin Crawford (1835-1878). Some of the early surnames
were Brown, Campbell, Craft, Crawford, Downey, Irvine, Kidd, Low, Martin,
Nicely , Persinger, Wagoner, Waymon, and others . There are many old family
p hotos . A gift copy from the author to the SWVGS has been placed in the
Virginia Room of the Central Roanoke City Public Library. The book has a
soft cover with 88 pages and may be ordered from Roy H. Downey, 320 Orchard
St ., Rt 5, Salem, Va. 24153. The price of the book is $10.00
THE JOHN

NICHOIS FAMILY OF SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
by
Kenneth C. Kallam

This book concentrates on the family members of John Nichols (1825-1894)
and Nancy Simpson Nichols (1825- 1889). The book contains a family tree
chart, copies of many documents, marriage and military records, newspaper
clippings and family pictures. There are 74 pages and a paper cover. A
gift copy from the author has been placed in the Virginia Room of the Central
Roanoke City Public Library. 'Ihe price of the book is $10.00 plus $1.00
postage. Order from Kenneth C. Kallam, Route 8, Box 660-B, Mount Airy,
North Carolina 27030.

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�EXCHANGE QUARTE RLY REV IEw
For a list of the exchange quart erlies check the me m t c r:~~.ip :lirec i.o r'J .
The
following are a few of the articles that might be o f ir, t c rc :· t to the members
of this area . We are not listing the arti c l es con c err~ ir. c t~.l! ~- la te:.; from
which the quarterlies come.
Colonial Research in the Northeastern S tates , pp J-10 , THB ': C i ( !ZADO GENEALOGIST, Vol. 4J, no. J, Aug . 1982 .
Periodical Index , ibid, pp
received by them.)
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15 , THE SEARCHER , Vol. XIX, no . 8 , Aug 1982 .

Wills in Genealogy , pp 62- 65, ANCESTRAL NEWS publ i she d b y Ancestral Trails
Historical Society, Inc , Vol. ?, no . J, Summer 1982 .
Research in Washington , some practical tips for res e a rching in Was hington ,
D. C. - pp 159- 161 in the BULIETIN OF THE GENEALOGICAL S OCIETY OF OLD T RYON
COUNTY, Vol. X, no, J, Aug 1982 .
Genealogy and the Personal Computer - pp
Vol. J2, No . 1, Fall 1982.

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Your Precious Photographs - care and preservation, pp

11-12 , ibid .

NEW EXCHANGE
Imprints published by GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY, INC , p. O . Box
485, Fort Iauderdale, FLA JJ.302-0485 .
NON- EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES RECEIVED
News Letter of GRAYSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. , Rt 1 Box 29J, Elk
Creek, VA 24.326., Aug 1982.
SOUTHERN INDIANA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Quarterly, PO Box 403, Mt.
'IX, July 1982, Jan 1983.

Wimmer Family Newsletter,
October 1982.

804 Falconer Road, Joppatoune, MD

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21085; i ssue

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RENO COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Newsletter, PO Box 5, Hutchinson, KAN 67501.
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THE VERNON COUNTY, MISSOURI GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY,

% Dorothy

Wilson, Rt 1 Box
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Vernon, Bates, Cedar, Barton and Iade counties of Missouri.
Dues $5. 00 per
year. Welcome all material that you have on these counties.
WORTHINGTON DESCENDANTS, covering all branches of the Worthington surname
and its many allied lineages, Will include a query column, coat of arms,
abstracts, wills, deeds, ancestral charts, Tombs tone Inscriptions and family
history, A newsletter to be published quarterly, $12. 00 yearly .
WORTHINGTON DESCENDANTS,% Frances Brengle, 6619 Pheasant Rd. Rte #1.6, Baltimore,
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HUTTON

Ancestor ; HUTTON , J oseph
Born: ca 1827, Ohio ?
Died :
?Ohio/WV
Married : 19 May 1846 , !&lt;.anawha Co , WV
1st wife : Ann Parki ns
Researcher : Vicie Waskey Fowler
1716 Colgate St , NE , Roanoke , VA 24012
Note:

thi s f amily lived in Putna m Co , WV

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shown, We will publish 10 names for each member only on ce a y ear . --- s o g et
your names i n.

Mrs. Claude S. Fowler, 1716 Colgate St NE , Roanoke , VA 24 01 2
Surname
PARKINS
CARUTHER3
COLLINS
McCWRE

HARMON
WALKER
FARLEY
IAX
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RIPLEY

Given name
Location
Nathan
b ?
d
?WV
d WV
Margaret (wife of above) b ?
Kanawha Co, WV - Wes t
Moses
b ? - Botetourt Co , VA
Samuel
Aug/Bote , Va - Kana, WV
Thomas
d Botetourt Co, VA
William
Eastern Virginia
Edward?/Ned
Lucy
Buckingham, Amher s t VA
Elizabeth
Bedford VA/ KY/ WV
Matthias
Rockbridge Co, VA

fute(s )
md 1809
1791 - 1865
md 1821 WV .
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BEDFORD COUNTY , VIRGINIA
LEGISLATIVE PETITIONS

The following is fro m "Fifth Annual Report of the LIBRARY BOARD of the
Virginia State Library = 1907 - 1907", Richmond; Iavis Bottom, _Superintenden t of Public Printing ; 1908 .
These are abstracts of the l egislative petitions in the Virginia State
Archives, Richmond , Virgin i a . A photocopy or, in some cases, a photostat
is necessary , may be obtained of the document. There is a minimum order
of $8 . 00 on material t hat is to be mailed (as of 1980) . On petitions
where several c oun t ies are listed - check all counties listed as there
is one original and c opies pla ced in the other counties (folders ).
RUFFIN, EDMD, JR.
1777. Nov. 16. A 1662 . Compensation for slave named Dick, who
ran a way and attempted to board Dunmore's fleet at Norfolk,
but was captured and s ent to the public jail . Petitioner
appli ed t o Committee of Safety for slave, but was informed
that negro was so seditious that he would be sent to West
Indies or l ead mines as an example. And about that time the
slave di e d . n15 allowed. Statement of Committee of Safety
that Ruff in had received one of his runaway slaves but was r e fused Dick. A list of negroes sent to prison.
QUARLES, JOHN, County Lieutenant.

1778 . Oct. 22. A 1664. Petitioner was directed to take sum of
L2J6. 16. and appoint officers to recniit for State service.
Money was divided among officers but they returned it with
statement that soldiers could not be recruited on terms offered. Amond the money returned were three counterfeit bills to
amount of L1J. 10. Petitioner asks that he be not required to
lose this money, as he received nothing for whole transaction.
Two affidavits. Bill reported.

INHABITANTS of Bed.ford &amp; Amherst .

1778.

Nov. 21. A 1665. Establishment of ferry over Fluvanna
River from Nicholas IE.vies' lands at mouth of Battery Creek to
mouth of Otter Creek in Amherst. Thomas Logwood, Isaac Banni ster, Simon Miller, Peter Ferquesan, John Hook , James Davis
and 15 others. Reasonable.

CALLAWAY, JAMES.
1779. May 18. A 1666. Robert Cowan, Scotchman and Tory who was
refused admission into State, has, in defiance of goveniment,
come into Bed.ford. and is living on his estate . Reported .
nrnABITANTS.

1779.

May 24. A 1667. New county south of Staunton River. Water
courses on way to courthouse are difficul t to cross and many
people live from JO to 50 miles distant . Thos. Watts , Henry
Guttry, Wm . Christopher, Peter Wood, Peter Holland, Aquilla
Green and 56 others . Duplicate 1 with 45 names , 2 wi t h 60
names, J with 6J names, 4 with 40 na mes. Referred .

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FREEHOLDERS.
1779 . May 24.

A 1668 . Protes t again divi~1on of county further
than pa rt s out h of Staunton River .
Dl mlcls t of' war people
wish to incur expense of new county buildin(~, which 'h"ill be
burden too heavy to be endured . B3.rnabas Arthur, Jacob Irion I
Lewis Irion, Benjamin J ohnson , William Owen , Franci3 C~rby
and 527 others .

INHABITANTS •

1779.

Nov. 9. A 1669. New Col!.nty . Petitioners live in Bed.£ord
south of Staunton River and have JO and 50 miles t o go to court .
'Ibey wish that sout heni part of county be addt:d to part of
Henry. Thomas Arthur, 'lhos . Doggett , Wil liam Walton , William
Wright , John Underwood, Will iam Slone and 94 others .
Referred .

INHABITANTS •

1780.

May 23. A 1670. Es tablishment of new coun ty south of
Staunton River. Petitioners have to g o JO or 60 miles t o
court, are liable to be impos ed upon by tax a ssessors , and besides have difficulty in bringing g rain t o po in t s in di c a ted by
l a w, of which there are only one or two in e a ch county .
Will iam Martin, Brittan Scruggs , John Harris, John Starkey , Aquilla
Greer, John Craghead and 25 others .

FREEHOLDERS .
1780 . May 23.

A 1671.
Protes t agains t a ny o t her d ivis ion o f Bed ford than of that part of it south of Staunton River ,
Jesse
Burton, Henry Tate, Christr. Lynch, Jos eph Blankins h i p, Wm .
Perrey, Harry Wilay and 51 others.

FREEHOLDERS.
1780. May 2J.

A 1672 . Same as A 1680. Joshua E'.arly, John Leftwich, George Lambert, Andrew Blackburn, Caleb Callaway, Ralph
Smith and 21 others .

ROSS , DAVID.

1780.

Nov . 11. A 1673 . Establishment of ferry on James River
from Archy ' s Creek in Bedford to land of Robert Bolling in Amherst . Reasonable .

INHABITAN1S.

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Nov. 20. A 1674. Protest against law making debts and loan
office certificates payable according to depreciation of money
issued by Congress and State .
Those holding bills of credit
are as much entitled to payment in specie as those hol ding loan
office certificates, since both bills and certificates have
been regularly used in trading. Moses Mcil~ain , Joseph Goff ,
John Burford, Chas. Lambert, Nathaniel Harris, Rush Milam and
69 others. To lie on table.

1780.

MEAD , JOHN, County Jailor.
1780. Nov . 21. A 1675, Recompense for expense incurred in keeping in jai l number of persons arres ted las t s ummer on suspic ion

VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�of conspiracy against United States . Auditor will allow only
common fees granted for criminals, which are insufficient .
AJ.lowed t.6 , 480.
TERRILL , HARRY •

1780 .

Dec . 18. A 1676 . Further allowance for himself and eight
others , who served as guards to convey to prison a number of
persons suspected of treason a gainst State. Auditor ' s allowance was no t sufficient. Rejected .

WARD, JOHN.
1780. Dec . 19 .

A 1677 . Payment of certificates granted petitioner f or supplying provisions to troops, which certificates have
been refused payment by auditor. Allowed nJ,028. J. 4.

INHABITANTS .

1781. Nov . 21 . A 1678 . Protest against division of county. Petition ers have had county s urveyed and find it smaller than
was s upposed. Courthous e is situated in center of county and
militia is divided into two battalions . James Callaway,
Charles Callaway , W. Read , Wm. Callaway, John Callaway, Bounie
Price and Fran . Thorp . Reasonable.

INHABITANTS .

1781.

Nov. 21 . A 1679, Division of county and formation of new
county . Bed.ford is 70 miles long and 35 miles wide and many
people have to go great distances to courthouse. 'Tu.x access ors cannot get around to perform duties . Militia numbers
1,700. Wm. Armstrong, Jas. Sharp, James King, Robt. Annstrong ,
John Dooley, John McClanthan and J2 others. Duplicate 1, with
49 names, 2 with 110 names, 3 with 69 names, 4 with 155 names,
5 with 61 names, 6 with JO names, 7 with 54 names, 8 with 20
names, 9 with 7 names, 10 with 47 names, 11 with 72 names, 12
with 46 names, 1J with 85 names.

TA TE, CALEB .

1781 . Nov . 24. A 1680 . Payment for whiskey and writing paper
furnished by petitioner to Virginia troops in South Carolina,
or lost after defeat at Camden . (The American army lost most
of its effects at Camden.) Petitioner lost 550 gallons of
whiskey and five reams of paper, besides two teams. Reported.

M&amp;AD , JOHN.
1781.

A 1681. Allowance of t.00 due petitioner, but
Dec. 7 .
which was lost tum by some error when his account was settled.
Reasonable.

READY , I SAAC.
1782. May 2 0. A 1682 . Aid from State. Petitioner was a soldier
of Bedford militia under Col. Lynch and was wounded in hip at
Guilford Courthouse. His wound is still uncured and he has a
family to support. Reported .

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�INHABITAN'IS of Russell Parish in Bedford &amp; Campbell .
1782. June J . A 168J. Division of parish alon1: lh.e of county
division of Bedford and Campbell . Parish is extensive and in convenient . Richard Stith, John Quarles , W. Mead , W. Lcfw i ch ,
John Calloway , Arch. Moon , John Caffery , Robert Alexander , Gr .
F. Lewis, Iavid G. Talbot. Bill brought in .

LYNCH , JOHN .
1782.

June J. A 1684. Repeal of a ct d iscontinuing ferry on Fluvanna River from petitioner ' s lan d in Bedford t o h i s land i n
Amherst. Bill drawn .

INHABITAN'.IS .

1782 .

June 8 . A 1685 , Division of county , form ing new coun t y
along Blackwater and Staunton , wi th J 2 0 mil itia and 6 00 t ithables . Thomas Arthur , John S t arkey , J ess e Dillion , William
Markum, John Banks, James Marxum a nd J16 oth ers .
Duplica te 1
with 86 names , 2 with J9 names , J wit h 32 na mes .

GILL, WILLIAM.
1782 .

Nov. 16. A 1686. Petitioner is only blood relation in
America of Rev . John Brander of Bedford, who will ed hi s estate
to one John Brander, British subject, and e s ta t e escheated to
Commonwealth. Petitioner asks that estate be giv e n to him as
he has taken an active part on American s ide ·
Reas onable .

MEMBERS

of Bedford Court.
Nov. 20. A 1687. Establishment of t own of Liberty, new
county seat of Bedford . Petitioners were given si te, which is
near center of county, and public buildings are in course of
erection . Jeremiah Pate Gross Scruggs , Robt . Ewing, Wm . Callaway, Wm. Trigg, James B~ford., Thos. Leftwich, Henry Buford .
Reasonable.

1782 .

TNHMBITAN'.IS OF North Side ,
1782 . Nov. 22. A 1688. Act directing building of n e w Bedford
public buildings in center of county .
County has been s urveyed and site for buildings offered by one Tu.~id Wri g ht within
one mile of center of county . Notwithstanding this, jus tices
have decided to put up buildings five miles from center , which
is an injustice. John Reaves , Chas . Lambert, John Ross Dewitt ,
John Hill, Samuel Hins ley, William Williams and 82 others.
Duplicate with 65 names. Rejected.
FREEHOLDERS.
Nov. 2J. A 1689. Division of county and formation of new
county along line of Blackwater and Staunton rivers.
New
county will contain 1, 600 ti thables , leaving Bed.ford with 1, 5 76
and Henry with 1, 5000. I saac Rentfro, Thomas Green, Charles
Roston, Robert Wickens , Thomas Hus ton, John McGinnes and JOO
others . Reasonable .

1782.

INHABITAN'IS •
1782. A 1690. Formation of new county along line of S taunton and
Blackwater rivers. New county would contain 1, 000 t i thables,

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Bed.Iord 1 , 576 and Henry 1,500. Chattin Doggett, Moses Green,
Jno . Gibson , Edward Wilson, William Mill~r, Samuel Langdon
and 57 others. Duplicate with 58 names. See A 1689.
INHABITAN TS .

178J .

May 17 . A 1691. Establishment of ferry on Fluvanna River
from Nicholas D3.vies ' land in Bedford to Thomas Waugh's land
in Amherst . More convenient to petitioners than ferry near the
mountains . Stephen Lyon , William Bryant , William Marsh, John
Hardwick , John Ross Dewitt , William Wright and 85 others.
Reasonable .

INHABI TAN'IS .

178J.

May 21. A 1692 . Act ordering removal of mill-dam across
Goose Creek , which has entirely prevented passage of fish.
Mill is in bad repair and of little use. Nathaniel Manson,
Henry Haynes , Edward Hancock , John .Dearen, Samuel Gathright,
Alva Fergu s on and 1J8 others . Next session .

178J.

June 4 . A 169J . Same as A 1692 . Tho. Arthur, Isaac Rentfro, Theodri ck Webb , Joshua Willson, James Will, Wm. Akers and
104 others . Duplicate 1 with 49 names, 2 with 91 names.

GILL , WM.

178J.

J une 7 . A 1694. Grant of estate of Rev . John Brander,
willed to a British s ubject and therefore escheated to the
State , to petitioner as only American heir and an active
patriot. Reasonable.

MOORE , JOSEPH &amp; WILLIAM COWAbl, Attorneys for Robert Wal ton, Jr. of
Georgia.
1?8J. June 9. A 1695, Walton, in 1779, because of approach of
Britis h army, came to Virginia with his slaves. He borrowed
b12,000 from Col . James Calloway, depositing with Calloway JO
of his s laves as security . According to tenns of contract,
Callowa y was to take payment in slaves or money. At time of
contract Walton knew nothing of act of 1778 "for preven ting
the further importation of slaves," which entirely prevented
his fu lfillment of the contract. Petitioners now ask that
Walton ' s slaves may be applied to discharge of his debts to
Calloway and others , which cannot be done under the act.
Reasonable.

WARD, HENRY.
1784. June 5 .

A 1656 . Petitioner was quartermaster of Virginia
militia at Salisbury and at Ninety-six under Col. Carrington
until taken prisoner by enemy, when he lost horse and trappings. Asks recompense for this. Reported.

CHURCH , ROBERT
1784. Jun e 8. A 1697, Petitioner served in Bedford militia
und er Col. Lynch in North Carolina, and was wounded in the
rig ht a rm, so that he cannot work. He therefore asks for re1 ier.
Al.lowed ~10 down and half pay for 4 years.

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1784. Nov . 20. A 1698 . Authority for the auditor to pay certificate received by p etitioner from one Michael Montgomery in
payment of debt. Certificate was issued !or use of W't[;On in
State service , but when petitioner presented it 1or payment he
was told that time f or payment has expired .
Rea~onable .
Auditor to grant certificate .
CHILES , JOHN.
1784. Nov. 20. A 1698 . Payme nt of certificate issued petitioner
for provisions given under Provision Law. Petitioner presented
certificate to Bedford Court and it was thence referred to
autitor , who refused to pa y because time a l l owed for payme n t
had expired . Reported.

INHABITAN'IS on South Side of Staunt on River .
1785. Oct . 27 , A 1700. Formation of new county f r om s o uthern
part of Bedford and part of Henry .
Inconve n ient now f or peti tioners to reach courthous e .
Thos . Arthur , Mo s es Greer , Ge o .
Doggett, Patrick Lingoe, Wm. Miller , Wm. Pol la rd a nd 357
others .

INHABITAN'IS of Bedford , Campbell &amp; Amherst .
1785. Nov. 22. A 1701. Tobacco ins pection a t J.vrnch ' s F erry on
James River. Town is about to be laid off t h e re wi th conv enient harbor, and inspection would save n200 o r nJOO a n nua l ly
in carriage of refused tobacco .
Chris topher Anthony, Edmund
Tu.te , Zachariah Morman, D9.vid Johns on , Wm. Williamson, Anth ony
North and JJO others . Duplicate 1 with 59 names , 2 with 6 1
names.
INHABITAN'IS OF BEDFORD &amp; ~AMPBELL,
1787. Nov. 1J. A 1702. Reimbursement for double payment of tax
of ten shillings a hogshead on tobacco .
Peti tione:rs paid duty
at warehouse on upper James River and also a t Richmond.
Thomas
Simm.kins , Arthur Robinson , Jas . Callaway &amp; Co. , James King .
Referred .
MOORMAN, CHA.RLE.5.
1787. Nov . 19, A 1703. Payment of I:,7 ,J..i49 . 12 . , certificate for
which petitioner has los t . Asks for warrant f o r :r.7 . 8 . 6 . in
specie , which is value of paper money named in c e rtificate .
Rejected.

CALLAWAY, JAMES , WILLIAM LEFTWICH &amp; AR'IHUR MOSELEY .
1789. Oct. 24. A 1704. Petitioners are securities for Gross
Scruggs, s heriff- in · 1784. - S cruggs farmed tax collection to
Henry Trent and others, who failed to turn in whole amount.
Judgment was obtained against Scruggs and pet itioners , a nd
Scruggs obtained judgment against Trent and his s ecurities .
Trent obtained a supersedeas in General Court, which i s s t il l
pending, leaving Scruggs and peti tione:rs to p a y whole amount .
Petitioners a s k s tay of execution until supers edeas is d e termined.
Reported .

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FREEHOLDERS .

1789 .

Nov . 14 . A 1705 . Removal of mill-dams on Otter River from
mouth to Logwood's , Kern ' s and Ewing's mills. Tu.ms now prevent fish f rom comi ng up river. Cornelius Noel, in spite of
promise to keep passage open in his dam, has not done so.
Andrew Hardy , Bernard Owen , John Williams , John Erwin, James
Osbry , George Crump and 70 others . Duplicate 1 with 58 names,
2 wi th 16 names . Reported .

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DAv ID &amp; J A.MES ECKHOLS .
1790. Nov . 1. A 1706 . Remission of r.8 . 2 . 9. damages levied
a gainst Charles Gwatkins , s heriff for 1789. Petitioners were
deputi es and paid in t o treasury a ll but small amount of taxes,
and would have paid t hi s but for difficulty in getting hold of
tax books .
This residue was soon after pa id but damages were
assessed a ga i nst Gwatkins . Reported .
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Securities of
OBADIAH HENRY TRENT .
1790. Nov. 20. A 17 07 . Petitioner , William Callaway, is in danger of ruin by misconduct of his deputies in collecting taxes
for 1784, a nd 1785 , and judgments have been obtained against
him, i n execution of which 20 ¢&gt;f his slaves have been sold and
res idue of his property is in process of sale . He, with other
petitioners , asks a gran t of time in which to settle their obligations, as the securities are ample if time enough i s given
to realize. Reported.
LEFTWICH, J A.MES BUFORD , THOM.AS LUMPKIN &amp; JOHN BOOTHE,

HYLANDS, FERGUSON .

Nov . J. A 1708 . Pension. Petitioner was soldier in Col .
Crocke tt' s regiment and was disabled at Marti nsburg by esplosion of g un as he was pursuing an escaped British prisoner.
Court certificate accompanying. Reported .

1791 .

FREEHOLDERS .
1791. Nov . 12. A. 1709. Removal of mill-dams from Otter River,
in order to allow fish to enter i t . One Cornelius Noel, in
s pite of promi se made to keep his dam open i n spring, has
closed i t and fish are blocked. James Wright, John Dooley,
John Ewing, Zed. Caudler, John Sharp, Joseph Hurdy and 73
others. Reported.
INHABITAN 'IS .

1791 . Nov. 12 . A 1710. Tobacco inspection at Bedford Courthouse ,
William Ewing, James Wright, John Graham, W. Wardian , John
fuoley, Jr., John Wi te and 236 others.
INHABITANTS .
1792. Oct. 11. A 1711. Tobacco, hemp and flour inspection on
land of Nicholas Ihvies at Commerton Ferry, which is ome miles
below .B3.lcony Falls. Prices are now so low that it will not
pay petitioners to raise produce unless they can have cheap

�water carriage . Thomas Logwood , Reuben Slaughter , Peter Mastin ,
Joseph Slaughter, Wm . S . Mc Gehee , Alex.r . Gray and 68 others .
Referred .

INHABITAN1S .

1792 .

Oct . 11. A 1712.
Tobacc o inspection at Commcrton.
I saac
'Ihomas, 'Ihomas Lear, Charl es Jones , Matthew Worley, Charles
Cox, Jacob Aheart and 85 others .

1792 .

171J.

Cover of petition f or warehouse at courthouse , together with a list of names . Reported .
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LEF'IWICH , WILLIAM. , JR.
179J. Nov. 4. A 1714. Petit i oner was deputy of Henry Buford ,
s heriff, and levied an execution upon lat e s h eriff Leftwich ' s
property for balance of revenu e of 1787 .
Property was not
sold for want of buyers and petitioner c ould not make re turn
of execution in time to avoid a fine .
He asks t hat this f ine
be remitted . Rejected .
ECKHOLS , JAMES •
1794. Nov. 19. A 1715. Remission of damages l e vied against pe ti tioner for failing to make tax return in t ime .
He was deputy
of Henry Buford, sheriff , and was laid up by illness fo r t wo
years. Reported .

LEF'IWICH, WILLIAM, JR.
1795 . Nov . 21. A 1716. Repayment of fine charged a g ainst petitioner, who, as deputy sheriff in 1792, l e vied execution upon
property of William Leftwich, late sheriff , for tax balance of
1787. Property was exposed but not s old for want of buyers,
and petitioner was unable to return execution promptly because
of his remote situation . Bill d rawn .
CALLAWAY, JAMES, WILLIAM LEF'IWICH , THOMAS LUMPKINS , JOHN BOOTH &amp; JAMES
BUFORD, Securities of OBADIAH H. TRENT, former Deputy Sheriff.
1795. Nov. 25. A 1717 . Act providing that William Call away, late
sheriff , may be released from further claims for t ax coll ecti ons
upon payment of one-half a rrearages.
Trent is a bankrupt , and
at time he paid taxes certain warrants and certificates accepted for. taxes might have been bought for half their nominal
value , while, as it is, petitioners must pay everything in
specie. Reported.
CLAYTON, SAMUEL.

1796.

Nov . 11. A 1718. Duplicate of State certificate l ost by
petitioner. Certificate was issued in name of Stephen Mitchell
and interest had been drawn up to January 1 , 1794.
Reported.

CALLAWAY, JAMES, WILLIAM LEF'IWICH &amp; THOMAS LUMPKIN .
1796. Nov. 2J. A 1719. Petitioners are s ecuritie s for Obadiah H.
Trent, deputy Sheriff, who i s insolvent and petitioners have
nearly paid tax colle ction due out of their property.
Ihey
have been collecting unpaid taxes in that part of Bedford which

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is now Franklin , and to their surprise collection has been prevented and collector illtreated. 'Ihey ask for redress. Certificate of Frankl.in accompanying . Reported.

RIPLEY, JAME3 .
1802 . A 1720 . . Establishment of town by name of Peel Brook, which
petitioner has laid off along main road where it p~sses through
Blue Ridge . Plan of town, rules governing sale of lots therein
ar.d broadside advertising sale . Reported.
JACKSON, H .

180J.

Dec . 1J . A 1721 . Authority for persons having surveys to
return same to register ' s office within six months after passage of the law. Rejected .

WRIGHT, MATTHEW.
1804. Dec. 10 . A 1722 . Establishment of town on petitioner's
land . He lives on main road leading from Liberty to Rocky
Mount. Reported.
CITIZENS of Bedford, Botetourt &amp; Montgomery.
1805. A 172). Erection of Bedford, Botetourt and Montgomery east
of the Alleghanies , into judicial district with court at Salem.
Sweet Springs , present seat of Botetourt and Montgomery dis trict , is inacsible. W. I. Walker, John Haynes, A. Marshall,
John Stith, Jacob Wagener and J50 others.

BEDFORD, Botetourt &amp; Montgomery.
1805. Dec. 2 . A 1724. New judicial district with court at Salem.
Same as A172J. Sam Todd, Jr. , Robert Mitchell, Fleming Tregg,
Wm. 'Tu.ylor, Thos. Bryan, Peter Nance and 128 others. Reported.
LOT-OWNERS in Liberty .

1805.

Dec. 1J. A 1725 . Extension of time limit for improving
lots . John Otey , Wm. R. Jones, Wm. Thorp, J. Hawes, t{m. Watts,
Peter Long and 19 others. Reported .

.mHABITANIB of Bedford &amp; Franklin.

Dec . J. A 1726. Removal of fish dams in Staunton River,
which entirely prevent passage of fish. Bowker Preston, John
Lavis, Ia.niel James, Joseph Johnson, John Nemore, Iavid Howard
and 16J others.

1806.

DAVIES , TAMERLANE, W. W.

Dec. J. A 1727 . Remonstrance against petition of James
Waugh asking for establishment of ferry from Waugh's land to
D:l.vies' land. Ferry would be no great public benefit and
would injure petitioner. Walter Otey, Chas. C. Clay, Benjamin Rice, James Steptoe, Robert Cox, George Squires and J8
others. Reported.

1806.

BURTON, ALEXANDER, Executor of JESSE BURTON.
1806 . Dec. 4 . A 1728. New receipt for $J,19J paid into treasury
for Robert Burton, one of executors of William Burton, to be

�applied to the seques t ration law . Receipt wa;, Jo~· t and treas urer will not issue new on e on his own authorl ty . Two papers
accompanying. Bill dral-m .
ADMINISTRATORS of JOHN PENDLETON
1808. Dec. 8. A 1729. Payment of State certificate::; hel&lt;l by Pendleton. A bill for this purpose wa s i ntroduc ed in Horne last
s ession but was held up by del egate fro m Bed.lord , who U1ouG"h t
county might be interes ted i n matter . It appear.:; from records
that certificates were s old l ong ago for benefit of county .
Geo. Pickett, Rober t Pollard, N. Sheppard . List of certificat es .
Reported .

BAYNE, NANCY J .
1809, Dec . 12 .

A 17JO.

Divorce from her husband , Griffin Bayne .
Immediately upon marriag e, Bayne charged her wi th un c haste
conduct and has made ev ery effort to ru in h e r r e putation and
to inflict all possible injuries . Reported .

INHABITAN'IS .
1809, Dec . 8.

17J1. Act requiri ng t obacc o inspe ctors to state
weight , color, quality a nd kind of each lo t of tobacco broug h t
to them . There i s a troublesome practic e at i ns pecti ons of
condemnation of tobacco by young men in ca se t hey d o no t wis h
to buy, which practice injures many t obacco growers . Prospective purchasers will find from s t a teme n t of weig h t , color ,
quality, etc . , on inspectors' notes (as s ugge sted i n thi s petition as a remedy) just what they were offered . Nelson Anderson, John Morely, Richard Hutton, Fraze r Otey , J as . Mas t en,
George Baber and 68 others. Duplicate with no na mes. Re j e cted .
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WHI'.IE, JACOB, &amp; MICAJAH DANS , JR .
1811. Dec. 4. A 17J2 . Petitioners, adminis trators of Thomas J.
Logwood's estate , ask permission to sell c ertain lands f o r
benefit of Logwood ' s widow and childr en . Bill drawn.
BRUER, NANCY, WM. BRUER , MATTHEW WILSON, &amp; JNO. MARABLE .

1811.

Dec . 17.

A

173J.

Petitioners, heirs and representatives

of heirs of Richard Bruer, deceased , a s k permiss ion to sel l

certain lands, in order to discharge his debts and pres erve
his personal property. Copy of will. Referred.
SHREWSBURY, WILLIAM.
1811. Dec . 19. A 17J4. Permission to sell land i nherited by his
children from their grandfather, Matthew Pate. Sale will be
fo r benefit of heirs. Rejected.
MILLER, MOSES , &amp; JAMES.
1811. Dec. 19. A 1735. Release to petitioners of the Commonwealth's right in land left by their brother, Thomas Miller
an alien. Bill drawn.
MILLER, ANDREW .

1814.

Oct 21.

A 1736.

Share i n e s tate of Thomas Mi ller, s ubjec t

�by State to his brothers , James and Moses Miller. Petitioner
was omitted in transaction although he has as good a right.
Bill drawn .

WARNER , ONEY , nee JOURDAN .
1814 . Oct . 21. A 1737 . Divorce from her husband, Osborn Warner,
on grounds of desertion and bigamy. Eight affidavits and
letter . Bill drawn .

MURPHY, JOHN, SR .
1814 . Nov . 15 .

A 17J8 . Grant to clear title to land.
Petitioner
applied for patent duri ng Revolution, and thinking he had received it, paid taxes on land for many years. He discovered ,
however, that he did not have patent and another claimant of
land has appeared . Surveyor's certificate. Rejected .

CITIZENS .

1816.

Dec . 2 0. A 1739 , Repeal of act requiring clerks of courts
of record to f orward to clerk of General Court all writings admitted to record in their courts. Clerk of General Court
receives a fee f or this unnecessary performance. James Eckhols ,
I. Pate , Thomas Husey, Thomas Alexander, Samuel Willson, J. C.
Stephen a nd J2 ot hers . Bill drawn.

INHABITANTS.

1817.

Dec. 12 . A 1740. Repeal of law requiring clerks of courts
to make return of writings recorded in their courts to the
clerk of the General Court. This law costs people $2,000
annually and gives them little protection , as only abstracts
of records are kept in General Court. Instead, it is asked
that permission may be given to deposit deeds and other instruments in courts of adjoining counties , and that in case of
destruction of an original, copies may be used as true copies .
Printed. M. Graham, Iaer McGeorge, Wm. Cook, Thomas Lumpkins,
Eli D. Gilmore , Arch. Hatcher and JO others, Bill drawn.

DOBYNS , SOPHA .

1817.

Dec . 16. A 1741 . Divorce from her husband , Jonah Dobyns.
She has suffered the most brutal treatment from him and fears
for the property left her by her father, Col. Thomas Leftwich .
Affidavit of Stephen Terry. Bill drawn.

INHABITAN'IS.

Dec. 9. A 1742. Establishment of town and tobacco inspection on land of William Hopkins, and permission to build
bridge across Staunton River to Franklin . Jabez Leftwich,
William Whitely, Wilkins G. Hunt, Saml . Flours, John C. Melro se , Anthony Wright and 76 others .

1818.

INHABITANTS.

1818.

Dec. 9. A 174J . Bridge over James River between Pattinsburg and Buchanan . Andrew Boyd, Jacob Cook , Solman Snider,
Jno. Goinin, C. R. Palmore, Tho . Martin and 49 others.

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HARDY , ROBERT .
1818. Dec . 12 . A 1744. Establishment of Hartlys·1ilJ c r.e.:ir Blue
Ridge . Petitioner has sold 60 l ots a lready .
P i J l dr7lwr: .
BEDFORD Justices of Peace.
1818. Dec. 16 . A 1745. Petitioners have made rec ommendations
for sheriff and military officers to g overno r and council , but
latter have failed to make any appointment .
'Ihe situation i ~
embarrassing and petitioners ask that the manner of civil and
military appointments may be clearly fix e d by law .
J abex Leftwich, Pleasant M. Goggin, Laurence McGeorgc , Edmd . Pate , Saml .
Mitchell, William Irvine, James Gwa tkin, Mi tche ll Ewing , James
Otey . Referred.
JUSTICES,
Dec. 2J. A 1746. Act directing mann er of making nomination for sheriff and other off icers .
Thomas Logwood, oldest
magistrate in county, was entitled to nominati on , b ut i t was
refused him on ground that he had o nce been s h e riff .
Th .
Soll , Nath. I. Manson, B. M' Ihniel, Joseph Slaughter , Chas .
Markle, 'Tu.mberlane W. W. IE.vies and 1J others .
Referred .

1818.

LEF'IWICH, JOEL, former Sheriff ,
1820. Dec. 8. A 1747, Relief from damages incurred on ac count
of insolvency of one of his deputies, William Hopkins .
Hopkins' security has been converted into cash but fails to cover
his indebtedness , and judgments have been g iven against petitioner. Bill drawn .

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WOODY, PEGGY.
1820. Dec. JO.

A 1748. Petitioner, widow and administratrix of
William Woody, asks permission to sell 100 acres of land for
benefit of heirs . Copy of William Woody's will .
Rejected ,

LEF'IWICH, JOEL, former Sheriff.
1821. Dec. 10. A 1749 . Remission of darnanges paid because of
insolvency of deputy, William Hopkins, and consequent judgments rendered against petitioner.
Hopkins ' estate was sol d
but failed to cover debt , and petitioner has therefore los t
heavily in settling with State . Bill drawn.
LEF'IWICH, AUGUS TINE .
1821. Dec . 20. A 1750 . Act legal izing petitioner's marriage
with Hulda Hackworth, his deceased wife's sister.
He did not
know the marriage was unlawful but has been presented to county
court therefor. Rejected.

INHABITAN'IS of Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania &amp; Campbell.
1822 . Jany. 8. A 1751. Formation of new county for petitioners '
convenience . Henry Y. Will iamson, Peter Bernard, Jr . , Thomas
Heptinstall, Levi Agel, William Craghead , Alex. Gray and 837
others .

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�PARKER, MO.S~. JA.°:.J . , &amp; JOHN &amp; SALLY RAMSEY .
1822 . Dec . 11 . A 1752 . Release to petitioners by Commonwealth
of land left by t he i r natural father, James Orrey or Urrey,
soldier in Revolution . Orrey willed land to petitioners, but
through carel essness of one Christopher Sutton, will was not
recorded and land has escheated . Orrey's patent, six tax receipts and two affidavits . Bill drawn and reported.
TRUSTEES of New London Academy .

1822 . Dec . 15 . A 1754. Appropriation from Literary Fund for
Academy . For a t i me a cademy f lourished, but it has no pennanent funds and for s ome years past has languished. John Watts,
Wm. I rwine , Jno . T. W. Read, James Steptoe, Alexander Austin,
Seth Ward and 6 others . La.id on table .

CITIZENS .
182J. Dec . 15 . A 1754 . Chang e in order of district court. As
at present a rrang ed , Campbell is first county to have court in
di s t r i c t and Bedford i s second . Requires three or four days
for judge to t:ravel the 80 or 90 miles between the two courthouses , thus giving Bed£ord one court day only . District
should be a rranged thus -- Campbell, Buchkingham, Bedford,
which would g ive Bed£ord six days in term. Thomas Preston,
Stephen Preston, Jr., Willia m Solman, J. C. Steptoe, V. A.
Thomps on, John Apworth and 6 others . Reported.
INHABITAN'IS .
182J. Dec . 19. A 1755, New el ection precinct in southern part
of county. Diffi cult for petitioners to cross Goose Creek.
William Hackworth , Samuel Headen , Henry Moss, Geor ge Vinsey,
Jeremiah Cundiff, Bill Murphy and 94 others . La.id on table.
INHABITANTS .
1824. A 1756. Act authorizing completion of bridge over James
River above present toll bridge. Capt. William Mitchell began
bridge but has met wi th disaster. J. C. Steptoe , Chas. Markle,
Jno. D. Stratton, Thomas Grisson, Alexr. Irvin, John Blaker
and 18 others .

ARTHUR, JOHN.
1825. Jany. 15. A 1757 , Statement of petitioner that he served
under Capt. 'Ihos . Leftwich at Camden . He was then called out
under Capt. John Trigg and marched to Portsmouth. He was
again ordered out under Capt. Isaac Clemens and served at
Ninety-Six, and was yet again called out under Capt. John Trigg
to Yorktown. He received four wounds there, which have disabled him . '.IWo affidavits. Bill drawn .

CITIZENS.
1825 . A 1758 . Protest against Constitutional Convention . Prin ted.
Sarne as A 1757(sic ) . Jan Cardoz o, P . R. Gilmer, Mosby Arnold ,
Willia m W. Andrews, W. W. Austin, James Campbell and 12 others .

�CITIZENS.

1825. A 1759 . Same as A 1758 . J ohn F . Hawki r1..; , Joru. r-:urphy , Wm .
N. Sherman, Triplett , E. Lowry, Elijah HallL'r , . : 1o. · · !·:~.: tcr and
118 others .

TRUSTEES of New London Academy .
1826. Feby. 16. A 1760. Aid for academy , whi ch i::; iI . • :re:l.t need
of funds. William Irwine , Henry Brow11 , A}(!Y. . Au·+ir., W. W.
Hcfcrrcd .
Austin , Gerard Alexander and 5 others .

WHEAT, ZACHARIAH.
1826. Dec. 11.

A 1761. Title to land bought by petitioner , forrn ly belonging to one Josephus Broomhead , Bri th;f: .;u bject ·
Land
had been sold to pay United States direct tax and pa:::;~ed to
petitioner. He now understands land ha.::; e:::;che::i.ted to :3tate because Broomhead was a British sub j ect .
Four papers acc ompanying .

CITIZENS of Bedford &amp; Franklin.
1827.

Dec. 5, A 1762 . Permiss ion for John Turner to bui.ld mill
dam in Staunton Ri.ver. Benjamin Meadow , Jeremier Jordan ,
Richard McCormick, Joab Compton, J ames May , A. B . Ruther and
102 others . Referred .

LEWIS, ANDREW.

1827.

Dec. ). A 1763 . His fathe r ' s bounty land as brigadiergeneral. His father' s commission and other papers were destroyed while petitioner was serving agai nst Indians on f'rontie r,
and no claim was made for bounty.
But family is now poor and
needs the aid. Affidavits and two letters .
Repor t e d.

TURNER, JOHN.
1827 . Dec. 5.

A 1764. Permission to build mill-dam in Staunton
Ri. ver below mouth of Indian Run Creek.
Bill drawn.

STEPTOE , JAMES, Clerk
1825. Dec. 1.5.
er was fined
a nd appealed
CITIZENS.

of County Court.
A 1705. Remission of fine and damage .
Pe t i t ion for not sending in taxes on law process e s in time
to Supr eme Court, where fine was uphel d. Rejected .

1825.

Dec. 8. A 1·766 . Protest against holding of Cons titutional
Convention . No reason for new constitution.
Staunton Convention was not truly representative and should not be considered.
'I'noma.s Karey, John Board, Samuel Hancock 1 Jr., Pleasant Bond,
Joseph Arthur, Mor~n Morgan and 61 others .
Referred.

TURPIN, OBEDIAH.
1825. Dec. 13. A 1767. Pension. Peti ti.oner served in Col.
Thomas Ma.rshall ' s Artill ery from 1777 to 1780 and in the Chesterfield Militia in 1781. He a l ied to United States Government for pension, which he grea¥ly needs , but, was refused because Marsha.11 's Artillery was not a Cont1.nenta1 command.
S ix
affidav i ts and letter accompanying.
Bill drawn .
continued in next i s sue

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GILES COUNTY , VIRGINIA
FERRELL CEMETERY

con tri bu ted by
William Coeburn
copied by s
Location:

On old road of Wolf Creek on route 724.

Eliza IAlnf ord Conley
Jan . 7, 1860 - July 22 , 1941
Lacy Pauline Warner
DAV. of J.P . &amp; H.J . Warner
Oct . JO, 1920 - March 21, 192J .
Garland D. Warner
Son of J . P . &amp; Hattie J . Warner
March 12, 192J - March 21, 1924
Oscar W. Warner
Va . SI USNR World War I I
Feb . 27, 1906 - Jun e 2 0, 1973
Olivia S . Warner
1909 - 1967
Hattie D..mford Warner
Oct. 11, 1885 - Apr. 19 , 1968
John Preston Warner
Apr. 2J, 1869 - Nov. 16, 1951
Baby Karen K. Warner
Sept. 19, 1950 - Sept. 1J, 1951
Baby Linda L. Warner
Dec. J1, 1942 - Dec . 31, 1942
unmarked grave at the foot of
Virgie W. Ferrell

William M. Ferrell
Virginia COOK 2 ENGR. Training Regt .
February 5 , 19J1
WHEELER
Eli zabeth Helen
June 29, 1878 - January 17, 1936
Charlie B.
April 17, 1876 - October 15, 1954
James H. Ferrell
1922 - 1961
FERRELL
Vicki 1:!·
Frank s .

1902 1895 - 1945

Our .Iarling Clara Agnes Ferrell
Feb. 8 , 1935 - Nov . 17, 1936

Nannie J . Warner
Wife of J . W. Ferrell
Jan. ?, 1860 - Ma r . 15, 1917
FERRELL

Everett Edward
Feb . 8, 1898 - Jan. 4, 1942
F.a.rl Mason Wheeler

1920 - 1971

Virgie W. Ferrell
Feb. 25 , 1904 - Mar. 10, 1973

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to be continued

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Information Wanted
Am seeking information on the descendants of Charles Mabry who lived in Grayson County, Va.
b. ~a 1768, d. 1840 through his nine children: Amelia Mabry m. John Reynolds; Joshua G. m.
Mary "Polly" Huff ; John Wesley m . Nancy Dalton; Isaac m. 1) Susan Dalton (?) 2) Ursla Pratt,
3) Jane McGrady; Nancy Mabry m . William T. Sutphin (Tyler Bill); Samuel S. m. Tabitha
Branscome; Elizabeth m. Hiatt Montgomery· Susanna m. Jesse Montgomery; and Joseph
m. Susan Thompson. Some of the 3rd gene;ation descendants that I'm trying to locate Amelia Mabry b. 5-20-1817 m. Joseph Thompson ch. Thomas, Albert, Marcilla J. and others;
Charles Mabry b. 8-3-1820 m. Eleanor Thompson; Anna Mabry b. 4-3-1827 m. Nathaniel
Thompson ch. Susannah b. 1848, James M. b. 1840; John T . Mabry b. 1338 Civil War Vet. d.
CSA home in Missouri 1916; and many others. Am compiling a Mayberry/Mabry/Maberry
history which will be in print early 1984. Contact: Ora Belle Mayberry McCol man, P.O.
Box 5197, Roanoke, Va. 24012 - Ph. 703/366-9142.

VI RC IN IA APPAl~Cl:ttAbL~D~TES

�'l'l
COX FAMILY BIBLE
c ontributed by
Frances Baucom

Olsen~

Printed : 1748, F&lt;linboroug h, Scotland.
Cox bought the Bi bl e in 1751 .
Isaac Cox
Isaac Cox
Thomas Cox
William Cox
*Amos Cox
*Lavid Cox
*Enoch Cox
'!saac Cox
·olive Cox
·Hannah Cox
·Mary Cox
•Jeane Cox (Jane ?)
+'Lavid Cox
•Harmon Cox
John Cox
Jeane
? Cox
Edmund (ba by)
Solomon Mullins
James Mullins
+Edmon Cox
-+Mary Cox
+Harmon Cox
-+Susy Ann Cox
+John Cox
**Olive Triplet
**Mary Triplet
**Thomas Triplet

Inscript i on in the Bibl e says that Isaac

b . 2 1 Feb 1724
b . 17 Nov 1749
b . 20
1748?
b . 22 F(:!b 175Q?

b . 12 Mar 1751
b.
Feb 1755
b . 19 Jun 1757
b 2 1 Apr 1788
d. J1 Aug 1858
b.
Jan 1789
b . 26 Mar 1792
b . 1 Mar 1794
b. 9 Dec 1796
b. 12 Mar 1799
d . 25 Jun 1854
b. 2 Jan 1801
b. Li- Sep 1805
b. 29 Jan 1811

(additional notes)
( ?d. 1813
(?d. 1817 ; md ?Elizabeth
(?d. 18J2; md ?Mary
(md Rachel English
(d 1877; md John Mullins
(md Wm Triplett
(?Md John Woody
( md Wm Dea ton
(md Nancy

d. JO Sep 1839+

d. 4 Dec 1813
5 May 1817
12 Feb 1821
(d. 2 Sep 1880
6 Jun 1835
( d. 1908
12 Jan 1837
b. JO
1839 (The Bible has two entries for Harmon .
(One says "born", the other says "decest".
(d 1891
b. 16 Jan 1841
b. 1 Feb 184J
(d 15 Mar 188J
b 14 Dec 1808
b . 5 Dec 1810
b . 12 Jan 1813
b.
b.
b.
b.

*

Marks three men identified as brothers i n a letter found in the Bible and
dated 1817.
+ Marks .Iavid Cox and his children as indicated in the 1850 Yancey Co. census .
My great grandmother, Elizabeth McNeal Baucom, was raised by Iavid and Nancy
Cox after her mother, E. Cox McNeal died in childbirth.
Marks siblings according to Nine Mullens of Clintwood, Va.
** Marks children of William and Hannah Cox Triplet.
~ 5305 Greenbrook , Portsmouth, Va 23708

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EXCHANGE RESEARCH : Fo r

resear ch in the Lee Co area, ! will research
in this area, pe r fer Russ e l l , Pulaski, Rockcastle, Garrard &amp; Lincoln
Co's , KENTUCKY , but can also research Adair &amp; Casey Coso
If anyone
is interest ed, please write me.
Mrs. J.D. Suttonp Rt 5 Box 216A 9
Russell Sp gs, KY 42642 .

�ry~
Index to Ancestral Surnames by Query Number
Adams
31
Alkire
44
Allen
30
Arthur
62
Baldwin
44
Barrows
63
Bays
66
Bell
27
Billups
46
Blanton
67
Bog as
67
Bolling
26
Boyer
41
Bray
36
Briant
36
Britton
53
Brown
49
Brunts
67
Bryant
57
Buseick
41
Buttner
30
Cady
41
Carico
57
Carr
48
Carter
34
Carvell
70
Cassell
27
Clark
53
Clarkey
21
Collins 31,40
Conner
22
Cousins
49
Cox
35
Crow
35
Daniel
41
Davis
24,44
52,64,65

Dean
34
Delp
41
Dent
27
Dewitt ( e)
21
Dickie
37
Dutton
41
Dyer
38
Edwards
24
Feazel
51
Fidler
51
Fields
34
Flannery
67
Gill
50
Gilley
40
Given
45
Glascock
70
Goodrich
70
Gordon
70
Gore
39
Graham
62
Grant
44
Gregory
45
Greybill
56
Hall
55,59
Hanks
24,64
Hash
33,58
Hawks
57,64
Head
67
Headley 69,70
Hilton
42
Houck
57
Hutchens
52
Hutchinson 24
Iddings
59
Jeffries 69,70
Jessee
60

Jon as
Kea r
Kennon
Kerr
Kes ter
Keys
Kin worthy
Kiser
Lawr e n ce
Lewis
Litt e ral
League
Loyd
Lutr e ll
Major
Martin
Mason
McCall
Meade
Milam
Mitchell
Mize
Montgomery
Morphew
Murphy
Musser
Newman
Ogle
Owen
Payne
Peel
Poole
Pratt
Preston
Quention
Reese

26
35

49
35
64
37
65
60
43
27
36
66
61
36
51
54
27
47
60
44
39
41
47
22
22
26
62
32
21
64
50
30
36
42

Reggin
Robinson
Rose
Ross
Royston
Rus sell
S cott
Settle
Shannon
South
St affo rd
St e wart
Ston e
Stoneman
Squires
Suttl e
Thacker
Thompson
Tibbs
Trea dway
Trent
Tucker
Walker
Ward
Webster
Welsh
West
Williams
Wilson
Wingate
Wooley
Wright
Zell

31
28,45
61
39
48
21, 33
32
66
35
41
44
55,59
25
57
51
66
60
60
26
66
29
64
32,58
42
46
58
62
65
54
58
23
42
56

31

66

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available now .
A new family quarterly for all Warr.ens and Warren
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for 2 years. Sa mpl e copies are $3.00.
Each issue will be at least
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�QU ERIES
21 - 83 .
Owen OWEN b . VA ca 1785 (m) Delildah (?), she was b.
VA .Dau Ra chatl b . ca 1817 KY (rn) Colebird/Colby/ColbertDeWITT(E)
b . VA ? s/o Willia,n DeWI TTE, poss . William Walter or Walter
Willi am and Dorcas (CLARKEY) RUSSELL. All b . VA ? Any information
on th e above.
Owen OWEN a Baptist Min. in poss. KY and several
places in IN including Putnam Co. , IN . Would appreciate all info especiall y DeWITT .
Mrs . Charles LONG, 2721 Allen Ave. , Indianapoli s, I N 46203
22 - 83.
Joh n CONNER b. ca 1803 VA (m) Elizabeth MORPHEW/MURPHEY
in Putnam Co., IN 1841 . This is all the info I have on him. They
had 4 daus:
Reb ecc a A. , Mary Malissa and twins , Elmira and Mari a h
Jane my g- g r andmot h er.
Lived poss. Fincastle Co., VA (John)
Mrs. Cha r l es LONG, 2721 Allen Ave., Indi anapolis, IN 46203
23 - 83.
Need i nfo pre-Revolutionary War on William WOOLEY i n
Botetourt Co.
Will exc h a nge info or pay reasonable price for
info and proof .
Mrs . T . Bruce TYNDALL, 4704 Waverly Lane,
Jacksonvill e, FL 32210
24 - 83 .
Need info on follo wing EDWARDS: Brison, Auston , Anual ,
William, Frank; Julia, Rebecca, Nancy and Delphia, who md .
David HANKS.
Their brother was Henry Jefferson EDWARDS , b. 9/24/1809,
Grayson, Co . , now Carroll Co . , VA , d. 12/26/1895, Randolph Co., IN ,
md. to Hann ah DAVIS, dau of William and Nancy (HUTCHINSON) DAVIS.
Mrs . Charles BUTLER, 826 So. 14th St ., Richmond, IN 47374
25 - 83,
Stephen STONE who went to TN from VA . Father was Stephen
STONE who lived in Caroline and Bedford Cos. Died in Bedford Co .
inventory 1778 .
His children were:
Eusebius, Stephen (wentto TN),
Micajah, Jeremiah.
Mrs. Darline BRIGHT, 1501 W. Kelly #379, Pharr,
TX 78577
26 - 83 .
Looking for families of John Washington and Eunice
Lavinia TIBBS MUSSER, Wythe Co., and John &amp; Laura Ann JONAS MUSSER,
especially the JONAS branch .
Laura Ann was my grandmother and John
and Eunice my g-grandparents.
Laura Anna (or Ann) JONAS MUSSER d.
17 Mar. 1900.
Also, desire info on William and Elizabeth BOLL I NG
who were aunt and uncle of Laura and John JONAS. Mrs. Donna MUSSER
BOWLING, Box 87, Wever, IA 52658
27 - 83.
Need info on Ella CASSELL m. Peter Henry BELL, 24 Feb .
1852 in Franklin Co . , VA .
Surety:
John W. LEWIS, d. ca 1924 at
home of dau Delia (BELL) MASON.
Had a son ''Media" BELL who lived
at Shawsville, VA.
Ella was a dau of John CASSELL and Lucy DENT.
Genevieve B . McDANIEL, Rt. 2, Box 22 , Hurricane , WV 2552~
28 - 83.
Seek parents, ancestry, or any info on James ROBINSON
who left a will in Washington Co., VA in 1831. Children : David,
Alexander, James, Nancy, Elizabeth Edmiston, Jane Huston , &amp; Hannah
Logan.
Dorothy Todd, 11533 Pine Cone Ct., Reston , VA 22091
29 - 83.
Who were parents of Alexander TRENT, b . abou t 1759.
William D. TRENT, Sr., 1770.
Mr. Jean S. TRENT, RD 1, Box 313,
Landenberg, PA 19350

�30 - 83 .
Would like to h ear f r o m anyone work111~ un Lhc ALL E N 'S
of Pittsylvania and Carroll Cos ., VA .
Alsu. Utt' POOLE line f r o m
Granville and Person Cos . , NC and Pi t tsy 1 van i ~ Co . . \'A .
Are t here
any BUTTNER'S out ther e?
J odi e BUTT NER UPDIKE, Rt . 1, Box 28 1 ,
Billings, MO 65610

31 - 83.

Need info on Samuel ADAMS b . 21 Sept
17·11 .
Descen da nt
of The Snow Hill Adam s family o f Ma r yland .
Dcscl'nd~1nt o1 Phil lip
and Jacob ADAMS .
Jacob md . 24 J a n . 1706 ? ( l) Anne COLLIKS
(2)
Catherine Reggin.
Th e ir son Samu e l b . 6 Mar . 1708 c.1. c;:i 5 July
1763 Somerset Co., MD.
Md. Sarah QUENTION, 8 M ~ r . l 735 - 6 .
Children : Catherin e , J acob, Anne , S a mu el, Sara h , Mary &amp; Dixon .
Evelyn REYNOLDS, West Rt . Box 31, S eil ing , OK
73663
32 - 83 .
William Burre ll WALKER, b . 22 Feb. 1 789, VA , md . 18 1 1,
Montgomery Co., VA Ann SCOTT, d a u o f Mat th e w and Lucretia (OGL E)
SCOTT.
Need parents of b oth W. B . WALKE R an d Matt h e w
SCOTT.
Mrs. W. B. PARSLEY, 10908 Mel ton Vi e w Lan e , Kn ox v i l l e , T N
3 7 921
33 - 83.
Would like to know the par e nts of S a mu el F . RUSSEL L
b. 1803 in VA.
He was md . to Susannah HASH Apr i l 18 2 9 in Gr ay son
Co.
Children were:
John, J ames , Rebecca , C a lv i n , Ril e y &amp; Polly .
He sold his farm on Little Fox Cr eek in 1857 .
I would a l so like
to know where they went from there .
Mrs . James S . PERKI NS, 1737
Marker St., Wenatchee, Washington
98801
34 - 83.
Info needed James H.M . DEAN and Nancy FIELDS DEAN, b.
Scott Co ., VA, md . 1849 by a Mini ster CARTER in S c ot t Co.
Le f t
Scott Co . , VA, 1862 for Oliv e Hill, KY .
Had a brother Andrew
Jackson DEAN buri e d in Ru ssell Co., VA .
Po ssibly two other
brothers named Clint and Scott.
Lloyd DEAN, Rt . 6 , Box 498,
Morehead, KY 40351

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35 - 83.
Seeking info about parents, wife, date and place o f birth
and death, of James KEAR (KERR) whos e son John md . Margaret CROW,
dau of William CROW and Anna SHANNON, Montgomery Co., 1788.
James
KEAR's dau, Margaret, md. John COX, 1786.
Lived in area now Giles
Co .
Patricia W. SURFACE, 401 Surface Dr . , Tazewell, VA
24651
36 - 83.
Seek info on parents of Sarah LITTERAL who md . James
PRATT 30 July 1799, Botetourt Co . , VA, with guardian James BRIANT ;
also parents of Winstead LITTREL who md. Margar et BRAY, d a u John
BRAY, 15 Aug. 1804, Botetourt Co .
Also need info on parents of
Vincent and Thomas LITTERAL on 1810 census Botetourt a nd for
Thomas LITTERAL on 1810 census Montgomery Co . , VA .
Any info on
LUTRELLS in SW VA would be appreciated;
will exc hang e in f o .
Miss Glenna L . DEAL, 1300 S . Jackson St., #1002 Amarillo, TX 79101
3 7 - 83 .
Wanted info relating to Samuel KEYS.
Served Capt .
DI CKIES VA Mi l itia:
Aug usta Co., VA - 1781.
Eli za b eth JONES
GREEVER, 115 Spr in g Grove Ave . , Bluefield, WV
24701
3 8 - 83 .
Researching the DYER family of SW VA bef'ore 1850.
Will
exchange info.
Have extensive files.
Mrs . Grace D . MELLANDER,
2 705 Newton St . , Silver Spring, MD 20902

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39 - 83 .
James GORE, b . a bout 1765 (son of Michael), d. before
6 June 1831 in Rockbridge Co . , VA; md. there 18 May 1790 Rebecca
ROSS, b . about 1769 (da u of Robert). Among their children was
my an cestor, I sabe l J . GORE , b . 11 De~. 1799 in Rockbridge Co.,
VA , d . 20 Mar . 1866 in Boone Co., WV, who md. Jordan D. MITCHELL
1 9 Apr . 1818 in Botetourt Co ., VA . Can anyone offer more info
about th e families of Michae l GORE and Robert ROSS? Mrs. Agnes
BRANCH PEARLMAN, 2001 Nort h Westwood, Santa Ana, CA 92706
40 - 83 .
Would lik e info a bout parents and children of Edwars
GILLEY b . 1789 Lee Co . , VA a nd Mary COLLINS b . 1792 VA, md.
Aug. 1815. Lee Co . Thomas E . GILLEY, P O Drawer 39, Paradise,
CA 95969-0 039
41 - 83 .
Ac hs::i SOUTH is listed as mother of Elizabeth on the
marri age li cense of Elizabet h SOUTH and Eli DANIEL, dated 7
Sept . 18 37 in Gr ayson Co . , VA.
I would like to know Achsa's
ma iden n ame and would apprec iate any in fo of the SOUTH family,
as well as the Susannah CADY and John BUSEICK lines. The
l atters' daughter, Polly BUSEICK, md. Stephen BOYER 30 Mar. 1844
i n Grayson Co.
I will b e happy to exchange info on SOUTH ,
DANIEL, CADY, BUSEICK, BOYER, DELP and also DUTTON and MIZE.
Mos t of my ancestors lived around Grayson, Smyth and Wythe Cos.
Maxine HOOD LUCK, 6653 E . Sweetwater Ave ., Scottsdale, AZ 85254
42 - 83.
md. J uda
to KY ca
Be nj amin
Ma d eline

Seek info on parents of Jesse HILTON , b . VA c a 1755;
(Judith) WRI GHT poss. 1775-1776 Bedford Co., VA. Moved
1784-1786.
Two children b. KY: Be nj amin and Louvina.
md. Nancy PRESTON: Lo uvina md . to Shadrack WARD .
HYLTON, 4798 North Trail, N.E., Mariett a, GA 30066

43 - 83.
I am interested in John LAWRENCE whose will was probated
i n Mo ntgomery Co. 1801.
He names 3 sons:
John, William and Thomas
LA WRENCE.
I would l ike to exchange i n fo with others on this line .
Mrs. La ura TAMAYO , 531 N.E . 58 Ct . , F t . Lauderdale , FL 33334
44 - 8 3 .

Seeking in f o on John DAVIS who lived in area of Walkers

&amp; Burk es Garden area of Tazewell &amp; Giles Cos., VA prior to 1794 .

He md . El izabeth MILAM, in Botetourt Co . , VA in 1778.
Son Wm. b .
th e r e 7 Oct . 1 780 .
Abigail b. 1782, md. James STAFFORD , Mary
(Poll y ) md . John STAFFORD, Nancy md. Francis GRANT.
John II b .
18 Oc t . 1 787, md . Mary Ann BALDWIN, Catherineb . 7 Mar. 1792 , md.
Le on ar d ALKIRE, Milam b . Apr. 1794 in Hawkins Co . , TN md. Ellen
BALD WIN in Wythe Co . ca 1821.
John DAV I S d. in Hawkins Co., TN
J uly 1 794.
Who were his parents, brothers, sisters.
Will pay
p ostage or correspond.
Mrs. Annabelle KILGORE, 404 Cottonwood
Lan e , Piney Flats, TN 37686
45 - 83.
Need info on Joseph GREGORY &amp; w Ann?. Head of household
1 79 1 , Bath Co., VA.
Bought 44 acres on a small branch of Back
Creek 1 3 Oct . 1802 .
Related to Isaac &amp; Sa ra h (GIVEN) GREGORY,
Mar y GREGORY widow i n 1791, and Elizabeth GREGORY who md . John
ROBINSON 1800 i n Bath Co ., VA
Mrs . BarbaraC. IRWIN, 28329
Coveridge Drive, Rancho Palos .erdes, CA 90274
46 - 83.
Seek ancestry of Samuel WEBSTER whose dau., Susannah , md.
Edward BILLUPS II.
Several of Edward's siblings md . WEBSTERS in
t h e Franklin-Botetourt Co. area of VA.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. PARKSJ
80 Piki Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336
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�47 - 83 .
d. 1840?
from time
Elizabeth
OH 44805

Who were
He lived
he was 9·
McCALL?

the par en ts of Richard ~10NTGOMERY, b. ca 1 755,
in Ro ck Sprin gs area of IVa!--ihington Co . , VA,
yrs. old .
Who were parents oJ his wife,
Miss Martha E. HORNE, 625 Center #362, Ashla nd,

48 - 83. Need info on James CARR b. ca 1808 TN, md. Marga r et
"Peggy" ROYSTON, b . ca 1807 TN . Th eir children b. in TN:
Eliza ,
Margaret, Harriet, James?, Mary, Cha rlotte, Wm. R., &amp; Emiline .
The family lived in Hancock Co ., TN durin g 1850 &amp; prob. ea rlier.
CARR family at one time came from VA.
Mr s . Sue McKINNON, 225 S.
Huron St., Cheboygan, MI 49721.
49 - 83. Need parents, bros . , si s ter s of Josi~h KENNON b. in
Rocky Mt., Franklin Co . , VA, on 4 Nov. 1817, d. 20 Mar. 1898, at
Cedarville, OH . Md. 13 Nov. 1852 at Ma r tinsville, VA, to Mary Jane
BROWN b. 15 Oct. 1833, d. 7 Jan. 1918 at Sprin gJ i eld, OH.
She was
dau. of George BROWN and Anna COUSINS BROWN .
Will pay postage.
Mrs. Helen KENNON LONG, 1789 Sullivant Ave . 1 Columbus, OH 43223
50 - 83.
Is James PEEL who md. Elizabeth GILL in Rockbridge Co.
in 1800 the father of Mannes, Richard and Joseph?
Was he md .
previously? Jack QUINN, 1070 Eastmoor Blvd . , Columbus, OH 43209

51 - 83 .
Desire info re MAJOR family of Bedford.
Barn ard &amp; Ann
MAJOR FEAZEL probably relatives of George &amp; Eli zabeth MA J OR as
they were guardians 1787 of Frances &amp; Samu el MA JOR , child of George
MAJOR, deceased. Frances later md. Samue l F IDLER .
Other child
Roland &amp; Patty MAJOR were bound to Levi SQUIRES .
Ch arlot te FEAZEL ,
2914 Hampshire Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

Fannie G. HUTCHENS b . 10 June 1853, d. af ter 1915, md.
Botetourt Co., VA .
Was t he dau .
of Jas . W. &amp; Caroline HUTCHENS . Desire info on h e r par e n ts.
Dorothy D. FIELDER, Rt. 1, Box 29, Maryland, NY 12116
52 - 83.

8 June

i870 to Osborne H. DAVIS,

53 - 83.
Need parents of Joseph CLARK, md . Mary BRITTON , Pittsylvania Co. D. Mercer Co., WV 1838.
Would like to contact anyone
researching this Joseph CLARK. Lived in Tazewe ll Co., VA 1801-1808.
Jean C. ABSHIRE , Box 1574, Calumet City, IL 60409

54 - 83. John Culpeper WILSON of Henry Co., VA was a Revol ution ary
War veteran. He was my g- g-g-grandf.
He md. S ara h MARTIN.
Does
anyone have other info? Will exchange.
Drusilla PAYNE MOGAVERO,
1372 Harlow Road, Columbus, OH 4322?
Need identity of the Wil li am STEWART, fa ther of Silas
STEWART who was b. in 1828 in VA.
Md. Sarah Jane HALL i n 1849 in
Montgomery Co ., VA. 1860 census Alleghany Dist., Montgomery Co.,
VA lists chil dren William Riley, Charles M., Lydia M., Lucy B.,
Giles A. and James W. Corilda STEWART GROVER, 01521 Winchuck RW
Road, Brookings, OR 97415
55 - .8 3.

56 - 83.
Info on Peter ZELL, b . ca 1797, d . ? , md . Catherine
GREYBILL, 5 Sept. 1818, Botetourt Co . , VA .
Family Botetourt Co.,
in Washington Co . East EN 1830, 1832 to 1850 in Harrisburg TWP. ,
\·an Buren Co., IA.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. FLOYD, 5001 Indian Island
!·r. , Weed, CA 96094

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�8'3
57 - 8 3.
Need proof of par en ts for:
John BRYANT d. c a 1800
Grayson Co ., VA, Rev . Wm . CARICO ct . after 1 Jul y 1857 Gra y son
Co ., VA.
Barb~u·a HOUCK md. ca 1770 Montgomery Co., VA.
Need
pr oof of marriage for:
J o hn BRYANT &amp; Lydia ca 1750-1755 - VA?,
Abrah am HAWKS and Nancy ca 1786- 1790, Thomas HAWKS and Susan ca
1820-1825, Newell HAWKS &amp; Elizabeth STONEMAN, Dec. 1856. Mrs .
S. Os car DEAN, RD 3 , Box 82, Cambr i dge Springs, PA 16403
58 - 83 .
Seeking info on my g rfather, Kenny Baker WELSH, b.
near MaJor, VA. Ja n . 1855, md . Drucy Cansada WINGATE 22 July 1877.
She was b . July 1860 i n Mar ion, VA .
Her parents were John WINGATE
&amp; Peggy HASH .
After Kenny and Drucy had 7 c h ildren in Grayson Co.,
VA, h e changed hi s name to John WALKER and they moved t o Wayne Co.,
MO ca 1895.
Seeking r ea son for his name change. Eugen e E.
BLACKWELL , 2738 Lawndale Ave. , Evanston, IL 60201
59 - 83 .
Info o n ancestors Elizabeth IDDINGS b . KY ca 1802 , md.
Charles HALL, b. 18 00 VA son of Jessie HALL, Rev. War. Charles &amp;
El izabeth in Alleghan y Springs Dist . , Montgome ry Co., VA in 1850
census.
Dau. Sarah Jan e HALL md . Silas STEWART in 1849 Montgomery
Co., VA.
Corilda STEWART GROVE R, 01521 Winchuck Riv. RD.,
Brook ings, OR 97415
60 - 83.
Need info on parents a nd grparents of Dicy THOMPSON, b .
ca 181 1 in VA.
She md . Noah KISER, son of Abednego KISER &amp; Mary
(Poll y) JESSEE, pr o bably in Russel l Co ., VA ca 1829. They lived
in Reeds Valley, Russe ll Co. , VA o n a farm.
Moved to Carter Co.,
KY following the Civil War.
Childr: Margaret, Hugh, Abednego,
Fullen , Ca rter, Martha, Frances , Melissa, Da v id , Francis, Jefferson, James &amp; Elizabeth Bridget (Biddy) . Also need info on parents
&amp; grp arents of Letitia?, w. pf Richard L. MEADE. Letiti a &amp;
Ri chard we re md . in Russell Co . , VA ca 1831.
Richard was the son
( ?) of Fielding MEADE &amp; Mary THACKER .
Thei r son , Wm. Henr y md.
El izabe th Bridget KISER . dau. of Noah &amp; Dicy THOMPSON KISER .
LTC John R . WALLACE , 6424 Burwell St., Springf i e ld, VA 22150
6 1 - 83,
Would li ke in f ormation on John Wesl ey LOYD b. Oct . 1849,
VA.
Md. Lu cy Ella ROSE about 1874 .
She was b. Oct . 1855 , VA .
Last known lived Des ha, Independence Co ., Arkans a s in 1910.
Lou i se DAY, 74 4 McMa h r Rd . , San Marcos , CA 92069
62 - 83 .
Seek ing p a r ents o f William WEST who md . Sarah (Sally)
NEWMAN 1804 , Bedford Co., VA. He r p ar ents : Nimrod NEWMAN and
Sarah (Sally) ARTHUR, pr oba bl y d a u . of John ARTHUR and (?) GRAHAM.
Was Obadiah WEST fat her of William? Ann McAlister, 3609 Tanglewood Lane, L ynch bur g , VA 2450 3
63 - 83 .
Want i n fo as t o how I ca n ob tain a copy of the book
"BARROWS OF VIRGINIA."
Will purchase or rent the book , microfilm ,
photocopy or whatev er is available.
Mrs . Norman CANOVA, 1516 West
Benjamin Hol t Drive , Stockton , CA 95207
64 - 83.
Seeki n g parents of Dicey TUCKER, second wife of William
HANKS, they md . 23 Jan . 1810 in Grayson Co., VA; children: Lucinda
md . David C. DAVIS 1 Oct. 1835 ; Franklin md . Martha KESTER; George
W.; Nan cy md . Nathaniel HAWKS; Sabrina R. md . Stephen PAYNE;
Solomon md . Susan .
Rita MABERRY, Box 77~Glade Spring, VA 24340

�65 - 83 .
Seeking parents of Sar a h K I ~ WORTllY I&gt; • . thtHI t l 790 in VA;
md. Henry WILLIAMS 27 Nov . 1804 in G rnyson C 11 . . VA: their c hildren :
Martin md . Mary Ann DAVIS 13 Dec.:
1840 in Gr:1y:sc&gt;11 Cl&gt;. . VA.
Other
children?
Rita MABERRY , Box 7 75, Gla ck•Sp1·1ng , VA
2 ·13·10
66 - 83 .
Seeking info on followin g soutl1wt·sl1·1· n VA f ~•mi lies :
David and John REESE-REES-REECE- etc; LOAGUE: TREA DWAY: SETTLESUTTLE; BAYS (any spelling); a l l of thesl' L1mi 1 il'!-&gt; mi~1·;:itL--d to
what later became Fay ette Co . , WV .
Wi 11 i a111 S E'! TLE REESE . 1240
Woodlan d Drive, Charl es ton, WV
2 5302 .
Tel. (:JU--!) 3·12-8U88
67 - 83.
Seeking parent age of fol lowing :
J ohn FLANNE RY
(FLANERY, FLANARY) b. 1740 NC.
Liv ed in Wilk es Co . 1781-1790.
Lived Lee Co., VA 1793-1839.
Md . Ph oebe BOGAS .
Wa s hin g t o n L.
BLANTON b. KY or VA 1805 .
Md . 1st Eli zabet h HEAD
Md . 2n d
Nancy BRUNTS, d a u . of John BRUNTS, d . MO 1859 .
Mrs. S u ?-a nn e
DAVIDSON NEWING. 200 Aran Hil l Rd.
Fairfi e ld, CT
06430
1

68 - 83.
Want to purchase books entitl e d Hi s t ory oL L ee Co unt y,
Virginia and Adjacent Counti es by Byl es and Lar:nin gha m.
Mrs. Suzanne DAVIDSON NEWING, 200 Ar an Hil l Rd .
Fairi· ield, CT
06430
69 - 83 .
Seek info on Georg e and Sarah (HEADLEY) JEFFRIES.
They
md. ca 1735 (Lanc aster Co . , VA?), and rai se d at least 2 sons,
Alexander and James, in present-day Fauqui er Co . , VA .
J a mes
had sons Anderson b. ca 1763, Jam es , J r . , b . ca 1772 and Ephraim
b. ca 1776.
James, Sr . , possibly settled in Washington C o., KY
ca 1805 with Anderson, and (2 other sons?) Nathnni e l a nd William ..
All info appreciated.
Steven JEFFRIES , 4800 Er ie St , , Colle ge
Park, MD 20740

70 - 83.

Seek info on James HEADLEY line .
He md . Lucy JEFFRIES
(1783) in Fauquier Co . , VA.
James was bonds man for fol lowing
Fauquier Co. (JEFFRIES) marria ges :
J ames and Ali ce GOODRICH (1786 );
George and Molly GLASCOCK (1787); Letti ce and J ames CARVELL (1788);
Anderson and Mary GORDON ( 1 788) .
Was Rebecca HEADLEY, md. Wm.
JEFFRIES (1817), his dau.?
All info appreciated.
Steven JEFFRIES.J
4800 Erie Street, College Park, MD
20740

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If you find mistakes in this issue please consider that they are
there for a purpose.
We publish something for everyone and some
people are always lo?king for mistakes." (Thanks to Sightseer,
quarterl y of the Nat~onal Assn. of the 6th Infantry Division.)
our thanks to St.Lou is Genealogical Society Quarterly9 Vol. XIII,
#3, Fall issue, 1980 .
To add to that -- please whenever possible check_the original, the
typist makes errors, and i t is ever so easy to misread, skip a line
when copying, transpose figures or letters -- so m~ny ways to make
errors __ so go back to 1 90 1 and be sure you are right and not take
another person's word.

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�ONE MULLINS FAMILY
by
Marie Justice
ONE MULLINS FAMILY, a histo ry of the family of Revolutionary John
Mullin s begins with immigration records when the family came from
Ireland to Charleston, S.C. The descendants of John Mullins are
scatt ered in the states of Ken tucky, No rth Carolina, Tenn essee ,
Virgini a, West Virginia and other places. John Mullins Sr. was
disco vered in the 1790 Burke Co, N.C., census with 3 sons under 16,
a wife and 2 daughters.
On the attractive cover of the book is t he
picture of the historical marker in Clintwood, Va., with the following information:
"NEAR HERE ON HOLLY CREEK, JOHN MULLINS SETTLED IN 1829,
THE SECOND SETTLER IN DICKENSON COUNTY. HIS FATHER JOHN
MULLINS, THE ONLY KNOWN REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER RESTING IN THE COUNTY SPENT THE LAST YEARS HERE WITH HIS SON.
HE DIED IN 1849 AND IS BURIED NEARBY."
·John Mullins Sr. 's descendants through his 3 sons, John Jr . , Soloman and James are trac ed in this book. Only those of Solomon are
beyond the third generation.
It includes information about allied
fam i lies of AKERS, FLEMI NG , JOHNSON, STAMBACK (STUMBO) and others .
The book has a soft cover, 175 pages, 8~xlO\". It has 16 family
pictures, is indexed and 204 documented notes . · A copy of the book
has been placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Cit y Public
Library by the author.
The price is $ 12 . 00 plus $1 . 25 postage and can be ordered from Mrs.
Marie R. Jus t ice , P.O. Box 2172, Pikeville, KY 41501

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GILES COUNTY , VIRGINIA, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND LAND TAX 1806, ORDER
BOOK MINUTES AND SELECTED MARRIAGES .
by
Charley L. Davis
This is an unusual collection of selected records of Giles County,
A brief history of the county and a large map of 1806 is included.
Special excerpts from order book minutes which included death records
of several persons, information not usually kept by county clerks
during these years (1809 -1837) are found. Some of the marriage
records of taxpayers on the Tax Lists of Giles are included. A
gift copy to the SWVGS from the author has be en placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library . For a copy of the
book,. contact Charley L . Davis, 3308 Je rmantown Road, Oakton, VA
2212q
(editor 's note :
Have lost the paper with the price on it, but
believe it was $10.00)
reviews b y Mrs. Belva M. Counts (Mrs. Oren)

�PERIODI CALS

The following publications have been received and pl ac ed in the Vir g inia
Room, Roanoke Public Library. An * indicates an exchang e b et we e n our society
and the publisher; ** a new exchange.
Arizona
THE GENEALOGIST, The Apache Genealogical Society, P.D . Box 1084, S i e rra

Vista, AZ 8,56J5; vol. VIII, no. l *
California
GENEALOGICAL GOLDMINE, March 1983 and NUGGETS FROM PARADISE Marc h 1983 ;
The Paradise Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 460, Paradi se , CA
GOLDEN ROOTS OF THE MOTHER LODE, Tuolumne County Genealo g ical Soci ety ,
P. O. Box 3956, Sonora, CA 95370; Summer 1982
ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, P. 0. Box 1987 ,
Orange, CA 92668; Dec. 1982*
SAN DIEGO LEAVES &amp; SAPLINGS , San Diego Genealog ical So ciety , P. 0 . Box .
8J447, San Diego, CA 92138; July-Sep . 1982*
THE SEARCHER, Southern California Genealogical S ociety, Inc . , 103 S. Golden
Mall , Burbank, CA 91.502; Nov. 1982, Dec. 1982, Jan . 1983*
Colorado .
THE COLORADO GENEALOGIST, Colorado Genealogical Society, P. 0. Box 9671 ,
Denver, CO 80209; Nov. 1982, Feb. 1983*
District of Columbia
NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, 1921 Sunderland Place, NW,
Washington, DC 20036; Sep/Oct 1982, Nov/Dec 1982
Florida
ANCESTRY quarterly bulletin of the Palm Beach County Genealogical Society ,
Inc., P. O. Box 1746, West Palm Beach , FL .3.3402; Oct . 1982, Jan . 1983*

Georgia
ANCESTORS UNLIMITED , P.
Dec.

o.

Box 490336, College Park, GA 30349; Sep. 1982,

1982*

Idaho

GENEALOGICAL REFERENCE BUILDERS NEWSLETI'ER, P. 0. Box 249, Post Falls , ID
838.54; vol. XII, no . 1
Indiana
GENEALOGY , a publication of the Family History Section, Indiana Historical
Society, 315 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 ; Oct. 1982, Jan . 198.3*
THE HOOSIER GENEALOGIST, Indiana Historical Society, .315 West Ohio Street,
Indianapolis , .IN 46202; Dec . 1982*
SOUTHERN INDIANA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, P . 0 . Box 665, New
Albany, IND 471.50; Oct. 1982, Jan. 1983
SYCAMORE LFAVl1S, The quarterly of the Wabash Valley Genealogical Society,
P. O. Box 85, Terre Haute, IND 47808; Dec. 1982*
Kansas
THE JOHNSON COUNTY GENEALOGIST, Johnson County Genealogical Society and
Library, Inc . , P. O. Box 8057, Shawnee Mission, KS 66208 ; Dec. 1982

�KANSAS KIN, The Riley Genealogical Society, 2005 Claflin Road, Manhattan,
KS 6~~~~v ;r:d,t~~!&amp;LbANf?~NEALOGICAL REGISTER, Box 1121, Wichita, KS 67203;
Jan-Mar 1983 , Oct - Dec 1982*
6

Kentucky
ANCESTRAL NEWS, Ancestral Trails Historical Society, Inc., P. O. Box 573;
Vine Grove, KY 40175: Fall 1982*
THE NELSON COUNTY PIONEER, The Nelson County Historical Society, Box 3ll,
Bardstown, KY 40004: Winter 1982 , Spring 1983*
THE REGISTER, Autumn 1982 ; KENTUCKY ANCESTORS, Jan. 1983; 'YrlE BULLETIN ,
Dec. 1982 : Kentucky Historical Society, P . O. Box H, Frankfort, KY 40602*
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, P . 0. Box 190 5, Bowling Green, KY
42101; Fall 1982, Wi nter 1983*
Missouri
THE GENEALOGISTS 0 INFORMATION EXCHANGE, G-Tree, 1021 Market Street, Ste.
Genevieve, MO 63670; l9th edition
NEWS 'N° NOTES, St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1695 So. Brentwood Blvd.,
Suite 203 , St. Louis , MO 63144; Oct., Nov., Dec. 1982; Jan., Feb. 1983*
PLATTE COUNTY HISTORICAL &amp; GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLEI'IN, P. O. Box 103 ,
Platte City, MO 64079; Fall 1982
North Carolina
BULLETIN OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF OLD TRYON COUNTY, P . O. Box 938,
Forest City, NC 18043; Nov. 1982*
THE GENEALOGICAL JOURNAL of the Randolph County Historical Society,
201 Worth Street, Asheboro, NC 27203; Summer 1982*
THE JOURANL OF SURRY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION, P. O. Box 997,
Dobson , NC 170l7; July 1982, Oct. 1982*
NCGS NEWS, North Carolina Genealogical Society, P. o. Box 1492 , Raleigh,
NC 27602; Oct . 1982
Ohi o

THE CERTIFIED COPY, The Greater Cleveland Genealogical Society, P. O. Box
402..54, Cleveland , OH 44l40 - 2_54; Sununer 1982*
MIAMI VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Box 1364, Dayton, OH 4 _9+01; Winter 1983*
"1&lt;lahoma
GARFIELD COUNTY ROOT.3 &amp; BRANCHES, Garfield County Genealogists, Inc.,
P . o. Box 427, Enid, OK 73701 ; vol. 5 , no. 4, 1982
THE TREE TRACERS, Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, Inc ., P. o.
Box 5044, Lawton, OK 73.504; Fall 1982*
Pennsyl vania
OUR NAME'S THE GAME, monthly newsletter of The South Central Penns ylvania
Geneal ogical Society, Inc. , P.O. Box 1824, York, PA 17405; Feb . 1983
Tennessee
PELLISSIPPIN, Pellissippi Genealogical Society , 118 Hicks Street , Clinton,
TN 37716; July-Sep . 1982*
Texas

CYPRESS BAS IN GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORY SOCIETY QUARTERLY, P . 0. Box 403,
Mt. Pleasant , TX 75455; vol . IV, #4

�FOOTPRINTS, Fort Worth Gen ealogical Society , Box 9767 , F ort Worth , TX
76107; Feb . 1983, Nov . 1982*
HEART OF TEXAS RECORDS , Cent r al Texas Genealo g ical Soc 1 ety , Inc . ,
1717 Austin Avenue , Waco , TX 76701 ; Wi nter 1982*
TRAIIS WEST, Parker County Gen ealog i cal Soc ie ty , 12 111- Charles , Weather ford , TX 76086; Oct. 1982 , Jan. 1983*
Virginia
BULLETIN of VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society , P . 0 . Box ?27 .' . Da nville ,
VA 24_541; Nov. 1982*
CENTRAL VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION , P. 0 . Box 39 , Crozet , VA 22932 ;
Jan. 1983**
GLIMPSES OF GRAYSON, Grays on County Hi storical Soc iety , Inc ., Route 1,
Box 293, Elk Creek, VA 24326 ; Mar. 1983**
THE QUARTERLY of The Virg inia Ge n eal o g i cal SocieLy , Oc t .-De c . 1982 ;
NEWSLE'ITER, Nov.-Dec. 1982 , Jan.-Feb . 1983 ; P . O. Box ?IJ-69 , Richmond , VA 23221*
VIRGINIA TrnEWATER GENEALOGY, Tid ewa ter Gen ealogical Soc iety , P . O .
Box 29, Hampton , VA 23669 ; Dec . 1982*
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Washington
BULLETIN of the Whatcom Genealog ical S ociety , P . O. Box 149J , Bellin gham ,
WA 98227- 1493; Fall 1982*
CLARK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY , P . O. Box 2728 , Va n c ouver , WA 98668 ;
Directory 1982-83 ; Newsletter , Nov. &amp; Dec . 1982 , F e b . 198J*
SEATTLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLEI'IN , P. O. Box :fa9 , Seattle, WA 98111 ;
Winter 1982*
TRAIL BREAKERS, Clark County Ge nealog ical Soci ety , P . O. Box 2728 ,
Vancouver, WA 98668; Winter 1982*
WASHINGTON STATE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL REVIEW, P . O . Box 119 ,
South Prairie, WA 98385; Winter 1982-83**
YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY , P . 0. Box 44 5 , Yakima., WA 98907;
Oct. 1982, Jan. 1983*
West Virginia
THE JOURNAL OF THE KANAWHA VALLEY GENEALOGI CAL SOCIETY , INC • , p . O. Box
8555, South Charleston , WVA 25303; Oct , Nov , Dec 1982 ; Jan 1983*
BOONE GENEALOGICAL QUARTERLY , Boone County Genealogical Society, P . O.
Box 10, Hewett, WV 25108; July &amp; Oct . 1982*
KYOWVA Genealogical Society , P . O. Box 1254, Huntington , WVA 25715-1254 ;
Fall 1982
Family Associations
BLACKWELL NEWSLETTER, R. R. 2 , Hensall, Ontario, Canada, NOM I XO; Dec. 1982
THE LAWSON LETTERS, League of Lawsons , International , 1823 No r th Dearing ,
Fr esno, CA 93703; Dec o 1982
· THE FUGATE FAMILY NEWSLETTER , 1578 Bellmon te Road , Pittsburgh, PA 152J7 ;
Aug. 198!
THE WAGONER NEWSLETTER , The Northwest Genealogical Society , P . o . Box 6 ,
Allianc e, NE 69301; Nov.-Dec . 1982
WIMMER FAMILY NEWSLETTER, 804 Falconer Road, Joppatowne , MD 21085 ; Jan. 1982

~IRGIN16 APPALACH IA ~\/ NOTES

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�WORKSHOP
SOtrrH1r/EST ERN v m::; IN IA GENEALCGICAL SOCIRI'Y, INC.
SIXTH ANNUAL GENEALOGICAL WORKSHOP

on
Saturday , July 16, 1983
WHERE: At the Firs t

Uni t ed Methodist Church at West Main &amp; Langhorne
Place, Salem, Vi.rg inia.
PROGRAM

8:JO - 9 s 00

Reg istration

9 1 00 - 9:15

Welcome and Introduction by Nancy Barton, president
Sothwestern Virginia Genealogical Society

9 1 15 -10aJO

" Using Federal Revolutionary War Pension Records"
John Frederick Dorman, E)iitor. Virginia Genealogist

10115-10130

Stretch &amp; Goffe Break

1 Os J0-11 a JO

"Certif'ica tion of Ge&amp;ealogists" John Frederick

Dorman
11 1 30- 1100
1 1 00- 31 00

Lunch and Book Fair
"Church and County Records of the Shennadoah and
Rockingham Counties" Richard K. MacMa.sters, Associate

Professor, James Madison University

�First United Methodist Church
West Main Street &amp; Langhorne Place
Salem, VA

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Registration at the door will be 7.00 for members , 9. 00 for
non-members.
Lunch will be available.

Lunch will be available at the chur ch at a cost of $4 . 25 . It will
consis:t of a cold plate, drink and dessert .
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made in advance and in by July 8 , 1983 .

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Volume VII - No. 3 - August, 1983
CONTENTS

1777 Militia Payroll, Fincastle Co

89

Bedford Co., Va . , Legistlative Petitions, continued

91

Workshop

98

Census of the Town of Roanoke - 1883, continued

101

Surname Index

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Quarterlies

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Qlleries &amp; Index

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Book Reviews

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August 2 0
September 17

Katherine Bushman , "Augusta County, Virginia"
Joseph E Williams, "Emery &amp; Henry College, slides on
Washington Co., Va. , &amp; old letters . "

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Room f acili ties are encouraged to use other r esearch facilities
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�1777 MILITIA PAYROLL
cont ribut ed by
B. Vin cent Ballard*

No te:

Mr. Ballard fou nd these payrolls in the North Carolina Archiv es .

Pay Roll for Capta in Womack 's Company of Militia stationed at said
Womac ks FO RT in Fincast l e County.
(The columns are headed : name; when enlisted; when discharged ; Day s on
Dut y; Pay per Day; tota l pay.)
Jaco b Womack - Captain
Georg e Russ e l - Li eut
Henry Jones - Ensign
Pharo ah Cobb - Serg 't
Edward Russel - D'o
Joseph Penson - D'o
Sandi ford ?Hezziak
Benjamin Gest
John Russ el
Rich ard Bennet
Joh n Pens on
James Fowl er
Aaron Pinson
Rober t Sh i rley
Andrew Thompson
Geo: Pott s
William Rus se l
Ca l eb Howe ll
Obediah Russel
Edward Shirley
John Shirley
Th omas Shi r ley
Absalom Thompson
Matthi as Little
Henry Massengall
Brasl ey Cambell
John Re llei._

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John Chissam
Henry Massingall
John Gibson
Samuel Underwood
Wil l iam Russel
Wil l i a m Flood
De mps ey Ward
J am e s Ward
Th omas Fletcher
Wi 1 1 i am F1 etc he r (Drummer )
J oel Calaoham
Sa m Weaver
Ja c ob Thompson
Wi ll i am Shirley
Geo: Russel (aspy)
Jn 'o Russel (Ditto)
Jn'o Ca laoham
Pat: Hennessee
Sam'l Weaver
Re uben Dunnam
J n ' o Gist
Thomas J one k in
Jordan Ro ach
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Duke Pe nson
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Washingto n County
Ca ptain Jacob Womack makes Oath that the wi t hin is a ju s t Pa y
Roll of the Men called into Duty under his Comm a nd --------- - -- - -(signed) Thomas Ma ddi s on
4th February 17 7 7 - ------Thereby Ce r tify the Service of the within enroll e d Comp a n y wa s n e cessary for the Protection of Fincastle County a ga in s t the Ch e roke e s
&amp; acted un der my Orders Feb'ry 4th 1777
(signed) H Russell
9th June 1777 --- - - --- - Received the amount of th e within
(signed) Jacob Wom ac k
A true Copy f ro m th e Origional lodg ed in th e a udito r s
29th Octo'r 1778
Dun : Rose

Pay Rol 1-----

office W'm s 'g

(On the front)
Ca p t ain Womack s Pay Roll ; Copy 1 ; e4 64 . 17 .2; a cco'ts
from Virginia rel a ti ve to the a c co't s o f S tu a r t &amp; Se vi er.

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�=E DF ORD CO ., VA ., LEGIS LA TIVE PETITIONS
CON' T from I"iay , 1983 , p bO
INHABITANTS .

1825.

Dec . 16 . A 1768 . Protest against holding Constitutional
Conve.n ti on . No r.eed fo r it. Staunton Convention calling for
a new con:::&gt;LituLion was not representative, Printed. James
Turn er , \Hll l arn Cook , Nath . S . Strange , Wm. Rad:ford, Thos . A.
Lat h.J.m, Edmund Irvine and 49 others. Duplicate with 2J names.
Referred .

TRUSTEES of' New London Academy .
1827 . Dec . 18 . A 17(,9 . Permiss ion to sell lottery for raising
money f or academy . About $5 ,000 has been raised, but petitioners i ncur g reat responsibility in conducting lottery and prefer
to sell it . Henry Brown , Pres. , Js. Hendrick, Secy .
HEWITT, JOHN.

1828 .

Dec . 8 . A 1770 . Rel ease from fine of $51 levied against
petitioner for runn i ng public house without proper license.
Petitioner applied t o commissioner of revenue for license and
paid $10 lic ense tax to deputy sheriff , but was nevertheless
fined . Reported .

CITIZENS of Liberty .
1828. Dec. 17 . A 1771. Repeal of so much of law establishing
s aid town as places an alley therein, and designation of another place for an alley. This petition arises from the extens ion of limits on north side of the town. P. R. Gilmer, Saml.
Ritchey, James Bell , Fredk. Annspaugh, John P. Gray, Marquis D.
Gray and 170 others .
CITIZENS.

1828.

Dec. 17. A 1772. Change in school system. Better teachers
must be had. Fund for education of poor has been of little or
no advantage to them. Moral degradation of registering poor
children as paupers and want of competent teachers have rendered system ineffective. P. R. Gilmer, Robert C. Mitchell,
Henry W. Mosely , R. McI.aniel, Lewis Wingfield, Saml . Mitchell
and 39 others. Laid on table.

S TR.ANGE , NA THL .

1829 .

Jany. JO. A 1773, Return of execution and damages paid by
petitioner for Stephen Preston, sheriff, Petitioner served execution on one Peggy Baber, who had no property, and execution
was returned properly but was charged by clerk of court against
sheriff .
Two papers. Laid on table.

GEORGE, WILLIAM.
1829. Dec. 9. A 1774. Return of fine of $JO levied against petitioner for running public house without bond and security .
Petitioner paid license tax to sheriff . Bill drawn.
INHABITANTS.

1829.

Dec. 9.
A 1775. Establishment of turnpike from George
'Ihrasher's i n Botetourt to Wm. R. Jones', crossing Blue Ridge
at Nippeng8r's . AJ.len Marshall, James Campbell , Peter Bobletts,

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Wm . Rad.ford , Wm . Cook , Wm . Berry and J 7 ott.er..&gt; .

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DAVY , Free Negro .
18JO. Dec . 8.

A 1776 . Pennissi on to r ema i n i n ~;tate .
Peti t ioner
was freed by Miss Anna M. Quarl e s , hi ~ mi.· trc:;~; .
Vie i ~~ no w
living on land of Dr . Thomas Wright in F'r :u1kl i n , wr.c r e h i s wife
is a slave . Rejected.

JOE , Free Negro .
18JO. Dec. 17 . A 1777. Permiss ion to remain in S ta t e . Petiti o ner was freed by will of his mistr ess , Mi:::;s Anna Maria Quarles .
He asks to be allowed to stay bec a u se of hi s e;ood character a nd
extraordina:ry circumstance s .
Fou r accompanyin g papers .
Rejected .
CULTIVATORS of Tobacco on James River .
1831. Jany. 27 . A 1778. Relief from h eavy t olls imposed upon
people navigating James River .
Na vigation o f riv e r has been
ve:ry little improved by James River a nd Ka n a wha Cana l Compa ny ,
but petitioners must pay heavy toll s .
An ex t end e d s ketch of
the James River improvement .
Printe d .
I . Irvin, Jno . Hudna l l ,
Caleb Fuqua , James E . Claytor, Abram Powe l, W. B . Whitten and
53 others. Referred.
CULTIVATORS of Tobacco on James River.
1831. March 8 . A 1779 . Relief from tolls on tobacco. Sa me as
A 1778. Bowker Preston , John Hubbard, Archiba ld Prather,
Stephen Morgan , Willis Chewning , Benjamin Turner and 29 others .
Referred .
CULTIVATORS of Tobacco.
18.31. March 8. A 1780. Sarne as A 1779. Richd. Ia.vis, John N.
Wilson , B. Hinsley, c. Logwood, Micajah I:avies, Thomas F.
Hatcher and 66 others .

S'IEEN , WILLIAM .
18J1. Dec · 7 ·

A 1781. Pennission to build mill on James River
and dam water at Bold Eagle I sland .
Robert Camin, Henry T .
Pendleton , W. P. Sesson, John Shelton , Ed.ID. S. Rucker, Benj .
R. Iavison and 350 others. Bill reported .

CITIZENS.

18J2.

Jany. 27. A 1782 . Stringent law for removal
blacks from State. Their presence is a menace.
newspaper. James S , Dillard John Marsh, Elisha
aniel H. Price , Edmund Marsh : John Callaway, and
Ref erred.

of free
Printed in
Peters, Nath101 others .

CITIZENS .

18J2.

Feby. 10. A 1783. Pardon of Abner Martin, sentences t o
two years in penitentiary for passing counterfeit money.
He
was victim of designing persons and has served one year of his
term. John N. Kasey, Michael Overfelt, John H. Whitehead, Josiah S . Kennell, William Hackworth, Baley Martin and 81 others.
Referred.

�CITIZENS .
18J2 .

Feb . 8 . A 1784 . Pardon of Abner Martin, sentenced to two
years in penitenitary f or passing counterfeit money. Bowker
Preston , James Leftwich, Jr. , Abraham B. Pullen , Geo. D. Lavis,
Benj . F . 'IUrner , Elisha H. Preston and 82 others. Duplicate
with 162 names . Referred .

CITIZENS of Bedford &amp; Campbell.
18J2 . Dec . 4. A 1785 . Pardon of Green B. Lewellen , sentenced to
t en years in penitentiary for passing counterfeit money , two
years of whic h he has served . James Anthony , William Leftwich,
Benj . Musgrove, Jacob Warner , Elijah C. Cundiff , Stephen R.
Smith and 282 others.
GLEASON, PA TRICK.

18J2 .

Dec. J1. A 1786 . Permission to sell land left to his wife
and then his children by James Floyd. Land is poor and petitioner wishes to sell it and buy better farm . Bowker Preston ,
Pleasant Preston , John Laganby, John Mitchell , Sr ., Benjamin
Frazier, William Arther and JJ others. Copy of James Floyd's
will . Rejected .

CITIZENS .
18JJ.

Jany. 10. A 1787. Building of seven miles of road necessary to connect Lexington and Lynchburg by turnpike . Road is
of g reat importance, especially on account of James River
Canal . Benjamin Robinson , Joseph Slaughter, Hector Harris,
Willis Poindexter, Wm. Stein , Francis Meriwether and J4 others.
Referred.

ANNSPAUGH , DANIEL.
18JJ . Feby . 12. A 1788 . Payment of expenses incurred in pursuit
of one Charles Marshal l Jones , whom petitioner foll owed across
mountains and arrested in Rockbridge. Payment of account re
fused on ;6Tound that petitioner ' s act was illegal, Petitioner
is aware of this . He should have applied to the magistrate of
each county traversed by Jones for his arrest, and in meantime
Jones would have escaped . Account and two certificates accompanying. Bill drawn.

CITIZENS of Bed.ford &amp; Campbell .
18JJ . A 1789 . Pardon of Green B. Lewellen, serving term

in penitentiary for passing counterfeit money. John D. '.Iaylor, Henry
Carper , Moses Grier , Jr. , 'Iheo. F. Webb, George Warker, 'Ihomas
Helms and 425 others.

CITIZENS .
18JJ.

Dec. 4 . A 1790 . Pardon of Green B. Lewellen, sentenced to
ten years in p e nitentiary for passing counterfeit money . Henry
Brown, Jr. , Benjamin Musgrove, Charles Slurland, D:tvid Owen,
Henry Brown , Saml Hancock and 1J4 others. Resolution to
discharge.

�RUFF , JOSEPH .
1833 . Dec . 9, A 1791. Permission to keep gun . (Code of 18 19 , I ,
p 423 . ) Petitioner "is on e of that unfortunate class in Virginia , who neither possesses the common pri vil ee;es of a free
man , nor has the protection and security or a ~lave . "
He needs
gun to kill fowls and protec t his crop .
Petitioner , with
others , has lately been deprived of this rig ht .
He i s an hon est.man and his father served State in Revolution .
Sam uel
Williams, Wm . A. Jones , William Campbell , Tandy R . Jones , Trde .
Annspaugh, Wm . Dooley and 11 others .
Rejected .

18J4.

Feby 28. A 1792 . Copy of Bedford Court order appoi nting
Baptist Church in Liberty as courthouse until new courthouse
is finished. Letter accompan ying .
Bill reported .

SAWYERS , THOMAS •
1835 , Jany. 31. A 1793, Pardon . Petitioner was tried on charge
of stealing two slaves and suit of clothes .
Jury f i rst found
him quil ty of both offenses and s entenced him to four years ;
later acquitted him of theft of clothes but sentenced him to
six years for stealing slaves.
Petitioner i s innocent of
crime, has served most of sentence and has a fa mily to s upport .
Court record and letter . Petition asking for Sawyer ' s pardon
and signed by William A. Adams, Benj . Hawkins, James F. John son, Maj. Wilson and 50 others.
Referred .

MOSES, Free Negro .
1835, Feb . 14.

A 1794. Permission to remain in State .
He was
freed by will of Lewis Chastain, but executors refused to free
him and attempted to hurry him out of State .
He ins t i tued
suit and gained his freedom.
He is old and his wife is slave
in neighborhood . Jno . F . Sale , John Hewitt , Th. Sale , John
Wharton, Willis Poindexter, Nelson A. Thomson and JO others.
Copy of court records. Reasonable .

CITIZENS.

1835,

Dec. 9. A 1795 , Incorporation of company to build rail road from Lynchburg to Tennessee, with intention of joing Tennessee Railroad and making continuous line sou th to New Orleans.
James S. Dillard, Henry Brown , Ben Ward , Th. Steptoe , Saml .
Crawford, Wm. Redford, John Tw . Read and 40 others.
Reasonable .

INHABITAN'IS .

1835,

Dec. 11. A 1796 . Pardon of Anderson Read who is confined
in penitentiary. His parents are aged and respectable.
William Gampbell, Jno. S. Hurt, Jos. C. Higginbotham, Nathaniel
S. Weber, Bartlett Thompson, Thos . J. Hill and 29 others ,
Referred.

CITIZENS,

1835.

Dec, 15. A 1797, Incorporation of part of county cut off
by Smith's Mountain and Staunton River in Pittsylvania.
Much
more convenient for petitioners.
John Ward, George Parker,
Alexander C. Parker, Andrew Good , Aaron Jacobs, Joseph Parker
and 5 others , Reported,

�CITIZENS .

1835 .

Dec. 22 . A 1798 . I ncorporation of company to build :railroad . Same as A 1795 . Balda Mc.IB.niel , John O. Leftwich, John
F . Hawkins , C. L. Cobbs , C. C. Johnson , T. H. Might and 84
others . Laid on table .

DRURY , JOHN.

18J6 .

Dec . 7 . A 1799 , Return of fine of $54.50 levied against
peti tioner for selling whiskey without license. He was appointed s utler by Capt . Henry Edgar at militia muster in 1835 , and
t hought he acted properly in selling whiskey to soldiers .
Pl easant Creasy , Archibald C:raigg , Sampson B. Lewis , William
Cragge tt , William Lindsey , George E . Shinnell and 29 others.
Bill reported .

QUARLES , MURPHY , Free Negro .
1837. Feby. 8 . A 1800 .

He was freed by will of Ann Maria
Quarles, but bound out to trade of currier and tanner until 19
years old . He i s now 19 and asks pennission to stay in State
until 2 1, in order to thoroughly learn trade .
Reuben Parker,
T.rde . Annspaugh , George W. Stanley, Micajah IB.vis , Reuben Witt,
L. N. Browns and 2J others. Copy of Ann Maria Quarles' will.

18J? .

March 16 , A 1801. Petition for r el ease of Anderson Read
from penitentiary , withdrawn on Ma rch 15 , 1837,

ROBINSON, ZACHARIAH.
1838 . Jany. 2 . A 1802 . Re turn of fine levied against petitioner
for gambling and charged upon two counts . This is a mistake.
Peti t ioner only gambled on one occasion, and should be fined
for but one . Affidavits and court record.
Reasonable.
BALLINGER , SALLY , nee WADE.
18J8. Jany . 2 . A 180J. Divorce from her husband , Richard Ballinger , on grounds of abuse and open adultery . Certificate
signed by Silas Taylor , Howell Robinson, Isaac Wade, Jr. John
Hewitt, Archd . Franklin, Franklin Creasy and 17 others .
Referred .
COFER , MARY A.
18J8. Jany. 20 . A 1804. Release of William E. Cobbs ' estate
f rom bond of $2,000 given by Cobbs as bail on charge of having
stolen a bond. Cobbs was petitioner ' s son and f orfeited his
bail. His four securities were bound for $500 each, which
$2 , 000 has been paid , but Cobbs was personally liable for
$2,000 , which has not been paid. He has s ince died in Mississippi leaving a small estate, and petitioner, his mother, will
be r educed to want if bond is enforced . Four papers . Bill
drawn.
CITIZENS .

1838.

Jany. 29. A 1805 . Reform in law for processioning lands.
Robert Campbell, Alexander Wade, James A. Walker, John I.
Tariss , Fred H. Quarles, H. Terry and 65 others. Referred.

�HARRIS , JAMES .
1839 . Jany. 12 . A 1806. Divorce of daug hte r , Ma.r t ha C . Harris ,
from her husband , John Hemmings . Latter i s a thie1 and s windler and was driven out of co mmuni ty . Certif ica tc s i gned by
Robert Campbell , Charles W. S tevens , Jo e l A. Jon c3 , J ohn Crouch ,
Irvin S. Broles , Samuel Jon es and 47 others .
Re j e c ted .
CITIZENS of Bedf'ord , Amherst &amp; Neison .
1839. Feby. 4 . A 1807 . Incorporation of Vi r g i nia Beetroot Su g ar
Manufacturing Company , and grant of b ounty of thre e cents a
pound for sugar and five cents a gallon for mol a sses made .
Joseph B Irving , Ro . M. Brown , La. Drummond , C . D3.bn ey, I.
Wells, Henry W. Quarles and J5 others . Re port No . 8 15 of
United States .Department of Agriculture . Refer red .
CITIZENS OF LIBERTY .
1839, Feby . 7 , A 1808. Incorporation of Lib e rty . Armist ead Otey ,
William Terry , James T. Johnson , John C. Hop kins , Robt . A .
Clement , 'Iho. L . Leftwich and 50 others . Re porte d .

GEORGE , WILLIAM.
18J9. Dec. 7 , A 1809 . Refunding of fine levie d agains t petitioner for failing to g i ve bond and security for keeping an ordinary . He thought that payment of license was all necessary .
Court record and certificate . Reported .
CITIZENS.

1840 . Jany. 17 . A 1810. Some method to reduce number of dogs,
in order to prevent sheep-killing . Householders should be
taxed on all dogs more than two; negroes should be allowed to
keep but one dog and slaves should be prohibi ted from ke eping
any . John C. Chilton, Jno . Callaway, T. T. Saunders , William
Creasy , Uriah Hatcher, William L. Otey, J ames S l aughter , Richd .
Lavis. Rejected.
ROBINSON, HOWELL.
184o. March 20.

A 1811.

Petition for divorce withdrawn.

HARRIS, JAMES.
1840. Dec. 2. A 1812. Divorce of his daughter, Martha C. Harris ,
from her husband , John Hemmings. Hemmings is a thief and
swindler and has fled to avoid prosecution.
Court record .
Bill drawn.
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CITIZENS of Bed.ford , Botetourt &amp; Roanoke.
1840. Dec. 29 . . A 181J. ~erm.ission for s tockholders in Lynchburg
and Sal em Turnpike Company to receive 6 per cent. dividend on
their stock before the State receives anything , or th.B.t the
State dividends may be used in paying alllOunt due for extending
road. $87,600 out of $100,000 s tock to be raised has been subscribed by individuals. Rich. C. Perkins, Alexander I rvine ,
Will. Steptoe, P. Eckols , John T. W. Ready, Wm. Leftwich, Jr .
and 241 others.

�CITIZENS .
1840?

A 1814.

Subscription by State to stock of railroad from
to Tennessee . Line is necessary to James River Canal
and to development of southwest. Jos . Wilson, _G. A. Wingfield,
J esse T. Hopkins , A. Otey , W. F . Gordon, Jr. and 9 others .
Lynchbur~

DIRECTORS &amp; Stockholders of Bed.ford Savings Bank .
1841 . Jany . 4 . A 1815 . Amendment of bank charter placing notes
negotiable at its office on same footing as foreign bills of
exchange . At present all notes negotiated at bank must be
made payable in Lynchburg , which is great inconvenience, and
unn ecessary, as bank has $JO, 000 capital. G. A. Wingfield,
Pres ., Jos. Wilson, James F. Johnson, Jno . A. Wharton, Wm. L.
Hall , Alfred A. Bell and 11 others . With names of 21 other
citizens added .
1841. Jany . 15. A 1816 . Dlaft of bill granting permission to
Joseph Wrig ht, guardi an of John H. Markle, to invest proceeds
of sal e of lands at Liberty in lands in Missouri . Court
record. Rejected .
JONES, WM. R.
1841. Jany. 28 .

A 1817.

Petition withdrawn.

CITIZENS.
1841. Dec . 8 . A 1818 . Creation of new militia company Within
limi ts of 10th Regiment . Iavid H. Crease , Stark B. Garrett,
W. B. Overstreet, Ianiel P . Skinnell, Walter B. Dowdy, James
E . Wright and 199 others .
OFFICERS of 10th Regiment.
1841. Dec. 21. A 1819 . Ask that Legislature will refuse to
create a new militia company wi thin the bounds of the 10th
Regiment . Lewis C. Arthur, Col., E. V. Williams, Lieut.-Col.,
Richard Crenshaw, Major, Patrick L. Foster, Milton J. Jones,
Capt., Caleb D. Parker and 27 others. Referred .
HOLT, WILLIAM I.
1842 . Feby. 12. A 1820. Release from fine and costs imposed on
charge of gambling . All a mistake; petitioner was not guilty.
Affidavits and court record. Rejected.
CITIZENS of Bedford &amp; Campbell.
184J. Jany. 2. A 1821. Incorporation of company to build turnpike from Lynchburg through Campbell and Bedford . Hector
Harris , Wm. Radford, John Smith, Jr., H. McGehee, William
Cobbs, Will. Hobson and lJ others. Remonstrance against petition with 57 names. Reported.
CITIZENS.
1844. Jany. Ji. A 1822. Removal of election precinct from Cheese
Creek Church to Bigbie ' s Shop. Church is in ruins . Wm. Bigbie ,
Balda Mc.Ia.niel, Hiram Cheatwood, Henry M. Ogden, James S. Perrow, Henry H. Hewitt and 24 others. Bill reported.

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WORKSHOP

July 16, 1983
For those of you who could
not make it - see what you
missed --- and those of you
who were there -- see if you
can find yourself ,
The talks were good , people
wonderful, new and old friends
and not enough money to buy
the books and maps that I
(we) wanted .

John Frederick Dorman

Richard K MacMasters

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The Ffrst United Methodist Church in Salem was the scene of the annual
workshop sponsored by the Southwestern Genea l ogi cal Society on July 16 , 1983 .
Among the day ' s activities was an o uts tandi ng book fair where part icipants
browsed , purchased books and supplies and met a uthors of local hi~tory and
genealogical works . As usual , the work s hop aff orded opportuniti1 • for renewing
old aqua intances and making new friend s . Pa r t i c i pants came fro~ all o ver
Virginia and several came from out of s t a t e . The door priz e for the person who
traveled the longest distance went to J acqu e line Kinn of Tit fin, Uttio . The
highlight of the day was the two outs tandin g s peakers - - J ohn Frederick Do rman
and Richard K. MacMaster .
Mr. Dorman , the editor of " Virginia Genealogi st , 11 s pok e in the morn ing
session on the topic, " Using Federal Revolutionary War Pe n s ion Records . 11 I n
a very in teresting and informative presentation, Mr . Dorma n stressed how impo r tant it is for those doing research to know the orig i n of legi slation which
created the records they are using. He gave an ove rv iew of the federal pension
laws of 1818 , 1820 , 1828 and 1832 indicating what kind of information a re searcher would find in these records . Mr . Dorman poin ted out the s ignificance
of these records for historians who are trying to r ecreate the social history
of a certain period and place. He suggested that th ose doing genealogical
research should seek to find out as much as possible a bout the time period in
which the persons being researched lived .
Mr . Dorman indicated that the National Archives has t wo mi crofilm col l e c tions of the federal pension records and warned that one o f these ha s se lected
records, therefore the researcf-er needs to indicate that he / s h e wishes to rece ive
every paper in the file when requesting the records .
In the second morning session , Mr . Dorman discussed the topic , " Cert i f ication of Genealogists." As an officer of the Board f or Certif i cation of
Genealogists , he was able to give the group information abo u t t h e p u rpose of
the Board. the categories of certification, and the procedure fo r obta ining
certification. The four categories are : Certified Genealogi s t ( C. G. );
Genealogical Records Searcher (C . G. R. S . ) ; American Lineage Specia li s t (C.A.L . S) ;
and American Indian Lineage Specialist (C . A.I .L. S .) .
Richard K. MacMaster , Associate Professor of History at Jame s Ma dison
University, conducted a very informative session in the afternoon. Hi s t opic
was, "Church and County Records of Shenandoah and Rockingham Counti es . 11 Mr .
MacMaster discussed the importance of genealogical resear~h to the d e v e lopment
of local histories and especially its importance in relation to th e e mphasis
placed on social history in recent years . MacMaster t~lked_about sev e r a l
exciting projects developed by the Shenandoah Valley Historical In s titute , a
consortium involving cooperative work among historical societies, the history
professors at colleges in the area\ and people in the community involved in
genealogical research.
In rjiscussing the records of Shenandoah and Rockingham counti es , Mr.
MacMaster pointed out the diversity of the religious and ethnic groups who
settl ed there. He gave an overview of the church and court records a nd e nu mera ted some sources that would aid the researcher. For example, he noted
t hat many of the men in the Shenandoah Valley refused militia service because
of their religious beliefs and this led to much correspondence back and forth
about why they could not serve. Another source would be the delinquent fine
lists for people who would not serve in t he militia as well as lists of pers ons fined for missing drill.
Both of the works hop speakers were informative and challenging. Their
presentations made the day a truly worthwhile learning experience .

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CENSUS of the TOWN OF ROANOKE -- 1883
continued from
Volume I I I
p 76, May 1983
(Notes no numbers p l aced bes ide the names in the original book - added here
by typist . )
page 87 . . . . . .... .. . taken by
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16. Nancy Wright
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17.Bird Wri ght
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18. Agnes Noel
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page 88.
2 1. Armsted? Noel
22 . Lottie Noel
2J . Ad.line Preston
24. Georgia Preston
25. Jno R Thornton
26. Patrick Darsey
2( . Milly Da.rsey
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29 . Eliz~ Callaway
JO. Harry Burwell
J i. Mattie Burwell
J2. Sarah Goldston
JJ . Annie Hughes
J4. F F Wheeler
35, H. W. Taylor
J6 . W. T. Da.y
37 , Jessey Turner
J8 , Johni e Wheelin
J9. B. G. Gastings
40. D. G. Gast i ngs
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62. Bettie Johnson
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65. Sallie Dudley
66. Will llidley
67. Annie Saunders
68. Mary? Shepard
69. Sampson Edwards
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86. Washington Cla~k
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163. Mike Coatny
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176. Jno Taylor
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178. Rebeca Ganaway
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180. A R Martin
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191. Lizzie Wright
192 . Willie Wright
19J. Ernest Wright
194 . George Wright
195 , G W Wright
196 . Robt Wright
197. F P Wright
198 , Emma Wri ght
199, B P Wright
200 . W' m P Patterson
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202 . Georg M Evans
20J . Francis Evans
204, Henryiter Wood
205. D W Hess
206. Julia Hess
207 . Audrey Hess
208 . C L/S Reed
209. Wi lliam Oconnell
210. Jo seph Wheat
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214, M' r Dunn
215. M' r Dunfry
216. Marian Sampsall
217 . Mary Sampsall
218 . LA Sampsell
219 . H J Sampsall
220. M F Sampsall
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222. F A Sampsall
223 . Mattice Sampsall
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225 . P H Kirk
226. Nannie Kirk
227. Jno Kirk
228 . J as Kirk
229 . Berty Kirk
2JO. Nelly Kirk
231. W A Decker
232. Minnie Decker
233. Sadie Decker
2J4. Loulin Decker
235. Etter Decker
236. RE Decker
2J7. Jno Henderson
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Alice Sisler
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261. Catie Haslar
262. Johnie Haslar
263. Mar~et Has lar
264. Jas Kasey
265. Jim Weekmore
266. Stephen Weekmore
267. Richard Jones
268. Amer
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269. R W Jones
270. :??Hanner??
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271 . Joseph Baker
272. C Cl ark
273·. Margaret Clark
274. Sharlot Clark
275. W'm Croford
276. Mary Croford
277. Foster Croford
278. Jno Turner
279. Maggie Turner
280. D R Snouvely
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281. Catherine A S~avely
282. Sm.manda A S§:Yavely
283. J B Gough
284. I?Q R Gough
285 . Edward Gough
286 . Souler Gough
287 . M C Gough
288. Mary L Gough
289 . A T Gough
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J S Moorman
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442. Emly R Cotterell
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444. C M Brister
445 . C N Fisher
446 . L W Odgen
447 . Bell H~rper
448 . A M JQnes
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Dr H A Sims
P W Sims
T W Sims
H I ? Sims
A ? Sims
E C Yager
S E Wright
Gillaspie
Cha 's Carter
W'm T Rutledge
Jno Bath
H S Grisham
J F Ianghorn

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C E Dumbar
H C Hinchman
0 H Owen
565. E A Owen
566 . S L Owen
567. RE Owen
568. Robt Owen
569. J W Cook
570. T B Forbs
571. Mrs J Forbs
572. G D .Green
573. · catherine Green
574. G G Green
575. N A Green
576. M C Buckhannon
577 • H R IQng
578. L H Vaughan
579. M L Vaughan
580 • .J. R Vaughan

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594 . Sa.d i c E Blar. ton
595 , Et F Bl'1.nt ot:
596 . Thoma;. Jacks on
597 , Mrs C' l ;ira J ackson
598 , J l•: ': s ~i oo re
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J A Carr
Fannie A Ca rr
E M Ca r r
M B Ca rr
R G Carr
M J Ma nn
Pa ul Cl a r k
Sallie Ha rvey
Edward Mower
Amanda Mower
Earl Mower
Mark Mower
Graham? Mower
Edward Mower Jr
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622. Robt Carten (or r)
623. Nelly Jackson
624. J H Spangler
625 . A E Spangler
626. W T J Spangler
627. M E V Spangler
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629. S H Gutchery
6JO. J H Haray
6J1. Marry Hardy
632. Walter G Hardy
6J3. Allie Hardy
6J4. L B Hardy
6J5. L G Pirma~ Penn?
636. M G Penn
6J7. G G Penn
6J8. A E Penn
639 . Ba.by Penn
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�SU RNAM E INDEX
The list is set up as follo ws : n ame and add r ess of person d oing the
r esea r ch; the columns are: sur n a me, given nam e, location, an d dates.
Mr s Al Amundsen , Countr y Ciub Apts 2F, Greenville , AL 36037
TUCK
Dr Da v id Green b Halifax Co, Va
1793-1863
d Christian Co, Ky
WIL KERSO N
Robert A
b Halifax Co , Va
1841-1908
d Snyder, Texas
TUCK
Drusilla Ann
b Butler Co, Ky
1851-1882
Bl oomfield , Texas
TUCK
Thomas Mitch e ll b Sherman , Texas
187 9-195 7
d San Diego, Ca lif
J ACK
Captain Pa tri c k b Ba l lykelly , Ire. 1700- 1 781
d Rowan Co., NC
GRI MES
Cap t ain William b &amp; D Hanove r Co, Va
1 73 0 -1 7 7 7
JO NES
Orlando
bur i ed Bruton Par i sh
1681 -1719
Ch u rch, Wi l liamsb u rg, Va
MAC ON
Junius Mont gomery b Penfield , GA
1839 - 18 7 8
d Clayton, Alabama
ALSTO N
Robert West
b Ha l ifax Co, NC
1781-1859
d Florida
BROOKS
William
b New Kent Co . Va
ca 1710
d Spottsylv a nia Co, Va
bef 1 788
Ila Ga ton s Eckstadt , 608 Hunter , Ki l go re, Texas 75662
Delil a h
Fra n k lin Co , Va
md 18 0 4
BAS HAM
CORL EY
Valentine
Cumb e rl a n d Co, Va
d 18 03
DOUTH I TT
Perrnelia
Wa s h in gt o n Co, Pa
re s 1788
GATONS
William
Ir el a nd - Illi no is
1828 - 1881
HEN DE RSO N
Joseph
md 1794
Va - Ky - Ind
McGEE
Robert
r es 1794
Montgome ry Co ~ Va
Md KEE
John
1 791 - 18 5 1
NC - Tenn - Il l
McKINN EY
r es 1788
Daniel
Washington Co , PA
MULLIS
md 1 8 18
El i zabeth
Te n n - Ky - I l 1
TAGGART
Jame s (Judge)
NC - Te nn - I n d
1 74 4-1 852
Mrs ~Oscar De a n , RD 3 Bo x 82 , Camb r idg e Sp r ings , PA 16403
STEWART
Sus an nah
Gray s on Co , Va
b 1803
Lyd i a
ALLEN
md De c 1760
Ca rta r e t Co , NC
BRYANT
John
d Ap r 1 800
Gray so n Co , Va
TAYLOR
J a ne
b 1766
Augu s t a Co, Va??
CARRICO,
Willi a m
b 1 767
Vi r g inia
HAWKS
Susan
d
? ? (1890-9677)
Carr o ll Co , Va
HAWKS
Carey
Gr a yso n Co , VA
b 1836
DEAN
Je de di a h
md 1738/9
Ess ex Co, NJ
JACKSON
md 1760
Han na h
Buc ks Co , Pa
Wilkes Co, NC
d 1850-60
BROWDER
J a mes
Wi lkes Co, NC
d 1 8 4 0-50
BROW DER
Jeremia h
area
b wh e n??
Philadelphia,
Pa
HICKM AN
John

�Mrs Madeline Hylton, 4798 North
Jesse
HILTON
Juda (Jud ith)
WRIGHT
PRESTON
Nat haniel
VAUN
Elizabeth
GREEN
William
GORDON
Ju d ith
WRIGHT
James

Trail, NE; Marietta, GA 30066
Bedford -Henry Co,Va b 1755 - moved 1784
Bedford Co, VA
b ca 1755
Bedford Co, Va
b 1761-mo ved 1800
Bedford Co, Va
b 1760-moved 1800
Campbell Co . , Va
md 1790's
Campbell Co, Va
md 1790's
Virginia ??
b ca 1820

Mrs Rose B Anderson, 935 Scenic Drive NW, Albany, OR 97321
McNEIL
John
Aug a &amp; Rkbdg Co,Va/OR 1820-1896
HARMON
John Lincoln
Montg. Co, Va/KY/OH/In b 1767 md 1787
d 1825
BYRD
Elizabeth
Montg Co, VA/KY/OH/IN/IA md 1787 Va
LEWIS
b 1802 md 1821
Hiram Hamilton Gallati n Co, Ky/IN/?
HOY
Parthena
Montgomery Co, KY
b 1784 md 1814
SAPPINGTON
John
Montgomery Co, KY
b 1791 d 1860
DURBIN
Sarah
WV/Madison Co, KY
md 1785
Nancy
Westmo reland Co, PA
b 1758
CARMICHAEL
John
Cumberland Co, PA
b 1756
RITCHIE
John B
COURTNEY
Westmoreland Co , PA
b 1797
1

Roger E Peterson
Henry
PRE ISCH/Price
Mary
MAGDALINE
Henry 0
PRICE
Adam
PRICE
PRICE
John
Jacob
R
PRI CE
RHINEHAR T
Elizabeth
MI LL ER
Katherine
MI LLE R
Henry
KOGER
Ni cho l as
KOGER
Eli zabeth
PETTYJOHN
Henry
Jacob
PETTYJOHN
Maxine Hood Lu ck (Mrs Ri chard),
AZ 85254
BOYER
Wi lliam He n ry
BOYER
Dan iel
BUSEICK
Po 11 y
CADY
Susannah
DAN IEL
El i
D~LP
Susanna
DUTTON/DURTING Sa ll y/Sarah
MIZE/MEESE
Edmond
SOUTH
Ase ha

Montgomery Co ,
Montgomery c0 '
Montgomery Co,
Rockingham Co,
Rockingham Co,
OH/IL
Rockingham Co,
Rock in gham Co,
Rockingham Co,
Augusta Co, VA
Augusta Co, Va
Gree nb r i er Co ,
KY/ IL

VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA

1745 - 1786
b 14 Mar 1759
d 1828
md 8 Aug 1822
1834-1920
b 3 Apr 1805

res 173 6-1784
d 174 2
res 175 0-80
VA(now WV)
1800-1865

6653 E Sweetwater Ave, Scottsda le,
Grayson, VA
Grayson, VA
Grayson, VA
Grayson, VA
Grayson/Smyth VA
Grayson, VA
Wythe IS myth , VA
North Carolina
Grayson/Smyth , VA

b

b
b
b
b

b
b
b

b

ca 1760
17 Jan 1783
4 Nov 1829
ca 1800
ca 1813
29 May 1792
ca 1815
ca 1802
ca 1790

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Mrs Elizabeth Moore Parks, 80 Piki Driv e , Sed o na , /\ Z 863 36
MOORE
01 iver
Kanaw ha Co, VA
(sic ) rnd 18 08 to1 8 5~'
CHANDLER
Mary (Polley)
Kanawha Co , VA
b Fluvanna Co ,
Va ca 1794
b Al bermarle C:
CHANDLER
Sarah
Kanawh a / Wayn e Cos .
15 No v 1805
BILLUPS
Sarah Casey
ca 1 7 37 -c a1 79~
Bote./M o nt g Cos , VA
BILLUPS
Samuel L
Bate, VA/ Ca be ll &amp;
md 2 5 Ap r 182 Wayne Co s , WV
Ka nawha Co , \\
WEBSTER
Samuel
Franklin Co , VA
res 17 88
Dorothy Looney McClellan, 3385 Yolanda , Sprin g fiel d, OR
James
SARVER,
Craig/Bote . Cos, VA
THOMAS
Bethsaida
Botetourt Co , VA
PAXTON
William
Botetourt Co, VA
ABBOTT
Hannah
Botetourt Co, VA
ABBOTT
Thomas
Virginia
HENDRICKSON
Zachariah
Virginia
Botetourt Co, VA
FISHER
Aaron
Philip
FISHER
Sally/Sarah
BROTHERS
John Jordan
Greenbrier, Monro e WV
HOYLMAN
Jane Virginia
MARSHA LL

9 7477
18 14-1 8 64
1 8 30 -1870 ' s ?
b 17 8 8
b 17 8 7
b ca 1760?
ca 1760's ?
b 17 9 6
ca 1770 Ire ?
ca 1770's VA ?
b 1818 VA
b 1830 VA

Mrs Nita A Canova 2 1516 WestBenjamin Hol
b Br un ;
William
BARROW
d Henry
b Brun;
BARROW
William M?
(son of above) d Floyd
LESTE R

Ju 1 i a A

b
d

LESTER

William A
b
(father of above)

LESTER

John
b
(father of above)

Carl L Ray, 404 Navajo Lane
ARRING TON
John
John
ARTRIP
BREEDING
Spencer
EDWARDS
Brice
FINNEY
Thomas
GILLESPIE
Jennie
HALE
Ruth
HESS
Elizabeth
HONAKER
Jacob
JESSE
John
KELLY
Margaret
KISER
Joseph
Sa mu el
LaF.ORCE

2

t Dr iv e, Stockton, CA 95207
Meck-md;
b ?. .' md 1801
'.
d ca 1848
c 0 s ' Va .
md Henry;
b ca 18 15 ; l /m: ·
Cos , Va
1839; 2/md l Bfl ~
d ca 1876
b ca 1 8 40~ md
&amp; md Hen ry Co
Floyd c 0, Va
d 1898
? md? d Henry
b ca 1803; md
Co , Va
ca 183 0 ; d a ft
1870
...
? . md?; d Henry
b
ca
17
80;
d
.'
Co , Va
aft er 1870

Kingsport, Tennessee 37664
Amherst, Patrick Cos , Va
d 1849
b bef 1770
Rke, Russel 1 Co s, Va
d 1833
Rkghm , Rus se ll Cos, Va
d 1851
Franklin Co, Va
d 1799
Rkghm , Russel 1 Cos, Va
b 1770's
Patrick Co, Va
b ca 1802
Fkln , Russell Cos , Va
Surry Co,NC/Russ. Co,Va b 1786
d 1796
Swit z. /Wythe Co, Va
1750-1820
NC/ Russell Co, Va
Shen . , Russell Cos, Va
1765 - 1835
d 1816
Shen, Russell Cos 11 Va
b b ef 1760
Botetourt Co, Va
continued

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MU S I C VPUCKET
RAY

Carl L Ray
Lydia
Phoebe
Benja min

STACEY
SYKES

Susannah
Joh n

WALLACE
WHITT

Catherine
Sarah

Russell c0 ' Va
Russell Co, Va
New Hanover Co, NC/
Russell Co, Va
Shenandoah, Russ. Co,Va
Prince George,
Russell Cos, Va
Russell Co, Va
Russell Co, Va

Ruth Strong Fran k , 114 E. 2 1st St , Tracy, Calif 95376
BURT 0 N
Isaac
Va IR us s . Co , Va I Ky
OSBORN
McMEANS
HENKLE
OSBORN
OSBORN
STRONG

Lucretia
( wi f e of above)
?James?Edw.
Marjory
(wife of above)
Ca 1 e b
William
(son of above)
J ame s

b ca 1775
b ca 1775
1756- 1841
b 1770's
1750-1851
b 1811
b 1815

Va I Ky

1807 - md
ca 1828
1807-1858

SC/Va
SC/Tazewell Co, Va I Ky

cl795-cl835
1800- c l881

b

b ?NJ/Russel 1 Co, Va
c 1740-17 81
d Rowan Co, NC
b Rowan Co, NC/Russ. Co ,
1763 -1 841
Va I Ky I Ind
b Va/Scott Co, Va
d c 1875

Curtis E Milton Jr, 212 Midpine Ct. Apt. 4c , Owings Mills, MD 21117
MELTON
Josiah
Bedford Co, VA
b 1818 , md
1840
Bedfo rd Co , VA
b 1797
WILSON
James
b 18 14,
HOGAN/HAGEN
Washingtor
Bedford Co , VA
md 18 48
GROSS
b 18 27
Bedfor
d
Co,
VA
Nancy Ja ne
( st wife of above)
b 1850
PERDUE
Boone Co , WV
Zach
b 1826
VELEY
James
Raleigh Co , WV
Mildred Fugate Little, Box 380, Denniston, KY 40316
Josiah
FUGATE
b King George Co, VA
Mary (wife of above)
MARTIN
?
FUGATE
John
b King George Co , Va
(son of above)
GIBSON
Samuel
b ?Russell c0, VA
?
Anne
Augusta Co , VA
(wife of Robert Fowler)
NICKELL
Augusta Co, Va
John I
McCOMBE,
Barbara
Augusta Co, Va

40316
d 175 7
?

d 15 Feb 1801
d 6 Jul y1864
b ?1752
d ? 19 25
?1728-?1774
?

Helen C Stol ler, 1811 Preston Dr . , Columbus, GA 31 ~0 6
WHEELER, DEAN, WEBB, PRUITT , JONES all of Grayson a nd later
Carroll Counties.
Alice J Poole , Rt s Box 2588, Clatskanie, OR 97016
GROSS, JAMES, ROSE, TAYLOR , McCLURE, COLE, JOHNSTON, MYERS lines of
Washington, Smy th and Wythe Co ' s.

�Mrs Harry Lundquist (Isabel Tinnell), Box 1613 Rt 1, Rapi d River ,
MI 4 9878
Surnames that TINNEL married into in Va:
BRADF ORD , GR I CC , SEARS ,
ENGELS, DERMOND, FRALIN, HARMON, HICKS, PUCKETT, SI NC L A I R , HANCOCK ,
PRICKETT, WERTZ, ARTHUR, PERKINS, THOMPS ON, JACKSON, R E YN OL DS,
LAVENDER, KABLER, ELLER, BELL, LUTZ, JAC KSON , HOWAR D , WEB STER ,
CHOCKLETT, FLOYD, GUIANINY, HARRIS, PARRY, MECKS, RYAN, HUDSON .
Charles

M Adams,

5711 Cartagena,

ADAMS
OWENS
BLANKENSHIP
DEATON
DEYERLE
FLOWERS
AMOS
SM ITH

John Wesley
Nancy Jane
Henry Calvin
Elijah Jr
Julia Ann
James
Wilson
John M

HUFF

Sarah

BIRD

William

Barbara Blankenship,

(Sally)

Abbreviati ons used
bef - before
b - born
B:run - Brunswick
Camp - Campbell
c - about
d - died

William

TX

77 035

Montg, d Roanoke Co, VA
Montg, d ?Bed. Cos, Va
Roanoke Co, Va
d Roanoke Co, VA
Virginia
Frkln, Bed. Cos, VA
b Franklin Co, Va
b Wise Co, Va
d Cabell Co, WV
b Wise Co , Va
d Putnam Co, WV or Cabel
Loudoun, Frkln Cos, Va

9125 Woodpark Lane,

ADKINS
Soloman
BIRO/BYRD
John
PHILLIPS
Charles
LAU/LOW
Conrad
LUI/LAU
Michael
EDWARDS
John
SHOOPMAN/Scuckma n
Jacob
COLE
Sampson 0
PATTERSON
William
ENGLISH

Houston,

Apt

0,

?1820- ?
1792?
1865-1919

b

1841- ?
1 Co, WV
1777-1867

Knoxville,

Scott Co, TN
Campbel 1 Co, TN
Buncombe Co., NC
YorkCo, Pa/Gui 1 ford
Rowan Co, NC
Md/13ed. Co, Va/Bunc.
Montg, VA/Camp. Co,
Anderson, Knox Cos,
Aug. Co, Va/Hawkins,
Anderson TN
Hawkins Co, TN
- K

Fkln/Frkln - Franklin
Ire - Ireland
md - married
Meck - Mecklenburg
Montg - Montgomery
res - resident

cl819-cl863/5
b 1820 - ?
1831-1919
1811-1884
1815-1891

NC
NC
TN
TN

by

TN

37923

res 1 850
res 1813
res 1800
d 17 85
confirmed 17 79
b 1750
md 1792
b 1817
b 1753
Indians 1779

Rkghm - Rockingham
Rke - Roanoke
Russ - Russell
Shen - Shenandoah
Switz - Switzerland

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Index to Ancestral Surnames by Query Number
Abshire
84
Adams
80
Addington
96
Al len
109
Allison
100
Armstrong 100
Avent
74
Ball
92
Barnhouse
95
Barrow
104
Beasley
105
Bishop
10 0
Black
103
Blackburn 103
Blackmore
81
Blanchett 105
Blankenship 91
Boaz
105
Boitnott
91
Brannan
95
Brashier
77
Britt
108
Buchanan
107
Butler
74
Cantrell
90
Carnahan
107
Carnes
101
Carter
81
Chapman
96
75
Champion
Conley
93
98
Coster
108
Covey
90
Crabtree

Creech
Danley
Davis
DeBu s k
Dodson
Edmondson
Edwards
Evans
Farmer
Fitzgerald
Fr ank lin
Fulcher
Fulp
Furgason
Gaither
Gam):H e
Garrett
Gregory
Halsey
Hamilton
Harkrader
Harper
Harri son
Hartless
Hawks
Hendricks
Hewitt
Hin son
Holbr ook
Hough
Huff
I ngram
Ipshire
Jenkins

82
107
108
107
103
107
90
80
109
105
96
105
107
107
107
107
103
79
100
77
86
72
98
86
94
93
76
103
108
99
99
105

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96

94
J o n es
108
Jord an
101
Karn es
98
Kent
101
Kern
103
Kimmin s
96
Lane
86
Lawhorne
104
Lester
107
Lewis
93
Magers
98
Mankin
107
Marrs
92
Mathes
107
Maxwel 1
98
Morlan
85
Murdoc k
98
Murray
78
Necessary
80
Nevins
105
Nowlin
1
05
Nunn
83
Pate
105
P enn
107
Phelp
105
Pik e
109
Poole
78,
89
Preston
88
Pucket t
92
Rhodes
Richard son 108
94
Rot en
100
Rutledge
80
Sale

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106
98

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107
Shoa l
106
S h &lt;..' I l
l06
Sh · I t on
1 05 .1 07
Shi l I
106
Shu 1 1
106
Simpson
107
Sm i L h
72. 88
S n i de..· r
75
St0phcnso11
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St c•v cns
71. 85
St. cwnrt
94
St1·011 g
96
Slu~1rt
94
Tnylor
90. 105
Thompson
107
Tolle&gt;t
107
T otten
75
Trunw n
95
Vaun
89
Wac ks
101
Wa ggo ner
73
Wnlkcr
80
Wax
1 01
We s t
73
Will e tt
97
Wil son 87,99.102
Wr ight8 7,102.107
Wynne
107
Yate s
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71 - 83.
Seek 1111 u on parents of Solomon Butler STEVENS, SR. of
Bedf ord Cu .. V.~.
Wif e ~!ary and ch ildren Solomon Jr. , Daniel ,
Stephen. Vi olet . M:11·y. Jnn c . N::111cy and Pho e be.
Lived in Bedford
Co. in l a t e l7UU's and cn rly 1800's.
May have lived in KY for time
befor e 1800.
P nf-:si bly met and mar1·i ed in KY.
Glenn D. STEVENS.
1431 Ea st B ea 1·ds l ev . Elk h nrl . IN
46514
72 - 83.
"Kecd infu :
~1n1· gu r e t SMITH (dau of John SMITH and Margaret
HARPER ) b. 1 770. B~t l 11 Co . md. 1 796. Ba th Co. to James STEPHENSON
(b. 1766 Balh Co.) .
Sh8ron ROTH. 1625 Rain bow Ridge. Corona. CA
91720
73 - 83.
Snmu&lt;.:1 W:\GGONER b. en. 1856 in He nry Co .. moved to Pa trick
Co. th e n to Floyd Co .. L i t t l e River Dist .. where he md. Sally WEST.
Th eir son Charl es WAGGONER w~s b. the r e.
In 1898 he joined the
Spanish Am. War in Lo~an Co .. WV.
Would appreciate any info on
th e WAGGONER Fa111i 1 y .
Sy bi 1 PLUMLEE.
7735 SW 45, Portland. OR 97219
74 - 83.
H e nry SENTER (wife Rebecca AVENT) on 1810 Washington Co ..
VA census .
Hi s pa1·ents wer e Stephen and Mary (?) SENTER of Cumberland Co .. NC .
Need 'their par e nts. s iblings. a nd other children.
Wh e n did Henry come to Washington Co .. VA: when did he leave?
His
son Drury was a Baptist prencher in Wash ington Co.
Other sons:
Stephen (NC): William, who md. Jency BUTLER. Cumberland Co., NC
1805 (need her par e nt s and birthplace); James: and Aaron.
Others?
How are th ey related to Fr eeman, D ewitt a n d Tandy SENTER families.
and others of VA. NC and T N?
C::ithy CHARLET. 836 Michelle Dr . .
Everman, T X
76140
75 - 83.
Need data on:
Alexander TOTTEN (Smyth). father of Samuel
Taylor TOTTEN b. 9/4 / 1845; d. 4 / 29 / 30. and any earlier known TOTTENS .
Richard and Sarah Champion TOTTEN. Hempsted, NY . 1640-1712 were our
immigrant ancestors.
Peter SNIDER (Smyth), father of John SNIDER , Jr.
b. 3/19/1817; d. 3/12 / 1896 who was father of Peter Jacob SNIDER , 17
c hn.
Lorain e TOTTEN MINETREE, 8100 Elkhardt Rd., Richmond. VA
76 - 83 .
John HE WITT, SR , , Fincastle Botetourt Co. , VA.
Died 1812.
wife- Elenor ?
Need to know parents of both and i f John Sr. was in
the VA M i l i t i a during Rev. Wnr.
Charlotte WIRFS, 876 Miller Ave. S.,
D al la s, OR
97338
77 - 83.
Searching for John A. HAMILTON &amp; wife Frances , parents of
Lockard HAMILTON b. 1820 who md. Mary BRASH I ER &amp; lived in Wythe.
Bl and &amp; Wise Cos.
Who were Lockard' s brothers: sisters?
Was J ohn
A. father~ Francis HAMILTON of Augusta d. Montgomery Co.?
Sue
H AM ILTON SHACKELFORD, Rt. 3, Box 482, Salyersville, KY
41465
78 - 83, William NECESSARY (NECPARY) b. 1775;
Lucresy PRESTON?
b. 1775 : d . ?
Russell Co .•
P. 0 . Bo x 268, Wytheville, VA
24382

d. July 17. 1845, md .
VA.
Gladys H. SMITH ,

79 - 83.
John K. GREGORY Pittsylvania Co. b. 10 June 1782 md.
Elizabeth H .. b. 24 May 1 800; d. 7 June 1886 Taz ewell Co .. VA
12
c h ildren born in Pittsylvania Co. &amp; moved to Ta ze well Co. ?
Gladys
H. SMITH, P, O . Box 268, Wytheville. VA
24382

�80 - 83.
Need info on Nathani e l and David EV:\:'.\S o1 Bott·tuurt Co ..
VA .
May h ave lived in Augusta Co .. V ..\.
I wou ld I ikt' t o hear fr om
anyone with
NEV INS co nn ection s .
H e n1· y . .Ja mt's. &lt;111d H&lt;&gt;bt'1· t NEV I NS.
Need info on Samu e l SALE b . ca . 1750- 60 .
Livc' d H &lt;1mpsl1i1· c . V:\ on
Greenbrier Riv er.
I f you kn ow pl ease writ e .
Do you kn uw wh e r e
Samu el AD AMS 1 i ved with wife Ann e AD ..\'.\IS d;n1 . u 1 \\.i I 1 L1111 .-\D:\ i\TS
and Mary Walker AD AMS?
In VA.
Chi lclr e n :
J oseph . \\'i 11 i am . Th o mas.
James , Mary, Margar et . John. D avid. J a n e and ..\11d1· c.:w .
Eve lyn
REYNOLDS , West Rt. Box 31. Se i l i n g . OK
73663
81 - 83.
Charles CARTER b. 1710-12 "Bar ford " L&lt;11H·:1sl t· 1· . \· ..\:
d. 2 No v. 1766 Am h erst Co .. VA. md . ca . l 740 L ucy ·:&gt;
:\ ec cl h e r
p arents.
Lu cy ? CARTER md. 2nd J ohn BL ..\ CK!\lORE. SR . in .-\mh e r st
Co. , VA , 15 Oct. 1768.
They wer e at F o r t BL1c km o1· c o n th e C linch
River 1774 when D ale CARTER son of Charles and Lucy C.-\RTER was
k i l l ed by Indian s in front of Fort.
He l en May D :\LTON . 740 W.
Austin St. , P a ris , TX
7 5460 .

82 - 83.

I nformation nee d ed Jonath an CREECH.
Larsh (Li s h)
CREECH and William He nry Harrison CREECH. L ee Co . . V :-\ 1800 ' s a nd
possibly int o Ha r l an Co .. KY.
Writ e Ll oy d DEAN. R~ . 6 . Box 498 .
Morehead. KY
40351
83 - 83.
Looking for cemeteries wh e r e e arly P ATES w e 1· c buri e d.
Can anyone h el p me.
Helen P AT E ROSS
9401 C hnndl e 1· Av e ..
Sturtevant. WI
53177
84 - 83.
Seek where abouts of th e Family Bibl e (G e rman) oJ P eter
and Eva IPSHIRE, residents prior to l 7 60 on J o hn ~ C1· eck n branch
of Cra i g Creek now in Craig Co .. VA.
Tw o son s . Luk e 8.nd Ab r a h am,
1 i v e d in Frank 1 in Co . . VA .
Son s , J a c ob an d Ch r i s t i :l n . 1 i v e d in
Wilkes Co . , NC;
William ABSHIRE lived elsewh e r e.
Oth er c hildren.
names and number not known may h a v e the Bibl e .
G er trud e Casler
MANN . P. 0. Box 86. Rocky Mount , VA
24151
85 - 83,
Seek info on a n cestors of Solomon B ut l e r
STEVENS. wif e
Mary . of B e d ford Co., V A .
Had son by same nnme wh o md. Eli zabet h
MURDOCK .
Glenn D. STEVENS, 1431 E. B ear d sley. Elkhnrt. IN
46514
86 - 83.
I am seeking in fo on th e wif e of Jnmes H i l l a ry (Hill)
LAWHORNE of Amherst Co., VA.
Her f i r s t name was I sa b e l l a an d they
were md. on 23 Jan. 1855.
Think her last name wns H A RTLESS, bu t
not sure.
Any info on h er an d her f am i ly would b e appr ecia ted.
Will exc h ange info on the LAWHORNES of Amherst Co .
Would appreciate any info on the HARKRIDERS , HARKRADERS of western VA in the
1880's and earl ier .
Ron PUCKETT. 7503 Bri a n Clarke, San Antonio.
TX
78240
87 - 83.
Seek parents of William WILSON . b. ca . 1782:
WRIGIIT 7 Feb. 1807 . Bedford. VA: d. 1848 B e df ord . VA.
BELCHER, 4303 Croatan Road. Richmond. VA
23235.

md. Debor ah
Lawrence A .

88 - 83,
Nee d names of children an d /or an y other info on Ericu s
SMITH, J r. who md. Rosanna P UCKETT (dau of Drury PUCKETT) on 20
Aug . 1785 in Washington Co . . VA.
H is name is on Ru ssel l Co.
VA
t ax records until 1802.
I t is believed he then moved to TN
(C a mpb e l l Co. area).
Patricia DICKINSON_. 825 So . Walnut St.
St. Albans. WV
25177

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Se eking info on parents of Nathaniel PRESTON and his
wife Eli zabeth VAUN .
Md. in B edfor d Co .. VA on August 1780 as
per Rev . War papers .
Moved to KY ea rly 1800' s.
Madeline HYLTON
4798 North.Truil. N . E .. Marietta . GA
30066
90 - 83 .
Se e k fa t h e r of John EDWARDS b. 1 750 Baltimore Co . , MD.
Mother Sar ah (?) md. 2nd to ( ?) CANTRELL and resided Bedford Co. ,
VA .
Where did J o hn' s .father die?
John rnd. 1770 Bedford Co. to
Ruth CRABTREE .
Family t o Bun combe Co . . NC ca . 1790.
John d .
Wash in gton Co. , TN 1833.
H is siste r Mary md. Christopher TAYLOR .
B arbara BLANKBNSHIP,
91 25 Woodpark Lane, Apt . D. Knoxville TN 37923
91 - 83 ,
I a m researching the BL ANKENSHIP line of my family.
My
g-g-grandfath er Obadiah BLANKENSHIP b. 1833 Pike Co. , KY md.
Mahatamer Su sa n BOITNOTT of Franklin Co .. VA 13 July 1850. d.?
I will be h appy to pay for co p ies of records on BLANKENSHIP or
BOITNOTT f amilies .
Need h e lp of a n y kind.
Mrs. David VITALI,
409 P aseo St . . Amarillo. TX
79 108 .
92 - 83.
Sear c h for par e nts of John. Geor ge &amp; Lee RHODES of
Washingt on Co .. TN 1848 J ohn rnd. Elizabeth MATHES at Black Mount ain
NC 1872 G eorge md. Melvina BALL in Jonesboro. T N 26 Sept. 1876 .
In
the 1880 ce n sus the son of J ohn a nd Elizabeth (C.C. RHODES) is
living with Gr a ndpar ents J o hn and Adline MATHES o f Washington Co.
TN.
Need any inf o rm ation I ca n get.
Any kind of help would be
welcome.
Mrs. David VITALI. 409 P aseo St., Amarillo. TX
79108
93 - 83.
Seeking in fo
o n the famil y of George HENDRICKS &amp; Sarah
Francis CONLEY their d a u. Maria Catharin a HENDRICKS b. 1862 August 3.
at Galesburg IL.
Md. Meri c ks Rich ar d MAGERS in IL
will exchange
info on family.
Mrs. David VITALI, 409 P aseo St .. filnarillo, TX 79108
94 - 83.
Need info
STUART-STEWART fam i ly lived Stewarts Creek
area SW VA before 1800.
Known ch ildr en are Joseph STEWART md. 1818
Margaret JONES; Jo e l STUART b. 1800 md. 1821 Milly ROTEN ; Susanna
STUART b. 1803 md. ca . 1823 Thomas H AWKS.
Mrs. S . Os ca r DEAN .
R.D. #3, Box 82, Cambridge Springs, PA
16403 .
95 - 83.
Seek father of J ames Windsor TRUMAN i b. 1838 in VA,
mother Keziah M. BARNHOUSE , b. 1822 in VA , md. 1 st (?) TRUMAN in
VA, divorced, md . 2nd Lorenzo Dow BRANNAN , 23 June 184,1, in Kan awah
Co., WV.
Lucille LEMASTER, 3050 Orchard Dr .. Portsm o u th, OH 45662
96 - 83.
I would like any info about my g-g- g r an dp arents .
Jame~
STRONG b. ca. 1815 in VA.
Murdered ca. 1 875 in Scott Co.! VA .
Md. ca. 1836 Mary "Polly" (?) , b. ca 1 820 in VA.
Mary was alive
in 1880 Scott Co., VA census and lived with son Th omas R. b. 1838
and his wife , Rebecca Addington STRONG .
Other children were
Susanah STRONG FRANKLIN b. 1837: Mary STRONG LANE b. 1841 ; Sarah
STRONG CHAPMAN ·· b. 1845; Phebe STRONG JENKINS b . 184 7; John b. 1850,
Stephen Hiram b. 1852 (My gr. father) ; William M. b. 1854 and
Nathaniel b. 1854.
Children b. in Scott Co .. VA.
Ruth STRONG
FRANK, 114 E. 21st St.
Tracy, CA
95376

�97 - 83 .
Seeking i nfo on J a me s WILLETT. b . 18 39 . ~Ill d wi 1 e . Emi l y
YATES WILLETT, b. 1 847 .
Md. 1867.
Roan oke Co.
Chi l drc·n :
Na nie
Emily , Maggie, Joseph B.
Mrs . D onald HARTON . E . 3623 ~lth Ave .,
Spokane, WA
99202
98 - 83.
Searching for info (Rev . War) William :\1 :\.'\KIK. b . 5 Apr .
1 760, Charles Co. , MD.
Bel i eved to hav e md . Viol al&lt;.:&gt; KENT 1 791
Fauquier Co., VA dau. of Thom as KENT of VA &amp; MD .
Violet b. 1773 .
Sons Ashford b. 1809-VA. &amp; I saac b . 1794-VA.
Also . son Thomas
b. 1797 PA md. Elizabeth MORLAN by 1798-PA md. 1816 .
Espec i a l l y
searching for my g-grandf a th er -- Stephen B . MANKIN b . 15 Apr . 18190hio, md. Rachel P. Murrayb . 4 Jun e 1828.
(Son of Thomas &amp; Eliza .
MANKIN &amp; dau of Wm. &amp; Elnor MURRAY .
Need to know where in VA
William HARRISON was b. and when md . to J ane COSTER b . VA.
Who
were their parents and from wher e ?
Son Jos e ph Newton b . Jun e 9.
1856 md . Salinda SEARLES.
Who were other children?
Phyllis L .
CLINE, 3795 East Seneca Co. Rd . , # 50, Tif fin. OH
4488 3
99 - 83.
Searching for in fo about Jos hu a WILSON b . 1740 in
Botetourt Co., VA and l ater se t t l ed in Rockca stle Co. , KY .
He
md. Catherine HOUGH/HUFF b. in 1768 in Montgomery Co .. VA the
dau of Benjamin and Ruth HOUGH/HUFF .
Mr s . Barbar a Ann RE N ICK.
311 Copa De Oro, Br ea, CA
92621 (714 ) 524-0364
100 - 83.
Seek info on par ents of Mahala BISHOP (1830-1925), who
md. William HALSEY and l i ve d at Mouth of Wilson , VA.
Seek info on
parents of John ALLISON , d. 1792, w ho md. Lucy RUTLEDGE.
dau of
Edward RUTLEDGE,
d ~ 1787.
Seek info on Thoma s ARMSTRONG, d . 1 77 6,
who were his parents and his wife?
Rob ert O. BA THIANY
3613 SW
328th St., Federal Way, WA
98003
101 - 83 .
Want to correspond, exchan ge in fo with anyone researc hin g
KARNES/KERN/CARNES or WAX/WACKS familie s with roots in Boteto urt or
Bedford Cos.
Mary CHEESEMAN, 3306 Ransom, Muskogee, OK
7440 1
102 - 83 .
Seek parents of Deborah WRIGHT b. ca. 1789; md. Wil l i am
WILSON 7 Feb. 1807, Bedford, VA; d. 7 Feb. 1853 Bedford, VA.
Lawrence A. BELCHER. 4303 Croatan Road, Richmond, VA
23235
103 - 83.
Seek info on parents of Levi GARRETT b. 1796/7 in N~.
Went to TN in 1816.
Md . 3 times.
D. after 1880 in Lewis Co ., TN.
Family tradition says was related to GARRRTTS o f Garrett Tobacco
Fortune Fame but no proof.
Will exchange info.
Children were :
James Bromfield GARRETT md. Charity "Polly" K IMMINS ; Temple H i cks
GARRETT md. Henrietta HINSON; Lucy Ann
GARRETT md . Willis D.
HINSON; Jennie GARRETT md. Elijah BLACKBURN ; M i l l i e G ARRETT md.
Robert BLACK; Adline; Mary and David.
Se ek info on Rev . Thoma s
DODSON- a Primitive Baptist Preacher fo r over 40 y rs .
B. 10 Nov.
1805 in TN .
D . 2.9 Dec. 1884 at Wesley, ARK .
Fat h er ma y h ave been
Willis DODSON .
Will exchange info.
John C. GARRETT. 5400 Bernard
Dr. F-208, Roanoke, VA
24014

�104 - 83.
Seeking info as to wh e reabouts of William BARROW and
his wif e Juli a A . LESTER BARROW between 1865 and 1876.
Family
livin g i n Henry Co ., VA . in 1860 and during Civil War.
Arrived
in Flo yd Co .. GA . circa 1876 .
Mrs. Norman L. CANOVA, 1516 West
Benjamin Holt Drive, Stockton. CA 95207
105 - 83 .
Ne e d parents :
William BLANCHETT md. 1829 Stacy
FITZGER AL D; Jos e ph NUNN md. 1 750 Elizabeth INGRAM; Joseph Edmund
PIKE md . 1840. Sarah Elizabet h BEASLEY; James TAYLOR md. 1806
Tabitha BOAZ; Geo r ge FULCHER md. 1783 Fannie PENN; Francis NOWLIN
md. 1801 Sally SHELTON.
All Patrick/ He nry Cos. or northeast NC.
Kathl yn TOLLIVER. 1255-14 Amethyst St., Mentone, CA 92359
106 - 83 .
I would we l come a ny additiona l
info about Arnold SHELL
(or SCHELL / SCHOLL / SHEAL / SHILL / SHULL) who appears on the list of
tithabl es i n th e New Riv e r Settlement 1771-1772; Muster Roll of
Fine ast 1 e Mi 1 i t i a 177 4 ; Record of Plotts and Warrants to Officers
and Soldi ers from Earl of Dunmore 1773-1774 ; was paying taxes in
East T N by 1 778.
I need to know if there is any relationship to
Jacob SHELL or P eter SCHOLL of New River.
Date of birth ; parentage;
marriage; etc.
Charles Jam es SHELL, Jr. , 2923 Mosby St.,
Alexandria , VA
22305
107 - 83.
Seekin g
descendants of any MARRS of southwest VA
counties.
William MARRS from VA to Logan Co., KY ca. 1789,
brother Hu gh MARRS from VA t o Wilkes Co., GA ca. 1783.
Some allied
VA families:
BUCHANAN, SHELTON, SHANNON, TOLLET , CARNAHAN, MAXWELL ,
FURGASON , THOMPSON, WYNNE , SIMPSON.
Researching GAITHER NC/TN;
FULP/PHELP NC/TN , DANLEY KY with poss. southwest VA connections ante
1800.
Seeking info Lt. Andrew EDMONDSON, Elijah DeBUSK, Fielding
LEWIS, GAMBLE and WRIGIIT families ante 1850' s in Washington Co ., VA.
Mrs. Connie Love LAWSON, 223 Dryden Dr., Vallejo, CA 94591
108 - 83.
Searching for parents of Frances JORDAN, b. 1 Jan. 1815.
D. 28 Mar. 1887.
Md. July 1837 to James F. HOLBROOK.
They li ved
in Wise Co., VA.
Is there a COVEY- JORDAN relationship? Willi am
BRITT and Dolly DAVIS were md. 1 Mar. 1791 in Montgomery Co ., VA.
No record of them in Montgomery Co . after 1819.
Is this the same
William BRITT who was in Carter Co., TN in 1830? Would like to
correspond with anyone working on BRITT in VA or TN.
Searching for
parents of Hopkins RICHARDSON, b. 1821 in NC.
And his wife Mary
DAVIS, b. 1825, Grayson Co., VA.
They were in Russell Co. , VA in
1850 and Wise Co . in 1870.
Hilda BRITT PADGETT, 405 Ohio Ave. 1
Erwin, TN
37650
1 09 - 83
Trying to find any info on George W. ALLEN, b . ca 1840 ,
possibly Pittsylvania or Halifax Co . , VA , md. Eliza C. FARMER, b .
ca . 1842 in VA.
Their children were:
William H. ALLEN , b . 18 7~;
Emma K. born 1874; Harvey Burt b. 1876; and Jennie White ALLEN , b.
1878 .
Who were George and Eliza parents?
Whomdid the children
marry?
Where did they die?
Also, trying to find anythipgon the
children of William Alexandria and Mary Ann POOLE.
Children were
Ella; Algie Lee; Ollie; Cora A.: Laura; Maud B. and Earnest O. POOLE .
Would like to hear from anyone working on the ALLENs and POOLEs
of ~f Pittsylvania and Halifax Cos . , VA and Person Co. , NC .
Jodie UPDIKE, Rt. 1, Box 281 , Billings, MO 65610.

�B0 0 K R EV I UJ S
by Belva M Counts
GLADE HILL HIGH SCHOOL
THE HISTORY OF GLADE HILL HIGH SCHOOL 1935- 1 951 , FRANKLIN COUN TY,
VA., was published in 1982. The hi sto ry i s ded i cated to pri n c ipal ~
A. D• Ra ms e y •. E . M• Te r r y a n d Gu s M• La w •
I t i s p u b 1 i s h e d i n ho n o r
of the graduates of the school and in memory of de parted classma tes.
A.list of graduates for each year is inc luded, with school ac tivi ties and many picture s. There is a list of those who served their
~ountry in World War II.
A gift co py has been p l aced in the Vi r g inia Room of the Roanoke City Public Libr ary .
The book may be o rdered
from Franklin County Merchants and Business Mens Associat i on, Box
606, Rocky Mount, Va 24151.
The price is $3.00.

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by
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This is an outstanding book of records of the Chas t ian fa mily of
France and Virginia . All spe llin gs of the nam e h ave been i ncluded.
The author has included documents of Vi rginia counties an d records
of other states. Anyo ne interested in the family s hould write
Lowell B. Chastain, 331 N. Locus t st. , Eli zabet h town, PA 17022 for
copies of the book. Price is $15 . 00.
A g i ft copy of the book has
been placed in the Virgi nia Room of the Ro anoke Ci ty Public Library,
Roanoke, Vi rginia.

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Arkansas, Ind ian a, Iowa, Mary land , Nebraska , New J ersey, North Caroli na, Ohio, Penn ., S.C., Tenn. , Texas and Vir g ini a .
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MN 55420. A variety of records ; s includ e d, as census, court records,
marriages, family sheets and Revolutionary war records, places of
records, and queries. States in cl ud ed are Alabama , Georgia, Kentucky
Missouri, N.C., Penn ., Va. and England .
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Willi am SANDY was born about 1765 in North Carolina and married in 17 87 Catherine BECK who'd been born in North
Carol ina in Nev ., 1765 . They probably started their married life in Granville or Wake Count y, North Carol ina , but soon
moved to the part of Rowan County, North Carolina, that is no w Davidson County . From ' t he re t hey moved (abou t 18 10)
to Tennessee where they lived a while before moving to Washington County, Indiana, (were t here as early as Aug . 1816)
where William SANDY died of tuberculosis in early 1826. Catherine died in Apr . 1845 and was bu ri ed in the Stierwalt
Cemete r y near Paragon, Morgar. County, Indiana . William and Catherine (BECK) SAND Y ha d the following children :
Henry SANDY (1788-1855) whom . Elizabeth "Betsey" CARSON (1804-1881); Carrie H . SAN DY (1792 1852) who mar r ied
F rederi ck GOSS (1784 - 1868); Jeremiah "Jerry" SANDY (1793-1869) whom. El izabeth Rinan ,.Betsy" GOSS (17g7 1875);
Thomas SANDY (1797 - 1863) whom . first Sarah "Sal ly" BU SH (1785 - 1846) , m . second Mrs. Nancy ( BROWN ) JOHNS (1799
1873); Ma ry "Polly" SANDY (1800 - 1875) m. first Abraham ST IERWALT (1797 - ), m . second Willi am H . V OSHFLL ( 179 1
1861); Elizabeth SANDY (1801 - 1875) m . John STIERWAL T (1798-1876); Catherine SANDY (1 804- 1890) rn . Davi d BUSH
(1796-1885); Wi lliam H. SANDY (1806-1885 ) m . Lucinda THOMPSON (1811- 1879); and Lucy SAN DY (1 809 - 1895 ) whom .
A dam STIERWA L T (1800-1890) .
Beginnin g in 1889 , Dr. William R. SANDY began col lecting information on this family; ther e is no way h is resea rch ca n
be reproduc ed today . Besides his valuable contribution s, he also noted the cause of death wh enever he coul d whi ch co ul d
form the basis for an interesting and valuable genetic study. About 1939 Dr. William R . made copies of his not es whi c h
he shared w ith Dr. William A. SANDY who did extensive research on bringing several branches of the family up to date .
Dr. Will aim A . died befo re he cou ld finish his work, but his widow (Harriett SANDY) and John V . BECK have worked to
prepare his manuscript for publication.
John V . BECK has added notes and cross - references as well as adding a complete
index . In the book's 200± pages are traced about 3,000 of the descendants of this pioneer couple . Many of these are
concentrated in Indiana, Nebraska and Iowa, but r ep resentat ives of the family reside in nearly every state in the union .
Other surnames significan t in this records include A L LEE, ARNOLD, BRYANT, D ITTEMORE, GUY, HALE, HAM, JOHNS.
KNOY, L ABERTEW, LINGLE, LOWER, McCARTY , RATTS and WR IGHT. A picture of Or. William A . SAN DY, several
snapshots of the cemete ry where Catherine (BECK) SANDY and many of her descendants are bu ri ed and a map of parts
of Owen and Morgan Counties, Indiana, have also been included.
Two hundred hard-bound copies of the book have been ordered, wi ll be ava il ab l e somet ime in Mar. 1983 and are being
sold at $15.00 a copy, postpa id (actua l printing cost). Not only wi ll t hese books beco me heirloom s - o rd er one for eac h
of you r children - they can be valuab l e addit ions to your county ' s li bra ry, histo rical or genea lo gica l soc i ety. Dr. Willi am
A . SANDY also traced many lines of his direct ancestors back in so me cases over 1,000 yea rs. Thi s wou ld not be of
interest to a ll , but if you are in te rested in being notified when thi s is ready (cost should be abo ut $5.00 ) please note .

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William Ia.wson was born 1731 i n S cotland a nd was transpor ted to the Colonies
as a captured rebel after the battl e of culledon .
He died i.n 1 826 and was
buried in Scott County, Virginia near the Snowflake community.
The book c ontains hundreds of descendan ts f r om Southwest Vi rginia and Kentucky as we l l as
other parts of ·the count ry. Book contains approx irna tely 450 pages , i ndexed ,
hardcover, easy to read print, and over 100 pictures and illustrations .
Eleven chapters and two appendixes make up thi s book.
Appendix One chroni c les
the early school system of Wise County, Two Coun try Preachers Remembered , The
Ia.wson Reunions and Our Fa mily Album. Appendi x Tw o chronicle::; some of the
Allied families, such as: ADDINGTON, BISE, BON D, BUCHANAN , DA VIS , HOLBROOK,
MCCI.ELLA.N , MCCONNELL, MEADE, POR'IER-, POWERS , ROSE and WEL.lS families .
There
are several interesting features i n this book that are of histori cal v a lue ,
such as, Early Railroad Building i n Southwest Virg i n i a , The American Revolution, The Civil War, An Unus u a l Deer Kill , The Early Method ists , and many more .
Besides the begetting, the his torical content makes i nteresting reading.
This
. book will be available the fi rst of S e p tember and th ose who wish to r eserve
their copy now must enclose their c ashiers check or mo n ey ord er for $42 . 00
made payable to IAWSON FAMILY HISTORY , c / o Golda laws o n P orter , Rt J Box J15 ,
Coeburn, VA 242JO. Add $3. 00 for p ostage and handling .
WILLIAM IAWSON, A SCOTTISH REBEL by Bi l l y Ray Porter.
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OFFI CEftS
President
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Recor d ing Secret ary
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Treas urer
As sistant Treas ur er

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H. W. Scott
Mrs Loretta Caldwell
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Volume VII - No . 4 - November 1983
CONTENTS
Augusta County , Vi r gini a

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Bedford Coun ty , Virgini a , Legislative Peti t i o ns

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Census of th e To wn of Roanoke, Vi r ginia , 188 3

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Giles County , Vi r gi n i .a, - Documents

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Queries and Index to Que r ies

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Book Revie ws

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The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society m e~ ts t he 3rd
Sa t urdJ.y of each month (e xcept December) at 1 :30 pm. While c onstruction work is being done on the addit i o n t o the library, we
are meeting a t the Jeff ~ rson St . Ba ptis t Ch urc h , 19 Albemarle Ave.
SE, Roanoke, Virginia.
Th e Chu r ch i s j ust off of Jefferson Street
-- a few blocks south of th e libra ry. We ar e ho ping t hat the
January meeting will be hel c at th e li brar y .
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the members of th e S outh western Vir gi nia Gen e a l og ical
So~iety, convey our b est wi shes and co ng r a tu l a t i o n s to Mr.
and Mrs . C. Shelton Reid wh o were mar r i ed October l, 1 ~8 3.
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Our November speaker will be Mi ss Carol Tuckwi ll er , l ib rarian of
the Virginia Room, Roanoke Cit y Ce n t r al Li brary , who will speak on
"The Virginia Room , A New Beginning . "
Everyone is h op i n g that the
new addition to be library will b e op ened by Dece mb e r.
T he understanding is that the Vi r gini a Room may b e o p ened to t h e public
before the main pa r t of the li b r a ry .
Mr. Joe L . Ba rn ett will b e o u r g ues t speak er on Jan u ary 21 , 1 984.
Joe will t a lk o n " Ro o ts- M" , a comp ut eriz e d ge n e a l ogy .
He wil l
b r i ng his c omputer a nd prin ter to t h e meetin g for d emon s t rat ion.
Mr . Ba rnett lives a t 3236 All en d a l e St., S . W. , R oanok e, VA 2 4014
and i s a newc omer t o Roanok e ·.
His root s in so u t h we st VA a r e
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At o ur Februa r y 18 , 1984 meet i n g, t he guest speak e r will b e
A. Ro ger Ekir c h , Asso c i a te Pr ofessor of Hi story, a t Vir g ini a
Polytechni c Ins t i t ut e and St ate Un i ver s ity.
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�AUGUSTA COUN TY, VIRGINIA
The speaker at our Au gu st meeti n g was Mrs Katherine Bushman of Staunton, Va, who gave u s the following information on Augusta County and
the records that are found in Augusta County.
(following furni shed by Staunto n-Augusta Co. Chamber of Commerce,
Staunton, Va .)

Augusta County was formed in 1738, named for Augusta, Princess of
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For 46 years Augusta County included all lan ds north to the Great
Lakes and West to the Mississippi River, no doubt the largest county
in history.
This area was relinquished March 3, 1784 by the presidential signing of the Cession of Western Lands Treaty, now on permanent
display in the Virginia exhibit, National Archives Building , Washington .
All court records of this vast area during that period are now housed
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Augusta County, Va. was created in 17 38 from Oran ge Co.
S imu l tan eously, the s ister count y of Frederick was cre ate d in the lower half
o f the Shenandoah Val ley.
Until 1770, when Botetourt was set off , Au g u sta v1as th e l a r g est
county in history -- st re tching to the Mi ss i ssippi o n t h e west and
no r t h t h r o u g h I 1 1 i n o i s a n d a p a r t o f ~J i s c o n s i n .
Al t h o a c o u n t y ; n
1738, ther e was no courthouse here in
Beverley ' s Mi l l - p l ace ", as
Sta un ton was known, until 1745.
Cons equently , c ourthouse r e cords be gin in 1745. The first seven years re co r ds are stil l fou n d in Orang e.
The name, Augu st a, was give n to the coun ty in honor o f th e Princess
of Wales, mother of George III .
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Pres ent day Augu sta County is the secon d l a r gest cou n t y in Virgi nia
- - exceeded in area on l y by Pittsylvani a Co u nty.
Muc h of the county
embraces the boundaries of the Beverle y Ma n or gra n t o bt a ined by Wi lliam Beverley of Essex County in 1736.
The counties of th e Great Va ll ey of Virginia (includes both t h e Shenandoah and southwest Virginia to the Tennessee a nd Kentucky borders)
which were or i g in a ll y a part of Augusta county a re Botetourt, Mo ntgomery, Washi n gton, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Bat h, Alleghany, Roanoke ,
Pulaski, Wythe, Ta z ewe ll , Giles, Rus sell, Lee, Bl a nd, Di ck enson, Scott,
Wise, Buchanan, Highland .
The state of Ke ntucky was a county in Va.
from 1776 until it became a state in 1792.
Many counties in present
day West Virg inia were once a part of Augusta County.
Another large grant which w~s a part of August~ Co. was the Borde n
grant -- the lands being in present day Rockbridg e and Botetourt
counties.
This part of the great She nando ah Valley was settled by t he Scots Iris h and Germa ns -- mo st of whom came from Penns y lvania, Maryl a.nd
and Delaware beginning in 173 2.
Both peoples were st urd ay in ch a racter, strength and religion.
Th ey had to be.stron g to e ndu re the
rigors of this western frontier.
The co lon1 a l gover nm ent encou raged
them to sett l e in t he Valley -- partly so that they wo uld be buffer
between the English on the east of the Blue Ridge and the Indians .
Names prominent i n ear l y development were Adam Mill er,
cisco, Col. James Patton, and John Lewis and hi s sons.

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The two oldest Presbyterian Churches in Vi rginia are loc ated in Augusta Co. -- Augusta Stone at Fo rt Defiance and Tinklin g Spr ing at
Fishersville -- both found ed c irca 1740 , and bot h st ill flourishing.
In the early days of settleme n t, Stau n ton was called Beverley's Millplace .
By 1761, the name Sta u nton was chosen -- to ho nor Lady S taun ton, wife of Governor Gooch, a popular colonial governor .
Sta unton
was incorporate d in 1871, and since 1878 , the city government has
occupied the present city hall -- originally the Grange Ha ll .
In
1908, the city manager form of government was o rig inat~d in Stau nton.

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Records of Augusta County, Virg inia

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Cler k' s Of f i ce, Augusta Coun t y , PO Box 689, Staunton, Va 24401
Will s and Administr a tions, begin Nov ember 1745 -- original
papers still on file.
Deed s, begin November 1745 ; if notation "de l iv ered to" is at
side of deed, th e original is not ava ilable for copying
only the deed book.
Cour t Martial Book, 1745-1812.
Cour t of Claims book, 1782 -- civilian claims for supplies furnishe d in American Revo lution.
Augu sta Coun ty Court minute book s -- 1745 .
Cour t Order Books -- 1745.
Augu sta Pari sh Vestry Book -- 1745-1776 .
Restor ed executive papers of Augusta County Court, 1745-1776 .
Ordin ary bonds beginning 1745.
Guardi an Bonds, 1775-1850.
Marri age bond s, 1785 - 1850.
Minist ers Returns, 1785-1850.
Personal Prop erty tax lists -- 2 distr ic ts, 1800-1851.
Land tax bo oks, 1786.
Survey boo ks, 1745.
West Augus ta records compiled by Kather in e G Bush man.
Land Entry Book #1, 1745-1780.
Land Entry Book #2, 1780-1805.
Chancer y reco rds -- circa 1800.
Distr ict Cour t records begin in 1780s .
Judgmen ts, begin 1745.
Birth an d Death registers from 1853 -1896.
Census rec ords: 1850, 1860, 1870.
Black reco rds include register of free bl~cks from 1810 to 1864.
as well as the Freedmen's Bureau register of marriages in
1865- 1866.

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City of St aunton has records from 1802 which inc lude wills deeds
marri ages, and l and tax as well as a register of free 'blacks:

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Published records of Augusta County, Virginia.
Lyman Chalkl ey~ Reco~ds of.Augusta County , Virg inia , 1745-1 800 ,
3 volum es , published in 19 1 2 by NSDAR as Chronicle s of the
Scotch -Ir i s h Settlement in Virgin ia.
J. Lewis Pey to n , History of Augusta County, Virginia 188 2 .
Beverl y Ru ff in , Augusta Parish, 1738-1780.
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Peggy Rees e, Index to Augusta County Death Reg isters, 1853-1896;
1983 .
Colonel Thom as Hug h art Chapter, DAR, First Marr iage Records of
Augus ta County, Virginia, 1785-1813.
Ibid , Second Marriage Record of Augusta County, Virginia 1 813 _
1850 .
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Ibid, Suppl eme nt to the First Marriage Record of Augusta County,
Virgini a; compi l ed by Kath erine G Bushman.
Jos . A Wa ddell , Annals of Augusta County, Virginia 1871 · 1901 ;
reprin t by Carrier 1958.
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Jos. A Waddell and Jed Hotchkiss, Historical Atlas of Aug u sta
County, Va, 1884; repri n ted by Augusta County His t orica l
Society, 198 0.
Howard M. Wilso n, The Ti n kling Spring, Headwater of Freedo m
19 5 4; reprinted 1976; Lexington Presbytery Heritage 197i ·
Great Valley Patriots, 1976 .
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Herbert S Turner, Bethel ~nd Her Ministers. 1946 ~ . reprinted .
CE May, U~de r ~our Flags ~ n the No~th River Bas i n. 1976.
Augusta Hlstorical Bullet1ns, published semi-annua l ly by Au
t
County Historica l Society, 1965gus a
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Archives of Augusta_ County Hi ~torica l Society.
Catalo~ of ge nealog1c a l material to be found in Staunton Public
Library, 18 Sout~ Market Street, Staunton, VA 2 4401
Shenandoa h Val1ey Fam1l y Data, 1799-1813
Pastor Joh
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published Shenandoah History, Edinb~rg
Va, PO ~nne~ 8 raun,
The Virgi n ia Germans, by Kl aus Wust.
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EXCHANGE 9,UARTERLY REVIEWS

"Researching Social Security Records; " p. 16 of MIDWEST HISTORICAL AND
GENEALOGICAL REGI STER, Wichita, Kansas; April-June 1983 issue.

"A Blend of Scotch": p. 55-59 of BULLETIN OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
OF OLD TRYON COUNTY, Forest City, NC; May 1983.
"Periodical Index" - an index to the weal th of genealo g:1cal :1nformation
found in the many periodical s received by the COLORADq GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
in THE COLORADO GENF.ALOGIST, May 1983 issue.
"Research in the Southwest: Arizona and New Mexico" p. 135-137 1n THE
SF.ARCHER published by Southern Cali.f ornia Genealogical Soc1ety, Inc. ,
Burbank, CA; June 1983 issue.
"Pennsylvania - Haven of Religious Freedom" p.
July 1983 issue.

155-156 of

THE SEARCHER,

"A Virginia Hereditary Society" p. 1.59 of THE SEARCHER, July 1983 issue.
"Using Land Records to Solve Research Problems" p. 35-38 of St. Louis
Genealogical Society QUARTERLY; Summer 1983.
"Word Processing for the Genealogist" p. 308-309 in SEATTLE GENEALOGI CAL
SOCIETY BULLETIN, Summer 198).

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BEDFORD CO ., VA ., LEG ISLATIVE PETITIONS

cont'd from Aug, 1983, p 97 .
CITIZENS .

1845 .

Jany. 1 . A 182J. New election precinct at Alexander Wade's
It will be of general conveni ence and both political parties
join in asking it . Alexander Wade , Joshua C. Adams, Abram
Austin , Stephen Adams, Paschall Nance, Wm. A. Adams and 78
others . Reported .

CITIZENS of Bedford &amp; Amhe~t .
1845 . Jany . 16 . A 18. ~4 . Act making James River lawful fence from
Roach ' s I s land to Otter Creek . Pembroke E. Waugh, Ianl . E.
Baily, James H . Waugh, Wm . A. Waugh , M. Snead , John Ogden, Geo.
T. Snead , Robert W. Snead . Rejected .
LANGHON, ISHAM .
T i.;y . 23.
A 18-5. Refund of bail which petitioner paid because of absconding of one Thomas Langhon , who was bailed for
$50 on charge of fel ony. Petitioner has done good service in
ridding county of a criminal . Alexander Wade, William G. Fisher, Jabez L. Hudnall, Jas . Ghee, Randolph Robinson and 44 others.
Affida vit. Rejected.

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CITIZENS.
Dec . J. A 1826. New election precinct at Alexander Wade's .
Abner Langhorn, I sham Langhorn, Jr., William 'l.Ucker, Alexander
Wade, Samuel Hughes , John ifitt and 208 others. Bill reported.

1845.

1845.

Dec. 5.

A 182?.

West Liberty Academy petition withdrawn.

HEIRS OF ELIZABETH BURTON.

1845.

Dec. 15 . A 1828. Permission to remove certain slaves, left
by deceased to heirs, from Virginia to Missouri, where petitioners live. Will a nd court record . Referred.

CITIZENS of James River Valley .
1847. Jany. 22. A 1829. Repeal by Legislature of act granting
James River Canal Company the power to levy tolls with one restriction only -- that rate shall not average more than ~
cents a mile per ton. Canal company has made oppressive rate.
Wm. M. Cain, Henry Hannabass, C. C. Peters, Moses C. Gray,
Charles Peters, P . C. Marshall and 24 others.
ATKINS, JAMES S. R.
1847. Feby. 4. A 18JO. Act authorizing school commissioners of
Bed.ford to pay $10.20, tuiton of poor children at his school.
Rejected.

1847 .

A 1831. Poll of new county to be formed from Bedford,
Campbell and Pittsylvania.

1847.

A 18J2.

Poll taken f or f ormation of new county.

1847.

A 18JJ.

Poll for new county.

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1847. Nov . A 18J4 . Protest against formation of new county out
of parts of Bedf'ord , Pittsylvania and Campbell .
New buildings will be expensive and another county is not needed .
S . P . Smith , A. I.a.genby , William Good , John Martin, E . C. Cundiff , Edward O. ~ · Mitchell and 27 others .

OFFICERS of 10th Regiment.
1847. Dec. 27. A 18J5 . Exemption of volunteer companies not uniformed from penalties of militia law .
Richard Crenshaw , Col ,
Conielius Pate , Capt, David Creasy , Capt , Stephen S . Smith ,
Capt, James Wilson, Mjr, Wesley Morgan , Lieut . and 8 others .
Ref erred.
CITIZENS of Bedf'ord , Campbell and Pittsylvania .
1847. Dec . 27 . A 18J6. Increase in bounty for k i lling wolves to
$50 . Country around Smith ' s Mountain is g r eatly troubled with
wolves and petitioners do not know how to hunt them, as they
have not been troublesome for 50 years .
Present bounty o f $10
for full grown wolf i s too s mall. Spicer Howell, John West ,
Abner Anthony, Jr., Stephen Terry, Thomas Hockwo rth, Morton
Pannell and 106 others. Bill reported .

QUARLES, D. W.
1848. Jany. 18. A 18J7 . Letter stating that there were irreg u larities in poll taken upon question of making new county out
of Bedf'ord. Actual majority of voters is opposed to new county. Also three certificates of voters.
CITIZENS.
1848 . Jany. 21. A 1 8J8 . Construction of macadam road from Salem
to Buchanan by central route instead of northern.
Lucy Tiner,
Jeremiah Cawley , Thomas Conelly, J ames McCall, Cornelius Horn,
William Cartin and 47 others .

CITIZENS.

1848. Jany. 28. A 18J9 . Protest against formation of new county
out of Bedf'ord, Campbell and Pittsylvania .
It will be expensive to build public buildings and country is very p oor.
Reuben Bond, Thomas Creasy, Joshua Chaffin, Benjamin B . Witt ,
Jesse L. Quarles, Asa Creasy and 7J others.
Ref erred.

MEMBERS of Bedf'ord BqX.
1848. Jany . 29. A 1840. Change in quarterly terms of county
court from March and August to February and July, to prevent
conflict with Amhen?t and Roanoke courts.
N. H. Campbell, W.
T. Gordon, Jr., Jn. A. Wharton, James F. Johnson, E. C. Banks,
G. W. Wingfield, and 9 others.
Bil l ordered.
CITIZENS.
1848. Feby. 7. A 1841. Construction of macadam road from Sal em
to Buchanan through center of county instead of north , passing
Big Lick. Road will be of more value if built along this line.
Jesse Forbes , Wm. B. Richardson, Stephen E. Mitchell, Josi.ah
Crouch, Moses G. Lee, J a mes E. Pace and 80 others.
Bill reported.

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1848 . Feb . 9 . A 1842 . Return of fine levied against petitioner
for selling liquor without a license. Petitioner kept a house
of private entertainment and had liquor for his quests . Neighbor asked for whiskey for his s ick wife and petitioner let
him have lt in exchange for corn . Two certificates accompanying . Rejected .

CITIZENS .
1848 .

Dec . 18 . A 184J . Act making Goose Creek a lawful fence
from Campbell line to Hallifgan ' s Ford in Bedford . Owing to
freshets , it is difficult t o keep fences along creek. Joel
Leftwich , Thomas S . Michen , Wm. Bates, John Martin, Wm. Woodfin , Jr., Thos Creasy and 24 others . Letter accompanying .
Referred .

CITIZENS.
1845r.

Feby . 5 . A 1844 . Incorporation of "Farmers' and Planters'
and Mechanics ' Savings Bank of Bedford" at Cross Roads, with
capital not exceeding $50,000. Thomas Cooper, Henry Setle,
Peter Richardson, Green H. Pa ign . Abyan Doughlass, Lot Richardson and 110 others .

CITIZENS .

1849.

Feb . 16 . A 1845 . Incorporation of the "Citizens Savings
Bank." No intention to interfere with "Bedford Savings Bank"
N. A. Patteson, Charl es D. Reynolds, Jno. A. Otey, Wm . F.
Gordon , Jr . , Jon es Hell er, William Evans . Ref erred.

CITIZENS.
1849 .

Feby. 28. A.1846. Incorporation of trustees of Mount
Pleasant Academy . E. C. Cundiff , Wm. W. Keen, Jno. H. Turner,
Saml. G. Tinsley, James Burroughs, R. I. Cundiff, Ianl. Tompkins. Bill reported.

OWNBY , ELIZABETH, nee GJBBS.
1849 . Dec. 5. A 1847. Divorce from her husband, Edward OWnby.
He fled State to avoid arrest , leaving petitioner destitute.
Court record. Referred .

TURNER, JANE .
1849. Dec. 14. A 1848. Payment of $34.52 tuition for pauper
children p l aced under petitioner's care by Bedford school commissioners.
Itemized account. Rejected.

TAYLOR , HANNAH D.
1850. Dec. 4.
children.

CITIZENS.

A 1849. Payment of $48.44 for tuition of pauper
Itemized account. Referred.

1850. Dec. JO. A 1850. New election precinct at John Board's.
John Board, A. C. Rucker, T. C. Goggin, A. Morgan, A. L. Thurman , Wm. M. Cabe and 55 others . Referred.

�DICKINSON , WILL, JR.
18.51. Jany. 6. A 18.51 . Certain changes in the school law .
School superintendent should be g i ven more power ; present system cumbrous . Referred.
CITIZENS of Bedford , Franklin &amp; Roanoke .
1851 . Jany. 21 . A 185J. Construction of dirt turnpike from roa d
to Pittsylvania Courthous e near Bro cken to Hollan ' s store .
James C. Kasey , John H. Baltimore , Peter Teather , J ohn W. Newsome , Silas Dearing , Grie f P. Adams and 11J others .
CITIZENS
18.51. Jany. 19 . A 18.52 . Incorporation of "Lisbon Savi ngs Bank. 11
Jacob S. Markham , John E . Dooley , Jo hn H. Edgar , J n o . W. Jones ,
y. c. Scrugg s, Edmund Womack and J ? others .
CITIZENS .
1852 . Jany, 14. A 1854 . New election prec i nct a t Thomps on
I.ayne ' s tavern. W. M. Wheeler, Thompson H. Layne , Thomas
Pearsey , B. G. Billbrue , Thomas T. Bowyer, Ben j a min I rvin and
.51 others .
OFFICERS of 10th, 117th and 5Jd Regiments .
18.52. Jany. 17 . A 1855. New mili t ia r egul a tion . General mu s ters should be required s ix times a yea r . P resen t laws a re
less effective than old. Abner Anthony, Maj. 5Jd, James Wilson, Col. 10th, Tu.vid H. Creas y, Lieut- Col. 10th, Wesley Morgan, Mjr . 10th, Griffin Nichols , Capt. 10th, Benjamin E . Ellis ,
Capt. 10th , and 15 others .

CITIZENS .
.18.52. Jany. 27. A 1856 . New election precinct at A. C. Richie &amp;
Co . ' s store. Thomas M. El:;Lis, Capt. J . Cundiff, John Kasey ,
James 0. Hensley, John W. Burford , Burwill Meadow and 55
others, Referred.

VOTERS.
1852. Feb . 2 . A 1857 , New election p r ecinct at Addison A . Jones '
store, about six miles from Liberty. William Karney , Jas . W .
Jopling , James C. Jennings, A. A. Jones , Robert N. Kelso, Lanson S . Hurt and J4 others .

CITIZENS.
1852. Feb. 2. A 1858. New election precinct at William Saunders'
store. John H. Kasey, Henrp F. Tute, William H. Cunningham ,
Callohill Blankenship, John Hudson, Samuel Miller and 46 others .
CITIZENS.
1852. Feb. 20. A 1859 . Establ ishment of district court at Lynchburg. It is centre of trade of district.
Connections with
Lynchburg are good. Lynchburg is largest town in district,
having 8,000 or 9,000 population.
J. R. Anderson , P. A. Cl ay,
Saml. M. Scott, A. M. Trible, S. T. Peters, S . B. Wrig ht and
49 others .

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1852 . Feb . 25 . A 1860 . New election precinct at Cross Roads .
J esse Minter , Albert Gawt hney , Wm . B. Settle , C. Preston,
Elias James , J ames B. Cor ly and 108 others .
CITIZENS of Bedford &amp; Botetourt .
1852 . May 24 . A 1861. Buford ' s Gap and Buchanan Turnpike cannot
be built for $400 a mile , as its charter provides . Road should
be built , however , and petitioners a sk t hat restrictive clause
i n charter be abolished . J . Anthony , Chas . T. Beale , Geo. S.
Penn , Charl es T . Taylor , W. H. Douthat, Thos . O. Anderson and
1J6 others . Ref erred .
OFFICERS of 10t h Regiment .
1852 . Dec. 8 . A 1862 . Permis sion for company of infant ry and
artillery t o c on tinue in s ervice without uniforms , and for the
rais ing of a rif l e company a nd a cavalry troop, also to be withou t unif orms . D:tvid H. Creasy , Col, Wesley Morgan, Lieut.-Col.,
A. S . Minter, Capt. , Jos hua Langhon , Maj . and 6 others.
Referred .
WILKS, BENJAMIN .

1853. Jany . 12. A 186J. Permiss ion for petitioner, who is owner
of Peaks of Otter, to build turnpike road to top and charge
toll thereon. Rd . H. Glass , Chs. H. Lynch, O. G. Clay, Samuel
McCorkle, A. L. Wyilie, John G. Meem and 9 others. Referred.
CITIZENS .
1853. Jany. 12 . A 1864. Incorporation of "independent Bank of
Liberty," with not less than $50, 000 worth of stock and not
more than $JOOrOOO. Exchange must now be negotiated through
Lynchburg banks and this is a nuisance. E. D. Steptoe, Benj.
W. L. Holt, Thos. Leftwich, Ludwell H. Brown, Reuben Parker,
Saml. W. Hinsley and 41 others.
CITIZENS .
185J. Jany . 21 . A 1865 . Tobacco and f lour inspection at Liberty.
'lbere are now seven or eight tobacco manufacturing plants at
that place and nine will come if inspection is established.
Conside:t;able expense in carrying tobacco to Lynchburg. Virginia a nd Tennessee Railroad has established depot at Liberty.
Wm . V. Jordan, James S. Campbell and 68 others. Bill reported.
VQTERS ..

1854. A 1866. Law prohibiting sale of liquor in State, except
for medicinal, mechanical and sacramental uses . John H. Edgar,
John J. Meadow, George Koontz, John A. Marshall, Thos. Pearcy,
Jno. W. Jones and 16 others .
VOTERS.

1854. A 1867. Same as A 1866 . Joshua W. Thomas, Edwin M. Hatcher,
John C. Thomas, Benj. Falls, W. C. Lowry, Elisha D. DeWitt and
16 others .

�CITIZENS of Bedf'ord &amp; Franklin .
1856, Jany. 28 . A 1868. Pro test against making Staunton River,
above Smith ' s Mountain , a lawful fence . In many places river
is not more than one foot d eep and is , of course , easily forded by cattle. G. G. Saunders , D. G. Saunders , D. S . Brown ,
Randolph Cunningham, Ulysses C. Cunningham , H. T. Maxey and JO
others. Duplicate with 2J names . Letter. Reported .
CITIZENS.

1857 .

Feb . 14. A 1869. Chart er for turnpike from Buf'oTd ' s to
intersect turnpike leading from Bu chanan to Liberty .
This i s
better than proposed route . Thos . M. J ones , Jonas E . Cof er,
R. D. Solmon, Jno. W. Otey, Jas . B. Ward, Adam M. Brown and 26
others .

CITIZENS of Bedf'ord &amp; Botetourt.
1857. March 5 ., A 1870. Appropria tion t o build t u rnpi ke f rom
H:ty's Meadow, in upper Bedf'ord, to Buchanan i n Botetourt .
Robert Gibbs , Simeon Buford, Thos . Pearcy , Jno . S . Be ckner,
Elias Walker, Will iam Bollet a nd 106 others . I.aid on table .

CITIZENS.
1858 . Jany. 9 , A 1871. Chang e in taxation s ystem .
Capital e mployed in business should be taxed at same rate as farm ing
capital. License tax on sales i s unjust . Pri n t ed. Saml.
Hoffman, C. D. Reynolds, O. P . Be ll, R. G. Bell , J. M. Reese ,
J. A. Wharton and 45 others . Referre d.

WOODWARD, CHESLEY.
About 1777. Jany . 19. A 1872. Petitioner's wag on and team were
used in State service from November, 1775, to January 31 1776
for carrying baggage of Capt . William Campbell ' s company' to
'
Wil liamsburg. Comrni ttee of Safety (The Committee of Safety administered the government from the overthrow of the British
authority to the establ ishment of the State government ) paid
him for actual t i me of service, but made no allowance for
time spent in going home to Bedf'ord. He asks pay for this
Allowed I:.8 . 2. 6.
·

CITIZENS.

About 1862. ~ 1873, Encouragnrnfmf,
embarked in hex thi rd 1,70 .,,

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FkJr()pe r.[ l7 I) OJ'S in t.rados s hould be broug ht from S out h or
, r Ui. Mr Burwell, Rowland D. Bu:rf ord and J . A. Wharton.
Skj lled ~ t

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Directors of Lynchburg &amp; Blu e Ridge . Turnpike Co.
.
A 1874. Perm.1.ssi.on :fo!-" company to. in~rease. i ~s stock.
Amount is
now 1:1.mited t o $10,000, which is insufficient f o r work.
O. E.
Clay, Saml . Mccorkle, Francis Meriwether, Bery Wigginton,
Balda McTu.niel.

SUBSCRIBERS for Courthouse to be Built at Salem.
A 1875. Peti tione:rs will pay the sums set down beside their names
when called upon by commiss ioners . Money to be used to builr

�district courthouse for Botetourt , Bed.ford and Montgomery .
Lewis Cooper, $100; Wm . Fleming, $10; Andr . Lewis, $200; Joseph
Pryor, $5 ; William Blaine , $100 ; Isaac Johnson, $20, and 22
others for various sums .
NEAL, ZACHARIAH .
A 1876 . Return of taxes
children. He bought
number of years ago,
gainst petitioner in
Rejected .

paid by petitioner on negro woman and her
the woman, supposing her to be a slave, a
but the woman, Amy, instituted suit aBedford Court and gained her freedom.

WARD, JOHN .
A 1877, Establishment of ferry on Staunton River from petitioner's
land in Bedford to land in Pittsylvania. Reasonable.
INHABITAN'IS .

A 1878 . Establishment of bank at Danville. Town is at head of
navigation; fal ls suppl y good water power; r oad from Washington s ou th passes through it; a great trade can be concentrated
there, but capital is needed . Wm. Cook, George R. Walker,
Samuel Agnew, Chas. Markle, Jr., Eli Gilmore, Wm. M. Otey and
1J9 others.
INHABITAN'IS.

March 15. A 1879. Incorporation of company to build plank road
from Davis' store in Bedford to Lynchburg. John F. Hawkins,
Ben. A. Donald, Samuel Nowlan , W. P . Sisson, John W. Morris,
Jos. B . Nowlin and 24 others. Bill reported.
CITIZENS.
Fep. 15. A 1880. Protest against extension of corporate limits
of Liberty. It will mean an increase of taxes for petitioners
without any benefit . Jno. Goode, Jr. , Wm . A. Vaughn, Rufus A.
Lockard, Fletcher Parnel, Drusilla Blackwell and 26 others .

NEW EXCHANGES

VA

The Holston Territory Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 433, Bristol,
24103.

Johnson County Genealogical Society &amp; Library, Inc., P.O. Box 8057,
Shawnee Mission , KS 66208.
NEW ADDRESSES
Pellissippi Gen~alogical Society, 1514 Cedar Lane, Knoxville, TN S'l'!/8
Boone County Genealogical Society, Box 295, Madison, WV 251j0 .
NON-EXCHANGE QUARTERLIE3 RECEIVED
PIONEER WAGON, The Jackson County Genealogical Society , P.
2145, Independence, MO 64055; Spring 1982.

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MADISON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, P. O. Box 631,
Edwardsville, IL 62025; January 1983.

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Hulder Weeden
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741 . A H Pilsbury
742. Owen Daniel
743. C A Daniel
744. L B Daniel
745. J E funiel
746 . S W Daniel
747 . W 0 Daniel
748. Joseph Cooper
749 . George Cooper
750 . Mr Cribbs
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752. W L Gallaway
753. fuvid Romp??
754. W'm Garsett
755. Tom Berks
756. Joe Ross
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758. Amon ?Amos Go§.e
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760. N P?? Hammock
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E V Gore
Mr Poplar
Mr Baton
Mr Lee
Mr Wright
W R Puryear
J E Puryear
W V Puryear
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Sallie McGee
Ben McGee
Lou Colord?
Mr Browning
Mr. ?_brby
lllcy Mcnamara
Hester Webb
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782. Albert Mcnamara?
783. Samul Valentine
784. Anna Valentine
785. Samuel Valentine Jr
786. Cha's Valentine
787. Anna Valentine Jr
788.Jno Valentine
789. Thomas McFaulls?
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Matihler? Gray
Thomas Edmuson
Goan? Turner
Bob Burdix
Ammon ? Saunders
Jno Pollard
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822. Jannie Edwards
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824. Ben Edwards
825. Harriett Mi tchel
826. J B Traynham
827. RS Traynham
828 . R C Traynham
829. J A Traznharn
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8J2 . Harman Woodward
8JJ. Miller Woodward
834. Catherine? Woodward
8J5. Harry Sellers
8J6 . J H Grove
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Ethel Maddock
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George 1 Jacoby
Millard F Charles
Finley A Ellirht
Charles Iarling
Morri s Jor
John Reed
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Shederick Shelden
John Wood
W' m Carrington
Cha ' s Quarles
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862, Mrs E J Kemp
863.*?Gar? Wakefield
864,*?Gar Iarin
865, Louis Nelson
866. Rich'd fuvis
867, W'm Kirkins
868. Harvey Kinley
869. Frank Donnetly
870. Alfred Jenkins
871.· Terry Powers
872. J~r M Terry
873, Maggie Conlogue
874. Mary Calloway
875, Belle lewis
876. Lulu Sheppard
877. Belle Gish
878. Rilly_? Wull z
879, Charlotte Thomas
880. S~llie Hale
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Joseph H ~ands
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961. Ann§:. Ellwanger
962. Henry Ellwanger
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964. L·M Middugh
965. M V Middugh
966. ?Calvin Grubb
967. DH Young
968 • . Emma Young
969. J F Young
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971. MA Rob~on
972. M C Roberson
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974. J C Michie
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992 . Sim/Sam ? Dickerson
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994 . Jack Ri~sgoch
995. Jinnie Dunbar
996 . W S Dunbar
997 . Pauline Mosely
998. J no Wilson
999. Lizzie Wilson
1000. Willi am Wilson
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1001. Lizzie Wils on
1002 . Lina Wilson
1003. G Erne Wilson
1004. Robt Wilson
1005 . I sabell Wilson
1006 . Sarah Wilson
1007 . J ames S haw
1008. Harry Jeyer
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1015. Minnie Larnbden
1016. Samuel Strain
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1022. Frank Strain
1023 . Minnie Strain
1024. Thomas ?Handel
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1026. M A Murphy
1027. J E Murphy
1028. A S Murphy
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1030. Flarana? Gates
1031. Lucy Gillaspie
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1034. laily Dent
1035. Annie Dent
1036. Sam Aliff
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FREE FAMIL Y TREE

Mr Jerry Duncan, of El Monte, Calif, whose ancestors c a me fro m th is

area, has publ ishe d a book on the McClure fa mily, and ; s givi ng co pies
away.

That's ri ght, they are absolutely

free~~

With the McClures and Duncans, the 118 pages name other fami l ies :
Brug hs, Sprinkles, Campers, Bol tons, Honts, Bu r tons, etc .
Th ere are
pictures.
Charles Burton, our local geneal ogist , is placing copies in our
libraries, and will have a few co pi es for anyone int ere sted.

�GILES COUNTY, VIRGI NI A

Si nce many of ou r r e a ders have never been in a court house or have
access to origin a l documents, we thought t ha t we would show some
examples of wh at a few of the doc ume nts look ed like . We believe that
this wi ll al so s h ow : 1. Why it takes so long to do research in the
court house.
2. Why it is so easy to miss a name . 3. To read a wor d
wrong or t o ch ange y our mind about the word on rereading the doc um ent .
And readi ng the docume nts on microfilm i s even worse because water
damage a nd y e ll o win g of the paper shows up dark or the ink has faded
so the camera will not pick it up.
The documents shown are a dec l arat ion, summo ns, arrest warran t, loan,
and a bail bond .
Following the copies, we have typed all the pa pe r s
invol ved in the court case -- or t hose that have survi ved . Be fo re
l ooking a t t he ty pe version of the doc uments, you should "t ransla t e "
them and compare your version wit h ours .
1.

2.

3.

4•
5•

1.

Lewis Ford vs
John Mcfadden.
Ford vs Mc fad on
Ford vs Mcfadden
Erskine vs Petters
French vs Pearis hei rs

Declaration
Summons
Warrent
Bail Bond
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Ford vs McFadden
a. (Warrent as s ho wn on page/S..S-. Since it is printed onl y the
written part is shown here . )
(b ac k of pa per)
Ford vs Mcfadden - Caps. Executed on 1 Oc t
Morton P Emmons OS for Tho's Shannon ~ (DS - deputy s he r i ff,
* SGC (Sh e riff Giles Co.) This is an action of Trespas s wi t h
fo rce &amp; armes for killing a dog the propert y of the pl aintif f
D Mccomas •
• • . •• Giles . • .• John Mcfadden .. . • he ..•• him •••• his bo dy • • • • Giles
last tuesday in october ..••• Le wis Ford of aplea (a plea) of
Trespass Damage $ 200 •... David French •• • 30th # . . Se ptem be r 1825
•• 50 •...•. David French CGC (clerk Giles Co.)
b. DECLARATION:
Lewis Ford vs John Mcfadden . 1826 Ap r i l Deel 'r
fil 'd &amp; Co may CoC; June WE &amp; Con t'd; august Con t 'd on WE;
1826 Oct 'r Court Diss miss'd agr eed. (back o f paper )
Giles County to wit ----Lewi s Ford plaintiff complains of John Mcfadde n de f e ndant in
custody &amp;c of a pl ea of Trespass for thi s t hat t he said defendan t on the
day of
in the year of Ch r i s t 1825 at the
county afo resu id with force and arms did ki l l a dog the property of the plaintiff of great Value to Wit of th e Value of
$100, and other wrongs t he n a nd there did commit to the civil
example of all oth ers in t he cases offending an d against the
peace and dignity of the commo nwealth and to t he damage of
the plaintiffs $200 and therefore be ser ve . Mccomas ? g

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(summons - see example on · page/S'*) (b a ck o f paper)
Ford vs
Mcfadon: Spc. Executed - S. Pack ?_G_?; Do (ditto) fo r
James French SGC •
••••• summon George Lybrook &amp; Daniel Str a l ey . ... 2nd day of August next •••• Lewis Ford plf &amp; John McF a dd e n De f t ... • • 28 August
1826.

d.((Summons shown on pa ge15 f. As it i s prin ted o nl y t he written
part is typ ed here . ) (ba ck o f pa per)
Mcfadon ad lewis Ford.
Executed M P Emmans; Do' s for Ja mes

Fren ch .

••••• David D Camp William J e n ks Ju 'r &amp; Se t h Ca ldwell • •••••••
Justices •••• 2nd day of the month Court . . . . . John Mcf odden ••••
Lewis Ford •••• the S'd Mcfadden . •• • •• they ..•. . 25th march 1826
••• 50th ••••• David French CGC
e. Ford vs Mcfadden:
Execu ted, M P Emmos; Do ' s for James French
(back of paper)
•••••• summon George Lybroo k &amp; Daniel Straley ••. • • • 2nd day of
the present session for Lewis Ford •••• • • · .3 1 Oct 1826 • • ••••
2.

Erskine vs Peters
a. (Note) (back of paper) Peter Phi 11 i ps
$66.83 20th Feby 1826.

Fo H Ers k ins

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$66.83 Cts
I promis and oblige my self and him to pay
Henry Erskine the just and full s um of Sixty Si x Dollars and
83 cents for value . Rec'd witness my hand a nd Seal this 20th
Feby 1824.
Philip Peters
b. Henry Erskins vs Philip Peter s = DECLARATIONv
Note enclosed
1826 July Decl'r fil'd &amp; C'o; August Co C office; Judgt in
De _f t · g· bail; Plft ·s Cost $7.21
(b-ack of paper)
Gi 1 e s Co u n t y To~ i t
He n r y E r s k ·i .n e t h e p 1 a i n t i f f • • • • • • • • • •
Philip Peters the Defendant in Custody •.••• plea • •• render
unto the said plaintiff sixty six dollars &amp; 83 cents ••••••••
Defendant hath not paid although often thereunto requested but the
same to pay hath hitherto refused ••••• •••• H. Chapman p.g.
c. (warrant) (back of paper) H. Erskine vs P Peters - Caps; executed June 30th 1826; Garland S Jarrell hi s Bail .
Saml Pack
Do for James French SGC;
This is an action of debt founded
~n a no~e under Seal for the payment of money appearance bail
1s requ1red.
H Chapman •
• • •••••• take Philip Peters •• •••• last tuesday in June •••• 6 May

18 2 6 •••••••••••••
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(Bail Bond - see page/Sh for full copy .
Only the written
portion is typed here)
(back of paper}
Erskine vs Peters
etal; forfu ed &amp; noticed to nov 1 er Court .
Nov' r Court 1826
Judg't on bond; Plfts Cost $5 92
• • Philip Peters &amp; Garala S Jerrell
Charl e s L Pearis •••••• ••
Henry Ers kins ••• • •• one hundred &amp; Sixty Five dollars 20 cents

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Henry Erskine his .... his ..•. 26th ..• September ...... Six •••••
Henry Erskine ...... Cou nty ..... Gi l es ...•. . Philip Peters &amp;
Gerrell his app'n bail ....... Eighty two dollars Sixty cents
..... Sam Bailey .... James French ...... Giles . ...•. Philip Peters
.... .... 4 head of horses ....... Philip Peter s &amp; Jerrell ...•.•
their ....... Charles Pearis .......... Philip Peters Garald S
Jerrell &amp; Charles L Pearis ....... Giles Court House ••.• last
Tues.·· .October Re*~ - ·······(signed) Philip Peters seal
Saml Pack js
Cha's L Pearis seal
3. Jam es French vs Pearis heirs - Bill in Ch'ry
a. (Declaration) (back of paper) as above; 1815 May; Bill fil'd
Aug't 1816; Ba il ey &amp; Blankensh i p answer~(?); con'd by act
of Ass e trial not being urged; unt i1 June 1826 and Jud gt for
Plfts cost Att 'y fee excepted.
Cost $23 57.
(p 1) To the worshipful cuurt of Giles County in Chancery
Setting humbly complaining Sheweth unto your worships your
orator James French That Some time in the year of 1809 to wit
on the 17 day of december 1809 your orator purchased of a
certain James Bailey a tract of land lying on flepins ridge
&amp; on the waters of the black lick fork containing Seventy five
acres be the Same more or less which the Said James Bailey
had on the 9th day of June 1801 purchased of a certain Richard Bl ankensh ip wh i ch wil l more fully appear by a tittle bond
executed by t he Sa i d Blankenship to Said Bailey &amp; by the Said
Bailey on the aforesaid 17 day of december 1809 for a valuable
consideration assigned to your orator which is here exhibited
&amp; prayed to be tak en a s part o f this bill your orator would
further State that the said Blan kenship some time before he
executed the a foresaid bond for a tittle to said land to the
Said Bailey had purch ased the l and by him Sold to the Said
and mentioned in the Said tittle bond of a certain George
Pearis now deceased for a valuable consideration which he then
&amp; th er e pa i d to the Said George Pearis &amp; for which the Said
Pearis was to make to him the Said Blankenship or his assign e e s o r t o h i s ? d.i re c t i o s e ? ? a goo d &amp; s u ff i c i e n t t i t t l e i n
fee simp l e with a general warrantee which the said George
Pearis in whom the legal tittle was vested did not do &amp; perform although in equity &amp; good conscience he was bound to make
a good &amp; sufficient tittle as afor esaid to the Said Blankensh i p Bailey or your orator who by purchase for a valuable consideration acquir e d an equitable right to Said land by his
purchas e made as a foresaid and your orator would further
Stat e that the George Pearis departed this life some
(pag e 2)
ir. the year of (bl ank) intestate &amp; without ever
having conveyed the Said lan d to the said Blankenship or either
of those who held und er him by purchase leaving (blank} heirs
&amp; coheir s of him the Said George Pearis deceased many of whom
are infants under the age of twenty one years &amp; those who were
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of age failed &amp; refused to make to your orator or the Said
Blankenship or Bailey a tittl~ to the Said land accordi ng to
the promise of the Said George Pearis deceased your orato r is
therefore remedeless a common law and only releasable in
equity where fraud are detected a nd punished and the specif ic
performance of contracts are enforced to that and therefo re
your orator pray that the Said Rebecca Pearis wi dow of Geo rge
Pearis Dec'd George N Pearis John Brown &amp; Rebecca his wife late
Rebecca Pearis Julit T Pearis Samuel P Pearis Robert A Pearis
Sally P Pearis Charles L Pearis Rhoda J Pearis &amp; Ellender H
Pearis may be made defendants to this bi 11 &amp; be compel 1 ed o n
their corporal oaths true &amp; perfect answer to make to &amp; sigular
the premises and your orator also prays that your wors hip may
decree the Specific enforc ement of the aforesa id contract &amp;
that the Said heirs &amp; repr esentatives of the said George Pearis
deceased may be compelled to convey to your orator a good &amp;
Sufficient title in fee simple with gener a l warrantee according· to the contract of the Said George Pearis deceased &amp; that
your worship may make such other &amp; furth er order in the premisei as may be consistant with eq ~ity and good conscience
and your orator as in duty bound w11 1 forever pray &amp;c
?J or I? Chapman
b. (The or1g1nal note is printed on p/S'l.)
Know all men sy ·thes Pr.esent s that I Richard Blankensh ip of
the County of Taswell and Stet of Virginey am held and firmly
Bound unto Jams Belly of Sed County in the Penel Som of one
Hundred and Twenty Pounds good and lawful Money of Virginey
To be Ped unto him his Ears a dminnisterr eters or Esigins to
which Preformns Well and Truly to Be med
I Do Bind my Self
my Ears Adminaratters as aSigns in the A Bov Som.
as Witness
my h a n d a n d Se 1 t h i s ( i n k s me a r ) 9 ? o f J u n e 1 8 O1

his
Richard mark Blankenship
the condishom of the a Bov Obbl~getion is as sich that the a
Bov Bound Richara Blankenship ?E
to mek the Sed James
Beal{paper torn)y a Deed for a Sarten Track or parcel of land
joyning Meyer Stewarts Three Nob Sirvey on Flipins Ridg on the
Watters of the Black Lick fork Contening Seventy five Oakers
(or Eakers?) be it the Sem Mor Less To which Preformens I Do
Bi n d my Se 1 f my Ears &amp; i n the Pen e 1 Som A Bo v Men c hen e d then
the ?
oblegetion to Be voyd Ens to Remened in fool for
_ _ _ ? and Vest is in Law as Wi t n ess my hand and set th i s 9
Day of June 1801
his
Test
Richard
Blankinship (Seal)
Ralph Stewart Sinner
ma rk
Meary Stewart
Washantun Blankenship
(back of paper)
I aSign the within bond to James french for
value Rec'd of Hin as witness My hand and Seal this 17 day of
december 1809 .
James Bailey
Test
Benj H White
(read the above by sound and it will

make sense. )

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c. Ja's Bailey &amp; Ric'd Blank inship in as's ? French
To the wo~shipful Court of Giles County in chancery Sitting
the Seperate answer of Richard Blankenship and James Bailey
to a bill in chancery Exhibited against them and others by
James French.
These respondants reserving to themselves the
usual Exceptions for answer Saith that the s'd Richard Blankenship
do admit the plaint iffs bill and it is true that the
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S d Blankenship did pay unto the S'd George Pearis the full
amount of the purchase money for the S'd Land in the plaintiffs bill mentioned and do also admit that he the S'd Blankenship have received full Value for the Same Land from James
Bai l ey and that the S'd James Bailey do admit that he the S'd
Ba il ey did pay unto the S'd Richard Blankenship the amount of
the purchase money for the Same Land aforesaid and also that
he the s ' d Bailey did receive Value for the Same from the
plaintiff having answered the Plaintiffs bill or So much there
of as they think is necessary for them to answer prays to be
dismissed out of court with out paying any costs as they have
preformed their contracts so far as they were bound and your
responciants in duty bound &amp;c.
Rich'd Blankenship
James Bailey
Gi l es County towit
This day Richard Blankenship &amp; James
Bailey persona l ly appeared before me a Justice of the peace
for Gi l es county and made oath that the foregoing answers contains the truth to the best of their Knowledge and belief
g i ven un der my hand this 27th August 1816.
W'm Smith
d . (this should have be en placed before c.}
(back of paper)
Executed on Philip Peters &amp; Blankenship I
left a copy of the within in the hand of ?~? M'r Bailey to
g i ve to him.
Th's Kirk for John Kirk.
At Giles Sept'r Cou r t 1815.
James French Plt against Pearis
heirs Deft: in Chancery :
On Motion of the Plt by his attorney and for reasons appearing
to the Court that Philip Peters who has married with the widow
of the Late George Pearis Dec'd be made a Defendant in this
cause as also Richard Bl a nkenship that they be served with a
Copy of this order .
Test Davi d French CGS
e.

(Summons} (back of paper) R Bl ankenship vs Ja's Bailey Spa
Ch'y.
Executed John McClaughe rty OS for C Champ SGC
(summon James Bailey ••.•• last Tuesda y on March next •••.•
27t h Dec 1821 .

f. Co . Decree
Virginia" At B_ul es he ld in th e clerks office of the county c
cou r t of Giles on Monday for the 3rd day of February 1823.
J a mes French Plt vs Re becca Pearis widow of George Pearis
dec ' d Ge o r ge N Pearis - John Brown and Rebecca his wife late
Re be cca Pea r is Juli et Pearis. Samuel P Pearis - Robert A Pearis
- Sa lly P Pearis, Charles L Pearis Rhoda J Pearis and Eleanor
H Pearis children and heirs of George Pearis Deceased --Defts:
In Ch 'ry

�/ 5'/The Pl aintiff in this c a u se havi n g fi l ed his bill more t han
twe l ve Months pre v i ou s to t h is date and the defendants st i l l
f a il ing to ans wer the s ame al tho havin g been served wit h t he
plaintiff subpoem a - - on Mo t ion of the Plaintiff by his a t t orney it is considered by the Court that unless they app~ ar h e re
On or before the last Tu esday i n April next and enter th eir
appeara nced and ans wer the Pl ai ntiffs bill - - the said b ill
will be take n for con f ess ed a nd the matters therein conta ined
decreed gCford in gly th ey hav in g bee n Served with a Copy o f
this Order.
A Copy
Teste Oa~id French Clk
g . (s ummons ) (back of paper)
Fre n ch vs Pearis &amp;a l: Sp ' a Cha 'ry
Executed on a l l and al l inf a nts but George N Pear i s, Rebecka
Pearis J o hn Brow n &amp; Rebecc a Brow n .
Joseph-McDona ld f or E.
McDonald OS
•• to Summon Rebecca Peari s wi dow of Georqe Pearis Dec ' d &amp; Ge or
N Pearis John Brown &amp; Reb e cc a hi s wife Late Rebecca Pea r i s
Julet Pear.is, Samuel P Pe a ri s, Robert S Pearis, Sal l y P .
Pearis . Charles L Pearis Ro d a J Pear i s &amp; El e n der H Pea ri s .
Children &amp; Heirs of Geo rge Pearis Dec ' d. · ·· • · .. . . on the f orth
tuesday in Dec'r . •••.• in Ch ancery Co u rt • . ... by James French
~ •. . . . 23 November 183 6.
See page 150 ,

Below is the summon.

No . le .

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of tke County afwesaid, at the Courthouse, on the ;}"
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~~IJl:lliJ• testify and tTie truth to speiilc in bMalf qf ~
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i~ a certain m atter of contrl&gt;'Oeray
depenil·in1/anil undetermined in our said Court between
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Defendan and this ~hall in no wise omit, under the p~nalty of four hundred dollars, 'and ve then there this writ. W itness, David French, Clerk of our said C onrt, this
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�Index to Ancestral Names by Query Number
Adams
Akers
Allen
Anderson
Ashworth
Barker
Barnett
Basham
Beavers
Becket
Biggers
Bird 125,
Blacketer
Boling
Bond
Booten
Bowen
Britt
Bruer
Brugh
Buckingham
Burdett
Burks
Burnside
Caldwell
Calloway
canter bury
carter
cecil 128,
center
Chestnut
Clack
Cockram
Col cough
Conley
crane
Creager
Criner
Davis
Dean 120 ,

146
148
123
128
151
155
127
155
111
156
112
145
129
111
151
115
131
110
144
149
148
139
154
155
156
112
124
124
149
113
125
110
151
113
128
117
127
156
152

Deaver
125
Dorton
110
Douglas
112
Duncan
136
Edens
152
Elam
15.6
Evans 112, 154
Flowers
146
Foster
122
Fugate
118
Fur is
154
Garn an
148
Garrett
150
George
111
Gibbs
152
Gibson
118
Greer
155
Grimsley
110
Grubb
134
Hall
1 48
Hardway
125
Harless
155
Hatcher
152
Hays
111
Hill
112
Holstein
155
Housman
149
Howard
148
Huff
145
Hull
125
Humphrey
152
Humphries
152
Irwin
155
Javins
155
Jennings
139
Johnson 125,144
Johnston
119
Kaylor
155
Keen
110

1 42

Keist er

115

Kelly
Kennon
Kerr
Kessinger
Kimball
Lavender
Lewis
Major
Mann
Marshall
Martin
121 ,
McClain
Mcclung
Mead
Meadows
Miller
Morgan
Morrison
Muldrough
Muldwick
Munsey
Mussin/Musson
Neal
Nelson
Nichol s
Noell
Owens
Ownsby
Page
Patterson
Powell
Rakes
Randles
Ratliff 137,
Rawley
Redpath
Reynolds 119

116
111
111
156
110
116
155
111
136
134
155
1 47
130
110
155
122
126
125
130
130
128
130
123
155
126
112
1 46
153
112
155
151
151
111
138
111
113
121

Ri ce/Ri s e 14J , 156
Ro ber t son
1 55
Jtohi ns on
153

Rollin
111
Ryder
125
Scott
141, 155
Se nter
113
Shaffer
122
Shaver
140
Shepherd
153
Shively
155
Shockey
134
Shultz
134
Si g mon
155
Sk e en
145
Smallwood
115
Smith 114 , 139,145
146 ,150 , 155
Smyth
141
Snow
153
Stanley
154
Staton
155
Stevens
154
Sulivant
124
Summerfield
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Sumpter
155
Thompson
116
Tuggle
132
Turner
135 154
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Underwood
Vanmeter
125
Vaught
140, 156
Vicars
110
Wal ton
112
Webster
121
Weeks
155
Wilkerson
144
Wilkinson
110
Willis
155
Wilson
144, 147
Wintrew
125
Woo d( s ) 11 7' 151
156
Workman
128
Wygal

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Billie Redding Lewfs, 1104 Voncile St., Lake Wales, Florida 33853
Gathering material on the following families: Andrew E Lewis, b ca
1800 in NC or near Washington Co, Va . where he d 1865; md Elizabeth
Kay 1 or , d / o 0 a n i e 1 &amp; E1 i z a b e th { Wee k s ) Kay 1 or .
Two o f Lew i s ' s on s
moved to Boone Co, WV where they md into the Meadows family and connected with Nelson, Holstine, Smith, Brynsides, Mayse, Scott, Stanley
Patterson, Irwin and Basham families.

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Need in fo on Lat i c i a KEEN, b . ca 1823.
Md . John W.
GRI MSLEY.
They lived in Washington Co., TN.
Seeking info on
Willi a m Henry BRITT , b . ca 1802 in NC or SC . His wife was
El izab eth (WILKI NSON or KLMBALL) b. ca 1815 , GA.
They lived in
Benton Co .. AL in 1840 and 1850.
In Calhoun Co . , AL in 1860 and
J ackson Co . . AL in 1880 .
Need parents of Delilah Susann ah VICARS ,
b . ca 1817 in VA .
Md . John MEAD , Jr.
They lived in Scott Co . , VA.
Need in fo o n John MEAD, Sr. b . ca 1783 in VA.
His wife Elizabeth
(DORTON?).
They were in 1850 censu s of Scott Co .. VA .
Hilda BRITT
PADGETT, 405 Ohio Ave .. Erwin, TN 37650
111 - 83.
Seekin g i nfo :
KERR-CLACK and a llied families:
GEORGE ,
KENNON, HAYS, BOLING , MAJOR, BEAVERS, RANDLES, ROLLIN (RAWLEY) in
P atrick, He nry, Franklin, Pittsylva nia , Lo u don, Brunswick (poss.
Meckl enburg) Cos ., VA ante 1800.
Mrs . Connie Love LAWSON, 223
Dryde n Dr., Vallejo , CA 94591
112 - 83.
Seeking in fo :
Col . Ri c h ard CALLOWAY, WALTON , NOELL ,
DOUGLAS, HILL, EVANS, BIGGERS a nd PAGE fa milies.
Early Essex Co.,
VA 1690' s to Bedford and Cumberland Cos. ante 1780.
Mrs. Connie
Love LAWSON, 223 Dryd en Dr., Vallejo, CA 94591
11 3 - 83,
Freeman SENTER (CENTER) b. 1776 VA md. Warren Co . , NC
179 5 to Betsy COLCOUGH d. Sumner Co . , TN 1855.
Need parents/birthpl ace of Fr eema n SENTER.
SENTERS in P atr ick , Montgomery, Bedford,
Henry, New Kent, Brunswi ck &amp; Pittsylv a ni a Cos. , VA.
Mrs. Connie
Love LAWSON, 223 Dryde n Dr.
Vallejo, CA 94591
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Seeking name of par e nts of Hiram SMITH b. 1793 , wife:
Poll y REDPATH , parents ini tials "C.B. &amp; Ma!'y." What does"C.B'! stand
for? Who we re Mary's parents?
Wher e did they come from? Hir am
h ad son, J ames R. SMITH (my g - grandfather) . Lived in Pulaski Co.
Hir a m may h ave lived in Montgomery Co .
Ella Halsey MANER. R#3 .
Box 35 3 1 Norwood, NC 28128
115 - 83.
Seeking info on two Montgome ry Co ., VA fam i lies:
Jermi a h and Martha SMALLWOOD list ed wit h four minor children 1820
cen sus.
Attor n ey W. W. KEISTER and wife Viola sold land in Montgomery Co. 1897.
Where did these famil ies migrate? Info on James
or Samu el BOOTEN , mother d. 1861 Pulaski Co. , VA .
Mrs. Mason
MURPHY , Box 319 Athens St ar Route, Princeton, WV 24740
116 - 83 .
Want more in fo on Mic h ae l KELLY md. 26 Apr. 1772, Bedford Co., VA, wife Mary THOMPSON (f ather William THOMPSON) , and
d. b efore 1801 in Franklin Co .. VA.
His dau. Margaret KELLY b.
ca 1786, md. Thomas LAVENDER (parents unknown) 28 May 1795 and d.
11 Dec. 1856 in Roanoke Co ., VA .
Carol HOPPING, 730 N Neil St.,
West Covina, CA 91791
117 - 83.
Shadrack CRANE and Mon ing WOOD, dau of Milly WOOD,
were md. the 2 6 Sept . 1812 in Bedford Co., VA in a Quaker ceremony.
Shadrack was livi n g in L aPorte Co., IN in the 1830's . Need proof
that Willi a m Tinsley CRANE b . 1815 in Campbell Co ., VA was their
son .
Need an y info regarding this family .
Rhoda J . CLINE , 1780
Jeffr ey, Lowel l, IN 46356

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Would like tolocate the gravesite and the complete
copy of a Tribute of Respect to Mary Catherine GIBSON, whic h
begins: "In memory of Mrs. Mary Catherine Gibson , wife of Z .
(Zachariah) T.(Taylor) Fugate and dau ghter of H.P. and Mariah
Gibson, was born in Russell County Virginia, November 23rd 1844,
and died January 23rd 1876, aged 3 1 years and 2 months.
Her
parents moved to Scott County Virginia when she was quite young .
She had been a member of the M. E. Church South for some years ... . "
The article is about 8xl0 printed page . Mrs. Mi ldred FUGATE
LITTLE, Box 380, Denniston, KY 40316
119 - 83.
Seeking info on the parents of Lucy JOHNSTON b. 24
Jan . 1765 md . 1 Feb. 1787 to Bernard REYNOLDS b. 12 Nov. 1763 in
Caroline Co., VA, came to Russell Co. east of Lebanon, VA 1822 .
Lucy d. 10 June 1843.
She was the dau of Arch i ba l d JOHNSTON and
?? of Salisbury, CT, a sister of Dr. John JOHNSTON whose son
General Albert Sidney JOHNSTON served in the Confederate Army
during Civil War.
Mrs. Mildred FUGATE LITTLE, Box 380 , De nniston,
KY
43016
120 - 83.
Need info on Hanner DEAN, lived in Scott Co. , VA 1847.
Possibly lived in Dean Hollow in Scott Co.
Lloyd DEAN, Rt. 6 ,
Box 498, Morehead, KY 40351
121 - 83.
Seeking info on my g- g- grandfather Daniel WEBSTER,
b. 1798, and wife Nancy, b . 1810, parents of Daniel Henry WEBSTER,
b. 2 Dec. 1842, Cave Spring, Roanoke Co., VA, who md. Josephine
MARTIN, b. 6 Aug. 1845, Roanoke Co., dau of Arabius and Sarah Ann
(REYNOLDS) MARTIN. Daniel &amp; Josephine md. 10 Mar. 1869 in Kanawha
Co., WV.
Sandra FERRELL RABEL, 902 S . Walnut St. St. Albans, WV
25177
122 - 83.
Seek info Michael SHAFFER b . Shenandoah Co. , VA; md .
21 June 1791 Franklin Co . , VA? d. 1829 Gallia Co., Ohio.
Wife
Hannah MILLER, d. 26 Jan. 1850 Gallia Co.
Father Tobias MILLER
(brother Elder Jacob MILLER?) Franklin Co . ?
Dau Elizabeth b. 24
Nov. 1798; md. 4 July 1819 John FOSTER; d . 20 Mar . 1868 Gallia co.
Laura Zepernick KING, 14553 North Riv &lt;(r Rd ., Pembervi l l e, OH 43450
123 - 83 .
J ames ALLEJN b . ~Tun e B, 1839- 41 in VA d. Feb . 29, 1912
Ro c k c a s tle Co., KY . Hi s mot h er was said to be Easter Jane NEAL
of Taz e we ll Co . , VA.
His son Samuel was b. De~. 28, 1871 in VA.
Ca me to KY after 1890. Hi s md . children are said to have stayed
in area of Big ston e Gap, VA.
Appreciate any help on these ALLEN's.
Col. E. B . ALLEN, Rt. 3, Box 76-A, Totz, KY 40870
124 - 83 .
William CARTER md . Martha SULIVANT ca 1853 Appomattox
Co . , VA; moved to Fayette Co . about 1855; among their children:
Ellen Love CARTER b . 20 Apr. 1871 md . John E . CANTERBURY 14 Sept.
1892 ; Henry CARTER b. 26 Sept. 1874; Ellen CANTERBURY was in
Roanoke 1915; Henry CARTER went to Roanoke before 1900; h ave heard
that he was in produce business.
Any info of Henry CARTER &amp; family
will be appreciated . J!.1i nni e Ruth LEAKE, 7507 S. E . Swan Ave.
Hobe
Sound, FL 33455

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125 - 83.
run looking for descendants of John and Susannah
WINTRE W BIRD.
Their c hildren were :
Jacob b. 1764; Catherine
b. 1766 md. John DEAVER; Adam b . 1768 md . Eli zabeth RYDER; John
b. 1771 md . Susanna HARDWAY; Valentine b. 1774 md. Eleanor JOHNSON;
Frede ri ck b. 1778 md . Sophie CHESTNUT; William b. 1780 md. Kate
MORRISON; David b. 1781 md . Elizabeth HULL; Mary b . 1800 md.
Edward VANMETER.
Mrs . Harold R. BiRD , P . O . Box 2 5 1, Atwood, IL 61913

126 - 83 .
Seeking birthdate and parents of Morgan MORGAN, who d.
in Bedford Co. in June/July 1828 .
Also, need parents of his wife
Elizabeth NICHOLS whom he md . 7 Jun e 1796.
Children were Samuel ,
Willi am, Alexander, Rhoda, Sally, Jane, Betsey, Charlotte and
Rebecc a . Post age happily refunde d.
Dorothy A. ELLIOTT, 13818
Hubb ard St. , Sylmar, CA 91342
127 - 83.
Need parents of Mary "Polly " CREAGER, b. 10 Oct . 1810
in VA; md . Phili p BARNETT 4 Mar . 1 82S in Wyt h e Co., VA; d . 19 Sept.
1889 in Tazewel l Co., VA.
Harry Lee LOCKHART, Jr., 528 Newton St . ,
San Fernando, CA 91340
128 - 83.
Wesley CONLEY, b. Montgomery Co., VA 1802, md. Elizabeth
ANDERSON there i n 1825 .
Wesley inherit e d l and in Giles Co . , VA
from a Fran cis MUNSEY .
Why?
What is the c on nection between
CONLEY &amp; MUNCEY?
(1827 James WYGAL - John G. CECIL bought inherited
portion) . Glenn CONLEY , 316 So. Dougl a s Ave., Belleville , IL 62221
129 - 83.
Seeking the name of the par e n ts of William BLACKETER .
Resided in Mecklenburg Co., VA in 1780.
Also, seeking info on anyone spelling the name BLACKADDER, BLACKADER, BLACKATER, residing
in VA befor e 1730.
Jerry L. PETERS , 2930 N. Douglas Dr . ,
Minneapolis , Minn.
55422
130 - 83,.
James MUSSON/MUSSIN, Rev. soldi er, Botetourt Co ., VA, d.
1 782, md. 4 Jan. 1 779 Jane MULDWI CK ( MULDROUGH?) .
Who were his
parents? his children? Where was he born? John MUSSON, son of
James and Margaret McCLUNG MUSSON, of Bath Co . , VA, b. ca 1800.
Where? md. Sarah ?, who, when , where? They migrated to Jackson ,
OH, ca 1825 .
Samuel MUSON, Montgomery Co. lan d grantee 10 Sept .
1783 .
Who was he? Mrs. Gertrude C. OSBORN. 1202 Old Blankenbaker
Rd., Louisvill e , KY 40299
131 - 83.
Would like info about my g - g - grand:father.
William BOWEN
b. VA ca June 1815 (1900 census) md. Mary "Polly" ?.
Lived Rvme
twp.
Lawrence Co. , OH .
Children:
Elijah , William , Mary Jane,
Rich~rd, Hugh, John &amp; Henry.
1900 Lawrence Co. census has William
living with son Joh n A. BOWEN at Rome twp.
Rosa.lie BOWEN (ADAMS),
5711 Cartagena Dr., Houston, TX 77035
132 - 83.
Would like to buy copy o f book, TUGGLE FAMILY OF
VIRGINIA, by Vivia11 TUGGLE, published Gateway Press. Maryellen
SIMPSON, 1914C Peach St . , Lee's Summit, MO 64063
133 - 83 .
Need info on Richard SUMMERFIELD lived Botetourt Co .
1780.
Wife Sarah , need her maiden name .
W~s Richard's father
Francis SUMMERF I ELD? Virginia B. FLETCHER, 721 NW 73 Ave., Ft.
Lauderda le , FL 33317

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I am seeking info on th e SHOCKEY fa mil y :
Abra h a m
SHOCKEY - no info - known children - Jobe SHOCKEY , b . 27 Au g .
1847, Roanoke, VA, d. 7 Jan. 1931 , Ri c hl a nd Co. , IL , md . (1) ? ;
(2) 12 July 1885 to Jane Elizabeth GRUBB .
Solomon S HOCKEY , b.
24 Oct. 1853, VA, d. 4 June 1940 , Lawren ce Co. , IL , md . 3 1 May
1883 , Frankie SHULTZ .
Also need info on f a mil y of Chi ef Ju s tice
John MARSHALL.
Doris MARSHALL , 8545 Towle St . , Dy er , I N 4 6311
135 - 83.
Seeking line of S. T . (possibly Stokel y ) TURNER , b.
1812, southern VA.
Probable son of St e phe n TURNE R.
Re p l y to
Donna WRIGHT, Route 1, Box 137 , Hodge nvill e , KY 4 27 48
136 - 83.
Seek info on Joseph C. MANN , b. 1 813 , Bot e to ur t Co. ,
VA, d. 1861 Scott Co., VA , md. in Scot t Co. , Su san B. DUNCAN , 1842 .
Joseph and brothers John A. and Robert MANN we re in S c ott Co. ,
before 1840 .
Need names of parents , etc.
Loi s D. CAMPBELL, 3955
Fort Worth Ave . , Alexandria, VA 22304
137 - 83.
Silas RATLIFF had sons, Ri c h a rd and John.
In Apr . 1835
he deeded land in Pike Co . , KY, on Sandy River to bo t h sons.
Is
this the Richard b. ca 1819-20 and living in Log an Co. , VA in 1850?
Will reimburse expense for info on these peopl e .
Ag n e s J. RUDBERG,
5801 Winding Ridge Dr., San Antonio,
TX 78239
138 - 83.
Richard RATLIFF of early Mon t gomery Co., VA , h a d a son,
Richard , who settled Mouthcard, Pike Co. , KY, and had a son , Richard ,
who was b . in early 1800's.
Will r e imbur s e expens e f or information
on this family .
Agnes J . RT.DBERG, 5801 Winding Ridge Dr.
San
Antonio , TX 78239
139 - 83 .
Wish to exchange info with anyone working on:
BURDETT
in Bedford, Pittsylvania, Franklin , Henry, Montgomery, and Caroline
be f ore 1800. G-g-g- g-g grandfather was Bradley SMITH, in 1778+ Henry
co .
Who were his parents? Need info on John and Miles JENNINGS,
in 1 767 Pittsylvania tithes.
David ROBERTSON, Route 1, Box 292,
Jefferson , TX 75657
140 - 83 .
Seek parents of Adam SHAVER.
He was b. in Wythe Co. (area
later became Smythe Co . ) VA in 1790, d . 4 Feb. 1872.
Md. ca 1811
Rosa.n n ah VAUGHT. Children: Catharine, Polly, Stephen, Elizabeth,
James F. , Eliza A., Sarah, John, Maud, Nancy.
Will exchan.ge info
and refund postage.
Eliz a beth Jorda n FOGARTY, 405 Vermont, McAllen,
TX 7850 3
141 - 8 3 .
Seek parents an d country of their origin of Samuel SCOTT,
b . ca 1730, Peac h Bottom, York co., PA , d . Washin~ton Co., VA,17
Oct. 1809 . Md . a bout 1750 PA Elizabeth, 2nd marriage Mary SMYTH
(widow Tobias) Washington Cu, VA .
Will exchange info and refund
p os t a ge .
Eli z abeth Jordan FOGARTY, 405 Vermont, McAllen, TX 78503
142 - 8 3 . Need i nfo on the following DEAN's who were in the 1790
census of VA: John, Jacob, Chesley, Daniel, Richard, William,
Thomas , Susanna , and Frances DEAN.
Lloyd DEAN, Rt. 6, Box 498,
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I would like info on the following land grants and the
families of the men .
Hopeful one will be the father of Thomas RICE,
a minist er living in Giles Co. in 1826 .
1.
Jame s RICE lOOa Mont gomery Co., VA 1784, South Fork of Walkers Creek .
2. John RICE 200a
Montgomery Co., VA 1785, Knob Fork of Elk Creek.
3 . Charles RICE
?a Montgomery Co . , VA 1790 North Fork of Hol ston -Ri ch Valley.
4.
Willi am RICE 345a Gr eenbrier Co. , VA 1797 waters of Rich Creek
(Has a son J ohn, but not John M.)
Randall M. RICE, Rt. 2, Box 435,
Summers vi 11 e, WV 26651
144 - 83.
Seeking par ents and grandp arents of James WIL(L)SON
(1790- 1876) of Bedford Co . , md. to Judith WILKERSON (1794- 1880)
(dau of John and Sus an nah JOHNSON WILKERSON), brother of John S.
WILSON ( wife Anne BRUER) and Robert WILSON (wife L ydia WILKERSON.
sister of Judi th).
Mrs . Betty J eanne WILSON WALKER, 641 Pearl St . .
Blue fie ld , WV 24701
145 - 83.
Would appreciate info on parents of John M. SMITH and
Sarah (Sa lly) HUFF.
John b. 16 Dec . 1 865 Wise Co .. VA.
Md. Emily
Jane BIRD 7 No v. 1 889.
John's father d. ca 1865-68.
John's mothe r
Sarah (S all y) HUFF b. 18 41 VA, md . El ihu K. SKEEN ca 1868.
All
moved to Pik e Co. , KY a nd l ater to Putn am Co . . WV .
Charles M.
ADAMS , 5711 Cartagena , Hous ton, TX
77035
146 - 83.
Searching for parents of John Wesley ADAMS and Nancy Jane
OWENS .
John b. 181 9 - 1820 VA (Montgomery Co.?).
Nancy b. 1820 VA
(Montgomery Co.?), md. 4 June 1842 , Montgomery Co . , VA.
Nancy's
guardi a n at time of marri age was Abraham SMITH.
John and Nancy
moved to Roa noke Co., VA ca 1861-63.
John killed ca 1863.
Nancy
md . James FLOWERS, 1870 , Roanoke Co. , VA (Salem)
Charles M. ADAMS,
5711 Cartagena, Houston , TX 77035
147 - 83.
Would like to correspond with any relatives of Jacob
Duckett McCLAIN and wife Oliv e (WILSON) McCLAIN.
Jacob b. 19 Oct.
1810 in Nelson Co., VA, son of John McCLAIN .
Olive b . 6 June 1817
in Nelson Co., VA .
They md . 10 Jan . 1836 in Braxton Co. , VA.
Louise FRIAR, 1624 No. 4 6th , Seattl e, WA 98103
148 - 83.
Who are parents of Jacob AKERS, md. 21 Dec. 1796 Ruth
HOWARD, who were her p a rents? Dates they were b., d ., where buried?
Howard AKERS md. Susan GARNAN 12 Apr. 1831 &lt;by Richard BUCKINGHAM,
dates they were b. , d., where buried? James B . Barney AKERS md.
12 Jan. 1875 Rebecca Jane HALL .
He d . 6 Nov. 1881 buried Riner , VA
date of his birth? Carole A. PRESLEY, 502 W. 8th, Russellville, AR
72801
149 - 83 .
Sebastian W. (Boston) CECIL b . 1822 md . Juliana Myra
Mirinda b. 1823 , what was her maiden name? Dates b. and d., where
buried? Peter HOUSMAN 1 804-1896 md . Elizabeth BRUGH , dates she was
b. and d . , where are they buried, who are her parents? Christian
HOUSMAN 1757-1851 , who was hi s wife, where buried? Carole A.
PRESLEY, 502 W. 8th, Russellville, AR 72801

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150 - 83.
Seeking parents of James Washington SMITH , b. 4 Nov.
1814 in VA; killed in the Civil War on 23 J a n. 1864 1 buri e d a t
Jonesville, VA. Md. Jane GARRETT.
Childr e n in 1850 Wayne Co . ,
VA census: 1. William F. 2. Sarah E. 3. J ames M. 4. Ma r garet Ann
5. Isaac B . 6. Catherine 7. Zacheus B. 8. Beverly.
Madeline V.
HYLTON, 4798 North Trail N.E . , Marrietta , GA 30066
151 - 83.
Seeking info on Claiborn BOND and hi s wife , Sa l ly POW'ELL.
Both d. 1850-60, probably Floyd Co., VA . They were livin g with
their dau and son- in- law, Henry F. and Jane (BOND) ASHWORTH on the
1850 Floyd Census.
Will exchange on COCKRAM , RAKES , WOOD/WOODS of
Franklin-Patrick area.
Mrs . Gay Edens CARRIGAN, 604 P a rkside Dr.,
Sycamore, IL 60178
152 - 83.
Seeking birthplace and parents of J esse EDENS an d his
brothers Benjamin, Alexander, James and Elish a, who came to Bedford
Co., VA ca 1797 . Milly EDENS, probably a sister, "daughter of Mary An"
md . Jesse HATCHER . Need father of Dorothy Wills DAVIS who md. J es se
EDENS 1802 Bedford Co., VA. Her mother was Elizabeth who md. (2)
Matthew GIBBS i n 1786. Also need parents of Sarah HUMPHREY who md.
Joel EDENS 1828, Bedford Co.
Was her father either Randal/Randolph
or Lewis HUMPHREY? Samuel H. HUMPHRIES believed to have been a
brother. All of above moved to Kanawha Co. , WV.
Need death of
Cornelius EDENS who was living Bedford Co. 1860 .
Mrs. Gay Edens
CARRIGAN, 604 Parkside Dr., Sycamore, IL 60178
153 - 83.
John M. SNOW was b. 1802 VA.
Where and who were his
parents? 19 June 1826 md. Malinda L. ROBINSON in Amherst, VA.
Were
Malinda's parents Beverly ROBINSON and JoAnna SHEPHERD?
Who were
JoAnna's parents? Malinda was b. ca 1803, supposedly in KY.
Beverly
and JoAnna were md. in 1800. Beverly md. Sal l ie OWNSBY in 1806.
Had
JoAnna d . in the meantime? Some of the ROBINSON brothers from Bedford
Co . , VA migrated to Green Co., KY .
Would appreciate any help and
will exchange info. Maryellen SIMPSON, 1914C Peach St., Lee's Summit ,
MO 64063
154 - 83 . I am researching my southernBURKS l ine t h at originated in
. Bedford Co., VA. Brinkley BURKS b. ca 1807 GA, d. after 1880 Pike
Co., AL, md. 19 Jan. 1831 Newton Co . , GA, 1. Temperence "Tempy" EVANS
b. ca 1810 SC, d. ca 1855 Pike Co . , AL.
Their children:
Joel, Mastin
Melton, William, Martha, Temperence, Margaret, Mary, James, Fred erick,
Susan, and Jemima. Brinkley BURKS md. ca. 1856 Pike Co . , AL, 2 . Mrs .
Sophronia E. "Fronie" Furis TURNER b. 17 May 1838 GA, d. 26 Feb. 1 921
AL . Their children: Daniel D. , Robert E., J u lia Ann, Boycey A. and
Minnie L . Were John BURKS and Mary STEVENS the pare n ts of Brinkley?
Tpey md. 1 May 1785 Bedford Co . , VA.
Happy to exchange info.
Shirley BURKS WELLS, P. 0 . Box 306, Winnsboro, LA 71295 Phone (318)
435-4085
155 - 83. Am compiling family history but need help with c lu es on the
ancestr y of the following Virginians: 1. Andrew E. LEWIS wh o d.
Washington Co., 1865; Daniel KAYLOR b. 1759 (where?) , d. in Washington
Co . ; (2) John WEEKS b . ca 1743 had at least one dau Elizabeth who md.
Daniel KAYLOR; (3) Arris P . MEADOWS md. 1791 in Greenbrier Co.; (4)
Millie-Millie STANLEY-STANDLEY md. Phillip 0. HARLESS in Montgomery

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Co. 1 Jun e 1791; (5) Isab ella IRWIN d. aft 1755, md. Nathan PATTERSON;
(6) Robert BURNS IDE d. 1742 in Augusta Co.; (7) Spicey SCOTT b. ca
1790 prob. Bu cking h am Co . md. I saac BARKER; (8) Matthew MARTIN, Sr. ,
b. ca 1773 d. 1853 in Franklin Co . , md. Edi th STATON; (9) George
STATON , fa. of Edith. rem. from Frank lin Co. to KY; (10) Thomas
ROBERTSON d. Fr an klin Co .. ca 1790; (11) Peter SIGMON b. ca 1745
res . Frank lin Co. md. / 2 Catherine WILLIS; (12) John SHIVELY to
Franklin Co. in 1790 from Frederick Co . , MD; (13) Joseph UNDERWOOD
b. ca 1800 , md . in Franklin Co . 1823 to Betsey GREER (rem. to Floyd
Co.?) (14) Henry and George SUMPTER of Henry Co. in 1777; (15) James
BASHAM of Franklin &amp; Kanawha Cos . in 1820, wife Mary; (16) Andrew
Jackson NELSON b . Boone Co. d. Kanawha Co. in 1923; (17) Henry
HOLSTINE-HOLSTEIN b. ca 179 0 Botetourt Co . , res. 1850 in Boone Co .
md . Sarah JAVINS ; (18) Abram-Abraham SMITH had wife I sabella, dau
Sarah who md. John D. HARLESS res. Boone Co.
Will reimburse postage.
Billie Redding LEWIS, 1104 Voncile St., Lake Wales, FL 33853
156 - 83.
I would like additional info on Thomas , a minister , and
Sarah RICE of Giles Co . , VA (1826).
Md. When? Where? Parents? etc.
Children were:
1 . Permeli a md. John WORKMAN 28 Oct. 1833; 2. Lucinda
md. Christian VAUGHT 28 June 1837; 3. Paulina/Carolina md. Wm . R.
KESSINGER 14 J a n. 1841; 4. Almeda rnd. Christian CRINER 16 Sept . 1843;
5. Marshall md. Elizabeth M. ELAM 2 Apr. 1849; 6. John M. (my g -ggrandparents) md. Eliz. Ann BECKET 19 Aug. 1850; 7. ??Nancy RISE md.
Seth CALDWELL 14 Sept. 1826. (From Gile s County History ; Surety by
Thomas Rice)
Would like to hear from anyone working on the Rices
of southwestern Virginia.
Randall M. RICE , Rt . 2 , Box 435,
Summersville, WV 26651

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Puritan Migration to Con necticut is the first genealogical treatise
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on the Matthew Marvins, Ruscoes, Steeles, Talcotts, the John Westers
and others wh o fol lowe d the "Co nnecticut Path" of Thomas Hoo ker and
his company in their journey South from Cambridge to the New ~o~ ld_
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The S ig mo n genea lo gy begins with Peter Sigmon (Sickman/Sighmon ).
Peter was born ca 1745-50, son of Johames Sighmon (ca 1698) and
s ettled in Franklin County, Virginia. His hom e was i n Ferrum and was
called Coon Hollow and Otter Branch. Peter's first marriage was to
Ka t o n k a ( I n d ·; a n Pr i n c e s s ) ( u n d o c um e n t e d ) a n d t h e s e co n d to Ca t he ~ i n e
Nasseman Willis. There were thirteen children by these two marr~age s.
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Johnson, Kess l er, Love, Martin, Naff, Oakes, Peters, Quinn, Ross,
Shively, Thomas, Underwood, Via, Webb a nd many others.
The history and genealogy of the Sigmon Family has been researched by
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Bibles, cemeteries and libraries. The book contains 159 pages,42
pictures, and 18 stories . There are many war records. The book has
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Volume VIII - No. 1 - February 1984
CONTENTS
The President's Message
1 830 Personal Property Tax List
Franklin Coun ty, Virginia
Casse l Bible
Samuel Obe nsha in's Bible Records
William R. Nunn 's Bible records
Enemies to the Commonwea lth of Virginia
Henry County, Virg inia
Naturalization, Henry County, Virginia
Tuck Cemetery, Pittsylvania Cou nty , Virginia
The Weddle Family
Book Reviews
Quer i es
Forms for SVGS
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FUTURE MEETINGS
February 18, 1984

"Colonial Ruffians" by
by A Roger Ekirch ,
Associate Professor of History , VP!

March 17 , 19 84

Craig County, Virginia, in the Civil War

April 21, 1984

Giles County, Virginia
by Ruth G Blevins

copyright Roanoke, Va . , 1984

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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSA GE
During a period in December and again in the earl y part of January as I was pondering how best I could serve our Society as President, an idea came to me. First ,
I need to determine the purpose of this association.
Surprisingly , I found it in
one line of article I, Section I of our by laws.

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to encourage, foster and organize genealogical research, tea ching,
publishing, educating and recording; "
when I have a conversation with old friends and new acquaintences a nd t hey lea rn
of my hobby of genealogical research of the Brickeys, a great portion will r emark :
"I started reseaching my ancestors but I hit a snag and put the matter aside."
Others will remark, "I want to research my family tree but I don't know how to ge t
started."
This tells me a lot of u3 want to know more about our ances tors and the part they

played in our nations history.
lesson #1, we need to let these people know about our Society and how we can help
them,

I plan to use this space in future issues of the VAN to suggest other ways and
give direction as to how we can best serve our purpose.
On January 21st at our regular meeting, Mr. Joe Barnett brought us an excellent
message, in spite of equipment failure, on Computerized Genealogy. I was surprised
to learn the number of our members present that use personal computers in recording
their research.
Plan to be present at our next regular meeting, February 18th, l:JO P.M. at our
present meeting location in the Jefferson Street Baptist Church . Mr. Roger Ekirch,
Associate Professor of History - VPI, will be our speaker on "ColoniaJ Ruffians·"
You don't want to miss this one.
Should you have overlooked mailing your dues for 1984 to-date, you will probably
be getting a reminder soon. Don't lay it aside. Mail your check.
Write or personally advise me of any suggestions that you have.
Raymond Brickey, President

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PROLOGUE: A family History and Genealogy of and by Richard Wm. Buckingham
and his wife, Muriel Barbara Earl, pub. 1979 by Gateway Press, Baltimore,
Md., 21202. Library of Congress Catalog #79-51617.
We reviewed this book in 1979, and since that time the Buckinghams have
moved from Virginia to MN.
The cost of the book at that time was
$20.00 (I hope that it is still the same.)(Postage?, tax?)
The new address is r Richard W. Buckingham, 204 Chestnut Street,
Cloquet, MN 55720,

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1
Gray Wm
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2
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Hopkins HenryG
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Hutts Owen
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Hutts Leonard
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Holland Peter
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Hall Thomas P
Hambrick
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Holland ThomaE
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Hatcher Nancy

Jones Fleming
Johnson Nathan
Jones David
Jones Wm
Jimeson Jno
Johnson Thomas
Johnson Joseph
Korn H~nry Jr
Kelly George W
Kesler Luke
Kinsey Jacob
Kemp Walter
Krantz Micheal
Kesler Stephen
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Livesey Widow
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Livesey Jno
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Livesey Andrew
Lambert Edward
Laymael Jno
35
Lazenberry Jno
94
Leftwich Alexander
3 20
Robert
Lumpkins
8
Lansdown Johnson
8
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Lumnsden Charles
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Meador Aninias
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Meador David
24
Man gers Jacob
43
Mc Neal Daniel
1 37
Mc Neal Jacob
2 66
McVey
George
24
Martain David
16
Martain Robert
8
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Maxsey Jer emiah
16
Maxsey Osids
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McGuir e Jonathan
Mills Arthur
Meador George
Mills Wm Jr
McGuire Robert
2- 1 Meador Abel
Meador Jahu
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Mc Coma ck Jno D
McGuf fin Widov.
Moore Jacob
Mills Hiram
Mairs George
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Mairs Benjami n
Mills Jessa
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4 - 3 Meador James
Meador Thomas
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Menn ix Danie l
Meador Creed
Meador Hesek.ial
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Mitchell Wm
Meador Josern D
Moore Joseph
Meador Jonas
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Nicholas Elisha
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16
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51
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Nicholas Nath24
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8
Nemo
Thomas
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Noble Daniel
8
Newman
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8
Naf e Jacob Jr
Na.f e Abram
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8
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Oyler Widow
16
Oyler Jacob
16
Oyler Jno
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Oyler
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16
Open chain Saml
16
Osbourn Branch
43
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Overfelt Jno Jr
51
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Phel ps Widow
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Pugh Ric h ard
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Peters Jacob
5
Passly Wm
4 3
Perdue Jesse
1 3
3- 10 Price David
7 4
Price Owen
5
3
Pate Eusabra
1 2
Perdue Masha:::k 13 7
Perdue Mark
2
Perdue Isai ah 1 2
Pas sly Solrnnr 1 3
Passly Robert 4 2
Peters Jon a 2
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Peters Dan iel
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Peters Mic h eal
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Payne Joseph
5
Pru pecker Jon
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Prupecker
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4
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3
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Picklesymer
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Pel ten Pleasant
1
Poteet George
3
Price Cyrus
9 5
Payne Francis 1 1
2- 1 Pemberton Ed- 1 1
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Payne R &amp; Mark
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Payne Isham
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Preston Chris- 4 3
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1
Pucket Jacob
1
Powe ll Jno
1
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Powel l Edwar d
1
Price Pleasant
1
Preston Widow
1
Poff Jno
1
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Price Jno
1
Payn e Henry
1
P a rris Elijah
6
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Pr i ce Joseph
1
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PalmorE
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2
3
P a rmor e J no P
2
P r ill i ma n Abrar
2
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P reston Book e r
2
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P a r r o t t Luk e
4
P e rdu e Jno
Pri ce Cyr us (Ad 1
2
P a t e Jno
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2
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Rob e r s on Jno
1
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Rich e rson
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S h owalter Jno
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Sink David
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Smith Jn o(Gr a )
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Snider Jno Jr
Suttle Wm
Shilling Jacob
Sink Henry (of
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Stuart Isaac
Stuart Wm
Stover Henry
Sink Henry (of
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Sink Abram
Sink Jonathan
Sample Jno
Starkey Jno
Saunders
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Simmons Wm
Scott James B
Smith Jno (Forl
Seay Jno
Saunders
Pleasant
2-1 Smith Luke
Slone Peggy
Slone Allen
Simmon s Anthom-.
Slone Balinda
Smith Wm (Saylor
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St arkey Jonathan
Simmons SkeltoIJ
Simmons Moses
Simmons Jesse
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year 1830

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Spencer Jno
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Simpson Thanfil:
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Smuthers Kiz.ee
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Smith Wright
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Stover Jno
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Smith Henry J" 1 1
Smith Stephen
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Sink Easom
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Thurmon
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Thurmon Henry
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Thomspon Tyree
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Turner Widow
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Thurmon David 3 4
Teel Abram
1
Teel Catherine
2
Taylor Polly
3
3
Turnbull Jabez
1
Thompson
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5-3 Tin sly Jno
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Turpen Daniel
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Trail Thomas
1
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Turner Jubal
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2
Turner Wm
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Turner Jno Jr
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Turner Jno Sr
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Turner Leeo
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Taylor Lark in
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CASSEL BIBLE
Contributed by
Colonel William Preston Chapter NSDAR
Roanoke, Virginia
The Bible offered to the National DAR Museum (N ov 6 , 1964 ) by Anne
Shelor Kennett, past regent of the Colonel William Preston Chapter , DAR ,
and her sister, Kathleen Shelor Bibb, was printed in Edinburg, Scotland
in 1752 by Adrian Watkins, m .s Majesty ' s Printer, making it a quarter of
a century older than the Declaration of Independence . It was imported by
the Cassel family which had come to Philadelphia in 1686 on the ''Jefries"
after a voyage of seven months . They had come in res ponse to the invita~ion of William Penn who, knowing of the miserable political conditions
in Germany, had gone there to seek settlers for his Pennsylvania colony.
The original owner of the Bible was a young girl, Deborah Cassel,
a ~ifth generation American , who was a war prisoner with her parents in
Philadelphia when the British occupied the city.
It was in her possession
there wher. the Declaration of Independence was signed and when the Liberty
Bell was first rung. During the time that the British held the city the
Cassels were forced to burn their mahogany furniture to provide fuel for
heat .
Across the .Delaware River, three miles from Philadelphia, in Gloucester, N.J., lived John-Banks, son of Capt. Richard Banks, who in Septem~e7 1776, at the age of 19 years, followed the example of his father and
Joined Washington's Continental Line . In December of 1776 John Banks was
stationed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and there first saw General
Washington, John Banks was in one of the many crafts of various types
in Washington's famous Christmas night crossing of the Delaware , and participated in the taking of the 900 Hessians at the battle of Trenton
December 26, 1776, and wen~ with the army to Princeton where the Americans
won another battle.
Later, on March 9, John Banks was taken prisoner by the British.
His Captain (John Cozens) was also taken prisoner. Both were detained
three months in Philadelphia , at that time occupied by the British . On
June 17, 1778, the prisoners were taken by water to New York City.
The
British evacuated Philadelphia the next day, following the news that
France had become an ally of the colonies. Three weeks later, July 7,
1778 there was a prisoner exchange, and John Banks returned to his home
in _Gloucester, N.J. On July 1J, 1778 he and Deborah Cassel, of Philadelphia were married. It is probable that the young couple had met during
peaceful colonial days and had found a way to continue their romance
While both were war prisoners in Philadelphia.
During his eight tour in the Continental Army John Banks was made a
sergeant, and his last military service was in guarding the salt mines on
the coast of New Jersey.
After their marriage Deborah (Cassel ) and John Banks lived in Gloucester, N.J., but later, hoping to acquire a large tract of land for
their he irs, they emigrated southward, s topping for a time in Frederick
County, Maryland, then in Shenandoah CoWlty, Va., and then moved on to
Montgomery County, Va. Land was cheap here, and Deborah found that she
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could buy a 1arm with one of the handsome coverlets she had brought with
her from Philad~lpr.ia. , as the se ttlers there had never before seen such
fine handiwork .
It is sa i d that in this way she bought farms for several
of her children .
Wherever they went Deborah took wi th her the Bible which had been a
present from her parents .
Attesting to the care which she gave it, is
the ori g inal leather b inding which is still intact al though the Bible
has been in constant use fo r a bout 2 10 years . It contains records of
the births of the twelve children of Deborah and John Banks as well as
other f a mi ly information .
Ruth 3anks , daugh ter of John and Deborah Banks , and great grandmo ther
th.rough their mother, of the donors of the Bible , was born in New Jersey
August 23 , 1783 .

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Mary Abagail Banks , daughter of John and Deborah Banks, also great
grandmother of the donors of the Bi bl e , through their :Lather, was born
in Mon tgom e ry County , Va . , March 25 , 1798.
Two direct lines of descent from John Banks and Deborah Cassel
Mary Abagail Ban k s
William Goods on

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Ruth Banks &amp;
George Shelor

Sarah Elizabeth Goods on &amp;
Capt. Ballard Pres ton Shelor

Sarah Jane Shelor &amp;
William A. Cannaday

Ba llard Preston Shelor , J r . &amp;
Emily Ellen Cannaday

Emily Ellen Cannaday &amp;
Ballard Preston Shelor, Jr .

Anne Shelor Ke nnett
Kathl een Shelor Bibb
By offering their Bible to the DAR Museum the p resent owners hope
to contribute some valuable records of early American life and to make
them available t o a l l the hundreds of descendants of John and Deborah
Cassel throu g hout America and other countries, and to other p.e rsons who
may be in terested.
Also they believe that in the custody of the DAR's
the Bible wi l l be permanently preserved in a fireproof building.

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BELL REUINION:
Early registrations are sought for the fifth annual International
Bell Society Reuinion in Staunton, Va . on June 29 and 30 so that all who wish to
take the qu i ded bus tour can be accommodated.
Members and guests will visit places associated with the pioneer Bell families
of Virginia as well as the homes of three U. S. Presidents .
With headquarters at. the Downtown Holiday Inn, the program will include a
geneal ogy session, bus iness meeting, folksongs resulting from Scottish heritage,
and several dinners.
The registration fee of $15. 00 per adult is payable in advance
to s Mrs Martha Harari c k, Box 937, Sta unton, VA 24401
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RECORU3 FROM THE

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BIBLE OF

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Contributed by
Colonel William Preston Chapter, NSDA R
Roanoke , Virginia

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(In 1949 this Bible was in possession of Mrs . J . P . Bowma n , Roanoke , Virginia . )

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Publis hed by H. &amp; E. Phinney , 1844

Kin g J a mes Ve r s ion

BIRTHS
Zachary Obenshain was born July 25th , 1846
Marcus D. Obenshain was born July 28th , 1849
James Thomas Obenshain was born April 7th , 1852
Louisa Obenshain was born Feb 6th , 1855
Cora M. Obenshain was born Aug 29th , 1847
Annie Bell Obenshain was born Nov 22nd , 1861
Albert Sidney Obenshain was born Jan 25 , 186J
Emma L. Obenshain was born Dec . 9 , 1864
Lucy B. Obenshain , born Nov 26th , 1866
Boyce Putney Obenshain and Blanche L. Obens hain were born July 14, 1871
Alonzo Waskey Obenshain was born Dec 14th, 1873
Halley Eidson Obenshain was born Feb 25th , 1876
Julian Guy Hatcher was born Oct 26th , 1882
Sidney Watson Hatcher was born Aug 6th , 1884
Samuel Theodore Bowman was born Dec . 22 , 1896
Elise Ruth Bowman was born Oct. 4th , 1898
George Price Bowman was born Sept 18 , 1900
Richard Hatcher Bowman was born July 14, 1903
Moffett Halley Bowman was born March 15 , 1906
Eleanor Blanche Bowman was born Oct 1st, 1909

MARRIAGES
Samuel Obenshain and Ann Hardy were married Sept 4th, 1845
Samuel Obenshain and Lucy Halley were married Nov 29th , 1860
Z. Taylor Obenshain and Jennie Thrasher were married Jan 1st , 1870
W• Taylor Thrasher and Louisa Obers hain were married Dec 14, 1871
Marcus D. Obenshain and Mary M.C . Th.rasher were married May, 1880
James T. Obenshain and Theodos ia E. Graybill were married Jan 25 , 1876
J. Watson Hatcher and Cora M. Obenshain were married Dec 15 , 1881
Jos eph C. Bolton and Annie B . Obenshain were married May 15, 1883
James E. Stevens and Lucy Beale Obenshain were married March 2J , 1884
James Wm . Bowie and Emma L. Obenshain were married Nov 5 , 1884
Marcus D. Obenshain and Lena B. Mason were married Jan 16th, 1885
J. Price Bowman and Blanche L. Obenshain were married Nov 20th , 1894
Boyce P. Obenshain and Ida Shockley were married Oct 14, 1898
Alonzo vaskey Obenshai n and Mamie Carol Payne were married Sept 20, 1900
DEATHS
Annie E. Obenshain died Dec. 25th, 1858
Sidney J. Obenshain died May 7th, 1885
J . Wats on Hatcher died Feb 10th, 1885
Samuel Obenshain died June 4th , 1890
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James T . Obenshain died Sept JOth , 1890
Z . Tuylor Obenshain died July 9th , 1900
Ma r cus D. Obenshain died Ma y , 1903
Wm . Tuylor Thrasher died July 2 , 1906
Sidney '·la t s on Hatch e r d i ed Apr . 2 3 , 1897
Cas well L . Bolton died Ma y 1 9th , 1 908 (1906)
(or Carwell)
Cora 0 . Hatcher d i ed J an 2 nd , 1909
Ida S hockl ey Obenshain died Oct 7 th , 1909
Joseph C. Bolton died Aug 19 , 1907
James W. Bo wi e d i ed June 7 , 19 1 5
Lucy Obenshain , 2nd wife of Samuel Obenshain , died July 12, 1920
Louisa Thra s h e r , d i ed Ma y 17 , 1925
Ann i e Bolton d i ed July, 1933
Emma L . Bowi e died Dec 6 , 1 93 1
Lucy S t even s , died A ~ril , 1936
(No te : taken from a typed copy a nd the written copy)

FAMILY BIBLE OF WILLIAM R. NUNN
Contributed by
Colonel William Preston Chapter NSDAR
Roanoke , Virg in ia
In 1949 this

Bible was in possession of Mrs. Y. N. Williams, 'I\.ilsa, Okla.

William R . Nunn born Henry Co ., Va . on Dec . 8, 1850
Emma J. Draper was born Sept 16th, 1858
Birdie Draper was born Feb 12, 1872
Frank Nunn was born Sept 7, 1878
Maggie Nunn was born June 8th, 1880
Ernest Nunn was born Dec 8th , 1883
Virginia Nunn was born Feb 8 , 1886
Hulda Nunn was born Dec 22, 1890
William Oferall Nunn was bo:rn March 2 , 1895
Wes ley I rvin Nunn was bo:rn Apri l 6th , 1897
William R . Nunn of Henry Co., Va ., and Miss E. J. Draper of Rockingham Co.
were married Nov 20 , 1877 at Inglewood , Va. by Rev . F.A . Strother
of S . M. E . Church
William R. Nunn and Birdie Draper were married June 28, 1894
Virginia Nunn a nd Harold Wil liams were married Sept 4th, 1912
Emma Jane Nunn died August 5 , 1893
William Of erall Nun n died Sept 4, 1893
Es telle Nunn Cross died Nov JOth, 1907
Draper Nunn di e d Dec 6th, 1911
William Riley Nunn died March JO, 1918
Birdie Draper Nunn died July 5, 1897
(note : from a typed copy )

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ENEMIES TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
REVOLUTIONARY WAR - HENRY CO.
These records are found in the Minute Books in the 'old' courthouse ,
Martinsville, Henry Co., Virginia. The clerk said that these notes were
done by R.P. Gravely Jr. , Martinsville, Va.

MB 1, p .3: 21 Jan, 17.77 : Ordered that Archibald Gordon, Arthur Roberson,
George Elliott &amp; Walter Lamb be Summoned to appear here Thursday the 29th
lay of this Instant they being Natives of Great Britain to show cause why
they do not depart this Colony ag;reeable to an Act in that case made &amp;
Provided;
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1777 :

An an examin 'g Court held at Henry Courthouse

on Thursday the 30th Iay of January 1777 for the examination of Archibald
Gordan, Arthur Robinson George Elliot and Walter Lamb Natives of great
Br:i. tain who are Suspected to be Enemies to the Commonweal th of Virginia,
Present: John Salmon , Edmund Lyne, Abraham Penn &amp; Peter Sanders, Esq 's
The said Archibald Gordon being duly Summoned &amp; not appear' g. The Court
Proceeded to Examn . as of the said Gordon &amp; are of Oppinion he does not
come under the Act of Assembly in that case made &amp; Presented.
The said Arthur Roberson being duly Summoned &amp; appearing The Court Proceeded to the Examination of divers Witnesses as well in behalf of the
Commonwealth as the said Roberson &amp; it being Proved he has shewn a Friendly dispos ition to America. The Court are of Opinion that the said Roberson be Acquitted.
The said George Elliott &amp; Walter Lamb being duly Summond &amp; not appearing
the Court Proceeded to the Examination of d i vers Witnesses as well on
behalf of the Commonwealth as the said Elliott &amp; Lamb Whereupon they are
of opinion that the said Elliot &amp; Lamb comes under the Act of Assembly
&amp; that it be Certified to the Governor &amp; Council agreeable to the said
act.
(signed) John Salmon

MB 1, P 13: 21 July 1777: The Several Acting Majistrates in this County
is app'd to put the Test Act in Execution as Soon as the same shall come
to hand.
MB 1, p 14: 21 July 1777: On a further Examination of Walter Lamb a
Native of great Britain who is Suspected to be an Enemy to the Common
Cause.
The said Walter Lamb appearing

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Blagg that the said Walter Lamb has always shewn a friendly dispostion to

the Common cause - Therefore he is discharged .

MB 1, P 15s

18 Aug 1777:

MB 1, P 29:

16 Mar 1778s

(signed) Arch's Hughes

Robert Jones jr. came into Court &amp; took the
Oath of Fidelity to the Commonwealth of Virginia . Whereupon he is exempted from barring Arms. (Note: Could be a dissenter such as a Quaker.)
At a Court held at Henry Courthouse on the 16th

day of March 1778 for the Examination of George Elliott as an Enemy to

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MB 2 , p 114 ; 2 4 Aug 1780 :

Robert Bowman on Suspicion of Aiding &amp; Assisting the Enemic;, of America , . ... found not guilty by the Court .
MB 2 , p 115 ; 25 Aug 1780 : John Greyham on Suspicion of Aiding &amp; Assisti ng the Enemies of American . , . , , found nbt guilty by the Court.
MB 2 , p 117 , ~8 Sept 1780 : Commonweal th vs. Sams on Suspicion of being
inimical to the Common Cause , a Jury were Sworn •••• found not quil ty.
MB 2 , p 121 ; 29 Sept 1780 : On a Complaint Lodged agt . Lansford Hall on
Suspicion of' having Released a Continental Deserter &amp; on Examination of
diverse Witness es i t is the Opinion of the Court the said I.ansf ord Hall
is not guilty of the Charge .
MB 2 , p 1J6 ; 22 Mar 1781: William Greer on Suspicion of a Conspiracy
against the States of America Jury called (mostly Franklin Co. names)
found Guilty of the Charge &amp; that he pay the Sum of n500 &amp; Cost.

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his secu~i~l es acknowledged t hemselves Severally indebted to the Commonwealth . . . . . On Condition the said Greer be of Good Behavour towards the
United States f'or the future .. . tt. the said Greer in the sum of !:.10, 000
and his securities in the sum of !:.5000 each to be levied on their respective goods and Chat tles, l a nds, and tenements
MB 2, p 146 ; 26 July 1781: Abraham Cristman appearing before the Court
agreeable to his Recognizance taken before Justice Waller &amp; Dillard on
Suspicion of being inimical to the Rights &amp; Libertys of America the Court
Proceeded to the Tryal of the said Cristman and thereupon came a Jury to
witt •• •. ••• found him guilty of the fact &amp; that he ought to pay f,2000 and
Suffer four Months Imprisonment.
(James East , Witness, p 141)
MB 2 , p 147; 26 July 1781 : James Baker ordered to be summoned on a Complaint lodged against him on suspicion of being inimical to the rights &amp;
Libertys of America ••. . Summon James East, John Watson &amp;Benja, Dillion
Witn ' s.
MB 2 , p 154; 25 Jan 1782: Isaac Donelson on Suspicion of High Treason .•
the Court are of opinion that the said Donelson give Security for his
Appearance at next Court &amp; the said Donelson with John Stewart &amp; Walter
Lamb his Securities Acknowledged themselves Severally indebted .. ,, ....
I bid: George Martin gives Security to appear at next Court against Isaac
Donel son.
MB J , p 1; 28 Mar 1782: An Inquisition on a Tract of I.and belonging to
James &amp; Robe~t Donald &amp; Co. of Great Britain Returned &amp; Ordered Recorded.
MB J , p 19; May 1782:
Isaac Donelson appear' g to his Recogn. &amp; no Witnesses appear' g against him ••• • he is discharged from the said Recogn.
Ibid:
Ordered that the Sheriff take Isaac Donelson into Custody untill
he give security for his Appearance here at next Court •• .••• •

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to the American cause.
MB 1, P 29 : 16 Mar 1778 : The Court Proceeded to the said Examination and
are of Opinion that the said Elliot does not come under the Act of Assembly in that case made &amp; Provided,

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MB 2 , p ~ ; 20 Apr 1778 : Ordered that the County Collector pay the Clerk
of this Court 1000 lb. of Tobacco out of the Depositum in his hands for
Attend'g Call'd Courts on Persons Suspected to be Enemies to the American
Cause.
MB 2 , p ~; 20 Apr

1778: also that the said Collector pay the Sherif of
this County the same for Attend ' g the said Courts .

MB 2, P 52; 26 Aug 1779:

At a Court held at Pittsylvania (sic) Courthouse on Thursday the 26th day of August 1779 for the Examination of
James Bennett on Suspiction of Treason .
..•. . on Confession of the said Bennett the Court are of Opinion that the
said Bennett give Security for his good Behaviour for the future in the
Sum of One Thousand Pounds Whereupon John Marr Acknowledged himself indebted to the Commonwealth in the Sum of One Thousand Pounds . •... On condition the said Bennett be of Good Behaviour for the future .

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27, 1780: Ordered that James Tarrant deliver Haynes
Morgan, Esq. attorney for the commonwealth in this county the bond that
Isaac Donelson gave for his appearance at this court taken on suspicion
of being a Tory.

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taken before Robt . Woods Esqr, on Suspicion of being guilty in a Conspiracy againt the States of America . Came before a Jury who were Sworn to
Enquire whether the said Holliday is guilty of the Fact •••. withdrew .•.•.
after Consideration thereon do say on their Oaths that the said Robt .
Holliday is guilty of Speaking Inimical to the Common Cause &amp; that he
pay the Sum of ~100 &amp; Costs. (Ambrose Rains - Witness)
MB 2, p 112; 24 Aug 1780 : Edward Richards taken before Robert Woods Esq.
on Suspicion of being guilty of Treasonable Conspiracy against the States
of America -- found not guilty by Jury.
MB 2, p 11J; 24 Aug 1780: James Stewart jr. on Suspicion of being guilty
Of Treasonable Conspiracy against the States of America -- Jury called found him guilty of the fact &amp; that he pay L100 &amp; Costs.

Ibid: Stephen Heard •••• on Suspicion of being guilty of a Treasonable
Conspiracy against the States of America -- Jury called -- found not
guilty.
John Short on Suspicion of being guilty of Treasonable Conspiracy
.. .. •found not guilty.

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MB J , p 2 0 ; 2J i"iay 1782 : I s aac Donel s on came into Court &amp; with Marvel
Nash &amp; J a mes t-:il t on h i s S ecurities
on Condition that the said Donelson appea r her e nex t Court to t a ke his Tryal on Suspicion of Treason.

MB J , p J 2 ; 27 J une 1782 : Isaac Don elson appearing to his Recognizance
en tered i nto at the l as t Court on Sus picion of Treason agains t the United
Sta t es .
Wh ereupon t he Court Proceed to Examine diver Witnesses •....
Whereof the Court are of Opin ion the said Charge is less than Treason. , . •
entered into Bond - on Condi t ion the said Donelson appear here at the
next Cou rt t o take his Trya l on Suspicion of being Innimical to the United
S tates . ... . .
MB J , p 41; 2 6 J u l y 1782 :
I saac Donelson on Suspicion of being Inimical
to the r i g hts &amp; Liberti es of America - pleaded not guilty - Jury found
him gu i l ty and t hey .find him 1000 lb . Tobo . &amp; Costs .

J , p 47 ; 2 7 Sept 1782:

Robert Hourseley appearing to his Recogn. taken
before Justice Sa lmo n, on Suspicion of Treason , &amp; thereupon came a Jury ..
who being s worn , do say on their Oaths that the said Hourseley is quilty
&amp; that he o u g ht t o Pay the Sum of 20/ &amp; Costs,

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NATURALIZATION
These are fr om the mi nute books of Henry County, Va.
MB (Minute Book ) 2 , p 2 07 : Ma r 1J , 18JJ . John Wightman a native of the
city of Eden burg Scotland this day came into court and took the oaths of
fidel ty to this commonweal th the oath to support the constitution of the
United States , and declared his de termination to become a citizen of the
United States .
It moreover appeared to the court that the said Wightman
has resided in thi s Commonwealth for the last 14 years , that he has property to the value of $300 and that he is a tailor by profession and is
married to a ci t i zen of this Commonwealth.
MB J, p 221 :
Oct 14 , 1844.
James Mullin (Mallin) this day came into
court and took the oa ths of allegiance to this Commonwea l th and to the
United States of America .

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Apr 9 , 1855. Martin Lynskey an a lien produced in court a
certificate from the county c ourt of Campbell of his having on the 9th
d ay of February 1852 in the said court declared his intention to become
a citizen of the United States and took the oath renouncing forever all
allegiance an d fidelity to any foreign Prince , Potentate, State , or
sovereignty whatsoever.
MB

MB 5 , p 16J:
Oct 8, 1855: Sigmund Putzel formerly a subject of Bybaria
( Bavaria ? Bybania ) produced in court a certificate of his having declared
his intention to become a citizen of the United States for more than
three years ago whereupon he took the oath of renouncing all allegiance
to any foreign pr-lnce, pote ntate , state , or sovereignty whatever and
particularly to the king of Bybarian ( Bavaria? Babanan) and to s upport
the constitution of the United States.

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MB 5, p 193: May 12 , 1856 : Owen Kerregan (Kenegan ?) an a lien produced
in court a certificate from the county court o~ Campbell of his having
on the 12th day of Apri l 1852 in said court declared his intenti on to
become a citizen of the United States and took the oath - renouncing
forever all allegiance and fidelity to any f oreig n prince, potentate,
state, or sovereignty whatever and to support the cons ititution of the
United States.
MB 5, p 274: Apr 13, 1857: Patrick Lynsky an alien who has l a tely
arrived in the United States and desirous of being naturalized a citizen
therof this day app eared in court and i n pursuance of the Act of Congress
made oath that he intended to become s uch citizen and renounce his a l legiance to his s overeign.

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TUCK CEMETERY
PITTSYLVANIA CO ., VA .
Location s Going nor th f rom Chatham on Rt . 40 , cut right on Rt. 672 , about
a mile y ou will see a s i gn " Tuck Cemetery ". This is not in proper order
for several people were doing the recording and there was not much time
to it in .
Copied Oct . 1981
Ma rtha J . Tuck
B. Feb . J, 1859
D. Oct . J, 1867
Stephen H . Tuck
B.
18}0(?)
D. Jan. Jl, 1874
Sarah J . Tuck
March 10 , 18JJ
D. March 5 , 1917

B.

Ben L. Tuck
B. Aug . 13, 1872
D.
Mar. J1, 1891

Vonnie May Updike
(nee Pillow)
Feb . 7 , 1884
Nov . 28 , 1950
Parker Wright Jacobs
Jan . 4 , 1906
Dec . 25, 1975

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Isla C?or C. Tuck
B. Jan . 21, 1903
D. Dec. 12, 1918

William Tuck
born April 9 , 1818
died May 21 , 1904

William H. Tuck
B, Nov . 18, 1864
D. Dec . 12, 192J

W. W. Park.re
wife of Wm . 'fuck
Died May 15, 1917
Age 87 years

Bettie George Tuck
B. July 1J, 1875
D. Dec. 15 , 1943
William Henry Oakes*
1877-1935
Beatrice C. Oakes*
1920- 1921
Ida Tuck*
1877-1958
Rufus John Updike
Dec. 1, 1876
Oct. 16, 1944

George Earley Towler
Sept 16, 1894
July 26, 1968
Mason
'fuck

Mary Hester Jacobs*
(Tuck) Mother
July 18 , 1912
Dec . 14, 197.3
Emma H. Tuck (Hancock)*
Henry M. Tuck (Munford)*

Iavid A. Tuck
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B. Mar 20, 1857 (or?1852) Aubrey H. 'fuck*(son)
D. Feb. 24, 1910
Jun e JO , 1910

Frank James Swain
(no dates)
Roberta Tuck Swain
(no dates)

Robert "Pete" Phillips
1910-1981

Johnnie Bo Pillow
1 889-1968
Cubie McGhee Pillow
1889-1968
Sallie Willie Pillow
Aug . 7 , 1854 April 5, 1940
Joseph H. Saunders
Aug . 11, 1882 Nov. J, 1945
Johnnie Hancock
Ellen Hancock
no dates for either

*one tombstone
Virginia Appala.ohlan Notes

Shirley Ann 'fuck
Jan 11 , 1942
Baby Eggers
Oct 1§.32 ? or 19.32
John A Keesee
July 12, 1880
Aug 24, 1934
Mollie 'fuck Keesse
Dec 5, 1887
May 18, 1965
(concealed by 2 pine
trees )
Clay Sanford Keesee
Virginia
Pvt US Army
World War II
May 12, 192.3
Sept 23, 1971
Eula Keesee Childress
Oct 16, 1917
April 7, 1966

Gus Childress
Dec 29, 1896
Jan 20, 1966
Robert Herman '.IUck
US Army World War II
July 4, 1905
Nov 19, 1977

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Rollin Fletcher Tuck
Virginia
TEC5
331 Engr Cons Bn
WWII
May 18, 1920
July 16, 1949
Wilson O. Tuck
March 3, 1912
July 16, 1949

wow

Fannie W. Tuck
wife of W.H. Tuck

TUCK

William West

Sallie Hatchett*
Aug 17, 1884
Sept 22 , 1980
Moman Franklin *
Apr 7 , 1877
Nov 5 , 1962

Oct 3, 1838
May 8 , 1924
William West
Oct J, 18J8
Mar 1.z, 190.Z ?

Lera M Tuck
1884 - 1966

Aug 25 , 1866

William Walter Tuck
1880 - 1952

1880-19.39
F . E. Tuck

(William) W. H. Tuck
died June 11? age 85
Nov 1871-June 1956

Aug 7 , 1870

Dec 13, 1937
John A Tuck

Henry Anderson Tuck
Virginia
PFC Co F 317 Inf'
Feb 2, 1895

Aug

Mar 19, 1867
Jan 9, 1943

WWI

6, 1967

Joel E Tuck
Sept 29, 1892
Nov 16, 1918

Mollie B
wife of
J J Tuck
?Oct 15, 18_20?
Mar ?11, 1895
(verse on stone )

Hester A. D. Tuck
Apr 12, 1842
March 29, 1918

Nellie B Tuck
Dec 14, 1882
Jan 24, 1888

John H. Tuck
Jan 1, 1847
Mar 10, 1943

Mary Elizabeth West
Nov 2 , 1843
May 8, 1924

Jim Tuck
June 8, 1861
May 29, 1924

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one tombstone

= Oscar Lee

Bessie Tuck

William H Hogan
June 26, 1891
d Ja 1J, 1911
fo ot stone LBH
(this stone i s broken
two death dates
?two people)

Ric hard Goad
Co . D 57 Va Inf
May 1J, 184J

CSA

Sept J, 1933
Emma Gray Tuck
Sept 19, 1867
Feb 4, 1935

W. D. Tuck
May 6, 1899
Jan 16, 1915

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Silas W Tuck
Nov 22, 1886
Jan Ji, 1911

(Cross) Walcom Hancock
Eva Lee Hancock
wife 1891 - 1970

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Roy Clayton Haley
Mar 11, 1920
Dec 26, 1938
Apr 14, 1895

Apr 4 1873
May 14, 1896
Jun e 4, 1872

(Goofed up on )

( this one.

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(copied by Mrs Myrtle Bell &amp; Mrs CS Fowler )

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at the Hyatt Richmond. We st Broad St &amp; I-64, Richmond, Va.
The conference is on Norther n Virginia and genealogi ca l so urses .
For mor e
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THE WEDDLE FAM ILY
Martin

Will Book A, pages 181, 182
Filed - 12 June 1783

Waddl es
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1 Crosscut Saw
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Ag r eab l e to a n Order of Court to us dir ected b eing Sworen we find the
E state of Mertin Waddle d ec 9 when Aprai s' d by us to Come to I, 185:16 •• 6
Tho : Poage
Abraham Philsthimer
J ac ob Philsthimer
John Philsthimer
At a Court held a nd continued for Botetourt Count y the 12th June 1783
th e Inventory &amp; Apprai s me nt of the Estate of Martin Waddle dee d was
r eturn 'd to Co ur t a nd ordered to be Recorded .
Teste D. May

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WILL
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MARTIN WADLE (Weddle)

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Botu r.nurl County
Book A, pag&lt;'s 168, 169
.Mad c--17 0&lt;'Lobcr 1782
Filed-13 M:1rch 1783

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN.
I Martin Wadle i n Botetourt County &amp; Colony of Virginia being in
perfet helth &amp; Sound Memorey, Bli ssed be G0d for all his Mcrcis
but knowing the frailty of the Boday &amp; the Immortality of th e Soule
&amp; in the Provadence of God being called to go a Jorncy, doth t his
Seven teenth day of October 1782 , Mak thi s my last Will and Testement
i n mannor &amp; form as followeth, First I commit my Spirit into the hand
of God who gave it &amp; my bodey to the du st to b e berried at the deser ation of my fre n ds &amp; Executors &amp; I alow all my Lawfull debts to be
paid &amp; funeral charges &amp; next I alow and bequeath unto Benjamin
Wadle my beloved son five Shillings, Virginia Currency if d e manded
&amp; no more , because I have g i ven him the par t of my Estate that I
allow to give him . &amp; t h at to be paid him on his order, Twelve
Months after my Dece, &amp; nixt I alow &amp; b equeath unto Kathrean Wadle
my beloved wife during her n atril life to live in my dwe lling house
&amp; to be found in a Suficeency of good firewood, b olled to her house
&amp; cut &amp; Split Sutebl e for her &amp; to find her fift een Bushels of
Merchinible Wheat &amp; five Bushil s of Riy or Indin Corn every year of
her Natrul life &amp; Likewise 150 lb. of Pork &amp; Beef an d to keep her a
Cow and Calf &amp; to· use them as what is suf icien t both winter &amp; Sumer
&amp; to keep her a hors or mare so as she may have it wh en she please
&amp; to keep her five Sheep a ll in a sufici e nt mannor &amp; to find her
28 lb. of swingled flax or the value thereo f in Hemp &amp; to find her 2
pear of Shus~ all Yearly, evroy year of her natural Life, and to pay
for her working the same, &amp; to find her half a Bushil of salt ye a rly
alL which I alow to b e given h er from the benifit &amp; Income of my
Plantation &amp; I likwis Give &amp; bequ e ath un to my Daughter Barbara
Philsthimer and her Husband John Philsthimer &amp; to their Heirs
Executors Administrators or ass i g ns al l my real and personal Estate
whatsoever,
I am or may be blessed of &amp; I appoi n t &amp; Impower my
beloved wife Kathrin Wadle and John Philsthimer, my son in Law, my
Lawful! executors to fulfill this my last will &amp; Testamen t &amp; I disenul all former will, &amp; Testament s, &amp; Legaseays whatsoevor Given
under my hand &amp; Seall &amp; - - - - - - - Martin Wettil (Seal)
Signed sealed &amp;)
acknowledged by)
Martin Wadle to) Jn.0 Peden
be his last will) Robert Beavers
&amp; Testament in ) John Peden j~
the presence of )

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P age 169 :

At a Court h e ld fo r Bot e tourt County the 13th Day of March 1783
Thi s Instrum e nt of Writ in g was presented in Court as and for
the last Will &amp; Testament of Martin Wadle dece'd and Proved by
the Oath s of John Pedan, Robert Beavers , &amp; J ohn Pedan j ~ witnesses
th ereto and Ordere d to be recorded &amp; on the Motion of John Philsthi me r one of the Executors therein named who made Oath according
to L aw Certifi cate is grant ed him for obtainin g Probate thereof
in due form he h av ing first entered into and Acknowl edged Bond in
Fiv e Hundr e d pounds with John Pedan &amp; John Haney his securities
accordin g ~o Law, a nd lease is reserved f or Kat hrine Wadle the
oth er Exec.
to joine in the Prob ate
Teste
Exami n ed

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(Note by editor: This material was contributed by Calvin Weddle. He also gave
us a zerox copy of a deed he had obtained in Pennsylvania; we are publishing
the typed copy as well as the zerox copy for the original is a beautiful
piece of handwriting)
(The following
typed material was written on the side of the will book. It
i s a ' little ' out of placed -- but where do you make things fit into the space
that we have . )
I Mark Farne the Mortgagee in this Mortgage Named Do hereby Acknowledge that I
have Received full satisfaction on this Mortgage and therefore Discharge the
same As Witness my hand this 2 0th day of July 1780. (Mark Fame) Acknowledged
by the said Mark Farne before me . .• Barni tz ... •.

Vi'f'41n1A-A nnA 1Anh1An 1\T"+,...,..

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Virginia Appa.ls.chian Notes

THIS INDENTURE made the Si xteen t h day of Deccmb&lt;.:r Annu Durnini one
thousand seven hundr e d and Sixt y n in e BET WE EN, Mnrtin W~tel of
Ma nheim Township in the County of Yo r k i n t h e Province of Pe n nsy lvani a
Yeoman of the one P art and Ma rk F a rn e of the same pl acu Yeo111nn o f
the other part WHEREAS the s&lt;...id Ma r tin Wetel in and by &lt;.\ certai n
Obligation or Writing Obli g atory u nde r h is H ~111d and Sc~1l bear in g eve n
date herewith . .. Bound unto th e sa i d l\l a rk Fa rn c in the sum of two
hundred Pounds Lawful Money of Penn sylv an i a Co 11ditioncd for t h e Payment of one hundred Pounds La wful Mon a y afo r esaid on the fifteent h
day of December next ensuein g the Dat e h e r eof ns i n and by t n e sai d
recitedObligation and Condition He r eof Relat i on being the r eu n to ha d
more fully and at large app ea r NOW THI S I NDE NTURE WIT NE SSETH t h ::lt
the said, Martin Wetel fo r and in Con s id era ti o n of the aforesa i d
Debt or sum of one Hundr e d Poun d s a n d f o r th e b et t er Secu ri ng th e
Payment thereof unto the •said Ma rk F arn e his He ir s Executo r s Administrators and Assigns in Di sc har g e of th e said r ec i ted O bl i g~t i o n
and in Consideration of the furth e r su m o f fiv e Sh i ll i n gs by th e sa i d
Mark Farne to the s ai d Martin Wetel in Ha nd Pa i d a t th e
and Delivery of these Presents the Rec e ipt o f whi c h fiv e s h i ll i n g s is
hereby Acknowledged HATH Gr an t ed bar gain e d sold
Confirmed
and by these Pres e nts DOTH Gr ant bar gai n S e l l Re l ease a nd Confirm
unto the said Mark Farn e and to his Heirs a nd Assi g n s n. certain
Messuage
or Tenement Plantation a nd Trac t of L a nd Si t u ate in
Manheim To wnship in York County afor esaid a dj o i n i n g t h e Lands of
Andrew Hersey, Peter Dick s and the Pi d g i o n Hi 1 1 s Con ta i n i ng two
Hundred Acres be the same more or l ess (It b e i n g t h e same whi c h
Originally was gran ted unto Mi chael Wet e l, F arth e r of t h e sai d Ma rtin
Wetel party hereto by Wa rr an t bearing d a t e a t Phil ada t h e 29th Ma y
173S) TOGETHER with a ll and Singular the Hous es Ou t Hou ses Bu i ldings
Barnes Stables Gardens Orchards Impro v e ments Wa y s (?)Woods Wat e rs
Watercourses Rights Libe rti es Privil e g e s Hered itame n ts a nd Appurtenances whatsoever Thereunto belonging or in any wi se Appertaini n g a nd
th e .. ·
and Remainders Re nts
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and Profits ther e of TO HAVE
AND TO HOLD th e said Messuage or Ten ement Plantation and T ra ct of
Land Hereditaments and Pr e mises hereby Gr an t ed or mentioned or in tended or to be with the Appurtenanc es unto th e sai d Mark F arne his
He irs and Assigns to the only proper use and Behoof of the said Mark
Farn e his Heirs and Assigns forever PROVIDED allways Ne vertheless
that if the said Martin Wetel his Heirs Ex e cutors Administrators or
Assigns Shall and do well and truly Pay or Ca us e to be Paid unto th e
said Mark Farne his He irs Executors Administrators or Ass igns the
aforesa id Debt or Sum of one hundred Pounds on the day an d Time
herein before ment ioned and appointed for the Pa yme nt thereof
according to the Condition of the said recited Ob l igation without any
Fraud or further Delay and without any Deduction Defalcation or
a batement to be made of any thing for or in Res p ect of any Taxes
Charge s or Assignments whatsoever then and from He nceforth a s well
th i s Present Indenture and the Estate her e by Granted as the sa id
Rec it e d Ob lig a tion shall cease determine and become absolutely Null
and Void to all Intents a nd Purposes what s oever any t hin g her e in
be fo re Contained to the Contrary in any wise notwithsta nding IN
WI TNESS wher e o f the said parties to these Presents h ave hereunto
interchangea b l y Se t their hands and Seals dated the day and Year
fir s t abo ve Wr it ten .
SEALED AND DELI VERED)
In presence of
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Martin Wete l ( S eal)
Mathias Detter
J acob Billmeyer , Junr

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BOOK REVIEliJS
by Belva Counts
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CO MM UNITY OF THE CROSSROADS:
of the Village Bonsack of the Roanoke Va ll e y
by

Deedie Dent Kagey
"Community at the Crossroads is more than the study o f the vil la ge
of Bonsack. It contains a wealth of information on the Valley
settlers who came into Virginia with English, Scotch Irish , Germa n
and German - Swiss heritage.
Some of these family names were:
Bo nsack, Cook, Crumpacker, Davis , Gish, Harsh barger, James, Layman,
Lunsford, Moomaw, Murray, Smith, St.Clair, Stoner, Wood, Woods on
and many other related families .
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The book is well documented from many sources; books, church records,
court records, interviews, maps and newsp a pers .
Family ce mete ry rec o r d s o f t he Bo n s a c k Ce nye t e r y - n e w a n d o 1 d p 1 o t ; Co o k , G i s h , ~1 o oma w,
Smith and St.Clair are included.
There a re 48 illustrations, including old photographs, homes and others.
From the New Frontier (1749-1800) Augusta and Botetourt Counties ,
Bonsack 's beginnings (1800 - 1850), the coming of the railroad, War,
Reconstructio n, and Bonsack ' s Boom (1851-1900) into the 20th Century,
an era of change is discussed in Community at the Crossroads. The
book has 257 pages and is corn pl et el y indexed .
A fi gt copy from the
author has been p1 aced in the Vi r gin i a Ro o .1. of the Ro an o k e City
Pu b 1 i c L i b r a r y .
A c o p y ma y b-e o r d e r e d f r o m Mr s De e d i e Ke g e y , 4 6 6 4
Bonsack Road, Roanoke, VA 24012 . The price including sa les tax and
postage is $17 . 10 .

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THE BRICKEY HERITAGE
by
Raymond L Bri ckey
From early researchers and the OLD BRICKEY BIBLE recently presented
to the Vi rginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Li b ra ry, Roanoke , Va .,
Jean Bricquet was the progenitor of t he Brick e ys in the U.S.A . According to the 1815 Brickey Bible"
"J ohn Brickey came from France
with his wife about the year 1680 AD.
Hi s childr en were, JOHN, JARAD,
JINNY, MARY.and ~ETER. John had all da ughters.
Jarad had one so n,
John, who died without children .
Peter married Wi nifr ed Lucas and
ha dJARAO , JOHN, TE MPERANCE , WINIFRED, P ETER~ WIL LIA M a n d ELIZABETH .
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The Brickey descendants are located in al 1 of the states of the USA .
Those migrating from Virgi n ia to another state and t heir descenda nts,
will carry a prefix of the state's two l etter abbreviatio n befo r e
their index number.
There were Brickey Revo lutionary War Patriots.
Peter was too o l d to
serve. He rece ived a citat ion for patriotic services by fur ni shing
supplies to the militia . William, Peter's son was a
fifer in the
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�army.
He was prese nt at the surrender of Cornwallis. He received a
pensi on of $ 50.00 annua lly in his old age.
Peter, the son of Jarad
and grandson o f Peter 1st, served in the Botetourt County militia on
two occasions .
His second wife received a land grant in Kentucky.
Gerard, Jr, son of Ja red and gra ndson of Peter, served in the Revolution ary army and was listed in the 1840 census as having received a
pensi on .
The BRIC KEY HERITAGE contains 458 pages, well documented (copies of
many original do cuments included) and completely indexed. There ar e
copie s of some pages from the old Brickey Bible. The book has about
60 picture s .
The author has researched the Brickey families for more
than 10 years.
T he boo k has a hard cover. The price is $39.95. Ord er
from Raymond L. Br ickey, 3641 Wind ing way Road, S~J, Roanoke, VA 24015.
A copy has been placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public
Library .

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1850 HARDY COUNTY, VIRGINIA CENSUS
by
Clar a Mae Ross
The 1850 Federal Census, Hardy Co, Va. has 222 pages and an index inc l uding forei g n born people on the 1880 Grant County Census. Grant was
formed from Hardy in 1 866 .
The Census taker has very prett y handwriting
and 20 pages of his handwriting is inc l uded.
The author i s a native of Hardy Cou nty , the book reflects accuracy. The
census is li sted in the exact order taken by the census taker with exact
spelling.
Genealogists will appreciate all the extra informati on. On
each fam i ly household, the author lists famil y and dwelling nu mber s,
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This s tu dy of t he Webb family of Virginia is a result of man y tryp es
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The author has added extra information learn ed from
other source s.
Virginia
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Md., Mo.
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A1 a . , Ark . , Co 1 o . , Wash i n gt on , DC , I 11 • , Ind . , Io wa , Kan • , Ky • ,
, NC, Ohio, Tenn., Texas. The complete family is lis ted with
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Index to Ancestral Names by Query Number
Agee
31
Allen
2
Alston
32
Amith
33
Barlow
5
Barnett
16
Blanchette
33
Blan (d) ford
20
Board
15
Boss
33
Brooks
31
Bruce
41
Burgess
38
Burton
25
Caldwell 5,42,43
Cannaday
10
Chase
19
Christmas
32
Coalter
13,14
Counts
26
Cox
39,40,41
Crawford
37
Dean
18,22
Delzell
5
Dey er le 15,16,17
Dickson
5
Dodd
28,29

Dutton
3
Dyer
23
Evans
12,30
Farguson
40
Farmer
2
Ferrell
9
Fisher
27
Fore
12
Gilliam
31
Givens
11
Gray
35
Green
32
Griffith
29
Gross
35
Hall
40
Hambr ick
28
Hancock
1
Hanks
38
Hatchell
24
Hill
36
Holstein 42,43
Hope
5
Hough
32
Howe
27
Howry
45
Hustleton
20
Jones
5

Karn es/Kerns
Kell y
Ki ssinger
L amkin
L effler
Lindsay
L ove
Macon
Mason
Mcclurg
McGuire
McKamy
McMullin
Mes sick
Moor e
Owens
Osborn e
Pa ce
P ence
Pool e
Pot eet
Pri ca
Ramey
Ratliff
Rawlin gs
Reynolds

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Simpson
37
Smith
16
~myth
26
St~ i l
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S"lr ing~'r
5
Ted!ord
5
Thvmas 10,34
Thrasner
4
Trent
25
Tuck
33
Turner
32
Van Dyke
32
Vice
5
7
Walker
Warren
15
Wax
45
Wellmaker 33
West
38
Whitt/Wit t 26
Wilson
21
Witty
45
Wolf
9
Wooten
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Zimmerman
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�1 - 84 0 Barnett HANCOCK b . in VA ca 1800 and wife Susanah.
P a r ents of Edward (b . 1823), Stephen A. (b . 1824), Adam (b. 1833)
a nd Catherine (b . 1836?). Residents of Botetourt (later Craig).
Need birthdate a nd p lace o f Barnett and wife and her maiden name.
James W. ELMORE, 7614 Erie St ., Annandale , VA 22003
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Who were parents of George W. ALLEN, b . 1835 Pittsylvania
or Hal i fax Co . a nd Eli za Butler FARMER ALLEN, b . 1841 Pittsylvania
Co?
When did George &amp; Eliza marry? Mary Ann Ellison POOLE , b.
1846 in VA.
Who were her parents? Where did William Alexandria
POOLE , b . 1841 P erson Co . , NC die? Ella, Algie Lee , Olli e, Cora,
L a u ra, Ma ud &amp; Earnes t POOLE, who did they marry an d where and when
did th ey die?
Jodie UPDIKE , Rt. 1 , Box 281, Bil lings, MO 65610
84 2
S eeking in f o on J ohn J . DUTTON b .
Apr . 1892 in Was hington Co . (Wolfe Cem.).
1820-16 S ept . 1892); need h e r maiden name .
(b . 1853); J a mes A. (b . 1859); and Ann (b .
Washin g t on Co .
J a mes W. ELMORE, 7614 Erie
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1819, d. 18
Wife Louisa S . (5 Aug.
Parents of David H.
?), all r es i dents of
St ., Ann andale, VA 22003

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S eekin g birth pl ac e and parents of John ZIMMERMAN of
Botetourt Co . , b . 25 Sept . 1813; d . 6 Aug. 1886 in Fi ncastle. Md.
Adalin e THRASHER of Buchanan 11 June 1838; dau of George THRASHER:
she d . about 1900; need place/date of death a nd buri al. Parents
of Elev en , incl . el dest George (b . 1839) and youngest Charles Edw.
(1853-1912) .
J ames W. ELMORE, 7614 Erie St ., Anna n dale , VA 22003

5 - 84 .
Exch info on these SW VA &amp; East TN lines : CALDWELL 7
DICKSON, DEL ZELL, HOPE, BARLOW, McCLURG, McKAMY, PENCE, JONES (of
Simpson JONES b . 1781 in Wythe Co . , VA in 1810 Census), STRINGER,
TEDFORD, VICE families . Newton WILSON, 2579 Madrid Way So. ,
St . Petersburg, FL 33712

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J ac ob T . MESSICK b . VA, md. Catherine (who?) in VA (where?)
(when?) .
Lived Blountsville, TN 1850. Their children were: John
A., b. ca 1826 in TN; John md. Rebecca RATLIFF, 8 Nov. 1859 , in
Tazewell Co. , VA; Sarah, Margaret, Eliza, Harriet , Louisa , Martha,
Nancy, William .
Helen C. MISER, 115 W. Grant St. , Bozeman , MT 59715
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John G . WALKER, b. 11-10-1828, Bedford Co. , TN md. Sarah
A. PACE on 21-10-1857 .
Where? John d . 3-10 about 1907 at Pea Ridge,
Arkansas .
Need both their parents, etc . Helen C. MISER, 115 W.
Grant St., Boz eman, MT 59715

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John Edwin RAMEY b . ca 1847 Russell Co., VA , md. #1
Almiranda PRICE, in Russell Co ., VA . When was she born ? Who were
her parents? Her brothers a nd sisters? Helen C. MISER , 115 w.
Grant St . , Bozeman, MT 59715

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George FERRELL (b . ca 1775) md . Pol l y, dau of Leonar d
WOLF in Oran ge Co. , VA May 1 795 · A son , Hu gh D. FERRELL lived on
Spruc e Run in Gil es Co~1 11l y, VA ~ Ne Pd additional info concerning
the FERRELL and WOLF J:1mll i e 8 . '"l . Tt'J.\,C Y \Y t\4K~R 1 1 1 1 RFD 5 , Box
258, Charlottesville, VA 229 01

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Charles Pleasant THOMAS md . Pol ly CANNADAY Jan . 1828 in
Franklin Co ., VA . Need the names of the parents and all the
children of this couple .
J . Tracy WALKER, II I, RFD 5, Box 258,

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22901

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Reward ($100) for scrip (fr actional paper curi:enc..:y)
issued by ancestor D avid GIVENS in Craig Co., VA about L~60-1865.
J .

"rracy -'H ALKER ,

Ill, RFD 5, Box 258, Charlottesville, VA

2290 1

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Seeking info on g - g - g- grand father Tucker Overton EVANS.
Md. to Mary Jordan FORE and lived in Campbell and Appomattox Cos.
ca 1800 . Would like to know what ye ar he died and where buried.
Mrs. Helen Evans JAYNES, 13318 Gl adehill Rd . , Chester, VA 23831
13 - 84. Seeking info on my g- g-grandparents Nelson and Sarah
Kelly COALTER . They were md . 24 July 1824 .
William KELLY, sec.
Would like to know what day and year they died and place of buria l .
Mrs . Helen Evans JAYNES, 1331 8 Gladeh ill Rd , , Chester, VA 23831
Seeking in fo on Samuel COALTER , father of Nelson COALTER .
Samuel died about the year 1820 .
Was he buried in Bo-Letourt Co.
and whe re is the location of buri al plot? Mrso Hel en Evans JAYNES ,
13318 Gladehill Rd ., Chester, VA 2383 1

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15 - 84. Searching for parents of Thomas DYERLY (DEYERLE), b . VA
ca 1843/45 (37 in Rice Co., Kansas 1880 cen s u s).
Tradition states
parents were Peter DEYERLE and Susie OWENS.
Thomas' father died
when he was young. Thomas b ound to John RYAN who took him to
Jackson Co. , MO then to LaFayette Co . , MO .
In 18 6G md . Medora
BOARD, b . Salem, VA, dau of James BOARD and Sar a h WARREN.
Mary D. HODGE, 11706 Teri Lynn Dr ., Fulton, MD 20759
16 - 84. Seeking info on marriage of Elizabeth (Bet sy) BARNETT,
dau of Mary Ann DEYERLE and John BARNETT.
Will of Elizabeth BARNETT
presented for probate in Montgomery Co . Oc t. 1833 name s children
Mary Ann, Mahala, Nancy, John, Delila, Sally and friend , John SMITH.
Mary D. HODGE. 11706 Ter i Lynn Dr . , Fulton, MD 20759
17 - 84. Wish to correspond with anyone having knowl edge of
Elizabeth, dau of Jacob and Joanna LEFFLER .
She md. Charles
DEYERLE (Montgomery Co. ), was widowed in early 1815.
What became
of her dau, Mary Ann ? Mary D. Hodge, 11706 Teri Ly nn Dri ve, F ulton 1
MD 27059
18 - 84.
Info needed on Elisha DEAN 1869-1959, Sc ott Co ., VA; and
Lottie DEAN 1880-1962, Scot t Co., VA.
Write Lloyd DEAN, Rt. 6;
box 498, Morehead, KY 40351
19 - 84 .

Seeking parents' names and other info on Henry CHASE b.
Rhode Island 1800 and his wife Martha Bartlett RAWLINGS b. 1819 in
Eastern VA. They were md. 1835 in Petersburg, VA and had 4 boys:
Henry, Charles, George and William, and one girl Sarah Al ice.
Betty Jeanne WILSON WALKER, 641 Pearl St., Blu efield, WV 24701

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Seeking parents' names and other info on David BLAN{D) FORD b. 1807 Lambertsville , NJ a nd his wife Anna Randolph HUSTLETON
b . ca 1810 in Baltimore , MD . They we r e md . in Baltimore 1833. They
mov ed to Petersburg, VA ca 1860 . Betty Jeanne WILSON WALKER, 641
P earl St . , Bluefield, WV 24701
21 - 84 .
Seeking parents' n ames and other info on Jo hn MASON b . ca
1800 in Campbell Co . or Be dford Co . and his wife Winney . Their
dau Ev aline md . James Robert WILSON 1854 in Bedford Co .
Betty J eanne WILSON WALKER, 641 Pearl St ., Bluefield, WV 24701
22 - 84 .
Info needed George DEAN and W. Patton DEAN who were born
in Sco tt Co . in 1850 ' s bu t died in Carter Co., KY early 1900 's.
Writ e Lloyd DEAN, Rt . 6, Box 498, Morehead, KY 40351
23 - 8 4 .
Resear ching the DYER famil y of the middle Atlantic st ates
of a ny lin e.
Would like to con tact anyone having DYERS in their
lin e .
Have extensiv e files an d wil ling to exchange data. Mrs .
Gr ace DYER MELLANDER, 2705 Newton St ., Sil ver Spring, MD 20902
24 - 8 4.
William HATCHELL had wife Elizabeth and lived in
Meck l enbu rg Co ., VA and died in 1770 . He earlier lived in Isle
of Wi g ht Co ., VA.
Need marriage date, Elizabeth's maiden name
and parents of each .
Will exc hange info. Drusilla Payne
MOGAVERO, 1372 Harlow Road, Columbus , Ohi o 43227
25 - 84.
Seeking info on par e nts of Alexander TRENT b. 1759,
Gray son Co ., VA.
Revolutionary soldier , d . 1841 Hawkins Co., TN.
Md . Virgini a Jan e BURTON, b. 1 770 Grayson Co . , VA, d. 1830 Hawkins
Co . , TN and William D. TRENT , Sr . b 1770 Grayson Co., VA d. 1840's
Hawkin s Co . , TN.
Md . Char ity Burton OSBORNE b. 1773 Grayson Co. ,
VA, d . 1840's Hawkins Co . , TN . Family l egend has parent's name
as Al exander and that he md . a Cherokee maiden . J. S. TRENT ,
RD 1, Box 313, La.ndenberg, PA 19350
26 - 84 .
Pa.ren ts of John STIFF were in Bedford Co. 1754. --Pa.rent s of Wi lli am WITT census says he came from NC. His wife's
name was Mar y.
One son named John WHITT , Russell Co., VA. - -Parents of James SMYTH md. Sa.rah COUNTS . James b. 1785 d. 1874,
Russell Co ., VA.
Sharon STINE, 1050 Level Green Blvd., Virginia
Beach, VA 23464
27 - 84.
Seeking parents of John FISHER who md . Mary (Poll y)
McMULLIN, dau of Mic h ae l McMULLIN, 1801 . They lived in Greeneville,
Augusta Co . , where John d . by 1826. Only one child known: Mary
Margaret, b . 1 8 18, Augusta Co ., md . 1836 William H. HOWE in
Montgo mery Co ., d . Rural Retreat, Wythe Co., 1883. Mrs. H. S.
SURFACE, 401 Surface Drive, Ta zewell , VA 24651
28 - 84.
Seeking parents, wi fe an d children of Joseph HAMBRICK,
SR ., b . 1 752, d . after 1825 wh en h e filed a Revolutionary War pension
claim in Franklin Co. He li ved on Blackwater River in Franklin Co.
from 1 780's till after 1825 . Hi s children included Joseph HAMBRICK, JR. who md . Susan DODD 1808 , a nd Nanc y who married John
McGUIRE, 1803 .
Mrs . H. S. SURFACE, 401 Surface Dr ., Tazewell , VA
24651
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29 - 84. Seeking parents of William DODD of Franklin Co., VA
whose wife was Rebecca GRIFFITH, dau of Benj amin GRIFFITH.
Was William the son of William DODD wh o was decl ared exempt from
future payment of levies in Bedford Co . court o rd ers in 1769?
His brother, (John?) md . Sally POTEET , dau of William POTEET.
William DODD d . by 1807. Mrs . H. S . SURFACE, 401 Surface Dr . ,
Tazewell, VA 24651

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Alexander EVANS b . ca 1780 VA md . Rebecca WOOTEN in
Surry Co., NC, 7 Oct. 1809.
William EVANS b. ca 1789 VA md .
Rebecca LOVE ca 1802, dau of Thomas &amp; Hann ah LOVE .
Wi 11 i am
EVANS &amp; wife Rebecca moved to Surry Co . , NC ca 1808 .
Need info:
who were the parents of Alexander EVANS &amp; William EVANS .
Were
Alexander &amp; William brothers? Roy 0 . EVANS, Jr . , 1253 Westerfield Pl., Olathe, KS 66061
31 - 84. Need info on Vincent "Reid" BROOKS b . 1780/82 Buckinghamd Co., VA, md. Maria Susann a AGEE ca 1800 .
Sons : Vincent
"Reid" Jr . and Bezaleel. Grandson:
Walker BROOKS .
1800 tax
list has William, Wilson, Reid and Dudl ey BROOKS .
Was Vincent
"Reid" the son of Wilson Walker BROOKS and Mary (Polly) GILLIAM?
Mrs. Al AMUNDSEN, 2F Country Club Apts . , Greenvill G, AL 36037
84. Who was first wife of Edward GREEN, Culpepper and
Brunswick Cos., VA? "Gideon MACON" says a Miss HOUGH .
Ten
children. Second wife Mrs. Burchett Lundy TURNER .
Child William
b . 11/26/39 VA . Family moved to Warrenton, NC.
William GREEN
md. Mary CHRISTMAS; Mrs. Ann Hunt MACON ALSTON and Mrs . Mary
VAN DYKE. d. in 1799. Mrs. Al AMUNDSEN, 2F Co•rntry Club Apts.,
Greenville, AL 36037
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84. Need descendants Claiborne TUCK b. 1804 Wilkes Co., GA;
d. 1880 Walton Co., GA . Md. Frances MOORE.
Twelve children
including seven sons all in Confederate Army.
Only two returned.
Daus. Eliza Ann md. Jack WELLMAKER; Jennie md. William BOSS &amp;
Deg AMITH, 2 children each; Tabitha. md . Jack BLANCHETTE, 3
children. Mrs . Al AMUNDSEN, 2F Country Club Apts., Gr eenv ille,
AL 36037
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34 - 84. Seeking pa.rents of Juliet THOMAS b . ca 1811/12 in TN
and md. Archibald W. LINDSAY. They were members 0£ Indian Creek
Baptist Church in Campbell Co., TN.
Was her father Ado nijah
THOMAS who md. Martha REYNOLDS on 5 Mar. 1801 in Washington Co.,
VA. Barbara. Ann RENICK, 311 Copa De Oro, Brea, CA 92621
35 - 84.

Seeking info about Martha GRAY b . 26 Nov . 1784 in VA
They
settled shortly thereafter on Indian Creek in Campbell Co ., TN.
About 1832 they moved to Owen Co . , KY .
In Campbell Co . , TN in
1816 Tax Lists were James, Joseph, Na.th'l, and J acob GRAY and
in 1818 also a Robert Gray. Barbara Ann REN I CK, 311 Copa De
Oro, Brea, CA 92621

md. Edmund GROSS on 22 May 1800 in Washington Co . , VA.

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Seeking i n fo a bout Foster HILL b . ca 1810 in VA,
fir st marria ge before 18 32 to Elizabeth ? b . in VA or NC .
They
came to Indian Creek in Ca mpbell Co . , TN before 1836. He had
s o n s Joseph, Gordon and Be nton by the first marriage and sons
Dav i d, Allas, and P rior L ee HILL by a second ma rriage .
Barbara
An n RENICK. 311 Copa De Or o , Br e a, CA 92621
37 - 84 ,
S ea rching for inf o on James SIMPSON, founder of the
T own of Sal em, VA, in 18 02 .
He md . Eleanor CRAWFORD a nd their
d a u md . Griffin L AMKIN.
SIMPSON a nd LAMKIN reportedly moved ,
after the War of 1812, to T N a nd settled on the French Broa d
Ri ver .
E s p ecia lly n eed i n f o a s to what h a ppened to him in TN.
No rwood C . MIDDLETO N , 1 149 Forest Lawn Dr . , S a lem, VA 24153
38 - 84 .
Want any i n fo o n my
b . 4 Apr .. 1882, Floyd Co . , VA
F ather was Sam u e l B URGE SS a nd
Na n cy HANK S .
Char l es B URGESS
Sybil V . PLUMLEE, 77 35 SW 45 ,

father Richard Charles BURGESS ,
just outside the town of Floyd .
moth e r wa s ei t her Sally WEST o r
l a ter moved to Loga n , WV.
Portland, OR 97219

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Need in fo a nd p a rents of Ma thias KISSINGER b . 1800
Gile s C o . , VA .
We nt to Knox Co . , TN about 1820 md. . S a ll y R.
COX, 2 4 De c. 1 82 1, t h e ir children? Other info on Giles Co ., VA,
KISSI NGER fa mi ly pr i o r to 1800 .
E . E . LUCKEY, Box 885, Bu r ns ,
OR
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Need info a nd p a rents of John COX a n d Mary FARGUSON
who md . 1 No v. 1 7 66 in Ha lifax Co . , VA .
Thei r children ? Bel ie ve
her f a th er was Robe rt or Richard FARGUSON , no t s u r e. P ar en ts of
Ardelith a , Jo seph P., Eliz a beth, and Jane HALL of Ca s wel l Co.,
NC .
Ard e lith a wa s b. 12 Oct . 1800 .
E . E . LUCKEY, addr e ss above .
4 1 - 84
Need info , p a rents and wife of John BRUCE or John BRUCE,
J r . b . 1745 probably in Pittsylvania Co . , VA.
The ir c hil dren?
Believe they h a d Ka tty BRUCE b. 1770 in Pittsylv an i a Co. , who md.
Samuel COX, 22 March 1790 in Halifax Co . , VA .
The i r children?
E. E . LUCKEY, Box 885, Burns, OR 97720 .
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Seeking info on Hugh CALDWELL b. 1 7 45 md . Rut h HOLSTEIN
resided in Botetourt Co., VA in 1780's.
Who wer e his p ar e n ts &amp;
children?
Where was his birthplace? Mrs . Cha rles PERRY, Rt. 1,
Box 496, Hawthorne, FL
32640
43 - 84 .
Seeking info on Henry HOLSTEI N , f a ther of Ru th HOL STEIN
CALDWELL.
Re sided in Botetourt Co . , VA in 1 780 ' s.
Who was his
wife, his brith, hi s parents? Mrs . Charl e s PERRY, address above.
44 - 84 .
Seeking info on Mathias &amp; Barbara SHEETS , resided in
Shenandoah Co . , VA in 1770-1800' s .
Believe d to be b. in PA.
Believed to be parents of George SHEETS .
Wh o were o ther children
&amp; births ?
Mr s. Cha rl e s PERRY, Rt . 1, Box 496, Hawthorne, FL 32640
45 - 84 .
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Hawkin s C o ., TN land rec ords in 179 7 a nd d . t here 1816. Children
n a med in wil l :
J ac ob , Geor g e, Jr . (md . Han n a h WAX), John , William,
And re w (md ., E l i za HOWRY), Eli za b e th (md . ? WITTY). Family probably
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f a milie s ~ h ~re b u t un a bl ~ to es ta bli s h relationship to other KARNES/
KERNS fa mi l i es t he re.
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Mary CHEESEMAN, 3306
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Ancestor: George Waschke (now Waskey )
Born: Germany (Moravia or Bohemia ?????)
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wife: Juliana Jaschke
Parents : ?
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Germant own, NY - in Ma ryland by 1 7 70s .
Resea rcher: Mrs Vicie Waskey Fowl er
1716 Colgate St NE, Roanoke, VA 24012

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Mrs Cla ude S Fowler, 1716 Colgate St NE , Roan oke , VA 24012
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Botetourt Co, Va .
Samuel
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Kanawha Co , WV - then Wes t
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Greenbrier
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Jacob
HOOVER
Greenbrier Co , WV
Wm Franklin
JEFFRIES
Rockbridge Co , VA
Matthias
RIPLEY
(?Van) BOUSMAN Barbara
Rockbridge Co, VA
ROBARre Moore
Emily 0. Hurt
Campbell Co &amp; Montgomery Co, Va
MOORE
Richard Marshall Campbell Co &amp; Montgomery Co, Va
Augusta Co, VA to ?Ohio
FLINN
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Aug ' a, Bote. Cos Va , Kanawha Co , WV
HARMON
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1818-1908
1817-1882
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El aine Tr u mbull, Rt 3 Box 156, Salem, VA 24153
Carol Gl o sh York, 2109 Kenwood Blvd SE, Roanoke, VA 24013

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Volume / VII - Ne. 2 - May 1984
CONTENTS

The President' s Message

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Genealogy of Places and People

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Franklin County, Virginia, 1830 Personal Property Tax List

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Montgomery County, Virginia, Cemeteries

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Surnames in Volume I, Pedigree Charts

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Quarterly Reviews

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Queries and Index to Queries

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Book Reviews

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The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society meets the 3rd Saturday of each
month at the Roanoke City Public Library located in Elmwood Park. We meet in
the auditorium (same place as before) but it is now on the first floor instead
of the basement .
(they changed the ~umbers of the floors.)
Come early

research in the Virginia Room - - and then meet with us at ls30pm.

�THE PRESIDENT 'S MESSAGE
Our Society is demonstrating an excellent beginning for the 1984 year which I
trust indicates we can look forward to attainment of our goals for the year .
We currentl y have a total of 507 members, including 52 new members who joined
this year.
Those who attended our last meeting on March 17th i n the street level
assembly hall of the Roanoke Public Library were rewarded with an excellent
presentation by Brenda Will iams on Craig County and the part played by its
soldiers in the Civil War. Miss Wil liams and Mrs. Jane Johnston have almost
completed their research on the above sub j ect, and those of us who have ancestors in Craig County look forward to their forthcoming book.
Our next meeting on April 21st at l:so pm will be held in our above
mentioned meeting place i n the Roanoke Public Library. Our speaker will be
Ruth G. Blevins who will give us a presentation on Giles County. This County,
adjoining Montgomery and Craig, was in the pathway of one of the immigration
trails west . This should be a most int eresting presentation. Plan to be
present.
A couple of weeks ago, I received a letter from one of our members who
lives in another state, congratulating the editor of our VAN, but adding that
it would be even more appreciated by our out of state members if we could have
additional space to publish our secretary's report . I have delivered this
letter to the editor and the publisher of our VAN . Perhaps they can give
favorable consideration to this suggestion.
Cordially,
Raymond Brickey, President

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mation write to Ronnie
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ASSOCIATION ,-- is planning a reunion July 19, 20, 21, 1984
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names and people are clos ely
interlaced .
Eve r y person needs
an address . so other people can
find him.
The early settler gave
a name to his plac e by naming the
creek on which he li ved. or mayb e,
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I live on a small corner of the No. 1 lot. which is on State Route No .
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799. My mailing address i s Tr o utv i l l e, Va . , Route No. 2, Box 11 1 ,
zip 24175. When the first whi te ma n came to t he area, there wa s no
Troutville, roads, mail r out e s , o r z ip nu mbe rs.
One of the first
who ga ve his own
are not sure how
it was named for
Tinker .

white se tt le rs , i n th i s area, was Stephen Rentf r o,
name to the creek that flo wed thro u gh his l a nd.
We
the Tink e r Cr eek got it 's name.
On e theo r y be ing ,
one of Rent fr o 's sons , who h ad t h e f i rst name of

James Cole came abou t th e s am e time as Rentfro , a nd o n 20 Sept 174 5
staked out 400 acres at t he in ter s e c t ion of Ren t fro a nd Ti n ker c reeks.
This was pateneted to him , and he ma d e i mp ro v em e nts on it, as wa s
required .
It was an ideal loca t ion t o b u il d d a ms to pro v ide po wer
to run mills. The improvemen ts mad e by Cole, ma y h ave i n cl uded a dam.
The place then became known by t he n a me , Col e ' s i mprovement on Rentfro Creek.
On 14 Ap r 1752, Cole sold to Georg e Robin son .
As f a r as we k no w, Cole
never lived on the land, but Robins o n a n d h is fa mil y made i t t he ir
home . George was a capable a nd ind us t r io us ma n , a n d tr u sted by t he
others who were coming to take up land , ne ar by.
He b ecame Jus t ice
of the Peace in 1753 , a n d Cap t ain of Fo ot in 1 7 54 .
He d i e d i n 1763 ,
and by his will , con v eyed the pl a ce to hi s tw o e l des t so n s, Ja me s and
Samuel . They , and their wi ves, o n 1 1 No v 1770, so l d to Th omas Ma dison .

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Both the County , and the Par ish of Bot e tou rt were fo rmed in 1 770 .
The
Parish Church was soo n es t ab li s h e d in th e c oun ty seat, Fincastl e.
Rev . Adam Smy th wa s tra nsf e r r e d , t o be com e t he Rec tor .
A lar ge t ract
of land was acquired from Jos e ph Cloyd , fo r a Gl e be .
A Gleb e was land
ow ned by the Church, on which the Rector could l ive , a nd work to suppo r t hi mself and family .
However , there we re no improvements on the
Clo yd t r act, so the Ves t ry asked for pe r mi ss ion to sell it , and purc ha se l and with improvements .
Mr Madison convinced them , that his
tract o n Rentfro Creek had improvements and was the tract they should
pu r:- cha s e .
In 1777 , the General Assembly authoriz e d the sale of the
Cloyd place, and the purchase of Mr Madison's .
So, beginning in 1777,
Mr Mad i son and the Vest r y considered the tract we are talking about,
by t he name "The Glebe . "
Ra d ical ch an ges took pl a ce during and after the War.
Pr operty that
f ormerly be l o n ge d to the King , and the Church, became the property of
th e Comm on we al th of Vi rg in i a .
Until a new constitution was written,
an d new laws pa s sed , it was a nybody ' s gu e s s , who owned what .
Evidently
Ma di son had never bee n pa id for the land , for, at his petition, the
General Asse mb ly, o n 5 July 1784 , orde r ed that a grant issued to him,
for it .
It see ms, t ha t t h is was ne v e r don e , for we s e e t hat on another
petition the Assembl y named tru s tee s , who we re t o mak e a deed to convey i t to the r i gh t f u l owner .
No d e ed of thi s natu r e has be e n found,
but on 14 Feb 1795, he co nve yed Th e Gle b e, n ow sa id to cont a in 404
ac r e s, to Christian Evers ol e.
Eversole li ved in Maryland.
Hi s s on - in - law, Henr y Bak er, c ame
land t o l iv e , and to c a re for it .
Evers o l e di ed i n 1805 , and
de v i ;ed a n hal f i nte r est , of this lan d , t o Ba k er ; who , b y 1811
purchase d th e othe r half from the other h eirs, a n d t h us b ecame
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Henr y Baker died in 1837, a nd the tract was divided between the heirs.
So me didn ' t lik e their parts , so a second survey was made on 23 April
183 8 .
The plat at the beginning of this article, was taken from that
surv ey .
At that time, this place was known as both The Glebe, and
Baker' s Mill ; and also Glebe Mi ll.

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briefly o n each of the partitioned lots.

Lot No. l, was 7 8 acres , a nd went to son, Christian Baker. I his was
the l ower part, a nd lay on both side s of Tinker cree, and included
the mouth of Rentfro Creek .
The s urveyor sometimes called Fentfro
Cree k, the Mil l branch of Tinker Creek. As I said, my home is in the
extr eme no rthwest corner of this lot.
Being raised to the miller trade
Christi an soo n built his own mill a nd mill dam, on this part. The
neighbor hood, then, began to be cal l ed Glei&gt;e Mills, with the "s".
The home he bui l t, at this place has been lately remodeled and restored and i s now the home of Mr Lawson.
Christian used the power
from his dam, not o nly to grind gra in, but also to card wool, and
later, to run the f l ake hominy mi 11.
As a child, my mother remembered
the f l ood wate r s that washe d out this lower dam.
It was never rebuilt
The fl ake hom in y mil l was moved to t.he upper building and was operated
by the po wer from the upper dam, for a number of years.
Lot No . 2, was 43 acres, "including the mill " and went to son John
Baker.
He was n ot much interested in the milling business, so sold
this part to other heirs and in-laws, and is said to have gone to the
State of Ohio, and never retu rned .
After some shuffling and movi ng
of division lines , among the k in folks, John Layman was the owner of 74
acres, which includ ed t h e mill.
He had possession of the 74 acres for
about 20 years, and built t he dwelling house that stood across the
creek from the Mi l 1.
Mr Layman so ld to the McClures in 1863; and the y
in 1873 sold 12 acres of it , including the mill and dwelling, with
other bu i 1 din gs attached, known as Gl ebe Mi 11 , to my great - grandfather,
Gi 1 es S. Thomas .
Then his son, my grandfather, CB "Fal 11 Thomas , purchased 5 acres, that adjoined the 12 acres, and was the northwest corner of Lot No. 1 .
When Gi les died, Grandpa bought out the other heirs,
and became the owner of the Glebe Mills tract , but continued to live
in the hous e he built on the 5 acres.
After the death of Giles, the
dwelling on the 12 acre part was used for several years as a canning
factory, and' then just for storage, until it began to decay, and became
unsafe, and had to be torn down.
That was a sad day.
Grandpa hired
Mr Goad, a neighbor , who came with his ~ule, to remove the logs, one
by one.
This was in the ninete en twenties .
A li t tl e late r, I will
tell you a little more about the mill buildin g.
lot No. 3, was 96 acres, and was assigned to the widow, Elizabeth Baker;
containing the dwelling house and old burying ground . The dwelling
was only about thirty-five yards from the Mill .
I rem ember the out ward appearance; it was two full stories tall , with a l arge chimney
in the center, and another on the right end. The lags had been covered
with clapboards, and was a lwa ys kept whitewashed . On it's front,
facing the mill, were four sma ll windows and th e door; just a plain
wooden door, nothing fancy .
The front porch was small. The ground
sloped away, so the steps to the porch were lon g, maybe thirteen or
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tops had been removed to protect the hous e.
Ea ch t r ee was cove red
by climbing ivy vines with red trumpet-shaped bloom s.
I was ne ve r
inside the house, but my mother spoke of i t as be in g p l ai n ly d e corated and like the outside, nothing fancy.
She was fasc i nated with
the ~nique stairway to the second floor .
It wa s very narrow , with
a door at bottom and top.
You entered near the l a r ge f ir eplace downstairs made two turns and came out near t he f ir e pla ce u pstairs .
Thus the stair circled the chimney.
It was tho ug h t by the l a t t er
owne;s that the left side of this house with th e cent r a l c himney,
was built by George Robinson, or his sons.
For so wa s t h e tra dition
passed down. After the Bakers made this their hom e, i t re ma in ed in
the hands of their descendants, until it was to wn d ow n.
He n ry Baker's
widow died in 1841, and their unmarried daught e r, Eli z ab et h , li v ed
there until she died in 1870 .
By her will, she c o n v e ye d to h e r niece
sarah'L Baker who soon married Abraham W. Peery.
From Pee r y , ow n e rship went to their daughter,_Bessie , who married a Mr Lon g, who replaced this stout old home with a more modern bun ga l ow, b ui lt on the
same foundation, in the nineteen twenties .
Lot No . . 4, was 90 acres and went to Jacob Layman.
Lo t No . 5, of 100
acres, went to Jacob Eversole . These last.mentioned lots we r e higher
up the creek , and, as far as I know, had little to do wi t h th e industry and business of the lower parts.
Now , l et me tell you about the las~ days of the Glebe Mill s building.
Yes , it was still known as Glebe Mills, even a fter the lo we r dame
went out. My Grandfather had brought his saw mill from the woods and
geared it to the water power; and ~lso ~uilt a bo x f a ctory , where
thin wooden boards were cut and nailed into boxes and crates .
I ha ve saved the most interesting part, at least the most interesting
to me .
I am told that the early pioneer, who wanted to build a dam, '
fe l led trees so they lay across the stream, some eight or ten feet
apa r t . The space between was then filled in with rocks and dirt .
this dam was also used as a way of crossing the stream , because whate ver t he power was used for; the crossing was needed.
The contour of
the gro u nd, a short way upstream from the mill site, indicates that
s uch a dam existed there. There is evidence that the area above this
dam filled up with mud, so that the dam at this place was useless.
Th e new dam was further up stream, and was constructed of hewn timbe r s a ncho r ed to the rocks by iron rods wedged into holes drilled
th e r e in.
Th e wat er f l o~ed s w ~ft~y from the dam , along a ditch , called a race,
t o nea r th e mi l l bulldi ng . Then it entered the trunk , a trough support e d on heavy wo ? d e n po s t - legs.
The trough, or trunk, made a U-turn
over the 18 f oot h lgh wat e r wheel.
In this way the water, after it
had rode the whee l down, would flow under it as it continued back to
t he main channel of the c r e e k .
Flowing under the wheel , would add
just a little to the hors e power developed .
The mill,
you might
size, but
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it s elf, was o f br ick , a bout thirty - five feet square, and
say two a nd a ha lf fl oo rs tall .
The top floor was the same
the slope o f t he roof limit e d th e head room at the eaves .
was abou t t wel v e f ee t above the othe r .
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side d oo r s .
Each was in t wo s ect i ons , so that on e ha lf could be opened and th e other remain sh u t .
The door at the back, opened onto the
g roun d, or l ower f l oo r .
T he front door was on the main, or second
floor.
The walls of the fir st floor were twenty inches thick, and
above tha t , s i xtee n i n ches .
The windows were small, and of two sixpane s as h es each .
The r e we re th r ee on the end with the wheel, five
o n t h e o t h e r e n d , f o u r o n t h e l o v1 e r s i d e , a n d t wo o n t h e fro n t •
Ab 0 u t h a l f t h e 1 o w e r f l o o r "' a s u s e d f o r s t o r a g e o f s u p p 1 i e s a n d e q u i p men t , th a t wo u ld n ot be harme d by dampness .
The other half contained
wo o d e n c o g "' h e e l s , l a r g e a n d s ma 1 1 , b e l t wh e e l s , l a r g e a n d s ma 1 1 , a n d
othe r machin e r y .
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The
nor th corn e r was partition e d off for an office, and contained a small
firepl ace in t h e corner.
As you entered the front door, from the
l oading dock, around the wall, in a clockwise direction, there was
Mr Baker ' s fl a ke hominy mill,
t hen the clea n ing mach iner y; then one
of the ston e burr mi 11 s, then alo ng most of the back wall was the
Genuine Japanese S il k Bolting Mach ine, that Grandpa in stalled a short
time before he c l osed the mill to public grinding.
Al ong one of the
office parti t i on walls was a large bin for the bulk storage of the
finished f lour .
Bet ween this bin and the Bolting Machine was the
machine to power-pack flo ur into barrels, for shipment; one hundred
and ninety- six pounds to the barrel.
In the center there was the
stairs, l eading down; the one l eadi ng up, was in the left corner of
the b a ck wall.
I n the center, by the stairs, was the biggest and
best burr mi 11 .
Now, come along wit h me as my Grandpa took me on my first guided tour.
He no long er g round for the public, but did gr ind for himself. On
this tour:t we ground some whole wheat midlings for the hogs.
I was
on l y about five years old, but I was a part of the operation .
I have
a l ways been interested in a ll k inds of machinery, so this day is a
high-light in my memory.
I was lifted up so I could stand in the
window si ll , a n d watch as he exp lained :t and showed me how to start
the mi 11.
The water gate was cranked open to just the ri gh t spot,
until the water got the wheel turning at a prett y good speed, then
c l osed to anoth~r spot where the speed was just right .
As the wheels,
in side and outs1de:t responded to the power of the water, the floor
shook, and the air was filled with groans and grow l s; but t hat was
as it s h ou l d b e.
We then went to the mill that was in the midd le o f
the floor, and opened a little door that a llow ed a trickle of wheat
to go into the top .
As the ground feed sl i d down t he shute, Grandpa
caught a 1 i ttl e, for testing between thumb and fo refin ger. After the
adjusting whee l was in exact l y the right position, I was again lifted
so I co u 1 d ca t c h some o f the feed i n my ha 11 d •
It was exp 1 a i n e d to me
that a good mi 11 er checked the fee d this way pretty often to be sure
it was fine enough and was not too fine and not getting too hot.
At
that age I was anxious to know al l about everything, and I believe
Grandpa was happy to te l 1 me .
He turned the Cleaning Machine on for
just a l i t t l e, so I could see how it work ed, how the fan blew away
the chaff and dust, how t h e three trays, each with different s i z e
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small holes allowed the fine dirt and dus t to fal l through.
The
next tray had holes a little larger , to let the sma ll est grai ns to
through. The next larger holes would l et the nice fat good gra ins to
onto the conveyor belt to the stora ge b in.
Anything too large to go
through any of the holes, went on over and_ fell.into the box t o be
thrown out. He didn't start the flake hominy mill, but did show me
how it worked. The bottom of the machine was round and sl i ts wi t h
sharp cutting edges similar to a hand shredder I had seen used in t he
kitchen, to shred cabbage for slaw.
When the softened corn ker n e ls
entered , wooden paddles turned and pushed them over the cutting ed ges,
which sliced them into very thin slices.
These sl i ces were then dr i ed
in the sun and stored.
Grandpa said somtimes these slices were toaste d
in the oven and became corn flakes.
Fo r the n ext s evera 1 year s , if
anyone asked what I was going to be whe n I grew up, the answer was sure
to have been, a miller.
I wanted to tell you these things while I still re member them, we ll .
That thing called Progress has removed so much of what u sed to be.
In
Robinson's time, the public road forded the Renfro Cr eek ju st a bove
the division line between Lots No. 1 and 2; a nd the mill was reached
by a lane that ran between the mill and t he Robinson home.
Hhen it was
decided to bridge the creek, the public road follo wed the mill lane
past the house and made a sharp turn back to t h e creek .
In the eariy
nineteen hundreds, the roller mill was developed, which turned out more
flour with less power, so the days of the old rock burr mi ll s were numbered. So repairs were not kept up on dam or mill .
In 1919
the
upper dam went out; the old shingle roo f of the building beg~n to leak
the woodwork began to rot, and the bricks be ga n to crum ble in places
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around it. After some of the mach1~e~y, and fin e lumber was removed, char ge
charges of dynamite were placed at 1t_ s base, and Glebe Mills di e d.
that was a sad day in the nineteen thirties.
Several years after the building was gone, the road was changed a gain,
so that it now passes directly over the spot.
The spot of land will remain forever; the names man assign to it change;
the names of the people who pass by change; the names given the place
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VIRGI~:IA

KI NZER CEMETERY
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~8.5
feet
The above ce metery is located in Montgo me r y
County, Virginia one mile west of Bla c ksb u rg off
Route 655 . Re cording was done by David E. Ro te nize r
and Becky War dlaw (me mbers o f t he New Ri ver Va l le y
Chapter of the Arc beo l o gical Society of V:t.rgi nia )
on February 18,1984 . Th e numbers on map above
correspond With names an d sta ti sti c s b el o w.
#1) Margaret,wi:fe of
#2) Ge orge Kinze r
#3 ) Lucie c . Burns,
G. Kinzer
D. Apr . 2 8, 18 77
wif'e or
D. Apr ~ 8,1881
75yrs , 4ms ,19 da y s
J.s. K~nzer
70yrs,8ms,8days
Eliza F •.,
#5) Trig Ingle Shealor
wife of
G.M. Kinzer
B• J U 1y2 l· , 1830

#7)

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#8

D.Feb.l,1886

Rebecca Kinzer
B.July, 24 , 1802
D. Jun . 28.1890

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) Jacob Kinzer
B.Oct .. 2 7,l 79 4
D.Jan.11 , 1 8 6 O

b5yrs,2ms,14days
#11) Mary Bell Fizer
_
1910 1939
#10) Walter Fi.zer
n. 1935
#12) Florence L. R. Payne
B. Jan . 19 , 1861
#14) Helen M. Allen
D. Har. 6,1861

B.Mar .21,1841
D.Apr . l4 , l870

# 6) Sarah E. Bell
wife of Wm A.Bell
BoJan.20,1830
D.Feb.4,1921

#9) Charlotte Fizer
D. Apr . 10,1880
Age 30 years

#13) Ko Myrtle Payne
B. Mar . 25,1811
Do Aug.21 , 1873

Feb . 1923

#15) William A. Bell
B.,. Feb.4, 1836

Do 0Cto30 , 1930

#16) William K. Bell
B. Sept.16 , 1870
D. May,29,1968

** *( ALL SITES RECODED BY THE NEW RIVER VALLEY CHAPTER/ASV ARE
REGISTERED WITH THE VIRGINIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION/
VI RGINIA RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARCHAEOLOGY IN YORKTOWN , VA .
44Myl83 I S THE VHLC/VRCA SITE DESIGNATION FOR THIS CEMETERY. )
Compi led by Da vid E. Roteni z ero

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The above cemetery is located one mile NW
of Blacksburg, Virginia between Route 655 and
Route 651. Recording was done by David E.
Rotenizer, William T. Buchanan,Jr and Royce A.
McNeal (members of the New River Valley Chapter
of the Archeological Society of Virginia). The
numbers on map above correspond with names and
statistics below. Recorded November 20,1983.
3. )Baby* 2. )Sarah, daughter of
l.)Broken
* John &amp; Margaret Robinson
3 months
D. Apr. 22,1854- 16yrs.
6.)Rufus Plunkett
4. )Nannie Plunkett 5 • )Lilly D. Holly
1846-1927
1876-1902
B. Dec. 21,1 8 73
D •. July 26, 1949
9.) Broken
7. ) Susannah E. ,
8. ) Rosannah, w1 fe of
10.) Broken
wi:fe of
Samuel Robison
11.) Broken
Wm. L. Karr
B. May 30,1816
daughter of
Samuel P. Robison

D. June 6,1862
14 .) Robert Preston,

12.) (Broken)
B. 1817
D. Nov. 6,1861
son of
D. 1845
21 years
Preston Eugenia Robison
15.) (Broken)
13. ) Margaret Robison,
B. July 30 , 1849
"A.V.R."
wife of John
D. Sept . 28,1854
16.) Scattering
D. Oct. 26, 1859 87 yrs
of several broken
:
markers.
* Note the spelling difference nere, Rob!Aaon as opposed to Rob!_son .
*** (ALL SITES RECORDED BY THE NEW RIVER VALLEY CHAPTER/ASV ARE
REGISTERED WITH THE VIRGINIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION/
VIRGINIA RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARCHAEOLOGY IN YORKTOWN, VA.
44Myl50 IS THE VHLC/VRCA SITE DESIGNATION FOR THIS CEME'l.'ERI.)

Compiled by David E . Rotenizer

V1rg1nta Appalach:la.n Notes

�May i9e4

64
PEDI GREE CHA RTS - VOLUME I *

Volume I - Surnames
ABSHEAR
page 1

Johnson
Hagan
Wood

Minter
Coffee/
Coffey
Drake
Fish
F.agle

Stump
Binnion
Breman
Sciencentafee
Alexander
Pendleton
Parsons

Carter
Simmons
Godby/
Godbey

Kelly
Smith
Hoff
Tucker
~'hitney

Hannold
Brooks
Cook
Regan/

Reagan

AVERY

Wohlford/
Wolfort/
Wolfart/

Wolfah art
Allen
O'Byrnes
Broderick
Snook
page

5

Klenkner
Kraemer
Koch
Zimmeman
BAKER
page

6
Melton
Bass

Anderson
Lewis
Andrews
Bryant
Holman

Ashford
Wade
Rhodes
page 7
Robb
Rabb
Woodward
Collins

Perman

ANDERSON
page 2

Poirier
Speas

Poitevin

Poindexter
page 3
Bagwell

Pettitt
Pledge
AVERY
page

Bartel s/
Bartal.s
Byrnes

Ferguson

*

B URNETTE
page 8

Andrews
Grant
Love
Rh"odes
Mitchell

Marshall
Scott

Wood
Campbell
Cash

TI.e tcher

4

B ELL
page 10

Moran
Hill

~dll ? ,....f_-~R

BELL
oag e 10

Pa?e 1 w

Walters
Snow
B ird
Simpson

Overhol t e r
BU RGESS

Pharis

nag e 16

Meador

B!ThNNENSTALL
page 12
Taylor
McKinney
Pollak

Benda
Jones
Myers
But l er
Hey
Lis enby
Whi te

Wilkins
Henderson
Johnston
Diint

Reimor
p age 13
Brinstool?
Brenes tall
Clink

Freemore
Hening
Burr
Hay
OWens
Gaunce
Douthih

Mullis
?!..cGee
Taggart/

Taggert

Peterson
Smith
Dicker son
Buchanon
B!=tUBAK2R

page

1u

Meyer
flora
Harter

see end of arti cle

VirSUU&amp; Appa.le.chian

?e ters
Eller

Note~

Browning
Mullins
Brown
Higg".ns

Toler
Anglin
Wils on
V ance

BURTON
page 17
Barksdale
Thomas
Childre ss
Brugh
Smith
Stov all
Dobyns

Bolling
McClure
Pe ttit

Gage
pag e 18

Easley
Herndon
Howard
Storrs
Peters
Mays
page 18
Spessard
Evans

Austin
Stone
page 19
Bailey
Otey

True he art
Randolph
Deardorff

Eversole
Reid
Whe el e r

�Fay 19d4

65

Volume I - Surnames continued

r

1
i

JOHNSON
Wright
Stone
:~us sell
oage bl!
Coburn
Givens
Shumate/
Chaurnette
i&lt;.obinson
Vickers
page 84
Thomas
Viney
Carless
Burdette
page 85
Calli s on
B ail0y
Bougeois
Fourgeaud/
?age LtJ
St .. Croix
K2:bl..IID

(

I

I

page 87
H emingway
Nunn
Buttram
Morgan
Crouch
Hurtt
Clark
'Peery/

Perry
Farley
Bilheimer
Snuffer
Sheppard
Kidd
page 88

Archer
Sefton
Evans

Hastings
Hu.f.f
page

89

Pettus
Cra.fton
Aikins on
Erba ugh

K EELTNG

Hurst
Fugate
Happ rich
p a ge 90
Stephenson

KITCHENS

page 97
Huntley
Robinson
Townley
Wilson
Maedows

KING

page 91
Bryant
Spivey
Arthur
Nall
Cheshire
Childress
Atkins
Owen
Dae on/
Deacon
lee
KITCHENS

page 92
Hagan
Hammock
Luther
Vinson
Ye arty
Barrentine

Hunter
Aycock
Bodwell
Tate
Dean
Gardner
Newby
Ryl e
page 93
Bowden
page 94
Rogers
page 95
Witt
Barden
page 96
Stephems
Redfern
Curry
Benson
Myers

KYLE
page 98

Page
Glenn
Williams
Davenport

Co::ike

Windle
Miller
O'Brien
Hancock
Booker
Taylor
McKee
Mizer
Anderson
Wright
Moreland
Wilson
Brunskill
Weldon
Gilaspy
Reed

Kiplinger
Hardy

McClure
Schneider
Jones
Dickenson
'Ibomas
Grubb
Cobbs
Richeson
Hand
Churchill
Efford
Swearingen
Lanardy
Ray
LUCAS
page 99

Ferguson

Virginia Appa.1a.chian Notes

LUCAS
Wallace
~ling

Moser
Sartin
Windle
Burton
page 100
Smith

Huffman
Anderson
page 101
Woods
Worsop
M:.ILLF.R
page 102
Bi.shop
Wal.J.en
Stanley
Nealy
Cummings

W.!IBSE
page 103

Embry
Oliver
Harmon
Smith

Miller
Haga/Hagy
Kinney
Peckenpaugh
page 104
Fanning

King
page 105
Monty
page 106
0 1 Kenney
McCracken
page 107
Winegar
Brown
page 108
Sellers
t'arker
Ridenour
page 109

Tullis
Beckenback

�66

M.ay

1984

Volume J - Surnames continued

BURTON

BURTON

ALBRIT'IDN

page 20
Bratcher
Watlington

page28
Fbythress
Worsham

Mann

Banks

Hoskins
Tu mer
Webster

Gill
Gerrard
Powers
Hubard

Wilkes
Latham

F.ast
Pleasants
page 21
Garland
Blair
Meade
Neale
Ballard
page 22
Baker
Tosh
Dicker son
Col eman
David

page 29
Reade
Chisman
Ferris
Poe ah on ta.a
page 30
Martain
Chisman
Claiborne
Hatcher
Winston

CLOVER
page 32

Massirer

Newman

Smith

page 23

Baker

Kennon

Sasser

Everard

Rose
McKensie
Wells
Albritton

Malcolm

page 24
Blackston
Collier
Benskin
page. 25
Cocke

Fleming
Rolle

Archer

page 37

Sumpter
Williams
Metler
Swartzlander
Sharpe/
Sharpenstein

Isham
page

26

Green
Guibert
page 27

Billington
Hutchins

Larcome
Hartwell
Woodson
Tarlton

SMITH
page33
Wells
McCrimmon
Garner

SASSER
page 34
Albritton
Hol lis
Hart

Gill

PAGE

J5

S-.saer
Jones
Richardson
MASS TIIBR

page J6

Clover
Freir
Althoff
Stein

CONDON

page 4 2
Sherman
Lowe
Abbey

Shaw
Howlett
Turner
Segs

Brice
Dunn
Slt!i th

Kondel
COOKE

COBURN
page 38

J ohnson
Sprigman/
Spruclonann

Mallory
Metzger
Douville
Cooper
Rodgers
Kennedy
Howard
Battey
Powers
Dutton

Parrish
Waters
Campb ell
p age 39

Bishop
Conant
Rol.fe
Colborne
MALLORY

page 40
Beardsl ey
Munson
Dutton

page 43
Owens
Hu tc hens
Marion
Smi.th
Harrison
page 44
Cobb
Light
McElh aney

CUMMINGS

p age45
Davis
Bruce
Howard
Ka rr

Lewis
Eaves

Hoge
King
Burn

Justice

Staff'o rd
Cr ow
Shannon
Hearn
Henderson
Howe

Trowbridge

Preston
DUTTON

page 41
At water
Mallory

Virginia Appalachian Notes

KARR
page 45a
King

Sur.face
Foster
Walke r
Johns ton

�May 198L1

67

Volume I - Surnames Continued
J:A_q_q

Moore
Beame r
Bruce
Thomas
DO'WNS

page Li6

Glos h
Elkeburg er
Ackennan
White

Fortress
Gorton
Haywood
F.aton
GORTON
page 47

Haywood
B odwitch
Capron
Adams

Barton
Mas on
Haile

page 48
Maplet
B urton
Wickes
EDDY

ELSWICK

Wil liamson
Baswe l l
Ratlif f
Runyon
Maynard
Taylor
Meredith
Fowler
Etlwards

Varney
Harris
p age

53

Sublette
Dou that
Wall
Woolwine
:;'ranklin
Redden
Yost
Haymaker
FOWLER

page 54
Wask~y

Laf:£erty/
Laferty/
Laverty
Straton
Hutton
Keeney/

Kena

F0 .·~1,E;R

F.st ep
Ripley
Pullen
Henderson
Roach
Holt
Stacy
Johnson
Cook
F1.inn

Varnarsdale
Farley
Jamison
page 56
Scudder
Huff
Robinson
Simmons
Bousman
Bennett
Hunt
Dingess
Meadows
Roark
Noblett
Sickles
Walker
Wilson
Fourqueran
Stewart
Wirts

FOWLu..~

Holden
Launders
Deare ant

FERGUSON
PAGE

59

Reynolds
Williams
F\Jnkhouser
Dillon
Chitwood
Hatcher
Scott
Byrd

Fi.sher
Booth
Robertson
Pifer

Poage
page 60
Greer
Akers
Lumsden
Hughes
Chambers
Divers
Dupuy
Walthall
Spiggle
Snapp

Work
Hopkins

Moore
Deskins
Hoover
Harmon
Snuf'fer
Nelson
McClure
Robards
Roberds
page 55
Bevins

page 57
Wright
Givens
&amp;ii.th
Hampton
Gu try
Jennings
Hamilton
Sitlington
"ruce

Sprout

Perry

Adams

Mulford
Jeffries
Parkins
Collins

Hill

Evans

Gardiner

Stoner
Crawford
Gordon
Blankenship
page 62
Plybon
Jef f s

page 49
Dean

Decker
March

Baker
Spice
Hollinger
Dens el
Miller
Faudree
page 50

ELSWICK
page 52
Crumpler
Dyer
Slater

J one s
Terry
Asbury

Lax

page 58
Cathy
Feamster
Conkling
Mather
Akers

Virginia Appala.ohian Notes

Starkey
Saunders
page 61
Webster
'lllunnan

Angle
.Ellglish
Parker
Watkins
LeVillian

�68

May 1954

Volume I - Surnames Continued

FERGTTSON
Steele
Al tick
Poteet
&amp;ct.th

Donahoe
Watson
McF.wan

Arnell
page 63
Robertson
Pifer
Lowe
Tillotson
Altig/
Altir
Burke
page 64
Harris
Cobbs

HENDERSON

GLOSH
Downs
Ackennan
Krause
Herrman
EJ.keburger
Elsworth
White
Krueger
Fortress
Gorton
GOAD
page 68

Worland
Wineland
Winder

HllME

page 72
Wahl
Holland
Owen
Herriage
Aulds
Farley
Hines
Ritchey
McCullock
Harvey

Granville
Elnaphan
Benson
nage 77
Wedderburn
Liddle
Morrison
Haldane

page 73

Hop Pringle
Sinclair
Carmichael
Pepdie

White

Wasson

Johnstone

Douglas
page 78

HtJME

Bradshaw

pag an~

Vernon
Shoalter

page 80
Hartman

Schneppt

Markham
Pearse
Iles

Gore

Miles

Day

Kuhn

Goodall
Srader
Wyatt
Orr
Wall
Nolin
Barnett

Shank
Smith
Hall

Akers
Key
Fleck

Haynes
Davis

FRANCISCO
page

65

Von T.rebra
Smith

Wadsack
Richardson
Morley
May
Barkhausen
Gibbs
Mandeville
Warren
'lbeodor

Garland
Elder
Brady
Hibbs
Clif't
Huston
Guth
HAR™AN
page 69

Jewell
Duncan
Maupin
Williams
Mc Clung
Johnson
Miller
Fry

page 70

Till.man/

Beale

Tilghman
page 66

Tata/
Tait

Firestone

Wal.lace

Long

GLOSH
page 67
Whittaker
Zeigler

Hunter
page 71
Campbell
Alexander
Walker

Pasley
Odonnell
Archbell
Grimes
Wear
King
Slevens
Ll.lly
Taylor
Franks
Alexander
Parks

Moses
West
page 74
Salyer
Thompson
page 75
Huffman
page 76

Coleman
McKensie

Proctor
V1rg1n1a Appa.la.chian Not.ea

JD/ELL

Raider
Guilliams
Iddings
MILFB

page 81

Smith
Guilliams
Luke
Hardwick
JOHNSON
page 82

France
Wilson

Mullins
Williams

Lane
Grays
page 83

B owen
Stanley

Head
Fletcher
Miller
Kay
Hale

�t&gt;!ay

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Volume I - Surnames continued

Williams
Mosley

Cross
Ho lloway
Cowan
Bryan
Bailey
Mc Culle n
Corbitt

?Q'li3 R.S

page 1 22
Hutchinson

Farley
Young

Vanderpool
page 11 2
Wil.l iams

Blakeley
page 11 L

Mayes
117

Briant
NEtJBILL
page 118

Klaus
Creasy
Perry

Daniels
Kent
Cobb

Richardson
Anderson
PAYNE

page 1 19

Reed
Hobbs

PHLEGAR
page 1 20
Shafe r

Bowers
Lester
Harris
~perly

Jones
Ke trow/
Catrow
POTTS
page 1 21

Pott
Bennett
Nunley

Doran
Farrell
Tabor
Shell

:teichel

page 111

page

PRI?:0TLEY
page 127

PO TTS

Nu:.:&gt;E
pag e 11 O

PYLE
page 128

Combs/Coombs
Aiken

Herne
Cox
Siglin
Marshall

page 123

Brant

Brown

Charlton
Hughes
Davis

Ziegenfuss
Brannan

Passmore
Fry

Bushel
page 1 24
Ma.rick

Stephens
Dye

Somerville
Bay
PRIESTLY
page 125

Young
Montgomery
McClure
Jarrett
Vealey
Gillenwater
page 1 25

Eagleston
Kirk
B owman
Pauley

Massey
Green
Williams
page 126
Beach
Hazlett
Craw.ford

Courtney
page 131

'fumbles on
Bennett
'lbrelkeld
Nash
page 132

Boxley
Wyatt

Eggl eston
Pettus
Pamplin
:Rtilpott
Col es

Hazelrigg

E.ads

Brown

RAADE
Warner

Ritter
Van Hborn
Olewine
Parks
Wal lace

RHODES

QUESENBER.11Y
page 129

Cash

B all
Copley
Rod(g)ers
Epling
Warden

Johnston
Harless
Black
Day
Staf.tord
Duncan
Brunt
Ll.nger

page 130
Preiss/
Price

RAADE
page 131

Jennings
Wilkins
Scates
Tuggle
Biggers ta.ff

Shivaler
Quisenberry
V11'ginia Appalachian Notes

page 133
Burnette

Moore
Hunt
Arthur
Martin
McGe~

Davis
Padgett
Hudson

Nuckles
Puckett
McBride
Pollard

Ashwel.li
Ramsey
page

134

Nicholls
Hill
White

page 135

Harrison
B ates

Parsons
Hendrick
Wisdom
Tucker
page 136

Turner
Gannaway
Booth
'lburmond

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RHOD&amp;S

Dickey
Woodson
Stump
Crutcher
Lyon
Wills
page 137

Meade

7.eigler
Wright
ROA.BK

page 138
Bonds
Rudolph
Staley
RYAN

page 139
Garrett

Aliff
Vance
B urgess

Jordan
Perry

Browning
Howard
Nelson
Key
SHARP

page 140
Mc Cart
Snuf'.fer
Henderson
Van Bebber
Kirk

Jackson

SNOW
McGee
Willis
West
McBride
Pollard
STA.."li.K

page 143
Elgan
Toney
Chastain
Sutherland
page 144
Steele
Archer
Hannon
page 145
Ferguson
Glover
Elgin
STEADHAM/STEDHAM/
STEDHAN
page 146
Robinson
Guthrie
Morris
Kerr
Street

Hough/Huff
page 141
Poor

STEPP/STIPP/
STAPP/STEP

page 148
Morris
Moss
North
Wales
Boll
STTCKLEY
page 148

Russell
Wiant
~&amp;rran

SN OW
Bell
Jacobs
Updike
Hunt
Bobbitt

.Pfe i ffe r

Morgan
page 152
Terry

McEJ.haney
Worrel
Lines
Sunman
,Johnson
Ward
Huber
TIERNEY

page 153

Devine
Brown

Burgess
LaBoyteaux
Haines
Bryan

Mullen
page 154
Sebring

Smock
page 155
Merling/

Lee

long

STICKLEY
Setzer
Maggart
Loudenback
page 1SO

Kerns
Harr
Smith

Norman
Blind
Stover

Mering
Struble
page 156
Harryman

Jones
Lewellen

Rave
Raven
Stanton
'roWNS

page 157
Miller/
Muller
Cochran

TC·~s

Clayton
Quick
Parrott
Drury
Hayden
VAN A...q.5DA.LEN
page 158

Van Schouw
~

Ammerman
Prokesko
Dorland
Van Voorhees
Van Dyke
Van Nuys
Hoagland
Hoogtely
Cornel
Allen
Perlee
Osborn
Hye us
Gang le
Gilbert
Foster
Monwarren

WALKER
page 159

McCoy
Thomas
Lucas
Fnunons
Dalton
Kerr

Collins
Jones
Ellis
McClaugherty
Echols
Miller
Mustard
page 1CJJ

~Cauley

Givens
Dingess

Russell
Kennedy
Knott
Ogilvie

Munsey

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Garst
Chapman

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Volume I - Sum£ -es continued
w.ALKE..::i

Camden
Mc Garre

Brown
Ranch
Abbott

WP.ITB
Bodwitch

Adams
Barton
Mason
Haile

WARD
p age 16 2
Kelley

WII.LIAMS
page 166

Ingram

Black
Ducker

Slot• xt11•E'Pl

Hale
Mullen
Waldren
WHITAKER

J

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Bowen
'Maplet
Wickes

Peters
Heckman
Mooney
J aec kel
Durkin
Payne
Turner
Smith

page 163
Gri£f'in
Smith

Southern
Welch
Roark
Kesterson
Brooks
Birchfield
Estice
Williams
Henderson
Jones
Graham
WHITE

page 164

Downs
Glosh
Ackerman
F.lkeburger
Fortress
Gorton
F.aton
Haywood
Capr on
Shepard

PEDIGREE CHAR'IS

page 165

Hagan

M::Clendon
Turley
Reilly
Terres
Collins
Riblen
Purdy
Johnson
page 167
Milam
page 169
Robb
page 170
Kirby
page 171
Scott
Wilson
Mil ler
McCullock

This is the beginning of an effort to
a cquaint members of the Southwest
Virgini a Genealogical Society with
the contents of the extensive collection of surnames contained within
the files of our pedigree charts.
At this time we have seven volumes,
i ncluding one in which linear and
larger charts are f iled. · This last
Volume will be des ignated Volume A.
We shall begi n with Volume I and
will publish the chart surname with
all of the associated surnames within
a given chart (or charts) . If members
desire a speci al chart (or charts)
they can b~ dupli cated (at this time)
for fifteen (15) cents a page plus
postage.
You can send your request to the
Corresponding secretary
C:outhwest '.'i:ginia Genealogical Society
(or Southwest Va . Gen'ical Soc.)
% Roanoke City Public Library
706 South Jefferson Street
Roanoke, Virginia 24016

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Fulton

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Bower

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As a representative of the ~VGS, I
(Babe Fowler) have - and am - teaching
a class in beginning genealogy at the
Ogden Senior Citizen Center -- all
ages. This clas s is taught at lOarn
on Monday. If there would enough
people wanting a class on "How to
of Genealogy", I would see about
having a night class at the li b rary.
Call me at J45-8709 if you are i nterested.
Ba.be Fowler

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EXCHANGE QUARTERLY REVIEWS
"Finding Your German Ancestor, part II" found in IMPIUNT..:i , the quarterly
publication of The Genealogical Society of Broward County , Fla.; vol . 2 , no . 3 ,
pages 50-51 .
"The Calendar from 1700 through 2012" in IMPRINTS; vol. 2, no . 3 ,

pages

54-58.

"Develop Genealogical Reflexes for Efficient Searches " in THE COLORADO
GENEALOGIST; Aug. 1983, pages 128-133.
"Research in German Records ", ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA GENEALOG ICAL
SOCIETY QUARTERLY; vol. 20, no . 3, pages 119-122 .
"Computer Corner", TOPEKA SOCIETY QUARTERLY; vol . 1 3 , no. 3 , page 87.
"Getting Started in Computer Genealogy" in MIDWEST HISTORICAL AND
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER; vol. VIII , no. 2, page 66.
"The National Zip Code Directory, an untapped source of search
information" published in THE WAGONER; Spring 1983, page 55 .
"French Immigration to the United States" in BULLETIN OF THE WHATCOM
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY; Summer 1983, p. 125-128.
"Origin of Christian Names and Use of Middle Names" found in THE TREE
TRACERS: vol. VIII, no. 1, p.5-7 .
"Scotch-Irish and the Presbyterian Church" in HOLSTON PATHFINDER;
Dec. 1983, p.2.
"Researching Social Security Numbers"; TRAIL BREAKERS; Winter 83, p. 30 .
"Genealogical Computing Resources " published in ANCESTRY quarterly
bulletin of the Palm Beach County Gen. Society; Oct. 1983, p.125-128.
"Research in Virginia (Part II)" in NELSON COUNTY PIONEER, Spring
1984, p.67-70 .
NON-EXCHANGE QUARTERLIES RECEIVED

WIMMER FAMILY NEWSLETTER, 804 Falconer Road, Joppatowne, MD 21085.
SOUTHERN INDIANA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 0. Box
IND . 47150; July 1983, Jan. 1984.

P.

66 5,

New Albany,

PLATTE COUNTY MISSOURI HISTORICAL &amp; GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN,
O. Box 103, Platte City, MO 6407~; Summer 1983, Fall 1983 .

BELL CHIMES, P. O. Box 451, Springfield, VT 051..56; winter issue 1984.
TALLAHASSEE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, P. O. Box 4371, Tallahassee,
FIA 32315; Jan. 1984.
LOGAN COUNTY ANCESTREE, Box 1959 , Logan, W.Va. 2..5601; winter 1983.
Virginia Appa.le.ch1a.n

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In dex t o Ance s tral Surnames by Que r y Number
Agee
94
Armstron g
62
Ash worth
S7
Bank s
48
Ba rk er
S6
Barn es
100
Ba rn ett
58
Ba rr ett
104
Barrot t
88
Bart ee
90
Bartl eson
S2
Beale
10 0
Bewle y
71
Bir sendin
97
Board
71
Bolling
114
Book
84
Borrow
81
Boy e r
99
Britt
90
Brummett
90
Burton 111,11 2
Bu s i eek
99
Cady
99
Cain
71
Cain h oe
67
Callaway
96
Carne s
83
Carr
55
Carson
79
Cecil
110
Clardy
88
Collins
89
Comphe r
83
Conner 113, 114
Corn ett
74
Coul so n
81
Cox
67,72
Coy
56
Crawford
47
Crews
88
Dav is
83
Dea n
103
Deaton
67
De Ha r t 88,11 3
De lp
99
Denn i s
88

Deyer l e
56 , 57
Do ran
62
Doss
108
Dowel l
71
Dur ting
53
Dutton
5 3,98
Dyer
63
Edds
54
Edmundson
82
Edwa rd s
87
Engle
70
Englis h
111
Eppe r s on
100
Ewing
77
Fuwley/Faull e y 83
Ferg u s on
55 , 107
Ferre ll
59
Flem in g
83
Fo r d
110
Fost e r
61
F rye
83
F uller
64
Gilbe rt
72
Gill e y
89
Go odrich
50
Gr a y
93
Gr e en
92
Gros s
93,94
Guthrie
113
Hall
95
Harbi n
68
Har dbarger
84
Harrison
68
Hilburn
93
Hill
83
Hodges
111
Holdren
71
Holly
57
Ho lmes
76
Hunt
74
Hurt
104
In g l e
70
Jackson
64
Jeffries
67
Jennings
81
Jolly
68
Jonathan
83

Jones
60,88,102
Joyner
100
Kegl e y
53
Kerr
59
Ke t c ham
83
La mkin
47
Lankford
54
Law
49,9 7,111
L a wson
54
Leff ler
56
L e wis
58
Linder
83
Lindsay
95
Lock e r
80
Lov e
91
Low
93
Lyon
83
Ma rtin
88
Matting
53
Mc Conesky
92
Mc Cormack
62
Mc Coy
71
Mc Graw
101
Mc Reynolds
83
Milner
96
Mi t chell
75
Mize /Myes 53,98,99
More
83
Myers
51
Newland
75,83
Noel l
96
Osbor n e
48
Overton
69
Owens
64
Paine
81
Parks
53
Pate
62
Patterson
49
Perry
85
Peters
46
Pittard
83
Pocahontas
114
Porter
74,76,77
Poteet
52
Prat h er
83
Puckett
66
Rakes
87,88,105

Ratcliff/
78 ,1 09 ,
Ratliff
110
Reynolds
60,107
Rhodes/Roa ds
46
Richardson
109
Robbins
101
Rutherford/
72
Retherford
92
Ryan
76
Scott
91
Seakley
Seeley
91
Simcox
53
47
Simpson
61,64, 65
Smith
66, 80,97
South
99
Speakman
72
70
Stacy
Standerfer
52
Standfield
48
Stone
113
95
Storm
73
Strouth
Taiter
53
64 , 80
Taylor
105
Terry
83
Thomas
63
Thomason
50
Thornton
106
Tinnell
62
Tinsley
67
Truehett
63
Turner
96
Turpin
98
Vaught
83
Vincel(l)
92
Walker
79' 106
Wells
90
White
Whitman 85 , 86 , 94
81
Wiley
96
Wi l kerson
48
Wilkes
96
Witt
82
Wrenn
71 , 108
Yates
85,86
Yost

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We hop e th at our readers will n ot mind that t h e queries are reproduced
in s mall p r int this time .
That i s bec ause we received a large number of
them a nd wante d to get as many published a s possible.
Also , we hope th a t
the index in lar ge print wi ll compens a t e.
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46 - 84 . Seeking info on par ents of John C . RHODES (ROADS)
Augusta Co . , VA . Patricia LUNDY. 3130 C::iswell Rd . . Troy,

.ind Lyd1.1 Pr:f!-:!{:-..
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47 - 84 . The founder of Salem, VA, J ames SIMPSON, remains :ilmo:-.t .111 1111k11&lt;1.•11.
S.1lc.•m histo ry
r esearch effort needs any and all help to bring him into fcwu~ .
II•·. his w1lv. Elc.111ur CRAWFORD;
dau and son - in-law, Griffin LAMKIN, moved to Tenn essee about lHl:...
:-; .. ,.d l11·lp 111 p1npo1nti n g
which he is among many James SIMPSONS in Kegley a:id Surrunt.:rs an.J • luv:-. tCJ tr.Hk1nh hun in
Tennessee.
Norwood C . MIDDLETON, 1149 Forest L awn Drive, Salt.?m . VA
2·11.&gt;:J
48 - 84 .
Seek info on family of Mildred BANKS who w;is th•• l!:&gt;t w1l~· n1 ~l:lr111adulu.· STA!'\FIELD .
They lived in Halifax 1780's .
Also f amily of Sarah OSl30RSE uJ Gr:1v-.;1)11 Co .. "h'' md . 13cnjamin
WILKES of Bedford 1783; also, who was the father of Ben.i:tm111 WILKES ( L850' s) wl10 ownL•d the
Peaks of Otter? Were this Benjamin and Isr ael WILKES of Patric!: (ll:HJ·l) th" ..,011~ of F1·ancis
WILKES? Lillian J. CREWS, 2001 Shady Oakes Ori ve. Tall ,,h .. ssce. FL
~l2JOJ
49 - 84 .
Researching line of John LAW, b. in England, wiie: Sar.111·&gt;. who bou~ht p1·op~rty on
Pigg River (Franklin Co . ) 1763. Lines of sons Daniel , b . ca 1762 and Nathaniel b . ca 1752 .
Also John's grandson Jess, md . -?- PATTERSON.
Prop erty owners in Hcnru:o (c-.1rly), Frank lin ,
Henry and Pittsylvania Cos. and Rockin gham Co . , NC .
Additional sons Jt.1hn J1· . . Henry, D:ivid,
Burwell and William, possibly daus .
Jean Brewer Mc..:LANE, 2803 Fern Ave .. Columbuio;, Oil 432 11
50 - 84. Can anyone tell me where I might locate early (177·1-1778) St . Andt·c·ws Episcopnl
Church records, St. Andrews Pari sh, Brunswick Co., VA?
We are try in~ to f1nd the e xnct birthdate of the orphan, Sterling THORNTON, son of William THORNTON (1751-1778) ;111d Sara h GOODRICH
THORNTON. Will pay for info .
Edith McGhee SIGMON, Rt . 3, Box 30'1, Ferrum, VA
24088
(703)365-2297.
51 - 84 . Need info on Alexander MYERS: b. ca . 1800 i n VA; md . Cl:.irinda -?- ca . 18:.W; live d in
Newbern, VA; d. before .1860. Harry Lee LOCKHART, JR., 528 Newton St . , San Fernando . CA 91340
52 - 84.
I am interested in researchin g the David POTEET and Nancy STANDERFER fa mil cs from
Jonesville (Lee Co.) VA.
I am granddau of Elbert Samuel POTEET.
l wi 11 rc1mbu r se anyone
for reproduction costs in furnishing info .
Frances L . CRULL, 1395 T::ira Rd. , Ch a r Les ton , SC
29407
53 - 84 .
My MIZE/DUTTON (DURTING) has reached s tumblin g block.
P er ha ps d csce ndan ts of
Ephraim and Martha C. SIMCOX MIZE md. 4 June 1852 might hav e i nfo.
Thei r dau Elizabeth MIZE
md. Thomas W. MATTING 25 June 1876; dau Mar t h a M. MIZE md. Albert W. KEGL EY 24 Sept. 1876;
J.D.F. MIZE md. F. A. TAITER 2 Dec. 1875 .
Ephr a i m' s brother Simeon H . MIZE md . Mar y F .
DURTING 14 Sept. 1858 . Their childr e n Martha V. MIZE md . J esse PARKS and John R . MIZE,
?Sponie (Male), George B. MIZE and Sarah E. MIZE.
Activity centered around Smyth Co., VA .
Will share info .
Maxine HOOD LUCK, 6653 E . Swee twat er Ave., Scottsd::i l c, AZ 85254

54 - 84.
marriage

Adaline LANKFORD b. ca 1833 NC md . ca 1857 La fayette Mack EDDS of Lee Co., VA.,
where and when? Sister Mary Ann LANKFORD LAWSON b . 1827 NC .
Sue McK INNON,
225 South Huron St., Cheboygan, MI 49 7 21
830
55 - 84.
Joseph FERGUSON b . ca 1799 NC or 1800 TN resided 1
Elizabeth b. VA 1817; 2nd Eliza CARR b 1833 TN.
Need al l info.

H~wki~s K~~NONTN ·
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56 - 84 .
Who are parents of John DEYERLE, b. VA ca 1819/20; md. Catherine, dau of Looman
COY and ? LEFFLER: living in MO by 1850 .
Children were:
Mary. A. ' Susan Margaret, Sarah
Helen , Louisa E . , Martha J., Benjamin, Julia Virgini a and Paulina E.
Mary D. HODGE,
11706 Teri Lynn Drive, Fulton, MD 20759
57 - 84.
Searching for parents of Jane DEYERLE listed as age 14 a nd Living with family of
Edward HOLLY in Roanoke Co. 1850 Federal Census.
Mary D. HODGE, address above.
58 - 84.
Seek any info on Patroclus LEWIS who md. Lucinda BARNETT in 18 23 (Fincastle recor d s);
went to Alabama ca 1830. Mary D. HODGE, address above.
59 - 84.
Who were the parents of James H. KERR (1824- 1890 ) of Spruce Run, Gil es Co . , VA who
md. Frances FERRELL, Mar. 1848? Children were Charles P . , Jacob F . , Margaret, and Sarah E.
J. Tracy WALKER III, RFD 5, Box 258 Charlottesville, VA 22901.

60 - 84.

Need info about James REYNOLDS, father of Jane who md. William JONES, Dec. 1 821 in
Botetourt Co., VA.
James was deceased when Jane md. William.
J . Tr acy WALKER, III, a d dress
above.
61 _ 84.
John FOSTER md. Ruth, the dau of David SMITH, Jan. 1825 in Franklin Co., VA.
Who
were the parents of John FOSTER? Who was the wife of David SMITH?
Who were t h e parents of
David SMITH? J. Tracy WALKER, III, a ddress above.

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in!o of families :
lhllow Tree Lane,

Pt\TE, McCORMACK, DORAN , ARMSTRONG, and
Ro che ster, MI
48064

PIO:-.EER FA~.tII.IES OF FRA:'.'\KLI~ CO . , VA by Wingfiel d states that Wm . DYERmd. Jane
d.1u nt Wm . THO~·l..\SO:-; :rnd ~:1ncy TURNER .
No date .
Would like to contact anyon e
re sear chint-: DYER~ nr THO ~.IASO~S .
~!rs . Grace DYER MELLANDER . 2705 Newton St. , Silver Spring
MD
2 0!=, 02
63 -

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THO~IA SON,

64 - 84 .
!'11.:cd 1nfn 011 P.1tr1ck S\IITH who d . in Russell Co., VA in 1814.
He md . Lucy FULLER
and had 2 son~ . Hl:nry S~!ITH (b. 1808) and Aly SMITH (b . 1812) both in Campbell Co., TN.
L u cy
md. second, Is:-1~1&lt;.: JACKSO::'\ .
They lived in Russell Co . , VA until after 1820 when they moved to
P ik e Co . , KY.
H enry S~!ITH md. ~l:itildu OWENS .
Aly SMITH md . Sarah TAYLOR .
P a t r i cia DICKI:\SO!'i . 825 So. W;llnut St . , St . Albans, WV
25177

65 - 84 .
Need name~ of children . siblings or a ny other info on Ericus SMITH wh o was in Russell
Co . , VA 1773-1791 . owned land in the ~ ew Garden sect ion, served in the VA militia at Elk Garden
Fort und er Cilpt . D ~1 n icl S ~.fITH and foug ht in the B a ttle of Point Pleasant in 1774 .
,P atri c ia DI CK!l\SON, :idd1· ess "bove .
66 - 84 .
N cL·d info on Eri&lt;.: u::; S~IITH, Jr . , who md . Rosanna PUCKETT (dau of Drury PUCKETT) in
Was h i n ~ t on Co . , VA on 20 1\u~ . l 785 .
He was in Russell Co., VA until after 1802 when the famil&gt;
mov e d to TN (Campbell Co . :n· c") .
Patricia DICKINSON, address above .
6 7 - 84 .
Fr om p.l"'l: 217. Patent: Book 2 , George TRUHETT, Nort hampton Co., VA 1651, granted 200
acres for each . p .ly in~ transportation for Richard CAINHOE, Fran JEFFRIES, William DEATON and
Ri chard COX .
Will appr0c:i:llc .1 ny info on these fo ur surnames in VA between 1651-1785.
H oward A. DEATON , SOOS Dewey Ave .. St . Louis, MO
63116
68 - 84 .
Ne ed connection to J o hn HARRISON . Sr. , owned l and in Pickens Dist. , SC on Choestoe
Cr eek a nd Tu ~a lou R1 ver .
Estate administered 2 / 2 /1836, Pickens Dist., SC by sons Thomas and
Joh n HAfi RI SON, Wi 11 i am JOLLY ::llld Thomas W. HARBIN .
Wife Naomi an d eleven children .
Will
exchan ge data .
Be~i::; K eese BOWEN, R-2, B o x 44 , Westminster, SC
29693
69 - 84.
Want to cxchang-e info on OVERTON' s from VA and NC .
Some went to KY , TN, GA, AL, AR
John ,
and MO in th e 1 8 UO' s .
John OVERTON, md . Elizabeth? B . in VA went into NC.
Children:
J'.ames, Aaron , Moses , D;.1 vi d, J esse , Sarah, Mary, Naomy , Elizabeth , Susannah, and Angel.
Mr s . J ohnni e ~! or r iso n WRIGHT , 15 Brookwood Ct ., Ormond B eac h. FL
32074
70 - 84.
Need info on WillL:im ENGLE of Russell Co. , VA, b. 1809-10, moved to Perry Co., KY
about 1840.
Wif e ' s n a me Nancy STACY, b. 18 19-20.
Brothers were Flem and Henry ENGLE.
Name
may have b een spe l l e d with " I . ''
Need namesof parents, but any info appreciated.
El aine ENGLE, 3 Azalea Ct., Mount Dora, FL
32757
71 - 84 .
I am publi s hin g a book Sept. 1984 on the following early Bedford Co., VA families.
T hey moved to Hardin, Breckinridge , Meade Cos . , KY by 1830.
YATES, BOARD, BEWLEY, HOLDREN,
DOWELL, McCOY, CAIN ~i nd al l i e d families .
Would like to hearabout your family .
Opal London
COX, 734 Quapaw, Enid, OK
73701
72 - 84.
Abner C OX, son of John COX md . Ma r y (Polly) RUTHERFORD, dau of Howar d RT!l'HERFORD,
26 Mar . 1821 , Bot etourt Co. , VA.
D eed Book A, p. 58, Roanok e Co., VA n ames children of
.
Howard &amp; Mary RUTHERFORD, Nathani e l A. GILBERT ; Andrew RETHERFORD; Mary RETHERFORD; Nathaniel
A. RETHERFO RD; Ruben S . RETHERFORD; Elizabeth RETHERFORD; Marian RETHERFORD; Malinda RUTHERFORD md. J ames SPEAKMAN .
Malinda SPEAKMAN &amp; Polly COX moved to Ross Co., OH, 1840.
Will
exchange info on these families .
Opal London COX, address above .
73 - 84 .
I would 1 ike to get in touch with a Mr . STROUTH who wrote me i n November regarding
membership records of Newport Methodist Church.
Before I could answer his letter, it was
i n advertently misp l aced .
I f he contncts me again, I ' l l try to help him.
Brenda L . WILLIAMS, P . O . Box 11 5, Newport, VA 24128
74 - 84.
1865 Grayson Co .. VA .
I s aa c Newton HUNT, b 1847 KY, md. Elizabeth Matilda POR~ER ,
by 1848 Gray so n Co .. VA, d ~1u o f Andr e w PORTER and Lucy CORNETT.
Elizabeth's brother Levi
PO RTER and I saac HUNT wer e POW' s (Con federate ) together at Point Lookout, MD and were released
March 1865 .
Am seeking any info o n these families.
J. c . PORTER , 4617 S. Race , Apt. B,
Marion, IN
46953
75 - 84.
Zachnria MITCHELL b. 18 Dec . 1791 , Pul aski Co., VA, d. 18 Jan . 18 72, Pulaski Co., VA,
md. 13 May 1817, Smyth Co ., VA to Eli za b e th NEWLAND, b. 14 May 1798, Pulaski Co., VA.
Died
28 Feb . 1 878, Pulaski Co., VA.
He was a Methodist minister also circuit minister.
Need
n ames of ch i ldr e 11 ? parents?
Lived also Wythe and Smyth Cos'., VA.
Mayetta E. LOCKMANJ
Rt. 2, West Park , Dod ge City, KS
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Rachael HOLMES, b . 3 Apr. 1753 in S cot L 1nd, d . l !&gt;la r . l 83 3 in Sm y th Co . . VA .
Md .
James SCOTT before 1771.
Who were their p a r e nt s '?
Childr e n?
A son lhl li ;im SCOTT b . 9 De c.
1778 md. 24 Nov. 1814 Elizabeth (Betzy) PORTER b . 18 Jan . 17 94 .
Md . t n Wy t lw Co . . VA .
Betzy her nickname.
Any help appreciat e d .
Need c hildr e n . n ames , dates?
Maye tta E . LOCKMAN,
at. 2-, ;West Park, Dodge City, KS 6 7801
77 - 84.
Robert PORTER b. ca 1740 d. ca 1781, md . 1765 M:.ir ga r et EWI NG , b .
1803. Who were their parents and childr e n?
Need n a mes , dat esand pl~ices .
Mayetta E. LOCKMAN, Rt. 2, West P a rk, Dodge Ci t y , KS
678 01
78 - 84 .
Zephaniah RATLIFF b. 1753
Charles b. 1785; Valentine b. 1786;
S. and grandson Richard N.
Did any
expense for info .
Agnes J. RUDBERG,

c.;a l 7 -15, d . a ft e r
All h e lp a ppr ec iated .

in VA a n d Ph i l ade lph ia ( S t o n e) ha d son s :
J ose ph b . 1 78 3;
Coleman b. 1 7 9 2 ; and Ca l eb b . 1 7 9 ·1.
C:.ileb ln d so n Ric hard
of the othe r s hav e a son n a me d Ri c hard ?
Will r e imb ur se
5801 Wind i n g Ri d ge Driv e . S :Ln An to n io, TX
782 39

79 - 84.
Simon Carson WELLS, 1826-1900 , a pro fessor a t Roa n oke Co lle ge ,
written a history of the CARSON family .
Would a n yon e knowin g a bout thi s
contact: Mrs. Harold P. KYLE, 3411 Exeter St., Roa n ok e , VA 24 01 4 .

w ;1 s b e l ie v e d to hav e
ln s t o ry p l e ase

80 - 84.
Samuel SMITH d. ca 1778, md. Grizzl e LOCK ER 1732 Prin ce G ~o r ge Co . , MD.
Need th e
names of their children.
Were they the parent s of El eanor SM I TH who md . ca 1755 Jame s TAYLOR
who d. in Patrick Co., VA ca 1806? Charlotte Mae BRETT , 218 E ast •1t h S t., ~4A, Spe n cer. IA
51301
81 - 84.
Joseph COULSON, b. Derbyshire, England 1669 , son o f Th o mas a nd An n e BORROW COULSON,
came to PA and d. there 1709.
Who was his wife?
Son T h omas md . Ma r t h a WIL EY, Ch es t e r Co . , .MD.
Their son Isaac md . Elizabeth PAINE.
Where/wh e n?
Son Jaco b b. L a n cast e r, PA md . Eli za beth
JENNINGS.
Where? Jacob d. 1811 (w . p.) Gr ayson Co., VA.
Wi l l e x c han ge in fo .
Mary Noell CARTER, 5701 E. Glenn #62, Tucson, AZ 85712
82 - 84. Archibald EDMUNDSON md. Nancy B. WRENN, 178 9, F re d e r ic k Co . , VA .
Nee d par e nts '
names, birthdates, birthplaces, etc .
Nancy believ e d t o b e dau of John WRENN , s on o f Col .
James WRENN, Fairfax Co., VA .
John d. 1815 from illn ess contr acte d du ri n g Wa r of 1812.
Ha v e
no proof, and will appreciate any help.
Mary Noell CARTER, a dd r e s s a b o v e .
83 - 84.
Wish to exchange on surnames in the following c ounti es :
L o u d o n Co . , VA:
CARNES,
COMPHER, FRYE, VINCEL(L), FAWLEY (FAULLEY); Washington Co . , VA:
KETCHAM, McREYNOLDS, HI LL,
FLEMING, NEWLAND and LINDER; Bedford Co . :
PRATHER, THOMAS a nd JONATHAN; Me cklenburg Co.:
DAVIS, LYON, PITTARD and MORE. Trudie Davis LONG, 8213 Maplevil le Rd., Mt. Airy, ~10 21771,
301-829-1963
84 - 84.
Henry HARDBARGER, b. 1792,
Phillip and Suzanna BOOK.
Where and
Eliza, Timothy, Peter, Hiram, John.
Marilyn PEDERSON, 521 N.E. 58 Court,

VA, md . Polly BOOK, 11 J a n. 1811, Botetourt, dau of
when did they di e? Children were J ames , Abram, Wm . ,
Who are Henry's p are nts?
Will refund postage .
Fort Lauderdal e, FL
33334

85 - 84. Desire info regarding Capt. James P. WHITMAN, Co. K, 45th VA Inf a ntry, Civil War.
Wife may have been Nellie PERRY.
Am trying to locate wife, family members, etc., to complete
YOST lineage from Tazewell Co., VA.
Dau Elizabeth md. William Charles YOST, year and place
unknown.
Jane WILLIAMS, 95 Mystic L ane, Social Circl e, GA 30279
86 - 84.
Desire any info regarding Col . William Owens YOST who was treasurer of t h e first
bank established in Tazewell, VA, then known as Jeffersonville.
He was md. to Elizabeth
WHITMAN.
JaneWILLIAMS, address above.
87 - 84.
Searching for parents of Brice EDWARDS (b. ca 1778) and hi s wif e Jane RAKES
(6. ca 1782) . They lived in Franklin &amp; Patrick Cos., VA . Bri ce d . J a n . 1856 in Patrick Co . ,
VA .
They had 10 children.
Vaughn CASSELL, P . 0 . Box 269 Wytheville, VA
24382
88 - 84.
Exc h. info on these famil ies from P atr ick, Henry, Franklin &amp; Halifax Cou nties:
Aaron DeHART/Elin d a DENNIS: Chesl e y A. RAKES/Sarah "Sa lly" DeHART; David CREWS/Drucilla
JONES; William MARTIN/Delphia CLARDY; Francis BARROTT/Susanuah -?- .
Vaughn CASSELL, address
above.
89 - 8 4 .
Need b elp with parents of Edward GILLEY and Mary COLLI NS, md. Lee Co., VA, 1815 .
Will exchange in f o; answer all correspondence.
Mrs. R. E. CARLSON, 542 Sybil La.ne" S.E.,
Marietta, GA 30067 .
90 - 84.
Need p ar ents of William P. BRUMMETT, b. 20 May 1818.
Lived in Carter Co., TN.
Md . Mali nda BRITT.
Robert L. WHITE, b. ca 1818 in VA, md. 10 June 1837 to Sarafina BARTEE.
Liv ed i n Ca rter Co . , TN.
Need parents of Robert a nd Sarafina.
Hilda BRITT PADGETT, 405
Ohi o Ave . , Erwi n, TN 37650

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J:..mL·S ~lartin LOVE, b . 1811 . KY, r esided:
1850 Clinton Co . , KY with wife Jane
SEA.KL EY / SEELEY .
F:-tm1ly r t.:l:-tted to LOVE ' S of Overton, Fentress, Sumner Co., TN and LOVE'S of
ori ginal Au~u!-&gt;ta Cu .. \'A .
~11· s . Connie LOVE LAWSON , 223 Dryden Dr., Vallejo , CA
94591
92 - 84 .
Jamt.:s RYA:-1 . b c: a 1757 . VA. md . Guilford Co . , NC, 1782 , to widow Nellie McCONESKY
GREEN .
F3m1ly to W;1ynl! Co . . KY c:i 1800 .
Son Edward RYAN b. 1783 NC d. 1813 Wayne Co., KY,
md . 1805 t o Eliz . BARTLESON, h::id d:lu Sar:i h RYAN, md . 1834 to John S. WALKER .
Believe WALKER's
of e::irly J\ u~usta Co ., VA to GA then Wayn e Co .
Need VA info on RYAN, McCONESKY, WALKER.
Mr s . Conni e LOVE LAWS0:--1 , address above .
93 - 84 .
S ec ki.n ~ info about John GROSS and wife Barba ra -?- who settled in 1769 in what was
th en B otetourt Co . lat e r W::ishini,-:ton Co . , VA .
He d . there in 1821 with sons Isaac, Jacob
(md . M arth ~1 HILBUH:"&lt; 1797~), Edmond .(md . Ma rth:i GRAY 1800), and J ohn and daus Elizabeth, Lucretia,
Sarah ( md . J:-im c.:~ LOl'f i 11 1797), ~!::iry and Mn r gn ret .
Barbara Ann RENICK, 311 Copa De Oro,
Br ea , CJ\
9262l
94 - 84 .
Scc:k1n~ info ::ibou t Jacob WHITMAN b . 22 Feb. 1781 in Buckingham Co., VA (possibly
the son of John WJ!IT~!AN) .
H I.? 111d . Sarah AGEE b. 19 Sept. 1783 in Buckingham Co., VA.
Their
dau Ma r tha WHIT~IA:-1 b . 6 D ec . 1805 in Buckingham Co., VA md. in Campbell Co., TN, Isaac GROSS
b . 1800 / 01 in Wa::;hi11~to11 co .. VA .
Barbara Ann RENICK, address above.
95 - 84.
Scc.:k1n~ 1nfo about Willinrn LINDSAY (Sr . ) b. between 1770-1780 in VA (son of Matthew
L I NDSAY of Sco t 1 :-incl o r possibly Joseph LINDSAY of Granville , NC).
He md . Mary STORM b.
between 1780-1790 invA (dau of Corneli us STORM and Nancy HALL).
They were early settlers
of Cart e r Co . , TN .
Mo s t of their c h i ldr e n lived in Campbell Co . , TN .
Barbara Ann RENICK ,
address abov e .
96 - 84,
S eek i n g marria ge r ecord :ind burial site of Thomas and Mildred (CALLAWAY) NOELL .
On e son, John C . NOELL md. (1) Polly MILNER (2) Nancy WITT: remained in Bedford, VA and was
Cl erk of th e Co urt.
J o hn NOELL had Alanson who md. Marth a WILKERSON; Demetrius md . Rev.
Fr ancis M . BARKER and Jam es T . md. Sar::i h TURPIN.
Desire to correspond with descendants for
Bible record s or other i nfo in o rd e r to place DAR marker at burial site .
Mr s . Eleanor HARRIS, l 716 Gr ee n wood Av e .. Nashville, TN 37206
97 - 84.
Would l i k e i n fo o n par e n ts of Lucy SMITH , who md. #1 Burwell LAW (killed in
War of 1812) and :t2 Stephen ASH WORTH, son of John A . ASHWORTH and Susan BIRSENDIN.
All
occurred in Frank 1 in Co .
J e::i n Br ewer ~l c LANE, 2803 Fern Ave . , Columbus, OH 43211
98 - 84 .
There was hanky-panky somewhere an:! my ancesto,rs would not tell .
Sarah/ Sally
(DUTTON?) DUTTON was the sister or sister -in - law of Jacob DUTTON and John DUTTON, children
of Ad a m DUTTON b . ca 1769.
S ally 's children were William Tompson DUTTONb . Oct. 1833
(2 Feb. 1854 md. Emily MIZE), Mary F . DUTTON b. Sept. 1840 (14 Sept. 1858 md . Simeon H.
MI ZE/MYES), and Elizabeth Carolyn DUTTON b 1842 (md. George VAUGHT) .
This Adam DUTTON clan
center ed around Seven Mil e Ford in Smyth Co .
Untanglin g appreciated .
Maxin e HOOD LUCK, 6653 E. Sweetwater Avenue , Scottsdale, AZ 85254
99 - 84 .
Seeking and will share in fo on my lines centered around Grayson Co:
BOYERs,
John or dau Po l l y BUSIECK; Susnnnah CADY; Pete·r , Philip or Susanna DELP; Eli or Elizabeth
MIZE/MYES; and Achsa (
) SOUTH and descendants.
Many of the BOYERS moved on to Nebraska
ca 1880 .
Maxin e HOOD LUCK , nddress a bove.

100 - 84 .
I need i n fo o n Shadrick BEALE who md. Nancy BARNES 4- 1-1786, Pittsylvania Co., VA .
They had at least two c h i l d ren:
Elizabeth md. Li ttleberry EPPERSON in Pittsylvania Co., VA,
and Shadrick Jr .
S h adr i c k BEALE, Jr. &amp; Sr. lived in Southampton, VA in 1810.
Who was the
Shadr i ck who md. 1786 Southampton to Sarah JOYNER?
Sonya BURNETTE, P . O . Box 41,
B a rbourvi l l e , KY
40906-0041
101 - 84 .
Seeking in fo o n John and Sara h McGRAW who were in Russell Co., VA by 1808.
Where
were they from?
Whn t was Sarah's maiden name?
Who were their children? Theil· dau, Sarah
Jane (Jennie) md . C harl es ROBBINS about 1822 and lived in Lee Co. , VA.
Charles ROBBINS'
p a r e nt s were T h omas and E.
Wh:::it does "E" stand forand who were their children?
Mr s. Freda BARNES, 111 1 Wilmore Drive, Middletown, OH
45042
102 - 84.
Seekin g info on Samuel and Abraham JONES (b. ca 1775) who owned adjncent land on
Sugar Run i n L ee Co . , VA in 1809.
How were they relat e d?
Who were Samuel's childr en?
Would
like to correspond with Le e Co . , VA JONES descend:::ints.
Mrs . Freda BARNES, address abo v e .
103 - 84 .
I n f o i s n ee ded on following DEAN' s listed in 1850 Carroll Co ., VA census :
Abner
DEAN, Abn e r H., H e nry H . , Hiram, Howell, John B., Nancy, Rebe cca, Susan, Susann ah , and Nan cy
Ay ers DEAN.
Lloyd DEAN, Rt. 6, Box 498, Moreh ead, KY 40351

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104 - 84.
Seeking parents and s iblin gs of J ohn BARRETT, b . 2:i Julr 1810 111
Oct. 1849 in Russell Co., VA, md . Cynthia HURT.
Theodos1:.i W. D1\HHETT. P . O .
Lebanon, VA 24266

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James R. TERRY md. St as h ey RAKES, dau oJ Henry RAKES, Ot·&lt;.liord C•&gt;.. VA. 1817 .
Cb :
Henry Thomas, Joseph P., Wilson W. , Wyat t J ackson, William R . , H.c.-t..·d ll .. Elk.1n;1h Floyd. El izabet
John Wylie and Minerva.
How is J ames connected to the TERRY f.1milit..'S ot l3P&lt;11cH· d :tnd Bote t o urt.?
James migrated to KY and IN after 1842 .
Any data regard1n~ this 1an11ly "'"uld be greatly
appreciated.
Ethiel B . JOHNSON , 15834 Drysdale. Southgate. MI
·IH 195
106 - 84.
Seeking parents of Sarah El i z abeth WELLS, b . ca 1803, d . ca lR88.
~Id . 3 Sept .
1828 in Nelson Co . , VA, to Joseph TI NNELL .
In Cave Spring. Ho:inoke Ce&gt; . , VA. 1850 census .
Children: Francis Marion, Benjamin, Sarah, John, Mary, Susan, Elizabeth. H~stcr. Joseph,
James and Charles.
Mrs~ Donald HARTON, E . 3623
9th Avenue, Spokane, WA
99202
107 - 84.
Who were par e nts of Larkin REYNOLDS, b . ca 178U, d . beJorc 1833?
to Hannah FERGUSON, Botetourt Co . , VA .
Childr en :
Andrew A., Mary (Polly),
Thomas, Jane (Jennie).
Mrs . Donald HARTON, address abov~ .

Md .

6 Mar . 1806
(Peggy),

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108 - 84 . Need info and parent s of Sarah DOSS, md . March, 1831, Pittsylv:ini:i Co . , VA, to
Daniel S. YATES .
Sist e r, Polly DOSS, census of 1850, Roanoke Co .. livin~ wilh f.11nily of
Daniel and Sarah YATES.
Mrs . Don ald HARTON , addr ess above .
109 - 84. James RATCLIFF/RATLIFF f rom Henry Co ., VA to Pike Co . , KY .in 1787 .
Md . ~larybee
-?- b. 1774. Their children : Caroline M. , b . 1816 md . John RICHARDSO~; "Gl'ncral" William
RATLIFF, b. 1790; Lydia.
Wish info about other children of Ja mes and ~laryb&lt;.:e .
Wi 11
reimburse for expense and answer letter s .
Agnes J . RUDBERG. 5801 WindiuJ.{ Ridge D1·jve ,
Sao Antonio, TX 78239
110 - 84.
"General" William RATLIFF, b. 1790, son of James of Pike Co . , KY md . Eliza beth
FORD and had children : Mrs. Cobb CECIL , Sr.,; William Harri son, b . 1811; Kathe1·ine; Thomas J.;
James S.; Joseph E .. Wish info about other children of William and Elizabeth.
Will rei mburse for expenses and answer l etters .
Ag n es J . RUDBERG,
address above.
111 - 84.
Seeking ancestors of Samuel T. LAW, b. 12 Aug . 1818, d . 9 Aug. 1892, Dall::is, TX .
Believe to have been b. i n VA.
Md. in Franklin Co . , VA to Lucinda BURTON (HODGES) 19 S e pt .
1852, dau of Seth BURTON.
Fist ma rriag e Nancy E . ENGLISH , 26 D0c . 1843 .
May h a v e l i v e d in
Rockingham Co . , VA.
Reimburse for reproduction and postage costs .
Fr a n ces L. CRULL. 601
Fairington Dr., Summerville, SC 29483.
112 - 84. Need info on Seth BURTON believed to have b een b. in VA a b out 1798, md. Ann-?from VA. Had dau Lucinda, b. 30 Apr. 1826, d. 18 Sept. 1 895 in Dal l as , TX.
May have lived
in Rockingham Co., VA.
Reimburse for reproduction and post age costs .
Fr a nces L . CRULL,
address above.
113 - 84.
Seeking info on Daniel CONNER, b. c a 1775-80 in Ir e land, md . 1st ca 1800-1810
to Mary DeHART.
Had a son, George Washington CONNER in Patric!&lt; Co.
Md . (2nd) Elizabeth
(GUTHRIE) STONE, b. ca 1820. Lived in Wythe Co. and probably Pul aski Co .
Daniel was said
to have lived also in Augusta Co . and was reported last seen in Norfolk.
Please help and
will exchange info . Laura CARROTHERS, 3865 E. Farrin Way, Fresno, CA 93726
114 - 84.
Need info on Nancy BOLLING, b. ca 1819, l ater liv ed with a dau i n Conner's Valley
(Wythe Co.), md. George Washington CONNER, b. ca 1815, d . before 1880.
Both buried in
family cemetery, Conner's Valley.
Nancy was a direct descendant of POCAHONTAS of VA.
I
need her parents names for connection.
Lived in Patrick and Wythe Cos.
Will exchange info .
Laura CARROTHERS, address above.
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Some Goochland Co., VA abstracts:
Deed Book 3, page 6, 21 Dec . 1736 - George HILTON of St. James Parish to Thomas BIBY, for 5
pounds, 100 acres on north side of James River; bounded by John CHRISTIAN ' s line ; branch of
Wild Boar Creek, southside; John COLEMAN'S line.
Witnesses Robt WOODSON, THOS. "X" HOWARD .
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Deed Book 3, pages 466-467, 14 Sept. 1741 - George HILTON to Arthur SLADYEN of New Kent Co.
for 30 pounds, 232 acres on the branches of Sinkinghole Cree k, part of patent of 332 acres
granted said HILTON in 1734; bounded by Thomas BIBY &amp; Ge orge HILTON; CHRISTIAN'S line; crossing
branches o f Wil d Board ; William MILL' S line; Sinkinghole Cr eek.
Witn esses William BAYLEY,
George BROCK, Nicholas "0" OWEN.
Sign ed George and Es ther HILTON
Deed Book 4, page 160, 17 May 1743 - John BILBY, pari s h of St. Francis, to George HILTON for
20 pounds, 400 acres , beginning west si de of Ratkoon Creek.
Witnesses John Mc BRIDE, Sarah
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Other states wit h t he Ded man family were Illinois , Kentucky , Mississippi, North
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by
Raymond L. Brickey

From early researchers and the old Brickey Bible recently presented to the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library, Roanoke, Va. , Jean Bricquet was the
progenitor of the Brickeys in the U.S.A. According to the 1815 Brickey Bible "
"John Brickey came from France with his wife about the year 1680 A. D.
His children were John, Jarard, Jinny, Mary and Peter . John had all
daughters. Jarad had one sone, John who died without children.
Peter married Winifred LUcas and ·had Jarard, John, Temperance , Wi nifred, Peter, William and Elizabeth."
The Brickey descendants are located in most of the states of the U. S.A . Those
migrating from Virginia to another state and their descendants will cary a prefix
of the state's two letter abbreviation before their index number .
There were Brickey Revolutionary War Patriots . Peter was too old to serve. He
received a citation for patriotic services for furnishing s uppli es to the militia.
William, Peter's son, was a "fifer" in the army. He was present a t the surrender
of Cornwallis. He received a pension of $50.00 annually in his old age. Peter,
the son of Jared and grandson of Peter 1st, served in the Botetourt County Militia on two occasions. His second wife received a land grant in Kentucky .
Gerard Jr., son of Jared and grandson of Peter, served in the Revolutionary Army
and was listed in the 1840 census as having received a pension.
The BRICKEY HERITAGE contains about 600 pages, well documented (copies of many
original documents) included and completely indexed. There are copies of some
pages from the old Brickey Bible. There are 60 pictures in the book. The
author has researched the Brickey and many allied families for more than ten
years. The book has a hard cover and the price is $J9. 95. Order from s
Raymond L. Brickey, J641 Winding Way Road SW, Roanoke, VA 24015.

1850 CENSUS OF HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA

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Marian Dodson Chiarito
The 1850 Census for Halifax Co. , Va, was transcribed from microcopy 4J2 of the
original returns of the Assistant Marshals published by the National Archives
in 1964. The boundaries of the county were the same as exist today, but a
separate census was recorded for the Northern and Southern Districts.
The 1850 census is one of the first records beginning family history searchers
consult, since the data they find can be used to entirely or partially reconstitute families. The census includes all members of the household, age, sex, race,
value of real estate, occupation, place of birth and other miscellaneous information. The surnames of all inhabitants have been indexed. The book is paperbound, 270 pages, and the price is $16 . 00 postpaid. A gift copy from the author
has been placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library. Order
froms The Clarkton Press, Rt 2 Box 533, Nathalie, VA 24577.

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GE NEALOCICAL QUERIES AND REPORTS OF RESEARCH
The book "Genealogical Queries and Reports of Research" by Herr Pfarrer Alfred
Hans Ku by of Pfalz , West Germany has b een presented to the Virginia Room of the
Roanoke Ci ty Public Library by Robert G. Phlegar of Salem, Va., a member of SVGS .
The book i.s printed by the Pennsyl vania Chapter, Pl ataines to America and may
be ordered from Leo R Wastler, 25 Cl over ·Iane, Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17055. The
price i s $17.50 pos tpaid in USA.
The publi cation contains Jl4 pages including over 220 immigrant ancestor queries
initiated by t h e Pennsylvania Chap ter a nd friends. There are J indexes, descendant names , pla c e names , and i mmigrants passenger ships.

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SURRY COUNTY CEMETERY SURVEY BOOK III

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This boo k contains J,J67 listi ngs from markers i n 50 cemeteries, Surry County ,
N.C.
Full directions are g iven to reach each cemetery. Newspaper obituaries ,
with photographs are i n cluded . Some newspaper i t ems give ·genealogical information from papers dating 1933-1983. The history of Ivy Green Baptist Church,
Whitaker Chapel Church and others is . g iven . Pictures
show special
cemeteries ,
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old homes and markers .
The boo k has a soft cover, 170 pages, and completely
indexed ,
A gift copy f rom the a uthor has been placed in the Virginia Room o.f
the Roanoke City Public Library .
The price of the book is $25. 00 postpaid and
may be ordered from 1 Wallace Kellam, Rt 8 Box 660-B, Mount Airy, N. C. 270JO.

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MARRIAGES OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1831 - 1861
$21. 00
From the Marriage Register which gives the names of the groom, bride, bondsman,
parents, and minister. Approximately 3000 marriages are listed alphabetically
by groom.
Paper bound, 236 pages, 8txll " .
VESTRY BOOK OF ANTRIM PARISH, HALIFAX CO, VA . 1752-1817
$J0,00
Transcribed by Marian Dodson Chiarito ~ _The Minutes of Meetings held by the
Vestry of Antrim Parish .
The Church in 1752 was not only responsible for the
religious ministry but -also the wellfare · of the parishioners , Taxes were levied
for every male above the age of 16. There is much in.formation here regarding
the in ha bi tan ts.
Hard cover, 160 pages, aixll" .
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WILL BOOK 0, HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1752-1773
$15. 00
Abstracted by Marian Dodson Chiarito . Consists of abstracts of Wills , Inventories &amp; Appraisements, and Accounts Current. Documents contained in File #1
are also included.
All names which appear, as well as descriptions of property,
land boundaries, rivers &amp; creeks, and adjoining landowners are included. In
17.52 Halifax Co. included tl::e counties of Pittsylvania , Henry and Patrick,
Paper bound, 88 pages , S~xll".
WILL BOOK 1, HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1773-1783
$18, 00
Abstracted by Marian Dodson Chiarito . Consists of Wills, Inventories &amp;
Apprai.sements, and Accounts Current. All names which appear in the records,
along with names of rivers, creeks , and adjoining l andowners . Paper bound,
lJ6 pages, Btxll ".
All books are prepaid.
VA 24577.

Order from The Clarkton Press, Rt 2 Box 533, Nathalie,

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include the price of t he book , a ny advertising material that you have and place
from whic h availab . e All books will be placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke
Central Public Library , Roa noke , Va . , or library (local) of your choice. Send
books to be reviewed to : Mrs Oren R Counts , 6804 Northway Drive NW , Roanoke, VA 24019.
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use a carbon ribbon or dark ribbon and CLEAN keys , mail in l a rge manila envelope
if ready to publish . That is a big help -- one reason it will be published sooner .
If not typed , please write plainly or print . If you fee l you cannot t ype well,
please type the material wi th double space . Pleas e read the material over before
mailing -- and double check all dates .
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etc. We cannot print material from printed source unless we have WRITTEN permission from the a uthor.
J, Deadline for s ubmitting material i s the first of the month previous to the month
of publication .
4. Material contributed will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped selfaddressed envelope.
5. We welcome a ll family histories (may have to edited due to space ) . Our policy
is to print prior 1900 -- much as we would like to carry forward to the modern day
generations . Als o we welcome copies of court records, Bible recon:h&gt;, etc . That
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space permits. Our editors will check the queries for spelling, punctuation, and
grammar. However , they will NOT compose them for you . Please make your queries
as clear and specific as possible, so that others can understand them and have a
chance to really help you. Each query should include enough names , dates , and
locations to definitely identify the problem. Each query must be 60 words or less
(excluding your name and address). Please capitalize surnames -- is it Mary" Smith
JONES or Mary SMITH JONES? Do NOT a bbreviate, we will.

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OFFICERS
President
1st Vice-President
2nd Vice-President
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treas urer
Asst. Treasurer-Membership
Virginia Applachian Notes
Publisher
Immediate Past President

R. L . Bri ckey

'H, W. Scott
Norma Jean Peters
Mrs . Hazel Harvey
Nrs . Mary Jane Vaden
Calvin Weddle
Evelyn Roberts on
Mrs C. S . Fowler , editor
Ora B. McColman
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Mrs Gerri Glosh
Mrs Belva Counts
Robert G Phlegar
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MEMBERSHIP: Single membership is $8 . 50 per year (Jan to Dec); family membership
$11.00; special rates to high school students, libraries, genealogical societies ,
ni storical societies (inquire) . Membership includes the quarterly, VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NO'IES (VAN), which is published in Feb, May, Aug , Nov; also an index, and
membership roster. Memberships received after quarterly mailings will receive
back issues at the next regular mailing - this is due to the cost of mailing a
single issue . Single i ssues are available at reinbursement cost of $2 .00 each as
long as supply last. Make check payable to Southwestern Virginia Genealogical
Society and mail to (for 1984) Evelyn M Robertson , 2800 Titleist Drive , Salem , VA
24153 ,
She is our membership chairman for the year.
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SVGS is tax exempt under the Federal Income Tax under section 50l(c)(J). Donors
may deduct contributions to us as provided in section 170 of the Code. Bequests,
legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts to SVGS are deducti ble for Federal estate
gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable prov1sions of sections 2055, 2106,
and 2522 of tne code.

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Montg omery Co . , Va ., Ce meteries

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S n owv i l le , Pulaski Co . , Va .

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Marriages and Dea t hs from The Herald of the Valley
Bo tet ourt Co . , Va .

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His tori c Fincas t l e, Inc.

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Minute Book Notes :
Henry County , Va .
Franklir County, Va .

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Deaths in Alleg hany Distric t, Montgomery Co . , Va.

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S urname Index

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Query Index
Queries

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Book Reviews

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Secretary ' s Notes

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Newspaper Extracts
Researchers

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The Sou thwestern Virginia Genealogical Society, Inc,, meets the third Saturday of
eac h month in the audi toriurn of the Central Roanoke City Public Library at l :JOpm.
Meet i ng at the Library our members can use the resources of the Virgini a Room
p ri or to the meeting and afterwards. The library opens at 9:00am and closes
at 5 : 00pm.

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... t seems to me that a lot of history has passed in our Society since my last
message to you in the May 1984 i ssue of the VAN .
',.le had a!: excellent meeting in
May at the Mormon Genealogical Library in t!'.,.,12 church building off route 419 in
NW Roanoke. The librarian, Mrs Virg i nia Ferguson , whom mn..ny of us knew , gave an
excellent talk on the research faciliti es available at this location and how we
could also receive other research material from the vast records of latter D3.y
Saints Library in Salt Lake City.
The following week your President too k a ten day trip to Louisville , Ky . , St .
Louis, Mo., and the country south on both the east and west side~ of the Mississippi River, visiting towns and cities whi ch my distant relatives had a part in
their beginning. We travelled south to Memp hsis , vis ited the eastern part of
Arkansas, thence back to Memphsis and return ed thru TN to VA . We Jeft copies of
our Society' s brochure in most all locations vis ited.
At our June meeting, Miss Tutwiller, our beloved Librarian of the Virginia Room
of the Roanoke Public Library, spoke at the meeting room of the Library . She
gave a brief history of the Virginia Room, her aspirations for its future and
outlined how we as individuals could help her attain her goal s. She was presented
with a copy of an old 1868 map of Virg inia by your editor , Mrs Fowler, on behalf
of the Society at this meeting.
The finances of your Society are in excellent condition and our membership committee continues to report additional new members at each meeting . I hope you
will make your plans early to attend our next meeting.
Cordially ,
Raymond Brickey, President

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MEETINGS
August 18, 1984. · · · · ·· ... "Franklin County Newspap.~rs " ••. Kermit Salyer
September 15, 1984. •• .... "Craftsmen in Southwesteni Virginia" ••. Roderick Moore
October 20, 1984 .. . . .. ... Field trip to Lynchburg.
November 17' 1984........ "Preparing a manuscript for publication" .. ••..•
representative from Southern Printing Company
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1776 MILITIA PAY ROLL
A Pay Roll o f Capt ' n John Shelby 's Company Militia Stationed on Front-.;.
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William Young Lieut ' t
Roger Topp Ensign
William Young Serg 't
Edmund Warrin D ' o
Robert Calw ell D ' o
Wi lliam Asker
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John Crocket
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William Ingram
Henry Grimes
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Willi am Adams
Francis Que en
John Cashaday
John Odle
John Toy
John Todd
Richard Davis
Woolsey Beeler
Jn' o Hambetton
Jn'o B ee n
William Been Sen'r
?And: Duncan

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Robert Young
Edmund Roberts
Jn ' o Roberts
Thomas Scott
Samuel Denton
Joseph Denton
Thomas Young
Stephen Denton
Charles Young
Joseph Young
James Denton
John Denton
Andrew Cowan
Jn'o Wils(;'n
William Hicks
Cornelius Ruddle
William Goforth??
Joseph McCormack
Jn'o Cox Sen 'r
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Joseph Crockett
Aaron Hankins

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6 Aug 1 t
Sept'r 20
10 Aug't
12 Oct'r
10 Aug't

28
28
28
28

28
28
28

28
16 Aug't
16 "
16 "
16 "

16

"

"
"
"
16 "
16 "
16 "
16 "
16 "
16 "
16

16
16

Sept'r
Oct'r
Aug't
Sept'r
"

2/
2/
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4

1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4

19
66
66
50

66

16
61
59
59
59

77

10
10

23.2.0

8.8.o
11.11.0
1.18.0

6.12.0
6 .12. 0
5 .0. 0

6.12 . 0
1.1.4
4.1.4
3.18 .8

3.18.8
3.18.8
5.2.8
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.13.4

. 18.8

14
10
55
14

.13.4
3.13 . 4

1/4
1/4
1/4
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77

5.2.8

14

.18.8

24 Sept'r

1/4

40

2.13 . 4

12 D'o
12 D'o
12 D'o
12 "
12 "
12 "
12 "
12 "
12 "
12 "

1/4
1/4
1/4

3.17.4
3. l7 . 4

12

1/4
1/4
1/4
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58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58

"

8
8

"
"

24 Sept
24 "
12 Oct'r
12 Oct'r
12 "
12 "
12 "

8
8

"
"

12
12

8 Aug't
16 Aug'y
8 "

4/
3/
2/
2/

77
42
77

V1rg1n1a. Appala.chlan Notes

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"

1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4

1/4

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3.

Ir . 4

3.17.4

3.17 . 4

3.17.4
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40

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40

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66

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58

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66

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66

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4.8.o
4 . 8.o
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�28
"
28
"
28
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28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
8 Aug 9 t

6 Aug ' t

l/4
l/4
l/4
1/4
l/4
l/4
l/4
1/4

Robert Lucas
Benjamin Lucas
Andrew Lucas
Jn'o Gililland
Hugh Breson
Samuel Leuney
Nicholas Hankins
John Cox Jun'r
John Crockett
Joseph Hawkins
Mich'l Lewney
William Been Jun ' r
Edmund Been
Isaac Drake
John Drake
Emanuel ?Sanduscus
Jacob Warren
George Been
James Coleson
William Bailey
Jn'o Cox
Isaac Ruddle
Samuel Smith

16

Benjamin Cross
Matthew Hawkins
Jn'o Green
Samuel Smith
George Little
Jn'o Burch
James Hughes
Jonathan Donglass
Andrew Gree~(?r)
Jn'o Blevins Sen'r
Solomon Smith
Thomas Maxwell

4 Aud'
28 July
Oct'r
12
8 August
8 It
12
"
8 August 12 It
12
8 "
"
12
8 "
"
8 It
12
"
12
8 "
"
12
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8 "
12
8 "
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12
16
12
16

Isaac Thomas (a Scout
Benj'm Lucas (Ditto

28 July
20 Sept'r~ 5/
6 August 20 Ditto '
392 Rations at 7~d

8
8

8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8

"
"

"

15
10
6
12
12
12
12
7
12
12

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Aug't
Aug ' t
Oct'r
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II
II

August
Oct'r
II

24 Sept'r
12 Oct'r

26 Sept'r
12 Oct'r

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l/4
l/4
l/4
l/4
1/4
l/4
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12

II

7 Oct'r
10 Aug 1 t
12 Oct'r
26 Sept'r
12 Oct'r
12 Oct'r

1/4
1/4
l/4
1/4
l/4

12

l/4

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"
"
"
"

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10

19
14
10

77
77

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25.5
338.4.8

12.5.

June 5th 1777 - Received of Thomas Maddison the amount of this Pay Ro11·1
(signed)
John Shelby
A true Copy from the origional lodged in the auditors Office Will'ni'g
29th Octo'r 1778
Dun: Rose

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Captain John Shelby's Pay Roll - Copy - Accounts from Virginia
relative to the acco'ts of Stuart &amp; Sevier.
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payroll in the North Carolina Archives. (see Aug, 1983 issue f or a 1777 Militia
Payroll.)
Virgtrua Appala.ohJan Notes

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, CEMETERIES

MacDonald Cemetery
44MY217***

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The above cemetery is located o!f
Route 657 in Montgomery County, Virginia,
about 2 miles west of Blacksburg. Recording
was done by Michael W. Olinger and David E.
Rotenizer(members of the New Rive~ Valley
Chapter of Aroheological Society of Virginia).
The numbers on map correspond with names and
statistics below. Recorded April 20,1984.
Com.pi lea by--

David E. Rotenizer
P.O. Box 1010
Blacksburg,Va., 24060

(1). Excroney MacDonald
B. 19 - 12 - 1812
D. 17 - 9 - 1882
(stone box crypt w/
flat slab on top)
(3). Elizabeth Ogle MacDonald

B. 18 - 6 - 1722
D. 17 - ? - 1795
(stone box crypt w/
flat slab on top)

(6). Depression in ground
(grave??)
(8). Square- shaped crude
.fi.eldstones
(10). Depression in ground
(grave??)

(2). Joseph
B. 4 D. ? (stone

H. MacDonald
4(?) - 1722
? - 1809
box crypt w/
flat slab on top)

(4). Depression. in ground
(grave??)
(5) .• Depression :bn. ground
(grave??)

(?). Depression in ground
(grave??)
(9). Square- shaped crude
fieldstones

*** All si tea recorded by the New River Valley Chapter/ASV are

registered with the Virginia Research Ceater for Archaeology
in Yorktown, Virginia .

�PRICE CEMETERY
44MY179 ***

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The cemetery at left is located
just west of the community o! Prices
Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia,
off Route 659. Recordi ng was done by
Royce A. McNe 1, Becky Wardlaw and
Davi.d E. Rotenizer(members of the
New River Valley Chapter of the
Archeological Society of Virginia).
The numbers on map corre spond with
names and statistics below. Recorded
February 19 ,1984.
Compiled by-

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David E. Rotenizer
P.O. Box 1010
Blacksburg, Va .,
24060

E.,

(3).D ela Heckman Price
son of
(2) . Samuel W. Price
wife of #2,
s.w. and Dela Price
Born- Sept.14,1871
Born- Aug. 4,1879
Died- Deco 5,1911
Born- Sept. 15,1897
Died- Feb. 4,1979
Di.ed- Nov. 5,1909
(6)0 Paul Bennett Beck
Teddie R., son of
(5). Lula Price Beck
Born- Oct. 23,1870
s.w. and D.H. Price
Born- May 8,1869
Died- Nov. 14,1958
Died- May 28pl938
Born- Sept. 15,1899
Died- Jan. 5,1915
( 7). Charles Price McConnell, (8). Sarah J. Price (9). J .B. Price
D. Jan. 18,1896
D. July 2,1910
son of Charles M. and
Age 64 years
Mary Price McConnell
Age 64 years
(no date)
( 10). James Fernda,son of
(12). Wm James Sairs
( 11). Susan H. Cooper
Born- Aug.18,1893
J.B. and S.J. Price
Born- Jan.20,1837
Died- Mar.4, 1957
Born- Oct. 13,1880
Died- Jan.13,1924
VA
PVT Co 142 INF
Died- April 11,1882
( 14). Armster B. Duncan
WW1 PH
( 13 ). Duncan ~Born- Nov. 28,1896
Ross
Died- Dec, 27,1918
1854-1933
(16). Currie Lee
(15). J. Wade Heleray
Mary Jane
B.Mar.22,1893
Born- Apr. 22,1860
1859-1930
D.Apr.3,1979
Died- Sept.12,1918
Amanda Broce
B. July 17,1893
Do Sept.8,197'9
(1). James

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*** All sites recorded by the New ru.ver Valley Chapter/ASV are reg:tstered
With the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology in Yorktown, Va • •
V1.rg11.1a. Appal.a.ch.tan Notes

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THE BISHOP CEMETERY
44MY191***
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The above cemetery is located about
1/2 miles NE of Blacksburg, Montgomery
County, Virginia off Route 460. Recording
was done by Royce A. McNeal and David E.
Rotenizer (members of the New R1 ver Valley
Chapter of the Archeological Society of
Virginia). The numbers on map above correspond with names and statistics below.
Recorded February 25, 1984. Compiled byDavi d E. Rotenizer, P.O. Box 1010 , Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060.
l

(1). Haven Judson, son of
B.E. and M.V. Bishop
Born- Feb. 3,1915
Died- Mar. 12,1915
(2) . Ballard E. Bishop
Born - Mar. 20,1882
Died- July 29,1948
Mary V. Bishop
Born- May 17,1880
Died- Sept.24,1942
( 3) 0

Joseph Leonard Bishop
1878-193(?)

(4). Elizabeth, wife of Jacob

Born- Jan. 26,1849
Died- Mar. 2, 1908

(5). Jacob Abraham Bishop
1852-1935
*** All sites re corded by the New R1 ver Valley Chapter/ASV
are registered w1 th the Virginia Research Center for
Archaeol.ogy in Yorktown, Virginia.
Virginia. Appalachian Notes

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88

SNOWVILLE
·About a hundred years ago, a villa ge called Snowville on Little River, Pu laski
County , Va.
miles south of Radford, was started. This village was calle d "The
Foundry" at first, with the post office named Humili ty .
In those days there were no
postage stamps nor envelopes; the letters were folded up, a small quant ity of sea lingwax held them together; the money, ten cents, was paid to the postmaster .
Not ma ny
persons received letters, and newspa pers were hardly heard of .
I never saw a news paper until 1852.
Snowville was named after the Snow family who were Northern people, and \vere
among the first settlers, whose touch gave li fe to the many enterprises that fol lowed.
The New Englanders who settled here introduced churches, school houses, Sunday sc hools,
singing classes, debating societies, etc .
The charcoal furnace was o ne
Before the war Snowville was a great iron center.
of the largest enterprises in the county. Then there was the foundry, where a ll ki nds
of castings were made; then the wood-shop with its facilities for making all sor ts of
farming implements; then the flour mills, saw mills, woolen mills .
Back in those days , before railroads and macadam roads, our village was an
inland emporium.
Saturday was always a great day in Snowvill e ; everybody around about had to go
to town once a week and get the news. The mails were carried weekly from Chr istians burg to this place. I can see old Dan Aker, sixty years ago, coming with the mail.
The sturdy yeomanry wou ld come in from the country and exchange ideas, crack jokes,
buy something from Capt. Bill's big store . This gentleman was from New Yor k, a nd
had the push of an A. T. Stewart. The Captain was a polished gentleman, a great
thinker, and a genuine friend.
Let us name a few of the men who used to be seen on the streets of Snowv i 11 e:
Rubin Roop, Big Jim Simpkins, John Hawley, Creed Tayl or, Dr. Pepper, Gordo n Hall,
Dan (Ben?) Ridpath, Lewis Roop, John Meredith, Gordon Dob b in s, Thos. Ha ll , Thos.
Crandall, Rev. Mat. Smith, et als. All these and many of the you ng er generation have
vanished, and their names are almost forgotten.

There were a number of citizens of the village that I cannot forget.
These
people lived there before the war, viz: The Bullards, the Snows, the Stones, the
Ammonses, the Sangers, the Hamakers, the Baxters, the Bi 11 s, the Hund 1 eys, the
Palmers, the Taylors, the Shelors, the Godbeys .
In 1861 Snowville passed under the war-cloud. Many of her hoble sons rall i ed
to the call of the Southern bugles. " Fall in" was heard all over the country. As
it were, men dropped their plows in the field, laid down the hammer and the saw,
kissed dear ones and started to the front.
I can see the boys marching -- - Tramp!
Tramp! Tramp! I can see Albert Bridges, J. P. Hamaker , Wi lliam Sa n ger, John Baxter,
William Shelor, going toward the valley of death! The writer saw the courage of
those boys tried in the "Queen Battle " of the war--Chancelorsville---where bl ood
flowed like water. Not a waver in the ranks, although half our company fe ll in t he
fight where Jackson was ki 11 ed. Co 1 . Vandeventer led the 50th regiment in this
great battle, and Capt. Stone , Lieut. Bridges and Lieut . Worre 11 1 ed Company I, a nd
Meeker's (?) legions vanished like leaves of the forest .
I here draw a curta i n over
that dreadful scene, and when "the 1 ast ro 11 is ca 11 ed" I may meet my comrades from
Snowville on the beautiful camping ground, where war is forgotten .

This was written by t he Rev . James T. Taylor about the year of 1912 .

He died in 1919.

Contrib1Jted by Amelia E Palmer, 1211 Grosscup Ave . , Dunbar, WV 25604
She said that this document was found among papers purchas ed a t an auction.

V1rgin1e. Appalaohian Not.es

�MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
from THE HERALD OF THE VALLEY
In the News Paper Film Room of the Roanoke City Pub l ic
Library there is a f ilm of this weekl y news pap er pub l ished
from 8 August 1820 t hrough 4 July 1823, in Fincastle,
Botetourt County, Virg inia. From it we have these:
Marria g e
Marriage
Marriage
Marr ia ge
Marriage
Death
Marria ge

22 June 1820 , WILLIAM BROWN and SUSAN SPESSARD
(paper of 8 July 1820)
22 June 1820, THOMAS CRUTCHFIELD and SARAH
CLEAGE (same paper )
22 June 1820, JACOB ZIMMERMAN and NANCY KIRKMAN
( same paper)
22 June 1820, HENRY MANGUS and DURAMA DRAPER
(same paper)
29 June 1820, JOHN RIDDLE and ANNA HARSHBARGER
(s a me paper)
All the above by Rev. John Helms .
No date, Miss SARAH McCARROLL, i n her 23rd year
(s a me paper)
4 July 1820, ISAAC HICKMAN , son of the late Capt.
John Hickman, and POLLY ALLENSWORTH, daughter of
Simon Allensworth , both of Front Royal , Va
(paper of 26 July 1820)
18 July 1820, GEORGE HANCOCK, Esq . , of appoplexy,
at a very advanced age; and
27 Jul y 1820 , JULI~ CLARK, wife of Wil liam Clark,
Esq
of Mo
leaving a husband and 5 children.
Julia was t h e youngest da~ghter of George Hancock,
Esq
both died at Fotheringay, Montgomery County,
Va
(paper of 26 July 1820)
4 July 1820 , BENJAMIN JOHNSON BARBOUR; in his
18.th year , son of James Barbour , of Orange County,
Va .
(paper of 26 July 1820)
26 July 1820 , ANN ELIZA WOLTZ, aged 14 months and
1 4 days , daughter of William and Mary Woltz, of
this place . (paper of 29 Jul y 1820)
3 August 1820 , JAMES SEVERS, of New Market,
Shenan doah County, and REBECCA WILKINS of
Freder ick County, Va. (paper of 5 August 1820)
28 J ul y 182 0, Rev . CHRISTIAN CRUM, of Frederick
County , Vao (paper of 14 August 1820)
15 August 1820 , CHRISTOPHER KYLE and HETTY McFERRAN,
daughter of the late Thomas McFerran. (paper of
21 August 1820)
1 Augu st 1820, GEORGE CHAPMAN and MRS. LUCINDA
WILSON (same paper)
15 Au gust 1820, ABRAHAM KINGREY and SALLY SULLENDER
(same paper)
0

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Death

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,

,

0

Death
Death
Marriage
Dea th
Marr i age
Marr i age
Marriage

contributed by
Charles T Burton, Rt 2 , Box 111, Troutvil le, VA 24175

�Marriage

24 August 1820, JOHN ROCK and NANCY C . McCONNE LL
(paper of 28 Aug u st 1820)
Marriage 24 August 1820, J OHN CUSTARD and BETSY WHISTLE R
(same paper)
Marriage 10 August 1820, JOHN Wo BLACKMORE and LETITIA A .
BUCK (same paper) The la st at Bell Air , Front Roya l,Va.
Death
19 August 1820, SAMUEL HORNER , in his 17th year
(same paper)
Marriage 30 August 1820, JEREMI AH COOK and ELIZABETH
BECKNER, daughter of Ab raham Beckner (paper of
4 September 1820)
Marriage
3 September 1820, JOSEPH DYERLY , of Montgomery
County, and ANN CRAWFORD, of Bo tetourt County ,
Va. (same paper)
Marriage 17 August 1820, JOHN GRAVES and HANNAH HUFFMAN
Death
30 August 1820, JOHN PECK , i n h i s 7 0th year,
leaving a widow and sever a l childr en ( same paper ).
Marriage
7 September 1820, JACOB HICKLE, age d 55 , a nd
SUSANNA SYBERT, aged 40.
"If love ' s a fl ame t hat's
kindled by desire, an old st ick's b est , f o r s u r e
'tis dryer. " (paper of 11 Sept e mb er 1 820)
Marriage 31 August 1820, SAMUEL RYAN a nd ANN COLLINGS, both
of Frederick County, Va. (p a p e r o f 1 8 S e p tember
1820)
Marriage 14 September 1820, in Shenandoah County, Col.
WILLIAM MORRIS, of Shenandoah County, and MRS o
ELIZABETH STOVER, widow of Joseph Stover, E s q.
(same paper)
Marriage 21 September, 1820, JOHN SHARKEY and MARY THOMPSON,
daughter of John Thompsono (paper of 25 September
1820)
Death
11 September 1820, HENRY PRINTZ, in his 78th year,
of Winchester Va (same paper)
Death
10 September 1820, CAPT. EDMUND PENDLETON, in his
44th year, of Winchester, Va. (same paper)
Marriage 25 September 1820, JAMES HALL and SALLY CUNNEGAM,
of Rockbridge County Va
(paper of 2 October
1820)
'
Death
(No Date) at Laurens, S Co, SOLOMON NIB IT, a native
bf England, aged 143 years; emigrated at age 19.
(paper of 9 October 1820)
Death
27 September 1820, BENJAMIN BRANSON ~ in his 24th
year, a Quaker, of Frederick County, Va . (same
paper)
Marriage 12 October 1820, HENRY BOWYER, JR. and MATILDA
BRECKINRIDGE, daughter of General James Breckinridge
(paper of 16 October 1820)
Marriage 12 October 1820, PETER F. MACE (sic) and MARY L .
NOFZINGER.
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Marriage
Marri age
Marri age
De ath
Marriage

Marriage
Marriage
Death

Marriage
Marriage
Death
Death
Death
Marriage
Marriage
Death
Death
Marriage

12 October 1820, JOHN BECKNER and ELIZABETH COOK.
(s ame paper )
5 October 1820, EDMUND WHITE and SARAH McCLANAHAN,
second daughter of Col. Elijah Mcclanahan. (same
paper )
11 October 182 0, GEORGE SHARP and BETSY BROWN,
daughter of John Brown, at a Quaker Meeting in
Winchester , Va. (paper of 23 October 1820)
10 October, 1820, WILSON C. NICHOLAS, late Gov.
of Virg inia, at the home of Thomas J. Randolph,
of . Albemarle County, Va. (same paper)
17 October 1820, SAMUEL SIMPSON, of Front Royal,
an d MARY WILLIAMS , daughter of Hon. Jared
Wi lliams, in Frederick County, Va . (paper of
30 October 1820)
9 November 1820, JAMES COX and CATHERINE NICELY.
(paper of 13 November 1820)
,
7 November 1820 , THOMAS HUFFMAN , of Greenbrier
County, and MARGARET LEMMON, of Botetourt
County, Va. (same paper)
26 October 1820, COL. DANIEL BOONE, in his 90th
year . Two of his sons are Major Nathan and
Jesse B. Boone . He was buried at the Charette
village, on the banks of the Missouri River.
(same paper)
14 November 1820, SIGISMUND STRIBLING and
ELIZABETH SARAH T. WARE, daughter of James Ware.
(paper of 20 November 1820)
16 November 1820, JOHN ANDERSON son of Nathan
Anderson, and ELIZA CAMPBELL. (same paper)
12 November 1820, CORNELIUS WOOD, in his 88th
year; a Quaker, in Winchester, Va . (same paper)
16 November 1820, MRS. FRANCES HELMS, widow of
Col. Meredith Helms. (same paper)
14 October 1820, ISAAC GIBSON, in his 10th year,
at Hillsborough, Culpeper County , Va. (paper
of 27 November 1820)
23 November 1820, JOHN KARR and ELIZA DRAPER
daughter of B. B. Draper.
(paper of December'
4 1820)
23 November 1820, JACOB CUSTARD and SUSANNA
LYPES.
(paper of ~ December 1820)
23 November 1820 , in Warrenton, WILLIAM TYLER
JOHNSTON, in his 24th year; son of Capt . Gideon
Johnston . (same paper)
9 December 1820, MRS . ELEANOR EDMONSON, in her
80th year. She was the mother-in-law of Col.
Thomas Wilson . (paper of 18 December 1820)
24 December 1820, EDWARD E. COOKE , and ANN NORRIS ,
daughter of Thaddeus Norris, of Warrenton , Va.
(paper of 25 December, 1820)

�Marriage
Marriage
Death
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Death
Marriage

Death
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage

23 November 1820, at York Haven, Pa ~ , PERRY HOOPER
and H. CALDWELL (s ame paper)
23 December 1820, DANIEL SHOE and t1ATILDA ALDERS ON,
daughter of Thomas Al derson . (same paper)
10 December 1820, MRS . MARIA LAKIN, consort of
Benjamin V. Lakin, o f Warrenton, Va. (same paper )
3 December 1820, JOHN BAPTIST COMPARET and
HARRIETT JENNELL, bo th of Christiansburg , Va .
(same paper)
28 December, 1820, CHARLES P . DORMAN, o f Lexingt on ,
Va., and AMANDA McCUE, o f Augusta Count y , Va o
(paper of 1 January 1821)
No Date, JOHN ARCHDALE CAS H an d LUCY Yo PATTIE ,
of Warrenton, Va o (same p ape r)
December 25 1820, drowned one mil e fro m Pa t t oneburg;
fell from the bridge, WILLIAM REID; l eft a wife
and several children o (same p a pe r )
10 December 1820, in Gloucest e r Coun t y, ARCHIBALD
MAGILL, JRo, attorney, and MARY JANE PAGE ,
daughter of the late Mann Page, of Glouc es ter
County, Va. (paper of 8 J a nuary, 1821)
27 December 1820, ALEXANDER C. BOYD , l eavin g a
wife and several children (paper o f 15 January
1820)
14 January 1821, JACOB STARR and BETSY FLUKE
(same paper)
11 January 1821, JOHN CRUTCHFIELD and LUCINDA
LANIUS, daughter of Adam Lanius . (same paper)
11 January 1821, CREED F. THOMPSON and ELIZA
F. COLEMAN, daughter of Ebenezer Coleman.
(paper of 22 January 1821)
25 January 1821, ADAM HEINTZMAN and MATILDA
KERN, daughter of Adam Kerno
(paper of 29 January
1821)
25 January 1821, JACOB CRUSH and SUSANNAH SWISHER,
daughter of Matthias Swisher (same paper)
9 January 1821, DR JAMES WESTWOOD MACON WALLACE
and MILDRED CLARKSON, of Fauquier County, Va.
(same paper)
25 January 1821, DAVIDSON PITZER and AMANDA POAGE,
daughter of Major George Poage (paper of S
Febuary 1821)
30 January 1821, at Hagerstown, SOLOMON HEISTER
and MARGARET WINEBERRY (same paper)
5 Febuary 1821, (no name) McCAUL and CATHERINE
SIMMERMAN, daughter of William Sinunermano (paper
of 12 Febuary 1821)
15 Febuary 1821, JACOB CRAFT and CATHERINE
ZIMMERMANo (paper of 19 Febuary 1821)
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Marriage
Marria ge
Marriag e
Marriage
Marriage
Marr iage
Deat h
Marria ge
Marriage
Death
Death
Death
Marriage

6 Febuary 1821 , JOHN GORDON and ELENOR SIRKLE,
daug hter of John Sirkle . (same paper)
7 Febuary 182 1, CURTIS R. HOLMES and SARAH P.
YARBOROUGH (pap er of 19 Febuary 1821)
7 Febuary 1821 , GREEN RICHARDSON and LEAGH
EDDINGTON , daughter of Philip Eddington.
(same paper)
8 Febu ary 1821, MICHAEL MINNIC and REBECCA
STEVER, daughter of George Stever. (same paper)
22 Febu ary 1821, WILLIAM CRAFT and MARIA
NECE, daughter of Jacob Nece. (paper of 26
Febuary 1821)
8 Febuary 1821, at Front Royal, JAMES JONES and
SALLY ROBERTS. (same paper)
4 Feb u ary 1821, ARCHIBALD MAGILL, ESQ,, member
o f the Legis l ature from Frederick County, Va.
16 Febuary, 1821, JAMES L. MARTIN, of Winchester,
and SALLY MURRY , of Leesburg, Va . (paper of
5 Mar ch 1821)
15 Febuary 1821, at Henshawtown, GABRIEL HARRIS,
of Berkl ey County, and SUSAN COOPER, of
Winchester, Va . (same pa?er)
6 Febuary 1821, at Washington D.C . , HON, WILLIAM
A. BURWELL, of Virginia. His wife died l ately;
he is survived by one son . (same paper)
9 March, 1821, MARY E. HOGAN, aged 3 months
18 days, daughter of Zachariah and Elizabeth
Hogan.
(paper of 12 March 1821)
16 Febuary 1821, at Fredericksburg, Va ., MAJOR
BENJAMIN DAY, Soldier of the Revolution, in his
69 th year. (same paper)
20 Febuary 1821, PHILIP BAUSMAN and AMRET STRATTON ,
of Montgomery County, Va. (paper of 19 March,
1821)

Marriage

Death
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage

1 March 1821, ALEXANDER FINNELL and CATHERINE
MITCHELL, widow of John Mitchell; and daughter
of Samuel Houson, _ formerly of Maryland, now of
Kentucky, all of Cover Hill, Shenandoah County ,
Va.,
(same paper)
No Date, at Winchester, Va., GOLDSMITH CHANDLEE,
at an advanced age . (paper of 26 March 1821)
29 March 1821, RICHARD SMITH, merchant and
PATSY ANN PITZER, both of Covington, V~. (paper
of 02 April 1821)
3 April 1821, WILLIAM WELCH and MARY YOUNG ,
daughter of Jacob Young . (paper of 9 April
1821)
27 March 1821, ROBERT GLASGOW, of Rockbridge
County, and CATHERINE ANDERSON, daughter of Col .
Will iam Anderson , of Botetourt County Va
(paper of 9 April 1821)
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�9 April 1821, MRS o ELIZABETH VENABLE, wife of
Abraham Bo yenable, of Lexington, Va . (paper of
9 April 1821)
9 April 1821, JAMES Mc CONNELL, in his 42nd
Death
year, son of James McConnell, deceased .
(paper
of 16 April 1821)
25 May 1821, MRS . SARAH HELPHENSTINE, consort
Death
of Wi ll iam Helphenstine , of Winchester, Va .
(pap er of 11 June 182 1)
25 June 1821, CAREY SHANKS, aged 17 years, son
Death
of David Shanks, of n ear Amsterdam, Va . (paper
of 2 July 1821)
28 June 1821, MRS DAVID SHANKS, of near
Death
Amsterdam, Va . (same paper)
26 Febuary , 1821, on Sinking Creek, ESTHER LOONEY,
Death
widow of John Looney, i n her 82nd year; the
first white female born i n Botetourt County,
west of the James River.
( same paper)
16 June 1821, REV. ALEXANDER BALMAIN , in Winchester,
Death
Vao, aged nearly 80 years .
(paper of 9 Jul y
1821)
15 July 1821, REV JOHN HELMS, born and part ly
Death
raised near Winchester, Va., but migrated t o
this place when young; a member o f the Methodist
Chu~ch for over 30 years, b eing the 2nd Methodist
hereo He had married more t h an 8 0 0 coup les.
(paper of 23 July 1821)
17
July 1821, at Gen. James Bre c kin r idge res idence,
Death
MISS ANN ALLEN.
(same paper)
9 August 1821, at Phi l adelphia, TAVENER JORDAN,
Death
in his 21st year , son of Capt. John Jordan, of
Botetourt County, Va. He was a student of
medecine.
(p aper of 13 August, 1821)
_ August 1821, in Alabama, GEORGE ~. KILLEM
Death
BEAL, late of this county.
He married the 2nd
daughter of Capt . William Lewis, and emigrate d
to the west in 1818 . He left a wife and 3
children . (paper of 10 Sep tember 1821)
10 September 1821 ' in the Big Lick District ,
Death
WILLIAM McCLANAHAN only son of Col. E . Mcclanahan,
of Bi lious fever. '(paper of September 1 7, 1821)
Marriage 13 September 1821, JOHN H. PEYTON, of Staunton,
Va . , and ANN LEWIS daughter of John Lewis of
Sweet Springs, Va
(paper of 24 September'
1821)
8 September 1821, MISS ELIZABETH ETZLER, in her
Death
24th year, (paper of 24 September 1821)
4 October 1 821, by Rev. Vanover, ELIAS THOMAS ,
Marriage
of Montgomery County, Va., and POLLY SPESSARD ,
of this county . (paper of 15 October 1821)
28 June 1821, DAVID SHANKS, of near Amsterdam, VAo
Death
(paper of 2 July 1821)
Death

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Marria~e

Marri age
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marr i &amp;ge
Marriage
Marria~e

Death
Marriage
i

;

Death

Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage

29 November 1821 . MICHAEL DILLMAN and SUSANNA
HYPES. daughter of John Hypes . (paper of 3
December 1821)
6 December 1821. WILLIAM JONES and JANE REYNOLDS .
(paper of 10 December 1821)
20 December 1821. WALTER NUTT and ELIZABETH H.
CLEAGE, daughter of Sanuel Cleage . (paper of
31 December 1821)
13 December. 1821. at Winchester. Va .• THOMAS H.
ELLIOTT. and AMELIA P. HELVESTINE . (same paper)
13 December 1821. JOHN H. McKENNIE and MARY S.
GARTH. daughter of Jesus Garth. Both of
Albemar l e Coun~y. Va . (same paper)
1 January. 1822. HENRY CORDIAN and MARY BROUGH.
(p&amp;per of a January . 1822)
28 Novemb er 182lt in St . Louis. GEN. WILLIAf.t
CLARK and MRS. ·~h~\~* RADFORD. daughter of Samuel
Kennerly . (paper of 21 J anuary 1822)
17 January 1822. REV~ JOEL BURGESS and REBECCA
SHREKEN GARST . (same paper)
15 Decemb er 1821. JOHN GRAY. ESQ .• of Monroe
County. Va~. was Judge in Monroe County 21 years
and was e l ected to the Legis lat ure 17 times.
27 Febuary 1822, in J efferson County. Va •• REV
LEWIS R. PICKLIG and ALCINDA B. HARRIS. daughter
of Samuel B. Harris ~ (~ap er of 18 March 1822)
19 March 1822 . at Brown s Hotel. MR. WILLIAM
PINKNEY. Senator f rom ,Maryland; w&amp;s aged about
60 years . (s ame paper)
21 March 1822. MICHAEL BOWER and BETSY HINER.
(paper of 25 March 1822 )
18 March 1822. JOHN GLYNN and JANE PEEL (same
paper)
3 March 1822. SAMUEL YOUNG and REBECCA LOOP.
(same paper)
28 March 1822 • PETER HAMMAN amd MARGARET HOUSEMAN.
(paper of 8 Apri l 1822)
16 March 1822 ~ PAULUS WINTHER and SARAH LITTLE .
(same paper)
21 March 1822 . E. VASS and MA.RY LANG. (same
paper)
11 April 1822. SAl-1UEL BECKNER and SARAH SPITTLAR.
(paper of 22 April 1822)
21 April 1822. DANIEL HESTER and SALLY HELPHINSTINE.
daughter of William Helphinstine; both of
Winchester. Va . (paper of 29 April 1822)
24 April 1822. WILLIA.l-1 HIPES and ELIZABETH
RIDDLESBARGER. daughter of Samuel Riddlesbarger.
(same paper)
9 May 1822. ROBERT BROOKS and NANCY JONES.
daughter of James Jon es~ (paper of 27 May 1822)
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Marriage

Marriage
Death
Death
Marriage
Death
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage
Marriage

30 May 1822, THOMAS KENNERLY and ANN SUSAN
CARNEGY, daughter o f William Carne gy , of
Frederick County, Va o (pap er of 10 June,
1822)
30 May 1822, JAMES HUFF and JANE G . GODWIN,
both of Salem, Va.
(same paper)
10 June 1822, MRS. CATHERI NE BRIDGELAND, in
her 63rd year, was a Methodist .
10 June 1822, MARY HENS HAW, daughter of Benjamin
Henshaw.
(same pap er )
11 July 1822 , JOHN FALLS and MARGARET HAGINS,
daughter of Peter Hagins , d e c eased .
(paper of
20 July 1822)
3 August 1822, REBECCA ALLEN, aged 16 years ,
4 months and 8 days, a daughter of John Allen .
(paper of 17 August 1822)
21 September 1822, CALEB BAKER and POLLY BARE ,
daughter of H. Bare, deceased.
(paper of 28
September 1822)
24 September 1822, RICHARD SMITH and HANNAH
ETZLER.
(same paper)
17 September 1822, WARWICK GATEWOOD and MARGARET
BEALE, daughter of Charles Beal e .
(paper of
05 October 1822)
15 October 1822, ANDERSON THOMPSON and CHARLOTTE
ROWLAND, daughter of Capt . James Row l a nd, deceased
(paper of 19 October 1822)
24 October 1822, RICHARD WINDSOR a nd POLLY HART,
daughter of George Hart.
(paper of 26 October
1822)
29 October 1822, CHRISTIAN KESLER and BETSY
PALMER, daughter of Henry Palmer.
(paper of 2
November 1822)
-- October 1822, ROBERT ALLEN, of Shenandoah
County, Va., and FRANCES HARVEY, daughter of
Col. Matthew Harvey
(paper of 9 November
1822)
5 November 1822, CHARLES L. CROCKETT, of Wythe
County, Va., and MARY H. BOWYER, daughter of
Col. Henry Bowyer .
(same paper)
30 September 1 822, MISS MARTHA ROSELA LEWI S,
daughter of Capt . Andrew Lewis, deceased.
(paper of 09 November 1822)
8 November 1822, CHARLES AUNSPAUGH, of Bedford
County, Vao, and HARRIET FLEGER, daughter of
Michael Flegero
(paper of 16 November 1822)
14 November 1822, DAVID CROFT and POLLY LEIBS,
daughter of Moses Leibs.
(same paper)
26 October 1822, MRS. --- KERN, wife of Jacob Kern,
leaving a large family.
(same paper)
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Marriag e
Mar r i age
Mar r i age
Marria ge

Death
Marriag e
Marriag e
Death

,

Marriag e
Marriage
Dea th
Dea t h

Death
Marriage
Death
Death

14 Novemb er 1822, JOHN MINNICK and SARAH UNRUE,
dau g hter of John Unrue .
(paper of 23 November
1822 )
21 November 18 22, AARON FISHER and DOROTHEA
OBENS HAI N, daughter of Philip Obenshain.
(paper
of 23 November 1822)
21 November 1822, DAVID BECKNER and ELIZABETH
EVANS, daughter of William Evans.
(same paper)
28 November 1822, DR. ADAMS B. FARRER, and
ANN McFERRAN, daughter of Samuel McFerran,
dec ease d.
(paper of 30 November 1822)
1 January 1823, CHARLES C. JOHNSON, ESQ., of
Wy theville, Va., and ELIZABETH M. PRESTON,
d a u g ht e r of General John Preston.
(paper of
4 January 1823)
2 8 Dec e mber 1822, at Cloverdale, Va., WILLIAM
GORDON, aged 55 years.
(same paper)
7 January 1823, WILLAIMSON WINIAN and DEBORAH
RIDDLE, daughter of Andrew Riddle .
(paper of
11 January 1823)
7 January 1823, SAMUEL RIDDLESBARGER and
ELIZABETH HARSH.
(same paper)
9 January 1823, MRS . CATHERINE POWERS, consort
of John Powers, a Methodist.
(same paper)
13 January 1823, HENRY MOORE and HARRIET MURPHY.
(paper of 18 January 1823)
15 January 1823, JAMES S. WALROND, of Lexington,
Va ., and MARGARET WOLTZ, daughter of Dr. Jacob
Woltz.
(paper of 18 January 1823)
28 January 1823, JAMES L . TURNER, leaving a wife
and 4 children .
(paper of 01 Febuary 1823)
28 January 1823, MRS . MARY SPICKARD, in her
85th year; born in Germany; emigrated at an early
age; has lived in Fincastle for 36 years.
(same
paper)
31 January 1823, JOHN EDDY
-- Febuary 1823, ROBERT KYLE and JANE PECK,
daughter of John Peck.
(paper of 8 Febuary
1823)
2 Febuary 1823, SOLOMON KEMPER, in his 76th year;
was a Baptist.
(same paper)
10 Febuary 1823, MRS. MARY ANN McCLUNG, consort of
Mr. Archibald McClung
(paper of 22 Febuary
1823)
10 Febuary 1823, MISS LUCINDA SEACAT, only child of
Mrs Elizabeth Seacat, of Amsterdam, Va.
(same
paper)
23 Febuary 1823, JOHN ALLEN and MARY COOPER.
(paper of 1 March 1823)
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- - Febuary 1823, JOHN THOMAS and SOPHIA
SHREKINGARST .
(paper of 8 March 1823)
6 March 1823, SAMUEL DAME and NANCY McKNIGHT .
Marriage
(same paper)
6 March 1823, WILLIAM LEWI S and JANE TOSH .
Marriage
(paper of 15 March 1 823)
Death
24 March 1823, MR.S o MARGARET SITES , wife of John
Sites.
(paper of 29 March 1823) .
2 March 1823, RICHARD RANSON, of Prince Edwar d
Marriage
County, Va., and HETTIE HEDRICK, daughter of
Charles Hedrick a (p aper o f
5 April 1823)
2 March 1823, ALLEN MYRES and SOPHIA TAYLOR .
Marriage
(same paper)
Marriage
8 April 1823, STEPHEN McCLANAHAN and MILLIE
WILLIAMS, (paper of 12 April 1823)
16 April 1823, JOHN BLAKER , of Bedford County ,
Marriag~
Va
and SARAH FIZOR.
( paper of 26 April 1823 )
1 May 1823, DENNIS PULLEN and NANCY KINGEN .
Marriage
(paper of 10 May 1823)
13
May 1823, JOSEPH MIDDLECOF F and MARTHA
Marriage
ALDERSON, daughter of Thomas Al derson .
(pape r
of 17 May 1823)
Marriage
7 May 1823, CALLOHULL MENNI S and ANN LEFTWI CH,
both of Bedford County, Va.
( paper of 21 May
1823)
Funera l
8 June 1823 MRS. SITES, at th e Pres b y t er ian
Meeting Rous~, at 12 o'clock.
( pap er o f 30
May 1823)
Marriage 22 May 1823, J AMES ARTHUR and EVALINA ALLEN,
daughter of Hon . J ames Allen .
(paper of 30
May 1823)
Marriage
4 June 1823, NATHAN P. LUCK and CORINNA A .
MAUPINo (paper of 13 June 1823)
Marriage 10 June 1823 SAMUEL NEVILLE and MARIA MURPHY .
(same paper) '
4 June 1823, Soldier of the Revolution, Capt.
Death
JOHN LEWIS , at his home near Sweet Springs,
Va
in his 68th year .
(paper of 20 June
1823)
13 June 1823, MRSo MARTHA HARVEY, consort of
Death
Robert Harvey.
( paper of 20 June 1823).
22 June 1823j near Mi l ford, Delaware, Governor
Death
JOSEPH HASLETT, of that state.
(same paper)
Marriage

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THE ORIGINS OF THE BOWMAN'S OF CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA by Regina Bowman Manuel

&amp; Iva Bowman Manley will be published in the near future . Pre-published price
wi l l be $28. 00 plus $2. 00 postage . After publishing the cost will be $J5. 00 plus
$2 . 00 postage . The book will consist of JOO family sheets with the early geneal ogical history of t he f irst Bowman in the 1600's corning over from England going
to prese nt, 1 983 . I t will be done i n album fashion with posts in order that families may add or delete a dditional family sheets to update , a s need be. There
Will an index . Order from Mrs . Roy L Manuel, 750 W Pi ne S t , Wytheville, VA 24382
or Iva B Manley, RT 1 Box 364, Max Meadows, VA 24360.
Virg1n.1.a Appal&amp;eh1e.n Notes

�HISTORIC FINCASTLE, INC.
Fincastle,
Virg inia, twenty miles north of Roanoke on U. S.
Hi ghway
220 was e stablished in 1772 .
Today it is a quiet and
qua int village of 3 6 5 residents and a virtual museum of American
arch itecture from t he late 1770 ' s through the twentieth century.
As the seat of the new Botetourt County from 1770 until well
int o the Revol u tio nary War, Fincastle was the governmental center
of a v ast tract of land that included the entirety of the present
stat e
of Ke n tucky and most of what is now West Virginia, Ohio,
Indi a n a, and Illi nois.
George
Washing ton,
Patrick Henry , Thomas Jefferson, and
oth er
prominent Virginians either appeared in Fincastle or sent
thei r
age nts
to
lay claim to tracts of wilderness lands.
Thous a nd s
of
Swiss, German, and Scotch- Irish pioneers passed
throu g h
on their way down the great Valley Road which traversed
the
famed
Shena ndoah Valley to settle the western frontier
country.
Combining
the talents of German craftsmen and Scotch-Irish
merchan ts
and
lawyers,
Fincastle built a town of
well
proportion ed houses and pub tic buildings, a substantial number of
which
still
survive.
Courthouse Square contains the
old
Jeffersoni an Courthouse, a Gothic style jail, and the old Western
Ho tel.
Thr ee
antebellum and two late nineteenth century churches
still
s e rve their congregations.
The narrow streets are lined
with a mixture of architectural styles.
Homes of early smiths
wagonmak e rs,
and sadlers were.usually m~de of logs now clapboard
and shingle covered.
Commercial establishments and homes of the
mor e wea 1 thy were made of brick.
The s u rrounding countryside is
also rich in frontier architecture and historic lore.
Realizing
the value of these old buildings and the heritage
of the town, His t6r ic F inc as tle, Inc· was organized in 1968. The
objectiv es
of
the organization are to pres7rve the buildings,
encourage res toration,
and educate the public to the importance
of its past.
.
One
of
t h e first projects accomplished by H.F.I. was the
restoration of the "Bar Build~ng '.' , ~part of the Western Hotel,
after a severe fire.
The building is now used by the county for
off ices.
H.F . I.
has purchased and resold "The Douglas House",
"Th e Crowder House",
and Hayth' s Hotel' all now with protective
covenants.
A typical Victorian g~zebo was constructed on the Big
Spring
lo t,
an ever-present rem~nder of days gone by.
Under
recons true tion now is a l&lt;:&gt;g cc:bin on Mur:ay Street dating from
the
1 ate 1 700 's.
The cab in wi 11 be furnished in an authentic
manner
and wi ll be open to the public when completed.
The rear
wing will be used as the administrative office for H.F.I.
Walking
tours of Fincastle are conducted by guides for a
nominal fee.
The Botetourt County Museum and the Courthouse are
of great interest .
Special consideration is given to tours for
school children.
At
this
writing H.F . I .
is making plans to establish
genealogical archives.
Many people come to Fincastle to research
the
Bot eto u rt County records for their "roots" .
H. F.I. would
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like
to give additional help by h aving
l oc al
genealog i e s
available to the public.
Historic Fincastle, Inc. is carrying o u t its objecti v es with
money raised from donations,
sponsorship of the Fincast l e
Arts
and Crafts Festival, and the sale of Fincast le so uv e ni rs .
The
Festival will be September 8th and 9th thi s y ear .
Th e fol l o wing
items are for sale through H.F . ! .
"Histo r i c F i n cas tl e " , $ 1. 75 , a
history of the town, local legends,
and cu stoms ; " Th e Fi n cas tle
Rifles", $2.00, an eye-witness account o f t h eir act i v i ties d u ri n g
the War between the States (including a r oster) ;
" A History of
Botetourt County Before 1900 Through Cemetery Recor d s ",
$6 . 0 0.
These publications may be ordered from His toric F inc a s t l e ,
I nc.,
Box 19, Fincastle, Virginia 24090.
Postage is included in t hese
prices.

ROANOKE SATURDAY REVIEM
(origillal ill the Virginia Room, Roanoke City public library)
Sat., Dec 16, 1882 .
Died -

Mr George D Blocher --- d Martinsbur&amp;, W Va -

last lvlonday

-- 42 years Four of the young future lords of Roanoke have been married withing a
week - Messrs T W Hiller, George C Huff, S F New, and J R Schick.
They seem to be as ba.dl~ stricken with matrimonial mania as the town
was supposed to have been infected with malaria last Summer. Young
gentlemen, notify us when you are about to be fired out of society and
we will publish your obituaries with much pleasure and poetic edict.
Maj Thomas J Wilson received a telegram Monday - - death of bis son Y.
Leigh Wilson --- in Georgetown, Ky - - shot Sunday pm
Mr D E Cowan turned himself in for absconding with funds last fall from Buchanan - - - Saturd.83' 1 April 28, 1883.
Mi : last Thurs - Miss Margaret, daughter of Patterson Coon, of Cave
Spring, md E E Johns of Haymakersto'W?l by Rev John Eller. - - Montgomery
Co to visit the groom's fa.oily.

Died WT Daughterty, 30 years, of Charlesto'W?l, 'W Va Henderson d Mon last - -

nephew of N F

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BIBLE OF EVANS BRAGG
Contributed by
Colonel William Preston Chapter NSDAR
Roanoke , Virginia
In 1949 this Bible was in possession of Mrs . W. L. Schenk , Culpeper, Va.
BIRTHS

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Evans Bragg was born April 26 , 1777
Lucy Ruclersille was born October 10th , 1793
J a mes W. Bragg was born December J , 1812
Su san Frances Bragg was bo:rn November 7 , 1825
Mary F . Bragg was born December 18 , 1826
Eli za Anne Bragg was born February 18, 1828
Aman da Melvira Fi tzallen Bragg , born August 19, 1829
Margaret Bragg , was born April 7 , 1831
Willia m C , Bragg , was• born, November 1st, 18JJ
Sarah Wade Bragg , was born June 12th, 1834
Phill ip T . Bragg , was born March 16 , 18J6
Thomas Bragg , was born January 17, 1791
Eli zabeth Janis Bragg , was bo:rn June 4 , 1801
Lucy Ann Bragg was born September 1 , 1817
Thomas E . G. Bragg , was bo:rn October 18th, 1819
Gabriel James Bragg , was bo:rn May 20, 1822
Mary E . Bragg , was born April 13 , 1824
Philip Evans Bragg , son of James W. Bragg, was born January 16 , 1841
Emma Huds on Bragg was bo:rn June 19, 1845
Anna Elizabeth Bragg , great grandmother of Evans Bragg, daughter of
Philip E . Bragg , was born May 14, 1874
Franc es Roudes ill , wife of James W. Bragg , was born December 31st, 1807
DEATHS

Evans Bragg , died at Rosewood , home of his son, James W. Bragg, on April
22 ' 1860
Lucy Rudisille Bragg, died November 1, 1858
Thomas Bragg died on May 6 , 1833
Susan B. Robson died April 9 , 1883
Margaret B. Massie died August 10, 1891
Elizer B. Hudson, died Nov 15, 1892
James W. Bragg, died Feb::ruary 14, 1894
Francis R. Bragg , died July 27 , 1853
Sarah B . Amiss, died June 17, 1909
Philip Evans Bragg, died October 16, 1919
Emma K Bragg died August Ji , 1925
MARRIAGES
Evans Bragg and Lucy Rudisille were married January 20, 1825
James W. Bragg and Frances Rudesille were married February 1st, 1830
Addison P . Hudson and Eliza Bragg were married May 14, 1844
Philip Evans Bragg and Emma K. Hudson were married June 20, 1866
Anna Elizabeth Bragg, great granddaughter of Evans Bragg, daughter of Philip
E Bragg was born May 14, 1874
Frances

Rudesille, wife of James W· Bragg, was born December 31, 1837

( note: from a typed copy )

VJrglnia APJ)alaoh2an WOClas

�BAKER BIBLE AND RECOR.IA5
Contributed by
Colonel William Preston Chapter NSDAR
Roanoke , Virginia
In 1949 the Bible and these records are now owned by Ti.la Bl and Mottley

Holy Bible
containi ng
The Old and New Testamen t s
trans l a t ed
out of
The Original Tongues
and with the
Former translations
diligently compared and revised
New York
American Bible Society
Instituted in the Year 1816
1841+
Ancestors emigrated to Ameri ca about 17JO (Bible-Court-Monumental Records )
Peter Baker and his 4 sons -- George , Henry, Jacob and Peter Jr.
George Peter Baker, born 1657 married Christian Dillion
son : Peter Baker, born 1710, married first Leah Ferree(? ) , second Charlotte
o. Lay
son : Joseph Baker, born 1747 , died 1786 (now Wythe Co) , married Nannie
Smith
son : Joseph Baker Jr, born 1767, died 1870 Wythe Co . , married 1793
Elizabeth Alford
daughter: Margaret Baker, bo.rn April 5, 1794 Wythe Co . , died Jan 4, 1887
Wythe Co . , married Oct 29 , 1815 Berry Hurt, born Dec J, 1786 , Wythe
Co., died Feb 16 , 1873, Wythe Co .
daughter: Cynthia Hurt , bo.rn July 17 , 1842, Wythe Co. , died Mar 13, 1920,
Roanoke , Va . ,married Feb J, 1860 by Rev . James Fisher a t Wytheville,
Va. , Isham Maness, bo.rn Jan. 19 , 18J4, Greene Co . , Tenn., died Oct.
lJ, 1917.
daughter: Laura Agnes Maness, bo.rn Nov . 24, 1875, died Jan. 26, 1948 ,
married Mar. 24, 1897 ~Till iam Preston Bland, born
died Oct 19 , 1920.
daughter: Tila Mae Bland, born Aug. 3, 1899 , Roanoke, Va . , married
Sept. 5, 1923 , Robert Courtney Mottley , born Mar. 27 , 1899, Roanoke,
Virginia.
son: Robert Courtney Mottley Jr., born Nov . 21, 1942 , Roanoke, Va .
Berry Hurt was son of
Fannie Craig Mitchell (of Dutch descent) and Zachariah Hurt , born 1763 ,
who were married June 8 , 1787 --- their (9 ) nine children were Berry ,
Rhoda, James , Stephen , Washington , Meredith , Polly , Margaret and
Calvin
Origin of Hurt name -- descendants of the Earl of Hurtford
Zachariah Hurt was a Va . Militia man in Revolutionary War. Drafted 1781 placed in a company commanded by Capt . Robert Hughes, attached tq Gen .
Lawson's Brigade. Zachariah Hurt was a member of Va . House of Delegates
1822. ((Va. State Library, List of Revolutionary Soldiers (Name of Book Journal of); 173 H.D. 1823, 46 -- Wythe Pets. Dec. 8 , 182J))
(note: from a hand written copy)

�HENRY COUNTY , VIRGINIA
Some Notes from the Minute Books
These records a re f ound in the Ninute Books in the 'old' courthouse,
Martinsv i lle , Virg inia. The clerk said that these notes were done by R.P.
Gra v ely Jr ., Marti ns ville , Virginia .

MB J, p 105 , July _ _ : George Waller &amp; John Marr Esq'rs are appointed to
S ettle with the Deffici ent Sherifs for the Severall Collections in this
County f r om the Year 1777 to the Present Year.
MB J , p 129 ; Nov . 1783: John Dillard Esq. is appointed Burser to Collect
&amp; Account with this Cou rt once is 6 Months for all fines &amp; Forfetures
that h a s b e en i mposed on the Different Persons in this County Since the
Year 1777 .
MB J, p 129: Nov 178J r It appearing to this Court by the 0:3.th of Peter
S a unders that Col . Abraham Penn Esq . &amp; also his own that the said Penn had
two Negroes taken from him by the British Enemy which Negroes the said
Penn Purchased of Charles Smith of Hanover County for which the said Penn
gave the Said Smith the Quantity of 16000 Weight of Inspected Tobacco
p assd at Richmond &amp; Manchester Inspection which is ord 'd to be Certified
to the Governor &amp; Council agreeable to an Act of Assembly in that case
made &amp; Provided. Also the said Penn has 2033 lb. Tobo . destroyed by the
said En e my at Petersburgh Inspection , which was pass 'd in the name of
Thomas Bedford &amp; Pass 'd by the said Bedford to him.
MB J , p 146 : April 1784: Ruben Baughan came in to Court &amp; made oath that
he had a Cert. from the Board of Audi tors for t5. 8. 0 for his Services in
the Militia when ordered to the Southward. Also a Cert. for 10/8 for
Militia Service which Cert ' s is since been burnt in his house, &amp; the same
i s ord. to be C.
MB 3, p 155; May 1784: John Chandler is allowed 40/ for a Smooth Board
Gun for the use of the Militia of this County which Gun appears to be lost.
MB J, p 155; May 1784: Christopher Perkins is Allowed 700 Pounds Pa.per
Currency for a Rifle Gun for the use of the Militia of this County.
MB J, p 204 ; Jan 1785: Jacob Burrus is Allowed !25.12.0 for a Waggon &amp;
Team &amp; forage. • . 42 fuys Services under the direction of Jos. Martin Agent
of I ndian Affairs which is Ord 'd to be Certified.
MB 4, p 29; June 1785: Jessee Wills is Allowed 350 lb. of Gross Beef
fu rnished the Commissioner of Provisions of this County
MB 4, p 29: June 1785 : William Stewart is also Allowed 45 lb. Bacon furni s hed the Hospital at this Courthouse in March 1781.
MB 4 , p JJ; July 8.5: Henry France is allowed :EJ.10. 0 for Support'g
Corne lius Cookley &amp; Thomas Summers
5 Weeks each, as Bri ttish Prisoners ,
.
by order of Abra. Penn Gt. Ll.eut. of the County.

�1836- 1840 Minute Book - Franklin Co., VA - page 23 -

May 1836

On the motion of Thomas Davis who made Oath and gav e bond an d
security according to law, certificate i s granted hi m for obta ining
letters of administration on the estate of Steph en King dec9 i n due
form.
Ordered that Meshack Turner, Jo siah Turn e r , J acob Goode a nd
Geo . Turner or any three of them do appraise in c urr e n t money the
personal estate of Stephen King dee~ and return the same to Court.
Stephen Preston vs Robert Cook - Motion - Do c k9 &amp; cont? till the
first day of the next Court .
Order ed that Samuel Hale, Pleasant Brown, J ohn P almer, and Thomas
Ferguson or any three of them do state &amp; settle the account curren t
of William Turner dec9 admr . and ma k e report to Court .
Acc oun t Current of Josiah Harrison d ec9 admr- Ret9 &amp; Cont?
On the motion of Frances Woody by wm Col eman her n ext fr i en d
It is ordered that Robert Hodges Jr be summoned to app e ar at the
next Court, to Show Cause why he should not give other and good
security as Guardian of the said Frances Woody .
Satisfactory evidence was adduced in court that Moses Greer Se n~
who was placed on the Pension Roll by warrant dat ed the st day of
Dec~ 1832, departed this life on the lOt day of May 1834, l eav ing
no widow, and that Moses Greer Jr . William Gr eer, Mary Pol l ar d ,
Nancy Carper, Elizabeth Callaway, Eleanor Shel ton, Walter T . Greer,
John Greer, Tho~ B . Greer and Catharine B. Gre er are hi s children
now living~ That the said William Greer, Mary Poll ar d, John Greer
&amp; Eleanor Shelton reside without this Commonwea lth in parts unknown
&amp; have not been heard from for some time .
On the motion of Pleasant Dickinson who produced the Sheriff rec~
for $18: _and gave bond &amp; Security according to law~ license is
granted hi~ to Keep an ordinary at his place of resid~nce in this
County until ~he l?~ Monday in May next, the court being Satisfied
that the applicant is a man of good Character, and that he will
keep an usef ul house of entertainment .

- The Same .

Tho~

s.

J.

M. Booth - The Same.

&amp;

Jones &amp; Co.

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Heptinstall &amp; Bailey
Beverly Sydnor Jr.
John

s.

Brown

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The Same

The Same.

The Same.

Richd M. Taliaferro

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The Same .

V1rg1.n1a Appalachian Notes

�JAMES BRUCE
contribu ted by
Eugene E T ucJ.i:ey

D EEDS AND WILLS

BOOK II OF PI TT SYLVANIA CO., VA .

17 80-182()

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In the nam e of God Ame n, I James Br uce of Pittsylvania County,
St ate of Virginia , beinq we ak &amp; in a low state of health; but of
pec fectly sound &amp; dissposi n g mind &amp; memory , &amp; knowing that it is
ap poi n tide unto all me n to d ie, do make this my last will &amp;
Test ament in focm &amp; ma nn e r followi ng-Pic st . I cesign &amp; b eg u e th my so ul into th e ha nds of God who gave
it &amp; my body to he la i d i n the grou nd in decent &amp; Christian
mann ec --- -n ext i t i s my will &amp; desire that my just debts be paid
for which purpose it is my wi ll &amp; desir e, that the land whe reon
my son Wi 11 iam Bruce • s fam ily now lives &amp; that whereon Clebon
Shel ton formerly l i v ed co ntainin g both four hu ndred &amp; sixty six
acr es s h all both be sol d f or this purpose of disch argin g my just
debt s - sho u ld t h e sale of the above land amou nt to more than my
just de b ts , i t i s my will &amp; desire that the overplus shall be
a ppro p ri a t e to t h e use &amp; support of my beloved wif e &amp; children to
pcomote &amp; ( ? } t h e ir educ a tio n.
And shoulde the sale of the above
land sale shorts in d is s chargi ng my just debts it is my wi ll &amp;
de sir e t hat my E xors. hereafter named shall sell so much of my
move able &amp; par ishable property that can be l est spared to supply
th e deficity if any.
For whi ch purpose I choose Jesse Keisee,
Gciff ith Dickinson &amp; Every Mustun to act as my Exe cut ors Further- I giv e them full power to sel l those lands above
mentioned and make a good &amp; lawful title to the purchase Item I
give &amp; beguea.th to my beloved wife Tab itha Bruce my house and
lands whereon I n ow liv e with all my household &amp; kichen furniture
togeth er with a l l my black &amp; plantation tools and every o ther
property which I p ossess during her n atural life or widowhood and at h e r death or marriage for my Exors. to sell the property,
and th e mon ey to be equally divided among my children Item it is
my w i l l &amp; des ir e that those of my children who have received a
certain part of my Estate of wh ic h others ha ve not received (v i z)
that those who have received sh all account for &amp; settl e withmy
Exor s. for those thing they have received when an equal division
tak s p lace I tem n ames of my children who have received certain
property .
-L..
My son Wi l l i am Bruce rec.a • .•.. . ~17.0.3
My daughter Cather in e Dave . .. .. • ·
19.12.0
My daughter Sa l l y cox .•....•... • · • 43 . 1 2. 0
My son Tho . Bruce . . . • • . . . • • . . • . • . .
28.12.0
My son Fedrick Br uce • • ...•...•...•
21.1 2 . 0
My daughter Win ny Swepson ..•.•.. • .
13.12.0
Item those are they of my children who have rec.a . the above
part of my Estate. It e m names o f my children who have rec . a . no
part of my Estate Eli zabeth Br uc e, James Bruce , Tabatha Bruce ,
Ansl e m Bruce, S u sa nn a Bruce, Signed, Sealed &amp; Delivered this
Box 885, Burns , OR 97720
Virginia Appa.l&amp;Ohian Notes

�/0£
Eight day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen hu ndred &amp;
fourteen in preence of:
Jaco b Mill er, George Camp , Nev in
Stewart.
his
James

X

Bruce

mark
At a Court held for Pittsylvani a county the 20th day of June
1814 .
The within last Will &amp; Testame n t of James Br uce Deceased
was . presented in court and prove d by the oath of and witness
thereto subscribers -and at anoth e r co . court h e ld for the said
county the 18th day of July 1814 The same was further proved by
the oath of one other witness thereto subscrib ed a nd ordered to
be recorded - and on the motion of Samu el Sto n e who made oath
according to Law, and with Joshua s ton e Serl, Nelson Tucker &amp;
Phi lip L. Grasty his securities e ntered into a n d acknowledged
their bonds in the penalty of Five Thous and Dollars conditione d
as the law directs. Artificate is granted him for obtaini n g
letters of administration of the Estate of the said James Bruce
Des.d. wi th his will annexed in due form ..
Teste Will Tunstall Cto -----

Copied from the KANAWHA BANNER (newspaper), Charleston , (w ) Va , from microfilm. Ihte of 18 May 1832.
STOP THE RUNAWAYS! J
Escaped from the custody of the Sheriff of Floyd
county, Virginia, on the 15th day of April 1832, JOHN H. WILLIAMSON and
THOMAS S GARDNER. The former a native of Buckingham and the latter of
Montgomery county in this State. They were arrested on t he charge of
Horse-Stealing, and awaiting their trial. The said Williamson i s a vecy
small man, about 21 or 22 years old, blue eyes, dark hair , exceedingly
fine teeth , rapid of speech , and of genteel address. He had on when he
escaped, a very good blue cloth coat, and eorded pantaloons of very wide
stripe , much wo:rn, and a pair of old square toed boots and coarse white
fur hat somewhat bell' crowned. The said Thomas S. Gardn er is 22 years old
six feet and upwards high, dark eyes as well as recollected, somewhat
stoop- shouldered and awkward in his appearance. He had on when he escaped
an ol d brown cloth coat nearly wo:rn out, and pantaloons of the same fabric
as Williamsons , but not so much wo:rn, a fashionable black hat, coarse and
much worn and unfashionable shoes. His hair is dark. The f irst joint of
the forefinger of his right hand, is crooked . His teeth are very irregularly set, but sound. It i s believed they had no money when they escaped.
We exhort all the good people of the commonwealth to arrest the said culprits if possible that they may be brought to jail and i mpa rtially tried ,
THOS. H. SLIGON D, for Robt. Goodson , S .F.C.
May 5, 1832
Virginia Appe.la.oh1an Notes

j

�/tJIJ
~ONTGO~ERY

COUNTY , VIRGINIA
DEATHS IN ALLEGHANY DISTRICT

The foll owin g are a few of the deaths that occured in the years 1920
and 19 21.
One of our members has given addit ional information and
thi s is added at the end of the record.
The ord er of information given : name of decea sed; ma le (m) or female
(f); ra ce:
white (w) or black
(b); mart ial stat us : single (s},
marr ied (md), widow/widower; date of birth (b); age: year(y), month (m},
day (d); occupation (o); place of birth (pb) (if Mo ntgo mery Co - Montg.};
par ent s: father (f), place of birth (p b), mother (m), place of birth
(pb); inf ormation give n by (in f), reside nce (r); dat e of death (d),
plac e of burial (bur) and dat e of bu rial.
Please remember that all
inform ation may not be give n and so me could be wro ng . The information
is onl y as good as the knowledge of the person g i vi n g it and they could
be wron g.
CONNER , Wi 11 i am Nathan = m = w = widowed = b Jan 184 0 = 80y llm -d =
o far mer = pb Montg. Co = f Cosley Conner, pb Montg Co= m Lydia A
Hall , pb Montg Co = ing J. L. Maxey, Alleghany Spgs, Va (r); d 19 Dec
19 20 = bur Lick Ridge Graveyard= 20 Dec 1920 .
C0 MPT 0 N , B e t t i e E u i s ? E n i s = f = w = md = bl 8 May 1 9 2 0 ( s i c ) = 21 y 9 m
Od = o housework = pb Va = f Thomas Jenks, pb Va= m Jane Casidy, pb
Va = inf GB Compton, r Elliston, Va= d 25 Feb 1920 =bur Altivista,
Va= 27 Fe b 1920.
CRAIG , Willi am= m = w = md = b 15May1846 = 74y Om Sd = o farmer=
pb Bedfor d Co, Va = f J Slate Craig, pb Va= m Lucinda StClair, pb
Bedfo rd Co , Va =inf Mi lton Craig, r Sh awsville, Va= d 20 May 1920 =
bur Whit es Cem etery = 21 May 1920.
GEARHEA RT , Jessi e M = m = w = md =w ife Mary Gearheart= b 6 Mar 1855 =
65 y 7m 4d = o farmer = pb Montg Co = f Calvin Gearheart, pb Va = m
Sophia Akers, pb Va = inf Everette Gea rheart, r Lavender, Va= d 10
Oct 1 920 = bur ne ar Lavender= 11 Oct 1920.
GRAHAM , Abagail = f = w =widow= hus William J Graham= b 27 Feb 1827
= 92y 6m 26d = o housekeeper= pb Mo ntg Co = f Charles Hall, pb US=
m· un kno wn = inf R H Graham, r Alleghany Spgs, Va= d 23 Sept 1920 =
bur Mt Ple asant Graveyard = 24 Sept 1 92 0 .
HOB ACK , Noah W = m = w = md =wife Gil lie Hoback= b s Mar 1849 = 71y
9m 18d = o merchant = pb Floyd Co, Va = f (blank)= m Nancy Hoback,
pb Flo yd Co. Va = inf FW Stewart, r Otey, Va = d 22 Dec 1920 =bur
Pi edmont Cementery = 24 Dec 1920.
KIR K. Sarah Adaline = f = w = widden (sic) = b 3 July 1857 = 62y 7m
8d = o hou sekeeper = pb Montg Co = f James Wheelin pb Montg Co= m
Jul ia Taylo r= i nf Pem Wheelin, r Christ iansburg, Va= d 2 Feb 1920 =
3 Feb 1920 .= bur Fagg, Va.
Virgin.ta Appalachian Notes

�LEONARD , Lucille= f = w = s = b 13 May 1902 = 17y Sm lOd = o si lk
worker = pb Montg Co = f Charles Leonard, pb Montg Co = m Annie Doy le,
pb Montgomery Co = inf L M Rose, r Christiansb urg, Va = d 22 Jan 1920
= bur near Shawsville = 25 Jan 1920
MARYE, Alfred James = m = w = md = wife Nannie Marye = b 18 July 1846 =
73y 7m 18d = o Ret ired Station Agent = pb Va = f Robert B Marye, pb Va
= m Mary Madison, pb Va= inf Mrs Nannie Marye, Shawsville, Va r = d
26 Feb 1920 = bur Shawsvil le Cemetery = 28 Feb 1920 = undertaker,
HE Gardner, Shawsville, Va .
MEACHEN, Jas H = m = w = md = b 16 Oct 1846 = 73y 8m 15d = o farme r =
pb Va = f*Aley? Meachum?/Meachen, pb Va = m ?Jenna Wo~lwine, pb Va =
i n f CR Me a c h um , El 1 i s to n , Va r = d 1 J u 1 y 1 9 2 0 = El 1 i s t o n , Va . , bur 2
July 1920.

(*or Acey)

STEWART, Mary = f = w = widow = hus Sharrel Stewart = b 10 June 183 7 =
83y 7m 28d = o housekeeper = pb Floyd Co, Va = f David Ha 11, pb Montg
Co= m Aby !dings, pb Va = inf FC Stewart, r Otey, Va = d 9 Feb 1920 =
bur Piedmont = 20 Feb 1920.
STEWART, Lucy= f = w = md = hus Walter Stew art = b 9 Oct 1876 = 42y
3m 26d = o housekeeper = pb Montg Co = f J Whit Atk ins on, pb Va = m
Rebecca Walters, pb Va = inf Walter Stewart, r Otey, Va = d 5 Feb 1920
= bur Piedmont 6 Feb 1920.
STONE, Eliza Ann = pd Elliston = f = w = md = hus J P Stone = b 13 Dec
1847 = 72y 6m = o farmer =pb Va= f James Daniels, pb Va = m Elizabet h
Spenser, pb Va= inf JP Stone, r Ellistone, Va= d 2 June 1920 = bur
Elliston, Va = 3 June 1920
THOMAS, Mrs Matt ie = pd Lafayette = f = w = widow = b not known = ca
78y = o housekeeper= pb Va = f Lewis Thomas, pb Va = m not known =
inf P G Thomas, r Lafayette, Va = d 2 July 19 20 = bur Lafayette, Va =
3 July 1920.
WELLS, Elizabeth Ann = pd Ironto = f = w - widowed = wife of Sa muel
Wells = b 19 Mar 1836 = 84y lm 13d = 0 farmers wife = pb Va = f not
known = m not known = inf w c Wells, Ironto, Va r = d 2 May 19 20 = bur
Halls Church, Va = 3 May 1920.
AUSTIN, Stafford R = m = w = widower = b 16 Dec 1883 = 37y 8m 7d = b
Va = f Wm Austin, pb Va = m Nancy Bradbury, pb Va = d 23 Aug 1921 =
bur Halls Church, Va= 24 May 1921 =inf by Wm Austin~ Elliston, VA
BANDY, Richard = m = w = md = wife Mary Bandy = b 1856 = 65y = farmer
= o farmer= pb Bedford Co, Va= f Cornelius Bandy,pb unknow = m Mar)
Barton, pb unknown = inf George Bandy, r Harless, Va = d 28 Feb 1921
near Lavender = 1 Mar 1921.

= bur

BONES, Minnie M = f = w = md = hus William Bones = b Mar 1877 = 44y =
o housekeeper = pb Montg Co = f Henry Gearheart, pb Montg Co = m
Mollie Woods, pb Floyd Co = inf William Bones, RFD 2, Christiansburg,
Va r = d 4 May 1921 = bur near Lavinder = 5 May 1921.
COOK, John D = pd Ironto, Va = m = w = md =wife Maggie Cook = b 27 Dec
1860 = 60y 9m 12d = o farmer = pb Montg Co = f John W Cook = m Dina
Virgtnia Appal&amp;ohian Notes

�/Pf
Neatha wk, pb Va
Church , Va .

=d9 Oct 1921 = inf HP Cook, r Ironto, Va= bur Halls

CREASY, Da ve = m = w = m = b 22 Feb 1866 = 55y 8m 3d = o farmer = pb
Bedford Co, Va = f Leonard Creasy, pb Va= m Margaret Creasy, pb Va=
inf WL Creasy, r Christiansburg, Va = d 25 Oct 1921 =bur Christiansbur g = 29 Oct 1 92 1 .
DUNC AN, Andrew Jackson = m = w =widowed= b 4 July 1846 = 74y lOm 14d
= o farmer = pb Montg Co = f Jackson Duncan, pb Montg Co = m Susie
Akers, pb Mo n tg Co = d 22 May 1921 = inf CH Duncan, r Lafayette, Va =
bur Halls Church, Va = 25 May 1921.
GRIER, John A = m = w = md =wife Glady Grier = b 14 Mar 1896 = 25y
9ml0d = o Bridgema n Vgn RR CO= pb Va = f George W Grier, pb Va= m
Ella Josephine S h e rrard , pb WV= d 24 Dec 1921 = cd struck by train=
inf GT Grice, r Ellisto n , Va= bur Shawsville, Va= 26 Dec 1921
HALL, Sa rah El izabeth= f = w = md = hus Dallas Hall= b 8 Apr 1854 =
66y 2m 17d = o h o usewife = pb Floyd Co, Va= f William Akers, pb don't
know = m Eli za beth Webb, pb don't know= inf Dallas Hall , r Christiansburg , Va = d 17 Aug 1921 = bur near Christiansburg= 18 Aug 1921.
HUFFM AN, George W = pd Elliston= m = w =divorced= 69y Sm 20d = o
1 a bor er = pb Craig Co, Va = f &amp; m not known = d 6 Oct 1921 = cd struck
by train , Elliston , Va= inf by J Burus , r Elliston, Va= bur Richardson B. Gro und = 2 Oct 1921.
(par e n ts: ? son '()f Alexander &amp; Eliz., Simmonsville Twp . , Va . }

,

MALLORY , Emma Alice= pd Elliston= f = w = md = b 18 Oct 1873 = 47y
3m 20d = pb Ind . = . f James Smith, pb Va = m Margaret E Fedro, pb Ind.=
d 7 Feb 1921 = buried 10 Feb 1921 =bur Ellisto n, Va.
McDANIEL , J. K. = m = w = md =wife Susie= b 8 May 1840 = 80y 7m 20d =
o railro a der = pb Montg Co= f William McDaniel, pb Montg Co= m Mary
McDaniel , pb Montg Co = inf LL Dove, r Christiansburg , Va~ d 28 Feb
1921 = bur Denhill = 1 Mar 1921.
MO S E S , Mr s Mo 1 i s e y E = pd La fay e.t t e = f = w = md = b 2 1 Apr 18 55 = 65Y
Bm 14d = pb Va = f John H Minnch = m Susie E Bradley = inf by Mrs
Nannie L Hase? , r Asheland, WV= d 4 Jan 1921 =bur Lafayette, Va= 5
Jan 1921 .
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MOSES, Peradin = pd Ironto = f = w • md = hus o J H Mosses= b 30 June
1851 = 69y 14m 12d = pb Montg Co = f Gordon. Hall , pb Ind . = m Bertha
Conner, pb Va = d 12 May 1921 = bur Hall s Church, Va= 11May1921 =
inf hus.
NUNN, I saac = m = w = s = b 1869 = 52y = o farmer= pb Pulaski Co= f
Jackson Nunn, pb Va = m Rena Hurst, pb Pula ski Co, Va= inf Preston
Nunn, r Otey, Va = d 18 June 1921 =bur Pulaski Co= 19 June 1921.
PATERSON, Willi e Carrie = f = B = S = b 29 Mar 1886 = 35y llm l ld = pb
Montg Co = f 01 iver Pater son, pb Montg Co = m Ha rret Martin , pb Floyd
Co, Va. = inf by Oliver Paterson = d 14 Mar 1921 .

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Vlrg1n.1a Appalaoh1an Notes

�110
PERDUE, Theodosie Francis = pd Ironto = b 15 Nov 192 1 (sic) = d 30 Jan
1921 = 52y 2m 15d = pd at home = pb Va = md = f James Dove, pb Va = m
Frances Jones, b Va =inf by JH Perdue , r Iront o, Va = bur 1 Feb 19 21
at Hall s Church.
POFF, Plina Josephine= f = w = md = h Luth er Poff, b 17 Aug 18 78 =
43y 3m 20d = o housekeeping= pb Montg Co = f Henry Ake r s, pb Montg Co
= m Georgianna Creasy, pb Montg Co= inf Luther Pof f , r Allegha ny Sp rings, Va = d 8 Dec 1921 = bur All eghany Spring s = 8 Dec 1 92 1 .
POFF, Wm M = pd Elliston, b 29 Mar 1889 = 32y 5m = p b Fl oyd Co , Va =
f Da niel Poff, pb Floyd Co, Va = m Lu e Dickerson, pb Fl oy d Co, Va =
inf EB Poff, r Elliston = d 3 Apr 1921 = bur 4 Apr 19 2 1 , Sh a ws ville,
Va. = o lab orer.
POFF, John Henry = pd Elliston = m = w = md = b 10 Apr 1997 ( s ic) =
24y lm 3d = o Signa lman , N&amp;W = pb Flo yd Co, Va = f Ben Poff , pb Floy d
Co, Va= m Lue Dic kers on, pb Floyd Co, Va= inf by PK Poff, r Ellisto n ,
Va= d 13 May 1921 =buried 15 Ma y 1921, Shaw s ville, Va .
SNUFFER, Samuel Jackson= res Chri stiansburg, Va, lived there 18y =
wife Mrs E E Snuffer = b 28 Sept 1849 = 73y = o farmer = pb Floyd Co,
Va = f Isaac Snuffer, pb Floyd Co, Va= m Mal ind a Rakes, pb Frank lin
Co , Va = inf Mrs EE Snuffer, r Christiansburg , Va = d 30 No v 1921 at
1 pm = bur Ellett, Va = 2 Dec 1921 = un dertaker, PL Snuffer , Chr i st iansburg, Va.
SPANGLER, Calvin E = m = w = widower = b 7 Dec 1849 = 71y 7m 20d = o
merchant = pb Va = f Wm Spangle·r, pb Va = m Polly Irvin, pb Va = d 27
July 1921 = bur Floyd, Va = 30 July 192 1 = in f WO Barton, r Ellist on,
Virginia.
TAYLOR, Emily B = pd Elliston = f = b = md = b July 29, 1974 ( s ic) =
46y Sm 12d =pd at home= pb Pulaski Co , Va= f Wm Page, pb Pulask i ,
Va = m Eliza Glenn, pb Va = d 10 Jan 1921 = bu r Pu l aski, Va = 12 Jan
1921 = inf WM Taylor, r Elliston, Va.
WELLS . John T = m =
penter = pb Roa noke
Margaret Burnett?or
J W Wells. r Salem,

w = wi dowed = b 15 Oct 1832 = 88y 7m 19d = o car~
Co, Va= f Wm Well s, pb Campbell Co , Va = m
Bennett?, pb Campbell Co , Va = d 1 June 1921 = inf
Va = bur Richardson Cemeter y, Va = 3 Jun e 1921.

WHEELING, Mrs Fanny= f = w = md = hu s John L Wheeling = 82y = o housewife = pb Montg Co ,· Va = f Phi 11 i p Gowen , pb Montg Co = m Sophi a Gowen,
pb Montg Co = inf MB Garden, r Christi ans burg, Va = d 11 May 1 921 =
bur Fagg, Va = 12 May 1921.
WHITWORTH, Onie Morris = f = w = md = hus Thomas Whi tworth = b 1 Mar
1841 = 80y 6m 7d = o housekeeper= pb Appomattack Co, Va = f Wi lliam
Stclair, pb USA= m Bettie Atkinson, pb Va= inf William Craig, r
Shawsville, Va = d 8 Sept 1921 = bur White's Cem etery = 9 Sept 1921 .

VirgL"lla Appalachian Not.es

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SURNAMES

Fo l lowi ng are n:i.mes that members have sent in -- if you have any information, let
them know .
Sometimes we have info that would help them that has been found in
searchi ng for our lines -- p leas e mai l it . Think how much we would like that one
li ttle detail .
Abbreviations used will be found at the end of this article .
Su"RNAME

LOCATION

GIVEN NAME

DA'IES

Mayetta E Lockman ; Rt 2 , West Park ; Dodge City, KS 67801
MI TCHELL
NEWLA ND
SCOTT
PORTER
HOI.MES
EWING
TURK
CECIL
PORTER
EWING

Zachariah
Elizabe th
Wllliam
Andrew
Rache l
M.::i.rgaret
Thomas
John B. J r
Robert
Willia m

Mrs Charles

VA - Pulas ki, Wythe , Smythe Cos .
ti

"
ti
ti
ti
ti
ti
ti
ti

11

"

Wy the, Smythe Cos.
Co.
Smythe Co.
Wyt he Co.
Augusta Co .
Pula ski Co .
Wy the Co
ti

ti

"

1791-1872
1798- 1878
1778- 1862
1773-1853
1753-1833
ca 1745-after 1803
1726-1809
d 3 June 1861
ca 1740-1791
will 1793

Perry ; Rt 1 Box 496 ; Ha wthorne , FL 32640_

CALDWELL
HOIS'IEIN

Hugh

VA

Ruth

II

FERRIER

Mary
Thomas
William
Elizabeth
Henry
Phillip

II

MONTGOMERY
SHEE'IS

HENRY
CALDWELL
LAMBERT
Sharon M.

ti

II

"
II

"
II

Botetourt Co.
"

It

ti

"

"
"
Shena doa h Valley
"
"
Botetourt Co.
Mont., Wythe, Taz. Cos

res 1785
" 1785
md 1803
res 1785
res ca 1806
II
1806
b 1781 - md 1803
res 1770- 1820

Roth; 1625 Rainbow Ridge; Corona, CA 91720

HENDRICJ&lt;S
GLEN
ABERNATHY
HORTON
WHITE
BAYLOR
HE BURN
WHITIEY Fullen
S'IEPHENSON
HARPER Smith

Thomas
"
John
"
Sarah (w of above)
John
VA
Abednego
Abraham
Andrew
VA
Sarah
VA
James
Ma rgaret
VA

1737-1823
Russell Co.
Frederick, Montg, Cos.
1740-1836
1750-1837
"
Stafford, Russell Cos
b 1717
Md; 'Tu.zewell Co, VA
d 1820
b KY ; d Montgomery Co, VA
1784-1854
Russell Co
bd 1803; d 1819
Rkbdge , Wash. Cos.
md 1772
Bath Co, VA; Ohio
1766-1846
md ca 1770
II

II

II

II

Ethiel B Terry Johnson; 15834 Drysdale, Southgate, Michigan 48195
BARTLETT
BOWMAN
CHRISTIAN
FIELD3
FLETCHER
FORD,
HELM
O ' NEALL
Terry
WILCHER

Wm/Susanna D3.vis
Spotsylvania Co, VA
Geo W/Bell Childers Dickenson Co , VA
James/Mary
Amherst Co, VA
Charlie/Melindy Hawkins
Dickenson Co, VA
Dr. Wm/Mary Milam
Montgomery Co, VA
Thos/Jane Melstead Fairfax Co., VA
John Jr/Joanna Harbourt
Frederick Co, VA
Wm/Mary Frost
Frederick Co, VA
J a s R/Stashey Rakes Bedford Co, VA
Jos /Sa rah 'fyree Amherst Co, VA

Virginia AppeJaOhtan Notes

md 1720 ca
res 1900
md 1790
res 1900
md 1791
md 1726 ca
md 1788 ca
md 1761
md 1817
md 1798

�I I~
Mrs J D Dickenson, PO Box J87, Huntsville, TX 77340
DICKENSON
William Doran VA
Indian Creek
DICKENSON
Charles C
Russell Co
DICKENSON
James Sr
"
"
DICKENSON
Thomas
"
"
"
CARROLL
Elizabeth M
"
"
CARTER
Rosamond
Virginia
DORAN
Elizabeth
VA
Augusta Co
GRAY
Sarah "Sallie" "
Washington Co
GRAY
William D
VA
Russell Co
GRAY
James
"
"

b 186J
b ca 1829

11

11

d 1860
d 1847

11

b

1799

b 1766

md 1787
18J6
res 1850
d 1849
b

11

Leonard M Renick, 311 Copa De Oro, Brea, CA 92621
B3.rren Co, KY; Paxtang , PA ; Ireland
RENICK
Bedford Co, VA; Barren Co, KY
HALL
LITTON/LYTTON
Frederick Co, MD
BURTON
ARCHER
B3.rren Co, KY
??, Tennessee
PORTER
WALLACE
Jackson Co'· MO
Huron Co, OHIO
WIEST
Trempeauleau Co, Wisconsin
MELCHIOR
Warwickshire, England
WRIGHT
Mrs Freda B3.rnes,

McGRAW
ROBBINS
JONES
McPHERSON
MURDOCK

GABBARD
HUNSUCKER
LOWE
SHIFFLETT
FOWLER

II

II

II

1111 Wilmore Drive, Middletown, Ohio

John
Thomas
Abraham
Stephen
Phoebe
Henry
Barbara
Hannah
Elizabeth
Robert

Russell Co, VA
"

"

II

Lee Co, VA
Frederick Co., VA
"
Washington Co, VA
II

II

II

II

II

Montgomery Co, VA
? Orange Co, VA
Augusta Co, VA

45042
1810
1810
1800
1794 md
1794 md
1810
1810
ca 1768-1820
b 1755-60
d 1782

Barbara Kelsey Boese, 207 E Market, Dodge City, KS 6780~
~on.tg. ·Co, ,ya t'o Dearborn Co, IN 1803-1833
Thomas
KEISEY
Montg, Wash. Cos, Va to Dearborn Co, In. 1780-1825
COIE
Eleazer III
COIE
Israel III
Washington Co, VA
d 1792
William
Potomac Valley, VA (Gen Wash. 's farm) 1777-1785/90
ROSS
William
Berkley Co, VA
b 1765
CONNELL
Elijah
Botetourt Co, VA
b 15 Mar 1770
JENJCTNS
fuvid
MARTIN
Augusta Co, VA
d Rev War 1777
Silence/or?
PARKER
Pricketts Fort, WV
dur the Rev War
Mary Ann
COOK
Augusta Co,. VA
b 1772; md ca 1795
Tu.niel
KEISEY
Montgomery Co, VA
md 8 Feb 1810
Mrs Elize..beth Moore Parks, 80 Piki Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336
Botetourt, VA; Kana, Wayne Co, WV md 1822; d 1869
Samuel 1
BILLUPS
Fluvanna, VA; Kana. Co, WV
1794-1854
Mary ''Polly"
CHANDLER
Albermarle, VA; Wayne, WV
1805-1887
Sarah W
CHANDLER
Fluvanna, VA; Kanawha, WV
md 1808; b 1795
MOORE
Olive
Franklin Co, VA
1780s
Samuel
WEBSTER
Botetourt Co, VA
b 1737; md 1755
CASEY
Sarah
V1rgin1a Appalachian Not.es

�,

'

Mrs Mary fyree Cheeseman ,
TYREE

ROBERTS
LIVESA Y
BLOOMER
TESTERMAN
WAX ?WACHS
KA RNES
BARCLA Y

11APLES
MAS ON

Ia.vid
Rose Anna
George
D3.niel
Susan
Henry
George
Joseph
William c
Willis E

\

J J 06 Rans om,

Muskogee, OK 74401

Scott Co , VA to Letcher Co , KY
Rockcastle , KY
Bed.ford Co , VA to Hawkins , TN
Hawkins Co, TN; Scott Co , VA
Grayson Co, VA; Hancock Co , TN
Berks Co, PA to Boteto-µrt Co , VA
VA to TN to AR
Rhea Co , TN to Madison Co, AL
Pi ttsylvania Co , VA to NC to AL
SC to Polk Co, AR
11

11

"

"

1786- 1860ca
1818- 1892
ca 176lrl837
1773- 1838
b 1789
md 1767, d 1796
1780-1835
md 1810, d 1860 ca
1766-1847
1825- 1865

Maxine Hood Luck 1
BOYER
BOYER

BOYER
BOYER
BUSICK
DANIEL
DANIEL
DUTTON
DUTTON
SOUTH

11.22 E Sweetwa ter Ave. 1 Scottsdale AZ 82224
Grayson Co , VA
D3.niel
d 19 Dec 1852
Susanna DELP
d 1 Sept 1865
Step hen
d 11 Jan 1~11
"
"
d 20 Jul 1898
Polly BUSICK
d
ca 1855
John
"
"
d
1864
Eli
"
Elizabeth SOUTH
"
d 22 Aug 1893
"
"
Ada m
Smyth/Wythe Cos, VA
d 21 Apr 1857
Phillp
"
"
d 7 Feb 1810
Clayson Co , VA
Stephen
d 1828
II

BURTON

POTEET
WALDRUP

II

II

II

601 Fairington

Samuel T
Nancy M
James T
Seth
D:tvid
Matilda

Mrs Dorothy J Turner,

TURNER
TURNER
MITCHELL
BUTRAM

II

II

II

II

Frances L Crull 1
LAW
STANDERFER
TURPIN

II

II

II

II

nr I

Summerville I SC 29483

b Va/WV, d TX
b Lee Co, VA
b TN, d TX
b Virginia
b/d Lee County, VA
b Alabama, d TX

(?)
b 1798 (?)
b 1818

b Jan 1808-d 1878
b Jun 1851, d Jun 1926

568 S Joplin 1 Tulsa 1 OK 74112

Thomas
Montgomery Co, VA
Alexander
Carroll Co, VA
Frances A TURNER
Montgomery Co, VA
William
VA to Rowan Co., NC

Billie Redding Lewis 1
BASHAM
KAYLOR
LEWIS
MARTIN
ROBERTSON
SHIVELY
SUMPTER
STATON
UNDERWOOD
JONES

b Aug i818- d Aug 1892

b 1836/7 - 1888

1104 Voncile Street 1 Lake Wales, FL
James
Kanawha &amp; Boone Co, (W) VA
Washington Co, VA
fun i el
Andrew E
b NC; d Washington Co, VA
Franklin Co, VA
Matthew Se.
Thomas
"
"
"
Fred. Co, MD; Fkln Co, VA
John (Jehu)
Agnes
Franklin Co, VA
George
"
"
"
Joseph
"
, Floyd Cos, VA
William
Rkghm Co, NC &amp; Fkln Co , VA

Virgtnia Appalachian Notes

d ca 1840- 50

1833-1924
1837-1895

1735 33823
ca 1820
d 1852 ae 8.3
1801-1865
d 185.3 ae 80
will - 1790
d 1835
md 1795
res 1790
md 182.3
1786-1865

�!if
Mrs Donald Harton, E. 3623 - 9th Avenue, Spokane , WA 99202
DARBY
James
Botetourt Co, VA
1810
DOSS
Sarah
Pittsylvania Co, VA
md 1831
FERGUSON
Andrew
Botetourt Co, VA
18 00
GRICE
George
Botetourt Co, VA
md 1 827
REYNOLIB
Joseph
1782
"
"
SIMMONS
Polly
"
md 1 798
TINNEL
Francis Marion
Roanoke Co, VA
md 1 851
WELLS
Sarah Elizabeth
"
d 1888
WILLETT
Tu.vid
Botetourt Co, VA
1810
YATE.5
Samuel
Pittsylvani a Co, VA
b 1776
II
II

II

II

Mary Link 1

THOMAS
ROCK

MAYNOR
BOWLES
PETTIT
HUGHES
FORTNER

New Martinsville 1 WV 26155
Craig Co.
William
VA
Giles Co.
Thomas
Patrick Co.
Isaiah
Jabel
Henry Co.
"
Martha
"
"
Reuben
Giles Co.
"
Aron Green
"
Giles Co.

Rt 2 Box 24 1

VENCIL
BROWN

BROWN
VENABLE

MARTIN
GALLOWAY

II

II

2615 Ferdinand Rd,

William
Abraham
Margaret
William
Lewis
Burwell
James
Martha "Patty"
Zechariah
Thomas Jr

Mrs Barbara Ann Renick,

WIISON
HUFF/HOUGH

Joshua
Benjamin

D'ARMOND/DIARMAN/DEARMAN
GROSS
GRAY
WHITMAN
STORM
THOMAS
WIISON
DAVIIBON

b 1789
b 1793
ca 1775- 182 0
b 9/ 13/182 0
b 3 / 19/ 1842
b 1799
b 1 842

II

Mrs Stephen Trotter ,

BOYL(E)
BOYL(E)
McCLANAHAN
BOYL(E)

II

El Ca .ion , CA 92 02 0

Nhton, York Cos,PA; Bote,Taz,Giles, VA 1747-18JLJ.
Same as above &amp; Ind .
1776-1834
Botetourt Co, VA
md 1796
Taz, Russell Cos,VA7Decatur,Clinton , I nd. 1798-1861
Tazewell Co, VA
d
d ?1813
Charlotte Co, VA
1741- ca 1803
1760-1829
Pr. Edw'd, Charlotte Cos, VA 1762-1849
?NC &amp; Maury Co, TN
b 1779
Mecklinburg Co, NC &amp; Maury Co, TN 1790-1862
11

"

"

311 Copa De Oro,

Brea 1 CA 92621

Bote., Montg Cos, VA; to KY
Montgomery Co, VA
Elizabeth
Montgomery Co, VA
Washington Co, VA

John Sr
Martha
John
Cornelius
Adonijah
Captain Samuel
Robert???

II

II

II

Buckingham Co, VA
VA to TN to KY
Washington Co.?, VA
Montgomery Co, VA
Cumberland Co.?, VA or WV?

b 1740 - d 1820
1718-1820
md 1791
d 1821
md 1800
son b 1781
dau b 178.5
b ca 1790
dau b 1773
dau b 1842

MRS S. Oscar Dean,
RD#3 Box 82, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403
BROWDER
James
Wilkes Co, NC
d bet 18.50-1860 ?

BROWDER,
CROTTS
ELLISON
ELLISON,

HAWKS
KENT
STEWART
TAYLOR

TAYLOR

Jeremiah
Eliza
John
Mary Catherine
Susanna
Benoni
Susanna
Joseph
Jane

"
Carroll Co, VA
Wilkes Co , NC
dau of John
Carroll Co, VA
Fairfax Co, VA
Grayson Co, VA
Virginia
w/o Joseph
11

"

Virginia Appalaohian Not.es

d bet 1840-1850?
place &amp; date of death?
b, d, md ?????
b, md ??????
living 1881 - d ????
d 1774 - b, md ????
b 180J
b , md, d, ?????
b, md , d ??????

�115
Jea n ni ne Sou the~
CUNDIFF
JONES

DUDLEY
KIRKNER
KEE: ~y

MORRIS
MASSIE
ST CLAIR
HAC KWO RTH
SCHNEIDE R

,

2 01 Rothwell Drive. Wilmington, DE. 19804

El i jah
Mi l ton Denn i s
JG.mes Ra.nso m
James
Michael
Rev . Isaac
Jeptha
Wi ll i am
Thomc:&gt;..s
John Henry

Bed.ford Co, VA
md 1836
?Pulaski Co, VA
b 15 June 1853
Surry Co , NC; Pulaski Co, VA 1792-1884
?Montgomery Co, VA
b ca 1790
Gr eenbrier Co, WV
md 1781, d 1790
Berks Co , PA; Harrison Co, WV d 1830
Greenbrier Co, Summers Co, WV b ca 1750
b ca 1822
Lawrence Co , OH
KY ; lawren ce Co, OH
b c 1835
Germany , Ca bell Co, WV; Iawrence Co, OH b 1778, Md 1821

Mrs La.v onn i e Bri mhall , PO Box 787, Winston, Oregon 97496
FARMER
DA UGHE RTY
DAVIS
CAFFREY
MORGAN
SAUNDERS
PERDUE/Purdue
MILIS
MARTIN
CHILDRESS

James A
Eda An n
Th omas
S ara h Ann
Mordeca i
lliniel Green
John
Ma ry Frances
J a mes
John Jr

ae - age
b - born
bd - bond
Bote - Botetourt
ca - about
d - died

Bedford Co, VA
Bedford Co, VA
Pi ttsylvani a Co, VA
Bed.ford Co , VA
Bed.ford Co, VA
Bed.ford Co, VA
Giles Co, VA
Mercer Co, VA
Ca mpbell Co, VA
Albema rle Co, VA

dau - da u g hter
dur - during
Fred - Frederick
Fkln - Franklin
Kana - Kanawha
md - married

md 17 Feb 1840
md 17 Feb 1840
land surveyed 1770
b 21 Feb 1777
b 9 Jan 1765
b 27 Feb 1776
b JO Aug 1818
b 1 Mar 1822
b 27 Nov 1775
b 2 Lee 1759

MD - Maryland
Montg - Montgomery
Nhton - Northampton
Pr Edwd - Prince Edward
res - residence
Rev - Revolutionary

Rkbdge - Rockbridge

Rkghm - Rockingham
Taz - Tazewell
w - wife
w/o - wife of
Wash - Washington

t

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was modified slightly from time to time. If you know of any issues not listed in
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Gregory's American Newspapers, 1821-1..212. (New York: 1937), please let me kn ow. I
am especially, but not ex.e lusively, interested in those prior to 1870. Even if
you' re in doubt, please contact me. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated .
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Index to Ancestral Names by Query Number
Alder son
150
Allen
132,145
Arthu r
160
Bacon
143
Bales
158
Belcher
138
Billups 140,141
Bishop
145
Bone
118
Bowen
118
Brown
117,142
Bruce
121
Burgess
127
Caldwell
135
Call
146
128
Chamers

Chandler

141

Deakins
142
Deerman
156
Diarman
156
Edens
152,153
Elk er son 133,134
Ellis
117
Ellison
133
Farguson
120
Farmer
132' 133
Fleeman
123
Fulkerson
157
Gilbert
115
Gill
128
Graham
142
Guffy
1 42
Hale
143
Hali
1. 2 0

Cha se

l.43

Ha l s ey

Cherok ee

1 58

Clark

158

Ha:rri s

Cl. o yd

1 50

127
Cole
1 20 , 121
Cox
158
Crabtree

Creec h

147

Crisp
D'Armond
David
Davidson
Davie

158

156
134
157
134

H'.ar

tmatl

Hilton/

145
i 4a

1 42

Hylton 152,154
Horn
144
Hough/Huff
155
Hunt
142
Hu tchison
1 37
Iddi ngs
1 52
Jenkin s
126
Jon es
119,129
142 , 145

Kaufmann
143
Kelsey
127
124
Kirk
122
Kissinger
154
Lewis
Loukes, Loux,
118
Louch
149
Lyon
152
Manning
130,1
42
Martin
138
Maynor
1 35
McCrery
158
Miller
1 36
Mil l s

Moor e

Mo rgan
Mu ns ey
Murr e l l
Mu sta r d
Myers
Newman
Oxford
P e ak
Peo pl es
(Pe tt y ) Poole
P lyma l e
Rector
Rhodes/Roads
Rouse
Sa unders

Virginia Appa.1.e.cbie.n Notiae

1 41

1 25
117
1 39

117
126
160
11 5

Scherff i g
143
She rfey
143
Shively
119,131
Short
143
Sickman/Sigmon 131
Sitzler
143
Smith
154
Standerfer/
Standef ord
115
Staton
1 30
St.John
127
Strong
129
Sweet
1 44
Thoms on
135
Tj t s wort h
1 39

Tolley

151

Tu r n e r
Va u g h t
Walker
Webster
Weddle

159

West

1 45

Wheel e r

139

Wi lk es

134

Wil son

118
142
151

Withrow

127

1 23

1 2'1
142
140

152
160
157
116
124,155
156,158

150

�115 - 84 .
NcL•d in1o on J ose ph STANDERFER (STANDEFORD) b. VA abt 1810, rod. Mary
GILBERT, b . KY . d. 29 Mar . 188 7 , L e e Co . , VA .
Her p a rents were William and Mary
S T ANDERFER and their so n - in - law was S amu e l OXFORD.
Reimburse for reproduction and
postag e c:os ts .
Fr :1 nces L . C RUL L, 601 Fa irin g ton Dr., Summerville, SC 29483.
11 6 - 84 .
ArL' you able to fin d t h e f am il y o f J o hn WILKES, son of Minor WILKES,
SR . , who is rvpurtcd to h:lve live d in He nr y Co . ca 1800? I'm not sure if Franklin
C o . wa s dividc:d u f r from Hen r y but i t ' s p o s s ible tha t this family had connections
wit h b oth H&lt;-• nry and F r anklin Cos .
Belie v e J o hn' s wife wa s named Elizabeth-?- .
Ch ildr en :
~·lin&lt;.&gt;r. Gilb e rt, Jessee, J a mes, (ot h e r s)?
Lillian J. CREWS, 2001
Sh ady Oak s Driv0, Tallahassee, F L
32303
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James . the son of Wi l l i a m an d S a l ly ( BROWN) MUSTARD rod. Sarah MUNSEY
in Mont gome ry Co ., VA . Aug . 1 7 9 1 ; J e remi a h MUNSEY was suret y . They probably lived
in ( now) Gil c•s o r Bland .
A dau . Julia md. Gar l an d ELLIS in Giles, Feb. 1832 .
•Vh o we r e t hv pa r c n t s of S a r ay MUNSEY?
J . Tr ac y WALKER, III, RFD 5, Box 258,
Ch a r l o t t csvjllc . VA
22901
1 18 - 84 .
George LOUKES
Apr . 1 859. Giles Co ., VA,
and B at Ila (BOWEN ur BONE)
th ese f::irni l ics?
J . T r ncy

(LOUX , LOUCH , e t c . ), b. ca 1786, Fr a nklin Co., VA, d.
md . Ma ry (Polly ) PLYMALE ( b. 1785), d a u. of Anthony
P L YMALE .
Need a ddi t ion a l inf o.
Who is researching
WALKER, III
( see a ddr e ss a bov e ).

11 9 - 84 .
Jo h n R obe r t , so n of I saac a nd Be ty SHIVLEY md. Cha rity, dau. of An drew
JON ES about 185 1 i n pc rh :i ps Franklin Co. , VA.
Who wa s t h e wife of Andrew JONES?
Wh o we r e the pa i · e n ts of An dr e w JONES , I saac SHIVLEY, an d t he wife of Is a ac
SHI VLEY?
J . Tra cy WALKER . I II ( see a ddr e ss a bove).
120 - 8 4 .
Need in fo nnd parents of John COX and Mar y FARGUSON , who md. 1 Nov.
1766 in H a l ifax Co .. VA .
Thei r c hildr e n?
Be liev e her fa the r wa s Robert or
R ic h ard FA RGUS O N , n o t s u r e .
Parents o f Ard e li tha , J oseph P., El i zab e th , and
J a n e HALL of Cns wc l l C o . , NC .
Ar de li t h a wa s b. 12 Oct . 180 0 .
E . E. LUCKEY,
Box 885, Burn s , OR 97720
121 - 84 .
Nee d i n Jo . p n r e n ts, a nd wife of John BRUCE or John BRUCE, Jr . , b. ca
1745 p r oba b ly i n Pi t t s ylv a ni a Co . , VA.
Their c hildr e n ?
Beli e ve they h a d Katty
BRUCE b . ca 1 770 i n P i t t s ylv a ni a Co . ; she md . S a mu e l COX, 22 Mar . 1 7 9 0 , i n
Halifa x Co. , VA .
Th e ir Childr e n?
E . E . LUCKEY (s ee addres s a b ove).

122 - 8 4 .
Wh o we r e th e childr e n &amp; wifes of John, Andr e w &amp; Mi c h ael KISSINGER
who, appear in t h e 1810 Gil e s Co. , VA census? Other in f o on the Gil e s Co.
KISSI NGERS?
E. E. LUCKEY (see address above) .
123 - 84 .
was liv i n g
t o F l e min g

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info on Thomas FLEEMAN b. ca 1749 who s e rve d i n Re v. Wa r and
VA i n 1818 .
His pension record No. 839525 wa s issued
SA UNDERS, He nry Co . , VA, 2 4 No v . 1818.
What's the rel a tionship? Who
Wer e Th o rn ns F LEE MAN' s
w i . f e ri n d c hildr e n ?
D;i. n T h o ma s have br other named George?
lfh o we .r e t h e r e par e nt s?
Did Th o mu :::; mo v e to TN? Lo uise PI ET RUSZKIEWICZ ,
!.i-39 4 Car n eg ~ c&gt; ll. cJ .
~ P e; n 1in
CA 9 5954

in IIc nry Co . ,

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Wi s h to c orrespond with nn y o n o
VAUGHT and Fran ces KIRK who md . Jan. 1852
Nilson A . VAUGHT r e lat e d to Sally (S a rah)
Aug. 1827 , G i l e s Co . , VA?
Winnie BRANEN,

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wh o knowi:; t he p are n tage of Wiltj(&gt;n A .
i n G i.l o s Co,, VA.
Al so, was this
WILSON V AUG.Hl' who md . Hirn m KIM i n
Box 186, Mars h a l l . O K 73056

S e e kin g b i r thpl a c e &amp; par e n t s of George Washin g ton MORGAN , b . 1 814,
C a mpb e l 1 Co . , VA?
Md. Su s a n - ?- (n ee d ma iden name) , b . 1 824, d •. 1879 •
h er p ;;i r e n t s ?
Wh e re we r e th e y bu r i e d?
Will ia m Meredi th MORGAN, is a
s on o:f G. W. MORGAN .
Me r e d i th or Meride t h i s a l s o a family n ame .
Ma ry MORGAN COUNTER, 24374 Joyce Rd . , Fl a t Ro ck , Mic hi g a n
48134
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1'/ho w e r e

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Wh o a r e t h e pa r
Bot e t o uL· t Co .. VA ; md. E l i
mo v e d t o Putn a m C o .. IN.
B a rb ara K e t i.-i ·y tHJE S E . &lt;! 07

e nts of Elijah JENKINS?
H e w~l"s b. 15 Mar . 1770 ,
z n b e t h MYERS, 3 Nov . 1 7 96 i n Cl n l:l&lt; Co. , KY. L ater
Hi s p a r e n t s mi g ht hav e c ome fr om PA to Botetour t Co ., VA.
Ea s t Ma r k e t, Do d ge Ci ty , KS
67801
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127 - 84.
Want all data on Thomas KELSEY; resided in Montgomery Cu . . VA, 180 3 1834, his wife, Eunice Thomas ST . JOHN .
Also families of I srael COLE, III, d .
1792 and his wife Remember BURGESS of Washin gton Co . , VA .
Also ElL·a.cer COLE ,
I II, and his wife Hannah ROUSE of Washin gton and Montgomery Cns . . v A.
Eleazer
and Thoma s later went to Dearborn Co . , I N.
Barb a r a KELSEY BOESE
207 East
Market , Dodge City, KS 67801
128 - 84.
Who are the parents of Willi am CHAMERS and where w;-i s I\(.· born?
in 1814 in Bath Co., KY, Rebecca GILL .
She d . in 1822 and he· d . by 1H25 .
were their children? Barbara KELSEY BOESE ( see address above.•) .

He md .

Who

1 29 - 84.
$50 reward for proof of par ents and birthpla ce in NC u1 Wm. JONES,
s/o a John and Polly.
Wm. b. ca 1786; md . 1809 Rockingham Co .
NC to Lurena
STRONG: removed to Franklin Co., VA c a 1827, wher e he d . 1865 .
Billie Redding
LEWIS, 1104 Voncile St . , Lake Wales, FL 33853
130 - 84.
$50 reward for proof of parent s and birthp lace in VA ol Mat thew MART I N
SR., husband of Edith (STATON); res. Franklin Co . , VA where he d . Sept . 1853 .
Is he of Matthew MARTI N family of Goochl and Co . or Nelson Co . . VA?
Issue :
Hezek iah, Matthew, John, Elizabeth, Margaret and Jan e .
Billie Redding LEWIS,
(address above) .
131 - 84.
$ 50 reward for each:
parent s a nd birthp lace of J ohn SHIVELY who
removed 1790 from Frederick Co., MD to Fr ank l in Co . , VA and same for Peter
SICKMAN-SIGMON b. ca 1745 and d . in Franklin Co., VA where will probated 1837 .
Billie Reddin g LEWIS, (see address above) .
132 - 84.
John ALLEN and Edna Dudley ALLEN-who were their par ents?
Where were
they born? Any info on the Pittsylvani a ALLEN' s would b e a ppr eciated.
John &amp;
Edna had several children, some of which di ed in the Ci vi 1 War.
W!lat were their
names? One son, George Washington ALLEN, b. 1835 md. Eliz a Butler FARMER, b. 1841.
Jodie UPDIKE, Rt . 1, Box 281, Billings, MO 65610
133 - 84 .
Trying to find anything on Newton FARMER and Rebecca Dougla s FARMER.
Their children were :
Lucy, Rhoda, Chesley, Sally and Eliza Butler FARMER.
Need
dates and places of birth.
Who were the parents of Newton a n d Rebecca?
Tryi n g
to find info on Mary Ann ELKERSON/ELLISON b. 1846 .
P arents J ames E LKERSON an d
Sarah.
When and where were they born and died?
Jodie UPDIKE
( see address above ).
134 - 84.
Need info on the children of William (Petty) POOLE a nd hi s t hree wives .
They were Lucy ELKERSON, Millie DAVID and Mary DAVIE.
Children b. between 1841
and 1868 .
They lived in Granville and Person Co., NC.
Jodie UPDIKE
( see a ddress
above).
135 - 84,
Seeking info on Houston McCRERY of Botetourt Co ., md. Lucinda -?When? Their parents? Their dau., Margaret McCRERY b. 1846 in IN, md. Ne l son
Caldwell THOMSON, son of John R. THOMSON and Martha CALDWELL THOMSON.
Other
children? Also THOMSON or CALDWELL info .
Marcia THOMSON LOGSDON, Rt. 7, Box
53-C, Santa Fe, NM 87505
136 - 84.
Seeking info on Joseph MILLS b. 1796 in VA.
Md. Susanne -?- .
Joseph
was the father of David Burger MILLS who lived in Craig Co., VA.
Joseph md.
Julia sometime after 1850. Need names of children other than David.
Mary LINK,
Rt. 2, Box 24, New Martinsville, WV 26155
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Robert Mason HUTCHISON b. 1780 in VA, lived in Craig Co . , md. Elizabeth
Need additional info -parents, brothers, sisters, children?
Mary LINK,
{see address above) .

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Need info about Nancy BELCHER, b . 1790 or 1800, md. Richard MAYNOR
11 July 1822, moved to Raleigh Co. (now WV) from Patrick Co., VA.
Mary LINK ,
(see addres s above).
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Inlu ncedL'd on John PEOPLES, b . 1776, md . Lucretia MURRELL, b . 1.77 9 .
L ived SLJlli\'all Co . . T~ .
Thom:is T ITSWORTH, b . 1730/31 d . 181 9, TN.
Ri c hard
MURRELL, 173~l-1H29 . Sullivan Co . . TN .
Reg enia BONARD, Route #5, Box 1 02 , Fulton ,
MO
65251
1 ,10 - 8 ·1.
St.:vk11Jg info on parents of Samuel WEBSTER and wi fe, Susanna h.
L ived
F1.- anklin Cu . a1· e:1 1788.
Their dau . , Susannah, md . Edward BI LLUPS , I I , 18 Dec .
1788, Franklin C&lt;J .
Mrs . Elizabet h MOO RE PARKS, 80 Piki Dr ive, Sedona, AZ 86336
141 - 8·1.
Svek111g arH:L·stry of two g - gra ndmothers :
Sarah W. CHANDLER, b . 15 Nov .
1805 , Alb emarle Co . , md . Samuel L . BILLUPS, Kanawha Co . , 2 5 Apr. 1822, d . Wayne
Co . , 27 Apr . 1HH7 .
M;.iry (Polley) CHANDLER, b . Fluvanna Co . ca 1794, md . Olive
MOORE, 6 Jun(· 18U8, Fluv:H111:l Co . , d . 23 July 1854, Kanawh a, Co.
Mr s . Elizabeth MOORE PARKS
( see a ddr ess a bove) .
1 -12 - 84 .
Seeking info on William WALKER (b . 1 760- 1770), md. Susannah GRAHAM,
18 Ju ne 1787 . Montgomery Co . , VA .
Moved to Washington Co . , TN .
Chi l dren : Mary
(RECTOR) ; Jau e (HARTMAN), N:rnc y (JONES); John, md . Lucretia MARTI N, 24 Nov . 1824
in Was hi n gt on Cu . . TN; Wil 1 i am md . Mary BROWN; Anna (DEAKINS); An dr ew, md. Sarah
BROWN; Margaret (HUNT) ; Susanna h.
Could this William WALKER' s parents have been
J ames &lt;ind Mary GUFFY WALKER of Mecklenburg Co . , NC?
Who were Susannah GRAHAM ' s
par e nt s?
J ean WALKER MATTHEWS, 11438 Seabr ook Way, Cypress, CA 90630
143 - 84 .
Need inJo on S a mu el SHERFEY, b . ca 1795 in MD or VA, son of Johannas
SHERFE Y/SCHERFFIG and Mary KAUFMANN .
Samuel SHERFEY md . (1) Elizabeth SITZLER
( 2) V inic SHORT .
Six c hildren :
John , md. Susan Ernaline HALE, 17 Jan. 1839 in
Was h i n gt on Co . , TN ,; Andrew; Sus:in; Cat h erine (HALE); Mary (BACON) ; Elizabeth
( CHASE).
Whic:1 of Samuel SHERFEY' s wives was the mother of which children?
J ean WALKER MATTHEWS
( see address above) .
1 44 - 84 .
S eek i n g in fo on p a retns of Jo hn H . HORN, b . ca 1822 in Rockbridge Co . ,
VA .
Confederate sol di er, d . 1863 at Po i nt L ook o u t, MD.
Md. Sally SWEET, 8 May
1 845 .
Th ey were par e nts of John W. , Henry, Ch arles, Cat he rine, Mary , Susan.
Zack HORN, P . 0 . Box 382, B u e n a Vista, VA
24416
1 45 - 84 .
Need par e nt s of Mary P olly ALLEN of Carroll Co., VA, b . 6 June 1801,
d. 11 Nov. 1888, md . 2 6 Mar . 1819, Robert HAL SEY .
Need parents and wife of Rev .
John JON E S , JR . of Washi n gton Co . , V A, d. 1836, md . Elizabeth-?- , had dau.
R ac h el , b. 1804 , w h o md . 18 1 9 S amu e l D . B I SHOP .
Need parents of Juda PEAK of
Gr ayson Co ., V A , b . 1791, d . 1 8 7 6, md . 1 81 7 Wi lliam HALSEY .
Juda had a sister
P at t ie.
R ober t O . BATHIANY, 3613 SW 328 t h St . , Federal Way, WA 98023
146 - 84.
I need i nfo o n a n y CALL l i v in g in T azewell, VA between 1780-1820.
Fl e mm i n g CALL was b. t h e r e .
I am f r o m hi s f amil y l ine.
I need info on him and
a ny oth er CALL' s l i v in g t h e r e .
Fl e mmin g' s f at h er was Ruben Rush CALL. He md .
Eli za b e th - ? - in T aze w e l l .
P l ease send in f o and/or address of CALL's who still
l ive in Tazewel l , V A .
Sh i rley COWAN , P. O. Box 4 12, Hurricane, WV 25526
147 - · 84 .
In fo n ee d e d on J o nath a n CREECH, SR . ; J o n athan CREECH, JR., Elisha
( L a r s h ) CREECH , W.H.H . Creech CREECH , D a v e CREECH who lived in VA and Harlan , KY
i n 1 7 0 0' s a n d 18 00' s .
L l oyd DEAN , Rt . 6 , Box 498 , Morehead, KY 40351
148 - 84.
S eek a n cest o rs o f L e wis HARRIS, con s t able Russell Co ., VA 1809.
Wife
C a t h arin e.
Son s :
D a vid, J ohn, B e nj amin, Willi am, Martin .
Lived in Scott Co.
Remov e d to Vi go Co. , IN ca 1 8 2 8 / 9 .
D i e d 183 1 .
Said to have been related to
H ARRIS fa m i l y , fo und ers of Harri sbu rg , PA.
Dorothy P . MUNSON, 850 Aaron St.,
Apt . B-103, P ort C h ar l o t t e, FL 3 39 5 2
1 49 - 8 4.
I a m t rying t o l
Me r e er C o .
K Y.
Md . Na n c y
an d J a m es .
In a p u blis h ed
th at E zek ie l
was f r o m VA .
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o c a t e the p are n ts of Stephen LYON who d. in 1792 in
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Ha d f i v e sons :
J oseph, Samuel, David, Ezekiel
b i ogra ph y of o n e of Ezekiel's grandsons i t is stated
Ru t h M. GULLBORG , #2 L amertin L ane, St. Louis, MO

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150 - 84.
Seeking info on the parents of S amuel WITHROW who md. Hannah
ALDERSON in Greenbrier Co . , WV on 5 Aug . 1 792 .
Was he rel a tc:d tu John WITHROW
and William WITHROW, SR. who bought the land of J oseph CLOYD in Botetourt Co,
VA in 1796- 1797? Any info on t h e WITHRO W f a mil y i n VA would be appn:c:iatcd .
Donald WITHROW, 1 0 Thorndell Dr . , St. Loui s, MO.
63117
151 - 84 .
Seeking i nfo on the parents of John TOLL EY who 111uv1...·d 1 rum Huc:kbridge
Co . , VA to Jackson Co . , WV sometime b e for e 1 8 4 0 .
He may be the s:1rnc .John H.
TOLLEY who md. Rebecca ROADS or RHODES in Ro c k bridge Co . , VA 011 6 Scp1. 1830 .
At least one of h is children, Granvill e TOLLEY, was b . in Rockbirdi.;e C&lt;..1 •• VA .
Donald WITHROW (see address above) .
152 - 84 .
Need the p a rents of Celia EDENS, b . 180 7 , Patrick Co . , VA. md . 1835
So l omon HYLTON, Floyd Co . , VA.
Also need p a r en t s of Mary (Polly) MANNING, b .
1818, d. 1892, md. 1840 David WEDDLE, JR., Floyd Co .
Was Mary a dau . of Will i am
and Elizabeth MANNIN? Does a n yon e have any EDENS ( I DD I NGS) or MANNING i11fo or
bibles? Mr . Jon Eric THOMAS, 201 Woodhaven Dr . , Lexington, NC 27292
153 - 84 .
I am
He lived in the
bad a son, Elza
EDENS f a mily of

trying to locate any info o n o r descendants of a Luther EDENS .
Meadows of Dan are a in Patri c k Co ., VA, ca 1880-1!:!20 .
Luther
EDENS. Does anyone have any i nformation on this or nny othe r
P a trick Co.? Mr. Jon Eric THOMAS
(see address above) .

154 - 84.
I am compiling a book that wi ll cov e r a l l kn own i nfo o n the origins
and fi r st few generat i ons of the HILTON family i n SW VA. The family c:on!"i sted
of eight HILTON siblings : J ames, George, John B. , El i j ah, Nathaniel Newma n ,
Samuel, Elizabeth LEWIS and Esther SMITH
Anyon e i nt e r ested in contributi n g
t h eir research should con tact me . Mr . J ohn Eri c THOMAS ( see address ~bove ).
155 - 84.
Seeking info about Jos hu a WI LSON b . 1 0 Se pt. 1740 wh o md . Cathari n e
HOUGH/HUFF b . 6 Sept . 1748 (the dau . of Benjamin HOUGH/HUFF and Ruth-? Th e y
l i v e d i n Bo tet ou rt Co . , VA and d. after 1820 in Roc k castle Co ., KY.
Mrs . Bar bar a Ann RENICK, 311 Copa De Oro, Brea, CA 92 6 2 1
1 56 - 8 4.
Seeking info about Elizabeth DIARMAN/DEERMAN/ D' ARMOND b . 3 1 Oc t. 1772
marriage bon d 4 Oc t. 1791 to J onah/Jon as WILSON in Mont gomery Co . , VA.
She d .
2 2 Fe b . 1844 in Pu laski Co., KY. Mrs . Barb a r a Ann RENI CK (see address a b ov e) .
157 - 84 . Seeking info about Margaret Lillian DAVIDSON or FULKERSON ( ?) b .
8 May 1842 i n V A , WV or MO? Is she the Margaret DAVIDSON (b . 1843/44 MO) next
to Mar garet DAVIDSON (b . 1813/14 VA) e numerated with S a mu e l WHEELER, Montgomer y
Co . , MO 1 850 census? Widower Robert C. FULKERSON (o f th e Was hin gto n a nd Lee Co.,
VA FULKERSONS) md. the widow DAVIDSON in 1853.
Mrs. Barbar a Ann RENICK
(see
add r e ss above) .
1 58 - 84.
Seek ing info on Charles BALES, b. ca 1854, md. Lisa Jane MILLER .
Childr en: Malissa; Alta, md. CRABTREE ; William King , md. Mau d Celia CLARK;
Henry; Ma r iah , md. Tom CRISP; Thomas.
Charles was son of Enoch G. BALES and
El i z a b eth A. (WILSON?) BALES. Enoch b. ca 1828, son of William R. BALES, b. ca
1801.
Bel ie v e d t o have CHEROKEE Indi a n blood in l i ne, seeking info on that .
Families l i v e d Russell Co., VA 1880 . Irma D. BALES, Route 1 , Che s h ire, OH ·4562 0
1 59 - 84.
Wish to correspond wit h
Thomas TURNER an d wi f e Margaret of
head of P lum Cr e ek in 1796 and 490
Thomas remar ry woman named Martha?
Date died? Where bur ied? Children?
568 South J opli n , Tuls a , OK 74112

descendants or anyone having knowled ge of
Montgomery Co., VA.
He bought 8 0 acres on
acres 1801.
When Margaret d. (1820-30?) did
Where and when were Thomas and Margaret md . ?
I nfo on 2nd marriage? Mrs. Dorothy J. TURNER,

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Who were the parents of William WEST, b. ca 1 782 in VA, who md. in 1804
Sarah (Sally) NEWMAN, dau. of Nimrod NEWMAN and Sarah ARTHUR, in Be d for d Co., VA
and later went to I N? Who were the parents of Nimrod NEWMAN? When did they
arrive in America ?
Ni mr o d probably b. in Germany.
Lived in Bedford Co . , VA a nd
d. 1815 in Grainger Co. , TN.
Richard HART, 2735 Forest Glen Trail, Riverwoods,
IL 60015
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Te nn. 37377 .

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�WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, BIRTJoIS AND DEATHS, 1853- 1892 has been published by
the Holston Territory Genealogical Society in c o-operation with Bristol Tennessee/
Virginia Public Library. This includes the years 1853-59 , 1870-71 , and 1892 .
Both birth and death records are completely a lphabeti zed in an index by the s urna mes .
Slaves are given and listed by the given names , includi ng parents and owner and
other vital information. The book has 245 pages , a soft cover , and may be purchased from Holston Territory Genealogical Society, PO Box 433 , Bris tol, VA 24203 .
The price of the book is $20.00 plus $1 . 25 pos t age/handling . A gift copy has bee r.
placed in the Virginia Room, Roanoke City Public Li brary . A membership fee of $10.
per year to the Holston Territory Genealogica l Society is avai lable . Watch for
other publications, will books , deed books, etc fro m Sullivan Co ., TN and Washington Co, VA by the Society

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THE 1870 GILES COUNTY, VIRGINIA, CENSUS INDEX i s now availabl e . Order from Mary
Paul Beaudrias Shannon, Jl2 Horsley Dr., Pea ris burg , VA 24134 . The price is $5. oo.
A copy has been placed in the Virginia Room, Roanoke City Public Library by the
author.

SECRETARY'S NOTES
2 July 1984
Our meetings are held the third Saturday or each month at 1:30 p.m.
in the Roanoke City Public Library Auditorium unless otherwise indicated.
Perhaps the greatest change we have voted this year is the change From
a Workshop each year to a larger Workshop in alternate years.
Plans are
under way For our 1985 Workshop and it will have a lot to oFFer.
You will
be hearing more about this later.
We now have approximately 560 members. Our Treasurer reported a balance
oF $7,236.86 as oF 31 May 1984.
One hundred dollars has been donated to the
Floyd County Library Building Fund.
Members living nearby and using the Virginia Room are encouraged to
oFFer their assistance to Mrs. Tuckwiller, librarian, in her projects to
make the materials in the library more easily accessible to all patrons.
We are especially interested in the project oF cross-indexing the reFerences
to Families mentioned in Family history books which are not identi Fled by
the titles oF these books.
Attendance at our lest two meetings has increased.
It could be that
the word is getting around that Mr. H. W. Scott is bringing us the very
beet oF programs. Coming up For August, September and October:
Newspapers oF Franklin County, Virginia
CraFtsmen oF Southwest Virginia - genealogical interest
Field Trip to Lynchburg Court House

Virgln1a Appal&amp;obia.n Notes

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i nclude the price of t he boo k , any advertisin g ma teri al that you hav e ana -place
from which a vailab . e Al l books will be plac ed in the Virg i n i a Room of' the Roanoke
Central Public Library , Roano ke , Va . 1 or library ( local) of y our choice .
Sena
books t o be r e v iewed to :
Mrs Ore n R Coun ts , 6804 Northwa y Drive NW, Roano k e , VA 2401 9 .
BOOK REVIEWS :

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Each paid-up membershi p i s e ntitled t o up to J free, 60-word queries per issue as
s pace permits. Our edi t ors will check the queries for spelling, punctuation, and
grammar. However , they will NOT compose them for you . Pl ease make your queries
as clear and specific as possible , so that others can understand them a nd have a
c hance to really help you.
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l ocations to definitely identify the problem . Each query must be 60 words or l ess
( excluding your name and address) .
Please capitalize surnames -- is it Mary Smith
uONES or Mary SMITH JONES? Do NOT abbreviate, we will .

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~le cannot vouch for the accuracy of the material submitted to us or that the "translation " of the original document is true .
If you have read such material , you wi ll
understand that statement.
Please try to get a copy of the original to see if we
could be right.
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2 nd Vice- Pres i dent
Re c ording Secreta ry
Cor resp o nding Secretary
Treas u rer
Asst . Treasurer - Membe r s hip
Virgi nia Appl achian Notes
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CONTENTS

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Message

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l ~-~o r-.ortl.li ty Schedules

Rockbridce County , Virgini a
County , Virg i n i a

Pul ' l: · k l

_;on -Exch:inge Qu.'.lrterl i es
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County ,

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Virg inia

F'o. irview Cemetery

The Nickelsville Spartan Band

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Petition of Richard Ball i nger

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" Sta y

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Book " of Henry County , Virginia

S a ul Brothers
Re s earching the Loyal i st Rec ords for a
Revolutiona ry Ances tor

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Revolutionary War Soldiers: Randolph County , (W) Va.

143
144

Revolutionary Petitions Filed in Bedford County , Va .

145

My Recollections of Virginia

Otey F amily of Bedford County, Virginia
Queries &amp; Index to Queries
Franklin County, Virginia
Lis t of Insolvents for 1835
List of Free Negroes &amp; Mulattoes for 1837
Book Reviews

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The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Soci ety , Inc • , meets the third Sa turday of
each month in the Audi tori um of the Central Roanoke City Public Library at 1 :JO pm,
Elmwood Park.
Meeting at the Library our members can use the resources of the
Virginia Room -- prior to and after the meeting.
The library opens at 9:00 am and
c l oses at 5 :00 pm on Saturday.
October meeting: Field trip to Lynchburg , Va.
November meeting: Auditor ium
December :
no meeting

�Raymo~d

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I am pleased to note the Aueust 198 4 is ~.n~e o~ the VArJ has " Se cre t a rys
Notes" on page 122, outlining our rece n t a c t ivi t i es a .,..1d r e ports and
giVing subjects of our near fut ur e meeti ne;s -ror -the benefit of our
out of town members and those who were a b s ent. I '1ope we •.· 1i 11 conti 11u e
this feature in future issue s.
Our workshop Corrrnittee has had se ver~1 meetings and has completed
orga.l"lizational plans and work as s i ,:: nments 'foi:- our •.•.1 or ks ~ 0p next ye a r.
We C9.n look forward to an outstandine workshop pr or:r:=t."!1 next year.
Mr. SaV1yer gave us a most interestinP talk on Fran1ci;_n County Newspa pers
with projected sli&lt;les of their front pa.cP.s. I "'ao r1ersonall y A.m?zed
at the number of news pa pers published i n thj_s county's history.
I hope you \"fi ll make pla ns to attend our next meetine; which wi 1 1 be at
our regular meeting place o *

Cordially,

Raymond Brickey, President

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Our next Meeting, October will be our trip to Lynchburg, Va --- November
meeting at the Roanoke(Central) City Library.

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RC-:::&lt;BRIIX:;E COUN TY , VIRGINIA
l S'"'O ViORTALITY SCHEDULE
This ~c!.e:d..: l · ·.: t.· Lt~:1.;;~. at the sane time as the 1870 census and covers the
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. , : ·~ 9 to June 1 , 1870 . This schedule was copied from microfil m at i.i.·~ ::.t:!· ·:. ~ :· J~..:;t;s '.::hrist of Latter-L'e.y Saints LibrarJ , Roanoke , Va.
The ori~i:. d :.·
~!.t.J '/irgi..ia State Archives .
The cc.lum:..· u:· li.·· . ·c!.~dule are as foll ows : (1 ) family number as on census,
( 2) narr.c o!' h ·v "l' i , (J) ab8 last birthday , (4) male (m) or female (f), (5)
Color : whl i.. 1 • , .·:) - t l·1ck (b) = mulatto (m) =Chinese (Ch) =Indian (I), (6)
marri ed (md) or ;:irloh·ed (wd) , (7) place of birth , (8) father of foreign birth,
(9) mother or t'or0i.l~n birth , (10) date - month - of death, (11) occupation,
( 12 ) cau~; c of d1..:·L t..h .
(note : The line number is the first number listed,)

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Schedule 2
Persons who DicJ. during the Year ending 1st June 1870, i n Buffalo Township,
in th e County of f~ockbridge , State of Virg ini a , enumerated by me, GA Baker,
Ass ' t Mar.:;hal ·
(L3.st column marked out &amp; written over in another hand)
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House - Consumption
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( ? ~~:1 1.A~?BRrn·:N ?EUIER?EAIN?), Elizabeth - 90 yrs - ;£ - w- *(-)- Va - 00- Oct - at home - Paralaysis
J - ? RULE .. .: ??R.ILEY , Jinnetta - 26 yrs - f - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - June k eeping house - consumption
4- ?7 W IN8TON , Roberta - 2/12 mos - f - w -*(- )- Va - 0 - . 0 - March - at
hom e - croop
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WOODS , William A - 47 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - September cooper - g oitre
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??KNICK , John - 69 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - March - labourer para lys is
7- ?6? KNICK , Joseph
J2 yrs - m - w -*(-) - Va - 0 - 0 - March - labourer
- pneu monia
8- ? 7 STEELE , Adam - 55 y-rs - rn - b - md - Va - 0 - 0 - May - labourer ·fracture d leg
9- ?8 MEAD , Isaac - 55 y-rs - rn - m - md - Va - 0 - 0 - June labourer diseas e of bowels
10- ?8 HOSTETTER , Mary E - 9/12 mos - f - w - (-) - Va - 0 - 0- June - at
home - f'racture of skull
11- ?.54 ??HULL ??HALL , Elizabeth J - 62 yr:s - f - w - wd
Va - 0 - O - July
- at home - Appoplexy
12-.134 ?SIRON, James W - 7/12 mos - m - w - ( - ) - Va - 0 - 0 - April - at
home - Asthma
13- ?8J. DEACON , Nancy - 72 yr:s - f - w - wd - Va - 0 - 0 - July - at home Li v er Mal a ria?
14-?2 1 WILSON, Thomas - 50 yrs - m - w - (-) - Va - 0 - 0 - July - farmer Delcnim?d elenira Tremins
1 5-?27 MON TGOMERY , Charles - 7/12 mos - m - w - ( - ) - Va - 0 - 0 - January
- at home - hyd.ro Cepalus
16- ??1 MON TGOMERY, Nancy - 55 yrs - f - b - ( - ) - Va - 0 - 0 - November - at
home - p aralysis
17-:D.7 CUM MINGS, John S - 38 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - June - farmer
?.57 Chromic Diarrhrea

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DEMASWS, Edward - 16 yrs - m - w - ( - ) - Va - 0 - 0 - '.'"' eptember home - pneumonia
KERR , Louisa - 40 yrs - f - m - md - Va - 0 - 0 - t·:iy - at home Puerge?Puerheral? fever

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WARREN , Bailey - 1 6/12 yrs - f - m - 0 - Va - 0
Mennengitis
GAINES, W H - 10/12 mos - m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0
Aorophela? (marked out - Struma or Kin~sEs il??)
BURNETT, Mary E - 26 yrs - f - w - md - Va - 0 keeper - Pesirperal fever
BIRD, Caroline - 19 yrs - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0
Phthi s i s Prelmonalis
, Richard D - 11 yrs - m - w - 0 - Va
home - Phthises Pulmomilis

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2-?26 HUMPHRIES, J . D. - 41 yrs - m - w - ?md - Pennsylvania - 0 - 0 - Mar
- Machinist - strictur e of the Bowels
3- ?}1 ROBINSON , David - 1 yr - m - m - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - May - 0 - Pl un ,
Pneumonia
4- ?31 ---------, Sarah
2/12 mos
f - m - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - April - 0 Plun . Pneumonia
5-?231? TOLIVER, Amanda
29 yrs - f - m - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Oct 1 - house
servant - Phthisis Pulmonalis
6-193 BARCLAY, Mary Emma - 11/12 mos - f - m - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - May - 0 inflamation of Bowels
?-.J.20 SHIELDS, Susan - J yrs - f - m - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Aug - 0 - Pluss
Pneumonia
8-~29 BEATON, Edward 1 - 1 yr - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Aug - 0 Inflamation of BQwels
9-?4J BIAS, Phebe - 75 yrs - f - m - wd
Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - keeping house
- inflamation of Bowels
10-173 WHI'IE, J a mes William - 1 yr - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Aug - 0 meas els
11-22.4 FIGGAT, Harriet - 45 yrs - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Nov - 0 - Flu§§.
Pneumonia
12-294 FIGGAT, Harry - J yrs - m - w - O - Va - 0 - 0 - Nov - 0 - measels
Nothing opposite Mary Grace Pratt, from the fact that her husband, John W.
Pratt refused to give any information.
page _ __ (page
1- ?
2- ?
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J86)

County of Rockbridge

??HO?KINS, Henrietta - 2 yrs - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Aug - at home
- dessentery
DIXON, Ella Jane - 2 yrs - f
w - 0
Va - 0 - 0 - Jan - at home pneumonia
DIXON, Robert Luther - Li/12 mos - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Feb - a t
home - pneumonia

YIRCIN IA 6PPALACHIAN NOTES

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4-

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- w - O - Va -

o- o-

Oct - at

5-

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POFr~: !-&lt; , 1 .. ·!.!:'c l la - 45 yrs - f - b - md - Va - O - o - March - at home
- c:o: . .- ir.!"' ion
·~··~"
..
- m - b
•. •
r·.. - J ...yrs
0 - Va - 0 - 0 - March - at home
Po ..•.Ji~·
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c.,..;. .
nr.•:urno !.1 -i.
-rt!1 OR&gt;'I~o··
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- 69 y rs - f - w - 0 - Va - O - O - July
at home
• _1
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•, ,
. ·. _• r.&lt;T"'ret
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- /•.J.f:u? r• .;::.oria ?
KEn::-{ , C·l!.uia A - 1/12 mos - f - b - 0 - Va - O - O - March - at home

9-

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f&gt;i:lllic -

hou!je -

cor.~&gt;umpt1.on

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26-

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pneurr.o:. i ..

f!:l i :·"tbeth -

J6

y rs - f

- b - md

Va - 0

87 yrs - f - w - 0 - Va

0

Mar - keeping

O - Q - Nov - house keeping

cor.~-;umption

HEIX;E , EliL.aLeth Ly le -

15

y-rs - f

- w - 0 - Va ·- O - .0 - Jan - at

h o me - cons u mpti on
NICHOLAS , Johr. - 27 yrs - m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - O - June - labourer d r o wn e d
AGNER , M'1.ry - 39 yrs - f - w - md - Va - O - O
Feb - house keeping
- peu erfaro ?? f ever
HOLTS , Tho mas - 9 yrs - m - m - 0 - Va
0
0
Aug - at home
Hydr0 thorax
STEELE? , Mildred - 4-5 yrs
f - b - wd - Va - 0 - 0 - Aug - at home Bowel s i nfl a ms .
NICHOLAS , John S - 22 yrs ·~ m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - June - labourer
- drowned
MEEK , McEli v ee - 18 yrs - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Dec - at home Ang i pe c toris
SHAFER , A . G . - 1/12 mos - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - July - at home bowel s inf l a ma .
IRVIN , Martha
26 y rs - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - July - at home consumption
PRESTON , John F - 12 yrs - m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - June - at home croup
J/12 mos - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - March - at home BAINE, John A
croup
MOORE, Caroline - 32 yrs - f - b - ·md - Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - at home peues a pera l fever
LEE, William - J/12 mos - m - b - 0 - Va - 0
0
Feb - at home
pn eumonia
0
TOWNS, Henry - 9/12 mos - m - b - 0 - Va - 0
Apr - at home
menengitis
CAMPBELL, Amanda - 2 yr:s - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - at home drown ed
0 - 0 - Feb - at
11/12 mos - m - w - 0 - Va
PARKER, Edgar Newton
home - meneng i t is
DICKENSON, Martin
67 yr:s - m - b - md - Va
O - O - Oct - labourer
- b l adder inflam.
DRAWBOND, Cha rles
1 yr - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Dec - at home cause unknown
DRAWBOND, Sara h M - 8 yr:s - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - May - at home consumption?
SEEVERS, Nancy Jane - 17 y-rs - f - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - at home
- chlo ros is

VIRGINl6. .APPALACH IAN NOTES

- - -

�31-

SEEVERS , Hiram D - 15 yrs - f - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - ju:.e - at home
hydra thorax
SEEVERS , Hannah E - 21 yrs - f - b - 0 - Vu. - 0 - 0 - ...· ,1:. e - at home
- consumption
SEEVERS , Stephen - 13 yrs - m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Au? - at home consumption
RUCKER , Louisa - 50 yrs - f - b - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - at home angina pectoris
CLEMMER , Mary E F - 1 yr - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - July - a t home menengitis

?

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page ?

1-371 CQLTON , Joseph

W - 84 yrs - m - w - md -

VJ. - 0 - 0 - July - farmer -

?paraplegia?

2-371 ALEXANDER , Jeffery - 19 yrs - m - b - 0 J-410
4-432
5- 470
6-475
7-475

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page

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s6-

78-

V·J. - 0 - 0 - Apr - l abo u rer
- ?Phthisin? Put
??
FOUTZ , Henry T - 6/12 mos - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Feb - at home Scarlati ne ??
HAWPE , Mary 8- - - 1-/-10 - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Ma r - at home
pnenmon±a?
TOMAN , George Lee - 2 yrs - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Feb - at home pneumonia
DECKOR/?DECKER , Mary - 27 yrs - f - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Feb - at
home - ??Porthesis Pulmonsatis??
DECKOR, Anna - 1 yr - f - w - O - Va - 0 - 0 - May - at home - Enteritis ?
LEECH , James H - 58 yrs - rn - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - June - Hotel
Keeper - pneumonia
SMITH , Francis - 24 yrs
f
b
md
Va - 0 - 0 - July - house
servant - enteritis??
PORTER, Stephen A - 48 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - June - hotel
keeper - killed by upsetting of coach
BROOKS , Caroline - 12 yrs - f - b - O - Va - 0 - 0 - May - at home scorbuta
JONES , Edwi n - 2 yrs - m - b - O - Va - 0 - 0 - June - at home pneumonia

ROBER1SON , Ananias McC - 5 yr - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Jan - at
home - pneumonia
DIXON, Elvira - 1/12 mo
f
b
O
Va - 0 - 0 - S ept - at home unknown
PERRY , Francis - 10 yrs
f - w - o
Va - 0 - 0 - Aug - st tending
school - pneumonia
MONTGOMERY , Isabella - 56 yrs
f
w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Jan - at
home - paralysis
REAMER , Jacob - 84 yrs - m - w - wd
Pennsylvania - 0 - 0 - Dec Hotel Keeper - i nflamation of the bowels
BARGER, William - 76 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Apr - farmer
- paralysis
BRAFORD, Marcellis
JO yrs - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - April - farmer
- consumption ??
BROWN , Charles A - 55 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - S ept - lock
keeper - killed by falling body ??

Y.IRC INtA APPALACH IAN NOTES

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0 - Nov - keeping house

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w

w -

md

Va - 0

0 - May - keeping house

12 yrs - m - b - 0 - Va - 0- 0 - Aug - at home -

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12 -

54 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Sept - fanner -

Pl!;'I: : ;R.:·.",·: , . ·:.1~1~. Ar~ r. - J 4 yr:s - f - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - March k c•.Jpi.:.,- :.ot.:.·1.' - c:incer in stomac h
H.AY."L11 , Ha.11dolph G - J yrs - m - w - O - Va - O - 0 - Apri l - at

1314-

hor1P -

:·.y d r-1 copal us ??
!•:rl wl.rd - 1 5 y-rs - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - July - at home pncumor! i. -i.
:iAII , I l.i.loi.der - 19 yrs - m - m - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - June - laborer -

:-= r-: IT'~~ ,

151617-

1 8 -?6J
19-?72
20-

2 1-? 5
22- ? 8 1

23- ??4

pr.cumoi.i'1.
THO MA .~ , Wi l 1 i am D - 1 yr - m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - April - at home tee th i ne;
NcCORKLE , El i zabet h - 8/ 12 mos - f - w - O - Va- 0- 0- June- at
h o me - c hol o r e infantu m?
CLOYD , Viol e t. - 7 0 yrs - f - b - wd - Va - 0 - 0 - Oct- Cookp neumon l a
COLEMAN , Ma linda - 23 yrs - f - m - md - Va - 0 - O - June - house
s ervant - cons umpt ion
B I BBS , El vi rra - 18 yrs - f - m - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - house
servant - c o ns ump t ion
AY ERS , Nan n i e E - 7 yrs - f - w - O - Va - 0 - 0 - Sept - at homedipt h eria
JOHNS TON , Virg i ni a - 80 yrs - f - b - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Aug - at
home - dro p s y

======== = == == = ========== = = === = = ============================= ============== =====~==

SAN F RANCISCO ' S EARTHQUAJ&lt;E : On April 18, 1906 , an earthquake measuring 8. 2) on
the Richter Scale rocked Sa n Francisco . The quake , lasting 48 seconds, and the
subsequen t fire , lasting three days and nights , caused tremendous property damage.
The number of c as ual ties , never completely tabulated , was in the hundreds.
To arrive at an a ccurate total for the number of dead Mrs . Gladys Hansen, San
Francisco City Archivist , has made a thorough search of all available records.
Her total of 826 known dead far exceeds the official figure of 478 given by the
1 907 Board of Supervis ors. Yet even with her careful calculations, Mrs. Hansen
belie ves the revised figure too low. She appeal s to anyone having knowledge of
any person killed in the 1906 disaster to write to her with whatever information
they have.
The names of the dead will be entered in the officia l roster in the
Pub l ic Library , a vail a ble to researchers of history &amp; genealogy.
We e n courage anyone seeking information on people killed in the 1906 F.arthquake

&amp; F ire to write to:
Mrs Gladys Hans en, San Francisco Archives, Public Library, Civic Center
San Franc i s co, CA 94102

P l ease enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

=== == == ======== = ==== === ==================== === ~=========== ===================,======
V IRG INIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�PULASKI COUNTY, VIRGINIA

1870 Morta lity Schedule
This schedule was taken at the same time as the 1870 cens us and cove r s the
deaths from June 1, 1869 to June 1, 1870 . This s chedule was copi e d f rom micro film at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Lay Sain ts Libr ary , Roa noke , Va .
The original is at the Virginia State Archives , Richmond, Vi r g i n i a .
The columns of the schedule are as follows : (1) f a mily nu mber a s on census
(2) name of deceased, (J) age last birthday , .(4) ma l e (m) or female ( f ), ( 5 )
Color: white (w); black (b); mulatto (m); Chines e ( Ch) ; I n dian (I) ; ( 6 )
married (md) or widowed (wd), (7) place of birth, ( 8 ) fat her of f ore i g n birth,
(9) mother of foreign birth, (10) date - month - of death, (11) o c c upation
(12) cause of death. (Note: The line number i s the firs t number lis t e d.)'

12-176

o - Jan _ fa rme r _
consumption
JORDAN, Luousia J - 42 yrs
f - w - md - Va - 0 - 0
- S ep t - keeping
house - Cancer of bowels (a line is drawn completely thro line )
CLAP.K, Columbia - 17 yrs - f - m - 0 - Va - O - 0 - Jany - hous e 2 he lp
- consumption
CLARK, Harrison - 64 yrs - m - m - md - Va - o
0
Feb
Lay Laborer
- pneumonia
JONES, Lorella??Loulla - 1 yr - f - m 0
Va
0
0 - Jan - no
ocupation - pneumonia
FEAGLES, Lucy L - 12 yrs - f - w - 0 - Va
0
0 - May - " "
shot wound
DAVIS, Eva - 1/12 mo - f - w - 0 - Va - O 0 - Mar
"
stoma ti tis
WINEGARDNER, Charles - 80 yrs - m - b - md
Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - day
laborer - consumption
BRYSON , Eliza - 28 yrs - f - w - md - Va - O - o _ Jan
h
_ Convulsion P
????
- ouse keeper
DEAN, Charles P - J yrs - m - w - O - Va - o
0
Nov - without
occupation - Burn
CRAIG, Robert M - 65 JT:S - m - w - md - Va - o - o _ Aug
_ Diabetis M_tile??
- Physician
OWENS , Anthony - 58 yT:S - m - w - md - Va - 0 _ O
Bil. Cholic
- Mar - farmer -

13- 171

McGUYON??l1cGUYQR,J E,]}t'l}

1- 21
2-

J4

J- 44
4- 44

5- 46

6- 48
7- 71
8-100

9- 93
10-107

11-159

1 1~

i '!i

15-185
16-198

17-220
18-265

EASLEY, Jeremiah G - 41 yrs - m - w - md - Va - O -

Gun

It

0

11()USe' .feepef

21 . .
.J

yr:r, .: f - w - md.

Me;GUYON?, Cha.r1e.s ~/ - 5/12 mos -

m -

ocupation - O

HOPKINS , Elclx·Htge - t-1-/1 2 mos ocupa ti o n - Diet:as e of l i ver

111

-

m

w

Va - 0 - 0 - Sept -

o - Va. -

0 -

0 -

Jan - no

0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - no

HONAY-ER, Henry - 56 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Sept - farmer
dropsey
GALBREATH , Cynthia - 54 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Feb - keeping
hous e - dropsey
Va - 0 - 0 - Feby - no ocupation LO.YE, Anne M - 2/10 - f - m - 0
Hi ves
con ' t

YIRCINIA APPALAC Hl r'\N ''·10Tr-s

�.2!!d Copy - Dublin Township - No . 1

1.

:-.' ~ITS:~::·:.:...D ,

2.

- !~t.:: . , ~l
;.;ye.:.. - , .·era~'t.ia:: - 62 yrs - m - w - md - Va - 0 - May - farmer - gravel
P!·~·:·:J' , :·:1r:,· - 16 yi.. . - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - ~Iary - no occupation -

J.

-

0
P!ncr-; . ;it~ 1 t.:.:CCC'.. - 2 1 yr - f
b
Va
0
0 - Apr - house keeper
- cor; ·11rnpt.ior.
o· ·: ;L..\P , r-: i!. t~ - 2 yr - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Jan - no ocupati on
D!. eu r.o! . ia
T· OL Il:Gi·:R , Elizabeth - 94 yr - f - w - wd - Va - 0 - 0 - Oct - keeping
hou::;u - n.~;thma
DAW. 'OiJ , Lewi s H - J yr - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Apr - no ocupation
ru l&gt;cla
BA;J(ER VILLE , George W - 1 yr - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Jany - no
ocup.:i. tion - Congestion of Lungs
PAI!!IBR , Edward B - 1/12 mo - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Sept - no
ocup::i. tloi. - pneumonia
SHUFFLEBARGER , Ransom A - 11/12 mos - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Apr no ocup~tion - pneumon i a
PAGE , William - 1/12 mo - m - m - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Jany - no ocupation
- Rubela
ARMSTEAD , Sarah - 45 yrs - f - b - 0 - Va - 0 ·- 0 - Mar - keeping
house - consumption
ARMSTEAD , Floyd - 10 yrs - m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Apr - no occupation
- consumption
ARMSTEAD , Agness - 2 yrs - f - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Apr - no ocupation
- pneumonia
HENDRICKS I Henry
1/12 mo - m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Apr - no ocupation
unknown
HINE , Margarett - 50 yrs - f - w - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Sept - keeping
house - disease of liver
SUMMERS , Rufus p - 15 yrs - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Apr - no ocupation
- consumption
BUFORD , James B - 5 yrs - m - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Oct - no ocupation
- di sease of Heart

4.

5.

I

6.

I

7,

C:_-irles - 1 yr - m - b - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Apr - no occupation

8.

9.
10 .

11.

12 .

1J .
14.
15 .
16.
17.
18.

#3 WASSEE TOWNSHIP

1-

5

2- 29

3- 64
4,.-

70

5- 31
6- 75
7- 82
8-103

SNOW, Samuel - 72 yrs - m - w - wd - Massachusetts - O - o - feb stone mason - consumption
MORRIS , Bonfamior - 89 yrs - m - w - wd - Pennsyl vania - o - o - Jan
- cooper - consumption
BOCOCK , Bet tie - 1/12 mo - f - w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Mar - no ocupation
- unknown
BURK, James - 72 yrs - m - b - md - Va - 0 - 0 - Oct - farn laborer consumption
S MITH, Albert - JO yrs - m - b - md - Georgia
O - O - Oct - farm
l a borer - typhoid pneumonia
HOGAN, Isaac - 42 yrs - m - b - md - Va - 0 - O - Nov
farm laborer
- consumption
CONLEY, Charlotte T - 32 ??22 yrs - f - w - md
Va
0 - O - Apr k eeping house - heart disease
COFFEE, Abigail - BJ yrs - f - w - wd - Va - O - O Jan - no oc11pation
- Inward Piles

~IRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES

�13()
9-120

RANDALE, Grant - 6 yrs
- l ung disease

- m-

TAYLOR, Edmond - 70 yrs - m heart disease
f
11- 19 TIPTON, Sarah D - 27 yrs
- consumption
f
12- 49 BULLIQN?, Nancy - 40 yrs
- consumption
13- 154 SIMPKINS, Arnold W - 1 yr - m
- croup

10-117

NON-EXCHANGE

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b
w

0

- !ild
w
w

-

- Va -

0

-

0 - r:.

Va - 0

0

-

, -

l ••

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0 - Va

-

0

-

0

- "feb -

... .

-

0 -

0

- July -

- 0

OCUJI\. ti o n

r.o

~·armer

w - 0 - Va - 0 - 0 - Oc t -

l&amp; ou~..&gt;e
hou.~·"

!10

-

hel p
help

ot.:ut'?. t .i.~n

QU~RTERLIES HE~'EIVED

THE TEXARKANA USA GENEALOGIST' S QUARTE RLY , publis hed by Texarkana USA Genea logical
Soci ety , Inc . , P .O . Box 2323 , Texarkana, TX 75504-2323 .

HUPPEDAY, Broad River Genealogi cal Soc iety, Inc .,
NC 28150 .

ESWAU

P. 0 .

Box

226 1,

Jhelby ,

THE NAVIGATOR, Norfolk Genealogi cal Society , P . 0. Box 1281J , Thomas Corner ,
Norfolk , VA 23502.
THE HUMBLE GENEALOGI CAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY , 1321 Gum Tree , Huff man , TX 77336.

THE CAROLI NAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN , Box 5015 , Marshville, NC 28103.
OFFICER FAMILY ASSOCIATION NEWSLETI'ER, P. O. Box 293 , Tracy, CA 95376 .
ANCESTREE , published by Logan County Genealogi cal Society , Box 1959 , Logan,
W. VA 2.5601 .
OKLAHOMA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, P . O. Box J14, Oklahoma City, OK 73101.

THE POINDEXTER NEWSLE!'TER, Poindexter Descendants Assoc i aton, 310 W. Lexington
St. , Wytheville , VA 24382 .
PATHWAYS, Union County Historical Society, Inc . , P. O. Box 95, Maynardville,
Tenn. 37807.
GLIMPSES OF GRAYSON, Grayson County Historical Society , Inc. , Route 1, Box 293 ,

Elk Creek , VA 24326 .
SOUTHERN INDIANA GENFALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY , P. 0. Box 66 5 , New Albany,
Ind. 47150.

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:..:EJ-~~'BRY I:~SCRIPTIONS

.- coTT COUNTY ' VIRG INIA
Cor. t r i : i.~ :_, . , _; ; ~;
Mr . »: &gt;'. ! ·. · . : . ·.... J 1 • ·_; ..

BILLY ELZA HOLLON
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GILBREATH

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JA:WARY

BLOC:·'.!-;h
FE I?Ut\! ~Y

~Ai3Y

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1897
J , 1909

T. S . A. GILBREATH

: · ·· .

t·:ARCH J I 1841
JU :~E 2 , 1902
BETTIE !.: i o:: ..
APRI L 2 ''/ , 1 ··93
.'10VE M1·EH . &lt;) , 1 q, 0

MARCH '/ ,

FRAI K C OHl~ETT BLOOMER
MARCH 2 , 1915
APRI L 1 8 , 1932

DECEMBER 28 , 19 ~6
DECEMBER 1 1 , 19J1
JOHN M.

RHOTON

- - - - - -CLEAR
DECEMBER 9 , 19 6L~
**********************
NEW MELODY CHURCH
FAIRVIEW, VIRGINIA
GI LBREATH
FLORENCE W.
MARCH J1 , 18 8 7

FEBUARY 8, 1941
REST MO'.IHER, REST IN QUIET
SLEEP WHILE FRIENIB IN
SORROW O' ER THEIR WEEP

HENRY KIETH McCRACKEN
JANUARY 10, 1936
FEBUARY 1, 1936
HENRY McCRACKEN

1869

APRIL 1, 1946
OSCAR LANE
AUGUST 4, 1945
SEP'IEMBER 5, 1945
WILLIAM MELVIN McCRACKEN
SEPTEMBER 12, 1890

FEBUARY 26, 1963
• JAMES A. RHOTON
d. OCTOBER 27, 1948

BETTY WORFE

1889-1965

JUNE 1 5 , 1876
MAY 18, 1940

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May 6 , 1 8 4 2
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APRIL 1, 1977

JULY 27 , 1933

HAVING FIN IS HE D L IFE ' S
DUTY.
S HE NOW S WEETLY RESTS

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�SCOTT COUNTY i1. the

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THE NICKELSVILLE .3PJ..RTl-J'; E/.. ::D
by

Lt . Col. Dale C. L . HoneycutL U .. .1 . A. !•' .

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from
Gate City Herald,
Gate City , Va .
1961
The community of Nickelsville gave the fourth Infa1 tr1 Conip:.:i.r.y :·ron . 'cot t
County to the Confederate .Army, as the local you lr.~; m·1rched or.f Lowards
Abingdon in a company knm-m a s the Nickelsv ill e 8p:.i.rtcrn &amp;t.nd , Lrnder the
command of Capt. Henry W. McCon nell.
They arrived :it their de:-; ti nation
in time to be mustered into t he Army of Virginj_a Volunte~rc on the 1Jth
day of July, 1861. This distance may have been coved ln one day , for
later on, a day ' s march of J5 miles was nothing unusual 1·or soldiers ll ke
these Gen . Jackson , in one of his official report::: on movement of ".foot
cavalry" , as they have been so rightly called , stated that one Brigade
marched 36 miles in a day .
The Spartan Band became Company H of the 48th Infantry Regiment , Virg inia
Volunteers . Later on, through reorgan ization , it became Co . E of that
regiment. The Company had a strength of 76 when f.i.r~:&gt;t mu s tered ; however
it was a different s tory at t he surrende r at Appotmatox on 9 April , 1 865 .
At that time it had only one soldier present for duty That soldier was
Tu.niel Frazier. A check of the muster roll, given below , will reveal that
this soldier was wounded at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. Whether this was the same soldier who surrendered at appromatox ,
the wri ter does not know .
Known commanders of this company were Capt . Henry W McConnell , Ca pt . S .
P. McConnell and Capt . c. w. s . Ha rris.
The Compa ny figh ting with Jacks~n · ~ ~orces saw service throughout the combat area of northern a nd eastern
Virginia, and accompanied General Lee to Gettys burg .
Perhaps i ts most
gallant display was with Jackson• s Valley Campaign.
Often outnumbered by
great o~ds, the feirce fighting by s oldiers such as these brought _ vi~t~ry
after victory, The soldiers from the mountain areas of western Virginia ,
often dubbed "Squirrel hunters " 1 were given up to be s ome of the best shots
in either the Union or Confederate Armies.
A glance at the names of this company, as well a s those other compan ies
to be discussed in these articles, reveal how strong families of Scott
County were loyal to " theSouth . It appears that the names on all thos~ .
old muster rolls were nothing more than a roll call of the pioneer families
of the county . Each family with sons accepted its duty as one or more sons
went off t o war . In some cases , n o doubt , every available son in the family became a Confederate soldier. It must be remembered that these were
all volunteers for the Confederate Conscription Act was not passed until
the next year.
The Muster Roll taken on 31 August , 1861, the first taken after Abingdon ,
while stationed at Big Springs (Northwest), Va. is quoted:

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T:.t:.: :;ickelsville Spar tan Band con ' t
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McConr. ell : 1st Lt . Thomas M. Smith; 2nd Lt. CharJesse M. Daugherty .

:; o :; -:;o ~·::·: r:·. :c:;:.:.::::
?· F'ICS?.S : 1st Sgt Jos hua S . Fanning; 2nd Sgt . Willi amM .
H i 1 1rr,-l.' ; J:-1 .·,-- .. ill:..·'!T! H . ifampler; 4th Sgt . Na than H. McConnell ; 5th
Sgt . ·,; i l 1 i ·!.:-. . . . i·:cCO!.!.ell

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·,.; i 11 i·!.m ? . 1-h.rris ; 2r. d Cpl. Harvey P . Smith ;
CJd .-\":-1! ~·1.m F'uller.

3rd Cpl (To be appoint-

P RI VA TE.: :

Poz.d , Oliver P .; Broadwater , Stephen ; Culbertson , James M.;
H.; Dir;ogus , Ja mes \·l ; Dort on , William H. ; fulaney , James _ .;
El am , John F . ; Elam , 1.. ;corge F .; Ell iot , Christopher; Elliot , William V;
En o chs~ Will l.:im V . ; Fr.iley , He nderson F .; Fraley , Granville R.; Frazier,
Joshu:.t. D.; Fi-1~ier , ~·le:::;tley W.; Gillum , Richard; Gillespi e , John W; Harris,
David H . ; llarri:~ , Jame~- E . ; Hartsock , Ale xander; Harts ock , William D. ; Hillma n , Robe r t H . ; Hil l man , Wi l lia m H.; Horton , Da.v i d C.; Hooker, William;
Jolly(? ), I'Loma::. H . ; Lamarr , fu.vid H. ; Lama rr , Francis M.; Lane, Thomas R. ;
I o gan , Murido (?) ; Ki lgo re , John D.; McConnell, Syl vester P.; McConnell,
Mi l ton ; Mc Connel l , Mart in ; McClelland , Benjamin ; McClelland , Samuel H. ;
McClell an d , .'J.:i.muial ; Mead , Cha rles ; Moss , James H.; Moon , George W.; Nelson ,
David ; P erry , S ·l.muc l H. ; Perry , Willia m A. ; Peters , Da.vi dH. ; Peters,
J ac ob C .; }~c L er.:. , Cha rles W. ; Ramey , Berry C. ; Ramey , Lewis A.; Ramey ,
J a mes R . ; Ro~-;s , Alex an der ; Russell , J a mes B. ; Smith, James M.; Smith, Rob ert H .; S mi th , Willia m C. ; Saunde rs , J a mes W.; Steffy( ? ), John M.; Steffey ,
Pl easan t s ; S tron g , AJ. ija h; Strong , George ' Strong , Hiram; Salyer, Thomas;
Vermil lion , J o. m e~; D . ; Wil liams , William .
fuv i d ~o?. ,

J~r1e . . ..

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RICHARD BALLINGER
This peti tion ma y b e order from the Virginia State Library , Archives Division ,
Richmond , Va 23219. As k for petition of Ri chard Ballinger , Legisl ative Petitions.,
F l oyd Co, Va , Box A , Jan 11 , 1 851.

I

p age
Thi s /A P eti t ~on o f / Richard Bal linger/prayi ng that the names/of Nancy , F Julian/
F , Henry F Richard , / Suanna F , Joseph / f , Susan P , ?Louis i a ? , / and John T
Lovel l , s ;
be changed to that / of' Balingar and / made heirs at raw / H. Deskins
/Floyd
Jan 'y 11 1851 / ref ' d t o Ct~
page
Floyd County J any J d 1851
To the honorable Legi slature of Virginia your
P e r t i n io ner Prays that t h e names of his children
nancy F Lovell
Juliann F
Lovel l
Henry F Lovell
Richard M Lovell
Luc4.nda F Lovell
Joseph L
Lovel l
Susan P Lovel l
Louisa Lovell
John T Lov ell
be changed by
l a w To that of Ball inger in Sted of Lovell and made heirs at law in my Estate
a nd you r perti oner will ever pra y &amp;
Rich ' d Ballinger
(Not e : th e " /" designates t h e end of the lin e on that page)
A c o py of the origi n a l petition has b een placed in t he Vi rginia Room, main
Roa n oke Ci ty Public Library, Roanoke , Va.

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�"STAY BOOK BEGUN J ANUARY 1 777 ''
Henry Coun ty , Virg i n i a
(Notes This book is located in the county courthou::-e :-it Martii.:-vill= ,
Virginia - actually the 'old ' courthouse .
This book should Le c::i.11 ed
"Stray Book" because it is a lost and found book .
TI-ie r olluw lr1 i · t:iken
from photocopies of a few pages from the book .
The.:c pace~~ h;:ive Leen
given to the Virginia Room of the Coanoke City Cei: traJ Lil ra:r y . )
page 1
Taken up 'in Henry County by the Subs criber a Small Roan Coloured Mare with
a White faceabout five years Old this Spring and Branded in the r,ear
Shoulder as well as can be des cribed with a Small S .
The Owner may have
the saidStray in Proving hi s property and paying as the Law directs .
William Blevins .
Jan'y 26th 1777
Henry Co . Va
William Blevins brought before aStray Mare &amp; took the Oath by Law required .
To William Blevins Elisha Wallin John Blevins being first ::;worn do Appraise
the said Mare in Current Money to the best of their Skill &amp; Jud.gmen t &amp; report of the same and in my hand the 26th of J anuary 1 777 .
John Salmon
The Appraisirs within mentioned do Value t he within mentioned Stray to
Six Pounds Current Money under their hands.
Will. Blevins jr
John
Blevins
Elisha Wallin
Ta.ken by the Subscriber on horse Pasture i n Henry County a small dark
Colloured mare about Ten Years and with s ome white in her face branded on
both her buttocks but not telligable s ' d Mare (?)to oks the Owner may have
s'd Stray of me on Proving his Property &amp; Paying as the Law directs.
James May
Jan 'y 31st 1777
Henry County _ ?
James May brought before a Justice of Peace f or the County afore s ' d a
Mare described in the above Advertisement. &amp; took the Oath by Law required
To Joseph Cook W'm Dillingham &amp; Jos. Fargers on being first Sworn do
Appraise a Mare Soyou Produed in Current Money &amp; Certifie under their
hands such Appraisement under my hand the 31st Jan'y 1777 . John Salmon.
We Joseph Cook W'm Dillingham &amp; Joseph Farguson Appraised the within
mentioned Mare to JO/. Joseph Cook, W'm Dillingham, Jo s. Farguson
page 2
Tuken up by Robert Joanes Li.Ying in the County of Henry Near the head of
Pigg River One Bay Mare Eighteen Years Old about f our feet five Inches
high Branded on the near Buttock thus WH Praised to Twenty seven Shillings and Six pen ce Sartify by me. Peter Sanders Feb'y 15th 1777
Th.ken up by William R~ntfro Living in the County of Henry upon Runnel bog

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Creek ti.0 ·..:::.. :..~r.· o:' .:ri~i tb.s River One Red Brindled Cow and Calf the Cow is
mark i ;, i. r.• · .r i -: . - :; • ·ar ·..; i t h a Crop and Slit and the left year with a Crop
and ~l i
--~- i t1~. !er ~.eel .
Posted and Praised to forty Seven Shillings &amp;
Six f'0:. · ·.:
'.'""°'"'..!'ti:·.:_.· ty :.e .
Peter Sanders
Feb 'y 10th 1777 .
Taker, ur i. :. r~~ .. ry County on Beaver Creek Four head Cattle One Red Cow
Wi th wr. i ' •"' =· .. . ~·:-_.r·I:ed 3- Smooth Crop in the l eft Ear &amp; a Swallow fork in
the rivLt APJ'1....... i;•&gt;d t.o i:.2 . 1 0 . 0 . one d i tto a ppraise Old and Pided marked
a Crop n.nd -l :--1.:..t ir~ the left ea:q:Apprai s edtoL2.5 . o . oneredPided
Steer thn.:c! ::•·'"tt--:' old nex t Spring marked a Crop in the right Ear and under
heel in tlie l e!l Appraised to .t1 . 15 . 0 one s mall Pided ditto Two years old
T ink blot)t .~pri11(:; mi.rked a Smooth Crop i n each Earr Praised to 11.2.6 .
he ha:· .:i Nick unc.ler each Ear which I believe was _ore by a dog Since he
came Lo my hou:...;e
Joseph Cooper Feb 'y 10th 1777.
Tuken up t y John Ihniel living near the head of Mays River Own bay horse
about rourteen h~nds high Branded on the n ea r buttock thus 22 (? )hans and
t rots drags b..tl.nd feet about nine yean:: old Praised to Ten pounds Also owne
Wh i tc on ane &amp; f"oals fou r feet five I nches hig h Branded on the near Buttock
t hus 00 trot:: lh tural abou t fourteen or fifteen years Old.
d to
Eight Pounds Curr ' t Money
Jon ' a J:!amby
March 3d 1777
-page J
Tuk en up by William Smith Living on Peter s Creek owne Brindle Hiefter
Yearl in g
Marked two Smooth Crops and a hole in each year. Praised to
Ten S h i llings .
J o n ' a Hamby
Ma rch Jd 1777
Taken u p by George Ca r ter living n ear the head of Mays River own Read and
White Two years Ol d h eif er Ma rked a Smooth Crop in the left year Praised
to 'IWenty S hillings
Jon'a Hanby
March Jd 1777
Tuken up by the Subscriber one Iron Grey Mare about four feet 5 Inches
high Branded with a
T as Supposed about two years Old . Posted &amp;
Appraised to Six pounds Tim shillings . Drury Soloman H'y County Mch 17th
1 777
To John Wills/?Wells Stephen Meirs &amp; Elis · Harbour you are hereby appointed to appraised a Certain Iron Grey Mare which Drury Soloman has upon
Oath declared before me himself to be the taken up. Given under my hand
this 17th March 1777 .
Edm . Tyne
I

We the subscribers in Obedience to the above do having taken Oath for
that purpose appraise the same to Six Pounds ten Shillings, Witness our
hands this 17th March 1777 .
John Wells, Stephen Miers, Elisha Harbour
Taken up by the Subscriber living on Beaver Creek Henry County Five head
Hoggs Four Marked a Smooth Crop in the right Ear and a half Crop in the
upper s ide of the left Far Two Grisled Bair owe the other two Sandy Coulour the other a grirled Sow unmarked Praised to two Pounds Ten shillings
J a mes Anthony
April 16th 1777
p age 4
This day James Anthony of s 'd County brought before one dark (b)ay Horse
about Ten years Old with a Small Ma rr(?) in forehead , half his Mane
Lost ( ? ) and Grown Mid.ling long Branded on the near Shoulder of Bullock
T with both his hind feet &amp; one fore foot White about Four feet Six

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NOTES

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Inches high g i ven under my hand this 29tr. day o.:' Apri 1 1·, · ...

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Penn

Thomas Cooper Joseph Cooper &amp; John Sto kes bein'": fir.:;t. :::wor., !.. tLc Law
directs do Appraise the above Horse to Eleven Pound~- Gi vir: ur.d er our
hands the day above Written
Tho' s Cooper, JohJ, .'toke:.: , Jo .; . Cooper .
Tu.ken up by Jo hn Bolling living in Henry County upor. ... ml Lr:- Hi ver Or.e
Chesnut Sorrel Mare about ten year..; Old abo...i t t'uur f•:?C· L · r:·1,..,n I riches high
wi th a larg e Blaze in her face She h1s a r.2ui~iw·,. Vi::u1 1· t:· .·;.:i.i..ch f'ore feet
White she has a Small _ ell(?) and shod ber~ore ·~he i:..; Hr::..nrlcd on the near
Shoulder with Swivel Sturrup Iron Posted &amp; Apprai:-; cd to Eleven Pounds
Also one Bay Mare nine years Old about four i'eet :·i ve lncLc.~ hi("h with
a hanging Mane &amp; Switch tail she has a b1a.ze in her face her two r,ind feet
white Branded on the near Buttock f
Post0d .-.t.nd App1~i.i;.;ed to Ei 1jht Pounds
Sartifyed by me: Peter Sanders Ap ' l 21d 1777
This John M. Conway of Henry County brought before me One ::_; mal 1 Bay Ma re
about four feet four Inches high a Marr in her forehead &amp;
on her
Mane one white foot while Branded on her near Bullock C with a s mall
bell 'I'.Yed with a Tope(?). Given under my hand thi~ 2d Thy o1 May 17'77
Abraham Penn
To Nathan Hall Tho's Cooper &amp; Jos. Allsup being first :3wo1n a::-; the Law
directs to Appraise the above Mare to Si x Pounds Current Money g iven
under our hands. Nathan Hale, Tho ' s Cooper, Joseph Allsup
(Notes

The above page copied very light.)

page 5

(copied light)

Taken up the Subscriber one bay Horse four feet Six Inches high Branded
on the A~ Shoulder G and a Small Star in his forehead and about four
Years Old .
Amos Richardson Sen'r
May the Jd 1777
Taken up by William Cox living in Henry County upon Smi ths River One Bay
Horse about three Years Old about four feet five or S ix Inches high.
Branded on Shoulder i
Also on the near Bullock M h e has a S wi tch Tail
hanging Mane Posted &amp; Appraised to Eight Pounds Sart ifyed by me.
Peter Sanders.
May 25th 1777
Taken up by Jeremiah Claungh living in Henry County upon Smiths Ri ver
one Bay Horse about Six or seven Years Old about four fee t seven Inches
high Branded on the near Buttock with E he has two Gloss ? Eyes he has
a large Star in his forehead with abouta f our shilling.
Bell &amp; a pair
of Shoes on Posted and Appraised t12.4 . 0. Sar tifyed By me ,
Peter
Sanders .
May 25th 1777.
John Wells of Henry County produced before me one Heifer about two Years
Old a black Switch(?) marked a Swallow fork in the rig ht Earr the left
A Slot &amp; under keel given under my hand this 27th day of May 1777 .
Abraham Penn
To John _ _ __

Ignations Sims &amp; Rich. Boatman being first Sw'd According

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�to L1w do App:rl.i.:e the above Heifer to one Pound given under my hand this
(?) I;sr.ati~_~- Sims , Rich ' d Boatman , John( ?)-_ _
Taken up b.:l t..!.e Sutriscriber living in Henry County on the South fork of
L eatherwood Creek one bay horse about four feet Seven Inches high has some
I:ra.ndcd on the near Shoulder of Bullock HB and on the
Sad.le ~po t:;
shoulder
page 6
Shoulder fC
li.ad a Small bell on and i s shod all fores and Posted and
App ralr;cd t..o Twenty Pounds Current .Money . Ja ' s Williams
May 30th 1777
Henry C ' ty _ .
To John Wells Spencer Reynolds and Francis Cox you are
hereby appo inted Veiw &amp; appraiser taking an Oath before for that Purpose
a Certc.1.in bay Horse which James Williams upon Oath before me has declared
himself Lhe take up Given under my hand this 30th day of May 1777,
Ed.In. Lyn e .
In Obedience to the above Wa rrant we the Subscribers do Value &amp; Apprai se
the above Horse to Twenty Pounds . Witness our hands this 31st Iay of
May 1777 .
John Wells , Spencer Reynolds , Francis Cox.
Taken up by the Subscriber in Honey County a Black Mare about Ten Years
Old and about four feet nine or Ten Inches. high along Star in her forehead a Snip and a white spot on her under lip and hir right hind foot whit
and Branded o n the 1 ef t But tock with '.Ihree Dots . 'Ihe said Mare is a
Natu ral troter and had a Small bell on
William Jamison
May 22d 1777
Taken up by the Subscriber living in Henry County on the head of Smiths
River a Yellow Coloured Stear five years old marked with a half Crop in
the underpa r t of the r i ght Ear &amp; an over keel in the left &amp; Branded on
the left horn appears
to be -t MH but much blotted Also a Small red and
Wh..i.te pied heifer Three years Old marked with a Swallow fork and under
keel in the right Ear and a Crop and underkeel in the left
Thomas
Henderson
We the Subscribers being first Sworn do Certify that the Within Descriptions is just and right and do,i Appraise the Steer to Four pounds &amp; the
Heifer to forty shill ings Current Money As Witness our hands this ?th day
of May 1777.
John Kindrick , Math'wSmall, John Henderson
page

7

Taken up by Joseph Hail living in Henry County near t h e _ oT Pigg River
one Bay Mare about Seven years Old about four feet five Inches high
Branded on the near Sholder Thus A has a Star in her forehead she has
a Switch Tuil hanging _ _ Posted and Appraised to fifteen Pounds Sartifyed
By me
Peter Sanders
June Jd 1777.
This day Thomas Edwards brought before one Mouse Colou.!: Bay Mare about
seven or eight years Old Branded on the Ne_Jaw f two white spots on
each hind feet a Small not on the t __ part of her Buttock about four
feet four Inches high and on an Oath the same was taken up at his Plantation and themar_ nor Brand has not bee Altered since Taken up she has been

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appraised to Eight Pounds
Peter Saunders

Given under my hand this 16tr. fuy o1~ Jl;ne 1777

Taken up by the Subscriber on town Creek Henry County - D:trk B-=ty Mei.re
Three Years Old this spring Pa_es and t
his of hind foot white and
a few White hairs in her foreheadunder k ' d &amp; Branded or. the near 2holder
thus - -- - large lump on the near under Jaw had a bell about half Crown
piece and hung with a raw leather Strap an~ famed with a Common girl
Buckle the owner may have her --- Proving hi s property and Appli!1g to me
William Hanto~
June 21st 1777
Taken up by Robert Stockton living in Henry Coun~ upon Nicolas Creek
one Red and White Heifer Years
on Marked Posted and Appraised to
twenty five shilling_
Sartifyed By Me
Peter Saunders July Jd 1777
page 8
Henry County
Taken up by John Nowling and brought before me one Gray
mare four feet2 or ] Inches high nine years old Branded on the off(?)
Shoulder and Buttock Thus WB she trots Certified under my hand this 1st
day of July 1777
Jessee Heard
We the Subscribers being first Sworn before a Justice of the Peace do
Appraise the above mare to Eight Pounds
Stephen Heard, W'm Heard
Taken up ay AnthonyFitts living upon Gabling town Creek in Henry County
one Bay Horse about four feet Ten Inches high about fifteen years Old
Branded on the near Shoulder CH also the Off Shoulder TK he has Several
Sadle spots and about four Shilling Bell on Posted &amp; Apprais ed to n15.4.0 .
Certified By me
Peter Sanders
July 26th 1777
Take~ up by Thomas Haile living upon Pigg River in Henry County one Red
&amp; White Steer three years Old Part ma.rked in the right Ear Crop &amp; Slot
and in the left ear Crop and staple fork Also one Cow five year ' s Old
Marked in the right Earr with a Crop and underkeel Posted and Appraised
the Steer to I:.5 the Cow E.3 , Certified By me .
Peter Saunders
August 22d 1777,
Henry~ ·
This day Christopher Bolling Jun ' r came and made oath before
me that there came to his place of Abode s ometime last Summer a _ed Bull
about 2 Years Old this Spring past marked with a Crop a nd a half in the
right Ear and a nick in the upper part of the left Ear and that the mark
has not been Altered. There are in the name of the Commonwealth Re~uiring
a freeholder to Appraise the above Stray in Current Money and make a report thereof Given under my hand this 10th day of September 1777. George
Waller

Pursuant to the within Warrant in the Subscribers being first Sworn do
appraise the above Bull to one pound five Shillings . Sept . 10th 1777,
Christopher Bollin_, Jos. Bradberry (if third signature, bottom of page
is torn.
page 9
Taken up by the Subscriber on Marrowbone Creek in the Cou

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of Henry a

�Read

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: •.....: r:o...- &gt;:-_!:ked ;.;i th a Swollow f a __ in each Earr and Brande ·

or.. tLc :- . • · &gt; ·k ~-:it.!. :. Don tr.e _ _ may have her on proving his Propert·

and .:..ppl:;:i:.- ·o .

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=-:a::.-d.nan

Sept 29th 1777

Her.ry

·,.;: •!:?:C'"ls Uriah Hardman hath thi s day made Application to r
_;l'!.t . oi.e of the Justices of Pea ce for the Commonwealth
of Virrir..it. to !.'l\'C ~t.e said ste_ Cow Valued and Appraise . I therefore
appoin t J ol .! . !~:i.1ur-_t.!. ·.\illi3.m Hardman &amp; Samuel Senear to Value and
App rai..;~ Li.t..: ~:.~.i.d ::tray in Current Money as Soon as Possible Giv_
under my L~r.d tl.i~· -~9th day of Sep ' r 1777 . Tho ' s Hamilton
Thom.:i; !1-!.:·.11·

!.

In Obedi cr.el' to tl.c within order we Subscribers being firs Sworn have
Valued tL0 . · "l.. id S lr""ly Cow to four Pounds Curren_ Money Virgi nia. Given
und er our l 1:.r.c.1:- Lhls ~9th Septem 'r 177_ . John Hard.man, Uriak Hardman,
S am ' l :-~c·nca:· ( ?)
Taken up by tLc :-·ubscriber on Marrowbone Creek in the Coun_ of Henry a
brlnded "J.nd whlte ::tear about three Yeases Old. Marked with a Swallow
fork in the rirJ~t Ear and a open( ? ) hal f Crop in the left Ear the owner
may have him by pro
his Property and Applying to W•m Hardman. Sep 'r
29th 1777
Henry
Whereas William Hardman hath thi s day ma_ application to me
Thomas Hamll ton Gent . one of the Justi ces of Pe_ _ for the Com.wealth
of Vi rg inia t o have the above Stray Steer Appr
I therefore app ' r
Jn ' o Hardman , Sam ' 1 S en ear &amp; Uriah Hardman as s
as may be to Value
the s ' d Stray in Cur ' r Money . Gi ven under my_ hand this 29th Lay of
Sep ' r 1 777 .
Tho ' s Hamil t on.
In Obe di e nc e to th e within order we the Subscribers being
have
Valued a nd Apprai s e him to Three Pounds Current Mon_ of Virginia, Given
under our h a nds this 29th Sep ' r 1777.
Samuel Sinear. John Hardman.
Uriah Ha rdman.
pag e 10
Taken up as a S tray by me the Subs criber a Pided Bull Red and White.
whit e f a c e
Bull marked with Sli tt in left Farr and a Crop in the right
Earr .
Whereas Thomas Nels on ha th a pplied to me one of the Justices for
Henry County in the State of Virg inia to have the above Stray Appraised.
I do h e r eby a ppoint Joseph Chandler and Thomas Webb to Appraise the above
and True Return make in Virginia Currency Given under my hand this 4th
10.y of October 1777 .
Tho ' s Hamil ton .
Taken up by the Subscriber in Henry County a Grey Mare and Colt(?) one
hind foot white.
The mare branded on the near Shoulder RC four foot
three Inches hig h four Shilling bell on with a Split in Edge Shod before
about three Years Old last Spring the Colt n either dark
nor branded
ho e v e r owns the s aid mare &amp; Colt may have them by provingthem and applying to me on Pig g River near the mouth of ( ?)Jorow( ?) Creek. Appraised
to Tw e nty Pounds .
John Ellis. October 15th 1777.
Taken up by the S ubscriber living upon Snow Creek a dark bay Mare appears
to Very Old having grey hairs in fore top &amp; Mane a l a rge Starr in her f ore-

�head and branded on the righ Shoulders
Oct 'r 21st 1777

Paces

1\a tu rally .

Jo hr: Heard

Henry Cc-unty _
To Benjamin Potter Robert Boulton Jo.::;eph E.i.:rcy :, ou
are hereby appointed being first Sworn t o Value &amp; Appr1ice a Cert.:&gt; i~1
stray Mare which John Head upon Qa th declared himseJ f to be the t;:i.ker up .
Given under my hand this 21st Iay of October 1777 .
Edm ' d Lynes
In Obedience to the above we being first Sworn do Value and Appr3.l ~c the
above Stray Mare to two Pounds ten Shilli ngs Witness our h.:i.nd;, thj ... 2 1~ t.
October 1777 , Robert Boulton , Joseph Kerby

page 11 (the following wil l be an a bstract)
... . . Benj amin Stinnett . . . .. living near the head of Smith;, River . ... . .
Jd day of Novem'r 1777, .. . . . Tho ' s Henderson .
. . . ... on Horse Pasture Creek by James Spencer . .... . Stear branded 1S .. . . .
Josiah Smith Jessee Will/?Wi tt &amp; Joseph Cc mmion ( ?) . .. to a ppraise ... . .
22d day of Novem ' r 1777 , Arch ' s Hughes
· · · . l i ving ... . South Mayo near the head . .. .... . John Ianiel Sen
George Carter Sliphaze ( ?) Shelton Ralph Shelton (appraisers ) . ... 24th
day of November 1777 ,
Jon'a Hanby
page 12
• ···· 21st October 1777, Stephen Mirass(?) . .
. . . . Stephen Mairs .... Hugh McKeen (appraiser .. . . . . . Tho ' s Hamilton . .. .
. . . . l i vi ng nn marrowborn Creek . .. . Arthur Robi nson . . ·· . Novem 'r 1777 , . .
To George Rowland Alex 'r McKai n Geo Hamilton ( appraisers ) . .. 22d day of
November 1777 , 'Iho ' s Hamilton
page 1J
. . ... by Joseph Robertson .... on Mayo River ..... .
George 'fuylor , 'Thomas Low &amp; Leonard Vandergraff (appraisers) . · . . . 10th day
of December 1777. Arch ' s Hughes
·· · by Henry Bradberry living .... near Mr . John Rowland . . . . 15 t h Tu.y of
Dec. 1777.
Peter Saunder s
•·.by John Wills. · · . on Leatherwood Creek . Dec' r 23d 1777. Wi ll. Tundale (?)
. . . . . Michael Watson Jerrald Birch &amp; Mathew Wi lls (appraisers ) . . ...
••. by James Morton . •.. (lives) on Sandy Ridge . .. . . Will. Tunstall .
page 14

... John Wells, John Morton and Henry Warron ( Appraisers ) .. .. 25 th of December 1777 ........ .
.... living ... . South Mayo •.... by Arch's Hughes .. . .
Henry France, Thomas Low &amp; Ralph Shelton j ' r (appraisers ) ... 8th day of
January 1777. Jon'a Hanby

YIRGIN1A ~PP::'\ LAC HI AN NOTES

�If/

. . .. ( 1 i ·.r i:. ".) O!. ti:e ~·;a ters of Ma trimoney. . . . by James Edwards
·
To Ei:--u8 S&lt;lwan.fr .'.1.!1d Tnomas Grogan (appraisers) . ·.. . .. 12th Feb ' y 1778 , .
Tho ' s H:1.. ~il to?. .
. . . . . . . ( :· ir::;r.,_ tu re~- )
Thomas Grogan , Joham Edwards .

pa.cse

15

. . ... l i v ir..r, on Cpoon Creek . . .. by John Gresham ..
. . . . J ohn F rance John Po or j ' rand William Hunter (apprai sers ) . . . 17 day
o f J ~nu~ry 177b .
James Lyon

. . . . o n :-'m i th. · Rive r ..... Jan ' y 19th 1778 . (by) Dill ion Blevins
John P ncn ( appraiser) . . . . George Waller, Jan ' y 19th 1778 .
... in Henry County . ... January 19th 1777 .

(by) James Martin

p ag e 1 6
. . . in He nry Cou n ty . . . . . (by) John Jamison .

Jan 'y 24th 1778

. . . . living i n He nry County .. . ... Thomas Jameson .

Jan ' y 24th 1777

.. . . . Sep ' r 22d 177 7 . ... by John Barker .
I Henry Sumpte r ( a ppraiser) .. , , .
. . . . . by Eliphaz Shel ton living in Henry County on South Mayo River, ...
Jon ' a Han by Ben jam in Ivie &amp; Willi am Arnold (appraisers ) .. . . 27th day of
Feb ' y 1 778 .
(?)Arch' s Hughes
page 17
. .. by Cha rl es Foster living .. upon Smiths River near the Mouth of
go bl in Town Creek. . . . . . . . . Peter Saunders . Feb ' y 2Jd 1777.
. . . . on the Waters of Ma trimoney .. ... ?th March 1778, (by) William Alexander
.. . by Thomas Joanes j ' r living .... near the head of Pigg River ... , .,.
Peter Saunders.
March 10th 1778
.. . ... ..
•....

(by) Joel Estes

( by) Amo s Richardson j ' r

page 18 ( mi ssed in copying ) 19
. •... by Amos Richardson .. . ... .. . ... April 20th 1778 .
. . . . by Ian i el Wilson .. .. . ... on the Branches of Sandy River .. . 7th May
1778.
Will . 'lUnstal l .
. . . . . April 27th 1778.

(by) John Simmons .

. . . . . . . May 5th 1778 .

( by ) John Heard .

. . . . ( ? ) Jth May 1778 .

(by ) Joseph Bolling.

~f RC INf A APJ?.~~.LA('H IA.N NOTES

�page 20
.. .. (by) Joseph Bryan living .. . . near t he head of .:'mittw Ri\·er .. . .
9th 1778. Thomas Henderson.

~·:ay

(by) Richard Colgar(?) jun ' r living . . .. on the head Branche.· of
North Mayo ... .. .. 9th day of May 1778 . Thomas Henderson
... .. on Snow Creek .. . . . .. May 10th 1778 .

( by ) Joel

Atkin~on .

living on Reed Creek. . . . . . 1Jth Ma y 1778 . ( by ) J ohn Dilli ngham
near the I r on Works ....

Ma y

1778 . ( by)

Geo Heard.
(this is all the pages that was z eL"ox from the "Stay Book" . These pages
have been placed in the Virginia Ro om , Roa noke Central Library . )

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SAUL BROTHERS
contributed by Doris C Sink*
From her letter: I don't know who wrote this s tory but I have the address of
the person who sent it to me if anyone i s i nterested in t he Saul history . . . . . .
lvzy" husband's great grandparents were Leonard Al t ick Sink a nd Sa rah Ja ne Sa ul
Sink.
"During the Civil War there were three Saul brothers in the Boones Mill a rea of
Franklin County who were UNION sympathizers and were accused of burning barns in
the neighborhood. Their hideout was in a cliff behind the present day Antioc h
Church of the Brethren. Her e they apparently found a cave and used this as their
base of operation until captured.
"Not far away Hickman had erected a mill on the Blackwater River. The brothers
undertook to post a warning that his~uld be burned. At the time the sheriff of
Franklin County was Owen Price and an all out effort was made to capture the
Union Sympathizers. The three Saul brothers were captured and a trial took
place at Charity Chapel which stood on the site of the present intersection of
Routes 643 and 641, approximately half way between Antioch Church of the Brethren a nd Hickman ' s mill. This is near Retreat Store. The three Saul brothers
were t ired, found quilty and were executed by firing squad.
"Twelve rifles were loaded without shot and six wer e loaded with shot. My grandmother t old me that one gentleman stated he · knew his rifle was loaded because he
a imed a t a button and the 'button jest weent aflying'. I can remember seeing
one of t he s mall Kentucky rifl es that was used.
"Charity Chapel no longer exis ts and the present roadway passes over the site of
the original Charity Chapel. I would guess that the name is most likely related
to the f a ct that the county poor farm was located nearby and was in exi stence
many years bef ore t his event."
*1323 Wabash Rd. , Ma rion, Ind . 46952

�RESEARCHI NG THE LOYALIST
?.~CORDS ~OR A REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTOR

l'/-J

by

Ma r g aret Orody Thompson*
If you 1 ve been searching f o r a Revolutionary record for an ancestor
wit hout luck, don ' t forget th e alter na tive that they . may have been
lo ya l to the C rown - a Loya list or Roya list, as they were called.
It is sometimes diff i cult to find genealogica l records for the coloni sts who supported the British during the Revolutionary War. There
ar e some available , howeve r, in this country, and England and they
sh o ul d not be overlooked i n y our research.
Occassionally your search
could entai 1 records fo r exh iles in London, East Florida, the Bahama
Isl a n ds , Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and Upper Canada. There were
al s o b l ack l oyal i sts, of which more than 3,000 accompanied the British
forc es to Nova Scot i a a nd New Brunswick after the war. After nine
year s , some participated in a nother exodus to Sierra Leone. Attention t o absences by Loya lists shoulci be given both during and after
the ~·a r.
I f th i ngs we r e g oing badly for the British in a Loyalist's
area, i t w as p ru de n t o n t neir part to pacK up wnat tney cou1a , aepart
for awn1 1 e -r.o come oacK to t·1gnt another, oetter &lt;lay.
For a peri o d b e tor e the revol~tionary war broke out, notices appeared
in new~p a p ers p l d c e d by Loyalists who .saw.the war's inevitibil ity,
ann ouncing t he y wer e (honorab l y) ca lling in all their debts prepatorY
to le aving the colonies.
Research for Loyal is ts has recently b~en given a big assist in the
public ation of lists o f s ome of them in a book.
In 1980 Murtie June
Clark published a list of Loyalists recruit ed in the South for duty
in the South (exclusive of Virginia and Mar~ land, to be in Vol. II ).
And she plans for future editions for the Mid-Atlantic States. So
her book is a good starting point for researching Southern Loyalists.
The n ext check-point is the archives for the state in which your
ance sto r 1 ived for Oaths of Alle giances to the State state pay
vouchers or cert ific ates, and military land warrants.to Continenta~
Line Veterans.
There may also be records of confiscation of loyalist
properties, which were attached for debt or trespass in the event of
absence.
In the case of small land owners with little movable property&gt; land was sold at pu~lic acut i~n .
Sornet~mes departing loyalists
transferred land to relatives or friends to circ umvent confiscation ,
hoping to be returning soon.
Often loyal
Records in
L oya 1 is t ' s
services.
be checked,

is ts too~ confiscatio~ claims to London for compensation .
the Pu bl l c Record Office, London , England could include
c 1 a ims for payment for confi seated property, supplies or
The group entit led 11 Audit Office Papers, 1765-1790" shoul d
as well as the parole records.

Some states, 1 i ke North Carolina, are getting into the act with their
own publications covering this period, so it would be wise to inquire
a t s ta t e a r c h i v e s f o r l i st s of boo ks Pr i ~ t e d which mi g ht refer to
your area of searc h .
I found 11 The Loyalist Exper ien ce in North
Carolina" , of the ir Bicententennial pamphlet series very intere s t i ng

*4528 ~Jynda l e Ave,

Roanoke, VA 24018

~rRCINIA APPALACHIAN NOTf.S

_ _ ...:.ill

�and helpfu l for getting a feel for the pe r i od . Li sted below a re some
other publications which could be ord e red from the Gift Shop, North
Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1 09 Cast Jones Street,
Raleigh, N.C. 27611 ;
"Not A Conquered People: Two Ca rolini ans View Pa r liament a r y
Ta xation"by Willia m S Pric e , J r .
11
North Ca rolin a and the Comin g of the Revolution, 1763-177 6 ",
by Lind l ey S Bu tler.
"T he Revolu t ionary liJ ar Sk etche s of Willi am R Davie" by Blackv1ell
P Robins o n.
The re were al l iances, business in t erests, a nd l oyalit i es at that
ti me t hat sp l i t f a mi l ies and pit bro th er a ga in st b r other just as in
o t her wa r s. Al ways check all t he a lte r nat i ves as you do your r e s e arch.
Yo u nev er know where the c hoice s t t i d - bi t may be waiting.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS
RANDOLPH COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA
ABSTRACTS OF COUNTY COURT RECORD BOOK 1811 - 1817

Minute Book 5 (November 25, 1811)
p 72 : William SHREEVES made oath he never received compens ation in l a nd for
his services in the Revolutionary War while a soldier under Gen . A.~~~~
Moses PHILIPS , heir of Tho mas ~hilips , deceased , never knew his
father t o recei ve any compens ation in land for hi s services under Gen . Clark
against the Indians .
Richard KITTLE, same order.
Henry ICENER never knew his father t o re ce i ve any compensation for
his servi ces under Col . Armstr ong .
p 73: Jeremiah CHANNELL, one of the hei rs of Henry STEEL , nev er knew his
father- in-l aw to rece i ve compensati on i n l a nd for his service while a s oldier .
p 74: Valentine STALNAKER, one of the heirs made oath that he hear d John
TRUBY, deceased, say he never received any compensation for hi s services
rendered.
p 75: William HOWELL made oath that Michael Howell never received compensation in land for his servi ce as a soldier under Col . Murtenb ridge in the
Revolutionary War.
Minute Book 6 (July 22, 1816 )
p 127: Ebenezer MACE proved that he was the fa t her and heir a t l a w of John
MACE, deceased, who died at Norfolk while a soldier in the service of the
U. S .

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! :· ·. · · ·· .. 1,.;d lo the court , were entered during this period
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:\illiam Oliver , an appl icant for a pension
· t o :· Congress of the 7th of June , last , this day
~ourt "'l!ld filed his a pplication in the foll owing
i". _. r .. :-. . . . .
TLe b.:t.lance of t he petition was not entered .
U:. Ii. • ' t. :.·u·,0 or his witnesses , a nd then the approval of the
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l.e ~-~ beei. 3.rranged alphabetically . The numbers refer to
: .t.: 1..!;·der Book on which the petition appears .

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page

Adam. · , ~!&lt; ·:. Z-.'i
Anclrc•w.· , r!.Orr:i.;
Artl.u1·, ': .'i_ll.i·rn.
Au:.;tl: , J'{icL:.i..1 ·u

45 , 176
27 102
6 , S.'
I

45 , 75

Ba.ilf·y
T'!.il ip
65 , 114
Ba.rt or, , l::J l. ~ i i:L
275
Bond , 1.•J r l frll t.
107
Brown, HH1 ry
52
Browri, Thoma:·
27
Ca mp (b) ell , /u1Lhony
61, 85
Crlt~, Jncob
168
Cundiff , I~ ~aac
90
Tutvenpor t , William
41, 199
Fran kl in , Sa mu e l
29 , 129
Gill !-&gt; , John
27 , 90
Graham, Michael
77
Grooms , Jona than
27 , 90
Hackworth, Thomas
32, 139
Hambleton, James
13 , 84
Hancock, Sa muel
13, 79
Holley, John
28 , 86 , 128
Hudnall , John
102 , 139
Hun ter , F'ranc i s
51 , 150
Jones, S tephen
52 , 176
(No te : on page 29J , in 18J4, his
widow , Mary, states he died Jan.
I

1 8J4 )
Lambert, Charles
Lambert, \.eorge
Lowry, John
Markh8..m, ,John
Meadors , Benjamin
Min er , Threeiwalluss
Miner, Wlllirim

28 , 84
74
109
108

28 , 90
27 1
275

NA.ME
page
Mitchell , James
31
Mitchell , John
29 , 90
Mitchell , Samuel
86
Moore , Robert
76
McCona lay , John
347
McCormaka , John
89
Nelms , Charles
41
Oliver, William
12 , 118
Otty , Jacob
128
Overstreet, Thomas
65, 88, 214
Padgett, Frederick
176
Pullin , Thoma s
45, 222
Reynolds , Alex.
99, 344
(Note: on l as t page, his widow Jemima
gave date of his death as Ma4 17, 18J4)
Reynolds, Lewis B
52
Robertson , Ben j.
73
Saunders , Iavid
31
Shepherd , Jacob
89
Stiff , James
27
Swain , George
27, 108
Tracy , William
31, 87, 128
Vest, John
101
Walker , Samuel
108
Walker, William I
195
Webb, Jesse
24
Wilks, Samuel
28
Williams, Roger
41
Wood, Francis
199
Worley, Joshua
203

copied and complied in 1949

�"Backward; 'furn Backward ,
0 Time, in your flight;
Make me a child again,
Just while I write!"

.

--- · --MY RECOLLECTIONS OF VIRGINIA
Of my home in Liberty I do not remember anything , except my .fa thl:r 1.u ::; t
have lived for a time on a small farm near Liberty, called the Dool e y I' l'l c ~ ,
and from this my brother and I got our nickna mes . His was "Capt Dooley" ;.nd
mine was "Pussy Dooley ". I do have some fai nt remembrance of livin g ln - f'i- m:
house painted yellow, somewhere on the road between Sandusky and Lyn c hhu r g , ·· .d
of a toll gate near there , kept by the Misses Powel . My mother used t o wcJ..lk
sometimes from there to Sandusky, and take her children with her ; a ud we woulJ
stop at the toll-gate to rest. While livin g here I went to school to Pa (he
taught an "Old Field Skule "). Though I could not have been more th.:tn fou r
years old. I remember going to the Spring one day and being terribly f ri ~ ht­
ened by a cow, and "Mary Amory Jones " drove her a way .

Well, as I told you , in the fall of 1830 Pa took us to Grandp:t ' ; t o :-· t."1.y ,
until he could get a home for us . How well I do remember Sandusky.
It : eems
to me I can close my eyes and think I see it a ll now , - -the two - story brick hous e ,
the circular carriage drive; in front, the t a ll oak trees , where I 80.. U 1e1·ed
acorn cups for my play house ; the brick walks leading to the office o..nd the
kitchen; the ice- house; the well; latticed around ; the poultry house s ; the garden, with the pear-trees and one apricot. In the garden were the bechi ves,
just like those we see in pictures of Englis h scenes , made of rushe::. or grass,
with round tops. I do believe I know just where the mint grew (on a stump) for
making the famous "mint juleps" of the " Old Dominion ". Back of the house were
large forest tre8s , with long notched poles leaning against the lower branches ,
for the turkeys to climb up to roost ; and here were several s tumps wh ere my
uncles used to crack walnuts and hickory nutes ( grand- ma kept them in the garret
over my mother's room.
My grandfather's obituary says he was kind and indulgent to his children,
Yes, and to his grandchildren too. I do not remember to have ever heard him
speak a cross word to anyone. It was grandpa ' s regular custom to ha v e family
prayers by candlelight "about five o ' clock in the mornin g " (and the house servants were present). After this was over he would sweep up the hearth a nd set
a row of apples in front of the fire , tuil1 and watch them until they wa re
roasted; these were for the little ones when they waked up.
I remem·ber he
carried dried fruit, peaches and pears in his pocket for us.

I always slept with grandma when at Sandusky. She u sed to put on a "flannel
shirt" and a "calico short gown " early in the morning, and go to the hen-house
to feed her chickens and ducks. 'Ihere stood a large shade tree near the window
of my mother's room, with a bench under i t where grandpa used to sit to rest
when he came in from the fiel d.
There are two hymns he was very fond of singing: " It is finished " and
"Brightest and best of the sons of the morning". Of this last I remember the
words and tune distinctly, and would be glad to know that his descendants would
keep it "sounding down the ages" as "Grandpa's favorite hymn"·
People go to
Jerusalem and Mecca on pilgrimages, but the greatest desire of my life is to go
to Sandusky if it is like it used to be; but I might be like cousin Virginia
when she went to see her father ' s old home in Franklin: "She was so tired becau se
the trees were gone".

,YIRCINIA APP, \ !.1\CH! i\N NOTES

�~:.
: . .y ··:i. ther came from 'fennessee to move his family . We
wer. t i? · ·:.(;] L' ~bert rod e in a gig, and ther e was a two-horse
wagon , ~·: i • ~
. .
i· .. o.;; :-roe~-; ( ..,_ nan a nd his wife, with four or five children;
: r.a ·; e :·o:?· - • · ·:. ? ' ~ P.?.rie ; the woman ' s was Betsy, and Gabriel , Anthony and
Fanny) .
-:·· , . , : . 1 : ·: ! to · '!,cle Robert , but lived with my mother for two years ,
and ~ ,-i :·1 , : L .•· J r: _... L:.• , :'":Y gra_"1cliather gave me when we l eft .

·,·l e· -..:o\.: 1 t..: • !- :v I ll l :,_y ~r~d camp out a t night.
One incident I remember
very we} 1 •
i .·•
iu
L :·
tr e carryall , right under the horses ' feet , with my
head undc:!' l!.• ~·~· : • w!.•'t:.d . Pn. managed to check the horses in t i me to prevent
the w het·~ .·.:· :. ;
· ·r ry !·e;l , but my hands and feet were terribly bruised
by the Lo:r:·L:.- ' ! 10~·:· .
l _ went to a h ouse on the road and got s ome apple vinegar
and bruwn P"' t • • r • n t' ' t • iTIY h..-"'--'1ds a nd fe et . The lady told us of a family passin g the:rc · '. _.., 1·· I I : '·fore , •·:hose chi l d fell from a heavily loaded wagon; the
wh eel , p-· =· · i r .,. t ·1 • !. i •. }wqd , killed it , and it was buried there near the road .
I thi nk .·! ,. :··.nw·· 1 ·1 • •t.p ,..-rave . Another t ime there were two men traveling on
hors e - ln&lt;.;k , wi1n
C&gt;P! .. rj i:. the road (they had passed us) and asked pa a good many
1
qu estior..- t.1 o
\."l"·n hl' w 1.~ goin~ . where he was from, and where he would stay
tha t n i r;LL , t11 ~1:.i · ! 1.y father m.:i.de e va sive answers . They passed us several
time:..5 tr ., ~. &lt;l -Y,
: .i.l · ·:. ·1 c :~o'bc:!:'t 3.nd Pa came to the conclusion that these two men
were plott..lnr; to ~·0: t.~.d !J0rhaps ki ll them , or they t hought , maybe, their object
wa s t o ~- tl.:!:Ll L~ .e ! 1ur: '" · in the n i ght . I remember Pa cut a hole in the lining
of the root· of' LLl c~r.::.:·y-1.ll and plac ed ~s money in it ; then he told my mother
of hi ::; :;u: p i c ion:· , t11d :..;et.i d if she and the children escaped they must try to
make t h e j r w-iy i'L•·k to Gr:.rdpn. ' s .

Un c le Ro lier t :i.nJ Pa had n o gun or pis tol ; the only weapon of defence they
had wa!J n. :~ma11 d:i.r;l~er , ·1.bout 4 or 5 inches long, so they determined to sit up
and wa tc h th:iL nif~ht .
They took the s wingle-trees off the carryall and sat in
the fron t o.f j t. 'Lrmt!d wl th them.
They heard some noises or disturbances among
the hors e ~ , 1 u t they never SCLW those men agai n . I expect there was but little
sleeping in our c~ 1.mr thet. t ni ght, e xcept we little ones slept. The "Lord of Hosts"
kept guard over u:&gt; .
After b e ln g on the road three or four weeks , we reached Franklin, and lived
there until the ~ ~prin g o f 18.35.
lliring these four years in Tennessee, my sisters
Lucy and Sarah h a d died with s c arlet fever , and Ma had another little babe,
sister Elizabeth.
In this winter and spring of 1835 my mother ' s health was so
impa i red 1rom dy: ; peps ia that her physician said she would certainly die if she
r e mained here, and her only desire seemed to be to live long enough to reach her
hom e in Virgin i a .
They wrote to Grandpa and he sent Uncle Robert with a nice barouche and a
g ood pair of horses to c arry us back.
Now I must try t o tell you of our trip and what I remember of our visit.
So the r e were Pa a."ld Ma, brother Pa trick , sister Elizabeth and I, Uncle Robert
to go .
Brother had a little Indian pony that he rode . Uncle Robert went on
hors e -back; Ma an d Pa, s ister Elizabeth, with her nurse Caroline and I, went in
the c arr iage.
It was in April when we started. 'My mother was so weak when we
l eft F ranklin, s he had to be carried from the house like a child and put i n the
c a rriage , and i t took two days to go to Nas hville (only 18 miles); but Ma grew
stronger every d ay , an d s o impatient about getting home, after a few days, that
s h e wan t ed t o go 4 0 miles every day. I think Pa and Uncle Robert used to fool
h e r sometimes about the distance they had gone. It took us 15 days to get to
Sandu sky , about 450 miles.
Uncle Robert seemed to know a l l the best stopping
pla c es.
One e vening we stopped a t a ve-ry mice looking house, and Pa had carried
Ma u pstairs and laid her down, and he went to see after his horses. Ma lay still
and was very quiet.
When Pa came in she said: "Listen, Hopkins! I Hear somebody
snor ing."
Pa looked und er the bed, and sure enough there was a large man fast

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�asleep. Very soon his son came in and took him ou t . The ::.on :-aid. he gave l-hem
a great deal of trouble. When he was drinking he would eet into the room::; and
go to sleep. Ma was terribly frightened, but Pa promised she : hould never be
left alone again.
Did you ever see the Cumberland Mounta i ns in the spring? I.f not, you L"lve
missed a treat. As far as we could see , it was a perfect flower t;arden of wild
flowers and traili.ng vines; the trees were covered with them . I ha vc 1 ookt.::d up
the molllltains, and to the very top it was the same ; and , down on the other .~ide
of the road, seen the tops of the trees , with a little stream , like 1. --11ve r
thread, winding along at the bottom. Did you ever read Charle:.; Egbert 8r-. 1 -lock ' s
"In the Tennessee Mountains"? She gives some of the most beautiful de:-criptlon~
of molllltain scenery I have ever read. (I knew Miss Murfree · ~ father when 1 w;:i.s
a school- girl, and went to school with two of his s isters , but I have never met
Miss Mary Murfree) .
Near Knoxville we passed the residence of Mr. Ros s , a l arge white f'rame
house on a hill, with the garden terraced dmm to the river . As we pa::-.:.Jcd, :.:; everal carriages were driving in at the front gate , the lad i es of Knoxville ·~o•ug
to call on his bride . (This man was an octaroon , was educated i n the north, and
married there). On the other s ide of the road , near the entrance of the toll
bridge, stood a small house where his "mother" ( a mul atto woman) s o ld cakes,
beer and cider. I was told she had been accustomed so long to thi:::; kind of work,
she could not be happy without it.
I and Caroline used to walk sometimes and gather wild flowers .
One day we
saw an immense wall of stone on one s ide of the road. On going nearer we .found
an opening, and peeping in saw a room with stone walls . It was a cave; we 13ot
frightened, and ran back, afraid of snakes and wild anima ls.
We crossed Clinch and Trench Brad Rivers in ferry boa ts, and I us ed to amuse myself paddling my hands in the stream. Sometimes I would ride on brother' s pony .
I couldn't manage him, and he would turn out of the road a nd try to rub me off
against a tree. Once he carried me up on a high bluff han gin g over a river . We
were about to cross, and I had to wait till some one led him dol-m.
Once I t ried
to cross the road just in front of the carriage.
The tongue s truck me and I
fell off backward and crawled out on all-fours. After this happened, Pa said I
shouldn't ride any more. After some time we reached your father's and staid a
day or two here. I saw -the mill and the creek and large pastures, with many
fine horses. I think there were two houses , a brick and a n old fram e house , and
Aunt Frances had a Dutch oven where she bakes bread, cakes and pies. She had a
small loom to weave carpet binding in, that Uncle Tu.zewell made. I have a key
basket that Aunt Frances gave Ma; s he said a blind boy near there made it. When
we reached Liberty, there had been a terrible rain and the gullies were full of
water. The first one we met was cousin Jimmie Cook; he had a pole and line,
with a pin hook. Uncle Robert said , "Where are you going, Jimmie?" "I' th g oin'
fi thin'". "Do you know this girl's name?" "Yeth, i th couthin Put thy Dooley".
We drove on to Uncle William Cook's, but there had been sad changes there. Aunt
Sarah and Cousin Mary were both dead· Fannv and Emeline were dressed in mourning.
(Cousin Roland, didn't Cousin Mary l~ave t~o little girls, Twins? I think I
remember seeing them at Uncle Cook's.)

As we drove out of Liberty the next morning , and old negro man got over the
fence and came to the carriage, said , "Howdy do, Mass Robert? " Looking in, he
saw Ma: "Laws, Miss Milly, is da t you?" "Yes, Uncle Abe, this is what is left
of me". "Fore de Lord, Mistes, I neber would a knowd you; dat are kentry don't
grees wid Mass Isaac's chillllll , nohow. I.0.r Mass Robert, he kem home a rter he
done hed de fever or somun , lookin' like he was dead, and Mass James, he allays
sick; peer to me you all better stay in ole Verginny; s uit you all s o much better".
Then he took my mother's hand and said, "Good-by Miss Milly; I hopes you ' 11 git
well now", and we drove down the road.

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I t~ .i: .;-:. ~,. .. ! ·· ··t :L0n :~1du..;ky about the middle of the afternoon , AJ3 we drove
in at t ! .c ~ i ,. -·!.' •.: , 1 ooY. ! ..::u t do those neg.roes mean? They have left their plows
and hoe!· i ! . ii • ; i .~ 1 i , -.r...:. , crowding around the carriage , followed on to the
house to •-.-cl ;or.•· t :.e i r ~.·ou:. g ~·:istress home . (How often I have wished since,
that r coul J ! ·:.i!.t • ! •.a. t. .· cc!1e and send it to come abolitioni st in the north).
Grand-p '1. -!.:.:l ;Y-"!.:. '-mt c tme out , and , lifting us little ones out, folded my
mother ir. U.1.:.!i r ·trm:· , ·ind ..-cpt ; then led us all in. I think of the meeting of
Jacob wi tL .Jo:· ·p:. ,
~- 11· ti.~ r.e eting of loved ones in the "better land", whenever
I think o:· U i.. · :·c· ·:.· " .
Al't1..:r .·Vtyi:.c ·l.L G.:.-Lr.ll-p.::i. ' s about a week or two , he started brother Patrick
and me to .- &lt;'Loo] to i. yoU!.,c;; n:.n teaching in the neighborhood, about a mile and a
half "1.W'..:.j' .
:.;, · u.·ecl t.o ride '1.!ld we went there just two weeks .
The first week,
one of' 1..Lc ! oy.· ·ot. !t i.· !.r.klr&gt; oadly ~p rained , and the next , a boy got his arm
broken .
·..n. ·n ·-:e !.olc.l Gl.1..nd-pq_ , he said , "Yes , the next thing somebody ' s neck
wil l be t.roker. .
'I11i:·. will never do .
You and Patrick can ' t go back there any
more . "
T'h i. ~ younr m:'ln had Ci :.;weetheart living near, and he used to l eave every
day at 12 o ' ,;losk t.n c;o to ~-ee her, and it would be three or four before he came
back.
Uncle T.-L~~ewell used to come some times and help the boys do their sums.
0

I remember I wt:.: in '.l class with the g:rown girls, and we used the Testament
for a read or .
We ::at on n. long bench in front of a desk or sloping plank the
whol e 1 enrrth of the room to write, and instead of a window made of glass, there
was a pl-ink :·huttcr , which W'3.S opened to give us light.

Pa did not rcmaln long at Grand-pa 's. He went home, and Uncle Robert went
to bring UncJ c James ' famlly to Virginia . I think Uncle Robert made the trip
back and forth five times that year, until he said he knew every crooked lane
and every 0 toppin {j place on it . After a while, Uncle James and Aunt Eliza and
five children came .
Then Uncle John ' s family from Lynchburg came out to spend
the s umme r .
There were thirteen of us grandchildren at Sandusky that year, and grand-ma
didn ' t let u s eat at table with the grown folks at supper time. She used to
have a lon g table in the yard and gi ve us cold rolls, biscui t and some times
ash-cake with milk, but ter and hon ey, just at sun-down , and then we played out
of doors until dark.
We ha d a happy time. My father, as he returned to Tennessee, had made arrangements for me to go up to Liberty to school, and I was to
board at Uncle Armistead ' s . As soon a s Ma could get me ready (I think it was
about the first of July ) she carried me to the post-office at Sandusky. Here,
after takin g leave of me, I got in the s tage to go alone. It was the first time
I had ever been separated from her.
Of course I fel t very lonely, and wished so
much fo r a qu iet corner where I might have a good cry; but there was a youth
sitting just in front of me who persisted in whistling all the time. It was so
t i re s ome, how I did wish he would stop . When we reached a little village, about
hal f way to Liberty, he got out and I was glad of it, and so was a nice man sitti ng on the sea t with me.
This gentleman talked to me some, and called me "Sissy", He asked where I
was g oing , and who would meet me,
I told him I was going to Liberty to school,
and my Uncl es Armi stead and Jefferson Otey would meet me at the post-office (he
did not ask me my n a me, or I might have found who he was), After a while I went
to sleep , with my head resting against him and his cloak spread over me. I sleptti
t i l l we reached Liberty .
He waked me, saying, "Look at the lights in the houses ·
and when we s topped at the post-office, he said, "Here we are, and there are your
uncl es " .
I g ot out a t the post office and walked to Uncle Annistead. Here all
was strange to me.
I had never seen any of them before, and I felt so lonely;
bu t i t doesn • t take children long to get acquainted. I think cousin Fanny Otey
was a beautiful girl, with her brown eyes and hair, and bright rosy cheeks. I
remember seeing Mr. Saunders, too, who was visiting her then. (Wasn't his face

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marked with wine ? ) Though I was to board at Uncle Armi:-.;tead ' ..; , I LLlnk I :;pent
most of my time at Uncle Cook's with his children. I felt llkl~; I kI • w thl:!m .;o
much better. The cook's name was Milly, and Venus was house-~..:rvant.
Well, I started to school next day, to the Female Seminary (I tJ~li eve i t
s t ood just where Bedford High School is now; I think it loo~ like t~ 8 old ~em i­
nary did). Professor Smith was the Principal; he told me I need ~10t rl;t ~ny
l essons that week, but I might try to learn the rules and regul atlo1.. of the
s chool. Here I studied "Smith's Geography ", "Brown ' s Gramm::i.r"," Ar.ith1.wUc"
"Natural History" , used "The Young Ladies' Class-book" ·1.; a reader, 1.ml "Fir·t
Lessons in Composition". (These books were all bound in 1_:r:7, when w&lt;· lo.
U.!.'
house by fire.) The rules were vecy different from :::mythln,a 1 harl bc•..,n ·l.r·. 1 ~tomed
t o , and many a mark did I get for talking during school Lour;· a.rd for r~l.· Ln·· t~e
top of my desk.
I do not remember the names of many of my schoolma tc:; , but . ar-u1 ·mcl Laura
Cook, Annie Otey and Jennie Scruggs , Fanny Phillip (who ha.dn 't any Lorw lri her
thumb on her right hand and used to w.ri te with then pen between Lhe fir.~ t
nd
middle fingers). Her father, Dr. Phillips, lived across Main Street rror. l•n~le
Cook's
and Bessie Hoffman.
I went with this little girl to see Aunt Fanny, who was her :::::l:· ter- in- law ,
and we passed a spring and stopped to get a drink. I remember watchi? l: the water
as it boiled up in the bottom, through the f ine white sand , and thou ch t.. it. oea.utiful. Then we passed the tan-yard and ca me to the house.
Here I met Aunt Fanny . I remember going with some girl:= out ori the road
toward Lynchburg one evening to get a better view of the flag on the PP~k~ of
Otter, placed there by some patriotic boys on the Fourth of July.
We hi=Ld a
pocket spy-glass with us, but could see the flag without it.
About the middle of July my mother went with Uncle Jefrer"'.on and Miss Julia
-- (I have forgotten her name but think she was remated to Aunt Prudence Otey;
Ma called her "cousin" )--to the White Sulphur Springs.
The Doctor said that Ma
must drink the water eleven days. After she had stayed two or three days, she
became very anXious to leave, but Uncle Jefferson said " No"; she must stay there
as lo~g as the Doctor had said she rr.ust. He would not take her hom e.
I think
Ma weighed about 90 pounds when she went· and when we came back to Tennessee in
t?e fall, she weighed 14o;. I have no do~bt the trip to the springs saved her
life, When she went, she left sister Elizabeth with Grand.ma. I was in Liberty,
brother Patrick was at your father's, and Pa was in Tennessee; no two of us
together. I used to think it was very had, even then, when I was so young, and
n?w, when so ~uch.older, I am a great advocate of people keeping their child.re~
with them. Life is too short and uncertain for families to be separated when i t
can possibly be avoided.
After Ma returned from the springs, she sent me a box of fruit from Sand:isky,
peaches, pears, apri~ots and grapes. I think it was the prettiest box of fru1 t
I ever saw, a~d I enJo!ed it very much. (The peaches were not so large as some ,
my. husband. raised on his farm near Franklin. ours weighed a pound--apothocaries
we1ght--ap1ece.)
'
In Septem?er or October, some of the girls and I went chinquapi.n hunting ;
we gathered quite a quantity of these little nuts. I was in this school three
months. After the examination I returned to Grand-pa's and staid a while, but
the time was drawing near for us to go home. Pa did not come for us, but his
partner, Mr. Joseph Baugh, had been north for goods, and came through Virgini a
to visit his father's family, took us home. It was the last of October when we
left.

So I saw the Cumberland Mountains again, in the fall.
This country, even
then, was a fine place to raise apples. I have seen pens made of rails piled up

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to the top with !.i•..:C l.pples , ready fo r g rinding to make cider, and almost every
little C&lt;J. bin r.e.:ir tr.e roads ide would hav e a board with a ginger cake and a mug,
and " Cake~ -ind Cider i-or sale here ", pai nted on it, but it was very primitive*
and spelllr.g .
I :..:""t w a great many chestnuts too, and every little cabin was
crowded wi th to ....-- headed , bare-footed children; it seemed to me there were a
dozen in e v ery one .
I to ld a lady from t here once that I thought· they didn ' t
raise any thine there but " white-headed c hildren and apples" ,
Mr . Four,;l. w r..:; r:ot ::;o good a dri v er as Uncle Robert, and did not know the
road so w1..:l l .
!·11 t KC ha.d spent a night wit h Mr. Morgan near Knoxville in the
spring , ·tr.d w1.: .·topped there again . When Mrs . Morgan saw Ma, she asked, "A:re
you the :~ i ck lady who .- "k-iyed a l l night here in the s pring?" Ma said "Yes".
" Well , I !.ever expected to see you again . Why , I didn ' t think you could live
thro ugh the d 1.y Hhen you left " . Everyone who saw Ma thought her recovery was
most wond cri~ul .
After many days we reached home.
And no w I ha vc finished my recollec t i on s of this famous (to me) trip to
Virginia .
k- I rc.::i.d i t over , i t seems s o c hildis h and silly, I ' ve a good mind
not to ~en d l t .
01 course , though , as I was on ly ten years old, these things
were imprc:-;:-;cd on my mind and remembered that would impress a child.
Hoping you will excuse a l l mistakes , and t ha t you ma y
readin g of thi s epistle , I am
Your cousin
*pa in tin g (wo rd om i t t ed )

no~

be worried in t he
"Pussy Dooly"

This i s on the Otey family of Bedford Co ., Va ., a nd was contributed by
Mrs . Buford Henderson Kilmer of Roanoke , Va .
Mrs . Kilmer said that the mother
was Mildred Leftwich Otey a nd that Sandusky was outside of l{ynchburg. Can
any one g ive informa tion on the other peop le mentioned in the a rti6lle. Oh , yes,
thi s art i cle was a mong the papers that belonged to her (Mrs. Kilmer) mother.
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Queries

(not indexed) continued from p 152

Trying to find a ny information on J a mes CARVER, born Nov, 1753 Louisa Co . , Va.
He married Judi th - - -- - - .
Two of his children were William, born 1777, and
Elizabeth .
William married Ma ry Crockett DUNCAN and Elizabeth maddired Wingfield
COSBY.
Also trying to find the names, dates and places of birth of William
CARVER and Mary DUNCAN children.
They had nine , Elijah CARVER being one .
William was born 1777 in Bedford Co. , Va. Married around 1799 in Ky .
Jodie UPKIDE, Rt 1 Box 281, Billings. MO 65610
Were the parents of Rebecca ARTHUR , Thomas AUTHUR, and Sarah DIXON? Rebecca md
Valentine HYLTON and lived in Floyd Co., Va. Where was she born? Was her father
Ton (Tom ) ARTHUR who fought i n the Indian Wars from Montgomery Co . , VA.
Rozalia Cruise HOGG, 108 Pelham Drive, Waynesboro, Va 22980
Lucinda WALKER married George W. CLOUD in Patrick Co., Va. They lived i n Car.roll
Co ., Va . i n the 1850 census.
I would like to exchange infonnation about this
coupl e .
Rozalia C . HOGG , 108 Pelham Drive , Waynesboro, Va. 22980

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Index to Ancestral Surnames by Query Numb e r
Allison
163
Alston
194
Amis(s) 195,203
Anderson
210
Athey
175
Ball
209
Barnett
196
Bass
179
Bell
215
Blagg
172
Blackford
215
Boon(e)
189
Booth
207
Borden
181
Bowden
212
Bowen
171
Braswell
193
Brooks
195
Brumley 171,172
Buchanan
178
Burdette
201
Butler
204
Caffrey
192
Callison
203
Cannaday
188
Camp bel l
172
Cassell
168
Clark
210
Col l ier
214
Collins
185
Compton
197
Cornel l
202
Cornwell
201
Cox
202
Dav is
172
Dean
176, 1 77

Dickey
174
Dressler
200
Dudley
191
Fisher
189
Foster
214
Fouch
173
Francis
190
Gabhart
170
Gaddy
206
Garrett
192
Gillespie 174
Graham 207,208
Green
179
Greer 188,216
Griffith
202
Hall
183
Hansford
179
Hanshew
168
Harper
170
Hart
169
Hensley
202
Hill
194
Hinton
199
Hodges
178
Hol.d ren
205
Holmes 164,170
Hopson
193
Huff
161
Hutchinson 181
lsselstine 197
Jenkins
182
Johnson
213
Jones 202,216
Keller
181
Kelly
185
Kelsey
182

Keplinger
181
Kincaid
180
Landers
2 11
Lawless
198
Lee
164
Litton
183
Loli s
161
Love
180
Ma loney
180
Manring
1 75
Martin 187 ,1 92,2 16
Messersmi t h
18 1
McAllister
196
Mc c a llister
202
McKn ei l
1 61
McNeil
1 61
Miles
208
Moore
1 62
Nace
1 74
Nicholas
2 02
Nickell
20 2
Octoraro
164
O' Kelley
193
Owns by
165
Pail es
190
Pence
1 99
Persinger
199
Pew
210
Piles
190
Preston
172
Price
184,186
Pugh
210
Pyles
190
Reed
173
Reedy
181
Repass
186

2 16
Robertson
Robinson
165 , 166,20 1
Salley
2 11
Saunders
18 6
169
Selph
165,166
Shepherd
216
Shively
216
Sigmon
208
Simmons
21 3
Smith
165,166
Snow
161
Solis
21 6
Staton
204
Stevens
21
6
Strong
178
Stuart
2 16
Sumpter
184
S u r f ace
18 6
Thompson
2 12
Thor n ton
185
Tillett
2 00
Tres ( s)ler
2 00
Tri n slore
195
T uck
167
T u gg l e
188, 216
Underwood
196
Wate rs
181
We n d l e
210
Wes ton
202
White
206
Whitten/Whiton
179
Wilkes
164
Willson
168
Wilson
213
Wingfield
186
Wolfe

The following queries came irr after the Queries and Index had been typed up, so these
are not included in the Index.
I. Looking for wife of John Kemp WHITLOW who died Halifac Co. 195J.(?185J?) 1820 census
shows him in Russell Co . II. Looking for parents of Martha KEMP who married John
WHITLOW in 1783 Charlotte Co . , Va. III. Looking for marriage and parents of William
BRIS1CTLL who married Sarah or Sally THOMAS ca 1847 probably I.zy'nchburg.
Betty Jean RADER, 224 Tu.vis Rd. , Palm Springs, FL 33L~61
Will iam Alexandria POOLE, b 1841 in N.C., md Mary Ann ELKERSON ca 1866.
William's
paren ts were William Alexandria "Billie" POOLE and Lucy ELLISON/ELKERSON.
Where and
when were William and Mary married. William died May 1893, where did he die? Who
we r e Mary ELKERSON parents. Were they James and Sarah ELKERSON? William's first
wife was Henretta STRANGE of Person County, NC. They were married 21 Mar 1 8 60 . Who
were Hen retta 's parents names. Would like to hear from any POOLE's or STRANGE's.
Jodie UPDIKE , Rt. 1 Box 281, Billings , MO 65610
continued on p 151

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Elizabeth

. S:irah HUFF 1819 Au gusta Co . , VA.
Seek par e nts?
1H20 Au gus ta Co . ) a nd George A. (b . 1822) sons? Was
"d.111 . '" G•·••r~...,. ~.!c~IEL" (md . John SOLIS/ LOLIS Rockbridge Co. 18 44)
dau . ?
1 ~ th1:-- til•· t~•·11q..-;t..: ~·h.Kl\EIL foun d Maybury's Forge, Rock b ridge Co . 1 830?
S eek any ~1c-:SEIL ! :11:11 1:-· 1 · L·~1din~ Augusta/ Rockbridge ca 1820 through 1845.
Rose B . /\~DEHSO:S. ~&lt;J.:&gt; St.Till&lt;: Drive . ~ - W., Albany, OR 97321

162 - 8·1 .
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RuddJt·idc;e parents o f John C . (Calvin?) MOORE, age 60Snns :
John, wife Sarah J ane W--, James , Franc is,
1·11:--.u~ .
Ht.:lt!n B . ROESCH, Route 6, Box 165, Auburn, NY 13021
T~ .

J1.1hn ALLISON data Augusta Co.
Want parents , background,
A LLISOX . son William, b . 1749,Tinkiing Spring, Augusta . Who,
P ennsyl,·.11Ji .1 ?
llL·lcn B. ROESCH, a ddress above .

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W:1 n t
d ;1 t :1 HulJv r t WILLSON, d. 1 753, Augusta, wife Jane LEE, a nd dau.
J ennett. who .ncl . .Jc il111 HOL~tES .
When , wher e?
Removed to Anson - Rowan Co., NC.
Ne ed Lanc;1 ~tt·1· r· ... . PA cl:lt:1 John HOLMES .
His parents? When , where born? What
connecti on to \~11..lnw Bt&gt;yd OCTORARO , 177 6? Helen B. ROESCH, address above .

165 - 84 .
John ~1 . S:\OW w~1s b. 1802 VA .
Whe re? Who were his p a rents? Amherst,
VA, Ju ne 1H26 he md
~!alindn L . ROB INSON.
Were Malinda ' s parents Beverly
ROB! NSO N an ct Juan 11 a SHEPHERD, who md. 1800? In 1806 Beverly md. Sallie OWNSBY.
Had J oann :1 ct i cd?
Aµ: :1 t h:1 ROBI .KSON wit nessed Malinda's marri age rather than
Beverly .
D id she· r~lisc Malind3?
Maryellen SIMPSON. 1914C Peach, Lee ' s Summit,

.MO

64063

166 - 84.
Joa nna SHEPHERD md . Beverly ROBINSON in 1800 probably VA . Does anybody kn ow who her pr1rcnts were and where s he was b. and d.? Was Malinda L.
ROBINSO N who md . Jt,hn .M . SNOW in 1826 her dau.? Per census Malinda was b. in
KY .
Ne ed h el p t o Iind out if th e above is correct and the right parentage for
J oann a .
Mary e l l e n SIMPSON . nddress ab ove .

167 - 84 .
Wo u ld lik e to b uy copy of t he book, THE TUGGLE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA ,
by Vi vi an TUGGLE .
Do es anyon e hav e :in extra copy they would sell? Maryellen
S I MPSO N, addre ss a bov e .
168 - 84 .
N ee d info on the p a r e nts of Daniel HANSHEW, b. 22 Feb. 1828, md.
26 Sep t . 1859 to Polly WILSON, d. 24 May 1895 in Bland Co . , VA .
His fat her's

n ame w as R i chard H ANSHEW and his moth e r's maiden name was CASSELL .
Where is
Ri ch ar d buried and what were his birth and death dates? Mrs. Paul COX. Box

451 ,

Burkes Garden , VA

24608 .

1 69 - 84 .
Searching for marriage r ecord ca 1841 of Benjamin A. HART b. 4 May
1820 Ro ckbr id ge Co. , VA and Nancy Ann ( ?SELPH).
Ben jamin A . HART' father and
brother were m d. in Botetourt Co . , VA .
When was Valentine HART born? Died
1 792 R ock br idge Co . , VA.
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Wh ere were J ames a nd Ch ristian a HARPER b. an d d.? And info on
C h r i s t i a n a HARP ER d au . of a b ove wh o was md . to ~enjamin HART. They lived near
Na t u r al Br idge, Rock b ridge Co., VA.
Also , any info on Mat hi as GABBART and
G a bri e l HOL MES would b e a p preciate d ..
Darr a ll HART, address above ,

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Th omas, Austin, Wi
&amp; 177 0' s.
Thomas was
F inc as t l e Co . jury 17 7 3, was
a t Brum l e y G ap 1778.
Anyone
1760' s

Brumley G ap
TN

lliam and John BRUMLEY appear in SW VA in the
l isted as a titha ble on Clin c h River in 1771 on
.
'
at Elk Garden Fort 1774 and lived near Reese BOWEN
with knowledge of th is BRUMLEY family or early
h i story pl ease contact.
Ron BRAMLEY, 2649 Overlook, GermantoWE,_,

38138

172 - 84 .
Wil l iam, Thoma s a nd Augustine BRUMLEY ser v ed under Capt. BLAGG
in t h e
French and Indi a n War .
Austin BRUMLEY was paid for catching horses
fo r estat e of Mal c: olm CAMPBELL in 1763 , had 200 acres s~rveyed by Wm . PRESTON
on R oanok e Riv e r
1 767.
Augustine and Thomas appeared in Botetourt Co C
t
'
·
d J
D
. our ,
1 7 70.
S eem s t o be fam1 l y ties with Samuel an
ames AVIS.
Would like to
corre spo nd regarding A u s tin BRUMLEY family.
Ron BRAMLEY, address abo
ve .

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173 - 84. Want info on Wm. REED md. Mary FOUCH. e arl y 18 00 ' ::.; . pOS !-- i bl y i n L:rn caster Co., PA. Moved later to Ross and Pik e Co . . OH
J une R . GREGG . 1 8~6 0
Geraci Rd .. Lutz, FL 33549
174 - 84. Need ancestors of Robert S . DICKEY (d. 18 5 7 Bote t ou r t Co . . YA) an d
wife, Margaret NACE, dau. of John NACE .
Also, n eed wi f e a n d anccs t ors of
Robert GILLESPIE who d. 1797/8 , Botetourt Co . . VA . Did hi s da t1 . I s3be ll a
marry James GILLESPIE who d. 1834, Smyth Co . , VA? Mr s . El va M. BOWLES .
R#2, Bowen, IL 62316
175 - 84. Thomas Alvin ATHEY, b. 1780, VA?, d. 18 45, Galli a Co . , OH .
His
(second?) wife was Anna/Susannah MANRING , b. 1799, VA .
I t is b e li e v e d tlH': ·
lived in Washington and Patrick Counties, VA , 1820-1830.
Hi s fath e r p ossibly
was John ATHEY, who liv ed in Washington Co . durin c- 18 2 0' s .
Sce&gt;k i n g co nt act
with anyone researching ATHEY family.
Irm a D. BALES, Rou t e l, Ch es hi re .
OH 45620
176 - 84 . Info needed on Andrew, Elias and Felice DEAN li sted on 182 0 cen s us
of Scott Co., VA. Lloyd DEAN, Rt . 6, Box 498, Mor e h ea d, KY 4035 1
177 - 84. Info needed on Morgan DEAN who showed up o n th e 1850 c e n s u s o f \"A
listed as living in the Western part of Scott Co . Ll o yd DEAN, add r e ss 3bo v c .
178 - 84.
Inherited many unlabled pictures, comm'l photo g aph er "HODGES"
Sh e ma y
Bristol, TN , marked "Cal lie STUART and Blanc he the Baby , " 7 Oc t . 1895 .
be Martha Caroline Buchanan STUART (b . 30 May 1853 a t Rura l Re tr eat, VA ) a nd
A. BUCHANAN" photo g r ap h e r
her dau. Blanche Buchanan STUART. Also, photo. "Jon.
P a ul L . PURVI NE, 34 11
? N.Wertz, Abingdon, VA. Wish to contact descenda nt s .
W. 34th St., Seattle, WA 98199
179 - 84 .
Need info on William GREEN, b . 1763, VA (n ee d c ounty) , ser v e d VA
line Rev. War. Drew pension, 1832, in Wilson Co., TN .
Alli e d f a mili e s :
BASS ,
WILKES, HANSFORD. Connie LOVE LAWSON, 223 Dryden Dr . , Vall e jo, CA 94591
180 - 84 .
James Martin LOVE, b . ca 1811, TN, md. Jane MALONEY, dau. of John
MALONEY and Margaret KINCAID.
James and J ane resided, 1850, Clinton Co . , KY .
LOVES of orig. Augusta Co . , VA . Desire info MALONEY, LOVE, KINCAID families
of VA . Connie LOVE LAWSON, address above.
181 - 84.
Adam T. BORDEN, b.1779, VA, d . 1859, Macon Co . , TN , md. 1806, Blount
Co ., TN, to Betsey HUTCHINSON . He was of German ancestry .
Desire info Ge rman
BORDEN's who rod . into WENDLE, KEPLINGER, REEDY, KELLER, MESSERSMITH familie s of
Shenandoah Co. , VA, 1750- 1800's. Connie LOVE LAWSON, address above .
Who were his parents?
182 - 84 . Elijah JENKINS , b . ca 1770, Botetourt Co., VA.
Where is Eunice Thomas St . John KELSEY, wife of Thomas KELSEY of t he Rev . War,
buried in Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., VA ca 1830? Barbara KELSEY BOESE,
207 East Market, Dodge City, KS 67801
183 - 84. Seeking info about Leonard HALL, b. ca 1730 who md . Johann ah LITTON,
b . 1732 in Prince Georges Co . , MD. Their dau . Ruth HALL was b . ca 1768 in
Bedford Co . , VA. Their Dau. Prudence HALL was b. ca 1776 in Georgetown, MD,
or VA? They settled in Barren Co., KY before 1800. Mrs. Barbara Ann RENNICK.
311 Copa De Oro, Brea, CA 92621
184 - 84. Henry David PRICE (ca 1789-1858) md. Mary Polly SURFACE (dau. of
George) June 1814 in Montgomery Co., VA. Need add itional info about the SURFACE
fami l y.
J. Tracy WALKER, III, RFD,5, Box 258, Charlottesville, VA 22901
185 - 84. Need info concerning Millenton COLLINS of Montgomery and Gil es Cos . ,
VA.
In Mon tgomery Court records beginning in 1789; in Giles records unti 1 1837 .
He md . Su san n a ; on e son , Lewis, md. Rebecca , dau. of Jesse and Lu cinda (TILLET)
KELLY, Nov. 1838 .
Mi ll e nton owned land at Spruce Run and on Salt Pond Mountain.
J. Tracy WALKER, III , a ddress a bove .

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the parents/gra ndp arent s of Micajah an d

R ebeck ah (THo~.tPSO~-:) ~.\l-~DI.:..RS ,)f Bland Co . , VA .
They md . in Montgomery Co.,
Sept . 182-1; hl·r· t :1 t ht·c ·.i..1s John THOMPSON .
Ch ildren were Gordon, Susan M.
(John WOLF). ~.t ;tl1nd.1 C
(F . F. REPASS) a nd Elvi ra J. (I. K. PRICE).
J . Trac: y WALK EH, I I I . HFD ~ . Box 258 , Charlo ttesville , VA 22901

18 7 - 84 .
~l_· \..·d
Nelson C&lt;&gt;!-o . . \'A
of Frankl1 11 l'&lt;&gt; .
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an d Hezak i ah MAB.T I N of Amherst, Buckingham and
Are they of same fam ily as Matthew and Hezakiah
Billie LEWIS, 1104 Voncile St . , Lake Wales , FL

188 - 84 .
~c·&lt;•d p:11 · ··nt~ t)l Joseph UNDERWOOD of Floyd Co . , VA.
Md . 1823 in
Frankl in C11.. \'A t o El1.?:1bL·th (Betsey) GREER.
Was he gran dson of Samuel and
Mesn iah (CA:--:~ADAY) Li~UEHWOOD of Franklin? Billie LEWIS , a ddress a bove.

189 - 84 .
~evd pat·t·nts of BenJamin B . o r G . BOON (E) b . about early 1800's in
Fr anklin Co . . VA :incl hi ~ wifL· M:i.rga r et (F!SHER) wh o was b . in Floyd Co., VA .
Bil l i e LEWIS, addrt.•ss al.Juve .
190 - 84,
Christj nP FRANCIS md. Ja cob PAILES (PILES or PYLES) in Montgomery
Co . in 1783.
This c.:vuple. apparently, cont inued to r es i de in t he area of
Mont gomery ::1nd Gile~ Cos . until the 1820 's .
They then moved to Cabell Co .
An y in £o, espec i ally in reg:ird to pa r e nt age , family, etc., concerning this
co up le g r eatly ~1pp r&lt;'&lt;:iat c d .
Ka rl F . HOBACK, P . O. Box 702, Alexan dri a, VA
22313
191 - 84,
Seeking info o n Charles DUDLEY , b. 21 Dec. 1750 . Need to know where
h e wa s b . on d n a111e of his father .
He ca me to Surry Co . , NC ca 1770 and had
prob a b ly j u s t md.
Hi s wife ' s name was Mary or Nancy.
I would like to know
whi c h and al so h e r s urnam e .
I suspect he was b . somewhere in Eastern Shore
VA t erritory.
Naoma DUDLEY SLONE , 131 7 Duk e Dr., Vinton, VA 2 4179
192 - 84.
1\ny i ni· o app r ec i ated on parents , siblings and children of J ames
MARTI N, b . 27 - 11 - 1775; d . 27- 6 - 1840 an d wife Sarah Ann CAFFREY, b. 21-2- 1777;
d. 16- 3 - 1845 .
Dau . , Sarah Cnf':frey MARTI N , b. 9 - 12-1811; d . 3-7-1897, md.
8-1-1828 Campb e l l Co., VA to Absolom GARRETT.
Could James and Sarah have been
Quak er s?
Lav on ni e BRIMHALL, P . O . Box 787, Winst on, OR 97496
193 - 84 .
Would like any i nf o on Will i
O'KELLEY, b. Wa lton Co ., GA, 1852, an d
GA.
Si s t e r Calli e Li l l ie O'KELLEY md .
2F Country Club Ap t s . , Gr eenvill e, AL

e David O'KELLEY, d au. of Permetus
wife Nett ie Eugenia HOPSON, Grantvill e,
Dr . W. E. BRASWELL.
Mrs . Al AMUNDSEN,
36037

1 94- 84.
N ee d d esce nd a nt s o f' Thomas HILL, wealthy planter of Halifax Co., NC.
Made will 1 787, l e aving 4 0 0 0 acres l a nd a nd 1 00 Negroes .
Had eleven children
several of wh om md. ALSTONS.
Mrs . Al AMUNDSEN. address abov e .
195 - 84.
Was Wi l l i am D. AM IS , who md . Pe arl TUCK, dau . of Cornelius Alfred
TUCK, b. 18 4 3, o:f the s ame AMIS fa mil y in Og l ethorpe Co ., GA, which included
Mary AMIS BROOKS buri e d Temple C e metery, 1808? Mrs. Al AMUNDSEN , address above.
196 - 84 .
S eek in g i nf o a bout de sce n dants of J ames McALLISTER , will dated 1801 ,
Bath Co., VA.
Childr e n listed i n will are Richar d, Edward, Garrat, Thomas, John,
James, Hannah (md . Richard BARNET'!), Ma ry (md . John WATERS) .
Wife Mary. May
h ave been mor e tha n one marr i age .
Fir st children born in Ireland .
Kat hl een BROWNING , 267 O akwood Rd., Charleston, WV 25314
197 - 8 4.
Se e kin g inf"o o n par e nt s of Prudenc e ISSELSTINE , md. 13 Dec . 1994,
Rich a rd COMPTON, Sr .
Th ere were two book s written on the I SSELSTINE frunily .
Would like to buy th e book s or will pay for Xeroxing the portion pert aining
to th e a bov e f' a m ily.
Shelvi e NICKLES, 5 1 25 Harfor d Lane, Burke, VA 22015
198 - 84 .
H e n ry LAWLESS d . a t J ac k son's Ri ver, Augusta Co . (now Alleghany Co.),
VA, ca l 757.
Wher e did he c ome from? Did he leave any d escendants?
Harri et F a r r i e r JOHNSON , 219 Highview Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060

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199 - 84. Peter PENCE, 1810, Botetourt Co. , VA, and Wi l lirun PENCE, 1 810,
Greenbrier Co., VA:
Were they brothers? Were they sons of Jacob PENCE nn d
Catharine PERSINGER of Rockingham Co., VA? Descendants? Wns Elizabeth HINTON
Peter's (first?) wife? What connection is El en PENCE?
(Sh e was nge 30, 1850
census, Alleghany Co ., VA, with possible c hildren : John, P eter, David, Eli s abeth, and Charles PENCE.) Harriet Farrier JOHNSON, 219 High view Or i ve ,
Blacksburg, VA 24060
200 - 84. Henry TRESSLER, 1810, Botetourt Co., VA, and Charles DRESSLER, 1810.
Bath Co . , VA: Were they brothers? Were they sons of Peter TRESLER of Rockingham Co., VA? Are Henry TRESSLER, Henry TRINSLORE, and Harry DRESSLER all the
same person? Harriet Farrier JOHNSON, address abov e .
201 - 84. Wish to correspond with descenda n ts of Ruthy (BURDETTE) ROBINSON,
Wife of Capt. James ROBINSON. She was b. 1797; d. 9 - 24-1831, nge 34, dau . of
William and Sarah (CORNWELL) BURDETTE; buri e d Ol d Le banon Cemetery, Monroe
Co . Researching all BURDETTES . Kathleen Hensley BROWNING, 267 Oak wood Rd.,
Charleston, WV 25314
202 - 84. Will be glad to correspond with a n yone who is r esea rchin g th e
following families: McCALLISTER, GRIFFITH, HENSLEY, CORNELL , NICKELL/NI CHOLAS ,
JONES , WHITE and COX. Kathleen Hensley BROWNING,
address abo v e .
203 - 84 . I am seeking any info on my g - grandfather, Lewis F. J . AMISS, b .
10 Nov. 1816 ? VA, rod. Mary W. CALLISON, 13 J an. 185 7 ?. The fa mily lived at
Blacksburg, VA until they moved to MO about 1866. Lois HINTON, 1004 Coyla,
Iowa Falls, Iowa 50126
204 - 84. Solomon Butler STEVENS, b. b efore 1 775 1 i ved in Be df ord Co. , VA until
death. He was rod . to Mary. They had numerous c hildren : Solomon, Jr . ; Daniel;
Stephen; Violet; Mary; others . He presumably was reared by o r indentur ed to a n
aunt and uncle Wm. and Frances BUTLER. Need parents o f Solomon and Mary.
Glenn D. STEVENS, 1431 E. Beardsley, Elkhart, IN 46514
205 - 84. Abram HOLDREN, md. to Rebecca, lived i n Bedford Co., VA.
1834 . Their children were Polly, Geo., John, Abr a ham and Harmony.
parents of Abram and Rebecca. Glenn D. STEVENS, a ddress a bove.

He d. p r e
Need

206 - 84 .
Elisha S. WHITTEN, Sr., b. 30 Jan. 1768 and d . 31 May 1846.
He was
rod. to Jenny GADDY. They had six known children including Elisha, Jr. and
Sherrod, all of Bedford Co . , VA.
It appears Elisha, Sr. is related to th e
WHITTEN/WHITON families in Tazewell and Amherst Cos . Gl enn D. STEVENS, address
above.
Need info on parents of Robert GRAHAM and his w~fe Edith (Edie BOOTH)
Also, desire to obtain birth, marriage and death info on them:
They
were listed in 1850 Pulaski Co., VA census as Robert GRAHAM age 24; Edie GRAHAM
age 20 j and one son William A. (Addison) GRAHAM, age one year.
I would also be
i nterested to know names and dates of all their children. Donna B. PERRY,
P . o. Box 1894, Burney, CA 96013

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GRAHAM.

208 - 84 . Need i nfo on parents of Mary Elizabeth MILES, b. 10 June 1850.
She
md. William Addison GRAHAM on 27 Nov. 1867 in Pulaski Co., VA .
Her father was
said to have been William or Richard MILES and her mother Hester SIMMONS .
Mary
E. (MILES) GRAHAM d . 16 May 1925 in McDowell Co., WV.
Donn a B. PERRY, address
above .
209 - 8 4. Joseph Campbell BALL b . 1837 NC was my g-grandfather.
I am searching
for his parents. His siblings were Mary, b . 1827 NC; Wi l li am Ballinger, b. 1828
NC; Eliza, b. 1833 NC; Nancy, b . 1839 NC or Grayson Co., VA. Their father d. prior
to 1850 Grayson Co . , VA census . Their mother Sarah-?- b . 1810 NC.
Any leads
appreciated.
Annett e BALL EDWARDS , 681 Peartree Lane, Grosse Point e Woods, Ml
48236

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Elisha ANDERSON md. Ru t h PEW (various s pelling PUGH) on 14 Dec . 181 9
VA .
Looking fo r eac h of their parents .
Ruth, b. 1800 Grayson co.;
VA; Elisha, b. 1790-1800, VA.
Martha Ann CLARK, b. 1822, Lee Co., VA ( dau . of
Eli sha CLARK) md . I saac WESTON ca 1846, L ee Co . , VA.
Seeking further info on
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.Martha ' s parents and siblings .
P ointe Woods, MI
48236

Annette BALL EDWARDS, 681 Peartree Lane, Grosse

211 - 84 .
Hen ry SALLEY, b . 1810, Scott Co . , VA md . Nancy LANDERS, b. 1813, Lee
Co . , VA .
Apprcc i at c info on their parents, siblings and children. My ancestor,
their son . Nath~1n Ahart S ALLEY, b . 1843, Lee Co., VA, was one of 16 children.
Will answer a.ll inquiries (SASE) i f I can help you a nd reimburse your costs and
po s t age ii' you can help me .
Annette BALL EDWARDS , a ddress above,
212 - 84 .
Whv \H_•rc the parents of Meredith THORNTON, b. ca 1806 in Wythe Co.,
VA .
Did he have brothers an d /or sisters .
He was md . to Louise BOWDEN in 1833
in Montgumery Co .. VA .
Di ed in 1865 in Merc er Co., WV .
Malit a W. MURPHY,
B ox 319, ASR, Princeton. WV
24720

213 - 84 .
Mark SMITH md . Christ ina (Ten a) H . - ? - and where? Christina b.
May 1796, whcr&lt;.''?
Died 15 Nov . 1875, .Mexico 1 Miami, IN.
Known children:
Mark, md . Lucy JOHNSON, 2 May 1838 , VA .
He d . 2 July 1893; Delila rnd.
Ol iver P . WI NGF IELD, 11 Apr. 1843, VA .
Shed . 15 Mar . 1902 . Need p arents of
Mark SMITH and his siblings .
Also, when and where did Mark die?
Th omas C . BELL, 25 Alb e rt a , Ludl o w, KY 41 016

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Mcs ha ck C OLL IER md . Reb ecca (pos s i bly FOSTER) ca 1800.
Need parents
and s iblin gs oL both .Meshack and Re becca .
Meshack b. ca 1778; d. 2 Oct. 1833
in I N.
R ebecca b . c a 1780; d . 22 Feb . 1860 in IN.
Thomas c. BELL, address above.
215 - 84 .
Armig e r Liliey BELL md. Sarah BLACKFORD , March 1795 , Lexin gton, KY.
Armi ge r b . VA ca 1771; ct . 1816, IN.
S ara h b . NJ 1779; d. 1848, IN. Need
p arent s and hi s br ot h ers and sisters .
Thomas C. BELL, addr e ss abov e.
- 84.
ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE , a history and ancestry of Franklin Co., VA
fami l ies :
MARTIN, STATON, GREER, JONES, ROBERTSON, SHIVELY, SIGMON, STRONG,
SUMPTER, UNDERWOOD nnd info on other re l ated families, is ava ilable from Billie
R. LE WIS, 1104 Von c i l e S t . , Lak e Wa l es , FL 33853.
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Binion Isaac
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Brown Daniel
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Baile s J esse
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Brown Jubl e
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Bozwell Catharine
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Bradner John H.
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Blankin gs h ipe Lewis
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Creasy John
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Cooper Benjamine
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Dunn Winston
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Hod ges Currell
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Hodges L ewis
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Hall William
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Hod ges John
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Hall John
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Hodges William
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Harri s Michajah
34
Hod ges J osia h
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Ha l l John
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Hodges John R e dh ea d Son34
Hodges Jo hn C . Mounti a n3 4

Law Peayton
Look ado William
Lewis Samuel B.
L aw Booker
.Mitchell S amuel
.Monday All en
McCall James E.
Mitchell Henry
Mcbride Charles
McCall Peter H
Monday Willi am
Megehee William
Meri da John
Po wer Levi
Power John Sr
Ranki ns James
Ri chards John
Richards Wa i teman
Roe Abram
Richards Bailey
Rob er ts on Thomas
Ri c hards Robert
Willi a m Son Sa m!
Whit e Peter

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Hall Claiborn
Hodges Heaybon
Hall William
Kelley Richard
Kinnett Zacharah Jr
Kinnett Joseph
Lemon Freemon

Whit e P e t e r
Walk e r J oel
Walker John S
Young Will iam
Tinch He nry W
Taylor Geor ge

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the Re venue in the cty of Franklin f or the Year 1837
Names
J e sse Shavers
Rebec ah ? Shavers
Eliz a beth Shavers
Alexander Saunders
Ji nn ey
Isham Sha vers
Aggy Shav ers
Ha r r iet t Shavers
John Shav ers
Rober t Shavers
J ames Shav ers
Catherine Shavers
Anney Sha v ers
Laet it i a Shavers
Margar e t t Shavers
Kennon Hen ry
Nancy Ken non
Jane Kenn on
St ewart Taswell
Elizabeth Earley
Katherine Earley
Samuel Earley
Reuben Thacker
James J e sup
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T'tiE WI LLIA ~·: ·,·lCC !J .\:: D PE:~\ TED FA ·:I LIES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY , VIRGINIA AND BARREN
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repre se!lted ry ·1 :.u:nht'3!' o.:' .lifferent families , and it is difficult to trace their
respective 1 ine~· . "
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and wi lls lave bCl'L compiled by Henry C Peden Jr. Mr Peden says after studing the
records cl tcd !:rom :::otr. Ke?:tucky and Virginia one can draw his own conclusions
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VI !1G 1!\IA, CEMETE RY RECORIB , VOL.

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F OUR 0 ' KELLEY SONS AND SOME OF THEIR DESCENDANTS compiled by Aletha Jane Ma.con
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THE BARTHMES FAMILY ASSOCIATION: First newletter published Autumn, 1984. For
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The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society will sponsor a very special
genealogical workshop on July 20 , 1985 at the Hotel Roonoke. 'IWo nationally
known genealogical speakers, Mrs. Patricia Gooldy and Dr. George Schweitzer,
will present sessions on a variety of t opics .
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Virginia
Appalachian

February

1985

Notes

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Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society
Roanoke, Virginia

�SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
OFFICERS - EXECUTIVE BOARD
H. W. Scott
.President
fuedie Kagey
1st Vice-President
2nd Vice-President
Norma Jean Peters
Recording Secretary
Mary Surkamer
Corresponding Secretary
Mary Jane Vaden
Calvin Weddle
Treasurer
Asst. Treasurer-Membership Evelyn Robertson
"Babe" Fowler
VAN Editor
Im.mediate Past President
R. L. Brickey

774-0020 (992-8333 office)
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563-1382 (387-6470 office)
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Gerri Glosh
Belva Counts
Dorothy Brown
Reva Weeks
Marian Landress
Mary Jane Vaden
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$12.50; special rates to high school students - $4.00; libraries, genealogical
societies, and historical societies - $7 . 50. Membership i ncludes the quarterly,
VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES (VAN), which is published in Feb, May, Aug, Nov; also
an index, and membership roster. Memberships received after quarterly mailings
will receive back issues at the next regular mailing - this is due to the cost
of mailing a single issue (1984 was 85¢) Single issues are available at reinbursement cost of $2.00 each as long as supply last. Make check payable to Southwestern
Virginia Genealogical Society and mail to (for 1985): Southwestern Virginia
Genealogical Society, PO Box 12485, Roanoke , VA 24026.
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Volume IX - No . I - February

1985

CONTEN'IS
President ' s Message

la

Roanoke County, Virginia , 1870 Mortality Schedule

1

1850 Mortality Schedule

Foster Bible

4
5

Bed.ford County, Virginia , Registered Voters of
Stewartsville District

8

Bed.ford County , Virginia ,

Records in the Courthouse of the City of IQnchburg, Va

15

Floyd County, Virginia , Legislative Petition

19

Surnames of Volume II , Pedigree Chart Notebook

21

Queries

25

Wythe County , Virginia, Cemetery Survey
Draper Valley Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery

30

35
37

Book Reviews
1984 Financial Statement

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The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society meets the third Saturday of
each month (with the exception of December or field trips) at the auditorium of
the Roanoke Central Public Library, Elwood Park - 706 S. Jefferson St. Roanoke , Virginia.

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NEW ADDRESS
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society

P. O. BOX l2485
Roanoke, VA 24026

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�/ /.i
THt. Pl.( E::i l OE. N l' s .vu::_~sA Gt

have been reflecting on what my goals mi ~ht be during rny ter rn as
resident of your society .
As a part of this proc:: ess , I r e -r ead
my
p d essor Ray ~rickey • s rnessage from la st year and find that my thou~hts
~~Zs:l~ par~ll e l his. I believe that w_e need t o think about how '"'e rnigh t
increase our efforts t o f oste r geneu.log1ca l resec:irch.

1

As you probably know , we are planning an excellent workshop which w i 11 be
Geor ge
held in July, at hotel Roanoke .
The workshop speukC'rs , l ) r .
known
an
cl
wi
ll
provide
Schweitzer and .\~rs . Patricia Goo I dy, are national I y
us with an exc«:&gt; llent pro~ram . Pl ease plan to attend.
The executive boar d is presently exploring w&lt;:iys we rnight 1ncr ec:i.se ou r
support to the Virgin i a K.oorn. \\e will keep you infor rned ol ou r p r og r ess .
.V1 r s. Gerri Glosh who has served as oook Cha ir ·na n for a num be r of years
will continue to serve as Chair ·nan of the ~upport Co111mitt ee . In addi ti on to
her committee ' s fo r mer task ot rec ornmendin~ books for donut i on, they wi ll
now revie\v any r equests or suggestions for he l p th at might &lt;::or11e to our
s0ciety . They will then r eport on these suggestion s to th e C.xec:ut i v e l)oard .
If you have suggestions concerning way'::&gt; our g roup might be of assis t ance ,
please send thern to ine or .\t1 r s. G losh.
Finally , the board has a a goal for th e year to o r ~ani ze ou r files and
belongings in such a way th.at futur e officers can e ff ect i vely dischar~e their
responsibilities. ~ -n connect1~:m with this process, we ar e be g inni ng to think
about a small oft1ce that might be used to carry o n business o{ ou r society
and to store sor11c of our belong ings such as back i ssues o f the VA 1 , etc .
Please feel fr ee to contact rne with any a de.Ji t ional SUGges t i ons you m i gh t
have.
Our February speaker will be C laudi a Gei·Cl
;7er
:-nicro- compute r to organize her r esear ch .

who

wi ll share her use of a

H. ~. ~cott , President

GENEALOGY WORKSHOP

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The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society will sponsor a very special
genealogical workshop on July 20 , 1985 at the Hotel Roanoke. Two nationally
known genealogical speakers, Mrs. Patricia Gooldy and Dr. George Schweitzer ,
will present sessions on a variety of topics .
Mrs. Gooldy and her husband , Ray Gooldy , own and operate YE OLD GENEALOGIE
SHOPPE near Wanamaker , Indiana . She is in much demand as a speaker and
instructor of genealogy. Dr. Schweitzer is a professor at the University of
Tennessee in Knoxville. He is the author of a number of genealogical publications and is a widely known lecturer.
More information about the workshop and a pre-registration form will be
sent to all members with the membership mailing in October.

�I
ROANOKE COUNTY , VIRGINIA
1870 Mortality Schedule
( The original of thi s is at the Virginia State Archives , Richmond, Virginia
and on microfilm . This was copied from microfilm at the LD3 Library ,
Roanoke , Virginia)
The columns a r e : 1 . Number of the family as given in the 2nd column of
schedule
2 . Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1,
1870, whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family.
J.
Age l ast birthday . If under one year, give months in fractions J/12 .
4 . Sex - male (m) femal e (f). 5, Color - White (W), Black (B&gt;, Mulatto
(M), Chinese (Ch), Indian (I) . 6. Married (M) or Widowed (W). 7 . Place
of Birth , naming the State or Territory of the U.S . or the Country, if of
foreign birth. PARENTAGE : 8. father of foreign birth . 9. mother of
foreign birth. = 10. The month in which the person died . 11 . Profession,
occupation or Trade . 12 . Disease or Cause of death .
page J81 : Big Lick Township, Roanoke County, Virginia .
Line 1. ?15 . LEEWOOD, Emmet = 6/12 = m = m = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = July = at
home = imflamation of Brain .
2 . ?J7 . ARCHY , Nannie= 4/12 = f = B =Va= 0 = 0 = Nov = at home
= inflarnation of bowels .
PETTY, Fannie W = 68 = f = W = wd = Va = 0 = 0 = Nov = kh*=
J. ?
disease of heart
(*keeping housa)
4 . 114. CHILDRESS , Joseph = 66 = m = w = m = Va = 0 = 0 = Apr =
farmer = pneumonia
5,
CHILDRESS, Charles = 1/12 = m = w = 0 =Va = 0 = 0 = Mar =
at home = unknown
6.
CHILDRESS , Anna = 16 = f = w = O = Va = 0 = 0 = Sept = at
home = consumption
?
KEFAUVER
, Harry = 70 = m = b = md = Va = 0 = 0 = Jan = farm
7.
laborer = pneumonia
8 . ?16 CRAIG , William H = 42 = m = w = md = Va
0 = 0 =March =
cooper = pneumonia
9,
CRAIG , George W = 10 = m = w = O = Va = 0 = O = Apr = at
home = pneumonia
10 .
DENNIS , Edward = 18 = m = B = O = Va = O = O = Mar = farm
labor = pneumonia
11 . ?198 HOWELL , Siege B = 11/12 = f = w = 0 =Va= 0 = 0 =Sept =
at home = unknown
12 . 202 . WRIGHT , Melvin = 22 yrs = m = B = md = Va = 0 = 0 = Mar =
farm labor = disease of liver
1J . 215. RUDDLE , Frederick = 6/12 = m = w = O = Va = O = 0 = Feb =
at home = pneumonia
14.
JORDAN , John = 70 = m = B = wd = Va = O = O = June = farm
labor = unknown
WOOD, Molly = 5 = f = B = 0 = Va = O = O = Jan = at home =
15. ?
do (unknown)
16. ?
BASSHAM, Julia A = 80 yrs = f = w = O = Va = 0 = 0 = Oct =
at home = do (unknown)
17. ?J6 HOPKINS, Austin = 2 = m = B = 0 =Va = 0 = 0 =Oct =at home
= pneumonia

=

�m = w = md = Va = 0 = 0 = Feb = prea cher
Line 18. 338 . LEWES , Uriss = 78 =
= unknown
Va = Va = 0 = 0 = Mar =
19. ?J96. KEENS?, Hannah = 67 = f = w = m =
=
pneumonia
keeping house
FINLEY , Fanny = 8/12 = f = b = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = Aug = a t
402
20 .
home = inflamation of ?
21. 110. JOHNSTON , Cora E = 1 = f = w = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = J a nua ry =
at home = unknown
BROWN , Hannah = 76 = f = w = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = Dec = at home
22.
= disease of brain .

page 288?, Cave Spring Township
162, POGUE, Margaret = 86 = f = w = w = Va = Ma y = keeping house
= old age
214 . GRISSO, Sarah = 87 = f = w = w = Va = Ma y = at home = old age
221. OWEN , John R = 8/12 = m = 0 = 0 = Va = Mar = at home =
unknown
HAWKINS , Alfred = 65 = m = w = w = Va = Ma r = f a rm laborer
= hermona ges of Lungs
247. BURNS , Thomas = 50 yrs = m - w = 0 = Va = Sept = farmer =
cancer
273 , MARTIN, Catharine = 58 = f = w = w = Va = Apr = keeping house
= old age
396 . ROBINSON , Maria = 62 = f = w = w = Va = July = keeping house
= inflamation of Bowels
SLOAN, Margaret = 56 = f = w = w = Va = Sept = at Home =
?dis ease of Hearts
407. SHARTZER, Lousia = 3/12 = f = w = O = Va = Feb = at home =
pneumonia
506 . CUNNINGHAM , Margaret 56 = f = w = 0 = Va = May = keeping
house = consumption
I hereby certify that there are four pages in this schedule and that the

man ?will? and truly made according to the tenor of my oath of office .
D L Queen.
page

Salem Township , Virginia
BANKS , Maria = 50 = f = b = m = Va = 0 = 0 = Feb = keeping
1.
house = pneumonia
2. 75. STOTZ, Harry = 4/12 = m = w = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = May = at home
= conges tion of lungs .
78. RENN, I s aac F = 58 = m = w = m = Va = 0 = 0 = May = farmer
= inflamation of ?
?
85. SPURLOCK, Richard = 9 = m = b = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = Aug = at
?
home = inflamation of ?
0
Va = 0 = 0 = May = at home
=
f
=
GODFRY,
Lucy
=
43
=
b
331.
=
= pneumonia
209. WOTTZ??WOLTZ?, Henry M = 24 = m = w = m = Va = 0 = 0 = June
= carpenter = consumption
WOLTZ, Infant = 0 = m = w = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = Apr = at home
= consumption
218. PORTER, William D = unknown = m = w = w = Va = 0 = 0 =
?
unknown = Butcher = dis eas e of ?

'
291.

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JAC!:. ·er; , 11obe:ct = 48 = :n = m = rn = Va = O = O = Jan = Boot
&amp; Sho·-· maker = c01 1 ~'..mut i.on .
lJ . 296 . BUTT , Fr:rn·~j. = 26 = f = w = m =Va= 0 = 0 =Dec = at home
= consumption .
14. J 28 . PURDE\·!, J::i.mes = 1 = m = b = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 =Feb= at home
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24 = f = w = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = Sept = at
home = tY}Jhoid feve r
DUT_,ANY , Martit. = 56 = m = w = m = Va = 0 = 0 = June = Harness maker = inflamation of ?
?
HH ITE:~EI.. , Louisa = 16 = f = w = 0 =Va = 0 = 0 =May =at
home = dropsey
STEVENS, Namless = 10/12 = m = w = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = Sept =
at hom e = inflamation of ?
HARRIS , Thompson = 11/12 =_m_=_w_=_O = Va = 0 = 0 = July =
at home = unknown
CARPER, Ady Arthur = J/12 = f = w = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = May =
at home = chol era i nfl ama .
CHAMBLUISS , Nelson = 53 = m = b = m = Va = 0 = 0 = May =
£'arm l abor er = rheumat i sm
RHODEN , Mary C = i nf ant = f = w = 0 =Va = 0 = 0 = Feb = at
home = 0
HUFF, James n=?8 = m = w = m =Va= O = 0 =May = jailor =
cancer

Includes all deaths which occurred in town of Salem .
REMARKS : No t being able to obtai n the necessary i nformation I have been
forced to leave s ome of the bl anks in the above s chedule, not fi lled. The
health of the county f or the past year has been r emarkly good &amp; consequently there has been comparatively few deaths.
page _ __ ,
Line

1

Catawba Township, Roanoke

1. ANDERSON 1 Martha Jane = 24 = f = w = md = Va = 0 = 0 = Aug

2

J.

16.

4.

26.

5.

28.

6.

7.
8.

County, Va.

43.

= keeping house = unknown.
ANDERSON, Jac ob = 1/12 = m = w = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = August =
a t home = un1mowr:
FARMER, Elizabeth = 2J = f = w = 0 = Va
0 = 0 = Nov = at
home = inf l amation of B
?
MILLER , Catharine = 71 = f = w = w = Va = 0 = 0 = June =
keepi ng house = Disease of heart.
GARMAN, Catharine = 52 = f = w = m =Va = O = O =March =
keepi11g house = tiphoid feve r
GARMAN , Mary = 23 = f = w = 0 = Va = O = O = Va = July = at
home = Tiphoid Fever
GARMAN , .Jane = 2 0 = f = w = 0 = Va = O = O = July = at home
= Tip ho id fever
GOODWIN, Adaline = 20 = f = w = 0 =Va = 0 = 0 = January =
keepi ng house = consumption
GRAY, Andy = 25 = rn = b = 0 = Va = 0 = 0 = April = farm
l aborer = cons umption

=

�BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA
1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
(Note : When the census taker took t~e emun~ratio n of the family , he also
asked for the name of anybody who died during the year ending 1 June 1 850 .
This information was not i ncluded in the census f i lmed by th e U . S . National Archives buy may be found on mi crofilm at the Virginia State Archives ,
Richmond , Va . The followin g is a partial list ( marri ed and o l der ) of
people from the record)
The columns are : 1. Name of every person who died during the Year ending
1s t June 1850 , whose usual Place of Abode at the Time of his Dea th was
in this Family . DESCRIPTION : 2 . Age J , Sex ,
4 . Colour : White , black ,
or mulatto. 5 . Free or Slave .
6 . Ma rried o r widow ed . 7 . PLACE OF
BIRTH. Naming the State, Territory , or Country .
8 . The Month in which the
Person died . 9 , PROFESSION, OCCUPATION , OR TRADE .
10 . DISEASE , OR CAUSE
OF DEATH. 11. Number of DAYS ILL .
(occupation for women left blank )
page 101
line 5 , ?Joshua R
? = 56 yrs =m = w = 0 = Md = b Va = d Dec =
?H Ca:r;penter? = ?~~ = s udden
25 . David?/?Daniel Saunders = 55 yrs = m = w = O = md = Va = Feb =
farmer
? = 100 days
27 . George Scott = 46 yrs = m = w = 0 = md = Va = Oct = f a rmer =
c old
7 days

=

=

page 102
18 . Susan Kerr = 32 = f = w = 0 = md = Va = Oct = ? = 48 d
19. Nancy Reynodile? = 70 = f = w
0 d md = Va = June = ? = 1 80 d
J2. Jane ?Davies? = 67 = f = w = 0 = w = x a = Sept? = ? J60 d
JJ, John? ?Eversolle? = 69 = m = w
0 = w = Va = June = farmer =
? = sudden ,

=
=

page 103

= w = 0 = md =
= Feb =
= 55 = m = w = 0 = md = Va = July = far
Williams = 70 = m = w = 0 = wd = Va = Nov = far

4. Poley? Crowder = 37 = f
12, John B Otey

17. ?Sam

22, ?
Dooley = 70 = f = w = 0 = md = Va = Dec
24, Julia N Robins on = JO = f = w = 0 = md = Va = S ept

page 104
J , Ellen Williams
22
f
w = 0 = md
Va = May
14. John ?_? Wri ght = 60 = m = w
O = wd = Nov = di s tiller
fever = 30 d
23, Eliza Mosby = 48 = f = w = O = wd = Jan
27. J W Hatcher = 27 = m = w = 0 = md = Nov
JO. ?P
? Boley = 35 = f = w = 0 = md = Va = Nov
34, Mary J Arington = 22 = f = w = 0 = md = Va = Jun?

= =

=

page 105A
page 106
3, Jabez Snow

= 58

= m

=

=

= w = 0 = md

=

=

ty

= Aug

page 107

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�5
FOSTER BIBLE
Contribut•~J

Colone]
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1illi'u11 Pre::ton r.h·J.pte r , N. S . D. A. R.
'lir-'i?1i::t

Ir, 1nJi9 tl.i.· Eiblr, wac i n possessi on of Mrs . E . D. Myers , Roanoke , Va.

Publi &gt;h~d hy T'. C1.rlton &amp; J . Por ter , 2 00 Mulberry St . (Rest town off)
(Inr;cripLio11 on fly leaf )
1~ . F'o.·tcr
Turll&lt;:;: _.,.ock , Floyd County , Va .

P . F . Huff
Turtle Rock , Va .

( F'irst Pa~o )
GeorP-e f'o~t er born A. D. 177'1
.Jane 1'0;; Ler was born A. D. 1779
Child r en oL' t.he '.lbove :
John Ji'os t er wafi born July A. D. 1798
Nancy Po~·ter "
March 12 , 1800
Oney !i'o!&gt; Lcr·
"
July 1 . A. D. 1802
~Iary Po~• tcr
"
July 17 , A. D. 1804
Eli :-~ a !i'o~~tcr "
"
April 6 , 1806
Eli zabei.h and Gabrie l Foster was born November 19 , A. D. 1807
I saac Po:·,ter was born July 27 , A. D. 1809
George~ . ~oster was born March 19 , A. D. 1812
Hu~h ft'os tor
"
"
May 16 , A, D. 1814
Agnes F'o~ter
"
"
July 16 , A . D. 1816
lHlliam I&lt;'oster
"
August 19 , A. D. 1818
Larkin !f'o;,ter
"
April 8 , A . D. 1821
1

William Foster ' s family births .
Orph ~ Poster wife and consort of the above. *
William was born August 5 A. D. 1831. *
Mary Jan e Foster , daughter of the above William &amp; Orpha Foster was
born July 15 , A. D. 1849
Asa Foster , so n of the above William &amp; Orpha Foster was born Dec . 29,
1851 .
Julianna Foster , daughter of the above William &amp; Orpha Foster was
born Dec . 30 , 186J .
George Wm . Foster , son of the above William &amp; Orpha Foster was born
Jan 9 , 1867 .
Family Births of the aforesaid William and Mary J . Mitchell , first Grandchildren of \.lillia.m and Orpha Fosters .
Dora Glen Mitchell was born Dec . Jrd , A. D. 1868
George W. Mitchell "
"
Nov 28th , A. D. 1870
James .~ illiam Mitchell was born 9th day of Jan ' y, A.D. 1873
Minnie May Mitchell
"
" Dec . 24 , 1875
Carol Pa tra Mitchell
"
" Aug Jlst , 1882
Arthur Cl enn Mitchell
"
" Feby Jrd , 1888

(1)
Willia m F'o0 t er ri,nd Orp ha Jon es were married April 6th , 1848
Ma ry J . Fos t er , Ds.ughter of the above William and Orpha, was Married to
William F. Mit c hell Dec. 17th , 1867 .
*(these 2 Jines arc co pi ed as on the original sheet --should it be one line
with Orpha. being bon1 on Aug . 5 ?? )

�Foster Bible con ' t
Asa Foster , son of the above William and Orpha , was ma rri ed t o Bet. tie C .
Ridinger , August 22 , 1872
Julia Ann Foster , Daughter of the above William and Orpha , wa s mar rie d to
Annie M. Blount , Sept . 11, 1889 .
E. A. Foster , son of Asa and Bettie , was married to Elizabe Lh Blak e Nov . 11 ,
1889.
Lillie L. Foster , Iaughter of Asa and Bettie , was ma rri ed to El l . Do bbins
Nov . J , A. D. 1898 .
Pattie L. Foster was married to E . D. Myers , Aug . 2 5 , 1906
Hattie F. Foster , was married to Floyd Rieves , Dec . 2 4th , 1906
Mattie W. Foster was married to C. D. Koontz Oc t . 2 3 , 1907 .

(2)
Records of E. A. Foster and Lizzie Foster
Bi rths
Maida Ruth , daughter of E . A. and Elizabeth Foster was mar ried Aug . 9 , 1898 .
Ewindwina Foster was born April , 1902 .
Earle Foster was born Dec . 1907
Record of E. D. &amp; Pattie L. Myers
D. DeLos Myers , son of the above E . D. and Patti e L . Myers was born May 18th
A. D. 1907 .
Naida Foster Myers , daughter of the above E . D. and Pattie L . Myers was born
Feb . 27 , 1914 , A. D.
Asa Foster's Family Births .
Bettie Foster , wife and consort of the above As a , wa s born Aug . 19 ,
A.D. 1855
Edgar Ji, Foster , son of the above Asa and Bet tie Foster , was born Aug .
21 , 1873
Lilie Allice Foster , was born Jan . 13 , A. D. 1875
Mattie Martha Foster , was born Nov . 19 , A. D. 1876
Hattie Funda Foster, was born May 25 , A. D. 1880
Pattie Lee Foster , was born Jan . 12 , A. D. 1885
Deaths
Edward L . Dobbins , husband of Lilian Alice Foster , died June 8 , 1902
As a Foster died April 15 , 1916
*Lizzie Blake Foster wife of Edgar A. Foster , died May , 1 919
Bettie Ridinger Foster , wife of the above Asa , died July 11 , 1926
(Tazewell H. Cannaday ' s Family Record )
Juliann Cannaday wife and consort of T . H . Cannaday , wa s born Dec . JO , 186J
E . C. Cannaday , son of the above Tazewell and Juliann , was born March 19 ,
A. D. 1881
Frank ~·l . Cannaday , son of the above Tazewell and Juliann , was born Sept .
26 , 1883
Linnie Cannaday , daughter of the above Tazewell and Juliann , was born 10
Aug., A. D. 1888
Asa Howard Cannaday , son of the above Tazewell and Juliann , was born Nov. 1 ,
A.D. 1889
Ann ie Cannaday , daughter of the above Tazewell and Juliann , was born Aug .
30, A.D. 1891
Wi l lia m Fos ter Canna day s on of the above Tazewell and Juliann , was born July
A.D. 1894

*Edgar A. Foste r d i ed Dec 23, 192 4 .

�7
~oster

I ·.; a t.ll;:.,

~i. L L.1.d-.1.y ,

Aug .

Kate

IL D.

i. ( ,

daughter of the above Tazewell and Juli ann , was born
1901

daughte r of the above Tazewell a nd Juliann , was born Dec . 1 ,

':anr:.'11r~y ,

A . D.

Bible con ' t

1905

Deaths
t.("'!i· rlep::i.rted thi s life Feb . J , A . D. 18JO
J;:i.n A r.'o.- Lcr , wif e of the a bove George Foster , d eparted this life , June 11,

Geor{?"e !"o:

/\ . LI. 1'157

I s:-u. .; ?o.· t0r , ::;on of the above George and Jane , departed this life , July

lO ,

t .. D.

1873

·:iillia m Fo;.ter ,
~8 ,

~ on

of the above George and Jane , departed this life, Nove .

/\ . L1 . 1875 .

George r . Poste r , s on of the a bove Geor ge and Jane , departed this life , 27
April , A. D. 1876
Ga bricl F'o:; t e r , s on of the a bove George and Jane , departed this life, July

18 , /\ . D. 187 8
Lark in

Fo ~; t

e r , s on of th e above George and Jane , departed this life , Nov.

17 , /, . D. 188J
:.Jill iam T . Mitc hell , s on-i n -law of William Foster , Departed this Life 1
Ma r c h 19 , A. D. 1892
Annie Cannaday , daughter of Ju l ia A. and T. Cannada y died JO June , A. D. 1893
Mary J . Mitchell , wife of \·! . F . Mitchell , and daughter of William and Orpha
F'o5ter , Departed this Life , July 5, A.D. 1897
As a Fos t er , ;;on of i..·illiam and Orpha Foster , depar ted this Life Apr . 15 ,

191 6 .
Lizzie Bla ke Fos ter , wife of E . A. Foster , son of the above Asa , Departed
thi ~ life Ma y , A. D. 1919
(Family Records of George "! . Foster)
Annie Fos ter , wif e of G. l·i. Foster was born Jan . 12 , A. D. 1873
Ha rry Holl and Fos ter , son of t he above Annie a nd G. i•! . Fos ter , was born 13
Augu s t , 1890
Paul Ha rri s Foster , son of the above Ann i e and G. H. Foster , was born Jan.
16 , A. D. 1893
Margaret R. Foster , daughter of the above Annie and G. W. Foster , was born

rec . 1st , A. D. 1905
(Family Records of E. L. Dobbins , son-in-law of A. Foster )
Edward E. Dobbins , first child of E. L . and Allie Dobbins was boITl April 26 ,
A. D. 1900
(On th e fly leaf of Bible there is a half page of writing faded , and unreadable -- It begins :
Sacred to the Memory of William Foster Nov . 9

~~~~~~~

(note : t a k e n from a type&lt;l copy . )

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Mrs Carol York , 629 Mountain Ave SE , Roanoke , VA

2401J.

If you are a researcher or genealogist , send us your name and address and area
you work and we will publish it .
We are especially interested i n those who do
research in our a rea ( see cover of VAN) .
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�ROLL OF VOTERS REGISTERED AT STEWARTSVILLE PRECINCT IN
CHAMBLISSBURG MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT , BEDFORD COUNTY , VA ·

(editor ' s note :
Tu.te Registered

the cut off date is all those who were b orn i n l900 a nd later . )

Occupation

Birth

Name

9-12-1902
11-12-1903
5-17- 1913
10- 4-1924
6-16-1914
10- 4-1902
10- 6- 1902
5-17-1913
10- 5-1905
9- 20-1902

Abbott , w. E.
Abbott , R. D.
Abbott , Henry
Abbott, R. E.
Amos , J, R.
Atkinson, s. L.
Atkinson, A. L.
Atkinson , c. L.
Atkinson , H. R.
Austin, H. H.

10- 6-1902
10-10- 1902
10- 6- 1902
10- 4 - 1902
10-3- 1925
10- 2- 1937
5- 20-1907
10- .3- 1928
9- 20-1902
9-12- 1903
9-12-1903
9-12- 1903
10- 7-1916
8- 1- 1919
10- 6- 1902
10- 6- 1902
10- 6- 1902
10- 6-1902
10- 6- 1902
10- 6- 1902
10- 7- 1902
10- 6- 1902
10- 6-1902
10- 8- 1921
10- 3-1925
10- 2- 1926
7- 29- 1935
10- 2- 1926
10- 2-1909
10- 7- 1902
10- 6-1902
5-11-1928
10- 2-1920
7-28-1927
10- 1-1936
12-2lrl919
10- 7-1902
9-12-1903
9-30-1915
6-20-1910

Baker, A. B.
Baker, C. H.
Baker, J , B.
Baker, James F.
Baker , James
Baker , Margaerite
Baker , W. H.
Baldwin , Sophia
Baldwin , J , T.
Bandy , J Raymond
Basham , J. N.
Barger, G,
Barger, J . A.
Barbour , Phil
Barton , Andrew J Jr .
Barton , Harvey C,
Barton , James Sr .
Barton , James w. Jr.
Barton , John
Barton , J . V.
Barton , John W.
Barton , Samuel H.
Barton , S . L.
Barton , S. M.
Barton , Solomn
Barton , E. H.
Barton , L. E .
Blankenship, Delia
Blankenship , George W.
Board, John
Board , Samuel
Boatwright , Carri e
Boatwright , S. A.
Booth, A. M.
Booth, Hazel L.
Brogan , W. H.
Brown, J. H.
Brown, J, T.
Brugh, J. A.
Brumfield, Frank A

Fa rmer
7- 3-1853
10- 7- 1877
9-16- 1883
"
10- 3-1889 Electrician
9- 29-1868 Farmer
11-12-1874
"
9-15-1847
"
7-29-1888
"
7- 23-1878
"
1 - 15-1872 Car Builder
II

,

..i.", _-:.. ••

4- 9-1848 Farmer
5-ll-1878
"
2-11-18 51
1-19-1846
8-_5-1 896
8-25-1898 Merchant
11- 7-1884 Farmer
7- 4-1876 House Wife
1- 6-1873 Car Builder
2-25-1871 Farmer
4-29-1845
9-25-1847
9- 4-1898
2-15-1867
9-13- 1871
10- 7- 1876
8-29- 1830
8-16-1861
"
4-17-1834 Mechani c
12-25-1857 F armer
10- 8-1866
4-25-1863
"
8-11-1864
10- 13-1889 Lumberman
11- 26-1894 Farmer
8- 27-1899 N. W. Shops
4-10-1898 Farmer
7- 6-1867 Housekeeping
7-30-1864 Merchant
1 843 Laborer
6-26-1873
"
1 0-23-1897 Housewife
9- 2-l89l Machinist
"
l -24-l893
12-25-1895 Housewife
6-11-1897 Fa rmer
"
ll-l 8-1838
11-23-1861
7- - 1883
2-10-1888 Minist~?

.- ... ~. . · :. a .. , o .. ·:13

..
..

II

.
..

II

II

..
..

II

II

II

II

II

j

�10- 2- 1923
8- 2- 1943
10- 6- 1902
7-30-1931
5-17- 1927
10- 6 , 1902
5- 14-1928
10- 6-1902
6-13-1913
10- 7-1902
4- 7-1911
10-30-1920
10- 2-1913
4-28-1923
7-30-1919
9-28-1920
10- 6-1902
10- 7-1902
10- 5-1912
8-28-1923
10- 6- 1902
5-24-1919
5- J-1927
7- 3-1922
10- 7- 1902
10- 6-1928
4-29-1927
10- 6-1902
lO- 6-1902
5-18-1920
8-22-1930
10- 6-1902
1-12-1922
10- 4-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 2-1902
10- 4-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 4-1902
10- 7-1902
4- 4-1908
10- 4-1902
9-30-1903
9-12- 1903
9- 6-1902
9- Lr1902
9-12-1903
9-12- 1904
10- 6-1902
5-20-1911
10-J0-1920
10- 5-1912
10- 4-1902
9-11-1903

Brumfield, Minnie
Burnett , Percy
Burnett , Wm. H
Burrow , I F
Butterworth , J . O.
Butterworth , W. H.
Cal vert , Cat herine
Calvert, W. I.
Camden , E. N.
Carroll , R. D.
Ca r t er, B. J.
Carter , Eliza A.
Carter , J , L.
Ca rter, S, G.
Ca rter , W. W.
Ca tron, T. F,
Ca uley (?Cawley) , F . M.
Ca uley, Geo . W.
Ca uley, J . H.
Chandler, F. G.
Chandler , S . F.
Chandler, W. R.
Chittum , Emory A.
Chittum, E. T.
Chittum , Henry S .
Chittum , J. E .
Chittum , Melvin E
Chittum, W. H. Sen .
Chitwood, Samuel
Clark, I. G.
Cloud, W. M.
Cohen , Geo. W.
Cox , W. H.
Cunningham, W. C.
Cunningham , H. C.
Curtis, Hunter
Custer, J . L .
Crouch , John D
Crouch, Wm. M.
Chittum , R. A.
Dearing , B. B.
Dearing, C. L.
Dearing, C, R.
Dearing , Frank D.
Dearing, J. W.
Dearing , John W. Jr.
Dearing , R. S. ?L.
Dearing, Tuck
Dent, Harri son
Dent, McHenry
Dickinson , A. L.
Dickinson , Addie R.
Dickinson, C. E.
Dickinson, A. L.
Dickinson, J, C.

3-13-1891
9- 9- 1896
7- - 1862
11- J-1886
12-12-1873
4-13-1843
10- 6- 1898
l-14-18q?
7- 26- 1887
5- 2Lr1874
1856
8- 23-1838
9- 4-1876
11- 6- 1865
5-25-1886
8-1- 1879
4-24-1844
5- 24-1877
1873
7- 4-1899
7-20-1859
12- 9-1892
5- 13-1895
1-18-1881
6- 3-1858
2-25- 1890
l - lJ-1891
8-17- 1870
J- - 1847
11- 2-1891
3-18-1871
12- 31-1855
12- 2-1866
8- 8-1861
7- 9-1854
3- - 1851
10- 2-1876
5- 8-1861
J- 9- 1855
1- 9-1869
1-21-1881
1886
5-19-1880
2-11-1873
5- 27- 1897
J- 7-1848
8- 8-1872
7-15- 1858
J- -1853
1889
6- J-1892
1891
7-10-1852
9- 3-1848

Virgin!a Appa.lo.chian Notes

Housekeeping
Plasterer
Farmer
"

"

Carpenter
Teacher
Farmer
Brakeman
Farmer
Bl acksmith
Housekeeper
Farmer

"

Car Builder
Farmer
Carpenter
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Rail Road
Car Repairer
Mechanic ( carpenter)
Carpenter
Bridging
Farmer
Farmer
Air Brake ins
Post Master
Minister
Teacher
Miller
Farmer
Farmer
Fanner
Farmer
Mechanic
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Mechanic
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Fanner
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Teacher
Farmer
Merchant
Farmer

�..___ _

/0
10-15- 1903
10- ~1902
10- ~1902
9-1~1903

10-

~1902

10- 3- 1919
8- 1- 1931
10- 2-1933
10- 5- 1940
10- 6- 1902
10- 7- 1902
10- 6-1902
10- 19- 1902
10- 7-1902
I+- 1- 1918
8- 20-1914
10- 4--1902
10- 8-1921
10- 7- 1902
10- 17- 1913
10- 2-1909
5- 17- 1913
10- 18-1913
6- 3-1928
7-1J.r1909
10- Lr 1928
9- 12-1903
10- 7-1902
12- 23-1907
9- 12-1903
9-11-1903
l0- 10-1902
9- 11-1903
9- 20- 1917
10- 7-1902
10- 7-1902
10- 4--1902
10- 6-1902
10- J.r.1902
10- 6-1902
10- 6-1902
9-12-1903
5-15-1911
7-18-1922
10- 2-1909
l0-12-1903
I+- 7-1927
10- l+-1902
11- J-1902
5- 18-1912
1 0- 6-1902
1 0- 6-1902
8-2l.r1914
1 0- 4-1902
10- 4-1902
10- 7-1902

-

Dillion , J . D.
Dooley , Jas. E .
Dooley , Joseph
Dooley , R. B.
Dooley , Samuel H.
Dooley , S . W.
Dooley , W. J ,
Drewry , H. H.
Drewry , James S .
Drewry , Wm. H.
Drewry , Wm. T.
D.mcan , W. A.
Feather , John A
Feather, James B.
Feather, H. W.
Feather, M, L.
Ferguson , C. D.
Ferguson , E. T.
Fergus on, James H.
Ferguson , J , R.
Ferguson , L. D.
Ferguson , T. M.
Ferguson , S . H.
Fergus on , W. B.
Fisher , G. E.
Fisher, G. E. , Mrs ,
Flowers , G. W.
Flowers , Henry
Flowers , James A.
Flowers , J . J ,
Fore, A. T.
Fore , John A.
Fore, M. B.
Foster, Melvin S.
Fouts, Charles R.
Fouts , Frank R.
Fouts , George W.
Fouts, James A.
Fouts , J. M.
Fouts, James R.
Fouts, W. W.
Foutz , H. F .
Foutz , L. J ,
Foutz , M. T.
Foutz , W. E.
Foutz, w. F .
Foutz, Wardie J .
Fuqua , Walton
Gibbs, G. G.
Gies ier, John
Gilbert , George
Gilbert , J, Wm.Gray , W. W.
Grigsby , Edd
Handcock, John W.

Hannabass , W. T. (?or I)

1875
7- 27- 1878
1847
1- 14-1872
4- 7- 1847
J - 14-1878
2- 23- 1892
7- 24-1894
J -17-1899
1837
5- 2- 1855
9-23-1849
5- 30- 1850
6- 8- 1860
9- 25- 1894
1860
6-1 4-1859
12- 17- 1892
10-17- 1852
1- 4-1889
9- 8-1883
1- 4-1889
5- 20-1892
11-11-1854
4-24-1887
1- 24-1881
7- 22-187 0
ll-14-1852
1850
8-1 6-1876
7-26-1876
3-11-1843
12-26-1868
12- 5-1894
11-15-1871
8- 15-1875
6- 12-1869
4- 7- 1859
12-19-1857
11- 16-1844
8- 25-1831
8-1-1870
11- - 1881
5- 16- 1893
1885
1- 6-1832
1-26-1895
5- 7-1872
11- 26-1866
3- 26-1843
5- 3- 1864
5- -1875
8- 30-1890
1849
1-22-1862
5-12-1866

Fa rmer
Mechan ic
Fa r mer
Fa rmer
School Teacher &amp;
Fa. rmer
Merc hant
Farmer
Boi ler Ma ker
Furnitur e Worker
Fa r mer
Merchant
Carpenter
Farmer
Schoo l Teacher
Rai l r oa d Cl erk
Farmer
Fa rme r
Mec hanic
Fa rmer
Merc hant
Fa rmer
Fa rmer
Merc hant
Fa rmer
N. W. Clerk
Hous ekeeping
Farmer
Farmer
Stone Mason
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Merchant
Fa rmer
Car Builder
Fa rmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Fa rmer
Fa rmer
Farmer
Farmer
N. W. Steelworker
Phys ician &amp; surgeon
Farmer
Sawmill man
R. Reading
Laborer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer

�//
10- 7-1902
10- 7- 1902
10- 6- 1902
10- 6- 1902
10-12-1918
9- 22- 1908
9-10-1932
10-24-1902
10- 6-1934
9-29-1918
10- 7-1902
9-15-1902
10- lrl902
10- lrl902
10- 4-1902
10- 2-1915
5-20-1919
1E-* 12-27-1918
10- 1-1910
8- 4-1913
5-lJ-1927
10- 7-1902
7-15-1935
9- -1902
10- 7-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 7-1902
10- 7- 1902
10- 4-1902
9-1.5-1932
10- 6-1902
1-24-1908
5-26-1911
8-21- 1902
10-10-1902
9-12-1903
10-10-1902
.5-21-1910
10- 5-1916
10- 7-1902
7- 30-1907
9-12-1903
10- 6-1902
10- 7-1902
5-26-1907
10- 3-1908
10- 6-1902
10- 3-1919
*~- 1-1919
missed a

9-11-1903
1.r22-1908
9-29-1932
.5-14-1927

Harkrider , G. R.
Harkri der , J. W,
Harris , B . W.
Harri s , S. P .
Harri s , Wa l t er B.
Hartwell , J. H.
Hatcher, R. C.
Hazelwood, J. C.
Hi cks , J. C.
Hi cks , Oswald
Hogan, C. S .
Hogan , W. W.
Holdren , A. L.
Holdren, Edward P.
Holdren, John L.
Hollins, O. L.
Holt, W. M.
Horn, H. M.
Layne , A. c.
Layne, P. P.
Loyd, M. G.
Loyd, Wm . F.
Izy-nch, George C.
Manning , J . L. (?Ira L. )
Markham , E. H.
Markham, Jacob S.
Markham, Samuel P.
Markham , W, J .
Martin, C. A.
Martin , D. J.
Martin , Mary L
Martin, Robert L.
Martin , W. A.
Mason , J , S.
McCall, M. D.
McCarty , J. E.
McCarty , M. L.
McCarty, Monroe
McCarty, Samuel
McDonald, F . E.
McDonald , G. T.
McGeorge, G. W.
McKee , J.
McKee, Peter
Meador , C. O.
Meador, J. W.
Meador, Joseph
Meador, Robert L. Jr.
Mitchell, E. L.
Mitchell , Frank L.
pa ge, added here
Horn , J. B.
Horn, John H
Horn , W. E.
Huddleston, H. S.

.5-20- 1874
J - 29-1831
4-22-1872
2-20- 1861
2-16-1896
5-22-1871
9-25-1887
10-18-1879
.5- .5-1899
4-23-1880
2- 8-1866
3- 25-1865
12- 2-1839
9- -1837
8-1.5- 187.5
9- 9- 1890
2-29-1872
8- 9-1882
8- 16- 1886
6-25-18.57
l-lJ-1898
4-27- 1862
4-17-1899
7- 2-1876
9- 20- 1877
l-J0- 1824
5- 24-1868
9-22-1866
6- .5-1879
1- 19- 18.53
2-14-1871
.5-24-1881
2-15-1871
1859
1864
6-24-1875
ll-llrl849
8-11-1862
8- 15-1881
Lr 8-1895
12- 9- 1839
11-16-1880
6-22-1873
7- 4-18.50
5- 8-1853
3-18-1861
186.5
10- 1-1877
6-J0-1898
2-18-1890
1858
1878
2- 27-1907
6- 20-1901

Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Merchant
Farmer
Physician
Farming
Laborer
Merchant
Farmer
Farmer
Merchant
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Fireman
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Railroading
Merchant
Farmer
Minister
Car Operator
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Iron Molder
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
N.W. Railroad
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Miller
Merchant
Farmer
Farmer
Banking &amp; Farming
Far mer
Farmer
Carpenter
Mechani c

�- -

10-31-1908
10- 3-1931
9- 4-1904
10- 6-1902
10- 4-1902
9-30-1920
6-28-1924
8- 5-1919
l0-11-1923
10- 6-1902
7-11-1911
9-15-1902
7-25-1939
10- 6-1902
5-9-1914
9-12-1903
10- 6-1902
7- 6-1935
5- 3-1927
4-23-1927
9-11-1903
10- 6-1902
10- 4-1902
10- 6-1902
8-18-1914
5-19-1923
10-3-1920
10- 4-1902
10- 7- 1902
1916
6- 1-1927
10- 6-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 6- 1902
5- 14-1904
5-15-1928
10- 4-1919
10- 6-1902
9-12-1903
9-11-1903
10- 4-1902
10- 4-1902
* 10- 4-1902
10- 4-1902
10- 6-1902
*10- 4-1902
10-12-1903
10- 4-1902
9-12-1903
4-25-1918
9-25-1926
10- 4-1902
9-11-1903
9-19- 1906
10- 7-1902
10- 4-1924

Huddleston , W. C.
Hundley , Flora E
Hundley , J . H.
Hutts , Jas . Tilford
Jeter, James A .
Jeter, Judie M.
Johnson , George M.
Johnson , H. L .
Johnson , Irene May
Johnson , Milton C.
J ohnson , Vi vian O.
Keesee , A. W.
Keesee , W. N.
Kesler , D. J .
Kesler , (J. W
.?)
Kingery , J . L .
Kittinger , Jas . E.
Lantz , (Herman)
Lawhorn , E . H.
Lawhorn , E. R.
Lawhorn , J . G.
Lawhorn, John H.
Lawhorn , Joel W.
Lawhorn , R. A.
Lawhorn , W. H.
Mitchell , J , R.
Mitchell , Mary A.
Mitchell , M. L .
Mitchell , P. L .
Moorman , C. D.
Moorman , E . W.
Neighbors , G. S.( ?or L)
Nichols , Al exander
Nichols , J . A.
Noell , L . P.
Nunley , W. O.
Overstreet , c. H.
Overstreet , C. W.
Overstreet , W. E.
Parker, E . M.
Parker, J . J .
Parker , T. c.
Parker, Wm. H.
Pa tesel , Abram
Payne, Henry B
Parker, Wm. H. Jr .
Payne , J . w. Jr.
Pearcy , Brooks
Pearcy, W. H.
Pedigo, Joe
Poff, W. D.
Preas , George H.
Pres ton, J. M.
Richards, C. c. ( MD)
Richards , George W.
Ridgeway, A. L.

1868
6-15-1885
10- 2- 1865
6- -1834
8-lJ-1868
9- 5-1849
6-27-1899
2-14-1896
12-26- 1892
8-15- 1870
5-20-1887
9-15- 1869
5-lJ-1895
12-12-1852
1- 7- 1878
8-10-1857
4- 9-1860
2- 1-1888
5- 8-1893
8- 4-1888
9-lJ- 1857
6-15- 1868
1-16- 1836
4-12- 1852
J-16-1870
4- J-1900
8-12-1893
6-14-1865
5-15-1859
4-J0-1867
10- 20- 1898
2-27- 1835
7- 12- 1878
5- 4-1851
5- 2-1887
2-14-1899
10- 22-1888
2-lJ.-1853
6-26- 1882
12- 15-1870
11- 8- 1864
5- 8- 1838
10- 7- 1857
4- 3- 1871
6- 6- 1872
4-13- 1862
5- 4-1867
9- 1-1870
4- 6- 1824
4- 1-1897
2-12- 1895
6- 15- 1851
4-12- 1861
1880
6-15-1842
1 0- 4-1896

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Farmer &amp; Canner
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Car I nsp e c t or
Mechinist
F armer
Car Bu ilder
Machan ic
Teac h er
Farmer
Farmer
Merchant
Farmer
Farmer
Fa rmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Bankers Wife
Mechanic ( Bl ack Smith )
Farmer
!•'armer
Rural Carrier
Mechanic ( Bl ack Smith )
Farmer
Farmer
Car Buil der
Viscoe Worker
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Ridge way , G. H. (?or H. G. ) 1-23-1889
10- lrl907
Ridgeway, G. E.
1861
5-19- 1908
Saunders , J. H.
J-15-1882
9-28-1915
Settles , P. L.
5-11-1866
10- 6-1902
Short, P. T.
4-- 5-1832
10- 6-1902
Short , R. B.
7- 3-1869
10- 6- 1902
Simmons , Chas . E.
11- 15- 1870
9-30-1902
Simmons , F . E.
1- 7- 1884
9-12-1903
Simmons , S G.
2-16-1873
10- 6-1902
Simmons , Patrick
12-15-1833
10- 7-1902
Simmons, W. L.
2-20-1876
10- 7-1902
Siner , D:l.niel O.
9- 22-1877
10- 7-1902
Siner, Jas . M.
12-27-1865
9-12- 1903
Siner , J. R.
3- 6- 1873
10- 6-1902
Siner , R. A.
3- 1- 1835
10- 7-1902
Siner , W. T.
J- 7-1869
5- 21-1910
Spradlin , D. E.
?- 6-1881
9-11-1903
Spradlin, J . H.
10-16- 1844
10-11- 1911
Spradlin , L. M.
11-26-1882
l.r21-1924
Spradlin, Mable
9-18-1886
9-12-1903
Spradlin, R. L.
10-18-1874
9-11-1903
Spradlin, W. G.
1- 4--1870
10- l.rl902
Spradlin, W. W.
10- 15-1856
5- 1-1936
Stanley , C. H.
6-27- 1869
10- 7-1902
Stanley , E. Mc.
8- 6-1860
10- l.rl902
StClair, C. M.
2- 2-1865
5-21-1910
StClair , C. V.
1-12-1881
9-12-1903
Stclair , E. c. B.
7-28-1873
7- 21-1927
Stclair, J. F.
-1898
10- 7-1902
StClair , J . T.
4-27-1830
8-13-1913
StClair , s. B.
9-30-1885
10-20-1911
StClair , W. C. (?or K. )
6- -1886
10- Lr1904
Stclair , w. N.
4-11- 1881
5-20-1923
Thomas, F . Marie
2- 5-1884
10- 4--1902
Thomas, Rufus B.
10- 14-1868
10- 6-1902
Thomasson , Alex
6- ll.rl849
10- 7-1902
Thornhill , H. J.
11- 19- 1830
10- lrl902
Trent, James T.
8- -1858
9-28-1935
Tuck , W. A.
12- 1-1889
10- 6-1902
Turner, A . H.
4-- 8- 1840
10- 7-1911
Turner, J. w.
2- 8-1862
10- 10-1902
Turner, P. L. 12-21-1880~~12 - 6 1B7C
3-21-1022(1922)Turner, Roxie
8- 8-1873
9- 26-1908
Wade, J . L.
7- 10-1854
6- 17- 1920
Waldron, Earnest
1- 12-1898
7- 7-1919
Waldron , E. H.
1- 14--1890
10- 6-1902
Waldron, Frank B.
l - lJ-1880
10- 6- 1902
Waldron, M. A.
10-30-1873
10- l.r1902
Waldron, S . P.
4- 24-1845
10- 6-1902
Webb, Henry C.
10-17-1866
10- 6-1902
Webb, William
J-18-1820
4--30-1927
West, C. D.
l-ll-1889
10- 7-1902
West, George L.
6-24-1852
10- lrl902
West, I. M.
3- -1853
5- 4--1927
West, R. B.
2-14-1891
8-20-1914
West, V. H.
6-lJ-1880

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Farmer
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Farmer
Farmer
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
Farmers wife
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Viscos&amp;_ Co.
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Housewife
Farmer
Electrician
Farmer
Railroading
Farmer
Farmer
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Farmer
Farmer
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�5-18-1909
10- 7-1902
10- 7-1902
9- 12-1903
6- 18-1928
6- 10-1930
5-18-1909
5- 4--1927
10- 7..:1933
8-15-1925
9-lJ-1928
10- 6-1902
9-12- 1903
10- 5-1929
9-12-1903
5-31-1921
9-12-1903
10- 4-1902
6-16-1919

4--15-1921
10- 6-1902

4--15-1921
10- 6-1902
3- 14--1939
10- 6-1902
10- 6-1902
9-10-1915
11-17-1908
3- J-1907
7-14--1929
6- 5-1943
10- 7-1902
10- 8-1904
10- 7- 1902
10- 6-1902
10- 6-1902

5-21-1907
10- l.r-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 6-1902
10- 4--1902
20-10-1902
9-17-1908

10- 5-1907
4-29-1907
(10- 5-1907)

Wheeler, D. Lou:ry
Wheeler, E. Gordan
Wheeler, Gabriel
Wheeler, J . H.
Wheeler, Judith (Mrs)
Wheeler, L. E.
Wheeler, S . T.
Wheeler, T. S .
White , Eldridge
White , G. R.
White , Laura (Miss)
White , Mont P.
Whi te , S. P. (?or J . )
Wickham , S. A.
Wilks , J , S .
William, G. W.
Williams , M. W.
Williams on , Ro be rt W
Wimmer, B. W.
Wood , D. A. (Mrs . )
Wood , Garrison
Wood, M. G. (Miss)
Wood , Samuel B.
Wood , Stephen M.
Wood, Thomas H.
Woods , Charles E.
Woody , W. D.
Woolfork , J . A.
Woolwine, Henry A.
Woolridge , C. L.
Worley , H. c.
Wright , C. E.
Wright, G. W. A.
Wright , I. J.
Wright , Jeff
Wright , J . B. H.
Wright, J . F .
Wright , J . M. Jr.
Wright , J . P. Sen .
Wri ght , J . P. Jr,
Wright, J . R. L.
Wright, John S.
Wright , Otho H.
Wright , R. H.
Wright, R. Page
Wright , S, A.
(Wright, R. P.)

12- 8-1878
J- 6-1878
2-24-1824
5-25- 1847
2- 23-1866
2-10-1893
1853
10-15-1889
8-11-1895
J-28-1893
12-22-1892
12-10-1850
4-17-1877
5- 6-1893
4-30-1882
2- 4-1886
J-23-1859
12- 7-1842
9- 5-1884
6-28-1867
3-20-1879
9-24-1 894
8-1-1858
6-20-1886
12-25-1863
?- 8-1838
1892
1-14-1856
J - 25-1882
8- 9-1892
4- 9-1884
10-21-1869
2-11-1854
5-10-1875
1842
11- 1-1868
2-23-1884
9-16-1858
3-19-1850
4-23-1877
9- 1-1866
8- 6-1867
9-30-1871
1-13-1886
9- 2-1883
9-11-1869
(9- 2-1883)

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Farme r
Minister Gosp el
Farmer
Housekeeping
Roanoke Wa ter Co .
Farmer
Carpenter
Road work
Blacks mith ( helper)
Stenographer
Fa rmer
F a rmer
Nor.folk &amp; W. RR
Fa rmer
Cc::t.r Repa irer
Farmer
Farmer
Rail roading
F a rmers Wife
Laborer
Fa rmers D:tu .
Farmer
Vis cose Corp .
Laborer
Cooper
Motorman
Farmer
Fireman
Car Repairer
Viscose Corp .
Farmer
Farmer
Miller
Farmer
Farmer
Mail Carrier
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Plasterer
Miller
Farmer
Painter
Farmer
( Merchant)

All within "( )"were handwritten . This was taken from a photocopy ( typed)
This information was taken from the Regis trar Books 1902-1935 of Bedf'ord Co,

Va.

�AN OVER VIEW OF THE RF'CORDS IN THE COURTHOUE.':S: OF THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

/~

Ann L. McAlister , C.G.R.S . *
From 1787 to its incorporation in 1805, Lynchburg was under the jurisdiction of
the county court of Campbell.
In 1788 an Act of the General Assembly established a district court for the
counties of Bedford , Campbell, Franklin , Pittsylvania and Henry to be held at
New London , then county seat of Bedford . Lynchburg was in this district.
A Hustings Court was established in Lynchburg in 1805 consisting of a Mayor,
a Recorder , four Aldermen and six common councilmen: the Mayor, recorder and aldennen were constituted justices of the peace within the limits of the town and a
half mile around with the same powers as those of the county courts .
This Hus tings Court continued until 1870 , although the limits of jurisdiction at
some time were extended to a mile outside the city (or town) limits.
In 1866 the General Assembly amended the city charter to provide that a Judge and
twelve elected persons should serve. At this time Lynchburg fell under the postwar authority of the 1st military district. The first elected judge in 1867 was
removed f rom off ice for refusing to take the oath of allegiance. The second was
appointed in 1869 , but resigned when the present Corporation Court went into effect,
and the Court of Hustings was abolished .
Hustings Books , essentially order books, are bound and labeled from 1805-1827,
although I have not found a book covering the period from 1823- 25. These books
are indexed. Records of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, containing criminal
charges , are bound upside down in the 1820-1822 and 1826-27, but there is a common
index. There is one volume of minutes from 1810-1815 which is not indexed.
Chancery and Law Order Books begin July 1828. These are still Hustings Court
Records and are variously labeled Mayor, Alderman and Judges; they continue through
1870 and are not with the Circuit Court and Corporation Court books.
There are several volumes of Dockett Justices Executions from January 1859 December 1886; these tell you little except names and returns of court costs.
There is one Law Execution Book covering the period from August 1842 to July 1852;
and a Chancery execution book beginning 1852. There is also a Chancery Process
Book beginning in 1832 and running through 1917 , located at this time on a shelf
of miscellaneous record books .
These routine Court Record books should be checked for possible expansive notes
by clerks , and for clues to other areas of search indicated by executions ordered
to officials of other counties .
Jucigment Dockets and Liens begin in 1841 ; these indicate in which court the
cause was heard, the date, names and parties and residences of parties (not always
filled in) and the debt or damage.
Bond records start at

1855.

To back up - First there was the Hustings Court beginning when the town of Lynchburg was incorporated. In 1870 the Corporation Court for the City of Lynchburg
was established under a provision of an act of the General Assembly providing such
a court for each city with a population of 5 ,000, to be presided over by a judge
elected in the same manner as judges of county court . Both Hustings Court and the
later Corporation Court were inferior courts with limited jurisdiction.
In 1814 there was established a Superior Court of Chancery, also referred to as
District Court. The Superior Court of Law was still held at New London, until one
was established in Lynchburg in 1823.

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3609 Tanglewood Lane, Lynchburg, VA 24503

�By 18)1 fifteen judges held S~erior Courts of Law throughout th e stat e and t here
were nine Superior Courts of Chancery held by four judges . Apparently co nv inc e d t hat
the whole system was becoming increasingly cumbersome, the General Assembly abol ished
all these courts as they then existed; they then divided t h e sta te i nt o te n distri c ts
of two circuits each, and merged Law and Chancery with the prov iso t h at t h e d i stinction
be kept in the records. These new courts were called Circuit S uper i o r Courts o f Law and
Chancery. There was to be one for each county and corporati on, wi th a s eparate judge f or
each circuit. At that time the Lynchburg circuit included Campbell, Bedfor d , Patrick,
H~nry and Pittsylvania. In 1850 the Superior Courts of Law and Chance r y b e came simply
Circuit Courts - one for each county and city of t he first class (exce p t Danville . )

The source for this outline of the courts is Historical S ketch o f the S tate Courts
of Lynchburg, written in 1951 by Judge S. DuVal Martin, a pamphle t in Jon es Memorial
Library, Lynchburg, Virginia.
Papers in ended chancery file drawers also show that a Superior Court o f Chancery for
the Richmond District was held in Lynchburg shortly following its incorporation.
The importance of recognizing the variety of names by which the Courts of record went
is two folds l)accuracy of citation and 2)as a reminder that t he records of Law and those
of Chancery are kept separate. It is also important to remembe r that in Lynchburg the
Corporation Court records do not begin until 1870.

A word about the simple records we all know and love:
Marriages s The Courthouse has a General Index to Marriages - Male, and a General Index
to Marriages - Female, both from 1805-1925. These refer one to the Marriage Registers ,
kept in the same section of the Record Room. Original marriage bonds, conse nts and
Jninisters ' returns are in boxes on top of file drawers. Ask permission to see these.
Later marriages, of course are also indexed, registered and available.
Probate records: The earliest index is the General Index to Wills and Fiduciary Accounts
£orporation Court of Lynchburg June 1809 to May 1892. Actually this goes through 1913.
General Index to Wills, Administrations &amp; Fiduciary Account s through 1976 is labeled #1.
~neral lndex Wills , Administrations, &amp; Fiduciary Accounts #2 covers 1901-1935·
Reference s in these indices in general indicate Will Book i f by letter and Fiduciary

~ if by number. There may also be reference to Law Order Books (L), Chancery Order
O~er Books(c) ·or Deed Books (D) . This means another record concerning this probate
exists and should be checked.

The earliest Fiduciary Account books are kept in a locked room.
Original wills are
~e on file in drawers along the back wall; other miscellaneous original documents are
i n the same section of file drawers, including a Corporation Court list of heirs from
1918. As with other original papers, ask pennission from the clerk to search.
Unfortunately the first General Index to Lists of Heirs begins June 1922.
Deeds : Indexed by granter and by grantee, the earliest are from 1805-1935. Single
letter deed books, the earliest are to the far left. Most are in bound volumes that
may not be copied; abstract for the information or ask for a certif'ied typed transcript
t o be sent some time later.
~Books:
These are shelved on the far right wall, between the drawers of
Court a nd Chancery court ended file drawers. 1819 is the earliest book now in
Court house . Jones Memorial Library has the years 1814-18 on microfilm. These
are particular ly usef ulas a number of persons who were non-resident owned lots
burg ; their place of residenceis usually identified.

Circuit
the
records
in Lynch-

In r eading any land tax books, it is important to read the column " alterations" as this
Picks up the land changing hands, whether by deed or inheritance. And al though the lis t s
are usually alphabetical, by noting location - in Lynchburg there are street name s and
lot numbers - it is possible to f ind t he neighbors in the decade s between census enumerations .

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In simples t terms the distinction between Law and Chancery (or Equity) can be
/
stated that where the Law is black and white (a document is signed, therefore legal),
Chancery Courts were created to provide relief for the persons crying "Unfair! I
signed that under duress!" For a succinct and clear explanation of examples of causes
falling under each category, see Genealogical Evidence. A Guide to the Standard of
Proof Relating to Pedigrees, Ancestry, Heirship and Family History, Noel c. Stevenson.
Aegean Park Press. Calif'orniasl979.
Lynchburg has continued to maintain separate records for each court. Remember ,
there has been a Circuit Court, a Corporation Court and a Superior (or District)
Court of Chancery.
Chancery Records: Ended Chancery Causes are indexed alphabetically by Complainants
and Defendants in two sets of Books - one for Circuit Court and one for Corporation
Court. There are four books for the Superior Court of Chancery (or District Court)
beginning in 1814. Each is indexed. The indices can refer one to a file #, and/or
to another court. The file # refers to the file drawers containing original loose
papers relating to the cause.
Corporation Court Chancery Order Books begin March 1867 - when the Hustings Court
was dissolved.
Law records: Circuit Court Law Order Books begin May 1823. Corporation Court Law
Order Books start with 4 July 1870.
There is no general index for these two series of Law Orders; however each book has
an index, either separately bound, or in the front or the back of the book. Among
entries of interest found in Law Order Books are declarations of intent to become
citizens, which give place and date of birth and year of emigration. These may be
indexed by name, and can also be found indexed under "Aliens".
Before getting into my favorite category of records - l oose papers - I want to mention a couple of items of interest in Lynchburg Courthouse.
There is a Chancery Process Book from 1832-191 7. It is not with the other chancery
order books. This contains records of fifas and subpoenas and to whom delivered -if to sheriffs of other counties, you have a clue to work on.
There are two books, one containing seven declarations of intent during the period
of 1906 to 1907, and a second with one petition for naturalization, "spoiled" written
across it. The Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization was established in 1906 ,
and those records are supposed to be confidential . I imagine, as usually happens
when a law is changed, there was a time lag in getting the information to the clerks .
Loose Papers: These are the original papers concerning a cause brought before a
court . They are fragile, dusty and Wlder the authority of the clerk of court . They
may be sealed for reasons of confidence, or of fragility. Check before attempting to
search any of these. Once given permission, ~ou will find searching these papers may
reveal all kinds of genealogical evidence. Ended chancery papers are filed when the
suit was ended, finalized, for the last ti.me. Try to find the date the original bill
was filed; there may be supporting evidence that predates this -- a will , a deed, a
patent, for example. Death dates and marriages can be approximated as suits are
abated, and parties added to, or removed from the dispute . Affidavits can provide
age and place of residence of the affiant; sheriffs make notes on subpoenas a bout
the persons they could or could not find to serve . Change of residence to another
county and state of individuals involved pop up. Some of our ancestors were a
litigious group when it ca.me to land or property, and there's no fight like a f ami l y
fight. There is a chancery suit in Lynchburg filed in 1858 which was beg un i n 1795 ,
and contains evidence ref erring almost twenty years back from that date .
In Lynchburg, as in any other court house, it is wise to check every record that
is open when you are stuck. At the same time, it is wise to have r espect for the
records, including exquisite care in handling a nd replacing all recor ds one is
permitted access to . It is also wise to have respect for the cl erks of the court;

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they are busy and concerned with their charge of maintain ing c urrent day to day
records, and researchers owe them courtesy and a professional att itude .
Finally, there are many City of Lynchburg records that have been removed to
the State Archives permanently, as the space available has shru nk.
One group
of records was removed in 1958: in 1980 another large group of records went .
The clerk's office has a twelve page inventory of t he l at ter , including tax books ,
Hustings Court Minutes , Memorandums , Rules books , Fee books, Doc ket boo k s , Pleas ,
Indices to Birth and Death Registers, various account books and loose papers among
many other classifications.
Lynchburg , due to its position on the James River in its earliest day s , was and
continues to remain the hub for the surrounding , and more rural, counties .
The
records here often reflect that , and anyone searching campbell Bedford Amherst
Buckingham or adjacent counties must not neglect the re cords of Lynch b~g .
'

THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIAt A S UMMA.RY

1786 45 Acres in the County of Campbell , part of the property of John Lynch,
becomes the Town of Lynchburg, to be laid out in 1/2 acre lots .

1805 The incorporation of the Town of Lynchburg
1814 Addition of 155 1/2 acre lots to town of Lynchburg (Federal Hill today )
1852 Charter of Town of Lynchburg revised constituting i t as a city; acreage
after six annexations now 181 . 12
1859 Street name change ordinance passed
1870

Annexation of over 2 square miles, including areas now known as F ranklin,
Diamond, Garland, College and Daniel ' s Hills .

1872 Street name change ordinance passed.
1900 Part of present Rive:rmont area annexed - • 457 s quare miles
1908

Annexation to the NW and to the SE along the James River and to the west
of 1870 boundaries, a total of 2 .166 s quare miles

1926 Annexation of 8 . 761 s quare . miles , pushing almost all previous boundaries .
1940 Two small annexations southward - .293

1949 .243 s quare miles de-annexed to Amherst County .
1958 Annexation of 10.83 square miles ; 7. 78 from Campbell, 3. 05 from Bedford
1976 Annexation of 24.67 s quare mil es; 17.60 from Campbell, 7 . 07 from Bedford
SOURCES AND SUGGESTED READING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION . All in Jones Memorial Library.

Annexation map in holdings of Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg
Historical Society Museum Papers.
Bl unt , Ruth. "The Background of Lynchburg, ''Lynchburg
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"The Seven Hills of Lynchburg
"Lynchburg in 1852" compiled with Louise H. Blunt, &amp; Mrs· Richard F.
Hawkins. Lynchburg Historical Society Museum Papers·
Chambers, s. Allen,Jr. Lynchburg. An Architectural History. University Press of
Virginia. Charlottesville:l981

�FLOYD COUNTY, VIRGINIA
(This l egisl ative petition is at the State Archives . It does not photocopy s o a pho t os t a te mus t be ordered . A photostat has been placed in
the Virgi n i a Room of the main Roanoke City Public Library, Roanoke, Va.
This p eti t i on "Citizens of Jacksonville in Floyd Co for the establishment of a bank a t Chris tia ns burg , 29 Dec 1849 , Floyd Co, " Box A,
~egi s lat i ve Peti tion , may be ordered from the Virginia State Library ,
Archives Divis i on , Richmond, Virginia 23219 . )
(Note : sinc e t his c opy was very hard to read , several 'versions ' of a
na me i s give n . )
(page) Petition of Citizens of Jacksonville in Floyd County for the
es tablis hme nt of a bank at Christiansburg / 29th Dec 1849 / Peter
Guerrant / ref ' d to &amp;!.nk Com ' ee / Bill reported / January 18, 1850
(pa ge) To t he General Asembly of Virginia The undersigned Citizens of
the town of Jacksonville and County of Floyd, would most respectfully
represent t o y our Honorable body , that they think the rapid growth and
increasing pros perity of their County entitles to facilities of trade,
which do not now possess . They would therefore most respectfully represent that t hey believe a well regulated Bank established either in
our own , or in an adjoining county would be of great advantage to them ,
And unders t a nding that the citizens of Montgomery County intend to
petition your honorable body for the establishment of a bank at the
t own of Chris tia ns burg, we would most cordialy unite with them in that
petition, b eli e ving that a Ba nk at that place would afford us facilities
s uch as we d esire and humbly think deserve
Henry Deskins
A Kirby
(or A Ruby)
William Hairston
Jackson Godbey
John Bishop
Cephas Webb
James M Wils on
Hardin P Hylton
J . H?N Zentmeyer
Pleasant Howell
Richard Webb? or Wells
?Wm A Luster?
( ?H A Lus ter)
Jos eph A Kirby?
(Joseph A Ruby)
Samuel Agnew Sr
John Walters
James H Graha m
Martin H Holt
Hamil ton ?H or ?W Graham?
Amos Ridinger
(Amos Pers inger)
Henry Epperly

?H. ?J or I Grans? (or Evans?)
J . W. Wells
(John Wells)
D:tvid Kittennan
GeorGe P King Sr
(George R Tinly)
Major Howard
Early Burnett
Jas P Lester
?M. L. or ?P. W. Epperly
(Phil. Epperly)
Adam Harter
W. T. King
Henry Link
James Bozewell
Saml L Vest
W' m A Boyd
Ja ' s A Wright
Jacob C Epperly
Thos Mitchell
D:tvid Link
Christopher r ?bower
(Christopher r bauer)
Madison ?A or S ? Helms

�Robert Akers
?Lenkes Link
Gorden C Lester
Ha.rvy D Simmons
Jas W __app_s
(Lott W. Poppins)
John Williams
?D !t; ?M
?
Mark Howel

G. D. Light

J. B. ?Headen
( J . B. ?Weadle)

Thos Franklin
John Lester Jr
Tho ' s M Dobyns
Ananias Slusher
Ab Phlegar

(page )
Daniel Dulaney
Jacob Mangee
Phillip G Lawrence
John T Gill
Iavid Weddle
John Weddle Sr
Tho G Shelow
(Tho G Shelor
Sparral Holt
(Sparral ?Stott)
Samuel Weddle jr
G Shelor
James R Williams
Isaac Cronk
?W or U? Thrash
?Michael ?Lowery
Ambroes ?Cox
Ira Hylton
Isaac Booth
N B Stimson
Francis Hogan
Lewis Payne
John Underwood
Bird Cole

Harrison Graham
W' m B Cochran
Wm C Booth
Hi ram Hoff
W'm Via
Isaac Y Cannaday
Iavid H Howell
Jacob Graham
Michael Phlegar
Benjamin Dodd
John W Graham
Samuel Harris
( Samuel Harriss )
Robert P Graham
?Otey T? Simmons
( Ot ty T Simmons )
Wm H Akers
Burwell Hylton
James Gardner
Luke Cox
Christopher Smith
George Crusenbe rry
Thomas Lancaster

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DEATH AND MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM THE SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE,

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lists both by male and by female names. Over 630 marriage announcements and 1000
obituaries. Majority of notices from Wythe Co, Va , but many from Carroll , Floyd,
Tazewell, Smyth, Washington, Pulaski, Bland and Grayson Counties, Va .
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PEDIGREE CHART NOTEBOOK

INDEX VOLUME II
Brum 149
Becket 141
Belcher 6,4J , l25 Brumfield 86
Brumley 53
Bell lJl
Bryan J6
Bench 141
Bunn 97
Benerli n 4
Burd 142
Bennett 28 , 29
Burke 6J
Benire 103
Burks 51 , 142
Berlin 138
Burr 50
Berry 112
Burton 4J
Besler 112
Bush 11
Beverlin 4
Butcher 95
Bevins 42
Bynum 112
Bias 86
Bible 127
Caldwell 149
Bickell 1
Campbell 6 , 39 , 42
Bickert 99
43, 49, 99
Biddle 146
Camper 12
Bilbro 90
Birchfield , James 7 Cannon 25
Carlson, Jean 50
Bird 142, 145
Carney 4
Bischoff lJJ
Carr lJl
Bi shop 8
Carroll
62
Bivens , Ruth 9
Carter
JJ
, 81 , 90
Blackburn 95
Cathey 125
Blackwell 127
Caton 65
Blaydes 131
Cary 67, 68
Bloss 51, 96
Chafin 37
Boblett 90
Chambers 86
Bock , Ruth 141
Champion 32
Boley 1J8
Chapman 13, 40 , 135
Bab 109
Bolling 71
Childress 139
Babcock llJ
Boone 11 , 142
Chitwood
43
Bailey, Andrew 3
Bond 11
Christian 7
Bone 27 , 48
Bailey 138
Church 35
Bowcock
llJ
Baker 4
Clancy
60
Ball 5 , 60
Bowen 10 , 48
Clark 96 , 100
Ballard 2 , 6 , 62
Bowles 6 , 62
Ballenger 2
Bowman lJ , 16 , 49 Clarkston 19·
Bandy , Karen 131
Bradshaw 9 , 67 , 139 Clarriage 31
Clay 6, 46 , 63,llJ
Bragg 37
Banka 103
Clementson 50
Barber 50
Branham 125
Clendennen 112
Barger 64
Branstetter 48
Clinton 25
Barker 6, 59
Brase 138
Clyce 105, 123
Barker , Mrs Lawrence Bratton 1
Cobb 72
4
Bray 34
Cochran 31
Barley 64
Breeden 106
Cocke 82
Barnhart 142
Britt 2 , 7
Cole 82
Brocken 1
Barnard 77
Coleman 13
Barrett 100, 142
Brookman Jl
Baumgarter 49
Brooks 47, 59 , 88 Colwell 14
Comer 5, 60, 62
Baynes 111
Browder 131
Beal 108
Brown 2, 31, 97,105Conley 90
Conn 17
Beam 140
106, 109
Conn, Thos R 16
Beard 100
Browming 37
Conner 1 2a
Bechtol 57
Brugh 64
Abrel
35
Abshire 42
Adkins 6 , 61 , 62
Akers Jl , 125
Alexander 1
Al brecht 99
Alef orde 77
Alford 97
Allbright 116
Allen 5 , 77, 100
Allens 44
Alley 41
Allphin 16,17, 24
Alison 7
Amys 49
Anderson 16 , 20 , 75 ,
129
Andrews 14, Jl
Andres Jl
Anthony 2
Archer 27 , 29 , 114
Armentrout 138
Armistead 82
Arms 79
Arnold 133
Arthur , Kathleen 2
Aruthor 35
Asbury 46 , 99 , 111
Austin 100

The researcher's name is given in full .

Conway 122
Cook 6, 53 ,59, 60
Cooke 62
Coon 97
Cooper 46 , 51
Copeland , Mrs Walton
1

Copenbarger 58
Copes lOJ
Cornell 1J8
Corps 28, 29
Cover 106
Covert 51
Cox 131
Crawford 46, 91
Creamer 50
Crider 25
Crocketagni lJ
Crockett 13
Crush 64
Cunninham 15
Culp 129
Cummi ngs 67
Curry 37 , 39
Cyrus 97
Ia.honey 6J
de Neusser 99
Lavis 18, 27, 97,
105 , 127
Tu.wson 139
ray 14, 27
Tu.y, Majorie 27,30
Deardorf 65
DeBerniere 100
Debusk 125
Deer 101
Demarest 39
Dennis 109
Denny 43
de Saix 13
Deskins, Lilburn 31
de Vigne 13
Deyerk 13
Deyerle 135
Dial 129
Dickenson 62
Dickerson 51, 131
Dickinson 96
Diggess 85
Dingess 95
Dishman 131
Dison 41
Dixon 88
Dodrill 60

�Housewrigh t
67
Houston 15 , 43
Hager, Mrs Wm 6 , 59 Howard 6 , 31 , 63 , 141
Hale 46
Hu bard , Wm S 67
Hall 39 , 57 , 86 , 112 Huber 145
Hamil ton 42 , 49, 125Huckaby 37
Hamlet J
Huels on 86
Hancoe 74
Huf'fman 1 2
Hand 139
Huggins 3
Handy 12
Hughey 25
Hankins 1 00
Hunter 43 , 112
Hans ford 60
Huntley 43
Dunn 144
Durbin 129
Hard.in 27 , 28
Hurt
91
Hatfield 95
Hutchins 90
Hargar 142
Hutchinson 18
Eans 2, 142
Hargrove 109
Hyde 62
Edmiston 54
Gaither 111
Harmer 4J
Edmon 138
Galloway 67
Harmon 138
Ingram 12
Edmond.son, Eleanor Gallup 66
Harreld 57
Inselman l38
127
Garby 120
Harris 64
Edwards 57
Garland 123
Hawes 109
Jacks on 138
Eaggleton 102
Garner 141
Hawkins 103
Jacobson 138
Elkington 31
Garrett 6 , 51,60 , 95 Hawkins , Mary 66 Jahn 103
Elkins 5
Garrison 53
Hawks 67, 77
James 25 , 43 , l39
Ellington 27 , 28
G"Geller 145
Hawley 122
Jarre l l 63 , 97
England 28 , 141
George 127
Hayden 122
Jeffrey , James 86
Englin 33, 141
Gibbs 138
Hedge 138
Jenkins
139
Epperly 93, 118
Gibson 138
Heifner 146
Jennings
90 , 93 , 94
Eppes 67
Gilbert 123
Henderson 1,15,95 Johnson 42 , 86 ,125
Ermentraudt 140
Gill 118
Hendrick 140
Johnston 7
Erskine 1
Gillespie 1, 6 , 62 Hendricks 12
Jones 7 , 14,37 , 67 ,
Estep 33, 86, 97
Gilliam 100
Hendrickson 147
lJ3 , 139
Estes 6 , 62
Gilliland 20 , 53
Henritze 66
Justice 41
Eubanks 28
Gillock 105
Hensley 86
Justice , Harlan 95
Evans 109, 111
Givens 149
Justice , Marie 125
Henson 61
Everett 127
Goad 53
Henton 64
Ewing 61
Godbey 6 , 51 , 60
Karnes 105
Hewett 6
Godby 95
Hicks , Sarah l0,47 Keebert 147
Goodale 83
Hill 67 , 72
Keeney 57
Falls 12, 64, 108 Goode 11
Keith ll6
Hill, Carol 3
Farley 25,27,28, 41 Goodman 133
Kemper 12
Hillyard 25
112
Goodwin 3
Kennon l23
Hines 35 , 36
Farley, Mrs Wm A 37Gordon 146
Kidwell l27
Hinton 142
Farmer 42
Gose 105
Kief 133
Hipes 148
Farnbach 7
Grable 138
Kilgore l l
Hite 13
Feam(e) 74
Gravely 102
Kindig 133
Hoalt 32
Ferry 16, 21
Gray 53
King 129
Hobson 83
Ferguson 11, 39,
Grayson 131
Kinser l05
Hodge 53
Kirbey 36
42, 111
Green 18
Hodges 22
Kirby 53
Field 140
Greenstreet 39, 43 Hoffman 138
Hoffman , Paul 93,94 Kool 139
Figard 9
Grey 139
Kruger 99
Filmer 68
Grimes 6, 63
Roker 133
Kuhn, Paul 97
Hollingsworth 4
Finch 2
Groseclose 57
Kyser 67
Fisher 57
Gross , Willard 57
Holloway 139
Fleming 48, 125
Groves 129
Hollowby 32
Lafferty 6
Hoover 27, 145
Flewallen 109
Grubb 109
Larner 2
Housden 68
Flora 27
Guer rant 74

Donaldson 15
Donner 139
Doran 43 , 88
Dotson 46
Downing 103
Drake, Ruth 25
Draper 64
Dris coll 105
DeBois 13
Dudley 82
Duncan 18, 23 ,i7 ,

Flournay ?4
Flowers 109
Foley 99
Ford 28 , 127 , lJl
Fowler 6 , 60
Fowlkes 100
Frantz , Evelyn 48
Frary 77
Fraser 100
Frazure 43
Frebe 32
Freeman 90
Fry 50 , 62
Frye 50 , 60
Fugate 43

Guess

25

V3.rgin:e. Appalachian l~otes
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�Lancaster 103 , 106
Laney 33
Latham 72
Laverty , Ben W 99
Lavinder , Frances
90
Lawson 142
layman 49
Laymon 139
Leamon 48
Lee 57 , 74 , 1 45
Leffel 1 47
Lemon 48
Lester 7
Lewis 61 , 90 , 103
L~vely 2
Lineager 62
Lineweaver 106
Liskey 106
Li s les 97
Loewerkamp 1J8
Locke 61 , 88
Locke , Bruce 100
Looney 146
Lorrange 74
Lorton 13
Love 15
Lovercamp 138
Low 15
Lowe 42
Lucas 59
Lynch 12a
Lytle 27 , 29

McPhillon
McWhorter

138
50

Norman 129
Northcut 139
Nunn 66

Magee 103
Mainor 39
Ogden 120
Malcolm 46
Old 123
Mann 149
Oland 138
Marquis 29
Orth 133
Martin 15 , 111,143 Osborne 90
Martin , Gla dys 109 Ott 58
Mason ll
Owen 105
Massie 139
Owen , Betty 120
Matney 41
Maynard 6 , 37 , 41 , 61 Pack 33
Mayo 10
Paine 94 , 140
Mays 64
Palacios 41
Meade J2, 33
Parker 7 , 141
Meadows 37, 97
Partain 62
Meisenhelder 48
Patterson 11
Mic hael 88
Payne 95
Midkiff 97
Payton 120
Miller 7 , 8 , 86 , 112 Peacock 50
125 , 138
Peden 120
Millhouse 49
Phillips 31
Milner 83
Phlegar 118
Milton 9
Pierce 90
Minter 100
Pinkard 11
Mitchell 6 , 49 , 62 Pinnell 60
88 , 129, 146
Pinson 41, 46
Monroe 142
Plunkett 127
Montf ont 72
Pomeroy 51
Montgomery J , 140 Porter 42
Moore JJ , 47 ,102,111 Pouge 8
Moorman 123
Preston 35, 105
McCall 7
More 35
Prewet 101
McCann 4
Morman 1 23
Pruce 32, 61 , 122
McChesney 106
Morris 59,105 , 123 Prince 103
McClure 64
Morrison 99
Pritt 47
McClancey 88
Morton 100, 101
Pruitt 101
Moseley 67
Pryor 27 , 28
McCl anahan 147
McComas 6 , 51 , 63, 97 Moser 48
McComb 112
Moss 9 , 142
Qualls 118
McCoy 4 , 3 2 , 42
Mullens 6
Quinn 27 , 29
McCullough 106
Mullins 43 , 59,125
McCune 9
Munden 78
Radke lOJ
McDonald 95
Myers 147
Raynolds 140
McFadden 4
Mynn(e) 68
Reid 65
McGhee 12 , 105
Renfro 28 , 147
Neal 25, 32
McGil very 129
Reynolds 25
McKinney 111
Neusser 99
Reynolds, W W 105,
Newbold lOJ
McKinster 33
123
Newhaus 138
McKinzie 5
Reyse 120
Newman 139
McKnight 43
Rhodes 25
Newton 141
McKune 9
Rice 4, 129
McLean, Anna 106
Nichols 22
Richardson 100
McLeod 39
Nighbert 116
Right 4
McMayer 6
Noblett 43
Rimel 108
McNeely 42 ,62, 88
Nobley 55
Roane 15
Roberds 55

Roberts 2J, 55
Robertson 12 ,118,125
Robinson 3, 4 , 85
Rodenhausen 133
Rodgers 15
Rogers 14, 127
Rome 129
Rose 33
Ross 112
Roup 120
Rowland 25
Rowley 140
Runan 43
Runnels 144
Rush 5 , 63
Russell 14, 53
Rutherford 43 , 118
Ryan , IRvid 51
Sage 4
Sadlon , Ramona J 112
Salter 24
Sandlin 127
Saul , Kathleen 33
Say 59
Schill 53
Schmidt 138
Schrader, Patricia 103
Schriever 138
Scott 41, 43
Sears 139
Seaton 142
Sefton 27, 114
Sexton 33
Shab , Majorie E 129,
146
Shaefer 133
Shawver 147
Shelton 19,116,142
Short 7, 31
Shoup 66
Sieplein 27
Silvers 27 , 28, 29
Simms 61
Sinclair J
Sirus 97
Skelton 16
Skruggs 140
Slaughter 12
Smalley 138
Smith 49,88,95,113
116, 129' 131, 141 ,
146 , 149
Smith-Edmiston 54
Smith, Nels on J 133
Smothers 127
Snidow 66
Snyder 9

�Woods J9 , 59
Whitlow 113
Thornton 122
Snow 112
Whitmore 100 , 106 Woodson 75
Thruston 6
Sorrell 109
Woodward 4J
Wickham 93
Todd 68
Sorrells 109
woody , f'\c-1.ry 53 , 54, 142
Toney 46 , 59
Wils on 142
Souder 142a
Workman 6 , 46 , 6 0
Tootle 91
Wilcox 67
Spahn 103
Worley 90
Sparks 86
Trovell 7
Wilhelm 64
Spaulding 35
Trovell 7
Wil liams 22 , 31 , 47 Wri ght 4 , J7 , 56 , 6J , 122
Wright , Viola 11
Spears 27 , 28 , 29
Trabue 74
wi lliamson 42
Spencer 12 ,33 , 86
Travis 25
Wi llis 7
lJl
Ya Le e
Sprinkle 64
Trent 67
Wils on 75
Ya~e
~
.
Anne 122
Stagner 109
Trim 37
Wimmer 9
Yates
,
William 8 , 10
Stambaugh 125
Tuck 92
Winn 100
Stallard 16, 18, 22 Tupper 66
Yost 1 25
Witcher 56
Stanford 4
Turner 105
Youn g lJJ
Wit mer lJJ
Stanley 41
Vail 140
Woland 125
Stapp 62
Van Hoose 33
Zang Jl
Womack 3 , 127
Stebbins 64
Vance 6 , 60 , 64
Zimmerman 141
Wood 139
Steele 27 ,29,31 ,120 Varney 41
Wooda ll 86
Steen 60
Vaughn 90
Steff ins 138
Ves t 120
PEDIGREE CHARTS
Stephens , John M
Vickers 149
135
Vincent 141
We have had quite a few requests for copies
Stephenson 59
Voss , Judith 46
of p edigree charts , after publication of
Stevens , John 13
the index for Vol . I.
You will see the
Steward 13
Wade 123
index for Vol II i s a little different
Ste~art 1, 6 , 62
Waggon 25
but we hope jus t a s he l pful .
The cost
Stiff 24
Wagis 99
for each chart r e main s 15 c e nts .
We find
Stigard 63
Wagner 25
it necessary to use a ma nila envelope when
Stiggard 6 , 88
Waldron 120
you order more than five s h e ets .
They_
Stokes 142
Walker 6 , 43 , 112 , cos t u s ll or l5 cents , acco rding to size .
Stoller, Helen 14
129 , 146
Pos tage varies too .
On the whole , you
Stollings 6, 59
Walling 6
have sent enough to cover the costs . Please
Storm 48
Wallace 127 , 131
remember , though , i t takes time to obtain
Stovall 43
Walls 5
your charts , so please be pat ient .
.
Stover Jr, Mrs H G Walthall 131
Mary J a n e Vaden , Corresponding
118
Secretary
Ward 139
Straton 96
Warren 51
Southwest Va . Genealogi cal Soc .
Stratton 77
Watkins 35 ,111,141
% Roanoke Ci ty Public Library
Street 49
Wats on 3 , 70 , 139
706 South Jefferson Str eet
Strother 3
Waugh 3
Roanoke , Virginia 24016
Stuart 6
Wayler 6
Stultz 102
Webb 37
Sutherland 6, 62
Weber 31
Sweeney 15
Weddington 95
Swisher 64
Wegis 99
Sydnor 100, 131
Welch 66
Welder 67
Tapp 3
Vernet 129
Taylor 39, 53, 74 Wes t 112
83 , 109
Westphall 4
Whatley 103
Teas 15
Thompson 1, 33, 35 Wheeler 14
Whis man 123
51, 113
Thomas 53 , 122,139 Whitaker 109
Thomason 105
White 19, 46
Thomlis on 105
Whitesell 118

�1 - 85. My g-g- g- g r a ndfather, Thoma s NOELL d. 1831 in Bedford Co., VA . His
wif e Mildr e d (CALLAWAY?) preced ed him in death . She is believed to be dau. of
Col. Ri chard CALLAWAY .
Need to co rre s pond with anyone who has documentation of
thi s union.
Mrs . Eleanor HARRIS , 1716 Gr ee nwood Ave., Nashville, TN 37206
2 - 85.
Signers of the will of Thomas NOELL who d. 1831 Bedford Co., VA are:
John HANCOCK, Henry W. MOSELEY, J ames LEFfWICH, JR. and Wm . L. OTEY; securities
are Benjamin FALLS a nd Nathaniel L . STRANGE . Would like to correspond with
de scend ants of these me n in order to establish connections. Mrs . Eleanor HARRIS,
address a b o v e .
3 - 85. Children of Thomas NOELL who d . 1831 Bedford Co., VA are: Mary P.,
John c., Zac h aria h , P e rm el i a D'.)UGLASS, Nancy HATCHER, Richard, Theodosia BAUGHN
a nd Catherine FALLS .
Would like to correspond with anyone descended from these
fam ili es . Mrs . Eleanor HARRIS, ad dress above .
4 - 85. Des ir e to o bt a in birth , marriage &amp; death data for William SHEPHERD and
his wife Nancy MARTIN.
Willi am b. ca 1802/3 in VA and is said to be the son of
Frederick SHEPHERD a nd Eliz a beth.
What was Elizabeth's maiden name? Also, the
parents of both Frederick a nd Elizabeth. Mrs . Donna B. PERRY, P. O. Box 1894,
Burn el, CA 96013
5 - 85. Des ir e info on th ese two families: Nancy MARTIN wife of William
SHEPHERD, d a u. of Will i a m MART I N a nd Polly BAYES .
William MA~TIN d . 22 Feb. 1858
(84 yrs . of age) in Pula s ki Co., VA.
William and Polly (BAYES) MARTIN thought to
h a ve md. 1805, Pitt sy lv a ni a Co., VA.
May have lived in Surry Co., NC between
1805-1840/ 50.
M~s. Do nn a B.PERRY, address a b ove.
6 - 85. Des ire info on Cyrus WARREN b. ca 1815/25 in VA, md . before 1850 in OH
or MO to Ameli a HARTUNE or HARTUNG .
Resided many years in Lawrence Co., MO where
c hildren were b .
Children: Martin, John Cyrus, Cynthia , Amanda and Jason who
went to Was hington T e rr ., d. 6 Nov. 1916, Gridley, Butt e, CA.
Don a ld E. PERRY,
P . O. Box 1894i _Burney, CA 96013
__
7 _:-_ 85.

Need info on parents, brothers and sisters of Henr y THOMPSON"' Sr., who
was md . to Lucy HARRIS in Patrick Co. in 1797 . Believe his parents were James
an d Nancy THOMPSON, also living in Patrick Co. in the 1790's and in Montgomery Co .
ea rlier. They may have returned to Montgomery Co. before 1810 . Need proof of this .
May Belle T. SMITH, Route 1, Box 154, Ararat, VA 24053
8 - 85.
Need info on parents, brothers and sisters of J acob PUCKETT, b. 10 June
1794 probably in Floyd or Grayson Cos.
Md . Sarah MARSHALL , 11 Mar. 1825 in Surry
Co . May Belle T . SMITH. ~ddress above.
9 - 85 .
Seeking info on Nathaniel T . YOUNG, b . about 1770 in NC , his parents ,
brothers, sisters.
Al so 1 his wife (M. Frances'?) first name and surname . Need
he r parents and other family members. She was b . about 1782 in VA . May Bell e T .
SMITH, address above .
10 - 85. Wanted!
Info or surname of William McFARLAND'S wife, Luc retia or Lu cy
McFARLAND.
Li ved on Wolf Creek Wythe Co . , VA, 1790. Lucretia listed as a widow,
Wythe Co., VA tax list , 1793, d~u., Rhoda McFARLAND, md. Michael ROBINETT. Will
exc hange data on McFARLAND and ROBINETT families. Augusta, Botetour t , Montgomery
Cos. Glenn E. ROBINETTE, 224 Aspe~_§~Alexandria, VA 22305
11 - 85.
Jane WHITE ROBINSON (1794-aft. Census 1850) was widow of-?- ROBINSON
an d living in c l ose proximity to son James ROBINSON (Census 1850, Campbell Co. ,
VA) •
Her mother Rebecca -?- WHITE was living with her . Am seekin g any info
about h e r husband a nd her father (possibly Robert WHITE) . Rich ard D. ROBINSON,
353_ E._kake Road, Palm Sp~ings, FL 33461
!1___.=_ 85 .
Seekin g any inf o Mary Ma lvina MINTON , b . Rock bridge Co., VA, 1840; d.
most probably Bri s tol , TN (or possibly Lyn c hbur g, VA) 1872-18 78. Was she dau ,
J ohn/ J ack P . MINTON and wife Ann DRYDEN? She md . 1 9 Apr. 1866 1 Lynchburg , VA/
Campbell Co ., VA , Robert White ROBINSON (1840-1916) . Richard D. ROBINSON ,
address above .

�13 - 85.
James ROBINSON, b. ca. 1816 Campbell Co. , VA ; md . ca . 1839 Ann BOAZ,
Campbell Co . , VA; was millwright (1850 Census) .
L ette r written 26 Nov . 1 86 3
speaks of his son William dying 19 Nov . 1863 a nd st ating that J ames himse l f was
"so ill as to live only a few weeks."
Where are th ey bur i e d?
J ames ' mot h e r
Jane WHITE ROBINSON; who was father?
Richard D. ROBI NSON, 353 E . Lake Roa d,
Palm Springs, FL 33461
14 _ 85. 1850 Census of Franklin Co., VA in cludes J onathon BARNHART, wife
Susannah and Elizabeth, 14; Abram BARNHART, wife Eli zabeth a nd Eliza.bet h , 16;
Jacob BARNHART, wife Margaielle (?) and Elizabeth , 18.
Whi ch of t ll ese t hi- ee
women named Elizabeth md. Jacob P. FLORA,
3 Ma r. 185 3?
I nf o ava ilab l e
indicates wife of Jacob P. FLORA d . between 1853-1860.
C h a r l es E . BY RO N,
3727 Calmer Circle, East Point , GA 30344.
15 - 85. Will the person who answered my query r egardin g Abr a h am BAYLOR plea se
write again . Your letter was misplaced .
Sharon ROTH , 1625 Rain b ow Ridge, Corona
CA 91720
16 - 85. Would like info on parents, siblings of Ri c h ard WORLEY (WHORLEY) b . ca.
1802, Bedford Co.
Md . in 1836 to Polly SAUNDERS, also of B e dford Co . .
was P oll y
the mother of Charles B . WORLEY b . 1846 in Bedford?
Or al family hi s t o ry says
Polly was step- mother.
Would like to correspond with anyo n e workin g o n t his l i n e.
Mr s. Connie S. GOSS, 1654 Driftwood Drive , Spark s, NV
89431
17 - 85.
Would like info on w..:.lliam WATSON and wife, par e nt s o:f J a mes F . WATSO N
who md. Cynthia WILKERSON ca . 1799 .
Also, any data on Cynthia WILKERSON' s p a r ent:
an d siblings.
Would like to hear from anyone workin g on th ese 1 in es .
Mrs . Con nie'
GOSS, address above.
18 - 85 .
Would like info on Hampton ARRINGTON b . 1805 in Ha lifax Co.; md. Deli L
CAMPBELL, 1855, Bedford Co.
Was Hampton the son of Edmund ARRINGTON a nd S allie
WADE? Would like to hear from anyone working on thi s family .
Mrs. Connie GOSS.
address above .
19 - 85.
Want to exchange info on (1) Jacob ROLLER, SR. b. 1763, Rockingham Co . .
VA , d. 1860/1 Scott Co., VA, md . Eve ZIRKLE . (2) Casper ROLLER, b. 1 770, VA, d.
1842 Sc ott Co . , VA, md. Elizabeth BOWMAN .
(3) John (Johannes) ROLLER, b. 1725/30
Ge rmany, d. 1806 Rockingham Co, VA, md . (1) Anna -?- , md. (2) Catherine DOSSERI N.
Te d . W. ROLLER, Rt 1, Purdy, MO 65734

20 - 85 .
Would like to correspond with descendants of Samuel SARVER who md .
Cynt hia Alice LAMBERT, 6 Mar . 1879, Tazewell Co.; and des cen d a nts of Sallie SARYES
who md. Alexander LAMBERT, 4 Feb . 1892, Tazewell Co.
Watha H . LAMBERT, 6005
W. Indianola Ave . , Phoenix, AZ 85033
21 - 85 . Would like to exchange info with descendants o:f Julie Ann HELMANDOLLAR
who md . John Floyd LAMBERT, 10 Apr. 1884 in Tazewell Co .; and descendants of
J ennie HELMANDOLLAR who md. George David LAMBERT, 6 July 1887, Tazewe l l Co.
Watha LAMBERT, address above.
22 - 85.
Francis MUNSEY (b. ca. 1730 Kent co., DE, d . Montgomery Co., VA by
Sept· 1802) • Had four children:
Nathaniel
moved to Kentucky; Al ice md. Samu el
SCOTT, 1776; Mary md. Forest FARLEY, 1786; ~nd one unknown child.
This unknown
MUNSEY produced an only dau. who became the mother of my g-g-grand:father, Wesl e \'
CONLEY·
Who was this unknown MUNSEY and whom did h e or s he marry?
Glenn
·
CONLEY, 316 So. Dou_gl.as Ave. . .L.._!:Belleviile
IL
62221
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23 - 85.
Trying to locate area described
Land loca ted between Rice- Hill Br anch and
John POLLARD' s land and land adjoining Wm .
located along or close to Staunton River,
3603 Lineboro Road, Manchester, MD 21102

in will of 1797 o:f Thomas PRESTON .
Racoon Branch; Cat-tail Branch a nd
TRIGGSBIN .
Apparently this land i s
Bedford Co . , VA .
Joyce PRESTON WHAY---L

24 - 85 .
Seeking any info on Philip PRESTON, father of Thomas, ca. mid 1700's.
They say he came over from Ire land .
Joyce PRESTON WHAY ,
address above .

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Wi s h t o corr espond with anyone related to Philip, Thomas, Stephen,
25 - 85.
Joel, John, Su sa nn a a nd Isaac Newton PRESTON.
Some of these are the children
of Thomas PRESTO N me ntioned in his will of 1797. All of Bedford Co., VA.
J oyce PRESTON WHAY, 360 3 Lineboro Road, Manchester, MD 21102
26 - 85.
Need in fo r e John LYON b. in VA.
Was in Shelby
27), wh e r e Elij a h LYON a nd Pet e r LYON bought land in 1820
LYON b. 1773 in Fr a nklin Co. , VA or Peter LYON b . 1750 in
father?
Audr e y E . MINOR , 3560 Broadway, Apt. 211, Kansas

Co., KY in 1830 (age
and 1826. Was Elijah
Amherst Co., VA his
City, MO.
64111

27 - 85.
Ne ed c hildr e n of L e wis DEAN who appeared on the property tax list of
Russell Co . , VA in 1814.
Also , info needed on Winfield Scott DE.AN in Scott Co.,
VA in late 1800' s .
Lloyd DEAN, Rt . 6, Box 498, Morehead, KY 40351
28 - 85.
Would 1 ik e to correspond with anyone having names and info on children
of Berry HURT who md . Margaret BAKER in 1815, Wythe Co., VA(?) Partial list of
children :
Eliza b e th md. Joseph s. BAKER, 1837; Calvin md. Polly WISELEY, 1835;
Joseph b . 1829; He nry b. 1832; Martha b. 1836; Sarah b . 1839; Cynthia md . 1860,
Isham MANESS .
Also, who were p a rents of Joseph S. BAKER who rod . Elizabeth HURT ,
1837? Dolores C . CLARK, 8124 Whelan Dr., San Diego, CA 92 119
29 - 85 .
Desire info re descendants of Adam WALKER, SR. &amp; Agnes Davis WALKER
of what is now Wythe Co.
James WALKER, b. 7 Apr. 1768; Walter WALKER b. 3 Oct .
1770, md. Grace (Grisel) BUCHANAN, 20 Apr. 1797, d. 26 J an . 1857; Penny WALKER,
b. 27 Feb. 1773, md . James G. LONG, 3 Mar. 1803 . Paul L. PURVINE, 3411 W.
Lawton St., Seattle, WA 98199
30 - 85 .
Seeking info on ancestors of James CANNADAY, b. 1810/11, md. Charlotte
-?- ca . 1830, living in Fr a nklin Co., VA, 1840.
Also, want info on Charlotte's
background .
Arlene D. BELL, 431 Homeplace Dr., Salem, VA 24153
31 - 85.
Seeking info on ancestry of Thomas SPENCES, SR. b. 1808, md. Margaret
-?- ca 1840, living in Patrick Co. in 1850. Moved to Henry Co., VA after that .
Also want info on Margaret's background.
Arlene D. Bell, address above .
32 - 85.
Seeking info on ancestry of Hut(d)son AKERS, b. 1800, md. Nancy -?-,
14 Sept. 1820 in Patrick Co . , VA.
Living in Franklin Co., VA after that.
Also ,
want info on Nancy's background.
Arlene D. BELL, address above.
33 - 85.
Researching the BONDURANT, BonDURANT, BUNDRANT, BUNDREN, and other
spellings for a book.
Would appreciate hearing from anyone related to this
family.
Jean Pierre BONDURANT, immigrant, settled Manakintown, 1700. Descendants in practically every county south of Henrico, then moving into amany other
states .
Mrs. Chas. E. NORTON, One Woodbridge, Hobe Sound, FL 33455.
34 - 85 .
Want to correspond with descendants of Robert SCARBOROUGH &amp; Catherine
BELCHER who md. 29 May 1793, Franklin Co., VA. Think they are my g-g-g- gr a ndparents.
My g - g -gr andparents were Isaac SCARBOROUGH &amp; Peggy M. -?- .
Isaac b .
ca . 1794 in VA.
Peggy b . TN.
Any info might help . Drene Scarberry COLBERT ,
Rt 1, Box 782, Mead, OK 73449
35 - 85 .
Joseph, Jonathan, James, Malachi, Moses, Benjamin and Thomas CUMMINGS
residing Henry/Patrick Cos., VA, 1783.
James and Polly Anne CUMMINGS HALE living
near Jonathan on Spoon Creek.
Info on HALE &amp; CUMMINGS needed . Mrs . Doro thy
HALE AMIS, 8730 Ferncliff Ave., N. E., Ba~nbridge Island, WA 98110
36 - 85 .
Ignatius REDMAN in Pittsylvania Co . , VA, 1767; Henry Co ., VA, 1 78 2 and
Lee Co . , VA, 1805
Need data on Ignatius and relationship t o Na n cy REDMAN HALE ,
wife of William HALE, Patrick Co . , VA.
Nancy &amp; William md . 1 8 0 4, Patrick Co .
Mrs. Dorothy HALE AMIS, address above.
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37 - 85.
Looking for data on the GRIZZLE family of Lumpkin Co ., GA, Rutherford
Co . , NC and Chesterfield Co., VA.
Will exc hange any materi a l . Patricia Burgoon
WIGGINS, 561 Belvedere Road, N. W. , Palm Ba y , FL 3 290 7

�38 - 85.
Need info re parents of Edward GILLEY a nd Ma r y C OLL I N S , md . L ee Co. ,
VA 1815.
Will share info on des cendants .
Mrs . R . E. C ARLSON, 5 '12 Sy bil L a n e:
S. E., Mar ietta, GA 30067
39 - 85.
Need ancestry of John WILLIAMS,
Co., VA, 1826; moved to Ha rrison Co., I N.
Mrs. R. E. CARLSON , a ddress above.

who md. Cat h e rin e C OFFM AN. S h e n a ndoah
Wi l l s h ar e in:f o o n d esc.:e n da n ts.

40 - 85.
Wi sh to exchange info on J ohn C . GUTHRIE b. 179 5 in
Geney J ane GLASS, b . 1799 ? VA.
Bo th d. in Madi s o n Co . , I A.
J ames GUTHRIE b.
? VA.
He d. in Hi ghland Co . , OH at 96 y e ar s
gran df ather Robert GUTHRIE, d . 1789 in Rockbridg e C o . , VA .
Mr
P. O. Box G, Florence , OR 97439
Tel. (503) 997-3241

V A a nd wi fe
A l so, o n hi s f ather
.
A l s o, on hi s
s . Hu g h R . GUTHRI E,

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41 - 85 . Nee d info on William Cosby SPICER and S a r a h A . E . BAKER ca . 1864- 6 5
either Louisa Co . , Montgomery Co. or Hanover Co . , VA .
S a r a h b . 14 O c t . 1836 ,
dau of Wm o Au gustu s BAKER, b . ca. 1795, PA, and Sar a h Ann L IGHTFOOT b. c a. 1808 ,
VA.
Will exchange info.
Mrs . Margaret M . SPI CER EVERSOLE, 2 504 Wa trou s Av e . ,
Tamp_&lt;t, FL 33629
42 - 85. Name of parents of g -g- grandf ather J a co b BOWLES, b . 1 805 / 0 6 in Fr a nk li n
Co., VA.
J acob md . Polly WRIGHT, also of Fr a nklin C o .
Ma rr iage b o nd date was
21 Aug. 1827 in Fr a nklin Co.
Polly, a dau. of G e or ge WRIGHT, SR , a nd Polly
ABSHIRE WRIGHT.
Al so ,
need date of d eath for J a cob as we l l as hi s p a r e nts' n not'~
Mary Margaret SLICER, 3221 Hill crest Av e. , N o W., Apt . 1-302 , R oa nok e, V A
2401 2
43 - 85. Need names of parents of g - grandfather William A. TRENT, b. F e b . 18 24/J:
in Campbell Co., VA .
He md . Christina BOWLES of Frank 1 in C o . , a dau. of J acob
and Polly WRIGHT BOWLES .
Marriage bond date was 14 Apr . 1853 in Frank lin Co.
William d . 28 May 1904 in Ro a noke, VA .
Mary Margaret SLICER, address a b ove .
44 - 85 .
Need place of burial of g - grandmothe r Sarah J ane GILES SWITZER, b.
1837/38 in Bedford Co., VA and d a u. of Aust in B. an d Ma rgaret GLOVER ATKINSON .
Sara h J ane md . (1) John Henry GILES of Bedford Co. 17 Feb . 1859, (2) Madison
Monroe SWITZER of Botetourt Co., VA , 22 Nov . 1876 0
She d. 26 July 1882 in
Roa noke Co . , VA .
Mary Margaret SLICER,
a ddr ess a b ove .
45 - 85 . Need ances tor s of Rev . James O' KELLY b. 1 738 e i t h e r Surry Co., VA or
Ir e land .
Md. Elizabeth MEEKS.
Di ed Chatham Co . , NC, 1826.
F o und er of Souther n
Branch of Christian Chur c h .
Will of 26 Apr. 1826 name s two so n s .
Mecklenbur g
Co. r e cords s how two o ther sons.
Mrs. Al Amunds e n , Country Club Apts . 2F,
Gre enville, AL 36037
46 - 85 .
Need descendant s of David APT b . Hesse-Cassel , Germany.
Md. ca. 1848
Ma ry Catherine TUCK , Ha lif ax Co . , VA .
In army of the Confederacy.
Ten c hildr en
i ncl uding David APT, wife Mary Ellen BLANKS of Buffalo Lithia Springs, VA, sev en
c hildr e n; F . F. APT, Richmond , VA an d Gustavu s P . APT md. Ro sa FRAZ IER .
Mr s. Al Amundsen. address above .
47 - 85 .
Seeking descendants of Patri c k JACK, b. 1700 B a llykelly, County Derby ,
Ir e l an d .
Son of Patrick JACK, SR . and his wife Ellen JERVIS .
Md. Lillis McADOO.
ha d n i n e c hildren ·
Lived in Lancaster Co. , PA, the n Row a n Co. , NC, th e n Meckl eng-urg Co . where he became weal thy proper ty own er.
Buri ed there at Presbyt er i an
Ch urch .
Mrs . Al Amundsen , a ddre ss above .
48 - 85 .
Wish to correspond wit h anyone researching th e HILL f a mily.
Mat ild n
HILL b . Oc t . 1858, Wise Co . , VA, md . Rob er t Christopher McCOY, 28 Nov. 1876 .
Mat i lda ' s f a ther Elk a nd HILL b. 1826, Yancy Co . , NC, wife Eli zabet h - ? -.
El k a nd' s f a t her Sanders HILL b . 1805, md . J a ne -?- .
Shel vie NICKLES, 5125
Harford L a n e , Burk e , VA 22015

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�49 - 85 ,
I ' m resea r c hin g the following:
(1) William MORRIS, b. 1710, wife
Eleanor , Au g u sta Co . , VA .
(2) William WHITWORTH, wife Mary HUBBARD, Amelia Co . ,
VA.
(3) An y HEBDEN, mostly from Princess Anne Co. , VA . Mrs. Ann MORRIS
HEBDEN, 143 Sprin g hill Est . , Douglasville, GA 30135

50 - 85.
Pl ea s e help me find info of where Samuel ADAMS was born, 1740-50; lived
befor e 1786 in Lin c oln Co., VA.
First child, Joseph, b. 1768, MD . He md. Anne
ADAMS , 1766-67.
She wa s dau. of William and Mary Walker ADAMS.
Who were Samuel's
parents? Refund postage.
Evelyn ADAMS REYNOLDS 1 West Rt. Box 31, Seiling, OK
73663

51 - 85.
I n ee d help with info about the Samuel ADAMS mentioned in will of
Marg a ret ADAMS of Orange Co., VA, dated 3 Sept. 1744. Executors, Robert PATTERSON
and Samuel ADAMS .
Teste:
Samuel HULL, Jacob GREEN (typist could not read name in
parenthesis a ft e r Green) , Thomas LUNDAY.
Augusta Co., VA W3 4, p 301 .
Entry
dated 15 Mar . 1770.
Refund postage.
Evelyn ADAMS REYNOLDS, address above.

52 - 85.
William SCOTT lived in Bedford Co., VA, and his will was probated there
in Nov. 1794 .
His wife was Lucy SCOTT and his sons James and George SCOTT were
his executors.
I am seeking info of William and Lucy as well as their children.
Col. Fred W. SCOTT, 146 Feeser Road, Littlestown, PA 17340
53 - 85 .
James SCOTT went to KY from VA as early as 1805 and settled in Scott
Co., KY where he d. in 1810.
I believe James was the son of William SCOTT and
the brother of George SCOTT who settled in Boone Co., KY. Need info of James
who owned land on Goose Creek, Bedford Co. and in Botetourt Co., VA. Col. Fred
W. SCOTT, address above.

Index to Ancestral Surnames by Query Number
Abshire 42
Adams 50, 51
Akers 32
Apt 46
Arrington 18
Atkinson 44
Baker 28, 41
Barnhart 14
Baughn 3
Bayes 5
Baylor 15
Belcher 34
Blanks 46
Boaz 13
Bondurant 33
Bowles 42, 43
Bowman 19
Buchanan 29
Bundrant 33
Bundren 33
Callaway 1
Campbell 18
Cannaday 30
Coffman 39
Collins 38
Conley 22
Cummings 35
Dean 27

Dosser(in) 19
Douglass 3
Dryden 12
Falls 2, 3
Farley 22
Flora 14
Frazier 46
Gilley 38
Giles 44
Glass 40
Glover 44
Green 51
Grizzle 37
Guthrie 40
Hale 35, 36
Hancock 2
Harris 7
Hartune 6
Hartung 6
Hatcher 3
Hebden 49
Helmandollar 21
Hill 48
Hubbard 49
Hull 51
Hurt 28
Jack 47
Jervis 47

Lambert 20, 21
Leftwich 2
Lightfoot 41
Long 29
Lunday 51
Lyon 26
Maness 28
Martin 4, 5
Marshall 8
McAdoo 47
McCoy 48
McFarland 10
Meeks 45
Minton 12
Morris 49
Moseley 2
Munsey 22
Noell 1, 2, 3
O'Kelly 45
Otey 2
Patterson 51
Pollard 23
Preston 23, 24, 25
Puckett 8
Redman 36
Robinett 10
Robinson 11, 12, 13
Roller 19

Sarver 20
Saunders 16
Scarborough 34
Scott 22, 52, 53
Shepherd 4, 5
Spences 31
Spicer 41
Strange 2
Switzer 44
Thompson 7
Trent 43
Triggsbin 23
Tuck 46
Wade 18
Walker 29
Warren 6
Watson 17
White 11, 13
Whitworth 49
Whorley/Worley 16
Wilkerson 1 7
Williams 39
Wiseley 28
Wright 42, 43
Young 9
Zirkle 19

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By
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DRAPER VALLEY PENTECOS TAL ROLINESS CHURCH CEMETERY
(As of 07 Sept 1982)
Location: on nor thside of u.s . 11, just west of SR 618 crossing. (Near
Henry A. /Effie R.Adams on DAVIS stone 28
Effie R.
ADAMS
03
Etta K .
ADAMS
10
WAGONER
2
INF
VA
NG
WORLD
WAR
I
Fred M.
*ADAMS
21
George
w./Etta
K.
on
ADAMS
stone
.
George w.
ADAMS
26
VIRGINIA PFC US MARINE CORPS W W II
James
Richard
*ADAMS
08
Bessie
Copeland/Wm
o
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on
AKERS
stone.
Bessie Copeland
AKERS
Bessie Copeland/Wm o. on AKERS stone. 30
'William 0.
AKERS
14
fm • SON/BROTHER
Barry Keith
ALEXANDER
28
James
ASTIN
12
Dallas G./Cleo J . on AYERS stone.
Cleo J.
AYERS
24
Dallas C./Cleo J. on AYERS stone.
Dallas Green
AYERS
15
Elwood/
Dorothy
Lee
on
AYERS
stone.
Dorothy Lee
AYERS
Edgar F . , Sr . /Lessie V. on AYERS stone 19
Edga r F. , sr
AYERS
15
Elwood/Dorothy Lee on AYERS stone.
Elwood
AYERS
05
Emma T.
AYERS
Eagar F., Sr./Lessie V. on AYERS stone 01
Lessie v.
AYERS
Patricia E.
AYERS
Thomas H.
AYERS
(Mortuary marker only.)
Willie Gordon
28
BLACK
Cossie L/Larime Pack on B'MAN stone
Cossie Lester
03
BOWMAN
VIRGINIA PVT 3 INFANTRY DIV KOREA
Curtis Lester
14
*BOWMAN
C Lester/L Pack on BOWMAN stone .
Larime Pack
BOWMAN
John w. /Margaret G. on BRANCH stone .
John W.
BRANCH
John w. /Ma rgar et G. on BRANCH scone.
Kargaret G.
12
BRANCH
Mamie East
BURCHAM
Hubert w./Bessie L. on BURCHETT stone . 18
Bessie L .
BURCHETT
Hubert w. /Bessie L. on BURCHETT stone . 07
26
Hubert
w.
BURC HETT
fm = MOTHER. "Her mercy is blessed ...
06
Mary
Ann
CARROLL
fm =PATSY."She is just asleep."
Patricia Pauline
CARROLL
(Mortuary marker only.)
04
Jerry Wayne
CHRISLEY
Robert E.Cox/M . P. Chrisley on one stone
Mamie
p.
CHRISLEY
"Mother I will meet you in the morning 04
Margaret
Cathy
CHRISLEY
PFC US ARMY
WORLD WAR I I (No dates)
Norman Robert
*CHRISLEY
(Mortuary marker only . )
Virginia w.
CHRIS LEY
"Daddy I will meet you in the morning" 19
William Henry
10
CHRISLEY
US AR~ Y
VIETNAM
William
Ray
16
*CHRISLEY
CPL US ARMY WW II
Elbert
23
*CHRISTLEY
William / Ruth G. S. on CH RIST LEY stone.
Ruth G.s.
CHRISTLEY
William /Ruth G. S. on CHRISTLEY stone . 16
William s.
CHRISTLEY
Bernard H. /Do rma J. on COLEMA N s t one . 19
Bernard ff, Sr.
COLE MAM
Be rnar d H. /Do r ma J , on COLEMAN stone . 02
Dorma J.
COLEMAM
Ethel Warf
20
COLLINS
Thomas W./Sarah S. on COLLINS stone .
Sarah s.
COLLINS

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DEC 1900 04 AUG 1947
APR 1896
MAY 1894 23 JUN 1956
APR 1894 10 APR 1977
MAY 1926 08 APR 19 59
APR 1888 16 SEP 1965
APR 1883 09 SEP 1962
APR 1961 21 FEB 1981
SEP 1900 06 JUL 1965
JUN 1903
JUN 1902 07 OCT 1980
SEP 1929
AUG 1907
AUG 1927 24 SEP 1971
AUG 1882 30 JUN 1956
SEP 1908 09 MAR 1973
1966
1951
1962
1938
1973
1888
JUL 1910 20 JUL 1971
MAY 1933 25 DEC 1950
JUN 1911
1969
1922
1924
APR 1902 16 JUL 1972
DEC 1896 30 APR 1971
NOV 1891 03 JUN 1967
HAR 186 5 01 !-!AY 1954
HAR 1949 06 JUN 1968
1981
1962
197
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03
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UN
APR 1899
1959
08
FEB
J UL 1885
1932
J UN 1866
MAY 1942
FEB 1922
MAR 1908
SEP 1903
JUN 1896
OCT 1896
1926
APR 1899

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1947
NOV 197 8

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JAN 195 4
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DAVIS
DAVIS
DEAN
DEAN
EARHART
EARHART
EAST
ED MISTEN
FARME R
FRAZIER
FRIEND
FRIEND
FRIEND
FRIEND
GRAVELY
GRAVELY
GRAVLEY
GRAVLEY
GRAVLEY
GRAVLEY
GRAVLEY
GUYNN
GUYNN
GUYNN
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HINES
HINES
HUDSON
HUDSON
HUDSON
JACKSON
JACKSON
JONES
JONES
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JONES
JONES
JONES
LANE
LAWSON
LAWSON
LOVELL
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Thomas W.
Alice Sayers
Arthur L.
Diana E.
Fred w.
James Wallace
Joy D.
Rebecca J,
Robert E.
Effie R. Adams
Henry A.
Iva Arnold
John Easte r
Bessie Flevria
Ha r vey Franklin
Sharon Lynn
Laura Katherine
Inez Mae
Ben n y F .
Gaylo r d M.
Malcolm Munsey
Maud C.
Minnie Bratton
James A.
Mary E.
Debra Kay
Gracie A.
Malcolm R.
Myrtle J,
P r eston G.
Barbara Aye r s
Charles Alfred
Earley M.
Ella Vernon
Gr aham E.
Mary Elizabeth
Harlin W.
Ne t tie R.
Mary Shinault
Pau l i neQuesenberr y
John Robert
Arthur C.
Louise Lowrey
Corbett W.
Emily Q.
Leonard A.
Minnie D.
Rosa R·
Zach R
Elizabeth
Ge rtrude Wright
James Clayton
Allen B.
Maude V.
Anni• P•a&lt;l

Thomas W./Sarah S. on COLLINS stone .
James W. / Alice s . on COX stone.
Arthur L . /Diana E. on COX stone.
Arthur L./Diana E. on COX sto ne.
Fred W. /Joy o. on COX stone .
J . Wallace / A. Sayers on COX stone .
f . Wallace /Joy D. on COX stone.
fm =REBECCA J. COX .
R. E . Cox/Mamie P . Chrisley on stone .
Rev Henry/Effie R Adam s DAVIS sto ne .
Rev . Henry A./E R Adams DAVIS stone.
John Easter/Iva Arnold on DEAN stone.
DAD
Harvey F . /Bessie F. on EARHART stone .
H. Franklin/B . Flevria on EARHART stone .
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07
Malcolm M./Minnie B. on FRIEND stone . 20
Gaylord M./Maud C. on FRIEND stone .
23
M. Munsey /M. Bratton on FRIEND stone . 13
James A./Mary E. on GRAVELY stone.
21
James A. /Mary E. on GRAVELY stone .
23

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JUN
MAY
SEP
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FEB
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Earley M/Ella Vernon on GUYNN stone.
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Ha r lin W. /Nettie R. on HINES stone.
Har l in W. /Nettie R. on HINES stone.
" I n h is will is ou r peace . "
Pau l ine Qu esenber r y/John Robe r t show.
P au line Quesenberry/John Robert show .
Arthu r C./Louise L . on JACKSON sto ne .
Art hur C./L . Lowrey on JACKSON stone.
Co r bet W/Rosa R on JONES stone.
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Corbet W/Rosa R on JONES stone
Minnie D./zack R. on JONES stone.
Daughter of Vance &amp; Nina Lane.
Gert r ude w./James C. on LAWSON stone .
G.Wright/J , Claytopn on LAWSON stone.
Allen B. /Mau de V. on LOVELL stone.
Allen B./Maude V. on LOVE LL stone .
John Ha&lt;v•y/Anni• P•a&lt;l oo HANUKL•ton• 12 JUN

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1888
1929
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27 APR 1976
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26 MAY 1965
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Edgar J.
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Sadie Alice
George Wayne
George w.
Ruth M Ratcliffe
Paul Monroe
Andrew J,
Annie Smith
Arthur Lee
Benjamin Franklin
Cindy E .
Dewey Thomas
Gladys Howlett
James w.
John Berry
Mary Lawson
Maude G.
Nora s .
Ruth Frances wall
Wm Henry "Bill~
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Elizabeth
J am es w.
John R.
Ar thur s .
Carrie Dalton
Frances T .
Garland J.D .
Gl enna Marie
John R.
Ma r tha Jane
Raymond Eve r ett
Sanders Edgar
Shirley Mae
J oh n C.
Maudie E .
Marie L 'l e Ayers
Mamie Wright
William Dav id
Mallard Gibson
Jeannette s .
Joseph w., sr.
Cloyd c.
Debbie Ly nn
Elizabeth Gibney
Ellen F.

JUL 1971
OCT 1895
JUL 19 16
1900
1906
JUN 1908
189 3
1899
1894
1894
1931
03 MAY 1940
1888
Age 48
05 AUG 1932
VIRGINIA CPL 25 INF DIV KOREA
28 JUN 1933
Andrew J,/Maude G. on QUESENBERRY stone 04 JUN 1906
John Be rry/Annie S on QUESENBERRY stone2l APR 1899
14 OCT 19 22
Ruth F Wall/Ben. F. on QUESENBERRY
04 APR 1909
03 JAN 1949
PRTRM 3 US NAVY WW II
28 JAN 1927
Dewey Thomas/G Howlett QUESENBERRY
02 JUL 1923
James w./Nora s. on QUESENBERRY stone. 16 JUN 1902
John B/Annie Smith on QUESENBERRY stone29 JAN 1893
"She is not dead , but sleepeth. ·
12 JUN 1871
Andrew J./Maude G on QUEWENBERRY stone 03 JUN 1910
James w. /No r a S. on QUESENB ERRY stone 02 MAY 1902
Ruth F W/ Ben . Franklin on QUESENBERRY 09 DEC 1916
30 MAY 1920
JAMES W. /Co ra V. on RAKES stone.
19 NOV 1896
1871
1894
11
MAR
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22 NOV 1900
05 JUN 1927
Arthur $ . /F r ances T. on RATCLIFFE
15 SEP 1920
C.Dalton/S anders Edga r on RATCLIFFE
28
JUL 1929
Art.S./Frances T. married 09 FEB 1952
12 DEC 1948
"God doeth all things.·
1950
Glenna Harle/Shirley Mae on RATCLIFFE 05 J UN
08 DEC 1889
10 AUG 1946
"Died doing for others . "
2 9 AUG 1922
16 HAY 1912
Carrie Dalton/S . E . RATCLIFFE show .
08 JUN 1948
Glenna Ma r ie/Shirley Mae RATCLIFFE
1881
John C. / Maudie E . on REYNOLDS stone .
1888
John c . /Maudie E. on REYN OLDS stone .
1925
Age 54 . (Some data bar e ly le gib l e . )
1905
Mamie Wright/William David on RIGGINS
1903
Mamie Wright/William David on RIGGINS
17 JUL 1887
09 OCT 1927
Joseph w., s r. / Jeannette s. show
30 MAR 1927
Joseph w., sr . /Jeannette s . show
09
JAN 1925
God is our refuge and st r ength .
04 APR 1961
"Little Debbie Lynn . "
27 PEB 1886
"He giveth his beloved sleep ."
11 AUG 1921
James c . /Ellen F . on SAYERS stone.
13
John Harvey/Annie Pearl on MANUELstone 12
12
Edgar J . /Est elle u. on MARTIN stone.
Edgar J • /Estelle u. on MARTIN stone.
Asleep in Jes us.
18
Laura D./Rev. Conrad on NEWMAN stone .
Laura o . /Re v. Conrad on NEWMAN stone .
Bessie K./George M. on NUCKOLLS stone.
Bessie K./George M. on KNUCKOLLS s tone

23 JUN 1972
09 MAY 1957
09 JUN 1981
1980
06 MAR 1971
1964

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Victor E.
Berdie Q.
Charles a.
Etta Irene
Garland Bishop
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Meek B.
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Jo Ann
Clydia Carroll
Joseph Madison
Rampton B.
Hampton M.
Jimmy W.
Joe Ballard
MarlissChristine
Martha Beatrice
Martha Coffey
Obie Woodson
Ralph Bennett
Vicie s.
Nina Ayers
Walter Lee
Emo r y Lewis
French N.
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Julie Manuel
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Harold Quinton
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PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
VA US ARMY WW II/KOREA/VIETNAM
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J Elmer/Lummie L . on SHELTON stone.
J Elmer/Lummie L. on SHELTON stone.
(Mortuary marker only.)
Age 60.(Mortuary marker only.)
(Mortuary marker only . )
C.H./B.Q.show.Married July 16 , 1919 .
Charles H./Berdie Q. on SMITH stone.
Wife
Son
John w./Mahala E.S. on SMITH stone.
John W./Mahala E . S . on SMITH stone.
Husband
C. R.Sr./B. C. on SNAVELY stone.
c. Howard, Sr./Beulah c. show.
(Mortuary marker only.)
Joseph Madison/Clydia Carroll show.
J. M./c./c. show on SPENCE stone.
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14
28
08
01

DEC
APR
JAN
JUN

1919
1923
1886
1942
1981
1930
1904
1905
1912
1922
1905
1927
1900
1894
1905
1930
1891
1895
1890
1904
1901
1940
1889
1889
1916
1946
1942

31 MAY 1974
1974
09 JAN 1959
15 NOV 1961
11 OCT 1971
1976
07 NOV 1960

26 JUN 1912

21 JAN 1977

02 MAR
25 APR
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OCT
NOV

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30 DEC
08 APR
10 AUG
14 MAR
15 JAN

VIETNAM
12 OCT

Ralph Bennett/Marliss Christine show
Ralph Bennett/Joe Ballard show
Obie Woodson/Martha Beatrice show.
(Dates on mortuary missing.)
Obie Woodson/Martha Beatrice show.
Marliss Christine/Joe Ballarad show.
Vicie s./Hampton B. on STILWELL stone.
Walter Lee/Nina Ayers on STOOTS stone.
Walter Lee/Nina Ayers on STOOTS stone.
TSGT US AIR FORCE
KOREA
Ollie Jarrells/Tazwell E., Sr. show.
Ollie Jarrelle/Tazwell E., Sr . show.

31
09
21
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JAN 1977
DEC 1971
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MAY 1967
1981
1950

1950
25 MAY 198 2
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1982
02 APR 1971
l 0 OCT 19 118
15 JUL 19 46
1956
20 MAR 1974

19 APR 1907
08
01
23
12
09
28
27
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14
06

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VIRGINIA
SP4 US ARMY
VIETNAM
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VIRGINIA
PFC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II 08
William J . /Ella T. on VIARS stone.
Tasie/Jettie s. on VIARS stone,
03
Peter/Luratta on VIARS stone.
Peter and Luratta show on VIARS atone.
Son, Ralph Junior. (Photo on stone.)
Tasie/Jettie s. show on VIARS stone.
21
William J./Ella T. on VIARS stone.
VIRGINIA PFC US MARINE CORPS W W II 29
Rev.Chester Webb/Virginia Chatman show.25

MAR
APR
JUN
APR
FEB
APR
DEC
000

1920
1915
1909
1935
1909
1884
1884
1901
MAY 1892
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JUL 1915
1901
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1868
1947
DEC 1909
1900
JAN 1922
MAY 1913

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John T./Hallie M. on WHITT stone.
29
Robert L./Mallie L. on WHITT stone.
25
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MAR
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1889
1906
1901
1912
1936
1909
1882
1878

1966
1980
27 JUN 1972
13 FEB 1974
11 AUG 1954
10 JAN 1959
1952
1968

indicates military service; "fm" indicates foot marker.

persons assisted i n transcribing grave marker data:
From Roanoke: Mr Harry WEEKS
), Mrs Harry (Reva) WEEKS , Mrs Belva COUNTS, Mrs
Clyde (Babe) FOWLER, Mr Marvin NEIGHBORS.
From Wytheville: Miss Jean SPENCE, Mr Bruce ANDERSON.

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WILKES REC ORDS : 1216 - 1984 by Lillian J Crews. This is a comprehensive history
of Wilkes families including their migration routes , their services in military,
naval, diplomatic and public affairs , as well as details of private lives, derived from family letters , diaries and autobiographies. The book is divided into
3 sections and an a ppendix of allied families . Section one gives the English
records with a bibliography of sources. Section two is the introdution of Wilkes
families in America with journeys across Virginia and Tenn. including many types
of records and a bibliography of Sources . Section three is other Wil kes families
in N. C. , Penn. , and New York. The appendix includes the allied families of Banks,
Bettis/Bettes/Betts , Cardwell, Crabtree , Crews , Edwards , Fakes , Farley, Gipson,
Jones , Iambeth, Quesenbury, Snead, Stanfield, Stone, Summerhill and Winn/Wynne.
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THE WEYHER GENEALOGY : 1600 - 1981 by Harry F Weyher, Jr. This is a family
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covering the Ca rter, Duby , Green , Mccusker, Parrott, Weyher and related families.
There are 12 generations covered . The documents obtained relating to this genealogy are found in this volume. The table of contents lists tables of illustrations , lineal descent a nd sources . The book has a hard cover, 422 pages and is
completely indexed. Write Harry F Weyher Jr, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171
for information .
THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES AND RACHEL HOLMES SCOTT by Sallie S Carnahan . James
Scott from Ireland and Rachel Holmes Scott from Scotland arrived in Augusta County
Virginia, August 21 , 1771 . From Hardsty's History of Montgomery County 1884,
James Scott was on a list of Revolutionary War Soldiers 3 Nov 1779 to be paid for
s ervices in the year preceding. From a Montgomery County, Va. court record of
John Montgomery, James Scott took the oath of Fidelity to the State of Virginia
on 3 March 1778. Other Revolutionary War ancestors of the Scott family were
Robert Porter (1740-1781), John Newland (1742-1801), William Gleaves (1750- 1820)
and Thomas Turk (1718-1809). Early family names who intermarried with the Scotts
were Bonham , Jenkins, and Williams .
Records of Civil War soldiers and copies of
letters from Grayson County 1864-1865 are included. The first edition of the
Scott Family printed in 1971 was updated in 1971 was updated in 1983. The book
has a soft cover, 391 pages, copies of many early documents and indexed. The
price of the book i s $10 .00 and may be ordered from Sallie S Carnahan, PO Box
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EARLY WYTHE SETTLERS, WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA : 1810 - 1850 CENSUS by James L
Douthat . This book is a transcription of the first five census records of the
county, beginning with 1810 and ending with 1850. The 1810, 1820, and 1830 are
in some-what of an alphabetical order. There is a separate index to the 1840 and
1850 census . The 1850 census is one of the most importa nt . You will find listed
in the order as they occur the following information: name, age, sex, race,
occupation and birthplace.
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may be ordered from Mountain Press, 2504 Kell Road, Signal Mountain, TN 37377.
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TOMBS TONE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE CEMETERIES OF PATRICK COUNTY , VIRGINIA complied by
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�20, 000 inscriptions , taken from 9.35 cemeteries and b urial ~lo ts , co vering ~1 1 of
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Floyd and Carroll Counties in Virginia , and 1n Stokes and Surry Coun ties i n N · C
Also included are inscriptions on the memorial placques o n the wa l l of t he All~ed
Families of Virginia Building in Fairy Stone Sta te Par k,
Each c e me t ery or burial
plot is listed separately , and the location is des cri b e d .
The c e meteries are
grouped into seven sections according to their loca tions in the County .
Ins criptions are not listed alphabetically , but are lis ted as the y were rea d by wal ki n g
between the rows of graves in the larger cemeteries .
The dat e the ins crip t ions
were copied in each cemetery is indicated . Thes e inscripti o n s were complied over
a period of about years , ending in 1984. While it i s likely that a few c eme teries
in remote areas were missed , it is believed that nearly a l l o f them i n the County
are listed. Many old abandoned family burial plac e s in wo oded areas are l i s ted .
A number of old tombstones which had been buried by e ros ion a nd debris we r e dug
out and the inscriptions recorded. There i s a s urname index , a f ew p icture s and
a little local history , This is a very valuable s ource of inf o rmation for a ny
genealogist who is seeking infonnation on anyone who has r o o t s i n t h e P a trick
County area. There are death dates from 1780 to 1984.
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VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY SPRING CONFERENCE 1985

The Virginia Genealogical Society ' s Spring Conference will be held April 26 and
27' 1985, at the new Radisson Hotel Charlottesville Virginia . Check-in time
a~ t?e. &amp;:diss on is 2 ~m , Friday , 26 ' April. Conducted tours of the University of
Vi r ginia s Alderman Library and of the Albemarle County Historical Society Library have been ar~n~ed from 3 to 5 pm for those wishing to take them .
Others may
be temp ted by a vis it to the Albemarle County Court House which i s within walking
dis tance of. the Hotel. For those who have not seen it, Monticello , home of Thomas
Jefferso~, i s nearby: Or ~hose favoring a drive through this county ' s magnificent
countrys7de m~y combine it with a visit to a winery which will be open to visitors•
A rec~ption ~i.th cas h bar at the hotel , beginning at 7 : JOpm will serve as geta~quainted t i me• . Pre~ared lists of family lines being researched by attendees
will help those w~th information to exchange to meet one another .
Dinner will
be on- y ou r-own, either at the hotel or any of Charlottesville' s fine restaurants .
S~tu~~y f rom 9am t o ~pm will be entirely given over to the serious pursuit of
V1rg1n1a g enealogy, wi. th lunch provided between morning a nd afternoon s essions.
The hotel has a dvi s ed us that attendees who might wish to extend their Cha rlott esville s t ay, either by a rriving a day early or staying a day beyond , or both, ma y
do so at the spe cia l c onvention rates being offered for Friday night .
Additiona l
a nd complete informa tion r e garding registration, hotel accommodations , and programing will b e s ent to a ll members of the Society in a l a ter mailing .
Non-members
may direct inquiri es t o Mrs. Janice Aberc r ombie, Box 373, Mineral, VA 23117.

�1984 Financ i a l
Cash on Hand 1

St atement

31 December 1983

$ 5,855.53

Oper atin g In come :
1984/ 85 Membership Dues
$ 5,269 . 50
1 985 Workshop
1 0 . 00
Contr ib u tions:
(I nclud es Back Iss u es,
Donations, etc.)
339 . 02
Re im burs e ments:
(I ncludes Cost of Copyi n g,
Fi e ld Trip Lunch-Lync h'b g,
236 . 33
etc .)
Refunds
47 . 27
Tot al I ncome

$ 5,902.12

Op e r a tin g E x p enses :
Audit or
$
30 . 00
Meeting Pla ce :
(Jefferson St " Bapt .
Church)
40 . 00
Speakers
177 . 80
Fe es
20 . 00
Meeting Anno un ceme nts
304 . 80
Office Supplies &amp; Expenses
232.58
Post ag e
642 . 26
Pr in ting:
(Broc hures , etc . )
84 . 81
VAN
2,342 . 61
Membership Dire c tory
243 .99
Index to VAN
191 . 33
D:)nations
177 . 44
Copying
15 . 49
Fi e ld Trip Lunch-Lynch'bg
225 . 00
Total Expen ses
Net Income
Cas h on Hand,

4,728.11
1,1 74.01

31 December 1984

Prepared by:
Calvin L " Weddl e
Treasurer - 1984, 1S85

$ 7,029.54

�The Southwestern Virginia Genealogi cal Society has pedigree chart notebooks in
the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Library. These notebooks wil l hold both
the BtXll" and the l ong charts . Member or non-member may send their charts and
the will be placed in the notebook. VAN has started publishing the surnames
index for these volumes . In this issue we are publishing the Index for Volume II.
We also have a surname index file .

Below is how these cards are to be f illed out,

WASKEY
George Waskey (Waschke)

Ancestor :
Born :
Died: prior to 1784.
Married :
Wife : Margaret
Parents :

(b

d 1827 ,

VA

Margaret purchase land 1784 in Md . in her own name,
sold it after coming to Rockbridge Co, VA, in the 1790s .
Researcher :

Mrs "Babe " Waskey Fowler
1716 Colgate St NE
Roanoke , VA 24012

Jan 1985

(Mrs Claude S)

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The cards must be this size (the size of the file drawer) as we cannot recopy
information sent on other sizes ,
Only ONE surname to card.
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SURNAME INDEX for publication in the August issue .
The following outline is used.
We will publish 10 names for each member only once a year and in August .
These
names should be received by us by the first week of J uly , 1985 .
Mrs Claude S Fowler , 1716 Colgate St , NE ,
Surname
McClure
Waskey
Strat(t)on
Flinn

Roanoke , VA 24012

Given name
Location
Da.tes
Samuel
Botetourt , Montgomery Cos , VA
Md 1817-d 1838
All whose ancestors were here before 1800 - especially Md , Pa , Va
David
Went to Ind bet 1800-1820
b Ire .
George
Augusta , Va , Greenbrier , WV , Ohio?
War of 1812

I have given something to identify the person mentioned, except for the Waskey
family-- I am trying to locate George ' s father whom I believe to be George
Waschke who came to GA in 1736 , md 1737/8 in GA, to PA 17.38 , and part of the
family went to Md.
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Please note our new address:
Southwestern Virginia Genealogy Society
PO BOX 12485
Roanoke, Virginia 24026
The addresses of our offices are in membership register, is you care to write to
them at home. Bu t this way we do have a single address from now on .

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MAY1985

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VOLUME IX - No. 2 - May 1985

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CONTENTS
President ' s Message

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1 840 Personal Property Ta x List
Franklin County , Virginia

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Roll of Voters Re gistered At Goodvi ew , Virginia
Bedford County

60

Lipes Fa mily Cemetary, Craig County, Virginia

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48th Virg i ni a I nfantry Regiment, C.S.A .

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Parrott Obitua ries
Book Re views

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Queries &amp; Index to Queries

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Helpful Hint

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Exc hange Quarterly Reviews

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The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society meets the third Saturday
of each month (with the exception of December or field trips) at the auditorium of the Roanoke Central Public Library, Elwood Park - 706 S Jefferson
St. - Roanoke , Virginia .
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PROGRAMS
May 18- Perserving Old Documents - by Margaret Thompson
June 15 10th Celebration
July 29 Workshop - See blue sheet in back of issue
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NEW ADDRESS
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society
PO Box 12485
Roanoke , VA 24026

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May 2, 1985

DEAR FELLOW GE NEA LOGISTS:

I would like t o b e gin my letter you by asking that you look at
the blu e page n e xt to the back cover.
This page contains
informatio n a bout our 1985 Workshop. I have had the privilege
of h e arin g b o th our spea k e rs and can recommend them to you
without rese rvation.
I urge you to plan to attend.
We hav e sec ur ed a non-prof it d e signation with the Post Office
departme n t .
This will mean that our postage expenses will be
reduced an d hope f ully we will be able to increase our support
to organiz a tions that f oste r g e n e alogical research. I ask that
you not i f y Mr s. Gerri Glosh, our support chairman, of any
suggest ion s y ou might have r e garding these contributions . Her
addre s s is 30 1 Houston Av e . Roanoke, Va 24012.
I would like to offer my congratulations to our editor, Mrs.
Babe Fowl e r.
As I ' m sure you know , Babe has done a wonderful
job for us on our VAN.
In her " spare " time she has now
completed the Home Study Course offered by the National
Genealogical Society.
We will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the establishment
of our organization at our June meeting. Mrs. Deedie Kagey ,
our program chairman, has planned an overview of our history
and a r e c e ption.
Our meeting will be held Saturday, June 15,
at 1:30 p.m. , in the Brody Room of the Roanoke Public Library .
We hope a s many as possibl e will att e nd.
Your board of directors continues to discuss ways in which we
might improve our organization and our services to members. We
realize that it is not possible for many of you to attend our
meetings but we would welcome your input.
If you have ideas
that you would like to share with the board, please mail them
to me at our P . O. Box.
I hope to s e e many of you at our workshop!
H. W. Scott
Preside nt

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Bryant Richard
Dennis
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Holland William
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Mason Nathan
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Perkins Jane
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Thomas (Bds CK)
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�ROLL OF VOTERS REGISTERED AT GOODVIEW , VA .
( Bedford County)
(The cut off is for those born prior to 1900)
NAME

Al len, C. T.
Allen , James T.
Board, James G.
Board, William H.
Bond:, B. R.
Bond , Giles
Bond , Hewitt
Brown , Charles
Brunner, Joseph

BIRTH
2-11-1855
10-29-1856
1- 8- 1834
3- 15-1895
1864
6- 7-1887
J- 2-1890
J-21- 1891
J- 8-1870

OCCUPATION

REGISTERED

Farmer
Farmer

10-10-1902
9-11-1914

School teacher
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Section laborer

9-29-1902
8 - J-1943
9-2 9-1902
8 - 3-194J
8 - 3-1943
10- 1-1948
6-18-1923

Carner, J. D.
Carner , James M.
Carroll , B. R.
Carroll , Ida C.
Carroll , T. A.
Chandler , J . E.
Chattin, J , L.
Chittum , W. H. J r .
Clement , E. H.
Clement, J . W.
Collins, Edward
Conley, Elizabeth
Conley , T. S .
Creasey , E. M.
Creasey , G. P.
Creasey, H. M.
Creasey , J . B.
Creasey , Sallie B.
Crester , J, T.
Cromer, Fannie May
Cromer, J , G.
Cunningham , w. C.

1- 3-1882
8- 4-1850
6- 8- 1860
4-22-1866
12-16- 1899
8-21- 1863
12- 2-1881
8- 8-1887
12- 4-1888
6-22- 1843
9- 2- 1884
7-18-1891
4- 6-1882
7-11-1852
2-22-1898
8- 8-1880
lr-26-1856
11-10- 1862
9- 4-1870
7-30-1897
J-11-1888
8- 8-1865

Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Carpenter
Miller
Farmer
Farmer
Housekeeper
Railroad Work
Farmer
Railroad Work
Farmer
Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Housekeeper
Miller

9-16-1903
9-17-1914
5- 2-1914
9-17-1903
4-28-1926
1-26-1922
7-23-1919
10- 1-1902
7-24-1935
10- 1-1902
9-29-1902
7-Jl- 1922
10- 2-1913
10- 4-1924
11-22-1917
10- 6-1902

Debo , Mrs Dossie
Debo, H. J,
Debo, L. C.
Debo, Ianiston
Debo , Mrs. Ianiston
Debo, W. H.
Debo , W. R.
Dennison , M. L.
Dent, Lem
Dickerson, C. E.
Dickerson , C. H.
Dickerson, C. R.
Dickerson , J, G.
Dickerson , J. P,

9-18- 1870
9-25-1898
11-13- 1836
11- J - 1859
9-18-1870
9-25-1859
4-21- 1895
8- 6-1871
2-18-1894
5- 1-1891
7-12-1848
7-10- 1854
10-16-1839
5-12- 1879

Housekeeper
Farmer
Farmer
Merchant
Housekeeper
Merchant
Farmer
Farmer
Railroading
Canner
Farme r
Farmer
Farmer
Engineer

7-30-1921
6-21-1919
8-7-1902
9-2 9-1902
10-12-1920
10- 8-1902
6-25 -1919
10- b-1920
8- J-194J
7- 4-1935
9-29-1902
10- 1-1902
9 - 20-1902
4- 5-1920

Agnt Vgn

\rlralma.Appal8oh1an Notos

ftr

9-17-1903
9-30-1902
9-16-1903
7-Jl-1922
5- 7-1955

8-15-1914

I

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Dickerson , Gracie M.
Dickerson , William
Dickerson , H .

11- 4-1893
6- 17- 185
9- 23-1 876
1-10-1845
4-13-1876
9- 25- 1876

Housekeeper
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer

8- 3-1943
9-29-1902
9-29-1902
9-30- 1902
9- 30-1902
9-22-1914

2- 26-1874
1- 16- 1852
1-13- 1877
9- 2- 1892

Farmer
Fa rmer
Mill Hand
Fa rmer

9-16-1903
9-17-1903
9- 11-1903
6-22-1919

Franklin , W. R .

3- 27- 1878

Miller

9-16-1903

Geari ng , Luther W.

9- 4-1885

Carpenter

8-31-1911.:·

Dra per, B . H.
Dra p er , J . C .

Dt..trham , C. M.
Ellis
Ellis
Ellis
Ellis

,
,
,
,

B. G.
J. M.
J. Walter
Grover L. ( or T. )

Hannabass , H. H.
Hannabass , Herber t M.
Hannabass , J . E .
Hanna bass , J . M.
Hanna bass , Jo hn D.
Hannabass , R. L .
Hanna ba ss , W. J.
Hannabass , Wa lter S .
Harri ngton , Ar thur
Ha rtwell, B. F .
Hix, Howa r d
Hix , J . C.
Hix, J. E .
Hix, Mary E .
Hix , Oswald
Hogen, Clifton
Hogen, Virg inia P.
Holdren , J . L.
Hubbard, M. F.
Huddleston , Emmitt C.
Huddleston, Fannie E.
Hurt , R. J .

1-17-187 0
11- 17-1893
6-18- 1896
12-13- 1856
10- 9- 1894
8- 19-1883
5-12-1866
4- 6-1891
2- 2-1884
9-10-1856
11-25-1884
4- 15-1892
8-28-1848
6-15-1859
4-23-1885
12- 4-1885
7-25-1883
10-15-1875
1859
12-25-1895
9-14-1872
9-23-1885

Farmer
9- 29- 1902
Fa rmer
5-13-1916
Farmer
6- 22-1919
Farmer
9- 30-1902
Farmer
6-22-1919
Farmer
6-22-1919
Farmer
10- 7-1902
Farmer
5-14--1919
Construction
8-27- 1947
Fa rmer
9-17-1903
8-23- 1911
Fa rmer
Farmer
7-31-1922
Farmer
10- 1-1902
Housekeeper
7-31-1922
Farmer
9-29-1908
Special Police Officer 9-12-1918
2- 20-1923
Housekeeper
9-22-1914
Farmer
5-28-1911
Farmer
5- 2-1919
Farmer
7-13-1922
Housekeeper
Farmer
6- 23-1919

Jones ,
Jones,
Jones ,
Jones ,
Jones,

4-15-1861
1-19- 1879
8- 31-1889
11- J - 1897
12-16-1886

Housekeeper
Hous ekeeper
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer

7-21-1922
9-29- 1902
10- 1-1920
8- 1-1939
5-11-1912

Section Laborer
Farmer
Farmer

10- 1-1948
7- 23-1919
8- J l-1928

Farmer
Housekeeper
Tea cher
Bla cks mi th
Fa rmer

7- 31-1910
10- 6-1921
7- 3- 1933
8-16- 1917
9-30-1902

Annie Bell
El ton D.
H . G.
J . C.
J . M.

Kasey , Waitrnond
Keifauver , P. G.
Kidd , E. P .

Law , Otway B.
Law , Mrs. Viola
Laxton , Carrie M.
Iaxton, N. L .
Loyd, J. E .
Maxey, J.

w.

1890
7- 15-1868
5-26-189.5
1-19-1887
7- 9-1894
2- 7- 1890
1880
11- 24-1851
J - 4-1876

Farmer

7-19-1919

�Maxey , W. A.
Meador , Mrs . Addie M.
Meador , C. C.
Meador, Evie L .
Meador, F. E.
Meador , Mrs. Flora M.
Meador , George w.
Meador , H. H.
Meador , J , A.
Meador, J, E.
Meador, J , W.
Meador, Mrs. Nora
Meador, Olen J .
Meador, R. E .
Meador , R. 1 .
Meador , Rachel E.
Meador, W. B.
Moore , Corrie Meador
Morgan , Mrs . C. M.
Morgan , J . B.
Morgan , J . J .
Morgan , Mrs . J . J,
Morgan , S . T.
McLain ,
McLain ,
McLain ,
McLain ,
Mclain,
Mclain ,
Mclain ,
Mclain ,

Boyd E.
°Ida E.
J. G.
J . M.
L . H.

Mamie
R. D.
W. G.

9-16-1903
7-12- 1922
10- 1-1902

9-19-1839
1- 6-1871
12- 9-1859
5- 7-1887
7-24--1895
10-22-1866
1-21-1887
1-18-1893
7-11-1853
2- 8-1868
7- 9-1862
11- 6-1887
8-10-1888
7-16-1880
10- 1-1877
9-17-1864
8- 9-1880
2- 7- 1890
1- 2- 189.5
6- 8-1850
11-21-1889
1- 2-1895
4--10-1876

Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Road Brakeme1 .
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Housekeeper
Rai lroad
Sawmill
Farmer
Housekeeper
Farme r
Teacher
Housekeeper
Farmer
Miller
Housekeeper
Farmer

7-20-1922
4 - 28- 1923
4-21 - 1922
5 -27- 1911
2 - 8 - 1915
7 -22- 1919
10- 1 - 1902
5 - 16-1911
4 - 7 - 1922
4-J 0- 1915
9 - 6 -1911
10- 6 - 1902
- 2 1 - 1922
9-16- 19"0 3
9-28- 1928
8 - 4 -1 926
9-16-1903
5-2 0-1919
10- 2 - 1920
9-16- 1903

12- 4--1899
8- 4--1876
5-22- 1873
1- 7-1860
10-22-1874
189J
5- 5-1887
6-10-1861

Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Farmer

8- 1-1933
7-31-1922
9-Jo- 1902
10- 6 - 1902
7-29-1922
8- 1-1939
8- 5 -1914
9-29-1902

Nichols , J. P.

1- 6-189.5

Farmer

5-

Overstreet, Ernest F.
Owen , Howard L .

4--12-1877
2- 23-1896

Fa rmer
Farmer

5-30-1912
8- 4 -1925

6- 6-1872
10- 2-1895
12- -1860
11- 5-1854
9-18-1872
7-30-1888

Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer

lO- 6-1902
8-lJ-1927
7-25-1935
9-29- 1902
8-15-1905
10- 2 -1931

1882

Farmer

5-26-1943

Payne, Henry B.
Payne , Mack
Peters , A. E .
Peters, P. M.
Plunkett, N. N.
Powers, Joe 1 .
Quarles , John H.
Saunders ,
Saunders ,
Saunders ,
Saunders ,
Saunders ,
Saunders,
Saunders,
Saunders ,
Saunders,
Saunders ,

5-1.5-189.5
J, E.
4--26-1890
J. p,
2-11-1874
J. s.
8- 26-1859
John R.
1849
Mrs. Minerva E.4--15-1861
s. L.
3-J0-1879
Sarah J,
3-17-1854
Mrs. Snow White 12-4-1899
Miss Myrtle
7-22-1866

Godlie J.

Housekeeper
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Housekeeper
Farmer
Housekeeper
Housekeeper
Housekeeper

1nrgbl2&amp; Appal&amp;oh1an Notes

2 -1936

6 - 2 5-1948
8- 4-1913
lO- 4 -1920
9-3 0- 1902
9-30-1902
8- 2 -1921
io- i - 1902
5- l-1923
8- 2 - 1921
8 -2-1902

\

�{,3
1887
11- 25-1884
8- 8- 1832
12- -1899

Saunders , 'l'u i -i.
Saunders , :,1 . l .
SpradJir1rr , !I . E .
Scott , Ge~era ] J .

•!

I. .

1-14-1880
J -14-1 848
4-16-1 881
5-16- 1898

~:i.:-. ti~

!~ .

6- 28-H~86

on , l l. E .
Thoma.. ;:-on , T . f 1 •
Thoma~::.; on , T . I&gt;.
Th oma~~ ;:;

TurnP.r , CtJor&lt;
Hat~on ,
Wat~ ;

7- 2J-1868
9- 20-1884
J - 29-187.3

on , F . G .

wat~-&gt;Oll ,

Mary \.Ii 11i0

Watson ,

R. L .

Housekeeper
Farmer
Farmer
Furn i ture Worker

5- 2-1921

Farmer
Farmer
Farmer
Farmer

6- 6-1911
7-17-1914
9-22-1911
6- 2-1947

Housewife
Farmer
Housewife
Car Builder

7- 29-1922
9-30-1902
5- 23- 1922
9-26-1902

5-19-1908
9-29-1902
6-13-1959

Lll-'ES !&lt;"'AM ILY CE;·.F:TARY
l,(Jt:a. tud On Farm Currently Owned By
Shannon L and Georgiana M Loyd On

State .1oute 624 In Craig County VA
Compiled by J . Tracy Walker III
RFD 5 Box 258 Charlottesville, VA 22901

29 Apr 180J
28 Sep 1806

1 . L1 p es, John
2.
• l't.1 ry Ama

J.

4.

5.

6.
7.
8.

9.

10 .

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,

15

Dec

1842

Wif e of Juhn Lipes

John
Ella

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\.Jife of J.W. Li res
Tali tha Cumi Samuel M. -

,' Julia Ann -

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20 Oct 184)
- ------ -- 1841

10 Aug 1920
1895

16 Jun 1859

5 Mar 1929
16 Nov 1906
2 May 1900

- - 6 Sep 18)4
29 Jul 1832

Wife of S.M . Lipes

• Sarah
, Frank Perkins

18.51
24 i·ay 1900

, Ada Virginia

1890
2J Oct 1918
Mar 1886

NOTE!J

1.

TI1erc are other s tones with engraving too weather-worn to read.
tracing c ould make t.hese stones readable.

2.

Chalk or
Also there are graves with no stones.

t\l!o ·ther cemetary ( Probabl y WaJ ker) i s located over the crest of a hill and
a '1out J00-500 ya_"'"'&lt;is behind the Lipes cemetary. This cemetar,y on the edge of
t :e woods has a bout 13 uncut s tones; one roughly engraved "Walker Died 1862 ".
Tli. is stonf· is lay lng face U.own to protect the engra virlg . None of the stones
a.re standing ?

�48th VIRGINIA INFANTRY REGI MENT , C. S . A.

10 Fe bru a r y

1 98 5

Sout hwest Virgi ni a Ge n e alogical S o c i ety
1 716 Colgate St. N . E.
Roanoke , Va 24012
\

Dear Sirs :
. I am researching materi a l s on t h e 4 8t h Vi r g i n ia I n fa ntry
Re ~ J. me n t , C . S • A • f o r p u b 1 j_ c a t i o n i n a r o s t e r a n cl h i s t o r y o f t h e
unit as part of the Virginia R e gim e nt a l Hi sto r ies Se r ies . Th e 48th
was enlisted from Smyth, Russell , S cott, Was h i n gto n a nd L ee
counties.
Your assistance in locatin g a ny ma t e ri a l s (l e t t e r s , diaries ,
unit papers, photographs , etc . ) p e rtin e nt to th e r egi ment would be
greatly appreciated .
Enclosed is a l i s t o f t h e o f fic e r s in the
48th to be used as a fi n ding aid to mat e rial s in your holdings .
I would be happy to pay the r e production co s t s of any
materials you might find in your collection s .
P lease l e t me know
what those costs would be before making the reproductions.
My address is: 1304 Givens Road, Manh a ttan, Ks, 66502.
Telephone: 913-537-4286.
The Virginia Regimental Histories Serie s has as i t s objective
to record and preserve the names, records and histories of all the
Virginia soldiers and regiments serving from 1861-1865 .
Thirteen
v o 1 um es have a 1 ready been pub 1 is he d .
Inc 1 us i on o f ma t er i a 1 s fr 0 m
your holdings in the history and roster of the 48th Virginia would
help to insure that the regiment's s to ry is fully told.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

L~ct-~~-' (~ l . . t!

9

ohn

D•

Ch a ;

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�OFFICF.RS-- 48TH VA INF REGT (BY JOHN D. CHAPLA)

NAME

RANK

-------------- ----------Alderso n, T homas C .
Allen , P ete r H .
Rolin , Andrew L .

Booke r, Geo r g e E .
Bryan , Robert son Crusoe
Buchanan ,
Ca mpbell,
Campbel] ,

Sam u el T .
David A. P.
J a mes C .

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Wilson

Fields ,
Flee n or ,

James
Amos M.

Frasjer , William W.
Garnett, Thomas Stuart
Gobble , Thomas M.
Golleho n, Joh n L.
Gollehon, Robe rt J .
Graham , Samuel P.
Greenways Will iam T.
Greeve r, James Scott
Hale, Samu e l J r.
Hall, Alex
Ha l l , C. D.
Hall, Ric...hard H .
Haller , R. J.
Hannum, William Y. C.
Harris, Charles W. S.
Harris, David H.
Harris, William P.

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Cam pbell , John A.
Candle r, John H.
C a ndJ e r, Wjlliam R.
Carmack , Jacob S .
Corte r, Elbert S .
Carter , Milton L .
Carte r, William A.
Choj ce , Pember ton P .
Clark , David N.
Cooke , John /\.
Cross , Robert
Culbe rtson, J . J.
Dillion , John A.
Dougherty, Jes se M.
Draper, Charles A.
Dungan, Rob er t H.

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OFFICERS--48TH VA INF REGT ( B Y JO H N

NAME

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CJIAPL A )

RANK

Hawley, Henry H.
Henderson , John L.
Hickam, Francis M.
Horton , James H.
Horton , William H .
Hudson, John L .
Hume s , Andrew R.
Humphreys , Daniel
Johnston , William R.
Kernan , Edward D.
Lane, E . H .
Larmer, Samuel P .
Lesesne , Charles
Lyon , Connally T.
Martin, Elbert S.
McConnell , Henry M.
McConnell, Samuel P.
McConnell , William S.
McFarlane , James H.
Moore , Joh n A.
Moore, John R.
Moore, William B.
Osborne , Henry W.
Pafford, James W.
Payne, Joh n M.
Pettyjohn, George W.
Pettyjohn, Seth W.
Pippin, William Br own
Poteet, William L.
Powers, John
Preston, John M.
Preston , John Mo n tgomery
Price , Emory 0 .
Price , William F .
Roberts, John
Roberts, Leander B .
Robertson, Francis Smith
Roderfer, Emanuel
Scott , Frank E.
Sexto n , Robert B.
Shackelford, J. F.
Sha nnon, William L .
Skinker , Charles Robert
Smith, Francis M.
Smith, Joseph A.
Smith, Robert A.
Smith, Thomas M.
Smith , William J .
Stair, John F.
Stewart , David Boston
Sullens, Andrew
Taylor, Bushrod
Thompson, Robert H.
Venable, John
Vermillion, John Matlock

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VA

INP l&lt;EGT (BY JOHN D . CHAPLA)

NAME

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WhjtE: , MjJton
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PARROTT OBITUARIES
contributed by
Charles T Bu r t on*
(Note : These were found in a scrapbook - no indication of newspaper er
date of publication . )
AN OLD CITIZEN GONE -- Lipscomb Parrott , an aged and respected citizen
died at his home near Whi te Shoals at J o ' clock on the morning of August
9th , 1 88.3 . Some ti me ago while wal king about the house he fe l l and recei ved an in jury a nd while confi ned to bed by reason of this , he was
attac ked by diabetis , which disease resulted in his death . Mr. Parrott
was a man of wonderful vitality ; at the age of ninety years and upwards
he was a ccus tom e d to ride over his farm and see to his affairs , and this
he continued even after he became unable to mount a horse without assistance . At his death he was in his 94th year--probably the oldest citizen
in our county . He was a man of the greatest energy and untiring industry ,
by reason of wh ich he had amassed a considerable fortune, consis ting of
a large landed estate and a great a mount of personal property . He was a
man of the sternest integrity , of unflinchi ng devotion to princi ple , and
at the same time of the. warmest and most generous impulses. In all he
was a noble citizen , liked and respected by all who knew him , and his
memory will long be cherished. He leaves two sons . His aged wif e preceded him to that undiscovered country only a few months ago .

ELIZABETH PARROTT
wife of Lips com Parrott and daughter of Wm and Martha Vermillion , was born i n
Russell co ., Va . Her parents moved to Lee co ., Va. , where they both died,
leaving sister Parrott in charge of her brothers and sisters . Though
young herself , s he brought them up as a mother . She professed faith in
Christ at the age of 14 , near Jonesville , during camp-meeting, joined
the M. E . Church , South , in which she lived a consistent life until death.
Was married the year 1843 , became mother of four children . Two of them
preceded her to the future home , two sons and her aged husband are left
to follow . Her redeemed and cleansed heart seemed to be the gateway of
charity , the p oor never came to her and were turned off naked and hungry.
As the end drew nigh and the sha dows fell l ong amid frailt ies and much
sufferi ngs , s he often rejoiced in hopes and expressed an ardent desire
to quit l i fe here and enter it anew i n heaven . This desire was granted
Ma y 17th , 188.3 , at which time Death finish his dread work and let the
ranso med s pirit g o to grasp the God we s eek .
A RELATIVE

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•I

�BOOK REVIEWS
by Belva Counts
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN BA CKCOUNTRY
f,
:11.;£ ;.111Jr:' C&gt;F LUN E NBURG
COUNTY , VIRGINIA
1746-18 32 by Richard R. l·cr.:rr:.11 .
: ir·t."1ru Beeman , a
professor of history at the Un iversity of Pen1.:~ylv-uii:. , -u.J director o f
the Philadelphia Center for Early American S ...111,.:· , r:Lo:;&lt;: · iwenburg County
to reconstruct a protrait of everyday life i:. th &lt;~ '.:nu tl.r.:n, '";olon ies .
In
determining the bes t Virgin i a County to stud:, ! IC rour.d Lr ~1. l Lur 1Cn burg
County seemed to have the bes t combi nation of l oc-i l l'l":!conJ:; , includ in g
court records , deed books , wills and in ventorle8 , t.i ll.1.l lc t.ncl tax l ists ,
Anglican pa ris h Ves try books , a nd assorted &lt;ler.oml na Li ur1,'tl records .
Lunenburg is the Anglicis ed for mat or Luncbur,T , wLi•·t. 1-n~&gt; one o f'
the titles of George I , as Duke of Bruns wick-Lune bu rt• a rJCl w "1~~ forme d from
Brunswic k County i n 1 746 and l a ter acqu i red a p"1rL or r:inrloLte Co unty .
The se ttlers who came to s hape Lu nenbu rg ' ;. ;.oc i 1. l ord er encou raged
a different type of economic development .
They 1-1crc di vcrs c i n economic
position , ethnic and rel i gious backgroun d a nd often in P&gt;Oc i n.l as pira tions .
Part of the land was acquired by p a tent but more o r te 11 was bou g ht , labor
was provided by black slaves and a l s o whi te sc.rvanls .
The rise of enthusiastic , evang elica J r e] i g i on wn.s a mo vem e nt of
profound soc i al as well as theolog i c al s i gn if icance l n the h l story of
18th Century Virginia and was a challeng e to the Ang J 1. ca n g entry cultu re .
Early mi nisters who l ed i n the religious cul t u re of Lu ne b urg were James
Craig, Anglican ; Separate Baptists , J ohn Wil l i a ms a nd Elijah Baker ;
Presbyterian, John Thompson and Robert Henry ; Metho di s t , William Hill .
Certain fami l y names a s Chambers , Billups , Stokes a nd Taylor a ppeared in
positions of l eadership in the economic , political and r eligious life of
the county in earlier years .
Lune nburg County made a r emarkable contribution to the War effort
during the American Revolution .
The Lunenburgers were closely unified
by 1861 when the cultura l and political beliefs were defined as "Southern ".
This provided the mechanism by which the white c itizens of Lunenburg ,
plain folk and gentry , cavaliers and frontierman , Epi s copal i ans , and
Baptists were bound together.
The book is well documented with tables , maps, an a ppendi x of court
r ecords , foo tnot es a nd well indexed.
The book may be o rd ered fro m :
University of Pennsylvania Press , Bleckley Hal1 - lJth floor , 418 Servi ce
Drive , Philadelphia , Pa. 19104.
The pri ce is $25 . 00 .
The review copy
has been pla ced in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library ,
Roanoke , Va.
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR ROO'IS (Now That You ' ve Dug Tehm Up :") by Doris Cline
Ward.
"What To Do With Your Roots (now tha t you ' ve dug them up ;)" is an
Extremely useful manual of editori al help in dividing your f amily stories
i nto properly relat ed sequences.
This has been a great a nd i s s ·ti l l the
manual to have on your desk for constant referral a s you sort a nd write
your material.
See what you have by organizing your material by families , inc l uding
your photos. Deal with one person at a time.
With your manuscript written should you publish it ? Is it f inancially feasible? Your printer
will be most helpful. Be sure to i ndex your book.
How will you promote
and market your book? These ques tions are ans were d in the 48 page soft
covered book. Order from : The Ward Publishing co, , 42 Iarchmont Rd .
As heville , NC 28804. The price is $5. 50.
A gift copy from the aut hor
has been pla ced in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Publ i c Library ,

�Please capitali ze each letter in the
NOTE TO ALL WHO SUBMIT gUERIES:
surname , es p et.: i a lly f e male siblings .
We n ever know whether the name is a
given name o r mur r i ed s ur name .

69

Index to An ces tr al Surnames by Query Number
10 3
Adams
Addison
84
90
Ail stock
82
Air e s
Aker s
72 , 98
90
Al estock
110
All en
121
Anderson
84
Ault
82
Ayr es
106
Bail ey
60
Barton
Basham
91
72
Baskett
93
Ber ger
77
Besaker
60
Billings
95
Blair
118
Blanton
111
Bocock
63
Boggs
Bonham
67
111
Bouldin
127
Bowen
89
Bridget
Broadwat er 122,123
73
Brown
Buchanan
70
102
Burgess
Burkholder
55
Burnett
86
Butler
109
54
Campbell
84
Capl inger
107
Carnes
71
Carr
105,111
carter
84
Cha.nee
58
Chubit
Clark
96
Clarke
64
Claxton
62
Clifton
105
Cochran
64
Cole
102
119
Collier
64
Collins
119
Colyer
107
Compher
77,79
Copp
Cornstalk
90

Cox
71 Har tl ey
100
71 Hash
121
Crow
Culbertson 120,122,124 Hawkins
84
81
Custer
77,79 Hawks
Dalton
105 Hays
84
Davis
57,75 Hill
65
Dean
80 Holmes
129
DeHart
117 Hook
112
Deisher
112 Huf f
84
De lp
67 Hug hes 94,116
De Weese
114 Hull
89
DeWi t t
72 James
99
Di ck inson
68 Jarrett
84
Dickson
87 Jones 62,64,69
Dillion
92 Kansas
61
Dodson
87 Karr
71
Dorson
111 Kear
71
Douglas
109 Kelley
100
Dudley
110 Kilgore
123
Eggers
72 Kimberling 84
Elliott
113
85 Law
Ellixson
108 Lawson 116,117
Eubank
56 Lee
84
Farmer
109 Long
114
Fawley
107 Lypes
79
Felton
69 Mayfield
64
Field
103 McClenachan 58
Fields
95 Mcclanahan 58
Fisher
74,75 Mc Clary
54
Foley
105 Mc Cullop
99
Frazier
84
125 McDonald
Frye
107 McGuire
100
Fulcher
65 Meadows
1 26
Furlong
84 Minter
111
Gallaspy
97 Moore
63
Gillespie
78 Morris
84
Gilliam
85,127 Neely
58
Gillium
85 Oats
99
Gordon
106 O'Nea l
84
Gray
120
125 Osborn
Griffith
82
97,99 Owen
Haga
72
67 Owens
Haley
56
65 Palmore
Hall
97 Parsons
118
Ham
109 P ax(t )on
100
Hambleton
66 Payne
76
Hamil ton
66 Pearson
100
Hanshew
78 Pettit
92
Hardy
111 Pigg
82
Harris
101 Poole
108
Harrison
95 Powers
118

VJrSlDfa APP8lachian Not.as

Pu g h
99
Provin ce
68,69
Pruett
84
Pulliam
124
Purvian ce
68
Purvine
68
Rea
111
Reager
84
Redpith
128
Rider
72
Ridpath
128
Riggs
68,69
Rigney
88
Rule
77
Russell
72
Scarborough 100
Scott
115
Seybert
96
Shelton
105
Slone
98
Spence
59
Spencer
86
Sprouse
126
Steele
63
Stewart
83
Stone
91
Stu art
83
Thacker
126
Thomas
55,70
Thompson
94
104
Tott en
107
Vincel
115
Waddell
115
Waddle
70
Walker
57
Ward
129
Warden
Watson
57
Webb 62 , 63,64,98
99,120
Wells
79
Whisler
Whistler
79
73
Whitely
73
Whitley
118
Whitlow
Whitten
11 2
Wi c hita
61
Will ia.ms
64
113,119
Willis
Wilson
76
Woodso n
1 09
77
Young

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54 - 85 .
Would like to correspond with anyone work i 11 ~ on C A~lPBELL and McCLARY
families.
Would 1 ike info on Geo r ge CAMPBELL md . El i /. &lt;i IJe th .\kCLARY ca 1829 io
Bedford Co.
Were these the par e nts of Delila, Di&lt;:ey and 1\1 ex:in d c r C AMPBBLL?
Mrs. Connie S . GOSS, 1654 Driftwood Driv e, Spark s, 1\t...)vacLt
8~H:Jl
55 - 85 .
Would like info on p a r en t s of J ames F . BURKHOLD ER b . 1 0 May 1820 in
Botetourt Co., rod . Martha THOMAS , d au . of Geo r ge: THOMAS, f3ed1 o rd Co .
Was James
the son of Isaac BURKHOLDER?
Would like to co rr espond wit h :i n yu n c researching
BURKHOLDER or THOMAS families.
Mrs . Connie S . GOSS , adcfre::;!:&gt; above .
56 - 85.
Who were par ents of John EUBANK, wh u 111d . 25 Dec: . l 7':c, 7 Sn r&lt;lh PA LMORB
of Bedford-Botetourt Cos.?
S a rah was th e dn u . of 8&lt;.:nJ :1 min PALMORE .
Need 1 ist
of John and Sarah's ch ildr en.
Was Wi lliam EUBANK b . c;1 . l8U5 so n of the above?
Would like to correspond with a ny workin g on these lines .
l&gt;h"::; . Connie GOSS,
address above.
57-85 .
William WARD II, b . August a Co . , VA, 29 J une 1753; d . Wyt h e Co ., VA ,
21 Dec. 1817; md . 1776 Jean/Jane/Jo a n WATSON (b . Au g u s ta Co . , 2 Mar. 1758; d.
Wythe Co., VA, 12 Apr. 1836).
Was Je a n sister oi· th e Mnry ''Pully'' WATSON who
md. Robert DAVIS (1743- 1816)?
Would a ppr eciate nny c nli g ht e n111 e nl .
Richard D. ROBINSON, 353 East L ake Road, P alm Springs, F'L
33461
58 - 85.
William McCLANAHAN (1733-1819), md. 1769, Sal e m, V A , So r a h NEELY
(1745-1824) was thought originally to h ave been son o:f R obert McCLAN AHA N
(d. Augusta Co., VA, 1791) .
New thinkin g suggests h e was actually so n o:f
John McCLANAHAN/McCLENACHAN {md. Agnes CHUBIT) .
Wh a t is your t hinkin g re:feren ce
this line? Richard D. ROBINSON, address above.
59 - 85 .
Seeking any known info on Hu g h SPENCE,
b. Donn ega 1 , I l' elan d , 1 735 ;
d. there 1823; fought for the British at B a t t l e of Bunk er H i l l , 15 June 1776;
wounded by bayonet and return e d to Engl a nd/Irel a nd .
Hi s so n G eo r ge SPENCE
(b. &amp; d. Irel and, 1774-1852) had son Hu gh SPENCE (b. I rela nd, 1801; d . Rur al
Retreat, VA, 1882) .
Richard D . ROBINSON, a ddr ess above ,
60 - 85.
Need the parents &amp; family of J ohn BARTON, wh o liv e d on S a ddle Creek
in Grayson Co. in 1815 .
I believe him to be father, brother and son o:f men
named Is aac BARTON .
Where did the BARTON' s originat e ?
The son, I saac BARTON ,
was b . in 1803 and md. Polly BILLINGS in 1838.
Who we re h e r parents?
Margaret PARKHURST, 1714 Cleveland Rd . , Glendale, CA
91202
61 - 85 .
Would anyone be interested in exchanging time or help me her e in
Wichita for someone in VA? The Wichita Library has good Kansas files and I
need VA info.
Annie Young MERRIAM, 5918 E. 10th St., Wichita, KS
67208
62 - 85.
Nee d parents or any info on J ames WEBB, md. Jane CLAXTON, 30 Nov.
1784, Botetourt Co., VA, moved to KY early 1800's.
On e son Allen T aylor WEBB,
b. KY 1808; d. 29 July 1879, KY.
One issue, my g -grandf a ther Eugene Allen
WEBB, b. 25 Dec . 1861; d. 2 May 1950; md . 25 Feb . 1891, Jennie Thomas JONES,
b. Sept. 1863; d . 11 Mar. 1939.
Will answer all correspon denc e .
Mrs. Jennie
WEBB GORDON, Rt. #7, Box 151, Shelbyville, KY
40065,
63 _ 85 .
Need parents or any info on Clabe STEELE md. Nancy Jane BOGGS, liv ed
Wilbur KY Lawrence Co.
One son, Noah Edison STEELE , b. 31 Jan. 1899; d. 19
Dec. 1932,'md. Sela Alice MOORE, b. 13 Oct. 1902; d. 15 June 1937.
Lived last
in Greenup co., KY.
One dau. Edn a Alice STEELE, my mother b. 4 Aug. 1925;
ct. 29 June 1976, md . J oseph Gilbert WEBB, 16 Oct . 1941; b. 23 Nov. 1897;
d . 18 Jan. 1965 .
Will answer all correspon dence .
Mrs. Jennie WEBB GORDON,
addr ess above.
64 _ 8S.
Need a ny info on the following people:
William JONES md . Mary Jane
COLLINS , b. 26 Jan. 1839; d . 15 Aug. 1916 .
Had 9 children:
2 issues:
Jenni e
Thomas JONES &amp; LueNettie JONES md. brothers, Eugene Allen and Leslie M. C. WEBB.
N
. f
on a Jame s WEBB, b. 13 Feb. 1784; d. 2 June 1833 .
Augustine WEBB,
dee~ in o
md . Fr a nky CLARKE.
Jon atha n WEBB md . Keziah MAYFIELD, 12 Jan.
1827
·
Oct.
'ah WEBB , Shelby Co.
David COCHRAN md. Eli za b et h WEBB 29 June 1826.
18 09 .
·
Nellie Jeremi
Melissa WILLI AMS 1 b • 1858 ,· d • 1947 i m d · L eonidas
WEBB.
Mrs. Jennie WEBB
GORDON, address above.

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65 - 85
2 Ft!b . 1798, Amh e r st Co . , VA , Thomas HILL, dec'd .
Elizabeth HILL,
Ri c har d FULCHER and J u hn HALEY wer e name d adm ini strators with the condition
that if a wil l was l oL·atc d ut n l a ter date, i t was to stand .
Am trying to
loc at e names of c hild re n oJ a bove Thomas HILL (in either VA or KY).
Ru th M . G lf!...LOORG, ;r2 Lam e r tin Lan e, St. Louis , MO 63122
Al cx:11H.ler HAMILTON, d . 1 790 , Prince Edward Co . , VA, wife Elizabeth,
66 - 85 .
c hildren :
Esther, Jalll es, Ma r y, Al ex ander, Elizabeth, Ann, Rebecca and Samuel.
Mother oI Al ex:1 n d e r 11 a111ed E s tl1e r; brothers Robert, Patrick and John.
Name also
s p el l e d HAMB LRTON ..
S ee kin g first nam e o f Alexander's father.
Ruth M. GULLBORG,
addr ess ab vvc .
67 - 85.
S ee kin g i11f o 01 1 p~re nt s a nd siblings of Peggy DELP , who md. David
HAGA , 18 Sept . 1806 , Gra yso n Co . , VA.
She d. before 1842 and David HAGA md .
Sarah BONHAM .
Pet e r DELP sig n e d with David HAGA on the marriage l i cense.
Was
P e ter a b rot h e r uJ P c~g y?
Mrs . J acq ue NIPPER LAND , 23 Carriage Lane, Newark 1
DE 1 9 711
68 -

85 .

S eek i n g info o n Ma rtha E. PROVINCE (PURVIANCE, PURVINE) , b. 1846,
J a mes C l i f for d RIGGS.
Her parents were Alexander T. M. and Mary
J. PROVIN CE, b. TN.
She l ater md. Mr. DICKINSON and had nine sons (Claude,
Charl es, Ott o, Frank , Thad , Osca r, Cal e, Ed , and another) .
Did they continue
to liv e in Gray so n 0 1· Ru sse l l Cos ., VA?
Mrs. J acque NIPPER LAND, address above.

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69 - 85 .
Nee d info on J a mes Clifford RIGGS (Jr.?), b. 1863 in Jefferson Co. ,
TN , md-. -1883 Mat.t i e Lucinda JONES in Russell Co., VA, moved to Texas late 1880's .
His par e nt s we r e Ma rtha E. PROVINCE a11d James Clifford RIGGS (Sr.?) who d. in
the Civil War (n o r eco rds found of this).
You11g James supposedly lived for
some tim e wit.h Un cle Ma c k FELTON in TN aft e r his mother remarried.
Mrs._
. _J ac(!u ~ NIPPER LAND, address above.
70 - 85.
WALKER who md. Alexander
- - - Wish to conta c t d e sc e nda nts of Martha
BUCHANAN, 10 F e b . 1803 in Wythe Co., VA.
Issue was Margaret Mccutchan, John,
Na11cy Davis, Gr ace Campbell, Ma ry Matilda, Louisa Jane and J ames Augustus.
J ames A. b. 22 Dec . 1821, md. Mary Glenn THOMAS, 20 Dec. 1842 .
Issue:
John
Al exander, Murtha J ane, Mary Frankie, Margaret Ann, Louisa Elizabeth, Nancy
Ellen, Birdi e L ee ::rnd Mary Walker .
I am a descendant of Martha WALKER' s
broth er .
Paul L . PURVINh 3411 W. Lawton St., Seattle, WA 98199
71 -__.§_§~
Se e king par ents, birthpl ace , wif e and children of James KEAR whose
son, John (KARR, CARR), md . Marg a ret CROW, Montgomery Co ., VA , 1788. His
dau., Margaret, md. John COX, Montgomery Co., 1786.
Probably had son , Robert.
Others?
J ames lived on Walk er's Creek in present Giles Co. by 1773 until bis
death by 1819.
Mrs. H. S . _ S l,JI~E~GEl.. 401 Surf ace Driv e , Tazewell, VA 24651
72_~_ ?5 .
Need info concern in g John RIDER, dau. Phoebe md. Dani el EGGERS
n e ar Bla c ksburg - Valentine AKERS md. Frances BASKETT(?) , dau. Elizabeth md.
Thomas OWENS, pos si bly son of Owe n and Mary OWENS.
Need info c oncerning
Nelson C. De WITT , minister and his p arents, broth e rs &amp; sist e rs - other
DeWITT/RUSSELL families in area.
Help appreciate d; will exchange.
Mrs . __ Clrnr~es L_ON~L_E2 1 All en Ave., Indianapolis , IN 46203

73 -~
Help with Smyth/ Washington Cos. WHITELEY/WHITLEY family a lso
BROWN family .
Desc. from Chapman A. &amp; S ara h WHITELEY/ WHITLEY of Broadfor d /
Saltville a rea.
Will exchauge.
Help appreciat e d.
Mrs ~ Char l es LONG,
address above .
- -- - ------ing
74 - 85.
Search/ for parents of John FI SHER who d. in Giles Co . on 14 June
1855-.- Death record s t ates parents unknown.
Ha r old H. FISHER, Pr a iri e Cl~,
Harbert ,__ _MI _ 49115
75 - 85.
S e archin g for parents of Dciniel Oft.VIS, a Rev . War soldier, a nd some
indication that h e came from same area as John FISHER above,
Arl e n e D~V!S _ Y!§~~RL_ ~ra~rie Club, Harb e rt, MI
49115

�76 - 85.
Need to find p arents of J ohn Culpeper WILSON of Hc.•nry Co .. VA.
He was a Rev. War veteran and h a d a d au . , Diana, who md . Wjlliam PAYNE in
1806.
Will exchange info.
Drusi 11 a PAYNE MOGA VE~ l 372 !1:1r1 ow Rd. ,
Columbus, OH 43227
77 - 85. Need wife and parent s of Chri stian COP P whose wi 11 was writ ten
5 April 1828 in Botetourt Co., VA, pr oved Jun e 1831 .
Will l i s t s c hildren :
Eva (RULE), George , Regenah (CUSTER) , Barbar a (BESAKER). Do l1 erty/ Doro thy?
(RULE), and Elizabeth (YOUNG).
Christi an COPP was rny g-g-g-g-gra ndfnther
and I descend from his dau. Regen nh who md . I s&lt;lac CUSTEH .
Elva M. BOWLES, R#2, Bowen, IL
62316
78 - 85. My g-grandfather, Reese A. GILLESPIE , uf Smyth Co . , VA, md . 1848
in Wythe Co., VA, to Sarah HANSHEW, dau. of P etc1· HAN S IIEW.
Wh o were P eter
HANSHEW's parents and wife, and where was h e born?
G lncl to cxc h~1n ge info.
Elva M. BOWLES, address above .
79 - 85 .
Need parents of Is aac CUSTER who md . 1 79 5 in B o t e tourt Co . , VA to
Regenah COPP, dau. of Christian COPP.
Th ey had a t least 3 son s :
John (mine),
George and Jacob.
Their son J ohn md. Eliz abet h WHISTLER , dau . of He nry
WHISLER/WHISTLER.
De at h book of Roanok e Co . , VA, says J acob ( so n of I saac )
d . 1867 and wife was Susan LYPES .
Elva M. BOWLES, address above .
80 - 85.
Info needed if Morgan DEAN wh o was in S cott Co . , VA,
the father of J ames H. M. DEAN who was b . in 1824 in Scott Co .
Lloyd DEAN , Rt . 6, Box 498, Moreh ea d , KY 40351

in 1820 was

81 - 85.
Want date and place of marriag e and date a nd plac e of d ea th for
Carey/Carrie HAWKS, b. 1836, Gr ayson now Carroll Co ., VA, dau. of Thomas
and Susanna HAWKS.
Mrs. S . Oscar DEAN, R.D . #3, Box 82, Cambridge Springs,
PA 16403
82 - 85.
Need proof of parents for Lydia OWEN md. 13 Feb . 1786, Pit1:sylvania
Co., VA, to Elisha AIRES/AYRES.
Parents are possibly William OWEN and Eddey
PIGG, md. 24 Feb. 1769.
Mrs. S. Oscar DEAN. address above .
83 - 85.
Need proof of parents and s iblings for Joel STUART, md . 5 Apr. 1 821
Grayson co., VA.
Name spelled STEWART in 1850 census.
Mrs . S . Oscar DEAN,
address above.
84 - 85.
would like to exchange info on these S/W VA fami 1 i es be£ ore 1820:
McDONALD, HAYS, HUFF, CAPLINGER, 0 ' NEAL, CHANCE, PRUETT, MORR! S, HA WK INS, LEE,
FURLONG, REAGER, AULT, KIMBERLING, JARRETT and ADDISON.
Have much info on
first seven names and less on others.
My lines of these fami 1 i es moved on to
TN and IL.
John LEE md. Rachael HUFF ca 1797; d. 1800-03 .
Barbara MOORE,
14922 Heimer Rd., San Antonio, TX 78232
85 _ 85.
Seeking parents of Chesley GILLIAM (GILLIUM) and his wife Sarah
ELLIOTT. They were md. in Scott Co., VA, in 1839; were in 1850 Carter Co.,
KY census.
Children:
John, Mary, Richard, Delil a, I som, Joseph and Sarah .
Chesley as age 39, b. VA in.1850 Census; wife ' s age 27 .
Madeline HYLTON,
4798 North Trail, N.E . , Marie tta, GA 30066
86 _ 85 .
seeking info on the ancest ry of Thom as SPENCER, Sr. , b. 1808, md .
Margaret (Peggy) BURNETT, 28 Dec. 1829, in Patrick Co., VA.
Inventory at
death, Aug . 1888, in Henry Co., VA.
Census and will show children's names
as Mary Ann, Martha, Sarah, Jeremiah, Lyrena, Syminda, Lucinda, Artaminey,
Arti ttio, Rebecca, Louisa, Virginia.
Arlene D . BELL, 431 Homepl ace Drive,
Salem, VA 24153
87 _ 85
seeking info on the ancestry of William DODSON, b. 1790/3, md.
William d . before
Judith DICKSON, 14 Aug. 1815 ~n Pittsylvania Co., VA .
1870
J d·th b 1794/8. Their records are found in Pitt sylvania a nd P atrick
Arlen e D . BELL, ad dre ss
Cos.: VA~ iNeed . inf o on Judith's background also .
above.

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88 - 85.
Seek ing info on th e ancestry of Wa shington Greenville RIGNEY, b.
ca 1817 in Pitts ylvania Co., VA .
Wife's name Elizabeth b. 1807 in Bedford .
They were md. ca 1830, ce nsu s ha s f irst child b . 1831 in Carroll Co., VA,
but Ca rr oll Co . not in e xis t e n ce a t that time. Other children b. in Floyd
Co. , VA.
Also ne e d info on Eliza b eth . Arlene D. BELL, 431 Homeplace Drive,
Sal em, VA 24 153
89 - 85 .
Seeking; i nf o un Geor ge Was hington BRIDGET b. ca 1808. He md.
Pho ebe HULL al so b . ca 1808 . Th e y a ppear in the 1850 Alleghany Co. census.
He was a mill e r by trad e .
Who we r e their p a rents , siblings and when and
wher e we r e t h e y md . ? Lynd a BROWN, 12220 MacCorkle Ave. , Chesapeake, WV 25315.
90 - 85.
Desi r e info o n Andr ew A. ALESTOCK and wife Mary J. -?- . Found in
Wh o were t h e ir p arents? Family legend says that
1860 Ba th Co . ce nsus .
AILSTOCK/ AL ESTOCK was c h a n ge d from f a mily of Chief CORNSTALK after his death.
I s ther e a ny trut h to t hi s? Lynd a BROWN, address above .
9 1 - 85.
Ric h a r d STONE, b. ca 1812 md . Mary " Poll y" BASHAM, 8-7-1834, Monroe
Co., VA .
Meador BASHAM signed sure ty.
Was he her father? They moved to
Ka n a wha Co., WV.
Ri c h a rd sta t e d in one census he was b . in Surry Co., in
a no t h er census h e sai d h e was b. in Bedford Co.
Was Conway STONE his brother?
Lynda BROWN , a ddress a bove .
92 - 85 .
S eeking info a bout the p a r e nts of John PETTIT, b. 1800, md. 5 Aug.
1823, in He nry Co., VA , to Mary (Polly) DILLION.
Would also like info about
Mary DILLION' s p a r e nt s .
Mr s . Ma ry LINK, Rt 2, Box 24, New Martinsville, WV
26155
93 - 85.
Nee d any info abo ut J acob BERGER , Sr. (wife Christianna ?) lived
in Pittsylv an i a Co . , VA.
Di e d 1837. Mrs. Mary LINK, address above.
94 - 85 .
Reuben HUGHES, b. 1799 in Giles Co., VA, md. Margaret THOMPSON in
1823.
Wer e Da vid a nd Su sa nn a HUGHES parents of Reuben? Need any info on
both HUGHES and THOMPSON families.
Mrs . Mary LINK , address above.
95 - 85 . Tryin g t o find info about Col. John Tobias HARRISON who rod . ca 1796
to Molly FIELDS .
After he died, she moved to KY from VA. Want to know his
parents, birth date a nd de a th date and any other vital statistics . Their
dau. 1 Eliz abe th HARRISON (b . 1802-d. 1875) md. J ohn Robinson BLAIR (b. 1798d . 1880/81).
They lived in Le tcher Co. , KY . Mrs. Ella W. COLEMAN. 3100
Prui tt Rd . , B- 201, P ort St. Lucie, FL 33452
96 - 85 .
Want info on William Lawr e nce CLARK , father of John CLARK (b . 1 782d . 1865) , who md. Mary Rebecca SEYBERT, md. 1810. Where did William Lawr e n c e
CLARK liv e - who did he marry? Any vital statistics , if possible.
Mrs. Ella W. COLEMAN, address above.
97 - 85.
Nee d in fo on par e nts and family of Peggy GALLASPY who rod. Is aac
GRIFFITH in Franklin Co., VA.
Marriage bond dated 12 Jan. 1795. Surety:
Daniel GALL ASPY.
Min i ster Randolf HALL .
Sidney L. GODWIN, 1475 Flamingo
Dr., Englewood, FL 33533
98 - 85.
Need inf o on J ames B . AKERS and Salina, his wife. Reference 1860
census Southwest Dist. of Franklin Co . , VA, page 170. We r e th ey p a ren ts of
Edith AKERS who md. Wm Bailey SLONE? Reference: Franklin Co. , VA marriage
bond dated 25 Nov. 1850 .
Surety Henry Silas AKERS , minister Theo F ~ WEBB.
Sidney L. GODWIN . address above.
99 - 85 .
Moses WELLS , b. 1750-60, fath er of sons: Jacob (md . OATS) John
(md . PUGH) Armoni (md. JAMES) Bonham , Rosagill. Da ught e rs: Nan cy (md. PUGH)
Mary (md. Mc CULLOP) Margaret (md . GRIFFITH) Ha nnah, Sar a h. Moses owned
property in Smyth Co., VA .
John an d Nancy in Gr ayson Co. Other ma y have
been in TN.
Min n ie W. HALL, Rt. 2, Box 26 Mouth of Wilson, VA 24363

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Need names of children of fo l lowin g couples :
John SC ARBOROUGH ,
b. 1761, PA, md. Elizabeth KELLEY.
Robert SCARBOROUG H , b . 1763, PA , md.
Ann PAX(T)ON.
Joseph SCARBOROUGH, b. 1767, PA , md . Sarah HARTLEY.
C h a rity
SCARBOROUGH, b. ca 1774, md. Mahlon HARTLEY, sett l ed in Quak e r City, OH.
Issac SCARBOROUGH, b. 1769, PA, md . Amy PEARSON .
Robe r t SCARBOROUGH , md .
28 Nov. 1785 Mary McGUIRE.
All migrated to VA , WV and TN .
Drene Scarberry COLBERT, Rt 1, Box 782, Mea d, OK 73449
101 - 85 . Seek ancestry of Lewis HARRIS ( wi fe Catharin e ) wh o was co n s t a ble
of Russell Co., VA, 1809, and wa s said to b e of HARR I S branch t h at fo und e d
Harrisburg, PA .
Lat er lived in Scott Co.
So l d 1 a nd t h e r e..: i n 1829 .
Emigrated to Vigo Co., IN .
Children b. in VA:
Da vid (b. 1 798); J o hn ; William;
Benjamin; Martin; two daughters .
Lewis HARRIS d. 18 31 .
P ostage r e funded.
Dorothy P. MUNSON, 2275 Aaron, B-103, Port Ch a rl ot t e, FL
3395 2
102 - 85. Trying to compile some records on th e COLE fa mi lies o f Was hington
Int e r este d in t h e 11 a mes of
and Montgomery Cos., VA, in the early 1800' s .
the children of Israel COLE III and his wif e Re me mb e r BURGESS a nd the family
Barb a r~ Ke l sey BOESE,
207
of Eleazer COLE III and his wife Eunice COLE.
East Market, Dodge City, KS 67801
103 - 85.
Want info on parents of Louisa ADAMS , Be df o rd ,
d. 23 Apr. 1899.
Md. William M. FIELD.
Bedford Co., VA .
606 North Chestnut, McPherson, Kansas 67460 .

VA, b. 8 Feb . 1822 ;
C a r o lyn WALKER,

104 - 85.
Anyone interested in TOTTEN Family gene a lo g y of Southwest VA, let
me know of interest in purchasing book being written.
When pri c e of book is
known, compiler will contact you.
Loraine TOTTEN MINETREE, 8100 Elk hardt
Rd., Richmond, VA 23235
105 - 85.
Seeking parents of William CLIFTON, b. approximat e ly 1795, Henry
Co . , VA, and Wife Elender (maiden name unknown), b . approximat e ly 1795, VA.
Md. 1820-25, Henry Co., VA.
William d. 1883; Elender d. 184?, P atrick Co.,
VA. Childr en:
John H.; William J.; Sarah (Sally) Shelton, Martha Dalton,
Lucinda Foley, Mary Carter and Susan .
Mrs. Frank BURI AN, 4 Sweet wood Court,
Ballwin, MO 63011
106 - 85.
Seeking parents of Braxton BAILEY, b. 1797, VA, and wi:fe Nancy
GORDON, b . 1800, VA.
Md. 1817, Bedford Co . , VA .
Braxton d . 185?, Montgomery
Co., VA; Nancy d. 186?, Knox Co., TN(?).
Nancy ' s father may have been John
GORDON of Bedford Co., VA.
Children:
Robert, William, Jesse, Orlando,
Gordon, Marth Ann, Elizabeth, plus another son and two daus .
Mrs. Frank
BURIAN, address above .
107 - 85,
Ida Virginia CARNES (dau . of Samuel Lawson CARNES) md. George
FAWLEY 1881, Loudoun Co., VA.
Any variation on FAWLEY to connect to Tazewell
or Rockingham Cos. with Loudoun? Also, the name COMPHER with the same migration.
Louisa Virginia VINCEL md. 1869 to Samuel W. COMPHER.
Her father listed on
death certificate as Tilghman VINCEL .
Mother Susan FRYE.
Was her :father George
T . VINCEL? Trudie Davis LONG, 8213 Mapleville Rd., Mount Airy, MD
21771
108 - 85 .
William Alexandria POOLE d. 21 May 1893.
I need to know where he
died a nd where he was buried.
His wife's name was Mary Ann ELLIXSON POOLE .
Jodie UPDIKE, Rt. 1, Box 281, Bill~ngs, MO 65610
1 09 - 85 .
Need t o find the names of chil dren of Newton FARMER and his three
wi ves , Sara h HAM, Sarah WOODSON and Rebecca DOUGLAS BUTLER.
The ch ildren would
have been born from 1829 up in Pittsylvania Co., VA .
Jodie UPDIKE, address above.
110 - 85 .
Nee d any info on John H. ALLEN and Edna DUU.EY ALLEN .
John was b.
ca 1807 a nd Edna b . ca 1814, possibly both in Campbell Co.
They were md. 1832
in Campbe ll c o.
I need the names of their children and also the names of John
and Edna ' s paren t s . .Need info on Campbell and Pittsylvania Cos.' DUDLEY and
DOUGLAS. Jodi e UPDIKE, a ddress above .

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111 - 85 .
Would like to con tact a n yon e who ca n tell me the p a rents of: (1)
Cary CARTER, b
1794; md. a pp r ox . 18 1 4, Ma h a la-?-, b . 1797.
(2) Curtis HARDY,
md . 1 2 /30 / 1831, Mary BOCOCK .
(3) Fre d e ri c k H . BOULDIN , md. 1/20/1836, Mildred
P . REA.
(4) Drury W. BO COCK, md . 1/5 / 18 3 0, Sar a h DORSON.
(5) Joseph MINTER,
b . 1827 ; md . approx . 1850, Matilda J. - ? -; b . 3/ 20/1832 . Bill CARTER, 4435
Cordell Dr . , S W~ - Ro a nok e . VA 2 40 1 8 .
T e l. (703) 774-6642
112 - 85 .
Would lik e to correspon d wi t h p e rs o ns resear c hing these surnames in
All eg h a n y and B ote t ou r t Cos .
Hen r y HOOK , fa the r o f Lewis HOOK (b. 1853).
Chri stian DE I S HER, father of J en n ie DEISHER (b. 1851).
Henry HOOK md. Harriet
WHITTEN, 1850 .
Fl'nnces (Fa n nie) Cir c l e DEISHER , mother of Jennie DEISHER.
Mr s . J q _An n GW INN_; 7:f75 ~ILJ_Q2nd Av e., Be a v e rt o n , OR 97005 . Tel. (503) 644-3795
113 - 8 5.
L ook in g for i n fo on Wi l li a m a nd Eli za beth WI LLIS, probably from
Pit t sy 1 v a n i a Co .
Who were tl1ei r p a r e nts ?
Wh e r e did they live before settling
in Pit tsylvania Co . ?
T h eir dn u. Ma r y (Po lly) WILLIS md. Jesse LAW in Pittsylv a ni a Co . i n December of 1780 .
Was a n o ther d a u . name d Averilla who md. David
LAW in 1 7 90?
D i d Willia m a n d El i za b e th h a ve a son named Joel? Br. Timothy
BROWN , B e n e_slj.S:J.:in e !:ri Q.~:J'...i P . O. Box 1 3577 , Sav a nn a h, GA 31406
114 - 8 5.
Des ir e to cor r espond with de sc enda nt of a John LONG, who held land
in th e Bl ac k water an d L a ur e l Cr eek a re a (br a n c hes of Littl e River) in Montgomery
Co., VA i n t h e 1 7 80 ' s /e a rl y l8 00 ' s, a nd was nei g hbor to Henry and wm DeWEESE ,
and was co un selo r to my g - g - g - g r a ndf a th e r , \~..!.1 De WEESE, l a nd owner in same area.
Wa s John LONG re l ated to De WEESE' s?
R. P a ul DeWEESE , 595 So. Yates Ave.,
Kanka ~e:e_ ,_ I _!:.,_ §090 1
115 - 85.
I a m tr yin g to f i n d the n a me a nd birthda t e of the parents of my
g- g r a ndf a th e r Al b e j a n ce WADDLE o r WADDELL , b. in NC, then moved to Giles Co .,
VA a nd md. J a ne SCOTT i n 1818.
Mov e d to Livingston Co . , MO in 1846.
Floren e~ L_'._ ~AGER , 4 27 P o lk St., Chillicothe, MO
64601
116 - 85.
Se ek i n g p a r e nt s of Ish aJn LAWSON, b. in VA, 1814. Md. Charlotte
HUGHES, 1 9 Ma y 1838.
Ne ed n a mes, birthdate, death &amp; ma rriage of both parents.
Was he s o n o f Jam es LAWSON, list e d lllA Patrick Co . , VA census, 1820? Isham ,
my g-g- g randf a th e r.
Appre ci ate he a ring from a ny desc e ndants.
Florence LAWSQN RAGER,
a ddress above.
117 - 85.
S eeking info &amp; des c enda nts of g-grandfather James M. LAWSON and
Mahal a De HART LAWSON, md. 8 Feb. 1866.
Children were : Bev e rage Monroe ,
Susan E ., Twin s , Lucinda E. &amp; Luri11da A. , Georg e L., Nancy A.E., Samu e l I.R. ,
a nd S a r a h Virgini a LAWSON , 1880 Census, they were still in Patrick Co. , VA.
Where did t hey go?
Florence LAWSON RAGER, addr e ss a bove.
118 - 85.
Nee d info on Robert S . PARSONS, b. 1810 iu VA; d . 1870, Wise Co.,
VA.
Dau . Nancy POWERS( ? ).
Who we re his parents? He md. Annie L . BLANTON
whose moth e r was Ann WHITLOW , a n Irish lady .
Who were h e r p a.rents?
Glenn E. ROBINETTE. 224 Aspen St., Alex a ndria, VA 22305
119 - 85.
Doe s someone in VA or MO have the family tree of John COLLIER
(COLYER), settled August a Co ., VA, c a 1742; d. 1764, Au g ust a Co ., VA.
Ha d
sons:
Alexander, Moses, also Aaron COLLIER who sett l e d Lee Co. , VA , before
1800.
His ancestor COLLIER , given name unknown , s e ttl e d in VA from Ir e l a nd
with his s ister who md. WILLIS(?) &amp; moved West.
Glenn E. ROBINETTE, a ddress
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120 - 85.
Need info from des cendants of Zacha riah T . WELLS, b. 179 8 , NC; md.
Agnes CULBERTSON, Lee Co . , VA .
Was Ag nes the dau. of Joseph CULBERTSON &amp;
what was h e r moth e r ' s maid e n n a me?
Z a chariah WELLS, (JR. ) b. c a 1 780 , md .
Rebecca -?-.
Zac h a ri a h WELLS (SR . ), b . MD c a 1739; d . Lee Co ., VA after
1825, md . -?- OSBORN.
Who wer e her parents? Gl e nn E . ROBINETTE , a ddress a b o v e.

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121 - 85 .
Seek info on husb and of Ro aamond Ali ce ANDERSON
His name Geor ge (?)
ANDERSON. Probably lived in Grays on Co., VA.
Sh e (Roaamond) b . Fe b. 1866 ; d.
Nov . 1959 in Grayson Co., VA.
Also would like info about h er pa r e nt s, All e n and
Nancy HASH . Fred ANDERSON, 3802 Cravens Cre e k Rd. , S . W. , Ro an o k e, VA
240 18
122 - 85. Wanted!
Any info or parents of Willi am BROADWATER who md .
CULBERTSON in Scott Co., VA about 1800.
Mo v e d to Bent o n Co . , MO.
Mrs. L . SHELTON, 2502 N. 32nd. St . B-27, Ph oenix, AZ
85008
123 - 85. Need parents of John BROADWATER who md.
Co., VA. Mrs. L . SHELTON, address above .

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124 - 85 . Want to correspond with any d esce nd ants of J c ptha C ULBERTSON, b . 1813,
Scott Co., VA, md. 1st to Elmira PULLIAM in Benton Co . , MO a b out 1840.
Re turned
to VA . Md. second to -?- .
Mrs. L . SHELTON, a ddr ess ab o v e .
125 - 85 . Thomas Henry GRAY was b. 1797 in TN or VA.
Ne e d hi s par e nt s or other
members of his family .
He was in Laur e l Co. by 1842 a nd h ad a co bbl e r ' s shop in
Manc hester, KY in Clay Co., KY.
He md. Mary Ann FRAZIER b e fo r e 1822 .
Where?
When? Where did they live before they came to KY?
Mr s . Don W. WELLS, Box 12!?
Riverton, KS 66770
126 - 85. Searching Jacob MEADOWS
(b. ca 1800), Be njamin SPROUSE (b. ca 1800) and
Reuben THACKER lines.
Will exchange info with anyone searching the se lin es.
Louise BAISDEN, P . O. Box 1078 , Logan, WV 25601

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127 - 85.
Need help in finding my g randf ather William H. GILLIAM in a BOWEN household in 1880. He was orphaned with th e drowning of his f::it l1 er on May 2, 18?? and
was taken to live with grandparents (maybe ju st a grandmoth e r) somewhere either
in southwestern VA (Lee, Wise, Scott or Franklin) or perhap s Han c ock Co., KY, where
he was b. to Ebolene BOWEN and Is aac GILLIAM.
Rubye L . BOWLING, Rt . R 2, Box 444,
Osgood, IN 47037
128 - 85.
I am descended from John RIDPATH/REDPITH, b. 174? in Scotland &amp; died
Oct. 1777. Had son James, b . 18 July 1768, who had two known so n s, John (my line)
and James, whose family remained in Pulaski Co . , VA.
Some r elatives s t i l l live
in Hiwassee .
Would like to correspond with anyone of this line in Pul aski Co.
Have catalogued over 750 names.
Roger Wood RIDPATH, 601 Ellington, Atl anta , TX
75551 (telephone 214-796-9088)
129 - 85. Desire info of any kind regarding Thomas WARDEN b. ca 1 755, Ireland .
Found 1793 in Augusta and 1799 bought land in Montgomery Co .
W. P . A . records show
he md. Nancy HOLMES.
Where did he marry and where did he ge t naturalization?
There were five children and he is on 1850 Montgomery census as 94 yrs.
Anyone
who can hel p, write: Malita WARDEN MURPHY, Box 319 Athens Star Route, Princeton,
WV 24740

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Kenneth Gehner of Princeton, NJ, answered one of Calvin Wedd! e's queries in
WESTERN MARYLAND GENEALOGY and sent him the following:
Bedford Co. , PA Orphans
Court, 20th November 1797, Vol. 2, p ages 32 and 33:-- "Th e Petition o:f Cgnrod Oyler
fourth Son of Jacob Oyler late of Bedford Township and County Yeoman Dec . was read
to the Court Setting forth 'That the said Jacob Oyler lately di e d Intestate at
Bedford Township and County aforesaid leaving lawful Issue to survive him viz,
Frederick Oyler e ldest Son Jacob Oyler , Felty Oyler, Conrod Oyler (the said Petitioner) Mary intermaried with Benjamin Waddle, Jonas Oyl er, Peter Oyler Lauren ce
Oyler, John Oyler, Catharine int ermar ied with John Link Margret intermaried with
George Coffman Barbara intermaried with George Herbaugh Motel en a intermaried with
Garas Wolf : - that the said Intestate at the time of hi s death was Owner a nd Possessed of a cer tain Tract of land situate in Bedford Township aforesaid Containing
by estimation Two Hundred and twenty two and three quarter Acres and the usu al
Allowance adjoi ning lands of John Dibert and the Heirs of Matthias Walters • . • • "
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Over the years of working on my family lines I've had to come up with
s ome fo rm of shorthand . This cuts down on time spent on the phone when
taking informati on on a family or at the libraries and archives to cut
down on write rs cramp . Before this discovery , many was the time I ' d
wri tten something down and then wondered hours or days later - What is
that ? The sy mbols aren't new , but it ' s a different way of putting them
together for a clearer meaning to your notes .
T - the
s/o - s on of
d@ - died at
o' - of
d/o - daughter of
wd - widow or widower
2 - to
m/o - mother of
w/d - will dated
4 - for
f/o - f at her of
w/prov - will proved
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w/,Prob - will proba ted
si~o - sister of
OT t - orot he~ of
b @ - born
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*1220 MacCorkle Ave ., Chesapeake , WV 25315
(Editor' s note : This is a good idea . Ea ch of us have found - on our own ,
read a bout , or picked up an idea from someone else - an easier way of d o ing recordi ng or records . What would you like to share ?)
Fowler's Hint : If possible I like to zerox the index page of the surname.
On that page beside each name, I mark one of the following : abstracted ,
zeroxed, or not of my family . This page will be placed in the notebook
I use for county research .
The next time I go to that county court house ,
I will not go over that same record again.
No more zeroxing the same deeed
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"To you , Sons of Confederate Veterans , we will submit the vindication of
the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense
of the Confederate soldier ' s good name , the guardianship of his history .. "
Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, CSA
For more informat ion, call:
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"ARCHIVAPHOBIA: Its Causes a nd Cure" by Vi r gi ni a c. Pu r dy, Found
in THE COLORADO GENEALOGIST, vol. 45, no. 4, page s 239- 2 44.
The a uthor
is a member of the stat=F or the Nationa l Archives a n d Reco rds Se rv 1 ce.
"HOW IT BEGAN - The Signif"icance of" X as ' Hi s Mark'" in IMPRIN T S ,
the quarterly publication of" The Gen ealogical Society oF B rowa r d County,
Inc., Fla.; vol. 3, no. 3, page 60.
"A Brief How-To Lesson For Beginne r s " by She l by I.
HOLSTON PASTFINDER;
Dec. 1984, pages 37 - 38 .

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"Finding Resources for Genealogical Research in E . G . Swem Library,
College of \&gt;lilliam a nd Mary" by Merle Kimba l l .
VIRG IN IA TIDErlATER GE NEALOGY,
vol. 15, no. 4, pages 181-185 .
"Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1 890 " by Margaret R . .Jenks , SGS
Member and "A Guide to Church Records of Berks County, PA, and Adjacent
Townships BeFore 1800" by Sherry S hopp Rehr, SGS Member, a r e round in
SEATTLE GENEALOGICAL SO CIETY BULLETIN, vol 34, n o. 2, on pages 111-11 5 &amp;
159-1 66.

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Box 103, Platte City, MO. 6 4079 .
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ANCESTORS UNLIMITED, publi s hed by S outhwest Nebraska Genealo gica l
Society, P. O. Box 176-McCook, NE 690 2 4.
Novembe r-Decemb e r 1 984 .
BULLETIN of The Carolinas Genealogical Society,
Monroe, N. c . 28110.
Winter 1 984- 1 985.
ANCESTREE publi s hed by Loga n County Genealogica l
1959, Logan, West Vi r ginia 25601.
Winte r 1984.

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Historical a nd Gen ealogical Society, Inc., P. O. Box 1 382, OxFord, MS
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Note: For a li st or exchange quarterlies, check the membe rship directory.
Publications r e ceived are places in the Virginia Room, Roanoke Publ.ic
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Saturday , July 20, 1985
Shenandoah Room
Hotel Roanoke
Roanoke, Virginia
Registration 8:00-8:45
Morning Sess ions 9:00-12:00
Lunch 12:00-1:00
Afternoon Sessions 1:15-4:30
The workshop speakers will be Mrs. Patricia Gooldy and
Dr. George Schweitzer.
Both are widely known and
extremly knowledgable in the field of genealogy. Their
topics will include:
No Vital Records, Revo l utionary
war , Land Records, Civil War , and Pennsylvania Research.
PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
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4404 Pennsylvania Avenue , NE
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Volume IX - No. 3 - August 1985
CONTENTS
Wythe County, Virginia , Legislative Petition
Bath County, Virgi ni a, 1850 Mortality Schedule
Franklin County , Virginia, 1840 Personal
Property Tax List
Surname Index
Bedford County, Virginia , Court Document
Washington County , Virginia, Deeds - Adam Miller
Will of Jeremiah Ferguson
Will of John Deaton
Montgomery County , Virginia, Personal Property
Tax List for 1806
Robert Rose, Road Builder
Book Review
Queries and Index
Workshop Pictures

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PROGRAMS
September 21 , 1985 - "Vinton History " .:. Mattie Forbes and Margaret Wood
October 19, 1985 - "The Civil War in Southwestern Virginia " - Gary Walker
November 16 , 1985 - "What the Archives Offers the Researcher" - Mr Conley
Edwards III, Virginia State Archives
December - no meeting
The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society meets the 3rd Saturday of
each month at the Roanoke City Public Library located in Elmwood Park.
We meet on the 4th floor - new section.
Come early -- research in the Virginia Room -- and then meet with us at
1 :JO pm .

�THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
August 1, 1985

DEAR FELLOW GENEALOGISTS :
I am pleased to be able to report to you that our workshop was
very successful.
Dr. Schweitzer and Pat and Ray Gooldy not
only taught us a lot but kept us entertained as well. What was
in reality a long day seemed to go by quite quickly.
In
addition the facilities and luncheon served by Hotel Roanoke
were both excellent .
No mention of our successful workshop
could be made without saying thank you to Calvin Weddle , our
t reasurer. He did most of the hard work that made our workshop
possible.
Thanks also to Norma Jean Peters who handled our
publ icity.
We have a new member of the executive board, Mary Jo Shoaf who
wil l be taking over the job of Support Chairman. Mary Jo is an
experienced genealogist who was very act i ve i n her North
Carolina society before moving to our area. We l ook forward to
her contributions.
Gerri Glosh has found in necessary to
resign because of other responsibilities and we hope that she
will be back with us soon.
As r have mentioned before, the board is continuing to explore
ways that we may fulfill our stated purpose of fostering
genealogical research .
We are working with the Virginia Room
of the Roanoke Public Library to plan what we might do for
them and would welcome any suggestions from the membership.
We are working on a packet of information which we might make
available to those members who are
new
to
genealogical
research.
we hope to have this packet ready by October and
would appreciate any ideas on what might be included .
We
reali ze that it is not possible for many of you to attend our
meetings but we would welcome your i n put .
If you have ideas
that you would like to share with the board, please mail th em
to me at our P. O. Box.
I look forward to receiving some
our out of town members.

ideas

and

suggestions

H. W. Scott
President

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�WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA , LEGISLATIVE PETITION

The f ollowing petition is from Box B: 1798 - 1814, Wythe County. The origina l i s f ound in the Virginia State Archives , Richmond , Virginia . A zerox
copy has bee n pla ced in the Virginia Room, Central Roanoke City Library,
Roa nok e , Virg inia .
"To the hon oura ble the General Assemble of the Commonwealth of Virginia .
" The Pe tition of the subscribers who are inhabitants of Washington,
Wythe , Tazewe ll , Rus sell and Lee Counties Humbly Sheweth.
"Tha t a North branch of the main Holstein River has its source and almost
the whole exte nt of its Stream within the limits of Virginia.
" That the said North Fork might be made Navigable for Boats from Jeffry
Heldritosses*(or Heldritopes ) Mill to its junction with the main River a
s mall di s t a nce below the Long Island . (*or Holdritch's)
" Tha t the s aid River has been descended with Boats of burthen from near
the Saltworks to .Tu!.vid Pegin Milldam -- the greatest obstruction to the
Navigation tha t your Petitioners voice complains of is a grievance
"That it would facititate convenance , encourage (agri)culture and be of
advantage to the Citizens of Virginia was the said River cleared and declared a Public Highway.
"Therefore the Prayer of your Petitioners is that your honourable body
would take the premises into serious consideration so that measures may be
pursued to"
page 2
"afford us the Releif that we Naturally expect Gentlemen from the result
of your deliberations .
"And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall Pray.''
November 8th 1803"
Rob ' t Campbell
T Erwin
Osborn Iavenport
Saml Meeks
Wm Baker
David Parks
Daniel Anlett
C Schoolfield
? _ _ _ _ _ __
James Ball
Moses Carood
Ja__ Johnson
Cha ' s Carson
James Stone
John McCormick
Wm Beg_nington+
Samuel Keller
James Wallace
James White
Bery
Cauroe
Abraham Herdin
Francis Bon_
John Allen
Edmon Hynek
George McNew
Ephraim Lewis
Patrick Lynch
James Caughron
Charles Young
(+or Bunington)
page J
(The first three paragraphs are as above)
" That the said North Fork might be made Navigable for Boats from Jeffry
H ldrickes Mill to its juntion with the main River a small distance below
the Long Island.
"That it woudl facilitate commerce encourage Agriculture give employment
to the Mechanic afford a pleasing and profitable amusement for the Fisherman and in particular ~~ be of Vast advantage to the
of the
Western part of this State, and
of Tenessee was the said River
cleared and declared a public Highway
"That the said River has been descended from opposite the Saltworks with
Boats of burthen to Davis Ross_ Milldam the greatest obstruction that your
Petitioners now complain of as a grievance
" Therefore the prayer of Petitioners is that your honourable body would
take the premises into"
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serious consideration. -- give such instructions to our Repres enta tives in
Congress as you in your Wisdommay judge most proper . -- Adopt meas ures to
indu_ the Legislature of the State of Tenessee to pass a Law for the c learing and keeping open the few miles of the River below the Virg inia line so
as to grant us a Free pass to wealth National props eri ty and Honour , agreeable to the intent and meaning of the l ate measures of the General Government
by secureing a deposite for produce at New Orlea nes and there by permit us
to embrace the Right that God in his Wisdom Ordained for our us e .
"And your Petitioners as in duty bound shal l pray
"October 5th 180J "
Isaac Wilson
Watts Hill
Stephen Lyon
Jacob Lyone
Sampson David
Tho's Franklin
Rob ' t Johnston

Elisha McNew
Joseph Cawood
John Laswell
Waller Hels Jr
Thomas Ellis
John Huffman
Dudley C Th 'son

John Bradley
Nehemiah Crott?
W'm Crotty?
Edw ' d SfilY.th
John Cubin or
Os bin
Edward McNew

Julius Hlphin
Joseph Pondlet
John J ,. Trigg
Andrew Egner
Thomas Colley
J a mes Hamil ton
I saac Chapman
Andrew Breed

page 5
Michael Keyes
Neil M Niel
Michael Ewalt or
Elliott
George Hale
Gerard T Conn
W' m Rhea Junr
George Goodman
Ephraim Smith
Archeles Brurnly
William Wheeler
Joel Gallaher
}'Lilliam Gellher?
William Clark
Robert Edmondson

Joshua Burk
Thomas Douglass
gedien faris
Leonard Hutton
_Bobert Dukes
Arthur Bowen
Rob't Preston Jr
Jn'o Preston J'r
David Dryden
Joel Hilton
Michael Deckerd
James ternpleton
John Scott
W'm Jones
Samuel Mcginnis

Robert Stuwart
James Allen
James Johnston
John Thompson
James McAllen
Jn ' o McAllen
Stephen Trigg
Jonathan Eppler
Dav ' d Coa~(Craig)
Rob ' t Montgomery
Tu.vid Hays
Geo Gartine
Jn ' o Hughs
Tu.vid Cole
W' m Brownlow

Tho ' s Cla rkson

page 6
(the petition is similar to the two previous petition)
"And your Petitioner as in duty bound shall Pray
William Campbell
John Mitchell
Peter Scott

John H Poston
Samuel Vance
John Alexander

John A McClintock
Philip Sword
D Hughes

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Thomas Anderson
Georg Catron
William Kytron
Ja ' s Orr
J a ' s W Craig
Amiss or Amos Sutton
John Protn
Sam ' 1 Kelley
John Dunkin
Wi'rn Bowan
Sam ' l Edmiston
William Key_
John Carson

Oct 5 th 1803 "
H Vearyes ? or
W Venryes
Robert Whitely Jr

page 7
Thomas Sulloritt
Thomas Thornburgh
Ja's Armstrong
William Hi nds
William Poston
John Houston
Gaoriel apperson
Charles Tate
]2udley Campbell

John Anderson
John Roberts
Nathan Ichison
Samuel Gilbert
Andrew Allison
John Lamie
Tho's Tate
John Bates
Samuel Dyer

Thomas Dyar
Enoch Smyth
James erabtree
Henry Roberts
Richard Robertson
Basil Roberts
Andy Smyth
Reas on Roberts
John Roberts

Abraham Laynell
Richard Poston
William Tuite
J . F . Moore
James 'Tu.ylor
George Hayton Sen
Isaiah Hayton
George W Hayton
Robert Hayton jur

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Isaac Fulkerson
Rufus Morgan
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M Willoughby
?James
?
Reuben Bradley
?
eth ? And ' w Vance

Wil li;:i.m Hayton
?

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.T.:l ' ~ Cole

John Corry
Benj;imin C:1.woo&lt;l
Jo:,eph Cowoo&lt;l
Jno Arm:; t ron~

no . Bucha.nnan
Jame~ Smith
Abr ' m Hayton.

J ames Piper
James Longlay
William Brown
Peter Deckart
Abraham Bradley
E Thompson
s .. T .. Conn
And 'w Willoughby
Leonard Bickard (the R could be B or P)

Ja ' s Doren
Bas il 'Ial burt t
Edward McNew
James McNew

Charles 'Ialburtt
Georg Gollen

Willia m Tu t..c ;ind Thomas Tate are the only persons who have erested Lams across
the river ~-1ithln the State of Vi rginia and they have Signed the petition.

BATH COUNTY , VI RGINIA

1850 MORTALITY SCHEDULE
Whe n the cen~u:-; taker took the emuneration of the family, he a l so asked for the
nrtme of ::tnybody who died during the year ending 1 June 1850.
This information
wac not included in the census filmed by the U. S . National Archives but may be
found on microfilm at. t.hn Virg.inia State Archives , Hichmond , Va .
The following
i.:: ri. sclecLccl li:-;t o.f people from the record.
p:tgP. 99
1. Hannah Jone::; = 60 yrs = female = white = widowed = b Ba th Co. = d April
General d e bity =Gick 40 days
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*Hannah Barne;,

1J . Mary ?Cnjer?

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yrs = female = married

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des'd heart =sick

34. Nn.ncy Sprouse = 44 yrs = female = md = b Va = d Sept = cd dearrhaa = sick 21
days .
,- Judut ~prouse = 73 yrs = female = widowed = b Va = d Mar. = cd white s welling
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John Ray = /.j.Q yrs = male = md = b Va = d July = o agriculture = cd dropsy =
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virgtn1a Appala.Ohi&amp;D. Notes

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�1840

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST , F RANKLIN C OUNTY ,
continued from May 1985, p 59

VIRGINIA

A List of Taxable property within th e Di s trict of Moses Greer
Commissioner of the Revenue in the County of Franklin for the
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Adams James
Akers James B
Akers James Sen
Akers Joel
Akers Dani el
Akers Samuel
Akers Thomas
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Allen Mathew R
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Angle John
Angle Henry I
Angle Sally
Angle Abraham
Adkins John
Adkins Amos
Arthur John
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Arthur Barn ey
Arrington Arthur
Arrington Daniel
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Amos Wil son
Amos John
An gel Joshua
Aliff William
Aliff Thomas Jun
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Bernard John R
Bernard Thomas
Bernard Pr esella
Bernard Walter
Bernard Zadock
Bernard Robert
Brown John
Brown Plesant
Brown Dani el
Brown Richard
Brown Marmaduk
Brown William
Brown Willi am Jun
Brown Turn er
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Brown Nathaniel
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Boo n Fl e min g
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Bowmun J oel
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Bear d Edward
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Brudl e y Widow (Jesse?)
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Bi s hop J o hn
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Chitwoo d William
Chitwood Joe l Jur
Chitwood Ran dolph
Clowe rs Willasten T
Craghead Rob e rt
Craghead John
Crag head Charles
Callaway Hen ry T
Callaway Walter C
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Ca ll a way Willi am
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Crook Micha e l
Ca b eniss Cortland
Cabeniss Cassamir
Cab eniss Mathew
Campbe ll Elijah
Campbe ll Jeremiah
Campbe ll Samuel
Cliningpeel Peter
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Chambers William
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Divers George
Divers John
Dudley Thomas Miner?
Divers Oliver P
Divers Thomas
Divers Wedow (Francis)
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Doran J ohn
Doran Georg e
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Di ckerson Wedow
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Darn el Ri c h ard
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Earl y William
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En g li s h James
En g li s h P ermen o us
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Holland P e t e r L
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Hopkin s George W
Hopkin s He nry G
*Car $1 5 0
**Car $300

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Harper Polley
Ha rp er Rob e rt
Harris Jesse
Ha rri s Jubeel
Hatcher John
Hodges Hep born
Hatc h er Jeremiah
Harkrider John
Hambrick Oty
Huddleston Abraham
Hix P atrick
Hix William
Henderson Caty
Harreson John
Hughes Elijah
Holley Smithson H
Holley William M H
Hutts Thomas
Hurt Robert H
Hutts Farrus
Holland John M
Hill Cholin
Hartman J acob
Rowel Moses
Hartzel Widow (Jacob)
Hencock William
Hurt Steph e n
Hiett Moses
Holland Peter D
Hodges Rubin
Hill Wedow Lot D(?)

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Johnson Nathan
Jesse John
Jones Fleming
Jones William
Jimmason John
Johnson Claibourn
Jackson Buck
Jimmason Samuel

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Kinn e tt Joseph L
Kinn ett Ne h e mi a h
Keslar J aco b (Luk son)
Keslar Luke
Kesler S t e phen
Kesl er P e t er
Kesler J acob (Pet e r son)
Kit c h e n Charles
Kin sey Christ ian
Kin sey J acob
Kinsey Cornelas
Kin sey Oty
Kin guary Albert
Kasey Thomas
Laypra d Andrew
Lums d en We dow
Lumsde n Dudley
Levasey Andrew
L evase y Peter
Le v asey Lewis M
L ef twi c h Wa lter
Leftwic h Alexander
Laymon John
Leff ew Theodorick
L effew Fleming
Lion John
Loyd Benj a min
L aw Mary
Luk e William
Meador Paskal
Maxcey Osi as
Meador Benjamin Sen
Meador Joel
Meador Oty
Meador George
Meador John G
Meador Jahue

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Me a dor J osep h D
Meador Da v id
Mea dor Poll ey
Mea d or Ma di son
Meador J a mes P
Moorman Th omas
Martin Willi a m B
Martin Abr a h am
Mullings St e phen
McGuire El ijah Jur
Martin Eli zabeth
Martin J a me s
Mar t in Daniel
Maxcey J eremiah
Maxcey Zebedei
Mc Nee l J acob Jun
McNeel Jon athan
Mc Vey Thomas
McGuire J onathan
Mc Guir e Elijah Sr
Mc Guire Joel
Ma ng e rs John
Man gers Ja cob
Mea dor Jon as
Mccomack John
Mccomack Ande rson
Mills William
Mills Jubal
Mills Hiram
Mills Cornelas
Montgomery Samuel
Montgomery J ames
Mont g omery John
Moor e Jacob
Mills Ander son
McBride Obediah
Moore Henry &amp; Edward
Mullings Nehemeah
Murphy Wi 11 i a m
Marima n Thomas
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Martin Jonathan
Musgrove John
Meador Jesse
Maxcey Josia h
Meador James Sen
Nunly Thomas
Nunley John
Naf e Isaac Jun
Nafe John
Na.f e George
Naf e David
Naf e Jacob
Naf e Abraham
Naf e Dani e l
Naf e Isaa c (Jacob son
Nafe Jonathan
Nowel Judith
Nemo James
Nemo Thoma s I
Noble Daniel
Noftsinger Joseph
Nichols Archabald
Overfelt Ephraim
Odineel Thomas
Oyler Jacob
Oyler John
Oyler Dani e l
Oyl er Clemmens
Ox l ey . Archabald
Oxley Nathaniel
Overstreet Jubal
Odineel George
Odineel Talton

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William
Jesse Sen
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Perdue Edward
Perdue Stephen
Perdue Silus
Perdue Oty
Pagans Carter
Price James
Price Hughes
Price Owen
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Price Cyrus
Price Benjamin
Price Plesant
Price Joseph
Price Warfield
Pars ley William
Parsley Robert
Parsley John
Parsley William Jur
Parsley Solomon
Payne Moses
Payne Reed
Payne Mark
Payne Thomas Sen
Payne Isham
Payne Bernard
Payne Thomas Jun
Payne Dudley
Payne Frances
Pinkard William
Poindexter Thomas
Poindexter John
Poff John
Pucke tt Jacob
Peters Aaron
Peters Joel
Peters Jacob
Peters Jonathan
Peters Daniel
Peters Michael
Peters David
Peters Christian
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Pet ers Abraham
P ew Ri c h ard
P elter J ohn
P a t e Usabee
P ate Anthoney
P ate John
Prup ecker Christian
Plybor n J o hn
Pot eet George
Prill aman John
Prillamon I saac
Prill a mon Abraham
Preston Booker
Preston Christopher
Powel Widow
Powe l Edward
Prater John
Palmer John P
P almer Willi a m
Palmer John P Jun
Patezel Abraham
Patezel Jacob
Patezel Martin
Pric e Ruben
Pinkard Cyrus
Pelter James
Phelph Polley
Paterson Joseph
Payne Richard
Payne Charles

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Ridgeway Joseph
Robertson FranciE(?) W
Robertson William Estat
Robertson John
Robertson Stephen
Ray William
Re ese Silas G
Richar d son Charles
Richardson Edward

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Ri c h ardso n Ri c hard Jun
Richardson Georg e
Rayferd Bluford FN
Ri gney Jinnin gs
Rober tson P olley
Richardson Clinton Jur
Ross Sutherland
Rucker Anthoney

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Simmon s Jesse
Simmons Sally
Shilling J acob
St e wart Is aac
St ewa rt William
Sto v er Henry
Sampl e John
Slon e Tubal C
Slon e Samuel
Spr a dling Edward
Sen ce Willi a m
Simp son Thomas
Smothers Eli za beth
Shee n Ri chard
Sheen James K
Sled Josi a h
Sink Cornelas
Smith James
Sled Willi am
Southa ll Turn e r
Simmons John (M son)
Stump Edward
Sink He nry
Sink Hen ry (A son)
Sink John
Sink Abraham
Sink Jonathan
Sink Esam
Sink John Jun
Sink J acob
Shoc k ey Dani el
Showa lter Sa ll ey
Slon e Jahue
Stover Abr aham
Simmons Fletcher
Se l vary Sher ewood
Scott Josiah
Sc ott John D
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Smitn Hen ry Sen
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Sm ith Stephen
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Smith He nry Jun
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Smith Ar c hal es
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Smith Judith
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Sowder John
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Sowder Wedow
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Sowder Sena h
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Starkey Anderson
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Stark ey John
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Starl{ey Austin
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Saunders Fl e ming
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Showa l ter John
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Showalter Henry
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Simmons Anthoney
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Turner Ansolam
Turner Ri chard
Turner Leo
Turner Bartly
Turner John
Turner John Jun
Turner William
Turner Micajah
Thurmon Pl esant Sen
Thurmon Henry
Thurmon David
Teel Abraham
Teel Joseph
Teel Mellin
Teel Jimmima
Teel William
Teel Terrey
Taylor Lewis
Taylor Skelton
Taylor John &amp; Salley
Taylor Christopher
Taylor Edmund
Turnbull Wedow
Turnbull Stephen
Turnbull Jabes L
Turnbull James
Tinsley Stewart
Toney James
Toney Ann
Toney Charles
Trent Archabald
Turner Benjamin
Tomason James
Tal ifferro Tazwell
Turner Samuel S
Thompson Andrew
Trail Elijah
Thorp Richard
Webb Creed T
Walker Thomas
Walker George

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Wimmer J oh n Jun
Wimmer J o hn (Love?)
Wri g ht Geor ge E
Wright George Sen
Wright George (Finny)?
Wright William
Wright Jame s
Wright J ames G
Wright Widow
Wright John E
Wright An so l am
Wright Jo seph
Wright John Se n
Wright Goodwin
Wright Nan cy
Wright Thoma s
Wright J oseph K
Wright Ri ght
Webster Lewis
Webs t e r David
Webster John R
Webs t er J a n e
Webster Polly
Webster J ames
Webster William
Wood Stephen
Wood Stephen Jun
Wood Thomas
Wood Thomas D
Wray Daniel
Wray Jona s
Wray Benjamin
Wray Widow (Polly)
Wray John Jun
Wray John Sen
Wray Jocabu s
Wray Bird
Wray Adam
Wray Perry
Wray Edmund
Wray Meridith

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Wad e I saac
Wad e J o hn A
Ward Asa
Ward Willi a m
We aver Adam
Wea v e r Ba il ey
Wy song L ewis Jun
Wy son g L e wis
Will is Jubal
Wri g ht James Jun
Wr ay Le wi s
Wray Ches ley
Wright Sk e lton
Wright William Jun
Webb Warn e r
Wri g ht Robert p
Webb William
Wr a y We d ow (Kid)
Webb Hannah

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BOTETOURT COUNTY
Its Men, 1770-1777 .. .... .. . .. ....... . ...... . ..... . . . . .. $

6.oo

1785 Enumeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 00
Its Men , 1780-1786 . ........ ... .... . ... ..... . .. .. .... .. . 6.00
1820 Census , (Alphabetized ) . .... .. .. .... .. ....... ... .... 6,00
ieso Census and I ndex . . ............ . . ................• . 12. 50

Early Set tler--s .. . . .......... . ....... . ..... ....... , . • • • • 25. 00
Children . ..... .... .. ...... .•...... . .... . . . ... ......•... 35.00

MONTGOMERY COUNTY 1850 Census a nd Index . ... ............ 12.50
Prices include Tax
Charles T Burton , Genealogist, Rt 2 Box 111, Troutville, VA 24175
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Surname

Given name

Location

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Mrs Ella W Coleman , 3100 Pruitt Rd, B-201 , Port St Lucie , F L 33452
EAGER
John
Botetourt to Wythe Co , Va
cal750-18 Jl
CLARK
John
Wythe Co, Va
1 782-1865
SEYBERT
Christian
Berkely (w)va- Montg ,Va
to Wy the Co , Va
c 1744 -18J8
TYREE
!avid J
NC to TN to Letcher , KY
1828- 1918 c
ADAMS
Stephen
Letcher Co , KY
1 8 06 - ?
b ?
- d ?
HARRISON
Col John Tobias
VA
Va - Ha rla n Co, Ky BLAIR
John Robinson
Letcher Co. , Ky
1799- 1875 c
Mrs Ella Halsey Maner , Rt 3 Box
SMITH
C B
COVEY
Samuel Sr
SHOWALTER
Abraham
REDPATH
John
GODBY
Wm
Thomas
SPERRY
Elizabeth
NAPP
CROCKETT
Samuel
Samuel
PATTERSON
Peter C
TICKLE

Ramona M Gibson
Barley
CAMERON

BARGER
HANDIEY
ELKINS
OWENS
PATTERSON
RAMEY
SPRINKLE

353. Norwood , NC 28128
Montgomery Co , Va

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Wythe Co, Va
"
Giles Co, Va

176J
1784
178J
1740
1760
1752
1760
18J4
1770
17JO

Jas Sarah WISEMAN
Rkghm &amp; Rkbdge Cos, Va pre 1841
Allen/Jane DEMPSEY
Amherst - Rkbdge " Va
pre 18JO
Eliz 'h/Sam HANDIEY Monroe (W)Va to Ohio
md 1821
Wm/ Marg't HENDERSON Monroe Co, Va
res pre 1840
John/Eliz' h
Va to Clinton Co , Ohio b 1768 c Va
Harden
Russell/Dickenson Cos , Va 1810-1880s
John/Susan CAMERON Augusta Co, Va
res. 1820-70
James/Nancy
Pike Co, Ky /Russell Co, Va res l8JJ- 50
Geo/Hannah BARLEY
Va to Cass Co, Ind
1 844

Minnie W Hall, Rt 2, box 26 , Mouth of Wilson , Va 24J6J
WELL5, HOWELL (Va or NC), MORRIS (NC) , HALL (NC), ANDERSON (Va)
Mrs Frank Burian, 4 Sweetwood Ct, Ballwin , MO 63011
Braxton
Montg. &amp; Bed.ford Cos, Va 1797-185?; md 1817
BAILEY
John
Bedford Co , Va
1770 - l8J?
GORDON
William
Patrick Co, VA
1795-1883 md twice
CLIFTON
John H
Henry &amp; Patrick Cos, Va 18JJ-1888 md 1856
CLIFTON
Flora Hanton Unger, 2572 Russell St, Redding , CA 96001
OVEP.FELT
John II
Franklin Co, Va
WALDRON
Benjamin Jr
Bedford Co, Va
James
fl
OWEN
Capt William
Caroline Co, Va
BUCKNER
plesant S
Albemarle Co, Va
SANDirGE
Thomas Sr
fl
EDWARIB
Mitchell
New Kent Co, Va
STRANGE
John Garland
Caroline Co, Va
DUKE
Col
Anthony
Orange Co, Va
BLEIBOE

b l808 ; md 1830
md 1804
d l827
d l788
m l81J
d 1819
b 1726
m 1789
b 17JJ

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�Surnames

Barbar.i Hie::; t ;:i.nd Moore 14 22 Heimer Road San Antonio , TX 78232
HUFF
Rachael
S W Va-Tn 1798 Gbr, WV
b 1774
HAYS
Samuel
S/W Va- In TN c 1800
McDONALD
Magnus , Jas , Rebecca Wythe, Montg, Wash. ,etc
bef 1802
MORRIS
Ta bitha
Montgomery Co, Va
bef 1802
REAGER
John
Augusta Co, Va
bef 1760
CAPLTNCER
John &amp; Leonard
1700s
s/w Va
0 ' NEAL
James &amp; Rufus
not known
1700s
Frances Martha
McCLOUD
not known
1700s
Annie
AULT
not known
late 1700 early 1800
•
FU RLONG
Luci nda
early 1800s
laMona Wn.ldron
WALDRON
ST CLAIR
MOORMAN
GROOMS
PEARCY
CROSS
COOK
LONG
WALDRON
WALDRON
Mrs

Phillips , 2402 Sycamore Wasco, CA 93280
Willia m Sr
Montgomery Co, Va
Mary
Bedford Co, Va
Nancy
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Jonathan
London , Eng
Na ncy
Bedford Co, Va
Rachel
"
Margaret
Tennessee
Pearl Ann
Freeman Sp Pope Co, AR
Edward D
Vichy, Maries Co, MO
Benjamin Sr
res Pittsylvania Co, Va

d 1810

b 1784
1820-1877
b 1756-1841 Va
1820-1883 MO
res.
1856-1941 OK
1886- 1975
1881-1952 CA
1788

Trudie Davis Long , 8213 Mapleville Road, Mount Airy , MD 21771
VINCELL
George Tillman
Loudoun Co, Va
KETCHAM
Edward
Washington Co, Va
HILL
Benjamin B
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PHILLIPS
Ma rtha
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GOBBLE
Elizabeth
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GOBBLE
William
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SPEARS
Lucinda
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COUNTS
George
Russell Co, Va
CATCHUM/KETCHAM
J a mes
Was hington Co, VA
Mc REYNO LIB
James
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b 1793
d 1870s
md 1813
md 1813
md 1827
b 1828
d 1840
d 1821

Curtic. E Milton , Jr ., 1 08 Grason Rd, Glen Burnie , MD 21061
DUNCAN
William
Giles &amp; Craig Cos , Va
BANE
El izabeth
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Ii' IS HER
Samuel
Giles Co, VA
TAYLOR
Bets y
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PENDLETON
Patri ck Co, VA
William
HUBBARD
Elizabeth
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HYLTON
Moses
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CRUISE
Elizabeth
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Giles Co, VA?
PERDUE
King
ROBI NETTE
Rhoda
b VA, Boone Co, WV

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1808ca md 1832
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JoAnn Gwinn, 7475 SW 102nd Avenue, Beaverton, OR 97005
CIRC LE, DEI SHER, HOOK, WHI T'IEN and GOODWIN in Alleghany and Botetourt Cos, VA

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�Surnames

Mrs Doris Buhrman Snyder , General Delivery , Mint Spri ng , VA 2 L1-46J
Dorothy Chappell
Amelia Co , Fincastle , VA b l79Jc - mdl8 11-dl880s
BACKUS
BACKUS
George
ditto-Pete rsbu r g , Va ; NE
d 1 829 Fi ncas tle
Abraham
Wash . Co , MD; Botetourt , VA 1 8 1 5 -1 884
BUHRMAN
BUHRMAN
Wm Henry Harrison
Botetourt Co , VA
1 8 41 -1 9 00
CURD
John Edward
Bucking ham &amp; Bo tetourt , VA 1 8 14-1 8 94
LUS'IER
Susan F
Campbell Co &amp; Fi nc as tle , VA 1 82 0-18 9 5
SLUSSER
Henry Madison
Botetourt &amp; Bedford Co , VA 1 8 1 4 - 1887
ZIMMERMAN
Hannah Jane
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1 822- 1904

BEDFORD COUNTY , VIRGINIA
The following is a copy of a document in a court case of 1790 .
Bed.ford March Court 1790
In Tres p ass Ass ' o of
Amy (ali as Amy Jones who sues in paupius : Plt )
Batt'y &amp; f als e
against
)
Zacharia h Neal
Deft)
impris onment
This day came the parties by their attornies , and there upon c a me
als o a Jury , to Wit , John Clayton , John Hopkins Otey Stephen White , Robert
Cowan, Samuel Hancock , Philip Brown , John Beard, Jos eph Poinde xt er , Thomas
Nance, William Holt , Thomas Haynes &amp; Francis Dickers on ; who being Elected
trie d &amp; Sworn the truth to Speak upon the Issue Joined upon their Oath do
Say that the Plaintiff is a Free Woman &amp; not a Slave a s by replying She
ha th a ll edged, And they _s asseess the Plaintiffs D:tmages by the Occasion
i n the Declaration mentioned to forty Shillings &amp; 1 Penny tender her Costs
Therefore It i s considered by the Court that the Plaintiff recover against
t he Defendant her fumages afores 'd in form afores ' d assessed &amp; her Costs
·by her about her Suit in this behalf expended &amp; the Said Defendant may
b e t a ken &amp;c.
July 11th 1801
A Copy
teste Ben Rice D. C. for J SteptoeC . M. C.
Regis tered by me the 28th July 1802
teste H Bowyer
Bedford County, to Wit
This day Mary Neal &amp; John Neal came before me a Justice of the Peace
f ox the County of Bedford and make Oath that Pheobe , Hannah &amp; Sylvia who
now res i d e in the Town of Fincastle in the County of Botetourt, are the
Chil dren of Amy, Alias Amy Jones formerly the property of Zachariah Neal
who Sued for &amp; obtained her Freedom in the County Cou rt of Bedford afores 'd
and that they have Severally arrived to the Age of Freedom
Given under my hand this 26th day of July 1802 Isaac Otey
ACopy tes t e H'y Bowyer CBC

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�Washin gt on County, Virginia deed abst r acts of the deedsof Adam Miller
The s e d e ed were abstracted by Mrs. Margaret R. Davis, 165 east
Mai n Street, Abingdon, Virginia 24210 for C. E. Shepard in February of 1973.

Bk. t Page t 92
1 1 May 1787 Robert Cnmpbell to Adam Miller for
l 2lbs . 13 shillings current money of Virginia one lot. adj. town
on Abinedon along Main St reet.
Campbell's wife, Rebecca.

Al so acknowledged by Robert

Bk. 1 pg. 24 1 20 March I 792
Adam Miller and Mary, his wife, t o
William Y. Conn for 70 lbs. current money of Virginia same lot
above.
Bk. 1 pg . 568
16 ,luly 1796
John Christman t o Adam Miller for
88lbs . 46 acres lying in Rich Valley on the waters of the North
Fork of the Holston River near a branch and a spring and a deep
spur of Walkers Mountain . John Chris tman bought this tract from
John Young 7 Septembe r 1788.
Wit . John Fleeno r, John Stuard and Peter Mumpower.
1 pg. 507 21 Feb . 1797
Andrew Cline and Eve , his wife, to
Adam Miller for 306 lbs Virginia currency 357 acres on the waters
of Heaver Creek , a branch of the Holston River, granted to John
Owens 10 July 17H4 and transferred to Andrew Cline by deed 1795.
(This Beaver Creek is in the western part of Washington County,
Va. and flows through Bristol, Va.-Tenn . ) Adj . to Jones ' land.
Hk.

13~ .

.2 pg. 67 ;4 Apr ll i 798
1\oam lviiller and wife, ~1a r;v, to Isaac
Trulo ck for 400 lbs . current money of Vireinia :::&gt;OO acres lying on
the water s of Beaver Creek and a part of a survey made for John
Owens and granted to said t-iiller by Andrew Cline and Eve, his wife,
2 1 F'eb . 1797 adj. to Miller's land , Jones• corner and a branch.

Uk. 2 PG• 74
$ 1333-33 1/3

23 Mar ch 1798 Thomas Elliot to Adam Mil ler for
480 acres (patented by Thomas Elliot 19 Oct. 1796)
on a cross bra n ch of Steels Creek No rfu side of Chestnut Ridge

ad_j. to f'ryatte 1 s and Dishner' s lands by the Great Road.
Thomas El liot signed, his wife, Elizabeth made X.
\'Ji t. Ephriam Smith , Hobert Hensley, Elijah Gell enwaters, Michael
Hickman and George Dishner .

Bk. 2 pg. ?40 21 April 1 HO !
Adam Miller and Mary, his wife, to
W:il liam Sims for 31200 . 00 90 acres p.ranted to Adam Miller by patent
b earing date ?2 Oct 1800 lying on the waters of Reaver Creek adj.
to John Pre~; ton, J r ., Shellys and Trulock's lands, Zimerlys, along
a r:i d r.e.
Wit.: Elijah Gellenwaters, Jacob Lea tors, Jacob Shoemaker
and Arthur Moore.

RESEARCHER for Fra nklin Co., Va, and materials in the local librariers .
Write to Mrs . Edith McGhee Sigmon, Rt J, Box J04, Ferrum, VA 24088.
Phone J - ( 70J ) -J65-2297.
Local a rea and material in local li bra.ries. Write to Arlene D
Bell , 431 Homepl ac e Drive, Salem, VA 24153. Phone 1-(?0J) J87-9250.

RESEARCHER:

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�Bk. 2 pg. 514
20 April 1802
John Chrisman and l-!ary , h is wife,
to Adam Miller for 105 lbs. 200 acres patented by John Chrisman
29 Dec. 1800 lying along Walkers Mountain. Wi t .: James Duffy.
Bk. 3 pg. 33 15 March 1803
Adam Miller and ~ary, hi s wife, to
Daniel Kaler for $250.00 200 acre s being t h e same land conveyed
to Adam Miller by John Crisman and wife 20 April 1802 .
Bk. 3 pg.
to Daniel
waters of
Miller by

34
15 March 1803
Adam Mill e r and Mary , his wife,
Kaler for $200. 00 convey 46 acres in Rich Valley on the
the North Fork of the Holston River conv eyed to Adam
John Crisman by deed dated 16 July 1796 .

Bk. 3 pg. 35
3 1 May 1799 Adam Miller and Hary, his wife, to Peter
Minick for $480. 00 a tract of 144 acres bought by Ac.lam Miller from
Thomas Elliott and his wife , Elizabet h, locat ed on the North side
of Chestnut Ridge adj. to Dishner ' s land and crossing the Great Road .

Bk. 3 pg. 36

15 March 1803 Adam Hiller and Mary, his wife, to
John Miller for $500.00 99 acres along Sims line conveyed to Adam
Miller by Andrew Cline and wife 21 Feb. 1797 .
Bk. 3 Pg. 36
Adam Miller and Mary, his wife, to Jacob Barb for
$666. 66 a tract of 100 acres being a part of a tract granted to
Adam Miller by Thomas Elliott 22 Harch 1798 lying on the wat e r s
of the Main Holston River adj. to Friott ' s and the main road.
Dated 15 Ma~ch lB03
Bk. 3 pg. 12 1
20 June 1803
Adam Miller of Sullivan County ,
Tenn. to Martin Statzer of Washington County, Va. for $250. 00 conveys 51 acres on a West branch of Beaver Creek.
Adj. to Trulock,
Smith and John Miller. ( Adam Miller bought this land from Andr ew
Cline.)

Bk. 3 pg. 202
9 March 1804
Adam Miller and wife, Mary , of
Hashington County, Va. to John Shaver of Washington County, Va.
for $2250. 00 290 acres part of a survey to Adam Miller dated 23
March 1798 lying on the waters of Shils Creek ( 5teel s Creek) a
branch of the Holston River, corner to Jacob Barb, Peter Minick
and the Great Road.
Mary signed tr.is deed -- Anna Maria.
Bk. 5 pg. 223

Adam Miller of Sullivan County, Tenn. to .John Miller
of Washington County, V,a. for valuable consideration and in fee simple
/.20 acres lying on Cove Creek a South branch of the North Fork of the
Holston River adj. to Alexander Porter.
Wit.: Andrew Hussell, Jacob
Lynch and H. Dixon.

Bk . 5 pg. 2'?4
20 April 1812
Adam Miller of Sullivan County . Tenn .
t o Samuel Fleenor of v!ashington, County, Va.
for valuable consideratjon
and s old in fee simple. 119 acres l('lcated on Cove Creek in Washington
County, Va. adj. to John Miller and crossing the cr ee k.
Wit.: Andrew Hussell, Jacob Lynch and H. Dixon.

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�Vir ·~j_ nia

97

Ann:1lachi-'ln !lotes
LAST \ITLL AND TE3TJ\MENT
OF
J3R.Sl !IJ\JI FZRGUSON

Franklin Colll1ty, Va.
1n i t lmmm to a l 1 men : that I, ~eremj ah Ferg uson of the County of
Ti'ran 1&lt;"l i..n tmrl 3t.:ite of 'lir i~inia , do hElreby make this rrw last "dill &amp; Testament
in manner ,,_nii fo!"P1 ns follow!:i , to ·.·l:i.t : First , I dsire all my just Debts and
Juri~1 l o xnon;,os to b&lt;'l paid , .:ind , to a ccomplish that, I desire that immediately
after my de;t th ns ·won as throun:h exnedient that my Executors shall sell my
mM r:i.:i.br iel _, ttl so a l. l my peri shable nronerty of every description, stock
ilousehold ".: ;'. i tchen fu "Tli ture Tools, and all other articles belon11in r. to me
on Cl T'wolvo months credit o r otherwise as may be throug h best by my Executors.

2nd , I -~i vo and bnrtues th to .JD.rah Scott all that Track of L"U1d lmoi-m by the name of
Po•r0::; Cabhin and whar 3anforcr )cqI~ -no\·r· live s on to him the said Sarah Scott
and his heirs ~fo re ver .
l :rd, I c:ive and bequeath to Jeremiah Thornton a Track of
L:·tnd known by the name of Coalhill about two Hundred Acres i t being the La.nd I
c-~o t. of _.li.lli.:m f e r ;-ruson , Deceased.
Sstate adjoininr; \John T. ifaid and others to
him the said JerorUa h Thornton and his heirs forever. 4th I Give and Bequeath to
Rache t iLkers a pa rt of my Land lmown by the name of the Pole Bridg e Land on Storey
Creek Be£P.nning whar my line crosse s the r oad near Clarks School HousA t1 !H1r:c- ;-,
Jorth !!:ast corse thA eenter and Top of the Ridc;e to the mouthc.of the Branch below
whe r Stephen 1-;uJ,lins now l i vas wher the afore said branch fall in to Story Creek,
and thenco due C!:ast to JamG s Yoru1~s- line and with i t to Pete r Saunder..s y e lines to
3anunuel Ha.i rstons line and with my line to the ber.;innin~ .
To him the said
'lache t AJ&lt;:ers and -his heirs forever . 5th I r;ive and bequesth to Wiley TI1ornton
a ~')art of the pole b ri.d (i;e Track of Land % ginning on the Branch wher my line
crosses th0 branch below 'lilliam Grammars and won the branch as i t meaners to
Stor y Cree 1( a nd the same covars to the line I bequesthed to futchet Akers and with
i t to wher i t intersexted (ille~ble) with James Youn?"s line and along my line to
Hu·•h Oneal s line and with i t to Ishol Coo~ line and with i t to Wi llia!!L
Brommer s linc.::i and with i t to the '9c:ir;innino: .
To him the said W:llay Thornton and
hi s heir s forever .
6th I r:ive and bequ&lt;'lst to Francis._1hornton the balance of
the Pol.e f1ridr;e 1 ;i.nd bound by the line I bequesthed to ~~het )_\.lc_C?r s and Wiley
'TI1orp~Qn acljoininp- '.E:lliam Luke knO\•m by the name of SUlfer Sprin r, s on Story Creek.
To said F'rancd.s Thornton and his heirs forever. 7th I !~ive and bequeath to Marr;e t
Thornton and C.har~s Thornton to be equally divided between them when they both
a rive af~e o:f Twenty One years old all my track of Land I now live on . i t bein ~ the
land I bou";ht o! Andrew Ruls heirs . To them and their heirs forever. Sth , I ;::;ive
and bequeath to _$si..m.:i.1~LTu_ornton a Tra ck or L'1.11d 1.yin ~ in the Count y or Floyd on
Little 11.iver i t bein~ the Land I bouP;ht o.f Nark Saul s heirs. To him the said
Samuel Thornton and i1is heirs forave~. 9th I - r;ive and bequeath the surplus i f
a ny of the Droceeds of the part of nroperty I directed sold to pay debt s and
defray cxpen ces.
To ~~ry 'J;ho rnt_~l]. to dispose of at her nleashure. 1 0th I
constitute and apnoint Ste phen Ake~ and Sarif~ntl Scott nzy- 8xecutors a~ reeable to
the directions of' my ':lill- toact as such with out any security for their p erformance only the~:- oath .
Rati0Jin r&gt;; and confirmin3 this and no other to be niy Will.
In ;Jitneys hAar of I have he reunto se t Tl\Y hand and affixed m.Y seal thi s
1 0th d ay of Anri l
1.RJ4.
his
Jeremiah ,)(Ferr;uson (Seal)
mark
Proved in Court 6 th June H34J
J\cknowled n;ed h y C'.ieorF~EI Turner
John F. "lnid , Jere miah P. Tiale
Tuste , : !oses G. Carner
Thi.sis conied

~rom

a handwritten will.

�Will of John Deaton

I

(This is a copy of the original will , which i:::; at the Roanoke Co . , Va . ,
Court House , Salem , Va. It is r ecorded in Book 1, p 1li-6 , 185J . )
I John Deaton Of the County of Roanoke, do make and publish this my last
Will and Testament , hereby, revoking and making void all i'ormer Wi l ls by
me at any time heretofore made.
As to such wordly Estate as it hath pleased God to entJ::Ust me with
I dispose Of as follows (Viz . ).

1~~ I direct that all my debts and funeral expenseB be paid as s oon after
my decease as possible , Out of the first Mon ies that shal l c ome into
the hands of my Exe cu tors , from any portion Of my Es ta te real or
personal .
2!!9-

I wish my land sold by my Executors as s oon a.f ter my decease as
practicable, and untill sold my son Francis As berry Dea ton is to
have the refusal of renting it ; Also I direct that a l l my perishable
property be sold as soon as practicable, and that the proceeds of
my hand and property be divided equally between my s ix children ,
(Viz.) Polly Goodwin, Eliza Horn , Li ttleberry Ha rdiman Dea ton ,
Sarah Temple , Francis Asberry Deaton and John W D:ty .
Also I leave
My family Bible to my son Francis Asberry Deaton .

J~

I , John Deaton , having, since the foregoing Will was executed ,
married Luvina Eller , between whom and myself there is a marriage
Setlement on record in the Clerk's Office of Roanoke County Court ,
and it being provided in said Settlement that the said Luvina is to
have no portion Of my Estate , except Such as I may direct by Will
or otherwise - And now wishing to bequeath to the said Luvina, my
present wife , the Sum of Two Hundred Dollars , Also one cow, which
s he may make choice of , and that s he have her s upport for the next
ensuing twelve months after my decease . and do direct in my Will ,
before making di stri bution Of my Es tate amongst my six Chil dren , do
pay to my said wife Luvina Dea ton the Sum of Two Hundred dollars ,
but that Legacey to be void If I should survive her ----

4!-!!

I do hereby make and Ordai n John W Lay and Francis Asberry Deaton ,
Executors of this my last Will and Testament .
In Witness whereof
I, John Deaton the Testator have to thi s my Will written on sheet
of paper, Set my hand and Seal this fourteenth day of February in
the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three .
John Deaton

Signed, Sealed and acknowledged (?)and for his last Will &amp; Testament by
John Dea ton in Our presence and we being pres ent together at the same
time this 12th day of January 1861. Patterson Coon , Andrew E L Campbel]
At Roanoke April Court 1861
This last Will and Testament of John Deaton Senr was produced in
Court, and proved according to law by the oaths of Patterson Coon and
Andrew E. S. Campbell Subscribing witnesses thereto , and is ordered to
be recorded .
Teste
T Johnston , C

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�MON TGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST
for 1806
contributed by
Calvi n Weddle
( Tne original of this document is at the Virgi nia State Archives 1 Richmond
Virg i nia . A zerox copy of the original has been placed in the Virginia Room,
Roanoke City Public Library , Roanoke , Va. )
(page 1)
List of Tithables within the district of James Ba:rnett Commissioner for Montg.:&gt;mery Coull ty in the 75th Regiment A. D. 1806
(The 2 colums are headed "Names of Ti thables" and "No . of Ti thables)
Thomas Ally Sen ' r
Thomas Ally Jun'r
J a cob Akers
Emery Alti z er Sen'r
Emery Altizer Jun ' r
John Altizer
D3.vid Altizer
Blackburn Akers A
Adam Akers
Y
John Akers
William Akers (S'ns ?son)
Jonathan Akers
Valentine Akers
Solomon Akers
John A.lldridge
Jacob Absheer
John Absheer
Thomas Arther
James Addair
A
Cooper Y
Nicholas Ally
A
Patt
Y
William Aldridge ~
Ezekiel Alldridge
Leonard Alldridge
Austen Akers
Clayburn Akers
Lewis Anderson
Asa Axton
John Bond
)
Viz) Susy &amp; Sucky )
David Barnett
)
Anthony &amp; Fillis )
James Barnell Jun ' r
)
Milly
)
James Bernett Sen 'r
Viz ) Schuyl~r Be:rnett
Jitas (?), Rachel , Sall
Nelson (?) &amp; Lucy

1

1
1
1

1
1
1

2

1
1
1

1
1
1
1

1
1
2

1

J
1
1
1

1

J

3
2

)
)
)
)

7

Alexander Bane
Viz ) Polly , Anny , &amp;
James Bryans ~
Luis
)
James Bratton
Jacob, Edy , &amp; Milly
Willi am Brill
W'm Knox
Moses Bevers
Alexander Bevers
Thomas Barnett
Joseph Barnett
Fill &amp; Polly
Robert Bratton
Nimrod Brown
George Boothe
lli.niel Boothe
Abi jah Boothe
Adam Baranger
~
Tu.n 'l Baranger ~
John Beckett
Thomas Bowyer
Robert Brabson
Stephen Boothe
Iavid Bishop
Charles Bowman
Henry Bishop
Jn ' o Bishop
Jacob Bishop
Matthew C Boles
Elisha Bowman
John Buford
James Bryans (Mason)
George Bowman
Robert Bell
Jeremiah Bell
William Bell
Isaac Berry Sen'r
Isaac Berry
James Bowcher

VJrS1JlS&amp; Appal&amp;oh1an Note!

Rhodarids(?)~

~

j

4
2

4
2

1

1

4

1
1

1
1

2

1
1
1
1

1
1
2

1

1
1

1
1
1
2

1
2
1

�John Barnett Sen ' r
Jo's Barnett
Robert Barnett
Gamer Bartlett
Jn 'o Bartlett
Nann &amp; Jim
Reuben Bartlett
Isaac Boothe Sen ' r
Ian'l &amp; Isaac Boothe
Abner Booth
James Booth
William Burton
Thomas Bratton
Jonathan Busk
James Busk
William Blais
Thomas Beckett
Richard Beckett
John Bankos
William Bankes
John Bingman
Moses Brown
Ambrose Briant
William Baid

Jac~~ 0~rton

2
1

4
1

J
1
1
1
1
2
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2

1

Walter Beane
William Billops

1
1

Joseph Childress
William Cooke
Joshua Clevenger
George Clevenger
Samuel Coffee
Robert Coffee
James Coffee
Allen Clear
George Clear
~
Betty
'
Francis Clear ~
Jacob Clear
'
page 3
( ?).Jinzy Crow
James Charlton Jun ' r
Jonathan Chri s mon
James Caldwell
James Charlton Sen 'r
Viz) Flora, Jack, Jim,
Lena &amp; Eunis
Iavid Collins Sen 'r ~
Iavid Collins
'
John Cassaday
Nann
fuvid Craig

1
1

1
1
1

1
1

1
2
2

1
1
1
1

6
2

2

Matthew Castillo
Barbary
Joseph Covey
William Cronk
Samuel Cr ockett
Francis Charlton
William Cassaday
Nathaniel Crandl e
Ezeriah Crandl e
Ambrose Cox
Frederic Christenbury
Francis Clement
Carter Cox
Matthus(?) Cox
John Carter
John Cl if ton
William Coleman
John Copher
John Cooper
George Cooper

2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

2
1
1
1
1
1
1

Jacob Cooper
1
John Cline
1
Peter Cline
1
Michael Cline
1
John Cook
~
4
Peter , Joe &amp; Liz ~
Joseph Compton ~
2
James Compton
'
Samuel Covey Sen 'r
1
John Covey
1
Samuel Covey Jun ' r
1
Eliazer Cole
1
James Cornutt
1
William Cornutt
~
J
Wm &amp; Jon'o(?) Cornutt ~
Sarah Cornutt ~
1
Alse
~
Elijah Clay ~
2
Charles Clay ~
James Craig
~
Viz) Frank, Betty , Fortuna(?)
7
Fann , Faniah &amp; Nancy
Hugh Crockett
Jo's Wattes &amp;
6
Robert Crockett
Jobe &amp; Morning
(Note: on a bove only 5 names listed)
Stephen Childress
1
Andrew Childress
1
William Childress
1
Bowlin Childress
1

1

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page 4
Elizabeth Charlton ~
Lucy
'
Jona than Conner
An drew Conner
William Conner
Zadoch Conner
Jos eph Cole
John Charlton ~
?Ike &amp; Jack
~
Sally Cooper
Arthur Cooper
Henry Carter Sen'r
Jaby , Beauford, D:tne &amp; Nann
Henry Carty Jun ' r ~
Peter
'
John Cooper
Washington Cooper
Benjamin Craig ~
Ann Craig
George

1
1
1
1

1
1

J
1

~

'

5
2
1
1
2

1
1

Hen:ry Cronk
James Callaway
Bristo &amp; Charlott
Amos Combs
~
Tho ' s Combs '
Baily Carter
Tho 's Carter
William Carter
John Chambers
Robert Carle
Jos eph Carle
Jacob Conner

2

2
2

1
1

1
1
1

Walker Crump

1

Peter Deyerle
~
Viz) Lydia , Bill , Jim &amp; Jinny '
Charles Deyerle
John Deyerle
Tom
Abram Deyerle
Thomas Deyerll(?) (Dewell)
Seth Ianken(?) (?Iankeis
John Duncan
~
Tho ' s &amp; Greenbury Duncan '
Henry Dun can
Blanch Duncan
Eli Iavis
Abner Dobins
Thomas Dobins
Wm Dobins
Reed Dickerson
Leonard Dickerson
~
Griffeth Dickerson '

5
1
2

1

1
1

3
1
1
1

1
2
1

2

Na than L'a.bney
Nicolas Dobson
Moses Dunlop
John Dunlop
Solomon Da.vis
Jessee Deweese
Hannah Deweese
Sam ' l Deweese
Ianiel Dobins
John Dobins
Dina
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Zacariah Ianiel
William Dillingham
Elijah Dickerson
Benjamin Dodd
George Da.bney
John Da.bney
Sally Dodd ~
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Abram Draper
John Draper
George Dunlop (weaver)
Lanky(Sanky?) Dizon
William Erwin
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Jesse Edwards
Robert Elliott
Da.vid Elkins
Jonathan Elswick
Stephen Elswick
John El s wick
Hugh Edwards
John Elkins
Curtis Elliott
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Thomas Evans
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George Epperly
Iavid Elkins
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Levi Flanigham
Moses Fuller
Charles Furrow
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Nortluup Fuller
Obediah Fuller
Abram Farmer
Thompson Farmer
Henry Fanner
Barnet Farmer
Joseph Farmer
John Fanner
John Fizer
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John Felkeins Sen'r
Jn 'o &amp; W'm Felkeins
Martin Felkeins
Peter Funk
Amariah Faris
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John Gibson
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William Grimes
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Ambrose Grayson
William Godby Sen ' r
Europe &amp; Hannah
John Grayson
Peter &amp; Betty
Francis Gardner
Robert Gard.n er
John Gardner
Edward Gray , S ' r
Edward Gray Jun ' r
William Gray
William Gil ham
William Gibs on
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Dick , Alex 'r, Delph &amp; Nancy
John B Goodridge
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Edmund P Goodridge
Jonathan Grayham S ' r
Lawson Gray ham
Thomas Goodson Sen ' r
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Jacob Gudekuns
Jonathan Grayham
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William H Gant
John Grimes
Jonatha n Grimes
John Gray
James Gordon
Noah Hawkins
Burtin Hawkins
George Hancock
Tony, Ben , Dublin, Mary
Maria h, Betty &amp; Nathan
John Heaven
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Jacob Phison ??Pnison
Michael Howry
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John Hoff
Joseph Hoff
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William Hungate S ' r
William Howard Jun 'r
Ja cob Hornba r ger Jun'r
J ess , Luke , Pa tt &amp; Liz
Asa Ha ll S ' r
Asa Hall
Jonathan Ha ll
Iavid Hall
William Heavin
Isam &amp; Jud e
Peter Hornbarger
Ezekiel Howard
Jenny
John Hewett
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Achillus Helton
Edward Helton
John Helton Jun'r
John Helton Sen 'r
Hen ry Helton
Elisha Helton
Jesse Helton
James Helton
George Helton
William Henney
William Hewett
Jonathan Hackett
Solomon Harman
Jacob Harmon
Benjamin Hickman
Iavid Harness
Joseph Henderson
Nathaniel Hatch
GeorgeHornbarger
Moses Hunter
Iavid Hays &amp; William Hays
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David Hays Jr
Abraham Hoanaker
Isaac Hoanaker
Philip Hogan
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Isaac Horton S 'r
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Ben &amp; Jenney
James Henry
Jonathan Hall
Jesse Hall
Freebon Hall
Tu.vid Hall
Philip Huff
Henry Huff
Adam Hellems
William Howard SM??
Peter Holley
Jos eph Holley
William Holley
William Hays
Samuel Huff - GC
Ianiel Howell
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Benjamin Howell
Francis Harter
Jacob Harter
Isaac Harkrider
Iavi d Harkrider
Joseph Harris
Peter Howard
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Joshua Jones
Henry Jones
Robert Jones
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Russel Johns
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Joseph King
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James Kirby
William Kirby
Henry Kirkner
James Key S ' r
James Key J 'r
Joshua Key
John Key
William Key
John Kerby
Thomas Kelsey ~
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John Kelly
John Kent
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James Kent
John King
John Kermikle
William Kermikle
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Iavid Leffler
Jacob Leffler
William Luckess
Samuel Lucass
John Lucass
Travis Lawson
John Lester
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James Lester
Abner Lester
Samuel Lester
Sam'l Langdon
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William Laurance
Nath ' l Laurance
Stephen Lester
Samuel Lester
I srael Lorton
Jacob Lorton
Thomas Lorton
Thomas Li threll
Thomas Lithrell S ' r
W' m &amp; Jn ' o Lithrell
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Peter Durman
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John Long Sr ~
John Long
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Mark Likins
George Lithrell
Henry Light
James Light
Jonas Likins
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Alex ' r S . Lyle
Charles Lee
Andrew Lewis Sen ' r
Charles , Ben , Dick ,
Devinport
Moses , Lucy , Pheba
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Charles C Martin
Joshua Martin
Thomas Martin
Luke Muncey
Nathaniel Muncey
William Muncey
Samuel Maddox
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Isaac Mc Cal e p
Joseph Moo re
John Moore
Philip Martin Sen' r
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William McPeake
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Samuel McCutcheon
John Morrical
George Mact (??MacN?)
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William McNicely Jr
William Morris
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William Malcom
Jesse Moore
Jacob Moore
Davis Mannin
Eli McVay
Jacob Miller
Abram Miller
George Mikesell
Peter Mikesell
Iavid Moore ~
Isaac Moore '
Ziba Moore
William Morrical
Jacob Morrical
Randle Moore
John Morton
Robert Marshell
Eli McVey
Zabi Michim
Eli jah Michim
Elisha Morris
Thomas Mitchell
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Isaac Picklesimer
Abram Picklesimer
D:ul'l Parkerson
Richard Parse
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Jotham Parse
Samuel Parse
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James Pratt
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William Prather
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Stephin Peters
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Conrad Plaster
George Peary ~
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John Peary
William Presise
Jonathan Presise
D:i.vid Porter
George Pflegar
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John Porter
Matthias Peterson
Jeremiah Pate (Jacob's son)
John Peary (N . River)
Garner Paten
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John Rayburn S ' r
James Reyburn
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Isaac Richards
Barnet Richardson
Gabriel Rose
Henry Rupe ~
Jacob Rupe ~
Joseph Rentfro
Elisha &amp; Sarah
Thomas Roberts
Bowlin Rogers
Israel Rose
Peter Riffe
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Jeremiah Ratliff
Shaderick Roberts
James Robinson
John Rentfro
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William Rien
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Benjamin Ratliff
Moses Ratliff
James Reapath
John Ryley
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Stephin Reed
Jonathan Reed
Richard Richardson
Jn'o Richardson
Henry Real
William Reynolds
John Reynolds
John Reuthrough
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Adam Soladay
Jacob Shoopman
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Abram S tanley
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Robert Simpkins Jr
James Simpkins
Philip Smith
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Abram Spicklemire
Henry Stipe
Abel Stanley
Hendrick Sutfin
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Peter Straw
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Fill &amp; Ruth
Frederick Shepherd
Jacob Stukesbury
Robert Stukesbury
Rachel Smallwood
Jeremiah Smallwood
James Sewell
Peter Smith
Rosanna Shilling
Jacob Shilling
Henry Shocky
John Shockey
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John Snuffer '
Jacob Sowder
Thomas Scott
Matthew Scott
Herculas Scott
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Henry Sowers
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John Tinturf
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Nathaniel Thompson
John Turman
Adam Thompson
Henry Turpi n
Wm Thompson
Wm Thompson &amp; Patt
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Jesse Thompson
Larkin Thompson
Israel Thompson
James Tuber
John Tuber
George Taylor
Samuel Trump
John Thrush
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John Woolwine
George Woolwine
Patrick Whalin
Allin Whalin
Valentine Whalin
David Willis
John Win teer
Tho's Winteer
Mary
Benjamin Waddle
Andrew Waddle
David Waddle
Martin Waddle
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John Waddle
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D:tvid Wade
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Daniel Wade
John Wallace
John Willis
William Woolwine
Archibald Whitt
Richard Whitt Jr
Richard Whitt Sr
Abijah Whitt
John Write
Pate Write
Aaron Webb
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Jonathan Willson
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John Lemmon
Aggey
Alexander Willson
William Willson
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John West
Ebenezar Watkins
Philip Williams
John Willson (B.C.)
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ILLUf:ITNATING A DARK CORNER:

ROBERT ROSE, ROAD BUILDER

By Nathaniel Mason Pawlett
Faculty Research Histor ian
Virginia Highway and Transportat i on
Research Council
The multitalented Reverend Robert Ro se , t h r ough those en tries in his
mid- eighteenth century Diary dealing with roa d bui ld ing i n the T ye River
area of Albemarle (now Nelson) County, ha s h e l ped t o t h ro w a little light
on early road building in Virginia. Very few writt en r ec ord s were kept by
those who practiced it.
One who practiced road building and wh o did writ e about it, sketchily,
was the Reverend Rosert Rose. The conventio n al v iew o f e arly roads was
that of primitive trails and paths, particularly in t h e We st.
Even in the
earliest stages of settlement in large areas of Virginia in the eighteenth
century, this period of trail-blazing wa s bri e f.
Throughout the seventeenth century, "path" was the t e rm used to denote
the routes traveled by both the Indians and th e wh it e settlers to describe
Virginia lines of travel not worthy of the name "road."
"Consulting the Oxford English Dictionary, we find that the word trail
is derived from a 'trail,' that which is left by the passage of a thing or
person over a surface . Therefore, a trail should b e defined as the most
elemental form of a path , a followable route. • • • • The path is a footway ,
'especially one beaten by feet, ' •••• permitting the passage of a person or
a horseman, but not a wheeled vehicle. Paths suitable for travel on horseback were often designated as 'bridle paths ' in Virginia road orders."
Finally, the dictionary defined "road" as a suitable way for the passage
of wheeled vehicles. A road then would include bridges over l arger streams ,
and possibly some grading. It would seem that the paths of the I ndians became the paths and the roads of the white men as settlement moved into the
Piedmont in the years after 1700.
Road signs appeared at intersections directing travelers to "the most
noted places" by 1738 • Mileage markers were erected by 1737 or earlier, as
noted by William Byrd II, who mentioned having seen 13 miles of the road from
Germanna to Fredericksburg similarly marked .
Rose, located in the Piedmont up-country in the shadow of the Blue Ridge,
was involved in the construction of several roads and bridges.
As noted in
his diary dated January 30 - February 3, he was for five days engaged in road
building and bridge operations.
"January 30 - Cloudy, went with Mr. Harvie and my people on the Buffalow
Road , moved a heap of stones • •• ••
"February 1 - Fini s hed the Bridge over the Spring Branch, cut down the
Bank a t Buffalow, l evell e d part of ye Hi 11 by Naked Creek &amp; got Home at Night,

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these 3 days has cost Me 36 Men ' s labour, to do my Neighbour s a pleasur e
before I have got Necessarys for myself •••
"February 3 - •• • finished the road two Miles from one Rol l ing Road to
the other, very Cold, got home about 3 pm."
Robert Rose owned plantations in Essex and Orange Counties. He owned
many slaves and white indentured servants . On his home plantati on, he owned
39 slaves at the time of his death in 1751. When two or three planter s of
the stature of Robert Rose , Pe~er Jefferson, and Joshua Fry wer e assigned
a road to clear or open, constructing or opening a road woul d have been
neither difficult nor unusua l , as they could easily have had access to 100
me n or more at a time for employment.
From Rose ' s Diary we learn how roads and bridges of what has been cal led
Virginia ' s Golden Age were laid out and constructed by such eighteenth century
ge ntlemen as Robert Rose .
Abstract from :

BULLETIN - Virginia Department of Highways and
Transportation, July - August, 1978.

BOOK REVIEWS
by Belva Counts
All books donated for review are given to the The Virginia Room, Roanoke Central Library , Roanoke , Va ., unless the author has designated another library.
WHEELER COUSINS compiled by Wheeler Cousins . The book is divided into three
parts : Part I (Early Settlers) begins with immigrant Iavid Wheeler (b Co. Kent,
England) , who travelled to Newbury , Massachusetts , and then covers some of the
Wheelers in Buckingham , Cumberland , Hanover and Henrico Cos ., Virginia. Part
II (Bedf"ord Co. , Va , Wheelers , addresses these families with most of the space
taken up by Thomas and Elizabeth Wheeler. Part' III (other Wheelers and allied
lines in other parts of the USA and short summaries of Borden, Carlock, Cotner,
Hays, Hill, Hines , Hudgins , Julian, Milemore , Nease and Rader. "Wheeler
Cousins " is soft covered with more than 500 pages , indexed, pictures, docwnentations and has many maps. The book may be purchased for $20.00 from Vivagene
Wheeler Handley , 2011 E. Rosebrier, Springfield, MO 65804. The complimentary
copy for SWVGS is from John T. Wheeler, 4060 Mary Lee, Memphis , TN J8116 .

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Aaron
155
Allen
155
Anderson
138
139,140,149
Baldwin
1 51
Bateman
130
Beckett
162
Bishop
156
Bocock
167
Bogle
133
Bolling
156
162
Bond
Booten
131
164
Bowyer
Brawner
154
151
Brickey
154
Butler
146
Campbell
Canterbury 141
Carrington 167
Carter 141,167
133
Cecil
148
Christian
160
Cloudis
150
Cole(s)
163,167
153
Cox
147
Crawford
130
Crigger
160
Crowdus

Curd
164,165
Davis
157,163
Dawson
167
Dean
152
Deweese
162
Dorson
167
Doss on
167
Douglas
154
Dudley
155
Elliotte
170
Ellixson
143
Elswick
144
Farguson
153
Farmer
154
Finch
149
Forbus
147
Gibboney
133
Gillespie
135
Gilley/Gillyl58
Gray
169
Grubb
134
Haga
134
Hannah
136
Ham
154
Hardy
167
Harris
137
150,161
Hayden
168
Henry
165
Hill
148' 150

Hogan
164
Holloway 138, 139
Holmes
130
Howell
167
Huff
158
Hutton
132
Joll ey
170
Jones
134,138
143,157
Kessler
145
Kilpatrick
147
Lamb
145
Lester
144
Lightf oot
167
Little
168
Luckey
153
Lunsford
169
Luster
166
Mason
159
Mayo
167
McDaniel
155
Minter
167
Moorfield
155
Morton
167
Murphy
157
Nelson
138
Niekirk
146
Petty
149
Poole
143
Prather
146

Pr e bble
159'160
Pr e witt
153
162
Prillaman
145
Quarl es
164
Rad e r
167
Rea
167
Rea d
159
Reid
134
Riggs
134
Ring
161
Roach
1 56
Robinette
130
Sluss
164
Slusser
1 32
Smith
162
Sowder
163
Stoneman
156
Sturgill
Tosh
137
Townsley
136,137
142
VA Gen .
167
Venable
Warde nl30,131,132
1.67
Wat kins
157
Watson
Well s
1 56
154
Woodson
Zimmerman 164,165

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130 - 85 . Thomas WARDEN ,
Jess BATE MAN .
Ca n a nyon e
from to VA?
J ess BATEMAN
Ma linda CRIGGER i n Wyth e,
pi c tur e o f h er a nd d a us.
Malit a WARDEN MU RPHY , Box

JR . , b. 1798 , Augusta, md. Rebecca BATEMAN, dau. of
help in regard as to where the BATEMAN family came
md. Martha HOLMES.
Where? Thomas WARDEN III md.
h a d 5 daus. , Malinda gr anddau. of Mary SLUSS. I have
Will e x change for one of the father Thomas WARDEN III.
319 Athens Star Route, Princeton, WV 24740

131 - 85 .
De sir e i nfo about BOOTEN family.
Josephine BOOTEN was b. in MO, 1846 .
Pul a ski cen s u s 1860 shows Martha BOOTEN, 38, head of the house. Josephine BOOTEN
md . Stu a r t WARDEN, 1865, had 5 children, d . 1884 . Will of Martha BOOTEN found
in Pul a ski 1861- l eav i ng 2 minor sons, James and Samuel. What happened to them
a nd whe r e did BOOTEN f amily live before going West? Samuel and James b. 1840 ' s,
1852.
Ma lit a WARDEN MURPHY,
address above .
132 - 85 .
Albert WARDEN, son of Lawrence and Anne HUTTON WARDEN, md. Ruth SMITH
of Mont g omery .
Alb e rt di e d after 1900. He has 3 daus. in Roanoke.
I do not
know ma rried n a mes; wo uld like for anyone to contact me who does know this family
as the grandf a ther wa s Johnston B. WARDEN, Civil War man . Malita WARDEN MURPHY ,
address above.
133 - 85 .
Would lik e to know parents of Hamilton Ray BOGLE of Tazewell Co., VA .
He was a deputy sheriff at time of his death early in 1870. He was married to
Sarah Ann CECIL.
He had a dau. who married a "GIBBONEY" in Wythe Co . in the
mid 1870' s.
Wa s his father Robert BOGLE and his mother Mary Ray BOGLE?
Parke C. BOGLE, 1117 High St., Pulaski, VA 24301 . Tel . (703) 980-6974
134 - 85.
Need info on Hiram JONES, b . 1824, VA , md . 1844, Susa n HAGA in
Grayson Co. , VA .
L i ved Russell Co . .• VA in 1880, d. 1906 . Children (b . Grayson
and Russell Cos . , VA) were: Celia JONES GRUBB, Fielden, Margaret Caroline , E.o och ,
Freelin g , S a r a h Elizabeth JONES RING, John, Andrew Jackson, and Mattie Lucinda
JONES RIGGS.
Mrs. Jacque NIPPER LAND, 23 Carriage Lane , Newark, DE 19711
135 - 85.
Who wa s first wife of Robert GILLESPIE who d. 15 Dec. 1858 in Smyth
Co ., VA? They had sons:
John, James, Wm. H., David and Reese A. (my greatgr a ndfather).
Son Wm. H. remained in VA, but other sons "went West . "
Elv ~ M. BOWLES, R#2, Bowen, IL
62316
l 3EL.::_8 5 .

Want parentage and siblings of John HANNAH , b . Sept . 1795 , VA, md ..
Elizabeth TOWNSLEY, July 1818, Botetourt Co., VA. Dau . Elizabeth J ., b . May
1819, VA; son Patterson, b . May 1821, VA ; dau. Mariah, b . Apr. 1826 , Hendri cks
Co . , IN .
D. M. WUBBEN, P. O. Box 692, Santa Cruz, CA 95061
137 - 85.
Want maiden name, birthplace, birthdate, parentage and siblings o f
Elizabeth TOWNSLEY.
First husband James or Thomas TOWNSLEY, md. 2nd husb and
Jonathan TOSH, August 1805, Rockbridge Co . , VA . Married 3rd husband Srunu el
HARRIS, Jan. 1819, Botetourt Co., VA. D. M. WUBBEN , address a bove .
138 - 85.
I am researching my family from SW VA including the followi n g:
Harv e y Columbus ANDERSON (b. 1806-VA) md . Keziah HOLLOWAY (da.u . of John- NC) i n
Grayson Co .
Mary Ann (NELSON) JONES (b . 1831- VA) d au . of James M. NELSON.
Mary Ann md . Wallen A. JONES (b . 1833-VA) and lived in Gr a yson Co . unt il l ate
1800's.
Wish to correspond and will exchange info with inter ested p er sons.
J . Mahlon ANDERSON, 115 Devon Drive, Mauldin, SC 29662
139 - 85.
Wish to correspond with persons having knowl e dge o f Thoma s ANDERSON
(b. ca 1785-VA) Family . Thomas and wife Sally lived in Gr ayson Co. un t il 1850's .
Thomas was surety on marriage bond of Harvey ANDERSON a nd Kez i a h HOLLOWAY i n
Grayson .
J. Mahlon ANDERSON,
address above .
140 =- 85 .
Wiley ANDERSON (b. 1830 Grayson Co . , VA) md . S ar a h - ?- (b. 1833
Ash e Co ., NC).
Th e y lived in Tazewell Co. in 1850 and in Lee Co. in 1860.
Would like to correspond with descend a nts of thi s family or anyone who might
know the ir whereabouts after 1860 . Believe Wil ey to b e a s on of Harvey
Columbus ANDERSON .
J . Mahlon ANDERSON. addr e ss above.

�141 - 85.
Any info of the following persons:
My g - g r a n dmoth e r , Ma r t h a J ea n
CARTER, widow of William CARTER, may have mov e d f r om F ay e t te C o . , WV , with her
younger son, Henry CARTER, who oper.ated a produ ce b u si n ess 111 o r n e a r Roanoke ,
VA, about 1895-1915 or later.
A dau . , Ell e n CARTER CANTERBURY (Jo hn ) , 1 i v e d
in Roanoke after 1900 .
Minnie Ruth LEAKE , 7507 S.E. Swan Av e . , Ho b e S o und,
FL 33455
142 ~ 85.
Want to buy Volumes 19 and 20 of th e VIRGI NIA GENEAL OGIST .
Mrs. Delores C. RUTHERFORD, 1758 Carmelo Dr . , Ca rmi c h a e l , C A 95608
143 - 85.
Would like to correspond with a nyon e work i n i; o n t h e ELLI XSON family
from Person Co . , NC.
Trying to find plac e o f d eat h and b ur ial of Wi l l i a m
Alexandria POOLE, d . May 1893.
Possibly buri e d
in Pi ttsylv::t n ia Co . o n a f a rm
that was owned by a JONES family.
Also tryin g t o f in d pl a ce of ma rri age for
William Alexandria POOLE and Mary Ann ELLIXSON , wh o we r e 111 d . ar o und 18 66.
Jodie UPDIKE, Rt . 1, Box 281, Billings, MO 6561 0
144 - 85.
Seeking info on the ancestry of J a mes LE STER .
F a mily h is t o ry is
tha t he md. Mary ELSWICK on 5 June 1792 in Bot e t o u rt Co .
Nee d co nfi r ma tion of
that ma rriage and info of his and her parent s .
Wi l l ia m LESTER, 4 511 Me l r o se
Ave., Tampa, FL 33629
145 - 85.
Need info on Archibald D . LAMB of Bo t e t o urt and B e df o rd Co s . , VA .
Father of Polly QUARLES (md. 1 788, Botetourt Co.) , Rac h e l KESSLER (md . 1806,
Bot e tourt Co.), and Richard LAMB.
Al a n L. LAMB, 1616 Ka rl e y Dr i ve, Arnold,
MO 63010
146 - 85.
Seeking info on Frank M. NIEKIRK, a f a rm e r in T aze we l l C o .,
1871.
Wife J a ne PRATHER, dau. of John W. PRATHER and Anni e CAMPBELL o
Al a n L . LAMB, address above.

VA,

in

147 - 85.
Would like info on William CRAWFORD, d . 29 Ma y 18 3 5 , Bot e tourt Co. ,
wife Margaret KILPATRICK, children:
Jean, John, Ma r g e r a, Eu fues , Eliz a beth,
Mary, Thoma s, William, Joseph, James, Samuel, Andrew, Ro b e r t K., S a rah, Elexa ndr a .
Robert b. 7 May 1798, d . 1849/50 Linn Co . , MO, md . f i r s t Eliz a beth,
22 Feb . 1 822, se c ond Nancy FORBUS, MO .
Joanne A. SMITH MELLO, P. O . Box 61,,
P ol l ock Pin e s , CA 95726
148 - 85.
Se e king ancestry and dates of parents of· John Turner HILL, b. 22
Mar. 1802, d . 28 Jan. 1860 in New Kent Co., VA.
He md . Tabitha CHRISTIAN
CHRISTIAN, a widow with dau., Patrickanna CHRISTIAN, 1828/9.
Help a ppreciated;
wi ll ex. info on HILL &amp; CHRISTIAN lines .
Meta Hill BOYNTON, 5725 Pine Acres
La n e , Roanoke, VA 24018
149 - 8 5.
S e eking info on the ancestry and dates of" Jame s W. PETTY, said to
have been b . in King William Co. about 1817, lived most of l i f e in Campbell Co .,
VA, Rus tbur g a rea, was a blacksmith and the husband of Eliz a beth K. FINCH, m o
bond 6 Ma r . 1839,
Help appreciated; will exchange info on FINCH, PETTY &amp;
Cha rl es Th omas ANDERSON (Botetourt Co.) lines .
Met a Hill BOYNTON, address abov e .,
150 - 8 5 .
Seeking info on ancestry and dates of Lydia COLE, wife of Samuel HARRI S ,
m. b on d 29 Nov . 1809, Douglas Register, Louisa Co . , VA.
He lp appreicated; gl a dl y
e x c hange v oluminou s info on HARRIS &amp; HILL lines proceeding from Scottsville,
VA , Albema rl e Co . , a fter 1840 .
Need also dates for Samuel HARRIS.
Meta Hi l l BOYNTON , address above .
1 5 1 - 85.
I a m seeking info on the pa.rents, grandp a r e tn s, e t c . of my grandmother, Rebecca J a ne BALDWIN, b. 5 July 1859, Scott Co . , VA.
She md. David
L ee BRI CKEY, 30 Oc t. 1877, d. 10 Ma y 1933 .
She h a d 2 s i s t e r s , Me lissa a nd
Vi c tori a ; a lso 2 b ro thers, Henry a nd William.
Any info will be appreciated.
Kat hlee n B . SLUSHER. 1703 W. Rivervi e w Dr . , Belle, WV
25015
1 52 - 85 2
In f o n eede d o n al l DEANS who lived in L ee a nd Ru sse l l
1800's .
L loyd DEAN , Rt. 6, Box 4 9 8, Morehe a d, KY
40351

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�153 - 85.
Who wel.·e the parents of William LUCKEY, b. 1 June 1801 in VA?
He md. Nancy Ann PREWITT and moved to Bartholomew Co., IN.
Who were the
parents and children of Thomas FARGUSON who lived in Halifax Co . , VA, 1785?
Who were the parents of Mary FARGUSON who md. John COX, 1 Nov. 1766 , Halifax
Co . , VA?
Their children? Eugene E . LUCKEY, Box 885, Burns, OR 97720
154 - 85 .
Searching for parents of John DOUGLAS and Mary BRAWNER .
John and
Mary were md. 1793, Halifax Co .
His will was probated June 1818, Pittsylvania
Co.
Tryi:ig to fi nd the names of children of Newton FARMER and his three wives,
Sar a h HAM, md. 1812; Sarah WOODSON, md . 1823 and Rebecca Douglas BUTLER, md.
1834 .
All children b. Pittsylvania Co., VA.
Jodie UPDIKE, Rt . 1, Box 281 1 •
Billings, MO
65610
155 - 85.
Seeking parents of John H . ALLEN, b . ca 1807 and Edna DUDLEY , b. ca
181 4, possibly Campbell Co.
Also need the names of their children.
Need marriage dates and places for following:
(all b. Pittsylvania Co.) William Harrison
ALLEN , b 1872, md . Josie McDANIEL.
Enuna Kate ALLEN, b. 1874, md. Mr. AARON.
Harley Bert ALLEN, b 1876, md. Nannie Clark MOOREFIELD.
Jodie UPDIKE , address
above.
156 - 85.
Who were the parents of Francis (Frank) STURGILL, b. ca 1808, NC,
md . Rutha BISHOP, b. ca 1809, VA . , d . 1883, Richmond, VA; dau. Nancy WELLS;
dau. Rachael, rnd . Joseph BOLLING, 1870, Wise Co., VA; dau. Mahalia STURGILL,
b. 1848, KY, d. 1909, Wise Co., VA, md. Johnny Martin ROBINETT (1844-1936) ,
1867, Wis e Co., VA; also a son, Francis STURGILL.
Glenn E . ROBINETTE, 224
Aspen St . , Alexandria, VA 22305
157 - 85,
Was Robert DAVIS (1724-1816), md. Mary WATSON, the grandfather of
Mary "Polly" Ann WATSON DAVIS, b. ca 1809 in VA (had bro. Ben DAVIS) md. Isiah
JONES, b. ca 1805, VA (bro. John JONES, 1 7 86- 1876, d. Wise Co., VA) Lee Co ., VA ,
1850, Wise Co., VA, 1856.
Was MURPHY the maiden name of Celia Jane JONES, b .
ca 1764, the mother of Isiah JONES? Glenn E. ROBINETTE, address above.
158 - 85.
Wanted:
Parentage of John GILLEY, SR., b. ca 1780, NC .
Was Francis
GILLY/GILLEY, b. 1759, his father?
Son, John (Jack) BLACK GILLEY, b . ca 1806,
VA, md. Mary HUFF, b. ca 1813, KY.
Was John HUFF , Rev . War soldier who settled
at Nettle Patch, present day Wise Co., VA, the father o:f Mary HUFF GILLEY?
Glenn E. ROBINETTE, address above .
159 - 85 .
Elizabeth MASON, b. ca 1760 had brothers and sisters John , Martin,
Mary, Margaret MASON, named in John's will 24 Sept. 1795 Campbell Co .
Eliza.beth md. John PREBBLE ca 1 785.
Who were parents of Elizabeth MASON? Son of
John and Elizabeth PREBBLE, James PREBBLE, md. Jane REID 1-19-1830 Campbell
Co.
James REID' s parents?
Ed BALDWIN, 1029 Fairfa x St., Radford, VA 24141
160 - 85,
James PREBBLE, b. ca 1811, md. Mary "Polly" CLOUDIS/CROWDUS , 1-19-1830 ,
Campbell Co.
Mary's father was Francis CLOUDIS/CROWDUS.
George W. CLOUDIS/
CROWDUS may have been Mary's brother .
Any info on Francis CLOUDIS/ CROWDUS.
Ed BALDWIN, address above .
161 - 85.
Julia A. ROACH, b. 1854, md. (James?) HARRIS, ca . 1869, Campbell Co .
Had children:
Theodric G . HARRIS, b. 1870; Charles Henry Burton HARRIS , b .
1875; and Sallie Morris HARRIS, b. 1877.
Julia.' s parents may have been Joe and
Patsy.
Any info on HARRIS or ROACH appreciated .
Ed BALDWIN, address above ..
162 - 85.
Jacob SOWDER, b . 1734; d. 1819; settled he ad of Little River, now
Floyd Co., VA.
Issue by 1st wife:
Michael, Adam, Jacob, Jr ., Christian, Mary
DEWEESE, B arbara BECKETT, Elizabeth "Betsy" BOND .
Were they b . in VA, PA , MD
or DE?
Was 1st wife Elizabeth or Barbara DEWEESE? Second wife was Anna PRILLAMAN, Franklin Co., VA, 1788 .
Where is SOWDER homeplace &amp; where are Jacob
SOWDER &amp; wives buried?
Ruth BOCK, Rt . 9, Box 9396, Midland, TX 97903
163 - 85.
Charles COLE, b ., d., md. 16 Mar. 1795 , Grayson Co., VA , Elizabeth
S'fONEMAN.
Need dates of birth &amp; death &amp; names of parents and children.
Harmon DAVIS, b ., d., md. Hannah STONEMAN .
Need dates of birth &amp; death &amp; names
o f parents and children.
Mrs. S . O. DEAN, R.D. #3, Box 82 , Cambridge Springs,
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164 - 85.
Need for SLUSSER genealogy book:
P a rents a nd family o f He nry Madison
SLUSSER, b. July 1814 - d. June 1887, Botetourt Co.
Br o ther s :
J o hn md. RADER;
Peter, md. Ida HOGAN.
Henry md. Hannah J ane ZIMMERMAN, F e b . 1839, Bot e tourt Co .
Need info on residences before 1839.
Children:
Eli z abeth; Ma r ga r e t; Ma ry; James
Madison, md. Betty CURD; Robert; S.mith, md . Lillie BOWYER; Jon as; Annie.
D~ris B. SNYDER, Mint Spring, VA
24463-9999 .
165 - 85.
Need parents of George ZIMMERMAN and Mildred HENRY, md.
Co . on 21 Dec. 1819, and info concerning their imm e diat e f a mili es .
Doris B. SNYDER .
address above.

in Botetourt

166 - 85.
Susan LUSTER, dau . of John LUSTER, md . John CURD in Bot e tourt Co . ,
Aug. 1837.
Who were parents of John LUSTER? He once owned Natural Bridge.
Any
info on LUSTERS appreciated.
Dori s B . SNYDER,
addr e ss above .
167 - 85 .
Would like to correspond with anyone working on the following lines:
WATKINS, VENABLE, COLES, LIGHTFOOT, CARRINGTON, MORTON, MAYO, READ, HOWELL,
MINTER, BOCOCK.
Most of these families intermarried.
Also, CARTER, HARDY, REA,
and DOSSON-DORSON or DAWSON .
Have copy of A CATALOGUE OF THE DESCENDANTS OF
THOMAS WATKINS OF CHICKAHOMONY, VA .
Printed 1852 for priv a te circul a tion, will
share .
Wm . T. CARTER, 4435 Cordell Dr ., S . W. , Ro a noke, VA
24018
168 - 85.
Edmund LITTLE, b . 1805, VA.
Who were his parents?
Where did they
live?
Where and when did he marry Maria HAYDEN, b . VA?
On 1830 Boone Co . , MO
census; Tarrant Co . , TX 1840 census; Benton Co., MO 1860 census .
Who were other
members of his and her families? Need info on LITTLES who were in MO early .
Mrs. Don w. WELLS, Box 125, Riverton, KS 66770
1 69 - 85.
Abraham Kilby LUNSFORD, b. ca 1814-20, Surry Co . , VA or NC .
Md.
Minerva GRAY, Laurel Co . , KY, 1842.
Di ed durin g Civil War a t St . J oseph, MO.
Who were brothe rs, sisters, parents or othe r relatives of his family?
Had
children :
Thomas, William , Abn e r, Mary Ann and Alabama , all b. in KY.
Mrs. Don W. WELLS.
a ddr ess above.
170 - 8 5 ,
Jo h n Da vid JOLLEY, b. 1825 1 MO; d . 1916, Salina, OK u
Lived in
J ohn s on &amp; Ben t on Cos . , MO .
Said people were Welch Miners who came to America
early .
Ca 1850, md. Eliza Ann E'LLIOTTE, dau. of Robert ELLIOTTE, b . VA .
Who
were h is p a rents?
Where did they l i ve? Would like any in:fo about John D avid
JOLL EY or Eliz a Ann ELLIOTTE or their 10 children, all b . a:fter 1850.
Mr s. Don w. WELLS, address above,

SEMINAR 1 85 : Tidewater Ge nealogi cal Society invites you to join us in "NEW
BEGINNINGS FROM THE OLD WORLD TO THE NEW" featuring Dr. George K. Schweitzer
and Mr. :Klaus Wust . September 28, 1985 a t the Ramada Inn, Rt 17 &amp; I-64, Newport News , Va .
Pre-r egistration (Sept 20) $11. 00. After Sept 2 0 and at
door $13 . 50. Lunch $6.25. Write to Tidewater Genealogical Society, 207
Hankins Drive , Hampton , VA 23669 for full details.
(Editor ' s note: Dr Schweit zer is very informative -- worth your while to go.
I have not heard Mr. Wust but understa nd he is very good. )

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They lef t the workshop ' well i nformed . '

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" Billy Yank "

"Johnny Re b"

"Continental Line Soldier "
" Have you been to the ' arch-ives '
in Washington City? "

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Did you find your book?

I did not have enough

money ~

And I know of one person who found a book on their famil y .

Meeting old friends and making new ones,
.. kissin' kin " and exchanged notes.

Some even found

�1985 WORKSHOP

Dr George Schweitzer
"Revolutionary War "
"Civil War"

Ray Gooldy
" land Records "

Mrs Patricia A Gooldy
"No Vital Records"
"Pennsylvania Research "

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OFFICERS -EXECUTIVE BOARD
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Asst. Treasurer-Memb. ·
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Babe Fowler
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Marian Landress
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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
November 5, 1985

DEAR FELLOW GENEALOGISTS:

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The end of my year as president of your society is fast
drawing to a close.
I feel that we have had a successful year
due to the hard work of your executive board.
We finally
obtained our non-profit designation from the post office
department which has cut our postage expenses. We have opened
an additional bank account so that we may earn interest on the
money in our treasury.
The executive board has approved a
project which will involve obtaining additional microfilm of
Virginia records for use of researchers in the Virginia Room
of the Roanoke Public Library.
Our long range goal is to
obtain a large portion of the records currently available at
the Virginia State Archives.
We feel that our July workshop
was that best one we have held.
As you probably remember we
are sponsoring these workshops on alternate years now and
would welcome your suggestions as to speakers and topics for
1987 .
Mary Jo Shoaf, who is our support chairman, is heading up our
microfilm project and is completing our packet for new
researchers. This packet will be ready in the near future and
we would still appreciate any ideas on what might be included.
I ask you to look back over our first ten years of existance
and consider our growth and our accomplishments. We began with
a handful of members and now number in excess of six hundred.
Our treasury has grown so that we are now financially secure.
I also ask you to think of the future and where our
organization ahould be headed. Please share your thoughts and
plans with our executive board.
We realize that it is not possible for many of you to attend
our meetings but we would welcome your input.
If you have
ideas that you would like to share with the board, please mail
them to me at our P. o. Box.

H. w. Scott
President

VJrgmsa Appalachian Notes

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Volume IX - No. 4 - November 1985
CONTENTS
The President's Message
Smyth County, Virginia - 1832 Personal Property List
Giles County, Virginia - Court Records
High Bridge Presbyterian Church
Rockbridge County, Virginia
Montgomery County, Virginia, Cemeteries
Pat Snider Cemetery
Iafayette Cemetery
Lee County, Virginia, Lockhart Family
Quarterlies
Non-Exchange Publications
Notes on Exchange Publications
New Members
Book Reviews
Queries

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November 16, 1985 - "What the Archives Offers the Researcher"
by Mr Conley Edwards III,
Virginia State Archives
December - no meeting
The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society meets the Jrd Saturday
of each month at the Roanoke City Public Library located in Elmwood
Park. The meeting is held on the 4th floor - new section.
Come early
at 1 :JO pm.

research in the Virginia Room -- and then meet with us

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SMYTH COUNTY, VI RGINIA
1832 PERSONAL PROPERTY LIST
The ori ginal of this list is at the Virginia State Archives , Richmond , Virginia.
List of Taxable property within the district of Joseph W Davis Commissi oner of
the Revenue for Smyth County (Souther ' n District) for the Year of our Lord 1832 .
(Note : the headings for the columns are as follows : )
(1) Date of Re
the (paper torn) individuals ; (2 ) Persons Names Chargable with Tax ; (J)No. of Whites above 16 years Old ; (4) No . of Blacks above 12
Years Old; (5) No . of Blacks above 16 years Old ; (6) Horses Mares Mules and
Cows ; (7) Stud Horses and Jacks; (8) Rates of covering for Season; (9) Carriages
&amp; Gigs ; (10) Tax in dollars and Cents .
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1 0 0 0
John Mannifer
1 0 0 0
Thomas Miezels
1 0 0 2
Thomas J Moyers
1 0 0 1
1 Carryall $55
Jane Matthews
0 1 3 3
?Levina Mink
0 0 0 1
James Moris Jr
1 0 1 3
1 Carriage $100
James Moris St
1 0 0 0
John Matheney
2 0 0 0
Wm Matheney
1 0 0 0
John McClewer
J 0 0 6
Iavid Mink
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
Andrew McGee
Elizabeth Morgan 0 0 1 1

• 06

1.54
.18
• 06
.12
1. 06

1.12
• 06
2. 43

.36

.31

J6-2-11-47

9, 07

1.17

age 8
eby 11- Jacob Neikirk
. 06 28-Ianiel Nelson
• 06 Mar 2-Ezekial Nelson
John Nelson
. 06
James Newland
Mathias Nichels

.12
.18

J.10
18.46
.86
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.12
• 06
• 06

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 5
1 0 1 4
1 0 1-10
1 0 0 8

Thomas Ocheltree 1
Feby 10-Sampson Pickel
Henry Pickel
1
11 John Pew?/Peer
1
13 Hermous Pool?/Pod 1
16 Thomas Pickel
1
Mar 1-George Pearce
2
Moses Pearce
J
23 Wm Poertis Esqr
1
29 Simon Pickel
1
Phiiip Pickel
2
Jacob Peck Sr
1
Nelson Pierce?
1
John Pafford
1
Robert Poerterfield

'9trgfnfa APPalachian Notes

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1
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�page 8 con't
William Pritchett
Henry Pefly
Jacob Peck Jr
Amos Pickel
Tobias Pickel
John Pickel
Michael Pickel
Gasper Phipps
Hiram Phipps
Joseph Pendleton

Thomas Snider

1 0 02
2
1
1
2

0 0 1
0 0 6
0 0 1
0 0 2

. 06

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1-$1-2.12

2 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 1

. 06
• 06

. 06

41-J-J- 82-1-1
8.42

Feby 22-?Leiselin Rice
Mar 1- Michael Roland
2
Peter Reedy
John Roberts
Wm Riley
3 Ianiel Raney
Able Rollen
Andrew Robinson
John Rouse (Son of
Polser Rouse
Aleazer Rouse
John Robinson
(of James)
James Robinson
Richard Roe
John Rouse Jr
George Robinson
Valen.tine Ross
Joshua Ross
Adam Ronanbund
James W Roark
Isaac Reed
Samuel Robinson
Ryland Roland
Moore Robinson Jr
James Robinson
(Iron W.)
John Randal
E.Ze'k.ial Retzie?
George Reed

. 06

J . 68

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

Feby 13- John Quailes
1 0 0 0
Mar 2-Washington Quilin 1 0 0 1
Elija Quelin
1 0 0 1

page 9
John Quinnelly

1 0 0 1

37-1-1-53

.12

1 0 0 1

• 06

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 4

1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
2 0 0 5
1 0 0 1
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1 0 0 1
1 0 0 2
1 0 0 5
1 1
1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0

1
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5
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1 0 0 2
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. 06

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. 80
. 12
.06
.12

. 18

2 0 0 1

• 06

1 0 0 2

.12

ge 10
eby11?-Charles Shoemaker 1 0 0 J
13
Peter Snavely 1 2 2 9
1 Carryall $35
Samuel Si~
1 0 0 0
Wm Sawl
1 0 0 0
25-Wm Sna veley
1 0 0 1
22_-Abram Snavley
2 0 0 1
(als Pickel)
ov 1-Joseph Scott
2 0 1 17
Wm Scott (of Joseph) 1 0 0 4
2 Ralph Soot?
1 0 0 0
John Scott
1 0 1 9
Frederick Slemp
1 0 0 2
Peter Shupe
2 0 0 4
Wm Sheets
1 0 0 0
Wm Sullavin
1 0 0 0
Adam Shaver
2 0 0 J
Wm Scott Sr
1 0 4--20
Samuel Scott
1 0 0 1
Mitchell Scott
1 0 2 8
James M Stow
1 0 0 6-1-$4
Henry Shupe
1 0 0 6
Robert Sheton
1 0 0 0
Elias Stoloup
1 0 0 0
Michael Swinger
1 0 0 0
Adiah Shierwood
1 0 0 1
Wm Sinclier
1 1 0 5
Priscilla Sheirwood 0 0 0 1
John Stolcup
1 0 0 1
Wm Stoloup
1 0 0 4
Isaac Stoloup?
1 0 0 1
Baxter Salph?
1 0 0 0
Ransom Soot
1 0 0 1
Robert Shierwood 1 0 0 0
Sampson Stalcup
1 0 0 1
John H Townsend
Hellings Tilson

• 06

1 0 0 1

• 06
.12

1 0 0 0

Feby ?-Nicholas Snaveley 1 0 0 1
10 Meiagy Smalwood
1 0 0 1
11 Joseph Stiffis?
1 0 0 1
John Steffis
2 0 0 4

1. 27

. 24

. 79
. 12

.24
.18
2.20

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,98

8.J6
,36

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.55

• o6
• o6

.24

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39-3-10-108-1-4
18 . 73

1 0 0 1

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 2

• o6
. 06

1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 2

.12

2.54

.12
.06
• 06

. 06
• 24

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Nicholas Thompson 1 0 0
Wm Tilson
1 0 0
Poleg Tilson
1 O 0
Lemuel Tilson Sr 2 0 0
'Ihomas D Tilson
1 0 0
lliompson ThaJ2.er
1 0 O
Erastus Tombleson 1 0 0
Hiram Tombleson
1 0 0
Martha Thomas
1 0 2
John Thomas (of Martha )

Vtrg!nia Appalachian Notes

3
0
2
1
2
2
1
1
7
1 0 0 3

00.18
. 12
.06
. 12
. 12
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page 11 con ' t
Joseph Thomas
1 0 2 10
Maj ' r
Carter Tuell
1 0 0 0
Thomas Thomas
2 0 5-10
(Esqr
Wm Tilson (of Thomas) 1 0 1 J
Unis Tilson
1 0 0 5
Lemuel Tilson Jr
1 0 0 4
!:avid Tilson
1 0 0 J
Jabz Tombleson
1 0 0 0
John Thompson Jr
1 0 0 0
John H Thompson
1 0 0 0

1.10

1.85
.4J
.JO
.24

.18

1 0 1 5

,55

Feby 8-John Vaught
1 0 0 J
Wm Vaught
1 0 0 0
Christopher Vaught 1 0 0 5

.18

George Umbarger

Feby 11-Armoney Wills
Mar 1-Henry Wassam
Levi Williams
George West
Peter West
Christley West
Moses Wells
Bonham Wells

.JO

1 0 0 4

.24
. 06

1 0 0 1
1 1 0 5
2 0
1 0
1 0
1 0
1 0

, 55
.JO

0 5
0 2

. 12

0 0

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5
0 5
0

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8 . 82

page 12
Mar 1-Wm Woolf
1 0 0 0
John Woolf
. 06
1 0 0 1
Joseph Woolf
1 0 0 0
2 . 06
J Samuel Williams Esqr 2 2 6 6
. -1 2
Rufus K Williams
1 0 0 2
(Capt)
Jinken Williams
.24
1 0 0 4
Thomas Williams
1 0 0 4
.24
Henry Wisman
1 0 0 3
.18
Richard Williams Jr 2 0 0 5
.JO
Jeffrey Winnafoard 3 0 0 1
. 06
Same &amp; Co
0 o o 0-1-$J-6 . oo
John wassom
1 0 0 J
.18
Elias Williams
.24
1 0 0 4
John Wheeler
.12
1 0 0 2
!:avid Wilson
1 0 0 0
Francis Wheeler
2 0 0 0
Oliver Wheeler
.18
1 0 0 J
Stephen Wheeler
2 0 0 2
. 12
0
0
2
Thom.as Wheeler
1
.12
James Warthan
1 0 0 1
.06
Charles Woodar
1 0 0 0

eby 1?-Wm Yonson Sr
Wm Yonson Jr

1 0 0 2

1 0 0 2
28- 2 -6-47-1-J

.12
.12
10.82

age 13
ist of Taxable property Within the
·strict of Joseph W Lavis Commissioner
f The Revenue for Smyth County (Northern
strict of Said County) for the Year of
ur Lord 1832)
eby 1-Benjamin F Aker 1 0 0 0
18 Philip Aker
1 0 0 4
24 Joseph Atkins Esqr J 1 J 9
27 Andrew Aker
1 0 0 5
2-Joseph Atwell
1 0 0 0
John Alin
1 0 0 3
John Anderson (NF) 1 0 0 1
George Amas
1 0 0 0
Jacob Anderson
1 0 0 .5
John Athey
1 0 0 1
James Anders on
1 0 0 1
Wm Anderson
1 0 0 1
Elizabeth Aperson 0 O O 1
Charles Anderson 1 0 0 0
I.aniel Ayres
1 0 0 1
Jeremiah Ayers
J 0 1 4
Anthony Awald
1 0 0 1
Isaac Abott
1 0 0 1
Feby 2-George Burket
Henry Burkert
8 Isom Brown
24 Jane Brient

1 0 1 J
1 0 0 3
1 0 0 2

1 0 0 1
2.5-1-5-47

page 14
Feby 24- Sally Brient 1 0 0 1
2 0 0 2
?El.e.azar B~ll
Robert Buchanan
1 0 0 7
Patrick Buchanan 2 0 0-10
Thomas Bates
2 1 2 7
2 0 0 2
John Betts
25 Ephraim Braday
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 1
28 Colbert Brown
1 0 0 5
Wm H Buchanan
Sr
1 OO O
Mar 2-Wilfrey Brient
Alexander Brient 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 2
Wm Black
1 0 0 1
Michael Burger
1 0 0 J
George Burger
1 0 0 0
Abram Burger
1 0 0 0
John Burger
1 0 0 1
Arther B Byers

Vlrgtnta Appalachian Notes

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1 . .54
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• 18

.06
• JO
• 06
. 06
. 06
.06

. 06
• 49
. 06
. 06
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. 12
. 06
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. 06
. 12
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.60
1.07
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.18
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�page 14 con ' t
1 0 0 1
Robert Burgess
John Boothe
1 0 0 0
1
0 0 3
Iavid Blessing
1
0 4
1
Jacob Blessing
Nancy Byers
0 0 2 1
George Byers Jr
1 0 0 1
John Byers Jr
1 0 0 1
Wilfrey Brient Jr 1 0 0 1
Abram Blessing
1 0 0 2
2 0 0 4
Wm Blackwell Sr
Patrick Buchanan
1 0 1 4
1 0 0 2
Wilson Buchanan
Jr
1 0 0 6
William Buchanan
John Buchanan
1 0 0 10
John Buchanan Jr
1 0 0 7
James Buchanan
1 0 1 6
George Buchanan
5 0 0 11
Fulton Buchanan
1 0 0 6
Archibald Buchanan 1 0 0 2

44-2- 6- 115

16 Jo hn Curren
. 06
. 18
. 49
. 62
. 06
. 06
. 06
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. 42
. 61
.66
. 36
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page 15
Wm Buchanan (Cove) 1 0 0 4
.24
Samuel Buchanan
1 0 1 6
. 61
Archibald Buchanan Sr 2 0 0 0
1 0 0 1
. 06
John Baher
0 0 0 1
. 06
Fontain Ba b:er
1 0 0 0
Walker Brown
. 12
Alexander Buchanan 2 0 0 2
1 0 0 1
• 06
Joseph Billiter
1 0 0 0
Susan Billiter
1 0 0 1
. 06
Wm Baber
1
0
0
0
Wm Burgess
1 0 0 0
Feby 9-Abram Criger
(Carpenter)
. JO
1 0 0 5
10 John S Cox
1
0
0
3-1-$2-4.18
Joseph T Crow
1 0 0 0
13 Jacob Cattoning
( Ni tty)
1 0 0 0
Charles Crow
. 06
1 0 0 1
Wm Crow
.12
0
0
2
1
George Cormaney
1 0 0 0
18 Jos eph Coker
1 0 0 1
. 06
Solomon Coker
1
0
0
0
James Coker
. 06
Peter Criger (RilI_) 1 0 0 1
.12
1 0 0 2
24 Andrew H?A Cox
.06
1
0
0
1
25 Joseph Cornwell
3 1 2-10
1.35
Wm Cox Sr
,36
J 0 0 6
28 Thomas Crow
1. 06
1 0 0 1
Mar J- Jacob Criger
( Corpent ) 1 Carrya ll $45

2 0 0 2

Al i n Curin
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 5
29 Mar k S Calhound
Wm Cowdon S r
1 0 0 2
J a mes Crabtree
1 0 0 0
Thomas Coaly
1 0 0 1
John Cunn i n g ham
J 0 1 2
Ben j a min Chapman 1 0 0 J
Peter Callo12 ( of Ad ) 1 0 0 2

.12

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.12
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.37
. 18

.JO

44-1-4-69-1-2 10. 39

age 16
Henry Ca llop
1 0 1 2
1 Ca rry a ll $2 0
Peter Collop
1 0 0 3
(of Henry)
1 0 0 0
Eliza Ca ll
John Gallop
1 0 0 2
Henry Copenhaver J r 1 0 0 6
Henry Copenhaver Sr 1 0 0 3
Frederick Copenhaver 3 1 2 7
1 Carry all $50
Iavid Copenhaver 1 0 0 2
Chrisley Copenhaver :l 0 0 3
Adam Gollop Sr
J 0 0 5
2 0 0 2
Isaac Collins
1 0 0 1-1-$2
Jacob Gollop
1 0 0 0
George Chapman
Andrew Chapman
1 0 0 1
Stephen T Chapman 1 0 0 1
0 0 1 0
Rachel Chapman
Thomas Colley Jr 1 0 0 3
2 0 0 2
Eli Chiddicks
Wm Chiddicks
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 2
Wm Crabtree Jr
2 0 0 1
Wm Cornwell
1 0 1 7
Audley Campbell
John Campbell Sr 1 1 4 6
John Campbell Jr 1 0 1 1
Spotswood M Campbell 1 0 0 1
Lisander Campbell 1 0 0 2
Elisha Carter
1 0 0 1
Edward Carter
0 0 0 1
Benjamin Cox
1 0 0 1
James T Crabtree 1 0 0 1
Christopher Crewy 2 0 0 0
John Clear
4 0 0 J
Capt Wm Campbell 5 0 0 0
George W Campbell 1 0 0 6
Wm Crabtree Sr
1 0 0 4
Wm Crabtree Jr
1 0 0 0

V1rg1rua Appe.lachta.n Nows

1.37
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. 18
2.17
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. 12
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. 12
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49-2-10-81-1-2

1J.86

�l:i.3
page 17
James Cleghorn
1
John T Campbell
1
Joseph Crabtree
1
John Crabtree
1
Reuben Crabtree
1
Wm Caldwell
2
James Chapman (Cove)
Margaret Cusick
0
Wm S Campbell
1
James Cahal_g_( ?l)
1
Feby 2-Addison Lavis
George W Tu.vis
7
John Deboard
13 Greenberry Dale
18 Joseph Dutting
20 Thomas J Da.vis
24 Scott Denniston
Michael Dameran
Joseph Tu.le
Vincent Tu.le
Joseph Dunford
25 Even Tu.vis
Wm Davidson
Thomas Tu.le
Martin Davis
Joseph W Tu.vis
Antoney Deboard
George Dungings
Cornelias Deboard
Reuben Deboard Jr
George Deboard
Elisha Deboard
Jessee Dungings
David Deboard
George Dutting
Benjamin F Davis

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1 0 0 2
1 0 0 4
1 0 1 5
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11.45

page 18
Reuben Deboard Sr 1 0 0 0
John Deboard
1 0 0 2
Benjamin Davidson 1 0 0 0
Harry Davidson
0 0 0 1
Robert Ia.vidson
1 0 0 1
John Ia.vidson
1 0 0 3
*Jam Davis
0 0 3 4
Wm Done/Dane
1 0 0 2
John Delong
1 0 0 0
James Davis Esqr
1 2 6 7
William Elzy
1 0 0 6
Thomas Estes
1 0 0 1
Feby 9-Charles Foglesong 1 0 0 2
(of Chas )
*or Jane Iavis

.12
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2.42
. .36
. 06
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George Fleming
1 0 0 1
• 06
21 Douglas _Fulcher
1 0 0 4
.24
Wm Foster
1 0 0 1
• 06
John Forister
1 0 0 J
. 18
Jourdon Fergason 1 0 0 0
James Fariss
1 0 0 1
• 06
Peter Fox
.48
J 0 0 8
Adam Fox
.54
3 0 0 9
Mary Fulling
0 0 1 8
.73
Jacob Fulks
1 0 0 1
. 06
Thomas Franklin
1 0 0 0
Joseph Floyd
1 0 0 0
John French
1 0 0 1
• 06
Wm Fel ts
1 0 0 0
8harles-Fogles ong-i-e-e-4--------.E4
(of- 8harles7 (marked out)
eby 8-Henry Gillaspy 1 0 0 0
22 Russel Gillaspy
2 0 0 6
.36
Elija Gillaspy
1 0 0 1
• 06
Samuel Graham
2 1 0 5
.55
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.61
24 John Garoscloas? 1 0 0 4
.24
Wm &amp; Hiram Griever 2 0 0 6
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40-4-10- 94
9 . 14
age 19
James Gilpin
Samuel Gilpin
George Goodman
Valentine Greever
Frederick Goodman
John Goodman Sr
Joseph Goodman
Ds,vid Goodman
Robert Graham
Stephen Graham
John Goodman Jr
Robert Gillaspy
Matthew Gillaspy
Valentine Griever
Isaac Gannaway
John G Graham
Henry Gillaspy
Margarett Gobbin
eby 2 - Joab Holbrook
13 Garet Haris
20 Henry Harmon
24 James Hays
Elizabeth Hays
?Iezeck Harmon
(or Jezeck)
Wm Hubble
Joshua Hubble

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App&amp;laohi&amp;n Not.es

2 0 0 4
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 3
2 0 0 10
1 0 0 J
2 0 0 6
1 0 0 3
1 0 0 2
2 0 0 5
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 2
1 0 0 J
1 0 0 1
Jr 1 0 0 0
1 0 2 5
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 J
1 1 1-14
2 1 2 7
0 J 6 8
1 0 1 4

1 0 0 5
1 0 0 5

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�page 19 con't
1 0 J-10
Jacob Hays
1 0 0 1
Wm Herald
2 0 0 .5
Mar 1-Leonard Hutton
Nathaniel Haris Sr 2 2 1 8
1 0 0 J
Sarah Hughs
Elija Humphry
1 0 0 1
2 0 0 4
Wm Humphry
Thomas Haris
1 0 0 3

25

40-7-16-130
page 20
John Henegar
1 0
Jacob Henegar
2 0
Henry Henegar
1 0
Nathaniel Haris Jr 1 0
George Haden
1 O
Ianiel R Holt (rev'nd)
Charles Henegar
1 0
Samuel Henegar Jr 1 0
Abram Honel
1 0
Andrew Haris
1 O
Matthew Hobbs
1 0
Wm H Holt
2 0
John Haris
1 0
Henry Haris
1 0
John Hart
1 0
Milton R Haws
1 0

1.35
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1.23

.18
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. 24
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13.55
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0 2

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0 0

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1 0 0 2
Feby 10-Elias Jones
1
0 2 6
Richard T Johnston
11
1
0
24 Wm Johnston (Cove) 1 0 00 10
Ianiel Johnston
1 0 0 0
Mar 1- Lewis Jones Jr
1
0 0 J
George Johnston
1
0
0 0
Wm Johnston
1 0 0 1
James Johnston
Benjamin Johnston 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
Joseph Johnston
0 0 02
Mary Johnston
1
0 0 0
John Johnston
1
0
0 0
Robert Johnston
1 0 0 4
James Johnston
(Chilhus)
Joseph Jones
2 0 0 J
John James Sr
1 00 0
Elija Johnston ~___;;i...._..
O_O~O

JtS-0-5-57

. 48

Feby 2 Jacob Killinger 1 0 0 1-1-$2 . 50
(tax)
5. 06
1
0
0
1
. 06
25 Wm J Kincannon
2 0 0 3
John Kegley
. 18
(Bear Creek)
1 0 0 2
. 12
George Kegley
(Bear C.)
.12
Jacob Kegley
1 0 0 2
r 1-Peter Kincer Sr 1 0 2 J
.68
06
Lewis Kegley
1 0 0 1
11 George Killinger Jr J 0 0 6
.J6
.12
Michael Killinger 1 0 0 2
0
2
John Kinder
1 0
.12
Abram Kinder
1 0 0 2
.12
.12
Jessee Kinder
1 O 0 2
I

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. 12 Feby 11-Jacob Iarnfrey 1 0 0 J
1.11
(or Lamssrey?)
. 18 24 Jacob Lock
1 0 0 0
• 06
Fleming Love
1 0 0 0
Joshua Loyd
2 0 0 4
Wm Love
1 0 0 5
Robert Lewis
1 0 0 0
• 06
Jessee Lee (Revn'd) 1 0 0 2
Sephen Lyon
2 0 0 5
James Lyon
1 0 0 2
• 06
(of Stephen)
1 0 0 4
Humberson lifon
Jacob I.if on Jr
1 0 1 7
.12
John land
1 0 0 0
.86
Young Lee
J 0 0 11
• 06
Feby 1-Peter MUsser
2 0 0 6
10 George Mcfarlan~ 1 0 1 3
. 18
(or Mcfarland)
1 Carry all $50
. 06
Wm Musser
1 0 0 0
. 06 13 Wm McLeland
1 0 0 3
06
41 0 4-86
.12
Feby 1J- James McLeland 1 0 0 J
18 Wm Mingle
1 0 0 3
.24
Nancy McPhatrid~ 0 0 0 1
25 Solomon Mc.D::tniel Esq 1 1 2 5
1. 8 28 Jessee Medly
1 0 0 1
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4.67

26 Adam Musser

page 21
1 0 0 0
Thomas Johnston
1 0 0 3
Henry Johnston
1
0 0 1
Isaac Johnston
Benjamin A Johnston 1 0 0 0

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VJl'SJD1a Appalachian N otea

1 0 1 2

1 0 0 5
John McCrady
1 0 0 5
Christena Moyers 0 0 0 2
Wm &amp; Charles McCrady 2 1 0-12
1 0 0 2
Andrew McBroom
2 1 2-15
Wm McPhatridge
1 0 0 0
John Mannaf ee
3
0 1 7
Thompson McGee

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Perry G Mantz
1 0 0 2John McGee
1 1 1 5
Pharis Moris
1 0 0 3
Mary McCarty
0 0 1 4
Elinor McCarty
0 0 2 2
Benjamin McCarty
2 0 3-10
James S Moore
1 0 0 J
Enoch Moore
1 0 0 0
Ephraim McPhatridge 1 0 0 0
Jacob McReynolds
1 0 0 3
Solomon McReynolds 1 0 0 4
Wm Mitchell
1 0 0 0
James Mitchell
1 0 0 0
Thomas McCrady
J 0 0-10
Daniel Macherly
1 0 0 0
Thomas Mickel
1 0 0 0
John McKinny
1 0 0 0
Wm Mitchell Jr
1 0 0 1
Stephen Mitchell
1 0 0 0
Joseph Newton
Peter Naf'f
page 23
Henry Naff
Catharine Naff
John Nonery
Feby 1- John Onry
Peter Oliver
Christopher oury
John Obrient
Riley Obrient

1 0 0 3

1 0 0 8
38-4-13-121
1 0 0 4

0 0 0 2
1 0 0 1
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Greenberry Patrick 1 0 0 6
Isaac Patrick
1 0 0 1
Wm Philips Sr
2 0 0 9
Wm Philips Jr
1 0 0 0
James Plumer
1 0 0 1
Charles H C Pres ton Est &amp; Co
1 Carryall $60
0 3-35-86
David Prat.Q_r
1 0 0 .5
Thomas Prator
1 0 0 0
H D Poston Esqr
1 0 1 9
Mrs Sarah Poston
0 0 4 2
Theadore G Pearson 1 2 4 7
Isaac Poston
1 0 0 2
Elias Poston
1 0 0 0
Tucker Page
1 0 0 0
Wm Patrick
2 0 0 4
John A Prichett
1 0 0 2

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1. 35

Rebeca Prichett
Nicholas Pratt
Samuel Poff oard
John Pierce

0 0 0 3
1 0 0 J
1 0 0 0
1 0 0-11

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.18 Feby 22-Joseph Richardson 1 0 0 2
Wm Richardson Jr 1 3 2-1J
Wm Ri. chards on Sr 1 0 1 4
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page 24
Mar J-David Ross
1 0 0 0
. 60
Henry H Reynolds 2 0 0 1
Moses Recto£
1 0 0 0
Richard Roberts Sr 2 0 2 8
John Roberts
1 1 0 3
. 06
Richard Roberts Jr 2 O O 5
Billin~ly Roberts 1 0 0 0
Henry H Reynolds 2 0 0 1
.18
Wm Ragan
0 1 0 1
.48 Feby 1-Henry Snaveley 2 0 5 -11
11.61
Francis P Staley 1 0 0 1
1 Carry all $20
8 John &amp; Joseph Seston J 0 0-14
. 24 10 Henry E Sprinkle 1 0 0 0
. 12
Wm Sprinkle
4 0 0 2
. 06
Archibald Sprinkle 1 0 0 0
John T Sprinkle
1 0 0 0
13 Solomon Smith
1 0 OO
24 John Shepherd
1 0 0 2
Jacob Seebott
1 O 0 1
. 18
Zedock Seaton
1 0 0 2
Elzick Sipher
1 0 0 0
Andrew Sipher Sr 2 0 0 2
. 24
Andrew Surber
1 0 0 2
. J6 27 George Snavely
3 0 0 7
. 06
John Snaveley Jr 1 0 0 2
. .54
Elizabeth Snaveley 1 0 0 J
Mar 16-John Snider Jr 1 0 0 4
• 06
Jacob Snider
1 0 0 0
John Snider
J 0 0 4
15.66
Peter Snider
1 0 0 J
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George Smith
1 0 0 1
Z B Scatis
1 1 1 4
.79
James Scott
4 0 1 9
1.12
George Scott
1 0 0 0
1.92
Wm Sanders
1 1 4 9
.12
Andrew Shannon
1 0 1 6
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page 26 can't
1 1 5 9- 1-$3 7. 04
Susan Sanders
Helings Tilson
1 0 0 0
2 2 2 8
Thomas Z Smith
1.48
John M Townsend Esq 2 0 1 6
. 61
1 0 0 2
Andrew Secrest
1. 12
Henry Townsend Est 0 2 0 4
.74
1 Carryall $50
Henry B Thompson Esq 1 0 J-10
1.35
. 43
James J Smith
1 1 0 3
Hiram Thompson
1 0 0 1
06
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Makalan Scott
1 0 0 2
Wm Thompson
2 0 0 5
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(looks like a name has been erased)
Capt John Thomas 1 0 5 9
2. 79
Henry T Sugart
1 0 3 4
O. 99
1 Carry all $50
Michael Sugart
1 0 0 0
Col'n Charles Tate 1 1 5 6
1.86
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Berry St John
1 0 0 5
Do'ct Thomas Tate 1 0 0 1
. 06
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John Sanders
O0 2 2
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James Surber
1 0 0 0
0 1 J J
1.18
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Joseph Surber
1 0 0 2
Leonides H Tate
1 0 0 2
. 12
. 18
Wm Shepherd
1 0 0 3
John B S B Tate
1 0 0 4
. 24
John Shepherd
1 0 0 O
John M Tate
1 0 1 5
, 55
Isaac Spratt Esqr 1 0 0 3
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Maj 'r Thomas Tute 2 1 5 7
2 . 52
Jeremiah Spratt
1 O0 6
.J6
Wm Tut ton
1 0 0 4
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Wm Smith
1 0 0 0
John Tatton
1 0 0 J
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Eloner Smith
0 0 0 2
. 12
Maj'r James Taylor 2 3-21-43
8.58
John Shannon
3 O 1- 12
. 97
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Lewis Seaboatt
1 0 0 1
Cap ' t Charles Taylor 1 0 1 5
.55
. 24
Andrew Smith
1 0 0 4
. 24
Cap ' t Charles Tul bert 2 0 0 4
. 06
Philip C Sutton
1 0 0 1
Charles Talbert
1 0 0 1
. 06
• 06
Isaac Sawyers
1 0 0 1
(of Charles)
James Surber (Cove) 1 0 0 1
. 06
Bazel Talbert
1 0 0 1
06
Peter Scott
1 0 3 5
1. 05
John Talbert
1 0 0 2
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Chapman A Spotts
1 0 0 3
Russell Toneray
1 0 0 1
06
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Alexander Scott (of C) 1 0 0 2
39-1'1-55-166 27 . 46
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James P Strother
1 1 0 1
James Smith (Saltvllle) 1 O O 1 . 06 page 27
. 06
I saac Sta~cup
1 0 0 1
Greenberry T:r:usill 1 0 0 0
Moses Sirey
1 0 0 1
• 06
Isaah Tailor
1 0 0 0
Edwin Sanders
1 0 0 0
James Thompson
1 0 0 0
John Syphers Jr
1 0 0 2
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Aaron Syphers
1 0 0 0
Feby 24-Philip Umbarger 2 0 1 8-1-$1
Rosan Slate
1 0 0 0
(Ru )
2 , 75
37-7-18- 99-1-$3
James Umbarger (R.V.) 1 0 0 4
. 24
95 17.95
Hanah Ustick
2 0 0 J
. 18
Wm Ustick
1 0 0 1
06
page 16
Feby 24-Samuel Tatton Sr 3 0 0 6
.36 Feby 1-James Vinson
1 0 0 0
. 24 11 Samuel Vernum
Joseph Tatton
1 0 0 4
1 0 0 1
• 06
Peter Tatton
1 0 0 2
. 12
,31 Feby 4-James M Wilson 1 0 0 1
Drusilla Tatton
0 0 1 1
• 06
John Totton
1 0 0 1
• 06 16 Richard Williams (H) 2 0 0 0
Ransom Tilson
1 0 2 4
.74
James Williams (of R) 1 0 0 0
James P Thompson
1 0 0 0
A adrew Williams
1 0 0 2
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John Thompson Jr
2 0 2 3
1 0 0 2
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Matthew S Thompson 1 0 0 1
Wm Wilson Sr
2 0 0 5
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2.05
Abram B Trigg Esqr 1 2 5 5
Moses Woods
1 0 0 0
,37
Peter Talbert
1 1 0 2
Simon Woolf
1 0 0 0
John H Townsend
0 0 0 O
Wm Winston
1 0 0 0
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Ianiel Wilson
1 0 0 1
.06
Francis Whitehead 1 0 O 4
• 24
John Woolf (of Jacob) 1 O O 2
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Roland Woolf
1 0 0 2
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Hiram Woolf
1 0 0 0
Ianiel Walker
1 0 0 0
Iavid Winnafoard
1 0 0 4
. 24
Moses Williams
1 0 0 5
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Sussanna Williams 1 0 0 J
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Joseph Williams
1 0 0 2
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Nicholas Wass om
2 0 0 6
. J6
Jacob Wass om
1 0 0 5
. JO
D:tniel Woolf
1 O OJ
1 Carry all $75
1 .18
John Woolf Sr
1 0 0 J
. 18
John Woolf Jr
1 0 0 3
. 18
38- 0- 1-70- 1- $1

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Benjamin Woolf
Joseph Woolf
Martin Woolf
Michael Woolf

1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 2
2 0 0 4

page 28 con ' t
Aaron Whitehead
1
John Wampler
1
Christopher Wampler
Robert Wiers E&lt;st 1
Robert Whiteley Sr
Robert Whiteley Jr
Samuel Whiteley
1
James Whitaker
1
John A White
1
1 Boroash $200
George Williams
1
Lawrance Woolf
J
Isaac Wickliff
2
Nancy Walker
0
Alexander Wampler 1
George Whiteley
1

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Nichol as Yanders
Simon Yanders

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page 29: A list of Free persons of Colour
(Columns s Names of Persons ; 2 . No above 16 years old; J, Horses, mares, mules &amp;
Coults; 4 . Residence; 5. tax . )
Andrew Rogers
Wm Guynedd
Morriss Guess
John Broddy
Joseph Logan
Charles Broddy
Wm Jackson
Patrick McHenry
Lorenzo Dow
James Dunsons
Jona than Richardson

1
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living on Polser Rouses land
On Henry Shupes land
On Prestons land
Same place
Same Place
Near Same place
at Charles Broddeys
on Ja's Coles land
at Prestons Saltworks
at the Same Place
at Peter Kinsers

13

(Note c The tax on horses , etc was 6 cents; tax on each slave was 25¢·
From these figures you can figure up the tax on the carriage.)

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�GILES COUNTY , VIRGINIA
The following are abstracts from legal documents (warrants , summons, bonds, etc .)
Most of the documents are for debts , some have genealogical information -- you
do get an idea about the legal problems of the time and every once in a while
there is a ' tidbit ' written on the back of the document .
PINNELL VS BRAWLEY
1 . Giles County ToWit: Francis R Pinnell plaintiff complains of William s.
Brawley Defendant in custody &amp;c of a plea that the said Defendant render unto the
said plaintiff the sum forty five Dollars ....•...... For that the said Defendant
on the 27th day of November 181J at the County of Giles • •... .. . to be paid unto
the said plaintiff on his order twenty days after the date of the said writing ..
(sig) H Chapman for plff
Pledges &amp;c s John Doe, Richard Roe*
(back) Francis R Pinnell vs W'm S Brawley :
Declaration
Note inclosed.
1814 March.
Deel 'n fil ' d C vs Deft &amp; Bail - May Coe
1814 June office Judg't .P.ff 's Cost $6, 77
(The names John Doe &amp; Richard Roe are fictional names . I am not sure a nd so far
have not been able to find the answer, but the only times that I have seen the
names used have been on documents issued in the sheriff ' s office . )
2 . (note) Know all men by these Present that I John Kingcade my heirs and assign
do promise to pay or cause to be paid unto Francis Pennell on order the sum of
sixty hundred pounds of sault Delivered at or near Lewisburg in Greenbrier County
for his Right to the mill and place where he now lives fifteen hundred weights to
be paid before the 25 of December 1811 and fifteen hundred weight by the 1st D:ty
of May in 1812 and fifteen hundred Weight more by the 25 of December 1813 the
said place above mentioned is to stand as Security for the above paments as witness my hand and Seal this 26 of October 1811
(sig) John Kincaid ( seal )
atest by (sig) Moses Keeney , John his (pJ mark Jinkens
(back) Lewisburg 11th Decm ' r 1812 Received of John Kincaid p'r the hands of Samuel Withrow Eighteen Hundred and Forty eight pounds Salt p'r me .
J ames Pennill jur
Giies:-Kincaid to Pennell :: Note.
J , (note) Twenty lays after date I promise to pay or cause to be paid unto
Francis B Pennell on his order the sum of forty five Dollars Lawful Money of
Virginia it being for value received of him as witness my hand and seal this
of November 1813
W'm S Brawley (seal)
Attest by John Kincaid
(back) W'm S Brawley Note $4-5 .

27

4, (warrant) ••..• William S Brawley . •..• last Tuesday in March next court •• • ••.
(to ans.) Francis B Pennell of a pleasof Debt of Debt of $45 .
John Mcclaugherty
DC
17th January 1814.
(back) This is an action of Debt founded on a note under Seal apearance bail is
to be required.
Francis R Pinnell.
F R Pennell vs W' m Brawley : : Capias. Executed Wm Chapman for J Chapman S_?

5. (Bail Bond)

William S Brawley, Moses Keeney &amp; William-Hobb- (marked out)
James Kincaid. (Deft &amp; Surs.) ..•• ,sum of ninety dollars ••.•• l?th Jan'y l814 •.•••
Francis R Pennell ••.•••• Giles Co. (sig) William S Brawley , Moses Keeney ,
James his
mark Kincaide.

c;

COMMONWEALTH VS ALEXANDER HARIES: Indictment for a breach of the peace
• • .• County Court held Oct 28th 1817,,,,,present Alexander Harles yeoman late
of (Giles) Co •..• on April 1817,,,,,fighting with Anthony Harless ...• upon information of John Tauney I.avid Price &amp; George Fisor yeoman &amp; members of the Grand jury
(back) A true bill, Charles King foreman. 1817 Oct'r Bill fil ' d &amp; process ordered
con 't

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Alexander Harless - con ' t
We the Jury find the Def ' t Alexander Harless quilty and asses his fine to one cent
John Youst
Cost $6 . 40
2 . (summons) .... . summons Alexander Harless •.... appear the last tuesday in
March next court . . .
1 Nov 1817
COMMONWEALTH VS ANTHONY HARLESS :: Indictment for a breach of the peace
, . . . Court on the 28 Oct 1817 . . ... present Anthony Harless late of the County . .•. on
10 Apr 1817 .... for fighting with Alexander Harless .•.•• • Upon information of John
Tauney Ila.vid Price &amp; George Fiser yeomen of Giles Co &amp; members of the Grand jury
(back) A true bill , Charles King foreman .
1817 Oct ' r bill fil ' d &amp; process
ordered.
We the Jury find the Deft Anthony Harless guilty &amp; assess his fine to
ten Dollars .
John Yost
Cost $6. 40
2 . (summons)
1 Nov 1817

Summons Anthony Harless .• . •• to appear last tuesday in March •..•..

COMMONWEALTH VS JAMES WILLIAMS : :

Indictment for a breach of the peace

1 . County Court ....• (held) 26 August 1817 •••.. that James Williams labourer late
of county aforesaid on the 10 Day of April 181? .••••••• voluntarily fighting with
with one Jacob Fillinger .•... upon the information of John Snidow, Philip Lybrook
&amp; James White yeomen of Giles County and members of the Grandjury.
(back) A True bill . John Snidow foreman . August 1817 . Bill filed &amp; process
ordered .
2 . • .. on the first day of the October court •. • • for a breach of the peace ••. • •.•
29 August 1817
David French CGC
(back) Com ' th vs J Williams:: Sums (summons) Ex ' d Kirk Jr for Peck SGC

J . . . ... to summon Frederick Albert , Samuel P Pearis &amp; William Porterfield ••••• •
on the last tuesday in this month ..•.. to speak on behalf of James Williams ••.•••
on 23 Oct 1817.
David French CGC
(back) Williams vs Com ' th :: Spa .
Ex'd Kirk -- for Peck, We acknowledge the
Service of the within Summon .

4.

(summons) . •• •. to summon Samuel P Pearis • • • •. on behalf of James Williams •••••
on 28 Oct 1817 .
(back) Williams vs Com ' th :: Spa .
Ex'd John Kirk for Peck.

5.

( summons ) To summon Sam ' l P. Pearis, Frederick Albert &amp; W'm Porterfield W'm
Snidow ..• .• on 1st day March Court ..••.• on behalf of James Williams.
on 1st
Nov 1817 .
Ia.vid French CGC
(back) Williams vs Com 'th Va. :: Spa .
Ex'd

6.

(summons) •••. to cummon John Snidow Philip Lybrook &amp; James White ••• • on 1st day
of March court • .. .. To speak on behalf of the Com'th (the case) Com'th vs James
Williams Deft.
1 Nov 1817
David French.
(back) Com ' th vs Williams :: Spa .
E:x'd

TONEY VS FLETCHER
1. (warrant ) ••. take .. • Joseph Fletcher .... last Tuesday in June •••• answer Jesse
Toney .• . .• debt $27 damages $27.
JO March 26
(back) Jesse Toney vs J Fletcher:: Cap's.
·
June Court. Executed May 3rd day 1826. July 1826 Dismiss'd by Wm Chapman ag' t
for Plft. This is an action of debt founded on a note under seal Bail is
required.
John Chapman
Vlrsmta AppaJ&amp;oh1an Notes

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JACOB PECX &amp; CO. VX ELIJAH SARTIN : : Declaration
1 . • . .... Jacob Peck &amp; Company plaintiffs . ... . . Elijah Sartin Defendant in custody
••••.••• (debt) of forty two dollars and fifty cents . ..... . he owes and from them
unjustly detains For that the Defendant on the JOth day of October 1808 .....•.•
by his certain writing obligatory Sealed with his seal .. . . . . . . . ..... promise to
pay unto the Said plantiffs forty two dollars and fifty cents for value of them
rec'd to be paid •.. . ........... hath not paid altho often thereunto requested but
but . . ..••• • hitherto refused and still doth refuse . . . . ..... . . .... and therefore
they Sue
?H. Chapman _ ?
(wit) Pledges &amp;c: John Doe, Richard Roe
(back) Jacob Peck &amp; Co :: In Declaration== Elijah Sartain= note inclosed = 1813
June = Ge ' o Chapman Spl. bail = Surrendered in Court DeJ2. = John Chapman Jun 'r
&amp; George Chapman Spl bail= Decl ' r filed &amp; Co July Col Aug't Isue. 1814 August
Plea wav ' d &amp; Judg'e = Resove of F.quity Ptts cost $9 . 15 cts
2. (Declaration) Peck &amp; Vanmeter plaintiffs complains of Elijah Sartin Defendant
in custody &amp;c of a plea that the said Defendant render unto the said plaintiffs
the sum of Eleven pounds and three pence halfpenny Virginia currency which to
them he owes . . •••... for that the Defendant on the 10th day of February 1812 •• •.
by his certain writing obligatory sealed with his seal . • ••• &amp;c to pay to the said
plaintiffs •.••• • •. • hath not paid altho often hereunto requested . . .... therefore
they sue
H Chapman P. Q..
Pledges &amp;c: John Doe, Richard Roe .
(back) same as #1 .
3.

On

demand I pro promise to pay unto Jacob Peck &amp;

eo-

Company fourty too Dolls

&amp; fi fty Cents for Vallue of ?Him? (or Thim) R' d ---- This JOth day of October
1808 -- (written Over) the ?aps? was only posted untill the 22d of September 1808
Elijah his mark Sartain (seal) Test: Joseph Neel $42 ,.50
(Back) Elijah Sartain to Peck : : Note 42- 50

4.

(Bail Bond) •••... we Elijah Sartain &amp; George Chapman (deft &amp; sur) •.• .•. bound
unto Isaac Chapman , sheriff of Giles county . . . . . sum of eighty five Dollars ., . . ••
dated this seventeenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and Thirteen .
• . . . . . . . Jacob Peck &amp; Co. hath sued out of the County court of Giles a writ 0£
Copias and Respondendum, against the body of the above bound Elijah Sartain for
a plea of Debt of forty two Dollars fifty Cents . . ....•... Elijah Sartain do and
shall well and truly make his personal appearance before the Justices 0£ the
next ?Term? court ........ then and there to answer the suit of the said Jacob Peck
&amp; Co, and do not depart from thence without leave 0£ the said court: . ... .. ..... .
Elijah his X mark Sartain (seal), Geo Chapman (seal)
(wit) W' m Chapman .

5. (bail bond) •••••• Elijah Sartain &amp; George Chapman (deft &amp; sur) .••. •• Isaac Chapman Sheriff ..••.•••• •• for Twenty Two pounds and seven pence • . ·· ··· .. . ... 17th
March 1813 ••••••• Peck &amp; Vanmeter (plff) .... .. . . . . debt of Eleven pounds and three
pence halfpenny ••..• • . to appear in Hustings Court .. .. • . (sig ) Elijah Sartain ,
Geo Chapman.
(wit) Wm Chapman.

6.

Elijah Sartain to Peck &amp; Vanmeter= note= tll''0 °' Jh

&amp; Vanmeter their
heirs or assigns the · Sum of Eleven Pounds &amp; thiree halfpenny Virginia Currency £or
Value of them Rec'd. This 10th D3.y of Feby 1812 .
Elijah his X mark Sartain
(seal).
Test John Brown.

On demand I bind mySelf my heirs Executors &amp;c to pay to Peck ' s

?.

(warrant) ••... to take Elijah Sartain if he be found with in your bail wick
and him Safely keep so that you have his body before the Justices • . ... on the last
Tuesday in June next. , , • .•. Complaint of Jacob Peck &amp; company . • •• .. Debt of Fourty
two Dollars and fifty Cents Damage $42.50 cts .• •. • witness Iavid French Clerk ••..
Vfrgmta Appa.la.ohia.n

l~ot.as

�13/
7. (Peck vs Sartain con ' t) • . • . . • the 16th day of March 1813 and of the Commonwealth the J7th year.
John McClaugherty DC
(back) Jacob Peck &amp; Co in Cap's
Elijah Sartain. Executed and Apareance bail
taken Wm Chapman DS
Mem 'o This is an action of Debt founded on a Note due for the payment of money
under Seal appearance Bail i~ required
H Chapman.
8. As above except :
Peck &amp; Vanmeter {plf) .... plea of Debt of Eleven pound and
Three pence halfpenny Virginia currancey D3.mage $11~0·3 d/n •••••..••• 16th Mar
1813 .... ..... Commonwealth the J7th yearWILLIAMS EXRS VS DOUGLASS &amp; TAYLOR
1 . . . . . . George Williams &amp; Frederick Williams Executors of the last will and
Testament of Philip Williams dec ' d plaintiffs Complains of Jacob Duglass &amp; Joseph
Taylor Defendants in custody &amp;c of a plea that they render unto them the Sum of
Eight Nine and a half Dollars •.... by their certain writing ••••• ••• promised and
bound themselves to payto the said Philip Williams the said Sum of Eighty Nine
and an half Dollars eighteen Months after the date thereof ••••••. to the said
Philip Williams at any time before his decease hath not paid nor has the same at
any time since the decease of the said Philip has been paid to the said plaintiff
..... &amp;still doth refuse to the Duns of the Plfs •••• therefore they sue and the
said plainstiffs Bring here into Court the Letters Testamentoyof the said Philip
Williams dec ' d &amp;c
J Chapman
(back) Williams Exe'rs vs Jacob Duglass .
181J Sept Decl 'n fil'd &amp;c suit dismiss
2 . -~2~~-2~-~~g1~§§ __ (back)
Eighteen Months after late we or either of us Do promise to pay Philip Williams
or (
?) his asign the Just sum of 89t Dollars Curant Money of the united
Sates for value received of him witness my hands Seal this first April 1811
(sig) Jacob Duglass (seal), Joseph Taylor (seal).
Witness: Alex'r Champ,
John Huffman
COMMONWEALTH (HARLESS) VS NIDY :: Indictment for a breach of the peace
1. (warrant) .••.. The Grand Juror ••••• • held .•• the 28th day of October ••• 1817 •...
present that John Nidy yeoman •• • •• on the tenth day of April in the year of Christ
one thousand eight hundred and seventeen ••• ••• • with force and arms did commit a
breach of the peace by voluntarily fighting with one Elias Harless • ..•• upon the
information of Iavid Price &amp; John Fisher yeomen of Giles County and members 0£
the Grandjury .
(back) A true bill ~ Charles King foreman 1817. Oct Bill fit &amp; process ordered
We the jury find the defend ' t Not Guilty
E. Peters .
2 . (summons) ••. to John Nidy . .•. (date) last Tuesday in March .•• an Indictment
found against him for a breach of the peace .•.. first day of November 1817.
Ia.vid French CGC
(back) Ex ' d John Kirk for John Peck _GC
J, (surnmons) •• • Iavid Price ••• 2d day of this court • ..• Jl March 1818 •• Iavid French
(back) Com ' th vs J Niday. Not Ex:'d = John Kirk &amp; for John Peck,
4.

(summons) ••.••. Robert M. Hutchison, •.••• Jl March 1818 •.. John McClaugherty DC

ADAM LUGAR JR VS JAMES TAYLOR::
1. (declaration ) Adam Lugar junr the plaintiff -- complains of James Taylor

V1rg1n.1a Appe.lach!a.n Notel3

�!.3:2.
Lugar vs 'Tu.ylor con't,
1. Defendant - in custody ---- plea of Trespass -----that the said Defendant was
possessed of young bay mare four years old as his own property and which mare had
never been broke fit for service to ride and the said James 'Iaylor on the (blank)
day of (blank) at the County aforesaid did prepare to ~ell said mare to the plaintiff for the sum of fifty dollars but which said sum the said plaintiff would not
agree to Give unless the said Defendant would agree to break the said young mare
fit for service to ride And the said Defendant for and in consideration that the
said plaintiff would promise and agree to pay him fifty dollars for said mare did
promise and undertake to break the said young mare fit for service to ride And
which Said mare he was to proceed and break fit for service to ride as soon as
the said plaintiff should pay him twenty dollars part of the price of said mare
and the said plaintiff did in consequence of the (def t ? erased) said agreements
agree to give said Def end.ant fifty Dollars for said mare and did pay down the sum
of twenty dollars and did afterwards execute his note to the said Defendant for
thirty dollars more but the said Defendant entirely disregarding his promise and
undertaking in manner and form aforesaid made with the said plaintiff hath fraudulently failed and refused to break the said young mare so that she would be fit
for service to ride but on the contrary when persons would attempt to ride said
mare so as to be serviceable the said mare would throw herself down &amp; lie down &amp;
was entirely unfit for service to ride by reason whereof the said mare was and is
rendered entirely useless and of no value to the said plaintiff wherefore the
said plaintiff saith he is injured and hath sustained damage to the amount of one
hundred dollars and therefore he sues .
H Chapman P_'L
(back) 1825 Nov 'r Decl ' n fil'd &amp; Co Dec ' r CoC.
1826 March Dismiss agreed .
2. (warrant) .•. .• take James Taylor .••• last tuesday in Oct'r (court) . . . to answer
Adam Lugar •• • • plea of Trespass
15 Oct 1825
(back) executed: This is an action of Trespass on the lease to recover damages
for a breach of verbal Contract no bail is required.
COMMONWEALTH VS JN '0 CHAPMAN &amp; OTHERS : : SUM ' S

(summons) .• to summons John Chapman Joseph Hare James French &amp; John Peters Jun ' r
•••• on first day of March court next ••• why an attachment Shall not be Isued
against them for a contempt to this court in failing to obey a former order of
this court appointing them to review the public road up East River •• . • • 2 Mar 1818
John Mcclaugherty DC
(back) Not ex'd £or want of time. John Kirk D' s for John Peck
COMMONWEALTH VS D. JOHNSON &amp; OTHERS: : SUM ' S

(summons) • •• to summons David Johnston, John Burk , Isaiah Hale, .Da.vid French &amp;
John McClaugherty to appear •.... on 1st day of March Court . • • . why an attachment
shall not be Issued against them £or a contempt to this court in failing to obey
a former order of this court appointing them to view a way perposed for a public
road to be opened from Giles court house up the nerrows of New River to the Montgomery county line.
2 Mar 1818
John McClaugherty DC
(back) not Ex'd for want of time.
SUMMONS FOR COUNTY JUSTICES

At Giles may Court 1818: ordered that the Sheriff Summons all the Justices to
meet at the next court to lay the County Levey witness Da.vid French Clerk of our
Said Court this 28th of May 1818
Teste David French CGC
(back)Sum.mons for the Court to lay the County Levey. Ex ' d on John Kirk.
Christopher Champ, Henry Trout , Ralph Lucas, Christian Snidow, Isaac Chapman , Da.vid
Johnston, Thomas Shannon , Ja's Bane, Jacob Nicewonder, Benjamine peck, Ja's French
W'm Smith, Andrew Johnson, W'm Burke J'r
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LEWIS AMISS &amp; CO VS LUCAS &amp; AL s : FIFA

.. . .•.. We command you, that of the goods and chattels of ralph Lucas &amp; Edward
Lucas his appearance bail late in your bailiwick, you cause to be made twenty
Seven dollars Eighty &amp; a half Cents with interest from the 15th- day of September
1819 which Lewis Amiss &amp; Co lately in our County Court •.• hath recovered against
the said Ralph Lewis &amp; Edward Lucas his appearance bail for Debt also nine dollars
and JJ cents ... , •.... was adjudged for their (Amiss) e0sts •• • •••. • •• whereof they
are convict appears to us of record. And that you have the same before the Justices
..... . .. on the last tuesday in Jan ' y , to render to the said Plaintif'f of the Debt
and costs .. . , • •.. .. . D3.vid French Clerk .• . ..• this 1st day of Jan'y 1821 ••••••••.
Iavid French CGC
(back) executor on the same property that David Price execution is levied on and
to be sold on the 8th day February 1823 at his house , Guy D French D for James
Bane SGC. This Execution is to have a credit for $10.70 paid the JOth Oct'r 1822
per Sheriff return also $10 paid the 16th day of Nov ' r 1822 p 'r Sheriffs Return.
Came to hand the 2nd day of January 182J ,
2 , (as above) • • • •• also $9.?J ••.. court last Tuesday in Jan •••••. of the debt &amp;
cost .
29 Jan 182J.
(back) Amiss vs Lucas &amp;all:: _exps. Property not sold for want of Bidders but
advertised to be sold on the 15th day of March next Guy D French D for James
Bane SGC ,
This execution is to have a credit for $19 . 70 paid the 20th day
Oct ' r 1822 for Sheriffs return also $10 paid the 16th day of Nov 1822 for sheriffs
return .
Came to hand January Jlst 1823.
J . (as #1) ..•••• . also $10 . lJ cost ..• court ••• last Tuesday in March •• . • 26 Feb'ry
1823 .
(back) property not sold for want of Bidders the Clerk will please issue a fifa
G. D. French for
4 . (the form a little different but information same except)
••. •.. court last tuesday in April.....
Jl March
(back) This execution together with Iavid Price execution is
property of the within named Lucas to be sold on the 15th day
house.

interes $10.53
1823
levied on all the
of May next at his

5. (information same as #1 except) .••• int . is $10.93, .•• court last Tuesday in
May. .. .
7 May 182J.
(back) property not sold the clerk will issue fifa.
6. (same as #1 except)
(back) not executor.

int . $11 . JJ • .•. last Tues. June . ••

7.

(same as #1 except) int . $11 . 73 .•. last Tues . July ...
(back) not executed James Jenks D for James Bane.

28 May 1823
28 June 1823

8, (same as #1 except) int. &amp; cost $i2.lJ •.• last tues Aug •• JO July 1823.
(back) Rec 'd on the within $9 after deducting Com'th give credit for $8.55 the
29 Aug 1823. Amt ex'd on 9 head of cattle, 25 or JO head of hogs, 7 head of sheep ,
1 large kettle , 1 pott, J ovens &amp; to be sold on the 8th of Sept nex t which property after satisfying the within is to be applied toward satisfying another
execution in favour Pearis sp' ec -being executed on the same,
9. (as #1 except) int $12.53 . •. last tues Sept •. ,
1 Sept 1823.
(back) property not sold for want of bidder &amp; execution wanted. - (payment added )
$8.55 the 29 Aug 182J.
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Amiss vs Lucas con ' t
l O. (a s #l except) ... int $l2 . 9J ... court last tues Oct .
2 Oct l 823
(back) ex ' d on 7 h ead of catels , 20 hogs - 8 sheep - 2 large Kettles , potts
Ovens, &amp;c which are also ex'd on an Ex ' n in favor of Pearis Ap ' er are to be sold
at Giles court house on the 1st day of Nov'r court . James Jenks D for J a mes Bane

SGC
11. (as #l except) .,. , interest (costs) $lJ . 7J •.• court on last Tuesday in December
2 Dec 1823.

(ba ck) Due $9.47. Executed on -16 head of Fat Hogs &amp; Some Cattle &amp;c to be sold
at Giles Court house on the 1st day of the Jan~ry Court next . Ex ' d on a n Ex'n
in favor of Lucas who Satisfied by Interest _W' m Chapman the JO Dec 1823 .

12 . (as #1 except) , , ,cost $13 . JJ .. . .. last tuesday in Nov ... •. 4 Nov 1823
(back) property not delivered .

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LILLEY VS CLENDENER
(bond) .. We Ephraim Meadows Henry Clay John Clendennen Richard Blankenship &amp;
Thomas White .. . . bound unto Josiah Lily .... sum of $59 . 14 •. . . •. (note dated) 23 Feb
1826 ..... chattle of (all listed above) .. ... ...• sum of $29 . 57 . ······ . . Paris Smith
Deputy for Thomas Shannon ....•. to satisfy , to wit ..... . one valuable Horse and the
s aid Meadows &amp;al being devenous of keeping the said property in their possession
untill the day of Sale of the same hath tendered the above bound Tho ' s White as
s ecurity for the forth coming &amp; delivery of the same on the day &amp; at the place of
s ale ..... . .. . (sig) Ephrai m his x mark Meadows , Henry Clay , John Clindnen,
Richard Blankenship , Thomas White
t~st Paris Smith
(ba ck) D. Bond. May Judg ' t on bond Cost $7 . 02 . Ephraim Meadows , J . Clendonnon
COMMONWEALTH VS LYBROOK : : PRESENTMENT
We the Grand jury impannelled in the County Court of Giles June term 1817 do upon
our oath make the following presentment .
We pres ent John Lybrook yeoman of the Giles County and Surveyor of the public Road
from the first cr ossing of Doe Creek next to Snidows Ferry to the Rich valley for
not Keeping the same in re(p)air within six months last past upon the Inf ( orm )a~
t i on of Thomas Lucas &amp; Michael Harless yeomen of Giles County and members of the
Grand jury .
Sa muel Shannon foreman
(back) Prese ntment of the grandjury, June 1817 on Lybrook.
2. (summons ) . .......• John Lybrook . .. . for presentment (above) .....•
French
27th June 1817.

David

ERSKINE VS PRINCE
1. (warrant) ... take Francis Prince .... . last tuesday in August next , satisfy
Henry Erskin e the s um 0£ Fourteen dollars and eighteen cents with interest ther ein
from 18th of October 1820 until payment .... . .. als o $1 . 28 cents cost . 15 July 1823
(back) Henry Erskine vs Francis Prince: Casa.
not executed .
2. (warrant) .•. . l ast Tuesda y September • . • . a lso $1.68 cos t S
( back ) not found at home therefor e not executed .

J.

I

e e

I

1 Sept 1823

(warrent ) . .. las t tuesday October .... also $2.08 cost.. .
2 Oct 1823 .
(back) Executed and brought to Jail and released by the direction of Charles L.
Pearis who s ays he i s autherised by the plaintif£ to act in this case .
The s ' d
Pearis directed t his Execution to be s ayed till further orders.

Vlre1nJa Appal&amp;t:.'h11J.n Nows

�ORR VS ROWE
l. Giles County To Wit: James Orr Complains of James Rowe in Custory and Soforth
of a Plea covinant broken for that whareas the Defendant on the twenty Second
day of October in the year .of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and Ten at Wythe
County Viz at the County Giles (
?_) and with the Jusediction? of the
County Court the Said (?)Thereof(?) Defendant Together wit~ a certain Solomon
Rowe by their covinant in writeing their own· proper hands and names being these
to subscribed and Sealed with their seals and now here to the Court exhibited the
date where of is the day and yeare aforesaid and-(marked out) they or either of
them by the expression (we or either of us do) promise to pay or cause to be paid
unto James Orr (the Plaintiff) The full quantity of one Hund.red and Two pounds of
Merchantable Gunn powder to be delivered at William Coxs the first of March next
ensume?? the date of said Wartems??? by the expression hereof it being for value
rec'd Nover'the (??~~)the said Defendant hath not paid nor Caused to be paid
nither hath his (?
?) obliger paid nor caused to be paid the said gunn powder a greeable to the Tenor and meaining of the before recited covement but the
same to do hitherto they have refused wharefor the Plaintiff says he is Injured
and his Sustainece? Tu.mage to the amount of one hundred and fifty Dollars and
therefore he sues.
?
Thompson
Pledges: Jno Doe, Rich'd Roe
(back) We the jury find for the plaintiff the som of Sixty Dollars &amp; forty three
cents Iamages with Interest theron from the first day of April 1814 test ?
?
Sam'l Brown.
Orr vs Rowe: De.
Covenent inclose. 1812. Act's Decl ' n fil ' d &amp; Common Order.
?coctr?
Spl Bail. Nov Coe .
1814 March Jury &amp; Judg't &amp; Pth(?) cost $9.68
Ex'r ,
2 . {p~£~2 __ J~~~~~~~~~s Note
Wythe County. We or either of us do promise to pay or cause to be paid unto James
Orr the full Quantity of One Hundred and two pound of Marckonable gunpowder to be
delivered at William Coxs the first day of March Next Ensuing the Iate here of it
bein~ for Value rec'd as witness our hand and Seal this 22 Iay of October 1810.
(sig) Solomon Rowe (seal), James Rowe (seal)
Test: William Orr Junior

J , (warrant) ..• To take Solomon Rowe and James Rowe .••• Giles County •• • on the last
'IUesday in July to answer James Orr of a plea of covenant broken Iamage one hundred &amp; fifty Dollars •••• (date) 11th day of July 1812 in the 37th year.
(back) This is an action founded in Covenant To Recover Tu.mages for a breach of
Covenant under seal appearance bail is to be Required. Thompson
Orr vs Rowe &amp;al: Cops .
Executed on : James Rowe the 25th July 1812. Sollomon
Rowe is no inhabitant . W'm Chapman D. S. for J Chapman. July can't for Decl'n.

4. ( Bail Bond) •. • James Rowe &amp; Stephen Rowe (deft &amp; sur) ••••• sum of three hundred
dollars •.. • • (date) of 25th day of July 1812 •.••. bound James Rowe in an action of
covenant... .
Ia.mamage one hundred &amp; fifty Dollars .••.•.• (sig) James Rowe
(seal), Stephen his X mark Rowe.
Attest: Wm Chapman
HARE VS HOGE J KIRK :

Bond

• •• Hoge J Kirk &amp; Jesse Hale is bound unto Joseph Hare •• •• $249 . 58 unto Joseph Hare
.• ••• 21 July 1826 ..•• Joseph Hare sued • . • above bound Hoge J Kirk •• • sum of $124. 79
.•. • to satisfy the same 4 head of horses . .' ••• last tues o~ August... . (sig) Hoge
J Kirk, Jesse Hale.
(back) To August Court Bond forfeiture. October court 1826 = Judgment &amp; Execution a warded Pltff cost $5.99

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AMISS VS JAMES WILLIAMS
(warrant) ... take James Williams (son of Jeremiah Wi lliams ) ... . .. court on the last
Tuesday in Janua~ next to satis~y Lewis _Amiss Four dollars and eighty cents with
Interest from the 25th day of March 1820 which to the s ' d Amiss .. . ... . . recovered
against the said James Williams for debt also $1.28 ... . . I:e.vid French 1 Jan 1823
(back) Amiss vs James Williams: Casa . Executed and conveyed to Giles court
House and Delivered him to the Jailer January 17th 1823 Guy D French D for James
Bane SGC and committed to Jail ~n the SC3:me day and he was released by taking the
oath of an insolvent Debto~ and Delivering a schedule of his property the 25th
day of January 1823. ??Jesse Hale Jailor .
Cost of Dieting prisoner for nine
days at 33 1/3 cents .
per diem
$2 . 99 cents
21
for putting to Jail
21
Releasing
63
Sheriff fee for arrest

$4. 04
GEORGE JOHNSTON VS LEWIS FILLINGER
(A. Bond) .• . that we Lewis Fillinger &amp; Jacob Miller . ... bound
Sheriff ••• • . • sum of $200 . • • . Jl March 1826 .•. . that whereas
plea of Tresspass on the same fumage $200 ..... last tuesday . .
mark Fillinger, Jacob Miller.
Test: Sam'l Pack J ' r
(back) G Johnston vs Lewis Fillinger: A. Bond.
1826 June
August. Same Oct'r dismiss ' d by order of plft .

i-

unto James French
George Jo hnston • •..•
. ..
( sig ) Lewis his
Cont'd for Deel ' r

2.
(warrant) ••• to take Lewis Fillinger . ..•. to answer George Johnston . • . • plea
of trespass .••• on the case D3.mage $200 • • ... Jlst March 1826 ..• •
(back) Johnston vs Fillinger: Cap ' s . Executed &amp; give Jacob Miller for his
app'e bail
for trespass - - on a written agreement under seal .
HOGE &amp; VERMILLION VS HUGH McGAVICK JR
1. (declaration) Giles Co towit : James Hoge &amp; Reason Vermillion Merchants &amp;
partners trading under the firm • • . Hoge &amp; Vermillion plaintiffs •••• , complains of
Hugh Mc Gavi ck junr, deft . in custody ••••• • .. . $77 . 22 he owes them. , • , • • • on the
13th July 1823 signed a note . . . ... . .. . .
(back) Declaration. note enclosed. 1825 July Deel ' n fil ' d &amp; Co August CoC
august Jol'm. Chapman for Deft office Judg't Set aside payment plea ref_ &amp; Issue
2 . (bond) Hugh McGavack &amp; James Henderson . •. .. •. bound unto Hoge &amp; Vermillion •.
full sum of $210,26 .•... dated 18 July 1826 .. • .• legal cost attending •.• . • sum of
$105 .13 .•• to satisfy the same: five head of good Horses on last Tues August next
(sig) Hugh McGavack, James Henderson
(back) Sale August court. Bond forfeiture and notices g iven to the 1st day
September Court. Satisfied September 26th day 1826 .
Mc:KEY &amp; COMPANY VS HUGH MCGAVOCK
(D. Bond) ••. that Hugh McGavock Hiram Neel &amp; James Henderson ..• • • bound to Adam McKey W'm Key and Shepherd Brown merchants tra4ing under the firm &amp; stile of A &amp; W
McKey &amp; Co • •••••. sum of $146.96 ......... lSth July 1826 .... . . • above bound Hugh McGavock • .•. ,, .sum $7J.l~8 .•• , ••. property - fou.i:: head of Good horses •..••• • . above
bound James Henderson • . .
( sig ) Hugh McGavock, J. Henderson.
Teste Sam ' l Pack
(back) H. McGavock to A &amp; W McKey &amp;al: FB. August Court.
McKee &amp; Company vs
H. McGavock:: D Bond.
Sale August Ct. Bond forfeiture &amp; notice given to lst
day September con't. Satisfied September 26th day 1826.
August 29th day 1826
the sum of $65 Rec'd of this Bond.
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PECK &amp; VANMETER VS JOHN LYBROOK
1 . (declarat ion) ... . Peck and Vanmete r plaintiffs complains of J ohn Lybrook Defendant in custody &amp;c of a plea that the said Defendant render unto the sai d
plaintiffs fifty one dollars and forty two cents ... . .. ... . For truit the said Defendant on the Jrd day of September 1811 at the County of Giles .••. by his certain
writing obligatory Sealed with his Seal .. .........• did promise to pay unto the
said plaintiffs ... . ... for value rec ' d of them with lawful interest from the date
of said writing obligatory until paid .•........ hath not paid a l tho aften thereunto requested . . ......
H. Chapman P._?
Pledges &amp;c : J ohn Doe , Richard RoB
(back) Peck &amp; Vanme.t er vs John Lybrook : Declaration . not e en closed. 1813 June
Deel' n fil ' d &amp; Co vs : Deft &amp; Bail July : : CoC Aug ' t June
1814 March Plea
wou ' d Plth cost $7 . 39 + 18 = 7 , 57
Ex ' n

2 . (note) On deman I promise to pay unto Peck &amp; Vanmeter fifty one Dollars &amp;
fourty too Cents for Vallue of them Rec ' d with lawfull interest .from this date
untill paid Given under my hand &amp; Seal this Jd day September 1811. J ohn Lybrook
(seal) Tes t
$51-42 cts .
This note Given for Goods bifted before the 18th day of July 1811
Test Geo Peck
(back) John Lybrook : Note $50 . 42 : f,0 : 6 : 0 . By Cash as Per Ledger Page JO
September Jd 1811 This note was taken with out the Decreation of the above made.
J . (summons) •.• Sheriff of Giles Co ...•. to take John Lybrook ...• if he be found
within •.... &amp; him safely . . . . on the Last Tuesday in June next to answer Peck &amp; Vanmeter of a plea of Debt of fifty one dollars 42 cts IB.mage $51 . 00 . • . •• Witness
D3.vid French ••. . . lst day of April 1813, in the J7th year .. • Iavi d French
(back) This is an action of Debt on a note uder Seal for payment of money apearance bail is required . Peck &amp; Vanmeter
Peck &amp; Vanmeter vs John Lybrook : Cap ' s . Executed and Aparance bail = Taken
W' m Chapman DS Fra J Chap man SGC
4 . (bail bond) John Lybrook &amp; John Chapman Jun ' r (deft &amp; Sur ) •.. • sum of One
hundred and t wo Dollars &amp; 84 cents ••••..• 2 April 181J ...• . Peck &amp; Vanmeter (plffs)
plea of Debt of fifty and forty t wo Cents ..... (s i g) John Lybr ook (seal),
J Chapman (seal)
MARGARET KEFFER VS JAMES KERR
1 . (note) On demand we promise to pay or Cause to be paid unto Margaret Keffer
or her Eares or aSignes the just and f ull Sum of fifty Dollars monney of Virginia
for Vallue Received of he r as Witness our hands and Seal this 4th day of October
1825. (sig) James his ~ mark Kare, Jacob his X mark Taylor
Test Joseph C Taylor .
(back) Kerr to Keffer
$50 note .
2. (declaration ) ..• Margaret Keffer plaintiff complains of Jame Kare &amp; Jacob
Tu.ylor Defendants in cust ody • .•. . debt of $50 . • (note.) on 4 Oct 1825 ..•••
( back) Margaret Keffer vs James Kar &amp; Jacob Tu.ylor:: Decl aration. note enclosed.
July 1826 Decl ' n fil ' d &amp; Co August CoC. J Chapman as for Deft office Judgt Set
aside payment plead replas ? &amp; issue Oct'~ plea wav'd. Plfts cost $8.72

J.

(warrant ) .•. take James Kare &amp; Jacob '.Iaylor ••.. last tuesday June .•• answer
Margret I&lt;eff er plea· of Debt of $50 D3.mage $50 20 Apr 1826
(back) Caps. Executed and bailed by Robert Hunter Jur( ?) June 12th 1826. This
is an action of Debt founded on a note under Seal for the payment of money appearance bail is required.
con't

�Xerr to Keffer

con ' t

(A. Bond) • .•• that we James Kare &amp; Jacob Taylor Robert Hunter bound unto James
French High Sheriff ••. . . full sum of $100 . . . • •.•. 12 June 1826 . . . . . . . debt of $50 .•
(s i g )
J a mes Carr , J acob his
damage 50 ... • first day of n ext June court .....
J
'
r
or
S
'r
Test
Sam ' l Pack
~ mark Taylor , Robert X Hunter

4.

KINZEE VS EAHEART

l. (note) $85// on demand I
assigns the just and full sum
23rd day of May 1823 Test my
Witness Archi bald Clybern .
(back ) Abram F.ahart To Note
??
August 15th 1823.

promise to p a y Jonas Clybern or oder his heirs or
of Eighty five Dollars for Value rec ' d of him this
hand and Seal
Abram Ea.. heart ( seal )
$85 . Pay the within to James Kinzie on his order.
mark Clyburn .
Witness henrey Clyburn
J onah his

+

2. (declaration) James Kin zie •• plaintiff &amp; assignee of Jonah Clyburn alias
James (or Jonas ? ) Clyburn complains of Abram Ea.heart the Defendant in custody . • ·
debt of $8.5 . 00 .,, ••• on 23 May 1823 a note. , ,, . on 15 day Aug l82J at ?Chicago????
(back) James Kinzee assee vs Abram F.ahart: : Declaration .
note inclosed . 1824
Oct Wm H Bone Spl bail Nov ' r Deel 'n fil 'd &amp; Co . Dec 'r CoC l825 March Charles
Veing Sp ' l bail :: John Chapman for Deft :: office Judgement Set As ide payment
plead aplication &amp; Issue :: June court August same 1826 March plea wav ' d &amp; Cost
$8. 58:: $70 enjoined by injunction .
Ex ' ns Issued.
J.
(warrant) ,, to take Abram Earhart. , . , . last tuesd.ay in August next •• ••. to answer James Kinzie assignee of Jonas Clyburn •• , . plea of Debt $85 .
damage $85 .
4 August l824.
(back) not found at home -- This is an action of Debt founded on a note under
s eal for the payment of money appearance bail is required .
H. Chapman
4.
(warrant) .. • take Abram Eahart , ... last tuesday October nex t • .. 6th Sept 1824
(back) Executed 21st Sep t and by Adam Johnston •••.••

5,

(bond = Casa bond. ) Abram F.ahart &amp; Adam Johnston •• • •• full sum of $17 0. 00 ••••
20 Sept 1824 ••. . to appear , , .. next Oct Court .. ..
( s i g ) Abram Eahart , Adam
Johnston.
(wit) John McClaugherty
BROWN VS HENDERSON

1. (warrant) , , . to take J ohn Henderson .• , .. at the Court house on the Last Tuesday
in march to answer William Brown of a pplea of Debt of twenty five dollars Ie.mage
$25 •••.•• Jd Jan'ry 1817.
Iavid French CGC
(back) Brown vs Henderson: : Cap ' s . Exe'd &amp; bail taken .
Kirk for Peck .
Dismis'd
Oct 'r 1817 by Pft.
This is an action of Dbt due by not under Seal for the payment
of money appearance bail is to be required W' m Brown .
2. (bail bond ),, ••• John Henderson &amp; John Kirk (deft &amp; sur .) ..•• sum of fifty
dollars ••• •.• 6 Jan 1817 .••• • William Brown hath sued •• .. . . (sig ) John Henderson ,
John Kirk.
(wit) James Henderson .

�/39
TONEY vs HAGER
The following is a copy of documents pertaining to a court case in Giles Co, Va,
1 . To the worshipfull Court of Giles County in Chancery Setting your orator
John Tony( or Tonll) Humbly complaining shewith unto your Woships that a certain
Philip ~er (or Hanger) was indebted to him in the sum of eight pounds Ten
Shillings and nine pence due by account dated the 4th of November one thousand
eight Hund.red and three and eighteen hundred and five That on the 4th of November
eighteen Hund.red and £ive- three he received ginsang from the s'd Harger to the
value of thirteen pounds Ten Shillings Leaving a balance in favour of s'd Hager
of four pounds nineteen shillings and three pence &amp; when the ginsang was presented
to your orator he promised to pay the s'd Hager Half the amount in cash for which
he executed his note -- the s ' d Hager took up more than Half in goods for which
he promised to give credit on on the note provided he did not pay your orator the
amount for which he had dealt above six pounds fifteen shillings ?_n five The
five was not paid. The proper credits were not given but suit brought by s'd
Harger on the note and judgment obtain'd against your Orator for n6- S2-6d One
pound three shillings and three pence more than was actually due, for the? execution issued and your craters property has been taken and he will be aggrieved unless your Worships grant him redress all which actings and doings are contrary to
equity and good conscience and now only to be remedied by your Worships now sitt~~~-~~-~-~2~E~_2f_g~~~~~-i2~E-2E~~2E_~~l~-~~~-~~~-!:§!'g~E-~~¥_P~-~~~~-~~f~~~t

?__ 'd bill that he make true and perfect answer on oath to the allegations above
stated as of specially interrogated, and such other relief ?grant as may seem
just that your subpoena may issue.
Jany court 1807 sworn to in court.
John MC Taylor
2.

Giles County ?S__
Hagar ' s A/ct with Toney
This I0.y Carne william Toney before me Christian Snidow one of the Commonwealth
Justices for S'd County and Deposith &amp; Saith that he presented a copey of the
within acct to Phillip Hager and the S ' d Hager ?J)enide? the Hole of the acct. untill This Deponant asked of John Toney the De£endant if he Did Not Need Some
articles that this Deponant Recollected being in (?
) the Defendant Noses- ??
tion and this Defendant answered he Did Need an auger &amp; Bridle and at an other
time this Defendant agreed to all the acct only the Brimstone which the Defendant
wanted at that Time to settle with this Deponant for this Deponant Refused to
Need Every thing for the BrimeStone as the Defendant Sent by him to John Toney
for the BrimeStone and John Toney asked this Deponant at the time the BrimeStone
was got whethered this Depohant would pay for it or was it a new chared to Hagexs
A/C and this Deponant Said that Hagar Sent for it on this Defandant A/C own acct
which BrimStone this Deponant Delivered to this Defendant and further this Deponant saith not
(sig) William Toney
Subscribed and sworn to before C Snidow
Phillip Hager Dr to John Toney
1803
Nov 4 To 1 quart of Brandy
0- 3-0
0- 2-J
To J hand Saw files
To Brackfast
0- 1-3
o- 7-6
To 2 Large files @J/9
To Supper
0- 1-3
0-10-6
To 1 shall hhf.f ???
To 2 bundles of fodder 0- 0-6
( ?small hass)
To ?2 Qt of Brandy
0- 1-0
2: 5:0
To 12 yds Calliomanco
To hay for 2 horses
0- 1-6
0- 1-0
To t pint of Brandy
To 4 wool hatts
2- 0-0
0- 7-6
1
Set
Knives
&amp;
forks
To
To 3 Barlow penknives
0- J-0
0- 1-6
To 2 QQ? Doz Needles
To ?l Doz Cups
0- 5-6
To ?f? Doz Deming NeedlesO- 0-9
To l Tin Cup
0- 0-9
To 1 Large auger
0- 7-0
2
H_ff?
To
0- 7-6
To Brackfast
0- 1-3

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2.

(con't)
To 1 Bridle
1805-23 July To 7 lb BrimStone @ l/J

0-1 2 - 6
0- 8- 4

8 :14-0 ? (or 6)
Cr By

135 lbs Ginsang @ 2/

13:10 :- -

Ball Due

4 :18 :9

8-11- 3

3.

Toney vs hager : : ?__y '_ Bond
Know all men by these presents t hat as John Toney &amp; Jo•u1 McClaugherty are
held and firmly bound unto Philip Hager in the Just and full Sum of $2 0 t o which
payment well and truly to be made we bind ourse lves our Heirs Execu t ors a nd
administors Jointly by these presets witness our Hands and Seals th i s lJth day of
Jan 7 1807 The conditions of the above obligation i s s u c h tha t wh eras
the
above John Toney Hath this day obtained an i n junktion t o s t ay the proceedings on
a Judgement obtained a ?Ganest? a (written over) by P hilip hager now if the said
John Toney Shall pay or cause to be paid to the s ' d Philip hage r the s um of ten
dollars and also all cost which may be awarded a gains t the s ' d Toney in case the
said injunktion shall be dissolved then the obligation to be closed other wise to
remain in full force .
(sig) John Toney (seal) , J a ' s McCla u g herty (seal )
D French

{p~9~) __ ~f~~~YQEe_of Michael Hager
Kanawa County to Wit: ~ -The- Affdavid of Michael Hag er of Lawful Age 'I'aken in a
suit in Chancery Defending in the Worshipful Court of Giles County Wherein John
Toney is plantiff and Philip Hager Defendant being f irst s worn deposeth and sayeth ,
that he wen t in Company with said Philip Hager who Car:ryed a quantity of Ginsang
Root and sold to the said Toney the half of which he was to pay in Cash the other
half in g oods which part he then took up and Setled a nd Toney give his note for
the Balan ce which your Deponant Believes amounted to Twenty Two Dollars and a
half, after which settlement your Deponant a nd said Philip was about to Start and
said Philip Coud not find hi s Bridle whereupon the said Phili p pur chas ' d one of
the s aid Toney, your Deponant i s very Confident that said Philip after settlement
took no other goods of sai d Toney only the Bridle above menti on ' d a n d f u rther
your Deponant Sayeth Not- --- ( s i g ) Michael his X mark
Hage r
15th of May 187(sic) Wm Dingess , JP KC
(editor' s note: I have seen dates written 187 instead of 1 8 07 -- the ' O ' was
left out . This was used into the early twentieth centu ry. )

4.

4. {2~~~2_TQ~~y_y~-~~g~~-ll_!~junc'n.

(letter addressed to ) Cap ' t

Lav id French CGC

Kanawa Coun ty ToWi t: The affidavate of Samuel Muncey of Lawfull age take n before
me a J us tice of the Peace for said County , being first sworn Deposeth &amp; Sayeth
t hat when W'm Toney was going to the Election of Giles County that i t Came in Conversati on Between said Toney &amp; your Deponant respecting a suit now in Chancery
Defending in the Honourable Court of Giles County between Philip Hager &amp; J ohn Toney
said W' m Toney told your Deponant that the fault of said suit was in h i m that the
Said Phili p Hager had sent by him for ten pounds of Brimstone of whi c h h e let h im
but seven pounds &amp; the said W'm Toney further told your Deponant, Hager was t o
settle with h im for the Brimstone he got of him &amp; he intended as soo n as he got
i~ the settl e ment to aquai nt John Toney of the Mistake &amp; have the Bu siness setled
without any more trouble; Your Deponant is very Certain that W' rn Toney t o ld him
when h e Rec ' d t he Brimston e he did not tell his Brother John who t o Charge i t to
&amp; further y our Deponant sayeth not
(sig ) Samuel Muscey
W'm Dingess J . p

5.

To the worshipfu l Court of Giles County in Chancery
Sitt ing The Answer of
Philip Hagar to a bill of Injunction Exhibited a gainst him by J ohn Toney This
Respond.ant saying and reserving to himself all benifit of Exception to the many
errors and untruths in t he compla inant s bill containe d for answer thereto or to
Virgin.ta Appalachian Noteo

�5.

(con ' t ) s o muc h as he is advised is material for him to answer answerable
and saith tha t t rue it is the Respondant brought suit against the said Complainant
on a note t hat was executed by the Complainant to this Respondant &amp; obtained a
judgment fo r the same after deducting twelve shillings &amp; six pence which is Indorsed as a c redit on said note your Respondant states that true it is he delivered
to the Said Compla inant Ginsang to the amount of thirteen pounds ten shillings
agreeable to the Statement in the Bill of the complainants and it was agreed that
the said compla i nant Should pay this Respond.ant one half in goods &amp; the other
half i n cash for Said Ginsang Accordingly the Said Complainant credited his note
to the Said Respondant for the half that he was to pay in cash being six pounds
fifteen shillings the other half your Respondant then took up in goods and received a Bill of the goods from the Said complainant which amounted to exactly
Six pounds fifteen shilling but which Bill hath since be accident got misplaced
or lost Your Respondant expressly denies that he took up goods of the Said complainant to the amount of eight pounds ten shillings and nine pence and if the
complainant has got such charges on his books against your Respondant they are
false nor never did your Respondant agree to pay the said Complainant fur for
goods because he was not indebted to him for any goods having paid him in Ginsang
for all the goods he got of him except one bridle which This Respondant got of
the complainant after he had taken out the six pounds fifteen shillings which he
got just as he was Starting home from the complainant, the complainants account
not being made a part of his Bill prevents your Respondant from answering as it
res pets the particular Items charged against him But this Respondant has under
Stood that one the Items in the Complainants account is for brimstone that W'm
Toney Should have got of The said Complainant for This Respondant. your Respondent recollects that W'm Toney was mentioning that his brother John had brimstone
for sale &amp; at the same time said he was about to get Some of him your Respondant
then mentioned to the said W' m Toney as there was acc'ts between them if he would
get him ten pounds of brimstone when he came up that he would pay him for the
same in the accounts that were between them accordingly the said W'm Toney on his
return let your Respondant have seven pounds of brimstone £or which he charged
your Respondant one shilling per pound &amp; which your Respondant has paid him for
the same In one whiskey barrel and (?
?) moles (or molls??) your Respondant
denies that ever he sent an order either written or verbal to John Toney to
deliver goods to W'm Toney or any body else and to charge the same to him your
Respondant having now fully answered the Bill of the Complainant prays that the
s ame may be dissolved &amp; that he may be hince dismissed with his CQst in his behalf unrighteously expended.
This day personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for Giles
County Philip Hagar who made oath that the allegations contained in the above
answer are true given under my hand this 16 day of March 1807
James Fren ch

Commonwealth VS Elias Harless: indictment for a breach of the pea ce .
A true bill, Charles King foreman
1817 Oct'r Bill fil'd &amp; process or der •
• •. •• on 28th Oct 1817 ••••• Elias Harless yeoman ••••• on 10 Apr 1817 • • ••• fighting
with John Nidy .
(Summons)

to summon Elias Harless •••• appear 1st tuesda y i n March ••• • l Nov 1817.

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V!l'gtnia Appalachian N otea

�14~

HIGH BRI!X}E PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rockbridge County, Virginia

The following are a few extracts from Microfilm VM 26 , Church Records of High Bridge
Presbyterian Church. This microfilm was obtained through interlibrary loan from
Union Theological Seminary, J401 Brook Road , Richmond, Va 23227
Please remember that one person did not write all the information in the early
records. The name would in one handwriting and additional information in another.
VM 26:

2nd part - Church Records, High Bridge Presbyterian Church . Section A:
Session Records; B: Board of Deacons Records ; C: Women of the Church Records ;
D: Misc. Records.
Section A - 1
Founded 1769 - John Brown , pastor of New Providence &amp; Timber Ridge
1777: Rev James McC.onnell until 1788 - to Kentucky . Samuel Houston (in 1842) 43 years service - died 20 Jan 1839 - 52 years a minister . 18JJ : John M Fulton
for 1 year, lived Fincastle . Oct 1838-1841 Rev Allen D Metcalf , lived Timber Ridge .
1841 Rev Samuel D Campbell. 18J4 - 1837 Rev Henry H Paine (for J years)
Register by Rev Samuel Houston
went to Ohio 1841
Betsy Mccluer
on ex.
do Ohio 1841
Jane McCluer
do
(no explamation)
17 Aug 1834
p 15 Robert McCluer
de
18 June 1837
"
Mary Ripley
died Nov 1840
p 9 Ann Cross
died lJ July 1846
Nancy Newell
Sally Irvine
married Paxton Gilmore
Sally Kirkwood
joined in 1809 died 4 Mar 1848
joined in 1812 died 12 Feb 1848
Joseph Cloyd
died in 1829
Cynthia Cloyd
turned Baptist Oct 1842
Washington Crawford
gone to Lexington died 1847
p 10 Sally Caruthers
died 23 April 184J
Isabella Sloan
married James Paxton dead
p 11 Mary Moore
Sarah Lecky
died 9 April 1845
Thomas Cross
dismissed
dead
Sarah McKnight
dead
Margaret Houston
dead
dead
Martha Houston
dead
p 12 Robert McMurry
dismissed
to
East
Tennessee
18 Aug 1850
Hannah Paul
dead
Nancy Rollison
died 22d July 1841
Polly Smith
married John Civil
p 13 Sarah Shaver
Jane Hart
on ex. 29 Sept 1827 (removed to Ten . 1847)
John McKnight
died 27 Jan 1843
p 14 Nathan Lecky
died 1 Dec 46
Jane Lecky
died 4 April 1848
Mildred Gilmore
died 7 January 1844
Nancy Kirkwood
died June ' 44
J Eliza Crafford
dismissed 18 Sept '42 &amp; removed to Tennessee
p 15 Samuel Johnston
dismissed on 18 Sept 1842 &amp; removed to Tenessee
Isabella Miller
married L Lecky
died Mar 184z
Margaret Wilson
p 14

..

VirS!n1a Appalachian Notes

�High Bridge Presbyterian Church
p 16
p 17

p

18

p 19

p 21
p 143
p 159

married Sam'l Miller
Janetta Wilson
died 18 Dec 1850
Lewis (servant of Wm Moffett)
on cer
Joseph C Barker
16 April 1842
do
dec 'd
do do
Mrs
Barker dead
(written between names)
died 16 Nov 1848
Miss Margaret Shields
on ex
dead
do do
dismissed 10 (_'.L. ) ' 43 to Oxford
Sally Campbell
(placed between lines)
died 30 July 1845
Hugh Ray
Miss Sarah Jane McKnight
died 19 Oct ' 43
Andrew Doleman
died 7 May 1848
Nancy Civil
died 19 Jan 1850
Christeana Holmes
from Covington
died 12 June ' 47
Hugh Braf ord
died June 1864
John Holmes
died 3 March 1847
Mrs Catherine R Gilmore from Locust Bottom
died 24 March 1842
Joseph W Walkup
In Texas
Jacob W Arnold (age 11) 29 Sep 1850 on ex
marriages by Samuel D Campbell
Baptism of Adults by S. D. Campbell
Wm Shields Sen ' r on his near approach to Death - 1850 Feb 24

Va State Archives &amp; Rockbridge Historical Society has photocopies of the above
register. (Note : only those names with genealogical infonnation was copied)
SESSION BOOK 1866
May 2 , 1877 ..... . Mrs Isabella C Thompson • • • • "being in very feeble health &amp;
realizing her end near at hand desires admission into the visible church."
p 109 Sept 25/78 ..... .. charges against J . L. Breedlove
p 111 Spec. 4 . . .. • Misrepresentation of Mathew Waskeys words to G L Ruse in order
to secure the loan of flour
Wit : Aforesaid Waskey &amp; Ruse
p 120 June 5 1881 . . . .. . Everett N? Miller to join a church in Kansas City, Missouri
p 140 James C Brumlee (or Brownlee) entered into his rest on the 14th day of
January, just eleven days after he followed to the grave his excellent wife.
p 205 Members of Church 1866
p 209 Cynthianna Waskey
Ex. B
1898?1899?1889
p 210 Members April 1st 1888
p 211 - 55 - Cynthia Waskey died ?Feb? 1895
(Feb 2.3)
p

82

p

111

p

138

Part A - III

p252
p .308

Nov 1907 •.. ... House of Robert L Leighton •••. in feeble heal th and realizing

that his end was near •• •••. . was baptized
July 9, 1911 •.•• .• house of Mrs Nancy Hoge on the Short Hill •••••• being in
feeble health . • •. • • •
Revi sed list of members 1921
communicants
Received
By ex
died Feb 2.3, 1895
Waskey , Scynthanna
Admitted Dec 27 , 1897 by ex - removied -- died
Waskey, Rutha

�MONTGOMERY COUNTY , VIRGINIA, CEMETERY
contributed by
Margaret Drody Thompson
There is an old, little- noticed cemetery in the middle of a pasture , in Price's
Fork, Va, with graves, some of which have engraved stones and some of which
bear no witness. Mrs Evans Guymm of Price's Fork; Mrs Clairmont Snider Clemens
of Blacksburg; Mrs Eunice Snider Rudisill of Rad.ford ; Mrs Lois Snider Rudisill
of Price 's Fork and Margaret Drody Thompson of Roanoke recently hiked into the
area in order to record those still visible for genealogical research, as well
as provide a memorial for those buried here for which no sign remains .
There is a Confederate grave among the briers and fallen trees , which in days
past has been remember and decorated:

WILLIAM PATTERSON SNIDER
CSA Va 1st Sgt Va Inf
Born Feb 20 1830
Died Jan 4 1920
In addition to his warrior's stone there is a double headstone for he and his

wife:
ZIPPORA HARLESS
Born Dec 25 , 1843
Died Oct 18 1898
There is a stone for

Rosie E. Price
Born June 18, 1883
Died Oct 19, 1975

and Victoria Long
Born May 9, 1876
Died Dec 11, 1913

There is no stone for the original log-cabin settler and owner of the vast farm
that once surrounded this family plot . Although the plot is presently called
the "Pat Snider Cemetery" , it originally served John Abraham . It is believed
that he and his wife a re buried here . John Abraham Snider was born circe 1760
and died in 1848 in his home nearby .
The cemetery is located in the middle of pastureland between Sunnyside Road
and Tom's Creed Road Northeast of the Snider Cemetery on Sunnyside . Permission
should be secured to hike in from Tom ' s Creek Road. The best access is about· a
quarter of a mile from where Tom ' s Creek intersects with Route 685 .

N

Tom's Creek Road

t
Pat Snider
Cemetery

Blacksburg

I Price's

Vtremm Appalachian Note!!

Fork

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LAFAYETTE CEMETERY
Montgomery Co., Va. On Route I81 take exit 38 (Ironto Exit), then Rt 603 to
Rt 11 . About 1.2 miles down the road on the left at a curve there are two
houses , green and white , turn off the road here and go down the gravel road
toward the farmhouse - on the l eft is a gate leading into a pasture, turn here .
Walk across the pasture , cross the railroad tracks, the cemetery is to your
left on a small hill. The cemetery is fenced in, well kept, and is still being
used.
Copied by Ruth Hale &amp; Babe Fowler on Mar 15, &amp; 16 , 1984.
James Edward Foutz- MOMM I US Navy - World War II - July 18, 1910 Apr 27, 1981
(John M Oakey , Inc . )
Karl L. Koerner - May 25 , 1893 - Jan 4 , 1960
Rose S Koerner - July 5, 1896 - Nov 11, 1948
Jack (No other name) - 1914 - 1935
John F Koerner
Apr 4, 1889
July 25 , 1941
Maude A Koerner
June 24, 1891
Mar 15, 1954
There is a large stone that is off its base - turned faced down .
James Glen Walthall
Dec 16, 1872
Oct 3 , 1949
Nellie Apgar Walthall
Sept 28 , 1870
Mar 5 , 1943
Lewis Bunky Garli ck 1965 - 1984 - Hoy Funeral Home .
Hubert H Butt - June 6 , 1904 - Dec 1 , 1967 (verse)
Baby Jewell July 10 , 1944
Graham (Double Stone) James M. 1863-1948; Mary Pearl 1884-1945
Francisco (Double Stone) Frank L 1889-1975; Mary C 1904-1958
Piper ( Double Stone) Lucille Francisco Nov 23 , 1929 - Oct 21, 1980
Francis Edward Jr April 9, 1928
Pendry (Double Stone) Ruth H 1912; Orley A 1890-1958.
Daisy W Wood Born Feb 25 , 1909 Died Nov 11 1 1944
James M Weaver Mar J l, 1871 - Mar 22 , 1941
Jocie C Weaver Feb 14, 1880 - Feb 21 , 1939
(James Milburn Weaver, b Floyd Co , Va , md Jocie Cordil a Wells)
Jacob Butt Born Aug 23 , 1 822
died July 29 , 1896
Hubert H Butt, Jr 1928-1928
Memory of Jo_ W Weaver b- rn July ?26, 1848 - d_ed Sept ?_j, 1896 - age 48y
2 0d
(badly chipped) (John William Weaver md Mary Frances Wickham from
Floyd Co . , Va . )
Chumbley
? J Chumble ?
- 1966 (funeral home marker)
Linda L Chumbley Born July 25 , 1914 - ·Died Aug 15, 1959.
Charlotte M Butt Born Mar 26, 182§ - Died Mar 1, 1913
Sadie Virginia daughter of JB &amp; KB Butt Born June 28, 1901 Died Oct 9 , 1901
Hattie B wife of JB Butt Born Apr 11 , 1875
Died Jan 24, 1927
Jacob B Butt Born Dec 15, 1869 - Died May 29, 1954
Rocks : There are many rocks used for markers . A few were scratched with initials,
dates, - some nothing. I have found that usually you lay down on the ground and
feel the rock for markings - usually such markings are covered by grass or an
inch or so of dirt . bf
(Rock) J.G . March 1 .. 79? 72
( Rock) (broken) W?N. M.
(Rock) 1868 Feb the 23rd
J. H. Lawrence
Sarah Ann Lawrence July 4, 1843 - Jan 25, 1939.
F. A. Butt Born Oct 7, 1861 - Died Feb 17, 1906
Willie E. Son of F.A. &amp; Alice Butt Born ~~' 1895 (badly worn.)
~rtle Lee
J.E. &amp; G.A. Smith Born May 1, 1892 Died Mar 22, 189~?

VJrgtrua Appalachian Notes

(worn)

�Thomas Lee Owens Pvt. U. S . Army World War I 1890-1977
Butt (foot stone ) Marker : c:m ground and broken
A rock, rusted funeral home marker, &amp; CSA metal cross (rusted) .
(rock) L M V Feb 21, 1869
Tombstone - half buried : S . F . B.
(rock) John B Moses Died March the 18th 1849 age 2ly
(rock) M. A. Moses Died June 17th 1873 Age 81 yrs .
Patricia Zane daughter of George &amp; Betty Furrow June 5, 1948-June 5 , 1948
Annie R wife of W. M. Turner Jan 4 , 1867 Feb 28 , 1912
Ethel L wife of R. G. Gardner Born Jan 25 , 1880 Died Apr 13 , 1918
Rollin G Gardner Born Oct 15 , 1878 Died April 20 , 1932
Charles W Peterson Jan 12 1 1921 Jan 12 , 1921
Carol Ann Peterson Feb 14, 1939 Feb 25, 1939
father James W Butt born Nov 3 , 18?.2}? Died Apr 7 , 1926
mother Lorena W Butt Born Sept 18 , 1868 Died Nov 1 , 1925
Bruce W Gardner July 25 , 1903 May 5 , 1948
Edythe V Peterson Oct 14, 191 4 Jan 4 , 1963
Peterson (double stone) Charles L. Feb 25 , 1890 July 22 , 1967
Nellie G Feb 15, 1895
Dec 6, 1977
Sidney J Butt Dec 10, 1897 April 9 , 1974
Joseph G son of J, W. &amp; S. G.? Gardner Born June 26, 18§5 Died July 6 , 18§.5
Gordon son of R. G. &amp; E. L. Gardner born June 19 , 1899 died June 20 , 1899
** J. W. Gardner born May 20, 1833 died Jan 11 , 1911
Callie G Gardner wife of J . W. Gardner Born Mar 19 , 1842 Died Dec 19 , 1920
(tomes tone on ground) M. S. Consort of P. L. Woolwine She depar ted this life
on the 27th day of Jan 9 , 1832 Aged 24 years
(rock) ?M+ P. H. ? J 4 198 (?have seen 1908 written 198) ??MPR 1798???
(rock) R.5.D. 17.D.OED 18Q7
(Rock) D
2+ 8
(rock) PRD.E. 17th 1808
(half buried)
(rock) W.W.R. ?Jn 22 1835
d
(rock) ?.flxxxx 0. RxxxxxM
Aced 41
dece April 13th 1821
(rock) W.W.Reiburn Died Nov 2nd 1844? (or 1846)
(rock - half buried) Am Barnet
(rock - taken up and placed at base of tree) - ?E Heslep died Au g ~ 1870
J. L. Heslep 1808 Apr 21 . 1886
(upright tomestone) George W. R. Heslep Born Feb 19 , 1838 Die d Apr 26 , 1910
(flat tomestone) George w. R. Heslep Virginia Pvt Co . E 42 Regt . Va Inf
Confederate States Army Feb 19 , 1838
Apr 26, 191 0 (al so CSA Iron Cross )
Mother Maggie L. Heslep
Feb. 7 , 1847
Feb . 21 , 1921
(flat tomestone) George w. R. Heslep Pvt Trp G 14 Regt Va Cav . Confederate
States Army
Feb 19, 1838
Apr 26 , 1910
(double stone) Father Rev. C. P. Wanless B. June 3 , 1830 D. Jan . 18 , 1896
Mother M. C. Wanless B. July 4 , 1834
D. Nov . 4 , l89C
Pearl F. Iavis
Feb. 2, 1874
Mar. 23 , 1900
( *dau of I.a.vid B &amp; Ellen)
Our Father Iavid B. Iavis 1830 - 1909
Our Mother Ellen V. Iavis 1834 - 1915
( *dau of Samuel &amp; Nancy Pull en McClure)
Margaret A Butt Died Oct 29, 1907 aged 72 years
Charlie W But.lt Dec 27, 1863 Dec 25, 1918
W. W. Sawyer (field stone, no dates)
Samuel J. Stover June 22, 1898 May 26 , 1918
Ja
1872-1953 (Funeral marker)
Turner Sam Parr
Mar. 18, 1907 Sept. 8, 1964
Bessie Gertrude Carter June 3, 1892
May 3, 1913
Emma Elizabeth Carter Aug. 16, 1868
May 1, 1949
Emory D. Carter
Mar. JO, 1866
May 17, 1954
** Jesse G son of RG &amp; EL Gardner Born Feb 22 , 1905 Died Sept 29, 1905
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Iavid B. Pulliam 1854 - 1914
Ova P . McLaniel
1880 - 1930
Frank H. Minnick June 16 , 1897 Mar. 12, 1925
Alonza Wells Mar. 13, 1889 Feb . 24, 1948
Emma Young Wells
Jan. 19 , 1892 ¥tay 9 , 1973
2 graves marked by S W Y &amp; L A Y
Gretter M. Yopp Feb . 11, 1915 Jan . 26 , 1924
E. M. Yopp wife of S . W. May 12 , 1897 Jan. 5, 1919
(part of a stone) All
A P
IED
Robert W. St . Clair
July 2 , 1934
July 12 , 1934
Thelma Bernice St.Clair
May 24, 1933
May 24, 1933
Virginia B. Minnie
Dec. 25 , 1917
Oct . 10 , 1922
(Twin Stone) Wood
Steven Arthur Dec . 17, 1898 June 13 , 1972 Father
Retta Lou
Nov . 25 , 1902
Mar. 6 , 1972 Mother
Joseph P. Martin
Feb. 11, 1850
Dec . 27 , 1925
Arthur Robert Wood
Sept . 17 , 1921 July 1923
Son
Mother Nellie W. Wimmer Apr. 16 , 1913
Apr. 19 , 1955
Joseph W. Wells
Jan. 25 , 1881
Dec . 15 , 1949
Kittie Wells
Mar. 28 , 1907
Mar . 29 , 1907
Carrie H. Wells
Nov. 21 , 1876
Oct . 14 , 1942
Arthur w. Wells
Aug. 20 , 1874
Nov . 28 , 1957
Annie M. wife of A. W. Wells
Feb . 13, 1880 Nov. JO , 1905
Mary E . Wells
Oct . 3 , 1852 Mar. 22 , 1897
Bessie E . Wells May 10, 1879
Mar 9 , 1897
John A. Wells June lJ , 1849 Mar. 14 , 1897
Elinor J . Bolling Dec . 20 , 1937 Jan . 9 , 1938
Edna M. Weaver Nov. 23 , 1899 Sept. 4 , 1900
Lewis G. Weaver June 22, 1906 Nov . 11, 1911
Maggie L . Pulliam Jan. 1, 1869 July 1, 1896
In Memory of Willie E. Pulliam Aug. 12, 1895 July 16, 1896
Our D3.rling Baby Conrad Warren Graeger June 29, 1938 Nov. 6, 1938
Martha St . Clair Oct . 16, 1848 Sept . 27 , 1902
John R. St.Clair Oct . 15, 1846 Jan. 12 , 1912
Clarence E. St.Clair Sept . 24, 1895 Apr. 7 , 1907
Pearl E. St . Clair Dec . 26 , 1909 Nov . 28 , 1910
Willie R. St . Clair Nov . 18 , 1881 Aug. 25 , 1912
(Double stone) Joseph Thomas Gordon 1848 - 1897
Ella Katherine Gordon 1848 - 1904
Wiley H. St . Clair June 26 , 1904 Mar . J , 1942
Lillian K. wife of W. W. Gardner Apr. 26, 1869 July Jl, 1906
Anna Virginia Heslep Sept . 10, 1904 Apr. 20 , 1905
Archie H. Wells Jan . 6, 1854 June 17, 1927
Virginia O. wife of A. H. Wells Aug. 12, 1857 Mar. 1, 1908
Robert Lee Butt July 21, 1889 Feb. 1, 1948
Our Father Perry H. Butt Oct. 24, 1859 Feb. 22, 1928
Our Mother Dora Farrow Butt Apr. JO , 1866 July 27, 1941
( the following are in a small enclosure)
(wooden monument - carved) Sadie M. Farrow was born July the 2. 1853 Departed
this life Nov . 4. 1880
Age 22y 4 mo 2d The Lord is my shepherd I shall
not want.
(this monument is very weather beaten but in beautiful shape.)
J . E. G. Dec. Oct. th 6 1879
Belle Gardner Died June 9, 1882 Ag 22 yer
There is a CSA iron cross there - - But for whom? I know that there other
graves there.
Does anyone know who js buried there with an unmarked grave or
just a stone?
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LEE COUNTY , VIRGINIA
Lockhart Family

January 22, 1871 . We the undersind agree to pay the amount annext to our
names to be regeted and sent to the widow Olivar in Mosoury to ina ble hur to
get back hear She has one chield she has neither Father nor Mother and has
lost hur husban left in a wickid country she is a profeser and wants hur
freands to send hur money to come back hear wheare she can raise hur child
up rite this money shal be regersted and sent to hur or returned to thoes
that giv it
Names
Elvira Ball
William Yates
. 50
$1.50
(
?)
.
20
J.K. Ball
1. 00
Roda Jefferson
Martha Lockhart
Tu.niel Newbury
. 25
J . 00
Hiram Brasure
1. 00
Miriam Newbury
. 25
Joel Ferguson
1. 00
Henry Ferguson
1 . 00
James Stamper
. 50
1.00
Bertin Venable
John Ball
.50
Abraham Bledsaw
. 50
John Retherford
. 40
. 50
Abraham Levingston
Thomas Larmer
1. 00
. 40
Harvy Dorton
.40
William Newberry
.50
James Poteete
Steven Mcpherson
Henry Darty
. 25
.50
Tu.vid Banner
.20
2 . 10
Vas htie Oliver
Geo. Hickum
1.00
.25
Mary Oliver
John Hickum
.25
Josheph Blakemore
.JO
Jesse Osbon
1.00
William Chanler
.50
James Larmer
.25
Jefeson Larmer
. 50
Roda Braisure
.50

(1 Apr 1984: This list was among the papers of my great-grandmother ' s trunk ,
Elvira Lockhart Ball of Lee County , Va. The "widow Olivar " was her s ister ,
Emeline Lockhart Olivar. She remained in Missouri (and kept the money) , and
later married James W. Caley. A third sister was Vashtie Lockhart Oliver ;
all three were daughters of Daniel Lockhart of Lee County. The "Martha
Lockhart" is probably a fourth sister (Daniel Lockhart did have a daughter
Martha, but I do not know any more about her. ). My great-grandmother Elvira
Lockhart was born in Lee County about 1842 and married Jonathan Kelly Ball
in 1861.)
Rollers Chapple December 28th 1860
We the undersigned subscribers bind ourselves to pay the some enext to our
names for the benifit of our Preacher in charge of the Sneedvill e circu it
to wit R. Steel to be discharged in provishions or money. For t h e firs t qt
Subscribers Names
$5 .00
Andrew Lockhart
Oen (?) Hall
1 . 5 0 corn
1. 00
W1llia.tn Absher
. 50 "
Wm G~ (?) Hall
. 2.5
Emit Kinser
Daniel Hall
. 50 II
l. 00 corn
1.00
James Abs hear
Joseph Kinsor
1.00 "
William Sybert
J efferson Kinsor
.50
(This list was amon5 the papers in my great-grandmother ' s trunk, Elvira
Lockhart Ball of Lee County, Va.)

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Index to Ancestral Surnames by Query Number
Austin
Bacon
Bat eman
Bell
Boot en
Bower s
Br ammer
Brown
Car per
Chase
Deakins
Dean
Dickerson
Edie 18S,
Farmer
Graham
Green 182,

183
179
172
172
172
184
173
178
172
17S
178
1 81
1 82
190
172
178
186

Hale
Harkrader
Harkrider
Harmon
Hartless
Hartman
Hickman
Hoge
Holmes
Horn
Hunt
Hylton
J o nes
Kaufmann
Ken t
Kingary
La whorne

175
175
175
171
175
178
174
174
172
186
178
182
178
179
177
176
175

Martin
Mc Mahan
Miller
Nicely
Perdue
Peters
Pickett
Provance
Pruner
Quinn
Rakes
Randolph
Rector
Ridley
Scherf fig
Sherfey
Short 179,

V1rgin1a Appals.ohi&amp;n l'Jotes

178
187
189
177
180
177
183
171
188
185
173
lSO
178
187
1'19
179
184

Sitzler
Smallwood
Smythers
Starkey
Steagall
Sweet
Umberger
Wade
Walker
Ward
Warden
White
Whitt
Winfrey
Verbal
Verble
Zumwalt

1'79
172
183
176
182
186
188
18 9
178
180
172

190
178
17 3
177
1'77
185

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171 - 85 .
William PROVANCE, b . 1798, TN, lived Greene Co ., TN, md.
Jenc ey HARMON , dau . of Isaac HARMON, 1818 . Ten children all b. TN .
Went to Cape Ciradeau, MO, ca 1845 .
William d . July 1849, Farmington,
MO .
Would like to correspond with his brothers or sisters descendants
or any des cen dants of his children . Need his parents or any info about
this family .
Mrs . Don W. WELLS, Box 125, Riverton, KS 66770
172 - 85 .
Desire to correspond with descendants of Thomas WARDEN, b .
Irel an d a nd d . in VA .
Will exchange info with anyone on ancestors of
this family .
Where did he live before VA? Children md . into SMALLWOOD,
BATEMAN, HOLMES , FARMER, BELL, BOOTEN, CARPER and many others .
Will
answer a ll mail and help with above names when possible and more.
Malita W. MURPHY, Box 319, Athens Star Route , Princeton, WV 24'740
173 - 85 .
Desire info regarding Dorcas RAKES, dau. of Charles RAKES,
md. Richard R. WINFREY, 1812, Franklin . Md. John BRAMMER, SR ., 1843,
Patrick at same time other family members md . All migrated to WV .
1850 census shows Dorcas head of the house with son, Peter .
Left WV
before 1860 .
What happened to her? What happened to John BRAMMER, SR . ?
Malit a W. MURPHY, address above .
174 - 85 .
Who were the Rev . William P . HICKMAN parents? Rev . HICKMAN
was b. 28 Feb . 1810, in Bath Co . , VA . He md . Margaret Reid HOGE , 18
July 1844 .
Rev . William P . HICKMAN d . 11 May 1864, in Pulaski Co ., VA .
Delcie ROTHENBERG, 100 Aloha, Apt. 410, Seattle, WA 9810S
175 - 85 .
Need parents of Isabella HARTLESS, b .
June 1832 in Amherst
Co . , VA , md . James Hillard LAWHORNE, 23 Jan . 1855 . Also parents of
Olive Vir gi nia HARKRIDER or HARKRADER, b .. 15 Mar. 1873 at Vinton,
Roanoke Co., VA .
Md. Benjamin A. TUCKER, 12 Mar . 1891. ~on PUCKETT ,
8632 Fredericksburg Rd . , #100, San Antonio , TX 78240
176 - 85 .
Would like to correspond with anyone working on STARKEY
family, Boones Mill, Franklin Co ., VA . Joel STARKEY, b. 1819 .
Where?
Md . Harriett KINGARY .
Died 1901 &amp; buried in f amily cemetery, Boones
Mill .
Would appreciate any info on Joel &amp; his parents . Diane LOVELL,
RD #1, Box 162, Bridgeton, NJ 0830 2
177 - 85 .
Need info regardin g Chnr 1es Monr oe V Y.R~ f\l, (VERBLE) , b .
30 July 1836, son o:f Henry VERBAL and Elizabeth. KENT, mtl . Scott Co .,
VA, Alice Bird NICELY, b . 10 June 1844, dau . of Samuel NICELY and
Margaret PETERS .
Wilma I . SANDFORD. Box 516, Carlsbad, NM 88220
85.
Seekin g info regarding William WALKER, b . 1 7 60- 1770 VA/ NC?
and wife, Susannah GRAHAM WALKER, b. ca 1770 VA? William WALKER/
Susannah GRAHAM md. 4 June/ 18 June/ 4 Sept . 1787 (records differ) ,
Montgomery Co ., VA, Richard WHITT, minister , Robert GRAHAM , surety .
Need parents of William WALKER and Susannah GRAHAM, also siblings .
Were children Mary (RECTOR), Jane (HARTMAN), Nan c y (JONES), John (md .
Lucretia MARTIN) , William (md . Mary BROWN) , An n a (DEAKINS) , Andrew
(md . Sarah BROWN) , Margaret (HUNT) , Susannah WALKER , Was hin gton Co . , TN?
Jean WALKER MATTHEWS , 11438 Seabrook Way, Cypress, CA 5 0630
178 -

179 - 85.
Need info on Samuel SHERFEY, b . ca 1795 in MD or VA , son of
Johannas SHERFEY/SCHERFFIG and Mary KAUFMANN . Samuel SHERFEY md . (1)
Elizabeth SITZLER (2) Vinie SHORT . Six Children : John , md . Susan
Ernaline HALE, 17 Jan . 1839 in Washington Co . , TN; Andrew· Susan ·
Catherin e (HALE); Mary (BACON); Eli za be th (CHASE). Which of Sa~uel
SHERFEY's wives was the mother of which children? Jean WALKER MATTHEWS ,
address above.

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180 - 85. Would like to know parents, birthdate and birthplace of
Daniel WARD and his wife Elizabeth (Betsy), maiden name unknown .
He
patented land in Franklin Co . , VA in 1762 and 1764 and died there in
January 1826 . Will probated 6 Feb. 1826. He had 12 children among
whom were Samuel WARD, Dr. Asa WARD and Happy WARD PERDUE .
Mrs . Mildred WARD CAMPBELL, 2818 Merino Dr., S . W. , Roanoke, VA 24018
181 - 85.
Info needed on all DEANS who lived in Washington, Wise, VA,
and Kingsport, TN areas in early 1800's . Lloyd DEAN, Rt . 6, box 498,
Morehead, KY 40351
182 - 85 . Need info please on George HYLTON of Floyd Co . , VA, who md.
Tobi tha GREEN in Floyd Co. One son, Archibald HYLTON, b . 1805 , Floyd
Co ., VA, md . 1828, Montgomery Co., VA, to Lavinia STEAGALL, b. 1802,
Montgomery Co . , dau . of Mastin &amp; Frances DICKERSON, b . 1775, Montgomery
Co . Lived Montgomery Co . , VA. Allison Lynn ROHE, 3340 Broadfield Rd . ,
Cha rlotte, NC 28226
183 - 85 .
Need info on Steven SMYTHERS, Rockbridge Co . , VA .
One son,
Stev en SMYTHERS, b . 1797/1800, md . 1822/23 Wythe Co . to Nancy PICKETT,
b . 1806 , Wythe Co . ; d . 1857, Carroll Co., VA, dau. of Oscar PICKETT.
Listed 1850 census Wythe Co . and 1830 census Grayson Co . , VA.
Also,
nee d parents of Elizabeth AUSTIN, b 1836, Wythe Co . ; d . 1898; she md.
Wyt he Co ., Michael SMYTHERS .
Allison Lynn ROHE, address above .
1 8 4 - 85 .
Need info on Sarah SHORT, b.1792, Grayson Co . , VA, md . 1809,
Grayson Co . to George BOWERS, b . 1786, d. 1856, dau . of William SHORT of
Gra yson Co.
Need any info on BOWERS or SHORT.
Allison Lynn ROHE,
a d dress a bove .
185 - 8 5 .
Need marriage date and place of marriage between a female
ZUMWALT a nd male QUINN, probably in Augusta, Frederick, Dunmore, Shenandoa h or Ro ckingham, Highland, or Bath Cos . , VA, about 1790 .
Euge ne E . LUCKEY, Box 885, Burns, OR 97720
186 - 8 5 .
Would like info on Henry HORN of Rockbridge Co . , b. ca 1775 .
His wif e wa s Catherine, who d . in 1868. Want to find her maiden name.
The i r c h il dr e n we r e Charles; Betsy; Mary, who md . John c . GREEN in 1836;
John H., who md . Sally SWEET in 1845; Susan, who md . Al exander SWEET in
1850. Zac k HORN, P . O. Box 382, Buena Vista, VA 244·1 6
187 - 8 5 .
Need parents of Stephen McMAHAN, b . 1780 in Montgomery Co . ,
VA, one o f 8 c hildre n ; others were William, Eli, Sanders, Sallie &amp;
Jonathan.
Stephen we nt to Yancey Co . , NC, md. Blanche RIDLEY, then went
to Jackson Co., NC, where he died; buried at Dicks Creek Cemetery .
Sanders
to Jackson Co., AL , buried McMAHAN Cemetery outside Stevenson, AL .
Claude B . McMAHAN, 1339 26th St . , S . W. , Hickory, NC 28602
188 - 85 .
John UMBERGER, Jr. , b. l 7SO Wythe Co., VA, md . (when?) Mary
PRUNER (dau. of wh om? ). When did he and Mary die? Where buried? There
was a "Pol l y" PRUNER of St . John's Evangelical Luthern Church (Kegley)
and an Anna Mary P RUNER ( s hown by Whitman: "Churches of Wythe" as
member of St. John's Lu t her a n ) . All help appreciated .
Richard D.
ROBINSON
353 East Lake Roa d, Palm Springs , FL 33461

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186 - 85 .
Joseph Speers EDIE, b. PA 1757; d. Christiansburg, VA,
27 Feb . 1881; bur . Sunset Cemetery; rnd . 2nd 1832 Amanda Melvina MILLER.
(His old homeplace is now site of Leggett's Drug Store.) Had dau. Jane
Harriet EDIE (1826-1912) by 1st wife (who rnd. John Crowe WADE, Christiansburg, 18 Sept . 1850) .
Who reared J a ne? Any info appreciated.
Ri chard D. ROBINSOJL 353 East Lake Rd ., Palm Springs 1 FL 33461
lSO - 85 .
Elizabeth Randolph WHITE (md. 14 June 1825, Joseph Speers
EDIE, M. D. ); d. Union, Monroe Co . , VA (now WV) while giving birth to
her second chi ld , 2 July 1828 .
Was she REALLY neice of John RANDOLPH
of Roanoke?
Who were her parents? Siblings? Prince Edward Co . ?
Montgomery Co., VA? Any kin to Edmund P. WHITE? Richard D. ROBINSON.
address above .

SURNAME
Mrs . Gloria Huffines 1 2616 SW 221 OK City 1 OK 2}152
Richard
ABRELL
FERGUSON
Dr Stephen
Pike Co., Ky
RHODES
Moses
Pa?
JARRELL
Elizabeth
N. C.
MEAD
Rhodes
Washington Co., Ind.
WEDDINGTON
William
Pike Co. , Ky
HUFFINE
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Jackson Co.
CHANDLER
Noah
Oklahoma
NEWLON
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RATE

VALUE

RATE

'WATER DEPARTUENr (CONT .)

*Pump House
Pump House
Pump House

~

Sherwood Forest
Grandin Road
Memorial Bridge
River Springs

Pump House

Pump House
Dwelling

2so.
l, Boo.
1,800.
4,ooo.

Huse Springs
II

ti

Pump House

Smith Spring

Fil ter House

Falling Creek Dam .

2;500.

10,000.
1,600.
2, coo.
8, 800.
2, 000.

Chlorinator
"
11
n
Lime House
n
"
n
11
Dwelling (Log
11
n
Barn
n
11
n
11
Old Dwelling
n
"
Dwelling (\'1heel er) Beaver Dam
11
Outbuildi.Ug
n
Dwel ling {Spratlin) 11
"
Outbuilding
n
"
Booster Pi.unp House Prospect Hills
Holl.ins Pump House Near Hollins College
Pump St.ation (Vault ) Hanover Avenue
Pump Station ( Vault ) Zdgehill
Pu:i:p Station (Vaul.t ) Lakowood
l\,Pump Sto.tion (Vault ) Chestnut Hills

Filter Plant

· Carvins Cove
Low Lift Pump House
"
"
Valve House
"
"

1,.500.
3, 000.
100,

2, 300.
100.

1 , 400 ~

1,000.

227, 000.

Sewage Disposal PJ.a.nt &amp; office
11
"
"
Dwelling
"

n

11

Garage

"

Storage Building

500.

•64

.15
.15

1, 800.

1.40

6,400.
1•
Boo.

. 26

1.28

1150

650.

1.40.
.15

6,ooo.

2,500.

30,000.

.45

3, 600.

1.
1•
1•
1•
1•
l~

.15
.15

. 40ID.

1,500.
500.

. 228

20, 000.

. 2112
. 228

42, 000.

750.

1,500.

. 90

.95

.45
.45

.45

.45
. 15
.15
;15
.15
. 15

i,ooo•

11,000.

. 228

22,000.
17,500.

.276

4,500.

26, 000.

2,100.
12,000.
4, 000.

.15.
.15

.15
. 2376
.15

. 950.
63, 900.

•15
. 276

.64

1,100.
l.

•45
•45
•45

15,ooo.

.15

. 26

1.28

.45
.95
•45

.15

.975

27,100.

:90

.1589

.525

1,300.

100~

\1illiamson Road Book Station

"

.525

1. 50
, 975

900 ~

Elmwood Park Library
Raleigh Court Branch Library
Melrose Branch Library
Gainsboro Branch Library (Colored)

"

250.

150.

500.

.21

. 26
. 26
.66

1.
1.
1.

.l~

.2112

. 228
. 576

.30

.26

.26
. 26

WELFARE DEPAJ?l'MENT
. . .__.____Almshouse
'Di19'l..1.!b\.a

Qarage

&lt;.~~. .~· • )-~=--~___.

Smok• House

Barn

C1u.cken
~..

H

ouse No. 1

..2fu 000.
10.000~

3So•

$00.
2 , 000.

100.

Chicken Houee No. 2
Chicken Houae No. 3

300.

Spring

150.

HoU8e
PuiapHouse

Hay Barn

Fig Pen
Tool House
Chicken House
Toi le~

25 ;

200.

2,000.

So.

100~

100.

5o.

.103
.26 .26
. 66
. 66
~66

.66
. 66
. 66

.25

.66
.66
.66

• 66
.26

_....,,.,.

1,900
•
200 .. ...........-,.Jt2~~~~
••

7 5.
1,200.

600.
i.

1.
l..

J..

5o.

.26

.66
. 66
.66
.66

.66
.66

.25

. 66

400.
l..
1•

.66

1.

.66
.26

1.

.66

�BUILDING
VALUE

I TEM
-,'fELF A.'RE DEP ARrl!EliT

i

Wash House

Bam

3, 600~
2, 500.
50~
250~

50;

Toi l et

100.

Garage

Daily Barn (: hel t on)
(Hash )

Corn Crib
Barn (Rsd Barn - Hash )

Relief Center
Coal House

RATE

. 26
. 26
.26

so.

.26

1.

~ 26

l.

• 66

825 •

.26
. 66

1.
1.

. 26

(com .)

..Quarantine House (now dwelling )
Dwe l l ing

Bnrn

CONTENTS
VALUE

RA.TE

'

.26
. 26

400.

-

450~

2 , 500~

1~062

200.

1.062

Dairy' Barn
Det ention Home

105,000!

.0687

,City Sanator ium

180,000~

. 648
. 45

Ci-tu Sanatori um Dwelling
Ci ty Sanatorium Gar age

* One- Half I nter est

475.

2~000 .

liOOO.

eJ,254,625.
Total Building Val ue
Toto.l Contents Value

Leue(l 0% Blanket Form)

·100.

4,300.

17, 600~

5o.
1.
3754,662.

.90

$3, 254,625.
754;662.

~4,009 ,287:

400,928.

J3,608;359.

I nsurance Required (Say-) 3, 608,300.

Estimated Average Ra.to

l~o62

1.062
. 66

4, 850~

.3411

~

. 90
. 90
. 90
. 90

i,soo;

50~

\

. 1701

.648

.45
. 90

�CITY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
S

on buildings and contents of every kind a nd description of the assured, (excep t as hereinafter specifically excluded) including a ll their buildings now existing or hereafter erected or acquired, all additions, attachments, improvements, ex tensions
a nd perma nent fixtures; including contents in and improvemen ts to any buildings leased or otherwise occupied by the
assured, specifica lly assuming liabiliLy on all properl)' on which by the printed conditions of the policy contract it is required
that liability sha ll be specifically assumed , belong ing to the assured or the property of others for which the a ssured may be
liable in the event of loss or da mage by fire a nd lightning, situa ted anvwhere in the City of Roanoke, or elsewhere in t he
counties of Bedford and Roanoke, in the S tate of Virginia. It is understood and agreed that this policv coYers aboYeground ta nks a nd t heir contents and wood trestle. a t aspha lt plant.
-

.
EXCLUSIONS: It is und~r~tood and agr eed Lhat this policy does no t CoYer the following properties: accoun ts; bills, currency, deeds;
ev 1d~nces of debt; money a nd secunl1es; mo tor dnven vehicles; bridges a nd trestles, exce pt trestle at asphalt plant; Brick and concrete Victor y
Stad 1u.m and contents, and Cram~ gra 1~dstand at Maher Field , Roanoke, Virgi nia; Concrete pumping station vaults at Hanover Ave., N . \V.,
Edgehill, La kewood , Chestnut Hills; Livestock a_nd Poultry; Property of Roanoke School Board; Lifesaving equipment, wherever located; works
or art; conten ts of rock crusher plant, located m Washington Park; Settling basin at Carvin's Cove· underground tanks and their con tents·
Va luable Papers in the various Library Buildings.
'
'
PERMISSIONS GRANTED- For buildings to be upon leased ground or under mortgage.
FOUNDATION CLAUSE--! t is understood and agreed that brick, stone or concrete foundations, piers or other supports, which are
below the under su rface of the lowest floor of basement (or basements), or where there is no basement, which are below the surface of the ground
for the within described buildi ngs and machinery, and also cost of a ll excavations of whatever nature, are not included in this insurance, and
in no event will be taken as a part of the valuation of the buildings for the purpose of arriving at the assured's contributory proportion in the
application of the co-insurance clause.
The foundations and costs of excavations above descri bed being exempted from the application of the co-insurance clause of t his policy,
a nd not being covered by this insura nce, it is hereby understood a nd agreed that in the eve1_1t of loss, ~f the insurance ~ompany s~ould. elect to
reb uild, and it should be found necessary on account of statutory or other cause to replace said foundatwns or restore said excavatwns, m whole
or in part, the cost of doing so shall be at the expense of the a ssured.
CO-INSURANCE CLAUSE--(Percentage)-l t is a part of the consideration of this policy, and the basis upon which the rate of
premium is fixed, that the assured shall at all times maintain insurance on each item of property insured by this policy of not less than 90 per
cent of the actual cash value thereof, and t hat, failing so to do, the assured shall be an insurer to the extent of such deficit, and in that event
shall bear his, her or their proportion of any loss.
In the event that an aggregate claim for any loss is less tha n Ten Thousa nd Dollars ($10,000.) (provided, however, such amount docs
not exceed five per cent (5%) of the total amount of insurance upon the property described herein and in force at the time such loss occurs) no
special inventory or appraisement of the undamaged property shall be required. If this policy be divided into two or more items, the foregoing
conditions shall apply to each item separately.
CO-INSURANCE RIDER- The ra te on the property herein d~scribed, without a co-insurance clause is_._% higher than the rate
at which the policy is written; and in consideration of the lower rate berng used, the 90% co-insurance clause is attached to and made a part
of this policy.
WORK AND MATERIALS CLAUSE-Permission granted for s~1c~ use of the premises as is usual and incidenta l in the business, a s
conducted therein, and to keep and use all articles and ma terials usual and rnc1dental to said business, in such quantities as the exigencies of the
business require.
ALTERATIONS AND REPAffiS CLAUSE-Permission granted to make alterations, additions and repairs to the above described
building(s) and this policy, in accordance with its conditions, shall include (so far as it covers on the building) such additions, alterations a nd
repairs, also materials and supplies for same in the building or on open premises adjacent thereto, and (so far as it covers on the contents) shall
include said contents contained on such new additions. This permit does not waive or modify any of the terms or conditions of the Fire Protection Clause, if any, attached to this policy. However, should any of the property covered by this policy by protected by an automatic sprinkler system, no reconstruction or enlargement of that property is permitted unless notice of change and proper charge, if any, for same is endorsed
hereon; endorsement shall clearly specify changes contemplated and shall be limited to sixty days from a specified date.
UNEARNED PREMIUM CLAUSE--In consideration of S
dditional premium, this policy is hereby increased in
a n amou11t sufficient to cover the unearned premiums involved in th is policy against the hazards herein specified.
If, by reason of loss occurring during the term of this policy, any loss-payments arc made which shall reduce the insurance under this
policy, this insurance sha ll indemnify the insured for Joss of the p_ro rata u~earned p~emiu!n o.n the amounts ?f such loss-payments. However,
such recovery shall not exceed an a mount equal to the cost required to rernstate this policy 111 the amount 1t was reduced by payment of loss.

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS CLAUSE: If electrical a ppliances or devices, (including wiring) are covered under this policy, this
Company sha ll not be liable for a ny electrical injury or dist~1r~ance to t he sa i~ electrical appliance~ or devices (!ncluding \viring) caused by
electrical currents a rtificall y generated unless fire ensues, and 1f fire does ensue this Company shall be liable only for 11.S proportion of loss caused
by such ensuing fire.
FIRE PROTECTION CLAUSE: In consideration of the r1;1te al which th!s po!icy is written it is stipulated tha_t the insur~d ol.1all
exercise due diligence in main taining in complete working order a ll equipment and service~ • .'nstallecl for. the detection, prevention a nd exl111gu1s~­
ment of fire in the property covered by this policy and under control of th~ I ns.urcd. I t 1s further .supu)a.ted that. no change sh~ll be n.1ade rn
any sprinkler system, its water or chemical supplies, or any watchman service withou t the approval m wntmg of t his Company, either direct or
through the Rating Bureau having jurisdiction.
AUTOMATIC REINSTATEMENT CLAUSE: Jn the event of a ny loss payment und&lt;:r this policy, not exceeding tw,o hund~cd and
fifty dollars (250) if covering dwelling (and ~on tents thereof) other tha n country, or not exceedmg one hundred dotlaI"S (JOO) Lf coyenng any
otber building or its contents, the amount of 111surance und er th is policy shall not be reduced.
BREACH OF WARRANTY CLAUSE: Provided where it is stipulated in this policy, that, withou t consent of the insu;er endor~d
hereon or added hereto, t he breach of a "'.arranty or condi tion sha ll void th e policy, it sh~ ll be held such breach d oes not rn fact v01d ~he poltcy
but only suspends the operation of the policy during the time the breach contin ues. l'rol"ldcc.l, _f urth~r that no bre1;1ch !!ha ll sus_Pend the msura nce
under this policy except upon property wherein or whereon the breach of warranty nr cond1t10n ex1st~d at. the time of the fire; unless a_loss or
damage by or from fire originattng in or communicated to such property sha ll extend to or be sustamed Ill and/or on other property msured
hereunder.
WARRANTIES OR CONDLTIONS CLAUSE: This policv shall uut !JC' a ffec ted b~· failu re of the insu1·ecl to comply with any of the
wa rranties or conditions endorsed hereon in any portion of the premises over which the insu red has no control.
P rovisions a nd Stipula tions Continued on Reverse Side

�VACANCY OR UNOCCUPANCY PERM IT : Unless olherwisc provided in writing add ed hereto, this company shall not be liable
for loss occurring while a described buildin~-, whether intended for occupancv by owner or tenant, i ~ \·acant or unoccupied beyond a period of
90 co n secutive days or p r ot ec ted p r operty, 60 con secutive days on otlicr p r op er ty, which permitted period includes 60 consecuti,·e days
allowed in printed conditions of this policy. Howe,·er, if the subjec t of insura nce is a dwelling under public fire protection permission is gra nted
for it to be unoccupied or ,·acant without limit of time.
BRICK-ON-EDGE, T ILE, TERRA COTTA, CEMENT , OR METAL FLUE WARRANTY (applicable only to 4th class and coun t ry
property) I n consideration of th e reduced ra te a t which th is policy is i~sued, it is warranted by th e assured tha L the build ing a nd a ddi tions 1hereto, described in t his policy, conta ins no brick-on-edge, til e, terra colla, cemen t or metal flue ; nor a ny metal smoke pipe ca rried t hrough a combustible partition, floor or ceili ng; and it is further warra nted t hat no such flue and/ or meta l pipe shall be erected d uring the term of this polic&gt;'lf this warran ty is viola led in a ny parti cula r, t his policy sha ll be null a nd void .

INCUBATOR AND/ OR BRO ODER WARRANTY : In consideration of the rate at which th is policy is wri tte n, it is warranted by
lhe insured that no incubator and/ or brooder will be operated in a ny buil ding (othe r t ha n dwelli ng, in which class permission is hereby granted to
operate one incubator and one broode r) described in th is policv, unless pe rmission therefor is specificall y endorsed hereon, with appropr iate additional premium.
·
REMOVAL OF DEBRIS CLAUSE: I t is a condit ion of this policy that this insurance covers expenses incurred in the removal of all
debris of the proper ty insured here-under which may be occasioned by loss caused b&gt;• a ny of the perils insured against in th is policy. Howe,·er,
th e total liability under this policy shall not exceed the a mou nt named therein, nor such proportion of such expense as the amount of insurance
here under bea rs to the total a mount of all insura nce, whether such insura nce incl udes t his clause or not. I n no event sha ll this policy cove r
::igainst loss occasioned by t he enforcement of any state or mun icipal law or ordinance wh ich necessitates the demoli tion of any portion of the
insured build ing which has no t suffered da mage by a ny of the perils insured against in t his policy, unless such liabili ty is specifically ::issumed
elsewhere in the policy. Cost of removal of debris sha ll not be considered in the determin ation of acln::il cash va lue when applying a n&gt;' Co-insura nce Clause attached to this policy.
Attac h ed t o and Form in~ Pnr t o f i?olicy_No.- - - - - - -- '"f Lhe'- - - - - - - - - - - - ' ' - - - - - - - - - = -- -- -- - -

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subj ect to the provisions and stipulations hereinafter stated.
Issued at its

________ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _Va., Agency.

, /\gent

�..

~1.·
~
....

'&gt; \").t'. Rt' EtU
,.r""1~ r.l.ON --~

�February

•

-

1949

SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT
Lincoln Ave • • Williamson Road

DESCRIPTION: This i s a one story

buildin~

r.ith concrete walls,fl.oor,

and roof .

OCCUPANCY :
VALUATION:

Sewage dispoeal tl-nt.
The sound value of chis buildinb i s

approxim~tely

$12,000.00.

(We have not r eceived values of contents f rom the city, conse~uently, for
purposes of ill.ustrhtion, else~here in thib r eport we used an amount of
$500. 00 for contents values).

�February -

•

1949

DWELLING
Sewage Disposal Plant
DESCRIPTION: This i s a one story frame dwel lin~ of frame constr uction
wi th approved roof covering. Stove heat .
OCCUPANCY:

Dwelli ng.

VALUATION :

The souni value of this dwellinb i&amp; approximately $4,000.00.

�Febru.t..ry

-

1949

GARAGE
Sewage Disposal Plant

DESCRIPTION:

This 1E a one story frame

buildin~

with approved roof covering.

OCCUPANCY:

Garage.

VALOATION:

The sound value of this building ie approximately $750 .00.

�February

•

-

1949

STORAGE BUILD!tlG
Sewage Disposal Plant

DESCRIPTI ON : This i s a f r ame building with approved roof covering.
OCCUPANCY :

Stor age .

VALUATION :

The sound value of this buildint i~ approxi.m£ltely $1, 500 .00.

�•

�....

Situa~~•

S ou ~ haide

Approx4..mal.e~

ot

Be ~t

Jo.u\t¥1n fi

threo lldleB eou .. h

01· i .o._

d

�· February

-

1949

ALMSHOUSE

P.ity Far::i Propertx
.O!SCRIPTIONa

A two story 1.1.nd pc.rt bueement

bri~l

t.uildi ng of 1'ire

re~itltive

conetruction, roof of cooposi~ion on concrete elab, concrete floors, plastered
interior finish, electric libht1ng, lo~ pre~~ure steam hoat. Approximately
twenty-five years old and in bood condition.
OCCUPAHCYi
First floor - kitchen, oining
r ~om-. Second floor eleepin6 roooe.

VALUATION :

roo~,

reception and $leeping

Tbs sound vo.lue 0£ thie building 1a u.pproxim&amp;tely 892,000. 00 .

�February

1949

-

SUPERii;TE.lD!Si1t t S Di'iELLIUG

Cit., F'u.n PropcJrt;t·

DESCRIPTION: A one story t.nd pt4rt buser:ont buildint- of fr1t.i:;.e oonetruction,
compoti1t1on ;,hloslea roof, \lood floor/$ with exception of buoement. whioh ia
part coucrete ~nd p 4rt earth. Electric ll~h t1n~, stove heat.
OCCUP.hllC~i

Ono folti.ly dwellin~ .

V.1.LU11T10J:

The sound vc.lue 01 this build1ne, i&amp; approx1matel¥ $10 1 000 .00.

'

�February -

1949

GAR.I.GE

City Farm
•
D?$Cl~P"tION:

Prop~rt~

A one story frame building, cocposition shingled roof, concrete

floor.

VALUAT.ONa

Tha aound veluc of this builaing is bpproximately $350 . 00 .

,

�February

-

1949

S:..OKE HOU5£
C!ty fbrm

DESCRIPTION:
compo~ition

ProDert~

A small one and a bu.J.f story building of frame construction,
roof, concrete first. 1loor and wood rloor on seccmd, •·ood botArd

interior finish .
VALUJ.1'l01h

The wund vul.ue of t.his builuing is approximutely

f500 .oo.

�Februhry - 1949
STABLE, CORN .HOUSE, WACHI~t. SHED
City F~rB Property
DESCRIP-rIO?h
A t'l'lo ~d one end l:. half story 1rame
root., .ood _'loorr., electric 1.1.t,ht.ing .
V.t.LUATION:

The sound v&amp;lus of

thi~

buildin~ ~1th

build int; i s cpprox.1me t 1;1ly

metal

2 1 000 . 00 .

'

�February -

CHICKEN HOUSE

1949

i. l

City FQZ"fll

DESCRIPTION:
VALU~TlONt

A one

~tory

frOJA\e building

The oound value of this

ni~h oompoei~ion

build i n~

roof, aooa floor.

is approximately $100. 00 .

�Febt11&amp;ry

-

1949

CHICKEN HOUSE I 2
City Furm.

DESCRIPTION:

A one Gtory

fr~me

buildin&amp; 1th compoeition roof, concr ete

floor .
VALULTION:

The ~ound vulue of thi~ builuinb is approxiE~tely $300.00.

�February -

1949

BPRUIG liOU&amp;E

Citx farm

DESCRIPTION: A one story building of concrete Mnd ooa
~1th

composition roof

VALUAT.IOU:

~nd

fr~e

construction

concrete floor.

The t.ound velue of t.hib buil&lt;iin6 is &amp;pprox.imc.i.tely 0150 .00.

�Eebruury

POMP HOUS!
City ft.rm
D~ClUPTION:

V1l.U1.TlOt\i

A sm&amp;ll

~rick

builain6 .ith concrete floor and roof .

'l'he sound vc.lue of t;hit. bu.l.luing i s approximately $200 .00 .

-

1949

�· febru&amp;r y

-

1949

HAY SARI
Ci ty Farm

DESCRIPTION: One story fJ;eme building •it.h
interior finieh, eleotrio l1~ht1ng .
VhLU!.TION:

me~l

roof, wood floor, open

The eiound Vliluv of t1hia builain&amp; i s approxi mately $2, 000. 00 .

�lebruury - 1949
PIG STY
City Farm

DESCRIPTION: A smell one story
roof, ~oo~ floor.
VALU.11TlO~:

bu1ld1n~

of

fr~

construction,

ccmpo~ition

The sound vtlue of this builcing is approxllla.tely $50.00.

TOOL HOUSE
City Ferm
DESCRIPTION: Scall one story building of
roof, aood floor.

VALUATION:

fr~~e

conotruction,

co~pocltion

The sound value of thi building i s approx.ic&amp;toly t l OJ.OO.

�February - 1949
CHICKEN HOUSE
Rear 0£

DESCRIPTION:

VL\LUaI:Ofi:

A

Sfl1;...ll

one story

The oound Vblue 0£

~uer

fr~mc

tr~o

utine House

bu1ldinb, coopobition roof,

~ood

floors.

building is approximately $100.00.

TOILET
Rear of
DEBCRIPTION1
floor .
V~LUATivN:

~uar~ntine

ffouse

A emall one story f r ame building, composition r oof, wood
the eounn vc.lus o!

~hi

builc in~

is approximiJ.tely $50.00.

�February -

1949

QUAfu.lf.1.L £ HOUSE
City

F~rm

DESCRIPTION: A one story frtu:ae builaint,
~ood floors, fair condition.
OCCUP.nUCY:

Tenant dwelling.

VALUATION&amp;

The sound vt.lue

or

~et~l

this bu1ldinf:., i :i

roof, r.ood interior fin.ieb,

~pproxiutoly

$360C' . OO .

�Yebr~r,y

At

DWELLING
~uarantine

liouso

DESCRIPTION; A two ~nd one etory frwne building, composition roof,
floors, }laot~red i~t crior finieh. Fa ir condition.

V.cl.LUATIOj:

-

Tho r.ound value of this building is

epprox1mat~ly

~ood

$2500 .00.

1949

�Febru!.ry

-

TOlL!'l'

Reur of

DESCRIP1ION:
floor .
VALU~TIONc

A

~~l o~c

story

~uur6ntine

fr~me

The souna vulue o! tb1b

House

buildins, compooition root,
builcin~

11

~P

roxim11tely

~ood

t50.oo.

\YAf}H HOUSE

Rear of

D~elling

DESCa.IPTION: A s!Xlall one otocy fratie building, composition roo!', wood
floor , open interior J.i.nish.

VilU11TIOh:

The oound

v~lue

of thia buildlnb is approximAtely

;o.oo.

1949

�February -

1949

BARN
At ' utrt:i\ti'ne liouee
DESCRIP!IOhi
floor~ , open

T~o ~tory
1n~er1o r

f r ume conetruct ed buil dl nb, cooposition roof , wood
tini eb.

The sound value of thi s builcii nb i e

~pprox iUUt.te:y t~so . oo .

�rebrwiry
CfilCKEt~

At
DtSCRI.PTIONa

-

1949

HOUSE

~uarunt1ne

House

One story frame conGtructed buildin&amp;, compoeition roof,

floor.

VA.LUl.TIONi

The sound value of thia build1ntf. 1&amp; approximately t 2;.oo

G.hRA(,E
A~ ~ua.r~ntine

DESCRIPTION:
VJJ.U •. .t..LG~~:

One story fraoe
The eoun&lt;! vGlu ..

01

Houpp

builuin~ , compo~ition

roof, wood floor.

thiai bu1luina 1 &amp; a~rox.Lms.tely

100 . 00.

~ood

�Februury -

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1949

RA1.IEF CENTER. ( OOLOR£D}
Gregorx Avenue bna Sixth Street. N. E.
DFS~RIF!ION:

A :.110 &amp;tory frame building, metal roof, ·r.:&gt;od .f loora,
pl4atPred interior t'inL:;h,. e-lectric lit!\t,l.ni;., brick chim.l'le;y e , no heLt.
Approxisa.telji f 1ifty yel rs old und !n poor condition .
OCCUPA.~YI

Hursery (color&amp;4).

VALU1TlON:

The ebtilucted

~ , ;vo. oo .

au~vage

value o! this builQing io a9proximately

�February COAL HOOSE
At Relief Center (Colored}
DESCRIPTIO~:

One story, metal roof, fraree, e rth f loor .

VALUATION 1 The sound value of thie building i e 6.pproxima.tely $200. 00 .

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�Februery

-

1949

DETE?ilION EOO
622 Roy er Avenue
DESC.!-.IPTIOlf s Thia io a tbrt!e &amp;tory and bc.aer:ient and rtU"t two story and
baaement briok building of fire resistive construction with a root of
coap~•ltion on concrete slab, concrete floors throutbout. One open stairs

from bGaament to third floor.
heflt .

Thil) building ie

condition.

Electric

libhtin~

appro:xim~tely fittee~

bild low pressure

~team

yeurs old 4nd in eood

OCCUP.AHCY; Offices, metronst ~uartera, de~ention roous, clase room and
kitchoa..
VALUATION•

f

.

The eound

v~lue

of tbia building 1 8

approx1ca~elJ'

t1os,ooo.oc •

�February -

1949

COYNER SPRINuS TUBERCULOSIS SANITORI UM
Near Bonsack, Virginia
DESCRIPTI ON : A two and one story· pa.rt basement buildin~ of brick and
frame const ruct-on with composition shingled root, concrete f l oors ni~h tile
and wood surfacing, pla~tered interior finish, electric lithting, low pressure
ate....m bee..t . Built in 1939 ana in excellent condition.

OCCOPANCY1 First f l oor - White and colored ward rooms and private rooms,
X-ray offices and examination rooms, kitchen .
Basement - He~tins equipment, stora~e room.
VALUATI ON:

Second floor

The sound value of this buildin~ i s appr oximat ely

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Nurses• quarters .

t1so,ooo.oo•

�February

COOK'~

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1949

RESIDENCE

At Sa.ni tori um

DESCRIPTION: A small one sto17 frame buildinb, composition roof, nood
floors , plastered interior finish, built in 1938 and in excellent condi~ion.
VJ.LUATIONi

,

The nound value of this building i s approximately $2,000.00.

�February GARAGE
At Sani toriUlll
DESCRIPTIO~:

A one story frame building, compoeition roof,
excelient condition .

ear~h

floor,

OCCUPJJ~CYs

Two-oar garage .

VJ.LUATION:

The sound velue of this buildinE, is approximt-tely $1,000. 00.

1949

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rOh

INSUr.A~CE

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1949

CO'vE.tt.AGE

l . We recommena that th~ followin~ bulldin£S be excluded frcm the
bh.nket coveru.t,e end 1;1pecific covert.be provided .

(a ) Academy of Music
{b) Underground pum1.

j ~v

tlon on Hwicvcr .ti venue,
(c) Under,rouna DUlllP st&amp;tion at Eugehill
( d) UnaerLrouna ,umo st~~ion ~t LaKewooa
( e) Un ere.round pum::&gt; st... tion at Chestt.ut Hille
&amp;t.t

V(f) Fr&amp;.me br~ndstt..na At J.khor 1'1e.1.d ( g) Concrete granda~~nd ~ ~her Field
'V'( h) Bridt,es ~nd trest:i.ee ·

(i) Livustock t.ud Poultr (j) Pro1-101·ty oi Rot.nokP City School Bot.rd
( k) ork of Art
(1) Content~ of rock crusher pl6nt
( a) 8ettlin~ oo~in at C&amp;rvin' o Cove
Th6re is in exi~~er.ce a floater policy 1n th( wnount of e2o,ooo.
on life5av1nb c~uipmeut . Ue ~re infora~a by Cupt~ln J . S . Wise th...t the
value of this equiµment is 4pproxime.tely 88 , 500 . Ue recommend thtit thi~ ty~e
of iosur~nce be continued, bu~ tht.t the policJ be rea~ced to ta ,500. 00 .
Cov~r~&amp;e on thiv e~uipinent ehould be oxcluaed from blbnket cover~be•
2.

coverin~

3. We reoom.mend that tractoro and other motor vehicles be excluded
from blanket covernge and intured under t.uto11ob1le or m11rino policiee .
4 . Our estimate o! recom.~ended addition.el insu~~nce 1 mnde on the
of the present policies totullin~ 36, 000 . coverins specifica.llJ, bein
enaorsed t.o cover bl~~et . lf those policieo hb.ve no~ been endoroed, . thia
should be &lt;.:1one im:?ledic. tely •
b~sis

5. Arv propert) ltl.ch we l ve reco~mended to De excluded can be
cow.. red under specific policies. For c.&gt;U;. t•le , br1ube8 ond tret.it:c s tu·e
e.trot1ed to many r.aa.t.rda other t.ht...h fire cm li'-&gt;htninE. an. thote covered
b_y the Extended Covel'at.• EndJrt!ement, c.1.nd should be int ured undor 'llnll risk"
policy or policies.

�February

f\ECOl.!!AL!WED

Whenever there is

that the

Unet.rn~d

pro rt. tu

~sis .

~

~OV.E

sizeable

t.itGE

1949

co.rr•D

pre~..iur.i

peid bJ an

~wcured,

we suggest

rre::t":.um Endorsemeut be att4c~ed v ) all ~olicie&amp;, Thia
in6ura.ace covert: onl) the premium which bccowei; ic~edic.t l&gt; e~ rned oy
virtue of loos, from dete of loo~ to cx~irnr.ion o! polic), il&amp;ur.d on a

In order to obtt.in the brotod Blanker. Eora ol' (,ove1·.... ._ o, you G:Gree
in the contruct t·, car~ at bll times 1ne.urAnce equ1.Ll to 90j of your t.otu.l
v...lues or fLCCept t.. proportiou£.t.., pen.. lt)' in t.lk i.....ijut.tmeut 1£ losu t.hould
occur to ai~ one unit. .

According to our estimate 01 ;,cJr t.ot..il vu.lute, we aro tabulb.tinE',
b low the umount of adciitionul 1n::.urwice :,iou will requlre1

E&amp;tlmuted Vt.lue of Euilain6e
V€:ilue of Cc;mt.cnts

1otul V&amp;lue BuildinLe End

~ontenta

Less; 10% (Blbnltet tore)
Inaurunce

Re.~ u!.reo.

*Le e:6 Pre.sent Insui·"'.Jce
Addltionel In.u~~ce P.e~u!red
~f

tho above l1~ted preven~ totul insureice,

) , ~54 . ~5 .

754.~ .

4,009 . 287.
400,928.

J,603 ,:&gt;59.

1.410,0::JO.

, ,!.18,)59.

'36,ooo.

is

writ~en

in

policiee coverinf specifically; the remui~der covcrb b~ nKet .

In adt!it1on to present insure.nee licted ubove, tnc~c exists a tlo~tlr
policy in the ~wount 01 s~o,ooo. cover1n .11lo~nv1.~ c~uip~ent , wh rever
loc ted .
Dc.eed o.n values. used in thi'" .. u1·v .,. , t.he uvcru e ur.i.uul rut·' l\'ill be
approxill!itely .3411 per hunU.red doll re 01 insw·once; three ;&gt;ccr rate •ill

be

approxi~~ely

.85'7·

T£!W I. Uf J. ,q;

e wish to point out the e.dvunt.be.e of t~rm inaurance. Three ymi.r
r1.. tee ere two and one-hhlf tises t.he t.nnunl rate, hlle five yci.r r~t.ee o.re
fcur ti ee the cnnual rete, the.eb' crontint u :revin &amp; of one-half ~nd one full
ye~r preaiWi1 ro . ectivel) .

�February

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1949

GF.NERAL FIRE PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Chemical Extingui shers - It i s our recommendation th&amp;t a standard
supply of approved f ire extin~uishers be provided i n all builaings, not only
from &amp; aafet~ standpoint, but due to the r~ct t he.t eome coneider,tion !DAY be
obtained in ths rate . All extingui shers should be r echar~ed at l east once
each year . We recommend t hat the fire depL.;..rtment be instructed t o explain
the operation of fire extinbuishers to ~ll city employees .

In order to obtain credit in r~te ior the i nstalla tion of chemical
extinguis hers, it is necessary to provide one Underwriter' e Le.bora.tories
approved 2} gallon chemical extinbui6her for each 2,500 square feet of floor
area, but not less th.wl one on acy one floor and not less thul two to a
building. In fire resistive buildinga occupied ae offices, one exi;in5uieher
for each 51 000 s~ue.re feet is i n or der.

It is recommended that a concerted effort be ~de to improve the
lllAintenance and cleanli ness of all property . It Ttas noted at the t i me of
tbia i nspection that the houeekeeoi n&amp; at th~ city garage, for exa.mple, wae
sub- standard.

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A number of non- etandtird flues were noted in scattered buildings and
it is recommended tbi..t a ll such flues be replaced with s ta.ndl:l.l'd flueG •

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Februa.ry -

1949

MUNICIPAL BUILDING
South Sida of C&lt;.:nobell Avenue ,_ S .W. Between Firat bnd Second Stret..ta

D!SCRIPTION: This is a large five story building of fire resi~tive conctruct1on ·
erected in 1916, N:.vin6 n built-up roof, concrete and terr~z~o floors, ~nd
direct pla .. t r interior l ini6h. There ru·i:; uo open f.lt ..dre from tl:e i'irat
to th~ t.!:.ird floor, une enclosed at... ira from t.h1.: Lround to the fifth floor,
one onclosed alevu.tor from ~ho first to ti1e tnird noor and a mLll e11closed
elevt.. tor !'rom th&lt;. b~sea:ent to the J ifth floor; the liehtin&amp; is electrici t.)'
und the heatiu6 ts lo~ pressure steam. The bu.ilding iti in excdlent condition.
OCC0?1&gt;:1CY :

Municipal o!'iicee ano C:'&gt;urtroo;;is, Police Depnrt~ent and City Jail .

VALUJ.!1011 :

'l'he -sound value of this building ls approx1&amp;.... tely

1 , 050, 000. 00.

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wr,.rCIPAL SUILDn:a .fu'iNE.I

Jl9 Second Stre t , S .
DESCRIPTIQH:

~.

Thia is a tv10 otory and baaement brick building with Aietal

roof, plank floo~a with the exception of ~h~ basement floor which is
concrete, plastered interior finish &amp;nd one open et~ira from basement to
second floor, electric light&amp; and low preat.ure ste&amp;...., hent. Tha building
ia in fair condition.
OCCu?AuCl'.:
Vs.LUATIOl.1

elfare offices t.nd olinica .
The sound velue of t.hie buil&lt;lin&amp; is o.pproxiJIAtely

ts.:,000.00.

1949

�February DWw.ING

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3~1-3~3

1949

fl£RCAt4TILi: BUILDING

Second Street, S. W.

DESORlPTIONr Thia is ~ two story frune building with metal roof, wood
floors, pla5tered 1ntorior finish, electric lignts ruia coal stove heat .
Thi&amp; building is approXim~tely fift3 yer rs old ana in f~ir condition.
~nd

OCCOPP.liCYi

OfficeB, drusstor e

V.1.LUJ..'rIOd:

The sound v1.lue of this builaina 13 &amp;pproximutel.y $8,000 . 00 .

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dwelling .

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1949

MERCANTILE BDILDIUG
205-207 West Church Avenue
DESCRlP'l'IONc

This ia a one etocy brick building ttith metal roof, wood

floors, plaatered walle and mot.al oe111nc., electric lighta &amp;nd cooking
t,l:la rango .

Thie building

1~ A~prox.im!.tely

th1rt} ye1.i.rs old mia in

i'uir condition.
OCCtJPANCY:

Reat&amp;urant.

VALUAT:Otu

The sound vaJ.ue of thio bull.din&amp; ia approximfltely

4 , 000. 00 .

�Pebru~ry

209

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1949

on lCE

BUILDING
iiest Church Street

D~SCR.IPTION:

This ie a t~o story and b&amp;ae~ent briok building with elate
roof, wood floore witb the exception of the b~••ment which is concrete,
plaeterea walla with the exception of the bceeoent which is open, electric
lights und lo~ pressure steam he&amp;.t. Thie build in~ is a pproximAtely fifty
yebra old and 1n fair condition.

OCCUPANCY• orr1ce1 .
VALUb.TlO?h

The oound value of

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thi~

buildi ng is approximately $10,000.00.

�February -

1949

DWELLING {NEGRO)
515 Gillller Avenue. ~ • E .

DEZCRIPTIONa Two story and part bcsemen~ frame buildin~, c~position
shingle roof, wood floore, plastered interior iini6h 1 electric ligating,
coal stove hetit.

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OCCUPANCi'.i

Two- family dwellint&gt;•

Vi..LU4TIOfi:

The sound value of this building ie approximately tJ, 500.00 •

�Februery -

1949

CHURCH

Burbum bnd 1of ton Roada
DEiCRIPTIONi One atory pert basement frLLme building, new coaposition root,
pl,stered intarior finieh, ~ood floor6, olectric lighting, hot air he~t.
Building in good condition.
OCCUP.ANGY:

Churc~1

of Chri~t.

VJ..LUATION:

The t&gt;ound vt&gt;.lue of this building ie approximo.tely 5, 000.00 .

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Yebruery - 1949
Cin tilh.KET

Ei..at Ce.mpbfll Avenue and first Street
DESCRIPTION:

Thit. its a three and two ::; three etory tlnd ps.rt busetM.ent building

of brick conGtruction ~ith metul roof ~na concrete found~tion. The basement
a.nd fl.r!.t floor aro concrete, the seco.id c..nd third floore are uood bOLrds .
the interior finiah of ~be fira~ floor is e~...J. ce1linL ana open ,alls,
socond c..n~ ~hird floors hu.ve ood l~th and pl~Dter. L:ghting 16 electricity
ond het&lt;t is lo preHure ate~ . Thie building i&amp; ~P. roxim&amp;t.ely fort)' yeere
old end in ~oou condition.
Ueat 111Arkets, offices, auditorium, toilete1 cold atorllt,e and
equipment looa~ed in small b~sement .

OCCOPM!Cla
hcatin~

VALUATION:

'l'ha aound vo.lue of thic building is e.pproxic tely

1260,ooo.oo.

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C!Il SCALE

B:lOSE

&amp;ndoloh 5treet. o.t U .. &amp;.

w.

Rc.Uro d

A email one s t ory fr~me building ith compo61t1on, shin6le
roof. Stove heAt venting to meta.l flue1 fair repuir.

DESC.HIPTI01h

01.."'U:'L Cl•

Building houses ac&amp;le oecr~c •

VJLUATIOHa

The eound vc..lue of .. hie building ia tt.pproxime.tely $150. 00.

1949

�Eebruary -

1949

CITY GAfthGE - REPaIR SECT!ON
Twelfth Str~ot, s. I .
DE§CRIPTIONa

Th16 ie a one and two etory brick and clnder block
buildint. with a roof of oomP06it1on on wood bot.rd;, on steel trut:ae&amp;, co,icrete
floor, electric light&amp; and steam heat . Building in fair condition .

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O~CuPJ..cCYi

Auto nd truck

VALUATION i

The eound V6lue of this build1nt is e.pproXimtitely

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t20,ooo.oo •

�FebrUbJ:'Y

CITY GARAGE -

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1949

SECTION

Twelfwh Gwreet, S. E.
Thie is a one story and two ot.ory brick building with a
roof o"' cotiposition on wood bo&amp;rdti on &amp;teel trubEea, concrete floor,
elec~r~c libhta; no heat. Buildinb ie indiff&amp;r~nt condition.

DESCJtlPTION:

OCCUPANCY•

Auto ana truck etorege garage .

Vt~LUl\TIOrf s

Tho :sound vc...lue of this build1nt&gt; ie a : t roximc.tely 12~ ,ooo.oo .

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1949

OLD INCWEfuTOh
At The Cit:r G&amp;r'-t,a
DE6Ck1PTIO~a

This is a two= three story brick builcin .itb a roof of
composition on •ood bou.rds on -e~ sup~or~s, concrete floora, ~lectric
li~hting, outa1de concrete stack.

OCCUPANCY:

Storage and carpenter shop • .

VALUATIONi The sound Vulue of tnie building, exoludin&amp; smoke stack,
is e1:;,ooo.oo.

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�February - 1949
BLA~K~L.UTH SOOP
At Cit.}' Gc..rn&amp;e

DESCRIPTION&amp; Thia io a one story brick bu1ldinc 1th a met....l roof , earth
f l oor, opan interior finish, in fair condition.

occur1.•CX1 BlacksaU.th Shop .
VALUATION:

The aound value ot this building is approxiEately $5, 000.00.

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�FebrU&amp;.ry -

1949

BBOOJ.1 SHOP .I.ND sroa..GE BUILDING
At The Cits Gt.rag!

DESCRIPTION&amp; This is a one story fro.me buildin6
floor, no he t . In indifferent condition.

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a1ecell~A6ous

it.h 8hed atta.oh.edJ earth

OCCUPANCY:

Broom and

atoruge.

VALUATIOu:

The sound value of this building is a?proxiaatcl.y $750.00 •

�February -

1949

AGONSHED
AdJoinin6 Old

Inciner~tor

At CitY Garage

DISCRIPTIONi A shed consisting of ~et~l roof on wood supports, iron- clad
on oQe elde and end; in ftd.r condition.
VALUATION:

The aound

v~lue

of thia build1ng ia approxiaately tl, 000 . 00 .

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1949

DOG POUUD
At City GE.rage

D!SCRIPTIONa This is a one
fe:.ir condition.

OCCUPJJfCl:

Do&amp; pound .

VALUAT!ONa

'fhe sound vc.lue

&amp;tOI"".f

or

brick buildint. with one eide screened; 1n

tbis buildin8 ie approximai.ely $25() .00 .

�Februury
NE:,.,

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1949

I.'CJ:~;·~ru,TCR

5~1 Gil~er

!venue, N. E.

DlSCR!?TION: 'l'his ie l... three story buildint, of brick fire resiutive
construction nith roof of oonposi~ion on concre~e sl&amp;b on unprotected steel,
open intorior fini$h 1 concrete floors, electric lightinb• This building is
&amp;pproxiautely three yet.rs old and in excellent. condition. T.here i&amp; an
85 foo~ uir-cooled brick 5t&amp;ck adjece:it thereto .
OCCU~ANCY:

furnacee and

c~~r~ing

room&amp;.

VALUATION: The sound valuo of this bullding, axcludins cmoke stnck, is
approximately $125,000.00 .

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1949

PAnKil.u LO:' ~fil':D
,225 S{..l•,o .wC"nue

DESCRIPTloth One &amp;nd two story frti.me, met&amp;l-cl&lt;..d building with et.rth
floor ~ua ~tt~l covered roor.
VJ.LuJ.!IO.Lh

The i;ounct Vl:lluc of thie buildin&amp; ia upproxi::iatel.y $6, 000 . 00.

�Febru~ry

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PARKWO LOI OFFICE 1&gt;ND '1'001 SHOP
325 St.lem Avenue

DESCRIP!lON: One etory, frar.ie, Qettl-clad building with earth floor
1.:.nd :::ietal covered roof' .

VJ,LO.t'.TION:

Tho sound vt.lue of thib buildint, ie epproximc..tol y

J, 000.00 .

1949

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STORAGE BUILDING
Asphalt

P~nt. Sou~h

DESCRIPTION• One etory
poor condition.
VALUATION'

~rams

Side

Ced~r

Bluff Avenue, S, E.

bu!ldiou 1 composition roof,

e~rth

floor,

Tha aound vi.lue of ~hi&amp; buildinb is approx.imetely $500.00 •

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�February -

1949

RAILltOAD TRE51'LE
Aepht.lt. Plb..Ut., South Si cie Cedru- Blu_·r Avenue. 5 . E,

DE5CRIPTIONt

Th~ sin~le

i &amp; t.pproximt.4tely 168 feet

track r4ilroad trestle of wooa frwne construction
lon~

elev&lt;;.ted at an uverciLe heie,ht of 9 feet; in

poor repair .
VALUATI ONs

The eound value of this trestle ia approximatoly $1,400. 00 .

�tebruar)' POLICE RADiO

1949

B~ILJING

Atop l.till 1.lountul.11

This is a one story buildin~ having ll&amp;lls o!' cinder block,
ppa.rently concrete floor, no he~t; in ver'l booa conaition.
and fence locked at ti.ad of inspection.

DESCF.IPTION:
~ett.l

roo1

Buildia~

OCCO?J.t.CYa

~nd

Used t.o house rt.:.d.io

tr~nsmltter.

VALUA:l'LOlu The aound vU.u • of this 'building ie approxiQi.tely ""JOC. 00 .
f 1gure excludes tower.

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Febr uary -

1949

OFFICE BUILDI NG
Municipal Airport
DESCRIPTION: A two story &amp;nd be.semen~ and part one atory and base~ent
br~ck building, metE:.l roof, wood floors except basement which is earth,
plastered interior finish, electric lights and s t eam heat; r~ir condition.

OCCUP.AUCYs

Office and apartments.

VALOATlONi

The aound

v~lue

of this building i s approximately 31,000.00 .

�February

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TENANT DWELLING NO . 2
At Municipal Airport at N. End of N • - S . Runway
DESCRIPTIO?h

A one story frame dwelling with composition covered roof
Building in fair repc1r; occupied ~s tenant dwelling.

end wood floor .
VALU~TIONt

The sound value of this building is approxilllb.tely $2, 500 .00.

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�Febr uary -

1949

HANGARS A 1.ND B

At Municipal Airport
DESCRIPTION : Two buildi ngs of simil ar construction. Each buildi ng of
cinder block w~lls ~i~h lc:.rge frume door5~ wood j oisted r oof cover ea with
composition, concrete floor , el ectric lighting; stove heat . Buildings
recently erected and in good repair .

OCCOPANOYt Airplane storage .
VALUATION:

The sound

v~lue

oi Hangar A is approximately

The sound value of

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Heng~r

18, 000 . 00.

B is approximately $18 , 000.00 •

�FebruQry

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1949

NOSE- :n4 HANGAR

Municipal Airport
DESCRIP'J?ION: Th16 is a one- high story buildine. with roof of gypsum.
plank on unprotected steel, cinder block alls, concrete f l oor . One side
ia open o Buil din&amp; of recent conetruction und in good condition.

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OCCUP~CY;

Nose- in b.!tnger and office .

VALUATI011:

1'he sound vclue of this building is approximately tJ0, 000. 00 •

�February

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HM~GAR

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Municipal Airport
DESCRIPTION: This is a one story buildinJ of cinder block construction,
all metal roof, concrete floor, electric 11bhtinb ~nd 6terun he~t.

OCCUPANCY:

Airplane Hangar and supplies stora0 e .

VALUATION:

The sound value of this building ie approXimat.ely $25, 500 . 00 .

1949

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Febr uary -

1949

HANGAR NO .. 1

MuniciocJ. Airport
DESCRIPTIO~ i
This is a one story building of cinder block construction,
all- metal roof; concrete floor . Electric libhtinb and steam heu.t .

OCCUPANCY:

Airplane hangar, wit h woodworking, machine shop, and spray

paintin~ .
VALU1.TION1

The sound value of this buildint. is c.pprox1mately $24,500 . 00 •

�February

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HA?~GARS NOS . 1 1 2, 3 and
At unicioel Airport

QUONSET

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1949

4

DESCRIPTIONi Four Quonset hut buildings of al.!Ji.lar construction .
Buildings of all. metal on concrete dwarf ~alls, asph....J.t floors, electric
libhLing; no heat. Buildings new and in ~ooa condition.
OCCUP.ANCi'. t

Airplcme Storaf»e.

Vl..LUATIONa

The sound value of ~uonset
The sound value of ~uoneet
The eoun~ value of ~uonset
The sound value of ~uonset

Hafigar No . 1
Hangar No . 2
hl.illgar Jo . 3
Ha.n~~r No . 4

is
is
is
is

approximately $8,000 . 00.
approximately a,000 . 00 .
approximately $6,000. 00.
anproximately $8,000. 00 •

�February

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ADMINI STRATION BOILDING
Muni cipal Airport
DESCRIPTION : This i s a one story buil ding of ci naer block construction
with a metbl roof on nood boards on me~al trues , concre~e floor, el ect ric
lighting, stove boat .

OCCOP.ANCY i Officeo,
V~LUttTION;

Wbi~ing

room, bl!d restaurant.

The sound val ue of thi s buil din&amp; i s approximatel y $15 1 000 .00 .

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�February

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1949

CJ.HRH.GE HOOSE

At

Municip~l

Airport

DESCRIPTION:
One story, frame, cetal roof bulldiug with earth floor;
in poor repa.ir .

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OCCUPANCYa

Storage .

VALUATION:

The

~ound

Vt.lue of thit. buildint in approxim&amp;tely $2, 000 .00 .

�February

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1949

SMOKE HOOSE

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At MuniciP'"'.....1. Airport

DESCRIPTION:

One story brick building, roof in good repair; walls

dilE:.pidEi.ted.

OCCUPAlJCY s Unoccupied.
VALUATION•
100.00.

The estimated salvage VBlue of thic buil ding ie approxillw.tely

�February

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ASBESTOS SHINGLE bTORJ\uE HOUSE

At uunicipal Airport

DESCRIPTION: This io a one story frame building with approved roof; in
fair condition.
VALUATIONa

The sowt.d value of this building ie approximately $250 . 00 .

1949

�February -

1949

COAL HOUSE
At Municipal Airport
DESCRlPTioth A one story, freme, metal-clad building with :net.al covered
roof und earth floor . Building in fair rept!ir .

OCCUPANCY:

Coal st orage .

VALUATION a The sound value of thie building is

,
approxim~tely

$2.00 .00.

�February BARN
At atilnicipa1 Airpor t fieo.r Tenant Dwell ing No . 2

DESCRIP'XION:
consider~ble

V.iiLOATIONi
$250 . 00 .

A one story, frbJlle , metal roof barn.
agG and in poor rep~ir .

Builaint:. of

The estimated s&amp;lvabe value of this building is approxim&amp;tely

1949

�February

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1949

CRASh TRUCK GAP.JiGE
aunici pc.l Airport
DESCRIPTIO?h

Thie 16

Eo

one story buildinb

joibtod roof, and concrete floor .

1th cinder block walls, wood

No heat.

OCCUPANCY1

Garage for crb.sh truck .

VALUATIO~-u

The sound value of this building is e.pproXimately

t1,;oo.oo.

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February FiitE ETATION

1949

#1

1,)£ Church Avenue
O!SCRIPI'IOu:

This ia

two story and put br..eooient brick building, metal
the&gt; exooption of the second which is wood bo rde,
open interior finish with th9 exception of the aecon&lt;i floor which is
ple.&amp;ter. One etairo ba.secent to first floor, t110 ate.ire !u·st to second
floor. Electric l1bht1ng, lo" pressure ater:im hee.t. Thie building ie

roof, concrete t'looz·s

appro~tely

OCCUPANCis

t&amp;

wi~h

sixty ye&amp;ro old

and

in

~oo~

Firat floor - fire fighting

conoJ.tion.

bppo.r~tue .

Second floor - central

alarm sttltion, dorJllitorioa, kitohen , bath.
VALOA'floth

The sound v&amp;J.ue of "thia building is approximatoly $77,000. 00.

�February -

1949

i!P.E STATION r 2
East Avenue and Fourth Str~et, R.E.
DtBCUP1IOH;

wood

bo~rda .

Thia iE. a two ato1-y bricl. building ni th ce&gt;!lposi tion roof on
first noor ooa. open interior finieh, m..-.t.£-1 coilint £.nd concrete

Second floor hhs pla&amp;tt+red interior fi.ni&amp;h t:.nc. wood 1'loor1. One
l1ghtin~ bnd low pre5sure ste&amp;m heat.
Buildin&amp; approximately eighty yenra old wid in fair condition.
floor.

et&amp;irs firat to second floor. Electric

OCCUP!pCYs

First floor becond floor -

fi~htinc eppar~tue.
dor~itorioe .

fire

VJ,LOITION a The sound V&amp;-lue of this building is ci~proxim&amp;tely tJl,000 . 00 •

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1949

FIRE 5TlTION I 3
Rorer Avenue nd Sixth Str~et, S. I .
DE8Cltl~IO!h

Thi• i a "- two sto1·.Y 6lld pert basement bric1t builc1inb of
ordinary joisted construction with compoeition roof; open interior f i nish
with exception of 1econd floor which is pl~stor, concrete floors ~iuh excoption
0£ second floor which is wood boards . One ettdre besement to first floor, one
sUt.11· !irst to second floor . Electric ll&amp;ht.ing, lon pressure stee.n htu.t.
Building approximate~ thirty- five yeurs ola and in excellent coudit ~ on .

OCCUPANCY:

first floor Second floor -

fire fibhtinli apparatua.
dormitories .

VALUATION:

!he sound v...luo of this buildinb i a approxll14tely $35, 000.00.

�Febru~ry

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1949

FIRE SThTlON # 4
323 Highland Avenue . S . W.

DESCRIPTI ON: This is a two story wid part basement brick building with slate
roof . First floor, open interior finish with metal ceiling; second floor,
plaster . Concrete floors with exception of second floor which is wood boards .
One stairs basement t o eecono floor. Electric lighting and low pressure steam
heat . Approxicatel.y for ty ye&amp;rs old, good condition.

OCCUPANCY :

Firet floor Second floor -

VALUATION:

The sound

v~lue

fire fighting G}pb.ratus.
dormitories.
of this building ie a~proximately

t20,ooo.oo.

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FIRE STATION 4 5
Loudop Avenue ano 12th Str~et.
DESCRIPTION s

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This is a tY&gt;o story t..nd pt.rt 00.setient bric. building with elti.te

iiret .loor 1 open interior finieh ~1th ~et. l ceiling; &amp;econd fleor,
plaster . Concrete floors nith oAception of &amp;econd iloor uhic h is ~ood boords .
One Otb.L·e bb.£e:tent t o eeconC. floor. Electric li~hvinb and low pre wure
etea.i:l heat. A ·proxilillltely forty yet.rs old, tSood condition.
roof.

OCCUPA!lCYi

Firot flo or

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Tm isound v .lue

fire fightini

~ppar~tue .

dormitori ~e .
0 ;.

t.hif- bu1l~ng i a appro.xieately $20,000 , 00 ,

�February -

FIRE

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1949

t 6

1015 J a.mi eon AV!!nue, E. E.

D!SCRIPTlONa This is a t~o story uod pert besemont brick builciing 11th sl~te
roof. Fir&amp;t floor, open interior fini~h 1th ~ettl ceiling; eeconc: floor,
plastor. Concrete floor~ eith exceptiou of eecona floor which 1a .~od boards.
One ste.1~&amp; ba:..er.ent b aecond floor. Electric lit1.htinb &amp;I:.d lo. presaure steq
heut .

Approxim(,,.tely for-ty yea1•s old, t!.OOd condition.

fire fi&amp;htinf.
dormitories.

&amp;ppar~tua .

QCCUP/tHCYa

Jirot floor Second floor -

VlLUATION:

Tho oound value of this building ia approXi~tely $20, 000.00.

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�February

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1949

Flf.E STATION n 7
Vir1,inia Avenue end Ch.ant Blv.:i . in Va. fle1,.,h-;1a.
Thie is a tl".o story ond pHrt basemen\. brick
fire reaietlve construction with composition shintleQ roof
over concrete Gl~b , open interior fin15h with exception of
ia pla&amp;tered, concrete fl oors . One s t.Girs first to Gecond
light1nb ~nd l ov preEsure Ete~ he~t . Approximatel y forty
~o o&lt;i condition.
DESCRlPTIONi

OCCUPANCil

first floor

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Saoond f loor VA1UJ.1'ION :

'

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fire f i ghting

build1ne. of eemi-

on wood bourde
sec~nd floor whlch
f l oor . Electric
years old ~nG i n

ppara~u&amp;.

dormitories .

Tbe sound Vl..lue oi this buildlnb 16 o, proximatol)" f29, 000 .00.

�February -

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Flfil. S!A!l0:1

1949

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~24 Vi~~iui~ A~enue

This is a t .o story &amp;na !:'~rt oo~er..ent bric;c buildint&gt; oi senfire re~i~tive construction with elute roof, open interior f1Ai5h with
exception of socond !loor which is plactor, concrete floor&amp; - nood surface on
second floor. One sti;..irs bt.aement to second floor. Electric lithtint;., lot.
presaur~ stea&amp; he~t. Approximately 20 Joare old, ~xcellent condition.
DESCRlP'fION:

OCCUPAL~CY t

Fir et floor

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The

OOWld

fire fit,.htin 6 apr.arl.i.tus .
dormi~oriea.

value of this building i~ approxim~tely $62,000 . 00.

�February 14, 1949

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FIRE b'J:1.1'lON I 9
Melroµe Avenue y.nd 24t-h Strl'sat, N. W.

DE.SCRIPrIQt.u This is s t.o etory and part ~Bement brick builOini of •elllifire ..resi~tive construction with compoeition roof on concrete slab; Pl6Gtered
1nierior fio1Gh with exceptlon of ba&amp;ement nhich ia opsn; concrete baeement,
terr %ZO f1ret 1loor, wood bourd&amp; on eecond floor . One &amp;~Lir~ b~sement to
~ocond floor . Electric lighting, low ~res;nire ste~~ hoht. Buildint is
A'f&gt;proxime.t.ely it\T nt..y ye1s.ra old i.nci in excellent cona1t1on.
OCCUPJl~CY a

VALOATIOJs

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First floor benond f loor -

f1ro fishtinb

appara~~a .

dor~torieo .

The sound Value of thi~ buildiob i s approximately t48,000.00 .

�Febru~rJ

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1949

FIRE STAflON j 10
1617 - 23 ' · lillia11son Ro~d

D!SCRIPTIOliz Thia is &amp; one, two story and p&amp;.rt 'bti.se*ent of brick-veneer,
frw:ie &amp;Ad cinder block, ordinary Joisted conetruct1on wi~h upproved roof.
Part of first floor concrete, stove bet-tJ indif ferent rep...1r.
OCCOPANC?i

1617 1619 l~.3 -

VALUATION:

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Life
Fire

Saviu~ St~tion
fith~ina ~ppar~tua

fir&amp;t floor - Libr:..ry un&lt;.i dor::Iltories.
Second floor - Vac&amp;At.

The sound Vl&amp;..lue 01· this buildin8 1a approXima.tely

$1J,ooo.oo•

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1949

HOTEL
Atop

~111

£2unU..in

DESC.t..I?rION t A large two etor·y ti.nd bi.:.£eeent buildin&amp;, frar,ie cle.pbo....rd
t.nd ood shin&amp;le con~truction , ~ood shin&amp;le roof, bo~rd floor6, wood boo.rd
interior .fin1Gh 1 electric litshtinr,, hc&amp;.t from stoves and fireplticea; in

pqor condition.

OCCUPAMll:

First Floor
~econd

VALUATIOU:

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Dance P~vilion , kitchen.
livlnb ,u.a.rt.ers, lt.rise part vi.cant.

The ealvage valu€' of thie building le epproximat ely

i2o,ooo.oo •

�February

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1949

CARETAKER'S DWELLING
At tlill Mountnin Hotel

DESCRIP?IONs A one story frame, apQroved ~oof dwelling, electric lighting,
etove hent; no bt.sement, and in f ir repair.
V~LUA~IONr

The eound vulue of thiB buildint. ie. approx.imately

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$J,ooo.oo.

�February

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1949

CLUB ROOMS
Elmwood Park
DESCRIPTION: A two story buildinb o! brick ~nd &amp;tone stuccoed construction
wlth coapo&amp;ition shio~e roof, wood board f looru, plboterea interior fin.Lah,
electric l1bht6, co~l-fired Arcol~ he~t. Ap1roximi.tely fift' ye~ro old and
in ~ood condition.
VJ.LU1.TIO~:

The

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value of thi&amp; building i e approxi uw.toly $5,500 .00.

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1949

TOILET

Elm ood

P~rk

DF.SOBlPTION: A ono story buildin&amp; o! fireproof construction, hollor. ~ile
and concrete walls, compoeition on concrete slbb roof, concrete floor .
VALUATIO~:

The oound vt..lue of thia building is opproximctely

tsoo.oo.

�February BAHDST/~D

Elmwood

~~rk

DESCRIPTION: A one story octagon~l ehttped open pavilion with •ood
shingle roof, ~ood floors.
VJ,LUATION:

The eound vulue of thie building is approximately $500 . 00 .

1949

�February -

1949

ma:LLING

Highlnnd Pt&amp;rk

DESCRIPTIONi

A two story fri.me

clapbo~rd

buildin&amp; with

co~poeition

shingle

roof, wood floora with exception of bi..ttecient. ,jhich 1&amp; concrete. plastered
interior f1n1ah wit.h excoption of baoemeuL tthich ie open finieh, one stlliro

baso:aent to first floor and one ate.ire first to oecond floor. Electric
lishting; heated by oto41D from central plant in shop and paint room.
OCCUPANCYi

Baeament - Stora~e, lcunctry.
First floor - 2 livinb rooma, dioiu&amp; room, kitchen.
~econd Floor - Four bedr J o~e, bath.

Vl~OATIOlh

The sound value

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BANDSTAND
Highlc..nd Pult

DESCRIPTION•

.A one etor-; octll.gonrJ. shaped open pavilion with wcod ahingle roof,

wood nooro .
VALU.ATI01u

The sound value of t.hio building ia G.pproxiae.t.ely

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500. 00 .

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1949

i\Lt.I hCJ~hE
RJ.,Ju"'"nd P"-1 ~

DESChlPtluh :
IJ.kLUAT.LO.h

A one etory brick oullding, met.al roof,

concre~e

floors.

The e-0una ve.lue of th1e buildin&amp; is appronmatel.y $4, 800. 0C' .

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1949

OAHAGE
Highlund Park

DESCnIPTION: A one etory
open 1ntorior finieh.
v,.LUl.T!Odt

fr~me

building,

compo61~1on

roof, earth floor,

The sound value of thi&amp; buildin1&gt; is t..pproxicatoly

(

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l,OOO .OO .

�February

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1949

SHOP AND PAINT F.oor ( FORMERLY GREfJHlOUSE)

filt.hlewd Park
DE~CRlPTION:

A smt..ll ~16.es ~na noo~ frame breoabouse, concrete floor . There
is e em~ll one otory fr&amp;me buildin~ ~ttached to each eud of the grcenbouee,
one havi no composition roof &amp;na the oth~r having a met al roof. Thie bu1ld1n&amp;
heated with low preeeure steam boiler.

V;.LUATlOllt

Tho sound

vulu~

of this building is approxiaately $1, 600.co.

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1949

TOOLHOUSJ;
HighlAA.;i Pt.i.rk

DESCRl TIOlla A one t.ind &amp; hAlf t.illd on story building o! frru:e
conatruction with mett.l. and coQpos1tion roof, second floor ia wood end
remL.inder eur~h, open interior finish.
VALUATION:

The sound value of this building is approximately tl,700.00.

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SHOP

Big~ Pnrk

DESCRIPTION: A one etory fro.me building, oomposition roof, concr ete
floor, o~on interior finish, etovo heut .
VALUAT!O~;

The aound value of this building 1o upproxi.m&amp;tely fl ,000 .00.

1949

�February

- 1949

QUONSET BUILDING
Righl&amp;nd Park
DESCRIPTION: This is a one- story all-metal buiidin~ of the ~uonset
type with concrete and earth floor. No heat.
OCCUPANCY:

Storage of recreation equipment .

VALUATION :

The sound v~lue of the building is approxim~tely $6,000.00.

�February KEEPER'S

1949

DWELLL~G

Watien&amp; Park
DESCf.IPTION1
A one story !.lld pi.rt ba1Sernent building of frame construction,
concrete shingle roof, wood floors except basement which is concrete, plastered
interior finish, electric lighting e.no coal stove h~~t. Buildin~ approximately
~ enty- fivo ye~re old £1.0d ill good concdtion .
OCCUPANCYs

One family dwell ing.

VALUATIONa

The sound value of this

buildin~

is approximately $3500 . 00 .

�February -

1949

STORAGE BUILDING AND CHICK.EN HOUSE
Wasena Park
DESCRIPTION:
A small one story frame
and earth f loors .
VJil.UbT!ON:

The sound

v~lue

builc 1n~ ,

concrete shinble roof, wood

of this building i s approximately $100. 00 .

�February

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GARAGE AND COfl BARN
\'f a.sena Park

DESCRIPTION:
floors.
Vr.LOATION i

A one story frame buildi ne

wi~h

composi tion roof, wood

The sound vtlue of this builciing i s approJd.m&amp;.tely $500 .00 .

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�February -

REST HOOSE
Wasena Park
DESCRIPTION:
A one story atone building with composition on wood roof,
concrete floor, about ten years ol d and in good condition.
VALUATION:

The aound value of this buildini, is approximately $2000.00 .

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�February

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PAVILION
Wa.sena Park

DESCRIPTION :

A one ator3 open pavilion with stone pier roof supports,

coapoeition shingle on wood roof, concrete floor .
VALUATION :

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The zound value of this building is approximately

e1300.oo.

1949

�February -

1949

DJiE!kING (l'ENANT)

Wasena Park
DESCRIPTION:
A one story frame stuccoed building with concrete shingle
roof; wood f loors, plastered inter ior finish, electric lighting, stove heat.
Building in good condition.
VALUATION:

The sound value of this building is approxi mately $2400. 00.

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1949

R!:CREATIONAL BUILDING AND KEEPERtS DWELLING (BUENA VISTA)
J ackson Pe.rk

DESCRIPTION: A two etory ~ po.rt basement brick building with metal roof,
wood floors, plastered interior finish, three etaire first to second floor,
one et.airs basement to fire~ floor . Electric li ghtin~ and low pressure ate&amp;m
heat . About one hundred ye~rs old and in fair condition.
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The sound value of this building ie approiimately 42000. 00 •

�February -

1949

LOG CABIN
J a.ckson Park

DESCRIPTIOll:
f loors.

A small one story 106 cabin with wood shinble roof and wood

VALUATION : The sound value of this building is approximately $,300 . 00 •

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FobrU6J7 -

1949

REST HOUSE
Jack111on Park
D!SCRIPTIOlh

A one story concrete builaing with coapoaition roof, concrete

noor.
Vl\LU/,TION:

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The sound vr..J.ue 01· thb building ia approxilautely

1!~50 . 00 •

�February

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1949

RF.ST HOOS!
llelroae Park

DESCRlPTIONi A one story brick and concrete building with metal roof and
concrete floors .
VALUATioth

The sound value of this buildinb is approximately t2000. oo .

�Febr uary

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1949

REST HOUS!
Eure.iW. P&lt;..rk

DESClUPTIOU: A one story concrete bu1ldin&amp; with ccoposition roof and
concrete floors .
VLLlJA'l'!Olii

The sound

valu~

of ' this building 16 epprox.1mately ,l,000 . 00 .

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�f obruary

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1949

P.ESi' HOUSE

Ueaorial
DESCilPTIONc

A SUWill one story

Brid~e

fr~c

Park

building with composition roof Cil1d

concrete floor .
VJU.UATION:

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The sound vulue of th1e buila1ntr. 16

ap~roximELtely

$750. 00 •

�February -

1949

REST HOUSE
Lake'aooa Pc.ork
DESCRIPTIONS
VilU1.TIOth

A

fr~e

building with composition roof and full

The sound value of thia

buildi~

pluabln~.

i&amp; b.pprox.imatel~ $750.00.

�February -

1949

REST HOUSE

Fallon Park
DESCRIPTION:
floors .
VALUATION :

A one otory stone building with composition roof and concrete
The sound val ue of thie building i s e.pproximately 12000 .00.

�February

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1949

PAVILION
Fallon Park
DESCRIPTION: A one story open pavilion with stone pier roof supports,
composition on wood roof, concrete floors. Large atone fireplace and chimney.
V.bLUATIONs

The sound vb.lue of this building i e approximetely tlJ00. 00.

�February

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1949

KEEPER' S DWELLING
Fishburn PE..rk

DESCRIPTION: A one and a half story part. basemenli building oi' frame
construction with metal roof, wood flooru, plastered interior finish, electric
lif:.hting and stove heat . About 150 yeare old.
VALUATION;

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The salvage value of this building is approximately $.3000 .00 .

�February

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WOOD SHED
.Fishburn Park

DESCRIPTION:
VALOATIONt

A small one story frame building, metal roof', earth floor .
The sound value of t his building is approximately $lOO. OO .

1949

�February

TOOL SHED
.Fishburn Park

DESCRIPTION:
VALUATION1

A small one a&gt;tory frame building, met£.l roof, earth f l oor .
The sound value of this building i s approxi mately $25 .ob .

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�February -

1949

STORAGE BUILDING
.F'i~hburn

DESCRIP'l'ION:
VALUATION:

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Park

A small one story frame building, aetal roof, earth floor .
Th9 sound value of thi6 building 1s approximately $50 .00 •

�February -

1949

GARAGE

Fishburn Park
DESCRIPTION:
A one story frame building with
finish, wood floors .

VALUATION1

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met~l

roof, plastered interior

The sound value of this building is approximately $75 . 00 •

�February -

S~ORAGE

1949

BARM

Fishburn Park
DESCRI PTIONt A large one high story buildi ng of frame and log construction
with metal roof, wood board floors .
VALUATIONi

The eound va.lue of this building is approximat el y

tJooo.oo.

�Februa.ry -

1949

REST HOUSE
Fishburn Park
A one story building of stone construction, composition roof,

DESC.RIPTIO~:

concrete .floor.
VkLUaTION :

The sound value of thi;;) buildinc. i s approximately $2000. 00.

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1949

PAVILION
Fish'l:&gt;urn rark

DfSChIP'l'ION· A one s t ory open pavilion
composition roof and etone f loor .
Val OATIO.' :

~1 th

atone pier roof supports,

The sound value of this buil ding is ~p~roxima~ely '1300 . 00 .

�February

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1949

KEBPER 1 S D ELL.IdG
TraehiuB ton Park

DgsCRIPTIONr A two story brick building with frc.ma ~ddition and approved
rcof, wood floor&amp;, pl&amp;stered i.llterior .i.ini&amp;b, otove h8'1t and electric
lighting. Building in !~ir condition.

VALU!Tl01

i

The

~ound ~lue

of th16 building !a

cpproxilllai~ly

f3,500 .00.

�Yebru~ry

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REST li005£
~ashlngton

P

r~

DESCaIPTIOH1 A one atory stuccoed tile conatructed building with
composition roof and concrete floor .
VALUATION:

The sound value of thit

builain~

1•

~ppro%im&amp;tely

$1,500 . : 0.

1949

�February - 1949

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SHELTER HOUSE
Washington Park
DESCRIPTION: A one story and basement frame, approved roof building,
with wood floor.
VALUATION:

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The sound value of this buil ding is approximately e4,000.00 •

�February - 1949

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STORAGE BUIIDING
Washington Park

DF.SCRIPTION:
VALUATIOM:

A one story frame, approved roof building.
The sound value of this building ie approximately &amp;250.00.

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- 1949

STONE CRUSHER
baahington Park

DESCRIPTION:

Eleveted atone bins of frame

anu

steel const.ruction.

vALUA1'J.O!C:. Tho sound vt;lue ':;&gt;f thil5 &amp;tone crus11er is approxuately
excludinb ecreen, eonVe"Jor and crushin6 U!lit.

e2so.oo

�f

~GINE

ebruery -

1949

HOUSE

At Stone Cruo her

DESCRIP'fION&amp;
VALOA'?:ou:

A one story frame building, composition roof, earth floor .
The eound value of this ouildin&amp; io approxil!:t.tely

$~50 . 00.

�February

-

1949

BLACK6lt!Tli SHOP

At Stone

Cru~her

DESCRIPTION a A one story freme buildin6, composition roof , earth floor .
VALUATION:

The sound value of this buildiU&amp; is approximately $100 .00 .

�Fobruery

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1949

.FIELD HOUSE
Mu.her Field
DESCRIPTION:

block;

This 1£ a one stor~ build.in

1th mu.ls of brick f.:.ced cinder

ood roof .ith epproved covering .

O~CU?&amp;CY:

VALUATION :

DresslA~ room~ .

The

~ound

value of tho buildins ie

approxim~ tely

$1 5, 000 . 00

�Februcry -

'

19l9

I

DfiELLING NO . 1
Maher i i eld

,,

DESCRIPTI ON:

This is a one Luci two story frame dwelling r.i tb an

approved roof

cover~ge .

OC CUPJJ~ Cl :

Dwellin~ .

VALUATION :

The sound value of this buildi ng is 6pproX1l?l8tel y

1 , ~00 . 00 .

�February -

1949

OFFICE
Maher Field
DESCRIPTION:

This is a one- story frame building with approve roof coverage .

OCCUPANCY:

Storage .

VALUATION:

The sound value of this building is approximately $JOO.OO.

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DE?JJ\f' !..~H' PROPEf l'tES

�f ebrueu-y

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1949

GENERAL Q!EICE .BUILDING
20 Eaat Salem Avenue
D!SCRIPTIONt A tuo story briok bu1ld.1n&amp; with composition roof, first floor
ie concrete and second floor wood b0t.rdp, pl ebtered interior finish,
el\lctric lights, hot water heat ( bet.ting c1.tuipment. out off in firepr6of

room) . •pproxime.toly fifty yeers old and i n gooa condition.
VALUATION :

The sound vuue of thio building io approXii:tatefy $25,000.00 .

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1949

lllETER SHOP

...

2.3-25 !ast Norfolk Aveuue

A three story brick buildin&amp; with e. eett.l roof, sood floors
with th... exception of firot 1loor whicf. is concrete, wood lt.t.h t.ind plnster
interior f inieb, electrlc lightint., stove he... t. J.pproxi1DtLtely fifty yeurs
old ~nd in poor condition. Thie buJ.ldinL ie ~n old apartment buildin0 , ~he
first floor of which hns been converted into u aetcr &amp;hop.
DESCRIP'l'IOlh

OCCUPANC)!:

1feter shop and pipo stora&amp;e •

VALUA'r!Qil ,

Tho eound v..Uue of

~b1&amp;

builciiut. 16 approximately

$J4,ooo.oo.

�februt:..ry

CAR Gl.fw.G&amp; AriD bHED

13- 19 iorfollc Avenue
DE3CRIP1'ION s

A one story all

~etul

ahed , dirt floora .

The sound value of this bu1ldine iB

ap proxlmat~l.y

2000.00.

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1949

�Febru~ry

-

1949

CAR GflP.AuE turn OIL .oousp;
of ~o Ec..at baleo A Ve.

Rea1·
DESCh.Ii"lIO!h
front~ide-one
ga~oline

pw:lp.

V.U.0Al'104

i

A one story iron--cltr.d metal, frame c.hed, dirt !.'loc..rs, o:oen
end euclo1;1ed and used for 6torb.ge 01 oil and houoin 0 of

The sound value of thi• buildinb i s upproximt.t.e~ tl350.00 •

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�Februery -

1949

CRYSTAL SPfU:lh..... POMP bTl.TIQN

rtellin0 ton Avenue , South Roanoke

DESCRIPTION1 A one story brick build1n~, compoaition roof, open interi or
11.uith, concrete and r.ood flooro , el ect ric libhtin&amp;; fire resistive additi on.
Building in good condition.

OCCUr.tUJLl:
V LU1.TIQuc

Ste~

reciprocating Puaaps end Boilero .

The sound value 01 thi&amp; building i i a.?proxil!ately 828 ,300. 00 •

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�Februtary GREi:NHOOSE
At Crystal Sprint.&amp;

DESCRIPIION:
V.i.LUA'lIOHt

A sme.l l glass

~nd ~ood

fratte building,

concre~e

floor .

the sound value of th.it. building is e.pproximately $400 .00 .

1949

�February -

BOOSTER POIP STATIOH
Cpet.£:.1 Sprini,,B, South howioke
DESCRIPTION:

A one story brick building, composition roof, concrete floor .

Building in excellent condition.
V/.LU.t.Tl01~:

The ~ound vulue oi this building is approximately

tsoo.oo.

1949

�February
COMPREb~Ort

- 1949

BOUSE

Cryst.£..1 Sprines

DESCRIP'I'IONr A ~1 one story fr~e building, coiuposition covered, ttood
floors. Bu1ld1ns in good condition .

VWAJktI01':

The bound v lue of this building i i

appro~tt::lY

200 .00 .

�Febru~ry

CH!ZalC;.L

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1949

LABOF~tORY

DESCRIPTION: A one story buildinr, of stuccoed hollo tile c.nci. cinder
block contitructlon, compoi:1tion roof, wooci .flooro; .feir repair.
OCCO?ANCY:

1f\at.er Test.l.nt, E'°'u.i~.ent .

V~LUAT!ON:

The sound

v~lu e

of uhiu buildina is npproxiQetely $1,000.00.

�February

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1949

OOELLI.NG t l; w1,'!ER DE?, RrmT
Bel!OOre Street., Cryatal Soring;, South Roanoke

DESCRIPTION&amp; A two story Lnd ~eement builriiug of fr~v.e co~etruotion, co~poeition
shingle roof, plastered interior finish, wood floora on first ~nd second,
concrete b~sement, atebm heat ttna elec~ric li &amp;h~iog. Excellen~ condi tion.

VALUATION:

The sound value of

thi~

bu1ld1ng is approximately 110,500.00 .

�February -

GARAGE
Reur gf DwellinA

t

l; Water DeP-:1·tClent

D!SCRIPTION&amp; A emall one story frame buildinb, composition roof, wood
Alld ec.rth floor .

or

VALUATION: The sound value

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thls building is o.pproximo.tely

tsoo.oo •

1949

�February

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1949

DWELLING j 21 WATER DEPARTMENT
Belmore Street. Crystc.l Sprinf., South Roanoke
DESCRlPTIONa b one story and lu...seaent building, fr~e
roof, plastered interior finish, wood floor£, concrete
lighting, steam he~t. Building in good condition.
VALUATION1

The aouna value ot thia buildiu&amp; 1a

cons~ruction, metnl
bese~ent, electric

approxim~~ely

$5300.00.

�February SHERWOOD FORUT POUP S'L'ArIOli
No~tinghbm ~nd

DESCRIPTIQ?h

Robinhood hoado

A sr:IAll atone octc.gone.l &amp;hA;&gt;ed building, composition roof,

concrete floors.

VALUATlON: The sound veluo cf this builaing ie approXim~tely $500 .00
a.na City of Rounoke 01rll6 one- halt intereat in building only.

1949

�Februu.ry -

•

1949

filifil!DIN COOhT POltP ST1·.TlON

-Gre.nc!in Roud

DESC.fUPTIOi~:

A SciLll one story f'rc:me wood ehint..le bulldine, composition
roof, concrete floor~i f~ir re~ ir.

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�iebrut.ry

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1949

13th STl\.EET BfilDCE ?Oll.P STATION
Under ~1er.or1r.l .&amp;ridfae

DESCRIPTION:
floore .
V,\LUAT.O!J :

! one story bu1lo1ng of fra;~e iron-cl~d construction, concrete

1'bo c;cund value of thia build1nc, 1• 11pproxim11tely

t250.oo.

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- 1949

RIVER SPR!hCS PUNP HOOSE
River Spri nge, Bridge Avenue
DtSC.fU'.P?ION: A two story buildins of concrete and
conetruction with wood ~nd concrete floore .

VJ.LUATIONt

tr~me

met...1-cl&amp;d

The sound value of thi&amp; building 11 approxi.nately $1800.00 .

�Febr uAry MDSE SPRING PUiJP 8Tk.'rION

Intersection of Bt.ud.;t !toad and .Briane Avenue
DESC1UPTI0~ 1

A one btory concrete building of fireproof conotruction,
coQpoBition covered concrete slnb roor , concr ete floor .

VALUATION~

The sound vt.luo

or

this bui ld1nb ia approxi mr.. tely

tisoo.oo.

1949

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iebruary

DW!LLING: WATER

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1949

DEPl.JlT~EHT

Uuse Spring, .Baud.v .kot..d

DESCRIPTIQNa A two and one etory fru~a ouildi.ni, couposition roof J pl~6tered
interior finish, "ood floora; atove bett . Building in fair condition.
VALUITION a The sound vo.luo of thit building 1• n,,proximately t4,000. 00.

�Feb~

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SliITH SPP..WC. PULAP

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1949

s·r~ TIOIJ

Vinton, Vir1inia
.m;&amp;9RlPTIOlh A one st.ory brick conot.n.oted buildini;, compoaition on wood
rooi', concrete floor i!.Illl foundation . Built in 19.3.3 and in excellent condition .
VALUJ.TIO?f :

The sound value of thi e buildinb is approximately 12500. 00.

�february

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1949

FILTER BUILD.ING
Creek Dy

F~lliar

A one etor)' atone (:On&amp;tructed buildint, with composition roof
"nd ete l !r~nin~, oonoreto floors, electric lighting end coal atove
Built in 19~7 und in food condition.

DEbCRIPTlONs

on

~ood

he~t.

VALUATiotu

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'l'he eoWld v:lluo of this builaine:; is u.pproxicatoly tlO, OOO. O'O •

�February CllLORIN~TOR

1949

HOUSE

Fallint, Creek Dam

DESChIPTICth A one story etono builaing of fireproof construction, concrete
and ~ood floor, electric libh~iug, cou.l stove he~t. Built in 1930 and in

excellent condition.
VALUATION:

The sound volue of tria. building ie approximately

e1600 .00 .

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�February - 1949
LIME HOUSE
F~llinh

Creek Dwn

DESCRIPTIOHs A one atory stone building or fire resistive construction,
concrote roof &amp;nd floor . Built in 1939 t.nd in excellent conaition .
VAL01.TIOH :

The sound ve.luo of thia building 10 uppro.xllately $2, 000. 00 .

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1949

gARET,.l&lt;Elt' S D 1ELLidGc lfATDt. DEP,.RT.U: T

Fallin,_ Creek DUil
DESCRIPTIONa A one story i.nd b&amp;sement builditlg of lob anc. stone construction,
conposition roof , ~ood bo~rds .ud e6.rth floors , open interior finish, electric
li~h~in0 , ~tove heLt.
Built in 1930 and in excellen~ condition.

VALUATION: The aouna value of this bu11 .1ng is approxiaately

j

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.I

tssoo.oo.

�February ~

Felling Creek
DESCRIPTIONc
roof ,

~ood

VA.LU~TIONr

D~m

A two etory be.nk barn of Etcno nnd fre.!:le conatruction1

floors.

1949

~ett.l

A:)proxims.tely flf't;t years old .

The sound vt..lue of this bl.lilding io tipprox.11lately $2,000.00 .

�February

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1949

OLD DWELLING; \'fAJ:'Eii DE?;-.RT;.tE!iT
Falllnj \..reek D&amp;re

DESCRIP!ION: A two und one story building of

VALUATION:

The sound vttlue 01' this building 16

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1
1

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frame construction,
Building approximately

lo~ ~nd

composition roof, wood floors, terr~ cott... flue.
f1ity ~eLrs old !Jlci in poor condition.

approXillu..te~

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'1500.00 .

�February

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1949

TlNANT Df;!LLING; WATER DEPAfiTMENT
Old Wheeler Pluca, near Beaver Dam
DESCRIPTION&amp; .l two nd one story i'raz!le dwelling, moti.l r"&gt;of, wood floore,
pla.ut.fJred interior f iniah, electric lit,htint;• Approx.imat.ely forty yeara
old ana 1n fair condition. A eoti.ll fr-me ou~building G.1.so looa~ed on pre.G".ises.
VJ.LU;;l'IOMi

The oound value of dwellinij ia approximatel1 13,000. 00.
The sound volue of outbuilding 18 c.pprox.imz..tely tioo.oo.

�February - 1949

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T~'iANT Df1El:.LING

Old Sprc.tlin ?le.ce, nel.J' Betiv_r Dam
DESCfiIPTION: A one and -a hblf &amp;rid one story buildinc of frb.me construction,
cotupobition roof, wood floora, plc.etered interior iiniah, electric 11t:,ht1ng,
stove heat . Buildlng hpproximately forty years old t&gt;.11ci in fQ1r condition.
Sisall fr(lme o\ltbuildine.. on premises.

The sounu Vblue of the dwellinb 1~ upproximately
·~300 .00
The eoun~ vt..J.ue ot the outbuiluiab 1a ~pproxirc.e~oly
100. 00.

�Februcry - 1949

PftOSPeCT hli.LS BOOSTER POMP s ·r1i710li

Peakwood Drive
DESC.nIPTIOH : A one story buildlnt, 01 f ire reeh tive con::&gt;truction, ci.1der
block wi..llc;, concrete floor l:UlU r oof .

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OCCUPANCY:

Booster Pump Station.

V•. LU.il.!iOn ;

'l'ne s ound VtLlue of this building is

c.pproxim~te~

11400. 00.

�February

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1949

HOI.LIHS PO P ST.!'l'J.OU
Just Ecst of Route Ill on va. Eikb•t;Y t601. near Hollins Col.Leue

DESCRIPfION; One otory buildin&amp; oi fire resintive construction, concrete
floor and roof; brick ntilla, recently co~pleted.
OCCUP~~cxa

Pumping eta.tion .

VALIJ.ATlO.Ns

·rhe sound VJ.lue ot this builaing is

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approXima~ly $71 000. 00.

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�Febru~ry

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CARV1N' S COVE FILTFR

BUILDING

Ct.rvint s Cove
DESCRIPXIO~i

building

w~s

VALUATION:

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PL~~T

- 1949

One and two story
completsd in 1947.

bulldi~ ni~h ba6~ent.

The modern f1re-resiat1ve

'!'be aouna v"'lu..s of this buil dine. ia appr oximately

227,000. 00 .

�February -

CARV!t4'8

cov~

Lot. LEET PU!J.? HOUSE

Ct...rvi:l' tt Cove, One-hi.:.11' .!Ailt! t; . of ii il t.er Plant Builaing
DE~CRIPTION:

One story, codern fire-reuistive building completed in

1947.
VALUnTIO~:

The sound Vllue of

~hi a

building i6

~pproximately

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$6,000 .00.

1949

�February

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1949

CARil£1'5 COVE VALVE HOOSE
Me&amp;r fi·11ter Plant Building e.t Carvin' s Cove

DlSCRiFTION1 A ~~l, circult...r modern reinforced concrete building
completed in 1947.
VJ!LU,.TIO?.:

The sound value of th.lo building 1&amp; approximately

'·.

~25-00 . 00 .

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�February -

1949

ELMWOOD PARK LlBftARI
Elm ood Park

DESCIUPTION: A two story and baseQent brick building with stucco finish,
cetel roof, wood floors except baseoent which is brick, plastered interior
finis h, electric lights, low pressure stewn hec t . Approximately 125 years old,
fair condition.
OCCUPANCY:

B~sement
First Floor Second l'loor -

VALUATION:

Tbe eound value of this building is approximately $30,000.00 •

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Heating apparatus, stock rooms, book repair room .
Reading roome, office .
Reading rooms, stack room.

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�February -

1949

RALEIGH COORT BRANCH LIBRARY
Virginia Hei1. hte
DESCRIPTION: One story brick building, wood joisted roof covered nith
slate. Interior; floor of concrete with ruGBtic tile wearing surfaces, close
plastered sidewalls, meU.l l~th and plastered beamea ceilin~ . Electric
libhts, stoker-fired l ow prebsure stee.m heat . Good re~ir.

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OCCUPANCY:

Public Library

VALUATION :

The sound value of

~his

building ie approximately $15,000.00.

�February -

1949

?.IELROSE BfuUIC.fi LIBRARY
2318

~elroee

Avenue

DESCRIPTION : One story brick building of fire resi~tive construction.
Built- up roof on tWPSWil plenk on steel bar joist . InteriorJ o£stic tile
floor on concrete, close pl4etered sidew~lls and ceiling sheuthe&lt;i with
acou~tJ.c~l tile. Electric lighte and oil- fired hot •ater heat.
Erected
in l94SJ in excellent rap~ir .
OVCO?AUCYi

Public Library.

VALUATIONs

The sound value of this building ie approJCimately

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$20·,ooo.oo •

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February -

1949

GAINSBORO BP.AHCH LIBRARY

501 Gainsboro Road
DESCRIPTION : One story and part baso~en~ brick building, ~ood joisted roof
covered witn slate. Interior; Joisted floor, oak .et.ring surfLces, cJ.ose
plast6rea sidewalls, ceilin~a,methl lath and pl~s~er. Base~ent partly
finished with concrete floor . Electric lights, stoker- fired hot water heat .
Very good repair.

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OCCOPANCYs

Public Library (Colored) .

VALUATIO~:

The oound value of thia buildint is

approxim~tely

$42 1 000.00.

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,.r""1~ r.l.ON --~

�February

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1949

SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT
Lincoln Ave • • Williamson Road

DESCRIPTION: This i s a one story

buildin~

r.ith concrete walls,fl.oor,

and roof .

OCCUPANCY :
VALUATION:

Sewage dispoeal tl-nt.
The sound value of chis buildinb i s

approxim~tely

$12,000.00.

(We have not r eceived values of contents f rom the city, conse~uently, for
purposes of ill.ustrhtion, else~here in thib r eport we used an amount of
$500. 00 for contents values).

�February -

•

1949

DWELLING
Sewage Disposal Plant
DESCRIPTION: This i s a one story frame dwel lin~ of frame constr uction
wi th approved roof covering. Stove heat .
OCCUPANCY:

Dwelli ng.

VALUATION :

The souni value of this dwellinb i&amp; approximately $4,000.00.

�Febru.t..ry

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1949

GARAGE
Sewage Disposal Plant

DESCRIPTION:

This 1E a one story frame

buildin~

with approved roof covering.

OCCUPANCY:

Garage.

VALOATION:

The sound value of this building ie approximately $750 .00.

�February

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1949

STORAGE BUILD!tlG
Sewage Disposal Plant

DESCRIPTI ON : This i s a f r ame building with approved roof covering.
OCCUPANCY :

Stor age .

VALUATION :

The sound value of this buildint i~ approxi.m£ltely $1, 500 .00.

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Situa~~•

S ou ~ haide

Approx4..mal.e~

ot

Be ~t

Jo.u\t¥1n fi

threo lldleB eou .. h

01· i .o._

d

�· February

-

1949

ALMSHOUSE

P.ity Far::i Propertx
.O!SCRIPTIONa

A two story 1.1.nd pc.rt bueement

bri~l

t.uildi ng of 1'ire

re~itltive

conetruction, roof of cooposi~ion on concrete elab, concrete floors, plastered
interior finish, electric libht1ng, lo~ pre~~ure steam hoat. Approximately
twenty-five years old and in bood condition.
OCCUPAHCYi
First floor - kitchen, oining
r ~om-. Second floor eleepin6 roooe.

VALUATION :

roo~,

reception and $leeping

Tbs sound vo.lue 0£ thie building 1a u.pproxim&amp;tely 892,000. 00 .

�February

1949

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SUPERii;TE.lD!Si1t t S Di'iELLIUG

Cit., F'u.n PropcJrt;t·

DESCRIPTION: A one story t.nd pt4rt buser:ont buildint- of fr1t.i:;.e oonetruction,
compoti1t1on ;,hloslea roof, \lood floor/$ with exception of buoement. whioh ia
part coucrete ~nd p 4rt earth. Electric ll~h t1n~, stove heat.
OCCUP.hllC~i

Ono folti.ly dwellin~ .

V.1.LU11T10J:

The sound vc.lue 01 this build1ne, i&amp; approx1matel¥ $10 1 000 .00.

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�February -

1949

GAR.I.GE

City Farm
•
D?$Cl~P"tION:

Prop~rt~

A one story frame building, cocposition shingled roof, concrete

floor.

VALUAT.ONa

Tha aound veluc of this builaing is bpproximately $350 . 00 .

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�February

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1949

S:..OKE HOU5£
C!ty fbrm

DESCRIPTION:
compo~ition

ProDert~

A small one and a bu.J.f story building of frame construction,
roof, concrete first. 1loor and wood rloor on seccmd, •·ood botArd

interior finish .
VALUJ.1'l01h

The wund vul.ue of t.his builuing is approximutely

f500 .oo.

�Februhry - 1949
STABLE, CORN .HOUSE, WACHI~t. SHED
City F~rB Property
DESCRIP-rIO?h
A t'l'lo ~d one end l:. half story 1rame
root., .ood _'loorr., electric 1.1.t,ht.ing .
V.t.LUATION:

The sound v&amp;lus of

thi~

buildin~ ~1th

build int; i s cpprox.1me t 1;1ly

metal

2 1 000 . 00 .

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�February -

CHICKEN HOUSE

1949

i. l

City FQZ"fll

DESCRIPTION:
VALU~TlONt

A one

~tory

frOJA\e building

The oound value of this

ni~h oompoei~ion

build i n~

roof, aooa floor.

is approximately $100. 00 .

�Febt11&amp;ry

-

1949

CHICKEN HOUSE I 2
City Furm.

DESCRIPTION:

A one Gtory

fr~me

buildin&amp; 1th compoeition roof, concr ete

floor .
VALULTION:

The ~ound vulue of thi~ builuinb is approxiE~tely $300.00.

�February -

1949

BPRUIG liOU&amp;E

Citx farm

DESCRIPTION: A one story building of concrete Mnd ooa
~1th

composition roof

VALUAT.IOU:

~nd

fr~e

construction

concrete floor.

The t.ound velue of t.hib buil&lt;iin6 is &amp;pprox.imc.i.tely 0150 .00.

�Eebruury

POMP HOUS!
City ft.rm
D~ClUPTION:

V1l.U1.TlOt\i

A sm&amp;ll

~rick

builain6 .ith concrete floor and roof .

'l'he sound vc.lue of t;hit. bu.l.luing i s approximately $200 .00 .

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1949

�· febru&amp;r y

-

1949

HAY SARI
Ci ty Farm

DESCRIPTION: One story fJ;eme building •it.h
interior finieh, eleotrio l1~ht1ng .
VhLU!.TION:

me~l

roof, wood floor, open

The eiound Vliluv of t1hia builain&amp; i s approxi mately $2, 000. 00 .

�lebruury - 1949
PIG STY
City Farm

DESCRIPTION: A smell one story
roof, ~oo~ floor.
VALU.11TlO~:

bu1ld1n~

of

fr~

construction,

ccmpo~ition

The sound vtlue of this builcing is approxllla.tely $50.00.

TOOL HOUSE
City Ferm
DESCRIPTION: Scall one story building of
roof, aood floor.

VALUATION:

fr~~e

conotruction,

co~pocltion

The sound value of thi building i s approx.ic&amp;toly t l OJ.OO.

�February - 1949
CHICKEN HOUSE
Rear 0£

DESCRIPTION:

VL\LUaI:Ofi:

A

Sfl1;...ll

one story

The oound Vblue 0£

~uer

fr~mc

tr~o

utine House

bu1ldinb, coopobition roof,

~ood

floors.

building is approximately $100.00.

TOILET
Rear of
DEBCRIPTION1
floor .
V~LUATivN:

~uar~ntine

ffouse

A emall one story f r ame building, composition r oof, wood
the eounn vc.lus o!

~hi

builc in~

is approximiJ.tely $50.00.

�February -

1949

QUAfu.lf.1.L £ HOUSE
City

F~rm

DESCRIPTION: A one story frtu:ae builaint,
~ood floors, fair condition.
OCCUP.nUCY:

Tenant dwelling.

VALUATION&amp;

The sound vt.lue

or

~et~l

this bu1ldinf:., i :i

roof, r.ood interior fin.ieb,

~pproxiutoly

$360C' . OO .

�Yebr~r,y

At

DWELLING
~uarantine

liouso

DESCRIPTION; A two ~nd one etory frwne building, composition roof,
floors, }laot~red i~t crior finieh. Fa ir condition.

V.cl.LUATIOj:

-

Tho r.ound value of this building is

epprox1mat~ly

~ood

$2500 .00.

1949

�Febru!.ry

-

TOlL!'l'

Reur of

DESCRIP1ION:
floor .
VALU~TIONc

A

~~l o~c

story

~uur6ntine

fr~me

The souna vulue o! tb1b

House

buildins, compooition root,
builcin~

11

~P

roxim11tely

~ood

t50.oo.

\YAf}H HOUSE

Rear of

D~elling

DESCa.IPTION: A s!Xlall one otocy fratie building, composition roo!', wood
floor , open interior J.i.nish.

VilU11TIOh:

The oound

v~lue

of thia buildlnb is approximAtely

;o.oo.

1949

�February -

1949

BARN
At ' utrt:i\ti'ne liouee
DESCRIP!IOhi
floor~ , open

T~o ~tory
1n~er1o r

f r ume conetruct ed buil dl nb, cooposition roof , wood
tini eb.

The sound value of thi s builcii nb i e

~pprox iUUt.te:y t~so . oo .

�rebrwiry
CfilCKEt~

At
DtSCRI.PTIONa

-

1949

HOUSE

~uarunt1ne

House

One story frame conGtructed buildin&amp;, compoeition roof,

floor.

VA.LUl.TIONi

The sound value of thia build1ntf. 1&amp; approximately t 2;.oo

G.hRA(,E
A~ ~ua.r~ntine

DESCRIPTION:
VJJ.U •. .t..LG~~:

One story fraoe
The eoun&lt;! vGlu ..

01

Houpp

builuin~ , compo~ition

roof, wood floor.

thiai bu1luina 1 &amp; a~rox.Lms.tely

100 . 00.

~ood

�Februury -

••

1949

RA1.IEF CENTER. ( OOLOR£D}
Gregorx Avenue bna Sixth Street. N. E.
DFS~RIF!ION:

A :.110 &amp;tory frame building, metal roof, ·r.:&gt;od .f loora,
pl4atPred interior t'inL:;h,. e-lectric lit!\t,l.ni;., brick chim.l'le;y e , no heLt.
Approxisa.telji f 1ifty yel rs old und !n poor condition .
OCCUPA.~YI

Hursery (color&amp;4).

VALU1TlON:

The ebtilucted

~ , ;vo. oo .

au~vage

value o! this builQing io a9proximately

�February COAL HOOSE
At Relief Center (Colored}
DESCRIPTIO~:

One story, metal roof, fraree, e rth f loor .

VALUATION 1 The sound value of thie building i e 6.pproxima.tely $200. 00 .

f

1949

�Februery

-

1949

DETE?ilION EOO
622 Roy er Avenue
DESC.!-.IPTIOlf s Thia io a tbrt!e &amp;tory and bc.aer:ient and rtU"t two story and
baaement briok building of fire resistive construction with a root of
coap~•ltion on concrete slab, concrete floors throutbout. One open stairs

from bGaament to third floor.
heflt .

Thil) building ie

condition.

Electric

libhtin~

appro:xim~tely fittee~

bild low pressure

~team

yeurs old 4nd in eood

OCCUP.AHCY; Offices, metronst ~uartera, de~ention roous, clase room and
kitchoa..
VALUATION•

f

.

The eound

v~lue

of tbia building 1 8

approx1ca~elJ'

t1os,ooo.oc •

�February -

1949

COYNER SPRINuS TUBERCULOSIS SANITORI UM
Near Bonsack, Virginia
DESCRIPTI ON : A two and one story· pa.rt basement buildin~ of brick and
frame const ruct-on with composition shingled root, concrete f l oors ni~h tile
and wood surfacing, pla~tered interior finish, electric lithting, low pressure
ate....m bee..t . Built in 1939 ana in excellent condition.

OCCOPANCY1 First f l oor - White and colored ward rooms and private rooms,
X-ray offices and examination rooms, kitchen .
Basement - He~tins equipment, stora~e room.
VALUATI ON:

Second floor

The sound value of this buildin~ i s appr oximat ely

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~

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-

Nurses• quarters .

t1so,ooo.oo•

�February

COOK'~

-

1949

RESIDENCE

At Sa.ni tori um

DESCRIPTION: A small one sto17 frame buildinb, composition roof, nood
floors , plastered interior finish, built in 1938 and in excellent condi~ion.
VJ.LUATIONi

,

The nound value of this building i s approximately $2,000.00.

�February GARAGE
At Sani toriUlll
DESCRIPTIO~:

A one story frame building, compoeition roof,
excelient condition .

ear~h

floor,

OCCUPJJ~CYs

Two-oar garage .

VJ.LUATION:

The sound velue of this buildinE, is approximt-tely $1,000. 00.

1949

�CITY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
S

on buildings and contents of every kind a nd description of the assured, (excep t as hereinafter specifically excluded) including a ll their buildings now existing or hereafter erected or acquired, all additions, attachments, improvements, ex tensions
a nd perma nent fixtures; including contents in and improvemen ts to any buildings leased or otherwise occupied by the
assured, specifica lly assuming liabiliLy on all properl)' on which by the printed conditions of the policy contract it is required
that liability sha ll be specifically assumed , belong ing to the assured or the property of others for which the a ssured may be
liable in the event of loss or da mage by fire a nd lightning, situa ted anvwhere in the City of Roanoke, or elsewhere in t he
counties of Bedford and Roanoke, in the S tate of Virginia. It is understood and agreed that this policv coYers aboYeground ta nks a nd t heir contents and wood trestle. a t aspha lt plant.
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.
EXCLUSIONS: It is und~r~tood and agr eed Lhat this policy does no t CoYer the following properties: accoun ts; bills, currency, deeds;
ev 1d~nces of debt; money a nd secunl1es; mo tor dnven vehicles; bridges a nd trestles, exce pt trestle at asphalt plant; Brick and concrete Victor y
Stad 1u.m and contents, and Cram~ gra 1~dstand at Maher Field , Roanoke, Virgi nia; Concrete pumping station vaults at Hanover Ave., N . \V.,
Edgehill, La kewood , Chestnut Hills; Livestock a_nd Poultry; Property of Roanoke School Board; Lifesaving equipment, wherever located; works
or art; conten ts of rock crusher plant, located m Washington Park; Settling basin at Carvin's Cove· underground tanks and their con tents·
Va luable Papers in the various Library Buildings.
'
'
PERMISSIONS GRANTED- For buildings to be upon leased ground or under mortgage.
FOUNDATION CLAUSE--! t is understood and agreed that brick, stone or concrete foundations, piers or other supports, which are
below the under su rface of the lowest floor of basement (or basements), or where there is no basement, which are below the surface of the ground
for the within described buildi ngs and machinery, and also cost of a ll excavations of whatever nature, are not included in this insurance, and
in no event will be taken as a part of the valuation of the buildings for the purpose of arriving at the assured's contributory proportion in the
application of the co-insurance clause.
The foundations and costs of excavations above descri bed being exempted from the application of the co-insurance clause of t his policy,
a nd not being covered by this insura nce, it is hereby understood a nd agreed that in the eve1_1t of loss, ~f the insurance ~ompany s~ould. elect to
reb uild, and it should be found necessary on account of statutory or other cause to replace said foundatwns or restore said excavatwns, m whole
or in part, the cost of doing so shall be at the expense of the a ssured.
CO-INSURANCE CLAUSE--(Percentage)-l t is a part of the consideration of this policy, and the basis upon which the rate of
premium is fixed, that the assured shall at all times maintain insurance on each item of property insured by this policy of not less than 90 per
cent of the actual cash value thereof, and t hat, failing so to do, the assured shall be an insurer to the extent of such deficit, and in that event
shall bear his, her or their proportion of any loss.
In the event that an aggregate claim for any loss is less tha n Ten Thousa nd Dollars ($10,000.) (provided, however, such amount docs
not exceed five per cent (5%) of the total amount of insurance upon the property described herein and in force at the time such loss occurs) no
special inventory or appraisement of the undamaged property shall be required. If this policy be divided into two or more items, the foregoing
conditions shall apply to each item separately.
CO-INSURANCE RIDER- The ra te on the property herein d~scribed, without a co-insurance clause is_._% higher than the rate
at which the policy is written; and in consideration of the lower rate berng used, the 90% co-insurance clause is attached to and made a part
of this policy.
WORK AND MATERIALS CLAUSE-Permission granted for s~1c~ use of the premises as is usual and incidenta l in the business, a s
conducted therein, and to keep and use all articles and ma terials usual and rnc1dental to said business, in such quantities as the exigencies of the
business require.
ALTERATIONS AND REPAffiS CLAUSE-Permission granted to make alterations, additions and repairs to the above described
building(s) and this policy, in accordance with its conditions, shall include (so far as it covers on the building) such additions, alterations a nd
repairs, also materials and supplies for same in the building or on open premises adjacent thereto, and (so far as it covers on the contents) shall
include said contents contained on such new additions. This permit does not waive or modify any of the terms or conditions of the Fire Protection Clause, if any, attached to this policy. However, should any of the property covered by this policy by protected by an automatic sprinkler system, no reconstruction or enlargement of that property is permitted unless notice of change and proper charge, if any, for same is endorsed
hereon; endorsement shall clearly specify changes contemplated and shall be limited to sixty days from a specified date.
UNEARNED PREMIUM CLAUSE--In consideration of S
dditional premium, this policy is hereby increased in
a n amou11t sufficient to cover the unearned premiums involved in th is policy against the hazards herein specified.
If, by reason of loss occurring during the term of this policy, any loss-payments arc made which shall reduce the insurance under this
policy, this insurance sha ll indemnify the insured for Joss of the p_ro rata u~earned p~emiu!n o.n the amounts ?f such loss-payments. However,
such recovery shall not exceed an a mount equal to the cost required to rernstate this policy 111 the amount 1t was reduced by payment of loss.

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS CLAUSE: If electrical a ppliances or devices, (including wiring) are covered under this policy, this
Company sha ll not be liable for a ny electrical injury or dist~1r~ance to t he sa i~ electrical appliance~ or devices (!ncluding \viring) caused by
electrical currents a rtificall y generated unless fire ensues, and 1f fire does ensue this Company shall be liable only for 11.S proportion of loss caused
by such ensuing fire.
FIRE PROTECTION CLAUSE: In consideration of the r1;1te al which th!s po!icy is written it is stipulated tha_t the insur~d ol.1all
exercise due diligence in main taining in complete working order a ll equipment and service~ • .'nstallecl for. the detection, prevention a nd exl111gu1s~­
ment of fire in the property covered by this policy and under control of th~ I ns.urcd. I t 1s further .supu)a.ted that. no change sh~ll be n.1ade rn
any sprinkler system, its water or chemical supplies, or any watchman service withou t the approval m wntmg of t his Company, either direct or
through the Rating Bureau having jurisdiction.
AUTOMATIC REINSTATEMENT CLAUSE: Jn the event of a ny loss payment und&lt;:r this policy, not exceeding tw,o hund~cd and
fifty dollars (250) if covering dwelling (and ~on tents thereof) other tha n country, or not exceedmg one hundred dotlaI"S (JOO) Lf coyenng any
otber building or its contents, the amount of 111surance und er th is policy shall not be reduced.
BREACH OF WARRANTY CLAUSE: Provided where it is stipulated in this policy, that, withou t consent of the insu;er endor~d
hereon or added hereto, t he breach of a "'.arranty or condi tion sha ll void th e policy, it sh~ ll be held such breach d oes not rn fact v01d ~he poltcy
but only suspends the operation of the policy during the time the breach contin ues. l'rol"ldcc.l, _f urth~r that no bre1;1ch !!ha ll sus_Pend the msura nce
under this policy except upon property wherein or whereon the breach of warranty nr cond1t10n ex1st~d at. the time of the fire; unless a_loss or
damage by or from fire originattng in or communicated to such property sha ll extend to or be sustamed Ill and/or on other property msured
hereunder.
WARRANTIES OR CONDLTIONS CLAUSE: This policv shall uut !JC' a ffec ted b~· failu re of the insu1·ecl to comply with any of the
wa rranties or conditions endorsed hereon in any portion of the premises over which the insu red has no control.
P rovisions a nd Stipula tions Continued on Reverse Side

�VACANCY OR UNOCCUPANCY PERM IT : Unless olherwisc provided in writing add ed hereto, this company shall not be liable
for loss occurring while a described buildin~-, whether intended for occupancv by owner or tenant, i ~ \·acant or unoccupied beyond a period of
90 co n secutive days or p r ot ec ted p r operty, 60 con secutive days on otlicr p r op er ty, which permitted period includes 60 consecuti,·e days
allowed in printed conditions of this policy. Howe,·er, if the subjec t of insura nce is a dwelling under public fire protection permission is gra nted
for it to be unoccupied or ,·acant without limit of time.
BRICK-ON-EDGE, T ILE, TERRA COTTA, CEMENT , OR METAL FLUE WARRANTY (applicable only to 4th class and coun t ry
property) I n consideration of th e reduced ra te a t which th is policy is i~sued, it is warranted by th e assured tha L the build ing a nd a ddi tions 1hereto, described in t his policy, conta ins no brick-on-edge, til e, terra colla, cemen t or metal flue ; nor a ny metal smoke pipe ca rried t hrough a combustible partition, floor or ceili ng; and it is further warra nted t hat no such flue and/ or meta l pipe shall be erected d uring the term of this polic&gt;'lf this warran ty is viola led in a ny parti cula r, t his policy sha ll be null a nd void .

INCUBATOR AND/ OR BRO ODER WARRANTY : In consideration of the rate at which th is policy is wri tte n, it is warranted by
lhe insured that no incubator and/ or brooder will be operated in a ny buil ding (othe r t ha n dwelli ng, in which class permission is hereby granted to
operate one incubator and one broode r) described in th is policv, unless pe rmission therefor is specificall y endorsed hereon, with appropr iate additional premium.
·
REMOVAL OF DEBRIS CLAUSE: I t is a condit ion of this policy that this insurance covers expenses incurred in the removal of all
debris of the proper ty insured here-under which may be occasioned by loss caused b&gt;• a ny of the perils insured against in th is policy. Howe,·er,
th e total liability under this policy shall not exceed the a mou nt named therein, nor such proportion of such expense as the amount of insurance
here under bea rs to the total a mount of all insura nce, whether such insura nce incl udes t his clause or not. I n no event sha ll this policy cove r
::igainst loss occasioned by t he enforcement of any state or mun icipal law or ordinance wh ich necessitates the demoli tion of any portion of the
insured build ing which has no t suffered da mage by a ny of the perils insured against in t his policy, unless such liabili ty is specifically ::issumed
elsewhere in the policy. Cost of removal of debris sha ll not be considered in the determin ation of acln::il cash va lue when applying a n&gt;' Co-insura nce Clause attached to this policy.
Attac h ed t o and Form in~ Pnr t o f i?olicy_No.- - - - - - -- '"f Lhe'- - - - - - - - - - - - ' ' - - - - - - - - - = -- -- -- - -

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subj ect to the provisions and stipulations hereinafter stated.
Issued at its

________ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _Va., Agency.

, /\gent

�SUw..aRX

�Febr uar;

•

RE{;Ol.!lJEl:lD~1'!CN~

rOh

INSUr.A~CE

-

1949

CO'vE.tt.AGE

l . We recommena that th~ followin~ bulldin£S be excluded frcm the
bh.nket coveru.t,e end 1;1pecific covert.be provided .

(a ) Academy of Music
{b) Underground pum1.

j ~v

tlon on Hwicvcr .ti venue,
(c) Under,rouna DUlllP st&amp;tion at Eugehill
( d) UnaerLrouna ,umo st~~ion ~t LaKewooa
( e) Un ere.round pum::&gt; st... tion at Chestt.ut Hille
&amp;t.t

V(f) Fr&amp;.me br~ndstt..na At J.khor 1'1e.1.d ( g) Concrete granda~~nd ~ ~her Field
'V'( h) Bridt,es ~nd trest:i.ee ·

(i) Livustock t.ud Poultr (j) Pro1-101·ty oi Rot.nokP City School Bot.rd
( k) ork of Art
(1) Content~ of rock crusher pl6nt
( a) 8ettlin~ oo~in at C&amp;rvin' o Cove
Th6re is in exi~~er.ce a floater policy 1n th( wnount of e2o,ooo.
on life5av1nb c~uipmeut . Ue ~re infora~a by Cupt~ln J . S . Wise th...t the
value of this equiµment is 4pproxime.tely 88 , 500 . Ue recommend thtit thi~ ty~e
of iosur~nce be continued, bu~ tht.t the policJ be rea~ced to ta ,500. 00 .
Cov~r~&amp;e on thiv e~uipinent ehould be oxcluaed from blbnket cover~be•
2.

coverin~

3. We reoom.mend that tractoro and other motor vehicles be excluded
from blanket covernge and intured under t.uto11ob1le or m11rino policiee .
4 . Our estimate o! recom.~ended addition.el insu~~nce 1 mnde on the
of the present policies totullin~ 36, 000 . coverins specifica.llJ, bein
enaorsed t.o cover bl~~et . lf those policieo hb.ve no~ been endoroed, . thia
should be &lt;.:1one im:?ledic. tely •
b~sis

5. Arv propert) ltl.ch we l ve reco~mended to De excluded can be
cow.. red under specific policies. For c.&gt;U;. t•le , br1ube8 ond tret.it:c s tu·e
e.trot1ed to many r.aa.t.rda other t.ht...h fire cm li'-&gt;htninE. an. thote covered
b_y the Extended Covel'at.• EndJrt!ement, c.1.nd should be int ured undor 'llnll risk"
policy or policies.

�February

f\ECOl.!!AL!WED

Whenever there is

that the

Unet.rn~d

pro rt. tu

~sis .

~

~OV.E

sizeable

t.itGE

1949

co.rr•D

pre~..iur.i

peid bJ an

~wcured,

we suggest

rre::t":.um Endorsemeut be att4c~ed v ) all ~olicie&amp;, Thia
in6ura.ace covert: onl) the premium which bccowei; ic~edic.t l&gt; e~ rned oy
virtue of loos, from dete of loo~ to cx~irnr.ion o! polic), il&amp;ur.d on a

In order to obtt.in the brotod Blanker. Eora ol' (,ove1·.... ._ o, you G:Gree
in the contruct t·, car~ at bll times 1ne.urAnce equ1.Ll to 90j of your t.otu.l
v...lues or fLCCept t.. proportiou£.t.., pen.. lt)' in t.lk i.....ijut.tmeut 1£ losu t.hould
occur to ai~ one unit. .

According to our estimate 01 ;,cJr t.ot..il vu.lute, we aro tabulb.tinE',
b low the umount of adciitionul 1n::.urwice :,iou will requlre1

E&amp;tlmuted Vt.lue of Euilain6e
V€:ilue of Cc;mt.cnts

1otul V&amp;lue BuildinLe End

~ontenta

Less; 10% (Blbnltet tore)
Inaurunce

Re.~ u!.reo.

*Le e:6 Pre.sent Insui·"'.Jce
Addltionel In.u~~ce P.e~u!red
~f

tho above l1~ted preven~ totul insureice,

) , ~54 . ~5 .

754.~ .

4,009 . 287.
400,928.

J,603 ,:&gt;59.

1.410,0::JO.

, ,!.18,)59.

'36,ooo.

is

writ~en

in

policiee coverinf specifically; the remui~der covcrb b~ nKet .

In adt!it1on to present insure.nee licted ubove, tnc~c exists a tlo~tlr
policy in the ~wount 01 s~o,ooo. cover1n .11lo~nv1.~ c~uip~ent , wh rever
loc ted .
Dc.eed o.n values. used in thi'" .. u1·v .,. , t.he uvcru e ur.i.uul rut·' l\'ill be
approxill!itely .3411 per hunU.red doll re 01 insw·once; three ;&gt;ccr rate •ill

be

approxi~~ely

.85'7·

T£!W I. Uf J. ,q;

e wish to point out the e.dvunt.be.e of t~rm inaurance. Three ymi.r
r1.. tee ere two and one-hhlf tises t.he t.nnunl rate, hlle five yci.r r~t.ee o.re
fcur ti ee the cnnual rete, the.eb' crontint u :revin &amp; of one-half ~nd one full
ye~r preaiWi1 ro . ectivel) .

�February

-

1949

GF.NERAL FIRE PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS
Chemical Extingui shers - It i s our recommendation th&amp;t a standard
supply of approved f ire extin~uishers be provided i n all builaings, not only
from &amp; aafet~ standpoint, but due to the r~ct t he.t eome coneider,tion !DAY be
obtained in ths rate . All extingui shers should be r echar~ed at l east once
each year . We recommend t hat the fire depL.;..rtment be instructed t o explain
the operation of fire extinbuishers to ~ll city employees .

In order to obtain credit in r~te ior the i nstalla tion of chemical
extinguis hers, it is necessary to provide one Underwriter' e Le.bora.tories
approved 2} gallon chemical extinbui6her for each 2,500 square feet of floor
area, but not less th.wl one on acy one floor and not less thul two to a
building. In fire resistive buildinga occupied ae offices, one exi;in5uieher
for each 51 000 s~ue.re feet is i n or der.

It is recommended that a concerted effort be ~de to improve the
lllAintenance and cleanli ness of all property . It Ttas noted at the t i me of
tbia i nspection that the houeekeeoi n&amp; at th~ city garage, for exa.mple, wae
sub- standard.

•

A number of non- etandtird flues were noted in scattered buildings and
it is recommended tbi..t a ll such flues be replaced with s ta.ndl:l.l'd flueG •

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Roanoke and Its Won derful Opportunities
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Roanoke I s an Educational Center
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One of Roanoke's Annual Events . . .
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The H istory of Fort Le"is Near R oanoke
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The Sch ools of Roanoke . . . . . . • .
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Strong Banks in R oanoke Aid Growth of the City
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Col onial Dames Present T abl et to Roanoke . .
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The Churches of Roanoke
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Some Examples of Roanok e Building an d Arch itecture 26-27
Roanoke, Th e Magic City _ . .
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Th e Electrifica tion of th e Virginian Railway
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Roanoke's Colo red Population
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Roanoke and the Mountains .
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The Hospitals of Roa noke
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T he Woman's Civic Betterment Club of Roanoke
Crystal Springs-God's Gift to Roanoke
Roanoke, Gateway to the Great Southwest
Views of Roanoke's Public Library
T he R oanoke Country Club
Sun nnd Storm in Roanoke
The Chr istian Associations of Reanoke
Country Scenes Near Roanoke
Roan oke, a Home-Owning City
Virginia Mineral Springs
Roanoke's City Cou.ncil
R oanoke, Center of Industry
Lab or Has No Troubles in Roanoke
Ever green Cemetery . .
Roanoke Realtors Who Made This Edition Possible

Remember Your State Conv ention!
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~OANOKE
AND ITS WONDERFUIJ 0 PPO R T UN ITIES
Including a Welcome by the Roanoke Realtors
OANOKE is r ightly called the Magic City, becau se of
its miraculous growth and progress from a mere village
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in 1884 to a city whose present community p9pulation
is approximately 80,000.
This expansion has not been attained because of any lucky
stroke of fortune, or booms of unstable prosperity. Roanoke
is situated in the Valley of V iro·inia between the Blue Ridge
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and A lleghany Mountains; in the midst of a fe r tile and r ich
agricultura l distr ict, and at a strategic point for shipments and
travel east and west, north and south. Because of these
advantages, it has become one of the most important rail centers of the south, and w ith its rapid growth , many manufacture rs have been attracted to the city. All these h ave cc nt r ibuted to its phenomen~ l increase in population and industry.

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Climate
~ important feature o f any region considered by the
manufacturer a nd the homeseeker, is the climate. In this,

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the average per year from January 1, 1910, to J anuary 1, 1926,
was as fo llo ws : Average mean temperature, 56.34; average
rninfall, 38.23, and average snowfall, 12.50. The figures speak
for themselves. The sickly heat, so evident in many of the
eastern and southern r egions of the l.)nited States. is noticeably absent, while the moderate and pleasant winters are a
...velcome chanae from the severe and rigorous weather preva~ling in mat~y ·portions of the north and west during these
r:1onths.
S chool System
Educational facilities are not to be overlooked by the homeseeke r. The school system is thoroughly modern. A high
school costing $750,000 has just been completed, .and in addit;on there are two junior h igh schools and. ten elem~ntary
schools for whites. For the colored populat10n there 1s one

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high school and two elementary schools. This part of the
citY.'s activities embraces a total of 14,000 pupils, with 400
teachers.
A s to colleges, and the means of higher education, it is difficult to conceive of any means by which the situation could
be improved. Roanoke College for men, unsurpassed by anything of its kind in equipment and teaching personnel, is situated within the city, as is also one of the best known and
nationally famous institutions for women-Hollins College.
H ere is also located V irginia College for \i\Tomen; and the
Roanoke National B usiness College. Near at hand, in Lexington, is the V irginia Military Institute, known all over the
country as second only to West Point Military Academy in
·military instruction; at Blackstone is Virginia Polytechnic Institute, also a military school, and well known as an engineering college; in Lexington is \ Nashington and Lee University,
and at Charlottesville the University of Virginia, established
by Thomas Jefferson and rated high among the country's universities as a center of education and culture.

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Banking
'Without proper banking facilities, no city can measure up
to a high standard as a manufacturing city. Lack of capital
makes satisfactory progress nigh impossible. In Roanoke
there are seven commercial banks, with a capital of $4,339,390; a surplus o f $2,343,080; with deposits o f $26,900,400,
and resources of $36,891,326. The trust companies, building
and loan associations, and industrial loan associations have a
combined capital and surplus of $1,754,729, and resources of
$2,309,369.
Industrial Payrolls
In Roanoke there a re ninety various industries, including
public service corporations, employing, approximately, 17,000
persons, who receive an annual pay of about $22,000,000,
with an annual value of output estimated at $60,000,000. The
capital and surplus employed in Roanoke industry amounts to
-approximately $24,000,000.

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Agricultural Interests
Roanoke is situated in the center of an extensive agricultural district, with a large trucking section producing a variety
of vegetables throughout the year. There are many dairy
farms. The district is noted as a fruit producing section, and
many apples are marketed to the southern and mid-western
states_and exported abroad. This is also the largest canning
district in the south, specializing largely in tomatoes.

Power
Electric lighting and power service are furni shed by hydroelectric power and steam stations, possessing a combined capacity of 33,000 horsepower. This plant is located on the Roanoke River about four miles from Roanoke, while the steam
station is within the city limits. Both the electric lighting and
the power rates compare favorably with those in effect elsewhere .
Gateway
Roanoke is the gateway for automobile travel north, south
and west. It lies at the j unction of the Blue Ridge and the
Alleghanies, and right at the commencement of the beautiful
Shenandoah Valley. No part of the nation furni shes the
motorist with better roads, and the tourist can travel the entire length of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley on hard surface from Roanoke, through territory unsurpassed in historical lore from the earliest days o f the republic down to the
present. Many battles of the Revolution and Civil wars were
fought here, and the country abounds in colonial mansions
dating back to early days of the eighteenth century.
If you do come near this section, pay a visit to Roanoke,
and any member of the Roanoke R eal E state Board wi ll gladly
show you the city.

Roanoke Realtors W elcome You to Their City!

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Within the City and Near at Hand are Colleges and Universities of
National Fame-Opportunities for Intellectual Development in Any
Fiel,d, A re Unsurpassed

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Bird's-Eye View of Hollins College

HOLLINS COLLEGE

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DJA CENT to the City of Roanoke is Hollins College,
nationally knovvn as an institution for women, and fi rst
established in 1842 as a school for boys and girls,
known as "The School at Botetourt Springs," and later as
the Valley U nion Seminary.
. In 1852 the school was reorganized for " the higher education of young ladies," and in 1855 named Hollins Institute in
honor of M r. and M rs. John Hollins, of L ynchburg, Virginia,
who afforded th e institu tion financial aid in its early d ays.
~harl e~ L. Cock e, founder and fo r m ore than fi ft y years
president of Hollins, was a p ion eer in the cause of hio-her
educati ~n for women. He wrote as early as 1857: "The ; Jan
and policy o-f our school must be considered a true one. This
~I an recognizes the p rinciple that in the present state of society
m our country, young ladies require the same thorough and
r igid mental t raining as that afforded young men." Founded
on such principles as this, it was inevitable that the influence
of Hollins should be felt in the establishmen t of oth er schools
for women in V irgi nia and the South.
After the Civil 'vVa r the enrollment, d rawn at firs t from
V irginia alone, gradually extended to other southern states,
and later to the north and west. Through the influence of
Charles L. Cocke and the faculty associated with him, sincer ity
o f work and genuine standards of achi evement were maintained .f rom the beginn ing; equipment and standards advanced
steadily, and H ollins kept pace with th e movement for h igher
education of women that spread through the entire country
during the last quarter of the nineteenth century ; a movement in which this instit ution had been a pioneer.

In 1911 H ollins was standardized fo r four years o f college
work, based on an entrance requirement of fifteen units; the
college preparatory department was discontinued, and only
students without conditions are now accepted. The present
student body numbers 350 and is drawn from practically every
state in the U nion.
LAFAYETTE LEGEND
A n outstanding legend of Roanok e County is told by
M r. Charles J ohn ston, who, with a party of fi ve, went westwa1-d on a mercantile expedition. \i\'h ile descending the
O hio R iver in a rude, clumsy boat " ·hich they h ad con structed at P oint P leasant, t hey received sig nals of distress
from t wo wh ite men on the bank o f t he river. Proceeding
to their rescue they , on landing ,,·ere immediately s urrou nded
by hostile Ind ia ns. T oo late t hey realized the ruse t he "'·h ite
men had been Jed into.
Several of t he party suffered tort ure and death. l\fr.
Johnston's life was spared until he could teach the squaws
t he art o f maki ng co rn batter-cak es. On t his account he was
exchanged from tr ibe to tribe, and after passing t hrough t he
vicissitude of many changes his last captors threatened to
make h im the husband o f an old a nd ug ly squaw widow, and
the fath er o f her m.unerous Indian children. This fate was
spared h im, however, by t he hu rry and confusion of the
arrival o f the t ribe at an Indian trading post, called Sandusky. Here he was ransomed by Francois Duchoquet. a
F rench trader , fo r 600 silver brooches. These broodies were
used as a circulation medium and also as orna111ems for the
Indian Chi efs .

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H d lins College

Mr. Johnston traveled with the F rench peddler for several
months and either in th is country or Fran~e he had the
pleasure of meeting General Lafayette, who became deeply
interested in his t hrilling experiences.
lWany years later, in the division of the land of the Prestonville Land Company o f wh ich M r. Johnston was a member,
the Carvin Lands with the sulphur springs were allotted to
Mr. Johnston.
He made extensive imp rovements and
established a sum mer resort wh ich became the well-known
Botetourt Springs. On LaFayette's second visit to this
country, thou gh lavishly entertained from Georgia to New
York, he found t ime to visit his fri~nd at Botetourt Springs.
On the same day of his arrival a singular coincidence h appened in the coming of M r. Duch oquet. The peddler's habi ts
and manner s were very queer, but equal ly amusing to neig hbors and friends .
Botetourt Springs became a well-known resting place of
statesmen in theil' journeys to and from the national capitol.
Its race track offered the opportunity for indu lgence in the
national past-time, and its sulphur waters contributed to the
health of those seeking its benefit.
Its historic back-ground was always of interest for the
reason that it was the home of William Carven, a noted
pioneer and Indian fighter, whose daring exploits speak
from every hill and dale .
This ground is now occupied by Hollins College. The old
Sulphur Spring maintains its even flow in draught of fl ood
t ime, and the college preserves in its educational work the
sincerity which marked the character of the p ioneers who in
former years strove and accomplished the best.

ROANOKE COLLEGE
Roanoke College, located at Salem, had its begin?ing in
1842 as the Virginia· Collegiate Institute. The Collegiate Institute was originally located near Staunton, but was moved
to Salem in 1845 and in 1853 was incorporated as Roanoke
College.
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Roanoke was one of the few southern colleges that mamtained their instruction throughout the · war of 1861-65.
Through the efforts of Dr. David F. Bittle, the founder and
the first president, students who reached the age of eighteen
during a given session were permitted by the Secretary of
'vVar of the Confeder.a te States to remain in college until the
close of the session. Du1;ng a part of the war, the dormitories and literary society halls were used as hospitals for
wounded and disabled soldiers.
During its eighty-three years history, approximately six
thou sand students have received their education at Roanoke
Coilege. In the early days of the institution, a very large
proportion of the · students entered the ministry of the
Lutheran, Episcopal, Methodi st, Presbyterian, and Baptist
denominations. Fifteen per cent of the alumni have entered
law and 11 per cent some phase o f educational work. The
medical profession, business, and agriculture each claims approximately JO per cent. Twenty-nine college presidents have
been educated at Roanoke and seventy-four alumni now hold
important positions in American colleges and universities.
All departments of the coliege are thbrough'ly standardized.
At present, Roanoke College has a faculty of twenty-five with
a full-time professor in charge of each department of instruction. The more important of these departments are Languages, History, Political Science, Economics, Business Ad-

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ministration, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology,
Philosophy, and Education.
Along with the rai sing of the standards, there has been a
marked improvement in the personnel of the student body.
Roanoke's student body during the regular session of 1925-26
was two hundred fifty-seven. 'With the extension and summer
school departments, the total enrollment was five hundred
thirty-eight. In the interest of greater efficiency and to
render to each student the best possible individual attenti on,
the trustees took action in June limiting the attendance for
the regular session o f 1926-27 to two hundred fifty. Each
young man enrolled at the college is a graduate of a standard
high school or preparatory school. Although Virginia is well
in the lead in states represented at the college, there are many
young men from \Vest Vi rginia, Korth Carolina, Sou th Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, :\1aryland, Penn syh-ania,
Xew York, Ohio, Indiana, and A1·kansas, as well as several
foreign countries. Perhaps there is no other college of its
size in the south that has attracted so large a number of
students from distant sections. A lumni of Roanoke College
are now found in every state of the U nion.
There are thirty acres of college grounds. During the
past summe1·, extensive improvements have been made to the
athletic field. There are nine buildings, five of which have
been erected since 1912. The dormitory system is one of the
most attractive and convenient to be found in Vi rginia .
\ll/hilc the college makes its chief work the regular A. B.
and B. S . courses, it also gives very definite preparation for
those planning to study law, dentistry, medicine, theology,
education, or bu$iness administration. The pre-law, premedical, and pre-dental courses offered at the college are given
the highest recognition by the leading universities.

For the past three years, the administration of Roanoke
has been concentrating upon strengthening the college internally, and raising an adequate endowment fund.
Roanoke College has been inseparably linked with the development of Southwest V irginia. As business men, farm ers,
lawyers, doctors, dentists, journalists, teachers, m in isters,
Roanoke graduates have been intimately associated with all
that has pertained to the welfare of this section. Former students of the college are found m every city and town of
Southwest Virginia.
There is no desire to make Roanoke a college great 111
numbers, but rath er to give it distincti on both at home and
abroad for the quality of work done, for intimate and friendly
contacts between students and faculty and for the maintenance
o f live, healthy, and flourishing student activities. In the
words o f President Smith, "I want R oanoke College to be
~ high-grade ins titution which shall be the cultural servant
and the joy o f every citizen of this section of V irginia."

R OANOKE NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLE GE
Every possible business need has been met in the revi sed
courses of study offered in this college. Eight fully accredited
courses are offered : Junior Training for Modern Business;
Higher Accountancy and Business Administration; Stenographi c; Banking and Finance; Salesmanship and Business Efficiency; Commercial Teaching; Secretarial; Complete Business. with conferring of H . G. B. degree upon graduation.
The college is preparing for the beginning of its fortieth
year of progress and prosperity, with the biggest expansion
program in its history. The wider fields of service which the
admini stration has planned fo r the future, combined with a
large increase in attendance, have called for a new building,

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VIRGI NI A COLLEGE
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a larger faculty, a larg er curriculum and a greater employment department.
The N ational's 1926 Catalogue and Year Book, issued
about the first of August, has al ready been proclaimed by
both p ress and recipients of copies, as the foremost book of
its kind this year. Complete in every detail, this modern book
o f business is a veritable storehouse of helpful information
for every one inter ested in any b ra nch of commercial activity ;
particularly those concerned with business education and the
o pportu nities it offers in many lucrative fields.
VIR GINIA COLLEGE
. \'.irginia Colleg e was founded in 1893 by the late Dr.
W ilham A nderson Harr is, a d istinguished scholar and educato r, a~d former P residen t of LaGrange College, LaGrange,
Georgia; Mar tha Washington College, Abingdon, Vi rginia,
and the \i\Tesleyan Female Institute, Staunton, V irginia. A fter
the death of Dr. Harris in 1896, the management of V irginia
College was assu med by his two daughters, Mattie P . Harris
an~ Gertrude Harris Boatwright, who had been closely associated with him in educational work. From the beginning
the co?ege !~as enjo~ed an enviable reputation, its pupils repre.sentmg thirty-two or mor e states, and several foreign countries. Each year improvements have been made to increase
the efficiency of the ''-'Ork, and recently a new dormitory was
erected to provide fo r the greater number o f students. I n
order to meet the growing demands of education, the college
library has been enlarged this year, and will have an addition
of 3,000 volumes. The Y. vV. C. A. is also enlarging its

bungalow in order to have sufficient space fo r a large tea room
to be use&lt;l by the college students and their friends.
V irginia College is a junior institution, with a course of
study conforming to the first two years of college work as
given by Smith, W ellesley, Goucher and other leading colleges
and universities. The facu lty consists of twenty-five or more
coll ege men and women. The manag ement and alumni contemplate, in the near fu ture, many improvements to the buildings and g rounds. Virginia College numbers among its
alumni distinguished women who are now fill ing positions of
great 1·esponsibility, several of whom are presidents of large
schools and universities. In addition to the academic work
given at Virginia College, electives are offered in Domestic
Science, Art, Music, Commercial Training, J ournalism, Library Methods and Expression.
W ASHINGTOJN AN.O LEE UNIVERSITY
W ashington and Lee was founded in 1749 as Augusta
Ac~demy, a Southern companion of Yale, H a rva rd, and
P rinceton.
L i!&lt;e them it was independent from the beginning of church
and state limitations, ownership, and financial support, owned
and controlled by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees, and
financed entirely by the p rivate liberality of public-spirited
citizens. It was the first concrete expression of that devotion
to learning and religion which characterized the settlers of
the Valley of V irginia and the fi fth in order of founding of
our American colleges.
In the spring of 1776, two months before the D eclaration

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of Independence, by the unanimous action of the Board of
Trustees, its name was changed to Liberty Hall. In 178~ it
was formally incorporated as an independent institution, free
of ecclesiastical and political limitations. In 1798 it was
chosen by George Washington, endowed by him with a gift of
stock valued at $50,000, and formally authorized to bear his
name. After the wreck of the Civil 'Nar, the institution was
re-organized and developed by the genius of Robert E. Lee,
who accepted its presidency in 1865, fixed its traditions of
courtesy, honor, and patriotism, hallowed for all time its spirit,
and bequeathed to its keeping his sacred dust, his matchless
influence and example, and his incomparable name. His great
kinsman, being rich, had endowed the college with his money.
General Lee, having no money, gave himself to the institution
and thus enriched it forever. After h is death, the name of
t he transformed and re-organized college was changed to
Washington and Lee U niversity. In its ennobling memories
and traditions no instit ution in America can compare with
Washington and Lee.
In its location, its history, and its great founders, it seems
forever set apart from low aims and sordid labors to serve the
things of the spirit and lift young men toward leadership and
public service of the 'Washington and Lee type.
It is still financed for its great work wholly by private
liberality, having no support whatever from tax-revenues or
denominational contributions, and for lack of working-capital
must close its doors each year to scores of eager young Americans seeking the privilege of its exceptional training. Contributors to its equipment or to its Lee Memorial Endowment
become active partners of its immortal president.
Washington and Lee University is especially noted for the
remarkable number of its graduates who have attained prominence in national affairs since the devastation of the Civil
War. Among these are a new J ustice of the Supreme Court,
J oseph R. Lamar, class of 1878; in which were also exGovernor Stephens, of Missouri; and ex-Governor MacCorkle,

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of West Virginia. In the Senate of the United States are
five graduates of this university-Foster, of Louisiana;
Chamberlain, of Oregon; Owen, of Oklahoma; Bryan, of
F lorida; and Poindexter, of Washington. The Chief Justice
of the Court of Claims in \l\iashington was graduated in 1868,
and still other orominent graduates are Thomas Xel son Page,
Clifton R. Breckenridge, lately ambassador to Russia,
\ Vade H. Ellis, Dr. J as. H. Dillard, the head of the Jeanes
Fund, and Julius Kruttschnitt, now prominent as the executive of the Harriman railways.
The St. Louis Republic has a theory for this production
of famous men. It is this :
"The kind of education that makes great men is not merely
cultural, technical, or what not : it is a training that unlocks
the possibilities of personality."
THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTI TUTE
Patterned after West Point though it is, the founders of
the Virginia Military Institute always kept in mind the difference which must exist between the two systems of instruction at the two institutions. They realized full well that the
V . M. I. cadet at graduation has no fixed position waiting for
him other than that dictated by the law of supply and demand
for men trnined in the various arts and sciences. Courses
offered include Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering,
Chemistry, and Liberal Arts. Having in the formative period
of life learned to obey, the cadet is better fitted to command
others, or to be a leader of men.
A check of a class ten years after graduation showed that
18 per cent were engaged in mercantile pursuits; 11 per cent
entered the a rmy : 10 per cent were engaged in engineering
and contracting; 10 per cent in traction and transportation ;
10 per cent were lawyers; 7 per cent engaged in manufacturing; 4 per cent in each of the five following: Lumber business, banking, tobacco industry, medical profession, and
educational work: 3 per cent were farmers; 3 per cent in the

Main Building Washington ond Lee University

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Washington and Lee Chapel

Revenue Service; 2 per cen t were dead; and 2 per cent were
in j ournalism, t he Navy, ins urance and r eal estate.
I~ the words of General Pershing, who delivered the commencemen t address at the Institute in June, 1920 :·
" Important problems confront not only this N ation, but
other n ations, that will require men of character, men o f
ability, for their solution. The solution of these· problems
m ust be worked out by the younger generation. You have
simply laid the foundation upon which to build ... You have
learned habits of study, learned what integrity o f character
means, and you are prepared more than any oth ers I know o f
to undertak e th e solution of these problems."
THE VIRGIN I A POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTE
T he Virginia Polytechnic Institute, prominent through out
the n ation as an engineering college, was established in 1878,
and is situated in Blacksburg, about an hour's d rive from
R oanoke.
Engineering and agriculture are the t wo main
c?~rses of study, and t he engineering school offers cou rses in
cr;1J, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Courses in
science and business are also offered.
The school is famous, not only as an edu cational center,
but also as a milita ry academy. This branch of t raining is in
the hands of U . S . Army officers, and the school has attained
a standing o f O ass A with the government, in effect for the
last five years. Gr adu ates are eligible for the U . S . Reserve.
The proximity of this famous engineering school to Roanoke aff? rds special opportunity to the young men and women
o f the city for study in these professions. For t he last three
years the school has been co-educational in nature, and included in the student body are many young women who have
elected one of the professions offered as a lifetime work.
Attendance at the school has grown from a few score at
the time of its establishment, to 1,200 du ring the school year
1925-26. For the coming yea r there have been registered over
1,300. An alumni association second to none has been estab-

lished, and in Roanoke alone its membership amounts to
364 men.
T h e school is distinguishe·&lt;l for its graduates throughout
the count ry who have attained prominence in their professions,
and is also noted fo r the patriotic sentiment of · the student
body, which, during the· late World War, enlisted or were
commissioned, almost to a man. ' This college had more men
·in the U . 'S . service during the war, per capita, than any
similar institution 1~ the U nited S tates.
MAGIC CITY
T he land on which the City of Roanoke stands was granted
to Thomas T osh in 1747-1600 acres . .Also a g rant by George
II to J ohn Smith in 1756, Smith sold his grant of four hundred acres to Malcolm Campbell for five shillings. Th.is grant
was called "Big Lick." I n a portion of Lewis Preston Summer's J ournal of March 15, 1749, we read: "We went to
Great L ick, on a branoh of the Staunton River, and bought
corn of Michael Campbell. T his L ick was has been one of
the bes.t places fo r game in these parts, and would have been
much better advantage to the inhabitants h ad the hunters not
killed the buffalo for diversion, and the elk and deer for
their skins."
Can busy, bustling Roanokers realize the land upon which
the First National Bank Building now stands was an immense
salt lick where the white salt covered its entire surface, thus
inviting animals to its feast of salt; or that still many years
later in t he summer of 1860 Henry S. T rout, then only
eighteen years o f age, plowed corn on this same land and cut
wh eat in the field where the H otel Roanoke now stands, and
admitted that though he had climbed over the famous stone
wall o f Gettysburg. he was frequently driven from these agriculture fields by the bees to the protection of the cool forest
where the City Courthouse now stands ?

�One of GRoanoke's Annual Gvents
Cadet s of Virginia Polytechnic Institute March
Around th e Field Between Half&amp;.

Thanksgiving
Football Game
Between
Virginia Military
Institute
and ·
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute

Above, Cadets of Virginia Military Institute Marching to Football Grounds.
At left, Scene During the Game.

Photo by Davis.

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1926

�G]he

History of
I

Near

GJort £ ewis

~oanoke

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f

HE beautiful Colonial home known as Fort Lewi s is
situated on the south side of the Lee Highway about
three miles west of Salem, and was so called because
it was here that Colonel Andrew Lewis (later General Lewis)
took his stand in the protection of the frontier . from the Indians, as directed by General \i\Tashing ton, who had received
his instructions from Governor Dinwiddie.
The fort built by Colonel Lewis stood at a distance of
about one hundred and fifty feet doe west from the center
of the present building. l\fr. Alexander \;yhite recollected
seeing the rubbish of the fort which was built of logs on a
foundation of ·flat field stone, and the remains were not entirely removed until after the Civil \Var.
Mr. Samuel White, fathe r of Alexander ·vVhite. bought a
boundary of land of four thousand five hundred acres running east and west up the valley between the mountains on
the north and Roanoke River on the south, and in 1822 built
the present residence just east of the old fort.
When iVIr. White was having the cellar dug, the skeletons of. half a dozen men were found buried in one grave,
under what is the center hall of the building. T hey were
removed and buried elsewhere. He was of the opinion that
as these bodies were all buried in one g rave, they were killed
at the same time in some battle at the fort .
T he b rick fo r the building were hauled in fom·~horse
wagons from Lynchburg .
Tradition says the original deed to this bounda1·y of land
was signed by George III, and was recorded in the Court
House at Fincastle, which record was destroyed by fire some
years later, along with many other valuable records. It is

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known that the original copy of the deed remained in possession of Mr. A lexander ·white until after 1885, when it
was loaned to a neighbor to settle some bounoory lines, and
was lost.

Fort Lewis Chapter
"Fort Lewis Ch apter" is t he name chosen by the new chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution organized
at Salem, November 18, 1924. This name is most appropriate since about three miles west of Salem is the site of Fort
Lewis. a pre-revolutionary front ier fort, built for protection
against the Indians. No definite history as to the building
of the fort or the e..xact date of its construction is available.
Several suppositions may be made from references in the
early colonial records.
Other historians think the fort was built by General
Andrew Lewis who afterwards lived near the present site of
alem. The following letter from Governor Dinwiddie to Colonel \\"ash ington is found in the Dinwiddie Papers: "Sept.
11, 1754. I now order you to give a detachment of forty or
fifty Men to Capt. Andrew Lewis. With them he is to march
immediately to Augusta Co. in order to protect our Frontiers'
from the Incursions of small Parties of Indians, and I suppose some French. Order him to march immediately and to
apply to Colo. Patton the County Lieut. who will direct him
where to proceed t hat he may be most useful . . .. I think
you may order "William ·wright to join Captain Lewis when
he goes to Augusta." The same day the Governor addressed
a letter with similar instructions to Captain Lewis himself,
telling him to apply to Colonel Patton (near Buchanan) for

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instructions as to where he could be most useful in protecting
.the frontier of the county.
\\"addell's Annals of Augusta, in referring to this, say:
"On the sixth of October, 1854, Captain Lewis was on his
march to protect the frontier. He went somewhere west or
south of Staunton, but to what point we cannot ascertain,
and built a stockade fort there t o check Indian raids-perhaps it was in Greenbriar county, or it may have been Fort
Lewis near the site of the present town of Salem, in Roanoke
County."
In commenting on these circumstances, George S. Jack
in his history of Roanoke County, concludes that Fort Lewis
is the stockade built by Lewis in carrying out the Governor's
orders. He says : "As the orders show that Captain L ewis
was to apply to Colonel Patton, County Lieutenant, who resided at Pattonsburg, on the north side of the James River
at Buchanan, for directions, and the further facts that important land grants were given him in Roanoke Valley contiguous to, and about the site of old Fort Lewis, and his
final settlement nearby, all lead to the well established opinion
that it was here that he built the stockade mentioned. Even
the name "Fort Lewis" is suggestive of the fact that it was
at this point he took his stand in the protection of the
frontier."
As to the general conditions in this section we know that
when the pioneers settled in the Valley and Southwest Virginia, the greater part of this section had ceased to be the
settled home of any particular Indian tribe. It was the
common hunting ground of the Shawnees, Cherokees · and
other Southern Indians. Here they met in friendly chase
and here too they met in deadly encounter with the northern
tribes who lived near the Great Lakes. I t is spoken of as
the "Debatable Land ," being so fair and valuable that the
I~dians were unwilling that any one tribe should possess it.
Smee the great Appalachian chain could nowhere else be so
easily crossed this was the great thoroughfare between the
Northern and Southern Indians and their trail called the
"Great Path," passed along near the route of the present
macadamized road through the Southwest counties.
Since this section was the path "of migration, of chase and
of savage invasion," it was very necessary that the whites
who came to settle here should have some protection and it
was for such service that Fort Lewis was erected.
Eve~ though the exact date and origin of the fort cannot
be defimtely stated the fort was built just a few yards southwest of the ~resent home of Mr. George Vv. Payne, known
a s F ort Lewis. A letter from Hickory N C January 20
1925 wr"t
·
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'
l ten b y Miss Fanme Penn White former owner
of the Fort Lewis estate, says, "There need' be no doubt as
t o the location of the fo rt since a part of it was there when
m y g randfather purchased the place and my father had it
removed. The f ort was JUSt
·
west of a fence dividing the
yard from the lot between there ahd the stable and in front
of the present house runn1·ng t oward tl1e roa d ."
A lth oug h no d
· has come down to us of this parescn·ptton
ticular fort it was 111 os t p ro b a b ly s1m1lar
. .
.m plan to the other
frontier fo rts of the t .ime. ....i.vi.r.
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oosevelt who carefully investigated. all that , \as
· w ritten
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.
by the earliest writers about
o1~ frontier fprts, g ives a description o'f them in his ''Winning t he ' \Nest." B e says, "They ~ere a square palisade of
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1926

upright logs, loopholed, with strong blockhouses as bastions
at the corners. One side a.t least was generally formed by
the backs of the cabins themselves all standing in a row,
and there was a great door or gate, that could be strongly
barred in case of need. Often no iron \vhatever was employed in any of the buildings. The square inside contained
the provision sheds and frequently a strong central blockhouse as well. These forts of course could not stand against
cannon and they were always in danger when attacked with
fire; but save for this risk of burning they were very effective defense against men without ai·tillery and were rarely
taken, whether by whites or Indians, except by surprise."
After the defeat of Braddock in 1755 the whole western
frontier was left exposed to the incursions of the Indians.
The history of the Valley abounds in stories of Indian incursions and massacres. Located at the very entrance to the
Valley no doubt this com.murtity was often harrassed. The
following incidents may serve as examples of what probably
occurred in many localities.
Hale in "Trans-Allegheny Pioneers," says, "On the 8th of
July, 1755, being Sunday when all was at peace and there was
no suspicion of harm or danger, a party of Shawnees from
beyond the Ohio fell upon Draper's Meadows settlement (near
the present site of Blacksburg) and killed, wounded or captured every soul there present.'' Then follows the fascinating
story of the escape of Mrs. Ingles and of Mrs. Draper.
The following account of the Sandy Expedition is given
in Pendleton's "History of Tazewell and the Southwest."
"In the summer of 1755 just about the time of the attack
upon Draper's Meadow, a scalping party of Shawnees made
an incursion into the Middle Holston Valley. There were a
number of persons killed, wounded, and captured on New
River and Reed Creek, by these same Indians who persisted
in sending scalping parties to those sections in the summer
and fall of 1755 and in February and March, 1756. It was
to avenge the outrages inflicted upon the settlers that the
'Sandy Expedition' was projected. The purpose of this expedition was to march to the Ohio River and punish the
Shawnees. Col. Andrew· Lewis was commander of the expedition and his forces consisted of about 400 men, including
100 Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians who had been induced
to become allies of the Virginians in the French and Indian
wars. This small army was composed of Augusta County
militia and of companies of volunteers. This expedition was
assembled at Ft. Prince George, afterwards called Fort Lewis,
four miles west of where Salem now is located. . . . . .
!The expedition had been organized to go to the Ohio to look
for the Shawnees and destroy them, but Major Lewis and
his little army were about to come in contact with bands of
these IndiaJ1ls at a point only some 60 miles distant from
Fort Prince George or Fort Lewis." Then follows the account of the remainder of this disastrous expedition.
Although the records we have of such incursions and of
the defense by the brave frontiersmen are very meager, our
imagination can picture many instances in which the settlers
found shelter in Fort Lewis or in which the militia would set
out from the fort to go to the rescue of some harrassed settlement. The citizens of Roanoke Valley will ever gratefully
remember Fort Lewis as the place of shelter and protection
for th&lt;:ir forefathers.

�c5chools of
DUCATION, in a democracy, is fundamental, and without it, there can be no self-government. Roanoke
· knows this, and with a view ever to the betterment of
its ftiture citizens has organized and perfected a. school system
which stands superior to · most, and second to none.

E

The statistics are as follows:
Nmnber Schools.

White.

High ....... . ........ 1
Junior High . . . . . . . . 2
Elementary ..... . .... 10
Evening'............. 1
Number St.1tdents.

White.

High ......... . .... 1,325
Junior High ..... .. 1,626
E lementary . . .. .. .. 8,060
Evenings ...... '. .. . . 300
Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Colored.
1 (High and E lementary)
2

Colored.
217
2,272

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There are more than 400 teachers and special supervisors,
and approximately 14,000 students, as . shown by this list.
This indicates that out of a total populat10n of 80,000, nearly
one-sixth of all are att.ending the schools of Roanoke, and in

~oanoke

making this estimate, it should also be rememb.ered that included in this population are the colored people of Roanoke,
devoted to the education of their children, and of whom both
city and state are proud.
The aim of the schools is to afford the children the best
of instruction in elementary, junior, and senior high courses,
with the additional advantages of extra curricular activities;
pre-vocational guidance and evening school opportunities.
Citrricula.- In the elementary schools a foundation course
of six years is required with supervision of writing, art, music
and methods. All work above the sixth year is departmental.
In the Junior High Schools a flexible program, supplemented
by try-out courses and extra-curricular activities of a prevocational nature, is offered to recognize and meet the individual needs of adolescent students. In the Senior High School
a liberal course offering electives suitable for vocational, commercial and classical graduates is offered.
And to house all this great industry, and concentrate its
activities, there have been erected a three-quarter million
dollar High School; two Junior High Schools, and ten eleme_n tary schools fo r the white. One High School and two
elementary schools for colored have been constructed.
The school system is organized on the 6-3-3 plan, incorporating the junior high school idea. This organization is

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based on six years of required elementary trammg; three
junior high years of tryout and pre-vocational courses, and
three years of senior high required and elective courses.
Curricular activities includes special musical organizations
and orchestra practice; dramatic clubs; newspaper staffs with
daily and weekly news columns in the local papers; current
events and civic study clubs ; health and physical education;
Bible instruction, and training in morals, manners, and appreciation of arts.
There are Pa rent-Teachers Associations, and these are
alive. active organizations of each school in th e city, held together by a Central Council composed of representatives from
each association. Jn addition to individual school activities,
the association maintains a policy of giving a school pageant
or ex hibit annually for the benefit o f the schools as a whole.
As for the Evening School, its aim is to afford to those
members of the community who have been d enied the pri vilege, an opportunity to acquire the fundamentals of a good
grammar school education. and also to teach them the qualifications n ece!'sary fo r a better citizenship and an enjoyable
Ji fe in Roanoke.
The total expense of the school system in Roanoke. other
than capital outlay. fo r the fiscal year, 1925-1926, was
$606.837.

SEPTEMBER,

1926

GEORGE WASHING TON'S S CALP
(T hat might have been)
There is a tradition in connection with \Vashington's visit
to the forts in this vicinity told by Kercheval in his " History
of the Valley." He says: "Several old Indian chiefs had
offered considerable premiums to any warrior or set of warriors who would bring out \ \iashington's scalp. Several Indians heard that 'vVashington was on his way to inspect the
fort very near Roanoke River. T here were two roads leading to the fort: the one across the mountain was the shortest
way; the one on level land the better. The several Ind ians
placed themselves in ambush and lay concealed two days and
n igh ts but \i\Tashington did not pass. T hey g rew impatient,
and their Chief, on the third day, stated that he woul d go to
the other road and asce·rtain whether \Vashington had taken
that route to the fort, the two roads being only one mi le
apart. He gave his men positive orders not to fire at any
persons that might pass in his absence. \\"hile he was gone,
Colonel \ Vashington, Colonel Lewis, and Colonel P reston, all
three passed close by the enemy without being molested.
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Photo by Davis.

The Schools o( Roanoke

�~trong

•

cBanks tn

~oanoke

Growth of the

The First National Exchange Bank of Roanoke

A

CERTAIN index of the stability and the growth of a
city. is the extent of its banking resources and the
vaned services that its financial institutions are prepared to render. Banks, like other business organizations,
must keep efficiently organized to render maximum service to
their clients. They must have the understanding, acquired by
seasoned experience through the business activities of years
of growth, they must have the modern equipment of builtlings and devices to adequately serve their clients and above all
they must be prudently managed and conducted along conservative banking lines, for in no other lines of business does
the time-honored slogan, "Honesty is the best policy," apply so
well as it does to the management of financial institutions.
Roanoke is indeed fortunate that it has ten financial institutions covering almost th e entire range of financial . organizations. They are fully equipped to render service and
ex tend accomodation not onl y to the legitimate business
needs of the city, but to that vast and growing territory that
looks to Roanoke for financial assistance in developing the
resources that have hardly been touched \vhen the magnitude
of its possibilities are seriously considered.
These institutions of Roanoke when reporting to the Comptroller of the Currency and to the State Banking Department
on June 30th, showed total resources of $37.357,211.05. This
enormous sum may be fairly indicative of the importance of
Roanoke as the financial center of the territory sometimes

called "The Mountain Empire." T he deposits of these banks
total $26,339, 198.77, while their capital was $4,908,290.5 5, and
their surplus, profits and reserves were $2,354,394.97, making
their combined capital, surplus, profits and reserves the large
amount of $7,262,685.52. This vast accumulation of weaith
makes R oanoke the strongest fi nancial center in the state,
excepting Richmond and :::-for folk.
Business that does not p roperly come under the scope of
commercial banking is adequately taken care of by the finance
companies and oth er organizations of a similar nature. A
large business has r esulted from the handling of automobiles
and other forms of monthly notes secured by real estate and
otherwise.
Closely linked with the banking business of a community
is the insurance business, both Ii fe, fire and other forms of
business insurance. This field in Roanoke is adequately supplied by local companies of recognized stand ing ani:I financial
strength as well as with agencies of the leading domestic and
foreign compan ies.
_Inseparably linked with the splendid growing resources of
R oanok e fi nancial instit utions is the experience of the local
bankers and financiers, who through constant study of the
fi nancial reEJuirements of Roanoke and environs have been the
great contributing factor in the marvelous growth of our city
and the great Southwest. sometimes known as "The Great
Mountain Empire."

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"Progressive Conservatism;· perhaps best expresses the
policy of the Roanoke financial institutions. For through
their commercial, savings, safe deposit, trust, foreign and collection departments, the· needs of corporations, companies and
individuals are taken care of in an entirely adequate manner.
Many of the banks in the territory adjacent to Roanoke find it
convenient to carry their reserves with local banks. The experience of these banks has been that in Roanoke they secure
high class and satisfactory banking service for their every
requirement. The policy of the Roanoke banks has been to
lend financial assistance to their bank correspondents from
time to time and to cooperate with them in every way, believing
that in union there is strength and that whatever is good for
the banks of the surrounding territory surely reflects the
growth of Roanoke also.
It is everywhere a recognized principle. that banks are the
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are its greatest asset. This is an ideal condition that applies
to Roanoke and the entire territory tributary thereto. For
perhaps in no other sections. may be found as strong and as
progressive financial institutions.
Many of them have
weathered the business depressions of many years and are
now recognized financial strongholds. They have fostered the
legitimate business enterprises of their communities, have kept
fully abreast of the times and as a result form the keystone in
the arch of progress of Virginia. They have collected the
small sums from individuals and others in the community and
through skillful handling have converted these funds into large
working balances, that flow into the business of our communities, building homes, adequately equipped farms, and contributing so well to the happiness of our country. It is well
to remember then that our banks are serving a useful and
necessary purpose in the scheme of modern civilization and
should r~eive the hearty support of every loyal citizen.

THE BANKS OF ROANOKE
U pper Row- State and C ity Bank ; Mountain Trost Bank ; Title G~aranty Trust and Savings Bank.
Lower Row- American National Bank ; Colonial National Bank ? Liberty Trost Company.

�Group of Dancers in Colonial Costwne

eolonial Varnes P res.en! G}ablet
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to Woanoke
CLESTONES in the history of Roanoke were outTablet Unveiled
Following
the
playing
of "America" by the band, the inlined recently when a tablet, commemorating the
colonial history of the city, was presented by the vocation by the Rev. W. C. Campbell, and the salute to the
flag, in which the concourse pledged allegiance to the flag of
Colonial Dames of America in the State of V irginia.
The exercises were especially colorful because of the colo- the U nited States of America and to the Republic for which
nial costumes worn by many in attendance. There were ad- it stands- one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for
all, Mrs . Lucian H. Cock e, chairdresses by distinguished persons, a
man of the Roanoke Chapter of the
minuet danced by two-score girls in
Colonial Dames, made the presencolonial costume, with music b y the
INSCRIPTION ON TABLET
tation speech. Just as she was conNorfolk and ·western Railway
The Ta.blet Becords The Charter D ates of
The Village of Ga.inesbo1'0ugh
cluding
her address two little g·irls,
band, and singing of colonial songs
1835
the Misses Lelia Cocke and ElizaThe TOWU of Big Lick
by the assemblage. The stage from
1874
beth Broun, unveiled the beautiful
which the exercises were held was
Which Lay Wit hin The Present Boundaries of
The City of B.oa.noke
tablet.
T hese little g irls were atfittingly decorated for the occasion.
1884
tired
in
Colonial
costumes .
And Commemorates
It was a memorable occasion,

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colorful, instructive and enlightening, and marked the beginning of a
n ew era, localiy, in the matter of
preserving the traditions and history of "The Great Path, an Indian
trail, which passed through these
lands, where men and animals
came for salt from the saline marsh,
later callee! the Big Lick."

The Grea.t Path, An Xndia.n Ti-ail,
Which Passed T hrough These Lands, Whe1·e
Men and Animals Ca.mo Por S a lt From
The !';a.line Marsh, La.ter Ca.lied The B ig Lick;
The Erection of Fort Ma.son, C1•ysta.l Spring,
One of the Fourteen Forts Ma.inta.ined By The
State of Virginia. To Gna.rd The F1·ont1er
Fsom Host ile J:ndia.ns.
1756
The Ma.ssa.c1·e Of P lonee1· Settlers xn The
:Roa.noke VMley By The Delaware And
lYiingo 1'.ndia ns.
176 4
Placed 'By The Jr.oa.noke ·C ommittee Of The
Colonial D ames of America. Xn The S t ate
Of Virginia..
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Address of Mrs. Cocke
Mrs. Cocke began by sayino- that

" we are hete today to unveil a ~tablet
which I am about to present to the
City of Roanoke on behalf of the
Roanoke Committee of the Colonial
Dames of Virginia.
"This tablet makes record of
the charter date~ which rept-

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resent successfully the incorporations of communities which
are now embraced within our
city
limits,
Gainesbor ough
( 1835), Big Lick ( 1874), City
of Roanoke ( 1884) . These are
distinctive milestones in our
local history and should be
known by all as a part of the
history of the city which we
love as our home, and in which
we take bec-oming pride.
"The tablet, however, further
recalls that through these lands
the Great Trail wound itself
away to connect the valleys of
the Roanoke and James with
the Valley of the New River,
and was the passageway used
b y the Indians in their annual
journeys from the East to the
W est.
It marks the heroic
sacrifices of our fo refathers
who suffered massacre b y the
Indians in 1764; commemorates
the locat ion nearby of one of
the fo rts in tended to protect our colony from the inroads of
hostile Indians. These things are intended to bring home to
our own p eople a nd their children 's children that the heritage
which they n ow enj oy was purchased by the sacrifice unto
death by heroic pioneers of wh om they hav e the privilege and
right to look back upon with patriotic emotions o f pride and
gratitude.
"\\"e must not forget that d uring all the years o f tii::
French and Indian W ars the crucial question was whether the
civilization of this country, at least that portion of it lying
west of the A ll eghany mountains, was to be dominated and
controlled by French or A nglo-Saxon influences. This borderland o f ours at that d ate was th e fi rst line of defense to protect the settlers of the tidewater section of the State from
hostile aggression. I t is known to aJI men that the stakes
planted by ou r pioneer forefath ers were never moved backwards.
"This tablet also comml·moratcs some of th e outstanding
incidents that happen ed in our immediate Yicinity. They are
personal in a sense to our own community and the Colonial
Dames are making this permanent record o f them lest we forget. As they are read from time to time as the years go by
we have the beli ef th at our p ride in those who have "gone before will be stimulated and a better and nobler citizenship
encouraged. Ours is in deed a goodly h eritage, acquired and
defended by the blood and sacrifice of men and women who
had the courage and the endurance to face the mountains
which at times seemed an almost impossible barri er to the
progress of Anglo-Saxon civilization which has settled itself
upon the borders of th e Atlan tic Ocean. It is intended to
preserve in the memories of our people the hi story and tradition of these early settlers that this tablet is erected and to
bring home to our own people their stu rdy ch aracter and
courage.
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ground that marked its beginning. Each one can recite the
&lt;langers faced and difficulties
surmounted by those who had
the enterprise and the courage
to make the beginning and lay.
the foundation of a national
life. Those nations which have
preserved the traditions of the
founders and have followed the
paths of simplicity and sincerity
practiced by those whose task
was a hard one, have preserved
their institutions, and have
played leading parts in the
progress of the world .
"No nation which Jacked
such background of heroic endeavors has prospered but has
contented itself with mediocrity, and those that have fo rgotten its traditions have ceased
to progress.
"It is to preserve such traditions that our society owes -i ts
existence.
"And now, Mr. :Mayor, it is my pleasing duty, and one
that I esteem as an honor to present to the City of Roanoke
and to its people this tablet on behalf of the Roanoke Committee of the Colonial Dames of V irginia, and to express the
h ope on behalf of the committee that it shall be a talisman to
touch and quicken the spirit of our citizens that our city shall
grow in all that is highest and best and greatest in municipal
achi evement."
-···- - - - - H AWKESDALE
(Owned by Col. George Carr)
Tn the Belmont section of Roanoke on top of a high hill
fo rmerly stood the Mansion House of Hawkesdale. Colonel
George Carr, its owner, was not only noted for his superb
physical beauty, his intellectual attainments, and an almost
unparalleled war record, but also for many idiosyncrasies. It
is said that instead of riding his spirited horse over the plantation to give his various orders, he would stand upon the
veranda of Hawkesdale and make his stentorian voice reach
to the farth est ends o f his domain. It was again said. during
his successful wars against the Indians, that when giving his
commands to his troops the Indians hearing the unusual
sounds would take flight. His humanity to animals was expressed by hi s habit when dismounting of attach ing his bridle
rein to his dog's collar so that the horse could graze during
his absence. W hen teaching his children the classics he required them to lie fl at beside him on the floor until the reading was over. H e always wore two pairs of trousers when
galloping over the winter snows. One morning he tore across
country to the call of a sick relation, where upon entering the
mansion alone and unannounced, he began removing hi s top
trousers in the front hall. Unexpectedly, his sister-in-law
enterc::d from a rear door. Seeing the spectacle she shrieked:
"George !"
"Be calm, my dear, don't disturb the sick," he replied ;
" T have on two pairs."

�Churches of Woanoke
By REV. W. C. CAMPBE LL,

Pastor Emeritus, First Presbyterian Church of Roanoke
H URCHES are always a factor of the first importance
in the make-up of any community. The man who seeks
a rl!sidence in a new city with his family, is attracted,
not simply by its advantages as a place to secure a fortune,
but he must have a place in which to rear his family. The
. interests of his children are paramount to every other consideration. No true father in this age cares like Lot of old •to
pitch his tent toward Sodom.
Then~ is no institution that ministers so largely toward the
formation of noble character, correct living and upright business dealing as the Church of God.
The Church is a unique institution. It is like a family.
Every family is a little commonwealth composed of the father
and mother and children. Within this little commonwealth the
future citizen is born and reared. Here he is taught obedience
to authority, reverence, fiJia l love, and, in fact, all those virtues that enter into the formation of the future citizen.
The Church of God is like the family. It is a commonwealth o f restricted bounds and hedged about by conditions
that protect, and within which are taught those principles that
conduce to upright character, obedience to constituted authority, respect for the rights of others, patriotism and all
those .qualities that adorn character.
The Church cultivates all those virtues that make safe the
rig hts of person and property. In the Church and home. society and government find their stable and most desirable
elements. For this reason the Churches in our land furnish

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to the government the constituency and support that make
righteous and just government possible.
It has often seemed to the writer that those who advertise
a city give too little space, and sometimes no space, to its
churches. They advertise banks and stores and furnaces and
railroads and hotels, but the most important institution to the
father, who desires to become a citizen, is ignored. He wants
a Church in which to rear his children, and where he may
worship, and a school in which his children may be taught.
Roanoke has always been a city of chw-ches. Even when
only a small village it had its places of worship. Then, as it
grew, other denominations came, and churches multiplied until today Roanoke has nearly seventy places of worship, representing the three great theistic religions, Jewish, Protestant
and Roman and Greek Catholic. All the great Protestant
denominations are represented. Baptist. Christian. Methodist,
Episcopal, Lutheran, P resbyterian, Reformed, and with a
number of the smaller denominations. These are all represented in Church build ings, many o f which would do credit
to our largest cities, equipped with every up-to-date method
fo r reach ing and training the Ii fe of their people.
The ministers of these churches are united in a Ministers'
Conference composed of the pastors of the Protestant
Churches of ·R oanoke, .Vinton and Salem. This body meets
regularly each month. The unity and fellowship and friendly
intercourse characterizing this body of men is often a matter
of comment by strangers who join it or attend its meetings.

Calvary Baptist Church

Photo by Davis .

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All matters of spiritual or moral int.erest ar~ considered by it,
and its influence is given to every movement for better government and better civic life.
In addition are the Y. M. C. A., represented in its handsome and commodious building, and the Y. Vv. C. A ., now
about to erect a handsome building for its uses.
Every visitor to our city, and any one conteJnplating a
residence in it, may be assured of a hearty welcome in any of
its churches and by every one of its ministers and members.
That one is a stranger, begets fo r him a hearty welcome.
Roanoke has always been noted for its church attendance.
Any Sabbath Day bears witness to this fact, when one may
see the crowds that fill the sidewalks and the number of cars
parked near these edifices.
We believe that our churches and our schools will furnish
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needed facilities for intellectual, moral and spiritual training,
not surpassed anywhere. Come and live with. us !
PR.ICES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY
\Vhen the old Trail became the Stage Coach Route, many
taverns \Yere built a long the way from east to west. One
bore the sign "Black Horse" and was built nea r the Botetourt
line; another in \Vest Salem, "Mermaid." \N'onderful stories
are told of these quaint taverns. The Court of Botetourt
County about 1770 fixed the tavern prices as follows : "For
V irginia Cider per galon, one shilling and three pence. For
Bristol Strong Beer per bottle, one shilling and three pence.
For a warm dish with small beer, nine pence. For a c"old dish
with small beer, six pence. For lodging and clean sheets, one
in a bed, six pence ; two in a bed, three pence, three farthings;
for more than two, nothing. For corn per gallon, six pence.

CHURCHES OF ROANOKE

Above. Left to Right- Greene Memorial M. E. Church, South; First Presb yterian Churc h. lnsct- St. Andrews Roman
Below-Centrul Chu rch of the Brethren; First Christian Church ; Belmont Baptist Ch urch.

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CHURCHES OF ROANOKE
Upper Row- Melrose Baptist Church ; First Baptist Church. Second Row- Christ Episcopal Church ; Melrose 1\1. E. Church, South.
Inset- Belmont M. E. Church, South. Belew- Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church; St. John's Episcopal Church.

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Some
of
Building and
Smithey &amp; Tardy, Architects

Home of Dr. William Bran ch Porter

Photos by Davis.

Home 0£ Mr. C. Shelburne Spindle

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Examples
Roano·k e
Architecture
Smithey &amp; Tardy, Architects

Clu b House and Mosque,

Kazim Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S.

H ome of Mr. G. A. Mar ti n

�~oanoke,

the

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agtc l_,;ity

Embracing a Short H istory of This Center of Population, Showing Its
R emarkable Growth from a Village of 400 Fifty Y ears Ago, to a Great
Urban Center with a Population of 80,000 in 1926
HE first two men to see the ultimate location of the wards became the property of John Trout, where today is
city of R oanoke, V irg inia, and to traverse the Roanoke the Ponce de Leon Hotel, a portion of the wall of the old
valley were Thomas Martin and John Sallings, who house being used as the back wall of the hotel.
in 1726 proceeded u p the Shenandoah Valley, across the
During the year 184 an attempt was made to establish a
J ames R iver, and reached Roanoke R iver, where they were city at Big Lick, and although lots were laid off and sold,
attacked by Indians. Sallings was captu~ed by this band the boom failed due to a disagreement between the promoters
of Cherokees, but Martin, we are told, made his escape and of the scheme. When the county of Roanoke was for~ed
returned to Eastern Virg inia. Sallings remained several out of Botetourt in 1834 there was much sentiment for Big
years in capt ivity, b ut at length securing his freedom, re- Lick a s the county seat, bu~ the addition o f a portion of
turned to W illiamsburg, where he met John Lewis, his son, Montgomery to the county made Salem a more central point,
and an I rish em ig rant by the name of Makey. To these men and it was finall y selected. T he town of Big Lick, incorpohe gave glowing descriptions of the section of the country rated February 28, 1874, had a natural growth up to the
year 1881, when we find it with a population of six or seven
he had visited and in which he had spent his captivity.
hundred people. At this time came the first idea of the
The opening made into this part of the country was a
part of "The Great Path" or Indian Trail, which wound building of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, and from that
through the section into the valleys of Eastern T ennessee and time the prog ress of Big Lick into the ranks of cityhood
Southwestern Virginia. The course of this trail led across was rapid.
The Fight for the Railroad
the old portion of t he town of Salem, crossing Mason's Creek
just north of Pitzer's Cliff, thence across the hills to Peter's
An early issue of the Roanoke Times tells g raphically of
Creek to a point near the old town o f Gainsborough, where the fight for the railroad which has made the city. The new
it divided into two b ranches. In later years a fter the white railroad extended as far south as Waynesboro, and the Philasettlement ha d been established there was a slig ht divergence . delphia capital ists who were fi nancing the scheme were seekfrom both the V alley and Eastern t rail, in order that pioneers ing a connection with the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
traveling westward might reach "Belmont," the home of whhich was then in the hands of a receiver. When the news
Colonel W illiam Fleming, on the east bank o f T inker Creek. reached Big Lick, the citizens of the town- lost no time in
taking action. Peyton L. Terry had just returned from
Salem with news that the negotiations with representatives
Origin of Big Lick
of the Shenandoah V alley Railroad and citizens of Salem
Near this point of divergence of the trail there was a
large spring, and the place naturally became a camping had proven unsuccessful, and with T. T . Fishburne, Henry
ground not only fo r the I ndians during their expeditions on S. Trout, James M. Gambill, Colonel George P. Tayloe, E. G.
the wa r path, but later for 'pioneers and settlers. Close to McClanahan and the Rev. L. L. Lloyd a mass meeting of
the spring w as a large saline marsh where deer and other the citizens o f Big Lick met that night at the old N eal H ouse.
The posters printed by The Big Lick Weekly News seanimals came to procu re salt. T his was said to be the la rg cured
a representative gathering for the meeting, and after
est deer lick of its kind in the count ry and soon became
some
discussion
it was agreed that a tender of $10,000 would
known to the earlier settlers as "The B ig Lick."
be
necessary
to
secure the rights o f way · and defray other
The first attempt to establish a town in the vicinity was
expenses
incident
to locating the terminal at Big Lick. The
the building of the village of Gainsborough, the name taken
question
how
the
sum could be promptly subscribed was
after Kemp Gaines, who owned the larger part of the land
taken
up.
In
a
few
hours the entire amount had been subthereabouts, and upon which the village was built. In 1825
it was a mere hamlet, consisting of two frame buildings on scribed.
Joseph L. Doran and other representatives of the Shenanthe southwest comer of the L ynchburg turnpike and the
doah
Valley Railroad were at that time in Lexington, VirFranklin road. There was a group of two chu rches, several
g
inia,
considering a question of a point of connection for
stores and a b lacksmith shop, together with a score or more
t
he
road,
with the Norfolk and Western, and no time was
of dwellings known as "Old Lick" to distinguish it from the
new village which had sprung up a short distance west of it Jost by the citizens of Big Lick in presenting their propoaround the depot of t he Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Rail- sition . In order to accomplish this promptly, Charles W.
T homas was deputized a special courier to convey the papers
road, and which assumed the name of "Big Lick."
"Big Lick" developed and grew about a stone house pledging the subscriptions of $10.000 as a cash bonus offered
erected by W illiam Stover in the year 1797, that date having by the citizens of Big Lick to :;ecure a terminal at the point .
been marked on the w all at the time in accordance with an desired. Mr. T homas rode horseback throug hout the night
old custom. This house and the surrounding farm after- until he reached Arch Mills, where he delivered the paper s

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to Mr. John C. Moomaw, who in turn carried them to Lexington, and delivered them to the committee then in session.
The members of the committee were strongly impressed and
Colonel U . L. Boyce, one of the committee, remarked with
emphasis, "Gentlemen, this brings the road to Big Lick."
The proposition was accepted and Big Lick was made
the connecting point of the Shenandoah Valley and the Norfolk and \Yestern. A visit was made to the town by Frederick L. Kimball and others associated with him in the project of building the road, and an enthusiastic meeting of the
citizens was held. Colonel Boyce predicted that within three
years the town would have a population of five t_h ousand,
and his statement was considered extremely visionary. In
January, 1884, Jess t ime than he specified, the population of
the town had increased to fi ve thousand two hundred and
seventy-six.

The Name of Roanoke
Shortly after this meeting another one was called in the
old Rorer Hall which then stood at the northwest corner of
Campbell aven~e and Roanoke st reet, for the pu rpose of
selecting a new name for the town. .Among th~ names ~d­
vanced was that of "Kimball," hononng Fredenck L . K1mball, president of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad and
later of the Norfolk and \ll/estern. Mr. T. T . Fishburne, however, suggested the name "Roanoke," an_d after some di~­
cussion it was decided to telegraph M~. Kimball to ascertam
his wishes in the matter. He immediately replied, "By all
means adopt the name of Roanoke."

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Accordingly a new charter making this change and also
suggesting the city limits "·as granted by the legislature on
February 3, 1882. The next charter \\·as on January 31, 1884,
when the legislature recognized R oanoke as a city.
The name "Roanoke" was taken from the county in which
the city is located. The county name, we are told, was taken
from an Indian work describing a system of "shell money"
used by the natives. These pieces of shell had holes in the
center, and were carried by stringing them on pieces of deer
hide. Old records have shown where sales were made for
so many "arm lengths of Roanoke."
At a mass meeting held January 18, 1884, an enumeration
showed the population to be 5,276. A committee was appointed to prepare a charter fo r the new city. The draft submitted by this committee formed the basis of the charter
granted by the legislature on J anuary 31, 1884, which also
extended the city limits, and appointed Lucien H . Cocke the
brst mayor of the Magic City.
The reason for the name Magic City as applied to Roanoke
is easily seen by g lancing over some of the population statistics, as follows :
1874_________ __________________________ Population
400
1880______________ ___________ __________Population
669
1884___________________ _____ ___________ Population 5,276
189Q_________________ _____________ _____Population 16,159
191Q __________ ____________ _____________ Population 34,874
1920 _________________________________ __ Population 50,842
1926__________________________ __ ___ ____ Population 80.000

Electrification of Virginian Railway
H OUSAN'DS of . dollars will be added to Real Estate
values in Roanoke trains speded up 10 per cent, and
smoke' not·se and ~inder nuisance somewhat
.
. diminished
.
by the electrification of one hundred and thirty-six miles of
the New River Division of the Virginian Railway. The operation will be put into effect on September 18, w~en many
coal bu~ning locomotives will be superceded by electric i:noto~s.
The history of the Virginian Railway has been umque m
the transportation world. \Vhen this line was completed about
sixteen years ago by the late H. H . Rogers and the vast coal
tonnage began to move, it was soon demons~rated that ~he
largest steam locomotives in the world at that tune were bemg
used, and from that time up to now this railway has held the
record of handling the largest freight trains in the world.
W hile holding this wonderful record the railway world
was again profoundly interested over a year ago to !ear~ th~t
the V irginian had decided to put in the longest electnc division ever undertaken, and to move mass tonnage per train
of 12,000 tons, or about 120 cars, over its mountai1li district
with electric locomotives. This startling engineering fact has
just become accomplished and on September 18 these monster
trains will commence to operate. The division extends from
Roanoke 136 miles to Mullins, W . Va., which isl in the heart
!Jf the Virgini an coal fields. Steel poles have been erected
c.&gt;ver this district and the trolley and feeder lines stretched.

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A tremendous power house has been erected at Narrows,
Virginia, producing 88,000 volts, which will drive these electric monsters over the hills. This work has been accomplished
during a period of a little over a year, at a cost of over
$18,000,000. It is considered a complete revolution in the
handling of mass tonnage.
The successful completion of this great enterprise is of
peculiar interest to the people o f Roanoke and Southwestern
V.irginia. The advent of this railroad into Roanoke a few
years back gave to the city a new life and renewed prosperity
which has never ceased since its inception. The city has
more than doubled in popu~ation since the line was built, and
the coming of new industries as a consequence had caused
a phenomenal growth for Roanoke which bears out its name
of Magic City. The Virginian opened up a direct line to
Charleston, \V. Va., and thence another route to the central
slates and lake territory, and developed a new coal field contingent to Roanoke. Also it afforded transportation facilities
to the south side of Virginia which had long lain dormant for
lack of such facilities. Now with its improved method of
transportation, the time on freight movements are to be further
reduced and the city of Roanoke is again receiving favorable
~ervice_ ai1d ~d':'e~ising. Certainly Roanoke city is fortunate
m having w1thm its corporate limits the wonderful facilities
furnished by its transportation lines.

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Hotel Roanoke

HOTELS

Patrick H em·y
and
Roanoke
Where Roanoke's Hospitality is Afforded Everyone

Hotel P atrick H enr y

Yes, Roanoke H as a Bathing Beach !

Lakesi de, Roanoke's Bathi ng Beach and Amusement Park

�G]Coanoke's eolored ~opulation
The Best in the South -

Some of Their Institutions Are Shown Here

•Mammy loves de baby,
S ister loves de baby,
Ev'body loves de baby."

Photos by D:tvis.

T he African Church es

�~OANOKE AND

Mill Mountain, showi ng Beautiful Drive With Roanoke Lying Far Below

At the left is shown distant peaks oi the Alleghanies, meeting the Blue Ridge at the Shenando•

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OUNTAINS

Cloud Effect on Mill Mountai n, with R oanoke and the AlJeghani es in the Distance

,b Valley in the right center of the picture. Nestling in the foreground is the city of Ronnoke

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Photos by D:wis.

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The Hospitals of Roanoke
The High Altitude of Roanoke
and the P urity of Atmosphere
Render This City an E specially
Delightful One for the
Convalescent.

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The Roanoke Hospital

The Lewis-Gale Hospital

Photo by Davis.

The Jefferson Hospital

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Residence of Lucien H. Cocke, First Mayor of Ro:inoke

oman's eivic cBetterment

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J ~oanoke

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By MRS. LUCIAN H. COCKE, Past President
OHN NOLAN, Landscape Architect of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, as a part of his report made in 1907,
has this to say of Roanoke:

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"The people of Roanoke have much to take satisfaction in.
Channingly situated on a high plateau a thousand feet above
the sea, the city is surrounded at a convenient distance by
th~ glorious peaks of the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains: the climate is unusually agreeable, the summers cool,
the winters mild the air always invigorating. The center of
the ~ity is well ~dapted for business, and . the outskirts are as
admirably fitted for beautiful and refreshing homes.
''Both for manufacturing and recreation the Roanoke
River makes its indispensable contribution. The famous
Crystal . Spring, gushing. f.rom solid rock at th~ base of Mill
Mountain, yields five m1lhon gallons of sparkling pure water
each day-enough to supply double the pre~ent papula!ion of
the .Present city. Stand1.ng on !OP of ¥111 Mountain and
lookmg down upon the city !lnd 1t.s magm~cent surroundings
as upon a relief map, one 1s easily convmccd that here is
yet an opportunity to build a city that ~hall be practical, convenient and appropriately beautiful, w1t.h ade9uate provision
for the invigoration and refreshment of its entire population."

It was a pleasing picture of retrospect and promise. Much
of the promise has been fulfilled, or is now in the making.
It is easily realized that only one with an intimate knowledge of the evolution o f this section of Virginia can appreciate the transformation that had taken place since the v illage of
Big Lick of the earl y '80s, and the throbbing City of Roanoke
in 1906, when the ·women's Civic Betterment Club of R oanoke
undertook to lend a helping hand in improving civic conditions.

The city had grown so rapidly that its busy citizens had, t o a
great extent, overlooked the inadequacies of village conditions
to cope with the requirements of city necessities.
Lack of many of the necessary facilities incident to the
growth and future development of the city were best known
to the mothers o f its future citizens. They realized the results, or rather the lack of satisfacrory results, that came from
the crowded conditions of our public schools, and each day
they were witnesses to the almost tragic conditions that surrounded the city market, and aiso knew that to obtain a satisfactory solution of the health problem, it was essential that a
bureau uf health should be established with a competent health
officer at its head.
It was under these circumstances, and in order to bring
about a la rger and more active civic spirit, that meant improvement in every department of our city life, that the Women's
Civic Betterment Club was formed, and within a few weeks
was functioning with no little efficiency. In their efforts to
provide for th e betterment of market and health standards,
they threaded every avenue of approach that would lead to
the accomplishment of the things that they knew were essential
to the growth and proper development of the living conditions
in the city. T heir efforts met with prompt response from
those immediately responsible for the city's affairs. Their

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cause needed no argument. The facts were plain to all, and
the bad conditions were admitted.
The thing needed was a popular and prevailing demand
that would OYercome official inertia, and within the short
period of two years many o f the things for \.vhich the women
had pleaded had been accomplished and a new standard of
civic development had been established \Yhich has been a substantial factor in the continued growth of our home city.
O ne other thing, however, was g reatly upon the m inds
of the women of the Civic Betterment Club. They wanted,
not only that their children should have the benefit of heallhful conditions and reasonable and appropriate school faci lities,
but they thought that they were entitled to be r eared under
beautiful environments. A City Beautiful was in their minds
something worth working for, and their thought was that
under proper conditions it was no more expensive to build a
beautiful city than it was to permit an ugly one, like T opsy,
just to grow up.
Our members realized that in order to accomplish this
purpose it was necessary to secure studies and plans which
could o nly be developed by a landscape architect, and sought
from the City Council the funds to meet this expense, and
although the authorities had been responsive and generous in
meeting most of the proposals suggested by our association,
t hey did not see their way clear to appropriate funds which
were doubtless needed for other pressing necessities o f the
city, and hence the financial burden of accomplishing the purpose was assumed by the club. To satisfy their determination
that R oanoke should have the best plans for future civic development. they employed Mr. John Nolan, Cambridge, Mass.,
to make a surYey and with accompan ying suggestions for developmen t, bu t to do this the money to cover the expense had
to be raised.
The Jamestown Exposition was closing and they conceived the idea of bringing some of the exhibits from that
splendi d collection as a basis for a Southwest V irginia Fall
Festival in R oanoke. This festival proved to be a distinct
success and drew from all parts of the Southwest enthusiastic
visitors, and the financial returns were sufficient to meet the

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expenses incident to the landscape work. It is not inappropriate to say that this report was the first of its kind in this
country, and became the technical foundation of this class of
d istinct city planning.
\Vith becoming modesty ~n&lt;l some ceremony these plans
were presented to the City Council. They _w ere graciously
receiYed and safely deposited in the city's archives. It has
been the source of sincere regret that more active work has
not been done looking forward to carrying out the plans thus
presented. Though at this time we have the belief that there
is a real desire on the part of our people that the plans then
prepared shall again receive serious consideration, and that
many of the suggestions therein made will finally be carried
fonvard to completion.
Today city planning is becoming a part and parcel of the
development of all progressive communities in this country,
and the women of R oanoke feel with some degree of pride
that they were able to make a contribution towards the development of ideas which have now been accepted ·as a necessary element in civic work, and have made their contribution
to the growth of the tiny acorn which has grown into the
spreading oak-a city of health, prosperity and good cheer.
It, however, needs the finish in~ touch of the Nolan plans
to carry it further forward in its civic development, and this
we believe is the judgment of our public-spirited and progressive citizenship. I sometimes wonder if the women will
be too big or too timid to say, "I told you so."
After years of continued service, the 'Women's Civic Betterment Club became a unit of the Chamber of Commerce.
It was determined, however, that this union did not bring
about the best results and later the civic activities of the women were organized under the auspices o f the vVoman's Club.
It now cooperates closely with the Chamber of Commerce
and all other organizations which have progress and development as an outstanding purpose.
This club, the granddaughter o f the old Civic Betterment
Club. is the outstanding woman's organization in Roanoke. and
much o f its success is due to its efficient president, Mrs.
Charles A. Ball.

Roanoke~A
By

S E PTEMBER,

Music Center

CLAIRE McCARTHY GUERRANT

0 BEGIN with, Roanoke is a commercial city-this
in a measure is a great asset, but the population also
appreciates and loves art, especially the musical expression of it. Music is a very active subject in the city. Already
the T hu rsday M orning Music Club has been instrumental in
paving the way foI' bigger and better things along musical
lines. F ounded by a smalJ group of women with vision, this
club has developed into a tremendous organization. The
largest music club in the state and one of the largest in the
South, its influence extends far and wide. Each season,
through this club, the people o f Roanoke and surrounding
country have the opportunity to attend concerts by the greatest artists of the world.
The R oanoke Music T eachers Association is another organization of much influence, and is composed of music teachers
who have raised the standard of' instruction in music. This

association was instrumental in bringing about the credits received in music in the public schools. These members have
round table discussions, and compare teaching methods, both
of which are proven to be most beneficial.
The Mendelssohn Choral Club, a mixed chorus, and the
Cathrop 01oral Oub, a. men's organization, both under capable leadership, have given fin e programs of a high standard.
Many smaller organizations, such as bands, choruses,
stringed quartets, trios and glee clubs have sprung into existence the past few years, not only in the city, but in schools
such as Virginia, H ollins, Daleville, Radford and R oanoke
colleges, and also in the public schools of the city.
The Music Memory contests in the public schools have
helped to develop an interest in good music among the school
children.

�In t he Foreground is Crystal Spring, Bubbling out from the Base of Mill Mountain

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God's

P h oto by Davis.

to

Woanoke
By

HAL E . NORTON.

H O EMAK E R once wrote a beautiful poem about a· sailor,
lost in the deserts of A rabia, and tonnented unto death
by thirst. The agony of the poor man endured until at
last, carried on by sheer grit and determination, he came to
the scorched walls of the City of Muscat. Upon recovering,
in his gratitude• to Providence, he vowed to dig a well by the
side of the road, and thus afford every passerby an opportunity to assuage his thirst. Here he sat on his porch through
the after years, and praised God when he was able by these
means to give comfort to weary travelers and their beasts.
But when one passed unappreciative of its benefits, he sighed,
a nd shook his head.

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And when a wayfarer, weary a nd bot,
Kept to the mid- road, pausing not
For the well's refreshing, he shook his head :
"He knows not the value of water," he said;
"Had he prayed for a drop, as I have done,
I n t he desert circle of sand and sun,
He would d rink and rest, and go home to tell
That God's best gift is the wayside well."

Crystal Spring, which bubbles out from under the base of
Mill Mountain, in Roanoke, may truly have been called, in
the early days of the Colony, a gift of Providence. That for
some reason God smiled on this shining valley does seem in
evidence, when one bears in mind that here is this· cool, life-

giving stream, flow ing out from the unknown for many centuries, and in its magnitude now affording sufficient water,
a nd that of the best, for nearly the entire city of 80,000 inhabitants. And that, in early days when deer came here to
the salt lick, a water of unsurpassed delight flowed hard by.
Man and beast, then, loved the spot, and early colonial tradition ·tells us of it.
vVater ebbing in this spring is cold as ice the year round,
and comes from no one knows where, except that it flows out
from beneath the mountain. Engineers say that the entire
base of the mountain is situated over a great lake, and that
this is its only above-ground outlet. However this may be,
it has been as it is now since the earliest of Indian traditions,
long before the white man came. Now, since the frontiersman who knelt and drank eagerly at its brink has faded into
the pages of histories, this water of Crystal Spring refreshes
his descendants in Roanoke.
With this in view, water reserve capable of development
has been located by the Roanoke \i\Tater 'vVorks Company at
other spots beside Crystal Spring, for, to tell the truth, this
is a valley of springs. There is Music Sp1;ng, River Spring,
Smith Spring, and Falling Creek Reservoir. all capable of reit'lforcing the water supply vvhen Crystal Spring becomes
inadequate.

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1926

Some Views of the Sources of Roanoke's Water Supply. The Fall Shown in the Center Is Not at Present Utilized, But Will Be When
the Water Supply Is Increased

�~OANOKE,

Gateway To The

GREAT
By

~outhwest

JUNIUS

OANOKE CITY is the eastern gateway to Southwest
Virginia, frequently hailed as "The Mountain Empire." Roanoke's proximity to the Great Southwest
is a real factor in this city's remarkable growth. Roanokers.
like to refel" to their city as "The Magic City," but, when all
is said and done, little magic has been required to bring remarkable growth to a city situated so close to a section which
has developed as rapidly as has the Southwest.
Roanoke's ties with the Southwest have been very close
indeed. Business from the Southwest flows naturally into
and through Roanoke, particularly since Roanoke is the largest city in the ·western half of the State. The Norfolk and
Western and the V irginian Railroads, tapping almost the
whole of the Southwest section, are responsible for at least
a part of this drift of the Southwest's business to Roanoke.
Roanoke claims as its citizens large numbers of men and
women who formerly resided in the counties to the west of
us. Roanoke, a young city, has drawn its population from
many sources, but the Southwest has furnished this city with
probably more citizens than any other section of this State.
Accordingly, personal ties-ties of kinship and of friend ship
- have brought Roanoke into a very close relationship with
Southwest Virginia as a whole.
Roanokers appreciate fully the great possibilities for
gro wth in Southwest Virginia, and Roanokers know that the
growth of their own city depends to no little extent on the
growth of the Southwest section. Accordingly, Roanokers, in
their annual Booster trips, have visited the Southwest much
more frequ ently than any other one section of the State.
Roanokers, for the same reasons, have co-operated fully with
Southwestern Virginia, Inc., the highly successful sectional
chamber of commerce which is doing so much to stimulate
"progress in the Southwest and to advertise the Sou.thwest's
advantages to the world. Roanoke's ties are not exclusively
with the Southwest, and Roasoke has always appreciated its
contacts with the VaUey, the Southside, Piedmont Vi rginia,
and with other sections. Accordingly, R oanoke has avoided
a sectional point of view and has boasted more of the fact
that it is in Virginia than of the fact that it is in any particular section of V irg inia. :'\Tevertheless, Roanoke's ties with
the South are probably the closest ties we have had or will
have, and Roanoke's future is squarely linked with the future
of the Southwest.
Roanokers have every reason to expect great things of
their neighbors in the Southwest. In few spots on earth are
there such possibilities for diversified development. The
Southwest is certain to develop industrially. 1 o part of \ "irginia has finer water power. The Southwest can boast of
vast areas of coal, both bituminous and anthracite. The Southwest has mineral deposits in great abundance, including iron,
copper, zinc, arsenic, lead and many others. The Southwest
has splendid lumber resources. The Southwest likewise has

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as fine a supply of Anglo-Saxon workers as can be found anywhere in the country; her men and women must be counted
as the greatest of the Southwest's assets. Tremendous industrial development of this section is assured; it is already
under way, and it will spread by leaps and bounds.
The agricultural and industrial assets of the Southwest
are mentioned first, purposely and deliberately. The Southwest is too of ten referred to as a vast undeveloped playground. It is true that this section has every reason to expect
a great influx of tourists and health-seekers. The climate,
the scenery and the history of this section, all appeal to travelers. But in our enthusiasm for developing a vast tourist
industry, some of us in Southwest Virginia sometimes forgt-t
the great agricultural and industrial possibilities of this section. \ Vithout any tourist business whatever, the Southwest
has every reason to expect wealth and prosperity. On the
other hand, without any agricultural or industrial development whatever, the Southwest might expect renown and riches
through its appeal to tourists. \ Vhen the several types of
deYelopment go hand in hand, as they seem certain to do,
certainly the Southwest faces an inspiring future. \Vhere
else in the whole New South is there such a chance for wellrounded development? Some sections of the South are already highly industrialized, but none of these sections have
any great tourist appeal. Some sections of the South have
already made a great business of attracting and entertaining
tourists, but rarely if ever can these great tourist centers
promise at the same time great industrial development.
The Southwest offers to the tourist a great variety of
mountain and valley scenery. Its mountainous sections are
unsurpassed in beauty even by the Great Smokies of Tennessee and \!\f estern North Carolina. The a utomobile ride
through the valley from Roanoke to Bristol along the famous
Lee Highway rivals in beauty and charm the trip through the
world-famous Shenandoah Valley to the north of Roanoke.
The Southwest boasts of many natural curiosities; chief among
these is the Tatural Tunnel, an attraction which, though little
advertised, rivals V irginia's N'atural Bridge in grandeur. In
the Southwest counties are many mineral springs. which offer
better health to those who visit these places. The Southwest
is likewise steepecf in historic tradition, and those historicallyminded folks who come to Virginia to visit our historic shrines
will find dozens of places in the Southwest of scarcely less
importance than the shrines in Eastern and Xorthern \ -irginia
and in the Valley. In the Southwest, the tourist will find excellent climate, good roads, magnificent scenery, dozens of
historical attractions. and aboYe all, true \ -irginia hospitalit\.
The Southwest, then, has every reason to expect a man~'­
sided development. Roanoke is proud of its position as the
Southwest's leading city, and R oanokers expect certain prosperity to come in the wake of the present rapid de\"dopment
of the Southwest's vast re:'ources.

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SEPTElVIBER,

Views ·o/ ·Roanoke's Publia Library
Here Young and _01~
of Roanoke Taste
Daily the Pierian

Spring.

Garden and P ool in the Rear

F ront View

Library as seen from a distnnce

Photo by Davis.

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THE VIRGINIA REALTOR

The Roanoke Country Club
\¥here Sport
Displaces
\~Torry

I nterior view of
Clubhou se

Photo by Davis.

The Clubhouse

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1926

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Sun and Storm tn Roanoke

Photo by Davis.

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ehristian
. Woanoke
NEW Y. W. C. A. BUILDING
0 adequately house the growing work of the
Young Women's Christian Association of
Roanoke, Virginia, a new building is planned
by the firm of Eubank and Caldwell, which will be
erected the coming year at the southwt:st corner of
Franklin Road and Henry Street. Three stories will
be built now as the first unit, and the walls will carry
an additional two stories which can be built to meet
the future n eeds o f the association.
This building will contain a large and beautiful
lounge with a fireplace at one end, and the information desk at the other end, with a g rand staircase
opposite the main entrance. There will be offices,
club rooms, an assembly room with stage and dressing rooms, a cafeteria with private dining room adjoining, gymnasium, swimming pool, and the necessary showers and lockers. T he residence quarters
will provide for transients and a limited number of
permanent boarders will also be accommodated.

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Y. M. C. 4. BuildUig

When the organization was first effected a house was
purchased at 415 R oanoke Street, S .vV., through the
g enerosity of interested friends, and last year it was sold
for three times wh at it cost, the p roceeds m aking possible
the purchase o f a more central and desirable building site.
A building ca mpa ig n was h eld in May, 1926, and the
goal of $150,000 was almost reach ed. It is estimated
that the building with the necessary furni shings will cost
approximately that amount. M rs. Joh n 0 . Boyd is the
president of the association, Miss M. Belle Jeffery is the
general secreta ry, and M r. E . R. Joh nson is the chairman of the building committee.
Y. fr/ . C. A. Building

THE Y. M. C. A.
Since the association was organized over thirteen years ago
it has provided educational and gymnasium classes, recreational and social features, aided girls in finding employment,
and not only housed many, but also referred others to r egistered private homes where they have been accornmodated with
room and board. Thousands of girls and young women have
been h elped and benefited by the association, and have learned
to live broader lives and also to be of service to others because of the altruistic spirit fostered by the leaders of the
Y. w. c. A.
More than 1,600 girls ·were included in the Y . "\ill . C. A .
activities the past year. These include the young women in
business and industry, as well as the younger girls who are
in grade and high school and whose activities center around
the program of the Girl R eserves.

R oanoke has al\\"ays been mindful of the uplift of its
young men, and not the least among its institutions work·-ing
toward this end is the Y. M . C. A . Here more than anywhere else in the city, opportunity is afforded visiting young
men, or strangers employed in the city, an opportunity to
m ingle with the best of companionship which the city enjoys,
and partake of physical and mental development as well. The
gymnasium, swimming pool. and other recreative pastimes
offered can be enjoyed to the full . and athletic sports are
encouraged. The membership compises young men of all
classes and occupations, and equal standing is given to all.
Situated in the heart of the city, its location is especiallv
favorable for development, and within the last few years
has doubled and quadrupled its membership.

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�Woanoke, a

ome-®wning City

H om e of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fishbu rn

Roanoke is a city of 75,000 people, 60 per cent o f whom
are home owners. Situated as it is, where the two hard
surfaced roads of the Roanoke and Shenandoah Valleys converge, where two main lines of railroads, the Norfolk and
Western and the Virginian, run east and west, and the Shenandoah Valley and the Roanoke Southern Rail ways run north
and south, she nestles like a gem in the midst of the A lleghany and Blue R idge Mounta ins, surrounded by hea lth
resorts.
Many reasons made her population a home-owning citizenry; hers is a prosperous community because thirty million
dollars are paid out in wages and salaries yearly which enable
her people to buy homes and pay for them. Her pa triotic and
wide-awake realtors build and sell these homes on a small
cash payment and monthly paymen ts to suit the salary or
wages of their clients. There have been instances where a
realtor has built a nice cozy home, put a loan on it, sold it to a
Norfolk and Western forema n for five thousand dollars, two
hundred cash and thirty-five dollars a month, and every dollar
was paid on these homes without a default, and the purchase rs
became proud and happy home owners, free from debt. By
the time the home was paid for there were t wo or three bright,
tow-head tots playing around the front yard, which is covered
with blue grass sod and flanked on each side with a bank of
gorgeous flowers. Among the wealthier classes there are
hundreds of stately mansions.
Moreover, the home owning spirit is not confined to the
white people alone; a large percentage of the colored people
are home owners. One peculiar thing about them is the fact
that one seldom hears of one selling his home either voluntarily or by foreclosure.

P hoto by Da vis.

There is no influence so potent for the making of good
citizens as the owning of their own homes; they are then an
integra l part of the community ; interested in the civic government and in the moral uplift of its citizens by educational
and church influences.
Roanoke, lying on the banks o f the Roanoke R iver at the
foot o f th e A lleghany and Blue R idge Mountains, is composed of a happy, prosperous and law-abiding people, because
they la rgely own their own homes.
The site o f Roanoke city seems to have been selected by
nature; it was used by animals, recognized by Indians, adopted
by emmigrants from the East and No rth as a meeting place,
and claimed by earlier and later citizens whose vision and
great good common sense followed the lead of Providence
and for many reasons found an ideal spot on which to build
a great city. The territorial pedigree of Roanoke County is
curious. S he is a direct daughter of Botetourt County, having been born in 1838. Botetourt was carved in 1769 from
the great empire which used to be Augusta County, the limits
o f which extended to the Mississippi River. In the Court
H ouse of F incastle may be found a deed recording the building of a jail in whi ch it states that "this jail is built for the
people on this side of the Mississippi R iver, as those in the
County beyond the Mississippi must build a jail for themselves." While the V alley Turnpike was not fini shed until
1852 nor the present main line of the Norfolld and \l\Testern
Railway was not completed until 1855, the Roanoke Valley
was always the home of wealth and culture.

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1926

Buena Vista , H ome of Mr s. M. M. R oger s

Virginia Mineral Springs
One of the Resorts Near Roanoke
HE journey to ::vlineral Springs is short and easy, less
than an hour·s motor travel from Roanoke. Speeding
bYj motor through farm dotted valleys up rolling hills,
with each moment, one feels the invigoration of drier, cooler
air, scented by perfume of mountain laurel and flow ering
rhododendrons.
Tradition has it that the magic waters of the V irginia
Mineral Springs have been famous since the Indians roved
the Alleghany ranges. Tribes of Appalachians, so the legend
goes, discovered this natural playground with its magic
springs. Their medicine men are reported to have done wonders with its restorative waters. This water is offered guests
daily at the Virginia Mineral Springs H otel, which is famed
far and wide fo r dispensing forth to guests the Old Dominion
hospitality.
F our of these natu ral springs- W hite Sulphur, L ithia,
Iron, and Arsenic- are so close together that they are sheltered and enclosed l?Y a pavilion. All are located but a short
walk! from the hotel.

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Whatever may be the traveler's favo rite outdoor sport, he
is pretty sure to find it here. There are tennis courts which
inspire the desire for exercise; ·a w.ell kept nine hole golf
cou rse, growing soon to eighteen holes, will delight the golfer.
Easy paths and mountain trails for the equestrian abound;
horses are available at nearby stables. A modern bath-house
and a splendid swimming pool provide fo r the novice and
the expert. Rowing, canoeing and all kinds of water sports
are available.
Here is. indeed a vacation resort. The average temperature for spring is SS degrees, for summe.r 74 degrees, for
autumn 62 deg rees, and for winter 40 degrees. The air is
soft and dry, permitting strenuous exercise without fatigue.
There a re no "best" months. May and June with their laurel,
September and October with their days of following the
hounds in quest of the fox; nights of music and entertainment- all these abound at Virginia Mineral Springs.

Virginia Mineral Springs

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1926

�Roanoke's City Council ·
Just Elected - Under Their
I1eaclersbip Roanoke A dvances Oonficlentl~­
Towa.rcl the
Future.

Chas. D. Fox
M ayor

E. R. Chick

J. W. Comer

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Muni~ipal

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Building, Roanoke

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�~oanoke, eenter of c!l-ndustr y
By B. F. MOOMAW
OAN OKE is frequently spoken of a s " The 1fagic
City." It is a beautiful name and we like it, but Roanoke did not spring into being by the ·mere waving of
a Fairy's wand. Roanoke is the city it is because of its strategic location, and has numbered, and still numbers among
its 65,000 inhabitants, a great many men and women of wisdom and forethought .
Roanoke is somet imes called a railroad community. Vl/e immediately recognize the great importance of our two splendid
transportation companies, the Norfolk and 'Western, and th~·
V irginian. W e could not be Roanoke without them. The
coming of the railroad, with particular reference to promotion
of the Shenandoah Valley, now an important part of the
Norfolk and W estern System, marked the real beginning of
the city.
The greatest single industrial factor of the city is the Norfolk and Western Railroad, of which R oanoke is the home.
Roanoke, however, is now more than a railroad town. It is
an industrial center of great importance to the State and
South.
T he following are several important prime factors necessary to the successful establishment and operation of industry
here, which have created this great industrial center:
1. Transportation. Roanoke's two trunk line railroads,
going in every direction of the compass, offer industry transI&gt;ortation facilities equal to any community. In travel of
Passenger or freight, Roanoke is in close proximity to the
great markets of the North, East, South and Middle W est.
It is accessible by transportation to great supplies of raw
lll~terial , and agricultural products of this section and all of
Virginia. The great bituminous coal fields of Virginia and
':'est Virginia, the cotton fields of Virginia and the sta tes to
he south, and lumber and iron resources, are at hand. .
2. Power. The city's electric lighting and power servict&gt;

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is furnished by hydro-electric power and steam stations,
possessing a combined capacity of many thousands of horsepower.
Both electric lighting and power rates compare favorably
with those prevailing throughout the South.
A high tension transmission line on steel towe1:s, and having a capacity of 20,000 horsepower, comes from base power
plants at the coal mines in ·west V irg inia. A simila r line comes
from a large hydro-electric plant on James R iver. These lines ·
are part of a super-power project, which, in addition.to power
from former plants, gives Roanoke a great supply of electric
power for industrial purposes.
3. Labor. A most important factor in industrial development is an adequate supply of efficient labor. The industries
of R oanoke have secured locally, without advertising, all of the
labor required, and there is yet left in this general vicinity
sufficient for a much greater industrial development in the
future.
Our labor is native-born American, and easily becomes
effi cient. Roanoke is free fro m labor disturbances. T here is
found here a most cordial relationship between employer and
employee.
4. Climate.. There is a direct relation between climate and
industrial operation. The climate of Roanoke and vicinity is
delightful the entire year. Industrial operation is not hampered by severe heat in summer or severe cold in winter.
The city has a number of industries making a great variety
of products. Our industry is quite diversified, consequently
there is a lack of competition in labor or product. From one
end of the city to the other one can see and hear the wheels
of industry busy with thousands of employees releasing products of much value.
Roanoke is the proud possessor of the largest Rayon

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HILL CREST HALL, ROANOKE
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The largest industry in Roanoke, employing 4,600 persons, a nd the largest plant of its kind in the United States. The business was established in R oan oke in 1917, and this
!oration was chosen beca'use of the peculiar a dvantages of the section in transportation, lahor and climate. Other plants owned b y tJ1e corp oration are l ocatecl in Marcu s H ook, P a.,
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(artificial silk) mill in the world, the largest railroad shops
and the largest steel fabricating plant in the south.
Roanoke's industries and public service companies work
18,000 people, receivmg an annual pay of approximately $22,500,000, releasing annually products worth, approximately,
$65,000,00D.
Between the strength of a small cotton twine and the massive locomotive, both of which are made here, there stretches
a wide diversity of industry. Roanoke also manufactures, in
the largest plant of the kind in the world, the silk which goes
to make milady's handsome gown and many other articles for
the person and home. Cars of coal, freight and passengers,
bridges and structural steel for the skyscraper, pig iron, metal
and concrete culverts, castings, cooperage, boxes, underwear
for men and women, clothing, printing and engraving, calendars, building material, tin cans, candy, cigars, beverages,
flour and feed, flavoring extracts, overalls, aprons and outer
garments, gloves, hats, silos, novelties, vinegar, canned fruits
and vegetables, bakery products, tramways, proprietary
medicines, oxygen for metal work-all are manufactured in
Roanoke. Roanoke's industries also include armature winding, industrial machine shops and electric welding.
The more recent industrial developments in Roanoke include a large add ition to the plant of the Rayon mill, which
cost approximately $3,000,000; a plant for manufacturing
oxygen for metal work; a knitting mill for women's underwear; a potato waffle factory for the manufacture of a new

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1926

food product, and a plant to manufacture concrete tile fo r
building.
Roanoke's industries in the main have and are operatin g
to approximately 100 per cent capacity, and offer, therefore,
a steady employment of labor.
H OSPI T ALITY I N VIRGI NIA
The hospitality of the Virginia Mountaineer was exhibited
last winter when a dashing young bridal couple motoring from
~ew York to Miami, Florida, were caught in a terrific storm
in the mountains. An old mountaineer, no doubt a moonshiner, invited them to the shelter of his cabin. The hospitality
was echoed by his tall, gaunt, blind wife. "Tuk a cheer and
set down," she greeted; then felt her way to the tall mantle
above the big fireplace and securing her snuff box, held it
in the direction of the New York! girl, and said: "Won't ye'
have a dip?" "No, I-I-I don't believe I will just now," replied
the guest, striving not to wound the kindly impulse. "\Vhy ?"
questioned the blind woman. "Have ye' quit?" "Yes," quickly
replied the girl. "\Vaal," as she stirred a stick toothbrusl-6 in
the box and distributed an unbelievable amount of the snuff
about her toothless gums, she continued : "I've knowed fakes
that have had to quit dipping for a spell-but as for me, I've
been a dippin' snuff since I wui: a ten-year-old, an' I hain't
r:ever stopped,"- she spat prodigiously-"a single day since
I fust started."

Airplane View, Plant of Virginia Bridge and Iron Company, Roanoke

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1926

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This steel girder, 120 feet in length, and requiring three flat cars for transportation, was manufactured b y the Virginia Bridge and Iron
Company for the Spring Street viaduct, Atlanta, Georgia.

Magnolia Buildi ng, Dallas, Texas. All steel for th is structure, high est in the South, was
manufactured by the Virginia Bridge an d Iron Company

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~abor Has No G]roubles tn
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\ V'ith an ideal climate which permits outdoor work
to proceed the entire year without undue interference or rapid
tempera tu re changes, this location makes an ideal section in
which to live and work, being blessed with an abundance of
m ountain spring water and a very healthy climate. Roanoke
is s urrounded in a ll directions with health resorts, some of
which are world famed.
The labor supp ly is adequate for present and future demands a nd d rawn mainly from the mountains and valleys,
chiefly living in the same vicini ty for many generations back.
The imported or foreign laborer is practically unknown,
as t he district readily supplies all its O\\'n labor. both skilled
and unskilled, without the necessity of importation. Negro
labor is at hand, and is u sually intelligent, stable, and reliable,
reflecting the spirit of the district in which they live.
During the la te war the government sent to this disti;ct,
as m ost others, agencies fo r the purpose of fostering Americanization and the spirit and purpose of citizenship among the
foreign born. T hey were amazed to find that these were not
enough in number to form a single class. The occasional foreign fam ily who do d rift in are readily assimilated and soon
lose th eir distinctive social characteristics.

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One of the largest indust ries in R oanoke was so canvassed, with the result that but three parties of foreign
parentage were found to be employed, and these were salaried
officials 0£ that company, here since their youth.
A plentifu l supply of workers in building and metal trades
is always at h and.
T he field is particularly fertile and inviting for such industries as might employ textile and furniture workers. The
average worker is healthy, intelligent and reliable, and can be
readily and quickly trained to suit the needs of any industry,
as has been proven by one industry employing several thousand workers in the manu facture of a technical product requiring particu lar t ra in ing. the industry being entir&lt;.&gt;ly new to
the State of Virginia.
T he labor coming from farms and rural districts provides
a permanent and elastic source of supply, furnishing industry
with help wh en needed, and absorbing back into the farms
the surplus help du ring periods of slack work, there to await
again the beckon and call of industry.
Among a people coming from these sources, labor troubles
arc unknown . Such citizens sympathize little with the propagandist, but are keen to bpth obsen•e and appreciate proper
treatment on the part of their employers. The migratory or
floating type of worker is unknown.

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Labor troubles are conspicuous for their absence, and
many of our industries have never experienced trouble of this
n ature. Employers, realizing they are treating with the most
loyal and intelligent labor to be found anywhere, are careful
o f their comfort and well-being.
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H ome owners comprise a large percentage of the married
workers. In one representative industry home owners comp rise one-half of the total of such workers. Many are located
in the country and suburbs, and oftentimes include small acreage of tillable land. Such homes and surroundings make for
a happy, conten ted b ut ambitious people.
T he housing facilities are adequate, and are kept well
abreast of any demand. Real estate values are reasonable,
allowin g the thrifty worker to readily become a home owner.
Roanoke is the hub of a vast agricultural and grazing
co~try, and as such becomes a ready market and sh ipping
pomt fo r their p roducts. This creates low living costs, which
fir st attract and then h old the worker.
T he school facili ties and educational standards are both
ample and high and this together with the high moral standard
and excellent health conditions make an ideal condition for
rearing of families.

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1926

McAFEE'S KNOB

In 1746, 300 acres of land were granted James McAfee.
Sr., in Catawba Valley on the north side of "McAfee's Knob."
An old block house was built on this land for the safety of the
inhabitants against the Indians. The logs bore many bullet
holes, evidence of its use for defense.
A raid was made by the Delaware and Mingo Indians on
this settlement in 1764, and every member of every family
was either murdered or taken prisoner, homes burned, and
stock driven off. Captain Paul of Fort D inwiddie heard of
this raid and with twenty men set out in pursuit. They located about midnight a band of these Indians on N ew River;
all were asleep except those watching the prisoners that were
taken at Catawba. Captain Paul, not knowing the prisoners
were there, fired into the midst, killing three Indians, and the
others took flight. They rushed forward to capture some of
the fleeing redmen. Seeing a woman and thinking she was
an Indian squaw, one of the party raised his tomahawk, but
just as it was about to descend, Captain Paul threw himself
between the assailant and his v ictim, exclaiming, "It's a shame
By and large Roanoke and its contiguous territory is a
to hurt a woman, even a squaw." Recognizing the voice of
good place to live and work. '
Captain Paul, the supposed squaw told them she was Mrs.
. During the recen t exercises of the Daughters of the Amer~ Catherine Gunn. Mrs. Gunn had visited in the home of Cap1can Revolution at N atural Brido-e near Roanoke wh ere a tain Paul. She was taken prisoner at Catawba where her husta~let was unveiled, the Rev. Chu~chill Gibson, in ~losing his band and two children were killed. They asked her why she
spe~ch of ~he occasion, said : "Washington climbed to this
did not cry out; she replied: " I had as soon be killed as not;
perilous height and wrote his name on the Natural Bridgemy husband, my children are slain, and my parents are dead.
he flung a silver dollar clear across the waters of the P otomac
I have not a relative in America; everything dear to me is
but th~ greatest th ing he ever did was when he flung a Britis~ .
done ; I have no wish, no hope, no fears. I would not have
sovereign across the Atlantic."
risen to my feet to save my life." She was taken back to
Apropos of the above, it migh t be added that in those days
a dollar went far ther than it does now.
Fort Dinwiddie.

A P ortion of Roanoke's Industrial Field

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1926

COMPLETE REAL ESTA TE SERVICE
SALES
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RENTALS

LOANS

HANDLING REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, it is essential that the realtor
be able to deal authoritatively with three main problems: Sales, Rentals,
and Loans.

For this reason, the Thalhimer organization is divided into three departments, each composed of men with an excellent general knowledge of real estate and a specialized
knowledge of the branch with which they deal continually.
Whatever your real estate problems may be, there is at least one man in the Thalbimer
organization peculiarly fitted to assist you.

Morton Go Thalhimer
1013 EAST MAIN STREET

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attorneys. Insurance policies definitely fix liability. Ample, known
resources back of policies. Securities deposited with State Treasu rer
for protection of policy holders. Licensed by and under supervision
of State Bureau of Insurance.

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Muhleman &amp; Kayhoe, Inc.
REALTORS

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RICHl\IOND, VIRGINIA

'l{ e have a number of old Virg~nia Colonial
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108 N. Ninth Street

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Builders of H igh-Class Homes

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We would be glad to have Realtors call on us whenever
they have any business to be attended to in this section of
the State.
\Ve have a number of

MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES
CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT

Beautiful Colonial Homes
for sale in Tidewater V irginia, with good
hunting, boating, and fishing.

U10th and Cary Sts., ~

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T he Ffrep1'oof Wall Board

Painting and Decorating

Phones Boulevard 1105 and 1106

Contractor
Floor and Wall Work, Pure L eads and Oils

MASSEY BUILDERS'
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Guaranteed
PHONE RANDOLPH

1002 North 36th Street

1210 Roseneath Road
S. T . MASSEY, President

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We have money to purchase well-secured
second mortgage notes
REASONABLE
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LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
Specializing in

REAL ESTATE SJrGNS

Capital and Surplus Over $600,000.00
If you are an investor ask aboitt our 7% Collateral
Real Estate Gold Bonds

Virginia Bond &amp; Mortgage Corporation
11th and Bank Streets, Richmond, Virginia.

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R eal Estate Designs
"SIGNS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION"

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WILLIAM P. REDD

A. L. McCLELLAN &amp; SON

REALTOR

. H ampton Gardens Corporation
G,rove A venue Crest Corporation

Loans Negotiated, Rents Collected
PROPERTY SOLD PRIVATELY
and AT P UBLlC AUCTION

Room 515 American Natio~al Bank Building
Phone Madison 2304

RICHlVIOND, VIRGINIA

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RICHlVIOND, VIRGINI A

We H .a ve Calls For

Chain Store Locations
Thruout Virginia
WHAT HAVE YOU TO OFFER?

Correspondence Solicited

Developers of High Class, Restricted Suburban
Residential Property

SOUTHERN
ASBESTOS MFG. CO.
IN•COBPO:&amp;ATED

ASBESTOS, MAGNESIA PIPE AND
BOILER COVERINGS
Asbestos Roofings ; Shingles and Flooring
Phone Randolph 1428

CHAIN STORE SPECIALISTSi

14 Governor St.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

A PROPER layout tor your subdivi[

sion is just as important as a good
piece of land.
Our organization is complete to handle
any part ot the work from the surveys
to the building of all utilities.

Our

ARCHITECTURAL
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SERVICE
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Engineering and Construction
ELECTRIC BUILDING
RICHMOND, VIRG.llNIA

W e Do Not Buy or Sell Real Estate

BUILDING PROBLEMS
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The Stone Pri11ting ai1d Manufacturi11g Co.
Largest Exclusively Printing Plant in the South
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Roanoke, Virginia

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THE LEAGUE'S TASK FORCE
We cannot reverse overnight a decade of grovi/ing and insistent public
opinion. In the next tw/o years, it is likely that efforts similar to proposition
13 will be made in several states, and perhaps at the federal level as well.
In any event, the squeeze on community finances is not confined to
California, as the many votes in Congress in recent weeks to cut federal
spending demonstrate. Our first task, therefore, must be to help municipalities structure the debate so that their citizens fully recognize and
appreciate the trade-offs and choices they must make between their
desire for more and better public services and the taxes needed to pay for
them.
During my term of office I will appoint a task force to deal with both the
short- and long-term challenges of proposition 13. This task force will be
composed of large, medium, and small communities and representatives
of state government, chaired by a person of recognized competence
and understanding of issues affecting local government. The task force
will have the following responsibilities:
First, in the short term it will
—Serve as a clearinghouse on pending tax and spending limitation
proposals in other states and on the record of existing limitations
in holding the line on taxes and spending;
—Work with the localities to develop realistic and constructive responses to tax and spending limit proposals, including setting
forth reasonable alternative proposals; and
—Work with other public and private interest groups—the governor
and state legislators, county officials, public employees and businessmen—to promote concerted and unified action against illconceived tax and spending limits.
Second, in the longer term, the task force will undertake a major study
of and make recommendations on the financing of public services, including, particularly, the role of the property tax.

Such a study is long overdue. During the past two decades federal,
state and local spending for public services has increased substantially,
with little or no effort to sort out either the proper or desirable roles for
each level of government or the most efficient and equitable method of
financing those services. At the same time, federal and state governments, through mandated programs, have begun to place heavier burdens
on local governments; and in many communities, because of substantial
aid under various anti-recession programs, federal aid now accounts for
25, 30, and even 40 percent of all local revenues.
Both the facts and the trends are disturbing. This study can make a
major contribution to a long-term resolution of the problem of financing
public services. Which level of government ought to provide particular
public services? How should they be paid for? And what immediate and
long-term steps should be taken?
This task force should pay special attention to the future of the
property tax, local government's principal source of revenue. The VML has
long urged both property tax reform and the need for additional sources
of revenues for local governments, such as sales and income taxes. This
task force should be equipped to undertake a major effort in this area.
And, finally, it will begin the difficult process of convincing our citizens
and representatives in the Congress and General Assembly that the
programs and activities that we at VML ask them to finance are achieving
their goals efficiently and effectively. Unfortunately, despite the sharp
increase in funding for federal programs serving states and localities,
there is widespread concern that many of these programs are not really
accomplishing their goals and that even where they are, there is too much
waste and mismanagement and unnecessary regulation.
I do not agree with that statement. Yet, neither can I maintain that all
of our hundreds of programs are necessary; that all are achieving their
objectives; and that there is no more than minimal waste, mismanagement and overregulation. What is unarguable now is that every program
must be scrutinized to make certain that waste is eliminated, that services are delivered efficiently and with minimum delay, and that'the
programs achieve not some side benefits, but the specific objectives we
set for them. Only if we do that on a continuing basis can we assure our
citizen-taxpayers that their funds are being wisely spent.
Thomas Jefferson once wrote of reform: "The patch should be commensurate with the hole." The Jarvis-Gann Amendment does not meet
that test. The VML can, however, if we recognize the legitimate concerns
of all taxpayers, develop reasonable and realistic alternatives for the
financing of needed public services, and scrutinize existing programs to
assure their value and effectiveness.
As an elected official who has made the commitment in time, energy
and spirit to serve as an officer of the VML, I am confident that the VML is
a strong and viable force. It is the largest state organization that exists
totally to maintain the representation of local government in Richmond—
from Bristol to Arlington to Newport News to Accomac.
We cannot encourage fragmentation of our membership or of our
lobbying stance; otherwise, we would jeopardize the clout we are able to
deliver by rallying communities of all sizes and locations on common
issues.
I submit that those of us committed to the concept of local government
recognize the potential for danger in the current mood of tax revolt, taking
the property tax as its first victim. I further believe that it is in times like
these that we realize how much of a common interest we all have, and
that now more than ever, we need a voice for Virginia's municipalities.

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Councilwoman, Newport News
President, Virginia Municipal League
Editor's Note: This editorial is an excerpt of the address given by VML President
Jessie M. Rattley during the 73rd Annual Conference of the League on September
19, 1978.

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Editor-in-Chief

Richard L. DeCair

Editor

Charlotte Kingery

Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
Financial Secretary

Michael S. Deeb

VOLUME 13

NOVEMBER 1978

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VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League (formerly the League of Virginia Municipalities). It is published monthly at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. All contents, copyright ® 1977
by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction or use of
contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal League
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CONVENTION—1978
by Charlotte Kingery, Editor

"We arrived and developed clout because we got involved"
—John P. Rousakis

The topic of small cities was the thrust of Savannah
Mayor John P. Rousakis in his address to delegates
and guests during the 73rd Annual Conference of
the Virginia Municipal League in Norfolk. Mayor
Rousakis is an outstanding local official recognized
nationally for his efforts. He is a former president of
the Georgia Municipal Association and is currently
First Vice President of the National League of Cities.
Approximately 1,200 municipal officials met in
Norfolk on September 17-19 to develop a legislative
program, meet with colleagues to discuss mutual
problems and attend workshops that will assist them
in their public service role. Newport News C o u n cilwoman and V M L President, Jessie M. Rattley, presided.

"KEEPING THE VML A VIBRANT ORGANIZATION"
In an attempt to maintain progress and keep the
Virginia Municipal League a vibrant organization,
the 73rd Annual Conference introduced new items.
First, in keeping with the futuristic theme of VML
Vision: 2020, a program on futures was offered on
Sunday afternoon. Sessions included a program on
aerospace technology, coordinated by the National
Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), and
the Bureau of the Census' headed a program on
"Population Estimates for Federal Grant Programs."
The second V M L introduction was the Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday morning. R. L. Light, Jr., past president of the Virginia Municipal League and former
mayor of Bristol, presided. The invocation was given
by G . Conoly Phillips, Councilman, Norfolk, and the
message was delivered by Pat Robertson, President,
Christian Broadcasting Network. Both programs
were well received by delegates and guests.

The Symposia on Sunday afternoon offered a variety of topics. Municipal liability insurance, still a
complex issue to local government, was the subject
of Bernard Hulcher's remarks. His presentation centered on the V M L self-insurance group plan. Dr.
John Knapp, Delegate Joseph Leafe, William Talbott
and Char es K. Trible were the panelists on revenue
resources, uniform fiscal reporting and property tax
reform. Richard Kinard spoke on flood insurance
management.
The Professionals Breakfast series included programs for Attorneys, Finance Officers, Managers and
Personnel Officers. Bristol City Manager Hugh G .
Cooper, President of the Virginia Section, International City Management Association, presided at
the Manager's Breakfast. O . Gene Dishner, Director,
Office of Housing and Community Development
spoke on "Have I got a Deal for Y o u . . . " The Virginia Section is also an affiliate of the Virginia Municipal League.
President Jessie M. Rattley presented the 1978 M u nicipal Achievement Awards to Lexington, Henrico
County, Arlington County, Hampton, Blacksburg
and Norfolk. Local officials from each locality were
present to accept the awards. Norfolk Mayor Vincent
J. Thomas accepted the award for "Most Outstanding", given for the entry on Norfolk's "Officer
Friendly Program." The "Most Outstanding" award
is chosen from the six winning localities.
Concurrent sessions on Monday afternoon paralleled the seven policy committees of the League. The
V M L Community Development Policy Committee
met jointly with the Virginia Association of Housing
and Community Development Officials. Portsmouth's Mayor, Richard J. Davis, Presided over the
program on "Leveraging: How to Stretch your C D
Dollars." Roy Perez-Daple, an official with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Philadelphia, told the participants in the human resources
tract about "Improving Communications in the Hu-

�man Services Network." Dr. Clarence Holland,
Councilman, Virginia Beach, presided over the human resources session. Herndon Mayor Thomas D.
Rust chaired the effective government panel on
"Annexation and State Aid to Localities." Also on
Monday afternoon, was a program on public information by Edwin S. " S a m " Clay, I I I , Assistant to the
City Manager for Public Information and Human
Resources, Virginia Beach. Clay's topic was "Talk of
the Town or How to Talk to the T o w n . "

"LOCAL OFFICIALS MEET IN THREE
SECTIONS"
Addressing the Town Section Workshop during
the League Section Workshops, the Honorable C.
Richard Cranwell, House of Delegates, Vinton,
spoke to the officials about important legislative
matters. Cranwell stressed the need for town officials
to keep abreast of the various pieces of legislation.
He offered the attendees a humorous but serious
outlook on 1979 legislation. Vienna Mayor Charles A.
Robinson, Jr. chaired the workshop.
Newport News Councilwoman Mary Sherwood
Holt presided during the Urban Section Workshop
where Margaret White, Area Director, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, Richmond,
spoke on the "National Urban Policy." Grantsmanship was the topic of the City Section Workshop
chaired by Martinsville Councilman Francis T. West.
Charles A. Christopherson, Director, State Department of Intergovernmental Affairs, Richmond, addressed the topic.

"NEW OFFICERS, NEW EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE"
During Business Session I, the officers and Executive Committee were elected. Newport News C o u n cilwoman Jessie M. Rattley was officially elected Virginia Municipal League President. Mrs. Rattley had
previously assumed the office on July 1, 1978, when

the former V M L president was not reelected to
Council. The new officers include First Vice President, Gus W. Nicks, Mayor, Vinton; Second Vice
President, Roy H. Erickson, Mayor, Harrisonburg;
Third Vice President, Harold S. Atkinson, City Manager, Franklin; and Fourth Vice President, Raymond
F. Ratcliffe, Mayor, Pulaski. The Executive C o m mittee is comprised of Richard A. Farrier, Councilman, Staunton; Francis T. West, Councilman, Martinsville; Richard J. Davis, Mayor, Portsmouth; and
Ann H. Kilgore, Councilwoman, Hampton and past
president. As chairmen of the League sections, the
following also serve on the Executive Committee:
Charles A. Robinson, Jr., Mayor, Vienna and Chairman of the Town Section; Mary Sherwood Holt,
Councilwoman, Newport News and Chairman of the
Urban Section; and Jane L. Hough, Councilwoman,
Salem and Chairman of the City Section. Virginia
Beach was the selection of the 1982 Virginia Municipal League Conference.
During Business Session I I , the VML Policy Statements for 1979 were adopted. The following are
some key amendments to the Policy Statements:
• The V M L believes that the statewide urban eco-

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Mary Sherwood Holt, Hon. Charles A. Robinson, jr., Howard W. Dobbins, Ann K.
Kilgore, Richard A. Farrier and ]ane L. Hough. (Front row, left to right) Hon.
Raymond Ratcliffe, Harold F. Atkinson, Hon. Cus W. Nicks, VML President Jessie
M. Rattley, Hon. Roy H. Erickson and Francis T. West. Not pictured is the Hon.
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nomic development strategy should be consistent
with the President's National Urban Policy;
The VML endorses the concept of a State Department of Community Development;
The VML recommends the expansion of programs, such as Section III of the Rural Development Act, to assist smaller communities that also
have community development needs;
The VML supports the proposed Constitutional
amendment to provide property tax abatement
for rehabilitated housing;
The VML believes that current federal housing
programs are inadequate; therefore, the federal
government and localities are encouraged to tie
their individual housing assistance programs
more closely to their allocation of housing funds
in subsidized housing;
The VML recommends that State government
form a partnership of local governments to create
statewide urban economic development strategies;
The VML opposes the placing of local government employees under the mandates of the
Unemployment Compensation Act;
The VML believes that when the federal government. State Health Department and State Water
Control Board require local governments to upgrade public water and sewer facilities, superimposing such requirements over local policies or
capability to provide such services, funds must
accompany those requirements;
The VML requests stronger financial support from
State and federal sources and ask that effective
use of Congressional funds be made for human
resources programs;
The VML recognizes that present funding for local
jail facilities is totally inadequate; and
The VML urges the General Assembly to fully
fund State highway construction projects for cities
and towns on a level commensurate with that of
counties.

In regard to the 1979 Legislative Program, the
League has decided to focus its major legislative efforts on General Assembly response to fiscal issues;
specifically, those measures presently pending before the General Assembly which would begin to
redress the fiscal inequities that localities face and
compensate municipalities which are now or may be
prohibited from annexation by future legislative action. The areas in which the League would like to
move toward full funding of the fiscal equity programs are related to: street and highway maintenance and construction, law enforcement, education, welfare programs, mental health and mental
retardation, public health, transportation and administration of justice. The League believes that citizens of some local jurisdictions should not be required to pay a relatively high tax burden for the
same level of service that is paid by the citizens of
other jurisdictions. In addition to the other measures, the League hopes that a compensatory fund
be made available to those localities presently unable to annex, those which might be precluded from
annexation by pending legislation and those localities which may wish to utilize funds from that source
rather than annex in future years. The League cautions the General Assembly not to enact new legislation which prohibits any city from expanding its
boundaries until alternate means for ensuring economic viability of all central cities has been developed and adequate funding provided.
The 1979 Staff Work Program includes such items
as payment in lieu of taxes for federal property, that
salaries of councilmembers and members of boards
of supervisors be set by local ordinance rather than
by a charter change of special law, that the State
should appropriate the total amount of funding authorized by law to public libraries and recommends
that the State provide enabling legislation for localities to impose, on a local option, an additional gasoline tax to be used to support transit systems, among
other items.
Candidates or the Candidate's representative for
United States Senate were also present during the
Convention. Andrew B. Miller, Democratic candidate, spoke to delegates and guest and State Senator
A. Joe Canada represented Republican hopeful John
W. Warner. Delivering a witty commentary on bureacrats and red tape. Dr. James H. Boren gave a
humorous address "When in Doubt, Mumble" during the Annual Banquet. He has appeared and been
enjoyed at other state municipal leagues and Virginia was no exception. Numerous local officials
have indicated that this year's VML Conference was
definitely a success. Workshops and sessions were
well attended and the issues were timely and important for local government.

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It gives me a great deal of pleasure
to report to you some of the exciting
and invigorating activities with which
your League has been involved, and
to offer a few observations on some
key issues which the Virginia Municipal League will face this coming year.
A consolidated statement of our
revenues for the League this year indicates that we collected approximately $360,000 and paid expenses of
approximately $348,000. Those revenues included grants and special projects which provide funds for at least
one of the League staff employees. It
should be pointed out that the Virginia Municipal League has been operating for the last three years on a
very tight, very conservative budget.
In these times of high inflation and
increasing demands for services of a
new, much more technical and complex nature, we take pride in the fact
that through the leadership of your
Executive Committee the League operates on such a small budget. However, it is expected that over the next
few years some decisions must be
made to provide some limited increase in staff support to insure that
these increased demands do not go
unmet. It is our view that all present
League activities must first be thoroughly reviewed before any such decisions are made and it is my understanding
that
the
Executive
Committee will undertake that task
shortly after the Convention adjourns.
We have also provided within those
budgetary constraints an ever increasing range of traditional services. These
include survey requests, legislative
and research inquiries and training
activities. On site visits to member
communities have increased this year
but such visits must be increased significantly over the next year. We have
also increased our liaison with those
State agencies having involvement
with local government and are continuing to develop a firmer communication link between them and our
constituent local government units.
We have also been diligently monitoring the plethora of legislative
study commissions which operate between each Session of the General Assembly. We believe this increasing
rapport should assist you in dealing
with State officials either through the
League or in direct contact.
We have just concluded negotiations with VEPCO for the rate increase
related to placing of the North Anna
Nuclear Power Plant. An increased
involvement with the APCO service
area localities, working jointly with
other groups to negotiate fair electricity rates for localities, along with
VEPCO negotiations, has taken a considerable amount of time from your
Director as well as your General

Counsel during the last year.
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY magazine
which for the last two years has been
produced at a reduced page size, has
increased from a sixteen page issue,
marginally in the red, to a twenty-four
page issue, marginally in the black. At
last year's convention we initiated the
League Letter which has been published in the middle of each month to
give further information about items
of importance to your local governments. This is an attempt on our part
to keep you apprised of some key
state and national developments.
While my written report does not
enumerate every activity or category
of activity that your League has been
involved with this last year, it does
give you some idea of the range of
training and research activities which
are being provided through your organization. We mention these activities
because they are often the most forgotten activities of the League. When
one thinks of the League, one most
readily thinks of legislative activities
and this is certainly an important
phase of our activities. However, I
would like to stress to your that the
majority of the League staff devotes its
energies to information, training, and
research; not to legislative activities.
We believe it is imperative that we
strengthen our research capacity if we
are to be effective in serving your
needs. This is a conscious decision of
your Executive Committee and staff
because we believe information,
training and research are important
prerequisites to completely understanding the impact of legislative or
administrative activities upon the
roles of our member local governments.
Now, seemingly like the shepherd
crying wolf, I must cite a number of
concerns which continue to plague us
as your representative staff. We continue to be concerned with insufficient participation by elected local officials in the legislative activities
of the League as a major problem in
our effectiveness in dealing with state
and federal legislative and administrative agencies. While we have seen
some improvement in commitment
during the last year, we do not believe
it is sufficient to generate the level of
legislative awareness of your needs
and concerns whereby we may be
able to gain appropriate legislation to
address the state/local fiscal imbalance or to insure that even further
inroads are not made into local government powers. We have seen
greater concerns being expressed by
you at the local level in working with
your local legislators and citizens to
inform them about your local needs,
and this is gratifying for we believe
that the root of changing attitudes

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homework you do year round. But,
we also need that transferred to state
action.
The problem of equitable finances
for local government has been a predominant issue and it continues to be
a top concern for the coming year. In
1979, more than any year in the recent
past, it is my prediction that it will
become a key element of the so called
"annexation package". Our hopes are
high that through cooperative efforts
of the various localities comprising
the League, some package can be developed which will generate support
sufficient from the General Assembly
to fund programs which will ease considerably the intergovernmental tensions which have existed in recent
years. Further, it is our hope that the
programs which might be recognized
by the General Assembly will recognize present fiscal inequities in State
funding programs, speak to the resolution of annexation problems in major areas of the Commonwealth and
move our local governments to
greater interlocal cooperation.
However, legislative action in this
regard cannot come if each locality
considers itself an island unto itself,
for it is my prediction that such attitudes will considerably hinder positive action. One of the most difficult
problems of your VML staff is trying to
serve as a representative of the mixture of localities which comprise our
membership at the same time. One
of the greatest benefits the League
brings to the legislative process is its
ability to speak for such a mixture
through well thought out, carefully
consolidated viewpoints and statements representing the consensus
thinking of officials in the various localities. Our biggest failure is the inability of some to accept a consensus
viewpoint as the most reasonably
enactable possibility. We must continue to rise above narrow individualistic viewpoints, as you must in
your deliberations as council or board
members, in order to present programs that provide a broader basis for
legislative support. With that understanding and with such commitment
on your part, your League provides
you with the opportunity to participate in a range of committees and
other bodies to work through the various local viewpoints and come to
consensus. We urge you to utilize that
system in order that we might generate greater legislative assistance or
fight against administrative edicts
which either support or mitigate
against your dealing effectively with
local government problems.
We have talked earlier about the
need for better, more extensive education of local elected and appointed

officials and we have indicated that
your League is providing a wide range
of local training opportunities and in
this day and age, you need to follow
through on those training activities so
that you may keep abreast of and understand the wider than local impact
of the multitude of issues which now
confront us in local government so
that you can thoroughly involve yourself in critical reexaminations of
everything that you are presently
doing at the local level to insure that
you have undertaken all possible
measures to insure efficiency and
economy. We are here to help you in
those pursuits but we can do little or
nothing if you do not commit yourselves to excellence, education and
statesmanship.
Your Executive Committee, with a
great deal of effort, has tried to provide you with a full range of topics at
this Convention which we hope will
assist you in better serving your constituents and better understanding local government problems. This Convention is not only valuable in the
social benefits derived from socializing together, but even greater is the
tremendous opportunity to speak
with another jurisdiction about mutual problems and find that you are

not alone in many areas. This is indeed one of the few opportunities
where local government officials can
sit down and discuss without restraints
timely topics of importance to the survival of our local system. We hope
that you will take time to participate
fully in every session and workshop
you can. We ask you to honestly critique the Convention and tell us what
you think will improve it next year.
We urge you to take time to meet
with us and our staff to bring to our
attention any concerns you might
have about League activities. League
administration or League policies,
and, most of all, we hope you go home
enthused with a new spirit of inventiveness and incentive which will help
you in dealing with local government
problems in this time of tight dollars
and enormous pressures. I commend
you for taking on the often thankless
task of being a local official. The
newspapers are filled with vitriolic remarks indicating
citizen
disillusionment with government in general. The last bastion of citizen
access—where they really feel they
can make an impact—is local government. You may be recipients of that
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Newport News Appoints

The City Newport News appointed
JOHN DARLING to the position of
administrator of planning in the City's
Department of Development. He
holds a bachelor's degree in urban
studies from the University of Minnesota. Darling has been a planning
consultant with several firms, president of his own consulting firm and
the director of planning for Midwest
Planning and Research, Inc. The City
also appointed BRADFORD
HAMMER as administrator of budget and
evaluation. Prior to his appointment,
Hammer was the executive director
of the Colonial Mental Health and
Mental Retardation Services with the
Office Management and Budget, Fairfax County and the Office of Federal State Relations, State of West Virginia. Hammer holds a bachelor's and
a master's degree from the University
of West Virginia.

Police Chief Selected

Vienna Chief of Police VERNON L.
JONES has been selected by Governor
John N. Dalton to serve on the Consolidated Laboratory Services Advisory Board. Major Jones will represent
the Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police. The Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services provides testing services in four areas and
also trains law enforcement personnel
in advanced investigative techniques.

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Virginia Employment Commission
and as assistant attorney general representing the Commission. Hudson's
post was effective September 5.

and a correctional officer at Lorton
Reformatory. Coble has been the
City's Chief of Police since March,
1959.

Baran New Assessor

Pigman to Head New
Division

The City of Petersburg appointed EDWARD S. BARAN as city assessor. Baran is a graduate of the University of
Minnesota and the William Mitchell
College of Law. A native of Minneapolis, Baran was previously assistant
assessor of that city and has headed
the assessment program for the District of Columbia.

Hamer Acting Manager
NORMAN F. HAMER, JR., Herndon's
director of planning, was named acting town manager. Hamer has been a
Herndon town employee since 1974
and replaces former manager Robert
S. Noe, Jr. until a permanent replacement assumes the position. Noe resigned August 1 to become county executive of Prince William County.
While Hamer serves as acting manager, planner Blaise Barnes will act as
director of planning.

Chief Retires

Fredericksburg's Chief of Police ROBERT W. COBLE retired September 1. A
native of Toledo, Ohio, Coble joined
the Marine Corps in 1940 and served
until he retired from the Marine
Corps Reserve as a major in 1973. He
then was a member of the State Police

The Council of Falls Church has renamed the city hall building the
Harry E. Wells Building, in honor of
HARRYE. WELLS, city manager. Wells
has been with the City of Falls Church
for thirty years, fourteen of those as
manager. Prior to his appointment as
manager, he had been clerk of council, clerk of court and worked in the
purchasing department.

New City Engineer

ARTHUR R. DANIEL, JR., a registered
engineer, was appointed Danville's
new city engineer. A graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Daniel has served as engineering director for the City of Boca
Raton and director of traffic engineering for Louisville and Jefferson
County, Kentucky. He also has been
affiliated with the North Carolina
Highway Commission.

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graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and received his law degree from
the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. Prior to his appointment as town attorney, Hudson
served as director of appeals for the

EDWARD W. PIGMAN, JR., an Illinois
urban transit official, was named to
head a newly created public transportation division in the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation.
Pigman will be responsible for formulating and implementing plans and
programs for development, improvement and coordination of public
transportation facilities and services in
Virginia. Since 1976, Pigman has been
chief of the Bureau of Technical Studies in the Division of Public Transportation of the Illinois Department of
Transportation. He holds a bachelor's
and a master's degree from the University of Georgia and a doctorate degree from the University of Illinois.

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ARE YOUR REZONING
DECISIONS "FAIRLY
DEBATABLE?"
By

Howard

W. Dobbins,
Counsel

General

The opinion (by Justice Harrison) in
the recently decided case of Town of
Vienna v. Kohler, 244 S.E. 2d 542 (decided June 9, 1978) demonstrates
some of the very real difficulties
which are presented to governing
bodies on rezoning matters.
The general rules of zoning law are
reasonably well settled and for the
most part are well known by governing bodies. The application of those
legal principles to the facts and circumstances of a given case, however,
often presents some of the most difficult decisions which councilmen and
supervisors are called upon to make.
Thus, while a council or board may
be well aware that a zoning decision
must not be arbitrary, capricious or
unreasonable, it frequently finds, on
the facts before it, that there is a very
thin demarcation between what is
reasonable and what is not. A council
or board normally has no difficulty
with the legal proposition that one
w h o seeks rezoning has the burden
of proving the need thereof and that
the decision of the governing body
will be upheld (in Virginia) if the issue
is "fairly debatable". The extent of the
proof necessary to carry the burden of
" n e e d " for rezoning on the part of an
applicant and the volume of evidence
sufficient to make the issue "fairly debatable" both oftentimes require the
20-20 hindsight that few persons possess (other than judges w h o are
blessed with that perspective).
Kohler demonstates the dilemma
with which a council can be confronted on a rezoning request w h i c h ,
like so many rezoning applications, is
hotly opposed by applicants and objecting adjacent landowners. Kohler
also serves as an admonition to governing bodies to avoid being influenced by highly vocal citizen opposition and illustrates the care which a
governing body must exercise in
drawing lines between different zoning districts:
Kohler arose on a familiar set of
facts—the applicants, owning a parcel
of 12.17 acres in an RS-16 zone which
permitted single-family detached resi-

dential 16,000 square foot lots divided
the tract into three parcels and applied for rezoning for parcels 1 and 3
to RTH District permitting townhouse
clusters and to RS-10 for parcel 2 permitting 10,000 square foot residential
lots. The council denied the application and rezoned the entire tract to
RS-12.5 category permitting singlefamily detached residential 12,500
square foot lots. Not surprisingly, this
action failed to delight the applicants
and so they proceeded to the circuit
court on a motion for declaratory
judgment to reverse council's decision. The applicants carried the day in
the circuit court which decreed that,
based on the evidence presented,
council's action was arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable or, in other
words, the council failed to produce
enough evidence to make the matter
"fairly debatable". Council thereupon appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court which agreed with the
trial court and affirmed its decision.
In the opinion, the court states that
the principal reason assigned by the
council for its failure to rezone parcel
3 was that Church Street, on which
the parcel abutted, was determined to
be the appropriate dividing line between a single-family detached zone
and a cluster townhouse zone and this
division was thought necessary to prevent commercial and townhouse encroachment into the residential area
north of the subject tract. Unfortunately, the witnesses w h o testified for
the landowners in the circuit court
stated that a street line was not necessarily the most appropriate demarcation between zones. Even the expert
witness for the council testified that
both street lines and property lines
were frequently used to differentiate
between zones. O n this evidence, the
trial court f o u n d , and the Supreme
Court agreed, that there was no rational basis why the dividing line should
be C h u r c h Street and not moved to
the property line of the subject parcel
(and thereby place the parcel in a different district) and therefore it was an
" a r b i t r a r y " decision. Moreover, other
evidence indicated that adequate
public utilities were available for
townhouse clusters in the location
and that on the same night that this
application was denied, council approved a rezoning for townhouses on
an adjoining tract of land. Furthermore, council's expert witness " c o u l d
give the court no good reason for why

the tract should be zoned as singlefamily detached as opposed to townhouses". The lesson to be learned by
governing bodies by this evidence
and decision is that there should be
good underlying reasons to support
the location of a dividing line. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to develop clear and cogent reasons for the
location of lines and in some instances, it is impossible. Moreover, a
district line must be drawn somewhere and council must exercise
some discretion in making the decision—otherwise the business of council would never be accomplished and
the courts would always have to draw
the lines. The writer fears that in the
sterile atmosphere of a court, the
basic necessity for legislative discretionary, and sometimes arbitrary, decisions by a governing body is often
overlooked or minimized.
Testimony presented by the applicants in Kohler indicated that they
could develop parcel 3 to greater advantage and more profitably for townhouses than for single-family detached residences. But it was not
disputed that the property could also
be developed profitably for singlefamily detached residences. The Virginia Supreme Court in previous decisions has held that one purpose of
zoning ordinances is to "encourage
economic development activities that
provide desirable employment and
enlarge the tax bases". Moreover,
§15.1-490 expressly provides that in
drawing up a zoning ordinance and
fixing zoning districts "conservation
of properties and their values and the
encouragement of the most appropriate use of l a n d " is to be considered.
The opinion in Kohler seems to go
further than the Virginia Court has
previously gone, retreating somewhat
from the strict "highest and best u s e "
principle which has been applied as a
standard in rezoning matters.
Justice Harrison, in the Kohler opinion, stated that " t h e only difference
between a single-family detached
residence and a townhouse is that
townhouses are constructed in clusters and are not attached", but both
are single-family residences. It may be
that the entire opinion swung on this
finding. If so, we would disagree with
the result since governing bodies are
charged by statute with the responsibility of dividing land into appro(Continued

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�WATER IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
By Soula Gushing

Most of us don't think much about water; it's simply there whenever we turn on the faucet. But for
local governments responsible for assuring a continuous, reliable supply of pure water for their residents, the problem can be both technically and politically difficult. Even when water is ample, new
water systems are technically complex and enormously expensive. As demand increases and competition for water becomes keener, assuring an adequate supply usually requires the cooperation of a
myriad of federal and state agencies, other local j u risdictions, regional bodies, advisory groups and local developers.
Despite difficulties, there are some success stores,
as the City of Falls C h u r c h . This City of 10,000
residents in Northern Virginia owns and operates a
water system that supplies 100,000 people in the City
and surrounding areas, is valued at five times its cost
and annually returns money to the City's general
fund. Presently, Falls Church is planning and building an expanded water system to meet the area's
needs in the 21st century.
"WATER IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE"
This far-reaching accomplishment did not crystalize overnight. Water became an important City service when the City incorporated in 1948. That year,
many large real estate developments underway in
areas beyond the City's corporate limits were stalled
for lack of water. The builders turned to Falls Church
for help and the City, in turn, looked to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers' Washington Aqueduct
System as the future source of adequate filtered water. After Congress passed legislation enabling Falls
Church to tap this system, residents approved a $1
million bond issue in 1948 to extend the water system. Water was flowing through a new pipeline
from the Dalecarlia Reservoir by August 1949 just as
the City's two tanks were hitting bottom in a long
drought. At the time. Falls C h u r c h had less than
7,000 people.
Subsequent bond issues coupled with pay-as-yougo improvement provided the funds to build the
water system as its exists today to serve more than
100,000 people. The $5.16 million in bond issues in
the past has created a system now valued at more
than $25 million. The replacement cost of the water
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Soula Gushing is Public Information Officer, Falls
Church.

system (the amount it would cost to rebuild it today)
is more than $50 million.
Neither taxes nor water rates were increased to
repay the bonds. The water system is a self-supporting entity w h i c h , from its own budget, repays money
borrowed for construction and improvements, and
sustains its own operating cost in addition to contributing to the general revenue.
In spite of the growth, improvement and successful operation of the water system, the water service
area continued to grow in population, density and
demand. As a result, the City contracted with a firm
to study the water system and to plan for its future.
"THE CITY HAS ITS EYE O N THE 21ST CENTURY"
Because the City has its eye on the 21st century, it
has begun a series of improvements to carry the
water system through the year 2000. Phase I of the
improvement series has now been completed.
Phases II and III are planned to begin in 1980 and
1985, respectively.
The City recently completed the most important
project in the Phase I series, a new booster pumping
station near Chain Bridge Road, now in operation.
O n e of the largest on the East Coast, the station
increases the capacity of the Falls Church Water System by 50 percent. Before constructing the new
pumping station, pressure losses over the 12,000 feet
of transmission line were becoming increasingly significant as flow rates increased but now Falls Church
can assure an adequate supply of water to an area
that covers about 33 square miles. In addition, the
system provides water to the Fairfax County Water
Authority, the Town of Vienna and during a time of
crisis, a limited amount to Arlington County and the
City of Fairfax. Conversely, if the City's system has a
major p r o b l e m it is a b l e , t h r o u g h its interconnections, to receive a limited amount of water
from the Fairfax County Water Authority and Arlington County.
The Falls Church Water System now has six pumping stations. The new station acts as the control cen-

Superintendent
floiv readings

of Pumping Anthony
at the Control
Center.

Bickrest

records

the hourly

tank and

�ter for the five satellite stations. Although each station can be operated automatically or manually, the
entire water system can be operated through the
control center during an emergency.
Information from the various stations is reported
to the Chain Bridge Pumping Station by telemetering
units via a tone system. A pump station operator is
on duty 24 hours in the control center. The operator
can manipulate the equipment in the control center
to the manual mode when warranted. For example,
if a water storage tank should overflow, the operator
will be alerted through the system. Information provided will alert the operator that specific action must
be taken and to allow him to cope with any malfunction in the system through electronic controls. The
operator also checks the gauges on the control panel
to see which pumps are running and what the water
levels are in each tank.
The ample supply of water which the present system produces has been critical to the successful development of Falls Church and its surrounding areas.

The availability of water from the Falls Church Water
System enabled the development of many housing
divisions. It is conceivable that, without the present
system, surrounding areas may still be drawing from
wells.
Despite the success of the present system, water is
still very much on the minds of Falls Church public
officials as the new pumping station and master plan
indicate. The City is developing a water system to
serve 200,000 people, which will double its present
capacity, by the year 2000. Mayor Harold L. Miller
and the City Council are actively working to improve
and expand the present system.
If the present pattern of success continues. Falls
Church and its neighbors will continue to have an
ample supply of water, free of the prospects of
parched lawns or dry faucets which trouble other
jurisdictions. Although construction of the expanded system began only recently, the future looks
bright.

Marketplace
CITY MANAGER
Fredericksburg, Virginia. Salary negotiable with
$25,900 minimum and fringe benefits. Graduate of
accredited college with major work In public administration or closely related field. Degree in civil engineering helpful. Submit resume and salary requirements by
November 30 to Mayor Lawrence A. Davis, P.O. Box
239, Fredericksburg 22401.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
Suffolk, Virginia. Responsible for direction of public
works department that includes full range of municipal
services. Requires degree In civil engineering and extensive public works experience. Salary range
$19,608-$26,404. Position available December 15,
1978. Send resume to Robert E. Taylor, P.O. Box
1858, Suffolk 23434.
CITY PLANNER
Danville, Virginia. Minimum of five years experience
with three years in responsible job is required. Experience desired in zoning, subdivisions, historical preservation, urban design, etc. Bachelor or masters degree
in urban planning is required. Salary $17,052-$23,988.
Submit resume and salary history to A. R. Daniel, Jr.,
Director of Engineering, Planning and Inspections, P.O.
Box 3300, Danville 24541.
CIVIL ENGINEER
Danville, Virginia. Salary $18,000-$24,000. B.S.C.E.,
registered in Virginia or eligible for registration within
one year of appointment, 5 years experience, with 3
years in responsible charge. Supervisory position, responsible for scheduling work, training and instructing
employees. Contact A. R. Daniel, Jr., Director of Engi-

neering and Planning, P.O. Box 3300, Danville, Virginia
24541.
POLICE CHIEF
Raleigh, North Carolina, (Capitol City), population
156,000. Responsible for 351 employee department
with operating budget of $6.3 million. Present chief
retiring. Position requires extensive experience in law
enforcement or Public Administration. Salary range
$29,236-35,536 with excellent fringe benefits. Council-Manager form of Government with selection and
appointment by City Manager. Send resume to: Personnel Director, City of Raleigh, P.O. Box 590, Raleigh,
N.C. 27602. The closing date for resumes is November
15, 1978.

ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
York County, Virginia. $20,384-$26,666 with excellent
benefits. Salary commensurate with experience, qualifications. Position available November 15, 1978 In
suburban-rural county of 32,000 located on peninsula
between York and James Rivers in historic colonial
Virginia. Responsible for administration, coordination
and direction of major programs, special projects, staff
responsibilities. Assists the County Administrator In
development of $30 million County budget, organization of programs, coordination of services and implementation of policies. Major staff responsibilities include administration of personnel system for 200
employees, training and labor relations, policy development, public information, budget review, preparation
and liaison for legislative programs. Position requires
graduate degree In public administration or related
field. Must have extensive progressively responsible
experience in county or municipal government; exten-

sive knowledge of organization, legal status and functions of county government, principles, practices and
current trends In public administration; ability to direct
and coordinate complex management activities; excellent writing skills. Must be perceptive, positive, innovative, tactful. Ability to analyze problems, recommend actions for their solution essential. Apply with
resume by November 15, 1978 to R. E. Bain, County
Administrator, P.O. Box 532, Yorktown, Virginia
23609.

TRAFFIC ENGINEER
Chesapeake, Virginia. Seeks individual with over five
years professional traffic engineering experience, B.S.
Degree In Engineering, and P.E. registration preferred.
Salary, $21,360-$29,280. Will be responsible for administration of traffic engineering program within the
Public Works Department for growing city of 353
square miles and population of 105,000. Excellent
benefits. Send resume and salary requirements to Director of Personnel, City of Chesapeake, Post Office
Box 15225, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320.

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�Commentary
The Shift in Sales Tax
Revenues
By Bernard J. Caton,
Institute of Government,
University of Virginia

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We are told that two things are certain in life—death and taxes. Death,
however, visits us but once; taxes, on
the other hand, haunt us constantly.
One levy in particularly is paid almost
daily: the sales tax. Whenever we buy
a coat, stop for a loaf of bread on the
way home from work, or just order a
hamburger for lunch, we pay a four
percent sales tax.
This particular form of taxation is a
relatively recent one, especially in Virginia, where it was introduced only
twelve years ago. Proponents of the
tax argued that new money was urgently needed to improve educational programs throughout the state.
The General Assembly included in the
tax legislation a provision allowing localities to add on a one percent levy
for their own use. Within two to three
years, every city and county in the
state had decided to take advantage
of this one percent levy for its own
use, and since then localities have
come to rely on the sales tax as one of
their major revenue sources.
While many taxes, such as those on
personal property and on utility consumption, are paid almost entirely by
the residents of a locality, this is not
necessarily true of the sales tax. The
one percent portion of this levy remains in the jurisdiction in which it
was collected, so that non-residents
often bear a share of this burden.
Thus, the introduction of the sales tax
had the immediate effect of increasing the importation or exportation of
tax dollars from one political subdivision to another; it did so especially in those less urbanized areas
where a small or medium sized city
had within it the lion's share of commercial enterprises while the surrounding county or counties lacked a
substantial commercial base.
The flow of tax revenue from one
locality to another often shifts, however, and this has happened even during the short period in which sales
have been taxed statewide. Cities
have always received more of this
money than have counties, but their

relative share has shown a slow but
steady decrease. During the seven
year period from 1970 to 1977, the
cities' share of total revenue realized
from this source shrank from fifty-five
to fifty-one percent. That this is not
just a matter of population shifting is
indicated by data on per capita sales
tax yields. During the 1970 fiscal year,
the one percent local levy yielded a
statewide average of $15.61 per capita.
When cities and counties are examined separately, however, we see a
significant gap between the average
for these two groups. Cities received
$21.29 per capita, or thirty-six percent
more than the statewide average. The
corresponding figure for counties was
$11.75, or twenty-five percent less
than the statewide average.
By 1977, though a gap still remained
between per capita sales tax revenue
received by cities and counties, it had
narrowed considerably. Specifically,
in fiscal year 1977, the city share was
$36.59, or only twenty-seven percent
higher than the statewide average of
$28.72 per capita, while the county
share was $23.53, or eighteen percent
lower. More importantly, when adjustments are made to account for inflation, counties have actually made
larger real dollar gains than cities. At
the end of this seven-year period, the
amount per capita received by cities
in deflated dollars was only $2.27
greater than it had been in 1970, compared with $3.40 for counties. The fact
that the statewide per capita yield of
the local sales tax almost doubled in
this seven year period reflects primarily the impact of price inflation and
secondarily of rising levels of disposable income for Virginians.
Further examination reveals that
there are some counties that have
profited more than others from this
shift. Surprisingly, the principal gainers are not the most urbanized counties. The proportion going to the five
largest counties in the state, those
with a population in excess of 100,000,
has grown only slightly over the past
seven years. It is the less populous
counties, those having a population
under 100,000, that have made the
greatest gain proportionally in sales
tax revenues. The average county in
this group more than doubled its per
capita sales tax revenue during the
period under study, increasing it from
$9.21 to $19.04. Neither the cities nor

the large counties were able to show
such gains; their revenues grew, respectively, from $21.29 to $36.59, and
from $16.61 to $31.45, during these
years. Although small counties still do
not receive as much sales tax revenue
per capita as cities or large counties,
they have been gaining ground.
The available data in and of themselves do not explain why these
changes have taken place; furthermore, there are no data which can
give us this answer. Simple observation and common sense shed some
light on this matter, however. We
know, for instance, that during this
period many suburban communities
have become more affluent, and that
their residents now have more money
to spend on taxable sales. We can also
assume that some city residents who
moved to the suburbs and continued
to patronize city stores for a while
gradually transferred many of their
commercial allegiances to the suburbs. Finally, only in recent years have
many counties been able to develop
their commercial potential. A short
drive on a major artery through one
of these counties, dotted as they are
with small and large commercial enterprises, is ample evidence that this
has happened. Increasingly, county
shopping opportunities attract not
only county residents but also shoppers from the nearby city as well.
in past years, cities more than counties have profited from the introduction of the sales tax, and it is
likely that they will continue to do so
well into the future. At the same time,
however, counties have slowly expanded their share of this revenue
source. What we can expect to see
over the next decade or so is a continuation of this trend.

�DoiASi
the St*Loiiis Blues
GometD

the1978 Congress
of Cities
It's more than just the annual business meeting of the National League of Cities.
I t ' s a crash course in urban affairs—four days of intensive training on subjects
ranging from clean air, and how to get it, to policy leadership, and how to use it; from
"neighborhood power" to arts in the city; from the problems of police unions to the
potentials of using the elderly as volunteer teachers.
It's people—government and urban leaders and 4,000 other local officials, sharing
ideas and solutions to common problems.
Make your reservation soon. We'd hate to see the evenin' sun go down without you.
F o r information, call or write:
Conference Registration Center
National League of Cities
1620 E y e Street, N W
Washington, D . C . 20006
(202) 293-6812
Registration deadlines: $150 if registration is postmarked before September 1; $175
if postmarked before November 3; $200 after November 3 (on-site registration only).

St.Louis • November 26 to 29 • 1978 Congress of Cities &amp; Exposition

National League of Cities

�CETA WORKS
by Howard L. Gebeaux

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In South Hill, B &amp; J Citgo offers gas and car repairs
to passing motorists. It's just a small business, but to
mechanic and shop foreman Clarence Thompson, it
is his livelihood and support for himself, his wife and
their two children.
Thompson got the job through the Comprehensive Employment and Training ACT (CETA). CETABalance of State (BOS) covers Virginia, from on-thejob training in auto mechanics that Thompson got in
South Hill, to park construction in western Russell
County.
Over $80 million was distributed to eligible Virginians this past fiscal year, October 1, 1977 to September 30, 1978, in the 77 counties and 21 cities covered
by the BOS prime sponsorship, one of 10 in the State.
These funds provide nearly 50,000 people with jobs
or training they did not have before. CETA operates
in Virginia through administrative units covering
population segments of 100,000 or more. The area of
the State not fitting this population requirement is
covered under a single prime sponsorship headed by
Governor John N. Dalton and administered through
a division of the Virginia Employment Commission.
Although CETA in Virginia may be misunderstood
and criticized by some, most agree it works. Through
the various titles outlining CETA's functions, efforts
are made to provide training and jobs to those who
are unemployed, underemployed and in financial
need. Funds through public service employment are
also aime'd at stimulating the economy with temporary jobs offered by public and non-profit organizations. Youths, both in school and out, find jobs and
training programs through CETA.
In Stephens City, for instance, high school students facing problems and possible expulsion are
offered alternatives. Funded through CETA, an Alternative Education Program provides work experience
and classroom training to youths 16 to 19 in the
regular school system who suffer from handicaps.
Offered are three alternatives to dropping out—
learning basic skills for a return to the regular school
system, preparing for the GED or training in survival
and work skills for a successful job. Over the two
years of its operation, the school has worked with
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Howard L, Gebeaux is affiliated witli the Virginia Employment
Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia.

nearly 100 students. The director boasts that over 80
percent have successfully entered a job or returned
to school.
In the western part of the State under a youth
program called YCCIP, the Youth Conservation
Corps Improvement Projects, youngsters work with
the Bristol Park and Recreation Department to clean
up and landscape potential park sites. In the Northern Neck, students work in a brand new building on
the north campus of Rappahannock Community
College (RCC) learning residential wiring, carpentry
or air conditioning-heating repair.

Many of the students, economically disadvantaged
and lacking skills when they enter, study at the
CETA-funded program thanks to support from CETA
in the form of allowances paid for the hours spent in
training. Teachers at the school praise the effort,
citing past students now working in private industry
and earning a living on their own. Training in these
and other skills are offered throughout Virginia
classroom training projects such as the one at RCC or
other community colleges, through skill centers in
Crewe, Abingdon and Wise, or through referral individually to existing training programs anywhere in
the State. Through this training, Virginians who
might otherwise find job-seeking a nearly impossible
task are able to receive a pay check every month.
In Russell County, for instance, the recreation department has been able to plan and build a five-park
system for residents with the help of CETA. PSE employees help build and maintain ball parks, tennis
courts and swimming pools that provide needed recreation. The CETA coordinator in that County points
to CETA as the main reason the parks exist, noting
the County would "absolutely not have the system"
without that help.
Across the State in Accomack County, CETAfunded PSE's help build a drainage system to curb
damaging flooding to this tidal County. Throughout
the State, CETA-funded employees help out financially-strapped municipalities in jobs such as policemen, firemen, bus drivers or administrators.

�High school students every summer find work assistance through the CETA Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged youth (SPEDY). This summer, nearly 6,400 youths earned money through
CETA-found jobs. Youths between 14 and 21 found
part-time jobs and received counseling and financial
assistance.
in some way or another, CETA touches most Virginians, if not through employment and training,
then in other ways. For instance, planning for CETA
programs involves Area Manpower Planning Councils. These are composed of citizens throughout the
State who seek out the manpower needs in local
areas and determine where help for that need can be
found. To most, CETA means a lot of numbers.
Large-sounding money totals are matched with
every-growing participant totals, but to each Virgin-

ian, CETA can be very personal.
Take Clarence Thompson in South Hill. Fresh out
of the military, he was without a skill and unemployed. At B &amp; j Citgo, the owner needed help but
could not afford to hire a full-time mechanic so
CETA got the two together.
Under the OJT program, a portion of Thompson's
training costs were paid by CETA while he learned
the skills to be a mechanic. This allowed the station
owner to take him as an employee. After completion
of the training, the owner not only kept Thompson
on under full salary, but promoted him to shop foreman.
There are lots of Clarence Thompsons working in
Virginia. CETA is working in Virginia, just look
around.

Ideas
COON
RAPIDS,
MINNESOTA
(30,500), has developed a "Policies
M a n u a l " in three parts. The first part
deals with existing policy, the second
shows previous city policies on the
same subject and the third is an appendix with copies of council resolutions, motions, contracts and leases
which established the policies. The
manual was designed to be helpful to
new staff, citizens and future council
members. (Contact: Office of the City
Manager, 1313 Coon Rapids Boulevard, C o o n Rapids, Minnesota 55433.)
WEST MILFORD
TOWNSHIP,
NEW
JERSEY (20,000), coordinates its annual
order of paper supplies with the
township board of education. The
township averages a savings of 30 percent over the cost of individual purchasing. (Contact: Township M a n ager, 1480 Union Valley Road, West
Milford, New Jersey 07480.)
Mr. KISCO, NEW YORK (9,500), has
developed a standard permit and license form applicable to nearly all departments. This standardization has
eliminated 16 varied license and permit forms, thus cutting printing costs
and eliminating some clerical positions. (Contact: Village Manager, 104
Main Street, M t . Kisco, New York
10549.)
NASHVILLE-DAVIDSON
COUNTY,
TENNESSEE (500,000), has tested effectiveness measures for several service
areas including police, fire, transportation, refuse collection, street cleanliness, wastewater treatment, water

supply, libraries and parks and recreation. (Contact: Assistant Director of
Finance, 1018 Stahlman Building,
Nashville, Tennessee 37301.)
KISSIMMEE,
FLORIDA (7,119), A number of jurisdictions have set up service
and information centers as clearinghouses for complaints and service
requests. The centers handle routine
questions directly and channel larger
problems to the appropriate department. The center also follows up on
requests and complaints to ensure satisfactory service. (Contact: City M a n ager, P.O. Box 340, Kissimmee, Florida
32741.)
FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN
(36,500),
has held citizen meetings in inner-city
school cafeterias to solicit the participation of low-income residents. The
meetings helped to determine community needs, explore alternatives
and recommend priorities for investing federal community developmerit
block grant funds. The recommendations were narrowed to 13 priorities,
sent to the community development
committee for review and forwarded
to the city council. This procedure
gave all citizens the opportunity to
contribute ideas to the program planning process. (Contact: City Manager,
P.O. Box 150, Fond du lac, Wisconsin
54935.)
SALEM,
OREGON
(77,700), has assigned community service officers to
neighborhood planning groups to develop solutions for particular city

problems. (Contact: City Manager,
City Hall, Salem, Oregon 97301.)
HAMILTON,
OHIO (67,900), has assigned three police officers to work
full-time in three city high schools
with teacher aides. (Contact: Assistant
to the City Manager, City Hall, Hamilton, O h i o 45011.)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (393,500), is using larger trucks to reduce the number of trips to the landfill station. Because of the increased capacity of
these trucks, routes have been lengthened and the total number of routes
reduced. (Contact: Assistant Public
Works Director, 1000 Throckmorton,
Fort W o r t h , Texas 76102.)
SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
(65,000),
has held 2-day training seminars for
executive and middle managers. Discussion topics at these seminars have
included general management responsibilities, communications and
work scheduling. (Contact: Personnel
Director, P.O. Box 1678, Santa Rosa,
California 95403.)
EL DORADO,
KANSAS (12,308), has
consolidated its police and fire operations. Police respond to fires on their
beat with specially equipped vehicles;
firemen surpervise the jail, do booking, and conduct security inspections
for residents. (Contact: Director, Public Safety Department, 220 East 1st
Street, El Dorado, Kansas 67042.)

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�GOVERNOR NAMES
COUNCIL
The Honorable John N. Dalton,
Governor, Commonwealth of
Virginia appointed the following local officials to serve for a
term of four years as a member
of the Local Government Advisory Council: Hon. Carl A.
Stark, Mayor, Wytheville; Hon.
Noel C. Taylor, Mayor, Roanoke; Mrs. Dorothy T. Grotos,
Member, Arlington County
Board; Hon. J. Willard Lineweaver, Mayor, Warrenton;
Hon. Laurence A. Brunton,
Mayor, Charlottesville; Francis
T. West, Councilman, Martinsville and an Executive Committeeman, Virginia Municipal
League; Hon. E. Norborne
Doyle, Mayor, Lawrenceville;
Hon. J. David Crute, Mayor,
Farmville; Hon. William T. Robinson, Mayor, West Point; Hon.
Patrick L. Standing, Mayor, Virginia Beach; George E. Hunnicutt. Councilman, Norton; E.
Merlin O'Neill, Member, Board
of Supervisors, Chesterfield
County; E. W. Burrow, Member, Prince George County
Board of Supervisors; and Jerome W. Hogge, Councilman,
Newport News. Six other
county officials were also appointed. Richard L. DeCair, Executive Director, Virginia Municipal League, and George R.
Long, Executive Director, Virginia Association of Counties,
also serve on the Advisory
Council. Governor Dalton is
the Chairman of the Council
and Lt. Governor Charles S.
Robb serves as Vice Chairman.

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MUNICIPAL CLERKS INSTITUTE
The 1978 Municipal Clerks Institute will be held Sunday, December 3-Friday, December 8 at the
Holiday Inn-Scope. Sponsored by
the Institute of Management
School of Continuing Studies, Old
Dominion University and Municipal Clerks of Virginia, the program is designed to increase the
effectiveness of municipal clerks
by further developing their administrative leadership skills in
areas important to the daily operations of a clerk's office. Areas of

Announcing

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Volume 1: Civil Litigation
by
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Extensive changes in Virginia statutory and judicial law over
the past 25 years have indicated the need for a new Virginia formbook. The book announced here, undertaken
originally as a revision of Gregory's Forms, 1952 edition,
is the result. It retains the basic structure and format of
the Gregory book, but provides forms whose style and
content are more suitable for current practice.
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HIGHWAY—C/iem/ca/ Spreaders, Slurry Pavers
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FMC/BEAN — Sewer Cleaner
LAYTON MFG. CO. — Asphalt Pavers
MEYERS-SHERMAN — "Vactor Jet Rodder"
RICHMOND MFG. CO. — Horizontal Boring
Machines

instruction will include general
administrative skills, social and inner-personal skills, local government, fiscal and budgetary policy,
decision making and records
management.
The purpose of the Virginia
Municipal Clerks Institute is to assist municipal clerks in developing
and maintaining the high level of
administrative expertise needed
for the successful operation of the
increasing complex government.
The Old Dominion University
training program has been approved by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks and indi-

ELGIN-LEACH — Sweepers, Refuse Bodies
ATHEY MANUFACTURING CO.-Maintainer Grader
ROYER FOUNDRY — Shredders
GIANT-VAC - Leaf Collectors
DAVEY — Air Compressors
MASSEY-FERGUSON - Backhoe Loaders

vidual certificates can be awarded
for the three phases of successful
completion of the program.
The registration fee for the 1978
Institute is $250 and includes educational materials, coffee breaks,
lunches and one evening banquet. A reservation is not included and should be made directly with the Holiday-Inn Scope,
700 Monticello Avenue, Norfolk,
Virginia, (804) 627-5555. Preregistration material is required
and should be obtained from the
Institute of Management, School
of Continuing Studies, Old Dominion University, Norfolk 23508.

�Each year heart attack
accounts for over 350,000 deaths
which occur before the victim
reaches the hospital. It doesn't
have to be that way.
What is done for a victim within
the first few minutes after a heart
attack may determine survival or
death. Cardiopulmonary
resuscitation ( C P R ) could make
the difference. And you can
learn it.
Some day, with CPR, you could
save a life. Some day, your own
life could depend on it.
CPR is a basic life-saving
technique, performed after a
person has suffered "cardiac
arrest" — that is, after the heart
has stopped beating. It provides
emergency life support until more
advanced support is available,
through a combination of chest
compression and mouth-to-mouth
breathing.
Trained instructors, certified by
the American Heart Association,
can teach you CPR. It takes
several hours. It could mean a
lifetime.
Contact your local Heart
Association for more information
on this program.

The American
Heart Association Cl?

WE'RE FIGHTING
FOR YOUR LIFE

�Places
office building. The proposal shows
space on the ground floor for shops
and office space for the three upper
floors. T h e proposal meets the need
for professional and business office
space in the downtown area and is
consistent with the City's downtown
development plans.

HAMPTON—The
C i t y has b e e n
a w a r d e d a C e r t i f i c a t e of C o n formance in Financial Reporting by
the Municipal Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its annual financial report of
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977.
The Certificate of Conformance is the
highest honor of recognition in governmental accounting and financial
reporting and represents a significant
accomplishment by a governmental
unit and its management. A c c o m panying this award is an award of financial reporting achievement presented to Darius C o o k , director of
finance, w h o has been designated the
individual most responsible for the
City of Hampton receiving the Certificate of Conformance.

SALTVILLE—The
Town Council decided in a special meeting to lease a
portion of land within the corporate
limits of the Town to a local firm to
store liquid propane gas. The Town
will receive a flat sum for the years the
land is leased plus 10 percent of revenues on salt mined.

A Public Service of This Magazine S The Advertising Council

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Red Cross needs individual volunteers, and donors of blood and
money, by the millions.
But we need even more help. We
need the solid support of American
Business. And we never needed it
more.
If your business is already helping,
by organizing blood drives, and by
supporting payroll deductions—
either directly for the Red Cross, or
through the local combined fund
drive—the whole community owes
you thanks. And we thank you, too.
Last year, with help from our friends,
we offered major aid at over 30,000

disasters—from typhoons, to local
(but just as devastating) house fires.
We were able to help the elderly
with practical programs, we helped
veterans by the hundreds of
thousands, we taught people by the
millions to swim or swim better. And
that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Think of America without The
American Red Cross.
And you'll know why we need your
business as a Red Cross Volunteer. In
your community. And all across
America. Contact your local Red
Cross Chapter to see how your company can become a volunteer

Red Cross is counting on you.
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STEPHENS CITY—Town Council voted
to authorize construction money of
$68,000 to begin a new town hall. Currently, the Town offices are located in
the former Stephens City Elementary
School.

ALEXANDRIA—The
Flora Krause C a sey Health Center was recently dedicated. A native Alexandrian, Flora K.
Casey became involved in medical
care for low income residents and

HARRISONBURG—Oty
Council has
received plans to build a four-story

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eventually opened the Alexandria
Community Health Center where she
served as director for many years until
she retired in 1971. Some of the funds
for the center were provided by the
City of Alexandria.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS DAY
Local Government Officials
Day will be held Friday, January 19,1979 at The John Marshall Hotel, Richmond. The
program, sponsored by the
Virginia Municipal League,
follows
the
Governor's
Prayer Breakfast. Local Government Officials Day affords
local leaders an opportunity
to meet with members of the
General Assembly to discuss
items of local anci State interest. Speakers and topics will
be announced at a later date.
Mark your calendar now for
Local Government Officials
Day.

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from p. 11)

priate zones as they " m a y deem best
suited to carry out the purposes" of
the zoning statutes; the courts should
not substitute their judgment for that
of the governing body.

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                    <text>VOLUME 15

OCTOBER 1980

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Editorial
FROM WITHOUT TO WITHIN
Pogo or Arnold Toynbee? Take your choice. Pogo says that we
have seen the enemy and he is us. Toynbee contends that the most
disreputable of all intellectual pursuits is predicting the future.
So what do you say: Are you the enemy (i.e., are you part of the
solution or part of the problem), are you afraid of the future, or are
you simply confused about what's going on in the cities and towns
that you attempt to manage?
Three recent publications have appeared that offer perspectives
and some insight into what's going on now in our cities and towns,
why things are as they are, and what's going to happen next yearand the next. Hopefully, we are smart enough to know to seek assistance and will turn to some of these books for guidance.
Most accessible, global, and enjoyable of the three is Alvin Toffler's
The Third Wave (William Morrow and Company, New York, 1980,
544 p., $14.95). As the keynote speaker at the Phoenix International
City Management Association (ICMA) Conference, Toffler outlined the
major premises that constitute his book. But whereas his delivery was
painfully dry and boring, his work is spritely, interesting, irritating,
and challenging.
For Toffler, the future begins now. The "Third Wave" is upon us.
Two great waves of social transformation have been experienced,
he states: the first, the Agricultural Revolution (8000 B.C. to around
1700 A.D.); the second, the Industrial Revolution.
Today, we are well into his third wave-the Technological Revolution. He describes our times as one of struggle between second wave
and third wave elites. Whereas the former have depended on nonrenewable energy sources, specializations, adherence to machine
rhythms, the nation state and representative government, the latter
will have floating cities utilizing oil "grown" in the sea, flextime
working arrangements, international (actually interregional) association, and participatory government.
Like a kid in a toy store, Toffler is agog at the "new" possibilities.
In one passage, he describes the wonder of his new "word processor"
and looks forward to the end of secretaries. Elsewhere, he describes
an "electronic cottage" where people stay home to work on computer
consoles and spiffy new information systems.
On every page there are provocative thoughts. No one, hopefully,
will agree with all of them. But, their implications for local government are obvious: flexible working hours are a reality; party politics
have become obsolete.
Upon completion, one has a truly global view of the forces that
created our society in the past. One also is given an appreciation of
the new forces confronting each of us-and receives some insight as
to how to deal with them.
Toffler is an optimist. Richard J . Barnet is not. In his The Lean
Years: Politics in the Age of Scarcity (Simon and Schuster, New York,
1980, 349 p., $12.95), Barnet looks at the world's resources-how
much there is of them, where they are, and who controls them.
His work is a study of the international struggle for energy, oil,
food, minerals, and water. All are scarce. All are at the center of
what's going on in the world today.
Barnet's basic assumption is straightforward: the world is composed of finite resources that are being relentlessly plundered by a
multinational elite. His insights into this situation cause shudders.
In a work of true scholarship, brilliantly written, Barnet unravels
the scarcity puzzle. He outlines the history of the oil companies since
the 1973-74 energy crisis, explores the politics of our petroleum economy, recounts the federal government's responses to the oil shortage and evaluates the energy alternatives to OPEC oil,

Barnet then reports on the speculation in the world's minerals and
the resulting inflation. He describes how this country's political alliances have often been based on "who's got what minerals."
In frightening candid terms. The Lean Years reveals the way the
Five Families of Grain contribute to high food prices, as well as the
maldistribution of food. One is shown how international and state-tostate water battles are raging, how labor has become an internationally-traded commodity, and why the world unemployment crisis is the
time bomb of the eighties.
Such resource struggles will (and have) reduce the quality of our
lives. But-Barnet tells us what we can expect until reorganization,
conservation, and technology can provide us with substitutes for the
limited and disputed resources we Americans so long took for
granted.
While one, particularly a number of local managers, can readily
understand the section on the politics of water, other issues demand
greater analysis for local implications. But the result-understanding-is worth the effort.
Of the three books being considered, Robert W. Poole, Jr.'s Cutting
Back City Hall (Universe Books, New York, 1980, 224 p., no price
listed) has the most obvious direct implications for local government
officials. But, it is also the shallowest and least thought-provoking of
the two.
In essence, the author is asking the question why? He suggests that
managers (since the public is already) examine each and every municipal program and ask-why-why do we do it? Why is it a municipal
responsibiliiy? Why should tax dollars be spent on it?
With this perspective serving as his microscope, he scrutinizes
police, courts, fire protection, ambulance service, garbage collection,
leisure and recreational services, transit systems, social services and
health care, planning and zoning, city management, public works,
and schools. No sacred cows are spared.
His conclusions, complete with numerous program examples, are
that a manager can save a city money by prioritizing (service delivery
by more efficient private providers) services, establishing user
chargers (having only the users of a particular service pay for it)
and/or thinking smarter (applying analytical and business methods
to the production of public services).
Nothing too original is contained here, though some of the
examples given are quite effective and interesting.
Be one Pogo or Toynbee, one must agree with Bob Dylan: the times
they are a changing. And managers must take heed.
The authors reviewed convincingly argue that it matters very much
to local government managers what OPEC does. That it matters very
much what the condition of the dollar is on Tokyo money markets.
And that managers must look far beyond the boundaries of their
towns and cities in order to understand what is happening within
their towns and cities.

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Edwins. Clay, III
Assistant to the City Manager
for Public Information and Human Resources
City of Virginia Beach

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Charlotte Kingery
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O C T O B E R 1980

Associate Editor
Editorial Assistant
Advertising and Business Manager

N U M B E R 10

B r a g d o n R. B o w l i n g , J r .
Margaret A. Nichols
Sandra J Harmon

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W h a t Is Cash Management?
" T h e a u t h o r e x p l a i n s h o w l o c a l i t i e s c a n p l a n to insure
m a x i m u m cash availability and yield on investments."

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A c t u a l Dollars Saved in Appomattox
" T o w n M a n a g e r B i l l B r i t t o n tells h o w A p p o m a t t o x has
saved since 1978."

10

Fire Chiefs Hold 50th

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T h e s t a f f of V I R G I N I A T O W N C I T Y e x p r e s s e s a p p r e c i a t i o n
t o T y l e r A k e r s , s u m m e r intern w i t h t h e V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
L e a g u e , f o r his a s s i s t a n c e in p u b l i s h i n g t h e 7 5 t h A n n i v e r s a r y
C o n f e r e n c e ( S e p t e m b e r ) issue of this p u b l i c a t i o n . T y l e r is a
s t u d e n t at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a .

Sources of Revenue for Localities
" D e r i v i n g m o s t of their a u t h o r i t y f r o m t h e S t a t e ,
l o c a l i t i e s h a v e a n u m b e r of t a x e s a v a i l a b l e to t h e m . "

16

Police Chiefs G i v e Awards

18

Getting Less Now and Enjoying It More Later
" M u n i c i p a l i t i e s are offering employees deferred compensation plans."

19

Virginia to V o t e on 4 Questions

20

Transferable D e v e l o p m e n t Rights and Historic
Preservation

Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the editorial policy and opinions of
V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League

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and government c o m p e n s a t i o n . "

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�What Is Cash Management?
By James Lewis

Cash management is the management of local
funds to insure maximum cash availability and
maximum yield on the short-term investment of idle
cash.
Why is there a need for cash management?
Local governments are confronted with increasingly complex processes and pressures in the
management of municipal finances. Demands for
expanded services and increased personnel costs are
exceeding available revenues and any revenues
generated from the investment of idle cash funds can
help defray some municipal government operating
costs. Cash management is one technique to increase
available local revenues.
Can cash management work for medium-sized and
small cities and towns?
There is a perception that cash management is only
for larger municipal governments, due in part because
much of the literature available on the subject is
highly technical and oriented toward a large
organization. Cash management can be kept very
simple in the small community and, keeping idle
funds working even at a low interest will provide good
returns. The effective management of funds is well
within the capabilities of virtually all municipal
governments.
Who should operate a cash management program in
your locality?
Many large cities have a full-time manager of cash
and short-term securities, trained and experienced in
finance. Smaller communities, however, usually
employ one person to take care of all financial
management activities and should be the person with
cash management responsibility. He becomes the city
or town 'cash manager'.
Where does the cash manager begin?
The first step is to organize the scheduling of cash
flow for a reasonable period into the future so the
amount of funds available for investment and the
period for which they can be invested will be known
to the fullest extent possible.
What is "cash scheduling"?
This process relies on reviewing past financial
transactions and estimating the repetitious occurence
of these transactions. A review of four years should be
sufficient to determine patterns of incoming revenues
and outgoing expenditures. This cash flow analysis is
critical and should be done very carefully.
Once the review has been completed, future
estimates of cash flow for at least six months may be
completed. The advantage of the cash flow schedule
is that the cash flow of the municipality is estimated
in such a way as to provide a basis for maximizing
investment potential. By reviewing the amount of
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mr. Lewis is an Intern with the New England Municipal Center in
Durham, New Hampshire. The Center is a regional municipal
government resource and program center sponsored by six state
municipal leagues.

excess cash available at the end of each week, investments can be undertaken to generate the highest
yield possible.
Where does the cash manager begin the process of
"cash scheduling"?
The cash manager should critically review each
checking account maintained by the municipality.
The number of checking accounts should be held to a
miminum. For example, the opportunity to invest idle
cash would be more obvious and the mechanics
would be less complicated if four bank accounts were
combined into one. In addition, the cash manager
may be able to invest larger amounts temporarily at
higher interest rates than would be possible for
smaller amounts. A standard procedure should be
established for same-day deposit of all municipal
receipts. Undeposited receipts cannot be invested at
day's end.
Which financial institutions are important in effective
cash management?
The answer is those institutions which on a day-today basis are active in money markets. The more
commonly known financial institutions include banks,
savings and loan associations, investment brokerage
firms and mutual savings banks.
Banks are important in cash management to a
municipal government. First, they provide access to
primary and secondary money markets. Second, they
provide essential services which, if not provided by a
bank, would be provided by the jurisdiction itself.
These benefits are not free. Banks make money by
earning interest on money they loan. The amount a
bank is able to loan depends directly on the amount
of deposits it has on hand. Because local governments
are often large depositors, banks normally will
complete
their accounts.
For the efficient
achievement of cash management goals, the
following conditions should exist:
(1) The municipality must know the services which
are available to it from the bank;
(2) The municipality must know its costs and the
bank's cost of providing each individual service;
(3) There should be periodic competition among
banks for the depository accounts of the
municipality;
(4) On-going banking relationships must be continually evaluated;and
(5) There should be open competition among
financial institutions on a day-to-day basis in
order to get the best values when making investment decisions.
What is an investment strategy?
It is a plan that governs the actions taken in a cash
management program on a day-to-day basis to
achieve the cash management goal of maximum yield
on cash available for investment. The strategy
provides guidelines for daily or weekly investment
decisions and should include the following:
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�Terms
Money market identifies the place
where municipal governments invest
idle cash. Primary money markets
involved the first sale (or purchase) of
an investment instrument, where the
investor buys directly from the issuer.
Secondary markets occur when investment instruments are purchased
and sold among investors without
affecting the obligation of the issuer.
Primary markets allow investors to bid
directly for the purchase of a security
with the issuer, and tend to allow more
favorable prices. Secondary markets
allow an investor to purchase a
security on other than the date of
issuance or to sell a security prior to its
maturity date, which is how a security
achieves liquidity.
Maturity is the date on which the
issuer will redeem the principal at par
(face) value. This determines the length
the security will be held, be it 30 days,
90 days, one year, five years, etc.
Ideally the cash manager will buy a
mix of securities with maturity dates
spaced out evenly.
Marketability is a key issue related to
maturity because it dictates the terms
and conditions of a sale prior to the
maturity date. The stronger the
demand and the maximum activity in
secondary
markets, the more
marketable or "liquid" it is.
Risk involves the possiblity of losing
some or all of the initial invested
principal. Risk is usually limited by
legislation by restricting investments
to only the safest securities. Most
securities in which local governments
are allowed to invest are backed by
the US. Government or banks issuing
the securities.
Call provisions allow the issuer to
repay a security's obligation prior to its
maturity date. This is disadvantageous
to the investor because it makes the
possible sale date unpredictable. Call
provisions are more common in
corporate securities and are often not
a major concern of the local government investor.
Taxability implies that the interest
earned is non-taxable by the federal
government (such as municipal bonds).
For that reason, the pre-tax yield on
such securities is lower than on most
investment instruments with taxable
earnings.
Repurchase agreements, commonly
called "repos", are the most flexible
investment instrument available
because they allow a jurisdiction to
negotiate the yield and maturity.
Generally they are in effect from one
to seven days. It is an agreement with a
commercial bank wherein a municipal
government with money to invest

purchases a security from the bank in
return for the bank's agreement to
"repurchase" the security on a
specified date for a specific amount.
No risk is involved because the
principal is guaranteed and the return
is fixed. The minimun denomination is
usually $100,000.
U.S. Treasury Bills, "T-Bills", are sold
by the U.S. Treasury in denominations
of $10,000, $100,000, $500,000 and
$1,000,000 for maturity periods of 91,
82, 270 and 360 days. They are
I essentially risk-free and have an active
secondary market which makes them
quite
liquid.
These
Treasury
obligations bear no interest, but the
yield results from purchase at a
discount from the redeemable value.
U. S. Treasury notes and bonds are
obligations that are interest bearing
and range in maturity from one to ten
years for the notes and 10-30 years for
the bonds. Denominations can range
from $1,000 to $1,000,000, with the
lower maturity issues having high
liquidity. Both have an active
secondary market, though primary
market availability is sometimes a
problem.
Federal agency securities vary widely
depending on the issuing agency and
although they are not technically legal
obligations of the U.S. government,
there is little risk involved because the
government closely supervises the
issuing agency. Maturities range from
several months to several years, and
the key advantage to smaller
jurisdictions is the low minimum
denomination requirements. The
secondary market is active and
liquidity is excellent.
Negotiable certificates of deposit offer
the advantage of high interest bank
deposits for a generally short term of
investment. Both maturity and interest
rate are negotiable Maturities start at
30 days, but denominations are high,
starting at $100,000. The primary
market exists constantly, while a good
secondary market provides generally
high liquidity.
Certificates of deposit are long term
investment instruments, generally
ranging in maturity from thirty days to
seven years. They are available from
banks and savings
and
loan
associations at any time, and maturity
and interest rates are negotiable. The
minimum denomination is $1,000 with
the risk being low. Emergency
liquidation may include penalties.
Time deposits occupy the middle
ground,
between
"CDs"
and
"Negotiable CDS." The maturities are
generally short, running from 30 days
to a year. Neither interest rates nor
maturities are negotiable. Liquidity is

limited by the yield penalties for early
withdrawal and lack of a secondary
market.
Commercial paper represents
promissory notes of finance corporations or industrial firms. It involves greater risk than the other
instruments mentioned above and
many states have legal restrictions
against its use. Maturities range from
5-270 days, with daily availability in
primary markets. Liquidity is low
because no secondary markets exists.
Denominations start at $100,000 and
extend to $5,000,000.
Long term debt allows the local
government to stretch cash payments
for a large capital improvements
project over a longer period of time. It
is unlike almost any other obligation
of a local government in that it
commits the jurisdication to a
financial obligation for a number of
years. Most cash management
problems are associated with longterm debt. The municipal government
must plan well in advance to insure
that payments can be met and that the
size of the transaction is well within
the capacity of the municipality to
pay.
Short-Term Debt provides necessary
cash to sustain a local government
through a period in which revenues
and reserves are not sufficient to meet
cash availability objectives. Short-term
borrowing is usually severely restricted
by state and city charters primarily to
insure the solvency of local governments. Nevertheless, it is a legitimate
tool of local government cash
management. When expenditures must
be met to maintain government
operations and it is clear the debt will
be issued for a specific period of time
(less than one year), and when the
revenue to repay the debt is assured,
then the use of short-term debt is
warranted. It should be noted that
frequent issues of large amounts of
Tax Anticipation Notes and Revenue
Anticipation Notes could have an
adverse effect on the credit rating of
the municipal government.

�(1) A cash budgeting capability and the knowledge
of investment securities by the cash manager;
(2] A written strategy prepared by the cash
manager; and
(3) A revision of the strategy on a quarterly basis.
Which criteria should be considered in developing an
investment strategy?
1. The amount of money available to invest. The cash
budget combined with information on current investments determines the forecast of the amount of
cash available to be invested.
2. Money market conditions. An analysis of historical
and present money market conditions helps forecast
the expected increase or decrease in the yield rates of
various types of securities;
3. Mix of securities. The cash control and reporting
system should provide information about the current
mix of investments (which investments have been
made and for what periods of time) representing the
investment portfolio at the beginning of the period
covered by the strategy.
The effectiveness of the investment strategy is best
measured by the ability to achieve the yield, dollar
return and efficiency objectives set out at the
beginning of the year. Actual results should indicate
how well the strategy worked. Establishing the
strategy is a dynamic activity. It should not be
followed only because it was set out and written
down. On the other hand, the worst situation would
be one in which a cash manager totally disregards the
cash management strategy in favor of a day-to-day
approach.
What are collection, deposit and disbursement
procedures?
Collection Procedures. Localities should request
payment at time of delivery of services in the same
manner as private business. Regular billing should be
followed by dunning notices and late payment
penalties to encourage prompt payment.
Property tax due dates, methods of notification and
penalties are usually defined by state law, and a
change in any of these procedures would be difficult
for any jurisdiction to implement.
The collection of funds from other sources, e.g.,
outside funding agencies, are usually received on a
schedule dictated by the outside source. Depending
on the program, there can be wide latitude exercised
by the fiscal officer of the funding agency as to when
the payments are made. A good relationship with this
individual, and an understanding of the rules under
which they operate, can result in the prompt
scheduling of payments.
Deposit Procedures. Many internal procedural
changes can accomplish more rapid deposits. Increased staff help during periods of heavy property
tax collection time can speed the processing of the
mail and the placement of receipts in the bank. Many
banks will accept direct mail transmission of property
tax payments from property owners. Arrangements
can also be made to receive other revenues in this
manner. Under this arrangement, the bank deposits all

receipts for each day and forwards the paperwork to
the local government for processing. This removes a
step in the deposit process and payments become
available for use or investment almost immediately
upon receipt.
Some banks have the facilities for receiving notice
of fund transfers electronically and arrangements can
be made with outside funding sources to make such
transfers and eliminate the time lost in mailing. This
opens the possiblity to earn an extra one or two days
interest.
Disbursement Procedures. Disbursement should be
timed to remove cash from the treasury only at the
last possible moment. Control of routine
disbusements is essential. This should be tempered by
the need to conduct business in a fair and equitable
fashion. Dissatisfied vendors will only complicate
matters. A solution to the control problem is to
schedule only two payrolls and two vendor paydays
per month. Vendors will become accustomed to the
routine and not complain.
Another system of "aging payables" can improve
disbursement control. As invoices are received they
should be analyzed and a payment date fixed. They
can be filed by payment date and disbursements
made on those dates. Factors can be filed by payment
date and disbursements made on those dates. Factors
which may effect the payment date are discounts
available, standard policies for handling different
types of invoices, past history of the vendor and the
method of payment. Discounts for early payment may
result in savings.
Good vendor relations are important. Often a
locality faces a short-term cash shortage. Rather than
borrow, the municipal government might make cash
available by delaying disbursements for short periods
of time. In such instances, good communications and
a history of good relationships with vendors can help
a municipality through this period.
What should a cash manager be aware of when
considering investment opportunities?
A knowledge of the available alternative investments and their characteristics is fundamental to
developing a viable investment strategy. Common
government investments are bank certificates of
deposit, repurchase agreements, time deposits, U.S.
Treasury obligations and U.S. agency securities. A list
of definitions is included with this article. Every cash
manager should become acquainted with the terms.

�People
Appointments
J. Hamilton Lambert was appointed
County Executive by the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors. At the
time of his appointment, Mr. Lambert
was acting County Executive. He has
spent more that 20 years on the county
staff and has worked in or been closely
associated with practically
every
department
of
Fairfax
County
government. In 1979 the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments
presented him with its Metropolitan
Achievement Award. A graduate of a
local planning administration courses
at the International City Management
Association's Municipal City Managers
Institute in Chicago, Mr. Lambert also
attended
the
leadership
and
management program conducted by
the University of Virginia.
Suzanne B. Schell was appointed
Director of Historic Resources for the
City of Alexandria. Ms. Schell was
formerly
a senior program administrator at the National Endowment for the Humanities and also
has been the administrator of Sully
Plantation for Fairfax County Park
Authority.
The Town of Urbanna appointed
Gilbert E. Woodard, Jr. to serve as
Town Attorney. A graduate of Wake
Forest University and the International
School of Law in Washington, D.C., Mr.
Woodard has a general practice of law
specializing in real estate and business
organizations.
Beverly Anne Brewer was appointed
Surry County Administrator. She is the
first black woman to hold such a
position. Ms. Brewer is a graduate of
Saint Paul's College and was the
Director of the Personnel Department
and the grants program for Brunswick
County. While in Brunswick County,
she set up a federal Comprehensive
Employment
and
Training
Act
(CETA) Program considered to be a
model by state and federal officials.
Her appointment was effective October 1.

Honors
Roanoke City Director of Finance,
Joel M. Schlanger, was elected to a
four year term on the National Council
of Governmental Accounting (NCGA).

The Marion Town Council held
special ceremonies to
recognize
Walter Boone, former Police Chief and
a retiring member of Council. Mr.
Boone served a total of 38 years with
the Town.
Charles Hester, Henry Harman and
Harold Wall recently received ICMA's
Certificate
in
Management
Achievement for completing five inservice correspondence courses offered by the Training Institute. All
three are employees of the City of
Richmond.
Bern Ewert, City Manager
of
Roanoke, won the Management Innovation Award for Economic and
Community Development from the
International
City
Management
Association ( I C M A ) . Mr.
Ewert,
manager of Roanoke since December,
1977, developed and implemented a
comprehensive
revitalization
plan
known as Roanoke Design '79, which
maximized citizen participation and
encouraged
public and
private
cooperation. The award, which praises
managers and their cities for innovative programs developed and
implemented in response to the needs
of the communities, is one of six given
annually by the Association.

VML STAFFER APPOINTED
J. Craig McCormick was named
Director of Public Safety of Manassas
Park, Virginia. He was the In-service
Training Coordinator for the training
program conducted by the Virginia
Municipal League and the Virginia
Association of Chiefs of Police.
Mr. McCormick holds an Associate
degree in Police Science
from
Tidewater Community College in
Virginia Beach and a Bachelors degree
in Criminology from St. Leo College in
Florida.
He was a detective with the City of
Virginia Beach from 1969 to 1976 and
the Executive Director of the Private
Security-Polygraph Boards from 1976
until he accepted the position with the
League. In 1970, he was named "Police
Officer of the Year" by the Virginia
Beach Jaycees and was given the same
honor by the Virginia State Jaycees for
1970-71.
Mr. McCormick's
responsibilities
with the City of Manassas Park were
effective July 10, 1980. He will oversee
both the police and fire departments.

Police Chiefs
Allen Barley, a former officer with
the Winchester Police Department,
was appointed Police Chief of that
Department. The Town of Warrenton
appointed John W. Zelaska as the new
Police Chief Chief Zelaska was a
former police officer for Fairfax
County.
Blackstone Town Council accepted
the resignation of Police Chief L. B.
Farley who announced his retirement
September 1. Chief Farley had served
as chief for the past 34 years. Wayne
Scott Shields, former acting Police
Chief of Petersburg, was appointed
Police Chief.

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Falls Church mourns the loss of
Samuel James Dennis, a long time civic
leader and former councilmember who
died May 30. Mr. Dennis had served on
the Falls Church Planning Commission
and was a councilman from 1948 to
1949 and from 1961 to 1969. The
Virginia Municipal League extends
sympathy to the City of Falls Church
and to the family of Mr. Dennis.

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Trying to keep a municipal
budget to a minimum can be
difficult. Maintaining the level of
service while cutting dollars adds a
challenge but a small town of
1,400 seems to be heading in the
right direction.
The Town of Appomattox has
cut its budget in actual dollars
since 1978. There was a slight
increase in the 1980 budget but it is
still below the 1978 figures.
A historic town covering 1.2
square miles, Appomattox has a
public works department, a small
police force, maintains public
buildings and performs some street
maintenance.
Council and staff are not unlike
other localities, their biggest
challenge is providing services
with the least amount of money.
The first step in accomplishing a
lower budget was joint services
with the County of Appomattox so
services would not be duplicated.
Dispatching
law enforcement
personnel is handled by the County
through the sheriff's department at
no expense to the Town. The
County also performs building
inspections without charging the
Town. Fire protection is shared by
the Town and County; the
department is housed in one
building with expenses split
between the two localities. Trash
pick up is provided by the Town
while the County operates the
sanitary landfill. Recreation and
leisure services are also shared.
Always a large budget item,
personnel costs were a major
factor in decreasing the budget.
After realizing that the Comprehensive Employment and
Training Act (CETA) program
paperwork resulted in an overload
of office time, the contract was
dropped. To compensate for the
loss of the CETA employees,
Appomattox hired local high

About The Author
Mr. Britton is the Town Manager of Appomattox.

school students through a summer
work program administered by the
Virginia Employment Commission.
The school handles the paperwork.
The Town
has a
second
training/work program through
VEC in which employees are
trained and employed for six
months by the Town before finding
permanent jobs. Additionally,
there is no overtime for salaried
employees and their compensatory
time is limited to 120 hours. Hourly
staff do not carry overtime hours.
Department heads were asked to
work with the goal of cutting
dollars but were reminded that the
same services should be provided.
To assist in this goal, an incentive
program is being prepared. If the
budget allows, employees will
receive a bonus at the end of the
year.
Other, smaller practices have
been implemented to cut the
Town's budget. Bidding on quality
equipment in order to get a better
price has proved helpful. Recently
the public works department
purchased a large amount of pipe
at a bargain price in order to save
dollars and prevent buying higher
priced pipe in the next budget
year. When there is not a bargain, a
purchase is either not made or a
less amount is bought. Money on
office supplies has been saved by
using pens and pencils from local
banks who provide them as advertising promotion.
Several years ago Appomattox
turned all of its streets over to the
State to maintain since only five
streets did not meet the criteria set
forth by the State when taking over
maintenance. This practice has

saved the Town thousands of
dollars. In order to accommodate
the citizens in snowy weather,
Appomattox provides personnel
and gasoline to clean streets while
the State provides the equipment.
Otherwise the streets would not be
cleaned in time for citizens to go
to work since the State's priorities
on snow days are highways and
other roads.
Localities should be persistent
when applying for grants. The
competition is overwhelming but
Appomattox saved money on
capital expenditures since one
HUD grant allowed the Town to
extend its water lines and construct a 1 million gallon water
tank. Another HUD grant helped to
redevelop the downtown area. The
County of Appomattox and the
Towns of Pamplin and Appomattox received a planning
grant to prepare a comprehensive
plan for the three localities.
The Town has also stopped
going outside their workforce and
personnel to save money by asking
employees to be responsible for
more than one job. For example,
the office manager has the triple
duty of also being the accountant
and the clerk to the Council. The
manager serves as the treasurer,
building official, zoning official
and secretary to the Planning
Commission and the Zoning Board
of Appeals. Other departments,
such as the Department of Public
Works, also assist in office work if
it is necessary. The Public Works
Department has saved money by
working on small jobs with few
people but calling on the whole
staff for larger projects.
By looking to joint projects,
cutting personnel costs and using
other innovative ideas, the Town
has managed to cut its budget. The
Town Council is conservative but
aggressive and by encouraging the
staff to be innovative, money —not
services —has decreased.

APPOMATTOX BUDGET

General Fund
Water Fund
Sewer Fund
TOTAL

1978

1979

1980

$227,028
77,900
25,000
$329,928

$183,494
68,830
20,754
$272,078

$200,379
71,000
21,000
$292,379

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City, County
Dedicate Project
Alexandria and Arlington County
held dedication ceremonies for the
Four Mile Run Flood Control Project to
mark the culmination of the six-yearlong project. The project required the
cooperative efforts not only of the two
localities but also the State of Virginia,
the Northern Virginia
Planning
Commission and other groups. The
flood control project was authorized
under Section 201 of the 1965 Flood
Control Act and due to substantial
cost increases, the House Public
Works Subcommittee on Water
Resources had the Corps of Engineers
reanalyze the project for cost saving
measures. One significant aspect of
the project was the requirement by
Congress that in order to obtain
federal participation, the cooperating
communities had to develop and agree
to enforce a comprehensive water
shed management plan. This plan, one
of the first of its kind, won an award
from the Virginia Chapter of the
American Institute of Planners in 1978.
Total federal cost of the Four Mile Run
Project is approximately $51 million
with the local cost of $12 million.

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plan is in operation, records must be
maintained for each participant,
participant inquiries must be answered
and the system must be monitored to
ensure efficient plan operation at
minimum cost. Generally, most administrative costs are passed on to
participants. So the more employees
participating, the lower the cost to
each - a good reason to offer the plan
to many, rather than a few, employees.
Because there are many financial
products available for investment and
administration, municipalities should
seek competent advice. The legislation
and interpretations of that legislation
have changed too fast and too often to
leave the responsibility to those unfamiliar with the genre.
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the society sold only its unused
development, or density, rights to the
developer of a nearby office building
for $550,000. Acquisition of the
development rights allowed the office
building to exceed the ordinary limits
by two floors, adding a total of 82,000
square feet. The proceeds of the sale
were used to establish a fund to ensure

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the long-term maintenance and
preservation of the mansion.
Like all new ideas, TDR has met with
criticism. What would happen, some
have asked, should there be no
demand for development rights? If
that were the case —and it could be if
builders did not wish to exceed the
zoning restrictions already in p l a c e then the whole idea would fail as a
means of providing compensation to
owners of preserved landmarks. If the
government agrees to support the
price of development rights, or to by
all unwanted development rights, it is
in effect providing compensation even
though the idea of TDR is to remove
the government from that role. Finally,
owners who have no intention of
changing or demolishing their landmarks will be in a position to reap a
windfall by selling unused development rights. They will perceive no loss
yet they will receive compensation.
These and other criticisms notwithstanding, some notable successes
such as the Heurath Mansion indicate
that TDR is a viable tool in land use
planning. In some situations TDR can
be a solution to the difficult problem
of providing for historic preservation
at low public cost and with compensation fair to owners of landmarks.

�Fire Chiefs Hold 50th
Over 130 people attended the 50th
Anniversary Conference of the State
Fire Chiefs on July 9-12 at the
Sheraton Fredericksburg Inn. The
Association was fortunate to have four
distinguished guests. The Honorable
George W. Jones, Member, Virginia
House of Delegates, Chief Rocky
Rockenbach, President of the International Fire Chiefs Association, H.
Selwyn Smith, former Secretary of
Public Safety and Rodney T. Layman,
Secretary of Public Safety, attended
the Conference. In addition, many of
the past presidents of the Association
attended and joined in the activities.
Outgoing President Harry G.
Cladding, Jr. was presented a plaque
from the Association
and a
Distinguished Service Award from Fire
Services Training. Roanoke Fire Chief
Carl C. Holt was elected President
while York County Fire Chief Wallace
J. Robertson was elected First Vice
President and Henrico County Fire
Chief Walter R. Stickel was elected
Second Vice President. The Executive
Committee includes the following:
Christiansburg Fire Chief James W.
Epperly, Roanoke County Fire Chief
Robert N. Monroe, Chesterfield
County Assistant Fire Chief F. Wesley
Dolezal, Fairfax County Fire/Rescue
Deputy Director Alfred A. Savia and
Augusta County Fire Chief Ronnie B.
Garber. Chief Gladding will also serve
on the Executive Committee as Past
President. Harry Bailey, former Town
Manager of South Hill and Chief of the
Volunteer Fire Department, was
awarded Honorary Membership during
the Annual Business Session.
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cent local option addition to the three
cent state sales tax. Since all localities
have exercised their option, the
general sales tax is 4% statewide.
As indicated above, there is specific
statutory authority for eight different
forms of local taxation. The rates for
all of these taxes, except the real and
personal property taxes, are limited by
statute. These same taxes, with the
exception of the transient occupancy
tax, are the only taxes counties can
impose. There is additional taxing
authority available to municipalities
under the Uniform Powers Charter Act.
These include the cigarette tax which
is limited to certain cities by Section
58-757.27 of the Code of Virginia,

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restaurant and meal tax, and the
admission tax.

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Cladding. fBacfc row) Chiefs Ronnie Carber, Wally Robertson, Bob Monroe, Walter Sticl&lt;el and jim Epperly.

President Cladding presents a model of a firetruck
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(left) and outgoing President Harry T. Cladding of
Tappahannock.

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Questions frequently arise concerning local authority to impose taxes
to raise local revenues. Deriving most
of their authority from the State,
localities have a number of taxes that
are available to them.
These taxes include the real and
personal property taxes; motor vehicle
licenses; business, professional and
occupational licenses; the merchants'
capital tax; the bank franchise tax; the
utility consumer tax; and utility
licenses. Additional taxes are available
to municipalities under the Uniform
Powers Charter Act.' These include the
cigarette tax, the transient occupancy
tax, the restaurant and meal tax and
the admissions tax. The transient
occupancy tax and the admission taxes
are also available to certain counties
by legislative authority under Sections
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Virginia.
The real property tax is the most
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share of local tax revenues for most
localities; although there are some
tovk'ns which do not impose a property
tax. The statutory authority for this tax
is found in Chapter15 of Title 58 of the
Code
of Virginia
beginning with
Section 58-758.
The personal property tax is second
in importance only to the real property
tax as a source of revenue for local
governments. The statutory authority
is found in Chapter 16 of Title 58 of the
Code of Virginia. Only tangible personal property can be taxed by
localities. Taxation
of
intangible
personal property such as stocks and
bonds is reserved by the State for its
exclusive use. Tangible
personal
property falls into two categories. One
category is personal property such as
cars, trucks, mobile homes
and
recreational equipment; the other is
machinery and tools which is imposed
on industry and manufacturing. Farm
machinery and animals are exempted
from personal property taxation. The
merchants' capital tax is authorized
under the personal property tax included in Chapter 16 of Title 58 and is
imposed as a personal property tax.
However, no locality can impose both
a merchants' capital tax and a
business,
professional
and
occupational business tax. (This tax is
discussed later in this article).
'Code Sections 15.1-837 through 75.7-975
About the Author
Mr. Weeks is a Staff Associate for the Virginia
Municipal League.

The significance and incidence of
the remaining taxes vary among the
localities. The business, professional
and occupational
license tax is
authorized under Chapter 7 of the
Code of Virginia, which also authorizes
the various licensing activities. Section
58-239 through Section 58-266 deals
with the licensing authority and
Section 58-266.1 through 58-266.5
authorizes localities to impose local
license taxes. These sections were
amended during the 1978 Session of
the General Assembly placing a cap
on the rate of taxation. This is
probably the most unpopular of the
local business taxes since it is a gross
receipts
tax
which
bears
no
relationship to the profits or losses of a
business.

The u t i l i t y c o n s u m e r
tax
is
authorized under Section 58-587.1 of
the Code of Virginia at a maximum rate
of twenty percent and not in excess of
fifteen dollars per month. Various
utility license taxes can be imposed
under Chapter 12 of Title 58.

provides a mechanism for insuring that
personal property taxes are paid on
these motor vehicles and trailers. A
locality has the authority to deny a
license until an applicant can show
satisfactory evidence that the personal
property taxes have been paid.
The authority for counties to impose
taxes within a town vary depending
upon the local tax in question. Some
county taxes do not apply within the
town, if the town imposes the same
tax. These include the business,
professional and occupational licenses
tax and the bank franchise tax.
However, when a town imposes real
and personal property taxes it does not
pre-empt county real or personal
property taxes.
Other town taxes also pre-empt or
partially pre-empt county taxes but the
revenues are not as significant. When a
town imposes a motor vehicle license
tax, the town residents receive a credit
on the county tax for the amount paid
to the town. This provides a strong
incentive for a town to increase its tax
to equal that of the county's, since this
can be done without increasing the
burden on town residents. Although a
town business, professional and occupational licenses tax pre-empts the
county tax, the merchants' capital tax
is an add-on tax, even though a town
cannot impose both a BPOL tax and a
merchants' capital tax. The utility
consumer tax, when imposed by the
town, pre-empts the county tax but
only for towns providing water and
sewer services and police or fire
services or schools.

Localities have the authority to
impose license taxes on motor vehicles
under Sections 46.1-65 through 46.1-66
of the Code of Virginia. This tax applies
to motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers and cannot exceed the rates
charged by the state. This tax also

There is also a one cent sales tax
which is administered by the State and
returned to cities and counties based
on the point of origin and to the towns
within a county based on school age
population. This was designed as a one
(Continued, page 10)

Localities can tax bank and trust
companies under Chapter 10.1 of Title
58 of the Code of Virginia. This tax is
administered by the state. The tax rate
is set at one dollar per hundred with
the state retaining twenty percent. This
tax was formerly known as the bank
stock tax but was changed to a bank
franchise tax due to litigation against
localities which claim the tax was an
unconstitutional taxation of federal
securities in which most bank assets
are held.

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Chiefs Give
Meritorious Service Awards
At the 55th Annual Conference of
the Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police in Fredericksburg on August 20,
1980, three Meritorious Service Awards
were presented to individuals for
promoting better law enforcement or
performing an act of bravery in
Virginia.
Dean
Erwin
Harrison
is a
Patrolman/Police Officer with the
Arlington County Police Department.
Officer Harrison distinguished himself
last November when he risked his life
while off-duty to disarm a gunman who
had shot a used car salesman three
times. During the struggle with the
gunman Harrison was fired at three
times at point blank range. All three
shots missed. The victim has recovered
from his wounds and the assailant was
convicted of attempted murder and
sentenced to thirty-one years in prison.

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Richard R. Weeks is a Senior Police
Officer with the Fairfax County Police
Department
In April 1979 Officer
Weeks went to the assistance of a
Metrobus driver having difficulty with
a disorderly passenger. Officer Weeks
asked the passenger to leave the bus or
be placed under arrest. The passenger
indicated possession of a gun and
threatened to shoot Officer Weeks and
the other passengers. Assuming the
passenger to be armed. Officer Weeks
told the passenger to shoot him but to
let the other passengers off the bus
The passengers were unloaded safely
and the bus driver was instructed by
Officer Weeks how to call for
assistance over the police radio. At
that point, the disorderly passenger
suddenly stood up and threw an object
at Officer Weeks. He could then see
she was unarmed and proceeded to

R. E. Weeks

Skelton

arrest her.
Even though the woman was unarmed, on the basis of the information
provided by the driver and the actions
and statements of the woman herself.
Officer Weeks reacted to the situation
in an extremely courageous and professional manner. He knowingly
placed himself in potential danger in
order to insure the safety of the other
passengers on the bus.
James C. Skelton is the Administrator of Investigative Services for the
Division of Motor Vehicles.
Through his efforts the Division of
Motor Vehicles has been made a
viable source of assistance in identifying,
tracking
and locating
criminals His personal attention, in
many instances, has resulted in a
closer, more productive utilization of
the vast information available. His
influence and personal attention has
resulted
in
special
computer
programming to extract information
that would assist in major criminal
investigations.
The Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police and the Virginia Municipal
League congratulate these individuals
on the receipt of this honor.

Clintwood Council
Is Family Affair
When Council meets this month in
Clintwood, Joyce and Richard Stallard
will take their seats as new members.
The mother-son duo see no reasons
why they cannot work together since
they have worked side by side at a
family owned florist business for seven
years.
It was Richard's Idea to run for
election first until " m y mother jumped

on the bandwagon," Richard revealed.
Mrs. Stallard is looking forward to
being the first councllwoman on the
Clintwood Council after the "Petticoat
Government" of the 1950's. Her son,
assistant chief for the town's volunteer
fire department, is also anxious to get
started as a town father. The Stallards'
main reason for running was to get
involved and to encourage citizen
participation. They both agreed that it
will not be a "Stallard takeover" of the
Council but they will only make
decisions in the best interests of
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�Getting Less Now and Enjoying It More Later
Deferred Comp
By Gail P. Scott
There may be nothing certain in life
but death and taxes, as Benjamin
Franklin once remarked. But in recent
years, Americans have been looking
with great hope at the prospect of at
least delaying taxation.
For some people, deferring the time
they receive money they have earned
can help. That day in the future when
they take receipt may be the time they
plan to retire, when their incomes will
generally be smaller and the tax bite
they face lower. And reducing Uncle
Sam's (and the Commonwealth's) slice
of their pie is the objective.
Employees of the Commonwealth of
Virginia and its municipal subdivisions
have only recently been able to defer a
portion of their compensation. Virginia
enacted the Government Employees
Deferred Compensation Plan Act in
1974. However, the validity of plans
developed under that act was in
question until the passage of the
Revenue Act of 1978. That act added
Section 457 to the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 (as amended), and the
door was opened for municipalities in
Virginia to provide a savings plan.

'Should be part
of the benefit
package'
Because there has been confusion
regarding deferred compensation
plans for their employees since
enabling legislation was passed, few
Virginia municipalities have offered
such plans to their workers and elected
officials. Recently, United Virginia
Bank began working with localities to
assist them in developing deferred
compensation plans which should be
considered a part of the overall employee benefit package.
Employees participating in deferred
compensation plans should consider
their decision a permanent commitment. No withdrawals are permitted prior to retirement, disability,
death, or termination of employment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ms. Scott is public relations officer for United
Virginia Bank Her article is based on two
seminars for financial executives of Virginia
municipalities conducted by Kenneth L. Walker,
UVB pension trust officer, and Stanley E. Clarke of
Stanley E. Clarke and Associates, a Washington,
D, C, consulting firm specializing in deferred
compensation plans. The seminars were held
August 5 at UVB in Richmond and September 18
in UVB's Alexandria main office.

except in cases of extreme financial
hardship. Therefore, employees should
be counseled against use of this
benefit for short-term savings. Control
of the funds must remain with the
employer municipality, or the employee could be liable for immediate
taxation of the funds; there must be no
'constructive receipt' by the employee
of the income. (Even though the
employee has earned the money and
the employer has promised to pay him
at a future date, there is no constructive receipt as long as the employer continues to keep the funds
comingled with other municipal
deferred monies.)
A deferred compensation plan for
public employees differs from similar
tax-deferred annuity plans available to
public school teachers and employees
of some non-profit organizations in
two important ways that are a 'plus'
for municipal workers. First, as much
as one fourth of gross income, up to a
maximum of $7500 per year, may be
deferred. That $7500 can increase to
$15,000 annually under a special
catch-up provision during each of the
three years before an employee retires.
Second, elected officials may participate in deferred compensation
plans. In addition, a municipality may
choose to offer its plan to every
employee or just a select few.
Deferred compensation plans are
primarily designed for employees who
cannot participate in tax-deferred
annuity plans. Individuals, however,
who qualify for a tax-deferred plan
may benefit by participating in both
because their contribution limit is
generally higher under the deferred
compensation plan; contributions to
their deferred compensation plan must
be reduced by any contributions to a
tax-deferred annuity plan.

'Withdrawal is
almost impossible'
As mentioned earlier, employees
electing the deferred compensation
plan may not withdraw funds from the
plan before retirement, death,
disability, or termination of service
except in cases of extreme hardship. In
addition, these employees must begin
to receive benefit payments within 30
days after one of these events, and the
payment option cannot be changed
after payments have begun. There is
also no estate tax exclusion for any

death benefit paid.
For municipal workers, deferred
compensation plans work under the
salary reduction concept. Federal and
state taxes, but not Social Security
contributions, are deferred until the
time the individual actually receives
the funds. However, Social Security
and other retirement benefits continue
to be based on gross income before
deferral. When benefit payments
begin, generally at or after retirement,
the recipient will pay state and federal
taxes but only on the amount actually
received each year, and only at the
rate applicable for his income at the
time.
Since 100 percent of the contribution to the fund comes from the
employee, there is no forfeiture
provision if the employee leaves the
municipality before retirement. If a
participant in a deferred compensation plan terminates employment
other than
through
retirement, death, or disability,
payment may be made in lump sum or
in monthly payments, depending on
the option selected. Current federal
regulations do not permit the portability of this benefit.
Once a municipality has decided
that it wants to offer at least some of
its employees the benefit of a taxdeferred compensation plan, where
does it go from there?
First, a plan must be developed that
will meet the employer's requirements
as well as all applicable federal and
state laws. Next, filing materials must
be prepared and approved by
regulatory authorities, including the
Virginia Deferred Compensation
Commission. Then the municipality
must appoint a deferred compensation
committee to develop plan schedules
and procedures, to select financial
products and to resolve questions that
may arise regarding the plan.
Specifications for the investment of
plan assets must be prepared, and all
administrative procedures and forms
designed.
The employer is also responsible for
developing accounting procedures for
the plan as well as informing employees about it through printed
materials and group meetings. Individuals interested in participating
will need personal counseling as well.
Once the deferred compensation
(Continued, page 9)

�RICHARDAFARRIER
1921 -1980

RICHARD A FARRIER

Richard A. Farrier, VML Third Vice
President and Staunton Councilman,
died July 18,1980.
Mr. Farrier served three two year terms
as Staunton's Mayor from 1968 to 1974
and was in his fourth term on Council
at the time of his death.
The League will miss one of its most
able and longstanding leaders. Mr.
Farrier first served on the Executive
Committee in 1971 and was elected
Fourth Vice President in 1973. He was
defeated for reelection as Mayor on
1974 but won a seat on Council in

1976. He also was elected to the
League Executive Committee for the
second time in 1977; and was elected
Third Vice President in 1979.
Councilman
Farrier was
known
statewide for his public service. He
was a past president of the Virginia
Easter Seals Society and was a
delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business. He was also
a member of the State Council on
Criminal Justice.
Mr. Farrier was a welcome visitor to
the League office during his frequent
trips to Richmond. The VML extends
sympathy to his family and to the City
of Staunton.

Virginia to Vote on 4 Questions
By Bragdon R. Bowling, J r .
On November 4, 1980, in addition to the ballotting for the
Presidential election, the voters of the Commonwealth will
be asked to decide upon four questions which would amend
the Constitution of Virginia. In the event the amendments
pass, each would become effective on January 1 , 1981.
Several have relevance to local government.
Question 1. Chapter 636 of the 1980 Acts of Assembly.
This proposed amendment would require the General
Assembly to reconvene on the sixth Wednesday after
adjournment of each regular or special session for the
purpose of considering bills which may have been
returned by the Governor with recommendations for their
amendment and bill items of appropriation bills which
may have been returned by the Governor with his objections. No other business would be considered at
reconvened sessions and such sessions would not last
longer than ten days. The amendment further provides
that the presiding officer of each house or upon such
officer's inability or failure to act, a person designated by
a majority of the members elected to each individual
house shall, not later than three days after each bill is
enrolled, sign each bill that has been passed by both
houses and duly enrolled. The amendment would provide
a July 1 effective date for nearly all laws. The amendment
provides for a two thirds veto override at reconvened
sessions and allows a majority of the members present in
each house to follow the Governor's recommendation.
These are the basic provisions in Questions 1 . Many
political commentators have viewed this particular
amendment as being purely political, resulting from the fact
that there is a Republican executive and a Democratic
legislature. Other commentators feel that this clears up a
gray area in Virginia's law, strengthening the separation of
powers by giving the General Assembly a more powerful
role in the passage of Virginia's law.
Question 2. Chapter 655 of the 1980 Acts of the Assembly.
This amendment would provide that no city or town shall
issue any bonds or other interest-bearing obligations
which, including existing indebtedness, shall at any time
exceed 1 0 % of the assessed value of real estate in the city
or town subject to taxation, as shown by the last

About the Author
Mr. Bowling is the Staff Attorney for the Virginia Municipal League. .

proceeding assessment or taxes. This would amend
Section 10 of Article V I I of the Virginia Constitution. It
lowers from 1 8 % to 1 0 % the maximum indebtedness a
city or town may incurr. An appeal of the recent case of
Sharps v. Stafford was turned down by the Virginia
Supreme Court on procedural grounds. A related issue is
the question of refinancing bonds as it relates to
calculating the maximum allowed debt for localities.
There has been some expression that refinancing of bonds
would require a 'double counting' or original and
refinance bonds in determining the debt as it relates to
this constitutional provision. If 'double counting' is
required by a future court decision there is a possibilitythat some localities would exceed the 1 0 % debt limit and
for this reason, the League opposed this amendment.
Question 3. Chapter 120 of the 1980 Acts of Assembly
This amendment would authorize the General Assembly
to allow local governing bodies to exempt from local
taxation personal property designed for continuous
habitation owned and occupied by persons who are 65
years of age or older and who are permanently and totally
disabled. Such personnal property must be used as the
sole dwelling of the incapacitated person and such
person must be deemed by the General Assembly to be
bearing an extraordinary tax burden.
The effect of this amendment would be to extend to
mobile homes the property tax exemption afforded to
normal residences under similar circumstances. Mobile
homes are considered personal property. The Virginia
Municipal League did not oppose this amendment due to its
local option approach and the insignificance of the
projected costs.
Question 4. Chapter 80 of the 1980 Acts of Assembly.
This amendment provides that the General Assembly may
by general law allow the governing body of any county,
city or town to exempt or partially exempt from local
taxation any generating equipment installed after
December 1, 1974 for the purpose of converting from oil
or natural gas to coal, wood, or any other alternate
energy source for manufacturing, in any co-generationequipment installed since such date for use in
manufacturing.
The Virginia Municipal League did not oppose this
amendment and will attempt to ensure that it is a local
option approach.

�Transferable Development Rights and Historic Preservation
by John Gilmour

Although most people support the
i d e a of h i s t o r i c p r e s e r v a t i o n , at least in
the
abstract,
implementation
of
historic preservation encounters
a
v a r i e t y of o b j e c t i o n s . T h e o w n e r of
buildings designated
as
landmarks
sometimes have claimed that historic
p r e s e r v a t i o n is a n i l l e g a l " t a k i n g " of
their p r o p e r t y f o r a p u b l i c p u r p o s e .
Because
exterior
alterations
and
d e m o l i t i o n a r e p r o h i b i t e d by l a n d m a r k
designation,
the
owner
may
be
p r e v e n t e d f r o m u s i n g the l a n d m o r e
p r o f i t a b l y , t h e r e b y s u f f e r i n g a loss.
S o m e p e o p l e c o n t e n d t h a t if the p u b l i c
is to b e n e f i t f r o m the l a n d m a r k , t h e n
the p u b l i c a l s o s h o u l d b e a r t h e c o s t s of
its p r e s e r v a t i o n a n d not f o r c e t h e m o n
individual landowners. O n the other
hand, Justice Oliver Wendell Homes
noted that, " G o v e r n m e n t hardly could
go o n if t o s o m e e x t e n t v a l u e s i n c i d e n t
to p r o p e r t y c o u l d not be d i m i n i s h e d
without
paying
for
every
such
c h a n g e . . . . " If a l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t t h a t
w a s u n d e r t a k i n g p r e s e r v a t i o n w e r e to
compensate landmark owners for all
losses,
the
program
would
be
prohibitively expensive and
would
p e r m i t o n l y the m o s t l i m i t e d preserv a t i o n . H i s t o r i c p r e s e r v a t i o n , in a n y
c a s e , w o u l d be m o r e p a l a t a b l e if it
c o u l d be a c h i e v e d w i t h o u t c a u s i n g
e i t h e r an u n d u l y h a r s h i m p a c t o n
i n d i v i d u a l s or an e n o r m o u s c o s t to the
government.
T h e use of a n e w l a n d u s e r e g u l a t o r y
technique
called
Transferable
D e v e l o p e m e n t R i g h t s ( T D R ) h o l d s the
promise
of
resolving
the
tension
between the 'taking' question and
government compensation. A building
d e s i g n a t e d as a n h i s t o r i c l a n d m a r k is
o f t e n l o c a t e d in the m i d s t of n e w e r ,
taller buildings. B e c a u s e the zoning
ordinance permits the taller structures,
the l a n d m a r k d o e s not t a k e f u l l a d v a n t a g e of t h e d e v e l o p m e n t rights
a c c o r d e d it by the z o n i n g o r d i n a n c e .
N o r c a n it do so, b e c a u s e t h e l a n d m a r k
r e g u l a t i o n m a k e s it i m p o s s i b l e t o use
the d e v e l o p m e n t rights on that
site.
U n d e r a T D R p r o g r a m , h o w e v e r , the
o w n e r of a l a n d m a r k is p e r m i t t e d to
t r a n s f e r u n u s e d d e v e l o p m e n t rights to
another location within a specified
' t r a n s f e r d i s t r i c t , ' u s u a l l y c o n s i s t i n g of
a n u m b e r of b l o c k s s u r r o u n d i n g t h e
h i s t o r i c p r o p e r t y w h e r e t h e y m a y be
u s e d . T h e s e d e v e l o p m e n t rights e i t h e r
c a n be s h i f t e d to a n o t h e r p r o p e r t y

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About the Author
Mr. Gilmour is affiliated with the Institute of
Government at the University of Virginia.

u n d e r t h e s a m e o w n e r s h i p o r c a n be
sold to an a l t o g e t h e r d i f f e r e n t p a r t y .
Thus, T D R
b u i l d s on the
legal
s e p a r a b i l i t y of d e v e l o p m e n t
rights
f r o m p r o p e r t y o w n e r s h i p . U n d e r the
s e p a r a b i l i t y c o n c e p t , a n o w n e r of a
h i s t o r i c p r o p e r t y m a y sell the rights to
d e v e l o p it a n d c o n t i n u e to o w n the
p r o p e r t y itself. A p p l i e d to a n o t h e r site,
t h e e x c e s s d e v e l o p m e n t rights a l l o w
t h e o r d i n a r y z o n i n g r e s t r i c t i o n s to be
e x c e e d e d . In N e w Y o r k , f o r e x a m p l e ,
t h e a c q u i s i t i o n of d e v e l o p m e n t rights
p e r m i t s a b u i l d i n g to e x c e e d the u s u a l
height by as m u c h as 20 p e r c e n t .
B e c a u s e they m a k e possible a more
intensive and therefore often more
p r o f i t a b l e u s e of l a n d , d e v e l o p m e n t
rights c a n be v e r y v a l u a b l e .
T h e s c e n a r i o of an i d e a l
TDR
p r o g r a m w o u l d h a v e the l a n d m a r k
o w n e r sell e x c e s s d e v e l o p m e n t rights
a n d r e c e i v e c o m p e n s a t i o n f o r the loss
occasioned
by
the
government
r e g u l a t i o n s . T h e p u r c h a s e r of the
d e v e l o p m e n t rights w o u l d p r o f i t f r o m
b e i n g a b l e to m a k e a m o r e i n t e n s i v e
u s e of the p r o p e r t y to w h i c h t h e y a r e
transferred. The government would
p a y o n l y a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c o s t s , a n d its

zoning
ordinance
would
not
be
v i o l a t e d s i n c e the o v e r a l l d e n s i t y of
t h e t r a n s f e r d i s t r i c t w o u l d be no
g r e a t e r t h a n s t i p u l a t e d in the ordinance.
In W a s h i n g t o n , D.C., the use of a
d e n s i t y t r a n s f e r w a s i n s t r u m e n t a l in
s a v i n g the C h r i s t i a n H e u r a t h M e m o r i a l
Mansion, located near Dupont Circle.
O w n e d by the C o l u m b i a H i s t o r i c a l
S o c i e t y , the m a n s i o n is an e l e g a n t ,
four-story brownstone with adjoining
gardens
that
was
built
in
the
n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y w h e n the D u p o n t
Circle
area
was
predominantly
r e s i d e n t i a l . B u t D u p o n t C i r c l e is now a
high-rent
commercial
district,
and
m o s t of the s u r r o u n d i n g s t r u c t u r e s a r e
t a l l e r . T h e m a n s i o n thus does not use
the land it o c c u p i e s as i n t e n s i v e l y as
p e r m i t t e d by the z o n i n g o r d i n a n c e .
B e c a u s e the h i s t o r i c a l s o c i e t y w a s
u n a b l e to k e e p up the aging m a n s i o n , a
n u m b e r of the s o c i e t y ' s
members
p r o p o s e d t h a t the m a n s i o n be sold, for
on the m a r k e t its site w o u l d be q u i t e
valuable. The mansion was saved from
demolition,
however,
when
an
agreement w a s w o r k e d out whereby
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NEW HENRICO COUNTY OFFICES

�Editorial
I want to assure Virginia municipal leaders that I intend to work
closely with you over the next four years as we strive on the state
and local levels to build a better life for all our people.
Many serious challenges will face us in the years ahead. They will
demand constructive action by the state and local governments. I intend
to approach all such problems in a spirit of cooperation and a creative
search for solutions.
Among the biggest questions are whether you as the elected
representatives of the people are going to be able to retain control
over essential services, and whether you are going to have the resources
you need to meet the tremendous demand for services.
In many states and cities around the country, control over services
has been effectively abdicated to labor unions which invoke the ultimate weapon of collective bargaining—the strike. I know you do not
want to be placed in the position of being forced into collective bargaining, and I assure you that during my Administration, no local government
will be forced into bargaining with unions through permissive state
legislation. We recognize the constitutional right of all working persons
to unionize but I do not agree that public-sector unions should have
the privilege of bargaining collectively. I believe the people spoke on
this issue as much as any other in November.

If we deny public employees the privilege of collective bargaining,
we must take reasonable steps to ensure that their concerns are
heard through other channels. I intend to set an example on the state
level by making the grievance procedure work as it should, seeing to
it that every employee has access to his or her supervisors and
striving for adequate compensation for all employees. I have pledged
that a reasonable cost-of-living pay raise will be included in each of
the biennial budgets which I prepare as Governor, and I urge local
governments to take reasonable steps to protect your employees from
loss of buying power caused by the rising cost of living. Fair pay and
fair play are the best ways to attract and retain talented and productive people in the public sector.
Other than the question of collective bargaining, you are faced with
the complex question of raising the revenue you need to provide the
services the people want. I am well aware that many local government
officials feel that the formulas for the distribution of state money are
not entirely adequate. I am sure you realize this is a very difficult
problem because adjustment of the formulas will result in some localities losing revenue as others gain. A legislative study commission
has looked into this problem and I will consider its report very carefully
to see if any changes in the aid formulas are warranted by changing
circumstances.
It will be my policy as Governor to foster a high degree of cooperation
between the local and state government. In particular, I will continue
the Governor's Council on Local Government to make sure that local
elected officials and the directors of your Association and the Virginia
Association of Counties have input at the highest levels. In the Dalton
Administration, your views will be listened to and your guidance sought.
No one has all the answers but rest assured that we will be asking
you the questions.
I look forward to a fruitful and productive four years.

John N. Dalton
Governor
Commonwealth of Virginia

�Virginia
&amp;City
EDITOR

Richard L. DeCair

MANAGING EDITOR

Charlotte Kingery

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Michael S. Deeb

ADVERTISING MANAGER

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THE ECLIPSE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

8

LETTER TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

Brenda M. Southworth

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LEAGUE'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

TELEPHONE

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John S. Ziolkowski, Jr.

BUSINESS AND CIRCULATION
MANAGER

VOLUME 13 • JANUARY, 1978 • NUMBER 1

804/649-8471

A LOOK AT THE CRISIS IN MUNICIPAL
INSURANCE

DEPARTMENTS
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Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the editorial policy and opinions of
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League.

Editorial

10

People

11

Marketplace

15

Places

18

Commentary

19

Legal Guidelines

21-23
ON THE COVER:
Photograph courtesy of Amir M.
Pishdad, Chief photographer,
Richmond News Leader. The new
Henrico County Administration
Building was officially dedicated
on November 20, 1977. The $12
million dollar facility houses the
offices of finance, personnel,
planning, public works and the
county manager among others.
The administration building is the
second of the five-phase program
to put the government of Henrico
County in one location.

Directories

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League (formerly the League of Virginia Municipalities). It is published monthly at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. All contents, copyright ® 1977
by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction or use of
contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal League
and if granted must be accompanied by credit to VIRGINIA TOWN
&amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League. Second-class postage
paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $3.00 per year, 50
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GOVERNMENT: A TIME OF
CONCERN
By MICHAEL S. DEEB

Wanted! Candidates to run for city council;
must be willing to:
• work long and irregular hours
• accept very low salary
• be available and answerable at all times to
community residents on every local problem, real or imagined
• provide services on limited and dwindling
funds
• accept and adopt an increasing number of
state and federal laws and regulations
• work harmoniously and productively with
fellow councilmembers, the mayor and
manager
• work without your own exclusive research
and administrative staff and personal office.
No experience necessary, but must have strong
sense of concern for the welfare of the community with a dedication to work for the good of
the community.
Want ads usually are a good means to attract qualified, needed candidates for jobs. However, one can
say with great accuracy that if the above ad appeared
in a local newspaper, few replies would be received
from persons willing to "donate" their time for such
an endeavor which is not fully appreciated nor understood. Although there is still a dedicated pool of
citizens willing to serve in this capacity, there is an
apparent disinclination on the part of a growing
number of citizens to step forward for the cause of
municipal government. Moreover, growing numbers of officials who serve in municipal government
are leaving. Consequently, the number of capable,
dedicated individuals, altruistically motivated, who
would serve on council, is declining.
The ad, which signifies the predicament municipal
government in the U.S. finds itself at this time, is also
a portent of what lies ahead. Surely, the ad could
have been written 50 or 100 years ago, for example,
and the same negative situation would exist. What is
different today, however, is the increased negativism
which exists, and larger, more complex problems
which the ad implies. It is this negative, com-

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael S. Deeb is Deputy Director of the Virginia Municipal
League.

pounded situation which currently places U.S. municipal government, and many county governments,
in a serious situation.
Before relating the issues, some background information on municipal government and the people
holding the offices of mayor and councilmember
would be helpful in understanding the issues presented.
Last year, the Virginia Municipal League conducted a study of the offices of mayor and councilmember in Virginia cities and towns, and looked at
some aspects of the offices, nationally. The League
study found that all 41 Virginia cities operate under
the council-manager form of government as do most
towns above 3,000 population. In towns below 3,000
population, the majority of them utilize the mayorcouncil form in which the mayor serves as the chief
executive officer.
The study showed that the city mayor in Virginia is
usually not elected directly by the people, but is
appointed by council from among its members; this
procedure is related to the council-manager form of
government which traditionally has preferred the
appointed mayor. However, this occurrence does
not hold true for towns, where the great majority of
mayors are directly elected by the people under
both forms of government.
It was found that few municipal mayors are engaged in overt political party campaigns and elections in Virginia. Again, in keeping with the traditions of the council-manager plan and the traditions
of municipal elections in Virginia, the great majority
of municipal elections are held without any political
involvement.* Also, few mayors are given the veto
power over council-passed ordinances. The League
study revealed that the overwhelming majority of
mayors are white, are male and are in the middle to
upper age brackets.
For councilmembers, the League study found that
most city councilmembers are elected for four-year,
staggered terms, while in towns about a half of them
are elected on this basis; the other fifty percent of
them are elected for two-year, non-staggered terms.
Like mayors, councilmembers are elected usually
with no overt political involvement, although subtle,
informal, political activities do take place in many
instances.
Also similar to mayors, white males dominate the
office of councilmember in Virginia's cities and
towns, despite the fact that there have been notable
increases in recent years in the numbers of females
and blacks elected to councils.
Virginia's municipal elected officials conform fairly
closely to national trends in these areas. One glaring,
divergence, however, is in the number of females
serving as mayors and on council in Virginia's municipalities where the number of females serving is significantly lower than the national figure.
* Although State law prohibits political party identification on
ballots for mayor and councilmember, candidates can campaign
politically, and can be grouped with their fellow party candidates
on ballots. Thus, the Democratic or Republican slate, etc. of candidates can be shown as a group, with separations between the
party groups listed.

�These then are the people who see the issues and
problems and who have voiced concern. It is becoming readily discernible that the disenchantment and
frustration among members of local governing bodies is increasing and is reaching a point of serious
proportions which could severely affect our traditional means of governing ourselves. Recent studies
and observations point to such a situation. For example, information gathered and analyzed by the
League reveals the following: a growing dissatisfaction by mayors and councilmembers in attempting to raise needed, additional revenues from
scarce, local resources, and at the same time, to meet
more and more citizen demands for services; there is
a feeling of inadequacy in trying to answer and satisfy greater, more vocal demands by citizens on various social and economic issues, such as crime, prisons, housing, and minority recognition; a feeling of
inadequacy and unproductiveness prevails in a parttime position that yet is demanding more and more
of their time; a feeling of confusion, frustration and
even anger pervades when attempting to comprehend and abide by federal and state laws and regulations which have been increasing significantly; the
anger results largely because mayors and councilmembers feel that state and federal governments
induct mandates on local government without an
understanding or concern of the effects on local
government.
The data compiled by the League disclosed serious
deficencies in municipal government that affect its
structure and performance. For example, the data
show that the turnover rate on city and town councils is increasing, indicating that more and more
councilmembers are not seeking reelection, and
correspondingly, the length of service on council is
diminishing; additionally, as the more experienced
members leave office, they are replaced by inexperienced persons, whose edification for the most part
consists of on-the-job training, much to the detriment of a locality. Salaries and other compensation
for councilmembers, although increasing slightly,
are still terribly low; similarly, although localities
perceive a need to provide better staff and facilities
for councilmembers, there still exists a woefully inadequate situation generally. Training and the need
for additional information is another inadequacy, as
many members lack both and cannot receive the
proper education and information to perform to the
best of their abilities. These are examples of such
occurrences; more could be cited given the space to
recount them.
Virginia is well in line with national trends, regarding these problems and concerns of municipal governing bodies. A 1973 survey conducted by the National League of Cities revealed that U.S. mayors and
councilmembers are restless, apprehensive and concerned about the future of municipal government at
a time when significant changes are occurring in our
federal system. Their message, clearly stated, is that
they need assistance, understanding and greater appreciation of their roles and functions. (See Table I).
In addition, they cited their major problem areas
and the most frequent complaints brought by citizens. (See Tables II and III). The problems and com-

plaints are not surprising to those familiar with municipal government. Viewed from the positive side,
the lists restate the wide array of services and amenities which local governments provide their citizens
and the importance of their existence in our federal
system of government. Yet, with this important
TABLE I
THE ELECTED CITY OFFICIAL FRUSTRATION
INDEX
(The things that irritate mayors and councilmen about their jobs.
By percentage of mentions.)
Mayors Councilmen

Frustration
Laci&lt; of staff assistance
Long hours required for "part-time" job
Lost private business because of conflict of
interest legislation
Low public salary
Late night calls from constituents
Expensive election campaign spending
Excessive time spent away from family
Excessive time spent away from private
business
Information glut—too much paper to wade
through to make decisions
Too many meetings to attend
Inefficient use of elected officials' time
OTHERS*

14.8%
37.8

20.5%
37.1

14.3
27.4
27.4
16.4
42.8

10.2
21.1
15.8
22.5
43.0

30.4

23.6

35.5
26.4
22.9
21.2

31.6
23.6
32.4
27.7

* 259 other "frustrations" were also listed by mayors and city councilmen.
Among tfiose most frequently mentioned included: Incompetent, gloryseeking, non-working councilmembers, 40; public apathy, 36; red tape,
19; federal-state mandates, 18; attitude toward elected officials, 17;
hassle with news media, 12.
Source: "America's Mayors and Councilmen" National League of Cities,
1974.

TABLE II
RANKING IViAJOR URBAN PROBLEMS
Total
Mentions*

Problems

675
600
573
543
503
490
486
444
420
393
385
380
310
309
309
286
269
260
240
233
228
223
213
191
189
163
160
139
89

Refuse and solid waste
Law enforcement
Streets and highways
Relations wth county
Fiscal/tax policies
Downtown development
Planning and zoning
Citizen participation
Public transit
Use of gen. rev. sharing
Parks and recreation
Energy shortage
Housing
Relations with state
Upgrading city staff
Economic development
Water quality
Relations with fed. govt.
Collective bargaining
Manpower development
Relations with region
City govt, reorganization
Health care
Education
Social services
Race relations
Fire prevention
Air quality
Other problems

Ranking by
Mayors Councilmen
1
3
2
4
5
6
8
7
12
11
10
9
13
15
16
17
14
16
19
18
21
22
20
23
24
26
25
27
28

1
2
8
3
5
6
4
9
7
10
11
12
15
14
13
16
19
20
18
21
17
19
23
23
22
24
25
26
27

* There were 9,703 problems checked by the 1,031 survey respondents
for an average of 9.4 problems mentioned by each mayor and councilman.
Source; "America's Mayors and Councilmen," National League of Cities,
1974.

�"grass roots" need, local government, and especially
municipal government, is attempting to cope and
progress in an environment that mitigates against its
proper functioning. If one examines closely the list
of problems and complaints, one can deduce that
the common denominator involves municipal relationships—relationships with citizens, other city officials, regional staffs, and federal and state officials—
which leads back to the general problem stated earlier of the need for understanding and support.
The NLC survey reiterated rather common and
previously stated concerns and needs by mayors and
councilmembers. For example, they cited the following: the need for more citizen input and participation in city government; the need for better
understanding of city government by state and federal officials, as to how local governments are structured and work, in relation to the areas of state and
federal assistance programs, and programs mandating local performances; they mentioned the fact that
as part-time officials, though actually devoting long
and irregular hours, their pay and compensation was
pitifully low; they were rightfully concerned about
the erosion of power from the city to state and federal governments; they were confused and frustrated with the increasingly complex nature of municipal government, while at the same time not
having pertinent, up to date training and information to assist them in making decisions.
TABLE III
WHAT DO CITIZENS FREQUENTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT?
(Percentages of Mentions)

Dog and other pet control
problems
Traffic control (stop signs &amp;
lights, parking)
Rezoning problems
Potholes in streets
Tax rates
Sewer service
Cleanliness of streets, neighborhoods
Crime
Housing
Other*
Water service
Drugs
Health care
Fire protection

8
9
10
11
12
13
14

Complaint

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Mayors Councilmen

19.7
14.5
14.3
15.6
5.9
4.3
2.1
1.4

18.5
17.0
15.4
14.1
10.6
6.2
3.3
2.9

53.5
46.3
32.4
26.0
19.3

40.7
30.1
30.6
22.0
23.1

44.3

60.7

The erosion of power from the local level to state
and federal governments, which has occurred during this century, is a principal cause of the predicament and precarious condition of local government.
Perhaps the most serious area of erosion has occurred in the taxing powers, as local government
fi^nds itself unable to increase significantly already
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* 158 other frequent citizen complaints also were listed by mayors and
city councilmen. Among them: Police-community relations, 27; lack of
recreation facilities, 23; administrative duties, lack of action, 23; youth
activities, 17; overall appearance of city, 12; ecology problems, 12; snow
removal, 11.

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some corrective measures on the part of the federal
government—such as enactment of federal revenue
sharing—much more must be done to assist local
government, in terms of both direct assistance, and
self-help measures by granting additional powers to
local government. Also, states must recognize the
erosion problem and provide more assistance than at
present.
These then are the major problems and concerns
of municipal mayors and councilmembers. Of importance and newly established is the thread of urgency and desperation which have been disclosed
and which have been building gradually over the
years.
The same questions keep reappearing. How to
cope? How to proceed? How can we progress? Are
we losing ground? Are we losing our powers and
confidence of our people? Where are the answers
and solutions? Where are the officials who can assume the needed responsibilities and assist us?
These are hard and difficult questions and the issues they raise relate to problems not easily solved,
and in some cases problems which will never be
solved fully. Nevertheless, the concerns of local,
elected officials are real and must be addressed and
answers, (complete or partial), to the problems must
be found. In sum, there is urgently needed a greater
awareness of the peril local government in the U.S.
faces in the diminishment of its role and viable existence in the federal system; corrective measures
must be undertaken soon. Local government must
continue to function viably and effectively because it
is essential to our federal system and democratic
form of government.
If it is to survive as we know it and want it to, it will
take a greater awareness of its structure, role, operations and goals by the citizens and local, state and
federal officials, and a greater dedication and willingness for all to work to these ends.
Local government must emerge from the shadow
cast by brothers state and federal governments into
the sunlight as an accepted sibling. Now, this is the
hard part. The onus for achieving change and finding
solutions to the problems must come with local government initiatives. Acceptance and approval will
not be easy and local governments must work hard
to make known their presence, problems, needs and
importance. However, acceptance and approval will
not be achieved by simply stating the issues but will
be achieved in combination with demonstrated
competence and accomplishments. Consequently,
local government officials must assess and take stock
of their individual situations and work to improve
these conditions. They must convince their citizens
and officials in state and federal governments of the
great need for local government and demonstrate its
importance, and vital place and interrelationship in
the federal system. In this endeavor, they will not be
alone. They have friends and sympathizers they can
call on for assistance, i.e., individuals, other governmental officials, public and private institutions and
businesses. But local governments must start to hammer the foot-holding spikes into the mountainside,
in the difficult climb to the sun-drenched mountaintop.

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RATTLEY ELECTED 2nd V.P. NLC

The Virginia IVIunicipal League is proud
to announce the election of Newport
News Vice Mayor and the VML First Vice
President, Jessie M. Rattley, to the office
of Second Vice President of the National
League of Cities. Vice Mayor Rattley was
elected during NLC's Congress of Cities on
December 7 in San Francisco, California.
Her election as a national officer is a
first in recent years for Virginia.
Recognized at the national level of
government. Vice Mayor Rattley served
on the National League of Cities' Board
of Directors. She also serves as the
liaison for the Effective Government
Committee. As a member of the NLC
Revenue Sharing Task Force, she effectively assisted in the reenactment of
General Revenue Sharing. In October,
1976, Vice Mayor Rattley was one of the
15 local elected officials chosen to attend
the "Conference on Culture and Urban

Development" in Munich, Germany. During
the 1976 NLC Conference, she was
elected President of the National Black
Caucus of Local Elected Officials and
recently she was elected Vice Chairman
of the Black Caucus of the Democratic
National Committee.
Since her entry into local government,
Jessie Rattley has enjoyed a successful record. Elected to the Newport News
City Council in 1970, she was the first
black and the first woman elected to
Council. She became Vice Mayor of the
governing body in July, 1976. As VML
First Vice President, she also serves on
the Executive Committee of the League.
She chairs the Legislative Committee
and is a member of the Effective Government Committee.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Vice
Mayor Rattley is an honors graduate of
Hampton Institute, receiving a B.S. degree

in Business Education and Secretarial
Science. She established the business department at Huntington High School in
Newport News—the first black high
school in the City to offer business training. Rattley founded Peninsula Business
College in 1952 and since that time she
has been the owner-director. She is the
wife of Robert L. Rattley and the mother
of two daughters.
Vice Mayor Rattley's leadership ability
have been recognized by a wide array of
local, state and national organizations
and her proven ability to represent all
interest and complexities of concern has
led many other groups to look to her
for leadership. The Virginia Municipal
League feels that Vice Mayor Rattley's
capable guidance can effectively promote
the goals of Virginia localities as well as
being a national spokesman for municipal
concerns.

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Dear State Senator or Delegate:
Faced with the lack of action by the General Assembly, the Virginia Municipal League, at its 72nd Convention in September, decided
that we would not itemize a list of fiscal requests for consideration by the General Assembly in 1978. Instead, we will send
representatives to the State Capitol to observe the actions of the General Assembly, to support reasonable solutions initiated by
Members of the General Assembly, and to guard against further inroads being made into local government's limited financial
powers.
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For several years the Virginia Municipal League has requested legislation from the General Assembly which would address your local
governments' financial needs through a more equitable system of local taxation. We have worked with individual members and
committees of both Houses of the General Assembly in attempting to provide factual information about local government's fiscal
posture to justify our recurring request for alternative local revenue sources. We have offered objective studies by respected state
and national groups to support our arguments for alternatives. VML staff has cooperated in addressing technical issues which have
arisen in regard to present state requirements for uniform fiscal reporting.
In spite of our earnest efforts at cooperation, local government's requests seem to have fallen on deaf ears. No significant action to
address this need has been forthcoming from the General Assembly, in spite of the willingness of a few legislators to introduce
legislation which would speak to the issue. In previous years we have discussed an income tax surcharge, increasing the sales tax,
state assumption of costs of programs over which local government has little or no control (i.e. welfare, education, tax relief, etc.),
and regional gasoline taxes, among others. We have been willing to discuss distribution methods, local option vs. statewide
enactment, categorical returns of funds, criteria applied as formulas which would address need and income and other measures of
wealth, and shared revenue with state government. We have offered to explore ceilings on certain existing tax sources at the local
level, saturation factors and a number of other methods of ensuring equity and fairness in tax burden for the citizens of the
Commonwealth. Copies of previous legislative programs are available from the League office.
We cannot see that we can do any more to indicate our willingness to cooperate in solving this critical problem. Members of the Virginia Municipal League are creatures of the State and represent a unique "special interest"—the interest of the citizens. Local
elected officials and members of the General Assembly share this special interest; we need to work together to effectively serve the
citizens of the Commonwealth.
This year we are expecting you at the State level to arrive at a solution. We are ready to work with you in any way possible to see the
matter of local financial assistance being resolved. Please call on us or any of the League staff to assist you.

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Sincerely,

R. L. Light, Jr., President
Virginia Municipal League

Jessie M. Rattley, Chairman
Legislative Committee
Virginia Municipal League

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* The letter was sent by the Virginia Municipal League to members of the Virginia General Assembly prior to the convening of the 1978 Session.

�THE LEAGUE'S LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM
By Rick Weeks,
VML Staff Associate
The 1978 General Assembly Session
will begin the second Wednesday in
January. During the Session the League will monitor General Assembly
activities and will keep member localities informed of all actions that may
have an impact on them. In addition,
the League staff remains closely attuned to the priorities set forth in the
Staff Work Program that was adopted
at the Business Session during the
VML Convention in September.
One of the key items of the Program is Legislative Procedure which
recommends an amendment to the
Constitution of Virginia providing a
recess during the General Assembly
Session between the time all bills are
introduced and when they are considered by the Committees. This is intended to provide an opportunity for
Committee members to study the
bills.
LInder the category of general government, the General Assembly will
be requested by the League to amend
the Code of Virginia to provide that
salaries of councilmembers and members of boards of supervisors be set by
local ordinances rather than by charter change or by special laws. The
League also recommends legislation
which would provide for joint approval of budgets for constitutional
officers when these are joint offices
between counties and cities of the
second class. The League encourages

the General Assembly to.appropriate
the total amount of funding authorized by law for public libraries.
The League will request State approval for localities to levy a hotel tax.
The League also recommends that localities be granted the authority to levy
a two cent additional gasoline tax to
be used to support transit systems. A
rehabilitation expenditures income
tax rebate is recommended for action
by the General Assembly. The League
advises the General Assembly to repeal the 1976 amendment to Section
16.1-69-48 of the Code of Virginia,
which requires general district court
fines to be routed through the Clerk
of the Circuit Court where a 5 percent
fee is deducted.
The League urges the delegates and
senators to enact legislation to prohibit collective bargaining for all public employees. The VML opposes any
legislation which would inhibit the
uniform treatment of all local employees.
Further, the League recommends
action be taken by the General Assembly to alleviate State mandated
salary and fringe benefit inequities.
(This item has been added by the Legislative Committee since the League
Convention.)
The League urges the State to place
greater emphasis upon funding its
share for the upgrading of the existing
correctional facilities and the development of new and needed facilities.
The Virginia Municipal League
requests the State Legislature to study
the laws under which alcoholic bever-

ages are licensed and controlled to
ensure that local powers and ABC
laws are not in conflict. Additionally,
local governments recommend that
the State reexamine and redesign its
allocation of highway funds to localities, including in its study such areas
as cost escalator factors, cost of right
of way relocation, funds for towns under 3,500 and distribution criteria.
The League endorses the concept
of uniform speed laws as long as localities are granted power to raise or
lower speed limits within their corporate limits.
In the area of planning, the League
endorses conditional zoning as long
as legislation does not impose on localities which presently have additional zoning powers under Section
15.1-491 (a) of the Code of Virginia.
The final recommendation of the
Staff Work Program is that the General Assembly enact legislation allowing a locality to appoint members of
the Local Board of Zoning Appeals,
even if such power is not expressly
granted to the local governing body.
Key items of the Staff Work Program were backed up by large mailings of resolutions. Copies of the
resolution on rehabilitation expenditures income tax rabate were
sent to the President, the U. S. Congressional delegation from Virginia,
the Governor and members of the
General Assembly. A resolution was
also sent to the Governor and all General Assembly members urging the local option 2 cent additional gasoline
tax and a similar resolution was sent to
the President and the Virginia representatives in Congress.

FIRE PREVENTION CLINIC
Offered annually by the State Fire
Marshal's office and the State Fire Prevention Association, the Fire Prevention Clinic will be held February 610 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University. The three-part Clinic
does not have to be taken in numerical order. The 75 Edition of the BOCA
Fire Prevention Code is used as a text
and the Clinic will cover approximately one-third of the Code in this
year's session. While the Clinic is designed for members of Fire Prevention Bureaus, the material, presented will be of value to anyone
interested or having fire safety responsibilities. The Clinic is also assisted by the State Fire Service Training Division, State Department of
Education.

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�People
Finnegan Retires

JOHN F. FINNEGAN, JR. announced
his retirement as Fire Chief of the City
of R i c h m o n d . Finnegan has been with
the department since 1945 and was
promoted to Chief in July, 1972. Chief
Finnegan is a member of the State Fire
Chiefs Association of Virginia and was
a charter member of the fire service
section of the National Fire Prevention Association. He was the recipient of the Sherwood Reeder A w a r d ,
an honor given to the Richmond city
employee who exemplifies outstanding service. The son of a former
Richmond fire chief (1944-1959), Chief
Finnegan's retirement was effective
January 7.

Managers Appointed

GARY BLANDER, Administrative Assistant to Lexington's city manager has
been named City Manager of Clifton
Forge. Blander, a native of Jamestown,
New York, received a bachelor's degree in political science from the State
University in Buffalo, New York and a
master's degree in urban affairs from
VP! &amp; S U . H e served as assistant to the
city manager of Jamestown, New York
before coming to Lexington. Filling
the post vacated by Ken Bradshaw,
Elander assumed his new duties December 1 .

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JOSEPH E. BAKER, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, accepted the
job of City Manager with the City
of Norton. He was formerly town
manager in Granite Falls, North Carolina. Baker received a bachelor's degree in political science from the Citadel and is currently working on his
master's degree at Apalachian State
University. Before becoming town
m a n a g e r of G r a n i t e F a l l s , B a k e r
worked as an assistant city manager in
Reidsville, North Carolina. Baker assumed his duties on November 16.
Pearisburg's Town Manager, DANIEL
W. HICKEY, III, became Giles County
Administrator on December 1. Hickey
had been with the T o w n of Pearisburg
for six and one half years.

Former Mayor Dies

]ESSIE EVERTS, former mayor of Bristol, Virginia died Friday, November 1 1 ,
1977. He was the owner of Everidge's
Jewelers in Bristol, Tennessee. He was
first elected to Bristol City Council in

1957 and was reelected in 1961, w h e n
he was elected mayor. Everts resigned
during his second term as mayor in
1964 but was reelected to Council in
1971. Everts sought election again in
1976, but was defeated. T h e Virginia
Municipal League extends sincere
sympathy to Jessie Everts' family and
to the City of Bristol.

Council Appointments

C. EDWARD IOHNSON,IR.,
has been
appointed to fill the vacancy on Bedford's City C o u n c i l . Johnson, a native
of Bedford, is president of C E J , Inc.
He fills the vacancy created by the
August 10 resignation of Lester D e a n .

Iron Gate Mayor JAMES L. SHIRES
submitted his resignation October 25.
Shires, w h o has been Mayor since
1975, explained to Council that his job
requires him to be out of town frequently and that it was not fair to
the town or the town employees. He
is Superintendent of Postal O p e r a tions at the Covington Post Office.
The Shenandoah T o w n Council has
appointed CLINTON
LUCAS, JR. to
C o u n c i l , replacing Eddie Vaughan,
w h o resigned last month because he
is moving. Lucas will serve until May,
when Vaughan's term expires and
Town elections are held. The Council
also appointed D o n n i e Jewell as Vice
Mayor.

Newby Reappointed

T. ASHBY NEWBY, purchasing agent
for the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, will continue to serve as a member of the
Board of Directors of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing,
Inc. Newby was reappointed at the
recent Annual Conference of the organization in Miami Beach, Florida.
NIGP is a non-profit educational and
technical organization of governmental bond agencies.

Shawver Honored

WILLIS
MAXWELL
SHAWVER,
JR.,
sports director of radio station W K E Y
and a Covington City C o u n c i l m a n ,
was named recipient of the Covington
High School Outstanding A l u m n i
A w a r d . Shawver is also a member of
the Effective Government Committee
of the Virginia Municipal League.

Bloomfield Resigns

Farmville's Town Manager, T. W.
BLOOMFIELD,
submitted his resignation effective January 1. Bloomfield
attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and served five years in the Army
during World War I I . Returning to
Farmville he owned and operated a
plumbing and heating business. Before succeeding E. L. Quisenberry, III
in J u l y , 1961 as t o w n m a n a g e r ,
Bloomfield had served fifteen years as
councilman. His resignation ends
more than 30 years of work with town
government. Assistant Town Manager
Gerald J . Spates became acting manager on January 1. Bloomfield will
continue working for the City fulltime as a consultant until September
30, his retirement date.

Town of Cuipeper Appoints

L WINFREY BUTLER, retired resident
engineer with the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation,
has been appointed T o w n Engineer
for Cuipeper. Educated at the University of Virginia, Butler is a certified
professional engineer and has also
been associated with Burlington Industries. JOSEPH T. DONAHUE
has
been appointed T o w n Clerk for C u i peper. He will also serve as administrative assistant to the town manager.
A graduate of St. Joseph College,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he is retired from the U.S. Army after 23 years
of service.

lACP Elects Duling

Howard C . Shook, President of the International Association of Chiefs of
Police, Inc. has invited COL. FRANK S.
DULING, Chief of Police, R i c h m o n d ,
to represent the District of C o l u m b i a
and the State of Virginia on the International Association of Chiefs of Police Executive Committee. D u l i n g ,
also President of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, will serve
from 1977 to 1979.

Cullum Named

Virginia Beach City Manager George
L. Hanbury announced the appointment of HOWARD
M. CULLUM
as
Director of the City's Mental Health
Department. C u l l u m was previously
Human Services Coordinator for Fairfax County, Virginia. He holds a B.S.
from Miami University ( O x f o r d , Ohio)

�and an MPA from American University (Washington D.C.). His appointment was effective December 5,1977.
The Mental Health Department employs 75 individuals with a budget in
excess of $1 million.

Marketplace

Miller Honored

Falls Church Mayor HAROLD
L.
MILLER, Chairman of the Washington
Council of Governments, recently received the Annual Civil Defense
Award from the Society of American
Military Engineers. The Award honors
Mayor Miller for his successful efforts
to increase Federal funds available for
local civil preparedness and to include natural and man-made disasters, as well as nuclear disasters, in
local civil defense programs. Mayor
Miller is a former Chairman of COG's
Public Safety Policy Committee.

ARLINGTON MANAGER
AND NORFOLK HONORED
W. Vernon Ford, Arlington County
Manager and the City of Norfolk won
awards during the International City
Management Association Conference
in Atlanta, Georgia on October 30November 4. Ford was the recipient of
ICMA's Management Innovation
Award, an award presented to professional managers who have been responsible for the conceptualization
and implementation of significant innovative projects which have improved the delivery of municipal services. Ford was cited for the Madison
Geriatric Center, a day care center for
elderly and handicapped adults who
are not bedridden.
The City of Norfolk won top honors
in the 1977 City Hall Public Information Awards competition by City Hall
Digest. The award was presented by
Raymond L. Bancroft, editor-publisher of the Digest, during the ICMA
Conference. The contest honors city
governments for the excellence of
their public information projects, annual reports and periodicals. Norfolk
received honors in the annual report
category using the newspaper format.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Bristol, Virginia. Position for municipal utilities board
providing electric, water and wastewater services. Will
report to General Manager and assist In all administrative phases of operations. Require B.S. Degree; prefer
individual with experience in utility field; strong writing
and verbal skills desired. Salary commensurate with
experience and abilities. Equal opportunity employer.
Send resume to Linda Davis, Bristol Virginia Utilities
Board, P. 0. Box 391, Bristol, Virginia 24201.
UTILITY LINE SUPERINTENDENT
Town of Leesburg, located in Northern Virginia (pop.
8,500). Responsible to Public Works Director for all
phases of water and sewer line Division operations.
Minimum 4 years progressive experience in water and
sewer line construction/maintenance, along with supervisory experience required. Local govt, experience
preferred. Appropriate college level training may be
substituted for 2 years of required experience. Starting
salary $12,050 to $12,650 plus paid retirement, hospitalization, other benefits. Submit resume to Personnel
Office, 15 W. Market St., Leesburg, Virginia, 22075, or
phone (703) 777-2420 for application by January 30,
1978.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
City of Newport News, Virginia; population approx.
140,000. Variety of responsibilities relating to the
planning, direction control and evaluation of the operations and programs of the city government. Comprehensive knowledge of public management, organization and accepted practices of normal city functions.
Graduate degree preferred with a minimum of three
years of responsible administrative work experience.
Salary $22,000-$28,000 depending upon experience.
Send resume including salary history to Director-Personnel, City of Newport News, 2400 Washington Avenue, Newport News, Virginia 23607. An Equal Opportunity Employer.

TOWN POLICEMAN
The Town of Wakefield, Virginia is presently accepting
applications for the position of Police Officer. Salary
open. Experience required. Excellent benefits. Send
resume and date available to John B. Cafazza, Jr.,
Town Clerk, P. 0. Box 545, Wakefield, Virginia 23888.

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Chief Gebauer Appointed

A 19-year veteran with the Alexandria
Fire Department, JOSEPH
R. GEBAUER,
was named to the newly
created post of Director of Fire and
Rescue Services for the City of Fairfax.
Chief Gebauer began his professional
career in 1958 with the East Liverpool,
Ohio Fire Department and later became affiliated with the Alexandria
Fire Department in 1972. He was promoted several times and served as
training officer prior to his appointment with the City of Fairfax.

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�A LOOK AT
THE CRISIS IN
MUNICIPAL INSURANCE
HOWARD B. CAMDEN,
C.P.C.U.
RICHARD J. HESKIN, C.P.C.U.
Reprinted with permission,
MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL REVIEW

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As the property and casualty insurance programs for local governments
become the subject of renewal, the
management of municipalities are becoming painfully aware that there is
truly a crisis in municipal insurance.
Although there appears to be no way
that premium increases can be
avoided, some of the problems of municipalities' insurance programs can
be alleviated through good risk management. In fact, a good management
program will save the municipality
money in the long run.
A quick review of some of the problems leading to these premium increases should help management to
understand the reasons for these increases and perhaps lead to possible
solutions for some of the difficulties.
Some of the problems are:
1) Double-digit inflation
2) A claims-conscious public
3) The dramatically rising cost of
medical care
4) The public's attitude toward municipalities (Today's citizens believe they can buck City Hall)
5) The erosion of governmental immunity
6) Aggressiveness of plantiffs' attorneys
7) The tendency of courts to give
verdicts far in excess of injuries
sustained.
8) Municipal insurance has been
underpriced for many years.
As a result of the above problems
and others, insurance premiums are
rising at a mind-boggling rate.
Insurance companies have suffered
underwriting losses in the property
and casualty insurance field totaling
more than $6 billion during 1974,1975
and 1976. This has led to extreme
tightening of insurance availability
with much more selective underwriting, large retentions or deductibles required of insureds, and withdrawal from certain lines of insurance,
such as medical malpractice, products
liability and some liability coverage
for municipalities.
With the advent of more selective
underwriting, insurers have come to
the realization that municipalities
consist of many departments—each
with a unique function. They have

taken a stronger attitude toward obtaining higher premiums for certain
functions and sometimes insist on excluding coverage for other functions
altogether.
Fire departments and police departments pose a danger of greater financial loss to a municipality arising from
injury to employees and to third parties. This danger is inherent because
of the emergency nature of operations. Higher premiums often are the
result. Worker's compensation, automobile liability and physical damage
and public liability are all affected. In
some cases, some exposures, such as
the police professional liability, may
be excluded from over-all public liability programs and coverage must be
sought through specialty insurers at
increases in premiums.
Many municipalities have facilities
that pose special exposures to financial loss although they are taken for
granted as part of the service owed to
citizens. Skating rinks, athletic fields,
parks and places of public assembly
are some examples of such facilities.
The cost of an accident is generally
considered by most people to be the
amount paid by the municipality or
insurance company to an injured employee, an injured third party or the
cost of repair or replacement of damaged equipment. Many years ago a
respected safety engineer for a large
insurance company determined that
the actual cost of an accident is many
times greater than the cash outlays
which are readily apparent. These are
referred to as hidden accident costs
and include such items as:
1) The lost time of an injured
worker.
2) Lost time of other employees
assisting or discussing the accident.
3) Lost time of a supervisor and
others investigating, attending
hearings, filing reports, etc.
4) Time of a foreman or a key man
in training a new employee.
5) Material or product spoilage.
6) Idle equipment.
7) Decreased production by injured worker during readjustment period.
8) Interruption of work at the time
of an accident.
9) Incidental cost due to delays.
10) Payment of penalties.
11) Cost of renting emergency
equipment.
12) Loss of good will (public or employee).
In addition to the financial costs
outlined above, there must be an
overriding concern for the safety of
others from a pure humanitarian
standpoint.
At one time, it was common practice for municipalities to purchase

insurance on a piecemeal basis. Fire
insurance, liability insurance, automobile fleet insurance, fidelity and
faithful performance bonds, etc. were
purchased separately from various
companies with numerous insurance
agents involved. The normal practice for obtaining each line of insurance was through competitive bidding.
These practices sometimes led to
gaps in coverage, and, in some cases,
to duplication of coverage. They also
resulted in confusion as to claims reporting and compliance with varying
engineering safety requirements.
There then came a time when
agents and insurers began to survey a
municipality's insurance program to
eliminate gaps and duplication of coverage. The result was packaging of
many lines of insurance through one
company or agency. This way resulted
in a lower total premium cost and a
much greater understanding by insureds of their insurance programs.
Approximately a dozen years ago,
the concept of risk management came
into vogue in private industry. This
concept stresses a number of methods
in addition to insurance for handling
exposures to financial loss. The four
methods commonly used by risk managers are 1) avoidance, 2) prevention
and reduction, 3) retention and 4)
transfer.
Avoidance of an exposure simply
means to forego a procedure or program altogether if the chance for financial loss to the municipality may
be greater than the expected benefits
to be derived. For example, if an auditorium or other place of public assembly has become antiquated, and past
experience has shown that the citizens do not make much use of the
hall, the alternative may be to raze the
structure rather than to expend the
funds necessary to remodel or replace
the facility.
The prevention or reduction of the
possibilities of loss may take two
forms. One is the correction of physical conditions such as the guarding of
machinery, the prompt repairing of
pot holes in streets, or a periodic
maintenance program for all vehicles.
The second type of loss prevention or
reduction measure involves the personal or human factor such as the periodic training of personnel in correct
procedures. In municipalities where
there are paid fire departments, it is
customary practice to conduct regular
training programs for the fighting of
fires. Unfortunately, this is not always
the case where volunteers serve the
community. It becomes mandatory
that volunteer workers in all fields be
given adequate and periodic training
to perform their tasks properly. The
periodic ordering of motor vehicle

�records from the State on all drivers,
and action taken on those with poor
records, is another example of the
second form of loss prevention.
Retention by insureds for some
losses is probably the most economical way to handle those losses. This is
certainly the case where the maximum dollar loss is small although it
may occur somewhat frequently. An
insurance company will charge insureds for the company's handling expenses in addition to the expected
payout for such losses. By retaining
such losses, municipalities will, therefore, avoid the payment for these additional expenses. Plate glass insurance, inland marine floater coverage
on small items of equipment and collision insurance on automobile fleets
are examples of lines of insurance that
perhaps may best be retained by municipalities altogether. For other lines
of insurance, it may be feasible to accept deductibles for the frequently
occurring but normally small losses
and protect yourself for the possible
catastrophe loss by obtaining insurance in excess of the previously determined deductible.
The fourth method used by risk
managers is transfer of risk and the
most common way to transfer risk is to
purchase insurance. The most expensive method of risk management,
to the municipality is the purchase of
insurance. This should, therefore, be
the last consideration by a municipality as to the method desired to handling an exposure to loss. It should
only be considered when other risk
management methods are not considered feasible.
The problem in obtaining insurance
and the cost of insurance, now create
a demand that a risk manager be
made a vital office in every municipality. The duties of a risk manager have
been enumerated quite thoroughly in
Practical Risk Management, a publication by Warren, McVeigh, Griffin
and Huntington—Risk Management
Consultants. The publication refers to
a risk manager's duties as an employee of a company, but the responsibilities apply equally well to a risk
manager for a municipality. There will
be variations from municipality to
municipality, but the over-all theme is
appropriate. The duties listed are:
1. RISK IDENTIFICATION
AND
MEASUREMENT. This is the single
most important function and the one
most often slighted or paid only lip
service. The risk manager must know
all the important things happening or
about to happen in his company. He
should:
Physically inspect major properties
at least annually.
Talk regularly with key staff and operating executives.

Study his company's financial reports, and other significant operating
and financial material.
Review all requests for funds from
operating units.
Read contracts, leases, bond indentures, and similar documents.
Study reports of all insured and selfinsured losses.
Read minutes of meetings of his
Board or governing body.
Establish dollar amounts for direct
and indirect loss potentials.
Note: In larger municipalities, the
risk manager cannot personally inspect all property, read contracts, etc.,
but should see that properly qualified
persons perform the needed functions.
2. DEVELOP RISK MANAGEMENT
POLICY. Prepare a statement of policy
for consideration and approval by top
management.
3. LOSS PREVENTION. Though he
cannot be an expert in all phases of
loss prevention, the risk manager
should have a general knowledge
backed by his own loss information.
This should enable him to determine
the best method of obtaining what
loss prevention counsel is needed.
The most effective risk manager has
direction of the safety function, but
even when it is handled in a separate
department, the risk manager, with
the loss data, can provide useful support. In fire protection, he usually
takes a more direct role in seeing that
adequate protective measures are
employed but that unsuspecting personnel are not beguiled into spending
excessive sums by wily fire protection
engineers of the insurance companies.
Recommendations from inspectors
should be analyzed by the risk manager before forwarding to appropriate
departments.
4. CHOOSE RISK FINANCE ALTERNATIVES. Thorough knowledge of his
company's financial structure and organization, select methods of funding
risk and administering losses.
5. NEGOTIATE INSURANCE. We
used to say "purchase" insurance, but
"negotiate" more aptly describes
what should be done. This involves,
first of all, knowing what insurance is
needed, then going to the marketplace to obtain the best conditions of
coverage and cost. In most cases, this
involves working with one or more
agents. Even with agency writing companies, it may be preferable for the
risk manager to talk directly with the
underwriter, in conjunction with his
agent, on any major personal characteristics of their insureds placement.
Underwriters consider the quite important, and face-to-face discussions
streamline communications
both
ways.

A part of the insurance function is
selection of the agent by the risk manager. In far too many cases, top management reserves this perogative—a
deplorable practice because:
a. The agent may then be somewhat less responsive to the risk manager.
b. The risk manager is more aware
of important needs than is management.
6. CLAIMS ADJUSTING. This function of the risk manager is often underestimated in importance. On
claims for liability and Workers's
Compensation, he must see that reporting procedures are adequate, that
claims adjusters are the best available
that reserves are frequently checked,
etc. Self-insured claims require even
more careful attention. Subrogation
(recovery) procedures against third
parties must be initiated and followed
through. Claims expenses (investigations, expert witnesses, legal, etc.) call
for exercise of experienced and mature judgment.
Property losses are a special field
calling for risk management involvement.
7. RECORD KEEPING. The risk
manager's basic tool is a complete,
well organized set of insured and selfinsured loss records. Other important
records he should keep include:
Property valuations, broken down
fire divisions or locations.
Insurance policies (current and important expired).
Management decisions on risk.
Correspondence.
Telephone calls re: coverage and
other important actions.
Other data pertaining to insurance
policies.
Technical information.
8. RISK MANAGEMENT M A N UALS. Municipalities with diverse departments need a book of instructions
on how to handle claims, how to report values and changes, what to do
about inspectors, etc.
9. COMMUNICATIONS. In addition to preparing the risk management manual, a risk manager must
communicate up, down, and laterally.
He communicates to his superiors by
means of regular (at least annual) reports on progress, status, and future
plans.
He communicates to the field not
only through the manual, but through
regular written communications and
inspections. If he doesn't do this frequently, he will soon be forgotten.
He communicates to his departmenthead peers by personal contact,
telephone and memos.
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Much of this involves informed
judgment.
11. ADMINISTER RISK FUNCTIONS. Miscellaneous duties include:
supervise contractor's certificates of
insurance, aid legal department in developing standards for purchase orders, leases, etc. Bid, performance
and permit bonds may also be handled.
12. KEEP PROFESSIONALLY ACTIVE. As in any professional field, continual contact with peers is essential.
Membership in the Risk and Insurance Management Society is basic, as
is subscription to the major trade publications and attendance at important
meetings.
The selection of a risk manager is
difficult, but perhaps some criteria are
uniform. Insurance has historically
been handled by a finance director or
someone involved in the accounting
and finance department or the purchasing department of a municipality
as a distasteful adjunct to other timeconsuming duties. This can no longer

be the case. The job of a risk manager
demands that it not take a back seat to
other functions.
There are no set criteria for selection, but it is necessary that a risk
manager be able to communicate well
and get along well with people. He
should also have a working knowledge of accounting, finance, insurance, law, loss prevention, and undoubtedly, numerous other skills are
used in the job. Obviously, locating a
person with skills in all these areas is
difficult. Therefore, the risk manager
must continually strive to acquire additional knowledge.
There are excellent publications
available for continuing education.
Among these are Municipal Risk
Management, a Risk Management
and Insurance Handbook, published
by the National Underwriter Company, 420 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202; the Executives'
Handbook of Business Insurance, by
the Research Institute of America,
Inc., 589 5th Avenue, N.Y., NY 10017;

and Practical Risk Management, a
publication of Warren, McVeigh,
Griffin &amp; Fluntington—risk management consultants, 680 Beach Street,
San Francisco, CA 94104.
There are also formal courses sponsored by the Insurance Institute of
America taught regularly throughout
the United States. These courses are
also available as a self-study project.
Write to Insurance Institute of America, Providence and Sugartown Roads,
Malvern, PA 19355 and ask for their
brochure on the Program in Risk
Management.
Every municipality, regardless of
size, needs a risk manager, whether
full- or part-time. The rising costs of
accidents strongly suggest that such a
position be established and that the
necessary authority be granted to the
risk manager to handle the various
duties of this position. If a concientious effort is made to fill the position properly, a reduction in overall
costs, over the long run, to the municipality will be the result.

MOTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PROGRAMS

SECTION

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS
LGP exists to provide services to local units of government based
on their expressed management development and training and
personnel administration needs. Funds for programs are provided
primarily through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, a
Federal grant program administered by the U.S. Civil Service
Commission.

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The new officers of the Virginia Weights and Measures Association who were elected at the 1977 Annual Conference held in
Charlottesville, Virginia, July 31, August 1 and 2 are from left to
right: J. B. Haun, Executive Committeeman, Inspector, Weights
and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Commerce, Staunton; G. W. Diggs, III, First Vice President, Inspector, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of
Agriculture and Commerce, Richmond; J. F. Lyies, Executive
Committeeman, Supervisor, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Richmond; J. F.
Zegan, President, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Virginia Beach;
Robert Fl. Britt, Jr., Executive Committeeman, Sealer of Weights
and Measures, Norfolk; M. P. Gleason, Second Vice President,
Bureau of Weights and Measures, City of Richmond; J. G. Sanders,
Executive Committeeman, Inspector, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Richmond.

SERVICES AVAILABLE
Tailored to meet the specific needs of local government, services
include:
• Personnel consulting services to smaller jurisdictions and assistance of a more limited duration for medium and larger
jurisdictions at no direct cost
• Training sessions for county administrators, city and town managers and local personnel officials focusing on individual development
• Federal funds at a low matching ratio (4:1) to support management development and training and personnel administration
services.
ELIGIBILITY
Virginia cities, counties, towns and Indian tribal governments may
apply directly to LGP for services. Planning district commissions
and authorities are also eligible.
HOW TO APPLY FOR SERVICES
Call or write Local Government Programs, MDTS, Department of
Personnel and Training, P. O. Box 654, Richmond, Virginia 23205,
804/786-7406. Apply for and receive services at any time during
the year, although local governments are encouraged to participate in the annual statewide needs assessment process that LGP
conducts.

�Places
PETERSBURG—The City's proposal for
the use of community development
funds in a pedestrian mall downtown
has gained approval from the Federal
Housing and Urban Development department. W. Robinson Worth, Jr.,
Planning Director, said City officials
are pleased with HUD's release of
$430,000 for construction and engineering supervision for the mall. The
letter approving the project contained no conditions or stipulations.
City Manager William R. Cook said
construction should begin this month.
ALEXANDRIA—A sophisticated computer system which has cost the City
more than $100,000 will be in operation this month. City assessor David
Chitlik said, however, some of the
computer's more sophisticated programs will not be used primarily because his office has not had staff available to go through program printouts
and check them for accuracy. The
computer system is designed to free
appraisers to spend more time looking at property and less time doing
routine paper work.
FAIRFAX COUNTY—The Department
of Animal Control becomes the nation's first municipal agency to be
honored with the Humane Society of
the United States' Certificate of Accreditation. The Certificate, which will
be accepted by department director
Richard F. Amity at the Society's Annual Conference in California, recognizes "the professional standards of
operation maintained" by the department. The citation specifically recognizes the department's program of
personnel training, which includes a
mandatory course for all animal control officers, specialized courses and
training in animal care and handling
offered on a voluntary basis by area
veterinarians. The Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors also was cited for
having enacted a series of effective,
progressive ordinances concerned
with animal care and welfare, including a leash law, anti-cruelty laws and a
differential license fee as an economic
incentive to spay/neuter dogs.
Also in Fairfax County, smoking is
prohibited in most enclosed public
places unless the locations specifically
are designated smoking areas. The
new ordinance requires that restricted areas be posted with signs that
subject an offender up to $25.00.

CHESAPEAKE—Chy Council is considering a plan to bring private ambulance companies into the city to provide non-emergency ambulance
service. Fire department ambulances
provided this service at no cost until
August 1,1977, when service was limited by Council action to emergency
cases only. Assistant City Manager
James Rein presented Council with a
permit procedure for private ambulance companies that want to operate
in the city.
CHATHAM—Town
Manager Paul
Harold, who has been in contact with
Federal authorities, explained to the
Council that Chatham is in line to get
a $691,000 federal grant for a medical
center. Harold told the Council,
should the project be granted for the
Town, the sponsoring agencies would
place two physicians with a guaranteed salary at the Center. There would
also be space for dentists and other
medical facilities. The first action of
the Council requires obtaining land
upon which to build the Center.
FMPORIA—Jhe City Council should
decide on a revised contract proposal
for fire protection in Greensville
County. The latest proposal is reported to have come from recommendations by a City-County-Fire Department Committee presented to
Council. The City and County governing bodies have been at odds for years
over the share each should pay for
operating and capital costs for the fire
department. More recently, the City
has been pressing for contractual
agreement.
RADFORD—The City has filed suit
with the Virginia Historic Landmark
Commission in an effort to get Indian
artifacts returned to the City. The artifacts were sent to the Virginia State
Library who turned them over to the
Landmarks Commission. Archeologists uncovered about 300 skeletons
that were estimated to have existed
during the 1500's. Radford charged
the Commission is holding the relics
unlawfully and they should be returned.
HOPfWfi./.—The City's redevelopment officially started when Virginia
Mutual Savings and Loan Association
broke ground for its new building.
The underground work for the parking lot, new storm sewer lines and also

the groundlevel work has been underway since August. That work is financed by part of the City's Community Development Block Grant funds
and contracted for by the Hopewell
Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Two more projects have been
planned to refurbish the city.
RICHMOND—A facelift may appear
in South Richmond. Trees, trashcans
and utility poles may be approved for
the Hull Street area. The first phase of
the program will be financed through
federal community development
funds if Council approves.
VIENNA —Tax relief for the elderly
and handicapped residents is on its
way. The Town Council passed an
emergency ordinance providing exemptions from real estate taxes for
town residents 65 or over, and for the
permanently and totally disabled. The
ordinance, which was passed in time
to allow town residents to file by the
September 1 deadline, is based on the
County tax exemption program
passed earlier this year. Town Manager C. Clay Harrell has been unable
to determine how much tax money
will be lost as a result of the new ordinance.
PORTSMOUTH —The City has been
named one of the four finalists in the
1977 National Gold Medal Awards
competition for parks and recreation
programs, given annually by the National Recreation and Parks Association and the Sports Foundation, Incorporated. An all-out effort to obtain
outside financial assistance to upgrade the City's recreation facilities
was cited by James C. Greiner, Director of the Department, as an important factor in receiving the citation.
Since January, 1976, the City has received more than 2.9 million in recreation grants, mostly from the federal
government, to supplement recreation planning and activities.
ALTAVISTA—The Town announced
plans to help a new company, Schneierson and Son, Inc. Mayor Ed Burton
said the plans have not been finalized
but the Council plans some "means of
assistance" to aid the company in its
move to AltaVista. Even though the
company is presently located outside
of the Town limits, Schneierson would
keep people employed. The plant,
however, will be annexed on January
1, 1978 into the corporate limits.

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�WYTHEVILLE —Town Council voted
to accept the two areas of Wythe
County and awarded to the Town by
the court. Town Manager Carter Beamer reported to Council that the
Town lost two-thirds of the requested
area but will have to pay two-thirds of
the total bill for improvement costs
shown in the total projections. The
annexed area is to be developed into
an industrial park for the Town.
FAIRFAX COUNTY—The County has
taken an important step to cut the
soaring cost of housing. New streamline procedures have been adopted
which will slash some of the red tape
involved in home construction. Estimating thatup to nine months can be
saved from the overall time involved
in rezoning, the cost to the homebuyer should be reduced on the theory that time is money.
YORKTOWN/FREDERICKSBURC—
These two localities are interested in
improving their waterfronts for tourism and recreational purposes. Yorktown hopes to receive a federal grant
to provide residents with a beach and
other public facilities. Fredericksburg
is trying to include a riverfront recreation area in an economic development plan for the area. Complete with
bicycle trails and picnic areas, the waterfront would promote tourism and
aid the plan for revitalization.

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SUFFOLK—Cay Council and landowners on the western edge of the
Great Dismal Swamp are fighting a
proposal to increase the wildlife refuge in the swamp. The City Council
voted Wednesday night to oppose the
plan by the U. S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service to acquire more land on the
swamp's western edge. The proposed
acquisition covers about 50 parcels of
land totaling about 4,000 acres, including parts of some farms that have
been cultivated for generations. The
Department of the Interior wants to
expand the refuge to 123,000_ acres
straddling parts of the cities of Suffolk
and Chesapeake and parts of northeastern North Carolina.
MARTINSVILLE—The City is planning
to build a new office building for the
City's welfare department but welfare
workers will have to "camp out" in
the municipal building basement for a
short period. The present office, Kolodny Apartment building, will have
to be vacated before the new building
can be constructed. The new social
services department building will be
funded with local monies and federal
assistance through the Economic Development Administration.

Faster Communications—Better Service
By John K. Swan, Chief of Police,
Lynchburg
In the past, law enforcement communications basically consisted of a
headquarters telephone (for receipt
of a citizen's call for service) and a
series of flashing lights or call boxes
for relaying the call for service to the
officers in the field. Needless to say,
the flow of information (from headquarters to the officers in the streets)
left much to be desired in terms of
expediency. Police efficiency and its
effectiveness in the street suffered
greatly. Officer safety was in greater
jeopardy because they had no means
by which to establish immediate contact with headquarters or fellow officers if help was needed quickly.
Over the years there have been
greater demands by law enforcement
for more reliable and faster means of
communications. Law enforcement
has recognized its need to transfer
information quickly, reliably and accurately, knowing that expeditious
communications would increase the
efficiency of service, officer safety and
police effectiveness in the community.
Virginia law enforcement agencies
are now utilizing modern technology
to achieve their goal of faster communication methods. Today the field officer not only has instantaneous contact with headquarters and fellow
officers in the field through hand held
and mobile radios but virtually has a
warehouse of information at his finger
tips. Today's technology has carried
law enforcement communications
into highly complex and sophisticated
systems. Satellite receivers and repeater stations are rapidly becoming a
part of the police communications
picture. Computers entered the picture a few years ago and many
agencies have or are developing computer aided dispatching systems to
help speed the flow of information to
the officer in the field.
One of the greatest strides made
was the development of the Virginia Criminal Information Network
(V.C.I.N.). V.C.I.N. consists of a statewide teletype data communications
network incorporating computerized
links to other regional and national
law enforcement systems. The basic
components consist of communication terminals scattered among the
various law enforcement agencies
throughout the state. Communication
lines leading from each terminal are
linked in with a computer housed in
the Virginia Department of State Police building in Richmond. This

equipment provides instant communications between law enforcement
agencies and offers equally rapid access to data bases maintained by the
Division of Motor Vehicles and the
National Crime Information Center in
Washington, D.C. V.C.I.N. is also interfaced with the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (N.L.E.T.S.) located in Phoenix,
Arizona. N.L.E.T.S. provides state to
state contact between law enforcement agencies throughout the nation.
Message traffic includes free form administrative data from one point to
other points. In addition, it includes
inquiries into other state data bases
supporting both vehicle registration
and driver license records. The Virginia Criminal Information Network is
a solid part of law enforcement communication centers throughout the
Commonwealth. Many Virginia police
departments are using civilian personnel as trained communicators to operate one or more radio consoles with
multiple frequency capability.
Some municipalities have combined their emergency dispatch.operations into one single dispatch center
which handles dispatch for fire, police, ambulance and rescue in a single
area. Still concerned with even faster
emergency services, many areas are
looking at the 911 emergency system
for improved citizen participation and
a reduction in the response time for
emergency services. Basically, the 911
telephone system is set up to enable
citizens to obtain law enforcement
medical, fire, rescue and other emergency services as quickly and efficiently as possible by calling the same
number, thus enabling public safety
agencies to satisfy their operational
and communication needs more efficiently.
More important, the engineering of
telecommunications to that of the
computer industry is giving law enforcement a powerful weapon by enabling them to harness electronic
logic and store information so it can
be adapted to a wide variety of.applications. Used together, telecommunications and the computer complement each other. Virginia law
enforcement agencies have recognized communications as the main
and sometimes the only bridge between the citizen who needs help and
the agency that can give it; sophistication is demanded and telecommunications and the computer are providing it.

�A LOOK AT THE
VOLUNTEER
DEPARTMENT
By H A R R Y T. G L A D D I N G , JR.

The volunteer fire department is
an essential part of every rural
community since many small localities in Virginia depend on the
volunteer firemen. Law^yers, merchants and farmers are welded together to form the rural volunteer
fire department. Volunteers have
to be ready to do a professional
job.
There are usually two groups of
firemen in each volunteer fire department, administrative and firefighting. Administrative details
are handled by men who are business oriented. The administrative
side, consisting of a president,
vice president, secretary, treasurer and a public relations officer,
handles the business affairs of the
department. The firefighting
group is mainly composed of
younger men who possess the stamina and perseverance to answer
a fire call of unsightly origin. The
firefighting side, consisting of a
fire chief, assistant fire and captain, is responsible for the suppression of a fire, training firef i g h t e r s a n d m a i n t e n a n c e of
equipment.

Most fire departments elect the
officers by popular vote, which
has its advantages and disadvantages in the fire department.
Some volunteer fire departments
will rotate the fire chief from year
to year which is a common problem and is not considered good
practice. The officers, especially
the fire chief, should have the
background and knowledge of
good firefighting tactics. They
should continue to educate themselves in order to broaden their
proficiency in firefighting regime.
All volunteer firemen, however,
should take advantage of the
training facilities, especially the
program offered by the Fire Service Training in the Department
of Education of the State. Enough
emphasis cannot be placed on the
importance of fire training. W h e n
one is selected as an officer of a
fire department, one should put
forth all attempts to educate oneself of the office held.
Like other departments, the
rural fire department has different
equipment needs from the large
municipal fire departments. The
biggest need? The rural fire department faces a shortage of water
supply because there are not any
fire hydrants in the outer area of a
small community. Because most
of the water has to be transported
to the fire, it creates the need for
special equipment such as large
tankers. The 1977 Mack Tanker
with 1250 gallons per minute
pumper is an example of the type
of equipment needed (see photo-

graph). Although the tanker will
carry 2500 gallons of water, it is
simple to operate. Seven hundred
gallons of water are needed to
fight a fire and the tanker can accommodate a water capacity of
1500 to 2500 gallons. In addition to
a tanker, the rural fire department
should consider the large drameter hose for long relays and the
collapsible portable tank. The
portable tank can immediately be
set up at a fire scene.
In order to obtain equipment,
most volunteer fire departments
have to be financed, usually in
one of three ways. The self-supporting organization raises money
through carnivals, dances, suppers and other social activities.
Other fire departments are supported totally by tax funds. A
combination of tax funds and
funds raised by the fire department members is the third type of
financing in a fire department.
Most fire departments are of the
third type. The volunteer department can run on a budget of apjroximately $4,000, whereas the
arger department may require
$40,000 in order to operate.
The volunteer fire department
provides fire protection for most
of the State of Virginia. With the
purpose of serving those who
need help, the volunteer fireman
applies all the perseverance, dedication and proficiency he can
summon.

A B O U T THE A U T H O R
Chief Gladding is currently serving his
13th consecutive term as fire chief of the
Tappahannock/Essex Volunteer Fire Department. He is president of Daingerfield
Insurance Agency.

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THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
PERSONNEL ACT AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
By John Poarch,
Institute of Government,
University of Virginia

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The Intergovernmental Personnel
Act of 1970, which now provides federal grants on a 50-50 matching ratio
for improving the administration of
personnel and training programs, has
significantly spurred the efforts of
state and local governments to
strengthen policy and resource management. Partially as a result of this
act, great strides have been made in
Virginia: the establishment and administration of the Management Development and Training Service
(MDTS), designed to provide state
and local managers with the opportunity to expand their managerial and
administration skills; the development and implementation of the
Commonwealth's Affirmative Action
Plan for state agencies and local governments; the design of a State Employee Relations Program; classification and pay studies, and myriad test
validation efforts; the establishment
of a local government training section
within the State Department of Personnel and Training; and the current
effort to automate all employee records for easy access and data compilation purposes. The impact of IPA
has indeed been significant in the improvement of management and staff
capacity to cope with the increasing
problems of state and local government.
The act, however, is not without its
implications, some of which are particularly relevant to local government.
The first critical area of interest to local jurisdictions is the determination
of projects which are to be funded
through the grant provisions of the
act. Although IPA requires that fully
50 percent of all federal monies be
channeled into local governments,
potential recipients are first required
to present project proposals through
the local government section of the
State Department of Personnel and
Training. There, the IPA staff chooses
projects which will provide "the most
benefit" through an evaluation based
on need, degree of innovation and
applicability to other jurisdictions.
This provision creates the potential

for conflict between state and local
officials, and extends the control of
the Commonwealth over local government expenditures. In practice,
however, the Commonwealth works
closely with local governments in surveying needs so that, according to
state officials, there has been no significant disagreement on funding decisions. Furthermore, there are avenues for appeal to the U. S. Civil
Service Commission available to local
governments.
The "mobility" provisions of the
act, which allow for the exchange of
personnel among the federal, state,
and local governments and educational institutions, also have implications for local officials. (This provision
authorizes contractual agreements
among any of these four types of institutions for the purpose of temporary
personnel transfers. IPA provides no
funds for the exchange, and the allocation of funding responsibilities is
worked out among the participating
institutions.) Jurisdictions must consider the cost of foregone services of
local officials on assignment to the
federal or state government. Another
feature which might be noted is that
federal or state officials assigned to
localities bring with them values and
beliefs which may be different from
local values; the intrusion of other
values may be considered educational
or disruptive, depending upon one's
point of view. On the whole, however, intergovernmental cooperation
and understanding has been enhanced by this provision.
In addition, IPA has provided training and encouragement for state and
local governments to meet national
standards in equal employment opportunity, fair labor practices, employee relations and occupational
safety and health. The Civil Service
Commission and state agencies have
the power to monitor local efforts in
these areas. The federal government,
therefore, is not by any means a passive partner under the IPA system but
neither is it a dictator of state and local action. Instead, the Civil Service
Commission provides encouragement, information and technical assistance to these jurisdictions in developing programs appropriate to
their specific needs.
IPA funding can be utilized to acquaint program managers with workable employee relations techniques

but efforts in this area may have unanticipated consequences. If the focus is
upon improving managerial skills for
dealing with employees, the program
may be perceived by employee
groups as being manipulative. In order to avoid this problem, local governments might try to involve employees in IPA-related programs.
Training programs may be established
to allow more joint management-employee participation to increase productivity and improve working conditions, but management should
recognize that such participation may
also increase the proficiency of employee groups in the collective bargaining process.
Finally, IPA funding in the context
of the Commonwealth's current revenue needs must be addressed. With
few funds available to meet federal
matching requirements, localities are
faced with a difficult tradeoff between
improved personnel services and the
maintenance of and/or improvement
in general community services. Of
course, IPA represents one way to
channel federal and state funds to localities for personnel programs in order that local funds might be utilized
to finance other services, but local jurisdictions should be aware of the
"substitutio.i" effect which might result in decreased expenditures for
other essential services.
On the whole, however, the IPA has
been applauded by federal, state and
local officials alike. The major reason
for its success has been its emphasis
on flexibility to meet the needs identified by state and local jurisdictions.
The IPA relies on statements of broad
national purpose, rather than on specific regulations to mandate federal
programs. In short, the act stimulates
state and local activity to set priorities
and to expend funds in areas of state
and local interest. Although not without its problems, IPA offers a viable
way for local governments to meet
their own needs in the personnel
area.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Poarch is affiliated with the Department of Motor Vehicles, Commonwealth of Virginia and is the 1976-77
Wallerstein Fellow, Institute of Government.

�Legal Guidelines
INTERIM ZONING
ORDINANCES

By H O W A R D W. D O B B I N S ,
General Counsel
Localities in Virginia and other
states have been faced with emergency situations requiring the adoption of interim zoning ordinances to
continue the status quo during the
period while a permanent ordinance
is b e i n g s t u d i e d , p r e p a r e d a n d
adopted. In the absence of statutory
guidelines, as in Virginia, localities in
the past have had to "fly b l i n d " in
drafting and adopting the necessary
interim ordinance. The Virginia Supreme Court in a recent case has
enunciated a definite standard for interim ordinances—a standard which is
applicable to all zoning ordinances—
reasonableness.
In Matthews v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Greene County, 237 S.E. 2d
128, an interim zoning ordinance
w h i c h was adopted on March 2, 1974
zoned the entire unincorporated area
of G r e e n e County as one district designated as "rural-residential district"
in which one dwelling unit per two
acres was permitted. The Board of
Z o n i n g A p p e a l s was e s t a b l i s h e d
w h i c h was granted specified powers
and duties, including that of hearing
applications for special use permits.
The ordinance required the Board of
Zoning Appeals, in deciding whether
to approve applications for special use
permits, to consider certain factors
and to permit special uses only if the
use did not change the character and
pattern of development of the area;
it required the use to be in harmony
with uses permitted in a zoning district and specifying that the location
and height of buildings must not
hinder or discourage the development of adjacent land developments.
Provision was also made for special
permits in hardship cases.
Matthews acquired a tract of 111
acres near Ruckersville in November,
1973, in the dissolution of a corporation in which he owned stock. He
proceeded with plans to develop the
property as a subdivision and incurred
substantial expenses in connection
therewith. O n February 4, 1974, he
submitted his preliminary plat for approval under the existing county subdivision ordinance but it was rejected
because it showed townhouses which

did not comply with the applicable
setback requirements. O n February 7,
1974, the interim zoning ordinance
was advertised and on February 26,
1974, the revised preliminary plat was
approved by the county administrator
who was also the subdivision agent,
building official and zoning administrator for the county. There was evidence that the county administrator
informed Matthews at the time the
preliminary plat was approved that
the proposed zoning ordinance could
affect the subdivision and that Matthews was reminded that the final
subdivision plat must be submitted
within six months after approval of
the preliminary plat. Thereafter in
April or May, Matthews was informed
that he must procure a special exception under the interim ordinance
because his lots failed to meet the
two-acre requirement.
W h e n Matthews submitted his final
plat in August, 1974, it was again rejected because it did not comply with
the two-acre minimum lot requirement. Matthews then applied for a
special use permit which the Board of
Z o n i n g A p p e a l s d e n i e d on t h e
grounds that " n o hardship financially" had been proved and that the
proposed development was not compatible with the proposed county
Comprehensive Plan which was actually not adopted until November 16,
1974, after the adverse ruling of the
B o a r d of Z o n i n g A p p e a l s . T h e
county's permanent zoning ordinance was adopted on February 22,
1975 dividing the area of the county
into eight districts, including conservation, agricultural, single family
and multi-family residential, general
business, highway business, industrial
and flood plain. Matthews' proposed
development did not comply with the
permanent ordinance either and he
brought suit to challenge the validity
of the rejection of his applications.
The Virginia Supreme Court first
considered the validity of the interim
zoning ordinance. Although there is
no specific statutory authorization or
requirements for interim zoning, the
Court held that all zoning ordinances,
however titled, are subject to the
same statutory requirements and that
the temporary duration of the ordinance is irrelevant. In fact, the Court
said "any zoning ordinance may be
said to be temporary in the sense that
it is always subject to a m e n d m e n t " .

The critical question was whether the
Board of Zoning Appeals acted arbitrarily and capriciously in enacting the
single district ordinance which permitted of right only minimum lot size
of two acres throughout the county.
In the opinion by Justice C o c h r a n , the
Court pointed out that the facial difference between the interim ordinance and the permanent ordinance
which was adopted after extensive
and careful study, illustrates the arbitrary and capricious nature of the interim ordinance, saying further that
the basic characteristics of Greene
County did not change appreciably, if
at all, during the twelve months that
the interim zoning ordinance was in
effect and, hence, the conclusion was
inescapable and that if eight districts
were required in M a r c h , 1975, a single
district was not adequate in M a r c h ,
1974.
The Court then considered the
question of whether Matthews would
be subject to the provisions of the
permanent ordinance which became
effective on March 1 , 1975. In distinguishing the facts of this case from
that found in the Board of Supervisors
of lames City County v. Rowe, 216 Va.
128, 216 S.E. 2d 199 (1975), our Supreme Court said the rule in Rowe
which granted the locality time to
enact a new ordinance to replace an
unconstitutional one was inapplicable
because contrary to the facts in Rowe,
the G r e e n e County land was unzoned
at the time the interim ordinance was
enacted so the effect of invalidating
the interim ordinance was to leave the
land unclassified.
It was uncontradicted that Matthews' final plat would have been approved in August or September, 1974
but for the interim ordinance, and
hence Matthews' proposed subdivision was not subject to the provisions of the permanent zoning ordinance.
The opinion in Matthews is worthy
of close scrutiny by any governing
body which has the necessity of
adopting an interim zoning ordinance
to protect the status quo during the
preparation of a permanent ordinance for it is plain that the court will
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in Search of a City" were highlighted
in the September issue of Nation's
Cities. Offering management breakthrough, the reports (outlined below)
presented feasible departures from
traditional public safety delivery systems which have resisted change.
—Municipal Fire Insurance—as an
alternative to private fire indemnity
—Public Safety Employees Contractual System—as an alternative
to traditional pension programs
—Public Safety Inspection Consolidation—as an alternative to divided responsibility for total fire
protection
—Fire Master Planning—as an alternative to Incremental decision
making
—Civilians in Public Safety Service—as an alternative to services
provided exclusively by sworn or
uniformed personnel
—Alarm Systems Management—as
an alternative to limited or qualified response to false alarms
Published by the Institute for Local
Self Government, under grant from
Lilly Endowment, these alternative
ideas were not all originally conceived
by ILSG; the study found that some,
or parts, of them are already being
employed by several localities.
Phase II of the project seeks to discover and record, on a national basis,
both successes and failures (and the
contributing causes) of all jurisdictions implementing any aspect of
the proposed alternatives. Results of
this monitoring and evaluation will
also be given the widest possible dissemination and are expected to further encourage administrators in
breaking out of costly, ineffective traditional patterns.
Localities (and administrators) engaged in or considering any such innovations are asked to communicate
with John C. Houlihan, Executive Director, Institute for Local Self Government, Hotel Claremont Building,
Berkeley, California 94705, phone—
415/841-4044.

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SETONCUARD labels for property
identification, inventory control, or
to label your products and installations. Signs, name plates, badges
also available. Free catalog and
samples. Seton Name Plate Corp.,
2136 Boulevard, New Haven, CT.
06505.

Test-riding Fairfax County's new senior citizen transportation program,
ASSIST, Inc., Rose Sokol (left), a mennber of the County's Comnnission on
Aging, gets a helping hand from driver lack Sipe. ASSIST, Inc., implemented
by the County's Area Agency on Aging, offers shared-ride door-to-door
transportation Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rides are
available throughout the County on a rotating zone basis at a cost of 25(1
per person.

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Geological, Soils and Environmental Consultants
Ground Water Studies
L a n d Disposal of ElTluents and Sludges
Solid Wai^te Studies • Foundation Evaluations

11524 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News. Virginia 23601' 804-595-5561

BetZ'Converse-Murdoch
Potomac Group, Inc.
Consulting Engineers. Planners and

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HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
&amp; ASSOCIATES
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P. O. Box 2125
\'irginia Beach. \. 23452
Phone 804/340-5050

Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

H A N S E N

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Studies, Designs And
Construction Services For Water.
Wastewater And Solid Wastes

Consulting Engineers

Industrial Wasie Treatment • Highways
Drainage* Water 8i Sewerage Svstems • Surveying
Environmental Studies • Private Projects

H B &amp; A OF VIRGINIA
ENOINEERINO

HeNMNGSON.
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IMALCOLM PIRNIE
[ E N G I N E E R S , INC.
CONSULTING ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS
12368 Warwick Boulevard,
Newport News, VA 23606

• t n T I M • COOMOMCt

1336 Mwilim* Teowr. h4orfolh , Va. 33$W
5454 Wiaconain Avvnua. Waah.. OC. 30015

BALZER AND
PLANNING

ASSOCIATES

AND
DEVEL0PMEN7
CONSULTANTS

Comprehensive Planning
Redevelopment
Zoning
Land Planning and Site Development
Coinniunity De\elopnient Programming
OAK

114 East Carv StrMt • Richmond. Virginia 23219
T.I«phon»: 8CM/6M 9493

CONSULTING

201 Eajt Gary Street
Richmond, Va. 23219
Phone 804/649-8627

8411 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, Virginia (703) 560-1100
113 South Chestnut St., Marion. Virginia (703) 783-7271
1640 Maple Dr., Danville, Virginia (804) 799-9403
1400 Pleasant View, Staunton, Virginia (703) 886-3957

Austin Drockenbrough
and Associates

PLANNING

DEVELOPMENT

DEWBERRY, NEALON &amp; DAVIS
Environmental and Public Works Engineering
Engineering Plans, Studies and Laboratory Services

22? S R . v e r s i i J e P l a z a • C h . c a g o iL 6 0 6 0 6 • 1 3 1 2 1 - 6 4 8 - 1 1 5 5
5 2 0 6 Markei Road . Hicnmond VA 2 3 2 3 0 • 1 8 0 4 1 - 2 8 5 - 9 0 0 9
N e w York 1 0 0 0 7
Philadelphia 1 9 1 0 3
Tampa 3 3 6 0 7

LANGLEY, McDONALD &amp; OVERMAN
CONSULTING
ENGINEERS
Highways, Railroads, Foundations, Waterfront
Facilities, Water Supply, Sewage
Disposal, Planning
Studies • Reports • Design • Consultation
P. O. Box 12047
484 Newtown Rd.
Norfoll^, Virginia
Virginia Beach, Va.

ARCHnXCTURE

COMMUNITY

ENGINEERING • MUNICIPAL PLANNING

Architects

Vienna, Virginia • Phone; (703) 281-2400
Staunton, Virginia • Phone: (703) 886-8555

620 May Avenue • Norfolk, Va • 23516
Bifcfiwood Off ice Pork • Va Beoch,Vo - 23452
8550 Arlington Blvd • Fairfok, Va, • 22030

CHEWNING-HOGGARD
AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

GROVE

PLAZA

ROANOKE,

Phone 703/774-4456

VA.

RUSSELL &amp; AXON
Engineering and Planning Consultants
n i l Northshore Drive
Knoiville, Tennessee 37919
Telephone: 615/588-6444

1028 Olde Forge Plaza
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
Telephone: 703/371-8040

Offices In: Florida • Georgio • Tennessee • Missouri
Illinois • South Corolino • North Corolina • Virginio

THE PITOMETER ASSOCIATES
HURT &amp; PROFITT, INC.

Engineers - Planners - Surveyors
S«n,tary
Mun,c,p»l
Walet
Soil* &amp; Foundaiioni
t vnchburg, Virg.ma 24505
Telephone (804) 847-7796

1933 Fori Avenui

Engineers
Water Waste Surveys
Trunk Main Surveys
Water Distribution Studies
Special Hydraulic Investigations
100 Church St., New York, N. Y. 10007
Chicago Columbia Atlanta New Milford, Ct.

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ASSOCIATES

CONSULTING ENGINEERS
WATER S U P P L Y • REPORTS • SEWERAGE S Y S T E M S
DESIGNS
• SEWAGE DISPOSAL
•
APPRAISALS

P. O. Box 8687
1514 Willow Lawn Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23226
Phone 282-7657

BUCK, SEIFERT&amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED
Consulting Engineers
Water Supply • Sewage • Industrial
Waste Treatment • Treatability Studies
• 140 Sylvan Avenue, P.O. Box 1218
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632 201 -567-8990
• 405 So. Parliament Drive. Suite 101
Virginia Beach. Va. 23462 804-499-4596

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t x x j i e , m i l l s , t a y l o r a n d pur-y«w. i n c .

ENGINEERS &amp; PLANNERS

Communications, 911 Studies,
Alarm Systems, Mobile Radio
Systems, Telephone, Cable
Television, Industrial
Engineering Monitor and
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7212 Timberlake Road • Lynchburg, Va. 24502
804/237-2044

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Richmond,

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353-66S"

MUNICIPAL

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WATER

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SOUTHERN ENGINEERING
COMPANY OF VIRGINIA
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
1000 Crescent Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404-892-7171

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Over 500 Surveys
Position Cla.sification and Pay Plans
Management and Organizational Studies
Test Construction—Fire and Police Studies

MARSH &amp; BASGIER, INC. P.C.

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ENGINEERS — SURVEYORS — PLANNERS

WILLIAM

101 N. Plaza Trail — 804-340-2631
Virginia Beach, V a . (23452)

2830 Mary Street, Falls Church, Va. 22042
730/5S0-6900

ROSSER H. PAYNE 6 A S S O C I A T E S
pUnoing {j nuDagcmeot coosultams
• COMPREHENSIVE
PIANNING
TOWNS, COUNTIES and CITIES
• ZONING,

SUPERVISION

FOR

VIRGINIA'S

i r . d ECONOMIC

Land S u r v e y i n g

G r e e n Drive
Phone

WHITMAN, REQUARDT AND

Engineers-Consultants
COMPLETE ENGINEERING SERVICES
N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 21201

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING &amp; DESIGN

R*LEIGh

•

ENGINEERING
PLANNING

PLANNING

WEST PALM B E A C H

JACKSONVILLE

•

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Environmental Studies, Design"\

NASHVILLE

NORFOLK

and Construction Management

NORFOLK.

DR.

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Engineers/Consultants
4 2 0 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, Virginia 2 3 3 2 0

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Sverdrup &amp; Parcel
and Associates, Inc.

Sverdrup

800 NOFfh 13lh Boulevard
SI LOUIS. Missouri 63l0l
314.'436-7600
TWX 9I0-76M085
Cable SPECO SI Louis

• Downtown Revitalization/Malls
• Community/Economic Development
• Traffic/Transportation/Parking
• Transit Needs/Operations
• Parks/Recreation/Preservation

PARKING A N A L Y S I S h F A C I L I T I E S DESIGN

C I T Y a. R E G I O N A L

4 B R A D D O C K ROAD

URBAN DEVELOPMENT/TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING / DESIGN / IMPLEMENTATION

DESIGN

MASS T R A N S I T P L A N N I N G &amp; D E S I G N

STRUCTU(*AL &amp; CIVIL

M e c h a n i c s v i i i e . V i r g i n i a 23111

18 0 4 ) 746 - 5 2 8 5

BARTON-ASCHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.

KIMLEY-HORN •"&lt;! ASSOCIATES. INC.

C O M M E R C I A L a. R E S I D E N T I A L

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B E N G T S O N . D E B E L L &amp; E L K I N . INC.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS &amp; SUF7VEYORS

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AND LANO SUnvaVINO
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W a t e r Supply a n d Purification ' Sewerage and
S e w a g e T r e a t m e n t • Streets a n d H i g h w a y s •
Investigations a n d R e p o r t s
• S u p e r v i s i o n of
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R. K E N N E T O W E E K S
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ASSOCIATES

T R A F F I C O P E R A T I O N S &amp; HIGHWAY

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Traffic E n g i n e e r s

59 culptper St. warrcnion . va.
(703) 347-3600

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Water 4 W a s t e w a t e r E n g i n e e r s

STUDIES

ASSOCIATES

5721 Sellger Drive

BREIVINER,YOUrjBBLC30D,&amp;KINC3,INC.
E N B I N E E n S - S U P VEYC3FIS.

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engineers - surveyors-planners

Er-gineers

1730 ' K ' St. NW; Washington, D,C. 20006; (202) 466-8230

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Raymond, Parish, Pine &amp; Plavnick
Planning &amp; Community
Development Consultants
1010 Vermont Avenue N.W,, Suite 800
Washington, D C 20005
202 783-2924

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MUNICIPAL

ENGiNKRING

L A N D OfVELOt'MSM

PLANNING,

1603 Santa Rosa Road
Tyler Building-Su 120
Richmond, VA 23288
804-288-4051

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PURVEYING, C O N S T R U C T I O N M A N A G E M E N T
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. F«irf«x.V» 22030

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Consultants to Municipalities
on Environmental Systems

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Eastern Regional Office:1930 Isaac Newton Square E.
Reston, VA 22090
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PC Box 3855. Charlotte. NC 28203 / 704-374-1822
Syracuse, NY / Pougtikeepsie, NY / Ptiiladelphia. PA/ Dover. DE / Chillicothe. OH

L. BRAUN

COMMUNICATIONS.
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Washington • San Francisco

Specioliili

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FRANCHISES. SYSTEM DESIGN, EVALUATIONS

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Productivity Analysis ° Fiscal and Management Systems
Community Development ° CETA/Manpower Services ° Economic Development
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local and regional
governments.
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FURTHER INFORMATION

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FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES

CONTACT:

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DIR. L O C A L GOVT. S E R V I C E S
1 0 2 5 C O N N E C T I C U T A V E . N.W.
W A S H I N G T O N , D C . 20036
(202) 2 9 3 - 3 6 0 0
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A d v i s o r on F i n a n c u i l iind Marketing Matters
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L A W R K N C F B. W A L E S
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ROGRR M. S C O T T

Virginia Boarh. Va. 2:J458
804/422-1711

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• Facilities Planning

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APPLIED
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LABS, INC.
JOHN F NEVES, Pres

Pollution Control
Chemists
Bacteriologists
Clinical Testing
Engineers
Product Developmenl
Specially Manulacturers

218 N ADAMS S T R E E T RICHMOND,VA 23220
804/649-9520

TEMPLE FOUNDRY, INC.
233

T e l e g r a p h Road

(703)

V I R G I N I A 22314
960-3220

P L A Y G R O U N D and P A R K E Q U I P M E N T B Y

G A M E TIME, I N C .
CUNNINGHAM ASSOC. INC.
E c x 9554 Lakeside B r . , Ricnmond, V a , 23228
Phone 804./262-2401

Leading

CONSTRUCTION C A S T I N G S SINCE 1924

ALEXANDRIA,

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3027 LINCOLN A V E .

EQUIPMENT LEASING
"Reasonable rates for lease or loan financing
of machinery, equipment, aircraft, store fixtures, furniture, computers, chattel mortgages, leasebacks, vendor programs, and investment credit transactions. Delta Leasing
Co., Richmond, Va. 353-9591"

RICHMOND, VA. 23228
O F F I C E 262-6050

Public Research and
Management, Inc.
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
ORDINANCE CODIMIRS
157 Luckiest., N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia
30303

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operations is easy.
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COOPERATION
President Light has titled this year in Virginia as "The
Year of Cooperation." He made his commitment to that
concept in September of 1977 and continued this theme
through regional meetings last fall and during the 1978
legislative session. His willingness to commit the League to
working with the State Legislature and other groups, especially the Virginia Association of Counties, has borne some
fruit.
Example: The joint task force of VML and VACo which
worked toward resolution of the age-old annexation issue.
Example: Consultation with several legislators regarding
legislation which would assist local governments such as
Senator Mitchell's circuit breaker income tax refund for
property tax relief programs. Delegate Manning's bill to
provide funding for administrative costs of local welfare
programs, Senator Colgan's joint electricity generation bill
and Delegate Michie's financial offset measures, among
others.
Example: An increased dialogue between VML and State
legislators, between VML and the Governor's office and
between VML and other significant public interest groups.
Results: Two views can be held: that this is nothing but
rhetoric and we are back at ground zero with much lost, or
that the groundwork has been laid for a resurgence of local

government's ability to achieve assistance and flexibility in
dealing with local issues.
We believe the latter is more correct. While success on
key issues was so close (yet so far), a new spirit of
cooperation does seem to prevail with the General Assembly, with our county counterparts and with other significant
forces which affect local government. Misinformation, bad
planning or timing and poor participation by some led to
the deferral of action on financial offsets in the annexation
package to a much greater degree than did the lack of
willingness to respond.
We must do a better job of planning and preparing
ourselves to address the various issues which will be raised
by the Legislature next year. Now that President Light has
laid a foundation for cooperation, we must build trust and
mutual respect between State and local officials if we
expect to have local concerns addressed.
We must walk arm in arm with our State representatives, seat ourselves at each other's tables, talk mutual
concerns and plan mutual strategies if we are to fulfill our
end of the cooperation bargain. If these few short months
of talking cooperation are followed by innumerable occasions of buck-passing and blame-laying the previous alienation will be intensified.
Your President has begun the process; it now falls on
your shoulders to follow through at home and on the
League's shoulders to work effectively with our State officials to make 1978 truly "The Year of Cooperation."

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Richard L. DeCair

MANAGING
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A PUBLIC M A N A G E M E N T C A R E E R : N O REGRETS

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CONSULTING

John S. Z i o l k o w s k i , Jr.
Brenda M . Southworth

APRIL, 1978

ENGINEERS:

BUILDING

BETTER

COMMUNITIES
8

L O C A L G O V E R N M E N T OFFICIALS DAY

12

VML EQUIPMENT SURVEY

13

A M O R E COST/EFFECTIVE VEHICLE

16

HUMAN

RESOURCES:

NEW

PARTNERS/NEW

ROLES
18

STATES AS CITY SAVERS

DEPARTMENTS
Editorial

14

10

People

21-23

11

Calendar

2

Places
Directories

Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
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V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; C I T Y or the Virginia Municipal League.

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�A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
CAREER: NO REGRETS

had to miss no more than 10 meetings during my
tenure, plus at least 50 called meetings. Yet, those
meetings have been as identical as fingerprints.
W h e n I think 1 have seen or heard it all, or have
experienced my allotment of satisfying, embarrassing or chastised moments, a novel situation occurs.
Yet, that exemplification of unpredictable variety is,
at least in part, one of the stronger factors which
draw people to the profession or attempts at " p u b l i c
management," as we have come to know it.

By T H O M A S B . N O L A N D
I have had my share of highs and lows.

O n c e , when a newly appointed department head
reported for work and asked for instructions, I gave a
simple instruction—go to his office and answer the
phone. This approach was possible because I knew
his background and his capabilities. Later he told me
that he wondered about such cryptic instructions,
but within a few hours he was heavily involved, and
continued to be so.
This incident is used to explain my view of municipal administration. We must try to plan projects and
priorities, always ready to revise and review, in order
to carry out the primary goal of responding to legitimate citizen concerns and requests, or provide a
logical explanation when a negative response is in
order. The municipal balance sheet shows only a
monetary expression for meeting reasonable public
needs at the lowest possible cost.
Perhaps a summary of my own professional background will set the stage for at least a small amount
of subjectivity. I feel that I am fortunate since my first
municipal experience, after a college summer of survey work for a city engineer, involved reading water
meters and attempting to collect delinquent accounts. This experience gave me insight as to how
the householder feels, reacts and sometimes devises
devious ways to "beat the system." I remember one
dog bite and several occasions of having been
" r o c k e d " by children when I began cutting off water. I cannot forget an incident which occurred at the
first council meeting I attended in that era. At the
end of the meeting the proverbial man in the rear
stood to complain about potholes on his street,
whereupon there was recited to him the liturgy
about weather damage to streets, a lack of funds and
a hope to do better in the next budget. T h e n , his
question, " H o w come you always put our street at
the end of the budget?" That was in 1942, and I am
still trying to adequately answer variations of that
profound question. I am never sure, but the challenge is to try.
As a town and city manager, which I have been
since January 1 , 1947, I have attended not less than
700 regularly scheduled council meetings, having
A B O U T THE A U T H O R
Thomas B. Noland is the City Manager of Martinsville and a past
president of the Virginia Section, International City Management
Association. In 1975, he donated a collection of his private papers,
a record of his World War II experiences in Costa Rica and the
South Pacific, to the University of Virginia Library.

Putting it another way, I have had my share of
highs and lows. I have had citizens leave my office or
my phone, sad, mad, exalted, disgusted, satisfied and
sullen. I have had fellow employees hate, tolerate
and appreciate me and councilmen have wondered
about me, supported and protected me, and when I
needed it, they have pinned my ears back.
When I want to be smug, I tell myself that I have
been good therapy for councilmen. In all my years,
no councilman has yet died in office, and only one
has seen fit to resign; his profession required him to
relocate. A total of 10 mayors have headed the councils involved in my tenure. No w o m a n , except my
wife, has yet been one of my bosses. In two localities
where I have served the mayor was chosen by popular vote and in the other two, by council.
Over the years, I have developed some concepts,
and some things which sustain me. I have long since
accepted the idea that, in my limited sphere, 1 am a
public figure and must compensate therefor, and my
wife has learned to live in her corner of the fishbowl.
A city manager must maintain a varying low profile,
and must understand and protect the prerogatives
of council, above all. A n d , like all or most managers,
I no longer try to clearly define the line between the
manager's leadership role and that of following and
supporting council's leadership. O n e example of
high profile was when I confided in only a f e w
people, whose help I needed, that I was nominating
Martinsville for an All-American City Award. Council
then let me plan for and make the presentation
which resulted in the coveted designation. This was a
great joy and privilege.
O n c e I would have liked for my profile to have
been below the bottom line, a time when I was
unsuccessfully sued in Federal Court because of a
decision I had made concerning personnel administration. It would have taken me a few years to have
paid off the requested award of a million dollars.
Local political activity is the most important " n o n o . " M y philosophy is that we in local government
have an obligation to serve to the best of our ability
those whom the voters elect. Therefore, we cannot
publically express our preferences nor work behind
the scenes for any local candidate. O n the local level,
we are just too close to the action for it to be otherwise, and 1 believe the philosophy to be sound even
in localities where candidates run without primaries
or party labels, and even under the at-large system.
By extension of this philosophy, the manager must
manage to stay out of intra-council political or idea-

�logical conflicts which is not an easy task because the
manager is too close to the individuals concerned
not to develop concepts. 1 have been lucky enough
that councilmen have always been cognizant of this
philosophy and have thus avoided potential embarrassment. Good insurance is to respond as thoroughly as possible to all requests for information and
to supply information to all on an equal basis. Other
considerations include keeping council informed—
finding the fine line between adequacy of background data and so much data that the desired goal
is rendered less effective.
O n the "policy or not" question, I share what I
suppose to be the common view, that the manager
should have no part in initiating consideration of
whether to go from at-large to ward elections, or any
other aspect of the purely political realm. But, I have
no hesitancy about initiating thought about physical
things, such as public works projects. I have never
had any problems in deciding whether to step into
or stay out of various potential issues.
The agenda is all important and there is not always
a clear distinction between what is purely administrative and what requires council action. I have been
embarrassed many times by misreading council's reaction, as well as by having failed to adequately inform, or have a staff person available to furnish specific data. Adequately preparing for council
meetings is all important.
Some general situations include decisions about
community and civic activities, family time and off
the job relationships with council and staff. (Is the
manager ever off the job?) Different people and
varying situations require flexibility, as long as there
can be a hedge against favoritism, cronyism and "the
appearance of e v i l . " Early in my career I was active in
a civic club, but in recent years I have felt that I
should not belong to any, so that I can attempt to
cooperate with all civic clubs. Not all, but some fellow managers share that view. In short, 1 am not a
joiner, nor have I ever been the structured individual
who feels the advantages of a rigid schedule of staff
meetings. Rather, I prefer to be immediately available to as many as possible.

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Local political activity is a "no-no".

I am an open-door person who likes to be available to citizens, and long ago I learned to be a good
listener. It fascinates me how a citizen on the phone
begins mad and abusive, but after he talks it out he
frequently ends up apologizing for the time he consumed and classifying the problem as a minor one.
Obviously, there are times when the citizen is fully
correct, and action is in order. The most transparent
call involves the citizen's effort to have his neighbor
take the rap for him.
For a manager to keep his perspective, and preserve his marriage, he must have utmost consideration for his wife, who is forced into the role of
confidante, advisor and answering service. Think of
all the meetings a wife attends because the manager's image suffers if she does not. 1 think that in
our State the present policy of involving the wives in
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Many things are best forgotten, but some are rich
memories. In anticipation of extending sewer service
to a previously unserved area, one man who had
already installed his bath came to wonder about
service date, and said, " I never take a bath, but you
should see my 'ol woman trying to take a bath in a
wash p a n . " The imagery was clear to me for I knew
she weighed at least 200 pounds. And at another
time and place, another sewer line was being e x tended. After he had heard the excuses about delays,
a home owner gave me one for the book when he
said, " I hope it'll be soon, 'cause my 'exceptional'
tank's broke d o w n . "
In search of the answer to a question posed by a
reporter, I had to go to the first minute book of the
Pulaski Town Council, and the search evolved into a
series of about twenty-six weekly guest columns in
the Southwest Times of Pulaski. Careful reading of
those records, at first handwritten, embellished by
what I had learned about the community, by conversations with an elderly second generation department head, and with two elderly men who were
participants in the Town's first development, resulted in a history of Pulaski's first sixty years. It was
fascinating to identify and piece together the i n cidents which gradually became sequential weekly
columns. Putting together that history, spent mostly

CONSULTING ENGINEERS:
BUILDING BETTER
COMMUNITIES
By H A R R Y W. K I N C A I D

Consulting engineers are somewhat like the well
known Genie in the lamp. W h e n one needs a possible or actual transformation of the physical and
natural environment, he or she simply rubs the lamp,
and, in this case, out pops a man with all his data,
charts, graphs, calculator and all other essential gear,
ready to oblige. Little there is in our everyday surroundings that has not been influenced to some
degree by consulting engineers.
Consulting engineers and their firms test and develop new designs and products; help governments
cope with today and plan for tomorrow; help generate and conserve energy; help span rivers, or tunnel
beneath t h e m ; design plant layouts and the heating,
air conditioning and mechanical systems within
A B O U T THE A U T H O R
Harry W. Kincaid is the Executive Director of the Consulting
Engineers Council of Virginia.

in evening hours, was the most enjoyable project I
have ever had.
Probably there are few professions where a
change of pace is more important. Because of so
much public exposure and job pressure, the manager needs an outlet involving outdoor physical a c tivity, as well as a hobby which can be shared or
demonstrated to others. A n d , most importantly,
there should be some community or church activity
which involves behind the scenes service to people
who have unmet needs or problems, because such
giving is receiving.
For perhaps 20 years now I have been sustained by
an incident which I recounted to some of my fellow
professionals. O n a particular day things were going
especially bad—irate phone calls and all the rest. I
decided that I had to get out for a while. No more
than a block from the office I was walking slowly,
deeply distressed, oblivious. Then 1 realized that a
man had fallen in step beside me, and he began
speaking. He called me by name and told me I was
doing a good job, that I must remember that I would
never please everybody. I was dumbfounded because the man drifted away before I could fully realize what had happened, and moreover, I did not
even know him. W h e n I returned immediately to my
office, the problems were not there.

them; test and analyze soils; illuminate our cities and
the world; and help control environments and stop
pollution.
Consulting engineers are professionals, public servants and businessmen.
As professionals, they have the qualifications of
education, technical knowledge and legal registration to practice one or more branches of engineering. They have a creativity born of diverse experience and modern engineering application. They
have no commercial affiliations, thus assuring u n biased and independent engineering.
As public servants and good citizens, they serve
clients and the public interest honestly and with i n tegrity, impartiality and ingenuity. Their clients i n clude both the private and public sectors; all receive
the most modern in professional engineering services.
As businessmen, they operate independent, private engineering practices by offering engineering
feasibility studies and analyses, preplanning, design
and construction coordination. Their goals are to
provide sound engineering at a reasonable investment.
Included among consulting engineers' clients are
individuals, owners or managers, contractors, manufacturers or fabricators, architects and even other
engineers and professionals. Boards of directors, e n gineering departments in industry, and federal, state
and local governments seek the assistance of c o n sulting engineers.
W h e n serving their clients, consulting engineers
carefully attempt to insure that their services, and
the expected results, are thoroughly understood and

�satisfactory to all. They attempt to communicate with
clients via discussions and written reports which
clearly describe the magnitude and progress of a
project and the consequences of future planning
and action. Consulting engineers try to remain aware
of current community feelings and the level of understanding of the particular client.
It should be emphasized, however, that consulting
engineers are not, and should not be, considered
"employees" of their clients. They are retained for
special continuing consultation; thus, they should
be relied upon for advice.

Engaging A Consulting Engineer

firms may be chosen by a review of their statements
of qualification by studying their brochures, or upon
the recommendation of others who have engaged
them. The client sends the project definition to each
of these firms and requests an expression of interest
and additional information about their qualifications
and experience. The client then reviews this information and selects at least three, but usually not
more than six, firms who appear to be the best qualified.
Interviews The client arranges personal interviews
with a principal, or principals, of each firm, preferably in the engineer's office to assure mutual understanding and to enable the client to obtain additional
information and details related to the firm's capabilities. The client also may visit one or more projects
completed by each firm and/or contact recent
clients of each.
To aid in ranking the firms and determining their
relative merit, the following information should be
obtained during the interviews:
• general experience and history of the firm's
performance
• technical education and expertise of the firm's
personnel
• availability of adequate personnel, equipment
and facilities with which to do the job
• general approach to the job
• current workload
• record of professional accomplishments
• request to visit some projects on which the firm
is working, and
• size and financial responsibility of the firm.
Ranking of firms Following the interviews, the
client selects the three most qualified firms in order
of preference.
Negotiations The client then notifies the first firm
on the list, arranges a second interview and invites
the firm to submit any additional data it deems appropriate. The firm also can be expected to come to
the interview prepared to negotiate the compensation or fee for the engineering services.
If an arrangement is reached, the client and consultant draw up a contract. If the parties do not reach
an agreement, negotiations are terminated and the
client repeats the process with the second firm on his
list (being sure to tell the second firm that negotiations with the first have been terminated).
Depending on location and nature of the project,
engineering fees may be based on per diem, cost
times a factor, lump sum or the percentage of the
cost of the project.

Basically, the procedure for engaging a consulting
engineer consists of five steps: project definition,
evaluation, interviews, ranking of firms and negotiation.
Project definition The client prepares a description
of the proposed project, its purpose and location
and other pertinent facts for those consulting engineers who are interested in doing the project. If a
preliminary budget has been established, it should
be included.
Evaluation The client selects a limited number of
firms considered to be qualified for the project. The

Persons who are involved in and/or responsible
for engaging and working with consulting engineers,
may want to order the following helpful publications:
1977-1978 Consulting Engineers Council of Virginia Membership Roster, available free by writing to
the Council at 6924 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond,
Virginia 23228, or calling (804) 264-0051.
The American Consulting Engineers Council
"Manual of Practice." This excellent, helpful manual
is available from the Council at 1155 15th Street, N.
W., Washington, D. C. 20005. The price is $50.00.

Competition for Services
Competition between engineering firms that results in improvements in design and service is beneficial to both the client and the public and is in
keeping with the philosophy of private enterprise. In
the opinion, however, of most of those who are
responsible for procuring the services of consulting
engineers, and in the consultants' opinion and experience, this competition should be based on competence and qualifications, not price!
Competitive price bidding between engineering
firms usually results in the selection of the "low bidder" with little regard for quality. Since the overall
cost of the project will depend in large part on the
competence of the engineering firm in planning,
conducting and completing a project, the firm's fee
which is a fraction of the total cost, should be a secondary consideration. In addition, unnecessary risks
or hazardous conditions often occur where attempts
have been made to reduce the total cost of an engineering project by reducing the cost of the engineering. In the true experiences of many engineers,
competition on the basis of price often results in
inadequate compensation to the engineer and severely limits his ability to provide the proper ingenuity and creative talent so important to a successfully designed project.
Finally, and perhaps most important, competitive
bids are based on the client's description or scope of
the project which, for various reasons, usually is not
sufficiently detailed and informative to permit figuring an accurate price for the total project. In fact, the
complete scope seldom is realized until the client
and the consulting engineer begin to negotiate a fee
for the project.

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Governor John N. Dalton

Senator Adelard Brault

By Bradley K. Harmes
The
Virginia
Municipal
L e a g u e h e l d its m i d w i n t e r c o n f e r e n c e on J a n u a r y 27, 1978 at
the John Marshall H o t e l , R i c h m o n d . The League's Local
G o v e r n m e n t O f f i c i a l s D a y afforded local leaders an opportunity to meet with m e m b e r s
of t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y to d i s cuss items of l o c a l a n d state i n terests. S e v e r a l officials a r r i v e d
o n t h e e v e n i n g of J a n u a r y 26 to
m e e t w i t h t h e i r legislators i n d i vidually over dinner. Presiding
over the conference was Virginia M u n i c i p a l League Presid e n t a n d B r i s t o l M a y o r R. L .
L i g h t , Jr. O v e r 80 officials w e r e
i r e s e n t at t h e J o h n M a r s h a l l to
lear Governor John Dalton
and
Senate Majority Leader
A d e l a r d B r a u l t discuss p o l i c y
a n d f i n a n c i a l matters a f f e c t i n g
local government. O n e topic
of great i n t e r e s t w a s t h e restor a t i o n of State f u n d s to c o v e r
t e a c h e r r e t i r e m e n t costs w h i c h
w e r e s c h e d u l e d to b e s e v e r e l y
r e d u c e d i n t h e s e c o n d y e a r of
the b i e n n i u m .

VML President R. L. Light, jr.

U r b a n , City and T o w n Sections also m e t f o l l o w i n g t h e
m o r n i n g session a n d
there
w e r e lively d i s c u s s i o n s of u p c o m i n g legislative matters s u c h
as a n n e x a t i o n a n d c e i l i n g s o n
gross r e c e i p t t a x e s .

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VML Executive Director R. L. DeCair

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buying
can only add to tiie
problems you're
called upon to
solve today
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support your
purchasing decisions with

TOTAL COST
Purchasing equipment for a governmental unit is a complex problem. You're
confronted with rising costs, shrinking
budgets, and a critical examination of all
expenditures. Understandably, the first
reaction is to base your choice on the initial price of the machine—accepting the
lowest bid as the one and only factor to
consider. But this doesn't hold up. There
are too many additional factors. And
usually they make a "total cost" buying
decision best for you. That's because you

are including the key factors of operating
and maintenance costs, repair and
downtime costs, and the resale value
you will realize. When combined with
initial price these factors add up to the
"total cost" of machine ownership.
This is bottom-line figuring. Decisive.
Predictable. Documented.

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Lee To Take Leave

Bristol Fire Chief JACK LEE has taken a
six month leave of absence effective
March 1 because of ill health. Chief
Lee joined the Bristol Fire Department
in 1941 as a volunteer and became a
paid firefighter in 1945. He was appointed captain in 1957, chief in 1970
and has served on the executive committee of the State Fire Chiefs Association of Virginia.

Mobley Honored

Virginia Beach Police Patrolman
IIMMY
W. MOBLEY
received third
place in the Virginia Jaycee's Most
Outstanding Young Law Officers
Award for 1978. Affiliated with the
Virginia Beach police department
since 1967, Patrolman Mobley is currently completing his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Old Dominion University.

Bowen Appointed

Former Bluefield Town Manager MAX
E. BOWEN was appointed Town M a n ager of Strasburg. Before coming to
Bluefield, he served as city manager of
Louisville, O h i o and had spent a short
term as manager of Pikeville, Kentucky. A graduate of Miami University
in O x f o r d , O h i o , Bowen is a member
of the Virginia Section, international
City Management Association. His appointment was effective February 20.

New Library Director

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H. SADLER is the new Director of the Henrico County Public
Library. He has been affiliated with
the Denver Public Library in Colorado, the Fort Lewis College Library,
Durango, Colorado and the Kinderhook Regional Library in Lebanon,
Missouri. Sadler holds a bachelor's
degree from Southeast Missouri State
and a graduate degree trom Emory
University.

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F. FENTON,
SR. was appointed Administrative Assistant of
the City of Lexington on January 3. He
began his career as an area engineer
for the Bureau of Public Roads in 1950
and rose to chief of land acquisition
division for the Federal Highway A d ministration in Washington, D.C. by
October, 1963. He has received many

awards for his work and won the Federal Highway Administrators Award
for superior service in 1969.

Gross Appointed

GEORGE GROSS, Staff Director of the
House Budget Committee, has been
appointed to head the National
League of Cities' Office of Federal Relations. Gross has worked in top congressional staff positions for nine
years and has held his previous position since 1974. A native of Hungary,
he attended the University of C o n necticut and holds a law degree from
Boston University School of Law.

Graves Resigns

Martinsville City Welfare Superintendent HARRIETT
M. GRAVES
has
announced plans to resign as of June
30, 1978. Formerly a social worker in
the department for 10 years. Graves
became superintendent in 1975. She
plans to return to her native State of
Rhode island.

Hope Will Not Seek

Suffolk Mayor JAMES F. HOPE announced plans not to seek another
term on City C o u n c i l . Serving in public office since 1963, Hope was a member of the old Suffolk City Council
and became mayor of the new City
following consolidation. He presently
serves on the Virginia Municipal
League's Executive Committee as
chairman of the Urban Section.

Chase City Hires

The T o w n Council hired FRED A.
DARDEN
to the position of Town
Manager and RICKY REESE to the post
of Town Treasurer. Darden, a native
of California, has 30 years of military
service and holds a graduate degree
in public administration from Central
Michigan University. A native of
Chase City, Reese holds degrees from
Danville Community College and
Averett College. Reese assumed his
new job the first of February while
Darden's post became effective on
March 6.

Councilmanic Changes

The Mineral T o w n Council appointed
THOMAS
ABERCROMBIE
to fill the
unexpired term of Dabney Falls. Falls

resigned as a councilmember when
he was elected to the post of Commissioner of Revenue in the November
election. Chincoteague's Town Mayor
WHEATLEY
WATSON
resigned his
post as Mayor on February 28. Terrell
E. Boothe, Vice Mayor, will serve as
mayor until Town Council appoints a
replacement.

Griffith Appointed

FRED P. GRIFFITH, JR., Assistant Engineer/Director of the Fairfax Water
Authority, has been awarded the
American Water Works Association
1978 "Publications A w a r d " for his paper on the Authorities Economic and
Conservation-Oriented Rate Structure. Griffith has held his post with the
Authority since 1959. A member of
A W W A since 1972, he holds a degree
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University.

Sjolund Appointed

DR. GEORGE
C. SJOLUND was appointed Director of the Virginia Beach
Health Department. He received his
medical degree from the University of
Maryland and has attended Tufts University, Gonzago University and the
University of California. His most recent position was with the State
Health
Department's
Peninsula
Health Center in Newport News. His
appointment was effective March 1 .

Norfolk Fire Chief Named

THOMAS
E. GARDNER
became the
Fire Chief of the City of Norfolk on
March 1. A n Arkansas native, he has
been with the Charlotte, North Carolina Fire Department for 19 years.
Gardner has an associate degree from
Central Piedmont Community C o l lege and has completed courses at the
University of North Carolina's Institute of Government at Chapel Hill.

Purchasing Officers Elected

The Virginia Association of G o v e r n ment Purchasing elected its officers
for 1977-78. They include CURTIS L
WALSH, County of Henrico, M M f S L
SHOTTS, VPI &amp; S U , AMOS C. COCHRAN, City of Portsmouth,
MICKY
POOLE, County of Loudoun and BUEFORD B. THOMPSON,
City of Roanoke.

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Parking Congress W o r k s h o p , June
11-14, New Orleans, Louisiana

Calendar

Traning Session for Mayors and C o u n cilmen, June 14-16, VPI &amp; SU and
June 21-23, University of Virginia

First National Conference of Local Energy Officials, April 10-12, Stouffer's
National Center, Arlington

U. S. Conference of Mayors, June 1721, Peachtree Center Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

Municipal Electric Power Association
of Virginia, April 12-14, Ramada
Inn, Manassas
Zero-Base Budgeting in Local G o v e r n ment, Regional Seminar, ( M F O A ) ,
April 13-14, Atlanta, Georgia
Virginia Section, International City
Management Association, April 2628, New Cavalier, Virginia Beach
Virginia Citizens Planning Association
and Virginia Chapter, American Institute Planners, May 14-16, Mariner Resort I n n , Virginia Beach
Local Government Attorneys of Virginia C o n f e r e n c e , "Local G o v e r n ment Personnel Problems: The Law
in Virginia", May 18-20, Sheraton
Inn, Fredericksburg

MEPAV T O MEET
The Municipal Electric Power Association will meet on April 12-14, Ramada
Inn, Manassas for their Annual C o n ference. Scheduled events include a
tour of the Manassas Electric Distribution System, reports on the Randolph
Hydroelectric Complex and legislation of interest to the Association.
Some of the speakers will be Charles
C. Jones, Jr., Virginia Association of
Electric Cooperatives; Frederick Ritts,
Northcuth Ely; and a representative
from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Robert C o r e k i n , Electric Utility Director, Martinsville and President of MEPAV, will preside over the Conference.

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The Virginia Section, International
City Management Association will
hold its Annual Conference on April
26-28 a at the New Cavalier in Virginia
Beach. President Wendell L. Seldon,
City Manager, Winchester, will preside over the Conference. In conjunction with the Conference this
year will be the I C M A Small Cities
Management Training Program on
Wednesday, April 26. The Conference
will officially begin on Wednesday
evening with an O p e n i n g Dinner. The
program format and registration costs
have been mailed to all members. In
addition to President Seldon, the following comprise the Executive C o m mittee: Bristol City Manager Hugh
G. Cooper, Manassas City Manager
C. M. Moyer, Jr., Williamsburg City
Manager Frank Force, Salem City
Manager William J . Paxton, Jr., Roanoke Assistant City Manager Sam H.
M c G h e e III and South Boston City
Manager, J. Aubrey Houghton (immediate past president).

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�of the determination of replacement need is made on a
combination of factors. Age is the largest single factor
(13.75 percent). Central purchasing (33.34 percent) makes
the largest group of purchase decisions with the remainder
of the decisions being divided among departments, councils and individuals. Most of the buying is done by persons
whose primary function is not purchasing. While only 6.25
percent of the respondents do not use competitive bidding, over half (50.44 percent) do allow exceptions.
VEHICLES: First results indicate that most trucks owned
are under two tons and most cars owned are full size. The
same profile for determination of need as equipment applies to vehicles. Average age for vehicles reported is 4.18
years. More vehicles (50.0 percent) are purchased by central offices though the remainder are still bought by persons whose primary function is not buying.
MAINTENANCE: Most maintenance is done by a combination of government shop and outside shop, large localities having in-house capabilities and smaller localities having none. According to the responses, location of vehicles
is evenly divided among central motor pools, departments
and individually assigned units. The majority of responses
indicated that costs of maintenance and insurance are not
included in purchase considerations.
COMMENTS: In equipment, a manufacturer's representative noted that localities keep equipment beyond the
efficiency periods determined in private enterprise. Also
differing from industry practices was the lack of maintenance factoring for purchase considerations and the vague
character of responding to the questions on fuel and operating costs. For vehicles, an area for savings appears in the
two majority sub categories: light trucks and full sized cars.
Federal results show that full sized autos consume the most
petroleum and smaller trucks have not had the more economical diesel options. A shift to smaller autos and minitrucks and new light diesels can save money.

VML EQUIPMENT VEHICLE
SURVEY
By John S. Ziolkowski, Jr.

The Virginia Municipal League conducted a survey in
January of this year to determine the practices of local
governments regarding the purchasing and maintenance
of equipment and vehicles. This is a summary of the results
of that survey. As of February 15,1978, the responses were
in from 77.5 percent of the cities, 45.3 percent of the
towns and 47.8 percent of the counties. The number of
large localities responding leads us to believe that the
results may give a good overview of equipment and vehicle ownership and maintenance.
EQUIPMENT: The majority (46.32 percent) of the equipment by percentages falls in the medium category: backhoe 10.08 percent, tractor 24.71 percent, trenching 2.81
percent and sweeps 8.72 percent. The heavy (27.23 percent) and light (26.45 percent) categories are approximately equal.
Lifespan reports indicated that 64.37 percent of the
equipment is either kept 6-10 years, pr over 10 years. Most

EQUIPMENT MAKES: PRELIMINARY REPORT (By Category)
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Cat.
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Inter.
Ford
Clark
Fiat
Buc/Er
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Case
Other

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MEDIUM (%)

LIGHT (%)

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3.78
9.45
5.67
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1.08
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2.70
55.40

7.27
18.18
11.21
23.34
1.81
1.36
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8.5
24.7
11.4
2.8
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5.90
30.30

7.50
42.50

6.98
9.54
11.88
12.74
1.60
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ENERGY CONSERVATION is foremost in the minds of Ohio city and
county administrators and planners,
and with good reason.
Having just experienced the most
severe winter in the State's history,
and having soberly listened to President Carter's energy message to the
American people, municipal officials
statewide are again earnestly seeking
new approaches to old energy conservation problems.
An individual who has found just
such a new approach is city councilman Richard Hagerty—a 20-year veteran of the political life of the Toledo
suburb of Sylvania (pop. 20,000). His
program has resulted in savings of
thousands of dollars annually for Sylvania taxpayers through purchase of
more economical compact police vehicles, rather than the more costly
full or intermediate-size units.
"My interest in compact-sized police vehicles was triggered by an article in the August issue of MOTOR
TREND magazine in 1974," recalled
Hagerty.
"The country was in the process of
recovering from the initial shock of
the 1973-74 oil embargo. In the MOTOR TREND article, John Christy, the
magazine's
executive
editor
wrote:'. . . if the some 220,000 marked
and unmarked police vehicles in the
United States could suddenly be
changed from full and intermediatesize units to compact vehicles, gasoline savings to the country would
amount to annual estimated savings of
from $320 million to $663 million depending on the statistical figures used
in the calculation. . .' "
And, Hagerty emphasized, "those
calculations were made when gasoline was retailing in the range of 30 to
40 cents per gallon."
At the same time, Hagerty recalled
that the Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration (LEAA) in Washington
released figures stating that the nation's 220,000 police vehicles burn
about one billion gallons of gasoline
annually, and that the typical police
vehicle in 1974 was averaging only
eight miles per gallon. The study
noted that if the fuel average could be
increased by just one mile, to nine
miles per gallon, ". . . it would represent savings of some 100-million gallons of gasoline annually . . ."
"Since our full-size Sylvania police
cars in 1974 were getting less than the
national average in fuel consumption—just six miles per gallon—the
next logical question was what to do
about it," Hagerty said.
The same MOTOR TREND article

was again very helpful in setting Hagerty on the right track.
"It outlined the excellent showing
of the Chevrolet Nova compact police
unit in the annual Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department (LASD) police
vehicle test program at Pomona Fairgrounds near Los Angeles," Hagerty
recalled. "The Nova finished the performance tests with a score just a fraction of a percentage point behind the
only foreign entry—a Volvo 164. At
the same time the Nova scored the
highest of all five domestic makes
evaluated," he said.
To convince police officers and city
councilmen that the compact police
vehicle would be a superior vehicle to
full and intermediate-size vehicles,
often takes more than bare "lifecycle" figures by themselves.
"One of the best 'convincers' that I
know," said Hagerty, "is a well prepared demonstrator vehicle."
Harry Hammond, Detroit-based
Chevrolet project engineer on the
Nova police car and currently a Chevrolet national fleet account executive,
was very helpful in providing a demonstrator unit for use by Sylvania police officers and city councilmen.
"I found that one demonstration
ride was worth a thousand words,"
Hagerty said.
Over the two week period we had
the demo, every officer on the Sylvania force and several city councilmen drove the car.
"Frankly, they were surprised," said
Hagerty. "They didn't expect it to
handle as well as it did, and they
didn't expect it to be as roomy as it
was.
"Following completion of all demonstration drives, we wrote detailed
specifications for all interested bidders.
"We eventually purchased two 1975
police Novas and later two additional
1976 units. By November, 1976 we
were able to put together our first set
of comparison operating cost figures
for the cars, as compared to in service
intermediate and full size competitive
police units.
"Quite honestly, we were tremendously pleased with the outcome. The
compact Novas outperformed their
intermediate and full sized competition in every cost category."
The four Novas were equipped with
the Chevrolet 9C1 Police Package, a
350 cubic-inch four-barrel engine, automatic transmission, air conditioning, power steering, 14 inch radial
tires and used unleaded gasoline.
The four 1976 competitive intermediate police cars were equipped

with the manufacturer's Police Package, a 360 cubic-inch two-barrel engine, automatic transmission, air conditioning, power steering, 15 inch
radial tires and also used unleaded
fuel.
Total mileage of the competitive intermediate car was 80,700 for an average mileage of 20,175 per car.
Based on a useful life of 40,000 miles
and a fleet of eight police cars, the
Novas produced a savings of $4,924.80
over the competitive intermediatesize police vehicles. This is equivalent
to the cost of one new police cruiser.
"In other words," Hagerty said
"when compared to the intermediate,
a fleet of eight Novas would save
enough in operating expenses to pay
the cost of the eighth car or permit
the addition of a ninth fleet car at no
capital cost."
Hagerty said that when comparing
the Nova compact police cars to competitive full-size police units, the savings are even more dramatic.
Based upon a 40,000 mile life and a
fleet of eight cruisers, the Novas will
produce a total savings of $12,480.00
over the competitive full-size police
cars or approximately equivalent to
the cost of two-and-one-half new
Nova police cars.
"To put it another way," said Hagerty, "each Nova operates for approximately $52.00 a month less than its
competitive intermediate counterpart
and $133.00 a month less than its competitive full-size police counterpart.
Additionally, our experience to date
has shown that the Nova has an average 11 percent better resale value than
its competitive intermediate counterpart."
More important, according to Hagerty, is the fact that reduced operating costs are by no means the only
things the Nova police cars have going for them.
"They are also vastly more efficient
in handling and performance than the
older style larger cars. They corner securely, precisely and quickly. Their response to steering input is quick and
easy, allowing them to slip through
traffic in a way the larger cars never
could. Their quick acceleration tends
to allow them to end most pursuits
before they get started—and I think
you'll agree that when pursuit is necessary, the best pursuit is a short pursuit," he said.
Arthur Cole, Sylvania chief of police, couldn't agree more.
"When it comes to pursuit work it
all boils down to the safety of my
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CH£S/APM/C£—City manager Durwood S. Curling reported in his fiveyear capital budget message that the
approval of $7.4 million in bonds will
be required in a referendum in 1980.
The bonds will provide funds for two
new schools and four school addition
projects.
CULPEPER—Town
Council voted to
join the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District Comission (PDC 9).
Membership dues to the planning district commission will be $1,376 per
year. The PDC membership allows the
appointment of two delegates to the
commission from the Council upon
the PDC's acceptance of the Town's
application.
ALEXANDRIA—A
new City report
concludes the City's water system
cannot meet minimum standards for
fire fighting in seven areas. Approximately $10 million will be needed to
make the necessary improvements.
City Manager Douglas Harman said
this will cost residents at least 16 extra
cents for every 1,000 gallons of water
they consume or $12.80 per year for
the average household.
NORFOLK—No
housing is included
in the renewal project under a plan
being developed by the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
O n e of the most blighted sections in
the city will be planned for commerce
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VIRGINIA
BEACH—C\ty
Council and
the school board were presented
plans for the proposed Virginia Beach
Museum of Marine Sciences in a recent joint meeting. T w o sites are
being reviewed to house the largest
science museum in the State. The
master plan would either implement
Sea Shore State Park or the D o m e .
ARLINGTON
COUNTY—Member
delegates of the Arlington County
Civic Federation voted to recommend
to the Arlington County Board that a
citizen's commission be appointed to
review the possibilities of Arlington
becoming a city. Arlington Board
Chairman John Purdy expressed the
Board's interest at looking into the advantages and costs associated with the

county to city conversion.
ROANOKE
VALLEY—A
new attempt
has been made to resolve a long
standing disagreement over sharing
the costs of a major sewer interceptor
line that will serve the northeast part
of Roanoke County and the southern
part of Botetourt County. The four localities represented, Roanoke, Vinton, Roanoke County and Botetourt
County, will jointly share the costs.
Under the formu'a used in the Roanoke Valley for sharing costs on joint
interceptors, Botetourt County would
have to contribute a major part of the
expenditures.
lAMES
CITY C O U N T Y — B a l l Metal
Container G r o u p announced that it
will spend $19 million to enlarge its
assembly plant in the County. County
administrator James B. Oliver, Jr.
greeted the announcement with surprise and gratitude, since it will mean
about 150 new jobs and increased
revenues for the County.
WINCHESTER—Mayor
Stewart Bell,
Jr. reiterated his favorable stand on
the proposed joint City-Frederick
County governmental facility study.
Calling the lack of governmental office space the biggest problem that
confronts Winchester as a c o m m u nity. Bell said the study should be a
project done comparatively with the
County. Mayor Bell said the operational savings realized with the joint
venture would help offset increased
costs of maintaining present court
services.
VIENNA—A recent audit revealed the
Town has accumulated a 1976-77 bud-

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get surplus of nearly $1 million.
Charles Johnson, deputy director of
the Town's finance department, said it
was the largest surplus the Town has
had. Officials have not made plans on
how to spend the bulk of the surplus.

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SITES exhibitions are drawn from the
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Our advanced technological state
has produced not only increasingly
rapid and far-reaching changes, but
has also reduced individual capacity
for self-sufficiency. In the former days
of our agrarian society, families provided for themselves. Families in need
could look to their neighbors for sustenance and support through periods
of unpredictable crisis. Today, families
have become displaced in time and
space away from neighbors, friends
and relatives who have provided traditional supports. Furthermore, much
that was previously done by hand is
now done by machine and the computer, a product of our modern technology, is replacing not only hands,
but brains. In today's society, work
consists increasingly of services and a
person's worth is measured by a new
and different criteria, the quality and
quantity of the services he provides
rather than the material products of
his labor.
With decreasing ability of individuals and families to provide for themselves, federal, state and local governments have assumed increasing
primacy in the provision of services
for all citizens, an increasing role in
the advocacy for those in need, and
an increasing role in the redistribution of material goods and the nation's wealth. The state has assumed
these roles in addition to its policing
and regulatory powers. In its new role
as policeman, provider, distributor
and protector of the weak, the State
makes decisions as to the appropriate
distribution of goods and monies
through the legislative process and
the subsequent delegation of responsibilities to State agencies. The State
agencies, as extensions of legislative
interest and directives, develop and
implement programs to benefit the
Commonwealth. In the area of human
resources, these activities are carried
out through the Departments of
Health, Mental Health and Mental
Retardation, Welfare, Vocational Rehabilitation, The Office on Aging, the
Virginia Employment Commission,
the Commission of the Visually Handicapped, the Virginia Council for the
Deaf, the Developmental Disabilities
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Dr. Jean L. Harris, M . D . , is the Secretary of
H u m a n Resources, C o m m o n w e a l t h of Virginia.
This article is Dr. Harris' remarks to the C o m m u nity Exchange P r o g r a m , delivered February 16,
1978.

tection and Advocacy Office.
Neither the State Legislature nor
the State agencies are all wise. In order to make programs responsive to
local needs, there must be local input.
The development of services, therefore, must become a partnership between State and local governments;
and perhaps more important, between
State, local governments and the community as represented by the citizens
boards of local and regional planning
units, i.e., the chapter 10 boards, the
area manpower planning councils and
health systems agencies.
The role and responsibilities of the
respective partners differ depending
upon the program. In some instances,
decisions regarding the distribution of
funds have been securely seated with
local units. In other instances, the local unit plans, evaluates and advises
the State as to the program's utility,
desirability, design, criteria and quality control. The outgrowth of our joint
effort has been a tailoring of programs
to needs defined at the local level.
Since different communities define
and prioritize their needs differently,
there has been some disparity in program placement and design between
and within some of our communities.
Such differences have led to instances
of recipients "falling between the
cracks" as they change residence,
thereby creating issues of access and
equity. Equally important are barriers
to access created by different eligibility criteria in some of our programs
and the belated recognition and identification of individuals who, although
eligible and in need of services provided by the State, do not fit neatly
into prior definitions of eligibility. An
example of this is the current attention given to the emotionally disturbed child with behavioral problems who in the past has been constrained in the juvenile justice system. Children who are behavioral
problems and who have not committed felonious crimes or assaults
against society, clearly deserve other
alternatives. In November, 1976, an
interagency agreement between the
Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation and the Department of Corrections, Division of
Youth Services, established a process
by which such children are referred to
an interdisciplinary prescription or
case plan for the child's care and
treatment, expedites disposition and
provides follow-up to the child's
progress.
With great, but limited resources, it

is incumbent upon all of us in the
human resource area to integrate and
coordinate programs so as to effect
maximum benefit for our clientele.
Future activities in the Office of the
Secretary of Human Resources will relate to strengthening interagency cooperation at the State level and
strengthening of the partnership with
local governments and citizen boards
for the purposes of identifying and
planning for removal of program barriers to consumer access. The prescription team just described is but one
illustration of the steps to be taken
and the future direction.
The present Administration has an
avowed goal to contain the size and
scope of State government. Reorganization is in the air as the present
General Assembly wrestles with the
problems of streamlining State government while maintaining functional
integrity. With reversal of the trend to
centralize program functions and responsibilities, we must find ways to
maintain our existing effort while
fostering future program development
at the local level. In short, expansion
of the community service network
through support of local efforts, both
public and private.
As an example of our future direction, there is a general consensus that
not all people committed to mental
health institutions in the past should
have been placed there. For several
years we have witnessed a massive
push to deinstitutionalize those individuals who could be returned to
communities. Deinstitutionalization is
in the best interest of the patient, as is
avoidance of unnecessary institutionalization. However, in many instances,
there are little or no support services
for the mentally disturbed in the community to which they are returned.
Consequently, communities have become afraid of, and less than enthusiastic about, accepting such individuals
back into their midst.
The value and viability of a comprehensive community approach to mental health services delivery has been
proven. Commitment to deinstitutionalization, pressures for treatment
in the less restricted environment of
the community and identified needs
of the deinstitutionalized population
call for a range of supportive community services. The present commitment to maintenance and rehabilitation of individuals in their current
environment will be reflected in a
new initiative directed toward improvement and expansion of commu-

�nity-based psychological and rehabilitative services. The new program
effort should assist localities to bridge
the gap between what they currently
are capable of doing and what is required for a comprehensive c o m m u nity support system.
It is not possible to predict where
the process of reaching out to new
partners and new roles will lead us.
Only one thing is certain and that is
building cooperative, rather than
competitive or adversary relationships, can only result in stronger human service programs for all.

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By George H. Williams, Fairfax County
I would like to take this opportunity
on behalf of the V I R G I N I A P L U M B ING
INSPECTORS
ASSOCIATION
(V.P.I.A.) to extend to everyone a cordial welcome to attend our 15th A n nual School and C o n f e r e n c e , which
will be held May 5-6, Stouffer's National Center Hotel, 2399 South Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.
The school, which is a two-day affair
in the spring, is held each year in a
different area of the State. It will be
held on Friday (9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
and Saturday (9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.)
The program this year includes the
following:
•Proper installation of an individual private water system
•Treatment of the domestic water
supply
•Saving of water and energy
•Proper use and installation of nonmetalic materials for shower pans
and membrane applications
•State health requirements for restaurants and food services
•Effect of aerosol sprays and gas
appliances
•Proper installation of water heater
•Proper installation of heating &amp;
air conditioning equipment
•Fuel fired equipment—ventallation
&amp; combustion
•Corrosion control of underground
gas piping
•Installation of fire systems, and
•Films—"Barrier Free W a s h r o o m s "
and " O n e Step A h e a d . "
A representative from the state
housing board will give an address on
Code Enforcement. Although the
program does not have a code class
scheduled, I am sure the membership
will be more than willing to help you
resolve it.
You will find many manufacturers,

or their representatives, displaying
their products. The main purpose for
having exhibits is to give the inspector
a better technical understanding of
the products, expecially their function
and installation requirements.
W e will have our "Early Bird Oyster
Roast" on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and
on Friday night at 7:30 p.m., we have
planned a Champagne Tour of Washington D.C. The Tour will cost $13.00
per person and you must sign up by
April 8,1978. Saturday night is our A n nual Banquet beginning with the social hour at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7:30
and the dance at 9:00-12:00 p.m. In
addition to the men's program, our
ladies' auxiliary has planned a program for the wives, so why not bring
them with you?
W e organized approximately 15
years ago, with a membership of seventeen and now there are over 400
members. W e have three membership
meetings a year. The early spring
meeting, which is the two day school
and conference, emphasizes training.
The second meeting, held during the
summer, is a family outing, and the
third gathering is our Christmas party.
W e look forward to seeing you in
Arlington on May 6-7 for our Annual
School and Conference.

VEHICLES,

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thousand words in selling them on the
desirability of obtaining the unit.
5) Write your specifications for the
car you would like to have, and let
these specs out to several competitive
dealers in your area.
6) W h e n ordering the unit you and
your chief of police select, keep the
initial order small'(one, two, or three
units) and put them in full patrol service.
7) Set up a meticulous record and
cost analysis of the units.
8) Increase your order for new units
only when you are satisfied that they
are contributing effective cost savings
in all important cost categories including fuel, tires, maintenance, and
later o n , resale of the used unit.

Reprinted with permission of O h i o Cities
Villages magazine.

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m e n , " Cole said. "That was my very
first consideration when councilman
Hagerty came to me with the proposal
of switching from full and intermediate-size cars to compact vehicles. The
first question that popped into my
mind was—'are these cars safe?'
In the Nova we found that its sturdiness and structural integrity were beyond question. Its handling and acceleration were twice as good as that of
the larger police vehicles.
Hagerty offers these eight steps to
any municipal or law enforcement officer interested in reducing costs by
purchasing compact police vehicles:
1) Prepare a detailed cost analysis of
present police vehicles.
2) Contact police departments w h o
already own compact police vehicles
and ask for cost data on the cars from
them for comparison purposes.
3) Obtain a well prepared compact
police car demonstrator unit from a
dealer or preferably through the area
fleet sales representative of the manufacturer.
4) Schedule a number of test drives
over a period of several weeks for key
municipal budget, police administrator and patrol officer personnel. O n e
test drive by these key individuals in a
well prepared unit will be worth a

BRENDA M. SOUTHWORTH
RESIGNS
Brenda M. Southworth, administrative assistant for the Virginia M u n i c i pal League, resigned March 15. Ms.
Southworth became affiliated with
the League in 1970 as a secretary and
was appointed administrative assistant
in 1975.
Among her many duties, she compiled and coordinated the Directory
of Virginia Governmental Officials
and coordinated seminars with the
State Department of Personnel. Additionally, Ms. Southworth was business
and circulation manager of Virginia
Town &amp; City magazine, the official
publication of the Virginia Municipal
League, and assisted in compiling
government information in League
reports and surveys for League members. The League appreciates the
work of Brenda and her many contributions to the V M L and wishes her
every success.

�States as City
Savers
by Neal R. Peirce
While the Carter administration
gropes for an urban policy to channel
jobs and new life into the nation's
cities, Massachusetts has one in
place—and it's working.
Michigan, looking for ways to reinvigorate Detroit and its other imperiled industrial cities, has begun to implement an urban strategy almost as
effective as the Bay State's.
And California, now a global symbol of sprawl development that robs
center cities and older town centers
of their lifeblood, may have a sweeping urban strategy in place by the start
of 1978—if Gov. Edmund G. Brown,
Jr., Democrat, has the political courage to implement the blueprint for
city and town survival developed by
his own Department of Planning and
Research.

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traditionally treated cities, many mayors and minorities' spokesmen assume
the only hope for urban America lies
with massive infusions of federal aid.
But wise heads have long said the
states could become the cities' most
valuable allies if they would only shift
their immense powers—over taxes,
roads, land use, government job location, and federal aid programs they
administer—from the detriment to
the help of urban areas.
In Massachussetts and Michigan,
that's precisely what's happeningthanks to two strong governors, Michael S. Dukakis, Democrat from Massachusetts, and William G. Milliken,
Republican from Michigan.
Long before he became governor,
Dukakis says, he decided there was
something "radically wrong" with
policies in Massachusetts—repeated
nationwide—that fostered "scatterization" of development and jobs:
"We were being engulfed by spread
city while the people who needed
jobs the most were left in declining
urban neighborhoods."
His solution didn't lie in massive appropriations for cities or "vast" landuse planning efforts, but rather in
turning all the state's existing regulatory powers and public investment
programs, in a single-minded fashion,
to one goal; reinforcement of existing
city and town centers.
Frank Keefe, a 28-year-old, "actionoriented" planner who had already
done much to revive the old mill city
of Lowell, became Dukakis' state

planning director and chairman of a
seven-member economic development cabinet charged with making
the urban reinvestment strategy a
reality.
The development cabinet "hunkered down" with leaders in each of
the state's old urban centers. Each city
was urged to identify what made it
distinctive—interesting old buildings
or squares, ethnic enclaves, special
natural settings. Even such supposed
liabilities as deserted mill buildings Or
decaying waterfronts, it was suggested, could be recycled for housing,
industry, shops, restaurants and recreation as part of an overall strategy
for downtown and neighborhood revitalization.
Cities were offered "one-stop
shopping" for needed State assistance, from clearing state building
code obstacles to commitment of
funds—virtually unprecedented in
the nation—for State parks in downtown areas. The state targeted its own
facilities to downtowns, shifted sewer
assistance programs to favor densely
settled areas, and diverted State and
federal highway funds from new projects in the open countryside to bricking sidewalks and improving city
roads. After a heated battle with the
education bureaucracy, state school
building assistance policy was shifted
to favor rehabilitation of schools in
center cities rather than abandoning
the old structures and forcing cities to
build afresh in green acres on their
outskirts.
The word went out to industries
and developers, says Keefe: "We'll
bust our backsides to help you develop in a city industrial park, to rehabilitate an old mill building, to engage
in a downtown recycling project. But
it's counterproductive for use to
spend money extending a sewer line
or highway to your development out
in the middle of nowhere."
Massachusetts now boasts a moderate flow of industries selecting in-city
locations over the suburban sites so
favored in recent years. The prospects
for industries in cities are the brightest
since World War II, Dukakis claims,
citing the energy crisis, labor availability in cities, utility lines and roads already in place that won't mean increasing property taxes, and the
enhanced image of such cities as
Lowell and New Bedford.
Under Milliken, Michigan has
sharply increased state revenue sharing for cities; made a state "equity"
payment—almost $30 million this
year—for services Detroit provides its
suburbs and the state; enacted a 12year tax benefit for factory improvement or new construction; and approved a job development authority.

Milliken has asked the legislature to
approve sharing of property taxes on
new construction in the Detroit area,
akin to Minnesota's pioneering program for the Twin Cities region.
Though State police are traditionally
out-country, nonurban law enforcers,
Milliken threw them into Detroit to
help an undermanned city police
force stop a wave of felonies on city
expressways. Now, despite legislative
opposition, he wants to expand the
program to other large cities, including Grand Rapids and Flint.
Milliken acknowledges his pro-city
policy is less than popular with some
fellow Republicans from suburbs and
rural areas. But unattended, he told
me, city problems will inevitably infect suburbs; abandoned cities would
not only mean forsaking the billions
already invested here, "but would
mean we're abandoning the whole
city."

California Follows
Massachusetts Model

California's proposed plan borrows
heavily from the Massachusetts
model, decrying spread development.
The 4 to 8 million additional population California expects by 2000, the
plan says, can easily be accommodated in underdeveloped land in
existing cities.
California is currently gobbling up
open spaces and farm lands at an
alarming rate, notes Chief State Planner Bill Press. The process, he says, is
incredibly wasteful of land, energy,
tax dollars, underutilized buildings,
streets and schools in already settled
areas, and the human energy of Californians obliged to commute to work
over long distances. Streets like Spring
and Flower in Los Angeles are like a
"Ghost town," he says, as developing
areas of Orange County lure an industry a day away from the city.
If Brown adopts the plan, all state
agencies would be obliged to tailor
their policies toward urban conservation—a radical break with past
practice. Brown would encounter opDosition from localities forced to yield
and-use decisions to regional authorities, from affluent communities
obliged to share taxes with poorer
communities on a regional basis, and
real estate and construction interests
whose exploitative development tactics would be curbed.
Yet if the most populous state does
opt for urban conservation, the idea
of states as city savers could gain such
momentum that it would become the
rule, rather than the rare exception, in
years to come.0^1977 Neal R. Peirce
Mr. Peirce writes a syndicated column on the
problems and prospects of cities and states which
appears nationally in more than 100 publications.

�VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM

The Award

Recognizing that localities in the Commonwealth strive towards improvmg municipal service, the Virginia Municipal League, through the
Achievement Award, wishes to honor these endeavors. The entry tor a
given award should be innovative and structured to meet specific
needs and desires of your locality.

Eligibility

Any member locality, town, city or urban county, is eligible to enter
the VML Achievement Awards Program.

Categories

Awards will be given in six areas that parallel the VML policy committees. The categories are the following:
—Community Development (housing and urban renewal)
—Effective Government (finances, management, training programs)
—Environmental Quality (water quality, local planning and land use,
energy use, solid waste management)
—Human Resources (child care programs, health care, alcohol and
mental health programs, recreational services, education)
—Public Safety (court system, fire and rescue services, emergency
preparedness, law enforcement)
—Transportation (streets and roads improvement, public transportation systems, bicycle ways, transportation of the handicapped)

Criteria for
Judging Entries

—Maximum six double-spaced typed pages to explain the entry
—Use of black and white photographs
—Use of camera ready graphs, charts and architects' renditions, etc.
—All entries must have four copies of all visual materials
—All entries must be signed by the chief elected official (mayor,
board chairman)

Judging

The entries will be judged by a special committee whose members are
selected for their expertise in the areas of the awards.

Presentation
of Awards

Awards will be announced in September and appropriate recognition
will be given to each recipient during the VML Convention Opening
Session. In addition, the awards will be highlighted in the Convention
issue of Virginia Town &amp; City Magazine.

How to Enter

All entries must be received by the Virginia Municipal League, P. O.
Box 753, Richmond, VA 23206, no later than May 1,1978. It is our hope
that you will support this program and take this opportunity to be
recognized for outstanding municipal service.

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VOLUME 13 • MAY 1978 • NUMBER 5

ORDINANCE
" N o dog, cat, hog, sheep, mule,
horse, pony, donkey or other like animal shall be kept on any premises or
allowed to go at large within the limits of the Town. Any person violating
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.''

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PET PROBLEMS-A SOLUTION?
Animals do bite. They bite your pocketbooks, your limbs
and your well being. Nationwide, the destruction of 13
million pets from municipal pounds costs taxpayers up to
$500 million. The general upkeep of animal shelters—from
staff to animal food to spaying clinics—cost another $500
million a year. The 1,000,000 citizens bitten annually cost
another $50 to $75 per bite in hospital costs. Where does
the financial strain end?
It doesn't end with animal shelters, animal destruction
or animal bites. It doesn't end with the 40 diseases that
pets can transmit to humans, either. In Houston, Texas, for
example, 85 percent of the pets were infected with hookworm; a cost of a couple of dollars to the pet owner to
eliminate. Attempting to deal with the health problem,
some localities impose fines against the animal owner who
fails to clean up any excrement deposited in a public place.
The health of our families is not the only direct cost of the
animal problem that we are aware of.

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The safety of citizens is critical when dogs run in packs
or just alone. Recently, a locality in Virginia had a pack of
dogs running loose and radio announcements encouraged
parents to keep their children inside until the pack could be
apprehended. Children are not the only victims of unfriendly dogs. Several years ago I was riding my bike when
a large angry dog charged out of some bushes. I immediately put my bike between the dog and myself with my
back up against a tree trunk. Before I took any action, the
apparent owner called the dog away. I have since wondered if he learned a lesson and has kept his pet enclosed
or on a leash. I seriously doubt it. Joggers face a still more
perplexing problem. What do they put between themselves
and a charging dog?
Many people claim that pet owners bear a large portion
of the cost. This is true, in that the Council on Pet Education estimates that it cost $154 a year to own a dog. This is
true, when owners are fined $200 for not cleaning up after
their dogs in public places. This is true, when veterinarians
charge $25 for an office visit, not including vaccinations or
operations. This is true, where license fees are required by
localities to keep a dog. But who really pays the full cost,
including intangible costs? The citizens alias the taxpayers.
Is there a solution? This month, Virginia Town &amp; City
addresses the pet problem. Fairfax County Animal Control
Director Richard F. Amity says that animal regulation is
everyone's burden and animal control is the solution. Robert S. Montjoy, of the University of Virginia, agrees. In the
article by Dr. Donna M. Dickman and Edward P. Gorski,
Metropolitan Council of Governments, the aspect of animal
noise control is explored, among others. VML President,
R. L. Light, Jr., suggested that the Virginia Municipal
League focus on this problem and this issue puts into light
the many aspects of this problem.

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By R I C H A R D F. A M I T Y

Animal control in the United States costs taxpayers
in excess of a half billion dollars annually, according
to estimates of national humane organizations.
Whether you are a pet owner or not, part of your tax
dollar is used to defray these costs.
During 1973, the National League of Cities conducted an extensive study of city mayors and c o u n ciimen on matters about which citizens complain
most frequently. Dog and other pet control problems are number one.
Fairfax County established a separate Department
of Animal Control in 1973, with a staff of 39 and an
FY-1978 budget of $574,000. There is general agreement among animal control experts, that to be effective, an animal control program should include:
• adequate ordinances and laws;
• an effective enforcement program;
• a humane education program;
• a humanely operated animal shelter;
• a differential dog license fee structure for neutered and fertile pets; and
• a spay/neuter program.

Ordinances and Laws
Both the Commonwealth of Virginia and Fairfax
County, during the past several years, have made
improvements in legislation dealing with animals.
State laws provide counties and municipalities
with the lega authority to pass ordinances needed to
help solve animal control problems. The more urbanized counties face problems somewhat different
than those of rural counties. Because of its increasing
urban character, Fairfax County, during the past few
years, has developed ordinances dealing with k e n nels, riding and boarding stables, animal housing,
training and commercial use of guard and sentry
dogs, keeping of wild or exotic animals as pets and
cruelty to animals. The County also has enacted a
leash law and a differential license fee structure for
fertile and neutered dogs.

Enforcement
A n effective enforcement program is essential in
controlling animals. While we deal with perhaps

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard F. Amity is the Director of the Department of Animal
Control, Fairfax County.

15,000 animals during the course of a year, about ten
times that number of people are involved. Since the
relationship of people and their pets is often a close,
personal one, animal wardens face emotional situations on a daily basis. Wardens are in a kind of " n o w i n " situation as they try to resolve the complaint of
a non-pet owner against a person whose pet is involved. O u r wardens are trained and instructed to
take action against the animal owner rather than
impound an animal. Nothing is gained by impoundment unless it is to safeguard the animal, the public
or property from damage. With our citation system
which attempts to penalize owners rather than pets,
an animal warden may chase an at large animal toward its home or capture the animal and attempt to
identify the owner by identification on the dog or by
questioning residents of the area.
The animal control summons or warning ticket
system is similar to that used by most police departments in dealing with traffic violations. In the C o m monwealth of Virginia, violations of animal control
laws or ordinances are handled in criminal court. In
the vast majority of cases where animal control ordinances are violated, there is no criminal intent on
the part of the animal owner. Fairfax County, once
consisting of many half-section farms, now has many
areas of quarter-acre lots. Even so, pet owners still
feel that they have a God-given right to let their pets
run at large and resent restrictions being placed
upon them or their pets.
The Fairfax County Animal Control Program was
the subject of a July 26,1976, Washington Post article
entitled, "Dog Cases Overburden Court in Virginia."
The Post quoted a district judge as stating that animal
control citations had combined with an increase in
the dockets for criminal and traffic cases to overburden the local courts. Hopefully, animal control
violations except those of the most serious type, may
eventually be decriminalized. Recently Virginia
adopted a revised traffic citation system under which
minor violations can be dealt with by mail payment
of predesignated fines. Such a system for certain
animal control violations may eventually be legal and
feasible. This would relieve much of the burden on
the criminal court system and would also relieve the
pet owner of the embarrassment of being the subject
of a criminal court case.

Humane Education
In September, 1977, the Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors, acting on a recommendation by the
County Executive, approved the implementation of a
Humane Education Project by the Department of
Animal Control. Funds for the project were obtained
from a Federal grant under provisions of Title VI of
the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
(CETA).
The objectives of the program are two-fold: the
development of a formalized set of presentations
suitable for use with all age groups dealing with
animal control laws, humane treatment of animals,
people-animal relationships, problems caused by
uncontrolled pets, the "pet population explosion"
and related topics; a second objective is to provide
knowledgeable speakers to interested organizations

�and civic groups for the purpose of addressing citizen concerns about animal-related problems.
Animal control officials, humane organizations
and researchers agree that the importance of an effective humane education program must be stressed
as an essential element of animal control. Pet owners
must be made aware of their responsibilities both to
their animals and to their neighbors, who may not
own pets. There still exists a vast amount of ignorance about animals which must be dispelled before
the problem can be alleviated. Uncontrolled breeding of cats and dogs leads to such cruelties as abandonment and mistreatment, as well as flooding shelters and pounds with unwanted animals that must be
temporarily housed, fed and perhaps ultimately destroyed—all at great expense to the taxpayers. Yet,
many persons cling to the misconception that a cat
or dog should have "at least one litter" before being
spayed, despite the absence of any justification in
veterinary literature to support such a belief. Owners
of unaltered male dogs refuse to have them neutered in the mistaken belief that the dog will automatically become "fat and lazy" or will no longer be
useful for hunting or as a watchdog. Many dog o w n ers ignore leash laws arguing that it is " n a t u r a l " for a
dog to run and that confining it would be unfair to
the animal or would warp its "personality." It has
been said that we do not actually have an "animal
p r o b l e m " in the United States, but rather a " p e o p l e
problem involving animals" and this appears to be
an accurate assessment. Only through well conceived and effectively operated humane education
programs can pet-owners be persuaded to assume a
more responsible attitude toward their pets and their
fellow citizens.
The County Board of Supervisors, during 1977,
considered a citizen petition which asked for a subsidized Spay/Neuter Program for pets. After a
lengthy study of the proposed program, the Board
opted instead to implement our Humane Education
Program. There were many factors considered, such
as cost, citizen use of such a clinic, position of
County veterinarians regarding a subsidized clinic
and the status of research into birth control measures for dogs and cats. The Board's decision was
made in the hope that public education w o u l d , in
the long run, be more cost effective.
Animal Shelters
In cooperation with local humane organizations,
veterinarians and a national expert on animal shelter
design, Fairfax County planned and constructed a
new animal shelter (see photo) which was completed
and occupied in December, 1975. It has contributed
greatly to an improved public image for our animal
control program. Approximately 45,000 people a
year visit the shelter to redeem pets, adopt animals
or to release animals. It is projected that 13,500 animals will be impounded during FY-1978. Of these,
approximately 2,700 will be redeemed by owners,
3,200 will be adopted and the balance euthanized. It
is important to understand that approximately 6,000
of the impounded animals will be released by o w n ers and another 700 will be dead on arrival, most
victims of auto accidents.

The animal shelter includes a classroom with modern visual aid equipment and is used extensively for
humane education classes, dog training classes, as a
meeting room for humane organizations and other
groups concerned about animals. Animal wardens
and caretakers also receive training in this classroom.
A citizen's perception of any animal shelter or
pound is influenced by the visual impact created by
the structure, its maintenance and sanitation, the
manner in which animals are housed and treated,
and the way that they are received and served by
employees.
Unfortunately, many people have an image of
shelters or pounds as prisons or slaughterhouses.
They frequently ask, how long do you keep dogs
before you gas them? W e don't " g a s " any animals
since our euthanasia is performed by injection of a
barbiturate, which is used by many veterinarians as
an anesthetic. We painlessly put the animals to death
by giving them an overdose of this drug. We also
respond by saying that State law and a County ordinance require that stray dogs be held for five days. It
also is pointed out to people who ask this question
that they must give specific information about each
animal—How old is it? It is fair to place a ten year old
dog in a strange home? What is its health? (We don't
intentionally place sick animals for adoption.) What
is the animal's disposition? Does it bite people?
A final question, does the animal have appeal?
Most people seeking to adopt a pet want something
young, cute and cuddly, but unfortunately, not all
animals have the necessary appeal.
There is a Catch 22 character to this question about
putting animals to death. W h o are the bad guys, the
ones who painlessly give them the gift of death, (to
paraphrase Hemingway), or those w h o bring them
into this world by letting their pets breed indiscriminately? I shudder every time I see a news ad or
perhaps a hand-printed sign that says " F r e e Kittens."
Actua ly, they are not free because the taxpayer ultimately pays for animal control costs, much of it due
to the overpopulation of dogs and cats. Many times,
the single largest source of animals in our shelter is
owners who bring them in and unconditionally release them. In many cases, there are valid reasons for
the release, such as terminal illness but, all too often
we hear, "1 thought we had homes for all of them,
but these are left o v e r . " W h o are the bad guys?
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while licenses for fertile dogs, male or female, cost
$10.00. The intent of this law is to attack one of the
basic problems—an overpopulation of dogs. The differential fee schedule provides an economic incentive for dog owners to have their pets neutered.
Conclusion
In October, 1977, the Fairfax County Department
of Animal Control became the first municipal animal
control organization in the country to be accredited
by the Humane Society of the United States. This
honor can be attributed to the dedication of our
employees, wardens, caretakers, clerks and education specialists. They not only met the rigid qualifications required for accreditation by HSUS but have
also demonstrated a truly humane approach in their
dealings with all animals.

THE QUEST FOR QUIET IN
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
By DONNA M. DICKMAN and EDWARD
P. GORSKI

Have you "listened" to your environment lately? If
so, perhaps you've noticed the complex array of
sounds, wanted and unwanted, which daily confront
us. Living closer together, increased use of transportation sources, construction activities and a myriad of
other factors contribute to the cacophony which surrounds us. The noise around us subtly contributes to
annoyances and stresses which affect the quality
of life, in the Annua/ Housing Survey, conducted by
the Department of Commerce and the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, community noise was the most frequently cited undesirable
neighborhood characteristic.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Donna McCord Dickman, Ph.D., is the project manager for
the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' Areawide Environmental Noise Study. Edward P. Gorski is an environmental planner with the same study.

Attempts to regulate environmental noise are
being made presently by most of the major jurisdictions within the metropolitan Washington area.
Three such jurisdictions with comprehensive noise
control ordinances are the City of Alexandria, Arlington County and Fairfax County. These community noise ordinances contain nuisance and performance sections. The nuisance provisions typically
considered in violation of the standards include:
• animals causing frequent or continued noise
shall be considered disturbing to the comfort
or repose of any person in the jurisdiction.
(Noisy animals, specifically barking dogs, accounted for 65 percent of the complaints received by the Arlington County noise staff, 10
percent of the complaints received by the City
of Alexandria noise staff and 80 percent of the
complaints received by the Fairfax County
noise staff.)
• sounding of any horns or other signalling devices unless in case of emergencies,
• radio, phonograph or other sound-producing
devices operated in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the
neighboring inhabitants,
• construction or repairing of buildings during
nighttime hours, except in cases of urgent necessity or under permit,
• street vendors who may disturb the peace and
quiet of the neighborhood for the purposes of
directing attention to his wares, trade or calling, and
• vehicles which are overloaded, have any defect, or, are not equipped with a proper muffler so as to cause unnecessary noise.
In addition, institutional land uses often are specified as quiet zones. Upon the posting of designated
quiet zones, no persons shall be allowed to make any
unnecessary noise in the vicinity of schools, hospitals
and churches while occupied.
The performance provision sets specific acoustical
criteria. The most common approach to a performance standard is through zoning, where specified
sound levels in decibels are set for each zoning district, such as residential, commercial or business,
manufacturing or industrial. The three ordinances in
Northern Virginia have set day/night differentials as
well.
Any noise, regardless of the source, which exceeds
these limits is considered in violation unless specifically exempted or temporarily allowed as a variance.
These noise ordinances also contain provisions for
the assessment of noise emitted by a pile driver or
jack hammer.
One of the major problems related to effective
community noise control is budgetary constraint;
enforcement of a noise ordinance costs money. The
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has estimated
the minimum cost for effective enforcement is between ten and fifteen cents per capita. Presently, the
approximate per capita expenditures for enforcement of the North Virginia ordinances are: City of
Alexandria, 14 cents, Arlington County, 14.5 cents
and Fairfax County, 4 cents.
Another problem related to effectiveness is ade-

�quate staffing for enforcement, in each of the above
jurisdictions, only one individual has been assigned
the responsibility for the noise program. When you
consider that the combined population of these
three jurisdictions is approximately 843,000, these extremely small staffs are to be commended for their
efforts to provide a pleasing acoustical environment
in Northern Virginia. In each jurisdiction, the police
force is involved also in the enforcement of the ordinance during the nighttime hours.
The metropolitan Washington Council of G o v e r n ments' Areaw/ide Environmental Noise Program was
established in 1974 to assist the noise control programs in each of the area jurisdictions. A Noise T e c h nical Committee was established which includes representatives involved in noise control from local.
State and federal agencies in the region. The C o m mittee serves as a forum for planning and implementing regional control strategies.
Presently, the C O G noise program is working
under a contract with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. The goal is to develop control strategies for off-road motorbikes, refuse vehicles, graindryers and air conditioning units. T h e Northern
Virginia jurisdictions are cooperating with the C O G
and EPA in the development of two educational

modules on noise.
In addition to EPA's efforts to control noise
through legislation and technical assistance, several
other federal agencies are attempting to come to
grips with the noise problem. The Federal Aviation
Administration has numerous proposed and existing
regulations aimed at noise created by airports and
aircrafts. T h e Federal Highway Administration has
established acceptable levels of noise for federally
funded highways, while the U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development has standards of
acceptable noise exposure for federally funded
housing. Finally, industrial noise is regulated by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration of
the Labor Department.
With the noise levels in several urban areas increasing about one decibel per year, the implementation and enforcement of an effective noise program in Northern Virginia is vitally important.
Citizen awareness of "quiet rights" and participation
in the control process contribute to successful noise
control.
For an informational brochure about noise as an
environmental pollutant, write or call C O G ' s Information Center for "Quiet, please." The brochure
provides helpful hints to quieting your environment.

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Mayor W. B. N/\/./.S, Gretna, died January 29. Nails, who moved to Gretna
in 1972 after retiring from the U.S.
Navy Department, was first elected to
the mayor's post in 1974. He had recently decided not to seek reelection
because of his health. He was instrumental in bringing the new Pannill
Knitting Company to the Town and
had been working to improve the water sewer plants. The Town praised
Nails as being Gretna's most effective
mayor. The Virginia Municipal League
expresses sincere sympathy to Mayor
Nails' family and the Town of Gretna.

Councilmanic Changes

R. S. "SAM" DAMERON was elected
to replace Fred Shuey on the Buena
Vista Town Council. Dameron is a retired bus driver and a twenty-year
resident of Buena Vista. Stanardsville
Vice Mayor GEORGE R. HANEY, JR.,
has been appointed to the mayor's
seat succeeding J. R. Breeden. Haney
is a former member of the Green
County Planning Commission and is
president and manager of Haney Motor Company.

New VML Staff

Selected for new League positions
are: VERNON BANKS, library assistant; jONI TERRY, secretary; and INGRID MORMAN, clerk. The League
recently obtained funding for the
three temporary CETA positions from
the Richmond Area Manpower Planning Service. The project, funded
through September 30, 1978, will
focus on the League's research service. The Virginia Association of Chiefs
of Police, an affiliate organization of
the Virginia Municipal League, has
appointed JOSEPH CRAIG McCORMICK as their training coordinator.
McCormick's position is funded under a LEAA Grant through the Division of Justice and Crime Prevention.
He will be responsible for planning
and conducting several in-service
training sessions for police chiefs and
other supervisory personnel in law
enforcement.

is a fraternity of real estate appraisers
that sets its own standards of competence and polices the ethics of its
members. Wallace was employed as
the City's assessor in 1961. Since his
tenure he has reassessed approximately 28,000 parcels of property annually, and has set up a computerized
recording and indexing system.

Mallard Appointed

RONALD B. MALLARD was named to
direct the Fairfax County Department
of Consumer Affairs. Mallard has
been acting director since 1977 and is
a graduate of the University of Richmond. He holds a graduate degree
from the University of Missouri. Mallard became affiliated with Fairfax
County in 1973 as a budget analyst and
became deputy director of the Department of Consumer Affairs in 1974.

Frady Nominated

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the American Public
Works Association (APWA), DONALD
F. FRADY has been nominated for the
Harry S. Swearinger Award. Frady is
the retired director of public works
for the City of Falls Church. The
Award is given annually to an APWA
member selected for a most outstanding service to the Association
and for making a noteworthy contribution in the field of public works.
Frady previously received this award
in 1968.

Bibber^ Curtis Leave

DAVID F. BIBBER, a Captain with the
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Services has been appointed Chief of the

Dover, New Hampshire Fire Department. Bibber was employed by the
County in October, 1965 and was promoted through the ranks to Captain
in 1975. He assumed his new duties on
January 30. Captain MARSHALL H.
CURTIS retired from the Fairfax
County Fire and Rescue Services on
January 16. He has served in the U.S.
Army Air Corps and was affiliated"with
a construction company before he
began his fire services career in 1950.
Captain Curtis attended Northern Virginia Community College.

Gaines Writes Book

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Services Captain GLENN A. GAINES is the
author of a new book "Fire Fighter
Operations in Garden Apartments
and Townhouses." The publication
looks at the problems and tactics of
combating fires in garden apartments
and townhouses, increasingly popular
types of housing in the United States.
A veteran of 18 years of fire fighting.
Captain Gaines is a certified state fire
service instructor and active in the
County's own training program. He is
also a member of the International
Society of Fire Instructors and has
served as President of the Fairfax
County Fire Officers Association.

Leesburg Appoints

Mrs. MARGARET W. 57/77 has been
named Accounting Supervisor for the
Town of Leesburg. Mrs. Stitt has held
a variety of accounting and bookkeeping positions, including her most
recent position as treasurer with the
North American Housing Corporation. She replaces Mrs. Susan B. McEwan.

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In some respects there was an aura of newness surrounding the 1978 Session of the General Assembly. Spacious, new facilities provided the legislators and their staff
ample office space and large meeting rooms with plush,
theatre style seating for the first time. This aura of newness
seemed to permeate individual attitudes throughout the
opening days of the Session. At last, it seemed, the legislators were aware of the problem of mandates without funding. At last, it seemed, there was recognition of the need
for additional local revenue sources. At last, it seemed,
there was agreement on a workable solution to the annexation problem.
But as with everything, this attitude quickly faded. Offices became cluttered with papers. Cigarette holes appeared in the carpets. The hectic pace and heavy workload
forced everyone to quickly settle into their new surroundings. The aura was gone.
The new facilities relieved the General Assembly's problem of cramped quarters, but no relief was in sight for the
problems of local government. The ephemeral nature of
newness simply could not overcome the tradition and inertia of the legislative process. This session saw 1,740 bills
and 327 resolutions introduced. Of the 2,067 items, 1,003
were reported in the VML Legislative Bulletin. The areas
receiving the most publicity during the Session were parimutuel betting, ERA and annexation. Of the three, only

Ceilings on business, professional, occupational license
taxes (H.B. 696) also consumed a great deal of time this
year. The bill originally was defeated in the House, and
then was revived with a "grandfather clause." The chief
patron, Delegate George Jones, sought to have the Senate
Committee on Local Government remove the "grandfather clause" but received little sympathy. Several Committee members desired to have the bill carried over to
1979, but concern was voiced over the moratorium expiration in April. A Committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute was offered to extend the moratorium another year, delaying any other action on the issue. This
generally was not agreed upon, however, and a HouseSenate Conference Committee was formed. The Conference Committee returned to the original ceilings proposal,
but instituted a moratorium on the merchant's capital tax
instead of repealing it. The Committee also included a
"grandfather clause" to allow rates above the ceiling to
remain until 1983 when a gradual "rollback" would begin.
The area of employer-employee relations was addressed
by the legislators in the form of legislation concerning
formal grievance procedures. The proposal resulting from
the joint subcommittee studying grievance procedures,
chaired by Senator Elliott Schewel, was approved by both
Houses with some amendments. One floor amendment
dealt with the final determination of grievability. Senator

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEW: THE LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
by Bradley K. Harmes and Richard F. Weeks, Jr., Staff Associates

the first was successfully maneuvered through both
houses.
Legislators were unable to agree upon a solution to the
annexation problem even though the package, consisting
of three bills introduced by Delegate Thomas Michie, had
the joint approval of the Virginia Association of Counties
and the Virginia Municipal League. The bill, which would
have made State aid to cities more equitable in relation to
counties, was carried over to the 1979 Session by the House
Committee on Appropriations. The other two bills, which
had already passed the House, were also carried over.
House Bill 603, the mechanics of the package, was
amended by the Senate Committee on Local Government
before it was carried over. One of the amendments deleted the provision prohibiting annexation by a city with a
lower tax rate than an adjoining county. House Bill 602,
which would have increased city street maintenance allocations, was carried over by the Senate Committee on
Transportation.
On a more promising note, the General Assembly
adopted a bill introduced by Delegate Cleaves Manning
which would require the State to assume all costs incurred
in carrying out State or Federal Welfare programs. The
legislation which becomes effective July 1,1980 will mean
$34 million for local government in the 1981-82 biennium,
$16.5 million in 1981 and $17.6 million in 1982.

Schewel felt that the Attorney General should be charged
with this responsibility; however, it was decided that the
administrative head of the agency concerned would be a
more appropriate determiner of grievability. The bill provides for creation of the Office of Employee Relations
Counselors and also provides for grievance procedure
training of all supervisory personnel. Separate bills covering special grievance procedures for policemen and
teachers were also adopted.
Although this session of the General Assemply took no
great leaps forward for local government, there is some
justification for optimism. Legislation providing for future
assistance in the administration of welfare programs and
solid waste disposal was enacted. There seemed to be
more agreement concerning local government needs and
the means of solving some of its problems. This increased
awareness of the problems of local government could lead
to a more productive session in 1979 if the legislators are
provided the information they need before making crucial
decisions. Seeds have been planted but only through a
concerted effort will there be a crop to harvest next year.
NOTE: For a thorough analysis of new legislation affecting
local government, refer to the Report 1978 Legislation Affecting Local Government, by the Virginia
Municipal League.

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that was the
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At the national level,
the inhabitants were very rich,
but at the local level, they often turned out to be
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they all lived at the local level."
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Urban American, Inc., 1967

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�Commentary
ANIMAL CONTROL POLICY
By ROBERT S. MONTJOY, Institute of Government, University of Virginia
Animals have always been important to humans. In earlier times wild
animals were a source of both food
and danger. The first collective efforts
at animal control probably consisted
of huddling around a fire or behind a
fence designed to keep predators out.
However, civilization has substantially
eliminated the threat of wild animals,
at least in urban areas. In fact we have
done such a thorough job that some
species of wild animals have vanished
and others are endangered. As the situation has changed, so have attitudes
and there are now significant public
and private investments aimed at saving the very creatures which w e r e
once feared and hunted.
The situation for domestic animals,
however, is quite different. Pets, usually dogs and cats, w h i c h once served
such functions as controlling v e r m i n ,
are now kept largely for show or c o m panionship. It has been estimated that
Americans own 100 million dogs and
cats, thereby achieving the highest
pets-to-people ratio in the w o r l d . This
large number of pets creates an animal control problem of a different
kind, but one fraught with issues as
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There is little doubt that a problem
exists. Stray dogs and cats knock over
trash cans and tear garbage bags, and
they also can contribute to noise pollution, especially at night. Animal
waste on sidewalks, in private yards
and public parks is unpleasant and often dangerously unhealthy. Domestic
animals may also pose a direct, physical threat to humans. Each year officials in this country receive reports of
over 1.5 million dog bites, and approximately 30,000 people must take
the painful injections for rabies. C h i l dren are especially vulnerable to attacks by dogs.
O n e should not conclude that pets
are somehow winning a battle with
humans. A r o u n d 13.5 million animals
are put to death each year and untold
others die in accidents or from malnutrition and disease. This carnage is
heart-rendering for animal lovers and
expensive to the community.
While the size of the problem is
fairly clear, the nature of an acceptable solution is not. A number of approaches to animal control are dis-

cussed in the International City
Management Association's
Management Information Service Report, O c tober, 1976, prepared by G u y Hodge,
Director of Research and Data Services for The Humane Society of the
United States. Also, it is pleasing to
note that Richard Amity's program in
Fairfax County, Virginia is cited several times as a model. (Mr. Amity offers further information on his experience in this issue of Virginia Town and
City.)
The problem of animal control,
however, is not simply a technical
one. As G u y Hodge noted in the M I S
Report, " A n i m a l regulation is among
the most sensitive of community issues and the local government manager w h o attempts to mediate between pet owners and the non-pet
owner public is almost certain to succeed in alienating both segments of
the c o m m u n i t y . " The intensity of feeling is illustrated by quotes from two
dog owners in a dispute over the use
of Abingdon Square Park in G r e e n wich Village: " W e pay taxes like the
parents do, and our dogs have just as
much right in Abingdon as the children d o . " " A lot of us feel the same
way about our dogs as we do about
our c h i l d r e n . "
Thus, w e have a classic political
problem. People historically have had
the right to own animals and many
people feel very intensely about their
pets. At the same time animals impose
a burden upon the general c o m m u nity. Framed in this way, the problem
appears similar to that of noise pollution (which also is discussed in this
issue of Virginia Town and
City).
Many individual activities, such as
owning a pet or playing a stereo, have
long been regarded as pleasurable
and harmless. However, as populations have become more c o n c e n trated, the adverse effects of these
activities have become more salient.
The question then becomes one of
balancing different interests.
M a n y , probably most, of the approaches to animal control have the
effect of increasing the cost of pet
ownership. Fees, fines and requirements for vaccinations and spaying
impose monetary costs; leash laws
and regulations against leaving pet
waste in public places impose time-

consuming and perhaps onerous
chores on owners. Yet the effects may
be beneficial to the public. Higher
costs may deter ownership and thus
eventually reduce the pet population.
Fees and fines may help to pay the
costs of public animal control efforts.
Indeed, recommendations by the H u mane Society of the United States reported in the February, 1970 issue of
Management
Information Service include the requirement that permit
fees bear the entire cost of the animal
control program.
The notion that those w h o create
the public burden should bear the
cost is an appealing o n e . Yet responsibility is quite difficult to fix in practice.
Conceptually, one can divide the dog
and cat population into three classes:
those which have "responsible" o w n ers, those which have " c a s u a l " o w n ers and those which are not associated
with any particular people. Animals in
the last category may have come from
several generations of strays, and it
does not seem reasonable to hold
current pet owners responsible for
them. Furthermore, current pet o w n ers are not a homogenous group. Casual owners, those w h o provide food
and perhaps shelter and medical care
but do not control their pets or maintain them for their entire lives, u n doubtedly create a much greater social burden than do responsible
owners. Yet it is responsible owners
w h o are most likely to pay government imposed costs. The same reasoning leads to the conclusion that high
fees are more likely to deter responsible ownership than casual o w n ership.
Communities must decide their
own policies toward pets and pet
ownership, but it is useful to match a
particular program as closely as possible with the goal to be served. T e c h niques which simply raise the cost of
ownership probably divide c o m m u nities into pro- and anti-pet groups.
However, pet owners are a differentiated mass and their interests are not
opposed inevitably to those of nonpet owners. A person w h o is obeying
a leash law is not necessarily pleased
by the approach of a pack of free
roaming dogs. A requirement for vaccination and a stiff penalty for failure
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�VANDALISM: THE COST TO TAXPAYERS
By BENNIE H. NUNNALLY, SR.

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During the period 1972 to 1974
there was an average of ten incidents of vandalism per year in
Burkeville with a cost to the taxpayer for detention and court
costs of approximately $5,200 per
year. During the period 1975 to
1977 there was a decrease in the
acts of vandalism resulting in an
average of four per year with a
total cost of approximately $2,300
per year. Community wide interest and constant improvement by
the police department accounted
for the significant reduction in
vandalism and cost to the taxpayer.
Most of the acts of vandalism,
whether directed against public
or private property, did not result
in significant destruction of property. That factor has kept the immediate cost down but has not
impacted on the delayed costs of
detention and court costs.
The Town of Burkeville, (population 730) employed only one
full-time officer and one parttime officer in 1972. At present,
the police department consists of
six employees who work parttime with the exception of the
chief of police. Since information
pertaining to the police department is more readi y available for
the period covering the past six
years, the general information
which follows refers to that time
period.
The State of Virginia and the
Town have, through a series of
measures, contributed greatly to
the improvement of the police
force and, consequently, to the
safety of the residents of Burkeville. The department has participated in numerous police improvement
workshops
and
seminars, all directed toward
creating a more efficient police
force. To the police department,
efficiency means doing a better
job at a minimum cost to the community.

The police department in
Burkeville has implemented techniques which appear to have contributed directly to the reduction
in vandalism and cost during the
past few years. A significant contribution has been made by the
addition of personnel to the department. Interestingly, when the
size of the police force increased
from three to six persons (1974-75)
the incidents of vandalism decreased by approximately onehalf. It is not intended to imply
that a direct relationship exists between additional police and reduction in vandalism. What is important, however, is that the
additional personnel combined
with other factors brought about
the reduction.
The citizenry in Burkeville is
concerned about safety and the
means by which they are protected. As a result the town council meetings are well attended and
the councilmembers are sensitive
and responsive to the needs of the
population. Such responsiveness
is evident by direct and willing cooperation with the police department.
Certain routine but significant
changes in police activity have
greatly reduced the incidents of
vandalism and the accompanying
costs to the taxpayer. Some of
these changes are improved detection, greater efficiency in personnel, allocation among the various shifts and better police
equipment. Improved detection
requires a thorough knowledge of
the areas in which vandalism is
likely to occur. This knowledge
can only be gained by becoming
familiar with the town. Once
these areas are known, the likelihood of vandalism is reduced
since the potential vandal is aware
that his or her chances for apprehension are very good. The experiences in Burkeville over the past
five years testify to that fact. Mak-

ing the potential vandal aware of
police presence can only be
achieved by increased police visibility, not just through the presence of patrol vehicles. The police
officer should be seen at times on
foot, thereby letting all the citizens know that the protection
being provided is very real.
In addition to the improvements mentioned, there is another aspect of the police department which is important to the
reduction of vandalism. This is the
addition of female officers. Being
more representative of the population of the town, it has improved
the department's efficiency since
a number of vandals are females.
Again, no attempt is being
made to show a direct relation between number and type of arrests
and the number and type of police officers. It is apparent, however, that a combination of all the
improvements in the department
have contributed to the reduction
in vandalism.
A very important aspect of the
problem of vandalism which was
referred to specifically is the cost
to the taxpayer. While a reduction
of approximately $2,000 per year
in costs to the taxpayer is not a
great sum, it is significant for a
town the size of Burkeville. The
cost figures are based upon average detention periods in Burkeville and Nottoway County and
average court costs; therefore,
the total costs and cost reductions
are estimates. In any case, the dollar savings far outweigh the costs
of the social improvements made.
The added peace of mind of
Burkeville's citizens cannot be
measured.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bennie H. Nunnally, Sr. is Chief of Police, Town of Burkeville.

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on matters pertaining to local, state
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is unavailable, the VML will conduct a
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periodically, in some cases annually,
reports dealing with such subjects as
tax rates, salaries and working conditions, water and sewer rates, composition and election of councils. Also,
volumes are published jointly with the
Institute of Government of the University of Virginia. These include
handbooks and manuals for mayors
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The Legislative Committee, com30sed of officials from VML member
ocalities, develops a list of legislative
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Federal legislative information is
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FAIRFAX COUNTY—A four-member
study team from Japan, the first Secretary of the Japanese Embassy and an
interpreter visited the County's Department of Recreation and Community Services. The study team visited
because they are concerned about
the lack of community feeling in their
rapidly-changing society and are
looking to the County for an answer.
The Japanese were attracted to the
County because of its comprehensive
recreation program.
YORK COUNTY—Citizens voted in a
referendum last month on a proposed
$1.5 million bond issue to finance new
County buildings. The general revenue bonds will be used to finance
construction of a new governmental
complex in Yorktown and a fire station in Seaford. Other funding for the
project will come from revenue sharing money.
CRA/CSV/af—The Environment Protection Agency and the Town Council
agreed that present plans for a sewage
treatment p ant for the Town are too
large. The Agency will not fund 75
percent of the cost for the plan until
the plans are scaled down. The present plans cost twice as much as first
determined and could serve up to
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manpower for construction work
along with temporary employees with
funds from the Comprehensive Employment Training Act for the Pulaski
Senior Center. The senior center was
made available through a grant under
Title V of the Older Americans Act.
The Town will provide the operating
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Town Council
agreed to notify Averett College in
Danville that they are interested in
having the four-year college relocate
in Blackstone or Nottoway County. A
Committee of the Council will look
into possible sites of at least 100 acres
which would meet the College's requirements. The College's governing
board has voted unanimously to relocate its campus and several localities
are interested in attracting the 1,100
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special Town Council meeting. The
plans, drawn by Town Manager Bruce
Edens, incorporated an assessment of
the Town's space needs made by the
Council building committee. Included
in the building will be a Council
chamber, offices for the mayor, town
manager, police, town clerk and the
town records. Town Manager Edens
hopes construction will begin this
month.
fMPORM—City Council took the first
step in a plan to enter the power business. They voted to apply to the federal government for a grant to finance
a study which will determine the feasibility of once more using the local
dam to generate electrical power, as it
did before it was discontinued by
VEPCO many years ago. The City will
be asking the federal government to
pay 90 percent of the $27,500 project,
with the remaining 10 percent to
come from the City. The study would
ascertain just how profitable such an
operation would be. The project, if
feasible, would insure that the City
government is self-sufficient in electricity.

COV/NCrON—City Council authorized City Manager Bob Herbert to
sign an agreement with a consulting
engineer firm to seek federal grant
money for upgrading the City sewage
treatment plant. The City has been
under pressure from the Environmental Protection Agency and the State
Water Control Board to upgrade the

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City's existing sewage plant from primary treatment capability to secondary treatment for several years. If improvements are not made, the City
eventually will become subject to a
$5,000 a day fine. The City's share in
the improvements has been estimated
to be $1,000,000.
BRISTOL—City Council approved the
recommendations of the Utilities
Board and awarded three contracts
totaling nearly $1.8 million to contractors for long term improvements to
the water system. The firm awarded
the contract will renovate the treatment plant and work on the waste
water intakes.
SALEM—The City's $1.8 million alternative to the solid waste landfill is
expected to open this month. The first
steam-producing garbage incinerator
system in Virginia is capable of burning a maximum of 100 tons of refuse
per day and produces 20,000 pounds
of steam per hour. City Manager William J. Paxton, Jr. says the City collects
an average of 75 tons of refuse per
day. After the incinerator plant gets
into operation, Salem will begin negotiating with other parties to obtain
necessary additional garbage to run
the plant at full capacity for maximum
efficiency. The system is odorless and
non-polluting and will produce an
end product which can be safely
dumped in a nonorganic landfill. Approximately $1.5 million of the project
cost will be met by City bond funds
and the $300,000 cost of the steamproducing equipment is being funded
by a federal grant.

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�Legal Guidelines
RIOTS AND RESTRAINTS
By Howard W . Dobbins, General
Counsel

The case of City of Louisville v. H a beeb (556 S.W. 2cl 665) decided in
1977, presented the Supreme Court of
Kentucky with a case of first impression under a State statute which imposed liability on the cities of that
State for damage to property by any
"riotous or tumultuous assemblage"
of people if the city authorities could
have prevented the damage incurred.
The statute further provides that liability does not attach to a city unless
the city authorities had notice or good
reason to believe that the riot or t u multuous assembly was about to take
place in time to prevent the destruction and damage.
The facts of the case w h i c h were
stipulated at the trial present an interesting and frightening example of the
origin and development of a riot and
further illustrate the predicament of
local authorities w h i c h can result
w h e n conditions are ripe for a riot.
This case arose in Louisville in May,
1968 after publicity was given to a
scheduled rally at w h i c h the speakers
w e r e to be Stokeley Carmichael and
James Cortez. The time and circumstances were highly inflammatory not
only in the history of Louisville but in
other areas. Prior to the date of the
rally. City authorities deployed
County and State police in the troubled area in the City, a n d , in response
to a call from the mayor of the City,
the Governor of Kentucky ordered
the National Guard to Louisville. By
the evening of the day of the advertised rally. National Guard troops
were also deployed in the area and
were used to assist the police in crowd
control, prevention of looting and
other duties. O n the following morning, after consultation with black
leaders in the community, in an effort
to quiet the possible causes for c o n tinued difficulty, the National G u a r d
was withdrawn from the troubled area
and in its place a group of black laym e n , untrained in police w o r k , were
authorized to patrol the area. Thereafter, additional rioting occurred and
the plaintiffs' property was damaged.
The plaintiffs based their action on
the removal of the National Guard
and the addition of the "Black Mar-

shals" in the area, alleging failure by
the City to comply with the aforementioned statute. The trial court
found in favor of plaintiffs but the Supreme Court of Kentucky in an unanimous opinion reversed, holding that
the City may have erred in its judgment but it was free from negligence
inasmuch as the City officials took the
action they reasonably deemed necessary to quell the riots. M o r e o v e r ,
the Court found that although the
City officials knew of the riots, they
had no notice of the imminent danger
to the plaintiffs' property because on
the night before the damage, police
had been successful in stopping such
looting as was then occurring.
Municipal officials should be on the
lookout for a decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States later this
year in the case of City of Lafayette v.
Louisiana
Power &amp; Light
Company
(532 F. 2d 431, C C A . 5,1976) in w h i c h
certiorari has been granted. This case
arose when the Cities of Lafayette and
Plaquemine, Louisiana filed a c o m plaint alleging that Louisiana Power
and three other utilities had violated
Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.
In an amended counterclaim, Louisiana Power charged the Cities with
having violated the federal anti-trust
laws in several respects. The Cities
contended that they were exempt
from anti-trust restraints because they
were entitled to the same "state act i o n " exemptions w h i c h states enjoy.
However, the Court of Appeals for
the Fifth Circuit held that a subordinate state governmental body is not
ipso facto exempt from operation of
anti-trust laws under the state action
exemption announced in Parker v.
Brown, 317 U.S. 341. In the o p i n i o n ,
the court stated that the judicial determination w h i c h must be made is
whether the State Legislature contemplated a certain type of anti-competitive restraint. It is not necessary
that there be an express statutory
mandate, but such legislative intent
must be clearly s h o w n .
The Justice Department, in its
amicus brief argues that where a m u nicipality implements a regulatory
measure as part of the governmental

power delegated to it by the state, it
does not violate anti-trust laws. However, if the municipality is acting in a
proprietary capacity by conducting a
business enterprise, it must have a
specific mandate from the state before the state action exemption has
any application. An adverse decision
by the United States Supreme Court
will have serious and far-reaching
consequences to local governments,
and hence, until the decision is rend e r e d , officials are properly anxious.

ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION
The Virginia Local Government Att o r n e y s A s s o c i a t i o n , w h i c h was
formed about three years ago, is comprised of attorneys w h o represent
counties, cities and towns in civil matters. The organization publishes a
monthly newsletter, containing recent court decisions and information
of interest to local government attorneys. The Association offers two seminars a year and the first one will be
held May 18-20, Sheraton Inn, Fredericksburg. The seminar will address the
legal aspects of public employee
problems, including the grievance
procedure adopted at the 1978 Session of the General Assembly. John
Rick, the Executive Director, is an attorney with local government experience and is also available to answer
telephone requests for legal assistance. The annual dues for membership in L.G.A. range from $60.00 to
$160.00 based upon the size of the
jurisdiction the attorney represents. If
you are interested in joining L.G.A. or
attending the May seminar, please
contact John Rick, Executive Director,
7 East Franklin Street, R i c h m o n d , Virginia 23219, (804) 788-1949.

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Adjusting wages has become an annual ritual for most public officials;
1977 has been no exception. And the
results serve once again to demonstrate the problems.
A look at the results statewide indicates there is no uniform procedure
being followed. While a few employers have made separate adjustments
for different classes of employees,
most have used either a flat dollar
amount, a fixed amount per hour or a
fixed percentage amount.
In large measure the adjustment allowed is based upon what funds are
available. In most cases some attempt
is made to relate the adjustment to
the cost of living. Sometimes longevity becomes an additional factor. And
one certainly can argue that the improved value of the employee should
be considered.
Pay does not stand alone. Pay generally is money exchanged for time
and effort—a "product," whether it
be an item such as equipment or a
street, or a service, such as clean
floors at city hall. A sound pay plan
requires some correlation between
the pay and the end product. If pay is
too high the product becomes too expensive; if too low, soon there will be
no one to produce the product.
There isn't any magic formula to determine what this relationship should
be. There is evidence that the public is
more inclined to pay a higher price
for certain products or services, such
as police and fire protection, than for
other services, such as street repair or
waste collection.
In private business the relationship
between pay and the product is influenced by profit—the difference between what the product costs and
what it sells for. But public employers
generally do not sell products in the
accepted sense. Yet, the final product
they produce does have a value. And
when a public service costs more than
its value to the public, or the public's
willingness to pay, the public employer no longer can "afford" to provide that service. Two alternatives are
available, abandon the service or reduce the cost.
This is not a hypothetical problem.
It is very real. In recent months voters
have gone to the polls to register their
protests over higher municipal salaries. Others have turned down tax levies to support school budgets. In at
least two cities, employee unions have
agreed to give up some of their pay to
avoid layoffs or demotions.
Pay adjustments, in recent years,
have been justified on the grounds

that inflation continually is shrinking
the employee's purchasing power.
Unless wages are raised, the argument
goes, the employee actually is receiving less pay. That is true. No one likes
to live with a shrinking dollar. Yet,
nowhere is it written that any employee or employer is entitled to be
protected from the ravages of inflation. That, unfortunately, is a burden
all must bear.
While it is true that many labor
agreements have automatic cost-ofliving clauses, many do not. And,
more important, the vast majority of
workers in this country are not "protected" by any kind of labor agreement.
If, however, one assumes that government has the duty to protect its
employees against inflation, the next
question is who protects the government? The municipality, limited by a
tax lid, has no automatic cost-of-living
clause to protect it from higher material costs, higher energy costs, or, for
that matter, higher labor costs.
This isn't to suggest that wage adjustments are not proper or necessary.
They are. Certainly no one can fault
any employer for doing the best possible for his employees. Yet, the public employer also needs to be equally
concerned about doing the best possible for those who ultimately pay the
bill for public services.
As public wages and taxes go up, it
is only natural to expect a little something more in return for the additional outlay. If there is no increase in
either the quantity or quality of the
public product, that something extra
is missing. The more frequently this
situation repeats itself, the closer the
taxpayer comes to the point of revolt.
Many public employers already feel
they have reached the point where
costs have exceeded income. When
that happens three options become
available. The employer can reduce
services. This is merely another way of
paying more people to do less work.
Another option is to reduce the work
force. This is one way to increase productivity, assuming there is no corresponding cut in services. The third alternative, of course, is to cut both
services and the work force. Basically
this retains the status quo. We end up
paying a higher price for these services which are retained.
Before exercising these options, it is
well to take a good look at our labor
force. What is any given job worth?
The worth of a job can be measured
in terms of the training, skills, experience and responsibilities required to

satisfactorily perform the required
tasks. The worth of a job also can be
measured by community standards,
what similar jobs are going for in the
community. Other factors affecting
job worth are the number of potential
employees available in the immediate
area; the urgency in filling a vacancy.
Still other factors are the conditions
under which work is to be performed;
stability or security of the job; pension benefits and other fringe benefits.
At this point it is well to note that
titles in and of themselves mean little.
A truck driver isn't always a truck
driver or is a clerk always a clerk. A
secretary to one employer may be a
clerk to another. A truck driverjn one
jurisdiction may be classed as a laborer in another.
Before it can be determined that an
employee is underpaid or overpaid, it
is necessary to take a look at the employee's duties, responsibilities and
qualifications. When we make comDarisons we must, so far as possible,
De certain that we are comparing that
which is similar.
No employer willingly will pay a
premium price for inferior material
or will most employers willingly purchase material of a higher quality than
is necessary to adequately do the job.
Neither should an employer willingly
pay premium prices for less than the
best skills or responsibility. Nor
should an employer pay more than a
job reasonably is worth merely because an individual possesses superior
qualifications which have no bearing
upon the work being performed.
As the pay of public employees becomes more comparable to similar
positions in the private sector, so too
should the qualifications and responsibilities of these employees become
more comparable to that found in the
private sector. In short, if we are talking about equal pay, we also should
require equal skill, equal training,
equal experience and equal responsibility.
Now, a note of caution: there still
are many public employees presently
who should have substantial increases
in wages to bring them in line with
comparable positions in other municipalities, as well as private business. It
does not necessarily follow that ust
because a public employee is ow
paid, that employee is less qualified or
holds less responsibility than a higher
paid employee in a nonpublic job.
Often just the opposite is true.
But a wholesale increasing of wages
by 15 or 20 or 30 percent across the

�board isn't the answer. Such a wholesale approach may solve some inequities but also will only amplify other inequities. Not all employees in any
public jurisdiction are equally out of
line. It doesn't quite make sense to
pay a custodian $700 per month while
the person preparing tax statements
or auditing accounts receives $240 per
month. Unfortunately, we still have
too many situations where salaries appear to be determined more by the
sex of the employee than by the skills
and responsibilities of the job. An
across-the-board adjustment will not
correct this kind of problem.
The best way to approach the problem is to take a careful look at the
work force. Each job needs to be carefully identified. The basic requirements to perform that job need to be
isolated. The responsibilities of the
various jobs need to be delineated.
Data needs to be collected and analyzed on similar jobs (regardless of
title). When all this has been done,
then a decision can be made as to
what adjustments should be made.
While some municipalities have the
ability to do this kind of an evaluation
themselves, many do not. Hard
pressed public officials understandably often feel that they cannot
afford to purchase an outside study.
This, of course, rs a decision each municipality must make. In making it,
however, officials should remember
that personnel costs are the largest
single item in overall operating expenses.
A growing awareness of the relationship between pay and performance will not completely solve the pay
problem. It will, however, be one
small step in the process toward a solution.

NEW CORRECTIONAL FACILITY—The City of Virginia Beach recently dedicated its new Correctional
facility. State Senator Stanley C. Walker, Chairman, Virginia State Crime Commission, was the guest
speaker. The facility is designed to meet the needs of prison reform and can accommodate 76 types of
inmates. Seventy percent of the cells are designed for inmates requiring high-security while the remaining
30 percent are dormitory styled rooms for trustees and inmates on work-release programs.

When you put the lid
on a paracrete^system,

Reprint with permission from the March, 1977
issue of Kansas Government Journal, League of
Kansas Municipalities, 112 W. Seventh Street, Topeka, KS 66603.

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CITY ASSESSOR
City of Petersburg (pop. 43,673). $21,715-$32,082,
plus fringes and auto. Appointed by City Council for
unlimited term: 4-Man staff plus consulting assistance
complete reassessment and mapping program to be
completed July 1, 1978. Requires B.A. in business
administration or related field plus 5-9 years progressively, responsible experience as city assessor or top
assistant. Send resume to Municipal Advisors, Inc.,
P.O. Box 45, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23458 by May
15, 1978. An Equal Opportunity Employer.

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CONCRETE PIPE &amp;PRODUaS CO.. INC.
P.O. BOX 1223, RICHMOND, VA. 23209
PHONE (804)-233^71

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�Ideas
Sewer and Water Service
OXFORD,
OHIO
(16,000), has i n stalled devices which warn of malfunctions at the wastewater treatment
plant. A malfunction activates an
alarm at the police department and
enables the City to reduce staffing at
the plant from three shifts to one and
a half shifts per day. T h e system,
which has been in use for about one
year, costs $400, including all parts
and labor. (Contact: Lee Davis, City
Manager, Municipal Building, O x ford, O h i o 45056.)
MONROE,
NORTH
CAROLINA
(11,282), provides meter readers with
small motorcycles for transportation
and two-way radios to call back utility
readings to a centralized operator.
The operator's accounts are in sequence with the meter routes. D e spite a 10 percent increase in p o p u lation
and
the
additional
responsibility for gas meters, the
number of meter readers has not expanded in 10 years. (Contact: City
Manager, City Hall, M o n r o e , North
Carolina 28110.)
ROCKY
MOUNT,
NORTH
CAROLINA (39,500), has instituted a Water
Meter Maintenance Program after a
survey revealed that 38 percent of the
water pumped by the City was not
being billed. The public works department has undertaken a program to
upgrade, rehabilitate and maintain all
water meters. As a result, an additional $300,000 per year in permanent
income to the City will be generated.
(Contact: A! Williams, Administrative
A s s i s t a n t , P . O . B o x 1180, R o c k y
M o u n t , North Carolina 27801.)

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an "assessment l a b " to select two top
officers for the City's fire department.
T h e process involved simulation and
gaming techniques combined with interviews and written techniques
adapted for use in other city departments. (Contact: Barry Bartlett, Assista n t C i t y Manager, P.O. Box 247, O r e m
City, Utah 84057—Report #19186,
page 111.)

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MANKATO,
MINNESOTA
(31,000),
has developed an in-service training
program for management and middle
management personnel. T h e two

phases of the program deal with problem-solving skills, improving c o m m u nications within and between departments, principles of management by
objectives and developing new management objectives. Regarded with
caution at first by some employees,
the program received favorable reaction upon implementation. (Contact:
William Bassett, City Manager, 202
East Jackson Street, Mankato, M i n n e sota 56001.)

created a plans review committee
composed of personnel from various
departments involved in checking
building and construction plans. Personnel from the various departments
apply their expertise in specific areas
of the plans review process. (Contact:
Richard White, Fire Chief, Central-Station, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526.)

SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
(69,700),
has an optional 4-day w e e k , 10-hour
work day program within its planning
department. All employees in the department have tried the 4-day w e e k ,
10-hour scheduling, while approximately half have chosen to remain on
the alternate schedule permanently.
(Contact: Randall King, Director of
Human Resources, 3200 Cochran
Street, Simi Valley, California 93065.)

SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
(65,000),
has developed an inventory of all
streets and their characteristics (type,
roadside, signs, storm drains, condition of surface). The data are used to
determine annual, monthly and
weekly schedules for street maintenance crews. (Contact: Don Zaro,
Budget Analyst, Department of Finance, P.O. Box 1678, Santa Rosa, C a l ifornia 95403.)

Streets

Public Safety
WINSTON-SALEM,
NORTH
CAROLINA
and FLAGSTAFF,
ARIZONA,
have cross-trained some employees in
both fire and police activities. ( C o n tact: Fire Chief, P.O. Box 2511, W i n ston-Salem, 27102 or City Manager,
City Hall, Flagstaff 86001.)
PLAINFIELD,
NEW JERSEY
(46,900),
operates a Fire Safety Patrol w h i c h
consists of teams of firefighters w h o
patrol the City in a van. This patrol
supplements police patrol activities
and has equipment that allows the
members to handle small fires without
a full engine crew. In addition, the
Fire Safety Patrol provides other
emergency assistance while remaining on call for alarms within their fire
district. (Contact: City Administrator,
515 Watchung A v e n u e , Plainfield,
New Jersey 07061—Report #18511,
page 113.)
SHOREWOOD,
WISCONSIN
(16,000),
has completed a six-month experiment with its firefighters in w h i c h
they perform certain police auxiliary
duties (house checks, general patrol,
etc). (Contact: Shirl Abbey, Village
Manager, 3930 North Murray A v e n u e ,
S h o r e w o o d , Wisconsin 53211.)

Planning
GRANTS

PASS, OREGON

(13,500), has

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to comply would presumably add no
cost to the responsible pet o w n e r .
Kennel club members have been successful in opposing animal control
l e g i s l a t i o n e l s e w h e r e , but s u c h
people might support policies w h i c h
they believed would protect their animals as well as the general public.
Education is probably the most
promising long range solution to animal control problems but public programs can also help. It seems impossible to determine in advance the
particular techniques which would be
best suited for a given community.
However, it seems reasonable to conclude that if a community is to accept
some pets, it should consider carefully
policies w h i c h encourage the desired
type of ownership while discouraging
others.

Who Governs the City? City
government, Charlottesville-style,
analyzed by Kay Peaslee. Articles
like "The Mayor Drops a Small
Fiscal Bomb" make lively reading.
Write to Who Governs the City, P.
O. Box 1211, Charlottesville Va.
22902. $3 includes everything,
even cartoons.

�Professional Directory
HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
&amp; ASSOCIATES

CHEWNING-HOGGARD
AND A S S O C I A T E S , INC.

LANDSCAPE

Geological, Soils and Environmental Consultants
Ground Water Studies
Land Disposal of Effluents and Sludges
Solid Waste Studies • Foundation Evaluations

ENGINEERING • MUNICIPAL

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11524 Jefferson Avenue, Newpon News. Virginia 23601' 804-595-5561

Betz-Converse-Murdoch
Potomac Group, Inc.

Box 2125
Virginia Beach. \ ' a .
Phone 804/340-5050

ARCHmCTURE

PLANNING

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

PLANNING

CONSULTING

HB&amp;A OF VIRGINIA

2jr)2

ENGINEERING

201 Eait Gary Street
Richmond, Va. 23219
Phone 804/649-8627

DEWBERRY, NEALON &amp; DAVIS

HENNINGSON.

Environmental and Public Works Engineering

DURHAM

Engineering Plans, Studies and Laboratory Services

i

RICHARDSON

Consulting Engineers, Planners and Architects
8411 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, Virginia (703) 560-1100
Vienna, Virginia • Phone: (703) 281-2400
Staiinton, Virginia • Phone: (703) 886-8555

113 South Chestnut St., Marion, Virginia (703) 783-7271

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9 4 5 4 W i o c o n o l n Avoooo. W u t i . . D.C 2001S

1640 Maple Dr., Danville, Virginia (804) 799-9403
1400 Pleasant View, Staunton, Virginia (703) 886-3957

Austin Brockenbfough
and Associates

BRLDUJin
ROD GREGG
Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

I n d u s l n a l Waste T r e a t m e n t • H i g h w a v s
D r a i n a g e " Water &amp; Sewerage SyStems • Survey ing
E n v i r o n m e n t a l Studies • Private Proiects
1 1 4 East G a r y S t r » « t • R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a 2 3 2 1 9

ENVIRONMENTAL

R, S T U A R T R O Y E R
&amp; ASSOCIATES
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
REPORTS

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RUSSELL

SEWERAGE
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AXON

Engineering and Planning Consultants
U U Northshore Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
Telephone: 615/588-6444

1028 Olde Forge Plaza
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
Telephone: 703/371-8040

Offices I n : Florida • G e o r g i a • Tennessee • M i s s o u r i
Illinois • South Carolina • N o r t h C a r o l i n a • V i r g i n i a

THE PrrOMETER ASSOCIATES

LANGLEY AND McDONALD
ENGINEERS—PLANNERS—SURVEYORS
Highways, Railroads, Foundations, Waterfront
Fociiilies, Water Supply, Sewage
Disposal, Planning
Studies • Reports • Design • Consultation
P. O . Box 12047
484 N e w t o w n Rd.
N o r f o l k , Virginia
Virginia Beach, Va.

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

ENGINEERS

12368 W a r w i c k B o u l e v a r d ,
N e w p o r t N e w s , V A 23606

222 S R i v e r s i d e Plaza • C h i c a g o , IL 6 0 6 0 6 • l 3 1 2 ) - 6 4 8 - 1 1 5 5
5 2 0 6 M a r k e l Road - R i c n m o n d V A 2 3 5 3 0 - ( 8 0 4 1 - 2 8 5 - 9 0 0 9
N e w York 1 0 0 0 7
Philadelphia 19103
Tarnoa 3 3 6 0 7

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703/534-8716

I E N G I N E E R S , INC.
CONSULTING

W a s t e w a t e r And Solid W a s t e s

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Falls Church, V A

804/461-0155

I M A L C O L M PIHNIE

Studies, Designs And

DESIGNS

Norfolk. V A

H A N S E N

Construction Services For.Water,

and Planners

Talaphone; 804/644 9 4 9 3

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WATER SUPPLY

Engineers

ODnsulting Engineers

620 May Avenue • Norfolk, Vo - 2 3 5 16
Birchwood Office Pork - Vo,Beach,Vo.. 23452
8550 Arlington Blvd • Fairfox, Vo. • 2 2 0 3 0

QREELEYAIMD

0 Gannett Fleming
y Corddry &amp; Carpenter

SYSTEMS

APPRAISALS

P. O . Box 8687
1514 Willow L a w n Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23226
Phone 282-765'7

BUCK, SEIFERT&amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED
Consulting Enginacrs
Water Supply • Sewage • Industrial
Waste Treatment • Treatability Studies
&gt; 140 Sylvan Avenue. P.O. Box 1218
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632 201-567-6990
• 405 So. Parliament Drive. Suite 101
Virginia Beach. Va. 23462 804-499-4596

HURT &amp; PROFITT, INC.
Engineers -

Planners -

Surveyors

l.Vnchburg, Virg.ni,) 2450
Telephone (804) 847 779

1933 Fori Avenue

Engineers

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Chicago Columbia Atlanta New Milford, Ct.

FREDERICK G GRIFFIN, INC.

b o d i e , mills, t a y l o r a n d p u r y e o r , i n c .

ENGINEERS &amp; PLANNERS

Communications, 911 Studies,
A
Alarm Systems. Mobile Radio
A l~i^~,ri^*^/^
Systems, Telephone, Cable
Television, Industrial
En^neering Monitor and
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Telemetry Systems.
7212 Timberlake Road • Lynchburg, V a . 24502
804/237-2044

J. K. TIMMONS &amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.
CONSULTING
1314

W.

Main

ENGINEERS
St.

Telephone

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Richmond,

Va.

353-66S7

SANITARY • M U N I C I P A L
Report.^, Finns, Supervision.

• WATER
Apptaisah

Trunk Main Surveys
Water Distribution Studies
Special Hydraulic Investigations

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S T l rqaoarcHi rd., r

ENGINEERS
d, Virginia S 3 S 3 i 5

SOUTHERN ENGINEERING
C O M P A N Y OF VIRGINIA
CONSULTING

ENGINEERS

1000 Crescent Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404-892-7171

�YARGER

AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
Over 500

Surveys

Position Classification and Pay Plans
Management and Organizational Studies
Test Construction—Fire and Police Studies

ENGINEERS — SURVEYORS — PLANNERS
101 N. Plaza Trail — 804-340-2631

2830 Mary Street, Falls Church, V a . 22042

6

Virginia Beach, Va. (23452)

ASSOCIATES

BREMNEn.YOUNGBLaaD.SLKING.irUC.
ENGINEERS. S U R V E Y O R S . P L A N N E R S

FOR VIRGINIA'S

' ZONING, SUPERVISION and ECONOMIC

59 culpeper st.

C. OVERMAN

ASSOCIATES

5721 Sellger Drive

pUoniDg g nunagcment coosultaots
• COMPREHENSIVE
PLANNING
TOWNS, COUNTIES and CITIES

WILLIAM

engineers' surveyors-planners

703/560-6900

HOSSER H. PAYNE

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MARSH &amp; BASGIER, INC. P.C.

Land Surveying a Land Developmi
Water &amp; Wastewater Engineers
Planning
Traffic Engineers

ST\iDIES

1151 H a n o v e r G r e e n Drive

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Norfolk, Virginia

B E N G T S O N , D E B E L L f t ELKIN, INC.
CONSULTih*3 E N G I N E E R S a S U R V E Y O R S

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M e c h a n i c s v i l l e . Virginia 23111

Phone ( 8 0 4 ) 7 4 6 - 5 2 8 5

(703) 347-3600

Enuironmental S t u d i e s ,

R. K E N N E T H W E E K S
ENGINEERS

WHITMAN, REQUARDT AND
ASSOCIATES
Engineers-Consultants
COMPLETE ENGINEERING
n i l

SERVICES

N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 21201

Water Supply and Purification • Sewerage and
Sewage Treatment • Streets and Highways •
Investigations and Reports • Supervision of
Construction.
2733 TIDEWATER D R .

Water
Reports

Sewerage
Design

Drainage
Surveys

\ ' A . 23509

Design

Management

Gilbert Associates of Virginia, Inc.

Engineers/Consultants
4 1 1 Cedar Road. Chesapeake. Virginia 2 3 3 2 0
804-547-2955

B A R T O N - A S C H M A N A S S O C I A T E S . INC.

P U R D U M a n d JESCHKE
CONSULTING
ENGINEERS
AND LAND
SURVEYORS
1023 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore, M d .
301 837-0194
Development
Studies

NORFOLK.

and C o n s t r u c t i o n

URBAN DEVELOPMENT/TRANSPORTATION
P L A N N I N G / DESIGN / I M P L E M E N T A T I O N
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Highways
Inspection

Sverdrup &amp; Parcel
and Associates, Inc.

Sverdrup

Downtown Revrtalization/Malls
Community/Economic Development
Traffic/Transportation/Parking
Transit Needs/Operations
Parks/Recreation/Preservation

314/436-7600
TWX. 910-761-1065
Cabie: SPECO SI. Louis
Engineers
Planners

1730 ' K ' S t . NW; Washington, D . C . 2 0 0 0 6 ; (202) 466-8230

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Raymond, Parish, Pino &amp; Plavnick
Planning &amp; Community
Development Consultants
1010 Vermont Avenue N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D C 20005
202 783-2924

CONSULT ANTS-DE SIGNERS

1603 Santa Rosa Road
MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING
LANO OfvElOt-MeNT - PLANNING, ENGINEEBiNG,
SuRvETiNG, CONSTRUCTION MANAGtMENT
ORBAN Pi. ANNiNG
FEASiBiLiti STUDIES

Patton. Harris. Rust &amp; Guy
a profmwonal coroorilion

EnginMrt . Surveyors . Plannen
Complate profMskxMl farvtces for
inurwvMlitiM md public Boencws
10523 M*n SI . Ftirtw. V i 22030 . (703)273-8700

Tyler Building-Suite 120
Richmond, VA 23288
804-288-4051

CH2M::HILL
Consultants to Municipalities
on Environmental Systems

Valivy OHK»

Eastern R e g i o n a l O f f i c e ; 1 9 3 0 Isaac N e w t o n Square E

100 S. Mwn St.. BridOM«l*r.Vte 22812 . (703)828-2816

Reston, VA 22090

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PO Box 3855. Charlotte. NC 28203 / 704-374-1822
Syracuse. NY / Poughkeepsie, NY / Philadelphia, PA / Dover, DE / Chillicothe, OH

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McMANIS A S S O C I A T E S , I N C .
Washington, D . C

MUNICIPAL

BOND

Specialists

Management Consultants to City and County Governments
Productivity Analysis ° Fiscal and Management Systems
Community Development " CETA/Manpower Services ° Economic Development
1201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. (2021 296-1355

7 2 5 C h u r t h St •• L y n c h b u r g , V o . • 8 0 4 8 4 6 - 2 7 1 1
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for B o n d Issues

�BOOZ • ALLEN &amp; HAMILTON, INC.
. . . Provides a full range of consulting services to
local and regional governments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

FRANCISCO

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Police and Fire
Public Works
Financial Management

W A S H I N G T O N . D C aOOQB .

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• Facilities Planning
• Economic Development
• Data Processing

FINANCIAL A N D MANAGEMENT
a W S U L T A N T S T O MUNICIPALITIES
• Ailvi.soron Financiiil iinii MiirkolinR Mntlnrs
Ri'liilins li&gt; Issuanci^ of Municipal Bonds
• Position (:lassific;alion/C:iimp('nsalion Plans
• Manajsnmi'nl anil OrBanizalicin SUidios
• Hxotaitivi; Search and Sdoclion

E R I C S. HANSSCN
DIR. L O C A L GOVT. S E R V I C E S
1025 C O N N E C T I C U T A V E . N.W.
WASHINGTON, D C . 20036
(202) 293-3600

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MUNICIPAL ADVISORS
INCORPORATED

laOS) 8 3 3 - 8 3 8 0

• Education Administration
• Operations Review
• Courts and Probation
• Transport«ion Management

LAWRENCE B. WALES
ROGER M. SCOTT
P.O. BOX 45 Virginia Beach, Va. 23458
804/422-1711

George Cunningham, Field Representative
"imagineered"
PLAYGROUND and PARK EQUIPMENT BY

GAME TIME, INC.
CUNNINGHAM ASSOC. INC.
Bex 9554 Lakeside Br., Richmond, Va. 23228
Phone 804/262-2401

W a s h i n g t o n . N e w York • Chicago • S a n F r a n c i a c o

Public Reseaich and
Management, Inc.
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
ORDINANCE CODIFIERS
157LuckieSt., N.W.
Suite 416

RICHMOND, VA.
(804)798-8313

ROANOKE, VA.
(703) 992-4650

EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.

Directory
WATER TANK Maintenance
Painting and Repairing
Utility Service
Box 88 Madison, NC 919-427-0216

Atlanta. Georgia

30303

Wash. BIdg.

Washington, D.C.

CC057

Korman Signs

HEADQUARTERS FOR TRAFFIC
PflODUCTS AND SIGNS
3027 LINCOLN AVE.
RICHMOND, VA. 23228
OFFICE 262-6050

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OFTEN COSTS LESS.

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is the original cost,
plus its operating
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FEDERAL CRIMINAL CODE REFORM

A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee is
considering one of the most complicated, lengthy bills
ever introduced in the Congress. The proposed 382 page
Federal criminal code reform bill represents more than
twenty years of effort.
While criminal law enforcement is primarily a state
rather than a Federal responsibility, the significance of
Federal criminal law is enhanced because it should serve
as a model for state criminal codes.
There is universal agreement that Federal criminal code
reform is badly needed. Unlike most of the other countries
of the world, the United States has never enacted a true
criminal code. Federal criminal law is a consolidation—a
body of laws drafted by different groups to deal with
diverse problems as they arise—rather than a uniformly
drafted, consistently organized code. Amendments have
been largely cosmetic.
As a result, the criminal code on the Federal level is at
this moment a haphazard, hodepodge of contradictory and
imprecise laws, piled in stopgap fashion one upon another
with little relevance to each other or to the state of the
criminal law as a whole. Crimes are arranged in alphabetical order rather than logically by their relation to one another. Many extremely important areas have been left to
the courts for case by case development and have never
been codified. Rather than being a modern, workable
document, existing Federal criminal law is still based on
19th Century concepts of criminal justice developed in a
rural, agricultural America.
The proposed criminal code reform restructuring the
entire body of U.S. criminal law has many advantages.
Obsolete sections are eliminated. Definitions of offenses
in one part of the code relate clearly to sentences in other
parts of the code.

Where terms recur throughout the Code, they are defined in order to avoid inconsistent and confusing interpretation. A conscious effort is made to speak in common
English. Offenses are defined simply, uniformly and precisely.
Criminal code reform would have little practical significance unless accompanied by a realistic approach to the
problems which arise once a person has been convicted
of a Federal offense. Thus, the heart of the reform is a
complete revamping of the sentencing system.
Under the proposed legislation, all criminal offenses
would be classified into nine categories for sentencing
purposes varying in proportion to the severity of the
offense. A Sentencing Commission would be established
to develop a system of sentencing guidelines, including
recommended sentence ranges. Enactment of this sentencing system should go a long way toward reducing the
disparity among sentences imposed by different judges
and providing more certainty of punishment with the accompanying deterrent effect.
The Senate, after extensive deliberation, removed many
of the controversial sections of criminal code reform and
passed it on January 30 of this year. The sections removed
will be separately considered at a later time.
But consideration of this massive legislation is only in
initial stages in the House of Representatives. Even after
passage by the House, resolving the inevitable differences
between the House and Senate could be a lengthy process.
There are still many controversial provisions in the
Senate-passed bill now under consideration by the House
of Representatives. Several of these can be deferred for
later consideration and many desirable and needed changes
in the law can still be accomplished. This is still a possibility.
As this publication goes to press, we have not yet given
up hope that the comprehensive criminal code reform the
need for which is so clearly indicated, will be enacted this
year. However, even if it is not, I am hopeful that the Congress at a minimum will reform our sentencing procedures
and repeal obsolete sections of the Federal criminal code.
If comprehensive reform is not agreed to this year. Congress will certainly give it priority consideration in 1979.

M. Caldwell Butler
6th District
House of Representatives
United States Congress

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�Basic Components

KEYS TO GRANT
PROPOSALS
By DR. J. D O U G L A S McALISTER

Introduction
Governments in Virginia are often confronted witfi the decision
of whether to apply for a private, state, or federal grant to fund
needed local projects. If the decision is made to apply, then
numerous questions relating to what, where, when and by who
must be answered. At the outset, the community must realize that
different potential grantors have their own regulations and styles.
This difference also exists between state and federal grants and
those of private foundations. State and federal grants generally
require greater documentation, forms and supporting credentials
than the brief letter format required by most private foundations.
Competition for grant dollars is keen and communities who
seek grant monies must understand that there are no well-defined
rules which guarantee success for their efforts. There are, however, a number of general principles which can be utilized to
enhance the likelihood for success in obtaining funding for proposals. The purpose of this article is to share some of the most
important principles with potential grant writers.

What is a Grant

Proposal?

At the outset, the question must be asked: what is
the purpose of requesting funds by developing a
grant proposal? A proposal is nothing more than a
written offer to match resources with needs in order
to effect a solution to a community problem.
It is very important to be creative and show imagination in developing a proposal. The way an idea is
expressed, often separates the funded proposal from
those which are filed or reworked. Remember that
in simple terms a grant writer is trying to bring "what
is" closer to "what ought to b e " and a proposal
should reflect this notion.
Abstract
The developers of a community grant proposal
should always complete an abstract before engaging
in the more difficult task of developing a complete
proposal. The abstract forces communities to briefly
and concisely summarize the proposed scope and
approaches to be utilized. The abstract should include title, description of the problem situation, potential audience to be served, program objectives,
method of implementation and resource support.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. Douglas McAlister is Associate Professor and Community
Development Specialist, Extension Division, VP! &amp; SU.

of a Proposal

The proposal itself is a detailed statement of the
information summarized in the abstract. Be concise
without being unnecessarily wordy. Remember that
the reviewers will probably be analyzing a number of
similar proposals. Most proposals will consist of the
following four basic components which should interlock to build an effective approach to the solution
of a problem:
• Projective Narrative This element is a detailed
description of the project. The objectives of the
project as well as the plan or strategy for meeting these objectives must be included.
• Project Research Show that the project is well
thought out, including relevant data, charts,
summaries or techniques to be utilized within a
clearly defined time frame for the project
where appropriate.
• Budget Most grantors will have their own form
and regulations which must be met. Be sure to
know completely the restrictions or possibilities
in matching funds.
• Budget Narrative Each budget entry should be
described and justified in this component of
the proposal. Remember, proposal evaluators
are generally experienced people, so don't try
"snow jobs" or surprises on them.
Generating

Proposal

Ideas

An idea may be a good one regardless of the
source. It is important that those who seek funding
for proposals take advantage of the ideas of every
person with whom they make contact. Many funded
community proposals do nothing but address an obvious problem in a unique or efficient way.
Be sure to take advantage of the group process
when developing proposal ideas and encourage interaction at all administrative levels. Role play
through the proposal by having someone play the
"devil's advocate" and pick at the proposal. These
approaches strengthen the proposal but have one,
and only one, person actually write the proposal.
Things to Do
In a brief article, all of the things that need to be
done in writing a successful proposal cannot be covered. Regardless of the nature of the project, most
experienced grantsmen have found the following
ingredients to be present in successful proposals:
• evidence that the program instructions and
guidelines have been read T H O R O U G H L Y ;
• evidence of planning and preliminary work and
proof that the applicant has thought through
the project;
• all components of the program are consistent
with each other;
• the proposal is sufficiently detailed and comalete in all aspects so that the reader does not
nave to speculate on meaning, procedures or
methods of implementation;
• the relative cost of the project is commensurate
with expected results; and
• a visit to the funding organization to add the
personal touch may get the project funded.

�If the proposal is not funded, always ask for specific reasons why it was not funded. The information
received might help make the next application successful.
Program Design
A concern throughout the proposal should be
whether or not a logical flow from one section to
another has been developed. In other words, has a
program design been developed for the project?
Content Is the subject matter appropriate to the
aarticipants' level of understanding, to the probem stated in the proposal and to the objectives?
Format Are the problems and subject matter present in meaningful, interesting and appropriate
formats?
Leaders Have qualified and appropriate project
leaders been selected or trained? What criteria
have been established for project leader selection? Who selects project leaders?
Method Are the general methods and specific
techniques for implementation appropriate and
varied? Who selects the methods?
Materials Are materials used in the project suitable? Who will select them? On what basis will
they be selected?
Articulation Is the proposed pattern of operation
clearly defined and well articulated? Do various
phases of the program build effectively upon one
another?
Evaluation Are suitable ways for measuring results
described? How appropriate are the measures for
determining the degree to which objectives will
be achieved? Who will do the evaluation? When
will the evaluation be done?
Project Administration
Often, concern for project administration is an
afterthought that plagues a project after it has been
funded. To increase the likelihood of having a successful project in a community, plans for project
administration must be considered in a positive manner before filing the application. Several questions
relating to project administration are identified below:
Project Director and Staff Are the project director
and his staff fully capable of carrying out the project? What will their roles be in selecting leadership, methods for implementation and materials
for the various activities?
Timing Can the project be accomplished in the
time allocated? Is the overall time schedule clearly
stated and realistic?
Cooperating Groups Are the appropriately affected groups or agencies involved in the planning and execution of the project?
Finance Are financing arrangements well thought
out and legitimate? Is the proposing agency or
department capable of fulfilling all requirements
of cost control and accounting?
Facilities Have physical facilities been selected
which are conducive to the successful management of the project and its activities?
Promotion Have appropriate ways been identified
or developed for interpreting the project and its
programs to the publics influenced by it?

Budgeting
An important element in any grant proposal is the
budget. Budgets may vary greatly in scope and complexity. Consideration must be given to personnel,
administrative expenses, indirect cost and total cost.
Different funding sources have different requirements and there are many ways to figure budgets.
Many times, the simple placement of where you are
going to apply indirect costs (overhead) will mean
thousands of dollars. For example, some grants allow
15 to 30 percent of labor cost to be figured for overhead while others say just 15 to 30 percent of cost. In
the latter case, considerable gain is made if both
labor and administrative cost are used to calculate
overhead.
Proposal Summary
The proposal summary often is taken to lightly by
local governments. Many see it as something that is
completed as an afterthought. This is wrong! The
summary is probably the first thing grant reviewers
will read in a proposal. If it is not developed in a
professional and concise manner reflecting what is
wanted, it may also be the last thing they read. On
many applications, there will appear a summary box.
It should always be completed in a clear, concise and
specific manner.
Most funding agencies will have a screening procedure. It is here that many proposals are rejected
because the examiners feel the proposal is not consistent with their priorities. Be aggressive and show
how your proposal meets their test; you will benefit
from the effort. Successful grantsmen often place
their summaries at the front of their proposal to exhibit their confidence in the proposal. This technique
works and is generally appreciated by proposal reviewers.
Conclusion
Several elements that assist in the development of
a successful grant proposal have been reviewed and
following these suggestions will help increase the
chances of funding. Important in the eyes of a funding source is credibility. Credibility is established
both in the application and through previous dealings with an agency, which may be more important
than the rest of your proposal. Build credibility and
keep it! Being late, incomplete and excessive in jargon will have a detrimental effect on a community's
funding efforts.
Implementation of the ideas presented in this article will not insure that a community will receive a
grant. Following these suggestions will, however, improve chances in a highly competitive market.

�WHAT TO DO UNTIL THE
CHECK COMES IN
Coping With the Pre-award jitters
By Maggie Goll

For every variation in the grant application process, there is at least one variation in the grant award
process. What, if anything, the applicant should do
in the period of suspended animation known as
post-submittal/pre-award state may be one of the
more problematic aspects of the grant process.
There are guidelines for preparing the application,
spending the money and evaluating project effectiveness. Even the auditor who comes in after-thefact has guidelines to follow but what is noticeably
absent are broadly applicable, clear guidelines for
what to do until the check comes in.
Manifestations of the pre-award jitters may begin
to surface before the copying machine has had a
chance to cool. Should the application be mailed or
hand delivered? Should someone just drop it off or
make an appointment with the staff of the funding
agency? Who should be responsible for such tasks?
How does one find out who's who . . . who's talking
. . . who's reliable?
Like most grant-related questions, the answer to
all of these questions is that it depends. While that
may not seem particularly helpful, it may be the most
useful concept for the novice to learn—it always
"depends." The ability to identify the variable on
which it depends, however, is one of the major differences between successful and unsuccessful grant
seeking. The most reliable way to begin identifying
the variables is to contact the funding agency.
Somewhere in the guidelines announcement,
annual report, or whatever, should be a contact
name, phone number and address. The initial contact should be made, in most cases, early in the application process.^ There are practical advantages
to early contact such as to see if the guidelines have
been correctly interpreted, whether the deadline is a
date of receipt or a postmark date and that the forms
' One exception is the small private foundation, which may not
have a staff to contact. There may be little information available
except what can be learned from other applicants and that appearing on the foundation's annual IRS form, called the "990AR."
These forms are often available at the regional libraries of the
Foundation Center in Richmond or Washington, D.C.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Maggie Goll is Grant Coordinator on the staff of the
Department of Developmental Programs in the City of
Hampton.

being completed are not outdated. It is also possible,
sometimes, to get an idea of how many grants are to
be awarded, what type of review process will be used
and whether or not technical assistance is available
from the agency. This initial contact can make the
followup, once the application is complete, both
easier and more productive.
If time and resources permit, a personal visit is
always preferable to making the contact by phone
provided the contact is handled properly. Applicants
who misinterpret the purpose of "contacts" may do
almost irreparable harm to their funding prospects.
Some novice grant-seekers have been led to believe a friend on the staff of the funding agency is as
good as a check in the bank. The ability to obtain
grant funds, according to this school of thought,
increases in direct proportion to the number of personal and influential friendships developed. Circumstantial evidence helps to perpetuate this glad-hand
School of Grantsmanship. It is certainly undeniable
that grant-seekers who routinely contact grantmakers get more grant funds. There is, however, an
ethical explanation. A clear understanding of funding criteria and agency requirements fosters accurate, well-prepared, highly fundable proposals. Information, not favoritism, is the name of the game.
Contacts established during the early planning
phase can be very helpful in coping with the anxiety
that builds during the pre-award period. But, again,
these contacts must be handled appropriately. Follow-up on an application should be limited, in order
to make certain the packet has been received and to
determine whether the agency or the applicant is to
assume responsibility for initiating any necessary revisions or additions. Tact and careful listening are
crucial, since agency staff may be operating under
fairly rigid policies concerning information given to
applicants. Thus, in asking "a small favor" or "pressing" for certain information, applicants may undermine their own credibility and jeopardize the staff
person's job.
The specific steps the agency takes in reviewing
applications and announcing awards should be outlined in the guidelines or other agency materials. At
minimum, the process will include three basic steps:
•Administrative Review A cursory check to see
that the required forms and various parts of the
proposal are included, that the authorizing signature is on the correct line and the necessary
blanks have been filled in.
• Review and Recommendation The budget and
proposal narrative are assessed (often based on
a list that covers many of the points included in
Dr. McAlister's article on page 5, particulary
those concerning program design and project
administration). In some agencies, staff members conduct this review. Stall other agencies
use peer review, applicant presentation, or a
combination of methods. Regardless of who
completes it, the result is a recommendation for
the formal action to be taken on the proposal.
• Formal Action Typically, the final funding decision is made by a policy board (council,
trustees, board of directors, commission, etc.)
or the agency head. As a rule, staff or review

�panel recommendations are followed, but even
this "depends."
Sometimes the net result of following-up an application is the proverbial "don't call us, we'll call y o u . "
The applicant can gain very little by ignoring the
advice. Some applicants use this period to finalize
the details of implementation, firm up cooperative
agreements and draft promotional materials. The detail and extent of acitivity "depends." T h e primary
variables this time are the probability of ultimately
receiving the funds and the policy of the funding
agency concerning pre-award expenditures or retroactive payments.

W h e n the funding is reasonably sure, the objectives ambitious, and the grant period brief, it's probably worth the risk to do as much as possible to
speed up the implementation process. It is probably
not worth the risk to hire the staff, rent the office, or
order the equipment since the agency may disallow
the expense when the auditor finally comes to call.
W h e n the application is "a long shot" it may be best
to spend the pre-award period cleaning up work that
piled up while the application was being prepared.
Obtaining a grant is a long, involved process and this
pre-award period is difficult, not only to the novice
but to the professional as well.

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A graduate of the University of Richm o n d , Jones earned both a bachelor's
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Henrico C o u n t y , he was affiliated with
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manager of C o n c o r d , North Carolina.
Yates has been with the City for 46
years.

Wasserman Appointed

DR. MARTIN P. WASSERMAN
was appointed Director of the Arlington
County Department of Human Resources. He succeeds Dr. Helen Hackman w h o resigned in April. Dr. Wasserman holds a bachelor's degree
from Williams College, a medical degree from Johns Hopkins and a law
degree from the University of Maryland. Dr. Wasserman was formerly the
chief medical officer for Community
Health Centers, Bureau of C o m m u nity Health of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare. He
has also been involved in legal-medical activities relating to children, particularly in the area of child abuse.
Wasserman has served as director of
the pediatric emergency room at Uni-

The City of Falls C h u r c h has announced the appointment of DAVID
R. COOPER
as the new Director of
Business Development. He has a master's degree in urban planning from
Harvard and has served as a consultant and planning official. Prior to his
appointment with Falls C h u r c h , he
served as director of the Department
of Planning and Community Development for the City of Alexandria. As
development director. Cooper will
work to promote business development in the City and will serve as a
liaison between the City government
and the business community.

Fire Chief Honored

N o r f o l k F i r e C h i e f THOMAS
E.
GARDNER
won top honors while
earning a certificate in municipal administration from the Institute of Government, University of North Carolina. He is the recipient of the George
C . Franklin A w a r d , established by the
North Carolina League of Municipalities to honor the late George C.
Franklin, the league's general counsel
for 12 years. The award is given to the
municipal administration student with
the most distinguished record. Chief
Gardner began the course while
working in Charlotte, North Carolina
and continued it after he became
Norfolk's fire chief March 1, 1978.

Hopewell Names Assistant

A native of H o p e w e l l , DOUGLAS
A.
HERETICK,
has been named Assistant
to the City Manager. He has a graduate degree in public administration
from Virginia C o m m o n w e a l t h University; his primary responsibilities with
the City will be in personnel. His post
was effective May 1.

Beck Honored

EDWARD
A. BECK, former County
Manager of Henrico C o u n t y , was presented the Richmond-First Club's
" G o o d G o v e r n m e n t A w a r d . " In presenting the award, the judging panel
cited 25 years of distinguished leadership in county government and his
contributions to Henrico's growth
from a relatively rural county to an

urban jurisdiction. The " G o o d Government A w a r d " is designed to recognize and commend individuals w h o
have made outstanding contributions
to local government in the Richmond
metropolitan area. Beck was county
manager of Henrico from M a r c h , 1952
until April, 1977. He is a past president
of the Virginia Section, International
City Management Association.

Virginia Section Honors

During the 1978 Annual Conference
of the Virginia Section, International
City Management Association, the
membership honored three retired
members. C. C M V HARRELL,
former
Town Manager, Vienna, THOMAS
W.
BLOOMFIELD,
former Town M a n ager, Farmville, and WILLARD
DAY,
former City Manager, Staunton, and
County
Manager, Henrico, were
awarded honorary membership.

Governor Appoints

Governor John N. Dalton appointed
HAROLD
C. KING to succeed C o m missioner John E. Harwood as State
Highway and Transportation Commissioner. The appointment became effective July 1. King, w h o attended
Union College and Denison University, began his engineering career
with the New York State Department
of Public Works in 1947. Since that
time he has been affiliated with the
former U.S. Bureau of Public Roads,
which is now the Federal Highway
Administration. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner, he had been
the Virginia Division Administrator for
the Federal Highway Administration.

Monti Dies

Petersburg Councilman GILBERT A.
MONTI
died May 22 following a
lengthy illness. He is a retired Army
officer and was serving his first term as
a member of council. He retired from
military service in 1963 and was employed with the State Division of Planning and Community Affairs. The Virginia M u n i c i p a l League extends
sincere sympathy to his family and to
the City of Petersburg.

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new department is staffed with experienced firefighters and some of the
most modern equipment available for
fire suppression and rescue services.
The City not only has a new fire department but also has a new fire station under construction.
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Stark
called a meeting of the citizens to discuss improvement of the downtown
area. The Mayor reminded the attendees that the renovation of downtown Wytheville had been discussed
but plans have never been formulated. A committee of property owners, merchants and members of
Council was appointed to get renovation plans underway.
PETERSBURG—The City is making
some key decisions on their tourism
program. A study is being made to see
if it is feasible for the City to build a
small boat marina. Also included in
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CITY
COUNTY/YORK
COUNTY—These
three localities are exploring a master
plan to develop York County's proposed new Quarter Park as an 18 hole
golf course. The plan proposes a joint
funding package as a way to regionalize the development and operation of
the $1.7 million park. The funding
would involve the three jurisdictions
through the issuance of revenue
bonds to partially pay for the development cost; the remainder would be
met with grants.
MARION—Downtown merchants recently proposed a "town lift" project
to Council. Emphasizing that downtown Marion could be a good shopping area, the merchants proposed
that building and landscaping improvements should be continued as
well as establishing good parking.
They also requested an ordinance that
would limit the size, location and removal of large overhanging signs.
V/£NN/\—Mayor Charles A. Robinson, jr. greeted high school students

and other volunteers during the
spring clean up for the Town's business community. Businessmen were
urged to participate in the clean up in
the immediate areas of their business
and make general beautification improvements. Town trash trucks also
assisted the volunteers in the clean up
of the commercial sections of the
Town.
VIRGINIA BEACH—The police Telephone Reporting Unit is a new system
to increase the availability of uniformed patrol officers for response to
major incidents and crime prevention. The T.R.U., a specialized unit
located in the emergency communications center, can receive and record
certain complaints by telephone, currently requiring responses by uniformed police officers. It is hoped that
the system will be able to process approximately 30 percent of the complaints presently dispatched to patrol
officers.
VINTON—The Town offered a free
trash and brush pick-up to all citizens
who contacted the Town office. The
service was offered to encourage all
citizens to assist in cleaning up the
town prior to the Annual Dogwood
Festival. A woman's club also sponsored a Town-wide "Clean Up Day"
the same day. Approximately 200
people participated.
FALLS CHURCH—The City sold its
Historic Triangle property to a developer in order to build a commercial
complex. The City purchased the land
in July, 1975 with the idea of consolidating small lots and reselling the land
for development which would be
compatible with City Council goals.
The main goal was to stimulate growth
in the central business district and
eventually broaden the City's tax
base.
ARLINGTON COUNTY—A matching
grant of $18,000 has been awarded to
the County in support of a sculpture
for Rosslyn's first planned urban park.
The sculpture will be the first major
public art piece for the County and
will serve as a focal point for Rosslyn,
which is a major gateway to Arlington.
The grant is provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts Agency and
the grant funds are to be matched by
local monies.

FAIRFAX COUNTY—The County may
become the first Virginia jurisdiction
to provide incentives for solar energy
equipment in private homes. The
Board of Supervisors may pass an ordinance that would exempt solar energy equipment from both personal
property and real estate taxes. The ordinance, however, would affect only a
few of the homeowners in the
County. The ordinance would allow
more homeowners to use solar energy since the equipment now is too
expensive for the average homeowner. The tax incentive plan might
provide the necessary impetus for
more homeowners to turn to sun
rather than to electric and gas companies for power.
BMCKSrONf—The Town will apply
for a Housing and Urban Development grant for street repair work and
for possible restoration of part of the
Schwartz Tavern. The Town Council
instructed Richard Lee, Town Manager, to apply for the HUD grant that
would develop a section of road work
and sewers in the Town. The grant
guidelines also allow for improvement of historic sites.

LOCALITIES RECEIVE
LITTER GRANTS

The Virginia Division of Litter
Control announced that grants
totaling $107,000 have been
awarded to 32 localities for antilitter activity. Many of the recent
grant recipients plan to conduct
public information/education
programs which will bring to light
the many issues surrounding the
litter problem. Division Commissioner Robert W. Slocum reports
that this is a key component to
continued litter control. He said
that few people realize litter cost
millions of tax dollars to control,
causes accidents and injuries and
can drive away tourists and businesses. The grant program was
designed to aid localities in developing continuing and comprehensive anti-litter programs.
Funds provided to a locality are
based upon its population and
miles of roadway.

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4:00 p.m.
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The Virginia Weights and Measures Association will hold its 43rd
A n n u a l Conference and School on July 30—August 1 at the O m n i
International Hotel, Norfolk. J. F. Zegan, Sealer of Weights and M e a sures, Virginia Beach and President of the Association, will preside
over the Conference. Other officers include G . W . Diggs, 111, I n spector, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and C o m m e r c e , First Vice President; M. P. Gleason, Bureau of
Weights and Measures, R i c h m o n d , Second Vice President; and J. B.
H a u n , Inspector, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department
of Agriculture and C o m m e r c e , Third Vice President. Members of the
Executive Committee are J . F. Lyies, Supervisor, Weights and Measures
Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and C o m m e r c e , Richm o n d , Robert H. Britt, Jr., Sealer of Weights and Measures, Norfolk,
and J. G. Sanders, Inspector, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia
Department of Agriculture and C o m m e r c e , R i c h m o n d . T h e Virginia
Weights and Measures Association is an affiliate organization of the
Virginia Municipal League.

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�THE FEDERAL GRANT
SYSTEM
by Russell Uzzle

Local government officials often express difficulty
in understanding and gaining access to the Federal
Grant System. This situation is indeed understandable
since there are over 450 programs available to local
governments. These programs are administered by
the Federal government through a number of
agencies and institutions, and decisions affecting
grant awards are made at various levels of government. It is the intent of this article to acquaint the
reader with the various forms of Federal aid, to identify the methods utilized by the Federal and State
Governments in administering the grant system, and
to offer suggestions as to where the reader can go for
assistance in locating funds and in developing a proposal.
Types of Grants
A grant is a non-repayable subsidy provided by the
Federal or State government to support a public
service or program. Basically, there are three types of
grants which provide assistance to local governments: shared revenues/general support grants, categorical grants and block grants. Grants providing
shared revenues are usually derived from Federal
revenues received from a particular source, which
are then distributed to state and local governments.
An example of this type of program is General Revenue Sharing which distributes Federal funds to local
governments for general support activities.
Categorical grants are used to provide funding for
a relatively defined "category" of activity within a
particular functional area, e.g., mass transportation.
These programs usually have a fairly detailed set of
regulations specifying the type of project or program
that can be supported. Types of activities that may be
supported by categorical grants include technical assistance, planning activities, evaluations, construction activities or demonstration programs.
Categorical grants are basically of two types, project and formula-based. Project grants are designed
to meet the need of specific problems; an example is
a demonstration grant for drug abuse programs. The
potential recipient must take the initiative to submit
an application for each proposed project, with
About the Author
Russell Uzzle is Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist,
Division of State/Federal Relations with the Virginia Department of Intergovernmental Affairs.

awards made by the administering Federal agencies
on a competitive basis. Formula-based grants, by
contrast, are allocated to all eligible jurisdictions
(mostly to states who may then make the funds available to localities) on the basis of a specific formula.
An example of this type of program is the Health,
Education and Welfare Grant for Public Libraries
which is distributed to states on the basis of population.
Block grants, while retaining some of the characteristics of categorical grants, are broader in scope.
These grants provide funds chiefly to general purpose units of government in accordance with the
statutory formula. These funds may be used for a
number of activities within a broad functional area,
largely at the discretion of the recipient. Probably
the best known example of this funding mechanism
is the Housing and Urban Development Community
Development program which allows local governments to determine, under broad guidelines, their
own plans and priorities for use of these development funds.
Decentralization
Over the past several years, the Federal government has placed emphasis on decentralizing the
level of decision-making authority. Regional decision-making has been strengthened by various d e partments with some agencies decentralizing a u thority even further. Yet the decision made by the
Federal government to fund a particular program
may be made at a variety of levels, depending on the
program applied for and the administering agency.
Decisions on some program applications, for i n stance, HEW Discretionary Funds, may be made at
the national level. Other decisions may be made in
Philadelphia, the regional office for Virginia. Some
program funding decisions, such as those regarding
HUD
Community
Development
Discretionary
Grants, are made at the area office level, Richmond,
while still others, such as some Farmers' Home A d ministration programs, may be made at the local
level.
The Role of the State
States are more involved in the Federal grants
process though this role varies considerably with
certain grant programs. Many grants are considered
Federal-local in which case the locality applies d i rectly to the Federal government for funding, but
with some of these programs, the state develops the
application for the locality and determines funding
priorities. An example of a program with this form of
state involvement is the EPA Construction Grant for
Waste Water Treatment administered by the State
Water Control Board.
Some formula grants, such as the Grant for Public
Libraries mentioned earlier, require a state "pass
through" to local governments. In this case. Federal
funds are received by a state agency which then
develops its own guidelines for disbursement of
these funds to localities. The locality then applies
directly to the State agency for funding.
Other Federal grant programs, as those under the
Older American Act, require state review and state

�cost sharing in the non-Federal share of the matching requirement. State agencies often are required
to develop plans which must address funding priorities for the utilization of Federal monies.
These are few examples of how state agencies may
affect the disbursement of Federal funds. Many programs involve either formal or informal arrangements with state agencies, so it is advisable to work
with the appropriate agency in developing any proposal.
In addition to the above examples, the "A-95"
process sets forth procedures under which Federal
agencies and applicants for federal assistance must
give state and local governments, through state and
areawide clearinghouses, an opportunity to assess
the relationship of proposed federally funded programs to State, regional and local programs. In Virginia, the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs
functions as the State Clearinghouse while the Planning District Commissions serve on a regional basis.
It is through these clearinghouses that state governments, cities, counties and towns have an opportunity to influence Federal decisions through their review and comment on proposals for Federal funding.

Where to Go for

Assistance

Recognizing that the Federal grant system is complex and that local governments often lack the resources to make full utilization of the grants available
to them, the Virginia Department of Intergovernmental Affairs will, upon request, assist localities in their search for appropriate sources of Federal and State aid. This agency will conduct a search
for Federal and State aid programs and determine
such features as local eligibility, level of uncommitted funds and application procedures. Staff limitations prevent direct assistance in writing grant applications.
The Department also publishes a bimonthly Newsletter "Federal and State A i d " which carries notices
about Federal and State assistance programs. Included in the Newsletter are items of interest regarding grant activities, technical assistance programs
and grant management. For information about either the Grant Assistance Program or the Newsletter
contact either Russ Uzzle or Al Neale at Virginia
Department of Intergovernmental Affairs, (804) 7865335.

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Red Cross needs individual volunteers, and donors of blood and
money, by the millions.
But we need even more help. We
need the solid support of American
Business. And we never needed it
more.
If your business is already helping,
by organizing blood drives, and by
supporting payroll deductions—
either directly for the Red Cross, or
through the local combined fund
drive—the whole community owes
you thanks. And we thank you, too.
Last year, with help from our friends,
we offered major aid at over 30,000

disasters—from typhoons, to local
(but just as devastating)house fires.
We were able to help the elderly
with practical programs, we helped
veterans by the hundreds of
thousands, we taught people by the
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that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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American Red Cross.
And you'll know why we need your
business as a Red Cross Volunteer. In
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America. Contact your local Red
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PROBLEMS IN DETERMINING
AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
OF STATE AID
By Mary Jo Fields
Institute of Government,
University of Virginia

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During the past two sessions of the
General Assembly, State legislators
have grappled with the problem of
developing formulas that equitably
distribute State support for local government functions. This difficult task
has not yet been accomplished. However, the Commission on State Aid to
Localities is continuing to examine the
issues of annexation and State aid in
order to suggest solutions for the
pressing problem affecting interlocal
relations. The present period between
General Assembly sessions is perhaps
appropriate for some quiet reflection
upon the difficulty of achieving an
equitable distribution of State aid.
Some observers have perceived the
effort to change state aid formulas as a
city versus county issue. This perception is probably due in part to the
linkage of aid formula changes with
annexation amendments and to the
relative advantage enjoyed by counties in regard to present state aid
receipts. However, the support for,
and cooperation in recommending,
changes in funding formulas from the
Virginia Municipal League and the
Virginia Association of Counties indicates that the problem of distributing State aid need not pit cities
against counties.
indeed, the deeper one delves into
that problem, the more apparent it is
that cleavage and conflict along city/
county lines are forced and unnatural.
The explanation lies in the wide variations found among Virginia's localities
in population, density, wealth, physical features and a host of other characteristics which often make irrelevant their status as cities or counties.
About all that Norton and Richmond
have in common is that both are legally cities; the problems they face are
of fundamentally different sorts. A
comparison of Highland and Fairfax
counties similarly leads one to the
conclusion that they share only their
designation as counties.

The diverse characteristics of Virginia's localities intensify the difficulties of developing acceptable
funding formulas for state aid to
them. In an effort to take these diversities into account, the Commission
on State Aid to Localities and the
Commission on City-County Relationships have recommended that
state funding formulas include factors
of local need, fiscal ability and tax effort. The difficulty that the General
Assembly has had in finding acceptable formulas based on these factors
becomes more understandable when
one considers some of the variations
involved in the most commonly used
measures. Here we limit ourselves to a
consideration of the variations found
in effective true real property tax rates
(often proposed as a measure of local
tax effort).
According to calculations of figures
from the State Department of Taxation,
the mean or average effective true real
property tax rate for all Virginia cities
in 1976 was $1.04 per $100 valuation,
while the comparable mean for all
counties was $.49/$100. Thus county
rates were, on the whole, much lower
than city rates. But using mean rates
disguises the variations among cities
and counties. This problem is partially
solved by grouping cities and counties
according to the population brackets
of very large (100,000 and above);
large (30,000-99,999); medium (15,00029,999); and small (below 15,000). By
this classification, very large cities and
counties had the highest average tax
rates ($1.24 and $1.17, respectively).
The mean rate for the very large
counties was considerably higher than
for the large, medium, or small counties ($.51, $.47, $.41, respectively). In
contrast, the range between the mean
rate for very large cities and the rates
for the other cities (large-$1.05; medium-$1.00; small-$.95), was much
narrower. Thus, as far as property tax
rates are concerned, the very large
counties appear closer to the cities
than to the other counties. But population alone is not a sure guide to tax
rates, for the mean rate in each category of cities was invariably higher
than in each class of counties.
In any case, however, effective true
real property tax rates are by no
means a complete indication of local
tax effort, because tax rates and reve-

nue collections in individual cities and
counties reflect a variety of local conditions. For instance, large amounts of
state or federally owned property in a
jurisdiction may affect local tax rates,
in some jurisdictions, real property
tax rates may be held down by heavy
reliance on other types of taxes or on
non-tax revenues, such as from municipally owned electric power systems. In addition, for some localities,
the location of large utility plants may
mean an increased reliance on tax
collections from public service corporations, while lessening the dependence on real property taxes. Furthermore, the impact of such factors is
likely to be much larger in small localities. Property taxes are the single
largest local revenue source, but only
equal about one half of 1976 local
revenues in both cities and counties.
More importantly, the percentage of
local revenues obtained from property taxes varied considerably from
one jurisdiction to another. Therefore, real property tax rates do not
fully indicate local tax effort, although
the rates may be the best possible
measure available at this time.
This brief examination indicates
that the equitable distribution of state
aid to localities is not simply a city
versus county issue. More than ever,
cities and counties are facing the
common problem of juggling citizen
demands for more services and for
stable or lower taxes. The extent of
the problem and how it is handled
varies among local governments.
There are some real differences of interest between cities and counties,
but there are also local interests which
cut across the city-county distinction.

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SURVEY
by Bradley K. Harmes

corporated various changes to e n large the scope of the report as well as
to streamline its production. The
fourth edition contained a greatly e n larged section on fringe benefits, at
the request of many users of the report, and it also contained data that
had previously been available only in
the specialized public safety report.
SALARY

The annual survey of salaries and
working conditions of local government employees has become one of
the most eagerly awaited reports of
the Virginia Municipal League. The
importance of this report is obvious,
because in these inflationary times,
periodic adjustments in salaries have
become essential. In many cases, this
adjustment has become a part of the
annual budgetary process. While a
four or five percent increase may
hardly seem noticeable to the average
employee, such increases have a substantial impact on local government
budgets since salary and fringe benefit costs represent one of the largest
items in local budgets.
Prior to the Statewide Salary Survey,
the League published selected limited
salary data. A specialized report on
police and fire salaries and working
conditions has also been published
for the past several years. However,
the publication of the first Statewide
Salary Survey in 1974 represented a
major effort to collect salary data from
cities, towns and counties to be published in the comparative format. This
publication was made possible by a
grant from the U.S. Civil Service C o m mission under the Intergovernmental
Personnel Act of 1970. This grant
funded the Statewide Personnel A d ministration Improvement Project as a
cooperative effort of the Virginia M u nicipal League, the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virginia Department of Personnel and Training.
The Statewide Salary Survey was perhaps the single largest and most visible of the many personnel technical
assistance activities of that project.
Upon the completion of the three
year grant cycle, the Virginia M u n i c i pal League and the Virginia Association of Counties determined that the
Statewide Salary Survey was very useful to local officials and should be
continued as a regularly funded joint
report of the two associations.
The fourth edition of the report i n -

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Bradley K. Harmes is Senior Staff Associate, Virginia Municipal League.

RANGES

The use of salary ranges has become
an increasingly important factor in the
collection of salary data. Restrictions
under the Privacy Protection Act generally prohibit the publication of individual salary information. Since this is
a report on positions with salary
ranges, and not individual salaries,
meeting the requirement is not a
problem except in one area. A substantial amount of data was deleted
from the report since a range was not
supplied by the locality. For managers
and other major appointed officials,
the absence of a range is not a problem since their salary is set by the
council or board and is a matter of
public record. However, when a specific salary for a clerical or professional position is given instead of a
salary range, the obvious affect is to
disclose an individual salary even
though there may be more than one
person in that position and their name
is not listed in the report.
This problem is most noticeable
among smaller jurisdictions generally
having few employees and generally
having no formalized compensation
plan. Salary ranges, however, are becoming more prevalent with each edition of the Statewide Salary Survey.
Technical assistance from the Statewide Personnel Administration Improvement Project was responsible
partially for this occurrence and sets
the stage for further development
with each passing year.
FRINGE

BENEFITS

Previous editions of the report had
very limited data on fringe benefits.
Since fringe benefits represent an important and expensive factor in total
employee compensation, an enlarged
fringe benefit section is included in
the fourth edition. Since this was the
first extensive survey of fringe benefits, several questions were included
which probably will be eliminated in
future reports. Basic questions on e m ployee leave, paid holidays and health
and life insurance will be continued.
The Statewide Salary Survey has
proven to be useful in salary c o m parisons within regional labor markets
as well as between jurisdictions of
similar size. Such information is helpful particularly at budget preparation
time w h e n salary adjustment pro-

posals are made. The report also
serves as a guide when establishing
new positions and provides a source
for comparison of conditions of e m ployment and fringe benefits which
are becoming increasingly important.
There are some weaknesses in the
report. The lack of salary ranges for
many of the positions resulted in the
exclusion of much information, but as
previously noted, the use of salary
ranges does seem to be increasing. In
some instances, there is a problem of
comparability of jobs between localities. The user of the report must bear
in mind that while the job title may be
identical, the scope of duties and nature of work may vary significantly between larger and smaller localities.
For this reason, it is best to make c o m parisons with localities of similar population size and geographic region.
Another weakness, as with any report,
is the potential for human error.
While we were pleased generally with
the format change in the fourth edition, there is certainly room to improve the quality and timeliness of the
publication
without
sacrificing
needed accuracy.
Computerization of the report has
been discussed for some time but resource limitations have proven
prohibitive. If the report were c o m puterized, not only would the annual
up-dating be simplified, but additional statistical data useful for c o m parative purposes, such as regionalized and weighted salary averages,
could be included. Other improvements short of computerization i n clude the continued and improved
use of photocopy reduction in print,
the elimination of unnecessary fringe
benefit entries and examining the
prospects for comparison to other salary surveys of employees of State government and private industry.
The Statewide
Salary Survey has
earned a place as a regular joint publication of the Virginia Municipal
League and the Virginia Association of
Counties. It has proven to be useful to
local officials throughout the C o m monwealth. Of course, there is always
room for improvement and we w e l come your suggestions. If you have
not done so, please return the evaluation form on the last page of the
fourth edition, so that we may have
your comments and suggestions for
future editions of the report.

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Bristol, was elected President of
the Virginia Section, International
City
Management
Association
during the Section's Annual C o n ference in Virginia Beach. C . M.
Moyer Jr., City Manager, M a nassas, was elected First Vice President and Frank Force, City M a n ager, Williamsburg, was elected
Second Vice President. The Executive Committee is comprised of
William J. Paxton, Jr., City M a n ager, Salem; David B. Norman,
City Manager, Lynchburg; William B. Fletcher, Administrative
Assistant, Waynesboro; and W e n dell L. Seldon, City Manager, W i n chester (immediate past president).
Approximately 125 people attended the Annual Conference at
the New Cavalier. Thomas Murphy, Director, Federal Executive
Institute, delivered the opening
address and the Honorable Richard M . Bagley, M e m b e r , Virginia
House of Delegates, gave the
message at the First Annual Prayer
Breakfast. Other speakers included the Honorable Wiley
Mitchell, Member, Virginia Senate, Douglas Harman, City M a n ager, Alexandria, and Dr. Ronald
E. Barnes, Phoenix, Arizona. During the business session the
membership voted to merge the
Professional Development C o m mittee of the Virginia Association
of County Administrators and the
Virginia Section into one committee entitled "Virginia Local
Government
Administrators
Committee for Professional Development." The membership
also endorsed the invitation by
the City of Virginia Beach to host
the 1982 Annual Convention of
the International City Management Association.

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The Virginia Environmental Endowment is a non-profit independent corporation organized exclusively for the
" p r o m o t i o n of the social welfare of
the people of the C o m m o n w e a l t h of
V i r g i n i a . " Created in 1977, the Endowment is committed to using its resources to help citizens, industry and
government take constructive actions
to improve the quality of the State's
environment. T h e corporation is just
beginning its program of making
grants and loans to a variety of organizations to achieve this purpose. In
carrying out Its program, the Endowment Intends to extend the dollar's
worth by seeking matching contributions from other sources. Also, the
Endowment proposes to engineer Into
each grant recipient agency the means
for Its later support, so that the Endowment does not serve as a continuing source of support indefinitely.
The endowment Is Interested in
promoting the use of mediation and
resolving
environmental
disputes.
Mediation is defined as a voluntary

CAPITAL

ENDOWMENT
process In which the parties themselves explore, both jointly and In Individual caucuses with the mediator,
the issues in dispute. T h e mediator
has no authority to impose a settlement. Rather, the mediator Intervenes
from an impartial base and assumes
the role of promoting agreement
among the conflicting parties. Agreement is achieved only when the parties themselves have reached what
they consider to be a workable solution. Initial programs to provide mediation and environmental conflicts
were developed by the Office of Environmental Mediation at the University of Washington in Seattle. This office has used successfully the process
to resolve disputes concerning flood
control, land use, recreatlon/conservatlon, highway construction, urban renewal and suburban sprawl,
among others. If you are interested in
the Virginia Environmental Endowment and its program, please contact
Gerald P. McCarthy, Executive Director the Endowment, 804/644-5000.

EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.

9002 MOUNTAIN ROAD
•
P. 0. BOX 9609
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23228
PHONES: 804-262-7341
COMPLETE LINES OF EQUIPMENT FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
HIGHWAY—C/;em/ca/ Spreaders, Slurry Pavers
LINK B E L T — Cranes — Excavators
F M C / B E A N - Sewer Cleaner
L A Y T O N M F G . C O . — Asphalt Pavers
M E Y E R S - S H E R M A N ~ "Vactor Jet Rodder"
R I C H M O N D M F G . C O . — Horizontal Boring
Machines

E L G I N - L E A C H - Sweepers, Refuse Bodies
A T H E Y M A N U F A C T U R I N G CO.-Maintainer Grader
R O Y E R F O U N D R Y - Shredders
G I A N T - V A C — L e a f Collectors
D A V E Y — Air Compressors
M A S S E Y - F E R G U S O N — Backhoe Loaders

HELP US FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE

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American Heart Association
VML ANNUAL CONVENTION
September 17-19

We're Fighting For Your Life

�Marketplace
BID REQUEST
1948 Seagrave 75 ft. AERIAL LADDER TRUCK 3000
ml. Recently Installed with 1968 rebuilt Red Diamond,
182 H.P. Inllne-e engine &amp; 5 speed transmission. Includes asst'd equlpt. For inspection contact George
Mundy, Fire Hdqts, 804-296-8118. Sealed Bids will be
received by: City of Charlottesville Purchasing Dept.,
Room 312, City Hall, P.O. Box 911, Charlottesville, VA
22901, and will open on August 23, 1978 at 2 p.m.
The City reserves therightto accept or reject any or
all bids and to award the bid in its best interest.

PUBLIC INFORMATION
AWARDS COMPETITION
The second annual City Hall public
Information Awards Competition,
designed to honor localities which
excel in communicating with the
public and their employees, has
been announced by City Hall
Digest, the municipal government
newsletter. The contest will make
awards in three categories—municipal periodicals, municipal a n nual reports and municipal public
information. In the 1977 contest,
Norfolk was one of thirteen localities that won a grand award.
Deadline for all entries is September 1, 1978. Contact City Hall Digest, P.O. Box 309, Seabrook,
Maryland 20801.

FAPRS
The computerized grant search program which is available to Virginia's
local governments through the Extension Division of Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University has added
three additional categories of grants.
The search program called FAPRS
(Federal Assistance Program Retrieval
System) can be used to locate potential sources of federal funding for local projects in the new categories of
education, health and social services.
The other five categories are community facilities, business and industrial
development, planning and technical
assistance, housing and employment.
Keyed to grants listed in the Catalog
of Federal Domestic
Assistance,
FAPRS enables local officials to employ a single source of available information concerning needed federally
funded programs for their communities. For more information on the
computerized grant search program
for localities, call your local Virginia
Tech Extension office.

SOME DO'S AND DONTS FOR COUNCILMEMBERS
For the many newly elected councilmembers, the following list of do's
and don'ts could prove to be helpful. To incumbent, holdover councilmembers, it is offered as a reminder.
• Do be prepared for council meetings by acquiring facts and being
familiar with the aspects of each issue;
• Don't depend on others to give you all the details and facts of an
issue, especially at the last minute;
• Do gather the sentiments of your citizens;
• Don't guess how your citizens feel about the issues;
• Do be responsive to citizen concerns and needs and vote their
needs, as is prudent and "right";
• Don't act on the issues based on your personal judgment or very
narrow interests, unless you are honestly convinced it is in the best
interests of the community and you must do so;
• Do be open and communicative with the public and news media as
much as possible;
• Don't treat the public and the news media as interference in your
domain;
• Do represent the best interests of your entire community;
• Don't be exclusively concerned and always vote for the concerns of
one segment of your community;
• Do work productively with your fellow councilmembers and be
tolerant of their views, and if you must differ with them, do so based
on your honest conviction of the issues only;
• Don't differ with fellow councilmembers because of personal dislikes and petty matters;
•Do work harmoniously with the mayor and assist him or her in
providing local leadership and guidance, if your locality has the
mayor-council form of government;
• Don't try to circumvent or usurp the manager's authority and responsisibilities;
• Do work harmoniously and cooperate with the manager and attempt to understand and appreciate his or her role, if your locality
has the council-manager form of government;
• Don't try to circumvent or usurp manager's authority and responsibilities;
• Do try to understand and work harmoniously with neighboring local
governments—both general and special purpose governments;
• Don't ignore or feud with neighboring local governments or reject
them outright as adversaries;
• Do avail yourself of opportunities to become better informed about
government by reading pertinent literature and attending various
training sessions and conferences;
• Don't ever feel that you know the "important" matters or feel you
"know it all";
• Do set goals and objectives for yourself as a public figure and for
your community;
• Don't be content merely to react to local matters or giving little
thought to future developments;
• Do remember why there is government and why you are in public
office—to direct and serve the public interests;
• Don't let your tenure in public office be self-serving.

Jackson Appointed

}. B. JACKSON, JR. was appointed Administrator of the Council on the Environment by Governor John N. Dalton to succeed Mrs. Susan T. Wilburn.
Prior to his appointment, Jackson was
affiliated with Ideal Fishing Company
and The Richmond News Leader. He
holds degrees from Hampton-Sydney
College and the University of Virginia.
He has served with the State Chamber
of Commerce's Marine Resources
Committee.

Groshon To Retire

Arlington County Fire Chief ROBERT
F. CROSHON retired effective July 7.
His career has spanned thirty-one
years, serving in the Chevy Chase, Bethesda and Silver Spring fire departments prior to his service in Arlington
County. He was promoted through
the ranks and became Chief in 1973.
Chief Groshon serves on the Executive Committee of the State Fire
Chiefs Association of Virginia.

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�VIRGINIA IS FOR
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by Rose Greenspoon

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At last it's official!
W h e n former Governor Mills E. G o d w i n , Jr. established the State Office on Volunteerism in August,
1974, he officially recognized what Virginians have
been doing since our founding fathers gave our
country its first presidents and made government by
the people a way of life.
It has been estimated that one out of every four
Virginians performs some type of voluntary service.
In all probability this is an underestimate. O n e of the
reasons the numbers are almost immeasurable is that
people do not know they are volunteering. The
mother who spends time in her child's classroom,
the Little League coach, the high school members of
service clubs, the neighborhood groups that fight for
better lighting or traffic controls are all volunteers.
O n July 1 , 1977, the Virginia State Government
Volunteers Act was passed, which states in part,
"Since the spirit of volunteerism has long animated
generations of Americans to give of their time and
abilities to help others, the Commonwealth would
be wise to make use of volunteers in State service
wherever practically possible. Effective use of volunteers in State service, however, requires that State
agencies be provided guidelines for the development of volunteer programs and the utilization of
volunteers. The General Assembly intends by this
chapter to assure that people of Virginia may derive
optimal benefits from volunteers, and that the time
and talents of volunteers in State service may be put
to their best use . . . "
In line with this Act, the State Office of Volunteerism, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance, presented to the
Governor " A Report on Volunteerism in Virginia
State G o v e r n m e n t " for the year 1977. A conservative
estimate of agency responses within a brief time
frame shows a total of 30,766 volunteers working in
State government making a contribution in dollar
value of $5,661,488, plus the contribution of material
donors amounting to $1,293,172, or a total figure of
$6,954,660.
O n e of the goals of the State Office on Volunteerism is to encourage and assist State agencies to
establish volunteer services as an integral part of
their operations and to include the positions of volunteer coordinator to carry out this responsibility.
Such positions now exist in the Division of Youth
Services, Division of Adult Services, Department of
Corrections, Virginia Commission for the Visually
Handicapped, Department of Welfare, Rehabilitative
School Authority, Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation and Department of Education. It
expected that volunteerism in State Government will
show a marked increase in the coming years.
A B O U T THE A U T H O R
Rose G r e e n s p o o n is Information O f f i c e r , State O f f i c e on V o l u n t e e r i s m .

The State Office of Volunteerism has published a
Directory for Volunteers in Virginia's Criminal Justice System*, which identifies public and private
agencies and organizations involving some 40,000
volunteers in the area of criminal justice, alone. The
survey is broken down into geographical divisions,
making for easy reference to individual cities, towns
and communities.
The State Office on Volunteerism has also published a Directory of Volunteer Activities in Colleges
and Universities in Virginia, which serves as a reference for community programs as well as for colleges.** Two Statewide College Conferences have
been held, both of which were attended by students
from throughout the State and pointed up the human resources available to communities by students
in their area. For example, " H e l p U n l i m i t e d " at the
College of William and Mary in Williamsburg provides programs for preschool children, tutoring and
educational opportunities, recreational outings. Big
Brothers and Big Sisters and senior citizen parties; it
works with the Offender Aid and Restoration Program.
Virginia Union University's Student Volunteer
Service Learning Center offers tutoring, counseling
and recreational services for youth in the community
and works with juvenile and adult offenders by assisting in the rehabilitation process.
Students at the University of Virginia, through
Madison House, assist low income residents with
home repair and provide tutoring, medical, legal and
recreational services for both youth and adults. Students also provide "companionship therapy,"
whereby volunteers spend time in day centers,
homes for the aged and hospitals.
Cities having Voluntary Action Centers can
request assistance from the State Office on volunteerism to cosponsor workshops and training sessions. Where there is no Voluntary Action Center,
the State Office works with various groups and
agencies—museums, schools, women's clubs, courts,
welfare departments, civic associations and in corporate volunteer programs. A primary purpose of the
State Office on Volunteerism is to encourage and
enhance volunteer activity, directing its attention to
every type of volunteer effort taking place in all
communities in our State. The Office maintains a
clearinghouse for information relevant to volunteerism gathered from national, state, regional and
local sources. It acts as a liaison between volunteer
groups and a variety of federal and national volunteer programs, including A C T I O N , the National
Center for Voluntary Action, the National Information Center on Volunteerism and other State Offices
on Volunteerism in the country.
Any community interested in beginning or coordinating volunteer programs may call the State Office
of Volunteerism for information and help, 804/7861431.
Volunteerism is something that comes natural to
Virginians—after all, that's how we got started.
* C o p i e s of the D i r e c t o r y for Volunteers
in Virginia's Criminal
Justice
System available free of charge from the State O f f i c e on V o l u n t e e r i s m .
Directory
of Volunteer Activities
in Colleges and Universities
in Virginia—supp\y
e x h a u s t e d . It is expected that an updated edition will be
published in the near f u t u r e .

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Geological, Soils and Environmental Consultants
Ground Water Studies
Land Disposal of Effluents and Sludges
Solid Waste Studies • Foundation Evaluations

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23-152

ENGINEERING

201 East Gary Street
Richmond, Va. 23219
Phone 804/649-8627

804/340-5030

DEWBERRY, NEALON &amp; DAVIS

HENNINGSON.

Environmental and Public Works Engineering

DURHAM

Engineering Plans, Studies and Laboratory Services

Engineers
620 May Avenue - Norfolk , Va. - 2 3 5 1 6
BIrchwood Office Park - Va.Beach ,Va. - 2 5 4 5 2

Planners
Surveyors

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8411 Arlington Blvd., Fairfa.x, Virginia (703) 560-1100
113 South Chestnut St., Marion, Virginia (703) 783-7271
1640 Maple Dr., Danville, Virginia (804) 799-9403
1400 Pleasant Vievn, Staunton, Virginia (703) 886-3957

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Consulting Engineers. Planners and Architects

Vienna, Virginia • Phone: (703) 281-2400
Staunton, Virginia • Phone: (703) 886-8555

PLANNING

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

E N G I N E E R I N G • MUNICIPAL P L A N N I N G

11524 Jefferson Avenue, Newpon News. VirRJma 23601-804-^95-5%l

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ARCHrTECTURE

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Corddry &amp; Carpenter

Consulting Engineers

Engineers

Mrjustrial Waslc T r e a l m e n r • Higfiwavs
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Falls Church, V A
703/534-8716

Norfolk, V A
804/461-0155

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T a l a p h o n a : 804/644 9493

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Studies, Designs And
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CONSULTING

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WATER S U P P L Y • REPORTS • SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
DESIGNS
• SEWAGE DISPOSAL • APPRAISALS

P. O . Box 8687
1514 Willow Lawn Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23226
Phone 282-7657

BUCK, S E I F E R T &amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED
Consulting Engineers
Water Supply • Sewage • Industrial
Waste Treatment • Treatability Studies
• 140 Sylvan A v e n u e . P . O . Box 1218
E n g l e w o o d C l i f f s , N . J . 0 7 6 3 2 201 - 5 6 7 - 8 9 9 0
• 4 0 5 S o . P a M i a m e n t D r i v e , S u i t e 101
Virginia Beacfi. Va 23462 804-499-4596

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Special Hydraulic Investigations

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Telephone (804) 847-7796

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1028 Olde Forge Plaza
Fredericl(sburg, Virginia 22401
Telephone: 703/371-8040

Offices I n : Florida • G e o r g i a • Tennessee • Missouri
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Engineers - Planners - S u r v e y o r s

484 N e w t o w n Rd.
Virginia Beach, V a .

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Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
Telephone: 615/588-6444

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Hlghv^'ays, R a i l r o a d s , F o u n d a t i o n s , W a t e r f r o n t
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Studies • Reports • Design • Consultation

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1236S Warwick Boulevard.
Newport News, VA 23606

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100 Church St., Nevif York, N. Y. 10007
Chicago Columbia Atlanta New Milford, Ct.

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Alarm Systems, Mobile Radio
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804/237-2044

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                    <text>VOLUME 13 • AUGUST 1978 • NUMBER 8

ROANOKE
AUG 15 1978
PUBLIC LIBRARY

�Editorial

WELCOME

Mayor

Vincent

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Thomas

Dr. Mason

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Andrews

M.

Howell

T h e Norfolk City C o u n c i l joins me in e x t e n d ing a w a r m and cordial invitation to you and your
family to visit Norfolk on September 17-19 for the
1978 C o n v e n t i o n of the Virginia M u n i c i p a l
League.
T h e League has planned its best C o n v e n t i o n
yet, and w e in Norfolk are making every effort to
host you well w h i l e you are here in our city.
I hope y o u will be able to take the time to
enjoy our c o m m u n i t y . M u c h has h a p p e n e d in
Norfolk since the League met here in 1973. W e
have added a new c o n v e n t i o n hotel, a new airport, new d o w n t o w n office buildings, new
branch libraries, new parks and more " n e w s . "
Some of our older n e i g h b o r h o o d s are b e c o m i n g
s h o w p l a c e s , and w e have started a d y n a m i c new
d e v e l o p m e n t on our western waterfront.
I k n o w that you and your family will enjoy the
variety of attractions that draw thousands of visitors each year to Norfolk. O u r Botanical C a r dens are more beautiful than ever, and you
should see the rose g a r d e n . T h e national reputation of the Chrysler M u s e u m continues to g r o w ;
the m u s e u m has been recognized as one of the
top twenty in the country by the Wall Street
Journal. O u r Lafayette Z o o and historic homes
are well w o r t h a visit, and the M a c A r t h u r M e m o rial offers a fascinating family visit back into the
days of G e n e r a l Douglas M a c A r t h u r — h i s long
career, his memorabilia and final resting place.

Vice Mayor,

Elizabeth

W e of the official Norfolk family look forward
to seeing you in September. W e will have an
opportunity to discuss some of the potentials and
problems facing all of us in urban g o v e r n m e n t .
H e r e in Norfolk w e are e n c o u r a g i n g business
d e v e l o p m e n t , c o n t i n u e d d o w n t o w n revitalization and growth as an international port, and w e
are p r o c e e d i n g full speed a h e a d with the agressive r e d e v e l o p m e n t program that has transf o r m e d our city over the last three decades. At
the same t i m e , the vitality of Norfolk's programs
of c u l t u r e , r e c r e a t i o n , education and entertainment have never been stronger. W e want to
share with you our e x p e r i e n c e s , and hear of
yours. It is this sharing that makes the Virginia
M u n i c i p a l League C o n v e n t i o n an exciting event.

Rev. Joseph

N. Green,

Claude j . Staylor,

jr.

W e w e l c o m e you and look forward to being
your host.

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*City
Editor-in-Chief

Richard L. DeCaIr

Editor

Charlotte Kingery

Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
Financial Secretary

Michael S. Deeb
John S. Z i o l k o w s k i , Jr.
Sandra H a r m o n

VOLUME 13

AUGUST, 1978

NUMBER 8

4

FIFTH GRADERS SAVE LIVES

5

RATTLEY NEW VML PRESIDENT

8-13

VML CONVENTION INFORMATION

TELEPHONE
804/649-8471

DEPARTMENTS
2 Editorial
7 People
14 Legal Guidelines
16 Marketplace
16 Places

O u r Apologies: In the June, 1978 issue we omitted Robert F.
Strohm, co-author of " L i b r a r i e s : Getting T h e Most For Your
Tax D o l l a r . " M r . Strohm is Adult Services Librarian, H e n r i c o
County.
Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the editorial policy and opinions of
V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; C I T Y or the Virginia M u n i c i p a l League.

O N THE C O V E R
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Virginia Municipal League.

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by the Virginia M u n i c i p a l League. Any reproduction or use of
contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal League
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�IMPLEMENTATION

FIFTH GRADERS
SAVE LIVES
Fire Safety Education
by DIANE C. ROCHE

There once was a man named Franl&lt;,
Who was smoking by a gasoline tank,
He huffed and he puffed
Till the station blew up.
And now there is no more of Frank.
—Kathy Dwyer, 5th Grade
Kings Grant School
Virginia Beach
In September, 1976, the Virginia Beach Fire Department initiated an extensive Fire Safety Education
Program for the fifth grade in the public school system. The purpose of this program is to provide children with the vital, life-saving information they need
to protect themselves better from fire now, and in
the future. An added benefit is that this education
will also reach the families of the fifth-graders. This
age level is ideal for involving students in fire safety
and prevention. The long range goal is to prevent
fires and the resulting injuries and deaths in Virginia
Beach.
DEVELOPMENT

Fire Chief Harry E. Diezel brought the idea home
when he encountered the program developed by
Cathy Lohr, Fire Instructor, Guilford County, North
Carolina. Based on the success of the North Carolina
program, the number of residential fires in Virginia
Beach, and the realization that traditional programs
were not effective. Chief Diezel approached City
Manager George Hanbury. Chief Diezel proposed
that a similar fifth-grade fire safety program be initiated, and as a result, the new position of Fire Prevention Specialist was created and funded as a function of the Fire Prevention Bureau.
In December, 1975, I was hired as the Fire Education Specialist. Having the required degree in education, I began a six month training period to improve
my knowledge of fire safety and prevention. Most of
this training was self-taught but I attended the Probationary Firefighter's School and assisted Fire Inspectors and Investigators in their duties.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Diane C. Roche is a Fire Education Specialist for the City of
Virginia Beach.

To be effective a monthly classroom visit was
needed but realizing time constraints and subject
matter, the instruction is delivered once a week for
six weeks. Each lesson is fifty minutes.
Initially, the School administration had to be approached and following their approval, the fire
safety program was made a part of the health curriculum.
The pilot program entered the classroom
equipped with a student workbook and audio visual
aids. It was a time of trial and error but all agreed that
the program was a success. The following year, the
program was a formal part of the health curriculum.
With the use of Comprehensive Employment and
Training Act (CETA) funds, another fire education
specialist was hired. Cappy Meredith and I soon became a regular part of the school scene. Appearing
in uniform, we became a visible display of the Fire
Department's concern for the safety of its community.
LESSONS

Our program is designed to get the student actively involved with fire safety and prevention in his
own home. We chose fifth graders because they are
old enough to understand the material, but they are
not apathetic to safety. Each student received a 40
page "Sparky's School of Fire Safety" workbook. The
National Fire Prevention Association's Sparky, the
fire dog, provides fun and motivation for the students. The workbook contains the six lessons with
worksheets, a Sparky Safety Pledge, pictures of
Sparky and puzzles. The student must read one
lesson and complete the corresponding worksheet
each week. The essons teach the student what to do
in case of fire. They teach facts about fire, the "Stop,
Drop and Roll" technique, how to use a fire extinguisher and, most importantly, how to make a Home
Fire Escape Plan. Fire prevention teaches students
the chemistry of fire and how to recognize and remove fire hazards in their homes.
Teacher-student rapport is most important and the
subject matter is treated with serious concern. We
teach so that we may save lives and students must
realize that our " f u n " lessons are not just games.
The students know that they are also being trained
so that they can teach others. For motivation the
student is given membership as a Junior Firefighter
in Sparky's Fire Department. They realize that this
"job" has responsibilities. We hope he carries the
message home to his family and friends and for the
most part, the student's eagerness to accent this responsibility is refreshing. They enjoy being treated as
responsible persons capable of having an effect on
their own safety.
During the fire safety section, each student must
complete a Home Fire Escape Plan. With their families' help, they plan escape routes and learn escape
techniques. They are encouraged to have fire drills
in the home and emphasis is placed on the purchase
and installation of smoke detectors in the home.
Many students report "bugging" their parents until
results are received and I am sure that many detectors have been installed due to their efforts.

�We received some excellent feedback on the effectiveness of the escape plan in January, 1977. An
unknown arsonist started a fire in a storage area of an
apartment building. A fifth-grader from our class and
her family w^ere housed in the building. By using the
escape plan she had completed for class, the family
escaped safely from their apartment and met outside
at their predetermined location.
Each student must complete a Home Fire Hazard
Inspection. With their families, they search for and
remove fire hazards. Students report finding overloaded outlets, improper storage and use of gasoline, misused or damaged extension cords and other
common hazards. Their faces beam with pride as
they tell how the hazards were removed to make
their home safer. The completed inspection form is
signed by the parents and returned to class. Once
they are evaluated, they are returned to the home to
be used again periodically.
COMPLETION

At the end of the lesson the student will be promoted to the rank of Junior Fire Marshal. Only those
students completing their work are promoted, which
is usually about 95 percent. Graduation ceremonies
are held and found to be exciting for the fifth-graders. The graduates are reminded that a Junior Fire
Marshal helps others learn about fire safety. They are
encouraged to also help neighbors complete home
fire escape plans and hazards inspections. They
proudly recite the Sparky Safety pledge together and
are officially sworn-in as Junior Fire Marshals.
The success of the fifth-grade fire safety program
has been recognized by teachers, students, parents
and school officials. Unfortunately, this program
does not lend itself to quantitative measurements. A

RATTLEY NEW VML
PRESIDENT

The Honorable Jessie M. Rattley,
Councilman of Newport News, became President of the Virginia Municipal League on July 1,1978. Recognized at the national level of
government, President Rattley is also
Second Vice President of the National
League of Cities and serves as the liaison for the Effective Government
Committee. She gained attention as a
member of the NLC Revenue Sharing
Task Force when she effectively assisted in the reenactment of general
revenue sharing.
Since her entry into local government, President Rattley has enjoyed a
successful record. She was elected
to the Newport News City Council in
1970 and was the first black and the
first woman ever elected to Council.
She became Vice Mayor in July, 1976
and was recently reelected to Council. She chairs the Virginia Municipal
League Legislative Committee and is a
member of the Effective Government

recent unpublished study indicates that the variables
were too great. Due to a high military population,
our area is very transitory and at this point, we must
rely on other forms of measurement and evaluation.
Direct contact with the children does show results
and a visit to the classroom easily displays the enthusiasm and determination of the students. Many
proudly tell of home fires prevented or handled correctly because of information received from our program.
We also administer a pre and post fire safety test to
each student and comparative results show a significant increase in basic fire safety knowledge at the
end of the program. Evaluation forms completed by
classroom teachers praise the program. In 1977, the
Fire Safety Education Program won national recognition in the NFPA "Learn Not To Burn" competition.
SATISFACTION

As an instructor, I have received much personal
satisfaction from developing and teaching the fire
safety program. There is much joy in watching these
children learn. To those interested in teaching fire
safety to children in your locality, I would give the
following advice: it is important that the material you
present be correct, pertinent and concise; but, it is
more important that you be motivated and enthusiastic and that you successfully motivate the students.
Try different approaches and methods until you receive results. Be open to advice from teachers and
students. Realize that the fire safety lesson will only
be as interesting as you make it for the students.
Treat the students as responsible persons and expect
results from them. Let the children know that you
care about them and their safety, and the concern
you show will be returned many times over.

Committee.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama,
President Rattley is an honors graduate of Hampton Institute, with a degree in business education and secretarial science. She established the
business department at Huntington
High School in Newport News, the
first black high school in the city to
offer business training. President Rattley founded Peninsula Business Col-

lege in 1952 and since that time has
been the owner-director. She is the
wife of Robert L. Rattley and the
mother of two daughters.
Mrs. Rattley succeeds to the presidency as a result of Bristol Mayor R. L.
Light's unsuccessful bid for reelection. The Virginia Municipal League
enjoyed Mayor Light's able leadership
and regrets that he was unable to
serve a full term.

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Miesch Appointed

GLENN R. MIESCH has been appointed chief of the recreation services section of the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation. A native
of Syracuse, New York, Miesch has
been a director of parks and recreation for the isle of Wight County, and
served as the director of recreation
for the City of Madeira Beach, Florida.
He became affiliated with the State in
1974 when he was employed as a recreation consultant with the Office of
Recreation in the former Division of
State Planning and Community Affairs. Miesch replaces Philip T. Hester,
who became director of recreation
and parks for Chesterfield County.

Trueblood Named Engineer

DONALD R. TRUEBLOOD, P.E., has
been named city engineer for the City
of Virginia Beach. He holds bachelor's
degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy
and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
and a graduate degree from George
Washington University. He Is a registered professional engineer in the
States of Virginia, indianna and Connecticut. Trueblood is a former director of public works for the Town of
Stafford, Connecticut and has been a
public works officer for the Norfolk
Naval Shipyard. He is a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
and the American Public Works Association. He assumed his new duties on
July 5.

Hampton building official D. PAUL
JACK was appointed by the Building
Officials and Code Administrators international to serve In a new at-large
position on the Executive Committee.
A native of Ohio, Jack has been with
the City for approximately 22 years.
He was appointed chief building inspector In 1957, assistant building official In 1965 and building official in
1973. He Is a member of the Executive
Committee of the Virginia Building
Officials Association and a member of
the Plumbing Code Committee of
BOCA. He is also a past president of
the Plumbing Inspectors Association.

Dugger Dies

EUGENE B. DUGGER, Superintendent
of the Light and Power Department,
Town of Culpeper, died June 23. He Is
a past president of the Municipal Electric Power Association and currently a
member of the Executive Committee.
A native of Dayton, Tennessee, Dugger was a veteran of the Navy. He had
been with the Town for twenty years.
The Virginia Municipal League and
the Municipal Electric Power Association extend sincere sympathy to his
wife and family and the Town of Culpeper.

Announcing

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The Fairfax County Public Library's
Board of Trustees announced the appointment of MRS.
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YOUNG PAINE as deputy director of
libraries effective July 1. Paine received a bachelor's degree from
George Washington University and a
master's degree from Catholic University. She has been affiliated with
the Fairfax County public library system for some time and has most recently held the position as head librarian at the Central Library in
Fairfax. WILLIAM S. ELLERTON, M.D.,
has been appointed director of mental health programs of the Fairfax-Falls
Church Community Mental Health
and Mental Retardation Services
Board. A native of Nebraska, Dr. Ellerton received a bachelor's degree from
DePauw University and received his
medical degree from Northwestern

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

PAT ROBERTSON
PRAYER BREAKFAST

O n M o n d a y , September 18, V M L
Convention delegates will have a rare
opportunity to hear an outstanding
local official w h o is recognized nationally for his efforts. Savannah
Mayor John Rousakis is a former president of the Georgia Municipal Association and currently First Vice President of the National League of Cities.
Mayor Rousakis has a long tenure in
public service, having been elected
county commissioner in 1965. He was
elected mayor of Savannah in 1970,
reelected in 1974 and is now unopposed in his bid for reelection. This
October begins the unprecedented
serving of his third term as mayor.
A native of Savannah, Mayor Rousakis holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Georgia. He is an insurance
broker by profession.

He was recently appointed by President Carter to the Advisory C o m m i s sion on Intergovernmental Relations
and also is a member of the Advisory
Board of the U.S. C o n f e r e n c e of Mayors. He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Training and Development Service and the National
Association of Regional Councils.
In recognition of Mayor Rousakis'
career in public service, the Georgia
Municipal Association gave him the
" M o t i e Wiggins A w a r d , " the association's highest honor. In 1972 he was
one of the five Outstanding Young
M e n in Georgia the same year he was
named the Outstanding Y o u n g Man
of Savannah.
The Virginia Municipal League cordially welcomes Mayor Rousakis as
Keynote Speaker of the 1978 C o n v e n tion.

Dr. M . G . " P a t " Robertson will deliver the message at the first Annual
Prayer Breakfast at the Virginia M u nicipal League Convention on Tuesday, September 19. It seems fitting for
Virginia officials to hear the founder
and President of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN) located in
Virginia Beach.
Pat, son of the late U.S. Senator A .
Willis Robertson of Virginia, is host of
CBN's internationally syndicated "700
C l u b " program. He is a former marine
corps officer and is the author of the
bestselling books "Shout It From The
H o u s e t o p " and " M y Prayer for Y o u . "
Dr. Robertson holds a doctorate of
jurisprudence degree from Yale U n i versity and a master of divinity degree
from New York Biblical Seminary. In
1960 he acquired a run-down UHF sta-

tion in Portsmouth, Virginia and a
year later gave his first broadcast.
From that time, distinguished guests
such as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin, Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres, Dale Evans, Pat Boone,
Mahalia Jackson and Charles Colson
have appeared on his program. The
day after the last presidential election,
his guest was then President-elect
Jimmy Carter. The 700 Club appears in
about 90 television viewing areas, including about 40 of the nation's 50
largest markets.
Robertson has been a leader in
Christian television viewing and under his guidance, he has provided an
alternative to television programming.
You are cordially invited to hear Dr.
Pat Robertson's message.

" W h e n in Doubt, M u m b l e " , is the
title of Dr. James H. Boren's bestselling book. League delegates and
guests have much to look forward to
on Tuesday evening, September 19,
during the V M L Annual C o n v e n t i o n .
Dr. Boren's humorous outlook on
the world of government and the bureaucrats has been enjoyed by many
audiences. Although his approach to
the whole subject of bureaucracy is
quite obviously a spoof, he feels that
by looking at all of this with good natured humor, perhaps some improvements can be made.
A native of O k l a h o m a , presently residing in Alexandria, Virginia, Dr. Boren holds a degree in economics and
education from the University of
Texas at Austin and California State

College at Long Beach. He holds a
graduate degree in economics from
the University of Southern California
and a doctorate degree in history,
philosophy and education from the
University of Texas.
He is now a chairman of N A V C O , a
firm that designs and engineers training facilities and security systems. He
also does consulting work and is dean
of Peter University. In the past he has
been a teacher, a college professor,
an administrative assistant to a United
States senator, a captain in the Army
Reserves and an assistant chemist—
there is little that he has not done.
Plan to attend the banquet on Tuesday evening and hear Dr. Boren
" p o k e f u n " at the bureaucrats. As he
says, " O u r red tape is the tape that
binds the world together."

�CANCELLATIONS
Cancellations of prepaid or advance registrations will be accepted
until 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 15, 1978. Telephone cancellations must be followed by a letter of confirmation.
MEALS
All meal functions will be ticketed events. An exchange coupon
for the Tuesday banquet is included in "package" registration or
"Tuesday only" registration. Ail breakfasts are optional events,
and tickets may be purchased at the meal ticket desk.
IMPORTANT
The registration form should be forwarded to the designated
official having this responsibility in your locality. That person
should forward all advance registrations and payments to the
League office to insure that you receive the proper rate and there
is no duplication.

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SEPTEMBER 17-19, 1978
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—Legislative C o m m i t t e e
—Affiliate G r o u p s

8:00a.m.

R E G I S T R A T I O N &amp; EXHIBITS

9:00 a.m.

O P E N I N G SESSION
— J o h n Rousakis
—Achievement Awards
— T i m e &amp; Place Report
— N o m i n a t i o n s Report

2:00 p.m.
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(Cut a n d return above form to Virginia M u n i c i p a l League, P.O. Box 753,
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1978 CONVENTION REGISTRATION INFORMATION
ADVANCE PREPAID REGISTRATION
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 19

7:30a.m.

PRAYER BREAKFAST

8:00a.m.

R E G I S T R A T I O N &amp; EXHIBITS

9:00 a.m.

SECTION WORKSHOPS

11:00a.m.

BUSINESS S E S S I O N I

2:00p.m.

BUSINESS S E S S I O N II

7:00 p.m.

R E C E P T I O N &amp; PRIZE D R A W I N G

8:00 p.m.

BANQUET

If you register in a d v a n c e , your badges, programs and other Information w i l l be p r e p a r e d In advance a n d may be p i c k e d up w i t h a
m i n i m u m of delay at the Registration Desk in the O m n i . If
YOUR
ADVANCE
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BY
PREPAYMENT,
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ATTENDING.

PREPAID REGISTRATION MUST
THAN SEPTEMBER 1 , 1978

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NO LATER

September 1 Is the d e a d l i n e to take advantage of the special rates.
Registrations received after that date w i l l be charged at t h e C o n v e n t i o n rates. All other a d v a n c e registrations must be received no
later than W e d n e s d a y , September 6, In order that they be ready
for you u p o n arrival In N o r f o l k . M a k e c h e c k s payable t o ; Virginia
M u n i c i p a l League.

�VML VISION: 2020
FUTURE n. 1 The indefinite period of
time yet to be. 2 That which will happen in time to come. 3 The perspective condition of a person or
thing. 4 Prospects of advancement;
chances of success.
Will local government find a v i sion? Will it have enough " e y e sight" to sort through those things
that some leaders call opportunities, not problems? Will those
services delivered at the local
level be improved, or more importantly, be continued? Is there a
future for local government, or
will it be up to those departments
of the state and federal level to
answer to citizens about the loss
of their morning shower, street

lights or school buses?
The theme of the V M L Annual
Convention is looking to the future but also the 20/20 vision that
is often times required of local officials when facing a problem or
an "opportunity." The program
offers new ideas, suggestions or
solutions to those old problems
and makes a thorough inspection
of those things that are coming to
local government: liability insurance, fiscal reporting, the Census
and House Bill 602.
The future. We can never relive
yesterday; we can learn from our
mistakes and look forward to what
we can do tomorrow.
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MUNICIPALITIES HELD LIABLE FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTION
by H O W A R D W. DOBBINS, GENERAL COUNSEL
In 1961, the United States Supreme
Court in the case of Monroe v. Pape,
365 U.S. 167, held that municipalities
were completely immune from suit
under the Civil Rights Act of 1871,
now codified as 42 U.S.C.,§ 1983. This
doctrine of immunity has n o w been
rejected and overruled by the United
States Supreme Court in Monell v.
Department
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Monell was one of a class of female
employees of the Department of Social Services and the Board of Education of the City of New York w h o
complained of official policy of the
Board and the Department compelling pregnant employees to take
unpaid leaves of absence before such
leaves were required by medical reasons. The suit sought injunctive relief
and back pay for periods of unlawful
forced leave and named as defendants the Department and its Commissioner, the Board and its Chancellor
and the City of New York and its
Mayor. In each case, the individual
defendants were sued solely in their
official capacities. The trial court, the
United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York held
moot the claims for injunctive and declaratory relief since the City and the
Board, after filing a complaint, had
changed their policies relating to maternity leaves so that no pregnant e m ployee would have to take leave u n less she was medically unable to
continue to perform her j o b . The district court also c o n c l u d e d , however,
that the acts complained of were u n constitutional but nevertheless back
pay was not awarded because any
such damages would ultimately come
from the city and, therefore, to hold
otherwise would be " t o c i r c u m v e n t "
the immunity conferred on municipalities by Monroe v. Pape.
The Circuit Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit affirmed the district
court, holding that the Board was not
a " p e r s o n " under §1983 and that a l though the individual defendants
were " p e r s o n s " a damage action
against the officials sued in their official capacities could not proceed. The
United States Supreme Court granted
certiorari. The majority opinion written by M r . Justice Brennan contains a

detailed review of the legislative history of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and
an analysis of prior decisions concluding that Congress did intend m u nicipalities and other local government units to be included among
those persons to w h o m § 1983 applies;
and that local governing bodies can
be sued directly u n d e r § 1983 for m o n etary, declaratory, or injunctive relief
w h e r e , as in Monell, the action that is
alleged to be unconsitutional implements or executes a policy statement,
ordinance, regulation or decision officially adopted and promulgated by
that body's officials. The court said
further:
" M o r e o v e r , although the touchstone of the §1983 action against a
government body is an allegation
that official policy is responsible for
a deprivation of rights protected by
the Constitution, local governments, like every other §1983 'person', by the very terms of the statute, may be sued for constitutional
deprivations visited pursuant to
governmental
'custom'
even
though such a custom has not received formal approval through the
body's official decisionmaking
channels."
The majority opinion limited its
holding to some extent saying:
" O n the other hand, the language
of § 1983, read against the background of the same legislative history, compels the conclusion that
Congress did not intend municipalities to be held liable unless action
pursuant to official policy of some
nature caused a constitutional tort.
In particular,
we conclude
that a
municipality
cannot be held liable
solely because it employs a tortfeasor—or, in other words, a municipality cannot be held liable under
§1983 on a respondent superior theory." (Emphasis added)
Thus, a local government may not
be sued for an injury inflicted solely
by its employees or agents except in
cases w h e r e execution of government policy or custom, whether
made by its lawmakers or by those
whose edicts or acts may fairly be said
to represent official policy, inflicts the
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tity is responsible under §1983.
The majority opinion went further
to make plain that the decision in
Monell goes not further than the actual facts saying:
" W e have no occasion to address,
and do not address, what the full
contours of municipal liability u n der § 1 9 8 3 may be. W e have attempted only to sketch so much of
the §1983 cause of action against a
local government as is apparent
from the history of the 1871 Act and
our prior cases and w e expressly
leave further development of this
action to another d a y . "
Justice Rehnquist and the Chief Justice dissented in a separate opinion
written by the former in which the
majority is criticized for disregarding
the doctrine of stare decisis and overruling Monroe v. Pape, saying that the
d o c t r i n e of m u n i c i p a l i m m u n i t y
enunciated in Monroe has protected
municipalities and their limited treasuries from the consequences of their
officials' failure to predict the course
of the Supreme Court's constitutional
jurisprudence.
The majority opinion in Monell is a
classic example of judicial flip-flop; it
represents a further erosion of municipal immunity and will undoubtedly
have substantial financial impact on
the management of local governments by governing bodies and officials.

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MIDDLETOWN—A joint meeting between the Town's Planning Commission and the Council produced a
comprehensive landuse plan which
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FALLS CHURCH—Jhe Council is considering a possible tax incentive for
solar energy equipment in private
homes. The ordinance would allow
the cost of purchasing and installing
solar energy equipment to be exempted from real estate property
taxes. This move follows the Fairfax
County measure, the only one in Virginia which allows such tax breaks.
SALEM—City Council has passed an
anti-litter ordinance that includes a
jail sentence for violators. Stiff fines
for litterers are included in the measure, and for habitual offenders, there
is a maximum confinement of 10 days.
The proposed ordinance replaces the
old litter law which levied a meager $1
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ENGINEERING

PLANNING

ARCHrreCTURE

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H B &amp; A OF VIRGINIA
1'. ( ) . Box 2125

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201 East Gary Strftt
Richmond, Va. 23219
Phont 804/649-8627

HENNINGSON,
DURHAM &amp;
RICHARDSON

DEWBERRY, NEALON &amp; DAVIS
Efivironmental and Public Works

Engineering

Engineering Plans, Studies and Laboratory Services

Consulting Engineers. Planners and Architects
8 4 1 1 Arlington B l v d , Fairfax, Virginia ( 7 0 3 ) 560-1100
Vienna, Virginia • Phone: (703) 281-2400
Staunton, Virginia • Phone: (703) 886-8555

113 South Chestnut St., Marion, Virginia ( 7 0 3 ) 783-7271
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1400 Pleasant View, Staunton, Virginia (703) 886-3957

Austin Drockenbrough
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Water Supply • S e w a g e • Industrial
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• 4 0 5 S o , P a r l i a m e n t D r i v e , S u i t e 101
Virginia B e a c h , Va 23462 804-499-4596

Falls Church, VA
703/534-8716

RIISSKLL &amp; A X O N
p;ni;inoerin^ and Planning ('onsiiltants

1111 Northshore Drive
Knoxwille, Tennessee 37919
Telephone: 615/588-6444

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Norfolk, Virginia
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804/461-0155

1 14 East Carv Str««t • Richmond, Virginia 23219
Telephone: 804/644 9493

HANSEN

PLANNERS

5454 Wisconsin Ave
Wash 0 C 20015
301-65 7-1780

804-461-6351

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6 Koger Executive Ctf
Norfolk. Vs 23502

Gannett Fleming
Corddry &amp; Carpenter

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S«nitary
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I ynchburg, Vifq.nia 34506
Telephone 180-Jl 847 7796

FREDERICK

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100 C h u r c h St., N e w Y o r k , N. Y . 10007
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7212 Timberiake Road • Lvnchburg, V a . 24502
8()4/237-'J044

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13924 BRADDOCK ROAD
CENTREVILLE, VIRGINIA 2 2 0 2 0

703-631-9630
7O3-369-S700
7 0 3 - 4 3 0 9199

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and C o n s t r u c t i o n M a n a g e m e n t

Gilbert Associates of Virginia, Inc.

NORFOLK. \ ' A , 23509

Engineers/Consultants
411 C e d a r R o a d , C h e s a p e a k e , V i r g i n i a 23320

804-547-2955

Development
Studies

P U R D U M and JESCHKE

B A R T O N - A S C H M A N A S S O C I A T E S , INC.

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ENGINEERS
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Baltimore, M d .
301 837-0194

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Inspection

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1730 ' K ' St, NW; Washington, D C . 20006; (202) 466-8230

Raymond, Parish, Pine &amp; Plavnick
Planning &amp; Community
Development Consultants
1010 Vermont Avenue N,W., Suite 800
Wasliington, D C , 20005
202 783-2924

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f301l 585-6001
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St. Louis, MO 63101
C314) 436-7600

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Management

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CH2M S: HILL

engineers
[;)l.inners
economists
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Consultants to Municipalities
on Environmental Systems

Eastern Regional Office,1930 Isaac Newton Square t
Reston, VA 22090

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Phone (703) 471-9710

Pattoo, Harris, Rust &amp; Guy
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                    <text>��Norfolk
welcomes
the Virginia
Municipal
League.
Norfolk, a city known for its art, culture a n d heritage, is proud to host
the 1978 Virginia Municipal League.
We invite you, Virginia's largest
assembly of local government
officials, to take s o m e time to
see Norfolk.
A visit of special interest to those
involved in the governing of our
fine state is the MacArthur Memorial,
a tribute to one of America's most
colorful a n d controversial
military officers.
B u t don't overlook one of Virginia's
most valuable cultural assets, the
Chrysler M u s e u m . R a n k e d a m o n g
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NEW STRATEGY FOR H O U S I N G A N D
REDEVELOPMENT
VML ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
THE BATTLE OF THE M O N I T O R
THE R O L E OF THE ELECTED O F F I C I A L
HARBORFEST
THE C O M M O D I T Y THAT'S R U N N I N G L O W
PUBLIC SAFETY PUTS C O M P U T E R S INTO
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CENTER FOR C U L T U R E

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LIABILITY I N S U R A N C E NEEDS UNMET

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�Editorial
Proposition 13
On June 16, 1978, the Executive
Committee of the Virginia Municipal
League met to discuss "Proposition 13"
and its impact on Virginia localities.
The following statement is their response.
Although the Virginia Municipal
League opposes limiting local revenue
sources, we strongly agree that the
property taxypayer in Virginia carries
an inordinately heavy portion of the
tax burden. The VML has been saying
this for years and has been actively
seei^ing alternative revenue sources in
an effort to lighten this excessive burden. It is the VML's belief that the
State should provide alternative resources for property tax relief which
should be collected and distributed by
the State in a manner which will help
ease the disparity of the property tax
burden by focussing on need.
To paraphrase a Virginia Mayor's
recent comments:
The property tax is strictly a local
tax and is the principal source of
revenue for local services. Citizens
are most dependent upon and most
affected by the services provided
by their local government. No one
needs to be convinced of the serious impact cutbacks in local services could have on our daily life. If
local governments do not have tax
income sufficient to support them,
funding will have to be sought elsewhere. Just as surely as distant
governments step in to finance local activities, just so surely will control and direction of local government pass out of the hands of local
citizens who can control their local
government. It will pass into the
control of State and federal authorities who are generally beyond the
touch and ultimate control of local
voters.
This will mean not only a loss of
local control and valuable citizen input
into the level of government that most
affects daily life, but it will mean a
loss of local diversity and character. If
the Commonwealth of Virginia did not
respond in this situation, assistance
would have to come from the federal
government and we are all painfully
aware of the strings attached to federal monies.

The type of action that was taken in
California would be an overreaction to
the Virginia situation. Virginia State
and local government has traditionally
been more fiscally responsible than
California and many other states. For
the last several years Virginia localities have been tightening their belts
during this period of high inflation and
increases in mandated costs from the
State and federal government.
Effective tax rates in Virginia cities
have not increased substantially in
this decade. The median effective
property tax rate for all Virginia localities (per $ 1 0 0 ) was $1.30 in 1 9 7 0
and remains at a $ 1 . 3 9 in 1977. The
mean effective property tax rate for
Virginia cities has only increased 3
cents, from $ 1 . 3 5 in 1 9 7 0 to $ 1 . 3 8 in
1977, only 2 percent over seven
years. The more closely these figures
are examined, the more they reveal
fiscal responsibility on the part of Virginia localities. In 1 9 7 0 there were 17
cities above the median effective
property tax rate; of these, 14 decreased property tax rates in 1 9 7 7 .
The total decreases amounted to
$2.37 for a mean of 17 cents or an
average decrease of 10 percent. The
total net increases were only 4 2 cents
for a mean of 14 cents. The total net
decrease in property tax rates was
$1.95 with a mean net decrease of 11
cents or an average decrease of 7
percent for all 7 localities which were
above the median property tax rate in
1970. This is a clear indication that
Virginians, unlike many others across
the nation, have realized that rates
have become too high and reacted by
being fiscally responsible and accountable to property tax payers. We
believe that local elected officials in
the State of Virginia are attuned to
the desires of the citizens they represent and will continue to hold down
property tax rates whenever possible.
The State of Virginia can assist local elected officials in responding to
the property taxpayer by providing alternative resources from tax sources
w h i c h do n o t p r e s e n t t h e disproportionate burden that the property tax does. It must also be kept in
mind that local governments in Vir-

ginia have tightened their belts and
have sought increased cost effectiveness in programs whenever possible.
To do this, however, there have been
major cutbacks in capital expenditures
which could create major shortfalls in
the not too distant future. Caution
should be exercised before further
cutbacks are made in capital expenditures such as sewer lines, water
lines, street maintenance and construction. Neglect now may result in
capital expenditure needs in the future which will be beyond the financial
capabilities of the local government. It
should also be noted that many localities have already trimmed budgets to
the extent that any further cutbacks
could result in decreased quality of
services.
Recognizing that local government
controls but 15 to 2 0 percent of its
own budget, the VML is proud of the
local record of fiscal responsibility evidenced by the information in this report. We stand ready to work with
citizen groups, the General Assembly
and the Governor to implement any
reasonable solutions to tax inequities
which might be forthcoming.

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The story is an old one. Dark,
littered alleys, peeling paint, undernourished children standing in
unkempt yards before ramshackle
houses or burned-out hulks with
those plaintive looks—part ragged
ruffian, part refugee.
Somebody help, they seem to
say.
Somebody has.
For the past 35 years, Norfolk
has so successfully turned federal
money into decent housing for the
poor and middle-income family
that the City's housing and redevelopment program has become a
model.
Fact-finding teams from across
the nation descended upon the city
to see how more than 7,000 units
have been built on hundreds of
acres where slums once stood.
Since 1949 Norfolk's substandard
housing has been cut from 42 to
eight percent.
Downtown redevelopment projects have restructured a dying
commercial district into market-

able land with public improvements as incentives to private investment. Grantsmanship brought
$300 million in federal funding for
a convention center, land assembly
and redevelopment and housing.
All that generated another $65
million in private investment.
As U.S. presidents and administrations changed, federal funds
were cut for some programs, new
guidelines were established for
others, and indications were that
the Federal government wanted
out of the local redevelopment and
housing business. Now, a strategy
for the '80s is emerging for Norfolk. The Federal Community Development Block Grants Program
is being used to continue work in
12 redevelopment projects with objectives that range from the clearance of blighted structures to conservation of old ones. Alternative
sources of money are being sought
through Federal discretionary
grants and economic development
programs.

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Norfolk is using those funds to
stimulate private investment. Norfolk's waterfront is the site of one
such project involving $100 million
to develop housing, shops, parking,
rehabilitated warehouses, marinas
and public spaces located only a
few blocks from the central business and financial district. "Freemason Harbor" represents a joint
venture among the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, the Chessie System, Inc. and
The Oliver T. Carr Company of
Washington, D.C. A $25 million
public investment, together with a
$75 million private share, minimizes private risk while assuring
public benefit. To be developed in
eight phases over the next 10
years, the project's public activity
will be phased out as private building accelerates towards the completion date.
Townhouses in Phase I were
completed this summer, and con-

�tracts for streets, utilities and a
public walkway were awarded.
Public improvements will also include parking garages. To date,
nearly 100 people have put their
names on a waiting list of potential homebuyers in the area.
The major benefits to the City
from the Freemason Harbor project go beyond increased employment opportunities and tax revenues. It will completely redefine
the central business district by
changing blighted and unused waterfront acreage into a "new-townin-town". It will be a mixed-use development that will draw its
strength from its location in Norfolk's famous harbor and from the
environment it offers to the increasing number of people who
want to live downtown. The
nearby financial center, a result of
redevelopment in the 1960s is a job
center for many of those people
who would live and shop in Freemason Harbor.
The tangible issues of employ-

ment and taxes were, of course,
crucial to the project's planning.
An annual revenue of $2.12 million
in taxes is projected for the completed development, with creation
of over 3,000 construction-related
jobs, and 1,000 permanent jobs requiring a range of skills.
Although Norfolk's Community
Development Block Grant funds
are continually decreasing (from
$18 million to $8 million) and the
Freemason Harbor project is only
one of 12 requiring local and federal resources, alternative fund
sources are being developed for the
"front end" money that will eventually create private investment.
Enthusiasm from the local business community for the Freemason Harbor development has
been substantial.
All the activity in the Freemason Harbor project is a good
sign for the adjacent Freemason
Street Historic District. Both are
included in Norfolk's Downtown
West Community Development

Area. One of Norfolk's most historically rich areas, with homes
dating back to 1785, Freemason
Street's charming cobblestone
wrought-iron atmosphere offers a
contrast to the neighboring new
waterfront construction. It is specially protected as a historic conservation area.
GHENT CONSERVATION
About a mile away from the waterfront project is the Ghent Conservation Area, rehabilitated with
local and federal low interest loan
money to regain its original status
as a historically significant, desirable place to live. Built in the early
1960s by a group of Norfolk's leading citizens, old Ghent was a
"planned community" in a time
when communities were rarely
planned. The most pleasing street
designs, the most enduring trees
and architecture and materials of
classic quality lent themselves to
the success of the conservation
project 60 years later. Before then,
time and the out-migration of

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middle-and upper-income families
from the City had threatened the
buildings with deterioration and
subdivision into low rent tenements destined for demolition.
Nearly $3.5 million has been
loaned or granted through the program during its 10-year existence.
This has been under federal and
local loan programs. Federal
money with three percent interest
is a cheaper but less consistent
supply. The local banks provide
money at one or two percent less
than the cost of standard market
rates. In addition, the results from
the public investment under the
loan programs proved to be an incentive to private owners, who
have added another $2 million of
their own money to properties that
now promise to appreciate in the
area.
The success of the Ghent conservation project was convincing
evidence to other neighborhoods of
the value of such a project. Colonial Place-Riverview, a community outside the center-city but
part of what would be considered
in-town housing stock, became another conservation area in 1973.
COLONIAL
PLACE-RIVERVIEW
Most of the homes in the project
had been built prior to 1939, and
the 1960s had seen the income levels of residents decreasing and
home ownership percentage declining. The residential status of
the area was also starting to
change due to zoning which permitted commercial construction.
The Colonial Place-Riverview
Civic League began to work with
the City and the housing authority
to design a program that would
change this trend. The community
was rezoned, low interest rehabilitation loans were made available
through the housing authority and
an "occupancy permit" program
insured the continued maintenance of properties as they were
sold.
The occupancy permit code is a
requirement that each conservation district dwelling must
meet the standards of the district
each time it's sold. The new buyer
is made aware of the area's conservation status. The special code
has worked so well in Colonial
Place-Riverview that local officials
are considering using it in other
conservation districts in the city.

The $1.5 million loaned for Colonial Place-Riverview renovation
has created a neighborhood with
racial balance, an active civic
league and rising property values
for comfortable middle class
homes.
These two projects represent the
upgrading of areas that include
nearly 2,000 residential structures.
The preservation of Ghent also
provided the basis for nearby
Ghent Square.
GHENT S Q U A R E
Ghent Square is a dramatic concept and a daring step toward comprehensive community planning.
Once the site of one of the worst
slums in Norfolk, the 65-acre tract
was cleared and is now being successfully developed as a planned
residential community of 490 units
for middle and upper income families.
This development decision was
controversial in the face of traditional patterns of acquisition, relocation, demolition and construction of low-income housing plans
that had been used for decades. It
was consistent, however, with
Norfolk's redevelopment performance in the past. With a nationally-recognized public housing program of 5,000 units and an active
development program (2,000 units)
for subsidized and conventional
housing near the downtown area,
the opportunity to provide new
housing that would attract or keep
higher income families in centercity Norfolk was not to be missed.
Now eight developers are building in Ghent Square. They are
small local companies led by local
businessmen and professionals
committed to the idea that new
quality homes in downtown Norfolk will sell. In the price range of
$60-120,000, 95 homes are completed or under construction, 50
others are under contract and 45
families now live in Ghent Square.
They represent older couples
whose children have grown,
younger couples who don't have
children and small families who
just like living in an urban environment. A community association maintains common areas and
sets policy for use of Ghent
Square's recreation center. Limited neighborhood commercial development such as small shops and
restaurants are also planned.
Now Norfolk's "downtown" is

generating investments and long
term plans for a realistic business
community with an eye on dollar
return.
Redevelopment
has
changed attitudes, and the rebuilding that began in Norfolk by the
public sector 25 years ago is being
done now with the kind of private
market initiative that will insure a
higher quality of living for all residents.
For balanced and well planned
communities, local government
must look at the interrelationship
of all city problems. After that, the
ingredients are money, or the ability to get it, and a staff that is able
to plan and implement programs
based on a standard which guarantee quality of life for all. Perhaps
most important is citizen participation.
When support from citizens is
combined with an action-oriented
redevelopment or conservation
schedule, a city is in charge of its
future. In Norfolk, the ingredients
are working and a strategy for the
future involves programs that include private responsibility for
grand results rather than grand
ideas.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chris Freed is Communications Specialist, Norfolk Redevelopment and
Housing Authority.

�On Monday, September 18, six
localities will receive a Virginia
Municipal League Achievement
Award for outstanding service to
their citizens. The award winning
localities displayed their ability to
meet citizen needs, to improve a
service already offered, or ingenuity in fully utilizing their community resources. They showed
they could create a practical plan
for their communities that would
be useful, beneficial and supportive and at the same time, instill
pride in their citizens and public
officials.

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winner had the support of its citizens in implementing the project
being undertaken. In most cases,
the community not only supported
the venture, but helped to create,
coordinate, or was actually involved in the program. Residents

came as private individuals or in
groups such as civic organizations.
Churches even assisted.

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make an idea work, people have to
know about it. The winning localities made great effort to inform
their citizens about the plan they
were initiating. Some localities
even prepared a comprehensive
public information presentation to
gain support for the project and to
get citizens to use the new service.
ENTRIES—The panel of judges
was impressed by the number of
entries as well as by the entries
themselves. The overwhelming
factor of winning was that the entry worked for the residents and
the community and was financed
by modest public expenditures.
The Municipal League salutes all
of the localities that entered: Alexandria, Arlington County, Blacks-

burg, Charlottesville, Chesapeake,
Fairfax City, Hampton, Henrico
County, Herndon, Lexington,
Lynchburg, Martinsville, Norfolk,
Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke,
Suffolk and Virginia Beach. The
forty-eight entries in the six categories made the competition rigid.
The following are the winning localities in their respective categories:
Lexington
Community Development
Blacksburg
Effective Government
Henrico County
Environmental Quahty
Hampton
Human Resources
Norfolk
Public Safety
Arlington County
Transportation

We are looking forward to serving the Virginia Municipal League in Roanoke in 1979.

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Celebrate! It's "Restoration
Day" in Lexington. On October 23,
1976, a carnival-like day brought
Lexington citizens to Main Street
to commemorate the end of the
construction of the central business district restoration. Downtown merchants awarded a color
television set while bands played
and citizens enjoyed their day on
Main Street.
The CBD project was the culmination of more than 10 years work
on the part of private and public
groups in the rehabilitation and
restoration of Lexington's primary
commerical area. One private
group in particular, Historic Lexington Foundation, Inc. (HLF),
worked alone and in concert with
the City government and several
downtown projects and was instrumental in the adoption of Lexington's first historic zoning ordinance. The Foundation also
sponsored a joint program with the
City for the installation of brick
sidewalks in the downtown area.
The City's CBD project was

started, in part, in response to the
efforts of H L F and other groups
interested in downtown restoration. City Council realized that a
major "face lifting" in the commercial area was needed to attract
additional private investments.
For a number of years, the declining tax base and the run down appearance of the business area had
been a concern to Council. So the
project was an effort also to stop
the erosion of the downtown area's
economic viability.

The project was a five
year capital
improvement program
in four areas.
In 1973, the city manager presented to the Council a five-year
capital improvements program
which included a schedule of repairs in the downtown area. Council, realizing that the time had
come for the City government to
provide a solution, expanded the

scope of the improvements and
agreed to embark on the project.
Work would be concentrated in
four areas: placing existing overhead utility lines underground and
replacing some water and sewer
lines; installing the City's first
storm sewer system; rebuilding of
all sidewalks and streets in the
business district; and replacing
signs, traffic signals and street
lights to reflect the 19th century
character of the town.
The first phase of construction
involved the relocation of the overhead utilities and the underground
gas, water and sewer lines. This
work proved to be the most disruptive part of the entire project,
with the crews from three utility
companies, the contractor and several City crews working in the
downtown area at the same time.
In the interest of aesthetics, the
City Council decided to show off
Lexington's architecture by eliminating all overhead wires and
poles. The growing awareness that
historic preservation in the com-

�munity and the visual improvements would add to the promotion
of the Lexington area as a destination for tourists prompted Council
to make a decision. Council also
realized that in putting the utilities underground it would have to
pay particular attention to the designs of the street lamps, traffic
signals and signs that would replace the old forms. Shortly before
construction started, a street lamp
design was approved by Council
which recalled the 19th century
character of Lexington.
Brick sidewalks in Lexington
can be traced back to the 1800s; in
fact, some of those original sidewalks still exist. The cost of brick
sidewalks, however, prohibited the
City from including their complete
cost in the project so property
owners were asked to pay the additional cost for the brick. Under
this formula, the City paid a base
amount of $10 per square yard for
concrete and the merchant or
property owner paid either $10 or
$12 per square yard for brick, depending on the pattern choice. An
overwhelming majority of property owners agreed to the plan.
One anonymous gift of $5,000 enabled the City to complete the
project.

It would be an understatement
to say that the street construction
created a mess in the downtown
area. From the spring of 1975 to
the early fall of 1976, with only a
short break during the winter
months, downtown streets were an
obstacle course to motorists and
pedestrians. On some days, it was
difficult to get from one side of
town to the other in the morning
and to find that same route open in
the afternoon. These disruptions
caused some residents to express
skepticism about the benefits of
the project. But as the work progressed, support for the project
seemed to grow.
After the winter break, work
crews began the final phase of construction. One group began rebuilding all sidewalks, curbs and
gutters, the other started the repaving. While still dusty and disruptive, this part of the project
was more orderly, because work
was concentrated in one area at a
time.

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The finishing touches were actually put on the project in 1977
when the downtown signs were
erected. They were effective, tasteful and reminiscent of the 19th
century rural town.
When Lexington's City Council
made the decision to restore the
downtown area, it did so with the
hope that the municipal investment would stimulate more private investment and interest in the
area and bring a renewed sense of
well-being and purpose. The evidence indicates that, so far, the decision proved successful.
Although it cannot be said that
this project has solved all of the
problems of Lexington's central
business district, there is a new
interest on the part of City residents in their community and its
future. The Richmond Times Dispatch summed up Lexington's
CBD project: "The transformation
and the mess (of the project) can
be traced to the efforts of many
here to preserve and enhance historic downtown buildings and to
breathe new life and economic vitality into what was becoming a
blighted area."

Street construction
frustrated citizens but
support for the project
seemed to grow.

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If you moved to Blacksburg and
wanted to know who the Planning
Commission members are or who
the Girl Scout contact is, just consult the Annual Report and Town
Calendar. You can pick one up at
the Information Desk in the lobby
of the Municipal Building.
Simple. Useful. Practical. These
words describe the Blacksburg annual report that is in a wall calendar format. The Town wanted to
provide a quick, easy way to inform new residents as well as long
time citizens about their local government, community and available public services.
REPORT/CALENDAR
Each report/calendar lists town
meetings and community activity
dates on the calendar as a means
of keeping the public informed as
to when these events occur. By
listing these, it is hoped that the
citizens will participate in the
events. In addition to reporting on
each municipal department, the
report/calendar includes information on the Chamber of Commerce,
Virginia Tech and local clubs and
organizations in order to contribute a sense of unity and interdependence among these important sectors. The last section of the
report/calendar has a telephone
directory of commonly used public
services such as the fire and police
departments, town administration
and health care services.
The simple format of the report/
calendar lends itself to wide distribution and readership, and practical usefulness to the citizens. The
publication is funded solely by the
Town's operating budget.
Informing the public is a vital
function and the Town of Blacksburg realizes they must not only
issue annual reports, but must
make information available on a
day to day basis. The report/calendar is a visible reminder to the citizens that the Town wants to be of
service and an important part of
their daily living.

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�HENRICO COUN'..
1985 OPEN SPACE PLAN
"When Henrico
County citizens were
asked if enough public
outdoor recreation
areas were available,
nearly seven out of ten
felt more recreational
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The 1985 Open Public Space
P l a n was created out of a need to
provide space for recreational f a cilities and perhaps j u s t as important, to protect Henrico's natural
resources for future use. County
officials had been trying since the
early 1960s to develop a park s y s tem and had even joined with
nearby jurisdictions to form a regional park authority. Voters,
however, defeated a proposed bond
issue for regional park development and the park authority was
soon dissolved. Victory finally was
achieved on June 14, 1977 when
Henrico voters passed a $7.5 m i l lion bond referendum for the 1985
Open Space P l a n .
The project was developed in
three parts: inventory of early a r chitecture and historic and archeological sites; open space appraisal;
and parks recreation and open
space. The inventory was needed
to identify, collect and organize all
information related to the natural
and man-made resources of the
County. Conducted in cooperation
with the Virginia Historic L a n d marks Commission, the inventory
identified and described early
buildings and historical sites. The
actual fieldwork, research and
writing w a s undertaken by the

Commission and the results were
compiled into a book so it would be
accessible to the professional planner. The appraisal was a collection
of p h y s i o g r a p h i c , n a t u r a l r e sources, existing facilities and citizen recreational needs compiled
into one volume. The final part,
the open space plan, was a collection of the materials and planning
tools generated during the plan
formulation and bond referendum
campaign.
Using the research material,
flood-plains, easements and c r i t i cal environmental areas were identified for potential park sites. The
first site search led to more than
60 locations suitable for park development. T h e next step w a s
presenting it to Henrico residents.

"One of the basic
premises was the need
for citizen input and
participation."
Because of earlier referendum
failures, it was felt that for success
the plan must reflect the desires
and needs of the residents. A systematic, stratified, non-aligned
random sample survey was conducted which sought the leisure
habits and attitudes of the residents for the open space plan. C i t i zen input was enhanced further

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when the Board of Supervisors established the first P a r k and Recreation Citizen Advisory Commission.
P u b l i c meetings were held
throughout the County to solicit
citizen reaction to the initial sites.
Following a public hearing on the
proposed open space plan, the
Board of Supervisors set the
amount of the bond referendum. A
comprehensive public information
program w a s prepared for the
bond referendum campaign which
informed citizens of the debt requirement, bonded indebtedness
and the tax impact to the average
homeowner. A n audiovisual presentation was shown and a " F a c t
Sheet Reference, Questions and
A n s w e r s " was given to County officials who educated Henrico citizens at public meetings.

"We have a wonderful
County government
and a lot of good
schools, but we ought
to be ashamed that we
don't have a park in
this entire County."
—Henrico Citizen
The bond referendum passed
and the implementation of the
1985 Open Space Plan is now u n derway. A highlight of the project
came in September, 1977 when the
Virginia Commission of Outdoor
Recreation awarded Henrico a
grant—the first for the park. The
efforts of Henrico citizens. County
staff and civic organizations have
resulted in an outstanding park
plan.

�OUTREACH PROGRAM

A viable community looking to
the future, must utilize all of its
resources, and the most important
of these resources is its citizens.
Citizen effort was the key when
the City of Hampton sought to
provide human services as a community based network to its residents. When the Outreach Program began nine years ago, the
Social Services' staff home economist was requested to assist residents in a small public housing
project. Today, the Outreach Program is supported by the civic
clubs, churches, private citizens
and numerous City departments.
DECENTRALIZATION
Decentralization is the foundation of the Outreach Program. In
1968, the Redevelopment and
Housing Authority opened a community center to serve residents of
a housing project. The home economist from the Social Services Department mentioned earlier provided consumer education and
thus, a joint arrangement between
the two departments in meeting
citizen needs was born.
An Outreach office was then offered one day a week in another
Hamptom community. The office
provided family and personal adjustment counseling, transportation, family planning and information and referral. Even on a
limited scale, the first Outreach
office supported the request for
more offices, and more important,
the capability of the Outreach Program to be responsive was demonstrated.

The Authority agreed to provide
matching funds necessary to obtain staff to be housed in each of
the three housing projects as well
as office space and utilities. This
voluntary, financial agreement between the Redevelopment Authority and Social Services was the
first of its kind in the state and
became a model for other ventures
in this area.
The Outreach Program moved
out into the community beyond
the public housing projects when
its services were solely needed in
conjunction with economic development and physical rehabilitation to the decaying neighborhood.
Thus, decentralization is an accomplished fact. The success of the
City in its Outreach effort was the
basis for the City's proposal to participate in the 517 model program
of coordinated service planning
and delivery.
EXPANSION
The expansion into the private
sector evolved when an Outreach
office was located in a privatelyowned apartment complex for lowincome families. Two more low-income complex owners have since
requested an office be located in
their complex. Although the City
and the Social Services Department was concerned with the
needs of all families, it has found
that those in the upper age brackets and the handicapped are the
least able to obtain help without
assistance. Following a house-tohouse needs assessment survey, an
office was open to serve the high

concentration of elderly who live
in one neighborhood.
OPERATIONS
The Outreach office staff are
housed on a permanent basis (the
number of workers depends upon
the services needed). The Authority provides not only office space
but the necessary 25 percent match
for some staff salaries. The balance is covered by Title XX funds
and Community Development
grants, which also provide funds
for office rent.
Low and middle income families
and recipients of public financial
assistance are offered 28 different
kinds of services ranging from
housing to nutrition and transportation assistance. The decentralization of activity from the main
office brought about by housing
social workers in different areas
has accomplished the objective of
making needed services readily
available. The Outreach Program
has increased the visibility of social services staff and has served
to increase community acceptance
and trust of City workers.
CONCLUSION
The Outreach Program has been
supported by community efforts
and maximizing these efforts has
given testimony to the goodwill
and hard work of everyone involved. The program has lifted
barriers of territorialism and isolationism, and restrictive programming practices have been
overcome. The Outreach Program
has indeed enriched the lives of
those residents it has served.

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The Officer Friendly Program
teaches primary school children
rules of safety, good citizenship,
respect for laws and helps them
identify and relate to the uniformed police officer on a positive
basis. The program also reflects
the unique needs of the City of
Norfolk.
The Program has four general
goals:
• to provide children with an opportunity to develop an intelligent understanding of
their rights, responsibilities
and obligations as community
members;
• to provide a realistic understanding of police work and
the services the police perform
in our society;
• to establish rapport between
elementary school children
and the uniformed police officer; and
• to create a positive attitude in
the children regarding their

welfare and the welfare of others.
The goals of the program are directed toward the solution of the
existing crime problem. The statistics published yearly in the Uniform Crime Reports show that despite massive infusions of federal
money into the fight against
crime, rates of crime, particularly
among juveniles, have continued
to rise.

"The goal of the
Officer Friendly
Program addresses the
development of young
children into
responsible citizens,
therefore, preventing
crime."
What better way to create adult
citizens, who are aware of their potential to be involved and respon-

sible participants in the creation
and maintenance of order and selfrespect in their communities, than
to start inculcating such ideas and
concepts in the minds of young
children? The goals of the Officer
Friendly Program directly address
the development of this kind of
awareness and perception, and as
such, appear to lend themselves to
very legitimate and appropriate
ends.
The Officer Friendly Program
started in Norfolk on a part-time
basis in 1974. In the late spring of
1976, plans were made to significantly change the program from
the previous two years. After extensive interviewing of applicants,
two officers were assigned to the
program on a full-time basis. The
officers had approximately two
months to develop lesson plans
and schedules of pre-kindergarten
through second grade in the Norfolk public school system. The topics of the visits would be aware-

�ness of the pohce officer's role in
the community, personal safety
and crime resistance. The lesson
plan for each grade level was essentially the same and differed
only in the amount of information
given and the manner of presentation.
Prior to initial visits to the
schools by the officers assigned to
the program, a teacher orientation
was held. At this orientation,
teachers were given an outline of
the program and handouts explaining the program, along with a
schedule of the officers' visits. The
teachers were requested to have
each of their students draw a picture of a pohce officer at work and
have those drawings available at
the officer's first visit. Teachers
were also requested not to influence the drawings by making any
suggestions of what the students
should draw. After these pictures
were drawn, each student explained his or her drawing to the
teacher, who, in turn, wrote the
student's description on the drawing.
At the officer's first visit to the
classroom, he introduced himself,
explained the various parts of his
uniform, the reason for wearing it
and his equipment and its purpose.
He then showed a series of slides
that portrayed him engaged in
various family and off-duty activities, such as feeding a baby,
watching television with his family, shaving and cutting grass. This
was followed by slides depicting
various other law enforcement
persons on duty, such as traffic officers, K-9, detectives. State police
officers and dispatchers. This was
followed by a discussion with the
students and then a visit of the
police car, parked near the classroom.
On the second visit, the officer
stressed pedestrian, bicycle, bus,
home and neighborhood safety.
The students were encouraged to
be cautious around strangers, to
know his or her name and address,
to not accept medicine or pills
from classmates or strangers, and
was taught that there are several
potentially dangerous household
items, such as firearms, medicine,
matches, cleaning preparations,
and then was encouraged to intervene when a classmate or other
peer is not exercising "caution" in
such situations.

"Be observant and
cautious around
strangers."
—Officer Friendly
On the third visit, the student
was introduced to the concept of
"crime resistance." Basically, this
stresses the belief that there are
things that each of us can do to
lessen the chance of becoming a
victim of crime, and that everyone
has a responsibility to prevent
crime from happening. Certain
safety rules were reviewed and

discussed in terms of this concept.
Basic crime prevention tactics
were explained in terms meaningful to the particular age group.
These included such things as locking and registering a bicycle, putting toys in a safe place after play,
reminding parents to lock doors
and windows before going to bed
and when no one is at home, being
observant and cautious around
strangers and telling parents
about strange or suspicious things
that happen. The student was also
encouraged to discuss these things
at home with family members.
At the end of each of the visits,
the teacher was requested to complete an evaluation form and forward it to the program coordinator. The teacher was provided with
a list of suggestions for classroom
activities to reinforce the concepts
and ideas covered in the presentation. At the end of the program,
each student was again asked to
draw a picture of a policeman at
work so this picture could be compared with the one drawn at the
beginning of the school year.
An additional dimension of the
program was a fifty-four page activity book that was developed by
a committee composed of members
of the Norfolk Police/FBI Crime
Resistance unit and the Norfolk
Public School System. This booklet
was designed for second grade students and is unique to the Norfolk
program. Although other cities
have books that display varying
degrees of similarity, the section
on Crime Resistance, has no counterpart in any of the other cities.
In order to measure the results
of this program on a scientific
rather than an intuitive basis,
three psychologists from Old Dominion University volunteered
their services. The evaluators used
several tools of measurement, ineluding the pretest/post-test
drawings done by the students.
The evaluators agreed on the resuit of the program: After participating in the Officer Friendly Program, children were more likely to
nee police officers as persons who
help victims of crime. From a cost
effectiveness viewpoint, the program may represent a significant
and rather inexpensive contribution to crime prevention.
The Program is unique in the
nation and could serve as a national model.

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�ARLINGTON COUNTY
MASTER BIKEWAY PLAN

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Nationwide, more citizens are
biking their way to work, to their
neighborhood shops and to fulfill
their needs for daily exercise. Because of Arlington County's proximity to Washington, D.C. and the
extensive use of the highways by
commuters and residents in neighboring locations, the County developed a Master Bikeway Plan. I t
comes to the aid of heavy automobile traffic and also provides an
opportunity to demonstrate the viability of the bicycle as a safe and
energy efficient alternative mode
for commuter transportation.
C I T I Z E N COOPERATION
The bikeway element of Arlington's Master Transportation Plan
was developed with extensive citizen participation. A committee
consisting of County staff and citizens interested in bicycling, including representatives of the
Northern Virginia Bicycle Association, the Washington Area Bicycle
Association and the Potomac Peddlers, developed definitive recommendations for goals and objectives, route location, design
guidelines and revision of County
ordinances on bicycle operation.
As a result, a comprehensive
bikeway plan was drafted and the
County Board adopted that plan as
a guide for developing a bikeway
network for Arlington. The
adopted plan consists of eighty
miles of interconnected routes for
both commuter and recreational
bicychng.
In terms of recreational and
tourist needs, Arlington's bikeway
system has national significance,
not only because it is near the Nation's Capital, but because it will
eventually serve Arlington National Cemetery, Theodore Roosevelt Island Park, the Pentagon,
Fort Myer, the Navy Annex and
extend to the National Park Service's Mount Vernon Trail. In planning the bikeway system, the support and cooperation of a myriad
of agencies at the local, state and
national level was necessary.
CITIZEN BENEFIT
The benefits of the bikeway plan
accrue directly to the residents of

Arlington County, the employees
working both in Arlington and the
District of Columbia and the visitors who can use the facility to
visit the various sites of interest.
Indirectly, the results of the projects benefit other agencies who
wish to construct similar facilities.
Using the Master Bikeway Plan
as a guide, an extensive network of
bikeways are being built in Arlington to provide bicycling opportunities for both the commuter and
recreational bike user. Presently,
there are approximately fortythree miles of bikeways already in
operation and they vary in type
from on-street "signed" routes to
exclusive bike trails removed from
vehicular traffic.
INNOVATION
Innovation and imagination
have been used in locating and constructing the trail system, for example, at the request of Arlington
County, and based on extensive
planning done by Arlington staff,
the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation incorporated a bike trail into a project involving the construction of bus
priority lanes along Arlington

Boulevard (U.S. Route 50). This
new trail provides the backbone
bikeway facility between Fairfax
County and Washington while at
the same time serving three Metrorail stations and several locations of federal employment. The
trail provides two, two-way bike
facilities paralleling the roadway
using a combination of service
roads and exclusive bike paths. Arlington County has constructed
feeder routes to this trunk facility
to provide access to neighborhoods
and recreational facilities.
Recently, a 1.5 mile exclusive
bike facility was constructed
through the predominately residential area in the northern part of
the County, while in the south the
Public Works Department included bike trails in the restoration of two box culvert projects.
One provides a meandering trail
along a recreated stream with extensive landscaping while the
other utilizes unopened street
right-of-way and was constructed
as part of a storm and sanitary
sewer project.
The County has used various
means of implementing and funding these projects. Some have been
considered an integral part of the
restoration of public works projects while others have been required as a result of new land use
development or redevelopment.
Several projects have been constructed with a grant from the Virginia Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. In addition to these means,
the voters of Arlington have approved two bond referendums,
Park Development and Streets and
Highways, which provide funds
for bikeway construction.
Arlington County has taken a
step to offer its citizens a leisure
service and an alternative to getting to work. By cooperating with
other jurisdictions and organizations, the Master Bikeway Plan involved a number of citizens who
support, and were concerned
about, public transportation.
These same citizens will continue
to support and use Arlington's
comprehensive bikeway plan.

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Wherever in the world you
want to go a station-to-station call is
the cheapest way toget there.
France
Italy
Germany
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iHiilippines
United Kingdom

station-to-station Person-to-person

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Station rates are available to most countries of the world,
f^^tes q u o t e d are S - m m u t e d a y t i m e rates a n d d o not i n c l u d e tax
And to some countries you save even more when you call station-to-station on
nights or Sunday For instance, if you call the United Kingdom nights or
Sunday it's only $4.05. Collect calls are usually accepted only atthe person-to-person
rate. Telephone Company credit cards are honored for callsfrom the U.S. to all countries. So, when you want to be in another country on business or pleasure,
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�The Battle
of the Monitor
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by Dr. J. M. Still, Jr.
Reprinted with permission from the
Tidewater Virginian, April, 1978. Published by the Chambers of Commerce
of the Cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk,
Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia
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On New Year's Eve, 1862, the
USS Monitor foundered and sank
in the stormy waters off Hatteras,
North Carolina. In 1973, 111 years
after this vessel joined others in
the Graveyard of the Atlantic, she
was rediscovered by a group of scientists on board the Eastward, the
Duke University Research vessel.
On January 18, 1978, the Monitor
Research and Recovery Foundation announced that it was moving
to Norfolk. This foundation was
established in 1975 with the ultimate objective of recovering and
displaying this famous vessel in a
museum. They and others hope
that her final resting place will be
Norfolk. If this happens, Norfolk
will have one of the most important historical attractions in the
country, one that should draw millions of visitors.
It is an attraction because it is
the American warship that most
people in this country recognize by
name, identifying it with the
battle between the Confederate
ironclad warship Virginia (Merri-

mack) and the Monitor in Hampton Roads, a few miles down the
Elizabeth River from Norfolk.
And, as most school children
know, the battle between these
two warships is one of the most
important engagements in naval
history because it was the first
combat between armored ships.
Even contemporary observers
agree that the battle symbolizes
the end of the wooden warships.
The Monitor was the brainchild
of John Ericsson, a brilliant Swedish engineer and inventor. A colossal egotist, he produced an endless
succession of inventions in Sweden, England and finally in the
United States where he migrated
in 1839. The monitor type was actually developed some years before
the outbreak of the Civil War, but
was not adopted until fall of 1861.
After overcoming the skepticism
of several high ranking naval officers, Ericsson signed a contract to
build the vessel for $275,000. He
agreed to complete her in a hundred days and subcontracted the
work to several firms in the New
York City area; Continental Iron
Works of Greenpoint, Long Island
would build the hull; Novelty Iron
Works would construct the turret;
Delamater would assemble the engines and other machinery; the ar-

mor plate and minor work would
be done by still other companies.
The keel was laid on October 25,
1861, and by the end of January
1862, she was ready for launching.
On the 20th of that month, Ericsson proposed naming the new vessel, the Monitor. Ten days later she
slid down the ways at Greenpoint.
Gustavus Fox, assistant secretary
of the Navy, wrote Ericsson: " I
congratulate you and trust she will
be a success. Hurry her for sea, as
the Merrimack is nearly ready at
Norfolk and we wish to send her
there."
The Monitor was a unique vessel. Instead of a standard ship hull
she had a large armored "raft" 172
feet by 41 feet six inches supported
by a lower section of wood 122 feet
long and 34 feet wide. The "raft"
was designed to increase stability
in a seaway and protect the hull
from ramming. The vessel's power
plant consisted of two boilers and
two engines of Ericsson's own design, which he believed would
propel her at nine knots. The armorclad incorporated numerous
technical advances including
forced ventilation of living spaces,
a protected anchor which could be
raised and lowered without it (and
also the crew members) being exposed to enemy fire, and a pro-

�tected pilothouse. The revolving
turret carrying the Xl-inch Dahlgren smoothbores was considered
the most novel feature, although
the concept of such a gun tower
was not a new one.
The ship was to carry a complement of 10 officers and 47 enlisted men. Lieutenant John L .
Worden was her first commanding
officer. He had been captured by
the Confederates shortly before
the outbreak of war while on a
mission to Pensacola, Florida, but
later exchanged.
On February 25, the Monitor
was officially commissioned in the
United States Navy. Although she
was supposed to leave immediately for blockade duty in North
Carolina waters, trial runs in the
East River delayed her departure
until March 4th. The delay was
fortunate for the Union; it enabled
her to arrive in Hampton Roads
and challenge the Confederate
ironclad Virginia (Merrimack). I f
the Monitor had left New York on
schedule, she may well have been
further south when the Virginia
made her appearance.
Hampton Roads has been described as a sort of "natural naval
amphitheater." It certainly was in
early March 1862, as thousands of
Union and Confederate soldiers as
well as civilians had a unique experience of witnessing one of the
most spectacular naval battles in
American history. On March 8, the
Confederate ironclad Virginia attacked units of the North Atlantic
Blockading Squadron and destroyed the frigate Congress and
the sloop-of-war Cumberland. As
night fell, the victorious confederate warship retired toward
Norfolk with the intention of completing the destruction of Union
vessels in the Roads the following
day. A t 6 a.m. the
Virginia
steamed slowly around Sewell's
Point and into the Roads. To the
anxious Confederate
seamen
Hampton Roads appeared unusually empty in the early morning
mist with only two ships visible,
the steam frigate Minnesota which
had run aground the day before
and another craft that strangely
resembled a cheesebox on a shingle
or raft. The Virginia's commanding officer, Lieutenant Catesby R.
Jones, a Virginian, immediately
recognized her as the Monitor. Action began shortly after 8 o'clock

The Monitor's crew.
as the Virginia fired a shot
through the Minnesota's rigging.
The Monitor immediately approached the Confederate ship, determined to keep her away from
the helpless frigate. For the next
four hours the two armored vessels pounded each other mercilessly, but ineffectively. Their
solid shot and shells bounced off
the heavy armor or burst into
fragments without doing visible
damage. Throughout most of the
encounter the range was brutally
short—less than a hundred yards.
Lieutenant Worden, the Monitor's
commanding officer, hoped to
loosen the Virgwiia's armor by firing at point blank range, while
Jones planned to ram or board his
opponent. Neither was successful.
The Virginia was able to ram once,
but the Monitor turned in time and
received only a glancing blow that
did no damage except to the Confederate vessel. Shortly after this,
the Monitor eagerly closed in for
the kill. Worden conned his vessel
so close to the stranded armorclad
that crew members could have
leaped from one deck to the other.
The Monitor's two Dahlgrens were
fired at point blank range, but still
did not penetrate. As the Union
ship cleared the Virginia's stern, a
Confederate shell exploded against
the front of her pilot house, blinding Worden and knocking him out
of the fight. The command passed
to Lieutenant Samuel D. Greene,
the executive officer, who made no
effort to renew the attack. While
the Virginia worked her way off
the sand bank, the Monitor
steamed in circles nearby and finally stationed herself in a position to guard the Minnesota. The
Virginia also made no effort to re-

new the engagement. With a number of cracked plates, a perforated
smokestack, and nearly emtpy
magazines, the shell scarred Confederate ship retired into the
Elizabeth River and home to Norfolk. Tactically the engagement
was a victory for the Monitor; the
Minnesota was saved. But the Virginia gained undisputed control of
Hampton Roads and the James
River. The Monitor was ordered by
President Lincoln not to "be too
much exposed, and that in no
event shall any attempt be made to
proceed . . . unattended to Norfolk." The result was that for over
a month the union warship was
confined to the vicinity of Fortress
Monroe. On April 11, the Virginia
leading a squadron of small
wooden gunboats, entered Hampton Roads for the first time since
the March 9th engagement.
Throughout most of the day the
two protagonists steamed back
and forth within sight of each
other, but neither actually came
within range of the other's guns.
To the Monitor's paymaster the
situation seemed ridiculous. "Each
party steamed back and forth before their respective friends till
dinner time, each waiting for the
other to knock the chip off his
shoulder. . . . The same comedy I
suppose will be enacted day after
day for I don't know how long."
The same "comedy" lasted
nearly a month. Each ironclad
hoped to entice the other into making an attack on its own ground.
Neither had any intention of challenging unless there was no chance
of failure; the stakes were too
high. I f the Monitor was disabled,
the Virginia had a good chance to
endanger General George B .
McClellan's plan to take Richmond
by way of the Peninsula. With the
Union vessel out of the way, the
Virginia could enter the York
River and disrupt McClellan's line
of communication. On the other
hand, if the Virginia was destroyed, there was nothing to prevent McClellan from moving up
the Peninsula with the York and
James rivers under Union control.
Early in May President Abraham Lincoln and members of his
cabinet paid a surprise visit to Fortress Monroe, and while there
learned that Norfolk was being
evacuated. Lincoln ordered the
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had been abandoned and to males
another effort to draw out the Virginia. Six vessels including the
Monitor opened fire, and when the
Confederate ironclad entered the
Roads, they withdrew hoping that
the Virginia would attack. She did
not. A week later the Monitor's
paymaster saw a bright light over
by Craney Island. This was followed sometime later by a "sudden
flash and a dull heavy report." The
Virginia had blown up. With Norfolk abandoned and the ironclad's
draft too deep to ascend the James
River, the ship's crew destroyed
her.
The Monitor spent the summer
of 1862 in Hampton Roads. The
blistering heat in the daytime and
humid atmosphere at night persuaded her crew to remain topside
as much as possible. Finally in
September the Monitor was ordered to the Washington Navy
Yard for repairs. While in the yard
the ironclad, well known to the
American people by this time, became a tourist attraction. On November 6, the vessel was opened to
the public, and thousands took advantage of the opportunity. The
ship's paymaster informed his
wife that, "Our decks were covered
and our ward room filled with la-

dies, and, on going into my state
room I found a party of the 'dear
delightful creatures' making their
toilet before my glass, using my
combs and brushes. We couldn't go
to any part of the vessel without
coming in contact with petticoats."
This pleasant diversion was all too
brief, however, and within two
weeks the refitted vessel had rejoined the fleet in Hampton Roads.
On Christmas Eve, 1862, the
Monitor received orders to Beaufort, North Carolina. From there
she was to join a blockade squadron off Wilmington or Charleston.
Bad weather delayed her departure until December 29. At 2 p.m.
she left Hampton Roads for the
last time under tow of the USS
Rhode Island.
The first 24 hours at sea were
uneventful. The water was smooth
and the weather moderate for the
time of year. On the second day,
however, it began to deteriorate.
Throughout the day the wind
picked up with rising swells, and
by nightfall waves were breaking
over the bow. Between 7:30 and
8:00 the full force of a gale hit. As
her low raft-like hull submerged
under the crashing waves, only the
turret could be seen by lookouts on
the Rhode Island.
The constant pounding inevita-

bly opened seams and cracks in her
wooden hull. Despite pumps and
bucket brigades, the water gained
rapidly. It became obvious that the
ship would have to be abandoned,
and distress flares were sent up.
The bow lines to the Rhode Island
were cut, so the steamer could
come as close as possible to lower
her lifeboats. All but sixteen of the
crew were saved. Efforts to rescue
the others failed. At approximately 1 a.m., December 31, 1862,
the men lining the Rhode Island's
rail saw the ironclad's red and
white lights hanging above her
turret disappear.
The Monitor sank in 220 feet of
water some 15 miles south of Cape
Hatteras. There she was found,
bottom up, lying on her separated
turret in 1973.

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6?/ Jessie M Rattley

All Virginia cities and most of
the "large" towns have an appointed manager, and many of the
counties operate their governments through appointed chief administrative officers. It is within
this context of the appointed officer that I will focus on the role of
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TWO B A S I C FUNCTIONS
Traditionally the council person
has two basic functions to perform: policy making and administrative oversight. It is most often
the policymaking role which is the
most difficult. I n deciding what
needs to be done, an elected official
must expect to contend with divergent points of views and may need
to consider various alternatives
before arriving at a decision. But,
it is when facing the difficult policy decisions that an elected official's ability to provide leadership
is most severely tested.
As pointed out in the National
Municipal League's Handbook for
Council Members there are basically three ways for a governing
body to approach its policy making
role: it can wait and react to pressures from the community, acting
only when it has a clear indication
of the demands of the citizens; it
may decide merely to serve as an
arbitrator to resolve or compromise conflicting or competing
demands; or it may assume the
full mantle of responsibility as assigned by the electorate for public
leadership. This approach involves
studying the problems and needs
of the community and determining
a course of action which will best
serve those needs. In doing this,
the elected official ultimately may
be required to convince the community of the need for action or
for the particular course selected.
There are probably few decisions as volatile or contraversial as
the raising of taxes; tax increases
seldom have any supporters except
for the manager, finance director,
or budget staff. But, if the Council
has explored the alternatives such
as reduced services or delayed capital improvements and found both
to be unacceptable to the community, a tax increase may be the

most appropriate action despite its
lack of popularity. A governing
body generally has more information than the general public and,
therefore, is in a better position to
make a decision. As might be the
case with a tax increase, the need
for such action may be far more
apparent to the elected officials
than the general public.
Of course, elected officials
should represent the majority
opinion of the citizens and if they
consistently fail to do so they are
not likely to be returned to office.
What is the responsibility of the
elected official for measuring public opinion? By way of citizens
complaints, letters to the editor or
public hearings, a sampling of
public opinion can be obtained.
However, if limited only to contacts of this type, the opinions received may not necessarily be representative, so it is important to
gain the viewpoints of a cross-section of the community. This can be
accomplished by participating
with civic organizations or seeking
out the advice of community leaders either informally or by establishing advisory committee.
A word of caution about advisory committees is in order. Unless you have complete faith in the
infallability of a committee, you
should make it clear that you are
seeking their advice and counsel
but are not committed to accepting
every recommendation totally.
You and your fellow council members may be privy to plans and
information not available to a
committee.
These approaches are useful also
for developing public support for
policies proposed by the governing
body. In general, the more diverse
the contacts with the citizens, the
more likely it will be that the opinions received will be representative.
The appointed manager is primarily thought of as the person
who implements policy after the
council has acted. If the council,
for example, adopts a dog control
ordinance, it is the manager who is
expected to organize and staff the
activity. However, the manager
will have knowledge or expertise
relating to matters under consid-

eration by the governing body and,
therefore, should be encouraged to
recommend policies and/or well
planned alternatives as part of his
responsibility to the elected body.
By providing information, suggestions and alternative courses of action, the manager can assist in decision making. But, it is up to the
elected official to evaluate the input from the manager along with
inputs received from outside the
government. The manager may
suggest or recommend but, ultimately, it is the elected official
who must decide.
ADMINISTRATIVE
OVERSIGHT
Earlier, the role of administrative oversight was mentioned.
Even in the council-manager form
of government, the governing body
has significant responsibility for
administration. First, it is their
duty to select a capable manager.
Second, they are responsible for
evaluating the manager's performance to ensure that the government is being administered effectively and that policy is
implemented as desired. Clearly,
there is a very fine line between
oversight and meddling. One of the
more important things to be
learned by the newly elected official is the division of responsibility
between the council and manager.
Responsibilities which should be
the prerogative of the manager
are:
• recruiting, hiring, disciplining
and training of personnel;
• establishing, organizing and coordinating the various agencies
or units of government; and
• supervising of the various
governmental functions such as
planning, finance and budgeting.
Yet as the policy maker, the
elected official has a substantive
role in all of the above, whether
establishing an affirmative action
plan, adopting a budget, or setting
goals and objectives for community development. The elected official provides the basic direction
under which the manager must operate.
With the complex intergovernmental relationships which

�now exist the elected officials also
have a role to perform beyond the
bounds of their jurisdictions. Local
governments both large and small
are becoming more dependent
upon the financial resources of
higher levels of government.
Whether emanating from the state
legislature or the Congress, their
action will have pronounced impacts upon local government. Not
only do these other legislative bodies have control over revenue, but
they can and do mandate the expenditure of local funds. Given
this interdependence, local elected
officials must lobby for legislation
that is beneficial to their own communities. This lobbying can be
performed most effectively by the
elected official who can speak as a
direct representative of the people.
When conflicts arise between state
policy and local policy, contact be-

tween state and local elected officials is essential. It is helpful to
keep state legislators and Congressional representatives advised of
local problems and concerns so
that they can take them into consideration when passing legislation. Participation in regional,
state and national associations can
also be of real benefit to your communities; the Virginia Municipal
League and the National League of
Cities are excellent examples and
have well developed programs in
education, training and lobbying.
Furthermore, through participation in these associations, you
can learn of common problems
which other communities are experiencing and potential solutions
to these problems. No community
has either the resources or the expertise to solve all its problems,
therefore, the elected official must

often look outside for assistance.
In reality, no one can easily tell
you how to function in the role of
an elected official. Much of what
you learn will be by trial and error.
All of us learn to adapt the slow,
hard way, accepting those things
that cannot be changed, working
with others to change what needs
changing and compromising at
times with others who hold a different view. Relationships with
constituents, the appointed manager, other members of the governing body and representatives of
other levels of government all will
affect the potential success in providing public leadership in your
community.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jessie M. Rattley is Councilman,
Newport News and President, Virginia Municipal League.

People
Jack Appointed
D. PAUL JACK, building official,
Hampton, was appointed to serve
in a new at-large position on the
Executive Committee of the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA),
the position was created as a membership-approved change to the
BOCA bylaws at the Annual Business Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A native of Ohio, Jack has
been with the City for 22 years. He
was appointed chief plumbing inspector in 1957, assistant building
official in 1965 and building official in 1973. He presently serves on
the Executive Committee of the
Virginia Building Officials Association and is the past president of
the Plumbing Inspectors Association.
Love Resigns
WILLIAM J LOVE, general manager of Hampton Residential Sanitation District, resigned July 1. A
graduate of the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point, Love re-

tired from the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers in July, 1971 with the
rank of Colonel. He has been district engineer for the Corps' Baltimore district. He succeeded Frank
Miller as HRSD general manager
in September, 1971.
V M L Staff Changes
In a major staff reorganization,
MICHAEL S. DEEB, former deputy director, was appointed director of research. His duties include
research, reports and general information, affiliate groups and
training. BRADLEY K. HARMES
was appointed senior staff associate in charge of personnel, legislation and policy committees. Deeb
is a graduate of the University of
Rhode Island and holds a graduate
degree from the University of Connecticut. Harmes is a graduate of
the University of Evansville and
received a graduate degree from
Virginia Commonwealth University.
Carter, Kelly Named
Governor, John N. Dalton an-

nounced the appointments effective July 1, 1978 of ROBERT E.
CARTER as executive director of
the Virginia State Fire Services
Commission and JAMES
C.
KELLY, JR., as director of the Office of Fire Services Training. Both
agency heads are under the direction of the Secretary of Public
Safety, H . Selwyn Smith. Carter
served as chief investigator and
deputy chief fire marshall in the
State Fire Marshal's Office. For
the past years, he has occupied the
position of state supervisor of the
Fire Service Training Office under
the Department of Education. He
is a member of the Joint Council of
National Fire Service Organizations and was chairman of the
Council in 1976. Kelly was a member of the Henrico County Fire Department and served as chief of
Hanover County Department. He
was employed by Allied Chemical as a safety engineer, and operated his own business prior to becoming an area supervisor for Fire
Services Training.

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fireworks and the shouts of battling "pirates" and delighted spectators signal the celebration of Norfolk's annual Harborfest weekend.
Harborfest has its origins in Operation Sail, the 1976 bicentennial
spectacular which originated in
New York City with a parade of
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summer of '76 as the highlight of
the first Harborfest weekend. It
was such a success that it has become an annual event, drawing attention to the potential of Norfolk's most valuable resource—its
waterfront.
Harborfest features a water
battle between a colorful collection
of "pirate" vessels. Waterfront
rock concerts, a pirate ball, a water-ski show, ski diving demonstrations, and a parade of boats

also number among the festivities
which entertain thousands of
people along Norfolk's waterfront
each summer. A spectacular fireworks display adds to the holiday
atmosphere.
The fireworks have honored
such beauties as the "Pride of Baltimore"—a replica of the Baltimore clippers famed during the
age of sail—the barkentine "Gazela Primeiro", the Meka I I and
the America.

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��In the beginning, before the billboard, grand hotel, miles of freeway,
townhouse
development,
bank, recreation center, daycare
facility, church, bakery and shoe
store, there was one commodity.
There was plenty of undeveloped
land but now we're running out of
it. That's why Norfolk's City Council created the Department of Development. Established in October, 1977, the Department has a
broader range of concerns than
simply bringing industrial manufacturing to town. Now the Department must be concerned with
"urban economic redevelopment."
This reflects the hard economic
facts older cities like Norfolk face
in revitalizing their economies.
Most of these cities are cores of
larger metropolitan areas and face
severe land constraints. They cannot expand geographically and almost all the land they have is
being used, which constitutes
about 95 percent of Norfolk. Most
of the remaining five percent
is either small parcels, has uncorrectable natural restrictions
(swamps), or is next to incompatible uses. These variables require selective economic development and redevelopment.
More often than not, urban economic development requires building upon what exists in the local
economy rather than going against
national and international economic shifts. Much of Norfolk's
public and private plant investment is old, inefficient, and, in the
case of private capital, fully depreciated. Expansion of existing firms
is difficult because of little vacant
adjacent land and the generally
high density of the city.

"The Lord ain't gonna
make any more''
As the old farmer said in refusing to sell his land, "the Lord ain't
gonna make any more," so we
must use what we have, better,
which is to say, more selectively
and intensively.
Norfolk never has been and
probably never can be a major
manufacturing center. For example, in 1972 the share of personal income derived from manufacturing employment in the
Norfolk Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area was 7.8 percent,
compared to Baltimore's 19.9 per-

cent, Wilmington's (Delaware 35.1
percent and Greenville-Spartanburg's (South Carolina) 37.8
percent. Rapid industrial growth
in the surrounding Cities of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Suffolk will soon improve that metro
area figure substantially, but Norfolk doesn't have the land of its
sister cities. This is not to say that
manufacturing is not welcome or
that it cannot be accommodated in
Norfolk. To the contrary, many
prime sites are available and others will follow. Development of
those sites, however, will depend
upon the contribution of the proposed user to the existing economic base.
Norfolk does have, always had,
and will continue to cultivate and
develop a strong base of services
important to most urban centers.
Aside from the City's tremendous
Naval installations, Norfolk has
been and increasingly will be the
keystone of mid-Atlantic international maritime trade and related professional services and the
regional hub of financial, professional educational, commercial,
medical and cultural activities.
The task of the Department of
Development is to promote and exploit those assets. This requires
targeting development
efforts
rather than using a "shotgun approach" for one prime reasoncosts. The costs of development
mistakes are extremely high in
terms of both invested cash and
lost opportunities. Thus, Norfolk's
strategy is both aggressive and deliberate and involves building for
the City's future based upon the
past.

the Department of Development
staff analyzes facts and figures to
decide future actions. The staff is
developing methods of gauging the
potential benefit (or the lack of it)
to Norfolk from a proposed development. Such measures would
compare potential local economic
spinoff in increased tax base and
employment to that of existing,
similar activities. Also the staff
will study proposed new development to see if it complements and
enhances Norfolk's existing economic base. For example, the City
recently acquired an industrial
site on the waterfront in the St.
Helena area of Berkeley. The parcel is relatively small (about 13
acres), but contains about 850 feet
of deep-draft channel frontage. Because of the scarcity of such land
in the area and Norfolk's strong
base of industrial marine activity,
the Department of Development is
conducting a physical and economic study of the site which will
suggest the form of development
most beneficial in terms of employment and value to the community. Clearly, this approach will
present some tough decisions, but
the consequences of the alternatives are tougher.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomati D. Blanchard, Jr. is Economic Development Coordinator,
City of Norfolk.

"Norfolk's assets are
its human resources "
A large measure of Norfolk's
(and of any community's) assets
are its human resources. A major
part of this development strategy
will be directed toward using leadership skills, creativity, and labor
and management resources available in Norfolk. The more obvious
financial resources will also be
marshaled to help overcome
higher investment risks inherent
in redeveloping inner cities. Such
resources must clearly come from
federal and state grants, from City
funding and the private sector. In
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'BEYOND THE TAX REVOLT: MORE POWER TO WASHINGTON?" by Alexander Walker

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So the long-awaited taxpayers revolt
is finally upon us. The vote for California's Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann) was
overwhelming. Limits on state and local spending have been enacted in Colorado, Tennessee and New Jersey. Tax
control measures stand a good chance
in a half dozen states this year. It has
been a long road and there are many
bends and turns that have brought us
to this point. The revolt is partly the
legacy of events such as Vietnam and
Washington. Local officials had little
to do with Washington's misadventures but now they must bear the consequences. The revolt is partly the legacy of years of economic instability
which have generated much anxiety
for people caught in a squeeze between
rising costs for everything and falling
income expectations. The revolt is
partly the legacy of a generation of
social change and unpopular government policies relating to that change.
Voters in Ohio, for example, turned
down school bond issues as a protest
against school busing. Finally, the revolt is the result of years of frustration
with what is perceived as higher taxes
for poorer services. The litany has
been repeated many times: "More
money for education . . . yet children
can't read; more money for police . . .
yet the crime rate soars. . . ."
Local government is an easy target.
This is especially true in states such
as California, with provisions for direct citizen initiation of legislation or
of constitutional amendments. The
property tax, which is the key for local
government, is consistently shown by
public opinion polls to be the most
disliked tax in America. The property
tax is seen as unfair, regressive and
destructive of individual home ownership. The more efficient and
straightforward that assessment practices become, the more hostility is
generated against the tax, since tax assessments traditionally were significantly below true market value.
What are the implications of the tax
revolt for Virginia? This is obviously a
political question, and one characteristic of politics is that perceptions,
rather than any hard, empirical "reality" are the stuff of political controversy. Consider the facts about the
tax picture in Virginia. California's
Proposition 13 limits property taxation to $1.00 per $100 valuation. In
Virginia, the average real property tax
for cities in 1976 was only $1.04 per
$100 valuation. For counties it was

$0.49. Virginia ranks near or below the
median of the fifty states in terms of
the average tax load. But every statistics student has heard the joke about
the person who drowned while wading
across a creek with an average depth
of three feet. Large cities and counties
have the highest average tax rates
($1.24 and $1.17, respectively). But
even the rates for such cities as Richmond and Alexandria ($1.48) are nothing compared to the $3.20 average in
California or $4.70 in Massachusetts.
One must ever be mindful that we
are dealing with perceptions. Today it
is not the absolute rate of taxation but
the trend in taxation as reflected in the
growth of the last decade or so that
alarms many people. Expenditures by
localities have grown fivefold since the
1950s. The state budget has gone from
$576 million in 1960 to $3,374 million
in 1975. Inflation, population growth
and economic expansion account for
much of this growth in public expenditures, but there is no escaping
the impression that spending has skyrocketed. Thus, when Governor Dalton
asserts that taxation is not a critical
problem in Virginia as it is in other
states, and Kenneth White of the Virginia Taxpayers' Association makes
the opposite assertion that things are
getting out of hand, both gentlemen
can claim to be supported by the
"facts."
How can public officials defend
themselves against the charge that
their taxing and spending policies are
out of line? In Virginia they will be at
an ideological disadvantage. In terms
of political symbolism and rhetoric,
the "Conservative Ideology" is sacrosanct. It is, after all, the political leaders themselves who have continually
sung the praises of fiscal restraint and
modest government. Political careers
have been built on waging a kind of
guerilla warfare on the federal behemoth across the Potomac. Within this
context the tax revolt in Virginia has a
certain irresistible logic working for it:
if "pay-as-you-go" was good, then
"pay-nothing" is better; and not "tomorrow," but "now!"
Talking to leaders of taxpayers'
associations around the state, and reviewing their press releases and publications, one forms two major impressions. One is that the leaders of the
taxpayers' associations have a deep,
ideological conviction that we stand on
the brink of disaster unless draconian
measures are taken to halt the spread

of government. The second impression
is that there is a general feeling of
"alienation" from public officials and,
thus, a general skepticism about official statements and projections of
present and future needs. The taxpayers' associations, too, have their
own organizational problems. Obviously the term "taxpayers" applies to a
very heterogeneous group—everyone
might conceivably be included. Organizationally, it is difficult for the tax
movement to sustain itself except by
zeroing in on one or two particular issues. No doubt this fact helps to explain why the property tax is a favored
target, and why the taxpayers' groups
have tried to avoid being pinned down
on the question of specific budget cuts.
Many Virginians agree that the government in Washington has grown too
large. It is ironical, therefore, that one
likely result of a tax revolt in Virginia
would be more power and dollars flowing to Washington. Many localities already rely on federal aid for some of
their programs. About 15 percent of
local government revenue in Virginia
comes in the form of intergovernmental transfers from the federal government; 22.1 percent of state revenue
is in the form of federal grants, with
another 1.2 percent from revenue
sharing (1976 figures). Furthermore,
because the Internal Revenue Service
allows part of an individual's income
tax to be deducted for state and local
property taxes, a big drop in those
taxes will produce a windfall for
Washington. It may be very tempting
for local officials to cut taxes for political reasons in the face of a tax revolt,
while taking the money through the
"back door" from the federal government.
An increase in power for the federal
government is but one of the potential
hidden consequences of a Jarvis-Gann
resolution. Thus, the ultimate results
of a sudden tax revolt in Virginia
might not be palatable to many citizens. This possibility should not be
taken as an admonition to abandon efforts at tax reform; certainly there are
real problems to be solved. However, it
does suggest the value of a careful approach, with efforts to avoid misperception and to consider the potential long-range consequences.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alexander Walker is affiliated with
the Institute of Government, University of Virginia

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confronted with rising costs, shrinking
budgets, and a critical examination of all
expenditures. Understandably, the first
reaction is to base your choice on the initial price of the machine—accepting the
lowest bid as the one and only factor to
consider. But this doesn't hold up. There
are too many additional factors. And
usually they make a "total cost" buying
decision best for you. That's because you

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In recent years demands for
services in the area of law enforcement and fire services have increased. Along with this demand
comes a tremendous growth in information systems to provide the
data necessary to support additional services and to aid management personnel in planning to
meet the needs of their communities. Computerized communications and management systems
have been developed to meet the
need for planning, efficient utilization of manpower and equipment,
and predict future needs.
The City of Virginia Beach began using automated data systems
to provide more efficient services
to its citizens. City government officials and department administrators realized that computerized
data systems were the answer to
meeting the increased demands for
services resulting from a growth in
population. In planning the new
Public Safety Building, the City
awarded a contract to a national
firm for a computer aided dispatching system.
It took three and a half years of
planning and construction for the
City to have one of the most modern communications systems in
the country. The use of computer
equipment and technology has
been expanded as the City realized
the potential uses. Virginia Beach
has tried constantly to get the
most effective use out of its computer system and has developed
other programs that may be of interest to other localities faced with
similar problems. Some of these
programs are briefly explained below.
COMPUTER AIDED
DISPATCHING AND
REPORTING
Computer-aided dispatching and
reporting involves a minicomputer,
printer and display screen (CRTS)
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patrol vehicles. The system is
designed to meet the operational
needs of the communication centers.
Messages are sent directly to the
patrol vehicle and appear on the
display screen of the mobile data
terminal. Daily, a log tape with the
day's transactions is sent to the
City's data processing center to
generate management reports concerning response time, work loads
and zone activities.
M O B I L E DATA T E R M I N A L S
Mobile data terminals (MODATA) are designed to complement
normal voice communications. Po-

lice officers are dispatched to assignments as it is displayed on the
data terminal screen. In addition,
the officer has access to data files
such as the Division of Motor Vehicles and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) which contain nationwide data on wanted
persons and stolen vehicles. Officers are able to communicate with
each other without tying up voice
communication channels by using
the mobile data terminals. However, each data terminal is designed so that all messages are
monitored on the display screen of
the appropriate precinct supervisor and are recorded by the Communications Center's computer.
With the mobile data terminals,
officers can run vehicle license
checks before they stop vehicles,
thus freeing the dispatchers for
other assignments. Likewise, officers can check to see if individuals
are wanted locally or nationally on
any criminal charges; they may
still use voice communications if
desired in emergencies.
P O L I C E AUTOMATED
MANAGEMENT S Y S T E M
With L E A A funds, an Auto-

�mated Management System was
developed to keep pace with the
City's rapid expansion. Data on
personnel, budgets, vehicle maintenance, property evidence and
uniform issuance is more readily
available to assist in making m a n agement decisions.
In addition to the other data, the
system provides an inventory control for evidence, found property
and uniform equipment. I n the
area of personnel, basic information along with special skills and
abilities, such as foreign language
e x p e r i e n c e , s p e c i a l i z e d police
training, employee evaluation,
promotions and work histories are
readily available.
The program provides for m a i n taining and computing pay adjustments for court time, overtime and
holiday pay. The system is used
also to monitor daily work schedules, vacation and sick leave records or employees.
Financial information is entered
into the system such as the Department's yearly budget, purchase orders, vendors' invoices,
travel vouchers and interdepartmental transfers of funds, all of
which are interrelated with the
budget.
The system is used also to project budgets for the coming years.
A unique program of this system
is the conversion of the line item
budget into functional objectives
divided into eight categories. A l l
costs of personnel and other budget items are placed in the proper
category to give a better view to
the citizens of how the Police Department's funds are utilized.
Another important feature of
the system is the capability of
projecting the number of calls for
service that the Department w i l l
receive in a given period of time.
This is a guide in determining the
Department's manpower requirements.
The system is expected to be expanded as its full potential is realized; in the future it should serve
as an invaluable police management tool.
COMPUTERIZED ACCIDENT
REPORTING SYSTEM
(CARS)
Traffic analysis, accident forecasting and resource allocations,
are facilitated by a computerized
accident reporting system. The
system w i l l be utilized by the po-

lice traffic division and the City
office of traffic engineering. A detailed summary of accidents by patrol zone, street names and intersections w i l l be available daily.
This data w i l l help identify areas
with traffic engineering problems
and determine where traffic enforcement is needed.
O F F E N S E TRACKING AND
REPORTING SYSTEM
Offense reports, investigative
reports and statistical reports w i l l
be automated in order to eliminate
the cumbersome maintenance of
manual files and reporting procedures. Uniformed officers and i n vestigators w i l l be able to receive
information much faster than u n der the manual system. The system is designed to furnish information about offenses from the
category of the crime to the description of the suspects.
JUVENILE INFORMATION
SYSTEM
Working with the Department
of Probation and Parole and the
Juvenile Court, the Police Department has computerized a l l data
handling juvenile offenses. The i n formation helps to determine the
workload and effectiveness of a l l
of the criminal justice activities
concerning juveniles and gives a
visual picture of how the system
operates from arrest or detention
until final disposition.
HIGH INCIDENT TARGET
PROGRAM
Within the Detective Bureau of
the Police Department, data processing equipment is used to support crime analysis, resource alloc a t i o n s and case t r a c k i n g of
burglary related offenses. One of
the most successful programs in
operation since 1974, this system
led to the development of other
computer systems.
Information contained within
the system are reported offenses,
method of operation of suspects,
stolen property and offense zones.
The computer has proven to be an
invaluable investigative tool that
eliminates investigators having to
do research thus freeing them for
more active investigations.
TRACER
One of the most novel uses of the
computer is the T R A C E R system
(Tidewater Regional A d u l t C r i m i nal E l e m e n t Records), a comprehensive on-line criminal justice i n -

formation system used by the
Cities of Norfolk and Virginia
Beach. T r a c k i n g an offender from
his point of entry into the criminal
justice system (arrest/booking) to
his point of exit, the system constantly monitors the offender. I t
shows how cooperation on a regional basis can help reduce crime
and its cost. Also, data can be measured to show the correlation between arrests and convictions.
FIRE SAFETY
In the areas of fire safety, computers have been used to monitor
the response time of fire personnel
by station and map, location of the
reported fire, damages by the class
of a l a r m , average response time by
the first due station and total time
spent on the scene by station and
class of alarm. T h i s type of information helps to determine the best
u t i l i z a t i o n of m a n p o w e r and
equipment and to identify problems where additional training or
resources are needed.
CONCLUSION
Computers will grow to be i m portant management tools in public safety but several things must
be realized and always remembered when dealing with computer
equipment. Computers are only as
good as the data that is fed into
them. The saying among computer
specialists is "garbage in . . . garbage out." The data must be accurate and related to the job the computer is expected to perform.
Computers are expensive in
terms of both purchase and maintenance. Anyone considering buying equipment should use the services of an independent systems
analyst before buying equipment
from a manufacturer. They may
buy more equipment than needed
or a cast-off system that will soon
be obsolete. Sharing computers on
a r e g i o n a l b a s i s or between
agencies is an ideal way to reduce
costs.
The use of computers in public
safety w i l l increase as long as the
demands for services increase.
They must be used wisely and j u diciously i f the desired ends are to
be achieved.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. Craig McCormick is the Training
Coordinator with the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police.

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J E S S I E M. R A T T L E Y
Councilman, Newport News
Owner-Director,
Peninsula Business College

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
GUS W. N I C K S
Mayor, Vinton
Owner, Nick's Furniture Company

SECOND V I C E P R E S I D E N T
ROY H. E R I C K S O N
Mayor, Harrisonburg
President, Roy Erickson Co., Inc.

THIRD VICE PRESIDENT
HAROLD S. ATKINSON
City Manager, Franklin

E X E C U T I V E COMMITTEEMAN
RAYMOND T. R A T C L I F F
Mayor, Pulaski
Realtor

E X E C U T I V E COMMITTEEMAN
RICHARD A. F A R R I E R
Councilman, Staunton
Owner, Farrier Paving Co.

E X E C U T I V E COMMITTEEMAN
FRANCIS T. WEST
Councilman, Martinsville
Board Chairman, West Window Corp.

E X E C U T I V E COMMITTEEMAN
C H A R L E S A. ROBINSON, J R .
Mayor, Vienna
Deputy General Manager,
National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association (Attorney)

E X E C U T I V E COMMITTEEMAN
E L L E N M. BOZMAN
Chairman, Arlington
County Board

I M M E D I A T E PAST P R E S I D E N T
ANN H. K I L G O R E
Councilman, Hampton

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ANNUAL
CONVENTION
EXHIBITORS

Sunday September 17
10:00 a . m .
1:00 p . m .

2:00 p . m .

FUTURE

6:00 p . m .

REGISTRATION AND

EXHIBITS

SYMPOSIA
— L i a b i l i t y Insurance
— F i s c a l Reporting and Property
Tax Reform
—Floor Plain/Flood Way
Management
POLICY COMMITTEES
— C o m m u n i t y Development
—Effective Government
— E m p l o y m e n t and Income Security
—Environmental Quality
— H u m a n Resources
—Public Safety
—Transportation
IDEAS
-NASA
—Census Bureau
— " W a r m Building"
RECEPTION

a.m.

BREAKFASTS
—Legislative Committee
—Affiliate Groups

8:00

a.m.

REGISTRATION &amp;

9:00 a . m .
OPENING

2:00 p . m .
to
5:00 p . m .

EXHIBITS

SESSION
—John Rousakis
—Achievement Awards
— T i m e &amp; Place Report
—Nominations Report
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
(Sessions Parallel Policy Committees)
Liability insurance
Public information
FREE

EVENING

Tuesday, September 19
7:30 a . m .

PRAYER

8:00 a . m .

REGISTRATION &amp;

9:00 a . m .
11:00 a . m .

SECTION

BREAKFAST
EXHIBITS

WORKSHOPS

BUSINESS SESSION I

2:00 p . m .

BUSINESS

7:00 p . m .

RECEPTION &amp; PRIZE

8:00 p . m .

BANQUET

Dominick Motor Company
Box 7726,
Charlottesville, V i r g i n i a 22902
J u l i a n L . Lingle

K - R Industries
303 6th Avenue,
Huntington, West V i r g i n i a 25701
T . E . Cottingham

Truxmore Industries, I n c .
P.O. Box 24385,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23224
Bruce A r m s t r o n g

Municipal Advisors, Incorporated
P.O. Box 45,
V i r g i n i a Beach, V i r g i n i a 23458
Roger M. Scott

H a r l a n d Bartholomew &amp; Associates
201 E . Gary Street,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23219
James LaRose

Miracle Recreational Equipment
Company
P.O. Box 19127,
Greensboro, North Carolina 27410
L a r r y Hasley

U - H a u l Company
1301 Monticello Avenue,
Norfolk, V i r g i n i a 23410
Charles S m i t h

V i r g i n i a Road &amp; Transportation
Builders Association
30 L a Brook Drive,
Richmond, V A 23225
Richard A . Schreck

Monday, September 18
7:30

Utility Service
P.O. Box 283,
Culpeper, V i r g i n i a 22701
Carroll Woody

John Deere Industrial
Equipment Company
P.O. Box 132,
Baltimore, Maryland 21203
B a r r y Neel
C &amp; P Telephone
11300 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Sherman S m i t h

Cunningham Associates, I n c .
P.O. Box 9554,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23228
Osmund G. Geir
Virginia Utility Contractors
Council
P.O. Box 505,
Marrifield, V i r g i n i a 22116
Robert B . Woodvifard
Capital Equipment Co.
9002 Mountain R d . ,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23228
H . M. F a u l k n e r

K o r m a n Signs, I n c .
3027 Lincoln Avenue,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23228
W. M. K o r m a n , J r .

Dominion Traffic Sign &amp;
Signal Co., I n c .
1606-10 Magnolia St.,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23222
R . V . Ingalls

Municipal Code Corp.
P.O. Box 2235,
Tallahassee, F l o r i d a 32304
Dale B a r s tow

Centrox Corp.
2515 Waco St.,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23229
Howard Peasely

K u c e r a &amp; Associates, I n c .
7000 Reynolds Road,
Mentor, Ohio 44406
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Executive Director
Legislation, Policy
Policy Committees

M I C H A E L S. D E E B
Director of Research
Research, Reports,
General
Information,
Affiliate Groups,
Training

STAFF

B R A D L E Y K.
HARMES
Senior S t a f f
Associate
Legislation
Personnel, Policy
Committees

CHARLOTTE
KINGERY
Staff Associate
Magazine, Public
Information,
Affiliate Groups,
Training

RICHARD F.
WEEKS, JR.
Staff Associate
Legislation,
Legislative
Committee
Community
Development,
Regulatory Agencies

J. CRAIG
McCORMICK
Training
Coordinator
Police In-Service
Training

VERNON BANKS
Library Assistant
Research and
Reports

SANDRA J .
HARMON
Secretary

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NICHOLS
Administrative
Assistant
Finances, B i l l i n g ,
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JR.
Staff A s s i s t a n t
Advertising and
Exhibits

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Bedford
Virginia
Tlie City of Bedford wishes you a
successful convention
Visit Beautiful Bedford, Virginia
25 minutes from Smith Mountain Lake . . .
15 minutes to scenic Blue Ridge Parkway . . .
30 minutes to two of Virginia's Larger Cities . . .

A GOOD PLACE TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE

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BUSINESS
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C O M E S E E WHAT W E H A V E TO O F F E R

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I t came kicking and screaming
into the world some 300 years ago,
the child of B r i t i s h colonialists and
America's bid for independence.
It became a bustling banking
center, a brawling Navy town
nourished first by the sea and then
by Sun Belt boom. Now it threatens to become a cultural mecca.
L a s t Spring, within a few weeks,
Norfolk won national and international attention for two of its
cultural attractions. I n March the
city's Virginia Opera Association
( V O A ) produced the American premier of the internationally acclaimed opera, " M a r y , Queen of
Scots." I n A p r i l the Chrysler M u seum opened an exhibition in New
York City of 42 major works which
brought Norfolk's impressive art
collection great praise.
NORFOLK SUPPORTS
SYMPHONY, ART, OPERA
AND THEATER
Norfolk supports one of the

South's oldest and finest s y m phonies, a vast collection of a r t ,
one of the nation's top opera companies, a noted ballet company,
dinner theaters and appearances
by professional actors, actresses,
musicians, artists and dancers.
Beyond a l l this, Norfolk is a city
which has involved its people in
the arts. Three local women were
chosen to play,principle roles in
"Mary, Queen of Scots". For many
of its 58 yeacs, Norfolk's s y m phony has included local m u s i cians in its orchestra, most of
whom hold other full-time jobs.
One, a veteran of decades as a
symphony violinist, retired from
service with the U . S . Post office.
I n Norfolk, people-involvement
also extends to out-reach programs. L a s t year symphony m u s i cians played in E m p o r i a , Suffolk,
Isle of Wight, Smithfield, Virginia
Beach, Newport News and F r a n k lin. Children from a l l those areas

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toured the City's Chrysler M u seum. School children also listened
to concerts and saw ballet and operas, usually free of charge. The
Norfolk Symphony played for
more than 15,000 students both at
City-run Chrysler H a l l and in area
p u b l i c , p r i v a t e and p a r o c h i a l
schools. The symphony offers discounts for students and senior citizens at its regular concerts.
The city's opera company also
entertained and educated more
than 15,000 school children last
year. The V O A opens a l l dress rehersals to students. A r t i s t s with
the VOA-attached Affiliate A r t ists program performed before girl
scouts, prisoners, senior citizens,
the handicapped and even kindergarteners. Affiliate A r t i s t s , Inc., a
nonprofit organization sponsored
by the federal National Endowment for the A r t s and Sears &amp;
Roebuck, Inc., selects young artists and appoints them to eight-

�week residencies around the nation to increase audiences and encourage support for the arts. Members of the VOA and affiliate
artists also toured communities in
18 Virginia counties last year.
ODU Plays A Role
Norfolk's Old Dominion University also plays a role in the cultural
education of the area. In 1977 a
program titled "Interplay," which
is designed to focus on the arts,
attracted visiting artists from all
over the world. The Israel Ballet,
sculptor Robert Engman and photographer Robert Hienecken all
came to Norfolk through this program. In the past. Interplay has
sponsored cooperative ventures
linking the ODU ballet company
with the symphony in productions.
And the University joined the
Chrysler Museum in sponsoring a
visit by renowned British sculptor,
Eduoardo Paolozzi, who created
outdoor sculpture while teaching
ODU art students.
Theater was also included in
ODU's focus on the arts. ODU Students performed one-act plays for
the community and school children throughout 1977-78, and this
spring the University leased the
Riverview Theater in Norfolk so
that drama students could offer
theater to the public in a centrally
located, suitable facility.
ODU is also active in offering
dance to Tidewater. Annually the
ballet company produces "The
Nutcracker" with professionals
dancing the lead roles and students dancing other parts. This
season, the company will also perform "Coppelia" to dance in the
ballet and teach university students.
Next season the company will
also sponsor a dance series featuring performances by two nationally prominent companies, the acclaimed Dance Theater of Harlem
and the Dancers, founded two
years ago by actress Joanne Woodward and dancer/director Dennis
Wayne. The ODU Ballet Company
is seeking a $12,000 grant from the
Virginia Commission of the Arts
and Humanities to help support
the entire series. Tidewater's first
such series devoted entirely to
dance. Such grants, ticket sales,
university support and private
contributions give the dance company a performing budget of
.$125,000.

The City's Tidewater Ballet Association has done its share to
spread culture. The dance company furnishes four professional
dancers who perform at recreation
centers throughout Norfolk. The
Association also maintains the
Academy of the Tidewater Ballet,
which has sent more than 100
dancers to professional dance companies throughout the world. The
annual dance festival features the
State's eight top professional companies which perform for the public for two days each June. The
VOA, ODU, the Ballet Association
and the Symphony also offer educational workshops.
Norfolk has found that the arts
are good for business, too. A study,
commissioned recently by the Metropolitan Arts Congress, shows
cultural attractions generate $1.5
million spent on admission tickets
alone and another $750,000 spent
by arts patrons while attending
events. These funds, plus employment offered by arts institutions
during the average annual local
productions and exhibitions, bring
the economic impact of the arts in
this area to more than $7.8 million,
according to the study.
CHRYSLER MUSEUM
Connoisseur, Apollo Magazine,
Vogue and the New York Times
were among the national and international publications featuring
articles on Norfolk's City-supported Chrysler Museum. The museum's exhibition at Wildenstein &amp;
Co., Inc., a prestigious New York
City art gallery, was the highpoint
of the year with exhibitions from
the well known artists Paolozzi,
Robert Indiana, David Hockney
and Jasha Green. The museum has
exhibited art loaned by the Louvre
and has loaned works to major
U.S. and German museums.
But the institution's permanent
collection has attracted the greatest attention. New York Times
critic John Russell praised the collection's strength in Italian Baroque, contemporary and French
19th century painting and its
10,000-piece glass collection.
N O R F O L K SYMPHONY
The Norfolk Symphony Association performed 30 concerts before
audiences last season. "The symphony provided the backbone for
music in the area because the musicians play for ODU, the Tide-

water Ballet Association and for
VOA productions. They make up
the Norfolk Chamber Consort and
the Feldman String Quartet," says
symphony business manager Matt
Wert. The symphony's $400,000
budget comes from ticket sales.
City support, federal and state
grants and regional concerts. The
remainder comes from fund-raising efforts.
One of the guardians of this cultural explosion is the Metropolitan
Arts Congress (MAC). Formed in
1976, this organization was created
to provide a basis for areawide cooperation and a way for the region
to speak with when asking for its
fair share of federal and state arts
dollars. MAC coordinate all Tidewater arts activities by providing
mailing list services and a coordinated calendar.
Money is a major problem for
the arts in any city. A MAC study
of the economic impact of the arts
on Tidewater concludes that business and government must play
larger roles in sustaining the Arts.
The study shows that the arts help
and retain executives for local industry and help bring about the
rebirth of downtowns. For example, the development of the
Chrysler Hall-Scope entertainment complex in downtown Norfolk is viewed by the City's Redevelopment and Housing Authority
as a long-term investment in
downtown renewal, an anchor
from which the rebirth of downtown will emerge. The Chrysler
Museum, which is supported by
nearly $75,000 in City funding, has
helped the resurgence of nearby
Ghent. The museum has recently
taken over two buildings in downtown's Granby Mall which MAC
officials hope will become studio
and gallery space for artists, under
museum staff guidance.
Norfolk spends 10 times more
than its neighbors on the arts. And
in 1977-78 that spending showed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Susan Gallagher is in the Public
Communications Office, City of
Norfolk.

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Just like private businesses, local governments need to obtain
some form of liability insurance to
protect them from unexpected
losses. Until recently this was not
a significant problem, as local governments had immunity from a
variety of potential claims. However, this immunity has been
steadily eroded as our litigious
society produces more and more
suits against local governments.
Noting the trend, insurance companies became less and less willing
to write policies at reasonable
rates. Some companies have even
cancelled existing policies without
a single claim ever being filed!
This problem is particularly
acute in the area of public official
liability insurance, where recent
decisions have held that an individual local official may be held
perHonally liable for damages. In
such cases a settlement must come
directly from the official's personal finances and not from the
coffers of the local government.
As a result of the unwillingness
of all but a few traditional insurance firms to provide adequate
protection at reasonable rates
some localities have adopted a
strategy of self-insurance. In its
purest form, self-insurance is
based on the premise that the premiums that would have been paid
to the insurance company would
be more than the claims paid out.
This may actually be the case in
some areas, such as liability insurance for a fleet of vehicles, but the
self-insurer is always gambling
that the long term odds of a catastrophic loss will be in his favor.
A limited form of self-insurance
can be obtained simply by securing
insurance policies with very high
deductibles. This can result in substantial savings with limited risk,
if the insurance company is willing
to write the policy.
Another option is the development of a pooling arrangement
whereby several local governments agree to participate in a
group program. There are several
advantages for developing such a
program:
• The inability of the traditional

insurance market to meet specific needs can be overcome;
• Agents commissions and high
administrative overhead costs
are eliminated;
• Investment income accrues to
the benefit of the individual
members of the group; and
• O W N E R S H I P - t h e greatest
single advantage.
The Virginia Municipal League
is exploring the possibilities of establishing a reciprocal insurance
company for Virginia locahties. To
accomplish this objective, at least
thirty units of government must
agree to participate and an adequate amount of capital (as determined by the State Corporation
Commission) must be raised. The
reciprocal insurance
company
would secure the services of a professional manager and claims administrator. Participating local
governments would pay premiums
based on actuarial principles, just
as with a traditional insurance
firm. However, instead of paying
premiums to a private, profitmaking firm, the local government
is paying premiums to an organization it owns and controls. Premiums and investment income are
recorded individually, and any
claims paid are charged to the locality's account. This feature permits premium reductions or refunds for localities with good risk
management records. By eliminating agents' commissions, company
profits, and excessive overhead
costs, substantial savings can accrue, in addition to providing insurance coverage which may not
otherwise be available.
If you would like further information on the advantages of this
unique program, contact Brad
Harmes at the League office.

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Grievance
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The General Assembly of Virginia has amended the grievance
procedure legislation and as a result many local governments will
have to amend their procedures by
January 1, 1979. However, before
local governments decide what
changes, if any, they must make in
the procedures, let's first review
the legislative action taken prior to
this year and the present status
regarding employee grievances.
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
In 1973, legislation was adopted
by the General Assembly requiring a grievance procedure for
every county, city and town with
more than fifteen employees and
specifying that employees and
deputies of Constitutional Officers
were to be included. The law stated
that the procedures had to be established by June 30, 1974 but in
the meantime the 1974 General
Assembly amended the law to exclude employees of Constitutional
Officers. The law provided that the
procedures adopted by local governments "shall conform to like
procedures established by the Governor" and be submitted to the
State Director of Personnel for approval.
In deciding whether local government procedures were in conformity with those of the Commonwealth, Director of Personnel
John W. Garber made allowance
for discretion by local governments but required that certain
basic criteria be met. Mr. Garber's
primary concern was that the
grievance procedure provide for a
fair hearing before an impartial
panel.
Some of the criteria which had
to be met in an acceptable procedure are as follows:
• the final step of the procedure
must be an appeal to an "impartial" panel;
• the panel's decision is binding
for both parties in the dispute;
• beyond the first step in the
procedure, the grievant is entitled to be represented by a person of his own choosing;
• the time between steps must
be specified and reasonable;
• there must be a statement in
the procedure assuring employees that they need not fear
reprisal for submission of a
grievance.
The most significant variations

in the procedures of local governments centered around the composition of the panel which would
conduct the hearing as the final
step in the procedure. Many local
governments elected to use some
form of tri-partite panel similar to
that used in the State's procedure
wherein the grievant and management would each select one member of the panel and the two of
them would select the third member. Other local governments opted for a neutral panel consisting
of three or more citizens of the
community who represented neither employees nor management.
Some neutral panels were continuing groups appointed for specific
periods of time such as civil service commissions and personnel
boards; other systems provided for
appointment of neutrals by the local governing body as needed.
There were some acceptable exceptions to the panel's binding authority such as the excellent procedure adopted by Virginia Beach
which provided, "The decisions of
the Personnel Board shall be final
and binding except in cases where
decisions involve the expenditure
of municipal funds in which cases
the decisions must be reviewed by
the City Council."
Nearly all local governments
complied with the state grievance
procedures requirements by the
specified date. Those few which
failed to do so, automatically came
under the State's procedure as the
law required. In addition to adopting a procedure, several local governments took the important step
of providing supervisory training
on the resolution of grievances.
NEW L E G I S L A T I O N
Now let us look at the 1978 legislation as it applies to local governments and how it might affect
your existing procedures.
• Senate Bill 135 which amended
the grievance procedure requirements defines a grievance and the definition specifically includes, "disciplinary
actions, involving dismissals,
demotions and suspensions."
This definition will affect
some local governments as
some procedures exclude disciplinary action from the
grievance process.
•Constitutional
Officers' employees shall have access to

�the State procedure if the officer employes fifteen or more
persons, but such employees
may be included in the local
government's procedure at the
discretion of the governing
body of the local government.
Likewise, employees of local
welfare departments are in the
State procedure but may be in
the local government's procedure at the discretion of the
local government's governing
body.
• The method of determining
grievability
w i l l require
changes in many local government procedures. No longer
will the City Attorney, County
Attorney or Commonwealth's
Attorney make this decision.
The law now provides for determination of grievability by
the chief administrative officer to determine the issue of
grievability. This decision then
may be appealed to the circuit
court having jurisdiction in
the locality in which the grievant is employed.
• Senate Bill 135 requires a final
step hearing before a panel
consisting of one member appointed by the grievant, one
member appointed by the
"agency head" and a third
member selected by the two
members. There is an exception to this provision, however, which permits a local
government to retain its present form of panel composition
previously approved by the Director of Personnel.
• The new legislation clearly
states that the decision of the
panel used in the last step of a
grievance procedure shall be
final and binding. Most procedures of local governments
now conform to this requirement although some provide
for a possible review of a
panel's decision by the local
legislative body.
The new legislation requires
training of all State supervisory
personnel, "including the role of
the grievance procedure in harmonious employee-employer relations." It also encourages such
training for local government supervisors. Local governments desiring such training will be assisted in every way possible

through the Intergovernmental
Personnel Act programs administered by the State Department of
Personnel and Training.
A POSITIVE TOOL
Up to this point we've been discussing the legal requirements for
grievance procedures. But what is
the rationale for having grievance
procedures? A grievance procedure
is a necessary part of a comprehensive personnel program. It is a
positive tool in effective employee
relations activities and it is protection against arbitrary or capricious decisions that might otherwise destroy sound employee
relations.
The basic elements of an effective procedure are fairness,
impartiality and good supervisoryemployee communications. Regardless of legal requirements, if a
grievance procedure is to work
properly, it must be receptive to
management. Supervisors and ad-

ministrators m.ust be willing to listen to employee gripes and complaints and attempt to resolve the
problems brought to their attention.
It is equally important to prevent grievances as it is to have a
formal grievance procedure. Fire
fighting apparatus is needed to extinguish a fire but an effective fire
prevention program is certainly a
valuable tool also. To identify the
causes of grievances and remove
them, is a more constructive use of
supervisory time than to process
grievances after they have arisen.
Free and easy communication between supervisor and employee
will, for the most part, solve personnel problems.
ABO UT THE A UTHOR
Jack H. Foster is a Persoyinel
Management Consultant from Arlington, Virginia.

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Services
by Vem Jones
She entered in premature labor;
he with a heart attack.
Her baby's vital signs were
registered; his heartbeat
electronically recorded.
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The center is the very embodiment of medicine's growing sophistication. And combined with
Eastern Virginia Medical School,
it offers a complete spectrum of
medical services to the community.
One of three medical schools in
Virginia, EVMS accepted its first
class in 1973 following a three-year
campaign for private contributions. Ninety percent of the nearly
$18 million donated during the
campaign came from eastern Virginia. Since then, fund raisers
have boosted the total to almost
$22 million.
The school offers clinical services to the community and a high
level of patient care, which is provided by EVMS teachers.
The center's care is no less impressive. Its facilities, covering 65
acres, total more than $135 million
in value. The buildings are furnished with the healer's dreams;
these include equipment to diagnose, treat, and monitor; millions
of dollars transformed into networks of electronic impulses and
delicate machinery to assist the
physician in heart repair. The center is involved with kidney transplants, implants of new bones and
joints, neurosurgery and plastic
reconstruction.
Each week enough medical dramas unfold to feed the television
networks for years. On any given
weekday, 4,700 employees, staff,
and students are at work in the
eight patient-care and educational
facilities that occupy the site. Annually they earn more than $52
million (not including physicians'
private income) for their efforts;
salaries that flow directly into the
cash registers throughout eastern
Virginia as they by goods and service.
The goods and services they pro-

vide to patients, visitors and others who come to the center include,
(besides care and comfort) 780,000
meals per year to the inpatients at
Norfolk General Hospital and
Children's Hospital of the King's
Daughters. They also provide care
and treatment for a yearly flow of
outpatients, and patients of clinics, laboratories, special services,
the Rehabilitation Institute and
Mental Health Center, the Norfolk
Public Health Department and
private practitioners. Physicians
in the Medical Tower alone see 856
patients daily.
All this volume creates problems, and problems of parking,
meals and support services for patients and staff will become more
severe as additions and expansions
already on the drawing boards
come "on line" during the next few
years. Children's Hospital's $13
million expansion is well underway. Norfolk General plans a 1979
start for a $20.5 million construction/renovation project that will
not be completed until 1982.
COOPERATION IS T H E K E Y
A high degree of voluntary cooperation and use of a "master plan"
devised by prominent consultants
in medical center development
may help combat traffic problems
in the Medical Center. Close coordination on land use and traffic
patterns with Norfolk City
agencies and other involved organizations may also help.
Coordination within the Medical
Center is being achieved through
two-stage planning involving the
entire center. The Medical Center
Planning Board includes representatives from all levels. Board
meetings offer exchange of information, sources for ideas and
chances to complain.

�The Policy and Planning Committee, as Executive Committee of
the Planning Board, includes representatives of the
governing
boards of Medical Center institutions. This group's operations are
funded by their organizations. It
must develop plans which follow
the policies and missions of each
institution.
This committee also works out
difficulties, engages planners and
consultants and is the official link
between institutional governing
boards. Working subcommittees
address specific problems such as
parking, meals, ambulatory services, financing and communications.
Deliberations are now focused
on the shape and location of Norfolk General's major renovation
project. I n planning this project
the committee considers the relationships of the buildings to each
other, and of units within one
building to compatible units in another building.
These relationships involve delicate negotiations. Millions of dollars in space and equipment are
involved along with the feelings of
proprietorship of those who raise
and manage expansion/renovation
funds. The physicians for whom
these facilities are built also voice
opinions on location and equipment.
Beyond the relationships of
e x i s t i n g M e d i c a l C e n t e r components with each other is the necessity of agreeing on future plans.
A n example is the long-running
discussion on additional office
space for the clinical faculty, physicians and teachers, of the Medical School. However, patients
seeing these clinicians pay for
their services and are not paying
private practice physicians. Moreover, many of the physicians in
private practice donate their time
to teach medical students. Here
the question of which practitioner
has access to which medical facilities under what circumstances
becomes important and is a source
of tension within the medical community.
These complex issues are common to a l l medical centers and are
important, not only to those directly involved in the deliberations, but to the people of an everwidening area who rely on the
E a s t e r n Virginia Medical Center

to provide the best available in
modern,
sophisticated
medical
care.
A n d through the center's relationship with the City of Norfolk,
it provides diagnosis and treatment through the Public Health
Department, while the City provides funding for certain health
programs, safe convenient access
for patients from the entire region,
and large contributions of time,
energy and money in developing
the Medical Center. F o r example,
the City and the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority set
aside a 33 acre site for the Medical
Center, land carved out of the A t lantic City Redevelopment Project
of the 1950's.
Norfolk General Hospital began
the growth pattern with completion of a $5.8 million "first
phase" construction project in
1958. I n 1960, the million dollar
Norfolk Public Health Center was
dedicated. I n J a n u a r y of 1961, the
10-story, $2.8 million Medical
Tower opened. Three months later.
Children's Hospital of the King's
Daughters was completed and dedicated, a three-story, $1.25 million
building.

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COMMITTEE
A parallel effort which aided the
center's development was the
City's creation of a Mayor's A d v i sory Committee to study establishing a regional medical school.
The City, in 1964, created the
State-chartered Norfolk A r e a
Medical Center Authority, later
renamed the E a s t e r n Virginia
Medical Authority. I n the six years
following that creation, the Medical A u t h o r i t y was responsible for
the establishment of health care
facilities for open-heart surgery,
kidney dialysis (and, later, transplants), physical rehabilitation,
mental health and psychiatry and
research.
E a s t e r n Virginia Medical School
provides necessary services for the
Norfolk Community.

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�T H E V A L C AND S T A T E PLANNING
by Morton L . Wallerstein

The purpose of this article is to
relate how this Council, (VALC),
and the Virginia State Planning
Board functioned after their inception in 1936. As a background,
it is necessary to consider the Virginia Municipal League. During
the early thirties, the Spelman
Fund, a Rockefeller foundation,
made a five year grant to the
League, renewed after the first
five years in the same amount. The
League, concurrent with its first
Spellman grant, suggested that
one be made to the University of
Virginia, to join with the League,
the Commonwealth and localities
to establish the Bureau of Public
Administration, which later was
changed to the Institute of Government. For nearly a quarter of a
century. Dr. Rowland Egger, later
succeeded by Dr. Weldon Cooper,
served as its director. Dr. Egger
set the pattern for its continued
successful operation. Upon Cooper's retirement as Director, Dr.
Clifton McCleskey took over. Spellman hoped, in my opinion, that at
the conclusion of the respective
grants, that the public bodies
would continue funding them out
of public appropriations, as was
done by the Virginia Municipal
League, the University and the
General Assembly. It was natural,
therefore, that Spellman, after its
experience with the League, for
the four purposes hereinafter
named, should subsequently consult the then Executive Secretary
of that League, Morton L . Wallerstein, to work out with the late
Guy Moffatt, the funds Director,
the proposed State grants.
The State Granting
Spellman was to make funds
available to the Commonwealth of
Virginia in a four-way package
deal, as follows:
• The Planning Board, independent of any department,
to make plans for the Governor, the General Assembly
and the State Departments
• For enlarging the Bureau of
the Budget
• To furnish increased personnel for the Division of Statutory Research and Drafting
• For establishing the V A L C

The State Planning Board
The State Planning Board had
as its Chairman, the distinguished
editor and historian. Dr. Douglas
S. Freeman, who succeeded the author as Chairman. The Board included Henry G. Shirley, Highway
Commissioner, Dr. Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, James A. Anderson, then
Director of PubUc Administration
for Virginia, Leroy Hodges, State
Comptroller and the author. The
operating Executive of the Board
was Charles J . Calrow, whose
pioneering set a standard for
other states. Upon his death. Dr.
Freeman, in an editorial in the
Richmond-News Leader, termed
him "the greatest genius" that
ever served Virginia during Freeman's lifetime. After Spellman's
grant expired, and through 1948,
adequate appropriations
were
made for the Planning Board, but
in the budget prepared by Governor Tuck in 1948, and followed by
his successor. Governor Battle, in
1950, no appropriation was made
for that Board as such, and State
Planning was placed in the Department of Conservation, where
it now is. The Budget Bureau and
the Bureau of Statutory Research
and Drafting, now the Division of
Legislative Services, have continued.
T H E VIRGINIA A D V I S O R Y
L E G I S L A T I V E COUNCIL
The V A L C originally was to
have in its membership leading
members of the General Assembly
appointed by the Governor, to consider legislation during the interim between legislative sessions,
in order to recommend its findings
to the Governor and the General
Assembly. One of the purposes
was to eliminate independent
commissions. The V A L C was to
appoint subcommittees or other
agencies to consider specific problems and report to the V A L C . The
package deal of the four arose during the administration of Governor Peery, (a very deliberate and
capable person), who was concerned that the V A L C might offend members of the General Assembly, although it was suggested
that he poll them to ascertain if
there was any objection. Matters
were so delayed by the Governor

that Mr. Moffatt indicated that he
would not again come to Virginia.
Through the persuasion of Mr.
William R. Shands, then head of
the Legislative Drafting Bureau,
and the Municipal League Secretary, the Governor met Mr. Moffatt in Washington and consummated the four-way package deal.
The money available to the Commonwealth from the grants
amounted to several hundred
thousand dollars, which was deposited in the State Treasury.
The General Assembly, at the
outset, did not intend that VALC
would be a substitute for various
study commissions as originally
contemplated by Spellman. Summarizing the provisions of that
Act: V A L C should consist of seven
members appointed by the Governor, to hold office at his pleasure,
and at least five of the members
would be members of the General
Assembly. The duties of the VALC
were to: (a) investigate and study
any matter referred to it by the
Legislature and to submit a report
of its findings and recommendations to its members and to the
Governor at least thirty days prior
to its next regular session, and at
such other times as the Legislature shall direct, (b) investigate
and study any matter or question
which may be referred to it by the
Governor, subject to the time limit
set forth above, (c) employ such
persons and engage the services of
such research agencies as the
V A L C found necessary and fix
their compensation, not to exceed
the appropriation to the V A L C of
$15,000 per annum, for the biennium, and (d) attend meetings.
The Director of the Division of
Statutory Research and Drafting
would act as V A L C Secretary.
Of course, the General Assembly can ignore the V A L C as it has,
and appoint various study commissions, even though the grant
contemplated that all proposed
legislation would be funneled
through the VALC. That would be
a matter of comity, as there is
nothing in the Act to require it. To
provide an example of the number
and variety of issues with which
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by Ralph J. Shotwell

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Most candidates for the House
of Delegates in the fall of 1977 ran
on a platform of "no tax increase."
Yet the 1978 Virginia General Assembly imposed a tax increase on
localities indirectly by requiring
them for the first time to pay a
portion of the employers' share of
the cost of the Virginia Supplemental
Retirement System
(VSRS) and the State Group Life
Insurance Plan.
In 1974, the General Assembly
had already enacted legislation
which required localities to pay for
the first time a portion of the employers' share of social security
costs. According to this legislation,
localities had to pay in fiscal year
1975- 76 for instructional positions
in excess of 48 per 1,000 students
in average daily membership
(ADM) on an average salary above
$10,528. (The professional staff ratio remained the same for the
1976- 78 biennium but the average
salary figure was increased to
$11,033 for each of the two years.)
This provision cost Virginia localities approximately $7 million in
1975-76 and approximately $8.5
milhon in 1976-77.
The Appropriations Act for
1978-80 provides that beginning
July 1, 1979, the State contribution
for VSRS, social security and
group life insurance shall be limited for professional instructional
staff members to the employer's
cost for a number not exceeding 58
per 1,000 pupils in ADM and for
their salaries not exceeding an average of $12,341. This provision
means that localities will have to
pay retirement, social security and
group life insurance for instructional positions in excess of 58 per
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been adopted. For example, the
amount for VSRS and group life
insurance would have been in excess of $19 million under the Godwin proposal, instead of the $13.3
million for these two items approved by the 1978 General Assembly. This lesser amount is due
to the fact that the General Assembly based the amount that localities would have to pay on 58
instructional staff per 1,000 students in ADM rather than 48 per
1,000. The General Assembly also
raised the professional staff ratio
figure for social security from 48
per 1,000 to 58 per 1,000 for 197980.

An intensive campaign by education lobby groups against the
principle of having localities pay
part of the employer's share for
VSRS and group life insurance
played a major role in persuading
the 1978 General Assembly to
modify the formula to reduce the
financial impact on localities. But
the principle has been established
and the financial consequences for
localities in the future will be staggering. When this issue was being
considered, many General Assembly members representing rural
localities were not very concerned.
They felt the financial impact on
their constituent localities would
not be so costly because their
school divisions did not employ
that many professional staff and
the average salaries were not that
high.
These provisions impose a proportionate financial burden on rural localities which is just as great
as the financial burden imposed on
urban localities.
In addition to future increases in
professional staff and average salaries, there are other factors
which will substantially increase
the cost burden of these provisions
on Virginia localities. Congress
has recently taken action to shore
up the financially troubled Social
Security System by increasing
overtime, the wage base and the
employer and employee contribution rates. (See Table II)
The cost of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System is also
scheduled to escalate dramatically
in the future. The VSRS employer
contribution rate for teachers increased from 4.44 percent for the
1976-78 biennium to 5.93 percent
for the 1978-80 biennium. A 1974

report prepared for the V E A by
the actuarial consulting firm of
Gabriel, Roeder, Smith &amp; Company underscored the funding
problems of VSRS. The report
made two critical points pertaining to the funding of VSRS:
"The present use of interest income in determining the employer
contribution rate means that the
resulting rate is less than level,
and consequently will have to be
increased in the future if the system is to survive. The present assumptions for pay increases and
for investment return are of
dubious quality. . . ."
To meet the "level cost funding"* objective, adjust for past unrealistic salary assumptions and
the "interest offset"** provision,
and meet other increased cost components, there will have to be substantial increases in the employer
percent of payroll contribution
rate for teachers in the future. The
future increased costs of these employee benefit programs will now
be shared with the localities.
Several methods have been employed in recent years to balance
the state budget—borrowing from
the State Highway Fund, requiring State agencies to reduce expenditures by five per cent and reducing the Basic School Aid Fund
appropriation by $20 million in the
fall of 1975. (Part of this cut was
restored during fiscal year 197576.) It is time for the General Assembly to end these stop-gap measures. Localities must either be
given the authority to levy additional taxes or the General Assembly must provide additional State
revenues to enable localities to implement State-mandated programs and meet the government
service needs of Virginia's citizens.
* Contributions to finance the
retirement system shall be the
rates, which expressed as percents
of active member payroll, will remain relatively level from generation to generation of citizens
thereby leaving an equitable financial environment for future
generations by placing on them tax
burdens no greater than tax burdens borne by present decision
makers.
** A 1966 Virginia Code section
provided that any interest earned
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by the VSRS Trust Fund in excess
of the interest rate assumed by the
actuary would be used to reduce
computed contributions. This provision resulted in a less than level
percent of payroll employer (State)
contribution rate. The "interest
offset" provision was removed by
the 1975 General Assembly based
on legislation recommended by the
VSRS Board of Trustees.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ralph J. Shotwell is director of
the Virginia Education Assodatim
Division of School Finance

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away from historic Williamsburg and Busch Gardens. But, we're
not just another beautiful body folks . . . We also have seating for
over 13,000 people, yet smaller meeting rooms which can accommodate from 10 persons up. Then there's our exhibit space . . .
over 88,700 unobstructed square feet. Add on-site lighted parking
for over 3,200 cars and the fact that we're set among 75 acres of
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Give us a call for more details. Contact Norma Williams, Hampton Department of Conventions and Tourism, 413 W. Mercury
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For a FACT KIT,
write "Sales Office" Box 747. Phone 703 786-8321
F R E D E R I C K S B U R G , VIRGINIA 22401

FAIRFAX
COUNTY-The County
has been awarded a Certificate of
Conformance in financial reporting by the Municipal Finance Officers Association of the United
States and Canada (MFOA) for its
annual financial report for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1977.
The Certificate is the highest form
of recognition in the area of
governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a governmental
unit and its management. An
Award of Financial Reporting
Achievement has also been presented to Warren F . Hutchison, di
rector of finance, who has been
designated as the individual most
responsible for Fairfax County
having received the Certificate of
conformance.

HOPEWELL—Council
authorized
the development and design of a
neighborhood recreational facility.
The facility will include a gymnasium, a swimming pool, a senior
citizen center, handicraft and
meeting rooms and offices and
storage. The total project cost is
estimated at $2 million and the
City has already allocated $650,000
of community development funds
for the project.
COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTAs a result of an agreement among
the chief executives of Maryland,
Virginia and the District of Columbia, developed through COG,
the areas's 3,000 handicapped drivers will find it easier to park. The
agreement makes it possible for
the drivers to park free at parking
meters throughout the metropolitan area, park for an unrestricted
period of time in residential parking zones and parking spaces designated for handicapped drivers
throughout the area. A uniformed
decal is being developed for display on windshields of vehicles operated by handicapped drivers.

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Conference
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N o w y o u c a n book meeting space
o f the highest quality less t h a n t w o
minutes from T h e Restored A r e a .
S p a c e for groups o f 10 (Board-ofDirectors-Style) to 700 ( T h e a t r e Style), w i t h a stop at 500 ( B a n q u e t Style).
A n d all this space comes w i t h the
quality f o o d a n d accommodations
of the Fort M a g r u d e r I n n .
B u t space isn't the w h o l e story
^ W e ' v e also got all the touches
your group is l o o k i n g for:
Pool, saunas, lighted tennis
courts, 244 balcony rooms, restaurant, lounge a n d live e n t e r t a i n
ment. W i t h golf n e a r b y at b e a u t i ful K i n g s m i l l - o n - t h e - J a m e s .
For space, or f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n ,
write: M r J o h n I . C o r b i n , P . O . B o x
K E , W i l l i a m s b u r g , V i r g i n i a 23185.
O r call us at ( 8 0 4 ) 220-2250,
collect.

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Confetencg Center,
On November 1 , 1977, this artist s rendering of our new 10,000 square foot
Conference Center became a reality

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from then on will be lower than what you are now paying.
A s k us for a list of federal, state and local government offices
now being served by J a r v i s . F i n d out why over 2 5 0 0 businesses in
Virginia now use the J a r v i s system. Call the number in your area listed
below for a free consultation.

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�" R E P O S " AS CASH
MANAGEMENT
TOOLS
bij Robert M. Turnbull
V.S. Government securities dealers
and money center banks have used repurchase agreements—"repos" as they
are called in money market circles—
extensively for many years. More recently, however, public and corporate
treasurers have found that repurchase
agreements can be an integral part of
a cash management program. "Repos"
provide a high quality investment a l ternative for states, municipalities,
counties and other political subdivisions looking for opportunities to
invest idle cash. On an "overnight"
basis or with a maturity of several
days, a "repo" gives the treasurer flexibility to meet unexpected payments
while earning interest on temporary
cash surpluses.
Cash management by government
officials has become increasingly sophisticated in recent years as money
managers have searched for ways to
squeeze more revenue out of tight budgets, responding to citizens' demands
for efficient use of public funds. Most
treasurers have grown accustomed to
detailed forecasting of cash receipts
and expenditures to determine short
term cash surpluses as shortfalls and
commercial backs have provided i n vestment opportunities as well as borrowing facilities to meet needs of local
governments.
The most common form of investment for public funds is the certificate
of deposit, available through commercial banks. A s prescribed by Regulation "Q" of the Federal Revenue
Board, C D ' s are issued i n m i n i m u m
denominations of $100,000 with maturities as short as 30 days. T h e interest
rate is negotiable, and deposits may be
secured in accordance w i t h the V i r ginia Security for Public Deposits A c t
of 1973. The C D ' s may be registered in
the name of the depositor or issued in
bearer form to make sales in the secondary market easier. Negotiability is
usually limited, however, for the C D ' s
of smaller banks. I f a C D is redeemed
before maturity, interest for up to 90
days must be forfeited. B a n k s are permitted to issue C D ' s to local governments in amounts less than $100,000,
but the interest rate on smaller deposits is limited to the highest savings
certificate rate, currently 7.75 percent.
The principal disadvantage of the
certificate of deposit is its m i n i m u m
term of 30 days. I f the funds manager
needs to withdraw his deposit before
m a t u r i t y , he must either forfeit a l l of
the accrued interest or t r y to sell the
C D in the secondary market. To fill the
need for investments w i t h shorter

maturities, many public treasurers
have turned to repurchase agreements.
A "repo" is defined as the purchase
of a security with an agreement to resell. A n investor agrees to purchase a
marketable security at a specified
price and simultaneously contracts to
sell the security back to the original
owner at the same price at the end of
the agreement's term. The original
owner, in turn, agrees to repurchase
the security and pay interest at a negotiated rate on the investor's funds. U n less direct contact has been established with a U . S . government
securities dealer and appropriate safekeeping arrangements made, the public treasurer typically conducts such
agreements with commercial banks.
F r o m the point of view of a bank (the
owner of the security), the transaction
is a "reverse repo." T h a t is, the bank
contracts to sell the security with an
agreement to repurchase.
Although the transaction appears
complicated, it is no more cumbersome
for the treasurer than investing i n a
bank C D . The "repo" agreement is
typically executed by telephone and i n formation is mailed describing the details of the transaction; the bank
places the security in a customer safekeeping account during the term of the
"repo". A t the end of the agreement,
principal and interest are paid to the
local government and possession of the
security reverts to the bank.
When entering into a repurchase
agreement, the financial
manager
should clarify the following details:
Amount
Since the security involved is usually in a large denomination, a
"repo" is customarily executed for
a minimum amount of $100,000.
The m a x i m u m size of the transaction is limited only by the amount
of securities available.
Maturity
The term of a repurchase agreement may be as long or as short as
the two parties make it. A "repo"
w i t h a fixed maturity is referred
to as a "term repo" while one with
a renewable daily is known as an
"open repo".
Securities
A repurchase agreement can be
executed with any marketable security, but public treasurers are
limited by law as to the types of
securities they can purchase.
Therefore, a public funds manager should be certain that the
securities purchased (referred to
as "collateral") meet his quality
criteria. The investment policies
of cities and towns in Virginia are
established by local charters and
ordinances, while the standards
for counties are set by State law.

Examples of high quality i n vestments for local governments,
the securities which are acceptable to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth of V i r g i n i a for repurchase agreements are given below.
They are obligations of the U . S .
government and U . S . government
agencies, traded actively in well
established markets, issuable i n
bearer
f o r m , and w i r e a b l e
through the Federal Reserve System (except for the Discount
Notes of the Federal National
Mortgage Association and the
Federal Home Loan B a n k ) .
U . S . Government Securities without
a m a t u r i t y r e s t r i c t i o n are U . S .
T r e a s u r y Notes, U . S . T r e a s u r y Bonds
and U . S . T r e a s u r y B i l l s . U . S . Government Agency Securities, without a
maturity restriction are Federal N a tional Mortgage Association Debentures, Federal Intermediate Credit
B a n k Bonds, Federal Home Loan B a n k
Bonds, Federal L a n d B a n k Bonds,
B a n k for Cooperatives' Bond, Federal
F a r m Credit B a n k s Consolidated S y s temwide Bonds, Federal National
Mortgage Association Discount Notes
and Federal Home Loan B a n k D i s count Notes. The State Treasurer's list
is merely representative of the variety
of quality issues available and does not
include a l l of the securities that can be
used in repurchase agreements.
Repurchased agreement policies and
procedures differ from bank to bank,
so a public treasurer may find variations from the basic transaction described here. F u r t h e r information
about repurchase agreements can be
obtained from the investment departments of most commercial banks.

ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
Robert M. Turnbull is Assistant
Cashier, First &amp; Merchants National
Bank, Richmond.

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the V A L C is involved, it is useful
to recount the requests made in
1978. There were seventy-eight
"Studies and Reports", not including eleven referred to the V A L C
and three to the Governor. Those
laudatory of the people, and petitions to Federal Agencies, Congress or the President are not
listed.
In addition to the requests made
of the Governor, the following
were made of the V A L C : pay,
hours and fringe benefits of constitutional officers and contract employees of local governments, composition of changes in fire
insurance policies, cultural benefits as to the Virginia Opera Association, Tangier Island, youthful
offenders, coordination relative to
fire prevention and protection,
prohibition of foreign discriminatory economic boycotts, health
education in the public schools,
construction, acquisition and leasing for agencies of the Commonwealth, Industrial and Development and Bond Act, Virginia Port
Authority, permissive use of explosives and continued study of

the laws relating to local governments.
CONCLUSION
The author felt that it was essential that a historical record be
made by one who was consulted by
the Spellman Fund in making the
four grants to the Commonwealth
of Virginia, two of which, as previously noted, have continued as
contemplated.
With reference, however, to the
operation of the V A L C , there is
nothing in the enabling legislation
to prevent it from screening all
proposed legislation after appointing such subcommittees and
agencies instead of the various independent commissions. That is
what, in my opinion, the Spellman
Fund contemplated. Of course, its
functioning rests in the discretion
of the General Assembly. As to the
State Planning Board, actual experience indicated that its early
strength was to make it entirely
independent of any state department. Its not too late for the legislature to correct it and place State
Planning where it properly belongs. Whether there should be a
board or simply a director is a

matter for consideration by the
General Assembly.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Morton L . Wallerstein, of Wallerstein, Goode and Dobbins Law
Firm, was the first permanent Executive Secretary in the Virginia Municipal League, having served from
1921 to 191,1, and later served as the
League's general counsel for seventeen years.

IF YOU MEET IN RICHMOND,
YOU SHOULD MEETATTHE JOHN MARSHALL.
That's because at the John Marshall, we've got the people to make your meeting or invention a complete success.
From planning to check-out, our staff of veterans makes the difference.
Your accommodations will be cleaned and properly stocked. The function rooms will function. You'll be
served excellent food—for as few as 5 or as many as 1550.
All the little details that are so easy to forget, won't be forgotten, because at the John Marshall we have
more than good facilities. We have good people.
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at (804) 644-4661. They'll be glad to help
you're imp(^rtant to us.
you put together a most successful
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�Preserving the best
of the past . . . while
keeping pace with progress
EDUCATION—an excellent educational system including local Connmunity College
TRANSPORTATION-fine municipal airport,
easy access to railroad, 1-66 and 1-95
INDUSTRIAL—varied, prime sites available
WATER—only Northern Virginia area with abundant wa
ter supply
Take a look at what's happening in

the City of

MANASSAS, VA.

�This is an invitation to members of the Virginia Municipal League to come to

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You will want to be there to
participate in the interesting
and vital sessions of the
Convention, but also to enjoy
the Roanoke Valley with its
sparkling shopping
opportunities, recreation
areas, and matchless scenic
beauty.

Remember ifs

ROANOKE IN 79
Virginia Municipal League Convention

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Roanoke Civic Center

Hotel Roanoke September 23 - 26, 1979

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                    <text>AURORA HILLS CENTER
ARLINGTON COUNTY

�Editorial
WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM?
Few V i r g i n i a n s were s u r p r i s e d when the national call w a s
sounded urging the country to go " b a c k to the b a s i c s " . Most Virginians had clung to the basics all along, believing that budgets should
be balanced, that government services could be delivered best at
the local level and that while government was needed to provide essential needs, long-term economic solutions could only come from
the private sector. But while we have clung to these principles of
limited government, at least philosophically, a closer inspection of
the situation reveals that we have become substantially dependent
upon the federal dollar. Reluctant to accept federal assistance for
many years, communities in the Commonwealth have come to help
themselves to a piece of the federal pie.
As pointed out by Rochelle Stansfield in the NationalJournal,
the
federal aid habit for communities across the country has risen from
about 21/2$ for every locally raised dollar in 1957 to 50ii in 1 9 7 8 .
Thus, in many cases, communities are only raising about half of
what they need to support themselves.
As far a s localities are concerned, it's not only a matter of " w e ' d
rather do it ourselves," but recognition that federal aid dollars undoubtedly will decrease. As seen in the closing days of the 95th
Congress, the tax reform movement has just begun to draw a bead
where the big tax bucks a r e — i n Washington. The President has
also set the tone for a period of financial austerity and the belttightening has only just begun. As the federal supply lines grow
shorter and the size of the federal pot begins to shrink, localities
have no alternative but to take a long look at where the money Is
coming from.
This dollars and cents soul-searching brings to the forefront
some very basic questions: What can we ask of government? What
can we expect from government? What are we prepared to spend
for government?
To a certain extent localities are left with limited options. Many
of the programs, like the provision of public education, are "give n s " while others like garbage pick-up, police and fire protection
are essentials. I feel the citizens generally want localities to keep
the schools open and the criminals off the streets. But once you

proceed beyond the basics, the going gets tougher. Momentum is
growing to cut the fat and the frills and to find ways to get more
from each tax dollar. It isn't easy to wrestle with the budget, our
conscience, the cost of goods and services and then arrive at a
compromise we can all live with.
So the challenge facing our communities is not only how to live
within our territorial boundaries, but how to survive within our financial means. And without substantial foresight and hard-nosed
planning, we stand to handicap those who can afford it least.
If we are to meet our social and fiscal goals in the long run, we
must give cities the tools they need to stand on their own feet or
with only limited assistance. First, we need to keep mandated state
and federal programs to a minimum. As local officials are well
aware, the programs continue to come down the pike at an increasing clip but funds have failed to keep pace with the costs. Recent
estimates by the National League of Cities suggest that federal paperwork requirements alone cost state and local governments $ 5
billion annually. It will be up to the federal government to get a
handle on the problem in Washington, but at the state level we can
take the lead by requiring a review of the local impact of state mandates before passing additional mandatory programs. The dilemma
for the General Assembly is obvious. The State will have to assume
a larger share of the costs or localities will have to be given the
means for increasing their financial base to meet their obligations
or we will have to cut back the programs and reduce mandatory requirements. The solution may involve all three.
Second, we must recognize that public assistance alone won't
keep our cities financially afloat. Large scale investment by business and industry will be required to ensure the long-term viability
of our communities.
Here State and local officials can play an important role in focusing funds for the necessary facilities to service existing businesses
and to attract new development. There will never be enough federal
funds to keep our cities financially solvent in the absence of private
support. But creative, imaginative community development projects and strong neighborhood programs can help encourage business to return to the city and to rediscover our urban potential. In
the final analysis, localities won't be able to solve their problems
unless they can financially sustain themselves.
To keep the local ledgers in the black we have to search for ways
to enhance the economic future of our communities, to provide the
skilled labor, the tax structure, the transportation system and the
services that will attract new and expanding businesses. My office
is already working with a number of localities, the State Division of
Industrial Development and state and local Chambers of Commerce to bring in new jobs.
I look forward to expanding this working relationship this year
and to improving the economic climate in our communities. Our
common goal is to ensure that cities and towns aren't places where
people are forced to live, but places full of vitality where exciting
ideas come together with the financial resources to build the foundation for the future. The prospect of limited public assistance
doesn't make the task impossible but only makes it more imperative that we succeed in securing private sector support.

CSU^
Charles S. Robb
Lieutenant Governor
Commonwealth of Virginia

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Michael S. Deeb

Volume 14

4

Johns S. Ziolkowski, Jr.

January, 1979

Number 1

THE A M B U L A N C E SERVICE DILEMMA

A Virginia locality makes the transition from private to
municipal delivery of ambulance service.

Sandra Harmon

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ON THE COVER:
Arlington County's Aurora
Hills Center was dedicated
on February 26, 1978 and
houses the recreation
center, fire station #5,
visitor's center, air
pollution monitor station
and a branch library.

AURORA HILLS CENTER
ARLINGTON COUNIY

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League (formerly the League of Virginia Municipalities). It is published monthly at 311 Confronts, 1011 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. All contents, copyright ® 1977
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by C. Reggie Whitley and William A. Anderson

The City of Lynchburg has confronted the community need for both public transit and ambulance
transportation. While the Lynchburg approach to
public transit was patterned after the successful effort
of another Virginia locality, the events surrounding
the transition from private to municipal delivery of
ambulance services offer an insight into the responses of one community to an ambulance service
dilemma.
HISTORY OF COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE
As in many municipalities, early ambulance transportation in Lynchburg has been provided by the
mortuaries as a free public service. Multiple providers
of community ambulance services existed during that
period and their services were occasionally of a competitive nature. Although generally effective in fulfilling the most basic transportation need in emergency
medical situations, these early activities probably
lacked much of the professionalism and related medical skills which customarily are associated with ambulance services today.
With the demise of free ambulance transportation
by morturial providers, a period came in which a
rapid succession of varying service arrangements existed at short intervals, including an interval of emergency medical transportation by taxicab operators.
Recognizing the medical transportation need of the
community, a private company commenced operation on a fee basis in the mid-1960s as the sole provider of ambulance service. Apparently this venture
functioned effectively until late 1972 when the owner
notified the Lynchburg City Council of worsening
company finances due to collection difficulties, and
requested municipal assistance. In response to this
appeal, the governing body agreed to subsidize the
company with $2,500 monthly. Simultaneous with the
ongoing private ambulance operations, the Transportation Committee of Council began an investigation
of alternative approaches.
Following months of research and discussion, the
Committee recommended, and Council subsequently approved, a continuation of these monthly

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
C. Reggie Whitley is Deputy City Manager for Operations,
Lynchburg and William A. Anderson is Lynchburg's Fire Chief.
Chief Anderson is also an Executive Committeeman, State Fire
Chiefs Association of Virginia.

subsidies to the private ambulance company through
September 30,1973. In conjunction with this, simultaneous municipal efforts began to seek competitive
proposals from qualified parties throughout Virginia
for providing quality ambulance service within the
City of Lynchburg. Only two competitive service proposals were received, however, and the proposal of
the existing private operator was ultimately approved.
The resulting ambulance service contract, which became effective on October 1, 1973, included specific
service requirements which the contractor was obligated to provide throughout the following three year
period in return for a municipal subsidy of $4,000 per
month. Approximately half-way through the contract
period, in March, 1975, the private ambulance company requested a sizable increase in the monthly
service subsidy. While consistently refusing to consider increased subsidy payments during the term of
the contract, the City Council eventually agreed to a
$5.00 increase in the ambulance user charge raising it
to $35.00 per call in late August, 1975.
IMPACT OF ANNEXATION
On January 1, 1976, the City of Lynchburg was expanded by approximately 14,000 citizens and 25
square miles into two adjacent counties as the result
of a massive annexation award. Along with the major
impact of annexation on all municipal functions, this
event particularly affected the delivery of community
ambulance services. Three volunteer organizations
previously had provided no-charge ambulance/rescue services in the newly-annexed areas of the City
prior to January 1, 1976, and upon request of City
Council, all consented to continue their services at
least temporarily in their respective areas. Hence, in
spring 1976, pre-annexation City residents were receiving ambulance services from a private company
at a rate of $35.00 per call while residents in the
newly-annexed area received free ambulance/rescue
service from three volunteer organizations. In addition to these agencies, a highly-respected volunteer
organization also existed within the pre-annexation
City, providing rescue and first aid assistance only.
With four volunteer agencies and one private company providing differing ambulance and/or rescue
services in segments of the City, and with some
Lynchburg citizens receiving no-charge ambulance
service while other citizens paid a user charge, the
need for both coordination and equity in the delivery
of community ambulance services became an important objective for the municipal government. Moreover, the September 30, 1976 expiration date of the
City's ambulance service contract with the locallybased private company lay ahead; municipal officials
learned that the company again intended to seek a
sizable increase in the monthly subsidy in exchange
for extended services to the newly-annexed area.
CONCEPT OF THE "VOLUNTEER/MUNICIPAL/
PRIVATE" APPROACH
Working with the affected volunteer agencies, the
Lynchburg City administration developed and presented in June, 1976, an imaginative, yet comparatively inexpensive, concept for the delivery of

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Dubbed the "volunteer/municipal/private" approach, the arrangement would have combined all
the existing community resources for the provision of
(a) emergency ambulance and rescue services on a
non-charge basis by municipal and volunteer forces
and (b) non-emergency ambulance transportation by
a private "ambulette" service on a per call, user fee
basis.
In accordance with this 1976 plan, the Lynchburg
Fire Department would have provided emergency
ambulance services from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each
day when volunteer personnel are less available; in
the remaining interval from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., two
volunteer rescue organizations would have shared in
the emergency services responsibility. Municipal and
volunteer forces would have rendered back-up ambulance assistance in particularly critical, overlapping
emergency situations. In order to fulfill the nonemergency ambulance transportation needs between
private homes, hospitals, clinics and nursing centers,
the 1976 service proposal recommended reliance
upon private enterprise with appropriate user fees
and a limited schedule of private operations (8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) was envisioned to enhance profitability, thus eliminating the
need for any ongoing municipal subsidy.
Despite initial optimism, a variety of problems and
concerns developed to prevent implementation of
the "volunteer/municipal/private" approach. One aspect of considerable misgiving to all parties focused
upon the no-charge concept of emergency ambulance transportation with its negative potential of becoming a "free taxi" service if not monitored closely.
EMERGENCE OF A REVISED APPROACH
Following the preceding, unsuccessful attempt to
facilitate an ambulance/rescue services arrangement,
the municipal contract with the private ambulance
company was extended through November 30, 1976.
Throughout this period, both the Transportation
Committee of Council and administration officials
considered a variety of alternative service strategies.
Following discussions with the representatives of the
ambulance company, a revised approach was
achieved in the fall of 1976 which incorporated a
charge to all service users. As approved by the governing body in November, this approach included
both transition and extended procedures for the
shared municipal/private delivery of community ambulance services.
During the transition period for December, 1976,
through February, 1977, the private ambulance company continued to provide emergency as well as nonemergency ambulance services in the City area prior
to annexation in return for a $6,500 municipal subsidy
per month. Back-up ambulance service responsibility,
however, was transferred to the Lynchburg Fire Department during this same interval in anticipation of
the department's assumption of the role for emergency ambulance services on March 1, 1977. Citizens
of the newly-annexed City area continued to receive
no-charge volunteer ambulance services from December, 1976 through February, 1977.

In accordance with the extended service approach,
March 1 marked the Lynchburg Fire Department's total assumption of the emergency ambulance responsibility on a per call fee basis to the entire City of
Lynchburg, the pre-annexation area as well as the
newly-annexed area. To perform this function on a
twenty-four hour daily schedule, the Department
employed fifteen EMT/Fire Cadets and acquired
three modular ambulances. Simultaneously with the
commencement of this municipal service, two volunteer organizations assumed responsibility for back-up
ambulance services and full-time rescue assistance.
As another aspect of this extended service arrangement, the private ambulance operator was scheduled
to discontinue all emergency ambulance activities on
March 1, 1977, and to retain only the non-emergency
portion of the former service. In accordance with the
written agreement which preceded Council's authorization enterprise, all municipal subsidization ceased
and the private operator agreed to provide advance
written notice at least ninety days prior to any discontinuation of services. Following several months operating as a non-emergency service, the private company advised municipal officials of its intent to
discontinue business.
On July 27, 1977, the Lynchburg Fire Department
became the provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance services throughout the City of
Lynchburg. In view of this added service requirement,
seven additional EMT/Fire Cadets and two additional
ambulance units (van-type) were authorized in July,
1977. Rescue assistance and back-up ambulance services are shared by two capable volunteer agencies,
the Lynchburg Life Savings Crew and the Campbell
County Rescue Squad. Each organization receives a
municipal contribution annually toward the costs of
its support services.
INNOVATIVE ASPECTS OF APPROACH
To date, this approach has functioned effectively in
responding to approximately 5,000-6,000 ambulance
service requests annually. Some of its more innovative features or developments are as follows:
• EMT/Fire Cadet Program—By employing ambulance personnel initially as EMT/Fire Cadets, the municipality is able to provide training and opportunities
for career progression into the municipal fire service.
Moreover, this program allows the fire department to
acquire talented individuals at a younger age than allowed by customary employment criteria for firefighter positions, and to maintain a more available
supply of trained personnel when firefighter position
vacancies occur.
Despite these position enhancements, some elevated turnover has occurred among personnel in this
classification due to the very high working performance required in emergency situations. This same aspect has, nevertheless, served as a positive job factor
for other EMT/Fire Cadets.
• Ambulance Vehicle Types—Through the acquisition and application of both modular and van units,
department personnel intend to maintain accurate
cost and performance records to evaluate these two
vastly different types of ambulance vehicles. This data

�will, in turn, greatly assist in the types of replacement
equipment which are purchased.
• Regional Cooperation—The
revised approach to
ambulance/rescue services, as implemented in 1977,
has improved the coordination of activities and, in
turn, relationships among a variety of municipal, volunteer and non-profit agencies in the region. A reg i o n a l , rescue services organization with multiagency representation has subsequently emerged for
the purpose of promoting cooperation and communications among member agencies.
• Specialized Fee Schedules—The
application of incentive "waiting fees" by the municipal ambulance
service has encouraged efficiency by hospitals in the
processing of patients who require round-trip ambulance transportation. In considering frequent use and
cost, major adjustments have occurred with regard to
supplemental charges for specialized ambulance supplies.
• Service Protocols—Another
innovative feature of
the Lynchburg program focuses upon the "Pre-hospital and Inter-hospital Protocol Committee" which

was established in November, 1977. This committee
is comprised of fifteen members, including physicians, nurses, staff representatives from two area hospitals, hospital "emergency r o o m " personnel, several
EMT/Fire Cadets and Fire Department administrators.
To date, the committee has established service protocol procedures for EMT/Fire Cadets in the emergency medical care and ambulance transportation of
patients in the following specialized circumstances:
burn victims, possible spinal injuries, overdoses/poisoning, pediatric overdoses/poisoning, cardiac arrest
stroke victim, attempted suicide, emotionally disturbed and dead-on-arrival.
As the municipal experience with community amb u l a n c e s e r v i c e s e x p a n d s , n u m e r o u s o t h e r innovations will, no doubt, occur. Whether it be refinements to emergency a m b u l a n c e d i s p a t c h i n g , or
coronary care capabilities, or other service enhancements—the Lynchburg municipal ambulance service,
although in its infancy, is fulfilling an important community need in a positive and professional manner.

Places
lAMES CITY COUNTY—The
County
won a $41,904 grant from the federal
government to build 12 units of housing for the elderly in the Berkley district. The low income housing is being
built under the auspices of the Mental
Health and Mental Retardation Services Board.
MARION—Merchants
recently spoke
in favor of the revitalization of d o w n town Marion at a public hearing held
by Council to discuss the Urban Development Action Grant. Citizens acknowledged the Council's help in enabling the merchants to coordinate
several activities that had not been
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3) was recently dedicated by the City.
The unique aspect of this station is its
solar heating system, the first municipal building to use solar energy. The
station was financed with community
block grant funds at a cost of $191,729.
BRISTOL—Two
new additions in the
city are nearing completion. The addition to the City Hall will include offices
for the city registrar, juvenile and domestic relations court and the community development office. The expansion of the 2.3 million-gallon water
reservoir should be finished this year.

It will bring the City's water storage
capacity to 3.3 million gallons.
COEBURN—At
a joint public hearing
of the Town Council and the Planning
Commission, officials were in favor of
rezoning a portion of the Bondtown
section for business but agreed to
postpone a final vote until a larger
area could be advertised for rezoning.
Town Manager Terry Gibson emphasized that the rezoning was necessary
in order to revitalize the Bondtown
area, as did Mayor Harold Ringley.
WINDSOR—Town
Council has unanimously approved an ordinance designed to deal with delapidated buildings. T h e ordinance will allow the
Council to order a property owner to
repair or remove any building or structure it feels constitutes a health or
safety hazard.
HAYMARKET—Town
Council voted
to send a resolution to the Environmental Protection Agency requesting
it to expedite approval of the facilities
plan study for sewage in the Gainsville-Haymarket area. The EPA recognizes that the Town has a serious sewage p r o b l e m a n d that the h e a l t h
hazard which exists should be remedied.
VINTON—Town

Council authorized

Town Manager Ronald Miller to inquire about federal aid to develop a
reservoir in order to set up an independent water system. Miller said the
grant and loan funds are available
through the Farmer's Home Administration for municipal water development by localities under 10,000 in population. In another matter, Council
appointed a committee to study the
feasibility of renovating the municipal
building and to examine county/town
fire, water and recreational cooperation.
CLARKSVILLE—Mayor
Robert E. Buchanan recently thanked the Fidelity
Corporation for making it possible for
the T o w n to purchase the building
they now occupy. In the near future
the deed will be released to the T o w n ,
providing a savings of $21,000. Town
Manager David W . Reynal said that
the $833 savings per year can now be
used to make necessary repairs to the
building.
ROANOKE—City Council raised the
possibility that it will sell up to $15 million in short-term bonds to pay for
several p r o j e c t s , i n c l u d i n g a n e w
courthouse. The project will also provide money for storm drains, renovation of the old post office and highway
improvements.

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buying on price and buying on cost
Low-bid buying often costs more in tlie long run. Through excessive repairs.
More-than-average maintenance. Fast depreciation. And low resale value.
For that reason, many state, county and city agencies have adopted a
purchasing policy that goes beyond the purchase price. We call it Total Cost
Evaluation—the difference between buying on price and buying on cost. To
the initial price you add maintenance, repair and downtime costs. Then
subtract resale value to give the total cost of a machine.
TCE gives the purchaser a more exact picture of what a machine will cost
his taxpayers. It tells what the real cost of ownership will be, from the time a
piece of equipment is purchased to the time it is sold or traded in.
Your Caterpillar Dealer has a wide variety of equipment to meet your needs.
Compare it with others on a Total Cost Evaluation basis—you'll find that a
Caterpillar machine is your best and most efficient expenditure of tax dollars.

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�People
Drumwright Named

G E O R G E T. DRUMWRICHT,
JR. was
appointed deputy county manager for
human resources for the County of
Henrico. He is responsible for public
health, public welfare, recreation and
parks, mental health and mental retardation and CETA. Drumwright first
joined Henrico County as an administrative assistant in April, 1977 and has
served as acting deputy county manager since July, 1978. A graduate of
Old Dominion University, he also has
a master's degree from The American
University. Prior to e m p l o y m e n t at
Henrico County, Drumwright worked
for the City of Norfolk in the research
division of the Department of Marketing, Information and Research as an
administrative analyst. In 1975, he was
promoted to intergovernmental relations coordinator, a position he held
until his move to Henrico C o u n t y .
Drumwright's post was effective November 22.

Lambert Appointed

I. HAMILTON
LAMBERT
w a s appointed acting county executive pending appointment of a successor to
Leonard Whorton, who resigned November 3. Lambert has been affiliated
with the County since 1959 and has
served as the assistant director of the
Department of Public Works and director of General Services, among others. Lambert also served as acting
c o u n t y e x e c u t i v e in 1976 prior to
Whorton's appointment. Lambert received the A. Heath Onthank Award,
the County's highest employee award,
in 1970.

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w h o have served a local government
agency honorably and efficiently for at
least thirty years. McCormick was presented the award at the A P W A Awards
Breakfast in Boston, Massachusetts.

Andrews Resigns

ELIZABETH L. ANDREWS, York Assistant County Administrator, resigned
her post effective November 30. Ms.
Andrews, who had been affiliated with
the County since April, 1977, has held
positions with the Virginia Association
of C o u n t i e s and the University of
Georgia's Institute of G o v e r n m e n t .
She also taught at the University of
Virginia.

Front Royal Chief

Captain MILTON
j . ROBERTSON,
a
22-year veteran of the Falls Church Police Department, accepted the position of Police Chief of the Town of
Front Royal. Captain Robertson joined
the Falls Church Police Department in
1957 as a police officer and was later
promoted to sergeant. His post in
Front Royal was effective October 13.

Summers Elected

Virginia Assistant Chief Fire Marshal
H O W A R D H. S U M M E R S , JR., Richmond, has been reelected to the Executive Committee of the Fire Marshal's
Association
of N o r t h
America
( F M A N A ) . FMANA, a section of the
National Fire Protection Association, is
comprised of more than 1,000 state,
county and municipal fire marshals in
the United States and Canada.

Povar Hired

TED E. POVAR, assistant city manager
of Ashland, Kentucky, has been hired
as assistant city manager of Emporia.
Povar is a graduate of Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois and is currently working on his graduate degree
at the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill.

Murden Dies

XENOPHON
D. MURDEN,
retired
Portsmouth director of utilities, died
October 27, 1978. A native of Portsmouth, he retired from the city in 1968
after serving 51 years. Murden was a
past president of the Virginia Section,
American Society of Civil Engineers
and of the Portsmouth Municipal Executive Club. The Virginia Municipal
League extends sincere sympathy to
the family of Xenophon Murden and
the City of Portsmouth.

Blackmore Elected

R O B R. BLACKMORE,
director of the
Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation, has been elected President of
the National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers. The
Association, composed of the 50 state
recreation directors, provides a unified
state effort in presenting state views to
the U.S. Congress on existing and proposed legislation, related regulations
and appropriations affecting recreation programs across the nation.

Pennino Named

MARTHA
D. PENNINO,
Vice Chairman, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, has been named vice chairman of
the subcommittee for Noise Abatement of the National Association of
Counties ( N A C O ) Environment and
Energy Steering Committee. The appointment was made by N A C O President, Charlotte Williams.

McCormick Honored

The American Public Works Association awarded HERMAN M.
McCORMICK, JR. the Samuel A. Greeley Local
Government Service Award. McCormick is the superintendent of public
works for the Town of Abingdon. The

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�Commentary
Changes: Employee Grievance Procedure
By Mary )o Fields,
Institute of Government,
University of Virginia
The expansion of local service responsibilities and the accompanying
growth of municipal and county government have generated Increasing
concern with the problems of public
personnel administration, particularly
in the e m p l o y e e g r i e v a n c e procedures.
In 1973, the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
enacted legislation requiring counties,
cities and towns employing over fifteen persons to provide a grievance
procedure for the impartial settlement
of employee disputes. The 1978 G e n eral Assembly, acting upon recommendations submitted by a joint subc o m m i t t e e s t u d y i n g the g r i e v a n c e
procedure, substantially modified its
scope and content. Localities must
amend their procedures to comply
with the changes by January 1, 1979,
the effective date for the amendments.
The 1978 legislation, which supersedes charter provisions, defines a
grievance and prescribes a minimum
t w o - s t e p p r o c e d u r e . I n c l u d e d as
grievable complaints are disputes involving disciplinary actions (including
dismissals, demotions and suspens i o n s ) , the a p p l i c a t i o n and interpretation of personnel policies, complaints of discrimination and acts of
reprisal resulting from the use of the
grievance p r o c e d u r e . The required
first step of the procedure is an informal processing of the complaint by
the aggrieved employee's immediate
supervisor. The final step must be a
hearing on the grievance by an impartial, three-member panel. The locality
and the employee each select a member of the panel and these two persons then select the third member.
The decisions of the panel are binding.
Localities may include other steps in
the grievance procedure in addition to
the required two. In every case, procedures must be submitted to the State
Director of Personnel for approval.
Prior to the 1978 amendments, the
city or town manager, the council, or,
in a few instances, a civil service or
personnel board had the final authority to rule on appeals of dismissals of
municipal e m p l o y e e s . T h e a m e n d ments to the grievance procedure will
affect personnel administration in

most Virginia cities and towns; the
magnitude of change, however, is not
certain.
Some municipal administrators feel
the required changes in the grievance
procedure will make it more difficult
to dismiss or discipline incompetent
employees and will lengthen the already time-consuming disciplinary
process. Supervisors will hesitate to
take needed disciplinary actions because of a fear of the appeals process,
and the end result will be the downgrading of public service through the
r e t e n t i o n of m e d i o c r e a n d incompetent employees. Some administrators go even further saying that the
authority to dismiss and discipline employees is the c o r n e r s t o n e of the
council-manager form of government.
Allowing a grievance panel to overturn
a decision to discharge an employee
is, in their eyes, a serious threat to the
manager's ability to administer municipal affairs. Finally, localities are prevented from finding their own solutions to local problems because of
state requirements. For example, some
managers advocate the use of a grievance panel w i t h advisory p o w e r s ,
thereby ensuring the review of employee complaints by an unbiased
body w h i l e at the same time protecting the administrator's ability to
control the work force.
All administrators, however, are not
opposed to the amendments to the
grievance procedure. Instead, some
consider them to be in tune with a
progressive personnel policy. Allowing
the panel to make final decisions on
grievances stemming from disciplinary
matters assures employees that administrators have a firm commitment
to the impartial settlement of complaints. T h e additional powers assigned to the grievance panel do not
alter significantly the lines of accountability in municipal administration and
do not pose any real threat to managerial authority. Because high level
officials such as department heads are
not included in the procedure's coverage, the top administrator still can
exercise control over persons with significant policy-making powers.
Some employees and state legislators feel the amendments to the grievance panel are necessary because no
fair method for contesting dismissals
presently exists. During public hear-

ings c o n d u c t e d by the j o i n t subcommittee considering revisions to
the grievance procedure, employees
testified that arbitrary dismissals had
occurred and that an impartial panel
was needed to hear complaints involving disciplinary actions. In this
way, employees who feel dismissals
are unwarranted have the opportunity
to present their cases to an inbiased
body for review. Because dismissals
and other disciplinary actions can
have a substantial impact on the future career of an employee, some employees feel that an impartial body to
review complaints is essential. Proponents of grievance panels with binding
decision-making powers claim that
dismissals based on just cause and
backed by supporting documentation
probably will be upheld by the panel.
Therefore, according to this argument,
the panel will not erode managerial responsibilities or make it impossible to
fire a bad employee, but will protect
employees from capricious action. A
panel with only advisory powers, however, will not protect employees from
arbitrary actions by the top administrator.
Perhaps the requirement for a grievance panel whose decisions are binding and final should be examined in
the context of overall personnel management policies. Public sector employees often opt for union representation because of their perception that
they do not receive fair treatment
from administrators; sound personnel
policies can dilute this contention. A
comprehensive grievance procedure
attempts to protect employees from
arbitrary and capricious actions, while
also enabling them to present their
side of a controversy. If municipal employees perceive that they have no recourse to an impartial settlement of
dismissal grievances, they may feel
that their interests would be better
protected in a union setting. Conceivably, the mandated grievance procedure could contribute to more stable
relations between employees and administrators.
It should be made clear, however,
that not all administrators agree that a
grievance procedure will deter public
employee unionization. In fact, some
feel that the grievance panel with
binding decision-making powers may
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PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
By Howard W. Dobbins,
General Counsel

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A recent case decided in Virginia
which may interest local officials deals
with a different subject—high school
athletics.
Denis ). O ' C o n n e l l High S c h o o l
(O'Connell), a state-accredited private
non-profit Catholic high school located in Arlington County, Virginia,
applied in February, 1977 for admiss i o n to the V i r g i n i a High S c h o o l
League, Northern
Region
(the
League). The application was denied
because the League's Constitution
limits m e m b e r s h i p to p u b l i c high
schools.
The League is an unincorporated association of public high schools in Virginia under the sponsorship of the
School of Continuing Education of the
University of Virginia. The League is
maintained by public funds derived in
part from the University of Virginia, in
part from local school boards and in
part from gate receipts from Leaguesponsored tournaments. Private
schools are excluded from Leaguesponsored tournaments involving
such "major" sports as football, basketball and baseball although they are
invited to participate as a distinct class
in certain statewide tournaments, such
as those involving tennis, debating
and speaking.
O'Connell brought suit against the
League pursuant to Section 1983, 42
U.S.C., alleging that the League's refusal to admit O'Connell on the sole
basis that it is a private school was an
arbitrary classification in violation of
the Equal Protection Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment and alleging
further that as a result of this exclusion, O'Connell's students' choice
of private education denies them the
right to compete on a tournament
level in major sports, thus placing
them in a less favorable competitive
position than public high school students w h o receive athletic scholarships, professional bonuses and other
benefits that accrue to gifted athletes.
At the trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia, the League asserted that because O ' C o n n e l l had not been deprived of any federally protected right

there was no federal question presented to support federal jurisdiction
under 28 U.S.C.§1343. Secondly, the
League argued that its limitation of
membership to public schools is rationally related to the League's interest
in enforcing its eligibility rules concerning transfer students; the League
then presented testimony to the effect
that, because public schools draw students only from strictly defined zones,
whereas private schools are not so
limited, the League's transfer rules
would be difficult to enforce with respect to private schools. Further, the
L e a g u e a r g u e d that a d m i s s i o n of
O'Connell, a parochial school, into the
L e a g u e w o u l d v i o l a t e the E s t a b lishment Clause of the First Amendment. The District Court refused to accept any of the League's arguments
a n d e n j o i n e d the L e a g u e f r o m
denying O'Connell the membership it
sought.

diction. However, the appellant court
did agree that the League's contention
that there was a rational basis for limiting membership to public schools and
therefore reversed the District Court
on this basis. The Court of Appeals
c o n c l u d e d that the District C o u r t
erred in failing to give credence to the
League's assertion that public and private schools lack similar attendance
zones and determined that the lack of
specifically defined drawing areas with
respect to many private schools would
create difficulties in the enforcement
of the League's transfer rule. Without
an adequate transfer rule a student
could presumably transfer back and
forth between schools without suffering ineligibility, exposing himself
to pressures and temptations against
which the League attempts to protect
its students.

O n appeal (Denis I. O'Connell High
School v. Virginia High School League,
581 F. 2d 8 1 , August, 1978), the Circuit
Court of Appeals (majority opinion
written by Justice D o n a l d Russell)
concluded that the gravamen of the
case was the right of private school
students to be treated similarly as
public school students with regard to
interscholastic competition without
any rational basis for distinguishing
the two classes of students. Moreover,
the Court stated that such a claim of
denial of equal protection by state action unless unsubstantial and frivolous
would normally be under the District
Court's jurisdiction under §1343. Determining that under the facts the
claim was not unsubstantial or frivolous, the appellant court held that the
District C o u r t properly took juris-

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�FALL WORKSHOPS
The Virginia Municipal League sponsored two worl&lt;shops for local elected
officials and staffed a workshop for
town and city managers.
The LENOWISCO District Local Officials Workshop was held November 12. Officials were from the counties of
Lee, Scott and Wise, the towns of Appalachia. Big Stone Gap, Coeburn,
Gate City, Pound and St. Paul and the
City of Norton. The first one of its type
in the State, the workshop was cosponsored by the LENOWISCO Planning District Commission and Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. Coeburn Town Manager Terry L.
Gibson also provided assistance in
planning the workshop.
The Shirtsleeve Session, a roundtable
discussion for mayors and councilmembers, was held in Waynesboro on
November 9-10. Gordonsville Mayor
Arlie Payne was the facilitator and the
localities of Elkton, Winchester,
Grottoes, Staunton and Waynesboro
were represented.

On November 2-3, the Managers Interchange Workshop was also held in
Waynesboro. Charles Yancey, City
Manager, Waynesboro, was the facilitator. The Interchange program is an
informal workshop for the town and
city managers who serve populations
of less than 50,000. Managers from
Staunton, Manassas, Bristol, Winchester, Elkton, Buena Vista, Clifton Forge,
Culpeper and Lexington participated.
Originally funded through a grant
from the Intergovernmental Personnel
Act, the workshop is now sponsored
by the Virginia Section, International
City Management Association and
staffed by the League.

grievance panel as a safety valve for
the expression of employee irritations
and misunderstandings. Management
actually can use the grievance procedure to pinpoint problem areas in personnel policies. Whether a grievance
panel having the authority to make
binding decisions will contribute to
improved employee relations in Virginia remains to be seen.

(COMMENTARY con't.)

be unnecessary in Virginia because of
the professionalism of municipal administrators in the Commonwealth. In
highly politicized localities, employees
need the protection offered by grievance panels, but this situation does
not apply in Virginia.
Literature on public personnel administration stresses the role of a

LGOD Day
Local Government Officials Day
will be held on Friday, February 2 at
The John Marshall Hotel, Richmond. The conference coincides
with the Governor's Prayer Breakfast and will feature key legislative
speakers. The format of the
League's mid-winter conference
also allows local officials to meet
with their representatives in Richmond. For more information, contact Brad Harmes, VML office.

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to municipalities and government authorities
for revenue bond project financing.
For additional information, please contact one of the following
members of our Public Finance Division

AUSTIN V . K O E N E N (212-558-3180)
BENEDICT T . M A R I N O

(212-558-2840)

ROBERT M. BROWN I I I (212-558-3356)
W . P A T R I C K M c M u L L A N (212-558-3174)
RICHARD J . ZANARD (212-558-3182)

Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb
Incorporated
NEW YORK
HOUSTON

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CHICAGO
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DALLAS
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�ARSON PROGRAM

DEEB T O LEAVE

MICHAEL S. DEEB, Research Director,
with the Virginia Municipal League
since 1971, has resigned his position
with the League. As Research Director
his responsibilities Included the preparation of studies, reports and surveys
and providing general information and
technical assistance to member localities. In addition, he conducted a number of training programs for local government officials, and staffed three of
the affiliate organizations of the
V M L — t h e V i r g i n i a A s s o c i a t i o n of
Chiefs of Police, the Virginia Building
Officials Association and the Virginia
Weights and Measures Association. A
noted author, his articles on various
local g o v e r n m e n t issues have appeared in a number of state and national publications. Deeb received a
bachelor's degree from the University
of Rhode Island and a master's degree
from the University of Connecticut.
Prior to his employment at the League,
he served as research assistant and executive assistant at the Institute of
Government, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville. Mr. Deeb plans to continue work in local government.

The Virginia State Crime Commission
is sponsoring a statewide series of the
workshop entitled "Arson Awareness
Program". This seminar is aimed at
public safety officials and the business
c o m m u n i t y . F u n d e d by a f e d e r a l
grant, the first workshop will be held
January 11, 9:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.. Technology Building, O l d Dominion University, N o r f o l k . T h e speakers are
Wyatt G . O'Neal special agent. Insurance Crime Prevention Institute; Robert Wetherington, chief arson investigator. State Crime Commission; and
Samuel S. C o b b , Jr., assistant director.
Tidewater Regional Police Academy
and formerly affiliated with the Norfolk Fire Department. For further information, contact Craig McCormick
or Charlotte Kingery, VML office.

New Councilmembers

Glade Spring Council appointed
TRULA BROWNING to fill the position
on Council left vacant by the death of
Thomas R. Sawyers. RONNIE BOYD is
the newest member of Madison Town
Council.

Financing
Public Power
Requirements

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The First Boston Corporation

20 EXCHANGE PLACE
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10005
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NICHOLS NAMED

M A R G A R E T A. NICHOLS,
VML administrative assistant since June 1975,
has been promoted to Staff Assistant
by League Director R. L. DeCair. In her
new responsibilities, Ms. Nichols will
serve as office manager and assist in
coordinating the activities of the VML
affiliated organizations. She will also
continue to serve as the chief financial
officer. Prior to her affiliation with the
VML, she was employed by Bank of
Virginia Mortgage Corporation. Her
new League position was effective November 6.

( 9 ince 19S5, we have stressed the importance of excellence In our products,
which include sanitary sewers, storm sewers, culverts and manholes .We have
placed the same emphasis on our service. Both of which mean our customers
can depend on us for quality.
Concrete Pipe &amp; Products Company, Inc.
P.O. Box, 1223, Richmond,VA 23209 ( 8 0 4 ) 233-5471

�Professional Directory
HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
&amp; ASSOCIATES

CHEWNING-HOGGARD
AND A S S O C I A T E S , I N C .

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUIUE

Geological, Soils and Environmental Consultants
Ground Water Studies
Land DisposaJ of Effluents and Sludges
Solid Waste Studies • Foundation Evaluations
11524 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia 2?601-804-595-5561

BetZ'Converse-Murdoch
Potomac Group, Inc.

1'. O . Box 2125
\-irginia Beach. \ ' a . 23-132
Phone 804/340-5050

PLANNING

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

ENGINEERING • MUNICIPAL PLANNING

HB&amp;A OF VIRGINIA
ENGINEERING

201 East Cary Strett
Richmond, Va. 23219
Phone 804/649-8627

HENNINGSON,
DURHAM &amp;
RICHARDSON

DEWBERRY, NEALON &amp; DAVIS
Environmental and Public Works Engineering
Engineering Plans, Studies and Laboratory Services

Consulting Engineers, Planners and Architects
Vienna, Virginia • Phone: (703) 281-2400
Staunton, Virginia • Phone: (703) 886-8555

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Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

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LANGLEY AND McDONALD
ENGINEERS—PLANNERS—SURVEYORS
Highways, Railroads, Foundations, Waterfront
Facilities, Water Supply, S e w a g e
Disposal, Planning
Studies • Reports • Design • Consultation

P. O . B o x 12047
Norfolk, Virginia

R.

STUART

484 N e w t o w n Rd.
Virginia Beach, V a .

e n v i r o n m e n t a l Studies • Privale Pro|ects

301-657-(780

ENGTNEKRS

WATER S U P P L Y • REPORTS • S E W E R A G E S Y S T E M S
DESIGNS • S E W A G E DISPOSAL • APPRAISALS

P. O . Box 8687
1514 Willow L a w n Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23226
Phone 282-7657

BUCK, SEIFERT &amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED
Consulting Engineers
W a t e r S u p p l y • S e w a g e • Intdustrial
W a s t e T r e a t m e n t • T r e a t a b i l i t y Slutdies
' 1 4 0 S y l v a n A v e n u e . P.O. B o x 1 2 1 8
E n g l e w o o d C l i t f s . N J . 0 7 6 3 2 201 - 5 6 7 - 6 9 9 0
• 4 0 5 S o . P a r l i a m e n t D r i v e . S u i t e 101
V i r g i n i a B e a c h . Va 2 3 4 6 2 8 0 4 - 4 9 9 - 4 5 9 6

Gannett Fleming
Corddry &amp; Carpenter

Norfolk, VA

Falls Church, VA

804/461-0155

703/534-8716

R U S S E L L S. A X O N

PIRNIE

ENGINEER

I R N G I N E K K S . INC,
CONSULTING

ENVIRONMENTAL

ENGINEERS

Municipal

Surveyors
Waief

Soil* &amp; Found»t(Ooi
I y n c h b u r g , Virg.nia 2 4 5 0 5
1933 F o r i A v e n u e

Telephone (804) 847-7796

FREDERICK G . GRIFFIN, INC.
ENGINEERS &amp; PLANNERS

Communications, 911 Studies,
Alarm Systems, Mobile Radio
Systems, Telephone, Cable
Television, Industrial
En.^neering Monitor and
Telemetry Systems.
7212 Timberlake Road • Lynchburg, V a . 24502
804/237-2044

J. K. TIMMONS &amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.
CONSULTING

ENGINEERS

711 N. C o u r t h o u s e Rd
R i c h m o n d , Virginia 23235
804-794-3500

SAXIT.^RV

•MUNICIPAL

Reports, Plans. Supervision.

1020 DLOE FORGE PLAZA
FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22401

703/371-8040

615/5B8-6444

HURT &amp; PROFITT, INC.
S«n&lt;tarv

PLANNERS
ARCHITECTS
INCORPORATED

111 NORTHSHDRE DRIVE
KNOXVILLE. TW 37919

12368 Warwick Boulevard.
Newport News, VA 23606

Engineers - Planners -

PLANNERS

5454 Wisconsin Ave
Wash. DC 20015

Engineers and Planners

114 East Cary Stra«I • Rictimond, Virginia 23219
T i l a p h o n a : 804/644 9493

IMAIXXDLM

ARCHITECTS

6 Koger Eicecutive ClrNorlolk. Va- 23502

ODnsulring Engineers
Industrial W a u p Trearmenl • Highways
Drainage • Water &amp; Sewerage Systems • Survey mg

R0Y1:R

&amp; ASSOCIATES
CONSULTING

ENGINEERS

Austin Drockenbrough
and Associates

LTD.
620 Moy Av«nu» - Norfolk, Va. 23516
BirchwoodOfficePark-Va.Beach.Vo.- 23452
207 Soutti Patrick Street Alexandria,Va,- 22314

8411 Arlington BW., Fairfax, Virginia (703) 560-1100
113 Soutti Chestnut St., Marion, Virginia (703) 783-7271
1640 Maple Dr., Danville, Virginia (804) 799-9403
1400 Pleasant View, Staunton, Virginia (703) 886-3957

• WATER

Appraisals

THE PITOMETER ASSOCIATES
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Engineers

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Water Distribution Studies
Vs^rr^.^r/
Special Hydraulic Investigations

100 Church St., New York, N. Y. 10007
Chicago Columbia Atlanta New Milford, Ct.

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CONSULTING

ENGINEERS

&amp;T1 r-«Msrx:t^ r d . . r i c t v T K X i d , Virginia 2 3 8 3 S
Dtxine C a O O ) 7 9 4 - S a S 3

SOUTHERN
COMPANY

ENGINEERING
O F VIRGINIA

CONSULTING ENGINEERS
1000 Crescent Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404-892-7171

�YARGER AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
Over 500 Surveys
Position Classification and P a y Plans
Management and Organizational Studies
Test Construction—Fire and Police Studies
28.10 Mary Street, Falls Church, Va. 22042
703/560-6900

A
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ROAD

R.W

B E C K A N DASSOCIATES
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n and Design Seiv
RaieanUoiitiaclEi-alualioii
Technical nntl Financial Feasibil
Utility Property Appraisals.
LDad Manaeemenl and Energy Conservation Analyimii Source Evaluation. Fossil- Muclear-Hydi
Solid Waste - Solar.
Street, Wellesley, Mass. 02181
464, Bedford. Va. 24523

A Professional

engineers-surveyors-planners
5721

(617) 237-4870
,703) 586-1881

Sellger

Drive

Norfolk.

Virginia

B E N G T S O N , D E B E L L &amp; ELKIN, INC.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS &amp; SURVEYORS

Corporation

tNCINEERS. PLANNERS. CONSULTANTS
804/746-4520

cor|)or.)tion

WILLIAM C. OVERMAN ASSOCIATES

LINGERFELT &amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.

COMPLETE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING

P. O . BOX 338

AND LAND SURVEYING S E R V I C E S

M E C H A N I C S V I L L E , VA. 23111
WATER SUPPLY &amp; SEWERAGE COLLECTION
HIGHWAY &amp; DRAINAGE DESIGN
SUBDIVISION &amp; INDUSTRIAL SITE PLANNING

703-631-9630
703-369-5700
703-430-9199

WHITIVIAN, REQUARDT AND
ASSOCIATES
Engineers-Consultants
COMPLETE ENGINEERING SERVICES
n i l N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 21201

R.

2733 TIDEWATER D R .

Sewerage
Design

Drainage
Surveys

STUDIES • FACILITY PLANNING, DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT . GPERATIONS

Higfiways
Inspection

NORFOLK.

WATER / WASTEWATER • SOLID WASTE
HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS &amp; STRUCTURES

\. 23509

1625 E y e street
Washington. OC 20006
(202)331-1440

Pancxi, Harris, Rust &amp; Guy
• profnSKXUl corporclion

CONSULTING ENGINEERS
AND LAND SURVEYORS

Water
Reports

• sfVlrslitta.lnG.

W a t e r Supply and Purification • Sewerage and
S e w a g e T r e a t m e n t • Streets a n d H i g h w a y s •
Investigations a n d R e p o r t s
• S u p e r v i s i o n of
Construction.

1023 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore, M d .
301 837-0194

P. O. B O X 4 2 9
13924 B R A D D O C K R O A D
C E N T R E V I L L E . VIRGINIA 2 2 0 2 0

KENNETH WEEKS
ENGINEERS

PURDUM and JESCHKE

Development
Studies

I itrofessioit.il

EnginMr* , Survavora , P l a m a n

8720 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 585-6001

CofTip(«» pro*««s«n*l Mrvtces tar
rTwc«&gt;alltl«s and public aganciM

800 North 12lh Boulevard
St. Louis, l « 0 63101
(314)436-7600

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10533 Main S I . F « i r t . « . V . 22030 , (703)273-8^00
valley 0*1K«

100 S Mun St

CH2M : : HILL

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Raymond, Parish, Pine &amp; Plavnick
Planning &amp; Community
Development Consultants
1010 Vermont Avenue N W , Suite 800
Washington, D C 20005
202 783-2924

Engin««r» • Plannara
Archltacit • Sufv«yori

• BniENGGERE
Consulting Engineers
PC Box 3855, C h a r l o t t e , NC 28203 / 704-374-1822
Syracuse, NY / Poughkeepsie. NY / Philadelphia, PA / Dover, DE / C h i l l i c o t h e , OH

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Eastern Regional O f f i c e : 1930 Isaac Newton Square t.
Reston, VA 22090

SOWERS,
RODES &amp;
WHITESCARVER-

CONSULTING
POST

ENGINEERS

OFFICE

BOX

4038

POANOKE, VIRGINIA 2 4 0 1 5
(703)

engineers
planners
economists
sc ientists

Consultants to Municipalities
on Environmental Systems

MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
LAND DEVELOPMENT - PLANNING, ENGINEERING,
SURVEYING, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
URBAN PLANNING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES

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Construction
Management

• Design
• Planning

» i d g « M l w , V k 22812 , (703)828-2816

344-5113

•

P h o n e (703) 471-9710

Energy Audits
Energy Savings
Mechanical-Electrical
Airport Lighting
Emergency Power
Communications

�MUNICIPAL ADVISORS
INCORPORATED

F I N A N C I A L AND M A N A G E M E N T
CONSULTANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES
• Advisor on P'iniinciiil and Miirkolinj^ tvliilliM-s
•

BOOZ • A L L E N &amp; HAMILTON, INC.

Rc^liilinn 1(1 Issiiiincf' of Municipal Bonds
Ptisilion C]!assifi(;iilion/(;t)mpensation Plans
• Mana^cmnnl and Organizalion Sludins
• Hxficiilivf; Search and Selection

L A W R E N C E B. W A L E S

. . . Provides a full range of consulting services to
local and regional governments.

P.O. B O X 45

R O G E R M. S C O T T

Virginia Beach, Va. 23458
804(422-1711

FOR F U R T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N C O N T A C T :
E R I C 5. H A N S S E N
DIR. L O C A L G O V T . S E R V I C E S
4340 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY
SOUTH T0WER-7th FLOOR
BETHESDA, MD 20014
301-951-2915

SAN F R A N C I S C O

WASHINGTON

NEW Y O R K

CHICAGO

PubUc Research and
Management, Inc.

'

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
ORDINANCE CODIFIERS
157 Luckie St., N.W.

Suite416

Atlanta, Georgia
30303

Wash. Bldg.
Washington, D.C.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SERVICE

. . Providing
•
•
•
•

management assistance and consultant services
regional, and state governments since 1933.

Management Systems
Police and Fire
Personnel Administration
Financial Management

•

Courts

• Community Development
• Community Attitude Surveys
• Program Evaluations

1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

•

WASHINGTON

•

•

CHICAGO

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•
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to local,

Labor Relations
Productivity Analysis
Public Works
Employee Relations Surveys

Washington, D.C. 20036

•

(202)833-2505

LOS A N G E L E S

McMANIS ASSOCIATES, INC.

George C u n n i n g h a m , Field Representative
"imagineered"
P L A Y G R O U N D and

Productivity Analysis F iscal and Management Systems
Community Devetopment " CETA/Manpower Services " Economic Development
1201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W..Washington, D.C. (2021 296-1355

EQUIPMENT

BY

G A M E TIME, I N C .
CUNNINGHAM ASSOC.
JNC.
Box 9554 L a k e s i d e Br., R i c h m o n d , V a . 23228
Phone 804/262-2401

PARKING CONTROL DECALS

Washington, D.C
Management Consultants to City and County Governments

PARK

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Pressure-sensitive.
A p p l y to b u m p e r s or
V X i i s i d e windshields.
CO " v ^ ^ / " " ' ° 1 " h i g h N o ' s .
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and s a m p l e s

S E T O N NAME P L A T E CORP.

2 3 5 3 B l v d . , Nev« H a v e n , C T 0 6 5 0 5 • ( 2 0 3 ) 7 7 2 - 2 5 2 0

Ideas
MANKATO,
MINNESOTA
(31,900),
has completed an experiment in
which a telephone company computer automatically reads gas and w a ter meters over telephone lines.
While the field trial has proven that
such a system can operate successfully, economic considerations do not
make it practical at present. (Contact:
City Manager, 202 West Jackson
Street, Mankato, Minnesota 65001.)
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA
(33,000), has incorporated energy conservation requirements into its building code to
ensure the use of conservation techniques in the development of residential structures. (Contact: Building
Official, 226 F Street, Davis, California
95616.)
CLEMSON,
SOUTH
CAROLINA
(6,000), has replaced full-size police
and fire sedans with subcompacts to

improve
tenance
istrator,
Carolina

gas mileage and lower maincosts. (Contact: City A d m i n City Hall, C l e m s o n , South
29631).

to neighborhood playgrounds. (Contact: Director of Services, 380 Highland A v e n u e , Worthington, O h i o
43805.)

CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
(68,000),
has purchased a telephone answering
device to handle requests for building
inspections 24 hours a day. This reduces the number of inspection calls
in the first hour after the office is
open. Chula Vista has also established
a two-way communications system
between the inspectors' vehicles and
the office. (Contact: Director of
Buildings and Housing, City of Chula
Vista, Chula Vista, California 92010.)

WILLINGBORO,
NEW JERSEY (43,000),
uses a "disk harrow disk", a device
which is attached to the front'end
bucket of a backhoe, enabling efficient and neat removal of grass,
weeds and debris from curb sides.
(Contact: Town Manager, Municipal
C o m p l e x , Salem Road, Willingboro,
New Jersey 08046.)

V\/ORTHINGTON,
OHIO (16,500), has
converted an infrequently used threewheel scooter into a valuable piece of
equipment for summer use. A small
trailer attached to the scooter hauls
lawnmowers and related equipment

OXFORD, OHIO (15,900), keeps hand
triming and mowing to a minimum by
Diacing wood chips around trees and
Dushes on public property. The use of
wood chips produces an attractive visual effect and reduces the need for
maintenance in these areas. (Contact:
City Manager, Municipal Building,
O x f o r d , O h i o 45056.)

�J o h n Deere
Loaders are
operator
designed

Like all John Deere equipment, John Deere Loaders are designed with
full attention to operator comfort and efficiency.
All controls are easy to operate and within an arm's reach. The single
shift-lever gives you simple control over four forward and two reverse
speed ranges. Loader functions are also controlled by a single lever
Position-responsive power steering and sealed wet-disk power
brakes provide sure, positive braking.
The fully adjustable foam-padded seat includes armrests and an
extra-high backrest. Operator has a full view of bucket edges, and being
on the engine frame, he doesn't have to check tail swing.
Seatbelt and R O P S protection is standard.
For all the details on operatori
designed John Deere Loaders,
^
see your John Deere ConTiBiiiii^
struction Equipment dealer
John Deere, Moline, Illinois.

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THE VIRGINIA SPIRIT
Limited government, individual freedom and fiscal
responsibility have been hallmarks of Virginia's philosophy of public policy for more than 200 years. Each
precept is equal to the other, and together they have
been at the core of decisions by Virginia's leaders in
governing generation after generation of citizens of
the Commonwealth. Few states share this philosophy
even though Virginians such as Thomas Jefferson and
George Mason succeeded in incorporating its basic tenets in our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Adherence to this philosophy has kept Virginia
communities prosperous, with a growing economy,
low unemployment rate and moderate taxation—a
stable government in a stable society—unlike New
York City, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, or
Cleveland, facing its own brand of fiscal horror.
Virginia's philosophy of government is threatened
today. The Commonwealth is a long way from a New
York City or Cleveland situation, but the fact is that
some federal laws, bureaucratic regulations and national government policies have made adherence to
the Virginia philosophy difficult for state and local government officials. This must stop and I hope, as senator, to take a leading role in that effort.
When I was sworn into office in Richmond on January 2, I noted that, in 1776 when our forefathers prepared for the struggle for independence, John Adams
of Massachusetts wrote to Virginia's Patrick Henry:
"We all look to Virginia for examples." I expressed my
belief that the thoughts behind those words are as
valid today as they were 200 years ago. Across our
Nation there is a renaissance of thinking that is characterized as "the Virginia Spirit." Once again, the
American people are calling for the Virginia philosophy of Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, James

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forefathers.
I am pledged to a partnership in the Virginia spirit
with Governor John Dalton and with the Virginia General Assembly to work hand in hand with them in their
dealings and relations with the federal bureaucracy
and the Congress. Similarly I am pledged to a Virginia
Spirit of cooperation with Virginia's local governments. I am pledged also to nonpartisan interaction
with the rest of Virginia's congressional delegation in
the best interests of the Commonwealth.
Of those interests is the issue of inflation, which
not only undermines the way families want to live, but
also damages state and local governments attempting
to provide services without greater tax burdens on the
people. Inflation is a foe I will fight gladly, aware that a
primary cause is the federal government's economic
policy—faulty in concept, fiscally unbalanced and
thwarting of initiative.
To prepare the way for a Virginia Spirit of partnership with state and local governments in Virginia, I am
establishing regional offices throughout the Commonwealth to provide a constituent service, not only for
those people who are unable to bring their problems
to Washington but also for local and state government
leaders. The Richmond office is operating now to
serve that area of the state and to provide a liaison
with the state government. Other offices will be
opening soon in the areas of Tidewater, Southwest
Virginia and Northern Virginia.
National defense is important to Virginia, not only
philosophically but economically as well. A large part
of Virginia's work force is employed in defense-related
industries, and all military services have key installations in the Commonwealth, including the Pentagon.
The Senate Commerce Committee to which I have
been appointed, is, among many matters, involved in
merchant marine and maritime subjects, the fishing
industry, navigation, tourism and coastal zone management, which are major elements of Virginia's economy and keys to its future. I am fortunate also to have
been appointed to the Senate's Armed Services Committee, a body having jurisdiction over a very broad
range of matters of concern and interest to our state.
"We look to Virginia for examples," John Adams
wrote, and Virginians still provide them.

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John W. Warner
U.S. Senator
Commonwealth of Virginia

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Editor-in-Chief
Editor
Editorial Assistant
Advertising Manager
Financial Secretary

VML President

The official publication of the Virginia Municipal League
Richard L. DeCair
M A R C H , 1979
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NUMBER 3

Charlotte Kingery
Margaret A. Nichols
John S. Ziolkowski, Jr.

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THE PROPERTY TAX DILEMMA
"Realizing the property tax is a problem, we have
been seeking alternative resources."

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ANSWERING THE NEEDS OF POTENTIAL
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS
"Effective management of government requires a
specific professional education."

Sandra Harmon

lessie M. Rattley

Officers: First Vice President, Gus W. Nicks; Second Vice
President, Roy H. Erickson; Third Vice President, Harold
S. Atkinson; and Fourth Vice President, Raynnond F. Ratcliffe. Executive Committee: Richard A. Farrier, Francis T.
West, Richard J. Davis, Charles A. Robinson, |r. Mary
Sherwood Holt, Jane L. Hough and Ann H. Kilgore.

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H U D FUNDS FOR LOCALITIES
"A look at the Small Cities Community Development
Block Grant and Urban Development Action Grant."

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H O W N O T T O HAVE A CIVIL
" T h e Sunbelt-Frostbelt Issue."

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DILEMMA
by The VML Task Force

Tax and expenditure limitations have become part
of a trend created by taxpayers to reduce so called
tax burdens, and eliminate what are perceived to be
unnecessary expenditures. The prevailing myth of fat
in local government must be addressed, and if there
is fat in some localities, we must be prepared to react.
The Virginia Municipal League is in agreement with
many taxpayer groups concerning property tax relief.
Recognizing that the property tax is a problem and
contains many inequities, we have been seeking alternative revenue resources which would provide relief to the property taxpayer, and also provide funds
to local government. In order for us to respond to the
limitation movement, we must get our facts together
and have our alternatives ready.
Prior to the 1978 General Assembly Session, the
League had included alternative revenue resources in
its legislative program such as a local income surtax
and a local sales tax. The State has been adamant
about keeping these revenue resources as exclusive
tax resources for the State, thereby forcing local governments in Virginia to depend almost entirely on the
property tax. In fact, the property tax is the only major local tax which has not been capped. Because the
VML has been actively seeking alternative revenue resources to provide relief from the property tax, it has
been viewed as a proponent of higher taxes rather
than a good government organization. We can respond to this misconception by supporting "good
government" changes.
PROMOTE EQUITABLE ASSESSMENT OF
REAL ESTATE
One way we can accomplish this is to promote precise and equitable assessment of real estate. Local tax
rates in Virginia vary greatly and these differing rates
are partially the result of differences in assessments.
The State has mandated the 100 percent assessment
of real property. If all communities strive for 100 percent or as close to 100 percent assessment as practical, the true rates in some localities will go down, reducing the variance in tax rates. The larger urban
localities, however, which have the higher tax rates
also have professional assessments and are close to
the 100 percent evaluation. Some property owners
This article was adapted from the discussion of the first VML Task
Force meeting held In January.

will suffer as a result of having been under assessed;
however, the rate of taxation can be reduced as the
assessed values are increased. For example, the City
of Richmond has reduced its rates six times in the last
10 years. Additionally, the closer a locality is to 100
percent assessment, the more effective it can be in
winning appeals against the assessments.
Another approach to making the property tax more
equitable would be a standardization of tax exemptions. The property tax produces an inordinate burden on individuals who are on fixed incomes. However, providing tax exemptions for individuals in this
group is a social service and should be funded as
such. This would be a major tax reform if standards
were set and fully funded by the State. The Revenue
Resources and Economic Commission has recommended that a property tax deferral rotating fund be
set up whereby an elderly home owner may defer
payment of property taxes above the level paid at age
65 until the settling of the estate. The State would pay
the deferral to the locality until the estate is settled, at
which time the money would be returned to the State
fund. This is impractical because it is unpopular with
those eligible for the deferral. In essence, eligible
property owners borrow against their estate, thus
placing the obligation on their heirs.
REALIGN RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN
STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT
A realignment of responsibility and authority between State and local government addressing the
question of which level should provide and fund
which services, is another way to reduce the burden
on the property tax. There are services which are
State-mandated but not fully State funded, and there
are also services which are controlled by the State or
federal government but are completely or partially
funded at the local level. Services should be funded
by the level of government which has control. On the
brighter side, the Virginia General Assembly has
shown concern over mandating costs to local governments; however, this could be enhanced by requiring
fiscal impact statements for any legislation placing a
mandate on local government.
Equitable distribution of State aid to localities
could reduce the property tax burden in those localities not receiving an equitable share. In fact, those
localities with high property tax rates are also those
localities which are adversely affected by the inequitable distribution of State aid in its present form. Education is the largest budget item in all localities in the
State, often amounting to at least 50 percent of the
total budget. In addition, it is also the largest category
of State aid, comprising 64 percent of the total State
aid to localities. Personal income is a factor used in
determining the locality's ability to pay, but a locality
is unable to tax personal income. The cost of the
standards of quality, which is a State mandate, is
closer to $1,300 than to the $901 now set by the State.
Setting a more realistic figure for the cost of standards of quality is an important factor towards full
funding of State mandates.
There are many inequities in State funds received
by cities and towns versus rural counties. Streets and
roads are maintained by the State in counties

�whereas street maintenance is only partially funded
in cities. Police departments are not funded in cities
and towns, and those in urban counties having police
departments, whereas sheriffs' departments are
funded up to two thirds by the State. There are many
inequities of this nature but they are not all limited to
urban versus rural issues. There will always be a scarcity of resources; therefore, the issue of distributing
funds in the most equitable way possible is important.
WORK WITH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Local elected officials must become cognizant of
and responsible to the problem of programs of special interest groups versus the taxpayers in general;
however, these are often overlapping. This issue was
addressed by Tom Moody, Past President of the National League of Cities, when he spoke of the "new
immaturity". Moody stated that those groups demanding tax and expenditure limitations ironically
fought against any spending cuts in programs they
support. People are angry about taxes but expect the
same services for less money.
It must be admitted that there are some examples
of waste and inefficiencies in Virginia's local governments. This problem could be approached by emphasizing the VML as a good government organization and offering member localities ways of
improving efficiency and effectiveness in government. For example, the League has created such an
incentive by awarding localities for programs which
promote efficiency and effectiveness in local government.
Tax and expenditure limitations are at least partially a backlash from the 1960's approach to government spending and special programs. This backlash is
taking the form of a conservative movement with an
emphasis on cutting back social services and is generally beyond local control.
Yet much of the movement for tax and expenditure
limitations is directed towards local governments.
Many groups are lining up behind proposals by taxpayer groups, such as local chambers of commerce,
the State Chamber of Commerce and other business
groups. These associations may not have a great deal
of strength individually but the movement is growing. In addition to responding to taxpayer groups, we
need to develop a general strategy to deal with
groups and individuals who call even bare-bones
programs wasteful.
Strictly on a local level, the issue of the quality and
quantity of services demanded and the ability of localities to pay must be addressed. The general feeling
is that there will be a tax or expenditure lid of some
type; therefore, we need to lessen the damage. First,
we should point out the desirability of permitting citizens in various localities to request different levels of
services and maintaining diversity between local governments. There is no need to develop a 100 percent
solution for a problem that may be isolated in nature.
It would be difficult for the VML task force on the
property tax to draft a meaningful statement that covers all potential tax and expenditure limitation proposals that may arise; consequently, we must observe
caution and watch the process in Virginia and other

states. Second, we need to study the result of the actions taken in other states and be willing to study
new tax and expenditure limitation proposals. Third,
we should work with the groups proposing lids. This
includes the possibility of adding State legislators, private citizens and members of taxpayer groups to the
task force.
W e must reiterate that we have been pleading for
alternative revenue resources without success, and a
tax expenditure limitation may require the State to
take over some services. Decisions must be made as
to which programs localities would give up if it becomes necessary. The public and State legislators
should be cautioned that when services are taken
over by a higher level of government they often cost
more. But if this is necessary, the most logical programs to give up would be those that localities have
little control over, such as the courts, health and welfare.
In summary, the task force will review alternative
revenue resources to lessen the burden of property
taxes. Assessing property at 100 percent, standardizing tax exemptions, realigning the area of responsibility between State and local governments and pursuing a more equitable distribution of State aid to
localities are areas the task force will explore. Additionally, the task force hopes to assist local officials in
responding to taxpayer associations and other citizen
groups.

DANVILLE RECREATION AND PARKS AWARDED
At the State Convention of the Virginia Recreation
and Parks Society held recently, the Danville Recreation and Parks Department was the recipient of the
best youth program award for its Outdoor Adventure
Program. The Outdoor Adventure Program began in
Danville on June 20, 1977 under the direction of Ford
Alexander, currently State Director for the Young
Adult Conservation Corps; it has continued under the
leadership of Jim Stutts and Pete Haislip. The award
was based on all aspects of the Outdoor Adventure
Program, including the new addition that is funded
through the Division of Justice and Crime Prevention.
T O L L (Total Outdoor Living Experience) is designed
to give youth an alternative to crime by placing them
in situations where they must learn to work with and
depend on each other. TOLE is the only program of
its kind in Virginia operated through a municipal
parks and recreation department.
Also honored at the State Convention was John B.
Gilstrap, Director of Danville's Recreation and Parks
Department, who was elected president of the Virginia Society.

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Scanlan Resigns

JOHN D. SCANLAN,
Falls C h u r c h
councilman since July, 1976, resigned
his post on January 3 1 . Scanlan, a veteran with the State Department, has
been assigned to the American Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia as deputy to the Ambassador. Prior to his appointment in Yugoslavia, Councilman
Scanlan was deputy director for Europe of the International Communications Agency and he is a specialist in
Eastern European Affairs.

McGovern Appointed

WILLIAM
L. McGOVERN
w a s appointed to director of public works of
Manassas Park. He is a registered professional engineer with a graduate degree in engineering administration.
McGovern will be directly responsible
for engineering activities and administration of the Departments of Public
Works and Water and Sewer.

Richmond Appointed Deese

R i c h m o n d City C o u n c i l appointed
MANUEL DEESE City Manager. Deese
had previously served as acting city
manager. A graduate of Morgan State
College, he also holds a graduate degree from American University. His
background includes being a policy
analyst for the National League of
Cities and assistant to the city manager
in A l e x a n d r i a . In 1974, he was appointed assistant city manager for
Richmond until his appointment as
acting city manager in October, 1978.

New Quantico Mayor

Quantico Town Council elected busin e s s m a n T. A. "PHIL"
CIANNOPOULOS
as mayor to succeed DeRonda Wilkinson, Wilkinson, first
elected mayor in 1976 and reelected in
1978, resigned because he and his
family plan to relocate. Giannopoulos
previously served as chairman of the
planning commission.

Mrs. Wake Appointed

R i c h m o n d City C o u n c i l appointed
MRS. CAROLYN C. WAKE as the governing body's newest member. She
fills the vacancy left by former councilman William G o l d i n g . A native of
Richmond, Mrs. Wake is a graduate of
Madison College (now James Madison
University) and serves as vice president of the Alumni Board for the University. She is a partner in the family
business, Tom Brown Hardware and
Home Center, Inc., and has been active in civic and church work.

Davis Gets Top Post

Portsmouth mayor RICHARD j . DAVIS
was elected chairman of the Virginia
Democratic Party. A native of Portsmouth, he is a graduate of the College
of William and Mary and the University of Virginia Law School. Elected
mayor in 1976, Davis also serves on
the Virginia Municipal League Executive Committee.

Hammer Named

Stanley T o w n Council named MIKE
HAMMER to Town superintendent of
w a t e r and s e w e r w o r k s . A f o r m e r
teacher. Hammer will supervise water
and sewer projects as well as be res p o n s i b l e for o b t a i n i n g grants for
funding and construction.

Manager Appointed

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EDMONDSON
to
the post of town manager. A native of
Purcellville, Edmondson is a retired
revenue officer of the Internal Revenue Service and had served 26 years
with the IRS. Edmondson succeeds
Wayne G . Reed, w h o is now Buena
Vista's city manager.

^ ^ a l l (804) 220-2250, collect, to book meeting space i n
Williamsburg's most complete conference facility.
Presenting the 10,000 square foot Fort Magruder Conference Center, Williamsburg, Virginia. Halfway between
T h e Restored Area and Busch Gardens.
There's a cheerful hello (and a
lot of old-fashioned
help) awaiting
your call.

Asbury Named by Radford

ROBERT p. ASBURY became Radford's
city manager last month. A former
resident of Radford, he served as assistant superintendent of the Utility
Department and later superintendent
from 1963-1967. Prior to his new position in Radford, Asbury was also city
manager of Mount Holly, North Carolina and most recently, Elizabethton,
Tennessee. He holds a degree from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.

CoitfeteiK^Center,
WiOiamsbtDfli
Artist s rondefing of our
10.000 square tool Conference Center

Route 60 East between
The Restored Area and Busch Gardens.

�Norman Resigns as Manager
L y n c h b u r g c i t y m a n a g e r DAVID
B.
NORMAN
resigned his post o n February 2 w h i c h e n d e d m o r e than eight
years of service as Lynchburg's top a d m i n i s t r a t o r . N o r m a n is n o w t h e V i r g i n i a d i r e c t o r of t h e M a n a g e m e n t I m provement Corporation of America
( M I C A ) , a private municipal consulting
firm. A g r a d u a t e o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f
Mississippi, N o r m a n also holds a graduate degree f r o m Florida State. H e has
s e r v e d a s a s s i s t a n t city m a n a g e r o f Ferg u s o n , Missouri a n d Virginia Beach,
and manager of C a n t o n , North C a r o l i n a a n d N o r t o n . In 1 9 7 6 , t h e International City Management Association
a w a r d e d N o r m a n t h e C l a r e n c e E. R i d ley I n - S e r v i c e T r a i n i n g a w a r d . H e a l s o
s e r v e d as a n e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e m a n
with the Virginia Section, International
C i t y M a n a g e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n . E. A l l e n
"Sonny" Cuiverhouse was named interim city manager f o l l o w i n g Norman's resignation.

Moore To Head Agency
V i r g i n i a B e a c h C i t y M a n a g e r G e o r g e L.
H a n b u r y a p p o i n t e d B E N MOORE
to
the n e w l y created post of director of

community development. Moore, a
veteran of minority assistance efforts
in t h e T i d e w a t e r a r e a , is a f o r m e r e x e c utive director of t h e Tidewater Area
Minority Contractors Association, and
also headed the City's Clean C o m m u nity p r o g r a m .

Leo Jackson Dies
F o r m e r D u b l i n m a y o r H. LEO
lACKSON d i e d D e c e m b e r 2 3 f o l l o w i n g a
l o n g i l l n e s s . H e h a d s e r v e d a s m a y o r in
D u b l i n f r o m 1968 u n t i l A u g u s t 1978
w h e n h e resigned because of health
r e a s o n s . J a c k s o n w a s a n a t i v e of C h i l howie a n d had been employed by a
local coal c o m p a n y . T h e Virginia M u nicipal League extends sincere sympathy to L e o Jackson's wife a n d to t h e
T o w n of Dublin.

Gibson Named
ALFRED
N. C / B S O N w a s n a m e d a c t i n g
a u d i t o r f o r t h e C i t y o f N o r f o l k . Prior t o
his a p p o i n t m e n t h e w a s e x e c u t i v e s e c retary of t h e Norfolk City E m p l o y e e s
Retirement System. Gibson w a s Roan o k e City auditor a n d finance director
before h e resigned a n d m o v e d to Norf o l k in 1976. H e h a d s e r v e d 2 9 y e a r s

w i t h R o a n o k e . G i b s o n w a s n a m e d acting director following t h e resignation
of F r a n k l i n R o s e n .

Olin Cook Retires
OLIN K. COOK,
water superintendent
f o r t h e C i t y o f W a y n e s b o r o , retired
January 1. C o o k had served approxim a t e l y 31 y e a r s w i t h t h e C i t y ' s D e p a r t m e n t of Public W o r k s , beginning his
s e r v i c e o n J a n u a r y 1 , 1947. C o o k h a d
served t h e past ten years as water s u perintendent.

Pennino Reelected
Fairfax C o u n t y s u p e r v i s o r MARTHA
V.
PENNINO
began h e r second term as
p r e s i d e n t of t h e M e t r o W a s h i n g t o n
C o u n c i l of G o v e r n m e n t s . P e n n i n o also
s e r v e s a s v i c e c h a i r m a n o f t h e Fairfax
County Board.

Suffolk Appoints
THOMAS
G. HINES,
a retired U.S.
A r m y aviator, b e c a m e Suffolk's n e w
public w o r k s department director o n
January 1 . Prior to his a p p o i n t m e n t he
w a s a life i n s u r a n c e s a l e s m a n . H e s u c c e e d s F e n t o n J o r d o n as p u b l i c w o r k s
director.

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�ANSWERING THE NEEDS OF
POTENTIAL PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATORS
by Leigh E. Grosenick

During the past ten years a quiet revolution has
taken place in the teaching of public administration,
in the type of student who pursues a MPA (Master of
Public Administration), the faculty and the classroom
instruction. This educational change is turning out
competent public service managers who can contribute immediately rather than after several years of
being "trained on the job". The new graduates are
demonstrating an attitude of professional service to
the citizen, and moreover, their professional education has been flavored with an ethic of public responsibility for their actions and decisions.
TEACHING IMPROVEMENTS
Since 1924, when Syracuse University offered the
first graduate program in public administration until
the mid 1960s, graduate education in public administration was highly theoretical and general. One year
of full-time graduate study was required and students
studied governmental institutions, public sector economics and administrative law. They were chosen for
advanced studies because of high undergraduate
grades and top examination scores, and generally
were young and inexperienced. Public managers
wanted "bright people" who could be trained on the
job. But unfortunately for potential public administrators, there were many bright individuals who were
educated in economics, law, business administration,
sociology or philosophy; any of whom could be
trained on the job, and successfully compete for public sector jobs. This left public administration graduate students with little to contribute educationally for
governmental management employment.
THE STUDENT OF THE 1970s
Changes in the graduate students have made an
impact in the trend toward greater professionalism in
public service education. Where students enrolled in
graduate programs were once dominated by the
young college graduate, we now find the majority of
graduate students are governmental employees with
five or more years of experience, individuals seeking
second career opportunities and many who hold responsible public sector positions. The student who
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Leigh E. Grosenick is Chairman of the Department of Public Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University.

has had some experience has a good idea of what his
or her education shortcomings are; in addition, the
student knows what is important if he or she is to
succeed as a public manager and, consequently, demands a more professional education than does the
youngster who is content to argue theory for a year.
Additionally, more students now have average
grades in undergraduate school and their test scores
are lower but maturity, drive and direction more than
make up the difference. Because this student probably works full-time, has family responsibilities and
professional duties, he or she is better organized.
Naturally, this type of student tends to be more demanding of the instructional staff and the institution
while seeking a graduate degree.
Individuals who hold one advanced degree add another dimension to today's student body. Increasingly, persons with Masters' degrees in social work,
education, urban and regional planning and other
professions are enrolling in public administration
programs. This trend reflects the fact that specialists
and technicians often rise to a supervisory or management level because of their technical expertise.
Once they arrive, however, they find themselves truly
unprepared for the responsibilities of management.
Many have discovered that the "quick fix" of government management—the three day training session in
"how to supervise," or "how to prepare a budget" or
"how to handle a grievance" simply does not prepare
them for long term management responsibility. They
realize that the effective management of governmental programs requires a specific professional education.
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FACULTY
During its formative years graduate education in
public administration tended to be the responsibility
of a political science or economics department. Instructional staff held Ph.D.s in these disciplines,
taught theory and institutions and seldom left academe except to do off-campus research. This type of
individual, while competent in a discipline, has not
added much to the new professionalism in public administration education. Today, the trends indicate
that the effective public teacher is a "pracademic," an
individual who carries the necessary educational credentials into the classroom, and who has had substantial executive-level public service experience.
Individuals who have had both the academic training and the public service experience tend to be most
effective with the students. Those students who are
working relate better to the teacher who has had
public service management responsibilities. Younger
students feel that the professor's practical experience
will show them what is important. On the other hand,
the instructor has experienced the frustration of getting things done, of attempting to fit square pegs into
round holes which enables him to indicate to the student how he can best benefit from an education. The
importance of the experience factor for faculty is best
shown by the number of governmental fellowship
programs that allow instructors, without direct management experience, to take time off to work for a
governmental agency.

�Adjunct faculty, professional public administrators
who teach one course a term, are another valuable
element of professional public administration education. Most graduate schools will employ a number of
adjunct faculty to teach special courses. The increasing use of practicing public service executives as
teachers is a further indication of the new professionalization of the discipline. Like attorneys and doctors
who dominate the teaching of law and medicine, the
influence of the public executive is being felt in the
classroom.

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INSTRUCTIONAL AVAILABILITY
Similar to the factors discussed above, changes in
the availability of instruction have also contributed to
the new professionalization of the public administration curriculum. No longer is it necessary to take time
from work to enroll since most schools offer graduate
classes during evening hours or in concentrated formats on weekends. This allows the working individual to attend classes outside of a working schedule
and benefits both the employee and the public
agency. Although it may take the individual several
years to complete a curriculum, the availability of
graduate programs on an evening-weekend basis is
an additional positive indicator of the intentions of
Virginia's institutions of higher education to provide a
quality education to those in public work.

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�The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is often thought of as the arm of the
Federal government whose primary if not total concentration is
on the nation's larger cities. Certainly, the seriousness of the problem in major urban centers calls
for financial effort on HUD's part.
The problems of Philadelphia and
Washington, D.C., however, are
no more difficult for the residents
of those cities than the problems
of Radford or Charlottesville citiz e n s . W h i l e H U D does have a
number of programs which focus
on large cities, there are two specifically aimed at assisting small
cities and towns. These are the
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant and Urban Development Action Grant.
The Community Development
Block Grants are made to small
cities on a competitive basis. Unlike its sister program for large
cities which provides funding according to a set formula, the small
cities program offers dollars to
those eligible towns w h i c h develop the best proposals on how
the money will be spent. H U D allocates a lump sum to a particular
state each year and then notifies
town officials of the availability of
the funds with an invitation to
submit requests for funding specific projects. All proposals are
then reviewed by the H U D field
office in whose jurisdiction the
towns are located, and a decision
is made as to which proposals will
be funded.

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H U D first considers the characteristics of the project, such as its impact on low and moderate-income
families and the capacity of the local government to carry out the
work. The second consideration
involves the characteristics of the
community itself such as poverty
l e v e l , u n e m p l o y m e n t rate and
housing conditions.
In Fiscal Year 1978, Virginia received about 13 million dollars in
Small Cities Community Development funding which was spread
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John Forte is the Communications Officer for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office
for H U D .

HUD FUNDS FOR
LOCALITIES
By John Forte

grants ranged from $50 thousand
to the Town of Pulaski for a sewer
line extension, to $1 million to
H a r r i s o n b u r g for h o u s i n g improvements and rehabilitation,
and commercial revitalization. The
H U D Area Office in Richmond is
now receiving proposals from
cities and towns for participation
in this year's program.
The Urban Development Action
Grant program, both for large and
small cities, is an economic development tool designed to bring together government, private industry and the community to fight
developmental problems in distressed cities and towns. An initiative of the Carter Administration, it
is a key element in the National
Urban Policy and is indicative of
the Federal government's commitment to encourage private investment in the cities. A town
must be considered "distressed"
to be eligible for an action grant.
The factors used to determine eligibility are per capita income, age
of h o u s i n g s t o c k , p o p u l a t i o n
growth rate and poverty level. The

In the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Office, we feel there are other ways
HUD can serve the cities
and
towns of Virginia. The Federal government should be a resource to
local governments
for getting information
and cutting
through
red-tape. It is surprising what can
be accomplished
through a telephone call. If you think we can
provide
some assistance
let us
know.
Regional
Administrator
Thomas Maloney
suggests
that
phone calls for General assistance
or information be directed to the
Regional Public Affairs Office in
Philadelphia (215)597-2580. For information on Local Programs, call
the Richmond Area Office of HUD
at (804)782-2721. In Northern Virginia, call the Washington,
D.C.
Area Office at (202)673-5837.

final selection of the recipient is
based on relative distress and a
number of other factors. Among
these are:
—the impact of the project on
low and m o d e r a t e - i n c o m e
persons;
—the type and extent of private
sector financial involvement;
and
— t h e n u m b e r of p e r m a n e n t
jobs created or retained.
Last year, H U D made $95.7 million available in Small Cities Action
Grants to 105 localities for 109
projects. This amount, coupled
with a commitment of $818 million
from the private sector, will create
25,729 new jobs, continue 3,141
existing jobs and generate 14,224
jobs for construction workers. In
Virginia, grants were made to Martinsville and Suffolk in 1978.
Martinsville received a $3 million
action grant to expand its water
system. This will enable five major
firms from textile, furniture and
housing industries to add to their
existing facilities. The expansion of
these businesses would have been
impossible without the H U D dollars because of the inadequacy of
the existing water system. The total effort involves a $19 million
dollar commitment from private
industry, and will create 1,100 new
permanent jobs for low and moderate-income people, and 180 construction jobs.
The City of Suffolk will use $1.5
million in action grant funds to
construct an access road that allows traffic to bypass the congested downtown area en route to
a nearby industrial park. The H U D
funds will generate over $23 million dollars in private investment
for construction and renovation of
industrial plants which will in turn
create 91 new jobs, retain 90 existing positions and provide work for
1,732 construction workers.
The federal dollars going to Virginia municipalities should go far
in meeting some of the critical
needs of communities. However,
these federal dollars are limited.
With President Carter's commitment to fight inflation and keep
down the cost of government, we
need to develop ways to get more
from our tax dollars. In selecting
projects to be funded, H U D will
be looking closely at the cost-effectiveness of each proposal.

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�VML AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
VA. W &amp; M

The Executive Committee of the Virginia Weights and Measures Association met November 9, 1978 to consider several important matters. Jimmy
S t e w a r t , C h a i r m a n of the B y - l a w s
Committee, reviewed the draft of the
revised B y - l a w s . He w a s a s k e d to
make several changes in the draft, and
it was agreed to consider the final
draft at the March meeting. It is anticipated that the proposed, new By-laws
will be presented to the membership
for their approval at the 1979 Conference, to be held August 5, 6 and 7, at
the S h e r a t o n I n n , F r e d e r i c k s b u r g .
Copies of the proposed By-laws will
be sent to the members prior to the
Conference.
Among other items at the November meeting, the 1979 budget was approved. No increases in membership
dues or Conference registration fees
were made. Weights and Measures
w e e k is o b s e r v e d M a r c h 1-7 by
Weights and Measures officials in the
U.S. It is held each year to pay tribute
to the first U.S. Weights and Measures
Law of 1799.

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Association of Chiefs of Police met in
December and again on January 18. At
the December meeting, the Board app r o v e d the 1979 b u d g e t a n d appointed Dan Balfour as the Association's legislative lobbyist for the 1979
G e n e r a l Assembly session. He will
work with the staff to address those issues of interest to the V A C P .
James Cotter, head of the Statewide
Training Study for Virginia, appeared
at the December meeting to review
developments in his study. One of the
proposals calls for the creation of five
regional training academies in the
State. It is anticipated that no action
on the study will be taken until later
this year.
T h e 1979 V A C P C o n f e r e n c e is
scheduled for Norfolk, August 26-29,
at the O m n i International Hotel.

VBOA

The Board of Directors of the Virginia Building Officials Association
met December 8, 1978. President Garland L. Moore requested a committee
report concerning a proposed Housing Code Committee as part of the
V B O A . The Committee will report at
the next Board meeting.

Leo Cantor presented proposals for
d e v e l o p i n g the V B O A into an involved, viable B O C A Charter Chapter,
primarily by having all B O C A members b e c o m i n g V B O A m e m b e r s
through payment of a lump sum to the
V B O A by the State Division of Housing. V B O A members were sent copies
of the proposals for comments.
T h e 1979 V B O A C o n f e r e n c e is
scheduled for Virginia Beach, October
14-17, at the New Cavalier Hotel.

SFCAV

The Executive Committee has initiated many changes in the State Fire
Chiefs Association of Virginia under
President Harold E. " G e n e " Dailey's
leadership. The first
membership
m e m o , published in December, informed members of new stationery,
the creation of a new member packet
and the expansion of the Annual Conference. Added features to the Annual
C o n f e r e n c e in July are a memorial
service and a fire safety education and
equipment display. The Conference
will be held at the Sheraton Inn, Harrisonburg on Thursday, July 12 - Saturday, July 14.
Governor John N. Dalton signed a
proclamation that designates April 4 as
"Burn Prevention Through Education"
day. The SFCAV joined other fire service organizations to support the move.
During the General Assembly, a Legislative Bulletin was mailed to all members that included all legislation important to the fire service. Virginia
B e a c h Fire C h i e f , Harry E. D i e z e l ,
chairs the S F C A V Legislative C o m mittee.

VA. SECTION, ICMA

The Executive Committee of the Virginia Section, International City Man-

agement Association will meet this
month to review the Annual Conference to be held April 25-27, Marriott
Inn, Blacksburg. President Hugh G .
Cooper will preside over the activities.
Some of the topics are "Income, Estate
and Personal Financial Management",
" M u n i c i p a l Financial Management"
and "79 Legislation". The Conference
will begin on Wednesday evening with
the O p e n i n g Dinner. Dr. Edwin C.
Marsh, VPI &amp; S U , is the guest speaker.
O n Thursday afternoon, tennis and
golf tournaments are scheduled and a
visit to the City of Salem to see the
Solid Waste Disposal-Energy Recovery
Unit. T h e C o n f e r e n c e will adjourn
Friday evening.
E. Allen " S o n n y " Culverhouse is the
new vice chairman of the Virginia Local Government Administrators Committee for Professional Development
and Jim Lord is the new committee
member. The Committee met January
24 to consider the training needs of
city, town and county managers. A
conference, for chief administrative
officers and their key elected officials,
was sponsored by the Committee last
month at the Arlie House in Warrenton.

MEPAV

The Annual Conference of the Municipal Electric Power Association will
be held on April 11-13 at the Marriott
Inn in Blacksburg. President Robert I.
Corekin serves as program planner.
Speakers include Frederick H. Ritts,
C o u n s e l l o r at L a w , N o r t h c u t t Ely
speaking on the energy bill and Dr.
Leonard Grisby, Professor, VPI &amp; S U ,
discussing energy research. A tour of
the Electric Engineering facilities at VPI
&amp; SU is scheduled for Thursday afternoon and a panel discussion of Association goals will be held during the
Thursday morning breakfast.

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�74th ANNUAL
VML CONFERENCE
ROANOKE.
There's no better way to make progress than by meeting together. The
meeting for municipal progress in Virginia this year is the 74th Annual
Conference of the Virginia Municipal League, September 23 through 25 at the
Civic Center in Roanoke. The attendees will gather to discuss issues, form
policy, and review products and services. Mayors, Councilmembers, appointed
officials, firms in the municipal market plan to attend. Will your be there? Will
you have the opportunity to profit from Virginia's largest gathering of municipal
officials? Make your plans now!

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VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL. L E A G U E
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM
The Award

Recognizing that localities in the Commonwealth strive towards Improving municipal service, the Virginia Municipal League, through the
Achievement Awards, wishes to honor these endeavors. The entry for
a given award should be Innovative and structured to meet specific
needs and desires of your locality.

Eligibility

Any member locality, town, city or urban county, is eligible to enter
the VML Achievement Awards Program.

Categories

Twelve awards are available—six for towns and six for cities and
counties (one award for each group, in each of the six areas that parallel the VML policy committees). The categories are the following:
—Community Development (housing and urban renewal)
—Effective Government (finances, management, training programs)
—Environmental Quality (water quality, local planning and land use,
energy use, solid waste management)
—Human Resources (child care programs, health care, alcohol and
mental health programs, recreational services, education)
—Public Safety (court system, fire and rescue services, emergency
preparedness, law enforcement)
—Transportation (streets and roads improvement, public transportation systems, bicycle ways, transportation of the handicapped)

Criteria for
Judging Entries

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judging

The entries will be judged by a special committee whose members
are selected for their expertise in the area of the awards.

Presentation
of Awards

Awards will be announced in September and appropriate recognition
will be given to each recipient during the VML Conference Opening
Session. In addition, the awards will be highlighted in the Conference
issue of V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; CITY magazine.

How to Enter

Each entry must be preceded by an application form, due by March
30, 1979. Localities may enter all six categories but may only have one
entry In a given category. All entries must be received by the Virginia
Municipal League, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206, no later
than April 27, 1979. It is our hope that you will support this program
and take this opportunity to be recognized for outstanding municipal service.

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—Maximum 3 pages of appendices, charts, etc.
— U s e of black and white photographs
—LJse of camera ready graphs, charts and architects' renditions, etc.
—All entries must have 3 copies of all visual materials
—All entries must be signed by the chief elected official (mayor,
board chairman)

�Commentary
REFORMING WELFARE
By Timothy G . O'Rourke,
Institute of Government,
University of Virginia
In testimony before a House subcommittee in 1977, the Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Joseph A. Califano, criticized the current
welfare sytem as inadequate, unfair,
anti-work, anti-family and administratively chaotic. Data on the operation
of the present system clearly sustain
these criticisms.
Although federal, state and local income assistance programs (not including Social Security) spent, in benefits
and administrative costs, almost $1700
per person below the federal poverty
line in 1977, the current organization
of the welfare system tends to undermine both the adequacy and fairness
of public assistance expenditures. A
major source of inequality is the discretion exercised by states over benefit levels and coverage in a federallysupported program. Aid to Families
with Dependent Children ( A F D C ) . In
1978 New York paid $373 monthly to
the average A F D C family, while Virginia and Mississippi paid $191 and
$47, respectively. The wide variation
among the states in A F D C benefit levels is compounded by the fact that
twenty-six states provide A F D C to
both male-headed (intact) and female-headed families, while twentyfour states, including Virginia, limit
A F D C to female-headed families.
Apart from interstate differences in
welfare administration, the multiplicity
and inconsistency of welfare programs
lead to inequities. For instance, the
system discriminates against the working poor since A F D C , Supplemental
Security Income (SSI), Medicaid and
state-local general assistance are directed primarily to the non-working
poor. An exception to this pattern is
the Food Stamp program, which covers both the working and nonworking
poor. Significantly, many poor families
benefit from several welfare programs,
while others may benefit from only
one or even none.
Considerable evidence supports the
charge that the current system is antiwork. Secretary Califano cited the case
of a two-parent family of four covered
by A F D C in O h i o . By doubling his
work effort from twenty to forty hours

per week, the father would suffer a net
loss of income since his additional
earnings would disqualify his family
for A F D C and Medicaid. The "notch
effect"—earning more money but suffering a reduced income through loss
of benefits—obviously
discourages
greater work effort by welfare recipients. Paradoxically, work incentive
provisions applicable to A F D C recipients a l l o w s s o m e to earn i n c o m e
beyond the cut-off level for benefits,
thereby leaving A F D C recipients better off than non-AFDC families with
comparable earnings.
T h e i n e q u i t i e s a n d w o r k disincentives apparent in the present
welfare system might be reduced or
e l i m i n a t e d by the a d o p t i o n of a
national negative income tax (NIT) applicable to both the working and nonworking poor. The various components of the present system would
be absorbed into a uniform federallyfunded structure in order to create an
administratively simpler system, free
of the inequities in coverage caused
by present fragmentation of programs.
The NIT would guarantee a minimum
income to a family with no earnings.
As the family's earnings increased, the
federal subsidy would be reduced by
only a fraction of the earnings. Therefore, the family would be better off
working than not working.

system with effective work incentives
is equaled by the problem of devising
a welfare system that is not anti-family. The present system is anti-family,
though not for the reasons usually
cited. Critics of the current system, including Secretary Califano, argue that
the limitation of A F D C benefits to female-headed families in twenty-four
states encourages fathers to desert
their families. Yet there is little evidence to sustain this claim. Gilbert
Steiner observed that the number of
A F D C desertion cases generally grew
no faster in those states limiting A F D C
to f e m a l e - h e a d e d families than in
those states covering intact families. A
recent study of California determined
that at least one-fifth of the families
enrolled in the Unemployed Father
segment of A F D C eventually transfer
to the basic A F D C program covering
f e m a l e - h e a d e d f a m i l i e s . O t h e r research indicates that high A F D C payments, in general, are associated with
marital dissolution. The Seattle-Denver income maintenance experiments
f o u n d that the rate of marital dissolution in recipient families exceeded
that for comparable non-recipient
families. Apparently, welfare raises the
likelihood of family break-up by decreasing the dependence of the wife
and children on the father; welfare
makes separation affordable.

Whatever the intuitive appeal of the
N I T , however, HEW-funded experiments in Seattle and Denver over the
past eight years indicate that the NIT
discourages work. Estimates based on
the Seattle and Denver tests suggest
that a nationwide NIT would lead to
an estimated 10 to 21 percent decrease
in work effort in intact families receiving benefits, and a 6 to 15 percent decrease for female-headed families receiving benefits. Test
indications
shows that raising the minimum income guarantee further reduces work
efforts and emphasizes the apparent
incompatibility of providing adequate
benefits and maintaining incentives to
work. This problem is also evident in
the operation of the current welfare
system. Research shows, for instance,
that A F D C mothers are more likely to
work in low-benefit states than in
high-benefit states. Reconciling the
goals of adequate benefits and work
incentives may be possible, but only at
the expense of other objectives in welfare policy.
The difficulty of creating a welfare

The fact that anti-work and antifamily inducements operate under
both present and proposed welfare
systems provides a crucial insight into
the frequent pressure for welfare reform and the inability of government
to accomplish this reform. Welfare
policy inevitably must strike a balance
between nearly irreconcilable objectives, such as adequate benefits and
work incentives, for example, or administrative simplicity and work requirements. Defects such as the inc e n t i v e for family d i s s o l u t i o n are
almost inescapable in shaping welfare
policy. Thus, virtually any welfare reform might raise as many problems as
it would solve. This fact might render
welfare reform politically impossible,
except that many states see welfare reform in terms of federal fiscal relief.
However, because at least one-third of
such relief would probably go to only
two states (California and New York),
even the promise of new federal aid
may not generate enough support for
reform to succeed.

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R O C K Y M O U N T — T o w n Council
adopted a resolution authorizing
Mayor Allen O. Woody, Jr. to seek up
to $1 m i l l i o n u n d e r the I m m i n e n t
Threat Grant money available from
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to defray the cost of
building a water treatment plant. The
Imminent Threat Grant is available to
small cities and counties on a limited
basis. Rocky Mount has already received $2.8 million from the Farmers
Home Administration for the plant.
ALTAVISTA
— T o w n manager Stanley
Goldsmith reported that the Town has
been allocated $1,100 in a Community
Development Block grant to aid in its
litter control program, making a significant increase over last year's $200
share of a county block grant. Goldsmith also saluted merchants and citizens of the T o w n for their cooperative

spirit in connection with the Town's
clean-up program.
FALLS C H U R C H — C i t y Council voted
to approve a proposal to apply to the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development ( H U D ) for $135,000 in
r e h a b i l i t a t i o n f u n d s to renovate a
house to serve as a group home for
mentally handicapped adults.
BRISTOL—The
Bristol Public Library
has been awarded a grant from the
Virginia Foundation for Humanities
and Public Policy to hold panel discussions about the past, present and
future of downtown areas in American
cities. T h e site of one of the discussions is the council chambers and
the presentation will be directed to local businesses and government leaders.

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FRANKLIN —The new city hall annex
is open and houses the City's Welfare
Department, the Redevelopment and
Housing Authority, the VPI&amp;SU Extension Service and the offices of the City
Manager, City Attorney and the Personnel department. The annex expansion was a $250,000 project financed
by the Union Camp Corporation.
ARLINGTON
COUNTY—The
County,
already the holder of an AAA longterm bond rating from Moody's Investors Service, now has been recognized
as an excellent financial risk for shortterm borrowers by the same institution. Moody's has announced that the
County has received their investment
Grade 1 (MIG 1), the highest rating
given.
CHESAPEAKE—City
manager John T.
Maxwell said that he will recommend
that the Council set aside $1.2 million
to guarantee the dredging of a deep
water channel in the southern branch
of the Elizabeth River. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers has required the
City to pay half the cost of the maintenance of the channel each year. The
money would come from the City's
unappropriated surplus and will not
affect the present year's budget.
STAUNTON
—The Historic Staunton
Foundation was awarded $2,000 to
help develop a comprehensive plan
for the future use of the Wharf Warehouse District, an area dominated by
turn-of-the-century commercial and
industrial buildings. T h e district is
listed in the national register of historic places.
FRONT ROYAL—Town
Council voted
to take steps to provide more recreation for school-age children. Dr. Richard A. Keller, Warren County School
Superintendent, described the need
for expanded recreational programs
for young people, explaining that initially there would be no cost for the
program. It would be federally funded
and has school system and law enforcement support. Town officials will
act as a filing agent for the proposed
youth program that envisions a 15 percent decrease in juvenile vandalism
and a 10 percent reduction in juvenile
delinquency and status offender cases
by 1980.

�HOW NOT TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR
By Brandt Ayers

Massive power blocs slid
smoothly into place with a noise
no more grinding than a stagewhisper but there was another
sound, too, the stretching of sectional interests trying to become
national ones.
There were men from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, from
North Carolina and Georgia, but it
wasn't the Constitutional Convention. The meeting was just recently
held in Atlanta.
It was the annual meeting of the
Southern Growth Policies Board
(SGPB), but it was more than that.
There were two seemingly contradictory things going on: an assembling and focusing of massive
Southern political power and the
staging of a summit where a peace
of sorts can be declared in the
Civil War between Frostbelt and
Sunbelt states.
Ironically, it was Southern leaders this time who wanted to avoid
the gathering storm-front of Cold
Civil War. The SGPB's chairman.
Gov. George Busbee of Georgia,
had already initiated a Boston
Summit with competitive coalitions—the Northeast-Midwest Economic Advancement Coalition,
the Council of Northeastern Governors and the Council for Northeast Economic Action.
The summit produced agreement that the Mason-Dixon Line
should not divide the sections in
promoting trade and exports, agriculture, small business and smalltown growth to relieve pressure
on major cities. Also, there was
agreement that the staff of the
competing regional organizations
should try to adopt common definitions of need which become formulas for distributing federal taxdollars. But, meanwhile, the
power-blocs of Fortress South
were sliding into place—just in
case the talks failed and Fort Sumter fired on South Carolina.
The SGPB is already plugged
into every governor's office and
A b o u t the Author
Brandt Ayers is the Editor,
Anniston, Alabama.

Anniston-Star,

legislature from West Virginia to
Florida to Oklahoma. Now it
touches every city hall in the region through the various municipal leagues. This year an effort will
be made to link up with congressional delegations and each courthouse through the County Commissioner's Association.
This unified and focused Southern Leviathan is made more effective because competing powerblocs are diffused. The NortheastMidwest congressional caucus, the
Northeastern governors and the
private Northeast Council have
separate staff, meetings and
agendas.
All of this was reported to another gathering of Southerners,
men and women who came to the
house we built at Booger Hollow,
on the outskirts of Anniston, Alabama to tell tall tales and to reflect
soberly on their nation and their
region, in that order. They came
from the highest levels of the State
Department and from the statehouses where some of them are
organizing new state administrations. They appreciate power because each one knows that domestic factions, like sovereign
states, are only interested in negotiating with adversaries who can
wage war effectively.
But the talk which stretched into
Sunday afternoon boiled down to
a uniquely moral and American
admonition: power is ugly unless it
is used for good purposes.
They called us back to the original purpose of the Southern

Growth Policies Board. It came together out of a recognition that
Southern growth was unbalanced.
Our rural areas, and the countyseat towns that service them, were
becoming an American Sinai
desert. Large areas of our cities
were becoming refugee camps for
our own stateless Palestinians.
That job is not only unfinished,
it is yet to be begun. No Southern
governor has proposed strategies
to deal with it and, consequently,
no legislature in the South has
enacted a growth policy.
if Southern leaders need to be
reminded what they started out to
do, then Northern and Midwestern leaders should be admonished to find an affirmative purpose for their coalitions. They
formed for essentially defensive
purposes—to stop what they perceived as a Southern rip-off of
population, industries and tax dollars.
There is a thicket of shared and
related national problems made
up of urban blight and rural stagnation. Northern and Southern
leaders searching blindly in the
bush have seized the same animal.
How silly and unhappy they both
will be if they find out they have
been struggling to gain control not
of a rabbit but a skunk.
At the Boston Summit, Southern
leaders made a start on the task of
clearing the national thicket of economic problems. It will take the
North and South together to finish
the job.

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HIGHWAY—C/iem/ca; Spreaders, Slurry Pavers
LINK BELT — Cranes — Excavators
FMC/BEAN —SewerCleaner
LAYTON MFG. CO. — Asphalt Pavers
MEYERS-SHERMAN - "Vactor Jet Rodder"
RICHMOND MFG. CO. - Horizontal Boring
Machines

ELGIN-LEACH — Sv»eepers, Refuse Bodies
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bridge replacement easy
Easy to design, install and maintain
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are made from custom-formed
sections of steel plate. T h e plate
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and punched for easy in-field
assembly. T h e n , each plate is
hot-dip galvanized for long service life.
One specification covers
all necessary materials. A n d one
order i n c l u d e s e v e r y t h i n g —
plates, bolts and nuts—all meeting State and Federal requirements.
We can provide design help
and do the installing if y o u wish.
If y o u have special grade or alignment problems, w e c a n help
w o r k those out, too. A n d most
likely, we'll save y o u m o n e y
while we're at it.
T h e r e are ten solid reasons
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N.Y. The old bridge was removed and a new Lane structural plate bridge installed
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�VML TASK
FORCE
APPOINTED
Jessie M. Rattley, Virginia Municipal
League President and Councilwoman
of Newport News, appointed the VML
Task Force on Property Tax. The Task
Force is composed of representatives
of large, medium and small communities chaired by Portsmouth's Mayor
Richard J. Davis.
The responsibilities of the Task
Force are the following:
In the short term, it will
—serve as a clearinghouse on pending tax and spending limitation
proposals in other states, keep a
record of existing limitations and
hold the line on taxes and spending;
—work with the localities to develop realistic and constructive responses to tax and limit proposals, including setting for
possible alternative proposals;
and
—work with other public and private interest groups, the Governor and State Legislators, county
officials, public employees and
businessmen, to promote concertive and unified action against
ill-conceived tax and spending
limits.
In the longer term, the Task Force
will undertake a major study of and
make a recommendation on the financing of public services including,
particularly, the role of the property
tax.
President Rattley appointed the following as members of the Task Force;
Vinton Mayor Gus W. Nicks, Harrisonburg Mayor Roy Erickson, Pulaski
Mayor Raymond F. Ratcliffe, Marion
Mayor Wilson W. Scott, Jr., Warrenton
Mayor J. W. Lineweaver, Lynchburg
Mayor Elliott Shearer, and Charlottesville Mayor Laurence A. Brunton. Also
appointed were Norfolk Mayor Vincent J. Thomas, Roanoke Mayor Noel
C. Taylor, Fredericksburg Mayor Lawrence A. Davies, Winchester Mayor
Stewart Bell, Jr., Alexandria Councilwoman Beverly Beidler, South Boston Mayor William R. Thomason, Leesburg Town Manager John Niccolls,
Richmond Finance Director H. Jack
Lissenden, Henrico County Board
Member Eugene T. Rilee, Jr., York
County Board Member George D.
Cole, Chesterfield County Board
Member Joan Girone, Richlands
Mayor Henry Roberts and Newport
News Councilman Donald Patten.

AN ABSURD DECISION BY
THE SUPREME COURT

Again, if it's still allowed to
disagree with the Supreme
Court, this decision was absurd.

By David Brinkley

If it is still permissible to disagree with the Supreme Court,
I would like to disagree with a
decision. It said, in brief, that
cities, counties, school boards,
and other local government
bodies can now be sued—for
money—if some local law, rule,
policy, or decision violates
somebody's rights. It seems to
me that in a country where it
seems that everybody is already
suing everybody, we don't need
any more of it. And more is
what this decision will produce.
Local
governments,
of
course, have to be fair. In the
past, if a school board violated
a person's rights for reasons of
race, religion, sex or sexual
preference, age, disability,
pregnancy, and so on and on
and on, he or she could sue to
get the rule changed. But now,
under this ruling, the suit can
be for money. And judging
from what we've seen in the
courtrooms lately (such as a
child suing her parents for $5
million because she was hurt in
the family swimming pool),
from what we see in the courts
now, we can expect lawsuits
against town councils, school
boards and so on. The losses, of
course, will be paid by the taxpayers, as patients in doctors'
offices are now paying the high
costs for all the malpractice
lawsuits.
These days, it is difficult for
anyone making decisions to decide anything that won't violate
somebody's rights, real or
imagined, and new rights are
being created every day.
Add to that the fact we have a
tremendous oversupply of lawyers, many of them more than
eager to file suit if they get half
of whatever they win—meaning you can file suit without
cost and without risk. As in Colorado, a 24-year-old is suing his
parents for $350,000—charging
they inflicted him with emotional distress. If he should win
he and the lawyer would divide
the $350,000.

This article is from a commentary by
David Brinkley on the NBC radio network.

AGRICULTURAL SEMINAR
The Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Association of Counties, Virginia
Farm Bureau Federation, Virginia Agribusiness Council, Virginia Cooperative
Extension Service and the Virginia Division of Forestry will co-sponsor, with
the Virginia Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services, an Agricultural and Forestal Districts Seminar in
six regional locations during March 6,
7 and 9, and 13-15, 1979. The objectives of the Seminars are as follows:
• inform all interested citizens and
leaders in a systematic and orderly
fashion of the purpose, intent and
procedures of Agricultural and
Forestal Districts;
• develop an understanding and interpretation of the Agricultural and
Forestal Districts Act; and
• stimulate a generation of ideas to
improve the Agricultural and Forestal Districts Program.
The dates of the Seminars are:
Suffolk
March 6,1979
Richmond
March 7,1979
Culpeper
March 9,1979
Lynchburg
March 13,1979
Blacksburg
March 14,1979
Abingdon
March 15,1979
More detailed information on the
Seminars will be distributed at a later
date through the League office. Please
direct any questions to S. Mason Carbaugh. Commissioner, Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services,
P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, Virginia
23209 or phone 804/786-3501.

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Siren, Very Good Condition. For additional information, call Robert Bagley, Fire Chief, City of Chesapeake, (804) 547-6297. Bids will be received until
3:00 p.m., April 23, 1979, local prevailing time, at
the office of the Purchasing Agent, P.O. Box
15225, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320. Bids will be
opened publicly and read aloud at that time. The
City reserves the right to reject any and all bids
and to waive any informalities.

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other 3-point hitch work. Just loosen the bolts
from two mounting plates and back out of the
loader frame. Hydraulic hoses and controls
stay with the 2500-pound-capacity loader.
Choose the tractor power and accessories
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(43,50 or 62 SAE net hp) and more than
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Equipped with an optional rear PTO
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you're ready for mowing, blading and scarifier
work. Hydraulic load-and-depth sensing of
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changes to help maintain working depth and
engine rpm.
For a closer look at the entire line of John
Deere Utility Tractors, Loaders, Backhoes
and Mowers, see your John Deere dealer.
John Deere, Moline, Illinois.

3-point lift links provide a vertical float
action to follow ground contours, and
adjustable sway blocks control side-toside tool movement.

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departments.
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problems such as potholes or missing
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so that one dispatcher unit notifies the
nearest patrol force upon receiving a
request for service. The jurisdictions
have also c o m b i n e d records, jails,
courts and headquarters. (Contact:
City Manager, City Hall, Dodge City,
Kansas 67801.)

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
(56,000),
has established a service management
system, which has involved an analysis
of citizens' needs and the development of effectiveness measures for police a n d r e c r e a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t s .
(Contact: City Manager's Office, City
Hall, Palo Alto, California.)
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (41,000), has
converted all financial reporting data
to microfiche from computer printo u t s , resulting in r e d u c e d storage
space. The initial investment for microfiche conversion in the software
was less than the costs for cabinets
and office space that would have been
required. (Contact: Budget Analyst,
City Hall, Rockville, Maryland 20850.)
S A N jOSE, CALIFORNIA
(446,000),
trained its staff in systems design work
to update its computer system. The interest of the employees in the system
has been a benefit because they participated in its design. (Contact: Science Adviser to San Jose, 801 North
First Street, San Jose, California 95110.)
E V A N S T O N , ILLINOIS (80,000), joined
with several other localities to purchase its supply of traffic tickets for issuance to traffic violators. The City

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needed for two y e a s . Without this
joint venture, each locality would have
had to purchase a 20 year supply at a
higher unit price. (Contact: Purchasing
Agent, 1501 Oak Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60204.)
ROCKVILLE,
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used the telephone company's free
consultant service and has undertaken
a complete investigation of the City's
telephone costs by obtaining the telephone c o m p a n y ' s records that list
each piece of the City's equipment
and the charge per piece. Savings from
adjusted use in the first six months offset the c h a r g e s for
equipment
changes, and Rockville reduced its
m o n t h l y p h o n e bill by 5 percent.
(Contact: Budget Analyst, City Hall,
Rockville, Maryland 20850.)
OSHKOSH,
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power tools, scaffolding and ladders.
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                    <text>PETERSBURG'S BLANDFORDjCHURCH

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THE TRIBLE HOMEMAKER RETIREMENT BILL
Marilyn Mannisto, 25, is a homemaker in Newport News. She and
her husband, Jason, have three children. Jason, a business manager
for a local bakery, earns $14,782 per year. When he retires in 35
years at the age of 65, Jason will receive a monthly pension payment of $573, or $6,876 a year. He will also receive Social Security
benefits.

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or their marriage is dissolved, Marilyn will face retirement with very
little money, if any. Marilyn Mannisto, like other homemakers, needs
help.
A few years ago. Congress faced a similar problem with millions
of Americans who were earning wages but were not eligible to participate in a company, union or government pension plan. Fortunately, these people can now prepare for their retirement years
through investing in IRA's.
IRA is financial shorthand for "Individual Retirement Account."
An IRA is just like any other private savings or investment plan with
one major exception—^the earnings from the investment are not
taxed every year. Instead, IRA earnings are taxed only when the investor retires and withdraws money from the account. In the long
run, not paying annual taxes on the earnings from the investment
can increase annual, after-tax income by 60 to 100 percent, or as
much as $19,000 a year.
For example, if Marilyn Mannisto invests $750 a year for 40 years
in certificates of deposit earning a quarterly interest rate of 7VA percent, she will have invested a total of $30,000 and will have earned
$88,936. From this investment and interest, she can expect an annual, after-tax retirement income of $9,560. However, if Marilyn
could use an IRA to defer paying taxes on the earnings until she retires, her $30,000 investment would earn $172,719 and her annual,
after-tax retirement income would jump to $18,482 or 93 percent
more than she could get today.
Unfortunately, very few homemakers can now invest in an IRA. In
1976, Congress passed a law permitting some homemakers with
earned income to own an IRA, but the overwhelming majority of
America's 46 million homemakers still cannot take advantage of this
opportunity. The reason is quite simple: the law defines their labor
as being economically worthless, despite the valuable contributions
they make to our society.

Relatively minor changes in the law would allow all homemakers
to have an IRA. By amending the present law to allow homemakers
to count as their own income the compensation of their spouses, all
homemakers would have a chance to insure financial security in their
retirement age.
Permitting homemakers to invest in an IRA is basically a question
of fairness. It's not fair that the largest group of workers in American should be deprived of the opportunity to prepare for their retirement, just because they earn little or no income. They should be
given the same treatment as all other self-employed workers.
I have introduced a bill to allow homemakers to open their own Individual Retirement Account. The bill has already drawn 106 cosponsors in the House and 13 in the Senate. The legislation is necessary
because the cost of depending on the government to provide retirement income for all homemakers is prohibitive and could bankrupt
the Social Security System. The situation can only get worse as a
greater percentage of our population reach retirement age.
Furthermore, government social programs are traditionally more
expensive, less efficient and more impersonal than comparable private programs. Permitting homemakers to invest in IRA's would
avoid the impersonality of a mountain of red tape while keeping the
cost of administration down and the benefits up.
Investments in the IRA's should increase the aggregate level of
savings in America. From those increased savings, we can expect
more capital investment which, in turn, could reduce unemployment,
produce real economic growth, lower interest rates and ultimately
raise government revenues.
The time to act is now, before many homemakers get too close to
retirement age to help themselves, thus shifting the cost of retirement to their children. Future generations will be taxed to the breaking point, just to provide today's homemakers with a minimum level
of retirement income. We should accept the responsibility now.

Paul Trible
Member, United States Congress, 1st District, Commonwealth
of Virginia

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Editor-in-Chief

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V O L U M E 14

NUMBER 6

Margaret A. Nichols
John S. Ziolkow/ski, Jr.
Sandra Harmon

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J U N E 1979

Jessie M. Rattley

GENERAL ASSEMBLY A C T I O N S BENEFIT
LOCALITIES
" T h e 1979 session was undoubtedly one of the most
productive for local government."

Officers: First Vice President, Gus W . Nicks; Second Vice
President, Roy H. Erickson; Third Vice President, Harold
S. Atkinson; and Fourth Vice President, Raymond F. Ratcliffe. Executive Committee: Richard A. Farrier, Francis T.
West, Richard J. Davis, Charles A. Robinson, Jr. Mary
Sherwood Holt, Jane L. Hough and Ann H. Kilgore.

VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 23-25, 1979
ROANOKE CIVIC CENTER

DEPARTMENTS
2 Editorial
7 People
8 Places
10 Marketplace
12 V M L Affiliates

Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the editorial policy and opinions of
V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; C I T Y or the Virginia Municipal League.

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Benefit Localities

The 1979 session of the Virginia General Assembly
was undoubtedly one of the most productive in
many years from the perspective of local government. The focal point of the Assembly's actions was
the passage of three bills concerning annexation and
State aid to localities, commonly referred to as the
"Michie package." Delegate Thomas Michie and others tried unsuccessfully to have the legislation
enacted during the 1978 Session. In the interim several legislative groups studied the proposals, including the Commission on State Aid to Localities, the
Joint Subcommittee on Annexation, the joint VML/
VACO Annexation Task Force, and a special subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee.
It was the latter subcommittee that developed a simplified proposal for distributing an additional $150
million in State aid to localities that was acceptable to
a majority of the legislators.
The "Michie package" was composed of three
pieces of legislation: HB 599, HB 602, and HB 603. The
first, HB 599, provides for an additional $150 million
in State aid to localities in the 1980-82 biennium. This
increased aid is in four major areas: law enforcement,
circuit court judges' salaries, commonwealth attorneys' salaries and the State and local hospitalization program. The legislation avoids complex formulas by calling for the State to fully fund the salaries
of sheriffs, commonwealth attorneys' and circuit
court judges. In addition, the State share of the primarily urban hospitalization program increased from
50 percent to 75 percent.
The law enforcement segment of the package provides for the full funding of sheriff's departments and
also, for the first time, provides State aid for the operation of police departments. In areas without police
departments, the sheriff is responsible for law enforcement activities. Under the provisions of HB 599,
all sheriff's departments will be funded 100 percent
by the State, according to standards established by
the compensation board. Currently two-thirds of the
cost of the sheriff's department is borne by the State.
The per capita amount of funding for sheriff's departments providing law enforcement services will provide the basis for determining State aid available to
localities with police departments. The total population of all areas served by police departments will
be multiplied by the per capita amount to establish
an urban law enforcement fund. This fund will then
be distributed to cities and counties with a police de-

partment on a formula basis using an adjusted crime
index based on population density and welfare caseload. Towns, however, will receive funding under a
formula based on their population and a factor derived from the lowest predicted crime rates for cities.
This was necessary due to a lack of statistical information on towns.
The second major piece of legislation in the annexation package was the highway maintenance
funding provisions that will go into effect July 1, 1979.
This bill, HB 602, does not provide new money but
redistributes existing highway funds, taking away
from the primary, secondary and urban construction
funds to provide an increase in maintenance payments for municipalities. Maintenance funding for
streets in the primary systems was increased from
$2,500 to $3,850 annually per moving lane mile available to peak hour traffic. Maintenance funding for
streets not in the primary system was increased from
$1,500 to $2,200 per moving lane mile available to
peak hour traffic. Equally significant is a provision
that requires the Department of Highways and Transportation to adjust maintenance payments to correspond with the percentage of increase or decrease in
maintenance cost of primary streets and highways.
In addition, as part of the compromise, 3.75 percent of the total funds available for highway construction will be allocated for the paving of non-surface treated secondary roads which carry 50 vehicles
or more per day. This resulted in a $14 million increase in maintenance funding, a $11.4 million increase in funding for the paving of non-surface
treated secondary roads and resulting decreases in
the primary, secondary and urban construction
funds.
The final bill in the triad was HB 603, the annexation legislation. This bill established the Commission
on Local Government. The Commission will be made
up of five members appointed by the Governor for
five year terms. They will take office on January 1,
1980 and they must have knowledge and experience
in local government but they cannot hold another
elective or appointed public office. However, they
can be employed by the U.S. government or an institution of higher education. This Commission will
have the responsibility for mediating between local
governments and to investigate, analyze and make
findings of fact regarding annexation, immunity from
annexation, town or independent city establishment,
boundary disputes among local governments, transitions from county to city status and economic growth
sharing among localities. The bill spells out procedures for annexation; provides a mechanism for transition of counties to cities; establishes criteria and a
mechanism by which counties can be granted immunity from annexation; and provides a mechanism for
transition of a town to city status.
In addition, the bill provides for minor adjustments
of boundary lines, termination of the annexation
moratorium, annexation by petition, the setting up of
an annexation court, reimbursement for town annexation, town renunciation of certain rights, consolidation of local governments and economic growth
sharing. This detailed but workable mechanism for
resolution of these various boundary and juris-

�dictional related matters was overwhelmingly endorsed by the General Assembly.
While the State aid that was a part of the annexation package remained on center stage throughout
the session, two other important items should not go
unnoticed. In the Governor's budget statement $16.2
million was proposed to implement the quarterly
payment of ABC profits to localities. Enabling legislation had been adopted several years ago but had
never been implemented. This amounts to a windfull
in the coming year because the quarterly payments
for October, January and April had not been anticipated by localities. Additional aid for schools was
made available by shifting certain funds to allow an
increase in per pupil state aid from $936 to $960.
The General Assembly should also be commended
for their recognition of the problem of mandating
costs to local government. Throughout the entire session the legislators made a genuine effort to ensure
that none of the programs which they enacted would
mandate additional costs on local government. Related to this, legislation was passed which requires
Legislative Services to refer any bills which may have
an economic impact on local government to the
newly established Commission on Local Government
and requiring that the Commission on Local Government develop a fiscal impact statement for that legislation. This is indicative of great strides in the awareness of local government problems on the part of the
Virginia General Assembly.
Another substantive issue during the session affecting localities was the series of nine bills introduced by
Delegate Cleaves Manning concerning forms of local
government. These bills had been known as House
Document 17, HB 63 and most recently as a series of
bills often referred to as the "1300 series". The intent
of these bills was to revise Title 15.1 of the Code of
Virginia in its entirety. The bulk of this revision was
contained in HB 1300 which was approximately 100
pages in length and was subjected to continual
amendment until it was voted down on the House
floor. Contributing to the defeat of this bill was its
length and complexity and the fact that it was
amended substantially prior to a floor vote. Very few
delegates or observers were able to grasp the impact
of this key piece of legislation in such a short time
frame. However, four measures out of the "1300 series" passed. They were HB 1303, which amended
sections related to the granting or amending of municipal charters; HB 1305, which expanded localities
authority in the area of exterritorial police powers,
providing that counties and towns in addition to
cities may exercise police powers on facilities which
they own outside their jurisdiction; HB 1306, which
provides for uniform fiscal reporting and also provides for uniform fiscal years for all local governments except towns with population under 3,500 (the
fiscal year must begin July 1 and end on June 30); and
HB 1307, which requires the compensation Board to
take into consideration constitutional offices which
are shared between local governments when setting
salaries. It is almost certain, however, that another bill
or package of bills incorporating most of the provisions of HB 1300 will be reintroduced during the 1980
Session.

The General Assembly in its collective wisdom
chose to study the various tax and expenditure limitation proposals before imposing legislation with
such far reaching implications. Two identical resolutions passed both houses requiring a study of tax and
expenditure limitation proposals and, in addition, a
resolution passed requiring a study of the initiative
effort and referendum issue which was the means by
which Proposition 13 was placed on the California
ballot. One measure relating to tax and expenditure
limitations that passed was HJR 323 which, if reenacted next year and passed by voter referendum,
would amend the Constitution to change the local
debt limit from 18 percent to 10 percent of the assessed value of real property. Another measure was
HB 1547 which requires a 1/8 page advertisement and
a public hearing whenever total property tax revenues increase by more than 1 percent from the previous year. For most localities this will require advertising, a public hearing and the passing of an
ordinance each year because the increase in assessment will inevitably be greater than 1 percent.
Although there was a great deal of legislative impact upon local government by the 1979 session, a
VML staff analysis has shown that the total number of
bills of concern to localities decreased by approximately 300 over previous years. In many respects
there were fewer "nuisance" bills for local officials to
deal with. This positive note combined with the additional state aid and the adoption of the annexation
legislation give evidence to the claim of a productive
session for local government. For a more detailed
analysis of the activities of the 1979 Session of the
General Assembly please consult the recent VML
publication Legislation Affecting Local Government.

VML STAFF ATTORNEY

Bragdon R. Bowling, Jr. was appointed to the newly created position
of Staff Attorney. Prior to joining the
League, he was a staff attorney with
the Division of Legislative Services, an
agency of the Virginia General Assembly. His responsibilities included drafting legislation and staffing House and
Senate Committees. Bowling was also
a law clerk in a Richmond firm. He is a
graduate of the University of Richmond and received his J.D. degree
from The T. C. Williams School of Law
of the University of Richmond. His position was effective April 2, 1979.

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Cook Takes Post

Petersburg city manager WILLIAM
R.
COOK accepted the position of city
manager of Kingsport, Tennessee. His
resignation was effective April 30.
Cook was town manager of Blacksburg prior to his employment in Petersburg.

Former Mayor Retires

W. STIRLING KING, former mayor of
R i c h m o n d , retired from Whittet &amp;
Shepperson, the former printer of VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY magazine. King
was instrumental in the formation of
this publication in 1966 and his guidance helped his firm to receive the
"Fine Printing A w a r d " for the League
magazine after its first year of publication. King began w o r k i n g with
Whittet &amp; Shepperson in 1926 and retired in April after serving 53 years.
King is also a past president of the Virginia Municipal League. The League
expresses appreciation to Stirling King
for his advice and continuing interest
in the VML and its publication.

Rattley invited

Newport News C o u n c i l w o m a n and
VML President JESSIE M. RATTLEY has
been invited to participate as a delegate in a five-nation tour of Europe as
part of a Conference on "Llrban Transport and the Environment." The invitation was extended by the Administrator for the U r b a n Mass T r a n s i t
Administration of the United States
Department of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n . Included in the delegation will be a
number of transportation specialists
and mayors from six U.S. cities.
Sponsored by the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development, the Conference will include visits to France, Germany, Sweden, England and Holland from July 6-July 2 1 ,
1979. Objectives of the Conference are
to continue the efforts of international
cooperation to solve the problems of
noise, air pollution, danger and difficulties usually associated with travel
and transportation. The tour will focus
on cities w h i c h have instituted innovative techniques to raise the quality of urban life.

Vernon Appointed

A native of C u l p e p e r , CLAUDE
M.
VERNON, )R. was named Abingdon's

director of public works, succeeding
Kyle Roop. Vernon is a graduate of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a
degree in civil engineering and also
has served as a first lieutenant in the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. His municipal experience includes employm e n t w i t h the C o u n t y of C o n t r a
C o s t a , C a l i f o r n i a and the Cities of
Vacaville and Fairfield, California. Vernon a s s u m e d his new position on
March 12.

Ford Selected

The International City Management
Association selected Arlington county
manager W. VERNON FORD to be a
member of its European Task Force. In
its fourth year, the Task Force will
study public/private cooperation for
urban management. Most of the cost
for the study trip will be borne by the
German Marshall Fund of the U.S. and
the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

Former Mayor Dies

JACK EDWIN GUYNN, former mayor
of G a l a x , d i e d M a r c h 19. G u y n n
served as mayor from 1968 to 1974 and
was president of Guynn Enterprises.
He was a graduate of Fork Union Military Academy and Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. The Virginia Municipal
League extends sincere sympathy to
Jack Guynn's family and the City of
Galax.

Jones Appointed

WESLEY D. JONES is the new county
engineer of Gloucester County. He
had previously been with the Virginia
State Water Control Board.

Roach Resigns

FRANKLIN R. ROACH, assistant director of the Hampton Coliseum, has resigned his post to accept a position as
assistant director of tours for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
C o m b i n e d Shows, Inc. Roach was
named Outstanding City Employee of
the Year last year and holds an undergraduate degree from the College of
William and Mary and a masters degree from Golden Gate University.

Lucy Dies

WILLIAM WAYNE LUCY, a member of
the Lawrenceville T o w n Council, died
M a r c h 22. Lucy had served on the
T o w n Council since September, 1972
and was a member of the Brunswick
County Planning Commission. He was
the o w n e r and operator of the W .
W a y n e Lucy Plumbing and Heating
Company. The Virginia Municipal
League extends sincere sympathy to
William Lucy's family and the T o w n o1
Lawrenceville.

Elliott Resigns

JOHN R. ELLIOTT, director of tourism
for the City of Petersburg, left his position on March 23. He became vice
president of marketing and promotion
for a Missouri tourist firm. Elliott will
be replaced temporarily by Wellington
Winston, curator and superintendent
of the Siege Museum.

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DANVILLE—The City recently celebrated its 149th birthday and marked
the beginning of Danville's 150th year
as a city. The General Assembly chartered it on November 23, 1783.
HENRICO COUNTY—The County of
Henrico Public Library has announced
an art competition believed to be the
first of its kind in public service in Virginia. The library Board of Trustees approved plans to set aside one percent
of the building cost of the new Sandston branch library to commission an
artist to produce original art for the
branch. Instead of purchasing art currently available, the Board has decided
to offer to all artists living in Virginia
the opportunity of creating art for the
library.
CHARLOTTESVILLE-CitY officials marked
the opening of four new tennis courts,
a gift of the Perry Foundation, with a
ceremonial match between Mayor

Laurence Brunton and former Mayor
Francis H. Fife. The donor is a locallybased philanthropic organization
which limits its financial aid primarily
to organizations and projects in the
Charlottesville area. The organization
was founded by Hunter S. Perry.
WAVERLV—The Town marked the beginning of its 100th anniversary on
February 26. According to Mayor William R. Hartz, special events in 1979
will incorporate "the centennial
theme" and civic and social events will
include a large number of Waverly's
citizens. The main celebration will be
held on Labor Day.
WARRENTON—The Town Council
authorized the manager to acquire the
old Warrenton Transfer and Storage
Company building. Purchase of the
building was made possible by a contribution from a Fauquier County resident, Edward L. Stephenson. Stephen-

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also bought the Town its present municipal building.
AMHERST—Town Council approved
an expenditure for a mini-park in the
downtown area. Money for the park
will come from unallocated federal
revenue sharing funds. Plans include a
bicycle rack, a flower garden and a
steel casing to support the Town's
Christmas tree.
COLONIAL BEACH—Governor John
N. Dalton pledged to help the Town in
correcting a serious erosion problem
which is washing away the beach and
threatening the tourist trade. Dalton
met with Mayor Eugene Wicker, Town
Manager Josef Dunn, State Senator
John H. Chichester, Delegate Calvin G.
Sanford and department heads from
several State agencies. Although the
Governor did not pledge any money
for the Town, Chichester and Sanford
plan to ask for funds in the next session of the General Assembly.
BEDFORD—Citizens have responded
to Mayor Russell Otey's office hours.
He holds open house from 9:00 a.m. to
noon on the first Saturday of each
month. Comments and complaints of
the citizens are recorded and given to
members of Council and department
heads for action where possible. Otey
says he appreciates the visits that have
been made by the citizens.
CHARLOTTESVILLE—More
than 100
new housing units, including the renovation of the landmark Albemarle Hotel, are in store for the Starr Hill neighborhood. Fifty apartment units for
elderly and handicapped persons
would result from the renovation of
the former hotel and the additional 50
units would be included in three separate buildings. The cost of the entire
project would be more than $1 million
but the development will hinge on the
willingness of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to
underwrite the project. The project is
being coordinated with the City's revitalization program aimed at the surrounding Starr Hill area.

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The National Municipal League ann o u n c e d that C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e a n d
Roanoke Valley, Virginia have been
designated as Ail-American Cities for
1978-1979. The national awards program e n c o u r a g e s citizen initiated
community goal setting and problem
solving. Charlottesville established a
comprehensive system of child care,
revitalized downtown residential and
commercial areas and created a cooperative housing program.
The Roanoke Valley, consisting of
the cities of Roanoke and Salem, the
T o w n of Vinton and the County of
Roanoke, constructed an 800-space
municipal garage. The Valley also established an emergency medical service which concentrates on services for
the r e t a r d e d , h a n d i c a p p e d
and
abused children and senior citizens.
Other activities of the Roanoke Valley
include the State's first free dental
clinic and an educational program established for heart attack victims.
Both winners were highlighted by
V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; C I T Y magazine
( F e b r u a r y , 1979) w h e n t h e y w e r e
named semi-finalists. The Virginia Municipal League congratulates the City
of Charlottesville and the Roanoke
Valley.

DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING
Chesterfield County, Suburban Richmond, Virginia. Seeking a dynamic and aspiring professional
for Director of Accounting. This is an unparalleled
challenge for the right person to join a team, serving on of the largest and fastest growing counties
in Virginia. Population 13,000. Operating budget
in excess of $100,000,000. The person selected
must have a degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field with 5 years'
experience, 3 years of which must have been in position demonstrating a strong administrative ability. CPA or graduate degree and municipal experience preferred. Please refer in confidence to R. B.
Galusha, Director of Personnel, P.O. Box 40,
Chesterfield, Virginia 23832. Equal Opportunity
Employer.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
Winchester, Virginia. Responsibilities include professional and administrative work overseeing traffic control, street maintenance and repair, sanitation, storm drainage and airport operations.
Requires extensive knowledge of principles and
practices of civil engineering, public works administration, and planning and design. Education and
experience equivalent to B.S. degree in civil engineering or related field. Virginia Professional Engineer Certification, or eligibility for same required.
$18,300 minimum with excellent fringe benefits.
Final salary commensurate with experience. Send
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NORFOLK IN CARTOON
How do you tell students about city government and
keep their attention? The City of Norfolk kept their attention with a cartoon booklet for students. The booklet,
"Norfolk, My City," now being used to supplement social
studies courses, recently won a "Addy A w a r d " from the
Advertising Club of Tidewater. The booklet was chosen
above public service brochures and radio and television
spots produced by advertising agencies throughout the
Tidewater area.
Written and designed by the public communications
staff of the Norfolk Conventions and Marketing Department, the 16-page, 8V2" X 1 1 " booklet uses bright colors
and cartoon characters to graphically depict the history and
services of the City and the council/manager form of government. The introduction explains the effect of local government on citizens by answering the question " W h o
Needs City Government?" The booklet also deals with city
revenues, expenditures, all elected and appointed city officials, the School Board and other boards and commissions.
"Norfolk, My City" is the first phase of the three-part student relations program designed to help teachers explain
city government. The second phase is an audio/visual presentation, which will elaborate on the material covered in
the booklet. This presentation will be made available for
duplication by the Norfolk Public School system and will
also be used during student tours of Norfolk's Civic Center
Complex, which make up the third part of the program.

Running a locality is a hard, time consuming business. Literally hundreds of
issues confront a local official. The
74th Annual Conference of the Virginia Municipal League will focus on
a number of topics that may be obscured by the pressures of your daily
operations; topics that will soon impact upon YOU!
Join other local officials in Roanoke,
23-25 September, for "Facing The Issues:". Everyone can benefit from
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SFCAV

At the national level of fire service,
former Seattle Fire Chief Gordon Vickery was appointed Administrator of
the United States Fire Administration
(USFA). The administration has also
signed a contract to purchase St. Joseph College in Emmitsburg, Maryland
as the site of the National Fire Academy; the target date for on-site course
offering is January 1980.
The Virginia Fire Services Commission held public hearings across the
State in April. The hearings were conducted to receive comments from firefighters and the general public concerning the adequacy of fire services
in the State and the need for changes
in present manpower, equipment or
performance. The Commission is responsible for making recommendations to the legislature regarding fire
service.
The 49th SFCAV Annual Conference
will be held July 12-14, 1979 at the
Sheraton Inn, Fredericksburg.

VACP

Twenty-five participants attended
the VACP/VML Law Enforcement Inservice Management Development
program held in Williamsburg, April 16, 1979.
Chief Larry Vardell and the Williamsburg Police Department provided equipment and firing range instructors. Management topics such as
leadership development, supervision
of police personnel, stress, police and
media relations and handling hostage
situations were presented by instructors from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, local law enforcement, the
Peninsula Academy of Criminal Justice
and the Da/7y Press, a local newspaper.
Glen Murphy of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, a recognized speaker in law enforcement circles, spoke on civil liability, and
handling and investigation of discipline cases. The next training program will be scheduled for OctoberNovember, 1979.
The VACP Annual Conference will
be held August 26-29, 1979 at the
OMNI International Hotel in Norfolk.
Program plans are presently being
made by the VACP/VML staff and the
staff of the Norfolk Police Department.
The Virginia Crime Prevention Association and the American Association
of Retired Persons are sponsoring
three regional crime prevention programs. The first program is scheduled
for the Northern Virginia Police Acad-

emy on June 5-6, 1979. The program is
directed towards common level personnel in non-crime prevention functions. Details on the other regional
programs have not been completed;
however, the Lynchburg area may
host one of the summer seminars and
the Richmond area may host the fail
session. There will be no charge for
the seminars. For further information
contact Harold A. Wright, Division of
Justice and Crime Prevention, 8501
Mayland Drive, Richmond, Virginia
23229, (804) 281-9276.

VBOA

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Virginia Building Officials
Association. A Program Committee
was appointed by the Board of Directors to plan activities and recommend
areas of interest to the building officials at the 1979 Annual School and
Conference to be held at the Cavalier
Hotel, located In Virginia Beach. The
Program Committee is composed of
D. Bain Reed, Building Commissioner,
Roanoke, Chairman; W. C. "Bill" Light,
Zoning Administrator, Roanoke; Frank
B. Kaye, Chief Fire Marshal, Arlington
County; Bernard Poole, Building Official, Sussex County; and Edward Williams, Building Official, Virginia Beach.
Also, at the Board meeting, a legislative committee was established to represent the VBOA during the 1980 General Assembly. The committee is
composed of Joe Bartell, Chief, Building Construction and Inspections,
Henrico County, Chairman; R. A. Ledbetter, Jr., Building Official, Norfolk;
Frank B. Kaye, Chief Fire Marshal, Arlington County; and James B. Jones,
Building Official, Martinsville.

MEPAV

The 1979 Annual Conference of the
Municipal Electric Power Association
of Virginia was held April 11-13 at the
Marriott Inn In Blacksburg, Virginia.
President Robert I. Corekin, Electric
Utility Director, Martinsville, presided
over the conference. William Willis,
Superintendent of the Electric Department, Radford, was elected President
for 1979-80 and D. Keith Cook, City
Manager, Bedford, was elected Vice
President. Members of the Executive
Committee are Eldred Yerks, Superintendent of the Electric Department,
Danville; Walter Duncan, Town Manager of Front Royal; and Joseph S.
Kearns, Councilman of Culpeper.
During the Closing Business Session
a dues increase was announced for
both regular and associate members.

A workshop on joint action will be
scheduled for early June and experts
in the field will be asked to speak. The
membership also adopted resolutions
in appreciation of the following persons for their assistance in the passage
of Senate Bill 163: State Senator
Charles J. Colgan, Delegate David D.
Brickley, Manassas City Attorney
Turner T. Smith, Virginia Association
of Electric Cooperatives Executive
Manager Charles C. Jones, Jr., MEPAV
Executive Secretary R. L. DeCair,
Wheat, First Securities Executive Vice
President Walter W. Craigie, Jr., Attorney Samuel I. Hellman and MEPAV
President Robert I. Corekin.

W &amp;M

The 44th Annual School and Conference of the Virginia Weights and
Measures Association will be held at
the Sheraton—Fredericksburg Motor
Inn, August 5-7, 1979. Oscar Armarode, program chairman, and the staff
are planning some interesting work
sessions and exciting social activities
for the delegates and guests.
During the Conference representatives from industry will have display
booths introducing new innovations
and technology in scales and other devices of interest to Weights and Measures officials. This year at the business session the members will vote on
the revised Constitution and By-Laws
of the Association.

VA. SECTION, ICMA

The Section held its Annual Conference on April 26-28, 1979 at the Marriott Inn in Blacksburg. President Hugh
G. Cooper presided over the 3-day
event.
The managers and their spouses attended a personal financial management seminar by Douglas Kahle, Coopers &amp; Lybrand, Norfolk. Other
speakers included Richmond's Finance
Director, H. Jack Lissenden and Conway Rees, Director of the Office of Local Government Relations.
Officers for 1979-80 are C. M.
Moyer, Manassas, President; Frank
Force, Williamsburg, First Vice President; and William J. Paxton, Salem,
Second Vice President. The Executive
Committee is comprised of James W.
Lord, Danville, Ronald Miller, Vinton,
William 8. Fletcher, Waynesboro and
Hugh G. Cooper, Bristol.
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Supporters of the federal government's general revenue sharing program face a stiff test next year in extending the life of the program beyond its current September 3 0 , 1980 expiration date. Several recent
developments highlight the skepticism about general
revenue sharing which has arisen both within the Congress and the Carter Administration. First, the House
of Representatives, as part of its fiscal year 1980 budget resolution, voted 195-190 to eliminate $2.3 billion
in revenue sharing funds slated for the states. Although this House vote was essentially symbolic—further Congressional action, considered highly unlikely,
would be required to eliminate the FY 1980 revenue
sharing entitlements for the states—it does represent
a severe erosion of support for general revenue sharing within the Congress. Furthermore, Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal recently testified that the
Carter Administration is giving serious consideration
to recommending the elimination of the states' portion of revenue sharing funds. Finally, Congressman
Jack Brooks, who is in a key position to influence the
future of general revenue sharing as Chairman of the
House Government Operations Committee, has been
outspoken in his opposition to the program.
Why has such stiff opposition arisen to a program
on which 39,000 state and local governments have
come to rely so heavily? To be sure, some of the opposition is partisan and even petty. Democrats now control both the White House and Congress, and they
have a natural antipathy to a program widely perceived to be a Republican initiative. Moreover, because general revenue sharing was enacted as an en-

titlement program, with funds flowing automatically
to the states and localities, members of Congress
have been denied one of our favorite pastimes—announcing grants to our districts. There is also some
resentment over the demand by 30 states for a Convention to amend the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget. House Budget Committee
Chairman Bob Giaimo characterized the attitude of
the states this way: " Y o u profligate federal government, get your house in order and cut spending and
balance your budget. P. S. Do not forget to send us
our revenue sharing money."
There is, however, a more serious objection to general revenue sharing based on the relative financial
health of the federal and state governments. The federal government has run huge deficits in every year
since the inception of the revenue sharing program in
1972. During this same period, the fiscal condition of
many states has improved considerably, with several
states actually enjoying sizeable surpluses this year.
What this argument ignores, of course, is that the
$7 billion revenue sharing program is a relatively minor portion of the more than $80 billion which the federal government sends to the states and localities
each year. If cuts must be made, I would much prefer
to reduce or eliminate some of the 500 categorical
grant programs, many of which produce excessive red
tape, impose undue financial burdens on state and local governments, increase federal intrusion into state,
local, and private affairs, and—above all else—^just
don't work.
By contrast, the general revenue sharing program
has allowed state and local officials to spend some
federal dollars as they saw fit, rather than as Washington officials ordered. Only a small corps of bureaucrats in Washington has been required to administer
revenue sharing. While administrative costs of categorical grant programs have gone up 14 percent annually since 1972, the increase has been one-tenth of
1 percent for the revenue sharing program.
The general revenue sharing program has been almost the sole exception to the trend of the past half
century to centralize power in Washington. If revenue
sharing is defeated or seriously weakened, efforts to
decentralize government authority will be stymied for
years to come and the American people will find their
lives controlled to an ever-increasing degree by the
distant bureaucrats in Washington.

G. William Whitehurst
Member, United States Congress
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The official publication of the Virginia Municipal League
Richard L. DeCair
JULY 1979
V O L U M E 14

Editor-in-Chief
Editor

NUMBER 6

Charlotte Kingery

Associate Editor
Editorial Assistant
Advertising Manager
Financial Secretary

Bragdon R. Bowling, Jr.
Margaret A. Nichols

John S. Ziolkowski, Jr.
Sandra Harmon

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Jessie M . Rattley

Officers: First Vice President, Gus W . Nicks; Second Vice
President, Roy H. Erickson; Third Vice President, Harold
S. Atkinson; and Fourth Vice President, Raymond F. Ratcliffe. Executive Committee: Richard A. Farrier, Francis T.
West, Richard J. Davis, Charles A. Robinson, Jr. Mary
Sherwood Holt, Jane L. Hough and Ann H. Kilgore.

POLICY?

"Local government has become "politicized."

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VML President

W H O MAKES L O C A L

O B S E R V A T I O N S OF CHINA

" V M L President Jessie M. Rattley recalls the spirit, values
and structure of a developing communist society."

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W E I G H T S &amp; MEASURES

POLICE &amp; FIRE MEET

DEPARTMENTS
VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SEPTEIVIBER 23-25, 1979
ROANOKE CIVIC CENTER

Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the editorial policy and opinions of
V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; C I T Y or the Virginia Municipal League

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13 Places
14 Commentary
18 Ideas
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�WHO MAKES LOCAL
POLICY?
BY ROBERT J. AUSTIN

The original council-manager form of government
gave little attention to policy and political leadership.
The notion was that the consensus of the community
guided local decision-makers to make the correct decision. The manager was to be purely an administrator taking policy direction from council; the mayor,
heretofore the political leader, was to be an equal
member of council with ceremonial executive duties.
Not clearly taken into account were the necessary
steps to formal decisions—identification of a problem, development of alternatives and determining the
choice; nor was there much concern with the political
requirement of building support for policies.
Local government has become "politicized."
Local manager government, however, has become
"politicized", not in the partisan sense but in fundamental differences over basic goals. The benefits and
costs of local policy increasingly are believed by
many citizens to be shared unequally, and it can be
argued that the people in many communities are taking a more self-interested view of local politics. This is
simply because the political climate has changed. The
governmental "crisis of confidence" and cynicism towards institutions and officials which has afflicted the
nation over the last decade has not spared local government. Further, although the numbers of people
who vote have not necessarily increased, there is
much more diversity of participation in community
decision making. In states such as Virginia, legal steps
taken during the 1960's and 1970's have entitled black
citizens to an active role. Another phenomenon
across the country and in Virginia has been the rise of
neighborhood and civic association activism which
usually focuses upon less than the municipal allocation of costs and benefits. The taxpayer revolt also
has renewed a traditional source of opposition to the
prevailing government direction in many localities.
Still further, the rise of public employee activism has
been a significant development which pits the government against itself. Finally, federal and state policies and programs are increasingly a factor in local
policy making and are received differently by various
segments of the community.
The need for more direction in local government
clearly can be seen within this politicized environABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert J. Austin is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University.

ment. Indications are that the council-manager plan
is adapting to the acceptance of the manager as a
policy leader and the changing role of the mayor under such a plan. Two recent studies indicate that this
is occurring in most Virginia localities.
Five years ago the International City Management
Association surveyed managers throughout the
United States. Michaux Wilkinson, writing in the
April, 1976 University of Virginia Newsletter, reported
on the specific responses of 57 city and town managers in Virginia to that survey. Rather than being limited to a purely "administrative" role, almost all Virginia managers acknowledged that they commonly
participated in local policy making. Further, 7 to 10
managers claimed to be frequent initiators of policy,
and almost all acknowledged some policy initiation.
About the same number ascribed to themselves a
leading ro\e in policy making, while more than onefourth said they a/ways were the primary leaders.
The manager's role is not limited to council.
Finally, the managers indicated that their role is not
limited to dealing with council. More than half the
managers said that it was common for them to address controversial local issues in public speeches to
community groups and that they sought the support
of leading community influentials for their policies
(only one in five denied ever taking such steps to
build support). In general, the typical Virginia manager is an aggressive salesman for policies which he
either initiates or plays a leading role in formulating.
The manager hence fills part of the leadership void
in council-manager theory. The reasons need not be
covered in detail here, but the person who prepares
and manages the budget, appoints and supervises the
administration and provides full-time monitoring of
the municipality becomes a major switchgate in the
policy process and goes a long way towards setting
the agenda for council. Most managers today indeed
find such an opportunity one of the chief attractions
of the job and no longer avoid the label "policy manager." Nor do they deny the appropriateness of the
label "politician," a subject of some debate within
the profession up through the 1950's. Any manager
who does not seek to build support for his policies
while at the same time reading the "art of the possible" into the mood of council and community is not
likely to last long.
As a counterbalance to the development of the
"policy" as well as "administrative" manager, the
mayor in most localities emerges as the chief elected
official and an individual whose responsibilities and
opportunities for influence far exceed the original
ceremonial role accorded him or her. Thus, Nelson
Wikstrom, in the January, 1979 University of Virginia
News/etter reported on his in-depth study of Virginia
mayors. The mayors claimed for themselves the role
of the policy leader for council. Their reasons for
doing so were twofold: most said that council looks
to them for advice on policy; and a majority gave policy leadership reasons either for initially seeking or
for wishing to be reelected as mayor. The mayors also
ascribe to themselves the task of exercising much of

�council's supervision of the manager. A majority of
them said that they had the primary council responsibility to do so, and most of them indicated that they
meet at least daily with the manager. It is Interesting
to note that a majority of the mayors said the managers had only an administrative role, in conflict with
the managers' own definitions above. The two parties
do seem to have different perspectives on this relationship.
Finally, the mayors indicated a policy role when
dealing with the broader public. A solid majority of
them claim that they have gone directly to the public
to win support for policies which presumably they
identify as their own. A majority of the mayors said
that a considerable amount of time in what is supposed to be a part-time job is given over to serving as
a focal point for citizen complaints and comments
about the government.
A more active mayor is the result of several factors.
One factor is the continuing association in the public
mind of the role of "mayor" as being of some importance in the local political system. This fact probably
is increasingly true because of population mobility
and the influx of people who are not familiar with the
manager form of government and are accustomed to
looking to the mayor. Also, a factor is that the national media centers upon mayors, not managers, as
the key local operatives. The local media also enhances the position because the mayor is "newsworthy." His ceremonial duties and the media's need
for "symbolic" news increases his public platform.
Another reason is the increasing opportunity for
the mayor in the intergovernmental arena. Federal
programs demand that the mayor execute certain responsibilities and also represent the city or town in
dealing with political authorities from national, state
and other local entities. On a local level, intergovernmental contacts increasingly demand visible
elected leadership.
Finally, as councils become more factionalized, the
mayor, normally picked by council under the prevailing Virginia practice, increasingly is identified as
the chief of the majority faction. In a political environment, he inevitably is identified as the leader of
one group with a particular view of policy needs.
The current view is that a manager-mayor "team"
has developed in many municipalities which gives the
manager plan considerably more political and policy
leadership than the form of government originally
proposed. What has been presented will not shock
those in the field, nor did it happen overnight. Any
time during the history of manager government, and
not just recently, the leadership model described
here could have applied to some localities. These developments, after all, are not the end of the manager
plan, as some have feared. Some readers will be familiar with the writings of the last decade that question whether the manager plan provides leadership
and doubting the applicability or utility of the plan
for local government. What the Virginia experience
shows is that the manager plan does have more flexibility than often thought, and that this flexibility can
allow the plan to adapt to changed circumstances
without damaging the fundamental purpose of the
plan.

PERCEPTIONS?
Sometimes what you see, isn't!
Running a locality is a hard, time consuming business. Literally hundreds of
issues confront a local official. The
74th Annual Conference of the Virginia Municipal League will focus on
a number of topics that may be obscured by the pressures of your daily
operations; topics that will soon impact upon YOU!
join other local officials in Roanoke,
23-25 September, for "Facing The Issues:". Everyone can benefit from
sharing knowledge of managing local
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Lynch Appointed

Richmond city manager Manuel Deese
has appointed DANIEL A. LYNCH as
the City's new director of public utilities. Lynch previously served as the
manager of the southern division for
New Jersey Natural Gas Company for
nine years. Lynch is a licensed planner
and a licensed professional engineer
in New York and New Jersey. He holds
a graduate degree from Monmouth
College and an undergraduate degree
from New York State Maritime College. Lynch assumed his duties on
May 21,1979.

Council Names

The Alexandria City Council has
named ROGER MACHANIC,
vice
president of trade development for
the Chamber of Commerce and president of Development Resources, Inc.,
to be the president pro tern of the new
Private Industry Council (PIC). Council
approved the creation of the Private
Industry Council to administer the
new program of the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act (CETA)
which increases the involvement of
business and industry in the CETA
program and redirects its activities to
private sector jobs for the economically disadvantaged.

Dawson Recognized

Taylor Retires

Miller Appointed

lAMES H. TAYLOR has retired as chief
surveyor for the Roanoke City Engineering Department. He worked with
the City for more than 23 years, beginning in 1956 as a survey party chief. He
was promoted to chief surveyor in
1966.

RONALD H. MILLER, town manager
of Vinton, was appointed to the Board
of Trustees of Ferrum College. He was
also elected to the Executive Committee of the Virginia Section, International City Management Association.

Hanbury Resigns

Authority Elects Two

BURTON B. HANBURY, )R. resigned
his position as deputy city attorney for
the City of Alexandria to become an
associate with the law firm of Wrape,
Hernly, Booker &amp; Swersky, located in
Alexandria. MASTON T. JACKS succeeds Hanbury as deputy city attorney.

The Fairfax County Redevelopment
and Housing Authority has reelected
GERALD W. HOPKINS as its chairman
and CARL COAN, JR., vice chairman.
Hopkins was first appointed to the Authority in January 1972 and was
elected chairman in October 1972.
Coan has served on the FCRHA for
three years and has also served as
chairman of the Fairfax County Consumer Protection and Public Utilities
Commission.

Burke Honored

Mrs. LOUISE BURKE, chairman of the
Richmond City Planning Commission,
received the Citizen Award from the
Virginia Citizens Planning Association.
The highest award of VCPA is given to
persons considered to have made
"notable and constructive contributions to the harmonious and orderly
development of their community or
region." Mrs. Burke, executive director
of the Conservation Council of the
Virginia Foundation, has authored numerous articles on environmental subjects and has campaigned for nature
preservation throughout the state.

CORRECTION
In the "Handbook for Virginia Mayors and Councilmembers", published by the Virginia Municipal
League and the Institute of Government, University of Virginia,
Chapter 1, Paragraph 1 should read
" . . . a long term public debt of
nearly $1.3 billion.'"

The Norton Redevelopment and
Housing Authority recognized outgoing executive director WRIGHT
DAWSON at a dinner held in April.
Dawson remains with the City of Norton in the capacity of community development program administrator.
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)OHN E. DRASS, Falls Church's chief
of police and a 20-year veteran of the
Metropolitan Police Department, died
May 13. Chief Drass began his career
as a patrol officer for the Metropolitan
Police Department in 1953 and was
promoted through the ranks to captain in 1972. He retired in December,
1973 and was appointed Fall Church's
chief of police in January, 1974. The
Virginia Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police
extend their sincere sympathy to the
family of Chief Drass and to the City
of Falls Church.

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�OBSERVATIONS OF CHINA
by Jessie M. Rattley

Editor's Note: The VML's President, Jessie Rattley, recently returned from a trip to China where she led a delegation of thirtyfive municipal, state and other officials in a goodwill tour of the
People's Republic of China. President Carter asked her to make a
report of her observations
during the trip.

I am pleased to submit the following report on the
recent trip to the People's Republic of China by a delegation representing the National League of Cities.
The cities visited were Canton, Shanghai, Hangchow
and Peking.
The usual practice in recounting foreign travel is to
tire one's audience with the vicissitudes and details of
the accommodations (which in our case were elegant), the public transportation ( w h i c h was inexorably punctual), the food (about which I confess
some misgivings) and unexpected changes in plans
and arrangements (which were a test of administrative skill).
I ask your indulgence to dispense with the usual
formalities and to focus instead on the substance of
what we learned and experienced: the spirit, values
and structure of a developing communist or "socialist" society.
E C O N O M I C AND POLITICAL LIFE

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The basic decisions of how China's productive capacity is allocated and invested in agriculture, housing, consumer goods, industries and other sectors, of
course, are made by the national government rather
than by the interrelated operation of private markets,
governmental monetary and fiscal policy to which we
are accustomed.
The extent to which the Chinese government can
alter the national economy has limitations which one
would expect in a developing country. The Chinese
economy is primarily devoted to providing the food,
housing, clothing and other goods and services necessary to maintain a basic standard of living. Defense
accounts for 10 percent of the PRC's gross national
product, by State Department estimates. W e observed in Canton, for example, that virtually every
inch of land available for growing vegetables or raising animals for food was in active use.
At the local level, economic life is organized into
communes and production groups with goals based
on targets set by the national government. Each production team sells its goods or harvest to the government and then distributes the income among its
members. The official principle of income distribution is "from each according to his ability; to each according to his work; more income for those who
work more". The official literature claims the political
cadres are paid "in the same way as ordinary commune members", i.e., on the basis of work points for
their "public duties". The commune reserves part of
its income to pay for the purchase of new equipment
and for construction of projects such as hydroelectric

plants and irrigation works, and part to provide education and health services for its members. The commune also pays a tax to the national government said
to be 5 to 7 percent. Government officials in Peking
exhibited keen interest in discussing business alliances with representatives of American industry,
and responded quickly to an offer from one of our
delegates to follow the initial contact with a visit to
the American factory.
The political life of the Chinese people is dominated by the slogans of the national government.
T w o constantly repeated themes are that everything
has improved since the revolution established the
communist state in 1949 and that everything associated with the "Gang of Four" is inferior or obstructive. For example, about 800 graduate teachers in the
University at Shanghai who received their degrees in
the " G a n g of Four" period are taking additional
courses to bring their qualifications up to par.
Political training in the principles and values of socialism and Maoist thought is an early part of education in the People's Republic, and the inculcation appears to have been highly successful.
VALUES AND PERSONALITY OF THE PEOPLE
The people of Communist China appear to have internalized to a high degree the socialist values of
egalitarianism and group effort. There was no sense
of suppression or hidden dissent at least among the
working people, with government policies.
Although the impressions of a touring group are always suspect, it is fair to say that the Chinese people
seemed to be highly motivated and to be working
hard to achieve their groups' production goals. This
was evident in both the factories and agricultural
communes we visited. Both men and women performed hard physical labor in the agricultural commune at Canton; each month the men have four days
off and the women have six days off. There was a pervasive sense of equality among the people we saw
and met, although we also noticed deference to a
party official who had an administrative role at a
medicine factory.
The people were friendly and somewhat curious
about us. When we arrived in Shanghai, they came
out to shake hands with us as we walked from the
plane into the airport.
W h e n w e left a w o r k e r s ' residential area in
Shanghai, the people had gathered to say goodbye as
we walked through a courtyard. In Peking, however,
the people seemed more indifferent and businesslike
and we attracted less attention. During the entire trip,
there was no indication that the people felt any mistrust or animosity toward us as Americans.
T w o striking qualities of the people were their quietness in public, which is perhaps a necessity in a society of China's density; and the uniformity of their
dress. Almost everyone wore " M a o " jackets and
pants, usually in blue.
The children were cheerful and proud. We saw
none who appeared to be shy or subdued.
The artistry and craftsmanship of the people in the
ivory, silk and carpet industries were most impressive.
These items are produced for export and sale to tour-

�The electricity available to residences and hotels is
of low voltage and is used for the limited number of
appliances such as clocks, radios, and small televisions. Telephones are scarce, and none were seen in
residences. Hospitals, schools and other public facilities seemed to be unheated south of Shanghai, although tourist hotels had steam heat.
Cinemas, ballet, concerts and operas were extremely popular. The theme of those we saw carried
the moral content of party thought, extoling the value
of " c l e a n " living, honesty and frugality.
There was no evidence of practice of religion, although temples and shrines are maintained for tourists. The Chinese people mingled with foreigners here
and displayed great interest and friendliness to Americans.

ists. We could only speculate about whether these
and other luxuries are available to ranking officials.
QUALITY OF LIFE
Life in China is austere, especially in the rural areas
where the people seemed to be struggling to maintain a minimum standard of living. Most of the
people live in two-bedroom apartments with common kitchen and bathroom facilities. Single-family
residences with yards are nonexistent. In Shanghai,
the average housing space is only 16 square feet per
person.
Public bus and rail systems are heavily used, and
bicycles and motorized carts are numerous. The few
automobiles found in the cities are taxis for tourists,
and cars for government officials.
In rural areas, the roads are made of packed dirt
and are usually narrow.
Medical facilities are cold and unsanitary and do
not have modern equipment. The use of acupuncture
for anesthetic purposes in operations is a source of
pride.
Education is provided through the age of 13 in agricultural areas and through age 16 in the cities, but
China's literacy rate is still low among adults. Students take competitive examinations for entrance to
University study. Before beginning advance education, a student must work for at least two years in a
commune or production group.

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The focus of life for the people of China is a work
ethic centered on the common good. The people are
highly motivated and industrious; no sense of fear or
suppression is apparent. Although the standard of living is austere in the cities and primitive in the rural
areas by American standards, it is evident that the
people are committed to the economic and political
system of which they are a part. Through their great
industry and unity of purpose, the Chinese people
seem destined to an expanding future both at home
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The Virginia Weights and Measures Association will hold its 44th A n nual School and Conference on August 5-7 at the Sheraton-Fredericksburg Motor Inn. G . W . Diggs, III, Inspector, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
Richmond and President of the Association, will preside over the C o n ference. Other officers include M. P. Gleason, Bureau of Weights and
Measures, R i c h m o n d , First Vice-President; J . B. H a u n , Inspector,
Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services, Staunton, Second Vice-President; and Robert H.
Britt, Jr., Sealer of Weights and Measures, Norfolk, Third Vice-President.
Executive Committeemen are J . F. Lyies, Supervisor, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Richmond; J . G . Sanders, Inspector, Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
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T W O COUNTIES AWARDED
Fairfax County and Frederick County
have been selected to receive a NaCo
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A w a r d . T h e National Association of
Counties (NaCo) honors those counties that improve a government service
for its citizens. Fairfax County was recognized for significantly revising the
budget process, including the published budget document, during the
past six y e a r s . T h e c h a n g e s w e r e
brought about by a directive from the
Board of Supervisors to develop a
more understandable program budget
which would be more useful to the
Board and individual agency managers
in program and policy decision making. Frederick County developed and
reorganized its inspection program.
The program allows for construction
at the least possible cost consistent
with good engineering practices. Aggressive educational and public relations programs helped to accomplish
the goals set forth by the reorganization plan.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT LABOR STANDARDS?
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel

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A recent decision of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit has pointed out what
may be a defect in Virginia's right to
work law. Section 40.1-61 of the Code
of Virginia prohibits an employer from
requiring an employee to abstain or
refrain from membership in any labor
union or labor organization as a condition of employment. This statute has
been cited for the proposition that a
Virginia locality has no authority to require even supervisory employees to
refrain from membership in the union.
York County Fire Fighters Association
V. County of York, F. 2d ( C C A . 4th
decided December 26, 1978).
This case arose under the following
facts. Members of the York County
Fire Department made contact with
the International Association of Fire
Fighters and as a result thereof established a local union known as York
County Fire Fighters Association, Local
2498. Thereafter, the County made
certain changes in the management of
its fire department, including the promotion of three members to the position of fire captain. It was apparently
intended by the County that such fire
fighters would function on behalf of
the County in a supervisory capacity.
The Board of Supervisors also passed
resolutions which prohibited persons
In a supervisory capacity from belonging to unions. This was administratively interpreted to restrict membership only in the same union in which
rank and file firemen belonged. The
three promoted fire captains tendered
their resignations from the Fire Fighters Association under protest and instituted suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia contending that the resolutions prohibiting membership of supervisors in the same union with rank
and file fire fighters deprived the fire
captains of freedom of association and
was also contrary to the Virginia right
to work law. The matter was heard on
affidavits by the District Court which
made a finding that the limitation on
membership in rank and file unions
was a reasonable limitation necessary
for the orderly operation of both the

fire department and the County and,
accordingly, dismissed the captains'
complaint. The case was appealed to
the Circuit Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit which decided (opinion
by Circuit Judge Winter) that whereas
the County could validly prohibit supervisory personnel in the Fire Department from belonging to a union in
which rank and file fire fighters are
members, the District Court had made
an improper determination that the
captains were in fact supervisors and
remanded the case to the District
Court for a factual determination on
whether they were in fact supervisors.
In respect to the issue in which the
District Court was upheld, the appellate court stated that there was justification for "determining the meaning
of an enactment from the administrative gloss which has been placed upon
it, at least in the absence of any suggestion either that the enactment was
applied differently or that the breadth
of the language in the enactment, unrestricted by its gloss, has a chilling effect on the first amendment rights of
others who are not litigants before
us."
Thus, the fact that the County, acting on the advice of the County attorney, had enforced the prohibitory
resolutions only with respect to membership in the same union to which
rank and file employees belong was
evidence of administrative gloss and
was determinative of the intent of the
supervisors notwithstanding the specific language of the resolution prohibiting membership of the supervisory employees in any union. The
appellate court opined that as so administratively construed, the resolutions were valid limitations of the first
amendment right of supervisory employees of the Fire Department saying:
"An efficient fire department is a legitimate and substantial state interest because of the need of fire fighters to act
quickly and effectively to prevent loss
of life and property, and the limitation
on membership of supervisory personnel in a union of rank and file members is necessary in order to forestall a
division of the supervisors' loyalties

between the union and their employer.
Barring membership in such a union is
the least restrictive way of achieving
the objective when membership in another union, not having rank and file
fire department employees, is not prohibited."

In response to the plaintiffs' argument that §60.1-61 of the Code of Virginia prohibited York County from requiring the plaintiffs to refrain from
union membership, the appeals court
stated that this argument had no bearing on the plaintiffs' constitutional
claim of a violation of their first
amendment rights and that the contention should be asserted in the state
courts of Virginia because the question has never been entertained by the
Virginia courts. However, at issue before the District Court on remand will
be a determination of what labor standards may be applied by the local government to labor unions. Unquestionably, the question of whether those
labor standards are affected by the
Virginia right to work law must ultimately be decided, whether in this
case or in a subsequent case initiated
in the state courts.

�Places
FAIRFAX COUNTV—The $2.6 million
Reston Community Center was formally dedicated on May 20 in a ceremony at the Hunter's Wood Village
Center in Reston. Remarks were made
by Fairfax Supervisor Martha Pennine
and Robert E. Simon, the founder of
Reston. The dedication marks the
public opening of the new Center
which was begun in 1972 by a task
force of interested citizens. Pennino
and Simon provided much of the
guidance for creating the Center. Construction and basic operating costs of
the facility are being financed through
a special tax district which includes
Reston and several adjacent residental
areas.
Also, Fairfax County has received a
$500,000 community development
block grant for the County's innovative single family home purchase
program. It will provide second trust
financing under the moderate income
direct sales (MIDS) program for families of low and moderate income who
currently live or work in Fairfax
County but cannot afford to purchase
homes under conventional financing.

SALTV/LLE—Environmentalists, concerned citizens and councilmembers
met to determine how to preserve rare
plants and other life forms in the well
fields area while completing the recreation development planned for that
area. Plans to build a recreational park
in the well fields met with criticism
when it was discovered that plants,
rare to areas other than seashores, existed in the well fields because of the
salt water there. Other living creatures
which depend on those plants were
also found. The Town conducted a
tour so that the objectives of both the
park developers and the environmentalists could be met.
POQUOSON—City Manager George
Dickenson announced that the City
has received a $400,000 State grant for
outdoor recreation. Poquoson plans
to build a public swimming pool, tennis courts, baseball fields and parking

facilities. An existing recreational area
will also be further developed with
grant funds.
M/DDLErOWN—Town Council voted
to convert a room on the second floor
of the Town Hall into a community
center. The center, to be used primarily by Middietown teenagers, will be
funded by unallocated revenue sharing funds.
GALAX—Council and the park commission met to discuss plans for the
development of the recreational facilities at Felts Park. A comprehensive
plan includes lights for the baseball
field, concession and restroom facilities, a running track, a paved court and
a swimming pool. Future improvements will add other dimensions to
the existing park.

COLONIAL BEACH—The resort town
received a $1 million federal Housing
and Urban Development grant which
will be administered by the Colonial
Beach Housing Authority. The money
is to be used for public improvement
projects such as renovation of dilapidated homes, water and sewer improvements, road repair and erosion
control. Most of the work, to be done
over a two year period, will be concentrated in low and moderate income areas of the town and a third of
the grant is earmarked for a housing
rehabilitation loan and grant program.
MARION—The
Town has been
awarded a $600,000 Department of
Housing and Urban Development
grant to construct a senior citizen center for Marion and the surrounding
area. The project, known as "The
Mayor's Project", will provide numerous services for senior citizens. When
completed, the Center will have meeting rooms for use by senior citizens
and also rooms for local and federal
agencies to use to provide counseling
and other services for senior citizens.
The project was named in honor of
Mayor W. W. Scott who has been a
key figure in supporting the Center.

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REAL ESTATE TAX
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By Bruce Ranson, Institute of Government, University of Virginia

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In the aftermath of Proposition 13,
taxpayer associations and individuals
in the Old Dominion have tried to
persuade policymakers to limit and reduce taxes. (Statutory and constitutional proposals cannot be put on the
ballot by citizen initiative in Virginia,
unlike the procedure provided in
some states.) The tax limitation activity
in the Commonwealth has ranged
from the request by the Virginia Taxpayers Association that the Virginia
General Assembly pass measures to
limit taxes and cut spending to efforts
by the Norfolk Tea Party and the Petersburg Taxpayers Association to reduce the tax rates in their respective
cities. The furor over real estate taxes
raises many questions. Two of the
most important are whether tax rates
on real estate in Virginia are rising or
falling and whether Virginia's real estate tax rates are higher or lower than
rates in other states.
These questions are answered in the
1978 edition of Tax Rates in Virginia
Cities and Selected Counties, published jointly by the Institute of Government and the Virginia Municipal
League (VML). Tax Rates includes an
examination of the trends in the average real property tax rates in categories of localities for even-numbered
years from 1970 to 1978. The study analyzes real estate (exclusive of public
service corporation property) tax rates
in cities and seven of the counties with
membership in VML by classifying the
localities into five categories: (1) cities,
(2) counties (Arlington, Fairfax, Frederick, Goochland, Henrico, Prince
George, and York), (3) urban counties
(Arlington, Fairfax, Henrico, and York),
(4) metropolitan localities (VML members located in a Virginia Metropolitan
Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S.
Census Bureau, in 1977), and (5) central cities (thirteen major metropolitan
cities and Arlington County, as designated by the Tayloe Murphy Institute).
Tax rates in those categories are examined by two measures. Because of
variations in fractional assessments
prior to the implementation of the
1977 state law requiring assessments

thereafter to be made at 100 percent
of value, the comparison of real property tax rates required the computation of an effective tax rate; that is, the
product derived from multiplying the
nominal tax rate by the assessment ratio. Significantly, effective tax rates in
Virginia localities declined from 1970
to 1978. On the average, the effective
tax rate in cities, metropolitan localities, and central cities was about 10
percent lower in 1978 than in 1970. In
both county categories, effective tax
rates declined by about 3 percent. Interestingly, the variation among categories was not great. For example, in
1978 the seven counties had the lowest mean effective tax rate ($1.06), and
central cities had the highest ($1.44).
The mean effective tax rate for the
four most urban counties was identical to that of metropolitan localities
($1.33). The rate in cities was $1.23.
Because local appraisals do not necessarily reflect the full value of property, the effective tax rate does not always yield a valid base for comparison
of real estate tax rates. Thus, the study
examines a second measure, which is
computed by multiplying the "assessment/sales ratio," as determined by
the State Department of Taxation, by
the nominal tax rate reported to the
Institute of Government by each locality. The "assessment/sales ratio" is the
ratio of the assessed value of real estate to its full (true) value. Computing
the ratio requires obtaining data on
the actual sales price of a sample of
property. Although the 1978 assessment/sales ratio figures from the Department of Taxation are not yet available, those for the 1970 to 1976 period
reveal evidence of declining tax rates.
The average true tax rate was 10 percent lower in 1976 than in 1970 in both
cities and metropolitan localities. The
decline is somewhat higher in the
other categories: urban counties, 11
percent; central cities, 12 percent; and
counties, 14 percent.
Further, the true tax rate expresses
the property tax as a percentage of full
real estate values. Average true tax
rates in 1976 varied among the categories from 0.8 percent in the seven
counties to 1.2 percent in central
cities, a range very close to the 1 percent maximum rate established by
California's Proposition 13. Nationally
in 1976, in cities with populations of at
least 50,000, for example, the median
true tax rate was 1.8 percent for all real

property.
In comparison with the true tax
rates range in urban areas nationally,
real estate tax rates in Virginia are low.
Indeed, the trend in Virginia is toward
lower, not higher, tax rates. Regardless
of the measure, a modest decline in
tax rates has been taking place. In a
period when real estate values have
risen sharply, local decision makers
have lowered tax rates. Although these
decisions may not prevent some increase in annual property tax bills,
they do restrict the real estate tax revenue growth rate.
Notably, real estate revenue remains
the principal source of locally raised
revenue. In recent years real estate tax
revenue as a percentage of locally
raised revenue in Virginia localities has
changed only slightly. In fiscal year
1977, real estate revenues were a
higher percentage of locally raised
revenue than in fiscal year 1970 in
twenty-five jurisdictions; lower in
eighteen localities; and the same in
two others (towns that changed status
in 1976 are omitted). The increase was
at least five percent in fourteen localities and higher than 10 percent in four
jurisdictions (12 percent is the highest). Decreases were five percent or
more in only four jurisdictions (again,
12 percent is the highest).
In conclusion, the analysis of real estate tax rates indicates that local officials are responding to pressures to restrict the growth of the real estate tax
rate. These efforts in some cases are
offset by the need to produce greater
revenues for expanding or maintaining
services. Significantly, in a period
when real estate values has risen
sharply, local government officials
have been able both to maintain
stable growth in real estate revenues
and to reduce tax rates.

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POLICE
1979 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AUGUST 26-29,1979
OMNI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
Norfolk, Virginia
This year's program will focus on Police Personnel Issues
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26
4:00 p.m.
Registration
6:30 p.m.
President's Reception
MONDAY, AUGUST 27
8:30 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Morning Session
10:30 a.m.
Ladies Tour and Fashion Show
12:00 p.m.
Adjournment for Day
2.:00 p.m.
"Spirit of Norfolk" Harbor Cruise
7:00 p.m.
Fish Fry/Picnic
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28
8:30 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Morning Session
9:30 a.m.
Ladies Tour of Norfolk Historic Area
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m.
Afternoon Session
6:00 p.m.
Open House
7:00 p.m.
Banquet
9:00 p.m.
Entertainment
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29
9:00 a.m.
Morning Session
10:30 p.m.
Business Session
12:00 p.m.
Adjournment

FIRE CHIEFS TO MEET
49TH Annual Conference, July 12-14,1979
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Early Registration
Evening Free
THURSDAY, JULY 12
Registration
8:00 a.m.
Memorial Service/Opening Session
10:00 a.m.
"Burn Care", Melanie Kowal
1:00 p.m.
Reception
6:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, JULY 13
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:15-Noon
1:30-3:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 14
8:30 a.m.
Registration
Selwyn Smith, Secretary for Public
9:00 a.m.
Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Business Session
2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Public Safety Afternoon
6:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Evening of Entertainment
8:15 p.m.
Donald D. Flinn, General Manager,
lAFC
President Harold E. "Gene" Dailey, Fire Chief, Winchester,
will preside over the 3-day Conference to be held July 1214, 1979 at the Sheraton Inn, Harrisonburg. The spouses
program includes an outing/luncheon to Luray Caverns and
a fashion show.

The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police Conference
Program will focus on "Police Personnel Issues." We will
have noted speakers on such subjects as Police Labor Relations, Civil Liability, Discipline and Psychological Testing
and Stress. These include Thomas J. Savage, Counsel at Law
from New jersey and Frank Carrington with Americans for
Effective Law Enforcement. Hopefully, we will again welcome Glen Murphy from the International Association of
Chiefs of Police. The program will be one of interest for Police Chiefs and their spouses.

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VA SECTION, ICMA
Wendell L. Seldon, City Manager,
Winchester and former president of
the Section and Wendell White, City
Manager, Hampton were appointed to
serve on the Virginia Professional Development Committee. William J. Paxton, City Manager, Salem chose not to
serve another term, after his service of
15 years. Julian F. Hirst, City Manager,
Norfolk was appointed chairman of
the subcommittee for the Center on
Local Government.
The ICMA Distinguished Service
Award (posthumous) to T. Edward
Temple will be presented to his son, T.
Edward Temple, on Monday, September 24 at 7:30 a.m. during the VA Section Breakfast Meeting at the Virginia
Municipal League Annual Conference.
The meeting will be held at the Hotel
Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia.
The Annual Conference of the International City Management Association
will be held on October 21-25, Phoenix, Arizona. For information write to:
ICMA, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

�SQUARE

Members of the Municipal Electric Power Association and supporters of Senate
Bill 163 (joint action legislation) surround Governor John N. Dalton as he signed
the bill into law on March 26, 1979. Front row, from left to right: R. L. DeCair,
Charlotte Kingery, Robert Pietrowski, Ralph Ciilis, Sandra Harmon and Walter
W. Craigie, |r. Back row: Turner T. Smith, Robert I. Corekin, R.A. Oliver, John T.S.
Kerns and Ronald Waller.

DEDICATED

A nine-block area of eastern Newport
News was dedicated as "Rattley
Square" by the city and residents of
the area, honoring "the many contributions to the community" by Councilwoman Jessie M. Rattley. The area is
the 600 block section of 26th through
35th streets.
"I'm very proud," Mrs. Rattley said
in accepting the certificate from the
city designating the area "Rattley
Square." She called on the members
of the community to clean the area
and after that, there would be an opportunity to secure funds to continue
development of the "Rattley Square"
area, selected as a focal point to
rebuild downtown Newport News by
the Greater Southeast Development
Corporation, a neighborhood nonprofit corporation working in cooperation with the City.
Mrs. Rattley has been a member of
City Council since 1970 and was vice
mayor from 1976 to 1978. She is President of the Virginia Municipal League
and is first Vice President of the National League of Cities.

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VIENNA, VIRGINIA (18,293), has reactivated its carpool system, which the
Town established during the 1973-74
gasoline crisis. Carpool participation
cards are distributed through the
Town's newsletter and residents return the cards to Town Hall. A color
coded tag is hung on the work destination board. The coded tag indicates
whether the participants "want riders"
or wish to "ride and share expenses."
The Town's planning department then
attempts to match respondents. (Contact the Planning Department, Town
Hall, 127 Center Street, Vienna, Virginia 22180.)
CULPEPER, VIRGINIA (7,849), offers a
new service that allows citizens to pay
their utility bills at three local banks.
The agreement between the Town
and the banks included the following
guidelines: the bill must be presented
with the payment; partial payments
will not be accepted; there will be a
penalty charged on payments made
after the 10th of each month; and penalties not collected at the bank will be
on the next bill. (Contact Ronald
Waller, Town Manager, 118 Davis
Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701.)
NEDERLAND, TEXAS (18,500), has developed a method for tapping the water main under a street without digging up the street. Iron rods are
punched under the street with a backhoe unit enabling taps to be made faster and eliminating the need for street
repair. (Contact the Water and Wastewater Superintendent, P.O. Box 967,
Nederland, Texas 77627.)

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NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS (31,000), has
experimented using electric "citicars"
for municipal employees. Purchase
price is $2,400 per vehicle. Although
the vehicles are not totally satisfactory
(milage is limited to 20-30 miles per
charge), they do show promise for
specific applications, such as utility
and parking meter reading. (Contact
the Community Service Officer, 175
W. Jackson Avenue, Naperville, Illinois
60540.)
ELK GROVE
VILLAGE,
ILLINOIS
(24,516), has established a social service section within the police department to provide early intervention and
treatment for offenders to prevent further criminal activity. With the social

service program located in the police
station, counseling services can be introduced at the earliest point of conflict with the law. (Contact the Village
Manager, 901 Wellington Avenue, Elk
Grove Village, Illinois 60007.)
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA (33,000), has instituted a Life Enrichment Program for
handicapped children which includes
the use of playgrounds as well as
transportation to these playgrounds.
(Contact the City Manager, City Hall,
Davis, California 95616.)
CARSON, CALIFORNIA (79,000), has
created a job clearinghouse to register
unemployed residents and employers.
The clearinghouse takes job orders
and acts as a referral agency. After 6
months, 22 percent of the businesses
are registered, 21 percent of the
unemployed residents are registered
and 15 percent of those registered
have been employed. (Contact the
Personnel Analyst, 21919 South Avalon
Boulevard, Carson, California 90745.)
LAWNDALE, CALIFORNIA (24,800),
has entered into an agreement with
the United Way to provide the latter
with three city-owned bungalows rent
free in exchange for expanded social
and human resource services. Services
now being provided include: Meals on
Wheels; marriage, family and child
counseling; single parent counseling;
and adoption assistance. During the
first year of operation, the United Way
provided $33,000 worth of services for
a cost of $3,000 to the City. (Contact
the Director of Social Services, P.O.
Box 98, Lawndale, California 90260.)
FAIRFAX
COUNTY,
VIRGINIA
(455,000), has implemented an employee carpool program which provides computerized match-up by area
and arrival/departure time. Carpool
vehicles also receive preferential parking. (Contact the Office of Research
and Statistics, 4100 Chain Bridge Road,
Fairfax, Virginia 22030.)
DELAWARE,
OHIO (15,000), has
coordinated 16 signalized intersections, and has installed new signal
heads and solid state controllers as
well as additional pavement markings.
Anticipated results include reductions
in energy consumption, time, pollution and accidents. (Contact the City

Engineer, 13 South Sanduskey Street,
Delaware, Ohio 43013.)
HELENA, MONTANA (22,700), has
converted its bus system to Dial-ARide service. Two 25-passenger buses
have been traded for two 17-passenger vans. Even though the daily hours
of service have been reduced from 11
to 8, ridership and revenues have increased and operating costs have substantially decreased. (Contact the City
Manager, Civic Center Building,
Helena, Montana 59601.)
C H U M VISTA, CALIFORNIA (68,000),
has instituted a single permit system in
its building and housing department.
The general contractor, owner, or
agent may take out all the permits
necessary for his or her job. (Contact
the Director of Building and Housing,
City of Chula Vista, Chula Vista, California 92010.)

Marketplace
Administrative Assistant/Town Clerk
Culpeper, Virginia, Administrative Assistant—
Town Clerk. $10,295. Performs management improvement studies. Keeps Council minutes and all
offk:ial records. Administers: cemetery, business licenses, solid waste contracts and insurance programs. Culpeper has 7,800 people and is 75 miles
from Washington, D.C. Require BA, prefer MPA.
Send resume to Ronald L. Walter, Town Manager,
118 W. Davis Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701.

Director of Public Works
Charlottesville, Virginia. Position is the highest
paid department head in the City. Requires extensive management experience, ability to direct a department and several divisions. Also requires an
engineering degree; professional registration preferred. Salary range is $28,000-$38,000. All
America City located in central Virginia; population
40,000 residents plus University of Virginia.
Please send resume by July 20, 1979 to Cole Hendrix. City Manager, P.O. Box 911, Charlottesville,
Virginia 22902.

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G O V E E N M E N T SPENDING
Taxpayers no longer ask for reductions in government spending, they now demand it. But finding
ways to meet those demands is not easy.
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Extra care in manufacture, extra design features
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Downtime is minimized as are owning/operating
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So, the sometimes higher priced Cat G Motor
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Each year heart attack
a c c o u n t s for over 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 deaths
w h i c h o c c u r before the victim
reaches the hospital. It d o e s n ' t
have to be that way.
What is d o n e for a victim within
the first few minutes after a heart
attack may determine survival or
death. C a r d i o p u l m o n a r y
resuscitation (CPR) c o u l d make
the difference. A n d y o u c a n
learn it.
Some day, with CPR, y o u could
save a life. S o m e day, your o w n
life c o u l d d e p e n d on it.
CPR is a basic life-saving
t e c h n i q u e , performed after a
person has suffered " c a r d i a c
arrest" — that is, after the heart
has s t o p p e d beating. It provides
e m e r g e n c y life support until more
advanced support is available,
t h r o u g h a c o m b i n a t i o n of chest
compression and mouth-to-mouth
breathing.
Trained instructors, certified by
the American Heart Association,
can teach y o u CPR. It takes
several hours. It could mean a
lifetime.
Contact your local Heart
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NOVEMBER 1980

NUMBER 11

Roaa^ks P u b l i c L i b r a r y
706 S. J e f f e r s o n S t r e e t
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Celebrate'75
Recap of
1980 Conference
page 5

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There stands The Hotel John
Marshall. Some consider it a luxury
hotel because of the elegantly
warm atmosphere and the niceties
provided. Like complimentary
morning coffee and paper for
Regency and Executive Floor
guests; special gratuities for
business guests; complimentary
in-room movies for al guests.
Some refer to it as a gounnet
hotel because it houses two excellent restaurants. The "Captain's
Grill',' recently chosen by a noted
magazine for serving the best
American cuisine in Richmond and
as being the city's most underrated
restaurant, and the "Soup Factory,"
chosen for serving the best gourmet
soups in Richmond.
Some think of it as a customdesigned convention center
embodying every concept of
convention know-how: a competent,
efficient and experienced staff; a
Grand Hall; an Exposition Center;
17 multifunction rooms; complete
audio-visual equipment and 400
comfortably furnished rooms.
Of course. The John Marshall is
also a very convenient hotel. It's
strategically located within walking
distance of the business, financial,
retail districts and the State Capitol.
Nearby are museums, theaters and
nightclubs. Colonial Williamsburg,
Jamestown, Yorktown, Busch
Gardens and Kings Dominion are
but a short drive away.
The Hotel John Marshall is everything you'd expect the finest hotel to
be. Located at Fifth &amp; Franklin
Streets in Richmond, Virginia
23219. Phone (804) 644-4661.

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*City
Editor

The official publication of the Virginia Municipal League

A s s o c i a t e Editor
Editorial Assistant
Advertising and Business Manager

Charlotte Kingery

V O L U M E 15

B r a g d o n R. B o w l i n g , Jr.
Margaret A. Nichols
Sandra J. Harmon

5

Executive Director

V M L Holds Conference
" T h e L e a g u e c e l e b r a t e s 75 y e a r s in A r l i n g t o n . "

6
V M L President

N U M B E R 11

N O V E M B E R , 1980

H a r o l d S. A t k i n s o n
R. M i c h a e l A m y x

Officers: First V i c e P r e s i d e n t , R a y m o n d F. R a t c l i f f e ; S e c o n d
V i c e P r e s i d e n t , F r a n c i s T. W e s t ; T h i r d V i c e P r e s i d e n t ,
C h a r l e s A . R o b i n s o n , J r.; F o u r t h V i c e P r e s i d e n t , L a w r e n c e A .
Davies.
Executive C o m m i t t e e : V i n c e n t J , T h o m a s , A r l i e C. P a y n e ,
J a n e L. H o u g h , S a m W . A d a m s , A n n e B. C r o c k e t t , C h a r l e s
( C h u c k ) E. B e a t l e y a n d R o y H. E r i c k s o n .

Governor Dalton's Remarks in Arlington
" O v e r 700 l o c a l o f f i c i a l s c a m e to hear the G o v e r n o r ' s
address."

8

Survival Strategies for Local Officials
" N e a l P e i r c e d i s c u s s e s the f u t u r e of l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t . "

12

Baliles
County

Proposes

Commission

to

Define

City,

" D e l e g a t e G e r a l d Baliles w o u l d like a Commission

to

r e v i e w t h e d e f i n i t i o n s of c i t y a n d c o u n t y . "

19

Workmen's Compensation Program Grows

20

Study Shows Joint Action Reduces Power Costs

22

Localities Can Pool Investments
" L o c a l i t i e s c a n p o o l all of their idle or r e s e r v e f u n d s to
get t h e m a x i m u m r e t u r n . "

CORRECTION:
In the article
Sources of Revenues for
Localities (October,
1980], the statennent
on the
utility
consumer
tax should have read "a maximum
rate of
twenty
percent on the first 15 dollars of a monthly bill. This results in
a maximum dollar amount of 3
dollars."

DEPARTMENTS
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14 People
23 Commentary
25 Marketplace
26 Legal Guidelines

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VML
Executive
Director
Micliael Amyx gives Achievement Award to Robert Steele
of York County while Pulaski
Mayor Raymond F. Ratcliffe
(upper right) presides over
Monday's luncheon. Dr. Carl
Stark, Mayor of Wytheville,
gives the nominations report
during the Opening Session.

V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; C I T Y (ISSN0042-6784]
is the only
official
magazine of the Virginia Municipal
League (formerly
the League
of Virginia
Municipalities).
It is published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts,
1011 East Main Street,
P.O. Box 753,
Richmond,
Virginia 23206. All contents,
copyright
1980 by the
Virginia
Municipal
League.
Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval
of the Virginia Municipal
League
and if
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C I T Y or the Virginia Municipal
League.
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Virginia. Subscription
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Senator Schewel Seeks Amendment to Limit Taxes
Editor's Note: The Virginia Municipal
League requested Senator
Schewel's
comments
on his
Constitutional
Amendment [S.I.R. T72) to limit state
spending. In a future issue, this column
will carry opposing views on this issue.
The tax limitation movement In
Virginia was spawned by a study
c o m m i t t e e o r g a n i z e d by the Lynchburg C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e in 1977.
From that beginning a
statewide
organization has grown c a l l e d Fair
Taxes for Virginians (F.T.V.) with board
members
representing
many
communities across the C o m m o n w e a l t h .
The tax limitation movement is
spreading across the country with 17
states now having some form of
l i m i t a t i o n — e i t h e r statutory or constitutional. O u r proposal calls for a
constitutional a m e n d m e n t because we
feel that any idea as important as this
one, if approved by the voters, should
be c o n t a i n e d in the constitution and
thus not be subject to the vagaries of
shifting
legislative
opinions
and
pressures from one year to the next.
Virginia has historically been an
e c o n o m i c a l l y conservative state and
financially well managed. This is still
true
today.
F.T.V.
readily
acknowledges this fact. Until recent
years, we have had no bonded indebtedness.
Even
in
fiscally
conservative
Virginia, however, the trends are clear.
G r a d u a l l y , over a period of years, the
state has been taking a larger percentage of Virginians' Income to run
the government.

Since 1940 government at all levels
has been growing over three times as
fast as the private sector and now uses
nearly half ( 4 2 % ) of the national inc o m e to c o n d u c t its affairs. Unless this
trend is stopped, each year each of us
will see saving more and more taxes
and having less and less to say about
how we use our money and other
resources.
Let's briefly look at some Interesting
growth figures of recent years. Both
state taxes and expenditures have
increased over 3 0 0 % in the past 10
years. O v e r the past 20 years (1950 to
1979) the state tax take, as a percentage
of
total
Income
of
all
Virginians, has increased from 3 . 4 6 %
to 6.81 % — almost doubling. A l s o , over
the last 10 years the number of state
e m p l o y e e s has almost d o u b l e d while
the population of the state has grown
by 1 5 % . In other words, state employment has grown at a rate of 5 to 6
times
faster
than
the
general
population.
The
tax
limitation
amendment
addresses this situation. It w o u l d
require that the state government of
Virginia grow no faster than the
e c o n o m y it serves. It w o u l d insure that
there be no increase in the percentage
share of Virginians' income going to
state government. As total personnel
Income
increases,
either
through
growth or inflation, state tax revenues
c o u l d thus Increase proportionately —
but the total state tax dollars, as a
percent of the e c o n o m y , w o u l d not
exceed a specified limit.
The a m e n d m e n t does not call for a
tax cut. It does not address issues of
who should pay more or less taxes and
it places no restraints on how tax
monies should be used. It provides
that, in case of an emergency as
determined by a two-thirds vote of
both houses, the ceiling c o u l d be
raised for one year. Contrary
to
popular belief, there is nothing in the
Constitution of Virginia that requires a
b a l a n c e d budget. O u r
amendment
w o u l d include this requirement.
W e feel that our c o n c e p t is a very
reasonable idea for controlling the
growth of state government. It does
not call for any drastic financed
dislocations such as Proposition 13. It
does allow for growth but at a rate no
greater than the growth of income of
all Virginians.

Critics have argued that drastic
recessionary swings in the e c o n o m y
w o u l d play havoc with state budgeting
under
this
process.
However,
examination indicates that the growth
of the state e c o n o m y
has
been
averaging about 1 1 % annually over
the last twenty years. Surprisingly, this
held true even during the recession
years of 1 9 7 4 - 7 5 , considered to be the
most severe recession since W o r l d W a r
II.
Regretfully and mistakenly, to our
way of thinking, the Virginia M u n i c i p a l
League has taken a stand against our
proposal. They reason that if our
amendment passes, localities will not
be able to get the additional funding
from the state which they will need to
c o m b a t some of the big problems they
envision down the road. It's our view
that this is an unwarranted fear.
Recently
the
Governor's
office
released their projected budget for six
years ahead. O u r studies show that if
F.T.V.'s formula was in place today,
there w o u l d still be room for growth
over and above the Governor's six year
projection.
The localities have made it increasingly clear to their representatives in the G e n e r a l Assembly that
they want no more State mandated
programs unless adequate
funding
comes along with the mandates. The
G e n e r a l Assembly has b e c o m e very
sensitive to this issue in recent years.
Under our present system there is
constant competition for the use of
state monies. The cities want more, the
counties want more and the state
agencies want more. If our amendment
was passed, nothing about this system
w o u l d change. The competition for
state funds w o u l d still be a political
process.
Legislators
representing
counties, cities and towns w o u l d still
be fighting to get as m u c h for their
constituents as they c o u l d . W h e n the
money pinch does o c c u r (as we think it
will at some point in the future) it's our
belief that the growth of government
at the state level will be inhibited— not
the localities. A n d that, quite simply, is
the aim of our proposal.

Elliot S. S c h e w e l ,
Senator, Lynchburg.

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Franklin City Manager Harold S. Atkinson was
elected President of the Virginia Municipal
League during the League's 75th Anniversary
Conference in Arlington.
Having served as manager of Franklin since
September, 1956, Mr. Atkinson has been active in
municipal management. He has chaired several
committees of the Virginia Section, international
City Management Association and was president
in 1970. He was also the first chairman of the
Southeastern Virginia Planning District Commission, serving in that capacity from 1969 to
1974 and is presently chairman of the Chief
Administrative Officers of the planning district.
Mr. Atkinson has also been actively involved in
League affairs. He has served as chairman of the
former Personnel and Labor Relations Committee
and also the Legislative Committee. He was
elected to the Executive Committee at the 1976
VML Conference and was elected Fourth Vice
President of the League in 1977. Since that time,
he has moved through the ranks to assume the
presidency this year.
He and his wife, Mary Ellen, have one son and
two grandchildren.

Although not new to the VML
Executive
Committee,
Vincent J .
Thomas was appointed in July to fill
the vacancy left by former Portsmouth
Mayor Richard J . Davis. Mr. Thomas is
the Mayor of Norfolk and is President
of John Brothers.
During the Section meetings, Emporia Councilman Sam W. Adams was
elected Chairman of the City Section.
He is affiliated with Central Fidelity
Bank in Emporia and is married to
Barbara Adams who is a school
teacher. Roanoke City Councilman
Hampton Thomas was elected Vice
Chairman of the City Section
Ms. Anne
B. Crockett, Councilwoman from W y t h e v i l l e ,
was
elected Chairman of the Town Section.
She is a school teacher at Scott
Memorial School. Grottoes Mayor
Margie Mayes was elected Vice
Chairman and is also the League's
representative on the Governor's
Employment and Training Council.
Alexandria Mayor Charles E. Beatley
was reelected Chairman of the Urban
Section and Councilman Edgar Rohr of
Manassas was elected Vice Chairman.

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�Governor Dalton's Remarks
in Arlington

The general consensus seems to be
that there isn't enough money.
I am sure it will come as no surprise
to you that I hear the same complaint
from the taxpayers. Their message has
been coming through loud and clear
that their taxes are already too high.
But, as usual, their demand for public
services has not diminished.
Our joint response to this message
has been to try to work out a better
distribution of the tax resources
available to us and to review the way
priorities are established for both State
and local governments. For both of us,
599 has become a magic number,
representing a major attempt at State
revenue sharing. I hope we will be able
to continue that program in accordance with the timetable and the
fund projections that the General
Assembly has enacted. One way we are
trying to do that at the State level is to
hold down on the growth in the
number of State employees.

"We are holding
the line."
We have given our agencies personnel targets, and reduced the
average increase over the last ten
years of about 5.5 percent a year down
to a little over one percent. It may not
be a catastrophic loss, but in these
inflationary times, we all know that
even a small dent in our revenues is
hard to straighten out.
We have tried to add a little bit to
your own receipts by using electronic
transfer of funds of writing checks, so
that you would enjoy a few more days
of float at the bank. We are working
out details of an investment pool
which would include both State and
local funds for smaller localities with
smaller amounts to invest. And we
have been working on an econometric
model that we hope will give us more
accurate forecasting of econon'mic
conditions and of anticipated
revenues.
I have also instructed the members

of the Cabinet to whom our State
agencies report to review the various
State mandates that you have to
comply with to make sure that we also
sent along enough State money to help
you comply. What we are striving for is
an equitable balance between your
responsibilities to your own local
constituents, and our responsibility to
see that there is reasonable uniformity
in the availability of services to all the
people of Virginia.
I don't think we have yet achieved
perfection in this complicated picture,
but we have had enough experience
with the Federal government setting
priorities for the states so that we don't
want the same procedure between the
State capitol and our cities and
counties. There have been times —and
they have not been happy times for
me —when we have had to take action
against procedures in some localities
in view of the firm policies that the
General Assembly had laid down. But I
have my Board of Directors in Richmond, just as you have in your City
Councils and Boards of Supervisors,
and once they establish policy, it is my
job to carry it out.
I come from one of Virgnia's smaller
cities myself, and I know that
sometimes the perspective in Radford
is not the same as in Richmond. I have
to keep reminding myself that the
people in Radford are Virginians too,
and that in some instances, they have
to be Virginians first. What I have tried
to do is to keep Radford from ignoring
Richmond and Richmond from
ignoring Radford, and, believe me, it
hasn't been easy. It is never easy to
balance what is good for everybody
against what is good for somebody,
and yet that is what we ask the members of the General Assembly to do. I
have had a little trouble convincing
some of my friends in Radford that
since they elected me Governor, I have
to look out for all the people of Virginia, but I still manage to keep one
eye on Radford, and my friends don't
let me forget about local problems.

And we all share this problem of
money. Through
the National
Governor's Association, we have been
trying to convince the Congress to
continue revenue sharing with both the
states and localities. The last time 1
looked. Federal funding for localities
was still in the budget, but there was
some questions about revenue sharing
with the states. And this is going to
have an impact on the State's ability to
share its revenues with localities.
Furthermore, that message from the
taxpayers is getting through to your
members of the General Assembly.
At its last session, the General
Assembly exempted certain fuels used
for home heating from the State's 3
percent sales tax, and authorized local
governments to extend the same
exemption. Just a few days ago, we all
saw that some members of that body
were having second thoughts about a
$26.5 million loss in State revenue. The
members had also changed the tax
reporting system for vending machine
sales at a cost of another $3.5 million
in revenues. Earlier sessions had
repealed the Virginia inheritance tax
and reduced the gross receipts tax on
utilities in several steps, which reduces
revenues in the 1980-82 State budget
by another $156.3 million. By the time
the next budget takes effect, this loss
in revenue will amount to $194.8
million.
If we did add some $96 million in
Federal revenue sharing with the
states, and the $176 million anticipated by House Bill 599, we will be
putting together the 1982-84 biennial
budget with as much as $498 million
less revenue to finance the same basic
programs that were in place in
1978-80.

"Unfortunately, that is
not all the bad news."
I have spend a good many hours
over the last several days wrestling
with the State's matching fund figures
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�Survival Strategies
for Local Officials
Address by Neal R. Peirce*

5.
It Is a time, I believe, in which there
will simply be no substitute for greater
local government productivity, in
every area from public safety to
garbage collection, from health and
hospitals to street paving. And there
can only be so much slack in the area
of employee wages. Even if your city
or town doesn't have a strong
municipal union, if you let wages of
your local government workers fall too
far behind the general pack, you will
stand the risk of losing some of your
best employees. Eventually such
personnel losses translate into less
productivity, more citizen resentment,
and, of course, dangerous election
seasons for officials.
I think there will be no alternative in
the 80s to looking more thoroughly
into many types of productivity improvements and many which simply
seemed too controversial up to now.
The idea, for instance, of increased
civilianization of police and fire
services so that there are less people
on 20-year cycles waiting for
retirement. Limited military-like
enlistment periods for public safety
officers may be another way to avoid
the large number of those simply
marking time on the forces, and also a
way to ensure that you have physically
able, alert young people in your police
and fire departments. Another idea
that has been floated is municipal fire
insurance for all property owners. The
city, in effect, would do the insuring
for all residents and businesses, with
only an extra policy for catastrophic
loss. Some studies in California suggest
cities could save 65 percent of the
current cost of fire departments that
way. Another proposal, already implemented in a number of cities, is to
have firemen, when not actually on
call, conducting safety code inspections that otherwise require
separate city work forces.

^Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from Mr.
Peirce's address at ttie VML Annual
Conference on September 29, 1980. His wee/c/y
column is syndicated by the Washington
Post Writers Croup.

In dealing with the federal government, you are practically certain to
find in this decade that the immense
increases in federal aid that marked
the last few years will be no more. The
state share of revenue sharing is in
deep trouble, and other programs,
even if continued, may experience
reduced levels. John Shannon of the
Advisory
Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations, maybe the
country's canniest observer of what's
going on in fiscal federalism, remarks
that, "It took three decades to do the
fereral-aid tango of the '60s and '70s —
eager lobbyist, a hyper-responsive
Congress and the exhilarating music
provided by a congenial fiscal environment."
But now governors and mayors must
compete harder than ever with the
Pentagon warriors plus Social Security
with its tremendously expensive costof-living escalator. All this likely
means that this year's Washington
budget squeeze may introduce a
radically altered era —one of declining
federal aid for cities, states and
counties. Something must be done to
simplify the operations of an increasingly complex, bureaucratic,
intrusive federal bureaucracy that now
demands on you more than ever to
carry out its programs. During the
1970s, for instance, some 150 new
categorical aid programs were passed,
to reach a total close to 500. You and I
might agree with the goajs of some, or
even many of these programs, though
I personally question why Washington
has to be concerned with killing rats in
cities or jellyfish control in the
Chesapeake Bay. The problem is that
each federal program brings with it a
new set of complex rules and
regulations usually unrelated to the
rules of any other program —and it is
local officials who must implement the
programs and jump through the
paperwork hoops. Often local
governments' own spending priorities
are distorted just to qualify for federal
funds.
And, since the civil rights revolution
of the '60s and the arrival of the environmental impact statement, a
bewildering array of cross-cutting

requirements and conditions —31, by
one count—have been added to most
federal programs. Among them are
equal employment opportunities for
women and minorities, rights for the
handicapped, civil service merit rules,
citizen participation and historic
preservation. These conditions are
infinitely more controversial, pervasive and penetrating than what state
and local governments had to cope
with before. Each of them is like
motherhood or American pie —no one
can argue its desirability. But the
cumulative mass is a disaster; the
government process is so slowed, or
paralyzed, that services are not
delivered in a timely fashion, and
oftentimes major inflationary costs are
added because of delay.
So it may be time for states and
cities to campaign for reduction of the
categorical
programs
into a
manageable number of block grants,
perhaps accepting as a tradeoff some
reduction in overall funding because
of the increased flexibility the
localities would gain through simplification. Another common cause
may lie in demanding a reduction in
federal mandates if states and
localities are to continue to serve as
delivery agents for such a complex
array of federal programs.

"Unnecessary mandates
may unite cities,
towns and counties"
indeed, the fight against unnecessary federal mandates may be
the great cause which unites, in the
1980s, cities and towns and counties
and state governments just as general
revenue sharing did in the 1970s. When
the National Governors Conference
met in Denver a couple of months ago
there was an atmosphere of open
rebellion in the air—a determination
unparalleled in earlier experience to
force a cutback in federal mandates,
especially if general revenue sharing
money, which is the cash states often
now use to carry out their mandate
requirements, is to flow no longer to
the state capitals. I note with great
interest that the National League of

�Cities is now taking up this same
cause.
With enough cumulative political
pressure from the states and cities,
Washington will eventually be forced
to take this issue seriously.
All of this relates directly to how we
view, and deal with, and develop our
cities. Five years ago the Southest
Michigan Council of Governments
drew up a truly scarcy scenario for the
Detroit area in the year 2000. It was
projected that a continuation of recent
years' pattern of rapid development
into the suburban fringe would cause
Detroit proper and its older, more
established suburbs to lose more than
a third of their population by the end
of the century. All growth would shift
to the outlying suburbs. There would
be an additional million cars on the
region's roads, driving an additional 40
million miles a day and wiping out
every gallon of gas savings from more
efficient autos. As much as 466 miles
of southeastern Michigan farmland
would be lost to highways, subdivisions, shopping centers and industries by 2000. Detroit and its
suburbs would abandon $2.4 billion
worth of closer-in schools and have to
replace them at even greater cost on
the urban fringe.
A pattern in short, of incredible
waste —because all of the 700,000
anticipated new households in the
Detroit area by 2000 could be accommodated within the network of
already sewered city and suburban
areas.
Today, a similar computer study
might be somewhat less alarming —the
work has begun to turn, toward
somewhat less rapid outward expansion. But one thing remains clear:
the cost of sprawl development, in
dollars for new roads and sewers and
schools and other public investments,
and in inner-city abandonment and
neglect, and in unnecessary energy
use —those costs are mind-boggling
and obscene in a nation with the
severe economic and energy supply
problems that ours now faces.
Closely related is the issue of
conserving agricultural land. At a
breathtaking speed, we have been
sacrificing our American farmlands to
subdivision, to shopping center or
factory. And this lost land— situated
so often in fertile river valleys near our
cities —is often the most productive
land we have. That means that as we
devour land for development, we must
substitute for agriculture more
marginal, far-away western land. And
that land often requires irrigation —
which requires energy to deliver. And it
requires immense amounts of fertilizer, one of the most energyconsumptive of all products.

Sprawl development is the flip side
of the coin in urban decline. As one
environmentalist recently put it, "For
every block of abandoned houses in
cities, there are probably three square
miles of choice farmlands out there in
the countryside scraped and bulldozed
away to build new homes. It takes
away the farmlands, it wastes energy,
and it creates a political force that
sucks the cities dry."

"Sprawl is...serious
for small town and
rural areas."
But sprawl is an equally serious
issue for small town and rural areas. In
the 1970s we saw a dramatic reversal
of population movements, away from
metropolitan areas, toward rural and
small town America. Much of this can
be for the good, creating a reasonable
dispersal of population. But the how of
rural and small town development is
an exceedingly important issue. Today
we see many rural communities
repeating the wasteful, sprawling
patterns of metropolitan suburbs.
A study by the Urban Land Institute
warns of the nationwide eruption of
linear suburbs —houses and mobile
homes, soon joined by fast-food pit
stops, convenience stores, small
subdivisions and shopping centers —
which stretch between towns and sap
the strength of the rural towns and
small cities alike. Without good
planning and zoning, the countryside
becomes despoiled. Allowing such
development to continue destroys the
quality of the environment for future
generations. And it wastes immense
amounts of energy today. Yet with
compact development around cities
and towns, the waste can be
prevented, even with the same 'net' of
new economic activity. This is clearly a
major challenge to local officials, for it
is you who have the chief power over
land use.
If we stop continued and continual
sprawl, we may also find opportunities
in the suburbs. One can take a
nucleus —an old suburban town, or
Lord help us, even a suburban shopping center —and start to create
around it more dense development of
apartments, government offices,
medical and recreaton facilities, in
addition to the ever-present stores. It
can be a process of urbanization and
civilizing of the suburbs, creating
nodes of more dense development.
Pedestrian access will be easier within
these nodes. And mass transit between
them will become
increasingly
feasible.
It used to be that the argument for
higher density settlement, to maintain
green lung open spaces, was purely

aesthetic and environmental —and a
valid enough reason, many of us
thought. Now the stakes are incredibly
higher. Sprawl and the energy gluttony
it generates makes us an ever-more oildependent, OPEC dependent country
and contributes directly to the
weakened and weakening national
security of the United States.
Simultaneously it fuels the inflation
which threatens our entire economy.
Given the paralysis of national
decision-making, our states, cities and
counties cannot afford to wait for
Washington to formulate a more
coherent energy policy. They can and
should move to the forefront of the
conservation effort. And not only out
of patriotism, to reduce our national
oil dependence. There is a practical,
local reason as well. Think of your city
or county as an economic entity. The
more it can produce, the more it can
draw wealth from outside, and the
more it can reduce its dollar exports,
the more prosperous it will be, the
higher will be its residents' income —
and the healthier will be its tax base.
One of the greatest expenditures of
any city or region, its residents and
businesses, is the importation of
energy Reducing petroleum demand
locally makes the city or town or
county
a
more
independent,
economically healthy place.
An excellent example is the energy
plan the City of Portland, Oregon,
adopted last summer. After 1983, any
Portland homeowner who hasn't
weatherized his home to energy "cost
efficiency" simply won't be able to
resell his house until the requisite
improvements are made. "Cost efficiency" is is quite simply defined as
all the improvements, from storm
windows to insulation, that will pay
themselves back in reduced heating
and cooling costs within 10 years.
Apartment-house
owners
and
businesses will face similarly stiff
requirements. Land use patterns will
be influenced to reduce commuting
trips. And by 1995, Portland calculates,
it will have cut back citywide energy
use by 30 percent and be saving $162
million each year.
A related problem, now national in
scope, is the pattern of big regional
malls being constructed outside of
cities and towns, drawing economic
strength, investment and jobs from the
established downtowns and neighborhoods. The big national developers
and particularly the large national
retail chains, such as Sears, are
exercising incredible muscle to
steamroller through their regional mall
proposals. And too often local
governments fall victim to the siren
song of projected new taxes and tax
base.

�"Regional malls do not
come without a price."
Do not believe from a moment that
a regional mall comes without a heavy
price. Across the country, cities large
and small, and especially smaller
cities, have found their Main Streets
devastated by the regional malls.
Practically free rents are offered the
big retailers; your local merchants, if
they lease space in the malls, end up
subsidizing the Penneys and Sears and
the Macys. The malls almost inevitably
require longer auto trips. That costs
the nation hundreds of millions of
gallons of gasoline each year. And
then, when the mall developers and
retailers, for their extra profit, have
developed the malls and sucked off
your local retail trade, it is left up to
you, as municipal officials, to try to
revive a dying downtown.
A sane policy says —Let us first try
to make Main Street viable. Complacent city merchants need to understand the competitive world they
live in They need to upgrade their
stores, perhaps to establish for-profit
corporations to bring to downtowns
some of the coordinated and effective
practices of the regional malls, starting
with extended and uniform selling
hours. A management corporation for
Main Street can also develop a
merchandizing
and
advertising
program for downtown, begin to
renovate existing buildings, develop
standard signs, improve exteriors,
locate accessible parking, and so on.
The National Development Council in
Washington has concrete proposals on
how cities can do that. And the
National Trust for Historic Preservation has a Main Street project, to
help make our smaller city centers
competitive. With major assistance
from a number of federal departments,
the National Trust Main Street
program is now being expanded as a
part of President Carter's small
community and rural development
policy.
In the meantime, if you believe your
city is endangered competitively by a
proposed outlying mall, there is a new
way Vou can fight back. Providing that
outside mall is aided and abetted by
some type of federal action —a
federally subsidized new highway or
interchange, for instance —then you
can appeal for a federal review under
the administration's urban conservation policy, announced last fall.
Some 20 cities are already doing that,
and have a good chance of stopping
federal spending that benefits the
suburban malls at the expense of
downtowns.
The logical next step is to get state
governments involved in a way to help

their cities. The states have immense
regulatory powers, including land use
In the last four years explicit urban or
community conservation policies have
been developed in such states as
Massachusetts, Michigan, California,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida
These are major breakthroughs in
American government, because they
show that states can become staunch
allies of their municipalities and work
systematically to undergird and
support existing city and town centers.
I believe such conservationist-style
urban policies are not "far out" or
impractical, but rather that they're
ideas moving much faster toward
national acceptance than many of us
thought would ever happen.
Even more interesting, both business
and government participants in all
regions have been united on the main
physical development options they
believe we should follow—increase
compactness in fringe and rural-small
city growth. To accelerate infill,
rehabilitate and reuse. To increase
the mix of uses through planned
developments which put residential,
office, retail, recreation and public
facilities close enough to be reached
by walking. To develop our housing,
stores and employment centers at
places that make public transit
feasible. And to conserve and maintain
existing structures and facilities.
Among other things, the developers
through this study are telling us that
smaller housing units, with many more
to the acre, will be the only way to
start coping with our horrendously
escalating housing costs. They are
anxious to simplify regulatory hoops
through with they must jump to get
development accomplished. But they
are also asking state and especially
local governments to plan and zone to
help in land assembly and to make
available appropriate sites within
cities and suburbs, places already
served by adequate infrastructure.

"Joint public-private
enterprises."
Before closing, I will add quickly
two elements to the city survival
strategy.
The first relates to joint publicprivate enterprises that create major
economic development. Public tax
resources are simply going to be too
scarce to permit much purely
governmental development in this
decade. So the private sector must be
brought in at an early point, made to
feel welcome, and encouraged in every
ethical way. And there must be major
city efforts to clear away the
regulatory underbrush and encourage
small and medium sized businesses.

Fresh academic research demonstrates
clearly that small businesses now
generate far more new jobs than the
big national and multinational corporations. Sound economic futures
will not be built on "smokestack"
chasing of footloose big plants,
together with unnecessary tax
abatements or the use of industrial
revenue bonds, which have grown into
a $5-$7 billion a year boondoggle at
the national taxpayers' expense. The
real payoff will be in fostering small
entrepreneurial enterprises, in helping
medium and smaller-sized firms a city
already has stay in business and expand, and where is imminent danger of
plants folding, to encourage purchase
and management by new owners or the
workers themselves.
Finally, the city interested in survival must begin to think a lot more
about excellence of design in its built
environment —the plazas, streets,
buildings, neighborhoods, waterfronts,
alleys
and
courtyards
where
Americans spend their lives when they
step out of or look out of their homes
or places of work. This type of policy
encompasses historic preservation,
facade renovation, adaptive reuse of
old buildings, tasteful signs, landscaping, and even public events that
"celebrate" the life of the city
Americans built their nation on a
continent of seemingly unlimited
space and opportunities to match. In
the years following World War II we
spread spatially into sprawled suburbs.
We epitomize the big automobile
society. But infinite space and good
design are not necessarily good
bedfellows. Indeed, only when space is
limited is real excellence of designdesign of human and humane
proportions—likely to emerge. This is
an idea the Europeans, the Japanese
and Chinese learned centuries ago, and
have rarely forgotten.
Is there a unifying principle behind
all these ideas? I believe so. That's what
our cities and towns need,after the
booming '50's, the soaring '60s and the
misfired '70s, is an approach Virginians
have long held, a thorough-going
conservation ethic. This does not mean
that we stop or discourage growth —by
no means. But it means that we foster
growth in a way that conserves energy,
as energy in fact becomes the scarcest
of all commodities. That we conserve
what we already have in roads and
bridges and schools and sewer
facilities, and view with great skepticism suggestions to build shiny new
public facilities before we have tended
to the new we have already. That we
conserve human resources, trying to
guide the underprivileged among us
into sound education and reliable jobs.
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�Baliles P r o p o s e s C o m m i s s i o n T o Define City, County
Perhaps some of you know of my
interest in, and concern over, the
problem of communications in this
country, a place where people of
accomplishment, education and
maturity seemingly cannot convey
concepts and information in clear,
concise terms. Government agencies,
corporations,
doctors, lawyers,
teachers and others speak in foreign
tongues when speaking to each other.
It is important, therefore, for
government officials to recognize the
value of simple terms, of plain English,
in communicating with the public and
with each other. That is not always
easy to do, for even simple terms
change or acquire new meanings over
time. Let me cite two examples: city
and county.
All of us live in either a city or
county. The structure and power of
that local government depends upon
whether it is a city or county. The flow
of state funds to localities is affected
by whether the local unit of government is a city or county. The level of
taxes required to support certain
services often depends upon whether
the local government is a city or
county. And,until recently, whether a
local government was the annexor or
the annexee depended upon whether it
was a city or county.
We live with the terms city and
county, yet 1 submit that we do so
without comprehending that time and
events have blurred the definitions
that city and county once had.
There are some questions, I submit,
that we should ask of ourselves. How is
it that in many areas of Virginia, an
urban city and an urban county adjoin
each other, each one providing
essentially the same level of services,
yet one operates with a charter and the
other does not? Indeed, the charter is
required because the local goverment
is a city, but does it guarantee any
better level of service than the adjacent urban county that operates
without a charter, pursuant to general
law?
Have we become so accustomed to
city-county forms that we have failed
to see or resolve the separate and
distinct needs of rural areas and
metropolitan centers? Could it be that
we have been so overwhelmed by
problems of government policies and
services in recent years that we have
forgotten to reexamine —as Jefferson
This article
L Baliles'
Section at
September

is an excerpt of Delegate Gerald
address to the League's Urban
the VML Annual Conference on
30, 1980.

once urged —some of the fundamental
reasons underlying our structures
created to carry out those policies and
services?
Could we devise a better system of
allocating state aid to local governments, for example, if we came to
terms with city-county definitions?
Indeed, is is unlikely that the alleged
inequities in the various funding
formulas ever will be corrected until
we address the city-county definitional
problems.
Traditionally, city-county separation
has been based on an urban-rural
division. Virginia's system of local
government once assumed that urban
areas should be within the boundaries
of a municipal corporation and that
rural areas should be under the
jurisdiction of a county government.
Since World War II, however, the rise
of the "urban county" has blurred and
confused the earlier clear lines between counties and incorporated
municipalities. The General Assembly
itself has added to the blurring by
conferring upon counties many of the
powers of cities.
What is a city and how does it differ
from a county? The Constitution of
Virginia defines a city as an independent incorporated community
which became a city before July 1,
1970, and which has has a population
of more than 5,000 persons. That
language is repeated in the Code.
That's it. A county is defined as any
existing county or any such unit
thereafter created.
The General Assembly is authorized
by the Constitution to provide for the
organization,
powers, creation,
consolidation and dissolution of
counties, cities, towns and regional
government, but there is no statutory
definition of what constitutes a city or
county in the Code of Virginia. Two of
the most basic units of government in
the Commonwealth charged with
duties and responsibilities under law
are not really defined. It should be
changed.
Historically, cities provided urban
services not needed or wanted in rural
areas. Cities were manufacturing
centers and commercial districts.
Cities had tax bases not found in
counties and, thus, possessed sufficient revenues to provide urban
services without large infusions of
state aid.
Counties, on the other hand, were
administrative districts of the state,
created to perform basically state
functions, such as tax collection and
the operation of highways and a

system of courts. Because counties
lacked the tax bases of cities, state aid
flowed to counties. But, since World
War II counties have changed. While
they continue to serve as a political
subdivision of state government, many
provide most of the urban services
provided by cities.
Indeed, the situation has become
such that some observers have argued
that in Virginia we have, in addition to
rural counties and urban cities, some
rural cities and urban counties. Yet, in
many sections of the Code and in our
funding formulas, we speak of —and
rely upon without distinction —the
terms city and county.
We tinker almost annually, it seems,
with state aid formulas for cities and
counties. We adjust here for core city
problems, alter there for suburban
areas and change again for rural needs.
We talk of differences, yet we often
fail to see similarities.
One analysis in 1968 by the Virginia
Association of Counties and the Institute of Government led to the
following conclusion:
On the basis of this examination
of the Constitution and Supreme
Court opinions, it seems clear
that the status of the Virginia
county is not significantly different from that of the Virginia
city and town so far as the
legislative authority of the
General Assembly to confer
powers is concerned. The principal difference arises out of the
method by which the General
Assembly confers powers on
counties and municipalities. In
the case of counties, the grant
must be made in the form of
general law. In the case of cities
and towns, the General Assembly
may proceed by means of a
general law or through a special
law granting a municipal charter,
if that charter is enacted according to the procedure
prescribed in the Constitution.
But this is a difference in method
and not one arising out of any
basic distinction between a
county or a city or town in
Virginia constitutional law
This conclusion does not help much,
for it focuses on a comparison of the
status of the county and city in terms
of how the General Assembly confers
powers upon each. It does not focus on
definitions of city and county and the
similarities and differences that flow
from the lack of definition.
To some extent, urban and rural
differences in counties have been

�recognized by the legislature. Today
there are six different forms of
authorized county governments. The
plain fact remains, however, that we
are operating local units of government without operating definitions.
The question should be asked, it
seems to me, whether the time hasn't
come to reexamine the nomenclature
of local governments? Cities and
counties: what are they now; what do
we want them to be? Should the
historical and traditional distinctions
be restored to city-county terms? But,
would that approach really resolve the
separate and distinctive problems in
an urban area containing a suburban
county and central city? Probably not,
yet if we are to succeed in finding
solutions to problems that are linked
to one's status as a city or county, can
we afford to wait?
There have been at least six studies
dealing with various
city-county
problems since 1950, studies that have
examined
annexation,
planning
districts, urban growth and state aid to
localities. Not one, to my knowledge,
has ever examined the city-county
definitional problem or considered the
fundamental concepts behind the
creation of the different units of
government. I believe that the time for
such a study has come.

1 propose the creation of a Blue
Ribbon Study Commission, a body that
would be charged with the duty of
examining, evaluating and proposing
definitions of cities and counties in
Virginia. The study, at first, should not
be a legislative task but one of local
governments themselves. I believe that
the Virginia Municipal League and the
Virginia Association of
Counties
should create jointly the Study
Commission, staffed by the Institute of
Government at the University of
Virginia, to conduct the study and to
make the recommendations to the
local governing bodies and ultimately,
to the General Assembly.
As I have suggested, the Commission
should examine the historical and
traditional divisions between cities
and counties, the extent to which those
traditional
divisions
have
been
changed over time and by events, and
the degree to which local governments, rural, urban and suburban, have
affected financially in the development and implementation of state aid
formulas that incorporate city-county
factors. Finally, the Commission must
advance
proposals
and
recommendations.
Its work would not be easy, but we
might be surprised and benefitted by
its answers. 1 believe that we owe such

a task to the people we serve, and 1 am
convinced that it would be the catalyst
needed to effect the changes desired
by both urban and rural interests in the
various state funding formulas for
local governments. We owe it to
ourselves and to the future of the
Commonwealth.

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crossing sign erected on a residential
road located between two lakes. A
resident complained that cars had
been running over the ducks as they
crossed the road from the two lakes to
nest in the woods.
Sign painter Pete Snelling's sign
depicts a duck, rampant, on a field of
orange. The lettering beneath says
Duck Xing. The duck wears a small hat
and what looks like a sailor suit, and
admittedly is a strong resemblance to
a
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�People
Rattley Receives Award
Newport News City Councilmember
Jessie
M. Rattley
was
chosen
' N e w s m a k e r of t h e Y e a r ' by t h e
V i r g i n i a Press W o m e n . M r s . R a t t l e y is a
former
President
of t h e V i r g i n i a
M u n i c i p a l L e a g u e a n d is c u r r e n t l y t h e
P r e s i d e n t of t h e N a t i o n a l L e a g u e of
Cities. She was the first w o m a n and the
first b l a c k on the N e w p o r t News City
Council.

Appointments
Edward
Musick
w a s appointed
E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r of t h e C h i l h o w i e
Redevelopment
and
Housing
Authority.
Mr. Musick
previously
s e r v e d a s T o w n M a n a g e r of B i g S t o n e
C a p and City Manager for Newton,
North Carolina and Mount Airy, North
Carolina. He w a s also a finance
d i r e c t o r in B r i s t o l , T e n n e s s e e .

Honors
Barbara J. G a g e , L y n c h b u r g ' s C l e r k
of C i t y C o u n c i l , h a s e a r n e d t h e
d e s i g n a t i o n of C e r t i f i e d
Municipal
C l e r k . O n e of t h r e e a c t i v e V i r g i n i a
municipal clerks currently certified,
Ms. Gage received the award from the
I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of M u n i c i p a l
Clerks. S h e has been e m p l o y e d by t h e
C i t y of L y n c h b u r g s i n c e 1 9 7 1 a n d
s e r v e d a s D e p u t y C l e r k of C o u n c i l
before assuming her present position.
She has also been associated with
United California Bank
in F r e s n o ,
C a l i f o r n i a a n d t h e U . S . S e n a t e in
Washington, D.C.
A b i n g d o n P o l i c e C h i e f W i l l i a m S.
Phillips w a s e l e c t e d P r e s i d e n t of t h e
F . B . I . N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y A s s o c i a t e s of
t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h of V i r g i n i a . C h i e f
P h i l l i p s is a g r a d u a t e of t h e n a t i o n a l
a c a d e m y a n d h a s b e e n C h i e f of P o l i c e
s i n c e J u l y , 1 9 7 3 . Prior t o his p r e s e n t
p o s i t i o n , he w a s a n a d v i s o r t o t h e
N a t i o n a l P o l i c e C o m m a n d of S o u t h
V i e t n a m a n d w a s a m e m b e r of t h e
V i r g i n i a D e p a r t m e n t of S t a t e P o l i c e .

W o r k s Congress and Equipment Shop
in K a n s a s C i t y , M i s s o u r i . T h o s e f r o m
Virginia accepting the award were
Harry
Dotson, Sanitation
Superint e n d e n t of t h e C i t y o f A l e x a n d r i a ;
Robert N. H a r o l d , A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r of
P u b l i c W o r k s f o r t h e C i t y of N o r f o l k ;
a n d Ellis B. Hilton, Jr., D i r e c t o r of
P u b l i c W o r k s f o r t h e C i t y of Portsmouth.

Members Give Awards
M a y o r James Taliaferro of Salem
p r e s e n t e d p l a q u e s of a p p r e c i a t i o n t o J.
Max H a n c o c k f o r his e l e v e n a n d a half
y e a r s of s e r v i c e to the C i t y a s A s s i s t a n t
City Engineer a n d City Engineer. Mr.
H a n c o c k r e t i r e d A u g u s t 3 1 , 1 9 8 0 . Mr.
B. G . King a c c e p t e d a p l a q u e in a p p r e c i a t i o n of his t w e l v e y e a r s a s a
m e m b e r of t h e S a l e m S c h o o l B o a r d .
Everett Lambert r e c e i v e d a p l a q u e
from Bluefield Vice Mayor Cecile
R i c h a r d s o n f o r his o u t s t a n d i n g w o r k a s
a Town employee. Mr. Lambert w a s
S u p e r v i s o r of M a p l e H i l l C e m e t e r y f o r
43 y e a r s .

Deaths
T h e H o n o r a b l e Lynn H. C o m e r ,
M a y o r of S t e p h e n s C i t y , d i e d Sept e m b e r 8 , 1 9 8 0 . H e s e r v e d as m a y o r f o r
the past twenty years. T h e League
e x p r e s s e s s y m p a t h y t o t h e f a m i l y of
M a y o r C o m e r and to Stephens City.
T h e H o n o r a b l e C . Fred Blount,
M a y o r of C h r i s t i a n s b u r g , d i e d O c t o b e r
14, 1980. M a y o r Blount served on
C o u n c i l in t h e 1 9 4 0 s a n d w a s e l e c t e d
by C o u n c i l in 1976 to f i l l the u n e x p i r e d
t e r m of M a y o r E l l i s P. B u c k l i n . H e w a s
r e e l e c t e d in 1 9 7 8 w a s s e r v i n g his foury e a r t e r m a t t h e t i m e of his d e a t h .
A c t i v e in t h e f i r e s e r v i c e .
Mayor
B l o u n t w a s a m e m b e r of t h e d e p a r t m e n t f o r 52 y e a r s , s e r v i n g 1 5 y e a r s a s
Chief a n d w a s the current Assistant
Fire C h i e f . T h e V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
L e a g u e a n d t h e S t a t e Fire C h i e f s
A s s o c i a t i o n o f V i r g i n i a e x t e n d their
s y m p a t h y to t h e f a m i l y of M a y o r
Blount
and to
the Town
of
Christiansburg. Local government has
lost a d e d i c a t e d p u b l i c s e r v a n t .

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The Virginia Municipal Croup Self
Insurance
Association
began
operation on July 1 , 1980 with seven
member
jurisdictions
and
approximately
$730,000 in annual
workmen's compensation premium. In
the first three months of operation the
program has grown to 23 members
with an annual premium in excess of
$1.3 million. The program is open to all
cities, towns, counties, school boards
and other political
subdivisions.
Representation from each of these
groups is included in the initial
membership of the pool.
This program is the first of its kind in
Virginia, having been approved by the
Bureau of Insurance of the State
Corporation Commission under the
provisions of Section 65.1-104.2 of the
Code of Virginia. Even though the'
program is new to Virginia, several
other states have had similar programs
for a number of years. Municipal
organizations have banded together
recently in Texas, Florida, Alabama,
Minnesota, Michigan,
California,
Louisianna and Connecticut, among
others. Several other State municipal
leagues are currently exploring the
advantages of insurance pooling.
Of primary importance is the fact
that the program is owned and controlled by the participating members.
All savings accruing to the fund will
eventually be returned to the participants. Savings can accrue in several
ways under the group self insurance
plan.
Specialized
loss
prevention
programs are custom designed for
each member of the Association.
Monthly
computer printouts are
provided to each member detailing
their losses. Aggressive claims handling through investigation of all loss
time cases is instrumental in saving
actual claims dollars. The Association
retains all investment income on
premium dollars deposited with the
fund, and this cash flow management
provides
substantial
savings
to
members. Furthermore, by eliminating
agent
commissions
and
reducing
administrative overhead additional
savings
accrue. By
Implementing
specialized loss control programs,
aggressive claims management, cash
flow management and reducing administrative overhead participants in
municipal programs in other states
have earned dividends of 2 0 % to 3 0 %
with some programs returning even
more.
Claims
administraton
and
loss
prevention services are handled by
Hall Risk Management Services, Inc.

Fleadquartered in Orlando, Florida,
they have established a permanent
office in Richmond to service the
Virginia Municipal Croup Self Insurance Association. Their contract
calls for a minimum of two safety visits
annually
to e a c h
participating
jurisdiction. Additional visits are to be
made as needed to assure the proper
development and implementation of a
comprehensive safety plan. Another
important feature provided by Hall
Risk is the monthly computer printout
of losses which can be used to pinpoint
problem areas in your organization, so
that appropriate safety measures can
be applied thereby creating a safer
working environment for the employees which will eventually mean
fewer claims for on the job injuries.
The Association held its first annual
meeting on September 29, 1980 in
conjunction with the 75th Annual
Conference of the Virginia Municipal
League. At that meeting additional
representatives were elected to the
Members' Supervisory Board, bringing
the total number of board members to
seven. The current board members are:
Charles A. Robinson, Jr., Chairman,

Mayor of Vienna; Francis T. West,
Councilman, Martinsville; R. Michael
Amyx, Executive Director, VML; Harry
C. King, Member, Prince George
County Board of Supervisors; Shirley
Tyler, Chairman, Alexandria School
Board; John Cutlip,
Shenandoah
County Administrator; and, Richard
Johnson, Director of Finance, Suffolk.
The Board is charged with overseeing
the affairs of the Association and has
the particularly important role of
determining the amount and timing of
the distribution of dividends, subject
to final approval by the Bureau of
Insurance.
Given the rapid growth in our first
quarter of operation and the very good
loss ratio on claims to date, we are
very optimistic about the prospects for
a successful first year. If you would
like to learn more about this program,
please call Bradley Harmes at the
League office (804/649-8471) so that a
representative of the League or Hall
Risk Management can meet with you
and provide
a formal
premium
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�Study S h o w s Joint Acrtion
R e d u c e s Power C o s t s
by George H . C h i n

A preliminary study undertaken by a
consulting firm for the Municipal
Electric Power Association of Virginia
(MEPAV) has projected that a Joint
Development Plan of power supply
could reduce the cost of power supply
to the customers of these municipal
electric utilities by over $30 million per
year by 1989
The 15 municipal electric utilities in
Virginia currently purchase a major
portion of their electric power
requirements under the wholesale
rates of the Appalachian Power
Company (APCO), the Potomac Edison
Company (PECO), the Virginia Electric
and Power Company (VEPCO) or the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). In
addition, some municipals have
generating facilities which they
operate to supplement their supply
during peak load periods (times when
electric load is at the highest level) to
reduce the peak period electric
purchases from their wholesale
supplier.
During the period 1972-1978, the
average cost of wholesale power
purchased by the municipal electric
utilities in Virginia increased nearly
300 percent which is an average annual
compound rate of increase of approximately 20 percent. While the
increasing cost of fuel has been a
significant factor, the increasing cost
of financing new generating resources
included in the ownership cost portion
of wholesale rates has also been a
major reason. Concerned over this
rising cost of power supply, MEPAV
retained R. W. Beck and Associates to
undertake a preliminary power supply
study.
The study included a projection of
the total electric load requirements of
the localities, a preliminary projection
of wholesale power costs from their
present wholesale power suppliers,
and a preliminary projection of
potential savings to MEPAV members
as a result of a joint power supply
program.
The study was to show how a
program of direct ownership and
selective participation in specific
generating units could reduce the
projected cost of serving the existing
and projected power requirements of
the MEPAV members through 1989.
Existing power supply resources,
wholesale power arrangements and
About the Author
Mr. Chin is Principal Engineer with R. W.
Beck and Associates in Wellesley,
Massachusetts.

potential power supply alternatives
were considered.
MEPAV members were divided
according to those that purchase
wholesale power from APCO and
those that purchase wholesale power
from VEPCO.
Because of its
geographic location Front Royal,
which is served by PECO, was included
with the VEPCO group. Bristol was not
included since the TVA is Bristol's
wholesale power supplier.
The projected cost of power was
developed under two basic alternatives: the Wholesale Purchase Plan
(power supply obtained through the
purchase of power from APCO or
VEPCO under wholesale rates supplemented by existing
owned
generation) and the Joint Development
Plan (power supply obtained through
an economic mix or combination of
resources, including power from
existing owned generation, purchase
power from APCO or VEPCO under
wholesale rates, unit contract purchases, joint ownership entitlements
and construction of
MEPAV
generating facilities). In order to
project wholesale power cost, the
consulting firm had to model both
supplier's annual operations to project
what the cost of service would be in
the future.
For the Joint Development Plan, a
variety of power supply resources generating plants like North Anna and
Surry — may be available to the
members. For the generating units
assumed to be constructed by MEPAV,
costs were estimated based on generic
units of that type which are currently,
or proposed to be, constructed in the
region.
A computer analysis included the
total power cost of each generating
resource under various operating
modes and determined that a combination of resources would be a more
economical power supply mix. The

comparison of the estimated cost of
the plans showed that by utilizing the
North Anna and Surry plants included
in the Joint Development Plan, the
members could realize an estimated
potential savings in power supply costs
in utilizing strictly wholesale power
ranging from $617,000 in 1983 to $27.8
million in 1989 for the APCO group,
and from $2.5 million in 1983 to $6.3
million in1989 for the VEPCO group.
MEPAV members should form and
participate in a joint action authority
since jointly owning and developing
power supply resources has the
potential of significantly reducing the
members' future cost of power. Also,
the localities should review their
power supply requirements and make
an overall power supply plan which is
flexible enough to meet changing
conditions and which considers the
proper mix of base, intermediate and
peaking resources to meet their individual load and reserve requirement.
Periodic reviews of power supply
programs are encouraged.
A jointly developed power supply
program has the potential of
significantly reducing the members'
future costs of power supply based on
continued reliance on wholesale
power purchases and nuclear units,
such as the Surry and North Anna
Units, which could economically
satisfy a portion of the member's base
load power requirement.
Joint ownership participation in
coal-fired generating resources should,
over the life of the resources, provide
lower cost power than power obtained
under
wholesale
purchase
arrangements. MEPAV could also
investigate participation in and the
costs of joint ownership arrangements
or unit contract purchases in the Surry
and North Anna Nuclear Units and the
Lewis County Coal Units.
In conclusion, the power study
opens
many
possibilities
for
municipalities in Virginia that operate
or generate their own electric
department.

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�Localities Can Pool Investments
By Stuart W. Connock, Donald P. Lillywhite and Robert C. Watts
Beginning on January 1 , 1981,
localities can " p o o l " all of their idle or
reserve funds in order to get the
maximum return on their investments.
Passed by the General Assembly this
year, the "Investment of Public Funds
and Local Government Investment
Pool A c t " will produce additional
revenues for localities on short-term
investments.
Passage of this act reflects the
national
trend
of
increased
cooperation between state and local
officials in managing public funds.
Between 1974 and 1979, fifteen states
established state-administered pools
for the investment of local government
reserves. Virginia's investment pool
act, which draws on Utah, Oregon,
Montana and California laws, is based
on model legislation prepared by the
Advisory
Commission
on
Intergovernmental Relations.

"Funds are sent to
the State Treasurer
for investment."
The local government investment
pool is an aggregate of local government funds placed with the State
Treasurer for investment. All public
officers, municipal
corporations,
political
subdivisions
and
public
bodies of the State may participate in
the pool. Under the act, local officials
may make temporary transfers among
separate funds in order to pool the
amounts available for investment. The
Treasury Board administers the pool
and, by law, may invest the monies
only in commercial banks or trust
companies,
savings
and
loan
associations, or building and loan
associations insured by an agency or
instrumentality of the United States
government.

"On a voluntary basis,
any locality can join
for a $10,000 deposit."
Participation in the investment pool
is voluntary. While the pool is particularly valuable to smaller localities
which do not have the benefit of an
investment staff, it is open to all local
governments regardless of size.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
All of the authors are affiliated with the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Connock is
Assistant Secretary for Financial Policy in
the Office of Administration and Finance.
Mr. Lillywhite is an Analyst with the
Department of Planning and Budget. Mr.
Watts is the State Treasurer.

The minimum amount required to
participate in the investment pool is
$10,000. Additional deposits must be
made in increments of $1,000. A
locality may have more than one
investment account within the pool,
but each account must have a
minimum balance of $10,000 at all
times.
To deposit funds in the pool, an
authorized representative of a locality
must telephone the State Treasurer by
4:00 p.m. on the business day prior to
the day the fund transfer is wanted.
The following morning, the locality
wires the transfer funds to the
Treasurer's
account at a bank
designated by the Treasurer. As the
final step, the representative must
provide written confirmation to the
Treasurer of the wire transfer. The
standard charge for a wire transfer is
$3.00 per transaction. Funds are invested on the 'blind faith' that the wire
transfer will be made. If a locality fails
to do this, future transfers will not be
invested until the Treasurer receives
written confirmation of the wire
transfer. When possible, the local
government should also indicate the
expected length of time the funds will
be held in the pool, particularly if the
funds are over $100,000. This helps the
State in managing the pool investments. A similar process is used for
withdrawals.
An
authorized
representative must call the State
Treasurer by 4:00 p.m. on the business
day prior to the day the funds must be

transferred to the locality.
The
Treasurer will wire transfer funds to a
designated
local
bank, and the
locality, in turn, must have 'blind faith'
that this transaction is made. Interest
does not accrue on the investment for
the day of withdrawal. As a follow-up
to the telephone withdrawal, a local
official must mail, on the same day,
written confirmation of the transfer
request. If the withdrawal reduces the
account below $10,000, the entire
balance will be wired back to the
locality.
The Treasury Board requires that
funds remain in the pool for at least
one day. Because of the administrative
costs to both the State and the
locality, small amounts should not be
invested for one day. At an annual
interest rate of nine percent, the
breakeven amount for a one-day investment is $26,000.
The Treasurer's Office anticipates
that only "out of pocket" expenses for
administering the pool will be charged
to the participants. A separate bank
account will record the bank charges
paid on a "hard dollar basis" and the
charges against fund earnings from
"out of pocket" expenses. This is
expected to be a true "zero balance"
account. Initially, localities will not be
charged for the State's staff time or
office expense; however, some charge
may become necessary if the pool
attracts a large number of investors.
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�of one percent to one-half of one
percent from earnings to compensate
for their administrative costs.
The Treasurer will furnish each pool
participant with a monthly report
showing the changes in investments
made during the preceding month.
Interest income for localities will
equal the average rate of return,
calculated quarterly, for all pool investments. Earnings will be based on
each locality's average daily balance.
Accumulated interest, less "out of
pocket expenses", will be sent to each
participant in the month following the
end of each quarter.

"There are benefits
for both State and
local governments."
Many local governments are unable
to invest in the short-term money
markets because of insufficient funds
or because local officials lack the time
or staff expertise to handle such investment opportunities. This is

especially true of smaller localities
and results in these local government
units earning little or no interest on
their reserve funds. Allowing the State
to manage local funds through an
investment pooling arrangement
provides a solution to both of these
problems.
Localities of all sizes can benefit
from investment pooling because each
governmental unit receives the same
rate of return regardless of whether it
invests small or large amounts. Participants investing small amounts will
receive a relatively higher rate of
return than if they invested their funds
individually. Localities are protected
against significant risks because of the
investment restrictions placed on the
State, Whatever small risks do exist are
shared among all participants and
spread out among many different
investments.
The rapid transfer of funds provided
for in the investment pool arrangement
allows local government officials to
wait until the last possible day to

request funds from the pool to meet
current obligations. This enables
localities to earn higher yields on their
funds and provides them with more
flexibility in their cash management
and investment practices. Participants
should not find themselves in a cash
crunch because assets or investments
are not liquid.
The benefits which will accrue to the
State as a result of the local government investment pool act are less
tangible. However, by enabling
localities to maximize their return on
reserve funds, the State will help to
increase the financial stability of local
governments. In addition, the pool
should increase the willingness of the
State and local governments to join in
future cooperative ventures. The
investment fund is a good example of
how innovative management approaches,
coupled
with
intergovernmental cooperation, can
benefit both State and local governments with very little additional costs
to either.

Commentary
Local Government Investment Pools
By Mary Jo Fields
Local governments continuously must face the difficult
task of reconciling burgeoning service demands with
growing resistance to tax increases. Addressing this
dilemma, local governments have tried to enhance their
revenues through more effective cash management
procedures, including the investment of idle cash balances.
For some time, Virginia municipalities individually have
earned interest by investing idle revenues. With the passage
of the Investment of Public Funds and Local Government
Investment Pool Act by the 1980 General Assembly,
municipalities will be able to pool their investments in order
to attract greater interest earnings This Commentary will
discuss briefly the purposes of local government investment
pools and their record of performance in states other than
Virginia. The Virginia pool is the subject of the above article
in this issue of VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY.
The states of Connecticut, Montana, and Oregon
established the first local government investment pools in
1973 and 1974. Today, at least fourteen states authorize
pools. The act establishig Virginia's pool closely follows the
model legislation developed by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations as a guide for
states considering investment cooperatives.
The advantages of an investment pool are easily stated
and understood. First, by combining the investment
resources of a number of localities, the pool has more
money to invest. The larger amount allows more diverse

About the Author
Ms. Fields is affiliated
University of Virginia.

vith the Institute of Government at the

investments in larger denominations and with greater
potential yields than would be possible with the smaller
sums invested by individual local governments. Second,
there should be less fluctuation in the income and outflow
of funds through the pool than in the investments of any
one locality. As a result, the pool, unlike a single locality,
can invest in larger securities with longer maturities. If
localities have similar cash-flow patterns, however, the
deposits to and withdrawals from the pool will fluctuate,
and investments will have to be scheduled to follow these
patterns. Third, while most local governments cannot justify
either the time or the staff to exploit fully all investment
opportunities, the pool can afford to employ professional
managers. Fourth, the pool permits an individual local
government to make frequent investments and withdrawals
and lessens the need for a locality to maintain a large and
idle demand balance. Finally, the pool reduces administrative expenses since the cost of making a large investment is about the same as for a small one.
In spite of the apparent benefits of a local government
investment pool, local officials may be reluctant to transfer
funds from local banks to the pool. The rate of earnings
from the pool is not known in advance as it is for other
investments such as certificates of deposit and time
deposits; this problem should be alleviated, however, if the
pool established a consistently high earnings rate over time.
More significant, shifting investments may affect the local
economy. Some research, for example, concludes that local
public deposits have an indirect effect on the local
economy by increasing credit availability. Other studies,
however, contend that local institutions should be favored
only if yields from their investments are as high as those of

�other securities, given comparable liquidity and safety;
these studies also question the hypothesis that loans to
finance local projects are dependent on public funds
deposits. A final drawback is the possibility that local bank
services will cost more if the local government makes some
of its invesments elsewhere. The additional income from the
pool, however, may more than offset any increases in bank
service charges, and banks may try to attract a locality's
business by offering better or less expensive services.
Moreover, because the local government will probably
continue to make local deposits, the investment pool can be
viewed as an expansion, not a contraction, of investment
opportunities. Nevertheless, banking communities in at
least three states resisted the establishment of investment
pools.
Studies of local government investment pools in six states
(California, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Massachusetts,
Oregon, and Illinois) conclude that the pools are a useful
addition to a locality's investment portfolio. The most
important finding of these studies was that, on the whole,
the earnings from the pools consistently exceeded those
realized by most individual local governments in the six
states. In addition, until the second half of 1978, the yields

generally surpassed the earnings from other securities,
including 90-day and 4-to 6-month prime commercial paper,
90-day negotiable certificates of deposit, and 90-day and
180-day U. S. Treasury bills. From the second half of 1978 to
the first quarter of 1979, however, the pools' earnings were
less than the yields of some of these securities. This pattern
reflects one potential problem with local government investment pools —the yields may lag slightly behind national
interest rates. When interest rates are rising rapidly, direct
investments may produce higher earnings than the pool
unless enough deposits are attracted to take advantage of
the higher rates. Conversely, if interest rates fall rapidly, the
yields froni the pools become more attractive. The studies
of six local government investment pools already in
operation confirm that this relatively new cash
management procedure can increase the interest earnings
from idle cash balances. A pool's earnings are potentially
higher than those of some securities; more money can be
invested since smaller amounts of cash are required; and
short-term investments, including overnight deposits, are
simpler to make. Local officials will want to examine investment portfolios and earnings to determine if their
localities can benefit from participation in the new Virginia
pool

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ago to $166 million. By the budget
years 1981-82, the projected total cost
will go on up to $440 million, and the
State cost will go from $166 million to
$190 million, or almost 20 times the
original cost of the program.
I don't need to tell you where we
will wind up ten years from now at that
rate of increase, or what the impact
would be on essential State programs,
including
revenue sharing
with
localities. 1 wish I could tell you that I
have found an answer.

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to reduce the appropriations side of
the State budget to balance the tax
reductions, but I can't say I had much
success. I have asked our budget
people and our Health Department
people to give me some options to
solve the Medicaid problem. In the
meantime, I thought you should know
what we both face in terms of our
financial partnership, so that you
could make your own positions known
in appropriate circles.
I wish I had some good news to offer
you along with the bad. If there is a
silver lining, it may be that when the
taxpayers digest the figures, they will
begin to understand that reducing
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If we can get that message across, it
may have been worth all our time and
effort.

Director of Public Works
Manassas Park. Currently seeking Director of
Public Works, successful applicants
should
possess experience in street maintenance
programs, water, sewer and other related city
services. Minimum 3 years experience in supervision, engineering degree desirable. Salary range
$18,000-$22,000. Contact: Mr. Richard A. Arbore,
City Manager, City of Manassas Park, 103
Manassas Drive, Manassas Park, Virginia 22110,
703/361-0124. Closing date November 15,1980.
Chief of Police
The Town of Elkton. This town of 1,500 people has
a modern up to date force, but is in the midst of regrouping due to budgeting problems. The starting
salary is approximately $12,000. One of the
requirements is that the chief must be an Elkton
resident after his probationary period. For more
information call the treasurer at 703/298-1951,
Mrs. Norma Leap.

Baumes Fellow Announced

to: JOHN BROUGHTON ASSOCUTES, INC.
105 EAST CARy STREET
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 231219

Sally June Rutherford, a Norfolk
native, is the recipient of the Baumes
Fellowship. A graduate of Ferrum
College, Ms. Rutherford studied Public
Affairs and Administration and was
employed by the City of Roanoke in
the Finance Department. She will use
the fellowship toward a M A . degree
from the University of Virginia.
Montgomery County — Montgomery
County dedicated the Montgomery
County Court House in Christiansburg
on October12,1980.

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�Legal Guidelines
Governmental Immunity—Good News and Bad
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel
The good news is that in a case
decided September 10, 1980 {Bruce v.
Riddle and others, individually
and
members of the Greenville
County
Council and Greenville County, Case
No. 79-1313), the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
has reconfirmed that
individual
legislative members have absolute
immunity with respect to the passage
of zoning ordinances. In this case the
Greenville County Council
(South
Carolina),
ignoring
the
recommendations of its staff, rezoned an
area of land including that of plaintiff
thereby prohibiting
multi-family
dwellings. Such prohibition diminished
the value of the plaintiff's land from
$15,000 to $2,000 per acre and the
plaintiff alleged that this was done in
bad faith after the individual defendant council
members had participated in private meetings with
unnamed influential citizens in the
area who owned nearby residential
property. The complaint demanded
compensatory and punitive damages
The U.S. District Court granted a
motion to dismiss the individual
twelve members of the council holding
that the complaint did not state a
cause of action in as much as they
were entitled to absolute legislative
immunity.
In affirming the District Court, the
Court of Appeals relied on the United
States Supreme Court opinion written
by Justice Brennan in Owen v. City of
Independence, 48 U.S. L.W. 4389, 4393
{No. 78-1779, April 16, 1980) and the
cases therein cited holdings that individuals acting in either judicial or
legisltive capacities have absolute
immunity from liability in a Section
1983 action by virtue of long-standing
common law principles. With respect
to the further charge by the plaintiff
that the Greenville County Council
members acted improperly in meeting
with constituents who were interested
in the passage of the ordinance, the
appeals court opined that the council
members might well have met with
constituents who were opposed to the
ordinance; that meeting with interest
groups, regardless of motivation is part
and parcel of the modern legislative
procedures through which receive
information possibly bearing on the
legislation they are to consider. Said

the Court: "The possibility
that
legislators
may
be
'politically'
motivated to attend such meetings
cannot take away from the legislative
character of the process." Good news,
indeed, to have the courts uphold the
right of members of governing bodies
to hear all sides, privately or publicly,
without fear of individual liability to
disgruntled citizens.
The bad news in the area of
municipal immunity is reported in the
decision of the United States District
Court, District of Kansas (Case No. 7562-C-2) decided April 22, 1980, 97616
CCH Federal Securities. In Woods v.
Homes and Structures of Pittsburg,
Kansas, Inc., the action arose out of
the issuance and sale of some Pittsburg industrial development bonds
which were issued to finance the
construction
of a
manufacturing
facility in Pittsburg. Homes and
Structures entered into a lease
agreement with the city, the revenue
from the lease being intended to
finance the payment of principal and
interest to the bondholders. Homes
and Structures subsequently defaulted
on its payment of rent and a class
action was instituted on behalf of all
the bondholders against the city and
others alleging securities violations of
Rule 10(b) (5), Section 10 (b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17A of the Securities Act of
1933, violation of various provisions of
the Kansas Securities Act, fraud,
negligence, breach of contract, wilful
and wonton misconduct and for an
accounting, seeking punitive and
exemplary damages. The defendants,
including the City of Pittsburg, filed
motions to dismiss and for summary
judgment on several grounds. One of
the grounds asserted for dismissal and
summary judgement by the City of
Pittsburg was based upon governmental immunity, the city contending
that the judicially created doctrine of
tort immunity for
municipalities
requires dismissal
of a federal
securities law claim. However, the
United States District Court held that
Section 12(2) of the 1933 Act expressly
provided for the private cause of
action under federal law and that this
action is not an implied cause of
action in the nature of a tort for
violation of a statutory duty and.

accordingly, the doctrine abrogating a
city's liability. The court futher opined
that even if the immunity doctrine was
applicable, the city's conduct here was
arguably of a proprietary nature and
dismissal would be inappropriate for
that reason as well. The Court also
refused to accept the city's contention
that the Tenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution protects it
from application of the federal
securities law, concluding that the
reservation of rights to the states in the
Tenth Amendment did not bar liability
because the issuance of industrial
development bonds fails to rise to the
level of traditional
governmental
function, the primary benefits of such
a bond issue flowing to the borrower
and to the bond purchasers with only
secondary benefits such as increased
employment and increased corporate
spending in a locality inuring to the
community as a whole. We all should
be aware of this new area in which
liability may be asserted against a
locality w h i c h issues
industrial
development bonds.

(Peirce, from page 10)

That we conserve our agricultural
lands
against
unnecessary
urban
encroachment, both for the sake of our
environment and because agricultural
production is one of America's few
strong points in the world economy
today.
That we favor
historic
preservation and
conserve
the
buildings and texture of our cities and
towns, since they do reflect our culture
and can become much stronger points
of attraction for people in a world of
necessarily more compact settlement.
That we manage our local governments to achieve the greatest potential
economies and productivity levels,
and thus conserve the taxpayer's
dollar. And that in all this, we put our
existing cities and towns first, since we
have such immense amounts of
financial capital, as well as human
capital, tied up in them.
All of that is a tall order, admittedly.
But in a perplexing decade, it may
suggest a scenario —perhaps the only
realistic scenario available to us —for
city and town and national survival.

�THE WALLERSTEIN SCHOLARSHIP
THE WALLERSTEIN SCHOLARSHIP was established by a gift from Ruth C. and Morton L. Wallerstein to the University of Virginia to
foster interest and research in Virginia municipal government
The Scholarship is administered by the Virginia Municipal League and the Institute of Government, University of Virgin'

ELIGIBILITY:
An applicant must be:
1. An employee or official of a Virginia municipality who would like to spend a year at the University of Virginia
engaged in research and study with the Institute of Government; or
2. A person, preferable an employee or official of a Virginia municipality, seeking to undertake graduate work at the
University of Virginia in a field related to municipal government. It is hoped, but not required, that the recipient intends
to enter or re-enter Virginia municipal government service upon completion of the graduate work.

SELECTION CRITERIA:
while an applicant must show

promise of benefiting substantially from a year at the University and a degree applicant must meet admission standards, the selection committee will place heavy emphasis upon the individual's
potential for public service in Virginia.

DURATION OF THE AWARD:
The award is made for a twelve-month period, beginning, at the recipient's wishes, between June 1 , 1981, and September 1,1981, and may continue for a second year dependent upon the recipient's need and his or her first year record.

A M O U N T OF THE AWARD:
The amount is $4,200, with an additional $400 each for up to two dependents.

APPLICATON PROCEDURE:
Applicants for the scholarship may obtain the necessary forms by writing to the Institute. Applicants seeking a
graduate degree must fulfill all the requirements for admission to the graduate school of the University. Inquiries
regarding graduate school requirements should be addressed to the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
438 Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 29903.

DATES FOR SELECTION:
All applications must be submitted no later than February 1, 1981. An applicant may be invited to attend a personal
interview held either at the Institute or the Virginia Municipal League. The recipient will be notified no later than April
15,1981.
For further information, please write to:
INSTITUTE OF G O V E R N M E N T
University of Virginia
207 Minor Hall
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

�VA SECTION, ICMA
Approximately
sixty
Virginians
attended the I C M A Conference at the
C o n c o r d in N e w Y o r k last m o n t h .
T h o s e m e m b e r s w h o received their
twenty
year
service
pins
were —
Warrenton Town Manager Ed Martin,
Herndon Town Manager Ed Martin,
former Newport News City Manager
Frank
Smiley
and Hampton
City
Manager O. Wendell White. Receiving
f i f t e e n y e a r pins w e r e M a n a s s a s C i t y
Manager Ches Moyer and Portsmouth
City Manager Bob Williams. Bedford
City Manager Keith Cook, Virginia
Beach City Manager George Hanbury,
Colonial Heights City Manager Byron
Haner, Chesapeake City Manager John
Maxwell and Galax City
Manager
H a r o l d Snead w e r e given ten year pins.

Dr. H a r o l d H o v e y , a f f i l i a t e d w i t h
the U r b a n I n s t i t u t e in W a s h i n g t o n ,
D C , spoke to the managers at the
annual breakfast meeting during the
Virginia M u n i c i p a l League's Annual
C o n f e r e n c e in A r l i n g t o n C o u n t y . D r .
Hovey spoke on pension systems that
are a v a i l a b l e today.
The
Virginia
Committee
for
Professional
Development
h e l d its
a n n u a l m e e t i n g in C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e t o
develop training programs for 1 9 8 1 .
The
Managers/Elected
Official
W o r k s h o p w i l l be held
December
10-12, 1980 at the B o n h o m m e Richard
Inn in W i l l i a m s b u r g , V i r g i n i a . O t h e r
p r o g r a m s t h a t w i l l be o f f e r e d a r e
F i n a n c i a l M a n a g e m e n t t o be h e l d
J a n u a r y 2 8 - 3 0 in R i c h m o n d a n d a
session on Productivity on June 1 7 - 1 9 ,
1981 a t t h e R a m a d a I n n in V i r g i n i a
B e a c h . For i n f o r m at io n, please c o n t a c t
the L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t M a n a g e m e n t
R e l a t i o n s o f f i c e a t 804/786-7406.

Christiansburg—Town C o u n c i l agreed
to o f f e r its r e c e n t l y a b a n d o n e d s e w a g e
t r e a t m e n t p l a n t t o t h e T o w n of D u b l i n
for $600 per m o n t h a n d a f e w other
c o n d i t i o n s s u c h as b a s i c m a i n t e n a n c e
and
repair.
Christiansburg
Town
C o u n c i l is t o be c o m m e n d e d f o r t h e i r
cooperative efforts.

Martinsville — T h e C i t y w a s a w a r d e d a
special
citation
by t h e A m e r i c a n
Automobile Association for pedestrian
s a f e t y in a n a w a r d s e v e n t h o s t e d by
G o v e r n o r J o h n N. D a l t o n . ' T h e a n n u a l
awards are given to Virginia cities and
counties
for conducting
effective
pedestrian safety programs to reduce
accidents and fatalities.

Statement of O w n e r s h i p
M a n a g e m e n t and C i r c u l a t i o n
1. D a t e o f Filing: O c t o b e r l , 1 9 8 0
2. T i t l e o f P u b l i c a t i o n ; V I R G I N I A
TOWN &amp; CITY
3. F r e q u e n c y of P u b l i c a t i o n :
Monthly.
4. L o c a t i o n of k n o w n off ice of
p u b l i c a t i o n : 311 I r o n f r o n t s ,
1011 E a s t M a i n S t r e e t ,
R i c h m o n d , Virginia 23219.
5. L o c a t i o n of H e a d q u a r t e r s of
G e n e r a l B u s i n e s s O f f ice of
P u b l i s h e r s : 311 I r o n f r o n t s , 1 0 1 1
East M a i n Street, R i c h m o n d ,
Virginia 23219.

Financing
Public Power
Requirements

6. E d i t o r : C h a r l o t t e K i n g e r y , 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East M a i n
Street, R i c h m o n d , Virginia
23219.
7. P u b l i s h e r : V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
L e a g u e , 311 I r o n f r o n t s , 1 0 1 1
East M a i n Street, R i c h m o n d ,
Virginia 23219.
8. O w n e r s : V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
League
9. A v e r a g e N o . of c o p i e s e a c h
issue d u r i n g p r e c e d i n g 12
months:
T o t a l n o . c o p i e s p r i n t e d : 5,152
Mail Subscriptions:
4,510
Paid circulation:
4,510
Free d i s t r i b u t i o n :
484
Total distribution:
4,994
Office Use, etc.:
158
Total:
5,152
10. S i n g l e Issue n e a r e s t t o f i l i n g
date:
Total No. copies printed:
Mail subscriptions:
Paid circulation:
Free d i s t r i b u t i o n :
Total distribution:
O f f i c e use, e t c . :
Total:

5,250
4,595
4,595
512
5,107
143
5,250

I certify that the statements made
by m e a r e c o r r e c t a n d c o m p l e t e .
Charlotte
Kingery
Editor

Alexandria—A
signing
ceremony
o f f i c i a l l y c l o s e d t h e f i r s t s t a g e of t h e
ten-year
effort
to r e d e v e l o p
the
Topedo Factory Complex. O l d Town
d e v e l o p e r C h a r l e s R. H o o f f , I I I a n d
c i t y o f f i c i a l s signed c o n t r a c t s that
called for the developer to c o m p l e t e
work on t w o buildings and for the City
to r e n o v a t e t h e r e m a i n i n g t w o by
M a r c h , 1 9 8 5 . O n e b u i l d i n g , t o be
c o m p l e t e l y d e m o l i s h e d , w i l l b e t h e site
of n e w c o n d o m i n i u m t o w n h o u s e s , a
public plaza and underground parking.
Other buildings will contain the new
Torpedo Factory Art Center.

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public power issue
that skeptics thought
would short-circuit?
Merrill Lynch made
the right connections.
The timing had some professionals raising their eyebrows. Three
Mile Island was still hot news. It
seemed almost heresy to state publicly that nuclear power was still a
viable—let alone vital—option.
^fet there was Merrill Lynch,
taking a bold risk and moving ahead
with a new $150 million all-nuclear
bond issue for the North Carolina
Municipal Power Agency Number 1.
It was Phase I I of a billion-dollar
project, running on a no-postponement timetable.
Merrill Lynch was willing to
take the risk for a simple reason: we
can often find buyers for an issue even
when it looks like the market has just
plain closed its doors. The key is our
unique combination of institutional
and retail sales capability. Because of
it, we can make connections with both
types of investors... and hence with a
larger total pool of money than firms
with strength in only the institutional
or the retail area. And maximum

A breed apart
demand, of course, means lower costs
for the issuer.
In this case, it also meant success. Neither the institutional nor the
retail market alone provided sufficient
orders—it took Merrill Lynch's
versatility to open up both market
segments and get the job done. As the
issue was final y priced, 44 percent of
it went to institutions, 56 percent to
retail customers.
Of course, opening up the market would have meant little without

our technical expertise—our ability to
structure, price and advise on all
kinds of issues in all kinds of markets.
Our commitment to underwrite
helped, too. During the last year, neither erratic markets nor anti-nuclear
sentiment has kept us from successfiilly bringing issues to market. We
have the commitment to stick by our
clients and the capital to maintain
active secondary markets in their
bonds, thus helping ensure their good
trading names.
The measure of our success: as
of May, we're one of the leaders in
the public power bond industry this
year, with $430 million managed or comanaged in negotiated issues. We've
proved ourselves in difficult times, and
we'd like to prove ourselves to you.
Write to Roger E. Camp, Vice
President and Manager, Public Power
Unit, Merrill Lynch White Weld
Capital Markets Group, One Liberty
Plaza, New York, N.Y 10080. Or call
(212) 637-2540.

Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch White Weld Capital Markets Group
© 1980 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner 8d Smith Inc. Member S I P C .

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                    <text>Danville's
Warehouse and
Historic District

�Smith Barney, Harris Upham &amp; Co. is #1
in joint-action public power financing.
No other underwriter has as much experience
in joint-action as our firm.
Over the past three years, Smith Barney, Harris Upham has been
instrumental as senior managing banker in bringing to market,
for the first time, the following major joint-action public
power agencies:

Heartland Consumers Power District (South Dakota)
(Senior Managing Banker)

Lafayette Public Power Authority (Louisiana)
(Senior Managing Banker)

Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale
Electric Company
(Senior Managing Banker)

Michigan Public Power Agency
(Senior Managing Banker)

Michigan South Central Power Agency
(Senior Managing Banker)

Wyoming Municipal Power Agency
(Senior Managing Banker)

If you have questions concerning the formation of a
joint-action agency or if your agency needs help in order
to bring it to market, please call:
David Guernsey (212)399-6200
AnnHagan
(212)399-6172
Peter M . Ramsey (215) 854-6000
J,

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�Virginia
*City
The official publication of the Virginia Municipal League
Editor
Associate Editor
Editorial Assistant
Advertising and Business Manager
VML President
Executive Director

Charlotte Kingery
Bragdon R. Bowling, Jr.
Margaret A. Nichols
Sandra J . Harmon

Harold S. Atkinson
R. Michael Amyx

Officers: First Vice President, Raymond F. Ratcliffe; Second
Vice President, Francis T. West; Third Vice President,
Charles A. Robinson, Jr.; Fourth Vice President, Lawrence A.
Davies.
Executive Committee: Vincent J . Thomas, Arlie C. Payne,
Jane L. Hough, Sam W. Adams, Anne B, Crockett, Charles
(Chuck) E. Beatley and Roy H. Erickson.

VOLUME 15
4

DECEMBER 1980

NUMBER

12

The Art of Lobbying
"The Mayor of Sacramento, California gives some advice
for local officials to follow."

11

Reapportionment
"State Senator Hunter B. Andrews reviews the
requirements for reapportionment."
12 How the League Works
"A definition and explanation of the policy committee
and legislative committee process."
9 Directory of Advertisers
20 Danville's Warehouse District

22
24

"The City of Danville livens up its most
district."
Index to V o l u m e 15
Farmland Preservation in Virginia
"Memory Porter discusses
Virginia's leading industry."

the

need

to

historic

preserve
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DEPARTMENTS
CORRECTION: In our November, 1980 issue, it was incorrectly reported that Roanoke City Councilman Hampton
Thomas is Vice Chairman of the City Section and Manassas
Councilman Edgar Rohr is Vice Chairman of the Urban
Section. Mr. Thomas is Vice Chairman of the Urban Section
and Mr Rohr is Vice Chairman of the City Section.

9
10
14
26
29-31

People
Calendar
Legal Guidelines
Marketplace
Directories

TELEPHONE

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ON THE COVER:

804/649-8471

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Danville
has the
finest
concentration of Victorian and
Edwardian homes in Virginia.
On the cover is a row of homes
on Main Street.

V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; CITY [ISSN0042-6784] is the only official
magazine of the Virginia Municipal League [formerly the League
of Virginia Municipalities).
It is published monthly at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia 23206. All contents, copyright 1980 by the Virginia
Municipal League. Any reproduction or use of contents must
have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal League and if
granted must be accompanied by credit to V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp;
CITY or the Virginia Municipal League. Second-class
postage
paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $7.00 per year,
$1.50 per copy.
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�by Phillip L. Isenberg
Editor's Note: Mayor Isenberg initially
gave a version of this speech at the
California League of Cities Legislative
Institute in July, 1979. He also gave it at
the Annual Conference of the League
of Kansas Municipalities
in October,
1979. The Virginia Municipal
League
wishes
to share Mayor
Isenberg's
remarks with the readers of
VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp; CITY. His remarks are longer
than our usual articles but we believe
they are entertaining and worthwhile to
local officials.

Thank you very much for having me
here. It's a bit unusual and mysterious
to ask a Californian to talk to you
about legislation and lobbying. You
ought, in my opinion, to beware of
Californians bearing gifts. After all, the
last three presents we gave you and the
nation were Ronald Reagan, Jerry
Brown and Proposition 13!
Oh, excuse me, I'm sorry. Has
anyone ever heard of Proposition 13?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mr. Isenberg is the Mayor of Sacramento,
California. Artwork by Jym Marquez,
Marquez/Hardy Design, Sacramento,
California

We gave it to you —not as it actually
is, not as it was adopted, not as it was
implemented —but as people think it
was. In my opinion, what California
has done to local government
throughout the nation is to arm
federal and state officials with
slogans and catch words. Essentially,
they say to us now, "Oh my God, local
government is in terrible trouble! The
people hate you! Put your house in
order!" And there is frankly nothing
more unsettling than to receive
generally unsolicited (and occasionally
hostile) advice from higher levels of
government on what we should or
should not be doing.
It's not occurring just in California. I
ran across a statement by a wellrespected. Federal official with great
connections in Kansas who told you as
follows; "It will be up to all public
officials to communicate with those
who put them in office. In doing so,
however, they must remember that
communication is a two-way street
which involves listening as well as
sending messages. Those who fail in
the next two years to deal with the
changes may well find embattled
voters ready to opt for another candidate who promises less transmitting

and more receiving." Dire and somber
words, indeed. Local government
beware!

"Or why are they
always doing things
to us?"
Well, let me give you a brief report
from the trenches on the western front,
which is California. In California we
don't live in the shadow of Proposition
13 because we have to make do with
what we have. We no longer consider
Proposition 13 to be the great bugaboo
we thought it was to begin with.
However, we are definitely living
under the shadow of what the voters —
and consequently state and federal
politicians —thought Proposition 13
was all about, and what they keep
telling us it was all about.
Most voters believe the campaign
commercials. You would have enjoyed
them, in a way that only local officials
could enjoy them. Imagine, if you will,
an opening scene with a wonderful
family, a husband and a wife. They are
clearly working people, the salt of the
earth: young children going to school,
looking forward to the future, they all

�go to church. And in the middle of this,
this questing, hoping desire of a family
for improvement, welfare recipients in
Cadillacs drive up to pick up their food
stamps. What could be worse? And
then the ad continues, "Are you for
Proposition 13 or against it? Do you
want to cut government fat?" (Who
doesn't) "Do you want to end welfare
chiseling," or "do you want to send an
elected official to Paris?" (fade out; a
plane landing with the Champs Elysees
in the background). I mean, who would
want to send an elected official to
Paris? Elected officials, perhaps, but
no one else.
After Proposition 13 passed a lot of
us at the local level began to try to
deal with the realities of it We lost in
the City of Sacramento $16 million in
property tax revenues. Property taxes
in the State of California were cut by
almost 60 percent because of
Proposition 13. And property taxes are
important to us. So we began talking
about how we were going to reduce.
We were going to cut employees, and
we were going to reduce the hours of
library service. We were going to trim
the maintenance in the parks and they
wouldn't be quite as beautiful as they
were before. Our street lines wouldn't
be painted every two years; they'd be
painted every four years, and so on.
But that isn't what the citizens voted
to do. The citizens voted to cut
welfare, abolish trips to Paris and cut
fat in government. And so we tried to
do it a bit. As you know. Prop 13
passed in June of 1978. In the City of
Sacramento, we adopt a budget on
July 1st —we try to, we've always done
it so far —and so, in three weeks we
had to create this magic formula to
deal with Prop 13. And we had a lot of
help. I can remember the night of the
first budget hearing when the head of
our County Taxpayers' Association
came in. Taxpayers' Associations, I'm
sure, are the same around the nation.
They are composed of people who say
never spend a dime for anything,
anytime, anywhere. They are generally
critical and sometimes helpful, but
usually well informed. We had a
representative from our local Taxpayers' League, herself a former
elected official of a city government in
a city not far from Sacramento. She
appeared at the Council, stood up and
said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have
for you the perfect solution. The
absolute perfect solution. Abolish
welfare payments from the City of
Sacramento. Nothing else need be
done." And we were struck dumb. I
mean, who would ever imagine that
such a simple idea could be implemented? Well, we have some really
irritable characters on the City
Council, including one who is a

publisher of a non-partisan publication
studying State government. He is also
a terrible, terrible wit —and he wrote
this story in the New York Times, some
of you may have seen it. He leaned
forward and said to the lady, "Ma'am,
that is just a brilliant idea and I move
to abolish all welfare payments." And
the rest of us sat there. I mean, who
can oppose that? So we voted
unanimously, nine to nothing, to
abolish all welfare payments. And then
this Council member who had
proposed the motion leaned forward
and said, "Oh Ma'am, I just thought I
ought to tell you. What we've done
had no effect because the City of
Sacramento has never paid welfare
payments."

"You shouldn't have
voted to cut property
taxes because they
don't pay for
welfare."
Much of our debate and much of
our discussion, many of the things that
happened to us after Prop 13 were of
that sort. The people said, "Well, wait
a minute, we voted to cut welfare" and
we said "Well, you shouldn't have
voted to cut property taxes, 'cause
they don't pay for welfare." But that
was theory or illusion or belief Number 1.
Now, the second thing, of course,
was that we abolish trips to Paris. And
that was very easy —nobody had ever
been to Paris in the City of Sacramento
and, as you know, in government it's
always easy to cut something you
didn't intend to do. I thought it didn't
have any meaning until recently. I was
speaking to a convention of election
officials from most of the western part
of the United States —twenty-four
states represented, meeting in Sacramento. I don't know how many of you
have been to Sacramento—we're
proud of our city and the convention
had selected Sacramento instead of
San Francisco. We said, "By God,
we've finally got our convention center going, our hotels are interesting and
people would rather come to Sacramento than go to San Francisco." I
thought that until I went to the meeting, spoke to the delegates, and the
president, in introducing me, stood up
and said, "Mr. Mayor, we're happy to
be here. One of the primary reasons is
because of Proposition 13. No one can
accuse us of going on a boondoggle if
we go to Sacramento." That's a terrible
thing to say about a city.
In any event, after abolishing
welfare and ending trips to Paris, we
tried to figure out how to deal with the

concept that we can solve our
problems by eliminating waste or
cutting fat. Our City Manager is a very
intriguing, engaging and inventive
gentleman. He proposed that what we
do every year in his department
budget, is to put a line in that says:
"Governmental Fat, 3%." We hadn't
thought of that before. The City
Council, with grave and somber
demeanor, would exorcise that demon:
We would cast from our body
governmental waste and governmental
fat. And in so doing, we should have
somehow solved the problem.
Voters' attitudes after Proposition
13 were different. All of us on the City
Council had opposed Prop 13, as had
virtually every elected official in the
State of California. We had experienced all the folks coming in and
arguing with us before the election.
And we knew, we just knew, the first
meeting after the election we were
going to get it. Everybody was going to
walk in and say, "I told you so." We
have on our Council agendas, as I'm
sure many of you do, what we refer to
as the public psychotherapy session.
It's the point where everybody can
come in and say whatever they want to
about anything. It was only after great
efforts that I convinced the Council we
should put a time limit on it. In any
event, sitting in the front row was a
gentleman who had appeared before
us in my four years as Mayor maybe 55
times. You might have some people
like that in your cities. This gentleman
headed a small businessmen's group in
a community recently annexed to the
city and he was always a very strong
spokesman in favor of Proposition 13.
And we all knew what was coming: he
was going to pop up and denounce us
until hell froze over. And sure enough,
we came to that point on the agenda
and I said is there anyone who wants to
talk to the Council and he stands up
and says: "Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mayor and Members of the Council."
(And all of us kind of sink down in our
chairs because we know something is
coming. I'm sure you do it, in the same
way. We're all hunching down waiting
for it to happen: "I told you so. You
rats. The voters have spoken") And he
starts off: "Mayor and Members of the
Council. I'm here tonight on behalf of
the business community of North
Sacramento. Nine months ago you
installed traffic dividers on Del Paso
Boulevard. You put in beautiful
plantings, you have grass there, but
some of our customers can't turn left
or right to get to our stores. And Mayor
and members of Council, we want you
to remove those traffic dividers." And
we said, "Sir, nine months ago we
completed the work that had resulted
from a two-year study involving every

�segment of the business community,
yourself involved, and it cost us
$300,000 to put in those traffic
dividers, and now you want us to take
them out." And he said, "Sure, some of
our customers are inconvenienced."
And we said, "Well, this is three days
after Proposition 13 (was) passed.
Who's going to pay for it?" And he
said, "It doesn't matter —get the
damned things out."

Legislature gets a bum rap from local
officials.
Most of our relations problem with
the Legislature are of our own making.
After all, legislators are just about like
us. In fact, 40 percent of your current
legislature is composed of people with
local government experience. With
that amount you ought to win every
vote. But you have to understand their
problems:

And that was our first experience
with our first citizen, first proponent of
Proposition 13 at the first meeting
after the thing had passed. And it went
on from there when we abolished
funding for private non-profit groups.
We hadn't given them much money
anyway. But we abolished it. We had a
woman stand up and it was for a
worthy cause and she said, "I'm here
on behalf of the Hearing Impaired and
you gave us $2,000 before and we
would like to ask for it again." And we
said, "Well, Ma'am, since Proposition
13 we have had to abolish all that
funding." And she said, "Well, wait a
minute, I voted for Proposition 13, but
it wasn't to cut my program."

• They have larger and more
diverse constituencies
• They f a c e more
organized
lobbies
• They rarely get a rational
message from local government
• They are trying to make decisions
when this entire nation seems
unable to agree on what the
problems are—let alone the
solutions

"This is three days
after Proposition 13
(was) passed.
Who's going to
pay for it?"
"rt doesn't matterget the damned things out."
And we said, "Sorry, it doesn't work
that way." But what you've got, and 1
think this is relevant to legislation and
to lobbying, is the perceptions of
people. The State Legislature and the
citizens have perceptions about what
economy means and about what local
government does. They sometimes
don't understand anything about it.
Particularly since Proposition 13, we
believe the voters don't understand us,
legislators are insensitive —and in
general, no one loves us.
Which is leading to why I came
here —to talk about lobbying —and
how to get the Legislature to understand.
Let me tell you what lobbying is all
about in the era of Proposition 13. You
have to overcome slogans, and you
have to deal with people who all of the
sudden are morally righteous. Cod
save us: the morally righteous and
indignant State legislator or Federal
official There is nothing more irritable
than dealing with the
morally
righteous — p a r t i c u l a r l y if they're
righteous towards us and what we are
doing. However, in my opinion (and I
assume I have been brought here from
California to utter heresies), the

Therefore, I've developed 10 rules
regarding lobbying. Let me describe
them to you.
1. Never tell Legislators you're smarter
than they are.
It is the prime sin of local government. I was trying to dig something out
of all of the speeches I have ever heard
local officials give to illustrate this. I
summarized
one
committee
testimony, given by one of my friends
and colleagues in California, and it

went kind of like this, reduced to three
sentences: "Local government is closer
to the people. We are the people. You
are ignoring our wishes." That's the
worst thing in the world to say to
anybody. That is calling a legislator
stupid. And legislators are not stupid.
It seems to me that local government
can no longer afford to say to the
Legislature what we might say to our
children, which is, "Do it because we
want you to do it." You've got to go
convince them. You've got to talk to
them. You've got to argue with them.
Occasionally yell at them. Now, the
only parallel I can think of is how we
as elected officials react to the citizen
who walks into the City Council
meeting and says, "You absolutely
have to put that stop sign up at the
intersection. And if you don't you're
stupid or you're corrupt or you're
waiting for some accident victim to die
so you can justify it." Now how many
of you have ever heard a stop sign
discussion like that? We don't react
well when citizens come to us and use
what is clearly an uninformed and illprepared argument and the Legislature
does not react well or easily when we
do the same thing.
2. Try to develop a program In advance.
Now that sounds like it's simple—it
is not. We rarely look ahead any

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�f a r t h e r t h a n six m o n t h s — o r the next
s e s s i o n . W h a t the bills w e r e
last
s e s s i o n a n d h o w w e c a n b r e a t h e life
a g a i n into the bills t h a t got lost; h o w
w e c a n d e f e a t t h e dogs t h a t a r e
c o m i n g up in the f u t u r e a n d w h a t t h e y
a r e t r y i n g to d o to us m u s t be e x p l o r e d .
O n e e x p e r i m e n t w e a r e g o i n g t o be
t r y i n g in C a l i f o r n i a — I d o n ' t k n o w
w h e t h e r it's going to w o r k b u t I think it
m i g h t — is to d e v e l o p a long-range v i e w
of l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t in o u r S t a t e . N o t
this y e a r , not next y e a r , not the y e a r
a f t e r . B u t e s s e n t i a l l y a 10, 1 5 , 20-year
p r o g r a m . B e c a u s e to m y w a y
of
t h i n k i n g w h a t is m o s t i m p o r t a n t is to
e d u c a t e the l e g i s l a t o r s on p r o b l e m s
t h a t t h e y d o n ' t e v e n k n o w e x i s t y e t . If
y o u c a n a n t i c i p a t e a p r o b l e m , if y o u
c a n s t a r t t a l k i n g a b o u t it n o w , y o u w i l l
d e f i n e the l e g i s l a t i v e d e b a t e . B u t if
y o u w a i t for the p r o b l e m t o s u r f a c e , if
y o u w a i t o n l y to r e a c t to w h a t the
L e g i s l a t u r e is t a l k i n g a b o u t , y o u ' r e
g o i n g to b l o w it s e r i o u s l y . A n d p l e a s e
let m e tell y o u , y o u a r e not d o i n g y o u r
l e g i s l a t o r a f a v o r by a s k i n g t h a t
l e g i s l a t o r to c a r r y f i v e l i t t l e bills f o r
y o u r c i t y . T h e y h a v e a lot of things to
d o . A n d e v e r y t i m e y o u ask t h e m to
c o m e in a n d c a r r y t h o s e little bills t h a t
a r e n ' t i m p o r t a n t but t h e y ' r e " o k a y , "
w h a t y o u ' r e d o i n g is y o u ' r e d r a w i n g
d o w n y o u r c r e d i t in the b a n k . A
l e g i s l a t o r has o n l y so m u c h t i m e , so
m u c h e n e r g y , so m u c h d e d i c a t i o n a n d
so m u c h e n t h u s i a s m . A n d if y o u w r i t e a
c h e c k f o r a bill of m i n o r i m p o r t a n c e ,
y o u ' v e d r a w n on t h a t b a n k a c c o u n t
a n d it's a w f u l l y h a r d to go b a c k o n
s o m e t h i n g t h a t is r e a l l y i m p o r t a n t a n d
really crucial.
3. You cannot let cities get divided.
Y o u r strength is y o u r u n i t y . I w i l l t e l l
y o u an e x a m p l e of f a i l u r e in C a l i f o r n i a
b e c a u s e to m e it s y m b o l i z e s w h e r e w e
w e n t w r o n g in o u r S t a t e . C a l i f o r n i a ,
a n d m o s t of the large i n d u s t r i a l s t a t e s ,
a r e h e a v i l y u n i o n i z e d in t h e p u b l i c
employee
sector. W e
are
heavily
u n i o n i z e d a n d h a v e b e e n for y e a r s .
A n d t h e s e a r e the n e w a s s o c i a t i o n s a n d
they don't smile w h e n you say, " W e ' r e
one happy f a m i l y . " These are labor
unions —police
officer,
firefighters,
and garbage collectors —labor people.
A n d o v e r the y e a r s it t u r n s o u t t h a t
we've collectively bargained. State law
s a y s go t a l k to t h e m a n d w h a t t a l k i n g
m e a n s is c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g . B u t
what's
also
happened
is
we've
developed
a
situation
where
e v e r y b o d y is in a b a r g a i n i n g u n i t . Y o u
t h i n k it m a y be h a r d to d e a l w i t h a c o p
o n the street in the l a b o r u n i o n ? L e t m e
t e l l y o u , t h a t ' s n o t h i n g c o m p a r e d to
the f a c t t h a t a l l y o u r D e p u t y C h i e f s
a n d a l l y o u r C a p t a i n s in the Fire
D e p a r t m e n t or the P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t
a r e in a b a r g a i n i n g unit. L e t m e t e l l
y o u , t h e y a r e on y o u r side of the

bargaining table with the troops,
t h e y ' r e o n the o t h e r side of t h e
bargaining
table
for
themselves.
D i s a s t e r . A b s o l u t e d i s a s t e r . A n d so, w e
t a l k e d this past y e a r a b o u t r e v i s i n g the
S t a t e l a w in c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g . A n d
a trade-off o c c u r r e d .
I h e s i t a t e to m e n t i o n this t e r r i b l e
w o r k . T h e r e is no a g e n c y s h o p in
California.
"Agency
shop"
means
everybody
who
is
within
that
bargaining unit, whether they choose
to or not, has to p a y d u e s b e c a u s e t h e y
get the b e n e f i t of the u n i o n m e m b e r s h i p . It d o e s n ' t

"In my opinion
the Legislature gets
a bum rap from
local officials."
make
m u c h d i f f e r e n c e for us in
California
because
by
and
large
e v e r y o n e ' s u n i o n i z e d ; by a n d large, w e
have a d e f a c t o agency shop. But w h a t
w e d o n ' t h a v e a r e m a j o r p r o t e c t i o n s of
m a n a g e m e n t rights. T h a t is to s a y ,
t h e s e p e o p l e c a n n o t be part of a
b a r g a i n i n g u n i t , t h e s e issues c a n n o t be
part of l a b o r r e l a t i o n s . So w e t h o u g h t
w e had that unique opportunity where
s o m e l a b o r u n i o n s d i d n ' t c a r e a b o u t it,
o t h e r s d i d , a n d t h e y w o u l d go w i t h
agency shop. All cities cared about
m a n a g e m e n t b a r g a i n i n g rights. W e
had a package and w e put that
package
together
with
a
lot
of
d i s c u s s i o n a n d a lot of d e b a t e a n d it
f e l l a p a r t in the L e g i s l a t u r e . It f e l l
apart b e c a u s e there were
maybe
twenty cities — v e r y small — w h o had
not y e t f a c e d the p r o b l e m of c o l l e c t i v e
bargaining. And they said, " H e y , w a i t a
m i n u t e , w e d o n ' t w a n t a n y of t h a t . It
w i l l e n c o u r a g e l a b o r u n r e s t in our c i t y "
a n d it got t u b e d b e c a u s e w e got
d i v i d e d . A n d w h a t w e f a c e n o w is
exactly the s a m e situation w e had
b e f o r e b u t w i t h no c l e a r d e f i n i t i o n of
m a n a g e m e n t rights, no c l e a r d e f i n i t i o n
of
which
management
employees
cannot join a labor union. And the
lesson to us w a s c l e a r : Y o u c a n ' t get
divided. Your strength here,
your
s t r e n g t h in W a s h i n g t o n , is in big c i t i e s
and
small
cities
together
und e r s t a n d i n g the s a m e p r o b l e m s a n d
w o r k i n g on t h e m .
4. Lobby at home.
Y o u d o n ' t h a v e to c o m e to T o p e k a ,
K a n s a s — e v e n t h o u g h t h e y l o v e to
h a v e y o u here. A s a m a t t e r of f a c t , if
y o u h a v e t o go to T o p e k a to l o b b y ,
y o u ' v e p r o b a b l y lost t h e v o t e . It's
w h e n your legislators are back home,
w o r k i n g on their j o b s — t h e
pharmacies, the farms —that's when they're
vulnerable.
They
can't
plead
a
c o m m i t t e e meeting, they can't plead
another appointment, they can't plead

an
emergency
meeting
with
the
Governor. They're yours. Nail them
b a c k h o m e ! It is the o n e p l a c e w h e r e
y o u c a n get y o u r m e s s a g e a c r o s s
w i t h o u t any distraction at a l l . Now 1
d o n ' t w a n t to say y o u s h o u l d n e v e r
c o m e to T o p e k a . T h a t ' s t o o s t r o n g . B u t
t h e real l o b b y i n g is b a c k h o m e .
5. G e t other people involved.
A n u n k i n d w a y is to say let the o t h e r
p e o p l e d o the d i r t y w o r k f o r y o u . C i t i e s
a r e not l o v e d t o d a y . T h e y a r e not
l o v e d in K a n s a s , t h e y ' r e not l o v e d in
California.
We
are
somehow
a
b u g a b o o for p e o p l e a n d f o r l e g i s l a t o r s .
So w h a t w e d o is try to f o r m o u r
coalitions. W h e n we have a problem
i n v o l v i n g l i b r a r i e s , it's not c i t y o f f i c i a l s
w h o f r o n t it, it's the Friends of the
Library,
who
happen
to
be
the
v o l u n t a r y g r o u p s o u t in the c o m m u n i t y
w h o s u p p o r t the l i b r a r i e s . Let t h o s e
p e o p l e d o the a d v a n c e w o r k . B e c a u s e
no e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l , w h e t h e r it's a S t a t e
representative
or
whether
it's
a
Congressman, can view casually the
o p i n i o n of v o l u n t e e r s . In m u n i c i p a l
g o v e r n m e n t w e h a v e a lot of v o l u n teers. Y o u must unite volunteers w i t h
you.
6. Trust your staff.
I p r o m i s e y o u , this w a s not w r i t t e n
by y o u r L e a g u e s t a f f . L o o k — y o u hire
p e o p l e to d o s o m e w o r k f o r y o u : to
lobby. They're good, they're competent, they're tough and
they're
e f f e c t i v e . B u t y o u ' v e got to trust t h e m .
T h a t means w h e n you stand back and
y o u say " O h m y C o d , the L e g i s l a t u r e is
going to hell a n d t h e y ' r e m a k i n g
c o m p r o m i s e s a n d t h a t isn't w h a t w e
d i d at o u r a n n u a l c o n v e n t i o n a n d our
resolutions s p e c i f i c a l l y said only 3
points o v e r here a n d n o w t h e y a r e
t a l k i n g a b o u t a bill w i t h f i v e p o i n t s
a n d w h a t a r e t h e y d o i n g " — y o u ' v e got
to w r i t e t h a t off. B e c a u s e in the p u s h
a n d the tug of the l e g i s l a t i v e p r o c e s s ,
y o u r s t a f f has to h a v e
maximum
f l e x i b i l i t y to n e g o t i a t e on bills. A n d if
y o u tie their h a n d s t o o t i g h t l y , y o u
h a v e e s s e n t i a l l y w r i t t e n t h e m o u t of
the l e g i s l a t i v e p r o c e s s . Y o u ' v e s a i d to
t h e m , " H e r e is o u r m o r a l p r e m i s e ; no
n e g o t i a t i o n , no c o m p r o m i s e . "
7. Don't lobby on your o w n .
N e v e r c o n t a c t a legislator u n l e s s
y o u h a v e w o r k e d o u t the d e t a i l s w i t h
League staff beforehand. You may
h a v e b e e n o n t h e L e a g u e B o a r d of
D i r e c t o r s for 28 y e a r s . Y o u m a y h a v e
r e a d e v e r y issue of the
League's
publication. You may know every
l e g i s l a t o r by his or her f i r s t n a m e . B u t
still y o u s h o u l d e n g a g e in l o b b y i n g ,
w h e t h e r its the T o p e k a or w h e t h e r it's
b a c k h o m e , a f t e r y o u c h e c k it o u t w i t h
y o u r s t a f f . A n d the r e a s o n b e i n g , y o u
c a n ' t k e e p up w i t h a l l the c h a n g e s t h a t
o c c u r — a m e n d m e n t s on bills, refining.

�r e v i s i o n s a n d so o n . It's t h e t e c h n i c a l
points that are often more important.
Let m e a s s u r e y o u , if y o u ' r e t h r e e
w e e k s o u t of d a t e a n d y o u a r e a r g u i n g
to a l e g i s l a t o r t h a t he o u g h t to c h a n g e
his p o s i t i o n w h e n he's a l r e a d y c h a n g e d
it t h r e e w e e k s a g o , y o u r c r e d i b i l i t y is
s h o t to d e a t h . Y o u c a n n o t go b a c k to
t h a t l e g i s l a t o r w i t h a n y d e g r e e of
c o n f i d e n c e t h a t the l e g i s l a t o r is going
to p a y a n y a t t e n t i o n to w h a t y o u w a n t
h i m t o . A n d s o y o u ' v e got to t a k e s o m e
direction, some guidance from your
s t a f f , b e c a u s e this is a n a r t f o r m , not a
science. T h e y are orchestrating the
legislative process for y o u .
8. You wait for the magic moment.
H o w m a n y people here read Kurt
V o n n e g u t , the n o v e l i s t ? A boy of the
p l a i n s , f r o m I n d i a n a , I guess, l i k e
myself. Kurt Vonnegut writes
the
strangest novels y o u ' v e ever seen.
Slaughterhouse
Five, a n d so o n . A n d
t h e r e ' s o n e I c o m m e n d to y o u for its
p o l i t i c s , a n d it o n l y o c c u r s in the first
f i v e pages of it. It's c a l l e d Cod
Bless
You, Mr. Rosewater.
W h a t it's a b o u t I
d o n ' t k n o w , e v e n t h o u g h I've r e a d it
t h r e e t i m e s . B u t it s t a r t s o u t w i t h our
h e r o , a r o t t e n so-and-so, b u t he's o u r
hero, attending law s c h o o l . (After a l l ,
w h o w o u l d be a p o p u l a r hero att e n d i n g l a w s c h o o l , right?) A n y w a y ,
our hero is a t l a w s c h o o l — H a r v a r d , as
I r e c a l l it — a n d he's in a c o n t r a c t s
class.
The
contracts
professor
is
s a y i n g , " G e n t l e m e n , " ( b e c a u s e in l a w
s c h o o l at H a r v a r d a t t h a t t i m e t h e r e
were only men attending), "in every
c o n t r a c t t r a n s a c t i o n t h e r e is a m a g i c
m o m e n t . It is t h a t p o i n t w h e r e t h e
s e l l e r is w i l l i n g to t a k e less m o n e y for
w h a t he's s e l l i n g t h a n w h a t he's act u a l l y a s k i n g . A n d the b u y e r is w i l l i n g
to p a y m o r e m o n e y f o r t h a t s a m e
p r o d u c t t h a n w h a t he's o f f e r e d . A n d it
is t h e m a g i c m o m e n t f o r the l a w y e r
b e c a u s e the d u t y of the l a w y e r is to
t a k e from seller the m a x i m u m a m o u n t
of m o n e y , give to the b u y e r the
minimum
amount
of
money
and
p o c k e t the r e s t . " T h e m a g i c m o m e n t
exists in the L e g i s l a t u r e . D o n ' t let
y o u r s e l f be f o o l e d . For us in C a l i f o r n i a ,
it's t h a t last p a r t of the s e s s i o n w h e r e
e v e r y o n e ' s g o i n g c r a z y , the b i l l s h a v e
b e e n b a c k l o g g e d , the w o r k h a s n ' t b e e n
d o n e , the a d j o u r n m e n t t i m e is c o m i n g ,
t h e b u d g e t has t o be p a s s e d , t h e
c o n s t i t u t i o n a l d e a d l i n e is u p o n u s , a n d
w e w i s h w e c o u l d s t o p the c l o c k for a
d a y or t w o . E v e r y t h i n g ' s c o m i n g to a
c r u n c h . A n d it is t h e m a g i c m o m e n t . It
is the w h o l e p o i n t of t h e l e g i s l a t i v e
p r o c e s s . It's w h a t y o u p a y y o u r s t a f f
f o r . T h e y a r e on t o p of e v e r y t h i n g a n d
it is so i m p o r t a n t to let t h e m , in
c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h y o u , o p e r a t e in t h a t
magic m o m e n t together.
Maximum
a d v a n t a g e for the c i t y . N o w , a lot of

p e o p l e d o n ' t l i k e t h a t . T h e y s a y it's
m e s s y , it's s l o p p y , it m e a n s w e a r e n ' t
q u i t e as p r e c i s e as w e s h o u l d be. B u t
b e l i e v e m e , t h a t ' s w h a t the p r o c e s s is
all about.
9. Stroke your legislators.
H o w m a n y t i m e s in y o u r o w n a f f a i r s
in c i t i e s h a v e y o u r e c e i v e d a letter
from a constituent saying, " M y C o d ,
you've done a wonderful j o b . " What?
If a n y of y o u t e l l m e , " A l o t , " I w o n ' t
believe
you.
Even
if y o u
have,
r e m e m b e r , l e g i s l a t o r s a r e j u s t l i k e us
a n d w h a t d o w e w a n t ? W e w a n t t o be
l o v e d , right? W e w a n t to be r e v e r e d .
W e w a n t no c o n t r o v e r s y , w e w a n t lots
of
praise,
the
editorials
in
the
n e w s p a p e r , the c h e e r i n g throngs w h e n
we
come
into
town~"a
citizen
beyond
reproach,"
and
so
on.
L e g i s l a t o r s w a n t e x a c t l y the s a m e
t h i n g . A n d w e m a k e the m o s t inc r e d i b l e m i s t a k e w h e n w e f a i l to
r e c o g n i z e in a p u b l i c sense w h a t
l e g i s l a t o r s d o for us. S o m e things w e
do l o c a l l y I w o u l d r e c o m m e n d to y o u .
Y o u o u g h t to c o n s i d e r
the
Best
L e g i s l a t o r of the Y e a r a w a r d . It's no big
d e a l . M a y b e y o u ' v e d o n e it. B u t f o r us
it's b e e n a w f u l l y i m p o r t a n t . W e d o n ' t
d o it o f t e n . Y o u d o n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y h a v e
to d o it e v e r y y e a r . B u t on m e a n i n g f u l
r e f o r m s , on l e g i s l a t i v e w o r k w h e r e
t h o s e p e o p l e w e n t b e y o n d the c a l l of
d u t y , y o u o u g h t to d o it.
Number two, perhaps even more
i m p o r t a n t l y , on t h e l o c a l l e v e l y o u
might
just
consider
a
thank-you
reception. I m e a n , legislators c o m e
back
from
Topeka
and
they're
exhausted and they're irritable and
p e o p l e h a v e b e e n y e l l i n g a t t h e m for
t h r e e m o n t h s a n d t h e y a r e b a c k in
town and they've done some good
things. J u s t t h r o w a l i t t l e r e c e p t i o n .
Nothing
serious,
nothing
fancy,
n o t h i n g i m p o r t a n t , it's not for a n y
p a r t i c u l a r p u r p o s e , it's not t i e d to a
p i e c e of l e g i s l a t i o n — i t ' s j u s t s a y i n g
thanks.
T h e o t h e r t h i n g w e h a v e s t a r t e d to
d o in C a l i f o r n i a a n d I m i g h t r e c o m m e n d it t o y o u , is w e o c c a s i o n a l l y ask
l e g i s l a t o r s to w r i t e c o l u m n s for o u r
monthly
publications.
But we
int e r v i e w t h e m . I m e a n , w e l o v e to be
i n t e r v i e w e d , right? N e w s p a p e r s c o m e
to us, t h e y s a y , " M a y o r or C o u n c i l
M e m b e r s , w e ' d like to h a v e y o u r
o p i n i o n o n this i m p o r t a n t s u b j e c t ,
e n e r g y . " " G i v e m e a w e e k , I'll be
p r e p a r e d on i t . " B u t y o u sit d o w n ,
y o u ' r e b r i l l i a n t . L e g i s l a t o r s l i k e to be
i n t e r v i e w e d , t o o . T h e y l i k e to h a v e
their o p i n i o n s a s k e d . A n d w e f o u n d it a
tremendously effective vehicle
for
c i v i l i z i n g the d e b a t e in the l e g i s l a t i v e
process.
10. D o the work yorself.
Y o u c a n n o t l e a v e it to y o u r s t a f f .
Y o u c a n n o t just t u r n it o v e r to the

L e a g u e p e o p l e . Y o u a r e the strength of
a n y l o b b y i n g o p e r a t i o n . Y o u a r e the
people that legislators are pleased
w i t h a n d a f r a i d of. Y o u a r e real p e o p l e .
P r o f e s s i o n a l s t a f f ! I used to be
p r o f e s s i o n a l staff in the l e g i s l a t u r e ,
part of the m a c h i n e r y . W e ' r e part of
the i n t e r w o r k i n g s . T h e y k n o w us. T h e y
m i g h t not n e c e s s a r i l y k n o w y o u . Y o u
are
the
troops,
the great
army,
generally u n m o b i l i z e d —the army that
can
in
some
way
capture
the
l e g i s l a t i v e p r o c e s s . A n d t h a t ' s w h a t it's
a l l a b o u t . Y o u c a n n o t sit b a c k a n d s a y ,
" W e l l , I'll get up to T o p e k a m a y b e
o n c e a y e a r d u r i n g the l e g i s l a t i v e
c o n v e n t i o n a n d w e ' l l go o v e r a n d say
hi to o u r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a n d our
s e n a t o r a n d w e ' l l t a k e i n s t r u c t i o n s if
t h e r e ' s a n y t h i n g to be d o n e . " Y o u c a n ' t
d o t h a t . Y o u h a v e to be in f r e q u e n t
c o n t a c t with your League staff, and
y o u h a v e to s a y , " W h a t ' s c o m i n g u p ,
w h a t c a n w e d o to h e l p ? " A n d if y o u
a r e n ' t i n v o l v e d e a r l y , y o u w o n ' t be
i n v o l v e d m e a n i n g f u l l y at a l l .
N o w , in c o n c l u s i o n , in m y o p i n i o n , if
w e ' r e l a z y w e get k i c k e d in the h e a d .
A n d w e get k i c k e d in the h e a d good
a n d h a r d . A n d w e d e s e r v e it. B u t if w e
w o r k j u s t as h a r d as w e c a n , if w e strive
just as d i l i g e n t l y as w e c a n , w e ' r e going
to w i n a b o u t 50 p e r c e n t of all the
b a t t l e s w e h a v e , a n d t h a t ' s not b a d . A
lot of p e o p l e think d e m o c r a c y m e a n s
w e a l w a y s h a v e to w i n e v e r y t h i n g .
T h a t ' s not t r u e . Y o u k n o w it a n d I k n o w
it.
A lot of us, I t h i n k , s o m e h o w distrust
the l e g i s l a t i v e p r o c e s s . W e d o n ' t l i k e
its c h a o s , w e d o n ' t l i k e its d i s o r d e r , w e
d o n ' t l i k e its c o m p r o m i s e s . S o m e h o w
a l l of us, or s o m e of us, a r e r e a l l y
s c a r e d by the p u r e i n e f f i c i e n c y of the
legislative process.
W e l l , there's a s t o r y , a n d m a n y of
you
may
have
heard
it.
Hubert
H u m p h r e y , w h e n he w a s on the s t u m p ,
u s e d to tell a story t h a t w e n t l i k e this,
a n d y o u c a n a l m o s t hear him s a y i n g it:
He w o u l d say, " A h ! efficiency! You
c o u l d r e a d the B i b l e f r o m f r o n t to
b a c k , y o u c a n e x a m i n e the C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d the B i l l of R i g h t s line-byline, y o u c a n r e v i e w the M a g n a C a r t a
point-by-point, a n d n e v e r o n c e in a l l
t h o s e great d o c u m e n t s of
human
f r e e d o m d o y o u f i n d the w o r d efficiency. Never o n c e . "
D e m o c r a c y is not e f f i c i e n c y . T h e
l e g i s l a t u r e is not e f f i c i e n c y . It is the
arena
for
competing
ideas
and
o p i n i o n s a n d p r e s s u r e groups to w o r k
o u t their p r o b l e m s . Y o u c a n h a v e an
e f f i c i e n t s o c i e t y , y o u c a n h a v e an
e f f i c i e n t l e g i s l a t u r e , but it w i l l not be
to the b e n e f i t of a l l c i t i e s . B e c a u s e
s o m e o n e , s o m e h o w is going to c a p t u r e
all the f r e e d o m s t h a t w e p r i z e so
d e a r l y a n d w e a r e g o i n g t o be t r a m p l e d
(Continued, page 141

�People
Appointments
Culpeper appointed Jack E. Dorman,
Jr. Town Manager, succeeding Ronald
Waller. Mr. Dorman holds a degree in
city and regional planning from the
University of Southern Mississippi. He
has six years experience in municipal
government, serving as Assistant City
Manager/Planner and Acting City
Manager for Manassas Park. He has
also been Commissioner of the Northern Virginia Planning District.
David Reynal assumed his duties as
Ashland's
Town
M a n a g e r on
November 5. At the time of his appointment Mr. Reynal headed the
management assistance section of the
Virginia Department of Housing and
Community Development. Prior to
that position, he was Town Manager of
Clarksville, a Senior Administrative
Analyst for the City of Newport News,
and an Assistant to the Mayor in Utica,
New York. Mr. Reynal succeeds
George Nester, who resigned earlier
this year to become City Manager of
Covington.
Falls Church City Manager Harry E.
Wells appointed Ron Sendak as
Special Assistant to the City Manager.
Mr. Sendak is assigned to Falls Church
for two years from the Federal
Relations
Authority
on a Intergovernmental
Personnel A c t
assignment. Mr. Sendak had also
worked with the City in 1975 and 1976
with the master plan revision process.
Winchester City Manager Wendell L.
Seldon appointed Lynn A. Miller as
Fire Chief. Chief Miller, a volunteer
fireman at the age of 15, joined
Winchester as a firefighter and a parttime fire inspector. In 1976 he made
the rank of Captain and was appointed
Acting Fire Chief in January, 1980
following the resignation of Chief
Harold E. " G e n e " Dailey who became
fire coordinator for the City of Fairfax.
Chief Miller was serving as acting fire
chief at the time of his appointment.
William T. Argabrite was named
Newport News purchasing agent. Mr.
Argabrite
succeeds
Thomas
F.
Brummer, who accepted the position
as Director of General Services for
Hanover County. Mr. Argabrite was a
Management Specialist for the city's
public utility deparment. He began his
career with Newport News in 1974 and
has served as an accountant and a
senior budget analyst. He holds a
degree
from J a c k s o n v i l l e
State
University.

Donald L. Carey was appointed
Chief of Police for the Town of
Blacksburg effective November 17. A
native of Lynchburg, Chief Carey was
serving as a Captain in the Dade
County
Florida
Public
Safety
Department, where he had served for
the past 12 years.

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Frank A. Cosby assumed the duties
of School Superintendent for the City
of Salem and John D. Abbott was
appointed City Engineer. Mr. Abbott
replaces ). Max Hancock who retired
after 11 and one half years of service
with the City of Salem.

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Virginia S e c t i o n , I C M A ,
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5, 1 9 8 0 , R i c h m o n d H y a t t - H o u s e , 1 1 ; 0 0
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League Library, 10:00 a.m.

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will be the site of the Local Covernment
Officials
Day reception
on
Wednesday
evening,
February
4, 1981. Meetings
will be held the
following
morning, February 5, at The John Marshall Hotel. Local Covernment
Officials
Day
is sponsored
annually by the Virginia Municipal
League to provide an
opportunity
for local officials
to meet with their state legislators
while the Ceneral Assembly
is
In session. Mark you calendars
now for February 4-5, 1981.

Virginia S e c t i o n , International City
Management
Association
Annual
Conference,
April
22-24, 1 9 8 1 ,
Ramada Inn, Williamsburg.

49th A n n u a l Meeting of the U . S .
C o n f e r e n c e of Mayors, J u n e 1 3 - 1 7 ,
1981, The Gait House,
Louisville,
Kentucky.

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of Virginia A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e , J u n e
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Virginia Beach.

Productivity W o r k s h o p , J u n e 1 7 - 1 9 ,
1981, R a m a d a Inn, Virginia Beach.
Sponsored by the Virginia C o m m i t t e e
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Virginia A s s o c i a t i o n of C h i e f s of
Police,
Executive
Board
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Thursday, D e c e m b e r 18, 1980, Virginia
M u n i c i p a l League Library, 10:00 a.m.
Virginia G e n e r a l Assembly, c o n v e n e s
Wednesday, J anuary 14,1981.
Mid-Winter M e e t i n g of the C o n f e r e n c e ,
of
Mayors, J a n u a r y
18-19, 1 9 8 1 ,
L'Enfant
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December 19. T h e demand for rooms
w i l l b e high s i n c e t h e m e e t i n g is right
before the President's Inauguration.
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reception o n February 4 will be at T h e
Valentine Museum and the meeting
will be o n February 5 at T h e John
Marshall Hotel.
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February 2 8 - M a r c h 1 , 1 9 8 1 , National
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�Reapportionment
Senator Andrews Reviews Requirements
The Constitution of Virginia requires
the General Assembly to reapportion
in 1981 for Congressional seats, House
of Delegate districts, and State
Senatorial
districts. The
House
Privileges and Elections Committee
and the Senate Privileges and Elections
Committee have already commenced
the required process. The public
hearing concerning
Congressional
redistricting was held in Arlington on
May 5, 1980, and the two committees
met jointly to hear the views of citizens and members of the United States
House of Representatives. Based upon
the 1980 figires of the Virginia
Department of Planning and Budgeting, Virginia has approximately
5,313,000
persons.
Information
received from the Federal Bureau of
Census would indicate Virginia would
retain its 10 Congressmen and not be
eligible
for an additional
U.S.
Representative. Each
Congressman
will represent ideally 513,000 persons.
The Senate of Virginia contains 40
members in single member districts
and the reapportionment will be based
upon
each district having
approximately 130,000 persons.
The House of Delegates having 100
members would have its reapportionment
to single
member,
multiple member, and floatorial
member districts —based
upon
a
population of approximately 53,000
persons per delegate.
The Constitution also requires that
several counties of Virginia should be
reapportioned as to elect districts
within the counties for purposes of
electing members of the Board of
Supervisors in 1981, and the cities of
Virginia using a ward or borough plan
for election of members of the City
Council which shall also be reapportioned in 1981.
The famous one-man, one-vote
decision of the United States Supreme
Court in the case of Baker v. Can (1962)
rising from the State of Tennessee set
the tone for reapportionment in the
country to be based on population as
nearly as practical.
In 1971, Virginia reapportioned in
accordance with its Constitution and
the Supreme Court case decisions
A B O U T THE A U T H O R
State Senator Hunter B. Andrews Is
Chairman of the Senate Privileges and
Elections Committee. Permission to reprint
his remarks was given by the Virginia
Democrat.

following Baker v. Carr. At that time
the deviation for congressional districts was less than 1 percent from the
ideal size and it can be expected Virginia can be held to that standard
again in 1981. The State Senate districts in 1971 had a deviation from the
ideal size of less than 5 percent and it
can be expected this standard at least
would have to be maintained in 1981.
In the House of Delegates, the
Court, in the United States Supreme
Court decision Mahan v. Howell, held the
House could maintain the respective
county and city boundary
lines
without dividing them and meet the
requirements as to deviation of
population. The State Senate plan in
1971 divided counties and cities to
maintain a more exact population
standard. It would be expected in 1981
that these minimums will have to be
maintained to meet the requirements.
Virginia is required under the
provisions of the Voting Rights Act of
1965 that any reapportionment of the
Congress or the State Senate or the
House of Delegates or counties or
cities must be approved by the Civil
Rights Division
of the
Justice
Department in Washington.
The
United States census was taken officially April 1,1980, and it is expected
that the total population for each
county and city will be made available
by the Census Bureau. Virginia is one
of the few states which has fully
cooperated with the Census Bureau to
obtain definite population figures
down to the block level. This refined
information will be available to the
two committees by the first of January,
1981. By custom the Senate will
reapportion itself, and the two bodies
will agree on the
congressional
districts. As soon as the county and
city total figures have been received, it
Is expected the two committees will
proceed to propose the several
districts as required and hold public
hearings
throughout
the
Commonwealth soliciting the views of all
citizens who are interested in reapportionment. It is expected that notice
of such hearings will be sent to interested groups in order that they may
have an opportunity to present their
views this fall.
Due to the fact the House of
Delegates is to be elected in 1981 and
the nominating process for members
has to be completed by the second
Tuesday in June, 1981 and for those
areas using the primary system, the

filing deadline for such candidates is
the second Tuesday in April, 1981. It is
important
to
have
the
reapportionment passed by the General
Assembly, and submitted and approved by the Civil Rights Division of
the Justice Department in Washington
before the filing deadlines expire for
candidates seeking nomination by
primary.
Normally
the
Justice
Department has 60 days to render its
opinion from date of transmission of
legislation and documents concerning
the same. In order to meet the election
schedule provided by law in Virginia,
most of the work on reapportionment
will have to be completed in committee before the convening of the
General Assembly on January 14,1981.
In 1981 Virginians elect a Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney
General who must be nominated by
the second Tuesday in June, 1981; if
the reapportionment of the House of
Delegates is not approved by the
Justice Department by the second
Tuesday in April 1981, it may be
necessary to postpone the nominating
processes to a later period in the year.
It is possible in 1981 to have two
nominating systems, one for the
statewide candidates and one for the
House of Delegates.
In some counties members of the
Board of Supervisors will be up for
election in 1981 and their reapportionment must be
completed
within the same time frame and approved by the Justice Department. City
Council reapportionment where applicable will have to be completed for
Council elections in May 1982.
Virginia will undoubtedly be one of
the first states in the nation to complete its reapportionment.
The Congressional reapportionment
will not be effective until the
Congressional election in 1982 and the
State Senate reapportionment will not
be effective until the State Senate
election in the year 1983.

�How T h e League Works
Policy Process
1)

2) .

3) .

4) .

5) .

6) .

7) .

What is the Virginia Municipal Policy Statement?
The written statement of positions adopted by the
membership of the Virginia Municipal League expressing the agreement of the membership on matters
of interest to local government which are or might be
affected by State or Federal policy and program
decisions and actions.
What functions should its development perform for the
VML?
Its development provides a mechanism for
aggregating the various interests of the members into a
single agreed-upon position, resolving cleavages within
the membership and building consensus among the
members on State and Federal policy and program
issues.
Its development also initiates positions on legislative
matters for consideration by the Legislative Committee
and resolutions on specific legislative issues.
What functions should the document perform for the
VML?
It informs the membership of the policy positions to
which they have agreed and which their organization is
lobbying. It instructs the VML staff on what positions to
take in their lobbying and other activities. It (and other
materials developed from it) informs those whom VML
is attempting to influence of the membership's
positions.
What is the status of the Virginia Municipal Policy
Statement relative to other means of establishing
authorized VML positions?
The Legislative Program is generally a more current
document and the Legislative Committee is granted
authority to amend the Program after it is adopted at
the Annual Conference. Therefore, the Municipal
Policy Statement determines policy in areas not
covered by the Legislative Program.
The chairmen of the Policy Committees are represented on the Legislative Committee to ensure the Legislative Committee is aware of positions in the Municipal Policy Statement.
The Municipal Policy Statement is distributed to key
state agencies and members of the General Assembly.
How does one become a member of a policy committee?
In early spring of each year the VML office mails to
each member locality a request for nominations to the
six policy committees. The final appointment is made
by our President. If you do not receive a form for some
reason, simply send a list of names and preferred
committees to the VML. Please limit one nomination
per committee.
What are the six policy committees?
Community and Economic Development
Effective Government
Environmental Quality
Human Development
Public Safety
Transportation
What is the role of the Chairman?
A Chairman and a Vice Chairman are appointed by
our President for each committee. The Chairman, in
addition to chairing the meetings of the committee,
serves on the Legislative Committee and is responsible
for communicating the concerns of the policy committee to the Legislative Committee.

Legislative Process
Legislative Program
The Legislative Committee develops a Legislative
Program which contains a single priority which is a general
statement and the foundation of our proactive efforts
during the upcoming General Assembly session. In addition,
the Legislative Program contains specific legislative
proposals.
The Municipal Policy Statement serves as the foundation
for the Legislative Program. It also sets policy for legislative
and regulatory matters which are not covered in our Legislative Program.
The individual policy statements are developed by policy
committee members who are nominated by individual localities and appointed by our President. The statements are
officially adopted at the Business Session of the Annual
Conference.
Legislative Committee Membership
The VML Second Vice President serves as the chairman of
the Legislative Committee Three other members of our
Executive Committee represent certain categories of
membership. These are: the urban section, counties and
cities over 35,000 population; the city section, cities under
35,000 population; and the town section which includes all
towns. Each section electes a chairman at the Annual
Conference in September.
Each spring the section chairmen are asked to nominate
members to the Legislative Committee. The town and city
sections' chairmen each nominate six members and the
urban section chairman nominates twelve members. In
addition, the chairmen of each of our policy committees
also serve on the Legislative Committee.
The Role of the Legislative Committee
The Legislative Committee serves two purposes: (1)
developing and airing legislative items and (2) providing a
pool of well-informed local elected officials that are
available during the General Assembly sessions to assist the
League in its lobbying activities.
The Legislative Committee usually meets twice before
the Annual Conference. During the Conference the
Legislative Program is adopted at the General Business
Session. The Legislative Committee is given the authority to
amend the Legislative Program after the Conference if the
need arises.
Follow-up on the Legislative Program
We hold a series of regional meetings in late November
and early December. All delegates and senators are invited
to these meetings as our guests. Each year an average of 80
of the 140 delegates and senators attend at least one of the
regional meetings. The total local elected official attendance is about 500 persons. We present our Legislative
Program during the banquet which is preceded by a social
hour. These meetings are conducted jointly with the
Virginia Association of Counties.
The Role of the VML During the General Assembly Session
The Legislative Program guides the staff in their efforts to
promote legislation favorable to local government before
the General Assembly. The Municipal Policy Statement
serves as a back-up for those issues which are not in the
Legislative Program.
Legislative Bulletins
During the General Assembly session the VML provides
summaries of all legislation affecting local government
called Legislative Bulletins. In these summaries we also ask
for local input if we are uncertain about the impact of a
particular piece of legislation.
(Continued, page 23)

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�Legal Guidelines
Some Good News for Localities
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel
There are two other
recent
developments which should gladden
the hearts of local governmental
officials —one is the opinion of the
Attorney General to the Honorable
Vance Wilkins, Jr., dated August 17,
1978, and the other is the opinion of
the Honorable Roscoe Stephenson in
the action instituted in the Circuit
Court of Augusta County on behalf of
certain taxpayers against the Board of
Supervisors of Augusta County. Both
opinions reject independent action on
behalf of taxpayer groups to subordinate the legislative authority of local
governing bodies to the wishes of
complaining groups.

city council which, as specified in
Code Section 15.1-911, must itself
determine whether the citizens desire
that the council request the General
Assembly to amend its charter and to
pass an ordinance calling election on
that matter, or in the alternate, pursuant to Section 15.1-912, to hold a
public
hearing. Attorney General
Marshall Coleman
opined
that
inasmuch as there is no statute permitting the citizens to compel the
council to call for a charter election,
or to hold a public hearing, the
citizens' sole remedy is to elect a
council which favors such an amendment.

The Attorney General responded to
an inquiry as to whether the Change of
Form of Municipal Government Act
(Chapter 20 of Title 15.1 of the Code of
Virginia of 1950, as amended) may be
used as a vehicle for a charter
amendment to place limitations on the
taxation of real estate when the
amendment does not have the support
of city council. The Attorney General
opined that the Act was inappropriate
to initiate a charter change by the
General Assembly, saying that a
charter
amendment
cannot
be
initiated without the support of the

The Augusta County case involves
an even subtler effort by a group of
citizens to substitute their judgement
for the judgement of the governing
body as to local need for the construction of a particular school and the
method by which its construction
should be financed. The Augusta
County taxpayers relying on Virginia
Code Section 58-841 challenged the
County's fiscal budget which provided
for capital improvements by appealing
the Supervisor's order of tax levy. They
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(although Virginia Code Section 58-839
specifically permits funds collected
and not expended in any fiscal year to
be carried over in succeeding fiscal
years) was contrary to Article 10,
Section 8 of the Constitution of
Virginia which provides:
"No other or greater amount of
tax or levy shall, at any time be
levied than may be required for
the necessary expenses of the
government, or to pay the
indebtedness of the Commonwealth."
Judge Stephenson concluded that
the above-quoted
constitutional
prohibition applied solely to the State
and was inapplicable
to
local
governments and further that even if
that Article did apply to local
government, it did not prohibit the
County from budgeting and retaining a
surplus. Accordingly, the challenged
levy was held to be legal. It is believed
that this decision will meet with approval from many prudent local officials who, recognizing the vagries of
the economy and the unexpected
needs of their citizens, have endeavored, like all prudent business
people, to maintain a reasonable
surplus.

(Lobbying, from page 8)
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rotten government. And one of the'
nice things, the pleasing thing about
this country and our society, is that
inefficiency actually works, because it
promotes a sense of freedom and it
promotes democracy.
And I like to think, and I believe that
cities, which represent the preponderance of population in this country,
have a special duty and a special
obligation. And it's the obligation to
get our hands dirty. We roll up our
sleeves, we get involved in the fray, we
kick and we holler and we scream
because the people we represent have
real concerns and real interest. If we
don't get involved, we lose. If we do
get involved, maybe we win.

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Building Officials
Hold Conference
The 52nd Annual School and
Conference of the Virginia Building
Officials Association was held on
October 19-22, 1980 at the Sheraton
Fredericksburg Inn.
The meeting was attended by 148
delegates, an increase of 18 delegates
over last year's meeting. A highlight of
the meeting was a presentation at the
Monday morning session on woodstoves conducted and arranged by
Carroll R. Brown, Director of Inspections, Frederick County
and
Steven A. Melnikoff, Assistant Director
of Inspections, Frederick County, both
members of the Association. Following
the presentation, Mr. Brown and Mr.
Melnikoff with panelist Gene Dailey,
Fire Administrator for the City of
Fairfax, appeared on a 45-minute live
radio program to answer questions on
woodstoves.
The Conference offered
other
session topics such as "Oral Communications", "Commercial
Frame
S t r u c t u r e s " , "Inspecting
Gypsum
C o n s t r u c t i o n s " and " U r e a
Formaldehyde".
The Association was honored to
have Wilbur H. Lind, President,
B.O.C.A. International, Inc. and his
wife Helen and Clarence Bechtel,
Executive Director,
B.O.C.A. International, Inc. and his wife Dorothy
as guests during the Conference.
The new officers of the Association
are D. Bain Reed, Building Commissioner, Roanoke, President; John H.
Byrd,
Jr.,
Building
Official,
Harrisonburg, First Vice President;
Edward ) . Weld, Building Official,
Culpeper C o u n t y ,
Second
Vice
President; and Clarence Diersing, Code
Administrator,
Newport
News,
Sergeant-At-Arms.
The Mid-Year meeting of the
Association will be held in Richmond
at the Holiday Inn 1-64 on January 26,
1981. Detailed information has been
forwarded to the members.
The 1981 Conference of the Virginia
Building Officials Association will be
held at the Hotel Roanoke, October
11-14, 1981. The 1982 Conference will
be at Skyland Lodges, Skyline Drive.
The dates for the 1982 Conference
have not be finalized.

�Danville's
Warehouse District
B y Margaret Hoffman

Back in the 1950s when progress
swept across America's cities, when
earlier brick and wooden structures
were replaced with steel and glass
high-rises and industrial complexes,
Danville remained relatively dormant.
Because Danville did not experience
rapid, haphazard growth, historic
houses and other structures remained
intact. . . waiting.
The waiting ended in 1978 when the
Historic American Engineering Record
(HAER) came to Danville and
discovered a sense of the past, lost in
many cities, but still alive in Danville.
What HAER uncovered was a unique
tobacco-textile heritage that is
characteristic of the industrial south at
the turn of the century.
Danville was established in 1793
when the area was productive enough
to have a tobacco warehouse in the
town. A canal was constructed around
the falls to ship hogsheads of tobacco
downstream to the James and in 1858,
the famous Danville system of
tobacco inspection was developed,

"Millionaire's row was
Danville's first
historical district."
With the coming of the tobacco and
textile giants like Dan River Mills,
splendid homes were established on
"millionaires row," Danville's first
historic district The businesses stayed
in the tobacco warehouse districtroomy, red brick structures built
strictly for utilitarian purposes and
characterized by stepped gables,
stately turrets and brick cornices with
brackets. The district now contains
approximately 100 of these brick and
heavy timber structures. Mild winters
and good maintenance have preserved
the basic structural condition of these
buildings. At present, they have diverse
owners —Southern Railway, Davis
Storage Company, the privately owned
National Tobacco
and Textile
Museum, the Dibrell Brothers, Inc. and
small entrepreneurs.
In this district are also residential
structures that are good examples of
homes constructed for the expanded
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ms. Hoffman is Public Relations Director
for the City of Danville.

working class during the industrial
growth period. These privately owned,
single family dwellings have gabled tin
roofs and gaily ornamented front
porches.
These homes and warehouses once
represented prosperity but by the early
1970s a marked change in industrial
patterns altered the overall appearance of the warehouse district.
The City of Danville realized that the
Tobacco Warehouse District was on
the decline. Other factors, in addition
to the negative impression the
Warehouse District left on the
downtown area, were also City concerns—the decline of the residential
neighborhood, the inability of the city
to have a maximum tax return on
utilities in the area, the inability to
obtain maximum use from the
property and a new shopping center
constructed outside the city that might
affect the central business district's
economy.
Hearing
about
the
Historic
American Engineering Record of the
U.S. Department of the Interior and
their efforts to revitalize similar
problems in Lynchburg, Durham and
Burlington, the Danville City Council
asked HAER's help in creating an
overall development plan for the city.
With financial support from the City, a
team of experts completed a three
month study and made specific
recommendations to improve the
Tobacco-Warehouse area.
HAER suggested that Danville's
Tobacco Warehouse District be used
as a pilot project for other cities
confronted with similar problems since
it qualified for a wide assortment of
federal programs, loans and grants and
was an example of public/private
partnership. Through the HAER study
the Tobacco Warehouse District was
presented as a workable district and an
area worthy of people's investments.

"The district could
offer what the
mall did not."
To attract private investment into
the Tobacco Warehouse District,
profitable uses for the buildings were
considered. At first it appeared that all
the retail space Danville could support
would be absorbed by the shopping

Ornate wrought iron from the Victorian era
lines Danville's
Debo
Street.

mall, but the district could offer what
the mall did not —quaint restaurants,
speciality retail stores and factory
outlet stores. A riverfront park was
strongly suggested to make the area
more impressive and it is hoped that
the owners of the land along the
riverfront will donate their land to the
City. With little, or no change, sufficient parking is available in the large,
spacious warehouse buildings and any
improvements could be made with
EDA funds. Repairs were suggested for
the National Tobacco Textile Museum
which is an interpretive center for
Danville's tobacco and textile history.
HAER also proposed that the district
be included in the National Register of
Historic Places to qualify under the
Tax Reform Act of 1976.
As far as residential development of
the district was concerned, HAER
encouraged home ownership and a
large recreation area since other
recreational facilities would not be
convenient for the residents.
Many programs recommended by
the HAER group are now in effect, or
being
planned
for
Danville's
warehouse district. In June, 1979
Danville received a grant ($148,000)
from the Community Services Administration to set up an office for
administrative services. Basic research
was begun on grant and loan
programs, and preliminary planning,
surveying and map work was conducted.
Neighborhood groups were
established to listen to residential
wants and needs. The Community
Improvement Council, the only active
service agency in the area, was made
the legal grantee for funds. By October, 1980 a $60,000 revolving loan
was obtained to buy, rehabilitate and
sell delapidated homes in the district.
Over 70 homes are now being improved
under
the
Home
Weatherization Program. The Tobacco
Warehouse District office set up a

�homeowners help fund in which loans
in the area would become government
grants if the owners lived in the homes
for 10 years. Owners of some property
in the district have agreed to donate
land for a playground and the Community Improvement Council and the
City
have a l l o c a t e d funds for
playground equipment.
A counseling
group w i l l
be
organized to inform neighbors about
tax relief on privately owned property
in the area. On October 1 , 1980, a
CETA grant of $113,000 was obtained
to begin a project of clearing brush
and trash from all vacant and occupied lots in the neighborhood,
repairing homes owned and occupied
by the elderly and handicapped,
demolishing
vacant,
dilapidated
houses, and fixing up smaller structures such as the ornamental iron
fence along Craghead Street.
In the future more commercial
v e n t u r e s are planned
for
the
warehouse district. Negotiations are
now being made with a private
developer for renovating one of the
warehouses for a retail shop and
apartment building. Contacts are
being made for a riverfront park and
steps are being taken to explore the
possibilities of developing a factory
outlet. The district, which is already
included in the Virginia Historic

Register, should qualify for the
National Register of Historic Places by
February. Once the area is included, it
can qualify for the Tax Reform Act.
This should provide a strong incentive
for private development in the area.
Although the public support has
been extremely effective in the
Tobacco Warehouse District area it is
private support that will determine the
area's
success
in
commercial
development. There are several good
indications already that private industry and enterprise are interested in
the
Tobacco Warehouse Project.
Companies that have already taken
steps toward rehabilitation are Dibrell
Brothers, the Tobacco Textile Museum
and the Register and the Bee (daily
newspapers).

"Danville boasts the
finest Victorian and
Edwardian architecture
in Virginia."
Because of the sound workmanship
and excellent craftsmanship, many of
D a n v i l l e ' s nineteenth and early
twentieth century structures survived
outside the Tobacco
Warehouse
District and the City of Danville included them in its first historical
district. The district was nominated for

inclusion on the National Register of
Historic Places in April of 1973. It
boasts the finest and most concentrated collection of Victorian and
Edwardian residential architecture in
Virginia. Encouraged by the new tax
laws of 1976 and 1978, and matching
grants of up to 5 0 % by the Historic
Landmarks Commission, citizens have
been renovating these structures.
In the final analysis it is the citizens
who
will determine whether the
Tobacco Warehouse District is a
success. The city and federal governments have set aside certain monies
for development plans, and neighborhood and street improvements. The
Tobacco Warehouse District Office of
the
Danville Redevelopment
and
Housing Authority is putting some of
these plans and improvements into
effect. But, if the dream is to become a
reality it must be developed by
organizations like the Dibrell Brothers,
Register and Bee and the TobaccoTextile Museum which have the
foresight and innovation to see a
unique environment with far-reaching
possibilities for the years ahead.

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COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Vita Course
Citizen Coordinator Program

MO. PC.
July
13
Sept. 21

COMMUNITY RELATIONS/DEVELOPMENT
Alexandria — Housing
Ashland —Redevelopment
Citizen Coordinator Program
Danville's Tobacco Warehouse District.

Sept
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Sept.
Dec.

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21
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Mar.

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Apr.
Apr.
Apr,
Sept.
Sept.

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14
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Dec.

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ENVIRONMENT
What Now? Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials . . . And
Then Some
Rail Incident in Charlottesville
Who Pays For The Clean-Up?
Township May Fight Pollution Alone . .
Vienna's Recycling Service Center. . . .
FairfaxCity-H.E.A.TSO
Transferable Development Rights
&amp; Historic preservation
Farmland Preservation in Virginia . . . .

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The Great Myth of Revenue
Sharing Funds
Feb.
Rethinking Federalism
May
Mayor Spiggle Testifies Before Congress June
FINANCES&amp;TAXATION
Cash Management—Making
Money Work
The Great Myth of Revenue Sharing
Funds
Finance Digest —Overview of Local
Financial Management
Who Pays For The Clean-Up?
What Is Cash Management?
Actual Dollars Saved in Appomattox. . .
Sources of Revenue for Localities . . . .
Getting Less Now and Enjoying It
More Later
Study Shows Joint Action Reduces
Power Costs
Localities Can Pool Investments

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Nov.

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GENERALASSEMBLY
Virginia To Vote On Four Questions . . Oct.
Amendment To Limit Taxes
Nov.
Governor Dalton's Remarks
Nov.
Baliles Proposes Commission To Define
City, County
Nov.
The Art of Lobbying
Dec.
Reapportionment
Dec.
GENERAL SERVICES
How To Get Along With Your Council
(Public Works)
HUMAN RESOURCES
Vita Course
Newport News Adopts Innovative
Pay Plan
Charlottesville's Therapeutic Recreation
Program
AltaVista - Shreve Park

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July

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Aug.
Sept.
Sept.

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INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT COMMENTARY
Personaf Property Tax Rates
For Automobiles
Quality or Quantity? The Day
Care Dilemma
Rethinking Federalism
Virginia Creates a Commission on
Local Government
Transferable Development Rights &amp;
Historic Preservation
Local Government Investment Pools . . .
LEGAL GUIDELINES
Charter Provisions vs. General Law and
Police Power vs. Constitutional
Guarantees
Non-Conforming Uses
Annexation Decree Held Not To
Eliminate Council's Discretion
Legislation That Disciplines Localities .
Municipal Officers Take Heed —More
Immunity Is Lost
Governmental Immunity —Good News
and Bad
Some Good News For Localities
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Small Town Like A Patchwork Quilt. .. .
The Great Myth of Revenue
Sharing Funds
Waverly Celebrates Centennial
What Now? Hazardous Materials
The Best For Less (Consultants)
Councilmembers Can Cut Time
So You Just Got Elected —Now What?. .
Citizen Coordinator Program
Joint Data Processing System
Actual Dollars Saved in Appomattox. . .
Sources of Revenue for Localities
Survival Strategies for Local Officials . .
Baliles Proposes Commission to Define
City, County
Workmen's Compensation Program
Grows
Localities Can Pool Investments
The Art of Lobbying
MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
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How To Hold-a Public Hearing
Finance Digest —Overview of Local
Financial Management
Dog Control
How To Get Along With Your Council .
Newport News Adopts Innovative
Pay Plan
Citizen Coordinator Program
What Is Cash Management?
PERSONNEL &amp; TRAINING
Pay-Offs of a Physical Fitness Program
Affirmative Action —A Plan Or
A Document
Affirmative Action
Newport News Adopts Innovative
Pay Plan

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Mar.
May

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Aug.

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Oct.
Nov.

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Jan.
Mar.

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Apr.
June

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July

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Nov.
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May
June
July
Sept.
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Pay-Offs of a Physical Fitness Program .
What Now? Hazardous Materials
Dog Control
City Tries New Youth Offender Program
Henrico County's Career Development

TRANSPORTATION
What Now? Hazardous Materials
York County's Boat Landing System. . .
VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Local Government Officials Day . . . .
Morton L. Wallerstein
Institute for Municipal Off icials . . . .
Annual Report
VML Holds Conference
Workmen's Compensation Program
Crows
How The League Works

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Farmland Preservation
leaders thought their governments
I n Virginia
should take more positive actions to
preserve this limited resource."*

B y Memory P o r t e r
There would be no farmland
preservation problem, if farm prices
were high enough. This is perhaps the
single point on which anyone debating
the farmland preservation issue can
agree. If the farmer were making a
decent return on his investment, he
would be less likely to sell out to the
speculator or developer. And, it would
be more likely that a young farmer
would be able to buy land and keep it
in farming.
But, the farm prices of the 1970s do
not reflect the effects which inflation
and the escalating cost of energy have
had on the American farmer. The cost
of farm machinery and supplies have
skyrocketed and modern agriculture
has an enormous dependence on fossil
fuel energy. The solutions to these
problems go far beyond what state and
local governments can hope to control.
However, state and
local
government can develop programs
that reduce the cost of farming as it
relates to land values by "insulating
agriculture's land market from the
non-agriculture land market"' through
the application of programs that will
channel urban development away
from farming areas designated by local
government as worthy of protection
and into areas where public facilities
can be provided in a cost effective
manner. In the rapid growth areas of
the Commonwealth, particularly those
jurisdictions on the "rural-urban
fringe", local elected officials are
wrestling with these complex land use
issues.

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Over the past twenty
years,
Virginia's agricultural land base had
been reduced by some three million
acres.^ According to
preliminary
findings by the National Agricultural
Lands Study, only three s t a t e s Florida, Texas and California— are
converting agricultural land to urban
uses faster than Virginia. On the
national level, "every day twelve
square miles of American farmland are
converted to non-agricultural uses."^
The shifting of productive farmland to
other uses is a growing concern to
local officials in Virginia. A 1978 study
by the Virginia
Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services
found that "ninety-four percent of
county leaders and 66 percent of town

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ms. Porter is the Legislative
County of Loudoun.

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' 'Agriculture is
the State's leading industry."
The importance of the agricultural
industry to Virginia's well being is
understood
by
those
persons
associated with agriculture,
but
perhaps less understood by the
average citizen. "From the standpoint
of pure economics, agriculture is the
State's leading industry. Currently,
about 80,000 full-time equivalent
people work on Virginia's 60,000
farms. A farm income of over $1.5
billion generates between four to five
billion dollars in total economic activity throughout the State in a given
year. Half of the State's manufacturing
work force is related to agriculture and
agribusiness and 20 percent of the
State's total non-farm work force is
associated in some way to agriculture
and agribusiness," according to Dr.
Berkwood M. Farmer, Chief Economist
and Director
of
Planning
and
Develoment for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services.* Farmer notes, however,
"When our farm economy gets into
trouble, economic ripple effects occur
throughout Virginia and especially in
our small rural towns and cities." For
example, the effect of this year's
drought on the peanut crop could
cause an economic turndown of about
$100 million in the nine peanut
producing counties in Virginia, Farmer
says.
Why should we preserve farmland?
The importance of the agricultural
industry has regional, national and
even global implications. Dr. Farmer
believes a strong export program for
many of V i r g i n i a ' s
agricultural
commodities is in the long-run best
interest of consumers, as well as the
farmer. On the national level the
income we receive from agricultural
exports is an important counterweight
to help balance the payments America
makes to foreign countries for imported oil. Some experts believe that,
as our mineral resources are depleted
and our older industrial plants become
antiquated, agricultural exports will
play an even larger role in maintaining
the future economic stability of the
United States.'
In 1960, Virginia farmers planted
about 1.3 million acres in corn,
soybeans and tobacco.
Nineteen
percent—about one out of every five
acres was used in production for
exports. In 1978, Virginia farmers
planted about the same number of

acres to these crops as they did in
1960. However, 39 percent —about two
out of every five acres —was used in
production for exports ' Dr. Farmer
argues that demand for our exports
contributes strength to many farm
commodity
prices, enables
many
farmers to operate farms of sufficient
size whereby unit costs of production
can be kept at a relatively low level
and exports from Virginia increase
employment and earnings throughout
the state. For example, a direct result
of Virginia broiler and turkey exports
in 1978 accounted for 2,000 additional
jobs.'
While the future of Virginia's
agricultural industry will rest largely
with solutions devised in Washington
on the larger economic issues, the
future of Virginia's agricultural land
base will depend on actions by local
government. At the forefront is
Loudoun County.
For two centuries, from 1760 to
1960, Loudoun County exemplified the
prosperous rural agricultural community which provided agricultural
products for Alexandria and later for
Fairfax and Washington, D.C. During
these two centuries the County's
population remained amazingly stable
at about 20,000 persons. The War of
Independence, Civil War and the 20th
century World Wars did not appreciably alter the rural agrarian
character of the County. Even today it
is not uncommon to find a family
which has farmed the same land for
eight generations."

"Loudoun County began
to change with
Dulles Airport."
The balanced environment began to
change radically in the 1960s with the
construction of Dulles .International
Airport in the southeastern portion of
the Country and the FAA's regional air
traffic control center outside Leesburg.
The airport brought new jobs, sewer
lines linked to the District of Columbia
and major housing developments. In
1973 Xerox Corporation established its
International Training Center near
Leesburg. These major housing and
employment opportunities, coupled
with dozens of smaller developments
have resulted in nearly tripling of the
County's population between 1960 and
1980. During the 1970s nearly 25,000
persons moved to Loudoun County.
During the last 15 years the County has
been transformed from an agrarian
community with 75 percent of the
population living on farms in the rural
residences to an urbanizing area with
more than two thirds of the residents
living in towns and suburbs. But, most
of this growth has, by plan, been

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and the historic towns. Much of the
countryside remains as rural as it was
decades ago, as less than 20 percent of
the County's land has been developed
for housing and urban areas. However,
these rural resources are being increasingly threatened by large lot rural
residential development. The expansion of local government services
occasioned by growth and high citizen
expectations is reflected in the County
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1970 to $52 million in 1980, and in the
construction of eleven schools in the
past ten years, involving a debt of over
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In Loudoun County there is a strong
commitment to preserve agricultural
resources, but a detailed program has
not yet been determined. The County
has already made use of the two legal
tools provided by State enabling law.
Over 90 percent of the county's
eligible land is in the use-value
assessment program; over 66,000 acres
are in the voluntary agricultural and
forestal districts. The Loudoun County
Board of Supervisors recognizes that,
alone these measures cannot assure
that the County's agricultural industry
and its valuable land resources can be
retained as the County continues to
accommodate growth pressures from
the Washington metropolitan area.
County staff is meeting regularly with
farmers, non-farm citizens, community
groups and local officials to discuss
the problems and possible solutions to
farmland conversion. The detailed
plan for action will be developed over
the next year through this public
participation process.
Also, the Loudoun Board realizes
that whatever program is finally
developed, additional state enabling
laws will be required. Therefore, the
Board has, for the past year, worked
closely with the Joint Agricultural
Land Preservation Subcommittee
created by the 1980 Virginia General
Assembly (House Joint Resolution 40)
The Subcommittee, chaired by
Delegate Ford Quillen of Gate City, is
charged with monitoring pilot
programs developed at the local level
in the jurisdictions currently seeking
methods to protect productive farmland.
For the 1981 session of the General
Assembly, the Loudoun Board of
Supervisors is asking that the Subcommittee be extended for another
year and that the legislature support
adoption of a state agricultural land
preservation policy which recognizes
that land use controls must remain at
the local level of government. The
policy must also incorporate the
ability of local governments to direct
the location and rate of growth into

areas where public facilities either
exist, or can be provided in a timely
and cost effective fashion, in order to
reduce or eliminate the encroachment
on non-farm uses onto prime and
productive agricultural land.

"Control of land use
needs to be at
the local level."
The Subcommittee has held
numerous meetings. Local officials
from the Counties of Fauquier, Clarke,
Albemarle, Hanover, Frederick, Prince
William, King George, Nelson and
Mathews and from the City of Suffolk
have expressed interest in the
legislators' deliberations. A public
hearing held in Leesburg in midOctober drew some 200 citizens, many
of them Loudoun farmers, voicing the
need for State permission to try farmland preservation mechanisms being
used in other states. The plea from
Loudoun County was "give us the tools
we need to control our own destinies."
Loudoun's officials, farmers and nonfarmers all understand that there are
difficult issues involved in farmland
preservation. Compromises must be
reached between the various competing interests, including farmers,
developers and urban citizens in order
to institute an effective preservation
program. Support for such efforts must
be broad-based, coming from both
farmers and non-farm citizens. In
Loudoun County, this broad support is
clearly evident.
The Frances Lewis Law Center of the
Washington and Lee Univeristy
sponsored a two-day seminar for the
Subcommittee,
providing
guest
speakers from across the country. (A
transcript of the proceedings will be
prepared by the Division of Legislative
Services.) The key speaker was
Professor John Keene, Department of
City and Regional Planning, University
of Pennsylvania, who provided current
information
on
the
National
Agricultural Lands Study. The study,
expected to be completed in early
January, 1981, documents the many
different approaches to farmland
preservation being tried throughout
the nation, along with an analysis of
how the programs were developed and
how effective they have been. Keene
stresses that "farmland preservation
programs must be set in the general
context chances of success, they
should be based on sound enabling
legislation,
developed
through
comprehensive planning and policies
which give appropriate recognition to
low and moderate income housing,
commercial and industrial development and environmentally protective
objectives. At the same time, they

must not contravene the fundamental
safeguards accorded to private
property but the due process, equal
protection and taking clauses of the
United States Constitution."
This is a tall order, but one that must
have the full attention of the General
Assembly and the Governor of Virginia
if jurisdictions like Loudoun County
are to prevail in protecting its farming
industry and agricultural land base for
future generations.
References
1. Farmer, Berkwood M., paper presented
to 32nd Annual meeting of Soil Conservation Society of America,
Lynchurg,
Virginia October 24, 1980.
2. Ibid.
3. Fields, Shirley F., Where have the
Farmlands Cone:, National
Agricultural
Lands Study, Council on Environmental
Quality (Washington: 197%
4. Farmer, Berkwood, M., et al. Capacity
Building
Needs of Rural Areas in
Virginia,
Virginia
Department
of
Agriculture
and Consumer
Services,
Richmond, Virginia, September, 1978.
5. (same as no. 1)
6. Little, Charles E., The Case for Retaining
Agricultural
Land,
papers
from a
November 8, 1977 Workshop, Library of
Congress (Washington: 1977)
7. (same as no. 1)
8. Lewis, Anthony C. and Joseph D. Coffey,
Impact of U.S. Foreign Policy on U.S.
Food Policy, Trade and Virginia Agriculture, Department of Agricultural
Economics, Virginia Tech, MB286, November,
1980.
9. Dugan, lohn, paper prepared for the
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
on the significant changes in the '70s.
10. Ibid.
11. Keene,
lohn
C,
Agricultural
Land
Preservation: Legal and
Constitutional
Issues, Conzaga Law Review,
Volume
15, Number.3, 1980.

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Salary commensurate with ability. Send
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City Assessor
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Animal Control Superintendent
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supervises work of Animal Control staff;
assists in planning, organizing, and policy
development.
Must
have
thorough
knowledge of management principles and
practices and budgeting procedures; the
ability to deal with the public and be able to
plan, assign, instruct and review the work of
others.
Requires any combination of
education and experience equivalent to a
bachelor's degree in business or related
field, supplemented by courses in science, 6
months-2 years experience in work involving the care of animals and dealing with
the public, some of which has been in a
supervisory capacity. Deadline for applying:
December 31, 1980. Send resume to City of
Chesapeake, Department of Personnel, Post
Office Box 15225, Chesapeake, Virginia
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                    <text>Affirmative Action—Do Y o u Have A Plan?

�Editorial
Affirmative Action—
A Plan or a Document?

In these times of government regulation, an affirmative action plan is often viewed as "just another
piece of paper," "just another hassle," or "just
something to have around if someone (usually the
Feds) should want to see i t . " A n affirmative action
plan can, however, be much more. A n affirmative
action plan can be a blueprint to becoming not only an
equal opportunity employer, but an employer with a
fair, sound and practical personnel system.
While there exists no model affirmative action plan,
no " f i l l in the blanks" document, every good plan
contains similar elements. These elements could be
labeled qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative
elements include an assessment of the current personnel system and/or affirmative action plan; a
provision for developing and/or maintaining uniform
procedures for recruiting, selecting and placing

employees; a provision for providing benefits and
maintaining records; a provision for employee involvement in the review and administration of the
Plan; and a provision for developing a classification
and pay plan. Examples of the quantitative elements
are an assessment of the current work force by race
and sex; a comparison of the work force with the
applicable labor market availability; and the goals for
hiring to achieve parity with that labor market.
Of the two types of elements, I believe that the
qualitative are the most important. A creative
recruitment program with fair and uniform selection,
advancement and placement procedures will do much
to attract and retain qualified employees, including
women, minorities and the handicapped. Efforts to
establish a sound personnel system can, in actuality,
be efforts to meet the quantitative goals which are
simply tools to evaluate the effectiveness of any
program.
Since affirmative action plans are required with
receipt of various federal monies, why not take full
advantage of the benefits they can offer rather than
wasting time simply writing a useless document?

Maya Hasegawa, Manager
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
Commonwealth of Virginia

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*City
T h e official p u b l i c a t i o n of the Virginia M u n i c i p a l League
Charlotte Kingery

Editor

JUNE 1980

V O L U M E 15

NUMBER6

B r a g d o n R. B o w l i n g , J r .

A s s o c i a t e Editor

Margaret A. Nichols

Editorial Assistant
Advertising and Business Manager

Sandra J . Harmon

5

Affirmative Action
" R i c h m o n d achieves a more balanced work force with

V M L President

a p l a n t h a t e v o l v e d in 1 9 7 3 . "

R o y H, E r i c k s o n
R. M i c h a e l A m y x

Executive Director

O f f i c e r s : First V i c e P r e s i d e n t , H a r o l d S. A t k i n s o n ; S e c o n d
V i c e President, R a y m o n d
F, R a t c l i f f e ; T h i r d
Vice
President, R i c h a r d A Farrier; and Fourth V i c e President,
F r a n c i s T. W e s t .
E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e : R i c h a r d J . D a v i s , Charles A. Robins o n , J r . , L a w r e n c e A . D a v i e s , A r l i e C . P a y n e , J a n e L.
H o u g h , C h a r l e s E. B e a t l e y a n d J e s s i e M . R a t t l e y .

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Councilmembers Can Cut Time
" B y u s i n g v o l u n t e e r s a n d s t u d e n t s , t h e life of a n
e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l is e a s i e r . "

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How To Get Along With Your Council
" P u b l i c w o r k s o f f i c i a l s need to k n o w h o w to m a i n t a i n
a good relationship w i t h their elected b o s s e s . "

16

Mayor Spiggle Testifies

75th V M L C o n f e r e n c e
September 2 8 - 3 0 , 1 9 8 0
Marriott T w i n Bridges, Arlington C o u n t y

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�Affirmative Action
Richmond Achieves A More Balanced Work Force
B y Timothy A . McDermott
Equa]
Employment
Opportunity
[EEO] is the ". . . state of condition of
fair and equitable treatment within an
organization
that exists
for
both
employees
and
applicants
for
employment"
Affirmative
Action is
". . . the term used to describe the steps
or actions that will be undertaken to insure that current practices are nondiscriminatory and that any effects of
intentional
or unintentional
past
discrimination
are remedied." An Affirmative Action Plan [AAP] is ". . . the
tool that is used to outline
positive
steps to insure that your organization is
an Equal Employment
Opportunity
employer."*
Both EEO and Affirmative Action
are required by legislation; two public
laws which are important are the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of
1972 and Title V I I of the Civil Rights
Act, as amended, of 1972. In addition
to these laws, there are less powerful
acts which also control and mandate
Equal Employment Opportunity.
Areas of Disagreement
Whether an individual, office or
agency agrees with EEO and Affirmative Action makes little difference because Equal Employment
Opportunity is the law. Court ordered
remedies for noncompliance have
included awards of back pay, court
costs and court ordered changes in
employment practices. In 1975, the
City entered into a consent decree with
the Richmond Black Police Officers
Association in which the City agreed to
pay settlements to Black policemen
according to the following schedule:
$200.00 —paid to those
from 1 to 5 years;
$400.00 —paid to those
from 5 to 7y2years,
$800.00—paid to those
from 7y2 to 10 years;
$1,400.00 —paid to those
o v e r l O years.

employed
employed
employed
employed

*Hunter, George, "Affirmative Action
Planning," Maine Townsmen, August,
1979.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mr. McDermott is a Research Assistant with
the Virginia Municipal League. He attends
Virginia Commonwealth University, seeking
a MPA degree.

In addition to the case settlements,
the court ordered Richmond to revise
its promotion policy to insure that
Black
policemen
were
not
discriminated against because of their
race.
An effective AAP not only brings a
locality into compliance with the law
but it also provides for a review of
current personnel practices and serves
as an ongoing "maintenance function." An AAP also enhances the
recruitment and selection process due
to a better, more comprehensive
personnel system.
It is essential to note that the courts
have determined that Affirmative
Action Plans which set quotas that are
to be met regardless
of
the
qualifications of the applicants are
illegal. Rather, an effective Affirmative Action Plan works towards
achieving objectives or goals, not
quotas. All applicants are to be judged
equally on the basis of merit. A bona
fide Affirmative Action Plan states a
qualified minority group member
should be hired or promoted where
that minority group is currently underutilized in the work force. This
applies only when that minority group
member has been evaluated on the
same basis as other candidates.
Neither preferential nor discriminatory
treatment should be implied or intended in an Affirmative Action Plan
so a properly conceived and implemented plan should enhance the
entire personnel system of any locality
or business.
Affirmative Action In Richmond
The City of Richmond's
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Plan,
communicated to all city employees
on May 1 1 , 1973 by the City Manager,
was designed to be implemented in
stages with certain objectives with
target dates and others working on a
continuing basis.
According to Richmond's plan, the
City Manager is held ultimately
responsible for Equal Employment
Opportunity
but certain responsibilities are delegated to others within
the city administration. The Assistant
C'ty Manager for Administration is
responsible for coordinating the plan
and each of the City's department
heads designates an E E O cordinator
for the department. The coordinator

reports to the Assistant City Manager
for Adminstration
regarding
the
department's
employment
profile,
citing
areas
of
apparent
underutilization.
The EEO plan for Richmond is
comprehensive in nature as It Includes
recruitment,
hiring,
promotion,
training and testing. Special care is
taken in all phases of personnel administration in order to eliminate all
factors which are not merit related and
are therefore prone to have an adverse
impact on city applicants or employees.
Emphasis
is p l a c e d
on
the
recruitment function of the personnel
department, where it is easiest to
implement any affirmative steps to
correct discriminatory policies and
procedures.
If all groups which
comprise the potential work force of a
locality are recruited, in time, the
actual work force will
become
representative of the potential work
force but only if affirmative steps are
also taken in the rest of the personnel
administrative function. In accordance
with the 1973 plan, the recruiting
division was directed to increase their
advertising in all media sources which
serve ". . . minority groups, women, the
unemployed, the underemployed, the
underskilled and the economically
disadvantaged."
Two final points which deserve
attention pertain to hiring and testing.
As written and communicated to the
City's employees, the plan stated:
"The Personnel Department shall
conduct a review of qualifications
and requirements for all positions to
assure that such qualifications and
requirements are in line with actual
job performance requirements. Such
review should
be
conducted
periodically to insure that the information Is accurate and recommendations for modifications In
qualifications
and requirements
shall be forwarded to the Personnel
Board for its action."
All tests were to be evaluated to
insure that test questions were job
related and nondiscriminatory.
Evaluating the Plan
Overall, Affirmative Action appears
to have been successful; currently
there is no glaring underutilizatio'n in

�the City's work force. According to
1978 figures, based on an underutilization analysis conducted by
the Commonwealth of Virginia Office
of Equal Employment Opportunity,
there was, at that time, no underutilization of any group except
women. Based on the 1978 study, there
was 22.4% female underutilization in
the service/maintenance job category,
4.7% underutilization in the skilled
crafts and 7.5% underutilization in the
official/administrative job category.
As a result of this study, the City was to
revise its goals for the number of
women employed in each of these
three categories.
To further verify the overall success
of Richmond's EEO plan, a comparison
of the figures stated the City
Manager's Annual Reports to City
Council on the status of Equal Employment Opportunity is shown in
Tablel.
Obvious changes can be seen in the
City's overall employment profile,
reflecting the goals and objectives of
the 1973 Equal Employment Opportunity Plan. The City appears to be
succeeding in meeting these goals.
In discussing the City's E E O plan
with the Human Relations Commission's
Director, Leonardo A.
Chappelle, additional successes of the
EEO plan were noted. The Human
Relations Commission was created by
the City Council in 1968 and given two
primary directives:
• Improve race relations within the
City through a variety of means,
including
educational
and
community
involvement
programs; and
• Eliminate
employment
discrimination.
In fulfilling these directives, the
commission
has helped facilitate
Equal Employment Opportunity in
the City. The commission's staff has
recently completed a one year training program on E E O for the City employees from department heads to
first line supervisors. E E O training
was one of the objectives set forth in
the 1973 plan. The commission is currently undertaking the task of revising the 1973 plan in accordance with
the May 29, 1979 City Council directive to design a bona fide Affirmative
Action Plan. The first step in this revision is the completion of a comprehensive work force analysis. This
analysis will correct one of the shortcomings of the 1973 plan which
directed the Personnel Department to
conduct a review of all qualifications
and requirements. No official work
force analysis of this nature has been
conducted prior to the Human Relations Commission's current analysis.
Although the Personnel Department

TOTAL WORK FORCE*
Male
Fiscal Year
1972-1973
1973-1974
1975-1976
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978-1979

White
2,690(52%)
2,713(50%)
2,503 ( 4 7 % )
2,373(45%)
2,202(39%)
2,127(42%)

Female
Black

White

Black

1,057(20%)
1,145(21%)
1,254(23%)
1,282 ( 2 4 % )
1,470 ( 2 6 % )
1,347 ( 2 7 % )

802 ( 1 5 % )
876(16%)
777(14%)
724(14%)
904 ( 1 5 % )
646(18%)

659(13%)
740(14%)
847(16%)
895 ( 1 7 % )
1,079 ( 1 9 % )
923(18%)

does review position qualifications as
problems arise, no comprehensive
analysis has yet been conducted.
By direction of the 1973 plan, the
Personnel Department was also given
the responsibility of revising the City's
Personnel Manual making sure all
possible discriminatory policies were
deleted. To the Department's credit,
this task was recently completed and
the Manual was published in January,
1980.
Another success of Richmond's E E O
plan can be noted in the continuing
use of departmental E E O coordinators. These coordinators continue
to play a key role in the location of
potential and existing sources of
employment discrimination. Although
the effectiveness of these coordinators
varies from department to department,
they remain as information sources of
departmental employment profiles.

Still More Shortcomings
The major shortcomings of Equal
Employment Opportunity in Richmond can be found when viewing the
City's
employment
profile
by
department. Although when viewed as
a whole, or by job category without
regard to department, the City appears
well on its way toward becoming an
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job category
breakdown of the
Departments of Recreation and Parks
and Public Utilities-Public Works
(based on 1979 data) demonstrates
that although the majority of the
employees in both of these departments are Black males, in both cases,
well over half of these Black males are
employed in skilled crafts and service/maintenance categories.
With a few exceptions, Richmond's
Equal Employment Opportunity Plan
is successful in overcoming employment discrimination within City
employment. The new Affirmative
Action Plan being developed by the
Human Relations Commission appears
to be a positive step towards rectifying
the inadequacies in the current plan.
The City also appears to be working in
good faith towards the achievement of
a completely balanced employment
profile. In summary, because of the
effect of their Equal Employment
Opportunity
Plan, Richmond has
achieved a more well balanced work
force, revised its Personnel Manual
which reflects new E E O policy
statements, has a better recruiting
division, and a more responsive
Personnel Department.
*Sources.- The data for this table was
taken and compiled from City Manager
Annual Reports on EEO and from
Federal EEOC reports.

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�People
Appointments

Honors

Arthur S. Owens, a former Roanoke
City Manager, (photo above) was
awarded an Honorary Doctorate of
Humanities degree at Ferrum College
Commencement on May 11. Ferrum
President Joseph T. Hart said Mr.
Owens was being recognized for his
"significant contributions to society,
education and the college."
A native of the Manchester area of
Richmond, Mr. Owens, 79, is a high
school dropout who earned his high
school equivalency certificate at the
age of 69. He has spent the last 13
years at Ferrum College serving in
several capacities, including director
of college support, special assistant to
the president and distinguished lecturer. Known throughout Virginia and
the nation for his contributions in the
field of public administration, Mr.
Owens was City Manager of Roanoke
for 17 years, from 1948-1965, and was
City Manager of Portsmouth from 1941
to 1946. He was also coordinator of
Urban Affairs for the City of Norfolk
and in I960, he was elected president
of the International City Management
Association.
His honors include Outstanding
Educator of America in 1971, the
Junior Chamber of Commerce Award
in 1963 and selection for "Who's Who
in America."
Mr. Owens teaches a course in
public administration at Ferrum
College and in 1979, his students
initiated an award in his honor, the
Arthur S. Owens Leadership Award,
given annually at commencement to a
senior division student with outstanding leadership qualities.

Tappahannock Town Council appointed G. G. (Gayle) Belfield Acting
Town Manager. A native of Richmond
County, Mr. Belfield attended Virginia
Commonwealth University. Prior to his
appointment at Tappahannock, he was
a design draftsman for VEPCO and was
affiliated with Investors Loan. In 1977,
Mr. Belfield was hired as assistant
director of public works and an inspector for the Town of Tappahannock. Active in the community, he teaches a
basic emergency medical technician
course at Rappahnnock Community
College and is an officer in a local
volunteer rescue squad.
Tim Maupin, Assistant City Manager
for the City of Richmond, has been appointed County Administrator of
Richland County, South Carolina. Mr.
Maupin has been an Assistant Manager
since1977.
Martinsville City Council appointed
Don R. Edmonds City Manager effective July 1, 1980. Mr. Edmonds is
currently the Executive Director of the
East Texas Council of Governments
and has served as City Manager of
Hurst, Texas. Earlier in his career, he
was a intern for the City of Lubock,
Texas. When he graduated from North
Texas State, Mr. Edmonds was appointed City Manager of Rosebud,
Texas at the age of 22, the youngest
city manager in Texas at that time.
Pearisburg Town Council appointed
James A. Hartley Town Attorney to
succeed the late Samuel A. Martin. Mr.
Martin served in the post for over 30
years.
Jere Lane Johnson, Chief Plumbing
Inspector in Stafford County, was
named Building
Official-Zoning
Administrator for the City of
Fredericksburg. Mr. Johnson had
previously been employed by the
Town of Christiansburg as its first
fulltime building inspector and also, as
field inspector for a sewer construction project. He is a certified
electrical inspector as well as a
plumbing inspector.

Virginia Section Officers
Selected

The City Manager of Williamsburg,
Frank Force, was elected President of
the Virginia Section, International City
Management Association at the
Section's Annual meeting in Virginia

Beach last month. William J. Paxton,
Jr., City Manager of Salem, was elected
First Vice President and Ronald H.
Miller, Town Manager of Vinton, was
elected Second Vice President.
The Executive Committee includes
Danville City Manager James W. Lord,
Emporia City Manager Robert K.
McCord, Portsmouth City Manager
Robert T. Williams, Warrenton Town
Manager Edward L. Brower, Hampton
City Manager O. Wendell White and
Petersburg Assistant City Manager
Robert D. Swanders C. M. Moyer, Jr.,
City Manager, Past President of the
association, also serves on the
Executive Commitee.

MFOA Officers Elected

The Virginia Municipal Finance
Officers Association elected new
officers at their Annual meeting on
May 2 in Virginia Beach. Elected
President was Michael Hill, Comptroller of the City of Lynchburg and
elected Vice President was Frank Turk,
Chief Accountant for the City of
Salem.
Continuing
as
Secretary/Treasurer is Joe Black,
Finance Director for Richmond Public
Schools.

Housing Officials Elected

David H. Rice, Executive Director of
the Norfolk Redevelopment and
Housing Authority, was elected
President of the Virginia Association of
Housing and Community Development
Officials (VAHCDO). Other officers
include Vice President L. Judson
Barrett of Suffolk, Secretary-Treasurer
George D. Morris of Danville and
Member-at-Large Leslie J. Faircloth of
Lynchburg. The Past President of the
Association is Rudolph T. Walker of
Portsmouth.

Death

Samuel A. Martin, Attorney for the
Town of Pearisburg, died March 25,
1980. He had served as Town attorney
for 32 years. A native of Roanoke, Mr.
Martin received a degree from
Roanoke College and held a L.L.B.
degree from Washington &amp; Lee
University.
He was president of the Giles
County Bar Association in 1975 and
was vice president of the Virginia Bar
Association in 1962 and 1963.

�Councilmembers Can Cut Time
Richmonder Uses Volunteers
By Willie Dell
A public official never has enough time.
On one side, local officials are asked to respond to
citizen concerns, analyze the constant flow of
technical material on local issues, speak to citizen
groups and community associations and keep abreast
of council matters. On the other side, they must
juggle home life, professional responsibilities and
personal activities.
What's the solution? Use volunteers as staff. During
my five years as a member of city council, individual
citizens and student interns have served as my staff. It
saves money and helps officials to be more involved
and accountable to the citizens. Before picking up the
telephone, though, decide what duties the volunteers
should assume as well as other details.
Should the volunteers fill gaps in responding to
citizens' concerns? Should they do basic research?
Should they write position statements? Should they
respond and interact with community groups? Should
they cover meetings? How much time is demanded in
supervising a staff?
How much and at what level should an elected
official relinquish control to others? How will staff be
viewed by the administration and received by the
constituents? If volunteers are used, how many would
be required? Would office space and other equipment
be needed? What costs, if any, will be incurred?
Decide which responsibilities to delegate.
An assistant could be of paramount importance in
meeting the partially described list of duties and
responsibilities. A staff would increase the official's
knowledge by the information collected from attending assigned meetings, serving as a sounding
board or being instrumental in sampling the community's pulse. The aide could also review
professional magazines to obtain ideas for solving
local problems.
Students are excellent for producing research,
answering correspondence, gathering data from
community meetings, receiving citizen complaints
and assisting with position statements. However,
students are limited according to how much work
they can assume and the experience and maturity
required for the position. Another disadvantage is the
time spent in supervising a student, which is often
required by the school for field work credit. Students
are assigned for a limited period of time and a
replacement is needed during their absence and in the
summer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mrs. Dell is a Councilmember for the City of Richmond and is a
member of the National League of Cities' Board of Directors. She
holds a degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in
sociology.

College students are utilized in reading and
analyzing printed data, drafting initial correspondence to citizens and performing limited research or
in a situation requiring more skill and maturity than a
high school student. For example, several years prior
to the enactment of our human rights ordinance in
Richmond, students had gathered data from Atlanta,
New York and California on the issue. This material
assisted Council in preparing an ordinance that our
citizens needed.
Students are a good resource
Field work students can be obtained by contacting
the educational institution's field placement
assignment officer or liaison person. Students are
available in the areas of urban studies, political
science and social work, both in undergraduate and
graduate schools. There are a number of four-year
colleges and community colleges in Virginia that
could assign a student to work for you.
Advanced students from public high schools have
also been utilized to a limited degree and have proved
to be excellent workers. Teenagers are primarily used
for general office tasks, taking telephone messages,
typing and neighborhood surveying (phone or door-todoor contacts).
Other assistants can be found from citizen
volunteer groups or individual volunteers. Volunteer
groups, such as the League of Women Voters and
community associations, share Council's goal of
making the community a better place to live. Because
of this, they are aware of current activities and the
status of public programs.
The American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP) is a good source of potential staffers. Retired
persons often have a desire to continue working and
have a knowledge of what has transpired in the
community. Often retired persons have been
professionals, such as engineers, accountants, or
teachers and can give technical assistance that a
student or an individual volunteer cannot give.
Citizens are expecting and receiving more from
their elected officials and this trend will continue.
They are also seeking ways to actively participate so
their resources should be seriously considered. The
changes in local government will be more positive as
new and creative ways are used to encourage citizens
to participate. This solution of using volunteer staff
promotes the citizen's understanding of the decision
making process while assisting overburdened, elected
representatives.

�Calendar

Institutes for Municipal Officials
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lune 25-27,
Local Option Workshops, June 6,
America House, Richmond and June
19, Donaldson Brown Center, VPI &amp;
SU, Blacksburg, Virginia. The one-day
workshops were developed to assist
localities with local option and are for
all local officials, elected and appointed, and social services directors
and their staff. For registration information, please contact Charlotte
Kingery, 804/649-8471.
Newly Elected Officials Conference,
June 11-13, VPI &amp; SU, Blacksburg and
June 25-27, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Please contact Rick Weeks, 804/6498471 for registration information.
"Issues of the 80's," June 18-20,
1980, Virginia Beach, Virginia. The
two-day workshop is planned for
county administrators,
managers,
e x e c u t i v e s and city and
town
managers. Sponsored by the Office of
Local
Government
Management
Relations, please
contact
Felicia
Monk, 804/786-7406 for information.
Small Cities Management Training
Program, June 20, 1980, Holiday Inn
Crossroads, Richmond. The one-day
meeting is designed to reaquaint
managers with the small
cities
program. The registration fee is $65;
please contact Brad Harmes, 804/6498471.
State Fire Chiefs Association of
Virginia, July 9-12, 1980, SheratonFredericksburg Inn.
VML 75th Annual Conference,
September 28-30, 1980, Marriott Twin
Bridges, Arlington, Virginia.
Virginia
Building
Officials
Association, October 19-22, 1980,
Sheraton Fredericksburg Inn.
National
League
of
Cities
Congressional Cities Conference,
November 29-December 3, 1980,
Atlanta, Georgia.
CETA Training Session for Local
Elected Officials, June 12-13, 1980,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact
the NLC Employment and Training
Project, 1620
Eye Street,
N.W.,
Washington, D C . 20006.

Blacksburg
Charlottesville

Wednesday
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. . . . . . Registration
1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. . . . . . Opening Session
(includes breaks)
• Municipal Government in
Virginia
• Councilmembers, Mayors &amp;
Managers: Their Roles and
Responsibilities
Effective
Decisionmaking
by Council
• Working with Municipal
and Regional Boards and
Commissions
6:00 p.m
Reception
7:00 p.m
Banquet
Thursday
8:30 a.m.-Noon
(includes breaks)

12:00 noon-1:30 p.m
1:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m
(includes breaks)

Revenue Sources &amp; Trends
Dealing with the Budget
Debt Management
Getting
More
for
the
Taxpayers' Money
Lunch — VML presentation
Controlling and Promoting
Growth and Development
Working with the News Media
Communicating with Citizens

Friday
8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.. . . . . Annexation Processes and
(includes breaks)
Politics
Legal Issues—FOl, Conflict of
Interest, Public Officials'
Liability
Concurrent Sessions
A. City Council and the
Schools
B. Town/County Relations
12:15p.m
Lunch —The Movement to
Limit Government Spending

VML Policy
Committees Meet
Last month the VML Policy Committees on Human
Development,
Effective Government,
Community
and Economic
Development
and
Environmental Quality met. On June 5,
the Transportation Policy Committee
will meet followed by the Public
Safety Policy Committee which will
meet on June 6. The V M L Policy
Committee's recommendations
are
referred to the Legislative Committee
for consideration of inclusion in the
League's Legislative Program.
The
1980
Policy
Committee
Chairmen are:

Transportation—Elizabeth K. Bowles,
Councilwoman, Roanoke
E f f e c t i v e G o v e r n m e n t - E lliott
L.
Shearer, Mayor, Lynchburg
Human Development—Raymond E.
Hicks, Councilman, Vienna
Public S a f e t y - C . J . Staylor, Jr.,
Councilman, Norfolk
Environmental Q u a l i t y - A r t h u r J .
Walrath, Mayor, Blacksburg
Community
and
Economic
Development —James M.
Scott,
Boardmember, Fairfax County
The Legislative Committee chairman is Richard A. Farrier, a Councilman from Staunton and Third Vice
President of the Virginia Municipal
League.

�Legal Guidelines
Legislation That "Disciplines" Localities
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel
The ripple effect of the much
commended and much condemned
Proposition 13 in CaNfornia continues
to extend into the fiscal affairs of
Virginia local governments. The 1979
General Assembly adopted what is
now Virginia Code Section 58-785.1
prohibiting an increase in property
taxes in excess of 101 % of the previous
year's levy without a public hearing by
the governing body after duly advertised notice. This section was
further amended by House Bill No. 770
adopted by the 1980 legislature. In
addition. Senate joint Resolution 29,
passed by both the 1979 and 1980
sessions of the General Assembly,
proposes an amendment to the
Constitution of Virginia reducing the
debt limit from 1 8 % to 1 0 % of the
assessed valuation of real estate in a
city or town. This amendment will be
on the ballot in the November elections and whereas the evidence before
the General Assembly indicated that
no Virginia locality would be currently
affected by the reduction in debt limit,
nevertheless it exhibits a lack of
confidence by the General Assembly in
the ability of local governing bodies to
levy taxes, incur debt, furnish services
and indeed, to govern. Unquestionably, this amendment will be adopted,
virtually by default. This will be taken
as a kind of "no confidence" vote by
the general public.
Another
item
of
legislation
reflecting the continuing atmosphere
in the General Assembly for discipline
of local governments was introduced
in the House of Delegates as House
Bill 84 by Delegate Michie and passed
by that house but ultimately carried
over to 1981 by the Senate Committee
on Local Government. This bill, which
is now in the form of an Amendment in
the Nature of a Substitute, deals with
the budget process, purporting to
clarify and improve that process.
However, in its present form, it
represents a very serious threat to the
fiscal integrity of many, if not all, of
our cities, town and counties. The bill
provides for an amendment to Section
15.1-160 of the Code of Virginia
requiring the governing bodies of all
localities to approve a "balanced"
budget (said section now provides that
the governing body shall prepare a

budget "for informative and fiscal
planning purposes only.)" Balanced
budget is defined as "a plan of fiscal
operations embodying an estimate of
the proposed expenditures, including a
reasonable contingency reserve for a
given period and the proposed equal
provision of resources to finance them.
Resources shall include estimated
revenues in the period and the
unappropriated
and
unencumbered
balances of the funds that will be
available at the beginning of the fiscal
year."
Current law (Code Section 58-839
and 58-844) provides that "any funds
collected and not expended in any
fiscal year shall be carried over to
succeeding fiscal years . .
thus, not
requiring all unappropriated
and
unencumbered balances to be expended immediately in each succeeding year. Proponents of House Bill
84 contend that the provision in the
definition of "balanced
budget"
permitting "reasonable contingency
reserves" sufficiently protect unused
balances from immediate application
to expenditures. However, reserves for
contingencies are necessary to every
budget and no prudent fiscal officer
would dare develop a budget without
a provision for contengencies such as
unanticipated increase in personnel
costs, replacement of equipment,
snow removal, increased utility and
fuel costs and the like. But reserves for
contingencies do not protect an
unappropriated balance or surplus
which also is a normal and generally
accepted financial provision whether
it be with regard to the financial
projections of private individuals,
private businesses or local governments. Such unappropriated reserves
have been maintained and regularly
used through the years by Virginia
local governments only for governmental purposes. The investment of
such funds produces income for
current operations and they are
available for capital improvements
and other needs without the necessity
of increasing taxes for such purposes.
House Bill 84 bodes no good for local
governments and they should be alert
to efforts to revive House Bill 84.
The budget processes of local
governments have been frequently

challenged in the courts in the past
year. Unappropriated reserves of two
of our counties have been challenged
on constitutional grounds, the contention of the challengers being that
Section 8 of Article X of the Virginia
Constitution which provides that "no
other or greater amount of tax or
revenue shall, at any time, be required
for the necessary expenses of the
government, or to pay the indebtedness of the Commonwealth"
requires all unappropriated reserves to
be expended before taxes may be
levied. In one of the cases raising this
point, the petitioners have challenged
the maintenance of a reserve of
federal revenue sharing funds and
have further contended t h a t ' f u n d s
which are required for payments on
capital improvements subsequent to
the budget year must be included as
revenues in the current budget
equation of revenues versus expenses
Other lawsuits are pending or have
been recently adjudicated in which
licenses taxes imposed by the Virginia
localities have been challenged as
being invalid or unconstitutional, the
assertions being on various grounds,
including invalidity under Section 8 of
Article X of the Constitution.
The governing bodies of Virginia
localities and their administrators have
traditionally run the business of our
local governments in a conservative
and economical
manner,
almost
universally incurring the complete
confidence of their constituents. On
those rare occasions where that
confidence
has
been
lacking,
governing bodies and administrators
have been replaced. That is as it
should be for that is a basic requisite
of our democratic process. There is no
reason, however, for the legislature to
impose onerous fiscal limitations and
restrictions on local governing bodies
and those of us who have an abiding
interst in maintaining the sanctity of
government at the lowest and most
responsible level should be ever alert
to the possibility of such impositions.

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�VML staff Appointed
Virginia Municipal League
Executive Director R. Michael
Amyx appointed two staff
members to new positions.
Bradley K. Harmes, Senior Staff
Associate, was named Deputy
Director effective July 1. A
graduate of the University of
Evansvilie, he holds a Masters of
Public Administration degree from
Virginia
Commonwealth
University. In 1977, Mr. Harmes
was a Henderson Fellow at the
Federal Executive institute in
Charlottesville.
His responsibilities with the
League include coordinating the
development
of
the
VML
reciprocal insurance company,
monitoring and analyzing the
impact of State and federal
legislation and regulations upon
local governments and assisting
with the League's annual budget.
Mr. Harmes also coordinates the
VML Annual Conference.
He came to the League in 1976
as the EEO Project Staff Intern and

following graduate school, he
became a Staff Associate with the
League. In 1977 he became a
Senior Staff Associate.
Sandra J. Harmon was named
Staff Assistant for Advertising and
Exhibits. As part of her responsibilities, she will also staff the
Municipal
Electric
Power
Association of Virginia and will
continue to serve as the business
manager for VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY magazine, the publication of
the League. She also staffs the
VML Executive Committee.

A native of Dinwiddle County,
Ms. Harmon is a graduate of
Smithdale
Massey
Business
College. She served as a secretary
with the Division of Legislative
Services, Commonwealth of
Virginia, and as a legal secretary
with a Richmond law firm. In 1977,
she
became
administrative
secretary with the League, serving
as the secretary to the Executive
Director, and responsible for
general office duties.
Ms. Harmon's appointment was
effective Junel.

Managing underwriters and distributors of
state, municipal, and government bonds and notes.
Investment bankers a n d advisers
to municipalities a n d government authorities
for revenue bond project financing.
F o r a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n , p l e a s e contact one of t h e following
m e m b e r s of o u r P u b l i c F i n a n c e D i v i s i o n
AUSTIN V . K O E N E N

(212-558-3180)

BENEDICT T . MARINO (212-558-2840)
L E E K . B A R B A (212-558-2168)
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ROBERT M . BROWN, I I I (212-558-3356)
TOM E .GREENE I I I

(212-558-2680)

MARSHALL LANCASTER (212-558-2166)
W . PATRICK M C M U L L A N (212-558-3174)

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�Your first step to reduce landfill costs

CHOOSING
THE RIGHT
JOHN DEERE
EQUIPMENT

JOHN DEERE on the move

Putting the wrong machine on a particular landfill job
can cost thousands of dollars in extra repair and
maintenance. Worse yet, it can shorten the life of costly
landfill space. That's why John Deere offers a number
of machines to handle specific jobs on both small and
large landfills.
JD646-B Compactor, with its steel-tooth wheels,
delivers a much higher in-place density than a crawler.
Its specially-matched torque converter and No-Spin
differential provide fast working speeds and good
traction... for compacting, excavating, and carrying
cover material. Special guards and shields protect vital
areas from refuse accumulation and damage.
For major excavating and carrying cover over long
hauls, self-loading John Deere Scrapers are efficient
producers. Both offer twin-turbine torque converter
transmissions with fuel-efficient direct-drive lockup in
transport speeds.
Initial site preparation, ripping, and difficult excavating jobs may require the traction, flotation, and overall
production of John Deere Hydrostatic Drive Crawlers.
All-hydraulic, articulated motor graders easily
handle haul road construction and maintenance,
drainage ditch work, and finish grading on completed
landfill sites.
The speed and mobility of John Deere 4-WheelDrive Loaders make them ideal choices for transfer
stations and shredding or recycling plants.
To find out more about how the right John Deere
equipment can help your landfill operation, see
your John Deere dealer today John Deere, Moline,
Illinois 61265.

�Places
Hampton and Norton—Both of these
cities won honorable mention in the
1980 All America Cities competition.
Winchester—Council is studying the
possibility of a Federal Housing
Assistance program that would
guarantee landlord's rent through
subsidation if they agree to low-and
medium-income tenants. The program,
Section VIII Moderate Rehabilitation
Program run by HUD, would involve
about 40 houses in the next three
years. The program was presented to
Council as part of a city-wide housing
assistance plan tied to a 1 million
Community Development Block Grant
application which was approved and
forwarded to HUD.
Salem — C o u n c i l
donated
approximately $7,000 in preliminary
funds to a new medical center for the
treatment of cancer patients. The
Pheresis Center, to be built in Roanoke
and operated by the Valley Chapter of
the American Red Cross, will probably
be open in late summer or fall. The
Roanoke Valley is the only major
urban area in the state without a
Pheresis Center and other localities in
the area will be asked to help fund the
Center.

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Virginia Beach—The City installed a
Daktronics electronic voting system
recently. The system includes a display
board adaptable for an alphabetical
arrangement of the 11-member
Council or the 13-member Planning
Commission with individual voting
consoles customized to the architecture of the Council chambers.
The clerk's consoles control the
opening and closing of the vote as well
as provide a computer printout of the
date, item number, item topic and a
record of individual votes. The secrecy
option allows votes to be displayed
simultaneously or held for display
until all votes are cast. The vote can be
recalled to the display board and not
only saves tremendous time by
eliminating the verbal roll call but also
provides a permanent record of the
votes cast. To our knowledge Virginia
Beach has the only electronic voting
system in Virginia.
Rocky Mount—Town Council became
the first local governing body to officially adopt a resolution in support
of "Franklin County Open House." The

event is being promoted by the
Marketing Committee of the Franklin
County Chamber of Commerce in
order to share with neighboring
communities the many advantages
available to them in Rocky Mount and
Franklin County. It is designed to
promote the overall community interest in retail, wholesale, industry and
recreational and services. A tabloid
containing information and promotion
is to be circulated through local newspapers.
Danville —Council
approved
a
committee's proposal to begin definite
planning for the construction of a
convention center and multi-purpose
recreational facility. Council agreed to
hire an architectural and engineering
consultant to examine proposed sites,
make estimates and prepare a
feasibility study for the center. In
addition to consultants, the Committee recommended that a

development committee be formed of
area businessmen, councilmen,
restaurant and motel owners. The
proposed Center will seat up to 4,000.
Fairfax County—The County's decision
on whether to become the largest city
in Virginia will probably be based
primarily on the County's road
problems. The Board of Supervisors
recently created the Citizen's Committee to study the potential impact of
changing from county to city status.
Carrington Williams, Chairman of the
Citizens Committee, indicated that
city status would give the local officials more control over local road
construction problems but "it would
probably cost more." Members of the
Citizens Committee include State
Senator Joseph E, Cartlan, Delegate
Jack Rust and representatives of the
real estate industry, the research and
development industry and other civic
organizations.

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spent on travel and tourism in the
County than any other locality in
Virginia, according to the Virginia
State Travel Service. Slightly more
than $221.4 million was spent in
Arlington in 1978, which generated an
estimated 8,700 jobs and produced
more than $4.3 million in local taxes.
Virginia Beach ranked second in
tourism.
Alexandria—Council gave approval to
a system that will ticket those who
violate the City's trash laws. Anyone
who sets trash out long before trash
collections or keeps it in improper
containers will be subject to a warning
ticket and a possible fine for subsequent violations. The program, to
begin this fall, will allow inspectors to
issue tickets ranging from $22 to $112
to
commercial
and
residential
property owners.

Virginia Advisory
Committee
on Arson Prevention
The Virginia Advisory Committee on
Arson Prevention is a non-profit
organization to promote education
and understanding between the law

enforcement, prosecution, judiciary,
fire fighting, legislative, insurance and
other interested associations as to
arson and arson problems.
The
committee also fosters cooperation
between those communities in efforts
to control arson and in continuous
efforts to promote public awareness of
the arson problem and its consequences.
In an effort to reach these objectives, the committee has developed
an Arson Reward Program to begin
July 1 , 1980 to present dollar rewards
to members of the general public for
assisting in the arrest of arsonists.
Funds for the rewards will be provided
by contributions from the Insurance
Industry in Virginia. A statewide toll
free number will be maintained 24
hours a day to receive arson information.
As the start date of the Arson
Reward Program approaches, further
detailed information will be forwarded
to fire, police, commonwealth attorneys and other law enforcement
officials in Virginia.
The VML views this program as an
indication that private industry along
with public servants are aware of and
interested in the arson problem in
Virginia. We applaud this interest and
encourage local government officials
to fully support the program.

Tea Party Loses Case
In a hurried per curiam opinion
which was argued on April 10 and
rendered May 5, the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals in a terse and brief
statement dismissed an action brought
by a taxpayers group (The Norfolk Tea
Party) to compel Norfolk city officials
to conduct a special initiative election
on a question they submitted.
The Appeals Court in Wright et al v.
Mahan held that neither the U.S.
Constitution nor any federal statute
guarantees citizens of a state a right to
compel an initiative referendum. The
legality of such an election is "entirely
dependent on State law" and the
appellants had failed to establish that
Virginia law entitled them to require
state officials to conduct the election
they sought.
Since the case is being argued in
Virginia's Supreme Court, a final result
has not been reached. However, the
federal opinion is a blow to the
Norfolk taxpayer's group who were
attempting to force an initiative on
property tax reductions in that city and
who had claimed that their first
amendment, freedom of expression
and the right to vote, was being
abridged by a local judge's withdrawal
of approval for an initiative. Norfolk
City officials felt confident they would
prevail in the Virginia Supreme Court,

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�How To Get Along With Your Council
William F. Farnam
How does a public works official
maintain good relationships with his
elected bosses? There is no final absorbing answer —each individual is
different and the interfacing of human
beings is infinite. Certainly the answers
will vary with the political structure,
its current social environment, the
personalities and goals of the body,
yourself and an almost unending list of
influences.
Most of us are civil engineers and we
never found in Urquhart's Civil
Engineering Handbook the necessary
axioms and truisms to assure forthright
peace of mind in the political setting.
Though some of us have been reinforced with management training and
other humanistic experiences, the
political awakening is often instantaneous and brutal.
Following are my views of how to
maintain good political relationships,
recognizing that my views are isolated,
prejudiced and different from anyone
else's. What is hoped for, then, is that
there are certain approaches and
modes of professional conduct that
are common and appropriate to most
organizations and people. If not, then
hopefully this will be mildly entertaining.
Medium-size cities of 30 years ago
were markedly different than today.
Then, the councilman was a retired
hardware store proprietor, a kindly
man in a rumpled suit, grateful to his
community and wanting to serve in
quiet dignity. The loyal civil servant,
then, was mild in manner, salary and
goals. There was a family togetherness
between councilmen and bureaucrats
working together as a team, often
effectively, sometimes amateurishly.
Today's councilman is on his or her
way up; professional, politically
poised, ambitious and articulate.
Today's civil servant rejects the word
"servant" and accepts that he is a wellpaid,
well-trained
professional
bureaucrat, who knows how things
should be run. Thus, the family
togetherness has evolved to an adversary struggle between politician
and bureaucrat.
Some opinions of councilmen about
bureaucrats can be harsh and often
painfully accurate. Some see us as selfserving functionaries concerned

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mr. Farnam is the Public Works Director in
Inglewood, California. Reprinted with
permission from Public Works, June1979.

principally with personal survival and
security, unfeeling of citizen needs but
rather committed to a comfortable
status quo. Other adjectives include
over-paid, over-fringed, dedicated to
mediocrity and "overly protected
species." Some of the views of
bureaucrats about politicians have
been equally as dark. When politicians
and bureaucrats become highly
polarized from each other, the public
may be poorly served. How do you
maintain good
relationships?
Following are some suggestions.
Do's And Don'ts
John Kenneth Calbraith tells us,
"We may lay it down as a law that
without public criticism, all governments will look much better and be
much worse."
Today, public criticism is evident;
public demands are higher; taxes
offend; there are greater expectations
of government and we have a participating citizenry which demands to
be heard. Council meetings frequently
overflow. Often it is a forum of
reasoning. Just as often, it resembles a
theatrical stage and sometimes a
three-ring circus. When asked to
perform in such a showplace, a public
works official must be made of stern
stuff.
As a public works official you have
two principal roles to perform:
1) To be a professional advisor with
engineering know-how, experiences
and judgment —an expert in the field.
This should be given to the council
openly, honestly and freely, even if
you know that it may be unpopular
and not what someone may want to
hear.
2) To be a manager who sees that
things are done expeditiously and with
good humor, even if the work to be
done is opposite to the advice with
recommendations you made to the
council. (Anything unsafe or illegal
excepted.) Thus, be an advisor on
policy-making, not a competitor.
Don't dazzle council with the
foreign language of engineering. You
may correct believe that councils oversimplify, but don't complicate to
compensate.
Be well-prepared for council
questions. If you must stumble and
grope for answers, you will be
defrocked of your dignity. If you don't
know the answer, don't fake it. For this,
you will be admired.
Each council has a councilman who

appears to be the heartbeat and
discipline of the council. He may be
either friend or foe. You will tend to
write reports and speak with that
person in mind. If you do not, it will be
sensed by other councilmen and
resented.
Remember that councilmen take
more heat from the public than you
do.
Who the city manager is and how he
sees his role, what his style is and what
the council will permit him to do, will,
in a large measure, dictate your own
role and way of functioning with the
council. Some will suggest that the
ordinances and charters will mandate
the roles. A city manager told me that
this is not as important as is what
power the manager assumes and the
power the city council is willing to give
him.
Another manager suggests that there
are three basic types of managers:
• The Doer. He does, builds,
changes, stirs up the pot, plans
and is a strategist.
• The Live-and-Let-Live Manager. He
doesn't make waves, is a
housekeeper, reacts only to leaks
in the dike, concerned with survival and is a tactician.
• The Public Relations Manager. He
plans grandiose goals, great
community involvement, makes
cosmetic changes, talks, glows,
charms and maintains the status
quo with a flair. He can float from
a long-range administrative
strategist to a shoot-from-the-hip
managerial tactician.
Each of these managers may be the
most appropriate, depending upon the
current needs and goals of the community. Often a community will go
through all of these phases of
managerial needs in a generation. It is
probably best that the managerial type
be in harmony with the community's
current managerial needs. They
otherwise may be in loggerhead
conflict with each other.
Some managers may function so
that the council and department heads
are isolated and insulated from one
another. This can exclude attendance
at council meetings, requiring all
correspondence and staff reports be
directed to the manager who may then
edit, rewrite and make presentations
to the council. At the other extreme, a
forthright leadership role directly with
the council can exist with only an

�occasional nudge and concurrence
from the manager. This manager may
vary each department's strength of
contact with the council depending on
his competence in the various functions and depending on the various
department heads' abilities to relate to
the council. A west coast manager
claims that most public works types
have first-class minds but third-rate
intuitions about people. He says, "civil
engineers are God's frozen people." If
he is right, we are in trouble. If he isn't
right but everyone thinks we are, we
are still in trouble.
Helpful Hints
Councilmen are human beings and,
for the most part, fine ones. The
elective process is strenuous and the
first year is difficult as a freshman on
the council. What is found by the
newly elected candidate is that running government is different than what
he knew before. The red tape, the slow
grinding process, the procedures —
they seem to make no sense and
everything appears to be functioning

lethargically at an unforgivably slow
pace.
A city attorney helped me to understand why there is red tape and
bureaucracy. He stated that in private
enterprise you can do anything as long
as it is not illegal. In public, the same is
true, but, additionally, you must have
a law which says you can do something
in the first place. This is an enabling
law which often shows no concern for
reasonableness, economics or the
element of time.
Thus, a public official must often
seem unreasonable, avoid expeditiously getting things done, and
ignore economics because the law
mandates how he manages. He often is
not able to consider wise approaches
to management at the risk of being
charged
with
misfeasance,
malfeasance or nonfeasance of office.
The plethora of laws appears to come
about, in government, due to the
making of an error in judgment; one
error, and a new law is written so that
the error won't happen again. In

private enterprise, mistakes are solved
by replacing someone. In public, we
expand laws or magnify the procedure.
More effective government can be
realized by public officials and
councilmen if they develop the ability
to distinguish between administration
by law, as compared to administration
by judgment.
New councilmen will most often
develop powerful egos. There is no
question that the election process
transforms
personalities.
Egos
inevitably grow to dimensions commensurate with the agony endured in
achieving victory and a touch of
paranoia resulting from opponent
slander. Do not be an ego ballonbuster nor an ego massager. Maintain
an adult rational approach to council
relationships. This is not easy.
To perform well, public works officials must learn as much as possible
about the political process and what
makes politicians run. They must be
sensitive to politics but not play it.

VML AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
VA. Section, ICMA
The Virginia Section, International
City Management Association Annual
Conference was held in Virginia Beach
on April 30-May 2. City Manager of
Manassas and President of the Section,
Ches Moyer, Jr., presided over the
three-day meeting.
Speaking about his years in the
Virginia legislature, the Honorable
John Warren Cooke was featured at
the Opening Dinner. Sanford Groves,
Director of Public Finance at the
International City
Management
Association in Washington,
DC,
explained to members how to
determine the financial status of their
perspective localities to see if their
locality was headed for long term debt
or if it was financially healthy. He used
several indicators to evaluate a
locality's status.
O. Wendell White, Hampton City
Manager and a member of the ICMA
Horizons Committee, told participants
about his tenure on the Committee and
some of the results of the three-year
study
about the
management
profession. A former city manager and
now a professor/consultant in community development, Fred E. Fisher,
spoke on management styles and
Carolyn O. Marsh, the Director of the
Office of Employee
Relations
Counselors, explained how her office
works with the Governor's Advisory
Council and how managers could use
their services.

During the Business Session on
Friday afternoon. Cole Hendrix,
Southeast Regional ICMA Vice
President, informed members of
organizational changes in the ICMA
office. The Minority Placement
Program, the only one of its kind in the
public sector, will now be on a selfsupporting basis. Without annual
contributions, the program will be
discontinued. He also requested
comments from Virginia managers on
the services of ICMA. Mr. Hendrix will
serve on the ICMA governing board
until the Annual Conference this fall.
Janet Garrett, ICMA Assistant
Project Director for Economic and
Community Development, reviewed
the Small Cities Peer Match Program.
Funded by a grant from HUD, the Peer
Match program provides short-term,
on-site consultant service to managers
with
community
development
problems. A one-day workshop will be
held on July 18 in Charlottesville at the
Ramada
Inn on
Community
Development Block Grants.
Williamsburg City Manager Frank
Force was elected President for 198081. Other officers and the Executive
Committee are featured in the People
column in this issue of TOWN &amp; CITY.
VBOA
In February President Bertoni appointed an Educational Committee to
actively seek the educational needs of
Virginia building officials. The

Committee is composed of C. G.
Cooper, Chairman, D. Paul Jack,
Clarence Diersing, Frank B. Kay, R. A.
Ledbetter, Jr., Erwin S. Jackson and
Emory Rodgers.
After several meetings the Committee decided to develop a training
course with an instructural workbook
on the administration of the Virginia
Uniform Statewide Building Code. The
Committee feels that this course will
benefit many Virginia building officials. The VBOA proposes to contract
with the Virginia Department of
Housing and Community Development
to fund the program.
The Committee is endeavoring to
develop and implement the workshop
prior to the October Conference.
SFCAV
The State Fire Chiefs Executive
Committee met on May 14, 1980. Mr.
R. Michael Amyx, Executive Director
of the VML and Executive Secretary of
the SFCAV, was introduced to the
Executive-Committee.
Legislative Chairman Wes Dolezal
reviewed all the bills of interest to the
fire service that were signed by the
Governor following the adjournment
of the 1980 General Assembly Session.
The Executive Committee adopted
guidelines for honorary membership
and revised the categories of memberships., The membership proposals
will be taken to the full membership
for adoption at the Annual Conference
in July.

�Mayor Spiggle Testifies
Before Congress
Appomattox Mayor Ronald C. Spiggle testified
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee
on Appropriations. His testimony was on behalf of
cities and towns across the nation supporting
adequate funding of Section 201 of the Clean Water
Act. In a question and answer period after the
testimony, Mayor Spiggle also had the opportunity to
expound upon the acute problems faced by small
towns forced to comply with the Clean Water Act.
Mayor Spiggle was accompanied by Appomattox
Town Manager W. R. (Bill) Britton, Jr., VML staff
members Rick Weeks and Brag Bowling and Dennis
Bass of the National League of Cities. The testimony,
presented on May 6, was well received. Below are
excerpts from Mayor Spiggle's speech:

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"Over the last decade, EPA has been given mandates
by Congress in a number of complex and difficult
pollution abatement areas. The National League of
Cities has consistently supported the Administration's
and this subcommittee's efforts in the last few years
to increase funding for federal environmental
programs so that adequate resources are committed
to achieving the legislative mandates for a cleaner,
safer environment.
Even though he was faced with extraordinary
pressures to balance the fiscal 1981 budget, the
President did not recommend any permanent funding
reduction for environmental programs. NEC, in
general, supports the President's request for EPA's
fiscal 1981 budget and is especially concerned that
this subcommittee approve the $3.7 billion level of
funding for the wastewater treatment construction
grant program requested by the President in both his
January budget and in his revised March budget.
The impact of a reduction below the Administration's request will have a magnified effect
through succeeding years. Indications from Congress
that funding for the 201 program will fall or become
unstable will make local governments hesitant to
begin planning and design activities.
The situation is complicated this year by the Administration's proposal to defer further obligations of
FY 1980 funds in order to reduce outlays in FY 1981 by
$95 million. The Administration proposes only a
temporary deferral; EPA will resume obligations of
$400 million FY 1980 funds in September, with the
balance to be 'unfrozen' in fiscal 1981.
Even if the deferral is only temporary, it will have a
severe impact on at least 19 states that are expected
to spend all their FY 1979 funds before September.
But an equal danger is that Congress may convert this
temporary deferral into a permanent reduction by
cutting the FY 1981 appropriation.
In summary, it is evident that the deferral of FY
1980 funds will cause serious dislocations in construction programs in half the states. A reduction in
the FY 1981 appropriation below the $3.7 billion
request will spread the disruption to the other half of
the states in upcoming years.

Mayor Ron Spiggle and Town Manager Bill Britton on the steps of the
Capitol after appearing before the subcommittee.

We believe it is imperative that Congress provide an
adequate appropriation to enable state and local
governments to achieve the mandated goals and
timetables of the federal Clean Water Act. As long as
federal mandates remain in place, the federal
government must continue its assistance to help state
and local governments meet those mandates. The
President has proposed a FY 1981 funding level for
the 201 program that meets this requirement within
the framework of a balanced budget. We hope this
subcommittee will adopt his recommendation."

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                    <text>�Editorial
The Public Works Crisis
Can It Really Be True — t h a t others are
finally discovering what public works
officials have been telling them for
many years? The Urban Institute, a
much-respected Washington based
organization, issued a research report
expressing great concern about the
problems resulting from deferred
maintenance and replacement of
public works facilities in our cities.
Of
course,
the
researchers
studiously avoided using the term
public works. Rather, they referred to
"capital
plant,"
"urban
infrastructure," and "urban capital
stock." But they meant public works.
That's the accepted terminology used
by people working in this field. It's
interesting to note that 25 of the 32
largest cities in the United States have
departments or boards of public works
(or of public service), and that Cincinnati, which is lauded by the Institute for its maintenance and
replacement programs, is one of those
25. Last year at the Congress, Cincinnati's Director of Public Works,
Arthur Bird, was selected as an
Honorary Member by APWA's Institute for Municipal Engineering for
his exemplary work.
A P W A and public works officials
have continually stressed the need for
adequate
maintenance
and
programmed replacement of public
works facilities. But city after city has
deferred maintenance because the
need was not "immediate," and
refused to program
replacement
"because everything is working."
George Peterson of the Urban Institute notes, "Usually the consequences of deferred maintenance
are not immediately visible. They may
not show up for four or six years, which
is a political lifetime." Apparently it's
just too easy for many elected officials
to pawn off these problems on
whoever will be in office a few years
from now.

To address this worsening situation,
the APWA Board of Directors at its
mid-year meeting established a Task
Force on Revenue Shortfall. APWA
also sponsored a special workshop on
politics and professionalism at last
year's Congress to help establish better
communication between public works
and elected officials. But much
remains to be done. The problem
appears to be attracting more atention, but the weeks and months pass by
and each day our old sewers, watermains and streets become older.
In this regard, the United States
Congress also exhibits a lack of understanding and inability to learn from
the past. Federal public works
programs for states and municipalities
are often designed to achieve other
o b j e c t i v e s , s u c h as
alleviating
unemployment. The tail wags the dog.
We must find more effective ways to
convince elected representatives that
public works investments provide the
vital services necessary to sustain
urban life and allow the private sector
to function more efficiently, produce
more goods and employ more people.
Funding public works programs for the
prime objective of putting more
people to work is a band-aid approach
to a problem that requires the
enactment of a sound investment
policy. It's a quick-fix that stresses
short-run objectives. A well-planned,
continuous public works program
would accomplish much more for each
dollar invested. Public works facilities
provide services for people. They are
the life support systems of our cities.
When aging facilities of large corporations become obsolete, they are
usually closed or replaced so they do
not constitute a continuing liability.
For the sake of the people who depend
upon urban communities, we cannot
allow the maintenance of public works
facilities to be deferred much longer.
The problem has already reached crisis

proportions in many areas. If these lifesupport systems fail, business firms
and m a n u f a c t u r i n g plants,
the
lifeblood of the cities will move and
their economies will truly collapse.
This has already happened in some
localities. Will our legislative bodies
act in time?

7
Rodney E. Fleming,
Editor in Chief
apwa reporter
Reprinted with permission of apwa
reporter. Vol. 47, No. 5, May, 1980.

�Virginia
&amp;City
T h e official p u b l i c a t i o n of the Virginia M u n i c i p a l League
Editor

Charlotte Kingery

Associate Editor
Editorial Assistant
Advertising and Business Manager

VOLUME 15

AUGUST 1980

NUMBERS

B r a g d o n R. B o w l i n g , Jr.
M a r g a r e t A. N i c h o l s
Sandra J. Harmon

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R o y H. E r i c k s o n
R. M i c h a e l A m y x

O f f i c e r s : First V i c e P r e s i d e n t , H a r o l d S, A t k i n s o n ; S e c o n d
V i c e President, R a y m o n d
F, R a t c l i f f e ; T h i r d
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Francis T West
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his/her p e r f o r m a n c e . "

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" T h e p r o g r a m gives y o u t h in O v e r l a n d P a r k ,

K a n s a s a c h a n c e to s t a r t o v e r . "

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75th Anniversary Conference Information

75th V M L C o n f e r e n c e
September 2 8 - 3 0 , 1 9 8 0
Marriott Twin Bridges, Arlington C o u n t y

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�Newport News Adopts Innovative Pay Plan
The Newport News City Council has
adopted an innovative pay plan whch
became effective last month on July 1,
1980. This different approach to the
traditional pay plan for public employees attempts to provide the
following objectives:
• Compensation for positions which
are reasonably competitive with
the labor markets to which the
City must go when recruiting and
hiring employees;
• Equitable compensation for the
individual
employee
by
establishing a mechanism for
placing him/her within the salary
range at a point that reflects the
employee's level of performance.
• Progression through a salary range
that is based on level of performance rather than length of
service; and
• Ladders for employee progression
to higher pay and more responsible positions with the City.
Under the new plan, each salary
range has up to 3 sub-ranges defined as
follows:
A. Entry rate or range. This is the salary
level for employees who meet the
minimum qualifications for the
position. This rate, or range, is used
for orientation, training and job
development. An employee at this
rate or range is expected to
satisfactorily perform some of the
routine duties of the position. Work
is generally performed under close
supervision.
B. Job range. This is the salary level for
employees who are performing the
duites of the job at a satisfactory or
better level. The job range consists
of identified steps or a merit range.
An employee is eligible for a step or
merit increase within the job range
when he attains and sustains a
higher, more difficult level of
performance. Normally, the first
step in the job range indicates the
employee is satisfactorily performing the routine tasks of the
position under close supervision.
The top step indicates the employee is more than satisfactorily
performing the most difficult work
of the position under general
supervision. Steps or merit rates
between will reflect the levels of
difficulty and performance and the
amount of supervision received.
(Specific guidelines will be drafted
for each structure.)

C. Incentive rate. This is the salary
level for employees who perform
the most complex work of the
position under little supervision and
who have a long record of outstanding job performance. Incentive rates are not used for
designated training level positions.
Hiring
An applicant who meets all the
qualifications for the position is
employed at the first step in the salary
range.
An employee who substantially
exceeds the minimum qualifications
for the position may be employed at
up to 2 steps (10%) above the entry
rate upon the approval of the Personnel Administrator. Approval of the
City Manager is required to offer a
higher starting salary. (The City
Manager may give blanket approval
for higher starting rates for certain
positions.)
An employee who does not meet the
stated minimum qualifications or
equivalent may not be hired in that
position unless a special exception is
granted by the City Manager. In cases
where a qualified applicant cannot be
recruited for a vacancy, the position
may be underfilled as approved by the
Personnel Administrator.
Promotion, Demotion, Transfer
Generally, when an employee is
promoted, demoted or transferred to
another position, the employee's
salary will be determined on the basis
of qualification for the position. No
employee will be promoted, demoted
or transferred to a position when he
does not meet or exceed the stated
minimum qualifications for that
position. Therefore, the salary of
employees placed in another position
will be determined individually.
Guidelines are given, however, for
promotions through a recognized
position structure. An employee
promoted from a training level
position to the next level will receive a
promotional increase to the minimum
of the new range or a one step increase
if the ranges overlap (or 5% if in the
merit range). An employee promoted
to a senior or supervisory level
position will receive a two step
promotional increase (or 10% if in the
merit range).
Administrative Promotion
When a position has been
designated as a training level or is used
for underfilling a budgeted position.

the incumbent
may be administratively promoted to the
budgeted position when he meets the
qualifications for the budgeted position and had demonstrated satisfactory performance. This action is not
considered a bona fide job opening
and is processed without posting and
recruiting.
The basis of this pay plan is paying
equitable, competitive rates for the
level of work performed. Automatic
awarding of salary increases is
eliminated. Supervisors will be given
the additional responsibility of
counseling employees on what they
must achieve to be eligible for an
increase.
Amount of Increase
An increase of up to two steps (10%)
in the job rate range may be approved
by the Personnel Administrator. Increases exceeding two steps or 10%, or
those to the incentive rate, must be
approved by the City Manager.
Performance Increases
A Eligibility for a salary increase
An employee is placed at the
salary step or area in a range that
reflects the level of work performed. To be eligible for a salary
increase, the employee must attain
and sustain a significantly higher
level of work, supported by
satisfactory or better general job
performance. There is no set interval for increase eligibility but the
following guidelines give the usual
minimum intervals between increases:
Other levels, after the first 6-12
months in a position and
thereafter 12-18 months (in nontraining level positions, it normally takes this long to achieve
and maintain a higher level of
work). Exception may be made to
these minimum guidelines in
unusual circumstances
as
recommended by the Personnel
Administrator and approved by
the City Manager.
An employee who is consistently performing below the
level required at his salary rate
may be demoted, terminated, or
receive a salary reduction to the
proper level depending upon the
operating requirements of the
department. Any such action must
have the prior approval of the
Personnel Administrator and the
City Manager.

�Comparison of Current and Proposed Pay Plan
Hourly Structure
The following comparisons are made between the current Pay Plan and the proposed one assuming proposed policy revisions.

1. Length of range
2. Years to progress through a range

3. Number of steps
4. Differential
ranges

between

steps

and

Current
Pay Plan

Proposed
Pay Plan

46%

Approximately 16-27% progression
dependent upon level of work performed, ability and performance. Normal anticipated progression In training
levels is 1-2 years. Normal anticipated
progression in other positions is 3-5
years.

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4 or 5 In grades 1-12. Open ranges In
grades 13-18.

5%

Flat rate Increases between steps with
progressively larger increases between
steps.
Approximately $1000-$1500 incentive
rate.

3% in the Longevity rates
5. Criteria for step increases

Length
of
performance

service/Satisfactory

6. Time requirement for Step increase
eligibility

6 months in Step A
1 year In Steps B-F
2, 3, or 4 years in the longevity steps

7. Eligibility for promotion from a
training position to the next higher
level

No specific provision. Promoted when
vacancy exists or upon special exception. Some employees remain In training level positions long after qualification.

8. Promotional salary increase

Normally 5% in overlapping ranges

9. Overlap between ranges

Overlap for 5 ranges

Level of work performed and general
performance.
There is no established time Interval
between increases. Eligibility for a
salary increase is dependent on an
employee's substantially Increased
productivity or efficiency or the
employee achieving a higher degree of
skill or expertise.
Any such increase must be supported
by a satisfactory or better performance evaluation. Minimum
guidelines for increased performance
are:
trainee position-6-12 months
other positions-12-18 months
Incentive Rate-at least 24 months;
exceptions may be made in unusual
cases.
Training positions are so designated.
An employee in a training status may
be administratively promoted when he
meets the qualifications of the higher
position and has demonstrated the
ability to perform at that level.
Normally 1 step (approximately 5%)
from training level to next higher level.
With the overlap minimized, this could
be 2 steps (approximately 10%) for
employees who progress faster. Promotions to senior or supervisory levels
will be 2 steps (approximately 10%) in
recognition of greater responsibility.
Overlap for 2 ranges.

�The proposed system offers the
following advantages in addition to
those previously stated.

trainee is rarely productive, the
City invests in training programs
and e x p e r i e n c e d
employees'
productivity may be lessened
when assigned to training new
employees. Once trained, it is
desirable to retain the qualified
employees to recoup the investment made in training. If the
City is unable to retain such
employees, not only has the investment in training been lost, but
the same investment in training a
replacement must be made.

1. More competitive starting salaries
should enable the City to attract
more qualified applicants, particularly for skilled positions.
2. More competitive job rates, the
ability to progress through a range
more quickly and the increased
chance for promotion
should
enable the City to retain qualified,
experienced
employees
and
should promote employee morale
and incentive.
3. Basing progression on level of
work performed and general job
performance should also promote
employee morale and incentive.
4. The proposed rate structure and
policies are realistic and in the
competitive area.

although it will probably not be
realized during the first year.
Further, qualified employees will
reach the maximum rate sooner,
with no further eligibility for step
increases.
• Recent practice has been to make
an annual 5 % adjustment in
salaries. The proposed plan would
allow an annual adjustment based
on competitive market conditions.
This will reduce the tendency to
give step increases as a substitute
for
cost-of-living
adjustments.
Further, the current system has
awarded average annual increases
of approximately 1 0 % combining
general adjustments and step
increases. Depending, of course,
on competitive market increases,
this may be more than necessary.
•Realistic pay scales will not
overpay employees in certain
positions as is now the case.

•Attracting and retaining qualified
employees should result in increased efficiency. Over a period
of time this could reduce the
number of employees assigned to
some operations or minimize
projected increases or it could
allow undertaking more projects
without substantially increasing
the work force.

While initial implementation of this
plan will generally increase payroll
costs by 8 % , proper administration
can decrease costs in the long run as
follows:

•The current system allows a 5 %
annual increase for most employees without requiring work at
a higher level of skill or expertise.
The proposed system would base
increases on performance and
would
eliminate
automatic
eligibility for increases. Properly
administered this should result in
decrease
in step
increases.

•Attracting and retaining qualified
employees saves training costs
and time. While training is
necessary and desirable, an improper balance of trainees is
counter-productive. The
new

EDITOR'S NOTE:
City staff having a key role in
developing
the program are Randy
Hildebrandt, Assistant City Manager,
and j.T. Reynolds, Personnel Director.

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Appointments
Richard A. Arbore, Assistant Administrator for Stafford County, has
been appointed City Manager of
Manassas Park. Mr. Arbore joined
Stafford County in 1973. The Town of
Cape Charles appointed Charles Sadler
Town Manger.
Suzanne C. Manzo was appointed
Director of the Department of
Manpower Services for Fairfax County.
Serving as acting director since March,
Ms. Manzo began working with the
County in 1976 as a Manpower
Specialist. Prior to joining Fairfax
County, she was a social services
counselor with several military service
agencies and was affiliated with the
Department of Social Services in
Dallas, Texas. Ms. Manzo holds
degrees from Indiana University and
State University in New York.
Purcellville named John Kelly to fill
a vacancy with the Town's Police
Department. Mr. Kelly was previously
affiliated with Applied Graphics
Corporation in Maryland and served
with the military police of the U.S.
Army.
Bruce R. Clark was promoted to
Assistant Transportation Planning
Engineer with the Virginia Department
of Highways and Transportation. A
native of Charlottesville, he received
an engineering degree from VPI &amp; SU
and holds a graduate degree from
Georgia Institute of Technology.
Thomas D. Blanchard, Jr. was named
Manager of the Norfolk Department of
Development. A native of Tidewater,
Virginia, Mr. Blanchard joined the City
of Norfolk's staff in 1976 as an
Economic Development Coordinator
and has had primary responsibility for
many economic development projects
over the last several years. He holds a
graduate degree from Old Dominion
University and is active in the National
Council for Urban and Economic
Development and the Norfolk
Chamber of Commerce.
Ernest W. Duncan was appointed by
Gordonsville Town Council to fill the
unexpired term of Councilman O.B.
Omohundro, Jr. An employee of the
federal government, Mr. Duncan will
serve until June 30,1982.
Honors
Mr. C. Oral Lambert, Jr., Director of
Public Works for the City of Virginia

Beach, has been elected to serve as a
Director of the Virginia/District of
Columbia/Maryland Chapter of the
American Public Works Association.
Mr. Lambert is a career employee with
the City of Virginia Beach, having been
in public service since 1961. In addition to other positions served during
his tenure, he was director of general
services from 1976 through October
1979, at which time he was appointed
director of the Department of Public
Works where he currently serves.
Hampton City Manager O. Wendell
White was elected President of the
Virginia Chapter of the
American
Society of Public Administration and
VML Deputy Director Bradley K.
Harmes was elected to the Board.
ASPA also presented Ann H. Kilgore,
Hampton
C o u n c i I w o m a n,
a
meritorious service award for her
contributions in the field of public
service while a member of city council
for 21 years, including 12 years as
mayor. Mrs. Kilgore also served on the
Virginia Municipal League Executive
Committee, including holding the
office of President.

Shockley attended Paul D. Camp
Community College and is a graduate
of VPI&amp;SU in Forestry and Urban
Studies. He has plans to attend Old
Dominion University, seeking a
masters of public administration
degree. Mr. Shockley had been with
Boykins since 1977.
John Spita, Covington City Manager,
resigned his post in July. Mr. Spita
succeeded Robert W. Herbert as the
chief administrative officer.
Deaths
Thomas Edward (Bunk) Wilson, a
former Crewe Town Councilman, died
June 25, 1980. Mr. Wilson owned and
operated a Crewe theatre and served
on the Town Council during two
different periods, with a total service
of more than 12 years. The Virginia
Municipal League expresses sincere
sympathy to his wife, Mrs. Mildred W.
Wilson, and his family.

Retirements
C.F. Wilkinson, Jr., Director of
Public Works for the City of Richmond, retired July 11, 1980. He had
been associated with the City for 28
years, the last 10 year as Director of
Public Works. A native of Chesterfield
County, he is a graduate of VPI&amp;SU.
During his tenure, Mr. Wilkinson
reorganized the Bureau of Engineering
and helped to oversee the construction
of Richmond's Coliseum, City Hall, the
Library expansion and improvements
to the airport terminal.
Bedford City Police Chief M.T.
Harrison, III will retire on August 29.
Chief Harrison has held his post for the
past twnety years.
Richmond City Attorney Conard B.
Mattox, Jr. submitted his resignation
on July 14, 1980. A city employee for
24 years, Mr. Mattox has been city
attorney since1967.

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Council Changes
Franklin City Councilman William
Rhodes, Jr. resigned from Council. His
term would have expired on June 30,
1982.

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Resignations
Boykins Town Manager Barry
Shockley resigned June 30, 1980. Mr.

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�Places
Wytheville—The official Town seal
has been selected and the winning
design was submitted by the late Mrs.
Tommie Jones.
Buena Vista—City Council accepted a
grant of $2,000 to rehabilitate the Old
Courthouse. The money provides the
City with their 50 percent share of a
matching grant from the National
Trust for H istoric Preservation.
Vienna — T h e Town received a Certificate
of Conformance for
its
comprehensive annual financial report
for fiscal year 1979. The Municipal
Finance Officers Association created
the certificate to constitute the highest
form of recognition in the area of
governmental
accounting
and
financial reporting.
Bedford — C i t y Council learned that its
application for a Community Block
Grant has been approved by the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development. The grant, totalling $1.5
million, is to be distributed at three

separate intervals and will help to
upgrade housing, construct a sheltered
workshop, a sewage pump station,
sidewalks and other community improvements.
Falls Church — T h e City may construct
the first cooperatively owned public
housing project in Northern Virginia
and one of the few such housing
developments in the country. Falls
Church Planner Claudia Auburn said
staff is investigating the possibility of
building as many as 24 garden apartments and a housing project shared
with Fairfax County. The project would
be run by the Fairfax County
Redevelopment
and
Flousing
Authority and funding would come
from federal housing and urban
development grants. The planning
commission has recommended the
project because of the need for low- to
moderate-income housing, primarily
for families with children.

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Richmond—Frank McNally, Assistant
to the City Manager for Public Information, announced that the City's
Public Information Office received
four awards for Comunications Excellence in the "Best in Virginia
Awards," an annual tommunications
awards program sponsored by the
Tidewater, Richmond and Shenandoah
Chapters
of
the
International
Association
of
Business
Communicators. The City's Public Information Office received awards in
the audio visual, multi-media and slide
sound categories.

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�Commentary
Virginia Creates a Commission on Local Government
By Marcia S. Mashaw
Virginia's Commission on Local
Government, a creation of the 1979
legislative
compromise
that
culminated more than a decade of
debate on annexation policy, began
formal operations on January 1 , 1980.
Under Chapter 85 of the 1979 Acts of
the General Assembly, annexation
disputes and related matters will
continue to be heard by a special
three-judge court when litigated;
however, new procedures require that
all proposed local boundary changes
be reviewed by the Commission before
any court action is taken. By providing
a mechanism for negotiation and
cooperation between local governments, legislators hoped to alleviate
the need for judicial resolution of
boundary
disputes.
Further, they
hoped to curtail the political and
financial costs that such actions incur.
For example, localities involved in
twelve annexation suits initiated in
Virginia between 1965 and 1971 spent
a total of about $7 million in litigation
lasting from two to nine years.
Virginia scholars and legislators
considered the creation of a local
government commission for several
years prior to its official establishment. In his 1967 study, Annexation in
Virginia, Chester W. Bain suggested
that such a permanent body be
created to make continuing studies of
local government problems and to provide assistance to the courts in annexation proceedings.
Similarly,
the
Virginia Metropolitan Areas Study
Commission (the Hahn Commission), in
its 1967 report to the governor and the
General Assembly, formally recommended that a commission on local
government be established, as did the
Commission on Constitutional Revision in 1969.
Although the Commission on CityCounty
Relationships (the Stuart
Commission) in the mid-1970's decided
not to recommend the creation of an
administrative body to assist annexation courts, the idea continued to

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ms. Mashaw is affiliated with the
Institute of Government at the
University of Virginia.

attract support. In connection with its
effort to revise the annexation
statutes, the House Committee on
Counties, Cities, and Towns included
in 1978 a provision in House Bill 603
(passed by the General Assembly in
1979) that established the Commission
on Local Government. In part, this
action was in response to a recommendation made to the committee by
the Virginia Municipal League (VML)
and Virginia Association of Counties
(VACO) joint Task Force on Annexation, a group that was formed in
1977 in an effort to break the impasse
between municipalities and counties
on boundary change issues.
The Commission on Local Government is charged with the responsibility
of reviewing petitions and proposals
for annexations, immunity of county
areas from city-initiated annexation,
incorporation of towns, transition of
towns and counties to city status, and
v o l u n t a r y boundary
adjustments
between jurisdictions. When investigating these matters, the Commission is required to hold public
hearings, analyze local needs, submit
factual reports and make recommendations pertaining to possible
resolution of the issues. Written
reports of the Commission's findings
are admissible as evidence in any
subsequent court proceeding.
If
requested, the Commission also will
review proposed economic growthsharing agreements among
local
governments.
In addition, either prior or subsequent to filing an annexation or
partial immunity suit, any county, city,
or town may notify the Commission
that it wishes to negotiate
an
agreement with one or more adjacent
jurisdictions. The Commission may
serve as a m e d i a t o r
in
such
negotiations, and the Commission's
staff and resources will be available to
the affected political subdivisions as
they a t t e m p t to resolve their
diferences relative to annexation or
partial immunity. These negotiations
cannot continue for more than one
year, unless the parties agree otherwise; moreover, the Commission can
terminate the negotiations prior to
that time if it finds, after a hearing.

that three months have passed with no
substantial progress toward settlement.
Members of the Commission, who
are appointed by the governor and
confirmed by the General Assembly,
serve staggered terms and may not
hold any other elective or appointive
public office during their tenure on the
body.
Among
the
primary
qualifications for appointment are an
individual's knowledge of and experience in local government. After
receiving suggestions from spokesmen
for county and municipal governments. Governor Dalton appointed to
the Commission
former
Henrico
County manager Edward A. Beck,
chairman; A. George Cook, I I I , former
city councilman in Alexandria; Billy W.
Frazier, former chairman of the Scott
County Board of Supervisors; Wendell
D. Hensley, former member of the
Montgomery
County
Board
of
Supervisors; and William S. Hubard,
former city councilman in Roanoke.
The legislature appropriated $250,000
for the Commission for the 1980-82
biennium, a sum expected to support a
three-person staff and its activities.
Research assistance from other state
agencies
is anticipated as well.
Commission meetings are held at its
offices in Suite 507, Heritage Building,
1001 East Main Street, Richmond.
Whether Virginia's new Commission
on Local Government will prove to be
the positive force that its creators
envisioned remains to be seen.
However, the Commission will benefit
at the outset from firm executive and
legislative support, the endorsement of
both VML and V A C O , and the board
experience of its appointees. Certainly
a significant contribution will be made
by the Commission if it can successfully mediate local government
boundary disputes and thus reduce the
stress and costs associated with court
battles of the past.

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Honorable Alan A. Diamonstein is the Monday luncheon
speaker and manufacturers and firms w\\\e exhibiting
again this year.

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Local Government Attorneys Summer
Conference,
August
17, 1980,
Charlottesville, V i r g i n i a .
Contact
Lillian R. BeVier, 207 Minor Hall,
Institute of Government, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville,
Virginia
22903.
Virginia Civil Defense Association,
September 10-12, 1980, Holiday Inn
1776, Williamsburg, Virginia.
VML 75th Annual Conference, September 28-30,1980, Twin Bridges Marriott, Arlington County, Virginia.
Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police, August 17-20, 1980, Sherator-

Fredericksburg
Virginia.

Inn,

Fredericksburg,

"Wood As a Commercial Energy
Source," October 1-2, Airport Holiday
Inn, Richmond. Contact The Virginia
Cooperative Extension Service, V P I &amp;
SU, Blacksburg 24061.
Virginia Building Officials Association,
O c t o b e r 1 9 - 2 2 , 1980, SheratorFredericksburg Inn, Fredericksburg,
Virginia.
National
League
of
Cities
Congressional Cities
Conference,
November 29-December 3, 1980,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Conference on
Housing Costs
The State Board of Housing and
Community Development is sponsoring a statewide conference on
housing costs October 14-15, 1980 at
the Holiday Inn, 6531 W. Broad Street,
Richmond. The purpoe of the meeting
is to analyze the high costs of housing
production and identify steps that can
stabilize or reduce these costs. Participation is being solicited from State
and local o f f i c i a l s ,
developers,
planners and managers of land use and
development policy, manufacturers
and citizens. For further information
contact Margaret Nichols at 804/6498471.

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�City Tries
New Youth Offender Program
By Christine C. Lewis
Johnson County, Kansas is a part of
the Kansas City, Missouri metropohtan
area blessed with fine schools,
progressive government and aboveaverage wealth. Unfortunately,
Johnson County also has a problem
common to many jurisdictions: increasing numbers of young offenders,
which in turn create a growing case
load for the Johnson County Juvenile
Court. Nearly 6,000 young people were
arrested in 1978 and 1979, resulting in
more than 8,000 referrals for the court.
This procedure follows tradition
throughout the country. But in
Johnson County, a new program
initiated by its largest city. Overland
Park, promises to lighten the county's
case load and provide young offenders
with benefits such as guidance,
educational services and, most important, an alternative to the court
system.

"The program gives
youth a chance
to start over."
The "Youth Diversion Program" is
the brainchild of Overland Park Mayor
Ben Sykes, who was concerned with
the growing numbers of juvenile offenders in Overland Park and Johnson
County. In 1977, he appointed a
steering committee to work out a
model program which would give
young offenders a chance to start over
by repaying their victims, working with
school and court officials on the
reasons why they committed the crime
and diverting young people from the
court process. The program also offers
local services usually provided by an
overloaded county court system.
The original steering committee was
comprised of representatives from the
fields of education, law enforcement,
child psychiatry and juvenile justice.
After months of meetings, trips to
monitor programs in other cities and
research on juvenile delinquency, the
committee hammered out a community corrections program that
would involve the cooperation of the
city of Overland Park, its citizens and
police department, the Johnson
County Juvenile Court, the district
attorney and the Shawnee Mission
School District. The program became
the Overland Park Youth Diversion
Program.

The Youth Diversion Program serves
a variety of young people and their
parents. Though the bulk of referrals
are youths who have been apprehended by the police, runaways
and truants are also common clients.
Teenagers who are having adjustment
problems at home or in school qualify
for the program as well. In most cases,
the youth referred to the program will
meet with the Youth Diversion intake
officer, who will outline the program
for the youth and his or her parents.
The program is strictly voluntary.

"The selling point
of Youth Diversion
is the outcome."
When a crime is involved, the intake
officer explains the options available
(dismissal, adjudication or diversion).
If the juvenile agrees to participate,
the officer discusses with the youth the
details of the case and prepares a
report for the district attorney, who
decides if the case will go through the
formal court process or be referred to
the Youth Diversion Programs. For
many, the program's best selling point
is the outcome. Young offenders who
participate satisfactorily in the
program will have no formal court
record of their offense.
The Youth Diversion Program is
comprised
of
community
accountability Boards (CAB), individual
and family counseling, social skill
training, educational services and
parent education.
Juveniles apprehended by police for
a property offense have the opportunity to go before a community
accountability board. The CAB is
made up of Overland Park residents
trained in corrections procedures,
including the juvenile code and appropriate options for restitution
contracts. Out of 65 volunteers, three
or four sit as a CAB panel each
hearing.
When a case is referred to the CAB,
a staff person interviews the youth,
parents, victim and arresting officer.
As much information as possible is
gathered about the case, including the
dollar amount of damage. The panel
reviews the report and talks to the
young person and his or her parents.
When the CAB panel reaches a
decision, a restitution contract is

written and signed by the youth,
parents and staff. Contracts may include monetary restitution, community service or both. Payments are
made to the victim through the Youth
Diversion office. (A major beneficiary
has been the Shawnee Mission School
District, which often receives
restitution for vandalism in local
schools.) Required community sevice
time may be completed at work sites
throughout the city which have been
developed by the staff. During the
program's first year approximately
$3,000 was repaid to victims and 940
hours of community service time were
donated.
Counseling is offered to Youth
Diversion participants on an individual
and family basis. A social skill training
program provided for adolescents
consists of ten 90-minute group
sessions conducted by a trained leader
and an assistant, using a model
developed by researchers at the
University of Kansas. The focus is on
teaching appropriate social interactional skills and communication
techniques.
Many school-related services are
also an integral part of the Youth
Diversion Program. During the school
year, the staff keeps in contact with
school personnel to monitor a youth's
situation and progress. School
problems may relate to lack of
motivation or specific learning
disabilities, and students in the Youth
Diversion Program are eligible for
screening for learning disabilities with
their parents' consent. The screening
instrument was developed by the
Institute for Research and Learning
Disabilities at the University of Kansas.
If waranted, additional evaluation is
done through the Shawnee Mission
School District.
The Youth Diversion Program also
offers support and direction to parents
of teenagers who run away, use drugs
or break the law. A program called
"Responsive Parenting" teaches adults
how to deal effectively with
adolescent problems through the use
of
behavioral
management
techniques. Parents learn how to
define objectionable
behavior,
measure It and develop ways to bring
about positive change In their children.
The overall goals of the Youth
Diversion Program are to reduce the
number of cases referred to Juvenile
Court, shorten the time between offense and disposition and provide
constructive alternatives to young
people and their families, based on the
belief that increased concern for
juvenile offenders will benefit the
youth as well as the community.
Parents and 76 juveniles who went
through the CAB process in the first

�year of the program w e r e surveyed,
and 96 percent gave a favorable
response. T h e y were also asked about
the restitution contract.
Ninety-six
percent of the parents said the contract w a s fair, and 94 percent of the
youths agreed.
In 1 9 7 9 , t h e r e c i d i v i s m r a t e f o r
y o u t h s in J o h n s o n C o u n t y , K a n s a s w a s
3 7 . 8 % . T h e r a t e f o r a l l p a r t i c i p a n t s in
the Y o u t h
D i v e r s i o n p r o g r a m (inc l u d i n g r u n a w a y s , d r u g users, o t h e r
c r i m e s ) w a s little less, 3 3 . 3 % . T h e r a t e
for t h o s e w h o c o m m i t t e d a c r i m e
against property a n d went through the
Youth
Diversion
community
accountability board process w a s only
1 7 . 6 % . T h o u g h t h e r e a r e no p r i o r y e a r
s t a t i s t i c s w i t h w h i c h to c o m p a r e t h e s e ,
t h e l o w n u m b e r of r e p e a t o f f e n d e r s of
community
accountability
board
participants does seem significant.
An immense a m o u n t of planning
a n d r e s e a r c h h a s b r o u g h t a b o u t this
exemplary program, and numerous
agencies,
funding
resources and
employing
entities
have
worked
t o g e t h e r t o m a k e it a s u c c e s s . I t Is t h a t
spirit of c o o p e r a t i o n f r o m t h e c o u r t
system, the school district, the district
a t t o r n e y , t h e c i t y a n d its c i t i z e n s t h a t
w i l l c o n t i n u e t o m a k e it f l o u r i s h .
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INSURANCE POOL
IMPLEMENTED
The
workmen's
compensation
Insurance pooling program sponsored
by t h e V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
League
received approval from the State
Bureau
of
Insurance
to
begin
operations July 1 , 1 9 8 0 . T h e initial
f u n d c o n t a i n s $ 7 2 9 , 0 0 0 in p r e m i u m
f r o m 1 0 l o c a l i t i e s . P a r t i c i p a n t s in t h e
pool Include A l e x a n d r i a City School
Board,
Chesapeake
City
School
Board,
City
of M a r t i n s v i l l e a n d
School Board, Prince George County
a n d S c h o o l B o a r d , T o w n of K e n b r i d g e , T o w n of K e y s v i l l e , S h e n a n doah County a n d T o w n of V i e n n a .
H a l l Risk M a n a g e m e n t S e r v i c e s is
establishing a R i c h m o n d office to
handle claims administration. Local
governments,
school
boards
and
other
political
subdivisions
are
eligible to join the program at a n y
t i m e . If t h e r e n e w a l d a t e o n y o u r
w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n c o v e r a g e is
approaching, y o u are encouraged to
c o n s i d e r p a r t i c i p a t i o n in t h e V i r g i n i a
Municipal
Croup
Self
Insurance
Association.
The Members' Supervisory Board
held their Initial meeting on J u l y 1 1 ,
1980. C h a r l e s A . R o b i n s o n , J r . , M a y o r
of t h e T o w n of V i e n n a , w a s e l e c t e d
chairman.
Other
board
members
include
Francis
T.
West,
Coun-

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Hedrick,
County
Administrator,
Prince
George
County,
a n d R.
Michael Amyx, Executive Director,
V M L . A m e e t i n g f o r a l l p a r t i c i p a n t s In
the V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l G r o u p S e l f
I n s u r a n c e A s s o c i a t i o n w i l l be h e l d o n
Monday September 29, 1980 during
the A n n u a l V M L C o n f e r e n c e a t t h e
Marriott
Twin
Bridges
Hotel
in
Arlington County. Additional officers
w i l l be e l e c t e d a t t h a t t i m e . If y o u
h a v e a n y q u e s t i o n s a b o u t t h e Insurance
program,
please
contact
J o s e p h K e e n e , H a l l Risk M a n a g e m e n t
Services,
(Richmond
office),
at
804/285-8526
(Suite 130, Jefferson
Building, 8100 Three Chopt Road,
R i c h m o n d , 23288) or B r a d l e y H a r m e s
at the League office.

Fairfax
County — M o b i l e
home
residents will have an opportunity to
p a r t i c i p a t e in a d e m o n s t r a t i o n f i r e
s a f e t y p r o g r a m . A p p r o x i m a t e l y 2,300
m o b i l e h o m e residents w i l l be o f f e r e d
a f r e e s m o k e d e t e c t o r If t h e y a g r e e
either to request a fire survey of their
h o m e s or a t t e n d a o n e hour l e c t u r e
p r e s e n t a t i o n o n fire s a f e t y . T h e C o u n t y
r e c e i v e d a $ 5 , 0 0 0 grant f r o m t h e U . S .
D e p a r t m e n t of H o u s i n g a n d U r b a n
D e v e l o p m e n t to fund the detectors.

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�The Mayors at the VML Convention, 1931
75th Anniversary Conference in
Arlington County
September 28-30,1980

�Keynote Speaker—Governor John N. Dalton
On Monday, September 28, the VML
Conference delegates will have an
opportunity to listen to Governor John
N. Dalton. He is a graduate from the
College of William &amp; Mary and
following his service in the U.S. Army,
he received a J.D. Degree from the Law
School of the University of Virginia.
From 1957 until he became Governor
in 1978, he practiced law in Radford,
Virginia.
Mr. Dalton's political career began
with his election to the House of
Delegates in 1965. Reelected three
times, he served on major committees
of the House of Delegates including
Appropriations as well as the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council. He was
elected to the State Senate in 1972.
Among
his
legislative
accomplishments.
Governor
Dalton
served on the Court Systems Study
Commission and was chief patron of
the legislation which reorganized the

court system of Virginia.
John Dalton was elected Lt.
Governor of Virginia in November
1973 and a year later was chosen by
Time magazine as one of the 200
young leaders in America. He served as
Vice Chairman of the National Conference of Lt. Governors in 1976-77.
Among his honors. Governor Dalton
has served on the Board of Directors of
the
William
&amp; Mary
Alumni
Association and was Vice President of
the Board in 1966. In 1974, he received
the William &amp; Mary Alumni Medallion.
He has also received honorary doctoral degrees from the College of
William &amp; Mary, Virginia
Union
University, Virginia State University
and Bridgewater College.
The Virginia Municipal
League
cordially welcomes Governor Dalton
as the keynote speaker of the 75th
Anniversary Conference

Luncheon Speaker—Neal R. Peirce
He is the author of the only weekly
column on state and local government
themes of federal relations. Since his
column commenced in March 1975,
Mr. Neal Peirce's remarks have appeared in over 150 newspapers. It is
presently
syndicated
by
the
Washington Post Writers Group.
He is the founder and presently the
contributing editor of the National
Journal, Mr. Peirce has been a lecturer
on governmental, urban, state-local
affairs, environmental and
social
issues for government, business and
academic groups. He has appeared at
the conferences of the National
Governor's Association, the National
Conference of State Legislators, the
National Municipal League and the
National Association of Counties,
among others. He has appeared on
television's Meet the Press, Today
Show, CBS Morning News and the

MacNeil/Lehrer Report. He has been a
consultant and commentator on the
national elections for CBS and NBC
News.
Mr. Peirce is a Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of Princeton University and
served as political editor for the
Congressional Quarterly. He was a
fellow with the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars in
Washington, D C . and is listed in Who's
Who in America.
He is the author of a set of nine
books on "People, Politics and Power"
in each of the 50 states. In connection
with the project, he traveled to all 50
states and conducted some 1,500
interviews with leaders in government,
politics, business and labor
You are cordially invited to hear Mr.
Neal R. Pierce during
Monday's
luncheon.

Banquet Feature—Dan Ruskin
Senator Howard Baker describes
Dan Ruskin's, entertainment act as
"the fastest, brightest and most
musical set I have ever seen!" and the
New York Times calls Dan Ruskin
"Charming. . .". This much talked
about man is the entertainment for the
75th Anniversary Banquet on Tuesday,
September 30.
His list of professional credits isimpressive. He spent five years with
the "Get Smart" TV show starring Don
Adams and was the writer for major
night club and television commedians.
At one point in his life he was
Associate Professor of Drama at Clark

College in Iowa.
Mr. Ruskin has also performed at the
White House and the Embassies of
Great Britian, the Soviet Union, The
United Arab
Republic,
France,
Argentina and West Germany. He has
appeared at such night clubs as the
Waldorf Astoria, New York Hilton,
Washington's Shoreham Hotel, London's Stork Club and the Rainbow
Room in the Rockefeller Center. His
most recent film is Woody AJlen's
Academy Award winner Annie Hall in
which he is a political satirist. Conference delegates will recognize his
familiar voice and face from radio and
TV commercials.

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CANCELLATIONS
Cancellations of prepaid or advance registrations will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Friday,
September 26,1980. Telephone cancellations must be followed by a letter of confirmation.
MEALS
All meal functions will be ticketed events. An exchange coupon for the Tuesday banquet is
included in "package" registration or "Tuesday only" registration. All breakfasts and the
Monday Luncheon are optional events. Tickets may be included in your preregistration
package. Since only a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase during the
conference, you are encouraged to preregister for the meal functions.
IMPORTANT
Registration forms should be forwarded to the designated official in your locality. That
person should forward all advance registrations and payments to the League office to
insure that you receive the proper rate and there is no duplication.

CELEBRATE

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VML Celebrates 75 Years of Building
Better Government for Virginians.

�PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28
11:00a.m.
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— Community Development
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— Environmental Quality
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— Transportation

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REGISTRATION &amp; EXHIBITS

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Town of McKenney, Virginia. Duties include
operation and maintenance of a 100,000
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Mostly reports and lab work, background in
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Criminal Justice or related areas in Social Sciences
and graduation from FBI National Academy
required. Closing date is August 29. For application contact Personnel Office, 10455 Armstrong Street, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, 703/3857860.
Town Administrator
Town of Grundy, Buchanan County. Applicants
must have experience in an administrative
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needed. Salary Negotiable. Please send complete
resume, salary history and professional references
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Virginia, 14614.

Roanoke Chief
President of SFCAV
Roanoke Fire Chief Carl C. Holt was
elected President of the State Fire
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Association's
50th
Anniversary
Conference. York County Fire Chief
Wallace J . Robertson was elected First
Vice President and Henrico County
Fire Chief Walter R. Stickel was
elected Second Vice President.
The
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James W. Epperly, Roanoke County
Fire Chief
Robert
N. Monroe,
Chesterfield County Assistant Fire
Chief F. Wesley Dolezal, Fairfax
County Fire/Rescue Deputy Director
Alfred A. Savia and Augusta County
Fire Chief Ronnie B. Carber.
Harry T. Gladding, Jr., Fire Chief of
Tappahannock
Volunteer
Fire
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Executive
Committee
as Past
President. The Association has over
300 members and is an affiliate of the
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They've done it all—sewer work, sidewalk and
street repair, the kind of big projects and little
details that crowd your calendar.
Backhoe work goes fast, with closed-center
hydraulics and easy-to-operate controls.
The closed-center system maintains a constant working pressure without overheating.
When a control valve is operated, only the
amount of oil required to do the job is pumped,
and there's plenty of reserve for operating two or
more functions at once.
A single lever lets you raise, lower, dump, roll
or float the loader bucket without ever changing
your grip. Two-lever backhoe controls operate
according to your natural responses, and you
can blend digging functions for faster, more efficient digging cycles.
Other standard equipment includes an
8-speed transmission (Power Shift on JD500-C
and JD510); hydraulic direction reverser; power
steering; inboard planetary final drives; and
sealed, self-adjusting wet-disk brakes.

For the whole story on John Deere Backhoe
Loaders, see your John Deere dealer. He's
listed in the Yellow Pages. John Deere, Moline,
Illinois 61265.
Four backhoeloaders
from 58 to 80 net hp let
you choose the power
and digging capacities
you need. Digging
depths range from 14
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                    <text>�TheBest Conventions In
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That's the Hotel John Marshall,
where successful conventions
have become a tradition.
Our facilities include a 20,000
sq. ft. fully equipped Exposition
Center; a Grand Hall seating up
to 1,800; 17 multifunction rooms;
complete audio-visual equipment;
and over 400 comfortably furnished rooms with color TV, complimentary in-room movies and
climate control.
We have a highly trained staff
of experienced veterans to make
sure everything is handled competently and efficiently from check-in
to check-out. We also offer two fine
restaurants. Our "Captain's Grill"
was recently chosen by a noted
magazine for serving the best
American cuisine in Richmond
and for being the most underrated
restaurant. Our "Soup Factory"
was chosen for serving the best
gourmet soups in Richmond.
Of course, the location of the
John Marshall makes it a perfect
place to have a convention. Richmond is at your doorstep. The
financial and business districts,
retail shops and historic landmarks are all vdthin walking
distance. Nearby are museums,
theaters and nightclubs. And not
far away is Colonial Williamsburg,
i Jamestown, Yorktown, Busch
Gardens and Kings Dominion.
The John Marshall is a selfcontained convention center with
all the conveniences of the city
It's the perfect location for your
convention: Fifth &amp; Franklin
Streets, Richmond,Virginia
23219, Phone (804) 644-4661.

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�How many leaders can
an industry have?
Statistics can be misleading. Especially in a business as competitive
as public power financing. Here, claims of industry leadership are commonplace.
T h e most commonly used public power statistics are compiled by
Institutional Investor magazine—and even they prepare three different types of measurements. We thought you might be interested in seeing all of those figures for 1979:
PUBLIC POWER*
Full Credit to Lead Manager

Bonus Credit to Lead Manager
1979

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Smith Barney, Harris Upham
SALOMON B R O T H E R S
Merrill Lynch White Weld
First Boston
Kidder Peabody
First Southwest
E. R Hutton
BIyth Eastman Dillon
Dillon Read

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#of
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1979

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326.2
202.2
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Merrill Lynch White Weld
First Boston
E. R Hutton
BIyth Eastman Dillon
Dillon Read
Foster &amp; Marshall
Stephens

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SALOMON B R O T H E R S
Merrill Lynch White Weld
1,176.0
Goldman Sachs
1,137.4
Smith Barney, Harris Upham
930.5
Kidder Peabody
760.0
First Boston
553.5
E. R Hutton
430.0
Bache Halsey Stuart Shields
350.0
First Southwest
318.9
Lazard Freres
300.0

• "Ranking the Municipal Underwriters," Institutional
Vol. XIV No. 3 (March, 1980): 136.

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Investor,

Salomon Brothers is on top in one case, near the top in the other
two. No firm is Number One by all methods. We know that, and we're sure you know
it too. So instead of claiming to be Number One, we'll just say we're proud of our
record and would welcome the opportunity to put our experience to work for you.

Salomon Brothers
Market Makers and Investment Bankers
O n e N e w York P l a z a . N e w York. NY 10004 ( 2 1 2 ) 7 4 7 - 7 0 8 2
M e m b e r s of Major S e c u r i t i e s E x c h a n g e s
O f f i c e s A t l a n t a , B o s t o n . C t i i c a g o . D a l l a s . H o n g K o n g L o n d o n . L o s A n g e l e s . P h i l a d e l p h i a , S a n F r a n c i s c o Tokyo ( r e p r e s e n t a t i v e office).

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The official publication of the Virginia Municipal League
V O L U M E 15
SEPTEMBER1980
Charlotte Kingery
Associate Editor
Bragdon R. Bowling, Jr.
8 Arlington County
Editorial Assistant
Margaret A. Nichols
10
VML Achievement Awards
Advertising and Business Manager
Sandra J . Harmon
Editor

VML President
Executive Director

Roy H Erickson
R. Michael Amyx

Officers: First Vice President, Harold S. Atkinson; Second
Vice President, Raymond F. Ratcliffeiand Fourth Vice
President, Francis T. West.
Executive Committee: Vincent Thomas, Charles A.
Robinson, Jr., Lawrence A. Davies, Arlie C. Payne, Jane L.
Hough, Charles E. Beatley and Jessie M. Rattley.

75th VML Conference
September 28-30,1980
Marriott Twin Bridges, Arlington County

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Ashland
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York County
Virginia Beach
Blacksburg/Montgomery County
Luray
Henrico County
Vienna
Fairfax City
VML Annual Report
Fails Church/An Urban Village
Prince William County
From Farms to Industry —Fairfax City
Manassas Adjusts to City Status
Historic Herndon
Vienna/Small Town Lifestyle Remains
Sound Planning and Fiscal Restraint—Fairfax
County

Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the editorial policy and opinions of
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League
ON THE COVER;
The Washington Area
Transit Authority (METRO)
has become a symbol of
Northern Virginia. Shown
on the cover is the
Arlington Cemetery station
with the Rosslyn skyline in
the background.
First
completed on March 26,
1976, Metro will eventually
have 86 stations, expanding over 100 miles to
serve Alexandria, Arlington
County, Fairfax County,
and Falls Church. The
photograph was taken by
Paul Myatt.

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V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; CITY [ISSN0042-6784) is the only official
magazine of the Virginia Municipal League (formerly the League
of Virginia Municipalities).
It is published monthly at 311
Confronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia 23206. All contents, copyright 1980 by the Virginia
Municipal League. Any reproduction or use of contents must
have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal League and if
granted must be accompanied by credit to V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp;
C I T Y or the Virginia Municipal League. Second-class
postage
paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $7.00 per year,
$1.50 per copy.

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�GOLDMAN SACHS CAPABILITY:
NUMBER ONE IN REVENUE BONDS FOR
THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
A s reported by the Public Securities A s s o ciation, Goldman S a c h s again led all underwriters in the dollar volume of managed revenue bonds in 1979. We also continued a s the
leading manager of all municipal bond financings. In total, we managed or co-managed
270 tax-exempt bond issues valued at over
$9.6 billion and another $4.2 billion of note
issues. Here are some of the factors behind
this uncommon capability in public finance:
Professionals in public finance.
Goldman S a c h s maintains one of the largest
municipal bond departments in the investment
banking industry—including 39 public finance
professionals, four of them general partners.
For each client assignment we provide a
team of specialists skilled in arranging financing
for the type of project under consideration—education, health care, housing, pollution control,
public power, water and waste water, and transportation, among others. And we are among the
leading undenA/riters in each of these areas.
Experienced in public finance. Our leadership in public financing is not recent. In 1979,
Goldman S a c h s led all underwriters in the dollar
volume of managed revenue bond issues—for
the fifth year in a row. We were also the 1979
leader in negotiated municipal financing.
Last year, Goldman S a c h s
managed or co-managed municipal
financings in 4 3 states. Here is a
sampling:
• Over $1.7 billion in public
power issues.

• Nearly $1.6 billion in housing issues.
• Approximately $800 million of pollution control and industrial development bonds.
• Hospital and health care revenue bond
issues valued at nearly $500 million.
Committed to public finance. Our commitment is firm-wide. From capital to bring issues to
market at the best possible price, to quality performance by all Goldman S a c h s specialists. To
serve our issuing and investing clients better:
• Our syndicate specialists design distribution
to meet each client's specific needs. We have
marketed some offerings with 250 participating
firms, others entirely on our own.
• Our municipal bond trading specialists are
major market makers. Our daily inventory in taxexempt bonds often runs as high as $100 million,
exclusive of municipal notes.
• Finally, our fixed income sales specialists
serve the tax-exempt investing needs of individuals and institutions throughout the U.S.
To put this uncommon capability and
leadership in public finance to work, contact
one of these Goldman S a c h s partners:
David C . Clapp, Francis X. Coleman J r ,
Robert N. Downey, or Charles M. Harmon J r
at 212-676-8000.

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�Nationally-recognized public
financing skills tight here in Virginia.
Only one Virginia-based firm made
Institutional Investor magazine's top

twenty-five ranking for nationwide performance in public financings for 1979:
Wheat, First Securities, I n c . A n d
these financings include Public Power,
Housing, Water and Sewer projects,
Hospitals, Education, Industrial
Development projects and Pollution
Control — in short, every area of
importance in the public finance field.

Wheat, First Securities is committed
to bring issues to market at the best
price; committed to seek the most
favorable structure for each financing;
and committed to quality work through
all its specialists in Public Finance.
You may already know us. If not,
we would certainly like to introduce
ourselves and discuss your financing
needs. T o find out more, call the Public
Finance Department at (804) 649-2311
in Richmond.

Wheat

First Securities
707 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 649-2311
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As a participant in the 1980
VML Conference, you are also a
participant in one of Arlington's
chief industries: the travel industry. In fact, travelers to
Arlington spend more money in
Arlington County than in any
other locality in Virginia, including such well-known vacation
spots as Williamsburg and
Virginia Beach.
Like yourself, most travelers
to Arlington come on business
related matters. They stay in one
of 5,200 hotel and motel rooms
now available (expected to top
10,000 in the mid 1980s) and spend
more than $221 million. Approximately $5 million in local
taxes are produced annually and
nearly 9,000 jobs have been
generated.
Most of Arlington's hotels
are located in the two major
urban complexes of Rosslyn and
the Jefferson Davis (U.S. Route 1)
corridor. Located here, too, are
the office buildings which house a
variety of businesses, mainly
federal government agencies,
trade associations and consulting
firms. Those of you who attended
the 1970 VML Conference here in
Northern Virginia may remember
Rosslyn and the Jefferson Davis
Corridor in their beginning
phases. Today, while construction
is continuing, they are very much
established areas, serving as
employment centers to over
35,000 persons and containing
8,700 housing units as well. The
Jefferson Davis Corridor is
becoming a significant shopping
area, too. Located adjacent to the
Crystal City subway stop, the
Crystal Underground Mall boasts
over 70 specialty shops and
boutiques; nearby, relatively new
Buchanan Mall has added more
retail outlets.

The coming of the area
subway system has brought focus
to economic development planning in Arlington. Aiding in this
are the County Board appointed
Economic Development Commission, which is now looking at
future development around
subway stations in central
Arlington, and the Planning
Commission which is considering
zoning decisions and related land
use proposals. A major land use
plan revision that focused on
subway corridor development
was completed last year.
At the same time, Arlington
is seeking to preserve the
pleasant single family neighborhoods for which it has been
known during the last three
decades. A locally funded
program, the Neighborhood
Conservation Program, provided
money for public capital improvements in neighborhoods
where residents have developed a
specific long-term conservation
plan. In recent years, more and
more neighborhoods have sought
to join the program. Experience
has shown that when public
improvements are made at the
request of residents, frequently
the homeowners are encouraged
to fix-up or remodel their own
properties. C u r r e n t l y
12
neighborhoods have County
Board approved conservation
plans. A similar program, the
Business Conservation and
Revitalization Program, focuses
on the older, smaller retail
centers
that serve
these
neighborhoods.
Long thought of as a
bedroom community, Arlington
has changed drastically in the last
decade.
The
residential
population is approximately
168,000 but its daytime work

week population soars to an
estimated 232,000. The daytime
population becomes particularly
significant in planning for public
services such as police patrols,
fire-fighting
and
rescue
operations, and water and sewer
service. At the same time,
Arlington's residential population
is becoming older and the size of
households is decreasing, causing
particular impact on the kinds of
educational, recreational and
social services needed. Dealing
with these two
diverse
populations
has
become
Arlington's challenge for the
1980s.
For example, a declining
school age population has forced
the closing of some schools;
however, it has been possible to
recycle some of these buildings
for such uses as a day care center
for senior citizens, a recreation
center and a community center
for the visual and performing
arts. One closed school site has
been
sold for
townhouse
development and another was
sold for a nominal sum to build a
nursing home. But a declining
school age population doesn't
mean decreased emphasis on
education: Arlington now has one
of the most diverse adult
education programs in the area
and the enrollment is higher than
that of the public schools.
Arlington takes particular
pride in the stable financial
position it enjoys. It has consistently been given high credit
ratings by the two major investment rating firms, Moody's
and Standard &amp; Poor, and
currently enjoys the highest
rating given by Moody's. It also
has one of the lowest real estate
tax rates in the Washington
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Community Development

Alexandria
"Born Again" Housing
Years ago, some of the besttasting barbeque in Alexandria
could be purchased at the
Carolina Barbeque at 1023 Queen
Street.
But a flash fire and the close
of the business left the two story
building
abandoned
and
dilapidated, an "unattractive
nuisance" that attracted rodents
and vagrants. The Health
Department
ordered
the
structure boarded up, and for
several years 1023 Queen Street
went unused, an eyesore to the
community, with its boards
covered with rock concert posters
and notices.
After this building was
rehabilitated and converted into a
single-family home under an
innovative City program, the
transformation was so dramatic
that a local newspaper called it
the "Born Again" housing
program.
"The program removes eyesores
while providing homes."

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Using a combination of the
Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) program and
Alexandria's own capital improvement monies that had been
targeted for neighborhood improvements, the City and the
Alexandria Redevelopment and
Housing Authority had implemented a novel program
whereby vacant and boarded
houses, and other blighted influences,
are
acquired,
rehabilitated and sold at a writedown to low- and moderateincome families. The "Born
Again" program, financed with

the Virginia Housing Development, has the double benefit of
removing eyesores plus providing
housing for Alexandria families.
The program operates in two
of the Community Development
Block Grant target areas. Staff
prepare a listing of vacant,
boarded up structures that have
been declared unfit for human
habitation
by the
Health
Department and the listing is
reviewed and approved by the
planning commission and Council.
After a target area structure is
approved for the list, owners of
the properties are notified that
they must secure a building
permit within 60 days, and that
they must begin substantial
rehabilitation of the property
within another 60 days. If the
owner defaults on either of these
provisions, the property can be
acquired
by
the
housing
authority.
The right of acquisition
under the housing authority's
powers of eminent domain have
proven to be a tremendous impetus
to
private
market
rehabilitation. Although 160
blighted structures have been
added to the list so far, 61
structures (almost half of all the
properties added to the list to
date) have been rehabilitated by
their owners. This means that
public monies are being leveraged
substantially by private market
monies to accomplish the goals of
this program. These structures
have been vacant and boarded for
four or five years and could have
remained that way for years to
come without the power of

eminent domain attached to the
program.
Sold through the Virginia
Housing
Development
Authority's subsidized sales
program,
the
structure's
maximum sale price is $45,000.
The
difference
between
maximum VHDA sales price and
the appraised value of the unit is
secured by a non-interestbearing, subordinated
second
trust which becomes due and
payable only when the property is
transferred, or if the purchaser
ceases to occupy the house as
his/her prime residence.
For example, a lower-income
family purchasing a home appraised by an
independent,
private appraiser at $65,000
would make monthly payments on
a $45,000 VHDA first mortgage.
The $20,000 difference between
the appraised value and the
VHDA first mortgage would be
placed as a non-interest bearing
$20,000 second trust on the home.
The lower-income family would
make no payments on the second
trust until they sold the home or
moved out of the unit. At that
time, the second trust would be
paid back to the City through the
housing authority at no interest,
with the proceeds going into a
revolving housing opportunities
fund to benefit future low- and
moderate-income families.
"A committee establishes the order
for the applications."
These houses are widely
advertised, with a priority for the
target area homes going to

�residents of that area. A lottery is
held at a public meeting of the
Community Development Block
Grant Advisory Committee to
establish the order in which
applications for these homes will
be processed.
To date, 15 units have been
acquired under this program and
nine homes have been sold so far.
A lottery has been held recently
for the next eight homes almost
completed under the program. It
is estimated that these latest
eight homes will bear low interest
deferred payments second trust
averaging $28,562 less the
average sales price of the home.
The moderate income persons
will have to bring only a $1,500
down payment and a $43,500 first
trust loan for settlement on a
home costing an average of
$73,562.
In addition to the vacant and
boarded
homes,
blighting
structures
targeted
for
acquisition under the program
have included a vacant laundry/dry cleaning plant, a service
station/auto repair garage, a fire
damaged psychadelic goods shop
and an abandoned road right-of-

way. If determined not to be
suitable for rehabilitation as
housing, acquired
blighting
structures can be used for a
variety of purposes. They can be
used for the provision of open
space or recreational use to the
construction of new housing.
Today, over $1.6 million has
been allocated through the
Community Development Block
Grant and the City's own
neighborhood
improvement
program funds. These funds are
also the source of the monies
needed to provide the second
trust in order to write down the
sales price of the homes to the
VHDA maximum sales price
under VHDA's subsidized sales
program.
Alexandria has been active
and innovative in the areas of
housing
and
neighborhood
conservation for many years and
it was noted in a 1974 report of
the Northern Virginia Planning
District Commission which stated
that Alexandria has always led
the way in the suburban
Washington metropolitan area in
providing housing for low-and
moderate-income families.

Another unique aspect of
Alexandria's housing program is
the extensive amount of citizen
participation in the housing and
community
development
programs. The CDBG Advisory
Committee has 24 members,
including representatives of civic
associations, the Urban League,
the local community action
program, the Chamber of Commerce and the United Way. The
Advisory Committee not only
reviews and makes budget
recommendations on all block
grant programs, but it is
designated by Council to review
the
Capital
Improvement
Program in the target area
neighborhoods. In 1978, the U.S.
Department of HUD cited the
Alexandria citizen participation
program as being "one of the
most innovative in the country."
Alexandria believes the
program could be of interest to
other localities and could be
duplicated
throughout
the
Commonwealth as a means of
both eliminating unsightly
buildings and providing housing
for lower income families at a cost
below that of new construction.

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Ashland
A New Look

Annexation often denotes
problems for localities and A s l a n d
was no exception. When the T o w n
annexed in 1976, drainage problems, lack of sewer and water
lines, an underdeveloped commercial area and the need for a wastewater treatment plant surfaced.
Council authorized the T o w n
staff to apply to the Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development for a grant to
alleviate the drainage problems
in the northern section of the
T o w n . A light r a i n would leave
water standing around each home
to such an extent that residents
could only reach their homes by
wading. T h e condition existed
throughout the year, causing
wells and dry closets to be incapacitated. T h e wells, the only
source of domestic water, were
contaminated from the surface
water and the proximity of the
dry closets. W i t h the assistance of
a H U D grant in the amount of
$470,000, the T o w n was able to
eliminate the problem.
Ashland won its second H U D
grant to provide water and sewer
lines, which are currently nonexistent, to the north A s h l a n d

area. Called the North Ashland
Revitalization Project, the grant
provides
for
street
improvements,
demolition
of
abandoned structures, building a
water
storage
tank
and
rehabilitating approximately 50
homes. I n a l l , about 250 homes
and 500 citizens w i l l directly
benefit from the project.
Another
problem
facing
Ashland is the revitalization of
the downtown area. Because a
new, large shopping center had
been built in the T o w n , the
downtown merchants
became
discouraged and were feeling the
impact of the new businesses.
Council agreed to establish an
"Old
Town
Revitalization
P r o g r a m " in order to captalize on
the old southern railroad town
motif. The business community,
in partnership w i t h the T o w n ,
retained an architectural consultant and as a result Main
Street assumed its original name.
Railroad
Avenue,
and
the
business
fronts
have
been
restored. T r e e s have also been
planted in the newly developed
area and shopping has returned.
Because of the results, new
businesses
have
located in

downtown Ashland.
W i t h the increased area,
both residential and commercial,
a strain was placed on the
existing water and waste water
treatment plants. T h e Town
prevailed upon Hanover County
to permit it to go its own way in
the expansion of its waste water
treatment plant; the request was
granted by the County. Following
the employment of a town
engineer, Ashland completed the
"201 F a c i l i t y P l a n t " as well as the
sewer system evaluation survey
and the operation and maintenance manual for waste water
treatment facilities. Plans are
currently
being
made
for
upgrading
the
water
plant,
sewage treatment
plant and
extending water and sewer lines
to cover the entire town.
Great strides have been
made in Ashland to improve
community
facilities,
provide
adequate housing and create an
environment that w i l l benefit all
of Ashland's citizens. The improvements have been realized in
less than two years and could not
have been accomplished without
the cooperation and patience of
all its citizens.

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Charlottesville
Therapeutic Recreation Program

Designed to accommodate
individuals w i t h physical
or
mental limitations, the Charlottesville Therapeutic Recreation program provides an opportunity for these individuals to
participate in regular city recreational activities. T h e program
helps mentally retarded, physically and emotionally handicapped
children and adults; emphasis is
placed on the enjoyment of the activities and not on individual
handicaps.
Participants have a choice of
being mainstreamed into regular
recreation programs or joining
special activities designed for the
handicapped. Besides having fun,
other goals include improving
participants' physical and emotional well-being while developing
social and recreational skills.
Therapeutic recreation also helps
the community become aware of
its handicapped citizens, learn
what individuals can do in spite of
their handicaps and accept them
as individuals.
"The community needs to accept
the handicapped as individuals."

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I n 1975, Region X Mental
Retardation
Services in the
Charlottesville-Albemarle Assoelation for Retarded Citizens
began meeting w i t h interested
agencies and citizens to discuss
recreational needs of the handicapped. D u r i n g the course of
these meetings, the need to designate one supervisor to serve as
coordinator
and
planner
of
therapeutic recreation programs
was identified. A proposal was
presented to Council whereby
Council approved a Therapeutic
Recreation Supervisor position

and appropriated
create a program.

$14,736

to

A f t e r the supervisor was
hired, a-comprehensive plan was
w r i t t e n and recreation programs
for the handicapped began. A n
advisory committee was established with representatives from
agencies and private organizations in order to keep communications open concerning therapeutic
recreation between
the C i t y
P a r k s and Recreation Department and social service agencies
serving the handicapped.
Agencies and organizations
were surveyed to
determine
existing recreation programs and
it was confirmed that there were
programs for the handicapped,
especially within local hospital
and recreational settings. A few
agencies, however, did not know
what was being offered elsewhere
and r a r e l y were efforts coordinated. A major task was
coordinating various recreation
activities and getting organizations working together. A t the
same time agencies were being
surveyed, the adult handicap population was examined to determine recreation interest and preferred times and locations. Because the response rate was good,
the handicapped children are currently being surveyed.
Radio stations and newspapers run weekly listing of the
therapeutic recreation programs.
A slide presentation is shown to
civic organizations, schools, social
service agencies, parents and
groups
of
handicapped
individuals. Posters with pictures
of group activities are displayed
at different community service
agencies and a newsletter is sent

out every three months to the
handicapped
population, social
service
agencies,
civic
organizations,
churches
and
schools. A local public television
station filmed a documentary on
therapeutic recreation to
be
shown to the public to create
interest and support for the
program. A City therapeutic
recreation manual and volunteer
handbook were also developed.
A l l publicity methods have been
aimed
at
presenting
the
therapeutic recreation program
as a community-involved program
needing more participants and
volunteers.
"Publicity
recruiting."

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The program uses volunteers
as much as possible to supervise,
lead and participate in recreation
activities. T h e main purpose,
however, for using volunteers is
to get the community involved
and provide necessary supervision on a limited budget.
Volunteers also provided good
role models and help attitudinal
problems
in
mainstreaming
handicapped
individuals
into
regular
recreation
programs.
Volunteers are recruited from the
Retired
Senior
Volunteer
Program, U n i v e r s i t y of Virginia,
professionals working w i t h the
handicapped, disabled adults and
other interested citizens.
F o r m a l training sessions and
individual training times are
offered
to
the
volunteers.
Generally a volunteer does not
have to have high level skills or
experience in working w i t h the
handicapped but rather enjoy the
activity and being involved with
others.

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The appropriation of $14,737
provided the salary for the
supervisor, a small amount of
money
for supplies, vehicle
operations and office equipment.
During the first month of the
program there were only 28
participants making the cost per
participant quite high. A s the
number increased through the
following months, the cost per
participant dropped drastically.
A s a comparison figure, cost per
participant i n August, 1979 w a s
$30.43 but by March, 1980 the cost
was $1.86. T h e program is able to
operate
on a small budget
because
of the number of
volunteers. Without the volunteer assistance, the program
could not be conducted at all.
The Charlottesville Therapeutic Recreation program has
given an opportunity to so many
individuals. T h e program will continue w i t h support from the City
administration, Council and a l l
the various social
agencies
throughout the community. I t is
hoped that the program will expand to address all the needs of
the handicapped
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Altavista
Shreve Park

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During
the
dedication
ceremony
last
September,
Governor John N. Dalton complimented Altavista citizens for
"turning a piece of dirt into a
garden spot."
Shreve Park, located along
Lynch Creek in the heart of
Altavista, is unique among parks.
It was created out of a jungle of
undergrowth and developed from
an area formerly used for
equipment and materials storage
by the Town Department of
Public Works.
Because of the dedication of a
few key people and the voluntary
efforts of all segments of the
community, the area was turned
into a beautiful wayside park,
capturing the natural beauty of
the land.
While the need for a park of
this type was recognized by the
Town Park Committee as early as
1934, Shreve Park did not become
a reality until August, 1978. Many
years of delay, lack of leadership
and
interest
groups
were
reversed when Jim Funderburk,
a local professional photographer
and resident, photographed the
area in its then existing condition,
and added slides of several
pictures of similar types of parks
in other areas. Using the slide
presentation, Mr. Funderburk
appeared before
the Town
Council
and
several
civic
organizations in an attempt to
enlist support for the project. His
efforts were rewarded when
Council recognized the potential
once again.
Mr. and Mrs. E . R. English
presented a deed to Council
"donating the land adjacent to the
Altavista Trade Park with the
distinct understanding that it

would be used for development of
a park." The Altavista Lions Club
gave $3,000 and citizens began
working on fund raising projects
to help build the park.
The Altavista Rotary Club
constructed an exercise trail
which runs through the entire 20
acre area. Members of the club,
working evenings and weekends,
developed the exercise trail
patterned after a European plan
which
incorporates
various
exercise areas along side a
jogging trail. Each of these areas
as well as portions of the trail
required clearing, leveling and
construction of log exercise
equipment and signs explaining
the exercise. Wood chips replaced
the entire trail. Local foundations, including AltaVista's
Bicentennial committee, provided
additional funds to support the
park. Town work crews began
moving equipment and materials
to a newly acquired lot and
several old buildings were
dismantled. In 1978 the area
adjacent to the large pavilion
built by the Altavista Lions Club
was cleared enough to install
playground equipment. Boy Scout
groups volunteered their time to
clean up the trash and debris so
that
playground
equipment,
picnic benches and trash containers could be provided.
As the park began taking
shape, the setting became more
picturesque and historic. What
emerged was a park nestled
between the site of the railroad
bed of the Southern Railroad's
famous "Old 97." The site is also
adjacent to one of the state's best
trade lots, "First Saturday",
which is known throughout the
country as a good place to swap

all kinds of things. In addition, the
old pumphouse and water wheel
was the Town's original pumping
facility that provided water to
various areas of the Town from
its nearby springfeed wells. Signs
denoting all these historic items
were donated by Mr. E . R.
English. When the park seemed
in order, Altavista requested the
Campbell County Recreation
Department for some assistance
in developing a master plan for
the park which would allow
donated items to be placed there
according to an overall approved
plan. The plan coordinated the
development of Shreve Park with
an adjacent trade to YMCA and
town baseball fields into one large
recreation complex in the heart of
downtown.
On August 8, 1978 the park
was dedicated in honor of Dr.
Robert D. Shreve, a man who had
dedicated his life to the community for many years.
Additions were continued
after the park was dedicated. In
1979, the Exchange Club of
Altavista offered to build a large
fountain in the park but cost
estimates were approximately
$7,000. Members of the Club
began raising the necessary funds
and they decided to build the
fountain themselves with the
exception of the electrical connections and the final outside
stone facing. Members, many of
who had no previous experience,
formed the walls and sidewalk,
installed the piping and poured
the concrete. "The mechanism for
the fountain was purchased and
stone was donated by a local
merchant. On September 22,1979,
Governor Dalton dedicated the
fountain and he called the

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and
built
entirely
though
voluntary efforts, " T h e F i r s t DoIt-Yourself P a r k Fountain in
America."
Another highlight was the
discovery of a water wheel
similar to the one which was used
on the pumphouse. Residents
located the wheel in the Halifax,
South Boston area and purchased
it as a donation. A local construction company retrieved the
wheel and brought it back to
Altavista.
Other contributions are still
being provided by the current
P a r k s and Recreation Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce and
the A l t a v i s t a Women's club. T h e
Women's
Club
is currently
working on the donation of a new
rock sign for the park to replace
the wooden one erected at the
time of the dedication. T h e
Jaycees are also providing funds
for improvement of the drainage
in the parking lot and entrances
to the park.
Shreve
Park
represents
many years of dedicated efforts
by the citizens of A l t a v i s t a . I t not
only has enhanced the area but
has also become the catalyst for
bringing the townspeople closer
together in creating a great
community spirit. Shreve P a r k is
truly "the park the people built."

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York County
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The County of York has a
major park area through the
combined resources of Federal,
State and local funding coupled
with a significant land donation
by a private enterprise. A major
feature of Back Creek Park is the
public boat launching ramps.
The York County Board of
Supervisors felt the need to
preserve public access
to
waterways was becoming increasingly important as the
development of York County was
progressing. Based upon public
input, the Board directed staff to
identify parcels of land which the
County could acquire in order to
develop a boat launching facility.
Prior to the construction of the
boat ramp, there were only two
public
launching
facilities
existing along the County's 120
miles of shoreline.
Following an extensive
search for a tract of land, the
County acquired a tract located
between Goodwin Neck Road (a
Virginia Department of Highways
and Transportation primary road)
and Back Creek (a navigable
waterway) held by Amoco Oil
Company. The oil company
responded to the County's need
and donated the 25.74 acre tract,
which was appraised at $206,000.
The tract selected was the
only remaining one with all
desirable characteristics. It is
centrally located and would most
efficiently serve the majority of
York County residents, it has
excellent vehicular access roads
that do not pass through a
residential subdivision and it has
deep water frontage, thereby
avoiding excessive dredging
commonly
associated
with
developing a boat launching
facility.

The design of Back Creek
Park was done by County staff
assisted by a local engineering
consulting firm. Citizen input was
received during the design phase
through workshop sessions and
public meetings. Development of
the park commenced in 1979 and
the entire park is expected to be
completed this year.
One most significant transportation safety consideration
with respect to boat launching
facilities is the manuevering of
vehicles and boat trailers. Several
unique
features
were incorporated into Back Creek Park
in order to maximize the safety of
patrons and the efficiency of the
facility. One feature constructs a
cul-de-sac adjacent to four boat
launching ramps. This approach
minimizes traffic congestion,
allows for more boats to be
launched simultaneously, increases the safety of patrons and
is aesthetically superior to having
a sea of pavement which is
normally adjacent to boat
launching ramps. In addition,
locating the cul-de-sac adjacent to
the boat launching ramps reduced
the overall cost of the ramp and
roadway system.
"York eliminated the hard partbacking up a boat trailer."
In constructing the launch
area, the County minimized the
problems associated with the
most difficult manuever of trailer
handling, that is, backing up. The
rotary will have one way counterclockwise traffic circulating.
This requirement will result in a
vehicle constantly turning left in
approaching the ramp and consequently, when the vehicle stops
and is put into reverse, it will not
be necessary for the driver to

think about how to back the
trailer into the correct launch
position. The vehicle wheels are
already in position to result in the
trailer moving back onto the
correct ramp.
The second feature which has
been incorporated is the use of
pull-through parking spaces in
the parking lot. This feature
eliminates the requirement for
patrons to back their trailers
when they are ready to retrieve
their boats from the boat launching ramp. The use of angled
parking spaces was also used in
order to make parking easier and
to decrease the overall amount of
paving required. Planning strips
have
been
incorporated
throughout the parking lot for
beautification
purposes. The
initial parking lot accommodates
80 parking spaces but will be enlarged to accommodate 240 cars
and boat trailers.
"The facility is one nautical mile
from the Chesapeake Bay."
Back Creek Park was cost
effective for York County as well
as its citizens. It was sited centrally in order to minimize the
amount of travel required of
residents to get to a boat launching facility. In addition, the
facility is less than one nautical
mile away from the most popular
boating spot in the Tidewater
area, the Chesapeake Bay. Costs
were also reduced by the location
of the cul-de-sac which decreased
the quantity of pavement adjacent to the boat ramp.
Back Creek Park is a
$950,000 project acquired and
developed with $194,000 local
funding (only 20% of the project
value). Eighty percent of the
$950,000 was secured from

�private, state and
federal
assistance. With the support of
private industry and government
agencies, Back Creek Park is an
example of how the two can work
together to provide additional
recreation facilities for York
County citizens.

Back Creek Park
Public Boat Landing Transportation System
York County
Department of Leisure Services

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�Effective Government

Virginia Beach
Citizen Coordinator Program

Localities
are
usually
criticized
during a
major
renovation or project for lack of
information
and a s s i s t a n c e .
Virginia Beach, however, assured
residents that they w a r r a n t e d
attention when the C i t y implemented the Citizen
Coordinator P r o g r a m .
During the early stages of a
massive
sewer
installation
program, the
City's
project
engineers and private consulting
engineers were inundated by
citizen phone calls, both asking
questions concerning the project
and registering minor complaints
relating to the contractor. T h e
project engineer attempted to
pass information to the citizens
through
the
civic
leagues;
however, due to the infrequency
of league meetings and, in some
areas, lack of league newsletters,
all citizens w e r e not always informed.
"A private citizen works as a
liaison."
Attempting to to handle
questions, the Department of
Public Utilities established the
Citizen Coordinator P r o g r a m . I n
this program, representatives
from the E n g i n e e r i n g Division of
the Department of Public utilities
meet w i t h civic league officials
prior to the bidding for any
neighborhood
sewer
project.
From
the civic league
the
Department solicits a private
citizen who resides in the area of
the neighborhood utility construction and who is willing to
work as a liaison between the
Department of Public utilities,
the contractor and citizens. T h e
citizen coordinator is selected

jointly by the civic league and the
project engineer.
A f t e r the selection and bids
are opened, and the construction
work is awarded to a contractor,
the Utilities E n g i n e e r sends a
letter to each resident of the
project area explaining the utility
w o r k to be performed and introducing the volunteer citizen
coordinator.
I n addition, area residents
are free to contact the citizen
coordinator
to
express
any
concerns, or just ask general
questions relating to the installation of the sewer, particularly if it comes close to their
homes. T h e coordinator also has
contact
with
the
Customer
Service Division of the Department of Public Utilities and is
able to provide citizens w i t h
complete information relating to
the payment of line and tap fees,
arrangements for financing the
fees and information relating to
payment requirements.
T h e program has freed the
project engineer from numerous
and
r e p e t i t i v e phone c a l l s
relating to minor complaints.
Citizens in the project area talk
w i t h the citizen
coordinator
about
t h e i r complaints
and
the coordinator has a direct line
of
communications
with
the
project engineer, the contractor
and the construction inspector.
B y developing a good w o r k i n g
relationship w i t h each of them,
the coordinator is able to solve
minor problems quickly and to
point out to the contractor
potential areas of concern.
Color photographs of each
driveway and front lawn prior to
construction are also available
which allows the coordinator to

adequately document any damage
done by
the contractor
or
reconstruction work that did not
bring the property back to its
original condition prior to construction.
"The program has freed
the project engineer."
T h e r e are no direct costs to
the
Department
of
Public
Utilities for implementation of
this program. Quite to the cont r a r y , it has proved extremely
effective, particularly in the area
of time constraints placed on the
project engineer.
T h i s program has improved
public relations w i t h citizens in
neighborhood sewer project areas
by providing them w i t h greater
and more accurate information
relating to project construction.
I t has also fostered greater
awareness of city services and
continued using volunteers in
another
phase
of municipal
government. T h e concept of the
coordinator program can easily be
transferred to other municipal
projects.

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Blacksburg/
Montgomery County
Joint Data Processing System
Because of dissatisfaction for
their in-house data processing
systems, the T o w n Manager of
Blacksburg and
County
Administrator
of
Montgomery
County discussed the possibility
of some type of joint use of a
single system. Both officials felt
that each of their present systems
could perform the basic functions
but there was little room for
growth and efficiency left much
to be desired.
I n October of 1978, w i t h the
support of the County Board of
Supervisors
and
the
Town
Council, a joint committee was
established to determine both the
short and long
range
data
processing
needs and solicit
proposals from data processing
firms for both a jointly used
system and a separate system.
The committee was also charged
w i t h reviewing all proposals in
order to make a recommendation
to purchase a system.
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The computer selection team
consisted of the Montgomery
County Administrator and Data
Processing Manager and the
Blacksburg A s s i s t a n t to the T o w n
Manager and Finance Director.
The selection committee
was
assisted by Bob Jones, the
Associate
Director
of
the
Virginia T e c h Computer S y s t e m .
The committee analyzed each
government's
data
processing
needs and an inventory was made
of the functions presently computerized,
computing
the
estimated volume of data in each
file and the functions that were
logically expected to be computerized within the next five
years. T h i s information along

workload.
T h e joint
system
allowed each locality to provide a
backup for the other as well as
use each other for technical
advice. I n the future, it is anticipated that better service will
be provided by the town police
and county sheriff by sharing
their crime data.

with copies of data processing
proposals
from
other
communities, was used to prepare a
detailed request for a proposal
which was distributed to all
known data processing firms
within a 50 mile radius.
"Which system is the best?"
The Committee received five
proposals from computer companies and the committee made
comparisons in the areas of cost,
versatility, expandability, quality
in the system's software and the
ability of the company to provide
maintenance support. Following
months of work, it was decided to
use one large system on a joint
basis, which resulted in an approximate $9,000 annual savings
compared to the cost of a separate
system. Following approval of the
recommendation,
negotiations
were initiated. E a c h government
pays a percentage of the total cost
for the shared equipment as well
as accrue the same percentage of
equity. E a c h locality also pays
entirely for their own equipment.
I n addition to the cost factor,
other benefits were
present.
Since the town and county have
v e r y small computer sections, the
loss of one person could seriously
effect
the
data
processing

Montgomery
County
will
house the unit and its personnel
will perform the basic functions
needed to make the machine
operational and compress and
share all the data at the end of the
day. These responsibilities were
considered when the cost sharing
formula was agreed upon. Though
the system differs
somewhat
from most of the other governmental cooperative ventures that
have taken place in other states,
Blacksburg
and
Montgomery
County found their approach to
be the simplest to initiate.
I t is also felt that the system
could be the basis in which a
separate
data
processing
authority could be formed which
would involve a number of other
governmental
entities
where
savings could be greatly expanded through this type of
arrangement, as well as providing
low cost data processing services
to smaller governments when it is
presently not feasible.
The
cooperative
effort
between Blacksburg and Montgomery County is one of the few
joint county/town systems in
Virginia and it has proved that
localities can make a commitment to coordinate
work.
Cooperation provides services to
the taxpayers in the most cost
effective manner and helps build
a feeling of mutual trust.

�Sikeston, Missouri:
How First Boston
designed an innovative
financing to assure
economical energy.
As financial advisor to Sikeston, First Boston helped structure a financing program
which will give the city the economic advantages of a joint action power project,
while enabling Sikeston to secure its own long-term generation needs.
The financing, accomplished through two issues of the city's revenue bonds,
involves six other Missouri municipalities and a major cooperative. Aggregating $240
million, the financing will pay for the construction of a 235 MW coal-fired generating
station. The efficiency of this plant will provide power at a lower cost than a plant sized
for Sikeston's needs alone.
In First Boston's Public Power Group, professionals with diverse areas of expertise
work with clients to generate new ideas for public power financing—for all types
of credits, in all types of markets. In fact, since 1977, First Boston has managed
40% of the total of public power bonds issued in the United States.
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on your next financing. Call John R. Raben, Vice President at (212) 825-2311,
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Luray
PoUce Wear 3 Hats

A s in the case of many small
towns, L u r a y could not afford to
pay policemen,
firemen, ambulance d r i v e r s and technicians.
A group of concerned citizens and
volunteers from the L u r a y rescue
squad approached the T o w n Manager and Police Chief with the
suggestion that since police are
on duty 24 hours a day, they could
be given emergency
medical
technician training. A s a certified
E M T , a police officer
could
respond quickly in a life suport
situation and be dispatched to the
emergency location in a matter of
minutes. T h i s could mean the
saving of a life.
"Police are trained
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Since rescue members are
sometimes unavailable due to a
job commitment, the group of
citizens
and r e s c u e
squad
members felt that the police could
fill the gap w i t h on duty officers.
T h e idea was so appealing that
the T o w n of L u r a y decided to
train some police officers as
E M T s and some as firemen, and
scheduled them so that L u r a y
would have an E M T on each shift.
T h e T o w n now schedules E M T s
on each shift and a policemanfireman on the second and third
shifts. T h i s means personnel w i t h
training in life saving techniques
and firefighting are available for
an emergency at all times. T h e
emergency dispatchers ensures a
swift response.
F r o m a police force of mine
officers, four joined the rescue
squad and five are certified as
E M T s , but two are now qualified
as volunteer firemen. T h e police
have been credited on several
occasions with saving the lives of

heart attack victims through life
saving techniques.
The
dedication
and
willingness to train in other
specialities by the L u r a y police
department has not gone unnoticed by the citizens. L e t t e r s of
praise for the police department

are received monthly and are
noted at council meetings.
Luray
now
provides its
citizens with 24 hour emergency
medical service and the high
visibility of a uniform police
officer.

�Grand Haven, Michigan:
HcwRrst BostcMfs
willingness to tafee risk
ted to a successful financing.
In N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 9 , G r a n d H a v e n , M i c h i g a n sold $ 8 8 . 5 m i l l i o n in r e v e n u e b o n d s
t o b u i l d a 5 8 M W a d d i t i o n to t h e city's e l e c t r i c s y s t e m . First B o s t o n w a s s e n i o r
managing underwriter for the financing.
First B o s t o n c o m m i t t e d o v e r $ 9 0 m i l l i o n of its o w n capital in advance of the closing
to assure G r a n d H a v e n t h e y i e l d f r o m g o v e r n m e n t s e c u r i t i e s into w h i c h t h e
p r o c e e d s f r o m t h e b o n d issue w o u l d b e i n v e s t e d . N o r m a l l y , an i n v e s t m e n t b a n k e r
w a i t s until a f i n a n c i n g is c l o s e d t o r e i n v e s t b o n d p r o c e e d s f o r his client.
C o n s i d e r i n g t h e r e c e n t v o l a t i l i t y of t h e c r e d i t m a r k e t s . First B o s t o n ' s w i l l i n g n e s s t o
t a k e m a r k e t risk a l l o w e d G r a n d H a v e n t o p r o c e e d w i t h t h e f i n a n c i n g at m u c h less
risk t o itself.
First B o s t o n w a s a b l e t o a s s u m e this risk b e c a u s e w e are a c t i v e in all phases of
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M o r e i m p o r t a n t l y , w e a r e w i l l i n g to u s e b o t h o u r k n o w l e d g e a n d o u r $ 1 3 0 m i l l i o n
of p e r m a n e n t e q u i t y capital t o t h e a d v a n t a g e of o u r p u b l i c f i n a n c e clients.
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Henrico County
Career Development Program

Henrico County believes that
t h e r e a r e i n c e n t i v e s a v a i l a b l e to
m o t i v a t e good l i n e o f f i c e r s .
T h e p r o b l e m of p o l i c e t u r nover,
particularly
among
y o u n g e r o f f i c e r s w i t h t w o or f o u r
years' experience, represents a
considerable
loss
of
trained
manpower and an irretrievable
loss of r e s o u r c e s
to H e n r i c o
C o u n t y . M a n y times officers w i l l
a s p i r e to s u p e r v i s o r y p o s i t i o n s ,
e v e n though t h e y m a y not w a n t to
or
m a y not even
be
good
supervisory material, because it
i s t h e o n l y a v e n u e a v a i l a b l e to
t h e m for a d v a n c e m e n t . Officials
in H e n r i c o found t h a t a h e a v y
c o n c e n t r a t i o n of t h e t u r n o v e r s
are
among
men/women
with
college t r a i n i n g up to a n d i n cluding baccalaureate degrees. I n
a f i e l d of s e r v i c e a s v i s i b l e a n d a s
complex as l a w enforcement, the
findings were
disturbing and
h a v e a serious impact for H e n r i c o
C o u n t y i n comparison to t u r n o v e r
l e v e l s i n o t h e r a r e a s of l o c a l
government. T o prevent these
turnovers,
Henrico
County
adopted the " C a r e e r Development" package.

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Three career paths
The
Career
Development
p a c k a g e g i v e s m e m b e r s of t h e
p o l i c e f o r c e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to
s e l e c t one of t h r e e i d e n t i f i a b l e
career paths without competing
in
the
promotional
process
associated w i t h management. T h e
a s p i r i n g y o u n g officer w o u l d h a v e
to
meet
performance
and
educationally
oriented
criteria
a n d p r e r e q u i s i t e s . C r u c i a l to this
w o u l d be s i g n i f i c a n t e d u c a t i o n a l
requirements.
Immediately,
the
officers
w o u l d be o b l i g e d t o m e e t t h e s e
w i t h i n a specified time frame

before a n y f u r t h e r progressions
are made.
The three career paths are
patrol,
investigative
and
t e c h n i c a l . T h e m a j o r i t y of t h e
officers
would
l i k e l y opt f o r
p a t r o l , b u t t h e r e w i l l be opp o r t u n i t i e s f o r t h e s e l e c t i o n of
i n v e s t i g a t i v e or t e c h n i c a l p a t h s .
T h e f o u r t h o p t i o n , w h i c h m a y be
selected
by competing
for a
promotion,
is
the
existing
m a n a g e m e n t p a t h a n d m a y be
achieved
at
any
stage
of
progression i n the other three
p r o p o s e d a r e a s of c o n c e n t r a t i o n .
Implemented
nationally,
Henrico's r e s e a r c h included the
d e v e l o p m e n t c o n c e p t a s a goal i n
the police division's five y e a r p l a n
w h i c h w a s published i n J u n e 1978.
T h e concept is also recognized b y
t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n of
C h i e f s of P o l i c e a n d t h e L a w
Enforcement
Assistance
Administration.
The

package

The
Career
Development
package
provides
four
basic
c a r e e r paths for police officers i n
t h e c a r e e r of l a w e n f o r c e m e n t .
U p o n e n t e r i n g as a r e c r u i t officer,
each is t r a i n e d i n the basic
tradition
through
the
police
academy
and
is
provided
s t r u c t u r e d , on-the-job
training
u n t i l such time t h a t he/she is
allowed an independent
work
role. While i n the probationary
period and d u r i n g the academy
t r a i n i n g , t h e officer
will
be
designated
"Police
Officer,
B a s i c . " U p o n c o m p l e t i o n of t h e
probationary
period,
he/she
would
be
designated
"Police
Officer". A f t e r the first year in
s e r v i c e e a c h o f f i c e r w i l l be g i v e n
the opportunity for achievement

w i t h t h e d e s i g n a t i o n of " P o l i c e
Officer,
First
Class".
This
designation, like a l l others, is
dependent upon performance a n d
certain educational requirements,
a n d i s not a n a u t o m a t i c g a i n . T h e
normal m e r i t pay plan continues
and
provides
the traditional
c o u n t y i n c e n t i v e d u r i n g t h e officer's tenure.
A t t h e e n d of t w o y e a r s , e a c h
member
is afforded
t h e opp o r t u n i t y to be t e s t e d for a p titude and each w i l l receive i n house c a r e e r counseling by a
police l i e u t e n a n t w i t h counseling
skills.
When
t h e officer
has
elected his/her career path, the
d i v i s i o n officer w i l l w o r k t o w a r d
providing specialized training and
a h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n d e s i g n to
p r e p a r e him/her for e n t r y into the
chosen path.
A t the three y e a r point, each
member
would
h a v e t h e opp o r t u n i t y to e n t e r e i t h e r t h e
i n v e s t i g a t i v e or t e c h n i c a l c a r e e r
path. F i r s t , however, they must
have
obtained
t h e s t a t u s of
"Police Officer, F i r s t C l a s s " .
Provisions

allow
for
transfers

lateral

H a v i n g e n t e r e d one of t h e s e
t h r e e c a r e e r p a t h s , t h e officer h a s
monetary incentives as w e l l as a
s y m b o l of h i s / h e r " b a d g e of off i c e . " F u r t h e r , p r o v i s i o n s of t h e
p r o g r a m allow for cross t r a n s f e r
from
one
path
to
another
determining through counseling
that a n individual is better suited
for a n o t h e r p a t h a n d h a s t h e
p r e r e q u i s i t e s to t r a n s f e r . T h i s
s y s t e m of t r a n s f e r c a n be conducted
by
lateral
transfers,
w i t h o u t loss of p a y or p r e s t i g e , i n
most instances. T h i s represents a
departure
from
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which
stigmatizes,
demoralizes
and
economically
deprives the individual, and is
effective by allowing transfers
into and out of the investigative
area.
The
remaining existing
career path, management, needs
treatment to allow incentive for
sergeants and lieutenants particularly. This program does not
depict "the management path"
since it is already clearly
delineated; however, some adjustments are envisioned for this
tract. F o r example, when entering this path, the officer would
be cycled through a 24-month "job
experiencing" program for 6month internships and at least
four
management
and/or
supervisory tasks. T h e officer
would have been exposed to the
actual world of management prior
to entry as a sergeant or after
exposure, the officer may decide
on another career path.
I n order to provide these
internships,
ten
or
twelve
supervisory
and
management
functional
areas have
been
identified
within
the
police
division. E a c h internship is a
viable
training
ground
for
prospective future managers of
the police function in the County
of Henrico.
Police officers who wish to
advance in status with bonus pay
incentives will have to, literally,
earn their recognition. I t is based
on objective
evaluation, the
absence of negative performance
in certain areas and successfully
passing a r e v i e w by a selection
board of outstanding police officers. Designed to increase the
level of performance, job-related
knowledge
and
educational
background, the program is
designed also to encourage the
individual to maintain an acceptable performance level from
year to year. Should a performance not be maintained at
acceptable levels, the program
requires a loss of bonus pay and a
reduction of level attained.

are assisted in the selection of the
most appropriate path.
The program shows tangible
evidence of working. Between
October 1978 and May 1979, the
division's turnover rate was 9.1
percent. Between May 1979, after
the Career Development program
went into effect, and J a n u a r y
1980, the turnover was 1.9 percent. Henrico County has suc-

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cessfully reduced their turnover
rate by 80 percent. This is more
than acceptable and has all but
stopped the departure of expensively
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experienced
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form
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division. A n obvious
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relating directly to the Career
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morale of police officers has also
reached a peak.

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�Environmental Quality

Vienna
Recycling Service Center

Just because Vienna's first
recycling center failed doesn't
mean that the Town can't try
again.
The first of its kind in
Northern Virginia, the Vienna
Service Center is a product of a
cooperative endeavor between
the public and private sectors.
The State Division of Litter
Control, the Town of Vienna and
several agencies of the Fairfax
County government joined with
Reynolds Aluminum Recycling
Center and the BP Oil Company,
Inc. to design a project for the
purpose of improving the quality
of Vienna's environment. By
recycling aluminum cans and
household aluminum, the center
contributes to the conservation of
an important national resource
and the energy required to
produce aluminum.
In 1975, when the town first
tried a recycling center, the
arrangements between Reynolds
Metals and the Town became
unsatisfactory because the place
"literally became a trash dump."

problems and how to use the
center.
Trying to avoid the problem
the Town had in 1975, Vienna officials began to search for a site
on which to locate the center and
also confirmed early arrangements with the Reynolds Company for pickup of aluminum from
the proposed center. Site selection was crucial since the center
had to be visable to the public and
in an area large enough to permit
access by the Reynolds semitrailer. The site selected was near
the BP Oil Company. Recalling
the Town's earlier experience
with the trash-strewn recycling
center, the Town assured BP Oil
that the center would be maintained by the Town's Director of
Public Works.
The aluminum recycling
center is now in full operation and
figured prominently in the
Town's "Clean &amp; Green Days"
when T-shirts with the "Clean &amp;
Green" logo were awarded for
each bag of aluminum cans
delivered to the center. The total

cost of the center itself was $985.
From the three pickups already
made from the center at the time
the entry was sent to the Virginia
Municipal League, the Town had
received $197 from the Reynolds
Company.
"Town savings and revenue
will grow."
The information campaign
for the citizens is continuing to
help them distinguish aluminum
from other types of cans. It is
anticipated that collection volume
and town revenue will grow as
more citizens are made aware of
the center and its importance to
the community's environment.
The Town of Vienna is
gratified by the early response to
this innovative, practical and
useful center. The Town is also
pleased that representatives of
the Fairfax County Litter Task
Force have approached Vienna
seeking to learn about the
aluminum recycling center and its
possible application to other
areas in the County.

"Grant monies helped to fund
an information campaign."
In 1978 the Town learned
that it was eligible to apply for
anti-litter funds from the State
Division of Litter Control. Town
Manager Brack Bentley applied
for the grant and the Town
received funds $2,250, $750 of
which was budgeted for the
recycling center. Other funds
were labeled for the distribution
of automobile bags for Vienna
citizens, the purchase of outdoor
trash cans for the Town's commercial and recreational areas
and an information campaign to
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�Environmental Quality

Fairfax City
H.E.A.T. 80
Having Energy Available
Tomorrow was a program
initiated by Fairfax City to encourage the more efficient use of
energy resources by its residents.
H.E.A.T. 80 focuses on three
areas: transportation, home
energy conservation and resource
recovery. Based simply on conservation, the program encourages residents to reduce
energy consumption. A unique
feature of the program is that the
participation is voluntary, no city
ordinance or regulation was
passed directing citizens to
comply. Residents are encouraged to take part through
public information programs that
explains the virtues and the need
to conserve energy. The program
employs no expensive gimmicks
nor requires real change in
lifestyles.
The H.E.A.T. 80 program is
easily manageable and all three
areas are incorporated into
existing city departments and
budgets. Program feedback is
obtained through surveys, public
hearings and citizen committees.
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The
resource recovery
element of the program includes
the newspaper recycling program
sponsored by the Community
Appearance Committee (CAC).
An eleven member body appointed by city council, CAC
furthers community efforts and
environmental awareness. The
public works department is
responsible for picking up
newspapers and operating the
recycling center. An important
note, the program began with
only one additional staff person.
Since the recycling effort
began in 1977, almost 1,200 tons
of newsprint has been recycled by
the city and nearly 42 percent of

the residents are taking part in
the recycling effort.
The savings and energy
usage is considerable. According
to the Environmental Protection
Agency,
manufacturing
newsprint from old newspapers
uses 35 to 50 percent less energy
than conventional methods of
making newsprint. This means a
savings of one barrel of oil for
every ton of newspaper recycled.
In addition to conserving
enery, newspaper recycling also
lessens the impact on the environment by reducing the
demand for valuable landfill
space. Last year 593 tons of paper
were recycled by the City thus
saving 3,955.31 cubic yards of
landfill space.
Newspaper
recycling
reduces landfill expenses. Between August 1977 and December
1979, the program saved $7,752 in
landfill expenses and brought in
$25,500 in revenues. This year,
combined projected revenue and
landfill savings will amount to
$21,000 which is about $2,000
above manpower and operating
costs.
Transportation
In an effort to provide
convenient transportation for
residents and cutback on individual automobiles, the City
express bus system is part of the
H.E.A.T. '80 program.
The
express
provides
morning and evening rush hour
service between Fairfax and
Washington, D.C. with an intermediate stop at the Pentagon.
In January, 1978 the express
started with only 150 regular
passengers
compared with
today's daily average of 435
passengers.
In terms of energy conservation, 900 gallons of gasoline
were saved each day and over a

year's time 250,000 gallons of fuel
are saved. Not only does the City
express save energy but it cuts
commuting costs drastically for
passengers. A round trip ticket
on the City bus costs $2.30. The
American Automobile Association estimates that it costs $6.36
for commuting to work by car in
the Washington area. The
estimate includes fuel, parking,
auto wear and tear, and insurance.
Fairfax City encourages car
pooling. It cooperates with the
Washington Council of Governments and other jurisdictions in
sponsoring a commuter computer
that matches citizens with other
commuters who live and work
near each other. Information is
regularly printed in Cityscene, a
citizen newsletter, and posted on
signs
along
the
City's
thoroughfares. Future plans call
for establishing a car pool staging
area using the Fairfax High
School parking lot.
Fairfax
City
is
also
upgrading
and
expanding
sidewalks to encourage walking
between residential and commercial areas of the community.
A bike trail has been established
linking parks, schools, residential
and commercial areas. A citizen's
task force is studying how the
bike trail can be better utilized,
not only for recreation, but as a
true transportation alternative to
the auto.
Last month, Fairfax City and
George Mason University started
operating an intra-city shuttle
bus. Residents can take public
transportation to the school,
shopping areas and other points
within Fairfax.
Energy Conservation at Home
Providing practical information to residents is the third
portion of the H.E.A.T. '80
program.

�The major feature of this
element is the home energy
conservation seminar held in
April. Virginia Congressman
Joseph Fisher, Department of
Energy official Joseph Schwartz
and David Shoemaker of the
Virginia Department of Energy
offered homeowners practical
information on how to cut
residential energy costs from 15
to 30 percent through simple, doit-yourself projects. For citizens
who could not attend, the seminar
was video taped and will be
shown to civic associations and
service clubs. As a measure of the
seminar's success, the Northern
Virginia Board of Realtors has
initiated a similar project using
the format established by Fairfax
City. Other than a seminar, a
special addition of the Fairfax
Cityscene was published with
information on car pooling,
recycling, tax savings on home
energy improvements and details
where citizens can write for information on a variety of energy
related topics.
As part of the City Home
Fire Safety Inspection program,
the building inspectors accompany firemen to provide tips
on how residents can make their
homes more energy efficient.
Advice is also provided on the
property use and installation of
wood stoves. In addition, citizens
are allowed to cut firewood in city
parks at no charge; however, the
program is offered on a
management basis and only
designated trees can be cut for
firewood.
In conjunction with the
Home Energy Conservation
program, Fairfax has taken its
own advice on making energy
improvements to city owned
property. "Energy Package"
recently was installed in all seven
city schools which includes installation of modified heating and
electrical
systems, caulking,
weatherstripping and new, more
energy efficient windows that
take advantage of the sun in
winter and block it during the
spring and summer. Fire doors
and inner wall insulation have
been added. These improvements
have cut energy costs by an
estimated 10 to 15 percent.

Cityscene will continue to carry
regular columns that will answer
citizens' questions about home
energy improvements.
Energy experts agree that if
the nation were to make a serious
commitment to conservation, the
U.S. could consume 30 to 40
percent less energy than its
present rate. It is not surprising
that conservation has been called
America's unrivaled energy
source. By cutting back on consumption, citizens can ensure that
tomorrow's population will have
enough energy available.

Plans for the Future
Later this year an energy
board made of city residents,
appointed by council, will coordinate and implement energy
conservation programs and ideas.
While still in the discussion stage,
Fairfax is considering charging
employees parking at City Hall to
promote the use of other transportation modes.
An energy hot line will be
established whereby residents
can call day or night and obtain
energy conservation tips and the

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�REPORT
FROM T H E
PRESIDENT
ROY H. ERICKSON
Mayor of
Harrisonburg

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T h i s has t r u l y been a year of
significant
change
for
the
Virginia Municipal League. Y o u
w i l l recall that I unexpectedly
was faced w i t h assuming the
Presidency of this organization at
our A n n u a l Conference last September, following the untimely
death of our F i r s t Vice President
Gus Nicks. I n addition to assuming the Presidency a full year
before it was anticipated, I was
faced w i t h the prospect of entering my t e r m w i t h a vacancy in the
position of E x e c u t i v e Director.
Needless to say I was apprehensive about the challenge which lay
ahead. T h e V M L was most fortunate in having the able service of
P a s t President and long time
League supporter A n n K i l g o r e to
lead us as we began the critical
task of selecting a new E x e c u t i v e
Director. A n n did a remarkable
job of leading our committee
through over 200 applications for
the position. T h e results of the
selection process singled out R .
Michael A m y x , E x e c u t i v e Director of the K e n t u c k y Municipal
League, as the most desirable
candidate for the position. We
were a l l delighted when Mike accepted our invitation to move to
V i r g i n i a . Mike was faced with the
stiff task of assuming his duties at
the Virginia Municipal League only two days before the beginning
of the 1980 Session of the General
Assembly. F o r t u n a t e l y , he was
able to draw upon his vast experience from s e v e r a l other states
and accept this new charge w i t h
ease. E v e n though he has only
been here a few months, I am certain that his skills and abilities
are ideally suited to our goals for
the future of this organization.
I f one were to point to the

single most purvasive issue of the
General Assembly
in recent
years, it would have to be annexation. T h e 1980 session of the
Virginia General Assembly saw
the culmination of many years of
intensive scholarly research and
political
debate
when
approximately $150 million was
allocated for new state aid to
localities as a result of the
adoption
of
the
annexation
legislation. Governor Dalton has
pointed out that this is the single
largest state program, by any
measure, to ever be implemented
at one time. We were most
pleased to see the legislators
abide by the 1979 agreement and
fully fund the annexation package
without further stipulations.
Y o u probably noticed that
the dues invoice mailed to your
locality last J u n e included a 10
percent increase over last year's
dues. Unfortunately, we have all
become only too keenly aware of
the impact of double digit inflation. G i v e n our record of little
or no increase in dues income
over the past few years (this is
the first dues increase in three
years), this 10 percent increase
does little more than help us keep
even w i t h ever increasing costs.
While the League budget has
experienced only moderate increases in revenue, we have seen
continued improvement in the
productivity of our staff. A s you
can see by r e v i e w i n g other
segments of this A n n u a l Report,
the Virginia Municipal League is
involved in a v a r i e t y of programs
and activities. Many activities of
our organization are ongoing from
year to year. Others seem to
change annually depending upon
the demand for various projects

and the availability of resources.
We are fortunate that our staff
has the capacity to deal with the
ongoing programs of new projects
with creativity as they arise.
When the E x e c u t i v e Committee met in Blacksburg last
A p r i l our agenda included an
afternoon of goal setting activities. T h e first such goal
setting session was held in October 1978. The goals set at that
meeting were reviewed and a
revised
goals
outline
was
produced at our A p r i l meeting. A
key result of the most recent
goals setting process was a
determination by the E x e c u t i v e
Committee that a five year plan
for the League should be adopted.
T h e development of such a
comprehensive
document
is
certain to be a topic generating
much discussion at the next
several E x e c u t i v e
Committee
meetings.
One
of
the
key
elements of the five year plan w i l l
be a permanent home for the
Virginia Municipal League offices. T h e E x e c u t i v e Committee
is committed to the concept of
obtaining ownership of or major
equity position in a headquarters
building j u s t as soon as it is
financially feasible to do so.
Having
been
President
during the 75th anniversary year
of our organization has been most
meaningful to me. Recognizing
that
the
Virginia
Municipal
League is 75 years old gives an
opportunity to reflect on our past
and anticipate our future. A s we
review the accomplishments of
the past 75 years let us not forget
that we have also entered a new
decade giving us an ideal opportunity to set the course for the
future of our organization.

�VIRGINIA
MUNICIPAL L E A G U E
E X E C U T I V E COMMITTEE

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
HAROLDS. ATKINSON

SECOND V I C E P R E S I D E N T
RAYMONDF. RATCLIFFE

FOURTH VICE PRESIDENT
F R A N C I S T. W E S T

City Manger, Franklin

Mayor, Pulaski
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Councilman, Martinsville
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Councilwoman, Salem
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Councilwoman, Newport News
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�EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR'S
REPORT
R . Michael Amyx
Executive Director

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Over the past year, the
Virginia
Municipal
League
continued to direct its resources
at meeting its major goals of
legislative representation and
provision of service programs for
its member localities.
The 1980 General Assembly
produced significant
positive
legislation for Virginia localities
on several fronts. F u r t h e r , we
were successful in our opposition
to various legislative proposals
that would have either mandated
certain actions by local governments or would have adversely
impacted the prerogative of local
officials
to
determine
local
policies. L e g i s l a t i v e action at the
national level has centered on
reenactment
of
the
federal
general revenue sharing program
and the community development
block grant program, as w e l l as
supporting the continuation of
urban programs that have been
impacted by the move to a
balanced federal budget. T h e
V M L has had a special role to play
in this unique federal legislative
activity
as N e w p o r t
News
Councilwoman J e s s i e M . R a t t l e y
has ably represented the cities
and towns of A m e r i c a in her
capacity as President of the
National League of Cities. She is
the immediate past president of
the V M L .
T h e League membership has
benefited greatly from a host of
continuing
and
new
service
programs. On J u l y 1, the League
began i t s joint
self-insured
workmen's
compensation
program that included as charter
members cities, towns, counties
and school districts. Based on
strong membership interest, we
anticipate that this w i l l be the

first of several lines of group
insurance offered by the V M L in
the coming years. A H U D funded
program to increase the capacity
of localities to manage their
finances has been provided over
the past year. I t has been
responsible for a number of
excellent workshops and training
programs for both elected and
appointed officials. We anticipate
that it w i l l be funded for a second
year.
V M L has sponsored or cosponsored a number of training
programs on a broad range of
topics. Also, we have issued a
number of reports of interest to
localities on such matters as
utility rates, tax rates, and salary
and fringe benefit information.
T h e V M L staff is available to
assist local government officials
w i t h information requests or
inquiries on numerous subject
matters. Annually, we received
several
thousand
of
these
requests by telephone and letter.
VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp;
CITY
magazine
and the
bi-weekly
L E A G U E L E T T E R continue to be
the primary sources of local
government
information
available
to
Virginia
local
government officials.
T h e League has continued its
major efforts at representing
Virginia localities in certain
regional and federal activities by
frequent contact w i t h the F e d e r a l
Regional Council, the Southern
G r o w t h Policies Board, and other
similar bodies.
I am pleased to report that
the V M L continues its strong
tradition of financial solvency as
reflected in the accompanying
A n n u a l A u d i t Report. T h i s is only
one indication of the strong

guidance
provided
by
the
E x e c u t i v e Committee on both
financial and policy matters. T h e
selfless service of this twelve
person body should be recognized
and commended by all League
members.
A s you know, I joined the
V M L staff in J a n u a r y . I was
professionally
and
personally
v e r y pleased to be asked to serve
in this capacity and to follow my
good friend and colleague, Dick
DeCair. I n the few months I have
been
with
the
V M L , the
dedication and capabilities of the
League
staff
have
been
demonstrated on numerous occasions. Although I can not individually recognize each staff
member here, I would encourage
your review of their photographs
and program responsibilities that
follow this report.
L a s t l y , I would like to
recognize
and
thank
Roy
E r i c k s o n for his outstanding year
as President of the Virginia
Municipal League. F a c i n g several
demanding challenges during his
term of office, Roy has exerted
great leadership and guidance in
building a more effective League
organization. H i s lovely wife,
Grace,
has done much
to
represent the League with her
special charm and w a r m t h . We
owe them much thanks for an
outstanding year.

�AUDIT
S T A T E M E N T S OF A S S E T S AND L I A B I L I T I E S
ARISING FROM CASH TRANSACTIONS
1980
1979
ASSETS
Cash:
Checking accounts
$ $
338
Savings accounts and
certificates
94,515
88,427
Advances to Employees and
Others
5,856
2,138
$ 100,371 $ 90,903
L I A B I L I T I E S AND F U N D B A L A N C E S
Liabilities:
Checks issued in excess of bank
202 $
balances
$
2,763
4,938
P a y r o l l taxes payable
Dues and fees collected in
38,260
31,522
advance

F u n d Balances:
Balance at beginning of year
Revenues collected over
(under) expenses paid
for the year

41,225

36.460

54,443

63,246

4,703 (
59,146

8,803)
54,443

$ 100,371 $ 90,903

S T A T E M E N T OF R E V E N U E S C O L L E C T E D AND
E X P E N S E S P A I D U N R E S T R I C T E D FUND
Year Ended June 30,1980

Budget
Bvenues Collected:
Membership dues
$263,444
Convention registra40,000
tion
Convention exhibits
8,000
Workshops/meetings
10,000
Regional meeting
6,000
Affiliate groups
12,400
Interest
11,000
Magazine
42,000
League letter
100
Directories and reports
sales
1,000
Grants and special
projects
Pension trust refund
Miscellaneous
1,200

Actual
$263,920 $

395,144
Expenses Paid:
Employee compensation and benefits
210,300
Convention
30,000
Regional meetings
5,000
Travel
10,000
Office supplies and
postage
21,500
Space and equipment
rentals
32,600
Leasehold improve2,000
ments
9,775
Dues and publications
1,500
NLC
Telephone and
10,000
telegraph
1,700
Insurance
Equipment purchases
and repair
4,700
Professional fees
1,500
Legislative supplies
Magazine publishing
(excluding salaries)
42,000
Workshops/seminars
7,000
Interest
E x e c u t i v e committee
5,000
Harold I . Baumes
1,000
Scholarship
Insurance study
2,500
Grant expenses and
special projects
Miscellaneous
3,000
405,075
Revenues Collected Over
(Under) E x p e n s e s Paid ($

9,931) $

Over
(Under)
Budget
476

40,076
8,665
1,870 (
6,686
11,650 (
14,753
38,816 (
1,457

76
665
8,130)
686
750)
3,753
3,184)
1,357

1,121

121

9,625
8,253
1,852

9,625
8,253
652

408,744

13,600

209,321 (
26,684 (
7,901
9,295 (

979)
3,316)
2,901
705)

24,577

3,077

29,370

(3,230)

(
10,959
1,432 (

2,000)
1,184
68)

9,816 (
1,998

184)
298

,593
11,320
1,088 (

1,593
6,620
412)

39,710 (
(
32
1,503 (

2,290)
7,000)
32
3,497)

1,000
2,500
6,411
3,531
404,041 (
4,703 $

6,411
531
1,034)
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MUNICIPAL
LEAGUE
Bradley K . Harmes
Deputy Director

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Bragdon R . Bowling, J r .
Staff Attorney

Charlotte Kingery
Senior Staff Associate

Richard F . Weeks, J r .
Staff Associate
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Genovie T . Page
Secretary

Paulette P . Gaines
Bookkeeper

Ingrid M. Wynn
Clerk

�LEGISLATION
When
the
Legislative
Program was adopted at the
Business Session during the
A n n u a l Conference last year, the
main thrust was the funding of
the Annexation Package. T h i s
was also the topic of the V M L ' s
presentations at the regional
meetings.
Seven
regional
meetings were held this past
year; with an average attendance
of approximately 80, w i t h 80
legislators out of 140 attending
one of the meetings.
During the 1980 General
Assembly session the funding of
the Annexation Package breezed
through which can be attributed
to the amount of work done prior
to the session. T h e $144 million
aid program for the biennum was
a significant step toward more
equitable
funding
of
local
governments.
The League was successful in
having input during the 1980
session.
Almost
a l l of
the
League's suggested amendments
to the F o r m s of L o c a l Government bills and the proposed
budgetary process revision were
accepted by the
committees
considering these measures. T h e
F o r m s of L o c a l Government bills
were passed by the House and
carried over in the Senate. T h e
League w i l l continue its efforts to
be heard on all bills affecting local
government.
The
League's
strongest
efforts
were
focused
on
preventing
the
erosion
of
resources available to localities.

T h e r e were attempts to eliminate
the $2 a gallon tax on alcohol used
for mixed beverages, which would
have
meant
a
considerable
reduction in A B C funds. S e v e r a l
ventures were made to create
additional sales tax exemptions
which would have significantly
reduced
sales tax
revenues.
T h e r e were also attempts to
provide
tax reductions
and
exemptions for many businesses
such as a reduction in the
Transient Occupancy T a x to a 20
limit, and proposed changes in the
U t i l i t y Consumer taxes. T h e V M L
was successful in warding off or
at least forestalling these efforts.
This
year
the
League
diversified staff functions
to
permit five of the senior staff to
participate in the legislative
process which resulted in better
coverage of the committees of the
General Assembly which affect
local government. I n addition,
1980 is a " c a r r y over" session and
many measures currently being
studied by committees of the
General Assembly are being
monitored by V M L staff.
The League's efforts on the
federal level were greatly intensified this year with numerous
direct
contacts
to
our
Congressional delegation.
The
V M L sought support of F e d e r a l
General
Revenue
Sharing
through a series of letters and
other information as w e l l as
personal and telephone contacts
by member localities and the
V M L staff. T h e League has been

fairly
successful, w i t h
some
members of our Congressional
delegation actively supporting
the reenactment of G R S . T h e
League has received
prompt
responses to our requests and it
appears that a healthy and
constructive
relationship
has
developed
with
Virginia
Congressmen. I n fact, the League
has received several requests for
information and assistance from
congressional officers concerning
revenue
s h a r i n g and
other
matters.
The V M L Policy Committee
process is underway. Attendance
in the meetings has been excellent, well above that of last
year,
and
the
League
is
developing w a y s to more effectively utilize these statements.
A closer alignment is being
cultivated between the Policy
Statement and the L e g i s l a t i v e
Program and it is hoped that
through this process the V M L
Policy Statement w i l l be looked
upon as the definitive position of
municipal
governments
in
Virginia.
F o r the first time, the V M L
staff prepared a report card on
the Legislative and Staff W o r k
Programs which w i l l be made
available to League members.
This w i l l increase the V M L ' s
accountability to its members and
keep them more informed of the
total intergovernmental affairs
efforts.

LAND USE
The League has actively
been participating in a joint T a s k
Force
with
the
Virginia
Association of Counties. Among
the projects of the T a s k Force,
which was an extreme success,
was the Comprehensive Planning
Conference held at the F r a n c e s
L e w i s L a w Center of Washington
and L e e U n i v e r s i t y . T h e T a s k
Force also has commissioned two
Virginia law school professors to
conduct a thorough and objective
study into the land use cases
decided by the Virginia Supreme
Court w i t h a r e v i e w of their effect

at the circuit court level. T h i s
study w i l l provide an analysis of
the Virginia doctrine of land use
regulations to help local governments in their decision making, in
providing legal positions in court
cases and pin-point changes needed in the law.
S e v e r a l crucial legal cases
arose during the past year
regarding land use. They are
discussed in M r . Dobbin's judicial
r e v i e w . F i n a l l y , in the area of land
use, the League is attempting to
more thoroughly educate
the
members
of
the
General

Assembly in local land use needs.
The
c r u c i a l interrelationship
between
our
diminishing
resources (among them land) and
better planning and controls at
the local level is of extreme
importance. Also, the principal of
local control over land use
decision making is the cornerstone of League policy as it
advocates its positions and takes
a more noticeable role in the
General Assembly Committee
process.

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�RESEARCH
The
past
year has witnessed a marked
improvement
in the
I ability of the
staff to handle
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requests for inTimothy McDermott
Research
Assistant

formation by our membership and
other interested groups. T h e new
filing and information r e t r i e v a l
system has become accepted
within the office, and while our
files are still being brought up-todate, we are producing the nearly
immediate response which is so
important to a modern research
system.
The League has contracted

with the Michie Company in
Charlottesville to print a comprehensive two volume
compilation of state laws affecting
county, city and town government. Also, the League is actively
working
at
reaching
an
agreement to print an inexpensive small town code for
towns up to 5,000 in population.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
BUILDING
The
Virginia
Municipal
League in conjunction w i t h the
Center for Public A f f a i r s at
Virginia
Commonwealth
U n i v e r s i t y and the
Virginia
Municipal
Finance
Officers
Association
w a s awarded
a
$40,000 grant from the Governmental
Capacity
Building
program of the Department of
Housing and U r b a n Development
in October 1979. V i r g i n i a was one
of five states nationwide having a
group receiving such a grant. T h e
key component of the grant is the
provision
of
financial
management technical assistance
through a network
approach.
Through the use of a technical
assistance network no full time
staff were needed to deliver
services under the grant. T h e
individual expertise has come
primarily from the membership of
the Virginia Municipal Finance
Officers Association. T h e grant is
structured to reimburse
the
t r a v e l cost of the individual
proving the expert technical
assistance and also to provide a
per diem for each day of technical
assistance delivered. No cost is
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technical assistance provider is
motivated to volunteer his or her
time to the program because we
are able to offer a per diem and
cover t r a v e l
expenses.
The
program
offers
localities an
opportunity
to
receive
free
consulting services without the
expense or time involved in
identifying a private consulting
firm and it also affords the
leading governmental
finance
managers around the state an
opportunity to share their skills
in a professional format.
Also included in the H U D
Financial Management Capacity
Building G r a n t have been various
seminars. T h e first seminar in
J a n u a r y , Financial Management
for
L o c a l E l e c t e d Officials,
focused on the policy making
goals that local elected officials
can
implement
through
the
budgetary process. I t also focused
on the use of budget calendar and
techniques for measuring local
financial health. I n A p r i l , a
seminar on R i s k Management was
conducted by
the nationally
recognized expert on Governmental R i s k , D r . Nestor Roos
from Tuson, Arizona. D r . Roos
covered such topics as basic r i s k

management,
group
selfinsurance
through
pooling
programs and the purchase of
r e i n s u r a n c e . Other
seminars
sponsored under the grant include
a Small
Communities
Financial Management Workshop
and a two day workshop on
Performance
Evaluation
Techniques.
I n addition to the seminars
and workshops the grant has
produced a Directory of Technical
Assistance
Providers
from
around the state. This directory
has provided a source document
for
matching localities
with
technical assistance requests to
those participants in the network
who might be able to provide
some assistance. The Center for
Public A f f a i r s at V C U has
published
a handbook
for
technical assistance providers so
they might be aware of various
training techniques before going
out on a one-to-one technical
assistance visit. Based on the
level of performance in the first
year of the grant, H U D has expressed a strong interest in
continuing the grant for a second
year.

COMMUNITY D E V E L O P M E N T BLOCK
GRANT WORKSHOP
T h e Virginia Municipal League in
conjunction
with
the
International
City
Management
Association held a one
day
workshop on J u l y 18, 1980 in
Charlottesville
to
discuss
problem solving techniques in the
Community Development Block
Grant program. T h e meeting was

open to representatives from
localities under 50,000 population
in
the
states
of
Virginia,
Maryland and Delaware. T h e City
of
C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e gave
a
presentation on their uses of
Community Development Block
Grant funds, and a bus tour of
their
downtown
mall
and

residential rehabilitation area
was included in the workshop.
Also, the T o w n of Buchanan
outlined their extensive C D B G
efforts. The major emphasis was
on economic development and
housing rehabilitation. A followup
regional conference was held in
State College Pennsylvania.

�INSURANCE PROGRAM
On July 1 the Virginia
Municipal Group Self-Insurance
Association began operation with
seven member jurisdictions and
over $400,000 in annual workmen's compensation premiums.
Over $2 million in premiums is
expected by the end of the first
year of operation. The program
offers an opportunity for group
self insurance of workmen's
compensation by the political
subdivisions throughout Virginia.
Because the group self-insurance
plan has a lower administrative
cost and takes advantage of the
overall low loss ratio experienced

by most localities, substantial
savings are expected for participants in the program. A major
benefit to participants is the
excellent safety program that is
provided
by
Hall
Risk
Management
Services, Inc.
Approval of this plan by the State
Bureau of Insurance is a landmark
accomplishment
for
Virginia
localities.
Implementation of this program
culminates over three years of
research that has gone into the
development of a group program
for Virginia localities.
Now that workmen's com-

pensation insurance has been
made available on a group basis,
our next task is to make other
lines of insurance available to
localities on a group
selfinsurance basis. Under our
reciprocal
program initially
proposed
two
years
ago,
automobile liability insurance has
been identified as a worthwhile
endeavor. Of course, we have also
recognized the need for public
officials liability insurance.
In the coming year, the staff
will seek to determine the
feasibility of offering additional
lines of insurance coverage.

JUDICIAL R E V I E W

Howard W. Dobbins
General Counsel
A number of questions of
varied interest in Virginia local
governments have been heard
and
determined in the past
twelve months by both the
Virginia and Federal appellant
courts.
The following summary does
not purport to be a complete
listing of all of the cases which
have been decided. Instead, this
summary is simply for the purpose of reviewing cases involving
local governments which are
being litigated and to indicate
some
trends
in
judicial
philosophy.
During the past
twelve
months, the most prolific area of
litigation appears to have arisen
from discretionary legislation
acts by local governing bodies,
including principally actions
dealing with zoning and subdivision matters. Two cases

decided by the Virginia Supreme
Court would indicate a further
erosion of the exercise of police
power by local governments.
Alford v. City of Newport News.
260 S . E . 2d 241, held that an
ordinance prohibiting smoking in
a restaurant, except in areas
specifically designated therefor,
was an invalid exercise of police
power on the ground that the
requirement for designation of
one or several dining tables
located in the same dining area
with other tables as a nonsmoking area did not actually
limit the amount of smoke in the
air which was the condition
sought to be regulated for the
protection of the public. And in
Hylton Enterprises, Inc. v. Board
of Supervisors of Prince William
County, 258 S . E . 2d 577, the
Virginia Court invalidated a
subdivision ordinance requiring a
subdivider to contribute to the
cost of improving secondary
roads abutting a subdivision, the
Court reaffirming that Virginia
has never adopted Dillon's Rule
and stating that the General
Assembly
had not
enacted
legislation specifically granting
this power to local governments.
One can discern from Hylton a
continuing
erosion
of
the
authority of local governments in
the matter of land use seen so
plainly in the 1975 case of Board
of Supervisors
of James
City
County V . Rowe, 216 V a . 128, 216
S . E . 2d 199; and in Alford a rather

definite limitation on the power of
local governments to limit constitutional rights for the protection
of the general public.
However, a number of other
cases decided by the Virginia
Supreme Court support the
conclusion that the Court still
recognizes
the necessity
of
granting local governing bodies
reasonable unfetted legislative
discretion. In Cash v. Staunton,
263 S . E . 2d 45, an appeal in which
the counsel for the League
participated, the Virginia Court
reaffirmed the general rule that a
governing body
does
have
discretion. In Cash v. Staunton,
and when to make public improvements such as street improvements, notwithstanding an
annexation decree imposing upon
the city a duty to make improvements in the annexed area.
And, in Board of Supervisors of
Loudoun County, et al v. Lerner,
decided in June of 1980 and not
yet reported, our Court held that
a denial of a zoning application,
being a legislative action, is
presumed to be reasonable and
that this presumption stands
until it is overcome by evidence
that the legislative action is
unreasonable. Moreover, in
Lerner, the Court held that the
burden
of
establishing
unreasonableness is upon the one
who attacks the legislative action.
Hence, if the legislative action in
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was
proceeded by only a few days by
an equally encouraging decision
by the Supreme Court of the
United States in Agins v. City of
Tiborn
(June, 1980; not yet
reported), wherein the Supreme
Court upheld the legality of a
zoning ordinance placing a landowner's property in a zone
limiting developments to comefamily
dwellings,
accessory
buildings and open spaces w i t h
dense restrictions permitting the
landowners to build between one
and five single-family residences
on their land. I n the opinion by
J u s t i c e P o w e l l , the Court held
inter alia, that this ordinance
substantially
advanced
the
legitimate governmental goal of
discouraging
p r e m a t u r e and
unnecessary conversion of open
spaces to urban uses and was an
appropriate exercise of the police
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Other
decisions
by
the
Virginia Court in the past year
supporting the right of legislative
action by local governments were
Gomes v. City of Richmond, 258
S . E . 2d 582, which appears to
stand for the proposition that a
city council does not
upon
adoption
of
an
ordinance
necessarily acquiesece to administrative acts of city officials
chereunder unless the council has
specific knowledge of such acts
when the legislative action is
undertaken by the governing
body; in Harper v. City Council,
City of Richmond, 261 S . E . 2d 560,
the Court refused to invalidate a
bond ordinance and amendments
thereto where, because of a delay
resulting from litigation, the
amendments
adopted without
publication, s i m p l y
updated
certain particulars of the bonds,
i.e., payment dates for principal
and interest; and in Knowlton v.
Browning-Ferris
Industries,
260
S . E . 2d 232, it was held that a
landowner has the burden of
providing that his use of property
is a permitted non-conforming use
or is a more restricted use, the
rationale being that the land-user
ordinarily knows more than the
zoning authority about the land
following imposition of a zoning
restriction and has better access
to evidence as to whether the
current use is a lawful non-

conforming use.
T h u s , on balance, it would
appear that local governments
have not fared too badly in the
past twelve months in the area of
legislative discretion.
On the subject of governmental immunity, the box score
has not been nearly so encouraging. Although in Transportation^ Inc. V . City of
Falls
Church,
254 S . E . 3d 62, the
Virginia Supreme Court followed
its reasoning in the 1962 case of
Fenon v. City of Norfolk, 125 S . E .
2d 808, holding that maintenance
of a traffic signal by a city was a
governmental function, as opposed to a proprietary function,
and accordingly, a municipality
was entitled to immunity from
negligence in failing to repair a
malfunctioning signal. T h e United
States Supreme Court has not
been so protective of governmental immunity. I n Owen v. City
of Independence,
100 S. C t . 1398,
the Court refused to extend
absolute governmental immunity
against claims under 42 U . S . C . A . ,
Section 1983 and held that a city,
members of its governing body
and its officials were liable for
violation of civil rights laws, such
decision evidencing a complete
r e v e r s a l in a two-year period from
absolute immunity to liability;
and in City of Lafayette
v.
Louisiana
Light &amp; Power,
435
U . S . 389, the United States
Supreme
Court
held
that
municipalities
are
not
automatically
immune
from
treble-damage
liability
under
antitrust laws and w i l l be held
accountable
for
anti-trust
violation if the plaintiff carries
the burden of proving that a
violation takes place and, in a
private action, that the violation
was the proximate cause of actual
injuries to the plaintiffs business
or property; and the United
States Supreme Court's decision
in City of Impact v.
Withworth,
435 U . S . 992, reinstated, 576 F . 2d
696 ( C C A . 5, 1978), cert, denied,
99 S. C t . 1224 (1970) focusing on
the inference of the holding in
City of Lafayette
refused certiorari of a decision of the Circuit
Court of Appeals holding that a
municipality and its officials were
not
immune
from
anti-trust
liability
where
the
plaintiff

asserted that a zoning ordinance
was enacted as part of an alleged
conspiracy. T h u s , although the
State Court affirmed immunity
for governmental activities, the
F e d e r a l Court has eliminated absolute immunity in two important
areas, civil rights and anti-trust.
Several other decisions have
been handed down by the Virginia
Court which deserve mention. I n
A p r i l , 1980, the decision came
down in Virginia
Electric
&amp;
Power Company v. Division
of
Consumer Council, 265 S . E . 2d
697 affirming the rulings of the
State Corporation Commission
that the utility could not recover
from its customers additional fuel
costs occasioned by its failure to
provide certain safeguards of
costs incurred due to shutdowns
attributable
to
imprudent
management. I n addition to the
fact that this decision may be of
economic benefit to all electric
users, it is expected to afford an
additional negotiating tool when
local
governments
again
negotiate new contracts with the
utilities for electricity purchased
for their own use and not for
resale. T h e potential benefits of
the decision in Virginia E l e c t r i c &amp;
Power Company, however, are
greatly outweighted by the effects of the decisions in Board of
Supervisors
of Roanoke County v.
City of Roanoke, 257 S . E . 2d 781
and Garrison v. Prince
William
County Board of Supervisors,
265
S . E . 2d 687. I n City of Roanoke,
the Court concluded that a
charter provision empowering
the city to acquire " i n any lawful
manner in any county of the
state" water lands for the purpose of providing an adequate
water supply and to do other
things in respect thereto, including erection of dams and
pumping stations, was subordinate to the provisions of
general law requiring the approval of a county wherein a dam
was proposed to be erected. Thus,
the Court refused to recognize
the long-established principle
that special law prevails over
general law. A n d finally, in
Garrison, the Court tightened the
fiscal noose around the neck of
local governments with respect to
the statutory presumption in
cases of hypertension and heart

�disease, holding inter alia, that
the
two-year
statute
of
limitations did not begin to run
until the claimant policeman

actually received a diagnosis that
his hypertension arose out of his
employment
irrespective
of
whether he might have suc-

cessfully brought a claim at an
earlier date
based
on
the
presumption.

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The S T A T E F I R E C H I E F S
OF VIRGINIA remained the key
voice for the fire service in Virginia by representing the Association in various fire related organizations and on committees
and commissions. Also, the Legislative Committee was very active
this year, monitoring the Heart/Lung Bill and Workmen's Com-

pensation, among others. The
S F C A V joined with the Fire Services Commission to conduct an
arson investigation survey and
study. The Association celebrated
its 50th anniversary year and
highlighted it with a three-day
conference in July. Speakers included George H. Kitchen, of the
U.S. Fire Administration, Robert
if

The VIRGINIA SECTION, INTERNATIONAL C I T Y MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION expanded
its Executive Committee from
three to six members this year.
During the 1980 Annual Conference in Virginia Beach, the membership requested a task force to
address the goals and objectives
of the Virginia Section, and the

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E . Carter, Chief Arson Investigation Specialist with the National
Fire Protection Association and
Virginia Delegate George W.
Jones. A number of past presidents of the Association attended
the conference and special activities were held to celebrate the
Fire Chiefs' 50th year.

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type of representation on the E x ecutive Committee. Appointed by
newly elected President Frank
Force, the task force will also
study the membership categories
of the Section and a possible name
change for the organization. The
Virginia Professional Development Committee also scheduled
training programs for the Section

and the Virginia Association of
County Administrators. Richmond City Manager Manuel
Deese was appointed to the I C M A
Conference Planning Committee
for the 1980 I C M A Conference in
New York and Cole Hendrix continued
his office as
ICMA
Regional Vice President.

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The MUNICIPAL E L E C T R I C
POWER
ASSOCIATION
OF
VIRGINIA employed an engineering firm to prepare a power supply study. A preliminary report
was made in March and the final

report was made at the Annual
Conference in May in Charlottesville. A t the Conference, President William E . Willis turned
over his office to Bedford City
Manager Keith Cook. The Execu-

tive Committee is currently looking into hiring a part-time staff
person to oversee the Association
and to implement the passage of
joint action legislation.

* * *
The past year has been an
active one for the Executive
Board and members of the
VIRGINIA
ASSOCIATION OF
C H I E F OF P O L I C E . Members
participated in many studies,
public hearings and committee
meetings
representing
the
Association. In the area of
training,
74 members
participated in a management and
executive level inservice training
program that was highlighted by

a one week course sponsored
jointly by the Criminal Justice
Services Commission and the
Association at the F B I Academy.
The Association is sponsoring an
insurance program developed by
the International Association of
Chiefs of Police and will receive
funds from l A C P based on the
participants that join the insurance program. A Meritorious
Service Award program to officially recognize individuals that

have contributed a service to
improve law enforcement or who
have performed an act of bravery
was
adopted
and will
be
presented for the first time this
year. During the past year there
have been many retirements and
changes made in the ranks of the
Association. We salute
the
dedicated lawmen who served the
public for so many years.

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The
VIRGINIA BUILDING
OFFICIALS
ASSOCIATION
celebrated its 50th year of
organization in Virginia in October, 1979. A group of nine
representives at a one day
meeting in 1929 has grown into an
Association
with over
200
Virginia building officials.
During the 1980 General
Assembly, President
Joseph
Bertoni, Chief Building Inspector,

Fairfax County, appointed R. A .
Ledbetter, J r . , a retired building
official from the City of Norfolk,
to serve as a full-time lobbyist for
VBOA.
To
further
the
Association's
legislative
interests, a mid-year meeting was
held in February,
featuring
Virginia
Delegate
Alan A .
Diamonstein, Chairman of the
Virginia Housing Study Commission.

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At
this same
meeting,
President Bertoni appointed an
Educational Committee. Under
the Chairmanship of Claude G.
Cooper, Director of Inspection
Services, Fairfax County, the
Educational
Committee
is
developing a training course on
the administration of the Virginia
Uniform
Statewide
Building
Code. The VBOA is working with
the
Virginia
Department
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Community
D e v e l o p m e n t to fund the p r o g r a m
and hopes to i m p l e m e n t
the

course in 1980.
T h e 52nd A n n u a l School and
C o n f e r e n c e of the V B O A w i l l be

held
at
the
SheratonF r e d e r i c k s b u r g I n n on October
19-22, 1980.

DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
Of
importance
to
our
m e m b e r s is the d i s t r i b u t i o n of
information on a t i m e l y b a s i s . T h e
Virginia
Municipal
League
publishes
10
annual research
reports, V I R G I N I A T O W N
&amp;
C I T Y magazine, the
LEAGUE
L E T T E R (a b i w e e k l y n e w s l e t t e r ) ,
and
during
the
General
A s s e m b l y , a legislative bulletin is
mailed t w i c e w e e k l y . T o meet
w i t h these i n c r e a s e d demands on
s e c r e t a r i a l time, w o r d p r o c e s s i n g

equipment
was
purchased
allowing for a t i m e l y p r o c e s s i n g
of
this
information
into
t y p e w r i t t e n form w i t h no additional staffing. A l l of the above,
w i t h the exception of V I R G I N I A
T O W N &amp; C I T Y , a r e duplicated in
our office and mailed d i r e c t l y to
our m e m b e r s .
In
addition
to
published
information, telephone calls for
information,
such as
meeting
dates and s i t e s , are handled on a

daily basis for the V M L and its
five affiliates. A l s o for m e m b e r s
of
the
VML
and
affiliates,
financial information is r e c o r d e d
and consolidated for r e v i e w as
n e c e s s a r y . F o r consideration also
a r e the r e c e i p t and distribution of
daily correspondence.
T h e responsibilities are v i t a l
to the V i r g i n i a Municipal L e a g u e
and its m e m b e r s and have been
an important factor in the 75 y e a r
history of the L e a g u e .

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COST LESS TO MAINTAIN
6. A protected
election panel.

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Greater body
strength here.
PAK-MOR'S exclusive welded " I "
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body strength. Other manufacturers
use a box design over seams that trap
moisture and causes rusting at these
critical stress areas. PAK-MOR'S
light-weight vet rigid construction
allows larger legal payloads with out
risk of body bulge.

Easier accessibility
to components here..
We've placed our hydraulic components, such as hoses, valves, cylinders,
reservoirs and pumps where they are
easy to get to — to make it easier for
vou to spot trouble, repair it faster, and
eliminate costly downtime.

4. ...and here.
Our unique split-tailgate exposes the
internal packer components for quicker
access and easier maintenance. Others
use single tailgate assemblies that
require time-consuming
inspection and cost]
repairs.

7.
Heavier gauge
metal here-where
stress and wear
are highest.

A long life
hydraulic
reservoir
system up here.
PAK-MOR'S reservoir tank is placed
high on the body. This assures a better
flow to the pump and prevents "air
bubbling" — a troublesome
costly wear factor. The
baffling within the tank
enhances oil circulation
and reduces heat —
another major cause
of wear
Made in Virginia Division
Duffield, Virginia

Because PAK-MOR'S ejection cylinder
is angled, its strong deep-sectioned
panel is never exposed to costly tailgate damage. Others use a horizontal
cylinder with a snouted panel that
c'an be damaged by accidental ramming against the tailgate, or by the
dropping of a raised tailgate
on a fully extended panel.

Compare PAK-MOR'S
1/4" hi-tensil hopper floor
with those of other makes.
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Compare, too, PAK-MOR'S
3/16" formed plate body floor
It's heavier than most
other makes.

A longer wearing

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�RiUs Church/AtiTJrbanVillage
When
local
governments
expand
to
serve
larger
populations and meet increased
demands
for
service,
they
sometimes come to appear remote
and faceless. Citizens may increasingly feel powerless
to
control their own government.
Because F a l l s Church is small—
two square miles, population
9,080 —we have not been forced to
confront
this problem.
City
government has been able to
remain close to the people it
serves. F o r many of our citizens,
their Councilmember
or C i t y
official is a neighbor. I n addition,
a network of citizen boards and
commissions
and
private
voluntary organizations involve
hundreds
of
Falls
Church
residents in the life and work of
their City.

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T h i s citizen activism coupled
with responsive government has
enabled F a l l s Church to cope w i t h
a problem which other localities
may also have faced: How does a
small
community
of
limited
financial resources surrounded by
rapid growth both preserve its
sense of history and community
identity and meet the changing
personal needs of its citizens?
A few years ago, many
citizens were worried that their
C i t y was in danger. Northern
Virginia began to grow rapidly —
population doubled, then tripled
and kept skyrocketing. Surrounding towns and farm land was replaced by new highways, shopping centers and housing developments. Concerned citizens and
C i t y officials began to work
together to preserve and protect
the C i t y ' s rich heritage and
natural beauty.
The preservation of historic
sites and structures gained increasing community support. T h e
restoration of C h e r r y H i l l F a r m , a
four-acre estate adjacent to the
C i t y ' s municipal offices, was the
catalyst to numerous historic
preservation projects. C h e r r y
H i l l F a r m was restored entirely
by the C i t y w i t h no outside help
from federal, state or private
foundation funds. Momentum for
this project was provided by the

Historical Commission and the
Village P r e s e r v a t i o n and I m provement Society. T h e house,
furnished by the C h e r r y H i l l
Foundation w i t h 19th century
period furniture, is now used as a
meeting place for civic groups,
and historic and educational tours
are provided for the general
public
and school
students.
Recently, the restoration project
received the national A m e r i c a n
Public W o r k s Association's Historic P r e s e r v a t i o n A w a r d . Many
similar preservation projects for
public, residential and commercial properties have been started.
Numerous beautification projects have also been launched.
The C i t y ' s efforts to preserve its
tree-lined streets, for example,
have won the T r e e C i t y U S A
A w a r d for two consecutive years.
The City's architectural awards
for excellence in design of private
homes and businesses have spurred improvement projects. A s a
result, our business district is being rejuvenated by successful
"face-lifts" through the renovation of building facades. T h e
C i t y ' s sign control ordinance has
generated small, uniform and attractive signs.
A small town atmosphere is
important, but a community is
more than trees and parks; it's
also the people who live in the
community. T h e City is working
hard to meet the needs of its
citizens. T h e C i t y ' s population
has grown older and many of

these older people have special
needs. A Senior Citizen Conference titled " G e t t i n g Older is
Getting B e t t e r in F a l l s Church,"
was held recently to determine
the needs of the City's elderly
residents. I n addition, the City
persuaded owners of housing
units to set aside 80 bedroom
units as federally-funded housing
for the elderly and handicapped.
Nutrition sites offer free lunches
and seniors can get help winterizing their homes, obtaining transportation and receiving tax relief.
Besides meeting the needs of
our elderly, F a l l s Church has
special programs for all ages. I t
was the first city in Northern
Virginia to rehabilitate a house to
use as a group home for mentally
retarded
adults. The
school
system
is considered
firstrate.receiving national recognition for its innovative programs.
P r e s e r v i n g the best of the
City's past and meeting our
citizens' changing needs does cost
money. Although the City's per
capital income is the highest in
the state of Virginia (TayloeMurphy Index) at $16,339, the
City itself is not big and money is
still tight. Because F a l l s Church is
primarily residential, with fixed
boundaries and little undeveloped
land, its tax base is limited.
Citizens cannot look to massive
new developments to pay its bills.
Instead the City has concentrated
on maintaining tight cost control
(our tax rate is the lowest in
Northern
V i r g i n i a ) and
encouraging
new
business
in
redeveloped areas.
The
City's Master P l a n ,
based
on
extensive
citizen
direction, sets policy to improve
the City's business environment.
Falls
Church
has
courted
progress compatible with the
C i t y ' s special qualities. Major
recent activities to revitalize the
city's business district include:
• T h e Historic Triangle. The
C i t y purchased land adjacent to
the historic F a l l s Church, from
which the City took its name, to
consolidate
small parcels
to
encourage appropriately scaled
development.
The area was

�rezoned as a historic district.
• T h e Commerical District.
Developers are given incentives
to save historic houses by incorporating them into the designs
of their new development.
•
T h e Shopping
Center
Agreement. T h e City signed an
agreement, the first of its kind,
w i t h the owner of a shopping
center which committed both
parties to make improvements in
and around the shopping center.
Although F a l l s Church has
escaped some of the problems of
bigness which larger localities
must face, we have a few special
challenges of our own. T h e C i t y is

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committed
to upgrading and
improving its business district to
strengthen our tax base without
spoiling the C i t y ' s character and
identity.
(Arlington, from page 8)
metropolitan
area: $1.12
per
hundred
dollars of
assessed
valuation.
A source of pride, too, is its
county-manager
form
of
government, the first such in the
nation, that was adopted by
popular vote in 1932. A fivemember County Board is elected
at-large and the members serve

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staggered four-year terms. T h e
Board
appoints
the
county
manager
who
in t u r n
is
responsible for day-to-day administration,
including
appointment of all non-elective
personnel.
Although its 26 square miles
makes it one of the smallest
counties in the United States,
Arlington's location has given it a
unique history and a challenging
modern day position. Continuing
to capitalize upon its location
adjacent to Washington, D.C., yet
enhancing its sense of community
identity are goals Arlington will
seek to fulfill in the coming years.

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�Joint-Action Public Power Financing
Wfe're the leader
And with good reason
From the time the first joint-action public power agency was conceived, the Public
Finance Division of Smith Barney was right there, taking an active role. So we know the
importance of service and experience—especially to a new agency.
Service. We're known for it. Service at Smith Barney isn't limited to the pricing and
marketing of bonds. It means defining the role of the investment banker i n broader terms.
Assisting i n the writing of enabling legislation.
Helping with the structure, timing and technicalities of forming a joint-action agency.
A d v i s i n g o n contractual agreements between member municipalities and
the agency.
A n d assisting with negotiations i n a buy-in situation.
;
Service at Smith Barney means three to five finance professionals working with each
client, professionals with an average of ten years' experience i n electric revenue financing.
Experience. We've got it. For negotiated joint-action issues alone. Smith Barney
has acted as Senior Manager, Co-Manager or Financial Advisor for 89 per cent of the total
dollar figure of all transactions—or $3 billion out of $3.4 billion. For the ten issuers who
have come to market for the first time at negotiated sale we assisted nine and we are now C o Manager for the tenth.

�O u r total joint-action public financing is now up to $5.3 billion. But this kind of success is nothing new to our Public Finance Division—We've long been recognized as a leader
in all areas of municipal finance.
Leadership is earned. A n d we worked to get there. I n fact, of the 44 professionals in
Public Finance, 22 are actively involved i n developing tax-exempt financing for electric
power clients.
So there you have it. Service and Experience. It's as simple as that.

Smith Barney-the leader in joint-action financinghas helped raise over $3.4 billion in new capital:
Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale
Electric Company

North Carolina Municipal Power Agency #1
( C o - M a n a g i n g B a n k e r ) $625,000,000 (3 issues)

(Senior M a n a g i n g B a n k e r ) $560,870,000 (5 issues)

Heartland Consumers Power District
(South Dakota)
(Senior M a n a g i n g B a n k e r ) $240,100,000 (2 issues)

Lafayette Public Power Authority (Louisiana)
(Senior M a n a g i n g B a n k e r ) $140,000,000 (2 issues)

Michigan South Central Power Agency
(Senior M a n a g i n g B a n k e r ) $95,040,000 (1 issue)

Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
( C o - M a n a g i n g B a n k e r ) $100,000,000 (1 issue)

If you have questions concerning the formation of a
joint-action agency please call one of your Virginia
Smith Barney team.
David Guernsey (212) 399-6200
A n n Hagan (212) 399-6172
Peter Ramsey (215) 854-6103
Fred H i l l (212) 399-6229

Wyoming Municipal Power Agency
(Senior M a n a g i n g B a n k e r ) $21,540,000 (1 issue)

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
( F i n a n c i a l A d v i s o r ) $725,000,000 (5 issues)

Texas Municipal Power Agency
( C o - M a n a g i n g B a n k e r ) $600,000,000 (3 issues)

Smith Barney
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&amp; Co. Incorporated
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Member SIPC

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to

right,

top:

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Mayor Roy Erickson
admires the recently constructed
and provides housing for the elderly and handicapped.
standing year of service as President
of the
VML.

J. R. Polly Lineweaver
Apartments.
This HUD funded project was completed
in January, 1980,
The Council and City Manager would like to congratulate
the Mayor on his election and out-

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Councilman Dr. Walter F. Green, I I I is a familiar face seen around the Rockingham
players; having over 700 personnel
on staff Dr. Green is a physician at the Hospital

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Councilman
James Cisney strolls along the new, tree lined sidewalks
installed in the downtown shopping area. The sidewalks
are part of the
downtown
beautification
project. Mr. Cisney is the General Manager of the Rockingham
Cooperative
Farm Bureau, and he takes great pride in the fact that
Harrisonburg
ranks as one of the top rural shopping and marke ting
centers.

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Elon Rhodes takes a ride in one of the City owned taxi cabs. The City of Harrisonburg
acquired ownership and operation
of the
Transit System in 1976. Since the time of acquisition,
the taxi system has grown considerably
and now includes mini buses and transportation
for the handicapped.
Mr. Rhodes operates a barber shop in the City.

Memorial
Hospital
The Hospital is one of the City's
and also works at the JMU Health
Clinic.

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City Manager, Marvin Milam, talks with Senator Harry F. Byrd at the decidation
of Switzer Dam. The Dam has a surface
jointly as a water storage anf flood control facility.
The Dam is 139 feet high and is the largest earthen dam east of the

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Councilman
Department

Dr. Raymond Dingledine
is a familiar
at JMU, and he takes a keen interest

figure seen on the campus of James Madison
in educational facilities for the City.

University.

Dr. Dingledine

area of 119 acres and
Mississippi
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History

^ HARRISONBURG, BICENTENNIAL1780-1980

�Prince William
County

Formed
in 1731, Prince
William County takes its name
from W i l l i a m Augustus, the Duke
of Cumberland and the youngest
son of K i n g George I I . W i t h an
original area of over 2000 square
miles. Prince W i l l i a m County
included land that later formed
F a i r f a x , Arlington, Loudoun and
Fauquier counties.
Though not a battleground
during the Revolution, P r i n c e
William witnessed two major
C i v i l W a r battles — the F i r s t and
Second B a t t l e s of B u l l R u n
(Manassas). T h e National P a r k
Service currently maintains the
3000 acre Manassas National
Battlefield P a r k .
F r o m the end of the C i v i l
War
until
about 1958,
the
population of P r i n c e W i l l i a m
County
remained
relatively
stable but between 1950 and 1960,
the County's population more
than doubled. T h i s rapid growth
trend continued and today the
population of Prince W i l l i a m
county is estimated to be 160,000.
T w o feeder airports, at Manassas
and Woodbridge, supplement the
nearby Dulles International and
National A i r p o r t s . T w o interstate
highways, 1-95 in the E a s t (NorthSouth Route) and 1-66 in the W e s t
(East-West Route), serve the
county and provide access for
commuters
to
and
from
Washington. T h e interstates have

also spurred commercial and
residential development.
Two
residential planned communities
(Lake Ridge and Dale City) lie
close to 1-95 and w i l l eventually
provide homes for 85,000 people.
The 1.2 million square foot Hahn
Regional
Shopping
center,
scheduled to open in 1982, also
parallels 1-95.
Growth of this magnitude
increases the demand for public
services and facilities. Together
w i t h the F e d e r a l government.
Commonwealth
of
Virginia,
F a i r f a x County and Manssas and
Manassas P a r k , Prince W i l l i a m
County
participated in the
construction of the Upper Occoquan Sewer A u t h o r i t y ' s advanced wastewater treatment
facility. T h i s sophisticated tertiary treatment works is a
technological
m a r v e l w i t h an
equally awe-inspiring price tag of
$82 million. Residents of E a s t e r n
Prince W i l l i a m County w i l l soon
be served by a second advanced
wastwater treatment facility —
the H . L . Mooney Plant.
The County's sixth high
school is scheduled to open this
fall and construction w i l l begin
this year on two new elementary
schools. T h e County animal
shelter is due to double its
capacity and plans have been
finalized for the erection of a
regional j a i l , to be built in conjunction
with
the
City
of
Manassas. T h e County and Cities
of Manassas and Manassas park
w i l l also cooperate, contingent on
a 1981 bond referendum, in the
construction of modern
court
facilities. Cost estimates approach $9.5 million.
Prince W i l l i a m boasts one of
Virginia's few County
Police
Departments. E s t a b l i s h e d in
1970, the Department has grown
to employ almost 200 sworn
personnel. F i r e and rescue services blends paid professionals
and spirited volunteers into a
highly efficient and
effective
force.
Other County Departments
include Planning, Public W o r k s ,
Personnel,
Operations
and
Maintenance L i b r a r i e s , Social
Services, Finance,
Economic
Development
and the newly
created office of Management
Information and A u d i t and the

Department
of
Development
Administration.
The
Prince
William County P a r k Authority
administers
progressive
recreation
and
open
space
programs. T h e Mental Health and
Mental
Retardation
Services
Board
recently
earned
recognition from the National
Associaton of Counties for its
innovative
client
services
delivery system.
Five
sanitary districts
oversee the provision of water
and sewer services in the County.
T h e two largest districts, Occoquan/Woodbridge-Dumfires/Triang
angle and Greater Manassas,
employ full-time administrators.
Management of this rapidly
growing County is the responsibility of a seven member Board
of County Supervisors elected by
magisterial district. Kathleen K .
Seefeldt
currently serves as
Chairman of the Board with
Donald
L . White
as ViceChairman. J a m e s J . McCoart,
Doanld E . K i d w e l l , G . Richard
Pfitzner, Joseph D. Reading and
E i l e e n M. Stoute presently hold
the other seats on the Board.
Terrence A . E m e r s o n , in his
capacity as County Attorney,
provides legal counsel to the
Board of County Supervisors.
Robert S. Noe, J r . is the appointed County E x e c u t i v e and
acts as the administrative head of
the
County's
governmental
departments
with over
1000
employees.
Remembering its wealth of
history. Prince William County is
preparing for its future w i t h
enthusiasm and optimism. I t is
hoped that many of the delegates
to
September's
Virginia
Municipal League Conference will
linger for a few days or even a few
hours to enjoy the unique scenic
panorama that is Prince William &gt;
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When Richard Ratcliffe took
over his father-in-law's mercantile business in the late 1700's,
he knew a good deal when he saw
one. The store was near the intersection of Little River Turnpike and Ox Road (two major
roads in what was then part of
Fairfax County). With the large
number of settlers moving
westward along these early
highways, the
enterprising
Ratcliffe amassed a small fortune
by providing the neccessities for
the difficult journey into the Ohio
Valley.
Since then, of course, many
things have changed. Ox Road,
now known as Chain Bridge Road,
has been paved. The Ratcliffe
store was lost to history and torn
down long ago. The intersection
where shops and homes once
were clustered has grown into the
City of Fairfax six square miles in
area. But the same reason that
brought prosperity to Richard
Ratcliffe nearly 200 years ago is
the same reason that is attracting
families and businesses to Fairfax
City today — its prime location.
Fairfax City is situated in the
heart of Fairfax County about 15
miles west of Washington, D.C.
Several major access roads
crisscross the City. In addition to
Little River Turnpike and Chain
Bridge Road, the U.S. Route 50
and 1-66 corridors are channeling
westward
expansion
from
Washington into the area making
Fairfax City a major residential
and economic center.
At the end of World War I I , the
population was about 1,000 people
compared to 22,000 residents
today. Prime contributors to the
City's economy 30 years ago were
the large diary farms and other
farm-related enterprises. Today,
the economy is based on retail,
wholesale and service outlets.
Farming has been relegated to a
minor role by the more than 1,600
businesses which now make
Fairfax City their home.

Besides its excellent physical
situation, the City's growth has
been spurred by the presence of
the Fairfax County government.
The location of the county
courthouse in the City has
brought more than 350 lawyers to
Fairfax and has increased the
demand for office space. In the
last five years, more than 1.1
million square feet of commercial
space was constructed of which 71
percent was designed for office
use. It is anticipated that the
completion of the new county
courthouse later next year will
attract even more attorneys.
Even with the commercial
interest in Fairfax City, the
community continues to emphasize its residential and
historical character. A drive
through Fairfax will find subdivisions nestled between large
wooded and parkland areas.
About 65 percent of City land is
devoted to parks and neighborhoods. A sense of history
prevails throughout the community as 15 historical buildings
and sites preserve the City's
heritage and identity. The center
portion of Fairfax is designated
as an Old and Historical District
to encourage the protection of
older buildings. A Board of Architectural Review regulates the
appearance
and
structural
changes in that area which has
helped Fairfax retain some of its

Southern small-town charm.
A significant factor in the
City's recent development is
George Mason University. In
1961,
the City of Fairfax
purchased and donated 150 acres
of land to facilitate the move of
GMU
from
the
Bailey's
Crossroads area. Over the years,
the university has come to exert a
new and positive influence that is
changing Fairfax into a college
town.
Because of its considerable
impact upon the area, GMU has
become an integral part of
Fairfax planning. Last year, a
unique committee made up of city
government, university and
business leaders was formed to
enhance community living by
pooling the resources of all three
elements. Out of this committee
has come an intra-City shuttle bus
which began operating in August.
The bus provides transportation
for students commuting between
GMU's north and south campuses
and offers residents convenient
transit between residential and
commercial areas of the City.
As Fairfax begins the 1980's,
planners are finding the City
essentially
developed. Undoubtedly, more residents and
businesses will continue to place a
greater demand on the small
amount of land yet undeveloped.
However, the principal growth in
this decade will take place just
outside the City limits. Vacant
parcels of land on the City's
borders will be taken over by
regional shopping centers, office
complexes
and
residential
developments.
The focus of community
attention, therefore, is shifting
from growth issues to providing
quality living for its residents.
Always
regarded
as a
municipality that provides high
quality services, Fairfax will
continue to emphasize this important feature of local government.

�Whether you come by car, train,
plane or bus, Richmond can be your perfect meeting place.
Far enough to preclude distracting
phone calls and other local problems. But
not too far to travel.
The professionalism of D.C. conference facilities. But for an appreciably
smaller tab.
The night spots of a Georgetown.

But not the same old Georgetown spots
you've been to a hundred times.
For full details on our considerable
facilities and services, and all the help
you could need in planning your get away,
call Dan Bockover at (804) 649-0373.
He's our ambassador to Capital meeting planners. Richmond Convention &amp;
Visitors Bureau, 201E. Franklin St.,
Richmond, Virginia 23219.

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�Manassas Adjusts to City Status
Growing pains, aligned w i t h
conservative fiscal management,
are what the C i t y of Manassas has
been
experienceing
since
it
changed from a town to a city.
C i t y status was taken May 1,
1975, after 102 years as a town in
Prince
William
County.
Schools: The Biggest Change
T h e growing pain has been
the establishment of city school
facilities. Manassas youngsters
continued to be educated in the
Prince W i l l i a m County school
system for two school years after
city status was obtained. D u r i n g
this period, the city, looking to
the future creation of its own,
smaller,
quality
education
system, purchased three schools
from P r i n c e W i l l i a m County and
two school sites, a l l within the
city limits.
I t was decided, in December
1976, to open the city school
system the following fall for all
students in kindergarten through
the 12th grade rather than a
gradual process of elementary
followed by secondary students.
T h e only exception was special
education students.
T h e City of Manassas school
system officially opened its doors
for the 1977-78 school year,
educating approximately 2,700
students the first year. Some 50
special
education
students
remained in the county school
system for the first school year;
however, services for them were
offered the following t e r m in the
city school program.

Enrollment
increased
to
3,024 for the second year and
3,492 for the 1979-80 school year.
A n additional 200 students are
projected for the 1980-81 school
year. Increasing enrollment is
also expected to necessitate the
construction of a new high school,
possibly to be completed by the
fall of 1981.

sound fiscal management. I n 1975,
Manassas residents paid a real
property tax rate of $2.39 per
$100 for their last combined town
and county tax bill. T h e City real
estate tax rate was $1.80 in 1976,
followed by $1.69 in 1977; $1.49 in
1978; $1.30 in 1979. Property
assessments amounted to a $371
million tax base for 1980, up over
$72 million in one year.

Population Growth
A t t r i b u t i n g to the school
enrollment is another growing
pain — increased
residential
units throughout the city including apartments, townhouses
and single-family residents. F r o m
1974 to 1977, 634 residential
building permits were issued. T h e
city's highest year was 1978 when
649 building permits and 431
occupancy permits
for
new
residences were issued. L a s t
year, 310 building permits and
332 occupancy permits
were
issued.

Manassas
continues
to
operate
its own
water impoundment, which provides the
City's water supply, and a
municipal airport. T h e airport is
being expanded with the construction of a second, 54,000-foot
runway to ease air traffic flow. A t
its busiest times, the airport
handles 70 takeoffs and landings
an hour.
Manassas maintains services
provided before city status was
taken such as police and street
maintenance, as well as supplying
electricity (purchased wholesale
from Vepco) and sewage treatment (in conjunction with the
regional Upper Occoquan Sewer
Authority Plant).

Commercial and industrial
growth has also occurred with
numerous
office
complexes
constructed
in city
business
zones. Downtown Manassas also
received a facelift, through new
and renovated businesses, and a
city-funded underground w i r i n g
project. A municipal parking lot
has also been built.
Decrease in T a x Rate
Despite these growing pains,
there
has been
an annual
decrease in the real estate tax
rate because of City Council's

Additionally,
Manassas
contracts with Prince William
County for other services such as
the judicial system, health,
mental
h e a l t h and
mental
retardation. T h e two jurisdicitons
w i l l also share a new regional j a i l .
Growing pains are continuing in Manassas; however, a conservative fiscal approach has
eased the transition process to
becoming a city.

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the best

of the past . . . while
keeping pace with progress
EDUCATION—an excellent educational s y s tem including local Community College
TRANSPORTATION—fine municipal airport,
easy a c c e s s to railroad, 1-66 and 1-95
INDUSTRIAL—varied, prime sites available

THE CITY OF
MARTINS\TLLE

WATER—only Northern Virginia area with abundant w a ter supply
Take a look at what's happening

in

the City of
MANASSAS,

Congratulates the
Virginia IVIunicipal
League on its 75th
Anniversary.
We're all in this
together—growing
with the VML

VA.

the "Top of Virginia"

G E O R G E WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS
Open May 1 - October 1

Step across the threshold into history—visit
Washington's Office, Stonewall Jackson's
Headquarters,
"Abram's Delight"
A modern
community
humming

with its growing

business

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�VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY

�HISTORIC HERNDON

On J a n u a r y 14,1879 Herndon
received its C h a r t e r as a T o w n .
F o r approximately eight years
after incorporating, the T o w n
remained a sleepy little farming
village of 4.25 square miles w i t h a
railroad passing through the
center. F a r m e r s brought milk by
wagon to the railroad depot for
transportation
to
Downtown
Washington. T h e economy was
agriculturally oriented until the
late 1950's when plans for construction of Dulles International
A i r p o r t were unveiled.
The site for Dulles was
located three miles west of
Herndon; however, it became
obvious that the airport would
reshape the future of the T o w n .
Modern
technology, improved
transportation
f a c i l i t i e s and
expansion
of
the
Federal
government created a demand for
more housing, retail commercial
facilities and service industries in
and around Herndon. I n 1960
Herndon had a population of
1,960. B y 1970 the population had
exceeded 4,600, and today it is
estimated that the population exceeds 13,000. E v e n with this
growth, the T o w n has adequate
open space to more than double
its population. F u l l development
of the open space is expected to
occur within the next twenty
years.
W i t h the growth that occurred in the 1970's came the
problem of providing essential
utilities, public facilities and
public services. Sound physical,
financial and social planning were
implemented
to
meet
the
challenge of growth and change.
A s a result of the planning and
programming of improvements,
the T o w n has been able to

assimilate
the
increased
population without major adverse
economic or long t e r m social
effects.
During the era of social
unrest in the early 1970's Herndon was caught up in the turmoil.
The sudden shock of unrest
caused the citizens of the community and T o w n officials to
carry out a community analysis.
During the study it became
evident because of the rapid
growth, recreation programs and
facilities
had
been
largely
overlooked.
Concern
over
provision of public works type
facilities had caused T o w n officials to forget about the need for
leisure time programs.
Good Recreational Facilities
I n 1978 the citizens of the
community
overwhelmingly
approved a $3.5 million bond
referendum
to
provide
recreational facilities. Funds from
the bond proceeds were used to
acquire and develop sites for a
golf course, an athletic park and a
passive
park. I n addition,
$280,000 was appropriated from
general funds of the T o w n to
supplement the bond proceeds
and a grant of $417,000 was obtained from the Commission of
Outdoor Recreation to cover the
remainder of acquisition and
development costs. T h e State
Department of H i g h w a y s and
Transportation
constructed
street facilities to the site of the
Recreation Complex at a cost of
$44,500.
The golf course was opened
to the public in J u n e , 1979 and the
clubhouse
was completed
in
March, 1980. Facilities at the
Herndon Centennial Municipal
Golf Course are reported to be

among
the
finest
in
the
Washington Metropolitan A r e a .
The active and passive parks
were to be completed by midsummer, 1980. These parks, as
well as the golf course, abut the
43-mile long Hike &amp; Bike T r a i l
Park.
Community
Development
grant funding amounting
to
$750,000 was acquired through
F a i r f a x County, enabling Herndon to open a community recreation center in March, 1979. A t the
present time $140,000 in C D funds
has been set aside for the construction of a nine and one-half
acre park facility at a cost of
$500,000.
The combined total commitment for recreation facilities
in the T o w n during the last four
years amounts to $5.1 million.
F o r the last ten to fifteen
years Herndon has served as a
dormitory community in the
Greater Washington Metropolitan A r e a . Much of the employment of its citizens results from
Dulles A i r p o r t , F e d e r a l agencies
such as the Pentagon, C.I.A.,
General Services Administration
and agencies serving our central
government. F u t u r e growth can
be expected from selected manufacturing industries and service
industry development that will
provide a more stable economy
for the area.
Herndon is a town with a
historic past and a promising
future.
Sound
planning and
development assures citizens of a
community that provides its
citizens w i t h "the good life."
Combining the small-town atmosphere
with
a
large
metropolitan area gives Herndon's citizens "the best of many
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�Vienna—Small Town Lifestyle Remains
The
Town
of
Vienna,
although only 15 miles from
Washington, D.C., and despite a
tenfold population increase in the
last 30 years, has retained a sense
of
community
s p i r i t and
preserved the traditions and
institutions that give Vienna
residents the feeling of living in
their own "small town."
Vienna covers 4.29 square
miles in northeast Fairfax County
and has a population of 19,500. It
is basically a family town,
exhibiting a land use pattern
quite different from that of many
communities of comparable size.
More than 70 percent of the land
is occupied by single-family
detached homes and over 100
acres are devoted to open-space
recreation. The Town's land use
policy and the lines that delineate
its various zoning classifications
have remained stable over the
years. This fact tends to assure
residents that, notwithstanding
the bustling commercial center
along Maple Avenue, the quiet
lifestyle enjoyed by townspeople
whose homes may be only a
couple of blocks away from
convenient stores and services
will not change much over the
years.

Town and Business Partnership
The
Town's
thriving
business community has given
support and leadership to local
civic,
service,
social and
recreational organizations. They
have also donated merchandise,
services and money to the fundraising efforts of nearly all of the
Town's many volunteer groups.
The Vienna Chamber of Commerce recently joined with the
town government to sponsor an
ambitious long-range program to
clean up and beautify the town's
commercial
areas.
Funds to
purchase trees, shrubs, litter
receptacles and other materials
for improving the appearance of
the business district comes in
part from the sale of recyclable
aluminum deposited by citizens at
the Town's new recycling center.
The ongoing tradition of
government and citizens working
together has helped Vienna
withstand the pressures of rapid
development in the surrounding
county
and maintain
the
congenial atmosphere of a small
town, while still providing urbantype municipal services and innovative
programs
for community improvement.
Several
of these
new

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programs are in the area of
transportation. To help conserve
fuel and decrease air pollution,
Vienna organized the first homebased car pooling system in the
Washington metropolitan area. A
local jitney bus system, scheduled
to be in operation by summer
1980, will also help citizens save
gas and provide convenient lowcost transportation for those
without access to an automobile.
Vienna residents will also be able
to use the Metro subway/rapid
rail system when the terminal
station just outside the Town
limits is completed in the mid1980s. Many citizens have mixed
emotions
about
the station.
Although it will make commuting
into Washington much easier, the
3,300 vehicles expected to park at
the station daily could greatly
increase traffic congestion, noise
and air pollution within the town.
The Town Council has established
a task force of citizens and town
officials to study the station's
potential impact and to begin
planning now to maximize its
benefits and deal with any
problems it may create.
The
Town
government
works closely with citizens in
many other ways. The Vienna
Police Department, through the
PACT
program
(Police and
Citizens Together),
performs
many free services aimed at
crime prevention, including home
security surveys, house checks
for residents on vacation, bicycle
registration and safety clinics and
engraving of valuables. As a
result, Vienna's crime rate is
quite low and the police reported
a 67 percent case closure rate for
1979, the highest in the department's history. (The national
closure for 1979 was about 20
percent.)
High Profile of Activity in Vienna
The Vienna Department of
Parks and Recreation offers
programs second to none in
Northern
Virginia. Activities
center
around
the Vienna
Community Center, built in 1966
entirely through donations from
town organizations and private
citizens. The Community Center

�is used for indoor
sports,
meetings, classes and special
events such as antique shows,
plays, concerts and fashion shows.
The
Community Center also
houses the Senior Citizen Lounge,
an informal meeting room where
senior citizens can gather to play
cards, receive information about
retirement benefits and other
matters of interest, or just chat
over a cup of coffee.
While the Town of Vienna
offers a good life in the present
and plans carefully for the future,
it does not forget the past. In
1979, the Town Council approved
the creation of the Windover
Heights Historic District, a
section in Northwest Vienna of
homes built around the turn of
the century. Many of these homes
contain distinctive architectural
features and were the sites of
historic events or belonged to
prominent citizens. Any new
construction or major exterior
alteration of buildings within the
district must be approved by a
special review board to ensure
that it is in keeping with the old
and historic character of the area.
Vienna's townspeople are
justifiably proud of their wellbalanced community where the
qualities of a small-town lifestyle
remain.

A CITY
CELEBRATING
ITS A R T S
AND
TRADITIONS

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SALUTES
T H E VIRGINIA
MUNICIPAL L E A G U E
FOR ITS
DEDICATION T O
EXCELLENCE

Norfolk
a city
deeply involved in
its art, its culture
and
its seafaring heritage
salutes the
Virginia Municipal League,
Virginia's Dedicated
Local Government Officials.

Mayor

�Sound Planning and Fiscal Restraint
Fairfax County

Fairfax County is pleased to
join its neighbor jurisdictions in
welcoming members of the Virginia
Municipal League to Northern
Virginia for the 75th Annual
Conferennce.
To provide visitors with a
capsule description of the County, it
is a temptation to speak largely in
numbers. With over 600,000
residents, Fairfax County is the
State's most populous jurisdiction,
and it is not surprising to find that
the County operates the State's
largest school and library systems.
Numbers can speak not just of
size, but quality and character,
too. For example, Fairfax's urban
population enjoys 14,000 acres of
green, open and play space in 265
County-owned parks. Over 26,000
county citizens
contributed
684,397 volunteer hours to the
schools alone last year; the work
equivalent of 540 full time employees. Numbers also represent,
often simultaneously, resources
and costs, successes and problems.
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Population growth and a wider
role for local governments have
challenged Fairfax County policy
makers and resulted in a growing
range of necessary services.
Planning for orderly development,
preserving a quality environment
and improving financial strength
are continuing priorities for the
community and they will be emphasized in the decade of the 1980s.
In the past decade the County
population grew by 160,000; in the
next ten years a similar increase is
estimated so the challenge will
continue.

Careful planning for growth is
important to the County's environment and its tax base; such
planning can minimize costs
associated with development of
public facilities. In 1975, the County established a comprehensive
land use plan which utilizes quantitative analysis to evaluate the
impact of development and to assist in the planning of community
facilities. Such planning encourrages needed economic development to strengthen the tax base
of both the County and the State.
For example, between 1977 and
1979, employment by base industrial firms in Fairfax County
jumped by 14,163 jobs. That hefty
33 percent increase in two years
generated over $229 million in additional annual wages. These
wages pay local and State taxes
and it is the County's goal to continue this trend.
Fairfax County is proud of
receiving national recognition for
management innovations which
improve services and reduce costs.
The County's especially coveted
triple A bond rating from both
major rating services, earned
through
sound
management
practices and a strong financial
base, has provided the taxpayers
substantial savings in debt service.
Another example is a computer
program which assists assessors in
evaluating real property. The
computer retains access to compiled
information and reduces routine
manual computations. As a result,
the assessors have increased
productivity, and the accuracy of
assessments has improved. This is
especially
important
to a
jurisdiction which annually re-

assesses more
parcels of land.

than

190,000

Decentralized administration
Decentralized administration of
County programs is important to
efficiently serve residents spread
over nearly 400 square miles. Five
governmental centers, in addition to
the main County complex, provide
office space for members of the
Board of Supervisors and house
those government services best
located close to the citizens. The
County also provides a full range of
human services through three
multi-service centers, seven medical
and dental clinics, three community
mental health centers, five nutrition
sites for senior citizens, seventeen
libraries and an extensive day care
program. Plans currently are being
made for the establishment of a
sixth governmental center.
As Fairfax County faces a new
decade, its goals include continued attention to sound and dynamic planning. However, if the
County is to retain a sound financial position, fiscal restraint must
be practiced and increased productivity must be realized. It is
anticipated that some of the more
crucial issues facing local government in the decade ahead will involve matters over which the
single jurisdiction has little if any
control. In solving the problems
associated with energy, pollution,
transportation and economic uncertainty, Fairfax County will
look to its neighbors and to organizations such as the League for
cooperation and guidance.

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1625 Eye Slteel
Washington. DC 20006
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8720 Georgia Avdnue
Silver Spring. MD 20910
(301) 58S-6001

Geological. Soils and Environmental Consultants
L a n d Disposal of Ffnuenis a n d Sludges
Solid Wasle Studies

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(314)436-7600

G r o u n d Waler Studies

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HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
&amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.

• Design
• Planning

400 E a s t M a i n Street
Richmond. Virginia
23219

Construction
Management

P H O N E 804/649-8627

Betz • Converse • M urdoch - inc.

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Potomac Group

Consulting Engineers, Planners
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Computer Scientists
Vienna. Virginia • Phone: (703) 281-2400
Staunton. Virginia » Phone: (703) 886-8555

Henningson, Durharn S L Richardson
Engineers

Richmond, VA 23288 • Phone

804-288-4051

Austin Drockenbrough
and Associotes

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Gannett Fleming
Corddry &amp; Carpenter

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Norfolk, VA
804/461-0155

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BoDiE, T A Y L O R A N D
P U R YEAR, INC.

3229 W a t e r l i c k R o a d , L y n c h b u r g ,

CONSULTING ENGINEERS

(804/237-2044)

611 Research R o a d

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1514 W i l l o w L a w n D r i v e
R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a 23226
P h o n e 282-7G57

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Engineers

100 C h u r c h S t . , N e w Y o r k , N . Y . 10007
Chicago Columbia Atlanta N e w Milford, C t .

(804) 847-7796

V A 24504

703/371-8040

Water Wasle Surveys
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Site Plans

L y n c h b u r g , V A 24501

ENGINEERS

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HURT &amp;PROFFITT, INC.
Engineers-Planners-Surveyors

Facilltles-Uunicipal Comprehensive

1801

£15/524-2900

Langley ancj McDonald

Planning-industnai Park Development

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SL A X O N

ENGINEERS . ARCHITECTS,

12368 Warwick Boulevard,
Newport N e w s , VA 23606
804-599-5511

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Fairfax, VA
703,-385-0200

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Dale Building - Suite 2 2 4 . 1504 Santa Rosa Road

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Television • T V B r o a d c a s t • Publk-

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P.O. Box 2901

Systems • Klectrical

Richmond, Virginia 23235

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Consulting Engineers
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W a s t e T r e a t m e n t • Treatability S t u d i e s

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ENGINEERS

Wastewater Treatmeni,
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1930 Isaac Newlon Squa
Reslon, Virginia 22090
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ENGINEERS. PLANNERS. CONSULTANTS
804/746-4520

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, Surveyors

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m u n i c i p a l i t i e s and public a g e n c i e s

100 S o u t h Main Street. B n d g e w a t e r . Virginia 2 2 8 1 2

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ENGINEERS • SURVEYORS • PLANNERS

M &amp; B Office Park, BIdg. One, Suite 100
Lynnfiaven Parkway, P.O. Box 6286
Virginia Beacti, Virginia 23456

(404) 4 5 2 0 7 9 7

1033WadeAvenue. Raleigh, NO27605

E N G I N E E R S

Representative

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ARCHITECTS

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P L A N N E R S

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COMPANY

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS
1000 CrescenI Avenue, N E .
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404-892-7171

(804) 468-2700

(919)832-0663

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COMPLETE

S U R V E Y O R S

LAND

PLAYGROUND and PARK EQUIPMENT BY

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703-385-9800

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LEFSBURG. VA 22075
703-777-1258

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A N D ASSOCIATES

Power Generation &amp; Transmission
Environmental Analysis
Water &amp; Wastewater

Barns &amp;MCDonn«ll

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ENGINEERS - ARCHITECTS - CONSULTANTS

N O R T H

BALTIMORE,

P.O. B O X 173, K A N S A S C I T Y , M O 6 4 1 4 1 816-333-4375

Q U I S L E &amp; A S S O C I A T E S , INC.
Consulting EngineersLand Surveyors
679 N. Main Street, Chase City, VA
(804) 372-5101
Water Supply, Distribution &amp; Treatment • Domestic &amp; Industrial Waste
Collection &amp; Disposal • Drainage'
Soil Evaluation • Site Analysis

PHONE

MINTER

E N G I N E E R S

PO.
BOX 429
I3B24 BRADDOCK R D
CENTREVILLE, VA 22020
703-631-9C30

V a . 23228
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WORKS
AND

SERVICES

22030

Phone 8 0 4 / 2 6 2 - 2 4 0 1
DAVID

SURVEYING

BENGTSON, DeBELL, ELKIN &amp; TITUS

Inc.

C O N S U L T I N G
10710

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GAME

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Corolino

Consulting Engineers

Ctiarlotte, North Carolina

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A PROFESSIONAL C O R P O R A T I O N
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STEARNS,CONRAD AND SCHMIDT
CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.

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URBAN PLANNING
F E A S I B I L I T Y STUDIES

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SITE

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C o m p l e t e p r o f e s s i o n a l s e r v i c e s for

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS and PLANNERS
BUSCH CORPORATE CENTER
203 PACKETS COURT
WILLIAMSBURG. VA. 2318S

STREET

MARYLAND 21201

(301)

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Municipal and Industrial
Air Pollution
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Analysis
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Evaluations ?
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(202) 842-1160

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GERAGHTY &amp; MILLER, INC.
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Productivity Analysis " Fiscal and Management Systems
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M a n a g i n g Director
700 B u i l d i n g
Suite 1521
Seventh &amp; M a i n
R i c h m o n d . Va. 23219
Phone 8 0 4 - 6 4 3 - 4 0 4 8

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to

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703 321-9393

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scientists,
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�Insurance Program Update
of c o v e r a g e for i n s u r a n c e pooling;
however, V M L staff f e e l s that given
the current options available for
group health i n s u r a n c e , a self ins u r a n c e pool is not f e a s i b l e at this
time. T h e health i n s u r a n c e pooling
option will be kept under c o n s i d e r a tion s h o u l d the p r o s p e c t s for s u c c e s s f u l implementation
improve.
A l s o , the staff is exploring the
feasibility of e s t a b l i s h i n g a traditional group health i n s u r a n c e program for local g o v e r n m e n t s only. T o
a c h i e v e t h i s objective an i n s u r a n c e
carrier would have to be identified
to underwrite the program. It a l s o
would
have to be
determined
w h e t h e r or not a rate structure
c o u l d be adopted w h i c h would provide a s a v i n g s over current health
i n s u r a n c e alternatives.

T h e Virginia Municipal G r o u p Self
I n s u r a n c e A s s o c i a t i o n c o n t i n u e s to
grow with over 90 m e m b e r s and an
a n n u a l premium in e x c e s s of $2.75
million. New m e m b e r s are being added e a c h month. T h e M e m b e r s '
S u p e r v i s o r y B o a r d , chaired by Vienna Mayor C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r . ,
is in the p r o c e s s of making a dividend declaration for the first fund
year w h i c h ended J u n e 30, 1981.
T h e dividend, w h i c h m u s t be approved by the S t a t e B u r e a u of Ins u r a n c e prior to distribution, will be
announced
this
spring.
This
w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n pooling
program is open to all V i r g i n i a
political
subdivisions
including
cities, towns, counties, school
boards and s p e c i a l d i s t r i c t s . If you
desire further information on the
program p l e a s e c o n t a c t Hall R i s k
Management at (804) 285-8525.

Other l i n e s of i n s u r a n c e are a l s o
under c o n s i d e r a t i o n for pooling prog r a m s . Traditional c o v e r a g e s s u c h
a s automobile, general liability and

Health i n s u r a n c e h a s been explored a s a p o s s i b l e additional line

fire i n s u r a n c e could be written on a
pooled
basis
s i m i l a r to
the
w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n program.
S e c t i o n 38.1-915 of the Code of
Virginia provides for the creation of
a captive mutual c o m p a n y on a letter of credit b a s i s . G i v e n the strong
interest of local g o v e r n m e n t s in
pooling other lines of i n s u r a n c e in
addition to w o r k m e n ' s c o m p e n s a tion, V M L staff h a s given s e r i o u s attention to the possibility of creating
a captive mutual program. T h e
legislation c a l l s for the B u r e a u of Ins u r a n c e to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the law.
T h e regulations have not yet been
developed but a s s o o n a s they are
available a determination will be
made a s to the feasibility of
e s t a b l i s h i n g s u c h a program.
For further information contact
Bradley H a r m e s at the L e a g u e office.

Managing underwriters and distributors of
state, municipal, and government bonds and notes.
Investment bankers and advisers
to municipalities and government authorities
for revenue bond project financing.
For additional information, please contact one of the following
members of our Public Finance Division
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Officers
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The Capitol Building at night.
Designed by Thomas Jefferson, the
building was started in 1785 and
finished for use in 1788. The
building houses the
famous
Houdon life-size statue of George
Washington. The photograph is
courtesy of the Virginia Department
of Highways and Transportation.

VOLUME 17

JANUARY 1982

NUMBER 1

4 Elected Officialy and Income Taxes—What You
Should Know

"The authors give an in depth account of what can be included
as a tax deduction, what cannot and why."

8 The Henrico Firefighters Decision

"A former assistant town manager and now a labor and employment attorney discusses why councils and boards need to know
what the law says about hearing a representative of employee
groups and how governing bodies can cope with the new ruling."

9 Finding Your Way During The Session
"The article gives the ins and outs of the session—from locating
committee rooms to getting copies of bills to finding a parking
space."

10-11 Contacting The State

"The two page pull out section has a map of Capitol Square and
addresses and phone numbers frequently used by local governments."

12-13 Virginia's Congressional Delegation
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1982 by the
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By Robert W. Spence and T. Teal Dakan
E D I T O R ' S NOTE: Permission
to
print til is articie was given by tlie
Kansas Government Journal and
ttie auttiors. With the assistance
of
VML Staff Attorney
Clay Wirt and
George
Warthan, an attorney
with
the firm of Wallerstein,
Goode and
Dobbins,
the article
has
been
adapted for Virginia local
officials.
B e c a u s e of the c o m p l e x i t y of the
i n c o m e tax law, a s it a p p l i e s to different t y p e s of t a x p a y e r s , there are
many opportunities for tax s a v i n g s .
S u c h benefits c a n only be obtained
through knowledge of the I n c o m e
tax law and proper planning. T h i s article highlights s o m e of the major
i n c o m e tax matters of c o n c e r n to a
municipal official in running for and
holding a public office.

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If you hold an e l e c t i v e office it is
important to under s t an d the rules
governing c a m p a i g n c o n t r i b u t i o n s
and e x p e n s e s . If a c a n d i d a t e m a k e s
e x p e n d i t u r e s of his/her own f u n d s
for c a m p a i g n
purposes, even
though holding a public office is
c o n s i d e r e d a trade or b u s i n e s s ,
he/she will receive no b u s i n e s s exp e n s e deduction for federal i n c o m e
tax p u r p o s e s . T h i s m a k e s running
for public office with personal
f u n d s a rather e x p e n s i v e proposition.
If, however, the c a m p a i g n is to be
funded
by c o n t r i b u t i o n s
from
others, the c andidat e may be eligible for tax-exempt treatment a s a
political organization. A political
organization may be a s s t r uc t ur e d
a s a political party or a s s i m p l e a s a
separate bank a c c o u n t maintained
by the ca nd idat e. T h e organization
is not taxed on contributions received nor d o e s it receive a deduction
for e x p e n d i t u r e s for c a m p a i g n purp o s e s . Only w h e n a s s e t s are not
currently e m p l o y e d for political purp o s e s , but are invested for u s e at a
later date, is t a x a b l e
income
generated. Even w h e n investment
i n c o m e is u s e d for e x e m p t purp o s e s , it will still be s u b j e c t to tax.
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Mr. S p e n c e and Mr. Dakan are with the
firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell &amp; C o m pany, K a n s a s City. Mr. S p e n c e is a partner and s e r v e s a s the f i r m ' s c e n t r a l
s t a t e s regional coordinator for governmental s e r v i c e s . Mr. Dakan is a s e n i o r
tax s p e c i a l i s t .

m u c h the s a m e a s a corporation. Ordinary income is taxed at 46 percent
and capital g a i n s are taxed at 28 percent. A political organization w h i c h
has any taxable i n c o m e must file
Form 1120-POL on or before the
15th day of the third month following the end of the organization's
taxable year.
If, at the end of the c a m p a i g n , exc e s s f u n d s remain they may be retained for future c a m p a i g n s or
d i s p o s e d of in several w a y s without
resulting in i n c o m e to the c a n didate. A political organization may
contribute any amount to or for the
u s e of another e x e m p t political
organization, including a n e w s l e t t e r
fund, to the general fund of the U.S.
T r e a s u r y or s i m i l a r state or local
f u n d s , or to an e x e m p t public charity without affecting its tax s t a t u s . It
is important to note, however, that
any f u n d s diverted from a political
organization for the personal u s e of
the c a n d i d a te will be taxable a s ordinary i n c o m e to the c a n d i d a t e.
If a payment out of c a m p a i g n
f u n d s s a t i s f i e s a legal obligation or
p a y s a personal e x p e n s e of the candidate, it may be treated a s a diversion for his personal u s e . T h e law
provides, however, that a m o u n t s expended w h i c h benefit the candidate
directly in c o n n e c t i o n with his c a m paign are not d i v e r s i o n s for personal u s e . F o r e x a m p l e , self improvement c o u r s e s directly related
to the c a m p a i g n , s u c h a s v o i c e or
s p e e c h l e s s o n s , are not to be
treated a s d i v e r s i o n s . R e a s o n a b l e
e x p e n s e s of preparing to take office, or m e a l s provided the candidate and the c a n d i d a t e ' s staff during the c a m p a i g n , are a l s o not considered d i v e r s i o n s .
T h e law provides for a limited
credit for political
contributions
made by individuals. T h e amount of
the credit is equal to one-half of the
amount of political contributions
paid during the tax year, limited to
$50 ($100 if married filing jointly).
Political contributions include c o n tributions to a c a n d i d a t e , a political
organization or a n e w s l e t t e r fund.

Newsletters
E x p e n d i t u r e s made out of pers o n a l f u n d s for the preparation and
c ir c u l a t i on of the n e w s l e t t e r are
deductible
as
an
employee
b u s i n e s s e x p e n s e only if you
itemize d e d u c t i o n s . A
different
treatment is required if you receive
contributions or paid s u b s c r i p t i o n s

for the newsletter.
A fund e s t a b l i s h e d e x c l u s i v e l y
for the preparation and circulation
of a n e w s l e t t e r to c o n s t i t u e n t s is
treated a s an e x e m p t
political
organization. T h e tax treatment is
s i m i l a r to that of other political
organizations e x c e p t that transfers
from a n e w s l e t t e r fund to a politial
organization w h i c h is not a newsletter fund are not a l l o w e d . An official
w i s h i n g to e s t a b l i s h s u c h a fund
could transfer the s u r p l u s from his
e x e m p t c a m p a i g n organization into
a newsletter fund without affecting
the tax s t a t u s of either organization.
A s with other political organizations, the n e w s l e t t e r fund is taxed
only on net investment i n co m e.

Business Expenses
A public official is allowed a
deduction from g r o s s income for
certain e x p e n s e s related to his performance
of
services
a s an
employee. Included in this category
are transportation, travel, and other
e x p e n s e s incurred under a reimb u r s e m e nt or a l l o w a n c e arrangement.
Transportation e x p e n s e s incurred by an e m p l o y e e in the regular
c o u r s e of b u s i n e s s are deductible
in arriving at a d j u s t e d g r o s s inc o m e . T h e term transportation is
d i s t i n g u i s h e d from travel in that it
d o e s not include m e a l s and lodging
and it refers to the e m p l o y e e ' s
transportation w h i le not away from
home. T r a n s p o r t a t i o n d o e s not inc l u d e the c o s t of c o m m u t i n g to and
from work, a s this is c o n s i d e r e d a
non-deductible personal e x p e n s e .
T h e following e x a m p l e s may help
clarify t h e s e rules.
A s s u m e the t a x p a yer is a city
c o u n c i l m a n in a suburb of R i c h mond and a l s o h a s a job in
downtown Richmond. Also assume
the following:
Distance
in IVIiles
15
2
13

From
Home
Home
Work

To
Work
City Hall
City Hall

If, on the day of a 7:00 p.m. city
c o u n c i l m e e t i n g , the t a x p a y e r
travels from home to work (no tax
deduction) to home for dinner (no
tax deduction) then to city hall (no
tax deduction) and back home (no
tax deduction), h e / s h e is not entitled to a tax deduction for any of the
mileage driven. T h i s mileage is all
c o n s i d e r e d to be c o m m u t i n g expense. However, if the ta xp a yer

�travels from home to work and then
to city hall and back home, h e / s h e is
entitled to a deduction b a s e d on the
13 m i l e s from work to city hall.
Another e x a m p l e would be attend a n c e at a c o m m i t t e e meeting during the day. If the tax pay er travels
from home to work (no tax deduction) to city hall (deductible) to work
(deductible) and then to home (no
tax deduction), h e / s h e is entitled to
a deduction based on the 26-mile
round trip to city hall. A s i m i l a r
d e d u c t i o n would be allowed for any
transportation to the city and back
to work if the trip h a s a city-related
b u s i n e s s purpose. T h i s would inc l u d e m e e t i n g s with c o n s t i t u e n t s ,
city o f f i c i a l s or e m p l o y e e s , and
c i v i c groups or leaders.
Transportation may i n c l u d e the
c o s t of traveling by c a b , b u s , subway and other s i m i l a r f o r m s of
public transit or the c o s t of using a
personal automobile, a s determined
under one of
two
acceptable
m e t h o d s . Under the
"regular"
method, the total amount of a c t u a l
e x p e n s e s , including d e p r e c i a t i o n ,
is multiplied by a f r a c t i o n — t h e
numerator of w h i c h is the m i l e s
driven for b u s i n e s s p u r p o s e s and
the denominator of w h i c h is total
m i l e s driven for the period. Under
the
"optional"
method,
the
aut omo bile e x p e n s e deduction is
computed
by
multiplying
the
number of b u s i n e s m i l e s driven by
standard mileage rates. T h e standard mileage rates are 20 c e n t s per
mile for the first 15,000 b u s i n e s s
m i l e s and 11 c e n t s per mile for
b u s i n e s s mileage in e x c e s s of
15,000 m i l e s . A u t o m o b i l e e x p e n s e
is c o m p u t e d on page two of F o r m
2106 ( E m p l o y e e B u s i n e s s E x penses).
T r a v e l e x p e n s e s incurred by an
e m p l o y e e in the regular c o u r s e of
e m p l o y m e n t wh ile a w a y from home
are a l s o deductible in determining
a d j u s t e d g r o s s i n c o m e . T r a v e l exp e n s e s may include transportation,
m e a l s , lodging and other e x p e n s e s
related to b u s i n e s s travel.
B u s i n e s s e x p e n s e s incurred by
an
employee
under
a
reimb u r s e m e n t or a l l o w a n c e arrangement may a l s o be d e d u c t e d for adj u s t e d g r o s s i n c o m e by the taxpayer, wh ile any r e i m b u r s e m e n t for
s u c h e x p e n s e s is included in g r o s s
i n c o m e . If an e m p l o y e e i s reimb u r s e d in an amount w h i c h is l e s s
than his total e x p e n s e , and the
r e i m b u r s e m e n t is intended to c ov er
all t y p e s of e x p e n s e s , a portion of
e x p e n s e s other than travel and
transportation ( s e e listing below)
may be d e d u c t e d in arriving at adjusted gross income.

In addition to t h o s e c a t e g o r i e s
listed above, you may pay for other
m i s c e l l a n e o u s i t e m s a s a result of
your position. E x c e p t a s noted
above, t h e s e e x p e n s e s are deductible only a s itemized d e d u c t i o n s and
may include the following:
• T h e c o s t of long d i s t a n c e
telephone c a l l s and t e l e g r a m s
relating to municipal b u s i n e s s
is deductible. In addition, if you
have a s e p a r a t e t e l e p h o n e installed
exclusively
for
municipal b u s i n e s s the entire
c o s t of this phone c o u l d be
deductible. In the a b s e n c e of a
separate phone, the b a s i c rate
would not be deductible.
• Stationery, postage and supplies u s e d in c o n n e c t i o n with
municipal b u s i n e s s are deductible.
• D u e s to organizations you normally have not belonged to
prior to being a m u n i c i p a l off i c i a l , but now belong to s i n c e it
is instrumental to your holding
s u c h an office are d e d u c t i b le
expenses. Examples
include
c i v i c and political organizations. D u e s to organizations of
w h i c h you are u s u a l l y a m e m b e r
may be deductible, in part, to
the extent that you c a n s h o w a
relationship
to
municipal
business.
• T h e c o s t of obtaining additional
publications
such
as
newspapers
or
magazines
b e c a u s e of your position a s a
municipal official is a deductible b u s i n e s s e x p e n s e . If you
have previously incurred this
e x p e n s e for personal r e a s o n s
and on a normal b a s i s , the c o s t
would not be deductible.
• T h e c o s t of C h r i s t m a s c a r d s to
other o f f i c i a l s , c o n s t i t u e n t s , or
c o m m u n i t y leaders is a form of
advertising
expense
related
directly to your b u s i n e s s a s a
municipal official and a s s u c h
is a deductible e x p e n s e .
• T h e c o s t of entertainment and
gifts
in
connection
with
municipal b u s i n e s s is deductible. Ent e r t a i n m e nt i n c l u d e s a c tivities generally c o n s i d e r e d to
be entertainment, a m u s e m e n t
or recreation. F o r e x a m p l e ,
food or r e f r e s h m e n t s a public
official may provide in c o n n e c tion with a gathering involving
municipal b u s i n e s s is c o n sidered
entertainment.
Likewise,
incidental
gifts
( b u s i n e s s gifts) to e m p l o y e e s or
other
individuals
directly
related to the c o n d u c t
or
m u n i c i p a l b u s i n e s s are a l s o

deductible. T h e s e gifts, s u c h a s
c a n d y , food, f l o w e r s , etc., are
limited to $25 per y e a r per recipient.
• T h e c o s t of attending banquets,
speaking
e n g a g e m e n t s , or
other s i m i l a r affairs w h i c h are
directly related to municipal
b u s i n e s s is a l s o deductible.
S u c h c o s t may include the c o s t
of the m e a l , tuxedo rental,
travel e x p e n s e , and any other
incidential c o s t s involved with
your a t t e n d a n c e at s u c h e v e n t s .
• S u b j e c t to strict limitations,
you may take a deduction for an
office at home. A n official may
deduct e x p e n s e s attributable to
the portion of the home u s e d
e x c l u s i v e l y and on a regular
b a s i s a s his/her principal place
of b u s i n e s s or a place w h e r e
c o n s t i t u e n t s and other o f f i c i a l s
deal with the official in the normal c o u r s e of b u s i n e s s . A n y
deduction w h i c h m e e t s the
above c o n d i t i o n s is limited to
the g r o s s i n c o m e generated
from s u c h a location (i.e. your
c o m p e n s a t i o n from the city).
Additionally, b e c a u s e you are
c o n s i d e r e d an e m p l o y e e , the
m a i n t e n a n c e of an office in
your home must be for the c o n v e n i e n c e of the e m p l o y er (i.e., if
an office is provided by the city,
you would not be a l l o w e d a
deduction for an office in your
home.)
It is important to note that all of
the b u s i n e s s e x p e n s e s d i s c u s s e d
above are only deductible if the expenditure w a s made out of personal
f u n d s . If you are r e i m b u r s e d for
s u c h e x p e n s e s by your municipality
or any p e r s o n , your deduction is
limited to the e x c e s s of your exp e n s e s over the r e i m b u r s e m e n t. Additionally, any r e i m b u r s e m e n t in exc e s s of actual e x p e n s e s paid is includable a s ordinary i n c o m e on
your tax return. E x c e p t a s noted
above, b u s i n e s s e x p e n s e s are
deductible without regard to related
c o m p e n s a t i o n . F o r e x a m p l e , an official w h o received only $1 per year
would be allowed to deduct all valid
b u s i n e s s e x p e n s e s even though
they may e x c e e d his/her c o m p e n s a tion.

Personal Expenses
T h e i n c o m e tax law s p e c i f i c a l l y
s t a t e s that no deduction will be
allowed for p e r s o n a l , family or living
e x p e n s e s . For e x a m p l e , a babysitter
or h o u s e k e e p e r hired b e c a u s e of
e x t e n s i v e involvement with your
regular job and/or position a s an official w o u l d be c o n s i d e r e d a pers o n a l e x p e n s e and nondeductible.
(Continued on next page)

�P e r h a p s the most pertinent e x a m ple involves the deductibility of a
spouse's expenses when accompanying y o u on b u s i n e s s . N u m e r o u s
c a s e s and rulings c o n c l u d e that
s u c h e x p e n s e s of a s p o u s e repres e n t nondeductible personal exp e n s e s u n l e s s it c a n be adequately
s h o w n that the s p o u s e ' s p r e s e n c e
on the trip h a s a bona fide b u s i n e s s
purpose.
In e s t a b l i s h i n g a bona fide
b u s i n e s s pu rpos e, y o u must s h o w
that the s p o u s e ' s p r e s e n c e is not
merely for p l e a s u r e , but is directly
related to municipal b u s i n e s s and
n e c e s s a r y to its c o n d u c t . F o r e x a m ple, it would appear to be difficult to
e s t a b l i s h a b on a fide b u s i n e s s purp o s e for your s p o u s e ' s a t t e n d a n c e
at the A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e u n l e s s
that s p o u s e i s a l s o a public official.
Y o u s h o u l d be a w a r e that any reimb u r s e m e n t y o u r e c e i v e to c ov e r
s u c h a personal e x p e n s e i s included In your g r o s s i n c o m e , even
though you r e c e i v e no d e d u c t i o n
for the related e x p e n s e s .

State Tax Considerations
V i r g i n i a i n c o m e tax law generally
f o l l o w s federal law with r e s p e c t to
business expense deductions. A s a
result, you will receive the full
benefit of b u s i n e s s d e d u c t i o n s
c l a i m e d on the federal return on
your Virginia i n c o m e tax return.

p e n s e s h o u l d be retained. In situations w h e r e it is not o b v i o u s, a
record s h o u l d be made of the particular e x p e n d i t u r e ' s relationship to
c a m p a i g n a c t i v i t i e s or the production of a n e w s l e t t e r a s the c a s e may
be.
T h e amount, time, place and
b u s i n e s s purpose of any b u s i n e s s
ex pe n d i t u re s h o u l d be recorded to
arrive at an a c c u r a t e tax d e d u c t i o n .
In the a b s e n c e of adequate r e c o r d s ,
a t ax p a y er may, at the d i s c r e t i o n of
the I R S , be allowed a deduction for
certain e x p e n s e s b a s e d on suffic i e n t e v i d e n c e corroborating his
own s t a t e m e n t . It i s , however,
s i g n i f i c a n t to note that no a m o u n t s
e x p e n d e d with r e s p e c t to travel
away from home, entertainment or
gifts will be allowed a s a deduction
u n l e s s proper s u b s t a n t i a t i o n is provided. E x p e n s e s under t h e s e three
c a t e g o r i e s s h o u l d be recorded a s
follows:
Travel: (a) T h e amount s p e n t
daily w h i l e traveling a w a y from
home including
transportation,
m e a l s , lodging, etc.; (b) T h e d a t e s
of departure and return, and the
number of d a y s s p e n t a w a y from
h o m e on b u s i n e s s ; (c) T h e
destination or locality of the trip,
d e s i g n a t e d by city, town or
s i m i l a r d e s c r i p t i o n ; and (d) T h e
b u s i n e s s reason for the trip.

Entertainment: (a) T h e amount
and d e s c r i p t i o n of e a c h e xp e nditure for entertainment; (b) T h e
time and place the entertainment
w a s provided; (c) T h e b u s i n e s s
reason for the entertainment and
the nature of any b u s i n e s s
d i s c u s s i o n held; and (d) T h e
b u s i n e s s relationship of the pers o n or p e r s o n s entertained.
Gift: (a) T h e c o s t and description of the gift; (b) T h e date of the
gift; (c) T h e b u s i n e s s reason for
the gift; and (d) T h e b u s i n e s s relationship of the recipient.
T h e Internal R e v e n u e C o d e h a s
defined " a d e q u a t e r e c o r d s " a s cons i s t i n g of an a c c o u n t book, diary,
s t a t e m e n t of e x p e n s e or similar
record and d o c u m e n t a r y e v i d e n c e
w h i c h , in c o m b i n a t i o n , are sufficient to e s t a b l i s h the validity of
e a c h expenditure c l a i m e d a s a
deduction. It is not n e c e s s a r y to
record information in a diary, etc. if
it would
duplicate
information
reflected on a receipt. Ideally a diary
and d o c u m e n t a r y e v i d e n c e will
c o m p l i m e n t one another. It should
be noted that a c a n c e l l e d c h e c k
alone is normally not sufficient
documentary e v i d e n c e , while a
c a n c e l l e d c h e c k c o m b i n e d with a
receipt is c l e a r e v i d e n c e of the
nature of an e x p e n s e .
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Record Keeping

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It is important to maintain adequate r e c o r d s for i n c o m e tax purp o s e s b e c a u s e you m u s t be able to
s u b s t a n t i a t e all i t e m s of i n c o m e
and e x p e n s e at the request of the
I R S . F a i l u r e to maintain s u c h
records may result in additional tax
being a s s e s e d due to d i s a l l o w a n c e
of d e d u c t i o n s or i n c l u s i o n of additional i n c o m e by an e x a m i n i n g
agent.
S h o u l d you e s t a b l i s h a c a m p a i g n
fund, a s previously d i s c u s s e d , you
m u s t keep r e c o r d s w h i c h indicate
the s o u r c e s and u s e s of the f u n d s .
Failure to maintain s u c h r e c o r d s
may result in additional taxable inc o m e to you b e c a u s e an I R S agent
may co nte n d that f u n d s w e r e
diverted to your personal u s e .
B e c a u s e a n e w s l e t t e r fund is even
more restricted in its a c t i v i t i e s than
a c a m p a i g n fund, it i s a l s o vital that
proper r e c o r d s be m a i n t a i n e d .
F o r both t y p e s of f u n d s , a record
s h o u l d be kept listing all s o u r c e s of
f u n d s , both from c o n t r i b u t i o n s and
investment
i n c o m e . All e x p e n ditures from the f u n d s s h o u l d be
made
by
check and,
where
available,
receipts
detailing
amount, date and nature of the ex-

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Appointments

Resignations

T h e A b i n g d o n T o w n C o u n c i l appointed M. Lavern Bechtel a s T o w n
Manager effective this month. Mr.
B e c h t e l c o m e s to A b i n g d o n from
H e n d e r s o n , North C a r o l i n a w h e r e
he had served s i n c e February, 1978
a s the C i t y ' s first manager. Prior to
his appointment in North C a r o l i n a ,
he s e r v e d a s treasurer, city clerk
and auditor, a s s i s t a n t city manager
and acting city manager during a
four year period for the City of
L e e s b u r g , Florida. He w a s a l s o city
manager of V a l d o s t a , G e o r g i a from
1970 to May of 1972.
The Shenandoah Town Council
named Larry E. Dovel a s the T o w n
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t . He s u c c e e d s Pat
T h o m a s who resigned his post in
November. Mr. Dovel has worked for
the T o w n of S h e n a n d o a h s i n c e
March of 1976 and prior to his appointment, he w a s the certified
water and s e w e r plant operator.

Michael Shelton, T o w n Manager
of Berryville, resigned his position
to b e c o m e the P e r s o n n e l Director
of Virginia W e s t e r n C o m m u n i t y College. Mr. S h e l t o n will a l s o pursue
a m a s t e r s in public administration.
C e d a r Bluff T o w n Manager Bob
Shamblin resigned his post in October. H i s s u c c e s s o r is e x p e c t e d to
be named this month.

George C . Snead, Jr., C o u n t y Administrator of Craig C o u n t y s i n c e
1975, w a s named R o a n o k e ' s Director of A d m i n i s t r a t i o n and Public
Safety.
Mr.
Snead holds
an
undergraduate
degree from the
Citadel and a graduate degree from
the University of North C a r o l i n a .
Robert L. Masden w a s named
Human
S e r v i c e s Director
for
C h e s t e r f i e l d County. S e r v i n g with
the S e c r e t a r y of H u m a n R e s o u r c e s
Office for the S t a t e , Mr. M a s d e n
w a s a s s i s t a n t for governmental serv i c e s and had been acting a s s i s t a n t
for management s e r v i c e s w h e n he
w a s appointed.
Carl F. Henrickson, C h a i r m a n of
the Loudoun C o u n t y
Board of
S u p e r v i s o r s , w a s nominated
to
serve
as
Chairman
of
the
Metropolitan W a s h i n g t o n C o u n c i l
of G o v e r n m e n t s .
Wayne
C . " T e d " Reed
will
b e c o m e City Manager of F r a n k l i n
on February 1. Now serving a s
manager for the City of B u e n a V i s t a ,
Mr. R e e d w a s a l s o town manager of
Purcellville. He r e p l a c e s Harold S .
A t k i n s o n of F r a n k l i n w h o retired
December 31.
Wytheville T o w n Manager Carter
B e a m e r appointed Sandy F. Tarter
a s the T o w n ' s R e c r e a t i o n Director.
Mrs. Tarter previously taught s c h o o l
in W y t h e , B l a n d and P u l a s k i C o u n ties.

Council Changes
Brent Remsburg
retired
as Abingdon's
Town
Manager
on
December
31.
Serving
as
Abingdon's
manager since 1972, Mr.
Remsburg
also served ttie towns of
Vienna and IHerndon in ttie same
capacity. A native of Lyncfiburg,
tie
studied
civil
engineering
at
Wasfiington
and Lee University.
In
his early years, he was chief of Martinsville's
engineering
department,
and was town engineer and
assistant town manager in South
Boston.
In all, Mr. Remburg's public
service
career spans 46 years.
Mr.
Remsburg
was
recently
designated
a Paul Harris Fellow, a
prestigious
award named in honor
of the founder
of Rotary
International. Since
1956, Mr.
Remsburg
has had perfect
attendance
at all
Rotary regular
meetings.

Robert Edward Pruitt w a s appointed to the G l a d e Spring T o w n
C o u n c i l , replacing Paul Curry.
Bobby E a n e s resigned his post a s
c o u n c i l m e m b e r o f B o o n e s Mill.
Big S t o n e G a p T o w n C o u n c i l
named Louis Collier to fill the council s e a t left v a c a n t by the death of
Harry
Meador.
Mr.
Collier
is
manager of training s e r v i c e s for
W e s t m o r e l a n d Coal C o m p a n y and
he holds a graduate degree from
E a s t T e n n e s s e e State University.

Deaths
J a m e s W. Boaz, former Mayor of
Stuart, died October 2 1 .
Frank H. Webb, w h o served a s
R o a n o k e ' s police
superintendent
for 15 y e a r s and w a s a member of
the
force
for
32 y e a r s , died
November 17. He served a s President of the V A C P in 1957-58.

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�The Henrico Firefighters Decision
Local Officials Need to Know What It MeansAnd What It Doesn't
By James V. Meath
On May 12, 1981, the United
S t a t e s Court of A p p e a l s for the
Fourth C i r c u i t in R i c h m o n d i s s u e d a
d e c i s i o n in the c a s e of Henrico Professional
Firefigliters
Association,
Local 1568, et ai v. The Board of
Supervisors
of Henrico County, et
ai, 649 F.2d 237 (4th Cir. 1981). T h e
d e c i s i o n h a s gone unnoticed by
many a t t o r n e y s a s well a s many
local o f f i c i a l s .
T h e main tenets of the holding,
however, have been a c c l a i m e d by
the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of the H e n r i c o
Professional Firefighters Association (hereinafter, the A s s o c i a t i o n )
and other public e m p l o y e e groups
w h o seel&lt; to represent
public
employees
across
the
Comm o n w e a l t h . T h e Court found that
the policy of the C o u n t y of H e n r i c o
(hereinafter, the C o u n t y ) of not
allowing a c h o s e n representative of
an e m p l o y e e a s s o c i a t i o n to a d d r e s s
the Board of S u p e r v i s o r s at an open
meeting w a s u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l . T h e
Board of S u p e r v i s o r s r e f u s e d to
allow
a representative of
the
A s s o c i a t i o n to s p e a k a s a representative of the group of e m p l o y e e s .
T h e C o u n t y ' s position and argument
relied
upon
established
Virginia public policy w h i c h forbids
local g o v e r n m e n t s from recognizing
a labor organization a s the exc l u s i v e representative of a group of
public e m p l o y e e s , and h e n c e from
negotiating
collective
bargaining
c o n t r a c t s with s u c h organizations.^
T o enter into lengthy legalistic
s c r u t i n y of how the Court r e a c h e d
its c o n c l u s i o n in the c a s e really
w o u l d not be appropriate here. O n e
only n e e d s to recite a s m a l l portion
of the dialogue that took place during the oral argument to s e e the
logic utilized by the Court. For ex-

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722 ( E . D . V a . 1978). S e e
Commonwealth
v. County Board of Arlington
Co., 217
Va. 588(1977).
About the A u t h o r
Mr. Meath is a partner in the R i c h m o n d
law firm of B o w l e s a n d B o w l e s . Prior to
entering private p r a c t i c e in the a r e a s of
labor and e m p l o y m e n t law, he r e c e i v e d a
graduate degree in Urban A f f a i r s from
V P i &amp; S U a n d w a s a s s i s t a n t town
manager for the T o w n of B l a c k s b u r g and
served a s i x - m o n t h term a s a c t i n g town
manager. He a l s o s e r v e d a s a m e m b e r of
the Montgomery C o u n t y S c h o o l B o a r d .

ample, the Board admitted that the
rule
it i n v o k e d
to deny
the
Firefighters'
representative
the
right to a d d r e s s the Board would
n o n e t h e l e s s permit a representative
of a group of trash haulers to appear
before it to s p e a k about
the
C o u n t y ' s policy of trash removal. In
view of this, the Court observed that
the B o a r d ' s policy w a s that anyone,
including e m p l o y e e s , could add r e s s the Board at a regularly
s c h e d u l e d meeting on any matters
on w h i c h the Board w a s e m p o w e r e d
to a c t , the s i n g l e e x c e p t i o n being a
representative of an a s s o c i a t i o n of
e m p l o y e e s . T h u s , the Court held
that the Board w a s d i s c r i m i n a t i n g
against the A s s o c i a t i o n s o l e l y on
the b a s i s of its status
a s an
organization representing employe e s . T h e above policy w a s found to
c o n s t i t u t e a denial of the equal protection afforded by the F i r s t and
Fourteenth A m e n d m e n t s .
Now, depart from the
legal
a n a l y s i s — w h a t d o e s this d e c i s i o n
mean to you w h o are routinely called upon to c o n d u c t the b u s i n e s s of
our c i t i e s , t o w n s and c o u n t i e s ? It
s i m p l y m e a n s that w h e n a public
body h a s a broad policy of allowing
all to s p e a k before it, it cannot deny
any one group that right without
s h o w i n g s o m e compeiiing
reason
f o r s u c h denial.

"Even though local bodies
cannot deny any one group
the right to speak without a
compelling reason, it does
not totally restrict elected
officials."
T h o u g h public e m p l o y e e unions
have hailed this d e c i s i o n a s a major
one in their a t t e m p t s to gain support in the C o m m o n w e a l t h , it is inc u m b e n t on us to recognize what
the d e c i s i o n d o e s not s a y . T h e decis i o n is a narrow one w h i c h d o e s not
strip us of our m a n a g e m e n t rights,
or our ability
to control
our
m e e t i n g s , or the right to restrict
a g e n d a s , or the power to terminate
public debate and c o m m e n t . T h e
d e c i s i o n in no w a y r e s t r i c t s our
ability to go into e x e c u t i v e s e s s i o n
to d i s c u s s matters w h i c h fall within
the ambit of S e c t i o n 2.1-344 of the
Code of Virginia, a s a m e n d e d . A s
the Fourth C i r c u i t o b s e r v e d . J u s t i c e
Oliver W e n d e l H o l m e s opined over

sixty-five y e a r s ago that " t h e C o n stitution d o e s not require all public
a c t s to be done in town m e e t i n g s or
an a s s e m b l y of the whole.
Moreover, the Fourth Circuit w a s
s p e c i f i c in stating that the d e c i s i o n
only relates to the request by the
representative of an a s s o c i a t i o n of
e m p l o y e e s to be heard. T h e decision d o e s not i a a n y way dilute our
strong position that:
• w e do not need to recognize
any
such
association
as
representing e m p l o y e e s ;
• w e do not have any duty to
negotiate
with
any
such
a s s o c i a t i o n ; and
• w e do not have any duty to respond to the r e q u e s t s of any
s u c h a s s o c i a t i o n o n c e they
have been given the opportunity to be heard.
T h e above is well e s t a b l i s h e d
legal doctrine a s e s p o u s e d by the
United S t a t e s S u p r e m e Court, and
cited by the Fourth Circuit:
. . .the F i r s t A m e n d m e n t d o e s
not
impose any
affirmative
obligation on the government
to listen, to respond or . . . to
recognize
the a s s o c i a t i o n and
bargain with it." ( e m p h a s i s added)'
T h e greatest harm that c a n result
from this ruling is for u s to become
intimidated by e m p l o y e e a s s o c i a tions, or for u s to read the d e c i s i o n
too broadly. W e may be certain that
public e m p l o y e e unions will attempt to u s e it a s a m e a n s of gaining credibility with the e m p l o y e e s
and with the local governing body. It
is up to that body to be s u r e that the
representative of the employee
group gets no more than any other
person who s e e k s to a d d r e s s the
body at a public meeting. T h i s
m e a n s that if the s u b j e c t matter
sought to be d i s c u s s e d by the
representative is i n c o n g r u o u s with
that of the a g e n d a items previously
announced
for
that
particular
meeting, then the representative
should be put off until a later
meeting. Similarly, if the s u b j e c t
matter sought to be d i s c u s s e d by
the representative i s properly an
item for e x e c u t i v e s e s s i o n , then no
r e l u c t a n c e to
so inform
the
representative s h o u l d be exhibited
by the Board. In short, w e should
not treat the e m p l o y e e represen(Continued, page 15)
' 649 F.2d at 240, citing Bl-t^etallic
Investment
Co. V. State
Board
of
Equalization,
239 U.S. 4 4 1 , 4 4 5 ( 1 9 1 5 ) .
= 649 F.2d at 244, citing Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees,
Local
1315,441 U.S. 463, 4 6 5 ( 1 9 6 5 ) .

�Finding Your Way
During The Session
By Charlotte Kingery, Editor
"This is a helper for those of you who need to l&lt;now how to get a
copy of a bill, where a committee room i s , how to get a list of
meetings, and how to find your state legislators. For all others, this
is a great reminder."
Location: T h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
B u i l d i n g borders B r o a d , 9th a n d
Capitol S t r e e t s ; the Capitol i s c e n trally located In Capitol S q u a r e ( s e e
map on the following page).
Parking: Parking i s available on
Broad Street, at the Project O n e
Parking L o t at 6th and B r o a d , or at
the 7th S t r e e t P a r k i n g
Deck
between
Marshall and Broad
S t r e e t s . Parking i s a l s o available on
8th Street at S t . P a u l ' s E p i s c o p a l
Church.
On Main Street near t h e L e a g u e
office, t h e F&amp;M P l a z a at 12th Street
h a s public parking, or the E x x o n
S t a t i o n at 13th and Main S t r e e t s i s
convenient.
VML Office: T h e L e a g u e i s at 1011
E a s t Main ( s e e the map on the
following page). If y o u w a n t a
L e a g u e staff m e m b e r to a c c o m p a n y
you around the Capitol or the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y B u i l d i n g , c a l l or
visit the V M L office.
Lunch: T h e Capitol h a s a s a n d w i c h bar on the first floor and there
are
numerous
r e s t a u r a n t s in
S h o c k o e S l i p , near 12th and C a r y
Streets.
Finding out the Activities: In the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y B u i l d i n g , the
L e g i s l a t i v e Information D e s k i s on
the first floor. L e g i s l a t i v e Information i s a l s o on the first floor of the
C a p i t o l , a c r o s s from the s n a c k bar.
Both information d e s k s have a c c e s s to a c o m p u t e r w h i c h c a n tell
you w h e r e a bill I s , t h e bill's a m e n d m e n t s and the c o m m i t t e e and floor
votes. E a c h d e s k h a s a c a l e n d a r of
e v e n t s for that day w h i c h l i s t s most
of the c o m m i t t e e and s u b c o m m i t tee m e e t i n g s .
Standing
committees
have
s c h e d u l e d t i m e s ; L e g i s l a t i v e Information h a s the t i m e s and l o c a t i o n s .
A list of legislators serving on t h e
committees and the subcommitt e e s they s e r v e on i s a l s o available
from L e g i s l a t i v e Information.
S o m e d o c k e t s (agendas) are
available at the L e g i s l a t i v e Information Desk; however, to get a docket
for a particular c o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g ,
s e e t h e c o m m i t t e e clerk. T h e c o m mittee clerk i s u s u a l l y in the c o m -

mittee room s o m e t i m e s a s m u c h a s
fifteen m i n u t e s before the meeting
is c a l l e d to order. If the bill you w a n t
to hear i s not listed, y o u c a n
d i s c u s s it with the clerk. It i s best,
however, if y o u c a n c o n t a c t a
L e a g u e staff m e m b e r prior to c o m ing to R i c h m o n d to find out w h e n
the bill will be brought before the
c o m m i t t e e and what its s t a t u s i s .
Speaking to a Committee: If y o u
want to a d d r e s s a c o m m i t t e e , let
the c o m m i t t e e clerk know y o u are
present and w a n t to s p e a k . If it i s a
controversial item, s p e a k e r s are
often a s k e d to s i g n up and a list i s
given to the c o m m i t t e e c h a i r m a n . If
you are s p e a k i n g on behalf of t h e
V i r g i n i a Municipal L e a g u e , a staff
m e m b e r c a n a s s i s t you in preparing
your r e m a r k s and attend t h e c o m mittee meeting with y o u .
Typewritten
r e m a r k s a r e not
n e c e s s a r y but are beneficial s i n c e
not all of the c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s
are present and letting them know
your position s t r e n g t h e n s your visit
to R i c h m o n d .
Committee Rooms: On t h e first
floor of t h e C a p i t o l , t h e C o m m i t t e e
R o o m s are listed a s 1 , 2, 3 and 4.
T h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y Building
houses Committee Rooms A, B, C ,
D on t h e first floor and t h e H o u s e
Appropriations C o m m i t t e e on t h e
ninth floor. Most of t h e s m a l l e r
c o m m i t t e e rooms on the other
floors are u s e d for s u b c o m m i t t e e
m e e t i n g s a n d not for t h e full c o m mittee.

CAPITAL

Getting a Bill: A c o p y of a n y bill
c a n be mailed to y o u by calling or
writing L e g i s l a t i v e Information, P.O.
B o x 406, R i c h m o n d 23203, (804/7866530), or Division of L e g i s l a t i v e
A u t o m a t e d S y s t e m s , P.O. B o x 645,
R i c h m o n d 23209, Attention Doug
Mitchell (804/786-6984). Photocopies of certain bills are available from
V M L staff.
If y o u are in R i c h m o n d , the Bill
R o o m i s on the lower level of the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y B u i l d i n g . If it i s a
controversial item, only o n e or two
c o p i e s are distributed per p e r s o n .
Contacting your Legislator: A l l
state legislators have o f f i c e s in the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y B u i l d i n g . A directory near the elevators a n d mail
room l i s t s all of their o f f i c e s .
At noon e a c h day both h o u s e s
c o n v e n e s o do not plan to visit your
legislator's office at that hour. If
y o u a r e unable to talk with your
representative, a n aide may be able
to a s s i s t y o u . It i s better, however,
to make a n appointment with your
legislator before c o m i n g to R i c h mond. Don't delay, a s the s e s s i o n
p r o g r e s s e s more of the l e g i s l a t o r s '
time i s spent in c o m m i t t e e and subc o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g s , and on the
H o u s e / S e n a t e floor.
T h e first V M L L e g i s l a t i v e Bulletin
publishes each legislator's Richmond room number and telephone
number. T h e key official in e a c h
member
locality
receives the
L e g i s l a t i v e Bulletin.
A s s i s t a n c e from the VIVIL Office:
T h e L e a g u e h a s a c c e s s to the s a m e
c o m p u t e r u s e d by L e g i s l a t i v e Information a n d after 9:30 a.m., w e c a n
give y o u w h i c h c o m m i t t e e s are
meeting that day, floor and committee v o t e s , any a m e n d m e n t s to a particular bill and at the c o n c l u s i o n of
the s e s s i o n , legislation approved by
the Governor.
For your c o n v e n i e n c e , however, a
S t a t u s Report on bills monitored by
the L e a g u e i s published with t h e
V M L L e g i s l a t i v e B u l l e t i n . Y o u may
w a n t to c o n s u l t the S t a t u s Report
before calling the V M L office.

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This is a listing of State agencies and departments
that local governments frequently use. Most are on
the above map or are nearby; however, those with an
asterisk are not in the immediate downtown area. All
telephone numbers are in the 804 area code.

Public Safety, Secretary of, 503 Ninth Street Office
Building, 23219, 786-5351
Transportation, Secretary of, 633 Ninth Street Office
Building, 23219, 786-7639

Governor, Office of the, Third Floor, State Capitol,
23219,786-2211
Lt. Governor, Office of the. State Capitol, Supreme
Court Building, 23219
Attorney General, Office of the, 101 North 8th Street,
Supreme Court Building, 23219, 786-2071

Aging, Office On, Suite 950, 830 East Main Street,
23219, 786-7894
Auditor of Public Accounts, P.O. Box 1295, 23210
(Fidelity Building, 9th and Main Streets), 786-5199
Criminal Justice Services Commission, Third Floor,
State Finance Building, Capitol Square, 23219,
786-2139
Education, Department of, P.O. Box 60, 23216 (18th25th Floors, Monroe Building), 225-2020
Elections, State Board of. Room 101, 9th Street Office Building, 23219, 786-6551
Emergency and Energy Services, Division of, (Operations) 310 Turner Road, 23235, 323-2300 or (Administration) 7700 Midlothian, Virginia 23235, 7453450*
Employment Commission, Virginia, 703 East Main
Street, 23219, 786-3001
Environment, Council on the, 903 Ninth Street Office
Building, 23219, 786-4500

Governor's Cabinet
Administration and Finance, Secretary of, 613 Ninth
Street Office Building, 23219, 786-1201
Commerce and Resources, Secretary of, 514 Ninth
Street Office Building, 23219, 786-7831
Commonwealth, Secretary of the, 112 Ninth Street
Office Building, 23219, 786-2441
Education, Secretary of, 606 Ninth Street Office
Building, 23219, 786-1151
Human Resources, Secretary of, 5th Floor, Ninth
Street Office Building, 23219, 786-7765

Agencies

HOSPITAL —

�Fire Services Commission, Virginia State, 5001 West
Broad Street, Suite 217, 23230, 281-9441 *
Fire Services Training, Office of, P.O. Box 706,
Ashland 23005, 798-1311*
General Services, Department of, 209 Ninth Street
Office Building, 23219, 786-6152
Health, Department of, 4th Floor, James Madison
Building, 109 Governor Street, 23219, 786-3561
Highways and Transportation, Department of, 101
North 14th Street, Monroe Building, 23219, 2252137
Housing and Community Development, Department
of, 205 North 4th Street, 23219, 786-7891
Industrial Development,
Division of, 1000
Washington Building, 23219, 786-4486
Legislative Information, First Floor, General
Assembly Building, 910 Capitol Street, 23219, 7867281 or First Floor, Capitol Building, 786-6530
Legislative Services, Division of, P.O. Box 3 AG,
23219 (Second Floor, General Assembly Building,
910 Capitol Street), 786-3591
Local Government, Commission on, 1001 East Main
Street, Heritage Building, 23219, 786-6508
Local Government Management Relations, Office of,
12th Floor, Monroe Building, 101 North 14th

Street, 23219,225-2144
Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Department
of, P.O. Box 1797, 23214 (13th Floor, Madison
Building 109 Governor Street), (786-3921)
Motor Vehicles, Division of, P.O. Box 27412, 23269
(2300 West Broad Street), 257-0523*
Personnel, Department of, 12th Floor Monroe
Building, 101 North 14th Street, 23219,225-2131
Planning and Budget, Department of, P.O. Box 1422,
23211 (4th Floor, 9th Street Office Building), 7867455
Retirement Service, Virginia Supplemental, P.O. Box
3X, 23207 (11 North 6th Street), 786-3831
Supreme Court, Virginia, 100 North 9th Street, 23219,
786-2251; Law Library, 786-2075
Taxation, Department of, P.O. Box 6L, 23282 (2220
West Broad Street), 257-8000*
Uniform Building Code, Office of, 4th Floor, 205
North 4th Street, 23219, 786-5041
Water Control Board,State, 2111 North Hamilton
Street 23230, 257-6384*
Welfare, Department of, 8007 Discovery Drive, 23288,
281-9236*
Virginia Municipal League, P.O. Box 753, 23206(1011
East Main Street), 649-8471

�Virginia's Congressional
Delegation
Washington Addresses: United States Senate, 20510 or Congress of the United States,
House of Representatives, 20515.

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Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

Robert W. Daniel, Jr.

Thomas J . Bliley

(Senator Byrd does not have District
Offices.)
Committees:
Armed
Services,
Finance, Joint Committee on Taxation
Legislative Aide: John I. Brooks

Committee: Armed Services
District Offices: Room 215, Federal
Building, Portsmouth,
23704,
804/441-6797
209
Post
Office
Building,
Petersburg, 23803 804/732-2544
Legislative Aide: John Rayf ield

Committees: Energy and Commerce, District of Columbia
District Office: 510 East Main
Street, Richmond, 23219 804/7712809
Legislative Aide: David Mason

Senator John Warner

J . Kenneth Robinson

M.Caldwell Butler

Committees:
Armed
Services,
Energy and Natural Resources,
Rules and Administration, Joint
Committee on Printing
District O f f i c e s : 235 Federal
Building, 180 West Main Street,
Abingdon, 24210, 703/628-1858
805 Federal Building, 200 Granby
Mall, Norfolk, 23510, 804/441-3079
Parcel Post Building, 1100 East
Main Street, 2nd Floor, Richmond, 23219, 804/771-2579
Legislative Aide: Albert Applegate

Committees: Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, Appropriations
District Offices: 112 Cameron Street,
P. O. Box 714, Winchester, 22601
703/667-0990
100 Court Square Annex, P. O. Box
136,
Charlottesville,
22902,
804/295-2106
Suite 305, 904 Princes Anne Street,
P. O. Box 336, Fredericksburg,
22401, 703/373-0536
Legislative Aide: Chris Mathisen

Committees: Judiciary, Government Operations
District Offices: 1303 Allied Arts
Building, 725 Church Street, Lynchburg, 24505, 804/845-1378
111 Federal Building &amp; Post Office,
200 S. Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro, 22980 703/949-7758
402 Richard H. Poff Federal
Building, 210 W. Franklin Road,
Roanoke, 24005, 703/982-6200
Legislative Aide: Ms. Pat McBride

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William C. Wampler

Committees: Agriculture,
Select
C o m m i t t e e on A g i n g
District O f f i c e s : Arcade B u i l d i n g ,
Bristol, 24201, 703/466-9451
309 North W a s h i n g t o n
Avenue,
Pulaski, 24301, 703/980-3121
Post Office B u i l d i n g , Big Stone
Gap, 24219, 703/523-0530
Legislative Aide: Jane Camp

W.C.(Dan) Daniel

C o m m i t t e e : A r m e d Services
District O f f i c e s : 315 Post O f f i c e
B u i l d i n g , Danville, 24541, 804/7922180
103 South Main Street, A b b i t t
Federal
Building,
Farmvllle,
23901,804/392-6644
Legislative Aide: Terry Hoye

Stan Parris

C o m m i t t e e s : Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs, District of C o l u m bia
District
O f f i c e s : 6701
Lolsdale
Road, #116, S p r i n g f i e l d , 22150,
703/922-7640
Legislative A i d e : Jack McGrath

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Frank R. Wolf

C o m m i t t e e s : Post Office and Civil
Service,
Public
Works
and
Transportation
District O f f i c e s : 1651 Old Meadov*/
Road, Suite 115, M c L e a n , 22102,
703/734-1500
19 East Market Street, Room 4B,
Leesburg, 22075, 703/777-4422
Legislative Aide: Rita A n n Pfelffer

G. William Whitehurst

C o m m i t t e e s : A r m e d Services, Permanent Select C o m m i t t e e on Intelligence
District
Offices:
815
Federal
B u i l d i n g , Norfolk, 23510, 804/4413340
Room 601, Pembroke One, Virginia
Beach, 23462, 804/490-2393
Legislative
Aide:
Mrs.
Janie
Whitehurst

Paul S. Trible, Jr.

Committees:
Armed
Services,
Budget
District O f f i c e s : P. O. Box 188,
Tasley, 23441,804/787-7836
P. 0 . Box 1183, Tappahannock,
22560, 840/443-4740
Executive Tower, Box 59, 2101 Executive Drive, H a m p t o n , 23666,
804/838-3287
Legislative Aide: BIN Kllng

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�Legal GuideNnes
Recent Judicial Miscellany
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel
In a r e c e n t L e g a l G u i d e l i n e s , w e
c o m m e n t e d with approval upon the
United States Supreme Court decis i o n i n City of Newport
et al v. Fact
Concerts,
Inc., etal, w h i c h h e l d t h a t
a local g o v e r n m e n t although subject to suit as a " p e r s o n " w i t h i n the
m e a n i n g o f 42 U.S.C., S e c t i o n 1983
w a s not liable for punitive d a m a g e s .
A l a s , o u r s i g h of relief has b e e n
short-lived for the lower
federal
c o u r t s are already b e g i n n i n g to skirt
t h e h o l d i n g in N e w p o r t .
R e c e n t l y , i n Boyd
v.
Shawnee
Mission
Public
Schools,
r e p o r t e d in
50 L.W. 2237, t h e U n i t e d
States
D i s t r i c t C o u r t in K a n s a s h e l d t h a t a
l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t is n o t
immune
from liability for punitive d a m a g e s
and civil rights suits
under
42
U.S.C., S e c t i o n 1 9 8 1 . T h e D i s t r i c t
Court analyzing the Supreme Court
o p i n i o n s i n Newport
a n d in
Monell
V. New
York
City
Department
of
Social
Services,
4 3 6 U.S. 6 5 1 , i n t e r p r e t e d t h e h i g h e r c o u r t ' s r u l i n g in
Newport
as applying only to S e c t i o n
1983 c a s e s a n d o p i n i n g t h a t t h e
Thirteenth A m e n d m e n t and Section
1981 c a s e s h e r e u n d e r s p e c i f i c a l l y
recognized that punitive damages
are r e c o v e r a b l e u n d e r a p p r o p r i a t e
circumstances
in
Section
1981
cases.
Local
governments'
legislative
z o n i n g prerogatives have received a
f u r t h e r b l o w t o t h e solar plexus,
this
t i m e by t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t of t h e
U n i t e d S t a t e s i n Metromedia,
Inc.,
et al V. City of San Diego,
et al, 4 9
L.W. 4925 r e v e r s i n g a d e c i s i o n of
the California Supreme Court.

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In Metromedia,
San Diego had
enacted an ordinance to prohibit
"outdoor advertising display signs"
for
the
purpose
of
eliminating
"hazards
to
pedestrians
and
m o t o r i s t s b r o u g h t about by distracting sign displays" and " t o preserve
and i m p r o v e the a p p e a r a n c e of the
City". The ordinance permitted two
k i n d s of e x c e p t i o n s : on-site c o m mercial advertising a n d s i g n s falli n g w i t h i n 12 s p e c i f i e d c a t e g o r i e s ,
s u c h as g o v e r n m e n t s i g n s , traffic
signs, historical plaques, religious
symbols,
for-sale
and
for-lease
signs,
signs
depicting
time,
temperature and news, approved
temporary off-premises subdivision

directional
signs
and
temporary
p o l i t i c a l c a m p a i g n s i g n s . T h e ordinance was challenged
on
the
grounds
that
it
abridged
First
Amendment
rights. The
majority
opinion, written
by
Mr.
Justice
White,
concluded
that
the
ord i n a n c e w a s u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l o n its
face and that b o t h First and Fourteenth
Amendments
foreclose
s i m i l a r i n t e r e s t s in c o n t r o l l i n g the
communicative
aspects
of
billboards and that the regulation
thereof must reconcile the government's regulatory interests with the
individual's right to expression.
T h e m a j o r i t y i n Metromedia
further
opined
that
insofar
as
it
regulated commercial speech, the
ordinance
met constitutional
req u i r e m e n t s i n a s m u c h as improving
t r a f f i c s a f e t y a n d a p p e a r a n c e of t h e
city are substantial
governmental
goals. However, the general ban on
signs
carrying
non-commercial
advertising was invalid under both
First and Fourteenth A m e n d m e n t s .
The court pointed out that there
was a broad e x c e p t i o n for on-site
c o m m e r c i a l a d v e r t i s e m e n t s in t h e
ordinance but no similar except i o n
for non-commercial
speech,
and
that w h e r e a s the use of on-site
billboards
to
carry
commercial
messages relating to the commercial u s e of t h e p r e m i s e s w a s f r e e l y
p e r m i t t e d by the o r d i n a n c e , the use
of o t h e r w i s e i d e n t i c a l b i l l b o a r d s to
carry
non-commercial
messages
was generally prohibited and said
that as t h e city t o l e r a t e s b i l l b o a r d s
i n s o m e r e s p e c t s , it c a n n o t c h o o s e
to limit their c o n t e n t to c o m m e r c i a l
messages. Furthermore, the
city
may not c o n c l u d e that the c o m m u n i c a t i o n of c o m m e r c i a l information concerning goods and services
c o n n e c t e d w i t h a p a r t i c u l a r s i t e is
of g r e a t e r v a l u e t h a n t h e
communication
of
non-commercial
message'S.
And
n Schad
v. Borough
of
Mount
Ephraim
decided
by
the
S u p r e m e C o u r t o n J u n e 1, 1981 ( N o .
79-1640), t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t s t r u c k
down
another
local
ordinance
w h i c h e x c l u d e d live e n t e r t a i n m e n t ,
including nude dancing. Here the
Court held that an e n t e r t a i n m e n t
p r o g r a m m a y not be p r o h i b i t e d sole-

ly b e c a u s e it d i s p l a y s t h e
nude
human figure and opined further
t h a t n u d e d a n c i n g is e n t i t l e d t o p r o tection under the First A m e n d m e n t
from official regulation. The Court
asserted that a l t h o u g h s o m e regulat i o n is p e r m i t t e d u n d e r t h e First
Amendment,
Mt.
Emphraim's
a s s e r t e d j u s t i f i c a t i o n s w e r e n o t suff i c i e n t for t h e e x c l u s i o n of s u c h a
b r o a d c a t e g o r y of p r o t e c t e d e x p r e s sion.
A n d i n McCollester
v. City
ot
Keene,
49 L.W. 2753, t h e U n i t e d
S t a t e s D i s t r i c t C o u r t in N e w H a m p s h i r e i n v a l i d a t e d in c i t y ' s o r d i n a n c e
i m p o s i n g a 10:00 p.m. c u r f e w o n
c h i l d r e n u n d e r 16 u n l e s s a c c o m panied
by
parent,
guardian,
or
parentally approved person on the
g r o u n d s t h a t it v i o l a t e d c h i l d r e n ' s
due process liberty interest, w h i c h
is " a n i n v a l u a b l e r i g h t t h a t is e s s e n tial t o A m e r i c a n c i t i z e n s h i p " . The
District Court Judge cited the three
justifications for affording minors
rights that are not c o e x t e n s i v e w i t h
t h o s e o f a n a d u l t a s s e t f o r t h in
Bellotti
V. Baird, 4 4 3 U.S. 6 2 2 (1979):
(1) t h e
peculiar
vulnerability
of
c h i l d r e n ; (2) t h e i r i n a b i l i t y t o m a k e
c r i t i c a l d e c i s i o n s in an i n f o r m e d ,
m a t u r e m a n n e r ; a n d (3) t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f t h e p a r e n t a l r o l e in c h i l d
rearing. The District Court concluded that although the first justification applied to Keene's ordinance
and that the second might apply,
t h e o r d i n a n c e d i d n o t f i t w i t h t h e circ u m s t a n c e s where the state may
usurp
the
parental
role
and,
t h e r e f o r e , t h e o r d i n a n c e w a s invalid.
Finally, w e are a b l e to report o n e
decision
which
is
favorable
to
l o c a l i t i e s . In t h e c a s e o f City
of
Long Beach v. Bozek, r e p o r t e d in 4 9
L.W. 2739, t h e C a l i f o r n i a C o u r t of
A p p e a l s , 4th District, held that an
individual w h o sues a municipality
w i t h o u t p r o b a b l e c a u s e a n d w i t h act u a l m a l i c e is n o t p r o t e c t e d f r o m a
municipality's malicious
prosecut i o n s u i t by F i r s t A m e n d m e n t r i g h t s
to
petition
for
redress
of
g r i e v a n c e s . T h u s , i n t h e c a s e in
which
an
individual
filed
suit
a g a i n s t L o n g B e a c h a n d t w o of its
police
officers
for false
arrest,
assault, battery, and false imprisonm e n t w h i c h c o n c l u d e d in f a v o r of
the city, the city was entitled to
seek punitive damages upon proof
t h a t t h e o r i g i n a l s u i t had b e e n instituted maliciously and
without
good cause.

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from page 8)
tative in a disparate manner, keeping in m i n d n o t t o grant
them
s p e c i a l p r i v i l e g e s vIs-a-vis o t h e r s .
F i n a l l y , it i s u p t o t h e g o v e r n i n g
body
to
control
our
public
m e e t i n g s . In o r d e r t o d o t h i s w e
m u s t b e c o n f i d e n t In o u r [ k n o w l e d g e
of t h e l a w c o n c e r n i n g t h e r i g h t s o f
i n d l v d u a l s a n d / o r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s In
p e t i t i o n i n g local g o v e r n i n g bodies.
Failure at t h i s a b o v e s t a t e d r e s p o n sibility
severely
diminishes our
credibility in t h e eyes of t h e public.
Equally I m p o r t a n t is o u r o b l i g a t i o n
as
an employer
to
maintain
credibility with ouremployees. This
cannot be accomplished by giving
public employee unions ammunition, such as the instant decision,
with which to attack policies and
the underlying motivation for such
policies. Indeed, w e s h o u l d not fear
t h e s e g r o u p s at all — i f in fact o u r
" h o u s e s are in o r d e r " t h r o u g h t h e
use of proper response
systems
and internal c o m m u n i c a t i o n lines
for our employees.
T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n s t a t e d In
h i s Notes
on The State
of
Virginia:
Ignorance
is
p r e f e r a b l e t o e r r o r ; a n d h e Is
less remote from t h e truth w h o
believes nothing, than he w h o
believes w h a t is w r o n g .

For your consideration, I submit
the following:
• t o believe that t h e recent decis i o n of t h e F o u r t h Circuit in a n y
way lessens our ability to deny
recognition of public employee
a s s o c i a t i o n s — i s error; a n d
• t o believe that t h e denial of
public employee unions and
associations
access
to the
p u b l i c f o r u m r e p r e s e n t s a n effective way to maintain the
nonunion status of our cities,
towns and counties—Is serious
error.

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Editor
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Advertising and Business IVIanager
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Telephone

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VML President
Francis T. West

Officers
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . Thomas
S a m W. A d a m s

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Robert T . W i l l i a m s

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October 1982

Number 10

4 People
5 Fire and Police Chiefs Held Annual Conferences
6 Are We Getting Better at Transporting Hazardous
l\/laterials?
" C h u c k Ramsey a s s e s s e s Virginia's efforts in responding to hazardous
materials accidents."

9 Decisions, Decisions

R a y m o n d F. R a t c l i f f e
" L y n c h b u r g C o u n c i l member J o a n M a c C a l l u m gives s o m e
s u g g e s t i o n s on handling d e c i s i o n making a s a local e l e c t e d official."

Executive Director
R. Michael A m y x

10 The Future of Virginia's Planning District Commissions
On the Cover:
H a z a r d o u s materials a c c i d e n t s
have been i n c r e a s i n g in Virginia but
h a s r e s p o n s e kept up? T h e article
on page s i x d i s c u s s e s the i s s u e .

VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1982 by the
Virginia
Municipal
League.
Any
reproduction
or use of
contents
must have prior approval
of the
Virginia
Municipal
League and if
granted
must be accompanied
by
credit to VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia Municipal
League.
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K e n t u c k y for its A n n u a l Confere n c e , two Virginia city m a n a g e r s
will be honored. G. Robert House,
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1982 O u t s t a n d i n g Management Innovator A w a r d . H o u s e died in a
plane c r a s h on May 28, 1982, along
with four other P o r t s m o u t h city officials.
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J a m e s B.
Oliver, J r . , and Hopewell City Manager Clinton S t r o n g .
He began h i s c a r e e r in 1952 a s a s s i s t a n t city manager of Durham,
North C a r o l i n a and s i n c e that time
he went to the hold Virginia city
manager p o s i t i o n s in E m p o r i a , B e d ford, C h e s a p e a k e , Norfolk, and Suffolk. He w a s a l s o the c o u n t y administrator of F o r s y t h e C o u n t y in North
Carolina.
E w e r t w a s honored for his c o n s i s tent, innovative projects in local
government w h i c h have contributed
to the improvement of p r o f e s s i o n a l
m a n a g e m e n t t e c h n i q u e s over the
years.
Under E w e r t ' s l e a d e r s h i p , one of
the p r o j e c t s implemented w a s Design 79, a capital improvement project in w h i c h 3,000 people participated in the r e d e s i g n of R o a n o k e ' s
d o w n t o w n . T h e revitalization plan
generated $35 million in private inv e s t m e n t s , $10 million in federal
g r a n t s and a $5 million local bond
i s s u e to facilitate the renewal effort.
E w e r t began his c a r e e r in public
administration in 1971 a s deputy
city m a n a g e r in C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e and
in 1976 w a s appointed t o w n manager of Stratford, C o n n e c t i c u t . He
h a s been city m a n a g e r of R o a n o k e
s i n c e 1978.

H. B e r n E w e r t
Marcia Mashaw w a s appointed
B l a c k s b u r g ' s a s s i s t a n t to the town
manager.
Mashaw
previously
w o r k e d a s a r e s e a r c h a s s i s t a n t for
the Institute of G o v e r n m e n t at the
University of V i r g i n i a and s e r v e d a s
an administrative a n a l y s t for the
City of C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e .
Frederick T. Agostino w a s appointed director of the Department
of Development for Norfolk. He had
been director of marketing for the
Virginia P e n i n s u l a on E c o n o m i c Development C o u n c i l . T h e Wytheville
C o u n c i l appointed Patsy J . Cox
town clerk. S h e s u c c e e d s L u c i l l e V.
Milgrim.
Jerry W. Davis, treasurer of
M a n a s s a s Park, h a s been appointed
city manager there. A s treasurer,
Davis had recently earned the Certified Municipal F i n a n c e A d m i n i s t r a tor ( C M F A ) c r e d e n t i a l .
T h e T o w n of Luray appointed
Robert Vanlier a s town engineer
and manager of the water and s e w e r
plants. He holds a m a s t e r s degree
from the University of A l a b a m a .
Coleman Brittle is the new town
manager of W a k e f i e l d . He s u c c e e d s
Stephen S . Owen w h o w a s appointed town manager of Berryville.
Barry Lawrence is the new town
manager of P u r c e l l v i l l e .
Larry J . Brown, e x e c u t i v e director
for R a m s e y C o u n t y , M i n n e s o t a , w a s
appointed c o u n t y manager of Arlington. P r e v i o u s l y , he s e r v e d a s the
administrator of W i s c o n s i n ' s Divis i o n of C o m m u n i t y
Development
and s e r v e d a s county administrator
for R o c k County, W i s c o n s i n and
R i c h m o n d County, North C a r o l i n a .
F r o m 1969 to 1971, B r o w n w a s the

. Robert House
county e x e c u t i v e secretary for Loudoun County, Virginia.
Charles G. Flinn has been appointed Arlington county attorney
by the C o u n t y B o a r d . Flinn has
served nine y e a r s with Arlington a s
a s s i s t a n t and deputy county attorney and more recently, acting
county attorney. He is a graduate of
the University of Virginia L a w
School.
Thadeus L. Hartman w a s appointed deputy chief of police for
Fairfax County. He has been a member of the F a i r f a x County Police Department s i n c e November of 1963.
C h i l h o w i e named Walter Scott Sexton a s the t o w n ' s new police chief.
He w a s previously a c a m p u s police
officer at Wytheville
Community
C o l l e g e . William A. Hewitt w a s appointed chief of police for the T o w n
of S o u t h Hill.
Sam D. Mountain stepped down
a s town manager of C h i l h o w i e .
Wytheville T o w n Manager Carter
W. Beamer is the V M L representative to the S t a t e ' s newly formed Department of F i r e Programs. B e a m e r
w a s recently named to serve by
Governor C h a r l e s Robb. Fairfax
C o u n t y S u p e r v i s o r J a m e s M. Scott
w a s reelected to the Board of Directors of the National A s s o c i a t i o n of
C o u n t i e s . He is a l s o a past president of the Virginia A s s o c i a t i o n of
Counties.
Phillip P. Rowe, superintendent
of the City of Newport N e w s ' Solid
Waste
Division, was
recently
e l e c t e d president of the T i d e w a t e r
R e f u s e C o l l e c t i o n and D i s p o s a l Organization.

�Fire Chiefs Meet
Fire d e p a r t m e n t s must look to a
variety of o u t s i d e r e s o u r c e s in tliis
age of budgetary r e s t r i c t i o n s , a c cording to s e v e r a l s p e a k e r s at the
recent 52nd A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e of
the S t a t e Fire C h i e f s A s s o c i a t i o n of
V i r g i n i a . Nearly 200 people registered for the four day c o n f e r e n c e
held in Springfield and hosted by
F a i r f a x C o u n t y Fire and R e s c u e Serv i c e s . T h e a s s o c i a t i o n is an affiliate
of the V i r g i n i a Municipal L e a g u e .
K e y n o t e s p e a k e r Dr. B. J . T h o m p s o n , director of the U.S. Fire A d m i n istration, told the a s s e m b l e d c h i e f s ,
" T h e r e m u s t be greater commitment on the part of private industry." Fire d e p a r t m e n t s must be creative in meeting the realities of tod a y ' s e c o n o m y . Dr. T h o m p s o n emp h a s i z e d . H i s m e s s a g e w a s reinforced by P r i n c e G e o r g e ' s C o u n t y ,
Maryland C h i e f J i m E s t e p p w h o
c a l l e d for more v o l u n t e e r s to meet
the m a n p o w e r n e e d s of growing
c o m m u n i t i e s . E s t e p p presented a
multi-media production u s e d to recruit v o l u n t e e r s to the county force.
Several
conference speakers
looked at the future and s t r e s s e d
the importance of the role of computers in fire d e p a r t m e n t s . Michael
W o o d s , a s y s t e m s engineer from
I B M in R i c h m o n d , cited the e x a m ple of a New E n g l a n d p h a r m a c i s t
w h o a c q u i r e d a s m a l l c o m p u t e r and
began applying it to the volunteer
fire department w h e r e he w a s a
member. T h e department now maint a i n s all its d i s p a t c h and recordkeeping f u n c t i o n s on the computer.

Bottom row (left to right): William A. Anderson,
Alfred Savia, Walter R.
Stickel. Middle row (I to r): Thomas M. Hawkins, Jr. and F. Wesley
Dolezal.
Top row (I to r): Howard H. Henley and Lynn Miller. Not pictured:
Wallace
Robertson
and Garland
Wooddy.
S p e a k e r s from the E n v i r o n m e n t a l
Protection A g e n c y d i s c u s s e d the
role of the federal government in
hazardous
materials
incidents,
citing the importance of coordination with local fire and r e s c u e offic i a l s . Diane R o c h e , fire e d u c a t i o n
s p e c i a l i s t with the Virginia B e a c h
Fire Department, e x a m i n e d fire prevention programs, e m p h a s i z i n g the
importance of support from mana g e m e n t for s u c h programs.
Conference
participants
also
heard a presentation by C h i e f William Killen of the Metropolitan
W a s h i n g t o n Airports on the Air Florida c r a s h at National Airport on J a n uary 13, 1982. H i s report f o c u s e d on

the p o s t - c r a s h investigation and
pointed out the need for a c c u r a t e
record-keeping and planning in the
event of s i m i l a r a c c i d e n t s .
H e n r i c o C o u n t y Fire Chief Walter
S t i c k e l w a s e l e c t e d President for
1982-1983. O f f i c e r s are F i r s t V i c e
President Alfred A. S a v i a of F a i r f a x
C o u n t y and S e c o n d V i c e P r e s i d e n t
William A n d e r s o n of L y n c h b u r g .
C o m p r i s i n g the E x e c u t i v e Committee are W e s l e y Dolezal, C h e s t e r field; T o m H a w k i n s , Arlington; Howard Henley, G o o c h l a n d ; L y n n Miller,
Winchester;
Garland
Wooddy,
J a m e s City C o u n t y ; and W a l l a c e
R o b e r t s o n , Y o r k t o w n , w h o is the immediate past president.

Chiefs of Police Hold 57th A n n u a l Conference
The
Virginia Association
of
C h i e f s of P o l i c e held their 57th A n nual C o n f e r e n c e at the Marriott Inn
in B l a c k s b u r g A u g u s t 22-25. Over
200 c h i e f s and g u e s t s from a c r o s s
the s t a t e attended.
P r e s i d e n t Harry B. C h i l d r e s s ,
C h i e f of P o l i c e , P u l a s k i , presided
over the m e e t i n g . T h e Honorable
G e r a l d L. B a l i l e s , Attorney G e n e r a l ,
C o m m o n w e a l t h of Virginia gave the
keynote a d d r e s s .
A l s o a d d r e s s i n g the C o n f e r e n c e
were Honorable E l s i e T . M u n s e l l ,
U.S. Attorney, E a s t e r n District of
Virginia, and the Honorable J o h n
Perry A l d e r m a n , U.S. Attorney,
W e s t e r n District of Virginia.
During the A n n u a l B u s i n e s s S e s s i o n on A u g u s t 25 three A w a r d s
were p r e s e n t e d . An A w a r d for Outs t a n d i n g Contribution to L a w E n f o r c e m e n t w a s p r e s e n t e d to Lt.
J o h n B. Quade of the Arlington
C o u n t y P o l i c e Department. In 1977,

Lt. Quade w a s one of a five-member
State A d - H o c C o m m i t t e e a s s e m bled to form the new Virginia C r i m e
Prevention A s s o c i a t i o n . He b e c a m e
the first e l e c t e d president of that
group in 1978 and w a s reelected the
following year. He a l s o b e c a m e a
m e m b e r of a s e c o n d A d - H o c C o m mittee to form a Northern V i r g i n i a
C r i m e Prevention A s s o c i a t i o n and
w a s a founding m e m b e r of the Virginia C r i m e Prevention C o a l i t i o n .
Lt. Q u a d e h a s participated in c r i m e
prevention w o r k s h o p s throughout
the state, a s s i s t i n g other a g e n c i e s
in developing s i m i l a r programs.
O f f i c e r D. J . C a m p b e l l , Virginia
B e a c h P o l i c e Department received
an A w a r d for Valor. On February 22,
1982, O f f i c e r C a m p b e l l , w h i l e c r u i s ing his d e s i g n a t e d vicinity in Virginia B e a c h , s a w s m o k e and f l a m e s
c o m i n g from a garage apartment
and quickly alerted the fire department. Although e n t r a n c e s to the

apartment were heavily filled with
s m o k e and fire. Officer C a m p b e l l
w a s able to forcibly enter the apartment. A s a result of the s k i l l s and
quick thinking of O f f i c e r C a m p b e l l ,
s i x p e r s o n s , three of w h o m were
c h i l d r e n , were carried from the
h o u s e to s a f e t y .
Officer J a m e s V. Papageorge,
Fairfax C o u n t y P o l i c e Department,
a l s o received an A w a r d for Valor. On
November 5, 1982, Officer Papageorge a n s w e r e d a call involving a
reported
emotionally
disturbed
woman.
H i s knock on the door w a s ans w e r e d by the w o m a n who s e e m e d
to be heavily drugged or intoxic a t e d , and r e f u s e d his request to
enter the h o u s e . Officer Papageorge requested a r e s c u e s q u a d
and in the m e a n t i m e , tried to c o n v i n c e her to open the door. S e v e r a l
t i m e s the w o m a n threatened Officer
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A r e IVe Getting Better At
Transporting Hazardous
Materials?
By Chuck L. Ramsey
When the hazardous materials off i c e got its first call f r o m a local government tvi^o years ago, not all of
the e q u i p m e n t had arrived, m u c h
less placed on the response unit.
How m u c h progress has been made
since then?
It seems that the C o m m o n w e a l t h
has weathered the g r o w i n g pains of
a new program and taken the issue
of hazardous materials in stride.
Quite a bit of progress has been
made by the Hazardous Materials
Emergency
Response
Program
(HMERP) since 1980, w h e n the program lacked e q u i p m e n t , until now
w h e n a full-time hazardous materials officer Is on call 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. Despite c o n t i n ued lack of s u p p o r t at state and federal levels, the program has t a c k l e d
s o m e of the worst p o s s i b l e accid e n t s and e m e r g e d w i t h o u t the loss
of life on t h e part of first res p o n d e r s . Damage t o the environment has also been l i m i t e d by fast
response, critical a c t i o n s and g o o d
About the Author
Mr. Ramsey is t h e hazardous materials
o f f i c e r in t h e State O f f i c e of E m e r g e n c y
and Energy Services.

decisions.
The hazardous materials program, located in the State Office of
Emergency and Energy Services
(GEES), has not advanced by itself,
however. The program has depended heavily on the assistance of
other state and local agencies.
T w o years ago there was no program, or n o t i o n of a s s i s t a n c e roles,
in either the Department of State
Police or the Department of Highways and T r a n s p o r t a t i o n but today
both have staff trained and prepared
to respond t o a c c i d e n t s or i n c i d e n t s
on a 24 hour basis. The State Police
M o t o r Carrier Safety Program (MCS)
and M o t o r Carrier Safety Teams
have b e c o m e the first eyes and ears
for the HMERP In Virginia. The
small group of officers, n u m b e r i n g
only 2 3 1 , are available t o work as
field liaisons for the HMERP, even
w h e n the i n c i d e n t s d i d not directly
involve t r a n s p o r t i n g a hazardous
material. The highway d e p a r t m e n t
trains their field personnel on a regular basis a n d , in most localities,
their highway f o r c e s render service
in the areas of traffic c o n t r o l , barrier
and c o n s t r u c t i o n materials, and
equipment procurement.
The HMERP also relies on other
state a g e n c i e s s u c h as Consoli-

dated Laboratories, Medical College of Virginia, State Health Department and Fire Programs. As a
strong defender of the environment,
the State Water Control Board Pollution Response Program has been
available and, even while strapped
financially, members of the program have quickly responded.

Training IVIeans Progress
W i t h s t a t i s t i c s running against
the Hazardous
Materials
Emergency Response Program from the
outset it w o u l d seem inconceivable
that it c o u l d have done even a nominal j o b a t t e n d i n g t o serious hazardous materials a c c i d e n t s . Fortunately, there was latitude w i t h i n the
agency (OEES) for the program t o
pursue the most e x p e d i t i o u s and
productive routes to training res p o n s e . The normal bureaucratic
snail's pace of any governmental
entity was s t e p p e d up for hazardous
materials and has never really
s l o w e d d o w n since mid-1979. The
pace that was set indicated to other
state agencies and local governm e n t s that there was a threat involved and a c t i o n was the appropriate response. Training has been
c o n t i n u o u s across the state in the
t w o year period w i t h both introduc-

�tory and " h a n d s o n " preparation
being given.
G o i n g into ttie third year of the
program, though, the O f f i c e of
E m e r g e n c y and E n e r g y S e r v i c e s
h a s tai&lt;en a different a p p r o a c h to
training. W h e n p o s s i b l e , private industry and transportation r e s o u r c e s
have been utilized; s e v e r a l have
gone out of their way to be good citizens w h e n providing training or
equipment.
On one o c c a s i o n the R F &amp; P Railroad w a s a s k e d to help provide
training on tank c a r s for fire fighters
and hazardous materials t e a m s
from s e v e r a l j u r i s d i c t i o n s . R F &amp; P
not only provided the tank c a r s but
set up an entire train, engine inc l u d e d , for the d e m o n s t r a t i o n . T h e
realism of that training c a m e home
a few w e e k s later w h e n about forty
c a r s of a freight train derailed on
R F &amp; P track in the middle of R i c h mond. R e s p o n d i n g fire
fighters
were alarmed at the ruins but t h o s e
who had been trained went Immediately to the w r e c k a g e to find the
d a n g e r o u s tank car, wedged among
the tangle of c a r s . T h e i r a c t i o n s and
the h a r m o n i o u s relations of city and
corporate f o r c e s kept the situation
under control from start to finish
and other e m e r g e n c y w o r k e r s were
r e a s s u r e d that the a c t i o n s taken
were proper and c a u t i o u s .

Localities Train Their Own
At least two j u r i s d i c t i o n s have
their own
permanent
response
t e a m s . H e n r i c o C o u n t y and the City
of Newport N e w s have a c t i v e t e a m s
that have been a relief and support
for the HIVIERP, s i n c e team members from both j u r i s d i c t i o n s are
available to work with the state
t e a m s on a 24 hour b a s i s .
New t e a m s will a l s o be formed in
R o a n o k e City and A u g u s t a County
with a heavy c o m m i t m e n t of state
equipment and training going to the
R o a n o k e Valley r e s p o n s e f o r c e s .
During the last G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
s e s s i o n , R o a n o k e Delegate V i c
T h o m a s s p o n s o r e d a s p e c i a l addendum to the O E E S budget s o a state
r e s p o n s e unit c o u l d be h o u s e d in a
locality. T h i s action m a r k s the first
time that a state appropriation h a s
been granted to equip and and train
a r e s p o n s e team a n d , d e s p i t e falling
r e v e n u e s at the state level, it is
hoped money will be appropriated
several t i m e s in the next five y e a r s .
With e m p h a s i s on training, the
g a i n s in the next three y e a r s c a n be
readily m e a s u r e d in t e r m s of lowered c o s t s and more timely emergency responses. Local emergency
first r e s p o n d e r s have been doing an
admirable job but the r e s p o n s e time
for the s o l e state unit v a r i e s de-

pending on the hour of the day and
the d i s t a n c e to the incident. S i n c e it
t a k e s the H M E R P approximately
two hours to r e s p o n d , local governm e n t s are left to their own s k i l l s and
d e v i c e s until the r e s p o n s e unit arrives.
It is hoped that a s t a t e w i d e
training c e n t e r will be e s t a b l i s h e d .
If s o , e m e r g e n c y w o r k e r s and first
r e s p o n d e r s would participate in demanding training s e s s i o n s , preparing the student w o r k e r s for a
" w o r s t c a s e " a c c i d e n t in their locality. T h e training c e n t e r would a l s o
provide a reserve supply of equipment and r e s p o n s e tools that would
be maintained throughout the year
by a contractor. A s i d e from the direct learning benefits of the one
s o u r c e training center, first res p o n d e r s would have an extended
learning period and the r e s p o n s e
t e a m s and units in local governm e n t s would be more uniformly developed.

"Is there money for
training?"
F e w governmental entities, however, be it local, state or federal
s e e m interested in f i n a n c i n g hazardous materials e m e r g e n c y re(Continued on next page)

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expect the gains of the last t w o
years t o sustain Virginia in the next
four or five years. It does not take a
massive a m o u n t of money t o support a g o o d , w^ell-versed hazardous
materials e m e r g e n c y response program a n d , if the program Is tied to
other disaster and fire programs, it
makes a g o o d catalyst for training
and response. The federal door for
f u n d i n g has virtually c l o s e d and
state resources have been meager
f r o m the outset, yet there remain
s o m e avenues. Those c o n c e r n e d
w/ill have t o apply the same res o u r c e f u l n e s s and d e t e r m i n a t i o n it
took t o initiate the original HMERP
in 1979-80. Industry and c o m m e r c e
are not blind or deaf t o the needs of
the c o m m u n i t y , and government
(both state and local) can find the
necessary resources if the d e m a n d
is real and the danger present.
Has Virginia been more or less
f o r t u n a t e than her n e i g h b o r i n g
states in the number of a c c i d e n t s ?
W h i l e other states experience a " y o
y o " effect in i n c i d e n t s , Virginia has
had a steady increase. Some w o u l d
argue that Virginia had been living
on borrowed time up until 1980 and

"How has Virginia fared in
liazardous materials response compared to other
states in the past two
years?"
luck, s u c h as it w a s , finally ran out.
In reality the sudden rise in Virginia
marked a period of increased interstate t r a n s p o r t a t i o n due t o deregulation and a period of industrial expansion and e x t e n s i o n . A l o n g w i t h
increased governmental and private
citizen awareness, the number of
calls for spills and a c c i d e n t s has
risen steadily. The past t w o years
have been bad for Virginia but there
are other states that had even worse
years where loss of property and life
were at an u n p r e c e d e n t e d rate in
hazardous materials a c c i d e n t s .
If major local programs and select state s u p p o r t e d programs develop, then Virginia will c o n t i n u e t o
improve in the hazardous materials
arena. W h i l e many states have
either lost the taste for dealing w i t h
s u c h a d i f f i c u l t and deadly p r o b l e m ,
Virginia s e e m s to have c o n t i n u e d to

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From the governor on d o w n , the
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hazardous materials emergency response and decide on a statewide
training and response format that
will satisfy the needs of every locality. Training and e q u i p p i n g the responder and then f o l l o w i n g a directed path of g r o w t h is essential.
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itself. Hazardous materials will cont i n u e t o plague local and state gove r n m e n t s for a long time to c o m e .

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�Decisions^
By Joan W. MacCallum
Editor's
Note: Last July
Lynchburg
Council
member
MacCallum
spoke
to
the newly elected local officials at the Institute For Municipal
Officials
in Charlottesville.
Because
her remarks
were
well-received,
VT&amp;C shares excerpts
of
her address with
readers.

Let me begin by s a y i n g tliat to
whatever extent you ran for office In
order to " t h r o w the r a s c a l s o u t "
(and t h e r e ' s s o m e of that in all of
us), I hope for your s a k e , a s well a s
your c o m m u n i t y ' s , that it w a s not
your only r e a s o n . S i n c e you have
been in office I'm s u r e you know by
now you are the r a s c a l !
What m a k e s r a s c a l s of us all? W e
make d e c i s i o n s ! Make no m i s t a k e
about it—we all spent a lot of time,
money and effort to win the right to
make tough, unpopular d e c i s i o n s .
T h a t ' s the job w e a s k e d for and
t h a t ' s the job w e got. During the
next few y e a r s there will be a lot of
e a s y , even popular, d e c i s i o n s but it
is an a b s o l u t e fact of political life
that w h e n the tough o n e s c o m e
along the practice making e a s y dec i s i o n s d o e s n ' t help a bit.
To
u nd erstan d this
decision
making p r o c e s s is to understand
the nature of the b e a s t — t h e limits
of local government. T h a t is, all the
power w h i c h the people gave to
government they gave first to the
s t a t e s , limited only by the a r t i c l e s
of their c o n s t i t u t i o n s . T h e s t a t e s
then granted certain p o w e r s to the
federal government and certain
others to local government; h e n c e ,
l o c a l i t i e s are d i v i s i o n s of the state,
c r e a t e d by it to help carry out its res p o n s i b i l i t i e s , and p o s s e s s only
t h o s e p o w e r s granted by the state.
T h o s e of u s in local government,
t h e n , have to work in this limited
framework.

Work With Staff
W e a l s o have to work within another s t r u c t u r e — t h a t of working
with local government staff. Any
c o n s i d e r a t i o n of d e c i s i o n making in
local government n e c e s s a r i l y inv o l v e s the d istin ctio n between policy and administration. W e , a s local
o f f i c i a l s , are r e s p o n s i b l e for making
d e c i s i o n s that the administration
c a r r i e s out. A good, p r o f e s s i o n a l administration c a n help by pointing
out the limitations and the opportunities of the law, by providing information and s u g g e s t i n g options and
by being a w a r e of p o s s i b l e implicat i o n s that p o l i c i e s could c a u s e in
the future.

Decisions
But it's our d e c i s i o n . If staff know
their job they won't try to interpret a
policy, if there is any q u e s t i o n , without c o m i n g to u s . W e m u s t remember that if they're doing their job
they're c a u t i o u s , following the letter of the law, taking c a r e to s e e that
our locality d o e s n ' t end up out on a
limb or in court. Our job is to a s s u r e
that policy d e c i s i o n s are not bogged down or thwarted by too m u c h
bureaucratic c a u t i o n . If c h a n g e is
needed to meet d e m a n d s w e must
initiate it.
T h e structure within w h i c h w e
make d e c i s i o n s a f f e c t s the way w e
perceive our role a s representatives. Limited power and r e s o u r c e s
c o m b i n e d with e a s y a c c e s s to the
public make it very tempting to
function a s an a g e n c y type representative—that
is to
base all
d e c i s i o n s on our perception of what
the public w a n t s without applying
personal judgment or k n o w l e d g e .
T h e c o n s t r a i n t s of our s t r u c t u r e and
the direct c o m m u n i c a t i o n available
with various o p i n i o n s make it imperative that e x p e r i e n c e , k n o w l e d g e
and judgment are applied to the
p r o c e s s . A g a i n , be r e s p o n s i b l e for
tough
d e c i s i o n s b e c a u s e they
s h o u l d reflect our best j u d g m e n t based on hard won knowledge and
experience.

T h e a s p e c t s of the d e c i s i o n
making role, trustee representation
and policy m a k i n g , are obviously
made e a s i e r by doing your homework. Doing your homework is
e a s i e r in a s m a l l c o m m u n i t y than in
a large one. Doing your homework
m e a n s , of c o u r s e , reading the reports prepared by the a d m i n i s t r ation, making u s e of the information
publis he d by organizations s u c h a s
the Virginia Municipal L e a g u e and
National L e a g u e of C i t i e s , and
keeping abreast of the a c t i o n s
taken at the state and federal level.
But more than anything e l s e it
means communicating. And that's
the other a s p e c t of a locally e l e c t e d
o f f i c i a l ' s role that s h o u l d be discussed.

"Listen to every element of
the community."
T h e kind of c o m m u n i c a t i o n already
mentioned—the
listening
that g o e s from the citizen to counc i l — i s part of our homework but
there are other k i n d s of c o m m u n i c a -

Joan W. MacCallum
tion that need to be developed. F o r
e x a m p l e , with the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , ,
particularly in c o u n c i l - m a n a g e r loc a l i t i e s , e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s and the administration are partners in local
government. W e need to c o m m u n i cate freely and openly. E x p e r i e n c e
s h o w s that p r o f e s s i o n a l s in any
s p h e r e are happy to s h a r e their
knowledge and e x p e r i e n c e if a s k e d .
S i n c e they're there to a s s i s t , a s k
t h e m ! On the other hand, it's not
very u s e f u l to wait until a c o u n c i l
meeting to a n n o u n c e that s o m e thing is u n c l e a r or n e e d s more explanation—that t e n d s to create an
adversary relationship, rather than a
partnership of different roles. S o ,
c o m m u n i c a t e with your professionals.
Most of u s ran for c o u n c i l bec a u s e of involvement with other
community
organizations. T h e r e
may be a t e n d e n c y to think your
commitment
to c o u n c i l m a k e s
t h e s e other a c t i v i t i e s difficult or
even i m p o s s i b l e to c o n t i n u e . It
s h o u l d not happen b e c a u s e the
communication
and
information
that c o m e s with t h o s e a c t i v i t i e s in
the c o m m u n i t y is e s s e n t i a l . It prov i d e s the insight you need to make
policy, a s well a s important a v e n u e s
for cooperation with the private s e c tor.

"Local officials are more accessible."
L e t ' s look hard at what s e e m s to
be a d i s a d v a n t a g e — a c c e s s i b i l i t y —
the c l o s e n e s s and e a s e of c o m m u nication w h i c h the public h a s with
us. W h e n s o m e o n e c a l l s or v i s i t s to
d i s c u s s s o m e t h i n g w e have or not
done, I talk to them informally. It
may mean taking the time to explain
a policy or d e s c r i b e the state law
that a f f e c t s a situation. Doing s o
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T h e Future of Virginia's Planning District Commissions
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In 1967 the Virginia Metropolitan
Areas Study Commission proposed
the creation of regional planning
districts in the Commonwealth as
one means of fostering interlocal
cooperation, to solve problems that
transcend jurisdictional boundaries. The General Assembly subsequently passed the Virginia Area
Development Act of 1968, which
subdivided the Commonwealth into
twenty-two planning districts, each
to be served by a planning district
commission (PDC). Although membership was not mandated by the
state, any locality that did not join a
PDC was ineligible for certain federal grant programs. The need for
federal dollars ultimately proved
greater than the fear of regional
government intrusion, for by the
late 1970s all of Virginia's 325 cities,
counties and towns had joined a
PDC.
Fifteen years later, planning district commissions are a well-established part of Virginia's government. Much of the controversy that
surrounded PDCs during their earlier years—allegations of costliness, duplication of services, and
affronting local governments—has
dissipated overtime. Local hostility
has been replaced by a grudging acceptance or, in some cases, fullfledged support.
With the tightening of federal
money, however, PDCs are not in a
position to be overly optimistic
about their future. Much of their legitimacy as regional planning
bodies has been directly tied to federal grant programs requiring participation and, since the "new federalism" is changing and reducing intergovernmental assistance, PDCs
now must reevaluate their roles as
intergovernmental liaisons. Additionally, because federal grant programs generally support one-third
of a PDCs budget, the dissolution
and rechanneling of these programs
leaves PDCs without a major source
About The Author
At the time the Commentary was submitted Mr. Lawrence was affiliated with the
Institute of Government at the University
of Virginia. He is now the town manager
of Purcellvilie, Virginia.

of revenue.
Frequently, the PDC has been regarded by local officials as little
more than a conduit for federal dollars. With this role currently being
threatened, some local governments are beginning to question
the need for continued membership
in a PDC. Last year, Roanoke and
Bedford counties as well as the City
of Salem decided to withdraw their
PDC memberships. Although the
Roanoke County Board of Supervisors voted this summer to rejoin
its PDC, both Bedford County and
Salem continue to go it alone. Gloucester County nearly relinquished
its PDC membership several months
ago, but after extended discussion
voted to continue its $8,159 yearly
allocation. In August, Nottoway
County differed with the Piedmont
Regional PDC over the county's
level of support. The PDC was
asking for 30 cents per capita in
dues, while Nottoway was not disposed to pay more than 25 cents.

"PDCs are more dependent
than ever upon localities for
financial support."
The executive committee of the
PDC was confronted with two options—either reduce the per capita
fee currently required of all participant jurisdictions or dismiss Nottoway's membership. As of late August, the matter remained unresolved.
Most planning district directors
feel that local dissatisfaction with
PDCs is not much greater than at
any time in the past. They downplay
the PDCs role as a dispenser of federal grants and emphasize its role
as a forum for regional planning
problems. At the same time, the
PDCs are fully aware that, in the
wake of federal budget cuts, their
futures will depend more and more
on state and local governments.
This means that the PDCs will need
increasingly to offer services that
cannot be performed at the local
level. For example, the director of
one of Virginia's more urban PDCs
sees lobbying for regional interests
before the General Asembly as an

example of a PDCs functions that a
locality cannot perform by itself.
Because each planning district is
different in terms of geography,
size, population and financial resources, however, each PDC will
have to face problems unique to its
region in striving to better serve its
local government constituents.
Many PDCs may be forced to cut
staffs. The Thomas Jefferson PDC
reduced its planning staff from five
to three a couple of years ago when
funds from the federal Department
of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) began disappearing (although it may find some support in
the new Small Cities Nonentitlement Community Development
Block Grant program.) The Southeastern Virginia PDC has cut six of
34 planning positions since the turn
of the decade. Although it lost
some federal dollars when federal
Coastal Zone Management and several HUD grant programs were abolished, the SVPDC continues to receive a sizeable sum of planning
money from the federal Department
of Transportation. The RADCO PDC
has lost five of 10 staff positions
over an 18-month period due to federal budget cuts; it is seeking to
avoid further reductions by competing for smaller state grants. The
Accomack/Northampton PDC, on
the other hand, has its largest staff
since 1975—a total of five positions.
That PDC has been successful in
anticipating the few new sources of
federal money that became available and competing successfully
for small grants at the state level.
Whatever the future course of the
PDCs may be, the time seems appropriate for the state to reassess
the entire regional planning district
concept. As the PDC directors
themselves concede, PDCs serve
primarily at the mercy of their local
constituents. A local government
should not be expected to contribute financial support to a PDC unless it gets something in return. The
increasing scarcity of large federal
grants should make it easier to evaluate PDCs on their own merits—not
simply as conduits for federal
money, but as regional planning
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Function

By Karen W. Hedelt
Fredericksburg city fatliers decided it j u s t w o u l d n ' t do for a fine
old t o w n like theirs to build a slick
new city hall in its National H i s t o r i c
District. So w h e n c r o w d e d c o n d i t i o n s became unbearable at City
Hall, they t u r n e d their s i g h t s to preservation.
The apple of their eye t u r n e d out
to be an old U.S. Post O f f i c e building, c o n s t r u c t e d in 1909 and aband o n e d by the postal service for new
f a c i l i t i e s in 1979.
The location was prime and the
s t r u c t u r e was s o u n d w i t h ample
space. Besides, the b u i l d i n g looked
like what people expect a city hall to
look w i t h its massive c o l u m n s and
classic
a r c h i t e c t u r e . The
city
b o u g h t the old post o f f i c e b u i l d i n g
for $212,000 in 1979 and renovated it
for $1.2 m i l l i o n .
The new city hall b u i l d i n g is j u s t
t w o b l o c k s away f r o m the old city
hall s t r u c t u r e in F r e d e r i c k s b u r g ' s
busy d o w n t o w n . The old facility had
served Fredericksburg since 1874,
a l m o s t 170 years ago.
The renovation was c o n s i d e r e d
an e f f i c i e n t use of public f u n d s and
will house city g o v e r n m e n t c o m f o r t ably for years to c o m e . N o t i n g the
long service of the old city hall, one
c o u n c i l m a n observed that the cost
"really w a s n ' t that expensive, especially w h e n you can prorate it over
200 y e a r s . "
Serving the public will be easier
in the new b u i l d i n g . Formerly scattered in a four-block area, governm e n t o f f i c e s are now housed under
one roof and those most f r e q u e n t e d
by the general public are located on
lower level floors near the building's entrances.
The finer qualities of the old post
office
were
preserved —plaster
walls, marble f a c i n g , and walnut
paneling—and handsome molding,
s o u n d - m u t i n g carpet and an elevator for h a n d i c a p p e d access to the
entire b u i l d i n g were added. A bald
eagle, w a t c h i n g over the foyer since
the days of the post o f f i c e , still
rests a m o n g the arched c e i l i n g s
t w o stories high.
The new City C o u n c i l c h a m b e r s
feature a c u s t o m - m a d e w a l n u t desk
that seats the 11-member body, and
seating for the public is t w i c e what
the old c h a m b e r s had.
A b o u t the A u t h o r
Ms. Hedelt is the c o m m u n i c a t i o n s coord i n a t o r in F r e d e r i c k s b u r g ' s Department
of T o u r i s m .

The renovation to the old post office c o i n c i d e s w i t h a spate of activity in F r e d e r i c k s b u r g ' s d o w n t o w n .
New brick s i d e w a l k s and colonial
style lamps have been installed and
a riverfront project will revitalize the
Rappahannock shoreline. The city
plans to sell six early 19th century
b u i l d i n g s that once housed s o m e of
the o f f i c e s now located in city hall,
returning prime property in the historic d i s t r i c t to private development.
M e a n w h i l e , the future of the old
city hall is still being d i s c u s s e d .
Many preservation-minded g r o u p s
and individuals hope the fine old
Georgian s t r u c t u r e , where the Marquis de Layfayette was once entertained, will c o n t i n u e its role in history as a m u s e u m . City c o u n c i l will
soon d e t e r m i n e the future use of
the old city hall.
Yet the city fathers aren't concerned that they have r e l i n q u i s h e d
history in the name of c o m f o r t .
George W a s h i n g t o n ,
Fredericksb u r g ' s favorite s o n , o n c e o w n e d the
land where the new city hall s t a n d s .

Above: Workers remodel the foyer
of the old post office to a c c o m m o date m u n i c i p a l needs.
Below: City planner Jervis Hairston
moves into his new o f f i c e .

�Children's Fund Gives Check

New Castle Hosts Tour

Richmond Mayor Roy G. West (right) accepts an
annual contribution from Dr. J a m e s McCracken,
executive director of the Christian Children's
Fund, Inc. Over a decade ago, when the city government found itself in a tight budget, council
asked the city's nontaxable organizations for voluntary help in the form of contributions in lieu of
taxes. The Christian Children's Fund, founded in
Richmond in 1938 to assist needy children around
the globe, immediately replied with a $3,750
check. Of the 663 tax exempt organizations in
Richmond, the Fund is not only one of about
seven to make a yearly voluntary contribution but,
according to the city's budget office, makes the
largest donation.

The Town of New Castle, along with the Craig
County Historical Society, invited the Montgomery Chapter of the New River Historical Society on a grand tour of New Castle. Pictured above
are the visitors who toured the New Castle Courthouse and other sites. Constructed in 1851-52, the
courthouse bears the architectual design of
Thomas Jefferson. "Idlewood" and "The Castle",
two grand old homes famous for their part in history, were also part of the visitors' schedule. New
Castle Mayor Bobby Kibler presented the members of the New River Historical Society with a key
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Papageorge's life, indicating that
she had a gun and w o u l d s h o o t him.
Even t h o u g h b o t h hands were in full
view, she was wearing a t r e n c h coat
w i t h large p o c k e t s . C o n t i n u i n g to
talk to her, he recognized an opport u n i t y to get the door open by asking to pet her d o g . The w o m a n
agreed and as he reached to pet the
dog. Officer Papageorge brushed
against the w o m a n ' s p o c k e t s and
realized they were e m p t y . He immediately grabbed her by both
w r i s t s and pulled her f r o m the
house.
The VACP A w a r d s program was
created in 1981 for persons w h o
have made o u t s t a n d i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s to law e n f o r c e m e n t or w h o
have performed o u t s t a n d i n g acts of
bravery. The VACP c o n g r a t u l a t e s
these individuals for their m u c h deserved r e c o g n i t i o n .
The 1982-83 slate of o f f i c e r s was
installed by W i l m e r Hedrick, f o r m e r
Chief of Police of Henrico County.
The new Executive Board m e m b e r s
are: Roland A. Lakoski, Chief of Police, Chesapeake, President; James
A. Kirby, Chief of Police L e x i n g t o n ,
First Vice President; Colonel Leslie
T. Sheppard, Chief of Police, Henrico County, S e c o n d Vice President;
and Harry T. Haskins, Chief of Police, Salem, Third Vice President.
The Executive C o m m i t t e e m e n are:
Frank W. J o h n s t o n e , Director of Police, University of Virginia; Major
Cecil S. J o h n s o n , Jr., Field Supervisor, Department of State Police;
W i l l i a m K. Stover, Chief of Police,
A r l i n g t o n County; Jack W. Asbury,
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H. B. Childress, Chief of Police,
Pulaski will serve on the Board as
i m m e d i a t e past president.
The next Annual C o n f e r e n c e of
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O r l a n d o , Kla. 32803
(305)

896-4911

Public Works Director
The City of Danville is seeldng a
Public Works Director to plan and
direct a public works operation of
approximately 226 employees. Operations consist of a Transportation
System, Street and Sewer Maintenance, Sanitation, Airport, Motor
Pool, Cemeteries and Maintenance
of Public Buildings, Grounds. Applicants must p o s s e s s comprefiensive
knowledge of the principles and
practices of civil engineering and
progressively responsible experience in public works administration. Salary range from $32,302$41,267. Starting salary commensurate with experience. Submit resume by October 30, 1982 to: Personnel Department, City of Danville,
Danville, Virginia 24541.
Engineering Division Chief
The City of Danville, Virginia is
seeking applicants for the position
of Engineering Division Chief. Applicants must be graduate Civil Engineers with a minimum of five
years of progressively responsible
e x p e r i e n c e in Municipal
Engineering and have Virginia P.E. Registration within six months of employment. Position is responsible
for all engineering services including traffic engineering. Salary
range from $22,963 to $29,307. Submit resume by October 30, 1982 to:
Personnel Department, City of Danville, Danville, Virginia 24541.
Supervisor
Support Services Bureau
City of Williamsburg. Advanced
administrative work in the Police
Department
coordinating
varied
management functions in an operating bureau or in a functional supervisory capacity.
Employee performs diversified
administrative duties including developing, formulating, and implementing departmental
programs.
Duties include analyzing administrative problems requiring independent judgment in the establishment,
interpretation,
application
and enforcement of ordinances,
rules, regulations and departmental
policies. Employee works under the
general supervision of the Chief of
Police. Supervision is exercised
over subordinate and specialized
employees. Requires a BA or B S De(Continued, on page 17)

�Professional Directory
SCS

ENGINEERS

Southern
Engnteering

STEARNS,CONRAD AND SCHMIDT
CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.
•

W A T E R SUPPLY

•

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

•

SANITARY L A N D F I L L DESIGN , G A S
PROTECTION A N D R E C O V E R Y

11260 Roger Bacon Drive, Reston. Va. 22090 • (703) 471-6150
Colifornia • W a s h i n g t o n

Rates

•Kentucky

•South

Corolino

PLANNING • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE &gt; ENGINEERING
C O M M U N I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T CONSULTING

Southern E n g i n e e n n g C o m p a n y of Virginia
1 8 0 0 Peachtree Street, N W
Atlanta, Georgia 3 0 3 6 7 - 8 3 0 1
(404) 3 5 2 - 9 2 0 0

Studies
Design
Relaying
Meter ng

PUBLIC UTILITY
Engineers &amp; Consuiranis

Henningson,

DESIGNERS

Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

S. R i c h a r d s o n
• Planners

Dale Building - Suite 2 2 4 . 1504 Santa Rosa Road
VA 23288 • Phone

804-288-4051

Austin Droctwnbrough
and A$soe(ot»$
Consulting Engineers

Gannett Fleming
ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS

CIVIL •
MECHANICAL
ELECTRICAL •
PLANNING
SURVEYING . INOUSTBIAL f ACILITIES
AND CBOCESS DESIGN • HIGHWAYS • WATER
AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS • DRAINAGE • SURVEYING
[NVlOONMEMAL STUDIES • SI'E PLANNING AND

NORFOLK

FAIRFAX

No tl Koger Executive Cenie:

fmrlax Professionel Ouild'ng

•

Suite 250 Norfolk. VA 23502

•

Suite 7 3545 Cham Bridge Road
Fairfax. VA 22030

VIRGINIA 23219 • PHONE 804/6M-9e3

E CARY S

MALCOLM'Ti

WATER
WASTEWATER
S O U D WASTES

Three Chopt &amp; Pai+iam Roads, Richmond 2 3 2 2 9
AND

HANSEN

PIRNIE, I N C . ^
CONSULTING

ENVIRONMENTAL

ENGINEERS

301 HIDEN BOULEVARD
N E W P O R T N E W S , VA 23606
804-599-5511

ENGINEERS
Since 1914

Langley and McDonald

HURT &amp; PROFFITT, INC.
Engineers-Planners-Surveyors

ENGINEERS'PLANNERS'SURVEYORS

Water. Wastewater. Solid Wastes.
Soils &amp; Foundaiions
Land Development Site Plans
Residential, Commercial &amp; Industrial Subdivisions, Road. Dams, Airports
1933 Fori Ave.
Lynchburg, VA 24501
(804) 847-77%

Higtiways-Utilities-Waterfront

w NEWTOWN ROAD

• u r h a m

•Consu'tants

CONSULTANTS

^ ^ ( ^

LTD.

P H O N E 804/649-8627

Engineers

Richmond

GREGG

400 East M a i n Street
Richmond, Virginia
23219

HDR

C H O D A T , R U B A C K &amp; A S S O C I A T E S , INC.
THE HATHAWAY HOUSE
103 CENTRAL ST,, P, 0 , BOX 749
WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS 02181
TELEPHONE (617) 237-5815

Planning
System
Studies
Feas-bjijty

^

HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
&amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.

Facilities-Municipal Compretiensive
Planning-lndustrial Park Development

WATER WORKS
SEWERAGE
R E F U S E DISPOHAI.

F R E D E R I C K G. G R I F F I N , P.C.

APPRAI-SALS
M U N I C I I ' A L I'l.ANNlNCi
HATE STUDIES

Consulting Engineers
3229 Watorlick Road, Lynchburg,

R. S T U A R T R O Y E R A A S S ( ) ( l A T E S . I N C .
Camulting

VA 24504

Engineers

1 5 1 4 Wii,iA&gt;w l.AWN naiVB
1'. &lt;). B o i 8 6 8 7
ItlCHMO.VU. ViHGINIA 2 3 2 2 0

(804)282-7657

BUCK, SEIFERT &amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED

Consulting Engineers

Water S u p p l y • S e w a g e • I n d u s t r i a l
Waste Treatment • Treatability Studies
• 140 Sylvan A v e n u e , P.O. Box 1218
Englevtfood Cliffs, N . J . 07632 2 0 1 - 5 6 7 - 8 9 9 0
• 4 0 5 S o . P a r l i a m e n t D r i v e , S u i t e 101
V i r g i n i a B e a c h , Va 2 3 4 6 2 8 0 4 - 4 9 9 ^ 8 5 0 8

(804^237-2044)

THE PITOMETCR ASSOCIATES
(212) 267-8288
Engineers
Water Waste Surveys
Trunk M a i n Surveys
Water D i s t r i b u t i o n Studies
Special H y d r a u l i c I n v e s t i g a t i o n s
100 C h u r c h S t „ N e w Y o r k , N . Y . 1 0 0 0 7
Chic^igo C o l u m b i a A t l a n t a N e w M i l f o r d , C t .

BoDiE, T A Y L O R A N D
PUR YEAR, INC.

o

CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Q

611 Research Road
Cabk'

Tflmsion'TV

munications

R r o a d c a s l • Public- Safety

Systt-ms • . V l a r m

Design • Ft'dera] C o m m u n i c a t i o n s

Oitiv

Systems • Electrical
CommLssiim

.Applica-

tion a n d I'n'paration • Kxpert Testimony a n d Witm-ss

C H 2 M Complete Engineering Services
M u n i c i p d l dnti Industridl Waste TredlI m e n t . Power Systems, Structures,
S:HILL
engineers
Solid Wastes, Water Resources, Water
planners
economists
scientists

Supply and Treatment, Transportation

1941 R o l a n d C l a r k e Place
Reston, Virginia 22091
701/620-5200

P.O. Box 2901
Richmond, Virginia 23235
804-794-6823

R. K E N ' M / F H W K F . K S
FNGINEFRS
Water Supply and Purification • Sewerage and
S e w a g e T r e a t m e n t • Streets a n d H i g h w a y s •
Investigations arid R e p o r t s
• Sii|)ei-vision of
Ca)nstruciion.
2733 T l D E W . y r i R D R .

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�54TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Virginia Building Officials Association
Sheraton Inn Harrisonburg

GERAGHTY^
&amp; M I L L E R , INC.
S44 WEST STREET. A N N A P O L I S , MD 21401
(301) 268-7730
ANNAPOLIS
TAMPA

BATON ROUGE
W PALM BEACH

HARTFORD
HOUSTON

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

TRAFFIC

SrCIMS

S h a n n o n - B a u m , Inc.
P.O.BOX

2511

TRAFFIC

POSTS

TRAFFIC

SIGN

B A L T C , M D .2 1 2 1 5
REFLECTIVE

FACES

SHEETING

ALUMINUM

301-358-3900

BLANKS

(COLLECT)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
12:00 Noon
1:00 p.m.
2:45 p.m.
4:00 p.m.

7700
FALLS

f3oule

LEESBURC
PIKE
SUITE
302
CHURCH,VA.
22045
705/893'07ll

Enaineennc)

CoffDorEJtion
consultina

eriQineer;

WATER, WASTEWATER, DR A IN AGE , FLOOD
CONTROL
SITE DEVELOPMENT
. STREETS , HIGHWAYS .BRIDGE S
STRUCURAL
DESIGN , MARINAS

V

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O i ' i / — SanHOry — SMu&lt;i&lt;on
,Sifc Plans — Highway

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.

— liydtaulu

— ICd/er

lloris

— Siud\e&lt;. — /JWIHU^C ,S'ystfm\

JORDAN &amp;HUTCHERSON, INC.
consuhin^^ engineers &amp; surveyors
(804) 353-5541
R I C H M O N D , VA, 23230

SUITE 109
2405 WESTWOOD AVE

American Uniform Sales, Inc.

9:30 a.m.
12:00
2:00
3:30
6:30
7:30

noon
- 3:15 p.m.
- 4:45 p.m.
p.m.
p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13
9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.

Registration
President's Reception
Registration
Opening Session
Ladies Fastiion Show A r o u n d Pool
Luncheon
H A N D L I N G T H E NEWS MEDIA
T H E 1981 UNIFORM STATEWIDE
BUILDING CODE
T H E MGM G R A N D HOTEL FIRE
Registration
STATE REGULATIONS
AFFECTING BUILDING
OFFICIALS
Ladies Trip to Bell Grove
Plantation
Lunch (on your own)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
CONCURRENTSESSIONS
Social Hour
Banquet
SOLAR ENERGY
B u s i n e s s Session

For further i n f o r m a t i o n and registration c o n t a c t Joni Terry, Administrative
Secretary, at 804/649-8471.

CAPITAL

9002 M O U N T A I N ROAD

EQUIPMENT C O M P A N Y , INC.
B R A N C H : 1201 CAVALIER

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23228

BOULEVARD

C H E S A P E A K E , VIRGINIA 23323

804-262-7341

804-485-4485

COMPLETE LINES OF EQUIPMENT FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
MurucilW A.OMv
Federal — H e a d Sian —
C E T A - H U D , A-102 Single
Audils

703. 590 :1M
(703) 670 6300

J A M E S M. BRIDGES, CPA

JAMES BRIDGES, LTD
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Certitied Pubi.c Acrountar,!

HIGHWAY
_ h e m i c a l Spreaoers
L I N K BELT—Cranes—Excavators
F M C / B E A N - S e w e r Cleaner
L A Y T O N M F G . C O . - A s p r i a l t Pavers
M E Y E R S - S H E R M A N - "Vactor Jet R o d d e r "
R I C H M O N D M F G . C O . — Horizontal Boring
MactTines

E L G I N —Sweepers
A T H E Y M A N U F A C T U R I N G C O . - M a i n t a i n e r Grader
D Y N A P A C —Vibratory Rollers
G I A N T - V A C —Leaf Collectors
D A V E Y —Air Compressors
R O C O R P . — H y d r a u l i c Cranes

14001 MINNEVILLE RD
DALE CITV VA 22193

MONTGOMERY ENGINEERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.

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CIVIL AND ENVIROKMEKTAL
ENGINEERS
WATER AND WASTEWATEB

Reslon Inlernalional Denier. Suile 1 1 3 0
l i e O O Sunrise Valle) Drite. Reslon. VA 2 2 0 9 1
703-860-2400

o

YARGER
AND A S S O C I A T E S , INC.
Over 600 Surveys
Our 29 th Year
Position Classification and P a y Plans
Management and Organizational Studies

DC
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MMM

WEST BUT I
NORFOLK,VA
23610
I

(804)623 164)

Wastewater T r e a t m e n t Systems • T ransportaiion
M u n i c i p a l F a c i l i t i e s • W a t e r a n d Sewerage S y s t e m s
W a t e r f r o n t Facilities • Env i ronm enta l Studies
Construction Management • Surveying

FINANCIAL AND..

Test Construction - F i r e and Police Studies

MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS

• Advisor on Financial a n d Marketing Matters
Relating to Issuance of Municipal Bonds
• Position Classification a n d Pay Studies
• Executive Search and Selection
• Management a n d Organization Studies
•

Utility and Public Works M a n a g e m e n t Studies

• Governmental Status Studies

2830 Mary Street
Falls Church, Va. 22042
703/560-6900

MUNICIPAL ADVISORS
INCORPORATED
O , \iO\5

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8tl4 422-1711

'

�(Marketplace, f r o m page 14)
gree in t h e field of m a n a g e m e n t or
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . Salary is negotiable
d e p e n d i n g o n experience and qualif i c a t i o n s . A p p l i c a t i o n s s h o u l d be
s u b m i t t e d t o Larry Vardell, Chief of
Police, 425 A r m i s t e a d Avenue, Will i a m s b u r g , Virginia 23185, by October 31,1982.

TECNOMICS
•

RATE

•

CONSOLIDATION/ANNEXATION

•

MICRO COMPUTER

•

TRANSPORTATION

Consulting

STUDIES

PROGRAMMING

1531 N o r t h

STUDIES

STREET BLACKSBURG
703-552-5609

24060

Blacksburg,

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• Water
RECREATION
WASHINGTON

(Decisions, f r o m page 9)
can provide a better u n d e r s t a n d i n g
of wtiat local g o v e r n m e n t is all
about because people w h o understand the process t e n d to be w i l l i n g
and valuable participants in it. What
is needed is t o encourage cooperat i o n a m o n g the s e g m e n t s of t h e
c o m m u n i t y and improve the quality
of life for all citizens by w o r k i n g together. There are s o m e notable exa m p l e s of private/public cooperat i o n in L y n c h b u r g and I fervently
hope t h i s is only the b e g i n n i n g . So,
while f u n c t i o n i n g as the c o m m u n i c a t i o n link f r o m t h e people to their
g o v e r n m e n t , d o not overlook the essential channel f r o m the government to the people.

(703)

M a m Street

Virginia

24060

552-5548

• Solid W a s t e / E n e r g y
Recovery
Pollution Control
• Air P o l l u t i o n
• Industrial W a s t e
Treatment

Control

PRODUCTS DIV.

OFFICE:

( 2 0 2 I

8 4 2 - 1 1 6 0

'ASSOCIATES
PERRY

K,

C h a r l e s R Velzy Associates. Inc
Consulling Engineers
355 M a i n Street
A r m o n k , N e w York 10504

PLAINE

Box

K228

Koger Executive Center
R i c h m o n d . Virginia 2 3 2 8 8

TERRAQUA Resources Corporation
s t u d i e s • Facility Planning
C o n s t r u c t i o n Management

Design
• Operations

Water/Wastewater • Solid Waste
H y d r a u l i c Systems &amp; Structures

7I E

ENGINEERS

•

ARCHITECTS

•

P L A N N E R S

OrccTt/lornc
10710

LFr

Hir.KWAY

SUITE

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Engineers/Consultants
Reading, PA
215-378-9300
H u n t Valley, M D
301-667-6020

S U R V E Y O R S

&amp; 0'j^tara,

llMOBniENSGERE

Inc.

ConsultingEngineers

202

David A Minter

At least once a m o n t h f o r the last
four years s o m e o n e has c o m e up t o
me and said, " I d o n ' t know how you
stand it, you certainly have a thankless j o b . " I never know what to res p o n d to this well meant c o m m e n t
. . . My m o t h e r and father tried not
to raise any d u m m i e s , and I certainly d i d n ' t g o t h r o u g h t w o elect i o n c a m p a i g n s in order to get a
t h a n k l e s s j o b . If, like m e , y o u are
c o m m i t t e d t o and fascinated by t h i s
direct example of our d e m o c r a t i c
e x p e r i m e n t then the next four years
will bring n u m e r o u s f e e l i n g s — f r u s tration, stimulation,
disappointm e n t , s a t i s f a c t i o n but " t h a n k l e s s "
w o n ' t seem pertinent.

Laboratories

Industrial a n d Municipal

STUDIES

100 ARDMORE

Engineers

Environmental

1200
15th Street N,W.
Washington, D C , 2 0 0 0 5
(202) 861-0026
PnrjNE

703-365-9300

B o s t o n , Philadelphia, N e w York,
St, L O U I S , S y r a c u s e , White Plains

WHITMAN, REQUARDT
AND A S S O C I A T E S

Ration, Harris, Rust &amp; Assoc.
a professional corporanon
Engineers , Surveyors

ENGINEERS
SAINT PAUL

2315

STREET

MamOftic*:
10523 M a m Street, Fairlax Virginia 2 2 0 3 0 [ 7 0 3 ] 2 7 3 - 8 7 0 0
Valley 0 1 f l c « :
100 S o u t h M a m Street B n d g e w a t e r Virginia 2 2 8 t 2
Florida—West Virginia—Georgia

C u n n i n g h a m , Field
Representative
"imagineered"

PLAYGROUND

a n d PARK

Planners

m u n i c i p a l i t i e s a n d public agencies

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21218
(301) 2 3 5 - 3 4 5 0

George

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C o m p l e t e p r o f e s s i o n a l services for

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G A M E TIME, I N C .
CUNNINGHAM
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P h o n e 8 0 4 262-2401

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ENGINEERING A N D
SURVEYING SERVICES

LAND

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS &amp; SURVEYORS
P,0, 6 0 x 4 2 9
13924 Braddock Rd,
Centreville, VA 2 2 0 2 0
703-631-9630

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50-S Edwards Ferry Rd,
Leesburg, VA 2 2 0 7 5
703-777-1258

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C E MAGUIRE, INC.
ARCHITECTS/ENGINEERS/PLANNERS

Blauveit: Engineering C o .
Consulting Engineers

National League of Cities
1982 Congress of Cities

452 Souliilake Boulevard
Richmonil.VA 23236
604 749-1174

142 W Yirk SIreel 5203 Liisbiirs Pike. Suite 8
Suite 710
Fills Church. V« 22041
NorlDlk.VA 23510 703 998-0100
804 627-2939

Design^
Inspeclion

Mass 'lansir • Briagei inn Si'uctures • UrOan Deve:op
men, • Hrjn»avi • Pons • Te.mmais • Comme/c.ai dno

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November 27- December 1,
1982
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Call: 202/626-3000

AMBULANCES,
COMMUTER B U S E S ,
4 dr. L I M O U S I N E S 6 dr.
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Systems
ir

Mkhaal K. Berlin
Municipal Service! Manager
East Central Region

8 0 1 1 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,
Richmond, V a . 23237
Ph.

1-804-275-2624

BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES
PC Bo. 8733
8WI Airport, Moryland 21240

1301] 796-8850
Telex

87-487

17

�Legal Guidelines
Breeder Litigation
By Howard Dobbins
General Counsel
R e s o l u t i o n of s o m e legal questions often s e r v e s to breed additional litigation. A recent d e c i s i o n
by the Virginia S u p r e m e Court illustrates t h i s problem.
All c i t i e s , c o u n t i e s and many
t o w n s have e n a c t e d o r d i n a n c e s imposing local l i c e n s e f e e s on motor
v e h i c l e s normally garaged, stored
or parked therein. A n ordinance
adopted by the T o w n of L e e s b u r g
requiring the payment of s u c h a lic e n s e fee a l s o required a d i s p l a y of
the local l i c e n s e d e c a l on s u c h motor v e h i c l e s . S o m e t i m e prior to May
14, 1980, an A s s i s t a n t Pastor of the
Loudoun
Baptist Temple was
c h a r g e d by the town a s being in violation with this o r d i n a n c e , the vehic l e involved being a bus o w n e d by
the T e m p l e . Apparently, in that c a s e
the defendant c h a l l e n g e d the ordin a n c e a s being an unconstitutional
interference with the d e f e n d a n t ' s
right to religious freedom but the
Loudoun C o u n t y Circuit Court ruled
that the l i c e n s e requirement w a s a
" p o l i c e regulatory m e a s u r e " and
not a revenue-raising d e v i c e and
that a c c o r d i n g l y , it w a s a valid enactment.

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S u b s e q u e n t l y , a L e e s b u r g police
officer stopped two motor v e h i c l e s
on the highway, one operated by the
pastor of the T e m p l e and the other
driven by his w i f e . Both w e r e registered in the name of the T e m p l e ,
w e r e normally parked or garaged in
the t o w n , and neither d i s p l a y e d a
town l i c e n s e d e c a l . F o l l o w i n g c o n viction in G e n e r a l District Court, the
T e m p l e a p p e a l e d to the Circuit
Court w h i c h s u s t a i n e d the t o w n ' s
motion that the i s s u e of w h e t h e r
the o r d i n a n c e w a s regulatory or
revenue-raising had been determined in the earlier p r o c e e d i n g , and
held that the T e m p l e w a s collaterally e s t o p p e d from presenting evid e n c e or argument on that question. On a p p e a l , the V i r g i n i a S u preme Court reversed the C i r c u i t
Court of L o u d o u n C o u n t y holding
that the doctrine of collateral estoppel, w h i c h originated in the civil
law, is not n e c e s s a r i l y a p p l i c a b l e in
the s a m e w a y in c r i m i n a l c a s e s .

Loudoun Baptist Temple v. Town of
Leesburg,
292 S . E . 2d 315 ( J u n e ,
1982). T h e Court reaffirmed that in
civil c a s e s w h e n an i s s u e of ultimate fact h a s o n c e been determined by a valid and final judgment
the i s s u e c a n n o t again be litigated
a g a i n s t the s a m e parties in any future lawsuit or a g a i n s t parties who
are in privity and who o c c u p y a " m u tual or s u c c e s s i v e relationship to
the s a m e rights of property or have
s u c h an identification in i n t e r e s t s
. . . a s to represent the s a m e legal
r i g h t s . " However, the opinion by
Chief J u s t i c e C a r r i c o c o n c l u d e d
that in criminal c a s e s " t h e s a m e
p a r t i e s " requirement m u s t be interpreted and applied literally and that
i n a s m u c h a s the T e m p l e and the A s s i s t a n t P a s t o r were not " t h e s a m e
p a r t i e s , " the T e m p l e w a s not prec l u d e d from re-litigation of the c o n stitutionality of the l i c e n s e ordin a n c e . A c c o r d i n g l y , the c a s e w a s
reversed and remanded for more litig a t i o n — a determination of the real
i s s u e : d o e s the local motor v e h i c l e
l i c e n s e o r d i n a n c e inhibit religious
freedom?
It i s , of c o u r s e , universally held
that under the federal and state
c o n s t i t u t i o n s a tax laid s p e c i f i c a l l y
on the e x e r c i s e of religion is unconstitutional. However, it is equally
well-settled that a l i c e n s e may be
legislatively required if it is non-discriminatory and regulatory in character rather than revenue prod u c i n g . B e c a u s e the power to tax
may be e x e r c i s e d a s a power to destroy, a tax a p p l i c a b l e to religious
institutions w h i c h is not s m a l l or
nominal may be restrictive of the
freedom of religion and invalid.
Although the f a c t s presented and
a r g u m e n t s made to the C i r c u i t
Court to support its earlier opinion
upholding the constitutionality of
the ordinance are not recited in the
Virginia S u p r e m e C o u r t ' s opinion, it
would
appear that the
Circuit
C o u r t ' s initial holding w a s c o n s i s tent with a n a l o g o u s d e c i s i o n s in
Virginia and in other j u r i s d i c t i o n s
for o r d i n a n c e s requiring l i c e n s e s
w h i c h have incidental non-discrimi-

natory affect on religious institutions have been uniformly upheld.
For e x a m p l e , the right to sell merc h a n d i s e h o u s e to h o u s e h a s held
not to be guaranteed by the C o n s t i tution even w h e n sold by m e m b e r s
of religious bodies; the requirement
of obtaining a l i c e n s e in order to engage in the practice of healing h a s
been held p e r m i s s i b l e when challenged by a minister who practiced
faith healing; a non-discriminatory
l i c e n s e tax on agricultural activities
has been held to be validly applicable to a religious body; payment by
a religious organization of a mortgage recording fee h a s been upheld; and the denial of the right to
perform marriages by t h o s e who fail
to qualify a s m i n i s t e r s a s defined by
Virginia statute h a s been s u s t a i n e d .
However, the L e e s b u r g motor vehicle l i c e n s e ordinance, and all like
o r d i n a n c e s , must meet these t e s t s :
(1) the town must e s t a b l i s h that the
ordinance w a s adopted under its inherent police power and that its
s e c u l a r purpose is reasonable and
properly related to the public welfare; (2) that the l i c e n s e requirement
d o e s not in fact a d v a n c e or inhibit
religion a s p r a c t i c e s by the Loudoun B a p t i s t T e m p l e and its congregation; and (3) that the enforcement by the town d o e s not result in
entanglement in the practice of religion by the T e m p l e . S e e School District
of Abingdon
Township
v.
Schempp,
374 U.S. 203; Lemon v.
Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602.

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                    <text>Volume 17
November 1982
Number 11

1982 VML Annual Conference

Francis West, Raymond Ratcliffe

Michael Amyx. Harry Wells

- Ethical Dilemmas For Elected Officials
—Metropolitan Alternatives
—Editorial: Voluntary Annexation Agreements
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VOLUME 17 NOVEMBER 1982 NUMBER 11

VML President
Francis T. West

4 Voluntary Annexation Agreements

Officers

"Richard W e e k s looks at recent concerns of the Commission on Local
Government. Are municipalities giving up the right to annex beyond that
required by l a w ? "

C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . Thomas
S a m W. A d a m s

Executive Committee
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a n e L. Hough
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n e
Ronald C. Spiggle
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

Past President

5 People
6 VML Elects West
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Marketplace

R a y m o n d F. Ratcliffe

Executive Director
R. M i c h a e l A m y x

8 Metro Alternatives
" O n e of the most p r o g r e s s i v e public/private partnerships is occurring in the R i c h m o n d area. Other V i r g i n i a localities could u s e the
plan e m b r a c e d by t h e s e local g o v e r n m e n t s . "

On the Cover
Left P h o t o : Newly e l e c t e d President W e s t with P a s t P r e s i d e n t
R a t c l i f f e . Middle Photo: V M L E x e c u t i v e Director A m y x p r e s e n t s
V M L A c h i e v e m e n t A w a r d to F a l l s
C h u r c h City Manager W e l l s . Right
Photo: R a y m o n d Ratcliffe p r e s i d e s
over the O p e n i n g S e s s i o n .

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10 Legal Guidelines
11 Meeting the Needs of the Mentally III
" P a u l i n e Mitchell r e v i e w s the creation of c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e s
boards and how they are a s s i s t i n g V i r g i n i a ' s mentally i l l . "

12 Ethical Dilemmas in Public Procurement
" T h e V M L and the V i r g i n i a Attorney G e n e r a l ' s office prepared a
quiz for local e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s regarding c o n f l i c t of interests and
p u r c h a s i n g . Do you p a s s ? "

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Are Municipalities Giving Up Too Much To Achieve Voluntary
Annexation Agreements?
By Richard F. Weeks, Jr.
In a recent report of the C o m m i s s i o n on Local G o v e r n m e n t , the
C o m m i s s i o n raised a point that municipal o f f i c i a l s s h o u l d keep in m i n d
w h e n n e g o t i a t i n g a n n e x a t i o n agreem e n t s w i t h c o u n t i e s : Are m u n i c i p a l ities giving up the right to annex bey o n d that required under state law?
In its report, the C o m m i s s i o n
stated, " t h a t one s i g n i f i c a n t aspect
of the agreement does appear to run
c o u n t e r to the interests of the
S t a t e . " The C o m m i s s i o n is concerned about g r a n t i n g i m m u n i t y to
c o u n t i e s by voluntary a g r e e m e n t s .
This editorial is not i n t e n d e d as a
c r i t i c i s m of any voluntary annexat i o n agreement. Decisions on granting annexation i m m u n i t y s h o u l d not
be taken in isolation f r o m other factors of an agreement, i n c l u d i n g the
qualitative benefit of lessening the
divisiveness b e t w e e n the localities.
However, c a u t i o n is required on the
part of m u n i c i p a l o f f i c i a l s currently
n e g o t i a t i n g or c o n s i d e r i n g annexation.

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M u n i c i p a l i t i e s s h o u l d use caut i o n in agreeing not to annex for a
period beyond that required by
State law. Current law p r o h i b i t s further annexation for ten years after
an a n n e x a t i o n is granted. A g r e e i n g
not to annex for a period longer
than ten years c o u l d result in many
c o u n t i e s q u a l i f y i n g for partial imm u n i t y before the end of the agreed
period. The same g r o w t h pressures
w h i c h lead a m u n i c i p a l i t y to seek
a n n e x a t i o n for a d d i t i o n a l land will
also enable c o u n t i e s to qualify for
partial i m m u n i t y . In fact, many
c o u n t i e s are e x p e r i e n c i n g g r o w t h
well in excess of their n e i g h b o r i n g
cities.
The C o m m i s s i o n on City-County
Relations, o f t e n referred to as the
Stuart C o m m i s s i o n , w h i c h cond u c t e d an extensive study of annexa t i o n , did not make a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n on t h i s aspect of the annexat i o n procedure. Prior to the 1979
About the Author
Mr. Weeks is the VML Director of Intergovernmental Relations.

a m e n d m e n t s to the annexation procedure, State law provided that a
city or t o w n c o u l d not seek to annex
territory of a c o u n t y w i t h i n five
years of the effective date of annexa t i o n or if the a n n e x a t i o n was denied, w i t h i n five years of the filing
of the suit. The 1979 a m e n d m e n t s
to the a n n e x a t i o n procedure, however, c h a n g e d t h i s l i m i t a t i o n to 10
years and in the case of a denial, the
10 years w o u l d be after the date of
the final order. Therefore, a period
of no more than 10 years is a longs t a n d i n g policy of the state.
Further, the Stuart C o m m i s s i o n
arrived at the c o n c l u s i o n that in order for c o u n t i e s to qualify for i m m u nity they " s h o u l d possess populat i o n s of s u f f i c i e n t size and overall
d e n s i t y to j u s t i f y and s u p p o r t the
c o u n t y ' s d e v e l o p m e n t of a service
capability adequate to provide a full
range of urban s e r v i c e s . "
The f o l l o w i n g are criteria recommended by the Stuart C o m m i s s i o n
for c o u n t y i m m u n i t y :
—a p o p u l a t i o n e x c e e d i n g 25,000
persons and an average d e n s i t y
of at least 200 persons per
square mile, based on the latest
United States C e n s u s or on a
special c e n s u s c o n d u c t e d undercourt supervision;
—a d e t e r m i n a t i o n that the urban
areas of the c o u n t y are currently being provided w i t h urban services of a quality c o m parable to t h o s e offered by cities in that geographic region of
the state;
—a d e t e r m i n a t i o n that the c o u n t y
will be able to meet e f f i c i e n t l y
and effectively the a n t i c i p a t e d
public service needs of its urban residents; and
—a d e t e r m i n a t i o n that the interests of the state in the area are
served in granting a c o u n t y the
i m m u n i t y previously d e f i n e d .
The final legislation a d o p t e d as
part of the " a n n e x a t i o n c o m p r o m i s e " in 1979 closely resembled the
Stuart C o m m i s s i o n r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s . Current law i n c l u d e s t w o sets
of criteria: c o u n t i e s m u s t have
either a p o p u l a t i o n of 20,000 and a
d e n s i t y of 300 persons per square
mile, or a p o p u l a t i o n of 50,000 and a

d e n s i t y of 140 persons per square
mile. Current law also includes the
requirement that a c o u n t y provide
urban-type services before it can be
granted i m m u n i t y .
The last criteria for i m m u n i t y reco m m e n d e d by the Stuart C o m m i s sion is that the interest of the state
be served. This criteria was carried
over into the current law. If you ass u m e that the i m m u n i t y criteria
were developed w i t h the best interest of the state in m i n d , then an
agreement w h i c h has the effect of
providing a c o u n t y not otherwise
qualified for partial i m m u n i t y w i t h
potentially
permanent
immunity
f r o m annexation may not be in the
best interest of the State, or the
long term interest of the municipality.

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those areas.
Fairfax C o u n t y Board M e m b e r
Marie B. Travesky was recently
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Other o f f i c e r s elected were Curtis
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J o h n A. S i n k i e w i c z of the Petersburg Area Transit, s e c o n d vice president; Dr. Grace Pleasants of the
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The Falls Church City C o u n c i l app o i n t e d David Ray Lasso as the new
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13. Lasso will serve a four-year t e r m ;
he replaces Paul T. O'Grady. Lasso
had been one of A r l i n g t o n C o u n t y ' s
three a s s i s t a n t c o u n t y a t t o r n e y s for
five years.
Saltville T o w n C o u n c i l a p p o i n t e d
Larry W o o d s as t o w n manager and
M i c h a e l Untiedt as t o w n attorney.
Louis
R. Clarke, d i r e c t o r of
g r o u n d s and maintenance for the
City of Seattle, has been hired as
R i c h m o n d ' s director of recreation
and parks. A graduate of Indiana
University, Clarke holds a graduate
degree in planning and public adm i n i s t r a t i o n f r o m Princeton University. Clarke j o i n e d the City of Richm o n d on S e p t e m b e r 2 0 .
Danville's Electric Utility Director
Eldred C. Yerks resigned to accept a
p o s i t i o n w i t h Carolina Light &amp;
Power C o m p a n y in Raleigh, North
Carolina. He is a past president of
the M u n i c i p a l Electric Power Assoc i a t i o n of Virginia.
T a p p a h a n n o c k ' s t o w n attorney
for nearly 30 years, G o r d o n Lewis,
retired in A u g u s t . Lewis was first
a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the t o w n w h e n he

was elected to c o u n c i l in 1936 and
served until 1938 w h e n he was
elected to the Virginia General Ass e m b l y . He served there three
terms. He was a p p o i n t e d to the
t o w n attorney post in 1956.
Samuel
D. S i m p s o n ,
former
c o u n c i l m a n for the T o w n of Rocky
M o u n t , died in A u g u s t . S i m p s o n
served on c o u n c i l for 30 c o n s e c u tive years, f r o m September, 1932
until September, 1962.

Baliles Names L o c a l
Officials T o Task Force
A n u m b e r of local g o v e r n m e n t officials and experts have been app o i n t e d by Virginia A t t o r n e y General Gerald L. Baliles to serve on a
special task force to study the implic a t i o n s of a Supreme Court ruling
l i m i t i n g antitrust e x e m p t i o n s for local g o v e r n m e n t .
The task force will review Virginia's laws on a n t i t r u s t exempt i o n s for localities and f o r m u l a t e

r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s for c o n s i d e r a t i o n
by the 1983 Session of the Virginia
General A s s e m b l y .
Included on the task force f r o m
local g o v e r n m e n t are: Harold Atkinson, former city manager of Franklin and past president of the Virginia
M u n i c i p a l League; James E. Buchholtz, Roanoke County Attorney;
Wil Dibling, Roanoke City A t t o r n e y ;
W. T h o m a s H u d s o n , Blacksburg
T o w n A t t o r n e y and president of the
Local Government A t t o r n e y s Assoc i a t i o n ; R. Michael Amyx, Executive
Director of the Virginia Municipal
League; Bill Phillips, Lynchburg
City A t t o r n e y and Chairman of the
Virginia Chapter of National Institute of M u n i c i p a l Law Officers; Paul
B u r t o n , H a m p t o n City Attorney; David Stiff, Fairfax County Attorney;
George Long, Executive Director of
the Virginia A s s o c i a t i o n of Counties; J o s e p h Rapisarda, Henrico
County Attorney; R. L. Nutter, Virginia Beach A s s i s t a n t Attorney; and
Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel of the V M L .

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Martinsville's C o u n c i l m a n Francis T. West was e l e c t e d President of
the Virginia M u n i c i p a l League at its
annual
conference
in
Virginia
Beach on S e p t e m b e r 2 1 , 1 9 8 2 .
In his s p e e c h to c o n f e r e n c e delegates at the annual banquet, V M L
President West e n c o u r a g e d Virginia
local o f f i c i a l s to accept the New
Federalism c o n c e p t and urged the
return of local c o n t r o l : " W e c a n n o t
avoid the direct c o n f r o n t a t i o n bet w e e n what the citizens want and
what the citizens are w i l l i n g to pay
for it. I believe we, at the local level,
s h o u l d be w i l l i n g to accept the New
Federalism c o n c e p t and seriously
c o n s i d e r the e x p a n s i o n of our res p o n s i b i l i t i e s . It must be recognized that taking t h i s approach and
meaning that we no longer side step
the issues and point to W a s h i n g t o n .
We got into the present mess, partly
because Uncle Sam was too w i l l i n g

to take over, and partly because the
states and local g o v e r n m e n t s were
t o o reluctant to deal w i t h the serious needs of our people. We must
not make that mistake a g a i n . "
President West was first elected
to the Martinsville City C o u n c i l in
1966 and served as the c i t y ' s mayor
f r o m 1972 to 1974. He was elected
to the V M L Executive C o m m i t t e e in
1978. He has also served on the
Governor's Local G o v e r n m e n t Advisory C o u n c i l f r o m 1978 to 1982.
West serves as vice chairman of
the State Board for C o m m u n i t y Colleges and he is a f o r m e r president
and d i r e c t o r of the MartinsvilleHenry C o u n t y Chamber of Commerce.
He is the c h a i r m a n of the board of
West W i n d o w C o r p o r a t i o n in Martinsville. He is married to Eleanor
(June) West and has four c h i l d r e n
and eight g r a n d c h i l d r e n .

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VML Executive
Committee Elected
A l s o d u r i n g the A n n u a l Conference, the V M L delegates e l e c t e d
the o f f i c e r s and executive c o m m i t tee m e m b e r s of the League.
Vienna Mayor Charles A. Robins o n , Jr. was elected first vice president w h i l e Fredericksburg Mayor
Lawrence A. Davies was e l e c t e d
s e c o n d vice president. Elected third
vice president was Norfolk Mayor
Vincent J. T h o m a s and Emporia
C o u n c i l m a n Sam W. A d a m s was
elected f o u r t h vice president.
C o m p r i s i n g the executive c o m m i t t e e are N e w p o r t N e w s City Manager Robert W. W i l l i a m s , Salem
C o u n c i l w o m a n Jane L. H o u g h , Gord o n s v i l l e Mayor Arlie C. Payne and
Pulaski Mayor Raymond F. Ratc l i f f e , i m m e d i a t e past president of
the V M L .

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Officers (from left): President Francis T. West; Second Vice President Lawrence A.
Davies; Third Vice President Vincent J. Thomas; and Fourth Vice President Sam W.
Adams. Not pictured is First Vice President Charles A. Robinson, Jr.

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Chairmen of the Urban, City and
T o w n S e c t i o n s also serve on the
League's
executive
committee.
Fairfax C o u n t y Vice Chairman Martha V. Pennine was e l e c t e d chairman of the Urban S e c t i o n w h i l e
James City C o u n t y Supervisor Jack
D. Edwards was e l e c t e d chairman of
the City S e c t i o n . Elected chairman
of the T o w n S e c t i o n was A p p o m a t tox Mayor Ronald C. Spiggle.
Vice c h a i r m e n of the S e c t i o n s are
P o r t s m o u t h Mayor J . E. J o h a n s e n
(Urban), C l i f t o n Forge C o u n c i l m a n
M. Stuart K o e t h c k e (City) and Grottoes Mayor Margie Mayes (Town).

IVlembers of the VML Legislative Committee (from left): Fairfax County Supervisor
James Scott, Norfolk Mayor Vincent Thomas, Loudoun County Supervisor Frank
Rafloand Lynchburg Council Member Joan MacCallum.

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F r a n k l i n A s s i s t a n t City Manager Mollie
B a s s l i s t e n s during W o m e n in L o c a l Government meeting.

V M L Policy C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n (front left): C h a r l e s Beatley, A l e x a n d r i a ; Elliott
Shearer, Lynchburg; J a m e s McCord, Williamsburg, Sandra Duckworth, Fairfax County; C l a u d e Staylor, Norfolk; and E l i z a b e t h B o w l e s , R o a n o k e .

Statement of Ownership
Management and Circulation
1. Date of F i l i n g : O c t o b e r , 1982
2. T i t l e of P u b l i c a t i o n : V I R G I N I A
TOWN &amp; CITY
3. F r e q u e n c y o f P u b l i c a t i o n : M o n t h -

R a t c l i f f e with S e n a t e C a n d i d a t e Paul Trible

Marketplace
City Attorney
City of Alexandria. Salary: $46,494$65,416/year. Performs the professional
legal services for the City; administers
and manages the office of the City Attorney and directs the activities of professional, para-professional and clerical
staff. Requires personal and professional integrity; progressive, responsible
supervisory experience and the ability to
maintain effective working relationships.
Must p o s s e s s knowledge of Federal,
State and local laws and court decisions
affecting the practice of law at the City
(IVIunicipal) level; be a graduate of an accredited law school and a member of the
Virginia State Bar Association. Must
have a minimum of five years experience
in the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, three years of which
include experience in municipal corporate law. Is required to become a resident of the City of Alexandria within 120
days of appointment and must remain a
resident for the duration of employment
with the City. Only City of Alexandria applications will be accepted. Applicants
must submit a City of Alexandria application and Supplemental
Application
form to the City Clerk, Room 302, City
Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 no later than November 10,

Senate Candidate Richard J . Davis

1982. Applications received after November 10, 1982 will not be p r o c e s s e d . For
additional information or application
forms, call (703) 838-4550.

Police Chief
The Town of Colonial Beach, Virginia
population 2,500 is accepting applications for the position of Police Chief. Applicants should have a thorough knowledge of law enforcement practices, experience in police work, and demonstrated leadership qualities. Salary negotiable depending on education and experience. Applicants will not be discriminated against b e c a u s e of age, sex, religion, race, or national origin. Applications should be submitted to the Town
Manager, P.O. Box 36, Colonial Beach,
Virginia 22443 no later than November
12,1982.

A s s i s t a n t C i t y IVIanager
Poquoson, Virginia (population 8,726).
Applicants must have considerable budgetary, research, and analyses experience and excellent
communications
skills. Responsibilities will include, but
not be limited to, director of finance and
purchasing, director of personnel and
training, and grants director. Salary
$23,234-$32,719. R e s u m e s must be submitted by no later than Wednesday, November 10, 1982 at 4:30 p.m. to: J a m e s
W. Lord, City Manager, 830 Poquoson
Avenue, Poquoson, Virginia 23662.

ly4. L o c a t i o n of know/n o f f i c e of publ i c a t i o n : 1011 E a s t Main S t r e e t .
5. L o c a t i o n
of
H e a d q u a r t e r s of
G e n e r a l B u s i n e s s O f f i c e of Publ i s h e r s : 311 Ironfronts, 1011 E a s t
Main S t r e e t , Richnnond, V i r g i n i a
23219.
6. Editor: C h a r l o t t e K i n g e r y , 311
Ironfronts,
1011
East
Main
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23219.
7. P u b l i s h e r :
Virginia
Municipal
L e a g u e , 311 Ironfronts,
1011
E a s t Main S t r e e t , R i c h m o n d , Virg i n i a 23219.
8.Owner:
Virginia
Municipal
League
9. A v e r a g e No. of c o p i e s e a c h issue
during
preceding
12
months:
T o t a l No. c o p i e s printed:
5,000
Mail S u b s c r i p t i o n s :
4,050
Paid c i r c u l a t i o n :
4,050
Free distribution:
531
Total distribution:
4,581
Office use, etc.:
419
Total:
5,000
10. S i n g l e i s s u e n e a r e s t to filing
date:
T o t a l No. c o p i e s printed:
Mail s u b s c r i p t i o n s :
Paid c i r c u l a t i o n :
Free distribution:
Total distribution:
Office u s e , etc.:
Total:

5,000
4,014
4,014
563
4,577
423
5,000

I certify that the s t a t e m e n t s made
by me are c o r r e c t and c o m p l e t e .
Charlotte Kingery
Editor

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Richmond Area Localities Join Forces with The Chamber, United Way
By Charlotte Kingery
Many l o c a l i t i e s have formed public/private p a r t n e r s h i p s but Metropolitan A l t e r n a t i v e s in R i c h m o n d is
surely s o m e t h i n g to p o n d e r . . . and
admire.
Metropolitan A l t e r n a t i v e s is a
group of individuals representing
area local g o v e r n m e n t s , and the private and volunteer s e c t o r s . Members of A l t e r n a t i v e s gather in a
roundtable
d i s c u s s i o n to s h a r e
w h a t they s e e a s n e e d s in their
a r e a s , identifying c o m m u n i t y wide
i s s u e s a s they talk. F r o m there, the
group a c t s like a " b r o k e r " a m o n g
the s e c t o r s to develop " a l t e r n a t i v e s " or s o l u t i o n s to the problem.
T h e group, however, d o e s not attempt to take on all the i s s u e s only t h o s e that are h u m a n s e r v i c e s
related, have a m e a n s for getting resolved and are in the interest of the
c o m m u n i t y , corporations and individual m e m b e r s of Metropolitan Alternatives.
W h o b e l o n g s ? S i x partners s h a r e
equally in the p r o c e s s : R i c h m o n d
city, H e n r i c o , Hanover and C h e s t e r field c o u n t i e s . United W a y of
G r e a t e r R i c h m o n d and Metro R i c h mond C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e . T h e
public/private m e m b e r s h i p is the
b a s i s for Metro A l t e r n a t i v e s .

Forming Metro Alternatives

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Manager for H u m a n
Resources
G e o r g e T . Drumwright, J r . , the
county w a s a w a r d e d a H u m a n Serv i c e s Innovations Project by the National A s s o c i a t i o n of C o u n t i e s and
Stanford Research
International,
Inc., one of four projects nationw i d e . Metro A l t e r n a t i v e s w a s born
out of that innovations project.
Although most projects or grants
c o m e with money, H e n r i c o ' s award
did not. W h a t H e n r i c o did get w a s
the ability to c a l l on S R I for r e s e a r c h
and N A C O for staff a s s i s t a n c e
w h e n the county w a s s e e k i n g approval from area l o c a l i t i e s and busin e s s e s , and getting e n d o r s e m e n t s
from the C o m m o n w e a l t h of V i r g i n i a
and the United W a y .

About the A u t h o r
Ms. Kingery is the V M L Director of C o m m u n i c a t i o n s and H u m a n S e r v i c e s . In
that c a p a c i t y , s h e a l s o is the Editor of
Virginia Town &amp; City.

R i c h m o n d a r e a l o c a l i t i e s have over
35,000 p r e s c h o o l e r s yet only 8,100
s p a c e s in c h i l d day c a r e c e n t e r s . Metro
A l t e r n a t i v e s s o u g h t an a n s w e r .

What Are Tlie Concerns of
the Area?
In most c o m m u n i t i e s there are
universal n e e d s s u c h a s h o u s i n g ,
transportation, fire and police protection. W h e n Metro Alternatives
went to work on its first project, a
c o m m u n i t y wide i s s u e c a m e to the
forefront: the need for child day
care c e n t e r s . A s cited in the Alternatives position paper, Child
Care:
A Problem
Diagnosis,
Richmond
a r e a localities have 35,194 children
under the age of four yet there are
only 8,143 s p a c e s available in day
care c e n t e r s or h o m e s . T h e problem
b e c o m e s mind boggling w h e n the
children in kindergarten and elementary s c h o o l s w h o require additional child c a r e outside s c h o o l
hours are c o u n t e d . T h e figure r i s e s
over 55,000 for children 10 y e a r s old
and under.
Looking from the lower end of the
age s c a l e , the position paper s h o w s
a s c a r c i t y of f a c i l i t i e s for toddlers
two y e a r s old and under a n d , with
the " b a b y b o o m " generation now
bearing their o w n , the d e m a n d will
i n c r e a s e . A l s o , parts of the R i c h mond area are growing with industry but e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e s s u c h a s
child day c a r e are not following the
growth.
Ironically, d e s p i t e the need for
day c a r e , f a c i l i t i e s are c l o s i n g in the
area b e c a u s e of money problems.
Day c a r e c e n t e r s are not all KoolAid and c r a y o n s , they are a busin e s s . C e n t e r s need to be c o s t effec-

tive and of high quality but s o m e t i m e s if the quality b e c o m e s what
the parents want and e x p e c t for
their c h i l d r e n , it is not affordable.
All in all it c a n be a tough situation.
W h e n Metropolitan Alternatives
starting looking at the project, the
need for good day c a r e c e n t e r s w a s
e c h o e d by several. Corporate pers o n n e l directors had been hearing
the plea for y e a r s and even though
the L e a g u e of W o m e n Voters actively tried to promote the interest
of corporations in day care for three
y e a r s , the r e s u l t s were minimal.
But how to get t h e s e fragmented
groups, e s p e c i a l l y the numerous
corporations and industries, in the
R i c h m o n d area together? Metropolitan A l t e r n a t i v e s s p o n s o r e d a
s e m i n a r entitled Child Care: Corporate Alternatives.
Using a diverse
group of organizations and busin e s s e s . Metropolitan Alternatives
d i s p l a y e d the best public/private
mixture R i c h m o n d had s e e n . T h e
Federal R e s e r v e B a n k served a s
host while the R i c h m o n d J u n i o r
L e a g u e provided a mini-grant to
cover s e m i n a r materials and lunch
for the participants. First and Merc h a n t s National B a n k underwrote
the printing for 150 invitations and
the Private Industry C o u n c i l provided 150 booklets, w h i c h outline
employer tax i n c e n t i v e s for child
day care.
Held in May, the s e m i n a r w a s
" u n b e l i e v a b l e " to s o m e . Fifty-four
firms and organizations sent 80 repr e s e n t a t i v e s to the seminar. T h e
roster read like a " F o r t u n e 5 0 0 " list:
Philip
Morris,
Blue
Cross/Blue
S h i e l d of Virginia, E . I. DuPont, B e s t
P r o d u c t s C o m p a n y , Inc. and Richfood, Inc. S p e a k e r s e m p h a s i z e d
that child day care r e d u c e s employee a b s e n t e e i s m , d r a w s and retains good e m p l o y e e s , k e e p s families together and i n c r e a s e s employee productivity. All good reas o n s to look into child care c e n t e r s .
Participants didn't keep the information to t h e m s e l v e s ; by the end of
the day all 100 information p a c k e t s
were distributed and b e c a u s e of the
heavy d e m a n d , Metro Alternatives,
with the a s s i s t a n c e of a local bank,
produced 100 more . . . in hopes that
chief e x e c u t i v e officers would read
and take a c t i o n .
S o m e action w a s overnight. T h e
day after the seminar, a developer
from H e n r i c o County inquired how

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c e n t e r to h i s i n d u s t r i a l p a r k . A n otherdowntown businesscontacted
the United W a y about developing
d a y c a r e for i t s e m p l o y e e s . T h e res p o n s e resounded outside central
V i r g i n i a . T e n n e c o fronn T e x a s c a l l e d
a s k i n g a b o u t day c a r e a s did the
C l a r k e C o u n t y , V i r g i n i a B o a r d of S u pervisors. O n the h o m e front, the
H e n r i c o B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s a p proved a rezoning c a s e for property
a d j a c e n t to t h e H e n r i c o G o v e r n m e n t C o m p l e x to b e u s e d for a f r e e
standing
private
center
which
would provide county e m p l o y e e s
with day care. E m p l o y e e s working
in t h e C h e s a p e a k e a n d P o t o m a c
Telephone Regional Building Center, w h i c h i s c l o s e by, c o u l d a l s o utilize the facility.
S i n c e the s e m i n a r , all a r e a localities are monitoring several day care
projects w h i c h are going
through
t h e p r o c e s s of a p p r o v a l f o r z o n i n g ,
p l a n n i n g a n d d e v e l o p i n g , a n d lic e n s i n g but no s p e c i a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n i s b e i n g g i v e n to a p p l i c a n t s .
Not only did the position paper
on child c a r e and the s e m i n a r motiv a t e t h i n k i n g a n d d o i n g but other
ideas and thoughts were expressed.
R i c h m o n d A s s i s t a n t City Manager J a m e s Wilson said roadblocks
w e r e identified through Metro Altern a t i v e s that m a y not h a v e b e e n
otherwise. " T h e city has a specific
r e q u i r e m e n t that e a c h child day
c a r e c e n t e r h a s to h a v e a c e r t a i n
n u m b e r o f f e e t of o p e n s p a c e p e r
c h i l d . W i t h t h e c o s t of r e n t i n g o r
o w n i n g property, that r e q u i r e m e n t
m a y be u n r e a l i s t i c . T h a t regulation
m a y b e o n e of t h e r e a s o n s w h y d a y
c a r e is e x p e n s i v e a n d w h y more fac i l i t i e s a r e n o t l o c a t e d in p o r t i o n s o f
t h e c i t y w h e r e it i s n e e d e d t h e m o s t ,
in l o w i n c o m e c o m m u n i t i e s . "
W i l s o n a l s o s p e c u l a t e s that more
" r e d t a p e " m a y be p r e v e n t i n g c e n ters for t h o s e toddlers under two
y e a r s of a g e : " R e q u i r e m e n t s a r e e x c e s s i v e for that a g e g r o u p but the
red tape i n c l u d e s m o r e t h a n local
g o v e r n m e n t . " A s the Alternatives
g r o u p k e e p s d i s c o v e r i n g , it w i l l t a k e
a l l l e v e l s of g o v e r n m e n t a n d f u r t h e r
d i s c u s s i o n to o v e r c o m e t h e r e g u l a tions.
T h e day care project w a s a logical
p l a c e to s t a r t for M e t r o A l t e r n a t i v e s
s i n c e m a n y w e r e a w a r e of t h e n e e d ,
b u t it t o o k a s p e c i a l p l a n n i n g g r o u p
to pull the s o u r c e s t o g e t h e r a n d
channel those ideas and energies
i n t o a r e s u l t . A s i n d i c a t e d by H e n rico's Drumwright, " T h e ingredients
(for the s o l u t i o n to d a y c a r e ) w e r e
out there but no o n e w a s stirring the
ingredients."

"A planning group by description with a trio of government,
business and volunteer input by design, Metro Alternatives is rethinking and reorganizing human services in
Metro Richmond."
Housing For The Mentally III
W h i l e in a r o u n d t a b l e d i s c u s s i o n ,
Metro Alternative m e m b e r s spotted
a s e c o n d problem they could tackle.
H o u s i n g for the mentally retarded
a n d m e n t a l l y ill w a s a n i s s u e t h a t r e occurred during those talks. Richmond alone h a s the majority
of
g r o u p h o m e s in V i r g i n i a f o r t h e
mentally disturbed and other area
l o c a l i t i e s a r e b e g i n n i n g to f e e l t h e
same pressure.
A l t h o u g h the group is w o r k i n g
from
a
regional
base,
Henrico
C o u n t y i s t a k i n g s o m e s t r i d e s of i t s
o w n . T h e c o u n t y m o v e d its group
h o m e f r o m a h o u s e to a p r i v a t e
rental a p a r t m e n t d e s i g n e d for the
handicapped.
Henrico's
Drumwright e x p l a i n e d w h y the c o u n t y
c h a n g e d : " T h e national e c o n o m y
m a y s e e w a y for a p a r t m e n t s i n s t e a d
of h o m e s . A p a r t m e n t s o f f e r f l e x i b i l ity a s f a r a s h o w m a n y r e s i d e n t s
t h e r e a r e f r o m m o n t h to m o n t h a n d
t h e r e is no n e e d to look for a c o r p o rate i n v e s t m e n t (to b u i l d a f a c i l i t y )
to o f f e r a p l a c e f o r t h e s e r e s i d e n t s . "
Chesterfield and Hanover counties are following similar plans. According
to C h e s t e r f i e l d ' s R o b e r t
M a s d e n , the c o u n t y is a p p l y i n g for a
$300,000 grant from the Virginia Dep a r t m e n t of M e n t a l H e a l t h a n d M e n t a l R e t a r d a t i o n to b e u s e d m o s t l y
for
supervised
apartments
and
group h o m e s . Hanover has applied
for a S e c t i o n 8 h o u s i n g grant for
mentally retarded individuals. Nan
S i l v e r t h o r n e , d i r e c t o r of H a n o v e r ' s
social s e r v i c e s department, is also
e n t h u s i a s t i c about private
assist a n c e : " W e ( H a n o v e r C o u n t y ) received $1,500 from an organization

in t h e c o u n t y to b e u s e d f o r s u b s i dized h o u s i n g . T h e contribution dep e n d e d on a n e q u a l m a t c h but, by
t h e e n d of S e p t e m b e r , p r i v a t e d o n a t i o n s a l l o w e d u s to m e e t our g o a l . "

Analyzing The Cuts
Not o n e d o c u m e n t or p a p e r a n a lyzes the funding c u t b a c k s (federal,
s t a t e a n d local) e x p e r i e n c e d by
a g e n c i e s a n d s e r v i c e s in t h e R i c h m o n d area. W h o k n o w s w h e r e the
g a p s a r e , or w h a t is b e i n g duplic a t e d ? No o n e — n o t until Metro Alt e r n a t i v e s g i v e s t h e f i n a l r e p o r t of
its f i s c a l i m p a c t s u r v e y w h i c h will
m e a s u r e t h e i m p a c t of t h o s e c u t s .
A s a Metro Alternatives m e m b e r
explained, " T h e survey will a n s w e r
three things. B u s i n e s s e s c a n dec i d e w h i c h a g e n c y r e q u e s t s are the
m o s t d e s e r v i n g of t h e i r d o n a t i o n s ,
a g e n c i e s and b u s i n e s s c a n do s o m e
long range planning a n d duplication
of s e r v i c e s c a n b e r e d u c e d . "
The survey, now completed, w a s
an ambitious project. Metro Alternatives mailed over 300 standardized
q u e s t i o n n a i r e s to a g e n c i e s a n d organizations which received funding
in t h e p a s t f e w y e a r s
including
HOME, Jewish Family Services, The
Science Museum, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority,
local recreation departments and
the Federal Arts C o u n c i l . No organization w a s overlooked.
T h e q u e s t i o n s v a r i e d , too. S o m e
w e r e s p e c i f i c about funding and the
p e r c e n t a g e of f u n d i n g s u p p l i e d by
government, private contributions,
or u s e r f e e s . O t h e r s w e r e d i r e c t e d
at s e r v i c e l e v e l s — p o s s i b l e w a i t i n g
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l i s t s of potential c l i e n t s , or the possibility that s e r v i c e s could
be
s h a r e d with another organization.
A g a i n , the r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s for the
survey w/ere apportioned a m o n g
m e m b e r s of Metro A l t e r n a t i v e s . T h e
project director, J i l l A. M c C o r m i c k ,
was e m p l o y e d by United W a y and
Metro R i c h m o n d C h a m b e r . A s the
deadline a p p r o a c h e d to return the
questionnaires, volunteers
from
Henrico County Homemakers Ext e n s i o n C l u b operated a telephone
bank from the C h a m b e r ' s o f f i c e s to
remind r e s p o n d e r s to get their survey in the mail. T h e United W a y rec e i v e d the q u e s t i o n n a i r e s and tabulated the r e s p o n s e s by computer.
By the first w e e k of October Larry
W a l t o n , e x e c u t i v e director of the
United W a y , w a s able to give a general direction of the n e e d s of the
area and the impact of the funding
c u t s . More than 60 percent of the
a g e n c i e s and organizations responded.
" I n the preliminary report, three
a r e a s s t a n d out a s being d r a s t i c a l l y
hurt. H o u s i n g , e m p l o y m e n t and
p l a c e m e n t a s s i s t a n c e , and employment programs are at the top. Emerg e n c y s e r v i c e s like food, fuel a s s i s t a n c e and s h e l t e r a l s o rank high.
R e c r e a t i o n programs are currently
s u s t a i n i n g t h e m s e l v e s but the c u t s
have certainly af f ec t ed t h e m , " Walton s a i d .
Metro Alter nat iv e s h o p e s the
b u s i n e s s c o m m u n i t y will refer to
the f i s c a l impact survey report. T h e
report will be p u b l i s h e d , with the
aid of the C h a m b e r and key busin e s s people, in a form u s e f u l to the
b u s i n e s s c o m m u n i t y . T h e purpose,
a s indicated earlier, is to let the
b u s i n e s s e s and i n d u s t r i e s know
w h e r e the c u t s are a n d , if they w i s h
to help, w h e r e to start. G e o r g e
Drumwright c a u t i o n s , " O u r purpose
is not to favor one a g e n c y or organization over another, but to provide a
v e h i c l e for the b u s i n e s s c o m m u n i t y
to fine tune and target on i s s u e s of
s p e c i a l interest. T h e f o c u s of the report s h o w s t h o s e s e r v i c e s that have
been hit the h a r d e s t . "
T h e report will be s e n t to busin e s s , c o m m u n i t y and government
leaders.

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Metropolitan
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has
proven to be a positive force in the
R i c h m o n d area b e c a u s e its members are credible and it involves
" n o t only the p l a n n e r s but the
d o e r s . " Getting private and public
p a r t n e r s h i p s going c a n be tiring and
frustrating s o to s e e them c h a n g i n g
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Legal Guidelines
By Howard Dobbins
General Counsel
A recent opinion by the Virginia
S u p r e m e Court is an e x a m p l e of res olv i ng one i s s u e only to raise another.
Glenmar Cinestate, Inc. v. Farrell
and Bentley, 292 S . E . 2d 366 ( J u n e ,
1982). In Glenmar, an off-duty police
officer directing traffic out of a
drive-in theater onto a S t a t e highway w a s found to be an independent contractor, not an e m p l o y e e of
the theater, and therefore, the theater incurred no liability for the offic e r ' s negligent direction of traffic
w h i c h resulted in a c o l l i s i o n and injury and death. T h e holding is in a c cord with hornbook m a s t e r and servant legal p r i n c i p l e s for it is apparent from the opinion that in his direction of traffic, the off-duty officer
w a s given no i n s t r u c t i o n s by the
em p l o y er but instead w a s permitted
to direct the traffic by s u c h m e a n s
and m e t h o d s a s he c h o s e . Inasm u c h a s the e m p l o y er did not reserve the right to control the officer
in c o n n e c t i o n with this operation,
the o f f i c e r ' s relationship w a s that of
independent c o n t r a c t or and not servant of the theater and w a s suffic i e n t to d i s p o s e of the c a s e .
Not content with this d i s p o s i t i o n
of the c a s e , the opinion stated further relying on N&amp;W Railroad
Company, inc. v. Haun, 167 Virginia 157,
187 S . E . 4 8 1 , that i n a s m u c h a s the
officer w a s then directing traffic
and w a s s t a n d i n g in the public highway that he w a s engaged in the perf o r m a n c e of a public duty and for
this r e a s o n a l s o his e m p l o y er incurred no v i c a r i o u s liability for his
c o n d u c t . W e believe that
the
C o u r t ' s r e l i a n c e on i-iaun w a s misplaced.
In Haun two p e r s o n s were appointed s p e c i a l police o f f i c e r s for
the railroad under p r o v i s i o n s of S e c tion 3944 of the Code of Virginia of
1942 ( S e c t i o n 56-353 of the 1950
Code of Virginia) permitting s u c h
appointment for railroads. Under
this statute, though paid by the railroad, the o f f i c e r s , w h o s e appointment w a s approved by a circuit
court, w e r e authorized to e x e r c i s e
all public p o w e r s w h i c h c o u l d be
lawfully e x e r c i s e d by any c o n s t a b l e
or police officer for the preservation
of p e a c e , the arrest of o f f e n d e rs
and disorderly p e r s o n s and the en-

forcement of l a w s against c r i m e s .
S u c h p e r s o n s were c o m m i s s i o n e d
with general police power with res p e c t to trains and railroad property
and their a c t i o n s in Haun in attempting to arrest t h i e v e s of the
railroad w e r e held to be a s police off i c e r s and not a s e m p l o y e e s of the
railroad. But in Glenmar, the officer
w a s not directing traffic a s a county
officer although he might have been
wearing a uniform at the time. It appears that his authority w a s not
greater than that of any other person at the time. Furthermore, his a c tion in directing traffic w a s not in
the s t r i c t e s t s e n s e a public act but
one primarily for the benefit of his
theater employer.
W h e t h e r or not the Virginia Court
w a s correct in its reliance on the
principle
earlier a n n o u n c e d
in
Haun, insulation of a private employer from the a f f e c t s of an offic e r ' s n e g l i g e n c e under s u c h circ u m s t a n c e s may a l s o have the effect of defeating injured parties
rights to recover against financially
r e s p o n s i b l e parties and raises other
important collateral q u e s t i o n s . If
the officer in Glenmar had been a
servant rather than independent
c o n t r a c t or would his master be
s h i e l d e d from
his
negligence
simply b e c a u s e he acted in s u c h a
" p u b l i c c a p a c i t y " ? S e c o n d l y , if the
employer, w h e t h e r master or contractor, is s h i e l d e d , is the locality
from w h i c h the o f f i c e r ' s authority is
derived e x p o s e d to liability for his
acts?

�Meeting The Needs Of The Mentally 111, Retarded
Cornmunity Services Boards Work
By Pauline A. Mitchell
"Collaboration
among the individuals, their families, the
community,
the local governments,
the private
sector, the public facilities—all
are
essential
to form a network of services—which
must In turn form a
single system of care for the mentally ill, mentally retarded and substance abusing citizens of the Commonwealth
of Virginia. The Community Services
Boards are a basic, vital and necessary
part of this holistic system of care." J o s e p h Bevilacqua, Commissioner
T h e City of Newport N e w s w a s
looking for lielp to solve a problem
that n a g s every jurisdiction —identifying, treating, preventing, and educating the mentally ill, or s u b s t a n c e
abusing employees.
City staff first looked to the private s e c t o r , but were c o n c e r n e d
that private vendors would have
v e s t e d i n t e r e s t s w h i c h may conflict
with city n e e d s s o they c a l l e d upon
S t e v e C a p o ' , e x e c u t i v e director of
the Hampton-Newport N e w s C o m munity S e r v i c e s B o a r d . After disc u s s i n g their problems and n e e d s ,
C a p o ' e s t a b l i s h e d an E m p l o y e e A s s i s t a n c e Program on a contractual
b a s i s . In the a s s i s t a n c e program,
troubled e m p l o y e e s receive confidential c o u n s e l i n g from the serv i c e s board staff, who are s k i l l e d in
c o u n s e l i n g , treating and e d u c a t i n g
people w h o are d e p r e s s e d , emotionally disturbed or have an alcohol/drug problem. T h e s u c c e s s of
this program, said C a p o ' , will be
due to our " g o o d liaison with both
private and public s e r v i c e providers,
and no ties w h i c h would conflict
with city i n t e r e s t s . "
T h e Newport N e w s E m p l o y e e A s s i s t a n c e Program is only one exa m p l e of how the s k i l l s of the serv i c e s boards c a n support a jurisdiction.

How C S B s Work
C o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e s boards are
relatively new. T h e y c a m e into e x i s t e n c e in 1968 with the e n a c t m e n t of
Title 3 7 . 1 , C h a p t e r 10 of the Code of
Virginia and the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of
two s e r v i c e s boards, one in Prince
W i l l i a m C o u n t y and one in ArlingAbout T h e Author
Mrs. Mitchell is the Director of Information and P u b l i c E d u c a t i o n for the Virginia Department of Mental Health and
Mental R e t a r d a t i o n .

Aicohoi Rehabilitation,
Inc. of Arlington
(ARI), a contractual
agency of the Arlington, Fairfax-Falls
Church and the Alexandria
Community
Services
Boards, began in
1964 and assists
some 200 clients a year. Recovering alcoholics
spend a minimum of
three weeks in a rural setting on a farm, where clients spend their time growing
vegetables and feeding hogs. The client's physical health is first restored, then with the
support of program counselors
and other recovering
alcoholics,
the client works to
become a productive
member of the community
while maintaining
sobriety.
Local
businesses
in Arlington
help place ARI graduates in jobs.

ton.
Nicknamed
"Chapter
10"
boards, taken from the chapter
w h e r e they are referred to in the
Code,
the
community
services
boards grew rapidly. By the following year 13 more w e r e created
and by 1 9 7 1 , there were 14 C S B s in
Virginia, operating on a $480,078 allocation from the Virginia G e n e r a l
A s s e m b l y . C o m p a r e that with last
y e a r ' s f i g u r e s : 37 c o m m u n i t y serv i c e s boards serving more than 98
percent of the s t a t e ' s population,
with approximately 500 s e r v i c e prog r a m s operated either directly or
contractually, and having expendit u r e s of approximately $122 million.
W h e n creating this network to
help the mentally ill/retarded, the
state legislature gave local governm e n t s , through the s e r v i c e s boards,
the responsibility for s e r v i c e delivery, either by direct s e r v i c e s or by
c o n t r a c t s . T h e boards are a c c o u n t able for f i s c a l p r o c e d u r e s and their
s e r v i c e programs. S c r e e n i n g and

placing patients t a k e s place at the
local level and only a s a last resort
d o e s the state b e c o m e involved. In
recent y e a r s more patients are receiving c a r e in the
community,
c a u s i n g the number of hospital patients to d e c r e a s e . T h e network of
local s e r v i c e s with minimum state
a s s i s t a n c e has been s o effective
that it is now a mandate ( S e c t i o n
37.1-194 of the Code of Virginia) that
every local government have a c o m munity s e r v i c e s board, individually
or with another j u r i s d i c t i o n , by J u l y
1,1983.
E v e n though state involvement
a p p e a r s to be removed, the Virginia
Department of Mental Health and
IVlental Retardation a l l o c a t e s f u n d s
(some w h i c h must be m a t c h e d on
the local level), monitors s e r v i c e delivery programs for quality and prov i d e s t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e and support to the s e r v i c e s boards.
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�Ethical Dilemmas in Public Procurement
A Test For Mayors, Council Members, and County Supervisors
By Francis C . Lee and Clay L. Wirt
P u b l i c o f f i c i a l s frequently find
t f i e m s e l v e s in potential c o n f l i c t of
i n t e r e s t s s i t u a t i o n s a r i s i n g in the
c o n t e x t of public
procurement.
W i t h the p a s s a g e of the V i r g i n i a
P u b l i c P r o c u r e m e n t A c t ( C h . 7, T i t l e
II, Code of Virginia) t h i s past s p r i n g ,
w h i c h is e f f e c t i v e J a n u a r y 1 , 1983,
additional
q u e s t i o n s are
being
a s k e d . A n e t h i c a l d i l e m m a s test for
m a y o r s , c o u n c i l m e m b e r s and c o u n ty s u p e r v i s o r s relating to public procurement
follows.
Hypothetical
q u e s t i o n s are p r e s e n t e d . T h e ans w e r s , e x c e p t a s noted, are b a s e d
on the V i r g i n i a C o n f l i c t of I n t e r e s t s
A c t ( C h . 22, T i t l e 2 . 1 , Code of Virginia) a n d the V i r g i n i a P u b l i c Procurement Act.
E a c h q u e s t i o n a s s u m e s that you
are a mayor, c o u n c i l m e m b e r or
c o u n t y s u p e r v i s o r . T h e r u l e s stated
herein, however, have equal application to all o f f i c i a l s and e m p l o y e e s at
the local level. A n e x c e p t i o n is that
o f f i c e r s and e m p l o y e e s of purely
a d v i s o r y a g e n c i e s are not prohibited from entering into c o n t r a c t s
w i t h their own a g e n c i e s a s long a s
c e r t a i n d i s c l o s u r e s and s a f e g u a r d s
are met.
T h i s a r t i c l e c o n t i n u e s the c o m bined effort of Attorney G e n e r a l
G e r a l d L B a i l i e s and h i s staff, the
V i r g i n i a A s s o c i a t i o n of C o u n t i e s
and the V i r g i n i a Municipal L e a g u e
to e d u c a t e local government offic i a l s about C o n f l i c t of I n t e r e s t s
laws.

1. A few days before Christmas, a
package arrives at your office. Inside is a card from the president of
a large corporation that occasionally d o e s b u s i n e s s with the city. The
card s a y s " Y o u are doing a super

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About the Authors
Francis Lee is a senior assistant attorney general with responsibility for reviewing all opinions Issued by the Attorney General. In 1968-1970 he served as
chairman of the subcommittee of the
State Commission Studying Conflict of
Interests which had the responsibility
for developing the Virginia Conflict of Interests Act.
Clay Wirt Is staff attorney for the VML.
He Is co-author of a manual for local government attorneys on the Virginia Conflict of Interests Act and has written extensively about the Virginia Public Procurement Act.

Willful violation of the Conflicts Act or the ethics section
of the Procurement Act subjects you to removal from office
and up to a $1,000 fine or one year in jail.
job for our city. K e e p up the good
work. W e j u s t w a n t e d y o u to have a
token of our g r a t i t u d e . " Y o u open
the p a c k a g e a n d find a beautiful
c r y s t a l d i s h w h i c h y o u e s t i m a t e to
be w o r t h $ 5 0 - $ 6 0 . Do y o u a c c e p t
the d i s h ?
A n s w e r : No. S e n d it back. A l though very s m a l l gifts of e s s e n tially no value may t e c h n i c a l l y be a l lowed by t h e s e two A c t s , the a u thors s u g g e s t that the s a f e s t practice is to totally d i s c o u r a g e or s h u n
all gifts r e g a r d l e s s how s m a l l . If a
contractor or potential contractor
invites y o u to l u n c h , go dutch-treat.
If you are offered t i c k e t s to ball
g a m e s , for e x a m p l e , r e s p e c t f u l l y regret. T h e P r o c u r e m e n t A c t w a s ena c t e d to the end that procurement
p r o c e d u r e s be c o n d u c t e d
with
a v o i d a n c e of any impropriety or app e a r a n c e of impropriety. If in doubt
w h e t h e r to a c c e p t s o m e token of
a p p r e c i a t i o n , don't.
2. F o r many y e a r s , W i l l i a m a n d
y o u have been c l o s e f r i e n d s . After
attending high s c h o o l a n d c o l l e g e
together, y o u w e r e best m a n at e a c h
o t h e r ' s w e d d i n g s . Y o u r w i v e s are
a l s o good f r i e n d s . F o r the past
d o z e n y e a r s , W i l l i a m and h i s w i f e
have e s t a b l i s h e d a tradition of
taking y o u to dinner on your birthday. W i l l i a m o w n s a large hardw a r e s u p p l y b u s i n e s s a n d h a s done
t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s of b u s i n e s s
e a c h y e a r w i t h the city.
L a s t y e a r , y o u w e r e e l e c t e d to the
city c o u n c i l for the first time. Y o u
have been n a m e d c h a i r m a n of the
council committee which oversees
p r o c u r e m e n t c o n t r a c t s . Including
hardware s u p p l i e s . O n e w e e k before your birthday, y o u r e c e i v e a c a l l
from W i l l i a m indicating that he h a s
m a d e r e s e r v a t i o n s for your birthday
dinner at a f a n c y n e w restaurant in
t o w n . Do y o u a c c e p t ?
A n s w e r : Y e s . It is c l e a r that the
motivation for offering and a c c e p t ing the dinner is b a s e d purely on a
mutual friendship and not b e c a u s e
you are in a r e s p o n s i b l e position on

the c o u n c i l and William is trying to
win your favor. P u b l i c s e r v i c e d o e s
not require you to give up friends h i p s and traditions that were well
e s t a b l i s h e d prior to election to
council.
3. Y o u have s e r v e d for s i x t e r m s
a s mayor of your town. T h e town
h a s r e c e n t l y a w a r d e d bids for remodeling the c o u n c i l c h a m b e r s .
T h e m a y o r ' s c h a i r y o u have u s e d for
over a d e c a d e i s being replaced to
m a t c h the n e w decor. Y o u have
many s e n t i m e n t a l r e a s o n s for wanting to p u r c h a s e the c h a i r although it
h a s outlived its u s e f u l life. Y o u are
more than willing to pay a premium
for the c h a i r . May y o u p u r c h a s e it?
A n s w e r : No. Y o u may not purc h a s e anything from your governing
body e x c e p t (1) public utility serv i c e s or (2) goods or s e r v i c e s offered to the general public on a uniform price s c h e d u l e (e.g. recreational s e r v i c e s ) . Y o u r governing
body may r e s c i n d any s a l e made in
violation of t h i s prohibition within
five y e a r s of the date of the sale.
Y o u still may be in luck. T h e chair
has lost its e c o n o m i c value. Y o u
have provided many y e a r s of faithful
s e r v i c e to your t o w n . T h e governing
body w o u l d probably not violate the
C o n f l i c t s A c t if it s i m p l y gave you
the c h a i r a s a token of e s t e e m .
4. Y o u s e r v e on the c o u n c i l . Y o u
are a s k i l l e d c a r p e n t e r a n d would
like to participate in s e a l e d bidding
for remodeling work to be done in
the c o u n c i l c h a m b e r s . If y o u were
a w a r d e d the bid, may you enter into
the c o n t r a c t ?
A n s w e r : No. E x c e p t in a limited
number of c i r c u m s t a n c e s s p e c i f i cally authorized by the C o n f l i c t s
A c t , you are flatly prohibited from
entering into any contract with your
own governing body. T h e fact that
s u c h a c o n t r a c t or s u b c o n t r a c t
would be a w a r d e d by competitive
bidding is irrelevant.
In 1975 the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
added a fairly major e x c e p t i o n to
this prohibition against contracting

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own
governmental
a g e n c y . If y o u are a mayor or
c o u n c i l m e m b e r from a town or city
under 10,000 in population, you may
contract
with
your c o u n c i l
in
a m o u n t s up to $10,000 per year or
$25,000 if the c o n t r a c t r e s u l t s from
a s e a l e d bid. Y o u m u s t , however,
make it c l e a r in a d v a n c e to your
c o u n c i l that you are the one w h o
will be doing the work and you must
not participate In a n y w a y a s a
mayor or c o u n c i l m e m b e r in the
d e c i s i o n to a w a r d the contract. (If
you are a c o u n t y s u p e r v i s o r from a
county under 10,000 in population,
you do not have the benefit of t h i s
exemption.)
5. You serve on the council. One
of your many financial interests in
your community is a 5 % ownership
interest in a construction firm. Your
council has submitted requests for
bids for remodeling work in the
council chambers. The firm has
aslted that you find out for them the
procedures for submitting the bid.
May this firm in which you own a
5 % interest do remodeling work for
the council?
Answer: No. If you o w n a 5 % or
more interest in a b u s i n e s s or rec e i v e an a n n u a l aggregate c o m p e n s a t i o n of $5,000 or more from the
b u s i n e s s ( e x c l u d i n g dividend and
interest in co me), s u c h firm is prohibited from c o n t r a c t i n g with your
c o u n c i l . If, though, your o w n e r s h i p
i n t e r e s t s are l e s s
than
these
a m o u n t s , the firm may c o n t r a c t with
the c o u n c i l .
6. You serve on the council. You
have no ownership interests and receive no compensation from a construction firm which w i s h e s to do
remodeling work in the council
c h a m b e r s . Your 21-year-old s o n who
lives in your household, however,
has a 5 % ownership interest in or
receives compensation totaling
$5,000 or more per year from this
firm. May this firm do remodeling
work for the council?
Answer: No. Sorry. A n Interest of
your s p o u s e or any other relative
w h o lives in your h o u s e h o l d is a s s u m e d to be your interest.
7. You serve on the council. A
construction firm w i s h e s to bid on
remodeling work for the council
chambers. You serve free on the
board of directors of this firm, and
do not own a s much a s H in the
firm or receive a s much a s 1(|; per
year in compensation from the firm.
You do not have a "personal and pecuniary interest" under the Conflict
of Interests Act which would prevent this firm from contracting with

your council. But should you participate in the decision of the council
to award the contract?
Answer: No. E v e n though not a
prohibited c o n t r a c t under the C o n f l i c t s A c t , the New P u b l i c Procurement A c t prohibits you ( a s an offic e r with official responsibility in the
procurement t r a n s a c t i o n ) from participating in the d e c i s i o n on behalf
of your c o u n c i l . Y o u must a l s o not
participate if you or any person living in your h o u s e h o l d or one of your
b u s i n e s s partners holds a position
with t h i s firm s u c h a s an officer, director, trustee, partner or the like.
T h o u g h the P r o c u r e m e n t A c t d o e s
not s p e c i f i c a l l y require you to do
s o , it is a d v i s a b l e that you d i s c l o s e
to the c o u n c i l and public w h y you
are not participating in the d e c i s i o n
to award the remodeling c o n t r a c t.
8. You serve on the council. You
are a skilled carpenter and would
like to enter into a contract to work
for the city fire department. May you
do s o ?
Answer: Y e s . If you fulfill certain
s a f e g u a r d s to e n s u r e that you do
not take advantage of your public
position, you may contract with a
" g o v e r n m e n t a l a g e n c y " other than
your governing body if (1) you provide written d i s c l o s u r e of the e x i s t e n c e of your Interest in the potential c o n t r a c t to both your governing
body and to the fire department and
(2) the fire department either (a)
a w a r d s the contract through c o m petitive bidding o r ( b ) d e t e r m i n e s in
writing and a s a matter of public
record that the c o n t r a c t is not appropriate for competitive bidding.
Y o u m u s t a l s o totally refrain from
any attempt a s a c o u n c i l m e m b e r to
I n f l u e n c e the a w a r d of the c o n t r a c t.
Y o u thought that the C o n f l i c t of
I n t e r e s t s A c t prohibited you from
entering into c o n t r a c t s with your
o w n c i t y ? No, only with your own
" g o v e r n m e n t a l a g e n c y . " Attorney
G e n e r a l opinions have c o n s i s t e n t l y
held that e a c h department of a city,
county or town is c o n s i d e r e d a sep-

arate governmental a g e n c y a s long
a s that department h a s authority for
i s s u i n g the contract. T h u s , in this
e x a m p l e , the fire department and
not the city c o u n c i l m u s t be respons i b l e for d e c i d i n g w h o will receive
the remodeling c o n t r a c t. T y p i c a l exa m p l e s of s e p a r a te governmental
a g e n c i e s within c i t i e s , c o u n t i e s or
t o w n s i n c l u d e : the governing body,
o f f i c e s of c o n s t i t u t i o n a l o f f i c e r s , loc a l boards of zoning a p p e a l s , public
s e r v i c e authorities, fire
departm e n t s and s c h o o l boards. C i ty and
town c h a r t e r s may be a u s e f u l tool
for determining w h i c h local government official or department h a s final authority for city or town activities.
9. You serve on the council. You
own an interest in a construction
firm or you receive compensation
each year from the firm. May this
firm contract with your city fire department to provide remodeling
work?
Answer: Y e s , using the s a m e reas o n i n g a s In c a s e Number 8. But if
you own 5 % or more of the firm or
receive $5,000 or more per year in
c o m p e n s a t i o n ( e x c l u s i v e of divid e n d s and interest) e a c h of the
s a f e g u a r d s s e t forth in c a s e number
8 m u s t be met.
10. You are chairman of the
Board of Supervisors in your county
and own substantial real estate
holdings in the county. One of your
properties abuts the property where
the courthouse sits. Population
growth and expanded county services create the need for additional
courthouse property. May you contract to sell your property to the
county?
Answer: Y e s . F o r v a r i o u s public
policy r e a s o n s the C o n f l i c t of Intere s t s A c t a u t h o r i z e s a limited number of e x c e p t i o n s from the general
rules prohibiting you from contracting with your own governing body
(or another governmental a g e n c y
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participation, and bidding requirements are met). The Conflicts Act
authorizes you to enter into a contract with your governing body to
sell, lease or exchange real property. You must though, disclose in
advance your interests to your governing body and disqualify yourself
in your official capacity as county
supervisor from participating in any
aspect of the discussion or vote
whether to purchase the property
from you. Your non-participation
must be set forth as a matter of public record.
11. You are on the council of
your city and work 40 hours a weel(
as an employee of General Electric.
As a council member and as an employee of General Electric you are
not in a position to influence a proposed contract between any agency
or any department of your city and
General Electric. May General Electric enter into such contract with
your locality?
Answer: Yes. The Conflicts Act
(as an exception to the general anticontracting rules) authorizes this
firm to enter into such a contract
because your sole interest in the
contract is employment by the contracting firm. You loose this exemption, if you have authority to participate on behalf of your local government or the private firm in the procurement or letting of the contract.
12. You are mayor of your town.
You have a material financial interest in a local bank. [That Is you have
a personal and pecuniary interest in
the bank amounting to 5% or more
ownership interest or yearly compensation, excluding dividends and
interest, of $5,000 or more.] May
your municipality invest its idle
funds in your bank?
Answer: Yes. Another major exception to the anti-contracting rules
between you and your municipality
is "employment by, ownership of an
interest in, or service on the board
of directors of public service corporations, financial institutions or
companies furnishing public utilities . . ." You must disqualify yourself from any participation in your
capacity as mayor in the decision
whether or not to invest in your
bank. This means that prior to the
investment you will notify the governing body of your financial interest. You should do it in such a fashion that the general public will know
why you are not participating in the
matter.
Although you are not specifically
required to do so by the Conflicts
Act, a good practice would be to
have a written letter in the Council

file with a copy to the Commonwealth's Attorney stating your nonparticipation and a notation to this
effect as part of the council minutes. You must not only not participate in any actual vote to invest but
you must totally stay out of any consideration of the matter or attempt
to influence the decision.
You should also know that each
January you are required to file a
written disclosure of the existence
of your interest in the bank with
your governing body and the Commonwealth Attorney of your locality. This filing is required because
you should have reason to believe
that you have a material financial interest which may be substantially
affected by actions of your governing body.
13. You are a council member
and your spouse is a principal
owner of a contracting land development firm. This firm brings a
zoning appeal before the city council for land it proposes to develop.
Would you participate in the question?
Answer: No. The interest of your
spouse (or any family member who
resides in your household) is
treated as your own interest. You
thus have a material financial interest in the zoning decision ("a transaction") before your agency. The
transaction is one "not of general
application." That is, the transaction directly affects your financial
interests. It does not simply have
"general application" throughout
your town.
An example of a transaction of
"general application" would be the
vote of a council member who is
also an owner of real estate on the
comprehensive town zoning plan.
This transaction is one of general
application because a comprehensive plan focuses on the general interests of the community and not
the private interests of the council
member.
You must disclose your interests
and disqualify yourself from any
consideration of the zoning decision. As suggested in the answer to
case number 11, disclose in such a
fashion that your governing body
and the public will be aware of your
interest and in your capacity as a
council member, stay out of the
zoning decision altogether.
14. You are on the council and
are forced to disqualify yourself
from participating in a council decision whether or not to rezone your
property. Once you have properly
disclosed your interest and disqualified yourself from any participation
in the matter as a council member,

may you move to the other side of
the council table and argue your
personal interests just like any
other private citizen?
Answer: Good news. Move to the
other side of the table and go to it.
Your election to public life does not
mean that you have to give up your
private rights. But make it abundantly clear that you are speaking
(arguing, urging, pleading, scolding)
not in your capacity as a council
member, but as a private citizen.
The drafters of the Conflict of Interests Act took great care to assure that you could serve as a
mayor, council member or county
supervisor without unduly interfering with your private life. The recent Procurement Act continues
this same focus. The Conflicts Act
enacted in 1970 repealed and superseded some 25 different conflict of
interests statutory provisions and
numerous local charter and ordinance provisions inconsistent with
the Act. It sought to establish clear
and well understood standards to
govern ethical conduct so that public officials could be judged fairly by
the public and so they could know
what is expected of them in terms
of continuing their private careers
or business interests while fulfilling
their public office.
We hope that you scored well on
our test. As a minimum we hope you
have a clearer understanding of
what the Virginia Conflict of Interests Act and the new Public Procurement Act expects of you
should you find yourself in any of
our hypothetical fact situations.

('Metro, from page 10)
duces a feeling that makes people
lean back in their chairs and sigh an
expression of deep relief.
As Jim Wilson of Richmond says,
"Alternatives has the authority and
responsibility to do the things the
city can't do. The group used a process as an opportunity to do something. We're hoping the process will
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Essential to g o o d c o m m u n i t y service is the k n o w l e d g e and experience of m e m b e r s a p p o i n t e d by t h e
local governing bodies t o the c o m m u n i t y services boards. Each board
m u s t have at least five m e m b e r s
and not more than 15. Localities decide t h e number of members and
a p p o i n t t h e m e m b e r s based on population or t h e n u m b e r of precincts
or magisterial d i s t r i c t s each jurisd i c t i o n has. For example, the most
recent established board c o m p r i s e s
three j u r i s d i c t i o n s , each having
three magisterial d i s t r i c t s . The localities d e c i d e d to have nine members, o n e f r o m each magisterial district in each j u r i s d i c t i o n .
The c o m m u n i t y services boards
help localities by providing local
professional expertise, advising local g o v e r n m e n t s on services and alternate s o u r c e s of revenue, develo p i n g programs for the unmet
needs of citizens and serving as an
advocate for c l i e n t s and services
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m u s t s o o n be in place in each locality and available to all citizens, regardless of place or residence;
—emergency services on a 24hour basis;
—inpatient services for mentally
ill, s u b s t a n c e abusing or mentally retarded persons;
—day s u p p o r t / o u t p a t i e n t services
w/hich i n c l u d e non-residential
day s u p p o r t a c t i v i t i e s a n d
social s u p p o r t ;
—residential services, including
respite care f o r individuals living w i t h t h e i r f a m i l i e s ; and
—prevention and early intervent i o n services.
To ensure that these core services are in place, t h e Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation is allocating approximately $11 m i l l i o n during the 1982
-1984 b i e n n i u m to fill in the gaps
where the c o m m u n i t i e s lack the
necessary resources.
Many
community
services
boards, s u c h as in Chesterfield
County, or the City of R i c h m o n d ,
are s i n g l e j u r i s d i c t i o n
boards.
" T h e s e usually result in a higher
sense of o w n e r s h i p by the c o m m u n i t i e s , " said Paul G i l d i n g , c o m m u nity services board administrator
for the Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
" H o w e v e r , " he c o n t i n u e d , " s o m e
boards, s u c h as t h e Fairfax/Falls
Church Board, are multijurisdictional but operate as effectively as a

�single j u r i s d i c t i o n b o a r d . " They
also enjoy, he a d d e d , g o o d s u p p o r t
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more tax dollars, w h i c h is understandable, because t h e localities often lack t h e f r e e d o m t o generate local dollars. It w o u l d be a mistake for
the c o m m u n i t y services board system to ever b e c o m e a 'state' syst e m . O n t h e local level, it is flexible
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Only John Deere's 570A lets you
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A specially designed lock/unlock
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That means no spinning or skidding
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Find out how the 570A can fit into
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                    <text>�The
Best Price
is the
Lowest
Total Cost

Total Cost Evaluation Lets You
Know What's Beyond The
Purchase Price

That low bid price is
always tempting.
Especially when
you're up against reduced
revenues and tighter budgets.
But sometimes that machine
with the appealing
price tag costs more
in the long run. In
unnecessary downtime. Higher maintenance and repair. In
lower resale.

tell what that machine really costs
you. And gives you a better idea of
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TCE is logical, accurate, fair. It wasn't
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So before you buy a machine, use a
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probable resale price. The final figures

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Editor
Charlotte Kingery

Advertising and Business Manager
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Telephone

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VOLUME 17

DECEMBER 1982

NUMBER 12

VML President
Francis T. West

Officers
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . Thomas
S a m W. A d a m s

Executive Committee
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a n e L. Hough
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n e
R o n a l d C . Spiggle
R o b e r t ! . Williams

Past President
R a y m o n d F. Ratcliffe

Executive Director
R. M i c h a e l A m y x

4 Room and Meal Taxes: Revenue Alternatives for Local
Government
" W h e r e room and m e a l s t a x e s are levied, they bring about 2.74
percent of tax r e v e n u e s to those l o c a l i t i e s . "

5

People

6 Seaside, California Manages with Less
" C i t y Manager Roger K e m p cut c o s t s s o m u c h in his city that It
got the attention of a nationwide television s h o w . "

7 The Wallerstein Scholarship
8 Ideas

On the Cover
Colorful bagpipe b a n d s are a
major
feature
of the
Scottish
C h r i s t m a s Walk, held annually in
A l e x a n d r i a . Old T o w n A l e x a n d r i a ,
w h i c h i n c l u d e s a number of 18th
and 19th century h o m e s , traditionally c e l e b r a t e s C h r i s t m a s in the
style of its S c o t t i s h
founders.
Photograph c o u r t e s y of the Virginia
State Travel Service.
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1982 by the
Virginia
Municipal
League.
Any
reproduction
or use of
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10 Localities Use Quality Circles
" A l t h o u g h quality c i r c l e s have not been Implemented to an extent
In Virginia, other local g o v e r n m e n t s have found them w o r t h w h i l e . "

12 Is Your Police Department Ready For Accreditation?
" T h i s accreditation program may give police d e p a r t m e n t s the
m a n a g e m e n t tools they n e e d . "

14 As Action Shifts To The State, Local Level, Is D.C.
Obsolete?
" C o l u m n i s t Neal P e l r c e q u e s t i o n s w h e t h e r C o n g r e s s still holds
its powerful position In the network of government."

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Room and Meal Taxes: Revenue Alternatives for Local Government
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Within the C o m m o n w e a l t h , local
g o v e r n m e n t s are i n c r e a s i n g their attention to room and m e a l s t a x e s a s
potential non-traditional s o u r c e s of
new revenue. T h e revenue potential
of t h e s e t a x e s is s u g g e s t e d by the
fact that m o t e l s , hotels and restaurants currently a c c o u n t for 5.6 perc e n t of the non-agricultural work
f o r c e and 12.8 percent of taxable
s a l e s in Virginia.
While 22 c i t i e s , two t o w n s and
five c o u n t i e s currently levy a room
and/or m e a l s tax, not all l o c a l i t i e s
p o s s e s s the authority to i m p o s e
s u c h t a x e s . C i t i e s and t o w n s generally c a n draw upon the " g e n e r a l
taxing p o w e r s " of their c h a r t e r s in
order to levy room and m e a l s t a x e s .
C o u n t i e s , in c o n t r a s t , must s e e k
s p e c i a l legislation from the G e n e r a l
A s s e m b l y in order to u s e t h e s e
t a x e s . Moreover, unlike c i t i e s and
t o w n s , w h i c h are free to e s t a b l i s h
w h a t e v e r rates they might c h o o s e ,
c o u n t i e s authorized to levy a room
or m e a l s tax have been restricted to
a m a x i m u m rate set by the state legislature.
W h a t happened in the 1982 s e s s i o n of the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y may
ultimately lead to general authority
for all l o c a l i t i e s to i m p o s e room and
meals taxes. House Joint Resolution No. 54, s p o n s o r e d by Delegate
Ralph A x s e l l e , created a joint subc o m m i t t e e to study local taxation of
lodgings and m e a l s . After a public
hearing and working s e s s i o n , that
s u b c o m m i t t e e voted 6-to-5 to reco m m e n d to the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
that the authority to tax rooms and
m e a l s be e x t e n d e d to all localities,
with no c e i l i n g s on rates. Although
this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n h a s encouraged o p t i m i s m a m o n g proponents
of t h e s e t a x e s , the H o u s e and S e n ate F i n a n c e c o m m i t t e e s historically
have been unreceptive to the creation of general authority for localit i e s to i m p o s e t h e s e t a x e s .
Thus, substantial disagreement
e x i s t s over the q u e s t i o n of allowing
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proponents of room and m e a l s
t a x e s are obviously the l o c a l i t i e s
that realize revenue from the tax.
T h e y argue that this type is a local
i s s u e that s h o u l d be decided at the
local level. T h e e x i s t i n g patchwork
of authority granted to levy the
t a x e s is c o n s i d e r e d inequitable bec a u s e it treats l o c a l i t i e s i n c o n s i s tently. ( T h i s problem is e s p e c i a l l y
evident in the differential treatment
of c i t i e s and counties.) Another argument for the t a x e s is the need for
the r e v e n u e s to cover the c o s t s to a
locality that t o u r i s m i m p o s e s . Many
argue that the t a x e s are progressive
b e c a u s e the ability to dine out or
stay in a hotel implies ability to pay
the tax. L o c a l r e s i d e n t s benefit, it is
argued, b e c a u s e " o u t s i d e r s " pay
the tax. F i n a l l y , proponents argue
that room and m e a l s t a x e s are good
b e c a u s e they are relatively e a s y to
administer. In addition, a low rate
d o e s not interfere m e a s u r a b l y with
b u s i n e s s operations.
Principal interest group opposition to room and m e a l s t a x e s h a s
c o m e from the hotel/motel and restaurant a s s o c i a t i o n s . T h e s e a s s o c i a t i o n s generally argue that even a
m o d e s t tax puts t h o s e b u s i n e s s e s
in a taxed j u r i s d i c t i o n at a competitive d i s a d v a n t a g e with t h o s e in a
non-taxed locality. L o c a l r e s i d e n t s ,
it is c l a i m e d , bear most of the burden of the m e a l s tax. Furthermore,
b e c a u s e the m e a l s tax is a flat perc e n t a g e , it is r e g r e s s i v e in that fastfood e s t a b l i s h m e n t s are taxed a s
well a s elegant r e s t a u r a n t s . Oppon e n t s a l s o hold that it is unfair to
s i n g l e out a particular industry for
taxation, e s p e c i a l l y w h e n inflation
has had an effect on t h o s e industries. A final argument is that, although t o u r i s m d o e s i m p o s e c o s t s
on l o c a l i t i e s , the industry a l s o
brings g a i n s in the form of tax reven u e s and e m p l o y m e n t to an a r e a .
T h e current s t r u c t u r e of room and
m e a l s t a x e s is a patchwork of varying rates and authority. No statutory
c e i l i n g e x i s t s for the 18 c i t i e s that
currently levy the m e a l s tax, with
rates varying from a low of 1 percent
( A l e x a n d r i a and F a l l s C h u r c h ) to a
high of 5 percent ( P o r t s m o u t h , Suffolk, and V i r g i n i a B e a c h ) . No t o w n s
currently levy a m e a l s tax. S e v e n
c o u n t i e s , however, have s p e c i a l legislation a l l o w i n g the imposition of a

room tax. T o date only five c o u n t i e s
have opted to impose the room tax;
for four of t h o s e c o u n t i e s , the G e n eral A s s e m b l y h a s imposed a
ceiling of 2 percent, while Arlingt o n ' s ceiling w a s set at 5 percent.
T h e 21 c i t i e s and two t o w n s that
levy a room tax have rates ranging
from a low of 1 percent (City of Danville) to a high of 5 percent (City of
Portsmouth).
B a s e d on data c o n t a i n e d in an initial staff report to the joint s u b c o m mittee by J o h n G a r k a of the Virginia
Division of L e g i s l a t i v e S e r v i c e s , reve n u e s from room and m e a l s t a x e s ,
where levied, represent an average
of 2.74 percent of tax revenues a c cruing to t h o s e localities. R e l i a n c e
s e e m s to be stronger on m e a l s
t a x e s , representing on the average
3.14 percent of tax r e v e n u e s , v e r s u s
room t a x e s w h i c h a c c o u n t on the
average for l e s s than 1 percent. T h e
approximate revenue that could be
realized through either a room or
m e a l s tax c a n be c a l c u l a t e d from
data in the Virginia Department of
T a x a t i o n ' s T a x a b l e S a l e s , published
quarterly with an annual s u m m a r y .
T h i s publication lists taxable s a l e s
of r e s t a u r a n t s and hotels by locality. Multiplying t h e s e figures by
whatever tax rate is being c o n s i dered g i v e s a rough estimate of potential r e v e n u e s for a jurisdiction
c o n s i d e r i n g levying s u c h a tax.
During the time this i s s u e h a s
been under c o n s i d e r a t i o n , many
p r o p o s a l s have s u r f a c e d on how the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y s h o u l d handle local authority over the imposition of
room and m e a l s t a x e s , ranging from
an elimination of taxing authority to
full e x t e n s i o n of the power to tax
with no c e i l i n g . One is to eliminate
the two t a x e s and have the state
provide additional revenue s o u r c e s
s u c h a s local option income t a x e s ,
an additional 1 percent local option
s a l e s tax, or an i n c r e a s e of the
c e i l i n g s on other s p e c i a l t a x e s now
in e x i s t e n c e .
While further study is needed
c o n c e r n i n g the impact of tourism
on local g o v e r n m e n t s , two c o n c e r n s need to be a d d r e s s e d in the
u p c o m i n g s e s s i o n of the G e n e r a l
A s s e m b l y . First, the current s y s t e m
of authority for the imposition of
t h e s e t a x e s is i n c o n s i s t e n t and
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�People
John H. Foote was appointed the
county attorney for Prince William.
He had previously been
deputy
c o u n t y attorney f o r five years a n d
also worked for t h e United States
D e p a r t m e n t o f J u s t i c e . F o o t e Is a
g r a d u a t e of L o u i s a n n a State University a n d t h e University of Virginia
Law School.
Prince William County Supervisor
J a m e s J . M c C o a r t resigned in September. He had been a member of
t h e b o a r d s i n c e 1 9 7 6 . J o h n D. J e n k i n s w a s e l e c t e d t o fill t h e unexpired term of Mr. McCoart. Jenkins
is a r e t i r e d A r m y Lt. C o l o n e l .
Fairfax City Council
appointed
T h o m a s L. W r i g h t a s d i r e c t o r o f r e a l
estate assessment. He had been a
real e s t a t e a p p r a i s e r f o r t h e C i t y o f
V i r g i n i a B e a c h . H e is a g r a d u a t e o f
H a w a i i P a c i f i c C o l l e g e a n d is a
member of the Virginia Association
of A s s e s s i n g O f f i c e r s .
Fairfax C o u n t y Fire a n d R e s c u e
D e p a r t m e n t Chief George H. Alexander will retire effective D e c e m b e r
24 a f t e r 25 y e a r s w i t h Fairfax C o u n ty. H e h a s been in h i s present posit i o n a s c h i e f f o r n e a r l y 12 y e a r s . H e
began h i s career in t h e v o l u n t e e r
service in 1948 a n d b e c a m e affilia t e d w i t h Fairfax C o u n t y in 1957 a s
assistant fire marshal.
Fairfax
County
Supervisor Jos e p h A l e x a n d e r w a s e l e c t e d chairman of t h e American Public Transit
A s s o c i a t i o n . T h e a s s o c i a t i o n represents the nation's public
transit
s y s t e m s . A l e x a n d e r is d i r e c t o r a n d
former chairman of t h e W a s h i n g t o n
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
D u r i n g t h e fall c o n f e r e n c e o f t h e
Virginia League of Social Service
Executives, three local g o v e r n m e n t
social services directors were honored. Karen Morris of Albemarle
C o u n t y a n d Jerry Parrish of Newport N e w s were given t h e Meritorious Service Award from the Virginia
Department of Social Services. Emporia-Greensville Director Samuel
Bush received the Most Outstanding A w a r d f o r his contribution t o the
p r o f e s s i o n a n d f o r h i s leadership in
the Emporia-Greensville office.

VML Staff Promoted
Margaret A. Nichols
w a s appointed V M L finance director. She
w i l l w o r k m o r e c l o s e l y w i t h t h e Virg i n i a M u n i c i p a l G r o u p Self Insurance Association as well as having

budget/investment
duties.
Joni
Terry, administrative secretary, w a s
appointed office coordinator and
executive secretary of t h e Virginia
Building Officials Association. The
V B O A is a n affiliate of t h e Virginia
Municipal League.

1968. H e w a s a past p r e s i d e n t o f t h e
S t a t e F i r e C h i e f s A s s o c i a t i o n o f Virginia.

Deaths
Carl A . B u d w e s k y , a f o r m e r Alexandria city m a n a g e r a n d city attorney, w h o w a s t h e c i t y ' s o l d e s t pract i c i n g lawyer, d i e d a f t e r a l o n g illness. B u d w e s k y , 9 1 , begin pract i c i n g l a w in A l e x a n d r i a in 1916. H e
served as city attorney f r o m 1929 t o
1938 a n d a s c i t y m a n a g e r f r o m 1938
to 1947.
Clay A. Easterly, w h o served as
Martinsville fire chief f o r twelve
years, d i e d . Easterly, 77, started h i s
fire f i g h t i n g career in Bristol in 1930
a n d b e c a m e M a r t i n s v i l l e fire marshal in 1949. In 1955, t h e c i t y ' s fire
prevention program, w h i c h Easterly
o r g a n i z e d , w a s j u d g e d b e s t in t h e
s t a t e f o r c i t i e s of 10,000 t o 20,000
population. The city's program also
placed t w e l f t h in t h e nation. H e bec a m e chief in 1957 a n d served until

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the d i v i s i o n since 1970.
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either d o n e s o m e t h i n g right or s o m e t h i n g really w r o n g .
So, w h a t ' s the story behind Seaside, California?
A s u c c e s s story. W h e n the NBC TODAY SHOW featured Seaside last December, the city was praised for
its e f f o r t s t o m a i n t a i n public service in the face of state
and federal c u t s , not to m e n t i o n the leftovers of Propos i t i o n 13.
A rhedium size city of 38,000 citizens. Seaside has
c o m e to grips w i t h trying to maintain services w i t h o u t
requiring more public f u n d s . It is b e c o m i n g more self
r e l i a n t — m a k i n g ends meet w i t h o u t relying on higher
levels of g o v e r n m e n t for financial s u p p o r t . The following paragraphs d e s c r i b e several g o o d e f f o r t s to maintain, even increase, the e x i s t i n g level of public services
in a city w i t h a fairly static tax base. Many of these costsaving t e c h n i q u e s illustrate a c o m m o n sense approach
to managing g o v e r n m e n t .
Increased User F e e s — E f f o r t s are being made to
make more services c o s t - c o v e r i n g , especially w h e n
s p e c i f i c program beneficiaries can be i d e n t i f i e d . California voters recently m a n d a t e d , t h r o u g h the Gann Initiative (Proposition 4), that user fees and charges cannot exceed the c o s t of providing the service. This effort
has helped the city to balance its b u d g e t .
" F r e e U s e " P e r i o d s — A s fees have been increased,
free use periods have been provided in s o m e cases for
t h o s e citizens w h o c a n n o t afford to pay the added c o s t .
The recent council-approved " F r e e S w i m Day" is one
e x a m p l e of this t r e n d . This helps make fee increases
more p o l i t i c a l l y a c c e p t a b l e and does not e x c l u d e econ o m i c a l l y disadvantaged citizens f r o m using public
services.
S l i d i n g User-Fee S c a l e — D i f f e r e n t categories of fees
are charged to various c o m m u n i t y g r o u p s that rent city
f a c i l i t i e s . Three categories of fees were created, w i t h
the c o s t s ranging f r o m free usage to the full charge.
N o n p r o f i t g r o u p s are not charged at all, w h i l e profit
g r o u p s are assessed the full fee. This has increased
usage of city f a c i l i t i e s by n o n p r o f i t organizations and
has made more programs available to the public at no
e x p e n s e to taxpayers.
" P r i v a t e " Providers of Public S e r v i c e s — V a r i o u s
g r o u p s are given free use of city f a c i l i t i e s to provide
free services to the p u b l i c . A b o u t 50 social and over 40
recreational programs are offered by private g r o u p s at
little or no c o s t to the p u b l i c — e v e r y t h i n g f r o m b i n g o
g a m e s to c o n s t i t u e n t t i m e s for state e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s .
The full-time staff acts as the m i d d l e m a n in making
space a r r a n g e m e n t s .
Special E m p l o y m e n t F u n d — T h e f u n d was created to
hire part-time e m p l o y e e s w h o d o not receive regular
fringe b e n e f i t s a l t h o u g h the initial purpose was t o fill
the service v a c u u m left by the t e r m i n a t i o n of the federally-funded CETA p r o g r a m . The city can hire one-third
more people because their pay e x c l u d e s fringe benef i t s , w h i c h c o m p r i s e s a b o u t 30 percent of salaries.
C o n t r a c t E m p l o y e e s — T h e city started c o n t r a c t i n g
e m p l o y e e s to perform specialized recreational prog r a m s . The regular recreation staff are primarily used to
direct, c o o r d i n a t e and assist in advertising and implem e n t i n g the p r o g r a m s . These e m p l o y e e s usually reAbout The Author

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Dr. K e m p Is t h e c i t y m a n a g e r o f S e a s i d e , C a l i f o r n i a . H e i s t h e
a u t h o r o f Coping
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13 a n d a c o n t r i b u t i n g a u t h o r o f Managing
With
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ceive a percentage of the revenues c o l l e c t e d f r o m their
particular p r o g r a m . The remaining revenues go into the
c i t y ' s general f u n d .
Use of V o l u n t e e r s — I n order to provide a greater level
of public service at no expense to the taxpayer, a volunteer program was created. V o l u n t e e r s are used to perf o r m nonessential and n o n p r o f e s s i o n a l services. All
are t h o r o u g h l y screened t h r o u g h an a p p l i c a t i o n process prior to being placed and their skills are matched
to available j o b s .
College Internship P r o g r a m — T h i s program was created w i t h a local two-year college. Students do not receive any pay but they receive academic credit and valuable w o r k experience. Interns w o r k various hours in
d i f f e r e n t d e p a r t m e n t s d u r i n g the semester depending
upon the a c a d e m i c credit they desire. The result has
been expanded services at no c o s t to the taxpayers.
Decreasing W o r k f o r c e — S e a s i d e has adopted a policy of balancing its b u d g e t t h r o u g h employee attrition
and by l i m i t i n g the number of new p o s i t i o n s . Two top
m a n a g e m e n t p o s i t i o n s were recently eliminated at an
annual savings of nearly $100,000. A new telephone syst e m e l i m i n a t e d the need for a full-time s w i t c h b o a r d operator. New e m p l o y e e s are hired at the entry level salary range. If at all possible, part-time employees are
hired under the c i t y ' s Special E m p l o y m e n t Fund to perf o r m services.
Civilian Police P o s i t i o n s — P o l i c e officers are relatively high paid w h e n c o m p a r e d to "rank-and-file" public e m p l o y e e s . Because f u n c t i o n s can be more econ o m i c a l l y p e r f o r m e d by civilians, animal control and
traffic e n f o r c e m e n t are now performed by civilian pers o n n e l . This has had a p a y - o f f — t h e officers have been
relieved of these routine tasks so more of their time is
spent on the street f i g h t i n g c r i m e , and the routine tasks
are now p e r f o r m e d more e f f i c i e n t l y .
C o m m u n i t y I n f o r m a t i o n C e n t e r — M a n y programs are
available to y o u n g persons and senior citizens free of
charge, but many people are unaware of t h e m . This inf o r m a t i o n was also f r a g m e n t e d because of the many
private and public agencies involved. Seaside created a
c o m p r e h e n s i v e listing of these services and made this
i n f o r m a t i o n available to the public. This list has also
been p u b l i s h e d in local newspapers free of charge as a
c o m m u n i t y service.
Cost of New S e r v i c e s — E l e c t e d officials should
know the c o s t s of their d e c i s i o n s . All items appearing
on the city c o u n c i l agenda now have a c o s t factor indicated so they know the c o s t prior to making a d e c i s i o n .
This i n f o r m a t i o n is also made available to the public.
Energy Conservation P r o g r a m — A n all out effort is
being made to reduce the c i t y ' s energy c o s t s . Free
energy a u d i t s have been provided by a local utility c o m pany. Solar panel units are being installed at City Hall.
The c i t y ' s indoor s w i m m i n g pool will soon be retrofitted w i t h solar energy saving devices. Immediate savings are not realized because of the c o s t of installation,
but long-term savings are projected t h r o u g h lower utility usage even t h o u g h utility rates will be increasing.
Reuse of Existing F a c i l i t i e s — T h e city, rather than
spend its limited f u n d s on new c o n s t r u c t i o n , has reused e x i s t i n g f a c i l i t i e s . For e x a m p l e , a vacant house is
now a city a t t o r n e y ' s o f f i c e and an old fire station has
been t r a n s f o r m e d into a m u n i c i p a l corporation yard. In
both cases, only limited f u n d s were spent to renovate
the old s t r u c t u r e s to a c c o m m o d a t e the new users, re-

�suiting in c o n s i d e r a b l e s a v i n g s to the t a x p a y e r s .
Neighborhood Improvement P r o g r a m — C o u n c i l e s t a b l i s h e d the goal of c l e a n i n g up both public and private properties to e n h a n c e the image of the city. Under
a new o r d i n a n c e , city w/ork c r e w s c a n c l e a n up privately
o w n e d v a c a n t lots and bill the property owner for the
work performed. O w n e r s , if they s o d e s i r e , may do the
work t h e m s e l v e s to avoid paying the city. T h i s program
has beautified the city at no e x p e n s e to the t a x p a y e r s .
Deferred Capital Improvements—The city recently
developed a multi-year capital improvement plan to determine what p r o j e c t s s h o u l d be c o n s t r u c t e d a s s u m i n g
adequate f u n d s were available. It is a s o u n d management practice to know what you need even if you c a n ' t
afford it. City staff h a s undertaken s o m e p r o j e c t s bec a u s e federal f u n d s are no longer available for this purpose. In s o m e c a s e s , projects have been c o m p l e t e d
more e c o n o m i c a l l y by city work c r e w s .
Revenues from E x c e s s City L a n d s — A t the direction
of the c o u n c i l , staff prepared an inventory of all cityo w n e d land. An a s s e s s m e n t is being made on w h i c h
p a r c e l s of land are not needed for city u s e . T h o s e parc e l s not needed will be d e c l a r e d e x c e s s and either sold
or l e a s e d through the competitive bidding p r o c e s s . T h e
goal of this program is to rid the city of s u r p l u s property
and, at the s a m e time, help the c i t y ' s f i n a n c i a l posture.
Local E c o n o m i c Development—The city is marketing
several properties for c o m m e r c i a l development to bring
in additional s a l e s and room tax r e v e n u e s . S e v e r a l inc e n t i v e s are available to attract development of t h e s e
properties. T h e c o u n c i l will maintain control over the
timing and type of development, a s well a s s a f e g u a r d
a g a i n s t any s p e c u l a t i o n . T h e goal of this effort is to
c o n c e n t r a t e more on s e l f - r e l i a n c e to improve the
c i t y ' s fairly s t a t i c tax b a s e .
IVIost local g o v e r n m e n t s provide an entire range of
s e r v i c e s to their c i t i z e n s and the public not only exp e c t s , but d e m a n d s , that they be provided. A s the f i s c a l
t i m e s b e c o m e tighter, the line b e t w e e n " h a r d s e r v i c e s "

Using volunteers
in recreation programs lias freed up
professionals
to do otfier, necessary
tasks.
Volunteers
in Seaside
are carefully
screened
and their s/c/7/s are
matched to available
jobs.
and " s o f t s e r v i c e s " will b e c o m e blurred. All s e r v i c e s
are " h a r d s e r v i c e s " if they c a n n o t be reduced b e c a u s e
of political opposition a m o n g an e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l ' s c o n stituents.
T h e " b o t t o m - l i n e " is that government will not be
growing in the future a s it h a s in the past. T h e u s e of
creative m a n a g e m e n t t e c h n i q u e s , s u c h a s t h o s e des c r i b e d above, is e s s e n t i a l in t i m e s of s c a r c e res o u r c e s . A s the future unfolds, other creative management p r a c t i c e s will undoubtedly be developed a s government o f f i c i a l s c o p e to maintain s e r v i c e s to the public in an e r a of limited f i n a n c i a l r e s o u r c e s .

T h e Wallerstein Scholarship
The Wallerstein Scholarship w a s
e s t a b l i s h e d by a gift from R u t h C .
and Morton L. W a l l e r s t e i n to the
University of Virginia to foster intere s t and r e s e a r c h in Virginia municipal government.
T h e s c h o l a r s h i p is a d m i n i s t e r e d
by the V i r g i n i a Municipal L e a g u e
and the Institute of G o v e r n m e n t ,
^University of Virginia.
I ELIGIBILITY: An Applicant must
be:
1. A n e m p l o y e e or official of a
V i r g i n i a municipality w h o would
like to s p e n d a year at the University
of V i r g i n i a engaged in r e s e a r c h and
study with the Institute of G o v e r n ment; or
2. A p e r s o n , preferably an e m ployee or official of a Virginia municipality, s e e k i n g to
undertake
graduate work at the University of
V i r g i n i a in a field related to municipal government. It i s hoped, but not
required, that the recipient i n t e n d s

to enter or re-enter V i r g i n i a municipal government s e r v i c e upon completion of the graduate work.
S E L E C T I O N CRITERIA:
While an applicant m u s t s h o w
promise of benefiting s u b s t a n t i a l l y
from a year at the University and a
degree applicant m u s t meet a d m i s s i o n s t a n d a r d s , the s e l e c t i o n c o m mittee will place heavy e m p h a s i s
upon the i n d i v i d u a l ' s potential for
public s e r v i c e in Virginia.
DURATION O F T H E AWARD:
T h e a w a r d is made for a twelvemonth period, beginning, at the rec i p i e n t ' s w i s h e s , between J u n e 1 ,
1983, and S e p t e m b e r 1 , 1983, and
may c o n t i n u e for a s e c o n d y e a r dependent upon the r e c i p i e n t ' s need
and his or her first year record.
AMOUNT O F T H E AWARD: T h e
a m o u n t i s $5,000.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
A p p l i c a n t s for the s c h o l a r s h i p
may obtain the n e c e s s a r y f o r m s by

writing to the Institute. A p p l i c a n t s
s e e k i n g a graduate degree m u s t fulfill all the r e q u i r e m e n t s for a d m i s s i o n to the graduate s c h o o l of the
University. Inquiries regarding graduate s c h o o l r e q u i r e m e n t s s h o u l d be
a d d r e s s e d to the Dean of the G r a d u ate S c h o o l of A r t s and S c i e n c e s ,
438 C a b e l l H a l l , University of Virginia, C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , 22903.
DATES FOR S E L E C T I O N :
A p p l i c a t i o n s m u s t be submitted
no later than February 1 , 1983. A n
applicant may be invited to attend a
personal interview held either at the
Institute or at the Virginia Municipal
L e a g u e o f f i c e s in R i c h m o n d . T h e recipient will be notified no later than
April 1 5 , 1 9 8 3 .
For further
information,
please
write to Dr. Timothy G. O'Rourke, Institute of Government,
University of
Virginia, 207 fJlinor Hall,
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903.

�Ideas
Employee Training
M e m b e r s o f t h e F r a n k E. M a n n
Municipal Educational Foundation
Charitable Trust Committee agreed
to c o n t r i b u t e $8,186 t o w a r d
the
t r a i n i n g n e e d s of t h e C i t y of A l e x a n d r i a e m p l o y e e s . In 1 9 6 8 t h e n M a y o r
F r a n k E. M a n n c o n t r i b u t e d h i s m a y or's salary to establish this trust to
educate municipal employees.
City Manager Douglas
Harman
proposed the e x p e n d i t u r e to train
e m p l o y e e s h o w to use a new perform a n c e evaluation s y s t e m and to
purchase a transparency maker for
t r a i n i n g s l i d e s . B o t h of t h e s e proposals will bring educational benefits to every city e m p l o y e e .

Service Takes
Care of Cash
For a five year p e r i o d f r o m 1976 t o
1981, the City of H a r t f o r d , C o n n e c t i c u t o f f e r e d its elderly a n d e c o n o m ically d i s a d v a n t a g e d r e s i d e n t s an opt i o n in t h e p a y m e n t o f t h e i r r e a l e s tate and motor vehicle
property
taxes. Persons meeting certain economic
eligibility
requirements
could elect to enter into a personal
service contract to volunteer their
services to the city, w i t h the proc e e d s of t h e c o n t r a c t b e i n g c r e d ited against property taxes o w e d to
the city. A b o u t 584 r e s i d e n t s applied for the p r o g r a m and of t h e s e ,
199 e x e c u t e d p e r s o n a l s e r v i c e c o n tracts t o t a l i n g a value of a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 1 6 5 , 0 0 0 . It w a s r e p o r t e d t o
be s u c c e s s f u l by b o t h the taxpayers/participants and city
officials.

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the
n e w s l e t t e r of t h e A m e r i c a n P u b l i c
P o w e r A s s o c i a t i o n in W a s h i n g t o n ,
D.C., r e p o r t e d t h a t a l i n e c r e w f o r e m a n c o n c e i v e d the idea of t a g g i n g
power
poles and
meters
which
serve c u s t o m e r s w h o n e e d first priority attention during outages. Richard W e s t n e r of t h e S a n t a Fe C o o p ers Myrtle Beach district proposed
to label poles and meters "life l i n e "
in r e d i n k s o t h a t t h e l a b e l w i l l s i g nal e l e c t r i c c r e w s t h a t a c u s t o m e r
d e p e n d s on an e l e c t r i c a l l y o p e r a t e d
piece of m e d i c a l e q u i p m e n t .

Previously crew m e m b e r s working t o r e s t o r e p o w e r in a p a r t i c u l a r
area had to contact the distribution
s u b s t a t i o n m a n a g e r by radio g i v i n g
a l o c a t i o n , n u m b e r o f c u s t o m e r s affected and approximately how long
the work would take. Then the subs t a t i o n o p e r a t o r w o u l d t a k e a list of
c u s t o m e r s k n o w n t o have life supp o r t s y s t e m s in t h a t a r e a a n d r e p o r t
back to the crew.
" T h i s wa s fine as long as the operator notified the crew before the
work was started, but that was not
a l w a y s tfie c a s e , " W e s t n e r said.
In a d d i t i o n t o t a g g i n g p o l e s a n d
m e t e r s , a list of p e r s o n s o n life s u p port s y t e m s w o u l d be distributed to
e a c h line c r e w and service representative.

Rezoning Notices
The City of La Follette, T e n n e s s e e ( p o p . 8,301) h a s a d o p t e d
a
u n i q u e s y s t e m of d e l i v e r i n g w r i t t e n
n o t i c e s o f all p r o p o s e d r e z o n i n g s t o
property owners and tenants within
200 feet of t h e p r o p e r t y b e i n g c o n s i d e r e d f o r r e z o n i n g . La F o l l e t t e Fire
D e p a r t m e n t p e r s o n n e l are h a n d del i v e r i n g t h e n o t i c e s a n d , if n e c e s sary, briefly a n s w e r i n g
questions
a b o u t the r e z o n i n g . Citizens have
reacted favorably b e c a u s e they feel
t h e l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t is d o i n g m o r e
than just p u b l i s h i n g required not i c e s in t h e n e w s p a p e r . T o d a t e , t w o
key " s p o t r e z o n i n g " m e a s u r e s considered h a r m f u l to the c o n t i n u i t y of
residential areas have been turned
d o w n , primarily b e c a u s e of citizen
input. For m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , contact John White, City Administrator,
205 S o u t h T e n n e s s e e A v e n u e , La
F o l l e t t e , T e n n e s s e e , 37766, 615/5624961.(/C/W/4
Newsletter)

Environmental Planning
Service for Richmond
R i c h m o n d h o p e s it w i l l b e a b l e t o
analyze quickly and efficiently the
environmental impact and associa t e d c o s t s of p r o p o s e d i n d u s t r i a l
a n d r e s i d e n t i a l d e v e l o p m e n t , a f t e r it
initiates an environmental advisory
p l a n n i n g service m a d e p o s s i b l e by
the Virginia Environmental Endowment. The organization awarded a
$30,000 grant to the city to initiate
t h e s e r v i c e . T h e U n i v e r s i t y of Virginia S y s t e m s Engineering Depart-

m e n t w i l l a l s o p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e
study.
The computerized
service
will
have the capability of s i m u l a t i n g
the relationships b e t w e e n natural
and urban environments and testing
alternatives to provide a better und e r s t a n d i n g of t h e p o t e n t i a l environmental opportunities and probl e m s p o s e d by d e v e l o p m e n t .
T h e p r i m a r y a d v a n t a g e of t h e serv i c e is t o a l l o w c o n s i d e r a t i o n of e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t s a n d issues as
part of t h e c i t y ' s overall p l a n n i n g
and d e c i s i o n m a k i n g process to a
degree not possible today.
D i r e c t i n g the p r o j e c t are Charles
T. P e t e r s , D i r e c t o r o f t h e C i t y Dep a r t m e n t of P l a n n i n g a n d C o m m u n i t y D e v e l o p m e n t a n d Dr. A n d r e w P.
S a g e , C h a i r m a n of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
V i r g i n i a S y s t e m s E n g i n e e r i n g Department. The university will assist
R i c h m o n d by p r o v i d i n g t h e c o n c e p t u a l d e s i g n a n d d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e
c o m p u t e r s y s t e m . Contact Gerald
M c C a r t h y , (804) 6 4 4 - 5 0 0 0 o r C h a r l e s
T. P e t e r s (804) 7 8 0 - 4 3 4 6 f o r f u r t h e r
information.

C C o m m e n t a r y , from page 4)
s h o u l d b e r e d e s i g n e d s o t h a t all loc a l i t i e s are t r e a t e d e q u i t a b l y . Seco n d , a n d m o r e i m p o r t a n t , local gove r n m e n t s are in n e e d of a l t e r n a t i v e
revenue s o u r c e s b o t h to lessen dep e n d e n c e o n t h e property tax and to
d e a l w i t h i n f l a t i o n a n d m a s s i v e revenue
cutbacks.
(Local
revenue
sources, along with state mandates
a n d state/local r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , are
t h e s u b j e c t of a s t u d y , a u t h o r i z e d by
H J R 105, c u r r e n t l y b e i n g c o n d u c t e d
by the V i r g i n i a J o i n t Legislative A u dit and Review C o m m i s s i o n . ) One
o u t c o m e that w o u l d satisfy
the
need for c o n s i s t e n c y and additional
r e v e n u e s o u r c e s w o u l d b e t h e ext e n s i o n for localities to have the authority to impose the room and
meals taxes, with no ceiling on
rates.

�Local Officials Must Disclose Holdings
In December, January
E a c h D e c e m b e r , s p e c i f i e d local
o f f i c i a l s representing localities over
3,500 p e r s o n s s h a l l d i s c l o s e all their
real e s t a t e i n t e r e s t s or holdings in
the locality w h i c h they s e r v e (and
their holdings in any firm w h o s e primary purpose is to o w n or develop
real e s t a t e and w h i c h h a s real e s tate i n t e r e s t s in s u c h locality). T h e
d i s c l o s u r e s h a l l be filed with their
c i r c u i t court on forms provided by
the S e c r e t a r y of the C o m m o n w e a l t h . T h e C o n f l i c t s A c t requires
filing by " m e m b e r s of boards of s u p e r v i s o r s , city and town c o u n c i l s ,
planning c o m m i s s i o n s , boards of
zoning a p p e a l , and real e s t a t e a s s e s s o r s , c o u n t y m a n a g e r s or e x e c u tives and city or town m a n a g e r s and
their immediate f a m i l i e s (or s p o u s e
or any other relative w h o r e s i d e s in
the s a m e h o u s e h o l d ) . " C h a p t e r 22,
Title 2 . 1 , S e c t i o n 3 5 3 . 1 , Code of Virginia.
Each
ployee
has a
"which
believe

J a n u a r y , any officer or emof a local government w h o
material financial interest
he b e l i e v e s or h a s r e a s o n to
may be s u b s t a n t i a l l y af-

f e c t e d by a c t i o n s of the governmental or advisory a g e n c y of w h i c h
he is an officer or e m p l o y e e " s h a l l
make written d i s c l o s u r e of the e x i s t e n c e of s u c h interest to his or her
a g e n c y and to the C o m m o n w e a l t h ' s
Attorney. Individual m e m b e r s of an
advisory a g e n c y will be e x e m p t
from filing If (1) the advisory a g e n c y
has not been s p e c i f i c a l l y provided
for by state law and (2) the a g e n c y
creating the advisory a g e n c y files
with the C o m m o n w e a l t h ' s Attorney
a s t a t e m e n t that the m e m b e r s of
the advisory a g e n c y may have material f i n a n c i a l Interests w h i c h may be
s u b s t a n t i a l l y affected by a c t i o n s of
their a g e n c y . C h a p t e r 22, Title 2.1
S e c t i o n 353 and 353.01. Code of Virginia.
R E M I N D E R : In addition to t h e s e
two a n n u a l filings, local government o f f i c i a l s have s u b s t a n t i a l d i s c l o s u r e r e q u i r e m e n t s under the
C o n f l i c t s A c t at any time during the
year w h e n they d i s c o v e r they will be
involved in a c o n f l i c t of i n t e r e s t s
situation.

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�Localities Use Quality Circles
By J a m e s L. Mercer
and Robert J . O'Neill
After being c r e a t e d by the private
s e c t o r , m a n y m u n i c i p a l i t i e s have
u s e d the c o n c e p t of the quality circ l e to improve productivity. Although only a handful of Virginia loc a l i t i e s have put the procedure in
p r a c t i c e , t h e r e ' s no r e a s o n w h y
more l o c a l i t i e s c o u l d not u s e t h e m .
A quality c i r c l e is a group of v\/orke r s talking a m o n g t h e m s e l v e s in a
relaxed environment about c o n c e p t s for improving the quality a n d /
or productivity in a work environment. T h e d i s c u s s i o n may evolve
around m a n a g e m e n t a p p r o a c h e s or
problem so lvin g t e c h n i q u e s .
A typical quality c i r c l e c o n s i s t s
of a s m a l l group of v o l u n t e e r s , u s u ally about s e v e n p e r s o n s , w h o perform s i m i l a r work s u c h a s in an a c c o u n t i n g office or m a i n t e n a n c e
s h o p . Quality c i r c l e s s h o u l d meet
regularly and on local government
time. T h e c i r c l e leader may be the
g r o u p ' s normal work leader, s u c h a s
a foreman or s u p e r v i s o r , or c i r c l e
m e m b e r s may s e l e c t their o w n
leader from a m o n g their group.

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provide efficient, quality s e r v i c e at a
low c o s t and a l s o , utilize the creativity and r e s o u r c e f u l n e s s of his
e m p l o y e e s . B y incorporating the
quality c i r c l e program, Dallas h a s
improved productivity.
Currently, d e p a r t m e n t s w h i c h are
u s i n g the p r o c e s s are the c o n v e n tion center, data s e r v i c e s , equipment s e r v i c e s , h o u s i n g and urban
rehabilitation,
management
serv i c e s , p a r k s and r ec r eat ion , police
and water. T h e t e a m s in Dallas meet
about o n c e a w e e k for about an
hour. With one e x c e p t i o n , the circ l e s meet during regular working
h o u r s but for the e x c e p t i o n , the part i c i p a n t s r e c e i v e one hour of overtime pay.
Quality c i r c l e s provide c o m m u n i cation from the people w h o have
a c t u a l l y performed the job to the
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About the A u t h o r s
Mr. Mercer is with J a m e s Mercer a n d A s s o c i a t e s in A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a . Mr. O'Neill
is affiliated with C o o p e r s &amp; L y b r a n d in
Newport N e w s , Virginia.

"If management
doesn't
take productivity
seriously, there is no reason
to expect labor, government,
or anyone else to. I think nothing less than a
revolution
in your attitude is needed. You have to make a commitment
to
improve your
productivity."
Dr. Carl W. Noller, Director of the
Productivity Center of the U. S .
Chamber of Commerce

them from performing their j o b s .
T h o s e problems are a n a l y z e d and
e m p l o y e e s make r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s
to m a n a g e m e n t about the best w a y
to s o l v e t h e m . If m a n a g e m e n t approves, the e m p l o y e e s do the a c t u a l
implementation and monitoring of
their proposed s o l u t i o n s .
S o m e of the problems that have
been identified and s o l v e d by u s i n g
quality c i r c l e t e a m s in Dallas inc l u d e the following:
— T h e Department of H o u s i n g and
Urban Rehabilitation t a c k l ed
the procedural problem of rewriting n o t i c e s of violation for
e a c h individual unit in an apartment c o m p l e x . T h e quality circ l e team r e c o m m e n d e d that a
cover letter be developed that
e l i m i n a t e s the rewriting of the
notices.
—The Convention Center w a s
c o n s i s t e n t l y m i s p l a c i n g or losing s u p p l i e s . W h e n s u p p l i e s
s u c h a s m o p s , brooms and
• d u s t p a n s were i s s u e d from the

s t o r e r o o m s to contract labore r s , no procedure to keep track
of t h e s e i t e m s e x i s t e d . T h e
team developed a c h e c k o u t and
followup procedure for t h e s e
s u p p l i e s and to date, the s y s tem h a s worked f l a w l e s s l y .
— T h e police o f f i c e r s at the So u thw e s t Patrol in Dallas realized
that they were not familiar with
another o f f i c e r ' s beat w h e n
they were r e s p o n s i b l e and did
not know who the at-large
c r i m i n a l s w e r e , or where key
buildings and alarm s y s t e m s
were l o c a t e d. T o aid the offic e r s , the S o u t h w e s t Patrol,
through the u s e of a quality circ l e , developed a c o m p r e h e n sive c r i m e and
information
booklet w h i c h is u s e d to identify the c r i m i n a l s on a particular
beat and to d e s c r i b e the buildings, a l a r m s and hot s p o t s . T h e
o f f i c e r s s e e this a s a tremend o u s aid in preventing crime
and apprehending c r i m i n a l s .

�Ramsey County Examples
The Ramsey County, Minnesota
Community Human Services Department began a pilot program of
five quality circles.
The quality circles are operating
in three different divisions v\/ithin
the department and involve various
classifications of personnel. Three
of the circles are located in the income maintenance division: two are
in the AFDC case management section and one is in the medical assistance in-tal&lt;e section. The people
participating are classified as financial workers and clerk typists.
One circle is located in the child
protection section of the social services division and another comprises secretaries of the mental
health clinic. There are about 45
people participating in the quality
circles with the size of the circles
ranging from five to 11 members.
With the exception of the mental
health clinic quality circle, members are from various work units
within the same section.
After six months of operation, all
the quality circles have either completed one or two projects, or are at
the proposal presentation phase of
their first project. All project proposals were accepted by management for implementation. In general, the first projects focused on
procedural improvements and areas
close to the workers' day to day job
responsibilities and did not require
extensive changes outside the
scope of the workers. Currently, the
circles are selecting their next projects and appear to be interested in
tackling more complex issues.
It is obvious that quality circles
are a long-term process but are a vehicle for employees to find solutions to the problems they experience on their jobs. The key to success is not to mimic what is being
done by other localities, but rather
to evaluate how quality circles can
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�Is Your Police Department Ready For
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By Bob Martinez

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Ho w good is your law enforcement a g e n c y ? D o e s it m e a s u r e up
to the best in modern police procedure, or i s it su f f er in g from outdated
and p o s s i b l y illegal p o l i c i e s (or
more likely, lack of p o l i c i e s ) that
c o u l d d e v a s t a t e your c o m m u n i t y ?
A s a c o m m u n i t y leader, you
s h o u l d know how your law e n f o r c e ment a g e n c y s t a c k s up a g a i n s t national n o r m s . A s a taxpayer, you
s h o u l d be very c o n c e r n e d that they
have p r o c e d u r e s in place that c o m ply w i t h the latest legal o p i n i o n s affecting law e n f o r c e m e n t a g e n c i e s .
In j u s t one area of affirmative a c tion in police hiring p r a c t i c e s , dep a r t m e n t s in A t l a n t a , New O r l e a n s ,
L o s A n g e l e s , B o s t o n and New Y o r k
City are a m o n g many suffering law
s u i t s In the past three y e a r s . S o m e
have c o s t the t a x p a y e r s c ons ider able a m o u n t s of b a c k pay and dama g e s , o t h e r s resulted in freezing
policy hiring; A t l a n t a ' s four-year
hiring s u s p e n s i o n is credited by
s o m e with hampering the murdered
c h i l d r e n investigation.
T h e problem is not s o m u c h that
police a g e n c i e s don't w a n t to c o m ply with equal opportunity rulings,
it's that they don't have the management tools to do s o . " T h e r e are
many a g e n c i e s , including my agency, w h i c h got into trouble b e c a u s e
they didn't know w h a t to d o , " Atlanta's former P u b l i c S a f e t y Director L e e P. B r o w n s a i d last J a n u a r y .
T a x p a y e r s in the S o u t h T u c s o n ,
A r i z o n a area probably would not
rate their police highly. F o u r y e a r s
ago a p o l i c e m a n from a neighboring
c o m m u n i t y w a s shot a c c i d e n t a l l y
and paralyzed by three of a fellow
o f f i c e r ' s 17 bullets fired during a
d i s t u r b a n c e at a shotgun-wielding
man barricaded in his home. He
s u e d the city, w h i c h carried only
$100,000 in liability i n s u r a n c e bec a u s e of an earlier incident w h e r e a
city p o l i c e m a n killed a citizen and
the city w a s forced to pay $150,000.
Now S o u t h T u c s o n o w e s nearly $4
million to the paralyzed officer,
nearly 50 percent more than its annual budget, and the entire town
may be forced into bankruptcy.
About the Author
Mr. Martinez is the mayor of Tampa,
Florida and a member of the Board of Director of the National League of Cities.
He has been a member of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement agencies since 1980.

T h e war a g a i n s t c r i m e h a s been
fought with d o l l a r s and bullets, law
s u i t s and legislation, s t u d i e s and initiatives too n u m e r o u s to list. Now,
however, the law e n f o r c e m e n t c o m munity is well on the w a y to arming
local police a g e n c i e s with what
c o u l d be the most important w e a pon yet: national s t a n d a r d s to meas u r e the e f f e c t i v e n e s s of every fac e t of police w o r k — 1 , 2 0 0 s t a n d a r d s
in 48 different a r e a s .
T h e s e are the product of the
C o m m i s s i o n on A c c r e d i t a t i o n for
L a w E n f o r c e m e n t A g e n c i e s , a federally funded effort initiated by four
national p r o f e s s i o n a l law enforcement groups to e s t a b l i s h a national
voluntary program for a c c r e d i t i n g
police a g e n c i e s .

T h e four law e n f o r c e m e n t a s s o c i a t i o n s — t h e International A s s o c i a tion of C h i e f s of P o l i c e , National Organization of B l a c k L a w E n f o r c e ment E x e c u t i v e s , National S h e r i f f s '
A s s o c i a t i o n and P o l i c e E x e c u t i v e
R e s e a r c h F o r u m — b e g a n work in
1979 to create a body of s t a n d a r d s
w h i c h promote good m a n a g e m e n t
p r a c t i c e s . More than a t h o u s a n d
s t a n d a r d s have been prepared,
s o m e mandatory and s o m e w h o s e
applicability will depend on an
a g e n c y ' s s i z e and d u t i e s . After testing and r e v i s i o n , the s t a n d a r d s will
appear in final form, though they
will be updated a s time p a s s e s .
W i t h o u t u s u r p i ng local autonomy, a c c r e d i t a t i o n p r o m i s e s to
standardize police procedure, facilitating interdepartment c r i m e solving. C i t i z e n s nationwide will know
w h a t to e x p e c t from a c c r e d i t e d
a g e n c i e s s u c h a s identical arrest
p r o c e d u r e s and identical p o l i c i e s

on the u s e of deadly force (only
w h e n life is in jeopardy). Po l i ce pers o n n e l will be a s s u r e d of fair and
standard hiring, d i s c i p l i n a r y and
promotion p o l i c i e s .
But p e r h a p s the greatest benefic i a r i e s will be the t a x p a y e r s of
t o w n s w h o will avoid the nightmare
plaguing S o u t h T u c s o n and d o z e n s
of other c o m m u n i t i e s losing damaging law s u i t s . A c c r e d i t a t i o n in itself will not guarantee victory in
court for police d e p a r t m e n ts, but it
will help greatly in two w a y s . First,
police m a n a g e r s will have guidel i n e s available to e s t a b l i s h policies
that will s t a n d up in court on s e n s i tive i s s u e s like s e l e c t i o n of officers
and u s e of deadly f o r c e — a n d a c creditation will force them to implement t h e m. S e c o n d , the odds are
a c c r e d i t e d a g e n c i e s , having applied
for and received accreditation after
an e x h a u s t i v e , on-site audit, will be
able to c o n v i n c e j u d g e s and juries
their p o l i c i e s c o m p l y with standard
national n o r m s .
How c a n you a s a leader become
involved? F i r s t , make s u r e your loc a l s h e r i f f ' s and police departments
are a w a r e and involved in the accreditation program. T h e testing of
the program will be completed by
the end of 1982, and the time for exp r e s s i n g your c o m m u n i t y ' s needs
and c o n c e r n s is now.
S e c o n d , b e c o m e involved. T h e
c o m m i s s i o n h a s materials available
s o you c a n review the standards.
G e t on the mailing list. Talk with
m e m b e r s of the c o m m i s s i o n who
o v e r s e e the program. Wh i le 11 of
the 21 memtjers are from law enf o r c e m e n t, the remaining 10 repres e n t local and state g o v e r n m e n t — a
mayor, a state senator, county administrator, county c o m m i s s i o n e r ,
municipal e l e c t e d officials and
managers.
A c c r e d i t a t i o n is at least eight
m o n t h s off; the draft s ta n d a r ds approved by the c o m m i s s i o n in May
m u s t be field tested by representative a g e n c i e s before the p r o c e s s beg i n s . But the time is not far off w h e n
every citizen will be able to e a s i l y
find out if his t o w n ' s police department m e a s u r e s up by a s k i n g : Is it
accredited?

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E d w a r d J . W e l d , building official
of C u l p e p e r C o u n t y , w a s e l e c t e d
P r e s i d e n t of the V B O A for tfie
1 9 8 2 - 8 3 year. Other o f f i c e r s include
F i r s t V i c e P r e s i d e n t C l a r e n c e Diers i n g , director of code c o m p l i a n c e ,
Newport N e w s ; S e c o n d V i c e P r e s i dent E d w a r d M. W i l l i a m s , building
official, Virginia B e a c h and Sgt.-AtA r m s Emory Rodgers, inspection
s e r v i c e s division chief, Arlington
County.
J o h n H. B y r d , J r . , president of t h e
Virginia Building O f f i c i a l s A s s o c i a tion, presided over the 1982 S c h o o l
and C o n f e r e n c e in Harrisonburg on
O c t o b e r 10-13. Byrd i s the building
official for the City of Harrisonburg.
D e l e g a t e s a n d g u e s t s were w e l c o m e d to Harrisonburg by Mayor
Roy H. Ericl&lt;son during the Opening
Session.
C o n f e r e n c e t o p i c s included the
Impact of the R e v i s e d A r c h i t e c t / E n gineering
L i c e n s e L a w on the
B u i l d i n g O f f i c i a l , P r o v i s i o n s for the
P h y s i c a l l y H a n d i c a p p e d , the 1981
Uniform S t a t e w i d e Building C o d e ,
R e l a t i o n s h i p of the S t a t e R e g i s t r a tion B o a r d of C o n t r a c t o r s and the
B u i l d i n g Official a n d S t a t e Regula-

Harborfest, I n c . for Harborfest, the
Greater Norfolk Corporation for relocating the C o u s t e a u S o c i e t y ' s national headquarters and the Mayor's
C o m m i t t e e for t h e development of
Waterside.
Mayor
Vincent J .
T h o m a s a c c e p t e d the award at the
50th U . S . C o n f e r e n c e of Mayors
meeting.
T h e Arlington C o u n t y E c o n o m i c
Development Division a n n o u n c e d
that the county received a n award of
outstanding a c h i e v e m e n t from the
American
Planning A s s o c i a t i o n .
T h e a w a r d w a s given jointly to the
economic
development
division
and the planning division in recognition of the planning a n d implementation efforts for the courth o u s e plaza. C o u n t y Board Chairman S t e p h e n H. D e t w i l e r a n d Board
Member Walter F r a n k l a n d a c c e p t e d
the a w a r d on behalf of the county
board.
T h e City of L y n c h b u r g i s o n e of
the r e c i p i e n t s of the Virginia Mental
Health A s s o c i a t i o n ' s first a n n u a l
" E m p l o y e r of the Y e a r " a w a r d . T h e
a w a r d s are presented to v a r i o u s e m ployers for their involvement in the
growth and development of an e m ployee a s s i s t a n c e program in the
central Virginia area.

tions Affecting the B u i l d i n g Offic i a l . D e l e g a t e s a l s o v i e w e d a pres e n t a t i o n on the M G M G r a n d Hotel
Fire.
Dr. J a m e s A n d e r s o n of the N e x u s
Group gave a presentation on
Handling the N e w s Media and J a c k
Proctor, building c o d e
director,
gave a report from t h e Department
of H o u s i n g a n d C o m m u n i t y Development.
During t h e B u s i n e s s S e s s i o n on
W e d n e s d a y , D. B a i n R e e d , c o m m i s s i o n e r of buildings the City of Roanoke, p r e s e n t e d retiring president
J o h n H. B y r d a plaque of appreciation and a past p r e s i d e n t ' s certificate.
T h e 1983 S c h o o l and C o n f e r e n c e
will be held D e c e m b e r 4-7 in Hampton, Virginia.

Three Localities Honored
Norfolk, Arlington C o u n t y a n d
L y n c h b u r g have all been honored in
the past few m o n t h s .
Norfolk received the 1982 Mayo r s ' A w a r d from the U.S. Confere n c e of Mayors for the c i t y ' s outs t a n d i n g efforts in public-private
p a r t n e r s h i p s . T h e p a r t n e r s h i p s inc l u d e d the c i t y ' s involvement with

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J u s t a s the national m e d i a prepare to read v a s t import into Democ r a t i c or R e p u b l i c a n g a i n s or l o s s e s
in the Nov. 2 c o n g r e s s i o n a l elect i o n s , a v o i c e s u g g e s t s they're covering a non-story.
"In politics," s a y s trends analyst
J o h n Naisbitt, "it d o e s not really
matter a n y m o r e w h o is president,
and C o n g r e s s h a s b e c o m e obsol e t e . " T h e inability of W a s h i n g t o n to
deal with the n a t i o n ' s gut e c o n o m i c
problems, he s u g g e s t s , h a s c a u s e d
A m e r i c a to be t r a n s f o r m e d " f r o m
the bottom u p . " W h i l e c o n g r e s s men flail around with petty c o n s t i t u ent s e r v i c e s and c a t e r to s p e c i a l - i n terest groups, A m e r i c a n s in c i t i e s ,
s t a t e s and neighborhoods are seizing political power and forging a
w a v e of local s o l u t i o n s to national
p r o b l e m s , ranging from energy to
transportation to e c o n o m i c development.
Downgrading W a s h i n g t o n is j u s t
one of the g ener aliz at ion s crafted to
s h o c k in N a i s b i t t ' s new book. Megatrends, p u b l i s h e d Oct. 18 by W a r n e r
B o o k s . It is a book of s w e e p i n g
s t a t e m e n t s . Many of them are, to
put it mildly, e x a g g e r a t i o n s : It
w o u l d s e e m a little foolhardy, for
e x a m p l e , to disregard the president
and C o n g r e s s a s long a s they tax
u s , raise a r m i e s , print m o n e y and
manage S o c i a l S e c u r i t y .
E v e n s o . Megatrends likely will be
r e m e m b e r e d a s a landmark volume
of the early 1980s. It b r e a k s the
m o l d s of c o n v e n t i o n a l thought; it
Identifies several vital t r e n d s transforming A m e r i c a n s o c i e t y
that
many p o l i t i c i a n s s e e m u n a b l e — o r
unwilling—to grasp.
N a i s b i t t ' s lead megatrend is the
fast-shifting c o m p l e x i o n of
our
e c o n o m y . T h o u g h w e c o n t i n u e to
think and plan a s if w e still lived in
an industrial s o c i e t y , w e have in
fact entered an e c o n o m y based on
creating and distributing informat i o n — f r o m f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s to
high technology. Our e c o n o m i c future lie s not in s u c h " s u n s e t " industries a s s t e e l and a u t o s , but rather
" s u n r i s e " f i e l d s s u c h a s electroni c s , gene s p l i c i n g , alternative energy
s o u r c e s , mining of the s e a b e d s and
robotics. T h e c o m p a n y or c o m m u nity that fails to recognize this funda men tal c h a n g e and shift a c c o r d ingly, s a y s Naisbitt, is doomed to a
bleak future.

W e are shifting " f r o m institutional help to s e l f - h e l p , " b e c o m i n g
increasingly disillusioned
with
every large institution from government to the m e d i c a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t ,
from c o r p o r a t i o n s to the s c h o o l
s y s t e m . I n s t e a d , w e are doing for
o u r s e l v e s — i n m e d i c i n e , for ins t a n c e , e m b r a c i n g the h o s p i c e
m o v e m e n t , natural childbirth, home
births and " w e l l n e s s " programs. Ins t e a d of counting on the police
alone, c i t i z e n s are forming crimew a t c h and crime-stopper programs
a c r o s s the country. Fifty t h o u s a n d
self-help groups have s p r u ng up a s
people c o u n s e l their peers on coping with s u c h d i s p a r a te problems a s
retirement, w i d o w h o o d , weight c o n trol, drug a b u s e , divorce and child
abuse.
Self-help, s a y s Naisbitt, is best
s y m b o l i z e d by burgeoning entrepren e u r a l i s m , a rejection of large corporations in favor of self-employment and s m a l l b u s i n e s s . New busin e s s s t a r t s are up from 93,000 a year
in 1950 to 600,000 yearly now.
T h e great A m e r i c a n migration
" f r o m North to S o u t h , " amply illustrated by the 1980 C e n s u s , " i s
stronger than first thought, and irrev e r s i b l e in our lifetime," Naisbitt a s serts.
But the S u n b e l t " e x p l o s i o n , "
Naisbitt c o n c l u d e s , " i s really the
story of three emerging megas t a t e s " w h i c h have a v a s t prepond e r a n c e of the new w e a l t h and popu l a t i o n — F l o r i d a , T e x a s and California. " F o r e c o n o m i c growth, give me
T e x a s , C a l i f o r n i a and F l o r i d a , and
you c a n have the other 4 7 , " he
w r i t e s s o m e w h a t cavalierly. He
identifies 10 " n e w c i t i e s of opportunity" and all are in the S u n b e l t — A l buquerque, A u s t i n , Denver, Phoenix, Salt L a k e City, S a n Antonio,
S a n Diego, S a n J o s e , T a m p a and
Tucson.
T h i s unqualified e n d o r s e m e n t of
S u n b e l t growth leaves one a little
breathless—and wondering. San
J o s e , for e x a m p l e , is already choking on its o w n growth, its " S i l i c o n
V a l l e y " i n d u s t r i e s e x p a n d i n g to
s t a t e s with l e s s c o n g e s t i o n and pollution and more h o u s i n g in the l e s s than-$150,000 range. I a s k e d Naisbitt if he s e e s any hope for older
F r o s t b e l t c i t i e s and he replied
y e s — b u t only if they s h o w extraordinary skill in " r e c o n c e p t u a l i z i n g "

their e c o n o m i c role and carving out
s p e c i a l " n i c h e s " in high-technology
or information i n d u s t r i e s.
T h e most troubling megatrend
w h i c h Naisbitt identifies is " f r o m
representative d e m o c r a c y to participatory d e m o c r a c y . " H i s e v i d e n c e is
the vast outpouring of citizen initiative m e a s u r e s — o n every i s s u e
from tax lids to nuclear a r m s —
w h i c h s w e l l e d up in the 1970s and
in fact will r e a ch an historic high.
Naisbitt rightly notes that initiatives
draw s u b s t a n t i a l l y h i g h e r v o t e r t u r n o u t s than e l e c t i o n s for officeholders.
H i s s u g g e s t i o n that " w e have outlived the u s e f u l n e s s of representative d e m o c r a c y " is w o r r i so m e. If
every d e c i s i o n of s u b s t a n c e has to
be referred directly to the voters,
then c a r e f ul weighing of competing
c l a i m s , civil r i g h t s — a nd indeed the
thin w e b of c o n s e n s u s that holds a
pluralistic s o c i e t y together—could
give w a y to raw majoritarianism.
But Naisbitt s h o u l d be read for
the q u e s t i o n s he r a i s e s , not final
a n s w e r s . Not to note the trends he
identifies is to move into the future—blindfolded.
© 1982, The Washington Post Company

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�Index To Volume 17, January-December, 1982
COMMENTARY

Mo.

Voluntarism
Virginia's Long Trek to Safety
Assistance For Abused Spouses
Frostbelt/Sunbelt—What's
Happening To Our Urban Areas . . . .
The Future of Virginia's
Planning District Commissions . . . .
Room and Meal Taxes

Oct. 10
Dec. 4

York County Bridges the Communication Gap
Vinton Dedicates Town Hall
Something Old, Something New
The Other Virginia Beach
Old Form, New Function

May 10
JuneS
June 9
Sept. 5
Oct. 11

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Feb. 2
Mar. 9
May 24
July 2

Reasons and Remedies For Antitrust Anxieties
Breeder Litigation

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Elected Officials and Income
Taxes—What You Should Know
Harrisonburg Electric Commission . . .
Councils Beware: Decisions Must
Be Made With Care
The Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania
Agreement
Owning Your Own Electric System . . .
The Council Member: How To Be
A Team Player
Antitrust Laws—New Problems
For the Old Ways of Doing Business
Complying With The Procurement Act
Portsmouth's One Fleet System
Decisions, Decisions
Voluntary Annexation Agreements . . .
Ethical Dilemmas In Public
Procurement

COMMUNITY &amp; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Comparing Virginia's Economic
Development Efforts
Want More Business and Industry? . ..
Norfolk—Breaking Ground For
Tomorrow
Keeping Downtown Active
Starting An Economic Development
Program
Industrial Development In Transition..
Enterprise Zones—Virginia's
Approach
The Certified Development Company .
Southside Localities Form
Corporation
Norfolk's Housing Program
Changing The Beach Through
Economic Development
Tourism—A$210 Million Business . . .

Aug. 2
Aug. 4
Aug. 8
Aug. 9
Aug. 10
Aug. 11

MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT

Aug. 19
Aug. 20
Aug. 21
Sept. 18

PUBLIC SAFETY

Virginia's Congressional Delegation ..
As Action Shifts To the State,
Local Level, Is D.C. Obsolete?

Jan. 12

FINANCES &amp; TAXATION

Portsmouth's Municipal Finance
Commission
A Policymaker's Responsibility
For The Municipal Audit Process...
Prince William Takes The Confusion Out Of The Budget Process..

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Finding Your Way During The Session

HUMAN RESOURCES

June 6
June 20
Sept. 16
Jan. 9

Local Option
Apr. 2
Can The Private Sector Fill The Gap?.. May 4
Falls Church Group Home
Sept. 12
Metropolitan Alternatives
Nov. 8
Meeting The Needs of The Mentally III Nov. 11

INTERVIEWS

Interview With Paul Trible
Lt. Gov. Davis Talks About
Local Government

June 12

Recent Judicial Miscellany
Keeping The Government From
Bringing Petty Cases
Licensing The Sale of Drug Paraphernalia
Municipal Tort Immunity

Jan. 14

LEGAL GUIDELINES

July 7
July 11
Sept. 20
Oct. 9
Nov. 4
Nov. 12
Mar. 4
Mar. 10

Henrico Firefighters Decision
Fire Information On Wheels
Suits Made Against Police
High Schoolers Get Credit For
Fire Training
Teens Learn To Fight Fires
Stop Kids From Setting Fires
Junior Fire Fighters Bill
Fairfax City Teaches ABCs Of
Fire Safety
Is Your Police Department Ready
For Accreditation?

Jan. 8
Apr. 9
Apr. 10

Herndon Gets The Gold
What Kind of Parks Do Citizens Want?

Mar.16
May 14

RECREATION
VML

July 4

Mar. 19

Sept. 11

Dec. 14

Apr. 4
May 5

Lynchburg Offers Counseling
For Employees

Hampton Turns Refuse To Energy . . . .
Are We Getting Better At Transporting Hazardous Materials?

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Feb. 14

May 16
Dec. 6
Dec. 10

PERSONNEL &amp; TRAINING

Oct. 6

Jan. 4
Feb. 8

What To Throw Away and How
To Manage What You Keep
Recordkeeping, Microfilming &amp;
Computers For Small Local
Governments
There's Much More To Municipal
RM Than Just Minding The Store . ..
Managing With Less
Localities Use Quality Circles

Sept. 44
Sept. 51

ENVIRONMENT

July 9
Oct. 18

Apr. 12
Apr. 19
Apr. 19
Aug. 26
Sept. 14
Dec. 12

VMLCohosts Reaganomics Seminar . Feb. 4
VML Annual Report
Sept. 27

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Feb. 10
May 12
June 10

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VML L E G I S L A T I V E DAY, February 2, 1983, J o h n Marshall Hotel,
R i c h m o n d , Virginia.
VIRGINIA S E C T I O N INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL
CONFERE N C E , May 1 8 - 2 0 , 1983, S h e r a t o n
Inn, F r e d e r i c k s b u r g , Virginia.
MUNICIPAL E L E C T R I C P O W E R
A S S O C I A T I O N O F VIRGINIA ANNUAL C O N F E R E N C E , J u n e 1 - 3 ,
1983, Holiday Inn 39th S t r e e t , Virginia B e a c h , Virginia.
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VIRGINIA
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C H I E F S O F P O L I C E ANNUAL C O N F E R E N C E , A u g u s t 2 1 - 2 4 , 1983,
O M N I , Norfoll&lt;, Virginia.
VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL L E A G U E
78TH A N N U A L C O N F E R E N C E , S e p tember 1 8 - 2 0 , 1983, Hilton, J a m e s
City C o u n t y , Virginia.
VIRGINIA BUILDING O F F I C I A L S
ANNUAL C O N F E R E N C E , D e c e m ber 4 - 7 , 1983 Holiday Inn, H a m p t o n ,
Virginia.

ATTENTION
The Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation has adopted new Road and Bridge Standards, which
will be effective with the December, 1982, construction bid
advertising schedule. Copies are available from the Department at $13 each, including state sales tax. Policy provides
free copies to qualified counties, municipalities, and governmental agencies.
Copies may be obtained by sending request, with check
made payable to Treasurer of Virginia, to H. M. Shaver, Jr.,
State Location and Design Engineer, Department of
Highways and Transportation, 1221 East Broad Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation

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VOLUME 17

FEBRUARY 1982

NUMBER 2

�Commentary
Voluntarism
By George Asimos, Institute of Government, University of Virginia
V o l u n t a r i s m , or the p r a c t i c e of
private philanthropy and citizen involvement in c o m m u n i t y a f f a i r s ,
h a s long contributed to the quality
of life in A m e r i c a . Indeed, A l e x i s de
T o c q u e v i l l e , an a s t u t e observer of
early A m e r i c a n s o c i e t y , noted in
1831 that A m e r i c a n s recognize " t h e
duty a s well a s the interest of men
to m a k e t h e m s e l v e s u s e f u l to their
fellow c r e a t u r e s . " T h e health of a
free s o c i e t y , he believed, d e p e n d e d
on this w i l l i n g n e s s to volunteer.
While it is true that v o l u n t a r i s m
o c c u r s today a s it did in our early
history, it is a l s o true that our exp e c t a t i o n s of public s e r v i c e are
greater than ever. In the present era
of f i s c a l belt-tightening,
government o f f i c i a l s and c i t i z e n s alike inc r e a s i n g l y are looking to private,
voluntary organizations to fill the
gaps in s o c i a l s e r v i c e s left by
r e d u c t i o n s in government s p e n ding. P r e s i d e n t R e a g a n , for e x a m ple, h a s appointed a P r e s i d e n t i a l
T a s k F o r c e on Private S e c t o r Initiatives, w h i c h will e x a m i n e w a y s
to stimulate charitable giving and
improve the c a p a c i t y of the private
s e c t o r to a d d r e s s c o m m u n i t y prob l e m s . S i m i l a r efforts e x i s t within
the C o m m o n w e a l t h of Virginia.

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State and local g o v e r n m e n t s , of
c o u r s e , have a s p e c i a l interest in
the growth of v o l u n t a r i s m s i n c e
many of the recent e c o n o m i e s in
federal s p e n d i n g have been achieved by reducing federal grants-in-aid.
T h u s , state and local g o v e r n m e n t s ,
first, m u s t find w a y s to
use
v o l u n t e e r s in public a g e n c i e s in
order to s u s t a i n s e r v i c e s threatened
by the l o s s of funding. S e c o n d , t h e y
m u s t find w a y s to e n h a n c e the role
of private organizations in general
b e c a u s e the p r e s e n c e of t h e s e
groups r e d u c e s the p r e s s u r e on
government to provide s i m i l a r serv i c e s , c r e a t e s a spirit of c o m m u n i t y
participation,
and a l l o w s
for
creativity and e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n in
the methiods of providing s o c i a l serv i c e s . A t t e m p t s to promote voluntarism by localities in Virginia and
e l s e w h e r e have brought promising
results.
T h e City of Norfolk, for e x a m p l e ,
h a s had great s u c c e s s in attracting

volunteers to public s e r v i c e through
its City S e r v i c e s V o l u n t e e r Program.
T h a t program, w h i c h began operation in November, 1980, spring from
the d e s i r e s of city o f f i c i a l s to provide new or e x p a n d e d s e r v i c e s to city r e s i d e n t s w h i l e keeping within
the budget c o n s t r a i n t s felt by many
m u n i c i p a l i t i e s . Under the direction
of a Coordinator of V o l u n t e e r s and a
committee
of
city
department
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , the program prov i d e s volunteer m a n a g e m e n t a d v i c e
to department h e a d s , c o n d u c t s an
active
recruiting
campaign
for
v o l u n t e e r s , and carefully c o n d u c t s
p l a c e m e n t s e r v i c e s for incoming
v o l u n t e e r s . On the program's first
anniversary, the City of Norfolk
reported 150,000 volunteer- hours of
s e r v i c e at an e s t i m a t e d value of
$1.75 million; of this total, twothirds c a m e from volunteers who
w e r e newly recruited under the program. T h e v o l u n t e e r s are providing
several entirely new city s e r v i c e s ,
including monitoring patterns of
c r i m e in the city and maintaining
fully a m u n i c i p a l c e m e t e r y . In all
r e s p e c t s , the city is e n r i c h e d by its
volunteers.

"Norfolk volunteers donated
an estimated $1.75 million in
service time."
Despite the size of the Norfolk
program, local g o v e r n m e n t s are not
precluded from effectively u s i n g
volunteers on a s m a l l e r s c a l e . F o r
e x a m p l e , in York C o u n t y , government
officials
uncovered
a
s u b s t a n t i a l citizen need for mortgage c o u n s e l i n g . Not having the
f u n d s to hire a qualified c o u n s e l o r ,
they turned to v o l u n t a r i s m and
located a highly qualified, retired
banker w h o w a s willing to offer his
time. Using a slightly different approach, the s a m e county o f f i c i a l s
a l s o arranged a free c o n s u l t a t i o n
agreement
with the
local
bar
a s s o c i a t i o n to a d d r e s s more effectively the legal n e e d s of the c l i e n t s
of their h o u s i n g
administration.
S u c h innovations e x p a n d governm e n t ' s ability to serve its c i t i z e n s
by permitting them to help one

another, a principle that c a n work
effectively on either a broad or an
individual b a s i s .
T h e foundations of a plan to promote the s u c c e s s of independent
voluntarism
a l r e a d y e x i s t s in
V i r g i n i a . In 1977 the
Virginia
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y p a s s e d the
Virginia S t a t e V o l u n t e e r s A c t in
order to " a s s u r e that people of
Virginia may derive optimal benefit
from v o l u n t e e r s , and that the time
and talents of volunteers in state
s e r v i c e may be put to best u s e . "
T h e S t a t e Division of V o l u n t e e r i s m ,
created under this act, is intended
primarily to strengthen volunteer
programs in state a g e n c i e s and
d e p a r t m e n t s . However, the Division
a l s o a s s i s t s private organizations,
offering
statewide
management
training s e m i n a r s and c o n f e r e n c e s .
In addition, the Division maintains a
library of materials for public education, while its advisory c o u n c i l of
public
and
private
leaders
facilitates
greater
cooperation
between the public and voluntary
sectors.
A s e c o n d organization active
throughout the C o m m o n w e a l t h in
promoting v o l u n t a r i s m is the Center
for Volunteer Development, created
in 1980 a s a part of Virginia T e c h ' s
E x t e n s i o n Division. T h e Center,
among its s e v e r a l o b j e c t i v e s , enc o u r a g e s faculty and staff m e m b e r s
at state universities to
provide
a s s i s t a n c e to volunteer groups, promotes the development of educational c u r r i c u l a related to volunteer
management, and c o l l a b o r a t e s with
the state Division of V o l u n t e e r i s m
in c o n d u c t i n g training s e m i n a r s . A s
public o f f i c i a l s i n c r e a s i n g l y look for
m e a n s to e n c o u r a g e voluntarism,
the Division of V o l u n t e e r i s m will
warrant greater recognition
and
support.
W h e t h e r voluntarism overall can
play the enlarged role that President R e a g a n and others envision for
it r e m a i n s to be s e e n , for private
organizations t h e m s e l v e s will bear
s o m e of the burden of the s c h e d u l ed c u t s in federal o u t l a y s over the
next two y e a r s . A recent study conducted by the Urban Institute deter(Continued, page 19)

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Editor
Charlotte Kingery

Editorial Assistant
Margaret A. Nichols

Advertising and Business Manager
Sandra J . Bacas

Telephone

804/649-8471

V O L U M E 17

F E B R U A R Y 1982

NUMBER2

VML President
Raymond F.Ratcliffe
Executive Director
R. Michael A m y x

VML Cohosts Reaganomics Seminar

Officers
Francis T. West
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v l e s
Vincent J.Thomas
Executive Committee
Hampton W . T h o m a s
Robert T . W i l l i a m s
Arlie C . P a y n e
J a n e L. Hough
S a m W. A d a m s
Charles E. Beatley
Harold S . A t k i n s o n

" I n an effort to a s s i s t local g o v e r n m e n t s , the V M L s p o n s o r e d a
w o r k s h o p that attracted n u m e r o u s local officials and noted
speakers."

8 Harrisonburg Electric Commission
" O n c e the City a l m o s t sold its e l e c t r i c s y s t e m , but today it
c e l e b r a t e s 25 y e a r s of o p e r a t i o n . "

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14 Councils Beware: Decisions Must Be Made With
Care
On the Cover

" T h e C u l p e p e r T o w n C o u n c i l thought it had the c o m m u n i t y in
mind w h e n it made a d e c i s i o n about a y e a r ago but a citizen
s u c c e s s f u l l y s u e d the T o w n . "

T h e winter s c e n e of the C o l o n i a l
Parkway,
linking
Jamestown,
Williamsburg
and Y o r k t o w n ,
is
c o u r t e s y of the Virginia S t a t e T r a v e l
S e r v i c e . T h e parkway starts at the
V i s i t o r ' s C e n t e r on
Jamestown
I s l a n d and e n d s at the Y o r k t o w n
V i s i t o r ' s C e n t e r — p a s s i n g near the
door of the W i l l i a m s b u r g Information C e n t e r .

VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) Is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1982 by the
Virginia
Municipal
League.
Any
reproduction
or use of
contents
must have prior approval
of the
Virginia
Municipal
League and if
granted must be accompanied
by
credit to VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia Municipal
League.
Second-class
postage paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription
rates:
$7per year, $1.50 per copy.

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Wayne Anderson Re views Federalism
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Reaganomics
in December.
Wayne
Anderson,
Secretary
for
Administration and Finance,
opened
the conference
with
his remari&lt;s
on the
New Federalism.
At the time,
Anderson was Executive
Director
of the
Advisory
Commission
on
Intergovernmental
Relations.
There is n o d o u b t that w e have
seen
a change
In
direction.
However, except f o r less money,
most Reagan Federalism objectives
have n o t b e c o m e s p e c i f i c a c t i o n
proposals.
From
a
Washington
perspective, let's review what we've
seen and make s o m e projections
about where we're going.

The Budget Cuts

The
Federalism
has emerged
p r i m a r i l y In t h e f o r m o f b u d g e t c u t s
and block grant proposals. What
h a s n ' t been fully a p p r e c i a t e d y e t is
h o w very d e e p t h e b u d g e t c u t s prop o s e d over t h e next five b u d g e t
years w o ul d be.Grants to state a n d
local g o v e r n m e n t s , other than t h o s e
like A F D C that g o t o Individuals,
were scheduled to drop from $57
billion in FY '80 t o $45 billion in FY
'86.
The National
Governors'
Association calculated that these
cuts w o u l d represent a 5 5 % reduct i o n i n p u r c h a s i n g p o w e r if a n n u a l
inflation
was 1 0 % . Since
that
calculation w a s made, t h e federal
budget and federal aid outlook has
deteriorated further.

The Block Grants

Regarding the new block grants,
the President recommended consolidating more than 90 categorical
programs Into seven block grants
w i t h a 25 p e r c e n t r e d u c t i o n in total
funding. The nine block
grants
w h i c h e m e r g e d f r o m C o n g r e s s In
mid-summer, however, were vastly
different from what the President
had requested. Congress protected
m a n y c a t e g o r i c a l p u r p o s e s b y leaving t h e m o u t of t h e block grants or
b y r e t a i n i n g e a r m a r k s a n d o t h e r requirements within the blocks.
The Reconciliation Act, as you
know, created nine block grants by
c o n s o l i d a t i n g 67 categorical programs with total authorizations of
$7,596 b i l l i o n f o r FY 1982. T h e nine
functional
areas
involved are:
maternal and child health
care;
health
prevention
and services;

alcohol, drug abuse, and mental
health; primary care (to take effect
in
1983);
social
services; lowincome energy assistance; community services; education; and
community
development-nonentitlement programs. All nine block
grants give s o m e w h a t more discretion to grant recipients, and the Administration d i d keep its regulations to a minimum.

"The federal government
should turn over highways,
education and AFDC to
state and local governments."
Many Intergovernmental analysts
believe these nine block
grants
represent t h e beginning of an Imp o r t a n t t r e n d . In t h e f u t u r e , t h e
states will be responsible for making program d e c i s i o n s Involving t h e
allocation
of
scarce
resources
a m o n g c o m p e t i n g Interests, f o r pinpointing intergovernmental Issues
which need study, a n d for resolving
c o n f l i c t s . A s t h e n u m b e r of federal
dollars shrinks, state legislatures
will need t o review t h e limits they
have placed o n local g o v e r n m e n t s '
revenue-raising capacity, t h e fiscal
i m p a c t of state m a n d a t e s , a n d t h e
need f o r greater local a u t o n o m y .
T h e R e a g a n F e d e r a l i s m , a n d particularly
the block
grants, has
brought home t h e realization that
w e all m u s t d e v o t e m o r e e n e r g y t o
improving state-local relations. T h e
National
Governors'
Association,
the National Conference of State
Legislatures, t h e International City
Management
Association,
and
s o m e of t h e other public Interest
groups
have
launched
n e w initiatives toward this end.

Revenue and Program
Turnbacks
The
turnback
choices
are
numerous, the Issues are complex
and hard t o reconcile, a n d t h e pros p e c t s a r e n o t y e t p r e d i c t a b l e . In
general, there are three revenue/tax
turnback devices underdlscusslon:
1. General
Revenue
Sharing,
or
some similar formula distribution;

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2. Tax sharing,
by which we
m e a n sharing all or a portion
of t h e federal t o b a c c o , liquor,
gasoline, or income tax with
state a n d local governments;
or
3. Making
"tax room"
by cutting
t h e f e d e r a l I n c o m e t a x o r repealing a part of t h e g a s o l i n e
tax or s o m e o t h e r e x c i s e tax
so that t h e s t a t e a n d local gove r n m e n t s c o u l d s t e p In a n d
" o c c u p y " this tax room.
C o m i n g to t h e maze of Intertwined
issues,
many
Reaganltes
ultimately want a system where the
government that spends the money
also raises t h e m o n e y by Its o w n
taxes. Governors, state legislators,
a n d local o f f i c i a l s , however, are
m o s t insistent about not raising
t h e i r o w n t a x e s In t h e f o r e s e e a b l e
future. At the same time, state and
l o c a l o f f i c i a l s , if t h e y a r e t o a s s u m e
increased
responsibilities,
stress
their need f o r reliable a n d permanent revenue turnbacks from the
federal level. T h e n , c o m i n g f r o m
v a r i o u s q u a r t e r s Is c o n c e r n a b o u t
equity or the distribution pattern,
w h i c h Is a n o t h e r w a y o f s a y i n g t h a t
any turnback package should not
create t o o many big w i n n e r s or
l o s e r s If it Is t o b e p o l i t i c a l l y a c c e p table.
T h e s i g n s a n d s i g n a l s o n w h a t Is
likely to happen o n revenue turnbacks are mixed. Richard Williamson a n d other White House figures
have said r e p e a t e d l y that t h e Presid e n t w a n t s a m a j o r revenue a n d prog r a m t u r n b a c k p a c k a g e In t h e F Y
1983 b u d g e t . W h e n y o u talk turnbacks with s o m e 0 M B or Treasury
people,
however,
they
quickly
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�Reaganomics
Day
Photos
Roanoke Councilmember

Lt. Gov. Davis and Dolph
Director of the Institute of
ment, talk during
lunch.

Hamp Thomas

presides.

Norton,
Govern-

Norfolk

Ledger-Star

Jack Stevenson
of the United Virginia Bank (left)
Winchester
City Manager Wendell
Seldon.

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reporter

Tim Wheeler interviews

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(left).

Chesterfield
Human
Services
Director
Robert
L.
Masden and Henrico Director of Social Services
Bettie
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The timetable for the funds will
be different. The funds will be
transmitted on the 15th day of each
month rather than the requiring
local governments to file a reimbursement statement with the State
at the first of each quarter.
The total amount of money Is
designed to track the level of tax
revenue growth at the State.
Whatever Is approved by the compensation board In 1982 would be
the base. It hasn't been determined
what the cut-off would be. Revenue
growth of 1983 would be added to
that amount.
Any money not spent In the first
year could be spent by the constitutional office In the second year
of the budget. The bill contains
language that the money would not
revert back to the state's general
fund but would remain under control of the constitutional office. This
may change, though, during the
session. The administration intends
to submit the bill and the House Appropriations Committee has been
wanting such a bill so It looks promising.

William Forst

Forst's Remarks
At Workshop
Following a study by the Department of Planning and Budget, block
grants for funding constitutional offices may be created. In 1982-84 the
State, if the bill is approved by the
1982 General Assembly, will blocl&lt;
out specific amounts of money for
those offices and local governments will know how much money
can be expected from the State.

assessor measure that property?
One problem with assessments is
the regression index, or better
known as the Index of inequality.
It is easier for an assessor to arrive at a more fair rate of standard
housing rather than newer housing
because the price of subdivision
housing Is rising at a faster rate
than the housing in the core city.
The standard housing doesn't
change hands and It doesn't increase, so It is easier to assess It
accurately. If we don't reach an accuracy level the same way for those
out in the other areas, then those
people In the central cities will be
paying property taxes for the
others.
Property tax assessors need to
concentrate on accuracy. It's important to be updating the methods
because folks on fixed incomes and
limited incomes will be paying the
property tax burden.

The property tax base Is well and
getting better, but how well does an

Managing underwriters and distributors of
state, municipal, and government bonds and notes.
Investment bankers and advisers
to municipalities a n d government authorities
for revenue bond project financing.
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�People
Appointments
R. Edwin Blair, Jr. w a s n a m e d
Director of Norfolk's Department of
Utilities. He joined the department
in 1974 a s a s e n i o r civil engineer
and w a s promoted to principal civil
engineer in 1976. He w a s named a c ting director in A u g u s t of 1981. Blair
holds a degree in civil engineering
from Virginia Military Institute and
is
a
registered
professional
engineer.
Gary B. O'Connell w a s named
A s s i s t a n t City IVlanager for Charlottesville. He holds a degree in
government from H a m p d e n - S y d n e y
C o l l e g e and a m a s t e r s in public administration from the University of
T e n n e s s e e . He w a s serving a s
a s s i s t a n t city manager of Maryville,
T e n n e s s e e w h e n he w a s appointed
to the post in C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e .
Gary H. Post is the new Director
of the Division of
Employment
T r a i n i n g in A l e x a n d r i a ' s Department
of H u m a n S e r v i c e s . Mr. P o s t had
been acting director of the A l e x a n dria C E T A program s i n c e April 1981
and prior to that he w a s a s s i s t a n t
C E T A directorforadministration.
Attorney
General Gerald
L.
B a i l i e s appointed William G. Broaddus a s C h i e f Deputy for his office.
Mr. B r o a d d u s w a s serving a s c o u n t y
attorney for Henrico County and
had served a s a s s i s t a n t attorney
general for Virginia from 1970 to
1973. He a l s o served a s law clerk
under V i r g i n i a S u p r e m e
Court
J u s t i c e Harry L. C a r r i c o . Mr. Broadd u s is a l s o a past president of
V i r g i n i a ' s L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t Att o r n e y s A s s o c i a t i o n and is a past
state c h a i r m a n of the National Institute of Municipal L a w O f f i c e r s .
Maston T. J a c k s , Deputy City Attorney of A l e x a n d r i a , w a s appointed
Deputy Attorney G e n e r a l by Mr.
Baliles.
T a k i n g over a s C o m m i s s i o n e r of
State Parks is Ronald D. Sutton,
w h o h a s been a s s i s t a n t c o m m i s s i o n e r s i n c e 1972. Mr. Sutton has
been with the S t a t e Parks s y s t e m
s i n c e 1966 w h e n he w a s employed
a s a f a c i l i t i e s engineer. He w a s
chief of d e s i g n and c o n s t r u c t i o n
before becoming a s s i s t a n t c o m m i s sioner.

Port R o y a l C o u n c i l

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readers of the Roanoke
World-News.

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Honors

A l e x a n d r i a Deputy City Manager
J a m e s Randall resigned to take a
new position in B e r k e l e y , California.
He began with the City a s a
graduate intern in 1969 and rose
through the r a n k s a s a s s i s t a n t city
manager and then a s deputy city
manager two y e a r s ago.

T o w n of V i e n n a P o l i c e S e r g e a n t
J o s e p h Tavares received a s p e c i a l
award of appreciation from the
V i e n n a C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e .
T a v a r e s joined the police department in 1962 and w a s c h o s e n to
head the d e p a r t m e n t ' s c o m m u n i t y
s e r v i c e s division
w h e n it w a s
organized in 1973. T h e division prov i d e s c i t i z e n s with information and
a s s i s t a n c e in all a r e a s of public
safety and c r i m e prevention.
Herndon Mayor T h o m a s R u s t and
T o w n C o u n c i l m e m b e r s recognized
the Herndon Police Citizens Support Team for their major contributions to public safety and c r i m e
prevention.
Roanoke
Councilmember
Elizabeth Bowles w a s recognized a s
one of the five outstanding w o m e n
in S o u t h w e s t Virginia. S h e w a s
s e l e c t e d from 60 n o m i n e e s made by

T h e L e a g u e will s p o n s o r its annual L e g i s l a t i v e Day for local government officials on W e d n e s d a y ,
February 17,1982 at the Holiday Inn,
Downtown (301 W e s t Franklin) in
R i c h m o n d . T h e format has been
c h a n g e d this year with an information s e s s i o n s c h e d u l e d for 2:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m. and a reception from
5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. R e p r e s e n tatives from the Robb Administration will be at the afternoon s e s s i o n . A s in the past, local officials
are e n c o u r a g e d to invite
their
d e l e g a t e s and s e n a t o r s to dinner
following
the
reception.
The
registration fee, w h i c h c o v e r s the
c o s t of the w o r k s h o p and reception,
is $10.00 per person. C o n t a c t Brad
H a r m e s at 804/649-8471.

VML Legislative Day

Municipal Liability
Insurance.
• Public Officials Errors &amp; O m i s s i o n s
• P o l i c e P r o f e s s i o n a l Liability
• C o m p r e h e n s i v e Liability C o v e r a g e
• Admitted Insuror
• L i m i t s to $100,000,000
• F e d e r a l L a w 1983 C o v e r a g e

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William Jeter and Charles Christie
to fill the v a c a n c i e s left by the death
of E m b r i a Byrd and the resignation
of David J o h n s t o n .
Francis Embrey w a s appointed to
the M a n a s s a s Park City C o u n c i l .
Gene T. McKnight, a G a l a x City
c o u n c i l m e m b e r for more than 11
y e a r s , including two a s mayor, submitted his resignation.

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Twenty-Five years

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Can a m u n i c i p a l electric s y s t e m
survive in an e x p a n d i n g e c o n o m y
and, at one t i m e , an active campaign to sell it? You bet it c a n , a n d ,
for proof, j u s t tal&lt;e a look at the Harrisonburg
Electric
Commission
(HEC). On January 1, 1982, the HEC
was 25 years o l d .
After an active c a m p a i g n t o sell
the s y s t e m in 1956, the s y s t e m was
saved by a margin of 1,911 to 958
votes. The Virginia Electric &amp; Power
C o m p a n y (VEPCO) offered the City
C o u n c i l s o m e t h i n g s l i g h t l y in excess of $2 m i l l i o n dollars for a badly
depleted and run d o w n electric
s y s t e m . The C o u n c i l voted t o sell
their electric s y s t e m s u b j e c t to
public r e f e r e n d u m . Thus began a
lively and s o m e t i m e s bitter campaign
between
neighbors and,
s o m e t i m e s relatives, w h o differed
on w h e t h e r to sell or t o save their
electric s y s t e m .
The future appeared d i m to the
electric d e p a r t m e n t until a g r o u p of
longtime
citizens
formed
the
" C i t i z e n s Group to Save the Electric
System."
Headed by Earl H. W e t s e l , a c o m m u n i t y leader, the g r o u p argued
that selling the m u n i c i p a l electric
s y s t e m w o u l d result in higher taxes
and higher electric rates. C o n t r i b u t i o n s to the general f u n d w o u l d also
help in keeping d o w n real estate
taxes.
After the vote to sell was
defeated. City C o u n c i l a p p o i n t e d an
independent
board of five individuals to serve on the new c o m m i s s i o n . The City Charter was
a m e n d e d and the Harrisonburg
Electric C o m m i s s i o n was created
on January 1,1957.
" O u r p r o b l e m s were many in
1957," says Ken Frantz, the HEC's
first and only General Manager.
" O n e of the most i m p o r t a n t objectives of the HEC was a plan to
modernize and rehabilitate the entire electric s y s t e m . Other objectives w h i c h were planned i n c l u d e d
combining
operations,
revising
electric rates and inventory valuat i o n , t e s t i n g meters, and i m p r o v i n g
public ralations and personnel programs. O n c e w e had e s t a b l i s h e d
our initial o b j e c t i v e s , the HEC set
out to a c c o m p l i s h what s o m e said
c o u l d not be d o n e . "
The HEC is a s u c c e s s story
because of t h o s e w h o believed it

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c o u l d be done. Long hours and hard
w o r k has e s t a b l i s h e d what the HEC
says is the best electric utility of its
size in the country.
" N o t only did we have a badly
depleted electric s y s t e m , we had a
badly depleted financial c o n d i t i o n , "
says General Manager Frantz. " W e
had a bank balance of $17,000, a
b o n d e d debt of $751,000, $55,000 of
w h i c h was payable w i t h i n 15 days, a
bill of $33,000 for purchased power
and over $20,000 in other current liabilities. Our first six m o n t h s of operation c o m p e l l e d us to operate on
borrowed f u n d s f r o m local b a n k s . "
Today, the HEC has surpassed all
e x p e c t a t i o n s . The m o d e r n electric
utility, that operates on a pay as you
go a t t i t u d e , is debt free and has a
reserve capacity to d o u b l e its present load size. The balance sheet
s h o w s a book balance of $12 m i l l i o n
on a s y s t e m w h i c h was appraised at
$1.2 m i l l i o n w h e n it was created.
What really makes it w o r t h w h i l e is
that the s y s t e m is paid for, thanks
to the f o r e s i g h t of Ken Frantz and
the c o m m i s s i o n e r s .
In a d d i t i o n to e x p a n d i n g , modernizing and rehabilitating the electric
s y s t e m , the HEC has c o n t r i b u t e d
$8.9 m i l l i o n to the general f u n d of
the City and $724,349 in property
taxes. This has been a c c o m p l i s h e d
using electric rates either equal to
or below the other electric u t i l i t i e s
operating in the area.
The revenue f r o m the sale of electricity has g r o w n f r o m $904,099 in
1957 to $10.4 m i l l i o n in 1981 and is
projected to reach $12 m i l l i o n by
the end of 1982.

It became
a success
story
because the Harrisonburg
City
C o u n c i l created a c o m m i s s i o n completely free f r o m the political arena.
The general manager is charged
w i t h the everyday operation of the
s y s t e m and has the c o m p l e t e support of his c o m m i s s i o n e r s . All
m o n i e s , rates, e x p a n s i o n s and
b u d g e t i n g are the responsibility of
the HEC. The o r d i n a n c e required
that a five (5) percent c o n t r i b u t i o n
be made each budget year based on
sales of electrical energy. The HEC
has c o n t r i b u t e d an average of
11.75% during the past 25 years.
This year $750,000 will be cont r i b u t e d to the general f u n d . In addit i o n , the HEC pays the City the
same property tax that a private
utility w o u l d pay operating in the City.
The City currently c o n s i s t s of six
square miles and has been awarded
an additional 11.5 square miles
through a n n e x a t i o n . A l t h o u g h the
c o u n t y has appealed the annexation
c o u r t ' s d e c i s i o n , the HEC, t h r o u g h
proper p l a n n i n g , is ready to begin
serving
the additional
2,000
customers,
bringing
the total
c u s t o m e r s to an e s t i m a t e d 10,000.
HEC currently has a peak 52 MVA
w i t h 2,450 megawatt hour annual
sales of electrical energy. All power
r e q u i r e m e n t s are purchased from
VEPCO.
As stated previously, the HEC
has worked hard to make it what it is
today. HEC Chairman Robert F.
Moss explains, " W e have tried to
make the HEC a branch of the city
g o v e r n m e n t of w h i c h the citizen

�viding reliability of s e r v i c e to the
H E C c u s t o m e r s , " c o n c l u d e s Chairman M o s s .
T h e City of Harrisonburg d o e s
have a right to be proud of their
e l e c t r i c s y s t e m . F o r a s y s t e m that
was almost abandoned,
proper
management, dedicated employees
and the cooperation of the citizen
o w n e r s proved that the H E C will
c o n t i n u e to grow a s they begin the
next 25 y e a r s .

—Report
by Gary Green,
troller of the Harrisonburg
Commission.

Financing
Public Power
Requirements

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o w n e r c a n be proud. W e provide
thenn with an efficient s e r v i c e for
l e s s c o s t than they would receive if
the s y s t e m w a s privately o w n e d . "
" I t has not been e a s y for management or the 35 e m p l o y e e s . Proper
planning and building of a s y s t e m
that h a s averaged s o m e t h i n g lil&lt;e a
1 0 % growth for the first 25 y e a r s
h a s been a c h a l l e n g e . W e now have
reserve c a p a c i t y to handle our load
r e q u i r e m e n t s for many y e a r s into
the
future. T r a n s m i s s i o n
lines
(69KV) have been built to form a
loop feed around H a r r i s o n b u r g , pro-

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Let Washington
hear it from you.
President Reagan's second year in office promises
more of what the first year dehvered—more spending cuts,
more reliance on business, more uncertainty about the
federal government's interest in cities.
It all adds up to less for your city and the people
in it.
T o balance the budget in fiscal year 1984, the president
proposes another $30 billion in cuts, most of them in
domestic programs. Although general revenue sharing does
not come up for renewal until 1983, it is among the most
important programs and it is clearly threatened.

At N L C ' s 1982 three-day Congressional-City
Conference, you'll get detailed briefings on these and other
legislative issues, the better to prepare you for the visits
with your senators and representatives on the last day.
Come! Help drive home the message from home:

City problems are the nation's problems. City
concerns must be congressional concerns.
For full information write the Conference Registration
Center, National League of Cities, 1301 Pennsylvania
Avenue, N W , Washington, D . C . , or call (202) 626-3200.

All sessions at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

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Keeping The Government From Bringing Petty Cases
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel

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b e c a m e the law of the land. T h i s
statute, w h i c h will be t e s t e d for
three y e a r s , is intended to discourage the federal government and its
a g e n c i e s from bringing frivolous or
unwarranted c a s e s by
providing
that if the federal a g e n c y l o s e s a
c a s e , it is going to have to pick up
the legal c o s t s of the citizen w i n n e r
u n l e s s it c a n prove it had good
reason to bring the c a s e .
Congress
determined
that
b e c a u s e of the greater r e s o u r c e s
and e x p e r t i s e of the federal government, the standard for the a w a r d of
attorney's f e e s against the United
S t a t e s s h o u l d be different in certain
s i t u a t i o n s from the standard governing an a w a r d of f e e s a g a i n s t a
private litigant. Under the new law,
an a g e n c y that c o n d u c t s an adversary adjudication is required to
a w a r d , to a prevailing party other
than the United S t a t e s , f e e s and
other e x p e n s e s incurred by that party in c o n n e c t i o n with the proc e e d i n g u n l e s s the a d j u d i c a t e d officer of the a g e n c y f i n d s that the
position of the a g e n c y w a s s u b s t a n tially justified or that s p e c i a l circ u m s t a n c e s make an a w a r d unjust.
E x c e p t , in certain c i r c u m s t a n c e s ,
a t t o r n e y ' s f e e s are limited to $75.00
an hour, but other e x p e n s s , including
the
fees
of
expert
w i t n e s s e s , may be r e c o v e r e d . T h i s
legislation
is not
intended
to
benefit the giant organizations or
the very wealthy and is limited to individuals w h o s e net w o r t h s are l e s s
than $1 million or w h o are the s o l e
owners
of
an
unincorporated
b u s i n e s s with net worth of l e s s than
$5 million.
During the c o n g r e s s i o n a l hearings relating to t h i s legislation,
most c o m p l a i n t s c e n t e r e d on the
I R S , the E P A and O S H A . It w a s
e s t i m a t e d in the h e a r i n g s that the
government is losing about one out
of five c a s e s brought before the
federal c o u r t s , and that under this
law the government will have to pay
c o s t s in about 2 5 % of the c a s e s it
l o s e s . In h e a r i n g s before a g e n c i e s '

administrative
law j u d g e s ,
the
government's
l o s s e s are
much
higher,
about
5 5 % , and
the
e s t i m a t e s a s s u m e that the government would have to pay f e e s in
about one-fourth
of t h o s e lost
c a s e s amounting
in all to an
e s t i m a t e d amount of $92 million in
the first f i s c a l y e a r that the law is in
effect.
T h e idea behind the statute is not
one w h i c h is limited to federal c o n g r e s s i o n a l thought and a c t i o n .
H o u s e Bill 1735 w a s introduced and
p a s s e d by the 1981 S e s s i o n of
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y (incorporated in
the Code of Virginia a s S e c t i o n 96.14:21). It provides that in any civil
c a s e brought under the Virginia Administrative P r o c e s s A c t ( A r t i c l e s 4
and 5 of C h a p t e r s 1.1:1 of Title 9), in
w h i c h any person c o n t e s t s any
a g e n c y action a s defined in S e c t i o n
9-6.14:4, that s u c h person s h a l l be
entitled to recover from the a g e n c y
reasonable c o s t s and a t t o r n e y ' s
f e e s if that person s u b s t a n t i a l l y
prevails on the merits of the c a s e
and the a g e n c y i s found to have
acted unreasonably, unless special
c i r c u m s t a n c e s make an a w a r d unj u s t . Unlike the federal law, the
Virginia statute is not limited to pers o n s of l e s s e r m e a n s and d o e s not
define what is r e a s o n a b l e for c o s t s
and a t t o r n e y ' s f e e s .
Nor w a s H o u s e Bill 1735 the only
legislation introduced in the 1981
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y with r e s p e c t to
this i s s u e . H o u s e Bill 680, w h i c h
w a s not e n a c t e d into law, w a s m u c h
broader and would have entitled any
p e r s o n to
recover c o s t s
and
r e a s o n a b l e a t t o r n e y ' s f e e s upon
substantially
prevailing
on
the
merits of any civil c a s e w h e n defending against the e n f o r c e m e n t of any
law or regulation of the C o m monwealth and any political subdivision within the C o m m o n w e a l t h ,
and any department, a g e n c y or institution of the C o m m o n w e a l t h or
any political s u b d i v i s i o n . T h i s bill
w a s c o n s i d e r e d to be s o broad and
inherently d a m a g i n g to the local
g o v e r n m e n t s in the state that the
Virginia Municipal L e a g u e and other
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of local government

vigorously r e s i s t e d its p a s s a g e and
it w a s rejected by the G e n e r a l
A s s e m b l y . However, if governmetnal a g e n c i e s , and local governm e n t s for that matter, fail to be
j u d i c i o u s and do not e x e r c i s e
reasonable restraint in the adoption
and e n f o r c e m e n t of o r d i n a n c e s and
regulations, one may reasonably expect that the c o n c e p t of reimbursement of e x p e n s e s to a prevailing
citizen litigant will be revived and
perhaps enlarged by future G e n e r a l
Assemblies.

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Entries due by
Monday, April 26

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�1982 Achievement Awards Program
Virginia Municipal League
B e a winner. Last year Marion,
James City County, Fairfax City
and Y o r k County were among the
localities which carried home an
award.
All member localities are eligible
to enter but an entry cannot be
shared by more than two localities
and both localities have to be
members of the V M L .

Choosing an entry

Localities should select a program that has assisted its citizens
or employees regardless of how
simple it may seem compared with
other previous award entries. Programs in employee training,
transportation, recreation and
solid waste, among others, are all
eligible for an Achievement Award
entry.
New services offered by localities
are sources for award entries. Are
informational brochures for senior
citizens or recruitment campaigns
for public safety personnel being
used? Was a new format for council meetings created that made
them more productive? Are
department heads working
together more closely because of a
different approach to staff
meetings? Award entries do not
have to save money—they can
save time and prevent headaches.
A main concern is whether the
program has shown good results.
If a new service is chosen for an entry, make sure enough time has
evolved between the time the service goes into effect and the time of
entering the program.

Preparing the entry
E a c h entry should be typed double spaced and should not exceed
eight (8) pages. A cover page indicating the name of the project,
category, locality and bearing the
signature of the chief elected official is required. B l a c k and white
photographs, line art, renderings
or newspaper clippings can be sent
with the entry but cannot be larger
than letter size. There must be
three (3) copies of each entry and
of all photographs, line art, etc.

The entry should summarize the
program's background, activities
and results: what the program is;
why the program was needed;
what the program was set out to
do; how the program was set up;
how the program operates; what it
costs; who benefited from the program; what the program has
achieved and what the future is of
the program. Keep the entry simple and clear.
Several of the entries are enclosed in notebooks or report covers.
While this is a good practice, it is
not mandatory.
A screening committee as well
as the panel of judges will review
the entries. Appearance, grammar, and good writing style are
considered.

Categories
Twelve awards are available —
one for towns, and one for cities
and counties in each of the six
areas that parallel the V M L policy
committees. Localities may enter
all six categories but may only
have one entry in a given category.
The panel of judges has the
authority to withhold an award in
any category if no entry is exceptional. Below are the categories:
— Community Development
(housing and urban renewal)
— Effective Government (budget,
management, training programs)
— Environmental Quality (water
quality, local planning and land
use, energy use, solid waste
management)
— Human Development (child
care programs, health care,
alcohol and mental health programs, recreational services,
education, employment)
— Public Safety (court system, fire
and rescue services, emergency
preparedness, law enforcement)
— Transportation (streets and
roads improvement, public
transportation systems, bicycle
ways, transportation of the
handicapped)

Deadline

All entries must be postmarked
on or before Monday, April 26,
1982. Unlike in past years, there is
no application form but don't
delay—start now selecting and
preparing your entry.

Announcement
Winners are announced in
September and awards are given
at the League's Annual Conference, September 1 9 - 2 1 in
Virginia B e a c h .
All entries become the property
of the Virginia Municipal League.

Need more information? Call
Charlotte Kingery, 804/6498471.

�What should you do
when you're negotiating a
public power miancing
and nineteen investment bankers
are interested?
Merrill Lynch says,
look after your own interest.
After the Washington Public
Fbwer System rejected a $130 million
bid on its tax-exempt bond offering,
part of a planned $13 billion financing program, they came to New York
to hear presentations from 19 investment banking firms and to choose a
Senior Managing Underwriter.
Merrill Lynch was chosen over
all others for sound reasons.
Merrill Lynch was able to save
them $31 million in reduced interest
expense and increased bond proceeds, and 120 basis points in true
interest cost over the previous competitive bid.
How did we do it? Five ways.
P R I C I N G . Lven after Merrill
Lynch had initially priced the issue
fairlv but aggressively, based on accurate pricing intelligence developed by
our sales professionals, we took
advantage of the flexibility offered by
a negotiated sale, under improving
market conditions, to re-price the
bond issue with lower interest rates
on two occasions following the initial
pricing. T h i s generated additional
savings which the Supply System
could not have realized in a competitive sale.

A breed apart
capabilities, we were able to sell $30
million worth of bonds, nearly 25%
of the issue: 3 7% went to institutional
investors and 63% to retail investors.
This not only represented our efficient marketing capability, but also
enabled us to broaden the ownership
of the Supply Systems debt.
BOND A L L O C A T I O N . As
Senior Managing Underwriter and
leader in sales to final investors,
Merrill Lynch was able to allocate
bonds to make sure they were sold to
investors rather than stocked as inventory by other syndicate members.
TTiis enhanced price stability in

the secondary market and improved
investor regard for the Supply
Systems bonds.
CAPITAL COMMITMENT.
Merrill Lynchs capital strength,
which is unequaled in the industry,
came into play in two decisive
instances. First, we bought for our
own account $17.6 million of an
unsold long-term maturity for later
distribution to final investors. Second,
we undertook numerous trades with
institutional investors to consummate
the financing at favorable terms.
P R E V I O U S M A R K E T SUPP O R T . More than any other investment banking firm, Merrill Lynch
has supported the Supply System's
bonds in both good and bad markets.
During the twelve-month period following the Three Mile Island incident,
Merrill Lynch traded $154 million
of the term bonds in the secondary
market and sold $257 million in the
primary market in 1978 and 1979.
I f youVe in public power and
need financing, call or write Roger
E . Camp, Managing Director,
Merrill Lynch White Weld Capital
Markets Group, One Liberty Plaza,
N.Y.C. 10080 (212) 637-2.S40.

M A R K P : T I N G . Because of

Merrill Lynchs unique distribution
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�Councils Beware: Decisions l\/lust Be Made Witli Care
by Michele May
Davey Crockett made his motto,
"Be always sure you're right—then
go ahead."
These days, the Culpeper Town
Council would probably amplify
that to: "When you l&lt;now you're
r i g h t , be a l w a y s sure
it's
legal—then go ahead."
In February, 1981, the Town of
Culpeper paid a total of $56,031.40
in damages, interest, and attorney's
fees to the owner of an adult book
store. The 24-year-old woman had
sued after council rescinded her
business license.

The council members felt
then, during the trial, and
still feel that what they did
was right.

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The night of April 22, 1980, when
the mayor held a special meeting to
consider the matter, more than 200
area
residents
attendeddetermined to convince their
elected officials to do what they
also saw as right.
Over the weekend concerned
citizens had circulated petitions
protesting the proposed presence
of such an "evil" enterprise within
the town. Within just days of hearing about her plans, they had
gathered some 1200 signatures.
Among those attending the meeting
were parents' groups, neighborhood coalitions, and the ministerial
association. A spokesman told
council, "If you act in the interest of
the community, you will disappoint
the book store proprietors, but you
will retain the respect and esteem
of those who live and rear their
children in this community."
One
councilman
demurred
momentarily. "How many of you are
prepared to have your taxes go up to
pay for it if we get sued?" he asked
the crowd.
His question was received with
applause and laughter. Moved by
the emotions of the moment and
the sincere belief that they were
rightfully acting to protect com-

14

A b o u t the A u t h o r
Ms. May, a former c o u n t y elected official
in M i c h i g a n , is a Culpeper-based freelancer s p e c i a l i z i n g in law and p o l i t i c s .
She covered the Hudnell v. Culpeper trial
in A l e x a n d r i a for Culpeper B r o a d c a s t i n g
Corporation.

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munity moral standards, council
voted one by one to rescind the
license. Those present voted
unanimously. The meeting adjourned after an hour.
The repercussions lasted far
longer.
Charging that her civil rights were
violated, the store owner prepared
to go to court. She asked $75,000
actual damages, $300,000 punitive
damages against the town, and
$5,000 additional damages to be
paid personally by each of the eight
council members who had voted to
prevent her from opening her store.
At a jury trial in the Alexandria
Federal District Court in October,
the council members testified
without remorse that they had voted
to rescind the license and admitted
candidly that if faced with the same
decision, they would do it again.
"We thought we were doing what
the people wanted," the mayor announced firmly from the witness
stand.
Councilmen
were
relieved,
however, when the bench ruled that
they were immune from personal
damages since they had been acting in an official capacity. While
each had been questioned about
personal net worth, they could not
be assessed punitive damages.
As a body, they were not so fortunate.
U.S. District Judge D. Dortch Warriner instructed the jury that council
had violated the book store owner's
14th amendment rights. She had

been deprived of property without
due process. Therefore there was
no question that she was entitled to
damages. The question before the
jury was simply how much.
Due process, said the judge,
would require advertising the purpose of the meeting in advance, offering both sides the chance to
speak in a calm atmosphere, and a
cool procedure of fact-finding and
deliberate decision making on the
part of the council.
Business licenses, he added, are
for purposes of revenue, not regulation.
The jury found $25,500 total
damages. The citizens continued to
support their officials. Undaunted,
those who had circulated petitions
began to take up a collection to help
defray the cost.
In February, the check to the
store owner was authorized during a
regular monthly council meeting.
That was shortly after Judge Warriner reaffirmed punitive damages
and also found the town liable for
their adversary's lawyers' fees of
$30,330.03.
It is a landmark case in a trend
toward
increasing
punitive
damages being assessed against
local governments. Elected officials
everywhere are being called upon to
pay the consequences for their
decisions. Culpeper's experience is
alesson for other councils.

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counter that there's just no money
for a revenue turnback. When you
point out that a revenue turnback
need have no net cost to the federal
budget if equal or greater program
responsibilities are turned back
with the revenue, they are apt to say
that there's no room for anything
but cuts.

Regulatory Relief

Reducing the regulatory burdens
that come with federal aid is the
primary way that the Reagan Administration is striving to help state
and local recipients. The newly
released report from the President
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Monttis devotes considerable attention to their regulatory relief objectives and achievements.
The Presidential Task Force on
Regulatory Relief, chaired by Vice
President Bush, is hard at work.
Their solicitation for suggestions
on regulatory reform generated requests from state and local governments for changes in over 500
federal regulations. The Task Force
has announced about 60 actions to
relax regulations affecting states
and cities. Including the burden-

some Section 504 handicapped improvement requirements, the bilingual education and affirmative action requirements, and the DavisBacon
prevailing
wage requirements.
They are proceeding under Executive Order 12291, signed by
President Reagan last February,
which requires that all proposed
regulations and regulatory changes
be submitted to OMB for review
before publication, and also requires a cost-benefit analysis on
any regulation costing over $100
million.
AGIR's attention has focused on
the 37 crosscutting requirements
that carry out social and economic
objectives established by Congress. Each has a justification, but
those of lower priority or that can be
relatively well satisfied by nonregulatory federal, state, or local efforts
should be pruned. An Urban Institute study for the Joint Economic
Committee found In seven test
cities that just five of these regulations were costing $25 per capita
per year, the same amount those
jurisdictions were receiving in
General Revenue Sharing. The five

regulations were the Clean Water,
Transit Accessibility, Unemployment Compensation for state and
local employees. Education for All
Handicapped Children, and Bilingual Education requirements.
It Is very important to recognize
that, if the federal government does
not cut back on regulations, it will
not have significantly decongested
the federal system or decentralized
decision-making. If they only cut
back on the number of programs
through block grants and terminations, the crosscutting regulations
will be transported on fewer
vehicles but will still reach and control virtually all of the same recipients.

"Local officials appear to be
falling back in their push for
less federal regs."
Working Among the 3 Layers

I have several observations on
Reagan Federalism.
The President has strong, long held
convictions about pushing power
and resources out of Washington.
(Continued,

page 18)

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In the past, every president has talked about decentralizing power and
resources, but the seduction of
directing
the
nation
from
Washington or mounting programs
for particular needs considered to
be national has always led to a net
increase in centralization. President
Reagan may achieve the first net
reduction if the severe budget and
economic pinch does not cause him
to back burner federalism actions
until he has lost the command he
needs to see them through.
Federal aid cuts must be easier to
contemplate once you have no intention of substituting local dollars.
At least this is what I gather from
the reports I see on what officials in
many communities are deciding. If
so, federally-aided social, health,
education, and community services
in operation for a decade or more,
now fully equipped with clientele,
employee, and support groups, will
dwindle ordisappear.
The budget cuts and new block
grants are training the spotlight on
political dynamics within the state
orbits. Social service, health, education, and other interest groups fear
they will lose out badly in the contest for funds in the state-local
arena. They are not greatly
reassured when it is pointed out
that state legislatures and political
groups and alignments have changed dramatically during the past 20
years due to the one-man, one-vote
reapportionments,
legislative
reforms, the open government,
campaign financing, and citizen participation changes, and all of the
machinery put in place by the
federal aid programs. Which groups
will have the muscle to cope? Complicating the equation is the fact
that there's less total money to
divide.
I fear that the constituency for
decentralizing power and resources
to state and local governments is
not large, strong, and committed,
and I fear it is no match for the
special interests and other centralizing forces. Most disappointing
to me is that state and local officials, who consistently rail against
Washington's dominance, appear to
already be falling back in their
pushing for the sorting out of programs and resources and cutting
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Feedback Program
The City and C o u n t y of San Franc i s c o , C a l i f o r n i a i n s t i t u t e d a program, City Feedback, w h i c h a l l o w s
e m p l o y e e s t o a n o n y m o u s l y present
c o m m e n t s , q u e s t i o n s and suggest i o n s to supervisors and department managers, w h o are t h u s made
aware of the general c o n c e r n s and
needs of their work force. T w o large
diverse d e p a r t m e n t s , the airport
and d e p a r t m e n t of public w o r k s ,
have operated the program since
S e p t e m b e r 1980 and t w o more
d e p a r t m e n t s , the s h e r i f f s ' department and the d e p a r t m e n t of public
health are i m p l e m e n t i n g the prog r a m . For i n f o r m a t i o n ,
contact
Margaret Kisliuk, Mayor's O f f i c e ,
Room 168, City Hall, San F r a n c i s c o ,
94102. {League

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Martha Waike of A b i l e n e , Texas t o
ease the way for patients w i t h financial hardship.
She sends letters to patients w h o
have overdue bills of $50 or more,
inviting t h e m to settle their acc o u n t s by doing volunteer w o r k in
an arrangement w i t h the volunteer
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are reduced at the rate of $3.50 per
hour. The program is w o r k i n g so
well that s o m e people c o n t i n u e
their volunteer service long after
their medical service bills are paid
in full.

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Institute
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e m p l o y e e m o t i v a t i o n for 24 department and division heads f r o m t w o
neighboring
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key staff f r o m n e i g h b o r i n g t o w n s .
The approach helped broaden t h e
perspective of the p a r t i c i p a n t s and
s t r e n g t h e n e d relations between the
t w o t o w n s . For i n f o r m a t i o n about
the
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program,
c o n t a c t Christine Becker at 202/8283623. (ICMA

Newsletter)

Lions Donate
Training Funds
The Lions Club of A r l i n g t o n
C o u n t y presented a $1,450 c o n t r i b u t i o n t o the A r l i n g t o n C o u n t y Board
to c o n t i n u e the training of visually
handicapped persons in the use of
the recently purchased Kurzweil
reading m a c h i n e located at the central library.
This is a g o o d example of c o m munity help. First the Lions help
buy t h e m a c h i n e . A r l i n g t o n c o u l d n ' t
afford t o train all the people w h o
w a n t e d to learn how t o use it, they
d o n a t e d more f u n d s .

Recycling Old Buses
Fed up w i t h the high cost and low
quality of new buses, Metro is considering plans to save m i l l i o n s of
dollars by r e f u r b i s h i n g six hundred
old buses that were g o i n g t o be
taken out of service. Rather than
s p e n d i n g $150,000 per new b u s , the
Metro staff has asked the board of
d i r e c t o r s to reconsider s p e n d i n g
b e t w e e n $60,000 and $70,000 t o
renovate old buses nearing the end
of their e x p e c t e d service period. A l l
i n d i c a t i o n s are that the Metro board
will approve t h e idea.

Revitalizing Fredericksburg

The
planting
of
trees
in
Fredericksburg
symbolizes
the
b e g i n n i n g of an effort t o revitalize a
deteriorating n e i g h b o r h o o d .
A b o u t thirty of the trees were
planted in a b l o c k area near the
Walker-Grant M i d d l e S c h o o l . The
tree p l a n t i n g s are only part of a
revitalization effort that w i l l i n c l u d e
c u r b and c u t t e r work, litter clean up
and home renovations t h r o u g h low
interest loans. The Walker-Grant
r e h a b i l i t a t i o n project is being carried out at the same t i m e as a major
project to install brick s i d e w a l k s
and colonial-style lamps in the
downtown business district.
The c o u n c i l b u d g e t e d $48,000
this year and has asked staff to allot
at least $20,000 next year f o r the
rehabilitation effort. Fredericksburg
has also taken advantage of federal
grant and loan programs to induce
residents to improve their h o m e s .

mined that o n e - f i f t h , or $27 b i l l i o n ,
of the s p e n d i n g r e d u c t i o n s in fiscal
years 1981-1984 will c o m e directly
f r o m the operating b u d g e t s of
philanthropic
and
voluntary
organizations. Since total charitable
giving, adjusted for i n f l a t i o n , has remained c o n s t a n t for the past five
years, leaders f r o m the voluntary
sector w o n d e r w h e t h e r
private
organizations can make up for t h i s
loss of federal f u n d s , let alone expand their operations.
Clearly, the s c o p e of recent
federal b u d g e t cuts presents a
challenge that the voluntary s e c t o r
c a n n o t face alone. The degree of
commitment,
then, with
which
government
officials
pursue
p o l i c i e s to p r o m o t e v o l u n t a r i s m
may well d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r or not
v o l u n t a r i s m can " s o f t e n the b l o w "
of federal budget c u t s to social services.

Calendar
V M L Legislative Day, February 17,
1982, Holiday Inn D o w n t o w n , Richmond.
IMid-Winter IVIeeting of t h e State
Fire Chiefs A s s o c i a t i o n of Virginia,
February 2 0 - 2 1 , 1982, Holiday I n n ,
Ashland.
National
League
of
Cities
Congressional-City
Conference,
February
27-March
2, 1982,
Washington Hilton, Washington,
D.C.
Virginia S e c t i o n , International City
Management Association Annual
Conference, April 2 8 - A p r i l 30, 1982,
The H o m e s t e a d .
Media C o n f e r e n c e for Local Officials, J u n e 11,1982.
M u n i c i p a l Electric Power Association of Virginia A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e ,
June 2 - 4 , 1982, Holiday Inn 39th
Street, V i r g i n i a Beach,
s t a t e Fire Chiefs A s s o c i a t i o n of
Virginia A n n u a l Conference, July
14-18,1982, S p r i n g f i e l d H i l t o n , Fairfax County.
Virginia A s s o c i a t i o n of Chiefs of
Police A n n u a l Conference, A u g u s t
22-25, 1982, Blacksburg Marriott,
Blacksburg.
Virginia B u i l d i n g Officials Associat i o n A n n u a l Conference, O c t o b e r
10-13, 1982, Sheraton Inn, Harrisonburg.
Virginia M u n i c i p a l League A n n u a l
Conference,
September
19-21,
1982, The Pavilion, Virginia Beach.

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part of a planned $13 billion financing program, they came to New \brk
to hear presentations from 19 investment banking firms and to choose a
Senior Managing Underwriter.
Merrill Lynch was chosen over
all others for sound reasons.
Merrill Lynch was able to save
them $31 million in reduced interest
expense and increased bond proceeds, and 120 basis points in true
interest cost over the previous competitive bid.
How did we do it? Five ways.
PRICING. Even after Merrill
Lynch had initially priced the issue
fairly but aggressively, based on accurate pricing intelligence developed by
our sales professionals, we took
advantage of the flexibility offered by
a negotiated sale, under improving
market conditions, to re-price the
bond issue with lower interest rates
on two occasions following the initial
pricing. This generated additional
savings which the Supply System
could not have realized in a competitive sale.
M A R K E T I N G . Because of
Merrill Lynch's unique distribution
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the secondary market and improved
investor regard for the Supply
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C A P I T A L COMMITMENT.
Merrill Lynch's capital strength,
which is unequaled in the industry,
came into play in two decisive
instances. First, we bought for our
own account $17.6 million of an
unsold long-term maturity for later
distribution to final investors. Second,
we undertook numerous trades with
capabilities, we were able to sell $30 institutional investors to consummate
the financing at favorable terms.
million worth of bonds, nearly 25%
PREVIOUS M A R K E T SUPofthe issue: 3 7% went to institutional
investors and 63% to retail investors. PORT. More than any other investment banking firm, Merrill Lynch
This not only represented our effihas supported the Supply System's
cient marketing capability, but also
enabled us to broaden the ownership bonds in both good and bad markets.
During the twelve-month period folof the Supply System's debt.
lowing theThree Mile Island incident,
BOND ALLOCATION. As
Merrill Lynch traded $154 million
Senior Managing Underwriter and
of the term bonds in the secondary
leader in sales to final investors,
market and sold $257 million in the
Merrill Lynch was able to allocate
bonds to make sure they were sold to primary market in 1978 and 1979.
investors rather than stocked as inIf you're in public power and
ventory by other syndicate members. need financing, call or write Roger
This enhanced price stability in
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V0LUME17

MARCH 1982

NUMBERS

VML President
Raymond F. Ratcliffe
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx
Officers
Francis T. West
Charles A. Robinson, Jr.
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J.Thonnas
Executive Committee
Sam W. Adams
Charles E. Beatiey
Jane L. Hough
ArlieC. Payne
Hampton W. Thomas
Robert T.Williams
Past President
Roy H. Erickson
Sarah Holt, a Mass Communications student at Virginia Commonwealth University, assisted
with this month's issue.
On the Cover
Keeping municipal documents is
a time-consuming and frustrating
tasl&lt;. This month's issue explores
the field of records management,
offering ways to handle the responsibility. Our cover and inside
photographs are courtesy of DATA
MANAGEMENT.
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1982 by the
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4 What To Throw Away and How To Manage What
You Keep
"When Hampton moved into its new city hall building, staff
found that not everything could be moved. Out of necessity
records management became a central part of the city's government."

10 Recordkeeping, Microfilming and Computers for
Small Local Governments
"Myron Weiner, a former local government staffer, now assists
New England townships with their recordkeeping. He suggests
ways that small towns can get into the computer age with
minimal effort and relatively low cost."

13 VBOA Holds Mid-Winter Meeting
16 Herndon Gets The Gold
"Recently Herndon won a National Gold Medal for its recreation program."

17 VML Achievement Awards Announcement
"Entries are due April 26,1982 for this year's awards program."

19 Lynchburg Offers Counseling For Employees
"To help employees remain productive and happy workers, the
city contracted with a counseling group to talk with employees.
Good results are already evident."

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People
Commentary
Ideas
Directories

�What To Throw Away and
How To Manage What You Keep
By A. R. Carfagno
Anyone who has had to execute
and survive a big move l&lt;nows one
thing: you can't keep everything.
Moving forces one to reorganize
and discard items to make space for
more important ones.
The City of Hampton had its
share of moving decisions when the
city centralized its departments and
prepared to move into the new city
hall building in 1974. Problem:
about four million documents and
no space to store them. Their solution was one bred of necessity. In
the interest of cleaning house and
reducing costs, the city took its first
steps Into the world of records
management.

"About 25% Of the
documents were either
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The records management program envisoned in 1974 contained
four major components—records
retention and retrieval, forms
management, microform systems
and filing systems. To date, forms
management and microform systems have been most fully implemented with records retention
and retrieval the most active.
Developing a filing systems program to deal with active records
maintenance at departmental level
is the next planned activity, pending
the availability of additional
resources.
Each
component
developed as a response to an administrative problem.
The records retention and
retrieval management program was
necessary for dealing with not only
the millions of documents already
in existence, but more importantly,
as an effective means of addressing
future document accumulation. Up
to this point, records had been
created, filed, and eventually stored
in rented space, basements and
abandoned city buildings—in short,
there was no systematic approach
to records maintenance. This situation could no longer be allowed to
exist. It was evident, even in 1974,
that due to the growth of Hampton
About the Author
Mr. Carfagno was former Director of the
Department of Records Administration
for the City of Hampton.

and the ever-increasing amount of
documentation associated with
government contracts, federal commissions and projects, litigation
claims, state and municipal regulations and IRS and audit requirements, the amount of paper
generated would grow rather than
diminish.

Central Records Storage
To deal with this situation, a twopart records retention program was
developed. The first segment provided for a central records storage
facility.
With the development of a
records center, the capability for accumulating records systematically
enabling the city to save space,
time and money became a reality.
Documents no longer needed for
daily operations were stored in the
records center and ultimately were
microfilmed or destroyed, depending upon administrative or legal
value and requirements. Real time
savings were realized because the
records center provided a method
to store records, and to locate and
retrieve needed documents with a
minimal amount of clerical effort.
Saving money is a primary goal. The
records
center
contributed
substantially by providing a storage
facility for documents at about onethird the cost of active office space.
It also provided a method capable of
reducing overall clerical costs for
the City by concentrating a large
volume of records into the care of a
small clerical staff.
Another cost saving factor that
must
be c o n s i d e r e d
when
evaluating the merits of a records
center involves the expenditures
made by individual departments for
filing, storage and related equipment and supplies. Such savings
can be considerable. For example,
over 25 million documents are submitted to the records center for
storage annually, freeing some 210
existing file cabinets to receive
new, more active documents. An
average file cabinet expense, the
equivalent of $31,500 in file
cabinetry, is made available without
additional capital outlay. Other
costs, usually unrecognized but
quite expensive, are outlays for file
folders, tabs, index cards and other
related filing supplies. A generally
accepted cost figure per filing
cabinet per year for such items is
$228.

By reusing approximately 60 percent of these materials, as is
presently done by storing records in
boxes in the center, an additional
$28,728 is saved for a total annual
savings of $60,228. The records
center also provides for controlled
access to documents, controlled
climatic environment, and greater
protection from fire than would exist in city offices. Further, it provides for compliance with provisions of the Freedom of Information
Act and Privacy Act regarding document security and it reduces
substantially the occurrence of lost
or misplaced records.

Records Retention
Schedule
The second segment of the
records retention and retrieval program was the development of a
records retention schedule, which
is a planned, systematic, written
guideline establishing the lifespan
of all types of documents. Working
within guidelines and legal requirements established by the
federal government, provisions of
the Virginia Public Records Act and
the operational needs of the City,
records retention scheduling has
been an ongoing responsibility of
the Department of Records Administration since the program
began. Many guidelines exist for
certain types of records, notably
financial records and tax records,
but many others fall in an undefined
gray area and extreme care is needed to establish valid rates or retention. Once rates of retention are
established, it becomes possible to
monitor stored documents to determine when disposal can legally occur, thus providing additional
storage space without expanded
storage facilities. Since Hampton
adopted this program, over three
million documents have been identified as being duplications of
already stored documents or as no
longer legally required to be retained. They have subsequently been
destroyed.
Many examples of savings realized by the City of Hampton through
its records retention program exist.
In a belief that certain records had
to be kept for an indefinite period of
time, a quasi-city office had faithfully stored over 2.2 million records occupying over 500 cubic feet of
valuable space. Due to the dif-

�ficulties in storage related problems and the volume of records
being added yearly, additional
storage facilities had to be created,
or at least the documents had to be
microfilmed. A bid of $12,185 was
submitted
by a commercial
microfilming firm in order to handle
the project. The Department of
Records Administration indicated
that the legal requirement for maintaining the records in question was
10 years, and in doing so, approximately two-thirds of the documents were discarded. This afforded a savings of over $12,000 and
freed enough space to handle
future record storage requirements
on a continuing basis.

Microfilming
The third segment of the program, microfilm, solved the cost of
storage space. Some of the benefits
were: (1) a reduction In records
storage space requirements, I.e.,
the average contents of a lettersize, vertical, file cabinet can be
photographed on a single 100 foot
roll of 16mm film; and (2) a reduction In labor cost provided by reduced clerical search and handling time
in locating documents and fewer
misfiles or lost documents at a cost
of approximately $80 per incident.
Other advantages included a saving
in turnaround time and the risk of
documents or film costs in transit
when using commercial facilities,
and the ability to protect vital
records Inexpensively.

"To get employees to use
the new system, Hampton
personalized the instructions."
The inital implementation
of
micrographic systems into the
various city departments began
slowly. As a new and often
misunderstood information tool, its
value and ease of utilization was
questioned. To deal with this
natural reluctance to try something
new, the Department of Records
Administration instituted a system
of individual microfilm development
and Instruction. This concept
enables each department to express Its specific needs and concerns with using micrographics.
Since implementing the system,
over one million documents have
been microfilmed, and currently,
over a quarter-million documents
are being filmed annually (the
equivalent of 28 4-drawer, vertical
file cabinets or 122 cases of
documents stored In the records

center). Not only is there a savings
by not having to purchase additional file cabinets, but, by utilitlzIng micrographics, storage space
was reduced 98 percent.

Forms Management
The fourth segment, forms
management, was designed to
reduce expenditures in five specific
areas: forms printing, processing,
stocking, distribution and filing. In
most of these areas, avoiding spending extra money is the primary
goal. Printing costs, although only
4.4 percent of the total cost of
forms, provide the majority of actual
cash savings realized in a forms
management program. Savings are
realized by:
1. Designing forms that are conducive to In-house printing
capabilities, eliminating the
need to utilize more costly
commercial printing services.
A recent survey revealed that
departments are charged
$10.50 per 1000 forms produced in-house and similar printing provided commercially
would conservatively average

$16.00 per 1000. In Hampton,
an average of 600,000 forms are
printed annually. Because
these forms are able to be
printed in-house, an average of
$33,000 is saved annually.
2. Providing in-house art work,
composition and form plate
production
capabilities will
avoid more costly private industry costs. The difference in
cost Is a net savings.
The cost avoidance realized
by utilizing the drafting and art
work capabilities of Hampton's
Planning and Development
Departments when designing
forms is unknown. It is generally accepted, however, that
substantial savings are realized based upon preliminary
surveys into commercial costs.
A study of in-house vs. private
sector plate production costs
revealed Hampton was being
charged $5.00 per plate by
commercial sources. A 526 percent savings to Hampton was
realized when it was determined that labor and material
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were only 95 cents.
3. Occasionally forms may be
completely eliminated from a
system without being replaced
by another form.
In 1979, when the forms
management program was first
formalized, a survey of existing
forms within departments
disclosed that 1286 separate
forms existed. Each department had practiced a program
of producing forms they viewed as necessary to their operation. As a result, a great
number of forms were found to
be similar in the type of Information sought and yet were
not usable by all departments
because of minor differences
In wording and content. About
550 forms were eliminated the
first year when the staff reviewed all the forms and designed new ones to serve more
than one department. Currently from 5 to 10 forms are eliminated or redesigned each month.
Additional dollar savings in printing forms are realized by reducing
expensive extras such as multicolored ink usage, bleeding, perforating, shading and the use of expensive paper stock.
Of
the
remaining
costs
associated with forms, the area

which provides the greatest percentage of cost avoidance is forms processing. It is generally accepted
that a healthy 84.4 percent of the
total cost of forms Is in the category
of clerical processing. By reducing
the numbers of individual forms
that are used by the city or the
number of forms necessary to complete a function, the time needed to
process forms information can be
substantially reduced. A reduction
in clerical time produces reductions
in labor costs and with an 84.4 percent cost factor to work with the
potential savings are enormous. To
have these cost reductions it
becomes very important to a forms
management program in a system
to consolidate forms with similar
functions and to guard against the
unnecessary development of additional forms.

File Maintenance
The remaining 11.2 percent of
forms cost is related to file
maintenance. To assist In reducing
these costs, Hampton's program includes efforts to standardize form
size and format display. Such a program provides a means by which
the need for special size and/or
designed file cabinets and devices
can be avoided and the need for
equipment purchases eliminated.
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departments handling the form will
be able to utilize and file the form
with the same ease as the
originating department.
Is the development of active filing
systems and uniform filing procedures throughout the city the
future goal of the Department of
Records Administration? Recently,
Records Administration conducted
a word processing feasibility study,
a system which would address
many existing active record problems and cut costs. The clerical
needs in decentralized systems are
ever increasing, whereas a centralized system could handle a
greater workload with fewer increases in staff. Uniform filing
systems would also assure that
records duplication would be reduced and that inactive records would
be more easily transferable to
microfilm or secondary storage,
reducing the number of clerical requirements to maintain records.
The realization by the City of
Hampton that an enormous amount
of paper is generated within a
system of this size, that administrative costs must be controlled and that at the same time information must be readily available
when needed, has led to the adoption of a program that has successfully addressed all of these
needs: records management.

Local Government Laws
of Virginia
Local Government Laws of
Virginia is a handy two volume
reference manual incorporating
all significant Virginia local
government statutes.
These volumes and 1981 supplements were prepared by the
Michie Company at the request
of the Virginia Municipal League.
They include Michie's copyrighted a n n o t a t i o n s and a
general topical index.
Local officials and their staffs
across Virginia have found Local
Government Laws of Virginia a
most useful tool in bringing to
their fingertips the basic legal requirements under which local
governments in Virginia are required to operate.
Many
jurisdictions
have
ordered several sets. Write Barbara G e n t r y , M i c h i e - B o b b s Merrill Company, B u s i n e s s Office, P.O. Box 7587, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906.

�People
Honors
T h e City of Suffolk tiad ttie opportunity in D e c e m b e r to thank a man
w h o has served the municipality for
the past 35 y e a r s . Retiring T r e a s u r e r
S.
Bertram
Hazelwood
was
presented a framed certificate of
outstanding s e r v i c e to the city
w h i c h he h a s served In a myriad of
w a y s . He h a s served a s T r e a s u r e r of
the c i t i e s of N a n s e m o n d and Suffolk s i n c e 1973. He also served a s a
m e m b e r of the E l e c t o r a l Board for
35 y e a r s and a s C h a i r m a n for 10
y e a r s . He w a s a member of the
N a n s e m o n d County Police Advisory
C o m m i s s i o n , the Equllizatlon Board
of T a x A s s e s s m e n t and the Suffolk
Water R e s o u r c e s T a s k F o r c e . During the presentation, he w a s cited
for generating e x t r a revenue for the
city through careful I n v e s t m e n t s of
city money w h i c h have a c c r u e d over
$4 million.

Appointments
Sam Mountain stepped
down
from his post a s mayor of the T o w n
of C h l l h o w i e but he will stay on a s
T o w n Manager until J u l y 8. Mr.
Mountain a n n o u n c e d that he no
longer w i s h e d to serve a s mayor, a
position he has o c c u p i e d for a l m o s t
12 y e a r s .
G. M. Newman began his position
a s Abingdon T o w n Manager this
month. He served a s City Manager
of Norton immediately prior to his
appointment and a l s o a c t e d a s
T o w n Manager of B l u e f l e l d . Mr.
N e w m a n holds a B.A. from B l u e f l e l d
S t a t e C o l l e g e and is currently working on his M B A from S y r a c u s e
University.
Edward A . Wyatt a s s u m e d the
position of F a i r f a x City Manager
March I. A native of P e t e r s b u r g ,
Virginia, Mr. Wyatt h a s s e r v e d a s city manager in G r e e n v i l l e , North
C a r o l i n a s i n c e 1978. He received a
b a c h e l o r ' s degree in b u s i n e s s from
Virginia P o l y t e c h n i c Institute and
graduate d e g r e e s from the University of R i c h m o n d and A p p a l a c h i a n
State University.
Janice O. IWIapp is the new director of the R i c h m o n d H u m a n Relations C o m m i s s i o n . S h e c a m e to the
city from the Office of Y o u t h Prog r a m s , U.S. Department of Labor
and
has served in
leadership
c a p a c i t i e s including a W h i t e H o u s e
appointment.
M s . Mapp
holds

d e g r e e s from Morris B r o w n C o l l e g e ,
Montclair S t a t e C o l l e g e In New
J e r s e y and earned a graduate
degree from C o l u m b i a University in
New York.

Deaths
LaRue Van lUleter, 83, former F a l l s
C h u r c h City Attorney,
died
in
December. He b e c a m e the T o w n Attorney in 1943 and worked to obtain
city s t a t u s for F a l l s C h u r c h . Mr. V a n
Meter gained national recognition
w h e n he prepared an ordinance that
led to the control of m a s s a g e
parlors. H i s ordinance b e c o m e the
model for s i m i l a r o r d i n a n c e s a c r o s s
the country. A graduate of G e o r g e
W a s h i n g t o n L a w S c h o o l , he w a s a c tive in the F a i r f a x and Virginia B a r
Associations.
E.A. Sliepliard, T o w n Manager of
G l a s g o w , died T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 26,
1982. Mr.
Shephard
had
been
manager of G l a s g o w for 15 y e a r s
and w a s a veteran of World W a r II.
He is sun/ived by his wife, Mrs.
J o y c e S h e p h a r d , and one s o n , E . G .
Shephard.
W. A. Seaweli, Jr., Chief of S e c u r i ty for the Virginia M u s e u m , died in
February. A graduate of Fork Union
Military A c a d e m y , he attended what
is now V P I &amp; S U and North C a r o l i n a
S t a t e University . In 1965 he received
a
bachelor's
degree
In

Criminology from R i c h m o n d Profess i o n a l Institute, now part of Virginia
C o m m o n w e a l t h University.
He began his police career a s a
patrolman for the Capital P o l i c e In
1956, w a s promoted to sergeant in
1958, lieutenant in 1960 and chief In
A u g u s t 1961. In 1970 he w a s named
Chief of S e c u r i t y of the Virginia
M u s e u m where he remained until
his death.
He w a s e l e c t e d to W h o ' s W h o In
Law E n f o r c e m e n t in 1979 for his efforts In the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of law enforcement s c h o o l s at V C U and Old
Dominion University and his push
for education of law e n f o r c e m e n t
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�Commentary
Virginia's Long Trek To Safety
By Barry R. Lawrence
More than a decade after the
passage of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
in 1970, Virginia's Department of
Labor and Industry is assuming
general responsibility for the enforcement of occupational safety
and health regulations within the
Commonwealth under the terms of
the Act.
The 1970 legislation reflected
congressional dissatisfaction with
the effectiveness of then-existing
programs of state governments to
promote job safety; consequently,
the law set stringent federal standards in order to ensure "safe and
healthful working conditions."
Although these standards preempted any state regulations then in effect, the law encouraged states "to
assume the fullest responsibility for
the administration and enforcement
of their occupational safety and
health laws ]29 U.S.C. sec.
651(b)(11)(1970)]." Section 18 of the
OSHA allows any state to develop
and enforce job safety and health
standards in areas for which a
federal standard
has been
established, upon approval by the
Secretary of Labor of a formal state
plan. The primary condition for approval is that the plan be "at least as
effective" as the federal standards
]29 U.S.C. sec. 667(c)(6)]. The states
are given the flexibility either to
copy the federal system or to
develop an alternative system that
is comparable to the federal program. As Virginia has discovered,
however, the closer a state comes
to imitating the federal model, the
fewer obstacles it has to overcome
in order to gain approval of the plan.
When Virginia was faced in 1970
with preemption of its occupational
safety and health laws at the national level, the state chose to build
upon its existing administrative
frameworl&lt;
and s u b m i t
a
"developmental" state plan for approval by the U.S. Department of
About the Author
Mr. Lawrence is a f f i l i a t e d w i t h t h e Ins t i t u t e of G o v e r n m e n t at t h e University
of Virginia.

was that the plan made no provision
Labor. State officials felt quite
for civil monetary penalties, but onstrongly that the Commonwealth
ly for criminal sanctions. Virginia
could operate a regulatory program
ultimately revised its plan to ensure
that would be equally as effective
third party representation and to
as the one administered by the
provide for civil, rather than
federal government, given the
criminal, prosecution of violators of
availability of federal grant money
safety and health regulations.
to fund up to 50 percent of the cost
in implementing a state plan.
Many of the differences in interVirginia actually submitted its plan
pretation, viewed from the state's
in late 1972 and the General
perspective, could have been avoidAssembly passed enabling legislaed had the U.S. Department of Labor
tion in the 1973 session. Implemenvoiced its original objections to the
tation of Virginia's plan did not ' Virginia plan in a clear and succinct
begin until January 1, 1977 because
fashion. Nonetheless, the last maof legal challenges to the plan and
jor roadblock to initial implementabecause of disagreements between
tion of the state plan was overcome
federal and state officials regarding
In 1976 when the General Assembly
the interpretation of language in
f u r t h e r a m e n d e d t h e Comboth the federal act and the state
monwealth's occupational safety
plan.
and health laws and clarified its
system of enforcing those laws.
Two types of legal challenges
were raised against the state plan.
Interestingly, although the job
Representatives of various labor
safety of state and local governorganizations charged that the plan
ment employees Is not subject to
excluded employee representatives
direct regulation through the
from participating as third parties in
federal OSHA, a state plan cannot
enforcement proceedings against
gain approval unless coverage is exviolators of safety and health stantended to these occupational
dards. In addition, the United States
groups. Although Virginia's preAssistant Secretary of Labor, John
OSHA Safety and Health Codes
Stender, initiated proceedings in
Commission had monitored the occourt to reject the original state
cupational safety and health pracplan on the grounds that its entices of state and local employees.
forcement procedures were not "at
Inspection and enforcement proleast as effective" as those found in
cedures were tightened in 1975
the federal act. His chief objection
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By Myron E . W e i n e r
Despite claims to tine contrary,
most local governments are very
productive. There Is built-in level of
modern technology use which
mal&lt;es small and large municipalities economical and effective, more
than is generally recognized by the
public.
But improving productivity during
the 1980s is still a critical issue, particularly in the office. Consequently, the subject of recordkeeping, microfilming and computers
is
important
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Most organizations approach this
area in a piecemeal fashion, dealing
with one technique or technology at
a time and usually starting with
computers. It would be better if a
town recognized that there are a
large number of technologies
available, such as filing systems.
About the Author
Mr. Weiner spent 15 years in local and
state government management before
becoming a professor at the University
of Connecticut. He is a graduate of
Syracuse University and holds a Masters
of Government Administration from the
Institute of Local and State Government,
Wharton Graduate School, University of
Pennsylvania.

Governments

computers, word
processors,
micrographics, reprographics and
video that need to be looked at comprehensively. Thought should be
given to how they should or could
be Interrelated.
Look at a local government
recordkeeping in a fundamental
way. Most towns use records which
grew incrementally over the years.
There is duplication and redundancy in the paper/record processing
by the different units of a local
government. Just assembling and
inventorying all the different forms
used will lead to consolidating and
reducing the volume and duplication in records and recordkeeping.
Creating and maintaining maps is
a good illustration of duplication for
even the smallest local governments. The number of different sets
of maps kept for the same
geographic areas by different
municipal/county
departments,
other government organizations,
and even private electric, gas, water
or telephone companies is staggering. In view of the technologies
available, Improved productivity in
map maintenance has great potential for local governments.
In short, the first step toward improved office productivity is the
recognition of the need for a fundamental, comprehensive approach
to simplify and modernize recordkeeping.

Use Employees
This process should Involve key
town employees interested and willing to participate and guide the effort. There are two major reasons
for involvement: those most affected by change need to be Involved in the change process and have
ownership
in the
process.
Technically, this is called "Action
Research."
Secondly, no one knows town operations better than the employees
themselves. While employees
generally need knowledge of new
technologies, In the long run they
know best how to apply modern
techniques to their work. This
means that a steering committee
needs to be created and begin
meeting periodically to guide and
direct the process. Such a group
should include employees from all
levels and from different units in the
town. Where possible. It should Include councilmembers and perhaps
citizens who have particular experience helpful for the process.

Training
A good beginning point for the
process is training—for members
of the steering committee and, If
possible, all employees. This can be
done by bringing in appropriate
university groups/individuals or
companies/consultants which have

�experience In this field. National
professional groups s u c h as
Management Analysts in State and
Local Government (MASLIG) can
also be tapped. It is worthwhile to
encourage town employees to
enroll in training courses/workshops on their own time and to
reimburse some or all their expenses. Subjects could include filing systems, micro-computers,
word processing, microfilming and
office automation. Also, courses
should deal with fundamental subjects such as management analysis
where procedures and methods
analysis, records management,
paperwork simplification and productivity are taught. Organization
development courses are also
recommended, investing in employees is necessary.

Getting Expert Help
This is perhaps the easiest, and
at the same time, the hardest step
in the process. There is no shortage
of "experts." There are private consultants and specialists who can
help local governments from local
or state universities. It is also possible to obtain an expert from a
business in the community, or a
retired speciaist who lives in the
community and is willing to provide
expert advice to the town government.
There are two problems with experts: their
role and
their
overspecialization. The expert
should provide technical assistance
and coordinate the improvement
process, not take it over. This is a
vital, but subtle, point. Outside experts have a tendency to take
charge and in the long run, this
would defeat the total process. The
employees must guide and direct
the process and become actively involved in changing recordkeeping
procedures and installing new
technologies. They should use the
technical skills of the experts when
and as they see fit.
The second difficulty is that experts are too specialized; they really
have a very narrow view of the total
office productivity effort. Not only
do they not know the unique environment of the local government,
the field of modern technologies is
vast and very few experts have a
command of all the facets of office
productivity.
But an expert is skilled in getting
technical assistance. Moreover, a
number of different experts can be
brought in as needed. This approach has a hidden, but important,
benefit: it is cheap. Experts who
specialize are expensive, whether
hired Individually or through their

organizations. Most small local
governments cannot afford them.
But when a variety of experts are
used—some high priced and others
possibly even volunteering their
time—small communities can get
technical assistance and advice at a
relatively low cost.
Vendors, for example, have an obvious bias, but their employees can
be called in to provide technical
data which is helpful to the steering
committee. The same goes for a
specialist from a local company
who is willing to give advice and
know-how possibly on a community
goodwill basis.

Use a Return on Investment
Approach
The costs of local governments
continue to grow, so investing in
capital equipment is difficult for
small municipalities. Where investments are made, " c o s t displacement" is the desired result.
For instance, if a town buys a
$15,000 microfilm system, can it
reduce staff by one or two
employees to cover the costs? This
rarely should be the financial rationale. Despite the public clamor
for reduced government costs, the
demands on local governments
keeps growing in volume and complexity. The major return on any investment, therefore, should be costavoidance—how can the current
staff do more and avoid any increased personnel costs. This is the real
saving. It is also the crux of productivity improvements. The formula is
simple:

creases in the current budget
for the next five years MINUS
net reduced costs from productivity improvements (current nogrowth budget X 5 years - the investment.)
The small local government interested and willing to achieve improved office productivity must be
willing to increase their level of office capitalization which is to make
investments now for a future return.
A schedule should be developed
showing for the next five years the
level of investment required and the
estimated avoided costs. Communities are used to making investments in s c h o o l s , motor
vehicles, public works equipment
and recreational facilities. Citizens
should be willing to make Investments in municipal productivity
if the benefits are quantified and
clearly spelled out in dollars and
cents.

Phase in Techniques and
Technologies
Most of today's modern office
technologies can be acquired by a
small local government. Small
modern filing systems, possibly
mechanized, are available at
relatively low costs. Microfilm
systems or services are used by
towns at prices for less than
$12,000. They are important when
whole document storage (property
instruments and birth certificates)
Is necessary. Microfilming also conserves scarce space.
Powerful microcomputers can be
acquired under $18,000 and can be

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used for both "data processing"
and "word processing." They also
c a n be c o n n e c t e d
through
telephone lines to bigger computers when more data needs to be
retrieved or stored. These machines
can be used for "electronically filing records" and for "electronic
mail," reducing the sending of
memos or paper from one office to
another.
There is a wide range of "software" available for microcomputers
which eliminates the need for programming. They range in cost from
$50 to $400 and can be used for
complete accounting systems, storing and retrieving any department's
data, word or text processing (for
letters and reports), keeping
records and calculating trends and
statistics. In the jargon used in the
business, this type of software is
known as a fourth generation
language that is developed to be
"user-friendly:" in effect employees
can use microcomputers for their
needs and operate them with little
outside assistance of an "expert."
There is no need to create a position and hire a technologyspecialist for the town. The key is to
motivate current employees to
refashion their own work environment and then give them support
through training and technical

assistance.
The following is an example of what
could occur if a town undertook this
effort:
Phase 1 — P r o v i d e t r a i n i n g
in
records/procedures
analysis and In modern
technology and office
management.
Phase2—Initiate a records and
procedures study. Begin
by inventorying all forms.
Streamline and combine
forms citizens and use
and simplify the procedures and methods of
recordkeeping that are
similar and involve:
• sorting and routing
• numbering and coding
• processing according
to rules
• summarizing
• recording and filing
• reporting
Thus an objective is to reduce
redundancy in recordkeeping and
records maintained. Identify areas
where microfilm and computers
have potential. Remember, even
with modern technology, paper is
here to stay so try to modernize filing systems. Develop a five to ten
year plan of equipment investment
and estimate costs avoided based

on current increases in town expenditures.
Phases—Implement new forms
and procedures and purchase initial filing and
microfilm
equipment.
Begin training.
Phase 4—Purchase a microcomputer or lease minicomputer time sharing services. Be sure to find a
system that has "fourth
generation"
(useroriented) languages that
are
relatively
programless. Utilize the
computer initially for a
few, high-volume data
processing areas. Begin
also to utilize the computer for word processing of letters and reports.
Phases—Spread the use of the
micro/minicomputer to
other applications and
other
organizational
units. Begin to utilize it
for electronic mail and as
an
electronic
filing
cabinet (data managment)
P h a s e s — B e g i n to tie in the
microfilm and computer
systems.
P h a s e ? — Begin investing in special purpose technologies such as computerassisted maping or electronic funds transfer.

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Recordkeeping Is at the heart of
local government day-to-day operations, therefore, applying modern
technologies, such as microfilming
and computers systems will occur
as the pressure for improved productivity and effectiveness continues. Municipalities have made
great improvements during the past
three or four decades. With the
pressures of increased work, and
with diminishing resources, the
rapid growth in office technologies
offer an opportunity to approach
future improvements in office productivity in a more methodical
fashion, one that involves those
most affected by this effort. For the
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payoffs will be both immediate and
long term.

�VBOA Holds
Mid-Winter Meeting
The Virginia Building Officials Association held Its
Mid-Winter meeting at the Holiday lnn-l-64 West in
Richmond on January 25, 1982. Major topics of discussion included proposed changes to the Virginia
Uniform Statewide Building Code to be heard by the
State Board of Housing and Community Development
on February 17, proposals concerning changes In
regulations on registration of architects and engineers
and a presentation on the educational program
developed by the Educational Committee of the VBOA
for the Department of Housing and Community Development.
In the afternoon, two awards were given. A
Meritorious Architectural and Accomplishment Award
was presented to Victor Leighty of Vic, Incorporated, a
Newport News builder, for outstanding accomplishment in energy conservation. Clarence Diersing, VBOA
Second Vice-President and Director of Code Compliance for the City of Newport News, made the presentation following the display of several color slides
which attested to the company's accomplishments. Mr.

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Leighty's "Energy 80" project was cited for construction of single family dwellings utilizing Innovative
energy conservation ideas, consisting of both active
and passive solar systems, earth berming, natural cooling and other techniques.
A Meritorious Service Award was presented to
Claude G. Cooper, Director of Inspection Services, Fairfax County. Jack Proctor, Director, Division of Building
Regulatory Services, Virginia Department of Housing
and Community Development, made the presentation
citing Mr. Cooper's dedication and effort In chairing the
VBOA Educational Committee and acting as representative for the VBOA at meetings held to develop improved regulations pertaining to registration of architects
and engineers. Mr. Cooper led the Education Committee in developing an educational course designed to
train code enforcement personnel in the administration
of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

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Interest exempt, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, from present Federal income taxes under existing laws and regulations. Exempt, in
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1987
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1990

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Price

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�Ideas
Cutting Costs
It's no s e c r e t that local governm e n t s are f a c e d w i t h funding short a g e s t h e s e d a y s , but innovative
planning
could
alleviate
the
n e c e s s i t y for e m p l o y e e layoffs.
A s s i s t a n t Director of P e r s o n n e l
of H e n r i c o C o u n t y , G e o r g e H. C a u ble, J r . , h a s offered a few viable
alternatives to cutting c o s t s :
• R e d u c e your m u n i c i p a l i t y ' s ins u r a n c e c o s t s by c o n s i d e r i n g
s e l f - i n s u r a n c e in m o s t of the
programs
(i.e.,
risk/liability,
w o r k e r ' s c o m p e n s a t i o n , etc.)
• Manage u n e m p l o y m e n t
compensation by a r e i m b u r s a b l e
method
i n s t e a d of the tax
method
• Make do with e x i s t i n g buildings
and f a c i l i t i e s w h e n e v e r p o s s i ble
• C o n s e r v e energy a n d r e d u c e
travel a n d c o n f e r e n c e programs
• Consider cutting
employee
educational
assistance
programs

• Limit the u s e of government
v e h i c l e s to daytime
• Implement a w o r k s h a r i n g program to improve
efficiency,
morale and turnover
• Utilize temporary help
• T r a n s f e r e m p l o y e e s from l e s s
to more c r i t i c a l p o s i t i o n s
• Alter your retirement plan to enc o u r a g e higher paid e m p l o y e e s
to retire early.

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Since
F e b r u a r y , 1981, A l e x a n d r i a n s have been s a v i n g money,
d e c r e a s i n g traffic c o n g e s t i o n and
reducing g a s o l i n e c o n s u m p t i o n by
carpooling on a n e m p l o y e r - b a s e d
ridesharing program.
T h e A l e x a n d r i a program h a s been
particularly fruitful a s c o m p a r e d to
s t a t i s t i c s of the U. S . Department of
Transportation's
O c t o b e r , 1978
publication Evaluation
of
Carpool
Demonstration
Projects.
In s i x months of operation the C i t y ' s project

r e a c h e d 24 percent of the w o r k
force, only o n e percent s h y of the
national figure for 12 m o n t h s of
operation. F u r t h e r m o r e , s e v e n perc e n t of A l e x a n d r i a ' s w o r k e r s w e r e
interested in carpooling v e r s u s 3.9
percent in the D e p a r t m e n t ' s s u r v e y .
A l m o s t two-thirds of A l e x a n d r i a n s
w h o carpool have three or more
c o m m u t e r s and 97 percent are still
pooling.
An Alexandria Ridesharing Council c o m p o s e d of local c o m p a n y
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s h a s been e s t a b l i s h ed to provide direction a n d feedback to the program w h i c h will continue for another year through a
V i r g i n i a Department of H i g h w a y s
and T r a n s p o r t a t i o n grant.
For further information about t h e
program, call (703) 838-4962.

Managing underwriters and distributors of
state, municipal, and government bonds and notes.
Investment bankers and advisers
to municipalities and government authorities
for revenue bond project financing.
For additional information, please contact one of the following
members of our Public Finance Division
AUSTIN V . K o E N E N (212-558-3180)
JOSEPH A . HARCUM (212-558-3174)
BENEDICT T . MARINO (212-558-2840)
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�Herndon Gets The Gold
To get a gold medal, you must be outstanding. That's
what the Sports Foundation, Inc. meant when it
presented its annual National Gold IVIedal Award to the
Herndon Parks and Recreation Department.
The main purpose of the award is to recognize continuing efforts of staff and volunteer members and
acknowledge support extended by municipalities in the
excellence of park and recreation departments.
Herndon was selected on the basis of its citizen and
government involvement. These people, according to
Parks and Recreation Director Arthur Anselene,
recognized the need for good leisure and recreation
programs. The town is only the second in the state to
receive the award since its inception in 1966.
Three major town projects brought national acclaim
to Herndon's recreational progress. The first was the
Herndon Community Center, created in 1976, which includes a multi-purpose room, gymnasium, meeting
room, arts and crafts and game rooms and the Recreation Department office.
In 1977, a $3.5 million recreation complex was financed. The complex consists of an 18-hole golf course, a
six-acre passive park and a 10-acre sports park.
Finally, Herndon achieved significant progress in
developing a neighborhood park system. Between
1978-1981, 28 acres have been developed for three additional parks.
How have they managed it? A Recreation Co-Op
Sponsorship Program was developed to give private
businesses the opportunity to aid to the recreation programs. Last year they contributed $10,000.
Also, Herndon's entire Recreation and Parks Operation, Including maintenance and bond retirement, is 65
percent self-sustaining. Concesson operations, advertising fees, contributions, grants, reservation fees and
user fees also assist in providing for the recreation program.

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�Entries due by
Monday, April 26

�1982 Achievement Awards Program
Virginia Municipal League
Be a winner. Last year Marion,
James City County, Fairfax City
and Y o r k County were among tlie
localities which carried home an
award.
All member localities are eligible
to enter but an entry cannot be
shared by more than two localities
and both localities have to be
members of the V M L .
C h o o s i n g a n entry
Localities should select a program that has assisted its citizens
or employees regardless of how
simple it may seem compared with
other previous award entries. Programs in employee training,
transportation, recreation and
solid waste, among others, are all
eligible for an Achievement Award
entry.
New services offered by localities
are sources for award entries. Are
informational brochures for senior
citizens or recruitment campaigns
for public safety personnel being
used? Was a new format for council meetings created that made
them more productive? Are
department heads working
together more closely because of a
different approach to staff
meetings? Award entries do not
have to save money—they can
save time and prevent headaches.
A main concern is whether the
program has shown good results.
If a new service is chosen for an entry, make sure enough time has
evolved between the time the service goes into effect and the time of
entering the program.
Preparing the entry
E a c h entry should be typed double spaced and should not exceed
eight (8) pages. A cover page indicating the name of the project,
category, locality and bearing the
signature of the chief elected official is required. B l a c k and white
photographs, line art, renderings
or newspaper clippings can be sent
with the entry but cannot be larger
than letter size. There must be
three (3) copies of each entry and
of all photographs, line art, etc.

The entry should summarize the
program's background, activities
and results: what the program is;
why the program was needed;
what the program was set out to
do; how the program was set up;
how the program operates; what it
costs; who benefited from the program; what the program has
achieved and what the future is of
the program. Keep the entry simple and clear.
Several of the entries are enclosed in notebooks or report covers.
While this is a good practice, it is
not mandatory.
A screening committee as well
as the panel of judges will review
the entries. Appearance, grammar, and good writing style are
considered.
Categories
Twelve awards are available —
one for towns, and one for cities
and counties in each of the six
areas that parallel the V M L policy
committees. Localities may enter
all six categories but may only
have one entry in a given category.
The panel of judges has the
authority to withhold an award in
any category if no entry is exceptional. Below are the categories:
— Community Development
(housing and urban renewal)
— Effective Government (budget,
management, training programs)
— Environmental Quality (water
quality, local planning and land
use, energy use, solid waste
management)
— Human Development (child
care programs, health care,
alcohol and mental health programs, recreational services,
education, employment)
— Public Safety (court system, fire
and rescue services, emergency
preparedness, law enforcement)
— Transportation (streets and
roads improvement, public
transportation systems, bicycle
ways, transportation of the
handicapped)

Deadline
All entries must be postmarked
on or before Monday, April 26,
1982. Unlike in past years, there is
no application form but don't
delay—start now selecting and
preparing your entry.
Announcement
Winners are announced in
September and awards are given
at the League's Annual Conference, September 1 9 - 2 1 in
Virginia B e a c h .
All entries become the property
of the Virginia Municipal League.
Need more information? C a l l
Charlotte Kingery, 8 0 4 / 6 4 9 8471.

�Lynchburg Offers Counseling For Employees
By Liz Browning
A l c o h o l i s m , drug a b u s e , marital
difficulties, financial worries and
emotional
trouble.
The
national
health care statistics state 10-12
p e r c e n t of w o r l &lt; l n g A m e r i c a n s e x perience these and other problems
s e r i o u s e n o u g h to a f f e c t t h e i r productivity on the job.
L o s s e s to b u s i n e s s e s r e s u l t i n g
f r o m poor p e r f o r m a n c e c a u s e d by
p r o b l e m s u n r e l a t e d t o work e x c e e d
$15 billion annually. W h e n t h e s e
t r o u b l e s a r e c a u s e d by f a c t o r s outs i d e the job, the e m p l o y e r Is not
r e s p o n s i b l e , but s h o u l d be c o n c e r n e d a b o u t t h e l o s s of a s k i l l e d
employee.
Troubled
employees
w a s t e 2 5 p e r c e n t of t h e i r s a l a r i e s ,
e x c l u d i n g a n y c o s t of e r r o r s , ins u r a n c e c l a i m s , job a c c i d e n t s and
d i s r u p t i o n to o t h e r s .
T h e E m p l o y e e A s s i s t a n c e Program is a simple step toward a solut i o n f o r t r o u b l e d e m p l o y e e s . It p r o vides confidential counseling and
referral for the troubled e m p l o y e e or
e m p l o y e e ' s family. T h e e m p l o y e e or
immediate
family
member
may
voluntarily s e e k help from E A P or
m a y be s e n t by a s u p e r v i s o r w h o Is
a w a r e of t h e e x i s t e n c e of s o m e problem.
A f i r m in c e n t r a l V i r g i n i a i s u n d e r
c o n t r a c t w i t h t h e C i t y of L y n c h b u r g .
Two
trained,
professional
counselors
provide
employee
a s s i s t a n c e to t h e c i t y a n d s e v e r a l of
L y n c h b u r g ' s major Industries. T h e
counselors maintain contact with
o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n a l s in t h e a r e a a n d
special
treatment
facilities
t h r o u g h o u t t h e s t a t e in o r d e r to p r o v i d e a p p r o p r i a t e r e f e r r a l if n e c e s sary.
I s it e f f e c t i v e ?
" A real m i r a c l e w a s w o r k e d w i t h
my child. I think anyone w h o g o e s
there is a l m o s t guaranteed good
results. It's the best
investment
Lynchburg has made," stated one
e m p l o y e e w h o related her personal
e x p e r i e n c e w i t h E A P s o that o t h e r s
m i g h t u n d e r s t a n d t h e v a l u e of s u c h
a program.
After
six
months
of
weekly
p s y c h o l o g i c a l c o u n s e l i n g for
an
emotionally troubled child, s o m e
problems
remained.
Then
a
headache developed and persisted
f o r e i g h t w e e k s in s p i t e of s i x
medical visits and more than $1,000
in m e d i c a l b i l l s .

About the Author
Liz Browning Is Lynchburg's Public Information Specialist.

Counselors

Susan Mock and Charlie Grainger Interview an employee.

P s y c h o s o m a t i c ? Of c o u r s e , but
p a i n f u l n e v e r t h e l e s s a n d p a i n f u l to
a l o v i n g m o t h e r w h o h a d n o w h e r e to
turn for h e l p — u n t i l
she remembered a m a n a g e m e n t training s e s sion on E A P . T h e training s e s s i o n s
w e r e c o n d u c t e d f o r 2 2 0 of L y n c h burg's managers and supervisors.
T h e y p r o v i d e d a n i n t r o d u c t i o n to
E A P (before
it w a s o p e n e d
to
e m p l o y e e s ) a n d a s t u d y of i t s c o n cept, philosophy and use.

"Lynchburg's program helps
troubled employees become
productive again."
" I t h o u g h t it w a s a g o o d p r o g r a m
for o t h e r s w h o m i g h t n e e d it," s h e
r e m e m b e r e d of t h e t r a i n i n g
session.
Ironically, E A P w a s the solution
for her a n d her troubled c h i l d .
Leaving the E A P office after her
child spent more than three hours
with a counselor, s h e realized s h e
w a s getting s o m e w h e r e . S h e also
realized that s h e w a s nearing exhaustion after m u c h heartache.

S h e admitted later that her w o r k
had s u f f e r e d from the ordeal but her
b o s s supported her during difficult
t i m e s . S h e w a s too m u c h a profess i o n a l to n e g l e c t her w o r k , but too
m u c h a c a r i n g m o t h e r t o g i v e f u l l att e n t i o n to h e r w o r k : " E A P w a s e x a c t l y w h a t I n e e d e d . It w a s n ' t j u s t
another round. First, the recept i o n i s t w a s a g e n u i n e l y w a r m person who made us so comfortable
with coming there. A shirt-sleeved
c o u n s e l o r put u s c o m p l e t e l y
at
e a s e a n d m y d a u g h t e r felt that s h e
c o u l d p u t h e r t r u s t in h i m . H e k n e w
immediately what s h e needed. He
helped her start thinking about what
might be w r o n g a n d helped her
m a k e r o o m in h e r h e a d f o r f i n d i n g
s o m e a n s w e r s . He helped her begin
to s e e h e r s t r e n g t h s i n s t e a d of
dwelling
on
past failures.
Both
c o u n s e l o r s are 'helping' people. I
w o u l d g l a d l y p a y f o r t h a t v i s i t to
EAP.
It w a s w o r t h
more
than
anything else."
T h e r e Is no c o s t to L y n c h b u r g
e m p l o y e e s for E A P s e r v i c e s . W h e n
referral
Is g i v e n , the c i t y ' s
ins u r a n c e carrier will pay c o s t s only
a s s p e c i f i e d in t h e p o l i c y .

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Local Option... Not According To The Attorney General
F e w l o c a l i t i e s in the C o m m o n w e a l t h w e r e a w a r e of S e n a t e
Bill 160, w h i c h w a s p a s s e d during
the 1978 S e s s i o n of the G e n e r a l
A s s e m b l y until Dr. J e a n L. H a r r i s ,
former S e c r e t a r y of H u m a n
R e s o u r c e s under G o v e r n o r D a l t o n ' s
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , s e n t letters to
v a r i o u s S t a t e and local government
o f f i c i a l s . T h i s m y s t e r i o u s legislation w a s c o m m o n l y referred to a s
the " l o c a l option b i l l , " w h i c h
b e c a m e S e c t i o n 15.1-36.2 of the
Code of Virginia. T h e original intent
of the local option legislation w a s
to permit l o c a l i t i e s to e s t a b l i s h
human s e r v i c e s delivery s y s t e m s
w h i c h prior to that time w e r e prohibited by S t a t e law and administrative regulations.
S e c r e t a r y H a r r i s ' 1978 letter ann o u n c e d the creation of the L o c a l
Option T a s k F o r c e , appointed by
the S e c r e t a r y to prepare g u i d e l i n e s
for l o c a l i t i e s to follow w h e n submitting new p l a n s to carry out the
reorganization of h u m a n s e r v i c e s
programs. A s many local e l e c t e d off i c i a l s , local h u m a n s e r v i c e s administrators, city, county, and town
m a n a g e r s and a d m i n i s t r a t o r s may
remember, the L o c a l Option T a s k
F o r c e in 1979 held public h e a r i n g s
a c r o s s the state to s o l i c i t input on
how the g u i d e l i n e s s h o u l d be
developed. T h e g u i d e l i n e s were
r e l e a s e d in final form in A u g u s t of
1979.

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c a m e on F e b r u a r y 9 , 1 9 8 2 a major
twist to the story of " l o c a l o p t i o n "
legislation. On February 9 , 1 9 8 2 the
Attorney G e n e r a l of the C o m m o n w e a l t h , G e r a l d L. B a i l i e s , in
r e s p o n s e to an inquiry from
S e n a t o r J o s e p h V. G a r t l a n of Fairfax, ruled that local option is unconstitutional.
A s defined in S e c tion 15.1-36.2, of the Code of
Virginia (the " l o c a l o p t i o n " s e c t i o n )
local governing bodies w e r e permitted to reorganize their h u m a n serv i c e programs in w a y s that w o u l d
o t h e r w i s e c o n f l i c t with e x i s t i n g
l a w s , r u l e s or regulations. However,
under this s e c t i o n of the Code, the
local governing bodies w e r e required to s u b m i t a reorganization
plan to the Governor. If an e x i s t i n g
provision of law prohibited or
restricted the implementation of

the plan, the G o v e r n o r w a s required
to s u b m i t the plan to e a c h h o u s e of
the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y at least fortyfive d a y s prior to the c o m m e n c e ment of a s e s s i o n of the A s s e m b l y .
In one of the most u n u s u a l turn of
e v e n t s in Virginia statutory law, the
local option legislation a l l o w e d for
a local option plan to have the f o r c e
of law, if the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y did
not s p e c i f i c a l l y disapprove the plan
by the end of the s e s s i o n in w h i c h
the plan w a s s u b m i t t e d . T h u s no
s p e c i f i c act of the G e n e r a l
A s s e m b l y w a s required to approve
the local option plan.
Herein lies the b a s i s of the Attorney G e n e r a l ' s opinion that the
" l o c a l o p t i o n " legislation is unc o n s t i t u t i o n a l . In his written opinion, the Attorney G e n e r a l notes
that " A r t i c l e IV, S e c t i o n II of the
C o n s t i t u t i o n of Virginia (1971) prov i d e s , in part, that '[n]o law s h a l l be
e n a c t e d e x c e p t by bill.' T o repeal or
modify a statute requires a
legislative a c t of equal dignity and
import. Nothing l e s s than another
statute will s u f f i c e . " T h e legal
authority for this point is Moran v.
LaGuardia, 270 N.Y. 450,1 N.E. 2d
961 (1936).
T h e Attorney G e n e r a l further
s t a t e s "it is well settled that a
statute cannot be a m e n d e d by
r e s o l u t i o n . " T h e legal authority for
this point is Newport News Fire
Fig titers Association
v. City of
Newport News, 307 F. S u p p . 1113
( E . D . V a . 1 9 6 9 ) ; . . . clearly, w h a t the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y cannot do by
resolution, it c a n n o t do by inaction.
Opinion to the Honorable Adelard L.
Brault, dated A u g u s t 8 , 1 9 7 8 and
found in the Report of the Attorney
G e n e r a l (1979-1979) at 110; 1 A.
Sands, Suttierland Statutory
Construction S e c t i o n 22.14 p. 141. T o
s u m m a r i z e the Attorney G e n e r a l :
" T h e s t a t u t e s a f f e c t e d by a local option reorganization plan cannot be
held to be s u s p e n d e d . "
T o c o r r e c t this situation the Attorney G e n e r a l s t a t e s : "It is my opinion that in order to c o m p l y with the
r e q u i r e m e n t s of the C o n s t i t u t i o n ,
the local option reorganization req u i r e s s p e c i f i c approval by bill
e n a c t e d by the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y in
any c a s e w h e r e a reorganization
plan c o n f l i c t s with e x i s t i n g

s t a t u t e s . It is further my opinion
that any s u c h legislative action
would constitute a s p e c i a l a c t a s
defined in A r t i c l e V I I , S e c t i o n 1. of
the Constitution of Virginia, w h i c h
requires an affirmative vote by twothirds of the m e m b e r s e l e c t e d to
both h o u s e s in the G e n e r a l
Assembly.
T h e Attorney G e n e r a l ' s opinion is
both clear and p e r s u a s i v e in that
the " l o c a l o p t i o n " legislation In its
present form is u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l .
T h e real q u e s t i o n i s , w h y did it take
s o long f o r a n y o n e , be it Legislative
S e r v i c e s , the previous S e c r e t a r y of
H u m a n R e s o u r c e s , the previous Attorney G e n e r a l o r a member of the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y to raise the question of the constitutionality of this
unique law w h i c h w a s p a s s e d in
1978? T h e q u e s t i o n of the constitutionality of the " l o c a l o p t i o n "
legislation c a m e up several t i m e s
during the T a s k F o r c e meetings in
1979. S e v e r a l localities including
D i c k e r s o n County, Fairfax County,
the c i t i e s of M a n a s s a s and
M a n a s s a s Park (jointly), Montgomery C o u n t y , S h e n a n d o a h
C o u n t y and S u r r y County have
spent a c o n s i d e r a b l e amount of
staff time and money in developing
local option p l a n s .
W e r e their good faith efforts all
for naught? While the elected off i c i a l s and s t a f f s of t h e s e localities
may c o m e c l o s e to despair at the
Attorney G e n e r a l ' s opinion . . . all is
not lost. If the " l o c a l o p t i o n "
legislation h a s an epitaph, it ought
not be inspired by the number of
aborted reorganization plans that
were developed and submitted to
the Governor. Rather, it should be
recognized that the p r o c e s s h a s
served a s a c a t a l y s t w h i c h c a u s e d
local e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s and s t a f f s to
e x a m i n e their organizations and
m e t h o d s of delivering human serv i c e s at the local level. One s u c h example is F a i r f a x C o u n t y , w h i c h
d i s c o v e r e d that it did not need the
approval of the G o v e r n o r or the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y to make a
number of key c h a n g e s wanted in
its local human s e r v i c e s delivery
system.
In spite of the short life of the
" l o c a l o p t i o n " legislation, positive
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V0LUME17

A P R I L 1982

NUMBER4

4-5 The Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania Agreement
" I n a historic agreement, the City of F r e d e r i c k s b u r g joined
f o r c e s with the County of S p o t s y l v a n i a to prevent hostility
between the j u r i s d i c t i o n s and to offer their c i t i z e n s a peaceful
place to live and work."

9 Fire Information On Wheels
" T o help volunteer firefighters in C h e s t e r f i e l d County, the
County gathered information about the a r e a s covered by the
volunteers and put the information in a van to make it available at
the s c e n e . "

10 Suits Made Against Police
" W h e n is a municipality liable for police a c t i o n s ? "

On the Cover
T h e K a n a w h a P l a z a c o n n e c t s the
new F e d e r a l R e s e r v e building, the
Virginia E l e c t r i c and P o w e r C o m pany building and the recent exp a n s i o n of E t h y l Corporation. It is a
pleasant a r e a for d o w n t o w n emp l o y e e s to relax in b e c a u s e of its
l a n d s c a p e d w a l k w a y s and ample
b e n c h e s . Part of R i c h m o n d ' s 197475 Capital Improvements Program,
the Plaza w a s c o m p l e t e d in 1979.
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" F o r the first time in the nation, s t u d e n t s c a n make fire s e r v i c e
training part of their high s c h o o l c u r r i c u l u m . "

14 Virginia Section, ICMA To Meet
16 Teens Learn to Fight Fires
" T h e City of Charlottesville F i r e Department and the Boy
S c o u t s of A m e r i c a s p o n s o r an Explorer P o s t s p e c i a l i z i n g in
c a r e e r s within the fire s e r v i c e . "

19 Stop Kids From Setting Fires
" B u r k e , Virginia has a program to c o u n s e l young firesetters
and their f a m i l i e s . "

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W h e n the moratorium w a s lifted
in 1980, the City of F r e d e r i c k s b u r g
reviewed the revised a n n e x a t i o n
laws and initiated a feasibility study
to investigate the possibility of annexing a portion of S p o t s y l v a n i a
and/or Stafford C o u n t y . Although
the city had not sought a n n e x a t i o n
s i n c e 1955, the e x p l o s i o n of growth
immediately outside the city limits
and the e r o s i o n of the c i t y ' s tax
base indicated that a study of annexation w a s n e e d e d .
During the d e c a d e of the 1970s
Spotsylvania County
was
the
f a s t e s t growing C o u n t y in the S t a t e
of Virginia. T h e growth outside City
limits n e c e s s i t a t e d the provision of
urban type s e r v i c e s ; s e r v i c e s w h i c h
in many c a s e s were provided jointly
by the city and the county. Despite
its u n p r e c e d e n t e d growth during
the 1970s, S p o t s y l v a n i a a g g r e s s i v e ly moved to provide a s many urban
services as possible. Recognizing
About the A u t h o r
Mr. K o l a k o w s k i is F r e d e r i c k s b u r g ' s C i t y
Manager.

that the threat of a n n e x a t i o n existed, on S e p t e m b e r 24, 1981, Spots y l v a n i a filed a suit for partial immunity. In r e s p o n s e to this suit the
city made its a n n e x a t i o n ordinance
public.
Negotiations c o m m e n c e d with
m e e t i n g s in w h i c h both s i d e s traded initial p r o p o s a l s , attempted to
find c o m m o n ground for d i s c u s s i o n s and set d a t e s for further
negotiation s e s s i o n s . T h e tenor of
the first s e s s i o n s indicated the
desire of both localities to attempt
to reach a s e t t l e m e n t . Until the first
w e e k of D e c e m b e r the negotiations
were cordial and b a s i c a l l y j u s t an
e x c h a n g e of i d e a s . In fact, the s e s sioQs were general d i s c u s s i o n s of
each
locality's
position
and
s t a t e m e n t s for and against a n n e x a tion. T h r e e w e e k s before the selfimposed deadline for the negotiations, an i m p a s s e w a s developing
over the i s s u e s . L e a k s to the media
e x a c e r b a t e d the tension between
the negotiating t e a m s .
A utility plan for both localities,
c o n c e i v e d and brought forward by a

Councilmember
on the
City's
negotiation t e a m , led the way to a
final agreement. T h i s f o c u s on the
County and C i t y ' s mutual need for
improved water and w a s t e w a t e r serv i c e s w a s the c o m m o n
ground
w h i c h led to the settlement of the
tougher i s s u e , the C i t y ' s need for
land. T h i s utility solution consolidated water and w a s t e w a t e r serv i c e s in the w a t e r s h e d o c c u p i e d by
the City and major portion of the
C o u n t y ' s urban growth. T h i s ended
y e a r s of battling over the utilities
and gave a s e n s e of a c c o m p l i s h ment to the negotiations w h i c h eased resolution of the land i s s u e .

"A plan for providing utility
services led the way for a
pact."
T h e final step w a s negotiation of
the c o n t r a c t ' s language. T h i s part of
the p r o c e s s required 14 hour d a y s
over a nine day w o r k w e e k . T h e final
contract draft w a s agreed upon two
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�The Two Sides Agree

By Steven T. Foster

"City, Spotsylvania Sign Historic
Accord" was a newspaper headline
on December 23,1981.
The Fredericksburg City Council
and the Spotsylvania County Board
of Supervisors signed an unprecedented agreement concerning
annexation, immunity from annexation, the joint provision of water and
sewer service and the revitalization
of what was once the area's largest
industry. After several years of
distrust, infighting and isolationism, the two jurisdictions, having a combined population of over
50,000 residents, accomplished a
near miracle.
The 1979 session of the General
Assembly adopted a new "annexation package" designed as a compromise to appease the warring factions in Virginia local government.
After the dust settled, it was
discovered that the legislature had
About the Author
Mr. Foster is the County Administrator
for Spotsylvania.

given total "immunity" from annexation to the large urban counties in
the Commonwealth. Both cities and
counties received additional state
aid for law enforcement, judges'
salaries and special welfare costs.
As far as annexation was concerned, many counties including Spotsylvania, Augusta, James City and
Albemarle found the sanctity of
their territorial borders once again
threatened.

"The best 'defense' for the
County was an 'offense'."
Not long after July I, 1979, the effective date of the annexation
legislation, the Spotsylvania County
Board of Supervisors hired a cadre
of lawyers and consultants to
prepare a "defense" against possible annexation by Fredericksburg.
Following over two years of
preparation, analysis and study, the
county determined that the best
"defense" for Spotsylvania was an
"offense."

On September 24, 1981 the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution petitioning the Commission on Local
Government to grant immunity to 24
square miles of the county's more
densely developed commercial, industrial and residential areas. Over
the past decade, the Board of
Supervisors responded to the demand for urban-type services by
constructing necessary public
facilities to serve the county's growing population. Confident of qualifying for "partial immunity," the county was able to negotiate face-to-face
with the city on equal terms. Less
than three months after the initial
filing of this petition, the two governing bodies worked out a solution
following numerous negotiating
sessions. Although there is no clear
"winner" or "loser" as a result of
this agreement, both the county
and the city benefited. The real
winners were the citizens of both
jurisdictions.
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and one-half hours prior to its signing on December 22.
The citizenry, as well as the
media and various state agencies,
were amazed that Fredericksburg
and Spotsylvania could come to an
amicable agreement, settle a seven
year old utilities question, and solve
a three and one-half year old annexation battle. Particularly after years
of tension and mistrust, the
cooperation of both localities to
resolve development issues was
hailed as a new era for the region.
There were several factors for
this turnabout. The first was the
common issues that eventually surfaced in the negotiations. The first
three weeks of the negotiations
centered upon the drawing of property lines with a general debate
about annexation and partial immunity. Revenue sharing was proposed by the City, but Spotsylvania
repeatedly stated that this was not
an option to be considered in the
negotiations.
The final agreement contains provisions for the two issues that each
side wished to resolve. These were
the questions about utilities, water
and wastewater capacity and service, and annexation. Many other
issues were discussed, but annexation and utilities were the two interjurisdictional problems to be resolved in the settlement.
C o m p r o m i s e was
reached
because both sides recognized the
political and economic needs of the
other jurisdiction. This is directly
related to the second factor in the
negotiations. Fredericksburg and
Spotsylvania wanted to seriously
negotiate a settlement. The
mistrust that had accumulated in
years of interjurisdictional squabbling was overcome after the first
few weeks of negotiations. Both
sides expressed the desire to avoid
costly adversary litigation and
wished to use these required
negotiations to attempt to seek an
agreement.
It is estimated that this agreement saved the two localities
millions of dollars in consultant and
legal fees plus years of court batties and acrimony subsequent to a
court settlement. Related to this
desire to negotiate in good faith
was a mutual agreement to actively
use the mediator recommended by
the Commission on Local Government. The mediator's efforts in the
shuttle negotiations kept a possible
complete impasse from occurring
during the course of the negotiations.
The third factor in the agreement

process was the manner in which
the negotiations were conducted. It
was agreed upon to conduct the
negotiations in closed session
under the Freedom of Information
Act protection of the Commission
on Local Government. This allowed
a free exchange of ideas and
uninhibited discussion. News leaks
and misinformation in the local
media from the session caused
some problems in the discussions;
however, these were eventually
overcome by both sides.
The short time period in which
the negotiations commenced and
were completed is another factor in
the process. A period of intensive
negotiations with a set deadline of
December 31, 1981, was agreed
upon by both parties. The result was
a six week negotiation process with
a number of formal negotiation sessions but continual informal talks.
The necessity for the formal
"across the table" exchange of proposals and dialogue is apparent in
any negotiations. The informal
negotiations between the mediator
and members of each negotiating
team, however, were the true gauge
of the desire of each locality to seek
the agreement. These informal discussions were absolutely necessary. Without them it is believed
that this agreement would never
have been reached. It was from
these informal discussions, particularly between the elected officials of each jurisdiction, that
laid the common ground and allowed the issue of utilities to surface and moved the negotiations
process forward.
The City of Fredericksburg would
certainly have preferred to receive
the entire 6.3 square miles included
in the original annexation ordinance
rather than 4.63 square miles it did
receive. Conversely, Spotsylvania
would have preferred to have had no
territory lost. But the point of any
negotiation is to work out compromises and to find an agreement
that both parties can live with. The
identification of concerns in which
both parties could agree upon,
which in this case was the consolidation of water and wastewater
utilities, enabled the resolution of
the most difficult part of the
negotiations, the land issue.
The negotiations spawned the
recognition that each locality had
specific needs and requirements
that could be mutually solved. Also,
there was a realization that the best
way to solve local problems was for
the j u r i s d i c t i o n s involved to
discuss all the problems in an attempt to reach an agreement in-

stead of settling for a court mandated edict. This was done by the
City of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County over differences
and antagonism that had been
growing for years. Now both sides
look forward to implementation of
the agreement and to promotion of
not only the individual jurisdictions,
but the region as a viable and
peaceful place in which to work and
live.

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sylvania County will not contest the
annexation of 4.6 square miles of
county territory. In exchange for
this territorial adjustment, Spotsylvania will be completely immune
from any annexation for at least 25
years, and probably longer. To Spotsylvania, the Commonwealth's
fastest growing county, this means
quite a lot. No longer worried about
the prospect of annexation, the
county can properly plan and coordinate the development of the county and related public services.
Spotsylvania will be able to accelerate its plan to develop the now
defunct
FMC
Corporation
cellophane manufacturing plant as
an industrial park. The county
purchased the plant in August, 1980
following a successful voter
referendum.
When the plant closed in 1978,
over 1,200 people were suddenly out
of work, and left idle were an on-site
seven million gallon per day sewage
treatment plant and a 20 million
gallon per day process water plant.
As part of the agreement between
the city and the county, the city will
pump sewage to the former FMC
sewage treatment plant which will
be converted from an industrial
sewage treatment facility to a
municipal plant. Spotsylvania and
Fredericksburg will share in the expense of converting and upgrading
this valuable facility. This work will
hasten the development of the
former cellophane plant into a
reconditioned 230-acre industrial
park complex.
In addition to the joint provision
of sewage treatment, the city and
county will formally "reunite" their
potable water systems. Prior to the
adoption of the 1979 annexation
package, the two jurisdictions
bought and sold water to each other
through several interconnections
that joined the otherwise separate
water systems. Spotsylvania and
Fredericksburg have agreed to provide back-up water supply to each
other during times of emergency as
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Honors

The International City Management Association tapped Harold S.
Atkinson of Franklin and Brent
Remsburg of Abingdon as Life
Members.
Mary E. Ingram, town clerl&lt; of
Herndon, was named "Woman of
the Year" by the Herndon Business
and Professional Women's Club.
She has served as Herndon's Town
Clerk since 1975.

Deaths
Former mayor of Chase City A.G.
"Pete" Hutcheson died. He served
as a member of the Town Council
from 1953 to 1959 when he became
mayor and served until 1963.
Hunter E. Gurley, fire chief of
Chase City, passed away February
25. A native of Chase City, he was a
member of the Volunteer Fire
Department for 30 years and served
as Chief for 16 years. For the past 12
years he was a certified state fire instructor with the Department of

Education. At the time of his death,
Gurley was President of the
Southside Firemen's Association
and an Executive Committee
member of the State Fire Chiefs
Association of Virginia.

Appointments
G. M. "Mickey" Newman will
assume the position of town
manager for Abingdon this month
after he leaves the city manager
post In Norton.
Dennis K. Morris has been appointed executive director of the
Crater Planning District Commission.
E. S. " S a m " Clay, Jr., assistant
city manager for public Information
and human resources for Virginia
Beach, has been appointed Fairfax
County's library director. Clay had
been library director In Virginia
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being
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assistant city manager. He is a
graduate
of Randolph-Macon
College and the University of North
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�Fire Information On Wheels
By Roy D. Patrick
W h e n a s i n g l e c o u n t y has 12 fire
c o m p a n i e s staffed a b o u t 50 percent
by volunteers, effective and c o m p e tent fire f i g h t i n g c o u l d be hard to
undertake. After all, each volunteer
has to be trained to use the equipment and b e c o m e familiar w i t h the
areas of the c o u n t y he/she will be
responsible f o r — a n d d u r i n g their
" o f f " hours, at that.

"Chesterfield mal&lt;es information available for their
volunteers at the scene."
C h e s t e r f i e l d C o u n t y was faced
w i t h s u c h a s i t u a t i o n , but they
f o u n d a way to utilize the e f f o r t s of
their 300 v o l u n t e e r s in an e f f e c t i v e
way. They i n s t i t u t e d the T e c h n i c a l
Service Unit. Three e n t h u s i a s t i c and
experienced f i r e f i g h t e r s c o m p r i s e
the T e c h n i c a l Service Unit. These
f i r e f i g h t e r s are responsible for prefire planning for eight all v o l u n t e e r
fire c o m p a n i e s . S t a t i o n s
with
salaried personnel have s o m e o n e
a s s i g n e d to work w i t h the TSU.
The TSU pre-fire planning involves:
— locating
potential
trouble
s p o t s in an area
— determining
the t y p e s
of
buildings
— locating hydrants
— l o c a t i n g s h u t o f f s or electrical
power, gas and other p o t e n t i a l
hazardous f a c i l i t i e s
— i d e n t i f y i n g the best routes into
the area and naming specialized e q u i p m e n t
to
combat
s p e c i f i c types of fires
— c o m m i t t i n g t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n to
d r a w i n g s , 3 5 m m slides, video
equipment
and
projector
displayed transparencies
— using t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n for training classes.
The i n f o r m a t i o n c o m p i l e d by TSU
can be placed at the scene of a fire
to provide f i r e f i g h t e r s w i t h informat i o n they need for instant d e c i s i o n m a k i n g . It also can provide inexpensive t r a i n i n g i n f o r m a t i o n for the
v o l u n t e e r s at any t i m e c o n v e n i e n t
to t h e m .
How to get this vital research at
the scene of an e m e r g e n c y ?
It is c o n v e r t e d into a m i c r o f i l m
About the Author
Mr. Patrick is chief of administrative services for Chesterfield's Fire Department.

The van is s t o c k e d w i t h fire e q u i p m e n t as well as i n f o r m a t i o n about the area
in w h i c h the f i r e f i g h t e r s are w o r k i n g .
Storage and retrieval s y s t e m w h i c h
is stored in a m o b i l e van. All of the
information
covering
one
area
usually is placed on one m i c r o f i c h e .
In the case of m u l t i p l e fires, the inf o r m a t i o n is d u p l i c a t e d at the c o m m u n i c a t i o n s d i s p a t c h center so an
alternate source of i n f o r m a t i o n is
available.
Members
chosen
for
the
T e c h n i c a l Service Unit have received specialized training f r o m the
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operation and types of gas s h u t o f f
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�Suits Made Against Police
By J a m e s L. Hague
In twenty years, the increase of
civil suits Virginia citizens initiated
against one another nearly doubled.
Police officials and municipalities have likewise faced staggering
increases in the number of civil
suits filed against them as a result
of police activities. The liability for
wrongful police action has not been
limited to the police officer but,
under certain conditions, has extended to the municipality and its
public treasury, as well.
An exploration of the law suits
generated by police activity is
necessary to understand this liability problem and how to prevent it.
Two major types of civil actions
against
police
officers
and
municipalities are tort actions in
Virginia courts and civil rights suits
in federal courts. A civil rights action will generally take place in a
United States District Court while a
tort suit occurs in either a Virginia
General District Court or a Virginia
Circuit Court depending upon the
amount of money in litigation. Suits
for amounts over $7,000 must be filed in the Circuit Court. It is important to discuss tort suits first
because what is true for a tort action is also generally true for a civil
rights action as the latter are
premised on principles of tort law.
There are three categories of
torts: intentional, gross negligence
and simple negligence. Intentional
torts involve intentional wrongdoings so that personal injury and/or
property damage results. Common
examples include charges of false
arrest or false imprisonment (they
are virtually the same claim) and
assault and battery (unlawful use of
force). A survey by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police,
(lACP), found that 68.8 percent of
the suits against the police involved
these charges.
Negligence involves the breach
of a standard of care which causes
personal injury and/or property
damage. It is really the careless doing of something when the actor
knew or should have known of the
foreseeable risk.
The difference between gross
and simple negligence is in the
amount of carelessness and the
degree of risk or harm involved. Any
About the Author
Dr. Hague is an associate professor of administration of justice and public safety at
Virginia Commonwealth University.

time there is carelessness involved
in a shooting by police the courts
will generally consider this gross
negligence because of the high
degree of risk inherent in the use of
firearms.
Negligent
police
shootings of bystanders often
result in such suits. If the police are
involved in a collision through
carelessness, they may be liable for
simple negligence.
Besides false arrest and assault
and battery claims, a significant
number of other claims are made
against the police for negligence in
the
u s e of
firearms
and
automobiles. Together these represent the bulk of tort suits, however,
others are possible such as
malicious
prosecution,
civil
t r e s p a s s and defamation
of
character (libel and slander).

The bulk of damages awarded are
compensatory because civil courts
generally seek to compensate injured persons to restore them to
their original condition prior to the
injury in so far as money can do
that. There are three types of compensatory damages: actual, pain
and suffering and mental anguish.
Actual damages include those out
of pocket expenses of the one injured such as medical expenses
and lost wages. Generally these can
be demonstrated quite clearly. Pain
and suffering and/or
mental
anguish is an inexact science.
Because of this, plaintiffs can claim
just about any amount they wish
and juries have little in the way of
standards to make judgements
upon.
While tort suits do occur in
Virginia's courts, the most common
form of legal claim against the
police and their municipality takes
place in the Unites States District
Court under the 111 year old Civil
Rights Act of 1871. Section 1983 of
title 42 of the United States Code is
that portion of the Act upon which
most claims are based. The Section
reads as follows:
CIVIL

While the civil tort law offers
several legal remedies, the one
most commonly sought is that of
damages.
Damages may
be
nominal, punitive or compensatory.
Nominal damages mean that the
litigant who wins, wins in name only
and the court will only award an
amount such as one dollar. Punitive
damages are awarded by civil
courts in order to punish the
wrongdoer. To be held liable for
punitive damages the police would
have had to have specifically intended the wrong. For example, if
an officer, knowing it was illegal to
make an arrest, makes the arrest
anyway. Certainly malicious actions
by police can result in punitive
damages.

ACTION
FOR
DEPRIVATION OF
RIGHTS
Every person who, under color
of any statute, ordinance,
regulation, custom,
or usage, of any
State or Territory,
subjects,
or
causes
to be subjected,
any
citizen
of the Unites States
or
other person
within the
jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation
of
any rights,
privileges,
or immunities
secured
by the
Constitution
and laws, shall be liable
to the party injured in an action at
law, suit in equity, or other proper
proceeding
for
redress.

As defined through U.S. Supreme
Court Cases, section 1983 says that
any state or local government official who deprives anyone of a
federally guaranteed constitutional
or statutory right is liable under
federal civil law. That liability is
usually in the form of compensatory,
punitive
or
nominal
damages. There is one important
difference. While police officers
and other local officials are liable,
local government itself is not liable
for punitive damages in a section
1983 suit (although it may be under
other civil rights sections of title
42).
Not only are the remedies in a

�civil rights c l a i m generally the s a m e
a s that of a tort a c t i o n , but the k i n d s
of i n c i d e n t s w h i c h generate one
c a n u s u a l l y result in the other. T o be
a s e c t i o n 1983 c l a i m , the plaintiff
s i m p l y d e s c r i b e s the tort in c o n stitutional language. A f a l s e arrest
b e c o m e s an u n r e a s o n a b l e s e i z u r e
under the Fou rth and F o u r t e e n t h
A m e n d m e n t s . A s s a u l t and battery
is a deprivation of liberty without
due p r o c e s s of law under the Fourteenth A m e n d m e n t .
T w o e x c e p t i o n s to the rule that
torts are a l s o c o n s t i t u t i o n a l c l a i m s
are m a l i c i o u s p r o s e c u t i o n
and
defamation
of
character.
Even
negligent torts fall under the Civil
R i g h t s A c t of 1871 e x c e p t the
n e g l i g e n c e m u s t be g r o s s . O n e s e c tion 1983 c a s e of g r o s s n e g l i g e n c e
involved police indifference in the
f a c e of k n o w n d a n g e r s to the plaintiffs. In that c a s e the court d e s c r i b ed the F o u r t e e n t h A m e n d m e n t ' s
liberty interest a s the right to bodily
integrity and a s restraining state a c tivities w h i c h are fun dam ent all y off e n s i v e to a s e n s e of j u s t i c e .
Additional similarity b e t w e e n tort
and civil rights c l a i m s c o m e s in the
form of the statute of limitations.
Federal c o u r t s u s e the statute of
limitations of the state in w h i c h the
c l a i m a r o s e . In Virginia, this is ordinarily two y e a r s .

"How does a municipality
become liable for police
actions in a tort or section
1983 action and what
defenses are there to such
liability?"
F i r s t of a l l , a municipality and its
officials,
including
police
administrators and s u p e r v i s o r s , are
not
liable for the w r o n g s
of
s u b o r d i n a t e police officer under the
doctrine of respondeat
superior.
Respondeat
superior
is the legal
rule a p p l i c a b l e in the private s e c t o r
w h i c h h o l d s the private e m p l o y e r or
superior
responsible
for
the
wrongful a c t s of his s u b o r d i n a t e
e m p l o y e e e v e n though the a c t w a s
not s p e c i f i c a l l y c o m m a n d e d or
authorized s o long a s the subordinate w a s a c t i n g within the s c o p e
of his e m p l o y m e n t . If a private
c o m p a n y delivery truck driver, for
example,
operates
his
truck
negligently during a delivery and
injures
s o m e o n e , the
private
c o m p a n y is liable along with the
driver. But if a police
officer
wrongfully injures a c it iz e n during
the p e r f o r m a n c e of his d u t i e s , there
is no a u t o m a t i c liability on the part

of
his
superior
officers
or
municipality. In the public s e c t o r
there may be liability by public
o f f i c i a l s and the municipality for a n
a c t of a s u b o r d i n a t e e m p l o y e e if
public o f f i c i a l s : 1) c o m m a n d or
direct the a c t of the s u b o r d i n a t e, 2)
participate in the a c t , 3) c o n d o n e or
ratify the s u b o r d i n a t e ' s a c t , or 4) by
their o w n n e g l i g e n c e p l a c e the
subordinate in a position to do
f o r e s e e a b l e harm. T h i s i s o b v i o u s ly
direct liability rather than v i c a r i o u s
b e c a u s e the superior official h a s
h i m s e l f done a wrongful a c t w h i c h
is a legal c a u s e of the injury.
A municipality is not automatically
liable even under the four circumstances just outlined. Virginia
municipalities are protected by the
doctrine of sovereign immunity when
sued in tort (see later discussion of
sovereign immunity). Liability also
does not automatically follow any of
the four circumstances in a section
1983 c a s e even though in 1978 the
U.S. Supreme Court decided that
sovereign immunity is not applicable
in federal court under section 1983.
The Court limited a municipality's
liability to injuries caused by the "execution of a government's policy or
c u s t o m , w h e t h e r made by
its
lawmakers or by those w h o se edicts
or acts may fairly be said to represent
official policy and conversely if

government
officials act outside
municipal policy or custom the
municipality is not liable."
But in 1980 in Owen v. City of Independence the Supreme Court went
further w h e n it held that municipalit i e s s u e d under s e c t i o n 1983 are
liable even w h e n the wrongdoing
o f f i c i a l s are not liable in the c a s e of
a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l wrong c o m m i t t e d
p u r s u a n t to
the
government's
policy or c u s t o m . In s u c h a c a s e the
wrongdoing o f f i c i a l s w e r e merely
following the g o v e r n m e n t ' s policy
or c u s t o m . T h e y have a d e f e n s e , the
government d o e s not. It i s c l e a r that
the S u p r e m e Court intended to
apply the doctrine of equitable l o s s
s p r e a d i n g w h e n it stated that " e v e n
when
some
constitutional
development c o u l d not have been
f o r e s e e n by m u n i c i p a l o f f i c i a l s , it i s
fairer to a l l o c a t e any resulting
f i n a n c i a l l o s s to the inevitable c o s t s
of government borne by all the
t a x p a y e r s , than to allow its impact
to be felt s o l e l y by t h o s e w h o s e
rights, albeit newly r e c o g n i ze d,
have been v i o l a t e d . "
The most important defense which
the police and other municipal officials have against section 1983 suit,
and one which is also applicable in a
tort action, is that of a qualified immunity. This means that the official
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Ben, a 17 year old high s c h o o l
s t u d e n t , enjoys being a nnember of
the nearby volunteer fire department. Even t h o u g h he k n o w s a lot,
he needs to know more. He figures
he'll have to wait until he a t t e n d s
c o l l e g e — b e s i d e s he d o e s n ' t have
t i m e to a t t e n d extra classes and
keep up w i t h his regular s c h o o l
work.
Is there a way to train Ben, and
others in a similar s i t u a t i o n , for the
fire service?
Fauquier C o u n t y High S c h o o l in
Northern Virginia and the Virginia
O f f i c e of Fire Services Training invented a way for high s c h o o l
s t u d e n t s to earn c r e d i t s for graduat i o n w h i l e a t t e n d i n g fire training
classes d u r i n g s c h o o l hours.

"It's the first program of its
kind in the nation."
A program was set up whereby
s t u d e n t s can earn high s c h o o l
credit and credit f r o m the International
Fire
Service
Training
A c a d e m y . Approval was received
f r o m the local s c h o o l board, the
State Department of Education and
the State O f f i c e of Fire Services
Training.
The first major hurdle? The
i n s t r u c t o r — t h e person had to be acceptable to both the e d u c a t i o n people and the fire i n s t r u c t o r s . Paul
Poling, a retired t e l e p h o n e c o m pany e m p l o y e e and seasoned State
certified
fire
instructor,
was
s e l e c t e d to teach the c o u r s e . The
local fire d e p a r t m e n t s provide the
e q u i p m e n t , text and the IFSTA 200
manual. The s c h o o l s y s t e m provides the space and the O f f i c e of
Fire Services Training f u n d s the
program.

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The first year of the program
qualifies a s t u d e n t as Firefighter I
and II in the State c e r t i f i c a t i o n program. The o p t i o n a l s e c o n d year
qualifies a s t u d e n t as a Firefighter
III and an e m e r g e n c y
medical
t e c h n i c i a n (EMT).
Virginia has an extensive cert i f i c a t i o n program w h i c h standards
are set by the National Professional
Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s Board. The s t u d e n t s
are given tests d u r i n g the class
w h i c h will prepare t h e m for the
c e r t i f i c a t i o n t e s t s at the end of the
c o u r s e . The c e r t i f i c a t i o n i n c l u d e s a
w r i t t e n and skilled test on the
o b j e c t i v e s for Firefighter I and II

Paul Poling (left), the i n s t r u c t o r , gives
the s t u d e n t s their c e r t i f i c a t e s earned for
fire service c o u r s e s .

w h i c h is a d m i n i s t e r e d by the O f f i c e
of Fire Services T r a i n i n g . S t u d e n t s
w h o c o m p l e t e the s e c o n d year will
take the Firefighter III test and the
EMT test w h i c h is a d m i n i s t e r e d by
the
Department
of
Emergency
Medical Services.
S t u d e n t s selected for the program have to be m e m b e r s of local
volunteer fire d e p a r t m e n t s or they
have to agree to b e c o m e m e m b e r s .
The d e p a r t m e n t s agreed to accept
any s t u d e n t s w h o were interested in
participating in the p r o g r a m . The
staff w h o established the program
worked
very
closely
with
the
g u i d a n c e d e p a r t m e n t at Fauquier
County High S c h o o l to s c h e d u l e
s t u d e n t s so they w o u l d be available
f r o m 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day.
Mr. Poling has kept the level of interest up by s c h e d u l i n g g u e s t
speakers f r o m State fire services
organizations and asking s o m e of
the t o p fire d e p a r t m e n t s in the State
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in field exercises.
Since the program is in its early
stages, the Office of Fire Services
Training, local s c h o o l and fire officials are w a t c h i n g it very closely.
At this point, most people are ent h u s e d w i t h the program
and
s t u d e n t s are d o i n g well in the class.
W h i l e the program may not work in
every c o m m u n i t y , it has real potential.
The benefits are o b v i o u s . The
training assists s t u d e n t s in making
a career d e c i s i o n or in seeking
e m p l o y m e n t in the fire services or a
related field. It also assists t h o s e
s t u d e n t s w h o w o u l d like to continue
their
education
in
an
associate degree or degree program
in fire science or e n g i n e e r i n g . The
course s u p p l i e s the local volunteer
fire d e p a r t m e n t s w i t h a group of
y o u n g well trained firefighters and
the s t u d e n t s are safer citizens
because of their understanding of
fire safety practices.
It's a t w o way program. It enables
high s c h o o l s t u d e n t s to receive
credit for training in the fire service
and it provides training to the fire
d e p a r t m e n t s t h r o u g h o u t Virginia.
Currently Fauquier County High
S c h o o l is gearing up for the next
academic year since the program
will be c o n t i n u e d .
W h i l e the primary objective is to
provide training to the fire departm e n t s , the s u c c e s s of this program
c o u l d mean better fire p r o t e c t i o n in
Virginia.
For more information, contact the Office of Fire Services Training, P.O. Box
706, Astiland, Virginia 23005 or your local
fire training area supervisor.

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What is h a p p e n i n g w i t h government these days? M e m b e r s and
friends of t h e Virginia S e c t i o n , International
City
Management
A s s o c i a t i o n w i l l hear speakers w h o
have s o m e of t h e answers at t h e
S e c t i o n ' s A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e on
April 28-30, 1982 at The H o m e s t e a d
in Hot Springs, Virginia.
Block grants are being d i s c u s s e d
f r e q u e n t l y and a special panel on
Thursday a f t e r n o o n will review t h e
Small Cities N o n e n t i t l e m e n t Block
Grant. Panelists are m e m b e r s of t h e
Policy Advisory and T e c h n i c a l A d visory C o m m i t t e e s w h i c h have been
s t u d y i n g t h e block grant s i n c e its
i n c e p t i o n last A u g u s t .
Lt. Governor Richard J . Davis,
Chairman of Governor Robb's A d visory
Commission
on
Block
Grants, will speak Friday m o r n i n g
on t h e w o r k t o date of t h e c o m m i s sion.
The S e c t i o n is f o r t u n a t e to have
Dr. J a m e s H o w e l l , senior vice president and chief e c o n o m i s t for the
First National Bank of B o s t o n . Virginians w h o heard h i m at I C M A ' s conference in A n a h e i m have raved
a b o u t his delivery ever s i n c e . Join
Dr. H o w e l l on Thursday m o r n i n g .
Julian F. Hirst's reputation as a
speaker is l o n g s t a n d i n g . He pokes
fun at m e m b e r s and manager problems at W e d n e s d a y ' s O p e n i n g
Dinner.
You're t h e speaker for Thursday
a f t e r n o o n ' s Cracker Barrel Sess i o n s . Note cards will be available
for y o u t o j o t d o w n t h e t o p i c s y o u
want t o d i s c u s s d u r i n g t h e informal
s e s s i o n s . Moderators will keep t h e
conversations moving.
Hear about t h e latest a g r e e m e n t s
b e t w e e n localities at t h e Annexat i o n and C o n s o l i d a t i o n s e s s i o n Friday m o r n i n g f r o m s o m e panelists
w h o have lived t o tell a b o u t it. A l s o
offered at t h e same t i m e is a sess i o n on t h e controversial s c h o o l aid
f o r m u l a and w h a t is being d o n e to
try t o make it more equitable.
S h o u l d y o u j o i n an insurance
p o o l i n g group? H o w d o y o u set up a
risk m a n a g e m e n t program? These
w i l l be d i s c u s s e d on Friday morning.
Special a c t i v i t i e s i n c l u d e golf and
t e n n i s t o u r n a m e n t s , bridge, a tour
of The H o m e s t e a d and all t h e activities offered by The H o m e s t e a d .
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are open to all a t t e n d e e s .
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�Teens Learn To Fight Fires
Since March of last year, the
Charlottesville Fire Department in
conjunction with the Boy Scouts of
Annerica and the Stonewall Jackson
Area Council has sponsored an
Explorer Post specializing in
careers within the fire service.
According to Captain Benjamin
A. Powell of the Charlottesville Fire
Department, the training available
to 14-21 year-olds through the program enables them to compete effectively for future jobs in the fire
service. The training procedure for
the young firefighters has been approved by Virginia Fire Service
Training regulations and conforms
to the National Fire Prevention Administration Standards 1001.
All that the applicant needs is a
certain degree of interest, enthusiasm and dedication. The Explorer Program must be submitted
to the National Boy Scout Council
and the International Association of
Fire Chiefs for their approval.
During their association with the
Post, members must adhere to certain guidelines. For example, explorers must have a signed release
form from their parents or legal
guardian and their uniforms must
be worn for all explorer functions. In
addition, there are age group
stipulations referring to responsibilities:

— Persons 14-16 are not allowed
on the fire ground and may not
ride fire vehicles. They are to
participate in station duties.
— Persons 16-18 may assist in support activities on the fire
ground and respond to fires via
fire vehicles, but may not enter
burning structures.
— Persons 18-21 may respond to
fires, participate in fire ground
activities, enter burning structures and respond to fires on
fire vehicles.
All explorers are under close
supervision at all times.
Many of the young firegfighters
are involved in fire hydrant inspections, pre-fire planning, fire
prevention, radio communications,
testing apparatus and assisting at
the station after a large incident.
Besides basic training, explorers
are encouraged to enter college
level fire science classes and are
allowed to attend school away from
the area.
The explorers are not to be used
as a substitute labor force; they are
involved so that they may learn, according to Captain Powell.

(Editorial, from page 2)

changes can and will yet occur in
the method of delivering human services in Virginia at the local level.
The next generation of change will
be sparked by a need to "manage
with less" and by President
Reagan's own version of a "local
option" system at the state level,
with the introduction of the Administration's New Federalism
Initiative.
What was not achieved from the
bottom using Virginia's local option opportunity, may well be precipitated from the top down as the
new Federalism takes shape. The
Eighties should be an interesting
decade.

George T. Drumwright, Jr.
About the Author
fi/lr. Drumwright
is Henrico's
Deputy
County Manager for Human
Services
and was a member of former
Secretary
Harris' Local Option Task
Force.

For further inlormatior\,
contact
Captain Benjamin
Powell,
Charlottesville
Fire
Department,
203 Ridge
Street,
Charlottesville,
Virginia 22901.

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Fire Prevention

Some children in Missouri might
stop playing with matches when a
fire truck tells them to. Kansas City,
Missouri actually has a talking fire
truck. The Director of Community
Relations, Harold Knabe, said It's
used to educate the public about
fire prevention.
The unique truck Is a minlpumper
with a detective pump and
firefighters refuse to tell how the
truck talks . . .

A Colorado fire department
knows how to get things done
easier. They simplified their task of
Inspecting 1300 local businesses
each month by presenting a fire
safety award to those showing
outstanding cooperation. Now the
businesses get a pat on the back for
good behavior and the fire department provides the needed incentive
to get citizens to practice good fire
prevention and safety.

Use Old Pumpers
Crescent City proved that innovation pays when it saved a bundle on
replacing a worn out fire vehicle.
When the city was faced with the
need to replace a special van for
carrying equipment they found out
It would cost $60,000 to $80,000.
Determined to trim that figure, the
city converted a 1981 Ford 350 van
truck Into an energy fire vehicle
equipped
with
flood
lights,
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Development Corporation

Fairfax County's new Local
Development Corporation (LDC)
selected nine business leaders
from the community for Its initial officers and board of directors.
This nonprofit corporation, expected to be operational in midJuly, plans to provide long term fixed asset financing for eligible small
businesses. The Chamber of Commerce and County Economic

Development
Authority
are
cooperating In the sponsorship of
the organization.

Cut Expenses

Need to reduce payroll expenditures? Assistant Director of Personnel for Henrico, George H. Cauble, Jr., suggested shortening your
workweek and delaying scheduled
increases to cut cost.
Several other alternatives to
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— A "freeze on raises," not only
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— Payless holidays
— Cuts In employee pay; across
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— Avoid unnecessary overtime
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—Jim Pugh, airfield maintenance
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From Setting
Fires
By James C. Smalley
Following a small brush fire last
January, a parent of a seven-year
old child contacted the volunteer
fire department in Burke, Virginia, a
suburban
community
near
Washington, D.C. The mother told a
volunteer officer about her son who
had set several fires around their
house, including the most recent
fire. In desperation she had even
burned the child's fingertips with
matches to get him to stop playing
with fire. Burke's solution? The National Juvenile Firesetter Counseling Program.
The Juvenile Firesetter Counseling Program was designed and
developed by the U.S. Fire Administration to train fire education
specialists, fire investigators, law
enforcement
and
juvenile
authorities. The program, delivered
through workshops and technical
assistance, teaches the techniques
of interviewing firesetting children
and their families and how to
recognize problems that may lead
to recurrent fire setting. The department
counselor s e l e c t s
the
methods for educating the children
and their families but in the case of
a more serious problem, the
counselor refers the family to a
source of professional help.

"Burke used inactive
members to assist in the
program."
When setting up the counseling
program, the Burke Volunteer Fire
Department tried to interest people
with special expertise to assist
them in starting their program. After
looking over the fire roster, they
discovered several members who
were inactive. One member said her
college work in psychology and
counseling was taking most of her
available time and another volunteer rescue member who was an elementary school teacher had expressed an interest in public fire
About the Author
Mr. Smalley is Chief of
Volunteer Fire Department.

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Burke

education programs. Both fit the
counseling requirements and both
agreed to join the counseling group.
Thus, two potentially lost members
were given tasks that could not only
assist the fire department but
enhance their own personal
aspirations.
The department counselors and
professionals who agreed to assist
with the program were trained at
workshops held at the Fairfax Fire
Service Training facility.
Following their training, the
department's aggressive public fire
education committee made personal contacts with the news media
to request television time. As a
result of the televised news story,
other volunteer departments in Fairfax, Virginia and Montgomery County,
Maryland
contacted
the
counselors at the Burke Volunteer
Fire Department for assistance in
beginning a similar program.
Burke's program is currently gaining momentum as the counseling
team members are encouraging
local school authorities, counselors
and psychologists to assist with the
program.
Fires set by juveniles occur year
round in Burke but are notably
seasonal,
beginning
in
late
February and continuing through

June when ine grass is drier and
winds are more pronounced. Due to
the program, this year the Burke
Volunteer Fire Department was
ready to offer assistance to the
community in reducing the number
of these fires.

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provides an infrastructure that w i l l
allow the governing bodies of both
j u r i s d i c t i o n s to deal more effectively w i t h present and future p r o b l e m s
c o n f r o n t i n g the t w o localities.

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10)

acted in good faith and on the basis of
probable cause. Good faith means
that at the time of the act the actor
honestly believed that what he was
doing was right. Probable cause as used here is a civil standard and is not
the same as probable cause in
criminal law and procedure. As used
civilly, probable cause simply means
that the person asserting the defense
had a reasonable basis for his action.
Police acting pursuant to departmental policy or custom are acting in
good faith and on the basis of probable cause. In Wallace v. King, Fairfax police o f f i c e r s
followed a
longstanding written departmental
policy that if police had an arrest warrant and reason to believe the suspect
was in a residence of a third party,

then on the authority of the arrest warrant they could enter the home and
search. The Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals decided this policy was unconstitutional and that absent consent or emergency circumstances a
search warrant would be necessary.
Qualified immunity would protect the
police officer in such a case but not
the local government under the doctrine of Owen v. City of Independence.
As noted earlier, the doctrine of
sovereign immunity affords no protection to a municipality or its officials in
a 1983 action. However, sovereign immunity is still a valid defense in a tort
suit in a Virginia Court. To be protected under this doctrine four conditions must be met.
(Continued

on page 23)

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Waste
Systems
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Municipal Services Manager
East Central Region

P O Box 8733
BVy-l Airport, Maryland ;1240

Bolt: (301) 796-8850
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Norton, Virginia. Salary negotiable,
currently mid-20's with excellent fringe
benefits. $3 million operating budget
plus
community
development a n d
capital improvements projects. Desire
appropriate degree and significant administrative
a n d supervisory
local
government experience. Send resume to:
Norton City C o u n c i l , do Ms. J o Nosier,
Clerk, P.O. Box 618, Norton, Virginia
24273, byApril10,1982.
Risk Manager
The City of Richmond, Virginia is
seeking a Director to head newly formed
agency which administers the municipal
safety program, hospitalization plan,
self-insured
worker's
compensation
plan, and unemployment compensation
claims.
R e s p o n s i b l e for analyzing
methods to reduce risk through commercial insurance, self-Insurance and/or
safety
practices; manages
agency
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and clerical staff. Requires completion
of course curriculum of undergrad level
major in b u s i n e s s , finance, accounting,
or a related field and three years experience in a risk management program
in
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capacity or equivalency. Salary $24,388$31,122 annually plus excellent fringe
benefits. Resume and City application
must be returned by April 15, 1982 to:
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108, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Purchasing Agent
City of Portsmouth. Under general
direction, plans and directs centralized
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combination equivalent to graduation
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four years of responsible purchasing experience. Submit resume to: Employment Office, City of Portsmouth, 801
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This is a highly responsible position
reporting directly to the City Manager.
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and is responsible for central accounting; personnel administration; utility
billing. Apply in person or send resume
with salary requirements to City of Bedford
Personnel
Office,
Municipal
Building, P.O. Box 807, 215 East Main
Street, Bedford, Virginia 24523.
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$16,000 per year with excellent Fringe
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First, ttie activity m u s t f u r t h e r a
public p u r p o s e w h i c h , of c o u r s e ,
policy worl^ d o e s . S e c o n d , the activity
m u s t b e g o v e r n m e n t a l in n a t u r e a n d
a g a i n p o l i c e work q u a l i f i e s . In t h e t h i r d
place, the w r o n g d o i n g can be no
worse than simple negligence. Should
a police official d o an intentional or
g r o s s l y n e g l i g e n t w r o n g he w o u l d
have a c t e d o u t s i d e of the s c o p e of his
e m p l o y m e n t and the protection of
sovereign
immunity.
Finally,
the
w r o n g f u l act m u s t have been discretionary and not ministerial. These
t e r m s have m e a n i n g s peculiar to the
d o c t r i n e of s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y . W h i l e
e v e r y o n e w o u l d a g r e e t h a t p o l i c e exerc i s e d i s c r e t i o n in m a k i n g a r r e s t s , a n
a r r e s t is v i e w e d a s a m i n i s t e r i a l r a t h e r
than a discretionary act under the doctrine.
Under
sovereign
immunity
ministerial a c t s are the day to day a c t s
of
government
which
implement
t h o s e p o l i c y d e c i s i o n s w h i c h are
d i s c r e t i o n a r y . A c t s o f d i s c r e t i o n are
policymaking so that policy-makers
a n d p o l i c y m a k i n g are p r o t e c t e d u n d e r
sovereign immunity. The higher a
m u n i c i p a l o f f i c i a l is a d m i n i s t r a t i v e l y ,
t h e m o r e likely he is t o b e p r o t e c t e d
by this defense.

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c h a n g e d sovereign i m m u n i t y by passing the Virginia Tort C l a i m s A c t to
b e c o m e e f f e c t i v e J u l y 1 , 1 9 8 2 . A literal
r e a d i n g o f t h i s n e w s t a t u t e (yet t o be
i n t e r p r e t e d in V i r g i n i a ' s c o u r t s ) increases allowable monetary recovery
f r o m the state but does not appear to
r e m o v e t h e c o m m o n law p r o t e c t i o n o f
sovereign immunity from municipalities. T i m e and court interpretation
w i l l t e l l u s if t h i s i s s o .
T h e r e are o t h e r p o s s i b l e d e f e n s e s
t o c i v i l l i a b i l i t y . F o r e x a m p l e , in a t o r t
s u i t w h e r e n e g l i g e n c e is c l a i m e d , t h e
p o l i c e c o u l d raise t h e c o n t r i b u t o r y
negligence
of the plaintiff
as
a
defense.
W h i l e other c o u r s e s of a c t i o n m a y
also be s u g g e s t e d to prevent civil
litigation
in
municipalities
three
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s will be m a d e here.
First, identify potential s i t u a t i o n s
w h i c h m a y g e n e r a t e or are g e n e r a t i n g
litigation. Certainly the aforementioned lACP survey d e m o n s t r a t e s that
p o l i c e a r r e s t s a n d u s e o f f o r c e are
p r i m e c a n d i d a t e s . S e c o n d l y , b e cert a i n t h a t t h e r e are clear,
written
guidelines regarding these situations.
T h e U.S. S u p r e m e C o u r t f a v o r e d s u c h
a c o u r s e o f a c t i o n in Owen v. City of

Independence
w h e n it s a i d " t h e t h r e a t
t h a t d a m a g e s m i g h t b e levied a g a i n s t
t h e c i t y m a y e n c o u r a g e t h o s e in
p o l i c y m a k i n g p o s i t i o n s t o i n s t i t u t e internal rules and programs designed to
m i n i m i z e t h e l i k e l i h o o d of u n i n t e n tional infringements on constitutional
rights."
S o m e fear t h a t w r i t t e n g u i d e l i n e s
w o u l d i n c r e a s e l i a b i l i t y as g u i d e l i n e s
w o u l d provide a greater standard of
care
and
thus
easier
proof
of
negligence. S u c h a danger was long
ago
recognized
by
the
Virginia
Supreme Court w h i c h held that an
agency's guidelines and regulations
c a n n o t be used to set the standard for
n e g l i g e n c e . W h i l e t h i s is an o l d c a s e it
is still t h e o n l y p r o n o u n c e m e n t o f a
r u l e by o u r S u p r e m e C o u r t .
T h e f i n a l r e c o m m e n d a t i o n is t o
m a k e e x t r a e f f o r t s in a s s u r i n g t h a t
qualified
police
officers
are
t h o r o u g h l y trained as to the m e a n i n g
a n d application of these guidelines.
I m p l e m e n t a t i o n of s u c h steps as
t h e s e t o p r e v e n t l i a b i l i t y is still t h e
b e s t d e f e n s e t o civil c l a i m s .

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VML President
Raymond F. Ratcliffe
Executive Director
R. Michael A m y x

5 Owning Your Own Electric System
" E l d r e d Yerl&lt;s s u m m a r i z e s the r e a s o n s for local g o v e r n m e n t s

Officers
Francis T. West
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J.Thomas
Executive Committee
S a m W. A d a m s
Charles E. Beatley
J a n e L. Hough
ArlieC. Payne
H a m p t o n W. T h o m a s
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

to own their own e l e c t r i c s y s t e m s and the a s s o c i a t i o n that w a s
created to help t h o s e 16 l o c a l i t i e s . "

10 York County Bridges the Communications Gap
"Yorl&lt; C o u n t y added a public information office to help the
s h a k y c o m m u n i c a t i o n flow b e t w e e n C o u n t y o f f i c i a l s and
citizens."

14 What Kind Of Parks Do Citizens Want?

Past President
Roy H. E r i c k s o n

On the Cover
T h e City of S t a u n t o n , with the
a s s i s t a n c e of the H i s t o r i c S t a u n t o n
F o u n d a t i o n , is going through a
facelift. S e e page 13 for the story on
Staunton.

" L a c k of good at-home recreation f a c i l i t i e s sent R o a n o k e
o f f i c i a l s to the s t r e e t s and neighboroods to find out what c i t i z e n s
w a n t e d and e x p e c t e d from city p a r k s . "

16 There's Much More to Municipal RM Than Just
Minding the Store
" N a n c y Reppert c a u t i o n s l o c a l i t i e s about p o s s i b l e problems
w h e n a risk m a n a g e m e n t program is not in p l a c e . A good
program, however, d o e s not stop with s a f e t y . "

20 MEPAV Program Highlights
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Can the Private Sector F i l l In the Gap?
Corporations, foundations have plenty of room to improve in giving for social
services.
B y Neal R . Peirce
America's corporations and foundations, facing a tidal wave of appeals
to make up for the Reagan administration's deep cuts i n social
services, have been busily moaning
and groaning that there's " n o w a y "
they can f i l l the gap.
I n r a w dollar terms, they're
probably right. Reagan policies have
created a dollar vacuum for nonprofit
social and educational groups estimated to go as high as $46 billion between now and the end of 1984. B y contrast, last year corporations gave only
$2.6 billion and foundations $2.4 billion for charitable and educational
causes.

There is huge room for improvement
in corporate giving. Seventy percent of
U . S. corporations don't contribute a
cent to anything. Overall, corporate
contributions average about 1 percent
of pretax profits. The Minnesota F i v e
Percent Club has employed vigorous
peer pressure to convince 45 T w i n
Cities corporations to contribute a full
5 percent. Similar clubs now operate in
Louisville, Seattle and Baltimore.
Urging firms to give 5 percent has
never struck me as coercive socialism
incarnate. B u t i t would be a massive
achievement to get corporate America
up to the average of 2 percent giving
recommended
by the B u s i n e s s
Roundtable. E v e n if the figure rose to
5 percent, i t would fall well below the
total of Reagan's budget cuts.

Nor i s i t realistic to think that a
fresh surge of volunteerism—however
deeply rooted in American c h a r a c t e r can single-handedly make up for the
loss of 300,000 C E T A jobs and the
billions of dollars Washington has
withdrawn for social programs. Most
nonprofit groups need money and paid
professional time to utilize volunteers
effectively. And the biggest traditional
reservoir of volunteers—women—has
been depleted as more and more, by
choice or necessity, enter the workplace.
Even President Reagan, who is so
excited about the volunteer potential
that he established a 42-member
Presidential Task Force on Private
Sector
I n i t i a t i v e s under
Armco
Chairman C. W i l l i a m Verity, conceded

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w i l l not be restored by wealthy people
dancing till dawn at charity balls. Nor
w i l l we replace the Department of
Health and Human Services with the
Junior League."
Can the yawning social service gap
then ever be filled? The answer, I
believe, can be " y e s " — b u t only with a
set of wrenching readjustments i n how
our cities function. And the chief
among these must be a radically new
attitude of corporations to the communities and states in which they
operate.
Consider what we have now. Outside
of a handful of progressive corporations, with special units for
corporate social responsibility and a
willingness to undertake some adventuresome
projects
with
local
governments or neighborhood groups,
the order of the day is still strictly
"business as usual." That means a low
level of contributions, if any, flowing
to established, " s a f e , "
charitable
organizations, and close to zero
personal commitment by business
leadership.
Control D a t a Corp. C h a i r m a n
William Norris argues that overburdened governments
and social
service agencies cope with society's
most intractable problems (inner-city
decay,
shamefully
high
youth
unemployment, unresponsive schools,
human warehouses called prisons)
without our society's "major source of
technical, managerial, professional
resources,
namely the
business
community."
Norris would
have
business bid to perform many public
functions on contract from government.
That's just one of many ideas of how
redirected corporations can help make
society work. F i r m s need first to alter
their relationship to state and local
government. Most now simply dispatch
lobbyists to defeat any rule of
legislation they think might increase
business costs. Instead, they need to
become full-fledged partners of city
halls and state capitols in times of
scarce resources. That means lending
personnel,
including
some
top
managers, to help with budgets, accounting and personnel systems. I t
includes donating computer time. And
offering similar assistance to nonprofit social service agencies, whose
very existence may depend on improved management.
Business can take its public giving
away from some third vice president
for enhancement of the public image
and move that function, and its entire
relationship to city and state, to the
mainstream of its strategic planning.
Robert McNulty of Partners for
Livable Places rightfully notes that
corporate interest in communities—

through
helping
schools,
fire
prevention programs, drug treatment
or w h a t e v e r — " i s not merely a
charitable gift. I t is legitimate i n vestment, with the corporation the
ultimate beneficiary of lower crime
rates
and
increased
employee
satisfaction."
The insurance industry—with
perhaps the most to lose if the cities i n
which it insures properties explode
with
1960s-style r i o t s — h a s led
strongly
in
this
field.
Its
Clearinghouse on Corporate Social
Responsibility says firms should adopt
a "systems approach" to community
involvement, including contributions,
investment
capacity,
volunteerism
programs and community leadership.
Such involvement doesn't work,
however, unless the chief executive
officer involves himself in some direct
community activity—thus telegraphing the message down the corporate
ladder that the firm's public interest is
sincere, not just for show.
Community-sensitive
corporate
decision making can have a thousand
and one applications: H i r i n g disadvantaged from within the community.
Helping small businesses (which
provide the most new jobs) through
targeted procurement. Investment in
seed capital funds. P a y i n g small
vendors on time. Investing funds (as
Aetna, for instance, does) in minorityowned banks. Lending our commuter
vans (as Prudential does) to social

service agencies to transport elderly or
handicapped. Locating or retaining
plants in hard-up urban areas. I n fluencing United Ways to take more
r i s k s in backing inventive new groups
that deliver social services with more
use of volunteers and less overlays of
paid professionals. Lobbying state
legislatures to help out particularly
distressed cities.
Thp sober act is that only a
minuscule percentage of corporations
have advanced to such hands-on,
constructive community involvement.
Until or unless a much larger number
do, we'll not know if the Reaganesque,
decentralized model for American
social life can work.
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1982
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VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY and will
also be mailed to
member
localities. Make plans to attend
now.

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�OwningYourOwnElec trie System
By Eldred C . Yerks
The local electric utility is owned
by the city or town in 16 communities
in
Virginia.
Local
ownership of electric
utilities
provides numerous benefits to
municipalities and their citizens, so
it is not surprising that this option
for electric utility service continues
to thrive in Virginia as well as
throughout the nation.
Most municipally-owned electric
utilities came into existence many
decades ago. They were formed by
the local citizenry before the private
companies became established
outside of major population areas.
The majority of the Virginia city
electric utilities were formed before
1935, and the Danville system,
established in 1885, is the oldest
municipally-owned electric utility in
the United States.
Municipally-owned
electric
utilities in Virginia are found in
Bedford,
B l a c k s t o n e , Bristol,
Culpeper, Danville, Elkton, Franklin,
Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Iron
Gate, M a n a s s a s ,
Martinsville,
Radford, Richlands, Salem and
Wakefield. Taken together these 16
electric systems serve a total of
105,000 retail customers and collect
$94 million in electric revenues.
These utilities have associated
together to form the Municipal
Electric Power Association of
Virginia (MEPAV), which is an affiliate of the Virginia Municipal
League. The MEPAV localities
periodically meet to discuss and
deal with matters of common interest.

"Danville has the oldest
utility system in the United
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most of the electricity they need by
purchasing it at wholesale rates
from the large investor-owned
power companies serving Virginia
(although one city purchases from
TVA). Some of them own small
hydroelectric power plants by
which they generate a small part of
their needs. Even if most of the
electricity is purchased, the purAbout the Author
Mr. Yerks is Danville's Electric Department Director. He currently serves as
president of the Municipal Electric
Power Association of Virginia.

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chases are in bulk quantities at
wholesale rates which result in
large savings over what the electricity would cost if purchased
separately by each of the retail
customers on the city's system.
The difference between wholesale and retail rates exists because
the local governments take charge
of distributing the electricity to customers. Although the private power
companies may often be more efficient at generating electricity at
large power plants, the localities are
certainly more efficient at the business of distributing the power to individual retail customers, especially
to residential and small commercial
customers.
Some of the factors which result
in lower-cost electric distribution
for municipalties are: the ability to
utilize other municipal departments
such as accounting, public works,
data p r o c e s s i n g , purchasing,
personnel, and legal, thereby
avoiding the extra cost of setting up
separate departments within the
utility to perform these functions;
the ability to combine with the
water department (and with the
natural gas department if applicable) to carry out the functions
of meter reading, billing, collections, and general customer accounting; access to the municipal
tax-free status for electric utility
functions, including
tax-exempt
financing; the lower cost of labor
and more flexibility in general
operations than normally found in a
large corporate bureaucracy.

The cost advantages obtained by
the municipal electric system can
be enjoyed by the local populace
either in the form of lower electric
rates, lower general tax rates, more
and better services, or any combination of these benefits. Other
savings and benefits associated
with local ownership of the electric
utility include full control over and
lower cost for street lighting, local
control of retail electric rates,
availability of the lower cost
electricity for city buildings and
plants, and better access to the
electric utility for coordination of
those many matters in which the
utility and the city need to work
closely together (such as relocating
poles for street improvements and
modifications).
Although the advantages of local
ownership of the electric utility are
plentiful, it is rare for a locality
served at retail by a private utility to
change over to local ownership. The
transition is seldom made because
the high cost of purchasing the
private utility's lines and equipment
at today's prices is not an affordable expense for most local
governments.
Although
the large private
utilities in Virginia are generating
most of the electricity used by the
MEPAV cities, these municipalities
are continually searching for means
to
increase the amount
of
generation under local control.
Virginia law now provides for the
electric utility municipalities to join
together
in an authority
or

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electric
generation
projects on a joint b a s i s .
Currently the M E P A V c i t i e s are
s t u d y i n g the feasibility of adding
h y d r o e l e c t r i c generating e q u i p m e n t
to certain federal flood control
dams.

Local Government Laws
of Virginia
Local Government L a w s of
Virginia is a handy two volume
reference manual incorporating
all significant Virginia
local
government statutes.
T h e s e volumes and 1981 supplements were prepared by the
Michie Company at the request
of the Virginia Municipal League.
They include Michie's copyrighted a n n o t a t i o n s and a
general topical index.
Local officials and their staffs
across Virginia have found Local
Government Laws of Virginia a
most useful tool in bringing to
their fingertips the basic legal requirements under which local
governments in Virginia are required to operate.
IVIany
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"MEPAV
tries to
get
hydroelectric generation."
T h e r e are a great many d a m s
throughout the nation w h i c h were
built by the federal government In
this century for flood
control
p u r p o s e s . At the time that most of
t h e s e d a m s w e r e built the c o s t of
coal and oil w a s very low, s o it did
not appear to be a n e c o n o m i c a l
proposition for the federal government to install e l e c t r i c a l generation
at the d a m s , s i n c e the electricity
being generated by
fuel-burning
plants w a s s o low in c o s t . In recent
y e a r s , however, the p r i c e s of c o a l
and oil have risen dramatically, and
it Is quite p o s s i b l e that many of the
federal flood control d a m s are now
e c o n o m i c a l l y competitive s i t e s for
hydroelectric
generation.
In
recognition of this possibility, the
federal government h a s e s t a b l i s h e d
a program by w h i c h non-federal
entities c a n develop the flood
control s i t e s for e l e c t r i c generation.
To participate in this program, the
developer m u s t obtain a permit
from the F e d e r a l E n e r g y Regulatory
Commission (FERC).
M E P A V h a s applied to F E R C for
permits to investigate the feasibility
of adding generation at s i x different
federal flood control s i t e s . Unfortunately, the p o s s i b i l i t i e s for
e c o n o m i c a l generation of electricity did not e s c a p e the notice of
many o t h e r s , and most of the good
s i t e s were the f o c u s of s e v e r a l
permit
applications. The
FERC
received other permit a p p l i c a t i o n s
on the best s i t e s a m o n g t h o s e for
w h i c h M E P A V applied for permits.
Although federal law provides that
municipalities
are
to
have
preference over others in matters of
this type, m o s t of the c o m p e t i n g
a p p l i c a n t s c l a i m e d a l s o to be entities
eligible
for
municipal
p r e f e r e n c e . T h e result w a s that
M E P A V did not Immediately receive
all of the permits that w e r e originally hoped for, s i n c e permits w e r e
i s s u e d to others on the best s i t e s .
M E P A V h a s filed a p p e a l s with F E R C
on s o m e of the s i t e s , on the
grounds that permits w e r e i s s u e d to
entities making a f a l s e c l a i m to municipal p r e f e r e n c e .
M E P A V did receive permits to
investigate two
sites,
although

t h e s e two s e e m e d to be the
s m a l l e s t and least d e s i r a b l e of the
lot. N e v e r t h e l e s s , M E P A V Is going
forward with the feasibility s t u d i e s
on t h e s e s i t e s on the b a s i s that a
s m a l l amount of a good thing is
better than nothing at a l l . While
t h e s e s t u d i e s are p r o g r e s s i n g , hope
r e m a i n s that M E P A V may prevail In
its a p p e a l s and yet receive permits
to investigate the p o s s i b i l i t i e s at
one or more of the more lucrative
sites.
The
advantages
of
local
o w n e r s h i p of the e l e c t r i c utility are
so
many that the 16 Virginia
m u n i c i p a l i t i e s w h o enjoy this option are very fortunate. Through
M E P A V , t h e s e c i t i e s and t o w n s
have been working together to s e e
that all p o s s i b l e benefits of local
e l e c t r i c utility o w n e r s h i p are made
available to the c i t i z e n s of e a c h
community.

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resident of Marion, L e m m o n i s a
former s i x term m e m b e r of the
H o u s e of D e l e g a t e s a n d w a s
C h a i r m a n of the H o u s e E d u c a t i o n
c o m m i t t e e . He w a s a l s o a m e m b e r
of t h e H o u s e Appropriations C o m mittee a n d s e r v e d in 1975-76 a s
c h a i r m a n of the joint S e n a t e - H o u s e

c o m m i t t e e s t u d y i n g the s t a n d a r d s
of quality for public e d u c a t i o n .
Enid F . Beaumont, E x e c u t i v e
Director of the National Institute of
Public A f f a i r s , h a s been named
Director of the A c a d e m y for S t a t e
and L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t . F o r m e r l y
k n o w n a s the A c a d e m y for C o n temporary P r o b l e m s headquartered
in C o l u m b u s , Ohio, the institution
has been reorganized
a n d its
principle
offices
relocated
in
W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. B e a u m o n t h a s
directed the N l P A s i n c e May, 1978
and h a s served a s v i c e president of
the National A c a d e m y of Public
Administration
since
November
1981.
Carol W. DeLong h a s been named
c h a i r m a n of the Northern Virginia
Transporation Commission (NVTC).
T h e mayor of F a l l s C h u r c h , s h e h a s
been treasurer of the c o m m i s s i o n .
Mayor Ronald C . Spiggle of
A p p o m a t t o x w a s appointed to the
Virginia
Transportation
Safety
Board.
T h e Advisory C o m m i s s i o n on
Intergovernmental R e l a t i o n s named
S . Kenneth Howard of M a d i s o n ,
W i s c o n s i n a s A C I R ' s new e x e c u t i v e
director. Howard h a s been a c t i v e in
intergovernmental relations for the
past 20 y e a r s Including serving a s
state budget a n d planning director
for the S t a t e of W i s c o n s i n and a s a
professor at the University of North
C a r o l i n a and the University of N e w
Hampshire.

Honors
Bruce V. Turner, chief of F a l l s
C h u r c h Volunteer F i r e Department,
has been named a n honorary
member of H e r o e s , Inc., w h i c h a i d s

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the surviving s p o u s e or parents of a
law
enforcement
officer
or
firefighter w h o h a s been killed in
the line of duty.

Retirements, Resignations
Lawrence E. Parham, w a s t e w a t e r
treatment
plant
operator
for
Franklin for 27 y e a r s ,
recently
retired.
Staunton
Mayor
S . Willson
Sterrett resigned from C o u n c i l and
Ronald E . S h i b l e y , a F r e d e r i c k s b u r g
C o u n c i l m e m b e r , stepped d o w n . Mr.
S h i b l e y w a s e l e c t e d to c o u n c i l in
1980.

Blacksburg,
Roanoke Named
T h e National Municipal L e a g u e
named B l a c k s b u r g and R o a n o k e AllA m e r i c a C i t i e s last month.
More than 100 localities enter the
national c o n t e s t and only 10 are
recognized e a c h year.
It's a triple honor for R o a n o k e
s i n c e this i s the third time It h a s
w o n the prestigious award. It won in
1953 and again in 1979, although it
shared the award with
other
R o a n o k e Valley governments.
T h i s is the first time B l a c k s b u r g
h a s been named an A l l - A m e r i c a
City.

Local Government
Media Conference
Gerald
B a l i l e s , Virginia's Attorney G e n e r a l , will be the keynote
s p e a k e r at the L o c a l Government
Media C o n f e r e n c e at the R a m a d a
Inn in Charlottesville on J u n e 1 1 ,
1982. T h e theme of the c o n f e r e n c e
is F r e e d o m of Information. Mr.
B a l i l e s is c o n s i d e r e d to be a n expert on V i r g i n i a ' s F O I A c t .
F o l l o w i n g Mr. B a l i l e s ' r e m a r k s , a
panel d i s c u s s i o n on the F O I A c t
and its impact on media-local government relations will be featured.
After l u n c h , participants will be divided into s m a l l groups to d i s c u s s informally their c o n c e r n s about F O I
and working with the p r e s s .
A minimum registration fee will
be c h a r g e d . F o r more information,
c o n t a c t Charlotte Kingery at the
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�York County
Bridges
Communication Gap
Editor's
Note:
This
article
was
adapted
from
a
1981
VIVIL
Acliievement
Awards
entry.
Even
ttiough
ttie entry was not a
winner,
ttie judges
gave it higli marl&lt;s. As a
result,
the
Virginia
Municipal
League
wants
to share
this
idea
with its member
localities.
If t h e c i t i z e n s o f a c o m m u n i t y
don't understand and trust their
government, everyone involved has
a problem.
In 1 9 7 9 , t h e p u b l i c o f f i c i a l s a n d
citizens of York C o u n t y f o u n d that
they weren't c o m m u n i c a t i n g with
each other, but they attacked the
problem
systematically.
The
atm o s p h e r e p r e v a i l i n g in t h e c o u n t y
w a s o n e of m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d
criticism,
but
careful
planning,
good
management
and
a
cons c i e n t i o u s effort proved to be the
key e l e m e n t s needed for a successful
bridge
to
their
communication gap.

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T h e L e a g u e of W o m e n
Voters
held several m e e t i n g s b e c a u s e of
the shaky communication flow and
as a result, the Board of Supervisors
created a citizen's ad hoc c o m mittee to investigate the problem.
The committee
In t u r n
outlined
possible
programs
to
be
implemented
by
a
newly
formed
P u b l i c I n f o r m a t i o n O f f i c e (PIO).
F a c i n g the o f f i c e w a s a list of
ideas
aimed
at
appeasing
the
citizens' d e m a n d for
information
while catering to the needs and
abilities of the c o u n t y g o v e r n m e n t .
Among
the suggested
programs
were:
* Improving
the
local
media
c o v e r a g e s i n c e t h e Daily
Press,
Times-Herald
a n d Virginia
Gazette
were
not
fulfilling
the
public's
desire for government news.

* Improving the Information flow
from the government to the media,
p o s s i b l y in t h e f o r m of a p r e s s
release mailed with c o u n t y board
meeting agendas and summaries.
* Improving the personal communication and contact
between
public officials and citizens
by
scheduling Wednesday
mornings
meetings between county officials
and the public.
* Improving
community
awaren e s s and u n d e r s t a n d i n g by c r e a t i n g
a " H o t Line" answering service and
a " Q u e s t i o n L i n e " c o l u m n in t h e
newspapers,
both
devoted
to
county government matters.
Also suggested was a general
Information
brochure
explaining
government procedure and policy,
and mailing an information sheet
from the g o v e r n m e n t offices to the
citizens'
homes
on a
quarterly
basis. The "flier" could
contain
I n f o r m a t i o n s u c h as " t a x d o l l a r s
spent, planning projects, policies,
elections and upcoming events."

Good management
Obviously the public information
office has had quite a j o b planning
a n d i m p l e m e n t a t i n g t h e s e or like
programs and monitoring
public
response, but the project gained
s u p p o r t s o o n a f t e r It w a s c r e a t e d i n
1979.
T h e secret of the o f f i c e ' s s u c c e s s
c o u l d b e t h a t it a c t s l i k e a n o m budsman
for
government-citizen
p r o b l e m s , s e r v i n g e q u a l l y t h e int e r e s t s o f b o t h . I t s g o a l Is t o e x i s t
w i t h " o n e f o o t in t h e c o m m u n i t y
a n d o n e f o o t in t h e g o v e r n m e n t . "
T o get s t a r t e d o n t h e list of
p r o g r a m s c o m p i l e d by the ad-hoc
c o m m i t t e e , the staff t o o k surveys
a n d p o l l s to g a u g e the v i e w s of the
c i t i z e n s . O n c e the results w e r e In,

the
public
information
officer
prepared a newsletter to inform the
citizens about government actions
and
policy.
Staff
served
as
a
sounding board for citizen complaints and/or questions and began
a c t i n g as a liaison b e t w e e n the
media and the government.

Conscientious effort
T h e PIO has a d o p t e d a p o l i c y to
p u b l i c i z e all o f f i c i a l a c t i o n s of t h e
B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s a n d
other
county departments with the public
Information officer reporting to the
c o u n t y a d m i n i s t r a t o r . It h a s b e e n
strictly e n f o r c e d that no f u n c t i o n of
the o f f i c e may be used for the
p e r s o n a l or p o l i t i c a l p u r p o s e s of
a n y c o u n t y e m p l o y e e or e l e c t e d
official.
T h e dally p r i o r i t i e s of t h e o f f i c e
are t o r e s p o n d to citizen c o m p l a i n t s
first. Inform the citizens with news
releases s e c o n d and respond to the
B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s t h i r d .
T h e p u b l i c i n f o r m a t i o n office has
m a d e s t r i d e s in i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e
p r o g r a m s and has had s u c c e s s with
p r e s s r e l e a s e s , " h o t l i n e " a n d Inf o r m a t i o n sheets. Staff has also
d e v e l o p e d an u p d a t e d d i r e c t o r y of
York
County
boards
and
commissions.
Quarterly
newsletters
about
county government and a speaker's
bureau have also been e s t a b l i s h e d .
So, the story of York C o u n t y t u r n s
o u t t o b e a h a p p y o n e . In t h e f i r s t 15
months
the
PIO
met
all
the
p r o p o s e d g o a l s a n d is s t i l l w o r k i n g
to
Improve
communication.
Diff e r e n t l e v e l s in t h e c o u n t y
are
cooperating
with
each
otherd e p a r t m e n t h e a d s are I n f o r m i n g t h e
o f f i c e of e v e n t s a n d t h e p r e s s is
supporting the Information service.
The county that once saw

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�splintering a n d drifting apart i s now
e x p e r i e n c i n g a w e l c o m e d reunion
of its government and c i t i z e n s .

The lohn Marshall is not wiiat it used to be.

Know Job Ad Deadlines
Frequently the Virginia Municipal
L e a g u e i s c o n t a c t e d about placing
m u n i c i p a l job a d s in Virginia Town
&amp; City a n d the L e a g u e ' s b i w e e k l y
newsletter, L E A G U E L E T T E R .
T h e deadline for Virginia Town &amp;
City is the 10th of the month
preceding the i s s u e . If y o u want to
place a job in the J u l y i s s u e , w e
must r e c e i v e it by J u n e 10.
L E A G U E L E T T E R i s published
the first a n d third w e e k s of e a c h
month. D e a d l i n e s for placing a
Position Available ad are the first
and third M o n d a y s .
All member localities c a n a d vertise job o p e n i n g s f r e e — t h i s i s a
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�Legal Guidelines
Licensing Sale of Drug Paraphernalia
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel
One of the principle problems in
regulating
tfie
sale
of
drug
parapfiernalia h a s been that the
material, the s a l e of w h i c h is s o u g h t
to be regulated, may be u s e d for
lawful a s w e l l a s unlawful p u r p o s e s .
A c c o r d i n g l y , the s a l e of s u c h i t e m s
c a n n o t lawfully be b a n n e d .
One method of controlling the
s a l e of drug paraphernalia w a s
e n a c t e d in an o r d i n a n c e by the
Village of Ho ffm a n E s t a t e s , Illinois,
requiring a b u s i n e s s to obtain a
l i c e n s e if it s e l l s any i t e m s that are
" d e s i g n e d or marketed for u s e with
illegal c a n n a b i s or d r u g s " , a s
defined by the Illinois R e v i s e d
S t a t u t e s . T h e l i c e n s e fee is $150
and the b u s i n e s s m u s t file affidavits that the l i c e n s e e and all
e m p l o y e e s have not been c o n v i c t e d
of a drug-related o f f e n s e . T h e
b u s i n e s s m u s t a l s o l&lt;eep a record of
e a c h s a l e of a regulated item, inc l u d i n g the name and a d d r e s s of
the p u r c h a s e r , to be open to police
i n s p e c t i o n . No regulated item may
be sold to a minor. T h e violation is
s u b j e c t to a fine of not l e s s than $10
nor more than $500, and e a c h day
that a violation c o n t i n u e s giv es rise
to a s e p a r a t e o f f e n s e . A s e r i e s of
l i c e n s i n g g u i d e l i n e s prepared by
the Village attorney define " P a p e r " ,
"Roach
Clips",
"Pipes"
and
P a r a p h e r n a l i a " , the s a l e of w h i c h is
required to be l i c e n s e d .

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T h e F l i p s i d e , Hof f m a n E s t a t e s ,
Inc. ( F l i p s i d e ) , in its store located in
the V i l l a g e , sold a variety of merc h a n d i s e , including phonographic
records, smoking
accessories,
cigarette paper, cigarette rolling
devices,
novelty
devices and
j e w e l r y a s well a s " r o a c h c l i p s " ,
s p e c i a l l y d e s i g n e d p i p e s typically
u s e d to s m o k e m a r i j u a n a and other
drug-related i t e m s , all in proximity
to v a r i o u s m a g a z i n e s and b o o k s
dealing with drug u s e .
Flipside
c h a l l e n g e d the
ord i n a n c e by a suit filed in the United
S t a t e s District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging it
c o n s t i t u t i o n a l infirmity b e c a u s e of
its broad, vague language. T h e
District court upheld the validity of
the o r d i n a n c e but
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reversed on the ground that the
o r d i n a n c e w a s v a g u e on its f a c e . In
an u n a n i m o u s opinion a n n o u n c e d
March 3, 1982, however, the United
S t a t e s S u p r e m e Court in Village of
Hoffman
Estates
v.
Flipside,
Hoffman Estates, Inc., 50 L a w W e e k
4267, determined that the o r d i n a n ce
w a s not u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y vague or
broad and did not infringe Flips i d e ' s F i r s t A m e n d m e n t rights, and
thus approved a pattern o r d i n a n ce
w h i c h may be e n a c t e d by other
l o c a l i t i e s desiring to control the
s a l e of drug-related material.
T h e S u p r e m e Court rejected out
of hand F l i p s i d e ' s c o n t e n t i o n s that
the o r d i n a n ce i m p o s ed a "prior
r e s t r a i n t " b e c a u s e the g u i d e l i n e s
treat the proximity of drug-related
literature
a s an indicium
that
paraphernalia are " m a r k e t e d for u s e
with illegal c a n n a b i s or d r u g s " , and
that b e c a u s e the p r e s e n c e of drugrelated d e s i g n s , logos, or s l o g a n s
on paraphernalia may "trigger enf o r c e m e n t , the o r d i n a n ce infringed
protected s y m b o l i c s p e e c h . "
In the opinion written by J u s t i c e
Marshall, the Court
held
that
" a l t h o u g h drug-related d e s i g n s or
n a m e s on cigarette papers may
s u b j e c t t h o s e i t e m s to regulation,
the V i l l a g e d o e s not restrict s p e e c h
a s s u c h , but s i m p l y regulates the
c o m m e r c i a l marketing of i t e m s that
the labels reveal may be used for an
illicit p u r p o s e . " T h e s c o p e of the
o r d i n a n c e therefore d o e s not embrace " n o n - c o m m e r c i a l s p e e c h . "
T h e opinion s t a t e s further that the
" o r d i n a n c e is e x p r e s s l y directed to
c o m m e r c i a l activity promoting or
e n c o u r a g i n g illegal drug u s e . If that
activity is d e e m e d ' s p e e c h , ' then it
is a s p e e c h proposing an illegal
t r a n s a c t i o n , w h i c h a government
may regulate or ban entirely."
Upon c o n s i d e r a t i o n of F l i p s i d e ' s
contention to v a g u e n e s s f o c u s e d
on
the
ordinance
language
" d e s i g n e d or marketed for u s e " the
Court found that w h e r e a s the ord i n a n c e and g u i d e l i n e s do contain
s o m e a m b i g u i t i e s , the " d e s i g n e d
for u s e " standard is s u f f i c i e n t l y
c l e a r to c o v er at least s o m e of the
i t e m s F l i p s i d e s o l d . Moreover, the

alternative " m a r k e t e d for u s e "
standard w a s held to be be " t r a n s parently c l e a r , " giving
Flipside
a m p le warning that its marketing
a c t i v i t i e s required a l i c e n s e .
A copy of the Village of Hoffman
E s t a t e s o r d i n a n ce is s e t forth below
for g u i d a n ce of those localities who
may w i s h to c o n s i d e r adopting a
similar ordinance.
Village

of Hoffman Estates Ordinance N. 969-1978
AN
ORDINANCE
AMENDING
THE MUNICIPAL CODE O F T H E
VILLAGE OF HOFFMAN ESTATES
BY PROVIDING FOR REGULATION
OF
ITEMS
DESIGNED
OR
MARKETED
FOR USE WITH
I L L E G A L C A N N A B I S OR DRUGS
WHEREAS,
certain
items
d e s i g n e d or marketed for u s e with
illegal drugs are being retailed
within the Village of
Hoffman
E s t a t e s , C o o k County, Illinois, and
W H E R E A S , it is recognized that
s u c h i t e m s are legal retail items and
that their s a l e cannot be b a n n e d ,
and
W H E R E A S , there is e v i d e n c e that
these
i t e m s are d e s i g n e d
or
marketed for u s e with illegal c a n nabis or drugs and it is in the best
i n t e r e s t s of the health, s a f e t y and
welfare of the c i t i z e n s of the Village
of Hoffman E s t a t e s to regulate
within the Village the sale of i t e m s
d e s i g n e d or marketed for u s e with
illegal c a n n a b i s o r d r u g s .
NOW T H E R E F O R E , B E IT O R D A I N E D by the President and Board
of T r u s t e e s of the Village of Hoffman E s t a t e s , C o o k County, Illinois
as follows:
S e c t i o n 1: T h a t the Hoffman
Estates
Municipal
Code
be
a m e n d e d by addition thereto an
additional s e c t i o n . S e c t i o n 8-7-16,
w h i c h additional s e c t i o n s h a l l read
as follows:
S e c . 8-7-16-ITEMS D E S I G N E D O R
MARKETED
FOR USE WITH
I L L E G A L C A N N A B I S O R DRUGS
A. L i c e n s e R e q u i r e d :
It s h a l l be unlawful for any person
or p e r s o n s a s principal, clerk,
agent or servant to sell any i te m s,
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�Cover Story
on Staunton

slated for work during the 1982
building season.
What is FIP? The program is a
free service offered to anyone
In many small cities throughout
owning or leasing a building in
the United States, a successful
downtown Beverley or Wharf
approach to economic renewal has
historic districts. Membership in
included capitalizing on a comHistoric Staunton Foundation is the
munity's unique historic character
cost of the service. Anyone
and architecture.
choosing to participate in the
This approach to revitalization
program is taken through a series of
through careful planning and
steps designed to arrive at quality
historic preservation is one that is
improvements that are practical,
working in Staunton. With the
compatible with the design of the
support of city government, the
building and affordable for the
cooperative efforts of Historic
Staunton Foundation and in- owner or lessee.
vestment by the private sector, the
Before a drop of paint touches
face of Staunton is changing—for
the surface, the history of the
the better.
building is determined through
HSF's architectural inventory sheet.
Historic Staunton Foundation's
Also, photographs are taken before
Facade Improvement Program (FIP)
the construction begins and after
is part of the City's overall
the construction stage. A drawing is
revitalization plan. This program,
also made of the facade, depicting
begun in 1978, has been recognized
improvements that need to be
by the National Trust for Historical
made. Following the renovation job,
Preservation as one of the country's
a complete file on each job is kept
successful approaches to historic
at the Historic Staunton Founpreservation.
dation. The file includes a record of
The
Facade
Improvement
the contractors used, paint colors,
Program has generated more than
cost, and photographs.
$1 million in building improvements
in the downtown area. Forty
The cost of the facade imcommercial buildings have been
provement
varies with
each
renovated under FIP and more are
building. Some maintenance is as

little as $1,000, however, on a larger
scale, it can cost from $5,000 to
$8,000. All facade Improvements are
paid by the building owner or
lessee.
Currently there is no special
financing for improvements but
there are several programs that give
owners tax advantages when they
improve their property. Also, the
city has its own tax incentive
programs for renovation. For
residential
and commercial
structures 25 years or over, improved so as to increase the
assessed value by 60 percent or
more, taxes are abated up to an
amount that equals the differences
in assessed value before and after
renovation for a period of seven
years.

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�What Kind of Parks Do Citizens
Want?
Roanoke Finds Out
Editor's
Note: This was an exceiient
1981 VML
Acliievement
Awards
entry but it did not win.
Because it is a unique way to garner
citizen
participation
for
planning
recreation
space,
the
Virginia
Municipal
League
wanted
its
members
to l&lt;now about
Roanoke's
study.
S i n c e a parl&lt; is no good u n l e s s
used
and appreciated
by
the
c i t i z e n s it w a s c r e a t e d for, Roanol&lt;e
d e c i d e d to c o n s u l t its public before
it began improving its parl&lt;s and
recreation s y s t e m .
T h e result is a c o m p l e t e d park
study, " R o a n o k e ' s P a r k s — T o d a y
and T o m o r r o w . " R o a n o k e h a s found
that by involving the c i t i z e n s in the
planning p r o c e s s , c o m m u n i t y intere s t and a w a r e n e s s have been increased.
T h e need for an improved parks
s y s t e m evolved from soaring g a s
p r i c e s w h i c h kept R o a n o k e r s c l o s e
to home and lack of good neighborhood
recreational
facilities.
R o a n o k e c o n d u c t e d a city-wide
park study to e s t a b l i s h a s y s t e m a t i c
and c o m m u n i t y - b a s e d
recreation
planning p r o c e s s , a relatively new
c o n c e p t in the field of planning.
The "Roanoke's Parks—Today
and T o m o r r o w " project began with
the t e a m w o r k efforts of a recreation
planning and d e s i g n c o n s u l t a n t
team to facilitate and guide the plan
development, a s t e e r i n g c o m m i t t e e
of the city staff to coordinate the
planning, and c i t i z e n s at large.

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u s e r s to a s k their p r e f e r e n c e s . Over
1500 r e s p o n s e s were gathered.
T h e city, c o n s u l t a n t s and a local
N B C affiliated T V station prepared
three one-half hour programs to
explain the parks study and p r o c e s s
to v i e w e r s . T h e s h o w s covered the
history of R o a n o k e ' s parks, new
trends in recreation, the parks
planning p r o c e s s and r e s p o n s e s
gathered in the n e w s p a p e r questionnaire and on-site v i s i t s . T h e T V
programs clearly heightened the interest of R o a n o k e r s for their parks.

Ifin the top photo
new recreation

contruct

Below, a mother enjoys
watching
her child on the new
equipment.

"Roanoke got citizens involved by going to them."
Not
using the
run-of-the-mill
public hearing, R o a n o k e got citizen
reaction
by
using
the
local
n e w s p a p e r , a television s t a t i o n ,
citizen c o m m i t t e e s , w o r k b o o k s and
a s e r i e s of w o r k s h o p s .
Q u e s t i o n n a i r e s w e r e published in
the n e w s p a p e r a s k i n g R o a n o k e r s
how they felt their e x i s t i n g parks
s y s t e m met their n e e d s and what
the parks s y s t e m n e e d e d . In addition, the city c o n d u c t e d a door-todoor s u r v e y and interviewed park

worl&lt;men
facilities.

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A c o m m i t t e e of 23 c o n c e r n e d
c i t i z e n s were appointed by the city
c o u n c i l to c h a n n e l citizen input.
T h e C i t i z e n ' s Advisory C o m m i t t e e
( C A C ) w a s divided into s i x subc o m m i t t e e s : e x e c u t i v e , regional for
the larger parks, and one for e a c h of
the four quadrants in the city. T h e
regional
and
guadrant
subc o m m i t t e e s had the responsibility
of studying the parks in their
r e s p e c t i v e a r e a s a s an additional
way to gather citizen p r e f e r e n c e s
and hear alternative s u g g e s t i o n s .

"The C A C was the backbone of the citizen's involvement process."
S e v e n w o r k s h o p s and m e e t i n g s
were held by R o a n o k e w h e r e
r e s i d e n t s , the c o n s u l t a n t s , city staff
and the C A C could e x c h a n g e ideas
and c o m m e n t s on planning the
parks projects. In addition, C A C
organized and led five
public
m e e t i n g s in different s e c t i o n s of
the city to obtain direct c o m m e n t s
from the c i t i z e n s . Traditionally,
coordinated public meetings have
been the responsibility of the local
government.
T h e main tool of the C A C in the
citizen participation p r o c e s s w a s
the C i t i z e n ' s Planning Workbook,
which
w a s a combination
information d o c u m e n t and how-to
guide. It c o n t a i n e d data, s t a n d a r d s ,
a n a l y s e s , fact s h e e t s , use-profiles,
and d e c i s i o n making criteria for
e a c h of R o a n o k e ' s parks. T h e
workbook w a s e x p a n d e d to be u s e d

�Interviewers to go door-to-door
City teams w i l l sample door-to-door and in the
parks, starting Monday, the public reaction to R o a noke's park and recreation program.
The interviewers canvassing neighborhoods will
have short questionnaires, but those in the parks will
conduct informal discussions.
Dinesh Tiwari, a city planner working on the park
study, said the interviewers going from door-to-door
will have city identification cards on their lapels. Any

directly by both the CAC and city
staff. The c o m p r e h e n s i v e workbool&lt;
provided an innovative " h a n d s - o n "
tool for direct citizen participation
on the parks planning process.
The c o n s u l t a n t s
presented a
f u t u r i s t i c slide presentation to a
g r o u p of c o m m u n i t y leaders on new
trends in leisure and recreation and
new f a c i l i t i e s w h i c h c o u l d be made
available to Roanoke, s u c h as a
v e l o d r o m e and a wave pool. The
intent was to expand the citizen's
field of vision t o w a r d recreation and
jar preestablished p o i n t s of view to
open the " c o n c e i v a b l e " range of
recreation o p p o r t u n i t i e s . This has
helped generate e n t h u s i a s m for
u n i q u e f a c i l i t i e s and programs in
leisure services.
A local o f f i c e was also established at the Parks and Recreation
Department headquarters. This c o n s u l t a n t ' s o f f i c e provided a presence
in the city and Increased people's
awareness a b o u t the project.

resident approached about the park study should ask to
see the identification.
The survey will be made from about 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Mondays through Saturdays until the end of July.
T i w a r i said the interviewers expect to sample
opinions at 1,000 households, 250 of them in each quadrant of the city.
The interviewers assigned to the parks will talk to
people using the facilities.

c o u l d be done to improve recreation
f a c i l i t i e s . The Memorial
Bridge
Park, located below the Memorial
Bridge between the river and s o m e
railroad tracks, was apparently not
used for any recreative use, but the
study s h o w e d it had great potential
if the a c c e s s to the park was
c h a n g e d . A n e i g h b o r h o o d recreat i o n facility w o u l d also enhance the
use of Memorial Bridge Park.
G o l d e n Park in Riverdale near the
sewage t r e a t m e n t plant was a
p o t e n t i a l n e i g h b o r h o o d park w i t h
s p o r t s and play o r i e n t e d use s i n c e it
is located w i t h i n a n e i g h b o r h o o d
w i t h many c h i l d r e n . The p r o b l e m is
that is had been used as a m e e t i n g
place for drug e x c h a n g e and vand a l i s m . The park s t u d y recommended
a facelift
and
police
p r o t e c t i o n for G o l d e n Park. The
study
added
that,
with
im-

provement, the park c o u l d serve
t h o s e c h i l d r e n w h o need recreation
space and d e m a n d w o u l d increase
as the area n e i g h b o r h o o d s grow.
Grant f u n d s in the a m o u n t of
$298,500 have been awarded to
Roanoke by the U.S. Department of
the
I n t e r i o r and the
Virginia
C o m m i s s i o n of O u t d o o r Recreation
to initiate park i m p r o v e m e n t needs
that were defined in the plan. Five
n e i g h b o r h o o d parks will s o o n be
rehabilitated w i t h these f u n d s .
Roanoke's s u c c e s s f u l experience
w i t h the t e a m w o r k approach to
s e t t i n g goals s u c h as these c o u l d
serve as a blueprint for other
c o m m u n i t i e s . The results of t h i s
approach are c o m p r e h e n s i v e , costeffective and realistic.

"A cookbook for Roanoke's
parks."
A two-volume
"How-To-Do-lt"
g u i d e for p l a n n i n g and d e s i g n i n g
Roanoke's parks was created. This
g u i d e was meant to s u p p l e m e n t the
actual plan and be used as a
" c o o k b o o k " for c o n t i n u e d f u t u r e
p l a n n i n g by the citizen's g r o u p s ,
city
p l a n n i n g , and parks
and
recreation staff. It i n c l u d e d accepted
standards
for
design,
e q u i p m e n t , materials, m a i n t e n a n c e
and o p e r a t i o n s f o r m u l a t e d for use
in Roanoke's parks. More importantly, it represented a tool
t h r o u g h w h i c h park p l a n n i n g c o u l d
be m o n i t o r e d and the o b j e c t i v e s
c h a n g e d as c o n d i t i o n s require.
W h a t did the s t u d y s h o w ?
The s t u d i e s on t w o Roanoke
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�There's Much More to
Municipal R M
T h a n J u s t Minding the
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The vast majority of U.S. muncipalities have virtually no formalized risk management programs
in place. Furthermore, a good
number of the programs that do
exist usually consist of someone
trying to "sort out the tangled web
of insurance" to assure adequate
coverage and/or someone responsible for instituting and implementing
an employee safety program.
These very basic procedures,
however, in no way constitute a risk
management program. Insurance
and safety measures simply won't
cut it in today's litigious and liability-conscious society. A complete
risk management program that assures effective protection of both
the municipality as an entity, and
municipal officials as public officers, must adhere to a specific set
of standards that go way beyond
the basics.
A safety program is indeed
essential, but only as part of a total
risk management program that, to
be effective, must not be "force
fed" from above. Rather, it must be
positioned incrementally with
emphasis on making every city
employee feel pivotal to the
program's success. Not only must
the avoidance/prevention concept
be thoroughly explained to all
department heads, but all costs
connected with losses or exposures
(potential losses) must also be
incorporated into departmental
budgets in order to facilitate accurate decision making. It is
amazing how quickly department
heads will support a prevention and
loss control program when it's
explained to them how such a
program will affect their available
funds.
About the Author
N a n c y L. R e p p e r t i s t h e r i s k m a n a g e r o f
A m e s , I o w a . T h e a r t i c l e Is r e p r i n t e d w i t h
permission
of
Risk
Management,
August, 1981.

The next step to take when implementing an effective municipal
risk management program is to
schedule meetings with employees
in each affected department. These
meetings serve as a forum where
the program and its effects on
employees as individuals are explained, thus offering an opportunity for them to "buy into the
program." In order for this approach
to be effective, the program must be
explained by using carefully created
illustrative materials that clearly
and effectively portray the personal
employee benefits to be derived
from a proper loss control program.
The first item emphasized should
be personal safety. A judicious use
of psychology in presenting graphic
illustrations of unnecessary pain,
suffering, disability or death, and
the resulting loss to employees ad
their families, will nearly always be
effective. The vast majority of
employees will be encouraged to
constantly monitor their own
workplaces, assume responsibility
for maintaining them as safe and
healthful areas, personally correct
any unsafe or unhealthful conditions when possible and report
larger, but correctable, problems to
their department head or supervisor.

Stress Employee Safety
Benefits
It is important that the employee
fully understand that the risk
manager is working not only to
protect the city and its assets, but
also to protect each employee as an
individual. Meeting regularly with
employees
in
departmental
meetings to answer questions is
advisable. Being able to answer
employees' questions is also important. Monitoring developments
in the field through legal and risk
management publications also
enables the risk manager to take
proper preventive actions to
preclude employee injuries.

An example of this approach
involved the two-piece wheel rim
currently in use on many heavy
truck tires. Many of these devices
have exploded during maintenance
procedures, causing death or
serious injuries to workers. After
reading about this specific problem,
a municipal risk manager alerted
her community maintenance service center to this danger. Within
five days, a specialized tool had
been purchased and implemented
in that city, making it safer for
municipal employees to work on
these truck tires. The safety device
cost the city only $25 but its purchase may have prevented a death
or serious injury by eliminating the
potential for an accident.

"A $25 device probably
saved a life."
The second, and obviously more
difficult concept to convey to city
employees, is to be on the alert,
both when operating in the field or
traveling within the city, for
anything that might constitute a
hazard to any citizen. Again, vivid
illustrations should be used to
present an effective message.
Since a city's budget is somewhat
fixed and since there is only "so
much of the pie" to go around, the
budget situation affects employees'
personal incomes. A city that is
financially strapped as a result of an
expensive liability lawsuit is not
going to be able to continue to give
its employees equitable raises, and
might conceivably have to lay off
employees. By having an open and
mutual discussion with employees
in this area, it is possible to bring
them to a full understanding of their
personal stake in the commitment
to a loss control program.
Management skills are the key to
successful risk management in any
organization, but especially in the
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public s e c t o r . It is n e c e s s a r y to
provide the public s e c t o r e m p l o y e e
vi/ith more Intrinsic regards in lieu of
the higher pay that is u s u a l l y offered in the private s e c t o r .
"Buying
Int o
the
system"
provides the e m p l o y e e s with an
e s t e e m factor a s full contributors
toward the Improved m a n a g e m e n t
of their department and of the total
organization, and g i v e s e m p l o y e e s
the feeling of having s o m e control
over their future through individual
efforts.
Implementation of this procedure
h a s proved that e m p l o y e e s , w h e n
properly a p p r o a c h e d , take great
pride In the program and even
e n g a g e in s o m e friendly c o m petition with other d e p a r t m e n t s
toward attaining the c i t y ' s best l o s s
control record. T h e s e efforts help to
keep the city free of p o s s i b l e
liability hazards. E m p l o y e e s take
pride In being the first to report a
hazard—or the first to c o r r e c t o n e .
Pride, s e l f - e s t e e m and
participative m a n a g e m e n t are the real
k e y s to the e f f e c t i v e n e s s of public
m a n a g e m e n t in this day of the
taxpayer revolt. A risk m a n a g e m e n t
program is a crit ic a l e l e m e n t In that
total
picture
b e c a u s e it e n compasses
the greatest
loss
potential,
and, therefore,
the
greatest s a v i n g s potential. A total
organizational a p p r o a c h to
the
a v o i d a n c e and prevention of any
condition
that
may
present
potential harm or Injury to a citizen
c a n be effective if It is properly
Imp leme nte d , and If the
right
m a n a g e m e n t t e c h n i q u e s are u s e d .

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Most
municipalities
have a
c e r t a i n number of s u m m e r e m p l o y e e s , and It Is fairly o b v i o u s that
temporary e m p l o y e e s are not going
to have quite the s t a k e In preserving
the f i s c a l stability of the city that a
permanent e m p l o y e e h a s . T h e r e
are, therefore, only two particularly
viable tools available to a c h i e v e the
desired
result with
temporary
p e r s o n n e l . F i r s t , there Is pride. It is
possible
to
instill
pride
by
demanding
excellence
and
providing training that will m a k e
w o r k e r s more c a p a b l e of handling
their
temporary
jobs
in
a
p r o f e s s i o n a l manner.
For e x a m p l e , the Cit y of Liberty,
Mo., trains all recreation a i d e s ,
lifeguards, s w i m m i n g i n s t r u c t o r s ,
playground s u p e r v i s o r s and other
general s u m m e r - t i m e
park e m p l o y e e s in first aid and C P R prior to
putting them into their p o s i t i o n s .

T h e s e part-time e m p l o y e e s have
little r e a s o n to be c o n c e r n e d about
liability
or the c i t y ' s f i n a n c i a l
situation over the long haul, but
they c a n develop an Intrinsic pride
in the quality of work they perform
and the r e s u l t s of the program for
w h i c h they bear responsibility.
T h e other form of incentive i s , of
c o u r s e , the s t a t u s of Independent
contractors
e s t a b l i s h e d in
the
c a s e s w h e r e the p r o f e s s i o n a l is
c o n t r a c t i n g for a s p e c i f i c program
for a s p e c i f i c length of time, and
w h e r e the potential liability risk is
great. T h i s will be e x a m i n e d further
w h e n the t r a n s f e r e n c e option is
considered.

alternatives that will a c c o m p l i s h , a s
nearly a s p o s s i b l e , the desired
result
without
the
undesirable
a f t e r e f f e c t s . T h e risk manager must
have the diplomatic ability to work
well with people and operate a c r o s s
departmental lines without creating
u n n e c e s s a r y friction.
In addition, current knowledge to
all
court
activity
affecting
municipalities
c a n prevent
unn e c e s s a r y legislation from being
e n a c t e d In the first place. A c o m prehensive record of all court
d e c i s i o n s and state and federal
legislation pending to o t h e r w i s e ,
which
might
affect
the
m u n i c i p a l i t y ' s e x i s t i n g co de and
o r d i n a n c e s , s h o u l d be maintained.

"The merits of any action
can be toppled by
procedural errors."

Liability may be a new c o n c e p t in
local government, but it s h o u l d not
be a foreign or o f f e n s i v e one. A s
s t at e d in the O w e n court d e c i s i o n :
" H o w uniquely a m i s s It w o u l d be
. . . If the government itself, the
s o c i a l organ to w h i c h all In our
s o c i e t y look for the promotion of
liberty, j u s t i c e , free and equal
treatment and the setting of worthy
norms and goals for s o c i a l c o n d u c t ,
were permitted to d i s a v o w liability
for the injury it h a s b e g o t t e n ." A
risk m a n a g e m e n t program c a n work
if the e m p h a s i s Is on m a n a g e m e n t .
F u r t h e r m o r e , avoidance/prevention requires that the risk m a n a g er
interact with all department h e a d s
and attend all city c o u n c i l m e e t i n g s
to offer input w h e n potential administrative d e c i s i o n s or legislation
are being developed. T o o often,
there Is a rush to legislate to rectify
a s m a l l problem without realizing
that the legislation Itself, b e c a u s e It
will affect the entire city and not
s i m p l y the problem
being add r e s s e d , will
u l t i m a t e ly
cause
c o n s i d e r a b l y more problems than It
w a s Intended to s o l v e .
T h e prudent and effective risk
manager will not allow this to
happen but will work with the staff
and legislative body to develop

T h e risk manager m u s t e s t a b l i s h
a good working relationship with
p e r s o n n e l to guarantee that their
a c t i o n s are fully d o c u m e n t e d and
that every e m p l o y e e ' s rights to
procedural
due
process
and
equality of treatment are protected,
simultaneously, sufficient
documentation must be maintained to
protect the city not only a g a i n s t potential l a w s u i t s and administrative
p r o c e d u r e s resulting from d i s c r i m i nation c l a i m s , but a l s o a g a i n st unemployment compensation claims
and invalid w o r k e r s ' c o m p e n s a t i o n
c l a i m s . If s u c h p r o c e d u r es are properly and c o n s i s t e n t l y monitored,
nearly all s u c h a c t i o n s or c l a i m s
a g a i n s t the city c a n be prevented,
city c a n be prevented.
T h e risk manager must a l s o
maintain a w a t c h f u l eye on all
administrative
and
ministerial
f u n c t i o n s of all public bodies and
officers
to
be
certain
that
procedural
requirements
are
carefully followed. T h i s is e s s e n t i a l
b e c a u s e the merits of any action
c a n be toppled by procedural errors.

The Transference/Retention
Dilemma
If a c o m p r e h e n s i v e risk management program Is in place, self ins u r a n c e b e c o m e s a viable alternative to p u r c h a s i n g i n s u r a n c e . W h e n
l o s s e s have been dramatically red u c e d and controlled, it is considerably l e s s e x p e n s i v e to pay for those
few s m a l l l o s s e s that do o c c u r and
perform
the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
inh o u s e , than it is to pay an insurer
that
generally
charges
approximately four dollars for every
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dollar of claims paid in administrative overhead. The city
comes out substantially ahead
when it invests the funds, reaps the
interest and controls, monitors and
pays its own claims—except for
umbrella insurance for catastrophic
losses.
Generally, when
insuranceoriented risk managers dicusss
transference, they are referring to
the purchase of insurance. Contractural transference of risk can be
an even more effective tool when

properly used. Every opportunity to
enter into a contract that will
transfer not only the legal liability
for damages but also responsibility
for ordinary losses should be
seized. Many services can be
provided through contractural
arrangements at a substantial
savings to the city both in dollars
and risk. Further, special recreation
programs that are implemented by
persons other than regular city
employees can be provided through
an i n d e p e n d e n t
contractual
arrangement that not only transfers
liability and other costs, but also

eliminates
p o t e n t i a l ' future
unemployment
compensation
claims.
Municipalities frequently enter
into agreements, contracts or
cooperative arrangements without
thoroughly investigating potentially
adverse effects. Every such
document should be thoroughly
reviewed and never accepted until
all of its terms adequately protect
the municipality, its officers and
employees. Negotiations may be
necessary, but in nearly every case,
the ultimate aim of securing the
best possible benefit from the
arrangement for the city can be
attained. Contractural documents
that are adopted without proper
review and refinement can very
easily come back to haunt one at a
later date.
The responsibility of that risk
manager is to protect the city and
the citizens, the city and the employee and the city and its officers.
It is far more than just buying insurance and monitoring a safety
program for employees. It is a total
management concept with a total
impact much greater than simply
the sum of its independent parts.
Marketplace
Town Manager
C o l o n i a l B e a c h , V i r g i n i a (2,500). S a l a r y
negotiable
to
$22,000.
One
person
h o l d i n g p o s i t i o n s i n c e 1977. $1 m i l l i o n
d o l l a r b u d g e t . A p p o i n t e d b y IVIayor a n d
s i x m e m b e r c o u n c i l e l e c t e d at large. 30
employees.
Preference—degree
or
equivalent
experience
in
public
administration. R e s u m e w i t h salary history
a n d r e f e r e n c e s t o T o w n Cleric, P.O. B o x
36, C o l o n i a l B e a c h , Virginia 22443 by
iVIay 1 3 , 1 9 8 2 .
Police Chief
N a r r o w s , V i r g i n i a , p o p u l a t i o n 2,516; 5
member
police department
including
chief. Salary negotiable depending on
experience
and
qualifications;
app o i n t m e n t b y IVIayor a n d C o u n c i l . C a l l o r
write
for
applications.
Applications
s h o u l d b e s u b m i t t e d by J u n e 1, 1982, t o
W i l l i a m C. R o l f e , T o w n M a n a g e r , P.O.
D r a w e r 8 , N a r r o w s , V i r g i n i a 2 4 1 2 4 ; (703)
726-3020.
Water Treatment Plant Operators
C l a s s 2, l i c e n s e r e q u i r e d . Pay r a n g e —
$12,816-$18,312.
Class
3 o r 4.
Pay
range—$11,232-$16,032. Closing
date,
May
15,
1982.
Submit
resume
to
D e p a r t m e n t of P e r s o n n e l , P.O. B o x 1858,
Suffollc, Virginia 23434.
Assessor
Portsmouth,
Virginia.
Population
104,000.
32,000
parcels,
yearly
assessments,
computer
facilitated.
Reports to City Council; plans, directs
assessment
office.
Education/experience equivalent to a degree and five
years
managerial
slcills;
professional
designation
desirable.
Salary
range:
$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 - $ 3 3 , 0 0 0 . A p p l y : C i t y Cleric, C i t y
of P o r t s m o u t h , P.O. B o x 820, P o r t s m o u t h , Virginia 23704 by May 15,1982.

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marketed for use w i t h illegal
c a n n a b i s or d r u g s , as d e f i n e d by
Illinois Revised Statutes, w i t h o u t
o b t a i n i n g a license therefore.
Such licenses shall be in a d d i t i o n
to any or all other licenses held by
applicant.

REBUILD
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B. A p p l i c a t i o n :
A p p l i c a t i o n t o sell any i t e m , effect, paraphernalia, accessory or
thing which
is d e s i g n e d or
marketed for use w i t h illegal
c a n n a b i s or d r u g s s h a l l , in add i t i o n t o r e q u i r e m e n t s of A r t i c l e
8-1, be a c c o m p a n i e d by affidavits
by a p p l i c a n t and each and every
e m p l o y e e authorized t o sell s u c h

items that s u c h person has never
been c o n v i c t e d of a drug-related
offense.
C. Minors:
It shall be u n l a w f u l t o sell or give
items as d e s c r i b e d in Section 8-716A in any f o r m t o any male or
female c h i l d u n d e r e i g h t e e n years
of age.
D. Records:
Every licensee m u s t keep a
record of every i t e m , effect,
paraphernalia, accessory or t h i n g
w h i c h is d e s i g n e d or marketed for
use w i t h illegal cannabis or drugs
w h i c h is sold and this record shall
be open to t h e i n s p e c t i o n of any
police officer at any time during
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address of the purchaser, the
name and quantity of the product,
the date and time of t h e sale, and
the licensee or agent of the
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Department of Health Services
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Section 2. That the H o f f m a n
Estates
Municipal
Code
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Fees: Merchants (Products) the
additional language as f o l l o w s :
Items d e s i g n e d or marketed for
use w i t h illegal cannabis or drugs
$150.00
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ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than
five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the
first offense and s u c c e e d i n g offenses d u r i n g the same calendar
year, and each day that s u c h
violation shall c o n t i n u e shall be
deemed a separate and d i s t i n c t
offense.
Section 4: That the Village Clerk
be and is hereby authorized to
p u b l i s h this ordinance in pamphlet
form.
Section 5: That this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect May
1, 1978, after its passage, approval
and p u b l i c a t i o n a c c o r d i n g t o law.

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Assistance for Abused Spouses
By Mary Jo Fields, Institute of Government, University of Virginia
A mother of three young children
was beaten by her estranged husband. Another mother learned that
her husband had raped their ten
year old daughter. A seventy year
old woman had been abused by her
husband for the last fifty years.
These women all found refuge and
safety at a group home operated by
Shelter for Help in Emergency
(SHE), a program for battered
spouses In Charlottesville. During
the past fiscal year SHE housed
about 250 battered women and their
children in this emergency shelter,
for a period of up to six weeks (battered men are lodged in motels).
SHE is one of a number of community programs in the Commonwealth established to deal with the
effect of domestic violence, which

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is a growing problem in America.
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some form of domestic violence occurs annually in one out of six American families. An estimated 1.8
million wives per year are severely
assaulted by their husbands, with
child abuse also occurring in onehalf of these families. Further, an
estimated 20 percent of deaths and
40 percent of injuries to police officers in the line of duty arise out of
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�ment funding; user fees; and state
and federal grants-in-aid. Federal
government support hias been very
valuable to these programs; now/, In
the wake of budget cuts, the programs are searching for funds to replace the federal dollars they will be
losing, particularly from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (GETA),
and the Community Services Administration. Virginians Against
Domestic Violence, a voluntary private organization, reported to the
Welfare Department last year that
Virginia's local spouse abuse programs will lose over $575,000 in
federal support, primarily through
CETAand LEAA funds.
To compensate for these losses,
the community programs, while in-

creasing fund-raising efforts in the
private sector, also are asking local
and state governments for assistance. In response to this need, the
1982 General Assembly (following
the example of fourteen other
states) turned to marriage license
fees to help fund spouse abuse programs, increasing the fee from $3 to
$10, effective July 1. The 1982 appropriations act has set aside
$400,000 for each year of the coming biennium to the Department of
Welfare for spouse abuse programs
and for services to abused children.
This appropriation, based on the anticipated increase in marriage license fee collections, was contingent upon enactment of the increased fee.
The 1982 session of the General
Assembly was the first to appropri-

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of the Supply Systems debt.
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bid on its tax-exempt bond offering,
part of a planned $13 billion financing program, they came to New York
to hear presentations from 19 investment banking firms and to choose a
Senior Managing Underwriter.
Merrill Lynch was chosen over
all others for sound reasons.
Merrill Lynch was able to save
them $31 million in reduced interest
expense and increased bond proceeds, and 120 basis points in true
interest cost over the previous competitive bid.
How did we do it.'' Five ways.
PRICING. Even after MerrUl
Lynch had initially priced the issue
fairly but aggressively, based on accurate pricing intelligence developed by
our sales professionals, we took
advantage of the flexibility offered by
a negotiated sale, under improving
market conditions, to re-price the
bond issue with lower interest rates
on two occasions followmg the initial
pricing. This generated additional
savings which the Supply System
could not have realized in a competitive sale.
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the secondary market and improved
investor regard for the Supply
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C A P I T A L COMMITMENT.
Merrill Lynch's capital strength,
which is unequaled in the industry,
came into play in two decisive
instances. First, we bought for our
own account $17.6 million of an
unsold long-term maturity for later
distribution to final investors. Second,
we undertook numerous trades with
capabilities, we were able to sell $30 institutional investors to consummate
the financing at favorable terms.
million worth of bonds, nearly 25%
ofthe issue: 3 7% went to institutional
PREVIOUS M A R K E T SUPinvestors and 63% to retail investors. PORT. More than any other investThis not only represented our effiment banking firm, Merrill Lynch
cient marketing capability, but also
has supported the Supply System's
enabled us to broaden the ownership bonds in both good and bad markets.
of the Supply System's debt.
During the twelve-month period following theThree Mile Island incident,
BOND ALLOCATION. As
Merrill Lynch traded $154 million
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V O L U M E 17

J U N E 1982

NUMBER6

VML President
Raymond F. Ratcliffe
Executive Director
R. Michael A m y x

6 Portsmouth's Municipal Finance Commission
" T h e City C o u n c i l c o m b i n e d two c o m m i s s i o n s to form one
that is r e s p o n s i b l e f o r o v e r s e e i n g the c i t y ' s bond and financial
policies."

Officers
Francis T. West
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J.Thomas
Executive Committee
S a m W. A d a m s
Charles E. Beatley
J a n e L. Hough
Arlie C . P a y n e
Hampton W. T h o m a s
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

8 Vinton Dedicates Town Hall
" T h e T o w n dedicated its new municipal building April 10,
without going into debt."

9 Something Old, Something New
" L y n c h b u r g t a k e s an old U. S . C o u r t h o u s e and Post Office and
turns it into a new city h a l l . "

Past President
Roy H. E r i c k s o n

12 Interview With Paul Trible
O n the C o v e r
Vinton, Virginia (population 9,000)
o p e n s its doors to c i t i z e n s on April
; 10. S e e the story on page 8 of this
issue.

" C o n g r e s s m a n Trible g i v e s s o m e insight about the activities at
the federal l e v e l . "

16 State Fire Chiefs To Meet
20 A Policymaker's Responsibility For The
Municipal Audit Process

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audit p r o c e s s — e s p e c i a l l y c o u n c i l ' s responsibility."

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Asphalt Plant
Norfolk's Public W o r k s Departm e n t a c q u i r e d its o w n asphalt plant
in 1 9 8 1 , a n d a s a r e s u l t t h e c i t y is
s a v i n g a b o u t $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 a y e a r . In a d d i t i o n t o c o s t s a v i n g s , t h e p l a n t is
solving a host of paving problems
and providing more flexibility and
c o n t r o l in w o r k s c h e d u l e s .
G e t t i n g the job d o n e more efficiently was the motivating factor
b e h i n d t h e p u r c h a s e of t h e plant,
according to Arthur Giles, superint e n d e n t of t h e d e p a r t m e n t ' s Street
Construction and Repair Division.
The division had b o u g h t asphalt
from private c o m p a n i e s before the
new plant. This arrangement was
more expensive than making
its
o w n asphalt, required m o r e travel to
p i c k it u p , a n d d i d n o t g u a r a n t e e
that the division could always get
t h e k i n d o f a s p h a l t it n e e d e d w h e n it
n e e d e d it.
T h e c i t y ' s n e w plant p r o d u c e s asp h a l t c h e a p e r t h a n it c a n b e b o u g h t
from private sources, and the city
e x p e c t s to r e c o u p its i n v e s t m e n t
within t w o years. N o w the division
c a n g e t a l l t h e a s p h a l t it n e e d s w i t h
a p l a n t t h a t c a n e a s i l y t u r n o u t i t s req u i r e d 12,500 t o n s a year. " W e ' r e
very pleased w i t h t h e p u r c h a s e of
t h e n e w p l a n t , " s a i d G i l e s . " I t ' s really a f f e c t i n g t h e e f f i c i e n c y o f o u r o p eration and saving the city a bundle."

Loan Executive
Program
S i n c e 1976 t h e C i t y of V i s a l i a , Cali f o r n i a (49,750 pop.) h a s l o a n e d f o u r
executives to surrounding c o m m u nities o n an i n t e r i m basis. T h e c i t y
has loaned a police c a p t a i n , to be
i n t e r i m p o l i c e c h i e f in t h e C i t y o f

Norfolk

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plant.

Exeter, a fire c a p t a i n to the City of
D i n u b a for an i n t e r i m fire chief, a
p o l i c e s e r g e a n t t o t h e C i t y of Orange Cove for an interim police
chief, and a city department head to
t h e City of F a r m e r s v i l l e for an interim city manager. Further, short
r a n g e e x c h a n g e p r o g r a m s have existed w i t h t h e City of C o r c o r a n and
D i n u b a in w h i c h b u i l d i n g d e p a r t ment executives f r o m the City of Visalia have been e x c h a n g e d to head
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an e x e c u t i v e level for m a n a g e r s t h a t
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Car Payments
D u r i n g 1980, t h e c i t y of Visalia,
C a l i f o r n i a ( p o p . 49,750) i n s t i t u t e d its
personalized
patrol
vehicle
program. With this program a marked
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l i m i t i n g the use of v e h i c l e s for
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concept
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years.
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�People
Managers Elect Miller

Henrico Taps Rapisarda

Vinton Town Manager Ronald H.
Miller was elected President of the
Virginia Section, International City
Management Association during
the association's annual conference in Hot Springs, Virginia.
Robert T. Williams, City Manager
of Newport News, was elected first
vice president while Warrenton
Town Manager Edward Brower was
elected second vice president.
Members of the Executive Committee Include Lynchburg City Manager E. A. Culverhouse, Falls
Church City Manager Harry Wells,
Hampton Assistant City Manager
George Wallace, Staunton City
Manager R. Gene McCombs, Alexandria City Manager Douglas Harman and Charlottesville City Manager Cole Hendrix. As immediate
past president, Salem City Manager
William J. Paxton, Jr. will also serve
on the Executive Committee.
The new slate will assume office
on July 1,1982.

Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr., has
been named County Attorney for
Henrico County.
A native of Richmond, he as been
an Assistant County Attorney with
Henrico since March, 1977, and has
held the County Attorney position
on an acting basis since January of
this year.
Rapisarda received his undergraduate and law degrees from the
University of Virginia. Prior to joining Henrico County, he was an associate attorney with the Richmond
firm of May, Miller &amp; Parsons.

Virginia Beach
Names Texan
Thomas H. IVIuehlenbeck assumed the post of City Manager of
Virginia Beach. Prior to his appointment, he was deputy city manager
of Austin, Texas. He succeeds
George L. Hanbury.

Kent Named

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors appointed Denton Kent to
the vacant position of Deputy
County Executive for Planning and
Development. Kent was most recently chief administrative officer
of the Columbia Regional Association of Governments and Metropolitan Service District In Portland, Oregon. He will be responsible for the
County's Office of Comprehensive
Planning, Department of Public
Works, Department of Environmental Management and Office of
Transportation, and will represent
the County administration In matters concerning the Economic Development Authority.

Blevins Is Chief

Town Deputy Sergeant Ronnie J.
Blevins was appointed Town Sergeant and Chief of Police for the
Town of Stephens City.

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�Portsmouth's Municipal
Finance C o m m i s s i o n
By J a c k P. B a r n e s
What h a p p e n s w h e n a city h a s a
limited tax b a s e plus difficulty in
the bond m a r k e t ?
P o r t s m o u t h ' s primary problem is
a limited tax base, roughly 60 perc e n t of its total property valuation is
nontaxable. In the 1960s the problem w a s c o m p o u n d e d w h e n the city
felt It w a s not receiving a favorable
bond rate.

"The City appointed a commission comprising tiie
top executive of each lending institution."
In 1964 L. L. Knight, w h o w a s a
m e m b e r o f city c o u n c i l and a former
v i c e president of f i n a n c e for S e a board
Airline
Railroad, recommended that the city appoint the
top e x e c u t i v e of e a c h of the lending
institutions in the city to a Municipal B o n d C o m m i s s i o n . T h e bond
c o m m i s s i o n w a s to review current
outstanding bonds and set up a
s c h e d u l e regarding future bonding
w h i c h would take Into a c c o u n t the
bonding limit of the city. T h i s would
allow c o u n c i l to know at all t i m e s
w h e r e the city w a s regarding bonds
and would keep P o r t s m o u t h ' s proj e c t e d bonding within the bonding
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In 1966 the bond situation w a s being carefully reviewed but the taxing problem still r e m a i n e d . T h e
Portsmouth Tax Study C o m m i s s i o n
w a s e s t a b l i s h e d to
review all
s o u r c e s of r e v e n u e s , making any
recommendations
for
any
new
s o u r c e s of revenue, but mainly trying to keep all taxation of different
groups of c i t i z e n s on a fair and
equitable b a s i s . T h e s e two c o m m l s s i o n s c o n t i n u e d to operate and a s s i s t c o u n c i l until 1972.
At that time then Mayor of Portsmouth J a c k B a r n e s r e c o m m e n d e d
that P o r t s m o u t h form a Municipal
F i n a n c e C o m m i s s i o n w h i c h would
c o m b i n e the B o n d C o m m i s s i o n and
About the Author
Mr. Barnes has been on the Portsmouth
City Council since 1960, serving as
mayor from 1968-1974. He was president
of the Virginia Municipal League in 19731974.

the T a x Study C o m m i s s i o n into
one, e x p a n d i n g their duties and responsibilities.

Duties of the Commission
What d o e s the c o m m i s s i o n do?
C o u n c i l gave s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s
and s i n c e its c r e a t i o n , the c o m m i s s i o n h a s been active.
F i r s t , the c o m m i s s i o n s u r v e y s
the c i t y ' s f i n a n c i a l condition and
m a k e s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s to city
c o u n c i l at least t w i c e a year.
T o have equitable distribution of
the c i t y ' s revenue and tax burden,
the c o m m i s s i o n s t u d i e s the tax policy and m e t h o d s of c o l l e c t i n g revenue.
Other r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s Include exploring p o s s i b l e new s o u r c e s of revenue, s u r v e y i n g all a s p e c t s of the
c i t y ' s bonded i n d e b t e d n e s s and
studying d e m a n d s for city f u n d s .
Even money spent for materials
and s e r v i c e s is analyzed and recomm e n d a t i o n s are made so city f u n d s
are w i s e l y spent for t h e s e items.
R e v i e w i n g the c i t y ' s budgeting
p r o c e d u r e s and m e t h o d s is included, s p e c i f i c a l l y the c i t y ' s annual
budget and five year capital imp r o v e m e n t s program.
W h e n the C o m m i s s i o n w a s created, C o u n c i l even incorporated the
s c h o o l s y s t e m by directing members to look at the s c h o o l board's
budgeting p r o c e d u r e s and metho d s , particularly its annual budget.
A c c o u n t i n g p r o c e d u r e s for both
the City and s c h o o l board are reviewed.
Finally, the C o m m i s s i o n a d v i s e s
city c o u n c i l on the propriety of all
bond I s s u e s a n d a s s i s t s c o u n c i l
and the director of f i n a n c e in promoting and obtaining bond I s s u e s .
A d v i c e Is then given to c o u n c i l that
is c o n d u c i v e in Improving the financial condition of P o r t s m o u t h .

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Jack Barnes, who has served on council
since 1960, recommended
the
Municipal
Finance
Commission.

The Chairman of the Commission,
Richard
R. Early, has given a lot of time overseeing
Portsmouth's financial policy.

The IVIake Up of the Commission
Made up of nine voting m e m b e r s
appointed by city c o u n c i l , the comm i s s i o n h a s three m e m b e r s from
the banking p r o f e s s i o n , three busin e s s p e r s o n s and three p e r s o n s
c h o s e n from the citizens-at-large.
T h e city manager and director of
f i n a n c e s e r v e a s ex-officio members. T h i s e n a b l e s the f i n a n c e c o m m i s s i o n to be continually Informed
of the f i n a n c i a l condition of the city,
and it k e e p s the city manager and

director of f i n a n c e c o n s t a n t l y in
touch with the m e m b e r s of the comm i s s i o n . Directing all financial matters through the f i n a n c e c o m m i s s i o n before they are sent to the City
C o u n c i l h a s been a t r e m e n d o u s a s set. T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of the fin a n c e c o m m i s s i o n have been a c cepted by the c i t i z e n s s i n c e the
m e m b e r s are not e l e c t e d .

�"This process enables the
council to pass budgets,
make necessary appropriations and changes that
would not be possible without the Municipal Finance
Commission."
Richard R. Early, the current
chairman of the Municipal Finance
Commission, commented, "The effectiveness of the commission is attributed in part to the integrity and
ability of the members appointed
and their sincere desire to perform
the task assigned to them."
He also salutes the credibility
and professionalism of the city staff
who work with the commission and
provide the needed detailed information. Early concludes, "These
factors ensure that in no way the
body can be construed as a rubber
stamp."
According to city finance director
Roy Cherry (an ex-officio member of
the MFC for the past seven years),
the commission has been instrumental in adding an external perspective to staff activities. Because
of the generous amount of time that

the commission members have
been willing to devote to the city's
financial matters, municipal finances probably have received more attention and interest than they would
have otherwise.
Portsmouth has managed to establish a sound financial policy, to
balance its budget year after year,
and to capitalize on opportunities
that help to stimulate investment in
the city. A large part of the credit for

the city's fine performance can be
shared by many people in the city
government—not the least of which
are the nine citizens who volunteer
their time, energy and knowledge to
serve as Municipal Finance Commissioners.

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The day begins with the flag raising.

Mayor Charles Hill

Other localities probably envy
t h e T o w n of V i n t o n — a n e w t o w n
building but no b o n d
indebtness. A s Vinton C o u n c i l m e m b e r
James
Reynolds commented,
" W e m a y b e b r o k e , but at l e a s t
w e d i d n ' t h a v e to b o r r o w to d o
it."
V i n t o n d e d i c a t e d its n e w $1.1
million municipal building April
10, w i t h V i r g i n i a S e n a t o r R o y L.
Garland and Delegate C . Richard
Cranwell as guest speakers.

C o n s t r u c t i o n on the building
s t a r t e d in M a r c h 1 9 8 1 , a n d t o w n
e m p l o y e e s h a v e b e e n w o r k i n g in
t h e s t r u c t u r e s i n c e F e b r u a r y of
t h i s year. B u t the town w a i t e d
for g o o d w e a t h e r for t h e d e d i c a tion, w h i c h included m u s i c from
three bands, s p e e c h e s , refreshm e n t s , t o u r s of t h e b u i l d i n g a n d
the required ribbon cutting.

"The best part is that it's
all paid for."—Mayor
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In a t t e n d a n c e w e r e o f f i c i a l s
f r o m t h e c o u n t i e s of R o a n o k e
and Botetourt, the t o w n s
of
B u c h a n a n and B l a c k s b u r g , and
t h e c i t y of R o a n o k e .
Vinton
Councilman
James
R e y n o l d s s a i d it h a s b e e n a
g o o d y e a r f o r n e w f a c i l i t i e s in
Vinton. T h e town o p e n e d its n e w
water s y s t e m recently and will
m o v e i n t o a n e w p o s t o f f i c e in
several months.
T h e municipal building puts,
for the first t i m e , all the t o w n ' s
o p e r a t i o n s u n d e r o n e roof, a c c o r d i n g to M a y o r H i l l . B e f o r e ,
t h e o p e r a t i o n s w e r e c l o s e to
e a c h o t h e r b u t b e c a u s e of p o o r
planning and cramped facilities
w o r k w a s not d o n e e f f i c i e n t l y ,
Hill s a i d .
Hill s a i d the n e w building is
" f u n c t i o n a l , a t t r a c t i v e , b u t not
overdone with frills."
—Article
adapted from a
Roanoke
Times &amp; World News report by Ricliard Lovegrove.
Photos by George H.
Welch, Jr.

Virginia
speaks.

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Cranwell

left: l^ayor Hill cuts the ribbon.

Below right: Town officials
the town clock.

pose

in front of

�Something Old, Something New
By Liz Browning
W h e n L y n c h b u r g ' s cozy office
s p a c e turned into cramped office s p a c e , City C o u n c i l decided
not to build but to renovate an
old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse located directly a c r o s s
the street.
Dedicated on April 23, the new
City Hall is in the center of the
downtown b u s i n e s s district and
i n c l u d e s about 88,000 square
feet, a 20,000 square foot inc r e a s e over the old City Hall.
At an approximate c o s t of $3.5
million, the building e x e m p l i f i e s
adaptive reuse a s well a s c o s t
effective expenditure of public
funds.
More functional
than
the
other municipal building, the
most frequented o f f i c e s are located on the two lower floors to
e m p h a s i z e public a c c e s s i b i l i t y .
The exterior of the building
was preserved with the overall
appearance altered only by creative landscaping (not pictured)
of azalea and cherry trees done
by city personnel. T h e original
w i n d o w s were retained with s e c ondary glazing installed to preserve the appearance and provide high quality sound and heat
insulation.
The
original
copper-framed
storm vestibule at the main entrance w a s retained. Ornamental
bronze grills, originally used a s
radiator c o v e r s , were reused a s a
handrail surrounding the most
unique and contemporary feature of the renovation: the atrium, an opening cut between
floors to provide a dramatic spatial effect. From the atrium, visitors to the City Hall lobby c a n
view the B r a n c h Library to be e s tablished on the lower level.
The new C o u n c i l C h a m b e r
provides seating for 200, improved a c o u s t i c s and a i d s for
the hearing impaired.
Lynchburg c i t i z e n s are proud
of a modern efficient structure
to house the nerve center of
About the Author
Ms. Browning is Lynchburg's Public Information Specialist.

Lynchburg's

new city halt. Beiow, the plaque inside the lobby.

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their government and proud of a
heritage worthy of preserving.
Note: Interested
persons
are
welcome to contact Ms. Browning for further information
or to
arrange for guided tours. A fiveminute
video presentation
on
ttie renovation is also available.

A workman
finishes
up renovating
old federal building into a new city
for
Lynchburg.

MAYOR

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�Legal Guidelines
Municipal Tort Immunity
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel

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A c a s e note article recently published a n a l y z e s the application in
Virginia of the principle of municipal immunity (68 V a . L. R e v . 639,
fVlarch, 1982) a n d the author critic i z e s the distinction
traditionally
a c c e p t e d in Virginia a r i s i n g from
governmental duties and imposing
Jiability in the c a s e of proprietary
f u n c t i o n s . T h e author a r g u e s that
the labels " p r o p r i e t a r y " a n d "gove r n m e n t a l " are mere legal c o n c l u s i o n s , rather than
"intellectually
s a t i s f y i n g tools of a n a l y s i s " resulting in judicial c o n f u s i o n w h i c h in
the a u t h o r ' s view h a s grown more
a c u t e in Virginia.
We disagree.
A s w e read the Virginia o p i n i o n s
on this s u b j e c t , including the most
recent d e c i s i o n in Freeman v. Norfolk, 221 V a . , 57 266 S . E . 2d 885
(1980), there e m e r g e s a clear, c l e a n
definition of the principle involved:
if a municipality a s s u m e s a role
w h i c h c a n be, and frequently i s , occ u p i e d by a private p e r s o n , w h e t h e r
a s a landlord, building d e m o l i s h e r
t e a m , street repairman or operator
of a s w i m m i n g pool, its a c t s in purs u a n c e thereof are proprietary in nature; if the m u n i c i p a l i t y ' s a c t i o n s in
q u e s t i o n s t e m from a c t i v i t i e s w h i c h
are in the p e r f o r m a n c e of a duty imp o s e d by statute and not normally
undertaken by private p e r s o n s ,
t h o s e a c t i o n s are governmental a n d
therefore privileged. D e s i g n i n g city
s t r e e t s and guarding public health
are e x a m p l e s of the governmental
f u n c t i o n s found in our d e c i d e d
cases.
T h e author of the critical article
c o n t e n d s that if m u n i c i p a l i t i e s are
held to strict a c c o u n t a b i l i t y regardl e s s of w h e t h e r their a c t i o n s a r e
governmental or proprietary that
this would e n c o u r a g e their d e c i s i o n - m a k e r s to make efficient expenditures d e c i s i o n s w h i c h will result in a v o i d a n c e of a c c i d e n t s
w h e r e a s the m u n i c i p a l
immunity
rule e n c o u r a g e s a local government
to limit its preventive e x p e n d i t u r e s .
T h u s , the article c o n c l u d e s the mu-

nicipal immunity doctrine h a s e n couraged m u n i c i p a l o f f i c i a l s to
make d e c i s i o n s that c a u s e more
harm than benefit.
Our e x p e r i e n c e with local governm e n t s l e a d s u s to c o n d e m n the
c o n c l u s i o n s and the proposition on
w h i c h it i s b a s e d a s f a l l a c i o u s for it
is i n c o n c e i v a b l e to this writer that
any
responsible
decision-maker
throughout V i r g i n i a ' s municipalit i e s gives the s l i g h t e s t thought to
m u n i c i p a l immunity w h e n it i s nece s s a r y to allocate f u n d s to prevent
accidents.
T h e author c i t e s four a r g u m e n t s
w h i c h are s a i d to be traditionally adv a n c e d in support of the immunity
theory and then a r g u e s that all four
are i n s u b s t a n t i a l . However, the
b a s i c underlying reason for tort immunity for governmental f u n c t i o n s
is not a d d r e s s e d . W h e n a municipality is engaged in a c t s of a governmental nature a s o p p o s e d to proprietary f u n c t i o n s , it i s acting on behalf of the sovereign state, s u b s t i tuting for the C o m m o n w e a l t h . Under t h o s e c i r c u m s t a n c e s , the unq u e s t i o n e d immunity of the C o m m o n w e a l t h p a s s e s to the municipality along with the duty w h i c h h a s
been delegated.

Nassif, the S u p r e m e Court reversed
the trial c o u r t ' s earlier d e c i s i o n that
actual contract i n c o m e must be
used in appraising property by the
capitalization of i n c o m e a p p r o a c h .

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Although s o m e s t a t e s have abolished or limited the role of municipal immunity, w e believe that it i s a
valid doctrine a s interpreted by the
Virginia S u p r e m e Court, a rule
w h i c h is u n d e r s t a n d a b l e and understood by legal s c h o l a r s and o n e
w h i c h s h o u l d be retained in Virginia.

L o c a l government
officialdom
will be relieved by the new holding
of Virginia S u p r e m e Court to the effect that in a s s e s s i n g real e s t a t e for
taxation, " e c o n o m i c rent", a s a general rule, i s the m e a s u r e to be u s e d
in capitalizing i n c o m e for fair market value determination, although
c o n t r a c t rent i s relevant a s e v i d e n c e
of e c o n o m i c rent. H e n c e , in Board
of Supervisors
of Fairfax County v.

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�Paul Trible explains the budget.

Sarati Holt interviews Congressman

Trible.

Interview With Paul Trible
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Editor's Note: Ms. Holt, a communications
intern with the
Virginia
Municipal
League,
met with
Congressman
Trible on April 19. Other
interviews
with the Virginia
delegation and State leaders will appear in
future
issues.
It w a s c o m f o r t i n g to many to fiear
President
Reagan promise
a
stronger d e f e n s e s y s t e m and an improved e c o n o m y in this country.
W h e n the patriotic o p t i m i s m of his
w o r d s wore off, however, many
w e r e d i s t r e s s e d to find that imp r o v e m e n t s in s o m e a r e a s m e a n
deprivation in others. S i n c e there is
a fixed a m o u n t of money that this
country c a n u s e to f i n a n c e its prog r a m s , i m p r o v e m e n t s mean redistribution. T h e implementation of this
redistribution of federal m o n i e s h a s
been applauded, c r i t i c i z e d , analyzed and j u s t plain talked about by
e v e r y o n e — f r o m w e l f a r e recipient to
m e m b e r s of C o n g r e s s .
State and local policy m a k e r s , in
particular, are f a c e d with the t a s k of
gracefully a s s u m i n g their new res p o n s i b i l i t i e s brought by " N e w
F e d e r a l i s m . " Many l o c a l i t i e s f a c e
the s a m e problems of d e p r e s s e d urban a r e a s , d e c r e a s e d v o l u n t a r i s m ,
the m a n i f e s t a t i o n s of block grant
p r o p o s a l s and the future of general
revenue s h a r i n g . But C o n g r e s s m a n
Paul S e w a r d Trible s a i d he s e e s
bright d a y s ahead for state and local g o v e r n m e n t s .
Trible s a i d there h a s been a problem with the way the m e d i a portrays
the p r e s i d e n t ' s p l a n s . " T h e m e d i a
traditionally
s a y s w e ' r e cutting

s p e n d i n g in human programs, but
t h a t ' s only half right. W e ' r e reducing the rate of growth in those prog r a m s . F e d e r a l s p e n d i n g in human
programs is not growing a s rapidly
a s it h a s in the past, but w e continue to s p e n d s u b s t a n t i a l l y more
money in total dollars. T h e growth
rate in d e f e n s e s p e n d i n g is being inc r e a s e d b e c a u s e during the 1970s
the national d e f e n s e s p e n d i n g w a s
cut in half in real t e r m s . W e ' r e trying
to reallocate dollars to a r e a s that
have been neglected in the past. It's
really a m i s t a k e to s u g g e s t that
w e ' r e turning our b a c k s on human
needs."

"It's a mistake to suggest
that we're turning our bacl(S
on human needs."
Trible s a i d local g o v e r n m e n t s
have " c o m e of a g e " and there will
be s o m e important d e c i s i o n making
ability returned to state and local
g o v e r n m e n t s . T h i s ability is appropriate and will provide a c h a l l e n g e
in the d a y s afiead. " T h e primary
c h a l l e n g e at all levels of government is to m a k e the programs of
government work more efficiently
for A m e r i c a n p e o p l e , " he s a i d .
G i v e n adequate time and reven u e s , local g o v e r n m e n t s c a n more
effectively and efficiently provide
important governmental s e r v i c e s ,
Trible
noted,
"Most
Virginians
would prefer to have their own local
e l e c t e d official d e c i d i n g the n e e d s
and priorities of their c o m m u n i t y
rather than s o m e bureaucrat in
Washington."

T h e c o n c e p t of urban enterprise
z o n e s h a s been introduced to help
c o m m u n i t i e s meet their r e s i d e n t s '
n e e d s and Trible said he supports
the idea. " I think it's time for s o m e
innovative thinking about how to
breathe s o m e life into our urban
a r e a s , the federal government c a n not do it all alone. If w e ' r e to s u c c e e d there must be public and private i n c e n t i v e . "
T h e i n c e n t i v e s provided for busin e s s e s c o u l d bring them into dep r e s s e d areas w h i c h would in turn
generate jobs and opportunities for
people. " I t ' s innovative and an idea
that ought to be p u r s u e d , " he s a i d .
S i n c e the c o n c e p t provides tax
reduction and other regulatory initiatives, Trible s a i d he d o e s not s e e
d i s a d v a n t a g e s to the program, " T h e
fact that t h e s e a r e a s are d e p r e s s e d
s u g g e s t s that little would be lost in
t e r m s of revenue by granting revenue relief."
A c o n c e p t in spurring the s u c c e s s f u l growth and m a i n t e n a n c e of
c o m m u n i t i e s is voluntarism, but it
has d e c r e a s e d s i n c e the 1970s. He
s u r m i s e d , " T h i s w a s an A m e r i c a n
tradition that unfortunately is not a s
strong today . . . people are looking
to the government and not to thems e l v e s . " Trible s a i d A m e r i c a n s have
gotten a w a y from the F o u n d i n g
F a t h e r s belief in the individual's
right, ability and responsibility of
his own destiny a s free a s p o s s i b l e
from the interference of government. " T h r o u g h the y e a r s w e ' v e developed an abiding faith in big government, a government to do all
t h i n g s for all people. W e ' r e learning
today that government cannot be all

�t h i n g s to all people and w e ' r e going
to have to do more for o u r s e l v e s . "
T h e d e c r e a s e in v o l u n t a r i s m is
not the product of any one administration or c a t a c l y s m i c event, he
noted, but the product of growth.
" W e all believe today w e ' r e entitled
to receive a wide range of benefits
from the federal government, but
there are limits to what the government c a n do. T h e c h a l l e n g e is to
provide important government serv i c e s and make the programs of
government work for t a x p a y e r s and
b e n e f i c i a r i e s . " Trible said it is not
realistic to believe the private s e c tor will respond dollar for dollar, but
people must be e n c o u r a g e d to do
more to help t h e m s e l v e s and their
c o m m u n i t i e s . " T o the extent that
the private s e c t o r r e s p o n d s more
fully to t h e s e unmet n e e d s , all
A m e r i c a n s will benefit."

"I support general revenue
sharing and would anticipate it will be sustained for
local governments."
S o m e have argued that block
grant p r o p o s a l s will not be e s p e cially beneficial to state and local
o f f i c i a l s b e c a u s e the program c o u l d
put on them the responsibility for
the hardest part of the federal budget cutting. Trible s a i d block grant
p r o p o s a l s c o u l d s a v e money. " W e
c a n eliminate a layer of federal bure a u c r a c y , " he e x p l a i n e d . " T h e hope
is w e c a n provide a s m u c h or more
money to meet local r e q u i r e m e n t s
and limited dollars will go further."
If he c o u l d improve the block
grant proposal s y s t e m , Trible s a i d
he would s t r u c t u r e it s o the m o n i e s
c o u l d flow directly to local governm e n t s . " W h a t w e ' v e done is replace
federal b u r e a u c r a c y with state bure a u c r a c y . Ideally I would prefer that
t h o s e m o n i e s go directly to the gove r n m e n t s of H a m p t o n ,
Pulaski,
R o c k b r i d g e C o u n t y , F a i r f a x and E s s e x C o u n t y and be u s e d a s they s e e
fit."
O n e government program des i g n e d to permit local g o v e r n m e n t s
to meet c o m m u n i t y r e q u i r e m e n t s
a s they d e e m n e c e s s a r y is general
revenue s h a r i n g . " I support general
revenue s h a r i n g and would anticipate it will be s u s t a i n e d for local
g o v e r n m e n t s , " Trible s a i d . " T h e r e ' s
no real p u s h to eliminate the policy,
and although it might be retained at
lower funding levels than projected,
its future is p r o m i s i n g . "
T h e C o n g r e s s m a n is hoping for a
promising future of h i s own in his
attempt to be e l e c t e d to the S e n a t e
in November. He s a i d he h a s learn-

to the University of Virginia to foster
interest and r e s e a r c h in Virginia municipal government. It is a d m i n i s tered by the L e a g u e and the Institute of G o v e r n m e n t , University of
Virginia.

Kenley Appointed

Paul and Rosemary
office.

Trible in his

Richmond

ed a lot in his s i x y e a r s in C o n g r e s s
and would like to put that experie n c e to work for Virginia. " A s one of
100 s e n a t o r s , rather than one of 435
representatives, I would have a
m u c h greater opportunity to impact
public policy in the future of t h i s
country."

Wallerstein Scholarship
Winner
J a c k Davenport, an e m p l o y e e
with the City of H a m p t o n , is the
1982 W a l l e r s t e i n S c h o l a r s h i p winner.
Davenport currently s e r v e s a s a
real e s t a t e officer and his wife is a
budget a n a l y s t for the City of Newport N e w s . A 1977 c u m laude graduate of A m e r i c a n University, he will
s e e k a M a s t e r s of P u b l i c Administration at the University of Virginia.
The scholarship was established
by a gift from Ruth C . W a l l e r s t e i n
and the late Morton L. W a l l e r s t e i n

Governor C h a r l e s Robb reappointed Dr. James B. Kenley a s Virginia state health c o m m i s s i o n e r . He
w a s appointed c o m m i s s i o n e r in
1976 and s e r v e d a s deputy c o m m i s s i o n e r from 1973-76. A native of
P o r t s m o u t h , Dr. K e n l e y received a
m a s t e r ' s in public health from
J o h n s H o p k i n s University and a
doctorate
from the
University
S c h o o l of Medicine.

IVIunicipal Clerks Meet
T h e Virginia Municipal C l e r k ' s A s s o c i a t i o n held its Fifth A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e April 2-3, 1982 at Hotel Patrick Henry in R o a n o k e ; P r e s i d e n t
C o r i n n a B. J e f f r e y s of Portsmouth
presided.
T h e o f f i c e r s of the c l e r k ' s a s s o c i ation for 1982-83 are: Ruth H o d g e s
S m i t h of Virginia B e a c h , president;
Mary Parker of R o a n o k e , first v i c e
president; Ethel R e g i s t e r of F a i r f a x
County, s e c o n d v i c e president;
Mary F r a n c e s Pito of H o p e w e l l ,
third v i c e president; and Monte
W a t t s of Norfolk, E x e c u t i v e S e c r e tary.
T h e next C l e r k s Institute and Adv a n c e d A c a d e m y will be held O c tober 4-8, 1982 at Old Dominion University.

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and growth. Salary negotiable depending upon experience. Liberal
benefits. Send complete resume
with salary requirements typewritten to: Mayor J o s e p h C . Huffman,
101 Taylor Street, Berryville, Virginia 22611. R e s u m e s will be received until July 1, 1982. Interviews
by appointment only.
A s s i s t a n t to the Town Manager
Salary:
$23,657-29,942.
Applications
c l o s e June 30, 1982. Apply to Robert
Stripling, Town Manager, 300 S o . Main
St., Blacksburg, Va. 24060.

�WHY HYDRAULIC REVERSING
IS BUILT I N T O A L L
OUR INDUSTRLIU. LOADERS
Cycle time. Reducing it increases the amount of w o r k
you c a n do. That's w h y w e
build a hydraulic reverser
into every one of our industrial ioaders,:%D
give you a n edge.
Unlike some
manufacturers
who only put a
torque converter
a h e a d of a s t a n d a r d
transmission, J o h n Deere
uses a series of wet multiple-

disk clutches. Right between
the engine a n d transmission,
No fluid couplings.
The result: No w a i t i n g
to shift at low
engine speed.

Mo loss of p o w e r during
the change. Less heat. A n d
faster cycles, But best of all,
John Deere gives it to you as
standard equipment. Not as
a costly add-on.
See your J o h n Deere
tealer soon. Ask him for a test
ride a n d more information on
his utility equipment.
J o h n Deere, Molina,
Illinois 61265.

JOHN DEERE on the move

�STATE FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION
OF VIRGINIA
52ND ANNUAL C O N F E R E N C E
July 14-18,1982
The Springfield Hilton
W E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 14
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.

Registration
President's Reception

THURSDAY, J U L Y 15
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.
1:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Opening S e s s i o n
IVlemorial S e r v i c e
K e y n o t e S p e a k e r — D r . B. J .
T h o m p s o n , Administrator,
United S t a t e s F i r e A d m i n i s t r a tion
Spouses Fashion Show/Luncheon
" H a z a r d o u s W a s t e and the F i r e
C h i e f " — W . Gary Stakley,
Special Agent, Enforcement
Division, E n v i r o n m e n t a l Protection A g e n c y , W a s h i n g t o n ,
D.C.
" F i r e Safety Education—Can
It H e l p ? " — D i a n e C . R o c h e ,
Fire Education Specialist,
Virginia B e a c h F i r e Department
COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

FRIDAY, J U L Y 16
9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.

" C a n Y o u r Department U s e
A Small Computer?"—Aundel
W i l s o n , Marketing Manager,
I B M Corporation, R i c h m o n d
" A i r F l o r i d a (Flight 90) C r a s h " —
William
Killen, Fire Chief,
Metropolitan W a s h i n g t o n Airports, W a s h i n g t o n , D.C.
" T h e S t a t e ' s Role in F i r e
P r o t e c t i o n " — T h e Honorable
F r a n k l i n E . White, S e c r e t a r y of
Public Safety, Commonwealth
of Virginia
REPORT OF STATE AGENCIES
E X H I B I T O R S AND
DEMONSTRATIONS
OUTDOOR
BARBECUE/WESTERN
NIGHT

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" H u m a n R e s o u r c e s — F i n d i n g and
K e e p i n g " — J i m Estepp, Fire
Chief, Prince Georges County
Fire Department, Upper
Marlboro, Maryland
BUSINESS SESSION
OUTSIDE DEMONSTRATIONS
BANQUET/DANCE

W a l l a c e J . R o b e r t s o n , F i r e C h i e r ot York County, will preside over the
52nd A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e of the S t a t e F i r e C h i e f s A s s o c i a t i o n of Virginia.
T h e C o n f e r e n c e Planning C o m m i t t e e h a s put forth a great deal of effort to
make the c o n f e r e n c e enjoyable and informative. J a m e s Kelly of F i r e Serv i c e s T r a i n i n g h a s o n c e again worked with the c o m m i t t e e to arrange an excellent e d u c a t i o n program. F o r further information c o n t a c t Margaret A.
N i c h o l s , (804) 649-8471.

Henrico on the
Right Track
T h e County of H e n r i c o ' s Compreh e n s i v e A n n u a l F i n a n c i a l Report for
the last f i s c a l year h a s just been
awarded a Certificate of Conform a n c e in financial reporting by T h e
Municipal F i n a n c e O f f i c e r s A s s o c i ation. T h e County received confirmation of this highly
prestigious
award from M F O A last month. It is
H e n r i c o ' s first receipt of the Certificate of C o n f o r m a n c e award.
To be awarded a certificate, a
government must publish an e a s i l y
readable and efficiently organized
c o m p r e h e n s i v e annual financial report w h i c h c o n f o r m s to M F O A ' s
s t a n d a r d s . S u c h reports must satisfy both generally a c c e p t e d accounting principles and applicable
legal requirements.
Henrico County Manager Frank
A. F a i s o n said a word of praise is in
order for Deputy County Manager
for F i n a n c e and
Administration
G e o r g e S u p e n s k y and Deputy F i n a n c e Director Dennis K e r n s for
their labors over the last three y e a r s
in completely
overhauling
Henr i c o ' s financial s y s t e m s .
H e n r i c o w a s a l s o cited in the
April, 1982 i s s u e of Business Week.
An article entitled " W h e r e the Rec e s s i o n Really H u r t s " f o c u s e d on
the e f f e c t s of the r e c e s s i o n on loc a l i t i e s . It named Henrico County
a s one c o m m u n i t y that has been
able to " r i d e out the r e c e s s i o n in
s t y l e " due to the diversity of their
local industrial and c o m m e r c i a l
b a s e , while local governments elsew h e r e had been battered by the rec e s s i o n and unemployment.
F a i s o n likes to think that the
good fortune of Henrico County has
partly been a result of a progressive
local government creating the kind
of environment that attracts and
then k e e p s b u s i n e s s and industry in
the c o m m u n i t y . He c o m m e n t e d , "If
the Business
Week article and
M F O A award c a n be c o n s i d e r e d
good indicators, w e must be on the
right t r a c k . "

VML
Annual Conference
Mark your calendar for September
19-21, 1982 for
the
Virginia Municipal League Annual Conference at Tfie Pavilion
in Virginia Beach.
Registration information will
appear in the August issue of
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; C I T Y .

�AMERICAN LAFRANCE
SALUTES
O n our 150th anniversary we salute
the fire service for m a k i n g A m e r i c a n
L a F r a n c e the number one choice in fire
apparatus for a century a n d a half.
The American LaFrance tradition of
excellence together with the pioneering of
innovations are the reasons that thousands

of fire departments have selected American
LaFrance apparatus time and time again.
I n this, our 150th year, we are moving
into the most modern plant i n the country
for the manufacture of fire apparatus.
A l l the good reasons for specifying
American LaFrance are getting better
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By William J. Reynolds
The accountability requirements
of federal revenue sharing and other
federal grant programs, increased
public demand for fuller and better
authenticated disclosure and, lamentably, several glaring examples
of municipal fiscal mismanagement, all combine to make it important for local officials to fully understand the audit process, which is
one of your most effective ways of
ensuring the fiscal well being of
your locality.
There are several types of audits.
The most common is the financial
audit, which reviews the municipality's financial statements to determine their "fairness" (which means
the reliability of their data). An opinion attesting to the fairness of the
financial statements is fundamental
in such an audit.
Closely allied to, and generally
part of, a financial audit is a compliance audit. This tests an organization's compliance with the legal requirements governing its financial
practices. A performance audit examines the management systems
of the municipality and tests how
well they attain their objectives.
Assuming that you may be held
personally liable for the city's fiscal
health and that you recognize the
potential value of an audit in discharging this liability, where and
how do you start?
Begin by asking yourself the following five questions. (We will focus on the financial audit. If you
comprehend it, mastery of the other
audit forms will follow.)
(1) Does your municipality have
an annual audit? The costs of the
audit may be recouped in improved
financial management, reduced borrowing costs and fewer sleepless
nights.
(2) Is the audit conducted by an
independent auditor? This may be a
private individual or firm under contract, a state agency or a municipal
official elected for the purpose.
(3) Is the auditor qualified to do
municipal worl&lt;? This is important,
since municipal accounting practices and legal requirements are
substantially different from those in

the private sector.
(4) Does your auditor prepare
your financial statements? If so,
you may have a conflict of interest,
for the auditor is, in effect, being
asl&lt;ed to give an opinion on his or
her own statements rather than the
city staff's financial statements.
(5) Is the audit report directed to
the policymakers? It should be, for
it is a report of management's stewardship and an evaluation of your
decisions.
One way to ensure fulfillment of
the audit process is to organize an
audit committee comprised of several policymakers. An audit committee should select a qualified independent auditor, define the scope
of the audit, assess problems and
weigh recommendations as they are
being identified and interpret both
the audit report and its financial
statements to other policymakers.
By working closely with the auditor
and its finance staff, the committee
pierces the veil of mystery surrounding the accountant's and auditor's presentations and gains a
working knowledge of the management and financial condition of the
municipality.
Financial and compliance audits
are usually done simultaneously. Although compliance audits are intended to ensure the city's compliance with certain federal, state and
local laws, they can also be used for
a specific program or department.
In this case, specific program requirements—beyond those covered
in a general compliance audit—are
checked.
Performance audits are separate
from financial and compliance audits and can focus either on the entire municipal organization or on a
single department or program. They
review how efficiently the city or department uses its resources, how
effectively goals and objectives are
achieved and how well the results
achieved relate to organizational
and community goals.
In conclusion, by understanding
the municipal audit process, local
officials can better manage their locality's finances while gaining a
working knowledge of an important
municipal task.

About the Author
William J . Reynolds is controller and finance director of the Town of Greenwich, Conn.

Resources
Local
Government
Auditing—A
Manual for Public Officials, edited

�by Peter Rousmaniere,
is a recent
publication
available
through
the
Council on Municipal
Performance,
84 Fifth Avenue, New York, New
York 10011, for $14.95. Funded under a HUD grant, this manual provides a comprehensive
treatment of
the subject in an easily
understood
fashion.
The
major
national
accounting
firms publish handbooks and guidelines for local government
officials
on the selection of auditors and the
conduct of municipal audits.
These
are generally available at no charge.

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Institutes For
Municipal Officials
The
Virginia Municipal L e a g u e
will c o s p o n s o r t w o Institutes for
Municipal O f f i c i a l s in J u l y .
The first institute will be held in
C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e on J u l y 7-9 and t h e
s e c o n d will be held in B l a c k s b u r g
on J u l y 14-16. A l s o s p o n s o r i n g the
w o r k s h o p s are the Virginia T e c h E x t e n s i o n Division and the Institute of
G o v e r n m e n t of the University of Virginia.
What c a n n e w c o u n c i l m e m b e r s
e x p e c t during their first term on
c o u n c i l ? T h i s will be one of the topics for the i n s t i t u t e s . A l s o , an overview of the legal s t a t u s , p o w e r s and
f u n c t i o n s of m u n i c i p a l i t i e s in Virginia with an e m p h a s i s on municipal government will be d i s c u s s e d .
U n d e r s t a n d i n g the role of t h e
c o u n c i l m e m b e r , the d i f f e r e n c e bet w e e n policy and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ,
c o n d u c t i n g effective staff m e e t i n g s
and the relationship with the manager and staff will be a s e s s i o n
topic.
A good part of the institutes will
be spent on f i n a n c e . A t t e n d e e s will
hear about t r e n d s in municipal reven u e s and e x p e n d i t u r e s and will be
given an overview of the budget
d o c u m e n t — w h a t it i s , how to read it
and how to u s e it. P a r t i c i p a n t s will
a l s o get a hands-on s e s s i o n of budget
development
by
working
through the budgeting p r o c e s s .
Other t o p i c s covered in the Instit u t e s for Municipal O f f i c i a l s will be
freedom of information, land u s e ,
interlocal relations, planning and
z o n i n g , law e n f o r c e m e n t , c a b l e T V ,
c o u n c i l and s c h o o l s a n d animal
control.
The registration fee of $80 inc l u d e s the c o s t of i n s t r u c t i o n , hando u t s , t w o r e c e p t i o n s , o n e banquet,
two l u n c h e o n s a n d r e f r e s h m e n t s
during breaks.
If your locality h a s not received
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VOLUME 17

JULY 1982

NUMBER 7

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T^ntitrust: Local Governments
May See More of The Courtroom

�Commentary
Frostbelt/Sunbelt—What's Happening
to Our Urban Areas?
By Timothy G . O'Rourke

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By the early 1980s, F r o s t b e l t and
Sunbelt
had b e c o m e
common
t e r m s in the parlance of A m e r i c a n
politics and public policy, even
though uneven regional development had e m e r g e d a s a national
i s s u e only a few y e a r s earlier. If familiarity b ree ds c o n t e m p t , it a l s o
may breed neglect, and important
q u e s t i o n s of policy raised in the
c o u r s e of the debate over regional
growth may be ignored in the familiar litany of Fr os t bel t d e c l i n e and
Sunbelt surge.
One s u c h question is w h e t h e r regional is a u s e f u l denominator of
e c o n o m i c trends with the wide variation in rates of e c o n o m i c growth
among s t a t e s in a given geographic
area. A s e c o n d s i g n i f i c a n t i s s u e is
the extent to w h i c h regional growth
and urban problems are interrelated.
T h e Fro stb el t a s defined here inc l u d e s the band of 16 cold-weather
s t a t e s s t r e t c h i n g from New E n g l a n d
a c r o s s the Middle At lant i c region
(including Maryland and Delaware)
and through the industrialized Midw e s t ( e n c o m p a s s i n g W i s c o n s i n and
Illinois). F o r s o m e time the Frostbelt h a s s u f f e r e d the p a i n s of ec on omic sta gn at ion and s l o w population. During the 1970s, for e x a m p l e ,
the n umb er of m a n u f a c t u r i n g j o b s
in the Frostbe lt d e c l i n e d by roughly
960,000. Alth ough total nonagricultural e m p l o y m e n t in the Fr os t bel t
during the s a m e period e x p a n d e d
by about 13 percent, growth in nonagricultural e m p l o y m e n t
outside
the F r o s t b e l t e x c e e d e d 40 percent.
S i m i l a r l y , wh il e the national population grew by 11.4 percent from 1970
to 1980, the population of the Frostbelt region grew by l e s s than two
percent.
T h e s l u g g i s h e c o n o m i c and population growth of the Fr os t bel t
s t a n d s in co nt r as t to the dramatic
e x p a n s i o n of b u s i n e s s and population in the S u n b e l t — h e r e defined a s

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About the Author
Mr. O'Rourke is affiliated with the Institute of Government at the University of
Virginia.

the 11 s t a t e s of the Old Confedera c y plus W e s t Virginia, K e n t u c k y ,
O k l a h o m a , New M e x i c o and Ariz o n a . Nonagricultural e m p l o y m e n t
in the S u n b e l t In g e n e r a l, and in Virginia in particular, doubled between
1960 and 1980. S p u r r e d by the net
immigration of roughly five million
people to the region, from 1970 to
1980, all 16 S u n b e l t s t a t e s e x c e e d e d
the national average in population
growth, with s t a t e s s u c h a s F l o r i d a
(43 percent) and T e x a s (27 percent)
e x p e r i e n c i n g p h e n o m e n a l growth.
T h e d i v e r g e n ce in the e c o n o m i c
f o r t u n e s of the F r o s t b e l t and S u n belt are related to the condition of
A m e r i c a n c i t i e s . Indeed, the urban
c r i s i s h a s b e c o m e c l o s e l y identified
in the p u b l i c ' s mind with the plight
of the large, aging industrial c i t i e s
of the F r o s t b e l t , nearly all of w h i c h
lost population during the 1970s.
T h e population of New York C i ty
alone d e c l i n e d by about 860,000.
More s i g n f i c a n t than the l o s s of
population itself for t h e s e c i t i e s ,
however, h a s been the middle-inc o m e people moving to the s u b u r b s
and the c o r r e s p o n d i n g e m e r g e n c e
of d i s p a r i t i e s in the per c a p i t a inc o m e — a n d t h u s tax b a s e — o f central c i t i e s and s u b u r b s . In 1976 the
per c a p i t a i n c o m e of s u b u r b s exc e e d e d that of central c i t i e s in 33 of
the 35 largest metropolitan a r e a s of
the F r o s t b e l t . In 15 of the 28 largest
metropolitan a r e a s of the S u n b e l t ,
in c o n t r a s t , the per c a p i t a i n c o m e of
central c i t i e s e x c e e d e d that for suburbs. R i c h m o n d and Norfolk were
a m o n g the 13 S u n b e l t a r e a s w h e r e
s u b u r b a n i n c o m e e x c e e d e d city income.
T h i s movement of people and
b u s i n e s s e s from central c i t i e s to
s u b u r b s ( w h i c h is far more pron o u n c e d in the F r o s t b e l t than in the
Sunbelt) is tied to the s a m e econom ic f o r c e s that have s p a w n e d the
e c o n o m i c and population growth of
the S u n b e l t a s a region. A s a panel
of the P r e s i d e n t ' s C o m m i s s i o n for a
National A g e n d a for the E i g h t i e s
noted in a 1980 report, innovations
in production, c o m m u n i c a t i o n s and
transportation t e c h n o l o g i e s have
fostered the " d e c o n c e n t r a t i o n " or
d i s p e r s a l of e c o n o m i c activity a w a y

from the " i n d u s t r i a l l y based urban
c e n t e r s " of the Frostbelt to their
s u b u r b s , to the newer urban a r e a s
of the S u n b e l t , a n d , in c a s e s s u c h
a s the automobile industry, "out of
the United S t a t e s entirely." Dispers a l of population within and beyond
metropolitan a r e a s , a s well a s a c r o s s regions, h a s o c c u r r e d along
with the d e c o n c e n t r a t i o n of businesses.
That d e c o n c e n t r a t i o n is not nece s s a r i l y good n e w s for the S u n b e l t .
G r o w th in the S u n b e l t h a s proc e e d e d at an uneven p a c e and with
w i d e l y divergent c o n s e q u e n c e s
geographically; in many parts of the
S u n b e l t , the e c o n o m i c boom is of
recent vintage and uncertain staying power. A s recently a s the d e c ade of the 1960s, for e x a m p l e , population growth in 11 of the 16 S u n b e l t
s t a t e s lagged behind the national
average, although
Virginia w a s
among the five s t a t e s exhibiting
above average growth. Wh i le per
c a p i t a i n c o m e in the S u n b e l t h a s
been i n c r e a s i n g more rapidly than
for the country overall in recent deca d e s , per c a p i t a i n c o m e in 11 of the
Sunbelt s t a t e s In 1980 stood below
90 percent of the national a ve r a g e.
Moreover, between 1974 and 1980
nine of 16 S u n b e lt s t a t e s either registered no gain or suffered a d e c l i n e
in per c a p i t a i n c o m e relative to the
national average. On the other h a n d ,
Virginia's
per c a p i t a
income
s h o w e d a more modest r i s e — f r o m
98 percent to 99 percent of the
national average.
Finally, it should be noted that
even if the growth of the S u n b e l t
during the 1980s w e r e to m a t c h the
performance of the late 1960s and
1970s, the f o r c e s of d e c o n c e n t r a tion in an i n c r e a s i n g number of
s o u t h e rn and s o u t h w e s t e r n metropolitan a r e a s will lead to the kinds
of d i s p a r i t i e s in i n c o m e and res o u r c e s between the central c i t i e s
and s u b u r b s c o m m o n now a m o n g
urban a r e a s of the Frostbelt. A crucial c h a l l e n g e for both state and local g o v e r n m e n t s in the S u n b e l t will
be the development of new strategies for confronting t h e s e disparities, particularly a s a n n e x a t i o n
c e a s e s to be a viable alternative.

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Editorial Assistant

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JULY 1982

NUMBER 7

VML President

R a y m o n d F. R a t c l i f f e

Executive Director

R. M i c h a e l A m y x

Officers

Francis T. W e s t
Charles A. R o b i n s o n , Jr.
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J.Thomas

Executive Committee
Sam W. Adams
J a n e L. H o u g h
Arlie C. Payne
Martha V. Pennine
Robert!. Williams

Past President
R o y H. E r i c k s o n

4 The Council Member: How To Be A Team Player
" C o u n c i l m e m b e r s should initiate a n d create alternatives
to problems and get to know their peers."

7 Antitrust Laws—New Problems for the Old Ways
of Doing Business
" L e a g u e staff m e m b e r s explore the federal antitrust laws and
suggest procedures for local g o v e r n m e n t s t o f o l l o w . "

9 Reasons and Remedies For Antitrust Anxieties
"What brought antitrust to Virginia? Howard Dobbins, the
League's General Counsel, outlines the court cases leading up to

On the Cover:
T h e p h o t o g r a p h o f a m o c k trial w a s
t a k e n b y The Dallas
Morning
News
at a n A m e r i c a n B a r A s s o c i a t i o n a n nual m e e t i n g in 1979. T h e s e s s i o n
topic w a s " C a m e r a s in t h e Courtroom." Photograph courtesy of the
American
Bar Association
Journal.

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11 Complying With The Procurement Act
" V M L a t t o r n e y Clay W i r t p r o v i d e s an o v e r v i e w o f t h e 1982 Procurement A c t and suggests ways localities can comply with it."

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�T h e Council Member: How to
B e a Team Player
By Charles Wythe Dunn
T o o often people do not unders t a n d what a team player is. T h e y
often think to " g e t a l o n g " a team
player must " g o a l o n g . " Nothing
could be farther from the truth.
T h i n k of the best o f f e n s i v e guard
in b a s k e t b a l l . He is a team player,
not b e c a u s e of the p a s s i v e a c q u i e s c e n c e implied in " g e t t i n g along and
going a l o n g , " but rather b e c a u s e he
leads the o f f e n s e . By initiating the
o f f e n s e , he c r e a t e s s c o r i n g alternatives for his t e a m . He is an aggress i v e leader.
Frequently
council
members
c o m p l a i n that m a n a g e r s and mayors—the executive branch—dominate the c o u n c i l and the c o u n c i l
l a c k s i n f l u e n c e in d e c i s i o n m a k i n g .
In short, the c o u n c i l is on the defens i v e ; m a n a g e r s and m a y o r s , on the
offensive.
T h e r e are tw/o related r e a s o n s for
the c o u n c i l ' s d e f e n s i v e posture: (1)
failure of the c o u n c i l to take the initiative and (2) lack of information in
the c o u n c i l ' s h a n d s .
How c a n the c o u n c i l go on the off e n s e rather than remain on the defense?
T h e a n s w e r is in one or more
c o u n c i l m e m b e r s ' initiating and creating alternatives for the c o u n c i l
rather than merely following the alternative proposed by m a n a g e r s
and m a y o r s .

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T h e trustee, e n v i s i o n i n g his role a s
merely s a y i n g and voting e x a c t l y a s
he f e e l s his c o n s t i t u e n t s want, res p o n d s to public opinion. T h e delegate, looking upon himself a s an individual with an independent mind
and v i c t i o n s , b e l i e v e s he c a n d e c i d e
what is best for his c o n s t i t u e n t s .

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About the Author
C h a r l e s W y t h e Dunn h e a d s the Departm e n t of P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e a t C l e m s o n
U n i v e r s i t y in C l e m s o n , S . C . H e i s t h e
a u t h o r of The Future
of the
American
Presidency,
and has served as consultant for m a n y political o r g a n i z a t i o n s . R e p r i n t e d vi/ith p e r m i s s i o n of Urban
Georgia F e b r u a r y , 1 9 8 2 .

T h e politico, recognizing the diffic u l t i e s of being either a trustee or a
delegate all the time, may play
either role, depending upon the iss u e and related c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
Many c o u n c i l m e m b e r s , failing to
recognize what type of c o u n c i l
member they are, function like a
basketball player w h o d o e s not
know what o f f e n s e his team is running. It is very important for a c o u n cil member to know what type of
c o u n c i l m e m b e r he is and to play
that role a c c o r d i n g l y . Frequently,
c o u n c i l m e m b e r s bring trouble to
t h e m s e l v e s a s well a s to the c o u n c i l
by shifting from one role to the
other. W h e n neither their c o n s t i t u e n t s nor they fellow c o u n c i l members know what to e x p e c t of t h e m ,
their political b a s e e r o d e s and the
c o u n c i l l a c k s the o f f e n s i v e punch
they could o t h e r w i s e bring to c o u n cil deliberations.
Credibility, an important e l e m e n t
in a c o u n c i l m e m b e r ' s s u c c e s s ,
evaporates rapidly w h e n he s h i f t s
from one type of c o u n c i l m e m b e r to
another.
Not only is it important to know
what type of c o u n c i l m e m b e r one i s ,
but it is a l s o important to know
what type e a c h of the other c o u n c i l
m e m b e r s i s . K n o w l e d g e of this en-

a b l e s a c o u n c i l member to function
more effectively in the deliberative
p r o c e s s of c o u n c i l d e c i s i o n m a k i n g .

Finding Resources
That information is influence and
power merely s t a t e s a truism. If information is a key to influence and
power, then r e s o u r c e s are the key
to information. K n o w l e d g e of t h e s e
r e s o u r c e s c a n significantly
enh a n c e a c o u n c i l m e m b e r ' s influe n c e and power a n d , more importantly, create alternatives for the
c o u n c i l b e s i d e s that alternative pres e n t e d by the manager or mayor.
Foremost, a council
member
should know what interest groups
e x i s t in the city and what capabilities t h e s e groups have to provide information.
Another
r e s o u r c e is
support
groups, s u c h a s state municipal
l e a g u e s , National L e a g u e of C i t i e s ,
Advisory C o m m i s s i o n on Intergovernmental R e l a t i o n s and Committee for E c o n o m i c Development,
w h i c h often provide s o p h i s t i c a t e d
r e s e a r c h on a range of i s s u e s .
C o l l e g e and university r e s o u r c e s
are probably the most underutilized
of any information s o u r c e s , yet faculty and s t u d e n t s in political s c i -

�ence, public administration, economics, sociology and other disciplines generally relisti opportunities to make practical application of
ttieir knowledge and research skills.
Importantly, this resource is often
very inexpensive and, perhaps, free.
Friends and neighbors who have
professional occupations, such as
law, can also be of great assistance
and may provide their services freeof-charge as a public service.
Also, state and federal governments can provide excellent resource information through a variety of departments and agencies.
A council member must anticipate well in advance when an issue
will arise and then begin the lengthy
process of compiling data, analysis
and alternatives. Doing this will enable the council member to be informed.

Strategy For Using
Information
A well-conceived and executed
strategy by a council member involves four ingredients.
First, the council member must
concentrate his energies on only a
limited number of long-range issues. A fatal tendency is for a council member to get involved in every
issue when generally only two or
three significant and substantial issues should occupy his time.
The reason for limiting one's focus on issues is that time itself will
not allow a council member to become an expert on more than just a
few issues. By becoming an expert
in a select number of issues, a
council member will have other
councilmembers, townspeople, and
the press turning to him for advice
and counsel, thereby enhancing his
influence.

"Homework makes the difference between members
whose views are sought and
whose views are ignored."
Second, homework makes the difference between the council member whose views are sought and the
member whose views are ignored.
Adequate advance preparation
helps to ensure that a council member can not only participate effectively in debate, but also guide the
debate to the conclusion he wants.
Third, the legislative record on an
issue is very important. As a council
member acquires pertinent information on an issue, he should determine when and how to release it for
the purpose of having maximum fa-

vorable impact on the decision he
wants the council to make. Editors
and journalists often make a good
outlet for this information, because
they can write columns and editorials based upon it—thus educating
both the council and the public at
the same time.
Fourth, a well-conceived strategy
should consider timing. Good information is often wasted because it is
used in an untimely fashion.

Tactics
The "how to's" contribute much
to the successful creation of alternatives and their consideration by
the council:
• How to use parlimentary procedure;
• How (and whether) to involve
the public;
• How to motivate and involve
othercouncil members;
• How to use the press;
• How to present the material.
Many very influential members of
legislative bodies have arrived at
positions of influence, not because
of substantive knowledge of issues,
but because of knowledge of parliamentary procedure. The really influential member of a legislative body,
of course, becomes a master of
both.
To be an effective council member, one should know othercouncil
members in depth: their issue interests, their social lives, and what
type of council member they are
(whether trusee, delegate, or politico). This knowledege enables one

to relate to them in the most effective and successful way.
The press and the council member have mutually compatible needs
which do not have to be and generally should not be met because of
close friendships. The press needs
the council member's information;
the council member need the press
to communicate. The good council
member and the good journalist will
not seek to be "bosom buddies"
but they will exchange information
which is theircommon bond.
There are various types of communication, but the one which
council members often do not use
is the very readable outline of one to
five pages which highlights the
case which a council member wants
to make. This technique is good for
use with other council members,
the press and constituents.
In conclusion, council members
need to be team players in order to
get something done. But council
members don't merely have to "go
along," they can get to know each
other, get to know council issues
through research and use of good
resources and make proper use of
the information once they have it.
Remember, homework makes the
difference in what kind of a council
member one can be.

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Policy
Chairmen
Named

President Raymond F. Ratcliffe
a p p o i n t e d c h a i r m e n for the Virginia
M u n i c i p a l League's six policy c o m mittees.
Heading the C o m m u n i t y and Econ o m i c Development C o m m i t t e e is
Alexandria
Mayor
Charles
E.
Beatley and chairing the Public
Safety C o m m i t t e e is Norfolk Counc i l m a n Claude J. Staylor, Jr.
Fairfax
County
Boardmember
Sandra D u c k w o r t h was a p p o i n t e d
c h a i r m a n of the H u m a n Development C o m m i t t e e . The Transportation C o m m i t t e e is chaired by Roanoke C o u n c i l m e m b e r Elizabeth K.
B o w l e s and W i l l i a m s b u r g C o u n c i l m e m b e r James M. M c C o r d , Jr.
heads the Environmental Quality
Committee.
Lynchburg
Mayor
Elliott
L.
Shearer will oversee the Effective
Government Committee.
The six policy c o m m i t t e e s met
last m o n t h and will meet again in
September. The c o m m i t t e e s are responsible
for developing
the

League's p o s i t i o n in their respective areas. V M L staff f r e q u e n t l y refer to the policy s t a t e m e n t s w h i l e
the General A s s e m b l y is in s e s s i o n .
The c o m m i t t e e c h a i r m e n also sit
on the V M L Legislative C o m m i t t e e .

Pennino Appointed
Mrs. Martha V. Pennino was
named Chairman of the Urban Section of the Virginia
Municipal
League and, as c h a i r m a n , will be a
m e m b e r of the V M L Executive Committee. She was the vice chairman
of the Urban S e c t i o n and s u c c e e d s
Alexandria Mayor Charles E. Beatley as c h a i r m a n .
A graduate of Emerson College in
B o s t o n , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , Mrs. Pennine is vice chairman of the Fairfax
C o u n t y Board of Supervisors. She
has been representing the Centreville District since 1968.
Mrs. Pennino is on the Board of
Directors of the M e t r o p o l i t a n Washi n g t o n C o u n c i l of G o v e r n m e n t s and
is active in the National A s s o c i a t i o n
of C o u n t i e s , the National League of
Cities and the Northern Virginia
Planning District C o m m i s s i o n .

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Alexandria will w e l c o m e a new
d e p u t y city manager in charge of
the b u d g e t by the end of the s u m mer. Bradford S. H a m m e r will replace James W. Randall, w h o resigned in February. Hammer was
the budget director for the City of
Newport News.

Ellestad Goes to Fairfax
T. Jon Ellestad a s s u m e d the assistant city manager's p o s i t i o n for
the City of Fairfax last m o n t h . Since
1977, Ellestad was assistant to the
t o w n manager in Blacksburg and
served as interim manager for a period. S u c c e e d i n g Robert Norris, Ellestad is a native of W i s c o n s i n .

Eubanks Heads Division
Paul Scott Eubanks will b e c o m e
the director of Virginia's Industrial
Development Division on July 12.
He currently serves as Rhode Island's chief of e c o n o m i c develop,Tient. H u g h K e o g h , w h o was a c t i n g
director d u r i n g the search, will be
Eubank's deputy.

in Memoriam
The Virginia Municipal League
regrets the loss of five dedicated
public servants.
On May 28, 1982 P o r t s m o u t h
City Manager G. Robert House
and f o u r other city employees
died in an airplane accident w h i l e
on city b u s i n e s s . Chesley H. McG i n n i s , T h o m a s D. G o r d o n , Ralph
D. Hester, Joseph M. Weth and
Mr. House were en route to Annapolis, Maryland to look at that
c i t y ' s w a t e r f r o n t , hoping to incorporate s o m e of those ideas used
in A n n a p o l i s into a pleasant waterfront for P o r t s m o u t h .
The League e x t e n d s s y m p a t h y
to the City of P o r t s m o u t h and the
families of Messrs. House, McGinnis, Gordon,
Hester
and
Weth.

�WHAT TO DO UNTIL THE
CHECK COMES IN
Coping With the Pre-award jitters
By Maggie Goll

For every variation in the grant application process, there is at least one variation in the grant award
process. What, if anything, the applicant should do
in the period of suspended animation known as
post-submittal/pre-award state may be one of the
more problematic aspects of the grant process.
There are guidelines for preparing the application,
spending the money and evaluating project effectiveness. Even the auditor who comes in after-thefact has guidelines to follow but what is noticeably
absent are broadly applicable, clear guidelines for
what to do until the check comes in.
Manifestations of the pre-award jitters may begin
to surface before the copying machine has had a
chance to cool. Should the application be mailed or
hand delivered? Should someone just drop it off or
make an appointment with the staff of the funding
agency? Who should be responsible for such tasks?
How does one find out who's who . . . who's talking
. . . who's reliable?
Like most grant-related questions, the answer to
all of these questions is that it depends. While that
may not seem particularly helpful, it may be the most
useful concept for the novice to learn—it always
"depends." The ability to identify the variable on
which it depends, however, is one of the major differences between successful and unsuccessful grant
seeking. The most reliable way to begin identifying
the variables is to contact the funding agency.
Somewhere in the guidelines announcement,
annual report, or whatever, should be a contact
name, phone number and address. The initial contact should be made, in most cases, early in the application process.^ There are practical advantages
to early contact such as to see if the guidelines have
been correctly interpreted, whether the deadline is a
date of receipt or a postmark date and that the forms
' One exception is the small private foundation, which may not
have a staff to contact. There may be little information available
except what can be learned from other applicants and that appearing on the foundation's annual IRS form, called the "990AR."
These forms are often available at the regional libraries of the
Foundation Center in Richmond or Washington, D.C.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Maggie Goll is Grant Coordinator on the staff of the
Department of Developmental Programs in the City of
Hampton.

being completed are not outdated. It is also possible,
sometimes, to get an idea of how many grants are to
be awarded, what type of review process will be used
and whether or not technical assistance is available
from the agency. This initial contact can make the
followup, once the application is complete, both
easier and more productive.
If time and resources permit, a personal visit is
always preferable to making the contact by phone
provided the contact is handled properly. Applicants
who misinterpret the purpose of "contacts" may do
almost irreparable harm to their funding prospects.
Some novice grant-seekers have been led to believe a friend on the staff of the funding agency is as
good as a check in the bank. The ability to obtain
grant funds, according to this school of thought,
increases in direct proportion to the number of personal and influential friendships developed. Circumstantial evidence helps to perpetuate this glad-hand
School of Grantsmanship. It is certainly undeniable
that grant-seekers who routinely contact grantmakers get more grant funds. There is, however, an
ethical explanation. A clear understanding of funding criteria and agency requirements fosters accurate, well-prepared, highly fundable proposals. Information, not favoritism, is the name of the game.
Contacts established during the early planning
phase can be very helpful in coping with the anxiety
that builds during the pre-award period. But, again,
these contacts must be handled appropriately. Follow-up on an application should be limited, in order
to make certain the packet has been received and to
determine whether the agency or the applicant is to
assume responsibility for initiating any necessary revisions or additions. Tact and careful listening are
crucial, since agency staff may be operating under
fairly rigid policies concerning information given to
applicants. Thus, in asking "a small favor" or "pressing" for certain information, applicants may undermine their own credibility and jeopardize the staff
person's job.
The specific steps the agency takes in reviewing
applications and announcing awards should be outlined in the guidelines or other agency materials. At
minimum, the process will include three basic steps:
•Administrative Review A cursory check to see
that the required forms and various parts of the
proposal are included, that the authorizing signature is on the correct line and the necessary
blanks have been filled in.
• Review and Recommendation The budget and
proposal narrative are assessed (often based on
a list that covers many of the points included in
Dr. McAlister's article on page 5, particulary
those concerning program design and project
administration). In some agencies, staff members conduct this review. Stall other agencies
use peer review, applicant presentation, or a
combination of methods. Regardless of who
completes it, the result is a recommendation for
the formal action to be taken on the proposal.
• Formal Action Typically, the final funding decision is made by a policy board (council,
trustees, board of directors, commission, etc.)
or the agency head. As a rule, staff or review

�panel recommendations are followed, but even
this "depends."
Sometimes the net result of following-up an application is the proverbial "don't call us, we'll call y o u . "
The applicant can gain very little by ignoring the
advice. Some applicants use this period to finalize
the details of implementation, firm up cooperative
agreements and draft promotional materials. The detail and extent of acitivity "depends." T h e primary
variables this time are the probability of ultimately
receiving the funds and the policy of the funding
agency concerning pre-award expenditures or retroactive payments.

W h e n the funding is reasonably sure, the objectives ambitious, and the grant period brief, it's probably worth the risk to do as much as possible to
speed up the implementation process. It is probably
not worth the risk to hire the staff, rent the office, or
order the equipment since the agency may disallow
the expense when the auditor finally comes to call.
W h e n the application is "a long shot" it may be best
to spend the pre-award period cleaning up work that
piled up while the application was being prepared.
Obtaining a grant is a long, involved process and this
pre-award period is difficult, not only to the novice
but to the professional as well.

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Managing Editor of Virginia Town &amp;
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Magazine. Miss Kingery joined the
League in 1974 from the position of
intern with the City of Virginia Beach.
In addition to her magazine duties,
she staffs three League affiliate organizations. She is responsible for media
relations and public information and
has conducted various training programs. As editor, she will continue
with these duties.
Her primary activity has been with
V(Vg/n/a Town &amp; City and her initial
duties were to prepare feature articles
and columns. She gradually assumed
more duties in preparation and publication of the magazine. Through her
efforts, Virginia Town &amp; City altered
its appearance and content, enhancing
its value as a source of information to
governmental officials.
Miss Kingery is a graduate of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University with a bachelor's degree in political science. She is presently enrolled in graduate courses at
Virginia Commonwealth University in
mass communications. The League is
proud to have Miss Kingery serve as
Editor of Virginia Town &amp; City.

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Cooper Named

Jones Dies

CECIL F. JONES, Finance Director of
Henrico C o u n t y , died Tuesday, May 9.
A graduate of the University of Richm o n d , Jones earned both a bachelor's
and master's degrees in business administration. Prior to his post with
Henrico C o u n t y , he was affiliated with
the University of R i c h m o n d , T. C o l e man A n d r e w s , an accounting firm,
and the House of Delegates Appropriations Committee. He succeeded
Edward G . Heatwole as Henrico's finance director August, 1976. The Virginia Municipal League extends sincere sympathy to the family of Cecil F.
Jones and to Henrico County.

Yates Named To Post

;. EDGAR YATES, Salem's Director of
Public W o r k s , has been named Assistant City Manager. Yates fills the position left vacant when Jerry L. Gwaltney resigned the post to become city
manager of C o n c o r d , North Carolina.
Yates has been with the City for 46
years.

Wasserman Appointed

DR. MARTIN P. WASSERMAN
was appointed Director of the Arlington
County Department of Human Resources. He succeeds Dr. Helen Hackman w h o resigned in April. Dr. Wasserman holds a bachelor's degree
from Williams College, a medical degree from Johns Hopkins and a law
degree from the University of Maryland. Dr. Wasserman was formerly the
chief medical officer for Community
Health Centers, Bureau of C o m m u nity Health of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare. He
has also been involved in legal-medical activities relating to children, particularly in the area of child abuse.
Wasserman has served as director of
the pediatric emergency room at Uni-

The City of Falls C h u r c h has announced the appointment of DAVID
R. COOPER
as the new Director of
Business Development. He has a master's degree in urban planning from
Harvard and has served as a consultant and planning official. Prior to his
appointment with Falls C h u r c h , he
served as director of the Department
of Planning and Community Development for the City of Alexandria. As
development director. Cooper will
work to promote business development in the City and will serve as a
liaison between the City government
and the business community.

Fire Chief Honored

N o r f o l k F i r e C h i e f THOMAS
E.
GARDNER
won top honors while
earning a certificate in municipal administration from the Institute of Government, University of North Carolina. He is the recipient of the George
C . Franklin A w a r d , established by the
North Carolina League of Municipalities to honor the late George C.
Franklin, the league's general counsel
for 12 years. The award is given to the
municipal administration student with
the most distinguished record. Chief
Gardner began the course while
working in Charlotte, North Carolina
and continued it after he became
Norfolk's fire chief March 1, 1978.

Hopewell Names Assistant

A native of H o p e w e l l , DOUGLAS
A.
HERETICK,
has been named Assistant
to the City Manager. He has a graduate degree in public administration
from Virginia C o m m o n w e a l t h University; his primary responsibilities with
the City will be in personnel. His post
was effective May 1.

Beck Honored

EDWARD
A. BECK, former County
Manager of Henrico C o u n t y , was presented the Richmond-First Club's
" G o o d G o v e r n m e n t A w a r d . " In presenting the award, the judging panel
cited 25 years of distinguished leadership in county government and his
contributions to Henrico's growth
from a relatively rural county to an

urban jurisdiction. The " G o o d Government A w a r d " is designed to recognize and commend individuals w h o
have made outstanding contributions
to local government in the Richmond
metropolitan area. Beck was county
manager of Henrico from M a r c h , 1952
until April, 1977. He is a past president
of the Virginia Section, International
City Management Association.

Virginia Section Honors

During the 1978 Annual Conference
of the Virginia Section, International
City Management Association, the
membership honored three retired
members. C. C M V HARRELL,
former
Town Manager, Vienna, THOMAS
W.
BLOOMFIELD,
former Town M a n ager, Farmville, and WILLARD
DAY,
former City Manager, Staunton, and
County
Manager, Henrico, were
awarded honorary membership.

Governor Appoints

Governor John N. Dalton appointed
HAROLD
C. KING to succeed C o m missioner John E. Harwood as State
Highway and Transportation Commissioner. The appointment became effective July 1. King, w h o attended
Union College and Denison University, began his engineering career
with the New York State Department
of Public Works in 1947. Since that
time he has been affiliated with the
former U.S. Bureau of Public Roads,
which is now the Federal Highway
Administration. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner, he had been
the Virginia Division Administrator for
the Federal Highway Administration.

Monti Dies

Petersburg Councilman GILBERT A.
MONTI
died May 22 following a
lengthy illness. He is a retired Army
officer and was serving his first term as
a member of council. He retired from
military service in 1963 and was employed with the State Division of Planning and Community Affairs. The Virginia M u n i c i p a l League extends
sincere sympathy to his family and to
the City of Petersburg.

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control of its fire and rescue services
from Fairfax County on May 1. The
new department is staffed with experienced firefighters and some of the
most modern equipment available for
fire suppression and rescue services.
The City not only has a new fire department but also has a new fire station under construction.
Wy7"H£V//./.£—Mayor
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area. The Mayor reminded the attendees that the renovation of downtown Wytheville had been discussed
but plans have never been formulated. A committee of property owners, merchants and members of
Council was appointed to get renovation plans underway.
PETERSBURG—The City is making
some key decisions on their tourism
program. A study is being made to see
if it is feasible for the City to build a
small boat marina. Also included in
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three localities are exploring a master
plan to develop York County's proposed new Quarter Park as an 18 hole
golf course. The plan proposes a joint
funding package as a way to regionalize the development and operation of
the $1.7 million park. The funding
would involve the three jurisdictions
through the issuance of revenue
bonds to partially pay for the development cost; the remainder would be
met with grants.
MARION—Downtown merchants recently proposed a "town lift" project
to Council. Emphasizing that downtown Marion could be a good shopping area, the merchants proposed
that building and landscaping improvements should be continued as
well as establishing good parking.
They also requested an ordinance that
would limit the size, location and removal of large overhanging signs.
V/£NN/\—Mayor Charles A. Robinson, jr. greeted high school students

and other volunteers during the
spring clean up for the Town's business community. Businessmen were
urged to participate in the clean up in
the immediate areas of their business
and make general beautification improvements. Town trash trucks also
assisted the volunteers in the clean up
of the commercial sections of the
Town.
VIRGINIA BEACH—The police Telephone Reporting Unit is a new system
to increase the availability of uniformed patrol officers for response to
major incidents and crime prevention. The T.R.U., a specialized unit
located in the emergency communications center, can receive and record
certain complaints by telephone, currently requiring responses by uniformed police officers. It is hoped that
the system will be able to process approximately 30 percent of the complaints presently dispatched to patrol
officers.
VINTON—The Town offered a free
trash and brush pick-up to all citizens
who contacted the Town office. The
service was offered to encourage all
citizens to assist in cleaning up the
town prior to the Annual Dogwood
Festival. A woman's club also sponsored a Town-wide "Clean Up Day"
the same day. Approximately 200
people participated.
FALLS CHURCH—The City sold its
Historic Triangle property to a developer in order to build a commercial
complex. The City purchased the land
in July, 1975 with the idea of consolidating small lots and reselling the land
for development which would be
compatible with City Council goals.
The main goal was to stimulate growth
in the central business district and
eventually broaden the City's tax
base.
ARLINGTON COUNTY—A matching
grant of $18,000 has been awarded to
the County in support of a sculpture
for Rosslyn's first planned urban park.
The sculpture will be the first major
public art piece for the County and
will serve as a focal point for Rosslyn,
which is a major gateway to Arlington.
The grant is provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts Agency and
the grant funds are to be matched by
local monies.

FAIRFAX COUNTY—The County may
become the first Virginia jurisdiction
to provide incentives for solar energy
equipment in private homes. The
Board of Supervisors may pass an ordinance that would exempt solar energy equipment from both personal
property and real estate taxes. The ordinance, however, would affect only a
few of the homeowners in the
County. The ordinance would allow
more homeowners to use solar energy since the equipment now is too
expensive for the average homeowner. The tax incentive plan might
provide the necessary impetus for
more homeowners to turn to sun
rather than to electric and gas companies for power.
BMCKSrONf—The Town will apply
for a Housing and Urban Development grant for street repair work and
for possible restoration of part of the
Schwartz Tavern. The Town Council
instructed Richard Lee, Town Manager, to apply for the HUD grant that
would develop a section of road work
and sewers in the Town. The grant
guidelines also allow for improvement of historic sites.

LOCALITIES RECEIVE
LITTER GRANTS

The Virginia Division of Litter
Control announced that grants
totaling $107,000 have been
awarded to 32 localities for antilitter activity. Many of the recent
grant recipients plan to conduct
public information/education
programs which will bring to light
the many issues surrounding the
litter problem. Division Commissioner Robert W. Slocum reports
that this is a key component to
continued litter control. He said
that few people realize litter cost
millions of tax dollars to control,
causes accidents and injuries and
can drive away tourists and businesses. The grant program was
designed to aid localities in developing continuing and comprehensive anti-litter programs.
Funds provided to a locality are
based upon its population and
miles of roadway.

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Employment
Discrimination
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Contractors,
Subcontractors
and
Vendors.
In c o n t r a c t s of over $10,000,
witfi c o n t r a c t o r s , l o c a l i t i e s are
now required to include a provision wfiicfi s a y s the contractor a g r e e s not to d i s c r i m i n a t e
in e m p l o y m e n t on the b a s i s of
race, religion, color, s e x or national origin. All s u b c o n t r a c t s
m u s t a l s o include s u c h a provision and the general contractor
m u s t include in all his employment a d v e r t i s e m e n t s a statement that he is an equal opportunity employer. Current state
law requires only state agenc i e s , not l o c a l i t i e s , to incorporate t h e s e p r o v i s i o n s in c o n tracts.

Designing a Local Procurement Ordinance
A number of l o c a l i t i e s will undoubtedly d e c i d e not to follow the
nonmandatory
s e c t i o n s of
the
s t a t e ' s new P r o c u r e m e n t A c t and
will formulate their own p o l i c i e s
and p r o c e d u r e s a s permitted by the
new A c t . At an Attorney G e n e r a l
L a w C o n f e r e n c e in IVlay, R o a n o k e
City Attorney Wil Dibling had s o m e
s u g g e s t i o n s for l o c a l i t i e s w h o w i s h
to adopt their o w n procurement policy.
1. Define competitive bidding.
2. S t a t e w h e n competitive bidding will be required. T h e
new A c t , for e x a m p l e , exe m p t s p u r c h a s e s of $10,000
and under from competitive
bidding if the locality adopts
a written policy for s m a l l purc h a s e s w h i c h provides for
competition w h e n e v e r practic a b l e . Nothing w o u l d prohibit a locality from adopting a
lower ceiling for the requirement of competitive bidding.
3. S p e l l out advertising requirem e n t s for competitive bidding and other p r o c e d u r e s .
4. E x p l a i n what f a c t o r s c a n be
c o n s i d e r e d in d e c i d i n g w h o
is the l o w e s t r e s p o n s i b l e bidder. S o m e of the f a c t o r s
w h i c h c a n be c o n s i d e r e d are:
ability to perform contract
without delay; w h e t h e r bidder h a s the equipment and fac i l i t i e s to perform; w h e t h e r
bidder h a s the f i n a n c i a l resources
to
perform;
and
w h e t h e r the bidder h a s the
ability to provide
mainten a n c e and parts.
5. A provision giving the locality
the right to reject any and all
bids s h o u l d be i n c l u d e d .
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lunch breaks, where the stock room
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m a y not take all t h e
customers
w h o s e names begin with the letters
A - M w i t h a n o t h e r f i r m t a k i n g N-Z.
These examples
are
considered
very
serious
violations
because
t h e y are t h e a n t i t h e s i s t o c o m p e t i t i o n in as m u c h a s " p r i v a t e a g r e e m e n t s have replaced c o m p e t i t i o n
as the e n g i n e of the m a r k e t , " Shene f i e l d e x p l a i n e d . T h e s e k i n d s of activities are c o n s i d e r e d so r e p r e h e n sible that they are c o n s i d e r e d per
se u n l a w f u l . T h e c o u r t — i n c o n t r a s t
to most violations under the A c t s w i l l n o t e v e n l o o k at t h e q u e s t i o n
w h e t h e r t h e s e k i n d s of p r a c t i c e s
made sense for the people w h o entered into t h e m .
The second anticompetitive situation prohibited under the antitrust
laws deals w i t h the r e l a t i o n s h i p bet w e e n a m a n u f a c t u r e r of g o o d s a n d
a retailer or a retailer and a c o n s u m e r . It i s a f e l o n y , f o r e x a m p l e ,
f o r a m a n u f a c t u r e r t o s e l l t o a retailer a n d t o d i c t a t e t h e p r i c e at
w h i c h the item m u s t be s o l d . Likew i s e , it i s i l l e g a l f o r a s e l l e r t o refuse to sell s o m e t h i n g to a customer unless the customer also
buys s o m e t h i n g else from the seller
that the c u s t o m e r d o e s not really
w a n t . T h i s i s k n o w n a s t y i n g . (If a l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t i n d i c a t e s t h a t it w i l l
s e l l e l e c t r i c i t y if t h e b u y e r w i l l p u r chase water on sewerage service,
t h a t is a t y i n g a r r a n g e m e n t t h a t m a y
w e l l b e in v i o l a t i o n o f t h e a n t i t r u s t
laws.)
The third anticompetitive category involves the c o n c e p t of mon o p o l i z a t i o n . V i o l a t i o n s of the a c t s
will occur where a person seeks to
prevent c o m pet i t or s from c o m i n g
into the person's market or seeks to
m o n o p o l i z e t h e m a r k e t b y m a k i n g it
impossible for others to effectively
compete with the person.
T h e s e private s e c t o r l a w s u i t s frequently
represent
conduct
that
g o e s b e y o n d hard t o u g h c o m p e t i tion to the point of c o h e r s i o n and
sometimes violence.
N u m e r o u s questions remain unanswered regarding the application
of t h e f e d e r a l a n t i t r u s t l a w s t o local
g o v e r n m e n t s . Unfortunately, the answers will probably painfully evolve
t h r o u g h the m y r i a d of litigation that
is a l r e a d y b e g i n n i n g t h r o u g h o u t t h e
country.

1982 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE
AUGUST 22-25, 1982
Marriott Inn
Biacksburg, Virginia
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22

Registration
President's Reception

4:00 p . m .
6:00 p.m.

MONDAY, AUGUST 23
8:30
9:00
9:00
10:00

Registration
Opening Session
S p o u s e s ' Craft D e m o n s t r a t i o n

a.m.
a.m.
a.m.
a.m.

V C I N — W h a t Your S y s t e m Can Do
For You
Uniform Crime Reporting
V a . U.S. A t t o r n e y s
First Annual Golf T o u r n a m e n t
Smithfield Plantation Tours
Barbecue and h/lusic-Compliments,
Biacksburg, Christiansburg and
Pulaski Police Departments

11:00 a . m .
11:15a.m.
1:00 p . m .
2:00 p . m .
7:00 p . m .

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24
8:30
9:00
9:00
12:30
2:00
2:00
4:00
6:00

Registration
Cutback Management
VPI G r e e n h o u s e T o u r s
Spouses' Fashion Show/Luncheon
Disaster Critique
Smithfield Plantation Tours
L e g i s l a t i o n 1983
Reception/Banquet/Dance

a.m.
a.m.
a.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25
9:00
9:00
10:30
12:00

Safety Legislation
Spouses' Shopping Spree
Business Session
Adjournment

a.m.
a.m.
a.m.
p.m.

P r e s i d e n t H . B. C h i l d r e s s , C h i e f o f P o l i c e , P u l a s k i w i l l p r e s i d e o v e r t h e
5 7 t h A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e . A p p r e c i a t i o n is e x t e n d e d t o t h e C o n f e r e n c e P l a n ning C o m m i t t e e for arranging the entertainment. For further i n f o r m a t i o n ,
p l e a s e c o n t a c t J o n 1 T e r r y (804) 6 4 9 - 8 4 7 1 .

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(404)

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Studies
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Relaying

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Metering

H e n n i n g s o n ,
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DESIGNERS

PUBLIC UTILITY

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CONSULTING

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•

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•

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Investigations

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BUCK, SEIFERT

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(804/237-2044)

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municalions

282-7657

Water S u p p l y • S e w a g e

Chicago

Waste

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1933 F o r t A v e .
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Soils &amp; Foundations

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Langley and McDonald

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• P l a n n e r s

804-288-4051

ODfisulring Engineers

Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

Virginia

CONSULTANTS

Building - Suite 2 2 4 .

Richmond,

Richmond,

23219

30367-8301

Road

B o x 2901
Virginia 23235

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R.

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K K N M . I H WKF.K.S
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ment, Power Systems, Structures,
Solid Wastes, Water Resources, Waler

Walter

Supply and Treatment, Transportation

Sfwage

Supply

1941 R o l i i n d Clcirke Pl.ice
R e s l n n , VirHini.i 22091
711 l/h2(l-,".J(H)

a n drurification

Treatiiu-m

Invpsiigations

•

Streets

a n d Reports

• Scwcrai^e a n d
a n d Hii^hwavs

•

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•
of

C^oiistniciion,
33

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page 10)

The best medicine for t h e pains
o f Lafayette,
Midcal
and
Boulder
w o u i d be federal legislation clearly
e x e m p t i n g local g o v e r n m e n t s from
the effects of antitrust violations.
Efforts have b e g u n at t h e federal
level t o initiate l e g i s l a t i o n o f t h a t
type but at this writing none has
been i n t r o d u c e d a n d t h e federal legislative process is laborious and unpredictable. S o , what should localities d o in t h e m e a n t i m e ?
The next best protection ist o follow t h e Supreme Court's mandates,
that is, have t h e General A s s e m b l y
adopt specific legislation bringing
l o c a l i t i e s u n d e r t h e Par/cer u m b r e l l a
or state a c t i o n . T h e a m o u n t o f state
supervision necessary t o meet the
Court's muster is still a question.
S o m e e x p e r t s have o p i n e d t h e mere
filing of annual reports or other simi l a r l i p - s e r v i c e t o t h e s u p e r v i s i o n requirement will be sufficient compliance. Other experts, however, assert this limited c o m p l i a n c e is risky
and probably will not meet the test.
If a c t u a l s u p e r v i s i o n b y s t a t e a g e n cies, state officials o r periodic rev i e w s a n d a u d i t s s h o u l d b e req u i r e d , it b e c o m e s a p p a r e n t t h a t
Virginia (and t h e other states) will
lose m u c h o f t h e a d v a n t a g e o f gove r n m e n t at t h e local level.
But effective legislation, even at
the state level, c a n n o t b e a c c o m plished overnight and the antitrust
challengers are n o t likely t o wait.
Hence, most ofthose with antitrust
experience are advising local gove r n m e n t s t o b e h a v e a s if t h e y have
no antitrust i m m u n i t y at all. T o t h e
writer, this m e a n s elected a n d app o i n t e d o f f i c i a l s , i n c l u d i n g local attorneys, must begin to think and act
a s if e v e r y a c t i o n o r a c t i v i t y w i l l b e
challenged.
Local governments should follow
the experience of b u s i n e s s enterprises and establish antitrust compliance companies. A proper compliance p r o g r a m will require analysis of every activity undertaken o r
expected to be undertaken, identifying potential antitrust
problems.
T h e p r o g r a m s h o u l d i n c l u d e t h e locality's antitrust policy w h i c h tells
local officials what t h e applicable
law is a n d h o w t o c o m p l y w i t h it.
The program should also provide
training sessions and seminars for
employees.
A document retention
program
should be instituted prescribing the
d o c u m e n t s t o be retained (with the
period) s othey will be available t o
support t h e locality's antitrust policy is i m p o r t a n t . A l t h o u g h " g o o d
f a i t h " is no defense to antitrust vio(Continued
on next
page)

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•

MICRO COMPUTER

•

TRANSPORTATION

STUDIES

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Engineers

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A N D T I M B E R F O R M

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1531 N o r t h M a m S t r e e t
Blacksburg, Virginia 2 4 0 6 0
(703) 5 5 2 - 5 5 4 8

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SCS

Box

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ENGINEERS

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ENGINEERS

• ARCHITECTS

• PLANNERS

L E E HIGHWAY,

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Carolina

SURVEYORS

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Greenhorne
10710

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Boston, Philadelphia, New York,
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2315 SAINT PAUL STREET

UUIBLE &amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.
Consulting E n g i n e e r s Land Surveyors
679 N . Main Street, Chase C i t y , V A
(804) 372-5101
Water

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21218
(301) 2 3 5 - 3 4 5 0

G A M E TIME, I N C .
C U N N I N G H A M AbSOC. INC,
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P h o n e 8 0 4 •262-2401

CE MAGUIRE, INC.
ARCHITECTS/ENGINEERS/PLANNERS
452 Sauthlske Boiilevard 142 W York Streel 5203 Leesliiirg Pike. Suiti 800
Rithmond. VA 23236
Suiti 710
Falls Chureli, VA 22041
804 749-1174
Nortolk.VA 23510 703 998-1)!00
804 627-2939

AMBULANCES,
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4 dr. L I M O U S I N E S 6 dr.
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8011 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,
Richmond, V a . 23237
Ph. 1-804-275-2624

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ment • D o m e s t i c &amp; Industrial

BENGTSON, DeBELL, ELKIN &amp; TITUS
CONSULTING ENGINEERS &amp; SURVEYORS
P.O, 8 0 X 4 2 9
13924 Braddock Rd,
Centreville. VA 2 2 0 2 0
703-631-9630

Blauvelt

P.O, Box 83
SO-S Edwards Ferry Rd,
Leesburg. VA 2 2 0 7 5
703-777-1258

E n g i n e e r i n g Co.

consulting Engineers

I

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Design"^
Inspection

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Waste
Systems
Michael K. Berlin
Municipal Services Monoger
Eost Central Region

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•

�lations, a n t i t r u s t lawyers s e e m t o
agree local g o v e r n m e n t s s h o u l d
bolster every p o s s i b l e " p u b l i c intere s t " d e f e n s e t o a n t i t r u s t a c t i o n s by
d o c u m e n t i n g t h e reasons w h y c o m p e t i t i o n is being l i m i t e d f r o m a
v i e w p o i n t of public safety, health or
welfare.
C o m p e t i t i o n s h o u l d not be restrained
except
in e x c e p t i o n a l
cases and only t o the a b s o l u t e minimum
necessary.
Local
governm e n t s s h o u l d examine their b i d d i n g
p r o c e d u r e s and p r o c e d u r e s f o r
a m e n d m e n t t o z o n i n g ordinance or
for award of licenses and franc h i s e s , to assure they are fair and
applied in an even-handed manner.
The greatest a m o u n t of a t t e n t i o n
s h o u l d be f o c u s e d o n t h e areas
where localities have t h e highest
vulnerability especially where t h e
locality acts in a proprietary way
and c o m p e t e s w i t h non-government
e n t i t i e s . Local o f f i c i a l s m u s t also
avoid activity giving t h e appearance
of i m p r o p r i e t y or c o n s p i r a c y , i.e. no
secret m e e t i n g s .
Finally: Employ a n t i t r u s t c o u n s e l .
A l t h o u g h it is not s u r p r i s i n g that the
recommendation to employ counsel
is universal, since m o s t people offering advice are either a n t i t r u s t
lawyers or w o u l d like t o be, it will
pay h a n d s o m e d i v i d e n d s to g e t
g o o d advice before landing in court
— in particular, seek help in f o r m u lating a c o m p l i a n c e program and
policy.

YARGER
AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
Over 600 Surveys
Our 29 th Year
Position Classification and Pay Plans
Management and Organizational Studies
Test Construction — F i r e and Police Studies

2830 Mary Street
Falls Church, Va. 22042
703/560-6900

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844 WEST STREET, A N N A P O L I S , MD 21401
(301) 268-7730
SYOSSET
TAMPA

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W PALM BEACH

HARTFORD
HOUSTON

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA

13

7 700
FALLS

LEESBURG
PIKE
SUITE
302
CHURCH,VA.
22043
703/893-0711

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CorrDorEiCion
consultlna

WATER, WASTEWATER,
SITE DEVELOPMENT,
STRUCTURAL

enaineers

DRAINAGE,FLOOD
CONTROL
STREETS ,
HIGHWAYS,BRIDGES
DESIGN , MARINAS

TRAFFIC SIGNS
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TRAFFIC

2511

POSTS

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(Procurement, f r o m page 13)

REFLECTIVE SHEETING

TRAFFIC SIGN FACES

ALUMINUM

301-358-3900

BLANKS

(COLLECT)

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MANAGEMENT

• Advisor on Financial and Marketing Matters
Relating to Issuance of Municipal Bonds
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• Management and Organization Studies
• Utility and Public W o r k s Management Studies
• Governmental Status Studies

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MUNICIPAL ADVISORS
INCORPORATED
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804 422-1711

6. S p e c i f y
exemptions
from
c o m p e t i t i v e b i d d i n g s u c h as
in e m e r g e n c y s i t u a t i o n s or
sole source p r o c u r e m e n t . If
the river is rising and t h e locality needs sand bags immediately, c o m p e t i t i v e b i d d i n g
is not required. A sole source
exemption
applies
when
there is only o n e place t o get
an item s u c h as postage
stamps.
7. Give either the chief a d m i n i strative officer, or the head of
the p u r c h a s i n g d e p a r t m e n t
the a u t h o r i t y t o f o r m u l a t e
administrative
rules and
regulations. Local governing
bodies s h o u l d not try t o write
everything
into the local
procurement
code,
many
details are best left to a d m i n i strative rules a n d regulat i o n s . All bidders and local
g o v e r n m e n t e m p l o y e e s involved w i t h p u r c h a s i n g must
be familiar w i t h t h e rules and
regulations because everyone involved w i t h purchasing
m u s t play by the same rules.

8. Include a procedure t o debar
f r o m further b i d d i n g any vendor or c o n t r a c t o r w h o does
not abide by the law. Vendors
and c o n t r a c t o r s d o defraud
the government as s h o w n recently by t h e highway bid rigging cases in the C o m m o n w e a l t h . A debaring procedure
must provide due process f o r
bidders a c c u s e d of fraud a n d
m u s t specify t h e length of
t i m e a vendor or c o n t r a c t o r
will be f o r b i d d e n f r o m participating in t h e b i d d i n g process.
9. A procedure for o b t a i n i n g
professional
services (acc o u n t i n g , architecture, land
surveying, m e d i c i n e , or engineering) s h o u l d be considered. C o m p e t i t i v e negotiat i o n or s o m e similar c o m p e t i tive procedure may be used.
10. The general policy s t a t e m e n t
s h o u l d indicate that the locality encourages c o m p e t i t i o n among vendors or cont r a c t o r s , works to increase
public c o n f i d e n c e in its purchasing practices, administers fairly and equitable its
policies a m o n g bidders and
tries t o obtain high quality
g o o d s and services at the
lowest possible price.

Conclusion
The Virginia Public Procurement
A c t is not a straitjacket but rather a
flexible tool for localities to use t o
reshape their purchasing practices.
After localities c o n f o r m their policies t o t h e A c t ' s seven requirem e n t s , t h e general guidelines of t h e
A c t may be f o l l o w e d to f o r m u l a t e
practices and procedures f o r purchasing g o o d s and services.
Localities are beginning to work
on r e s t r u c t u r i n g their purchasing
procedures to meet t h e January 1,
1983 deadline for being in conformance w i t h the A c t . One of t h e last
a m e n d m e n t s to t h e A c t extended
the deadline from July 1, 1982 to the
first of next year. That change was
made at t h e request of the Virginia
M u n i c i p a l League w h o s e staff in
R i c h m o n d is assisting localities in
revising their purchasing p o l i c i e s .

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                    <text>�Commentary
Comparing Virginia's Economic Development Efforts
By George Asimos, Jr.

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"If you don't have what an Industry Is looking for, some other
state does." This familiar phrase
heard In industrial development circles reflects the high degree of
competition among state and local
governments for new and expanding Industry. Indeed, the battle
among the states Is easy to document.
Since the 1960s, every state in the
nation has had at least one agency
devoted to the promotion of industrial development. In 1979 each of
agencies spent an average of nearly
$2 million for advertising, site selection assistance to industry, research and consulting with local
governments. During 1981 twentythree states, excluding Virginia, offered some form of indirect loan to
Industries building a plant within
their boundaries; twenty-five states,
again excluding Virginia, offered
corporate income tax reductions for
new and expanding Industries. In
the same year state and local governments across the country. Including Virginia, issued 1,490 Industrial revenue bonds worth $2.2
billion.
Although the provision of various
incentives to industry may contribute to a state's success In attracting new companies, other factors,
such as the availability of highly desirable sites and a skilled labor
force, may exert a larger influence
in the locational decisions of businesses. It Is clear that managers of
firms compare the economic development efforts of neighboring
states when they make such decisions. For this reason, it is important to examine the Commonwealth's development activities in
relation to the efforts of those
states with which It competes most
directly for Industry.
Looking at the number and type
of Incentives offered for new industrial growth and the amount of
money available to a state's ecoAboutThe Author
Mr. Asimos is affiliated with the Institute
of Government at the University of Virginia.

nomic development agency are two
ways to compare the economic development programs of states.
State incentives for industrial
development range from tax abatement and financial assistance for
construction to planning industrial
parks and constructing shell buildings. Of 55 widely accepted types of
incentives, Virginia offers 22. All of
Virginia's immediate competitors
for industry (Maryland, West Virginla, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina) provide a
broader range of incentives. North
Carolina, next lowest to Virginia,
provides 24 incentives, and Maryland, at the top of the scale, provides 36.
Virginia, like most of its neighbors, shies away from the so-called
"tax-giveaway" programs. Of its
neighbors, only \Nest Virginia uses
these incentives.
Virginia particularly lags behind
its neighbors, though, in financial
assistance to local governments
and to new and expanding industry.
Assistance to local governments
could help in building industrial
parks and expanding sewer and
water capacity. Financial assistance to industry also could decrease the start up cost of small
businesses (20 or fewer employees)
that, it has been shown, are more
likely than medium or large-sized
businesses to expand and create
jobs.
Although Virginia was one of the
first states to establish an industrial
development agency and still employs a highly professional staff, its
agency's budget is smaller than the
budgets of agencies in neighboring
states. In 1979, Virginia's Division of
Industrial Development spent $1.86
million, while Maryland's agency,
being the largest program among
Virginia's neighbors, spent $11 million. In per capita terms, as well,
Virginia spent the least on its development agency: 31 cents per person. North Carolina was next lowest
at 64 cents, or more than double Virginia's per capita spending. Kentucky spent 69 cents; Tennessee
spent 78 cents; South Carolina
spent 83 cents; West Virginia spent
$1.66; and at the top, Maryland

spent $2.37 per capita on its principal
industrial
development
agency. A large portion of Virginia's
shortfall may occur in the community development area, since only one
professional staff person is assigned the task of assisting local
government industrial development
efforts. In contrast. North Carolina
has seven field offices with one or
two professionals staffing each office. Governor Robb's proposed
"Leadership Community" program
is an attempt to enhance Virginia's
efforts in this regard.
One method for gauging the success of a state's efforts to attract industrial development is "by counting new smokestacks." According
to a survey by Industrial Development magazine, 79 new or expanded
plants costing at least $200,000
each were located in Virginia in
1981. By this measure, Virginia
compares favorably with most of its
neighboring competitors. Two of
these states had fewer than Virginia; West Virginia and Tennessee, at
47 and 52 respectively. Maryland
and South Carolina, with 93 and 128
new plants, were close to Virginia,
although slightly higher. Two others, however, far outdistanced Virginia. Kentucky, with 229, and North
Carolina, with 292, stood among the
top five states in the nation in
garnering new or expanding plant
locations. The number of plants, of
course, is only a rough measure of
recruitment success since it gives
no indication of the quality of industry attracted.
Interstate competition for industrial growth imposes continuing
pressure on each state to meet or
exceed industrial development incentives of neighboring states. The
Commonwealth's rich natural and
human resources have enabled the
state to achieve substantial industrial growth with only modest
governmental incentives. Whether
these incentives will be sufficient
to ensure acceptable levels of
growth in the future is a question of
vital importance.

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Editor
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Executive Director
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" V i r g i n i a ranks l o w e s t a m o n g its immediate c o m p e t i t o r s in offering e c o n o m i c development i n c e n t i v e s , s u c h a s tax abatement."

Officers
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C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
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VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia IVIunicipal League. It is
published
monthly
at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East IVIain Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia 23206.
All contents, copyright
1982 by the
Virginia
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League.
Any
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Want More Business and Industry?
" D o r o t hy J a c o b s o n d i s c u s s e s why cultural a t t r a c t i o ns
and t h e quality of public s c h o o l s attract more industry than tax
rates."

Executive Committee
S a m W. A d a m s
J a n e L. Hough
A r l i e C . Payne
Martha V. P e n n i n e
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

On The Cover:
Norfolk's Waterside (building model) is
only one project underway in the state.
This month's issue, focusing on
economic development, features several
localities' attempts to keep business
and industry in their communities. Other
articles discuss how to start an
economic development program or how
Virginia compares with sister states in
recruiting industry. A list of organizations which help local governments with
economic develooments will be listed in
the August 19 LEAGUE LETTER.

Comparing Virginia's Economic Development
Efforts

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Norfolk—Breaking Ground For Tomorrow
" N o r f o l k h a s gone back to its s o u r c e of life—the
waterfront—to build its e c o n o m i c b a s e . "

9

Keeping Downtown Active
" W i n c h e s t e r u s e d s p e c i a l a s s e s s m e n t legislation and an agg r e s s i v e development plan to keep its d o w n t o w n g r o w i n g . "

10

Starting An Economic Development Program
" T h e first e c o n o m i c development director of Loudoun C o u n t y
tells how to start a program."

11

Industrial Development In Transition
" F o l l o w i n g G o v e r n o r R o b b ' s direction, the C o m m o n w e a l t h ' s
Division of Industrial Development i s making s o m e c h a n g e s . "

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VML Annual Conference Highlights
Lt. Governor Davis Talks About Local Government
" F o l l o w i n g s i x s u c c e s s f u l y e a r s a s mayor of P o r t s m o u t h ,
Governor Davis d i s c u s s e s problems and p o s s i b l e s o l u t i o n s for
local g o v e r n m e n t s . "

19

Enterprise Zones—Virginia's Approach
" A h e a d of t h e federal government, Virginia c r e a t e s and now
h o p e s to implement its own enterprise z o n e s . "

20

The Certified Development Company
" A new w a y to give financial a s s i s t a n c e to s m a l l b u s i n e s s e s ,
the development program c a n be started in your locality."

21

Southside Localities Form Corporation
" J o y c e F r e n c h e x p l a i n e s how four c o m m u n i t i e s formed their
own development c o m p a n y . "

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�Want More Business and Industry?
Make Your Community Livable
By Dorothy R. Jacobson

What is livability? In working with
participating communities, Partners
for Livable Places* has tried to
answer the question.
Livability has many facets—physical, cultural, social and economic.
Livability is, at the same time, the
protected hillsides of Cincinnati,
waterfront access in Boston and
sensitive streetscape design in
Seattle. It is the adaptive reuse of
surplus school buildings as community arts facilities, the "animation" of public areas through festivals, noontime concerts and art
shows, design consciousness for
the handicap and infirm, respect for
neighborhood preservation
programs, access to affordable housing and a strong employment market.

"Livability is the ability of a
community and its environment to respond to human
needs."
Livability can be a locality's worst
enemy, unless it is protected and
nurtured. Livable places can attract
rapid new growth and development
but, if unregulated, can upset the
balance between what a community
can provide and what is needed.
Truly livable communities are those
in which this nurturing is shared by
public, private and civic leaders.

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organizations
whicti promotes improving tlie quality of life and making
communities
livable. It sponsors
the
Economics
of Amenity
program.
About the Author
Dorothy R. Jacobson, senior vice president of Partners for Livable Places,
manages the organization's program and
development activities, including the
twenty-city Economics of Amenity program. The subject of this article is further discussed in "Urban Amenities and
Economic
Development,"
Livability
Digest, Volume 2, No. 1, available for
$5.00 from Partners for Livable Places,
1429 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20036.

The plaza outside Citicorp in New York City.

Arguments for the economic value of public amenities have earned
support in recent decades through
conservation, preservation and
community improvement programs.
Economic benefits have been measured by the increased property
values in neighborhoods that have
undergone revitalization, decreased
construction costs when buildings
have been reused and the influx of
tourism dollars where new museums, cultural facilities and recreation areas have opened. In only
the last few years, however, has
"the economics of amenity" been
applied a s a strategy for urban
economic development.
Business demographics
have
been suggesting a relationship between a community's quality of life
and its ability to attract new business investments and tourism revenues for many years. In 1977, researchers at the U. S. Department of
Labor made some forecasts about
consumer spending patterns of the
fastest-growing group of Ameri-

cans, those 25 to 35 years of age,
who probably want a strong market
for leisure activities, including
entertainment and the arts.
In 1979, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress identified seven non-business related
factors that are more important in
corporate location decisions than
business-related factors. A locality's attitude toward business, its
crime level, adequacy of public facilities and public services, market
demand for product services, quality of public schools and cultural
attractions were more important in
corporate location decisions than
tax rates, business costs and labor
factors in general.
David Birch of MIT's Program on
Neighborhood and Regional Change
found that two-thirds of all new jobs
in the United States are being generated by firms with less than
twenty employees. These firms are
typically owned and operated by individuals with the ability and desire
to settle their companies in areas

�that offer a high quality of life. A n
equally
important
finding
from
B i r c h ' s s t u d y is t h a t o n e - h a l f o r
more of the jobs generated by
"multi-establishment corporations"
are c o n t r o l l e d b y b u s i n e s s l e a d e r s
outside that region, an unsettling
t r e n d t h a t b o d e s III f o r l o c a l e m p l o y ment rates w h e n market
factors
elsewhere require branch plants to
be c l o s e d .

"The movement of people
from place to place seems
to be directed as much by
their desire to relocate in
areas where amenities are
high as by business opportunities."—fla/7c/
Corporation
All t h e s e s t u d i e s of w h e r e the
j o b s are c o m i n g f r o m a n d w h o is
controlling them indicate that c o m munities ought to be directing their
economic development policies toward new or young businesses, and
that one of the best ways to attract
t h e m is t h r o u g h a n e n h a n c e d q u a l i ty of life.
At the other e n d of the scale,
some powerful arguments for enhancing a c o m m u n i t y ' s quality of
life have c o m e f r o m s o m e of t h e nation's largest businesses. Speaking
recently at a m e e t i n g of t h e N a t i o n al C o n f e r e n c e o f S t a t e L e g i s l a t u r e s '
Committee on the Arts, James Law,
corporate
facilities
manager
for
Hewlett-Packard,
identified
the
quality of life in a c o m p a n y t o w n as
a major i n g r e d i e n t in H-P's d e c i s i o n
of
where
to
locate.
In
H-P's
selection process, the availability of
cultural facilities, d o w n t o w n amenities, quality s h o p s , a c c o m m o d a t i n g
hotel and meeting facilities, efficient public transportation and a
community's
sensitivity
to
its
public image are w e i g h e d
along
with other business factors such as
profit, marketability and labor pool.
The c o m p a n y feels its role as a
g o o d c o r p o r a t e citizen m u s t be m e t
by t h e m u n i c i p a l i t y ' s c o m m i t m e n t
to provide high-quality services to
H-P e m p l o y e e s .
In P o r t l a n d , M a i n e , o n e o f t h e
c i t y ' s l e a d i n g c o r p o r a t e c i t i z e n s is
Fairchild Camera and Instrument,
which makes a concerted
effort
to invest in t h e c i t y ' s livability k n o w i n g t h a t t h e P o r t l a n d p l a n t Is o n e o f
i t s m o s t p r o d u c t i v e a n d t h a t It w i l l
o n l y s t a y t h a t w a y if e m p l o y e e s remain happy with their lifestyles.
Similarly, w h e n T e n n e c o first proD o s e d Its m o v e t o N e w p o r t N e w s ,

Virginia s o m e of the first q u e s t i o n s
directed to city leaders had to do
w i t h the availability of libraries and
cultural opportunities.
What a c o m m u n i t y can do to improve its q u a l i t y of life b e g i n s w i t h a
basic philosophy: first, the recognition of mutual self-interest a m o n g
local b u s i n e s s , g o v e r n m e n t a n d civic g r o u p s in a c i t y ' s e c o n o m i c v i t a l i ty a n d e n h a n c e d quality of life, a n d
second, a c o m m i t m e n t to negotiat i o n a n d p a r t n e r s h i p t o s h a r e resources
toward
these
common
goals.
Cities that have a d o p t e d
this
p h i l o s o p h y are a p p r o a c h i n g their
o w n " e c o n o m i c s of a m e n i t y " prog r a m s in m a n y d i f f e r e n t w a y s . In
V a n c o u v e r , British C o l u m b i a , for example, the Department of Social
P l a n n i n g ( a n a n o m a l y t o U.S. m u n i cipal
governments)
reviews
all
physical development projects and
negotiates on behalf of the public
interest for environmentally
and
s o c i a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e p r o j e c t s . A recent t r i u m p h has been its incorporation of a performing arts facility Into
the plans for a major d o w n t o w n
bank building.
In D e n v e r , a s u b s i d i a r y o f t h e
Denver
Partnership,
Downtown
Denver, Inc., acts as a d o w n t o w n
management authority and runs a
portion of the d o w n t o w n business
district as a business, with coord i n a t e d m a i n t e n a n c e , s e c u r i t y services, programming
and
promotional
responsibilities.
In
St.
Petersburg, F l o r i d a — w h i c h shares
sunny skies w i t h T a m p a , o n e of
Money
magazine's top ten growth
c e n t e r s — t h e city, local chamber,
county arts council and d o w n t o w n
d e v e l o p m e n t authority are cooperat i n g o n an " a m e n i t i e s a u d i t " t o inventory those natural, cultural and
p h y s i c a l a s s e t s It s h o u l d p r o t e c t
a n d b u i l d u p o n in its e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t p r o g r a m . A n d in Indianapolis, the city's new growth plan,
prepared by a c o m m i t t e e with sub(Continued on next page)

Broad Street: Richmond's
Next Renaissance?
inherently majestic but w o r n at
its e d g e s f r o m years of neglect, Richm o n d ' s key avenue, Broad Street,
m a y b e in f o r a m a j o r f a c e l i f t . In M a y
of this year, u n d e r t h e s p o n s o r s h i p
of t h e CSX C o r p o r a t i o n , Partners f o r
Livable Places assembled a sevenm e m b e r team of planning, design
and development experts to study
the street and r e c o m m e n d smallscale,
phased
improvements
to
parking facilities, signage, facade
design, traffic routing and land
scaping.
Key a m o n g the s u g g e s t i o n s of
the N e w Idea Corps (Partners' name
for its assistance team) w a s the
e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a d o w n t o w n m a n agement organization, similar to
t h o s e b e i n g created a n d o p e r a t e d in
Denver, B o s t o n and Hartford, that
w o u l d m a n a g e t h e s t r e e t In m u c h
the same way that shopping centers
are
managed,
with
coordinated
maintenance, information services,
security and programmed events.
The team also recommended substantial physical changes to the
street, reducing traffic lanes and
expanding
sidewalks
to
provide
additional room for bus shelters,
public art, special sidewalk events
and plantings.
What will happen with the recommendations has as m u c h to do w i t h
the city's recognition of Broad Street
a s a n a s s e t a n d a n a t t r a c t i o n a s it
does with the city's public works
budget. T h e heavy c o m m u t e r traffic
that caused Broad Street to be s o
broad no longer exists; adjacent
h i g h w a y s n o w carry that burden.
The option that R i c h m o n d ' s leaders
n o w h a v e Is w h e t h e r t o r e b u i l d t h e
street as a " s t a g e " onto which other
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includes strong empliasis on urban
design, preservation, sports and
cultural facilities and a "city gateways" improvennent program.

"The community's quality of
life is the ticket to a prosperous future."
Virginia's own capital, Richmond,
has
made remarkable strides
through its commitment to the
economics of amenities. Over two
years ago, the city established a
fifty-member advisory committee of
corporate executives, public officials, artists, local merchants,
civic leaders and other individuals
to set some priorities for the city's
economic future. The committee
was unique in the city's history
because it encompassed a diversity
of interests—black and white,
young and old, artist and executive—in a forum charged with undertaking cooperative improvement
projects. That committee has now
spun itself into a newly established
corporation, Richmond Renaissance, Inc., a body that will have independent developmental authority
to undertake revitalization activities
with public and private support.

port its economic development objectives. It can provide a forum for
communications among diverse
The establishment of such a
committee is not unique, but the groups and allow participants to
see how their respective interests
committee must have a purpose.
overlap. With those mutual inLocalities interested in establishing
terests expressed, the task of ensimilar forums must answer some
tough questions: Who are the forcing, modifying, or eliminating
existing policies for growth, conserpeople in the community who have
vation and change becomes an easithe genuine power, vision, and/or
er task.
financial resources to launch major
efforts? Are they willing to work
together? Do these people ever
meet? What does each have at
stake? What are the resources that
each can bring to a common forum?
Has a committee like this ever met
before and what were the reasons
for its succes or failure?
Equally important as a committee's composition and chairperson
is the assignment of support services. A function of the committee
should be outreach, not just to local
interest groups but to other communities as well, which takes staff
time and coordination. Don't let the
committee become inactive or
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committee's decisions.
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The Virginia Chapters of the
American Society for Public Administration recognized two top
public administrators. Hampton
Assistant City Manager George
Wallace received the T. Edward
Temple Award and Chesterfield
County Administrator Richard L.
Hedrick accepted the J. Sargeant
Reynolds Award.
Robert J. Stull began as Glasgow's new town manager June 1.
Stull, of Natural Bridge, left the
Environmental Systems Inc. where
he tested wastewater treatment for
the City of Buena Vista.
Craig Teller resigned as Hlllsvllle's attorney and Is now attorney
for Carroll County, where he Is also
commonwealth's attorney.
Earl L. Martin, Pearisburg's Police
Chief since 1956, retired; Ronald
Lee Lemons Is the Town's new
chief.
Charles D. Klotz, Jr. was appointed director of finance for the
City of Bedford and Robert J.

SchnabI was appointed electric
utility director.
John W. Epiing, Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission, was
named to the Executive Director's
Advisory Council of the National
Association of Regional Councils
(NARC).
Tedd E. Povar was appointed city
manager In Emporia In July. He was
Interim city manager for six months
following a term as assistant city
manager.
James A. Hill succeeds Barry
Shockley as town manager of
Boyklns.
Susan Clinard was appointed
town clerk of Stuart. She previously
was employed by the J. P. Stevens
Company.
Former Roanoke city manager
Arthur S. Owens died Sunday, June
20. Although he was 80, he was the
special assistant to the president of
Ferrum College and teaching
courses in public administration at

the time of his death. Prior to
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�Norfolk—Breaking Ground for Tomorrow
By June T. Miller
This year Norfolk Is celebrating
its 300th birthday. It's also celebrating a rebirth.
Norfolk has returned to Its birthplace—the waterfront—for a rebirth
in economic development. Waterfront activity is progressing and
spreading throughout downtown
and to other parts of the city. New
projects taking off reflect a strong
commitment on the part of Norfolk's city government to attract and
work with the private sector.
All the city's key downtown
waterfront projects are either underway or in advanced planning.
The Waterside, a festival marketplace developed by James W.
Rouse, is under construction on the
downtown waterfront. The multimillion dollar market, to be completed in June 1983, is being patterned after other successful Rouse
marketplaces in Boston, Baltimore
and Philadelphia. The Waterside is
expected to attract up to six million
visitors a year and provide between
800 and 1,000 jobs.
Norfolk Mayor Vincent J . Thomas
believes it's fitting that The Waterside is being built on the site where
the city began 300 years ago. "Our
waterfront is our city's source of
life," said Thomas. "It has nurtured
Norfolk to heights of remarkable
growth, starting with the merchants
of the 17th century. We are again
looking to our waterfront to bring
prosperity to our people and vitality
to our city."

"When we broke ground for
The Waterside, we envisioned it as the launching
for development of our
entire downtown waterfront."—Mayor Thomas
City officials expect Norfolk's
new festival marketplace to serve as
a vital people magnet to the city's
waterfront—bringing enjoyment to
its citizens, luring visitors to the
city and providing new jobs and a
strong tax base.
About The Author
Ms. Miller is the Public Communications
Coordinator in the Communications and
Marketing Department for the City of
Norfolk.

"We share Rouse's philosophy
that the only legitimate purpose of a
city is to provide for the life and
growth of its people," said Thomas.
Ground was also broken this year
for the $22 million Virginia World
Trade Center which is expected to
increase international trade in Norfolk. This nine-story facility is being
built on the downtown western
waterfront and will house nearly
1,000 employees upon completion.
Another important element in the
city's waterfront development is the
proposed Cousteau Oceans Center.
The Cousteau Society moved Its
world headquarters to Norfolk in
1980, and since then plans for the
center have been progressing. This
year the Virginia General Assembly
appropriated $600,000 for planning
and design of the center.
Town Point Park, a recreation site
being developed between the
Waterside and the Cousteau
Center, was packed with people for
this year's Harborfest. Although
Town Point is undeveloped. It is intriguing that hundreds of people
still flock there for the city's annual
celebration. This year's waterfront
festival of tall ships, bands, military
demonstrations, water s h o w s ,
fireworks, food tests and land
events attracted an estimated
750,000 people, the largest crowd in
its six-year history.
City officials hope people will
also want to live downtown as more
housing becomes available. Construction of waterfront housing is
proceeding in the Freeman Harbor
District, where townhouses are going up near renovated turn-of-thecentury homes.
Millions
of
privately-loaned
dollars are being poured into
downtown
office
buildings,
restaurants and hotels. The grandeur of the recently converted Hotel
Madison attests to the type of major
investments going on downtown.
Formerly the aging Commodore
Maury Hotel, the Hotel Madison
underwent $3.5 million in renovations and Is Norfolk's newest plush
hotel.
The good news about Norfolk is
spreading fast. "All of a sudden, it
looks like we're going to have a very
exciting downtown, and everybody
wants to jump on the bandwagon,"
said Robert M. Stanton, president of
Goodman Segar Hogan, Inc., the
real estate firm that's developing
the World Trade Center.

It's Working Because . . .
A large part of the city's success
is due to its growth policy and interest in public-private partnerships. When Norfolk put its
energies into redeveloping potential investment sites, it convinced
the private sector to take advantage
of city-initiated investment opportunities. And, when the private sector
expressed an interest in new construction or expansion and needed
assistance with obtaining land or
financing, the city responded to
that need.
Investors are finding that the city
backs up its commitment to economic development with favorable
financing. The Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and
the Norfolk Industrial Development
Authority
are offering
urban
speculators loans with 11 or 12 percent Interest rates rather than the
prevailing 18 or 19 percent.
The city helps out in other ways.
When Systems Management American, Inc., one of the country's largest black businesses, agreed to purchase a vacated building downtown
last year and relocate there, the city
lent the company $800,000 as an inducement, and the Industrial
Development Authority approved
$2.2 million in revenue bonds. The
company expects to employ 600
people in its downtown location.
But, downtown isn't the whole
story. Within the past year the city
also broke ground for Norfolk Commerce Park near the Norfolk International Airport. It's the first business
park to open in the city in more than
twenty years. Businesses are building and buying up tracts of land in
the park at a rapid pace. When completed, the park is expected to
generate about 3,500 jobs.
In the Ocean View area on the
Chesapeake Bay side of town,
another city-developed site is thriving. The city bought an old amusement park site and sold part of the
land to Baymark Development Corporation for Ocean View's first
waterfront high-rise residential condominium. Most of the 120 units of
the $8-million privately financed
structure have already been sold.
Whenever the potential is realized in Norfolk for attracting new
growth or improving upon existing
resources, the city is taking the in(Continued,

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�Keeping Downtown Active
By Wendell L . Seldon
and Larry Waldorf
B u s i n e s s s e e m e d to be d o i n g
well for Winchester's
downtown
L o u d o u n Street Mall. Built by t h e city w i t h revenue s h a r i n g f u n d s and a
s p e c i a l tax a p p r o v e d by t h e G e n e r a l
Assembly and City Council, the mall
had adequate parking space, g o o d
retail sales a n d s h o w e d n o d e c l i n e
in b u s i n e s s l i c e n s e s a n d s a l e s tax
s i n c e it o p e n e d i n 1 9 7 4 .
H o w e v e r , 1981 b r o u g h t a d i f f e r e n t
story. A regional Apple
Blossom
Mall, to be located on the outskirts
of W i n c h e s t e r ( w i t h i n t h e c o r p o r a t e
limits), was a n n o u n c e d and m o v i n g
t o it a r e t h r e e a n c h o r d o w n t o w n
stores.

" T h e story is not n e w for
c i t i e s Wke W i n c l i e s t e r b u t
w h a t is different is W i n c h e s t e r ' s aggressive p l a n . "
A n aggressive action plan, created for W i n c h e s t e r by t h e N a t i o n a l
D e v e l o p m e n t C o u n c i l of W a s h i n g t o n , w i l l c u s h i o n t h e i m p a c t of t h e
regional mall on the d o w n t o w n and
accelerate
the diversification
of
d o w n t o w n ' s function from primarily
retail to a m o r e diverse m i x of activities i n c l u d i n g g o v e r n m e n t , finance,
law a n d p r o f e s s i o n s , s p e c i a l t y and
s u p p o r t r e t a i l , e n t e r t a i n m e n t , recr e a t i o n a n d l e i s u r e . T h e p l a n is s u p ported by the city
government,
d o w n t o w n merchants and property
owners.

Special A s s e s s m e n t
Winchester
is
continuing
its
special assessment for the primary
district (the d o w n t o w n mall) and
e x p a n d i n g the a s s e s s m e n t to an
adjoining district to enlarge
the
d o w n t o w n a r e a . T h i s t a x , in a d d i t i o n
t o t h e real e s t a t e t a x , is 49$ f o r t h e
primary a n d 25$ per $100 a s s e s s e d
v a l u e in t h e s e c o n d a r y d i s t r i c t . T h e
c o n c e p t of a s s e s s m e n t s for imp r o v e m e n t s Is n o t n e w , a s t h e " a u thority to impose a s s e s s m e n t s for
local
improvements"
had
been
granted by the legislature to cities
h a v i n g a p o p u l a t i o n in e x c e s s of

A b o u t The A u t h o r s
Mr. S e l d o n is W i n c h e s t e r ' s c i t y manager.
Mr. Waldorf is the d i r e c t o r of the
D o w n t o w n D e v e l o p m e n t Board.

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300,000 prior t o 1972. A t t h e r e q u e s t
of W i n c h e s t e r a n d o t h e r l o c a l i t i e s ,
t h e 1972 G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y a m e n d e d S e c t i o n 1 5 . 1 - 2 3 9 o f t h e Code of
Virginia
to extend special assessm e n t a u t h o r i t y t o all c i t i e s a n d
towns.
The grant of a u t h o r i t y w a s not
u s e d e x t e n s i v e l y u n t i l 1975, w h e n
Winchester chose special assessment to fund one-half the construction
cost
of
the
Loudoun
Street Mall. This alternative was
supported
by City C o u n c i l
and
property
owners
over
voluntary
o w n e r - f i n a n c i n g , general tax f u n d
financing and other possibilities.
Winchester
chose
the
same
special principal to finance development
and
promotion
of
its
"secondary
assessment
district"
surrounding the Loudoun
Street
M a l l . A t t h e C i t y ' s r e q u e s t , t h e 1981
General A s s e m b l y a d o p t e d legislat i o n i n t e n d e d t o b e I n c l u d e d in
Article 2 (Assessments for Local
I m p r o v e m e n t s ) of C h a p t e r 7 of T i t l e
15.1 ( S e c t i o n 1 4 . 1 - 2 3 9 e t s e q ) . A f t e r
various legislative maneuvers, the
legislation wa s c o d i f i e d as Section
15.1-18.3. Its w o r d i n g , w h i c h w a s
somewhat
obscure
due
to
its
placement
in
the
Code,
was
clarified s l i g h t l y by 1982 a m e n d ments.
However,
this
enabling
l e g i s l a t i o n is c u r r e n t l y l i m i t e d t o
c i t i e s b e t w e e n 20,000 and 21,000
p o p u l a t i o n and t o w n s over 30,000
population.
Winchester
will
also
initiate
c h a n g e s i n t h e c i t y ' s z o n i n g ord i n a n c e s o the upper f l o o r s of
b u i l d i n g s in t h e d o w n t o w n a r e a c a n
be used for apartments and businesses. Parking requirements will
be e l i m i n a t e d in t h i s a r e a , t o o .
Other s t e p s have been t a k e n . T h e
Historic
Shopping
Area will
be
redesigned and the joint FrederickW i n c h e s t e r J u d i c i a l C e n t e r will be
b u i l t . In J u n e , a s e c o n d s i x - l e v e l
court square autopark was dedicated
and
the
Preservation
of
H i s t o r i c W i n c h e s t e r is w o r k i n g t o
rehabilitate commercial property on
the pedestrian mall.

Downtown Development
Board
T h e W i n c h e s t e r City C o u n c i l appointed a Downtown Development
Board
of
nine
members.
Four
members
are f r o m
the
primary
d i s t r i c t , f o u r are f r o m t h e s e c o n d a r y
d i s t r i c t a n d o n e m e m b e r is ap-

W i n c h e s t e r ' s L o u d o u n Street Mall
p o i n t e d a t - l a r g e . In t u r n , t h e b o a r d
hired a part-time director to coordinate
its
activities
and
lend
direction
to
an
overall
comprehensive program.
The board wa s organized into five
committees: finance, architectural,
development, activities and
prom o t i o n . T h e f i n a n c e c o m m i t t e e is
charged with developing plans and
programs w h i c h will assist
new
businesses
in
locating
in
the
d o w n t o w n area as w e l l as a s s i s t i n g
property owners with available tax
incentive
programs
for
facade
renovation.
T h e a r c h i t e c t u r a l c o m m i t t e e is in
t h e p r o c e s s of d e v e l o p i n g a d e s i g n
program for the d o w n t o w n
area
w h i c h will build and expand upon
the
19th
century
architectural
setting. New lighting and
other
street f u r n i t u r e will be i n c l u d e d as
well as planting areas and signage.
It i s h o p e d t h a t t h e d e s i g n p r o g r a m
will unify the d o w n t o w n area.
The
development
committee,
w h i c h has prepared a brochure for
prospective
businesses,
is
attracting n e w c o m e r s to the d o w n t o w n area.
To keep people c o m i n g d o w n town,
the
activities
committee
s c h e d u l e d an event on the mall
every w e e k e n d f r o m April 1 t h r o u g h
October. With the other committees
functioning, the promotion
comm i t t e e a c t s as t h e p u b l i c relations
a n d i n f o r m a t i o n a r m of t h e D D B t o
keep t h e area in t h e n e w s .

O t h e r Efforts
E f f o r t s in t h e d o w n t o w n
area
have suffered to a certain extent
f r o m a lack of c o h e s i o n and unity of
purpose among merchants located
in v a r i o u s a r e a s of d o w n t o w n . T h i s
(Continued,
page25)

�starting An Economic
Development Program
By June M. Bachtell
E c o n o m i c development is one of
t h o s e rare public programs that is
directed o u t s i d e the c o m m u n i t y ,
yet brings benefits inside the
c o m m u n i t y . C i t i z e n s don't a l w a y s
recognize the indirect b e n e f i t s parks, s c h o o l s , low tax r at e s and
e m p l o y m e n t — t h a t a good e c o n o m ic development program c a n bring.
L o c a l o f f i c i a l s , however, w h o s e e
the a d v a n t a g e s of j o b s and t a x e s
want to get into the e c o n o m i c
development b u s i n e s s . But any
c o m m u n i t y thinking of this effort
s h o u l d s l o w l y and painstakingly
q u e s t i o n w h y the program is being
c o n s i d e r e d . Identifying the r e a s o n s
for having a program of e c o n o m i c
development is the key to ans w e r i n g the q u e s t i o n of how an
e c o n o m i c development program is
structure d and w h a t its goals are.
What the program looks like s h o u l d
a i s o tell local o f f i c i a l s what type of
e x p e r t i s e the staff s h o u l d have w h o
will run the program.

How To Identify Reasons
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m a n i p u l a t i o n s of t h e s e c o n d i t i o n s
w h i c h identify the need for a
program of e c o n o m i c development
in a c o m m u n i t y . S e e the chart on
this
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row
to
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m a n i p u l a t i o n s need to be made.
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box. W h e n c o m p l e t e d , local off i c i a l s have fairly well defined
criteria of
what a n e c o n o m i c
program s h o u l d produce for the

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c o m m u n i t y — a matrix of e c o n o m i c
development r e q u i r e m e n t s .
For e x a m p l e , during this r e c e s sionary period L o u d o u n C o u n t y h a s
a current u n e m p l o y m e n t rate of
three percent a n d , at the last ranking, the eighth h i g h e s t per c a p i t a inc o m e of the c i t i e s and c o u n t i e s in
Virginia. On the other h a n d , the proportion of c o m m e r c i a l and industrial tax return in L o u d o u n C o u n ty is not s u f f i c i e n t to pay for the
c o s t s of s e r v i c e s required a s a
result of rapid residential growth.
T h e s e c o n d i t i o n s obviously mold
the e c o n o m i c development program L o u d o u n h a s , including an
equal appropriation for tourism development a s well a s industrial
development. T h e industry mix requires labor c a d r e of s k i l l e d profess i o n a l s ( L o u d o u n is part of the
W a s h i n g t o n metropolitan area in
w h i c h 37.9 percent of a d u l t s have
completed college, almost twice
the national average), a higher than
average w a g e rate and at the s a m e
time d o e s not s t i m u l a t e population
growth. A c c o r d i n g to the latest annual e s t i m a t e , the tourism program
brought $25.6 million into the c o m munity without s e r v i c e d e m a n d or
population growth a s a fallout.

"It took Loudoun County
two years to bring in a major
corporation."
T h e c o m m i t m e n t for e c o n o m i c
development s h o u l d require, a l s o ,
an " i n c u b a t o r " period w h e n the
c o m m u n i t y preparation (by far the
most time c o n s u m i n g ) , marketing
efforts and other parts of the program need time to gel to produce
r e s u l t s . T h e rule of thumb is two
y e a r s . B e s i d e s the belief that o n e ' s

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c o m m u n i t y is an e x c e l l e n t b u s i n e s s
location, the other major c h a r a c teristic needed in s u p p o r t e r s of a
program is p a f / e n c e — p a t i e n c e to
s e e to it that the kinds of e c o n o m i c
d e v e l o p m e n t s the c o m m u n i t y gets
are the kinds it n e e d s . In L o u d o u n ,
it took a s h a d e over two y e a r s to
land IVIagnavox G o v e r n m e n t and
Industrial E l e c t r o n i c C o n t r o l s on a
76-acre tract. It a l s o took that time
to i n c r e a s e the number of v i s i t o r s to
the V i s i t o r s C e n t e r in L e e s b u r g by
39 percent.
A c o m m u n i t y needs to keep the
spirits up while the A A A corporations are not in f o c u s yet. At a recent Virginia Division of Industrial
Development S e m i n a r on Marketing
and Communications:
Ttie
Selling
Edge, Mike Morgan of Morgan and
A s s o c i a t e s in R i c h m o n d , reported
that 60 to 80 percent of new industry locations c o m e from busin e s s e s within a c o m m u n i t y ' s immediate area, although the glamour
c o m e s w h e n the local media headlines a triple A corporation d e c i s i o n
to locate in the c o m m u n i t y and the
s m a l l print allotted to e x i s t i n g industry e x p a n s i o n s appears more
often. Give priority to a program
that h e l ps the b u s i n e s s e s in the
immediate area. T h e rewards are
more c o n s i s t e n t and probably c o n stitute the real b a c k b o n e of a c o m munity's economic base.
A s previously mentioned, c o m munity
preparation
is
timeconsuming.
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�Industrial Development in Transition
Things are clianging for Virginia's
Division of Industrial Developm e n t — i t ' s getting more aggressive
w/hen competing for industry.
Following Governor Robb's call
to mal&lt;e the Commonwealth a viable
place for development, the Division
is carving some new priorities while
it goes through a transition. Development activity has been called for,
particularly in the area of small and
minority businesses, and the relationship between state and local
economic development programs is
being examined. Also, a new community certification program is
being prepared.

State Director Chosen
The first important step completed in the transition is the appointment of a director for the Division of Industrial Development. The
position has been vacant for nearly
a year, with Russell G. Hanson and
Hugh D. Keogh serving as acting directors during that time.
After his election fast fall. Governor Robb placed top priority on the
tasl&lt; of selecting a permanent
director. Consequently, Paul Scott
Eubanks was appointed director on
June 1. Previously the director of
economic development for Rhode
Island, he served as executive director of the Rhode Island Ports
Authority, the Economic Development Corporation, and the Industrial Facilities Corporation.
Virginia is the fourth state in

which Eubanks has held industrial
development or business promotion positions. Prior to becoming director of Rhode Island's program,
he was director of the Oklahoma
Department of Economic Development. He also has held positions
with the Oklahoma, Texas and
Louisiana Chambers of Commerce.

Local Leadership Changes
Several localities have also selected
new leaders for their development
activity. Dave Edwards now heads
the Virginia Peninsula Economic
Development Council. He was previously executive director of the
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. April L. Young has
been appointed executive director
of the Fairfax County post. She was
a consultant to the Phoenix Fund in
St. Louis, and had been director of
economic development for the city
of St. Louis.
Stafford County's new director of
economic development is James W.
Butler. He was executive director of
the Coastal Plains Regional Commission prior to joining Stafford
County in early June.
Earlier this year, Russell G.
Hanson became executive director
of the Metropolitan Economic Development Council. He was deputy
and acting director of the Division
of Industrial Development. MEDC
serves the Chesterfield, Henrico
and Hanover counties and the city

Secretary Diener
Comments

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"We look forward to increasing
the state's traditional emphasis on
economic development, particularly
in the area of international trade and
in the strengthening of community
development efforts throughout the
state," says Betty J. Diener, six
months into her term as Secretary
of Commerce and Resources.
Dr. Diener, the first woman appointed to this Cabinet post, is in a
unique position to measure the
pulse of the state's economy. The
34 agencies under her direction
touch every economic sector.
She sees a program of broadbased economic development as
the key to a healthy state: "The
strength of ourcommunities
depends in large measure on improving their readiness for industrial development. One of the
highest priorities of this ad-

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Public and private sector developers gathered this spring to form the
Virginia Economic Developers Association.
VEDA is the first professional association for individuals responsible for economic development in
Virginia. It intends to improve communications among developers at
all levels, and establish a means of
providing input into development
programs which affect the state.
The officers elected for the VEDA
are President, Bob Johnson, chairman of the Wythe County Board of
Supervisors; First Vice President;
Charles Pendleton, executive director of the Danville Chamber of Commerce; Second Vice President, June
Bachtell, director of Loudoun County Economic Development; and
Secretary/Treasurer, Beverly Fitzpatrick; assistant vice president for
Economic Development, First National Exchange Bank.

Charting The Course
Economic conditions as well as
the nature of the Industrial development process demands flexibility in
how Virginia's efforts are organized
to attract industry. In keeping with
the times, Virginia's development
program is being shaped to respond
successfully in a new era.

ministration is to draw new
business to our cities and towns."
To accomplish this, the former
dean of Old Dominion University's
Business School is looking at
s
Virginia with a fresh perspective.
"The world is increasingly a
marketplace for our products and
out state is becoming more attracive to foreign investors," she
remarked.
Another feature of this administration's approach is to focus
more attention on the needs of
small businesses and minority
businesses. In particular, Dr. Diener
hopes that her agencies will attempt to eliminate regulations
s
which unnecessarily hinder
businesses, large or small: "Certainly these aren't the best of times
for the national economy. Nevertheless, we're going to do
everything we can, at the state level,
to help our businesses and industries prosper."

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For localities, an
important
s o u r c e of d e v e l o p m e n t
activity
already e x i s t s witfiin tfie state. A s
local g o v e r n m e n t s review
their
c o m m u n i t y ' s p r o c e s s , or work to
i n c r e a s e a d e v e l o p m e n t program,
they s h o u l d c o n s i d e r t h i s : In recent
years roughly 60 percent of the
s t a t e ' s new m a n u f a c t u r i n g j o b s
have been c r e a t e d by V i r g i n i a
c o m p a n i e s . In 1 9 8 1 , for e x a m p l e ,
nearly t w i c e a s many new j o b s w e r e
created by e x p a n d i n g f a c i l i t i e s , or
by the location of new industry.
Clearly V i r g i n i a ' a m a n u f a c t u r i n g
population h a s d e m o n s t r a t e d its
potential for e n h a n c i n g the C o m m o n w e a l t h ' s e c o n o m i c growth.

SIDC To Meet
The S o u t h e r n Industrial Development C o u n c i l ( S I D C ) will meet at the
Cavalier O c e a n f r o n t on O c t o b e r 2326, 1982. G o v e r n o r C h a r l e s Robb
will provide the w e l c o m e and
keynote a d d r e s s , " N e w C h a l l e n g e s
in the S o u t h . " T o p i c s include the
new d e m o g r a p h i c s , tax c h a n g e s ,
new f i n a n c i n g , federal legislation,
port d e v e l o p m e n t ,
and
other
s u b j e c t s — a l l related to s o u t h e r n
development and the
changing
e c o n o m y . C o n t a c t Harold L. G a l l u p ,
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* W O M E N IN L O C A L G O V E R N M E N T
* LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

8:00 a.m.

REGISTRATION

9:30 a.m.

OPENING SESSION
—Keynote Address
— P r e s i d e n t ' s Report
— U . S . Senate Candidates
— E x e c u t i v e Director's Report
— N o m i n a t i o n s Report
— T i m e and P l a c e Report

11:30 a.m.
12:00 noon
1:30 p.m.
to
3:00 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

6:00 p.m.

H O S T C I T Y NIGHT

SANDWICHES &amp; BEVERAGES
IN EXHIBIT H A L L

7:30 a.m.

* PRAYER BREAKFAST

9:00 a.m.
to

REGISTRATION &amp; EXHIBITS

12:00 noon
10:00 a.m.

— V M G S I A A n n u a l Meeting
— T f i e C o m m i s s i o n on L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t
and T o w n s
— H J R 105—Local Government
Responsibilities
—Human Services Issues
B l o c k Grant T a s k F o r c e
Long T e r m C a r e of tfie Elderly

SECTION WORKSHOPS
URBAN S E C T I O N
—Antitrust Implications
— T a x Equity I s s u e s
CITY S E C T I O N
Land U s e T a s k F o r c e
TOWN S E C T I O N
—Zoning in S m a l l T o w n s
— C a s h Management

12:00 noon

* MANAGERS LUNCHEON &amp; PROGRAM
CONCURRENT SESSIONS

— W o r k m e n ' C o m p e n s a t i o n L o s s Control
— C o n d u c t i n g Town C o u n c i l Meetings
— L o c a l C o s t Cutting S t r a t e g i e s
— H o u s i n g and C o m m u n i t y Development

T U E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 21

COMMITTEE

M O N D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 20
7:30 a.m.

3:15 p.m.
to
5:00 p.m.

L U N C H E O N — J a m e s H. B o r e n ,
International A s s o c i a t i o n of P r o f e s s i o n a l
Bureaucrats

2:00 p.m.
to
3:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

3:30 p.m.

BUSINESS SESSION

6:30 p.m.

RECEPTION

7:30 p.m.

ANNUAL B A N Q U E T
F e a t u r i n g — " T h e Conti F a m i l y "

— Public R e c o r d s A c t
—Hazardous Waste
—Health Care Cost Containment
—Public Procurement Act

R e q u i r e s individually p u r c h a s e d meal ticket.
C O N F E R E N C E INFORMATION

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T h i s y e a r ' s c o n f e r e n c e will be held
in V i r g i n i a B e a c h with m o s t a c tivities s c h e d u l e d in the beautiful
new Pavilion, the c i t y ' s c o n f e r e n c e
center. C o n f e r e n c e hotels include
T h e Cavalier, Holiday Inn (39th
Street), Howard J o h n s o n ' s , and
Sheraton Beach. Room reservations
are being handled by the housing
bureau and a $40.00 d e p o s i t Is required for e a c h room. T h e reservation deadline is Monday, August 16.
If you have not made your reservations, p l e a s e c o n t a c t :
V M L Housing Bureau
P.O. B o x 136
Virginia B e a c h , V i r g i n i a 23458
(804) 428-8000
A d v a n c e prepaid c o n f e r e n c e registrations received by S e p t e m b e r 3
qualify for a $10 d i s c o u n t on the
p a c k a g e registration
rate.
Most

localities d e s i g n a t e one official to
coordinate V M L C o n f e r e n c e registrations. P l e a s e c o n t a c t your clerk
or
manager
concerning
the
registration procedure u s e d by your
locality to insure that there i s no
duplication.
S o c i a l f u n c t i o n s during the Confere n c e include the S u n d a y reception,
Monday evening host city event and
T u e s d a y reception and banquet.
T h e City of Virginia B e a c h is
planning
an enjoyable
outdoor
event on Monday, S e p t e m b e r 20 at
the N a r r o w s on the waterfront. B u s
transportation will be provided and
c a s u a l attire is a m u s t ! More d e t a i l s
on c o n f e r e n c e e v e n t s and the g u e s t
program a c t i v i t i e s will be included
in the S e p t e m b e r i s s u e s of L E A G U E
LETTER.
T i c k e t e d e v e n t s include the W o m e n
in L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t B r e a k f a s t , the
M a n a g e r ' s L u n c h e o n , the Prayer

B r e a k f a s t and T u e s d a y luncheon.
H u m o r i s t J a m e s H. Boren p r o m i s e s
to provide an entertaining view of
the b u r e a u c r a t s ' life in W a s h i n g t o n
at the l u n c h e o n . Mr. Boren s p o k e at
the V M L banquet in 1978 and h a s
been brought back by popular a c claim.
In r e s p o n s e to the i n c r e a s i n g number of i s s u e s facing local o f f i c i a l s ,
c o n f e r e n c e w o r k s h o p s have been
e x p a n d e d to include four additional
t o p i c s on T u e s d a y afternoon. T h e
1982 c o n f e r e n c e will offer more
t o p i c s to c h o o s e from than any
previous c o n f e r e n c e .
T h e A n n u a l B a n q u e t will include the
presentation of the V M L A c h i e v e ment A w a r d s and will feature entertainment by the d y n a m i c C O N T I
FAMILY.
Plan now to attend the V M L C o n f e r e n c e this S e p t e m b e r in Virginia
Beach.

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REGISTRATION FORM
1982 VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
NAME
TITLE
LOCALITY/AGENCY/FIRM
ADDRESS
CITY
Spouse Attending? YES
First Name of Spouse
Guest Attending? YES
Name(s)

STATE

ZIP

NO
NO

REGISTRATION
DELEGATE
COMMERCIAL
PROFESSIONAL

NON MEMBER
DELEGATE
COMMERCIAL
PROFESSIONAL

GUEST
SPOUSE*

85.00

95.00

40.00

(Prepaid before
9/3/82 75.00)

(Prepaid before
9/3/82 85.00)

(Prepaid before
9/3/82 30.00)

SUNDAY ONLY—includes all Sunday
meetings and Opening Reception

25.00

35.00

15.00

MONDAY ONLY—includes all Monday
meetings and Host City evening
activities

35.00

45.00

15.00

TUESDAY ONLY-includes all Tuesday
meetings. Reception and Banquet

35.00

45.00

25.00

Please circle appropriate registration amount:
PACKAGE REGISTRATION-includes
all activities, group meals, and host city
entertainment for Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday, except ticketed
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TICKET EVENTS
Women in Local Government (Monday)
Managers Luncheon (Monday)
Prayer Breakfast (Tuesday)
Luncheon (Tuesday)

8.00
8.00
8.00
12.00

8.00
8.00
8.00
12.00

8.00
8.00
8.00
12.00

'REGISTRATION FOR SPOUSE INCLUDES ALL SPOUSES' ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BYTHE HOST CITY
TOTAL CIRCLED AND ENCLOSED $_

. AMOUNT TO BILL $_

(Return completed form to Virginia Municipal League, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206)

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MORE PRODUCTIVE
Hydraulic capacity boosted 25 percent, backiioe production
by 20. And the increased dipper lift capacity of 3100 pounds
(1406 kg) surpasses ttiat of larger competitive models.
Same good story at ttie loader end. Breakout force
increased to 7600 pounds (33.8 kN). Cycle time slashed to
8.2 seconds.
There's more. The new, optional cab, for example. It's been
lowered 4 inches (10 cm) to improve the center of gravity,
has a refined interior design and is substantially quieter
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�Lt. Gov. Davis Talks About Local Government
By Sarah B. Holt
Editor's
Note: Lt. Gov, Davis, a former
mayor of Portsmoutfi,
began liis
public
career at the local level. An
interview
with Paul Tribie was featured in the June
issue.

If you a s k e d R i c h a r d J . Davis to
c o m m e n t on the s t a t u s of local
government in the 1980s, he'd
probably tell you two t h i n g s . F i r s t ,
he'd s a y l o c a l i t i e s will have to work
harder to maintain e x i s t i n g prog r a m s with d e c r e a s i n g f u n d s . But
then he'd probably s m i l e and tell
you local government is the most
e x c i t i n g and d e m a n d i n g level of
government.
" L o c a l government is the final
level at w h i c h the people w h o are
the b e n e f i c i a r i e s of a s s i s t a n c e are
d i s a p p o i n t e d b e n e f i c i a r i e s . It is at
this level w h e r e they c o m e f a c e to
f a c e with their locally e l e c t e d off i c i a l s , " s a i d V i r g i n i a ' s lieutenant
governor in a recent interview.
Currently f a c i n g local o f f i c i a l s in
V i r g i n i a are the i s s u e s of block
grant p r o p o s a l s , general revenue
s h a r i n g , p a y m e n t s in lieu of t a x e s ,
problems w i t h public m a s s transit
s y s t e m s and more. D a v i s had s o m e
s u g g e s t i o n s for f a c i n g d e c r e a s i n g
r e v e n u e s and i n c r e a s i n g d e m a n d s ,
s t r e s s i n g the importance of a
strong e c o n o m i c b a s e in every
locality.
" H i s t o r i c a l l y the term
'block
grant' h a s been a c o d e word for
' l e s s money'," Davis explained. "In
V i r g i n i a next y e a r w e e x p e c t to
receive about $100 million l e s s than
w a s provided under former s y s t e m s
of f u n d i n g . "
" A hidden figure of another $100
million reduction will be incurred
b e c a u s e of direct funding m e c h a n i s m s that formerly went to c i t i e s
and c o u n t i e s , " he a d d e d .
S i n c e V i r g i n i a n s will have l e s s
money to distribute, D a v i s s t r e s s e d
the
importance
of
insuring
a
m i n i m u m c u t off the top for administrative c o s t s . L o c a l o f f i c i a l s
m u s t a l s o define a s y s t e m of
a l l o c a t i o n of t h o s e m o n i e s s o
population and other n e e d s are
taken into a c c o u n t .
He r e m a r k e d , " I ' m not d a n c i n g in
the s t r e e t s in a p p l a u s e of the
s y s t e m . If I had my w a y , I w o u l d not
favor w h a t I think will be major
r e d u c t i o n s in funding l e v e l s . "
About The Author
At the time of the interview, Ms. Holt
was a communications assistant with
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Gov. Davis gestures as he talks about the problems of local government. Photographs
by Charlotte Kingery
T h e bright spot for local governm e n t ? D a v i s s a i d the advantage for
local g o v e r n m e n t s f a c e d with the
program is the heightened d i s c r e tion it g i v e s local o f f i c i a l s in
deciding the fate of their m o n i e s :
" I f w e have to do with l e s s , at least
local o f f i c i a l s will be able to determine
within
their
jurisdictions
w h e r e t h o s e fewer dollars c a n best
be a p p l i e d . "
Providing the best s e r v i c e for
c i t i z e n s is the m o s t important
function of every level of government, Davis noted a s he applauded
general revenue s h a r i n g . " I fully
support the program and I hope
w e ' l l be able to maintain levels of
f i n a n c i a l support that would equate
to the p e o p l e ' s n e e d s . T h e dollars
c o m e from the people, and in the
public s e c t o r , the d i v i d e n d s are the
levels of s e r v i c e and quality of
s e r v i c e provided to the people. With
careful m a n a g e m e n t and prudent
oversight, t h e s e dollars c a n be u s e d
to r e s p o n d to the n e e d s . "
Davis s a i d he is a g a i n s t the
m i s t a k e n i m p r e s s i o n a m o n g federal
o f f i c i a l s that the program is nothing
more than a " m a s s i v e g i v e a w a y "
and that there have been too many
f r e e l o a d e r s . He s a i d he, too, i s
a g a i n s t any a b u s e of the s y s t e m ,
but f e e l s it is b a s i c a l l y very effective.
S i n c e general revenue s h a r i n g
may not be permanently guaranteed
to all g o v e r n m e n t s , Davis s a i d local
officials
must
broaden
their
e c o n o m i c b a s e s . " I realize this is
difficult now in this period of
r e c e s s i o n and/or d e p r e s s i o n , but I
urge every locally e l e c t e d official to
work harder in the f a c e of t h i s
adversity. L o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s m u s t
a l s o s t r e a m l i n e their g o v e r n m e n t s
to eliminate the u n n e c e s s a r y e v i l s

that bloat budgets. L o b b y i n g , too,
must be c o n t i n u e d to make federal
o f f i c i a l s in the H o u s e and S e n a t e
realize the n e e d s of the p e o p l e , " he
said.

"Take a serious look at
payment in lieu of t a x e s it's impossible for local
governments to operate if
the federal government
pays nothing for their
occupancy."
A s localities look toward improving their e c o n o m i c s i t u a t i o n s ,
Davis w a r n e d against " g i v i n g a w a y
the s t o r e . " He mentioned his experience in Portsmouth w h e r e a
large percentage of the land i s
federally o w n e d and nontaxable,
leaving the city with m u c h l e s s
revenue than others with similar
d e m o g r a p h i c s : " L o c a l i t i e s need to
study
i n c e n t i v e s for
attracting
b u s i n e s s e s and be a w a r e of the
impact of federal p r e s e n c e s . I'm not
s u g g e s t i n g the federal government
pay the s a m e tax rate a s J o h n J o n e s
w h o o w n s a home, but the s y s t e m
for a c c o m m o d a t i n g local governm e n t s for federal p r e s e n c e s need
s o m e a d j u s t m e n t and tooling."
T h e r e is more to broadening a
locality's economic
b a s e than
getting tax money from the federal
government. Namely, it is improving
public
transportation.
"It's
important to bring
industry
and
e c o n o m i c development to w h e r e
the people l i v e , " D a v i s e x p l a i n e d ,
" b e c a u s e I don't know of a city in
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America with an adequate mass
transit system."
He said even the shiniest new
plant in the suburbs will be of little
use to the underprivileged work
seeker who cannot get to and from
work.
Davis suggested three points In
Improving local transportation
systems. Primarily, the local public
sector must do all it can to create a
viable system. "That means subsidies unless or until America
divorces herself from her love affair
with the automobile," he said.
Secondly, the federal government
must realize localities cannot do all
the Improvements alone and offer
theirfinanclal support.
Lastly, Davis said the private
sector must do all it can to encourage the continuation and
growth of local mass transit
systems, both by using them and
believing In them.
Mass transit In another form must
also be used. Davis said It doesn't
look like many Americans are
believing In the quality and accessability of Dulles International
Airport and this, too, could be
caused by poor mass transportation. Dulles has substantially
fewer booked flights than its
competitor, National Airport, which
Is also in the Washington, D.C. area.
"I think a more direct access Is
needed to Dulles," Davis said.
Although he said the sheer numbers of flights in and out of National
might eventually preclude any new
bookings, traffic needs to be redirected to the underused airport.
Davis said he did not mean to offend future colleagues, but suggested if congressmen would
patronize Dulles Airport when flying
to and from their districts, the
problem might also be lessened.
Davis hopes to be elected to the
United States Senate in November
and said his position is unique.
Going back a few years, he could
not recall one Virginia senator wellversed and experienced in local
politics, and considers those
qualities his forte and main edge.
"My emphasis is an empathy and
sympathy for what local officials
face. If I am elected, that will be the
high priority."
He hopes to put his priority to
work In appointing two staff members to deal solely with local officials and their problems. "I want
two full-time employees devoted to
interrelations between localities in
Virginia and the Senate. Using the
prestige of that office, we could
work to broaden the economic
bases of localities."

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�Enterprise Zones—Virginia's Approach
By Stanley S. Kidwell, Jr.

What The Zone Act Provides

In t h e p a s t , t h e p r o b l e m
of
neighborhood
renewal has been
g o v e r n m e n t loans a n d grants provided for activities ranging from
rehabilitation of buildings to building c o m m u n i t y facilities. A great
deal of m o n e y has been spent, but
t h e r e c o r d o f s u c c e s s is m i x e d .

The
Governor
designates
the
zones with the advice from the
S e c r e t a r y of C o m m e r c e a n d Resources. A total of six zones, w h i c h
c a n exist f o r 20 years, m a y be
designated statewide.

Enterprise z o n e s are a different
approach to reviving e c o n o m i c a l l y
distressed
places. The
concept
involves selecting an area
with
economic problems and offering
"incentives" to existing businesses
w h i c h locate or expand their operat i o n s in t h e z o n e . N o g o v e r n m e n t
loans or grants are provided, instead the removal of governmental
b u r d e n s a n d r e d t a p e is s t r e s s e d .
Currently
fourteen
enterprise
z o n e p r o p o s a l s have s u r f a c e d in
Congress including The Enterprise
Zone Tax A c t of 1982,s p o n s o r e d by
the Reagan administration. Congressional action on this measure
has not been s c h e d u l e d .
Virginia has done better than the
federal government. According to
the American Legislative Exchange
C o u n c i l , t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h is o n e
of a b o u t
12 s t a t e s
which
has
enacted enterprise zone laws. Even
t h o u g h no state has been able t o
get
an
enterprise
zone
into
operation, several expect to d o so
within t h e next year.
Virginia's Urban Enterprise Zone
A c t ( S e c t i o n 59.1-270 t o 59.1-284 of
the
Code
of
Virginia)
should
stimulate business and industrial
growth
which
will
revitalize
neighborhoods.

Virginia'a Zone Act
Virginia's Department of Housing
and
Community
Development
(DHCD)
is
responsible
for adm i n i s t e r i n g t h e a c t . In o r d e r t o
I m p l e m e n t it, t h e d e p a r t m e n t w i l l
seek advice from representatives of
federal, state a n d local
governments, business, industry and other
private sector gr oups . A n advisory
c o m m i t t e e is b e i n g f o r m e d t o h e l p
develop policies for administering
the program and a state agency task
force will be appointed to address
technical issues s u c h as t h e application of tax incentives a n d t h e
relaxation of regulations.

About the Author
Mr. Kidwell is the Associate Director of
the Office of Local Development Programs in the Virginia Department of
Housing and Community Development.

All cities and counties are eligible
to c o m p e t e for an enterprise zone
and applications for a zone must be
s u b m i t t e d by t h e local governing
body.
A proposed
zone must
meet
either t h e low i n c o m e or unemp l o y m e n t criteria c o n t a i n e d in t h e
act; however, the Department of
Housing and C o m m u n i t y Development
may
establish
additional
criteria for determining what areas
qualify as enterprize zones.
" Q u a l i f i e d " b u s i n e s s f i r m s are
eligible for state tax incentives (see
box) and localities m a y also provide
incentives to businesses.
A z o n e w i l l b e t e r m i n a t e d if a
locality d o e s not honor its c o m mitment
to
provide
incentives;
however, the state tax incentive will
continue
for qualified
firms
in
operation.

State Incentives Available
.Business Income and Unemployment Tax Credits
Relief will be credited on
the following basis:
80% in the 1st year
60% in the 2nd year
40% in the 3rd year
20% in the 4th, 5th years
.Sales Tax Exemptions (5 year
limit)
Credits and exemptions are
available only on income or taxes
attributable to conduct of business within the zone.

What Can Be Expected
From Enterprise Zones?
Enterprise
zones
are an exp e r i m e n t . If t h e y w o r k
business
activity will grow, jobs will be
created and the zones will prosper.
Small b u s i n e s s e s will be attracted
b e c a u s e of lower taxes a n d flexible
regulations. N e w j o b s will be filled
in large m e a s u r e b y u n e m p l o y e d
persons or low i n c o m e w a g e earners. Vacant lots and e m p t y buildings will provide locations for new
and
expanding
firms.
Property

values will rise a n d s o will tax
revenues. T h e break even point will
come
when
increased
revenues
from within the zone
overcome
losses
resulting
from
the application of state and local incentives.
Can these things happen? S o m e
skeptics
say that
without
the
provision of venture capital, the
program
will
not work.
In a n
American
Planning
Association
publication,
writer
Robert
Mier
cautions that tax concessions and
regulatory relief m a y be insufficient
to induce the creation or expansion
of b u s i n e s s e s .
On the other hand, the enterprise
z o n e c o n c e p t h a s m a n y t h i n g s in Its
f a v o r . It p r o v i d e s f o r l o c a l s o l u t i o n s
t o l o c a l p r o b l e m s . In h i s a r t i c l e
Enterprize
Zones:
Pioneering
in the
Inner City, S t u a r t M . B u t l e r s a y s t h e
c o n c e p t offers an incentive package w h i c h will reduce start up and
operation costs of businesses and
will signal investors that the likelihood of a firm being overwhelmed
by taxes, regulation a n d red tape is
substantially lessened.
It w i l l
be s o m e
time
before
anyone can determine the success
of enterprise zones, b u t t h e c o n c e p t
h a s p r o m i s e . Its b a s i s is f r e e d o m o f
action,
local
initiative
and the
promotion
of
small
businessc o n c e p t s w h i c h in an earlier t i m e
were building blocks for successful
communities throughout America.

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�The Certified Development Company Program
Editor's Note: This is an overview of
the Certified
Development
Company
Program. For more information,
request
the Section 503 Program brochure from
the U.S. Small Business
Administration.

The Small Business Administration Certified Development Company Program was created to help
communities by stimulating the
growth of small businesses within a
defined area of operation. SBACertified Development Companies
organized under the provisions of
Section 503 will provide long t e r m fixed asset financing. By providing
this service, the program will enable
communities to create jobs, increase their local tax base, expand
business ownership opportunities
and offer improved
community
services. In addition, the program is
a flexible economic development
tool that can be used for other
purposes such as city or regional
development, neighborhood revitalIzation and minority enterprise
development. Through this joint
federal government/private sector
program,
financing
for the
acquisition of land and building and
construction, expansion, renovation and equipment is available to
small business concerns for up to
25 years.

How to start a
development company
A certified development company
may operate on a local, regional or
statewide basis. It may be orga-

nized as a private, nonprofit corporation or a for-profit stock corporation.
Establishing a certified development company Is not difficult. Local
officials should:
Identify the area to be served by
the certified development
company.
Identify individuals
interested
in
joining an organization
that will play
an important
role in the economic
development
of their
community.
Certified
development
company
membership
(25 members
are
required)
must include
representation from the following
groups: a
local government,
a private
lending
institution,
a community
organization, or a business
organization.
Identify the officers and directors
(there must be a minimum
of five,
who must represent the group stated
above), including
a president,
vicepresident,
a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors
is required to meet bi-monthly
and actively participate
in
management
decisions
such as the making and
servicing
of laons by the development
company.
Identify the individuals
or organizations
who will
provide
the
financial and management
services
that SBA requires
for each
participating
certified
development
company.
Request a lawyer to draw up the
articles of incorporation
and bylaws
for
the certified
development
company
based on sample
forms
obtained from the SBA.
Prepare a membership
list
with

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503 Debentures
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debenture are used to assist and
identify with small business concerns to finance plant construction,
conversion or expansion. Plant
construction includes acquisition
and installation of machinery and
equipment. Each loan from the
debenture proceeds must be approved by the SBA.
The SBA-guaranteed debenture
may not exceed $500,000 and according to administrative rule, may
generally not comprise more than
40 percent of the project's total
cost. A development company is
required to inject into the project an
amount equal to 10 percent of the
funds, which may come from a
variety of sources including the
small business receiving assistance.
The current interest rate on Section 503 debentures is about 14
percent depending on the maturity
date. The maturity date cannot
exceed 25 years and will depend
upon the economic life of the asset
being financed.
SBA will provide guaranteed
funding to certified development
companies by selling 100 percent
SBA-guaranteed 503 debentures to
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�Southside Localities Form Corporation
By Joyce I. French
Want some business? Start a
corporation of your own.
That's what four local governments did in Southside Virginia to
promote economic development
and industrial growth.
Using the Small Business Administration's Section 503 Certified
Development Corporation Program
(see the article on the preceding
page) and the Revolving Loan Fund
under Title IX of the Economic Development Administration, the Lake
Country Development Corporation
has enticed small business concerns to come to the area.
Comprising Halifax and Brunswick counties, South Hill and South
Boston, Lake Country Development
Corporation is a non-stock, nonprofit corporation chartered on
June 4, 1981 by the Commonwealth
to operate within the geographical
boundaries of the Southside
Planning District.

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G . Morris W e l l s , J r . C o u r t e s y of South

"The principal objective is to
foster employment opportunities."
Consisting of 28 members and
governed by a nine member Board
of Directors, Lake Country is guided
by the Southside PDC and led by
President Lawrence W u e n s c h ,
county administrator of Halifax.
Board members are Emory H. Lucy
and G . Michael Whitby of Brunswick County, Lazarus Bates of Halifax County; Arthur A. Moran, Jr. and
Claude W. Wright of Mecklenburg
County; J . Aubrey Houghton of the
City of South Boston; Barbara G .
Nanney of the Town of South Hill
and Clyde E. Delbridge of the Southside Planning District Commission.

Corporation;

J o y c e F r e n c h , Corporate Administrator of Lake Country; and S o u t h Hill T o w n
Hill

Manager

Enterprise.

with the interest rate being 75
percent of the Federal Discount
Rate. Local industries receiving
such funds must provide 15 percent
equity in the project and create a
minimum of one job for each
$10,000 of federal money borrowed.
Loans under this program are intended to "bridge the gap" in
projects which are not quite fundable under ordinary standards at
local lending institutions. Each
applicant must have been turned
down by two banks or have received
only partial funding.
To date, two loans of $125,000
each have been approved. The
corporation's first loan went to
Switzer Furniture Company in
South Boston, which manufactures
and assembles casual dining and
kitchen furniture. Switzer sells to

retail stores in an eight-state area
and will create 30 jobs within the
first year of operation. The creation
of these jobs will continue to
provide relief for high unemployment in the area. Also, Switzer
Furniture is located in the Tobacco
Warehouse district, a blighted area
which is undergoing
industrial
revitalization and contributing to
the growth in the central business
district.
The South Hill Development Corporation, a for-profit corporation,
has also received a loan in the
amount of $125,000 to construct a
shell building in the Town of South
Hill Industrial Park. This 65-acre
park is being developed through a
$700,000 grant from the Department
of Housing and Urban Develop(Continued, page 26)

Revolving Program
Under the Revolving Loan Fund
Program, LCDC administers an
Economic Development Administration grant of $500,000 which
provides low-interest financing for
working capital as well as fixed
a s s e t s . Loans range from a
minimum of $25,000 to $125,000
About T h e Author
Ms.

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Southside
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is exemplified by the fact that
downtown has been divided into a
primary district, the Loudoun Street
Mall, and a secondary district, the
streets surrounding the mall for tax
purposes. Recognizing the importance of an identity for the
downtown shopping area, the board
is sponsoring a contest to find a
suitable name which will include
the mall and the secondary district.
The unified concept will also be
beneficial in advertising and promoting the downtown area. It has
been shown that a sense of identity
and cohesion is important to the
public's perception of a downtown
shopping area.
In June, the DDB began publishing a newsletter to keep property owners and merchants informed of the board's activities. The
newsletter is a forum for ideas and
allows merchants to participate in
the d o w n t o w n
development
process.
Winchester's DDB, committed to
the idea of creating a unique environment in the downtown area, is
providing a shopping experience
built around the 19th century
theme. As a kickoff to this theme,
Winchester is planning a special
Christmas
promotion
called
"Christmas 1890" which will run
from the day after Thanksgiving to
Christmas Eve. For 29 days the
eight block area of Winchester's
central shopping district
will
become an 1890s shopping village.
Horse drawn carriages, knickers,
top hats, street carolers, hot chestnuts, flower girls, and good old
fashioned Christmas spirit will
replace the workaday world. Shops
will be decorated by merchants and
sales people will wear 19th century
garb. One of the main attractions
will be an antiques fair with over
30,000 square feet of quality antiques for sale from all over the east
coast.
The construction of the first
pedestrian mall in 1974 was the first
step and now, eight years later,
Winchester is embarking upon a
ambitious program to continue a
vibrant, cohesive and active
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�Junior Firefighter Bill
By Senator Charles L. Waddell
The 1982 General Assembly approved legislation, effective July 1,
1982, which will enable local governments to adopt a local ordinance
permitting 16 and 17 year olds to
fully participate in volunteer fire
companies after attaining certification of training as administered by
the Department of Fire Programs.
The legislation, requested by the
Loudoun County Fireman's Association and the Loudoun County
Board of Supervisors, was sponsored by Senator Charles L. Waddell (Loudoun/Fairfax) and Delegate
Kenneth B. Rollins (Loudoun),
among others. Loudoun County has
adopted the local ordinance effective July 1, 1982.
For many years volunteer fire
companies were permitted by a Virginia Department of Labor regulation to accept junior members to
participate as full members of the
fire company after training. This
practice was brought into question
by the Attorney General's opinion in
September, 1980. The opinion
stated the Department of Labor
lacked the authority to create this
exception to the Hazardous Occu-

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pation Law regarding the use of minors in volunteer fire companies
and rescue squads.
Loudoun County, like many jurisdictions across the state, was immediately impacted by the ruling.
The county has 17 organizations,
which are 100 percent volunteer
providing service to an area of 517
square miles for more than 57,000
citizens. The 522 volunteers are
supported by a small full time
county staff. In Loudoun, the immediate effect of the negative
ruling on full use of junior volunteers was the loss of 61 teenagers
from the program.
Volunteerism is the life blood of
the county's fire protection program. Many local fire chiefs and
professional staff members feared
turning away these young people
would precipitate a future reduction
in volunteers. The training experience will allow these youngsters to
compete successfully for a future
fire fighting career. In Loudoun
County, 19 junior firemen have become full time career firemen or
medic unit personnel.
In 1981 legislation was introduced permitting the 16 and 17 year
olds to participate fully in both volunteer fire companies and rescue
squads, but the bill's final form
applied only to rescue squads.
The 1982 attempt was the second
made to permit the full use of
trained junior volunteer firefighters.
The successful passage of Senate
Bill 103 in the 1982 General
Assembly must be credited to the
coordinated efforts of volunteer
firefighters across the State who
diligently kept in contact with their
legislators and to the spokesmen
for State Fire Chief's Association of
Virginia and the office of Fire Service Training who actively supported the bill.

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ment.
With
the
Industrial
Development Corporation erecting
a shell building on a 6.9 acre lot, the
industrial park will be a prime site
for industries wishing to locate in
Southside Virginia. This project is
considered an excellent example of
a joint venture between the private
and public sectors to promote
economic development in the
community.

503 Program
Under the S B A certified development company. Section 503 funds
will allow private lenders to meet
long-term credit needs through
supported loans based on subordinate S B A second mortgage
financing In the form of 100 percent
SBA guaranteed debentures. As
under the revolving loan fund program, assistance will be focused on
projects that create or retain a
meaningful number of jobs.
LCDC was fortunate to be Virginia's first certified development
company and thus be able to offer a
new source of investment capital to
attract new industry and to expand
existing businesses.
Currently three applicants are in
the process of collecting information to complete their applications.
One of these applications has been
submitted for consideration by the
Lake Country Board of Directors.
The people of Southside Virginia
feel the S B A program will be the
"way of the future" and believe it
will be a very useful tool for attracting new industry and providing
for business expansions.
As summarized by Senator John
Warner, "This is very good news for
the people and economy of the
Southside area. This S B A decision
reflects the success of local economics development initiative."

�Smith Barney is Number One in
Joint-Action Public Power Financing.
No other investment banker has as much
experience in joint-action as Smith Barney.
Over the past six years, Smith Barney has been responsible
as lead managing banker for bringing to market, for the first
time, the following major joint-action public power agencies:

Heartland Consumers Power District (South Dakota)
(Sole Managing Banker)

Lafayette Public Power Authority (Louisiana)
(Senior Managing Banker)

Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company
(Senior Managing Banker)

Michigan Public Power Agency
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Michigan South Central Power Agency
(Senior Managing Banker)

North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency
(Senior Managing Banker)

Northern Municipal Power Agency (Minnesota)
(Senior Managing Banker)

Vermont Public Power Supply Authority
(Senior Managing Banker)

Wyoming Municipal Power Agency
(Sole Managing Banker)

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B E A C H , VIRGINIA
23496

Dear Virginia Municipal League Delegates:
On behalf of Virginia Beach's 283,000 citizens, I wish to welcome
each of you to the 77th Annual Virginia Municipal League Conference.
As you visit our City, I hope you will have the opportunity to view
the "Other Side of Virginia Beach". I know you will enjoy our hotels,
restaurants, beaches and convention facilities, but Virginia Beach is
much more —it is historical sites, agricultural land, industrial areas, etc.
It is these facets of our City I hope you will explore.
The Virginia Beach City Council and our residents look forward to
hosting you in our City from September 19-21,1982. I trust your visit
will be both productive and enjoyable.

�GOLDMAN SACHS CAPABILITY:
SELLING PUBLIC POWER BONDS TO
SUBSTANTIAL INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS.
Goldman S a c h s has long been recognized as a leader
in selling public power bonds to institutions. But many
issuers are not aware that we are also a leader in selling these securities to substantial individual investors.
In fact, over 40% of our total sales of tax-exempt bonds
during the past year were to individuals.
Our retail clients are not ordinary investors. Many
of them purchase bonds in blocks of $100,000 to
$1,000,000 or more. Their buying strength can mean
lower interest rates for public power issuers.
Goldman S a c h s has carefully developed this
market by establishing a separate securities sales
force who are specialists in serving individual

investors. These sales professionals are four times more
productive than the average for the securities industry.
To sell public power bonds to substantial
individual investors, call on the marketing capability of
Goldman S a c h s .

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New York B o s t o n C h i c a g o
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�Virginia

Editor
Charlotte Kingery

Editorial Assistant
Margaret A. N i c h o l s

Advertising and Business IVIanager
Sandra J . Bacas

Telephone

804/649-8471

Volume 17

September 1982

Number 9

VML President
Raymond F. Ratcliffe
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx
Officers
Francis T. West
Charles A. Robinson, Jr.
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J.Thomas
Executive Committee
Sam W. Adams
Jane L. Hough
Arlie C. Payne
Martha V. Pennine
Robert T.Williams

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VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia l^unicipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1982 by the
Virginia
IVIunicipal
League.
Any
reproduction
or use of
contents
must have prior approval
of the
Virginia
Municipal
League
and if
granted must be accompanied
by
credit to VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia Municipal
League.
Second-class
postage paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription
rates:
$7 per year,
$1.50 per
copy.
Postmaster:
Send address
changes
to VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753
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The Other Virginia Beach
VML Achievement Awards
Hampton—Environmental Quality
Falls Church—Human Development
Fairfax City— Public Safety
Prince William—Effective Government
Norfolk—Community Development
Portsmouth—Transportation
VML Annual Report
What Started Virginia Beach?
Changing The Beach Through Economic
Development
Agriculture and Tourism
Tourism—A $210 Million Business
Virginia Beach Welcomes
Virginia Beach—A Meeting Place
Directories
Books

About The Contributors
The City of Virginia Beach, assisted
by Pamela M. Lingle, contributed
the
host city articles. Lingle is the assistant to the public information
officer.
Sarah B. Holt, a mass communications
graduate
of Virginia
Commonwealth University, wrote the articles on the VML Achievement
Awards.
The graphic

design

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Denton.

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�The Other Virginia
Beach
T h e r e ' s another s i d e to Virginia
B e a c h b e s i d e s the s a n d and s e a .
It's the green fields of corn and soyb e a n s . It's the jet fighters and naval
war s h i p s of four a c t i v e military ins t a l l a t i o n s . It's the effort the city
has made to diversify its e c o n o m y ,
through all t y p e s of e c o n o m i c development.
T h e other s i d e of Virginia B e a c h
is s o often overlooked by resident
and tourist alike. It's like the bottom
half of an iceberg, a l m o s t hidden
from view.
Historically, Virginia B e a c h h a s
been an agricultural
community
and, even though tourism h a s taken
the upperhand in the p u b l i c ' s e y e ,
farming c o n t i n u e s to be a m a i n s t a y
of the area.
T h e a r e a ' s strategic location on
the e a s t e r n s e a b o a r d w a s not lost
on military leaders either a s they loc a t e d air, s e a and land f o r c e s in and
around Virginia B e a c h .
Finally, the other s i d e of V i r g i n i a
B e a c h r e p r e s e n t s an attempt to
f a c e the future. E c o n o m i c diversification h a s been the w a t c h w o r d for
Virginia B e a c h e c o n o m i c developers. W h i l e t o u r i s m is given its
due, efforts were a l s o undertaken to
broaden the c i t y ' s tax base. S u c c e s s f u l marketing efforts have been
directed at out-of-state and foreign
c o m p a n i e s to relocate here. At all
t i m e s , the s e a r c h h a s been for busin e s s c o m p a t i b l e with the c i t y ' s
tourism a s s e t s and quality of life.
T h e other s i d e of Virginia B e a c h
is actually many s i d e s . Included in
the following s e r i e s of a r t i c l e s are
s t o r i e s about the major f a c e t s of
the
city's
economy,
tourism,
agriculture and military, c o n v e n tions and industrial development.
Y o u ' l l find all s i d e s of Virginia
B e a c h are here for your d i s c o v e r y .
(All information
the Virginia Beach
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Virginia Beacti
is a miiitary city and proud of
It. Five
active
military
installations
are
located
within its boundaries
and their
input
in both
dollars
and people
have
greatly
enhanced
the growth of Virginia
Beach.

�VML Achievement
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There's a saying that poor folios have to
be more creative because rich folios can buy
what they want. Local governments may not
be rich but they're talented. Each year the
winners get a little more bold and create a
little more splash—but their attempts are
methodical and in the end, clear.
Prince William County took its budget
process apart and restructured it. Every locality deals with a budget and every locality,
in some way, can use what the county executive and his staff did in Prince William.
It seems reasonable that nursing home
personnel know how to evacuate a burning
building, but the Fairfax City Fire Department didn't take a chance. Five staff members were trained to teach children, correctional officers, hospital staffs and others
how to prevent and react to fires. An all-out
campaign has reached 15,000 people in the
city.
Hampton built a refuse plant that sells
steam to NASA Lang ley Research Center.
Recently, the city found a second buyer for
the steam the plant emits.
How does a city get rid of its slums but
not create displacement? Norfolk has restored 21,000 houses since 1977 and offered assistance to help the owners maintain their homes.
City Councils and School Boards aren't

always in agreement, yet in Portsmouth the
fleet system is shared by both and the benefits to both are tremendous.
Keeping mentally retarded adults out of
state institutions and in the communities
where they can lead a productive life was
the incentive behind the group home in
Falls Church. Large enough to accommodate five residents and a live-in counselor,
the 100-year old Victorian home was renovated by the city and contributions came
from all over—merchants, Boy Scouts, artists and other citizens.
The full stories of this year's winners are
told on the next few pages. Take time to discover what they did—fulfilling a needed service that didn't have to take a lot of money,
just enough ingenuity and persistence to
get it done.
Glory goes to our judges, too. Led by former VML Executive Director Harold I.
Baumes, the panel of judges had the task of
picking the best out of a very good lot. Elizabeth Andrews, formerly of York and James
City counties and now a municipal consultant, served along with Dr. Robert J. Horgan,
a political science professor at the University of Richmond. Both Ms. Andrews and
Dr. Horgan have also written for Virginia
Town &amp; City.

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Efwironmental Qyality

Hampton
Hampton Turns Refuse To Energy Waste Not, Want Not
Although it takes more than hot
air to send the space shuttle up,
steam produced from burning
Hampton's refuse has saved money
in heating, air conditioning and experimental purposes such as wind
tunnel testing for NASA Langley Research Center. The city and the federal government have also benefited financially from the project.
A unique coalition of the city,
NASA and the U.S. Air Force has
produced a refuse burning facility
with great capabilities. The plant
can make 66,000 pounds of steam
per hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year!
The layout of the facility, first
considered in 1971 and begun in
1978, meets all the requirements environmentally, operationally and
economically. Located on NASA
property, it is separated from roads
and surrounding areas by trees.
Trucks laden with refuse do not
pose a problem to other traffic because they leave the highway via a
deceleration lane and enter an enclosed tipping area. Fans keep
odors from escaping the facility and
refuse can be safely stored up to
four days in a storage pit fed to the
furnace.
The furnace consists of three inclined grate areas. The first is a feed
grate that feeds refuse with a hydraulic ram. The second, a burning
grate, tumbles and mixes the trash
to insure proper burning. The third
grate, the burn-out, assures maximum reduction of waste. This grate
has reduced refuse volume by 85
percent, extending the life of the
landfill almost seven times as well
as lowering the toxicity of the
waste.
All large fans and pumps can be
electrically or steam turbine driven,
allowing for power back up and
steam production even when there
is low demand at NASA.
Due to the unique design of the
plant and the experienced boiler operators, it has operated at an 80 plus
percent rate. (It must meet a 70 percent operational rate to achieve payback). The Navy placement services
provide many of the personnel from
retirement programs and others are
hired in advance and trained at similar refuse fired steam plants.

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Refuse

Plant.

The Economic Success
The project reaped economic
success for Hampton and the federal government. Anticipated and realized savings of $100,000 were divided so the city received $67,000
for reduction of disposal costs and
the government got $33,000 for
steam reduction costs. The operating costs, department retirement
services and landfill costs were all
paid before savings were realized.
The original estimates for the 20year cost and savings were on a 70
percent operational rate and a 10
percent per year escalation rate. By
the time the plant has operated 15
years, the sale of steam should
cover the entire operating cost and
no tipping of refuse disposal fee
should be charged. The cost of disposal should be zero to the city,
NASA, Langley, Fort Monroe and
the Veterans Center.

"They did it—zero cost for
disposal."

This is the first refuse facility of
any type to achieve a zero disposal
cost and its success has been widely acclaimed. Several articles in nationwide magazines have featured
Hampton's project, citing the low
cost.
As unique as achieving a zero disposal cost may be the agreement
with the federal government. Hampton may be the only community that
is able to offset the cost of a
municipal service through sales to
the federal government.
Further savings have been realized by a contract made with an ethanol alcohol production plant to sell
steam not used by NASA. The plant
will provide $100,000 to reduce
steam costs so the federal government will realize a total savings of
almost $400,000. The plant will pay
property taxes to Hampton and provide about 40 jobs as well.
"Anybody who can use steam for
operation can use this," said plant
manager Cliff Loveland. "We don't
have enough steam to take on many
new customers like the alcohol producing plant," he explained, "but
NASA Research Center will be with
us until the end of our plant's operation."

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Human Development

Falls Church

Falls Church Opens Doors For Mentally Retarded
Mental retardation is crippling to
the victim as well as the family. The
treatment historically has been to
institutionalize or hospitalize retarded Individuals—to keep them
from hurting themselves or others.
Falls Church has joined the nationwide effort to improve treatment of retarded citizens. Since
May, 1981 five mentally retarded
adults have lived in a group home
project initiated by the city. Citizens, local businesses, community
groups and $135,000 in Community
Development Block Grants (CDBG)
funds from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
have contributed to the home which
houses the people and provides
training and skills for independent
living.

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The idea for a group home was
born out of a casual discussion by
two city employees in 1976. The city
purchased a large house and planned to demolish it, leaving the land
for park expansion. But the house,
more than 100 years old and a Victorian style frame structure, was
suggested as a group home. The
building, large enough to accommodate five clients and a live-in counselor, is located one-half block from
a bus stop, within walking distance
of shopping and medical facilities
and borders a city park with recreation facilities for the handicapped.
Primarily, though. Falls Church
felt a pressing need for a group
home for mentally retarded adults.
Although the city is only two square
miles in size with a population of
slightly more than 9,500, seven
mentally retarded residents were
staying at a state institution awaiting placement in one of the few
community residences in Northern
Virginia. At least seven more mentally retarded citizens were living at
home with their elderly parents,
waiting for placement. Those 14
adults were part of 103 people on a
waiting list for placement in Fairfax
County and Falls Church alone.

The finished product is enjoyed by two clients and counselor Alan Phillips (right).

"The group home was made
possible through HUD and
other funding sources."
A group home proposal was presented to the public in 1976 along
with the city's CDBG application.
Although the concept was received
enthusiastically by the community,
the amount of block grant funds allocated to the city were not enough
for the project.
In 1979, Falls Church applied for
$135,000 in block grant funds
through the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' Areawide Housing Opportunity Plan program. But when only $100,000 in
block grant funds were awarded,
the city was forced to go "back to
the drawing board."
Several months later, however,
the city applied for and received the
additional $35,000 needed from
HUD (part of the Small Cities Program) for the group home project.

"It was a total community
effort"
Local citizens, businesses and
community' groups got in on the

ground floor of the group home
project. In addition, the Planning
Department, the Public Works Department, the Public Information Office and others worked closely on
the project. City staff developed the
program with intentions to involve
the entire community. Much of the
enthusiasm for the project was due
to people who had experience with
disabled adults.
The project architect, for example, was eager to see the project
succeed because a member of his
family was disabled. He not only
provided the construction and bid
documents, plans and some onsite
inspections, but also gave unlimited free architectural and design advice.
Similarly, the general contractor
was so interested in the project that
he presented a bid $20,000 under
the next lowest bidder. Throughout
the construction phase, he worked
closely with the staff, suggesting
alternative solutions when problems arose. His close attention to
the construction was evident in the
high degree of craftsmanship,
which won praise from federal officials. HUD officials touring the
group home remarked that they
would be pleased if all HUD-

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Several residents provided their
expertise during the construction of
the group home. An engineer visited the site several times to offer
solutions to structural problems. A
federal worker who supervised the
extermination work for a federal
complex inspected the group home
site at no charge and submitted
wording for a contract with a pest
control company. These two donations of time and expertise by citizens may have saved the city hundreds of dollars.
A local Boy Scout troop helped
the city arborist collect plants and
bushes to be used in landscaping
the group home. In another effort to
cut costs, the city planning staff
provided the contract and construction administration for the project,
saving approximately $20,000 in architectural and engineering fees,
waived building permit fees and rewrote the standard contract handling requirements to lessen the financial burden on the contractor.
The city also benefited from the
expert advice of the staff of the Fairfax County Department of Housing
and Community
Development,
which offered suggestions on how
to cut costs and the best building
materials.
The county housing department,
which administers the city's Section 8 program, was closely involved
in the city's negotiation with HUD
to allow the Section 8 program to be
used for the group home. The Housing Management Division helped
develop a leasing contract and management arrangemient with the clients and the managing agency and
the division's legal staff reviewed
all documents. The savings in time
and dollars provided by various Fairfax County departments cannot be
measured.

Donations: Money &amp; Gifts
Various parts of the community
were involved in the group home
project in other ways. A college intern organized a drive to solicit support from civic groups, local businesses, churches and individuals to
help furnish the group home. More
than $15,000 was donated. An architectural designer provided her skills
which led to an attractive, yet functional and long-lasting living interior. In addition to the cash gifts,
merchants donated furnishings including a television set, dining table, dishes and a silver tea service.

Others provided substantial discounts on merchandise.
The concrete contractor designed and poured a walkway and
patio as his gift. The general contractor completely restored a beautiful stained glass front door, and
the painter did more than his contract called for, at no extra charge.
As part of the dedication ceremony, a local artist designed the

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Group
Home
residents
prepare for an evening meal:
(clockwise
from left) Davey Jackson,
Counselor Alan
Phillips. Nancy Roberts. Nat Todd and Pat
Menafee.

cover of an invitation which was
mailed to hundreds of local and regional officials, merchants and citizens. Two local women's groups
catered refreshments for the dedication ceremony and local florists
contributed flower arrangements.
One greenhouse not only donated
flowers for the ceremony, but completely furnished the house with
potted plants and hanging baskets.

Operation of tfie Home
While owned by the city, the
Group Home for Mentally Retarded
Adults is managed by the Community Residence Division of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board. The board, which operates four other residences in Fairfax
County, places the clients and
counselors. The Falls Church home
is staffed by a live-in couple.
Each of the home's residents
met income requirements for the
Section 8 Existing Rental Assistance program. This was the first
time HUD approved the use of Section 8 existing funds for a group
home project.
The services board expects residents to live in the group home for

one or two years while receiving instruction and training towards a
more independent lifestyle, such as
their own apartment. When the residents leave, they may keep the Section 8 certificates if they still qualify
forthe program.

Ciient Selection
Clients are selected so Falls
Church residents get priority. Residents sign a lease with the city to
live in the group home and are required to pay only 25 percent of
their income for rent; HUD pays the
remaining 75 percent. The city uses
the rent money to maintain the
property. When they sign a lease,
residents are expected to meet responsibilities as one of the first
steps in educating them about independent living.
Counselors also educate the clients in areas such as personal hygiene, grooming, domestic chores,
social skills, banking and money
management. In the words of the
home's counselors, the group home
is not an institution, but " a place
where residents have the opportunity for personal growth and development."
House maintenance and upkeep
is secured by the rents paid by residents and through the commitment
of the city as owner and landlord.
All major systems were replaced in
the house during renovation and the
structure was made as maintenance
free as possible. The century-old
building should not need major improvement for another 20 years,
when reserves can be used for repairs.
The savings for the Commonwealth are substantial when projected over several years. The estimated cost of institutionalizing one
person is $21,000 for one year or
$105,000 per year for five persons—
which shows the one-time expenditure of $135,000 by the city was a
good investment. But, the benefits
to the five adults living in the group
home, who might be unable to make
such living arrangements on their
own, far outweigh the cost of the
program.
Mayor Carol DeLong said another asset of the home is the impact it has had on the community.
She admitted there was opposition
at first but neighbors have begun to
welcome the home now and their
original fears are allayed.
"We tried to convince people
this was something Falls Church
should do," she explained. "Once
we refurbished the house, people
started responding."

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Public Safety

Fairfax

Reading, Writing... Fire Prevention
Fairfax City Teaches A B C s of Fire Safety

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Commonwealth Hospital employee Laura Fleming learns how to extinguish a diesei fuel fire
with help from Fairfax City firefighter Bill Douglas. Photo by George Borsfay, Northern Virginia
Sun.

Fairfax City youngsters take part in the first
annual Fire Safety
Olympics held last
summer. Children won prizes for demonstrating fire safety techniques and physical
agility acquired during training
sessions
taught by City Firefighters. Photo by Robert
Paine. The Fairfax Tribune.

An e f f e c t i v e fire fighting team
w a s not e n o u g h . W o r k i n g fire fighting equipment w a s not e n o u g h .
T h e City of F a i r f a x couldn't be
s a t i s f i e d with e x i s t i n g fire prevention and s e r v i c e so they went one
step further and s t a g e d an extens i v e program to e d u c a t e the public.
T h e purpose of the program is to
stop fires before they start. In the
past year, firefighters have trained
hospital s t a f f s , s c h o o l c h i l d r e n ,
civic association members, youths
and correctional o f f i c e r s about fire
prevention. T h e P u b l i c S a f e t y Education Program, r e q u e s t e d by Department
Administrator
Chief
Harold E . Dailey, g o e s beyond the
d e p a r t m e n t ' s primary m i s s i o n of
putting out fires and a d m i n i s t e r i n g
prehospital
emergency
medical
care.
A s a c o m m i t m e n t to making the
public a w a r e , five people were s e n t
to the National F i r e A c a d e m y to be
qualified a s public s a f e t y education
specialists. Besides
maintaining
their a s s i g n e d p o s i t i o n s a s firefighters and e m e r g e n c y m e d i c a l
t e c h n i c i a n s , t h e s e people e s t a b lished the program's foundation.
C i t i z e n s and b u s i n e s s o w n e r s have
responded e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y to the
program's planning, development
and implementation.

the day participants w e r e put in
real-to-life
situations.
Students
were s h o w n r e s c u e , confinement
and hospital alarm procedures, patient evacuation t e c h n i q u e s , c a s e
s t u d i e s and firefighting procedures
with and without portable fire exting u i s h e r s . Nursing personnel unable
to attend c l a s s e s were given an explanatory manual written by the department.
T h e Correctional Facility Fire
S a f e t y and A d v a n c e d Breathing Apparatus Program taught
correctional facility o f f i c e r s about fire
safety. T h e one-day training c o u r s e
included c l a s s r o o m instruction followed by practical application with
fire and s m o k e c o n d i t i o n s in a training maze. A s e r i e s of s i m u l a t e d fire
s i t u a t i o n s have been held at the
F a i r f a x C o u n t y Adult
Detention
C e n t e r to reinforce the training.
C o s t s for this program have been
a b s o r b e d within the daily operat i o n s budget. T h i s c o u r s e will be expanded to include Northern Virginia
area law e n f o r c e m e n t o f f i c e r s and
the Virginia State P o l i c e by u s e of a
mobile t e a c h i n g maze.
How to t e a c h parents about holiday s a f e t y ? T e a c h their children.
U s i n g S a n t a C l a u s a s the instructor,
the F a i r f a x City Fire Department
visited c l a s s e s from kindergarten

W h o wouldn't be e n t h u s i a s t i c
about the innovative programs created by the d e p a r t m e n t ? A m o n g
them were fire Olympics, s i m u l a t e d
s i t u a t i o n s and other s p e c i a l e d u c a tion t e c h n i q u e s .
T h e S u m m e r Fire S a f e t y Olymp i c s , a one-day event s p o n s o r i n g
team competition between five city
recreation s i t e s , w a s the result of a
youth s u m m e r fire s a f e t y c l a s s held
in the c i t y ' s s u m m e r recreation program. More than 300 children and
c o u n s e l o r s participated in e v e n t s
c o r r e s p o n d i n g with the s u b j e c t
matter
taught
during
previous
c l a s s e s . T h e total c o s t for the Olymp i c s w a s only $400 s i n c e materials,
food, a w a r d s and c e r t i f i c a t e s were
provided by local b u s i n e s s e s .

"Professionals as well
as children need to be
trained in fire prevention."
About 200 d o c t o r s and n u r s e s
and support p e r s o n n e l s c r a m b l e d
around a s m o k e y hospital setting
during their training in the Institutional
Health-Care F a c i l i t y
Fire
S a f e t y Program. W h i l e part of the
day w a s spent in lecture, the rest of

�through the s i x t h grade in e a c h area
s c h o o l to tall&lt; about holiday s af et y .
In b e t w e e n prizes and treats, S a n t a
gave a talk about fire s a f e t y and the
need to w a t c h for c a r e l e s s n e s s
w h e n decorating for Christnnas. He
a l s o asl&lt;ed them to warn their
parents aboout too m u c h c o n s u m p tion of " h o l i d a y c h e e r . " T h e Holiday
Fire S a f e t y Program c o s t about $85,
contributed in full by the local
volunteer department and a r e a merchants.

"Fairfax City's program has
reached 15,500 people."

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T h e p r o g r e s s the program h a s
made s i n c e its inception in 1980 is
a s t o u n d i n g . T h e pulDlic s a f e t y mess a g e r e a c h e d about 13,500 people
in 1981 a s c o m p a r e d to a little more
than 2,000 r e s i d e n t s in 1980. T h e
number of programs in 1981 totaled
180 while there were only 60 in 1980.
C h i e f Dailey s a i d there have
been reports lately of programtrained p e r s o n s able to r e s c u e a c c i dent v i c t i m s . " W e ' v e had 15 or 20
c a s e s w h e r e people have written in
to s a y they a d m i n i s t e r e d C P R or
s o m e other form of e m e r g e n c y support to v i c t i m s in v a r i o u s c i r c u m stances."
A c c o r d i n g to one of the award
j u d g e s , the " t h o r o u g h n e s s , low
c o s t and t r a n s f e r a b i l i t y " of t h i s program proved it superior to s i m i l a r local a t t e m p t s to e d u c a t e the public.
S i n c e the fire d e p a r t m e n t ' s P u b l i c
S a f e t y E d u c a t i o n Program is not
funded by tax dollars, the funding
c o m e s from the efforts of the public
educat io n s p e c i a l i s t s to s e c u r e
money and m a t e r i a l s from o u t s i d e
sources.
No c o m p e n s a t i o n
is
available to the e m p l o y e e s providing the ed ucatio n s e r v i c e s , many
of w h o m devote an average of 100120 hours a month of their off-duty
time to the program. T h e dedication
of t h e s e individuals mal&lt;es p o s s i b l e
the c o m p l e t i o n of that one e x t r a
step toward good fire protection.
After all, a s Ch ief Dailey s a i d ,
" T h e role of the fire department is
to prevent fires, not just fight t h e m .
T h e best way is to e d u c a t e the public and t h a t ' s what w e ' r e d o i n g . "

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d i r e c t c o n n e c t i o n to any e x i s t i n g
phone j a c k . Installation and monthly c h a r g e s are eliminated.
STILL MORE
FEATURES
T h e Interstate Phone unit i n c l u d e s
everything you need: Phone • base
s t a t i o n • c o m p a t i b i l i t y w i t h all
r o t a r y or p u s h b u t t o n s y s t e m s •
easy installation with standard
phone j a c k s .

MEMORY
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T h e last number called is stored in
the m e m o r y a n d i s automatically
redialed — just push one button —
great to reach forever busy n u m b e rs
— s a v e s redialing a string of c o d e s .
BATTERY RECHARGING
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S t i l l a n o t h e r I n t e r s t a t e P h o n e exc l u s i v e ! A great new way to keep
your phone charged — with no need
to return it to its base unit. A charge
cord is provided, to plug into any A C
outlet in the h o u s e. W h i c h m e a n s
the base c a n be t u c k e d permanently
out of s i g h t A N D the p h o n e is
a n y w h e r e y o u w a n t it — b e i n g
charged.
G U A R A N T E E satisfaction is completely g u a r a n t e e d ! U s e the I n t e r s t a t e
Phone for 15 d a y s in your office, or
home. Not p l e a s e d ? You owe nothing
— not e v e n a n e x p l a n a t i o n . J u s t
return for complete, prompt refund.
P l e a s e n o t e : E q u i p m e n t u s e d for
b u s i n e s s p u r p o s e s is tax deductible.
You h a v e e v e r y t h i n g to g a i n , a n d
nothing to lose (in fact, you'll wonder
how you ever got along without one).

Y E S T h e C o r d l e s s telephone is the sound a n s w e r for me
P l e a s e s e n d me
u n i t s at only $ 1 8 9 . 0 0 e a c h
(California residents, please add 6 % s a l e s tax)
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Prince William Takes the Confusion Out of the Budget Process
While the much heralded zerobase and management by objectives budget techniques are comprehensive, they are complicated
and confusing to the staff, the public and the elected officials who
must make budgetary decisions.
They are also ineffective in establishing overall priorities, except
possibly where entire programs are
eliminated.

"An excellent, innovative
and practical program."—
Awards judges.
Prince William County has responded to this situation by developing a simple, but effective, budget process for allocating its financial resources. The process focuses
on setting service priorities and recognizing future financial impacts of
budget decisions.

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The county budget process has
four elements. While some aspects
of this process are used in other jurisdictions. Prince William County's
emphasis on priority setting and future financial impacts is unusual.
The first is the development of
alternative service level budgets. All
county agencies are requested to
evaluate their service needs and establish priorities. Each agency then
prepares three alternative service
level budgets: No Increase, Program Maintenance and Program Improvement.
The No Increase budget level assumes the agency will receive the
same dollar level as the preceding
fiscal year. Any cost increases must
be absorbed first through increased
efficiency and a reduction in lower
priority services.
Program Maintenance provides
funding for continuing existing services and programs. While no dollar
or percentage limitations are placed
upon the Program Maintenance
budget, agencies must provide extensive justification for any substantial increase in expenditures
and forany new personnel.
The Program Improvement ser-

vice level provides new and/or expanded community services. No
limitations are placed on the program improvement level, and no
agencies are encouraged to identify
all perceived budgetary needs.

"Is a new police patrol more
important than a program
for mentally retarded children or expanded computer
capability?"
The second element of the budget process is the integration of
agency requests into a comprehensive county budget. The integration
process is the most difficult task in
any budget because overall service
priorities must be established. The
following methodology was developed for determining a baseline
budget setting overall service priorities.
After agency budget requests
are submitted, all program improvements and major program maintenance items are identified and segregated from the base budget. The
baseline budget is examined in line
item detail to determine the minimum staff and funding levels required to continue current operations. All program improvements
and program maintenance items
not included in the baseline budget
are grouped into general priority
categories. Low priority items are
eliminated from further consideration because adequate funding will
not be available. The remaining
items are then reviewed in detail by
a staff group headed by the county
executive and ranked from most to
least important.
A funding line is then drawn
based upon projected available revenue, derived by what the county
executive is willing to recommend.
Items within the funding line are
recommended to the Board of
County Supervisors for approval;
items immediately outside the funding line are listed as priorities but
beyond the financial capability of
the county in the next fiscal year.

Two Tiered Process
Prince William County has a two
tiered process for setting priorities.
Individual departments evaluate
their budget needs and determine
priorities within their organization.
These priority lists are then merged
as a whole by the staf group review.
The third element of the budget
process is an analysis of future financial impacts. The Prince William
County Board of Supervisors endorsed three key financial objectives guiding the budget process:
• funding current expenditures
from current revenues;
• retaining an adequate fund balance to provide financial flexibility in meeting the unexpected;
• stabilizing the real estate tax rate.
Budget decisions for any fiscal
year are made with an understanding of present and future financial
conditions. Prince William County
developed a simple computer
model for analyzing the impact of
tax rate and budget decisions over
the succeeding five year period.
This model is a financial planning
tool focusing not on projecting exact expenditures or revenues in the
future, but on analyzing the relationship between the budget, tax rate
and basic financial conditions from
year to year. It is used to ensure decisions made this year will not adversely impact the ability of the
county to provide services within a
reasonable tax rate next year.
The fourth budget element is the
review and adoption by the Board of
County Supervisors. The primary
aim of any budget process must be
to provide adequate information to
the elected officials responsible for
adopting the budget and setting a
tax rate. With the detailed listing in
the county executive's proposed
budget of what can be cut and what
is required, the Board of County Supervisors is able to quickly grasp
the contents of the budget and the
implications it has upon services
and the county's finances. This approach acknowledges that in any
budget only limited amounts are

�really areas of potential reduction or
elimination.
Tlie review process used by the
Prince William County Board of Supervisors is equally efficient. First,
all agency budget presentations are
heard, focusing on the priority
items. The board then reviews the
priority list developed by the county
executive and makes additions and
deletions in accordance with budget objectives.
Once the revised priority list is
developed, it is a simple matter to
redraw the funding line and analyze
the fiscal implications in the future.

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Achievements of the Budget
Process
The process developed by
Prince William County has several
advantages over more traditional
budget approaches in dealing with
many required decisions.
1. The presentation of budget material is clear and concise. The
chief administrative officer and
staff are entitled to state the perceived needs of the jurisdiction.
Once stated, their primary mission has been completed. It is
then their responsibility to present the information to the governing body to make decisions
on what to approve in the budget.
The baseline budget is the
foundation of the county's budget process. All new and major
maintenance items are then individually added in priority order
to reach the total recommended
budget. The service impact of
each item is explained in detail
under the agency section of the
budget document. The budget
also contains a list of reductions
from agency requests. The Board
of Supervisors is therefore aware
of budget items recommended
by the county executive and the
amounts requested by department heads but not recommended by the county executive.
2. The budget process is structured
to mitigate conflict. Difficult decisions are too often resolved
within an environment of conflict
and hostility. The Prince William
County budget process cannot
eliminate this but can reduce it
by:
• making the budget totally
open;
• presenting a baseline budget
and adding all "new" items in
priority order; and
• providing a structured budget
review and decision-making
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Community Development

Norfolk

Norfolk Never Breaks A Promise

Home Sweet Home. Although
you may have seen that expression
many times on plaques, pillows and
counted cross-stitch patterns, it's
an adage worth remembering to
many folks in Norfolk whose homes
are the result of a massive effort to
wipe out urban blight.
Since 1977 the city has rehabilitated 21,700 dwellings at a private
investment of $31 million. Over
5,000 families have been trained and
counseled in improving home care
and 1,200 uninhabitable units have
been removed from the housing
market. In essence, Norfolk's "facelift" has shown others how a good
idea and determination can work for
a municipality.
The City's success story has
many components and is not a
closed book. Although the program,
"No More Slums," is a mere promise, it's one Norfolk does not intend
to break.
Erwin Jackson, Housing Services Administrator, promised in
1977 to revitalize Norfolk the same
time the new Division of Housing
Services was established. He
pledged to wipe out existing slums
and prevent the deterioration of any
other areas. Since Norfolk is hemmed in on all sides by other cities
and/or water, building new structures could not be the answer. Most
of the houses are at least 30 years
old, so restoration became the most
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programs, Norfoll('s reaches
a good number of people."— VML Awards Judge
Looking Backward
Revitalization, however, became
the response only after Norfolk
tried other approaches to the problem. The 1960s idea was to bulldoze
worn-out, ugly buildings and substitute the shiny Norfolk Scope or the
Ghent Square Townhouses. These
new facades did little to solve the

Delapidated houses were common before Norfolk's "No More Slums" program.

problem because the poor just
moved into surrounding neighborhoods, perpetuating the situation.
Just about the time the Norfolk
slums were relocating, the Chicago
firm of J . L. Jacobs recommended
creating a Department of Community Improvement to consolidate all
structure-related codes. All buildings, plumbing and electrical code
functions were consolidated but
the housing code enforcement remained split between the new department and the health department, out of respect for the latter.
Meanwhile, the Model City Agency was experimenting with a new
concept of balancing human needs
with environmental needs and the
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority was pursuing rehabilitation on a voluntary basis by offering low interest loans. But the
struggle against
neighborhood
blight wasn't getting any better because all the efforts were too slow
and fragmented.
Not until 1977, when City Manager Julian F. Hirst suggested a Division of Housing Services, did Norfolk begin to take hold of its fate.

Services Offered Now
In five years, the recovery program has changed the outlook and
activity of Norfolk neighborhoods.
Once city council, city staff and the
citizens made a commitment, the
question was not can but how.

How? By creating services for
the citizens. Norfolk didn't just offer
shelter but also assistance in financing the renovation, moving to
the redeveloped neighborhoods
and maintaining the structure. A
number of bureaus were established under the Division of Housing Services to offer these new services.
Preventing future slums and
promising to improve existing
housing, the Division of Housing
Services inspects houses and rigorously enforces all the housing
codes. The goal of the division is to
inspect 9,000 of Norfolk's 90,000
housing units each year using the
Housing Inspection Bureau. To
meet the goal, the bureau is divided
into four teams, each with four to
six inspectors and a supervisor.
Each group takes a quarter of the
city as a project and a fifth conducts specialty inspections.
The division's goal has not been
met, but its successes are impressive. The Oakwood section of Norfolk was transformed in five years
with the relocation of 29 families,
the demolition of 75 structures and
the revitalization of 300. Thirty-five
new homes have been built and 22
single family houses were moved to
vacant lots and rehabilitated.

�Norfolk Helps Individuals
Relocate
The Housing Counseling Bureau
helps people Involved in these
building improvements to relocate
emotionally as well as physically.
The counselors work in tandem with
the inspectors to improve people's
living patterns and avoid problems

Permits
The Occupancy Permit Bureau is
another arm of the program with
unique concept. It revitalizes neighborhoods by requiring all vacant
houses to be upgraded according to
standards developed and adopted
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of housing maintenance and family
stability. The counselors emphasize
home care training, how to be responsible tenants and how to deal
with stress.
The bureau is headed by a chief
and seven counselors who take in
1,200 new cases per year and have
5,000 home contacts including follow up visits. They make referrals to
other agencies and consult with
social workers, property managers
and legal aid attorneys.
Since property maintenance is a
key ingredent to successful revltalization efforts, the city created a
Housing Rehabilitation Bureau to
oversee maintenance and rehabilitation of selected residential structures funded by public assistance.
Supported by Community Development Block Grant Funds, the Rehabilitation Bureau provided grant assistance to relocate 203 buildings at
a cost of $1,103,968. These grants
have mostly been awarded to elderly low-Income residents living in
deteriorated places. The money Increased their standard of living
while Ideally stimulating the rest of
the area to "keep up with the
Jones' " and fix up, too.
The rehabilitation staff also
gives financial and technical advice
and estimates of home repair costs.
A tool-lending library even makes
hand and power tools available.

cupied again without a occupancy
permit. Under this program, 2,700
Inspections have been made and
2,250 units have been rehabilitated
with a private Investment of some
$13.5 million.

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"A whole new atmosphere
has been created."
It Is not hard to see the progress
made In Norfolk. A stroll through
Ghent or Oakwood proves the success of the cohesive effort. Besides
making Norfolk a better place to live
for the residents, the project has
brought the city Into favor with
other governments, realty and construction groups in the area.
Yet, the most remarkable aspect
of the Norfolk story is the people,
according to Dave Monola, Director
of the Department of Community
Improvement.
Monola further attributed the
project's success to the support to
the cooperative atmosphere existing between inspection bureaus
and people. "Our only problem now
is meeting the demands of the people," he said.

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Transportation

Portsmouth
One Fleet System For Portsmouth
Council &amp; School Board Get Together

John Kirk performs school bus maintenance

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Everyone knows some things
don't go together, iike c a t s with
dogs, Irishmen with B r i t a i n s or conservative R e p u b l i c a n s at a Democratic c o n v e n t i o n . And you don't
usually put city c o u n c i l m e m b e r s
with s c h o o l board m e m b e r s and expect them to make beautiful m u s i c
together.
T h e City of Portsmouth disproved the last rule w h e n it c o n s o l i dated m a i n t e n a n c e and operating
functions
with the
Portsmouth
S c h o o l B o a r d ' s bus fleet and the
c i t y ' s V e h i c l e and S e r v i c e C e n t e r
November 1, 1981. W h e n the s c h o o l
board realized it needed a s s i s t a n c e
and improvement within its v e h i c u lar s y s t e m , it turned to the city instead of trying to w e a t h e r the exp e n s i v e c h a n g e s on its o w n , and
both d e p a r t m e n t s benefited.
In A u g u s t 1981, the S c h o o l
Board realized s o m e d i s t r e s s i n g
t h i n g s about its v e h i c l e s y s t e m .
T h e bus fleet w a s beginning to
s h o w its a d v a n c e d age and the
s c h o o l garage w a s not able to maintain its standard of preventive maint e n a n c e during the year and v e h i c l e
overhaul during the s u m m e r . A l s o ,
fuel and s o m e auto parts had been
m i s u s e d and there w a s e v i d e n c e of
p o s s i b l e fraud in a c c o u n t i n g .

at the garage.

IVIore i m p o r t a n t ,
the
crisis
pointed out opportunities a s well a s
problems. T h e s c h o o l fleet could be
better maintained if its m a n a g e r s
could
a c c u r a t e l y spot
specific
trends in repair problems and operating c o s t s . E f f i c i e n c y could be improved if total productive m e c h a n i c
m a n h o u r s were monitored. B u s rep l a c e m e n t d e c i s i o n s c o u l d be made
more intelligently if total mainten a n c e c o s t s for individual units
were k n o w n . But s u c h improvem e n t s in fleet m a n a g e m e n t for a
s y s t e m with 184 p i e c e s of rolling
s t o c k and s o m e 173 p i e c e s of other
power equipment normally require
s i z e a b l e i n v e s t m e n t s in automated
m a n a g e m e n t information s y s t e m s
and s u f f i c i e n t staff e x p e r t i s e to
make them operate
effectively.
Rather than divert r e s o u r c e s from
c l a s s r o o m instruction, the board
decided to s h a r e c o s t s of modern
m a n a g e m e n t t e c h n i q u e s with the
city government by c o n s o l i d a t i n g
the two g a r a g e s .
T h e c i t y ' s V e h i c l e and S e r v i c e
C e n t e r h a s e x i s t e d a s an independent department s i n c e 1951 and
now s e r v e s a fleet of 646 units. An
automated fueling station, computerized automotive parts management s y s t e m and an integrated net-

work of cathode ray t u b e s ( C R T s )
for data input on inventory, labor,
sublet repairs and other e x p e n s e s
have been recently installed to increase effectiveness.
T h e transition from two separate
s y s t e m s to one consolidated vehic l e c e n t e r w a s s m o o t h . In A u g u s t
the
school administration
req u e s t e d and received the a s s i s t a n c e of e x p e r i e n c e d automotive repair s u p e r v i s o r s from the center
who could manage the s c h o o l fleet
m a i n t e n a n c e on an interim b a s i s .
T h e n city and s c h o o l o f f i c i a l s prepared a report w h i c h outlined the
b e n e f i t s and the c o s t s w h i c h consolidated m a n a g e m e n t would bring.
Chief among t h o s e a d v a n t a g e s
were:
(1) accountability and control in
p u r c h a s i n g , storing and dispensing automotive parts and
gasoline, thus reducing both
pilferage and s t o c k i n g defic i t s or s u r p l u s e s ;
(2) r e d u c e d
inventory
costs
through bulk p u r c h a s e s of
parts and material;
(3) improved and more timely information about v e h i c l e repair, m a i n t e n a n c e and fueling
c o s t s ; and

�(4) improved
m a n a g e m e n t expertise in m a i n t e n a n c e and
repair of v e h i c l e s , a
change
\Nh\cU w/ould contribute to improved performance.
A n initial budget of $340,758 w a s
adopted by City C o u n c i l for the remainder of the f i s c a l year and on
November 1, 1981, the transfer tool&lt;
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developed an in-house, automated
s y s t e m w h i c h c o m b i n e d the d a t a
m a n a g e m e n t a c t i v i t i e s of equipment inventory, parts, fuel and
m e c h a n i c labor into one integrated
network. F o u r C R T s are at v a r i o u s
s t r a t e g i c points to give m a n a g e r s
on-line a c c e s s to the s y s t e m and
improve monitoring and operational
control. T h e s y s t e m a l s o a c c o u n t s
for inventory s t o c k and automati-

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use
of on-line, automated vehicle management information system to John H. Ryder,
Assistant
Superintendent,
Portsmouth School Board, and James Kitterman of the City
Manager's
Office.

foot garage at the c i t y ' s head maintenance compound, a s s u m e d control of the S c h o o l Board facility. A
s u p e r i n t e n d e n t and auto repair s u pervisor were a s s i g n e d to manage
the s h o p w o r k f o r c e of five senior
m e c h a n i c s , four h e l p e r s and a clerk.
A parts runner w a s a s s i g n e d to deliver parts from the c e n t e r ' s stockroom to the s c h o o l garage. T h e s u perintendent reports directly to the
c e n t e r ' s director.
F u e l m a n a g e m e n t w a s partially
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33 b u s e s and other s c h o o l v e h i c l e s
began to refuel at the c e n t e r ' s
automated station in the central
maintenance compound. Activated
by a c o m b i n a t i o n of u s e r and vehic l e identification c a r d s , the s y s t e m
r e c o r d s d a t a about the operator,
v e h i c l e , fuel type and c o n s u m p t i o n ,
mileage and date of t r a n s a c t i o n .
S i n c e the p u m p s are open 24 hours
s e v e n d a y s a w e e k they are c o n v e n ient to bus drivers. Other units of
the bus fleet still refuel at manual
p u m p s located at two high s c h o o l s ,
but automating one or both s i t e s is
being c o n s i d e r e d .
C o n s o l i d a t i o n unified two s e t s
of r e c o r d k e e p i n g into one. T h e Veh i c l e and S e r v i c e C e n t e r recently

cally g e n e r a t e s p u r c h a s e orders to
maintain m i n i m u m and m a x i m u m
levels of automotive parts. T h e work
order for e a c h repair and mainten a n c e t a s k c o n s o l i d a t e s information about c o s t s of in-house labor,
sublet work, and parts, and tracking
e x p e n s e s for e a c h piece of equipment. T h e new m a n a g e m e n t information s y s t e m (MIS) a l s o a i d s top
m a n a g e m e n t in billing, controlling
production,
analyzing t r e n d s in
m a i n t e n a n c e e x p e n s e s and measuring s h o p productivity.

Benefits
O n c e c o n s o l i d a t i o n took p l a c e ,
the most immediate improvement
w a s in bus fleet s e r v i c e . Mainten a n c e had been deferred and b u s e s
were not up to the s t a n d a r d s and
s c h e d u l e s set forth by the S t a t e Department of E d u c a t i o n . Approximately five units underwent e x t e n s i v e preventive m a i n t e n a n c e and
safety c h e c k s e a c h day. In the first
few m o n t h s repairs were made on
brakes, a x l e s and s u s p e n s i o n s y s t e m s , work out e n g i n e s were overhauled or replaced and other a r e a s
s u b j e c t to e x c e s s i v e fatigue w e r e
i n s p e c t e d for safety. S e v e r a l me-

c h a n i c s were a s s i g n e d e a c h morning to a s s i s t drivers in starting
b u s e s during cold weather, fixing
minor m e c h a n i c a l problems, replacing stolen batteries or other
vandalized c o m p o n e n t s . O n c e the
entire fleet had been repaired, monthly e x p e n d i t u r e s dropped by s o m e
$17,000 the first month.
A c c o u n t a b i l i t y and control over
m a t e r i a l s and s u p p l i e s w a s the s e c ond major benefit of the c o n s o l i d a tion. O n e w a r e h o u s e s e r v e d both
g a r a g e s and the c e n t e r ' s perpetual
inventory s y s t e m reduced the potential for a b u s e by giving manag e r s a tool to pinpoint culprits. A n
effective audit trail and other important
accounting
controls
were
implemented.
T h e third benefit w a s the professional fleet a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' s expertise. S c h o o l o f f i c i a l s were able for
the first time to determine c o s t s of
o w n i n g , maintaining and operating
e a c h unit of the fleet. By using the
new MIS and not
relying
on
g u e s s w o r k , the S c h o o l Board could
c o m p a r e f i n a n c i a l data and make intelligent v e h i c l e replacement decis i o n s . T h e information, along with
its hardware and p r o f e s s i o n a l staff,
would be e x p e n s i v e to develop and
operate. F o r that r e a s o n , the S c h o o l
Board
realized c o s t
avoidance
rather than direct s a v i n g s b e c a u s e
it had not developed its own c o s t l y ,
duplicate m a n a g e m e n t s y s t e m .
T h e city benefited b e c a u s e exp e n s e s for administrative and clerical p e r s o n n e l , data p r o c e s s i n g and
other overhead w e r e s h a r e d . A l s o ,
w h e n the two g a r a g e s were integrated in the billing p r a c t i c e s ,
m e c h a n i c s could be transferred internally from an area w h e r e work
w a s s l a c k to one w h e r e it w a s needed.
T h e s u c c e s s of this program w a s
e x p l a i n e d by A s s i s t a n t S c h o o l
Board S u p e r i n t e n d e n t J a c k Ryder:
" I f t h i s type of cooperation is to be
a c c o m p l i s h e d , everyone must realize you c a n only s p e n d a dollar one
time. W e are interested in s p e n d i n g
the money the best w a y p o s s i b l e —
w h e t h e r it be by the s c h o o l o r c i t y . "
He s a i d the most important consideration on this project w a s time.
" W e all have to realize that a broken
down s c h o o l bus will make the children late to s c h o o l , so w e can't take
o u r t i m e fixing it."
Ryder s a i d the city, S c h o o l
Board and R e d e v e l o p m e n t and
H o u s i n g Authority are reviewing different w a y s to utilize the c o n s o l i d a tion idea. " W e ' r e exploring other
operational a r e a s . . . p u r c h a s i n g ,
w a r e h o u s i n g and b u s i n e s s mainten a n c e , to s e e if w e can a c c o m p l i s h
this a g a i n . "

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in public powor financing:
Morrill Lynch.
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(212) 637-2540

John D.Miller
Francis J. Quinn
Ann L . Hagan
James N. Baxter

John E. Burget
Richard H. Molke, Jr
Marsha L . Eisenberg
Michael A. Baumrin

Municipal Utilities Department
Merrill Lynch White Weld Capital Markets Group

�Norfolk,
now celebrating its
Tricentennial Year,
is a city deeply involved
in its art, its culture
and its seafaring heritage.
We salute the
Virginia Municipal League,
Virginia's dedicated
local government officials.

• EDUCATION — an excellent system - local Community College

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• HOUSING — Excellent communities, single family, townhouse, apartments.
• INDUSTRIAL — Varied prime site available, cooperative government.
• WATER — Lake Manassas provides abundant high quality water supply.

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government authorities for
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Compliments

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Virginia Municipal League, 1981-82

Congratulations, Mayor Ratcliffe from the
Town Council, Town Staff, and the citizens of the
Town of Pulaski
on a successful year as President of the
Virginia Municipal League.

TOWN OF P U L A S K I , VIRGINIA

�Salem • Bristol • Norfolk • Vinton • Pulaski • Richmond
Ashland • Galax • Radford ® York • iarion • Henrico
Farmville • Luray • Suffolk • Crew • Lynchburg • Fairfax
Waynesboro • James City • Norton • Danville • Emporia
Loudoun • Bluefield • Wytheville • Franklin • Roanoke
Chesapeake • Arlington • Virginia Beach • Abingdon
Portsmouth • Hampton • Prince George • Falls Church
Clarksville • Alexandria • Newport News • Manassas
Wakefield • South Boston • Williamsburg • Covington
Norton • Lexington • Burkeville • Amherst • New Castle
Pound • Middleburg • Salem • Bristol • Norfolk • Vinton
Pulaski • Richmond • Ashland • Galax • Radford • York
Marion * Henrico • Farmville • Luray • Suffolk • Crewe
Lynchburg • Fairfax • Waynesboro • James City • Norton
Danville • Emporia • Loudoun • Bluefield • Wytheville
Franklin • Roanoke • Chesapeake • Arlington • Virginia
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a v o i d expensive a n d bitter
litigation, but it offers the promise
of b u i l d i n g avenues for increased
inter-local cooperation.
W h i l e education f u n d i n g w a s
substantially increased this y e a r , the
method of f u n d i n g w a s not substantially altered. A l s o , the G e n e r a l
A s s e m b l y set a precedent b y
strongly encouraging the expenditure of the increased f u n d i n g for
teacher s a l a r y increases. W h i l e w e
appreciate the legislature's
willingness to deal w i t h the issue of
f u n d i n g public education, m u c h
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I h a v e certainly enjoyed the opp o r t u n i t y to serve as y o u r president
d u r i n g the past y e a r . I h a v e f o u n d
this y e a r to be one of steady
progress, w h i l e refreshingly free of
earthshaking changes.
A m a j o r change for us has been
President Reagan's " N e w
F e d e r a l i s m " a n d w e ' v e spent the
past y e a r adjusting to it. S h o r t l y
after our last a n n u a l conference,
your Executive Director and I were
i n v i t e d to the W h i t e House to l e a r n
m o r e about President Reagan's
" N e w F e d e r a l i s m . " I n a d d i t i o n to
hearing f r o m the President a n d V i c e
President, several cabinet secretaries
a n d k e y staff members briefed us on
the changing intergovernmental
scene. I n response to the " N e w
F e d e r a l i s m " w e helped cosponsor a
series of B l o c k G r a n t W o r k s h o p s
w i t h the O f f i c e of the Lieutenant
G o v e r n o r a n d the Center for P u b l i c
A f f a i r s at V i r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h
U n i v e r s i t y . C o m m e n t s f r o m these
w o r k s h o p s w e r e transmitted to the
G o v e r n o r ' s B l o c k G r a n t T a s k Force.
T h e r e w e r e no e a r t h s h a k i n g
changes i n a n n e x a t i o n procedures or
H B 599 f u n d i n g for w h i c h w e are
grateful. T h e C o m m i s s i o n o n L o c a l
G o v e r n m e n t appears to be f u n c tioning w e l l a n d is to be c o m m e n d e d
for its efforts. I a m p a r t i c u l a r l y
pleased to see that cooperative
agreements are being reached b y
several localities. N o t o n l y does this

Last O c t o b e r w e sponsored a
seminar on public procurement
i n v o l v i n g several n a t i o n a l l y
p r o m i n e n t experts. T h a t w o r k s h o p
helped us to respond p o s i t i v e l y
d u r i n g the 1982 session w h e n the
V i r g i n i a P u b l i c Procurement A c t
w a s being considered. W i t h the
adoption of the A c t , V M L staff set
about drafting a model ordinance
a n d arranging t w o customized
w o r k s h o p s , one for s m a l l towns a n d
one for larger localities.
A n t i t r u s t issues l o o m on the
h o r i z o n i n the w a k e of the B o u l d e r ,
C o l o r a d o cable T V decision. T h i s
w a s one of several topics discussed
at the A t t o r n e y General's L o c a l
G o v e r n m e n t L a w Conferences
w h i c h w e r e cosponsored w i t h the
A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l a n d the V i r g i n i a
A s s o c i a t i o n of C o u n t i e s d u r i n g the
m o n t h of M a y .
T h e V M L / V A C O L a n d Use T a s k
Force has been perhaps our busiest
a n d hardest w o r k i n g committee this
y e a r . I w a n t to t h a n k Jane H o u g h
a n d her committee for their diligent
w o r k . T h e i r efforts are n o w being
reviewed by a General Assembly
subcommittee chaired b y Delegate
C . Richard Cranwell.
T h e V M L / V A C O Steering
C o m m i t t e e for electricity rate
negotiations completed a n
agreement w i t h A p p a l a c h i a n P o w e r
C o m p a n y ( A P C O ) i n December.
N o sooner h a d the A P C O
agreement gone into effect than it
w a s time to commence the V i r g i n i a

Electric P o w e r C o m p a n y ( V E P C O )
rate negotiations! T h r o u g h these
cooperative negotiating efforts l o c a l
governments h a v e s a v e d considerable s u m s . H o w a r d D o b b i n s , the
League's G e n e r a l C o u n s e l , has p r o v i d e d excellent leadership i n this i m portant v e n t u r e .
The Virginia Municipal Group
Self Insurance A s s o c i a t i o n c o n tinues to g r o w , offering w o r k m e n ' s
compensation coverage to political
subdivisions throughout the State.
I n June, the p r o g r a m received
a p p r o v a l of its first d i v i d e n d f r o m
the State B u r e a u of I n s u r a n c e .
W e expanded our N o v e m b e r regional legislative meeting schedule
this y e a r to include a luncheon on
the Eastern Shore, w h i c h w a s v e r y
w e l l received. O u r F e b r u a r y
Legislative D a y d r e w the largest
w o r k s h o p attendance on record to
hear members of the G o v e r n o r ' s
C a b i n e t outline the programs of the
n e w a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . T h e Legislative
Reception that evening also broke
attendance records.
I a m glad to report, as m y predecessor d i d , that the V M L maintains
a v e r y solvent f i n a n c i a l posture.
O u r membership base remains
strong a n d expenditure increases
have remained modest, as can be
seen i n the a c c o m p a n y i n g f i n a n c i a l
statement. I urge y o u to r e v i e w that
a n d the other portions of this a n n u a l report. A s y o u w i l l r e a d , w e
have been quite b u s y this past y e a r .
Y o u r support of the V M L b y attending w o r k s h o p s , responding to
Legislative A c t i o n C a l l s , returning
questionnaires a n d keeping i n f o r m e d b y reading our publications
has been great. W i t h o u t y o u r c o n tinued support, these efforts w o u l d
be futile.

Raymond F. Ratcliffe

�Executive
Committee
MR. FRANCIS T. WEST

First Vice President
Councilman, Martinsville

H O N O R A B L E C H A R L E S A.
R O B I N S O N , JR.

H O N O R A B L E L A W R E N C E A.
DAVIES

Second Vice President
Mayor, Vienna

Tliird Vice President
Mayor, Fredericksburg

MR. S A M W. A D A M S

MRS. J A N E L. H O U G H

Executive Committee
Councilman, Emporia

Executive Committee
Chairman, City Section
Councilwoman, Salem

H O N O R A B L E VINCENT J.
THOMAS

Fourth Vice President
Mayor, Norfolk

H O N O R A B L E ARLIE C. PAYNE

Executive Committee
Chairman, Town Section
Mayor, Gordonsville

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Chairman, Urban Section
Boardmember, Fairfax County

MR. ROBERT T. W I L L I A M S

Executive Committee
City Manager, Newport News

H O N O R A B L E ROY H.
ERICKSON

Immediate Past President
Mayor, Harrisonburg

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�Financial Statement
Statement of Revenues Collected and Expenses Paid
Year Ended June 30, 1982

;venues Collected:
Membership dues
Convention registration
Convention exhibits
Regional meeting
Affiliate groups
Interest
Magazine
League letter
Directories and reports
sales
Grants and special
projects
V M G S I A administration fee
Miscellaneous

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Expenses Paid:
Employee compensation
and benefits
Convention
Regional meeting
Travel
Office supplies and
postage
Space and equipment
rentals
Leasehold improvements
Equipment purchases
and repair
Dues and subscriptions
NLC
Telephone
Insurance
Professional fees
Legislative supplies
Magazine publishing
(excluding salaries)
Conferences / Workshops/Seminars
Directory
Executive committee
Harold I . Baumes
Scholarship
Retirement
Miscellaneous
evenues Collected Over
(Under) Expenses Paid

Actual
Over
(Under)
Budget

Budget

Actual

$330,640
47,500
10,000
7,500
8,360
14,000
48,000
800

$325,881
41,641
9,050
6,936
8,360
38,180
46,069
1,548

1,000

1,708

708

14,500

20,345

5,845

35,000
1,200

35,000
988

518,500

535,706

($
(
(
(

4,759)
5,859)
950)
564)

(

24,180
1,931)
748

(

212)
17,206

258,600
40,000
7,500
12,000

256,564
36,377
7,161
13,128

(
(
(

29,500

27,294

(

2,206)

43,000

33,193

(

9,807)

5,000

3,796

(

1,204)

9,000
2,500
8,000
13,500
2,000
11,000
1,750

12,636
3,218
8,457
9,039
1,843
13,593
1,071

45,000

46,632

3,500
1,500
5,000

1,694

1,000
11,000
1,500
511,850
$6,650 $

(
(
(

2,036)
3,623)
339)
1,128

3,636
718
457
4,461)
157)
2,593
679)
1,632

(
(
(

1,806)
1,500)
3,996)

1,000
8,336
3,497

(

2,664)
1,997

489,533

(

22,317)

1,004

46,173

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Arising From Cash Transactions
June 30,1982 and 1981
Assets
Cash and Temporary Investments:
Checking accounts
Savings accounts and certificates
Pooled master notes and
participation
Advances to Employees and
Others

Liabilities and Fund Balances
Liabilities:
Funds borrowed from pension
plan
Payroll taxes withheld from
employees
Dues and fees collected in
advance

Fund Balances:
Balance at beginning of year
Revenues collected over expenses
paid for the year
Balance at end of year

1981

1982
E

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101,911

134
65,691

41,700

50,700

5,380

1,119

$149,733

$117,644

$

$

3,081

-

1,256

1,014

8,838

26,245

13,175

27,259

90,385

59,146

46,173

31,239

136,558

90,385

$149,733

$117,644

�V M L Annual Report
W h e n y o u contact the V i r g i n i a
M u n i c i p a l League, y o u contact
more than one o r g a n i z a t i o n .
Indirectly, y o u m a y receive inform a t i o n f r o m the M u n i c i p a l Finance
O f f i c e r s A s s o c i a t i o n or the A t t o r ney General's O f f i c e . I n the 77 years
the League has been s e r v i n g local
governments, the cooperative relationships between state agencies, associations a n d universities h a v e
been g r o w i n g .
W e don't a l w a y s h a v e the a n s w e r
to y o u r question a n d sometimes it's
not filed a w a y , either. W e realize
this a n d h a v e begun to extend our
boundaries. L i k e M a B e l l , w e w a n t
to " r e a c h o u t " to keep y o u i n touch
w i t h y o u r interests a n d p r i o r i t i e s .
I n the past year w e ' v e served o n
committees, conducted w o r k s h o p s
a n d advised or were a d v i s e d b y n u merous people a l l connected w i t h
l o c a l government.

"What do you get? A link, a
hookup to just about anyone in
Richmond . . . or Washington."
Last y e a r at this time w e were agonizing over Reaganomics a n d the
N e w F e d e r a l i s m . W h e r e w a s it a l l
going? W e r e w e i n local government
going to be i n v o l v e d ? T h i s year
we're still i n the riptide but w e ' v e
our feet entrenched a n d our heads
b u s y t r y i n g to be responsive to the
turns of state government. A dozen
people f r o m local government serve
on the G o v e r n o r ' s A d v i s o r y C o m mission o n the B l o c k G r a n t s a n d the
League handed over its research a n d
suggestions to the c o m m i s s i o n staff.

From Human Services to
Housing
Since most of the b l o c k grants
w e r e i n the area of h u m a n services,
time w a s spent w i t h the O f f i c e of the
Secretary of H u m a n Resources a n d
agencies under that office. Staff

served on f o r m u l a f u n d i n g c o m m i t tees a n d m o n i t o r e d legislation affecting social services p r o g r a m s .
T h e C o m m i s s i o n e r of S o c i a l Services met w i t h the League staff to
discuss the future of state a n d l o c a l
hospitalization a n d indirect costs.
W e , i n t u r n , a s k e d the State B o a r d s
of H e a l t h a n d W e l f a r e to consider
o u r suggestions w h e n r e v a m p i n g the
M e d i c a i d p r o g r a m . G i v e a n d take.
A special bonding came between
the V i r g i n i a D e p a r t m e n t of H o u s i n g
and C o m m u n i t y Development and
the V M L . W h e n faced w i t h the
S m a l l C i t i e s Nonentitlement C D B G ,
the department called o n the League
for assistance. W e gladly obliged.
T w o committees w e r e created to get
the opinions of the localities affected
a n d a League staff member w a s appointed to one of them. N o t stopping at committee w o r k , the department held w o r k s h o p s i n conjunction
w i t h the V M L / V A C O Regional Legislative Meetings i n December to
m a k e sure they heard f r o m
everyone.
A t the suggestion of the A t t o r n e y
G e n e r a l , the League teamed w i t h
G e n e r a l Baliles' office to host a L e gal Issues Conference last s p r i n g .
W e reached about 400 local officials
a n d the A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l w a s
pleased to offer some of his top staff
members to discuss the C o n f l i c t of
Interests A c t , antitrust l a w s , the
P r o c u r e m e n t A c t a n d amendments
to the Freedom of I n f o r m a t i o n A c t .
Getting a l l of the parts of these c o m plicated matters straight is a n undert a k i n g b y a n y o n e but w e t h i n k w e
relieved some of the c o n f u s i o n a n d
anxiety.
T o relieve some of the f r u s t r a tions between local officials a n d the
n e w s m e d i a , four associations
w o r k e d together. T h e League sponsored the L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t M e d i a
Conference w i t h the V i r g i n i a Press
A s s o c i a t i o n , V i r g i n i a Broadcasters
A s s o c i a t i o n a n d the V i r g i n i a A s s o c i ation of C o u n t i e s to toss a r o u n d
problems reporters a n d local officials h a v e w i t h the Freedom of I n f o r m a t i o n A c t . T h i s is the second

y e a r w e ' v e gotten such diverse people i n one r o o m . A f t e r two successes, the associations w i l l p r o b a b l y host a third meeting.

Local Government, So What?
O f t e n w h e n citizens ask w h a t
their local government does for
them, w e ask them if their garbage
w a s p i c k e d up yesterday, if they h a d
w a t e r for coffee this m o r n i n g or if
they noticed s i d e w a l k repairs i n
their neighborhoods.
L o c a l government does a little bit
of e v e r y t h i n g f r o m police service to
v o l l e y b a l l games for c h i l d r e n . W h e n
m u n i c i p a l recreation departments
a r o u n d V i r g i n i a began to see m o n e y
w a l k out the door, local directors
k n e w it w a s time to use each staff
member to m a r k e t programs offered
b y the departments.
T h e V i r g i n i a Recreation a n d
P a r k s Society a n d the V i r g i n i a
C o m m i s s i o n of O u t d o o r Recreation
recruited the League to help recreation departments. Staff spoke to
participants at state a n d regional
conferences about p r o m o t i n g
recreation programs using a shoestring budget a n d getting a l l recreation personnel i n v o l v e d i n the eff o r t . It w a s the first time the V M L
h a d teamed up w i t h these t w o
groups a n d judging b y federal, state
a n d l o c a l dollars for p a r k s , it w o n ' t
be the last time.
Some cooperative relationships
seem to h a v e been a r o u n d for y e a r s .
T h e y h a v e been intense at times, rel a x e d at others, held at arm's length
sometimes but necessary a l l the
time.
T h e cooperation between the
League a n d the V i r g i n i a A s s o c i a t i o n
of C o u n t i e s is noted the most. O u r
counterpart i n local government,
V A C O , assists us i n more w o r k shops, meetings, positions a n d research than a n y other o r g a n i z a t i o n .
W e ' r e a good team. T h e m a i n difference over the last t w o decades has
been a n n e x a t i o n but w e realized the
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T h e V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l G r o u p S e l f I n s u r a n c e Assoc
i n s u r a n c e o n J u l y 1 , 1 9 8 0 with 1 0 m e m b e r s . S i n c e
p r o x i m a t e l y $ 4 million in a n n u a l i z e d p r e m i u m with mc
a v a i l a b l e to all cities, t o w n s , c o u n t i e s , s c h o o l boards a
c r u e d t h r o u g h f a v o r a b l e loss e x p e r i e n c e a n d investms
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King William County School Board

C h e s a p e a k e City S c h o o l B o a r d

City of P o r t s m o u t h — C E T A A g e n c y

T o w n of K e n b r i d g e

City of R a d f o r d

City of M a r t i n s v i l l e

Arlington County School Board

M a r t i n s v i l l e City S c h o o l B o a r d

T o w n of M i d d l e b u r g

Prince George County

T o w n of Marrows

Prince George County School Board

T o w n of C r e w e

Shenandoah County

A l b e m a r l e C o u n t y B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

T o w n of V i e n n a

Charlottesville-Albemarle County J o i n t Security Complex

T o w n of K e y s v i l l e

T o w n of L e e s b u r g

T o w n of S t u a r t

T o w n of Hurt

Virginia M u n i c i p a l L e a g u e

T o w n of V i n t o n

City of F a l l s C h u r c h

T o w n of R i c h C r e e k

T o w n of F a r m v i l l e

T o w n of A s h l a n d

K i n g W i l l i a m C o u n t y B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

C l a r k e C o u n t y B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

T o w n of P e a r i s b u r g

J a m e s City C o u n t y S o c i a l S e r v i c e s

N e w K e n t C o u n t y B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

J a m e s City C o u n t y S e r v i c e A u t h o r i t y

Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center

J a m e s City C o u n t y B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

T o w n of L a c r o s s e

Greensville County

T o w n of L u r a y

New Kent County School Board

T o w n of R o c k y M o u n t

Stafford C o u n t y S c h o o l B o a r d

City of S u f f o l k

Halifax C o u n t y B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

T o w n of B u c h a n a n

T o w n of W y t h e v i l l e

T o w n of E d i n b u r g

City of H o p e w e l l

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W e s t Point S c h o o l B o a r d

N o r t h e r n V i r g i n i a P l a n n i n g District C o m m i s s i o n

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T o w n of C o l o n i a l B e a c h

B u c k i n g h a m C o u n t y B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

City of E m p o r i a

City of C o v i n g t o n

T o w n of V i c t o r i a

City of W a y n e s b o r o

Giles County School Board

City of S o u t h B o s t o n

T o w n of AltaVista

C o u n t y of B o t e t o u r t B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

Williamsburg/James City County S c h o o l B o a r d

City of N o r t o n

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Robert Perkins
Hall R i s k M a n a g e m e n t S e r v i c e s , Inc.
Suite 1 3 0 — J e f f e r s o n Building
8 1 0 0 Three Chopt Road
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Greensville County School Board

Town of Abingdon

Town of Lawrencevilie

Town of Bluefield

Town of South Hill

Town of Urbanna

Crater

Smyth County Board of Supervisors

Detention Home

Virginia Housing Developmental Authority

Town of Hillsville

Greensville County-Emporia Department of Social Services

Town of Weber City

Amelia County School Board

Rapidan Service Authority

Fairfax City

Town of West Point

Town of Quantico

Town of Berryville

City of Galax

Cape Charles

Town of Irvington

Town of Kilmarnock

Town of Ridgeway

Town of Purcellville

Russell County Board of Supervisors

Albemarle County Service Authority

Russell County C E T A Programs

Highland County

Greensville County Water &amp; Sewer Authority

City of Manassas Park

City of Bedford

Norfolk Redevelopment &amp; Housing Authority

Southwest Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program

Nottoway County Public School

Amelia County Board of Supervisors

Page County School Board

Prince Edward County School Board

S . E . Virginia Planning District Commission

Powhatan County Public Schools

Montgomery County Board of Supervisors

Town of Gordonsville

Peninsula Transportation District Commission

Grayson County Board of Supervisors

Manassas Park City Schools

Town of Grottoes

County of Campbell Board of Supervisors

T o w n of Exmore

County School Board of Montgomery County

Town of Dayton

Charlotte County School Board

Goochland County Board of Supervisors

Bedford Parks &amp; Recreation Commission

Town of Appalachia

Gloucester County Board of Supervisors

Town of Stanley

Mathews County Public Schools

Town of Warrenton

Cumberland Plateau P D C

Cumberland County School Board

Loudoun County Volunteer Fire/Rescue

Town of Fries

Loudoun County

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frustrated citizens, not to mention
l o c a l officials, a n d n o w h a v e a
w o r k a b l e agreement made possible
b y some farsighted state legislators.
It's still out there but the League has
been b u o y e d b y recent c i t y - c o u n t y
agreements w h i c h h a v e been reached b y w a l k i n g a r o u n d a n n e x a t i o n .
E v e r y N o v e m b e r a n d December
w e go on the r o a d to seven V M L /
V A C O regional legislative meetings
a n d d u r i n g the year w e cohost
w o r k s h o p s w h e r e officials learn
about the h u m p s a n d b u m p s of local
government, like the Legal Issues
Conference a n d the M e d i a C o n f e r ence mentioned earlier.
W e learned, too, that sharing research is a lot simpler t h a n going sol o . W h a t to do w i t h V i r g i n i a ' s f a r m l a n d h a d to be decided so V M L a n d
V A C O created a joint task force last
y e a r w h i c h took the issue apart, exa m i n e d the inner w o r k i n g s a n d then
made a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n . T h e task
force considered it a d u a l responsib i l i t y — w h a t affected f a r m l a n d s
w o u l d affect V i r g i n i a ' s u r b a n areas.
K e e p i n g the task force w o r k i n g were
members of the V i r g i n i a L o c a l G o v ernment A t t o r n e y s A s s o c i a t i o n .
A g a i n , the League reaches out to
other groups to serve its member
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Sometimes w e head n o r t h to get
our i n f o r m a t i o n to give y o u i n f o r mation. O u r umbrella organization,
the N a t i o n a l League of C i t i e s ,
constantly inspects w h a t our federal
brothers a n d sisters are up to a n d
through their p u b l i c a t i o n s , phone
calls a n d legislative alerts, w e f i n d
out w h a t big brother is d o i n g . A lot
of V i r g i n i a l o c a l officials are pers o n a l l y i n v o l v e d i n N L C . S e v e r a l sit
on steering a n d p o l i c y committees
w h i l e others attend conferences a n d
w o r k s h o p s . I n the past, w e ' v e h a d
t w o V i r g i n i a n s elected N L C P r e s i dent (the late M o r t o n L . W a l l e r s t e i n
and Newport News Council M e m ber Jessie M . R a t t l e y ) a n d several
l o c a l officials h a v e served on the
N L C B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s .

N L C has alerted us about p r o b lems w i t h antitrust, block grants,
housing, u n e m p l o y m e n t , deregulation, cable T V , w a t e r , mass transit
a n d labor. T h e w h i r l w i n d w o n ' t
stop. C r i s i s after crisis keeps c o m i n g
a n d w i t h the refusal of Congress to
pass a budget, it has been not o n l y
h a r d but confusing. N L C , h o w e v e r ,
has kept its h e a d — w e keep getting
a n d g i v i n g good i n f o r m a t i o n .
I r o n i c a l l y , it seems once y o u ' r e
out of school y o u feel the need to ret u r n . T o better serve its members,
the V M L has l i n k e d up w i t h some of
V i r g i n i a ' s universities. T h e Institute
of G o v e r n m e n t at T h e U n i v e r s i t y of
V i r g i n i a has shared several projects
w i t h the League over the y e a r s . T h e
next time y o u get y o u r T a x Rates
S u r v e y or pass along the C o u n c i l
M e m b e r s H a n d b o o k to a n e w l y
elected member, remember it w a s a
venture between the Institute a n d
the League.
A l s o , e v e r y other m o n t h the I n stitute prepares the Commentary
in
Virginia Town and City. C a r e f u l l y
researched m a t e r i a l on property tax
exemption, h o w V i r g i n i a w i l l h a n dle N e w Federalism changes, educating the handicapped a n d regulating
precious metals has been w r i t t e n i n to a
Commentary,

T h e Institute administers the
W a l l e r s t e i n Scholarship, too. E n dowed by M r . and M r s . Morton L .
W a l l e r s t e i n , this a w a r d is given to a
person w h o w a n t s to w o r k / s t u d y
m u n i c i p a l government. Chosen
jointly b y the V M L a n d the Institute, m a n y recipients have stayed i n
V i r g i n i a to share their talents.
Virginia Tech and Virginia C o m m o n w e a l t h U n i v e r s i t y have also
contributed to the League. T h e E x tension Service, a d i v i s i o n of V i r ginia T e c h , sponsors the Institute
for N e w l y Elected O f f i c i a l s along
w i t h the Institute of G o v e r n m e n t
a n d the League. A b o u t a year ago
V C U , the M F O A a n d the League received a cooperative n e t w o r k grant
used to educate local officials about
f i n a n c i a l management. V i s i t i n g
about 30 localities, a team of experts
taught risk management, cash m a n agement a n d h o w to structure u t i l i t y
billings to s m a l l a n d m e d i u m size localities. W o r k s h o p s were also held
to reach a larger number of officials
w h o were interested.
So, reach out to the V M L a n d
w e ' l l reach out for y o u . W h e n y o u
call for i n f o r m a t i o n , or need training, w e m a y not have it but w e ' l l get
it. W o r k i n g w i t h others is necessary
a n d the relationships w e ' v e nurtured
over the past years are special. W e
hope y o u think it's w o r t h it, too.

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Jack Barnes, Portsmouth, Councilman, Past VML President

Charles F. Church, City Manager,
Danville

C. ]. Taylor, Mayor, Town of
Pearisburg

After having served 22 years in
local government and having been
active in the Virginia Municipal
League for the same period of time, I
have recently been most impressed
with comments made by prominent
members of the General Assembly.
In conversations with the members of the Assembly in positions of
leadership, it has been expressed to
me that the League and its staff have
been more outstanding in recent
years than in the League's history.
The League's ability to present local
governments views to the members
of the General Assembly and the
manner in which the views are presented have been highly praised.
The General Assembly members
have also expressed to me their feelings on how well the League recently has worked with other organizations, such as VACO, in presenting their views and positions.

State municipal leagues provide
many opportunities for local officials to join together to solve problems and to influence the policies of
the state and federal government.
The Virginia Municipal League
has an extremely fine reputation
among state leagues as being effectively involved in representing the
interests of Virginia's cities, towns
and urban counties. Also, the League
is actively assisting localities in reducing the cost of municipal services
such as the insurance program, serving as the secretariat for MEPA V
and developing guidelines for municipal issues, like the procurement
ordinance. Having an active municipal league allows local elected and
appointed officials to be more effective for their communities.
The most important responsibilities of the League are to represent
municipal interests in Richmond
and Washington and to provide
them with current information. The
League's ability to inform and educate will, to some extent, determine
the future of Virginia's local governments.

During the mid-1940s, when I
first became involved in local government, the League of Virginia Municipalities, as it was then called,
was of immense value to the Town
of Pearisburg. The League was our
best source of information, providing us with sample ordinances
from other municipalities, supplying reports comparing-tax rates
and utility charges of towns and offering advice on actions of governing bodies. We continue to look to
the League for information, and
they never fail to answer our requests.
Perhaps the most significant
change over the past 38 years has
been one of orientation. With the
tremendous growth of the federal
government and the creation of so
many federal programs, the League
has found it necessary to orient toward Washington, keeping members posted on Congressional actions. Fortunately, the League has
been able to do this without sacrificing the attention to the General
Assembly in Richmond.
I really cannot say enough about
the people at the League's office.
The executive directors with whom I
have worked and the various staff
members have always been courteous, responsive, dedicated professionals. They deserve most of the
credit for the outstanding service of
the Virginia Municipal League.

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Questions Most
Frequently Asked
By V M L Members
Q . H o w s h o u l d a member of a l o c a l
g o v e r n i n g b o d y disclose a c o n flict of interest w h e n faced w i t h
one d u r i n g a meeting of the governing b o d y ?
A . T h e V i r g i n i a C o n f l i c t of Interests
A c t at 2.1-352 of the V i r g i n i a
C o d e requires the member to
"disclose" such interests to the
governing body and "disqualify"
himself or herself f r o m v o t i n g on
or participating i n a n y consideration of that transaction. T h e
A c t does not define the terms
"disclose" or " d i s q u a l i f y " or set
f o r t h a specific procedure to sati s f y these requirements.
W e offer a suggestion for adequate disclosure. A t the
moment the councilmember
realizes he or she has a conflict,
the member s h o u l d m a k e a
public announcement to the
c o u n c i l s i m i l a r to the f o l l o w i n g :

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material financial interest in this
matter. I therefore
disqualify
myself from voting on this item
and from participating
in any
discussion or consideration
of
it. I ask that notation be included in the minutes
indicating
that I have an interest in this
transaction and that I have
disqualified
myself from any
consideration
thereof.
T h e r e is no need for the
c o u n c i l member to outline the
specifics of the f i n a n c i a l i n terest. A l s o , there is nothing to
prohibit the councilmember
after d i s q u a l i f i c a t i o n f r o m
m o v i n g to the other side of the
c o u n c i l table a n d presenting e v i dence or arguing as a p r i v a t e
citizen.
If the councilmember notes
an item on the agenda p r i o r to
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has a conflict, the best practice
w o u l d be for the member to i m mediately send a w r i t t e n note to
the c h a i r m a n of clerk revealing
the conflict a n d d i s q u a l i f y i n g
himself or herself.
Q.

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W h a t is the procedure for governing bodies to use to go into
executive session?
V i r g i n i a ' s Freedom of I n f o r m a tion A c t requires governing
bodies to vote in open session to
go into executive session for a
reason permitted b y the A c t .
T h e m o t i o n , w h i c h must be
passed b y a m a j o r i t y vote, must
state specifically the purpose or
purposes for the closed meeting
and a statement must be i n cluded i n the minutes m a k i n g
specific reference to the a p plicable sections of the A c t
w h i c h permit the executive session. A n example of a n adequate m o t i o n is, " I m o v e w e go
into executive session for the
purpose of discussion legal m a t ters pursuant to the exemption
f r o m open meetings a l l o w e d b y
Section 2.1-344 (a) (b) of the
Virginia Code." T h e governing
b o d y does not need to p r o v i d e
details of the purpose of the executive session as long as the

m o t i o n identifies the purpose b y
using the applicable language of
the statute.
Q . A r e minutes required to be taken
at l o c a l government study c o m mittee meetings?
A . T h e Freedom of I n f o r m a t i o n A c t
requires minutes to be taken at
study committee meetings w h e n
the committee includes a majority of the governing b o d y .
Q . M a y c o u n c i l members receive reimbursement for personal expenses incurred w h i l e on official
business i n the city i n w h i c h they
h o l d office?
A . Legislation passed b y the 1982
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y permits council members to be reimbursed for
such expenses if the claims are
reasonable, itemized a n d d o c u mented b y stamped p a i d receipts
to the extent feasible.

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Insurance Program
Growth Continues

Norfolk
Councilmember
Claude
chairs Public Safety
Committee.

Staylor

State Capitol. Photo by Charlotte

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Q . W h e n must localities be i n c o m pliance w i t h the V i r g i n i a P r o curement A c t a n d w h i c h l o c a l i ties must f o l l o w the A c t ?

Q . M a y a l o c a l i t y enter into a lease
requiring payment of public
funds for more than a one-year
period?

A . A l l t o w n s , cities a n d counties
must be i n compliance w i t h
seven sections of the A c t b y J a n u a r y 1 , 1983. T o w n s w i t h less
than 3500 residents are exempt
f r o m the remainder of the A c t
w h i l e the other localities must
implement the balance of the A c t
or fashion alternative procedures based o n competitive p r i n ciples.

A . A governing b o d y m a y not b i n d
its successors to m a k e future app r o p r i a t i o n s . A contract w h i c h
is entered into i n one fiscal y e a r
a n d requires a p a y m e n t i n the
next fiscal y e a r must be subject
to the condition that the governing b o d y appropriate funds d u r ing the y e a r the p a y m e n t is due.

Q . If a volunteer f i r e m a n uses his
o w n vehicle to respond to a fire
m a y he be ticketed for v i o l a t i n g
traffic regulations?
A . Y e s , he m a y be ticketed because
he w i l l not h a v e the proper
equipment required b y state l a w
for emergency vehicles. D r i v e r s
of emergency vehicles are permitted to disregard traffic regulations o n l y w h e n both lights
a n d sirens are i n operation.
W h i l e state l a w permits v o l u n teer firemen to h a v e t w o red •
lights on one personal vehicle,
the code does not p r o v i d e for
p r i v a t e vehicles to be equipped
w i t h a siren w h i c h meets state
standards for emergency
vehicles.

O n J u l y 1 , 1982 the V i r g i n i a M u nicipal G r o u p Self Insurance A s s o c i ation began its third y e a r of operation w i t h a p p r o x i m a t e l y $3.7 m i l l i o n in a n n u a l p r e m i u m a n d over
115 political s u b d i v i s i o n members.
T h e p r o g r a m , w h i c h is the oldest
a n d largest w o r k m e n ' s compensation self-insurance association in
V i r g i n i a , received a p p r o v a l in June
to declare its first d i v i d e n d based on
savings f r o m the 1980-81 f u n d y e a r .
A total of $291,217.49 w a s a u t h o rized for distribution to the 46 firstyear members. T h i s represents 20.8
percent of the $1,403,818 i n collected p r e m i u m s . T h e d i v i d e n d is
composed of interest earnings,
w h i c h are distributed to each m e m ber on a pro rata basis, and claims
f u n d surplus w h i c h is distributed
based on each member's i n d i v i d u a l
loss r a t i o .
W h i l e the average d i v i d e n d w a s
20.8 percent, 12 members had d i v i dends between 30 percent a n d 40
percent, 25 members h a d dividends
between 20 percent and 30 percent,
a n d o n l y nine member had d i v i dends below 20 percent. I n the first
y e a r of the p r o g r a m o n l y five of the
46 members h a d losses w h i c h exceeded their i n d i v i d u a l c o n t r i b u tions to the claims f u n d .
Beginning w i t h the J u l y 1 , 1982
y e a r the fee paid to the service c o m p a n y a n d the fee p a i d for reinsurance w e r e both reduced. Reinsurance costs were reduced f r o m a l most 15 percent to o n l y 5.25 percent
a n d coverage limits were greatly exp a n d e d . U n d e r the new p o l i c y , specific per occurrence coverage is n o w

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" s t a t u t o r y " after the f u n d p a y s
$175,000 retention. T h i s means the
reinsurer p a y s the full cost of a n y
c l a i m b e y o n d $175,000 i n accordance w i t h the V i r g i n i a W o r k m e n ' s
Compensation A c t .
P r e v i o u s coverage w a s limited to
$5 m i l l i o n per occurrence. A l s o , u n der the n e w p o l i c y , aggregate reinsurance l i m i t s w e r e increased f r o m
$ 1 m i l l i o n to $5 m i l l i o n s h o u l d the
claims f u n d ever become exhausted.
A s the p r o g r a m g r o w s , the b o a r d
has expressed a keen interest i n
more sophisticated loss c o n t r o l efforts. I n addition to the twice a n n u a l safety inspections, plans are
being made for special training seminars for s u p e r v i s o r s , on site t r a i n ing for w o r k e r s , developing a safety
m a n u a l a n d responding to special
requests f r o m members for more detailed safety inspections. T h e b o a r d
has further emphasized that m e m -

bers w i t h poor loss experience that
do not m a k e substantial efforts at
i m p r o v i n g safety conditions a n d reducing their losses w i l l h a v e their association membership discontinued.
If y o u are interested in joining the
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Director of
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S a n d r a J . Bacas
Advertising
and Exhibits
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Administrative
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Administrative

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Sheree C a r t e r
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�City of Roanoi&lt;e, Virginia

�What Started Virginia
Beach?

Cottage Days At Virginia Beach—In September 1920 there was no boardwalk, the streets were unimproved but the city had been well platted.
The large white building was the second Princess Anne Hotel at 25th Street, torn down In the early 1960s to make way for the present building
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T w o F-14 f i g h t e r planes, t h r o w n
like darts against t h e sky, s w i n g o u t
over t h e ocean, d r a w i n g t h e shaded
stares of s u n b a t h e r s d o t t i n g t h e
w h i t e beach below.
A few miles inland, e x e c u t i v e s at
the A m e r i c a n headquarters for several European c o m p a n i e s are conferring w i t h parent c o r p o r a t i o n s in a
buzz of French, German, Italian and
Spanish.
A n d In nearby fields, newly
planted corn and soybeans are
p u s h i n g their way out of t h e fertile
ground.
These are but a few of t h e many
sides of Virginia Beach, a strange
and u n i q u e b l e n d of history and
progress, t o u r i s m and military, industry and a g r i c u l t u r e , a tiny seashore resort that merged w i t h a
s p r a w l i n g rural c o m m u n i t y to bloss o m into one of t h e c o u n t r y ' s fastest g r o w i n g areas and o n e of t h e
m o s t desirable places in V i r g i n i a to
live.
To u n d e r s t a n d t h i s m u n i c i p a l
p h e n o m e n a o n e must first look at
the h i s t o r i e s of t w o g o v e r n m e n t a l
bodies that eventually f o r m e d t h e
contemporary
city
of
Virginia
Beach.

Princess Anne County
A c c o r d i n g to history buffs, it
was a c o m p a n y of Sir Walter Raleigh's m e n , d i s p a t c h e d f r o m t h e
first c o l o n y at Roanoke Island in
search of a more favorable l o c a t i o n ,
w h o explored t h e territory e x t e n d e d
f r o m North Carolina t o t h e shores of
Chesapeake Bay.
A n d had not Raleigh fallen into
disfavor w i t h King J a m e s I and been
e x e c u t e d , c h a n c e s are t h e entire
area w o u l d today be k n o w n as Raleigh, Virginia.
But t h e Roanoke Island c o l o n y
disappeared, its fate always to remain a mystery. It w a s n ' t until April
26, 1607, that t h e first permanent
settlers landed in t h e New W o r l d on
the shores of t h e Chesapeake.
A small e x p e d i t i o n of three vessels, t h e Godspeed,
Discovery
and
Sarah Constant,
under t h e c o m mand of Captain C h r i s t o p h e r Newport spent four t o r t u r o u s m o n t h s
making t h e c r o s s i n g f r o m England
and were sorely pleased to f i n d a
safe anchorage inside t h e p r o t e c t e d
bay.
They reprovisioned their s h i p s
f r o m natural resources and f o u g h t a

bloody s k i r m i s h w i t h t h e Chesapeake Indians.
At t h e site of t h e skirmish t h e
sailors erected a cross, claimed t h e
land in t h e name of God and England and named t h e spot Cape
Henry in honor of t h e 13-year-old
Prince of Wales. Deciding this site
was t o o open to t h e sea for settlement, they sailed up the James
River and on May 13, 1607 established t h e c o l o n y they
called
Jamestown.
The y o u n g colony flourished and
spread. In 1634, its leaders divided it
into eight c o u n t i e s w i t h t h e current
Virginia Beach area In t h e one
called Elizabeth City County. Three
years later, another division placed
it in New Norfolk County. After several divisions, it became Princess
A n n e County in 1691.
The inland waterways were t h e
main
mode
of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n .
W h e t h e r a social call, a c h u r c h service or t h e movement of crops to
market, t h e trip w a s made by water.
Just as t h e Chesapeake provided a
source of f o o d w i t h its abundant
marine life, t h e network of rivers
and creeks served as a means of
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n and c o m m u n i c a t i o n .
By t h e turn of t h e century. Princess Anne County had b e c o m e a

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p r o s p e r o u s farming c o m m u n i t y , a
s t a t u s that portion of
Virginia
B e a c h still e n j o y s . T h e great plantat i o n s produced c o r n , t o b a c c o and
w h e a t ; f o r e s t s provided oak for
s h i p b u i l d i n g and pine for tar, turpentine and lumber; flax w a s grown
for linen and l i n s e e d oil; and fishermen w e r e reaping great h a r v e s t s of
Lynnhaven oysters.
S h i p p i n g f l e e t s were built to export c r o p s to E n g l a n d and trading
c o m m u n i t i e s began sprouting up
along the L y n n h a v e n River and its
tributaries. T h e London C o m p a n y
set up a post on the river's e a s t e r n
b r a n c h , h e n c e the n a m e London
Bridge C r e e k (today still an important c o m m e r c i a l industrial a r e a of
Virginia B e a c h ) .
In 1824, a c o u r t h o u s e w a s built
at its present location in P r i n c e s s
A n n e , the geographical c e n t e r of
the city. T h e original building still
s e r v e s a s a c o u r t h o u s e and is a
focal point of the IVIunicipal C o m plex of the City of V i r g i n i a B e a c h .

Virginia Beacti—Not
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As

W h i l e c o l o n i s t s were settling
other a r e a s of the c o u n t y in the first
two c e n t u r i e s of P r i n c e s s A n n e ' s
growth, the oceanfront territory remained wild and uninhabited. E x cept for the men who rode in relays
to light bonfires along the b e a c h
from C a p e Henry to the Outer
B a n k s , there w a s very little action
along the s h o r e l i n e .
During the War of 1812, however,
the c o u n t y militia thwarted a B r i t i s h
invasion and a frigate a n c h o r e d offs h o r e opened fire on the A m e r i cans. The coastline area became
known a s Seatack ( " s e a attack"), a
n a m e it kept for 50 y e a r s .
S e a t a c k w a s a l s o the site for one
of the lifesaving s t a t i o n s and w a s in
the a r e a that is now 24th Street and
O c e a n f r o n t . A s with all the other
s t a t i o n s , a c o m m u n i t y began to
form, beginning with the lifesaving
c r e w and their f a m i l i e s . A group of
Norfolk s p o r t s m e n built a hunting
and f i s h i n g c l u b w h e r e 17th Street
is now, and the m e m b e r s c a l l e d the
a r e a Virginia B e a c h . T h e y soon recognized the potential of the beauti-

ful b e a c h and formed the S e a s i d e
Hotel and Land Development C o m pany. In 1883 t h i s c o m p a n y built the
first hotel and popularity of the Virginia B e a c h Hotel grew a s word of
the facility s p r e a d .
T h i s group then formed the Virginia B e a c h Railroad and Improvement C o m p a n y , w h i c h a b s o r b e d the
earlier c o m p a n y , and immediately
p u r c h a s e d 1600 a c r e s of oceanfront
land and built a 19-mile narrowgauge railroad linking the little c o m munity to Norfolk.
In 1885 the group built the Princ e s s A n n e Hotel on the oceanfront
between 14th and 16th S t r e e t s , with
the t e r m i n u s of the railroad at the
lobby's e n t r a n c e . T h e hotel w a s a
m a g n i f i c e n t s t r u c t u r e and w a s
a c o m p l e t e resort unto itself, attracting the rich and f a m o u s from
up and down the E a s t C o a s t . Virg i n i a B e a c h b e c a m e the f a s h i o n able p l a c e to v a c a t i o n .
T h e early resort grew around
17th Street and it w a s here the first
c o m m e r c i a l development o c c u r r e d .
T h e town b e c a m e incorporated and
by 1907, it had a mayor, a town hall
and a jail. But in J u n e of that year, it
s u f f e r e d a terrible s e t b a c k w h e n the
P r i n c e s s A n n e Hotel burned, taking

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w i t h it t h e w o o d e n boardwalk a n d
several nearby b u i l d i n g s . It was t h e
end of an era.
W i t h t h e historic hotel gone, dev e l o p m e n t began t o move n o r t h .
W i t h t h e highway links of Virginia
Beach Boulevard a n d Laskin Road,
b o t h c o m p l e t e d in t h e 1920s, Virg i n i a Beach again began to b o o m .
H o t e l s increased b u t it remained
primarily a c o t t a g e t o w n .
T h r o u g h o u t t h e f o l l o w i n g decades Virginia Beach c o n t i n u e d t o
develop as a resort, reaching t h e
s t a t u s of city of t h e s e c o n d class,
h o s t i n g small c o n v e n t i o n s and
m e e t i n g s , e n j o y i n g a healthy tourism b u s i n e s s and generally fulf i l l i n g its role as a small seashore
resort c i t y .
This is where t h e city stayed for
many years. V i r g i n i a Beach was a
tiny resort, governed by a five-member c o u n c i l . Princess A n n e C o u n t y
was a giant a g r i c u l t u r e c o m m u n i t y ,
governed by a six-member board of
supervisors. The t w o localities were
n e i g h b o r s , c o m p a t i b l e but c o m pletely separate in their interests.
Everyone w a s happy w i t h t h e arrangement.

Annexation Prompts
Virginia Beach
The first move t o w a r d a merger
c a m e in 1923, w h e n N o r f o l k annexed 27 square miles of t h e coun-

ty, i n c l u d i n g Ocean View a n d t h e
port area where Norfolk International Terminals n o w s t a n d . Residents
were so riled by t h i s that 36 years
later, w h e n Norfolk again annexed
c o u n t y land, they made sure there
w o u l d be no more a n n e x a t i o n s .
Both c o u n t y a n d city had long
held close political ties. F o l l o w i n g
the last a n n e x a t i o n , they began talking about a merger, o n e that w o u l d
protect both localities. In January
1962, t h e voters in both c o m m u n i ties o v e r w h e l m i n g l y approved a
merger w h i c h d i s s o l v e d t h e c o u n t y
and made it a part of V i r g i n i a Beach.
The new City of Virginia Beach
o f f i c i a l l y came into being at 10 a.m.
January 1, 1963. Overnight it grew
f r o m a resort city of 8,000 permanent residents, e n c o m p a s s i n g t h e
area f r o m Rudee Inlet t o 48th Street,
to a city of 130,000 p o p u l a t i o n ,
spreading o u t over 310 square
m i l e s , b o u n d e d by t h e A t l a n t i c
Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, t h e North
Carolina line, t h e city l i m i t s of Norfolk a n d Chesapeake. Included in
these b o u n d a r i e s were 51 square
miles of inland waters, t h e 2,710acre Seashore State Park, t h e A r m y
Reserve s u m m e r t r a i n i n g c a m p at
Camp Pendleton and four active
military b a s e s — O c e a n a Naval Air
S t a t i o n , Little Creek A m p h i b i o u s
Base, Fort Story T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Army Base and Dam Neck Fleet AntiAircraft Warfare Training Center.
Today the p o p u l a t i o n is 283,200.

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New Identity for Virginia
Beach
The new city charter established
a council-manager f o r m of government w i t h an 11-member city council as t h e legislative end of t h e
g o v e r n m e n t , a n d t h e city manager
as the chief administrator.
Suddenly, people began discovering t h e new Virginia Beach and
f l o c k e d in at t h e rate of 1,000 per
m o n t h , a rate that only in recent
years has s l o w e d t o 700 per m o n t h .
W i t h these people came t h e need
for services. The infant city struggled to provide t h e m . A s housing
d e v e l o p m e n t s sprouted up on undeveloped land, t h e oceanfront began
g r o w i n g and f l o u r i s h i n g as a c o m plete seashore resort.
Those w h o saw t h e city t h r o u g h
its early g r o w i n g pains must be
given credit f o r their patience and
perseverance. They were not always
k n o w l e d g e a b l e in the ways of building a city, but they worked hard at
f i n d i n g the answers.
It was not until t h e newly structured g o v e r n m e n t was put into effect that t h e chaos of merging leveled off and organized development
took place. The city finally started
reaching its potential and it has
been e x c e e d i n g all e x p e c t a t i o n s
since.

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�Changing The Beach
Through Economic
Development
"The creation of the Department of Economic Development and its divisions
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In one respect, economic development is simply a matter of filling
empty spaces. Filling empty hotel
rooms at the beach, industrial parks
and convention halls. Filling these
spaces results in lower tax rates
and more jobs.
The department responsible for
filling the empty spaces in Virginia
Beach is the Department of Economic Development, directed by A.
James De Bellis.
There are three divisions in this
department: the Division of Industrial Development, coordinated by
Harold L. Gallup Jr; the Division of
Convention Promotion, coordinated
by Hugh C. Barton; and the Division
of Tourist Development, coordinated by James B. Ricketts.
Prior to 1970 when the Department of Economic Development
came into being, there was very little industry in the city other than
the valuable agriculture industry.
Tourism, too, was a substantial contributor but very few conventions of
any size were coming to Virginia
Beach at that time. There were no
organized efforts made by the
Chamber of Commerce and the independent convention solicitation
efforts of some of the innkeepers.

One of the most innovative actions that launched Virginia Beach
industrially was the unique landbank concept, a brainchild of De
Bellis, which led to the development of Oceana West Industrial
Park.
With the support of the Virginia
Beach Chamber of Commerce and
the Virginia Beach Development Authority (a seven-member citizen
group appointed by City Council to
approve and advise in industrial
matters), De Bellis set up a program
involving 1,000 acres of land near
the newly constructed Lynnhaven
Parkway.
"Through a series of options to
buy, the city controlled the growth
of Oceana West Industrial Park and
the types of industry to go in the
park," De Bellis said. "Property
owners were paid for the equity in
their property as the land was sold
to industries. The absolutely unique
thing here is that no tax funds were
invested in purchasing real estate."
One aspect of this program was
that in some cases farmers could
continue farming their land while industries were being sought, even
though the property was officially
up for sale.
The industrial staff works with
local firms when needed and actively solicits Virginia companies,
but its main goal is to bring in firms
from outside the state.
It was with this in mind that the
Development Authority established
Airport Industrial Park, a 202-acre
site adjacent to Norfolk Regional
Airport. Airport Industrial Park is
currently approaching maximum capacity. The city's third and oldest
park, Lynnhaven Industrial Park, is
already at full capacity.

Oceana West is the newest park
and careful attention is given to the
types of industry encouraged to locate in Virginia Beach. Of prime interest are nonpolluting support industries, such as light manufacturing, and packaging, warehousing
and distribution. Lynnhaven Mall,
the first regional mall opened here
in 12 years, is part of this industrial
park.
This type of Industry in no way
threatens the balance of the city's
multi-faceted economy; it presents
no adverse effect on either the agriculture ortourism industries.

"Measure
of
success?
About 7,600 jobs and $1.9
million in tax revenues."
The impact on the economy of
the Airport and Ocean West parks,
the two marketed by the Division of
Industrial Development and monitored by the Virginia Beach Development Authority, is more than impressive. The two parks in 10 years
have created 7,641 new jobs and
contributed $1.9 million in tax
revenues.
But the success story doesn't
stop with industrial parks. The department
locates
businesses
throughout the city and has been responsible for the location of 141
new businesses and the creation of
854 new jobs other than those in the
industrial parks.
An example of the types of industries populating these parks are:
Hermes Abrasives Ltd., makers of
industrial coated abrasives; Cooper
Bearing Co., makers of split roller
bearings; Eastern International
Company, Inc. and Electrical Cable
Division, wholesalers and distributors of wire and cable (this operation encompasses seven acres undercover); Moulinex Manufacturing,
Inc., makers of small appliances;
and Stihl, Inc., makers and distributors of chain saws.

�The m a r k e t i n g program that
brought these f i r m s t o Virginia emphasized t h e area's s t r e n g t h s , s u c h
as its labor force and the availability
of land.
There are no geographic barriers
to t h e area's labor supply. Even
commuters coming from
North
Carolina or the Peninsula have no
more than 30 m i n u t e s traveling
t i m e . There is a t r e m e n d o u s female
labor f o r c e w h i c h has proved t o be
reliable and capable, the military
helps because t h o s e leaving t h e
service want to remain in t h e area
and t h e y o u n g p o p u l a t i o n (the c i t y ' s
median age is n o w 26.9) helps attract industry because it represents
a w e l l - e d u c a t e d , easily trainable
w o r k force.
Securing the type of industry Virginia Beach is looking f o r takes
t i m e . It c o u l d take f r o m t w o to 10
years f r o m t i m e of c o n t a c t to actual l o c a t i o n ; the average probably
is s o m e w h e r e between three to five
years. But the m a r k e t i n g program is
paying off. Firms are c o m i n g into
V i r g i n i a Beach and all areas of the
city are recognizing t h e b e n e f i t s of
light industry.
A n d the industries are recognizing the b e n e f i t s of V i r g i n i a
Beach.

The Hampton Spirit
See America's yesterday. .
Hampton Roads, where
the Moniton and the
Merimac clashed;
St. Johns Church built in
1728, Ft. Monroe, where
Lee served and Jefferson
Davis was imprisoned.
Then see America's
tomorrow. . . NASA where
astronauts learned to walk
on the moon, and where
you'll see the Apollo 12
spacecraft, David Scott's
spacesuit and a piece of
the moon.
And don't forget today. . .
sun, sea and sand for
swimming or just plain
relaxing; fun for the little
folks at a farm full of
loveable, pettable animals;
monuments and relics; the
Hampton Navy; museums;
and some of the best
seafood eating establishments east of the Mississippi.
The Hampton Sprit lives on!

Hampton Virginia

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HARRISONBURG

CITY OF DANVILLE

Congratulates and Extends Best Wishes To

AND ITS

CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH
For Hosting The
1982 VML Conference

WATER, GAS AND ELECTRIC DEPARTMENTS
DANVILLE'S MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITIES

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Building on our heritage, not over it.

�Compliments of
Compliments of

The City of
Chesapeake

The City of
Bedford

challenging
the future...
...with the heritage
of the past.
A complete community, rich in
history and tradition, yet
progressive in economic
development. T h e close proximity
to Washington, D . C . links us to
the nation, and Loudoun County's
Dulles Airport serves as a gateway
to the world.

�THE CITY OF MANASSAS PARK,
VIRGINIA
THE CITY WISHES T H E VML AND A L L C O N F E R E N C E
P A R T I C I P A N T S A S U C C E S S F U L 1 982 C O N V E N T I O N

AN E X C E L L E N T P L A C E T O E S T A B L I S H A B U S I N E S S ,
IDEAL LOCATION FOR INDUSTRY
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Airports
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under renovation
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— B o a t i n g , fishing, hunting, golfing within m i n u t e s

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�Agriculture and Tourism
Unlikely Partners Working Together

"The friends who visit in the
summer are very valuable to u s , "
says E. R. Cockrell, Jr., Virginia
Beach Director of Agriculture, "but
that's only part of it. Virginia Beach
is many things to many people.
"So many people think of Virginia Beach as waves pounding on
the shore, of mountains of high-rise
buildings. But Virginia Beach is
land, lakes, streams, forests and
fields. It's running room for the
kids, a relaxed time for the middleaged, a place to rest when you're as
old as I am."
Dick Cockrell is far from being
the old codger he'd lead you to
believe.
He has been working with local
farmers for 30 years now. He knows,
and is quick to remind, "Virginia
Beach is one of the greatest agriculture cities in the world."

In 1981 this industry contributed
over $98.9 million to the local economy. About $31 million of that
amount was attributed to the farm
gate value of crops and livestock.
Only occasionally will one see
giant trucks loaded with swine for
market on the interstate. Yet last
year 75,000 hogs and pigs were sold
by Virginia Beach growers for a total
in excess of $7 million.
Agriculture reaches its peak
about the same time tourism is in
full swing, but the vast movements
of the two industries scarcely touch
each other. The reason, of course,
is space.
Virginia Beach can easily absorb
some 44,000 acres of farmland, a
thriving seashore resort, five enormous military installations, three
large industrial parks, numerous
shopping malls and thousands of
acres in housing developments.
Still, almost half of the city's total land area remains much as it was
when British colonists first began
settling it in the 1600s—wild, fertile,
and rich in natural resources.
Farmland and forests are located
primarily in the extreme southern
section of the city, extending from
the area around the Municipal Complex in Princess Anne Borough to
Knotts Island on the North Carolina
line. This area follows the Pungo
Ridge (named after the Indian Chief
Machiapungo), the highest and richest land in the city.
There are also prosperous farms
in the Lynnhaven and Bayslde boroughs of the city. Once grand plantations lined the banks of the Lynn-

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"Agriculture is one of this
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tfiose who live or vacation
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haven River, each with its own dock
and boat because waterways were
the primary means of transportation.
Farming has changed considerably over the years. Farms have
grown smaller, crop types are no
longer the same and methods have
improved.
In colonial times, the leading
money crop was tobacco. It was
moved from the farms, mostly by
skiff and barge, to Kemps Landing
(the area now known as Kempsville),
where it was loaded aboard ships
for export to England.
Today, soybeans are Virginia
Beach's leading cash crop. In 1981,
local growers produced more than
one million bushels of these nutritionally rich beans on 30,200 acres
of land for a whopping farm gate
value of $7.7 million.
Corn was the next highest
money crop with 1.4 million bushels
valued at $4.5 million, followed by
wheat with 845,000 bushels valued
at about $3.6 million.
There are many lesser crops, of
course—those vegetable and fruits
that fill the farmer's markets and the
special fields, opened to the public
to "pick-your-own."
"It's unusual for prime agriculture to be located in a resort," Cockrell said, "but I think it's fascinating
to find this industry at this stage. I
think it's great!"
Tourism and agriculture are
strange partners, but they have
proven compatible in Virginia
Beach and the city has prospered
by the development of each.

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popular spot w i t h college s t u d e n t s ;
it's a fun place to earn money for
school.
A n o t h e r plus Virginia Beach offers is a friendly a t m o s p h e r e , a unique fact in itself. Resort areas are
not always h o s p i t a b l e ; " l o c a l s " freq u e n t l y take out f r u s t r a t i o n s caused
by c r o w d e d c o n d i t i o n s on unwary
vacationers. That's not the case in
Virginia Beach.
" W e are g e t t i n g more and more
reports, or I s h o u l d say c o m p l i m e n t s , on the h o s p i t a l i t y of the people in Virginia B e a c h , " says Ricketts. " V i s i t o r s appreciate that. We
do get c r o w d e d in the summer, but
our residents have c o m e to realize
p r o b l e m s are not caused by the
tourists."
In t o u r i s t d e v e l o p m e n t , s u c c e s s
is measured by the n u m b e r s . How
m u c h of an increase is it over previous years? For Virginia Beach, the
n u m b e r s add up to an o v e r w h e l m ing s u c c e s s .
B e t w e e n 1974, w h e n the c i t y ' s
Division of Tourist Development
was organized under the Department of E c o n o m i c Development,
and 1981, Virginia Beach enjoyed a
300 percent g r o w t h in t o u r i s t spending . . f r o m $63.3 m i l l i o n to approximately $210 m i l l i o n .
What really b o g g l e s the m i n d is
during that t i m e , there were t w o rec e s s i o n s , t w o n a t i o n w i d e gas crises, beach erosion p r o b l e m s and a
severe d r o u g h t .
The reason for V i r g i n i a Beach's
s u c c e s s d u r i n g such periods is
surely related to its l o c a t i o n .
" W e are so near the heavily populated areas of the East Coast, we
have a great advantage," says
J a m e s B. Ricketts, c o o r d i n a t o r of
the Division of Tourist Development. " W h e n money gets t i g h t ,
these people take their vacations
c l o s e r to h o m e . They c o m e to Virginia Beach."
S p e n d i n g may be scaled d o w n ,
of c o u r s e , and there is evidence t h i s
is now h a p p e n i n g . Restaurant revenues, for instance, are off s l i g h t l y .
More vacationers, especially families, are eating at fast f o o d places,
and less in fancier restaurants. They
are also using h o t e l / m o t e l e f f i c i e n cies where they can prepare meals
in their r o o m s .

Other c u t b a c k s are n o t i c e a b l e .
Retail sales in the resort area are
still g o o d , but the trend is t o w a r d
less expensive m e r c h a n d i s e . Such
sales, however, c o n t i n u e to a c c o u n t
for 19 percent of the c i t y ' s overall
retail sales. Not bad, w h e n you consider the resort area only e n c o m passes 1,600 acres (and very few
s h o p p i n g centers) of the 310 square
miles that make up Virginia Beach.
A l t h o u g h the military and city
g o v e r n m e n t are major e m p l o y e e s ,
t o u r i s m generates 6,000 full t i m e
j o b s on a year around basis and
another 6,000 part t i m e s u m m e r
j o b s . The beach c o n t i n u e s to be a

Tourists Help With Taxes
Virginia Beach residents also
realize their taxes c o n t i n u e to remain a m o n g the lowest in the state,
indeed a m o n g the lowest in the
country, because city coffers are
filled w i t h out-of-town dollars.
M u c h of the local taxes are directly derived f r o m the t o u r i s t industry. In 1981, $19.7 m i l l i o n in personal property, real estate and restaurant taxes f r o m t o u r i s t oriented
properties went directly in the city
treasury.
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In return, the city spent only $2.9
m i l l i o n in advertising and beach rep l e n i s h m e n t to nourish t h i s valuable industry.
Three years ago, the d i v i s i o n ' s
advertising message was c h a n g e d
f r o m the usual surf-and-sand-andfun to s t r e s s i n g Virginia Beach as a
g o o d place to stay w h i l e v i s i t i n g
such
p l a c e s as
Williamsburg,
Busch Gardens and o t h e r s . The
idea was to get more people to the
beach, and t o keep t h e m longer. It
w o r k e d . In 1980, 55 percent of the
visitors stayed three n i g h t s or more.
Last year that percentage j u m p e d to
65.
Ricketts has also s o u g h t to expand the t r a d i t i o n a l , s u m m e r t o u r i s t
season. " I felt w i t h what we have to
offer, we c o u l d take a larger part of
the p r o m o t i o n f u n d and sell the offseason m o n t h s . " In 1975, a campaign to p r o m o t e the fall " s h o u l d e r " m o n t h s started. A d s t o u t e d the
fall because the weather and water
are still warm and the beach is less
c r o w d e d . Since 1975, off-season
b u s i n e s s has increased 250 percent; the beach now e n j o y s a ninem o n t h season.
It all adds up to a s u c c e s s story
for Virginia Beach t o u r i s t development.

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W h e n T h o m a s H. M u e h l e n b e c k
a s s u m e d his d u t i e s June 1 as Virginia Beach's new city manager, his
reputation as a " w o r l ^ a h o l i c " had
preceded
him. Advance
news
reports f r o m A u s t i n , Texas, where
he has been d e p u t y manager, spol&lt;e
highly of the man s e l e c t e d by the
resort's city c o u n c i l .

Yet, early-bird e m p l o y e e s arriving at City Hall as early as 7:15
a.m. were s u r p r i s e d w h e n they saw
their new boss ahead of t h e m . It is
his policy to start his work day
about 7 a.m., a trait news reporters
found
f a s c i n a t i n g . After
being
q u e s t i o n e d a b o u t his w o r k habits
for t w o days he finally r e t o r t e d , " I s
that really i m p o r t a n t ? "
It w a s n ' t , of course. As the days
wore on M u e h l e n b e c k met w i t h department heads, aides, assorted
personnel and generally became acq u a i n t e d w i t h his staff and adopted
city. All w h o came in t o u c h w i t h him
were i m p r e s s e d w i t h his patience
and p e r s e v e r a n c e . A l w a y s w i t h the
door w i d e o p e n , he had t i m e for
everyone and gave each undivided
attention.
Michigan-born,Texas-bred Muehlenbeck is 41 and prematurely graying. His blue eyes sparkle w i t h a
sense of h u m o r and his q u i c k wit
and easy laugh i m m e d i a t e l y put

people at ease. He is k n o w n again
t h r o u g h advance news reports for
his tact and d i p l o m a c y , for cultivating c o n t a c t between local government and taxpayers—all valuable
a t t r i b u t e s for a city manager, especially in a diversified city like Virginia Beach.
He began his career in public adm i n i s t r a t i o n in A t c h i s o n , Kansas in
1967 and has since held four other
p o s i t i o n s in c i t i e s in Georgia and
Texas.
His i m m e d i a t e priorities for Virginia Beach are c o n t i n u i n g the
search for a city water supply and
d e v e l o p i n g a city capital improvement plan.
The new city manager has already purchased a home in the Middle Plantation n e i g h b o r h o o d of the
Little Neck Peninsula and will be
j o i n e d in Virginia Beach by his w i f e .
Myrtle, and t w o teenage children
w h e n their house in A u s t i n is sold.

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convention hail the facility can easily handle the cabaret-style concerts of the Virginia Paps or a violin soloist or a theatrical
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The lucrative c o n v e n t i o n business evaded Virginia Beach for
m u c h of its d e v e l o p m e n t period, primarily because there was little effort to attract the g r o u p s .
But w i t h the creation of the Department of E c o n o m i c
Development in 1970 and eventually its Division of C o n v e n t i o n P r o m o t i o n , the
city has j u m p e d into the business
w i t h both feet. A n d it has paid off.
" I ' m p r o j e c t i n g a 20 percent increase in 1982 over 1981," said
H u g h C. Barton, c o o r d i n a t o r of the
Division of C o n v e n t i o n P r o m o t i o n .
" E v e n w i t h the e c o n o m y being a little soft, I foresee no p r o b l e m w i t h
conventions."
The c o n v e n t i o n b u s i n e s s has bec o m e a f a c t o r in the e c o n o m i c and
physical g r o w t h of V i r g i n i a Beach.
But it d i d n ' t happen overnight.
Back in the mid-1950s s o m e fars i g h t e d citizens and city fathers dec i d e d the t i m e was right to attract
the c o n v e n t i o n trade. But there
were no f a c i l i t i e s to a c c o m m o d a t e
large g a t h e r i n g s , so the Alan B.
Shepard Civic Center, n i c k n a m e d
the Dome, was built.
The Dome, the first g e o m e t r i c
shaped s t r u c t u r e to be built in the
United States, was a s h o w p i e c e

w h e n it opened in 1958. It is a
u n i q u e b u i l d i n g for c o n v e n t i o n and
t o u r i s t trade alike.
In the 1960s, the Dome introd u c e d s o m e of the t o p names in the
entertainment
world
at
that
time—the
Beach
Boys,
Bobby
G o l d s b o r o , Roger Miller, The Rolling Stones and o t h e r s . It attracted
large c o n v e n t i o n s such as the MidAtlantic
Shrine,
the
Virginia
A s s o c i a t i o n of Rescue Squads,
trade s h o w s , art e x h i b i t s , a n t i q u e
s h o w s and other events.
The resort c o m m u n i t y and the
c o n v e n t i o n b u s i n e s s c o n t i n u e d to
progress. Steady but not startling
. . . but t w o major events o c c u r r e d
that had drastic results on the c i t y ' s
future.
In 1964, the 17-mile Chesapeake
Bay Bridge-Tunnel o p e n e d a land
c o n n e c t i o n for Virginia Beach w i t h
the Eastern Shore and all p o i n t s
n o r t h . This provided a direct, timesaving link w i t h the great northern
cities.
In 1967, w i t h the o p e n i n g of the
Virginia Beach-Norfolk Expressway,
the city was c o n v e n i e n t l y linked to
all n o r t h - s o u t h interstates and all
points west.

As hotel sizes increased, so did
the n u m b e r and size of convent i o n s . Most c o n v e n t i o n solicitation
c o n t i n u e d to fall under the responsibility of the Chamber of Commerce and the innkeepers, with the
city providing services and financial
assistance, mostly in the way of advertising f u n d s .
W i t h the creation of the Department of E c o n o m i c Development
and its early c o n v e n t i o n p r o m o t i o n
activities, however, the city became
totally involved in assisting innkeepers in filling facilities and booking larger g r o u p s in the Dome.
By the mid-1970s, everyone recognized Virginia Beach's potential
as a leading East Coast convention
city. It only needed a facility large
enough
to a c c o m m o d a t e
big
groups.
" W e saw a j u m p in hotel convent i o n s in 1978, w h i c h we attributed to
our advertising program directed at
t h i s business. It was the first t i m e
we had actively s o l i c i t e d convent i o n s , " Barton said.
C o n v e n t i o n figures attest to Bart o n ' s s t a t e m e n t . In 1977, the city
agency and the innkeepers attracted 32,000 delegates bringing

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Board of Supervisors and the
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alternatives. The system can res p o n d to a w i d e range of " w h a t
if" q u e s t i o n s by a d j u s t i n g the
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Summary
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Southern
Engineeriiig

STEARNS,CONRAD AND SCHMIDT
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•

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•

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•

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PROTECTION AND RECOVERY

1800

Richmond, Virginia

23219

Peachtree Street, N.W

P H O N E 804/649-8627

(404) 352-9200

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H e n m n g s o n . Dunham
Engineers
DESIGNERS

PUBLIC UTILITY

Dale Building - Suite 224 • 1504 Santa R o s a Road
VA 23288 • Phone

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Austin Droclwnbrough

CIVIL

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ELECTRICAL

E-H.MIIVE CIM

1 HQ^l ^51

804-288-4051

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FAIRFAX
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PLANNING

S U R V E Y I N G . INDUSTRIAL F6CILIIIES

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/Vo 71 Koget Executive Center
% Suite 250 Norfolk, VA 23502

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Fw'lax Professional Building
» Sw 7 3545 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax VA 22030

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W A T E R
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Three Chopt &amp; Parham Roads, Richmond 2 3 2 2 9

CONSULTING

AND

ENVIRONMENTAL

301 H I D E N

ENGINEERS

BOULEVARD

N E W P O R T N E W S . VA 23606

HANSEN

804-599-5511

Langley and McDonald

HURT &amp; PROFFITT, INC.
Engineers-Planners-Surveyors

ENGINEERS'PLANNERS-SURVEYORS

Water. Wastewater. Solid Wastes,
Soils &amp; Foundations
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1933 F o r i A v e .
U n c h b u r g , V A 24Sfll
(804) 8 4 7 - 7 7 %

Highways-Utilities-Waterfront
Facilities • Municipa I Comprehenstve
Planning.Industrial Park Development

WORKS

FREDERICK

APPHAI-SALS

S E W E R A G E

R E F U S E niSPOHAI,

400 East Main Street

Atlanta, Georgra 30367-8301

Richmond

WATER

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

C H O D A T . R U 8 A C K &amp; A S S O C I A T E S , INCT H E HATHAWAY HOUSE
103 C E N T R A L S T . P 0 BOX 749
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T E L E P H O N E (617) 237-5815

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Southern Engineering Company oi Virgima

1 1 2 6 0 R o g e r B a c o n D r i v e , R e s t o n , V a . 2 2 0 9 0 • (703) 4 7 1 - 6 1 5 0
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Rates
Planning
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Studies
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HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
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Studies

• 140 Sylvan Avenue. P.O. Box 1218
Englewood Cliffs. N . J . 07632 201 -567-8990
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Virginia B e a c h . Va 23462 804-499-8508

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STUDIES

VA 24504
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(804/237-2044)

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(212)267 8288
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Water Waste Surveys
Trunk M a i n S u r v e y s
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Special Hydraulic Investigations
100 C h u r c h S t . , N e w Y o r k , N . Y . 1 0 0 0 7
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611 Research Road
P.O. Box 2901
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Solid Wastes, Water Resources, Water
Supply and Treatment, Transportation
1941 Roland Clarke PLice
Reston, Virginia 220S1
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PUR YEAR, INC.

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804-794-6823

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Richmond. Virginia 23298

944 W E S T S T R E E T , ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401
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235-3450

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Ghicago, Illinois 60611. 267
pp. $39.95
In a time w h e n inflation, high interest rates a n d taxpayer revolts
have been front page n e w s , i n c r e a s ing p r e s s u r e h a s been placed on the
m a n a g e r s of public f u n d s to obtain
m a x i m u m y i e l d s at m i n i m u m risk.
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c o s t of leaving s i z e a b l e b a l a n c e s in
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dollar to work at the m a x i m u m return, often within very narrow legal
c o n s t r a i n t s a s to the definition of
" a c c e p t a b l e level of r i s k . "
T h e Public
Money
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Handbook
is an e x c e l l e n t guide for
f i n a n c i a l m a n a g e r s in s m a l l to medium s i z e local g o v e r n m e n t s . S u c h
m a n a g e r s often c a n a l l o c a t e only a
portion of their workday to c a s h
management and investment decis i o n s , w h e r e a s larger g o v e r n m e n t s
c a n hire full time financial e x p e r t s
already well trained in the n u a n c e s
of i n v e s t m e n t s t r a t e g i e s . T h e s e c -

tion perhaps of most immediate interest to a typical reader d e a l s with
short term i n v e s t i n g . T h e two chapters in this s e c t i o n detail c a s h forec a s t i n g t e c h n i q u e s and e n u m e r a t e
the many short term investment ins t r u m e n t s available to local governm e n t s . Of the v a r i o u s c a s h management a r t i c l e s a n d p u b l i c a t i o n s I
have s e e n in recent m o n t h s , this is
undoubtedly the most c o m p r e h e n sive and best written.
T o build the n e c e s s a r y framework
to determine j u s t how m u c h c a n be
put into short term i n v e s t m e n t s at
any given time, the book e x a m i n e s
t e c h n i q u e s for d i s b u r s e m e n t s , coll e c t i o n s , managing float, s e l e c t i n g
a bank a n d c o n t r a c t i n g for s p e c i a l ized banking s e r v i c e s .
T h e remaining third of the book is
devoted to long term i n v e s t m e n t s
with public p e n s i o n m a n a g e r s obviously in mind. While t h i s s e c t i o n
provides a very interesting overv i e w , it is doubtful that very many
m a n a g e r s of s m a l l a n d m e d i u m
sized c o m m u n i t i e s would be involved in p e n s i o n investment d e c i s i o n s . T h o s e larger localities with
their o w n pension f u n d s would certainly hire s p e c i a l i s t s to m a n a g e
their programs, and this s e c t i o n is
far too general for that type of manager. N e v e r t h e l e s s , it provides a

useful and informative c o n c l u s i o n
to a b a s i c primer on the management of public f u n d s .
T h e only r e s e r v a t i o n s I have
about the book are that it c o n t a i n s
several typographical spelling errors, and that it h a s a hefty price tag
of $39.95. Unfortunately, I unders t a n d that many college text books
are approaching this price range, s o
if y o u are looking for a way to upgrade your c a s h management s k i l l s
without paying tuition for a s e m i n a r
or c o l l e g e c l a s s , this book repres e n t s a good alternative. It is well
written, c a n be read in several
hours, w a s thoughtfully r e s e a r c h e d
and above all, it is up to date.
—Report by Bradley
Deputy
Director,
Virginia Municipal

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VOLUME 18

JANUARY 1983

*City

The S e s s i o n Convenes

NUMBER 1

�Editorial
Local Government • . . Competition or
Cooperation?
By Jack D,. Edwards
The q u e s t i o n raised in t h e editorial in t h e N o v e m b e r issue of VIRGINIA T O W N &amp; CITY is phrased
m o s t clearly in t h e t i t l e : Are Municipalities
Giving
Up Too Mucti
to
Actiieve
Voluntary
Annexation
Agreements?
The editorial c o n c l u d e s that an a n n e x a t i o n agreement w i t h a m o r a t o r i u m longer than
10 years " m a y n o t be in t h e best interest of t h e state, or t h e long t e r m
interest of t h e m u n i c i p a l i t y . "
This view is c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e
report of t h e C o m m i s s i o n on Local
G o v e r n m e n t in t h e case involving
Fredericksburg and S p o t s y l v a n i a
C o u n t y . The q u e s t i o n is a central
one; it may n o t be an exaggeration
to say that t h e s u c c e s s of t h e new
statute d e p e n d s o n h o w localities
approach this q u e s t i o n .
The recent history of t h e Virginia
Municipal League and t h e C o m m o n wealth of Virginia s h o u l d help us t o
a n s w e r this q u e s t i o n , as well as t w o
o t h e r s : H o w does t h e a n s w e r t o t h e
q u e s t i o n above affect t h e relations h i p s b e t w e e n local n e i g h b o r s ?
How does t h e a n s w e r a f f e c t t h e welfare of all local g o v e r n m e n t s ?

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The a n n e x a t i o n s i t u a t i o n , and Virg i n i a a n n e x a t i o n law, e n s u r e s that a
city and its n e i g h b o r i n g c o u n t y will
see each o t h e r as adversaries. Over
t i m e this s i t u a t i o n has proved t o be
divisive and harmful t o a c o m m u n i t y
— t h e long-term damage resulted
in t h e s t a t e w i d e m o r a t o r i u m w h i c h
lasted f r o m 1971 t o 1980.
T h o m a s J . M i c h i e , Jr., t h e n in t h e
H o u s e of Delegates, w a s t h e driving
f o r c e behind t h e legislation w h i c h
became e f f e c t i v e in 1980. He indicated that t h e f o u r main goals of t h e
s t a t u t e all related t o f i n d i n g alternatives t o a n n e x a t i o n . The s t a t u t e
r e c o g n i z e d , however i m p e r f e c t l y ,
that t h e goal m u s t be amicable
s e t t l e m e n t s rather than divisive and
About the Author
Mr. Edwards Is a supervisor for James
City County and as chairman of the
League's City Section, is a member of
the VML Executive Committee.

c o s t l y adversary p r o c e e d i n g s . In
several ways, t h e statute encouraged c o o p e r a t i o n , n e g o t i a t i o n and
s e t t l e m e n t . The s t a t u t e has been at
least partly s u c c e s s f u l in this respect since t h e n u m b e r of localities
w h i c h have entered n e g o t i a t i o n is
far greater than ever before.
Why d o c o u n t i e s j o i n c i t i e s at t h e
n e g o t i a t i n g table? One of t h e major
reasons is t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of longt e r m local peace, one that will permit both c o u n t i e s and c i t i e s t o plan
their d e v e l o p m e n t and services. If
a n n e x a t i o n n e g o t i a t i o n s d o not inc l u d e t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of a moratorium e x c e e d i n g 10 years, it is unlikely that w e will see many agreements.
All of t h i s s u g g e s t s that Frede r i c k s b u r g and Spotsylvania are t o
be praised, not c h a s t i s e d or p i t i e d .
They w o r k e d o u t t h e t e r m s w h i c h
were necessary for a local agreement; one of those t e r m s ensures a
long period w h i c h will be free of potentially harmful a n n e x a t i o n s . W h i l e
I d o not know w h e t h e r each agreement is t h e best o n e w h i c h c o u l d be
devised,
I am c o n v i n c e d
that
e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s in t h o s e c o m m u n i ties are in the best p o s i t i o n t o know
what t e r m s are essential f o r an
agreement.
The s t r e n g t h of local g o v e r n m e n t
lies in t h e fact that d e c i s i o n s are
made by t h o s e w h o are closest t o
the p r o b l e m s . One of t h e advantages of a negotiated s e t t l e m e n t , as
c o m p a r e d to a court battle, is that
local o f f i c i a l s and citizens c o n t r o l
their o w n d e s t i n y rather than c o m m i t t i n g it to t h e d e c i s i o n of outsiders.

As a historical matter, cities and
c o u n t i e s have f o u g h t each other
w i t h an intensity w h i c h w o u l d make
a f o o t b a l l c o a c h p r o u d . This may
please state o f f i c i a l s in R i c h m o n d ,
w h o realize that s u c h in-fighting
prevents local g o v e r n m e n t s f r o m
b e c o m i n g a potent force in state
p o l i c i e s . R i c h m o n d has relied upon
our t e n d e n c y t o use up m u c h of our
energy this way, and it has rarely
been d i s a p p o i n t e d .

There were t w o major e x c e p t i o n s
in t h e 1970's. In 1977, s o m e localities were p u s h i n g f o r an additional
one cent t o t h e sales tax, w i t h t h e
proceeds t o be divided a m o n g local
g o v e r n m e n t s . State
authorities
c o u n t e d on our inability t o agree on
a f o r m u l a for d i s t r i b u t i o n b u t , in
fact, V M L and t h e Virginia Association of C o u n t i e s (VACO) a p p o i n t e d
a j o i n t c o m m i t t e e and hammered
out an a c c e p t a b l e c o m p r o m i s e . The
leadership of V M L President Anne
Kilgore, then mayor of H a m p t o n ,
was i n s t r u m e n t a l in achieving that
agreement. Unfortunately, the.state
did not accept t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n , but it s h o w e d local and state
officials that cooperation c o u l d
build a new local force.
In t h e late 1970's, the annexation
issue began t o d o m i n a t e local
t h i n k i n g . V M L and VACO a p p o i n t e d
a j o i n t task force t o search for c o m mon
g r o u n d . Many
observers
t h o u g h t it w a s fruitless, given t h e
nature of t h e issue. Again, t h e t w o
g r o u p s f o u n d important areas of
agreement. These points were sugg e s t e d to Delegate Michie and
others w h o were working on t h e legislation, and many of the suggest i o n s were incorporated in the law.
There is a great difference bet w e e n our usual f i g h t i n g and t h e
t w o examples of cooperation j u s t
c i t e d . The old d i s p u t e s a s s u m e a
fixed pie; t h e q u e s t i o n is h o w it will
be divided a m o n g localities. Cooperation a s s u m e s that there might be
a larger pie for local government.
The old d i s p u t e s reflect a preoccupation w i t h t h e politics of d i s t r i b u t i o n ; c o o p e r a t i o n sees the possibility of a p o l i t i c s of g r o w t h .
There may have been an earlier
and happier t i m e w h e n local governm e n t s c o u l d afford to worry only
about t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n of t h e pie.
Now t i m e s are t o u g h for many local
g o v e r n m e n t s , and they are going t o
get tougher. W e need to expand our
resources and our authority. To d o
that, cities and c o u n t i e s must treat
each other as partners, not adversaries, in order t o show a united
front. The Virginia
Municipal
League should provide leadership
in this d i r e c t i o n .

�Virginia

Editor
Charlotte Kingery

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J A N U A R Y 1983

NUMBER 1

Local Government—Competition or Cooperation?
" J a m e s City C o u n t y S u p e r v i s o r J a c k E d w a r d s replies to the Nove m b e r e d i t o r i a l on voluntary annexation a g r e e m e n t s . "

4 Resolving Land Use Disputes Between State Agencies and Local Governments
" L e g i s l a t i o n should be e n a c t e d that would require state a g e n c i e s
and institutions to c o n f o r m to local regulations a s a general rule,
but would permit them to s e e k relief where they believe an e s s e n t i a l
state interest is involved."

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People

6 Cost Cutting Series
" W i t h this i s s u e of V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; C I T Y , a number of a r t i c l e s
will f o c u s on w a y s localities have cut their c o s t s . "

6 Becoming Your Own Customer—Norfolk's Self Insurance Program
" E r n e s t Franklin e x p l a i n s how Norfolk started its own program to
s a v e money and the b a s i c c o n c e p t s that localities need to c o n s i d e r
if they are interested in e s t a b l i s h i n g s u c h a program."

8 ZBB: Charlottesville's Tool For Cutback Management
" T h e city began i m p l e m e n t i n g zero-base budgeting in 1976."

10 Assigning Vehicles and Training Supervisors Save
Suffolk Money
" A n u m b e r o f programs have cut c o s t s in Suffolk but none have
been a s s u c c e s s f u l a s the personalized police v e h i c l e and supervisory training p r o g r a m s . "

12 Protecting Our Older Adults—Has Everything Been
Done?
" J o h n T w i s d a l e a p p l a u d s the adult protective s e r v i c e s law in Virginia but he c o n t e n d s it's not e n o u g h . "

14

Marketplace

14 Calendar
18 User Charges: Why Aren't Virginia Cities Using Them
More?
" V i r g i n i a c i t i e s need to e x a m i n e every a v e n u e for f u n d s but why
are u s e r f e e s being o v e r l o o k e d ? "

�Resolving Land Use Disputes
Between State Agencies
and Local Governments
By Frank Buck and
R o g e r C . Wiley, Jr.
B a c k in t h e 1970's, t h e C o m n n o n w e a l t h of V i r g i n i a tried t o locate a
p r i s o n in t h e G r e e n S p r i n g s area of
L o u i s a C o u n t y . It a l s o t r i e d t o e x p a n d t h e f o o t b a l l s t a d i u m at T h e
C o l l e g e of W i l l i a m &amp; Mary, w h i c h is
in t h e c i t y l i m i t s o f W i l l i a m s b u r g .
Recently, the state wanted a coal
l o a d i n g pier in P o r t s m o u t h a n d a
h a z a r d o u s w a s t e d i s p o s a l s i t e in
t h e quiet, rural s u r r o u n d i n g s of
B u c k i n g h a m C o u n t y . A l l t h e s e att e m p t s by t h e state failed but local
g o v e r n m e n t s as well as citizens are
o f t e n s u r p r i s e d t o learn that local
zoning ordinances give t h e m no
protection, regardless of the impact, w h e n the state wants to locate
a f a c i l i t y in t h e i r a r e a .
W h i l e t h e r e is n o s t a t u t e o r Virg i n i a c o u r t d e c i s i o n s p e c i f i c a l l y exempting
state
institutions
and
agencies from local zoning control,
s t a t e o f f i c i a l s u s u a l l y rely o n a 1971
o p i n i o n o f t h e A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l {Report of the Attorney
General,
197172, p. 103) c i t i n g t h e c o m m o n l a w
rule t h a t t h e s o v e r e i g n is n o t b o u n d
by a n y s t a t u t e u n l e s s t h e s t a t u t e
specifically says so. That opinion
correctly notes that a majority of
state c o u r t s have t h u s held state e n tities e x e m p t from local zoning ordinances. While some sound, contrary
a r g u m e n t s are available, m o s t local
g o v e r n m e n t s have a s s u m e d
that
the Supreme
Court
of
Virginia,
which has frequently upheld state
sovereignty
in o t h e r
instances,
w o u l d agree with the Attorney General's opinion.

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C o u r t s in several o t h e r s t a t e s ,
however,
have
recognized
that
granting state agencies
absolute
i m m u n i t y from local zoning control
is u n s a t i s f a c t o r y . R a t h e r t h a n r e l y ing on a strict rule that t h e state's
s o v e r e i g n t y is s u p e r i o r , t h e y have
a d o p t e d a " b a l a n c i n g of governmental interests" test that recognizes both statewide c o n c e r n s and
the needs of local citizens.

&gt;
About The Authors
Mr. Buck is the mayor of Charlottesville
while Mr. Wiley is the city attorney.

Perhaps the first of t h e cases t o
adopt this more reasoned view was
Rutgers,
State University
v.
Piluso,
6 0 N . J . 1 4 2 , 2 8 6 A . 2 d 6 9 7 ( 1 9 7 2 ) , in
w h i c h t h e c o u r t c o n s i d e r e d t h e nature and s c o p e of authority of the
state institution, the kind of land
use or function involved, the extent
of t h e s t a t e w i d e p u b l i c i n t e r e s t t o
be served, t h e e f f e c t t h e local regulation w o u l d have o n t h e state activity a n d t h e i m p a c t u p o n l e g i t i m a t e
local interests. W i t h slight modific a t i o n s t h e s e factors have s i n c e
been adopted as the "balancing
t e s t " b y a p p e l l a t e c o u r t s in D e l a ware, Florida, Minnesota, North and
S o u t h D a k o t a a n d K a n s a s in d e c i d ing w h i c h governmental
entities
s h o u l d b e e x e m p t f r o m z o n i n g restrictions.

"Legislative action can
modify the extent of state
agencies' immunity from
local zoning control."
E v e n if t h e c o u r t s a d h e r e t o t h e
o l d e r v i e w of state s o v e r e i g n t y , legislative action c a n , of course, modify t h e e x t e n t of s t a t e a g e n c i e s ' i m m u n i t y f r o m local z o n i n g c o n t r o l . Interestingly,
the
legislatures
of
North a n d S o u t h Carolina have b o t h
abolished
state
immunity
altog e t h e r , t r e a t i n g s t a t e a g e n c i e s in
the s a m e m a n n e r as private landowners for zoning purposes.
Officials
of the University
of
North Carolina and the T o w n of
C h a p e l Hill have reported satisfaction with theirexperience underthis
law, w h i c h h a s n o w b e e n in e f f e c t
for more than ten years. Predictably
the local g o v e r n m e n t officials were
m o r e e n t h u s i a s t i c , b u t t h e university administrators admitted that
t h e r e q u i r e m e n t t o c o m p l y w i t h local o r d i n a n c e s
had made
them
more sensitive to local c o n c e r n s
and had never prevented U N C f r o m
d o i n g a n y t h i n g it " r e a l l y n e e d e d t o
do."
A l t h o u g h t h e N o r t h C a r o l i n a experience has apparently been successful, state officials might legitimately be c o n c e r n e d that localities
w o u l d u s e their z o n i n g p o w e r t o exclude unpopular but essential state

facilities s u c h as prisons, mental institutions or waste disposal sites.
N e v e r t h e l e s s , it s h o u l d b e e v i d e n t
that not every state s p o n s o r e d activity serves an essential statewide
p u r p o s e , a n d that s t a t e a g e n c i e s often ignore local zoning out of convenience
or
mere
indifference
rather than necessity. For example,
a Radford city official reported that
Radford
University
purchased
h o u s e s in s i n g l e f a m i l y r e s i d e n t i a l
zones and leased t h e m to fraternities, disregarding local zoning regulations.
Recognizing the need for a better
way to deal with this problem. Sena t o r T h o m a s J . M i c h i e of Charlottesville
introduced
legislation
last year that w o u l d have required
state agencies and institutions to
c o n f o r m to local regulations as a
general rule, b u t w o u l d have permitt e d t h e m t o seek relief w h e r e t h e y
believed an essential state interest
was involved. Under the proposal,
the appeal w o u l d not be m a d e
through the courts, but through an
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e p r o c e s s at t h e s t a t e
level. That process w o u l d apply a
balancing test, similar to that used
i n t h e Rutgers
case, and w o u l d give
the governor final authority to decide w h e t h e r the state agency's interest
outweighs
the
interests
served by t h e local regulation.
While this legislation was not
a d o p t e d last year. S e n a t o r M i c h i e
p l a n s t o r e i n t r o d u c e it in t h i s y e a r ' s
s e s s i o n . It e f f e c t i v e l y p r e s e r v e s t h e
c o n c e p t of state sovereignty w h i l e
r e c o g n i z i n g l e g i t i m a t e local intere s t s . If a d o p t e d , it w o u l d r e m o v e a
f r e q u e n t s o u r c e o f i r r i t a t i o n in s t a t e
and local relationships and w o u l d
guarantee citizens protection from
a r b i t r a r y s t a t e a c t i o n in t h e s a m e
w a y that t h e c o u r t s have already
p r o t e c t e d t h e m f r o m arbitrary local
government action. Local officials
should express their support for
Senator Michie's proposal to other
m e m b e r s of t h e General A s s e m b l y .

�People
Chesterfield
Appoints Two
J . Royall Robertson fills the vac a n c y left by E. Merlin O'Neill on
the C h e s t e r f i e l d Board of Superv i s o r s . R o b e r t s o n r e p r e s e n t s the
M a t o a c a District and his appointment e x t e n d s through next year. He
is a retired manager of the R i c h mond office of the
Production
Credit A s s o c i a t i o n .
Dr. Burt H. Lowe w a s named director of the C h e s t e r f i e l d County
Department of Mental Health/Mental
Retardation
and S u b s t a n c e
A b u s e . He holds d e g r e e s from
G e o r g e t o w n University and Miami
University of Ohio. Dr. L o w e rep l a c e s Albert W y n n e w h o recently
retired.

Livinski Promoted
J o s e p h R. Livinski w a s appointed
director of the F a l l s C h u r c h Department of P u b l i c Utilities. L i v i n s k i rep l a c e s Howard W. Smith w h o retired in October. S m i t h w a s with the
city for 22 y e a r s , working his w a y up
from e n g i n e e r to department director. L i v i n s k i , former a s s i s t a n t director, h a s been with the city for 14

y e a r s and is a p r o f e s s i o n a l engineer
and a m e m b e r of the A m e r i c a n S o c i ety of Civil E n g i n e e r s and the American Water W o r k s A s s o c i a t i o n .

Mauro Named City Clerk
Jacl(ie IVIauro w a s named city
clerk of F a i r f a x City. S h e h a s been
a c t i n g director s i n c e J u l y , having
been appointed deputy city clerk in
October of 1980. Mauro s u c c e e d s
S u z a n n e Albin.

Honors
Ray A. J a c k s o n , chief of utility
operations f o r t h e city of R i c h m o n d ,
w a s a w a r d e d the D i s t i n g u i s h e d Serv i c e A w a r d by the Virginia S e c t i o n
of the A m e r i c a n W a t e r W o r k s A s s o ciation
( A W W A ) at its
annual
meeting in R o a n o k e . He w a s given
the a w a r d for his outstanding participation, c o u n s e l , and p r o g r e s s i v e
leadership to the state s e c t i o n .
A W W A is a nonprofit s c i e n t i f i c and
educational
s o c i e t y for
profess i o n a l s in the water w o r k s industry.
Judith S . Robinson, C M C , recorder of the town of W i n d s o r , h a s
been a c c e p t e d into the A c a d e m y for
A d v a n c e d E d u c a t i o n of the Interna-

tional Institute of Municipal C l e r k s .
T h e a c a d e m y is a p r o f e s s i o n a l body
of m u n i c i p a l c l e r k s who have c o n tinued their high level e d u c a t i o n a l
a c h i e v e m e n t beyond the attainment
of the prestigious Certified Municipal Clerk ( C M C ) A w a r d . I I M C president T h o m a s M. R e d a n a u e r , ann o u n c e d , " I a m p l e a s e d to w e l c o m e
Mrs. R o b i n s o n a s a m e m b e r in the
IIMC A c a d e m y for A d v a n c e d E d u c a tion. S h e is an inspiration to all
m e m b e r s of our p r o f e s s i o n and a
fine e x a m p l e of a dedicated public
s e r v a n t . " S h e w a s appointed recorder for the town in J u l y , 1972 and
1977, s h e b e c a m e zoning administrator and s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r to
the planning c o m m i s s i o n .

Angle Dies Served 20 Years
Alpheus Nathaniel "Runt" Angle,
a member of the R o c k y Mount T o w n
C o u n c i l for 20 y e a r s , died November
22. A n g l e a l s o s e r v e d on the board
of t r u s t e e s of F r a n k l i n Memorial
H o s p i t a l . He is survived by his wife
and two c h i l d r e n .
R. Howard Robinson fills the vac a n c y left by C o u n c i l m a n Angle.

The WaUerstein Scholarship
The WaUerstein Scholarship w a s
e s t a b l i s h e d by a gift from R u t h C .
a n d Morton L. WaUerstein to the
University of V i r g i n i a to foster intere s t and r e s e a r c h in Virginia municipal government.
T h e s c h o l a r s h i p is a d m i n i s t e r e d
by the Virginia Municipal L e a g u e
and the Institute of G o v e r n m e n t ,
University of V i r g i n i a .
E L I G I B I L I T Y : An Applicant m u s t
be:
1. A n e m p l o y e e or official of a
V i r g i n i a municipality w h o w o u l d
like to s p e n d a year at the University
of V i r g i n i a e n g a g e d in r e s e a r c h a n d
s t u d y with the Institute of G o v e r n ment; or
2. A p e r s o n , preferably an employee or official of a Virginia municipality, s e e k i n g to
undertake
graduate work at the University of
V i r g i n i a in a field related to municipal government. It i s hoped, but not
required, that the recipient intends

to enter or re-enter Virginia municipal government s e r v i c e upon c o m pletion of the graduate work.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
W h i l e an applicant must s h o w
promise of benefiting s u b s t a n t i a l l y
from a year at the University and a
degree applicant m u s t meet a d m i s s i o n s t a n d a r d s , the s e l e c t i o n c o m mittee will p l a c e heavy e m p h a s i s
upon the individual's potential for
public s e r v i c e in Virginia.
DURATION O F T H E AWARD:
T h e a w a r d i s m a d e for a twelvemonth period, b e g i n n i n g , at the recipient's w i s h e s , between J u n e 1,
1983, a n d S e p t e m b e r 1 , 1983, and
may c o n t i n u e for a s e c o n d y e a r dependent upon the r e c i p i e n t ' s need
and his or her first year record.
AMOUNT O F T H E AWARD: T h e
amount is $5,000.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
A p p l i c a n t s for the s c h o l a r s h i p
may obtain the n e c e s s a r y f o r m s by

writing to the Institute. A p p l i c a n t s
s e e k i n g a graduate degree m u s t fulfill all the r e q u i r e m e n t s for a d m i s s i o n to the graduate s c h o o l of the
University. Inquiries regarding graduate s c h o o l r e q u i r e m e n t s s h o u l d be
a d d r e s s e d to the Dean of the G r a d u ate S c h o o l of A r t s a n d S c i e n c e s ,
438 C a b e l l H a l l , University of Virginia, C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , 22903.
DATES FOR SELECTION:
A p p l i c a t i o n s must be s u b m i t t e d
no later than February 1 , 1983. A n
applicant may be invited to attend a
personal interview held either at the
Institute or at the V i r g i n i a Municipal
L e a g u e o f f i c e s in R i c h m o n d . T h e recipient will be notified no later than
April 1 5 , 1 9 8 3 .
For further
information,
please
write to Dr. Timotfiy G. O'Rourke, Institute of Government,
University of
Virginia, 207 Minor Hail,
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903.

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Cost Cutting Series

One of the s e s s i o n s at the 1982 Virginia IVIunicipal League Annual Conference in Virginia Beach
was "Innovative Local Government Cost Reductions." This s e s s i o n was sponsored by the Virginia Local Government Analysts Network, a
group of budget and management analysts working in local governments throughout the state. Bec a u s e many attendees wanted to know more
about the projects presented, VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
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this month, describing the cost reduction programs.
Allen A. Turnbull, administrative analyst for
J a m e s City County, coordinated the cost reduction s e s s i o n a s well a s this series of articles. For
further information about the analysts network,
contact Mr. Turnbull at P.O. Box J C , Williamsburg,
Virginia 23187. The members meet several times a
year to hold workshops and seminars on topics of
interest.

Becoming Your Own Customer
Norfolk's Self-Insurance Program

By Ernest Franklin

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No q u e s t i o n about it, the e a s i e s t
a p p r o a c h for a municipality to gain
protection from liability and property r i s k s Is to transfer the risk to
s o m e o n e e l s e , that i s , buy insura n c e . But through a c o n c e r t e d effort, by City Manager J u l i a n F. Hirst
and a nu mbe r of city d e p a r t m e n t s ,
one of Norfolk's most s u c c e s s f u l
c o s t s a v i n g Innovations Is Its self
i n s u r a n c e program for all fire, automotive and general liability r i s k s .
T h e program h a s been s u c c e s s f u l
not only in t e r m s of reduced c o s t s
but in more c o m p l e t e c o v e r a g e a s
well.
Until self I n s u r a n c e , Norfolk, like
a number of Virginia l o c a l i t i e s , had
Insured for c a s u a l t y and liability risk
through local i n s u r a n c e agent a s s o c i a t i o n s . T h e city relied on a c ons or tium of I n s u r a n c e e x p e r t s to a d v i s e ,
make r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s and generally handle all I n s u r a n c e n e e d s .
T h e Norfolk self I n s u r a n c e c o n cept b a s i c a l l y Is, that In lieu of paying p r e m i u m s through
existing
a g e n t s , an I n s u r a n c e reserve fund Is
e s t a b l i s h e d b a s e d on the s a m e
a m o u n t that would o t h e r w i s e be
paid a s straight i n s u r a n c e premiu m s . A s i g n i f i c a n t portion of the
fund is u s e d to pay for e x c e s s or
catastrophic insurance coverage.
T h e remaining f u n d s are u s e d to
pay the n u m e r o u s s m a l l e r c l a i m s
a g a i n s t the city.
T h e program is not a pure self ins u r a n c e program. A l m o s t half of the
i n s u r a n c e fund dollars are u s e d for
the p u r c h a s e of e x c e s s i n s u r a n c e
c o v e r a g e . A n o t h e r w a y to look at

About the Author
Mr. Franklin is the senior administrative
analyst for the City of Norfolk.

Automotive coverage is part of Noriolii's program.

this Is going from a program w h e r e
i n s u r a n c e Is paid from the first dollar of l o s s to a program with a deductible higher than any s i n g l e
c l a i m paid by the city over the previo u s five y e a r s .
T h e original self I n s u r a n c e c o n cept w a s identified three y e a r s before it w a s initiated. T h e goals of
the original study, w h i c h c o n t i n ue
to be the major f o c u s of the program, are the protection of the city
against f i n a n c i a l c a t a s t r o p h y and
the minimization of long term total
costs.
In exploring the self I n s u r a n c e
possibility, three b a s i c s t e p s Involved with any risk m a n a g e m e n t
program were taken. F i r s t , the city
Identified and m e a s u r e d all r i s k s

that have a potential l o s s for the
city. S e c o n d , Norfolk e s t a b l i s h e d
control, s a f e t y and l o s s prevention
programs. E x c e p t i n g a c t s of G o d ,
most l o s s e s are preventable—the
extent and s u c c e s s of a safety program could make or break a self Ins u r a n c e program. T h e third step
w a s d e c i d i ng how to best s e c u r e
protection
against those
risks
w h i c h pose major or nonabsorbable
l o s s potential.
It w a s w h i le determining the best
and most affordable
protection
against Identified r i s k s that Norfolk
c a m e to the c o n c e p t of self insura n c e . A s mentioned earlier, the
e a s i e s t w a y to protect oneself from
risk is to transfer the risk to someone e l s e by buying I n s u r a n c e . A

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simple rationale, however, applies:
insurance should only be purchased for losses that are too large
to be handled internally or are catastrophic in nature. Risks that are
either reasonably predictable (occur
regularly) or are relatively small in
size (low cost) are best handled by
paying from working/operating
funds or paying from a reserve set
aside for that purpose. Norfolk
found it was making the common
mistake of purchasing insurance,
paying to transfer risks, for losses
which were neither catastrophic nor
particularly disabling in amount.
Determining what is disabling is
no easy question. Several approaches were taken. One rule of
thumb relates affordable losses to
normal fluctuations that might be
expected in the city's annual gross
revenues. Total operating revenues
had in the past deviated as much as
3 1/2 percent from the anticipated or
budgeted revenue amounts. The assumption was made that Norfolk
could absorb or retain property and
liability losses of one-tenth of that
deviation. This realization helped
determine both the size of the self
insurance fund as well as the maximum affordable loss retention
levels.
The bottom line on deciding to go
ahead with a self insurance program

"The extent and success of
a safety program could
make or break a self insurance program.'
was provided by an evaluation of
Norfolk's historical insurance loss
records. Breaking down annual
claims by number or occurrences
and categorizing them by dollar loss
size, it was found that the significant majority of claims were of the
predictable low cost variety. Losses
that could, in effect, be reasonably
expected in the normal course of
business and, therefore, budgeted
for in total with some degree of accuracy.
There are numerous other considerations in establishing an in~
house self insurance program, including the cost to administer, cash
flow, competitive bid process for
excess insurance and the ability to
draw appropriate bid specifications
making it possible for bidders to offer plans optimum to local needs.
Also, the difficult job or actually
identifying all potential risks is a
key consideration.
A final set of obstacles include
the procedural and organizational
difficulties in managing a risk man-

agement program, delegating responsibility and authority, establishing a financial and accounting
system and arranging for claims
handling.
Now several years after addressing these various problems, Norfolk
has a protected risk management
program with greater coverage at
half the cost of the original full insurance effort.

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For Cutback Management
By Suzette Denslow
Zero-base b u d g e t i n g , or Z B B , is a
process w h i c l i had a big popularity
a f e w years ago, and is now more of
a " b a c k b u r n e r " c o n c e p t . For a
w h i l e , Z B B was talked about a l o t t o o m u c h , and, in fact, many have
p r e c o n c e p t i o n s or poor i n f o r m a t i o n
on the m e c h a n i c s of the process or
what it can be used for.
Zero-base b u d g e t i n g is not meant
to be a p r o c e s s that s h o u l d be used
by everyone, and it s h o u l d not be
presented as one. Instead, it is a
m e t h o d of b u d g e t i n g backed by usable and practical p r i n c i p l e s w h i c h
are i m p o r t a n t in t h e m s e l v e s . The
p r o c e s s used by the City of Charlottesville is a m o d i f i e d version of
ZBB.

Z B B , a major one being that it is not
practical or useful to reevaluate all
services annually. This is certainly
true, and one of the main reasons
the Charlottesville process can be
referred to, at best, is m o d i f i e d zerobase b u d g e t i n g .

A Modified Version—The
Charlottesville Way
Charlottesville
began
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that:
—starts at the g r o u n d - l e v e l —
zero—rather than at the current
level of service;
—forces managers to prioritize
their programs and f u n c t i o n s ;
and,
—moves away f r o m i n c r e m e n t a l
b u d g e t i n g and a l l o w s d e c i s i o n
makers to f o c u s on p o l i c i e s and
programs, instead of p e n c i l s
and p a p e r c l i p s .
In c o n t r a s t , incremental budgeting is based on the idea that the services currently provided are at the
right level, and will need an incremental increase of f u n d s in order to
c o n t i n u e . Incremental
budgeting
not only a l l o w s but e n c o u r a g e s
s t a g n a t i o n . It e n c o u r a g e s people to
do t h i n g s " t h e way they've always
been d o n e " instead of looking for
better m e t h o d s .
The basic c o n c e p t of Z B B is to
evaluate all programs d u r i n g each
budget c y c l e and d e t e r m i n e w h i c h
services are m o s t i m p o r t a n t and in
what order. After all programs are
ranked, a f u n d i n g level is set, and
programs falling below the level are
not f u n d e d .
There are many c o m p l a i n t s about
A b o u t the A u t h o r
Ms. Denslow is a legislative analyst w i t h
the State Joint Legislative A u d i t and Review C o m m i s s i o n (JLARC). From September, 1980 to J u n e , 1982, she was a
b u d g e t analyst for the City of Charlottesville.

m e n t s are involved in the process,
and c o u n c i l is c o m f o r t a b l e w i t h it.
A l t h o u g h there are t w o ways to
approach the process, both begin at
the d e p a r t m e n t or division level.
The first m e t h o d begins w i t h the
base level of service that can be provided. The base level is d e f i n e d as
services that are legally required or
necessary. Obviously, the determination of the m i n i m u m level of service requires s o m e give-and-take
between the d e p a r t m e n t manager
and the b u d g e t officer. After t h i s
m i n i m u m level has been determ i n e d , the i n c r e m e n t a l levels of increased services are s p e c i f i e d .
S o m e t i m e s rules are set to help the
d e p a r t m e n t manager decide how to
f o r m u l a t e the levels; each level
m u s t include one full-time employee, and have a c o s t that is approximately 10 percent of the total
a m o u n t of the p r o p o s e d departmental or divisional budget.

A good example of this approach
is the fire d e p a r t m e n t ' s budget. The
fire chief felt that the base level of
service w o u l d provide five fire c o m panies w i t h 46 e m p l o y e e s , maintain
a response time of 4.1 m i n u t e s , and
provide the fire fighters w i t h 600
hours of training per year. The second increment w o u l d cost an additional $390,000, and w o u l d add 19
e m p l o y e e s , an additional fire c o m pany, and the service of making ins p e c t i o n s of businesses. It w o u l d
also increase the training hours
f r o m 600 to 4,000 per year. The third
increment adds a trainer to the department, reduces the water application t i m e (as a result of better
training), and provides necessary
training in fire-cause d e t e r m i n a t i o n
at an added cost of $30,000. The final service level w o u l d cost $50,000,
add three firefighters, reduce the response t i m e and provide 70 public
e d u c a t i o n programs per year.
To d e t e r m i n e the f u n d i n g level for
the d e p a r t m e n t in the u p c o m i n g
budget year, a d e c i s i o n is made
based on the desired level of service. If a c u t b a c k in f u n d s is necessary, the c u t s start w i t h the last
level of service s h o w n , w h i c h is the
least important or least necessary
increment.
The s e c o n d m e t h o d of w o r k i n g
t h r o u g h the b u d g e t i n g process is to
examine the level of service currently provided and decide what
part of the service is the least important. This b e c o m e s the last service increment. The second least
important service level is then det e r m i n e d , and the process is repeated until a m i n i m u m level of service is left as the base.
For example, three levels of service were d e t e r m i n e d by the refuse
c o l l e c t i o n division chief. The division currently provides pickup of
refuse f r o m residences and c o m mercial d u m p s t e r s , and has a Saturday pickup provided to restaurants
and a few other high-volume businesses. The chief decided that the
Saturday c o l l e c t i o n was the least
important, and calculated that it
c o s t s about $20,000 a year to provide. The s e c o n d least important
service was the free c o m m e r c i a l
dumpster
pickup
which
costs
$170,000 annually to operate. The
base level of service, as d e t e r m i n e d
by the d i v i s i o n , was residential

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Tlie m e c l i a n i c s of d e v e l o p i n g
these types of b u d g e t service levels
are s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d , but the process
is t i m e c o n s u m i n g . Involving department managers f r o m the start in
m a k i n g priority d e c i s i o n s on their
o w n programs is the main internal
benefit. Managers have t o examine
and evaluate these programs t o
plan the best use of f u n d s and the
correct rankings of their various services. In a d d i t i o n , all d e p a r t m e n t
heads are involved in a process of
ranking the Importance of targeted
services across d e p a r t m e n t a l lines.
T w o f a c t o r s serve to keep department managers " h o n e s t " ; that Is,
keeping t h e m f r o m p r o p o s i n g the
s h u t d o w n of a popular recreational
facility w h i c h w o u l d raise public ire.
First, many managers truly feel the
o b l i g a t i o n to provide the best service possible t o the p u b l i c . S e c o n d ,
m o s t managers realize that if they
do not do a g o o d j o b in p r o p o s i n g
ranked service levels, then someone else will have t o make c u t b a c k
d e c i s i o n s based on t o o little or misi n f o r m a t i o n . Most d e p a r t m e n t managers can be c o n v i n c e d that in budget s i t u a t i o n s , i n f o r m e d d e c i s i o n s
are generally better all-around than
u n i n f o r m e d ones.

Why It's U s e d . . . The
Benefits
There are at least six major benefits of t h i s p r o c e s s of having department heads d e c i d e " w h e r e the c u t s
s h o u l d c o m e " If they are needed.
1. The p r o c e s s f o r c e s department managers t o rank or prioritize
their o w n p r o g r a m s . It is a useful Internal tool for each manager t o use.
2. It f o r c e s managers t o a n s w e r
the q u e s t i o n , " W h a t Is the minim u m , adequate level of s e r v i c e ? "
3. It Involves d e p a r t m e n t or division heads In the d e c i s i o n making
p r o c e s s , rather than trying t o force
a d e c i s l o n on t h e m .
4. It uses expert k n o w l e d g e . No
one person can have In-depth
k n o w l e d g e of all programs. Expert
k n o w l e d g e , provided by the program managers, is the best s o u r c e
of this I n f o r m a t i o n .
5. It e n c o u r a g e s the enhancement of services. Setting priorities
enables e n h a n c e m e n t s of programs
to take p r e c e d e n c e over less important, c u r r e n t l y provided services.
Without priority-setting, stagnation
w o u l d o c c u r in bad e c o n o m i c t i m e s .
The e x a m i n a t i o n of the current level
of services paves t h e way t o the exa m i n a t i o n of m e t h o d s , w i t h an emphasis on e f f i c i e n c y and quality.
6. The b u d g e t i n g process used in
Charlottesville
enables
policy

makers to make d e c i s i o n s based on
g o o d i n f o r m a t i o n . D e c i s i o n s are
easier because the potential areas
of reduced services and t h e outc o m e s of f u n d i n g c u t b a c k s are
spelled o u t early in t h e process.
Done properly, Charlottesville's
m o d i f i e d zero-base b u d g e t i n g process can be used to avoid unpleasant surprises after the d e c i s i o n s are
made.

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R i c h m o n d will bec o m e the first city in the state to offer a regional, residential program
for people c o n v i c t e d of nonviolent
c r i m e s w h o are put In a c o m m u n i t y
program Instead of being sent t o
jail.
City C o u n c i l authorized Richm o n d t o accept a $126,000 grant
f r o m the Department of C o r r e c t i o n s
to establish a halfway house, or
residence for s u c h f e l o n s .
The program is being set up und e r t h e C o m m u n i t y Diversion Incentive A c t of 1980, w h i c h gives j u d g e s
the o p t i o n of returning non-violent
o f f e n d e r s t o the c o m m u n i t y .
Generally, y o u n g o f f e n d e r s , o f t e n
w i t h drug p r o b l e m s , w h o are convicted of property c r i m e s , fall into
this category. Since the law was ena c t e d , 163 o f f e n d e r s have been diverted f r o m p r i s o n s in t h e state and
only eight were later sent back t o
jail.
The halfway house will be a shortt e r m place t o stay and residents are
e x p e c t e d t o pay a fee for h o u s i n g
and find e m p l o y m e n t .
A c c o r d i n g t o C. P. B r u m f i e l d , a regional c o u n t y c o r r e c t i o n s specialist
for the state, the halfway house will
bear no expense to the city government.

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Within recent y e a r s S u f f o l k h a s
instituted c o s t s a v i n g s and effic i e n c y improvement programs s u c h
a s implementing a word p r o c e s s i n g
s y s t e m , developing a p a r k s and recreation m a i n t e n a n c e m a n a g e m e n t
s y s t e m , and installing a new/ c o m puter-coupled
telephone
system
w h i c h provides m a n a g e m e n t reports. But two other programs, Pers o n a l i z e d P o l i c e V e h i c l e and Supervisory T r a i n i n g , have been key c o m p o n e n t s in the c i t y ' s c o s t s a v i n g s
plan.
What h a p p e n s w h e n a city gives
police o f f i c e r s their own v e h i c l e s ?
Quite a lot w h e n the r e s u l t s s h o w
lower m a i n t e n a n c e c o s t s , more police visability
and
productivity,
higher morale, and greater fuel efficiency.
S i n c e J u l y , 1980, the P e r s o n a l ized P o l i c e V e h i c l e Program h a s a s s i g n e d a v e h i c l e to an individual officer and it is his or her r e s p o n s i b i l ity to operate and maintain the vehic l e . T o be eligible, o f f i c e r s have to
p a s s probation and live in the city.
F a m i l y or friends may not ride in the
v e h i c l e and o f f i c e r s m u s t be neatly
d r e s s e d and monitor the radio and
respond to c a l l s on w h i c h he or s h e
c a n be of a s s i s t a n c e . A personally
About the Author
Mr. S t a n d i s h is a s s i s t a n t city m a n a g e r of
Suffolk.

a s s i g n e d v e h i c l e is c o n s i d e r e d a
fringe benefit and c a n be revoked
for d i s c i p l i n a r y r e a s o n s .
Pool c a r s last an average of one
year yet S u f f o l k h a s found that pers o n a l i z e d v e h i c l e s last three to four
y e a r s , probably b e c a u s e t h o s e vehic l e s not operated on a shift b a s i s rec e i v e better preventative mainten a n c e . A l s o , s i n c e pool v e h i c l e s are
driven 24-hours a day it c o s t s the
department about $100 a month to
maintain them a s opposed to $46
for personalized v e h i c l e s .
T h e department h a s been able to
shift from e x p e n s i v e and inefficient
eight c y l i n d e r v e h i c l e s (needed for
24-hour u s e ) to more e c o n o m i c a l s i x
c y l i n d e r v e h i c l e s for patrol u s e and
four c y l i n d e r v e h i c l e s for administrative and detective u s e . A s the
larger v e h i c l e s are r e p l a c e d , substantial fuel e c o n o m y is a c h i e v e d .
Productivity and police visability
have i n c r e a s e d a s a result of the
program. In addition to the u n c o m pensated overtime o f f i c e r s have
devoted to handling off duty c a l l s
for s e r v i c e and a s s i s t a n c e , the pers o n a l i z e d v e h i c l e program
has
added an average of four hours per
w e e k (42 to 46) to the police offic e r ' s s c h e d u l e by including traveling time to and from work for e a c h
officer. T h i s h a s resulted in over
$100,000 in u n c o m p e n s a t e d , inc r e a s e d productivity. B e c a u s e police o f f i c e r s live in every s e c t i o n of
Suffolk, police visability and capa-

bilities are e x t r a benefits of the program.

Training Supervisors
How c o u l d Suffolk develop a program that would c o m p e n s a t e for
the l o s s of 160 C E T A e m p l o y e e s yet
maintain the s a m e level of s e r v i c e ?
Like many local governments, the
city could not depend on the C o m p r e h e n s i v e E m p l o y m e n t and Training A c t ( C E T A ) program after 1981
a s a s o u r c e for staff and related
training. T o c o m p l i c a t e matters, employee s a f e t y records, staff turnover rate, i n c r e a s i n g employee eff e c t i v e n e s s and reducing employee
related c o s t s ( s u c h a s health and
workmen's
compensation
insurance) had to be c o n s i d e r e d .
Realizing i n c r e a s i n g c o s t s of labor would make it financially impossible to hire additional p e r s o n n e l ,
the city manager d e s i g n e d and initiated a S u p e r v i s o r y Training Program, not only to maintain e x i s t i n g
s e r v i c e levels but to improve t h e s e
levels a s w e l l .

"Employee turnover and
health care c o s t s have
decreased."
S i n c e J u l y , 1981, S u f f o l k ' s supervisory staff attend s e s s i o n s on a
variety of t o p i c s and information
from t h e s e s e s s i o n s is provided to

�s u b o r d i n a t e s . A s a result, t h e city
has d o c u m e n t e d substantial savings, increased p r o d u c t i v i t y and
safety records, and improved morale a m o n g e m p l o y e e s .
In o n e s e s s i o n e m p l o y e e s were
s h o w n h o w usage a f f e c t s t h e c o s t
of medical coverage, a n d now
S u f f o l k ' s health care c o s t s have
been reduced by 92 percent. Employees were not d i s c o u r a g e d f r o m
using their b e n e f i t s but rather ins t r u c t o r s emphasized how they can
use their
benefits
only
when
medically necessary and how t o
c o n s i d e r all t h e t r e a t m e n t o p t i o n s .
The message e m p l o y e e s received?
Using b e n e f i t s carefully not only
keeps health care c o s t s in line but
also saves t h e m money in t h e f o r m
of lower rates for their f a m i l i e s .
Since t h e initiation of supervisory
t r a i n i n g , e m p l o y e e turnover has decreased t o 20 percent as c o m p a r e d
to 33 percent t h e previous year. T h e
decrease in the n u m b e r of e m ployee t e r m i n a t i o n s is a t t r i b u t e d t o
the program because w i t h t r a i n i n g ,
e m p l o y e e s experience a greater
feeling of s a t i s f a c t i o n f r o m their
work. In a d d i t i o n , t h e process of
training helps e m p l o y e e s t o be
more effective because it develops
appropriate habits of skill and attitudes.
S u f f o l k ' s a c c i d e n t injury rate w a s
t o o high In 1981, c a u s i n g t h e c i t y ' s
workmen's
compensation
insurance to be jeopardized. To remedy
the s i t u a t i o n , w o r k s h o p s o n t h e
dangers of falls, electrical hazards
and defensive driving were incorporated into t h e supervisory training
p r o g r a m . T h e number of w o r k m e n ' s
c o m p e n s a t i o n c l a i m s has since dramatically r e d u c e d .
Local g o v e r n m e n t cost savings
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f o u n d that e x i s t i n g m e t h o d s can be
utilized, a n d , w h e n i m p l e m e n t e d ,
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Late o n a recent Friday evening
an 82-year old w i d o w w a s b r o u g l i t
to t h e e m e r g e n c y room of a Richm o n d hospital w i t h m u l t i p l e bruises
and facial lacerations. She appeared c o n f u s e d and d i s o r i e n t e d
and w o u l d not d i s c u s s how she had
s u s t a i n e d t h e injuries. Later she adm i t t e d t o an A d u l t Protective Services (APS) w o r k e r w i t h t h e city welfare d e p a r t m e n t that her middleaged s o n , in a d r u n k e n rage, had
beaten her.
A r o u n d t h e same t i m e , another
APS worker was i n v e s t i g a t i n g a
c o m p l a i n t f r o m a n e i g h b o r of a 73year old man w h o alleged that t h e
man w a s c o n f i n e d t o bed and neg l e c t e d by his d a u g h t e r d u r i n g her
hours of e m p l o y m e n t . The worker
discovered a nonambulatory, incont i n e n t , elderly male, lying in a soiled
hospital bed in t h e living room of
his h o m e w i t h no provision for f o o d ,
water, or personal care d u r i n g t h e
nine hours his d a u g h t e r w a s e m ployed each day.
A t h i r d case under APS investigat i o n that week involved t w o wealthy
sisters in their late 70's w h o lived in
a large h o m e in t h e w e s t e r n part of
R i c h m o n d . Out-of-town
relatives
c o m p l a i n e d that a d i s t a n t niece had
appeared on t h e scene t o c o n v i n c e
the sisters t o transfer their property
to her. Sure e n o u g h , t h e APS worker
f o u n d that t h e sisters had s i g n e d
over their house and other property
to t h e niece, in return for her promise t o take proper care of t h e m . Unf o r t u n a t e l y , t h e care being provided
was a n y t h i n g but adequate.
Yet a n o t h e r charge came that
week f r o m a c o n c e r n e d n e i g h b o r of
an elderly man d e s c r i b e d as a recluse w h o w a s seriously n e g l e c t i n g
himself. Indeed, t h e 70-year old
male w a s s u f f e r i n g f r o m malnutrit i o n and a g a n g r e n o u s leg and workers learned that he had not left his
a p a r t m e n t for several w e e k s and
had taken m i n i m a l n o u r i s h m e n t during that t i m e . He agreed t o be taken
About the Author
Mr. T w i s d a l e is the s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of
adult services for R i c h m o n d . He s a l u t e s
the w o r k of V i r g i n i a Delegate Frank Slayt o n , the R i c h m o n d A d u l t Protective Services staff and o t h e r s in g e t t i n g A P S law
in V i r g i n i a .

Most older adults chose to remain in their homes and with a good companion,
possible.
Nonetheless,
many find themselves
in a threatening
environment.
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courtesy of The National Council on the Aging, Inc.)

to t h e e m e r g e n c y room but, u n f o r t u nately, t r e a t m e n t w a s t o o late. Doctors had t o a m p u t a t e his leg in order
to save his life.

Richmond's Program
In R i c h m o n d , as in most other localities in t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h , t h e
welfare d e p a r t m e n t a d m i n i s t e r s t h e
local APS p r o g r a m . A l t h o u g h adm i n i s t e r e d t h r o u g h that department, adult protective services are
not limited t o welfare r e c i p i e n t s ,
but are made available on a "universal a c c e s s " basis t o aged or incapacitated adults of any i n c o m e
level. Calls are received f r o m t h e
p o o r a s well as t h e w e a l t h y .
Of t h e 3,493 APS c o m p l a i n t s received in Virginia last year 345 or 9.9
percent of t h o s e were in R i c h m o n d .
Of that figure, 59 percent of t h o s e
c o m p l a i n t s were f o u n d t o be valid
complaints
involving
confirmed
cases of adult abuse, neglect, and/
orexploitation.
The four case examples c i t e d earlier represent actual case s i t u a t i o n s
investigated by t h e APS staff of the
R i c h m o n d Welfare Department and
u n f o r t u n a t e l y , they are typical of
the kinds of c o m p l a i n t s received by
the d e p a r t m e n t . For t h o s e five
a d u l t s , it can be said that " h o m e is
where t h e hurt i s . " That sad little
phrase, c o i n e d by a VCU s t u d e n t

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w o r k i n g on an adult protective services i n f o r m a t i o n poster, accurately
describes t h e serious problems enc o u n t e r e d by many elderly and incapacitated a d u l t s .
For a n u m b e r of these citizens,
home is, indeed, where t h e hurt is.
These endangered adults are being
a b u s e d , n e g l e c t e d , and/or exploited
by relatives or other persons res p o n s i b l e for their care. Then, t o o ,
many elderly adults have been
f o u n d seriously neglecting t h e m selves because of t h e onset of senility or other physical, mental or f i nancial p r o b l e m s .
Generally, t h e provision of adult
protective services involves the social worker intervening into the life
of the endangered adult. That intervention can range f r o m short-term
c o u n s e l i n g to emergency assistance in securing the basic necessities of life, i n c l u d i n g food, fuel,
shelter, and personal and medical
care. Because of the lack of f u n d i n g
for the APS progam (to be disc u s s e d in more detail later), these
financial services are generally
secured t h r o u g h other private or
public agencies. For t h e most part,
the APS worker acts as a catalyst
bringing t o g e t h e r the endangered
adult w i t h c o m m u n i t y resources
that are needed to meet his needs.
In cases where the adult is living

�in a d a n g e r o u s situation, tlie A P S
worker h a s the authority to take
e m e r g e n c y court action to rennove
the adult.
T h e primary objective in adult
protective s e r v i c e s i s to insure that
the adult r e c e i v e s proper care, s u pervision
a n d protection
from
a b u s e , neglect (including self-neglect) or exploitation. T o that e n d ,
the A P S w^orker generally w o r k s toward helping the adult to maintain
and/or r e e s t a b l i s h a stable and adequate level of function. W h e n e v e r
p o s s i b l e , the f o c u s of adult protective s e r v i c e s is to maintain the adult
in h i s o w n home. W h e n the adult
c a n no longer be s a f e l y maintained
in h i s o w n home, the A P S worker
arranges for and a s s i s t s with an appropriate p l a c e m e n t outside the
home.

Getting Legislation
T h e 1974 Virginia G e n e r a l A s s e m bly e n a c t e d legislation that permitted local w e l f a r e d e p a r t m e n t s to
provide adult protective s e r v i c e s .
T h e e n a c t m e n t of that law, and its
s u b s e q u e n t a m e n d m e n t s , w a s the
culmination of growing recognition
in Virginia, and the nation, that significant n u m b e r s of a d u l t s were
being a b u s e d , n e g l e c t e d , and/or exploited. S e l f - n e g l e c t w a s emerging
a s a major a s p e c t of the problem.
T h e p a s s a g e of the adult protective
services
legislation
repres e n t e d a major step a n d in many
w a y s , V i r g i n i a ' s A P S legislation c a n
be c o n s i d e r e d " m o d e l " legislation.
Most s t a t e s have A P S legislation
but many do not s a f e g u a r d c i t i z e n s '
civil liberties a n d guarantee " d u e
p r o c e s s " under law. Under t h e s e
points, V i r g i n i a law is e x c e l l e n t .
On the other hand, the legislation
stopped short of a d d r e s s i n g three
a r e a s vital to the s u c c e s s of the local A P S program. First, the legislature failed to appropriate money to
employ staff to operate local prog r a m s . Fortunately, most local welfare d e p a r t m e n t s have c o n s i d e r e d
adult protective s e r v i c e s a priority
s e r v i c e a n d have used Title X X , or
more recently, block grant funding
to staff their A P S programs. S t a t e
appropriations
s p e c i f i c a l l y earmarked for this program would demonstrate greater state c o m m i t m e n t .
S e c o n d , the legislature failed to
appropriate funding for e m e r g e n c y
services, s u c h a s emergency shelter, food, fuel or in-home personal
c a r e s e r v i c e s . Frequently, t h e s e
short-term e m e r g e n c y s e r v i c e s , e s pecially personal c a r e in the home,
c a n make the d i f f e r e n c e between
maintaining
the a b u s e d or neg l e c t e d adult in h i s o w n home, or
having to place him in a protective

institutional setting. F o r the most
part, local A P S staff have to rely on
donated c o m m u n i t y r e s o u r c e s to
meet t h e s e e m e r g e n c y n e e d s . T o o
often t h e s e c o m m u n i t y r e s o u r c e s
b e c o m e o v e r u s e d a n d quickly disappear.
Third, the legislature failed to
mandate the adult protective serv i c e program on a s t a t e w i d e b a s i s .
Indeed, there is no provision in t h e
A P S legislation that requires localities to take any action beyond s i m ply reporting the fact that a c o m plaint w a s received in that locality.
Of c o u r s e , it c a n be argued that it
would be inappropriate f o r t h e legislature to mandate a program for
w h i c h they have been unwilling to
appropriate f u n d s . N e v e r t h e l e s s , it
is interesting that practically every
local welfare j u r i s d i c t i o n in Virginia
h a s offered adult protective serv i c e s in their local plan during the
past s e v e r a l y e a r s . In fact, last year
122 out of 124 local welfare jurisdictions provided adult protective serv i c e s , even though the only state

m a t c h i n g f u n d s made available for
the program (five percent) were
through Title X X . T h e mandating of
adult protective s e r v i c e s , if for no
other r e a s o n , would give state recognition to a program that h a s a l ready been given priority by the localities.

Conclusion
While e x i s t i n g legislation recognized the n e e d s of t h e s e endangered a d u l t s , it falls short in providing local welfare d e p a r t m e n t s
with the n e c e s s a r y financial res o u r c e s to fully provide a compreh e n s i v e A P S program. Most local
w e l f a r e d e p a r t m e n t s have demonstrated a c o m m i t m e n t to the adult
protective s e r v i c e s program a n d
have s h o w n creativity in delivering
t h e s e s e r v i c e s with l e s s than adequate r e s o u r c e s . G i v e n the full res o u r c e s to a c c o m p l i s h the m i s s i o n ,
local w e l f a r e d e p a r t m e n t s c a n provide the level of s e r v i c e that is inherent in the intent of the e x i s t i n g
A P S legislation.

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�Marketplace
Police Chief
The Town of Herndon, Virginia is
seeking qualified applicants for the
position of Police Chief. The person
sought should have demonstrated
management skills, extensive education and training in law enforcement, oral a s well a s writing skills
and ability to work harmoniously
with community groups and public
officials. Salary Range: $27,200 to
$36,500. Excellent fringe benefits
are provided. Equal Employment
Opportunity. This position offers an
opportunity for career development
and to work with a professionally
oriented team. Interested persons
should s e n d a resume and letter of
application to Town Manager, Town
of Herndon, P.O. Box 427, Herndon,
Virginia 22070 by January 15, 1983.
All applications should be marked
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Director
Regional Wastewater Treatment
Facility. Salary Range: $34,817$42,079. For 50 MGD industrial
w a s t e , pure oxygen
activated
sludge plant with chemical systems, heat treatment, vacuum filtration and incineration. Experience
must consist of a minimum of 10
years in wastewater treatment plant
operations or sanitary engineering
of which 5 must be in a responsible
managerial capacity. Experience
with plant p r o c e s s e s , s y s t e m s and
equipment employed by the regional wastewater treatment plant
desirable. College degree required,
preferably in Civil, Chemical or Sanitary Engineering, Chemistry or Biological S c i e n c e . S-1 Certification a s
a Wastewater Treatment Operator
in the State of Virginia. Registration
as Professional Engineer is desirable but not mandatory, or any
equivalent combination of experience and education that provides
the necessary skills and abilities.
Send letters and resumes to: City of
Hopewell, Personnel Office, 300
Main Street, Hopewell, Virginia
23860. Closing Date: January 31,
1983.

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T h e city librarian of T i g a r d , Oregon, has developed a unique program w h i c h involves a contribution

to the city, i n c r e a s e d s e r v i c e s and a
discount
p u r c h a s e price
under
w h i c h m a y be c o n s i d e r e d a tax deductible u s e r f e e .
F a c e d with a limited budget for
new books, the library began what
is c a l l e d the " G I v e - A - B o o k " program. T h e program a l l o w s patrons
to order j u s t - p u b l i s h e d
books
through the library at a d i s c o u n t
price provided they make a personal
donation in the amount of the purc h a s e price of the book.
T h e patron i s first to read the
book a n d r e c e i v e s a federal i n c o m e
tax deduction for the donation, a n d
then returns the book to the library
w h i c h obtains a book it w a n t e d but
c o u l d not afford.
All books p u r c h a s e d In the " G i v e A - B o o k " program must be c o n s i s tent with the library's book s e l e c tion policy. (Idaho Cities)

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Water and Wastewater
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population h a s requested information on standardized daily operating
p r o c e d u r e s for a s m a l l w a t e r plant
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s m a l l operation, p l e a s e s e n d u s a
copy. A l s o , this town is interested
in k n o w i n g of the policy of other
t o w n s in s u p p l y i n g w a t e r and s e w e r
s e r v i c e beyond the town limits. If
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outside the t o w n , do you have a
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the V M L with a copy of the contract.
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�User Charges: Why Aren't Virginia
Cities Using Them More?
By John H. Bowman
On the average, large c i t i e s in Virg i n i a r a i s e a far s m a l l e r portion of
their revenue from direct c h a r g e s
on u s e r s of s p e c i f i c s e r v i c e s than
do c i t i e s throughout the country.
Moreover, while U . S . c i t i e s a s a
group have i n c r e a s e d their r e l i a n c e
on s u c h " u s e r c h a r g e s " in recent
y e a r s in r e s p o n s e to tighter c o n trols on local t a x e s and s l o w e r
growth of federal a i d , s e v e r a l large
V i r g i n i a c i t i e s r e d u c e d their relia n c e on s u c h c h a r g e s . W h y are u s e r
c h a r g e s an u n d e r u s e d s o u r c e of
city revenue in V i r g i n i a ?

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A c c o r d i n g to the U. S . C e n s u s B u r e a u ' s annual City Government
Finances
(1979-1980), m u n i c i p a l i t i e s
a c r o s s the nation realized 20.7
percent of their revenue, a s i d e from
intergovernmental a i d , from user
c h a r g e s , yet only t w o large Virginia
c i t i e s , P o r t s m o u t h a n d R o a n o k e , rec e i v e d over 20 percent of their
f u n d s from t h e s e f e e s . Most of the
10 c i t i e s reported in Finances
rec e i v e d only about 10 percent to 17.6
percent of their r e v e n u e s from t h i s
s o u r c e of i n c o m e . A l e x a n d r i a fell
well below the 10 percent mark.
Moreover, while c i t i e s in e a c h
population
c l a s s nationwide inc r e a s e d their r e l i a n c e on currentcharge revenue between 1975-76
and 1979-80, in Virginia it w a s true
only for four c i t i e s , a n d two c i t i e s
dropped from above average and average to well below average.
A broader m e a s u r e of userc h a r g e s i g n i f i c a n c e is obtained by
adding utility c h a r g e s to current
c h a r g e s and to general revenue (not
including intergovernmental aid).
Under this broader m e a s u r e , the
user-charge f i n a n c i n g role j u m p s
a n y w h e r e from 15.6 to 24.6 percentage points for all city s i z e c l a s s e s .
T h i s c h a n g e , however, a f f e c t s the
f i g u r e s for the s e v e r a l Virginia c i t i e s
quite differently.
At one e x t r e m e , A l e x a n d r i a and
H a m p t o n , already low in user-charge
About the Author
Dr. Bowman is associate professor of
economics at Virginia Commonwealth
University. The author
gratefully
acknowledges the editorial assistance of
Charlotte Kingery, editor of VIRGINIA
TOWNS. CITY.

reliance,
become
comparatively
even lower, for neither city had utility r e v e n u e s in the period s t u d i e d .
At the other e x t r e m e , the broader
m e a s u r e s h o o t s R i c h m o n d ' s userc h a r g e reliance figure from 14.6 perc e n t to 39.4 percent of o w n - s o u r c e
revenue from below the above the
national average for comparably
sized c i t i e s . R i c h m o n d is the only
V i r g i n i a city w h o s e user-charge relia n c e , b a s e d on this broader meas u r e , w a s above the national norm
in 1979-80. Norfolk, a l s o above average in 1975-76, w a s decidedly off
the national p a c e by 1979-80.
Newport N e w s , P o r t s m o u t h , Roanoke, and Virginia B e a c h , a s well a s
R i c h m o n d , all i n c r e a s e d their relia n c e upon u s e r c h a r g e s , broadly
m e a s u r e d , over the period from
1975-76 to 1979-80. A s noted, all but
R i c h m o n d remained below the national a v e r a g e s for c i t i e s in their respective size c l a s s e s — a n d Richm o n d ' s position eroded relative to
the average.

User Charge Pros and Cons
In the private s e c t o r , a s p e c i f i c
fee (price) is paid for a s p e c i f i c good
or s e r v i c e . P e r s o n s w h o feel the
good or s e r v i c e is not worth the
market price c a n opt not to buy.
P r i c e s ration available s u p p l i e s to
t h o s e w h o value them most and
s h o w w h i c h goods and s e r v i c e s are
most valued.
G e n e r a l t a x f i n a n c e of public s e c tor s e r v i c e s , by c o n t r a s t , d e m a n d s a
mandatory payment from u s e r s and
n o n - u s e r s alike s o there is little relationship b e t w e e n payment and receipt of s e r v i c e s . E v e n if no s u b s i d y
is involved, there is a t e n d e n c y for
the public to s e e tax liabilities and
s e r v i c e benefits a s independent
f a c t o r s ; t a x - f i n a n c e d s e r v i c e s tend
to be regarded a s e s s e n t i a l l y free
goods a n d , therefore, to be over
c o n s u m e d . " D e m a n d " for a s e r v i c e
e x p r e s s e d without recognizing and
being willing to pay its c o s t clearly
differs from market d e m a n d , and is
an i m p r e c i s e guide for public decision m a k e r s .

Are They Efficient?
C r e a t i n g a u s e r c h a r g e for a previo u s l y " f r e e " s e r v i c e generally will

"Even where user fees are
desirable, the cost of administering them might outweigh potential gains."

result in reduced u s e of the s e r v i c e .
If the c h a r g e c o v e r s program c o s t s ,
s u c h a reduction will indicate a
more efficient u s e of r e s o u r c e s
s i n c e u s e r s did not value the serv i c e highly enough to justify the
previous level of expenditure. T h e
r e s p o n s e to p r i c e s a l s o provides information on relative s e r v i c e v a l u e s ,
w h i c h c a n be used in redirecting
available r e s o u r c e s to more valued
u s e s . A s e r v i c e w h o s e u s e remains
strong in the f a c e of a cost-recovering c h a r g e may be a good candidate
for e x p a n s i o n , while a s e r v i c e
w h o s e u s e drops off could be curtailed.
T o recognize the potential advant a g e s , however, the charge should
be s e n s i t i v e to the level of u s e . A
flat charge for residential water serv i c e r e g a r d l e s s of level of u s e (e.g.,
$15 per month) previously funded
through property taxation would
permit a reduction in t a x e s and/or
an i n c r e a s e in other s e r v i c e s , but
s u c h a f e e would provide no incentive to alter the u s e of water.
It is c l e a r that not all s e r v i c e s are
equally a m e n a b l e to user charge fin a n c i n g ; for s o m e s e r v i c e s , pricelike c h a r g e s would diminish effic i e n c y . Many publicly provided serv i c e s are in the public s e c t o r prec i s e l y b e c a u s e private s e c t o r pricing would result in an inappropriate
level of provision. T h i s is true where
the b e n e f i t s extend in significant
degree to the c o m m u n i t y a s a
w h o l e , rather than being captured
largely by t h o s e w h o might pay for
them through f e e s . Control of c o m m u n i c a b l e d i s e a s e s , streetlighting
along through-streets and roads,
and s n o w removal are e x a m p l e s of
s e r v i c e s w h i c h non-payers cannot
be prevented from enjoying; in s u c h
c a s e s , t a x e s are needed to a s s u r e
that b e n e f i c i a r i e s pay. B u t even
w h e r e u s e r c h a r g e s are otherwise
desirable, the c o s t s of administering appropriate user c h a r g e s

�m i g h t o u t w e i g h p o t e n t i a l gains a n d ,
therefore, be i n e f f i c i e n t .

Are User Fees Equitable?
A p p e a l i n g to the ability-to-pay
c o n c e p t , s o m e argue that certain
services s h o u l d be available to persons even if they cannot afford to
pay for t h e m . Examples m i g h t inc l u d e some m i n i m u m level of housing, n u t r i t i o n , or medical care.
But e q u i t y may also be evaluated
under the benefits-received concept. Under this a p p r o a c h , equity
requires that t h o s e w h o benefit pay
and, conversely, that those w h o do
not benefit not be c o m p e l l e d to pay.
User charges w o u l d p r o m o t e this
notion of e q u i t y .
In c o n c l u s i o n , Virginia c i t i e s may
want to examine w h y user fees are
not i m p l e m e n t e d more and in what
areas of m u n i c i p a l g o v e r n m e n t they
are feasible. It s e e m s in these t i m e s
of short f u n d i n g , V i r g i n i a c i t i e s
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taking a close look at budget-stretching J o h n
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October 1983
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Volume 18

Virginia
*City
October 1983

NumberlO

VML President
Charles A. Robinson Jr.
Officers
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J . T h o m a s
Sam W. Adams
Jane L. Hough

Zoning and R e z o n i n g — A F u n c t i o n of the

Executive Committee
R o b e r t ! . Williams
ArlleC. Payne
Martha V. Pennine
Jack D. Edwards
J a c k P. Barnes
Margie Mayes

Computerization C o m e s to Stanley:

Government Body.
By General C o u n s e l Howard W. Dobbins

A Small Town's Experience
By Mayor Roger Keyser
T e c h n o l o g y and L o c a l Government:
Building New Partnerships

Past President
Francis T. West
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

By Bob Havlick

9

How to Tell a Bit from a Byte
By Mary J . Kaminski

12

Organizational C h a n g e for the S a k e of
Technology:
A Support Building Strategy
By 0 . Reggie Whittey and C . Willard Clark

14

Tort Liability of L o c a l Officials
By John A. GIbney, Jr.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
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Municipal
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VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY and the Virginia
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�Legal Guidelines
Zoning and Rezoning—A
Function of the Governing Body
By Howard W. Dobbins,
General Counsel
It w a s o n l y a b o u t t h r e e y e a r s a g o
that m a n y p e r s o n s i n t e r e s t e d in
local
government
became
exceedingly perturbed by what was
p e r c e i v e d t o b e a t r e n d in t h e
decisions of the Virginia Supreme
Court evidencing an erosion of t he
legislative
prerogatives
of
local
governments,
particularly
in t h e
area of z o n i n g or rezoning. This
writer did not fully share t h e general
c o n c e r n a n d t h e apparent lack of
c o n f i d e n c e in o u r S u p r e m e C o u r t
a n d in t h e fall of 1980 p o i n t e d o u t
that n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e disturbing
o p i n i o n i n Hylton
Enterprises
Inc. v.
Board of Supervisors
of Prince
William County, 2 2 0 V a . 4 3 5 , 2 5 8 S . E . 2 d
577 (1979), i n t h e t w e l v e m o n t h s f o l l o w i n g Hylton
local g o v e r n m e n t s
had n o t fared t o o badly at t h e hands
of t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t o n s u c h iss u e s . In a r e c e n t o p i n i o n t h e c o u r t
indicated its continued acceptance
of t h e d o c t r i n e that t h e g o v e r n i n g
body's legislative j u d g m e n t o n zoning m a t t e r s m a y n o t b e j u d i c i a l l y rev e r s e d as l o n g a s that j u d g m e n t is
fairly debatable.

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In Laird
v. City of Danville,
302
S.E. 2 d 21 (April 2 9 , 1983), t h e c o u r t
w a s first called upon t o d e t e r m i n e
the superiority of a Danville charter
provision
authorizing
the
city
council t o delegate to its planning
commission the power to approve
requests
for rezoning
with the
p o w e r reserved t o t h e c o u n c i l itself
to review t h e decisions.
In t h i s c a s e , t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f o r a
rezoning w a s first denied by t h e
planning
commission
and then
a p p r o v e d in part by t h e c o u n c i l ,
each acting pursuant to the charter

delegation a n d review provisions.
T h e c o u n c i l ' s a c t i o n w a s held invalid by t h e trial court, a n d t h e
council
thereupon
rezoned
the
property by enacting an ordinance
pursuant
to
the
applicable
provisions of the Virginia Code,
which action was thereupon upheld
by t h e trial c o u r t .
On appeal by landowners other
than
the applicant
of t h e trial
court's final d e c i s i o n , t h e Virginia
Supreme Court stated that t h e case
turned on the simple proposition
that the rezoning of property, no
less than t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of its
original z o n i n g c l a s s i f i c a t i o n , is
wholly legislative, requiring action
in t h e f o r m o f an a m e n d a t o r y ordinance adopted by t h e o n e "purely
legislative b o d y " that e x i s t s in t h e
locality involved. H e n c e , z o n i n g of
p r o p e r t y is a c c o m p l i s h e d by t h e
governing b o d y of a c o u n t y or a
m u n i c i p a l i t y {Virginia
Code
§15.1486) a n d r e z o n i n g is a c c o m p l i s h e d
also by t h e g o v e r n i n g b o d y (§15.1491 (g)). T h e c i t y c h a r t e r p r o v i s i o n
delegating
this
power
to the
planning commission w a s therefore
contrary to t h e applicable laws of
Virginia and invalid.
The applicant also challenged the
trial c o u r t ' s d e c i s i o n o n t h e basis
that t h e evidence before t h e court
was insufficient
to support the
rezoning ordinance. T h e Supreme
Court examined the entire record
and being satisfied that t h e issue of
the z o n i n g of property w a s fairly
debatable
held
that
the
city
council's action to rezone
must
stand. This holding should bring
a d d e d c o m f o r t t o t h o s e in local
government w h o continue to be
concerned
that
legislative
discretion
of
local
government

bodies
is b e i n g
diminished
by
d e c i s i o n s of t h e Virginia S u p r e m e
Court.
A n o t h e r s u b j e c t of vital interest
to local g o v e r n m e n t officials w a s
e x a m i n e d i n t h e c a s e o f Barry v. City
of New York, d e c i d e d b y t h e C i r c u i t
Court of Appeals for the Second
C i r c u i t , 52 U.S.L.W. 2025 (June 22,
1 9 8 3 ) . I n Barry, t h e f e d e r a l a p p e a l s
court considered and upheld New
York City's financial disclosure law
requiring annual financial reports
for most elected and appointed
officials, candidates for city office
a n d all civil service e m p l o y e e s w i t h
an a n n u a l salary of $30,000 or m o r e .
The
law required
covered employees
and their
spouses
to
provide extensive information about
their personal finances.
The court reasoned that the filing
requirement,
though
affecting
privacy,
furthered
a substantial,
possibly
even compelling,
state
interest to deter corruption and
conflicts of interest among
city
officers
and employees
and to
e n h a n c e p u b l i c c o n f i d e n c e in t h e
integrity of city g o v e r n m e n t . Even
the
provision
permitting
public
inspection of the financial reports
did
not invalidate
the
statute
b e c a u s e it c o n t a i n e d
substantial
procedures available u p o n a valid
claim for privacy.
T h e p l a i n t i f f s in t h e case c o n tended that they were not public
figures a n d did not o c c u p y policymaking provisions and therefore
should be i m m u n e from disclosure.
This contention w a s rejected by the
court on t h e ground that the cons t i t u t i o n a l b a l a n c e w a s t i p p e d in
favor of permitting public disclosure because of the magnitude of
the city's interests.

�Computerization C o m e s to Stanley:
A S m a l l Town's Experience

By Mayor Roger K e y s e r

"We have become convinced that the size of the
community is not the determining factor..."
In December 1981, the town of
Stanley's central sewer system was
placed in operation and with it came
the need to revise the town's water
billing procedures to incorporate
the new sewer charges. The town
already had an extensive water supply system serving approximately
400 in-town and 500 out-of-town
connections. The new sewer system added 400 in-town and 100 outof-town connections to be serviced.
The town's water billing had always been computed and prepared
manually on a quarterly basis requiring an average of 64 hours each
week just to compute and type
water bills. Manually posting water
receipts and preparing cut-off
notices required approximately
another 30 hours per billing period.
Computing the sewer charges
would almost double the processing time. The total time required to
manually process water and sewer
bills would be 120 hours per billing
period, and for each manually processed bill at least 300 opportunities for human error existed.
When the town council decided
to change to a monthly billing
system due to the amount of the Individual's quarterly water and sewer
bills, they added a 120-hour per
month work load on an office staff
of two full-time and one part-time
employees. This meant a combined
80-hour work week. It was obvious
the town either had to hire an additional employee at a cost of $10,000
About the Author
Roger Keyser is mayor of t h e t o w n of
Stanley. Born and raised in Stanley, he
spent 17 years w i t h the federal government in W a s h i n g t o n , DC, where he obt a i n e d an extensive b a c k g r o u n d
in
federal b u d g e t i n g and p r o g r a m managem e n t . He is a graduate of George Mason
University w i t h a degree in m a n a g e m e n t .

a year, or find a more efficient method of billing.
Our first step was to contact
several companies that provide
utility billing services. We found
that a service contract for our billing
would cost between $400 to $450 a
month. The service would provide
ready-to-mail utility bills plus several system management reports.
Although the cost was reasonable,
we felt we should compare this with
the cost of purchasing our own
computer system which could be
used for utility billing as well as
other bookkeeping functions.
We began an extensive survey of
available computer systems and
established primary criteria. First,
the cost of the computer system
had to be within the town's limited
budget, and second, the system had
to be simple enough to be operated
by our present office personnel.
After talking with numerous computer vendors and looking at several
different computer systems, it became obvious we did not have the

ware program, plus the purchase of
the program source code to allow
programming changes, plus the
cost of reprogramming would be
more than the cost of a custom program. One vendor offered us a package system including computer,
printer, a custom billing program, a
general ledger program, other programs Including word processing
and electronic spreadsheet programs, pre-printed billing forms and
a service contract on the computer
equipment.
The town used a simple program I
had written for my personal computer as a sophisticated "calculator" for computing bills while our
custom
program
was
being
prepared. Although my program required user input of each customer's account information, it provided a basis for determining the
many variables to be built into the
custom program. Close cooperation
between the town and the vendor
resulted in an extremely flexible
utility billing program which can

"The time savings which will result will allow our office staff
to spend more time on other problem areas..."
expertise to evaluate and select the
proper system for our needs. At that
point we decided to employ the services of an independent consulting
firm to review and determine our
needs. The resulting study provided
us with specific software program
requirements and an analysis of
various computer systems which
would meet these requirements. We
learned it was important to understand our software needs before
selecting a computer. Based on the
study, we narrowed our selection to
two vendors.
One major obstacle remained:
none of the available utility billing
programs appeared to have the flexibility to handle our water and sewer
billing procedures without extensive programming changes. We
found the initial cost of the soft-

easily be changed to meet our
future needs or tailored to meet the
needs of other towns.
The program Is menu-driven for
ease of use; it is password protected to insure only authorized personnel have access to the data; the
rates can be changed by the user;
the program allows operator input
of certain data which vary from
month-to-month, such as commercial trash fees billed on the basis of
volume and number of pick-ups; and
it provides management information in the form of reports prepared
on the basis of users, consumption
and revenue by various rates.
The town of Stanley is currently
entering user account information
and will be processing the October
billing on the computer. We have
been able to computerize our utility

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billing and bookkeeping functions
without any change in office personnel. The time savings which will
result from using the computer will
allow our office staff to spend more
time on other problem areas and
should result in an overall increase
in efficiency and better service to
the public. In addition, financial information available to the mayor
and town council will be up-to-date
as of the day of the council meeting
and will allow closer monitoring of
the budget.
The installation of the computer
system has not resulted in a reduction of existing costs, but It has
resulted in a savings of costs which
would have been incurred otherwise. Based on a four-year projection, to continue to manually process utility bills would have required the addition of an employee
at a cost of approximately $10,000 a
year, or a total four-year cost of
$40,000. Our computer system including all hardware and software
cost $5,500 plus $350 a year for a
maintenance contract, giving us a
total four-year cost of $6,900 and
resulting in a four-year savings of
$33,100. We also estimate a savings
of as much as $2,000 a year In the
cost of the annual audit due to the
improved efficiency of our bookkeeping system and the availability
of information for the auditors.
Although many people argured
that our town is too small to need a
computer, we have become convinced that the size of the community Is not the determining factor in
deciding whether to buy a computer. It Is rather, only a factor in
determining software program and
computer equipment requirements.
Based on our experience, I believe
the time has come for every town to
take a look at computerizing their
utility billing and bookkeeping functions. As one can readily see, the
initial costs are only a fraction of
the savings which can be realized in
a very short time.

�Technology and
Local Government:
Building New Partnerships
By B o b Havlick

Nineteen cities and counties are
cooperatively financing a comprehensive analysis of w/hether to build
and own an ethanol plant.
Twenty-six jurisdictions and ten
private companies are evaluating
water-on-need irrigation devices.
Four cities and three counties are
sponsoring the creation of a microcomputer cooperative for local
governments.
Several cities and counties are
advising a high technology company during the development of a
powerful, battery powered, portable
computer.
A city manager's idea was turned
into an actual product. Light Sentry,
now being used by cities in several
states to decrease street lighting
costs.
These and other projects are the
results of the activities of a nonprofit organization, the Florida Innovation Group (FIG), which acts as
a catalyst in bringing local governments and the private sector together for programs of mutual
benefit. The results of this cooperation is the introduction of new technologies, methodologies and ideas
into both the public and private sectors.
Two examples illustrate this process. A few weeks ago a Michigan
company contacted the group re-

A b o u t the A u t h o r
Bob Havlick h o l d s a MA in Public Administration
from
Northern
Illinois
University. Over the past several years
he has w o r k e d for the city of LaGrange
Park, IL, the I n t e r n a t i o n a l City Management A s s o c i a t i o n , a n a t i o n w i d e t e c h n o l ogy f i r m and as a partner In a
t e c h n o l o g y d e v e l o p m e n t c o m p a n y in
Chicago.
Four
years
ago
Havlick
established
the
Florida
Innovation
G r o u p w i t h o f f i c e s in T a m p a . He is currently president of FIG.

garding a new device said to cause
significant fuel savings in diesel
vehicles. A meeting between company representatives and fleet
management administrators from
two cities was arranged. The technology made sense to the local officials and terms of an evaluation
program were drawn up. The devices were installed on different
types of diesel vehicles and performance data will be recorded during
the next several months. The innovation group will monitor the program and report progress to its
member jurisdictions. If at the end
of the evaluation the devices have
performed as promised, the locality
will purchase them. If not, they will
be returned. The company also will
provide product liability insurance
for the life of the evaluation.
Benefits to the company from
this type of program include the
following:
• field evaluation of its product
• collection of field data for use in
future promotions
• sale of product upon completion
of a successful evaluation
• free publicity through the innovation group
• access to the local government
market and the group's assistance in reaching decision
makers
Local governments' gains include benefits such as:
• hands-on evaluation of new products at no initial cost or risk
• as part of the network, each
jurisdiction provides as well as
receives data on product evaluations
• purchase of new products with
proven performance and favorable returns
• favorable prices as part of tne
network

• opportunities for more efficient
service delivery through the use
of new products at an earlier
stage than normal
• participation in product development and market entry
The second example involves a
group of local governments cooperatively deciding to initiate a new
program with potential benefits including introduction of new
technology into local governments,
reduced costs, more efficient use of
existing products and new revenue
sources.
This program, The Microcomputer Cooperative, evolved during
one year of discussions among the
innovation group staff, local officials, private sector representatives
and technical managers in cities
and counties. It was decided that a
core group of 15 to 25 governments
working together would be better
able to deal with the rapidly changing field of microcomputers than individual jurisdictions.
Briefly the services of the
Microcomputer Cooperative will include the following:
• current data on hardware and
assistance in evaluation of this
information
• hands-on utilization of several
microcomputer configurations,
independent of vendors, at the
Microcomputer Coop's office
and on-site in each member's offices
• evaluation of software
• participation in software exchange and development
• opportunity to license in-house
developed software to the coop
for sale nationwide with revenues returned to the developer
• up to 65 hours of on-site time of a
microcomputer specialist
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�Microcomputers and
Virginia Local Governments
The Florida Innovation Group
recently c o n d u c t e d a m i c r o c o m puter survey of 171 local governm e n t s in Virginia, Florida, North
and S o u t h Carolina.
Of the 32 surveyed Virginia jurisd i c t i o n s , 15 (47 percent) c u r r e n t l y
use m i c r o c o m p u t e r s . Fourteen of
the r e s p o n d e n t s plan to purchase
m i c r o c o m p u t e r s d u r i n g the next 12
months.
Virginia c i t i e s , t o w n s and c o u n t i e s are also interested in cooperating w i t h one another in the field of
m i c r o c o m p u t e r s . Sixty-three percent of the j u r i s d i c t i o n s want to part i c i p a t e in s o f t w a r e exchange w h i l e
44 percent are interested in the
more d i f f i c u l t task of cooperative
m i c r o c o m p u t e r s o f t w a r e development.
A g o o d i n d i c a t o r of the extent to
w h i c h a local g o v e r n m e n t is using a
micro is w h e t h e r it is w r i t i n g Its o w n

s o f t w a r e p r o g r a m s . In Virginia 32
percent of the r e s p o n d e n t s are
w r i t i n g m i c r o c o m p u t e r s o f t w a r e . As
m i c r o c o m p u t e r s c o n t i n u e to proliferate in local g o v e r n m e n t more
cities, t o w n s and c o u n t i e s will w r i t e
their o w n programs and, h o p e f u l l y ,
e x c h a n g e s u c h p r o g r a m s w i t h one
another t h r o u g h a formal software
exchange p r o g r a m .
To date m o s t m i c r o c o m p u t e r s in
V i r g i n i a local g o v e r n m e n t s (exc l u d i n g t h o s e used in s c h o o l classrooms) are used for a d m i n i s t r a t i v e
f u n c t i o n s s u c h as w o r d p r o c e s s i n g ,
data base m a n a g e m e n t , spread
sheet analyses and public w o r k s .
As local j u r i s d i c t i o n s develop and
i m p l e m e n t p o l i c i e s for the use of
m i c r o c o m p u t e r s , t h e s e ever more
p o w e r f u l m a c h i n e s are likely to be
used in increasing n u m b e r s by
every local g o v e r n m e n t d e p a r t m e n t .

The range of p o s s i b i l i t i e s is vast.
Just a few of FIG's involvements inc l u d e a public/private science and
t e c h n o l o g y cooperative, a government m i c r o c o m p u t e r
newsletter,
d e v e l o p m e n t of a program for venture capital investment in enterprise zones, m i c r o c o m p u t e r - b a s e d
fiscal impact analysis packages, an
on-line c o m p u t e r i z e d fleet management p r o g r a m , n u m e r o u s product
and t e c h n o l o g y
analyses,
and
s e m i n a r s on s u b j e c t s of interest as
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A t e c h n i c a l c o m m i t t e e of local
g o v e r n m e n t data processing managers and a policy group of city and
c o u n t y a d m i n i s t r a t o r s will m o n i t o r
and direct the c o o p w h i l e innovat i o n group staff will be responsible
foroperations.
T h r o u g h s u c h cooperatively funded programs local g o v e r n m e n t s are
able to reduce per j u r i s d i c t i o n c o s t s
w h i l e greatly e x p a n d i n g individual
b e n e f i t s and access to t e c h n i c a l
resources. The private sector is
m u c h more likely to respond w i t h
product and s u p p o r t to an organized group of local g o v e r n m e n t s
w i t h a t e c h n i c a l purpose (in t h i s
case the expanded and more efficient use of m i c r o c o m p u t e r s ) than
to a single j u r i s d i c t i o n .
These t w o examples c o n t a i n most
of the ingredients e m p l o y e d by the
Florida Innovation Group in c o m b i n ing the interests of local governm e n t s and the private sector. The
only l i m i t s to what is possible
t h r o u g h these approaches are our
o w n i m a g i n a t i o n s and w i l l i n g n e s s
to a s s u m e some risk. In Florida
more than 50 j u r i s d i c t i o n s are involved in FIG activities and plans
exist to bring private c o m p a n i e s into formal m e m b e r s h i p .

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a s s e s s m e n t s for selected projects,
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All you need to know to speak "Computerease"

By Mary J . K a m i n s k i , C.A.M.

A
Assembler—The closest
language
to
machine
language.
G e n e r a l l y , o n e a s s e m b l e r instruction e q u a l s one m a c h i n e instruction.
E x p e r i e n c e d programm e r s u s e a s s e m b l e r s to write prog r a m s that run fast and take up little
memory s p a c e . T h e y are u s e d
primarily
for
writing
specialpurpose s o f t w a r e , s u c h a s the
operating s y s t e m .

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Batch P r o c e s s i n g — A n approach
to c o m p u t e r
processing where
g r o u p s of like t r a n s a c t i o n s are a c c u m u l a t e d (batched) to be proc e s s e d at the s a m e time. U s u a l l y
c h a r a c t e r i z e d by turnaround t i m e s
that are m e a s u r e d in hours. Req u i r e s l e s s hardware r e s o u r c e s for
a given t r a n s a c t i o n v o l u m e than
transaction processing.
B a u d — A unit that m e a s u r e s the
s p e e d at w h i c h
a
computer
transmits
information.
It's
the
number of bits sent or r e c e i v e d by a
c o m p u t e r every s e c o n d over a
t e l e p r o c e s s i n g link.
Binary — B a s e
2
numbering
s y s t e m u s e d e x t e n s i v e l y by digital
c o m p u t e r s and w h i c h u s e s only the
n u m e r a l s 0 and 1.
B i t — C o m p u t e r s " d o their t h i n g "
u s i n g the binary number s y s t e m ;
that i s , everything is c o m p u t e d using the digits 1 and 0. T h e s e digits
are c a l l e d " b i t s " - short for binary
digits.

Reprinted
from
Management
World, Witt) permission
from tfie Administrative
Management
Society
(AMS),
Willow
Grove,
PA 19090.
Copyright 1983 AMS.

B y t e — A group of eight bits that
m a k e s up one unit of information. A
byte c a n represent n u m e r a l s , lett e r s , or other information, and is the
s m a l l e s t a d d r e s s a b l e unit of c o m puter memory.

Chip (also, integrated c i r c u i t ) — A
s m a l l s i l i c o n w a f e r that c o n t a i n s
from a few dozen to t e n s of
t h o u s a n d s of c i r c u i t s for storing
and p r o c e s s i n g information.
C o m p i l e r — A program that translates a high level c o m p u t e r language into c o d e s the m a c h i n e s c a n
understand c a l l e d m a c h i n e language.
C P U — S t a n d s for central p r o c e s s ing unit, w h i c h is the " b r a i n " of the
c o m p u t e r w h e r e the memory is
h o u s e d and w h e r e other operations,
s u c h a s giving orders to printers
and d i s k drives, are controlled.
C R T — A b b r e v i a t i o n for c a t h o d e
ray tube. A television-like s c r e e n
u s e d to d i s p l a y d a t a from the c o m puter. Add a typewriter keyboard
and it's s o m e t i m e s c a l l e d a term i n a l . Often C R T and terminal are
one and the s a m e .

Database—A vast and cont i n u o u s l y updated file of information, a b s t r a c t s , or r e f e r e n c e s on a
particular s u b j e c t . On-line datab a s e s are d e s i g n e d s o that by u s i n g
s u b j e c t h e a d i n g s , key w o r d s or
p h r a s e s , u s e r s c a n q u i c k l y and
economically
s e a r c h for,
sort,
analyze, and print out d a t a on their
terminals.
Data
Processing,
Centrali z e d — T h e p r o c e s s i n g of all d a t a
pertaining to a given activity at a
s i n g l e location, u s u a l l y in one
building h o u s i n g the equipment

configuration. Data to be p r o c e s s e d
is transmitted to the centralized
facility
from all parts of
the
organization for p r o c e s s i n g and
r e t u r n , or for
use there
or
e l s e w h e r e . No other data p r o c e s s ing
capability
should
exist
e l s e w h e r e in the organization in a
fully centralized activity, e x c e p t for
input
preparation
prior
to
t r a n s m i s s i o n , or other minor processing.
Data P r o c e s s i n g ,
Decentrali z e d — T h e h o u s i n g of d a t a by individual
subdivisions
of
an
organization
or
at
each
geographical location of the parts
of an organization. E a c h subdivision h a s its own data p r o c e s s i n g
capability required to further its
own individual m i s s i o n and is not
dependent in any w a y on a central
facility.
Disk—A
m a g n e t i c storage dev i c e u s e d to record information in
the form of binary digits.
Disk Drive—A d e v i c e that s t o r e s
and retrieves information from a
disk. It w o r k s like a stereo turntable,
with an e l e c t r o n i c " n e e d l e " that
r e c o r d s and p l a y s back information
sent to it by the c o m p u t e r — t h i s
" n e e d l e " d o e s not p h y s i c a l l y touch
the disk. Disk drives are u s e d for
permanent storage of computerized
data.
Distributed
Data
Processi n g — U s e of c o m p u t e r s at v a r i o u s
l o c a t i o n s . R e f e r s to the arrangement of c o m p u t e r s within an
organization, in w h i c h the c o m p u t e r
c o m p l e x h a s many s e p a r a t e c o m puting f a c i l i t i e s all working in a
cooperative way, rather than the
conventional s i n g l e c o m p u t e r at a
s i n g l e location.
D u m p — M a s s copying of a portion of all the c o m p u t e r memory,
usually to detect program m i s t a k e s
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Electronic M a i l — A system that
can manage virtually every aspect
of person-to-person communication
within an organization, including
message preparation, transmission,
filing, retrieval, and distribution
control. The computer is the
"mailbox" and gives each user access to his or her messages
through ordinary terminals—fixed
or portable, video or hard copy.

G

Graphics—The use of diagrams
or other graphic means to obtain
operating data and answers. The
use of written symbols and visual
displays.

H

Hardware-Hardware in the computer world Is the computer itself
and the peripheral devices attached
to it, such as disk drives, tape
drives, CRTs, and printers.

I

Interface—A device that allows
the computer to work with the outside world (printers, modems, etc.).
A shared boundary between two
systems or two devices.

K

One K equals 1,024 bytes or
characters (K actually means a
thousand, like kilo—kilometer, for
example—but In computers it's applied as a rough figure). Typically
used to describe computer memory
size (i.e., 256K).

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you have to be very specific, so
specific that English Is too vague
and too general for the machines to
understand. Thus, you have to
speak to the computer in its own
preprogrammed language.
There are three popular types of
language, each developed for a certain purpose.
COBOL, which stands for "Common Business Oriented Language."
It is used for purposes such as accounting and personnel work.
FORTRAN, which is used In science and engineering. It stands for
"Formula Translation," and you can
do complex calculations with it.
BASIC, which was developed at
Dartmouth, and is easy to learn. It's
the language you get with home and
school computers.
Then there's PASCAL, ALGOL,
PL/1, Assembler, RPG, and dozens
of others.

M

Mainframe—A term traditionally
used to reference the computers
sold by IBM, Univac, Honeywell,
NCR, Burroughs, etc. Historically
these machines were very strong
batch processing units with transaction processing as a lesser
capability. They were also much
larger and more expensive than the
minis. The difference between
minis and mainframes has become
very fuzzy since several minis are
larger than smaller mainframes and
several mainframes are less expensive than the large minis. The term
Is also used to refer to the central
control and processor of any computer complex.
Megabyte (or M)—1,024 Ks or
1,048,576 bytes or characters. Commonly used to refer to the amount
of Information that can be stored on
a mass storage device such as a
disk, or the memory size of large
computers.
Memory—Generally refers to
computer memory. Programs and
data currently being operated on by
a computer must reside in memory.
Should be considered temporary
storage since data in computer
memory is usually lost when electrical power is removed.
Microcomputer—A small computer that uses a microprocessor
for Its central processing unit. In
function and structure It's like a
minicomputer, except for differences in price, size, speed of execution, and computing power. Most
cost under $10,000, can be configured to handle three to four terminals. Large capacity floppy disks
can be used for mass storage. Some
machines have multiple languages
and canned business packages are
available.
These machines have all the
basic capabilities of a very large
computer, although there are fewer
programming aids available. Microcomputers are designed to be
"friendly" because most "speak" to
practically any office worker in understandable languages.
Microprocessor—A single microelectronic chip containing all the
elements of a central processing
unit. It's the physical heart of the
system, and is the computer.
Minicomputer, Large—Systems
from $70,000 and higher provide a
more powerful CPU than a small
minicomputer, faster transfer of information between memory, disk,
and CPU, and in some cases an
operating system comparable in
capability to small "mainframe"
computers. Also, with many large
minicomputers advance data man-

agement software is commonly
available.
Networking capabilities are allowing users to combine computers, allowing expansion capabilities that are almost limitless, especially for timesharing rather than
the traditional batch processing operation.
Minicomputer, Small—Cost, a
larger and more powerful CPU, and
In many cases higher-caliber software tend to distinguish the mini
from the microcomputer. They may
range from $20,000 to around
$70,000, and handle up to 16 terminals and 60M of external storage
(though this may vary somewhat
from vendor to vendor). Applications range from complete standalone business systems to frontend processors (machines that handle input/output to a larger computer).
Modem —From the words modulate-demodulate. It's the name of a
device that can hook up one computer to another via telephone.
Modems are also used to do such
things as turn the binary digit
language of a computer into sound
and turn sound back into binary
digits.

N

Network,
Computer—Basically,
two or more interconnected computers with advantages for permitting geographical distribution, and
thus economy of operation.
Such a network also permits
parallel processing, combinations
of send-receive communications,
multipoint remote entry and output,
locally controlled databases, and
less requirement for centralized
facilities.

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Off-LJne-Descriptive of peripheral equipment or devices not under
the control of the central processing unit.
On-Llne-Pertaining to peripheral equipment or devices in direct
communication with the central
processing unit.
Operating System—The software
that makes the computer run—the
real brains of the operation. It's an
organized collection of techniques
and procedures to supervise and
control the running of all other programs.

P

Peripherals—Any devices connected to a computer. They are
usually electromechanical ma-

�c h i n e s that have the capability to
send or receive i n f o r m a t i o n . Examples i n c l u d e : disk drives, printers,
CRTs and your television set.
Personal
Computers — O f t e n
defined as low-cost
microcomputers oriented t o h o m e use, have
graphics (often color), and can prod u c e s o u n d s . Newer personal c o m puters can perform w o r d processing and other b u s i n e s s f u n c t i o n s
better than earlier m o d e l s .
It used t o be that personal c o m puters
meant
personal
and
b u s i n e s s c o m p u t e r s were business,
and rarely d i d t h e t w a i n meet. That
d i s t i n c t i o n is b e g i n n i n g t o blur,
however, and personal c o m p u t e r s
now perform b u s i n e s s f u n c t i o n s
and vice versa. This trend toward
overlapping is s i g n i f i c a n t in that it
offers m a n a g e m e n t new o p t i o n s in
c o m p u t e r i z i n g a wider range of
business functions.
A d e f i n i t i o n of personal c o m p u t e r
(also called d e s k t o p c o m p u t e r ) may
b e c o m e o b s o l e t e the m o m e n t it is
c o m m i t t e d t o print because of the
rapidly c h a n g i n g t e c h n o l o g y and
the merging of f u n c t i o n s .

Printer—A m a c h i n e that prints
out w h a t you've typed into your
c o m p u t e r . Printers may produce
text or graphics of varying quality
(e.g., letter or draft).

s

S o f t w a r e — T h e i n s t r u c t i o n s that
tell t h e c o m p u t e r ' s hardware what
to d o ; i.e., t h e p r o g r a m s (including
the operating system). Software can
be w r i t t e n in a number of languages
s u c h as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL,
and PASCAL.
Storage U n i t s — T h e r e are four
kinds:
• Floppy disks
(affectionately
k n o w n as floppies) are t h i n , flexible platters coated w i t h magnetic material, are about eight inches square, and hold 256K t o
one M (an M is a megabyte, or
one m i l l i o n bytes) storage.
• M i n i f l o p p i e s . These are similar t o
the f l o p p i e s except they're 5 V4
inches square. They usually hold
125K t o 256K storage.
• Hard d i s k s are magnetic storage
devices, a l u m i n u m coated and

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bigger than t h e f l o p p i e s , used by
the large business c o m p u t e r s .
They hold about five M t o 300M
storage and give q u i c k access to
large a m o u n t s of i n f o r m a t i o n .
Cassette tapes: They file inform a t i o n in sequence.

T

Teleconferencing—A
catch-all
term that includes conferences
both by phone and by television.

V

Vi si G a l e — B u s i n e s s - o r i e n t e d
software package available for
many m i c r o c o m p u t e r s . It replaces
pencil, paper, and calculator, and
provides the typical " w h a t - i f " quest i o n s of financial analysis and
budgetary p l a n n i n g .

w

Word Processor—A c o m p u t e r
system (including peripherals) that
has been specially designed t o
prepare, store, edit, and d i s s e m i nate human-language texts.

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for the Sake of Technology
A Support Building Strategy

B y C . R e g g i e Whitley
and C . Willard Clark

In response to current economic
conditions and fiscal pressures,
state and local
governments
throughout the nation are busy rejuvenating industrial and economic
development efforts. High among
early priorities or "targets" for
many of these programs is "high
tech" industry. The community normally accompanies these efforts
w/ith a portrait of itself as an ideal
"host" for the conception, nurturing and growth of this breed of
highly specialized industrialization.
Although some such programs will
succeed, eventually many of these
efforts must undergo an inevitable
refinement in priorities as initial
idealism yields to experience in the
marketplace and the reality that
generally "high tech" begets "high
tech."
Fortunately for local governments, another approach to coping
with the imbalance between limited
resources and the expanding cost
of services exists. Like so many
economic development efforts today, the basic ingredient for success is also high technology. In
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Mr. W h i t l e y , d e p u t y c i t y manager, has
served the city of L y n c h b u r g s i n c e 1972.
The a u t h o r of n u m e r o u s articles regarding a variety of local g o v e r n m e n t issues,
he is a g r a d u a t e of Davidson College and
earned his m a s t e r ' s degree in public adm i n i s t r a t i o n f r o m t h e University of Georgia. Mr. Clark has served the L y n c h b u r g
Data Processing Center since 1974 and
a s s u m e d its leadership as data processing manager in January 1979. His backg r o u n d i n c l u d e s extensive data processing t r a i n i n g along w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e experience in t h e c o m p u t e r service operat i o n s of private industry.

ly limitless opportunities available
to every local government through
increased productivity and enhanced cost-saving effectiveness
derived from internalizing computer
technology. Just as with recruiting
" h i g h t e c h " industry, simply
espousing the concept of progress
through technology is not enough.
Frequently overlooked is the need
to create a "friendly" and accommodating environment in which the
application of computer technology
can succeed and flourish.
Organizational Realignment
Since inception in the 1960s, the
Data Processing Center of the
Lynchburg city government functioned as a division of the Finance
Department. This position in the
city's organizational
structure
represented a natural outgrowth of
the early accounting and financial
records maintenance role initially
assigned to data processing and
computer services. With the ensuing years, organizational receptivity
to computerization grew and technological advancements took place
at a rapid pace. Corresponding increases in competition for computer services became increasingly
fierce. As the early accounting and
financial records orientation of the
computer assumed lesser relative
importance, its organization-wide
potential as a management tool
emerged. Accompanying this evolution were nagging questions regarding the propriety of one department
determining the computer service
priorities, policies, goals and longrange plans of an entire city government.
To resolve these concerns and
focus attention on the productivity
and cost savings which might result
from further expansion of the role of

the computer, the data processing
function was relocated in July 1981
to become the only direct sub-unit
of the city manager's office. With
fifteen employees under the direction of the data processing manager, the center serves as the central
processing facility for all departments of the city government, the
various constitutional offices and
some segments of the public
schools.
The Policy-IVIaking Framework
To complement this realignment
in organizational structure, an Information Services Advisory Group
was appointed in July 1982. The purposes of this group include establishing policy, goals and long-range
plans related to development and
operation of information services
(data processing and micrographics); assuring that data processing services are distributed
equitably among all users and potential users in accordance with
established service priorities; serving as the means for informing all
department directors in the area of
information services; providing a
forum for city government, school
and constitutional officials for discussion of plans and the status of
computer and micrographics functions within overall Data Processing
Center operations; and focusing attention on an organization-wide
basis toward opportunities for expansion in computer technology application. The advisory group, which
meets each quarter and which is appointed by and is advisory to the city manager, consists of seven
members: the deputy city manager,
who in addition to having responsibility for overall supervision of
data processing serves as the chairman of the group; the director of

�finance; the director of office
management
and
budget; a
representative of the public schools
designated
by
the
school
superintendent; a representative of
one of several city council appointed offices, currently the city
assessor; a representative of the
constitutional offices, currently the
commissioner of revenue; and one
other department director on an annual rotating basis, currently the
chief of police. The data processing
manager serves as an ex-officio
member of the group.
This composition assures thorough representation of virtually
every segment of the municipal
government which now utilizes or
which may eventually utilize the services of the Data Processing Center. Each department or agency now
represented on the Information Services Advisory Group, with the exception of the police department,
currently utilizes the Data Processing Center. The police department
operates a separate mini-computer
system as a result of federal grant
funding in the 1970s. The police
chief was designated as the first
rotating member of the advisory
group in order to underscore the importance of compatibility of policies, goals and long-range planning
with this one and only computer
system within the city government
which is indepedent of the Data Processing Center.
Advisory Group Activities
During its first year, the activities
of the Information Services Advisory Group focused on several
areas. Following an initial program
of orientation developed by the data
processing manager, the group
carefully considered its assigned
mission and commenced its most
significant ongoing responsibility:
assigning priorities to competing
demands for computer resources.
Unquestionably, one of the advisory
group's most notable contributions
has been development of a policy to
guide the acquisition of personal or
microcomputers. Both the rationale
and particular features of this policy
deserve special mention.
On January 3, 1983 "Time" magazine veered from its customary
"Man of the Year" designation to
declare the computer as "Machine
of the Year." The Information Services Advisory Group was particularly impressed with the need
for local governments to respond to
the "future shock" implications of
the technological explosion reflected in the "Time" article.
"Sale figures are awesome and

will become more so," the article
said. "In 1980 some two dozen firms
sold 724,000 personal computers
for $1.8 billion. The following year
20 more companies joined the
stampede including giant IBM, and
sales doubled to 1.4 million units at
just under $3 billion. When the
figures are in for 1982, according to
Dataquest, a California research
firm, more than 100 companies will
probably have sold 2.8 million units
for $4.9 billion."
The advisory group's concern
was further reinforced by another
article, "Multiple Microcomputers:
Who's In Charge Here?" in the
September 1982 issue "Public
Technology NEWS." It included the
following assessment: "Desktop
microcomputers have become so
inexpensive and easy to use that
nearly every department or office
can think of ways to justify acquiring a system. In business, the
spread of micros has been so quiet
and sudden that many corporations
have no idea how many of these
machines are at work in their offices. Even when orders are issued
to prohibit or limit purchases,
micros continue to pop up on the
desks of managers and professionals. Some buy their own
systems and bring them to the office. Others disguise microcomputer purchases as word processors, typewriters, or other office
equipment."
To promote the coordination
which appeared necessary for a
positive organizational response to
this emerging form of computer
technology, the advisory group
recommended that a policy be formulated to guide the acquisition of
personal or microcomputers. The
city manager welcomed this suggestion and accepted the group's
proposal. Six months later, the Information Service Advisory Group
culminated its first year of activity
with adoption of a policy emphasizing the following considerations in
acquiring microcomputer equipment: cost justification for equipment, programs, maintenance, supplies, consultant fees, etc., as the
first prerequisite; advanced planning for proposed purchases in conjunction with normal budgetmaking deliberations; demonstrated performance of programs prior
to equipment acquisition; capability
for same day repair or replacement
of defective or malfunctioning
equipment; ability of microcomputer to emulate terminals compatible to the existing "mainframe"
computer; except where word processing is the prevailing applica-

tion, de-emphasis on acquisition of
letter quality printers because of
slow speed and relatively high cost;
adherence to the established procurement ordinance; and advanced
review by the Information Services
Advisory Group of any proposed acquisition of microcomputer equipment which does not satisfy the
preceding criteria.
In addition to recognizing the importance of specified standards,
the policy provides assistance to
user departments and agencies by
outlining a methodical, deliberate
and cautious approach in any
decision-making to acquire microcomputer equipment. In this regard,
it promotes coordination of new
technology by the host city government rather than the disorder,
duplication, incompatible equipment and cost consequences likely
to result when technology is permitted to dominate the host.
Assessing Accomplishments
In 1981 the city administration
began a carefully charted course to
create an organizational climate
conducive to the expanded application of computer technology and its
significant potential for productivity
and cost savings. While it is difficult at this time to evaluate the effectiveness of the various changes
several interim results are identifiable.
First, through attention to new
computer technology opportunities, through the sharing of
transferable, user-prepared computer programs among other local
governments and through costconscious concern for telephone
line-related charges, Lynchburg has
saved large sums of public funds. A
substantial segment of these savings will continue to accrue on a
yearly basis into the future.
Second, the organizational relocation of the Data Processing
Center and the emphasis on crossdepartmental
decision-making
regarding competing computer service demands assure all proposals
will receive equal, organizationwide consideration and, theoretically, the highest priority needs will
receive the earliest attention. This
approach encourages departments
and agencies to feel that a mechanism exists to promote equal access to computer services. In the
absence of such an approach, some
units might otherwise pursue computerization reluctantly, thinking
such technology is inaccessible.
Third, the adoption of a policy for
acquisition of microcomputers is
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federal. S t a t e law g o v e r n s most day
to day a c t i v i t i e s . F o r i n s t a n c e , state
law m a k e s it unlawful to drive a car
r e c k l e s s l y . In c o n t r a s t , federal law
g o v e r n s only rights s p e c i f i c a l l y
created under the C o n s t i t u t i o n or
federal s t a t u t e s . Most civil rights
s u i t s are t e c h n i c a l l y tort c a s e s
brought under federal law. T h e diff e r e n c e b e t w e e n federal and s t a t e
law i s important b e c a u s e federal
and state c o u r t s apply different
l a w s of immunity.

F e w t h i n g s c o u l d be s i m p l e r than
filing a l a w s u i t against a public official or a locality. A n y o n e with a
pen, s o m e paper and a complaint
c a n file a suit. If a plaintiff l a c k s
f u n d s , the c o u r t s will even w a i v e
the filing f e e s . E v e n t u a l l y , nearly all
public o f f i c i a l s are s u e d . A suit
u s u a l l y requires the d e f e n d a n t s to
s p e n d what s e e m s an inordinate
amount of money and time on
l a w y e r s and c a s e
preparation.:
T h a t ' s the bad n e w s .
T h e good n e w s i s that plaintiffs
w i n few s u i t s a g a i n s t governmental
bodies and o f f i c i a l s . G o v e r n m e n t a l
d e f e n d a n t s have a variety of def e n s e s w h i c h often result in the
d i s m i s s a l of m o s t c a s e s long before
they c o m e to trial. Most c a s e s not
d i s m i s s e d are s e t t l e d , often for a
nominal payment. Very few c a s e s
go to trial and result in money
j u d g m e n t s a g a i n s t l o c a l i t i e s or their
officers.
T h e law in t h i s area h a s c h a n g e d
d r a m a t i c a l l y in the past five y e a r s
leaving m a n y q u e s t i o n s
unans w e r e d , but before d i s c u s s i n g off i c i a l s ' liability, a few c o n c e p t s
need to be e x p l a i n e d .
Tort. A tort is a civil wrong w h i c h
c a u s e s harm. T h e victim of a tort
c a n bring suit to recover his l o s s e s
and s o m e t i m e s for punitive dama g e s . O n e of the most c o m m o n exa m p l e s of a tort is an a c c i d e n t c a u s ed by a c a r e l e s s driver.
Immunity. Immunity is a s h i e l d or
d e f e n s e to a suit for money damages. Governmental defendants can
a s s e r t immunity d e f e n s e s in a variety of c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
S o u r c e s of law. Individuals and
governmental bodies m u s t c o m p l y
with two bodies of law — state and

State Tort Liability
T h e Virginia law of tort liability is
not at all clear. In 1979, the Virginia
S u p r e m e Court in Short v.
Griffiths,
220 V a . 53 (1979), s a i d that local off i c i a l s " d o not enjoy governmental
immunity and . . . are a n s w e r a b l e for
their own a c t s of s i m p l e neglig e n c e . " T h u s if the c o u n t y manager
hits a pedestrian while driving a
c o u n t y c a r on county b u s i n e s s , he
is personally liable for the harm he
causes.
T w o recent c a s e s have raised the
possibility that local o f f i c i a l s , like
their state c o u n t e r p a r t s , may be immune from suit in certain s i t u a tions.
In
First
Virginia
Banl&lt;—Coloniai
v. Bal&lt;er, 225 V a .
(1983), the V i r g i n i a S u p r e m e Court
went through a lengthy a n a l y s i s of
the d u t i e s of a circuit court clerk
before holding s h e w a s not i m m u n e
from suit for errors in recording
d e e d s . T h e court left the possibility
open that under different f a c t s the
c l e r k might have been i m m u n e . In
the s e c o n d c a s e , San/cs v.
Sellers,
224 V a . 168 (1982), the court held
that a local s c h o o l s u p e r i n t e n d e n t
and a principal w e r e i m m u n e from
suit by a student w h o had been
s t a b b e d in s c h o o l .

About the A u t h o r
Mr. G i b n e y is currently an a s s i s t a n t attorney general in the o f f i c e of the attorney g e n e r a l ' s civil litigation s e c t i o n .
H i s primary d u t i e s i n c l u d e d e f e n d i n g
s t a t e o f f i c i a l s . B e f o r e c o m i n g to t h i s off i c e , G i b n e y w a s in private p r a c t i c e for
s e v e r a l y e a r s with a firm w h i c h repres e n t e d a number of s c h o o l b o a r d s , c i t i e s
and c o u n t i e s .

W h i l e t h e s e c a s e s offer hope that
s o m e local o f f i c i a l s may be found
i m m u n e from suit, the c a s e s denying immunity to local public e m p l o y e e s have not been overruled
and the law r e m a i n s unclear. F o r
the time being, therefore, the s a f e s t
c o u r s e is to a s s u m e that local off i c a l s are not i m m u n e from suit
u n d e r s t a t e law.
Local employees also can make

the locality liable through their
negligent a c t s . For r e a s o n s shrouded in history, Virginia law treats
c o u n t i e s and c i t i e s differently in
this a r e a . C o u n t i e s are i m m u n e
from liability; they cannot be s u e d
for money d a m a g e s . C i t i e s are immune w h e n they act in their
"governmental"
c a p a c i t i e s , but
they c a n be liable for their "proprietary" f u n c t i o n s . " G o v e r n m e n t a l " a c t i o n s are t h o s e " t a k e n for the
c o m m o n good of all, without the
element
of
special
corporate
benefit or pecuniary profit," a c c o r d ing to the court in Ferer v. City of
Norfolk, 203 V a . 551 (1962). Applied,
this test h a s led to s o m e strange
r e s u l t s . For i n s t a n c e street maint e n a n c e is a proprietary function
w h i c h c a n lead to municipal liability. In s e l e c t i n g and adopting a plan
for the c o n s t r u c t i o n of s t r e e t s , and
in maintaining traffic s i g n a l s on its
s t r e e t s , however, a city performs a
governmental function for w h i c h it
is i m m u n e .

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T h e recently e n a c t e d Virginia
Tort C l a i m s A c t h a s raised a number
of q u e s t i o n s about local liability.
T h e act d o e s not apply to localities
and their o f f i c e r s and c r e a t e s no
new liabilities for them. Rather, it
a p p l i e s only to the c o m m o n w e a l t h ,
and the Virginia S u p r e m e Court h a s
not yet a d d r e s s e d the liability of
l o c a l i t i e s and local o f f i c i a l s under
the a c t .
Federal Tort Liability
L o c a l o f f i c i a l s c a n be held pers o n a l l y liable for federal torts committed in the performance of official
d u t i e s . Most c o m m o n l y t h e s e c a s e s
involve violations of federally protected civil rights.
Public o f f i c e r s do, however, have
several immunity d e f e n s e s . L e g i s lative immunity protects c o u n c i l
m e m b e r s and s u p e r v i s o r s from
liability for their v o t e s on matters
before t h e m , a s cited in Bruce v.
Riddle, 631 F.2d 272 (4th Cir. 1980).
L e g i s l a t i v e immunity protects off i c i a l s only w h e n acting in their
legislative c a p a c i t i e s ; its s h i e l d is
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Q u a l i f i e d i m m u n i t y provides prot e c t i o n to a broader range of local
officials. Under qualified immunity,
an o f f i c e r is n o t n e c e s s a r i l y liable in
his individual capacity w/henever a
court finds a federal right has been
v i o l a t e d . Q u a l i f i e d i m m u n i t y is n o t ,
however, carte blanche to make
m i s t a k e s . If a n o f f i c e r v i o l a t e s a
clearly established constitutional or
statutory right of w h i c h he k n o w s or
s h o u l d have k n o w n , he loses his imm u n i t y (Harlow
v. Fitzgerald,
U.S.,
1 0 2 S . C t . 2 7 2 7 (1982)). F o r i n s t a n c e ,
a city manager cannot claim immunity for directing city employees
to close d o w n a local n e w s p a p e r
that has published editorials critical
of h i m .
Until
1978 local
governments
were i m m u n e f r o m suit for civil
r i g h t s v i o l a t i o n s . In 1 9 7 8 , h o w e v e r ,
the United States Supreme Court
h e l d i n Monell
v. New York
Department
of Social
Services,
436 U.S.
6 5 8 ( 1 9 7 8 ) , t h a t if a c i t y o r c o u n t y
has a regular practice, policy or custom which violates individuals' constitutional
rights,
the
locality
generally can be held liable for
monetary
damages.
Localities,
however, are i m m u n e f r o m punitive
d a m a g e s (City of Newport
v. Fact
Concerts
Inc., 456 U . S . 2 4 7 (1981)).

Protecting Local Officials
Local officials are p r i m e targets
for lawsuits but they can take
several steps to ease t h e pain of going to court.
First, local officials c a n , s h o u l d
and must obtain insurance. A number of c o m p a n i e s provide policies
which cover not only localities but
also their officials and employees.

These policies offer a n u m b e r of opt i o n s , a n d an i m p o r t a n t o n e is a
" d e f e n s e " clause. A defense clause
obligates the insurance company to
p r o v i d e a l a w y e r t o d e f e n d s u i t s . If a
locality anticipates having to hire a
private attorney to defend tort suits,
a d e f e n s e c l a u s e m a y p r o v i d e valuable savings. Such a clause can
pay f o r itself in o n e m a j o r c a s e .
A n i n s u r a n c e p o l i c y is w o r t h l e s s
if n o o n e a l e r t s t h e i n s u r e r w h e n a
c l a i m is m a d e . L o c a l i t i e s , t h e r e f o r e ,
should create a procedure to assure
all l a w s u i t s are p r o m p t l y b r o u g h t t o
the insurance company's attention.
At a m i n i m u m , a local e m p l o y e e
should be assigned the specific
responsibility of notifying t h e ins u r e r o f all c l a i m s .
F i n a l l y , it i s i m p o r t a n t t o r e c o r d
information about the subject matter of potential l a w s u i t s as q u i c k l y
as possible. M e m o r i e s fade quickly,
a n d if n o o n e r e m e m b e r s a n e v e n t , it
b e c o m e s difficult to defend a suit
brought
several years after t h e
e v e n t s in q u e s t i o n . L o c a l o f f i c i a l s
and e m p l o y e e s s h o u l d keep a written record of the facts surrounding
all p o t e n t i a l c l a i m s . T h e r e c o r d c a n
be as s i m p l e as a note t o t h e files,
b u t it m u s t b e p r e p a r e d a s s o o n a s
possible after t h e event and should
include every fact r e m e m b e r e d , no
matter h o w s e e m i n g l y trivial.
P r e p a r i n g a r e c o r d of t h e f a c t s is
o n e part of a s s i s t i n g a locality's
d e f e n s e a t t o r n e y s in r e s p o n d i n g t o
a suit. Attorneys will make other
d e m a n d s of local officials. They will
want several interviews w i t h their
clients; they will ask for information
which
seems
tangential
to the
c l a i m ; they will sit for h o u r s reviewing s c o r e s of d o c u m e n t s . T h e i r purp o s e is s i m p l e : t r i a l s are w o n by ex-

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haustive preparation, not by courtroom
fireworks.
Attorneys'
dem a n d s on local officials are crucial
to trial p r e p a r a t i o n , a n d a n y t h i n g
less than total cooperation
from
local
officials
diminishes
the
c h a n c e s of w i n n i n g a case.

Summary
B e i n g s u e d is an
unfortunate
counterpart of public service, but
local o f f i c i a l s have a variety of legal
defenses against tort suits and can
take a n u m b e r of steps to protect
themselves from personal liability.
The threat of suit, therefore, should
not defer local officials f r o m vigorously serving the public.

Tills
article
does
not
represent
the official
views or opinions
of ttie
Virginia
Attorney
General's
Office.
It deals
only
with
suits
brougfit
seeking
money
judgments;
it does
not deal witfi
injunctive
and
other
non-monetary
relief. It is
Important
to remember
that this article
Is only
an outline.
A city or county
official
with specific
questions
should
consult his locality's
attorney
as each
case
presents
unique
problems.
The author
thanks
Mary Lynne
Bailey for her assistance
in
research
for this article
and Joseph
P. Rapisarda and William
Hefty for their review and
advice.

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�Police Chiefs Hold Conference
The
Virginia
A s s o c i a t i o n of
C h i e f s of P o l i c e held i t s 58th A n nual C o n f e r e n c e at the OMNI International Hotel in Norfolk A u g . 21-24.
P r e s i d e n t Roland A . L a k o s k i , chief
of police, C h e s a p e a k e , presided
and nnore than 200 c h i e f s a n d
g u e s t s attended.
During the c o n f e r e n c e , the a s s o ciation e l e c t e d its 1984 o f f i c e r s and
gave a w a r d s to four m e n . One award
w a s made p o s t h u m o u s l y .
C o l . L e s l i e T . S h e p p a r d , chief of
police, Henrico County, a s s u m e d
the a s s o c i a t i o n ' s p r e s i d e n c y a n d
Harry T. H a s k i n s J r . , chief of police,
S a l e m ; Frank W. J o h n s t o n e , director of police. University of Virginia;
Maj. C e c i l S . J o h n s o n J r . , field
s u p e r v i s o r . S t a t e P o l i c e Department, b e c a m e first, s e c o n d a n d
third v i c e p r e s i d e n t s r e s p e c t i v e l y .
Sgt. J o h n H. Cherry, formerly of
the C h e s a p e a k e P o l i c e Department,
w a s honored p o s t h u m o u s l y with an
award for outstanding contribution
to law e n f o r c e m e n t . S e p t . 27, 1982,
Sgt. Cherry w a s killed in an attempt
to apprehend a disorderly person
without the u s e of deadly force.

T r o o p e r s Perry J . F r e e m a n , S . A .
B o o n e and D. W . S a w y e r of t h e
S t a t e P o l i c e Department received
a w a r d s for valor. Trooper F r e e m a n ,
in a difficult 25 minute operation,
r e s c u e d a w o m a n who had jumped
from t h e Key Bridge from t h e i c y
current of the P o t o m a c River J a n . 7,
1983. Trooper S a w y e r , along with
civilian
Ricky Fletcher,
were
trapped under a roof w h i c h c o l lapsed w h i l e they were trying to
r e s c u e a victim in a S h e l l S e r v i c e
Station e x p l o s i o n in H a y s i , V A , May
28, 1982. W h i l e t h e building w a s
burning. Trooper B o o n e c r a w l e d
under the debris and raised the roof
with a bar enabling the three men to
be freed.
Virginia Delegate R i c h a r d M.
B a g l e y ; E x e c u t i v e Director for t h e
Department of C r i m i n a l J u s t i c e Serv i c e s R i c h a r d N. Harris; and A s s i s tant Director of Training for the F B I
at Q u a n t i c o J a m e s D. M c K i n z i e participated in a panel d i s c u s s i o n on
" T r a i n i n g and t h e F u t u r e " held at
the c o n f e r e n c e . Other c o n f e r e n c e
s e m i n a r s included a presentation
on a c c r e d i t a t i o n , a report on the Hot

Col. Leslie T. Sheppard
Pursuit T a s k F o r c e and a report on
the G o v e r n o r ' s T a s k F o r c e to C o m bat Drunk Driving.
The
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Aug. 19-22,1984.

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Cole
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city
manager,
C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , r e c e i v e d the 1983
L. P. C o o k i n g h a m A w a r d for C a r e e r
Development. T h e a w a r d i s presented a n n u a l l y by the International City
M a n a g e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n ( I C M A ) to
a m a n a g e r or chief administrator
w h o h a s s i g n i f i c a n t l y contributed to
the e n c o u r a g e m e n t and development of y o u n g people in local
government c a r e e r s .
Hendrix, w h o h a s s e r v e d a s Charl o t t e s v i l l e ' s city manager s i n c e
1971, h a s helped many y o u n g professionals
with their
careers
through city m a n a g e m e n t interns h i p s , departmental i n t e r n s h i p s , minority c a r e e r d e v e l o p m e n t
and
general p r o f e s s i o n a l development.
S i n c e his appointment, a total of 79
University of V i r g i n i a s t u d e n t s have
c o m p l e t e d i n t e r n s h i p s in v a r i o u s
d e p a r t m e n t s of the c i t y ' s government. S e v e n t e e n public administration graduate s t u d e n t s have c o m pleted i n t e r n s h i p s in h i s office
alone. In addition, a number of high
s c h o o l s t u d e n t s have participated
in work/study programs with the
city.

Fairfcix County Executive
Named Citizen of the Y e a r
J . Hamilton Lambert, county exe c u t i v e of F a i r f a x C o u n t y , w a s
recently n a m e d C i t i z e n of the Y e a r
by the F a i r f a x C o u n t y C h a m b e r of
C o m m e r c e . Lambert w a s s e l e c t e d
a m o n g 600,000 people and members of s o m e of the w o r l d ' s leading
c o r p o r a t i o n s located in the county

to r e c e i v e the a w a r d recognizing
o u t s t a n d i n g leadership and c o n tributions to the well being of the
county.
L a m b e r t h a s s e r v e d a s c o u n t y exe c u t i v e s i n c e A u g u s t 1980. H i s appointment c u l m i n a t e d more than 20
y e a r s of s e r v i c e in F a i r f a x C o u n t y .
He h a s w o r k e d with practically
every department of the county
government and h a s received num e r o u s other a w a r d s . He r e c e i v e d
the c o u n t y ' s highest award bestowed on an e m p l o y e e in 1969, and in
1979 he r e c e i v e d the C o u n c i l of Government's Metropolitan Achievement

Ex-Police Chief D i e s
Elmer R. Blevins, former police
c h i e f of Marion, suffered a heart att a c k the night of A u g u s t 1 and died
early the following day in S m y t h
County
Community
Hospital.
B l e v i n s , 65, had retired j u s t 33 d a y s
prior. He joined the Marion police
force in 1957 and had s e r v e d a s
chief for eight y e a r s . He w a s s u c c e e d e d by J o h n H. G r u b b J r . , a
former state trooper.

B o n d T o Serve ICMA
John P. Bond III, city manager,
P e t e r s b u r g , h a s been e l e c t e d a vice
president of the International City
Management A s s o c i a t i o n . He will
represent the S o u t h e a s t and will
serve a two-year term.
B o n d , a native of W a s h i n g t o n ,
D C , b e c a m e city
manager
of
Petersburg in 1979. Prior to that he
served a s a s s i s t a n t city manager of
Miami and a s s i s t a n t city manager of
W i n s t o n S a l e m , N C . He is currently
c h a i r m a n of I C M A ' s affirmative action c o m m i t t e e .

B O C A Elects Two Virginia
Building Officials
A w a r d , an a w a r d given only one
other time. In J a n u a r y 1982, " T h e
W a s h i n g t o n i a n " m a g a z i n e honored
L a m b e r t with its W a s h i n g t o n i a n of
the Y e a r A w a r d . He a l s o w a s recently n a m e d director of the Virginia A s s o c i a t i o n of C o u n t y A d m i n i s t r a t o r s .

Falls C h u r c h Appoints
New City Manager
Anthony H. Griffin is the new city
m a n a g e r of F a l l s C h u r c h . He s u c c e e d s Harry E . W e l l s w h o retired
after 19 y e a r s a s city manager and
35 y e a r s a s an e m p l o y e e of the city.
Griffin h a s s e r v e d a s the deputy
county manager of Arlington s i n c e
S e p t e m b e r 1982. He h a s been employed by Arlington C o u n t y s i n c e
1975, and s e r v e d a s a c t i n g county
manager, and administrative a s s i s tant and administrative aide in the
c o u n t y m a n a g e r ' s o f f i c e . He holds
m a s t e r ' s d e g r e e s in urban and
regional planning and in urban affairs from V i r g i n i a P o l y t e c h n i c Institute and S t a t e University.

J o s e p h Bertoni, chief building ins p e c t o r for F a i r f a x C o u n t y and a
past president of the
Virginia
Building Officials Association, has
been e l e c t e d to the board of directors of the Building O f f i c i a l s and
C o d e A d m i n i s t r a t o r s International
( B O C A ) , and Charles Everly, building official for A l e x a n d r i a and a l s o a
V B O A member, h a s been e l e c t e d
treasurer of B O C A . B O C A is an international a s s o c i a t i o n that prov i d e s model c o d e s for adoption by
local g o v e r n m e n t s .

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�Two Take Council Seats
Jimmie B. Bryan was appointed
to Lynchburg City Council June 23
to replace Hubert Nash, at-large
council member who died the preceding week. Bryan, 67, is a retired
high school basketball coach and
athletic director. His term will expire In 1984.
Joanne Marston was appointed to
the Edinburg Town Council In
August to replace Fred Hottle who
resigned. Marston is an employee
of the Farmers Bank of Edinburg.

Ex-City Manager D ies
S. Lee Grant, city manager of
Winchester for almost 28 years,
died July 26 In a local nursing home
at the age of 76. Grant was appointed city manager in 1939 at the
age of 32. He had served as superintendent of the Water Department
from 1931 to 1939, and was first
hired by the city In 1930 as a water
meter reader. Upon his retirement
he was elected city manager
emeritus.

Cornell Assists With
Magazine
The Virginia Municipal League
has hired Mary Ann Cornell to assist
with "Virginia Town &amp; City" magazine on a part-time basis. Cornell, a
mass communications student at
Virginia Commonwealth University,
is working primarily with the magazine's advertising, although she assists in other areas as well. She Is a
native of King George County and
has also attended Bridgewater College.

Staunton Cited
For Preservation
The Historic Staunton Foundation received the Preservation
Honor Award funded by Rust-Oleum
Corp. and granted by the National
Trust for Historic Preservation. The
Staunton organization was first in
recognizing and making citizens
aware of the commercial value of
the city's historic buildings and
then succeeded In Implementing an
exemplary facade Improvement program.

Governor's Conference
O n Tourism Set
The Virginia Governor's Conference on Travel and Tourism will
take place in Richmond at the Hotel
John Marshall Oct. 30-31.
The conference will actually begin with an afternoon registration
and gala evening reception Sunday,
Oct. 30, at the Science Museum of
Virginia. Gov. Charles S. Robb, who
has demonstrated a strong commitment to tourism making It one of
the few areas of state government
to receive Increased funding, will
speak Monday morning, Oct. 31.
Following Gov. Robb's remarks,
open round-table discussions will
allow the opportunity to express
concerns, pose questions and recommend solutions, policies and

priorities to help determine the
future development of Virginia's
tourism Industry.
Conference workshops include
"How to Persuade Elected Officials
to See It Your Way," "How to
Generate Media Publicity," "How to
Package Successful Tours for Domestic and International Markets,"
and "How to Plan Local Festivals
and Events that Work."
Conference registration Is $30 in
advance, $35 at the door. For more
Information
contact
LaVerne
Deusebio, Division of Tourism, Director of Tour Development, 202 N.
Ninth St., Richmond, VA 23219, or
call (804) 786-2051.

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administration, at least two years of
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and experience, plus full range of fringe
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Real Estate Assessor, Chesapeake, VA,
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1800 P a r k w a y Dr.

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497-794Z

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P H O N E 804/649-8627

Engineers

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CIVIL

WATER
WASTEWATER
B O U D WASTES

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T e l e x 87.487

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BALDUJin AHD
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

400 Kast M a i n Street
Richmond.
23219

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Hanover, MD 21076

?04

PLANNING • L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T U R E • E N G I N E E R I N G

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(404) 3 S 2 - 9 2 0 0

HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
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MECHANICAL
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• Suite 7 3545 Cfiain Bridge Road
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PO BOX4eOO-4800W HUNDRED RD • CHESTER,\«-804 748-8T46

MALOOLM
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Three Chopt &amp; Parham Roads. Richmond 2 3 2 2 9
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MALCOLM PIRNIE, INC.
301 HIDEN BLVD. NEWPORT NEWS, VA 604-599-5511

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Hurt &amp; Proffitt, Inc.
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ARCHITECTS + ENGINEERS + PLANNERS
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1933 Fort Ave. Lynchburg, VA 24501 (804)847-7796

Consulting

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P. O . B o x 8 6 8 7
RicnuoNU. VIRGINIA 2 3 2 2 6

(804) 282-7657

BUCK, S E I F E R T &amp; J O S T ,
INCORPORATED
Consulting Engineers
Water S u p p l y • S e w a g e • Industrial
Waste Treatment • Treatability Studies
' 140 Sylvan Avenue, P - 0 - B o x 1218
Englewood Cliffs, N-J-07632 201-567-8990
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P.O.

Box 2901

Richmond, Virginia 23235
804-794-6823

R. K E N M - T H WEF.KS
ENGINEERS

Complete Engineering Services

1941 R o l a n d C l a r k e P l a c e
R e s t o n , Virginia 22091
703/620-5200

INVESTIGATIONS

CONSULTING ENGINEERS

(804/237-2044)

M u n i c i p a l a n d Industrial Waste Treatment, Power Systems. Structures,
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• HYDRAULIC

B O D I E , T A Y L O R AND
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Y O R K N E W Y O R K 10007
(212)267-8288

3229 WaterUck Road, Lynchburjt,
VA 24504

E N G I N E E R S • E S T A B L I S H E D 190.T

• LEAK DETECTION

100 C H U R C H S T R E E T

Consulting Engineers

Engineers

1314

Pitometer Associates

F R E D E R I C K G. GRIFFIN, P.C.

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C O R P O R A T I O N

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644 W E S T S T R E E T , ANNAPOLIS, MD
(301) 268-7730
S Y O S S E T , NY
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DENVER

SANTURCE

B A R R Y W. S T A R K E , A S L A
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Consulting E n g i n e e r s
Environmental L a b o r a t o r i e s
Industrial and Municipal

EARTH
DESIGN
ASSOCIATES

21401

HARTFORD
HOUSTON
PR

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INCORPORATED

1531 Nortti Mam Street
B l a c k s b u r g , Virginia 2 4 0 6 0
(703) 5 5 2 - 5 5 4 8

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE I LAND USE PLANNING / ARCHFTECTURE

Dames &amp; Moore
Water S u p p l y and
S o l i d and

Pollution Control

P E T E R M.

• Solid Waste/Energy Recovery
• Water Pollution Control
• A i r Pollution Control
• Industrial Waste Treatment

H a z a r d o u s Waste M a n a g e m e n t

Environmental Impact Studies
Water R e s o u r c e s M a n a g e m e n t

HUDSON

President

Energy Studies
S o i l s and

P A R K S - H U D S O N , INC.

Foundation Engineering

7101 Wisconsin Avenue • Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(3011 652-2215
7 7 0 0

LEESBURG
SUITE
CHURCH,VA.
703/893-

FALLS

PIKE
302
22043
0711

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C h a r l e s R Velzy A s s o c i a t e s , Inc.
Consulting Engineers
355 Main Street
Armonk, New York 10504

Independenl Iniurance &amp; Risk tAanagemenl Comu.
1735 Jefferson D a v i s

Box K228
Koger Executive Center
Richmond, Virginia 23288
(804) 288-6061

2360 W e s t j o p p a R o a d , S u i t ? 300

Hwy.

S u i t e 900

G r c c n s p r i n g Station

A r l i n g t o n . V i r g i n i a 22202

L u t h c r v i l l c , Maryland 21093

( 7 0 5 ) 892-4812

( 3 0 1 ) 583-9261

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DRAINAGE,FLOOD

DEVELOPMENT,

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STRUCTURAL

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,

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HIGHWAYS,BRIDGES

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(703) 590.1 131
(703) 670-6300

.

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Federal-Head StartCETA —HUD,A-102Sin
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lAMES BRIDGES, LTD
* PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
:e'titied Public Accountant

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Suite 2 0 0 Silver Spring. MD 2 0 9 0 4

CPA

E N G I N E E R S

IQDRIENGGEnE

14003 MINNEVILLI
DALE CITY, VA 2

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A R C H I T E C T S

S U R V E Y O R S

•

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P L A N N E R S

S C I E N T I S T S

Corporate Drive

Landover. MD 2 0 7 8 5

JAMES M. MONTGOMERY, CONSULTING ENGINEERS. INC.

Greenhorne

(301)731-5622

C I V I L AND E N V I R O N M E N T A L
ENGINEERS
W A T E R AND W A S T E W A T E R

10710

LE«

HIOHWAY, SUITE

202

&amp; O^Mara,
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FAIRFAX. VIRGINIA

22030

Boston, Philadelphia, New York,
St. Louis, Syracuse, White Plains
PHONE:

DAVID A. M I N T E R
703-860-2*00

•

P H O T O G R A M M E T R I S T S

Consulting Engineers

820

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Water
Wastewater
Resource Recovery
Transportation

(703)

385-B800

HeilDi) Inlirnilionil tsnler, Suiti 1130
llflOO Sunrise Ville) Drln, HBSIOH, U 2 2 0 9 1

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YARGER
AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
Position Classification
and Pay Plans
Management
and Financial
Studies
Test Construction—Fire
and Police
Studies
Over 600
Our

2830 M a r y

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REQUARDT
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ASSOCIATES

corooration

Engineers , Surveyors , Planners
Complete prolessional services for
municipalilies and

public agencies

ENGINEERS

MainOHIca:
1 0 5 2 3 Mam

Street Fairfax Virginia 2 2 0 3 0

(703)

273-8700

2315

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tOOSoutti Mam

Surveys

30th

Fatten, Harris, Rust &amp; A s s o c .

Street Bndgewater. Virginia 2 2 8 1 2

(703) 828-2616

Florida—West Virginia—Georgia—Maryland

Year

SAINT PAUL

STREET

BALTIMORE,

MARYLAND

(301)

235-3U50

21218

Street

F a l l s C h u r c h , V a . 22042
703/560-6900

COMPLETE PUBLIC WORKS
ENGINEERING. SURVEYING
AND PLANNING SERVICES
BENGTSON, DeBELL, ELKIN &amp; TITUS
CONSULTING ENGINEERS. SURVEYORS &amp; PLANNERS

FINANCIAL

AND;

MANAGEMENT

I

CentrevJIIe.VA
703-631-9630

C:ONSULTANTS i

• Advisor on Financial and Marketing Matters
Relating to I s s u a n c e of Municipal B o n d s
• Position Classification and P a y Studies
• Executive S e a r c h and Selection
• Management and Organization S t u d i e s
• Utility and Public Works fvlanagement Studies
• Governmental Status Studies

MUNICIPAL ADVISORS
INCORPORATED

P.O. B O X

45

VIRGINIA

804

B E A C H , V A . 2.14.S8

422-1711

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Silver Sp ing, MD
3 0 1 - 4 3 )-0055

Leesburg. VA
703-777-1258

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CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS
• CPM Scheduling
• Project Management
• Claims Litigation and Support
• Document Management and Retrieval
•

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•

Construction Management Seminars

RALPH WHITEHEAD « A S S O C I A T E S
Consulting Engineers

208 High Street
Mount Holly, New Jersey 08060

1936 East Seventh Street
P. O. Box 35624
Charlotte. North Carolina 28235
704-372-1885

BRIDGES • HIGHWAYS • RAILROADS • RAIL t BltS TRANSIT • AIRPORTS

BRANCH O F F I C E S

3300 N E E x p r e s s w a y , A t l a n t a . G A 30341
1314 Lincoln Street, Columbia, S O 29201

(404)452-0797
(803) 256-3590

(609) 261-0100
WASHINGTON

D.C • T A M P A

KANSAS CITY • NEW ORLEANS
LOS

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DAVID M. GRIFFITH
AND ASSOCIATES, LTD.

Public Administration Service
Providing management assistance and consultant services
to local, regional, and state governments since 193.3.

S p e c i a l i s t s in R e v e n u e E n h a n c e m e n t ,
Cost Allocation Plans and Computer S y s t e m s

1497 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, Virginia 22101

R a l e i g t i . N C 919/876-8042
R i c t i m o n d . V A 804/323-1184

D r a w e r 5 9 . Ctiristiansburg. Virginia 2 4 0 7 3

(703) 734-8970

Architects • Engineers • Planners

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5203 L M t b u r g Pike, Falls C h u r c h , VA 22041 (703) 998-0100

P . O . B o x 789
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S A L E M , VA 24153
703-389-6673

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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23228
804-262-7341
C O M P L E T E LINES O F EQUIPMENT FOR MUNICIPAL G O V E R N M E N T S

Environmental Engineers
2301 West Meadowview Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27407
(919) 292-2271

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D Y N A P A C - Vibratory Rollers
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DAVEY — A i r Compressors
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HIGHWAY—Ctiemical Spreaders
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LAYTON MFG. C O — A s p t i a l t Pavers
PEABODY MYERS—"Vactor Jet Rodder"
RICHMOND MFG. CO.—Horizontal Boring
Mactiines

7630 Little River Turnpike, Suite 500
Annandale, Virginia 22003
703 642-5500

environmental

engineers,

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725 CHURCH STREET

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

804-846-2711

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EDWARD T.PEniGREW, JR.

PATRICIA A. C O O P E R

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Power Supply • Load Management
Cogeneration • Resource Recovery
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Contract Negotiations

40 G r o v e Street
Wellesley, M A 02181
(617)237^870
1510 E. C o l o n i a l

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OrlancJo, FL 3 2 8 0 3
(305) 8 9 6 4 9 1 1

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Akron, Ohio

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planners,

Flnkbeiner, Pettis
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Services Advisory
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e x p r e s s c o n c e r n s regarding technology, to coordinate a c o n s t r u c t i v e
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a n d to
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environment
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regarding
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innovation
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�Why
ComeTo wheat
WhenY)ure In
The Market For
Tax-Free
Investments?
.lhats Ine .
$3 Billion Question.
I

n the fiscal year ended March 1983. Wheat, First
Securities managed or co-managed more than
13 billion in tax-exempt revenue financings.
Our record makes us the leading underwriter
among all investment banking firms based in the
Southeast.*
But what does this mean to you when you're
in the market for tax-free bonds?
It means at Wheat you'll find a large selection
of local and regional bond issues to fit your
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For example, you might prefer local bonds that
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or compound interest.
Another advantage of coming to the leader is
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49 offices located throughout the Southeast. Wheat
has more account executives trained to help you
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Product selection... marketing strength...
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the Southeast's leading investment banking and

financial services firms.
When you're planning your investments, why
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Call or visit your nearest Wheat, First Securities
office.
*Source: Public Securities Association Statistical Yearbook Municipal
Finance, The New Issue Market in 1982, page 23.

Yes! I'm interested! Please conact me regarding:
• Investing in tax-exempt securities.
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Name
Address _
. State.

Cit\

.Zip.

Home phone (_
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If you're a Wheat client, please give the name of your
Account Executive
Branch Office
Mail to: 'Wheat, First Securities
Department 38
RO. Box 1357
Richmond, VA 23211

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Member SIPC

49 offices throughout the Southeast, including 24 in Virginia.

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November 1983

Volume 18

Numberll

VML President
Charles A. Robinson Jr.
Officers
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J . Thomas
Sam W. Adams
Jane L. Hough
Executive Committee
Robert T. Williams
ArlleC. Payne
Martha V. Pennino
Jack D. Edwards
Jack P. Barnes
Margie Mayes

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Meet the President: CharlesA. Robinson Jr.

5

At the Conference: A report on the 78th annual
VML conference.

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Education: V M L Tal&lt;es a Stand

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The C r i s i s in Education: Excerpts from the
conference panel.

Past President
Francis T. West
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

On the Cover:
A student in the Mathematics and
Science Center, a regional center
which provides enrichment programs and is owned and operated
by five public school divisions In
the Richmond area. Photo by Bev
Schultz, Media Services, Richmond Public Schools.
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
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The Governor's Plans for Education: A report
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Planning Norfolk's Budget: A Team
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Henrico Develops a J o b Performance
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Although not a native Virginian,
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n J r . h a s lived in
the c o m m o n w e a l t h s i n c e h i s disc h a r g e from the Air F o r c e in 1946.
He c a m e to Virginia to attend the
University of Virginia, brought his
high s c h o o l s w e e t h e a r t , Maud Ferris of C o n n e c t i c u t , with him, married her in C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e , graduated with an e l e c t r i c a l engineering
degree in 1950 and moved to Vienna.

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Not one to move around m u c h ,
the c o u p l e rented in V i e n n a one
year and then, in 1951, moved into
the h o u s e w h i c h r e m a i n s their
home.
T w o c a t s acquired in C h a r l o t t e s ville, " A g a t h a " and " E l m e r , " influe n c e d the R o b i n s o n ' s move to Vie n n a . A s c o n s i d e r a t e cat o w n e r s ,
w h e n R o b i n s o n got his job with the
National Rural E l e c t r i c Cooperative
Association
headquartered
in
W a s h i n g t o n the couple e l e c t e d to
reside in V i e n n a , then c o n s i d e r e d
" i n the c o u n t r y , " with R o b i n s o n
c o m m u t i n g to D.C.
T h e y have s i n c e added on to their
original " c o u n t r y " home five t i m e s
and never been without s e v e r a l
c a t s , s o m e t i m e s even p o s s u m s and
r a c c o o n s . R o b i n s o n s a y s , " I t ' s the
only h o u s e in the corporate limits,
a d j a c e n t to a shopping center, with
a 5 0 b y 20chicken house."
R o b i n s o n is a l s o an amateur radio operator (call letters W 4 W T X )
and a collector, rebuilder and refinisher of antique furniture, but don't
take R o b i n s o n too lightly. S i n c e
1950 he h a s graduated with honors
from law s c h o o l at G e o r g e W a s h ington University, e s t a b l i s h e d a
s m a l l law practice in V i e n n a , risen
from staff engineer to deputy general manager of the National Rural
E l e c t r i c Cooperative A s s o c i a t i o n
( N R E C A ) , served on the V i e n n a
town c o u n c i l 14 y e a r s , served a s
mayor of V i e n n a eight y e a r s and run
for election every two y e a r s s i n c e
1962. He is a l s o a director and corporate s e c r e t a r y of the E l e c t r i c C o operative Life I n s u r a n c e C o . , a di-

rector of the W e s t e r n S t a t e s Water
and P o w e r C o n s u m e r s C o n f e r e n c e ,
an active m e m b e r of the A m e r i c a n
Bar A s s o c i a t i o n , and presently v i c e
c h a i r m a n of the Utility F i n a n c e
C o m m i t t e e of the A B A Public Utility
Law S e c t i o n .
He finds his two positions, mayor
and deputy general manager of
N R E C A , compatible. " O n e complim e n t s the other," he s a y s , noting
that V i e n n a h a s a very knowledgeable and c a p a b l e town manager in
Brackenridge Bentley.
Robinson
rarely t a k e s a vacation and a l s o
w o r k s long hours.
Despite this b u s y s c h e d u l e , Robinson is a l s o very c o m m i t t e d to the
Virginia Municipal L e a g u e . H i s a s s o c i a t i o n with the league s p a n s his
public s e r v i c e career. In 1976, he
w a s e l e c t e d c h a i r m a n of the town
s e c t i o n , a position w h i c h he repeated three y e a r s .
He h a s s i n c e served on the e x e c utive c o m m i t t e e and moved up the
ladder. He w a s an early a d v o c a t e of
the Virginia Municipal Group Self
I n s u r a n c e A s s o c i a t i o n and h a s
served a s c h a i r m a n of its m e m b e r
s u p e r v i s o r y board s i n c e its inception.
Looking at the future, R o b i n s o n
s a i d , " T h e s i g n i f i c a n t i s s u e s for the
league will be generated by the budget s q u e e z e on state and local government plus the continuing public
d e m a n d for an improving e d u c a tional s y s t e m and e x p a n d i n g government s e r v i c e s .
" P e o p l e are demanding continuing improvement in all government
s e r v i c e s , while at the s a m e time
r e v e n u e s are being s q u e e z e d very
hard.

" M y hope is that w e at the league
c a n continue the work our predec e s s o r s initiated and pursued and
continue the development of a
c l o s e working relationship between
the league and state and local jurisd i c t i o n s throughout the c o m m o n wealth.
" T h e stature and influence of the
league with the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
is b a s i c a l l y attributable to the support and effort of our local jurisdictions; the voters at home are the
people to w h o m the legislators respond.
" W e need to be sure that members of the league are aware of the
i s s u e s and willing to s p e a k out for
w h a t ' s right f o r t h e i r c o m m u n i t i e s .
" O u r league director, Mike A m y x ,
is an effective and eloquent s p o k e s man for the league membership,
and the league officers and e x e c u tive c o m m i t t e e constitute a group
of individuals who have a c h i e v e d
well d e s e r v e d recognition throughout the state a s local government
leaders.
" T w o things are needed for the
league to s u c c e e d . W e must have
support at the g r a s s r o o t s level and
w e m u s t have effective staff leadership and organization. If w e c a n
a c h i e v e t h e s e two things, then the
future of the league will be s u c c e s s ful."

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the legislative

committee

John C. Brown, R-Bristol,
the legislative
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At the conference . . .
J L A R C . . . education . . . taxes . . . Mills Godwin . . . exhibits . . .
awards . . . cable TV . . . housing . . . the budget . . . quality circles . . .
Hunter Andrews . . . the festhouse . . .
The 78th Annual Virginia Municipal League Conference is over and
all that remains of the actual event
are the echoes of success.
Former Virginia governor, Mills E.
Godwin Jr., opened the conference
with an address noting the fiscal
challenges local governments face
and encouraging those in decisionmaking roles to reach for rational
judgments on the priorities that
should govern the allocation of
available funds.
"Circumstances...,"Godwin said,
"have compelled all governments to
take a critical look at every phase of
their operations to make sure the
first determination in the distribution of resources is on the basis of
that which is essential rather than
that which may appear desirable.
"We must make certain that the
stress of the times does not throw
priorities out of focus and result in a
diminution of the strength and quality of our critically required services
Dr. Johnas F. Hockaday, Virginia's new chancellor of the Community College System, was introduced at the opening session. A
native of North Carolina with a doctorate in education from Duke Uni-

versity, Hockaday is the system's
third chancellor in five years, not
counting one acting chancellor.
Former Virginia delegate, Robison B. James, gave an entertaining
and inspirational address at the annual Prayer Breakfast which honored such familiar faces as Richard
L. DeCair, former league director;
Jessie M. Rattley, former VML and
National League of Cities president;
former VML presidents Harold Atkinson, Dr. Carl E. Stark, Roy H.
Erickson and Jack P. Barnes; Harold
I. Baumes, the league's first full-time
director; and Julian F. Hirst, former
league president and director.
At the 15 workshops held during
the conference attendees learned
about a wide range of subjects including computer mapping, productivity at city hall, municipal bond
registration, cash management,
conflict of interests, drafting town
ordinances, manufactured housing
and cable television, just to mention a few.
In addition, the many amenities
and social activities of the conference were crowned by an enjoyable
evening at Busch Gardens' Festhouse sponsored by James City
County and Busch Gardens.

The conference is both an annual
beginning and ending forthe league
with the changeover in officers and
passage of the annual policy statement and legislative goals. Francis
T. West of Martinsville stepped
aside to become the league's immediate past president as Charles A.
Robinson Jr. of Vienna assumed the
league's presidency for the coming
year.
Elected to serve as Robinson's
fellow officers and moving a step up
the ladder were Lawrence A. Davies
of Fredericksburg, first vice president; Vincent J . Thomas of Norfolk,
second vice president; and Sam W.
Adams of Emporia, third vice president. Coming on the ladder was
Jane L. Hough of Salem, elected to
serve as fourth vice president.
Elected to serve on the executive
committee as at-large members
were Robert T. Williams of Newport
News, Arlie C. Payne of Gordonsville and Martha V. Pennine of Fairfax County.
Elected to chair the city, urban
and town sections and serve on the
executive committee also were
Jack D. Edwards of James City
County, city section; Jack P. Barnes
of Portsmouth, urban section; and

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Margie Mayes of Grottoes, town
section. Serving as their vice chairmen are M. Stuart Koethcke of Clifton Forge, city section; Sidney
Onnan of Chesapeake, urban section; and William R. Hartz of Waverly, tow/n section.
One of the major purposes of the
annual conference is the finalization of the league's policy statement and legislative program. The
1984 Virginia Municipal League Policy Statement and Legislative Program were adopted without amendment at the annual business meeting during the conference.
The adoption of the policy statement represents the successful
conclusion of a new format used
this year to allow each member locality ample opportunity to review
the statement. The policy committees completed their work by Aug.
1, and the preliminary policy statement was mailed to each member a
full month prior to the conference.
In addition, copies were made available at the registration desk from
the beginning of the conference.
This is a significant change in format from the past when policy committees held their final meeting on
the Sunday of the annual conference. Amendments from these final
committee meetings were not made
available until Monday afternoon allowing only 24 hours for review.
The Legislative Program was also
adopted at the business session
without amendment. This year, the
legislative committee's final meeting prior to the business session
was held on Sunday afternoon during the conference rather than on
Monday morning. This change in
time greatly improved attendance at
this meeting. The adoption of the
Legislative Program included con-

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about
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siderable work done both by the
VML's executive committee and the
legislative committee.
Both the executive committee
and the legislative committee held
numerous discussions on the need
to improve education and to provide
adequate funding for education.
The executive committee had heard
a presentation from Superintendent
of Public Education John Davis in
early July when he explained the
proposed new and far more stringent accreditation standards. The
executive committee supported the
new accreditation standards and
also supported additional funding
to meet the full cost of providing
the standards of quality. They referred the issue to the legislative
committee which held considerable
discussion on the need for additional funding for education. The
committee concluded that the best

approach was to support an additional one percent statewide sales
tax to be returned to localities
based on school age population.
Support for this statewide sales
tax was included in the Legislative
Program and is probably the most
significant item in this year's pro-

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�gram. The shift from a local option
sales tax to a statewide sales tax is
a major shift as well as is the direct
tie-in of the additional revenue for
education.
This new position is viewed as
having several advantages. A principal option is that it reduces the possible inequitable distribution of tax
burden between jurisdictions which
might occur if only a few communities in a given metropolitan area
adopt the local option tax. In addition, education is the highest priority for a community and also the
area of greatest financial need. By
tying the sales tax to this need it ensures that the need will be met and
also should improve the salability of
the sales tax to the General Assembly and the general public.
The completed Municipal Policy
Statement and Legislative Program
with all the amendments made this
year was mailed to each member
locality in October. In addition, the
Legislative Program will be presented to members of the General
Assembly at the fall meetings of the
Virginia Municipal League and the
Virginia Association of Counties.
These regional meetings are an important part of VML's legislative activities and all are encouraged to attend.

The mayor of Pamplin, Patrick Harrison (c), aiong witti town advisor W.
R. Britton Jr. (I.), receives
tlie town's actiievement
award trophy from
VI\/IL Executive
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Pearisburg, Henrico County, James City County,
Appalachia,
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VML Takes a Stand
By Christy Everson
A l t h o u g h many t o p i c s were considered and d i s c u s s e d d u r i n g the
V M L Annual C o n f e r e n c e , one subject seemed to be pervasive—that
of e d u c a t i o n .
From the o p e n i n g session address of Virginia's former Governor
Mills E. G o d w i n Jr. and the introduct i o n of Virginia's new C o m m u n i t y
College System Chancellor
Dr.
Johnas
F. H o c k a d a y ,
through
V M L ' s legislative c o m m i t t e e meeting, the J o i n t Legislative A u d i t and
Review C o m m i s s i o n ' s report on local g o v e r n m e n t , the report on the
state's proposed budget for 1984-86
and the " C r i s i s in E d u c a t i o n " panel
d i s c u s s i o n , to the final write-ups of
the c o n f e r e n c e in several local
newspapers, e d u c a t i o n and
its
f u n d i n g were key issues. Not surprising in light of recent events and
the political nature the s u b j e c t has
taken on.
The ripple that started the educational tidal wave was the release of
the report of the National C o m m i s sion on Excellence in Education
early t h i s year.
The c o m m i s s i o n reported, infam o u s l y by now, " T h e nation is at
risk [because] the e d u c a t i o n a l f o u n d a t i o n s of our society are presently
being eroded by a rising tide of med i o c r i t y that threatens our very
future."
Furthermore,
the
commission
stated, " T h e average graduate of
our s c h o o l s and c o l l e g e s today is
not as well e d u c a t e d as the average
graduate of 25 or 35 years a g o . "
A l t h o u g h we may q u e s t i o n this
s e c o n d s t a t e m e n t , most will agree
that national e d u c a t i o n , national
e c o n o m y and national security are
inseparable. We recognize the need
to prepare future g e n e r a t i o n s of
A m e r i c a n s for a " h i g h t e c h " w o r l d .
We d o n ' t want A m e r i c a n s to be

A b o u t the A u t h o r
Christy Everson is Director of C o m m u n i cations
for the V i r g i n i a
Municipal
League and e d i t o r of " V I R G I N I A T O W N
&amp; CITY" and " L E A G U E LETTER."

stragglers in the w o r l d of t e c h n o l ogy for the sake of national security. As one writer aptly put it, " W e
must not provide our children a
1960s e d u c a t i o n for a 21st century
world."
" A s c h o o l w i t h o u t a c o m p u t e r is
like a s c h o o l w i t h o u t a library," said
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ.
Mark Tucker of the Carnegie Project on I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y and
Education calculates that to have a
" r e a s o n a b l y c a p a b l e " c o m p u t e r for
every four s t u d e n t s in the United
States w o u l d take 10 m i l l i o n work
s t a t i o n s for 40 m i l l i o n s c h o o l children at about $1,000 each; or $10 billion. Current e s t i m a t e s are that we
have a p p r o x i m a t e l y 180 s t u d e n t s
per c o m p u t e r t e r m i n a l , and reports
indicate that these are not equitably
d i s t r i b u t e d t h r o u g h o u t the country.
Aside f r o m f u n d i n g the equipment for high tech e d u c a t i o n , we
are repeatedly told that in order to
achieve e x c e l l e n c e in e d u c a t i o n we
must train, attract and keep excellent teachers, and the way to do this
is w i t h m o n e y — m o n e y for better
teacher c o l l e g e s , higher base salaries, differential pay for math and
s c i e n c e teachers, master teacher
programs, p o s s i b l y merit pay rewarding excellence.
Even Neal R. Peirce w r i t i n g in
" N a t i o n ' s Cities W e e k l y " warned,
" U n l e s s states, their fiscal cries
n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g , improve teacher
pay drastically, the results will be
m e d i o c r e teachers, t r a i n i n g , and
work f o r c e — a n d inevitably, deteriorated state and national economies."

The new a c c r e d i t a t i o n standards
for s c h o o l s recently approved by
the Virginia Board of Education are
e x p e c t e d to c o s t as m u c h as $11.6
m i l l i o n in Virginia during the first
year in effect and about $8 m i l l i o n
annually thereafter.
The Fairfax C o u n t y S c h o o l Board
e s t i m a t e d it will have to build at
least 20 s c i e n c e labs at a cost of
$32,000 each to be in c o m p l i a n c e .
Norfolk e x p e c t s the new standards

to cost it about $2 m i l l i o n . Suffolk
expects it will need to hire 11 more
teachers.
•
The challenge is clear; the quest i o n is who will accept it, w h o will
pick up the tab.
In September, a c o m m i s s i o n established by the National Science
Foundation proposed to the federal
government a crash program to bolster s c i e n c e and math e d u c a t i o n in
the United States after c o m p l e t i o n
of a 17-month study of science education f o u n d " p r o b l e m s so deep
that the federal government must
take the lead in solving t h e m . "
" E d u c a t i o n is primarily a local res p o n s i b i l i t y , " W i l l i a m T. Coleman,
co-chair of the c o m m i s s i o n said,
" b u t we think in the current situation there is a crying need for a national role and national leadership."
Apparently it will not be the Reagan a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , however, that
picks up the bill. A l t h o u g h the president has pushed for merit pay and
other educational reforms, his adm i n i s t r a t i o n has argued repeatedly
in favor of a reduced federal role in
e d u c a t i o n and lower federal spending. State and local g o v e r n m e n t s already bear more than 90 percent of
the $117.6 billion spent each year
on public e d u c a t i o n and the Reagan
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n appears firm in its refusal to take on any additional expenditures f o r e d u c a t i o n .
T w o years ago. Congress, at the
urging of the Reagan administrat i o n , cut f u n d s for 29 s c h o o l aid programs f r o m $724 m i l l i o n to $479 million incorporating t h e m into a block
grant k n o w n as Chapter Two. In Virginia, the federal share of the cost
of e d u c a t i o n has dropped f r o m 10.6
percent to 8.1 percent.
Just recently, a House task force
recommended
experimentation
w i t h merit pay plans but the task
force offered no financial assistance.
•
The s c e n e appears
perhaps
s o m e w h a t better on the state level.
At the annual meeting of the Na— C o n t i n u e d on page 10—

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Jeremiah Floyd
A s s o c i a t e E x e c u t i v e Director
National S c h o o l B o a r d s
Association

Trends in tiie
Composition
of Scliool
Boards
In 1927, G e o r g e C o u n t s at the
University of C h i c a g o d e s c r i b e d the
typical s c h o o l board m e m b e r a s follows:
• upper or upper middle c l a s s
• middle age, male
• a b u s i n e s s or p r o f e s s i o n a l person
• married, a parent of children in
the public s c h o o l s
• active in the organizational life
of the c o m m u n i t y
T h e A m e r i c a n S c h o o l Board Journal and Virginia T e c h reported the
following information about the
c o m p o s i t i o n of s c h o o l boards following their 1982 annual survey:
• 28 percent female
• 2.2 percent A f r o - A m e r i c a n
• 2.0 percent H i s p a n i c - A m e r i c a n
• 0.3 percent A s i a n - A m e r i c a n
• 0.8 percent A m e r i c a n - I n d i a n
• 3.5 percent other minorities
• 91.2 percent C a u c a s i a n - A m e r ican
• a median age range of 41-50
• a median annual i n c o m e of
about $40,000

Ralph J . S h o t w e l l
Director—Finance, Research,
Retirement &amp; Special Services
Virginia E d u c a t i o n A s s o c i a t i o n
"It would be a grave disservice
to
Virginia's
educational
system
to assume that all the educational
shortcomings
cited
in ["A
Nation
at
Risk,"
etc.] . . . apply
to
Virginia
school
divisions."

• 15,538 s c h o o l d i s t r i c t s / b o a r d s
of education e x i s t s in the U.S.
• 95 percent of 9 5 , 0 0 0 + s c h o o l
board m e m b e r s serving on
s c h o o l boards are e l e c t e d
• s c h o o l boards are r e s p o n s i b l e
for setting and governing the
educational programs carried
out in 85,700 elementary and
s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l s for 40-1- million s t u d e n t s . ( P u b l i c s c h o o l s

• S i n c e 1974, e a c h c l a s s of Virginia
s t u d e n t s h a s performed a s well or
better than the previous c l a s s on
standardized
achievement
tests
given annually to fourth, eighth and
eleventh graders.
• Spring 1982 testing s h o w s average a c h i e v e m e n t test s c o r e s of Virginia s t u d e n t s c o m p a r e favorably to
t h o s e of s t u d e n t s nationwide, and
a c h i e v e m e n t test s c o r e s generally
continue to i n c r e a s e .
• In the spring of 1982, nearly 93
percent of the tenth graders who
took the Virginia High S c h o o l C o m petency T e s t p a s s e d both the mathe m a t i c s and reading s e c t i o n s . In
1978, only 82 percent p a s s e d both
tests.
• S i n c e the 1950s the percentage of
school-age population enrolled in
public s c h o o l h a s risen from 76 percent to 89 percent nationwide and
to 91 percent in Virginia.
• In the past four y e a r s the high
s c h o o l dropout rate in Virginia h a s
continued to d e c l i n e .
• Only 10 percent to 20 percent of
high s c h o o l g r a d u a t e s continued
their education in 1950. T o d a y more
than 60 percent in Virginia go on to
c o l l e g e , b u s i n e s s s c h o o l or trade
school.
• H a n d i c a p p e d s t u d e n t s in Virg i n i a ' s public s c h o o l s have inc r e a s e d from 4 percent in 1970 to 9
percent in 1982.
• In 1981-82, 6 percent of the total
s c h o o l population in Virginia were
enrolled in s p e c i a l e n r i c h m e n t programs.

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Floyd c o n c l u d e s that
school
boards are run largely by white, middle-aged, high-income m e n , e s s e n tially what C o u n t s reported in 1927.
Facts

About Scfiooi

Boards

Panel
Cecil F r a n c e s Carter
D e p u t y S e c r e t a r y of E d u c a t i o n
C o m m o n w e a l t h of V i r g i n i a
' T h e governor
has stated on numerous
occasions
that
he
considers education
to be his top priority in addition
to economic
development."

"Looli at tfie budget targets proposed
for tfie 1984-86
biennium.
Education
encompasses
about 56
percent
of the proposed
budget
statement."
Regarding the flood of reports released on the quality of e d u c a t i o n .
Carter s a i d , "For tfie first time we
see a nation not just criticizing
but
taking a hard look at what we are doing and why, and offering some assistance.
We are getting
positive
and constructive
criticisms
and
suggestions
from all segments
of
society."
"We are starting to recognize that
the position
of technological
and
economic
superiority
we once enjoyed Is now threatened,
similar to
the situation
we had In the late 50s
with Sputnik. I like to refer to the report of the National Commission
on
Excellence
In Education
as the
Sputnik of the 80s."
"The governor has recognized
the
critical
position
of the
classroom
teacher
in the educational
process
and spoken
to the need to
develop
those mechanisms
to attract and retain teachers
of the highest
quality.
He has spoken
to the need of providing
teachers
with
adequate
across
the board compensation
for
their efforts and has set a goal to establish a salary benchmark
comparable to the national
mores."

"Closely
related
provide
teachers

to the need to
with
adequate

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�tional Governors' Association in
Portland, ME, according to David S.
Broder, "Roanoke Times &amp; World
News" reporter, "there seemed to
be striking evidence that the states
are moving ahead on their own to
meet the challenge to improve the
high schools and elementary
schools of this country."
Broder said almost every governor he talked to or heard speak during the three-day conference had
plans to improve teacher pay, stiffen educational standards and increase financial support.
Prior to this spring, before several
reports critical to education were
released, the governors had chartered a task force from the Education Commission of the States to
work on educational problems.
"Our goal," North Carolina Gov.
James B. Hunt Jr. is quoted as saying, "was not to criticize but to recommend a plan of action.
"Education is a national problem
that cannot be solved in Washington," said Hunt. "The states must
lead."
•
And some states are leading.
In Mississippi, a state that Gov.
William F. Winter, D, said has
"chronically weak schools," a bill
was passed for compulsory school
attendance, statewide kindergartens, a 10 percent teacher pay raise,
tougher teacher certification standards, special scholarships for
math and science teacher training,
mid-career programs for administrators, and consolidation of small
school districts, accompanied by
the biggest tax hike in the history of
the state at a time of high unemployment in a state with the lowest
per capita income in the nation.
This was accomplished with an
organized campaign including business community involvement, advertising, direct mail, a phone bank
and the help of local newspapers.
Public demand eventually left legislators no where to hide.
Breakthroughs are also occurring
in Florida, California and Tennessee.
Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander, R, has designed a $210 million
"master teacher" program for his
state which he hopes will be in
place next spring accompanied by a
1 percent sales tax increase.
Jeremiah Floyd of the National
School Boards Association presented figures during his presentation on the "Crisis in Education"
panel at the VML Conference indi-

cating that from 1975-76 through
1980-81 the trend has been toward
greater state support of public
schools and less reliance on local
monies.

•

In our own state. Gov. Charles S.
Robb appears to be attempting a
lead. He has developed experimental merit pay and master teacher
programs and just recently traveled
to Washington to explain his plans
to House members. Deputy Secretary of Education Cecil Frances Carter, at the VML Conference, emphatically stated that education is Gov.
Robb's first priority along with economic development.
In fact. Gov. Robb has earmarked
$500,000 in his preliminary 1984-86
budget for testing his experimental
plans. Total funds for education encompass about 56 percent of the
governor's proposed budget and include a 24.25 percent increase for
elementary and secondary education for the biennium. This increase
provides Standard of Quality levels
of $1,604 per pupil for fiscal year
1984-85 and $1,758 per pupil for fiscal year 1985-86 and is intended to
provide 10 percent salary increases
for teachers during each fiscal year.
In the past two sessions of the
General Assembly, the administration has attempted to implement 10
percent increases in teacher salaries across the board, however, this
year it was reduced to 9.7 percent
due to economic conditions.
This is "putting your money
where your mouth is," according to
Deputy Secretary Carter.

•

Two problems exist with this
however. Local school districts are
allowed to use these monies for
whatever purpose they see fit, not
necessarily teacher salary increases. In fact, the Virginia Education Association recently reported
that only about one-third of the
school districts in Virginia are attempting to provide the 9.7 percent
teacher salary increases.
"If the pattern exhibited in the
1983 survey holds true," said VEA
President Brenda Cloyd, "teacher
salary increases for 1983-84 will
probably average 6 percent to 7 percent," not the 10 percent Gov. Robb
is aiming for.
Teacher salaries in Virginia rank
31st in the nation, up from 34th and
averaging $18,676. This trails the national average of $20,531 by $1,855,
according to VEA figures.

The second part of the problem is
that for nearly a decade the state
has engaged in a somewhat deceptive practice in school financing.
The General Assembly has calculated the state's portion of school
funding on the basis of a sum that
has fallen increasingly far behind
the Department of Education's estimates of the actual cost of educating a school child.
When the Standards of Quality
were implemented in 1974, the
Board of Education requested funding on the basis of 50 instructors
per 1,000 students, but the General
Assembly actually funded the standards on the basis of 48 instructors
per 1,000 students. This has created
an increasing disparity or gap in per
pupil funding through the years, a
gap in the General Assembly's calculated cost of education per pupil
and the estimated actual cost of
education per pupil. The gap in dollar terms has increased from $204 in
1978 to $348 in 1983. In 1983-84, the
difference between the Standards
of Quality per pupil cost established by the General Assembly
($1,464) and the actual Standards of
Quality per pupil cost ($1,773) as determined by the Department of Education is $309, or 21 percent. The
Robb administration plans to increase this level of funding from the
current 48 instructors per 1,000 students to 52 per 1,000, but in reality
there are currently 64 instructors
per 1,000 students. This disparity is
an issue of grave concern for VML.
•
What all this means is that although the state may be spending
more money on education, its share
of the total has decreased, putting
the burden on local governments.
The pressure is increasingly on local government.
As the VEA sees it, state aid for
education has declined 8 percent
from 1970 to 1980.
According to the recent Joint
Legislative Audit and Review Commission study of local government,
the state's share of the total cost of
education has gone from 46.3 percent in 1977-78 to 40 percent in
1982-83. In 1977-78 the state passed
on $729.1 million in education costs
to the localities, and in 1981-82 this
sum exceeded $1 billion.
•
The membership of the VML is
painfully aware of this situation. In
fact, 86 percent of the local governments surveyed in the JLARC study
—Continued on page 12—

�—Floyd—
accommodate
89 p e r c e n t of all
s c h o o l a g e c h i l d r e n i n t h e U.S.)
• 90 p e r c e n t of t h e b o a r d s of e d u c a t i o n are f i s c a l l y i n d e p e n d e n t
(i.e., t h e y h a v e b e e n d e l e g a t e d
statutory authority to set out
and raise local revenues)
• current annual expenditures total $105 b i l l i o n

Funding Public Education
F o r t h e s c h o o l y e a r 1975-76, m o n ies for p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n w e r e raised
as follow/s:
• 47 p e r c e n t l o c a l l y
• 44 p e r c e n t statev\/ide
• 8.8 p e r c e n t f e d e r a l l y
• 0.2 p e r c e n t f r o m o t h e r s o u r c e s
In 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 , m o n i e s f o r p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n w e r e raised as f o l l o w s :
• 44 p e r c e n t locally
• 47 p e r c e n t s t a t e w i d e
• 8.3 p e r c e n t f e d e r a l l y
• 0.7 p e r c e n t f r o m o t h e r s o u r c e s

Trends in Excellence
• N A E P r e p o r t s in t h e s p r i n g of
1983 t h a t w h i l e " a d d i t i o n a l
work
m a y be n e e d e d to prepare s t u d e n t s
for the increasingly t e c h n o l o g i c a l
world of the future, most s t u d e n t s
are ' l i t e r a t e ' in b a s i c r e a d i n g a n d
writing skills... lower ordered skills
are w e l l in h a n d . "
• In 1 9 3 9 - 4 0 , 51 p e r c e n t o f h i g h
school age children graduated from
h i g h s c h o o l . In 1 9 5 9 - 6 0 , 6 5 p e r c e n t
g r a d u a t e d f r o m h i g h s c h o o l . In
1979-80, 72 p e r c e n t (just m o r e t h a n
3 million) graduated
from
high
s c h o o l . T h e t r e n d is c l e a r l y u p w a r d .

"With respect to
excellence,"
said Floyd, "the hard part is to know
what is real and to respond to it with
'informed judgement,' not the volatile top-of-the-head reaction which
characterizes single issue mass
opinion."
"We see the challenges identified by the major national reports as
being real and have moved to assume leadership responsibilities."

—Shotwell—
• In s t a t e s w h e r e a n e q u a l
or
greater p e r c e n t a g e of s t u d e n t s take
the SAT Test, Virginia ranks seventh
a m o n g 16.

"The crisis Is not teacher performance. The crisis Is school funding.
The crisis is teacher salaries."
"Teacher
salary
increases
for
1983-84 will probably
average
6 to 7
percent.
This means
that there
will
be little,
if any, further
progress
in
moving
the Virginia
average
teacher
salary to the national
norm."
• College graduates who choose
private industry rather than teaching careers are likely t o earn $3,000
t o $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 m o r e in t h e i r f i r s t y e a r o f
employment.
• The m e d i a n b e g i n n i n g salary for
t e a c h e r s in V i r g i n i a in 1983-84 w a s
$12,888.
• T h e average n u m b e r of t e a c h e r
e d u c a t i o n c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s in Virginia eligible to begin
teaching
d r o p p e d f r o m 2,444 in 1971-72 t o
1,217 i n 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 , a d e c l i n e o f 5 7 p e r cent.
• F r o m 1974 t o 1982, i n f l a t i o n inc r e a s e d 68 p e r c e n t w h i l e t h e inc o m e of Virginia t e a c h e r s w e n t up
46 p e r c e n t .
• S i n c e 1972-73, t h e b u y i n g p o w e r
of t h e average Virginia t e a c h e r ' s
p a y c h e c k h a s d r o p p e d $ 1 , 5 7 7 o r 17
percent.
VEA believes
the following
must
be undertaken
to deal
with
the
teacher
crisis:
• increase
funding
for the
standards
of quality
to a realistic
level
and develop
a mechanism
to
ensure
that
teachers
receive
the
state
funds
designated
for
salary
improvement
• raise
entry
salaries
for
all
teachers
to a level at least equal
to
the beginning
salaries
for
comparable professional
career training
positions
in private
industry
• move as quickly
as possible
to
increase
Virginia
teacher
salaries
to
the national
norm
"We
have
the financial
wherewithal to do the job. Virginia
is a low
tax state. Virginia
ranked 33rd in per
capita
total tax collections
of
state
and local
governments
in
1980-81,
40th in state
and local
tax
collections
as a percent
of personal
income
in 1980-81,
and 36th in
total
current
expenditures
for public
elementary
and secondary
schools
in
1981-82 as a percent
of personal
income."

-Cartercompensation
for their efforts
is the
need to develop
mechanisms
to recognize
and reward
excellent
teaching in the classroom.
The
governor
has formed
a special
advisory
committee
designed
to pursue
the concepts
delineated
in his merit
pay
and master
teacher plans and to put
the plans
into operation
within
the
next
year."
"The second
area of concern
the
governor
has articulated
is the need
for schools
to improve
educational
foundations
for all students,
including emphasis
on more students
pursuing
core academic
courses.
The
Board
of Education
recently
approved
revised
accreditation
standards
encompassing
additional
course
requirements
for
all
students in English,
math and
science
as well as additional
requirements
for foreign
languages
for those
intending
to pursue
higher
education."

Some
Feedback
O n Merit Pay
T h e p u r p o s e of meri t pay prog r a m s is t o i m p r o v e t h e q u a l i t y of
e d u c a t i o n . P r o p o n e n t s say its critic i s m s have been derived f r o m the
f a i l u r e of p o o r l y d e v i s e d p r o g r a m s ,
but curiously enough many teachers a n d a d m i n i s t r a t o r s are f i r m l y
against merit pay programs.
The
American
Federation
of
Teachers only recently, and with
considerable difficulty, voted
to
s u p p o r t m e r i t p a y if a n d o n l y if a l l
teachers were given higher base
salaries. Union president,
Albert
S h a n k e r , w a s a b l e t o c a j o l e t h e reluctant group only with the reasoning that to be flexible on t h e issue
w o u l d have fewer
consequences
than stubbornness.
The National Education Associat i o n has r e g a r d e d merit pay as a
step b a c k w a r d s f r o m fixed salary
s c h e d u l e s based on a c a d e m i c credentials and seniority.
Many educators feel the m o n e y
c o u l d be b e t t e r u s e d , s u c h as in a
g e n e r a l pay raise for all t e a c h e r s ,
b u t t h e m o s t c o m m o n c r i t i c i s m s are
t h a t m e r i t p a y s y s t e m s r e s u l t in m o — C o n t i n u e d on page 13—

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indicated that state aid for public
e d u c a t i o n is inadequate. The topic
of educational f u n d i n g has been
one of considerable d i s c u s s i o n and
debate a m o n g t h e m e m b e r s h i p .
Neal R. Peirce, again w r i t i n g in
" N a t i o n ' s Cities W e e k l y , " says he
has f o u n d s u r p r i s i n g l y broad public
support for educational funding,
" e v e n at the c o s t of higher b u d g e t s
and t a x e s , " not w h e n teacher salary
increases alone are p r o p o s e d , but
w h e n increases are linked w i t h
t o u g h e r t e a c h i n g standards, performance t e s t i n g and rewarding of t h e
best t e a c h e r s — a quid pro q u o relationship.
In California, Peirce reports, there
is broad bipartisan support f o r as
m u c h as $840 m i l l i o n in new taxes
for s c h o o l a i d . Lamar Alexander,
TN-R, launched a c a m p a i g n for a
master teacher program requiring
regular teacher evaluations linked
to salary incentives and merit pay of
up t o $7,000 for t h e m o s t t a l e n t e d .
Virtually every major
statewide
group backed his plan, a c c o r d i n g t o
Peirce, and so did t h e p u b l i c — 7 3 t o
23 percent. But what is at stake? A
poorly e d u c a t e d public? The future
security of t h e nation?
In July, t h e V M L Executive C o m -

m i t t e e met w i t h S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of
Public Education S. John Davis for
an explanation of t h e new, more
s t r i n g e n t a c c r e d i t a t i o n standards.
Even t h o u g h the new standards are
expected t o cost an additional $11
million or more just to i m p l e m e n t
and $8 million annually thereafter,
the executive c o m m i t t e e voted to
s u p p o r t the new standards.
Considerable d i s c u s s i o n ensued
on t h e need for additional f u n d i n g
for e d u c a t i o n . W i t h local real estate
taxes and b u d g e t s already pushed
to t h e limit, the league has voted to
s u p p o r t a o n e percent statewide
sales tax to support quality educat i o n . The tax c o u l d generate $254
million during its first year in effect
and t h e money w o u l d be returned to
the localities based on s c h o o l age
population.
The challenge of providing t h e
public w i t h a quality e d u c a t i o n is
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and not one to run f r o m . The leadership of the V M L has taken a critical
look at t h e issues and is facing this
challenge. The 1 percent sales tax
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league's major goals in t h e 1984
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�T h e Govemor^s P l a n for Education
In July, Virginia Gov. Charles S.
Robb spoke before the U.S. House
of Representatives' Task Force on
Merit Pay. He described his proposed plan for testing merit pay and
master teacher programs in Virginia.
Gov. Robb proposes to budget
$500,000 to the Department of Education to carry out this pilot test
project. He has proposed that the
project be set up so that local
school divisions w^ould submit requests for the state funds to support local experiments. In the first
year, Robb anticipates two to five
school divisions will participate in
the project by experimenting with
merit pay or master teacher programs. A parallel program also
would be set up for school administrators.
The local experiments would
have to meet certain basic requirements to receive funding. I=irst,
teachers would have to be directly
involved in the merit pay or master
teacher selection process proposed. Separate selection procedures would be required for excellent teachers and excellent administrators and results would have to
be monitored and disclosed with
public reports to the governor and
the General Assembly.
Robb has indicated that two approaches are likely to appear, but
that other approaches may be developed. One, the master teacher/merit
program, involves designation of a
small number of master teachers to
be compensated both for the excellence of their performance in the
classroom and for additional work
to improve instruction, improve
courses or to implement new instructional technologies or methods.
The master teacher/merit proposal will involve both designation
of master teachers and specific programs to use master teachers as
teachers of other teachers, especially other teachers in their early
years of service.
The other approach, a performance evaluation program, provides for an annual evaluation of the
work done by all teachers in a local
school division with a substantial
proportion of the teachers qualifying for performance supplements
on the basis of this evaluation.
Compensation packages will be
required to be submitted with re-

quests for funding. Robb expects to
require that each local compensation package include a cash bonus,
intended to be a one-time reward for
excellence; a payment-in-kind, such
as money for instructional equipment, a selection of books or even
advanced study intended to improve instruction; and a fellowship
payment to support the master
teacher's work as a teacher of
teachers.
As an illustration, Robb suggested that a typical pilot project
might permit designation of up to 5
percent of the practicing classroom
teachers within the local school
division as master teachers, with
compensation arranged so the cash
payment would be $1,000 and the
payments-in-kind and fellowships
would be $2,500 each.
The performance evaluation program would involve all teachers
within a local division in a comprehensive program of peer review and
assessment, leading to performance-based salary supplements of
perhaps $1,000 per teacher to perhaps one third of the teachers in a
division. This proposal entails
teachers developing standards for
self-evaluation within their own
groups, and then certifying colleagues whom they find to be their
best. The board would have the job
of assigning salary supplements on
the basis of ratings applied by the
teachers.
Robb cites the benefits of such
programs as improved teaching,
movement away from the tendency
toward mediocrity that exists in rigidly structured salary scales, economic advantage and prestige for
top ranking teaching professionals
and tenure systems without the
lethargy that many critics see in a
system that awards lifetime security.
Gov. Robb thinks a merit pay system in Virginia can work.
"I know no good reason why
teachers should not play primary
roles in choosing master teachers,"
he said, "or indeed why they should
not choose them if all parties to the
arrangement—the state, the locality, teachers organized either
through existing teacher groups or
on an ad hoc basis for this purpose
only—subscribe to carefully drawn
standards of selection.
"The often-made charges that no
merit pay scheme can be fair derive,

I think, from the common assumption made by teachers that o t h e r s board members, parents or principals, perhaps—may use the evaluation system in unfair ways. Because
so many other occupations and professions use performance evaluation as a cornerstone of their compensation systems, and with good
results, I doubt this fear is well
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rale problems and are impossible to
fairly implement.
A recent article in "The Wall
Street Journal" illustrated the problems some teachers have with merit
pay. An English teacher in Pennsylvania who was among 25 of 233
teachers in the district to receive
$1,000 in merit pay said she was
"horrified" by the effect of merit
pay on her fellow teachers.
"Teachers," she wrote, "are very
fragile, dedicated people. They receive very little praise throughout
their careers—from students, from
parents or from administrators.
Thus, to keep on teaching, they
must develop their own self-confidence, fed mostly from within.
Then, poof! slash! rip! zap! Nearly
90 percent of the staff are told they
don't measure up. Their aura of confidence is shattered."
The names of the 25 merit pay recipients were published in a nearby
local newspaper along with a story
that quoted one school official as
having said, "these people will
serve as models" for other teachers.
A science teacher who was not a
recipient of the bonus even though
his principal regards him as meritorious keeps a copy of the story in
his desk drawer. On the day the
story was published, his wife and a
fellow church choir member called
to ask why his name was not on the
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�Planning Norfolk's Budget

A Team Approach
By R . Breck Daughtrey and
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Municipal budgeting has beconne
increasingly complex in the city of
Norfolk, largely due to rapid growth
In the range and amount of municipal services provided a rapidly
growing population. A greater part
of the executive responsibility for
managing the budget process has
had to be decentralized, whereas in
the past the city manager delegated
only a small part of the responsibility. This move to decentralization
has led to the creation of a budget
team vested not only with the responsibility for coordinating the operating budget process, but also the
capital Improvement, revenue sharing and community development
budgets.
In Norfolk, the departments of finance and personnel as well as the
executive department contribute
the five members of the budget
team. The department of finance is
represented by the budget officer,
responsible for directing and supervising the team's activities; the city
controller, responsible for forecasting revenues; and a senior accountant who performs coordinating and
accounting tasks. The department
of personnel is represented by the
senior classification and pay analyst whose task it is to assimilate all
data relevant to personal expenditures. The executive department is
represented by a senior administrative analyst who is responsible for
all non-personal expenditures. Each
member has individual tasks as well
as partnership tasks.
Under the city manager's guidance, the budget team generally is
responsible for setting budget policy and assembling the proposed
operating budget. Work begins in
early August with a preliminary assessment of revenues and expenditures. The next few months are
spent compiling preliminary program budgets submitted by city departments in early fall and drafting
the budget policy statement and
budget instructions. In late November, the policy statement is issued.

followed in approximately six
weeks by distribution of budget instructions.
Before the deadline for budget request submissions (usually in early
February) all departments are notified of the date and time of their
budget hearings. After the budget
requests have been submitted the
team begins a detailed review of all
funding requests. Revenue hearings are held concurrently with internal service fund hearings for data
processing and automotive maintenance services, expenditure hearings and executive hearings. At the
conclusion of the budget hearings
final figures are entered and the
proposed operating budget is
printed for presentation to city
council by the manager.
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Revenue Forecasting

The city controller is responsible
for revenue forecasting. The revenue forecasting system used in Norfolk encompasses a decentralized
data gathering process combined
with centralized activities which include a combination of techniques.
Each revenue producing bureau and
department is provided a partially
completed revenue budget worksheet. The worksheets are completed by the departments and forwarded to the controller prior to the
formal budget requests.
The city uses four sources of information to assist departmental
forecasting: fiscal year cash receipts for the preceding five to ten
years, nine-month year-to-date receipts for the preceding five years
and current year (Norfolk uses an
eight month base), the immediate
past year's estimate for the current
year, and data to support forecasting techniques. After receiving and
reviewing worksheet information,
revenue budget hearings are begun.
A revenue hearing is simply a "give
and take" session between controller and department representatives
in order to fine-tune estimates.
In addition to the departmental
revenue estimate, the controller
conducts his own analysis. He employs a variety of techniques de-

pending upon the importance of the
revenue source. Trend analysis and
a "best guess" methodology are
used. For revenues generated by
real and personal property taxes
and auto licensing fees a deterministic model also is used. The data
needed for these analyses are available as part of a continuous process
of compiling revenue collection information.
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Expenditure F o r e c a s t i n g

The expenditure side of the budget is divided into personal and nonpersonal categories. The senior
classification and pay analyst is responsible for personal costs, and
the senior administrative analyst for
non-personal costs.
Personal expenditures account
for close to 75 percent of the budget. Unlike some other operating expenses the cost of personal services compounds with each successive salary increase because many
fringe benefits such as medical insurance, retirement, unemployment
compensation and worker's compensation are calculated as a percentage of basic payroll.
The task of estimating personal
services expenditures involves examining computer printouts reflecting payroll and salary histories, then
compiling figures and equations for
salary increments, social security
deductions, retirement rates and
medical insurance rates. Departments use this material to calculate
the total cost for personal services.
As formal budget requests are
submitted the personal team member reviews the information and has
it entered on-line into the computer
to check the submitted figures. During the expenditure hearings, his
role is to verify the accuracy of all
requested personal costs and to
seek justification for problem areas
such as wild fluctuations in requests for more overtime pay or
temporary employees.
Non-personal expenditures are
the responsibility of the senior administrative analyst. Numerous cal-

�c u l a t i o n s m u s t be made to determ i n e cost p r o j e c t i o n s for sucti
i t e m s as autos, heavy e q u i p m e n t ,
car pool charges, heating fuel, elect r i c i t y and auto fuel. A l s o , all f u n d ing requests must be reviewed and
compared
with
the
budgeted
a m o u n t for the current year to identify c h a n g i n g e x p e n d i t u r e trends.
The senior a d m i n i s t r a t i v e analyst
plays the role of budget t r i m m e r
during the e x p e n d i t u r e hearings.
During the hearings non-personal
e x p e n d i t u r e requests are reviewed
by line item. Frequently additional
j u s t i f i c a t i o n is required to supplement the formal budget request.
A n o t h e r important task involves
d e t e r m i n i n g the a c c u r a c y of estimated f u n d i n g needs for the remainder of the current fiscal year. A
great deal of advance preparation is
made by the non-personal team
m e m b e r for this category. Departmental budgeters are urged to att e m p t pin-point accuracy for current
year e s t i m a t e d e x p e n d i t u r e s , and
no penalty is assessed for project i o n s lower than originally budg e t e d . The purpose of t h i s is to enable the budget team to gauge as
accurately as p o s s i b l e the carryover
a m o u n t to be applied to the next fiscal year.
W o r k associated w i t h the fiveyear budget p r o j e c t i o n is inextricably linked to the annual b u d g e t
process. The senior a d m i n i s t r a t i v e
analyst provides a great deal of input for t h i s i n c l u d i n g c o n t i n u a l review of national, state and local
economic forecasts, assumptions
on e x p e c t a t i o n s for the next year
s u c h as property a s s e s s m e n t rates
and military trends for the area and,
of course, p r o j e c t i n g e x p e n d i t u r e s
five years into the future. The resulting figures represent the e s t i m a t e d
cost to maintain current levels of
service for the e n s u i n g five years.

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get policy. He is primarily responsible for c o o r d i n a t i n g activities s u c h
as d i s t r i b u t i n g all f o r m s , instruct i o n s , work papers and final approval requests f o r m s for the proposed budget. He s c h e d u l e s deadlines for s u b m i s s i o n s , e s t a b l i s h e s
the budget hearing s c h e d u l e , coordinates printing arrangements and
prepares revenue w o r k s h e e t s . IVIore
important r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s include
reviewing s u b m i t t e d figures for the
budget officer and being available
at all t i m e s to assist d e p a r t m e n t a l
budgeters w i t h p r o b l e m s they may
e n c o u n t e r in the c o m p i l a t i o n process.
The budget officer is the key
m e m b e r of the budget t e a m . His primary r e s p o n s i b i l i t y is to e s t a b l i s h
budget policy. During the c o u r s e of
the budget cycle he d i r e c t s the
t e a m ' s activities and is c o n t i n u o u s l y
briefed on s i g n i f i c a n t aspects of departmental f u n d i n g requests. He
w o r k s c l o s e l y w i t h the city manager, b r i e f i n g him a l m o s t daily in
m u c h the same manner as he is
briefed. Budget policy is largely det e r m i n e d by the budget officer subject to approval by the manager.
Norfolk maintains separate p o l i c i e s
for program and operating b u d g e t s
even t h o u g h they are c o m b i n e d into
one d e p a r t m e n t .

Summary

W h i l e the budget process in Norfolk is managed by a group labelled
the budget team, it is apparent that
every m e m b e r has unique responsibilities and areas of c o n c e n t r a t i o n .
Collaboration o c c u r s on a n u m b e r
of o c c a s i o n s , but tasks are suffic i e n t l y diverse so that team members f u n c t i o n independently under
the g u i d a n c e of the budget officer.
On the w h o l e , the team turns in a
consistently
solid
performance
each year. The budget team, however, is only a temporary assignment for most m e m b e r s . A move to
make the budget team a permanent
bureau c o u l d possibly improve effectiveness even further.

A b o u t the A u t h o r s
R. Breck Daughtrey is d e p u t y city
clerk for the city of Norfolk. He currently
is enrolled in the MPA program at Old
D o m i n i o n University. W e n d e l l C. Lawther
is w i t h the Department of Urban S t u d i e s
and Public A d m i n i s t r a t i o n at Old Dominion University.

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�Henrico Develops a Job
Performance Appraisal System
One of the most rewarding, challenging and important aspects of
personnel management of the
1980s and beyond will be the development of valid, job related performance appraisal systems. When
one stops to ponder what they can
be and what they are used for—promotion, demotion, layoff and termination decisions; development of
individualized job skills training, decisions on professional development training; development of possible policy, development of performance oriented compensation systems, development of productivity
standards, and several other major
areas—it is quite evident that if a
performance appraisal system is to
be used in any organization, its potential for usefulness or trouble
cannot be underestimated. With
this in mind the county of Henrico
decided to undertake a project, with
the support of a twelve-month International Personnel Association
grant, to develop a totally new performance appraisal system for use
by all levels of its 2,200 general government employees.
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Key elements in answering these
questions were acceptance of an
IPA grant proposal which would
provide sufficient start-up funding
and availability of in-house expertise to perform professional aspects of the project. Thought also
had to be given to the simple matter
of staff time. Maintenance of operations had to be considered as well
as time for research and development. Additionally, consideration
was given to availability of outside
support such as automated data
processing essential during development, implementation and maintenance of the project.
The future plans for professional
personnel management in the county were a final consideration. Where
did we want to go in the future with
such concepts as performance
based compensation systems,
benefits and a wide variety of personnel policy that would eventually
affect every employee. It was decided that a sound, content valid
and professionally developed performance appraisal system would
probably be the keystone for the development of these systems.
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D e c i d i n g to P r o c e e d

M a r k e t i n g the Project

Probably one of the most difficult
decisions to be made initially was
whether or not to even begin the
project. Was there really a need to
attempt to develop a totally new
system when the county already
had a system in place that was doing what it was designed to do: provide a simple mechanism to evaluate an employee generally on an annual basis?
A thorough analysis of the
strengths and liabilities of the current system was made. Our analysis
showed that based on current legislation, regulations and judicial decisions, the liabilities of the current
s y s t e m far o u t w e i g h e d
its
strengths. Also considered in reviewing the current system was informal feedback gathered from supervisors who had to use the system. What were their problems,
comments
and
suggestions.
Another major consideration was
whether or not resources—funds,
staff and expertise—were available
to start and eventually accomplish
the project.

Early in the project another key
decision point was identified. Simply, it was that full support of top
management was essential to the
success of the project. If management support could not be gained
for this highly visible and potentially politically sensitive project,
then the entire project would be
dropped.
A series of briefings was prepared for the county manager and
his chief deputies. Comments from
these briefings were basically that
they wanted input from their agency
heads. Another series of briefings
was held for all agency heads of the
county. Support for the project was
overwhelming with several-agency
heads volunteering their resources.
The highest degree of employee involvement and communication
would be sought throughout the life
of the project in order to contribute
eventually to employee acceptance
at implementation.

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An internal team approach was

decided as the best way to accomplish the project. The use of outside
consultants was ruled out as past
experience showed considerable
time lags due to simple logistical
and coordination efforts. Also considerable training time would be required to familiarize consultants
with the county and the project. Initially the project team was composed of a project director, project
leader and temporary research analyst. Additional professional expertise in the personnel office would
be tapped from time to time as
needs of the project dictated. The
team also would have the responsibility for implementation and maintenance of the new system.
C o n d u c t i n g the Project

Actual development of the new
performance appraisal system
lasted about two years, primarily because the system was to be content
valid and based on task analysis
methodology. This was extremely
time consuming and detailed, but it
was felt that this method would be
best in order to obtain the level of
validity and confidence wanted in
the new system. Additionally, project staff had to divide their time between the project and normal daily
operation of the office.
While many elements of the project were occuring simultaneously,
certain key phases of the development process can be defined. These
steps assisted in providing guidelines for study as well as organizational framework:
Preliminary Definition of GoalsOne of the most crucial phases of
the study was simply to define
where we wanted to be at the end of
the project. A type of reverse planning was used, starting at the finish
and planning back to the start. The
word "preliminary" was used as it
was not uncommon for objectives
to change during the course of the
project. This goal definition was important, however, as it gave needed
direction to the study.
Research
and
Literature
Search—In order to avoid reinventing the wheel, a thorough search of
what has already been accomplished is of great value. Even if unable to use fully any material gath-

�ered, there still may be u s e f u l n e s s
in the data. F o r e x a m p l e , general
t r e n d s in how performance evaluation is being done may be spotted
or a unique idea in form d e s i g n may
be found. A review of recent a c a d e m i c and p r o f e s s i o n a l literature is
a l s o important in that it provides
s o m e of the most current thought
and theory.
Project Organization—An
important element w h i c h needed to be a c c o m p l i s h e d early w a s organization,
a breakdown of the project into
m a n a g e a b l e s e g m e n t s that c a n be
controlled. In H e n r i c o , the study
eventually involved c o n t a c t with
2,200 e m p l o y e e s more than 370 distinct job c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s and 27
a g e n c i e s . In order to r e d u c e t h i s to
a m a n a g e a b l e s i z e two main a c t i o n s
were taken.
First, c l a s s i f i c a t i o n and c o m p e n s a t i o n staff in c o n j u n c t i o n with
project staff broke the 370 job c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s into s i x groups. T h i s
s e r v e d two main p u r p o s e s . O n e w a s
to provide for an orderly arrangement of the c l a s s e s for the purpose
of job a n a l y s i s . T h e other w a s to arrange the groups that w e r e s i m i l a r
s o they might be u s e d a s a target
population for a unique
perform a n c e evaluation form.
T h e s e c o n d action w a s to establish a g e n c y c o n t a c t points. T h i s
provided the project team with a
working partner in e a c h a g e n c y a s
well a s a c h a n n e l of c o m m u n i c a tion.
Job (Tasl&lt;) Analysis—T\ne
key to a
s o u n d , valid and reliable perform a n c e appraisal s y s t e m is that it be
b a s e d on a job a n a l y s i s p r o c e s s .
T h i s b e g i n s with the start of the
project and for all practical purp o s e s c o n t i n u e s throughout the
project and into the implementation
and m a i n t e n a n c e p h a s e s . In Henrico a l m o s t all m e t h o d s of job analy s i s w e r e utilized including q u e s tionnaires, group i n t e r v i e w s with
e m p l o y e e s and s u p e r v i s o r s , individual m e e t i n g s with e m p l o y e e s and
s u p e r v i s o r s and d e s k a u d i t s . A s
stated earlier, this i s a very time
c o n s u m i n g p r o c e s s and a l s o a low
profile activity without m u c h meas u r a b l e e v i d e n c e of a c c o m p l i s h ment. R e s p o n s i b l e or interested
parties need to be made a w a r e of
t h i s a s well a s of the importance of
the job a n a l y s i s .
Data Synthesis—\n
conjunction
with and really a part of the job analy s i s is the s y n t h e s i s of the data.
T h e m o u n t a i n s of data must be red u c e d and s y n t h e s i z e d to a manageable level. At e a c h level of sort-

ing it is a d v i s a b l e to review with emp l o y e e s and s u p e r v i s o r s for a c c u racy and a c c e p t a b i l i t y . A g a i n , this is
a time c o n s u m i n g , low profile a c tivity.
Form
(Instrument)
Design—At
s o m e point in the study you begin
to have an idea of what you are going to need in the w a y of an instrument to a c c o m p l i s h your p u r p o s e s .
T h i s form, even in rough draft, along
with draft p r o c e d u r e s is n e c e s s a r y
to do any pilot study.
Pilot Study—Any
project or s t u d y
to implement a new or modified perf o r m a n c e evaluation s y s t e m s h o u l d
include a pilot study. T h e pilot
s t u d y for t h i s project produced several important o b s e r v a t i o n s . O n e
w a s that e m p l o y e e s and superv i s o r s involved in the s t u d y highly
praised the new s y s t e m and thought
it w a s m u c h better and more meaningful than the old s y s t e m . S e v e r a l
very good s u g g e s t i o n s were made
and eventually incorporated into
form d e s i g n . W e a k n e s s e s in the
draft training p a c k a g e w e r e made
evident by problems and q u e s t i o n s
a s k e d during the c o u r s e of the pilot
study. T h e need for clear, c o n c i s e
administrative p r o c e d u r e s a l s o w a s
made evident.
Procedures
Development—\n
order for any n e w s y s t e m to work,
s o u n d administrative p r o c e d u r e s
are required. T h i s s h o u l d i n c l u d e
c o m p l e t e d o c u m e n t a t i o n of the s y s tem and how it w a s d e v e l o p e d , a
manual a s to how the s y s t e m is to
work for t h o s e c h a r g e d with the responsibility of a d m i n i s t e r i n g the
program, a n d a s u p e r v i s o r ' s guide
a s to how to u s e the new s y s t e m .
Documentation
of
any
activity
w h i c h requires interagency funct i o n s is a l s o a d v i s a b l e .
Training Package—All
personnel
required to rate p e r s o n n e l or have
input into an individual's rating
need to be trained. T h i s training
p a c k a g e is a l s o u s e f u l in training
new s u p e r v i s o r s . Open information
s e s s i o n s for e m p l o y e e s s c h e d u l e d
prior to implementation to foster
good e m p l o y e e relations and dispel
any rumors are r e c o m m e n d e d .

Summary

S e v e r a l key points c a n be made.
T h e s e l l i n g of top m a n a g e m e n t and
the gaining of their support is critical to s u c c e s s . Without their support c h a n c e s of s u c c e s s are drastically r e d u c e d . A l s o , e m p l o y e e involvement greatly e n h a n c e s the
s u c c e s s of the new s y s t e m . B y al-

lowing e m p l o y e e involvement to the
greatest extent p o s s i b l e , f e a r s are
m i n i m i z e d , r e s i s t a n c e to c h a n g e is
r e d u c e d and the e m p l o y e e h a s a
s e n s e of o w n e r s h i p of and pride in
the new s y s t e m . Early and frequent
coordination with outside a g e n c i e s
that m u s t support the s y s t e m a l s o
is n e c e s s a r y . If all the p i e c e s are to
fall into place properly, c h a n n e l s of
c o m m u n i c a t i o n must be kept open.
F i n a l l y , do not be afraid to make
c h a n g e s . If you s e e the need to
make a major c h a n g e or c h a n g e the
direction of a project, do not hesitate to make it. It will probably pay
in the long run.
About the Author
Thomas J . Hallman Jr., is the supervisor
of classification, compensation and testing for the county of Henrico, VA.
Statement of Ownership
Management and Circulation
1. D a t e o f F i l i n g : October, 1983
2. Title of P u b l i c a t i o n : V I R G I N I A
TOWN &amp; CITY
3. F r e q u e n c y
of
Publication:
Monthly.
4. L o c a t i o n of known office of publication: 1011 E a s t Main S t r e e t .
5. L o c a t i o n of H e a d q u a r t e r s of
G e n e r a l B u s i n e s s O f f i c e of Publ i s h e r s : 311 Ironfronts, 1011 E a s t
Main Street, R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a
23219.
6. Editor: C h r i s t i n e A. E v e r s o n , 311
Ironfronts,
1011 E a s t
Main
Street,
Richmond,
Virginia
23219.
7. P u b l i s h e r : Virginia
Municipal
L e a g u e , 311 Ironfronts, 1011
E a s t Main S t r e e t , R i c h m o n d , Virginia23219.
8. O w n e r :
Virginia
Municipal
League
9. A v e r a g e No. of c o p i e s e a c h issue
during
preceding
12
months:
Total No. c o p i e s printed:
5,000
Mail S u b s c r i p t i o n s :
3,816
Paid c i r c u l a t i o n :
3,816
F r e e distribution:
675
Total distribution:
4,491
O f f i c e u s e , etc.:
509
Total
5,000
10. S i n g l e i s s u e nearest to filing
date:
Total No. c o p i e s printed:
5,000
Mail s u b s c r i p t i o n s :
3,871
Paid c i r c u l a t i o n :
3,871
F r e e distribution:
550
Total distribution:
4,421
Office use, etc.
579
Total:
5,000
I certify that the s t a t e m e n t s made
by me are correct and c o m p l e t e .
C h r i s t i n e A. E v e r s o n , Editor

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�55TH A N N U A L S C H O O L &amp; C O N F E R E N C E
VIRGINIA BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION
DECEMBER 4-7,1983
HOLIDAY INN, HAMPTON

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
Registration
President's Reception
M O N D A Y , DECEMBERS
8:30 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
O p e n i n g Session
10:00 a.m.
Candy Grafts D e m o n s t r a t i o n
10:30 a.m.
F U N D A M E N T A L S O F REINFORCING IN
CONCRETE INSPECTION OF
REINFORCING STEEL-CONCRETE
SYSTEMS
12:00 n o o n
GROUP L U N C H E O N
PUBLIC RELATIONS
1:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
HOUSING A N D PROPERTY M A I N T E N A N C E
3:45 p.m.
M E C H A N I C A L E X A M I N A T I O N - LICENSE LAW
TUESDAY, DECEMBERS
8:30 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
VBOA EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT
9:30 a.m.
CODE C H A N G E HEARINGS
9:30 a.m.
Trip to W i l l i a m s b u r g Pottery and S o l a r S h o p s
12:00 noon
Lunch (on your own)
2:00-5:00 p.m.
C O N T I N U A T I O N O F CODE C H A N G E
HEARINGS
6:30 p.m.
Social Hour
7:30 p.m.
Banquet
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
9:00 a.m.
T H E FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER A N D
PLAN REVIEWER
10:30 a.m.
B u s i n e s s Session
For further i n f o r m a t i o n and registration c o n t a c t Joni Terry, executive director, at 804/649-8471.
3:00-5:00 p.m.
6:00-7:30 p.m.

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Hawthorne Receives Baumes
Scholarship

Margaret A. N i c h o l s has been app o i n t e d the insurance a d m i n i s t r a t o r
for the Virginia M u n i c i p a l Group
Self
Insurance
Association
(VMGSIA) f i l l i n g the post recently
left vacant by Bradley K. Harmes
who resigned to b e c o m e manager
of benefits f i n a n c i n g for the city of
A u s t i n , TX. Prior to her appointment,
Nichols
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served
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V M G S I A ' s a c t i n g a d m i n i s t r a t o r in
Harmes' absence and as VIVIGSIA
assistant a d m i n i s t r a t o r since October 1982.
N i c h o l s has w o r k e d for the Virg i n i a M u n i c i p a l League since her
a p p o i n t m e n t as financial assistant
in 1975. She b e c a m e V M L o f f i c e
manager in 1978 and a d m i n i s t r a t i v e
assistant to the executive d i r e c t o r
in 1981. In O c t o b e r 1982 she was app o i n t e d finance d i r e c t o r for the
league as well as assistant a d m i n i s trator to VMGSIA. She also currently serves as executive d i r e c t o r
of the Virginia A s s o c i a t i o n
of
Chiefs of Police and is a past executive secretary of the V i r g i n i a Building Officials A s s o c i a t i o n and the
State Fire Chiefs A s s o c i a t i o n of
Virginia.
N i c h o l s is currently a m e m b e r of
the Self Insured A d m i n i s t r a t o r s
C o u n c i l of Virginia and a m e m b e r of
the board of d i r e c t o r s of the Interg o v e r n m e n t a l Pooling S e c t i o n of
the Public Risk Insurance Management A s s o c i a t i o n . She is also presently pursuing a c e r t i f i c a t e as a
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter. In her new p o s i t i o n , N i c h o l s
will have oversight r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
for the $4.7 m i l l i o n annual p r e m i u m
self insured w o r k e r s ' c o m p e n s a t i o n
program.

Stanley D. H a w t h o r n e of Abbeville, AL, has received the 1983
Baumes S c h o l a r s h i p . The $1,000
s c h o l a r s h i p is presented by the Virginia M u n i c i p a l League in honor of
past league d i r e c t o r
Harold I.
Baumes.
H a w t h o r n e is a first year graduate
s t u d e n t at the University of Virginia.
He is seeking a master's degree in
public a d m i n i s t r a t i o n and is currently w o r k i n g as an intern in the
Charlottesville city manager's office.
Hawthorne is a graduate of Troy
State University, Troy, A L , and
holds a bachelor's degree in social
s c i e n c e s w i t h a d o u b l e m i n o r in
e c o n o m i c s and political s c i e n c e .
W h i l e a t t e n d i n g Troy State, Hawthorne was a m e m b e r of t w o honor
s o c i e t i e s . He w a n t s a career in public a d m i n i s t r a t i o n because " y o u can
clearly see the results of your act i o n s " and because he enjoys working w i t h people.

Norfolk Mayor Appointed
Mayor V i n c e n t J . T h o m a s of Norfolk was recently reappointed chairman of the C o m m u n i t y Developm e n t , H o u s i n g and E c o n o m i c Dev e l o p m e n t C o m m i t t e e for the U.S.
C o n f e r e n c e of Mayors. During his
1983-84 c h a i r m a n s h i p he will w o r k
w i t h four other mayors: Charles
Royer of Seattle, J a m e s M c N u l t y of
S c r a n t o n , PA, Sheila Lodge of Santa
Barbara, CA, and Harold W a s h i n g t o n of C h i c a g o .

Posivach Fills New V M L Post
Ellen S. Posivach has been selected to fill the Virginia M u n i c i p a l
League's newly created p o s i t i o n of
d i r e c t o r of research. Posivach has
w o r k e d for the past four years as
the state legislative liaison for the
city of N o r f o l k and c o m e s to the
league not only w i t h experience in
legislative matters but also w i t h expertise in research and s t a t i s t i c a l
analysis.
Posivach holds a master's of public a d m i n i s t r a t i o n in research metho d s and s t a t i s t i c s f r o m Old Dominion University and has had extensive experience in research and stat i s t i c a l analysis. During the past six
years she d e s i g n e d , c o n d u c t e d and
w r o t e all of N o r f o l k ' s s t a t i s t i c a l l y
based s t u d i e s as well as analyzed
every empirical s t u d y c o n d u c t e d for
that city by c o n s u l t a n t s . On several
o c c a s i o n s she created the research
d e s i g n e m p l o y e d by o u t s i d e c o n s u l tants. Prior to her e m p l o y m e n t w i t h
the city of Norfolk she w o r k e d as a
c o n s u l t a n t on empirical research
p r o j e c t s for the Chesapeake &amp; Potomac T e l e p h o n e Co. and the city of
Virginia Beach.
In her p o s i t i o n at the league, Posivach will perform public policy research and legislative advocacy as
well as w o r k t o w a r d the p u b l i c a t i o n
of major manuals for use by local
government.

Arlington Appoints Deputy
County Manager
A n t o n S. " T o n y " Gardner has
been a p p o i n t e d d e p u t y c o u n t y manager of A r l i n g t o n C o u n t y f i l l i n g the
post left vacant by A. H. G r i f f i n w h o
resigned to b e c o m e city manager of
Falls C h u r c h .
Gardner is a 12-year e m p l o y e e of
the c o u n t y and was previously director of the Department of Mana g e m e n t and Finance. He began
w o r k i n g for the c o u n t y as an a d m i n istrative aide in the c o u n t y manager's o f f i c e in 1971. In 1973 he was
named chief of the newly created
Fiscal A n a l y s i s Division, and in
1980 he became d i r e c t o r of the Off i c e of Management S y s t e m s and
Budget w h i c h t h i s past year became the Department of Management and Finance. He is a m e m b e r
of the M u n i c i p a l Finance Officers
A s s o c i a t i o n , the International City
Management A s s o c i a t i o n and the
A m e r i c a n Society for Public A d m i n istration. He and his w i f e , Linda,
and their three children reside in Arlington.

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14003 MINNEVILLE RD
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Position Classification and Pay Plans
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Test Construction—Fire and Police Studies

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Patton, Harris, Rust &amp; Assoc,

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Engineers , Surveyors , Planners

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703/560-6900

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703-631-9630
Silver Spnng, MD
301-439-0055

CONSULTANTS

• Advisor on Financial and Marketing Matters
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• Position Classification and P a y S t u d i e s
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703-777-1258

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1936 East Seventh Street
P. O. Box 35624
Charlotte, North Carolina 28235
704-372-1885

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Public Administration Service
Providing management assistance and consultant services
to local, regional, and state governments since 193.3.
1497 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, Virginia 22101

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(703) 734-8970
Building Official
Grade 28/Salary range: $21,432 •
$27,370. Directs operation of inspections
division within the department of engineering and inspections. Implements
and enforces Virginia Uniform Statewide
Building Code and miscellaneous city ordinances and regulations a s directed.
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zoning ordinance and reviewing development plans for compliance.

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minimum of five years in code enforcement or directly related field, registration or ability to become registered in
the state within one year a s a building official and graduation from college, or any
equiv. combination of exp. and ed.

7630 Little River Turnpike, Suite 500
Annandale, Virginia 22003
703 642-5500

S e n d letters and resumes to: Personnel Office, 300 N. Main S L , Hopewell, VA
23860. Closing date: Nov. 30,1983. E O E .

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CE Maguire, Inc.
5203 Leeaburg Pike, Falls C h u r c h , VA 22041 (703) 998-0100
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Contract Negotiations

40 Grove Street
Wellesley, MA 02181
(617) 237^870
1510 E. Colonial Drive
Orlando, FL 32803
(305) 8964911

For Sale
The town of Blacksburg will accept
sealed bids for the following:
1. Pak-IVIor R-220 refuse truck, 20 c u . yd.
rear loader refuse packer; 1981 Crane
Carrier Low Entry Centurion c h a s s i s ,
GVW 41,000 lbs; 3208 Caterpillar engine; Allision Automatic
MT-853
transmission; white; 18,530 miles;
2,330 hours; $40,000 minimum bid.
IVlark bid envelope "Surplus Refuse
Truck." Truck can be seen at the Public
Works Lot, 2700 Prosperity Rd., Blacksburg, VA. For additional information call
(703)961-1140.
2. Oren 1000 GMP pumper fire truck;
1965 Chevrolet c h a s s i s ; 409 V-8 cab
over engine, good condition, new
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maximum volume and/or heavy use;
18,000 miles; 5 speed manual transmission; equipment manuals available; $10,000 minimum bid.
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Blacksburg, VA. For additional information call (703) 961-1175.
Bids will be opened November 22 at
2:00 p.m. Submit bids to: Town of Blacksburg, Purchasing Division, 2700 Prosperity Rd., Blacksburg, VA 24060. The town
of Blacksburg reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or to accept
any portion that will be in the best interest of the town.

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B o a r d of Supervisors

FRANCIS T. W E S T
C o u n c i l m a n . Martinsville

JOHN CUTLIP
S h e n a n d o a h C o u n t y Administrator

P E R R Y M. D e P U E
J a m e s City C o u n t y
B o a r d of Supervisors

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ideas a n d c a r r y them out successfully. W e h a v e the
experience, the k n o w - h o w , a n d the distribution
n e t w o r k w h i c h c o u l d m a k e y o u r next f i n a n c i n g a
success i n w a y s y o u m a y not h a v e anticipated.
A s managers or co-managers of n u m e r o u s public
financings, w e h a v e p r o v e n our a b i l i t y to create i n n o v a t i v e approaches to complex tax-exempt
financings.
W e h a v e one of the largest capital bases i n the i n d u s t r y . W e also h a v e the willingness to use our cap-

ital to m a i n t a i n a secondary m a r k e t i n issues w e
manage.
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For y o u r next public p o w e r offering, w h y not
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Editor
C h r i s t i n e A. E v e r s o n
Editorial Assistants
J o n i Terry
Mary Ann Cornell

Telephone

804/649-8471

December 1983

Volume 18

Number 12

VML President
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n J r .

Officers

Commentary: Reducing Risks in Public/
Private Partnersliips

L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . Thomas
S a m W. A d a m s
J a n e L. Hough

By William J . Osby, Ph.D.

Executive Committee

New Leaders Join the Executive Committee

R o b e r t ! . Williams
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. Pennino
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a c k P. B a r n e s
Margie M a y e s

VIVIL VIEWS: Thomas Speaks Before JLARC

Past President
Francis T. West

Negotiation vs. Regulation

8

General Counsel Howard Dobbins gives the rationale behind utility rate negotiation.

Executive Director
R. Michael A m y x
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15

People

17

The Year in Review

On the Cover
This photograph of telephone poles
receding into the snowy distance was
taken by free-lance Richmond artist
Chris Cullinan.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval of the
Virginia
Municipal
League and if
granted
must be accompanied
by credit to
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY and the Virginia
Municipal
League.
Secondclass postage
paid at
Richmond,
Virginia. Subscription
rates: $8 per
year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster:
Send address
changes
to VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753,
Richmond
23206

By R. Michael Amyx, VML Executive Director

18

Professional Directory

22

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�Commentary
Reducing R i s k s i n Public/Private Partnerships
By William J . Osby, Ph. D.
Public/private partnerships offer an
important opportunity for state and local
governments to join with private developers and investors in the renewal,
redevelopment and revitalization of
America's central cities and rural areas.
Individuals and government working together can bring about change, make a
dream come true and open new vistas
for growth and the resolution of community problems.
Public/private p a r t n e r s h i p s have
played a key role in the development of
our nation and the diversity of activities
subsumed under partnership arrangements is quite notable. Nationally, this
has encompassed activities ranging
from construction of low-income housing and industrial parks to revitalization
of whole communities and development
of transportation and telecommunications systems. Historically, partnerships
between the public and private sectors
helped settle the American West, provided for increased production of armaments and materiels during World
War II and were intimately involved in
d e v e l o p m e n t of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's
space shuttle program. In Virginia, partnerships activities have included development of regional cultural centers,
such as the Center in the Square located in Roanoke, and construction of a
regional shopping facility. The Waterside, a festival mall located on the Norfolk waterfront.

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and localities with alternative sources of
revenue, public/private partnerships
may indeed be the wave of the future.
They can be attractive to both public and
private sector partners, each seeking to
meet individual goals, and they can form
the nucleus of a new cycle of growth and
development, particularly related to the
needs of the inner-city. But, there are
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William Osby is an assistant professor in
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He has been involved in the department's
research on public/private partnerships for
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partnerships that must be taken into
consideration as well.

Partnerships and Risk Management
Partnerships involve joint ventures
between collaborating entities; the understanding exists that profits as well as
risks will be shared. Although public/
private partnerships may gain wide notoriety from their inception onwards,
such notoriety does not always translate
into ongoing marketability.
We need only think of Renaissance
City in Detroit to be reminded of the
problems which can arise. Substantial
public funds were put into Renaissance
City to initiate as well as sustain the
project; however, upon completion difficulty was encountered in maintaining a
market due to the Detroit economy. The
risks attached to the public/private projects are real, and in cases where the
project fails, losses may be incurred by
all.
From the public sector standpoint,
management of these risks seems related to two important factors: control of
activities surrounding the project site
and the development of long-range
complementary uses. The Waterside
mall, for example, is part of a multiphase
waterfront development project which
also includes a world trade center, a
new hotel (the Omni), a new museum
(the Jacques Cousteau marine biology
exhibition) and other cultural and tourist
attractions. The public sector alone has
the capacity to define what will happen
in the immediate environment of a project such as this and thus reduce risk.
Without huge sums of money, the developer cannot possibly have control of the
surrounding area.
Integration and consistency within the
context of a broader scheme of development is also important. The Center in the
Square, for example, is a key element in
the Roanoke downtown redevelopment
plan. The center was designed to complement other elements of the plan such
as improved parking access, main-

tenance of the traditional farmer's truck
market and street-level commercial development. This concentration of complementary activities provides an impetus for further growth which can contribute to the success of the project in
the long term. This also further reduces
the risks associated with such projects.
It is therefore possible to modulate
hsk through integrative planning and the
application of policy instruments such
as zoning and land-use controls, tax
abatement and capital subsidies. These
are the same instruments which were
used earlier to attract industry, only now
states and localities have taken on the
burden of generating the desired activities themselves.

Secondary Effects
While they cannot be explored fully
here, it is useful to note also that secondary effects flowing from intermediate
or large-scale public/private projects
can create imbalances and uneven development patterns. Market activities
become realigned and the public/private
project may add to the overconcentration of activities in certain areas. They
thus compete with other regional facilities and may create problems which will
appear later.
We need to explore and to estimate
the importance of such effects, and to
compensate for them relative to our
other interests. In many instances it is
impossible to estimate these impacts.
Corporations, in particular, often do not
keep records or at best have scanty or
scattered records of such projects even
though they may pour millions of dollars
into them. Unfortunately, we at times
find this to be true in the public sector
also. Corporations will continue to be
pressed to become involved in public/
private partnerships. In order to make
future judgements we need to be more
responsible in our record keeping, assessment and evaluation functions.

�New Leaders Join the Executive Committee
J a c k P. Barnes and Margie H. Mayes
are the new members of the VML E x e c utive Committee for the year. Elected at
the annual VML conference, Barnes
comes on board as chair of the Urban
Section and Mayes a s chair of the Town
Section.
Mayes is the mayor of Grottoes and a
native of the Elkton-McGaheysville area
of Virginia. S h e has been an active
member of the league since her election
as Grottoes' mayor in 1977. S h e has
served on the league's Community and
Economic Development Policy Committee for several years and has chaired
the Task Force for Women in Local Government two years.
Mayes comes from a politically oriented family. Her father worked extensively in the Republican Party serving a s
a district and state party delegate.
Through her father's political activities
and having worked in the backseat for
other political candidates since 1964,
Mayes was well familiar with governmental rules and regulations when she
decided to run for mayor.
At the time there were some local
c o n c e r n s about a s e w e r a g e project
which Mayes saw a s a very real potential problem for the community and she
w a s asked to run for council. While at
the courthouse doing a genealogical
study of her family one day, the other
candidates were registering and she
w a s further encouraged to run for office.
At that point she decided to run for the
mayor's seat and called home to tell her
family.
Mayes decided to go to the people.
She did so with a door to door campaign,
a newsletter, handouts and the help of
the local newspaper. S h e easily won her
election. S h e has since won the mayor's
seat three more times having served six
years and completed three terms.
Her goal has been "to serve to the
best of her ability where the majority can
benefit."
Among her many local activities,
Mayes is active in the Water Control Subbasin South Fork River District and the
Sixth District Republican Party. She has

worked at Dupont in nylon engineering for
more than 14 years and is the mother of
four children, the youngest being a sophomore at J a m e s Madison University.
Members with concerns related to
towns may contact M a y e s at (703)
249-5896 or P.O. Box 146, Grottoes, VA
24441.
No stranger to the league. J a c k P.
Barnes returns to the executive committee after an eight-year a b s e n c e .
Barnes was president of the league in
1974 and last served on the executive
committee a s immediate past president
in 1975. He has been active with the
league s i n c e his election to Portsmouth's city council in 1960. From 1968
to 1974, Barnes served a s the mayor of
Portsmouth. He has been re-elected to
the council every year since, serving a
total of 23 years, a record for the city.
Barnes' interest in politics stemmed
from his activities with the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Through his membership in the J a y c e e s , he was always
aware of what was happening in the city.
He was close friends with several who
went on to serve in the House of Delegates, working with many on their election campaigns.
Having led an active career in local
government, Barnes s a y s the attraction
for him is that he can s e e results. It is
time-consuming but also very selfsatisfying, he said, comparing the work
to that of a doctor or an artist in that you
can see what you accomplish.

This is also what attracts him in his
business life. Following in his father's
footsteps, Barnes once owned an interior decorating business, an area that still
interests him today. In fact, he modeled
his present home in the Williamsburg
Dutch Colonial style and built it from old
houses using original bricks, beams,
mantelpieces, flooring, etc.; and on his
way back from the National League of
Cities meeting in New Orleans he and
his new wife, Cynthia, visited several of
the Old South mansions.
In 1952, Barnes joined Provident Life
and Accident I n s u r a n c e C o . , headquartered in Chattanooga, T N . He remains with the company today serving
as director of sales and services and
also a s agency supervisor. He handles
group insurance for railroads throughout the Southeast and travels extensively in his work.
A native of Norfolk, Barnes grew up in
Southhampton County near Franklin
and moved with his family to Portsmouth
in 1941. He will serve in three capacities
for the league this year: on the executive
committee, as chair of the Urban S e c tion and a s chair of the legislative committee, a seat he has held for the past
two years. He will also serve on N L C ' s
finance committee for a second year.
Barnes can be reached through the
Portsmouth City Clerk's Office at (804)
393-8639, or by writing to him at 5000
Portsmouth B l v d . , Portsmouth, V A
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Thomas Speaks Before
Vincent J . Thomas, mayor of Norfolk
and second vice president of the Virginia Municipal League, spoke on behalf
of the league Nov. 14 before the Joint
Legislative Audit and R e v i e w C o m mission during a public hearing on the
commission's recent findings and recommendations resulting from the study
of state mandates and local financial
resources.
Major findings of that study Indicated
local governments are fiscally stressed
and that this fiscal stress has increased
in recent years. According to the study, it
would take $552 million to bring all localities just to the state average of fiscal
stress.
Following are excerpts from Thomas'
speech.
"Of particular concern to local governments Is the funding for education. In Its
review of mandates J L A R C found that
this is the program most in need of additional funding. From fiscal year 1978 to
fiscal year 1982, state funding for education increased 37 percent whereas
local funding i n c r e a s e d 6 3 percent.
Since state aid for education comprises
70 percent of all state aid to local governments, the lack of adequate educational funding by the state could be a
major contribution to local fiscal stress.
In fact, in fiscal year 1982 the state w a s
funding only 78 percent of the estimated
Standards of Quality costs.
"The need for funding of education
goes far beyond meeting the need to

assist Virginia's fiscally stressed communities. There is a national demand for
improving the quality of education to
meet the future needs of a highly technical society. In addition, there is a concerted effort on the part of the General
Assembly and the executive branch to
provide for increased salaries for teachers. We feel our local governments have
been hendered in their efforts to provide
these salary increases by the declining
support of education by the state and
federal government. T h e state's share
of educational funding has decreased to
43.6 percent in fiscal year 1982 from
46.3 percent in fiscal year 1978, while
the federal share has decreased by a
similar amount.
"To meet these needs, the Virginia
Municipal League is supporting an additional 1 percent statewide sales tax to
be returned to local governments based
on school-age population in the same
manner a s the current one-third of the
state's 3 percent sales tax. A statewide
tax would be of significant benefit to
local governments in Virginia suffering
high levels of fiscal stress. They are in
desperate need of additional revenues
which cannot be generated at the local
level.
"The final point we will touch on is the
advantage counties have over cities in
the receipt of state aid. According to
J L A R C , counties receive $395 per capita a s compared to the $273 per capita
cities receive. Most of this difference is
due to the low level of payments to
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a function provided by the state for
counties.
"To carry this point further, the additional 1 percent sales tax, if administered in the same manner that the current 1 percent sales tax going to education is administered, would free a
significant amount of revenue for the
state's general fund. Therefore, monies
would potentially be available for other
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s contained in the
study. A major area of concern, and the
one which produces most of the differential in state aid benefits between cities
and counties, is the low level at which
street maintenance for municipalities is
funded. However, since all local governments are fiscally stressed to at least
some degree, a redistribution of current
funding is less satisfactory than the
identification of new monies.
"Therefore, the VML urges the General A s s e m b l y to provide additional
funding for municipal street m a i n tenance through the general fund. Although this would be a major policy
change on the part of the state, the
benefits would also be quite significant.
Certainly construction and maintenance
of streets and roads is one of the most
important services provided by state
and local governments and critical to our
overall e c o n o m i c development a c tivities.
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�Negotiation vs. Regulation
By Howard W. Dobbins

For a number of years the Virginia Municipai League has successfully negotiated electric
utility rates for local governments. Recently, a number of localities joined in attempts to
likewise negotiate telephone rates, but to date the largest telephone company in Virginia has
refused to negotiate. Below, VML's general counsel, Howard Dobbins, explains the history
and legal authority, as well as the benefits to both parties, behind utility rate negotiations.

In recent months Virginia local governments have been concerned about
the escalating costs of telephone services which they purchase from private
telephone companies operating
throughout the state. In the past local
governments have paid on the basis of
rates established for non-governmental
telephone users by the Virginia State
Corporation Commission. A number of
localities have recently joined in an effort to determine whether the rates
which they have paid and which they are
expected to pay in the future are fair and
reasonable both to the localities and to
the telephone companies with the motive that if those rates are not reasonable, better and more equitable rates
are to be negotiated.

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long recognized that cities, counties and
towns have a fundamental obligation to
furnish certain services to their citizens
and early granted local governments the
power to establish and maintain essential public utilities, including water
works, sewer lines, gas works and electric plants.
Public utilities were originally furnished to the citizens of incorporated
communities, until recent years the only
urban sections of the country. Public
water supply and sewer lines were probably the first utilities furnished by municipalities, followed by gas and in the
latter part of the 19th century, by electric
and telephone service. When electricity
began to supplant gas for illumination
and power, city and town councils were
required to decide whether to provide
electricity for use by the municipality and
its citizens by publicly owned and operated facilities or to permit private electric

companies to provide the^e services. A
number of communities elected to meet
their needs by establishing municipallyowned power systems. The city of Danville, which has operated its own electric
distribution system for more than a century, is a typical example. Other communities elected to permit private companies to furnish electricity under a franchise arrangement. Thereafter other
types of public utilities sought to render
services in localities and franchises
have been granted to many telephone
and telegraph companies.
The franchise arrangement naturally
permitted use by the private utility of
public streets, alleys and other property
and in most cases granted an exclusive
right to the utility to furnish its service to
users within the franchising community.
From the beginning, the franchise was a
valuable property right and it has continued to have value with the passage of
time.
The framers of the 1902 Virginia Constitution recognized problems inherent
in granting perpetual franchises or
easements of any kind over municipallyowned property. In Section 125, the period of these franchises was limited to 30
years and their grant prohibited without
public advertisement and solicitation of
competitive bids. The 1902 constitution
further provided that upon termination of
any franchise grant, the plant and the
property of the grantee in streets, avenues and other public places should
become the property of the municipality,
either without compensation or upon
payment of a fair valuation. The stated
reasons for permitting termination and
forfeiture were to secure efficiency of
public service at reasonable rates and
maintenance of utility property in good
order throughout the term of the grant.
On its face such power of forfeiture
would appear to be rather far reaching in

the regulation of a private enterprise;
however, the power of termination and
forfeiture is not at all unreasonable
when considered with the fact that the
utility is usually supplying services
which the local government is responsible for furnishing to its citizens and
which are essential to public welfare.
Moreover, the Virginia Supreme Court
has held that under existing law a municipality may impose any condition in
granting a franchise. Statutes in Virginia
also grant counties the power to regulate use of their streets, alleys, etc.

Local Government's Responsibility
and Authority
In connection with public utilities, local
government's responsibility is a dual
one. In addition to the obligation local
government has to furnish utilities to its
citizens, local government is also obligated to insure that the government itself has an adequate supply of necessary utilities for operation of its public
facilities such as street lights, fire fighting equipment, police protection, waste
and sewer works and public communications. This obligation is necessarily
c o n t e m p l a t e d in e v e r y f r a n c h i s e
granted.
Article II, Section 9 of the 1971 Virginia Constitution increased the permissible term of franchises to 40 years (60
years for air rights) but reaffirmed and
continued the 1902 provisions with respect to termination and forfeiture as
measures protective of municipal obligations.
Although many Virginia localities
have exercised the constitutional and
statutory prerogative of granting franchises to private suppliers of certain
utilities, every Virginia municipality had,
and still has today, the option of either

�furnishing most public utilities itself a s a
proprietary function or of permitting a
private utility company to supply such
services under grant of franchise. V a .
C o d e S e c t i o n 1 5 . 1 - 2 9 2 authorizes
cities, towns and counties to acquire,
maintain and operate public utilities
within and without the limits thereof. T h e
only limitation to the right of a city or
town to take over the ownership and
operation of a public utility company is
found in the Utility Facilities Act, a proscription which w a s not adopted until
1964 and which can be amended at the
will of the General Assembly.
When local governments originally
made decisions a s to whether they
would operate their own electric plants
or telephone companies or franchise the
right to independent companies, the independent companies were for the most
part small and local in character a s contrasted to today's monopolistic giants.
When these companies were small and
local in character, competitive bidding
for initial franchise rights was expected
and routine. T h e franchise right w a s a
valuable property right permitting private industry to supply an essential governmental s e r v i c e . Consideration in
some form flowed to local government
for the grant of franchises. This may
have been explicitly stated in the franchise or it may have been benefits or
sen/ices supplied by the utility at either
reduced cost or without cost. An example is the franchise granted in 1898 by
the city of Norfolk to Southern Bell Telephone Co. which provided the city with
ten telephones, fire alarm service free of
charge and 3 percent of the utility's
gross earnings. Arrangements for services in lieu of a stated substantial franchise fee are believed to have been
customary, but were not a l w a y s reduced to written agreements.

Howard Dobbins and Eric Page (I) meet with local officials to plan possible
rate negotiations.

S C C ' s Involvement
The 1971 Virginia Constitution empowers the State Corporation C o m mission to regulate rates, charges and
services of railroads and telephone, gas
and electric c o m p a n i e s , e x c e p t a s
othenwise authorized by the constitution
or by g e n e r a l law. § § 5 6 - 2 3 2 a n d
5 6 - 2 3 4 of the code plainly provide that
the commission's power does not extend to establishing rates by a telephone
company or other utility for service to
any municipal corporation or the state
government.
Early in the 1970s, due to the oil embargo and the resulting escalation of the
cost of electricity, certain consumer
groups voiced the concern that local
governments were not paying their fair
share of the cost of providing electricity
and that other c l a s s e s of customers,
whose rates were regulated by the S C C ,
were subsidizing governmental service.
The idea was advanced that the only
way to ensure that governments did pay
their fair share would be to have the
S C C set rates charged to and paid by
the local governments and the state.
The statutes referred to which excluded
governmental rates from S C C control
were challenged a s being unconstitutional, but the Virginia Supreme Court
held in 1974 that those laws were valid
and not contrary to the Virginia Constitution and that the S C C had no jurisdiction over electric rates paid by the
state or cities, towns, and counties.
Shortly after this decision some of the
larger electric institutions lobbied the
General Assembly to amend the law
and place governmental entities under

the S C C . It was during this pehod that
many localities banned together to form
the Virginia Municipal League/Virginia
Association of Counties Steering Committee. T h i s committee, assisted by
counsel and consultants, successfully
opposed the attempts to amend the statutory law and since then has been able
to negotiate electric rates with both Virginia Electric and Power Co. and Appalachian Power Co. which have been
considered fair and reasonable both to
local government and the utilities.
Regulation v s . Negotiation
The steering committee has been
convinced that there are numerous reasons why private negotiation of contracts is superior to the imposition of
increased rates regularly and sometimes unexpectedly by the S C C . Some
of these reasons are a s follows:
Potential Loss of Cooperation Among
Governmental Entities and Utilities. B e cause utilities must use public streets
and other property in order to furnish
services in the community, it is essential
that a spirit of cooperation exist so that
construction, repair and maintenance of
the utility facilities can be accomplished
at times and by means reasonably convenient to the utility and with the least
interference to the public. Accomplishment of construction, maintenance and
repair In an economic and expeditious
way in the past has been the result of
friendly cooperation between utility and
public officials. Periodic rate hearings
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which now exists.
Rate Hearing Costs Are Phenomenally High. T h e cost of rate hearings
under today's regulatory procedures
have escalated tremendously. In order
to be adequately represented, each interested party must provide counsel and
both expert and lay testimony and be
prepared to devote days, even weeks,
to the undertaking. Local governments,
jointly or separately, must develop and
bear that expense. T h e s e costs would
ultimately be borne by the taxpayer.
Contractual rates are far less expensive
to negotiate for both utility and governmental users.
Budgeting of Local Governments Will
Be Impaired. Local governments are
required by law to establish budgets
annually and to a s s e s s taxes to meet
budgeted and anticipated expenditures.
T h e s e assessments can be made only
on an annual basis and any interim increase or emergency charges will damage the existing fiscal security of counties, cities and towns. By contrast, the
use of negotiated rate agreements will
aid both local governments and utilities

to maintain fiscal security and will eliminate budget uncertainty.
The State Corporation Commission Is
Overburdened.
T h e existing staff and
hearing schedule of the S C C are at what
seems to be the limit of their present
capacities. Unquestionably, if governmental rates are fixed by the S C C , the
addition of a class of users of such magnitude will require great increases in
S C C staff and may tend to cause restructuring of the commission and its
responsibilities. In any event, additional
costs will add to the burden of the consumer public.
The State Corporation
Commission
Should Not Have Authority Over Utility
Rate Regulation and Utility Taxation.
Under present law, assessment of utility
properties for taxation rests with a division of the S C C which determines the
amount of the tax liability utilities have to
local governments. T h e power to regulate rates should not be exercised by the
same state agency.
The State Corporation
Commission's
Rating of Governmental
Entities Will
Cause Inequities.
C o u n t i e s , cities,
towns, authorities and various members
of each group a s well as'the state itself
have distinct cost of service characteristics. Rate schedules developed by
the S C C for all governmental users or

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rates because different kinds of governmental units have distinctive characteristics. In negotiations for contractual
rates there is freedom to develop rates
matching those characteristics and protect the interests of all localities. This is
not thought to be possible in a rate hearing covering all users or even all governmental users.
Determination of Rates by the SCC
Will Dilute Authority. Determination of
rates by the S C C or by any regulatory
agency will dilute the authority of each
local government to levy taxes and provide essential services a s tax rates will
be dependent on utility rates established by the commission.
S f a f e Corporation
Commission's
Regulation Of Rates t\/lay Not Exclude
the State. The state and each governmental unit thereof may not be differentiated in respect to utility rates if rates
are regulated. That is to say, if rates to
local governments are to be regulated
by the S C C , rates to the state itself must
also be so regulated, and regulation of
rates to the state is inherently dilutive of
the power of the General Assembly to
establish the state's budget.
Negotiation between utilities and governmental entities does produce fair and
equitable rates. The steering committee
could not have reached agreements
with Vepco and A P C O in the past 12 or
13 years if either had not considered the
agreed upon rates fair and equitable.
The Benefit to Utilities
There seems to be general agreement that governmental entities are distinct from other users of electricity. It is
believed that this principle also applies
to telephone service. There are several
valid reasons why governmental entities
must be considered separately from
other users in the rate-making process,
not the least of which are the extraordinary benefits utilities have traditionally received from localities, benefits
which result in economies to the utilities
and which pass through for the benefit of
all other classes of electric consumers.
In 1975, a study examined the indirect
financial benefits flowing from Virginia
local governments to Vepco. This study
had two purposes: it was intended to
raise the previously ignored issue of
valuable benefits historically granted to
the power company and to present the
logic by which the value of such benefits
might be determined.
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�In Search of Excellence
How responsive is local government
to the citizens it serves? John Sherman,
Pullman City (WA) supervisor, recently
asked this question and others in a
memo to his top management staff. As a
basis for his memo, Sherman used several key concepts from the current bestselling book "In Search of Excellence:
L e s s o n s f r o m A m e r i c a ' s Best Run
Companies."

A u t h o r e d by T h o m a s Peters and
Robert Waterman Jr., the book looks at
management practices successful companies use that enable them to excel.
Although the book focuses on the private sector, its theme can easily be
adapted to local governments.
The book cites eight basic attributes
of s u c c e s s f u l o r g a n i z a t i o n s . In his
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The questions Sherman asked staff
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1. Are we an organization on the move
or are we stagnant?
2. Are we citizen oriented, recognizing
that we are public servants, and do
we willingly solicit and value citizen
input?
3. Are we innovative and constantly
questioning how our operations can
be made more efficient and economic?
4. Do we stress participatory management, recognize the worthwhile
ideas that all employees can contribute and give recognition for a job
well done?
5. Do our managers and supervisors
make regular visits to work sites; are
they aware of the nuts and bolts of
the operation; do they instill in all the
highest values of the concept of public service; are employees aware of
the goals of the city and are they
committed to helping achieve them?
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of V i r g i n i a to f o s t e r i n t e r e s t a n d r e s e a r c h in V i r g i n i a m u n i c i p a l g o v e r n ment.
T h e s c h o l a r s h i p is a d m i n i s t e r e d by
the V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l L e a g u e a n d t h e
Institute of G o v e r n m e n t , U n i v e r s i t y of
Virginia.
E U G I B I L I T Y : A n applicant must be:
1. A n e m p l o y e e or official of a V i r g i n i a
municipality w h o w o u l d like to s p e n d a
y e a r at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a e n g a g e d in r e s e a r c h a n d s t u d y with the
Institute of G o v e r n m e n t ; or
2. A p e r s o n , preferably a n e m p l o y e e
or o f f i c i a l of a V i r g i n i a m u n i c i p a l i t y ,
s e e k i n g to u n d e r t a k e g r a d u a t e w o r k at
t h e U n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a in a field r e l a t e d to m u n i c i p a l g o v e r n m e n t . It i s
h o p e d , but not r e q u i r e d , that t h e r e c i p i ent i n t e n d s to e n t e r or r e - e n t e r V i r g i n i a
municipal government s e r v i c e upon
c o m p l e t i o n of the g r a d u a t e w o r k .
S E L E C T I O N C R I T E R I A : While an
a p p l i c a n t m u s t s h o w p r o m i s e of b e n e fiting s u b s t a n t i a l l y from a y e a r at t h e
university and a degree applicant must
meet admission s t a n d a r d s , the s e l e c tion c o m m i t t e e will p l a c e h e a v y e m p h a s i s upon t h e i n d i v i d u a l ' s potential for
public s e r v i c e in V i r g i n i a .
DURATION O F THE AWARD: The
a w a r d is m a d e for a t w e l v e - m o n t h p e riod b e g i n n i n g at the r e c i p i e n t ' s w i s h e s
between J u n e 1, 1984 and September
1 , 1 9 8 4 , a n d m a y c o n t i n u e for a s e c o n d
y e a r d e p e n d e n t upon the recipient's
n e e d a n d his or h e r first y e a r r e c o r d .
AMOUNT OF THE AWARD: The
a m o u n t is $ 5 , 0 0 0 .
A P P L I C A T I O N P R O C E D U R E : App l i c a n t s for the s c h o l a r s h i p m a y obtain
the n e c e s s a r y f o r m s by writing to the
institute. A p p l i c a n t s s e e k i n g a g r a d u a t e
d e g r e e m u s t fulfill all the r e q u i r e m e n t s
for a d m i s s i o n to the g r a d u a t e s c h o o l of
the university. Inquiries regarding
graduate school requirements should
be a d d r e s s e d to the D e a n of the G r a d u a t e S c h o o l of A r t s a n d S c i e n c e s , 4 3 8
C a b e l l H a l l , U n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a , C h a r lottesville, V i r g i n i a 2 2 9 0 3 .
D A T E S F O R S E L E C T I O N : Applic a t i o n s m u s t be s u b m i t t e d no later t h a n
March 1, 1984. A n applicant m a y be
invited to a t t e n d a p e r s o n a l i n t e r v i e w
h e l d either at the institute or at the Virg i n i a M u n i c i p a l L e a g u e o f f i c e s in R i c h -

m o n d . T h e r e c i p i e n t will b e notified no
later t h a n A p n l 1 5 , 1 9 8 4 .

For further information, please write
to Dr. Timothy G. O'Rourke, Institute of
Government, University of Virginia, 207
Minor Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903.

Disclosure
Statements Due
January 15
T h e C o m p r e h e n s i v e C o n f l i c t of Intere s t s A c t r e q u i r e s c e r t a i n local g o v e r n m e n t o f f i c i a l s to file d i s c l o s u r e s t a t e m e n t s e v e r y y e a r by J a n . 1 5 .
Financial disclosure forms must be
f i l e d b y m e m b e r s of t h e g o v e r n i n g
b o d i e s of localities with p o p u l a t i o n s in
e x c e s s of 3 , 5 0 0 . T h i s f o r m , p r e p a r e d by
the s e c r e t a r y of the c o m m o n w e a l t h , h a s
b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d to l o c a l m u n i c i p a l
c l e r k s w h o a r e r e q u i r e d to distribute the
form to t h e a p p r o p r i a t e officials by D e c .
10.
T h e g o v e r n i n g b o d y of localities with
p o p u l a t i o n s in e x c e s s of 3 , 5 0 0 by ordin a n c e also m a y require designated e m p l o y e e s or p e r s o n s a p p o i n t e d to p o s i tions of trust to file.
T h e f o r m is t h e s a m e form filed by
m e m b e r s of t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y a n d
s e l e c t e d officials. P r o v i s i o n s of P a r t III,
A a n d B , of the form d e a l with r e c e i v i n g
c o m p e n s a t i o n for r e p r e s e n t i n g entities
b e f o r e s t a t e a g e n c i e s a n d a p p l y only to
s t a t e officials. U n d e r P a r t I of t h e form
y o u n e e d list only y o u r real e s t a t e holdi n g s ( a n d t h o s e of y o u r s p o u s e or a n y
other r e l a t i v e r e s i d i n g in y o u r h o u s e hold) l o c a t e d within y o u r locality or a n y
locality c o n t i g u o u s to y o u r s .
R e a l e s t a t e d i s c l o s u r e f o r m s m u s t be
f i l e d by m e m b e r s of p l a n n i n g c o m m i s s i o n s , b o a r d s of z o n i n g a p p e a l s , r e a l
e s t a t e a s s e s s o r s a n d c o u n t y , city or
t o w n m a n a g e r s (or e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r s )
w h o seny/e a locality with a population in
e x c e s s of 3 , 5 0 0 p e r s o n s . T h i s f o r m r e q u i r e s y o u to list all y o u r i n t e r e s t s in r e a l
e s t a t e l o c a t e d in the c o u n t y , city or t o w n
in w h i c h y o u a r e a p p o i n t e d or e m p l o y e d .
T h i s i n c l u d e s a n y b u s i n e s s in w h i c h y o u
o w n a n interest a n d from w h i c h i n c o m e
is r e c e i v e d , if t h e p r i m a r y p u r p o s e of t h e

b u s i n e s s is to o w n or d e v e l o p r e a l e s t a t e
in the c o u n t y , city or t o w n .
T h e form s t i p u l a t e s that " e a c h r e l a t i v e
r e q u i r e d to d i s c l o s e h o l d i n g s " file a s e p a r a t e f o r m . In effect, t h e form r e q u i r e s
y o u r s p o u s e a n d a n y other relative living
in y o u r h o u s e h o l d to file a s e p a r a t e f o r m
listing e a c h r e a l e s t a t e interest.
T h i s form a l s o w a s p r e p a r e d by the
s e c r e t a r y of t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h a n d h a s
b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d to t h e c l e r k of y o u r
g o v e r n i n g body. T h e c l e r k is r e q u i r e d to
distribute t h e form to y o u by D e c . 1 0 ,
a n d y o u m u s t return it to the c l e r k by
J a n . 15.

VML Publishes
Conflict of
Interests Manual
T h e Virginia Municipal L e a g u e h a s
j u s t c o m p l e t e d publishing a r e f e r e n c e
m a n u a l to t h e n e w C o m p r e h e n s i v e C o n flict of I n t e r e s t s A c t . T h i s 3 9 - p a g e refere n c e w o r k w a s p r e p a r e d by l e a g u e staff
a n d i n c l u d e s t h e full text of the n e w a c t
a s w e l l a s a n a n n o t a t e d s u m m a r y of
t h o s e p r o v i s i o n s a p p l y i n g to l o c a l gove r n m e n t officials. D o z e n s of e x a m p l e s
a r e i n c l u d e d in t h e m a n u a l a s w e l l a s t h e
full text of the f i n a n c i a l d i s c l o s u r e a n d
real e s t a t e d i s c l o s u r e f o r m s . A t t o r n e y
G e n e r a l G e r a l d L. B a l i l e s ' staff r e v i e w e d
the m a n u a l a n d p r o v i d e d helpful s u g gestions.
A f r e e c o p y of the m a n u a l h a s b e e n
distributed to e a c h V M L m e m b e r locality
through the locality's chief administrative officer. A n o t h e r c o p y h a s b e e n
g i v e n to c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s a t t o r n e y s w h o
a r e r e s p o n s i b l e u n d e r the a c t for providing official a d v i s o r y o p i n i o n s to l o c a l
government officers and e m p l o y e e s .
L o c a l g o v e r n m e n t a t t o r n e y s will a l s o
r e c e i v e a c o p y a s part of the " H a n d b o o k
for L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t A t t o r n e y s " to b e
p u b l i s h e d this fall by t h e L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t A t t o r n e y s of V i r g i n i a . V M L is g r a t e ful for p e r m i s s i o n to distribute this c h a p ter of their m a n u a l a s a s e p a r a t e p u b lication.
Additional c o p i e s of the m a n u a l m a y
be o r d e r e d from t h e l e a g u e by s e n d i n g a
c h e c k for $ 7 . 5 0 p a y a b l e to V M L , to V M L ,
P.O. Box 753, Richmond, V A 23206.
V M L w e l c o m e s y o u r s u g g e s t i o n s for
future p u b l i c a t i o n s a n d h o w t h e y m a y be
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way maintenance is all we support.
Each recommendation of the JLARC
study is well thought out and worthy of
VML's active support. Recommendations for the General Assembly to establish a stable and predictable c o m mitment to program funding including
specifying the share of the program cost
to be funded by the state are monumental. This would greatly enhance joint
delivery of services by the state and

go from here. To step back and say,
'provide us with all the new financial
resources you can,' would certainly be
irresponsible on our part. The Virginia
Municipal League intends to assume its
responsibility and to step to the forefront
with specific proposals to carry out the
recommendations of this JLARC study.
"Many of the findings and recommendations tie closely together and as a
result, one carefully thought out solution
may address many of these needs. As
the study has indicated, local governments' major concern with mandates is
inadequate funding of those mandates.
The one mandate which local governments feel is most inadequately funded
is education, which is the largest single
c o m p o n e n t of local e x p e n d i t u r e s .
Therefore, increased funding for education would, in large part, relieve the

local governments as well as allow better financial planning on the part of local
g o v e r n m e n t s . V M L also supports a
state aid program targeted to fiscally
stressed communities and additional
aid for auxiliary grant programs.
"The Virginia Municipal League concurs with each recommendation of the
JLARC study. We will not take further
time today to review each of the findings
and recommendations since we believe
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Weeks Jr. and Clay L. Wirt, have received promotions.
Weel&lt;s, who has been with the league
since 1977 and who served formerly as
director of intergovernmental relations,
has been named associate director. In
his new position he will continue his
responsibilities in the area of legislative
and policy development but will also
assume new responsibilities coordinating the annual VML conference and
serving as executive secretary of the
Virginia Section of the International City
Management Association.
Weeks holds an MPA degree from the
State University of New York at Albany
and previously worked as an administrative intern for the city of Hopewell.
He is from an Air Force family and has
lived in Florida, Michigan, Nebraska,
Iowa, Alaska and New York. Married, he
and his wife, former Judy Carroll of Henrico, are expecting their first child in
June.
Wirt came to the league in 1981 and
has served as staff attorney. In his new
position he will serve as legislative
counsel and deputy executive director.
Wirt holds a degree in humanities from
Bethany Nazarene in Bethany, OK, a
master's in divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a degree in international law from Georgetown Law
School in Washington, DC. He is a native of Kansas but also represents the
seventh consecutive generation in his
family to reside in Virginia. He has previously served as a county commissioner of Johnson County, KS, and as
the deputy director of the Kansas City
(KS) Anti-Poverty Program. He also
worked in Washington for Sen. Robert
Dole for 3V2 years. Wirt and his wife,
Lynn, live in Chesterfield County with
their three sons, Eric, 6, Evan, 3, and
Ethan, 1.

L. J o h n Denney, mayor of Amherst,
died of cancer Oct. 23 in his home at the
age of 8 1 . He was mayor from 1960 to
1970 and from 1972 to 1983 and had
served on the Amherst Town Council 24
years.
Denney came to Amherst in 1954 after working abroad 25 years for the
American Telephone &amp; Telegraph Co.
He organized the Central Virginia Telephone Corp. and the Raphine Telephone Co. and became a millionaire in
the 1970s when he sold the two companies to Continental Telephone Co. of
Virginia. At the time of his death Denney
owned and operated the RulonM a y n a r d C o r p . , c o m p o s e d of t w o
Lynchburg radio stations, WLGM and
WJJS, and he owned a 202-unit apartment and townhouse complex in Charlottesville.
Active until as recently as a month
prior to his death, Denney was a member of the board of directors of the Amherst County Chamber of Commerce,
the Amherst Development Corp., Seven
Hills School, Junior Achievement and
the Academy of Music restoration program. He also served on the board of
advisers of Lynchburg College, Randolph-Macon Woman's College and the
Lynchburg Fine Arts Center.
Vice Mayor William A. Ogden has
been unanimously elected to serve as
A m h e r s t ' s new mayor, and council
member N. Roger Beidler was elected
vice mayor.

Alexandria Fire Chief C h a r l e s H.
Rule has resigned his position to become assistant vice president for public
protection and education with the National Fire Protection Association in
Boston. Rule had served as Alexandria's fire chief since 1976.
Allan T. Williams, Hanover County
administrator, has left his position to
become general manager of the Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau
in Richmond, or ConTour. ConTour was
formed in July to replace work done by
an arm of the Metropolitan Richmond
Chamber of Commerce. The city will
pay 51 percent of ConTour's $459,000
budget, while the chamber and Henrico
and Chesterfield counties will pay 15
percent each and Hanover County will
pay 4 percent. Williams had been Hanover's administrator since May 1981. He
was formerly administrator of Montgomery County and of Buckingham County.

W c Want N e w s from your locality for V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp;
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Serving over 1,700 municipalities and counties in 47 States, including Virginia

�The Year in Review
B y R. Michael Amyx
Throughout the past year, the Virginia
Municipal L e a g u e h a s continued its
strong tradition of service to and representation of its member localities that
has marked its 78-year history. A s your
executive director I am pleased to have
this opportunity to provide this brief
overview of the major activities undertaken by the league in 1983.
A s w a s the c a s e when the league was
formed in 1905, the primary mission of
VML is to represent the interests of our
members before the Virginia General
Assembly. Approximately 500 local government related bills and resolutions
were introduced in the 1983 session and
s o m e 2 0 0 of this number actually
passed. Perhaps the most dominate
issue during the session w a s the budget
bill which in its final approved form produced reductions in several local government aid programs but nearly full
funding of the originally appropriated
Standards of Quality funds. A major bill
of significance to local elected and appointed officials brought about major
revisions to the Conflict of Interests Act.
Following the session several training
efforts were undertaken including a recently published league report that provides a comprehensive analysis of the
act. Copies of this important report may
be requested from the league office. As
is often the case, numerous bills harmful
to the interests of local government
were defeated through the efforts of the
membership of the league and its staff.
A s we rapidly near the beginning of
the 1984 General Assembly session,
the league will be faced with many challenges and opportunities. T h e S e p tember release of the Joint Legislative
Audit and Review Commission's "Study
of State Mandates and Local Financial
R e s o u r c e s " provides local governments with an ample supply of fodder to
accomplish major legislative goals for
several future sessions. In an effort to
address the cited fiscal stress and the
need for i n c r e a s e d school aid, the
league membership endorsed at its
September annual conference a 1 percent increase in the state sales tax to be
returned to localities based on school
age population. Other 1984 session
state aid priorities include: (1) full funding of the new corrections reimbursement formulas and the incentive payment, (2) adequate funding of constitutional offices, (3) increased highway
funding n e c e s s a r y for equitable distribution among Virginia localities, (4)
new funding aid for fiscally stressed lo-

calities and (5) increased funding for the
Auxiliary Grant Program for local welfare departments.
T h e league membership has been
ably represented in numerous contacts
with state government during the past
year. League staff has had extensive
contact with state agencies in the delivery of state programs and the shaping
of state regulations. Although such contact may not often be "high profile" activity, it is clearly an essential service
provided by the staff. A large number of
local government officials continue to
serve on the many advisory commissions that play an important role in state
decisions that impact our localities. I am
particularly pleased to report that within
the past year Gov. Robb reactivated the
Governor's Local Government Advisory
Council under the able leadership of Lt.
Gov. Richard Davis.
On the federal scene, the league has
played an active role in key issues impacting Virginia localities such a s reenactment of the federal general revenue
sharing program, the seeking of antitrust immunity and cable television
legislation.
In the league's important role a s an
"information broker" we have through
the written word of VIRGINIA T O W N &amp;
C I T Y , the L E A G U E L E T T E R and numerous reports and special mailings
shared with the membership important
local government related developments
in a timely and complete fashion. In
addition, an extensive offering of training sessions and workshops have provided league members with new skills
ranging from employee safety to understanding new legislation.
Responding to your problems and information needs a s individual local government officials through hundreds of
contacts, the league staff has worn another hat. Information requests ranged
from sample ordinances to ideas on how
to better carry out local government service programs. The league staff prides

itself on our prompt and full response to
such inquiries.
In 1983, the league remained involved in several important statewide
programs that directly impact vital portions of your annual budget. In its fourth
year of operation, the Virginia Municipal
Group Self Insurance Association has
grown to almost 150 members representing nearly $5 million in annual premium. Average returned dividends of
33 percent and an outstanding employee safety training program have
marked the development of the program
this y e a r . T h e coming y e a r will be
marked by expansion of the program to
include liability and property lines.
In another area of statewide impact,
based on our long-standing s u c c e s s e s
in electrical rate negotiations for local
governments, the league has recently
launched negotiations with several major telephone companies.
I want to particularly commend the
VML Executive Committee for its devoted service in guiding the league staff
and programs through the past year. I
want to give special recognition to Francis and June West for their effective and
gracious leadership. The installation of
Charles Robinson, mayor of the town of
Vienna, a s league president will ensure
that the year ahead will be marked by
the level of leadership members of the
league have grown to expect from the
office of VML president.
Lastly, this past year has seen the
departure of several valued employees—Charlotte Kingery and Bradley
Harmes. I know the many league members that have had contact with Charlotte and Brad over the years wish them
well in the continued development of
their successful careers.

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Southern
Engineering

P.O. B o x 789
Bluefield, Virginia
(703) 362-3931
Urban Planning
Landscape Architecture

Rates

Annexation Studies
Development Planning

Feasibility
Studies
Design
Relaying

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ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS
NORFOLK

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Three Chopt S Parham Roads. Richmond 23229
AND

301 HIDEN BLVD
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R. S T U A R T R O V E R &amp; A S S O C I A T E S .
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WATER
WASTEWATER
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Hast M a i n S t r e e t
Richmond, Virginia
23219

Municipal Se^ices Manager

1800 P a r k w a y Dr.

Engineers &amp; Consullanis

GREGG

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

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System
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1 8 0 0 Peachtree Street, N W
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(404) 3 5 2 - 9 2 0 0

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HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
&amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.

INC.

Engineers

Consulting Engineers

m

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(804/237-2044)

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611 Research R o a d

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Consulting Engineers

Water Supply • Sewage • Industrial
Waste Treatment • T r e a l a b i l i l y Studies
• 140 S y l v a n A v e n u e , P.O. B o x 1218
E n g l e w o o d G l i f i s , N . J . 0 7 6 3 2 201 - 5 6 7 - 8 9 9 0
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CH2M
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engineers

economists
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Complete Engineering Services
M u n i c i p a l a n d Industrial Waste Treatm e n t . Power Systems. Structures.
Solid Wastes. Water Resources. Water
Supply a n d T r e a t m e n t . Transportatirjn
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R e s t o n . V i r g i n i a 22091
703/620-5200

P.O. Box 2901
R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a 23235
804-794-6823

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Consulting

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Engineers

Environmental

Industrial and Municipal

EARTH
DESIGN
ASSOCIATES

844 WEST STREET, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401
(301) 268-7730
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NY BATON ROUGE

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L A N D S C A P E ARCHITECT

Laboratories

1531 N o r t h Mam Street
B l a c k s b u r g , Virginia

24060
WHITLCCK HOUSE 316 NCBIH 2dlh ST

(703) 5 5 2 - 5 5 4 8

INCORPORATED

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTIIRF ' 1 AND USE PLANNING / ARCHITECTUflE

Dames &amp; Moore
Water S u p p l y and P o l l u t i o n

Control

S o l i d a n d H a z a r d o u s Waste

Management

Envrronrrental

impact

Water Resources
Energy

Studies

Management

Studies

Soils and F o u n d a t i o n

7101 Wisconsin Avenue

Finkbeiner, Pettis
&amp; Strout, Limited

PARKS.HUDSON, INC.

Engineering

• Bethesda, Maryland 20814

(301) 652-2215
LEESBURC
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703/893-0711

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2301 West Meadowview Road
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(919) 292-2271

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L u t h e r v i l l c , Maryland 21093

(703) 892-4812

(301) 583-9261

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STREETS

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Environmental Engineers

1735 Jefferson D a v i s Hwy.

7700

DEVELOPMENT,

PETER M , HUDSON
President

590-1 131
)3) 670 6300

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Federal — HoadSlari
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1 1 1 2 0 N e w Hampstiire Ave.
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(301)731-5622

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C o n s u l t i n g Engineers
1936 East Seventh Street
P. O. Box 35624
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704-372-1885

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(609) 261-0100

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fiscal stress which your study has indicated affects all local governments. It
would also meet the need for increasing
and stabilizing the level of the state's
share of funding of education. As the
study found, the additional funding for
education would be of benefit to all localities ranging from urban centers to rural
areas."

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STEARNS, CONRAD AND SCHMIDT
Consulling Engineers, Inc.

SOLID WASTE

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PUBLIC WORKS
1 1260 Roger B a c o n Drive Reston, Virginia 2 2 0 9 0

(703)471-6150

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6. Are we trying to perform basic government services in the best manner
possible or are we spreading ourselves too thin by trying to do too
much with too little?
7. Are we top heavy or have we
trimmed administrative and supervisory layers down to an efficient
level?
8. Are we centralized in terms of organizational controls and values; on the
other hand, are we decentralized
enough so that all employees have a
sense of autonomy and feel free to
contribute ideas?
Adapted
from "City
News,"
tfie
official
publication
of tfie Association
of
Washington
Cities and tfie l\/lunicipal
Research
and Services
Center.

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Providing mariarjemenl assislanco and consiillant seiA/ices
to local, regional, and slate govornments since 193.3.
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Cogeneration • Resource Recovery
Rates • Appraisals
Contract Negotiations

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sessment of utility properties for property taxes. In each case, the data were
insufficient for determining the exact
amount of benefits granted by municipalities and counties served by
Vepco, but the combination of available
data, judgmental information provided
by state Tax Department officials, and
assumptions derived from other data
sources produced a range of estimates.
Based on these estimates, the study
concluded that annual benefits flowing
from localities to Vepco were very substantial.
The logic underlying each benefit type
was as follows: Vepco's transmission
line easements covered more than 81
square miles of land in Virginia. Since
most of this land is privately owned and
since the presence of large transmission lines decreases the appraised
value of land, Virginia local governments suffer a loss in real estate taxes.
In effect, Virginia counties and municipalities are subsidizing Vepco's taxfree interest in easement-encumbered
land. This subsidy was estimated to
a m o u n t to b e t w e e n $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 and
$400,000 per year.
Franchise agreements between
Vepco and Virginia municipalities give
the power company the right to use public streets and alleys and to sell and
supply electric power within a m u nicipality's corporate limits. Historically,
the price paid by Vepco for franchise
rights has been low and has not increased with inflation or the number of
Vepco customers accompanying municipal growth. The rights granted to
Vepco in these franchise contracts are
extremely valuable, especially in light of
the revenue they permit the power company to earn.

S p e c i a l i s t s in R e v e n u e E n t i a n c e m e n l ,
C o s t A l l o c a t i o n Plans a n d C o m p u t e r S'y'stems

Drawer 59. Chrisliansbiirg, Virginia 24073

Rate Negotiations

40 Grove Street
Wellesley, M A 02181
(617) 2 3 7 ^ 8 7 0
1510 E'coloriiaVDrive
O r l a n d o , FL 32803
(305) 8964911

Property taxing policies and practices
in Virginia, particularly those regarding
public service corporations, have been
the subject of considerable controversy.
Valuation of property based on condition systematically produces low appraisals so that Virginia localities receive less taxes from the power company than non-public profit-making
companies would provide. Alternative
appraisal policies, based upon unit valuation (a weighted average of cost, income capitalization and market valuation) and replacement cost less depreciation were applied in the benefits
study and the resulting property tax loss
to Virginia local governments was several million dollars per year.
As noted above, the value of this
study was in its development of the logic
and philosophy of benefits. The data
needed for refinement of the numbers
does exist, but are costly to obtain. For
this reason, the numbers were esti-

�mates rather than exact figures. However, the magnitude of the estimates
clearly show the relevance of benefits in
determining electric power rates. It is
believed that the flow of benefits theory
is equally applicable to telephone companies. While it is evident that Virginia
local governments must pay their appropriate share of the cost of electric or
telephone service, this share should,
out of necessity and fairness, reflect all
benefits prevailing between purchaser
and seller.
Telephone Companies
No known existing franchise issued
by a telephone company contains any
language concerning the rate to be paid
by the municipality for telephones used
by governmental entities. Unfortunately
at some time in the past, telephone companies stopped granting preferences to
local governments in lieu of realistic
franchise fees and a s indirect payment
for the benefits which flow to the companies from the localities whose citizens
they serve. The larger the community
and the greater amount of service utilized within the community, the greater
the value of the franchise because of the
greater revenues and indirect benefits
derived. Not the least of these benefits is

an atmosphere of cooperation between
utility and government.
Rates charged to local governments
by telephone companies operating in
Virginia fail to reflect the benefits which
flow from governmental units to the telephone utilities, and cities, towns and
counties have been billed for telephone
services on the same basis a s private
customers. T o our knowledge, the data
supplied to the S C C to justify telephone
rates has consistently failed to make
any distinction between governmental
customers and other users or to recognize that governmentar units constitute
a separate class of customers.
As stated at the outset of this article a
number of localities h a v e recently
sought to negotiate telephone rates
which are fair and reasonable in relation
to the cost of the service supplied to
them. The largest telephone company in
Virginia has so far refused to negotiate
with the representatives of the localities
and has refused to supply data from
which localities can determine the fairness of the rates which they are expected to pay for telephone services.
Admittedly, telephone companies, or at
least the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. subsidiaries, have numerous
problems in today's deregulation environment, but local governments are also

faced with many problems not the least
of which is the cost of services purchased, including utility services.
We have lately heard that the telephone companies may seek to have the
statutes amended to grant the S C C
power to determine rates to be charged
for utility services furnished localities.
This effort should be resolutely resisted
for the reasons expressed above. Unless Virginia law is changed, we believe
telephone companies will eventually
come to the negotiating table. Certainly,
negotiation is a s much in the interest of
the utilities a s it is for cities, towns and
counties.
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�INDEX TO VOLUME 18, JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1983
FINANCES
ZBB: Charlottesville's Tool for
Cutback Management
Assigning Vehicles and Training
Supervisors Save Suffolk Money
User Charges: Why Aren't Virginia
Cities Using Them More?
Review Existing Fees and Services
Portsmouth Keeps a Close
Watch
Improving Productivity—Points
for Local Governments
Municipal Bonds in Registered Form:
What It Means, How It Works
Hiring Contractors Saves
Tax Rates Available
Falls Church Explains Budget
The Bottom Line for Enterprise
Zones: Local Participation
The Challenge of Economic
Development
Assessing Financial Health in
James City County
Central Purchasing in James City
County—A Change for the
Better
The Assessor Knocks Once a Year
in James City County
Planning Norfolk's Budget

Month, Page
Jan., pg. 8
Jan., pg. 10
Jan., pg. 18
Feb., pg. 6
Feb., pg. 8
Feb., pg.
Mar., pg.
Mar., pg.
May, pg.

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June, pg. 6
Aug., pg. 4
Sept., pg. 52
Sept., pg. 54
Sept., pg. 58
Nov., pg. 14

LAND USE, cont'd.

Month, Page

Environmental Planning
The EASe of It All
The Environmental Negotiation
of Hethwood Village Shopping
Center

Aug., pg. 5
Sept., pg. 16

LEGAL
Response to New Procurement Act . . .
A Good Week for Local Governments
in the U.S. Supreme Court
Drafting an Ordinance
A Practical Guide for NonLawyers
Legal Guidelines
The Broadening Liability in
Civil Rights Cases
A Local Government Guide to
Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Interests Facts
You Should Know
Legal Guidelines
Zoning and Rezoning—A Function
of the Governing Body
Tort Liability of Local Officials

Apr., pg. 18
May, pg. 5
June, pg. 8
July, pg. 19
Aug., pg. 11
Aug., pg. 12
Oct., pg. 4
Oct., pg. 14

LOCAL NEWS
HUMAN S E R V I C E S
Richmond Halfway House Due
Protecting Our Older Adults
Has Everything Been Done
Crisis in Corrections
Mayors to Study Urban Hunger
Seeking Solutions to Human
Service Needs

Jan., pg. 9
Jan., pg. 12
Mar., pg. 2
June, pg. 11
Sept., pg. 21

INSURANCE

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Norfolk's Self-Insurance Program — Jan., pg. 6
VAPRIMA Here to Serve Virginia
July, pg. 5
Fleet Safety
Accident Investigation &amp; Peer
Review Programs
July, pg. 7
How Culpeper Saved on Insurance
Costs
July, pg. 8
A Municipal Guidebook
Risk Management: An Evolving
Discipline
July, pg. 10
VML Chooses New Company to
Service Insurance Program
July, pg. 13
VML's Insurance Program Expands
and Changes
Sept., pg. 39

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LAND USE
Local Government . . . Competition
Or Cooperation?
Resolving Land Use Disputes
Between State Agencies and
Local Governments

Jan., pg., 2
Jan., pg. 4

Richmond Halfway House Due
Cities Get Ferry
Leesburg Named
VA Cities Capture Awards
VCU Offers Classes
Falls Church Explains Budget
Abingdon Police Move to Old Depot
Microcomputers and Virginia Local
Government

Jan., pg. 9
Feb., pg. 7
Mar., pg. 9
Mar., pg. 16
Mar., pg. 16
May, pg. 12
lune, pg. 5
Oct., pg. 8

MANAGEMENT
Improving Productivity—Points
for Local Governments
ICMA Survey VA's Responses
VCU Offers Classes
Starting the City Manager Form
of Government
The Elected Officials and the Manager
A Former Mayor Reflects on the
Council-Manager Form
Louis Brownlow A Giant in Public
Administration
A Whale Has Beached in Luray
Caverns: Managing With a Sense of
Humor
Managing Human Services Putting the
Job in the Manager's Office
Conflict: Keeping It Under Control
Managers Celebrate 75 Years of
the Profession
Hazardous Materials
What Managers Should Know
James City County's Data Processing
Plan

Feb., pg. 8
Mar., pg. 10
Mar., pg. 16
Apr., pg. 5
Apr., pg. 6
Apr., pg. 10
Apr., pg. 12
Apr., pg. 14
May, pg. 8
May, pg. 12
June, pg. 13
Sept., pg. 18

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Month, Page

Cooperation Not Confrontation
Sept., pg. 56
Computerization Comes to Stanley:
A Small Town's Experience
Oct., pg. 5
Technology and Local Government:
Building New Partnerships
Oct., pg. 7
Organizational Change for the Sake of
Technology A Support Building
Strategy
Oct., pg. 12

PERSONNEL
Assigning Vehicles and Training
Supervisors Save Suffolk M o n e y . . . .
Volunteers—What Do They Do, How
Are They Trained &amp; What Do
They Cost?
Mobile Labs Help Train Firemen
Incentives Add to City's Safety
Program
Some Feedback on Merit Pay
The Governor's Plans for Education . . .
Henrico Develops a Job Performance
Appraisal System

Jan., pg. 10

Feb., pg. 5
July, pg. 20
July, pg. 20
Nov., pg. 11
Nov., pg. 13
Nov., pg. 16

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
How to Stay Out of Trouble
and Still Get Things Done!
Which Way Is Up? From Manager
to Assistant
Need Information? Ask Your
Librarian
How to Tell a Bit from a Byte
All you need to know to speak
"Computerease"

Mar., pg. 8
Apr., pg. 8
May, pg. 9

Oct., pg. 9

PUBLIC SERVICES
Assigning Vehicles and Training
Supervisors Save Suffolk M o n e y . . . . Jan., pg. 10
Volunteers—What Do They Do, How
Are They Trained &amp; What Do They
Cost?
Feb., pg. 5
Chase City Solves a Building Problem
In An Unusual Way
Mar., pg. 6
Chesterfeld Issues Fire Instructions
in Braille
Mar., pg. 13
Leesburg's Plaza Street Park
June, pg. 10
Hazardous Materials
What Managers Should Know
June, pg. 13
Citizens Coproduction
July, pg. 4
Reducing Crime in Briarfield M a n o r . . . Sept., pg. 10
Pearisburg Police: A New L o o k — A
New Image
Sept., pg. 12
Making the City's Water System
Safe
Sept., pg. 15
Island Park: An Oasis for Applachia .. Sept., pg. 22
Building a Better Downtown
Sept., pg. 25
Alexandria's Torpedo Factory Art
Center
Sept., pg. 27
Pamplin's Recovery
Sept., pg. 29
Law Enforcement in Transition
Sept., pg. 42
"This Can't Be the County D u m p " . . . . Sept., pg. 44
Urban Homesteading—Working
Together
Sept., pg. 46
For Emergency Help, Call 911
Sept., pg. 48
Cooperation Not Confrontation
Sept., pg. 56
Computerization Comes to Stanley:
A Small Town's Experience
Oct., pg. 5

VML ACTIVITIES

Month, Page

Achievement Awards Program
Feb., pg. 11
Annual Report Videotaped
Feb., pg. 16
VML Legislative Day
Mar., pg. 5
VA Managers Schedule Events
Mar., pg. 10
Achievement Awards Program
Mar., pg. 11
VBOA Holds 1983 Mid-Year
Meeting
Apr., pg. 7
VML's Congressional Breakfast
May, pg. 6
Managers to Meet
May, pg. 11
Power Group to Meet
May, pg. 12
Getting Information to You
June, pg. 5
Building Officials Hold Safety Week . . .June, pg. 14
Fire Chiefs to Meet
June, pg. 18
VML Chooses New Company to
Service Insurance Program
July, pg. 13
Police Win Favorable
Legislation
July, pg. 15
West, Amyx Visit With Reagan
July, pg. 17
MEPAV Conference
Baker Encourages Cable
Systems
July, pg. 17
Butterfield Accepts Wallerstein
Scholarship
July, pg. 18
Attorney General's Law Conference . . . . Aug., pg. 6
LOGIN Visits the League
Aug., pg. 15
Amyx, Wirt Serve as Models
Aug., pg. 15
VML Develops Policy
Aug., pg. 16
State Fire Chiefs Hold Conference . . . . Aug., pg. 19
VML Conference
Aug., pg. 8
1983 VML Achievement Awards
Sept., pg. 9
The Annual Report
Sept., pg. 36
Financial Statement
Sept., pg. 37
1983 VML Executive Committee
Sept., pg. 38
VML's Insurance Program Expands
and Changes
Sept., pg. 39
Police Chiefs Hold Conference
Oct., pg. 17
Meet the President
Nov., pg. 4
At the Conference
Nov., pg. 5
Education: VML Takes a Stand
Nov., pg. 8
The Crisis in Education: Excerpts
from the Conference Panel
Nov., pg. 9

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Crisis in Corrections
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T w o knifings at the Virginia S t a t e
Penitentiary on J a n u a r y 1, 1983 left
one inmate dead and
another
w o u n d e d . S i n c e 1980 four other killings have taken place at the state
penitentiary. In one of the four prior
i n c i d e n t s , one victim had been
w a t c h i n g a movie in the m e s s hall
w h e n another inmate cut his throat.
V i o l e n c e is not new to the Virginia correctional s y s t e m . In the
mjd-70s, for e x a m p l e , a number of
reforms were undertaken after a
state c r i m e c o m m i s s i o n investigation revealed that the penitentiary
w a s nothing more than a " w a r e h o u s e " w h e r e brutality w a s the rule
rather than the e x c e p t i o n . Nor is
v i o l e n c e limited to the state penitentiary. On November 3, 1982,
about a dozen p r i s o n e r s at the
B r u n s w i c k C o r r e c t i o n a l C e n t e r att a c k e d two prison guards in a disturbance that began w h e n a guard
stopped a prisoner to c h e c k for c o n traband.
While prison v i o l e n c e is the most
disturbing and most publicized problem facing prison authorities in Virginia and other s t a t e s , it is only one
of many s e r i o u s and interrelated
problems affecting state correctional s y s t e m s . In recent y e a r s , correctional institutions have had to c o p e
with a dramatic rise in inmate populations. B e t w e e n 1978 and 1982 inm a t e s in federal and state correctional
institutions
jumped
from
294,580 to 394,380; over the s a m e
period, the number of i n m a t e s in
V i r g i n i a ' s correctional s y s t e m grew
from 8,344 to 9,146.
T h i s development h a s f o c u s e d attention on the i s s u e of prison overc r o w d i n g , s i n c e the growth in the
number
of
inmates
h a s overw h e l m e d the c a p a c i t y of state pris o n s . T h i s overcrowding a l s o h a s
contributed to i n c i d e n t s of homos e x u a l rape, a s s a u l t and robbery
within the institutions' w a l l s and led
to i n c r e a s i n g judicial s c r u t i n y of
c o n d i t i o n s inside p r i s o n s . Thirtytwo s t a t e s are under court orders to
About the A u t h o r
Mr. S p e n g l e r is affiliated with the Institute of G o v e r n m e n t at the University of
Virginia in C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e .

reduce overcrowding and improve
c o n d i t i o n s in their p r i s o n s . T h i s
month Virginia will go before a federal judge w h o will d e c i d e if the atm o s p h e r e of v i o l e n c e in the state
penitentiary is an unconstitutional
form of p u n i s h m e n t .
Currently Virginia r a n k s s e v e n teenth in the nation
(Corrections
Yearbook, 1982) in the number of inc a r c e r a t i o n s per 100,000 population. T h e a l m o s t 9,200 i n m a t e s that
now fill V i r g i n i a ' s p r i s o n s c o n s t i tute the largest number in the
s t a t e ' s history. S i n c e the number of
a s s i g n a b l e b e d s is 9,197, the problem of overcrowding might appear
to be negligible. T h e s t a t i s t i c s are
m i s l e a d i n g , however, in part bec a u s e s e v e r a l hundred felons are
locked up in local j a i l s awaiting
t r a n s f e r s to state f a c i l i t i e s . On J a n uary 1 1 , 1983 there were 6,031 inm a t e s in V i r g i n i a ' s local j a i l s , w h i c h
have a rated m a x i m u m c a p a c i t y of
5,664. Of the 99 local correctional
f a c i l i t i e s in the state (city and c o u n ty j a i l s and farms), nearly half, or 48
of t h e m , w e r e at 100 percent c a p a c i ty or above (two of w h i c h were at
over 200 percent c a p a c i t y ) .
T h e problem of prison overcrowding in Virginia is rather modest relative to overcrowding in other s t a t e s .
In 1981, for i n s t a n c e , the population
of V i r g i n i a ' s p r i s o n s stood at one
percent over c a p a c i t y , a s compared
to 50 percent in S o u t h C a r o l i n a and
30 percent in Maryland. Neverthel e s s , overcrowding is an i s s u e that
Virginia cannot ignore, although the
state h a s sought to avoid it by building new p r i s o n s and finding alternatives to incarceration for certain offenders. Even under the present
construction
s c h e d u l e , however,
the state will be 3,000 beds short of
its n e e d s by 1990. It c o s t s the state
approximately $55,000 per cell to
build a new correctional facility;
maintaining an inmate in an institution c o s t s the state $22,748 per
y e a r — t h e highest c o s t per inmate
in the country, a c c o r d i n g to the Corrections
Yearbool&lt;.
In
addition,
t h e s e c o s t s do not reflect hidden
c o s t s s u c h a s an i n m a t e ' s not paying t a x e s or a p r i s o n e r ' s inability to
support his family or to pay restitution. Building additional j a i l s may
solve the long-term problem of over-

c r o w d i n g , but it will not take c a r e of
the immediate situation. (One step
the state is taking to reduce its
need for more p r i s o n s is double
bunking of c e l l s ; however, this practice could be overturned in the federal courts.) G i v e n the high c o s t of
incarceration, are their other alternatives w h i c h will make better u s e
of our s c a r c e r e s o u r c e s ?
In order to reduce the prison population, the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y in
1980 e n a c t e d the C o m m u n i t y Diversion Incentive Act (GDI), w h i c h
s e e k s to deinstitutionalize nonviolent offenders and to have them
make restitution to the community.
T h i s program, w h i c h is funded by
the state but locally administered
h a s been s u c c e s s f u l in the 10 c i t i e s
and 15 c o u n t i e s that have established a program. T h e GDI has resulted in a 36 percent c o s t s a v i n g s
to the state w h e n compared to the
c o s t of incarceration, with a 200-bed
s a v i n g s at an annual c o s t avoidance
amount of $865,200. Participants in
the program have paid back the victims and c o m m u n i t i e s with $9,000
in direct restitution to v i c t i m s ,
$18,727 worth of s e r v i c e s donated
to local government and private
nonprofit a g e n c i e s and 5,500 community s e r v i c e hours. While divers i o n a p p e a r s to be a useful alternative to incarceration, whether this
approach along with planned prison
c o n s t r u c t i o n will be enough to
solve the long-term problem of overcrowding r e m a i n s to be s e e n .
Indeed, the future of the correctional s y s t e m is clouded by b a s i c
uncertainties
about
emerging
trends in crime rates, judicial s e n tencing p r a c t i c e s and incarceration
rates. T h e fate of correctional policy
a l s o d e p e n d s on the attitudes of
legislators, law enforcement offic i a l s and the general public with regard to persistent c o n t r o v e r s i e s
c o n c e r n i n g the goals of s e n t e n c i n g
and the roles of p r i s o n s .
In c o n c l u s i o n , two q u e s t i o n s
need to be a s k e d : Do w e follow the
path of stricter s e n t e n c i n g and
build more p r i s o n s to a c c o m m o d a t e
the i n c r e a s e in inmates or do we
look for alternatives that aim at rehabilitating rather than punishing
the c r i m i n a l ? Do the alternatives to
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Editor
Charlotte Kingery

Editorial A s s i s t a n t
Joni Terry

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VML President
Francis T. West

Officers
Chiarles A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . T h o m a s
S a m W. A d a m s

Executive Committee
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a n e L. Hough
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n e
Ronald C . S p i g g l e
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

Past President

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V M L Legislative Day
" A b o u t 200 local officials visited R i c h m o n d on the L e a g u e ' s Legislative Day."

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R a y m o n d F. R a t c l i f f e
R. Michael A m y x

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C h a s e City Solves A Building Problem In An Unusual
Way
" T o w n officials wanted to l&lt;eep an old s c h o o l building in use without spending a lot of m o n e y — a n d they d i d . "

Executive Director
On T h e C o v e r
It's no longer a s c h o o l building but
now a c o m m u n i t y center for C h a s e
City. R e a d how the T o w n C o u n c i l
put the building to better u s e without c o s t i n g c i t i z e n s more tax dollars.

Crisis in Corrections

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How To Stay Out Of Trouble And Still Get Things
Done!
" T h e K a n s a s league director offers 33 tips for local o f f i c i a l s . "

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ICM A S u r v e y — V A ' s R e s p o n s e s
" E v e n though s o m e Virginia m e m b e r s want to pull out of the prof e s s i o n , most rank the manager profession very h i g h . "

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VML Achievement Awards Program

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Chesterfield I s s u e s Fire Instructions in Braille
" V i s u a l l y handicapped p e r s o n s were left out of fire safety prog r a m s until the C h e s t e r f i e l d County Fire Department prepared training materials e s p e c i a l l y for t h e m . "

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Tax Rates

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Atkinson Named
Harold S. A t k i n s o n , former V M L
president, was a p p o i n t e d by Governor Charles S. Robb to the C o m m i s sion on Local Government. A t k i n son is a former city manager of
Franklin, having retired in 1981. During his tenure as city manager, he
was also president of the Virginia
S e c t i o n , International City Management A s s o c i a t i o n and was chairman of the Southeastern Virginia
Planning District C o m m i s s i o n .

Alexander Heads
Fire Programs
George H. Alexander, retired director of the Fairfax C o u n t y Fire
and Rescue Department, is the new
executive director of the Department of Fire Programs. He began
his 25 year career as a volunteer for
Fairfax C o u n t y in 1948. He entered
the paid ranks in 1950 as a firef i g h t e r at the Fort Belvoir Engineering Center but affiliated w i t h the
c o u n t y in 1957 as assistant fire marshal. One of the h i g h l i g h t s of Alex-

ander's career was the creation of
the Medic program w h i c h now offers advanced life s u p p o r t to all of
Fairfax C o u n t y ' s 600,000 residents.
He a s s u m e d his d i r e c t o r s h i p of Fire
Programs on February 1,1983.

Falls Church
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VanDevanter Appointed

Halsey Green is the c i t y ' s new finance director. He fills the vacancy
left by retiring Clarence Eckert.
Green j o i n e d Falls Church in 1978
as assistant finance director.
Jay Z i m m e r was a p p o i n t e d as the
social services coordinator. He held
previous p o s i t i o n s as director of
C h i l d r e n ' s W o r l d , Inc., a child care
center, and as assistant director of
c o m m u n i t y services w i t h the United
M e t h o d i s t Church in L a k e w o o d ,
New Jersey.

Jean VanDevanter was named director of Fairfax C o u n t y ' s O f f i c e of
Public Affairs. VanDevanter was
acting director at the time of her app o i n t m e n t . A graduate of the University of Tennessee, she was an
equal e m p l o y m e n t o p p o r t u n i t y specialist at the U.S. Department of
Health, Education and Welfare (now
Health and Human Services) and
was the public i n f o r m a t i o n officer
for the A r l i n g t o n County Department of Public W o r k s and the Fairfax County Park Authority.

Anders Resigns
Bedford City C o u n c i l m a n R. C.
A n d e r s a n n o u n c e d that he will resign f r o m c o u n c i l due to medical
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Before running for c o u n c i l , Anders was director of the c i t y ' s Electric Department from 1965 to 1976.
Utility issues were one of his specialties during his time on c o u n c i l .

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V i r g i n i a n s N a m e d By N L C
Seven Virginians have been app o i n t e d to the National League of
Cities' Steering C o m m i t t e e s . Officials are chosen on the basis of
their expertise and interest in a certain area to develop NLC policy and
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s to c o n g r e s s i o n a l
and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n initiatives.
Dr. Willa Bazemore, vice mayor of
Chesapeake, was appointed vice
chairman of the C o m m i t t e e on Human Development. Others selected
to the c o m m i t t e e s are the f o l l o w i n g :
Alexandria Mayor Charles Beatley,
C o m m u n i t y and Economic Development; Newport News Council M e m ber Mary Sherwood Holt, Transportation and C o m m u n i c a t i o n s ; Norfolk C o u n c i l Member Joseph A.
Leafe, Intergovernmental Relations;
Norfolk Mayor Vincent J. T h o m a s ,
C o m m u n i t y and E c o n o m i c Development; R i c h m o n d Council Member
Claudette B. McDaniel, Human Dev e l o p m e n t ; and Virginia
Beach
Council Member Meyera E. Obendorf. Energy, Environment and Natural Resources.

�VML Legislative Day
Since the League started holding the VML Legislative Day during the Virginia General Assembly, the largest gathering occurred this February 2 at The John Marshall Hotel. Over 200 local officials attended the afternoon session and over 100 legislators, out of a possible
140, came to the reception. Many others w/ere represented by their legislative aides.
The date chosen for the annual event proved to be
the best time for local officials to be in Richmond.
Many key bills were still in committees and had to be reported out of their house of origin that w^eek. This allowed officials the time to discuss items with their legislators or appear before committees, as several officials did.
During the afternoon work session, VML Executive
Director Michael Amyx welcomed the crowd to Richmond and encouraged local offcials to visit with their
legislators during the evening's reception. Rick Weeks,
the league's director of intergovernmental relations,
gave a detailed view of the budget. This was a critical issue to attendees since, for the first time in recent history, the governor was forced to cut state aid to local
government. Other league staff members outlined budget matters in their perspective areas and discussed
major bills, such as conflict of interests and compensation for constitutional officers.

Above and below, local officials listen while VML staff
discuss the budget and key bills.

Lexington City Manager John Doane and Franklin City
Manager Ted Reed.

Colonial Heights City Manager Bryon Haner talks to
Roanoke City Attorney Wil Dibling.

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The Virginia Beach delegation exchanges information during the coffee/coke break. From the left, Council Member Nancy Creech, City Attorney Dale Bimson, Council li/lember Robert Jones and Council Member Meyera Oberndorf.

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W h a t d o e s a s m a l l town in rural
Virginia do with a s c h o o l building
that is probably too c o s t l y to maintain and operate but at the s a m e
time is a landmark that nearly all its
r e s i d e n t s c a n identify with and want
to u s e ?
For over 50 y e a r s , the Robert E .
L e e s c h o o l building, located in the
d o w n t o w n district of C h a s e City,
served a s both elementary and high
s c h o o l for s e v e r a l generations of
the t o w n ' s c i t i z e n s . T h e s t r u c t u r e ' s
unique and stately a r c h i t e c t u r e ,
functional
d e s i g n , proximity
to
" M a i n S t r e e t " and e x c e l l e n t auditorium not only contributed to the
e d u c a t i o n of the youth of the town
and surrounding area, but gave a
high degree of unity, purpose, spirit
and pride to the c o m m u n i t y .
Y e a r s later w h e n the building w a s
no longer a s c h o o l facility. C h a s e
City found itself with a " w h i t e elep h a n t " that could be an a s s e t if the
price w a s right but, if not, a building
in the hub of town that is boarded
up, v a n d a l i z e d , and surrounded by
litter, trash and w e e d s .
It w a s c l e a r that an o v e r w h e l m i n g
number of the c i t i z e n s w a n t e d to
s a v e the old s c h o o l building, w h i c h
represented a part of j u s t about
e v e r y b o d y ' s personal e x p e r i e n c e .
J u s t w h a t it could be s a v e d for and
how the town government could afford the luxury of what could be a
vast " m o n e y pit" remained u n s a i d .
Would the s c h o o l board and the
C o u n t y of Mecklenburg r e l e a s e
property worth a half a million dollars to the town for little or no c o m p e n s a t i o n ? T h e county indicated
that it would be a m e n a b l e to the
transfer if the grounds and struc-

ture could be put to good u s e .
S h o u l d a s m a l l town with an
equally s m a l l budget a c c e p t the fiscal burden imposed by s u c h a large
building? T h e s c h o o l included an
auditorium s e a t i n g 6 0 0 , 1 2 full-sized
classrooms, a cafeteria, assorted
utility rooms and failing boiler. T h e
c o s t of heating the building and upkeep on the e x t e n s i v e grounds w a s
enough to give even the most stalwart c o u n c i l m e m b e r s nightmares.
T h e town treasurer reported with a
very long f a c e and tight string on
the town purse that maintaining the
property could c o n s u m e a full 10
percent of the general fund and a
goodly s h a r e of the utility fund. T h e
director of public w o r k s added to
the w o e s of the e l e c t e d leadership
w h e n he a d v i s e d them that the old
s c h o o l had been allowed to deteriorate in anticipation of its c l o s i n g
and p r e s e n t e d a lengthy list of capital improvements that had to be
completed
before
the
building
could be u s e d for any purpose.
It w a s obvious that if C h a s e City
were to a c c e p t the responsibility for
the property, the s c h o o l would have
to pay for itself, w h i c h in retrospect
appeared i m p o s s i b l e . Undaunted by
the odds, c o u n c i l decided that the
town c o u l d not afford to lose a valuable landmark near the t o w n ' s center and a c c e p t what would b e c o m e
a blighted area.
T h e d e c i s i o n w a s made to a c c e p t
the property but two q u e s t i o n s rem a i n e d : What purpose would the
building with its grounds be u s e d ?
W h e r e would the money c o m e from
to operate the c o m p l e x ? Fortunately, the c l o s i n g of the old red brick
s c h o o l h o u s e did not c o m e a s a sur-

prise, therefore, approximately two
y e a r s of planning were available to
decide these issues.
It w a s clear from c i t i z e n s that a
community
center w h i c h
could
serve a s a focal point for s o c i a l , serv i c e and educational needs for the
area w a s most desired. T h e building
could a l s o provide office s p a c e for
s e r v i c e oriented
a g e n c i e s . But
t h e s e two ideas do not produce
money.
T h e breakthrough c a m e from an
unusual
source.
Traditionally,
C h a s e City h a s been the home station of C o m p a n y E of the 116th Infantry,
V i r g i n i a Army
National
G u a r d . T h i s proud unit, however,
had not been reactivated in the
town s i n c e its men marched off to
war in 1941. Public sentiment, c o u pled with the availability of armory
s p a c e w h i c h the Robert E . L e e
building offered prompted town off i c i a l s to c o n t a c t the Adjutant G e n eral of the C o m m o n w e a l t h . T h e general w a s told of the advantages to
the National Guard and the town if
the G u a r d e s t a b l i s h e d a unit in
C h a s e City. T h e town could provide
the National G u a r d with not only relatively i n e x p e n s i v e facilities near
the G u a r d ' s training areas but a l s o a
fertile, untapped recruiting area and
the support of the town government
and r e s i d e n t s .
On the other hand, the G u a r d
could offer the town the benefits of
a payroll, part-time jobs for youth
and could s u p p l e m e n t the c o s t of
the old s c h o o l building and its
grounds.
T e r m s of agreement were reached
by the National Guard and C h a s e
City w h i c h marked areas of respon-

�sibility, shared c o s t s , reconfigurat i o n and new c o n s t r u c t i o n . The
agreement left t h e t o w n w i t h more
than adequate space to house a
wide variety of m e e t i n g places, off i c e s and t h e a u d i t o r i u m .
Having sealed t h e agreement
w i t h the Guard, t h e t o w n w a s free t o
enter into agreements w i t h other
agencies and service organizations,
several of w h i c h c o u l d c o n t r i b u t e to
the s u p p o r t of t h e s c h o o l c o m p l e x .
On July 4, 1981 a plaque dedicating t h e Robert E. Lee C o m m u n i t y
Center, in t h e name of the c o u n c i l
and t h e people of Chase City, was
unveiled by the mayor.
The uses the o l d b u i l d i n g has, in
fact, surprised even the most ardent
supporters of the project. During
the past year or s o , the " n e w " c o m munity center has been t h e site of
trade fairs, major theatrical product i o n s , c o n v e n t i o n s , gospel sings
and rallies. A l s o , t h e center is the
regular m e e t i n g place f o r classes,
the Jaycees a n d organizations for
the elderly and y o u t h . The public
health service c l i n i c even sets up
shop in the center. Thus far the center has been an o v e r w h e l m i n g success, w i t h the only u n e x p e c t e d
problem of trying t o s c h e d u l e all the
events that want t o be held there.

Equally s u r p r i s i n g has been the
center's ability to operate on a near
pay as y o u go basis. The fear voiced
by many that the t o w n w o u l d ass u m e t h e c o m p l e x along w i t h a vast
" m o n e y p i t " into w h i c h the taxpayers' money w o u l d be heaped f r o m
the treasury j u s t never materialized.
The Robert E. Lee C o m m u n i t y
Center in Chase City is a vivid example of what a small rural t o w n can
do t o protect itself f r o m decay and
at t h e same t i m e improve t h e quality of life of its residents.

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T h e key t o i m p r o v i n g t h e quality of life
is p l a n n i n g . Planning to d o m o r e w i t h less.
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provide.

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Editor's
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from
tfie Kansas
Government
Journai
puts togettier some suggestions
for
local officials—both
elected
and
appointed—on
how to stay out of
trouble, but still get things
done,
which seems to be an
increasingly
difficult
thing to do. This was the
theme of a general luncheon
panel
discussion
at the 71st Annual
City
Conference
of the League of Kansas Municipalities
held October 12,
1981. The observations
were edited
and
supplemented
by
Kansas
League Director E. A. Mosher.
1) If you're a governing body
member, allow yourself enough
time to be e f f e c t i v e . J u s t attending
c o u n c i l m e e t i n g s is not e n o u g h —
you m u s t study and d i s c u s s the
p r o b l e m s , and keep y our s el f informed on w h a t ' s going on. T o do
even a fair job t a k e s a lot of time.
2) P a c e yo ur s elf . Limit the number of m e e t i n g s you have. S e t s o m e
priorities, recognize the need to
s p e n d time with your family, and
don't " b u r n " y our s el f out. R e c o g nize that life—and local governm e n t — i s dependent on a lot of
t h i n g s w e have little control over,
3) A s an individual, even if you're
the mayor, don't m a k e p r o m i s e s
you c a n ' t deliver! Most major decis i o n s and a c t i o n s require approval
of the governing body, and this
t a k e s a majority vote.
4) T r e a t everyone the s a m e . Be
consistent.
5) If you're a governing body
member, don't s p e n d most of your
time c h e c k i n g on what your staff
h a s already done. Y o u r primary job
is to provide s o m e p o l i c i e s and dir e c t i o n s . For e x a m p l e , instead of
s p e n d i n g time reviewing c l a i m s ,
make s u r e you have a good purc h a s i n g p ract ic e by w h i c h c l a i m s
are incurred in the first p l a c e .
6) A l w a y s deal with people a s if
you will have to deal with them
a g a i n . Even if you don't, s o m e o n e
will.
7) T a k e your budget preparation
job s e r i o u s l y , for it d e t e r m i n e s what
your locality d o e s or d o e s n ' t do for
the c o m i n g year. It's the biggest
policy development tool available to
govern a municipality. And w h e n
budget
c u t b a c k s are e s s e n t i a l ,
don't cut back on t h o s e a c t i v i t i e s
that are vital to the critical operation
of the government.

8) B e alert for the little t h i n g s .
T h e y are the things w h i c h a l w a y s
s e e m to grow and c o m e back to
you.
9) E s t a b l i s h policy s t a t e m e n t s .
Written policy s t a t e m e n t s let the
public, and staff, know w h e r e they
s t a n d . T h e y help the governing
body govern, and writing them prov i d e s a p r o c e s s to develop c o n c e n s u s . " T h a t ' s the way it's a l w a y s
been d o n e " is not good enough to
either stay out of trouble or to get
t h i n g s done.
10) Maintain the infrastructure!
Make certain you are adequately
keeping up what you now have before taking on any new projects. Deferring m a i n t e n a n c e c o s t s to the future s i m p l y s h i f t s your trouble to
t h o s e w h o follow you in the future.
11) Don't give quick a n s w e r s
w h e n you're not s u r e of the real ans w e r . It may be e m b a r r a s s i n g to appear ignorant, but it c a n be more
e m b a r r a s s i n g to tell a person s o m e thing w h i c h is wrong.
12) Don't be s t a m p e d e d into a c tion. Don't be m i s l e d by the strong
d e m a n d s of s p e c i a l interest groups
who want it done now, their w a y.
Y o u r job is to find the long-term
public interest of the c o m m u n i t y ,
and you may be hearing from the
wrong people.
13) Don't spring s u r p r i s e s on
your fellow governing body members of your staff, e s p e c i a l l y at formal m e e t i n g s . If a matter is worth
bringing up for d i s c u s s i o n , it's
worth being on the a g e n d a . Surp r i s e s may get you s o m e publicity,
at the e m b a r r a s s m e n t of others, but
tend to erode the " t e a m " a p p r o a c h
to g o v e r n a n c e .
14) Don't b y p a s s the s y s t e m ! If
you have a city m a n a g er or other
chief administrative official, governing body m e m b e r s s h o u l d s t i c k to
policy and avoid personal involvement in the day-to-day operations.
15) And don't let others b y p a s s
your s y s t e m — i n s i s t that people
s u c h a s bond s a l e s m e n or equipment s u p p l i e r s first work with your
local government staff. If direct
c o n t a c t with governing body members is a d v i s a b l e , this s h o u l d be
with the governing body a s a whole
and not on a one-on-one b u s i n e s s .
16) F o r m a l i z e your
personnel
rules and regulations. Make s u r e
they're clear. For e x a m p l e , if you

don't pay for u n u s e d s i c k leave
w h e n an e m p l o y e e is terminated,
put it in writing. O n c e the rules are
e s t a b l i s h e d , governing body members s h o u l d avoid the temptation to
get involved in personnel matters.
17) Give notice for all your meetings. If it is not a regular meeting
w h e r e everyone in town k n o w s the
time and place, publish a notice in
the n e w s p a p e r . If a major i s s u e is to
be c o n s i d e r e d , publish a s p e c i a l notice. If you know s o m e o n e who is directly involved on the a g e n d a , give
them notice.
18) Distribute your c o u n c i l agend a to m e m b e r s and other c o n c e r n e d
individuals several days before
e a c h meeting. It should be no s e c ret what you are going to d i s c u s s ,
and a planned a g e n d a permits orderly meetings.
19) Don't have c l o s e d m e e t i n g s .
In government, there shouldn't be
any s e c r e t s . Y o u are there to represent the public; don't hide anything
from t h e m , for your attempt to do s o
will certainly result in trouble. Follow the law for any e x e c u t i v e s e s s i o n s you think are n e c e s s a r y for
the public interest.
20) K e e p your c o n s ti tu te n ts informed, s u c h a s a weekly editorial
in the local newspaper, radio int e r v i e w s or n e w s r e l e a s e s . B e
friendly and deal effectively with
the n e w s media. L a c k of proper
c o m m u n i c a t i o n s is one of the biggest problems of c i t i e s .
21) K e e p your e m p l o y e e s informed—particularly those on the
front line who make d e c i s i o n s or are
in frequent c o n t a c t with the people.
22) Appoint citizen advisory c o m m i t t e e s w h e n you need t h e m , but
be prepared to follow their advice if
you u s e t h e m. Appointing your opposition to a u s e f u l committee c a n
let them work for y o u , instead of
against y o u .
23) Hire the best people you c a n
and give them a s m u c h responsibility they c a n and will handle. T h e r e is
a l w a y s the possibility that they will
get you into trouble at first, but if
you stand behind t h e m , eventually
they c a n keep you out of trouble.
24) C h a r ge your e m p l o y e e s with
being r e s p o n s i b l e for new ideas and
better w a y s . L i s t e n to what they
have to s a y .
25) Have your local government
attorney attend your
governing

�body meetings. But don't expect
the attorney to know all the answers, right on the spot. Give the attorney the chance to research the
matter.
26) Don't simply ask your attorney whether or not you can do
something. Sometimes, the most
appropriate question is "how can
we legally accomplish this objective?"
27) If yours is a typical locality,
don't expect your attorney to be an
expert on every matter. Local government is too complex. On occasion, you will need outside counsel
and it will be a good investment of
public funds.
28) Elected officials should accept their leadership responsibilities, such as selling new programs
to the public. The staff should not
act as if they were elected.
29) Make sure you have a good financial accounting and reporting
system, and comply with the cash
basis and budget laws. Some localities have gotten into financial troubles in recent years, simply because they spent more money than
they had available for the whole
year and nobody knew it.

30) Don't act as if local government operates in a vacuum. We
must work within the intergovernmental system to be effective. Keep
in contact with your federal, state,
county and school officials. Use
your municipal league.
31) Never trust a consultant. You
are the one who will be around to
yell at if things don't turn out right.
The consultant should realize this.
Even though we can't expect them
to go against their best judgement,
they should expect us to want to
look over their shoulder.
32) Don't be hesitant to budget
money for your officers and employees to attend meetings and seminars. These provide learning opportunities and personal contacts
which can be valuable to your local
government.
33) Finally, define what trouble
means to you. We must realize that
we work in a fish bowl environment
and that most of the things we do
affect people. Many times they will
be affected in a manner they don't
like. If trouble means having someone mad at you, you're in the wrong
business! We should handle each

item in a straightforward way that
we know or believe to be correct. If
things don't turn out the way they
should—after all, public officers
and employees can make mistakes
—no one can accuse you of improper motives, and you will know you
did what you thought was proper.

Leesburg Named
Leesburg is one of 89 communities across the nation to receive
HUD'S National Recognition Award
for community development partnerships. The award is for the Plaza
Street Park project which was completed in April of 1982. Leesburg
was innovative in the selection of
the park site within the Loudoun
House project area and its commitment to use town forces to provide
much of the labor for park construction without grant reimbursement.
Only 10 projects were recognized
within the Philadelphia region. HUD
D.G. Area Office Manager Terry G.
Chisholm visited Leesburg to present the award in a special ceremony.

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VA's Responses
By Kimberly S. Crannis
For the most part, the profession
of city, town and county management is perceived the same in Virginia as it is nationwide. This reflection is the result of the International
City Management Association survey on the "State of the Profession."
Distributed last fall through the
ICMA Newsletter to all subscribers,
the questionnaire asked members
about council-manager relations, job
satisfaction and finances in the local government management field.

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Results of the survey, on a nationwide basis, have been published in
subsequent ICMA Newsletters. The
results of the survey were also tabulated according to state. Thirty-six
Virginia members responded to the
survey.
When comparing the job market
to three years ago, 77 percent of the
individuals surveyed nationwide
and 66 percent of the Virginia respondents felt that job opportunities in the profession had either remained the same or decreased. The
ICMA Newsletter stated that "managers are confident but concerned"
about the future of the profession.
This causes some degree of concern among prospective managers.
With fewer job opportunities available in this field, some will be turning to other areas for career advancement. When asked how many
were considering a change, at least
four Virginia managers said they
were "actively seeking" to leave the
local government profession. Still,
the opportunities are there.
The relationship a manager has
with his council, board or commission is an important factor if a local
government is to run smoothly. Of
the 36 Virginia respondents, 78 percent indicated that their relationship had either improved or remained the same. They also rated
the level of support from their councils fairly high. Eighty-six percent of
the individuals rated the level of
support they receive between very
supportive and moderately supportive with only three percent claiming
About the Author
Ms. Crannis was a legislative intern with
the Virginia Municipal League during the
1983 General Assembly Session. She is a
senior in public administration at Ferrum
College.

them to be mostly unsupportive.
When judging the effectiveness
of councils according to factors
such as the speed and ease with
which they reach consensus and
how well they work together as a
unit, 77 percent of the Virginia
managers rated their councils high.
Only six percent indicated that their
councils were very ineffective.
This good working relationship
also helps to increase the level of
satisfaction local government managers have towards their job. Taking
into consideration all the rewards,
difficulties and frustrations associated with the job of manager, 83 percent of the Virginia managers rated
their level of satisfaction between
highly satisfying and moderately
satisfying. No one rated it as highly
dissatisfying.
One of the biggest challenges in
the management profession is that
of the budget. When asked what the
prospects were for having a greater,
lesser or the same budget in the
current fiscal year than in the previous fiscal year, the majority of the
Virginia managers answered that
their budgets would be greater. Nationwide, managers reported that
while their current budgets are at
the same levels as last year, the
budgets are a " r e a l " reduction because of inflationary cost increases
which, although reduced, are still
there.
When looking at other financial
factors, the number of full-time employees, except for police, have
either decreased or remained the
same as the previous year. Fiftythree percent of the managers will
increase the number of employees
in their police departments.
The only major budget decrease
was in grants from state and federal
sources attributable to the sharp
budget cuts imposed by President
Reagan. The levels of service remained relatively constant. But to
continue the present level will require a high level of management
know-how, employment cooperation and the development of new
and more effective ways to provide
municipal services.
Managing local government is a
complex but rewarding field. The
complexity is indicated through the
many services provided by local
government and the increasing
struggle for finances. Indicative of
the rewards of the management pro-

fession are the high ratings on job
satisfaction, council/manager relations and council effectiveness given by the respondents. Overall, the
managers ranked the profession very
high among other professions.

VA Managers
Schedule Events
The Virginia Section, International City Management Association has planned many functions for
this spring.
On March 31-April 1, 1983, members will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the council-manager form of
government in Staunton, Virginia,
the birthplace of the manager profession. A reception will be held
Thursday evening on the campus of
Mary Baldwin College and a ceremony and luncheon are scheduled
for Friday morning in the garden of
the Woodrow Wilson birthplace.
Many leaders in the profession and
local government will attend.
The registration, which includes
the reception and luncheon, is $25.
A registration form has been sent to
members and enclosed with February 17 and March 3 LEAGUE LETTERS. If you want to attend and did
not receive a registration form,
please contact Sheree Carter at
804/649-8471.
Each attendee should make his/
her room reservation. The VA Section has reserved a block of rooms
at three motels until March 10.
Please make your reservation by
that date. The facilities, phone numbers and room rates are the following: Holiday Inn-Downtown,
703/886-3401, $30 single/39 double;
Holiday Inn-North, 703/248-5111,
$24 single/35 double; Ingleside-Red
Carpet, 703/248-1201, $39 single/48
double.
The VA Section's Annual Conference is May 18-20 at the Sheraton
Inn-Fredericksburg. President Ronald H. Miller will preside over the
three day conference. The theme is
"The Profession and the Association." Leaders from the International City Management Association and the Section plan to discuss
what each association should be offering members. Special sessions
for assistants and retired members
are planned as well as programs
that look at the new technology.
Members will be sent registration
information and a tentative program. For more information about
the conference, call Charlotte
Kingeryat 804/649-8471.

�Entries due by
Monday, April 25

�1983 Achievement Awards Program
Virginia Municipal League
B e a winner. Last year H a m p ton, J a m e s City County, and Falls
C h u r c h were among the localities
that carried home an a w a r d .
A l l m e m b e r l o c a l i t i e s a r e eligible
to enter but a n entry c a n n o t be
s h a r e d by m o r e t h a n two l o c a l i t i e s
a n d both l o c a l i t i e s h a v e to be
m e m b e r s of the V M L .
C h o o s i n g a n entry
L o c a l i t i e s s h o u l d select a prog r a m t h a t h a s a s s i s t e d its citizens
or e m p l o y e e s r e g a r d l e s s of h o w
s i m p l e it m a y s e e m c o m p a r e d w i t h
other p r e v i o u s a w a r d e n t r i e s . P r o g r a m s in e m p l o y e e t r a i n i n g ,
transportation, recreation and
solid w a s t e , a m o n g o t h e r s , a r e a l l
eligible for a n A c h i e v e m e n t A w a r d
entry.
N e w s e r v i c e s offered by l o c a l i t i e s
a r e s o u r c e s for a w a r d e n t r i e s . A r e
i n f o r m a t i o n a l b r o c h u r e s for senior
citizens or r e c r u i t m e n t c a m p a i g n s
for public safety p e r s o n n e l being
used? W a s a new f o r m a t for c o u n cil meetings created that made
t h e m more productive? A r e
department heads working
together m o r e closely b e c a u s e of a
different a p p r o a c h to staff
m e e t i n g s ? A w a r d entries do not
h a v e to s a v e m o n e y — t h e y c a n
s a v e t i m e a n d prevent h e a d a c h e s .
A m a i n c o n c e r n is w h e t h e r the
p r o g r a m h a s s h o w n good r e s u l t s .
If a new s e r v i c e is c h o s e n for a n e n t r y , m a k e s u r e enough t i m e h a s
evolved between the t i m e the serv i c e goes into effect a n d the t i m e of
entering the p r o g r a m .
P r e p a r i n g t h e entry
E a c h entry s h o u l d be typed double s p a c e d a n d s h o u l d not e x c e e d
eight ( 8 ) p a g e s . A cover page i n d i c a t i n g the n a m e of t h e project,
c a t e g o r y , l o c a l i t y a n d b e a r i n g the
s i g n a t u r e of t h e c h i e f elected official is r e q u i r e d . B l a c k a n d w h i t e
p h o t o g r a p h s , line a r t , r e n d e r i n g s
or n e w s p a p e r c l i p p i n g s c a n be sent
w i t h the entry but c a n n o t be l a r g e r
t h a n letter s i z e . T h e r e m u s t be
t h r e e (3) c o p i e s of e a c h entry a n d
of a l l p h o t o g r a p h s , line a r t , etc.

T h e entry s h o u l d s u m m a r i z e the
program's background, activities
a n d r e s u l t s : w h a t the p r o g r a m i s ;
w h y the p r o g r a m w a s needed;
w h a t t h e p r o g r a m w a s set out to
do; h o w the p r o g r a m w a s set up;
h o w the p r o g r a m operates; w h a t it
c o s t s ; w h o benefited from the prog r a m ; w h a t the p r o g r a m h a s
a c h i e v e d a n d w h a t the future is of
the p r o g r a m . K e e p the entry s i m ple a n d c l e a r .
S e v e r a l of the entries a r e e n c l o s ed in notebooks or report c o v e r s .
W h i l e t h i s is a good p r a c t i c e , it is
not m a n d a t o r y .
A screening committee as well
a s the p a n e l of judges w i l l r e v i e w
the e n t r i e s . A p p e a r a n c e , g r a m m a r , a n d good w r i t i n g style a r e
considered.
Categories
Twelve awards are available —
one for t o w n s , a n d one for cities
a n d counties in e a c h of the s i x
a r e a s t h a t p a r a l l e l t h e V M L policy
c o m m i t t e e s . L o c a l i t i e s m a y enter
a l l six c a t e g o r i e s but m a y only
h a v e one entry in a given c a t e g o r y .
T h e p a n e l of judges h a s the
a u t h o r i t y to w i t h h o l d a n a w a r d in
a n y category if no entry is except i o n a l . B e l o w a r e the c a t e g o r i e s :
— Community Development
(housing and urban renewal)
— Effective G o v e r n m e n t (budget,
m a n a g e m e n t , t r a i n i n g programs)
— E n v i r o n m e n t a l Quality (water
quality, l o c a l p l a n n i n g a n d l a n d
use, energy u s e , solid w a s t e
management)
— H u m a n Development (child
care programs, health care,
a l c o h o l a n d m e n t a l h e a l t h programs, recreational services,
education, employment)
— P u b l i c S a f e t y (court s y s t e m , fire
a n d rescue s e r v i c e s , e m e r g e n c y
p r e p a r e d n e s s , l a w enforcement)
— T r a n s p o r t a t i o n (streets a n d
r o a d s i m p r o v e m e n t , public
transportation systems, bicycle
w a y s , t r a n s p o r t a t i o n of the
handicapped)

Deadline
A l l entries m u s t be p o s t m a r k e d
on or before M o n d a y , A p r i l 2 5 ,
1 9 8 3 . U n l i k e in p a s t y e a r s , there is
no a p p l i c a t o n f o r m but don't del a y — s t a r t now s e l e c t i n g a n d p r e paring your entry.
Announcement
W i n n e r s a r e a n n o u n c e d in
S e p t e m b e r a n d a w a r d s a r e given
at the L e a g u e ' s A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e , S e p t e m b e r 1 8 - 2 0 in
J a m e s City County.
A l l entries b e c o m e the property
of the V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l L e a g u e .
Need more information? C a l l
Charlotte Kingery, 8 0 4 / 6 4 9 8471.

�Chesterfield Issues Fire Instructions
In Braille
Until a couple of y e a r s ago, tfie
visually h a n d i c a p p e d person w a s almost ignored w h e n it c a m e to fire
safety. T h e person who had difficulty s e e i n g could not call the fire
department u n l e s s he had memorized the telephone number. W o r s e ,
the handicapped had to depend on
a sighted person to lead him out of
the burning building.
All of this c h a n g e d w h e n the
C h e s t e r f i e l d County Fire Department learned of the visually handic a p p e d p e r s o n ' s plight.

"The majority of visually
handicapped citizens are
not totally blind but are partially sighted and have the
ability to distinguish between light and darkness.
They would be more likely to
panic in a fire situation than
a totally blind person."
Kay Marano, fire safety education
officer for C h e s t e r f i e l d , d i s c o v e r e d
the problem w h e n s h e w a s conducting fire s a f e t y education c l a s s e s for
fifth graders in the county s c h o o l
s y s t e m and for organizations and
other groups. S i n c e that
time,
c h a n g e s have been made to help
the visually h a n d i c a p p e d .

Training Materials
With the a s s i s t a n c e of Frank P e n land, former e x e c u t i v e director of
the Virginia C o m m i s s i o n for the Visually H a n d i c a p p e d , the fire department developed a fire e s c a p e planning handbook, a home fire hazard
survey and a general fire s a f e t y
book. T h e c o m m i s s i o n reproduced
the materials in braille and large
print. V i s u a l l y h a n d i c a p p e d p e r s o n s
c a n learn how to develop their own
home e s c a p e plan and c o n d u c t
e m e r g e n c y drills. How to identify
potential fire hazards in the home is
a l s o included in the books.
T h e s e braille and large print materials are primarily
distributed
through the Virginia Department for
the V i s u a l l y H a n d i c a p p e d and citiz e n s c a n c h e c k them out from the
C h e s t e r f i e l d C e n t r a l Library.

Braille Labels
Fire Chief Robert L. E a n e s , who
didn't think t h e s e m e a s u r e s went

K a y Marano, fire safety education officer
sticker on Frank Penland's
telephone.
far enough to a s s i s t the visually
h a n d i c a p p e d , developed emergency phone number s t i c k e r s in braille.
T h e county previously provided the
capability for an e m e r g e n c y teletype s y s t e m for the hearing impaired s o the braille labels were a
natural followup to provide for its
handicapped c i t i z e n s .
E d u c a t i o n officer Marano got the
heavy duty label material suitable
for typing braille and S t e v e Delaney,
a blind operator for the county employee c a f e t e r i a , typed the labels
with a braille typewriter—all in one
weekend.
T h e s t i c k e r s put the caller in
touch with the fire department and
r e s c u e s q u a d s . A blind or visually
handicapped p e r s o n ' s best alternative in \he event of fire is to call the
department rather than try to locate
the fire. T h e s m e l l of s m o k e is very
frightening for the sighted person
and the fear is c o m p o u n d e d w h e n a
person cannot s e e .
For t h o s e partially s i g h t e d , C h e s terfield c h a n g e d the color of the labels to help the individual read the
label. T h e state Department for the
Visually Handicapped suggested
trying larger print on a dull yellow label instead of the bright red s t i c k e r
now used by the sighted p e r s o n .
T h e s e large print labels are a l s o
helpful to county r e s i d e n t s who
have difficulty reading s m a l l print.

of Chesterfield,

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"About 12,300 legally blind
individuals reside in Virginia
and an estimated 858 new
cases of legal blindness are
added each year."

T h e s t i c k e r s , available from the Fire
Prevention B u r e a u and the Department for the V i s u a l l y H a n d i c a p p e d ,
are distributed through the c o u n t y ' s
12 fire s t a t i o n s .
P e n l a n d , legally blind for the past
14 y e a r s , received the first braille
e m e r g e n c y telephone label. " I t ' s
like having a neighbor who is there
24 hours a day. T h i s braille label is
my entree into the fire department,"
he s a i d .
T h e materials are s o s u c c e s s f u l
that the Maryland S c h o o l for the
Blind now u s e s them and at least 50
fire departments, including the L o s
A n g e l e s County Fire Department,
have requested c o p i e s of the information.
T h e r e s p o n s e to the program has
been e n t h u s i a s t i c and although it is
relatively s i m p l e , it gives the visually handicapped a s e n s e of s e c u r i ty in an area that before created
m u c h anxiety in their m i n d s .

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environmental
engineers,
planners, &amp; management

scientists,
consultants

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Engineers and Consultants
Utility Planning, Management and Design Services
Rate and Contract Evaluation
Technical and Economic Evaluation .
Utility Property Appraisals
Load Management and Energy Conservation Analysis
Energy Source Evaluation, Fossil - Nuclear - Hydro
Solid Waste - Solar

40 ( i r o v e Sireel
Wellesley. M a s s . 02181
(617) 237-4870
1510 K . C o l o n i a l D r .
O r l a n d o , F l a . 3280.3
(305) 8 % - 4 9 l l

Manager, Parks &amp; Recreation
Roanoke, Virginia. (Pop. 100,000).
Duties Include but are not limited to
the professional management and
supervision of a perm, staff of 16
full-time employees and approx. 400
extra help and temporary positions
during each fiscal year; 54 parks totaling 1,400 acres, 10 recreation
centers, 2 pools, 57 tennis courts,
40 ball fields, a city stadium and armory. The applicant must possess
the knowledge, skills and abilities
to handle a budget of $850,000 +
dollars; control expenditures of appropriated funds; supervise preparation of reports and maintenance
records. Knidge. of community recreational activities and their administration. Must possess any combination of education and experience
to graduation from an accredited
college or university with major
work in recreation, city planning or
related field and extensive experience in the administration of recreational programs and in the development and planning of parks and recreation facilities. Closing date April
1, 1983. Salary range $25,124.88$32,066.81. Roanoke City offers a
comprehensive benefit package.
Send resume to Department of Personnel Management, Room 158,
Municipal Building, 215 Church
Avenue, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia
24011.
Civil Engineer II
The Department of Development
Administration of Prince William
County, Northern Virginia (population 150,000). Supervise a six person
plan review office for all trade disciplines. Requires any combination of
education and experience equivalent to BS in Civil Engineering
and/or registration as a professional
engineer, and 2-3 years experience,
preferably in concrete and steel design and/or analysis. Eligible for
registration as a Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prefer candidate with excellent oral and written communication skills. Duties include performing structural review and analysis
on plans and specifications submitted for permit, coordinating and
scheduling the review of the other
disciplines, and performing periodic field inspections when required. Excellent benefits package
and starting salary of $21,655 to
$25,069 (salary commensurate with
experience). Apply by April 1, 1983,
Personnel Director, 9300 Peabody
Street, Manassas, Virginia 22110.
(703) 360-9280.

�Professional Diiectory
SCS

ENGINEERS

Southern
Engjmeenng

S T E A R N S , C O N R A D AND SCHMIDT
CONSULTING E N G I N E E R S , INC.

•

WATER SUPPLY

•

WASTEWATER

•

SANITARY LANDFILL DESIGN , GAS
PROTECTION AND RECOVERY

TREATMENT

11260 R o g e r B a c o n Drive. R e s l o n , V a . 22090 • (703) 471-6150
Colifornio • W a s h i n g t o n •Kentucky • Soutti Corolina

Rales
Ranning
System
Studies
Feasibility

PLANNING • LANDSCAPE A K C H I T E C T U R E • E N G I N E E R I N G
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

S o u t h e r n E n g i n e e r i n g C o m p a n y ot V i r g i n i a
1 8 0 0 P e a c h l r e e Street. N W
Atlanta, Georgia 3 0 3 6 7 - 8 3 0 1
(404) 352-9200

400 E a s t M a i n Street
Richmond, Virginia
23219
PHONE 804 649-8627

HDR

CHODAT, RUBACK &amp; ASSOCIATES, INC,
THE HATHAWAY HOUSE
103 CENTRAL ST,P 0. BOX 749
WELLESLEY tvlASSACHUSETTS 02181
TELEPHONE (617) 237-5815

Studies
Design
Relaying
Metering

H e n n i n g s o n , • u n h a m S. R i c h a r d s o n
DESIGNERS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Engineers &amp; Consu/fanrs

CONSULTANTS

Dale Building - Suite 2 2 4
RictimoniJ

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HARLAND B A R T H O L O M E W
&amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.

• 1504 Santa R o s a

V A 23288 • Ptione

Engineers

Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

201 GRAYSON i^

CIVIL • MECHANICAL
ELECTRICAL • PLANNING
SURVEYING . INDUSTRIAL fACIUTltS
WD PROCESS DESIGN . HIGHWAYS • WAIER

Gannett Fleming
E N G I N E E R S AND P L A N N E R S
NORFOLK
FAIRFAX
No. 11 KogeF Executive Center
• Suite 250 Norloik. VA. 23502

Fairlax Protessit&gt;nal Building
• Suite 7 3545 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax. VA. 22030

PO BOX4800-4800W-HUNDREDnD.CHESTEH,W-8W 748-8746

WATER
WASTEWATER
SOLID W A S T E S

• Pisnners

804-288-4051

J&gt;Aist'in Drockenbrough
and Associates
Consulting Engineers

&lt;SREGa . LTD

• Consu'tancs

Road

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS.
SCIENTISTS &gt; PLANNERS

Three Chopt &amp; Parham Roads, Richmond 2 3 2 2 9
A N D

MALCOLM PIRNIE, INC.
301 HIDEN BLVD. NEWPORT NEWS, VA 804-599-5511

HANSEN

MMMIgm

Hurt &amp; Proffitt. Inc.

229 W E S T B U T E ST.
NORFOLK, V A
23510

Engineers • Planners •
Surveyors

Water, Wasiewater, Solid

Wastes,

Soils &amp; Foundaiions

Wastewater T r e a l m e n t S y s t e m s • 1 ransportalJon
Municipal F a c i l i t i e s • Water and Sewerage S y s t e m s
Waterfront F a c i l i t i e s • E n v i r o n m e n t a l S t u d i e s
C o n s t r u c t i o n Management • S u r v e y i n g

L a n d Development Site P l a n s
Residential, Commercial &amp; Industrial
Subdivisions. Road, Dams, Airports

1933 Fort Ave. Lynchburg. VA 24501 (804)847-7796

WATER WORKS

R E F U S E nisrcsAi.

I . J M

APl'ltAlSALS

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KATE STUIMES

F R E D E R I C K G. G R I F F n \ ' , P.C.
Consulting Engineers
:i229 Waterlick Kiiad, Lynchburg,

R . S T U A R T K O Y K R tV ASS&lt;&gt;&lt; l - V T E S , I N &lt; : .
Curijuiling

VA 2-1504

Engineers

1314 WlLM.W I.AWN H B I V K
!•. C&gt;, B o x S 6 8 7
Rli.HMnM&gt;. ViKi^iNiA 2 3 2 2 6

(804) 282-7657

BUCK, SEIFERT &amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED

Consulting Engineers

Water Supply • S e w a g e • Industrial
W a s t e T r e a t m e n t • T r e a t a b i l i t y Stuidies
• 140 S y l v a n A v e n u e , P . O . B o x 1 2 1 8
Englewood Clifls. N.J. 07632 201-567-8990
• 4 0 5 S o . Parliatnent D r i v e . S u i t e 101
V i r g i n i a B e a c h . Va 23462 804-499^8508

(804;2:i7-20.14)

THE PITOMETER ASSOCIATES
(212) 267-8288
Engineers
Water Waste Surveys
Trunk M a i n S u r v e y s
Water Distribution Studies
Special Hydraulic Investigations
TOO C h u r c h S t . , N e w Y o r k , N. Y . 1 0 0 0 7
Chic^igo C o l u m b i a A t l a n t a Nevtr M i l f o r d , C t .

BODiE, T A Y L O R A N D
P U R YEAR, INC.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
611 R e s e a r c h R o a d

(able Tilivision • TV Uriiadiasl • I'ublii- Safity Ci&gt;mmunifations
Systi'ms • .Marm
SysU-ms • Klfi-trical
Dcsifjn • l''cdiT;il ('i)mmunit'ati(nis ('(immission .Vpplication and Prfp;iralii)n • Kxpi-rl IVslimony and Witm-ss

CH2M
HHILL

engineers
planners
economists
scientists

Complete Engineering Services
M u n i c i p a l a n d Industrial Waste Treatm e n t . P o w e r Systems. S t r u c t u r e s .
Solid Wastes. Water R e s o u r c e s . Water
Supply and Treatment. Transportation
1941 R o l a n d C l a r k e Place
R e s l o n . V i r g i n i a 22091
701/620-5200

P.O. Box 2901
Richmond, Virginia 23235
804-794-6823

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KXGINEF.R.S
Water Supply a n d Purification • Sewerage a n d
Sewage T r e a t m e n t • Streets a n d H i g h w a y s •
In\estittatii)ns a n d R e p o r t s
• S u p e r v i s i o n of
C.onstruciinii
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�VA Cities
Capture Awards

GERAGHlY
&amp; M I L L E R , INC.
444 WEST STREET. ANNAPOLIS MOZ1401
(301) 268-7730
ITON ROUGE
PALM BEACH

HARTFORD
HOUSTON

The Norfolk, R i c h m o n d and Virginia Beach city g o v e r n m e n t s have
w/on five awards in the Sixth Annual
City Hall Public I n f o r m a t i o n A w a r d s
C o m p e t i t i o n , a national c o n t e s t that
honors m u n i c i p a l i t i e s f o r excellence in c o m m u n i c a t i n g w i t h their
e m p l o y e e s and the public.
A w a r d s were a n n o u n c e d by Raym o n d L. Bancroft, editor-publisher
of C/7y Hall Digest, the m o n t h l y municipal g o v e r n m e n t n e w s l e t t e r that
has s p o n s o r e d t h e c o m p e t i t i o n
since 1977. The Virginia w i n n i n g entries were:
Norfolk. A Grand Award f o r
"Norfoli&lt;: Breathing G r o u n d For
T o m o r r o w " in the general public a t i o n s category; an Award of
Merit f o r " M a c e " in the e m p l o y e e
periodical category; and an A w a r d
of Merit f o r " N o r f o l k S t o r y " in t h e
annual report category.
R i c h m o n d . A n Award of Merit
for the " C i t y of R i c h m o n d Annual
Report: 1981-82" in the annual report category,
Virginia Beach. A n Award of
Merit f o r " Y o u r Speaker F i l e " in
the general p u b l i c a t i o n s category.
A l m o s t 300 entries f r o m cities of
all sizes in t h e U.S. a n d Canada
were entered in the 1982 c o n t e s t ' s
eight categories w h i c h included
publications,
public
information
projects a n d audiovisual productions.
J u d g e s were m u n i c i p a l public inf o r m a t i o n o f f i c i a l s and other public
relations experts f r o m across t h e
nation.
The goal of the c o n t e s t is t o encourage the i m p r o v e m e n t of various
modern
communications
techniques used by city government t o
i n f o r m their e m p l o y e e s and resid e n t s about m u n i c i p a l developments.

TRAFFIC SIGNS
Shannon-Baum, Inc.
P.O.BOX

2511

TRAFFIC

POSTS

TRAFFIC

SIGN

BALTO., M D . 21215
REFLECTIVE

FACES

SHEETING

ALUMINUM

BLANKS

Toll F r e e 1 - 8 0 0 - 3 6 8 - 2 2 9 5

FALLS

e o u ' G

7 700 LEESBURG
PIKE
SUITE
302
CHURCH,VA.
22043
703/8
93-0711

Encjinsenncj

CorfDOfEition
consultiDQ

WATER, WASTEWATER,
SITE DEVELOPMENT,
STRUCTURAL

e n a i n e e r s

DRAINAGE .FLOOD
CONTROL
STREETS ,
HIGHWAYS.BRIDGES
DESIGN , MARINAS

American Uniform Sales, Inc.

9 « O I C G E N , WASHINGTON C

Municipal Audrts
Federal — HeadSiari •C E T A - H U D , A-102Singlt
AudilS

(703) 590 1131
(703) 6 7 0 6 3 0 0

J A M E S M. B R I D G E S , C P A

JAMES BRIDGES, LTD
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Certified Public Accountant

14003 IwllNNEVILLE RD
DALE CITY VA 22193

JAMES M. MONTGOMERY, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC,
C I V I L AND ENVIRONMENTAL

T?

ENGINEERS
WATER AND W A S T E W A T E R

Rllton InlarnitiDnil Csnlei, Suile 1130
II8D0 Sunrisi Vlller Driti. Railon. VA ZZm

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YARGER

The Division of Streets a n d
Sewers of Jersey City, New Jersey
saved an e s t i m a t e d $235,000 last
year by using city personnel a n d
e q u i p m e n t instead of hiring private
c o n t r a c t o r s for s o m e j o b s , and the
division c o u l d save as m u c h as
$500,000 t h i s year by " i n - h o u s e "
work, said Mayor Gerald M c C a n n ,
McCann based his e s t i m a t e s o n
reports s u b m i t t e d t o h i m by John
J a m e s , d i r e c t o r of t h e Department

AND A S S O C I A T E S , INC.
Position

Classification

and Pay Pians

Management and Financial
Test Construction—Fire

Studies

and Police

Studies

Over 600 Surveys
Our 30th Year

2830 Mary Street
Falls Church, Va. 22042
703/560-6900

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of Public Works, and J o h n Moersdorf, director of t h e streets and
sewers d i v i s i o n .
In 1983, a c c o r d i n g t o M c C a n n ,
the division Moersdorf heads will
s c h e d u l e " i n - h o u s e " t h e resurfacing of 50,000 feet of short, deadend side streets, the r e c o n s t r u c t i o n
of 200 corner catch basins and sect i o n s of the Liberty Park area, the rec o n s t r u c t i o n of ttie main sewer on
Canal Street, t h e overhaul of t w o
pump stations and the resurfacing
of 800 feet of Industry Avenue,
Last year's savings by t h e division of streets and sewers were aff e c t e d by r e d u c t i o n s in the cost of
labor and materials for the recons t r u c t i o n of three streets, and other
city projects.

VCU Offers Classes
Virginia C o m m o n w e a l t h University is o f f e r i n g a certificate program
in public
management
a n d if
e n o u g h interest is s h o w n by local
government employees, the faculty
will offer classes on site at government o f f i c e s .
Recently offered by the Department of Public A d m i n i s t r a t i o n at
VCU, t h e special feature of the cert i f i c a t e program is the w i l l i n g n e s s
of the faculty to offer classes for 12
or more e m p l o y e e s either at lunch
time or after w o r k to eliminate c o m m u t i n g t o VCU. Currently, the program is offered o n campus along
w i t h other classes and at the Division of Motor Vehicles, McGuire
Veteran's Hospital and Richmond
City Hall.
The CPM enables practitioners to
gain a d d i t i o n a l
knowledge a n d
skills in public a d m i n i s t r a t i o n without s t u d y i n g f o r a master's degree.
The program is designed for persons interested in taking a limited
number of c o u r s e s or in being exposed t o new ideas and c o n c e p t s . It
requires a total of 18 credits at the
graduate level in a sequence of
management d e v e l o p m e n t and public service c o u r s e s w h i c h are t h e
same as t h o s e offered t o fully matriculated MPA s t u d e n t s . Students
in the CPM program will take core
courses along w i t h a c h o i c e of several specialties made up of electives and a c o n c l u d i n g three-day
weekend w o r k s h o p t o produce a
professional d e v e l o p m e n t plan.
For an a p p l i c a t i o n form or more
i n f o r m a t i o n , write t o University Enrollment Services/Graduate Admiss i o n s , V C U , 821 West Franklin
Street, R i c h m o n d , VA 23284 or call,
804/257-0334.

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• Solid Waste/Energy Recovery
• Water Pollution Control
• A i r Pollution Control
• Industrial Waste Treatment

Vbteys'ASSOCIATES
Charles R Velzy Associates, inc.
Consulting Engineers
355 Main Stree!
Atmonk, New Yofk 10504

(Z02)

OFFICE;

6 4 2 - 1 1 6 0

2DOO RIVERSIDE DR
M1.S&gt;
RICHMOND, V A , 2 3 2 2 5

Box K228
Koger Executive Center
Richmond, Virginia 23288
(804) 288-6061

(804)

232.5400

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• Water
R ^ ^ ^ S •Wastewater
Metcalf&amp;Eddy • Resource Recovery
• Transportation
111 20 New Hampstiire Ave.
Suite 200 Silver Spring. MD 20904

MSMOBniENSGEnE

E N G I N E E R S

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A R C H I T E C T S

P L A N N E R S

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S U R V E Y O R S

ConsultingEngineers

Boston, Philadelphia, New York,
St, Louis, Syracuse, White Plains

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i n c a r c e r a t i o n promise real rehabilitation or do they amount to a " s l a p
on the w r i s t " that neither rehabilit a t e s nor p u n i s h e s ? T o be s u r e ,
t h e s e are q u e s t i o n s that admit to no
easy answers.

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Patton, Harris, Rust &amp; A s s o c .
a professional

corporalion

Engineers . Surveyors . Planners
Complete prolessional s e r v i c e s for
municipalities

and public agencies

M*inOftJc«:

10523 Main Street. Fairlax Vtrgmta 2 2 0 3 0

(703)273-8700

Val)«y O l l i c « :

Assembly

R E

RECREATION PRODUCTS DIV.
WASHINGTON

820 Corporate Drive
Landover, MD 20785
(301)731-5622
(Commentary,

• RATE STUDIES
• CONSOLIDATION/ANNEXATION STUDIES
• MICROCOMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
100 ARDMORE S T R E E T B L A C K S B U R G 24060
703-552-5609

1531 North Main Street
B l a c k s b u r g , Virginia 2 4 0 6 0

INCORPORATED

VIRGINIA S E C T I O N INTERNATIONAL CITY M A N A G E M E N T ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL
CONFERE N C E , May 18-20, 1983, S h e r a t o n
Inn, F r e d e r i c k s b u r g , Virginia.
MUNICIPAL E L E C T R I C P O W E R
A S S O C I A T I O N O F VIRGINIA ANNUAL C O N F E R E N C E , J u n e 1 - 3 ,
1983, Holiday Inn 39th Street, Virginia B e a c h , Virginia.
STATE FIRE C H I E F S ASSOCIATION O F VIRGINIA ANNUAL C O N F E R E N C E , J u l y 1 3 - 1 6 , 1983, Holiday Inn Airport, R i c h m o n d , Virginia.
VIRGINIA
ASSOCIATION O F
C H I E F S O F POLICE ANNUAL CONF E R E N C E , A u g u s t 2 1 - 2 4 , 1983,
O M N I , Norfolk, Virginia.
VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL L E A G U E
78TH A N N U A L C O N F E R E N C E , S e p tember 18-20, 1983, Hilton, J a m e s
City County, Virginia.
VIRGINIA BUILDING O F F I C I A L S
ANNUAL C O N F E R E N C E , December 4 - 7 , 1983 Holiday Inn, H a m p t o n ,
Virginia.

TECNOMICS

Consulting Engineers
Environmental Laboratories
Industrial and Municipal

100 South Mam Street

Meets

Bndgewater. Virginia 22812

[703)828-2616

Florida—West Virginia—Georgia—Maryland

The second
Virginia
Assembiy
on Corrections
wiii develop
solutions to some of the problems
facing the state correctional
system. The assembly
will be held at
Wintergreen
on June
16-18,
1983.
For further
information
about the Virginia Assembly
on
Corrections,
the four
regional
conferences
that will follow
it
and how you can participate
in
them, please
contact Albert W.
Spengler,
Institute
of
Government, 207 Minor Hall,
University
of Virginia,
Charlottesville,
VA
22903 (telephone
804/924-0950).

Greenliorne
10710

LEE

HIGHWAV.

SUITE

&amp; O'Mara,

Inc.

202

David A. Minter

PHONE

703-385-9800

WHITMAN, REQUARDT
AND A S S O C I A T E S
ENGINEERS
2315

SAINT PAUL STREET

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21218
(301) 235-3*50

COMPLETE PUBLIC \«ORKS

G e o r g e C u n n i n g h a m , F i e l d R e p r e s e n t at ive
"imagineered"

ENGINEERING. SURVEYING
AND PLANNING

SERVICES

BENGTSON, DeBELL, ELKIN &amp; TITUS
CONSULTING ENGINEERS. S U R V E Y O R S &amp; P L A N N E R S

Centreville.VA
703-631-9630

Silver Spring. MD
301-439-0055

Leesburg. VA
703-777-1258

PLAYGROUND

and PARK EQUIPMENT BY

GAME TIAAE, INC.
C U N N I N G H A M AbSOC. INC.
B e x 9 5 5 4 l a k e s i d e Br , R i c h m o n d , V a , 2 3 2 2 8
Phone 804,/262-240l

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Bluefield. Virginia
Urban Planning
Landscape Architecture

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Development Planning

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BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES
1800 P a r k w a y Dr.
Hanover, MD 21076

B a i t . (301) 796-8850
T e l e x 87.487

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Public Power
Financing
.. Experience
Innovation
Commitment..

First Boston
THE FIRST BOSTON

CORPORATION

Park Avenue Plaza
New York, N Y 10055
Kevin J. Collins, Managing Director
(212)909-2921
Edward P Meyers, Vice President
(212)909-2878

FINANCIAL AND
MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS '
• Advisor on Financial and Marketing Matters
Relating to Issuance of Municipal Bonds
• Position Classilication and Pay Studies
• Executive Search and Selection
• Management and Organization Studies
• Utility and Public Works Management Studies
• Governmental Status Studies

MUNICIPAL A D V I S O R S
INCORPORATED
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Claims Litigation and Support
Document Management and Retrieval
Laboratory Testing Services
Construction Management Seminars
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T h e I n s t i t u t e of Governnnent, t h e
Virginia Municipal League and the
V i r g i n i a A s s o c i a t i o n of C o u n t i e s are
pleased to a n n o u n c e the first edit i o n o f Tax Rates in Virginia
Cities,
Counties
and Selected
Towns.
The
new p u b l i c a t i o n i n c l u d e s t h e inform a t i o n that previously w a s pres e n t e d in t h r e e s e p a r a t e p u b l i c a t i o n s . T h e r e p o r t , p u b l i s h e d by t h e
I n s t i t u t e of G o v e r n m e n t , i n c l u d e s
1 9 8 2 t a x d a t a f o r all V i r g i n i a c i t i e s
a n d c o u n t i e s a n d 77 o f t h e 9 0 t o w n s
w i t h a p o p u l a t i o n o f 1,000 o r m o r e .
( T h e 13 t o w n s w i t h a p o p u l a t i o n
o v e r 1,000 t h a t w e r e e x c l u d e d f r o m
t h e r e p o r t d i d n o t r e s p o n d t o o u r req u e s t for data.)
Tax Rates is d i v i d e d i n t o t w o s e c t i o n s , an analytical s e c t i o n and a
s e t o f 17 a p p e n d i x e s t h a t p r e s e n t in
tabular f o r m the actual tax rates and
tax p r o v i s i o n s for a variety of local
t a x e s in t h e s u r v e y e d l o c a l i t i e s . T h e
analytical sections presents a summ a r y of s e l e c t e d 1982 l e g i s l a t i v e
c h a n g e s in t h e Virginia
Code
with
r e s p e c t t o local t a x a t i o n as well as
i n - d e p t h e x a m i n a t i o n o f t h e u s e of
f o u r e x c i s e s a l e s t a x e s by l o c a l i t i e s .
The
discussion
of
these
four
t a x e s — t h e meals tax, the transient
o c c u p a n c y tax ( c o m m o n l y referred
t o as t h e r o o m s tax), the c i g a r e t t e
tax and the a d m i s s i o n s tax — i s
summarized below.
T h e c u r r e n t s t r u c t u r e of t h e f o u r
e x c i s e t a x e s is a p a t c h w o r k of varying rates and a u t h o r i t y . T h e variat i o n in t h e a u t h o r i t y t h a t l o c a l i t i e s
h a v e t o l e v y t h e s e t a x e s is p r o b a b l y
t h e m o s t c o n t r o v e r s i a l i s s u e surr o u n d i n g these taxes. As a rule,
c i t i e s a n d t o w n s are g r a n t e d the aut h o r i t y ( i n d i r e c t l y ) t o levy
these
taxes under the "general
taxing
p o w e r s " f o u n d in t h e i r c h a r t e r s .
Counties, on the other hand, can
levy t h e s e t a x e s o n l y by s e c u r i n g
special enabling legislation
from
t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y . In r e c e n t
years t h e q u e s t i o n of w h e t h e r the
authority to impose the rooms and
m e a l s t a x e s o u g h t t o be e x t e n d e d
t o all l o c a l i t i e s h a s b e e n t h e s u b j e c t
of m u c h d e b a t e in t h e G e n e r a l A s sembly. As this article went
to
p r e s s , l e g i s l a t o r s in t h e 1 9 8 3 G e n eral A s s e m b l y s e s s i o n w e r e still
discussing this question.
T h e r e l u c t a n c e of t h e l e g i s l a t u r e
to e x p a n d local a u t h o r i t y t o levy t h e
m e a l s t a x , n o w l e v i e d b y 18 c i t i e s ,
m a y b e d u e in p a r t t o t h e c h a r g e
t h a t t h e t a x is r e g r e s s i v e . T h e m e a l s
tax a p p l i e s to b o t h f a s t - f o o d establishments and "five-star"
restaurants and thereby falls upon low-in-

c o m e and high-income c o n s u m e r s
alike. One alternative to the m e t h o d
c u r r e n t l y u s e d by c i t i e s t o i m p o s e
t h e m e a l s tax m i g h t m a k e t h e tax
more
progressive. The
so-called
"hotdog exemption" would exempt
meals
under
a
certain
dollar
amount—say, meals under$2—from
the tax. A l t h o u g h this e x e m p t i o n
m i g h t m a k e the tax m o r e d i f f i c u l t to
a d m i n i s t e r , t h e r e v e n u e lost by t h e
e x e m p t i o n c o u l d be o f f s e t by inc r e a s i n g the tax on t h o s e me a ls not
e x e m p t e d . For e x a m p l e , i n s t e a d of
l e v y i n g a t w o p e r c e n t t a x o n all
meals, a city might impose a three
p e r c e n t tax o n m e a l s over $2.
The
transient
occupancy
tax,
w h i c h is l e v i e d b y 29 l o c a l i t i e s ,
t e n d s to be less c o n t r o v e r s i a l t h a n
t h e m e a l s t a x , in p a r t b e c a u s e t h e
r o o m s tax l a c k s t h e r e g r e s s i v e chara c t e r i s t i c s of t h e m e a l s t a x . F r o m
t h e p e r s p e c t i v e of l o c a l i t i e s levying
t h e r o o m s tax, its a t t r a c t i o n may be
a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e f a c t t h a t t h e t a x is
paid p r i m a r i l y by n o n r e s i d e n t s . A l though more localities impose the
r o o m s tax t h a n the m e a l s tax, the
r o o m s tax t e n d s to be a less lucrative s o u r c e of local revenue than t h e
meals tax. On the average, the sales
tax o n m e a l s p r o v i d e s a b o u t t h r e e
p e r c e n t of total local revenue as opp o s e d t o o n e p e r c e n t of t h e t a x o n
rooms.
In c o n t r a s t t o t h e r o o m s a n d
meals taxes, other local
excise
taxes have a t t r a c t e d little s t a t e w i d e
a t t e n t i o n in r e c e n t y e a r s . T h e u s e of
t h e s e o t h e r t a x e s , h o w e v e r , is n o t
insignificant. Twenty-three
localities c u r r e n t l y i m p o s e a tax on cigar e t t e s , w h i l e n i n e c i t i e s have an adm i s s i o n s tax. Four c o u n t i e s have
the p o w e r to i m p o s e an a d m i s s i o n s
tax but have c h o s e n not to do so.
W h i l e o n l y a m i n o r i t y of V i r g i n i a ' s
l o c a l i t i e s e m p l o y o n e or m o r e of t h e
local excise t a x e s — w h e t h e r on cigarettes,
admissions,
rooms,
or
m e a l s — t h e p r o s p e c t is f o r w i d e r
a d o p t i o n of t h e s e t a x e s . W i t h federal and state c u t b a c k s , localities
are l o o k i n g for a l t e r n a t i v e r e v e n u e
sources that will allow t h e m to cont i n u e p r o v i d i n g p u b l i c s e r v i c e s at
their c u r r e n t levels w i t h o u t resorti n g t o i n c r e a s e s in t h e p r o p e r t y t a x .
For this reason, these four excise
sales t a x e s are very a p p e a l i n g . T h e y
are relatively easy to a d m i n i s t e r a n d
can generate substantial amounts
of r e v e n u e .
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of
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from
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                    <text>Volume 18
April 1983
Number 4

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Editor
Charlotte Kingery
Publications A s s i s t a n t
C h r i s t i n e A. E v e r s o n

*City

Editorial Assistant
Joni Terry

Telephone

804/649-8471

V0LUME18

APRIL 1983

NUMBER4

VML President
Francis T. West

Officers
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
V i n c e n t J . Thonnas
S a m W. A d a m s

Executive Committee
Jack D. E d w a r d s
J a n e L. Hough
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n e
Ronald C . S p i g g l e
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

4

People

5

Starting the City Manager Form of Government
" S t a u n t o n hired the first city manager in the nation —in 1908."

6

The Elected Official &amp; The Manager
" R i c h a r d J . Davis, former mayor of P o r t s m o u t h , reflects on his experience with the c o u n c i l - m a n a g e r form of government."

Past President
R a y m o n d F. Ratcliffe

Executive Director

8

R. Michael A m y x
On T h e C o v e r
A l e x a n d r i a City Manager and noted
cartoonist
Douglas
H.
Harman
s k e t c h e d the c o v e r and the cartoon
on page s e v e n . He is a m e m b e r of
the V A S e c t i o n E x e c u t i v e Committee. T h i s m o n t h ' s i s s u e is devoted
to the c o u n c i l - m a n a g e r form of government and to t h o s e m a n a g e r s and
e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s w h o s o ably s e r v e
local government.
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
tfie Virginia Municipal
League. It Is
publisfied
montiily
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia 23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval of the
Virginia
Municipal
League
and if
granted
must be accompanied
by credit to
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY and the Virginia Municipal
League.
Secondclass postage
paid at
Richmond,
Virginia. Subscription
rates: $8 per
year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster:
Send address
changes
to VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753,
Richmond
23206

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Which Way Is Up?
" B e i n g an a s s i s t a n t m a n a g e r a f t e r y o u ' v e been in the top seat
isn't a l w a y s bad. Bob Herbert tells his story."

10

Louis Brownlow—A Giant in Public Administration
" F a i r f a x City Manager Ed Wyatt r e v i e w s B r o w n l o w ' s c a r e e r and
his c o n t r i b u t i o n s to the manager p r o f e s s i o n . "

12

A Whale Has B e a c h e d in Luray Caverns
" M a n a g e r Don S m i t h p o k e s humor at the p r o f e s s i o n . "

13

Managing Human Services
" E d i t o r Charlotte Kingery t a l k s about the new person in the mana g e r ' s o f f i c e — t h e a s s i s t a n t for human s e r v i c e s . "

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R e s p o n s e to New Procurement Act

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versity a n d h a s c o m p l e t e d s e v e r a l
c o u r s e s in m a s s c o m m u n i c a t i o n s .
S h e fills the v a c a n c y left by S a n d y
B a c a s , former staff a s s i s t a n t for advertising and e x h i b i t s .

if absorbed through the s k i n . Norfolk fire fighters are first r e s p o n d e r s
to life threatening medical emergencies.

Bedford Names

Howard A. Johnson resigned a s
secretary-treasurer of the Virginia
chapter of the A m e r i c a n Water
Works Association (AWWA). He
helped start the organization 48
y e a r s ago and h a s served a s s e c r e tary-treasurer for the past 17 y e a r s .
In stepping d o w n , he w a s made
" S e c r e t a r y - T r e a s u r e r E m e r i t u s " of
the state chapter. J o h n s o n retired
from the Danville water and s e w e r
department in 1970 a s superintendent of production.

Johnson Steps Down
Manager, Councilman

Everson

Everson Joins VML
C h r i s t i n e (Christy) A . E v e r s o n bec a m e the L e a g u e ' s publication a s s i s t a n t on IVIarch 7. S h e is r e s p o n s i ble for a d v e r t i s e m e n t s and general
writing a s s i g n m e n t s for
Virginia
Town &amp; City. In the future, s h e will
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Jack A. G r o s s , former a s s i s t a n t
city manager of Kingsport, T e n n e s s e e , i s the new manager of Bedford.
He holds graduate d e g r e e s in city
management and communications
from E a s t T e n n e s s e e S t a t e University. G r o s s ' appointment w a s effective April 1 .
Walter Thomas Lazenby w a s appointed to the Bedford City C o u n c i l .
A s e m i r e t i r e d production worker at
R u b a t e x Corporation, L a z e n b y is
past c h a i r m a n of the c i t y ' s Redevelopment and H o u s i n g Authority and
currently s e r v e s on the authority's
board. He a l s o is a past member of
the Central Virginia Mental Health
Board.

Cook Named
F o r m e r Bedford City Manager D.
Keith Cook i s the new personnel officer for R o a n o k e C o u n t y . C o o k
served a s Stafford County a d m i n i s trator before b e c o m i n g Bedford city
manager in 1973.

Fire Fighter Honored
Norfolk Fire Fighter David R.
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�Starting the City Manager Form
of Government
Giving a task to a c o m m i t t e e usually r e s u l t s in delay, frustration and
total l o s s of control.
Thiis w a s evident to ttie S t a u n t o n
City C o u n c i l in 1905, w h e n the city
operated by no l e s s than 15 committ e e s . For a citizen to obtain a street
light, he tiad to receive approval of
the light c o m m i t t e e and concurrence of the c h a i r m a n of e a c h legislative body. (The city had a bicameral s y s t e m : a board of aldermen and
a c o m m o n council.) T h e light c o m mittee had to request the street
c o m m i t t e e to dig a hole to install
the light. P a y m e n t material had to
be authorized by the light, f i n a n c e
and audit c o m m i t t e e s , not to mention the two governing bodies.
T h e i n e f f e c t i v e n e s s of the s y s tem c a u s e d city leaders to s e a r c h
for a way to apply b u s i n e s s pract i c e s in city operations.
T h r e e m e n — J o h n C r o s b y , W.O.
S y n d o r and Hugh C . B r a x t o n — d e serve major credit for initiating the
manager movement. A s clerk of the
A u g u s t a C o u n t y Board of Supervis o r s , C r o s b y could not s e e why the
b u s i n e s s affairs of the city could

not be managed in the s a m e manner
a s those of the county. H i s idea w a s
to " s i m p l i f y the governmental machinery and replace the c o m m i t t e e s
with a general manager appointed
by the c o u n c i l , and working under
the c o u n c i l . "
S y n d o r , an alderman and the local
agent for the C h e s a p e a k e and Ohio
Railroad, w a s interested in applying
b u s i n e s s m a n a g e m e n t methods to
correct
Staunton's
mismanagement. He w a s the first to draw a parallel between the director of a busin e s s corporation and a municipal
director or city manager. B r a x t o n , a
member of the c o m m o n c o u n c i l and
the street c o m m i t t e e , w a s a practical man w h o , w h e n f a c e d with a difficult problem, e m b r a c e d the manager plan a s the most practical solution.
On April 2, 1908, the c o u n c i l appointed C h a r l e s E . A s h b u r n e r of
R i c h m o n d a s the first general manager of S t a u n t o n . A s h b u r n e r ' s s u c c e s s a s manager w a s highlighted by
the Staunton
Daily Leader,
which
cited street improvements, bridge
c o n s t r u c t i o n and water supply ex-

t e n s i o n s a s part of his a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s . He remained manager until
J u l y , 1911.
T h e s u c c e s s of the manager plan
w a s due to the continued support of
the c o u n c i l m e n and aldermen who
had s p o n s o r e d the plan, the appointment of A s h b u r n e r and the resulting e c o n o m y and e f f i c i e n c y in
municipal operations.
— Information and part of the text
were taken from The Origin Of The
City Manager Plan in Staunton,
Virginia.

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�The Elected Official and The Manager
A Former Mayor Reflects on the Council-Manager Form
By Charlotte Kingery
" T h i n k of m u n i c i p a l government
as a b u s i n e s s , " says Richard J .
Davis.
" T h e e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s are the
board of d i r e c t o r s , and the management team is the e x e c u t i v e b r a n c h .
T h e directors set the policy, and the
manager runs the s h o w . In private
b u s i n e s s , there is a certain i n c o m e
level and a certain e x p e n s e level
and the d i f f e r e n c e either g o e s to
undivided profits or d i v i d e n d s . In
public b u s i n e s s , there are i n c o m e
and e x p e n s e l e v e l s and the dividend
is the quality and quantity of services."
Dick Davis, V i r g i n i a ' s lieutenant
governor, t h i n k s like a b u s i n e s s m a n
and a banker, and p e r h a p s a l w a y s
will. But if you listen to him, he
t h i n k s like a mayor, too. He spent
s e v e n y e a r s in P o r t s m o u t h a s the
chief e l e c t e d official, and during his
tenure the city undertook s o m e of
its hardest p r o b l e m s . He laughs
w h e n he t a l k s of the s m a l l card he
carried in his pocket listing s i x proj e c t s he w a n t e d to fulfill during his
term a s mayor. At the time he would
o c c a s i o n a l l y grab the card out of
his pocket to review w h e r e the city
w a s and touch b a s e with other offic i a l s and staff if n e c e s s a r y . He
either c o m p l e t e d or started all s i x
projects. A record to be a little
proud of and one that took a lot of
work. D a v i s is not quick, however,
to take the credit himself.
W h e n he r e m i n i s c e s about his
mayoral d a y s , he s a y s the city a c c o m p l i s h e d m u c h b e c a u s e of one
thing: the c o u n c i l - m a n a g e r form of
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"It's difficult to balance the
duties of mayor and not step
into the manager's shoes."
He firmly b e l i e v e s the c o u n c i l manager form of government is
best for V i r g i n i a ' s local governm e n t s . T h e idea of two s e p a r a t e
b r a n c h e s , policy-making (elected
officials) and e x e c u t i v e (the mana g e m e n t team), h a s brought s u c c e s s and growth to the C o m m o n w e a l t h . D a v i s t h i n k s the s y s t e m will
About ttie Author
Ms. Kingery is the editor
Town &amp; City.

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Richard

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c o n t i n u e to bring growth to the
C o m m o n w e a l t h a s long a s e a c h
branch k n o w s its role.
T h e idea that s o m e may not know
their p l a c e bothers Davis. He k n o w s
how the s y s t e m w o r k s but he k n o w s
s o m e m a y o r s w h o do n o t — t h o s e
would have " d r i v e n my m a n a g e r s
c r a z y . " Davis w a n t e d a manager to
w h o m he could c o m m u n i c a t e his
ideas and w h o , in turn, could make
them work. He had that and he is
grateful.

Making It Work
But how to make the s y s t e m
w o r k ? F i r s t , there are w a y s e l e c t e d
o f f i c i a l s c a n help m a n a g e r s do their
jobs.
" A d v i s e m a n a g e r s on priorities,"
Davis s a y s . " T h e n , o n c e having advised t h e m , leave them alone to
carry out the r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s of
their o f f i c e s .
" D o n ' t try to blame everything on
the manager. Very frequently, offic i a l s are willing to hide behind that
s h i e l d . T h e e l e c t e d official s o m e t i m e s tells a citizen he would have
liked to have done s o m e t h i n g but
the manager wouldn't let him do it,"
he c o n c l u d e s .
Davis a l s o g i v e s a d v i c e to mana g e r s on working with e l e c t e d officials.
M a n a g e r s s h o u l d keep c o u n c i l informed of good n e w s and bad n e w s .
Never let c o u n c i l be s u r p r i s e d .
" F o r e x a m p l e , maybe during the
budget hearing the manager would
say the city is $18 million short. T h i s
d o e s not give the e l e c t e d official
time to prepare what n e e d s to be a
proper r e s p o n s e and it a p p e a r s that
the e l e c t e d official d o e s n ' t have a

handle on w h a t ' s going o n , " he explains.
T h e former mayor thinks mana g e r s s h o u l d a l w a y s alert c o u n c i l to
things that are going wrong, and
things do go wrong. H u m a n s aren't
perfect. He s u g g e s t s that m a n a g e r s
not only relay the situation but offer
p o s s i b l e s o l u t i o n s . None of the solutions may be pleasant, but at least
they are alternatives. T h o s e in mana g e m e n t , s a y s Davis, are more qualified, more p r o f e s s i o n a l and more
objective and therefore, better able
to r e c o m m e n d a n s w e r s .
In spite of good feeling for the
c o u n c i l - m a n a g e r form of government, the past few y e a r s have been
rough on those in the p r o f e s s i o n .
A c c o r d i n g to a recent survey by the
International City Management A s s o c i a t i o n , a number of m a n a g e r s
are actively s e e k i n g to leave the
field. Davis, however, thinks c o u n c i l s and boards of s u p e r v i s o r s c a n
help s l o w that movement d o w n .
" E l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s must be certain
that the r e w a r d s of management responsibility are recognized through
fringe benefits and they must insulate m a n a g e r s from most of the criti c i s m heaped upon them by citizen
groups and o t h e r s , " he s a y s . " L o c a l i t i e s c a n attract good staff if they
are willing to pay, but the c o u n c i l manager form of government will
never survive if local governments
won't pay the p e r s o n . "
Davis f e e l s there has been too
m u c h blame placed on planning directors or public w o r k s directors
and too m u c h feeling that a particular locality h a s a "rotten manager."
L o c a l e l e c t e d officials have been
unwilling to s a y , " I t ' s true this pers o n goofed, but on the balance this
person h a s been pretty good."
Davis w a n t s m a n a g e r s and administrators to have a forward
thrust and be p r o f e s s i o n a l , but he
c o n c e d e s it t a k e s courage to be
p r o f e s s i o n a l . W h e n he last s p o k e to
the Virginia S e c t i o n , ICMA, he
charged them with the responsibility of upgrading their own profession.
" T h e r e are bound to be s o m e rotten m a n a g e r s , and m a n a g e r s thems e l v e s need to w e e d them out.
W h e n s u c h a manager is applying
for a job in E a s t K l e e n e x , " Davis
told t h e m , " D o n ' t write a letter of
recommendation;
police
yourselves."

�Touching Base
While Davis w a s mayor of Portsmouth, he had the good fortune to
work with a reputable staff, particularly m a n a g e r s . He reviewed what
good m a n a g e r s a r e made of and
what traits they have.
He e x p e c t s good m a n a g e r s to
recognize that all r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
are placed on the governing body
and a g a i n , m a n a g e r s need to keep
their governing
body
informed.
Even during h i s tenure w h e n Portsmouth had s o m e unrest in the police department, no n e w s reporter
ever a s k e d h i m , " D o y o u know s o
and s o ? " He a l w a y s k n e w what w a s
happening.
G o o d m a n a g e r s s h o u l d have the
ability to c o m m u n i c a t e to the mayor, w h e t h e r the mayor is e l e c t e d by
c o u n c i l or by the people. Davis rec a l l s that people were c h a r m e d by
the w a y P o r t s m o u t h c o u n c i l meetings ran. All v o t e s were 7-0 and not
all c o u n c i l m e m b e r s were of the
s a m e political i n c l i n a t i o n s , but bec a u s e they w e r e informed and knew
what w a s going o n , no u n e x p e c t e d
issues arose. Council members
were a l s o a p p r i s e d about n e w s
s u c h a s the appointment of a department h e a d — n o t that they had
anything to do with the appointment—but a s a matter of c o u r t e s y
before they read it in the n e w s paper.
T h e c o u n c i l - m a n a g e r form of government is a two-way street. J u s t a s
the manager h a s the obligation to
keep the c o u n c i l informed, it is up
to the e l e c t e d local official to inform the manager, pointing out that
this is w h e r e o f f i c i a l s want to go,
this is what o f f i c i a l s want to do. It
gives the manager the oportunity to
aim h i s e n e r g i e s and direction toward accon^plishing the plan, or to
say t h e s e g o a l s are beyond realization in the particular locality. T h e n

c o u n c i l h a s to tailor its "overzealous ambitions."
Davis recalled one project in
w h i c h he and other m e m b e r s of
c o u n c i l were interested but on
w h i c h nothing w a s happening. He
had to tell the manager he w a s not
bringing the s u b j e c t up a n y m o r e ,
but the project w a s " a very important thing for the city that they m u s t
d o . " T h e manager dropped everything a n d p u r s u e d it. T h e o u t c o m e
w a s m u c h beyond D a v i s ' e x p e c t a tions. Good, direct
communication.

"The governing body should
never ask the manager to do
something for purely
political reasons."
Not every manager, of c o u r s e ,
has s u c h a mayor a s Dick Davis. He
understood the lines of r e s p o n s i b i l ity and c o m m u n i c a t e d very well to
the m a n a g e m e n t team and they to
him. B u t i t ' s not u n r e a s o n a b l e for
e l e c t e d local o f f i c i a l s to work on
their r e l a t i o n s h i p s with m a n a g e r s .
Davis f e e l s the two c a n build a quality relationship by first having res p e c t for e a c h other.
" B o t h have to have r e s p e c t . My
advice is that if r e s p e c t is not mutual, then the a s s o c i a t i o n s h o u l d be
d i s s o l v e d . If I w e r e a manager, I
would never a c c e p t a job offer on a
5-4 or 10-9 vote. L i k e w i s e , if the
manager d o e s n ' t have general res p e c t for t h o s e on the governing
body, then he s h o u l d not a c c e p t the
offer. T h e r e have been e x c e p t i o n s
where the vote w a s c l o s e and the relationship w a s good, but not m a n y . "
Davis f e e l s the relationship m u s t
include candor. T h e local elected
official and the manager m u s t s h a r e
a dialogue that is open and above
board.

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CITIZEN ASSISTANCE ROLE

" F r o m the c i t i z e n ' s perception,
the lack of citizen participation is
one w e a k n e s s w e ' v e not been able
to a c c o m m o d a t e in the c o u n c i l manager form of government. Citiz e n s c o m p l a i n w h e n they call their
c o u n c i l or board member the member s i m p l y turns the complaint over
to the manager to correct. T h e citizen, however, is frustrated that he
c a n ' t get the political person for
w h o m he voted to directly r e s p o n d .
He is more frustrated by not being
able to go directly to the manager
but insulation is s o m e t h i n g the
e l e c t e d official must provide for the
manager s o he c a n do his j o b , " s a y s
Davis.

In c o n c l u d i n g h i s thoughts about
the c o u n c i l - m a n a g e r form, Davis
s u m m a r i z e s three beliefs: " F i r s t , I
believe it is the best s y s t e m yet dev i s e d to deliver the s e r v i c e s to the
people at the p r i c e s they c a n afford
to pay. S e c o n d , local elected offic i a l s s h o u l d very carefully scrutinize both the r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s and
obligations of their office. T h i r d ,
m a n a g e r s m u s t continue their vigila n c e to preserve the s y s t e m . T h e r e
are s e v e r a l p l a c e s where the s y s t e m
is not regarded a s highly a s I've just
graded it. T h e i r performance of exc e l l e n c e is the best argument for
the perpetuation of the s y s t e m . "

VBOA Holds 1983
Mid-Year Meeting
President Edward J . W e l d , building official, C u l p e p e r County, pres i d e d over the 1983 Mid-Year Meeting of the Virginia Building O f f i c i a l s
Association.
Approximately 75 m e m b e r s attended the one-day meeting February 2 8 , 1 9 8 3 in R i c h m o n d .
T h e V B O A Meritorious S e r v i c e
A w a r d , given annually during the
b u s i n e s s s e s s i o n of the Mid-Year
meeting, w a s presented to J o s e p h
Bertoni, chief building inspector of
Fairfax C o u n t y , for h i s outstanding
service
in the b u i l d i n g
code
profession.
Bertoni, c h a i r m a n of the V B O A
C o d e C h a n g e C o m m i t t e e , gave a
presentation on the proposed code
changes.
J a c k Proctor, building code director. Department of H o u s i n g and
C o m m u n i t y Development, led a disc u s s i o n on the E T S e x a m i n a t i o n .
J a m e s R. L o w e r y , c o n s t r u c t i o n engineer I I , F a i r f a x C o u n t y , and Robert
Gregory, state building code supervisor. Department of H o u s i n g and
C o m m u n i t y Development, offered
a t t e n d e e s helpful information on
how to take a test.
T h e V B O A e n d e a v o r s to promote
the interest and welfare of the building c o n s t r u c t i o n code enforcement a g e n c i e s , and to promote a
c l o s e r more informed relationship
a m o n g t h o s e engaged in the profession of building c o n s t r u c t i o n code
administration
and e n f o r c e m e n t
within Virginia.
M e m b e r s h i p a p p l i c a t i o n s c a n be
obtained by writing J o n i Terry, E x ecutive Director, V B O A , P.O. B o x
753, R i c h m o n d , Virginia 23206 or
calling 804/649-8471.
T h e 1983 V B O A A n n u a l S c h o o l
and C o n f e r e n c e will be held D e c e m ber 4 - 7 , 1983 at the Holiday Inn,
Hampton, Virginia.

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F r o m Manager T o Assistant
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Career development is a result of
both opportunity and individual decisions. While the decision to enter
the field of municipal management
may have been made in college, the
decision of how to advance is made
each time a job change is considered. If the decision is strictly
one of taking or making an opportunity, the groundwork of solid experience may contain gaps. If the decision is made on the basis of building extensive experience to be prepared for greater opportunities, the
decision is one of planning for the
future.
A career move which leaves behind both status and title as the
head of the chain of command
should not be presumed to be a
move downward. An outward movement, the widening of horizons,
may be more significant in developing a career.
In my case, I had been an assistant to the city manager in Bowling
Green,
Kentucky
(population
36,000), and later became city manager of Covington, Virginia (population 10,000). I then moved to director of administration and public
safety for the City of Roanoke (population 100,000-f )and later to assistant city manager. I regard this as a
step outward . . . as a means of gaining breadth of experience which ultimately will allow me more freedom
to develop my career. My career potential is greater because my urban
city experience will complement my
small and medium population experiences. Other benefits of the
change were in salary and lifestyle
but the main factor was the option
to be master of my future. Growth
comes from new experience, not
from repetition.

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A b o u t The A u t h o r
Mr. Herbert is a s s i s t a n t city manager of
Roanoke, Virginia.

sponsibility. One of the hardest lessons I have learned is the delegation of management, which differs
vastly from delegation of detail. In
management, accountability rests
with the delegator and decisions
rest upon the quality of those to
whom one delegages. I've not only
learned to deal with the infrastructure but in greater measure with human behavior and motivation. I've
learned to recognize the differing
agendas, the myopic view of some
technical specialists, the search for
power among others, and the departmentalized structures' vision or
lack of vision of the total city. These
factors are not peculiar to Roanoke
but universal, and learning to allow
for them is an essential part of management.
An additional layer of the decision process also exists. As assistant, my decisions must be affirmed
by those above and below me. The
group process becomes reality
since a consensus is required to assure that all objectives are met. Also, anticipation of alternatives becomes vital to the process.
While I must deal primarily with
the workings of the city, I must also
deal with the media because issues
featured in the headlines can create
imbalances and force attention to
factors not always in the best interest of good management. In a small
jurisdiction, the media is not such a
concern because three television
stations, a full-time newspaper reporter and several radio stations are
not analyzing and reviewing everything management does. But effi-

ciency can be influenced by public
interest created in response to the
news.
Whatever the problem, I must be
both proactive and reactive. Part of
the role of an assistant city manager is to test proposals for change.
Another role is to refine issues by
assuring that all possible contingency plans are made prior to effecting change. Unlike the private
sector, government usually does
not encourage innovation be tested
or promoted.
Budgeting has become less a
matter of funding essentials and
more a matter of optimum use of resources. Sometimes the gain in interest from investment will provide
a better use of funds than expediting project timetables. Sometimes
the project resistance must be
weighed against the benefits to be
accomplished. Thus the use of
funds becomes a matter of judgment rather than of achievement.
Developing an orderly and meaningful budget system has been one
challenge I can attend to in detail.
Furthermore, the process expands
my comprehension of the urban city
infinitely.
E g o Impact
The psychological impact of my
outward versus upward move (as
usually defined by one's peers) has
involved many adjustments. High
visibility allows for a certain amount
of ego stroking. I've gone from
prominence to low visibility. I no
longer get credit outside of the organization for my ideas (good or
bad). I was formerly recognized on
the street; I am scarcely known
outside the staff today.
In addition, my sense of having
an impact on history through local
government has been eroded by the
fact I no longer make the final decisions. I must be satisfied with the
innate knowledge of my contributions rather than by footnotes and
signatures giving credit to my perception.
Where once my personality could
dominate, today I must mesh mine
with others. The restrictions could
frustrate me, but I know I have enlarged my options. I am using my
skills and increasing my knowledge
to enable my future. My career development is in my hands.

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�Louis Brownlow
A Giant in Public Administration
By Edward A. Wyatt
T h e first city manager of Petersburg w a s one of A m e r i c a ' s outs t a n d i n g p e r s o n s in the field of public administration. " B r o w n i e , " a s
L o u i s B r o w n l o w w a s affectionately
c a l l e d , c a m e to P e t e r s b u r g from
W a s h i n g t o n , D.C., w h e r e he had
served a s president of the Board of
C o m m i s s i o n e r s . He w a s appointed
to this post by P r e s i d e n t W o o d r o w
W i l s o n , w h o m he l^new while working a s a n e w s p a p e r reporter.
During his s e r v i c e in P e t e r s b u r g ,
he w a s r e s p o n s i b l e for developing a
number of positive programs. H i s
s u c c e s s in P e t e r s b u r g w a s largely
due to his ability to e s t a b l i s h a rapport with the leadership in the c o m munity. In his autobiography,/A Passion for Anonymity,
B r o w n l o w demo n s t r a t e s how a manager c a n establish e f f e c t i v e n e s s in a c o m m u n i t y .

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Under his leadership, P e t e r s b u r g
e s t a b l i s h e d a health c e n t e r and initiated a number of new programs,
including a well-baby c l i n i c w h i c h
helped to r e d u c e infant mortality.
He w a s instrumental in creating the
first P e t e r s b u r g public library and
through his efforts, a s u m m e r recreation program w a s developed in coordination with the public s c h o o l s
and the 700 a c r e L e e Park w a s
brought about.
Many public w o r k s i m p r o v e m e n t s
were made during his tenure, s u c h
a s the c o n s t r u c t i o n of nine and onehalf m i l e s of s e w e r c o l l e c t i o n lines
and the laying of eight m i l e s of
w a t e r m a i n s . S u r f a c e toilets w e r e
r e d u c e d to 400 from 1900.
In the area of internal f u n c t i o n s ,
he developed a centralized p u r c h a s ing s y s t e m and e s t a b l i s h e d a modern a c c o u n t i n g s y s t e m . B r o w n l o w
w a s r e s p o n s i b l e for major c h a n g e s ,
including the creation of the Department of P u b l i c S a f e t y and the position of student a s s i s t a n t to the city
manager, to e m p h a s i z e a profess i o n a l a p p r o a c h to municipal management.
A b o u t the A u t h o r
Mr. W y a t t is the city m a n a g e r of F a i r f a x
C i t y . He gratefully a c k n o w l e d g e s the a s s i s t a n c e of Hirst S u t t o n of F a l l s C h u r c h ,
a m e m b e r of the Northern Virginia P l a n ning B o a r d .

Brownlow
was Petersburg's
first
city
manager,
a founder
of tfie Virginia fJlunicipal
League and served as its
president in 1921. Tiie above photograph
is of
an oiipainting
of Browniow
in 1945.

In 1921 he w a s e l e c t e d president
of the Virginia IVIunicipal L e a g u e
and w a s r e s p o n s i b l e for locating
the L e a g u e ' s permanent office in
R i c h m o n d . At the s a m e time, Morton L. W a l l e r s t e i n , an attorney and
public-spirited
p e r s o n , w a s appointed permanent s e c r e t a r y . He
later offered his legal a s s i s t a n c e to
theVML.
In 1922 B r o w n l o w w a s e l e c t e d
president of the City Managers A s s o c i a t i o n (known today a s the International City Management A s s o c i a tion) at their a n n u a l meeting held in
K a n s a s City. E l e c t e d in a c l o s e race,
he defeated an opponent who w a s a
trained engineer. E n g i n e e r s at that
time w e r e by far the predominant
d i s c i p l i n e in the p r o f e s s i o n . While
president, he w a s r e s p o n s i b l e for
e s t a b l i s h i n g a permanent home for
the a s s o c i a t i o n in L a w r e n c e , Kans a s , in c o n n e c t i o n with the University of K a n s a s and appointing the
a s s o c i a t i o n ' s first director.
B r o w n l o w b e c a m e the first city
manager of K n o x v i l l e , T e n n e s s e e in
1924. T h e political environment w a s
e x t r e m e l y difficult a s the c o m m u nity had e x p e r i e n c e d problems with

corruption. S o m e of his major c o n tributions included reorganization
of municipal o f f i c e s and f u n c t i o n s ,
improvement of the municipal hospital and an u n p r e c e n d e n t e d refunding of 10 percent of the tax
levy. But the t r e m e n d o u s d e m a n d s
of his work c a u s e d him ill health. He
resigned his post in 1927 and briefly
r e s u m e d his career a s a journalist.
He later s e r v e d for several years a s
a municipal c o n s u l t a n t for R a d b u r n ,
New J e r s e y .
During his local government and
a s s o c i a t i o n work, he s a w the need
to improve information in the public
administration field. Through his relationship with the S p e l m a n F o u n dation, B r o w n l o w prepared a plan
for a governmental
information
c l e a r i n g h o u s e . T h e Public Administration C l e a r i n g h o u s e ( P A C H ) w a s
started in 1931, and " B r o w n i e "
served
a s its
director
from
1931-1945.
One of his initial t a s k s w a s to encourage a s s o c i a t i o n s of state and
local o f f i c i a l s to " c l u s t e r " in C h i c a go. H i s leadership resulted in the
c o n s t r u c t i o n of a center for t h e s e
organizations, referred to a s " 1 3 1 3 , "
at the University of C h i c a g o . Later
the v a r i o u s public a s s o c i a t i o n s relocated in W a s h i n g t o n , D.C.
He w a s appointed c h a i r m a n of
the P r e s i d e n t ' s C o m m i t t e e on Administrative Management by Franklin D. R o o s e v e l t in 1936. B r o w n l o w
believed that the president must be
given the tools with w h i c h to manage the government, and his committee's
recommendations
were
drafted into legislation in 1937.
Even though the legislation w a s defeated, the Reorganization A c t of
1939 included many r e c o m m e n d a tions from B r o w n l o w ' s committee.
In particular, authorization
was
given for the president to submit reorganization
plans to C o n g r e s s
w h i c h would take effect if not vetoed. T h e first s u c h plan called for
the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of the E x e c u t i v e
Office of the P r e s i d e n t , one of the
Brownlow committee proposals.

�Influencing the Manager
Profession
B r o w n l o w ' s i n f l u e n c e on t h e city
manager p r o f e s s i o n w a s treated in
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" A s Richard Childs had played an
i m p o r t a n t role in f o s t e r i n g t h e
c o u n c i l - m a n a g e r plan, perhaps no
individual w a s more i n s t r u m e n t a l
than Louis B r o w n l o w in creating
the city manager's professional
identity. As ICMA president, he
had c a m p a i g n e d f o r a p r o f e s s i o n al f o c u s t o t h e organization's
work."
T h r o u g h o u t his l i f e t i m e . Brownlow was active in ICMA affairs and
he participated regularly in ICMA
c o n f e r e n c e s . He w o r k e d o n behalf
of ICMA t o develop w o r k i n g relat i o n s h i p s w i t h f o u n d a t i o n s and t h e
academic c o m m u n i t y . These relat i o n s h i p s were valuable to ICMA in
research projects and in its efforts
to foster p r o f e s s i o n a l i s m in local
government.
A M i s s o u r i native e d u c a t e d at
h o m e by his parents, " B r o w n i e " received honorary degrees f r o m both
A m e r i c a n University and Syracuse
University. Besides his t w o - v o l u m e
a u t o b i o g r a p h y , he w r o t e The President and the Presidency, reflecting
his interest in, and u n d e r s t a n d i n g
of, t h e j o b of national chief executive.
B r o w n l o w died in 1963 at the age
of 84 w h i l e a d d r e s s i n g a m e e t i n g of
Northern Virginia city a n d c o u n t y
managers at t h e Army-Navy C o u n t r y
Club in A r l i n g t o n . He had requested
the o p p o r t u n i t y to talk w i t f i t h e m ,
j u s t o n e e x a m p l e of his interest in
local g o v e r n m e n t managers. Bert
W. J o h n s o n , w h o at that t i m e w a s
manager of A r l i n g t o n County, presided over the m e e t i n g .
Louis B r o w n l o w ' s c o n t r i b u t i o n s
to the e m e r g i n g field of public adm i n i s t r a t i o n were far reaching. He
e n h a n c e d t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of professional a d m i n i s t r a t o r s in t h e public sector, f a c i l i t a t e d the exchange
of i n f o r m a t i o n in public administrat i o n , e n c o u r a g e d the g r o w t h of public a s s o c i a t i o n s , a n d , of c o u r s e , provided great leadership in the establ i s h m e n t of a m o d e r n executive
branch of the federal g o v e r n m e n t .

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Managing With a Sense of Humor
By Don Smith

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Did you ever think you might be
taking yourself too s e r i o u s l y ? C o n s i d e r t h i s : It's your first day managing in a new t o w n and you are determined to c r e a t e an image of total eff i c i e n c y . T h e town clerk informs
you that there are three building ins p e c t i o n s , four e l e c t r i c a l i n s p e c t i o n s and two plumbing i n s p e c t i o n s
due. T h e s e w e r
superintendent
w a n t s grade s t a k e s set to lay the
new s e w e r line on T h i r d Street.
Y o u s a y , " F i n e and dandy. G e t
the building, e l e c t r i c a l and plumbing i n s p e c t o r s on it right a w a y and
tell the town engineer to set the
s t a k e s . G i v e this a g e n d a to my s e c retary to type up for c o u n c i l . "
At this point the clerk lets you in
on the s c h e m e of t h i n g s . Y o u are all
three I n s p e c t o r s A N D the town engineer. F u r t h e r m o r e , the c o u n c i l
hasn't s e e n the n e c e s s i t y for an exe c u t i v e s e c r e t a r y during the past
four a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s and is not
about to s e t a precedent for y o u .
T h e clerk quickly leaves muttering
s o m e t h i n g about your having a
good day.
W h e n I c a m e to Luray, I learned
the layout of the town. S o everyone
would marvel at my total r e c a l l , I
memorized the location of s t r e e t s
and l a n d m a r k s and even carried a
town map home at night.
L o n g t i m e r e s i d e n t s didn't hesitate to call with c o m p l a i n t s but they
s e l d o m gave a street a d d r e s s .
T h e r e f o r e , my k n o w l e d g e of s t r e e t s
and l a n d m a r k s didn't help w h e n
they s a i d they lived next door to
" H o t s h o t H o u s d e n " , right a c r o s s
the street from Ida Mae Dovel w h o
h a s that three-legged dog. T h e y
w e r e s h o c k e d I didn't know that. I
usually replied, " I f you ever get to
R o a n o k e , look up my s i s t e r . S h e
lives next door to the S c o t t s out by
Gave S p r i n g . "
People w h o live in s m a l l t o w n s
are c r e a t u r e s of habit. Luray installed a s o p h i s t i c a t e d new traffic
s y s t e m at a b u s y i n t e r s e c t i o n placing s i g n a l s on three s t r e e t s and a
large, brightly-colored stop s i g n on
the fourth street. P i c t u r e s and diag r a m s w e r e published in the local
About T h e Author
Mr. S m i t h is town m a n a g e r of L u r a y ,
V i r g i n i a . L u r a y , located about 90 m i l e s
from W a s h i n g t o n , D.C., h a s about 4,000
citizens.

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paper two w e e k s prior to placing
the s y s t e m in operation. T h e new
stop s i g n w a s promptly run over and
d e s t r o y e d eight t i m e s in four d a y s .
One lady even ran over it t w i c e . I'm
afraid to c h a n g e the intersection
back to its original d e s i g n now that
they s e e m to have the hang of it.
One time w h e n I arrived in a new
town, neighbors on my street dropped by to tell me how glad they
w e r e to have me a s a neighbor. Now
they would get the improvements
they d e s e r v e d . I e x p l a i n e d that, due
to my position and a p o s s i b l e conflict, the street would be last on the
priority list. T h e next night they
s h o w e d up at the c o u n c i l meeting
to c o m p l a i n that they have probl e m s the manager w o u l d n ' t correct.
W o r s e , my w i f e had volunteered to
be their s p o k e s p e r s o n .

Survival
A survival t e c h n i q u e I have u s e d
over the y e a r s is to develop s o m e
standard a n s w e r s to fit most o c c a s i o n s . Here are s o m e u s e f u l hints:
1. A n irate citizen c a l l s to complain he is out of hot water and demand I turn it b a c k on s o he c a n finish his s h o w e r . A n s w e r : " T h e power
c o m p a n y let W a s h i n g t o n borrow
our electricity t o d a y — c a l l t h e m . "

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2. A local attorney c a l l s to s a y
one of his c l i e n t s got a radar ticket
a n d , s i n c e the attorney is in Rotary
with me, he w a n t s the police chief
to " f i x " it. A n s w e r : " I can't, h e ' s already fixed his quota for this
month."
3. A c o u n c i l member a s k s why
the watertank can't be placed down
in the valley next to the water
p u m p s "to s a v e money on all that
e x p e n s i v e pipe to pump water w a y
up on that hill w h e r e a tank will be
an e y e s o r e . " A n s w e r : " A brilliant
idea; unfortunately, v^e have already
bought the pipe from y o u r c o u s i n . "
4. T h e garden club a s k s that
town c r e w s trim the s h r u b s the club
planted around town b e c a u s e the
m e m b e r s have arthritis. A n s w e r :
" W e ' d love to, and s i n c e we have a
s u r p l u s of w e e d killer, we'll spray
them next w e e k . "
5. A senior citizen s u g g e s t s that
s i n c e there is no taxi s e r v i c e in
town, the police could take older
f o l k s shopping in the c r u i s e r s " b e c a u s e all they do is ride around
town, a n y h o w . " A n s w e r : " I ' m afraid
our high band radios will stop their
pacemakers."
6. A citizen a s k s that I make a
neighbor move his f e n c e back 20

�feet because his c o w s stare at h i m
w h e n he eats. Answer: " I ' l l turn that
over t o the c o w c o m m i t t e e . "
Speaking of c o m m i t t e e s , I've
learned in small t o w n s that what
s o m e t h o u g h t were t h e manager's
f u n c t i o n s are now handled by c o u n cil c o m m i t t e e s . Some resent t h i s
but c o m m i t t e e s c a n be useful t o
managers.
For e x a m p l e , a g r o u p approached
me about an i n f e s t a t i o n of cats in
their n e i g h b o r h o o d . The cats were
o w n e d by a sweet o l d lady w h o m
everyone liked so I thanked t h e m
and t o l d t h e m I t u r n e d t h e p r o b l e m
over t o the " c a t c o m m i t t e e . "
In another instance, a homeo w n e r w a n t e d the t o w n t o c u t d o w n
a tree she t h o u g h t w o u l d fall o n her
house b u t her neighbor w a s a tree
lover. The s o l u t i o n ? I t o l d both that
c o u n c i l had a p p o i n t e d t h e m t o a
two-person tree c o m m i t t e e and
w h e n they reached a d e c i s i o n , report it to c o u n c i l .
There are t i m e s , o b v i o u s l y , w h e n
managers s h o u l d not have a ready
answer. Never, never tell an irate
citizen:

•

T h e water t a s t e s strange because t w o snakes g o t g r o u n d
up in the water p u m p .
• The garbage d i d n ' t get picked
up t h i s week because t o w n employees w e n t deer h u n t i n g .
• The s n o w p l o w c l o s e d their
driveway after they cleared it
because the driver is t h e w i f e ' s
ex-husband.
• The n e i g h b o r ' s tax bill is lower
than their's because the neighbor's brother is t h e c o m m i s sioner of revenue.
• The mayor's
driveway g o t
cleaned by t o w n c r e w s because he has t o attend t h e
t o w n o f f i c e party.
The main t h i n g t o r e m e m b e r is
never get t o o serious a n d try t o
keep a low profile. I f o r g o t t h i s cardinal rule s o m e years back w h e n I
entered and w o n V M L A c h i e v e m e n t
A w a r d s t w o years in a r o w . N o w
c o u n c i l keeps asking what I've d o n e
lately, and I am s t a l l i n g until I can
t h i n k of s o m e t h i n g . I certainly hope
I can stall until my retirement.
One last t h i n g t o remember is
t h i s . W h e n all else fails, managers

s h o u l d act as if they are really busy
and d o n ' t have t i m e to handle t h e
p r o b l e m . For example, t h e mayor
says t h e State Water Control Board
is o n t h e t e l e p h o n e d e m a n d i n g t o
know w h y t h e sewer plant violated
regulations five t i m e s last week.
Answer: " T e l l t h e m not to bother
me right n o w w i t h their petty quest i o n s . O u r t o w n d r u n k has quit and
gone on t o a p r o m o t i o n in W i n c h e s ter's d o w n t o w n mall. N o w I have to
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T h e c l i e n t s now are the " n e w
poor," and there aren't l e s s of them
but more of them. Helping them
deal with not having a w o r k p l a c e is
one hurdle but the problem of une m p l o y m e n t l e a d s to others like
child a b u s e , divorce and the humiliation of applying for food s t a m p s .
Eligibility w o r k e r s don't have time
to adequately a s s i s t every c l i e n t l e s s staff for one thing, more paperwork for another. S o , how are Virginia l o c a l i t i e s m a n a g i n g ?
IVIany m a n a g e r s are creating a
new slot in their o f f i c e s to o v e r s e e
what most agree is the most c o m plex function in local government:
human s e r v i c e s . S o m e are deputy
m a n a g e r s w h i l e others are a s s i s tants. Although s o m e are not physically in the m a n a g e r ' s office, they
are nearby and c o n s i d e r e d a key
m e m b e r o f the m a n a g e m e n t t e a m .
Currently only a handful of Virginia local g o v e r n m e n t s have a s s i s tants in the m a n a g e r ' s office for
this function, but the position is
widely u s e d by large urban c o u n t i e s
throughout the country. In Virginia,
the first k n o w n position of this type
w a s created in Norfolk in the early
1970's.
Linking the job to the m a n a g e r ' s
office gives the person top management support and direction needed
for s u c c e s s . A c c o r d i n g to Managing Human Services,
being in the
m a n a g e r ' s office g i v e s the position
leverage and power to " e f f e c t i v e l y
pull together the l o c a l i t y ' s human
services efforts." The assistant
n e e d s a c c e s s to the manager and
the
manager should
delegate
enough authority to help the a s s i s tant get t h i n g s done.
R e a g a n o m i c s and the new federa l i s m , w h i c h eliminated a good portion of the human s e r v i c e s f u n d s
and partially contributed to unemployment, h a s made human serv i c e s more v i s i b l e . C i t i z e n s are talking to their e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s about
the situation, and m a n a g e m e n t ,
with a reduced budget, is trying to
meet the n e e d s of new c l i e n t s .
" I n the past, l o c a l i t i e s c o n c e n trated on the infrastructure but now
there h a s to be a proper b a l a n c e
among the n e e d s of the c o m m u n i About T h e A u t h o r
Ms. Kingery is editor of Virginia
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ty," e x p l a i n s J a m e s City C o u n t y A s s i s t a n t Darlene B u r c h a m .

C h a n g i n g Direction
R e s p o n d i n g to the
unemployment d i l e m m a , most localities are
getting their m a n p o w e r programs in
gear. T h e y believe that employment
is a major factor in helping the individual. T h i s is e s p e c i a l l y true for
t h o s e s e e k i n g a s s i s t a n c e from the
mental health department.
L a s t year, the Virginia G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y mandated a employment
s e r v i c e s program for e a c h locality
requiring t h o s e in the Aid to Dependent Children and G e n e r a l Relief
programs to look for work to receive
benefits. O b v i o u s l y , s o m e c l i e n t s in
t h e s e programs are e x e m p t but still
Virginia localities m u s t a s s i s t about
25,000 people s e e k i n g j o b s .
R e c e n t l y H e n r i c o C o u n t y publicized its new program to help unemployed parents w h o , for the first
time, a b u s e their children b e c a u s e
of their own j o b l e s s n e s s . Other loc a l i t i e s are c o n d u c t i n g c l a s s e s to
help the juvenile who can't find
work.
C o u p l e d with u n e m p l o y m e n t are
health problems. A person often
f i n d s he is out of work, h a s no medical i n s u r a n c e and is ineligible for
certain a s s i s t a n c e b e c a u s e of the
new eligibility requirements of federal and state g o v e r n m e n t s .
Robert
Masden, Chesterfield
C o u n t y ' s h u m a n r e s o u r c e director,
is s u r p r i s e d at the line outside the
health c l i n i c everyday and at the
backlog of mental health department patients who previously went
e l s e w h e r e for a s s i s t a n c e w h i c h
they c a n no longer afford. Still other
local g o v e r n m e n t s are putting emer-

James

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g e n c y s e r v i c e s — f o o d , clothing and
s h e l t e r — f i r s t and trying to aid the
c l i e n t s lacking the e s s e n t i a l s and in
life threatening s i t u a t i o n s .
Ironically t h e s e problems are
making human s e r v i c e s visible in
another way. H u m a n s e r v i c e agenc i e s , both private and public, are
taking notice of one another. Out of
n e c e s s i t y they are sharing res o u r c e s to reach the " n e w poor,"
and maintain b a s i c levels of services.
George
Drumwright,
Henrico
C o u n t y ' s deputy county manager
for human r e s o u r c e s , talks about
" c r o s s s e r v i c e s " like the s c h o o l
s y s t e m working with the health department, s o c i a l s e r v i c e s sharing
r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s with mental health
and the c o u r t s , and s c h o o l s joining
parks and recreation. T h e team concept is used more and more. If one
department c a n ' t do it, maybe another one c a n .
Darlene B u r c h a m created a council in J a m e s City County that looks
at s o c i a l problems. In Hampton,
w h e r e G e o r g e W a l l a c e is the a s s i s tant city manager, the city located
its human s e r v i c e a g e n c i e s in a vacant s c h o o l building. Here resid e n t s visit s o c i a l s e r v i c e s , health,
the employment c o m m i s s i o n , clini c s and dental f a c i l i t i e s and C E T A in
one trip. C o m m u n i c a t i o n among
a g e n c i e s m a k e s this arrangement
attractive, too. Every two months
W a l l a c e holds a meeting of the human r e s o u r c e s coalition s o staff
c a n e x c h a n g e information on a formal b a s i s in addition to the daily
c o m m u n i c a t i o n from working in the
s a m e building.
P o r t s m o u t h ' s W a y n e Orton believes there is a greater amount of
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sophistication among departments;
networl^ing e x i s t e d but not to the
degree it does now. Eligibility workers in the health d e p a r t m e n t now
take a p p l i c a t i o n s for A D C and f o o d
s t a m p s , w h i c h c u t s unnecessary
trips t o the d e p a r t m e n t of social
services for c l i e n t s . Also, the city
has assigned w o r k e r s , w h o determine eligibility for state and local
h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n , to its t w o m u n i c i p a l
hospitals.

Reaching Out
Most of these a s s i s t a n t s are in a
c h a n g i n g role. Previously they were
tied to their prospective o f f i c i e s but
now they are c o m i n g out f r o m behind their desks and g o i n g into the
community.
While
Roanoke
H u m a n Res o u r c e s Director James Ritchie's
involvement in j o b training was to
supervise social services and other
city agencies in the matter, recent
changes in the CETA program and
the u n e m p l o y m e n t problem have
put h i m in c o n t a c t w i t h private
agencies and c o m p a n i e s . Now the
p r o b l e m is handled w i t h a partnership a p p r o a c h .
H e n r i c o ' s D r u m w r i g h t frequently
trades i n f o r m a t i o n w i t h g r o u p s in
the m e t r o R i c h m o n d area and feels
the need t o cooperate.
" I t ' s good t o know what is being
provided in the area and to let
others know we'll d o this if you'll
do t h a t , " he notes. Last year, Richm o n d area localities w o r k e d w i t h
Metro R i c h m o n d Chamber of Commerce and United Way t o assess
the i m p a c t s of f u n d i n g c u t s on social service agencies and t d relay
that i n f o r m a t i o n to c o r p o r a t i o n s
and businesses that wanted t o steer
corporate c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o agencies
in need.

"It doesn't hurt to be a
politician."
Even t h o u g h strides have been
made in h u m a n services and people
are b e g i n n i n g t o work together, the
p o s i t i o n still holds m u c h frustration
for assistant managers or human res o u r c e d i r e c t o r s . In Managing Human
Services,
the q u e s t i o n is
asked, " H o w m u c h can be a c c o m plished by a single i n d i v i d u a l ? "
Most agree people in these posit i o n s m u s t be e x c e p t i o n a l l y tale n t e d and creative and have highly
developed d i p l o m a t i c skills t o survive.
In fact, the main headache of the
job is evaluating the h u m a n services rendered. H u m a n services
c a n n o t be j u d g e d by how many
miles of road are paved, or how

many b u i l d i n g s are built or how
many businesses are e s t a b l i s h e d .
S o m e t i m e s public assistance rolls
decrease, but the locality never
k n o w s what happens t o these people. O n c e off assistance, the file is
closed and not reopened unless the
person needs help later.
A l s o , human service people are
d i c t a t e d by rules and regulations
beyond those other municipal staff
f o l l o w . The number of policies not
only baffle t h e m but the regulations
create clients w h o " f a l l t h r o u g h the
c r a c k s . " They need help but the locality can't assist t h e m because
they aren't eligible. A d d i t i o n a l l y ,
regulations hinder the potential of
localities sharing information and
eliminating duplication.
While everyone else seems t o be
g o i n g t o the c o m p u t e r a g e , this area
of local government is b e h i n d .
H a m p t o n ' s Wallace s u g g e s t s that if
all the i n f o r m a t i o n could be put in a
c o m p u t e r and management techniques applied, the w h o l e s y s t e m
may w o r k better.
" I t w o u l d be great if H a m p t o n
c o u l d put their in-take s y s t e m in a
c o m p u t e r so staff could punch out
the i n f o r m a t i o n they need to assist
a c l i e n t , " he says, " b u t there are t o o
many laws, regarding privacy and
freedom of i n f o r m a t i o n , that preclude i t . "
H a m p t o n tried t o devise a s y s t e m
years ago but gave up w h e n it appeared it could not be a c c o m -

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Some localities have asked the
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manager position in human services. While it may be good that the
person has experience in social
services, or a related field, s o m e
think that it is unnecessary since
the main skill needed is management. In fact, one person t h o u g h t it
was better that the assistant not
have a b a c k g r o u n d in social services since researching the in's and
o u t ' s of the field caused him to ask
q u e s t i o n s that led to a better way t o
do t h i n g s . Also, knowledge of
telecommunications
and
experience in c o m p u t e r s and finance
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Traditionally
counties
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of human services than have cities.
W h a t is good for one, may be inappropriate for the other. A c c o r d i n g to
Managing Human Services,
though,
a small city w i t h relatively scarce
f u n d i n g resources may be wise t o
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�p l i s h e d . Other localities have experienced similar p r o b l e m s , a l t h o u g h
Roanoke may explore it later this
year.

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better?" George Wallace
A l t h o u g h h u m a n resource managers are now w o r k i n g w i t h others
in the c o m m u n i t y and e n h a n c i n g
their o w n c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h department heads, m o s t c o n c e d e it
was a long road g e t t i n g t o this
point. O f t e n the assistant had t o
consider
the personalities and
b a c k g r o u n d s involved in order t o
a c c o m p l i s h the goal of delivering
the best services. In fact, these ass i s t a n t s are managing g r o u p s that
have traditionally s t o o d separate
because each was created by a categorical grant o r a public law. These
g r o u p s o f t e n f i g h t being coordinated or c o n s o l i d a t e d because they
w o u l d lose their identity. But there
have been s o m e v i c t o r i e s .
One assistant tells how he w o r k e d
w i t h the c o m m u n i t y services board
to help merge 14 p r o g r a m m a t i c budgets into one so that by m e r g i n g
b u d g e t s , they w o u l d merge services, t o o . The board then had the
m a x i m u m ability to provide services.

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to keep t h o s e w i t h a l c o h o l i c problems e m p l o y e d . The purpose was
t w o - f o l d . First, by keeping the
person e m p l o y e d , no additional
p r o b l e m s s h o u l d arise and, s e c o n d ,
the c o u n t y can collect a fee on a
s l i d i n g scale basis if the person
c o n t i n u e s t o work. In times of
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be served if the c o u n t y charges a
fee a n d , more important, the client
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assistance he receives if he pays for
it.
Localities are d i r e c t i n g their efforts t o w a r d educational p r o g r a m s ,
not only for parents in child abuse
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sizes to d e t e r m i n e their response to
the new A c t . The f o l l o w i n g summarizes s o m e of the f i n d i n g s :
1) A few t o w n s under 3,500 in
p o p u l a t i o n have a d o p t e d procurement
ordinances
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these t o w n s had no o b l i g a t i o n
under the Procurement A c t to
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cases, the o r d i n a n c e s represent the first c o m p r e h e n s i v e
p r o c u r e m e n t o r d i n a n c e s of the
locality.
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3,500 in p o p u l a t i o n except one
have a d o p t e d or are in the process of a d o p t i n g alternative
policies to the n o n m a n d a t o r y
provisions in the Act.
3) All localities over 3,500 in population (which have a d o p t e d a
new p r o c u r e m e n t ordinance)
now have p r o c u r e m e n t policies that at least generally parallel the n o n m a n d a t o r y sect i o n s of the new A c t . Several of
these localities a d o p t e d ordinances w i t h p r o c u r e m e n t policies nearly identical to the new
Procurement A c t and s o m e inc o r p o r a t e d by reference spec i f i c s e c t i o n s in the new A c t .
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5) A number of localities adopted
provisions
somewhat
more
stringent than the policies set
forth in the Act. Roanoke and
H a m p t o n , for example, require
p u b l i c a t i o n in an official newspaper to advertise purchases
over $10,000. The Procurement
A c t s i m p l y authorizes newspaper p u b l i c a t i o n as one alternative m e t h o d of notice.
6) Several localities took advantage of establishing a debarment policy by w h i c h prospective c o n t r a c t o r s may be debarred f r o m c o n t r a c t i n g w i t h
the locality. The e s t a b l i s h m e n t
of debarment policies at the local level is relatively new to Virginia. The inclusion of such
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the new A c t — t h a t is more than
three or four paragraphs in
their code or charter. But only
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of their new ordinance w o u l d
substantially revise their purchasing practices. For localities over 20,000 in p o p u l a t i o n ,
the percentages are 50 percent
and 11 percent respectively.
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May 1983
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VOLUME 18

804/649-8471

MAY 1983

NUMBERS

VML President
Francis T. West
Officers
Charles A. Robinson, Jr.
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J . Thomas
SamW. Adams
Executive Committee
Jack D. Edwards
Jane L. Hough
ArlieC. Payne
Martha V. Pennine
Ronald C. Spiggle
Robert T.Williams

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People

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A Good Week for Local Governments In The U.S.
Supreme Court
"Starting on February 28,1983, the court handed down decisions
on workers for city construction projects, age discrimination and police officers as witnesses—all good for local governments."

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On the Cover;
Three former Staunton city managers meet with Gene McCombs, the
current manager. From left: McCombs; Edward Martin; Willard Day;
and C. M. Moyer. See the story on
page 12.

Marketplace
Conflict: Keeping It Under Control
"In this month's Commentary, Russ Linden gives localities three
ways to resolve conflict instead than going to court."

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Need Information? Ask Your Librarian
"Most municipal employees forget about asking their librarian to
help when trying to complete a work assignment or find valuable information."

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VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
tfie Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval of the
Virginia
Municipal
League and if
granted
must be accompanied
by credit to
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY and the Virginia
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Secondclass postage
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Richmond,
Virginia. Subscription
rates: $8 per
year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster:
Send address
changes
to VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753,
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VML's Congressional Breakfast
"When the League went to Washington in March, antitrust suits
were a big part of the discussion."

Past President
Raymond F. Ratcliffe
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

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Manager Celebrates 75 Years of the Profession
"A numberof managers attended the recent celebration in Staunton—including visitors from nearby states."

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Kaufman Named
Richard B. Kaufman was appointed Blacksburg t o w n attorney.
He was fornner assistant city attorney for the City of R o a n o l o . Kaufman s u c c e e d s T h o m a s H u d s o n .

Smith Accepted

Kathy Lynn Mclntyre is the
League's
new secretary. In addition
to her duties with the VML, she wiil
be worthing with many of the affiiiate organizations
and
attending
their annual conferences.
A native
of Richmond,
Kathy attended
Radford University and graduated
from
The Braxton
School,
a
business
school in Richmond.

Virginia Beach City Clerl&lt; Ruth
Hodges S m i t h , w h o is a Certified
Municipal Clerl&lt; (CIVIC), has been accepted into the A c a d e m y for A d vanced Education of the International Institute of Municipal Clerics.
The academy is a professional body
of municipal clerl&lt;s w h o have continued their high level of educational achievement beyond the att a i n m e n t of the prestigious Certified Municipal Clerl&lt; award.
S m i t h became city clerk/clerk of
c o u n c i l in 1979. She was previously
e m p l o y e d w i t h the Tidewater Virginia Development Council and the
M a c A r t h u r Memorial F o u n d a t i o n . In

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Parrish Honored
Harry Parrish, former Manassas
mayor and c o u n c i l m a n , was honored at a special ceremony d u r i n g a
Manassas city c o u n c i l m e e t i n g
March 14. Parrish served Manassas
city government 30 years, 12 as a
c o u n c i l m a n and 18 as mayor.
During the ceremony a portrait
painted by Nancy Hersch, a local artist, was unveiled. It will hang in t h e
c o u n c i l chambers with the portrait
of Harry Davis, another l o n g t i m e
Manassas mayor. The t w o mayors
served the city 60 out of the 110
years since Manassas was granted
its charter.

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�A Good Week For Local Governments
In The U.S. Supreme Court
By Howard W. Dobbins,
General Counsel
Earlier this year w i t h i n the s p a c e
of o n e w e e k , t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t of
the United States a n n o u n c e d opinions of particular interest to local
g o v e r n m e n t s : o n e u p h o l d i n g an exe c u t i v e o r d e r of t h e m a y o r of Bost o n r e q u i r i n g all c o n s t r u c t i o n proje c t s f u n d e d in w h o l e o r in part by
city f u n d s to be p e r f o r m e d by a
w o r k f o r c e o f at l e a s t half r e s i d e n t s
of that c i t y ; t h e s e c o n d h o l d i n g that
the e x t e n s i o n of the A g e Discrimination E m p l o y m e n t Act to cover
state and local g o v e r n m e n t s does
not directly impair the states' ability
t o s t r u c t u r e i n t e r n a l o p e r a t i o n s in
areas of traditional
governmental
f u n c t i o n s and thus does not violate
the Tenth A m e n d m e n t ; and the third
d e t e r m i n i n g t h a t a s u i t u n d e r 42
u s e S e c t i o n 1983 a g a i n s t a p o l i c e
o f f i c e r m a y n o t be m a i n t a i n e d bec a u s e of t h e general rule of absolute i m m u n i t y for w i t n e s s e s .
T h e C o m m e r c e C l a u s e o f t h e U.S.
Constitution challenges to the Bost o n o r d i n a n c e w e r e rejected by our
h i g h e s t c o u r t w i t h m o r e t h a n norm a l u n a n i m i t y i n White
v.
Massachusetts
Council
of
Construction
Empioyers
( a n n o u n c e d F e b r u a r y 28,
1983, 50 U.S. L . W . 4211, w i t h o n l y
partial d i s s e n t s by J u s t i c e s Blackm u n a n d W h i t e . ) In W h i t e , t h e c o u r t
reversed
the
Supreme
Judicial
C o u r t o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s w h i c h earlier d e c i d e d t h e B o s t o n o r d e r w a s
an u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l v i o l a t i o n of t h e
C o m m e r c e Clause. Relying on the
r u l e w h i c h it a r t i c u l a t e d i n
Hughes
V. Alexandria
Scrap
Corp., 426 U.S.
794 (1976), t h e c o u r t , i n a n o p i n i o n
by J u s t i c e R e h n q u i s t , held
that
w h e n , a s in t h e c a s e of B o s t o n , a
state or local g o v e r n m e n t enters a
market as a p a r t i c i p a n t as d i s t i n g u i s h e d f r o m a r e g u l a t o r , a n d exp e n d s i t s o w n f u n d s , it is n o t s u b ject to t h e r e s t r a i n t s of t h e C o m m e r c e C l a u s e e v e n if s o m e o f t h e
funds used for the projects affected
c o m e f r o m federal s o u r c e s , s u c h as
block grants and economic development grants.
In Equal
Opportunity
Employment Commission
v. Wyoming,
dec i d e d M a r c h 2, 1983, 52 U.S. L.W.,
4219, t h e U.S. S u p r e m e C o u r t w a s
called u p o n to review a d e c i s i o n of a
d i s t r i c t c o u r t in Wyoming,
514 F.
S u p p l . 595, w h i c h d i s m i s s e d a s u i t

brought by the EEOC alleging violat i o n of t h e A g e D i s c r i m i n a t i o n a n d
E m p l o y m e n t A c t o f 1967 ( t h e ' A c t ' )
because a supervisor for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department
w a s i n v o l u n t a r i l y retired at a g e 55
pursuant to a W y o m i n g statute. The
District Court held that the Wyom i n g law violated the d o c t r i n e of
Tenth A m e n d m e n t immunity articul a t e d in National
League
of Cities
v.
Usury, 426, U.S. 833, w h i c h s t r u c k
d o w n Congress' attempt to extend
the w a g e and hour provisions of the
Fair Labor S t a n d a r d s A c t to state
and local g o v e r n m e n t s .
In r e v e r s i n g a n d r e m a n d i n g , b y a
five to four majority, the S u p r e m e
Court held that the Tenth A m e n d ment limitation on Congress' power
s p e c i f i e d in National
League
of Cities is a f u n c t i o n a l d o c t r i n e , " w h o s e
u l t i m a t e p u r p o s e Is n o t t o c r e a t e a
sacred province of state a u t o n o m y ,
but to ensure that the unique benef i t s o f a f e d e r a l s y s t e m in w h i c h t h e
states enjoy a 'separate and Independent existence' (citations omitted), not to be lost t h r o u g h u n d u e
f e d e r a l i n t e r f e r e n c e in c e r t a i n c o r e
state f u n c t i o n s . " Thus, because of
the finding that the Act does not

"directly impair" the state's ability
t o ' s t r u c t u r e i n t e r v a l o p e r a t i o n s In
the areas of traditional g o v e r n m e n tal f u n c t i o n s , ' t h e c o u r t c o n c l u d e d
t h a t National
League
of Cities
was
inapplicable. The majority opinion
reasoned that managing state parks
is a t r a d i t i o n a l s t a t e f u n c t i o n b u t
t h e d e g r e e o f f e d e r a l i n t r u s i o n in
this case w a s s u f f i c i e n t l y less serio u s t h a n In National
League
of
Cities a n d t h e r e f o r e m a d e It u n n e c essary for the court to override Cong r e s s ' e x p r e s s c h o i c e t o e x t e n d its
regulatory authority to the states.
T h e f o l l o w i n g w e e k o n M a r c h 7,
t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t i s s u e d its o p i n i o n in Briscoe
and Others
v. LaHue
and Hunley,
51 U.S. L . W . 4247. B r i s coe, o n e of the p e t i t i o n e r s , w a s c o n v i c t e d In t h e s t a t e c o u r t f o r b u r g l a r izing a h o u s e trailer. He t h e n filed a
Section
1983
complaint
against
LaHue, a m e m b e r of the B l o o m i n g t o n , I n d i a n a p o l i c e d e p a r t m e n t , alleging that LaHue violated his cons t i t u t i o n a l right to d u e p r o c e s s by
c o m m i t t i n g p e r j u r y in t h e c r i m i n a l
p r o c e e d i n g s leading to his convict i o n . L a H u e t e s t i f i e d t h a t in h i s
o p i n i o n B r i s c o e w a s o n e of no m o r e
(Continued,
page 14)

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VML's C o n g r e s s i o n a l Breakfast
P e n n i n o W a n t s L o c a l i t i e s E x e m p t e d F r o m Antitrust
A b o u t 40 l o c a l o f f i c i a l s a t t e n d e d
the V M L Congressional Breakfast
M a r c h 8. S e n s . J o h n W a r n e r a n d
Paul Trible a t t e n d e d as w e l l as C o n g r e s s m a n N o r m a n Slssisl^y. Cong r e s s m e n J a m e s R. O l i n a n d J . K e n neth R o b i n s o n w e r e r e p r e s e n t e d by
their legislative aides.
T r a n s i t f u n d i n g , p a y m e n t s in lieu
of taxes a n d c o m m u n i t y development block grants were discussed
but antitrust suits filed against local
g o v e r n m e n t s d o m i n a t e d t h e breakfast conversation.
M a r t h a P e n n i n o , v i c e c h a i r m a n of
t h e Fairfax C o u n t y B o a r d of Supervisors and a m e m b e r of the League
executive committee, told members
o f C o n g r e s s it is v i t a l t h a t f e d e r a l
l e g i s l a t i o n be e n a c t e d to give local
governments the same exemption
from antitrust
suits that
states
have.
In J a n u a r y 1982 t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s
S u p r e m e C o u r t i s s u e d a n o p i n i o n in
Community
Communications
Inc. v.
City of Boulder
which expanded the
p o t e n t i a l e x p o s u r e of local g o v e r n m e n t s and their officials for claims
under federal antitrust laws. The
Boulder
decision and the Supreme
C o u r t ' s e a r l i e r City of Lafayette
decision shattered the long-standing
a s s u m p t i o n that local g o v e r n m e n t s
share the states' e x e m p t i o n from
federal antitrust laws.
P e n n i n o s a i d t h e Boulder
opinion
left s o m e very s i g n i f i c a n t q u e s t i o n s
unanswered. "Will treble damages
be levied against a local governm e n t f o u n d t o be in v i o l a t i o n of a n t i trust l a w s ? " and " A r e local governm e n t s subject to the 'active state
supervision'
requirement?"
she
asked.

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The latter issue, Pennino said,
has
particularly
repugnant
overt o n e s f o r l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s in a D i l lon Rule state s u c h as Virginia,
w h e r e local g o v e r n m e n t s are already s u b j e c t t o c l o s e s c r u t i n y by
t h e s t a t e . S i n c e t h e Boulder
decision a little more than a year ago,
suits have been filed against local
g o v e r n m e n t s o n t h e f o l l o w i n g iss u e s : e x e r c i s e of z o n i n g p o w e r s ;
p r o v i s i o n of w a t e r , s e w e r a n d electricity; trash c o l l e c t i o n ; landfill ope r a t i o n s ; m a s s t r a n s i t ; l i c e n s i n g of
t a x i c a b s a n d p l u m b e r s ; o p e r a t i o n of
airports; sludge disposal; procurement; public works construction;
public health regulation; operation
of p a r k i n g l o t s ; a n d o p e r a t i o n of recr e a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s . In t h e D i s t r i c t o f
C o l u m b i a p r i s o n e r s in t h e c i t y jail

Sen. John Warner, center, greets Portsmouth
VML President
Francis
T. West, right, looks

Sen. Paul
fast.

Trible,

left, talks

to Manassas

filed an a n t i t r u s t suit against the
c i t y a l l e g i n g p r i c e f i x i n g of telep h o n e c a l l s f r o m t h e p r i s o n , a n d in
Fairfax C o u n t y an a n t i t r u s t suit has
b e e n f i l e d c h a l l e n g i n g t h e a w a r d of
a cafeteria concession.
Pennino explained the League's
c o n c e r n w i t h t h e a p p l i c a t i o n of federal a n t i t r u s t laws t o local g o v e r n m e n t s " e x t e n d s f a r b e y o n d t h e iss u e of u l t i m a t e l y having to pay d a m ages."
She illustrated t h e p o i n t by c i t i n g
the antitrust suit currently pending
a g a i n s t t h e C i t y of R i c h m o n d . " T h e
r e a l i s s u e s in t h e s u i t c o n c e r n z o n ing a c t i o n s t a k e n by t h e city and
c h a l l e n g e d by a h o t e l c h a i n . Develo p e r s of t h e hotel are s e e k i n g treble
d a m a g e s of a p p r o x i m a t e l y $250 million
for
alleged
antitrust
violations—an
amount
equal to
the
city's annual budget.
"In
addition,
plaintiffs
have
named the former mayor, the city
manager, the planning director and
t h e city a t t o r n e y as individual def e n d a n t s , w h i c h is a n a c t i o n c a l c u lated t o have an o p p r e s s i v e l y i n t i m i dating effect on those individuals
as t h e y p e r f o r m their official d u t i e s .
"Perhaps the most alarming
about the case, however—and

fact
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Councilman
on.

Park officials

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s e e m s to be relatively typical of ant i t r u s t c a s e s — i s in t h e y e a r i n
w h i c h t h e case has been p e n d i n g ,
R i c h m o n d has s p e n t $600,000 in attorney fees to defend the suit, and
d i s c o v e r y of a n t i t r u s t has not e v e n
c o m m e n c e d ! The only issue inv o l v e d s o f a r is w h a t a t t o r n e y s m a y
represent which defendants.
P e n n i n o insisted there has to be a
better way. A blanket exemption for
l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s is o n e w a y , s h e
s u g g e s t e d , o r if a b l a n k e t e x e m p t i o n is n o t f e a s i b l e , at least, " f e d e r a l
l e g i s l a t i o n s h o u l d be p a s s e d " t o
clarify certain matters and ensure
that t r e b l e d a m a g e s p r o v i s i o n s of
federal antitrust laws do not apply
to local governments.
"Legislation should ensure that
state legislation exempting
local
governments
in s p e c i f i c
subject
m a t t e r areas need not c o n t a i n an
active 'state supervision' requirem e n t , p a r t i c u l a r l y in D i l l o n
Rule
s t a t e s w h e r e all l o c a l a u t h o r i t y is
s t a t e - g i v e n in t h e f i r s t i n s t a n c e , "
she said.
In r e s p o n s e t o t h e L e a g u e ' s p o s i tion, both senators acknowledged
Pennine's request and said they
w e r e a w a r e of t h e p r o b l e m s surrounding the Sou/der decision.

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For Sale
Surplus Equipment
City of Danville. Sealed bids will be
received until 11 a.m. July 6, 1983
for the sale of ttie following surplus
equipment. Bids will be publicly
opened and read at that time. The
city is making no guarantees as to
the quality of the equipment, however, equipment may be seen and
inspected at Danville's Northside
Water Pollution Control Plant, 460
Williamson Road, Danville, VA
24540, Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
1. One 5-foot-3-inch diameter by 10foot long door-Oliver Model 6F2
(special) Serial Number 4077210L, left hand drum, vacuum filter and accessories in good
working condition.
2. Two Model P3400 Super - D Canter, Type PR164/5 Serial Numbers
74 - P3400 - 163 and 74 - P3400 184 Penwalt Sharpies Centrifuges. Both units in excellent
condition; one has carbide
tipped conveyor flights.
3. One Model MS • 2500 - 133 - 74
Virotrol Air Scrubber and accessories manufactured by Virotrol
Corporation, in good working
condition.
Bids must be valid 30 days from
date of opening. Award of the bid
will be determined within this 30day period. Payment must be made
to the City of Danville by cashier's
check within 10 days of the date of
the award. A bid bond or cashier's
check in the amount of $1,000 shall
accompany all bids. Mail bids to:
City of Danville, Purchasing Department, P.O. Box 3300, Danville, VA
24543 in a sealed envelope. Mark on
outside of envelope "Sealed BidSurplus Wastewater Equipment"Bids Due 11 a.m. July 6, 1983. The
City of Danville reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all bids or to
accept any portion that will be in
the best interest of the city and
waive all formalities.
We Want News from your
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Conflict: Keeping It Under Control
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City, county and town managers
are used to dealing witti conflict.
Local governments are not homogeneous entities in which everyone
shares the same goals, interests
and values.
Department heads seeking more
for their budgets, citizens complaining about service levels, human service agencies making claims on
available funds—these are facts of
life for public officials, and most try
to manage conflict without loss of
control of the issue. Problems typically arise when the issue gets out
of administrative control, when lawsuits are filed or when special interest groups try to turn issues into political causes to advance their own
positions. At best, such activities
can be a healthy exercise of participation in the decision-making process; at worst, they can require excessive amounts of time and cost
thousands of dollars. Annexation
suits in Virginia have cost $500,000
to $1 million. When they stretch on
for years, as did the HarrisonburgRockingham dispute, the figure can
approach $2 million or more.
Costs of litigation and politicking
by special interest groups go beyond actual dollars spent and time
used. Deep distrust between and
within localities grows, a history of
winners and losers begins and decisions are made that all parties may
come to regret.
Prospects for conflict management are not all gloomy, however.
With the increased level of litigation
and special interest group activities, governments are beginning to
develop new methods for managing
conflict. These methods are creative, involving the concerned parties about the issue and reducing
the likelihood that the issue will go
to court, where all administrative
control is lost. What are some of
these emerging approaches?
Negotiated Investment Strategies. Negotiation, a common technique in labor-management disA b o u t the A u t h o r
Mr. Linden is a f f i l i a t e d w i t h the I n s t i t u t e
of G o v e r n m e n t at the University of Virginia.

putes, has recently been tried in the
public sector to manage increasing
claims on shrinking public funds.
Connecticut Governor William
O'Neill adopted the negotiated investment strategy approach to augment his state's budget process for
block grants. The state's social services block grant was selected for
this process because of its complexity, flexibility and scope.
The service providers that anticipated being funded through the
grant were divided into three negotiating teams: one represented eligible state agencies, a second was
made up of municipalities and the
third represented nonprofit service
providers. The three teams met with
the assistance of facilitators over a
five-month period, first gathering information, then identifying their desired outcome of the process and
selecting criteria to guide their decisions, and finally recommending allocations. Connecticut's 1983-84
budget reflects the final agreement,
which was signed by the three negotiating teams.
EnvironmentalMediation. Another
type of negotiation is being offered
by groups like the Institute of Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia. One of a handful
of similar organizations in the country, the institute offers third-party
mediation to citizen groups, organizations and individuals in disputes
covering diverse environmental
areas such as annexation, hazardous substances, scenic easement
and parking lot expansion plans.
While there is no strict formula
used by the institute, its typical mediation process includes collecting
data, discussing the situation with
key participants, identifying issues
and interests and searching for acceptable agreements. Experience to
date suggests that trained thirdparty mediators can help depersonalize conflicts, refocus the debate
and enhance the possibilities for effective solutions.
Minitrials. Disputes between businesses and between business and
government are a growing concern
to managers because of their cost

and the loss of time and control that
occurs when disputes lead to courtroom confrontation. One successful approach is the minitrial, a oneor two-day "trial" during which each
side presents its best case to the
other side and to an "advisor" (not a
judge, but rather someone who has
been chosen because of particular
expertise). Lawyers are involved,
but unlike most court suits, those
who run the organization also are involved and ultimately make the decisions on a settlement. If the opposing managers cannot reach an
agreement after two days of witnesses and rebuttals, then the thirdparty advisor issues a non-binding
opinion based on his assessment of
what a court of law would rule.
In more than a dozen minitrials to
date, only one has gone to the advisor; the remainder were settled
quickly by the managers involved.
TRW Inc. was involved in the first
minitrials in 1977 and has used
them twice since. The company estimates it saved millions of dollars
in legal costs and had the advantages of being able to conduct
"trials" without sensitive information being aired in public while also
maintaining management control of
the decision-making process. Minitrials have been used by federal
agencies as well as businesses.
Negotiated investment strategies, environmental mediation and
minitrials are only three approaches
being tried. Law students at Harvard
and elsewhere are now being offered courses in alternatives to litigation. At the University of Virginia
two engineering professors recently began the Center for Interactive Management, where groups are
given a variety of methodologies for
structured involvement and decision-making. Centers for conflict
resolution providing instruction in
the art of negotiation and conflict
management exist throughout the
country.
In a time of scarce resources, it is in
everyone's interest to pursue creative and efficient means for managing conflict.

�Need Information?
Ask Your Librarian
By Coral Gills

Municipal reference
libraries can be the best
source of information for
work assignments and save
time for elected officials and
staff.

F indin g H e n r i c o C o u n t y ' s Municipal R e f e r e n c e Library in the administration building of ttie H e n r i c o
G o v e r n m e n t C e n t e r isn't e a s y . T h e
tiny branch of the H e n r i c o P u b l i c L i brary s y s t e m o c c u p i e s l e s s than
700 s q u a r e feet, but it's the place
w h e r e most county e m p l o y e e s and
e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s go w h e n they need
hard-to-find information.
B e s i d e s serving a s a repository
for
Henrico
government
docum e n t s , the library is a r e f e r e n c e and
information c e n t e r for e m p l o y e e s ,
and library staff save d e p a r t m e n t s
time by r e s e a r c h i n g information for
t hem. It is a working library for
county government s i m i l a r to special corporate libraries maintained
by large b u s i n e s s organizations.
Before the library w a s established in F e b r u a r y 1979, several departments a s s e m b l e d s u b s t a n t i a l
c o l l e c t i o n s of bo oks , p a m p h l e t s
and m a g a z i n e s for their own u s e .
W h e n the municipal library opened
t h e s e c o l l e c t i o n s w e r e transferred,
c o n s o l i d a t e d and made available to
staff and e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s , avoiding
e x p e n s i v e duplication of materials
and a u g m e n t i n g s p e c i a l i z e d information gathered by the library.
Now in only its fourth year of operation, the municipal library is an
integral part of county government.
With only one librarian and an a s s i s tant, the a t m o s p h e r e is informal and
the relationship between patrons
and staff is e a s y g o i n g and r e l a x e d .
Virtually every county a g e n c y and
p e r s o n n e l from top e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s
and m a n a g e m e n t to part-timers u s e
the library.
T h e s u c c e s s or failure of a municipal library d e p e n d s to a large extent on its staff. Its value d e p e n d s
on the initiative of the librarian in
About the A u t h o r
Ms. G i l l s is a s s i s t a n t public
o f f i c e r for H e n r i c o C o u n t y .

information

Henrico staff uses the library. From left: Bruce Kimble, assistant county attorney; Joseph Rapisarda, county attorney; and Tom Owdom,
municipal
reference
librarian.
distributing information on hand
and in anticipating n e e d s .
Municipal
R e f e r e n c e Librarian
T h o m a s L. O w d o m s a y s , ' T i m e s a v ing is our most important function—every
county
department
uses us. We use selective dissemination of information, review and
route p u b l i c a t i o n s and a r t i c l e s and
keep a profile of people in all departments. W e know what they're
interested in and routinely s e n d
them
current
materials. What
m a k e s u s really different is that w e
have a law l i b r a r y — m o s t m u n i c i p a l
libraries don't."
T h e library, near the c o u r t s building, h a s a m o n g its legal holdings
federal, state and local c o d e s , federal and state c a s e s , the Virginia
R e p o r t s , the C o d e of F e d e r a l Regulations, the U.S. C o d e Annotated
and supporting p u b l i c a t i o n s .
T h e county a t t o r n e y ' s office is a
heavy library u s e r and regularly req u e s t s c o p i e s of c a s e s . A c c o r d i n g
to C o u n t y Attorney J o s e p h P. Rapis a r d a J r . , " T h e most important features of the m u n i c i p a l library are
T o m O w d o m and the c o n v e n i e n t loc a t i o n . T o m d o e s t h i n g s a law student or clerk would do. W e have in
e s s e n c e a legally-trained librarian
w h o d o e s c i t a t i o n s of authority and
looks up r e f e r e n c e s . If you tell him
an area of the law, he c a n often find
it, s a v i n g u s s e a r c h time. At least an
hour of my time is saved every day
— t h e r e ' s no q u e s t i o n about it."
A s s i s t a n t County Attorney B r u c e
A. K i m b l e a g r e e s . " T o m provides an
ongoing advisory f u n c t i o n and is

aware of helpful p u b l i c a t i o n s. T h e
library d o e s n ' t have the National R e porter s y s t e m , but it is c o m p r e h e n s i v e in t e r m s of Virginia l a w . "
Fairfield District S u p e r v i s o r J o h n
Waldrop a l s o v a l u e s the c o u n t y ' s
law library. " I u s e the library frequently and am very e n t h u s i a s t i c
about it. I think it is a real benefit to
H e n r i c o , e s p e c i a l l y with the s e r v i c e
it provides c o u r t s and l a w y e r s . It is
s e l f - s u s t a i n i n g and p a ys its own
way, and I think it's a very good
t h i n g . " T h e library's primary s o u r c e
of revenue is from civil court f i n e s .
In addition to legal materials and
the b a s i c r e f e r e n c e c o l l e c t i o n , library d o c u m e n t s include a c o m plete set of annual reports, current
and retrospective s t a t i s t i c a l fi l e s,
historical materials dealing with
H e n r i c o and the county manager
form of government, and planning,
zoning and c e n s u s information. T h e
library h o u s e s Virginia state and
federal d o c u m e n t s and materials
and i n d e x e s relating to the a d m i n i s tration and operation of local government.
More than 100 periodicals and
n e w s l e t t e r s arrive at the library
e a c h month, including The Federal
Register,
The Congressional
Record, The National Journal, The Congressional
Quarterly Weekly
Report
and Nation's
Cities
Weekly.
In
addition, p u b l i c a t i o n s of county departments and a g e n c i e s that inc l u d e every a s p e c t of municipal
government are c o l l e c t e d and a list
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of new/ a c q u i s i t i o n s is routed to
county
departments
every
six
weeks.
A l t h o u g h the library d o e s n ' t receive many p u b l i c a t i o n s
about
other cities and c o u n t i e s , thousands of m u n i c i p a l , state and federal d o c u m e n t s kept on m i c r o f i c h e
at Virginia Commonw/ealth University's library are listed in the Index
to Current Urban D o c u m e n t s . In this
way, Henrico C o u n t y staff can easily find annual reports, b u d g e t s and
other important s t u d i e s of cities
and c o u n t i e s of c o m p a r a b l e size
w i t h similar p r o b l e m s .
This is appreciated by Henrico
Chairman David C. Kaechele. " I n add i t i o n to the a c c e s s offered staff
and supervisors because of Its convenient l o c a t i o n , the library perf o r m s a very valuable, indirect service by providing staff w i t h statist i c s and s t u d i e s for c o m p i l i n g reports requested by s u p e r v i s o r s . "
The c o n v e n i e n c e and t i m e s a v i n g
aspects are also important to Varina
District Supervisor A n t h o n y P. Mehf o u d . "...It just saves so m u c h t i m e .
W h e n you have the wealth of information that is readily available in
the g o v e r n m e n t center, it's so m u c h
easier and quicker to make a g o o d ,
substantial d e c i s i o n and not a haphazard o n e . " Bibliographic c o n t r o l
of c o u n t y d o c u m e n t s is a l m o s t nonexistent, but, along w i t h reference
work, the m u n i c i p a l library takes res p o n s i b i l i t y for providing c o n t r o l of
H e n r i c o ' s government p u b l i c a t i o n s .
A list of p u b l i c a t i o n s of the departments is an effective c h e c k l i s t
of official c o u n t y d o c u m e n t s . But
just having a list of titles is not
e n o u g h ; officials need to know the
c o n t e n t of the d o c u m e n t s . A great
deal of historical and statistical
data Is hidden in those pages and
the librarian must take the time to
read t h r o u g h t h e m and b e c o m e familiar w i t h their c o n t e n t . Information ranging f r o m c r i m e prevention
and airport noise to the history of
various d e p a r t m e n t s is often extracted for staff studies.
Staff f u r t h e r i n g their e d u c a t i o n
find valuable resources here, too.
Those in planning classes or studying for their master of public administration degree Invariably gravitate
to the small r o o m .
Whenever I n f o r m a t i o n isn't easily
available in printed f o r m , the knowledge of c o u n t y e m p l o y e e s is available. O w d o m keeps up on special
i n f o r m a t i o n in various c o u n t y dep a r t m e n t s and k n o w s , for example,
that the public w o r k s d e p a r t m e n t
has record of all new s u b d i v i s i o n s
w i t h their street names. He k n o w s

where to send people for detailed
v o t i n g s t a t i s t i c s or c o m m i t t e e ,
board and c o m m i s s i o n m i n u t e s .
The list is endless.
Personal c o n t a c t s are as invaluable in the library world as elsewhere, and It is t h r o u g h these contacts that the municipal librarian
can borrow materials o f t e n denied
the public by other libraries. Liaisons exist not only w i t h university
and other local and state libraries,
but w i t h special libraries, bank libraries, law libraries and state agency libraries such as the Department
of Criminal J u s t i c e Services Library.
These links enable the municipal library to offer expert assistance In
f i n d i n g unusual reports.
Borrowing
and
photocopying
f r o m other libraries Is o f t e n done.
O w d o m explains, "If s o m e b o d y
needs s o m e t h i n g , I try to get it for
t h e m . I d o n ' t refer t h e m on to other
agencies."
Each winter during the General
A s s e m b l y session the library bec o m e s a legislative clearinghouse,
responsible for routing every bill
that is i n t r o d u c e d to the appropriate
d e p a r t m e n t and to the C o m m o n w e a l t h ' s A t t o r n e y ' s Office for review. This year s o m e 1,700 bills
were reviewed and routed in a threeto four-week period.
A little used but Irreplaceable resource s u p p l e m e n t i n g the official
records and d o c u m e n t s on Henrico
County is an extensive file on Henrico gleaned f r o m R i c h m o n d newspaper c l i p p i n g s dating back to 1954.
This file c o n s t i t u t e s a diary of
events involving or affecting local
government in Henrico.
O w d o m scans all periodicals that
arrive dally for items he knows will
aid certain persons or departments.
" I f I know s o m e o n e is working on a
particular project or is interested In
a subject and I find s o m e t h i n g that
will help, I send the issue to t h e m . "
In many instances awareness of
departmental needs, particularly in
relation to governmental matters
and affairs in the o f f i n g , permits ant i c i p a t i o n of the need for materials
before they are required.
The library is specifically geared
to the special requirements of the
o f f i c e s and people it serves, and the
staff keeps i n f o r m e d on current
projects and long-term interests of
the d e p a r t m e n t s . This kind of special service is the hallmark of the
municipal library.

�Managers To
Meet
Stan Kennedy, president of the
International City Management Association, keynotes the Virginia
Section, ICMA Annual Conference
when it convenes Wednesday, May
18 at the Sheraton-Fredericksburg
Inn. He will speak on the conference theme, "The Association and
the Profession."
Jerry Johnson, director of administration at the Will Menninger
Foundation in Topeka, KS, opens
Thursday morning discussing "The
Manager, The Profession and Personal Needs." Mark Keane, ICMA
executive director, is the luncheon
speaker. That afternoon, an authority on employee contracts, Margaret
A. Gatewood, speaks on "Legal Issues Surrounding Termination."
Friday members will get an overview of management information
systems and data processing.
Robert Havlick, president of the
Florida Innovation Group, explains
the network and how technological
issues are handled by managers in
Florida. The Florida program has enjoyed tremendous success since its
creation. Alan Harvey, city manager
of St. Petersburg, FL, tells members
how to get organized at home to be
able to apply the new technology.
Experts from the corporate sector
will show how to apply various techniques. Microcomputers will be at
the conference to give members a
"hands o n " view of how they work.
Assistant managers and members thinking about retirement have
special sessions on Friday afternoon. Retired managers talk about
their experiences with retirement,
and members will hear from representatives from the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System and
ICMA Retirement Corp. The topic
for the assistant's session is the
"Career Assistant." A panel of city
managers and assistants will discuss the pros and cons of choosing
the assistant slot as a career and
what assistants expect from their
managers.
Spouses will tour Historic Fredericksburg Thursday morning and
Kenmore, the home of Betty Washington, George Washington's sister
on Friday morning. A seminar on
stenciling is scheduled Thursday
afternoon.
The conference ends Friday after
an evening of dining and dancing.
For a room reservation card and registration form, call Kathy Mclntyre
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�Managers Celebrate
75 Y e a r s of the Profession
Lt. Gov. Richard J . Davis spoke to
a crowd of about 75 people April 1 in
Staunton when the city and managers around the state celebrated
the 75th anniversary of the councilmanager form of government. He
encouraged managers to be innovative when solving problems and not
to look to Richmond by saying "all
the brains are not in Richmond." A
former mayor of Portsmouth, Davis
is a longtime supporter of the council-manager plan.
The nation's first city manager
was hired in Staunton in April 1908.
Many Staunton city officials and
faculty from Mary Baldwin College,
where the activities were held, attended the ceremony.
Special guests included former
city managers of Staunton. Willard
Day, who was city manager from
1923 to 1934, came from Williamsburg for the day, and Mrs. Beth
Burnley, whose husband served
from 1948 to 1962, was also there.
Others Included Manassas City
Manager C. M. Moyer, who was
Staunton city manager from 1963 to
1967, and Herndon Town Manager
Edward D. Martin, city manager
from 1968 to 1975.
Three out of state managers
came. Wayne Barte, city manager of
Wheeling, WV, joined the festivities. Two former Virginians, William
Cook, city manager of KIngsport,
TN, and Robert Taylor, city manager
of Red Bank, TN, also attended.
ICMA Executive Director Mark
Keane presented a plaque to the citizens of the City of Staunton for its
75th anniversary under the councilmanager plan. Thomas E. Roberts,
mayor of Staunton, accepted the
plaque.

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Four industry leaders will be
guest speakers at the upcoming
Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia Annual Conference
June 1-3 at the Holiday Inn on 39th
Street in Virginia Beach.
James E. Baker, president of the
American Public Power Association
and manager of the Shrewsbury
Electric &amp; Light Plant in Shrewsbury, MA, will conduct a seminar on

Staunton Mayor Thomas Roberts, left, receives 75th anniversary plaque
from IMCA Executive Director Mark Keane. ICMA presented a similar
plaque to the city when Staunton celebrated 50 years of having the councilmanager form of government.

"Cable TV &amp; Municipal Involvement," an issue of timely importance. David B. Holloway, administrator of safety and training with
Electricities of North Carolina, an
association of that state's municipal systems, will speak on two topics; "Energy Diversions" and "Management's Involvement in Safety."
"Load Management" will be the
topic of an informative session to
be presented by Aubrey Tarkington,
director of load management and
operations studies for the Virginia
Electric Power Co. (Vepco), and Earl
Gore, Vepco's manager of division
services.
Registration for the three-day
conference is $20 for MEPAV members and $25 for nonmembers.
Members have received their registration forms, but others wanting to
attend should call Kathy Mclntyre at
the VML Office (804/649-8471) for a
registration form and contact the
Holiday Inn (804) 428-1711) for room
reservations.
The conference will also include
two cocktail receptions and the
MEPAV business session.

Falls Church
E x p l a i n s Budget
A number of localities have spent
most of the spring telling citizens
about the budget process but the
city of Falls Church put it on paper.
Devoting the front page of its citizens newletter to the budget process, the city published information
to help citizens gain a better understanding of budgeting for city programs so that they might formulate
their own opinions to express to
council during public hearings. The
article explains the purpose of budgeting and the major sections of the
budget—the operating budget and
the capital budget—and the adoption procedure.
The front page article was followed by an interview with City
Manager Harry E. Wells, written in a
question/answer format. Some of
the questions addressed state aid
cuts and how they would affect the
city, other revenue shortages that
may come in the next fiscal year
and how taxpayers can let council
know which programs they think
should be given priority.

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privileges or immunities secured by
the Constitution and laws." Rather,
than 50 to 100 people in Bloomingits reach is limited to actions taken
ton whose prints matched a partial
thumb print at the scene of the under "color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage
crime. Briscoe contended this testiof any state...."
mony was false because the FBI
and the State Police considered the
Here, the court said "it is beyond
partial print to be too incomplete to
question that, when a private party
be of value and without that evigives testimony in open court in a
dence there was no way of identifycriminal trial, that act is not pering him as the burglar. The U.S. Disformed 'under color of law.'" Refertrict Court granted LaHue's motion
ring to the English common law
for summary judgment.
principle of immunity of parties and
witnesses from subsequent damTwo other petitioners, Vickers
ages liability for their testimony in
and Ballard, were jointly tried of
sexual assault and convicted in a judicial proceedings, the majority
held that "at least with respect to
state court. They subsequently
private witnesses, it is clear that
brought a Section 1983 action
against Hunley, a member of the Section 1983 did not repeal the absolute immunity existing at comCedar Lake, Indiana police force, almon law."
leging that by giving false testimony the police officer had prejudiProceeding further, the court emcially diminished the credibility of
phasized that common law provides
the petitioners. A federal magistrate
absolute immunity from subsegranted the police officer's motion
quent damages liability of all perfor summary judgment and the U.S.
s o n s — g o v e r n m e n t a l or otherDistrict Court's affirmance was furw i s e — w h o were integral parts of
ther affirmed by the Court of Ap- the judicial process. Thus, "(w)hen
peals for the 7th Circuit. In upholda police officer appears as a witing the lower courts, a six-member
ness, he may reasonably be viewed
majority of the U.S. Supreme Court
as acting like any other witness
held that Section 1983 does not cresworn to tell the truth — i n which
ate a remedy for all conduct which
event he can make a strong claim to
(Courts, from page 5)

witness immunity; alternatively he
may be regarded as an official performing a critical role in the judicial
process, in which event he may
seek the benefit afforded to other
governmental participants in the
same proceeding." The court expressly rejected the petitioners contention that there should be an exception to the general rule of immunity in cases of alleged perjury by
police officers as witnesses based
on the argument that a policeman in
uniform carries special credibility in
the eyes of jurors and that perjured
testimony by police officers is likely
to be more damaging than such a
testimony by ordinary citizens. The
court dismissed this contention because of the overriding rationale of
prior absolute immunity cases.
So, for the week ending March 7,
1983, local governments batted .667
percent in the Supreme C o u r t — a
fine average even if over a very short
season.

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Editor
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Publications Assistant
C h r i s t i n e A. E v e r s o n

Editorial Assistant
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Telephone

804/649-8471

Volume 18

JUNE 1983

NUMBERS

VML President
Francis T. West

Officers
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J . T h o m a s
S a m W. A d a m s

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The Bottom Line for Enterprise Zones

Executive Committee
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a n e L. Hough
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n o
Ronald C . S p i g g l e
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

Past President

" J o h n C . B r o w n s a y s the key to the s u c c e s s of enterprise z o n e s i s
local participation."

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R a y m o n d F. R a t c l i f f e

Drafting An Ordinance
" T h e authors give helpful hints to those who are charged with
drafting an ordinance but w h o don't have law d e g r e e s . "

Executive Director
R. Michael A m y x

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On the Cover:
The J a m e s S t e w a r t S i n g e r s , a local
gospel group, performed a s part of
the dedication c e r e m o n y for L e e s burg's P l a z a S t r e e t Park. T h e park
received a c e r t i f i c a t e of national
merit under H U D ' s program for
c o m m u n i t y development
partners h i p s . R e a d about it on page 10.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval of the Virginia
Municipal
League and if
granted
must be accompanied
by credit to
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY and the Virginia
Municipal
League.
Secondclass postage
paid at
Richmond,
Virginia. Subscription
rates: $8 per
year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster:
Send address
changes
to VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753, Richmond
23206

Leesburg's Plaza Street Park
" T h e town gave low i n c o m e apartment d w e l l e r s a place to enjoy
the o u t d o o r s . "

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Hazardous Materials
" H a r r i s o n b u r g Fire C h i e f Bill A u s t i n tells m a n a g e r s how to deal
with hazardous m a t e r i a l s . "

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Charlotte
Kingery,
director
of
c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d h u m a n services for the Virginia
Municipal
L e a g u e , r e s i g n e d her p o s t to bec o m e d i r e c t o r of public relations for
C h i p p e n h a m H o s p i t a l . O w n e d by
H o s p i t a l C o r p o r a t i o n of A m e r i c a ,
C h i p p e n h a m is o n e of R i c h m o n d ' s
largest hospitals.
As c o m m u n i c a t i o n s director, she
w a s e d i t o r of this m a g a z i n e . She
a l s o c r e a t e d a n d w a s e d i t o r of
L E A G U E LETTER, the League's biw e e k l y n e w s l e t t e r , a n d H u m a n Services, a m o n t h l y newsletter for local
social service, mental health and
health directors.
Other responsibilities
included
media relations, the annual V M L
Achievement Awards program, the
Local Government Media Confere n c e a n d serving as e x e c u t i v e secretary for the VA S e c t i o n , International City Management Associat i o n . In r e c e n t y e a r s s h e m o n i t o r e d
l e g i s l a t i o n in t h e h u m a n r e s o u r c e s
area, r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e L e a g u e in t h e
Virginia
General
Assembly,
and
staffed the V M L Human Development Policy Committee.
K i n g e r y c a m e t o t h e L e a g u e in
D e c e m b e r 1974 a s a s t a f f a s s i s t a n t
a n d over t h e years s t e a d i l y inc r e a s e d her role w i t h t h e organizat i o n . S h e w a s a p p o i n t e d d i r e c t o r of
c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d h u m a n serv i c e s in J u l y 1 9 8 1 .
S h e h o l d s a B.A. i n p o l i t i c a l s c i e n c e f r o m V A T e c h a n d a M.S. in
mass communications
from
Virginia C o m m o n w e a l t h University.

Awards Judges Named
H a r o l d I. B a u m e s , W a y n e F. A n derson and Jennifer Lantrip will
j u d g e t h e 1983 V M L A c h i e v e m e n t

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Awards
program.
Baumes,
the
c h a i r m a n , is a r e t i r e d e x e c u t i v e d i rector of t h e League. He has been a
j u d g e s i n c e 1977, w h e n t h e p r o g r a m
w a s c r e a t e d . A n d e r s o n , secretary of
finance and administration for the
C o m m o n w e a l t h o f V i r g i n i a , is a f o r m e r c i t y m a n a g e r . H e r e c e n t l y rec e i v e d t h e f i r s t N a t i o n a l P u b l i c Service A w a r d , s p o n s o r e d by t h e American Society for Public Administration and the National A c a d e m y of
P u b l i c A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . L a n t r i p is assistant d i r e c t o r of the Center for
P u b l i c A f f a i r s at V i r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h University. T h e a w a r d s program was established to recognize
local g o v e r n m e n t s that are innovat i v e in b r i n g i n g s e r v i c e s t o t h e i r c i t i zens
or
improving
management
practices.

R o a n o k e C i t y M a n a g e r H. B e r n
Ewert w a s o n e of nine public officials nationwide to receive certific a t e s of c o m m e n d a t i o n for outstanding leadership and achievem e n t in p r e s e r v a t i o n b y t h e N a tional Trust for Historic Preservation.
In r e c o g n i z i n g E w e r t t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n said, " D u r i n g the last five
years, Ewert has linked preservation
with good design, healthy neighborh o o d s a n d e c o n o m i c v i t a l i t y in R o a noke. His fortuitous and compreh e n s i v e p r e s e r v a t i o n p r o g r a m s res u l t e d in b e n e f i t s c i t y w i d e i n c l u d i n g a n e t g a i n o f 41 p e r c e n t in d o w n t o w n retail e s t a b l i s h m e n t s . "

Wells Retiring
L o n g t i m e C i t y M a n a g e r H a r r y E.
W e l l s of Falls C h u r c h will retire.
W e l l s has been an e m p l o y e e of the
c i t y f o r m o r e t h a n 34 years. He
s e r v e d in v a r i o u s c a p a c i t i e s i n c l u d ing treasurer, purchasing
agent,
p r o p e r t y yard manager, registrar of
voters, clerk of the m u n i c i p a l court,
clerk of the city c o u n c i l a n d assist a n t t o t h e c i t y m a n a g e r b e f o r e bec o m i n g m a n a g e r in 1 9 6 4 . P e r h a p s
the h i g h l i g h t of W e l l s ' career c a m e
J u l y 9, 1 9 7 9 w h e n c o u n c i l n a m e d
c i t y h a l l t h e H a r r y E. W e l l s B u i l d i n g .
W e l l s s t u d i e d c i v i l e n g i n e e r i n g at
VA Tech and took public administrat i o n c o u r s e s at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Virg i n i a e x t e n s i o n s c h o o l . H e is a
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Buchanan

VML Conference
Sept.18-20
Pat B u c h a n a n , a l e a d i n g p o l i t i c a l
strategist and syndicated column i s t , is t h e k e y n o t e s p e a k e r f o r t h e
VML Annual Conference September
18-20, 1 9 8 3 a t t h e H i l t o n I n n i n
James City County.
B u c h a n a n is f e a t u r e d o n N B C Rad i o N e t w o r k ' s Confrontation
prog r a m . E a r l i e r in h i s c a r e e r B u c h a n a n
was special assistant to
former
p r e s i d e n t R i c h a r d M. N i x o n .
The August
i s s u e of
Virginia
T o w n &amp; City will include conference
r e g i s t r a t i o n m a t e r i a l a n d f u r t h e r information on the program.

�Abingdon P o l i c e Move to O l d D e p o t
P o l i c e o f f i c e r s , town o f f i c i a l s and
c i t i z e n s gathered in the N&amp;W Railroad P a s s e n g e r Depot April 2 to
dedicate the building a s the new police department for the town of Abingdon.
Built in 1910 by the railroad, the
facility w a s c o m p l e t e l y renovated
by the town government under direction of Abingdon Building Inspector J a m e s Snapp. The Western
part of the building h o u s e s the police headquarters and the E a s t e r n
portion h a s been rented to the
W a s h i n g t o n C o u n t y C h a m b e r of
Commerce. The chamber expects
to move in this month.
Heading the police force is Chief
William S . P h i l l i p s .
Abingdon's
mayor is F r e n c h H. Moore and G.M.
(Mickey) N e w m a n is the town
manager.

Getting Information T o Y o u
To help you react quickly to the
a c t i v i t i e s of the Virginia G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y , the Virginia
Municipal
L e a g u e updated its office and printing e q u i p m e n t s o Important information w o u l d get to you faster than
in previous legislative s e s s i o n s .
More than a dozen
Legislative
Bulletins
averaging 12 p a g e s e a c h
were mailed to 500 local o f f i c i a l s
between J a n u a r y 12 and February
28. L i k e m a n y s t a t e w i d e organizations, the L e a g u e w a n t s to keep
pace with bills, s u b c o m m i t t e e s and
floor a c t i o n s .
Deputy Director Brad H a r m e s

(below) prepares a bulletin on the
s e c o n d word p r o c e s s o r p u r c h a s e d
by the L e a g u e for s e n i o r staff members to u s e . R e p o r t s , magazine and
n e w s l e t t e r copy, and legislative
i t e m s are c o m p o s e d In the " b a c k off i c e " , proofed and s e n t to the printing room without ever going to the
front s e c r e t a r i a l office. Clerk Robbie H o l m e s (right) prints the Legislative Bulletin
and other m a t e r i a l s
on a new offset printing p r e s s . Reports and m a n u a l s that were printed
outside or took many w e e k s to c o m plete are now printed in-house in
half the time.

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locality for V I R G I N I A T O W N
&amp; C I T Y magazine. If you have

recent appointments, a new
facility or a project/program
that c a n benefit other Virginia
local governments, let us
know. Contact C h r i s t y Evers o n a t 804/649-8471.

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L o c a l Participation
By John C . Brown

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W h i l e s o m e c o m m u n i t i e s are
writing post-mortems on e n t e r p r i s e
z o n e s , the real truth is the program
is alive and w e l l . Q u e s t i o n i n g comm u n i t i e s s h o u l d venture o u t s i d e the
federal a r e n a to f o c u s on the 15
s t a t e s with enterprise zone legislation. W h i l e the U.S. S e n a t e F i n a n c e
C o m m i t t e e w a s debating the program in late April, V i r g i n i a ' s Department of H o u s i n g and C o m m u n i t y
Development w a s refining the state
program e n a c t e d in 1982. P u b l i c
h e a r i n g s on g u i d e l i n e s and regulations w e r e c o m p l e t e d in early
March and apparently within a year
one to s i x state e n t e r p r i s e z o n e s
will e x i s t .
T h e Virginia program, s i m i l a r to
many other state programs, is competitive and requires local governm e n t s to offer i n c e n t i v e s s u c h a s
i n c r e a s e d public s e r v i c e s and red u c e d regulations and t a x e s . B e f o r e
applying for designation e a c h city,
county and town obviously w a n t s to
know the c l e a r i m p l i c a t i o n s of a local c o m m i t m e n t — w h a t c a n be expected and what must be given up.
Managers would want to know the
longevity, eligibility, initial
and
long-term c o s t s and b e n e f i t s of the
program in t h e i r c o m m u n i t i e s .
State tax c o n c e s s i o n s ( b u s i n e s s
i n c o m e tax, individual i n c o m e tax
and s a l e s tax) are directed toward
b u s i n e s s not residential populat i o n s , and will apply to five c o n s e c utive tax y e a r s . It a p p e a r s all comm u n i t i e s c a n meet initial eligibility
c r i t e r i a s i n c e no minimal population
is sta ted and " a t least 25 percent of
the d e s i g n a t e d a r e a ' s population
m u s t have i n c o m e s below 80 percent of the median i n c o m e of the
jurisdiction."
Initial c o s t s include staff time for
preparing a s t andar diz e d 12 page
a p p l i c a t i o n . T h i s will require information on l o c a t i o n s and bounda r i e s , barriers to i n v e s t m e n t , development history, proposed local
government i n c e n t i v e s , local revitalization efforts, projected impact
of local i n c e n t i v e s , land u s e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , projected impact of state
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Dr. Brown is assistant professor of urban
studies and planning at Virginia Commonwealth University.

j e c t i v e s , local a s s u r a n c e s and authorization, p h y s i c a l d e f i c i e n c i e s
and investment opportunities. Local g o v e r n m e n t s a l s o will be required to c o l l e c t annual data on employment levels of local b u s i n e s s e s
and the b u s i n e s s population.
T h e key c o n s i d e r a t i o n of longterm c o s t s and benefits is l e s s predictable. U s e r c h a r g e s and local
t a x e s like the b u s i n e s s and profess i o n a l l i c e n s e tax c o u l d be s c a l e d
d o w n , but attraction and retention
of b u s i n e s s e s , the proposed benefits of the enterprise zone program,
are i n f l u e n c e d by a combination of
f a c t o r s . In addition to c o n s i d e r i n g
taxes, b u s i n e s s e s consider wage
rates, a c c e s s to c a p i t a l , quality of
infrastructure, proximity to labor
force and m a r k e t s , a c c e s s to training programs, r e l a t i o n s h i p s with jur i s d i c t i o n s and a variety of l e s s tangible f a c t o r s .
In spite of the e v i d e n c e on minimal impact of state and local tax
policy on b u s i n e s s location, 25
s t a t e s do not c o l l e c t s a l e s t a x e s on
newly p u r c h a s e d industrial equipment and 38 do not levy inventory
t a x e s on g o o ds in transit. Many
s t a t e s and local g o v e r n m e n t s offer
tax c r e d i t s and rapid depreciation to
encourage new
investment
in
plants and equipment. L e g i s l a t i o n
for tax c o n c e s s i o n s i m p l i es a locality must recognize the relative importance of tax f a c t o r s a s a busin e s s n a r r o w s its location d e c i s i o n
to s p e c i f i c s i t e s . In other w o r d s ,
w h e n f a c t o r s s u c h a s a c c e s s to capital and labor are equal, t a x e s c a n
provide the d e c i d i ng factor.
Additional points to c o n s i d e r inc l u d e the following:
C h a n c e s of a s u c c e s s f u l application. V i r g i n i a ' s Department of H o u s ing and C o m m u n i t y Development
plans to hold a t e c h n i c a l w o r k s h o p
to clarify the application p r o c e s s . In
the interim,
local
governments
s h o u l d c o n s i d e r potential z o n e s
and w h e t h e r they meet eligibility
criteria, and survey the n e e d s of local b u s i n e s s e s . Match local incentives with local n e e d s . Are inc r e a s e d s e r v i c e s like fire and police
an actual b u s i n e s s c o n c e r n ? W h a t local t a x e s r e d u c e b u s i n e s s a c t i v i t y ?
Actual business participation. After state d e s i g n a t i o n a legitimate

question is do b u s i n e s s e s a ctu a l ly
participate? B u s i n e s s e s and a c c o u n t a n t s who prepare a c o m p a n y ' s tax statement will not know
enterprise zone i n c e n ti ves e x i s t unl e s s they are told. Marketing c o s t s
will be required. T h e pre-program
b u s i n e s s survey could m e a s u r e a
b u s i n e s s ' s need plus be the initial
marketing tool of the enterprise
zone program.
Neighborhood involvement. C o m m u n i t i e s contemplating life in an
enterprise zone should explore
w a y s that e c o n o m i c development,
c r i m e prevention and voluntarism
c a n be e n h a n c e d to improve neighborhoods. R o a n o k e Neighborhood
Partnership, for e x a m p l e , is a citywide neighborhood
development
program that brought three s o u r c e s
of support into the community development p r o c e s s — t h e b u s i n e s s
c o m m u n i t y, neighborhood organiz a t i o n s and voluntary a g e n c i e s . T h e
major organizational a c c o m p l i s h ment of the partnership has been
strengthening neighborhood organizations to b e c o m e active, credible
development entities. In one area
the local neighborhood organization e s t a b l i s h e d a housing committee and brought A l l s t ate I n s u r a n c e
into its planning efforts. Together,
A l l s t a t e and the neighborhood prepared and printed a guide to housing a s s i s t a n c e programs offered by
different federal, state and local
a g e n c i e s . T h e neighborhood organization a l s o prepared a plan with
b u s i n e s s a s s o c i a t i o n s to beautify
the c i t y ' s c o m m e r c i a l strip u s i n g
v o l u n t e e r s for s i g n control, street
c l e a n i n g and tree planting.
Related programs. Perhaps the
greatest i n j u s t i c e attributed to recent enterprise zone debate is lack
of interprogram d i s c u s s i o n . T h e enterprise zone w a s never meant to
s t a n d alone. S o m e leading corporations and f i n a n c i a l intermediaries
the Reagan administration
has
touted for work in e c o n o m i c development, s u c h a s Control Data, the
R o u s e C o m p a n y and the L o c a l Initiative Support Corporation, place
greater importance on the urban development action grant and the economic development administration
to broker the participation of private
corporations and b u s i n e s s e s .
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Walter Jervis Sheffield
Frequently
local
government
staff m e m b e r s w h o are n o t l a w y e r s
are a s k e d by local g o v e r n m e n t officials to prepare initial d r a f t s of an
o r d i n a n c e . Drafts c a n b e u s e f u l in
focusing discussion on particular
t o p i c s of c o n c e r n , h o w e v e r , staff
members should remember certain
l e g a l r u l e s m u s t b e f o l l o w e d if t h e
o r d i n a n c e is t o w i t h s t a n d legal c h a l lenge. Since the rules tend to be
general in s c o p e , local g o v e r n m e n t
staff m e m b e r s may need to contact
their local g o v e r n m e n t attorneys for
advice on how a specific situation
m a y relate to o n e of t h e rules. S o m e
basic
guidelines
and
examples
a d a p t e d f r o m a p r e s e n t a t i o n by t h e
a u t h o r s at a r e c e n t m e e t i n g of t h e
V i r g i n i a C h a p t e r of t h e A m e r i c a n
Planning Association follow.
1. A n o r d i n a n c e m u s t be based on
state powers. Local governments
do not have i n h e r e n t p o w e r s . T h e y
have only state p o w e r s d e l e g a t e d to
t h e m by state s t a t u t e , t h e state c o n s t i t u t i o n or city and t o w n charters.
H i s t o r i c a l l y , t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t of
V i r g i n i a h a s u p h e l d w h a t is k n o w n
as "Dillon's Rule," named
after
J u d g e Dillon, chief j u s t i c e of t h e
I o w a S u p r e m e C o u r t in t h e late 19th
century. Judge Dillon
articulated
the rule as f o l l o w s :

o
o
z
&lt;
z
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o
&gt;

It i s a g e n e r a l a n d u n d i s p u t e d
p r o p o s i t i o n of law t h a t a m u n i c ipal c o r p o r a t i o n p o s s e s s e s a n d
can exercise the following powers, and no o t h e r s : First, t h o s e
g r a n t e d (by t h e s t a t e ) in e x p r e s s
words; second, those necessarily o r f a i r l y i m p l i e d in o r i n c i dent to the powers expressly
granted; third, those essential
t o t h e a c c o m p l i s h m e n t of t h e
declared objects and purposes
of the c o r p o r a t i o n , — n o t s i m p l y
convenient, but indispensible.
T h e S u p r e m e Court of Virginia
has freely upheld ordinances based
A b o u t The A u t h o r s
Mr. W i r t is staff a t t o r n e y for the V i r g i n i a
M u n i c i p a l League. Mr. S h e f f i e l d is city
a t t o r n e y for F r e d e r i c k s b u r g and a partner in the f i r m of S h e f f i e l d &amp; B r i c k e n ,
P.C.
,

o n p o w e r s e x p r e s s l y g r a n t e d by t h e
state. On the other hand, the court
has frequently struck d o w n ordinances simply based on implied
p o w e r s . This a p p r o a c h of the c o u r t
is c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e a d v i c e of
J u d g e Dillon to resolve any d o u b t
a b o u t the e x i s t e n c e of local p o w e r
a g a i n s t its validity.
In Hylton
Enterprises,
Inc.
v.
Board of Supervisors
of Prince
William County,
2 2 0 V a . 4 3 5 (1979), t h e
c o u r t invalidated an o r d i n a n c e regulating land use. The d i s p u t e d ordinance required developers to construct necessary i m p r o v e m e n t s to
existing public highways abutting
t h e i r s u b d i v i s i o n s . S u b s t a n t i a l evid e n c e d e m o n s t r a t e d that the inc r e a s e in t r a f f i c t h e d e v e l o p m e n t s
would generate necessitated
the
i m p r o v e m e n t s . Several state statutes expressly authorized subdivision ordinances to require develo p e r s to pay t h e i r s h a r e of d r a i n a g e
and s e w a g e facility c o s t s . The statu t e s a l s o a u t h o r i z e d s u b d i v i s i o n ord i n a n c e s to r e q u i r e c e r t a i n k i n d s of
street grading and other street improvements
and
to
coordinate
streets within and contiguous to
the subdivision. Nonetheless, the
court found a "legislative
intent
that o n l y p r o v i s i o n s e x p l i c i t l y approved by t h e General A s s e m b l y "
m a y b e i n c l u d e d in l o c a l s u b d i v i sion ordinances.
2. A n o r d i n a n c e m u s t b e i n harm o n y w i t h state a n d federal law.
S i m p l y having state s t a t u t o r y or
constitutional authority to
enact
and e n f o r c e an o r d i n a n c e d o e s not
m a k e an o r d i n a n c e valid.
S t a f f s of m o s t local g o v e r n m e n t s
are aware that c o n s t i t u t i o n a l r i g h t s
must also be satisfied. A n ordin a n c e m u s t n o t d e p r i v e p e r s o n s of
p r o p e r t y w i t h o u t d u e p r o c e s s ; it
m u s t a p p l y e q u a l l y t o all p e r s o n s
c o m i n g w i t h i n i t s p u r v i e w ; it c a n n o t
discriminate, deny the equal protection of t h e laws, or interfere w i t h
any o t h e r personal or p r o p e r t y right
g u a r a n t e e d by t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n .
S t a f f s m a y not be as aware that
l o c a l o r d i n a n c e s m u s t b e i n harm o n y with state and federal laws

and Virginia Supreme Court decisions. A leading e x a m p l e w o u l d be
the federal antitrust laws d e s i g n e d
to maintain the c o m p e t i t i v e free enterprise
system
in
the
United
S t a t e s . T h e c i t y of R i c h m o n d is b e ing s u e d f o r a p p r o x i m a t e l y $260 million for a l l e g e d v i o l a t i o n of f e d e r a l
a n t i t r u s t l a w s in a z o n i n g m a t t e r i n volving a hotel development
alt h o u g h the state has clearly delegated zoning powers to the city.
C l a i m s a m o u n t i n g to nearly t w o billion dollars are p e n d i n g
against
other local g o v e r n m e n t s across the
United States for alleged violation
of a n t i t r u s t l a w s . A 1982 f e d e r a l ant i t r u s t t a s k f o r c e of A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l G e r a l d L. B a l i l e s
identified
a b o u t 200 state s t a t u t e s a u t h o r i z i n g
local g o v e r n m e n t s to e n t e r i n t o various activities which could violate
federal antitrust laws.
3. A n o r d i n a n c e m u s t b e r e a s o n a b l e in its t e r m s . T h e g e n e r a l rule is
a n o r d i n a n c e is p r e s u m e d t o b e reas o n a b l e a n d v a l i d u n l e s s it is c l e a r l y
s h o w n by t h o s e a t t a c k i n g its validi t y t o b e u n r e a s o n a b l e . If t h e q u e s t i o n o f r e a s o n a b l e n e s s is f a i r l y d e bateable, a court will not substitute
its j u d g m e n t f o r t h a t of t h e legislative body.
The Virginia S u p r e m e Court has
ruled on t h e issue of the reasona b l e n e s s of an o r d i n a n c e on v a r i o u s
o c c a s i o n s . A n o r d i n a n c e w h i c h prohibited selling diamonds, watches
a n d c l o c k s at p u b l i c a u c t i o n bet w e e n 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. was held
r e a s o n a b l e a n d valid b e c a u s e of t h e
d i f f i c u l t y of i n s p e c t i n g the g o o d s or
d e t e r m i n i n g their value under artificial light, and because purchasers
had b e e n a n d w o u l d be m i s l e d a n d
d e f r a u d e d at s a l e s d u r i n g t h e p r o hibited hours.
O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , an o r d i n a n c e
r e g u l a t i n g t h e g r a n t i n g of a l i c e n s e
t o o p e r a t e a c a r f o r h i r e t h a t required the applicant to be the o w n e r
of t h e v e h i c l e w a s h e l d u n r e a s o n able and therefore void. The Sup r e m e Court also f o u n d an ordinance that required restaurants to
provide sanitary " p a p e r " t o w e l s to
be u n r e a s o n a b l e . The court f o u n d

�that restricting t o w e l s to paper did
n o t b e a r a real a n d s u b s t a n t i a l relat i o n t o thie p u b l i c h e a l t h , s a f e t y ,
nnorals or g e n e r a l w e l f a r e o f t h e
c i t y ' s i n h a b i t a n t s (National
Linen
Service
Corporation
v. City of Norfolli, 1 9 6 V a . 2 7 7 ) .
It i s d i f f i c u l t t o b e p r e c i s e w h e n
d i s c u s s i n g w h a t is o r w h a t is n o t
r e a s o n a b l e . A c o u r t d e c i s i o n reg a r d i n g the r e a s o n a b l e n e s s of any
ordinance d e p e n d s a great deal on
subjective factors—the education
and e x p e r i e n c e of t h e j u d g e s , and
their attitudes toward society and
the activity concerned.
4. A n o r d i n a n c e m u s t b e p a s s e d
in g o o d f a i t l i . A n o r d i n a n c e m u s t
not be a g u i s e or p r e t e n s e to d o
w h a t a n n u n i c i p a l c o r p o r a t i o n is a u t h o r i z e d t o d o , w h e n in t r u t h it i s i n tended to do what the municipal
corporation legally cannot do. For
e x a m p l e , t h e law w i l l n o t a l l o w a locality to d e p r i v e an individual t h e
use of his or her land u n d e r t h e
g u i s e of a regulation for the preserv a t i o n o f h e a l t h , w h e n it i s m a n i f e s t
t h a t t h e p u r p o s e of t h e r e g u l a t i o n is
s i m p l y to spite or get even w i t h the
o w n e r of t h e property.
If a l o c a l g o v e r n i n g b o d y l o s t a
h a r d f o u g h t c o u r t b a t t l e a g a i n s t local beer w h o l e s a l e r s i n v o l v i n g dis-

p o s a b l e c o n t a i n e r s a n d t h e n ord a i n e d a $2,000 a n n u a l p r o c e s s i n g
f e e f o r w h o l e s a l e beer m e r c h a n t lic e n s e s w h e n the actual c o s t of proc e s s i n g a p p l i c a t i o n s w a s $15, t h e
ordinance c o u l d be invalidated for
u n r e a s o n a b l e n e s s b e c a u s e it c o u l d
be clearly s h o w n to be m o t i v a t e d by
revenge or bad faith.
5. A n o r d i n a n c e m u s t b e p r e c i s e ,
d e f i n i t e a n d certain in e x p r e s s i o n .
T h e d u e p r o c e s s c l a u s e of the 14th
A m e n d m e n t to the C o n s t i t u t i o n of
the United States requires an ordin a n c e t o be d e f i n i t e a n d c e r t a i n in
its s t a t e m e n t of p r o h i b i t e d c o n d u c t
to e n a b l e a p e r s o n of ordinary intelligence w h o reads the ordinance to
u n d e r s t a n d w h a t a c t i v i t y is proscribed and govern accordingly his
or her a c t i o n s . A n o r d i n a n c e w i t h
t e r m s so vague that p e r s o n s of
c o m m o n i n t e l l i g e n c e m u s t g u e s s at
its m e a n i n g a n d d i f f e r as t o its application violates the due process
of law.
A s s u m e that a statute forbids the
" m a r r y i n g of p e r s o n s fifteen years,
o r y o u n g e r . " M a y a p e r s o n w h o is
f i f t e e n y e a r s a n d s i x m o n t h s o l d legally marry? P e r s o n s of c o m m o n intelligence u n d o u b t e d l y w o u l d have
to g u e s s a b o u t t h e a n s w e r . A precise statute would state " u n d e r the

age of s i x t e e n y e a r s . "
6. A n o r d i n a n c e m a y n o t d e l e g a t e
legislative authority to the person
charged
with
enforcement.
The
p r i n c i p l e that w e are g o v e r n e d by
laws and not by m e n a p p l i e s t o t h e
e n a c t m e n t a n d e n f o r c e m e n t of local g o v e r n m e n t o r d i n a n c e s . A n ordinance which establishes policies
(local laws) for the public m u s t be
c o m p l e t e as enacted, and
must
s t a t e all t h e p o l i c i e s w h i c h t h o s e
subject to the ordinance must obey.
T h e q u e s t i o n of w h a t is or w h a t is
n o t p r o h i b i t e d s h o u l d never be left
to t h e j u d g e m e n t of t h e enforcem e n t staff.
A n ordinance setting a varied
scale of fees but leaving to the local
m a n a g e r to d e t e r m i n e h o w m u c h or
w h i c h particular fee an a p p l i c a n t
s h o u l d p a y w o u l d b e v o i d . It d e l e gates too m u c h authority to the
manager. S u c h an ordinance m u s t
state t h e basis for c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of
fees—leaving to the manager only
the determination into which class
the applicant falls. The same w o u l d
be true of a s u b d i v i s i o n o r d i n a n c e
w h i c h c o n t a i n s r e g u l a t i o n s but provides that the particular regulations
s h a l l a p p l y " w h e n in t h e o p i n i o n o f
t h e z o n i n g o f f i c e r t h e y are n e e d e d . "
(Continued,
page 12)

VIRGINIA MUMICIPAL GROUP
SELF INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
A program designed to help control your Workmen's Compensation Costs.
MEMBERS' S U P E R V I S O R Y BOARD
H O N . C H A R L E S A. R O B I N S O N , JR.
Mayor, Town of V i e n n a
Chairman

HARRY G. KING
Member, Prince George County
B o a r d of Supervisors

FRANCIS T. W E S T
C o u n c i l m a n , Martinsville

JOHN CUTLIP
S h e n a n d o a h County Administrator

PERRY M.DePUE
J a m e s City County
B o a r d of Supervisors

LEON JOHNSON
Director of F i n a n c e , Suffolk

F o r further information

contact:

Bradley K . Harmes
Administrator
Virginia Municipal Group
Self Insurance Association
P . O . B.ox 7 5 3
Richmond, Virginia 23206
(804)649-8471

R. M I C H A E L A M Y X
Executive Director, V M L

�Leesburg's Plaza Street Park
Virginia's low income apartment
dwellers have limited recreational
opportunity. Renters lack private
open s p a c e to enjoy picnics or erect
play equipment for their children.
Yet through a unique plan, Leesburg now provides subsidized apartment dwellers a quality recreational
environment to stabilize and even
improve their living conditions.

More than 600 children played on
s h o d d y playground equipment in a
s m a l l area between two high density, low i n c o m e apartment projects
in L e e s b u r g . T e n a n t s loitered in
parking lots and s t a i r w e l l s , s o m e t i m e s c o n s u m i n g a l c o h o l . No p i c n i c
or barbeque a r e a s e x i s t e d and
young children usually had to give
way to older k i d s using the play
area. Neighbors had trouble finding
a spot outdoors j u s t to sit down and
talk.
T h e situation w a s grim for the
r e s i d e n t s of Loudoun H o u s e and
L e e s b u r g Village. Most of them
were poor, living there under S e c tion 8, the program reserved by the
Department of H o u s i n g and Urban
Development (HUD) for low and very
low i n c o m e r e s i d e n t s whereby tena n t s pay 25 percent of their i n c o m e
for rent.
Even though L e e s b u r g had little
e x p e r i e n c e in park development,
town c o u n c i l a c c e p t e d the challenge in late 1979 to do s o m e t h i n g
positive about c o n d i t i o n s at Loudoun H o u s e . F i r s t , the town received $372,400 in C o m m u n i t y Development B l o c k G r ant F u n d s of
w h i c h $253,600 w a s e a r m a r k e d for
acquiring land and c o n s t r u c t i n g a
neighborhood park to benefit Loudoun H o u s e and L e e s b u r g Village
r e s i d e n t s . S e c o n d , the d e s i g n of the
new park would have to a d d r e s s
problems s t e m m i n g from lack of a
good, available recreation area.
O
Q

Selecting A Site

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T h e town w a s c o m m i t t e d to building a high quality park, but c h o o s ing and buying a s i t e that w o u l d
leave s u f f i c i e n t f u n d s to c o n s t r u c t
the park w a s a problem. A c ons ult ing firm, k n o w n for its e x c e l l e n t reputation for environmentally s e n s i tive l a n d s c a p e and recreation design in both public and private proje c t s , w a s hired to s e l e c t the site.
T h e site c h o s e n proved to be a plus.
It w a s an underutilized c o m m o n
area within the Loudoun H o u s e

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DC

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c o m p l e x o w n e d by M a n a g e m e n t
Partnership Inc., the firm managing
the c o m p l e x . Supporting the park's
development. Management Partnership agreed to u s e the $27,000 purc h a s e price to repair the e x i s t i n g
s w i m m i n g pool for opening the following s u m m e r .
T h e site had obvious benefits. It
w a s a c c e s s i b l e to all t e n a n t s , pare n t s could s u p e r v i s e their children
at play and young children would
not be dependent on their parents
for transportation or need to c r o s s
major s t r e e t s . Additionally, valuable
c o m m e r c i a l land would not be converted to nontaxable public property and the s u b s t a n t i a l l a n d s c a p ing i m p r o v e m e n t s would e n h a n c e
the a p p e a r a n c e of L o u d o u n H o u s e .
C o u n c i l w a n t e d the recreation fac i l i t i e s to represent the r e a s o n a b l e
w i s h e s of the u s e r s . A detailed
que s t i o n n a i re w a s distributed to
t e n a n t s at both apartment projects
and a d e s i g n advisory c o m m i t t e e to
work with the c o n s u l t i n g firm and
town staff w a s appointed by council.

A Park Is Built
Perhaps

the

unique

feature

of

Plaza Street Park, named for the
road that s e p a r a t e s the two apartment projects, is its d e s i g n . T h e
park l a n d s c a p e is uneven, so the des i g n e r s utilized this in the design by
putting attractive "thigh
high"
f e n c e s around various play a r e a s .
T h i s not only provides a different,
stimulating environment but h e l ps
reduce c o n f l i c t s among the age
groups using the park. T h e equipment, installed by L e e s b u r g ' s public w o r k s department
to
save
money, is segregated by age l e v e l s e n i o r c i t i z e n s , preteens and tots.
S e n i o r c i t i z e n s have permanent
game t a b l e s , b e n c h e s and horses h o e pits. P r e t e e n s and tots have
asphalt w a l k w a y s that provide exc e l l e nt s u r f a c e s for roller s k a t e s ,
s k a t e boards, b i c y c l e s and pedestrians.
T a b l e s and grills located on the
half a c r e p a s s i v e area offer apartment d w e l l e r s an opportunity for
p i c n i c i n g . T h e r e is ample s p a c e to
throw a frisbee or talk with neighbors out of doors. Near the basketball court is a large graveled play
area where r e s i d e n t s may play volleyball, badminton and other net
games.

�Maintenance
Shredded h a r d w o o d m u l c h covers t h e park g r o u n d because it is virtually m a i n t e n a n c e free and c o m p l e m e n t s t h e earth t o n e s in the
park. A l l e q u i p m e n t is made f r o m
r e d w o o d t i m b e r s because of Its
durability, resistance to vandalism
and aesthetic superiority over metal
and other materials. Even t h e play
f o u n t a i n is made of w o o d material.
The play f o u n t a i n is more than an
aesthetic a p p e n d a g e — a place t o
play in water is always popular w i t h
y o u n g c h i l d r e n . S w i m m i n g and wading pools require parental supervision w h i c h is n o t always available.
The f o u n t a i n base is d e s i g n e d t o
c o n t i n u a l l y drain water f r o m t h e
play areas avoiding problems associated w i t h w a d i n g pools.
Leesburg c o n t r a c t s w i t h a nonprofit c o r p o r a t i o n serving t h e mentally retarded—Every Citizen Has
An O p p o r t u n i t y (ECHO)—for litter
c o n t r o l and landscape maintenance
services. T h e public works department keeps e q u i p m e n t up to par.
Leesburg believes Plaza Street
Park's s u c c e s s c o m e s f r o m innovative c o n c e p t s in park d e v e l o p m e n t .
Virginia l o c a l i t i e s seeking to improve park f a c i l i t i e s for a p a r t m e n t
d w e l l e r s s h o u l d c o n s i d e r locating
new parks w i t h i n e x i s t i n g apart-

ment c o m p l e x e s , s o l i c i t i n g c o m m u nity involvement in d e v e l o p i n g t h e
facility and, if f u n d s allow, e s c h e w
the traditional c o n c r e t e and steel
urban park and provide unique landscaping and e q u i p m e n t t o make t h e
area more pleasant and more resistent t o vandalism.

Mayors to Study
Urban Hunger
The U.S. C o n f e r e n c e of Mayors
has initiated a s t u d y of urban hunger and local response e f f o r t s . Und e r w r i t t e n by t h e A m e r i c a n Can

C o m p a n y F o u n d a t i o n , t h e study w i l l
examine p r o b l e m s and programs in
eight c i t i e s a n d d i s t r i b u t e reports
on t h e s e c i t i e s at t h e 51st A n n u a l
C o n f e r e n c e t h i s m o n t h in Denver.
President of the C o n f e r e n c e of
IVlayors and Detroit IVIayor Coleman
Y o u n g says that hunger is " p e r h a p s
the most prevalent and d e t r i m e n t a l
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^Ordinance, from page 9)
Such provisions clearly give the enf o r c i n g officer the power to make
the law rather than the power to enforce the law and are therefore void.
An ordinance, t h o u g h , may establish p o l i c i e s and delegate to appropriate staff the authority to develop
regulations to Implement those policies. W h e n a d o p t i n g public proc u r e m e n t ordinances In response to
the 1982 Public Procurement A c t ,
many local g o v e r n m e n t s authorized
staff m e m b e r s to develop procurement manuals setting forth necessary purchasing f o r m s and procedures for I m p l e m e n t i n g policies.
7. Finally, the ordinance m u s t be
passed in the manner prescribed by
the state statute or c o n s t i t u t i o n or
the local charter or code. In c o n t r a s t
to many states, Virginia does not
have a statute that sets f o r t h req u i r e m e n t s as to the form and s t y l e
of ordinances. These statutes freq u e n t l y require that an o r d i n a n c e
must have a number, a title, an ordaining clause and a penalty sect i o n . W i t h o u t s u b j e c t i o n to a mandatory statute, governing bodies of
c o u n t i e s , c i t i e s and t o w n s In the
C o m m o n w e a l t h have s u b s t a n t i a l
f l e x i b i l i t y as to the form In w h i c h ord i n a n c e s are drafted.
W h e n the ordinance is precise,
d e f i n i t e and certain in its terms, bad
f o r m usually will not Invalidate It.
For example, failure to number the
s u b d i v i s i o n s of an ordinance In c o n secutive order, or even to n u m b e r
the ordinance Itself w o u l d not affect its validity.
A l t h o u g h state law c o n t a i n s few
requirements as to the f o r m and
style of ordinances, state s t a t u t e s ,
city and t o w n charters and the state
c o n s t i t u t i o n frequently spell out
various procedural requirements for
a d o p t i n g ordinances. Section 15.1162 of the Code of Virginia requires
local g o v e r n m e n t s to follow certain
p u b l i c a t i o n and notice
requirem e n t s when a d o p t i n g their annual
budget and Section 58.846.1 requires newspaper publication before any increase of a local tax levy.

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rules In m i n d . W h i l e you s h o u l d
c o n t a c t your local government attorney for s p e c i f i c situations, your
draft will most likely be In g o o d
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�Hazardous Materials
What Managers Should Know
By William H. Austin
As local g o v e r n m e n t administrators b e c o m e i n u n d a t e d w i t h a prolife r a t i o n of w r i t t e n m a t e r i a l c o n c e r n ing hazardous materials and hazardo u s w a s t e s , they will c o m e to depend on their local fire services for
knowledge on how to deal with the
subject.
The fact that the fire d e p a r t m e n t
will be o n e of the first a g e n c i e s
s u m m o n e d to a potential problem
s h o u l d e v o k e an instant r e s p o n s e
from chief administrative officers.
A s an a d m i n i s t r a t o r , are y o u c o m fortable b e c a u s e your local fire official has recognized the p r o b l e m and
is d e a l i n g w i t h it t h r o u g h t r a i n i n g ,
pre-planning and special equipment
purchases; or do you feel uneasy
b e c a u s e l o c a l o f f i c i a l s s a y it is n o t
t h e i r p r o b l e m a n d t h e last t i m e y o u
m e n t i o n e d hazardous materials to a
fire fighter, he t h o u g h t you were
talking a b o u t the fire s t a t i o n ' s cooking?
It m a y b e p o l i t i c a l l y e x p e d i e n t f o r
a d m i n i s t r a t o r s to routinely f u n d fire
p r o t e c t i o n s e r v i c e s in t h e i r c o m m u nities w i t h o u t m u c h t h o u g h t as to
the fire d e p a r t m e n t ' s ability, but
a s k i n g a n d d e m a n d i n g a n s w e r s is
i m p o r t a n t . H a z a r d o u s m a t e r i a l s are
a f a c t o f l i f e a n d m a y s o o n b e in
your community. More important,
u n d e r c u r r e n t state law local gove r n m e n t s are r e s p o n s i b l e for stabilizing and initially c o n t a i n i n g any
problem involving hazardous materials.

Three P h a s e s
An incident involving hazardous
materials or w a s t e s i n c l u d e s three
phases: the critical phase, the cont a i n m e n t phase and the clean up or
recovery phase.
In t h e c r i t i c a l p h a s e , l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s are r e s p o n s i b l e for stabilizing the incident, usually a f u n c t i o n
o f t h e l o c a l f i r e s e r v i c e . T h i s is
when deaths and injuries occur due
to i g n o r a n c e and lack of training of
both citizens and responding agencies.
The containment phase occurs
next and simply means stopping
ecological damage and keeping the
A b o u t the A u t h o r
Mr. A u s t i n is chief of fire for Harrisonburg.

Fire officiais

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of an overturned

problem under control. This phase
is a l s o t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of l o c a l
governments.
T h e o w n e r o r s h i p p e r Is l i a b l e f o r
clean up o r t h e recovery phase.
Administrators should be aware
of local r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . T h e f o l l o w ing preparations s h o u l d help avoid
s e r i o u s c o n s e q u e n c e s of a hazardous material o r w a s t e problem:
1.

L o c a t e s o u r c e s and routes of
hazardous
materials
and
w a s t e s in t h e c o m m u n i t y .
2. If t h e l o c a l i t y h a s c o d e e n f o r c e m e n t capability, see that
hazardous
materials
and
wastes receive a high priority.
3. I n s i s t t h a t l o c a l f i r e a n d r e s cue officials, paid and volunteer,
receive
training
and
maintain basic k n o w l e d g e on
hazardous materials.
4. L o c a t e e x p e r t i s e in t h e c o m m u n i t y and adjoining areas,
and seek out possible mutual
aid
or
joint
government
funds.
L o c a t i n g s o u r c e s of hazardous
m a t e r i a l s a n d w a s t e s in t h e c o m m u nity c a n be a c c o m p l i s h e d by t h e
c o m b i n e d e f f o r t s of b u i l d i n g a n d
fire o f f i c i a l s , as well as o t h e r p e r m i t
issuing a g e n c i e s . The Division of
S o l i d a n d H a z a r d o u s W a s t e IVIan-

tani&lt;er.

agement
of
the
Virginia
State
H e a l t h D e p a r t m e n t a l s o a s s i s t s localities with this locating service.
A nationally recognized fire c o d e
t h a t is l o c a l l y e n f o r c e d h e l p s c o n trol i m p r o p e r use of t h e s e s u b s t a n c e s a n d w h e r e t h e y are l o c a t e d
in t h e c o m m u n i t y .
Fire
service
s e e m s t o h a v e p o l i t i c a l c l o u t at t h e
l o c a l l e v e l , s o it i s u n d e r s t a n d a b l e
that administrators seldom discuss
the local fire d e p a r t m e n t ' s ability or
lack of a b i l i t y t o deal w i t h c e r t a i n
problems. Twenty-five years
ago
t h e r e w e r e o n l y 60 k n o w n hazardo u s s u b s t a n c e s ; t o d a y there are
more than six t h o u s a n d . A d m i n i s trators s h o u l d be c o n c e r n e d a n d
a n y f i r e o f f i c i a l w h o s a y s t h e r e is n o
problem with hazardous materials
o r w a s t e s in t h e c o m m u n i t y is l i v i n g
in a v a c u u m . T h e u s e of tax d o l l a r s
for fire p r o t e c t i o n gives m a n a g e r s
the right to analyze the quality of
fire service delivered j u s t as t h e y
w o u l d t h e w o r k of a n y o t h e r department.
Finally,
local
governments
s h o u l d be a w a r e t h a t no s t a t e a g e n cy has the legal a u t h o r i t y to c o m m a n d local r e s o u r c e s . T h e s o l e purp o s e o f s t a t e a g e n c i e s is t o p r o v i d e
h e l p in t h e f o r m o f a d v i c e a n d s p e (Continued,
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Local Government Officials
Law Conference
Co-sponsored
by the
Virginia Municipai
League

W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 29
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn, Midtown
3200 W e s t Broad Street
Richmond
C o m p r e h e n s i v e C o n f l i c t of
Interests A c t p a s s e d by
1983 G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
and effective J u l y 1,1983
(morning)
U p d a t e s on antitrust,
freedom of information,
public procurement and liability
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(afternoon)
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Mail c h e c k f o r $ 1 5 payable to V M L
V i r g i n i a Municipal League
P.O. B o x 753
R i c h m o n d , Virginia 23206
(Clay Wirt, staff c o n t a c t ,
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Building Officials Hold Safety Week. Tfie Virginia Buiiding
Officials
Association recently
observed
Building
Safety Week. A resolution
designating
Virginia Building
Safety Week was passed by the Virginia General
Assembly during the 1983 session,
which recognized
the important
contribution
being made to the health and life safety of citizens
in new and
existing
buildings
by state and local building enforcement
personnel.
Gov. Charles
S. Robb, right, congratulated
Jack Proctor, state building code
administrator, left, and Ed Weld, VBOA president,
on Building Safety
Week.

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For additional information, please
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c i a l e q u i p m e n t a f t e r a l l l o c a l res o u r c e s have b e e n d e p l e t e d . Bec a u s e t h e r e are o n l y 23 s t a t e p o l i c e
motor safety transportation officers
to cover m o s t of the interstate highw a y s i n V i r g i n i a , it w i l l b e q u i t e
s o m e t i m e before a s s i s t a n c e can be
provided d u r i n g the critical phase of
an i n c i d e n t and their help may be
q u e s t i o n a b l e at b e s t .
Developing local response capability or u s i n g an a d j o i n i n g governm e n t ' s capability will be m o n e y well
s p e n t w h e n the t i m e c o m e s to answer to the taxpayer. The b o t t o m
l i n e is h a z a r d o u s m a t e r i a l s
and
w a s t e s a r e a l r e a d y in V i r g i n i a ' s
c o m m u n i t i e s and being shipped on
Virginia roadways daily. Consider-

ing p r o b l e m s after an incident will
leave a d m i n i s t r a t o r s w i t h t h e realization that avoiding this issue was
not only a hazardous decision, but a
hazardous mistake.

( ' E n t e r p r i s e , from page 6)
C o m p l e m e n t i n g Virginia's enterp r i s e z o n e l e g i s l a t i o n are an array of
c o m m u n i t y statutes, such as the
Neighborhood Assistance Act and
p r o p e r t y tax a b a t e m e n t s for rehabili t a t i o n , w h i c h o f f e r a c c e l e r a t e d rel i e f f o r i n v e s t m e n t s in e c o n o m i c a l l y
distressed areas. The assistance
a c t ( S e c t i o n s 58-760.2 a n d 58-760.3
o f t h e Code of Virginia)
provides a
tax credit for any business firm that
e n g a g e s in j o b t r a i n i n g o r e d u c a t i o n
f o r i n d i v i d u a l s n o t e m p l o y e d by t h e
b u s i n e s s . Real e s t a t e that has been
rehabilitated for c o m m e r c i a l or ind u s t r i a l u s e w h e n a s t r u c t u r e is n o
l e s s t h a n 25 y e a r s o l d a n d i m p r o v e d
t o increase its a s s e s s e d value by no
l e s s t h a n 60 p e r c e n t is e x e m p t f r o m
taxation. The exemption ends after
10 y e a r s a n d c a n n o t e x c e e d a n
a m o u n t e q u a l t o t h e i n c r e a s e in ass e s s e d v a l u e r e s u l t i n g f r o m t h e reh a b i l i t a t i o n of t h e s t r u c t u r e .
The manager faces a dilemma.
Preliminary data gathering, preparat i o n o f a p p l i c a t i o n s a n d a n n u a l rep o r t s are not w h a t a m a n a g e r w o u l d
consider
a
benefit.
Enterprise
z o n e s , h o w e v e r , are a n d s h o u l d be
v i e w e d as a s t a t e m e n t by local gove r n m e n t t h a t it i s c o n c e r n e d a b o u t
business and wants to encourage
c o m p a n y c o m m i t m e n t to the c o m m u n i t y . If b u s i n e s s i n v e s t m e n t s a r e
achieved through c o m m u n i t y develo p m e n t block grants, urban development action grants,
industrial
revenue b o n d s , n e i g h b o r h o o d ass i s t a n c e grants or any other grantin-aid p r o g r a m s , all t h e better, b u t
e n t e r p r i s e z o n e s are a w e l c o m e a d d i t i o n t o t h e s e c o m m i t m e n t s . If p i g gybacked with existing programs,
t h e i m p a c t of e n t e r p r i s e z o n e s f o r
business and local government can
be e x p a n d e d and beneficial for all.

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in public power financing:
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                    <text>Virginia
V0LUME18
JULY 1983
NUMBER?

R i s k Management: A n Envolving Discipline

�There^ an art to keeping
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The state of the art is CAB.
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The key is our network of 3,400 highly
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This network c a n help you manage claims
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How do we help? With an on-line system
that features the most up-to-date computer
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Input comes through the 28 centers and is
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our system to keep risk managers up-to-date
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�Virginia

Editor
Christine A. Everson
Editorial Assistant
Joni Terry

Telephone

804/649-8471

Volume 18

July 1983

Number 7

VML President
Francis T. West

Officers
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . T h o m a s
S a m W. A d a m s

Executive Committee
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a n e L. H o u g h
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n e
Ronald C . Spiggle
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

4

" i n c r e a s i n g citizen c o p r o d u c t i o n of s e r v i c e s is one m e a n s of improving s e r v i c e delivery and stabilizing governmental e x p e n d i t u r e s . "

5

R a y m o n d F. R a t c l l f f e
R. Michael A m y x

VAPRIMA: Here to Serve Virginia
" B a s i c a l l y w e a s k e d o u r s e l v e s what type of I n s u r a n c e management
problems do w e have and how do w e plan to solve t h e m . "

Past President
Executive Director

Citizen Coproduction

6

People

7

Fleet Safety
" A c c i d e n t Investigation and peer review c o m m i t t e e s work hand-inhand to benefit the fleet s a f e t y program."

On the Cover:
V i r g i n i a T o w n &amp; C i t y ' s c o v e r photograph w a s provided by A l e x a n d e r &amp;
A l e x a n d e r , the Virginia Municipal
Group Self Insurance Association's
new s e r v i c e c o m p a n y .

8

How Culpeper Saved on Insurance Costs
" W e i n c r e a s e d and improved our c o v e r a g e and provided additional
c o v e r a g e for the town at a 13.3 percent s a v i n g s . "

10

Risk Management: An Evolving Discipline
T h i s guidebook will tell you most of what you need to know about
municipal i n s u r a n c e .

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) Is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval of the
Virginia
Municipal
League and if
granted
must be accompanied
by credit to
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The Broadening Liability in Civil Rights Cases
G e n e r a l C o u n s e l Howard W. Dobbins d i s c u s s e s two recent court rul'
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Citizen Coproduction
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Several pressing forces have
stimulated public administrators
and local officials to seek new strategies for financing and delivering
community services. Local service
agencies face increasing labor and
material costs unmatched by equivalent growth in fiscal resources, a
disparity aggravated by recent reductions in fiscal transfers from national government, and a disparity
which often results in some form of
service reduction.
At the same time, citizen concerns about services and outcomes
generally have been growing, often
in the form of increased dissatisfaction with service levels and agency
personnel. Citizens in many communities perceive quality and quantity of services have deteriorated
wtiile social problems have increased in intensity. They hold local
officials ultimately responsible for
these real and perceived service
declines.
Strategies offered in response to
these pressures are almost as varied as the pressures themselves.
Some analysts argue that local governments should seek alternatives
to producing all community services themselves.
Governments
might contract with private companies, nonprofit organizations or
other governments to produce services. Some suggest local governments load-shed—cease providing
some services with the expectation
that the private sector will move in
to supply the discontinued services.
Increasing citizen coproduction
of services is one means of improving service delivery and stabilizing
governmental expenditures for services. Multiple definitions of coproduction have been offered, but the
basic notion is that citizens, alone

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Stephen L. Percy is an assistant professor in the Woodrow Wilson Department
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and collectively, potentially can perform a variety of activities that contribute to the production of public
services. For example, citizens can
assist police and increase public
safety through "target-hardening"
efforts like installing alarms, window bars and extra outdoor lighting.
Collectively, citizens can assist police through neighborhood patrols
and block watch programs. Similarly, citizens can enhance educational services by serving as volunteer teaching assistants; or solid
waste collection by transporting
household waste to the curb; or fire
protection through installation of
smoke alarms. Recognition of coproduction implies that citizens no
longer can be viewed as service
consumers since they can make
valuable contributions to service
production.
Citizen coproduction enhances
service delivery in many ways. In human services, such as in education
and health where citizens themselves are the objects of service delivery efforts, some level of citizen
coproduction involvement is required for service production to be
at all effective. Teachers and
schools can do little to enhance the
talents of students who are unwilling to pay attention to class instruction or participate in classroom activities. Parental efforts obviously
enhance the delivery of teaching
services in these instances. Contributions of citizen efforts assist service agency personnel in producing
higher quality services in other
areas too, such as police, fire protection and solid waste collection,
and potentially at reduced costs.
Rules requiring households to package waste and transport it to curbside for pickup significantly reduce
public expenditures for waste collection.
Citizen involvement in service delivery can yield another benefit
also—increased bureaucratic responsiveness to local needs and
concerns. Coproduction results in
regular interaction between agency

personnel and citizens. A channel is
formed through which citizens can
communicate their needs directly
to agency representatives. A patrol
officer, through frequent interactions with local citizens, might learn
more about the crime problems that
most concern neighborhood residents. In response, he might alter
activities to deal with the identified
problems and concerns, an action
increasing agency responsiveness.
These arguments suggest that
citizen coproduction of services
represents one means of fighting
service reductions. Only recently
have local officials begun to recognize the vastness of this largely untapped citizen resource.
At the same time, it is important
to recognize that initiation of coproduction services may involve training and coordination costs. Public
administrators also may have to
convince their professional staffs to
accept the voluntary efforts of citizens. Without overt cooperation between paid personnel and citizen
volunteers, many types of coproduction can be ineffective.
Most analysts believe the potential benefits of many citizen coproduction efforts far outweight the expected costs. The challenge to local
officials and public administrators
is to search out and encourage citizen involvement that will improve
the delivery of local services. In this
way, coproduction not only can reverse trends in service cutbacks
and citizen dissatisfaction, but also
may foster increased service agency responsiveness to citizen needs.

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Here to Serve Virginia
By Fred Marshall
P R I M A , the P u b l i c R i s k and Insurance Management Association, established
its V i r g i n i a
chapter
( V A P R I M A ) j u s t more than a year
ago. Municipal l e a d e r s , realizing the
need to c o l l e c t i v e l y f o c u s on insura n c e related c o n c e r n s and preventive risl&lt; m a n a g e m e n t , held the initial meeting March 1982 in R i c h mond.
From its beginning, this a r e a ' s
arm of the 700-member national organization b e c a m e and c o n t i n u e s
to s e r v e a s an integral and vital part
of local g o v e r n m e n t s ' i n s u r a n c e administration.
"Our chapter," said a V A P R I M A
s p o k e s m a n , " i s affiliated
with
P R I M A , the national organization
c o n c e r n e d w/ith providing a c o m m u n i c a t i o n s network in public risk
m a n a g e m e n t , but more importantly,
the p r o f e s s i o n a l s e r v i c e s offered to
Virginia are not o r c h e s t r a t e d in
s o m e r e s e a r c h c e n t e r c o m p l e x in a
mid-western s t a t e . P R I M A is here
within our own c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s
boundaries,
understanding
the
n e e d s of a S h e n a n d o a h , responding
to the c o n c e r n s of a Purcellville and
able to coordinate the a c t i v i t i e s of a
F r e d e r i c k s b u r g . W e are p l e a s e d to
provide this e x t e n s i o n of the national information network with interjurisdictional s h a r i n g and cooperative efforts to our Virginia members."
"It is e x t r e m e l y important," a d d s
Fred M a r s h a l l , V A P R I M A ' s president and the risk benefit a d m i n i s t r a tor for the c o u n t y of Arlington, "that
o u r g o a l of being an organization for
V i r g i n i a is clearly u n d e r s t o o d . Y e t
our organization is not limited to und e r s t a n d i n g V i r g i n i a ' s n e e d s . It
would be difficult to offer e x p e r t i s e
and innovative ideas if w e worked
within a v a c u u m , s o w e are very a c tive in the national group and w e are
About the A u t h o r
F r e d M a r s h a l l is president of P R I M A ' s
V i r g i n i a C h a p t e r a n d a l s o the risk benefit
a d m i n i s t r a t o r for the county of Arlington.

c o n s t a n t l y e x c h a n g i n g i d e a s with
other s t a t e s with regard to insura n c e s t r u c t u r e and m a n a g e m e n t . "
Marshall m a i n t a i n s c l o s e t i e s
with the national a s s o c i a t i o n and is
its n e w l y - e l e c t e d v i c e president.
" W h e n w e sat down to lay the
foundation and write the g u i d e l i n e s
for our chapter, the i n s u r a n c e related e x p e r i e n c e s of our Virginia
leadership made the t a s k of setting
g o a l s relatively e a s y . B a s i c a l l y w e
a s k e d o u r s e l v e s w h a t type of insura n c e m a n a g e m e n t problems do w e
have a n d how do w e plan to s o l v e
them. I believe our s t a t e m e n t of purpose o u t l i n e s our g o a l s , " s a i d Marshall.
V A P R I M A s t a t e s its purpose a s
follows:
• to i n c r e a s e the p r o f i c i e n c y of
risk/safety and i n s u r a n c e management
in
governmental
a g e n c i e s , political
subdivis i o n s thereof and s c h o o l districts
• to strengthen the quality of
r i s k / i n s u r a n c e s a f e t y management through c o n t i n u i n g education
• to be an e d u c a t i o n a l and res e a r c h organization for the
benefit of g o v e r n m e n t s , gove r n m e n t a l a g e n c i e s , political
subdivisions
thereof
and
s c h o o l and other s p e c i a l district u n i t s throughout V i r g i n i a
• to provide m e m b e r s with the
opportunity to e x c h a n g e i d e a s
and c o n s u l t with one another
and to meet with p e r s o n s in or
a s s o c i a t e d with public risk
m a n a g e m e n t and i n s u r a n c e ,
and to s u p p l y m e m b e r s with information c o n c e r n i n g their organization
• to act in any other m a n n e r
w h i c h will further the best int e r e s t s of g o v e r n m e n t s , governmental a g e n c i e s , political
s u b d i v i s i o n s , s c h o o l and other
s p e c i a l d i s t r i c t s in their risk
management/safety/insurance
activities.
T h e s e s t a t e w i d e g o a l s are being

a c c o m p l i s h e d and nationally noted.
T w o s t o r i e s recently p u b l i s h e d in
P R I M A L E T T E R , the national a s s o c i a t i o n ' s monthly newsletter, give
an
indication
of the story of
V A P R I M A ' s s e r v i c e s and benefits.
T h e story of C u l p e p e r ' s s e l e c t i o n
of i n s u r a n c e c o v e r a g e (on page
eight) w a s covered in
PRIMAL E T T E R and d e m o n s t r a t e s how
V A P R I M A helped the town s a v e 13
percent on annual i n s u r a n c e c o s t s .
Another V A P R I M A story w a s told
in the s a m e publication. T h e Virginia c h a p t e r of P R I M A s p o n s o r e d a
s e s s i o n on health c a r e c o s t containment at the a n n u a l Virginia Municipal L e a g u e c o n f e r e n c e . F e a t u r e d
w a s a presentation by Norman
C r e w s , v i c e president of Industrial
I n s u r a n c e Management Corp., on
s k y r o c k e t i n g health c a r e c o s t s and
t e c h n i q u e s to control them.
C r e w s pointed out that health
c a r e c o s t s have tripled s i n c e 1972
and b e n e f i t s have risen to 30 percent of payroll a c r o s s the board.
" I f c o s t s are going to c o m e d o w n ,
people m u s t c h a n g e their l i f e s t y l e s
to maintain good h e a l t h , " C r e w s
said.
He added that controlling s t r e s s
is a major i s s u e and advocated
proper e x e r c i s e , diet, weight control and the will to live.
He a d v i s e d e m p l o y e e b e n e f i t s
p e r s o n n e l to i n s i s t their i n s u r a n c e
carrier c h e c k hospital bills and proc e d u r e s for a b u s e s in the s y s t e m ,
s u c h a s drug c o s t s that have nothing to do with i l l n e s s e s and weekend a d m i s s i o n s for non-emergency
surgery.
He a d v i s e d u s e of peer review soc i e t i e s to c h e c k a c t i v i t i e s of the
m e d i c a l c o m m u n i t y . He reported
that s a v i n g s with freestanding walkin c l i n i c s are ranging 30 percent nationally. S a v i n g s are a l s o being realized with home c a r e nursing units
w h i c h he e n c o u r a g e d c o m m u n i t i e s
to u s e rather than hospital c a r e .
S t a y well programs and other incentives provide options for reducing
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first Implemented in the United
States.
H u l m e Is a past president of the
Virginia-District of Columbia-Maryland C h a p t e r of the A m e r i c a n P u b l i c
W o r k s A s s o c i a t i o n and the Virginia
S e c t i o n of the Institute of T r a f f i c
E n g i n e e r s . H i s a r t i c l e s have been
published In p r o f e s s i o n a l engineering j o u r n a l s and he received the
A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y of Civil Engin e e r s , National C a p i t a l S e c t i o n ,
1981 C o m m u n i t y S e r v i c e A w a r d .

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retired attorney for G e n e r a l E l e c t r i c ,
this w a s his first public office.
Albert S . Kemper III h a s been appointed by c o u n c i l In a u n a n i m o u s
d e c i s i o n to serve the remainder of
B a k e r ' s term. K e m p e r is president
of United Virginia B a n k of L y n c h burg. He a l s o s e r v e s a s president
and director of the Greater L y n c h burg C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e .

Town Attorney Honored

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Henry S . Hulme Jr., Arlington
C o u n t y director of public w o r k s ,
h a s been named one of the T o p T e n
Public W o r k s L e a d e r s of the Y e a r by
the A m e r i c a n P u b l i c W o r k s A s s o c i ation. E a c h y e a r the a s s o c i a t i o n reco g n i z e s the outstanding contribut i o n s of ten Individuals a s part of a
program to Inspire e x c e l l e n c e and
dedication.
A native of Arlington, H u l m e began h i s public w o r k s c a r e e r in Arlington C o u n t y In 1954. He w a s ins t r u m e n t a l in implementing
the
c o n s o l i d a t i o n and reorganization of
the present public w o r k s department in 1977. T h e restructuring
c o m b i n e d the f u n c t i o n s of the former d e p a r t m e n t s of transportation,
utilities and equipment, c o n s o l i dating all p h a s e s of planning, engineering and public w o r k s s e r v i c e s .
A s public w o r k s director, H u l m e
o v e r s e e s the c o u n t y ' s largest department. With 600 e m p l o y e e s , the
department is r e s p o n s i b l e for planning, d e s i g n , c o n s t r u c t i o n
and
m a i n t e n a n c e of s t r e e t s , storm s e w e r s , sanitary s e w e r s and water l i n e s ;
s o l i d w a s t e c o l l e c t i o n and d i s p o s a l
and s e w a g e treatment; automotive
management;
utilities
accounts;
and traffic e n g i n e e r i n g . He w a s res p o n s i b l e for the d e v e l o p m e n t of
the c o u n t y ' s first anti-litter program
and a transportation plan w h i c h
Included h i g h w a y s , m a s s transit,
pedestrian w a l k w a y s and b i k e w a y s .
T h e b i k e w a y plan w a s one of the

John F. Gionfriddo, V i e n n a town
attorney, h a s b e c o m e a F e l l o w of
the A m e r i c a n C o l l e g e of Trial Lawy e r s , an honor attained by only a
s m a l l p e r c e n t a g e of attorneys in the
country.
T h e C o l l e g e of Trial L a w y e r s currently n u m b e r s 3,700 f e l l o w s in the
United S t a t e s and C a n a d a . IVIembership is by invitation of the board of
of regents and Is limited to one perc e n t of the trial l a w y e r s in e a c h
s t a t e . U. S . C h i e f J u s t i c e Burger Is a
fellow, a s w a s the late Leon J a w o r s k i , s p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r in the Watergate c a s e .
T h e purpose of the organization
is to improve the s t a n d a r d s of trial
p r a c t i c e , the administration of j u s tice and the e t h i c s of the trial
branch of the law p r o f e s s i o n .
Gionfriddo h a s p r a c t i c e d law for
26 y e a r s and h a s been V i e n n a ' s
town attorney s i n c e 1966. He is a
graduate of G e o r g e t o w n University
S c h o o l of L a w .

C r e e c h Elected to
Chamber Board
Nancy A. C r e e c h , Virginia B e a c h
c o u n c i l w o m a n and president of
A y e r s Insulating and S u p p l y C o .
Inc., h a s been e l e c t e d to s e r v e a s a
director of the Virginia C h a m b e r of
C o m m e r c e . T h e c h a m b e r recently
c h a n g e d its n a m e from the Virginia
S t a t e C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e to T h e
V i r g i n i a C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e in
order to eliminate c o n f u s i o n with
s t a t e government a g e n c i e s .

CouncUmember D i e s
L y n c h b u r g C o u n c U m e m b e r Raymond E. Baker h a s died after an Illn e s s of s e v e r a l m o n t h s . Baker w a s
e l e c t e d to c o u n c i l t h i s past year. A

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Miller Moves
Ronald H. Miller, town manager
of Vinton for more than nine y e a r s ,
has left that position to b e c o m e
R o a n o k e ' s new building c o m m i s s i o n e r filling the v a c a n c y left by
Bain Reed.
A native of S o u t h w e s t Virginia,
Miller attended Virginia T e c h and
w a s formerly a s s i s t a n t city manager
of Radford. He s e r v e d a s president
of the Virginia S e c t i o n of the International City Management A s s o c i a tion during the 1982-83 term.

Turpin Appointed
R o a n o k e a l s o recently acquired a
new personnel manager, Eric Turpin. A R o a n o k e native and former
s u p e r v i s o r of e m p l o y e e and mana g e m e n t relations for the state of
G e o r g i a , Turpin will a l s o serve a s
the c i t y ' s affirmative action officer.
Turpin h a s a b a c h e l o r ' s degree from
Howard University and a m a s t e r ' s
degree from the University of Utah.
He previously s e r v e d a s director of
personnel for Payne C o n s t r u c t i o n
C o . in Bedford and h a s a l s o worked
a s r e s e a r c h director for the C o m m u n i c a t i o n s W o r k e r s of A m e r i c a . He
s u c c e e d s C l a r e n c e Patterson J r .

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Accident Investigation
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Programs
By Valerie Fabrizio
The first recorded auto accident
occurred IVlay 30,1896. IVIr. hHenry
Wells w a s driving his new Duryea
motor wagon in downtown New
York when he collided with Ms.
Evelyn Thomas who w a s riding a bicycle. S h e suffered a fractured leg,
and Mr. Wells spent the night in jail.
Currently our n a t i o n ' s fatality rate
from automobile a c c i d e n t s avera g e s more than 50,000 d e a t h s per
year. A u t o m o b i l e a c c i d e n t s result
not only in l o s s of life, but a l s o in
personal injury, property d a m a g e
and l o s s of time. A c c i d e n t s involving property l o s s or injury are the
most often reported, but all a c c i d e n t s no matter how minor are c o s t ly.
Municipal g o v e r n m e n t s c a n insure a g a i n s t certain l o s s e s resulting from a c c i d e n t s , s u c h a s the
c o s t of repairs, the c o s t of replacing
d a m a g e d e q u i p m e n t or even the
c o s t of lost m a n h o u r s . However,
other a c c i d e n t c o s t s are u n i n s u r e d ,
s u c h a s the c o s t s involved in writing a c c i d e n t reports, dealing with
law s u i t s , handling c l a i m s reports
and retraining and r e s c h e d u l i n g
manpower. A n a c c i d e n t investigation program c a n minimize both ins u r e d and u n i n s u r e d c o s t s .
T h e purpose of an a c c i d e n t investigation program is to determine the
underlying c a u s e of individual a c c i d e n t s and to prevent their recurr e n c e . A thorough investigation rev e a l s w h y the a c c i d e n t h a p p e n e d ,
the extent of liability, how the a c c i dent c o u l d have been prevented,
the need for equipment, environmental or people m o d i f i c a t i o n s and
the c o r r e c t i v e action n e c e s s a r y for
third party recovery. Although investigative authority may be delegated to qualified individuals, an in-

About the A u t h o r
Ms. F a b r i z i o is a c o n s u l t a n t for W a i t e
Hill S e r v i c e s I n c . S h e s e r v e s a s a c c o u n t
s u p e r v i s o r of the l o s s m a n a g e m e n t prog r a m s for C a l i f o r n i a s c h o o l s and colleges.

vestigation program is the responsibility of m a n a g e m e n t .
Reporting the Accident
IVIanagement's first responsibility is to e s t a b l i s h proced u r e s for reporting an a c c i d e n t .
T h i s s h o u l d be done in writing. It is'
a l s o m a n a g e m e n t ' s responsibility
to a s s u r e that the p r o c e d u r e s are
clearly understood by e v e r y o n e involved.
A driver's written s t a t e m e n t of an
a c c i d e n t c a n be very u s e f u l . Remember, the driver i s the first investigator on the s c e n e . Not e v e r y o n e ,
however, c a n adequately e x p r e s s
t h e m s e l v e s in writing s o a clear,
c o n c i s e form s h o u l d be u s e d . Much
u s e f u l information often is left out
by relying totally on a written narrative from the driver.
T h e reporting form s h o u l d inc l u d e the n a m e s and a d d r e s s e s of
all parties involved and their general
c o n d i t i o n s , t y p e s of v e h i c l e s involved and their c o n d i t i o n s , n a m e s
and a d d r e s s e s of w i t n e s s e s , lic e n s e n u m b e r s of c a r s of p o s s i b l e
w i t n e s s e s , the date, day and time of
the a c c i d e n t , s p e c i f i c location, general w e a t h e r and road c o n d i t i o n s
and a diagram of the a c c i d e n t including a p p r o x i m a t e s p e e d s , direct i o n s of travel, w h e r e the v e h i c l e s
c a m e to rest, any traffic s i g n a l s or
s i g n s and any other relevant obj e c t s . Narratives from the drivers
c a n be a t t a c h e d to t h i s form.
A written report alone, however,
will not train a d r i v e r t o recognize
a c c i d e n t c a u s e s and c o n t r o l s . Mana g e m e n t m u s t take the initiative to
a s s u r e all drivers have been trained
in how to handle a variety of mish a p s . C a s e s t u d y and role playing
are strongly e n c o u r a g e d .
Not only m u s t a driver l&lt;now exactly how to report an a c c i d e n t , but
he m u s t a l s o l&lt;now how to control

the a c c i d e n t s c e n e . F o l l o w i n g an
a c c i d e n t the driver s h o u l d a s s e s s
the a r e a for other h a z a r d s , aid the
injured, a s s u r e a s a f e a r e a and preserve all e v i d e n c e at the s c e n e .
Don't wait for property d a m a g e or
personal injury to begin an a c c i d e n t
investigation. All a c c i d e n t s s h o u l d
be investigated w h e t h e r near
m i s s e s or s e r i o u s in nature. S t a t i s t i c s s h o w 300 near m i s s e s o c c u r before an injury r e s u l t s from a s i n g l e
type of a c c i d e n t . B y investigation of
near m i s s e s you may be able to correct c o n d i t i o n s to prevent more s e rious a c c i d e n t s from o c c u r r i n g .
Investigation of a s e r i o u s a c c i dent may take w e e k s or even
m o n t h s . Preliminary reports s h o u l d
be made on a regular b a s i s a s s e s s ing all new information. O n c e all the
f a c t s are gathered, the investigator
s h o u l d prepare a final report. A well
organized report will aid in keeping
the f a c t s straight and a s s u r e nothing h a s been omitted.
T h e a c c c i d e n t investigation proc e d u r e and the procedure for c o n trol of the a c c i d e n t s c e n e serve a s
c o m m o n d e n o m i n a t o r s and will
help all f l e e t s determine c a u s e s and
control future l o s s e s .
Peer Reviews
Peer a c c i d e n t review c o m m i t t e e s
incorporate the total cooperation
of the v e h i c l e fleet team and are
a m o n g the best a c c i d e n t prevention
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�How Cuipeper Saved on
Insurance Costs
Last October, G u i l f o r d G r i f f i n , the
t o w n clerk of Cuipeper, read an article a b o u t how the city of Burlingt o n , V e r m o n t had saved money in
annual insurance c o s t s by g o i n g to
a c o m p e t i t i v e bid s y s t e m .
" W h y not try the same t h i n g in
C u i p e p e r , " he t h o u g h t . No one had
ever raised the q u e s t i o n before.
After trying to w r i t e bid specificat i o n s himself. Griffin s u g g e s t e d to
the t o w n manager that area insurance a g e n t s be invited to bid on des i g n i n g the s p e c i f i c a t i o n s and s o o n
a local agency was s e l e c t e d to do
the w o r k .
G r i f f i n then c o n t a c t e d the Virg i n i a chapter of the Public Risk Insurance M a n a g e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n
(VAPRIMA) and asked the chapter
to help review the s p e c i f i c a t i o n s
and g u i d e him in the next phase of
the process. Eager to help, the
chapter sent a f o u r - m e m b e r advisory team to meet w i t h Griffin — K e n
J o n e s , risk manager for the city of
R i c h m o n d ; Steven Landin, insur-

ance manager for the city of Richm o n d ; T o d d Palmquist, chief of
m a n a g e m e n t services for the t o w n
of Vienna; and Fred Marshall, chapter president and a d m i n i s t r a t o r for
risk and b e n e f i t s m a n a g e m e n t for
A r l i n g t o n County.
W i t h their help, C u l p e p e r ' s specif i c a t i o n s were finalized and released by November and the t o w n
received 11 proposals by December.
The advisory team then returned to
review the proposals.
" T h e y helped me c o m p a r e the
types of insurance and the alternatives offered by the different agenc i e s , " said G r i f f i n .
Together, t o w n staff and the
V A P R I M A advisory team narrowed
the c h o i c e s to t w o : a large Richm o n d f i r m or a c o m b i n a t i o n of three
local agencies.
Four f a c t o r s , said G r i f f i n , were
c o n s i d e r e d in making the final reco m m e n d a t i o n to t o w n c o u n c i l : the
level of d e d u c t i b l e s , the d i s t a n c e
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the insurer, the 7 percent difference
in p r e m i u m c o s t s (a $77,348 prem i u m versus an $83,348 premium)
and the principle of s u p p o r t i n g
local b u s i n e s s e s .
J. E. Dorman Jr., t o w n manager,
r e c o m m e n d e d s e l e c t i o n of the local
agencies. The r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was
u n a n i m o u s l y approved by t o w n
c o u n c i l in December.
" W e increased and improved our
coverage and provided additional
coverage for the t o w n at a 13.3 percent annual s a v i n g s , " Griffin said.
The t o w n was paying an annual prem i u m of $96,153. Under the new
plan, the p r e m i u m will be $83,348.
Specific cost-saving features of
the plan include:
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a $3,240 savings from reduced
p r e m i u m s for public official liability coverage, including an increase in coverage, $5 million
up f r o m $1 m i l l i o n ;
• a $2,609 savings in auto liability p r e m i u m s and an increase
in coverage, up to $1 million
f r o m $350,000;
• a $2,700 savings in b u i l d i n g s
and c o n t e n t s p r e m i u m s and increased coverage, up to $6 million f r o m $4 m i l l i o n ;
• an increase in police liability
p r o t e c t i o n , $2 million w i t h a
$1,000 d e d u c t i b l e up from
$300,000 w i t h a $2,500 deduct i b l e — a p r e m i u m increase of
only $1,083;
• group e x t e n d e d coverage that
i n c l u d e s c o l l i s i o n insurance
for the t o w n ' s licensed vehicles for the first t i m e .
" I t pays to bid c o m p e t i t i v e l y , "
Griffin said. " W i t h V A P R I M A ' s help,
we improved the t o w n ' s insurance
coverage and saved the taxpayers
money."

A d a p t e d f r o m PRIMALETTER.
G u i l f o r d W. Griffin has served as
the t o w n clerk and administrative
assistant of Cuipeper for four years.
He is a native of Tennessee but has
called Virginia home since the
1950s. He holds a bachelor of arts
degree f r o m the University of Maryland and a master's of business adm i n i s t r a t i o n from Syracuse University in New York.

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Risk Management:
An Evolving Discipline
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For many years it was sufficient
for municipalities to purchiase insurance coverages from one or a series of insurance agents or tfirough
locai insurance agents' associations witfiout any great concern
for thie cost or coverage. Often municipal insurance
committees
would fiave insurance agents as
members to assist in assuring tfiat
proper insurance coverages were
being purchased. While this approach may have worked adequately for some municipalities, today many are realizing using services of individuals with potential
conflicts of interests runs counter
to proper municipal management.
More importantly, this may expose
municipal officials to sizeable public official liability and antitrust liability law suits. As a result passive
insurance purchasing by municipalities is evolving into active risk management with emphasis on coverage and service tailored to the municipality's needs.
IVIunicipalities, both large and
small, are becoming more sophisticated in risk management, insurance and employee benefit areas as
they recognize that in most of their
budgets insurance is the second
largest line item next to wages.
Some support a full or part-time risk
manager, and all are beginning to
recognize the need to devote more
attention to insurance.
There are a number of steps municipalities can take to assure their
coverage is adequate and not excessive, provides reasonable catastrophic protection and is purchased at the lowest reasonable
cost.
Identify Exposures and Assess Risks
The first step in determining the
adequacy of insurance protection is
to identify exposures to accidental
loss. While exposures to fire, workers' compensation and automobile
losses are apparent, unknown exposures to antitrust, civil rights and
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professional liabilities must be examined. In addition to obtaining upto-date property values and listings
of mobile equipment and vehicles,
municipalities should discuss with
legal counsel the "state-of-the-art"
in addressing the liability exposures that have arisen over the past
five years.
There is no set format to complete this task and it will involve
extensive time in determining how
procedures are handled in the police department, personnel department, on committees and boards
(such as planning and zoning) and
in engineering and building inspections. Through interviews with department heads, staff and board and
committee members, and through
review of policies, procedures and
other documentation, a municipality can identify deficiencies in its
current structure and take steps to
eliminate actual or potential problems.
It is in the new areas of liability
exposure that municipalities are
setting themselves up for large lawsuits, many of which will be uninsured or involve lengthy litigation
with insurance companies to resolve the extent of coverage. The
fact that a certain procedure "has
been in effect for years and has always worked well" may run counter
to recent court decisions.
Evaluate Current Coverage
Once the exposures as well as
the risks inherent in them have been
identified, current insurance protection can be reviewed to determine
which are uninsured and which are
underinsured. To assist in this review, municipalities should request
a thorough summary or schedule of
their current program from their insurance agent or broker. If a municipality lacks the expertise to compare the exposures to the insurance
coverage, consideration should be
given to retaining a risk management or insurance consultant (who
should not be allowed to bid on
your insurance program). Through a
municipal "risk manager" or consultant, improvements can be designed and implemented to assure
that your coverage best addresses

your accidental loss exposures.
Some loss exposures may be uninsurable, but when identified, the
municipality may decide to eliminate the activity or self-insure the
risks.
Beware of Illegal Activity
Municipalities should limit the involvement of local insurance agents
and local insurance agents' associations in insurance placement or insurance agency selection. While
there is no problem with letting local agents bid on the insurance
package, it is inappropriate for a local insurance agency group to determine who will place the insurance for a municipality and how the
commission income will be allocated among its members. This
type of activity has been outlawed
in several states and may expose
municipal officials to potential lawsuits. When an insurance committee is used, it is also recommended
that the committee not include
more than one local insurance
agent, who must agree not to bid on
or place any of the municipality's insurance coverages while on the insurance committee and for a period
of one year after leaving the committee.
Testing tfie IVIarketplace
Occasionally
municipalities
should test the insurance marketplace to determine if their insurance package is the most attractive
in terms of coverage, service and
price. Annual bidding, however, discourages insurance companies from
submitting proposals as they realize they may have the account for
only one year. Rebidding every
three to six years is more appropriate.
When bidding your insurance program, consult with other municipalities that have gone through the process, the Virginia
Municipal
League, Public Risk and Insurance
Management Association (PRIMA)
and/or risk management consultants. To be successful the bidding
process must be handled properly.
Provide enough time to prepare
complete insurance specifications

�and to allow qualified i n s u r a n c e
a g e n t s to s o l i c i t bids from a s s i g n e d
i n s u r a n c e connpanies.
W h i l e it may be difficult to limit
the n u m b e r of a g e n t s involved, five
insurance agents soliciting
prop o s a l s s h o u l d be a d e q u a t e . S e l e c tion of a g e n t s s h o u l d be b a s e d on
their e x p e r i e n c e with m u n i c i p a l ins u r a n c e , r e f e r e n c e s , the s i z e of
their office and their ability to provide the n e c e s s a r y s e r v i c e s to your
municipality. A l s o request intere s t e d a g e n t s to provide a list of ins u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s they w o u l d approach on the m u n i c i p a l i t y ' s behalf
s o that only one agent a p p r o a c h e s
any given i n s u r a n c e market. An ins u r a n c e agent s h o u l d have e x c l u s i v e a c c e s s to a given market for all
l i n e s of c o v e r a g e , not for s p e c i f i c
t y p e s of c o v e r a g e . F u r t h e r m o r e ,
m a k e s u r e a g e n t s indicate if they
w a n t to be a s s i g n e d a group or prefer an a s s i g n m e n t within a group.
B e c a r e f u l w h e n a s s i g n m e n t s are
given within a group, b e c a u s e s o m e
i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s will not c o m pete a g a i n s t other c o m p a n i e s that
are m e m b e r s of the s a m e group.
Often i n s u r a n c e a g e n t s request
a c c e s s to managing general a g e n t s
or w h o l e s a l e r s of i n s u r a n c e prog r a m s . In t h e s e c a s e s , have the
agent indicate w h i c h i n s u r a n c e
marketsthemanaginggeneralagents
or w h o l e s a l e r s will a p p r o a c h . Without a c o n s c i e n t i o u s attempt to a s sign m a r k e t s , w h i c h is difficult,
c h a n c e s for a s u c c e s s f u l rebidding
will be l e s s e n e d s u b s t a n t i a l l y .
Risk Financing Alternatives
T h e d a y s of p u r c h a s i n g i n s u r a n c e
to cover everything from an old
pick-up truck u s e d by the public
w o r k s department to a walkie-talkie
u s e d by the police department are
gone. R e t a i n i n g a certain amount of
risk a l l o w s a municipality to take advantage of available premium c r e d its. F u r t h e r m o r e , s o m e i t e m s If
d a m a g e d or d e s t r o y e d may not result in any i n s u r a n c e p r o c e e d s for
the municipality b e c a u s e a c t u a l
c a s h value ( r e p l a c e m e n t c o s t m i n u s
depreciation) is l e s s than c o s t of repair. A c c o r d i n g l y ,
municipalities
s h o u l d c o n s i d e r d e d u c t i b l e s on all
property i n s u r a n c e . F r e q u e n t l y a 15
percent premium credit is available
for i n c r e a s i n g the property insura n c e d e d u c t i b l e from $100 to $1000.
R e v i e w insured property and its
value to determine w h e t h e r v a l u e s
are overstated or out-of-date.
Attempt to c o n s o l i d a t e i n s u r a n c e
c o v e r a g e s (property and liability) in
one or a few p o l i c i e s with the s a m e
expiration date, e s p e c i a l l y liability
p o l i c i e s . T h i s is more c o s t - e f f e c -

tive, s i m p l i f i e s administration and
r e d u c e s the number of g a p s or overlaps in c o v e r a g e .
Self-Insurance
IVIunicipalities s h o u l d not overlook s e l f - i n s u r a n c e even though the
i n s u r a n c e industry currently is extremely competitive. Many insura n c e m a r k e t s are d e s i g n i n g prog r a m s that incorporate self-insura n c e f e a t u r e s for m e d i u m - s i z e d
r i s k s . M u n i c i p a l i t i e s with populations of more than 25,000 or w h i c h
s p e n d $250,000 annually for workers' compensation should seriously
c o n s i d e r s e l f - i n s u r a n c e . Self-insura n c e of automobile p h y s i c a l damage risk (collision and c o m p r e h e n sive) s h o u l d be c o n s i d e r e d for
f l e e t s e x c e e d i n g 25. I n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s a l s o offer retrospective rating
programs on a one-year or threeyear plan and b a s e d on incurred and
paid l o s s e s . T h e one-year plan is
u s u a l l y r e c o m m e n d e d for m u n i c i palities w h e r e a " r e t r o " program is
the best alternative.
T h e major area of s e l f - i n s u r a n c e
for m u n i c i p a l i t i e s is w o r k e r s ' c o m pensation, although
employee
b e n e f i t s s h o u l d not be overlooked.
Both deal with the s a m e three c o m p o n e n t s : m e d i c a l p a y m e n t s for hospital and p h y s i c i a n c a r e , life insura n c e and disability. T h e future trend
will be to integrate both t h e s e cove r a g e s to obtain even greater c o s t
savings.
Over the long run an insured pays
for l o s s e s plus a load factor for ins u r a n c e c o m p a n y e x p e n s e s and
profit. In a s e l f - i n s u r a n c e program a
municipality t a k e s s o m e risk, but
this c a n u s u a l l y be reduced substantially by a properly d e s i g n e d exc e s s i n s u r a n c e program that prov i d e s c a t a s t r o p h i c protection on a
p e r - o c c u r r e n c e and a n n u a l b a s i s .
S e l f - i n s u r a n c e normally
requires
more administrative input but t h i s is
not n e c e s s a r i l y a d i s a d v a n t a g e . Mun i c i p a l i t i e s need greater control of
c o s t s , and s e l f - i n s u r a n c e is one w a y
of attaining t h i s . A l s o , with self-ins u r a n c e m u n i c i p a l i t i e s c a n obtain
s u b s t a n t i a l c a s h flow benefits.
T e c h n i c a l s e r v i c e s normally provided by an i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n y
( c l a i m s , risk control and risk mana g e m e n t information s y s t e m s ) c a n
be p u r c h a s e d from one or more
c o m p a n i e s . Many
municipalities
have e x p e r i e n c e d improved serv i c e s through s e l f - i n s u r a n c e a s they
c a n s e l e c t s e r v i c e providers and
t y p e s of s e r v i c e s the municipality
requires. T h i s is particularly true in
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sistance from a commercial insurance program. In the risk management information systems area,
self-insured municipalities can receive a variety of loss reports detailing loss frequency and severity,
type of injury and other useful variables. The use of the same contractor to service self-insured workers'
compensation and employee benefits programs may be an advantage
and should be investigated.
Self-Insurance Pools

The major growth area for risk financing alternatives for municipalities in the past ten years has been
intergovernmental pooling or group
self-insurance. Today there are approximately 125 municipal self-insurahce groups throughout the
country with combined premiums
of $300 million to $350 million.
These programs are providing lower
priced insurance protection in workers' compensation, liability, property, employee benefits and unemployment compensation. Up-front
discounts, where allowed by law, in
addition to surplus or dividend distributions result in premiums or
contributions from 20 percent to 50
percent less than those charged by
commercial insurance companies.
In states where pools are not allowed or are heavily regulated, public agencies have decided to participate in safety groups, captive insurance companies or fronting ar-

rangements using "rent-a-captives." While these alternatives may
sound exotic, their function is basically the same as a pools' function and they have been used extensively and successfully in private industry. The key is to examine these
alternatives to determine if they fit
your municipal's objectives for coverage and service at the most reasonable cost.
The commercial insurance industry also has not been unresponsive
to innovation in the municipal risk
financing area. Following the loss
of a significant amount of business,
the commercial industry and many
specialty companies have designed
coverages tailored specifically to
municipal needs. Municipalities
need to examine these types of new
programs as well as pooling, "retro"
plans and the more conventional insurance approaches that have been
purchased in the past.
Useful Terms and Conditions

Key items municipalities should
consider include the following:
• blanket property coverage on
replacement cost basis with an
agreed amount endorsement
• extra expense coverage for
property, boiler and machinery
insurance
• repair or replacement coverage
for boiler and machinery insurance
• sixty-day notice of cancellation
requirement
• definition of names insured
should be very broad covering
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boards, commissions, judges,
etc.
• knowledge and notice of accident clause should indicate
that incidents must be reported
after the "risk manager" has
knowlede of the event
• fleet automatic endorsement
for auto insurance
• increasing liability insurance
limits by purchasing excess or
umbrella liability insurance
(minimum of $1 million)
• request agent to provide written
description of extent of current
liability insurance coverage for
police, civil rights, public officials, defense costs, and antitrust
If you do not understand the
terms, contact your current insurance agent or PRIMA to obtain clarification. While you may be told
such coverage is not available or is
unnecessary, remember that unless
you ask your insurance company for
such coverages, it is not probable
that you will ever get them. Some of
these items may entail additional
costs, but in most cases they are
well worth it.
Request L o s s Information

Do not forget to require your insurance agent or company to provide periodic (not less than semi-annual) loss runs detailing the up-todate status of all claims for the past
five years. This should indicate frequency, paid amount and loss reserve outstanding. Without this,
you will be in a very difficult position to obtain competitive bids and
evaluate risk management performance.
Summary

Local government risk management is an innovative activity that
can potentially save governments
premium dollars and expand or improve existing insurance coverages.
Even where savings have been accomplished through the traditional
purchasing procedure, improvements can be made by the establishment of a formal risk management program. In recent years of
austere budgets and no new programs, risk management has been
an activity that has witnessed significant growth. If you are not already involved in risk management,
take the first step.

�VML Chooses New Company
To Service Insurance Program
On May 18 the board of the Virginia Municipal Group Self Insurance Association (VMGSIA) designated Alexander &amp; Alexander as the
new service company for VMGSIA
effective July 1, 1983 replacing Hall
Risk Management Services Inc.
It is anticipated that the new service company will be able to offer
an improved quality of service for
the existing workers' compensation
program while also offering assistance in expanding into other lines
of insurance. The Virginia Municipal
League has considered offering
other lines of insurance, automobile
liability, general liability, property
and health insurance, but has limited its focus for the past three
years to workers' compensation. By
selecting a new service company
with expertise in all lines of insurance, the VML staff is optimistic

that additional group insurance
plans can be offered during the
course of the coming year.
Effective with the July 1,1983 billings, members will have the option
of paying premiums in quarterly installments. This should help any
members concerned with cash
flow, while those members wishing
to pay the full amount will receive
the benefit of more interest earnings credited to theiraccounts.
The Bureau of Insurance has approved a dividend of $1,175,839 for
the 106 members who were participating on or before June 30, 1982.
This is equivalent to 33.4 percent of
premium for the year and represents $781,410 in claims fund surplus and $394,429 in investment income. In declaring this dividend,
the VMGSIA board retained approximately $781,000 (or half the net sur-

plus) for future distribution. If loss
reserves for the 1981-82 year are not
increased, these funds will be available in future years in the form of
additional dividends. Individual
member dividends range from below 10 percent to in excess of 50
percent of premium paid.
As of July 1, VMGSIA members
filing workers'
compensation
claims should submit them to our
new service company at the following address:
Alexsis Risk Management
Services, Inc.
P.O. 80x1177
Richmond, Virginia 23209
(804)788-4490

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A program designed to help control your Workers' Compensation Costs.

The Members' Supervisory Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexsis Risk Management Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Alexander &amp; Alexander, Inc., as the service company of
the Virginia Municipal Group Self Insurance Association effective July 1, 1983. A dividend was
recently approved for the 106 members participating in the second fund year. A total of
$1,175,839, representing 32 percent of the 1981-82 premium has been returned to members
based on their loss experience and investment earnings.

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Bradley K. Harmes
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Virginia Municipal Group
Self Insurance Association
P.O. B,ox753
Richmond, Virginia 23206
(804) 649-8471

Alexis Risk Management Services Inc.
Post Office Box 1177
Richmond, Virginia 23209
(804) 788-4490
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efforts.
A peer review committee is made
up of drivers who volunteer to serve
on the committee as opposed to a
committee selected by management. The purpose of the committee is to identify cause factors,
potential or real, that may have led
to accidents.
To accomplish this the committee reviews submissions from drivers on road hazards, mechanical
problems, near misses and other
unique hazards noted during the
work day as well as reports on property damage or personal injury incidents. Recommendations for the
correction of situations or conditions continuing to occur, for retraining or for other action are then
developed by the committee and
submitted to management.
Four steps recommended for development of a successful peer review committee are a feasibility
study, the development of policies
and procedures, the orientation and
training of those involved and a
follow-up study.
A feasibility study reveals the attitudes of management, organized labor and drivers as well as the acceptability of such a program. If the

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Ashland
Augusta County
Bedford
Bedford County
Berryville
Blacksburg
Bluefield
Bristol
Buena Vista
Chase City
Chesapeal&lt;e
Clifton Forge
Colonial Beach
Covington
Culpeper County
Danville
Elkton
Emporia
Essex County
Fairfax County
Fauquier County
Franklin
Franklin County
Greensville County
Gretna
Grundy
Hampton

study shows the program is feasible, the peer review committee
should be tailored to specific
needs.
Upon development of policies
and procedures approved by management, committee members
should be required to attend an orientation and training meeting
where all information developed is
reviewed and discussed. This assures that committee members
fully understand poli'cies, procedures and training requirements.
Training requirements should include accident investigation techniques along with accident critiqueing. Some form of follow-up also
should be established to keep committee members informed on management's actions based on the
recommendations of the committee.
Accident Investigation and peer
review committees work hand-inhand to benefit the fleet safety program. Once the investigation is able
to determine the cause of an accident, the committee can then take
part in preventing the recurrence of
the same or similar accidents. Together they can be a tremendous
asset in controlling losses from personal injury, property damage and
loss of time.

Hanover County
Harrisonburg
Herndon
Hopewell
James City County
Lawrenceville

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Salem
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Staunton
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�Police Win Favorable Legislation
The 1983 session of the General
Assembly was a beehive of activity
focusing on concern with state budgetary matters and an unusually
large number of bills for such a
short session. However, major progress was made in the passage of
legislation having a direct impact
on law enforcement officers and
agencies.
After four years of effort by the
Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police (VACP), the General Assembly finally passed a bill providing for
minimum mandated sentences for
persons convicted of assaulting officers in the performance of their
duty. Rep. Franklin P. Hall, Richmond, sponsored House Bill 220
which brought about the long
sought legislation. Rep. Ted Morrison and Sen. William Parkerson
were instrumental in shepherding
the legislation through
both
houses. VACP representative Dan
Balfour piloted the bill through the
shoals of legislative opposition and
earned the association's thanks for
successfully negotiating the passage.
The association will recognize at
the annual VACP conference in August those who assisted in the
passage of the association's legislative package.

Signing of HB220
Gov. Charles S. Robb signed HB 220 while supporters of the legislation
looked on. Left to right are Col. Frank S. Duling, chief of police, Richmond;
Col. Roland A. Lakoski, chief of police, Chesapeake, president, VACP; Frank
W. Johnstone, director of police. University of Virginia; Daniel W. Balfour,
lobbyist, VACP; Col. Leslie T. Sheppard, chief of police, Henrico County;
Sgt. Robert E. Walker, vice president, Virginia State Lodge, Fraternal Order
of Police; Del. Franklin P. Hall; Detective James S. Gaudet, president, John
Marshall Lodge No. 2, Fraternal Order of Police, Richmond.

1983 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE
AUGUST 21-24,1983
OMNI INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
4:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.

Registration
President's Reception

MONDAY, AUGUST 22
8:30 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Opening Session
9:30 a.m.
Spouses Movie on Jacques Cousteau
Center
10:15a.m.
Training and the Future
12:00 p.m.
Spouses Tour of Botanical
Gardens/Luncheon-Sponsored by
Ogden Foods
1:00 p.m.
Second Annual Golf Tournament
7:00 p.m.
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Southern Railroad

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:30
2:00
2:30
3:15
3:45
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Registration
Accreditation
Spouses Shopping Tour
A Practical Approach to Domestic
Disputes
Spouses Luncheon at Waterside
Operation Identification
Tele-Serve
Hot Pursuit Task Force
DWI Task Force
Legislation 1984
Reception/Banquet

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24
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9:30 a:m:
Operation Lifesaver
I0:30a.m.
Business Session
12:00 p.m.
Adjournment
President Roland A. Lakoski, chief of police, Chesapeake will preside
over the 58th Annual Conference. Appreciation is extended to the Conference Planning Committee for arranging entertainment. For further information, contact Kathy Mclntyre 804/649-8471.

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sick leave usage.
Crews discussed the advantage
of alternate f u n d i n g plans w h i c h
feature delay of prennium p a y m e n t s
u p t o 9 0 d a y s r e s u l t i n g in i n c r e a s e d
c a s h f l o w f o r t h e e m p l o y e r . IVIinim u m premium plans allow the employer
to
negotiate
a
certain
a m o u n t t o s e n d t h e i n s u r a n c e carrier e a c h m o n t h a n d h o l d t h e remainder of the m o n e y for payment
of c l a i m s .
At the same conference, Marshall
told the group how Arlington County reduced e m e r g e n c y room c o s t s
by negotiating fixed rates w i t h local
h o s p i t a l s f o r v a r i o u s t y p e s of emergency visits.
These

events

and similiar

ones

are o c c u r i n g o n a daily basis as
more and more Virginia governments and their agencies seek the
assistance of V A P R I M A . Members h i p in t h e c h a p t e r a l m o s t t r i p l e d
last y e a r a n d V i r g i n i a is q u i c k l y
g a i n i n g t h e r e p u t a t i o n of b e i n g a
" b i g s i s t e r " in t h e area of i n s u r a n c e
risk m a n a g e m e n t services w i t h the
neighboring areas of W a s h i n g t o n ,
DC,
and
Maryland
seeking
VAPRIMA's assistance.
Just recently VAPRIMA's officers
s e r v e d a s g u e s t s p e a k e r s at t h e
Maryland
Municipal
League
of
Cities. Also, the ground work has
been laid for V A P R I M A t o a s s i s t
D i s t r i c t of C o l u m b i a o f f i c i a l s in a
c o m p l e t e review of t h e city's insurance m a n a g e m e n t needs and develop for the capital city a strategy
plan that will resolve m a n y insurance management problems plaguing t h e urban area.
V A P R I M A will also draw from the
experiences shared with Maryland
and V\/ashington.
" W e a r e e a g e r t o h e l p in t h e t r i state area," says Marshall, " b u t our
primary goal service area remains
Virginia."

In t h e f u t u r e V A P R I M A w i l l b e d e veloping a more visible exchange
n e t w o r k t o i n c l u d e a s s i s t a n c e in
s u c h areas as training, pooling,
m o n i t o r i n g loss experiences, successful loss prevention techniques,
convincing public works employees
t h a t s a f e t y is i m p o r t a n t , e x c e s s o r
conventional insurance market updates, general liability and errors
and o m m i s s i o n s , loss prevention
p r o b l e m s in p o l i c e a n d f i r e d e p a r t ments,
designing
a
prevention
course for public officials under
S e c t i o n 1983, p r o g r a m a n d c o n s u l tant e v a l u a t i o n , analysis of p o l i c i es
and deciphering and rehabilitation
p r o g r a m s as cost effective alternatives.
" W h a t is i n t e r e s t i n g t o n o t e , "
c o m m e n t e d Marshall, " i s that w e
a r e ' p o r t a b l e . ' In o t h e r w o r d s w e w i l l
c o m e to the site. W e believe that
site
services
benefit
all
concerned."
For m e m b e r s h i p information or
assistance from VAPRIMA,
write
M a r s h a l l at C o u n t y of A r l i n g t o n ,
1400 N. C o u r t h o u s e R d . , R o o m 15,
A r l i n g t o n , V A 2 2 2 0 1 , or call 703/5582205.

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public powerfinancii^
E . F . H u t t o n ' s P u b l i c P o w e r F i n a n c e G r o u p has
d e m o n s t r a t e d its a b i l i t y to generate n e w f i n a n c i n g
ideas a n d c a r r y them out s u c c e s s f u l l y . W e h a v e the

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experience, the k n o w - h o w , a n d the d i s t r i b u t i o n

3 2 0 offices across the c o u n t r y . I n a d d i t i o n to our

n e t w o r k w h i c h could make y o u r next financing a

g r o w i n g r e t a i l business, o u r i n s t i t u t i o n a l business

success i n w a y s y o u m a y not h a v e a n t i c i p a t e d .

has g r o w n to o v e r 1 / 3 of our total securities business.

A s managers or c o - m a n a g e r s of n u m e r o u s p u b l i c

F o r y o u r next p u b l i c p o w e r o f f e r i n g , w h y not

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that it p a y s to listen w h e n E . F . f i u t t o n t a l k s .

E . F . Hutton &amp; Company, Inc.
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(212)742-5000

When EF Hutton talks,
people listen.

�West, Amyx Visit With
V M L President F r a n c i s T . W e s t
and E x e c u t i v e Director
IVIicliael
A m y x recently joined other state
municipal league o f f i c e r s in a threehour briefing at the White H o u s e .
President R e a g a n called the meeting at the White H o u s e to d e c l a r e
his support for extending antitrust
immunity to local g o v e r n m e n t s .
R e a g a n gave this support under
two c o n d i t i o n s : that local government is acting under the authority
of s t a t e law, and that the localities
are a c t i n g within their government
or police power c a p a c i t y .
R e a g a n w a s n o n c o m m i t t a l on the
i s s u e of general revenue sharing
s a y i n g he would have to " w a i t and
s e e " what action C o n g r e s s t a k e s .
T h e group a l s o heard from V i c e
P r e s i d e n t B u s h w h o s p o k e on h i s

Reagan

task f o r c e ' s work on regulatory relief. D e f e n s e S e c r e t a r y C a s p a r
W e i n b e r g e r w h o talked on d e f e n s e
expenditures,
Martin
Feldstein,
c h a i r m a n of the C o u n c i l of E c o nomic A d v i s o r s , w h o s p o k e on the
c o n t i n u i n g d o m e s t i c recovery In
e m p l o y m e n t a n d Income and the
more s l u g g i s h world
economic
scene.
J o h n A . S v a h n , head of the S o c i a l
S e c u r i t y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , s p o k e on
the restriction a g a i n s t further optouts by state and local governm e n t s a n d G a r y J o n e s , deputy und e r s e c r e t a r y of the Department of
E d u c a t i o n , briefed the group on the
c o n d i t i o n of the nations s c h o o l s .
Amyx (left) and West (right)
photographed
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House.

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B a k e r Encourages C a b l e S y s t e m s
" E v e r y municipal e l e c t r i c c o m pany should be j u m p i n g up and
down rushing to get Into the busin e s s , " J a m e s E. B a k e r told Municipal
Electric Power
Association
m e m b e r s a n d g u e s t s at their recent
c o n f e r e n c e in Virginia B e a c h . He
w a s referring to the c a b l e t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s Industry.
" W e have the advantage of being
public s e r v i c e o r i e n t e d , " he s a i d ,
w h i c h g i v e s u s " o n e leg u p " on the
entertainment oriented b u s i n e s s e s .
B a k e r , w h o is the immediate past
president of the A m e r i c a n Public
P o w e r A s s o c i a t i o n , w a s the keynote s p e a k e r at the recently concluded c o n f e r e n c e .
David B. Holloway, administrator
of safety and training for E l e c t r i c i t i e s of North C a r o l i n a , and Earl
G o r e and Aubrey Tarkington of Virginia E l e c t r i c and P o w e r C o . (Vepco) rounded our the c o n f e r e n c e program.
IVlichael J . York of Harrisonburg
and William E . W i l l i s of Radford
w e r e e l e c t e d to s e r v e the a s s o c i a tion for s e c o n d t e r m s a s president
and v i c e president
respectively.
E l e c t e d to s e r v e s e c o n d t e r m s on
the
executive
committee
were
C l y d e D. W i m m e r of M a n a s s a s ,
R i c h a r d H. L e e of B l a c k s t o n e and
R e g i n a l d A . Oliver of S a l e m .

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�Butterfield Accepts
Wallerstein Scholarship
Demise S . Butterfield is the selected recipient of the 1983 Wallerstein Scholarship.
A native of California, Butterfield
has worked with the State Water
Control Board in Virginia Beach and
in Richmond, the Rappahannock
Area Development Commission and
the Hampton Roads Sanitation District. She will use her $5,000 scholarship to begin graduate studies in
the Woodrow Wilson Department of
Government and Foreign Affairs at
University of Virginia's Institute of
Government. She is seeking a degree in public administration and
public affairs.
A graduate of Old Dominion University with a degree in environmental health, she has successfully
planned, administered and coordinated all aspects of a $400,000, twoyear water quality project, she has
reviewed and coordinated Virginia's
Construction Grants Program for
the State Water Control Board, she
has served as staff assistant to a

five-jurisdiction regional planning
commission responsible for environmental planning. studies, and
she provided Industrial wastewater
surveillance and technical laboratory work for the Hampton Roads
Sanitation District.
In addition, she was the designated recorder for the North Carolina Virginia Water Quality Technical Committee in 1982, served in
1980 on the statewide committee
assembled by Virginia Water Resources Research Center to define
Virginia's most important water related problems, and served as a
speaker on land use for a panel
sponsored by Del. D. Wayne
O'Bryan (24th District) in 1979.
The Wallerstein Scholarship was
established by Ruth C. and Morton
L. Wallerstein to foster interest and
research in Virginia municipal government. It is administered by the
Virginia Municipal League and the
Institute of Government, University
of Virginia.

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Sept. 1 8 - 2 0
Watch
for the
Registration Form
in the
August Issue.

�Legal Guidelines
T h e Broadening Liability
In Civil Rights C a s e s
By Howard W. Dobbins,
General C o u n s e l
Federal c o u r t s in recent m o n t h s
have c o n t i n u e d to broaden the c o n s e q u e n c e s of civil rights v i o l a t i o n s
by holding that punitive d a m a g e s
may be a s s e s s e d in S e c t i o n 1983
action w h e n the d e f e n d a n t ' s c o n duct involves r e c k l e s s or c a l l o u s Ind i f f e r e n c e to the plaintiff's federally
protected rights (whether s u c h c o n duct is motivated by evil motive or
Intent) and by permitting award of
a t t o r n e y ' s f e e s to civil rights plaintiffs w h o settle S e c t i o n 1983 c l a i m s .
Both holdings have s e r i o u s and significant f i n a n c i a l c o n s e q u e n c e s for
local g o v e r n m e n t s .
T h e d e c i s i o n involving punitive
d a m a g e s w a s handed down by the
United S t a t e s S u p r e m e Court on
April 20, 1983 in the c a s e of William
H. Smith V. Daniel R. Wade, 51 L.W.
4407. S m i t h w a s a guard at a Miss o u r i reformatory for youthful first
o f f e n d e r s . W a d e w a s a s s i g n e d to
the reformatory a s an inmate In
1976. In the s u m m e r of that year
W a d e c h e c k e d into the protective
c u s t o d y unit. B e c a u s e of d i s c i p l i nary violations w h i l e in protective
c u s t o d y , W a d e w a s given a short
term In punitive segregation and
then transferred to administrative
s e g r e g a t i o n . T h e evening of h i s first
s t a y In s u c h s e g r e g a t i o n , he w a s
p l a c e d In a cell with another inmate.
Later, w h e n S m i t h c a m e on duty In
W a d e ' s dormitory, he placed a third
inmate in W a d e ' s c e l l .
W a d e testified that h i s c e l l m a t e s
h a r r a s s e d , beat and s e x u a l l y a s s a u l t e d him. He brought suit under
42 U . S . C . S e c t i o n 1983 a g a i n s t
S m i t h and other g u a r d s and correctional o f f i c i a l s , alleging his Eighth
A m e n d m e n t rights had been violated. H i s e v i d e n c e at the trial
s h o w e d that he placed h i m s e l f In
protective c u s t o d y b e c a u s e of prior
violent I n c i d e n t s a g a i n s t him by
other i n m a t e s .
T h e third prisoner that S m i t h had
added to the cell had been placed in
administrative segregation for fighting. S m i t h made no effort to determine If another cell w a s available although in fact there w a s another

cell in the s a m e dormitory with only
one o c c u p a n t . Only a few w e e k s
earlier, another inmate had been
beaten to death In the s a m e dormitory during the s a m e shift while
S m i t h had been on duty. W a d e a s s e r t e d S m i t h and the other defend a n t s k n e w or s h o u l d have known
an a s s a u l t a g a i n s t him w a s likely
under the c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
W h e n the c a s e w a s first tried, the
United S t a t e s District J u d g e ins t r u c t e d the jury that in addition to
c o m p e n s a t o r y d a m a g e s It c o u l d
award punitive d a m a g e s to p u n i s h
the wrongdoer for extraordinary
m i s c o n d u c t and a l s o to s e r v e a s an
e x a m p l e or warning to o t h e r s not to
e n g a g e In s u c h c o n d u c t and that
s u c h punitive d a m a g e s c o u l d be a s s e s s e d if the c o n d u c t of one or
more of the d e f e n d a n t s w a s s h o w n
to be " a r e c k l e s s or c a l l o u s disregard of, or indifference to, the rights
or s a f e t y of o t h e r s . " T h e jury returned v e r d i c t s for c o m p e n s a t o r y
d a m a g e s and a l s o $5,000 in punitive
d a m a g e s a g a i n s t certain defendants.
On a p p e a l , the C i r c u i t Court of
A p p e a l s for the Eighth C i r c u i t affirmed and the United S t a t e s S u preme Court granted review.
T h e s i n g l e I s s u e In the S u p r e m e
Court w a s the propriety of the lower
c o u r t ' s Instruction authorizing punitive
damages. The
defendants
argued that the proper test for all
c a s e s under S e c t i o n 1983 Is one of
a c t u a l m a l i c i o u s intent—ill w i l l ,
spite or Intent to Injure. T h e S u preme Court s u s t a i n e d the a w a r d of
punitive d a m a g e s in a 5 to 4 d e c i sion with J u s t i c e s
Rehnqulst,
P o w e l l , O ' C o n n o r and C h i e f J u s t i c e
Burger d i s s e n t i n g . T h e opinion of
the majority, written by J u s t i c e
B r e n n a n , held that punitive dama g e s under S e c t i o n 1983 c a n be
a w a r d e d under either of two s t a n d a r d s : (a) r e c k l e s s or c a l l o u s indiff e r e n c e to the federally protected
rights of o t h e r s , or (b) c o n d u c t motivated by evil motive or intent.
T h e d i s s e n t i n g opinion of J u s t i c e
R e h n q u l s t , with w h o m the Chief
J u s t i c e and J u s t i c e P o w e l l j o i n e d ,

points out the fundamental p r e m i s e
of our legal s y s t e m " i s the notion
that d a m a g e s are a w a r d e d to c o m p e n s a t e the v i c t i m — t o r e d r e s s inj u r i e s he or s h e actually h a s suff e r e d . " In c o n t r a s t , " t h e doctrine of
punitive d a m a g e s permits award of
d a m a g e s beyond the most genero u s and e x p a n s i v e c o n c e p t i o n of
a c t u a l injury to the plaintiff" a s s e s s e d for the purpose of " v i s i t i n g
a p u n i s h m e n t upon the d e f e n d a n t , "
deterring p e r s o n s from violating the
rights of others, and providing a
" b o u n t y " to e n c o u r a g e private laws u i t s s e e k i n g to a s s e r t legal rights.
T h e d i s s e n t pointed out that a
s i g n i f i c a n t number of A m e r i c a n jur i s d i c t i o n s have r e f u s e d to permit
punitive d a m a g e a w a r d s and that
s t a t e s w h i c h do permit j u r i e s to
award punitive d a m a g e s In certain
c i r c u m s t a n c e s have little uniformity
a m o n g s t a n d a r d s for determining
on what b a s i s the jury might award
s u c h d a m a g e s , fvlany j u r i s d i c t i o n s
have required s o m e sort of wrongful
motive, a c t u a l intent to Inflict harm,
e x p r e s s or actual m a l i c e , bad faith,
willful wrong or III will. Other s t a t e s
have permitted punitive d a m a g e
a w a r d s merely upon a s h o w i n g of
very c a l l o u s or negligent c o n d u c t
defined a s " g r o s s n e g l i g e n c e , "
" r e c k l e s s or " e x t r e m e c a l l o u s n e s s . "
T h e d i s s e n t e r s criticized the majority opinion for failing to resort to
the c o u r t s ' o w n prior Interpretations of c o n g r e s s i o n a l Intent with
r e s p e c t to S e c t i o n 1983 and the maj o r i t y ' s I n e x a c t tally of state d e c i s i o n s supporting the majority v i e w .
J u s t i c e R e h n q u l s t argued p e r s u a s i v e l y that a majority of s t a t e s require evil motive to support punitive
d a m a g e s and that It w a s the Intent
of C o n g r e s s In adopting S e c t i o n
1983 to c r e a t e liability to the party
Injured for r e d r e s s , or in other
w o r d s , " r e p a r a t i o n of, s a t i s f a c t i o n
or c o m p e n s a t i o n for, a wrong s u s tained or the l o s s resulting from
this."
In a s e p a r a t e d i s s e n t . J u s t i c e
O ' C o n n o r , d i s a g r e e i n g with the ma—Continued
on page 23—

�Mobile Labs Help Train Firemen
Fire training throughout Virginia
h a s been greatly e n h a n c e d with the
help of s o m e firemen In F a i r f a x
City, Harrisonburg a n d H a m p t o n .
With funding from the S t a t e Department of Fire P r o g r a m s , T r a i n i n g Div i s i o n , and a lot of e n t h u s i a s m and
hard worl&lt; on the part of t h e s e fire
fighters, four tractor trailers have
been p u r c h a s e d and renovated into
mobile training laboratories that deliver fire training programs to t h e
v a r i o u s rural a n d urban s e t t i n g s
throughout Virginia.
T h e first trailer, a 40-foot u s e d furniture v a n , under the handy worl^ of
the 39 c a r e e r p r o f e s s i o n a l s of t h e
F a i r f a x City Fire and R e s c u e Serv i c e s and the 39 active v o l u n t e e r s of
the F a i r f a x City V o l u n t e e r Fire Department, soon b e c a m e a s e l f - c o n -

tained breathing a p p a r a t u s maze on
wheels.
T h e hot s u m m e r w e a t h e r prov i d e s t h e heat Inside t h e trailer
w h i c h I s painted flat blacl&lt; to dec r e a s e visibility. A s m a l l c a s c a d e
s y s t e m Is u s e d to refill air bottles. A
mini smoke-diver c o u r s e is Included
In the maze c o u r s e and the final exe r c i s e i s c o m p l e t i o n of the maze In
full protective clothing. L a s t year
1,100 fire fighters c o m p l e t e d t h e
course.
A s e c o n d trailer h a s been c o n verted Into a t a c t i c a l s i m u l a t o r and
provides t w o c l a s s r o o m s , o n e at
e a c h end of the trailer. T h e unit i s
u s e d a s a promotional evaluation
for junior o f f i c e r s in t h e Northern
Virginia area.
T h e third trailer c a m e to life under

the handy worl&lt; of the m e m b e r s of
the Harrisonburg Fire Department
and I s a self-contained breathing
apparatus maze s i m i l a r to the one in
F a i r f a x . T h e fourth is a sprinl&lt;ier and
fire protection equipment s y s t e m s
laboratory a n d t h e work of t h e
Hampton Fire Department. A fifth
trailer, for strategy and t a c t i c s training, is e x p e c t e d to be completed by
the Virginia B e a c h Fire Department
In another s i x m o n t h s .
J o e F. T h o m a s J r . of the Department of Fire P r o g r a m s s a y s t h e s e
trailers have been on the road c o n stantly, most recently completing a
trip to S o u t h B o s t o n and a tour of
the s o u t h w e s t e r n a r e a s of the state.
T h e self-contained breathing apparatus labs have trained more than
500 fire fighters in a recent 30-day
period.

Incentives Add To City's Safety Program
In a s u c c e s s f u l c i t y w i d e s a f e t y
program, H o p e w e l l r e w a r d s city e m p l o y e e s with gifts for on t h e j o b
safety.
Under the first program begun in
1980 worl&lt;ers w e r e given wlndbreal^ers for remaining a c c i d e n t
free for an entire work year. Currently the c i t y ' s e m p l o y e e s are divided into three large groups and if
a group c o m p l e t e s eight m o n t h s
without an a c c i d e n t resulting in a
lost work d a y , m e m b e r s of t h e
group c a n s e l e c t a gift from a catalog. A s e c o n d s a f e eight m o n t h s
e a r n s a more e x p e n s i v e gift, and a
third s a f e eight m o n t h s brings an
even more e x p e n s i v e gift. G i f t s
range a n y w h e r e from popcorn pop-

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�Legal Guidelines
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from page 19jority opinion a n d tlie d i s s e n t of
J u s t i c e R e h n q u i s t in many res p e c t s , a s s e r t e d that p o l i c i e s c o u n s e i i n g a g a i n s t awarding punitive
d a m a g e s for t h e recl&lt;lessness of
public o f f i c i a l s outweigh the desirability of a n y deterrent effect of
such awards.
In t h e other recent suit, t h e decis i o n permitting a civil rights plaintiff who s e t t l e s a S e c t i o n 1983 c l a i m
to an a w a r d of a t t o r n e y ' s f e e s w a s
that of the C i r c u i t Court of A p p e a l s
for the S i x t h C i r c u i t in Johnston
v.
Jago, d e c i d e d O c t o b e r 22, 1982, 51
L W 2272. In Johnston,
a discharged
c o r r e c t i o n a l officer filed a 42 U . S . C .
S e c t i o n 1983 action alleging his termination resulted from a n appeara n c e a s a w i t n e s s in a previous civil
rights action a n d w a s therefore a
violation of his F i r s t and F o u r t e e n t h
A m e n d m e n t rights. W h i l e this c a s e
w a s pending, t h e officer w a s a l s o
p r o s e c u t i n g an appeal of his d i s m i s sal before the state board of review,
w h i c h c o n c l u d e d with a s e t t l e m e n t
a g r e e m e n t providing that the officer
s h o u l d take all s t e p s n e c e s s a r y to
withdraw pending federal or state
court c a s e s initiated by the officer
b a s e d on h i s e m p l o y m e n t relationship with the c o r r e c t i o n a l facility.

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T h e 1976 Civil R i g h t s A t t o r n e y ' s
F e e s A w a r d A c t , 42 U . S . C , S e c t i o n
1988 grants t h e court d i s c r e t i o n to
award a t t o r n e y ' s f e e s to the prevailing party in S e c t i o n 1983 a c t i o n s .
Here, t h e court pointed out a party
may be c o n s i d e r e d " p r e v a i l i n g "
w h e n t h e c a s e c o n c l u d e s in settlement. Although there i s split of authority a m o n g the c i r c u i t s a s to the
standard to be e m p l o y e d in determining w h e t h e r a party to settled litigation " p r e v a i l s , " t h e S i x t h C i r c u i t
followed the view of the F i r s t Circuit e x p r e s s e d in Nadeau v. Helgemoe, 581 F . 2d 275 (1978), that to
qualify " a s a prevailing party," t h e
plaintiff m u s t d e m o n s t r a t e h i s or
her l a w s u i t w a s c a u s a l l y related to
s e c u r i n g t h e relief obtained. S e c ondly, t h e plaintiff m u s t e s t a b l i s h
s o m e m i n i m u m b a s i s in law for the
relief s e c u r e d . Applying the Nadeau
text to t h i s c a s e , the S i x t h C i r c u i t
c o n c l u d e d the plaintiff w a s entitled
to a t t o r n e y ' s f e e s b e c a u s e it w a s
found a s fact t h e civil action w a s
c a u s a l l y linked to relief the plaintiff
a c h i e v e d through s e t t l e m e n t , a n d
that he w a s d i s c h a r g e d d u e to h i s
t e s t i m o n y a n d therefore h i s c l a i m
w a s not patently frivolous. T h e
court determined that the fact t h e
s e t t l e m e n t w a s negotiated in a separate related proceeding w a s immaterial.

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                    <text>V O L U M E 18
A U G U S T 1983
NUMBER8

T h e Attorney GeneraFs L a w Conference
Inside:

— A Conflict of Interests Guide
- VML Policy Update
Conference Registration and Information

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Editorial Assistant
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Volume 18

&amp;City
August 1983

Number 8

VML President
Francis T. West

Officers
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n , J r .
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . Thomas
S a m W. A d a m s

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Executive Committee
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a n e L Hough
Arlle C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n e
Ronald C. Spiggle
Robert T . W i l l i a m s

Past President

A d i s c u s s i o n of what it t a k e s to s u c c e e d .

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R. M i c h a e l A m y x
On the Cover:
T h e Attorney G e n e r a l G e r a l d L.
Baliles addressed elected officials,
m u n i c i p a l a d m i n i s t r a t o r s and local
attorneys from approximately 50 loc a l i t i e s w h o attended the s e c o n d
annual Attorney G e n e r a l ' s L a w C o n f e r e n c e , c o - s p o n s o r e d by the Attorney G e n e r a l ' s O f f i c e and by the Virginia Municipal L e a g u e .

Environmental Planning: The EASe of It All
A " q u i c k and dirty" review that rates development p r o p o s a l s .

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Preventive Medicine
T h e Attorney G e n e r a l ' s L a w C o n f e r e n c e

Raymond F. Ratcliffe

Executive Director

Commentary: The Challenge of Economic Development

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Your VM L Conference Registration Form
A Local Government Guide To Conflict of Interests
" Y o u need not go around in the dark about how the new C o m p r e h e n sive C o n f l i c t of I n t e r e s t s A c t a p p l i e s to y o u . "

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VML Develops Policy
An update on proposed p o l i c i e s for the c o m i n g year.

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People

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) Is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It Is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval of the
Virginia
Municipal
League
and if
granted
must be accompanied
by credit to
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY and the Virginia Municipal
League.
Secondclass postage
paid at
Richmond,
Virginia. Subscription
rates: $8 per
year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster:
Send address
changes
to VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753,
Richmond
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�GNiimentary
T h e Challenge of Economic Development
By Carl Marshall
A s e c o n o m i c c o n d i t i o n s in the
United S t a t e s and around the c o m m o n w e a l t h have b e c o m e i n c r e a s ingly important to government leade r s and a d m i n i s t r a t o r s , more public
attention h a s f o c u s e d on problems
a s s o c i a t e d with e c o n o m i c development and the proper role of national, state and local g o v e r n m e n t s
in this important policy a r e a . T h i s is
Illustrated by the i n c r e a s i n g promin e n c e of e c o n o m i c development iss u e s in s t a t e and local e l e c t i o n s
a c r o s s the country. O f f i c i a l s res p o n s i b l e for formulating e f f e c t i v e
public policy in e c o n o m i c development m u s t be a w a r e of the c o m p l e x ity of public and private s e c t o r relations and the importance of s u c h
key f a c t o r s a s incentive programs,
the availability of s u i t a b l e land res o u r c e s , a c c u r a t e c o m m u n i t y profiles and the n e c e s s i t y for dedicated and e n e r g e t i c program administrators.

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W a y s in w h i c h V i r g i n i a ' s policym a k e r s , at both state and local
levels, have a d d r e s s e d I s s u e s surrounding the quest for e c o n o m i c
prosperity have been a s varied a s
the s t a t e ' s geographic, cultural and
e c o n o m i c diversity, however, s o m e
general o b s e r v a t i o n s c a n be m a d e .
F i r s t , l o c a l i t i e s c o n c e r n e d with
promoting a c o m m u n i t y ' s f i n a n c i a l
health through local development
efforts have Identified s o m e b a s i c
r e q u i r e m e n t s for a s u c c e s s f u l economic development program. C h i e f
a m o n g t h e s e are the following:

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1. A c o m m u n i t y ' s c h a n c e s for
s u c c e s s are e n h a n c e d greatly if a c tion c a n be taken to c r e a t e a dlversifled e c o n o m i c s t r u c t u r e . T h i s is e s peclally true in rural a r e a s w h e r e
s i n g l e industry e c o n o m i e s are vulnerable to d r a m a t i c c h a n g e s In a
narrow market. At the s a m e time,
one d o e s not have to look far to find
urban a r e a s that are being c o n -

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About the Author
Carl Marshall is a graduate assistant at
the Institute of Government, University
of Virginia.

fronted by the d i s a s t r o u s c o n s e q u e n c e s of an e c o n o m y too heavily
dependent on a limited e c o n o m i c
base.
2. L o c a l i t i e s must pay careful attention to the a d e q u a c y of their infrastructure If they want to attract
new b u s i n e s s and industry. T h e
condition of a l o c a l i t y ' s e x i s t i n g
water, s e w e r and
transportation
s y s t e m s a l s o will affect directly the
c a p a c i t y of e x i s t i n g b u s i n e s s and
industry to e x p a n d their f a c i l i t i e s .
3. A recognized need e x i s t s to
build public c o n f i d e n c e about the
advisability
of
government
Inc r e a s e s in funding for development
a c t i v i t i e s in the f a c e of rather uncertain national and local e c o n o m i c
f o r e c a s t s . W h i l e this situation may
be alleviated If the e c o n o m y c o n t i n u e s to s h o w s i g n s of improvement, the q u e s t i o n s of how m u c h
public a s s i s t a n c e s h o u l d go toward
e c o n o m i c development activity and
what form that aid s h o u l d take will
probably remain t o p i c s of d i s c u s s i o n in the c o m i n g m o n t h s .
4. P u b l i c and private s e c t o r cooperation is p e r h a p s the most important factor in the s u c c e s s of economic development efforts. Mutual
trust and open
communication
m u s t e x i s t if good relations are to
be f o r t h c o m i n g . S o m e c o m m u n i t i e s
have difficulty fostering s u c h relat i o n s , but their importance c a n
hardly be o v e r e m p h a s i z e d .
T h e r e i s the danger, however, that
c o m m u n i t i e s might overextend the
w e l c o m e they hold out for busin e s s . L o c a l i t i e s c o u l d f a c e unexpected problems if their e c o n o m i e s
e x p a n d too rapidly. T o o rapid exp a n s i o n c a n place s e v e r e s t r a i n s on
local s c h o o l s , police and fire protection a g e n c i e s and health c a r e fac i l i t i e s unable to a c c o m m o d a t e a
large i n c r e a s e in population.
A s e c o n d general observation Is
that certain i n d u s t r i e s offer greater
promise to l o c a l i t i e s than others In
t e r m s of growth potential and therefore s h o u l d be given greater c o n s i d -

eration. A c c o r d i n g to the Virginia
Division of Industrial Development,
the p u s h to reindustrialize h a s been
greatest in the fields of fabricated
m e t a l s and e l e c t r o n i c machinery.
Metal w o r k s and the m a c h i n e tools
industries have received a good
deal of attention recently and could
be a lucrative revenue s o u r c e for localities.
For the future, moderate growth
is e x p e c t e d in the p l a s t i c s and printing i n d u s t r i e s , while textiles and
the apparel industry are not expected to s h o w significant e x p a n s i o n . Real prosperity is f o r e s e e n for
retail trade and s e r v i c e s , and transportation, fabricated m e t a l s and
food p r o c e s s i n g currently are expanding and are predicted to do so
through 1990. In addition, the elect r o n i c s industry, a c c o r d i n g to Labor
Department s t a t i s t i c s , will s e e c o n tinued i n c r e a s e s in output and employment a s the m a n u f a c t u r e of
c o m p o n e n t s and e l e c t r o n i c measuring d e v i c e s c o n t i n u e s to grow. T h e
m a n u f a c t u r e of medical and dental
i n s t r u m e n t s a l s o is e x p e c t e d to
show gains.
S o m e industries, s u c h a s c h e m i cal production, should be v i e w e d
with caution by localities b e c a u s e
of high energy requirements. Manufactured housing is struggling to recover from a recent s l u m p and is
not e x p e c t e d to fare well in the near
future. P h a r m a c e u t i c a l s are expected to s h o w improvement, however, a s the population a g e s and the
government r e l a x e s restrictions on
testing and marketing new drugs.
All of t h e s e v a r i o u s industries presently are represented within the
commonwealth.
T h e s t a t e ' s Division of Industrial
Development is an active partner in
the effort to promote V i r g i n i a ' s loc a l i t i e s a s attractive b u s i n e s s and
industrial c e n t e r s . T h e d i v i s i o n ' s
1982-83 f i s c a l year budget a l l o c a tion for advertising w a s $512,000.
Many l o c a l i t i e s have not been c o n tent to allow the division to carry
the responsibility for an effective
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�Environmental Planning

The EASe off It All
Environmental
impact.
These
two
words can bring a sigh of
frustration
as well
as quite
a few
resulting
headaches
to many
council
members and land use planners.
Environmental
impact
studies
and
controversies
can stall projects
and
cost
tremendous
sums of money.
Relief
may be at hand
however.
The city of Richmond
and the University
of Virginia
have been
working together
in the development
of a
decision
support
system
to
assist
local governments
on
environmental issues.
They call it EASe, the Environmental
Advisory
Service.
The purpose
of the service
is to
provide
a means
for reviewing
industrial,
commercial
and
residential
development
proposals
in order
to
alert
local
planners
to any
potentially serious
adverse
environmental
impacts.
Charles
T. Peters
Jr. and
Frederick
A. Rodammer
of
Richmond's
Department
of Planning
and
Community
Development,
and
K.
Preston
White Jr. of the
University
of Virginia's
Department
of
Engineering
Science
and Systems
talk
about the development
of the
EASe
system
and how it works in the following
article.
The c o n c e p t of an e n v i r o n m e n t a l
planning service began as a vague
d e s i r e t o a d d r e s s e n v i r o n m e n t a l Iss u e s c o n s i s t e n t l y in t h e
normal
c o u r s e of local land use p l a n n i n g .
Given the national a g e n d a for local
initiatives, developing a systematic
p r o c e s s f o r e n v i r o n m e n t a l r e v i e w at
the local level a p p e a r e d to be a
timely and potentially
significant
undertal^ing. Devising a practical
means to accomplish
this
end
w o u l d c l e a r l y b e a c h a l l e n g e . It w a s
a p p a r e n t at t h e o u t s e t t h a t local
p l a n n i n g a g e n c i e s typically are not
a d e q u a t e l y sized or staffed to undertake the time c o n s u m i n g and
t e c h n i c a l l y d e m a n d i n g task of environmental impact analysis. Adding
to the challenge was the recognition
that
environmental
issues
c o u l d n o t b e a d d r e s s e d in i s o l a t i o n .
An acceptable process for review
would need to envision tradeoffs
between environmental quality and

a m y r i a d of l e g i t i m a t e , c o m p e t i n g
local c o n c e r n s .
EASe e m b o d i e s a seriated procedure w h i c h offers guidance and a
c o n s i s t e n t f r a m e w o r k f o r l o c a l review of i n d u s t r i a l , c o m m e r c i a l a n d
residential development proposals.
The procedure begins with a qualitative initial s c r e e n i n g of p r o p o s a l s .
T h i s s c r e e n i n g is f a s t , e f f i c i e n t ,
comprehensive
and
consistent.
Consideration of the multiple objectives of local land u s e p l a n n i n g and
the a s s u m p t i o n that the planner

Charles
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to the
Environmental
Quality
Policy
Committee
about the EASe
procedure.
d o e s n o t h a v e t e c h n i c a l e x p e r t i s e in
environmental impact assessment
are i n c o r p o r a t e d into t h e p r o c e d u r e .
If t h i s i n i t i a l s c r e e n i n g a l e r t s t h e
planner to one or more potentially
serious adverse impacts associated
with a development project, the
EASe p r o c e d u r e t r i g g e r s o n e of several s e c o n d a r y review alternatives.
These include provision for clarification and detailed investigation of
s u s p e c t e d p r o b l e m s as well as the
search for strategies and counterm e a s u r e s a i m e d at r e s o l v i n g or m i t i g a t i n g u n w a n t e d i m p a c t s of otherwise desirable projects.
T h i s " q u i c k a n d d i r t y " i n i t i a l rev i e w g e n e r a t e s an overall s c o r e for
a p r o p o s a l , a s e t o f s u b - s c o r e s re-

lated to individual impact dimens i o n s , and a priority listing of individual i m p a c t s that are p o t e n t i a l l y
serious. Using this information, the
planner can then classify the proposal into o n e of four c a t e g o r i e s for
disposition under EASe.
T y p e 1 p r o p o s a l s are t h o s e w i t h
high overall scores, with uniformly
high category scores and without
serious individual impacts. These
p r o p o s a l s are r e c o m m e n d e d t o t h e
city planning authority for immediate approval w i t h o u t further a c t i o n .
Type 2 p r o p o s a l s are t h o s e w i t h
high overall desirability, but w i t h
either an unusually low category
score or with one or more identifiable adverse impacts. Under EASe,
these proposals receive a s e c o n d
review to determine the seriousness of the perceived p r o b l e m s and
to explore strategies and countermeasures that might mitigate the
u n w a n t e d impacts. Often this seco n d review will lead to n e g o t i a t i o n s
w i t h t h e d e v e l o p e r In o r d e r t o resolve the p r o b l e m . A favorable seco n d review or s u c c e s s f u l negotiations for mitigation will ultimately
lead to reevaluation of the proposal
a n d t o a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f o r Its approval.
T y p e 3 p r o p o s a l s are t h o s e w i t h
low overall desirability or
those
w h i c h raise s i g n i f i c a n t uncertainties c o n c e r n i n g a range of i m p a c t s .
U n d e r E A S e , T y p e 3 p r o p o s a l s (together w i t h unresolved Type 2 proposals) result in r e q u e s t s t o t h e developer from the planning agency
for additional justification for the
project. These requests for informat i o n are f o c u s e d on a n d relate t o
problem
areas
elicited
during
s c r e e n i n g . In e x t r e m e c a s e s , a request m i g h t call for t e c h n i c a l data
s u c h a s t h a t r e q u i r e d in an e n v i r o n mental impact statement. A second
review based on newly developed
i n f o r m a t i o n w o u l d t h e n result in
either a favorable or unfavorable
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n . Finally, Type 4
proposals
are t h o s e
which
are
f o u n d to be s o w a n t i n g that the prop o s e d p r o j e c t is c l e a r l y u n d e s i r able. T y p e 4 p r o p o s a l s are r e c o m —Continued
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�Attorney General's Law Conference

Preventive Medicine
"An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure," Attorney General
Gerald L. Bailies told local officials
and attorneys attending the Attorney General's Law Conference June
29 in Richmond.
The meeting was the second annual law conference co-sponsored
by the Virginia Municipal League
and the Attorney General's Office
and was perhaps most significant in
light of its appropriate timing.
The conference focused on the
new Comprehensive Conflict of Interests Act which went into effect
July 1,1983, and which is applicable
to every public officer or employee
in local government. The new "comprehensive" law replaces the previous Virginia Conflict of Interests
Act effective since 1970.
"The law needed changing," said
Baliles. "Government officials of
high quality and character, men and
women of integrity, were confused
over the standards of ethical conduct under the old conflicts law and
concerned over potential personal
and professional embarrassment
and liability."
"What has been produced," he
said, " i s a tougher act, one that is
more comprehensive, more realistic
and more enforceable."
The new law is an effort to deal
with the concerns of local officials

and to clarify the objectives of high
standards and clearer standards of
ethical conduct in government as
set forth in the original legislation,
said Baliles.
Conflict of interests is an area in
which the Virginia
Municipal
League and the Attorney General's
Office have taken an active interest.
In 1982, the attorney general convened a series of law conferences
on the subject for state and local officials. Advisory letters were sent to
members of state boards, agencies
and commissions and the attorney
general met with commonwealth's
attorneys to review their responsibilities at the local level. Last summer the Attorney General's Office
published a handbook on the conflicts law, and it was the Attorney
General's Office that submitted the
original proposal for the new law to

C. Lee

conflicts law. VML Executive Director R. Michael Amyx and Staff Attorney Clay L. Wirt co-authored the
chapter on the Virginia Conflict of
Interests Act for the "Virginia Local
Government Attorney's Manual"
published by the Municipal Code
Corp. of Tallahassee, F L . In addition, the league was active in the

"The law needed changing. Government officials of high quality and character . . . were
confused over the standards ..."
Gerald L.

the 1983 General Assembly.
The VML during the past two
years has conducted a number of
briefings on conflict of interests for
local officials and has prepared and
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legislative process for the new conflicts act.
"The new law is the product of research and reflection," said Baliles.
"Have the objectives been met?
Only time will tell."
Baliles called the major thrust of
the conference "one of preventive
medicine, of anticipating legal problems and addressing them, when
possible, without resort to costly
and time-consuming litigation."
The day-long conference also
dealt with other issues of concern
to local officials—personal liability,
freedom of information requirements, new rules for public purchasing and antitrust liability.
Francis C. Lee, senior assistant
attorney general, reviewed the new
conflict of interests act in detail and
responded to questions from the
audience. Assistant Attorney Generals John A. Gibney Jr., Vicki A.
Leonhard and Craig Merritt as well
as Senior Assistant Attorney General J . Westwood Smithers Jr. presented the other topics of the conference.

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�Plan to Attend the 1983 VML Conference
James City County will host the
1983 VML Conference and the Williamsburg Hilton and National Conference Center will serve as conference headquarters. Other conference hotels include the nearby Fort
Magruder Inn, the Best Western Williamsburg and the Quality Inn at
Kingsmill. All are conveniently located on Route 60 East.
The deadline for reservations is
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, so if you
haven't already made your room reservations, please do so immediately. Reservations may be made by
contacting the following:
Williamsburg Area Tourism and
Conference Bureau
P.O. BoxGB
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
(804) 253-0192
Conference registrations are encouraged in advance, but can be
made at the door. IVIany localities

designate one official to coordinate
registration, so contact your clerk
or manager concerning the registration procedure for your locality to
avoid duplication. Registration this
year costs $90 for members, $100
for non-members and $40 for a
spouse or guest and includes all
conference activities except the
ICMA Luncheon, the Prayer Breakfast and some guest activities. Partial registrations are also available
at various rates (see the registration
form).
Social functions during the conference will include cocktail receptions Sunday and Tuesday evenings, an enjoyable evening at the
Busch Gardens Old Country Festhouse Monday evening planned by
James City County, the host locality, and the banquet Tuesday evening which will feature the presentation of the 1983 VML Achievement
Awards. There will be no planned
luncheons this year, other than the

ICMA Luncheon, to allow guests an
opportunity to sample the many fine
restaurants in the area. More details
on the conference and the guest's
program will be included in the September issues of the VML LEAGUE
LETTER.
Speakers will include the Honorable Mills Godwin E. Godwin Jr., former governor of Virginia, who will
give the keynote address at the
opening session; Robison B.
James, professor of theology at the
University of Richmond and former
member of the Virginia House of
Delegates, who will speak at the
Prayer Breakfast; and Patrick Buchanan, syndicated columnist and
prominent staff member in the
Nixon White House, who will speak
at the banquet.
The 1983 conference promises a
rewarding mix of business, pleasure
and education. Register today and
plan to attend.

- Conference Schedule SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
2:00 p.m.
to
6:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION

3:00 p.m.

Legislative Committee

5:00 p.m.

Nominations Committee

5:00 p.m.
to
7:00 p.m.

EXHIBITS OPEN

6:00 p.m.
to
7:00 p.m.

Opening Reception

MONDAY, cont'd.
1:30 p.m.

VMGSIA Annual
Meeting
Cash Management for
Small Towns
Administrative
Analyst Workshop
Crisis in Education
Building Code and
Rehabilitation
3:15 p.m.

iVI0NDAY,SEPTEIVIBER19
7:30 a.m.

Women in Locai
Government Breakfast

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8:00 a.m.
to
4:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION AND
EXHIBITS OPEN

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to
11:30 a.m. Keynote Address
Hon. Mills E. Godwin, Jr.

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11:30 a.m. Lunch On Your Own
to
1:30 p.m.
12:00
noon

iCMA Luncheon

CONCURRENT
SESSIONS

CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
Virginia PRIMA
Workshop
Conflict of Interests
for Small Cities and
Towns
Drafting Town
Ordinances
Quality Circles
Municipal Bond
Registration
Manufactured
Housing

6:00 p.m.

Host Locality Event
Busch Gardens, Old
Country Festhouse

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
7:30 a.m.

Prayer Breakfast
Robison B. James

8:00
to
12:00
Noon

EXHIBITS OPEN

10:00 a.m. Section Workshops
to
Urban, City and Town
11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. Lunch On Your Own
to
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
Cable TV Deregulation
State Budget for
1984-86
Computer Application
Downtown
Development
JLARC Study of Local
Government

3:30 p.m.

Business Session

6:30 p.m.

Reception

7:30 p.m.

Awards Banquet
Featured SpeakerPatrick Buchanan,
Syndicated
Columnist

�1983 VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION FORM
NAME
TITLE

.

LOCALITY/AGENCY/FIRM
ADDRESS
CITY

STATE

Spouse Attending?

YES

ZIP

NO

First Name of Spouse
Guest Attending?

YES

NO

Name(s)

Please circle appropriate registration amount:
MEMBER
90.00

PACKAGE R E G I S T R A T I O N - i n c l u d e s
activities for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
except ticketed f u n c t i o n s listed below

NON-MEMBER
100.00

GUEST OR
SPOUSE
40.00*

SUNDAY O N L Y — i n c l u d e s all activities except
t i c k e t e d f u n c t i o n s listed below

25.00

35.00

15.00*

MONDAY O N L Y — i n c l u d e s all activities except
ticketed f u n c t i o n s listed below

40.00

50.00

15.00*

TUESDAY O N L Y — i n c l u d e s all activities except
ticketed f u n c t i o n s listed below

40.00

50.00

25.00*

13.00
8.00

8.00

8.00

TICKETED EVENTS
ICMA Luncheon (Monday)
Prayer Breakfast (Tuesday)
* S o m e guest activities may require an additional fee.
TOTAL CIRCLED A N D ENCLOSED $.

A M O U N T TO BILLS.

(Return c o m p l e t e d f o r m to Virginia Municipal League, P.O. Box 753, R i c h m o n d , Virginia 23206)

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mended for disapproval without further a c t i o n .
T h e E A S e s c r e e n i n g model p l a y s
a critical role In the environmental
review p r o c e s s . Its importance i s
derived more from its pivotal position in the p r o c e s s , however, than
from any Inherent c o m p l e x i t y or
great s o p h i s t i c a t i o n . In
truth,
" E A S e s c r e e n i n g m o d e l " Is a rather
f a n c y name for what ultimately res e m b l e s an automated game of
twenty (or in this c a s e forty-seven)
questions.
T h e model c o n s i s t s of four elem e n t s : a program guide, an environmental questionnaire, a refere n c e or " h e l p " library and a s c o r i n g
s u b m o d e l . A planner c a n u s e the
s y s t e m after reading the Instructions and gaining s o m e familiarity
with the purpose and ground rules
of the p r o c e s s .
T h e q u e s t i o n n a i re c o n s i s t s of
q u e s t i o n s about the environmental
and e c o n o m i c i m p a c t s of the proposed development project. E a c h
question Is related to a s p e c i f i c urban-environmental
concern and
q u e s t i o n s are grouped into one of
s e v e n general c a t e g o r i e s or Impact
a r e a s . T h e s e range from environmental c o n c e r n s s u c h a s air quality
to a e s t h e t i c c o n c e r n s s u c h a s development in a historic area.
R e s p o n s e s range on a s i x point
s c a l e from " n e g a t i v e impact: project requires c h a n g e " to " n o impact
or potentially beneficial impact: excellent project." If the planner is unsure of the r e s p o n s e to a particular
q u e s t i o n , he c a n c o n s u l t the model
reference " h e l p " library w h i c h prov i d e s more detail on the Intent of
the question and the meaning of the
s i x r e s p o n s e s . T h e library a l s o cont a i n s a limited catalogue of Information r e s o u r c e s and contact agencies.
Any n u m e r i c a l rating s y s t e m certainly must be interpreted with
s o m e c a u t i o n , however, primarily
b e c a u s e the p r e c i s i o n typically a s s o c i a t e d with n u m b e r s c a n o b s c u r e
the s u b j e c t i v e nature of the judgement. In spite of this c r i t i c i s m , the
n u m e r i c a l rating s y s t e m a p p e a r s
valuable and is similar to the one
u s e d by the Department of H o u s i n g
and Urban Development.
W h e n fully d e v e l o p e d, E A S e will
a s s i s t localities by providing the c a pability to anticipate present and
long-range c o n s e q u e n c e s of planning and development initiatives.
T h e s e r v i c e will provide g u i d a n c e in
identification of p o l i c i e s , programs
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�A L o c a l Government G u i d e
T o Conflict of Interests
By Francis Lee and Clay Wirt
As an officer or e m p l o y e e of local
government,
you need
not go
a r o u n d in t h e dark a b o u t h o w t h e
new C o m p r e h e n s i v e C o n f l i c t of Interests Act applies to you. You can
not be prosecuted under this act for
any a c t i o n e n t e r e d into (after a full
d i s c l o s u r e o f t h e f a c t s ) In r e l i a n c e
on a written opinion from your comm o n w e a l t h ' s a t t o r n e y that s u c h action would not constitute a violation
o f t h e a c t . If y o u h a v e a n y d o u b t
whether your actions will violate the
act, y o u are, therefore, encouraged
to obtain a written opinion from
y o u r c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s a t t o r n e y before preceding. W e also suggest
you inform your local government
attorney before seeking an o p i n i o n .
He or she could provide helpful
feedback as y o u prepare a full disclosure of the facts.
The Comprehensive Conflict of
Interests A c t (hereafter t h e act) sup e r s e d e s all general a n d special
acts of the Virginia Code and any
town and city charter provisions or
ordinances w h i c h purport to deal
with matters covered by the act. T h e
act
is " c o m p r e h e n s i v e "
in t h e
sense that no other public law establishes additional ethical stand a r d s in t h e area o f c o n f l i c t o f interests.
You s h o u l d be aware also that the
act d o e s n o t p r o h i b i t all c o n f l i c t of
i n t e r e s t s b e t w e e n y o u a n d y o u r local g o v e r n m e n t . T h e a c t , in e s t a b lishing a m i n i m u m standard of conduct for y o u , simply sets forth rules
of i n a p p r o p r i a t e c o n f l i c t s in y o u r
capacity as a local government officer or employee.
It i s t h e i n t e n t i o n o f t h e G e n e r a l

About the Auttiors
Francis Lee is a senior assistant attorney general and is recognized as an authority on the new Comprehensive Conflict of Interests Act. He worked extensively on the development of both the
old Virginia Conflict of Interests Act and
the new comprehensive act and has addressed local government officials on
the subject numerous times.
Clay Wirt, as staff attorney for the Virginia Municipal League, was also active
in the legislative process developing the
new comprehensive act and has spoken
and written on the subject numerous
times.

A s s e m b l y that this act be liberally
c o n s t r u e d t o a c c o m p l i s h its purp o s e a n d that a n y e x c e p t i o n o r exe m p t i o n t o i t s a p p l i c a b i l i t y b e narrowly c o n s t r u e d . Y o u need, theref o r e , t o b e c o n s e r v a t i v e in y o u r int e r p r e t a t i o n s o f t h e a c t . If y o u a r e
w r o n g , it d o e s n o t a p p e a r t h a t y o u
will be given t h e benefit of t h e
doubt.

Definitions
K n o w l e d g e of t h e d e f i n i t i o n sect i o n o f t h e a c t is c r i t i c a l t o understanding the act. Article 1 defines
nine t e r m s : officer, e m p l o y e e , governmental agency, advisory agency,
contract, t r a n s a c t i o n , personal int e r e s t , p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t in a c o n t r a c t a n d p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t in a
transaction.
Personal
Interest
The definitions dealing with "personal i n t e r e s t " are u n d o u b t e d l y t h e
most important. These definitions
replace the term "material financial
i n t e r e s t " u s e d in t h e f o r m e r c o n flicts act.
A s an officer or e m p l o y e e of local
g o v e r n m e n t , y o u have a " p e r s o n a l
i n t e r e s t " if a p e r s o n a l a n d f i n a n c i a l
benefit or liability accrues to y o u ,
your s p o u s e or any relative residing
in y o u r h o u s e h o l d . U n d e r t h e a c t ,
s u c h " p e r s o n a l interest" exists by
r e a s o n o f : o w n e r s h i p in real o r personal property, tangible or intangible; o w n e r s h i p in a b u s i n e s s e n t i t y ;
i n c o m e from a business entity; or
personal liability o n behalf of a business entity.
H o w e v e r , y o u r i n t e r e s t in a b u s i n e s s e n t i t y will n o t rise t o a "pers o n a l i n t e r e s t " if y o u m e e t a n y o f
the following criteria:
• y o u r o w n e r s h i p i n t e r e s t is 3 percent or less of t h e total equity
• your liability on behalf of the
b u s i n e s s is 3 p e r c e n t o r less o f
the total assets
• your annual income and/or prope r t y o r u s e o f s u c h p r o p e r t y is
$10,000 o r less or m a y reasonably be a n t i c i p a t e d t o be $10,000
or less i n c l u d i n g d i v i d e n d s a n d
interest.
Y o u have a " p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t in a
c o n t r a c t " if y o u , y o u r s p o u s e o r a n y
relative residing in y o u r h o u s e h o l d

is a p a r t y t o t h e c o n t r a c t o r h a s a
" p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t " in a b u s i n e s s
e n t i t y w h i c h is a party t o t h e c o n tract.
Y o u have a " p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t in a
t r a n s a c t i o n " if y o u , y o u r s p o u s e o r
a n y relative r e s i d i n g in y o u r h o u s e h o l d h a s a " p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t " in
any matter considered by your governmental
agency. This will
be
deemed to exist where the personal
i n t e r e s t is t h e s u b j e c t of t h e t r a n s action, or will benefit or suffer from
t h e a c t i o n of y o u r a g e n c y considering the transaction.
A " p e r s o n a l i n t e r e s t in a t r a n s a c t i o n " w i l l a l s o e x i s t if y o u , y o u r
s p o u s e o r a n y r e l a t i v e r e s i d i n g in
your h o u s e h o l d " has a " p e r s o n a l int e r e s t " in a f i r m that r e p r e s e n t s a n y
e n t i t y w h i c h is t h e s u b j e c t of t h e
transaction, or will benefit or suffer
f r o m t h e a c t i o n of t h e a g e n c y c o n sidering the transaction.

Prohibited Conduct of an
Unethical Nature
Article 2 sets forth
prohibited
c o n d u c t of an unethical nature and
a p p l i e s t o all o f f i c e r s a n d e m p l o y e e s in local g o v e r n m e n t w h e t h er paid or v o l u n t e e r .
You would probably know the
p r o h i b i t i o n s s e t f o r t h in t h i s s e c t i o n
w e r e w r o n g e v e n if t h e y w e r e n o t
listed in t h e a c t . F o r e x a m p l e , y o u
can not use confidential information acquired by reason of your public p o s i t i o n f o r y o u r o w n e c o n o m i c
benefit. Also, you may not accept
any gift that might reasonably tend
t o i n f l u e n c e y o u in t h e d i s c h a r g e o f
y o u r p u b l i c d u t i e s . ( T h e a c t m a k e s it
clear that this limitation on gifts
d o e s not apply t o c a m p a i g n gifts act u a l l y u s e d in y o u r c a m p a i g n o r f o r
c o n s t i t u e n t service.)

Limitations On Contracting
With Your Own
Local Government
Article 3 regulates
contracting
w i t h your local government.
Officers
and Employees
of
Advisory
Agencies
If y o u a r e a n o f f i c e r o r e m p l o y e e
of an advisory a g e n c y (e.g. a s t u d y
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1. J u l y 1 , 1983 w a s the e f f e c t i v e
date of the n e w C o m p r e h e n s i v e
C o n f l i c t of I n t e r e s t s A c t p a s s e d by
the 1983 G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y .
2. T h e n e w a c t s u p e r s e d e s the
previous V i r g i n i a C o n f l i c t of Intere s t s A c t , 2.1-347 to 357, C o d e of Virginia, w h i c h b e c a m e law J u n e 25,
1970. T h e n e w a c t r e s t r u c t u r e s a n d
r e v i s e s the former a c t . It is the general c o n s e n s u s that the n e w a c t i s
better organized a n d e a s i e r to read
and understand.
3. T h e C o m p r e h e n s i v e C o n f l i c t of
I n t e r e s t s A c t a p p l i e s to all public off i c e r s a n d e m p l o y e e s in local a n d
s t a t e government a s did t h e prior
law. T h i s i n c l u d e s o f f i c e r s a n d e m p l o y e e s of independent a g e n c i e s ,
authorities and adv is or y boards.
4. T h e s t a n d a r d s of c o n d u c t vary
for different c l a s s e s of government
o f f i c i a l s . At the local level m a y o r s
a n d c o u n c i l m e m b e r s have the highest s t a n d a r d s . T h e y have the greatest nu mbe r of prohibitions a g a i n s t
contracting with their o w n governm e n t s a n d the most r e q u i r e m e n t s
regarding public d i s c l o s u r e . Members of a d v i s o r y boar d s have fewer
r e q u i r e m e n t s . T h e y are not, for e x a m p l e , prohibited from c o n t r a c t i n g
with the co un ty , city or town they
serve.
5. Any action taken prior to J u l y 1 ,
1983 r e m a i n s under the g o v e r n a n c e
of the former a c t .
6. T h e n e w a c t s u p e r s e d e s a l l
general a n d s p e c i a l a c t s of the Virg i n i a C o d e a s w e l l a s town a n d city
charter p r o v i s i o n s a n d o r d i n a n c e s
w h i c h purport to deal with m a t t e r s
c o v e r e d by the a c t . In other w o r d s ,
your locality will no longer have the
authority to i m p o s e higher e t h i c a l
s t a n d a r d s than t h o s e s e t forth in
this statute.
7. A n y local government officer or
e m p l o y e e c a n n o t be p r o s e c u t e d
under the new a c t for a n y a c t i o n e n tered into (after full d i s c l o s u r e ) in
reliance with a written opinion of
the
commonwealth's
attorney.
C o m m o n w e a l t h ' s a t t o r n e y s have a
statutory duty to give adv is or y opinions. O p i n i o n s from s o u r c e s other
than c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s
attorneys
will not protect y o u from future
prosecution.
8. A c o p y of the entire a c t m a y be
found in the 1983 s u p p l e m e n t to the
C o d e of V i r g i n i a , S e c t i o n 2.1 - 599 to
2.1-634.

you are e x e m p t from the requirem e n t s of this s e c t i o n .
Members of Local
Governing
Bodies
If you are a mayor, a c o u n c i l member or a m e m b e r of a c o u n t y board
of s u p e r v i s o r s , y o u are prohibited
( s u b j e c t to the e x c e p t i o n s noted below) from entering into any of the
following c o n t r a c t s :
• A n y contract with your o w n governing body.
• A n y contract with a n y governmental a g e n c y w h i c h is a component of your local government
s u b j e c t to the ultimate control of
your governing body.
• A n y contract (other than in a c o n tract of regular e m p l o y m e n t ) with
any other governmental a g e n c y If
your governing body a p p o i n t s a
majority of m e m b e r s of the
governing body of the other
agency.
A b u s i n e s s in w h i c h y o u have a
" p e r s o n a l interest in a c o n t r a c t "
a l s o will be prohibited from c o n tracting with your local government
in e a c h of t h e s e s a m e three situat ions. F o r e x a m p l e , if y o u , your
s p o u s e or a n y relative residing in
your h o u s e h o l d h a s a c o m b i n e d interest of at least 3 percent in a firm,
the firm may not enter into a c o n tract with a s c h o o l board if the
s c h o o l board is appointed by your
governing body. It m a k e s no differe n c e if y o u s e e k to a b s t a i n from
voting.
All Other Officers and
Employees
If y o u are an officer or e m p l o y e e
other than a m e m b e r of the governing body of your locality or an advisory a g e n c y , y o u , your s p o u s e or
any relative residing in your household is prohibited (subject to the
e x c e p t i o n s noted below) from entering into any of the following c o n t r a c t s with your locality:
• A n y c o n t r a c t with the a g e n c y of
w h i c h y o u are an officer or e m p l o y e e — e x c e p t of c o u r s e your
e m p l o y m e n t c o n t r a c t . (If y o u
work in the public w o r k s department, y o u cannot contract with
the public w o r k s department.)
• A n y contract with any governmental a g e n c y w h i c h is a component of the s a m e local government u n l e s s the contract is
awarded (a) in c o m p l i a n c e with
c o m p e t i t i ve
p r i n c i p l e s a s required by the Virginia P u b l i c Proc u r e m e n t A c t or (b) after a finding in writing by the a d m i n i s t r ative head of the a g e n c y y o u are
c o n t r a c t i n g with that s u c h c o m petitive p r i n i c p l e s are not in the
best interest of the public. (If y o u
work for the public w o r k s department y o u may c o n t r a c t with the

fire department upon s a t i s f y i n g
the c o n d i t i o n s of this s e c t i o n .
Other p r o v i s i o n s of the act will
require y o u a l s o to d i s c l o s e your
personal interest and to disqualify y o u r s e lf from participating a s
a public officer or e m p l o y e e in
any a s p e c t of the d e c i s i o n to
contract.)
Any b u s i n e s s entity in w h i c h you
have a " p e r s o n a l interest in a c o n t r a c t " will a l s o be prohibited from
c o n t r a c t i n g in e a c h of t h e s e situat i o n s.
Exceptions
For v a r i o u s public policy r e a s o n s
several e x c e p t i o n s to e a c h of the
rules outlined above have been included in the act.
S m a l l e r localities have one of the
larger e x c e p t i o n s . In t o w n s and
c i t i e s l e s s than 10,000 in population, o f f i c e r s a n d e m p l o y e e s may
contract with their local government w h e n the total of s u c h c o n t r a c t s in any year d o e s not e x c e e d
$10,000. T h e limit is $25,000 if made
on the b a s i s of s e a l e d bids. In all loc a l i t i e s there is an e x c e p t i o n for individual c o n t r a c t s u n d e r $ 1 0 0 .
Additional e x c e p t i o n s a l s o are inc l u d e d for the following;
• g o o ds or s e r v i c e s offered to the
general public at uniform p r i c e s
• s a l e , lease or e x c h a n g e of real
property
• publication of official n o t i c e s
• mere e m p l o y m e nt by an officer
or e m p l o y e e (or his or her s p o u s e
or relative living in the household) by an outside firm provided
he or s h e d o e s not participate
and h a s no authority to participate in the letting of s u c h c o n tract on behalf of the contracting
firm or on behalf of h i s or her
own a g e n c y
• c o n t r a c t s with public s e r v i c e corporations, financial institutions
or c o m p a n i e s furnishing public
utilities
• c o n t r a c t s entered into prior to
J u l y 1, 1983 a s long a s s u c h c o n t r a c t s were in c o m p l i a n c e with
the former c o n f l i c t s a c t .
Family Members Working for
the Same Local Government
R u l e s for family m e m b e r s working for the s a m e local government
are a l s o set forth in Article 3.
If y o u are a mayor, c o u n c i l member or s u p e r v i s o r of a county board,
your s p o u s e or a relative residing in
your h o u s e h o l d may not be e m ployed by an a g e n c y w h i c h is a
c o m p o n e n t of your local government u n l e s s e m p l o y m e n t began
prior to your b e c o m i n g a member of
the governing body. But if y o u are
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�local government your s p o u s e or
relative may work for the s a m e local
government a s long a s y o u do not
e x e r c i s e any control over h i s or her
e m p l o y m e n t or e m p l o y m e n t activit i e s and a s long a s y o u are not in a
position to i n f l u e n c e e m p l o y m e n t
activities. Employment contracts
entered into prior to J u l y 1, 1983
w h i c h w e r e in c o m p l i a n c e with the
former C o n f l i c t of I n t e r e s t s A c t are
governed by the former a c t .
If y o u are a s c h o o l board m e m b e r
or a s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of s c h o o l s , y o u
s h o u l d study Article 6 of the a c t .
T h i s article s e t s forth s p e c i a l r u l e s
w h i c h prevent immediate relatives
of s c h o o l board m e m b e r s a n d s u perintendents from worthing in your
same school system unless employment began prior to your taking
office. T h i s b a s i c rule for public
s c h o o l s h a s been in the Virginia
C o d e for many y e a r s .
Conduct Regarding
Transactions
T h e term " t r a n s a c t i o n " is a m u c h
broader term than the term " c o n t r a c t . " T r a n s a c t i o n s include c o n t r a c t s a s well a s zoning a c t i o n s a n d
" a n y kind of matter on w h i c h official action is taken or contemplated."
T h e s e c t i o n s of the a c t dealing

with t r a n s a c t i o n s (Article 4 and a
portion of A r t i c l e 5) start from a very
different p r e m i s e than the s e c t i o n
of the a c t dealing with c o n t r a c t s .
T h e s e c t i o n on c o n t r a c t s f o c u s e s
on the legality of a n y particular c o n tract. T h e s e c t i o n s on t r a n s a c t i o n s
f o c u s on d i s c l o s u r e a n d disqualification rules an officer or e m p l o y e e
m u s t adhere to if he or s h e h a s a
" p e r s o n a l interest in a t r a n s a c t i o n . "
T h e i s s u e is not w h e t h e r the transaction (e.g. contract, zoning a c t i o n ,
etc.) is legal, but w h e t h e r the officer
or e m p l o y e e h a s d i s c l o s e d h i s or
her interest and h a s refrained from
participating a s an officer or e m ployee in any s u c h t r a n s a c t i o n that
h a s s p e c i f i c application to that pers o n a l interest.
Disclosure
and
Disqualification
Rules
D i s c l o s u r e R u l e . If a n y officer or
e m p l o y e e of a governmental or advisory a g e n c y h a s "a personal interest in any t r a n s a c t i o n of s p e c i f i c app l i c a t i o n " before h i s a g e n c y , he
s h o u l d d i s c l o s e of the e x i s t e n c e of
the interest and it s h o u l d be reflected in the public r e c o r d s of the
a g e n c y for at least five y e a r s .
Disqualification R u l e . In addition
to d i s c l o s i n g the c o n f l i c t you m u s t
disqualify yourself from participat-

ing in t r a n s a c t i o n s on behalf of your
a g e n c y . Y o u " s h a l l not vote or in
any manner a c t on behalf o f " your
agency.
Your
disqualification
s h o u l d a l s o be noted in the r e c o r d s
of your a g e n c y .
"Specific
Application "
T h e term " s p e c i f i c a p p l i c a t i o n "
means a transaction which affects
your personal interest s p e c i f i c a l l y ,
a s o p p o s e d to a t r a n s a c t i o n w h i c h
a f f e c t s the public generally, a l though in the latter situation your
interest, a s a member of the p u b l i c ,
may a l s o be a f f e c t e d .
T o help clarify this m e a n i n g , the
act gives an e x a m p l e of a t r a n s a c tion that h a s s p e c i f i c a p p l i c a t i o n .
A m e n d m e n t to a zoning map affecting fewer than ten p a r c e l s of land is
a t r a n s a c t i o n having s p e c i f i c application to a person w h o h a s a "pers o n a l i n t e r e s t " in one of the parcels.
Rule of Thumb
T h i s e x a m p l e s u g g e s t s a rule of
thumb ( a s s u m i n g y o u have a personal interest in a t r a n s a c t i o n with
your a g e n c y ) . If more than one tenth
of the t r a n s a c t i o n a p p l i e s to y o u ,
your s p o u s e or a relative w h o lives
in your h o u s e h o l d , the t r a n s a c t i o n
h a s s p e c i f i c application to y o u . Y o u
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o n c e and in your public c a p a c i t y
stay out of the t r a n s a c t i o n altogether. Y o u r d i s c l o s u r e and d i s q u a l ification must a l s o be noted in writing in the r e c o r d s of your a g e n c y .
Yearly Disclosure Statements
Y e a r l y d i s c l o s u r e form requirem e n t s are found In A r t i c l e 5.
Financial
Disclosure
If you are a m e m b e r of a governing body of a locality with a population in e x c e s s of 3,500, you m u s t file
a f i n a n c i a l d i s c l o s u r e form a s a c o n dition to a s s u m i n g office by J a n u ary 15 of e a c h year. T h i s form will be
prepared by the s e c r e t a r y of the
c o m m o n w e a l t h and distributed to
the clerk of the governing body by
November 30 of e a c h year. T h e clerk
is required to distribute the form to
you by D e c e m b e r 10. T h e form will
be maintained a s a public record in
the office of the clerk for at least
five y e a r s .
T h e governing body of l o c a l i t i e s
with populations in e x c e s s of 3,500
may by o r d i n a n c e a l s o require designated e m p l o y e e s or p e r s o n s occ u p y i n g p o s i t i o n s of trust appointed by the local government to
file.
Real Estate
Disclosure
If y o u are a m e m b e r of a planning
c o m m i s s i o n , board of zoning ap-

p e a l s , a real e s t a t e a s s e s s o r or a
county, city of town m a n a g er (or executive officer (and serve a county,
city or a town with population in exc e s s of 3,500 p e r s o n s , you are required to m a k e annual d i s c l o s u r e s
of all your i n t e r e s t s in real e s t a t e loc a t e d in the c o u n t y, city or town in
w h i c h y o u are appointed or e m ployed.
T h i s i n c l u d e s any b u s i n e s s in
w h i c h y o u o w n an interest from
w h i c h i n c o m e is r e c e i v e d , if the primary purpose of the b u s i n e s s is to
own or develop real e s t a t e in the
county, city or t o w n .
T h e s e real e s t a t e d i s c l o s u r e s are
filed a s a condition to a s s u m i n g off i c e or e m p l o y m e n t , and m u s t be
filed a n n u a l ly with the clerk of the
governing body on or before J a n u ary 15 e a c h year.
Penalties and Remedies
P e n a l t i e s and r e m e d i e s under the
act are s e t forth in A r t i c l e 8.
A n y p e r s o n w h o willfully v i o l a t e s
any of the p r o v i s i o n s of the act is
s u b j e c t to f i n e s up to $1,000 and
one year in jail (the penalty for a
C l a s s I m i s d e m e a n o r ) and removal
from office (the penalty for m a l f e a s a n c e in office or e m p l o y m e n t ) . R e moval from office upon c o n v i c t i o n
of a willful violation is d i s c r e t i o n a r y
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c a s e . Under the former c o n f l i c t s
law, removal from office w a s automatic.
A willful violation would be one in
w h i c h you engage in c o n d u c t , perform s o m e a c t or r e fu se to perform
s o m e act in w h i c h you know, or
s h o u l d know, that the c o n d u c t is
prohibited or required by the a c t .
Any o f f e n s e committed prior to
J u l y 1 , 1983, under the former C o n flict of I n t e r e s t s A c t , s h a l l be s u b j e c t to the penalty, forfeiture and
p u n i s h m e n t provisions of the former act (2.1-347 to 2.1-358 C o d e of
Virginia).
Role of the
Commonwealth's Attorney
E a c h c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s attorney
shall e n f o r c e the p r o v i s i o n s of the
a c t within the jurisdiction he or s h e
s e r v e s . T h e c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s attorney s h a l l a l s o render advisory opinions to your governing body and to
y o u w h e t h e r the f a c t s in a particular
c a s e would c o n s t i t u t e a violation of
the a c t . Y o u c a n appeal to the attorney general an advisory opinion indicating your action would violate
the a c t . A c o n f l i c t i ng opinion by the
attorney general s u p e r s e d e s the
opinion of the c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s attorney. Irrespective of w h e t h e r y o u
have r e q u e s t e d an advisory opinion
or w h e t h e r s u c h opinion(s) have
been rendered, you have the right to
s e e k a declaratory judgment or
other judicial relief a s provided by
law.
Statute of Limitations
The commonwealth's
attorney
may bring a criminal p r o s e c u t i o n
under the act up to one year from
the time he or s h e h a s a c t u a l knowledge of the violation or five y e a r s
from the date of the violation,
w h i c h e v e r event o c c u r s first. A
p r o s e c u t i o n for m a l f e a s a n c e in off i c e may be brought up to two y e a r s
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outreach c a m p a i g n . T h e city of Norfolk, Loudoun C o u n t y and F a i r f a x
C o u n t y have inaugurated vi g o r o us
programs in addition to the division's activities.
E c o n o m i c development in the
c o m m o n w e a l t h is c o m p l e x , and
c o m m u n i t i e s have had varying deg r e e s of s u c c e s s with the numero u s programs u s e d to sp ur development. Wh i le e c o n o m i c development
involves different f a c t o r s and intere s t s from one locality to another,
there is a unifying t h e m e : e c o n o m i c
prosperity generally r e s u l t s from
c l o s e cooperation between public
and private s e c t o r s .

�LOGIN Visits the League
Jacques Avent, Olivia Kredal and
Brian Helvey recently visited the
VML Office to tell staff as well as interested municipal representatives
about LOGIN.
LOGIN may sound like the latest
space age hero, and in a sense may
be, but for now LOGIN is the Local
Government Information Network,
represented in the form of a computerterminal.
Whereas the term "communications" use to mean letters and mail,
the term now implies the ever growing information business. LOGIN
contains 15,000 to 20,000 units of information pertinent to local governments, information entered by various member localities, associations
and the National League of Cities,
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Amyx, Wirt Serve as Models
Virginia Municipal League Executive Director R. Michael Amyx and
Staff Attorney Clay L. Wirt were recently the subjects of impersonation. The impersonations were
neither flattery nor jest, but part of
the serious business of about 100
Virginia high school students who
visited the state capitol in June to
portray a number of key officials for
the Model Executive Government
Conference.
The conference, sponsored by
the Virginia YMCA, simulates the
executive branch decision-making
process. Each year an issue is selected and the students act out the
executive process representing legislators and members of committees, commissions and various interest groups.

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This year's issue was hazardous
waste management and disposal.
Five students visited the VML Office for briefing and then returned
to Capitol Hill with Tommy Brammer of Woolwine filling Clay Wirt's
shoes and Christie Lewis of Staunton acting as Amyx.
The students are invited to participate in the conference by Gov.
Charles S. Robb who was instrumental in its founding. They are
nominated by their school administrators and screened by a YMCA selection committee. Participation is
limited to 100 rising high school
seniors. The purpose of the conference, in its fourth year, is to teach
the theory and practice of the executive branch of state government.
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Develops Policy

VML's Michael Amyx (right)
and Richard Weeks (left)
ponder legislative
issues
along with policy
committee chairman Jack
Barnes
of
Portsmouth.

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T h e V M L ' s policy c o m m i t t e e s
have been hard at work developing
policy p o s i t i o n s on c r i t i c a l i s s u e s
and problems currently f a c i n g Virg i n i a local government. T h i s i s part
of the p r o c e s s of updating t h e V M L
Municipal P o l i c y S t a t e m e n t for presentation to the full m e m b e r s h i p at
the V M L ' s a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e in
S e p t e m b e r . T h i s policy development p r o c e s s b e g i n s in early J a n u ary e a c h year with the mailing to
e a c h " f u l l " m e m b e r locality of a req u e s t for n o m i n a t i o n s to the policy
c o m m i t t e e s . T h e m e m b e r s h i p of
the policy c o m m i t t e e s i s developed
from t h e s e l i s t s of n o m i n a t i o n s and
the c o m m i t t e e s begin to meet in
early May.
T h i s year the league will u s e a
new format for the policy development p r o c e s s . In past y e a r s the last
meeting of t h e policy c o m m i t t e e s
About ttie Auttior
Richard Weeks is VML's Director of Intergovernmental Relations. He is responsible for the coordination of the league's
policy development process.

w a s held the first day of the V M L annual c o n f e r e n c e . At this meeting
the policy c o m m i t t e e s made final
c h a n g e s in the Municipal P o l i c y
S t a t e m e n t . A s a result of this late
m e e t i n g , the preliminary
policy
s t a t e m e n t w a s not available until
noon the following Monday. T h i s allowed only a very limited time for
m e m b e r s to read the d o c u m e n t
prior to t h e T u e s d a y b u s i n e s s s e s sion at w h i c h time the s t a t e m e n t i s
formally adopted.
T h i s year the p r o c e s s i s s c h e d uled to end by mid-August s o that
the preliminary policy s t a t e m e n t
c a n be mailed in early S e p t e m b e r allowing approximately two w e e k s for
m e m b e r s to review the d o c u m e n t
prior to the b u s i n e s s s e s s i o n . W e
c o n s i d e r this c h a n g e in the p r o c e s s
a c o n s i d e r a b l e improvement, beneficial to the full participation of all
m e m b e r s in the policy development
process.
By A u g u s t all policy c o m m i t t e e s
will have c o m p l e t e d their work. Att e n d a n c e at the early m e e t i n g s h a s
been e x c e l l e n t . T h e c o m m i t t e e s

delved into many critical i s s u e s and
problems facing local government
and have arrived at productive and
positive p o s i t i o n s on w h i c h I a m
sure w e c a n all agree.
T h e following i s a s u m m a r y of the
major new policy p o s i t i o n s adopted
thus far by e a c h of the policy committees. Y o u s h o u l d note that t h e s e
are only s u m m a r i e s ; if actual language i s included it will appear in
q u o t e s . In addition, any policy position i s s u b j e c t to modification by
the r e s p e c t i v e policy c o m m i t t e e a s
well a s by the voting m e m b e r s at
the annual b u s i n e s s meeting.
Community and Economic
Development
T h e first c h a n g e i s the addition of
a new paragraph in the first s e c t i o n
c o n c e r n i n g r e e n a c t m e n t of the
Community
Development
Block
Grant Program. T h e position supports r e e n a c t m e n t but o p p o s e s certain c h a n g e s . T h e s e c h a n g e s inc l u d e o n e proposed by the R e a g a n
administration to c o n s o l i d a t e the

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human
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program with the General Revenue
Sharing p r o g r a m . T h e o t h e r point of
c o n c e r n is n e w r e s t r i c t i o n s o n t h e
program being proposed
in
the
H o u s e version of reenactment.

VML,
developpolicy.

Statewide Building Code to identify
and eliminate unnecessary impedim e n t s t o r e h a b i l i t a t i o n a n d t o perm i t better use of e x i s t i n g b u i l d i n g s .
V M L also requests the board to dev e l o p an a c c e p t e d p r a c t i c e s m a n u a l
to provide alternatives to strict application of the building c o d e . "
T h e last n e w p o s i t i o n d e v e l o p e d
by t h e C E D P o l i c y C o m m i t t e e is an
e n d o r s e m e n t of a n e w intergovernmental review system to replace the
current A-95 review p r o c e s s . T h e
p o s i t i o n g o e s on to say that the proc e s s s h o u l d be s t r e a m l i n e d b y requiring c o m m e n t on grants only
when another locality requests the
opportunity to c o m m e n t .

T h e n e x t i t e m is a l s o t h e a d d i t i o n
o f a n e w p a r a g r a p h In t h e f i r s t s e c tion. This paragraph praises Gov.
Robb for his c o m m i t m e n t to economic development and long-term
p l a n n i n g . T h e l a t t e r i s e v i d e n t In t h e
governor's establishment
of
the
Governor's C o m m i s s i o n on Virginia's Future.
In t h e s e c o n d s e c t i o n o f t h e C E D
Policy Statement the c o m m i t t e e opposes efforts to Increase the regulations and restrictions on the small
c i t i e s p r o g r a m b e i n g c o n s i d e r e d in
the r e e n a c t m e n t of t h e C D B G program.

Effective Government

In t h e s e c t i o n o n c o n s e r v a t i o n ,
rehabilitation and historic preservation the c o m m i t t e e has requested
" t h e State Board of H o u s i n g and
C o m m u n i t y Development to cond u c t a broad review a n d s t u d y of the

The Effective Government Policy
Committee developed a comprehensive p o s i t i o n on the state's regulatory process, specifically concerning the Administrative Process
Act. The c o m m i t t e e has three prin-

c i p l e a r e a s of c o n c e r n . T h e f i r s t is
that no state governmental
body
w i t h e i t h e r real or q u a s i - r e g u l a t o r y
a u t h o r i t y s h o u l d be e x e m p t f r o m
t h e a c t . S e c o n d l y , If a p r o p o s e d n e w
or a m e n d e d r e g u l a t i o n a f f e c t s local
g o v e r n m e n t s they should be notified d i r e c t l y a n d o f f e r e d an o p p o r t u nity to c o m m e n t . Finally, any state
a g e n c y d e v e l o p i n g or c h a n g i n g regu l a t i o n s s h o u l d be required to inv o l v e l o c a l o f f i c i a l s In t h e a c t u a l d e v e l o p m e n t of the r e g u l a t i o n s .
In a d d i t i o n , t h e c o m m i t t e e t o o k a
position on the new requirement
that localities use the state procedure for t h e p r o c u r e m e n t of professional services. The committee's
f i r s t p r i o r i t y is t o s e e k r e p e a l o f t h e
r e q u i r e m e n t . S e c o n d priority is t o
s e e k a n u m b e r of a m e n d m e n t s to
the
state
procedure.
The
first
amendment would allow discussion
of price up front. Currently price
cannot be d i s c u s s e d until negotiations with the locality's first choice
have b e g u n . S e c o n d l y , the c o m m i t tee w o u l d like to limit the n u m b e r of
p r o f e s s i o n a l s a locality w o u l d have
to interview. Thirdly, they w o u l d like
the ability to go back to the number
one choice after having failed to
reach an a g r e e m e n t w i t h the second c h o i c e . The c o m m i t t e e ' s final
c o n c e r n is t h a t t h e s t a t e p r o c u r e ment procedure not be expanded to
r e q u i r e l o c a l c o m p l i a n c e in o t h e r
areas.

Environmental Quality

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The Environmental Quality Policy
C o m m i t t e e m a d e several
"house
cleaning" amendments which will
not only clarify V M L ' s position on
several issues but will also reduce
the l e n g t h of t h e s t a t e m e n t . A s y o u
know keeping policy statements to
a r e a s o n a b l e l e n g t h is a l w a y s b e n e ficial. The c o m m i t t e e also has been
actively monitoring
developments
in u r a n i u m m i n i n g in V i r g i n i a b u t
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Special Coatings &amp;
Repair Work
of
Water Tanks
Reservoirs &amp;
Water Treatment Plants
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Human Development
The Human Development Policy
Committee continues to strengthen
its statement concerning the administration of human resources
block grants. This committee also
has taken an active role in monitoring administration of human resources block grants resulting from
Reagan administration intiatives.
In the area of employment and
training, the committee has responded to the large reduction in
funds that many Virginia localities
are facing. The committee urges the
governor to allocate money from
the act's discretionary fund to
those localities facing losses. The
committee also is encouraging cooperation between private industry
councils and localities to help provide employment for all Virginians.
Finally, the committee is urging
the Virginia General Assembly to
address discrepencies in funding
between state and locally owned
health facilities.

state roads to provide the entire
amount required to match federal
funds for all projects each year, establishment of a separate bridge
fund, and a change in fund distribution between the three highway syst e m s — u r b a n , secondary and primary. The committee would like an
equal distribution formula rather
than the current 25-25-50 distribution formula. In addition, the committee urges the state to establish
an equitable street maintenance
payment that would more accurately reflect costs.
The committee also urges the
state to take a stronger role in providing funding for bikeways, including overpasses or connectors
where interstate highways bisect
bikeways.

Marketplace

Public Safety
The Public Safety Policy Committee strengthened its statement on
the improvement of fire services
training facilities by setting this
forth in a separate paragraph and by
adding support for funding. Also in
the area of fire safety, the committee urges the State Board of Housing and Community Development
not to supercede local fire prevention codes with the adoption of the
proposed building
maintenance
code.

Town Manager
Pulaski, located adjacent to Interstate 81 in
Southwest Virginia, is seeking applicants for
the position of town manager. The town has a
$4.8 million operating budget, 115 employees
and a population of 10,106. The manager is appointed by the mayor and an eight-member
town council. Candidates should have knowledge of modern management techniques and
experience in municipal management involving urban, residential and business development programs. Salary commensurate with
qualifications and experience. Interested applicants should submit a resume to Mayor
Raymond F. Ratcliffe, P.O. Box 660, Pulaski,
VA 24301 by Aug. 22,1983.

Transportation
The Transportation Policy Committee expanded its position on
state aid to public transportation indicating state aid should take into
consideration growth potential
measured by factors such as population density, automobile ownership, the number of elderly, and employment concentration. Further,
the committee has taken the position that a formula for allocating
state mass transit funds to local
transit systems is needed to replace
the discretionary and subjective
methods used currently. VML urges
the state to allow increased flexibility in support for mass transit, including the use of state funds to
support operational costs as well as
capital financing. The committee
urges consideration of a block grant
funding approach to meet this objective.
The committee would like establishment of a special fund for inter-

For Sale
The city of Chesapeake will accept sealed
bids for the sale of the following:
(1) 1961 C950 Ford tilt
cab,
serial
#C95RU130063, engine V8-534 cubic inch,
gasoline, 5-speed transmission, single
speed rear end. Tires: 10:00 x 20, mud grip
on rear, pump waterous 750 GPM, painted
white, good condition. Minimum BidSi 0,000 (F-139).
(1) 1961 C950 Ford tilt cab, serial
#C95RU130062, engine V8-534 cubic inch,
gasoline, 5-speed transmission, single
speed rear end. Tires: 10:00 x 20, highway
tread, pump waterous 750 GPM, painted
white, good condition. Minimum bid$10,000 (F-144).
Bids will be received until 10 a.m. September 12, 1983. Photos on request. Submit bids
to: Purchasing Department, City of Chesapeake, P.O. Box 15225, Chesapeake, VA 23320.
Mark on outside of envelope "Sealed
Bid—Surplus Fire Trucks."
The city of Chesapeake reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all bids or to accept any
portion that will be in the best interest of the
city and waive all informalities. For additional
information, contact Fire Chief Bagley or Assistant Chief Slaughter at (804) 547-6497.

�State Fire Chiefs Hold Conference
Chief Walter R. Stickel Jr. announced his plans to retire at the recent State Fire Chiefs Association
of Virginia Conference held in Henrico County. Stickel, who served as
the association's 1982-1983 president and presided at the conference, has been with the Henrico
County Division of Fire 30 years and
has served as chief since 1971. He
will retire in December.
Alfred A. Savia of Fairfax County
will serve as 1983-1984 association
president. William A. Anderson of
Lynchburg will serve as first vice
president, and F. Wesley Dolezal of
Chesterfield will serve as second
vice president.

PreseriMtion

Scheduled

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Topic

The National Trust for Historic
Preservation and the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission are
cosponsoring a conference for
members of architectural review
boards and city and county officials
working closely with them in implementing local preservation ordinances. The conference will be held
in Richmond Oct. 22 at the John
Marshall Hotel.
Topics to be covered include the
legal basis, powers and responsibilities of architectural review boards,
how to establish workable design
review standards, effective board
administration and techniques for
developing community
support.
Registration is $20.
For more information contact the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mid-Atlantic Regional Office,
1600 H St., NW, Washington, DC
20006, (202) 673-4203.

Chief Walter R. Stickel Jr., right,
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by Anthony
of
supervisors.

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VML Deputy Director Bradley K.
Harmes announced his resignation
in July in order to accept a position
as manager of benefits financing
with the city of Austin, TX. In his
new position Harmes will be working with three separate pension
plans for a city with a workforce of
8,000. He also will be involved In
funding arrangements for self insured health benefits and workers'
compensation programs. Austin's
city manager is Nicholas Meizer,
former Chesterfield County administrator.
Harmes was appointed deputy director for the league in 1980 after
serving in various other positions.
He came to VML as a graduate
school intern in 1976 while pursuing
a master's degree in public administration at Virginia Commonwealth
University. His major responsibilities have included coordinating the
annual conference, editing the VML
Legislative Bulletin and the Statewide Salary Survey and serving as
administrator of the Virginia Municipal Group Self Insurance Association.
In recent years the scope of the
league's insurance activites grew to
demand a majority of his time. At a
recent meeting of the VMGSIA
board, Chairman Charles A. Robinson Jr. complimented Harmes on
his efforts in implementing the
workers' compensation program
and supervising its growth over its
three-year history.
In addition to the MPA degree, he
holds a bachelor's degree from the
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Executive Institute in Charlottesville.
VMGSIA Assistant Administrator
Margaret Nichols was named acting
administrator upon his departure.

Schlanger Honored
Isman Appointed Chief
Warren E. Isman, former Montgomery County, MD, chief of Fire
and Rescue Services, has been selected to head Fairfax County's Fire
and Rescue Department. He replaces George Alexander who retired in December after 25 years
with the department.
Isman has served as chief of the
Montgomery County department
since 1977. He first joined the department in 1972 as a captain and
was promoted to assistant chief in
1975. He was instrumental in upgrading Montgomery County's
training and paramedic programs
and assisted with the implementation of a computerized communications system. As chief, he was responsible for overall operation of
1,300 employees and volunteers.
In addition, he has served as a
consultant to a variety of agencies
and organizations including the U.S.
Fire Administration, Federal Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency and ABC
News. He has written three textbooks on fire fighting and published
numerous articles on the subject.
Isman, along with two other Virginia fire chiefs, has been selected
to serve as a committee chairman
for the International Association of
Fire Chiefs. Isman serves as chairman of the hazardous materials
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Falls Church will serve as chairman
of the research committee and
Julian Taliaferro of Charlottesville
will serve as chairman of the communications committee.

PATRICIA A. COOPER

THOMAS W. ROBERTS, JR.

Joel M. Schlanger, director of finance, Roanoke, received double
honors recently. In June he was
elected to the executive board of
the Municipal Finance Officers Association (MFOA) and chairman of
the National Council on Governmental Accounting (NCGA).
Schlanger is one of five elected
to serve a three-year term as a member-at-large on the executive board
governing MFOA. MFOA represents
9,000 state, provincial and local government finance professionals in
the United States and Canada.
As chairman of NCGA, Schlanger
will serve from July 1, 1983 through
June 30,1984. He has served as vice
chairman of the council for two
years and is a member of the executive committee. He has also served
as chairman of the nominating committee and as the council's representative on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Organization Committee. NCGA develops,
promulgates and interprets principles of accounting, financial reporting and related financial management activity for governments in the
United States and Canada.

Noel Taylor Receives
Honorary Degree
Roanoke Mayor Noel Taylor has
been awarded an honorary doctorate of laws degree by Bluefield
State College, Bluefield, WV.
Taylor received a bachelor of science degree with honors from Bluefield State in 1949. He received a
bachelor of divinity degree from Virginia Seminary and College in
Lynchburg in 1955 and a doctor of
divinity degree from the same
school in 1959.
Taylor, who has been mayor of
Roanoke since 1975, also has a

�m a s t e r ' s degree in religious e d u c a tion from N e w York University and
is pastor of Higfi Street B a p t i s t
Churcfi.

Lent Appointed
Tfie F a i r f a x C o u n t y Board of S u pervisors fias appointed
Elinore
Lent e x e c u t i v e director of the Fairfax C o u n t y C o m m i s s i o n for W o m e n . Lent previously s e r v e d a s director of the c o u n t y Re-entry W o m e n ' s
E m p l o y m e n t Center.
A graduate of C o e C o l l e g e in C e dar R a p i d s , lA, Lent h a s long been
a s s o c i a t e d with programs w h i c h
s p e c i f i c a l l y a d d r e s s the n e e d s and
i n t e r e s t s of w o m e n . Prior to setting
up a n d directing the re-entry center,
L e n t helped develop a n d direct a
training
program
for d i s p l a c e d
h o m e m a k e r s at the H a n n a h Harris o n C a r e e r Vocational S c h o o l in
W a s h i n g t o n , D C . S h e h a s been a c a reer c o u n s e l o r for Wider Opportunit i e s for W o m e n , a c o m m u n i t y outreach program for the A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n on University W o m e n in
Denver, C O .
She replaces Ester Ochsman,
w h o i s now a s s i s t a n t to the county
executive.

Federico Appointed
J e a n T a y l o r F e d e r i c o h a s been
appointed director of historic res o u r c e s for the city of A l e x a n d r i a .
F e d e r i c o w a s previously director/
m u s e u m curator for t h e National
S o c i e t y Daughters of the A m e r i c a n
Revolution (DAR). S h e h a s s e r v e d
a l s o a s registrar for the University of
IVIaryland Art G a l l e r y a n d instructor
of F r e n c h at the s a m e institution.
S h e h a s authored a r t i c l e s a d d r e s s ing v a r i o u s a s p e c t s of A m e r i c a n
history and h a s c o n d u c t e d s e m i nars o n t e c h n i q u e s for managing
m u s e u m s . S h e holds a m a s t e r ' s degree from t h e University of Michigan in F r e n c h literature.

League Hires Intern
Robert B. F e i l d , a third-year law
student at T . C . W i l l i a m s S c h o o l of
L a w , University of R i c h m o n d , will
be working with V M L Staff Attorney
Clay Wirt for the remainder of the
s u m m e r and through t h e s c h o o l
year. H e will a s s i s t with legal res e a r c h a n d information organization a s well a s other duties a s they
a r i s e . F e i l d i s a native of Philadelphia currently from C o v i n g t o n .

EASe
—Continued
from page 10—
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a c c e p t a b l e tradeoffs in t e r m s of
c o s t , e f f e c t i v e n e s s a n d environmental impact.
T h e E A S e s c r e e n i n g model is currently being t e s t e d by t h e R i c h mond planning department. F u n d s
are being sought for P h a s e II of the
program's development w h i c h inc l u d e s refinement of the questionnaire and s c o r i n g procedure, development of a complete r e f e r e n c e library, development of s o f t w a r e for
c o m p u t e r implementation, development of a formal p r o c e s s for impact
mitigation determination a n d environmental negotiation, trial u s e in
cooperating localities and promotion and d i s s e m i n a t i o n throughout
the nation. P h a s e I w a s funded in
part by the Virginia E n v i r o n m e n t a l
Endowment.

Your locality can experiment
with
the EASe screening
model free of
charge. For more information
contact Charles
T. Peters Jr., City of
Richmond,
Department
of Planning
and Community
Development,
900
E. Broad St., Richmond,
VA 23219,
(804) 780-8033.

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(404) 3 5 2 . 9 2 0 0

Waste
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400 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia
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BUCK, SEIFERT &amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED
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Water Supply • S e w a g e • Industrial
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• 140 Sylvan A v e n u e , P.O. B o x 1218
E n g l e w o o d Cliffs, N.J. 07632 2 0 1 - 5 6 7 - 8 9 9 0
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100 CHURCH STREET
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2 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA
CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60606
i3i2i 236 5355

B O D I E , T A Y L O R AND
PUR YEAR, INC.

3229 WaU'rIick Koad, Lynchburg,
V A 24.504

Engineers

(804) 282-7657

Associates
i.NGINE£BS . ESTABLISHED 1903

Consulting Engineers

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7101 W i s c o n s i n Avenue • Bethesda, Maryland 20814
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Number 9

September1983

Volume 18

VML President
Francis T. West
Officers
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Lawrence A. Davies
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Sam W. Adams
Executive Committee
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VML Achievement Awards
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VML Annual Report
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"This Can't Be the County Dump"
Urban Homesteading - Working Together
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Assessing Financial Health in James City County
Central Purchasing - A Change for the Better
Cooperation Not Confrontation
The Assessor Knocks Once a Year
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�1983 VML
Achievement
Awards
Come blow your horn! Norfolk, Newport
News, Pearisburg, Blacksburg, J a m e s City
County, Henrico County, Appalachia, Alexandria, Pamplin—winners of the 1983
Achievement Awards.
You have much to be proud of, for you
have appeared to pull "magical" strings. On
a closer look, however, no strings were
pulled. People, working together, perhaps a
few long hours into the night, made things
happen through creative thinking, effort and
cooperation.
Pamplin, a town with its major industry
devastated by fire, made a remarkable recovery. Appalachia, through real teamwork
gave itself a downtown park. Newport
News, with remarkable cooperative efforts
and progressive thinking made a significant
dent in a community's crime rate. Creative
thinking abounded in Alexandria's Torpedo
Factory project, Henrico County's Metro Alternatives and Norfolk's trolley system.
Blacksburg and J a m e s City County demonstrated some progressive moves that have
literally paid off. The changes in Pearis-

burg's police department have paid off in
another way—increasing officer pride and
community esteem. And the development
of Norfolk's backflow prevention system
must have taken untold work that has resulted in considerable acclaim.
But what is most outstanding is not the
"pat-on-the-back" aspect of the awards that
everyone involved rightfully deserves, but
the scope of the effects throughout the
commonwealth of the total efforts. Through
these efforts, Virginia's communities have
been made safer, better and more efficient,
benefitting all Virginia.
Our judges this year were Wayne F.
Anderson, Virginia's secretary of administration and finance; Jennifer Lantrip, assistant director of Virginia Commonwealth University's Center for Public Affairs; and
Harold I. Baumes, former executive director
of the Virginia Municipal League.
This year the League made a special effort to recognize the efforts of Virginia's
towns.

The 1983 V M L Achievement Award
Winners
Public Safety
Newport News
Pearisburg
Environmental
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Throughout the state and country
police d e p a r t m e n t s e v e r y w h e r e are
f a c e d with the e v e r - i n c r e a s i n g problems of c o m b a t i n g c r i m e . Day in
and day out they are plagued with
reports of burglaries, robberies,
rapes, m u r d e r s , thefts. One wond e r s if the battle is ever w o n .
T h e city of Newport N e w s took
the bull by the horns and approached the c r i m e battle by attempting to stop the act before it is
c o m m i t t e d . In s o doing the c i t y ' s
police department l a u n c h e d a c o m p r e h e n s i v e program geared toward
c h a n g i n g the attitudes of its citiz e n s about c r i m e and e d u c a t i n g
them a s to w a y s they c a n help curtail the problem.

to a sense of community

pride.

L a s t year the c i t y ' s newly-formed
C r i m e Prevention Unit initiated an
innovative program. K n o w n a s the
Briarfield Manor Project, the program is a c o h e s i v e effort of the public s e c t o r and Newport N e w s governmental a g e n c i e s to provide public s a f e t y and c o m m u n i t y betterment.
New Briarfield Manor, a federally
funded h o u s i n g project located on
the fringe of the Newport N e w s inner city problem area, w a s long
l&lt;nown and recognized "as a high
c r i m e area. With n u m e r o u s c h a n g e s
in m a n a g e m e n t and o w n e r s h i p
s i n c e c o m p l e t i o n in 1940 the c o m plex had deteriorated by the mid70s. R e n o v a t i o n c o n s i s t e d of c o s -

metic c h a n g e s and did not a d d r e s s
problems plaguing t e n a n t s .
A survey c o n d u c t e d by the C r i m e
Prevention Unit indicated one common problem w a s the fear of being
victimized by burglary. P o l i c e investigations s h o w e d Briarfield Manor
had the highest c o n s i s t e n t burglary
rate in the city. C o m p a r e d with
more than 1,000 low-income units in
the area, Briarfield had a 500 percent greater burglary rate and a 550
percent greater v a c a n c y rate. Onsite a n a l y s i s indicated a distinct
correlation between the safety features of the c o m p l e x and the rate of
burglary. Rear doors and w i n d o w s
had inadequate protection, lighting
w a s poor and most units needed in-

�terior and exterior repairs. Wtiat
c o u l d be done to minimize the burglary problem and a d d r e s s the underlying n e e d s of the r e s i d e n t s ?
A five-point c o n c e p t u a l a p p r o a c h
w a s formulated by the police department s t r e s s i n g the following
basic tenets:
—True
success
depends
on
c h a n g e s of attitude, not s i m p l y stat i s t i c a l reduction of c r i m e .
— P r o g r a m s not placing equal responsibility of s u c c e s s or failure on
the individuals they attempt
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serve s h o u l d be r e s i s t e d and not
forced w h e n equal participation is
refused.
—Any
human
interaction
requires flexibility due to c h a n g i n g
n e e d s , o p i n i o n s and new alternatives. P r o g r a m s s h o u l d not be rigid
or unyielding to frequent c h a n g e s
and i m p r o v e m e n t s .
— S u r f a c e problems often m a s k
b a s i c intrinsic i s s u e s w h i c h the program s h o u l d work to resolve.
— P r o g r a m s s h o u l d incorporate
involvement of all police d i v i s i o n s
without interruption of s e r v i c e s to
other a r e a s of the city; no program
s h o u l d b e c o m e the a x i s around
w h i c h the department revolves.
With t h e s e b a s i c c o n c e p t s a s a

b a c k b o n e and with the realization
that a s u c c e s s f u l project w a s dependent on identifying,
interrelating
and
resolving
individual
n e e d s and s e r v i c e s , the C r i m e Prevention Unit tackled the functional
a s p e c t of the program in three
p a r t s — m a n a g e m e n t p r o b l e m s , tenant problems and police and c o m munity relations.
To get the ball rolling, management w a s p r e s e n t e d with a c o s t effective method of making Briarfield
a s a f e r and more productive hous-

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ing project. Realizing that many tenant problems c o u l d be a d d r e s s e d
through the managing agent, the
C r i m e Prevention Unit
solicited
m a n a g e m e n t a s the c a t a l y s t to bec o m e a w a r e of and act on tenant
problems with the aid of two detectives. What better way to resolve a
problem than w h e n all involved part i e s work together for a c o m m o n
goal?
R e c e p t i v e to the cooperative effort, m a n a g e m e n t provided the police department with an apartment,
utilities and telephone free of
charge. In h o p e s of developing better c o m m u n i t y relations, r e s i d e n t s
w e r e e n c o u r a g e d to call or drop by
with anything they w i s h e d to dis-

cuss.
A resident m a s s meeting attended by Newport
N e w s city
c o u n c i l m e m b e r s and m a n a g e m e n t
o f f i c i a l s w a s c o n d u c t e d and repair
projects at a c o s t in e x c e s s of
$800,000 (expended by management), a s well a s other programs,
w e r e outlined.
A tenant s c r e e n i n g p r o c e s s w a s
initiated
and persistent trouble
m a k e r s were e v i c t e d . A C r i m e
W a t c h Program run by the r e s i d e n t s
w a s begun, and in an effort to develop interaction between the resid e n t s and e s t a b l i s h a s e n s e of belonging, organized recreational a c tivities and programs were started.
Support w a s provided by other
city a g e n c i e s . T h e city C o d e s C o m pliance Department worked with
s p e c i f i c structural d e f i c i e n c i e s and
repair programs. T h e Parks and R e c reation Department developed prog r a m s and opened a neighborhood
s c h o o l , hiring a recreational director s p e c i f i c a l l y for the Briarfield
area. A l s o , Agricultural E x t e n s i o n
S e r v i c e s made l a n d s c a p i n g s u g g e s tions.
T h e r e s i d e n t s formed a tenant a s s o c i a t i o n and by J a n u a r y 1983, they
were s e e k i n g and receiving f u n d s
from area b u s i n e s s e s for additional
projects.
T h e s u c c e s s of Briarfield Manor
Project is the result of the collaborative efforts of both the public and
private s e c t o r s . A n a l y s i s i n d i c a t e s
the first year period s h o w e d a 37
percent reduction in burglary and a
28 percent reduction in overall
c r i m e . O c c u p a n c y rate is above 98
percent and Briarfield h a s been added to s e v e r a l referral s e r v i c e s who
originally had rejected them from
their l i s t s .
T h e best m e a s u r e of s u c c e s s is
the c h a n g e in attitudes e v i d e n c e d
by the cooperation and movement
of all participants toward one common goal with a new mutual respect
and understanding of e a c h other.
A s stated by Police Chief Darryl
S t e p h e n s , "It is important that citiz e n s have a s e n s e of pride and belonging to their c o m m u n i t i e s . T h e
Briarfield Manor Project is a prime
e x a m p l e of what city government,
the b u s i n e s s c o m m u n i t y and citiz e n s c a n a c c o m p l i s h when they
c o m e together to a d d r e s s a s p e c i f i c
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W h e n Pearisburg's Police Chief
Earl Martin a n n o u n c e d his plans to
retire after 26 years w i t h the department, his advance n o t i c e gave t o w n
c o u n c i l the o p p o r t u n i t y to exercise
s o m e g o o d planning in p l o t t i n g the
f u t u r e d i r e c t i o n of the p o l i c e departm e n t . C o u n c i l u n d e r t o o k t h i s opp o r t u n i t y w i t h sincerity and zeal.
During the w i n t e r of 1982 c o u n c i l
began making an evaluation of the
police d e p a r t m e n t . One of the key
e l e m e n t s of t h i s evaluation was the
effort to d e t e r m i n e how the public
perceived the d e p a r t m e n t , its operat i o n , p r o g r a m s , services and pers o n n e l . This process reinforced
c o u n c i l ' s ideas on c h a n g e s w h i c h
were needed and brought to light
items w h i c h the public felt s h o u l d
be a d d r e s s e d .
The evaluation revealed that the
Pearisburg
Police
Department
needed an improved image. Citizens did not u n d e r s t a n d department o p e r a t i o n s and little had been
done in the area of public relations
to correct t h i s p r o b l e m . Furthermore, the citizens expressed interest in a C o m m u n i t y W a t c h Crime
Prevention Program and better police coverage in both residential and
c o m m e r c i a l areas.
Internally, q u e s t i o n s arose surr o u n d i n g issues of leadership, training, morale and c o m m u n i c a t i o n s . In
t a l k i n g w i t h police personnel it became evident the o f f i c e r s were
aware of their p u b l i c image and
w a n t e d to change it. Each m e m b e r
of the d e p a r t m e n t had s u g g e s t i o n s
on dealing w i t h the p r o b l e m s that
e x i s t e d , and each offered full cooperation to the person c o u n c i l selected as the new chief of police.
G o o d m a n a g e m e n t was o b v i o u s l y
needed to w o r k t o w a r d the goals of
the t o w n , the c o u n c i l and the dep a r t m e n t . During early spring the
" p o l i c e c o m m i t t e e " of t o w n c o u n c i l
devised a m e t h o d to evaluate applic a n t s for the p o s i t i o n of p o l i c e
chief that was closely tied to the
evaluation made of the d e p a r t m e n t .
Materials f r o m the International
City M a n a g e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n , the

Community

Sen/ices

Officer G. R. Price fingerprints

Police F o u n d a t i o n and the International A s s o c i a t i o n of Chiefs of Police were f o u n d m o s t helpful to the
t o w n in t h i s regard.
W i t h good p l a n n i n g , Pearisburg
was able to secure an individual
w h o was well q u a l i f i e d to meet the
i m m e d i a t e needs of the d e p a r t m e n t
and w h o c o u l d take the lead in working t o w a r d the goals felt desirable
by the c i t i z e n s , the c o u n c i l and the
d e p a r t m e n t . Under the g u i d a n c e of
the newly a p p o i n t e d Chief of Police
Ronald L. L e m o n s and A s s i s t a n t
Chief J o h n T. Moye the Pearisburg
Police Department entered into several new c o n c e p t s of p o l i c i n g w h i c h
resulted in improved quality and
p r o d u c t i v i t y of p o l i c e services.

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A participative management approach was taken not only to solicit
new ideas f r o m the entire department but also to challenge each officer w i t h new r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . In
the m o n t h s that f o l l o w e d each officer was put in charge of certain aspects of the d e p a r t m e n t such as inv e s t i g a t i o n s , juvenile, c o m m u n i t y
services, firearms, business security, etc. W i t h an officer concentrat i n g on each area, the department
and the individual o f f i c e r s benefited.
A new look became visible as
c h a n g e s were made in police unif o r m s and a c o m p l e t e reorganizat i o n of o f f i c e space took place. A
new filing s y s t e m i n c l u d i n g all new

�daily reporting f o r m s was i n s t i g a t e d
as well as a new i d e n t i f i c a t i o n system w i t f i f i n g e r p r i n t s , pfioto files
and cross references in s t o l e n property and o f f e n s e categories. W i t f i an
extensive criminal hiistory file plus
tfie new reports and files, t h e ability
of every o f f i c e r t o perform fiis investigative d u t i e s was e n h a n c e d .
S c h e d u l e c h a n g e s were made
w h i c h b e n e f i t e d both the department and the t o w n . W i t h input f r o m
department
personnel
straight
s h i f t s replaced the previous s w i n g
s h i f t s and were geared to each officer's preference. The new s h i f t s resulted in shorter work w e e k s for the
o f f i c e r s giving t h e m t i m e off after a
m a x i m u m of five work days. On a 28day s c h e d u l e , the o f f i c e r s only w o r k
19 days.
The s c h e d u l e c h a n g e s also provided d o u b l e p r o t e c t i o n to t h e t o w n
d u r i n g the evenings or peak c r i m e
hours. Officers are now familiar
w i t h the s e t t i n g and activities of
their s h i f t s and changes f r o m the
normal are n o t i c e d m u c h quicker.
A d o p t i o n of a " p r e v e n t i v e polici n g " c o n c e p t resulted in many new
police a c t i o n s also beneficial t o the
t o w n . B u s i n e s s d i s t r i c t s now enjoy
foot patrols at night as well as in the
d a y t i m e , and residential patrols
have been d o u b l e d . In a d d i t i o n ,
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c a t i o n s have b e c o m e the targets of
selective traffic e n f o r c e m e n t .
Public safety and c r i m e prevent i o n programs initiated by the department have had the greatest positive i m p a c t and feedback f r o m the
t o w n ' s citizens. N u m e r o u s safety
programs were given t o elementary
and pre-school children and Girl
S c o u t s in g r o u p s of 5 to 500. At a
Halloween program " W i t c h H a z e l "
helped
officers
teach
children
about Halloween safety and every
elementary c h i l d was given a bright
orange trick-or-treat bag w i t h candy.
Other programs s u c h as the IVIuppet
Safety Show i m p o r t e d f r o m the
W y t h e C o u n t y Sheriffs Department
have been both educational for the
c h i l d r e n and improved r e l a t i o n s h i p s
with the police officers.
Community
Watch
Programs
were p r o m o t e d t h r o u g h talks, demo n s t r a t i o n s and handout materials
given by Chief L e m o n s t o public citizen m e e t i n g s at T o w n Hall as well
as t o n u m e r o u s civic, c h u r c h , neighb o r h o o d and block g r o u p s . C o m m u nity W a t c h signs were erected at
every entrance into t o w n and t h e
p o l i c e d e p a r t m e n t provided security a u d i t s for h o m e o w n e r s and businesses. T h r o u g h " o p e r a t i o n identif i c a t i o n , " the d e p a r t m e n t provided
electric engravers for marking property at no charge.

A new t r a i n i n g program was undertaken w i t h o f f i c e r s a t t e n d i n g
specialized training s c h o o l s in officer survival, juvenile affairs, training
m e t h o d s and r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , and
post-blast and b o m b threat investig a t i o n . After c o m p l e t i o n of the
s c h o o l s , a t t e n d i n g o f f i c e r s presented seminars on the various subj e c t s t o the entire d e p a r t m e n t . Inhouse training also was initiated on
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response and handling driving under the influence d e t e c t i o n and enforcement.
Finally, ties w i t h other t o w n s in
the c o u n t y were made as the department realized the need for assistance and services f r o m other local
police and the sheriff's department.
A mutual aid assistance agreement
for police services was developed
w i t h the five other t o w n s in the
c o u n t y and the sheriff's department.
W i t h these u n d e r t a k i n g s preceded by some effective p l a n n i n g ,
the morale and public image of the
Pearisburg Police Department have
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Enwironmental Quality
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Making the Cit/s Water
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It happened in Virginia in 1979—
tlie kind of misliap every municipal' ity dreads.
A professional exterminator was
- using a liome garden hose to spray
... toxic chemicals when a temporary
loss of water service sucked the
deadly pesticide back into the supply line contaminating an entire
area's water system. Fortunately no
one died from the incident, but several people were taken ill and a
number of water lines had to be dug
up and replaced.
This type of mishap is far less
likely to happen in Norfolk, however, because of the city's model
Cross-Connection and Backflow
Prevention Program.
The dangers of backflow, the siphon effect created by a loss of
water pressure, have long been acknowledged by plumbers and utility
professionals but generally have
gone unrecognized by public officials and the public. Incidents of illnesses and poisonings caused by
backflow conditions remain obscure, but the famed outbreak of legionnaire's disease in Philadelphia,
probably caused in part by a backflow and cross-connection problem,
increasing environmental concerns
and the growing emphasis on waterrelated issues have brought increasing focus to the problem.
The city of Norfolk began its
cross-connection and backflow prevention program in 1968 when first
mandated by the U.S. Public Health
Service. As in other communities,
backflow devices became fairly
common in schools, restaurants,
hotels, mortuaries, bakeries, plating
firms, bottling plants, shipyards, industries and other major water
users. However, it was the fledgling
Environmental Protection Agency
that really turned the city's head.
EPA inspectors raised the specter
of major contamination from one of
the thousands of foreign vessels
that visit the port each year and really struck home. Throughout the
city's 300-year history the sea lanes
have brought industry and commerce, but sometimes pestilence
and disease as well. A yellow fever

outbreak in 1855 wiped out almost
half the citizenry. Under the tutelage of EPA the backflow prevention program was upgraded in 1973
and a clearly more aggressive approach was initiated.
Unfortunately, at the time there
were no guidelines for an all out assault on possible sources of backflow contamination. Virginia municipalities had the authority to protect
their water systems at the meter,
but there were no local codes or
state authorizing legislation to go
on private property or require installation of preventative devices at the
spigot level.
Division personnel essentially developed both, lobbying for passage
of state initiatives and drafting the
local requirements that would come
to serve as model legislation elsewhere. Although there were several
backflow devices on the market, no
one had developed the technical criteria for their liberal application,
created a testing program for code
compliance, or adopted the generalities of laboratory findings to specific field situations. Norfolk's staff
broke ground developing procedures manuals and training materials for its own personnel that would
set the standard for professional
plumbing and technical contractors
as well.
A master list of businesses was
prepared from license records and
Environmental Services arranged
for inspection, testing and certification of backflow devices at least annually at every commercial and industrial location in the city. Building, plumbing and housing inspectors were trained in the application
of appropriate technology and backflow prevention was made a requirement of new construction, building
renovations, housing code enforcement procedures and community
development assistance programs
in residential neighborhoods.
Norfolk literally wrote the book
on municipal enforcement, developing the codes, the technical criteria,
field applications, training manuals
and the role of private partnership in
the process. As a result, the city

now operates one of two national
training, testing, and certification
centers in the country (the only one
on the East Coast) for backflow prevention techniques. Plumbing,
building, mechanical and water utility professionals come to Norfolk
from all areas of the country to
sharpen their skills and earn credentials and Norfolk's Cross-Connection and Backflow Prevention
Program has served as a model for
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A n eight a c r e s h o p p i n g c e n t e r
had been planned in B l a c k s b u r g a s
a neighborhood c o m m e r c i a l c e n t e r
for H e t h w o o d s i n c e the residential
planned unit development w a s originally approved in the early 1970s. In
1979, the original d e v e l o p e r s , Snyder-Hunt Corp., sold the site to an
o u t s i d e developer, Little-McMahon
of Charlotte, N C , w h o proceeded to
d e s i g n the s h o p p i n g center, but
several parties b e c a m e c o n c e r n e d
about potential land u s e i m p a c t s

and on-site and off-site traffic c i r c u lation.
T h e plan w a s eventually approved
and the s h o p p i n g
center cons t r u c t e d with the first store opening
D e c e m b e r 1 9 8 1 . Difficulties c o n tinued however. After opening, the
developer r e q u e s t e d the town extend the operating hours w h i c h had
been one of the c o n d i t i o n s originally proffered by the developer. A
s m a l l e x t e n s i o n of the hours w a s
approved, but the major portion of

the request w a s d e n i e d . T h e shopping c e n t e r w a s sold to L e s t e r Development
Corp. Lester
soon
c l a i m e d that the r e c e s s i o n and the
limited operating hours were making it i m p o s s i b l e to find t e n a n t s for
the shopping center and therefore
requested another e x t e n s i o n of operating hours, w h i c h w a s again
denied.
In the meantime, L e s t e r proposed
a g a s s t a t i o n - c o n v e n i e n c e store-car
w a s h c o m p l e x for one of the out-

�parcels. When the Blacksburg Planning Commission began reviewing
the proposed site plan for the complex, it became apparent that there
were widely diverging views concerning the development plan.
At that time, the planning commission and the planning department saw the need for outside help
and the Institute for Environmental
Negotiation from the University of
Virginia was invited to assist the
town in designing and facilitating
negotiations aimed at arriving at a
consensus on the future development of the shopping center. Without such negotiations, the only
other realistic alternative appeared
to be litigation.
The institute was asked to organize and mediate negotiations involving the five parties in the land
use dispute: the town, Haymarket
Square Homeowner's Association,
representing a townhouse neighborhood across from the shopping
center, Hethwood Foundation, an
umbrella homeowners organization
for the entire neighborhood, Synder-Hunt Corp., the original developers, and Lester Development
Corp., the present owners.
Representatives of the institute
first interviewed representatives of
each group. As a result, some prenegotiating conditions which all
parties were asked to agree to were
set up. At the first meeting it was
agreed that each party would be allowed up to three representatives
and that negotiations should be
completed in five weeks. The deadline was to coincide with the site
plan approval schedule of the planning commission.
During the course of the negotiations, the facilitators first attempted to identify areas of agreement. Then areas of disagreement
were isolated and the negotiations
concentrated on trying to develop a
consensus opinion that all parties
could live with. All parties were assigned "homework" between the
weekly negotiating sessions and in
some cases private caucus sessions were held during the negotiating sessions. The length of the
weekly meetings ranged from two
hours to fourand one-half hours.
While the negotiations were very
difficult and trying for everyone, a
twelve-point settlement was reached. The negotiators representing
Haymarket Square Homeowner's
Association and the Hethwood
Foundation agreed to support the
agreement before the planning
commission and the town council,
and the developer agreed to submit
the agreements as part of the site
plan proposal. The town agreed to

consider an amendment to its zoning ordinance, and Haymarket
Square Homeowner's Association,
Hethwood Foundation and the developer agreed to support the ordinance change. All parties agreed to
support development of a convenience store, a gas station and a car
wash. The area was clearly divided
into two zones for hours of business operations and a number of
agreements were made regarding
lighting and the screening of car
headlights.
This was the first negotiated settlement on land use in which the
town had participated. The planning
commission had a great deal of debate on the merits of the settle-

ment, however, the commissioners
recommended the site design
agreed to by the negotiating parties
for approval and put to rest an issue
which had continued to confront
the community for more than two
years.
The plan was unanimously approved by town council clearly
avoiding a serious dispute over the
development of the shopping center. Litigation was avoided, the
shopping center owner and the
neighbors feel the development
plan and operating rules are settled
and spelled out for all parties and
the issue of operating hours is resolved for at least five years as stipulated in the agreement.

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James City County's Government
Center lias been a busy one since
its creation in 1978. Each year the
level of services it provides has increased with few problems. Because of its success, the county
and the Williamsburg-James City
County School Board last year created a joint Data Processing Steering Committee to develop a plan to
direct the growth of data automation.
This committee was asked to
evaluate the county's current computer resources and capabilities,
determine future automation needs,
devise an orderly method for satisfying those needs, produce a plan
document and insure proper implementation of the plan. To tackle the
tasks, the committee created a
long-range planning subcommittee
made up of the data processing
manager, two administrative analysts from the Office of Management Services, a county planner
and the school board's directorof finance. An office automation consulting firm was selected by the
subcommittee to aid in the initial
phases of the project.
The consultant's role in the plan
was a limited one. He conducted
initial presentations for each county office, offered advice on the development of survey forms, assisted in the translation of user requirements to hardware and software specifications, edited the plan
document and participated in the
presentations of the final plan to
the steering committee and planning commission.
Long-range planning subcommittee members gave themselves five
months to complete the entire project. They were eager to have a completed plan ready by the time the
capital improvements budget cycle
began.
Early in the project the group discovered the job would be bigger
than anticipated. Generating and
maintaining enthusiasm for the
project throughout the county
government was difficult. But with

�continuing, visible support from
county and school board administration, the group kept its spirits up.
Data collection began w/ith the
distribution of a survey designed to
gather information about currently
automated functions, non-automated office functions and expected changes in office functions
or the volume of data processed. Information from the surveys was expanded by file research, site visits
and interviews. In interviews key
staff members in many county offices were asked to write a "wish
list" of automation applications.
Evaluating the survey data involved categorizing all current and
desired data processing applications by offices and by application
type. Group members evaluated the
applications using these criteria:
• Is the application urgently required?
• To what degree will the application provide or improve direct service to the public?
• Will the application result in substantial benefit to the community
from the investment dollar?
• Does the application relate specifically to other existing or proposed systems?
• What is the likelihood of successful implementation?
Aftertheapplicationswere ranked,
the group assessed what could be
realistically accomplished during
the five-year planning period. The
full Data Processing Steering Committee then established priorities
among the applications.
Hardware acquisition, software
acquisition and development, and
training were plotted on a five-year
fiscal time line. A two-volume plan
was compiled containing information about existing resources and
applications, existing costs, future
requirements and costs, projected
costs and savings, and the timetable for implementation. Because
the entire user community had been
involved in the total process, the
Data Processing Steering Committee gave its unanimous approval of
the plan with only cosmetic
changes suggested.
When the plan reached the board
of supervisors as part of the formal
capital improvements project approval process, the supervisors decided they did not have the necessary expertise to evaluate such a
technical plan and a Data Processing Citizens Advisory Committee
was formed from county residents.
The only major suggestion made
by the committee involved soliciting bids from all interested parties

rather than considering only bids
based on equipment made by the
current computer
manufacturer.
That suggestion was incorporated
in the Request for Proposals sent to
potential bidders.
If all goes as planned, a contract
for the equipment necessary to implement the first year of the plan
should be awarded in early October.
In addition to the achievement of
the primary goal of producing a flexible blueprint for automated services for the county, the long-range
planning effort produced a number
of other benefits. By limiting the
role of an outside consultant, county staff members learned how to
plan and manage a project of this
type as well as how to conduct field
research and requirements analysis. In addition, the county became
fully aware of the extent of in-house
and time-shared automation services, their cost and their value.
Cost of the planning project was
relatively inexpensive largely because it was conducted by in-house
personnel. The board of supervisors

did appropriate $22,500 for a consultant to oversee, critique and advise
on the in-house process.
Total cost of the five-year capital
improvement project is estimated at
$584,000 and will be funded through
the capital improvement budget. Implementing the plan will save the
county $1.2 million during the fiveyear period. A two-to-one return on
investment will be realized.
Equally important as return on investment is the improvement in the
delivery of services to the public. A
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shorten the time required to narrow
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the police department's case clearance rate. Upgrading the computer
system will improve the school
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Wade H . Palmer
Ernest J . K u l i k
Margaret V a u g h a n
Walter E . K e m p
Walter Voskian

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The Town of
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Town
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Barry R . Lawrence
Planning
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Human Development
Henrico County

Seeking Solutions
to Human Service Needs

Realizing human service problems do not stop at geographic or
political boundaries and resources
to address these problems are
shrinking at federal, state and local
levels, Henrico County created Metropolitan Alternatives.
Metropolitan Alternatives is a
unique public/private partnership
focusing on human service issues.
Members of the group represent local governments (the city of Richmond and the counties of Henrico,
Chesterfield and Hanover), the private sector (Metro Richmond Chamber of Commerce) and the volunteer
sector (the United Way of Greater
Richmond). They meet monthly to
discuss what they see as the human
service needs of their areas, identifying issues as they talk. From there
the group acts as a catalyst for the
development of "alternative solutions," solutions other than the traditional solution of more governmental operating funds.
Metropolitan Alternatives, led by
Henrico's Deputy County Manager
for Human Services George T.
Drumwright Jr., developed out of a
Human Services Innovations Project awarded Henrico County by the
National Association of Counties
and Stanford Research International Inc.
Metro Alternatives' first issue of
common concern was day care. Investigation showed that despite the
dramatic need for day care many
centers in the area were closing because of money problems. The need
was cited in a postion paper, "Child
Care: A Problem Diagnosis." Richmond area localities showed 35,194
children under age four, yet there
are only 8,143 day care spaces available. This need was echoed by several corporate personnel directors
who had been hearing the plea for
years.
Metro Alternatives addressed the
issue by sponsoring an educational
seminar called "Child Care: Corporate Alternatives" which used a diverse group of organizations and
businesses. Held in May 1982, 54
firms and businesses sent 80 repre-

sentatives to the seminar. Speakers
emphasized that child care reduces
employee absenteeism, draws and
retains good employees, keeps families together and increases productivity. In addition, a booklet outlining employer tax incentives for
child day care was distributed.
The results: within a day a developer from Henrico County inquired
how he could attract a child care
center to his corporate industrial
park. Later, another downtown business contacted the United Way
about developing day care for its
employees' children and the Henrico County Board of Supervisors
approved a rezoning case for property adjacent to the Henrico Government Complex to be used for a
free-standing private center to provide county employees with day
care services.
In the role of public advocate,
Metro Alternatives stimulated a major Colorado based firm specializing
in child care to make the biggest expansion move in its thirteen year
history. The company would develop seven day care centers in the
Richmond area within 12 months at
a cost of about $3.8 million. One
company official called the area
"underserved" by child care centers. In addition, a major area firm
signed an agreement with the child
care developer allowing any of its
employees to use the centers receiving a 10 percent discount and
waiving the $25 application fee.
In another move, Henrico County
agreed to approve the Bond Inducement Resolution for a national child
care facility company for $1 million
to acquire, construct and equip two
child care centers in the county. As
part of the terms, the company
agreed to reserve over the term of
the bonds (normally 25 years) 17
child care slots in each of the facilities for children in the Aid to Dependent Children program or other
comparable federal or state programs. This unique arrangement
was conceived by L. Ray Shadwell,
Henrico County Board of Supervisors member and previous chair-

man, who has been active in Metro
Alternatives.
In addition to the child day care
project, Metro Alternatives has conducted a survey of federal, state and
local budget cuts experienced by
area agencies. With the help of the
Chamber of Commerce and key
business people, Metro Alternatives
published the results of the survey
in a form useful to the business
community. Strides are also being
made in providing adequate housing for the mentally ill, another area
of concern for Metro Alternatives.
Getting private and public partnerships going can be a frustrating
experience. It takes special planning to pull resources together and
to channel ideas and energies into
results, but Metro Alternatives has
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Appalachia

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Nestled along the Powell River
like an oasis in an ill-used and poverty stricken land lies Island Park, a
tribute to the determination of Virginia's small towns to overcome insurmountable obstacles and provide for the needs of its citizen's.
For the town of Appalachia and its
population of 2,850, recreation opportunities had long been lost. Island Park represents a renewal of
those opportunities.
The name of the park was derived
from its appearance as an island Iocated between the downtown business district and the residential
neighborhoods of Old and New Bottom at the base of Little Stone
Mountain. The area was once a
product of neglect, the town's eye-

sore, characterized by frequent
flooding, abandoned junk cars and
other debris, overgrown brush, sinkholes. Infestation and severe topographic and drainage problems.
Since, it has been transformed into
a beautiful, efficient community
park and town recreation center providing a means by which recreation
programs, once again, can be made
available by local government and
private organizations.
The accomplishment is not so
much the provision of needed recreation space, but rather the determination to overcome the many factors inherent to Southwest Virginia
in order to provide the most elementary of public services.
Appalachia in particular had to

overcome the lack of financial resources created by an eroding
economy and tax base, one which
had declined in real dollars for ten
years. This was particularly difficult
in light of the deteriorating town infrastructure which demanded high
priority. Also, the rugged mountainous environment contributes to a
lack of undeveloped, physically
suitable sites in the community and
the enormous potential cost of any
improvements.
Island Park was initially conceived for recreational purposes
during the early 1960s by three Appalachia families. Property ownership was transferred to the Community League with the stipulation that
it would be used for recreational

�purposes. After many unsuccessful
attempts at development, the
league gave the land to the town in
1974.
Once obtaining ownership, the
town requested assistance from the
LENOWISCO Planning District
Commission for preparation of conceptual plans for community-wide
recreation facilities and assistance
in submitting an application for
Land and Water Conservation funds
through the Virginia Commission of
Outdoor Recreation. The initial concept prepared by LENOWISCO involved the development of Island
Park with the Legion Hall Recreation Complex. The funding application was approved with a commitment of $100,300 in grant funds and
the town responsible for matching
the amount in local monies and/or
in-kind services.
It soon became obvious that the
approved construction budget was
completely inadequate to develop
both facilities and in 1978 the town
formally requested a revision of the
project to allow development of
only Island Park.
Island Park (4.29 acres) represented the only sizable tract of land
available with a central location in
town. In spite of the site's numerous problems, town council envisioned improvement as a stimulus
for neighborhood and downtown revitalization. A direct link could be
established between the commercial core and Old and New Bottom
through an attractive park.
Although development funds
were limited, development of the
park included design features to ensure a lasting, top-rate facility. Additional property adjacent to the park
was acquired through condemnation and some property was donated by property owners.
Plans were prepared in accordance with specific design considerations. The most costly recreation
equipment and facilities are concentrated in highly visible areas
within view of the 24-hour rescue
squad facilities. Less accomodation for vehicular traffic is intended
to discourage vandals, and on-site
parking is limited to encourage park
users to walk from surrounding residences or downtown. Emphasis is
placed on ground cover and preservation of natural vegetation along
the Powell River banks as opposed
to extensive grass lawns requiring
constant maintenance.
An arched pedestrian bridge over
the Powell River provides easy access to and from the business district, encouraging park use by
downtown employees, shoppers

and those enroute to the central
business district. Pedestrian paths
from three other entrance points offer access for all the surrounding
neighborhoods.
Sycamore trees lining the river
are preserved for bank stabilization
and to provide an esthetic backdrop, and a memorial garden is
planned at one entrance where
town residents may contribute
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loved ones. Passive picnic areas are
also interspersed along the river.
Activity centers consist of a Little
League field, a shelter/playground,
tennis courts and picnic/observation areas. They are of a diverse
character and allow activities to
take place concurrently and independently.
The intensive involvement of the
community at-large represented the
one intrinsic feature of Island Park's
development that contributed to its
success. Site preparation was entirely an effort of the town's personnel and citizens. After a year of operation, the pride in such an undertaking shows. Vandalism is non-existent, no graffiti adorns the shelter
walls and the park is extensively
used by a diverse number of groups.
The appraised value of the improvement amounts to more than
$450,000 supported only with the
expenditure of $100,300 in grant
funds. It was not unusual to find
employees and citizens operating a
bulldozer, seeding grass or planting
azaleas long after working hours.
The park encompasses a part of
all those who planned, designed
and built it with their own hands. After almost ten years, Appalachia
once again can hear the crack of a
Little League bat, the clang of
horseshoes and the laughter of children on the playground.

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Building a Better Downtown
Downtowns are places with collections of activities that thrive on
people; the more people the better.
Downtown Norfoll&lt; is no exception.
It's the people that create activity
and breathe life into downtown
businesses, structures and outdoor
places.
People come to downtown Norfolk for various reasons—to work,
to shop, to purchase services, to
meet, to be entertained, to sightsee.
Some come because they have always come; others because they
are drawn by a renewed sense of excitement or new activities and combinations of activities not readily
found elsewhere. Downtown opportunities have been rediscovered,
but nowadays it takes a successful
transportation system to have a
successful downtown.
Historically people have used
transit to reach downtowns. The advent of the automobile, however,
brought the challenge of providing
convenient parking. Also, downtown leaders have seen from their
competition the desirability of providing easy access to other opportunities for the single purpose
downtown user. Parking "service"
and accessibility "service" heavily
influence people's satisfaction with
a downtown area, and greater satisfaction translates into increased
downtown economic activity and
enhancement.
The Norfolk Downtown Shopper
and Parker Trolley Shuttle Project
developed and grew out of the
strong desire to see that these two
services, parking and general downtown accessibility, were provided to
the maximum satisfaction of anyone who had the inclination to use
the downtown area.
Some time ago, downtown Norfolk employers and merchants
along with city officials began to
stress the importance of drawing together all-day, inexpensive peripheral public parking and diverse activities in a way that would be perceived as attractive, convenient and
efficient. One approach was to tie
together peripheral parking with the
high-density employment in the
downtown financial area. Another
approach was to provide a midday
shuttle service between downtown

office employment locations and
the Granby Mall shopping and services district. Each approach was
transit-based.
Initial success led to formation of
the Norfolk Downtown Transit
Group with its diverse membership
from private and public sectors.
Armed with evaluations, extensive
technical support and option analyses developed by Southeastern
Virginia Planning District Commission (SVPDG) and Tidewater Transportation District
Commission
(TTDC) staff, the group secured city
council's authorization to implement the Shopper and Parker Trolley System. Implementation of the
program rests with the Department
of Public Works. The service together with capital grant support is
provided by TTDC.
The trolley system currently consists of the two internal transit
routes connecting the downtown
employment area with parking facilities and Granby Mall. Plans are for
the system to be extended to tie the
downtown network with Norfolk's
new Waterside.
The trolleys themselves are rubber-tired vehicles and a key element
in the success of the program. Their
high profile and easy visibility make
them easily recognizable to patrons

and add to the perception that they
are fun to ride. The vehicles hold
more excitement and interest than
the standard bus and are more convenient than automobiles.
The shuttle routes are not supported by fare box revenues. Costs
have been made up through the
city's public transit service support
account and the earmarking of a
portion of the revenue from the
most remote parking lot that would
receive little usage were it not for
the shuttle route. The sale of advertising space on the trolleys is also a
source or revenue. Some cost savings has also been realized by the
consolidation of previously duplicative services. In addition, the trolleys can be made available on a
charter basis to supplement city
tourist and convention activities.
The Norfolk Downtown Transit
Group appropriately brought together private and public interests
to make downtown Norfolk work
better. The convenient, accessible
and supportive shopper and parker
transit system is an important element in downtown's success. The
approach gives benefits both presently and prospectively, adding to
heightened activity in downtown
Norfolk and increased expectations
for the city's future.

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Alexandria

Alexandria's
Torpedo Factory Art Center

The Torpedo Factory, once an artillery plant, now an art center, is cased in glass and draped with Hags.

On May 20, 1983 the Torpedo Factory Art Center's renovated facility
opened as the permanent centerpiece of the city of Alexandria's waterfront development project. This
event marked the culmination of
more than a decade of cooperative
public and private community development effort.
Located on the Potomac River in
the heart of the Old Town historic
district, the Torpedo Factory complex was an unlikely source of civic
pride or artistic appreciation when
purchased by the city of Alexandria
in 1969. Today, adaptive reuse and
development of one of these buildings as an art center has become a
major city cultural asset and a
source of inspiration to other localities in Virginia and around the country.
Constructed in 1918 and expanded during World War II by the
U.S. Navy, the four large buildings
on six acres of river waterfront were
designed to manufacture torpedo
shell cases and serve as an ordnance plant. Production ceased in
1945 and the complex then became
a federal repository for miscellany:
old tax files, Nazi war records, and
even surplus dinosaur bones from
the Smithsonian Institute.
After an extended period of negotiation with the federal government, in 1969 the city of Alexandria
purchased the complex with ownership transfer to be effective in 1974.
The city chose to gamble on a new
concept, an art center, and the Tor-

pedo Factory Art Center began in
December 1973 when the Alexandria City Council unanimously
agreed to appropriate $140,000 in
capital funds to paint the exterior,
expand the existing plumbing and
electrical services and build interior
studio walls.
Marion Van Landingham, the art
center's first director and then president of the Art League, rapidly enlisted a group of dedicated professional artists to organize and launch
the project. The art center opened
July 1974 and proved to be an attraction to more than half a million visitors a year.
The unique attraction of the Torpedo Factory Art Center centers on
the working studios of more than
200 professional artists and apprentices. Unlike other art centers, studios are open so visitors can meet
the artists, watch them work and
ask questions.
The success of the art center
project had a number of positive impacts on planning for the long-term
development of the entire Torpedo
Factory complex. A new plan called
for renovation of three existing
structures and dedication of the
original and oldest Torpedo Factory
building forpublic use.
In the spring of 1979, the Alexandria Waterfront Restoration Group's
bid for development of the Torpedo
Factory complex was accepted. The
agreement called for the sale of two
sites by the city to the group. The
largest, inland from the waterfront,

would be razed for the development
of 114 one-to-three bedroom condominium units to be built atop a garage facility.
The second site was sold for private development. It contained one
of the more modern factory buildings which, when renovated, would
be a five-story structure containing
104,000 square feet of rental office
space. The waterfront behind both
buildings, would feature a multilevel plaza with additional parking,
small waterfront market buildings,
kiosks and glass structures. The old
wooden pier would become a small
boat marina, while Pier One will
have berthing available for tour
boats, tall ships and other seaside
visitors. The centerpiece, a restaurant at pier's head, will be designed
after a 19th Century Victorian rowing club.
For the renovation of the principal building planned to house the
art center, the city of Alexandria's
Archaeology Research Program and
Laboratory and facilities for public
meetings, the city committed $2.9
million of capital funds. In these
tough times it is important to stress
the problems and solutions for creating a self-sustaining program that
can pay its own way rather than depend on grants or public subsidy. In
this regard, the new facility is
unique in some of its financing
mechanisms. The new facility is the
first municipal building in Virginia
planned to be financed under provisions of the Economic Recovery
Act of 1982 permitting "sale-leaseback" financing. This will result in a
savings of $1.2 million or approximately 20 percent of total construction cost. The city's lease payments
will include custodial, utility and
maintenance costs. Management of
the facility's use and programs will
continue to be the responsibility of
city employees.
Alexandria found that a creative
partnership of public and private interests and resources can produce
solutions that benefit all sectors of
the community.

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Pamplin

Pamplin's Recovery
n e s s , b u t h e h a d g o n e to T e x a s to
w o r k in a g a r m e n t f a c t o r y w h e r e h i s
wife w a s living.
The town
next contacted
the
S t a t e D i v i s i o n of I n d u s t r i a l D e v e l o p m e n t . " T h e y w e r e not really intere s t e d in t r y i n g t o h e l p u s f i n d a
t e n a n t for the v a c a n t s c h o o l building," said Mayor Patrick Harrison.
Too many vacant school buildings
w e r e available a n d no public w a t e r
or s e w e r lines w e r e available. T h e
f i n a l a n s w e r : " W e w o u l d h a v e t o locate a tenant o u r s e l v e s . "
T h e t o w n w a s d e t e r m i n e d to g e t
the garment workers back on the
j o b a n d s o b e g a n to look for a n e m ployer. T h e former factory manager
c o n t a c t e d t h e o p e r a t o r of a n u m b e r
of g a r m e n t f a c t o r i e s . T h e i n t e r e s t
w a s there and a deal w a s worked
out provided the t o w n c o u l d obtain
o w n e r s h i p of t h e s c h o o l b u i l d i n g .

The morning of fJlarch 8, 1982 dawned on this scene of Pampiin's
out jobs.

M a r c h 8, 1 9 8 2 b r o u g h t a m o r n i n g
t h e t o w n s p e o p l e of P a m p l i n a r e not
lil&lt;eiy t o f o r g e t . T h e s m a l l t o w n o f
2 3 7 p e o p l e awol&lt;e t o f i n d i t s m a j o r
i n d u s t r y in r u i n s . T h e A m e l i a D r e s s
C o . h a d b u r n e d to t h e g r o u n d a n d 4 8
p e o p l e w e r e i n s t a n t l y out of w o r k .
A l t h o u g h n o o n e w a s i n j u r e d in
the blaze, the t o w n ' s e c o n o m y w a s
severely threatened a s the t o w n ' s
retail
businesses
soon
felt
the
s q u e e z e of t h e c o m m u n i t y ' s red u c e d i n c o m e . Yet a s is often the
c a s e , o u t of d i s a s t e r a r o s e n e w opp o r t u n i t i e s a n d t h e s t o r y that foll o w s i s o n e of s u c c e s s b r o u g h t o n
by t h e h a r d w o r k of t h e r e s i d e n t s of
the c o m m u n i t y and the cooperation
of p r i v a t e i n d u s t r y a n d t h e c o u n t y .
M e m b e r s of t h e c o m m u n i t y m e t
w i t h the intent of w o r k i n g out s o m e t h i n g to put the f a c t o r y b a c k into
p r o d u c t i o n . A l o c a l b a n k o f f e r e d to
finance a new building and the
equipment
n e c e s s a r y to
resume
production; however, three months

major industry and left many people

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after t h e fire the o w n e r d e c i d e d not
to r e b u i l d .
At the time, the
townspeople
w e r e v e r y m u c h a w a r e of t h e p e r m a n e n t c l o s i n g of t h e P a m p l i n E l e m e n tary S c h o o l . T h e s c h o o l had s e r v e d
a b o u t 1 5 0 P a m p l i n c h i l d r e n in k i n dergarten through sixth grade and
m o s t of t h e p o p u l a t i o n
h a d att e n d e d t h i s s c h o o l . In f a c t
the
t o w n s p e o p l e h a d put up quite a
fight to k e e p the s c h o o l f r o m c l o s ing a s m a n y p a r e n t s w e r e c o n c e r n e d about their children riding
t h e s c h o o l b u s 10 m i l e s to 15 m i l e s
t w i c e e a c h d a y to a n o t h e r s c h o o l .
However, soon enthusiasm began
to m o u n t
for u s i n g the v a c a n t
s c h o o l b u i l d i n g to h o u s e a n e w garment factory.
T h e i d e a a p p e a r e d to be s o u n d
but t h e t o w n e n c o u n t e r e d difficulty
in f i n d i n g q u a l i f i e d h e l p t o o p e r a t e
the business. Consideration had
b e e n g i v e n to urging t h e f o r m e r
plant m a n a g e r to start up t h e b u s i -

Appomattox
County
School
B o a r d h e l d t h e t i t l e to t h e s c h o o l
building. T h e s c h o o l board agreed
to turn t h e b u i l d i n g o v e r to t h e
c o u n t y b o a r d o f s u p e r v i s o r s w h o in
t u r n g a v e it t o t h e t o w n o f P a m p l i n .
The town furnished approximately
$ 3 0 , 0 0 0 t o r e n o v a t e t h e b u i l d i n g to
suit the tenant's requirements. T h e
m o n e y w i l l b e r e p a i d in m o n t h l y i n s t a l l m e n t s over a five-year period
w i t h t h e r i g h t to r e n e w t h e l e a s e .
R e n o v a t i o n of t h e b u i l d i n g b e g a n
in N o v e m b e r 1 9 8 2 a n d a n u m b e r o f
a r e a p e o p l e v o l u n t e e r e d h e l p in ord e r to h o l d d o w n c o s t s . W i n d o w s
w e r e b o a rd e d up with
insulation
a n d p l y w o o d to c u t d o w n o n c o l d
w i n t e r air a n d to m a k e air c o n d i t i o n ing
easier.
The
renovation
ran
s m o o t h l y e x c e p t f o r a p r o b l e m tow a r d t h e e n d in g e t t i n g s o m e e l e c trical e q u i p m e n t required a s part of
the wiring s y s t e m .
W o r k o n t h e nev-j f a c t o r y w a s
c o m p l e t e d in D e c e m b e r a n d s t a r t
up w a s s c h e d u l e d for J a n . 3, 1983.
B y J a n u a r y 20, there w e r e 30 e m p l o y e e s on the j o b ; by April t h e r e
w e r e 5 0 . T h e e m p l o y m e n t l e v e l of
the old factory h a s been m a t c h e d .
More e m p l o y e e s will be a d d e d a s
the b u s i n e s s can absorb them, and
a rapid d e c a y w h i c h c o u l d h a v e all
but d e s t r o y e d the c o m m u n i t y h a s
been prevented.

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imbers as dividends. For 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 an average dividend of
dend was 3 2 % . S o m e members received a dividend in
the program offers a 15% up front rate deviation to all
:ludes:

Town of Lawrenceville
Town of Leesburg
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Loudoun County Fire &amp; Rescue Association
Town of Lovettesville
Town of Luray
Manassas Park City School Board
City of Manassas Park
City of Martinsville
Mathews County School Board
Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission
Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center
Town of Middleburg
Montgomery County Board of Supervisors
Montgomery County School Board
Town of Narrows
New Kent County Board of Supervisors
New Kent County School Board
Norfolk Redevelopment &amp; Housing Authority
Northern Virginia Planning District Commission
Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
City of Norton
Nottoway County Board of Supervisors
Nottoway County School Board
Patrick County School Board
Town of Pearisburg
Peninsula Transportation District Commission
City of Portsmouth-CETA Agency
Powhatan County School Board
Prince Edward County School Board
Prince George County Board of Supervisors
Prince George County School Board
Town of Purcellville
Town of Quantico
City of Radford
Rapidan Service Authority

Rappahannock Rapidan Planning District Commission
Rappahannock Social Services Department
Town of Rich Creek
Town of Ridgeway
Town of Rocky Mount
Rowanty Vocational Technical Center
Town of Rural Retreat
Russell County Board of Supervisors
Russell County CETA Programs
Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors
Smyth County Board of Supervisors
City of South Boston
Town of South Hill
Southeastern Virginia Planning District Commission
Southwest Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
Stafford County School Board
Town of Stanley
City of Stuart
City of Suffolk
Town of Tazewell
Town of Timberville
Town of Grbanna
Virginia Association of Counties
Virginia Housing Development Authority
Town of Victoria
Town of Vienna
Town of Vinton
Virginia Municipal League
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Town of Warrenton
Town of Warsaw
City of Waynesboro
Town of Weber City
Town of West Point
West Point School Board
Town of Wytheville
For further information contact:
J o h n M. Wyatt, iV
Account Executive
Alexander &amp; Alexander of Virginia, Inc.
P.O. Box 1177
Richmond, Virginia 2 3 2 0 9
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�The City Council, Administration
and Citizens of Martinsville
Congratulate
COUNCILMAN
FRANCIS T. WEST
On a Successful Term as
President of the
Virginia Municipal League

Francis T. West,
Virginia Municipal
1982-1983

President
League

CITY OF MARTINSVILLE

�The Annual Report
By the President, Francis T. West

T h i s has been a y e a r of great c h a l lenge to the state a n d the cities,
towns a n d counties of the c o m m o n w e a l t h of V i r g i n i a . L o c a l g o v e r n ments i n V i r g i n i a a n d the n a t i o n as a
w h o l e h a v e been through some of
the most austere times i n recent
m e m o r y a n d b y w o r k i n g together
through our association, the V i r ginia M u n i c i p a l League, w e h a v e
come through this y e a r i n strong
shape.
T h e r e h a v e been no startling n e w
p r o g r a m s developed a n d f u n d e d to
assist l o c a l government through this
difficult time. I n s t e a d , w e h a v e depended o n strong leadership f r o m
our elected officials a n d strong m a n agement f r o m our l o c a l managers.
A s a result most l o c a l governments
through cutbacks a n d i n n o v a t i v e
management h a v e been able to
weather these difficult times w i t h o u t
m a j o r tax increases a n d w i t h a tolerable level of p r o g r a m reductions.
T h e V M L has p r o v e n v e r y beneficial d u r i n g this period b y w o r k i n g
to ensure that the state d i d not pass
the b r u n t of its budget cuts o n to l o cal g o v e r n m e n t s . T h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y this past session restored
n e a r l y a l l the cuts the a d m i n i s t r a tion h a d proposed i n education. I n
a d d i t i o n , corrections received a d d i tional monies despite these difficult
times w i t h the a d d i t i o n of $4 m i l l i o n
to p a r t i a l l y f u n d the n e w corrections
reimbursement f o r m u l a . T h e r e were
some cuts i n compensation b o a r d
f u n d i n g a n d i n a f e w smaller areas,
but the b u l k of l o c a l government a i d
r e m a i n e d intact. T h i s I a m sure w a s
a m a j o r factor i n helping a l l of us i n
local government weather these difficult times.

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I n the administration's p r e l i m i n a r y budget projections for the
1984-86 budget, the g o v e r n o r is
placing a significant n e w c o m m i t ment to education a n d to f u l l f u n d ing of the n e w corrections f o r m u l a .
T h i s is a further i n d i c a t i o n of
s t a t e / l o c a l relations strengthened
through y o u r i n v o l v e m e n t i n y o u r
association.
O v e r the past y e a r the league has
been i n v o l v e d i n a v a r i e t y of specific
activities to benefit y o u r l o c a l i t y .
For e x a m p l e , last y e a r at this time

w e concluded the first r o u n d of negotiations w i t h the A p p a l a c h i a n
P o w e r C o . for localities i n that electrical service a r e a , a n d this y e a r I
a m pleased to report that another
r o u n d of our ongoing negotiation
process w i t h V i r g i n i a Electric a n d
P o w e r C o . has been completed.
Based o n our successes i n electrical
utility rate negotiations for l o c a l
governments, another joint effort
w i t h the V M L a n d the V i r g i n i a A s sociation of C o u n t i e s is being
launched as w e recently began negotiations w i t h Chesapeake a n d P o t o m a c Telephone C o .
The Virginia Municipal Group
Self Insurance A s s o c i a t i o n B o a r d , of
w h i c h I a m a member, declared its
second d i v i d e n d this y e a r . T h e a v e r age r e t u r n for the 1981-82 f u n d y e a r
w a s 33 percent. T h e p r o g r a m c o n tinues to g r o w , even i n the face of
intense competition f r o m the i n s u r ance i n d u s t r y . M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n on
this i n n o v a t i v e p r o g r a m c a n be
f o u n d elsewhere i n this issue.
T h e V M L has sponsored several
training sessions this y e a r . F o r the
second time a L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t
L a w Conference w a s offered i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h the O f f i c e of A t t o r n e y
G e n e r a l G e r a l d Baliles i n June. A
m a j o r topic at this year's l a w conference w a s the n e w C o m p r e h e n s i v e
C o n f l i c t of Interests A c t . T h i s issue
w a s also discussed i n m u c h detail
d u r i n g the J a n u a r y Legislative D a y
meeting. T h a t session a l l o w e d l o c a l
government officials a n o p p o r t u n i t y
to express their opinions p r i o r to the
f i n a l a d o p t i o n of the comprehensive
act. W e also cosponsored a series of
User Fee W o r k s h o p s w i t h the Center
for P u b l i c A f f a i r s at V i r g i n i a C o m monwealth University.
I w a s p a r t i c u l a r l y pleased to h a v e
the o p p o r t u n i t y to represent V i r g i n i a , along w i t h our executive d i rector, at a special W h i t e H o u s e
briefing i n M a y . Representatives of
state m u n i c i p a l leagues f r o m a r o u n d
the c o u n t r y w e r e i n attendance to
hear the president a n d his top assistants r e v i e w their positions o n v a r i ous issues of concern to l o c a l
government.

I a m pleased to report that the
V M L m a i n t a i n s a v e r y solvent f i n a n c i a l position as is reflected i n the
F i n a n c i a l Statement. P l a n n i n g for
the future, the executive committee
has recently started a b u i l d i n g f u n d
to permit future consideration of the
purchase of a permanent league
headquarters building in R i c h m o n d .
S e r v i n g as y o u r president for the
past y e a r has been r e w a r d i n g i n
v e r y m a n y w a y s . I appreciate the
support I h a v e received f r o m local
officials f r o m throughout the c o m m o n w e a l t h a n d I especially w a n t to
thank m y colleagues on the V M L
E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e a n d our staff
i n R i c h m o n d for their assistance
d u r i n g the y e a r . A s w e conclude our
78th year of operation, the league
has m u c h to be p r o u d of as w e c o n sider our past accomplishments a n d
assess our strengths to face the c h a l lenges i n the f u t u r e .

FRANCIS T. WEST—

�Financial Statement
Balance Sheet
Year Ended June 30,1983

Statement of Revenue and Expenses and
Changes in Fund Balance
Year Ended June 30, 1983
C u r r e n t Funds
Unrestricted

Assets

1983

Cash and Temporary Investments:
Checking accounts
Savings accounts and certificates
Pooled master notes
participation
Accounts Receivable
Advances to Employees and
Others
TOTAL

$

Total Liabilities and
Deferred Revenue
Fund Balances:
Designated for building fund
Undesignated available for
general activities
TOTAL

$

12,700
3,734

742
101,911
41,700

4,042

5,380

$224,247

$149,733

1983

1982

Liabilities and Fund Balance
Liabilities:
Funds Borrowed from Pension
Plan
Payroll Taxes Withheld from
Employees
Dues and Fees Collected in
Advance
Accrued Compensated
Consolidated Leave

1,156
202,615

1982

Current Funds

Revenue:

Unrestricted

Membership dues
Convention registration
Convention exhibits
Regional meeting
Affiliate groups
Interest
Magazine
League letter
Directories and report sales
Grants and special projects
V M G S I A administration fee
Miscellaneous

$357,267
57,060
13,600
4,055
8,778
33,993
40,873
1,705
2,623
8,673
73,950
2,044

Total Revenue

604,621

Expenses:
$

3,823

$

3,081

1,239

1,256

7,689

8,838

13,607

14,500

26,358

27,675

107,446
90,443

122,058

197,889

122,058

$224,247

$149,733

Employment compensation and benefits
Convention
Regional meetings
Travel
Office supplies and postage
Space and equipment rentals
Leasehold and equipment repairs
Dues and subscriptions
National League of Cities dues
Telephone
Insurance
Professional fees
Legislative supplies
Magazine publishing (except salaries)
Conferences/workshops/seminars
Directory
Executive committee
fiarold I . Baumes Scholarship
Retirement
Miscellaneous

285,310
43,626
4,413
16,341
28,674
33,045
3,384
4,292
9,303
9,453
2,402
11,385
600
36,982
4,528
1,090
1,487
1,000
10,928
2,262

Total Expenses

510,505

Excess of Revenue Over Expenses

94,116

Other Changes in Fund Balance:
Property and equipment acquisitions
from unrestricted funds
Payment on installment loan
from unrestricted funds
Fund Balance, Beginning of Year
Fund Balance, End of Year

(

14,839)

(

3,446)
122,058

$197,889

�1983 V M L Executive
Committee
President
Francis T. West
Councilman, Martinsville

First Vice President
Honorable
Charles A. Robinson, Jr.
Mayor, Vienna

Second Vice President
Honorable
Lawrence A. Davies
Mayor, Fredericksburg

Third Vice President
Honorable
Vincent J.Thomas
Mayor, Norfolk

Fourth Vice President
Samuel W. Adams, III
Councilman, Emporia

Robert T.Williams
City Manager, Newport News

Jane L. Hough
Councilwoman, Salem

Honorable Arlie C. Payne
Mayor, Gordonsville

Honorable Ronald C. Splggle
Mayor, Appomattox
Chairman, Town Section

Honorable Martha V. Pennino
Boardmember, Fairfax County
Chairman, Urban Section

Immediate Past President
Honorable Raymond F. Ratcliffe
Mayor, Pulaski

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Jack D. Edwards
Boardmember, James City
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Cliairman, City Section

�VML's Insurance Program Expands and Changes
During its third year of operation
the Virginia Municipal Group Self
Insurance Association grew to almost 150 members with approximately $5 million in annual premium. The program, which is the
oldest and largest workers' compensation program in the commonwealth, declared its second dividend
this year for the 106 members in the
1981-82 fund year. A total of
$1,175,835 in dividends was distributed representing an average 33.4
percent dividend. Even though the
average was 33.4 percent, seven
members had dividends over 50 percent and 49 members had dividends
between 40 percent and 49 percent.
Only 10 members had dividends less
than 20 percent.
Effective July 1 , 1983, the program was authorized to grant members a 15 percent rate deviation.
This up front premium savings helps
the V M G S I A remain competitive
with aggressive new insurance carrier plans introduced in response to
group self insurance programs.
V M L Executive Director R.
Michael A m y x said, " I n 1980 when
the V M G S I A first began operations,
no insurance companies were offering rate reductions or dividends. In
fact, many insisted upon classifying
municipal accounts as 'assigned
risks' with a premium surcharge.
Since the advent of group self insurance, the assigned risk pool has disappeared and companies are offering all sorts of cash flow programs
to recapture or maintain municipal
accounts. A s a result of this competition, even local governments that
do not participate in the V M G S I A
are now saving on their workers'
compensation premiums. Of course,
one must assume that the savings
potential is not as great as with the
V M G S I A , since our program pays
no insurance agent commission, retains no insurance company profit
and returns all the investment income to the members."
In May of 1983 the V M G S I A
Board voted to discontinue its service agreement with Hall Risk Man-

agement Services Inc. and to retain
the services of Alexander and Alexander Inc.
Commenting on the change. Brad
Harmes, administrator at the time
of the transition, said: "Hall Risk
played an instrumental role in getting the V M G S I A off the ground.
A l l our members seemed quite
pleased with their claims handling
service; however, there were some
other aspects which left us disappointed with their overall performance. We are confident that Alexander &amp; Alexander will do an outstanding job of claims administration and will also provide us with
the expertise to branch out into new
lines of insurance."
The V M G S I A has offered several
loss control training opportunities
this year. Last winter a series of
management seminars was held
around the state to acquaint managers and financial officers with the
mechanics of the program. In the
spring another series of regional
seminars was offered for first line

supervisors. Also, several specialized courses were offered for the
three member cities with electrical
utilities.
Margaret Nichols has been the
staff member responsible for coordinating this training. She is also involved in establishing a resource
library of films, audio-visuals and
publications related to loss control
and safety management. These materials are kept at the League Office
and are available for loan free of
charge to V M G S I A members.
The V M G S I A is open to all political subdivisions, including cities,
towns, counties, school boards,
special districts and other governmental agencies. If your locality or
agency is interested in joining the
V M G S I A , please contact the service
company at (804) 788-4490 or write:
John M . Wyatt I V , Account Executive, Alexander &amp; Alexander of Virginia Inc., P . O . Box 1177, Richmond, V A 23209.

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W I N S T O N E. FAUST

J O H N B. ROLLER, JR.

GEORGE E. FLEEMAN

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�THE TALLEST
TOWN
LMVIRGLSfLi
IS 100 TEARS OLD

1883-1983

BLUEFIELD, VIRGINIA
In 1883 the first coal mined fi-om the Pocahontas coal
seam was shipped fi-om nearby Pocahontas, Virginia to
Norfolk and the coal industry in southwest Virginia was
rolling. The same year the T o w n of Graham, Virginia was
formed. ( I n 1924 the town's name was changed from
Graham to Bluefield.)
Today, the sister communities of Bluefield, V a . and
Bluefield, W. Va. serve the region as a commercial hub and
popular place to live. With 6,000 residents in Bluefield,
Va. and 16,000 in Bluefield, W . V a . , the following are
some of the attributes which have developed in our community: two four-year colleges, two modern hospitals,
two major industrial parks, a regional shopping mall, two
country clubs and a third public golf course, a minor
league baseball team, two dance studios and a community
performing arts group, a well developed Y M C A and park
system, modern schools and numerous institutions of
worship.

Traveling to Bluefield is easy enough. Just go north
from 1-81 to 1-77 and go through Big Walker Mountain
Tunnel (approximately 1 mile long), cross the Thomas
Jefferson National Forest and go through the East Rixer
Mountain Tunnel (approximately 1 mile long). After
exiting the second tunnel, go west on the 460 connector
and drive about 5 miles to one of our modern motels
located on the base of East River Mountain in Bluefield.
(East River Mountain rises to over 4,000 feet above sea
level and is a popular launch site for hang gliders which
usually land on the athletic field of one the area high
schools.)
So next summer, when the air conditioning breaks,
"come on up!" We'll provide a better guarantee than the
repairman. I f the temperature goes over 90°F., the Greater
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce serves free lemonade at
sites throughout the community.

Bluefield, Virginia Town Officers:
Mayor, Cecile Richardson
Vice-Mayor, Robert Cofer
Councilman, Hudson Huffard, Jr.
Councilman, Edward Graham

Councilman, David Johnson
Treasurer, Harry Burton
Town Manager, Art Mead

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The James City County Police Department and James City County
Sheriff's Department officially bid
friendly farewells to each other
June 30 of this year. The parting of
the combined departments was
foreseen as early as 1979 when
Sheriff A. M. Brenegan told county
officials he might not seek another
four-year term.
At that time there was no police
department in James City County.
County Administrator James Oliver
said a police department had been a
long-range county goal and with
Brenegan's retirement plans and a
change in state law providing economic incentive, the county supervisors authorized a police department effective January 1980. In recognition of Brenegan's leadership
as sheriff he was appointed chief of
the new department and served as
both police chief and sheriff for
almost three years.
"The police department under
Brenegan's leadership was a full
service department with 12 positions in excess of what the state
Compensation Board required for
county sheriff departments," said
Oliver. "With Brenegan's retirement
we saw an appropriate opportunity
to separate the departments which
had co-existed for three years.
"The sheriff's department had a
good history of honest, aggressive
law enforcement," Oliver said, "but
with the county's growth we
couldn't leave law enforcement to
political chance. We felt a professional environment could be better
created in a police department with
an appointed chief and permanent
employees."
In addition, James City County's
population presents a unique challenge to law enforcement because
its demands are so drastically
varied.
"On any one day, twice the county's permanent population is at
either Busch Gardens or the Pottery," Oliver noted. "Our police
must service a population of 65,000
every day during tourist season.
While one corner of the county is
the epitome of rural peacefulness,
the other side is as busy as TimesSquare, and that's a law enforcement challenge."

James City County's Chief of Police Robert
ton Key is caugfit in a ttiougtitfui
moment.

Clay-

A national golf tournament such
as the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic
and appearances of international
celebrities at Busch Gardens bring
their own set of pressures to law enforcement in the county. Citizens
expect their law enforcement officers to meet the challenges of increasing demands as crime becomes more sophisticated.
County supervisors voted to separate the departments last November. "They wanted to give candidates for sheriff in the November
1983 election a year notice of the
type of work a new sheriff would be
doing," Oliver explained.
Law enforcement officers from
across the country expressed interest in becoming the county's first
full-time police chief and the county
received 190 applications. After a
lengthy screening process, four finalists were interviewed by the
board of supervisors. Robert Key of
Wilson, NO, gained the supervisors'
unanimous approval.
The sheriff's department has relocated in the Williamsburg-James
City County Courthouse where it
will provide courtroom security and

serve legal process. The police department will remain at the law enforcement facility. The police department now has 27 sworn officers
and an $867,000 annual budget.
Since last year 17 sworn officers
have been added to the force either
through transfer or the creation of
new positions.
"We created nine new positions
in the police department last year in
anticipation of the transition," Oliver said, "and we already have a
need for more personnel."
Oliver applauded Brenegan for
developing a good generalized department into a more mature, complicated department.
"I see that development continuing under Chief Key," Oliver said.
"The dual departments were at a
disadvantage because of the multitude of functions they had to perform. Now that the police are separate, I expect they will have a clearer
mission and be harder hitting."
Oliver sees the police absorbing
new investigative functions to address white collar crime as the transition from rural to urban law enforcement in James City County occurs. Additional emphasis on training and specialties are also foreseen. Administrator and board see
the separation of the sheriff's department and the police department
as beneficial to both agencies enabling them to better serve the residents of James City County.
James City County's new police
chief is 45-year-old Robert Clayton
Key, a former Wilson, NC, police
chief.
Although born in Florida, Key is
no stranger to Virginia. He is a 16year veteran of the Alexandria Police Department where he worked
his way up from patrolman to commander of planning and research. In
1977, he left Virginia to become police chief of Wilson. He resigned
that position in 1981 to return to
school for a master's degree in
management and public administration. While working toward the degree he taught criminal justice and
social sciences at Wilson County
Technical Institute. He assumed his
duties as James City County's chief
of police July 1.

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ARE THE STARS

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778

VIRGINIA

HIGHLANDS

One mile off L81—Exits

7-8-9

For a relaxing

and enjoyable

and Historical

Touring

HOME
The

vacation

• Boating

•

Sightseeing

• Fishing

OF

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Golfing

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State Theatre

Now celebrating

of Virginia

its 50th

The Virginia Highlands Arts and Crafts
Annually

• Hunting

July 30-August

14

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Anniversary

Festival

May-Octoher

�This Can't Be the
County Dump''

A new trench is dug at the county

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Driving along the country road
lined by tall, green trees and dotted
by signs pointing to the Boy Scout
camp, first-time users of James City
County's landfill find it difficult to
believe the county "dump" could be
near. What they find past the professionally designed county landfill
sign is not a dusty dirt road leading
to a smelly, fly and rodent inhabited
trash pile but rather a modern professional refuse disposal system in
operation.
"We run such a clean operation
here," landfill superintendent Steve
Crider said, "that even people who
live in the subdivision that adjoins
the landfill's property don't complain about ouroperation."
James City County's landfill
opened 10 years ago on 191 acres at
a site near Lightfoot about four

miles off Route 60, one of the county's main access roads. A recent
land purchase by the board of supervisors added 240 acres to the
landfill and extended its life about
50 years.
On a hot summer day at Busch
Gardens, tourists consume lots of
ice-cold snowcones, chocolate-covered bananas and sodas. The paper
cups and wrappers as well as
beechwood chips, filters, defective
cans and bottles generated by the
brewery nearby all find their way to
a waste container and eventually
make their way to the county landfill.
Last June an average of 95.8 tons
of refuse arrived daily at the landfill.
In August, traditionally the busiest
month at the landfill, 96.1 tons of
garbage were processed daily.

That's 2,980 tons of garbage disposed of in one month.
Seven days a week refuse disposal trucks roll onto the scales at
the landfill. Six employees work at
the landfill with one employee operating the scales.
"I have the responsibility of making sure people who use the landfill
are James City County residents,"
scales operator Charlotte Watkins
said. "That's not always such an
easy thing. Because we have such a
nice landfill, people from several
neighboring localities want to bring
their garbage here but we have to
turn them away." There is no fee,
however, for county residents using
the landfill.
Once past the scales, trucks
travel on a paved road for about a
quarter of a mile to a long, deep
trench currently being used for
dumping. A large trash compacting
machine works nearby loosening
dirt from a huge mound as the truck
dumps its load down the slope of
the trench.
Minutes after the truck pulls
away, the trash compactor operator
uses his machine to spread the refuse into a thin layer. The machine's
metal spikes crush glass and shred
paper. After the refuse is compacted, the machine is used to
spread dirt over the area.
"It's really a job to stay ahead in
trenches," Crider said. "We try to
stay one year ahead of our needs in
clearing
trees
and
digging
trenches."
A new type of trench is being prepared on a recently purchased
piece of landfill property. The
trench contains a leachate drain
and collection system mandated by
new government regulations.
"Leachate is the liquid generated
from trash," Crider explained. "Although our other trenches don't
have such systems, we haven't had
any serious contamination problems."
A large pipe has been installed in
a clay-lined ditch at the bottom of
the newest trench. Two more feet of
clay cover the pipe. The pipe is
merely a safety precaution in case
the clay liner leaks. When the clay
eventually fails in 10 or 20 years, the

�pipe will collect the leachate and
s e n d it t o a c o l l e c t i o n p o i n t w h e r e it
w i l l b e d i s p o s e d o f o n - s i t e o r tal&lt;en
to a disposal plant.
C o l o r f u l fibers fill a t r e n c h a c r o s s
the road from the new trench. The fibers c o m e from the Dow-Badische
p l a n t in t h e e a s t e r n s e c t i o n o f t h e
county. This waste product from the
manufacture of carpets cannot be
c o m p a c t e d w i t h r e g u l a r r e f u s e bec a u s e it w i l l n o t s h r e d . O n l y m a c h i n e s can h a n d l e the fibers bec a u s e o f t h e i r t o x i c c h e m i c a l mal&lt;eup. Each day the trench containing
the fibers gets a coat of dirt.
Past t h e f i b e r t r e n c h is a ravine
filled with tree s t u m p s and limbs.
" W e j u s t l e t n a t u r e take i t s c o u r s e
on that type garbage rather than
waste dirt covering it," Crider said.
Good firewood doesn't go
to
w a s t e at t h e l a n d f i l l . C o u n t y resi-

d e n t s p a r t i c i p a t e in c l e a r i n g land for
new trenches through a firewood
permit program. Each July c o u n t y
residents apply for free permits to
c u t f i r e w o o d at t h e l a n d f i l l . L a s t
y e a r 180 p e r m i t s w e r e i s s u e d .
" W e call r e s i d e n t s in t h e o r d e r
they were p e r m i t t e d w h e n we have
w o o d available," Crider explained.
" E a c h r e s i d e n t g e t s o n e picl&lt;-up
trucl&lt; load per c a l l . "
Providing firewood isn't the only
special service the landfill offers
county
residents.
More
than
a
d o z e n c o n t a i n e r s i t e s are l o c a t e d
a r o u n d J a m e s City C o u n t y to save
residents atrip to the landfill.
" W e are in t h e p r o c e s s of purchasing more sites for containers
so that we can remove some from
private property," Crider said.
For t h o s e residents w h o do drive
to the landfill, paved roads through-

out the landfill provide easy, safe
a c c e s s in all k i n d s of w e a t h e r .
A s r e s i d e n t s leave t h e landfill,
they see grassy fields on either side
of the road. Those fields were once
t r e n c h e s and have been r e c l a i m e d .
T h e c o u n t y ' s n e w a n i m a l s h e l t e r is
built on reclaimed land just inside
t h e l a n d f i l l g a t e a n d s o m e o f t h e rec l a i m e d land m a y be used for a
c o u n t y recreation d e p a r t m e n t softball f i e l d in t h e f u t u r e . R e f u s e d i s p o s a l in J a m e s C i t y C o u n t y c o u l d
be r a d i c a l l y c h a n g e d in t h e n o t - t o o d i s t a n t f u t u r e if p l a n s f o r a s t e a m
p l a n t at D o w - B a d i s c h e m a t e r i a l i z e .
J a m e s C i t y C o u n t y is o n e o f s e v e r a l
l o c a l i t i e s i n t e r e s t e d in p u r s u i n g t h e
idea.
"If that s t e a m plant ever g o e s
into
operation,"
Crider
mused,
" w e ' l l be d i g g i n g a lot less t r e n c h e s
and s e e i n g a lot less g a r b a g e . "

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There was no Anheuser-Busch
brewery or Busch Gardens theme
park in James City County when
Forest Glen subdivision, a rural
housing development for low income families, was born in 1967.
The county was rural, but officials
had recognized the need for low
cost housing.
As the county grew and developed into a more urban environment, Forest Glen found itself fighting for life. For almost 13 years residents had an uneven relationship
with federal agencies. Then James
City County officials got involved.
Today the future is bright for a number of residents due to the cooperative efforts of James City County,
the Farmer's Home Administration
(FmHA), the Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) and
Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA).
FmHA had provided the mortgage
funding for residents who purchased the original 144 homes built
in Forest Glen by private developers. The purpose of the project
was a commendable one - to provide low-income residents the opportunity to own their own homes but problems developed quickly.
Undercapitalization caused the
project to collapse leaving many
necessary street, drainage and utility improvements unfinished. Because four homes were constructed
in the path of natural drainage, periodic flooding occurred causing unstable foundations on several
houses. Promised recreation facilities because of their location were
available only to a small percentage
of homes.
The problems of Forest Glen
grew. Unpaved streets were impassable in wet weather, soil erosion
and drainage problems increased
and worst of all many homes were
abandoned. High utility bills caused
by poor insulation hindered Forest
Glen homeowners in making mortgage payments and FmHA was
forced to foreclose several mortgages.
The future of the neighborhood
brightened in early 1980 when HUD
awarded James City County a community development block grant of

Homesteaders

were required to make repairs to their homes in Forest Glen.

$633,000 to revitalize Forest Glen.
The funds were earmarked for repairing drainage problems, paving
existing s t r e e t s , constructing
planned streets,
rehabilitating
housing and providing financial assistance with connection fees to
the county's central water and
sewer systems. A companion loan
and grant was awarded the county
by FmHA to install water and sewer
lines.
While these grants and loans
went a long way toward solving Forest Glen's problems, the problem of
numerous vacant and boarded-up
houses persisted. The empty
houses were targets for vandals and
eyesores for the community. Some
means of getting homeowners back
into these houses had to be discovered.
Clouds of gloom hung over Forest Glen in September 1981 when
FmHA was forced to target 30
homes for foreclosure in an attempt
to reduce its high delinquency rate.
These were in addition to 17 vacant
FmHA houses and 25 vacant privately developed houses.
James City County officials saw
HUD's urban homesteading program as a possible solution even

though it was a novel idea. The program required potential property
owners to make certain improvements to a house and then live in it
usually for three years in exchange
for receiving clear title to the property. In addition, homesteaders
could use housing rehabilitation
funds from the community development block grant to make the required improvements.
Urban homesteading had been
used successfully in several cities
to revitalize downtown residential
areas but had always been used
with HUD properties and projects.
James City County would be the
first Virginia county to try the program and involve not only HUD but
also FmHA.
FmHA officials agreed to cooperate, viewing the joint project as
beneficial because it reduced the
administration's inventory of vacant
houses.
An application for $50,000 in HUD
homesteading funds was filed by
the county with FmHA's approval.
Three vacant houses were purchased from FmHA with the funds,
and later seven more houses were
purchased with additional urban
homesteading funds.

�When word got out about the
county's project, citizen response
was overwhelming. Seventy people
applied for the first three houses.
Screening the applicants was a
complicated and time consuming
process.
Applicants were told that in addition to the three-year residency requirement, homesteaders must
make repairs and move into a house
within 18 months of taking over the
property. They were told also that
the property had to be maintained in
a manner acceptable to the county
with the county reserving the right
to inspect the premises. The next
step for applicants still interested in
participating in the program was a
complicated financial screening.
Credit checks, verifications and follow-up calls were necessary. After
this a dozen applicants were
chosen for interviews by a selection
committee.
The selection committee was
composed of a Forest Glen resident, a local bank executive and a
county official. The purpose of the
interview was to determine which
applicants would make significant
contributions to the revitalization of
the Forest Glen community. Eight

applicants were finally selected.
Matching the potential homesteaders with homes came next.
County residents were given the
first opportunity to select their
homes followed by applicants who
worked in the county but lived elsewhere. After touring the houses,
each applicant chose a different
home.
While the committee screened
the applicants, the county evaluated the properties and the successful applicants were given a list
of problems with their houses that
needed to be corrected along with
repair estimates.
One more agency's cooperation
was necessary to make the urban
homesteading program go. The
county legally could not hold deeds
of trust or make rehabilitation loans
to homesteaders, but VHDA could.
Detailed legal matters threatened to
stymie the project but an agreement
was finally reached.
The pioneer group of urban homesteaders are now nearly finished refurbishing their homes and applicants are currently being screened
for the final two houses in the project.
Signs of revitalization are elsewhere in Forest Glen. A Neighbor-

hood Watch program is in full swing
with the help of the county police
department. The county has leased
a vacant house from FmHA for a
community center where a variety
of agency sponsored and citizen initiated activities for Forest Glen residents are held. Programs are sponsored by extension, recreation,
community development and social
services.
The community donated a site for
a county dumpster. Property to be
used for recreation has been
leased and a bank has donated
property in a centrally located area
for a second recreation area to be
devoted to tots.
Bright days are ahead for the residents of Forest Glen. Property values in Forest Glen rose 14.5 percent
last year, the highest increase in
any neighborhood in the county, after declining in previous years. With
the combined efforts of the Farmer's Home Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Virginia Housing
Development Authority, James City
County and the residents themselves. Forest Glen is developing
into the community it was envisioned to become.

• EDUCATION — an excellent system - local Community College
• TRANSPORTATION — Airport, railroad, easy access to 1-66 and 1-95.
• HOUSING — Excellent communities, single family, townhouse, apartments.
• INDUSTRIAL — Varied prime site available, cooperative government.
• WATER — Lake Manassas provides abundant high quality water supply.

Take a look at
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Road?"
is it near?"
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you're
calling
name?"
someone watching for the
and we'll be there in a few

B e t w e e n 12 s e c o n d s and 25 s e c o n d s after lead d i s p a t c h e r J a c k i e
Carroll h a n g s up the telephone in
the radio room, firemen from one or
more of the c o u n t y ' s four fire stations will be rushing to the s c e n e .
A s the fire call is d i s p a t c h e d ,
another d i s p a t c h e r sitting beside
Carroll might be d i s p a t c h i n g police
units on other e m e r g e n c y c a l l s .
T h i s is Central D i s p a t c h in a c t i o n .
J a m e s City C o u n t y s p e n t nearly
two y e a r s s t u d y i n g d i s p a t c h i n g s y s t e m s in other Virginia localities and
in the District of C o l u m b i a before
adopting a civilian staffed central
d i s p a t c h unit in J a n u a r y 1980. R u s s
Lowry, the c o u n t y ' s
emergency
m e d i c a l s e r v i c e s coordinator, des i g n e d the s y s t e m but s a y s every
time he v i s i t s the g l a s s e n c l o s e d
d i s p a t c h i n g room in the L a w E n forcement C e n t e r he learns a new
capability of the s y s t e m .
L o w r y s a i d the c o u n t y ' s nine disp a t c h e r s a n s w e r e d about 12,000
e m e r g e n c y c a l l s and 50,000 none m e r g e n c y c a l l s last year. Although
the d i s p a t c h e r s have never been
f i r e m e n , p o l i c e m e n or r e s c u e pers o n n e l , L o w r y s a i d , " O n c e they und e r s t a n d what g o e s on in the field,
they are just a s c a p a b l e a s firemen
or p o l i c e m e n who d i s p a t c h . "
T h e immediate advantage of the
new s y s t e m w a s the one-third reduction in personnel needed to operate it. F i v e full-time and four permanent part-time d i s p a t c h e r s currently handle the variety of c a l l s
that c o m e in e a c h w e e k .
Full-time d i s p a t c h e r s work 12hour s h i f t s for two d a y s , have a day
off, then work 12-hour s h i f t s for two
more d a y s before getting four d a y s
off. During an eight-week period,
d i s p a t c h e r s work approximately 42
hours a week.

Betty

Cowles

handles

a call at Central

Dispatch.

" W e got the s c h e d u l i n g idea from
Arlington C o u n t y and decided to try
it," L o w r y s a i d . " T h e d i s p a t c h e r s
like it s o m u c h that they don't want
to c h a n g e it."
Another advantage of the s y s t e m
is having one central number, 9 1 1 ,
that r e s i d e n t s call for all t y p e s of
e m e r g e n c i e s . T h e number is s o well
known that r e s i d e n t s in adjoining
localities call J a m e s City C o u n t y ' s
911 number although their localities
don't u s e the number. J a m e s City
C o u n t y d i s p a t c h e r s transfer about
1,000 of t h e s e c a l l s every year to the
proper locality.
One of the best a d v a n t a g e s of
C e n t r a l D i s p a t c h is the s p e e d of res p o n s e . L o w r y s a i d civilian disp a t c h e r s at Central D i s p a t c h c a n
handle radio traffic and phone c a l l s
faster than police and fire units dispatching from s e v e r a l different off i c e s . W h e n two d i s p a t c h e r s are
working from 8 a.m. to midnight,
one h a n d l e s police c a l l s w h i l e the
other h a n d l e s fire, r e s c u e and nonemergency calls.
L o w r y m e e t s with police, fire and
r e s c u e o f f i c i a l s often to insure disp a t c h e r s are meeting their n e e d s .
He a l s o m e e t s with d i s p a t c h e r s
every five w e e k s to hear their c o m plaints and i d e a s . D i s p a t c h e r turn-

over is low with the n e w e s t dispatcher having worked for the c o u n ty 2V2 y e a r s .
B e c a u s e Central Dispatch h a s
gained a reputation for its profess i o n a l i s m with county r e s i d e n t s ,
other law e n f o r c e m e n t o f f i c e s and
e m e r g e n c y s e r v i c e s departments in
the area, d i s p a t c h e r s often find
t h e m s e l v e s handling c a l l s that are
not real e m e r g e n c i e s . A l s o , Central
D i s p a t c h is the only 24-hour a day
operation in J a m e s City County.
" O u r d i s p a t c h e r s handle c a l l s
about water and dog problems not
to mention q u e s t i o n s about bus
s c h e d u l e s and Little L e a g u e baseball g a m e s , " Lowry s a i d .
" T h e s e t y p e s of c a l l s add up to
about 50,000 a y e a r , " Lowry explained. " I had several frustrated
d i s p a t c h e r s the day of the E a s t e r
egg hunt w h e n the rain started and
everyone called Central D i s p a t c h . "
State police who work in the
J a m e s City C o u n t y a r e a often u s e
Central D i s p a t c h for quick
res p o n s e s to their q u e s t i o n s . " O u r
d i s p a t c h e r s are a s k e d to run l i c e n s e
c h e c k s for state police b e c a u s e w e
c a n get the information the officer
n e e d s within five s e c o n d s or s o , "
Lowry explained.
In addition to the public and state

�police calling Central Dispatch for
help in non-emergency situations,
other area fire departments call for
help in emergencies. "Because our
dispatchers know the geographical
area extremely well," Lowry said,
"fire dispatchers from neighboring
localities often ask for clarification
in emergencies about which county
or city should respond with its firemen or rescue personnel."
Lowry hopes in the future to be
able to add a dispatcher to handle
non-emergency calls during the day
to take some of the pressure off dispatchers who handle police, fire
and rescue calls.
Demands on Central Dispatch are
growing as the county population
grows. Neighborhood Watch, a
crime prevention program now operating in 35 neighborhoods and
subdivisions in James City County,
surprised dispatchers.
"We didn't realize the impact this
program would have on dispatchers." Lowry said. "People call Central Dispatch all the time to report
strange people in their neighbor-

hoods, which is the proper thing to
do but adds many calls per year."
Home alarm systems connected
to the 911 number often swamp dispatchers, especially when a power
failure causes alarms to be triggered across the county. "We have
asked residents not to connect their
alarm systems to the emergency
number but it looks like we are going to have to develop an ordinance
to deal with the problem," Lowry
said.
Being a neighbor of Virginia Electric &amp; Power Company's nuclear
power plant in Surry adds to dispatchers' responsibilities. Dispatchers run silent tests of the
warning sirens system throughout
the county each month and full
tests every quarter. Twice a day the
hot line is tested between the nuclear power station and Central Dispatch. In addition, about every six
weeks dispatchers receive word on
the hot line that an "unusual event"
has occured at the Surry plant and a
list of detailed procedures is followed by dispatchers to insure the

safety of county residents in the
event of a nuclear accident.
With all their varied responsibilities, James City County dispatchers
needed a home specially suited to
accommodate their radio, telephones, teletype machine and other
equipment. Lowry designed an office enclosed by bullet proof glass
and with room for more equipment,
and dispatchers moved into their
new office at the Law Enforcement
Center in late July 1982.
What does the future hold for
Central Dispatch in James City
County? "I hope to have three dispatchers working in the day to maintain our professional, efficient service," Lowry said. "To best meet all
our citizens' needs, we would have
one dispatcher working police calls,
one working fire and rescue calls,
and the other working all the nonemergency calls." But for now
Lowry said he's proud of his civilian
dispatchers and the professional
job they do.

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HIGHLANDS

�Assessing Financial Health
in James City County

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The eyeball approach to budgetary analysis and economic forecasting is a thing of the past in
James City County. For years the
county's financial planners based
their budget recommendations on a
deluge of information from a wide
variety of sources, some scientific,
most of them not. While methods of
predicting the economic future
worked relatively well, the board of
supervisors and county staff decided in 1981 to move toward a systematic assessment of financial
conditions before the budget process got underway each year.
The need for such a process was
accentuated by the major physical
and economic growth experienced
by the county since 1968. Growth
was first concentrated in construction of the Anheuser-Busch brewery
followed by Busch Gardens, Kingsmill-on-the-James, Ball-Metal Container Corp., the Octoberfest addition to Busch Gardens, a mini-brewery expansion, a major brewery expansion, Owens-Illinois, the Italy
addition to Busch Gardens, the Old
Colony Shopping Center, a new
solar building at the Williamsburg
Pottery and finally, two new outlet

revenues

and demands.

malls with 43 stores and 16 kiosks
which opened this past spring.
While these facilities generate new
revenue, they also require expansion of county services.
In short, James City County has
grown from a predominately rural
community to a semi-urban/industrial area in little more than a decade and increased sophistication
in charting a financial course was
needed. Any system used had to
clearly identify significant underlying trends driving the county's revenue and expenditure bases but be
simple enough for staff, board of
supervisors and citizenry to understand while having a minimum impact on staff time and resources.
After considering several approaches the county chose the Financial Trend Monitoring System
(FTMS) developed by the International City Management Association, the Municipal Finance Officers
Association and the accounting
firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and
Co. FTMS is an applied, practical
approach to monitoring a locality's
ability to pay its way on a continuing basis by identifying factors that
affect financial conditions and ar-

Many retired citizens reside in Peiham's

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ranging them in a rational order for
easy analysis and measurement.
The system is a management tool
that pulls together pertinent information from budgetary and financial reports, mixes this information
with appropriate economic and
demographic data, and creates a series of local government financial
indicators. When plotted over a period of time, these indicators can be
used to monitor changes in financial conditions.
The primary tool for evaluating
the indicators is trend analysis—examining each indicator in a multiyear perspective of at least five
years. Using trend analysis a municipality can determine where an indicator is headed, how fast it is
changing and compare one trend to
another. A comparison of the municipality to regional and national
economic trends also is possible. A
data base is provided by trend analysis that can be used for making
two- to five-year projections necessary for effective budgeting, capital
facility planning and general policy
making.
Thirty-one economic indicators
have now been developed. They are

�grouped into revenue, debt, operating expenditures and economic/
demographic categories. Seven
years of data have been incorporated into most of them. Trends are
charted using multiple regression
analysis techniques. Two indicators
pertaining to real estate tax revenue
per household (in constant dollars)
are shown at right.
As seen, shifts are occurring in
real estate tax revenue per household, with the amount raised from
taxes on residential property trending downward on a per household
basis, while the commercial/industrial segment is trending upward because of the expanding revenue
base.
Each December county staff present to the board of supervisors in a
public session their analysis of the
county's financial health. Considering overall county financial conditions before the budget process
gets underway has given board
members the opportunity to better
direct staff in preparing a budget.
Budget guidance given staff by
the county board for use in preparing the FY 1984 budget was based
on major conclusions presented in
the December 1982 analysis. Those
conclusions were that the county's
current financial health was very
good, a greater percentage of new
revenue growth had come from the
commercial/industrial rather than
the residential sector, there appeared to be a correlation between
new revenue growth and new commercial/industrial
construction,
sales tax growth, sometimes perceived as relief from "per household" taxes, was not growing as the
raw numbers showed, and real estate personal property and Ir ol
sales tax revenues accounter'
approximately 66.3 percent of general fund revenue, each of these
showing a slackening in growth
rate.
Evaluating a locality's financial
condition and developing a financial plan can be a complex undertaking, particularly for a small government that has no full-time budget staff. The process involves sorting through a large number of
pieces including the state of the
economy, population level and composition, local business climate, actions of federal, state and local government and the character of the internal finances of the local government itself. No single piece tells the
whole story. The great benefit of
ICMA's Financial Trend Monitoring
System is that it provides a baseline
from which the rationalization process can start.

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Norfolk salutes the
Virginia Municipal League,
Virginia's dedicated
heal government officials,
and invites you
to sample the art, culture
and seafaring heritage
that is so evident
in our pacesetting
waterside development.
Mayor

�Central Purchasing
in James City County—
A Change For the Better

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C o n s u l t a n t s are s o m e t i m e s perceived a s m i s g u i d e d s o o t h s a y e r s ,
but J a m e s City C o u n t y purchiasing
o f f i c i a l s have s e e n a c o n s u l t a n t ' s
optimistic predictions c o m e true in
a big way. T h r e e y e a r s ago a c o n s u l tant projected s a v i n g s in e x c e s s of
$65,000 a year if the county centralized its p u r c h a s i n g a c t i v i t i e s . T h a t ' s
w/hat the county did and the s a v i n g s
are mounting e a c h year.
T h e transition from decentralized
to centralized p u r c h a s i n g started
with the adoption of the c o u n t y ' s
first formal p u r c h a s i n g manual in
May 1981. O n e month later the first
p u r c h a s i n g agent w a s hired. With
t h e s e two key e l e m e n t s in place,
c e n t r a l i z e d p u r c h a s i n g b e c a m e a reality in J u l y 1 9 8 1 .
T h e centralized p u r c h a s i n g s y s tem w a s d e s i g n e d to meet eight
s p e c i f i c o b j e c t i v e s : to s e r v i c e and
support the entire organization, to
introduce greater f i n a n c i a l control
of e x p e n d i t u r e s s p e c i f i c a l l y a s related to procurement of c o m m o d i t i e s , c o n t r a c t u a l s e r v i c e s and capital outlay items, to promote c o m m u nication and good will in county
vendor relations and intra-departmental relations relative to p u r c h a s ing, to formulate p r o c e d u r e s to enh a n c e e f f i c i e n c y of the procurement p r o c e s s allowing p u r c h a s e s
to be made in a timely and proper
manner, to a s s u r e realization of the
p r i n c i p l e s of competitive p u r c h a s ing and best buy at least c o s t , to
promote equal opportunity p o l i c i e s

through procurement relations with
v e n d o r s , to effect m a x i m u m feasible standardization of p r o d u c t s in
order to minimize s t o c k l e v e l s and
obtain better p r i c e s through larger
quantity p u r c h a s e s , and to meet the
r e q u i r e m e n t s of the C o d e of Virginia c o n c e r n i n g p u r c h a s i n g .
During the first two y e a r s of operation the s y s t e m a c h i e v e d e a c h of
these objectives.
J a m e s City C o u n t y ' s p u r c h a s i n g
p r o c e d u r e s c l o s e l y follow t h o s e
r e c o m m e n d e d in the A m e r i c a n Bar
Association
Model
Procurement
C o d e a s well a s the new Virginia
Public P r o c u r e m e n t A c t . T h e y are
structured to e n s u r e fair and open
competition thereby reducing the
opportunity for favoritism and inc r e a s i n g public c o n f i d e n c e that
c o n t r a c t s are a w a r d e d equitably
and e c o n o m i c a l l y .
S e v e r a l standard p u r c h a s e metho d s are e m p l o y e d by the county to
facilitate a centralized flow of purc h a s e a c t i o n s . T h e most widely
u s e d is the s m a l l p u r c h a s e procedure.
A n y procurement not e x c e e d i n g
$5,000 may be made under this proc e d u r e w h i c h r e c o g n i z e s that not all
public p r o c u r e m e n t s justify the administrative time and e x p e n s e nece s s a r y for competitive s e a l e d bidding. At least three q u o t e s are obtained either by phone or in writing
and an a w a r d is made to the vendor
with the l o w e s t r e s p o n s i v e quote.

A variation of the s m a l l p u r c h a s e
procedure is the blanket p u r c h a s e
order method w h i c h provides for iss u a n c e of a single open p u r c h a s e
order to a vendor for procurement of
repetitively u s e d , low c o s t items
needed for immediate u s e . Disc o u n t s are negotiated with vendors
prior to i s s u i n g a blanket p u r c h a s e
order.
C o u n t y d e p a r t m e n t s are authorized to place orders against the
blanket a s required, a s long a s no
s i n g l e order e x c e e d s $500 and no
s i n g l e item e x c e e d s $100. T h i s proc e d u r e is a real t i m e s a v e r and is
well liked by user departments.
Forty-five blanket p u r c h a s e orders
are currently in u s e for items ranging from hardware to lawn and garden s u p p l i e s .
All
procurements
exceeding
$5,000 are made by competitive
s e a l e d bidding or
competitive
s e a l e d p r o p o s a l s . Both methods require i s s u a n c e of a formal invitation
for bids or a request for proposals
and formal opening and evaluation
to determine the lowest r e s p o n s i v e
r e s p o n s i b l e bidder.
A " t e a m " a p p r o a c h is utilized in
writing s p e c i f i c a t i o n s and evaluating t h e s e formal p r o c u r e m e n t s .
T h e team i n c l u d e s the p u r c h a s i n g
agent, a representative of the requesting department, the controller
and the county attorney.
After the formal bid s p e c i f i c a tions or proposal package h a s been
prepared by the t e a m , it r e c e i v e s
full staff coordination and final approval by the county administrator.
T h i s staffing p r o c e s s is documented on a s p e c i a l approval form
w h i c h b e c o m e s a permanent part of
the procurement file. U s e of t h e s e
p r o c e d u r e s h a s i n c r e a s e d dramatically s i n c e implementation of the
centralized p u r c h a s i n g s y s t e m and
resulted in both i n c r e a s e d s a v i n g s
and improved financial control.
Planned p u r c h a s i n g and term
c o n t r a c t s are used e x t e n s i v e l y . Previously, under decentralized purc h a s i n g e a c h department would order i t e m s of furniture or major

�equipment as needed. Now these
purchases are consolidated by the
purchasing agent using an annual
purchase plan and schedule. Buying larger quantities has resulted in
lower prices and more effective use
of personnel and funds.
Term contracts have proven extremely useful as a means of providing for competitive procurement
when a definite quantity cannot be
established. Gasoline, fuel oil,
gravel, stone, office supplies, printing and radio maintenance are but a
few examples. Invitations for bid are
issued for term contracts setting
forth estimated annual requirements. Once a contract is let, orders are placed against the contract
at the prices set in the contract. Depending on the items involved, an
escalation/de-escalation
clause
may be included to provide for fluctuations in market prices. James
City County was one of the first localities in Tidewater to bid gasoline
using this method. During the first
year, more than $50,000 was saved
on gasoline and diesel fuel purchases.
Cooperative purchasing has been
an added benefit of the centralized
purchasing system. The county has
actively pursued cooperative purchasing agreements with other lo-

calities as well as other activities to
benefit from volume buying and the
resulting lower prices.
Items currently purchased under
cooperative purchasing agreements
include gas, fuel oil, trash collection, heating/cooling system maintenance and radio maintenance.
Savings were realized from all these
cooperative purchases. On the
trash collection contract alone,
$6,000 was saved. Additional cooperative purchasing ventures are
continuously sought through direct
coordination with other localities
and active participation in the local
chapter of the National Institute of
Government Purchasing.
The entire purchasing function is
now extensively automated. Using
purchasing requisitions submitted
by requesting departments, purchase orders are entered directly
into the computer. The program automatically encumbers the appropriate accounts, prints the purchase order and monitors delivery.
Computerizing the purchasing
process has enabled the county to
tighten financial controls, streamline the process of purchasing and
improve management of purchasing. Delinquent deliveries of purchase orders have been reduced by
the delivery monitoring program

from more than 100 a month two
years ago to less than 10 during
April 1983. Contracts are also encumbered and managed by the
computer providing total financial
control of all procurement dollars
and up-to-the-minute financial status reports of specific projects.
The transition to centralized purchasing is complete in James City
County. Each year the payoffs continue to mount. The consultant's
$65,000 yearly savings estimate
contained in the original study
proved ultraconservative. County
officials were pleasantly surprised
to see the first year of centralized
purchasing result in an estimated
$120,000 savings. The estimated
savings this year is $250,000. A byproduct of the new system has been
better discipline by all county activities in the purchase of goods and
services and better appreciation of
the role of proper planning and programming. Service has improved,
goods and services are provided in
a timely manner and more efficient
use is made of personnel time. The
modest investment required to
make the transition has more than
been repaid by the monetary savings, increased efficiency and financial controls realized through
centralized purchasing.

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�Cooperation Not
Confrontation

Wanner

Linda 8yrd, a schooi board employee, uses the
county computer terminal while Jean Quo, standing, and Dee Scott watch.

school board is realizing savings in
several areas. The schools and the
county jointly purchase gasoline
and diesel fuel for the school bus
fleet and county vehicles; heating
oils; trash removal services and
maintenance services for radio-telecommunication equipment. Future
cooperative purchases are planned
for custodial supplies and common
automotive parts. The trash disposal contract alone has saved the
school board $6,000 annually.
In addition, the timely exchange
of accurate information between
school board officials and county
administration has improved budget processes. County financial
briefings are attended by the school
board's finance director who in t u r n
provides the county with state Department of Education budget information and local enrollment data.
This dialogue has created a forum
which has resulted in each organization learning about the peculiar
problems, goals and objectives of
the other. Because both administrations have more information about
the other and a better appreciation
of the other's goals, their respective
budget responsibilities can be better carried out and the public per-

ceives both groups as effective resource managers.
One way the two effectively manage resources is by sharing equipment. The school board purchases
computer operation services from
the county based on CPU hours
used, pages printed and terminal
hours. Microcomputers and software owned by the school board are
used by the county's Office of IVIanagement Services to produce financial trend analysis.
Two school administrators and
county officials worl&lt;ed together to
produce a long-range data processing plan. The school board will participate financially in the upgrading
of the county's computer during the
next five years and computer terminals will be placed in the systems'
seven schools to assist with attendance reports, grade reporting and
class scheduling.
County offices use the school
board's copy machine for printing.
The machine was purchased jointly
by city and county with the locality's investments repaid by the
school board through printing credits. County user departments are
charged by the school board on a
per copy basis.

Assistant County Administrator
John fJIcDonaid, ieft, and Schooi
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James City County's school
board isn't typical as Virginia
school boards go. A single board
serves both the county and a major
city v\/ithin the county. This is unusual, but local officials in James
City County and the city of Williamsburg thinl&lt; their joint school
board benefits both communities.
A special relationship has developed between the joint school
board and James City County over
the years. A spirit of cooperation exist between County Administrator
James Oliver and Superintendent of
Schools Dr. John Allen which extends to their staffs, and in 1980 the
county built the school board its
own building which it now leases at
the county government complex.
The spirit of cooperation has improved the delivery of services not
only to the schools but also to
county residents. Several broad
areas of joint efforts currently exist
and new cooperative ventures are
added each year.
Because the school board's purchasing policy is basically a mirror
image of the county's policy, cooperative purchasing efforts are legally possible. Through cooperative
procurements with the county the

Board Finance Director

Sandy

�When the county studies ways to
increase effectiveness and reduce
costs, the school board often participates. Such joint studies have involved telephone systems, insurance, data processing and records
management.
School board office grounds are
maintained by county employees
with the assistance,of high school
students. Students interested in
landscape work help with spring
plantings.
Planning for sidewalks in the
county is being done by school
transportation staff working with
county officials. The school board's
Interest is to provide safe walking
zones which could reduce the number of students who must be
bussed. A computerizing bus routing system helps the county and
school board decide where sidewalks should be placed to reduce
operating expenses and increase
pedestrian safety.
The school system opens its
buildings and grounds to the county recreational department for an average of three hours after school
each day without charge. The city
recreation department also uses the
school facilities.
Tennis courts at two schools
have been resurfaced with Improvement funds from the county recre-

The school board does the county's copying in exchange
Becky West, center, and Rose Sutherlin use the machine.

ation department. The department
also built a softball field at another
school. County recreation programs
benefit from these Improvements
during after school programs while
the schools use the facilities during
the day.
When James City County officials set goals for the year, school
administration representatives are
there. In addition, school officials
attend monthly county staff breakfasts and serve on several county
government committees.
The school board and school superintendent lent their support to
the county's 1983 lobbying efforts
in Richmond. During the General

for use of the machine. Josephine

Gardner, left,

Assembly session, the school
board went on record In support of
county efforts to obtain state approval to levy a lodging tax and the
school superintendent lobbied the
legislature for the tax.
Timely exchange of information
and careful planning have led to a
successful partnership between the
Williamsburg-James City County
School Board and James City County. Cooperative ventures in purchasing, equipment use and information
sharing are expected to increase as
more and more savings are realized.
The cooperative spirit between the
school board and the county is making the public the ultimate winner.

Compliments

T H E TOWN OF
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" W h a t ' s going on h e r e ? " T h a t ' s
w h a t new J a m e s City C o u n t y resid e n t s asK w h e n a c o u n t y a s s e s s o r
p a y s t h e m a visit.
" P e o p l e retiring here in J a m e s
City C o u n t y from the North never
had their property a s s e s s e d a n n u a l l y , " Henry Taylor, director of real
estate a s s e s s m e n t s said. " O n c e we
e x p l a i n how the s y s t e m w o r k s , they
realize what w e are d o i n g . "
J a m e s City C o u n t y adopted the
a n n u a l a s s e s s m e n t a p p r o a c h in
1976 and i s now one of nine c o u n t i e s in the c o m m o n w e a l t h u s i n g the
s y s t e m . " A n n u a l a s s e s s m e n t s have
stabilized the tax rate and revenue
c o l l e c t e d by the real e s t a t e t a x , "
Taylor explained.
T a y l o r ' s office i s r e s p o n s i b l e for
e s t i m a t i n g the fair market value of
all real properties both t a x a b l e and
non-taxable and maintaining a current record of all o w n e r s of real
property. H i s o f f i c e is staffed by
two real e s t a t e a p p r a i s e r s , a mapping t e c h n i c i a n and an a b s t r a c t o r
who doubles a s a secretary.
T h e c o u n t y ' s s a l e / a s s e s s m e n t ratio, at 93.4 percent, i s the highest of
ail a n n u a l a s s e s s m e n t c o u n t i e s in
V i r g i n i a , a c c o r d i n g to the latest Department of T a x a t i o n s t a t i s t i c s . T a x payers c a n take comfort in the fact
that b e c a u s e of the high s a l e s / a s s e s s m e n t ratio they are paying only
their " f a i r s h a r e . " W h e n c i t i e s are
added to the s t a t i s t i c s , J a m e s City
C o u n t y i s ranked s e c o n d in the
s t a t e . Only C h e s a p e a k e i s a h e a d
with a 93.9 percent ratio.
J a m e s City C o u n t y ' s growth is ref l e c t e d in the fair market value of its
property. C u r r e n t fair market value
of the c o u n t y ' s 10,511 t a x a b l e parc e l s and 196 non-taxable p a r c e l s is
$966,408,000. In 1978, the county
property's fair market value w a s
$497 million.
In the mid-1970s, J a m e s C i t y
C o u n t y adopted
agricultural/horticultural land u s e tax a s s e s s m e n t s .
At the end of the d e c a d e forestry
land u s e w a s instituted. About 37
percent or 31,334 a c r e s of the c o u n t y ' s total 85,040 a c r e s i s in land u s e .
A total of $41,841,500 of taxable
value w a s e x e m p t from t a x e s last
year b e c a u s e of land u s e a s s e s s ment. A n o t h e r $4,977,110 of t a x a b l e
value w a s e x e m p t e d for the elderly
and h a n d i c a p p e d .

T h e c o m m i s s i o n e r of the revenue
s u p e r v i s e s land u s e a s s e s s m e n t .
Property o w n e r s m u s t file an application with the c o m m i s s i o n e r and
pay an initial fee to obtain land u s e
a s s e s s m e n t . E a c h year a new application m u s t be filed but no additional fee i s c h a r g e d .
A n important a s p e c t of the O f f i c e
of R e a l E s t a t e A s s e s s m e n t s i s mapping. T h e c o u n t y ' s real property
m a p s are updated frequently from
a s s e s s m e n t information. A s s i g n i n g
street n u m b e r s to all properties in
the c o u n t y i s a t a s k the mapping department h a s been working on for a
year and is e x p e c t e d to c o m p l e t e by
late next year.
T a y l o r ' s office u s e s an on-line
c o m p u t e r to keep track of all real e s tate r e c o r d s . T h e s y s t e m c o n t a i n s
a s s e s s m e n t r e c o r d s for e a c h parcel
and h a s the capability of producing
n u m e r o u s reports for daily u s e s u c h

a s the ratio s t u d i e s , s a l e s information and building permit r e c o r d s
generated by the computer.
Other d e p a r t m e n t s a l s o u s e the
c o m p u t e r i z e d real e s t a t e a s s e s s ment information. T h e c o m m i s s i o n e r of revenue u s e s the real e s tate d a t a b a s e to update r e c o r d s
and print the land book. T h e building i n s p e c t i o n s office and the planning department will be able to u s e
the a s s e s s m e n t information
late
t h i s f i s c a l year a s the county computer s y s t e m is upgraded.
C o m p u t e r s are very m u c h in the
future of the Real E s t a t e A s s e s s m e n t s O f f i c e . A s the county c o n t i n u e s to grow, the workload on the
a s s e s s o r s w h o value real e s t a t e
year round will i n c r e a s e . By the
1986-1987 a s s e s s m e n t c y c l e , the a s s e s s o r s will be a s s i s t e d by a computer a p p r a i s a l s y s t e m .

Compliments of

The City of
Bedford

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FAIRFAX

No. 11 Kogei Executive Center

Fairfax Professional Building

.E SVSTEMS . DBAINAGE • SURVEYING

•

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Suite 250 Norfolk, VA. 23502

Suite 7 3545 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax. VA.

P C BOX4800 4800 W HUNDRED RO • CHESTER, W-804 74B 8746

WATER
WASTEWATER
8 0 U D WASTES

WISCONStM Ave

T e l e x 87.487

Consulting Er&gt;gineers

Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

2 0 4 GRAYSON RD .SUITE B ,

H e n n i n y s o n , Dur-h am £

MunKipoi S«rvicel Monoger

PUBLIC UTILITY

Relaying
Metenng

• ENGINEERING

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

11260 Roger Bacon Drive. Reston, Va. 22090 • (703) 471-6150

Rales

HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
&amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.

Southern

STEARNS.CONRAD AND SCHMIDT
CONSULTING E N G I N E E R S , INC.

22030

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS,
SCIENTISTS &amp; PLANNERS

Three Chopt &amp; Parham Roads, Richmond 23229
' AND

HANSEN

MALCOLM PIRNIE. INC.
301 HIDEN BLVD. NEWPORT NEWS. VA 804-599-5511

EtMGINEERS
Since 1914

MMMIB'R!!S^
A
PROFESSIONAL
CORPORATION
ARCHITECTS + ENGINEERS + PLANNERS

Hurt &amp; Proffitt, Inc.
Engineers • Planners •
Surveyors

229 W E S T B U T E S T
NORFOLK, V A
23510
(804) 623

1611

Wastewaier Treatment Systems • Transportation
Municipal Facilities • Water and Sewerage S y s t e m s
Waterfront Facilities • Environmental Studies
Construction Management • Surveying

1933 Fort Ave.

FREDERICK G. GRIFFIN, P.C.
Consulting Engineers

APPRAISALS
MUNICIP
RATE STUDIES

WATER WORKS
SEWERAGE
R E F U S E niSPONAI.

R. S T U A R T R O Y E R &amp; A S S O d A T E S , I N C .
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Engineers

WiLi^w I
P. (&gt;. B o i
HlL-HMON-U. VlHG
1514

(804)282-7657

BUCK, SEIFERT &amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED
Consulting Engineers
Water Supply • S e w a g e • Industrial
Waste Treatment • Treatability Studies
. 140 S y l v a n A v e n u e , P . O . B o x 1 2 1 8
E n g l e w o o d Cliffs. N . J . 07632 201 -567-8990
• 4 0 5 S o . P a r l i a m e n t D r i v e . S u i t e 101
Virginia Beactl. Va 23462 804-499^8508

Waler, Wastewaler, Solid Wastes.
Soils &amp; Foundations
Land Development Site Plans
Residential, Commercial &amp; Industrial
Subdivisions, Road, Dams, Airports
Lynchburg, VA 24501 (804)847-7796

3229 WaterUck Koad. Lynchburg,

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VA 24.504

(804/237-2044)

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Complete Engineering Services
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S u p p l y a n d T r e a t m e n t . Transportation
1941 R o l a n d C l a r k e P l a c e
R e s t o n , V i r g i n i a 22091
703/620^5200

DETECTION

• NETWORK ANALYSIS
• METER TESTING
• HYDRAULIC
INVESTIGATIONS
2 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 60606
(312)236-5355

10C CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK NEW YORK 10007
(2121 267-8288

BoDiE, TAYLOR AND
P U R Y E A R , INC.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
611

Cable Televisuin • TV Broadiiist • Public Safety Tommunications Syst*'ms • .\larm Systems • Electrical
Design • Federal Crimmunicatiims r&lt;)mmLs.sion .Application and IVeparation • Kxpert Testimony and Witness

CH2M
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Associates
ENGINEERS • ESTABLISHED 1903

Research Road
P.O.

Box 2901

Richmond, Virginia 23235
804-794-6823

R.

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WKKKS

ENGINEERS
W a t e r S u p p l y n n d Purification • S e w e r a R e a n d
S e w a g e T r e a t m e n t • Streets a n d H i g h w a y s •
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Construction.
2733 T [ D E U , X T I : R

DR.

NORFOLK.

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�GERAGHIY
&amp; M I L L E R , INC.

Environmental L a b o r a t o r i e s
Industrial and

844 W E S T S T R E E T , ANNAPOLIS. MD
(301) 268-7730
S Y O S S E T , NY
TAMPA

BATON R O U G E

W PALM B E A C H

DENVER

Municipal

21401

HARTFORD
HOUSTON

SANTURCE PR

BARRYW.STARKE.ASLA
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Consulting E n g i n e e r s

OLVER

1531 North Main Street
B l a c k s b u r g , Virginia 2 4 0 6 0
(703)552-5548

INCORPORATED

EARTH
DESIGN
ASSOCIATES
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / LAND USE PLANNING I ARCHfTECTUHf-

Dames &amp; Moore
Water Supply and Pollution Control
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
Environmental Impact Studies
Water Resources iVIanagement
Energy Studies
Soils and Foundation Engineering

P E T E R M.

• Solid Waste/Energy Recovery
• Water Pollution Control
• A i r Pollution Control
• Industrial Waste Treatment

PARKS-HUDSON, INC.

7101 Wisconsin Avenue • Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(301) 652-2215
7 700
FALLS

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LEESBURG
PIKE
SUITE
502
CHURCH.VA.
22043
703/893-0711

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WASTEWATER,

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DRAINAGE,FLOOD

DEVELOPMENT.

STREETS,

STRUCTURAL

Indepeniient

'ASSOCIATES
Charles R Velzy A s s o c i a t e s ,
Consulting Engineers
355 Ivlain Street
Armonk, New York 10504

Inc.

Box K228
Koger Executive Center
Rictimond, Virginia 23288
(804) 288-6061

DESIGN

CONTROL
HIGHWAYS.BRIDGES

,

MARINAS

V

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(7031 590 1131
1703) 670 6300

Municipal Audils
Federal — H e a d Start—
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J A M E S B R I D G E S . LTD
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Cerlified Public Accounlanl

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2360 W e s t J o p p a R o a d , Suite 300

Suite 900

G r e c n s p r i n g Station

A r l i n g t o n , V i r g i n i a 22202

L u t h c r v i l l e , Maryland 21093

( 7 0 3 ) 892-4812

( 3 0 1 ) 583-9261

Water
Wastewater
Resource Recovery
Transportation

1 1 1 2 0 New Hampstiire Ave
Suite 2 0 0 Silver Spring. MD 2 0 9 0 4

CPA

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14003 MINNEVILLE RD
DALE CITY, VA 22193

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P H O T O G R A M M E T R I S T S

Corporate Drive
Greenhorne

&amp; O^Mara,

Inc.

(301)731-5622
10710

ENGINEERS
WASTEWATER

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Landover. MD 2 0 7 8 5

C I V I L AND ENVIRONMENTAL

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820

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1735 Jefferson D a v i s H w y .

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SUITE 202

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22030

Boston, Philadelphia, New York
St. Louis, Syracuse, White Plain
DAVID

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PHONE:

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(703}

385-9800

Ram Irilernilianil Cenler. Suite 1130
1 1800 Sunrise VillBi Dri»t. RBSlon, VA 22091

YARGER
AND A S S O C I A T E S , INC.
Position Classification
and Pay Plans
Management and Financial
Studies
Test Construction—Fire
and Police Studies
Over 600
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30th

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100 South Main Street Bndgewater Virginia 2 2 8 1 2

Surveys

Florida—West

Year

(703)828-2616

CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS

CONSULTING ENGINEERS. SURVEYORS &amp; PLANNERS
MANAGEMENT

Silver Spnng. MD
301-439-0055

CONSULTANTS

• Advisor on Financial and Marketing Matters
Relating to I s s u a n c e of Municipal B o n d s
• Position Classification and P a y S t u d i e s
• Executive S e a r c h and Selection
• Management and Organization S t u d i e s
• Utility and Public Works Management S t u d i e s
• Governmental Status Studies

MUNICIPAL ADVISORS
INCORPORATED
V I R G I N I A B E A C H . V A . 23458
804,422-1711

Leesburg. VA
703-777-1258

Centreville. VA
703-631-9630

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235-3450

w a n n e r - h o h n s • i n g l i s • inc.

COMPLETE PUBLIC WORKS
ENGINEERING. SURVEYING
AND PLANNING SERVICES

AND

STREET

MARYLAND 2121B

Virginia—Georgia—Maryland

BENGTSON, DeBELL. ELKIN &amp; TITUS

. 0 . B O X 45

SAINT PAUL

BALTIMORE,
(301)

2830 Mary Street
Falls Church, Va. 22042
703/560-6900

FINANCIAL

WHITMAN, R E Q U A R D T
AND A S S O C I A T E S
ENGINEERS

a p r o l e s s i o n a l corporalion

Engineers . Surveyors . Planners
Complete prolessional services for

• CPM

Scheduling

• Project Management
• C l a i m s Litigation and

Support

• D o c u m e n t Management and

RALPH WHITEHEAD &amp; A S S O C I A T E S
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Retrieval

•

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P. O. Box 35824
Ctiarlotte, Norttl Carolina 28235
704-372-1885

BRIDGES . HIGHWAYS * RAILROADS - RAIL ft BUS TRANSrr • AIRPORTS

(609)

261-0100

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3300 N E E x p r e s s w a y , Atlanta, QA 30341
1314 Lincoln Street, Columbia, S C 29201

(404) 452-0797
(803)256-3590

61

�Public Administration Service
Providing management assistance and consultant services
to local, regional, and slate governments since 1933.
1497 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, Virginia 22101

734-8970
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CE Maguire, Inc.
5203 L e e t b u r g Pike, F a l l s C h u r c h , V A 22041 (703) 998-0100
207 B u t l n e s i P a r k Dr., Virginia B e a c h , V A 23462 (804) 497-6304
Rsgiiinal onicn:
Provldenci. Rl: Alexandria. LA; BostDn. MA; Clearwater, fi: Ctiarlotte. NC:
Fallt Church. VA; Florence. SC: Honolulu. HI; Manchoiter. NH; New Britain. CT;
PItbhurgh. PA; Phoenix. AZ: Spartanburg. SC: Virginia Beach. VA; Waltham. MA.

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DAVID M. GRIFFITH
AND ASSOCIATES, LTD.
Specialists in A D P
Systems and Cost
Allocation Plans

D r a w e r 59, Christiansburg, Virginia 2 4 0 7 3

703/382-1464

George Cunningliam, Field Representative
"imagineered"
PLAYGROUND and PARK

GAME
Box

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R. M i c h a e l A m y x
Executive
Director
Richard F. Weeks Jr.
Director of
Intergovernmental
Relations
C l a y L, Wirt
Staff
Attorney
Margaret A. N i c h o l s
Finance
Director
C h r i s t i n e A. E v e r s o n
Director of
Communications
J o n i S . Terry
Office
Coordinator

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Legal
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Communications
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General
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9 5 5 4 L a k e s i d e Br , R i c h m o n d , V a 2 3 2 2 8
Phone 804'262-2401

«!S»HORNER
«ii»BARKSDAlJiS,
725 CHURCH STREET

804-846-2711

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

PUBLIC FINANCE SPECIALISTS
ADVISORS IN TAX EXEMPT MUNICIPAL SECURITIES
EDWARD T.PEniGREW, JR.

PATRICIA A. C O O P E R

THOMAS W. ROBERTS, JR.

CAMP D R E S S E R &amp; M c K E E
7630 Little River Turnpike, Suite 500
Annandale, Virginia 22003
703 642-5500

environmental
planners,

engineers,

&amp; management

scientists,
consultants

CDM

R . W . BECK AND ASSOCIATES
ENGINEERS AND CONSULTANTS
Utility Planning • Design
Power Supply • Load Management
Cogeneration • Resource Recovery
Rates • Appraisals
Contract Negotiations

40 Grove Street
Wellesley, M A 02181
(617) 237-4870
1510 E. Colonial Drive
Orlando, FL 32803
(305) 8 9 6 4 9 1 1

�THE
PEOPLE
OF
LYNCHBURG

ARE
HELPING
VIRGINIANS
GROW
AND
PROSPER

�Beattij lit up d
ci(jareiteattke
beach. She was
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made such a
hi(j splash.

You ve come a long way, baby.

Philip Morris I n c . 1983

General Has Determined
t Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health.

Regular: 9 mg "tar," 0.7 mg nicotine-Menthol: 8 mg "tar,"
0.6 mg nicotine av. per cigarette, FTC Report Mar.'83.

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Inside:

Volume 19
Number 1
January 1984

VML's 1984 Legislative Guide
Virginia's Comniunity Certification Program

�Alternatives. Public officials are faced with more financial
alternatives than ever before, both in the raising and the
investment of funds. To identify and evaluate these alternatives, you need a iinancial partner that can give fast, professional service when you borrow and invest money.
A financial parmer like the Investment Banking Group
of Sovran Bank, N.A. formed by the merger of First &amp;
Merchants and Virginia National banks.
Our Municipal Finance Department can structure and
sell your short- and long-term debt. Our Institutional Sales
Department offers a broad range of investment options.

employing one of the laigest and most experienced money
market operations in the region.
And both have the strength of a major national bank
behind them. Sovran'" Bank.
Sovran Investment Banking Group, P.O. Box 27025,
Richmond, Virginia 23261.

50VR^fBANK
AChangePDrThe Times

�Virginia
olown
*City

Editor
Christine A. Everson
Editorial Assistants
J o n i Terry
IVIary Ann Cornell

Telephone

804/649-8471

VML President
Charles A. Robinson Jr.
Officers
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J . Tiiomas
Sana W. Adams
Jane L. Hough
Executive Committee
Robert!. Williams
Arlie C. Payne
Martha V. Pennine
Jack D. Edwards
Jack P. Barnes
Margie Mayes
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx
On the Cover:
The rotunda of the state Capitol in
Richmond, pictured here in a serene
moment, becomes a beehive of activity
while the General Assembly is in session. This sculpture of George Washington, done by the famous French
sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon, is one of
the nation's most precious art treasures.
The only sculpture of Washington done
from life, it was exhibited in Paris for
eight years before placement in the rotunda in 1796. It was nicked by a bullet in
1866 in an impromptu duel between
politically opposed editors of two Richmond newspapers.
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval of the
Virginia
Municipal
League and if
granted
must be accompanied
by credit to
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY and the Virginia
Municipal
League.
Secondclass postage
paid at
Richmond,
Virginia. Subscription
rates: $8 per
year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster:
Send address
changes
to VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753,
Richmond
23206

Volume 19

January 1984

Number 1

People

The 1984 VML Legislative Guide

Working Effectively With Legislators

8

The Legislative Process

9-12

1984 Legislative Directory

13

VML's Legislative Goals

15

Are You Ready? Virginia's Community
Certification Program

17-18

Professional Directory

20

Legal Guidelines: Handgun Ordinances

22

Editorial: The Challenge of "1984 "

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Wytheville Manager
Retires
Carter W. Beamer, town manager of
Wytheville for more than 36 years, has
retired.
Beamer, who became Wytheville's
town manager in 1947 thinking he would
stay in the position three or four years,
probably has been a town manager
longer than anyone in Virginia currently
holding the position.
Beamer is a native of Hillsville, VA,
and a graduate of Virginia Military Institute. He roomed next to Julian Hirst, a
former executive director of the Virginia
Municipal League. He served In the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers and in European Theatre in World War 11, and at one
time he was the Southern Conference
wrestling champion in the 155-pound
weight class.
Prior to taking his position as manager of Wytheville, he was a city engineer in Fredericksburg. He has also
served as a president of the Virginia
Section, International City Management
Association.
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Wytheville was able to build new water
and sewage plants and more than triple
mains and lines.
Beamer will not be inactive in his retirement as he has just recently been
appointed to represent VML on the
spate's Sewage Handling and Disposal
Advisory Committee, and he has been
hired to serve as Wytheville's consultant
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Rockingham, NC, effective Jan. 16.
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Galloway has served as Pearisburg's
town manager six years. A native of
Brevard, NC, he previously served as
city clerk and then assistant city manager of Dunn, NC.
Galloway is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
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manager of Covington in September.
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as director of special projects in Clifton
Forge.
Flora has served as a city engineer in
Clifton Forge and as town manager of
Woodstock and Big Stone Gap. In addition, he spent seven years in banking
and served as vice president of Central
Fidelity Bank in Roanoke.

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Harry C. Ragsdale, former mayor of
Narrows, has died at the age of 76.
Ragsdale was well known in his community as the Narrows High School football coach leading the Narrows team to
two state championships and seven district championships. The school's football stadium is named after him.
Following his coaching career he became principal of the school, a position
he held for 10 years. Following his retirement as principal he ran for mayor of
the town. He won and was re-elected to
a second two-year term in 1976.

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�The 1984 V M L Legislative Guide
A m a j o r p u r p o s e of t h e V i r g i n i a IVIunicipal L e a g u e is to i m p r o v e a n d a s s i s t
l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s in t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h . T h i s f o s t e r i n g of l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t t a k e s p l a c e in m a n y a r e n a s ,
but the o n e w h i c h will c o n c e r n the
l e a g u e m o s t f r o m J a n u a r y 11 t h r o u g h
p r o b a b l y m i d - M a r c h is t h e floor of t h e
Virginia General Assembly. Serving as
l e g i s l a t i v e a d v o c a t e for t h e m e m b e r s h i p , t h e l e a g u e a t t e m p t s to i m p a c t l e g islation in t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y w h i c h
will affect local g o v e r n m e n t .
T h i s i n f l u e n c i n g , or l o b b y i n g as it h a s
c o m e to be c a l l e d , h a s d e v e l o p e d a l m o s t into a n art f o r m a n d i n c l u d e s m a n y
subtle behind the scenes c o m m u n i c a tions a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g s a s w e l l a s a n
"out front" procedure. The term "lobby"
w a s first u s e d in E n g l a n d a r o u n d 1 6 4 0
to d e s i g n a t e t h e o u t w a r d r o o m of t h e
H o u s e of C o m m o n s . By 1 8 6 0 , t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l lobbyist w a s k n o w n to be a
m a n w h o f r e q u e n t e d this l o b b y in o r d e r
to i n f l u e n c e l e g i s l a t i o n .
T h e l e a g u e a n d its m e m b e r s , a l t h o u g h t h e y w o r k for or a g a i n s t c e r t a i n
l e g i s l a t i o n , t e c h n i c a l l y a r e not l o b b y i s t s .
U n d e r t h e C o d e of V i r g i n i a , l e a g u e staff
a n d local g o v e r n m e n t e m p l o y e e s w h o

w o r k w i t h t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y a r e not
c o n s i d e r e d l o b b y i s t s a n d a r e not r e q u i r e d to register a s s u c h . T h e y a r e in
fact called "legislative liaisons" and are
v i e w e d in a m o r e a d v i s o r y c a p a c i t y .
S e r v i n g a s t h e a d v o c a t e of local g o v e r n m e n t a n d a t t e m p t i n g to f o s t e r b e n e f i cent legislation, one must possess a
s o u n d k n o w l e d g e of t w o b a s i c t h i n g s :
y o u r g o a l s a n d h o w to w o r k t o w a r d
t h e m . V M L e s t a b l i s h e s its l e g i s l a t i v e
goals through an annual policy develo p m e n t p r o c e s s w h i c h c u l m i n a t e s in t h e
VML Policy Statement
and
Legislative
Program
representing the united stand
of t h e m e m b e r s h i p o n v a r i o u s c u r r e n t
i s s u e s a f f e c t i n g local g o v e r n m e n t .
Policy d e v e l o p m e n t for t h e l e a g u e b e g i n s at t h e g r a s s r o o t s l e v e l in e a r l y
s p r i n g w h e n n o m i n a t i o n s a r e s o u g h t for
a p p o i n t m e n t s to V M L ' s six policy c o m mittees: community and economic dev e l o p m e n t , effective g o v e r n m e n t , e n v i r o n m e n t a l quality, h u m a n d e v e l o p m e n t ,
p u b l i c s a f e t y a n d t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . It is
t h e s e c o m m i t t e e s , c o o r d i n a t e d by V M L
A s s o c i a t e D i r e c t o r R i c h a r d F. W e e k s
Jr., t h a t f o r m u l a t e t h r o u g h n u m e r o u s
w o r k i n g s e s s i o n s t h e VML
Preliminary
Policy Statement
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s u m m e r and placed before the m e m b e r s h i p for a d o p t i o n at t h e a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e in t h e fall.
T h e V M L Legislative Committee, on
w h i c h t h e policy c o m m i t t e e c h a i r m e n sit
w i t h t h e a p p o i n t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of
t h e t o w n , city a n d u r b a n s e c t i o n s , d e l i n e a t e s t h e l e a g u e ' s legislative g o a l s
for t h e c o m i n g s e s s i o n in c o n j u n c t i o n
w i t h t h e policy s t a t e m e n t . In t h e s a m e
m a n n e r t h e s e legislative g o a l s a l s o a r e
p r e s e n t e d to t h e m e m b e r s h i p for
a m e n d m e n t a n d t h e n final a d o p t i o n at
t h e a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e . (For a brief rev i e w of t h e l e a g u e ' s 1 9 8 4 l e g i s l a t i v e
g o a l s , s e e p a g e 13.)
O b t a i n i n g t h o s e g o a l s is a m u c h m o r e
difficult t a s k a n d s u c c e s s c a n d e p e n d o n
n u m e r o u s variables including personal
i n f l u e n c e , a legislator's i n f l u e n c e , t h e
league's influence and reputation, the
p u b l i c ' s attitude, a n d a m y r i a d of o t h e r
s u b t l e n u a n c e s as well as a c t u a l f e a s i bility. S o m e tips o n h o w to w o r k effectively w i t h legislators a p p e a r o n t h e o p posite page.
O n c e V M L ' s legislative g o a l s a r e set
in t h e fall, t h e l e a g u e in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h
t h e V i r g i n i a A s s o c i a t i o n of C o u n t i e s
conducts regional meetings around the
s t a t e . It is at t h e s e m e e t i n g s that t h e
s t a t e ' s legislators are first a c q u a i n t e d
w i t h t h e V M L ' s legislative g o a l s for t h e
coming session.
During the session, the league works
t o w a r d t h e legislative g o a l s e s t a b l i s h e d
by t h e m e m b e r s h i p a n d c o o r d i n a t e s t h e
e f f o r t s of t h e m e m b e r s . A r e v i e w of
t h e s e efforts a n d t h e legislative p r o c e s s
a p p e a r s o n p a g e eight.
W o r k i n g t o w a r d t h e s e g o a l s is a c t u ally a n o n g o i n g e f f o r t of t h e l e a g u e
w h i c h i n t e n s i f i e s w i t h the o p e n i n g of t h e
General Assembly. Year round, V M L
staff a t t e n d h e a r i n g s , c o m m i t t e e a n d
s u b c o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g s as well as
s t u d y c o m m i t t e e s e s s i o n s to c o n s t a n t l y
p r o v i d e input o n t h e l e a g u e ' s point of
view.

V M L Legislative Day
Wednesday, February 2 2 ,
1984
The J o h n Marshall Hotel
Richmond, Virginia

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Working Effectively With Legislators
By Clay L . Wirt
Clay Wirt, deputy executive
director
of the Virginia l\/lunicipai League, offered city, county and town administrators tfiese tips at a recent Committee for
Professional Development workstiop in
York County on working effectively with
legislators.

Be honest. While this is so basic it
should be obvious, it is by far the most
important element of working with legislators. When visiting with members of
the General Assembly, tell it like it is and
tell it all, the good news and the bad.
Imagine what you would want to know to
make the same decision. If you misrepresent the facts, you probably have
permanently lost any opportunity to be
effective. If you do not know answers to
questions, do not make them up. Ask for
time to find the answers and do so
promptly.
Credibility Is the name of the game.
Work to develop credibility with your
delegate(s), senator(s) and their aides.
Most members of the General Assembly
have one or possibly two aides working
with them in Richmond duhng the s e s -

sion. Just a s you and I tend to listen to
those persons we know and respect, the
same is true with members of the General Assembly. T h e individual or organization that has credibility on any particular issue is usually the one members
of the General Assembly will look to to
answer questions and the one that will
be effective.
A s an individual member of the Virginia f\/luniclpal League, you probably
will not be able to develop your credibility with all 100 delegates and 50 senators, but it is essential to develop credibility with your own delegation a s this is
your point of access to the system. By
developing individual credibility, the
league a s a whole can be influential
throughout the state.
Credibility is not something developed overnight. It takes time and work.
You will need to get to know your delegation and their aides, and they will
need to get to know you. Several handbooks are published that contain biographical and other information about
members of the General Assembly. Any
of these would be a good starting point
toward getting to know your legislators.

Also, it is often helpful to develop a file
containing campaign surveys, newspaper editorials, clippings, etc. about
your particular delegation.
Seek to visit your legislators on a
regular basis. Let them know how things
are going with your local government.
Seek their advice on how you might best
work together. A s you become personally acquainted with your legislators do
so in a positive, friendly way. Take every
opportunity to express appreciation for
their services and their activities you
agree with. If you avoid arguments and
end your conversations on a friendly
note, your delegate or senator will probably be available to talk with you again.
Become acquainted with the legislative process and the key persons
affecting that process. Committee a c tivities are especially important in the
Virginia General Assembly. Approximately 75 percent of all legislative decisions are made in committees or subcommittees. By all means find out to
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�T h e Legislative P r o c e s s
£\/ery y e a r bills passed
by the Virginia General Assembly
become
new
state laws. These laws, many of which
impact local government,
originate
as
bills introduced
in either the House of
Delegates
or the Senate.
They
go
through
a set procedure
before
they
can be passed into law. It is during this
procedure
that the Virginia
IVIunicipal
League as well as other groups
have
various opportunities
to influence
legislation. Below is a step by step review of
how a bill becomes
law and the opportunities VI\AL has for impact.
M e m b e r s of e i t h e r t h e H o u s e or S e n ate m a y p r o p o s e legislation. T o d o s o ,
t h e legislator e x p l a i n s e x a c t l y w h a t he
h a s in m i n d to a staff a t t o r n e y in t h e
Division of L e g i s l a t i v e S e r v i c e s .
T h e staff a t t o r n e y first c h e c k s e x i s t i n g
law a n d t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l i t y of t h e p r o posed legislation. Then the division
d r a f t s t h e bill. C o p i e s of the d r a f t e d bill
a r e d e l i v e r e d to t h e legislator. T h e legislator s i g n s his n a m e to t h e bill a n d introd u c e s it by l a y i n g t h e original a n d a
d u p l i c a t e c o p y o n t h e c l e r k of t h e
H o u s e ' s or t h e c l e r k of t h e S e n a t e ' s
d e s k . T h e bill is t h e n p r i n t e d a n d ref e r r e d to t h e a p p r o p r i a t e c o m m i t t e e f o r
consideration.

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C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s . In public s e s sions, familiarize themselves with the
p r o p o s e d l e g i s l a t i o n r e f e r r e d to t h e m
a n d a f t e r d i s c u s s i o n d e c i d e e i t h e r to
report it f a v o r a b l y , a m e n d a n d report it,
r e c o m m e n d it for s t u d y by a s u b c o m m i t t e e , kill it or p a s s it by indefinitely, w h i c h
m e a n s not to c o n s i d e r it a g a i n at a n y
time.
V M L staff a r e a s s i g n e d to m o n i t o r t h e
activities of t h e s e c o m m i t t e e s . Rick
W e e k s will m o n i t o r H o u s e F i n a n c e ;
S e n a t e F i n a n c e ( f i n a n c e bills); H o u s e
R o a d s a n d Internal N a v i g a t i o n ; S e n a t e
Transportation; Senate Local G o v e r n m e n t ; H o u s e a n d S e n a t e C o u r t s of J u s tice o n a d h o c b a s i s ; H o u s e C o u n t i e s ,
Cities and T o w n s ; House Labor and
Commerce; and Senate Commerce and
Labor. C l a y Wirt will monitor H o u s e
General Laws; Senate General Laws;
House Conservation and Natural Resources; and Senate Agriculture and

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p o i n t e d . Brief t h e c h a i r m a n a n d o n e or
t w o of t h e c o m m i t t e e or s u b c o m m i t t e e
m e m b e r s on your position. T h e n
" w a t c h d o g " that committee, making
s u r e y o u a r e p r e s e n t w h e n y o u r bill is
discussed.
This past year V M L achieved approxi m a t e l y 18 a m e n d m e n t s to t h e C o m p r e h e n s i v e C o n f l i c t of I n t e r e s t s A c t .
M o s t w e r e a d o p t e d in s u b c o m m i t t e e
w i t h v e r y f e w d e b a t e d in a n y w a y at t h e
full c o m m i t t e e level or o n t h e H o u s e or
S e n a t e floor. Y o u r g o a l s h o u l d be to
w o r k out all t h e details at t h e l o w e s t level
of t h e p r o c e s s — i n s u b c o m m i t t e e . If y o u
d o well t h e r e , y o u r p r o p o s a l s t a n d s a fair
if not g o o d c h a n c e of m a k i n g it t h r o u g h
the system.
D e v e l o p a l e g i s l a t i v e p l a n a n d red u c e it to w r i t i n g . T h i s plan s h o u l d not
o n l y i n c l u d e y o u r legislative p o s i t i o n , but
also y o u r s t r a t e g y for m a r s h a l l i n g s u p port. T h e legislative p r o c e s s is c o m p l e x
a n d t h e legislative a r e n a is l a d e n w i t h
professional lobbyists who know the
r o p e s a n d h o w to a c h i e v e results. A p proximately 150 associations repres e n t e d by s e v e r a l h u n d r e d l o b b y i s t s a c tively lobby the Virginia General A s sembly. Without clearly thinking through
o u r p l a n s w e h a v e little c h a n c e of s u c cess.
G o a l s s h o u l d b e r e a l i s t i c . Virginia's
short legislative s e s s i o n s , s i x t y - d a y s in
e v e n y e a r s a n d t h i r t y - d a y s in o d d y e a r s ,
m a k e it difficult to r e s o l v e highly c o n -

C o n s e r v a t i o n . Ellen P o s i v a c h will m o n i t o r H o u s e A p p r o p r i a t i o n s ; S e n a t e Fin a n c e ( b u d g e t bills); H o u s e E d u c a t i o n ;
H o u s e Health, Welfare and Institutions;
Senate Education and Health; and Senate R e h a b i l i t a t i o n a n d S o c i a l S e r v i c e s .
V M L m a y of c o u r s e be influential in
i n t r o d u c i n g legislation by d r a f t i n g a bill
a n d f i n d i n g a s p o n s o r f o r it w h o is willing
to i n t r o d u c e t h e legislation a n d s i g n his
n a m e to it.
O n c e bills a r e i n t r o d u c e d , V M L r e c e i v e s a n d r e v i e w s t h e m . In a t y p i c a l
s e s s i o n m o r e t h a n 5 0 0 bills i m p a c t i n g
local g o v e r n m e n t a r e i n t r o d u c e d . T h e s e
a r e s u m m a r i z e d in V M L ' s
Legislative
Bulletin. W h i l e t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y is
in s e s s i o n , t h e Legislative
Bulletin c o n t a i n i n g s t a t u s r e p o r t s o n i m p o r t a n t bills
is m a i l e d t w i c e w e e k l y to e a c h V M L
manager and mayor.
V M L staff or m e m b e r s o f t e n s p e a k
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Legislators
t r o v e r s i a l i s s u e s . C o n t r o v e r s i a l bills oft e n t a k e s e v e r a l y e a r s to get t h r o u g h t h e
s y s t e m . K e e p o p p o s i n g parties in m i n d
a n d f o c u s o n h o w to n e u t r a l i z e o p p o sition. O f t e n it m a y b e better to s e e k a
m o r e a c h i e v a b l e g o a l e v e n t h o u g h it
m a y not i n c l u d e all y o u w a n t .
B e b r i e f . T i m e is of t h e e s s e n c e for
m e m b e r s of t h e a s s e m b l y . A n y t i m e y o u
m e e t w i t h a legislator be p r e p a r e d to
c o n v e y t h e b o t t o m line in 3 0 s e c o n d s if
necessary. Prepare a typed statement
s u m m a r i z i n g y o u r position a n d i n c l u d ing k e y facts or e x a m p l e s . If y o u t h i n k a
committee might make a decision bef o r e y o u h a v e a n o p p o r t u n i t y to a d e quately state your position, distribute
t h e s h e e t in a d v a n c e . At t h e s a m e t i m e
try to g r a c e f u l l y g i v e y o u r 3 0 - s e c o n d
b o t t o m line to t h e c o m m i t t e e c h a i r m a n
or a n o t h e r m e m b e r of t h e c o m m i t t e e .
W o r k with e n t h u s i a s m . The admini s t r a t i v e a s s i s t a n t to S e n . D o l e o n c e
s a i d t h e k e y to g e t t i n g legislation p a s s e d
is w o r k i n g h a r d e r t h a n y o u r o p p o s i t i o n .
In m o s t c a s e s , s u c c e s s f u l p e o p l e a r e
not g e n i u s e s but r a t h e r o r d i n a r y folk
with c o m m o n sense w h o have enthusia s m a n d w h o h a v e s w e a t e d out s u c c e s s . G e t t i n g legislation p a s s e d is m u c h
the s a m e . If y o u w a n t t h e best s h o t at
g e t t i n g y o u r bill t h r o u g h , start early a n d
l e a v e no s t o n e u n t u r n e d .
Finally, c o o r d i n a t e a n d w o r k w i t h
t h e l e a g u e . C o a l i t i o n l o b b y i n g is a b s o lutely e s s e n t i a l if local g o v e r n m e n t s a r e
to e n j o y s u c c e s s .

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1984 Legislative Directory
Governor Ciiaries S. Robb
804-786-2211

Lieutenant Governor Richard J . Davis
804-786-8383

United States
District

Name
John W. Warner

(R)

Paul S. Trible Jr.

(R)

Herbert H. Bateman

(R)

2

G. William Whitehurst

(R)

3

Thomas J . Bllley Jr.

(R)

4

Norman Sisisky

(D)

5

W. C. (Dan) Daniel

(D)

6

James R. Olln

(D)

7

J . Kenneth Robinson

(R)

8

Stanford E. Parris

(R)

9

Frederick C. Boucher

(D)

Frank R. Wolf

(R)

10

Senators

Address
Telephone Num
Atoka Farm, Middleburg, VA 22117
421 Russell Senate Office Building,
202-224-2023
Washington, DC 20510
Regional offices in Richmond, Abingdon and Norfolk
2007 Mason Hill Drive, Alexandria, VA 22307
517 Hart Senate Office Building,
202-224-4024
Washington, DC 20510
Regional offices in Hampton, Richmond, Roanoke and Danville

United States
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Attorney General Gerald L. Bailies
804-786-2071

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Representatives
1518 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
2469 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
213 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
1429 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
2368 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
1207 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
2233 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
230 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
1723 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
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Alexander &amp; Alexander of Virginia
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Andrews, Hunter B.
B a b a l a s , Peter K.

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Barker, W. Onico

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Buclianan, John C .
C a n a d a , A. J o e J r .

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J o n e s , J a m e s P.
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Marye, Madison E .
Michie, T h o m a s J .

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Parker, William T .

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Truban, William A.
Waddell, C h a r l e s L.
Walker, Stanley C .
Wilder, L a w r e n c e D.

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Address

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P.O. Box 847, Halifax, V A 24558
P.O. Box 566, Hampton, V A 23669
700 Atlantic Nat'l Bank BIdg.,
415 St. Paul's Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23510
2025 North Main St.,
Danville, V A 24541
P.O. Box 628, Wytheville, V A 24382
P.O. Box 1006, Wise, V A 2 4 2 9 3
507 North Birdneck R o a d ,
Virginia B e a c h , VA 23451
305 Charlotte Street,
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
P.O. Box 1650, M a n a s s a s , VA 22110
1125 Hanover G r e e n ,
Mechanicsville, V A 23111
P.O. Box 749, Arlington, V A 22216
P.O. Box 158, Fincastle, V A 24090
P.O. Box 210, A c c o m a c , V A 23301
1801 K Street N.W., Suite 1100,
Washington, D C 20006
124 Orchard Avenue,
Rocky Mount, V A 24151
P.O. Box 8 5 , Waverly, V A 23890
4328 Sandy B a y Drive,
Virginia B e a c h , VA 23455
P.O. Box 985, Arlington, V A 22216
P.O. Box 285, Windsor, VA 23487
P.O. Box 7, Spotsylvania, V A 22553
P.O. Box 1297, Portsmouth, V A 23705
P.O. Box 2009, Bristol, V A 2 4 2 0 3
P.O. Box 2 0 1 , Roanoke, V A 24002
P.O. Box 37, Shawsville, V A 24162
1900 Pantops Drive,
Charlottesville, VA 22901
417 Mountain View Drive,
Harrisonburg, V A 22801
511 Canterbury L a n e ,
Alexandria, VA 22314
P.O. Box 13, New Hope, VA 24469
241 C e d a r R o a d ,
C h e s a p e a k e , V A 23320
P.O. Box 29434, Richmond, VA 23229
3505 Cornell R o a d , Fairfax, V A 22030
1233 Mall Drive, Bon Air, VA 23235
8508 Raleigh Avenue,
Annandale, V A 2 2 0 0 3
1031 Main Street, Box 1600,
Lynchburg, V A 24505
P.O. Box 2 5 1 , Newport News, VA 23607
P.O. Box 5 0 3 , Woodstock, V A 22664
Route 2, Box 2 9 9 - B , Sterling, VA 22170
P.O. Box 12885, Norfolk, VA 23502
2509 E a s t Broad Street,
Richmond 2 3 2 2 3
P.O. Box 9138, Richmond, V A 23227

Telephone Numbers
B-804-476-6310
B-804-722-2581

H-804-476-6317
H-804-722-7073

B-804-622-3100

H-804-622-3100

B-804-792-7211
B-703-228-2106
B-703-328-6278

H-804-836-3385
H-703-228-2614
H-703-328-6278

B;804-422-8833

H-804-428-7736

B-703-373-5600
B-703-361-1123

H-703-373-4131
H-703-368-9647

B-804-746-4621
B-703-525-4000
B-703-992-2114
B-703-473-2991
B-804-787-1560

H-804-746-2377
H-703-356-3011
H-703-992-3302

B-202-822-5300

H-703-960-3044

B-703-483-9030
B-804-834-2292

H-703-483-9030
H-804-834-2385

B-804-460-0915
B-703-528-4505
B-804-242-6111
B-703-898-4445
B-804-393-9393
B-703-466-4800
B-703-344-5531
B-703-268-2741

H-804-464-5746
H-703-524-0138
H-804-242-4318
H-703-786-2782
H-804-399-8277

B-804-977-3390

H-703-979-3244

B-703-434-1148

H-703-434-9758

B-202-628-2207
B-703-885-2414

H-703-370-1408
H-703-363-5642

B-804-482-1600
B-804-747-9545
B-804-794-2592

H-804-547-3713
H-804-740-8923
H-703-273-0145
H-804-748-3292

B-703-941-7676

H-703-978-3790

B-804-845-2326
B-804-380-1000
B-703-459-2930
B-703-430-2466
B-804-853-9280

H-804-384-2772
H-804-244-7819
H-703-459-5844
H-703-430-2591
H-804-461-5171

B-804-643-8401
B-804-786-7733

H-804-329-0000
H-804-264-8944

H-804-787-1094

H-703-343-8114
H-703-268-2741

Virginia House of Delegates

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J o s e p h H. Holleman Jr., House Clerk
P.O. Box 406, Richmond, VA 23203
804-786-8826

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Ackerman, Robert W.

(D)

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Agee, G . Steven
Allen, George F.

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Almand, J a m e s F.

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Anderson, Claude W.
Andrews, Robert T .
Axselle, Ralph L. Jr. (Bill)
Bagley, Floyd C .

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1619 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Fredericksburg, V A 22401
P.O. Box 408, S a l e m , V A 24153
109 E . Jefferson Street,
Charlottesville, V A 22901
Suite 206, 2060 N. 14th Street,
Arlington, V A 22201
Box 7, Buckingham, V A 23921
820 Turkey Run R o a d , M c L e a n , VA 22201
201 N. Boulevard, Richmond, V A 23220
P.O. Box 1168, Dumfries, VA 22026-9168

Telephone Numbers
B-703-373-5469
B-703-774-1197

H-703-582-5046
H-703-387-1545

B-804-979-8131

H-804-973-3535

B-703-524-9700
B-804-969-4291
B-703-442-8838
B-804-355-0691
B-703-221-2168

H-703-533-9223
H-804-983-2240
H-703-356-4797
H-804-740-0536
H-703-221-8932

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Ball, Robert B. Sr.
Beard, George P. Jr.
Benedetti, Joseph B.
Bioxom, Robert S.
Brickiey, David G.
Brown, John C.
Callahan, Vincent F. Jr.
Calvert, Kenneth E.
"Cody, Gwendalyn F.
Cohen, Bernard S.
Cooper, Shirley F.
Copeland, Howard E.
Councill, J . Paul Jr.
Cranwell, C. Richard
Creekmore, Frederick H.

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Crouch, Joseph P.
"Cunningham, Robert K.
DeBoer, Jay W.
DIamonstein, Alan A.
Dickinson, V. Earl
Dicks, John G. Ill (Chip)
Dillard, James H. II
Dobyns, J . Robert
Ealey, Roland D. (Duke)
Finney, Wiilard R.
Forehand, V. Thomas Jr.
Giesen, Arthur R. Jr. (Pete)
Glasscock, J . Samuel
Gordy, Stephen E.
"Grayson, George W.
Green, William F.
Guest, Raymond R. Jr. (Andy)
Hall, Franklin P.
Hanger, Emmett W. Jr.
Hargrove, Frank D.
Harris, Robert E.
Hawkins, Charles R.
Heilig, George H. Jr.
Jennings, G. C.
Jester, Royston III
Jones, R. Beasley
Keating, Gladys B.
Lacy, Charles C. (Chuck)
Lambert, Benjamin J . Ill
Manning, L. Cleaves
Marks, C. Hardaway
Marshall, Mary A.
Maxwell, W. Henry
McClanan, Glenn B.
McDiarmid, Dorothy S.
McGlothlin, Donald A. Sr.
Medico, Frank
Miller, Clinton
"Miller, Yvonne B.
Moncure, Thomas M. Jr.
"Moore, William S. Jr.
Morgan, Harvey B.
Morrison, Theodore V. Jr.
Moss, Thomas W. Jr.
Munford, Joan H.
Murphy, W. Tayloe Jr.
O'Brien, J . W. Jr. (Billy)
O'Brien, W. R. (Buster)

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Parker, Lewis W. Jr.
Parrish, Harry J .
Philpott, A. L.
Pickett, Owen B.
Plum, Kenneth R.
Putney, Lacey E.
Quillen, Ford C.
Robinson, James W.
Robinson, William P. Jr.
Rollins, Kenneth B.
"Saunders, N. Leslie Jr.
Slayton, Franklin M.
Smith, Alson H. Jr.
Stafford, C. Jefferson
Stambaugh, Warren G.
Stieffen, S. Wallace
Stosch, Walter A.
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Address
P.O. Box 9, Hampton, VA 23669
P.O. Box 28056, Richmond, VA 23228-0056
P.O. Box 444, Culpeper, VA 22701
P.O. Box K-226, Richmond, VA 23228
Mappsville, VA 23407
4804 Kellogg Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22193
401 Belleair Lane, Bristol, VA 24201
6631 Old Dominion Drive, McLean, VA 22101
753 Main Street, Danville, VA 24541
3703 King Arthur Road, Annandale, VA 22003
221 S. Alfred Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
106 Old Dominion Road, Yorktown, VA 23690
Suite 2, 5291 Greenwich Road,
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
P.O. Box 119, Franklin, VA 23851
P.O. Box 459, Vinton, VA 24179
752 Cedar Road, P.O. Drawer B,
Chesapeake, VA 23320
200 Timbrook Place, Lynchburg, VA 24502
7829 Greeley Boulevard, Springfield, VA 22152
16 E. Tabb Street, Petersburg, VA 23803
P.O. Box 324, Newport News, VA 23607
Route 2, Box 10, Mineral, VA 23117
P.O. Box 247, Chesterfield, VA 23832
4709 Briar Patch Lane, Fairfax, 22032
P.O. Box 1228, Dublin, VA 24084
420 N. First Street, Richmond, VA 23219
105 S. Main Street, Rocky Mount, VA 24151
337 Kemp Lane East, Chesapeake, VA 23325
2048 Chase Avenue, Waynesboro, VA 22980
P.O. Box 1876, Suffolk, VA 23434
3708 Prado Place, Fairfax, VA 22031
P.O. Box 1969, Williamsburg, VA 23187
P.O. Box 1478, Lebanon, VA 24266
27 S. Royal Avenue, Front Royal, VA 22630
Suite One, 700 BIdg., Richmond, VA 23219
P.O. Box 2, Mt. Solon, VA 22843
Route 4, Box 305, Glen Allen, VA 23060
4440 Glenn Rose Street, Fairfax, VA 22032
Box 285, Chatham, VA 24531
700 Newtown Road, Norfolk, VA 23502
Royal Oak BIdg., P.O. Box 231, Marion, VA 24354
P.O. Box 1359, Lynchburg, VA 24505
Route 1, Box 36, Dinwiddle, VA 23841
5909 Parkridge Lane, Franconia, VA 22310
P.O. Box 220, Wytheville, VA 24382
904 N. First Street, Richmond, VA 23219
820 Citizens Trust BIdg., Portsmouth, VA 23704
P.O. Box 170, Hopewell, VA 23860
2256 N. Wakefield Street, Arlington, VA 22207
900 Shore Drive, Newport News, VA 23607
425 S. Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
390 Maple Avenue East, Vienna, VA 22180
Box 909, Grundy, VA 24614
1000 Emerald Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308
P.O. Box 484, Woodstock, VA 22664
7403 Oakmont Drive, Norfolk, VA 23513
P.O. Box 62, Stafford, VA 22554
P.O. Box 1513, Portsmouth, VA 23705
P.O. Box 949, Gloucester, VA 23061
P.O. Box 1003, Newport News, VA 23601
1505 First Virginia Bank Tower, Norfolk, VA 23510
205 E. Eakin Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Box 527, Warsaw, VA 22572
3300 Ocean Shore Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Suite 104, 485 S. Independence Blvd.,
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
139 S. Sunset Drive, Broadway, VA 22815
P.O. Box 120, South Hill, VA 23970
9307 Battle Street, Manassas, VA 22110
P.O. Drawer C, Bassett, VA 24055
P.O. Box 2127, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
1652 Parkcrest Circle, #101, Reston, VA 22090
P.O. Box 127, Bedford, VA 24523
Box 337, Gate City, VA 24251
P.O. Box 187, Pound, VA 24279
1612 First Virginia Bank Tower, Norfolk, VA 23510
P.O. Box 803, Leesburg, VA 22075
P.O. Box 35001-C, Richmond, VA 23235
P.O. Box 446, South Boston, VA 24592
Siler Route, Box 19-A, Winchester, VA 22601
Pearisburg, VA 24134
Suite 323, 2425 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
P.O. Box 4038, Hampton, VA 23664
Suite 1700, 700 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219
4536 Gleneagle Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
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Telephone Numbers
H-804-723-5392
B-804-722-0260
B-804-262-1861
H-804-266-0996
H-703-825-0580
B-703-825-4800
H-804-358-3394
B-804-285-7896
B-804-824-3456
H-804-665-4203
B-703-680-2750
H-804-590-3569
B-703-669-2136
H-703-669-7488
H-703-356-6231
B-703-356-1925
B-804-793-9445
H-804-791-2448
B-703-560-1594
H-703-560-1594
B-703-836-0075
H-703-370-3735
B-804-898-6994
H-804-989-6994
B-804-490-0506
B-804-562-4283
B-703-344-1905

H-804-588-6205
H-804-562-4283
H-703-344-8909

B-804-547-9191
B-804-522-5450
B-703-451-5470
B-804-861-4310
B-804-245-2836
B-703-895-5214
B-804-748-8171
B-703-938-6401
B-703-674-6953
B-804-648-5348
B-703-483-9488
B-804-547-5101
B-703-248-2301
B-804-539-3474
B-703-273-2573
B-804-253-0553
B-703-963-9012
B-703-635-8822
B-804-644-4588
B-703-885-8925
B-804-798-6053
B-703-553-6636
B-804-432-8222
B-804-461-2500
B-703-783-5136
B-804-528-5858
B-804-469-3711
B-703-971-3571
B-703-228-2144
B-804-643-3534
B-804-397-0793
B-804-458-0100
B-703-528-1710
B-804-380-1779
B-804-497-9451
B-703-938-2700
B-703-935-2156
B-703-780-3798
B-703-459-2159
B-804-623-8702
B-703-659-2015
B-804-399-2456
B-804-693-4750
B-804-596-0316
B-804-623-5345
B-703-953-1100
B-804-333-4051
B-804-487-8814

H-804-482-3892
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Legislative Information
786-6530
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General A s s e m b l y

Parking, Transportation, Hotel Rates &amp; More

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Parking is especially difficult in downtown Richmond during the General A s sembly. T h e map at right should give
you an idea of how to get around in the
downtown area. The shaded areas represent public parking facilities. The large
asterisk marks the location of the VML
Offices.
Parking lot rates in downtown Richmond run from 50 cents to $1.50 an hour
and from $2 to $10 daily.
Parking meters are 40 cents an hour
with a two-hour maximum 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. Monday through Friday unless
otherwise marked. Unlawfully parked
vehicles are subject to towing, so please
read all parking signs.
The Greater Richmond Transit Co.
services several park and ride facilities
in the Richmond area. For information
on routes, call 3 5 8 - G R T C . Basic bus
fare is 60 cents and exact change is
required. Two frugal lines (10 cents) run
every 15 minutes from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
east/west from Foushee to 14th Street
and pass within two blocks of the Capitol. A D A S H bus (10 cents) runs east/
west from Fifth Street to 12th Street and
passes by the Capitol every 10 minutes
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cab fares in the Richmond area are
95 cents for the first one-fifth mile and 25
cents for each additional one-fifth mile.
Hotel room rates in the downtown
area range from $30 a night to $120 a
night for a single.
For legislative information, call the
Capitol at 786-6530 or the General A s sembly at 786-7281.
The VIVIL Offices are located at 1011
E. Main St. on the third floor of the Ironfronts Building. T h e VML Office telephone number is 649-8471.

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Service, Leo P. Auger of GRTC and The Central Richmond Association for their help in compiling this information.

Parking

�VML's 1984 Legislative Goals
The Virginia Municipal League's legislative goals are developed by the VML
Legislative Committee and adopted by
the full membership at the annual business meeting. T h e s e goals represent
VML's general philosophy and position
on issues of interest to local governments which are within the jurisdiction of
the Virginia General Assembly. VML's
legislative goals for 1984 are a s follows:
Local Revenues: Additional flexibility
to raise local revenues and unrestricted
use of current local revenues.
State Aid: VML urges that budgetary
shortfalls not be passed on to local governments and supports funding of all
state aid programs. VML's first priority
for funding is education, including full
funding of the Standards of Quality as
estimated by the Department of Education. VML supports an additional 1 percent sales tax to be returned to localities
based on school-age population in order
to provide full funding of the Standards
of Quality. Qther state aid priorities include the following:
* full funding of new correction reimbursement formulas and Incentive
pay
* the annexation package
* adequate funding of constitutional
offices
* replacement of the Compensation
Board with block grants
* i n c r e a s e d highway funding and
equitable distribution
* funding for fiscally stressed localities
* increased funding for local welfare
Auxiliary Grant Programs
Mandates: VML urges reduction of excessive regulatory mandates and opposes limitations on the use of local
work forces for local construction projects.
L o c a l Autonomy and Authority:
Greater autonomy for local governments and significant diversity among
municipal charters.
Rolling Stock Tax: Distribution of the
rolling stock tax to localities.
Meals/Transient O c c u p a n c y T a x e s :
County utilization of these taxes with
legislation to prevent duplicate county
tax levies.
Town Sales Tax: A change in distribution to towns so that the 50 percent
presently distributed based on schoolage population would be returned based
on point of collection.
Vehicle Licensing: An amendment to
require motor v e h i c l e s , trailers and
semi-trailers registered and licensed in
Virginia to comply with local motor vehicle licensing requirements, if not spe-

cifically exempt. Military personnel
should be required to comply with local
licensing requirements if they register
vehicles in Virginia.
Personal Property Tax: Legislation allowing localities to prorate personal
property tax collections.
Local Option Gasoline Tax: Local option to impose a 2 percent fax on gasoline for public transportation, street
maintenance and construction.
Roll Back Taxes: Legislation allowing
localities to charge lower interest rates
than a s s e s s e d on delinquent taxes.
Water/Waste Water Treatment: State
funding to assist localities in financing
water supply and waste water treatment
facilities through low-interest loans and
direct grants.
Regional Training Academies: Implementation of a 75/25 funding match with
consideration of in-kind contributions
made by localities.
Public Libraries: State aid at 100 percent of legislative authorization.
Supplemental Retirement: Legislation
to allow all employees to withdraw their
share of retirement funds upon leaving
employment.
Corrections: Full funding of new reimbursement formulas.
Highway Funding: Allocation of highway construction funds by formula to
e n s u r e equity. Reapportionment of
highway construction funds. Establishment of separate bridge and interstate
funds. Increased funding for maintenance of municipal streets. Establishment of a separate fund for snow removal should include municipalities.
Service Charges: Payment in lieu of
taxes on tax-exempt state and federal
property.
Salary S c a l e s For Group Homes: Adj u s t m e n t of r e i m b u r s e m e n t s a l a r y
scales and necessary appropriation.
Railroad C r o s s i n g s : Direct assistance
through grants or a fee on benefiting
industries to fund railroad crossing improvements.
Contraband Forfeiture: An act to allow
confiscated financial resources of criminals to be returned to localities for law
enforcement purposes.
L o c a l Budget A m e n d m e n t s : Local
budget amendments by resolution of the
governing body without public hearings.
Special Service Districts: Legislation
to allow localities to establish special
service districts.
Unappropriated Reserves: No prohibition or limitation of carry-over reserves
or surpluses in local budgets.
Sovereign Immunity: Strengthening of
sovereign immunity protection for local
governments.

Comprehensive Plans: Legislation to
require state agencies to comply with
local comprehensive plans subject to
override authority by the governor.
Shared Cost By Subdivision Developers: Authority to require developers
to pay a pro rata share for necessary
roads adjacent to development property.
Tax, E x p e n d i t u r e Limitations: No
constitutional or statutory limitation on
state or local revenues or expenditures.
Franchise Duration: An increase in
maximum duration of municipal franchises for public property use to 99
y e a r s from 40 y e a r s . R e p e a l of the
60-year provision for air rights franchises.
Dillon Rule: Reversal of the Dillon Rule
to confer on cities, towns and all counties all powers not denied them by the
Constitution, charters or laws enacted
by the General Assembly.
Smoke Detectors: Authority for localities to require smoke detectors in all
residential units.
Planning District Commissions: Legislation to provide towns, with populations less than 3,500 which provide
water or sewerage systems or other
public services beyond their borders,
representation on planning district commissions.
Publication of Tax Increases: Delivery
by hand or by first class mail of tax
increase notices rather than publication
in newspapers.
Conflict of Interests: Addition of town
attorneys to Section 2.1-627 concerning official reliance on the written opinion of city or county attorneys.
Antitrust Exemption: Exemption of
local governments from state antitrust
law, and immunity for local governments
from liability under federal antitrust laws.
Procurement of Professional Services: More flexibility in procurement of
professional services.
Virginia Register: a Virginia Registerto
include an expanded calendar of events
and the full text of proposed and final
state agency regulations with free distribution to city, towns and counties.
Public participation guidelines to solicit
input.
V S R S Mandate on Life Insurance: R e consideration of the legislative mandate
that V S R S members carry Life of Virginia life insurance.
Uranium Mining: A moratorium on mining and milling of uranium until the General Assembly develops baseline data
and passes legislation to assure that
uranium may be safely mined and milled
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before committees explaining the impact of certain legislation on local government and urging passage, defeat or
amendment of bills. If a bill is changed
significantly in committee or on the floor,
this will be reported in the Legislative
Bulletin. Public hearings are also announced in the Bulletin, and in instances
when time is limited, VML staff will call
as many local officials as possible to
urge them to write or call their legislators
or to appear at hearings.
Once a bill is reported out of committee, it has its first reading on the
House or Senate floor and its title is
printed on the calendar. Bills are considered in the order in which they appear
on the calendar. T h e day after the first
reading, the bill appears on the printed
calendar for its second reading. Bills are
explained by their patron and questions
answered on the second reading. Bills
are also amendable on second reading.
Voice vote determines whether a bill is
to advance to its third reading.
Bills passing the second reading are
engrossed and will appear on the calendar for a third reading. On third read-

ing, a recorded roll call vote is taken. If a
bill passes, it is sent to the opposite
house for consideration where it is read
a first time, referred to a committee, and
read a second and third time before
passage.
If an unfavorable bill p a s s e s one
house an intensified effort is launched
by VML before the committee of the
other house. T h e Legislative
Bulletin
and telephone calls keep VML members
informed. Action Calls, printed on bright
yellow paper, are often included with the
Legislative Bulletin to alert members to
important issues which need immediate
action.
After a bill is passed by both houses of
the G e n e r a l Assembly, it is printed,
signed by the presiding officer of each
house and sent to the governor for his
signature. Once signed by the governor,
bills become law. New laws become
effective July 1 after a regular session
unless otherwise specified. After a special session, new laws become effective
on the first day of the fourth month following adjournment, unless otherwise
specified. T h e General Appropriation

Act is usually effective July 1, and emerg e n c y a c t s become effective when
signed by the governor.
At the conclusion of the session VML
compiles a summary of the legislation
affecting local government and mails
this to each VML member locality.

Goals
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and that all waste will be disposed of
safely.
Annexation: No substantative changes
in annexation statutory procedures.
Employee-Management Relations:
Prohibition of dues check off and collective bargaining for all public employees.
Misdemeanors-Probable C a u s e : Authorization for police to make arrest in
c a s e s of assault and battery, larceny
and destruction of property not committed in their presence but based on probable cause and reasonable complaint.
Allocation of Water Resources: Comprehensive assessment of existing and
potential surface and ground water resources. Development of a comprehensive water conservation plan.
Equipment L e a s i n g : Facilitation of
leasing equipment to localities where
s i g n i f i c a n t c o s t s a v i n g s c a n be
achieved.
Solid Waste Disposal Sites: a procedure for solid waste disposal site selection when cooperative intergovernmental agreements are unobtainable.
Beverage Container Act: A statewide
beverage container act.
Look Alike Drugs: Strengthening of
drug laws to curb use of "look alike
drugs."

Women To Meet
T h e Women in Local Government
T a s k Force will hold a luncheon meeting
Wednesday, F e b . 22, in conjunction
with VML Legislative Day. Secretary of
C o m m e r c e and R e s o u r c e s Betty J .
Diener is scheduled to speak during the
luncheon.
For more information call or write
V M L , P.O. Box 7 5 3 , Richmond, VA
23206; (804) 649-8471.

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of Virginia, 1975, 1978, 1983.

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By Betty Page
Virginia's new Community Certification P r o g r a m is off to a s t r o n g start,
drawing applicant cities, towns and
c o u n t i e s from all p a r t s of V i r g i n i a . C r e a t e d a n d a d m i n i s t e r e d by the V i r g i n i a D i v i s i o n of Industrial D e v e l o p m e n t , the prog r a m is the first of its kind to b e offered in
t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h of V i r g i n i a .
D a v i d G . D i c k s o n , m a n a g e r of c o m munity s e r v i c e s with the D i v i s i o n of Industrial D e v e l o p m e n t , s a y s the p r o g r a m
is d e s i g n e d to h e l p c o m m u n i t i e s i m prove job opportunities and i n c r e a s e
c a p i t a l i n v e s t m e n t by being m o r e a t t r a c tive to industry.
" T h e program establishes a framew o r k within w h i c h V i r g i n i a c o m m u n i t i e s
c a n m e a s u r e their d e g r e e of r e a d i n e s s
to a c t i v e l y e n g a g e in e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p ment work," Dickson said.
A g g r e s s i v e participation a m o n g c o m munity r e s i d e n t s in c o m p l e t i n g the r e q u i r e m e n t s for certification is o n e of the
k e y s to s u c c e s s in the p r o g r a m , D i c k s o n
says.
" T o w n s a n d c i t i e s that a c h i e v e certific a t i o n through the efforts of their o w n

About ttie Author
Betty Page is manager of public relations for
tfie Division of Industrial
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p e o p l e will, in t h e long r u n , be m o r e
s u c c e s s f u l c a n d i d a t e s for e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t . T e c h n i c a l s e r v i c e s of a c o n su lta nt m a y s e e m w o r t h w h i l e during the
certification p r o c e s s , but b e a r in m i n d
the c o n s u l t a n t w o n ' t be t h e r e to d e a l
with industrial p r o s p e c t s . It will b e t h e
responsibility of local p e o p l e to s e l l their
community."
T h e p r o g r a m is c o m p o s e d of s e v e n
m a j o r c o m p o n e n t s , e a c h of w h i c h includes several standards. Communities
m e e t i n g t h e s t a n d a r d s will e a r n the d e s ignation " C e r t i f i e d " a n d will be a s s i g n e d
priority s t a t u s by the di vi si o n w h e n m a k ing c o m m u n i t y r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s to
prospective industries. Certified c o m m u n i t i e s a l s o will r e c e i v e a n a w a r d from
the g o v e r n o r , public recognition a s a
c o m m u n i t y r e a d y for e c o n o m i c i n v e s t m e n t , s p e c i a l attention in the d i v i s i o n ' s
national advertising program and a
h i g h w a y s i g n a t t e s t i n g to its certified
status.

The Locality's View
" T h e Virginia Community Certification P r o g r a m is providing a n e x c e l l e n t
opportunity for t h e t o w n of L e e s b u r g to
a s s e s s our c o m p e t i t i v e position a s c o m p a r e d to the r e s t of the s t a t e , " r e m a r k e d
M a r k W e i s s , a s s i s t a n t t o w n m a n a g e r for

p l a n n i n g a n d d e v e l o p m e n t in the L o u doun County community.
" L e e s b u r g is in a highly c o m p e t i t i v e
economic development market. W e are
o n the w e s t e r n e d g e of the u r b a n i z e d
N o r t h e r n V i r g i n i a region a n d f e e l our
participation in the C o m m u n i t y C e r t i f i c a tion P r o g r a m will e n h a n c e our p o s i t i o n . "
W e i s s r e p r e s e n t s o n e of 2 5 V i r g i n i a
c o m m u n i t i e s officially e n t e r e d in t h e
p r o g r a m s i n c e inception in J u l y 1 9 8 3 .
S e v e r a l c o m m u n i t i e s a r e a p p l y i n g jointly for certification, s o a c t u a l l y 3 5 j u r i s d i c tions a r e e n r o l l e d .
I m p r o v e d e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t opportunity is the g o a l a n d certification is
s t r u c t u r e d to a s s i s t c o m m u n i t i e s in g a i n ing g r e a t e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n from b u s i n e s s
a n d industrial p r o s p e c t s in a position to
i n c r e a s e employment and capital investment.
A n editorial in the Wytheville
Enterprise c o n c l u d e d , " M e e t i n g the criterion
for g a i n i n g certification will be a n a r d u o u s a n d p a i n s t a k i n g p r o c e s s w h i c h will
t a k e m u c h time a n d labor from t h o s e
w h o h a v e b e e n a s k e d to p a r t i c i p a t e .
T h e e i g h t e e n m o n t h s of p r e p a r a t i o n
s h o u l d w e l l be worth t h e effort, b e c a u s e
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any other factor determine what Wythe
County's future will be."
Marketing
Regional workshops were conducted
last summer by the Division of Industrial
Development to acquaint local leaders
with the concept, process and requirements of the program. Eight workshops
were held between May and June on
community college campuses in Keysville, Virginia Beach, Abingdon, Roan o k e , W a r s a w , C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e and
Chester. T h e 261 local officials attending represented three-fourths of the cities, 55 percent of the counties, 16 percent of the towns and more than 80
percent of the planning district commissions in the commonwealth. In addition,
the division has made presentations at
the Virginia Municipal L e a g u e conference and the Local Government Officials conference and at the request of
the V i r g i n i a C i t i z e n s P l a n n i n g A s s o c i a t i o n a n d the R u r a l P l a n n i n g
Caucus.
In each workshop, the seven categories (Local Economic Development Organization, Community Information R e quirements, Quality of Life Requirements, Local Contact T e a m , Finance
Requirements, Local Existing Industry
Programs, and Site and Building R e quirements) and each standard within
each category were presented and discussed.
The communities officially entered in
the program now include Fredericksburg, Y o r k C o u n t y , S o u t h B o s t o n /
Halifax, Giles County, Wythe County
(Rural Retreat and Wytheville), Russell
County, the Rockbridge area (Lexington, B u e n a V i s t a and R o c k b r i d g e
County), South Hill, Bristol, Galax, Scott
County, Emporia/Greenville County and
Lunenburg County/Victoria.
Also New Kent, Leesburg, Waynesboro, Prince George County, Alleghany
Highlands (Covington, Clifton Forge
and Alleghany County), Franklin
County/Rocky Mount, Radford, Amelia
County, Louisa County and Brunswick
County are entered.
Two communities which have completed their applications but which have
not yet been officially entered are Prince
Edward County and C h a s e City. Four
other communities in the process of
completing their applications are Amherst County, Petersburg, Appomattox
County and Nottoway County (Blackstone, Burkeville and Crewe).
Eligibility to participate has been carefully phased so that communities of the
most common population size enter the
program and are certified first. In Virginia most communities are in a small to
medium size range with populations of
1,500 to 40,000. Thus, during the first
two years of the program, these com-

munities are eligible to enter the program. At the beginning of the third year
(July 1985), communities with populations larger than 40,000 a s well a s
towns with populations larger than
1,000 will be eligible to participate. T h e
fourth y e a r (July 1986), towns with
populations between 500 and 1,000 will
be eligible, and the fifth year all remaining incorporated towns will be eligible.
This phasing-in process w a s developed so that division staff could adequately handle the volume of applications and also to allow smaller communities the opportunity to become certified before the larger communities
which are more developed and more
likely to already have the organization
and infrastructure necessary to compete for economic development.
Evolution
The impetus to create this program
rose from within the Division of Industrial
Development. For a number of years the
division has recognized the need for a
formalized approach to preparing communities for economic development.
The division's award winning "Are You
R e a d y ? , " a guidebook for community
preparation, had been written and published as a first step, but a more structured approach was necessary.
Lawrence P. Johnson J r . , director of
community and business services, w a s
the prime motivator for many years to
establish a program that would enable
local leaders to know what w a s needed
to make their communities attractive to
business and industry and how to accomplish these tasks. It was his goal
that every town, city and county in Virginia have the resources at hand to create an environment conducive to economic growth.
A s an industrial development representative with the division for 16 years,
Johnson w a s aware of some localities'
strengths and others' weaknesses. T h e
solution he envisioned was the Virginia
Community Certification Program, a
process through which any town, city or
county can prepare itself for development.

Development
In spring 1982, Hugh D. Keogh, acting
director of the division, approved Johnson's concept to develop the program
and an 18-member tecfinical advisory
committee w a s appointed to develop
and formalize program design.
Beginning May 27 and working through
the summer, the technical advisory
committee ( T A C ) developed the standards, procedures and criteria used in
the certification program, a s well a s the
community size standards, timetables
and procedures for recertification.
T A C represented the public and pri-

vate sectors as well a s communities of
various population sizes, ranging from
the most urban to the very rural. From
the public sector, representatives from
cities and towns included Tom Waller,
Suffolk; Don E d m o n d s , Martinsville;
George Nester, Covington; Keith Cook,
Bedford; and Morris Wells, South Hill.
Virginia counties were represented by
Alan Cesser, Fairfax County; Allan Williams, Hanover County; C . M. Williams,
Accomack County; Sid Glover, Pulaski
County; Jack Jackson, Gloucester
County; Bob Lee, Clarke County; and
Terry Lewis, Isle of Wight County.
Community members representing
the private sector included Lillian Morse,
Staunton-Augusta Chamber of C o m merce; Scott Yancey, Culpeper County
Chamber of Commerce; Ralph Hines,
Farmville A r e a Development Corporation; Scott Anders, Grayson County
Chamber of Commerce; and Bev Fitzpatrick, First National Exchange Bank,
Roanoke. Charles Yates represented a
regional organization, the Cumberland
Plateau Planning District Commission.
The Governor's Endorsement
By early fall the program w a s complete
and ready for review by Gov. Charles S .
Robb.
Gov. Robb endorsed the program before an audience of some 300 economic
development and local government officials at the divisions quarterly seminar in
September.
"I am happy to say I wholeheartedly
endorse the concept of working to improve the capabilities of every Virginia
community to be attractive to new busin e s s . T h e standards established for
achievement by the localities are goals
that are tough but fair.
"It would be well to remember that
when a community attains certification,
this does not necessarily mean it will be
guaranteed a thick list of industrial announcements during the first year. What
it does mean is that the certified community will be fully competitive with other
localities, both within and outside the
state of Virginia. And this, in turn, means
that our Division of Industrial Development can place certified communities
high on its list of localities it can recommend to business and industrial prospects."
Through the winter of 1982-83, refinements were made in the program's
design and a distinctive set of collateral
materials were designed and printed. A
warm true green, representing growth
and a new beginning, w a s chosen a s the
official color of the program and a permanent name w a s selected: The Virginia Community Certification Program.
By summer the program was ready for
implementation, and July 1, 1983 was
chosen a s the official starting date.
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�Diersing To Head Virginia Building Officials
Clarence Diersing, director of code
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elected president of the Virginia Building
Officials Association for 1983-84 during
the annual school and conference Dec.
4 - 7 in Hampton. Other officers elected
include First Vice President Edward Williams, building official, Virginia Beach;
Emory Rodgers, inspection services division chief, Arlington County and
Sgt.-at-Arms J a m e s Nininger Sr., building official, Salem.
Edward J . Weld, 1983 V B O A , presided over the school and conference
and a s out-going president received a
plaque of appreciation and a past president's certificate during the business
session.
Conference topics included a report
from the Department of Housing and
Community Development by J a c k Proctor, building codes director; Public R e lations by Dr. J a m e s Anderson of T h e
Nexus Group; Housing and Property
Maintenance by Erwin Jackson, housing s e r v i c e administrator, Norfolk;
Mechanical Examination License Law
by Edward Andres, executive director,
state Board of Contractors; T h e Fire
Protection Engineer and Plan Reviewer
by Floyd Clark, plans review engineer,
Chesterfield County; and a panel discussion on the proposed B O C A code
changes chaired by Jeryl Riddick, building official, Norfolk and moderated by
Joseph Bertoni, chief building inspector,
Fairfax County.
D e l e g a t e s and g u e s t s w e r e w e l comed to Hampton by City Manager
T h o m a s I. Miller during the Opening
Session. Special guests included C h e s ter Penza, president, B O C A , Clarence
Bechtel, executive director, B O C A , and
Honorable Alan Diamonstein, member,
Virginia House of Delegates.
V B O A endeavors to promote the interest and welfare of the building construction code enforcement agencies,
and to promote a closer, more informed
relationship among those engaged in
the profession of building construction
code administration and enforcement
within Virginia. Membership applications can be obtained by writing Joni
Terry, executive director, V B O A , P.O.
Box 753, Richmond, VA 23206 or by
calling 804/649-8471.
The 1984 V B O A Annual School and
Conference will be held Dec. 2 - 5 , at the
Sheraton Inn, Fredericksburg.

Clockwise from top left are VBOA's new officers Second Vice President Emory Rodgers,
Inspection Services Division chief, Arlington County; Sergeant-at-Arms
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compliance, Newport
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Handgun Ordinances
By Howard Dobbins,
General Counsel
In February of tfiis year, we reported
in this column the decision of the U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit upholding an ordinance prohibiting possession of handguns within
the borders of Morton Grove, IL. (Quilici
V. Village of Morton Grove, 695. F. 2d
261 ( 1 9 8 2 ) . T h e challengers of this
ordinance sought a "writ of certiorari"
(an order for review) from the United
States Supreme Court, which w a s denied Oct. 4 (52 U.S. 1.W. 3266). Newspapers across the country hailed the
Supreme Court's denial of certiorari as
" a major victory for advocates of tighter
gun control." (Richmond Times Dispatch, Oct. 4, 1983.)
By letting the Seventh Circuit Court
ruling stand, the Supreme Court, at least
for now, has determined that a state or
local limitation on the right to possess a
firearm does not violate the Second
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
T h e Seventh Circuit Court concluded
that the Second Amendment proscription against infringement of the right of
the people to keep and bear arms applied only to action by the federal
government, not to action by state and
local governments. In refusing the appeal, the Supreme Court did not s e e fit
to disturb that ruling. However, this action, or lack of action, should not be
considered a s authorization for all localities to adopt gun control ordinances,
particularly in states where localities are
subject to the Dillon Rule.

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The dissenting opinion in Quilici by
Circuit Court Judge Coffey points up the
vulnerability of such Morton Grove ordinances. Judge Coffey opined that notwithstanding the "home rule" freedom
enjoyed by Illinois localities, "the regulation of handgun possession is a matter

of state-wide concern rather than local
concern." In support of this contention.
Judge Coffey stated, "the subject of the
prohibition of handguns has been compliedly pre-empted by the Illinois legislature because one would be 'hard-put
to envision a more comprehensive statutory scheme than that' set forth in the
state statutes on the subject of handgun
possession."
The dissent argues that the Illinois
legislature has adopted laws regulating
who may possess firearms, when and
where they may possess firearms, and
the types of firearms they may possess.
This argument draws scrutiny in Virginia
inasmuch a s the Virginia General A s sembly has seen fit to legislate broadly
with respect to firearms. Virginia legislation on firearms prohibits the following:
discharge of a firearm within a building
occupied by one or more persons so a s
to endanger their lives; maliciously
shooting at any dwelling occupied by
one or more persons; willful discharge of
a firearm in any street in a city, town,
place of business or public gathering;
pointing or brandishing a firearm at any
person; carrying a firearm to a place of
worship; hunting with firearms while
under the influence of intoxicants or narcotics; shooting in or along roads or
streets; possessing a loaded firearm on
a public highway; possessing or using a
machine gun for aggressive purposes;
possessing or using a sawed-off shotgun; concealing w e a p o n s , including
firearms; and carrying a firearm on
school premises.
From this lengthy list of firearm legislation, opponents of ordinances in Virginia restricting the use or possession of
firearms may argue with considerable
force that Virginia localities have been
pre-empted from legislating on the subject.
Perhaps an even more meritorious
argument by challengers may be found
in the failure of the Virginia General
Assembly to grant localities specific authority to deal with- firearms. Virginia

Code § 15.1-839 specifies that " a municipal corporation shall have and may
exercise all powers which it now has or
which may hereafter be conferred or
delegated to it under the constitution
and laws of the commonwealth and all
other powers pertinent to the conduct of
the affairs and functions of municipal
government. . . which are necessary or
desirable to promote the general welfare of the municipality and the safety,
health, peace, good order, comfort, convenience, moral, trade, commerce and
industry of the municipality and inhabitants thereof. . . . "
A Virginia municipality therefore lacks
the freedom of a "home rule" state and
must look to statutory or constitutional
authority before exercising a legislative
perogative. If that authority is not granted, local legislation may fail. {SeeHylton
Enterprises
Inc. v. Board of Supervisors, 220 V a . 435, 258 S . E . 2d 577
(1979).)
Judge Coffey dissenting in Quilici reasoned further that the effect of the Illinois
state legislation w a s to permit possession of handguns except as specifically regulated and restricted. It would
appear that the Virginia legislature has
done likewise. Morton Grove took the
opposite approach prohibiting all handguns and providing permission to poss e s s handguns to specified, limited
classes of individuals.
Judge Coffey's analysis appears wellreasoned, therefore pending enactment
by the Virginia General Assembly of a
state-wide policy to prohibit possession
of handguns or to authorize localities to
do so, Virginia cities and towns would be
well-advised to proceed cautiously in
prohibiting possession of handguns by
ordinance.

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Marketplace

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The Competitive Environment
When talking about the s u c c e s s e s of
the program so far, Dickson is quick to
point out that the Virginia program does
not operate in a vacuum.
" T h e majority of the southeastern
s t a t e s , w h i c h a r e often our prime
competitors for industry, all have a
community certification program of
some form. Some have been in existence for many years."
Dickson pointed to the South Carolina
"Great T o w n s " program a s perhaps one
of the best known and one of the strongest along with Mississippi's " K e y Community" program.
"We learned a great deal by examining the strengths and weaknesses of
other state's programs," he said. In addition to South Carolina, other states
competing with Virginia for industry
which already have certification programs in place include Maryland, North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and T e n nessee. Also, Florida is likely to open a
program this year.

Alexandria
Ashland
Augusta County
Bedford
Bedford County
Berryville
Blacksburg
Bluefield
Bristol
Buena Vista
Chase City
Chesapeake
Ciifton Forge
Colonial Beach
Covington
Culpeper County
Danville
Elkton
Emporia
Essex County
Fairfax County
Fauquier County
Franklin
Franklin County
Greensville County
Gretna
Grundy
Hampton

"It's important to note each state developed its own program, and not all are
as rigorous or complete a s the Virginia
program," he said.
Virginia is gaining a reputation, Dickson said, of having the toughest and
most thorough certification standards in
the southeast, and perhaps in the nation.
Throughout the program, the division
advises community leaders to bear in
mind that preparation for economic development is a long-term process. "Are
You R e a d y ? , " the division's community
development guidebook, w a r n s : "Attracting new industry to a community is
extremely competitive and can sometimes be frustrating . . . . Communities
that do their homework and keep trying
even in the face of oven/vhelming odds
are the ones which will be the most
successful."
With the Virginia Community Certification Program in place, the odds for
success in economic development are
shifting in favor of Virginia's cities, towns
and counties.

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The Challenge of "1984"
L a d i e s a n d g e n t l e m e n , w e l c o m e to
1 9 8 4 , that l e g e n d a r y y e a r i m m o r t a l i z e d
by B r i t i s h a u t h o r G e o r g e O r w e l l .
Y o u p r o b a b l y don't f e e l a s if y o u h a v e
j u s t s t e p p e d into t h e n i g h t m a r i s h w o r l d
Onwell c r e a t e d t h r e e a n d a half d e c a d e s
a g o , a l t h o u g h t h e p r o s p e c t of a r e a l
1 9 8 4 m a y h a v e c a u s e d s o m e a n x i e t y at
s o m e time or o t h e r in y o u r p a s t .

did not r e a l l y e x p e c t 1 9 8 4 to b e a s h e
p o r t r a y e d it. H i s book w a s p u r e political
s a t i r e , a n d , in fact, h e c o n s i d e r e d titling
it 1 9 8 0 or 1 9 8 2 . It w a s m e a n t to b e a sort
of ' t h u m p o n t h e h e a d " s a y i n g " s e e ,
s o m e t h i n g like this c o u l d h a p p e n if y o u
don't w a t c h out." B u t it is interesting to
note that t h e book is a l s o a sort of s l a p in
the f a c e to g o v e r n m e n t .

T h e fact is that reality i s f a r from Mr.
Orwell's representation. Orwell himself

P a u l Z w e i g , c h a i r m a n of t h e c o m p a r a t i v e l i t e r a t u r e d e p a r t m e n t at
Q u e e n s C o l l e g e in N e w Y o r k , w r i t e s in
Omni m a g a z i n e , " T h e r e w o u l d h a v e
b e e n no n u c l e a r h o l o c a u s t , no w a r to
e n d all w a r s that w o u l d l e a v e the e a r t h to
b e i n h e r i t e d by i n s e c t s . T h e d i s a s t e r
Onwell p r e d i c t e d w a s subtler, a l m o s t u n n o t i c e d . Y o u might c a l l it a death
by
government.
P e o p l e w o u l d go o n living,
working, singing. T h e y would simply
h a v e s t o p p e d thinking; individual c o n s c i o u s n e s s would have been abolished.
In O r w e l l ' s i m a g i n e d future t h e a c t i v i t i e s
of life w o u l d o b e y a n u n r e l e n t i n g plan
d e v i s e d by t e c h n o c r a t s — s c i e n t i s t s of
m a n i p u l a t i o n — a s if m e n h a d b e e n r e b o r n a s a n t s in a v a s t s h a b b y n e s t
k n o w n a s the w o r l d . "

Calendar
Feb. 22

VML Legislative Day
John Marshall,
Richmond

Feb. 22

Women in Local
Government
Luncheon
John Marshall,
Richmond

May 2-4

VA Section,
International City
Management Assn.
Conference
Wintergreen

May 30June 1

Municipal Electric
Power Assn.
Conference
H o l i d a y Inn, V i r g i n i a
Beach

July 11-14

State Fire Chiefs
Assn. Conference
Virginia B e a c h
Pavilion, Virginia
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H o w c l o s e w a s Onwell to the truth?
1 9 8 4 w a s a perfect totalitarian state
ruled by t e c h n o c r a t s , thought p o l i c e a n d
Big Brother constantly watching everyo n e e v e r y w h e r e . W o r k e r s c h u r n e d out
N e w s p e a k , d e f i n e d by W e b s t e r a s " t h e
d e l i b e r a t e u s e of a m b i g u o u s a n d d e c e p t i v e talk, a s by government
officials,
in s e e k i n g to m o l d public o p i n i o n . " All
published material w a s constantly rewritten s o a s to b e in a c c o r d with the
a i m s a n d g o a l s of the P a r t y . H o w e a s y
the politician's job m u s t h a v e b e e n !
While our technology h a s b e c o m e
s u c h that o u r world c o u l d readily b e c o m e " O n w e l l i a n , " t h u s far m a n ( a n d
government) h a s resisted the urge. T h e
n e w s is full of t e c h n o l o g i c a l a d v a n c e s
a s w e b e c o m e fully e n t r e n c h e d in the
"information a g e . " T h e r e is talk of artificial i n t e l l e g e n c e a n d c o m p u t e r s that
c a n f e e l a s w e l l a s think. S c i e n c e h a s
p e r f e c t e d t h e art of s e n d i n g s u b l i m i n a l
m e s s a g e s t h r o u g h our t e l e v i s i o n s e t s .

Artificial i n s e m i n a t i o n a n d s p a c e shuttle
flights a r e old n e w s w h i l e m u c h of our
s o c i e t y is f a s c i n a t e d by M T V a n d v i d e o
g a m e s . S o o n , w e a r e told, c o m p u t e r s
w i l l b e o n e v e r y d e s k a n d in m o s t
h o m e s , a n d it's true that g o v e r n m e n t
j a r g o n h a s at t i m e s b e c o m e p a r a l y z i n g .
W h i l e Onwell ( r e a l n a m e E r i c B l a i r )
w a s right in m a n y of the t e c h n o l o g i c a l
capabilities he predicted, he w a s wrong
o n o n e a c c o u n t : m a n ' s ability to be d o m i n a t e d ; h i s i n n a t e instinct to think for
himself. F o r m u n i c i p a l l e a d e r s a s w e l l a s
the public at l a r g e this is the c h a l l e n g e
Onwell p r e s e n t s .
G o v e r n m e n t officials a r e c o n s t a n t l y
b o m b a r d e d with information a n d m u s t
continually f a c e 1984-ish challenges.
O u r v e r y real c h a l l e n g e s of 1 9 8 4 a r e
uranium mining, conference calls, water
s u p p l y , o v e r c r o w d e d p r i s o n s , a failing
infrastructure, cable television, annexation, burdensome government regu l a t i o n s a n d e d u c a t i n g our c h i l d r e n , just
to m e n t i o n a f e w . A s public officials y o u
a r e c h a l l e n g e d e v e r y d a y to m a k e difficult d e c i s i o n s o n t h e s e a n d other c o m p l e x i s s u e s w h i l e m o r e often t h a n not
b e i n g pulled in v a r i o u s directions. A s a n
official y o u m u s t listen to the v a r i o u s
v o i c e s of y o u r public, a n d y o u m u s t think
c l e a r l y a n d d e e p l y b e f o r e m a k i n g your
d e c i s i o n s . It is often e a s i e r to be led, but
that is the c h a l l e n g e of 1 9 8 4 — n o t to
b e c o m e the unthinking t e c h n o c r a t , but
to go o n d a y to d a y f a c i n g c h a l l e n g e s to
the b e s t of our abilities, a n d hopefully
thinking for o u r s e l v e s .

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                    <text>Inside:

— Fire Department Liability
— California New Home Insurance Program
— Arson and the Arsonist

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p r o t e c t i n g the assets of a city,
county, t o w n , or local s c h o o l
board.
That's w h y the Virginia M u n i cipal League, t h r o u g h it's w h o l l y
o w n e d C o r p o r a t i o n , Virginia
M u n i c i p a l Underwriters, Inc. has
developed a n e w c o m p r e h e n sive group insurance program.
The program is designed exclusively for local g o v e r n m e n t s
and their agencies w i t h i n the
Commonwealth of Virginia. It offers a w i d e range of property,
casualty, boiler and machinery
coverages. Included a m o n g the
casualty lines are:
• Public Officials Liability

Police Liability
Comprehensive General
Liability
Broad Form Errors &amp;
Omissions
Personal Injury Liability
Garage Liability
All casualty lines are consolidated w i t h one carrier (Best's
A-l-15 rated), providing insurer
stability and eliminating potential
coverage gaps.
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coverages available, the program can be tailored to your individual needs and exposures.
Group purchasing p o w e r a l s o
results in e c o n o m i e s of scale. So

there's a bottom-line benefit as
well.
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can't eliminate risk c o m p l e t e l y .
But if you're in d a n g e r of b e i n g
s w a l l o w e d up b e c a u s e of rising
costs, i n a d e q u a t e c o v e r a g e or
poor service, the V i r g i n i a M u n i cipal Property Casualty Ins u r a n c e P r o g r a m c a n help.
For further information,
please contact:
Margaret A. Nichols
Administrator, Virginia
Municipal Property Casualty
Insurance Program
P.O. Box 753
Richmond, Virginia 23206
(804) 649-8471

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Editor
Christine A. Everson
Editorial Assistant
Joni Terry
Advertising Assistant
Mary Ann Cornell
Circulation Manager
Kathy Mclntyre
Volume 19

October 1984

Number 10

VML President
Lawrence A. Davies

Officers
Samuel W. Adams III
Robert T . Williams
Martha V. Pennine
Noel C . Taylor

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Fire Department Liability

Executive Committee
J . Willard Lineweaver
J a c k D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Sidney M. Oman
William R. Hartz
M. Stewart Koethcke
Charles A. Robinson Jr.

By Daniel F. McNeil
"With the increasing complexities faced by many fire administrators in the areas of fire suppression and prevention, the
issue of liability has been compounded."

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By William C. Hanna
"During the past three years a new concept which links city
public safety services with private sector homeowners insurance offerings has been developed and tested in California."

Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

On the Cover
Members of the County of Henrico
Division of Fire engage in fire suppression activities at a nighttime blaze. Fire
services are changing. Read about the
liability insurance your fire department
needs, the new public/private venture in
home insurance developed in California
and some new w a y s of handling the
age-old problem of arson, all in this
issue of Virginia Town &amp; City.

California's New Cooperative
Home Insurance Program

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Arson and the Arsonist
By Robert A. Williams II
"Arson is here to stay, and the problem will continue to grow
until we do something about it."

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Professional Directory

17

Commentary: Voter Registration,
Turnout in Virginia
By Timothy G. O'Rourke

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It Is published monthly at 311 Ironfrents, 1011
East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206. All contents,
copyright
1984 by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction or
use of contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal
League
and if granted must be accompanied
by credit to VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia Municipal
League.
Second-class
postage paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $8
per year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster: Send address changes to
VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753, Richmond 23206

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Mary Jo Fields joined the VML staff
as staff associate in early October following the birth of her new baby and her
resignation after eight years with the
Institute of Government at the University
of Virginia.
Fields has a bachelor of arts in political science from Auburn University and
a master's in public administration from
the University of Alabama. She joined
the staff at the Institute of Government in
October 1976. As a research analyst her
primary responsibilities have included
serving as a staff associate for the Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future
and serving as the institute's conference
coordinator. She has also written newsletters and articles on public affairs topics, prepared or assisted in preparing
institute reports, coauthored the Handbook for Virginia Mayors and Councilmembers and handled numerous research requests from both the public
and private sectors.
Prior to working at the institute, Fields
worked as a research associate and
research assistant for the Bureau of
Public Administration at the University
of Alabama from 1974 to 1976.
In her new position at VML, Fields'
responsibilities will be in the areas of
research and writing as well as conference planning and execution. She will
also have certain legislative responsibilities.

Managers

Appointed

Jeffrey H. Minor has been appointed
town manager of Leesburg. He replaces
J o h n Niccolls who resigned in June
after serving as the town's manager for
8V2 years.
Minor has served in the town man-

ager's office for the past eight years. For
the last two years he served as deputy
town manager. Prior to working in Leesburg, Minor was town manager in Indian
Head, MD. He has also served as vice
president of the Maryland City Managers Association.
Minor holds a bachelor's degree in
political science and a master's degree
in public administration from West Virginia University. He is a member of
VML's Public Safety Policy Committee
and has also served as an instructor in
political science and public administration at Prince Georges Community
College in Maryland.
Niccolls resigned the manager's position to enter private business in Leesburg. During his tenure, Leesburg completed two annexations and an $8.4
million water filtration plant project.
Robert J. O'Neill is the new city manager of Hampton. He replaces T h o m a s
I. Miller who retired.
A native of Hampton, O'Neill was formerly a director of management consulting services for Coopers &amp; Lybrand.
From 1975 to 1979, prior to joining
Coopers &amp; Lybrand, he was an assistant
city manager in Hampton, supervising
the departments of budgeting, finance,
personnel, data processing, assessment and other support service departments.
O'Neill holds a bachelor's degree in
political science from Old Dominion University and a master's degree in public
administration from Syracuse University.

City Founder D i e s
Frank A. Dusch, one of the founders
of the consolidated city of Virginia
Beach and its first mayor, has died at
Virginia Beach General Hospital. He
was 86.
"He was probably the perfect man to
be the first mayor," one council member
said. "I never met anyone who didn't like
Frank Dusch."
Known as a low-key politician with a
knack for working behind the scenes to
achieve political harmony, Dusch
served on the Virginia Beach City Council from 1952, when the locality was still
a small resort town, through 1972.
As mayor of the original city, which
covered a 49-block area along the
oceanfront, Dusch took part in deliberations that led to the 1963 merger with
Princess Anne County and the formation of the new Virginia Beach which
encompasses 310 square miles.

Moyer Retires
C. M. Moyer Jr., city manager of Manassas for the past 11 years, retired
effective Oct. 1. He will make his home
in Staunton, VA, where he served as city
engineer and assistant city manager
and manager between 1954 and 1967.
Moyer is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and holds a civil engineering degree. He served in the Army
Corps of Engineers dunng World War II
and as county engineer in Alleghany
County from 1949 to 1954.
After serving as city manager of
Staunton, he became assistant city
manager of Suffolk in 1967 and city
manager in 1971. In 1973 he became
manager of Manassas. Under his management, Suffolk completed a merger
with Nansemond County and Manassas
made its transition from a town to a city.
Moyer has been active in the International City Management Association
and is a past president of the Virginia
Section, ICMA. He has also served on
the Virginia Municipal League's Effective Government Policy Committee.

Supervisor Dies
Homer W. Williams Jr., a supervisor
of Prince George County for nine years,
died July 2. Williams had served three
terms as chairman of the Prince George
Board of Supervisors and had also
served as its vice chairman.
Williams was a retired Navy pilot. He
owned and operated a furniture business and mobile home park in Prince
George. He is succeeded on the board
of supervisors by his widow, Marion Williams, until a special election is held in
November.

Council Member
Receives National
Appointment
President Ronald Reagan has named
Vienna Council Member E. Ross Buckley
chairman of the Occupational Safety and
Health Review Commission (OSHRC).
The review commission is an independent federal agency that rules on job
safety and health disputes arising from
inspections of the nation's work places
conducted by the U.S. Department of

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Airport Commission
Martha V. Pennino, vice chair of the
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors,
will be among those representing the
Metropolitan Washington Council of
Governments on an advisory commission established by Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole. The commission
will develop recommendations to transfer ownership and operation of National
and Dulles airports.
National and Dulles are the only two
commercial airports in the nation owned
and operated by the federal government. Secretary Dole has directed the
commission to "develop a comprehensive proposal for the transfer of the Metropolitan Washington airports to an app r o p r i a t e s t a t e , local or interstate
governmental body . . . either an existing entity or a new organization" and to
"consider the concerns of the various

Beach since June 1, 1982, has been
active in ICMA for many years and has
served on its Financial Management
Committee.

classes of users of the airports, the interests of the communities they serve, the
national interest in air service to the
capital and the need for coordinated
operation of the air carrier airports serving the Metropolitan Washington area.
Also serving on the commission is
Gov. Charles S. Robb, and former Virginia Gov. Linwood Holton will serve as
chairman of the commission.

Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA).
Buckley served as OSHRC's general
counsel from April 1982 until his appointment as a commission member.
He previously served as an attorney
with the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Beach Manager
Will Advise
Treasury Studies
Virginia Beach City Manager
T h o m a s H. M u e h l e n b e c k has been
appointed by the International City Management Association (ICMA) to serve
on the Advisory Group for the Department of Treasury's Studies of FederalState-Local Fiscal Relations. The group
will offer advice on the design of the
department's fiscal studies, their findings and policy options. The studies
were requested by Congress in 1983
and are expected to have far-reaching
effects on local revenue sharing, grant
determination and tax policy for the next
few years.
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With the increasing complexities
faced by many fire administrators In the
areas of fire suppression and prevention, the issue of liability has been compounded. It is common for a fire administrator to walk into a purchasing agent's
or risk manager's office and ask, "What
will happen if I am sued as a result of our
activities?"
A typical answer is, "Don't worry
about it. We have insurance."
In fact, the municipality probably does
carry liability insurance, but what does it
cover, whom does it cover, what limits
are provided and what are the insurance

company's obligations? These are just a
few of the questions that should be addressed, and the time to seek the answers is before the municipality is notified that a claim has been made due to
the actions or inactions of its fire department.

What Is Liability Insurance?
Simply put, liability insurance protects
you from injury or damage done to
others. This might mean physically hurting someone or damaging another's
property. Although many forms of liabil-

ity insurance exist, the three most common for municipal fire departments are
automobile, general and professional
liability.
Automobile liability insurance, most
familiar because many of us insure the
family auto, protects an individual held
legally liable to others as a result of the
ownership, maintenance, operation or
use of an auto which results in unexpected bodily injury or property damage.
Unlike your family, a municipal fire
department confronts several additional
liability loss exposures. For example, a
firefighter might be involved in an acci-

�dent while responding to the scene of an
emergency in his personal auto. What
liability coverage, if any, would be available to the municipality or firefighter
under the municipality's policy? To be
covered under its automobile liability
insurance, the municipality must carry
non-owned automobile liability. To provide the firefighter with liability coverage, the employees or volunteers must
be considered additional insureds under
the non-owned automobile liability section of the policy.
General liability insurance, on the
other hand, is not as familiar to most of
us as automobile insurance. This insurance affords liability protection for unexpected bodily injury or property damage arising from the premises and
operations. This might mean a lawsuit
resulting from a member of the public
entering the premises and injuring himself or from a hose breaking free and
striking a member of the public at a fire
scene.
These examples are understood easily and in most cases a municipality has
purchased coverage to insure against
such liability exposures. However, all
general liability coverage is not the
same. Many cities and towns have purchased coverage that limits liability insurance to their premises only, even
though the greatest liability exposure for
fire departments lies at the scene of an
emergency.
Also, a number of additional coverages may be added to a general liability
policy. When discussed in insurance
jargon, these may not appear necessary, however, when discussed in terms
of the fire service, few public officials
would dispute their importance. Completed operations liability, for example,
provides liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage arising from
operations performed for someone else
after operations have been completed.
In terms of the fire service, an example
of what might be considered a completed operations claim is referred to as
a "rekindle," re-ignition of a fire thought
to be extinguished.
Professional liability insurance, probably the least understood, protects an
individual who possesses a special
knowledge or skill that is necessary to
perform a particularfunction. In the case
of a paramedic or an emergency medical technician (EMT), professional liability insurance is referred to as medical
malpractice. For a firefighter or fire officer, professional liability insurance often
is called errors and omissions insurance.
Unlike automobile and general liability insurance, professional liability insurance covers claims that are not necessarily sudden or accidental. In fact,
the professional liability claim usually
results from an intentional act in which

the quality of service performed is In
question. The fire ground commander
who orders the venting of a fully involved
structure or the paramedic who administers advanced life support on a heart
attack victim easily may wind up in court.
As a professional liability claim develops, the plaintiff typically alleges that
the professional did not follow a recognized standard of conduct.

Who Is Covered?
After a liability claim is presented to an
insurance company and the responsibility to cover the claim has been established, the insurance company then det e r m i n e s w h o m or what entity it is
required to protect. When a municipality
is named in a lawsuit, it is common
practice that all persons and departments involved in the claim on behalf of
the municipality be named individually.
Consequently, it is important to establish prior to purchasing an insurance
program whom the insurance company
is obligated to defend and for whom it is
obligated to pay claims.
Obviously, the entity named as an
insured will receive the benefit of the
insurance contract. However, if the
named insured is the city, what are the
insurance company's obligations to the
fire department and its members? The
insurance company may add the fire
company and its members as additional
insureds and thus solve the problem.
When including the fire department's
members as additional insureds in general and professional liability policies,
most insurance companies will refer to
members as "employees." With a fully
paid fire company this solution presents
little problem. However, where does this
leave the volunteer firefighter? Does the
insurance company consider a volunteer an employee? Because a vast majority of fire departments use volunteers
completely or to supplement their career
personnel, the insurance company's position must be clarified prior to issuance
of a policy.

What Limits are Provided?
Companies offer liability insurance at
various limits which requires that you
anticipate the amount you might be held
legally liable for at some future date.
Obviously, this task is a bit more difficult
than the selection of a value under property insurance, where if replacement of
a building costs $250,000 the maximum
i n s u r a n c e r e q u i r e d is o b v i o u s l y
$250,000.
Various limits of liability insurance are
available up to $1 million, and this
amount may be supplemented by purchasing excess coverage at limits of $1
million, $2 million, $5 million or more.
The following basic guidelines should
be considered when determining how

much insurance your fire department
needs:
• Are there any statutory limitations
on your ultimate liability?
• What are the property values in the
areas protected by your fire department?
• What are the current trends in court
decisions?
• How many calls does your fire department respond to annually?
• Is your fire department providing
emergency medical services?
• Do you have any contractual obligations which might require a minimum amount of liability protection?
• Is your fire department's building
leased or used for any social functions?
The a n s w e r s to these questions
should be discussed with the municipality's legal counsel, risk manager or insurance agent to help develop an appropriate amount of liability insurance. In
any event, it must be kept in mind that
the amount selected still might not satisfy a judgment, and once the policy limit
is reached the insurance company has
met its obligations.

What Are the Insurance Company's
Obligations?
Once an insurance company receives
notice of a claim, the claims department
determines whether or not the policy
covers the claim. If so, the department
will establish a course of action or
"game plan." As part of the game plan,
the insurance company's claims and
legal departments attempt to ascertain
whether or not the insured would or
would not be held legally liable.
At this point, the insurance company
decides either to contest or attempts to
settle the claim on behalf of the insured.
Many insureds have questioned this
procedure because of a misunderstanding of the insurance company's rights
and obligations under the insurance policy.
The insurance company must defend
the insured and pay legal awards for
injuries covered by the policy. However,
the insurance company also has the
right to settle a claim if it deems it expedient. With the exception of some professional liability cases, settlement does
not require the insured's permission. As
a result, the insurance company may
move to settle a claim even though the
municipality does not acknowledge an
obligation to the injured party.
Conversely, at times the municipality
or public official feels morally obligated
to pay an injured party even though the
insurance company wishes to deny liability and contest the claim. The insurance company has its own as well as the
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municipality's interest in mind. Tlierefore, if ttie insurance company feels reasonably certain that the insured could be
held legally liable, it will attempt to settle
the claim a s economically a s possible.
On the other hand, if the insurance company is uncertain about the municipality's liability, it is obligated to contest the
claim and defend the municipality.
A s previously mentioned, insurance
contracts contain many insuring agreements and exclusions. Should a particular policy's insurance agreement or
exclusion deny coverage for a loss, the
insurance company would not only be
relieved from paying any award, it also
would not be required to defend the fire
department. Therefore, it is imperative
that the municipality carefully review all
insuring agreements and exclusions in
any liability policy.
What Are the Insured's Obligations
in the Event of a Liability Claim?
Two words, "notify" and "cooperate,"
should come to mind immediately after a
loss. In the event of a loss, the first and
most important action an insured should
take is to notify the insurance company
at the earliest opportunity.
E a c h insurance policy will specify
who should be notified in writing. T h e

insurance contract may indicate that notification to the insurance agent is the
same a s notifying the company. This
usually is the c a s e under general and
automobile liability policies. P r o f e s sional liability policies generally will indicate that notice must be sent in writing
directly to the insurance company. It is
advisable to establish with the municipality's insurance agent to whom a loss
should be reported and make a note for
each insurance policy in the portfolio.
Reporting a claim to the insurance
company on a timely basis is usually not
a problem once the appropriate administrative officer of the fire department or
municipality is made aware of the need
for the claim. T h e problem usually results when a member fails to report a
claim to the appropriate administrative
officer. It is imperative that one or two
administrators be selected as the individuals to whom claims should be reported.
In addition to reporting the claim in a
prompt and thorough manner, the insurance company also requires the insured's full cooperation. This not only
means attendance at hearings, depositions and thals, but it means the insured
shall not jeopardize the insurance company's defense.
Traffic accidents are the most common source of claims, and, at times, are
handled poorly on the part of the fire

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company. When a traffic accident occurs between fire apparatus and a civilian vehicle, it is not uncommon for the
officer to tell the civilian with the damaged vehicle to have it fixed and send
the bill to the city or town hall.
This creates a problem for the insurance company because not only has the
fire officer made a voluntary payment
without the consent of the insurance
company, but it might be determined
that the insurance company's defense
has been jeopardized by the voluntary
payment. In such an instance, the city
official may be shocked to learn that the
insurance company may refuse to pay
for the claim for damages to the civilian's
automobile and even may deny coverage on the basis that the fire department
has jeopardized its defense.
When purchasing an insurance program, it is advisable to establish reporting procedures not only between the
municipality and agent, but within the
municipality a s well.
The selection of an insurance agent is
one of the most important decisions a
municipality must make regarding its
insurance program. Careful consideration should be given to choosing an
agent with experience in fire service.
Often localities employ a consultant or
full-time risk manager who is thoroughly
versed in the exposures faced by fire
departments and the insurance coverages necessary to provide proper protection.
Many Virginia localities are required
to use a bidding process for the selection of insurance coverages. A consultant, risk manager or agent should be
able to prepare an appropriate set of
specifications to submit to several insurance carriers for quotations. Without
careful preparation you may find that the
least expensive insurance you can buy
today may some day become the most
expensive. No one can provide your
department with needed insurance coverage after a loss.

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Daniel F. McNeil is president of Volunteer
Firemen's
Insurance Services
Inc., which
writes insurance
programs
for fire companies in 45 states. McNeil has had numerous articles on insurance related topics published and has traveled widely as seminar
speaker.

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By William C. Hanna
During the past three years a new
concept which linl&lt;s city public safety
services with private sector homeowners insurance offerings has been
developed and tested in California.
The Cooperative Home Insurance
Program, known as CHIP, is simple in
concept but has required considerable
effort on the part of cities and insurance
underwriters in order to evolve into a
workable structure. The localities provide a comprehensive in-home lossprevention oriented educational program at no cost, and the sponsoring

insurance companies and local CHIP
insurance agents offer high-quality, lowcost insurance by making effective use
of the localities' home-visit reports to
individually underwrite each applicant's
home.
Because of the nature of the risks thus
presented and the individual underwriting made possible by the localities' services, CHIP loss ratios are expected to
be below local averages such that the
program will likely yield an underwriting
profit. As a response to the effectiveness of such home safety and security

p r o g r a m s , CHIP insurance carriers
have agreed to return this unused premium to the sponsoring localities to help
local public safety programs. While the
insurance carriers will not guarantee local revenues, yields from 10 percent to
25 percent of gross premiums appear to
be possible, based on retrospective
studies.
Owner-occupants of single-family
homes, two- to four-family units, condominiums and mobile homes are eligible
to apply for CHIP insurance provided
they complete the locality's voluntary

�h o m e safety and security analysis and
m a k e t h e locality's r e p o r t s a v a i l a b l e to
the C H I P underwriting agents.

Program History
C H I P is t h e e v o l u t i o n a r y p r o d u c t of
n e a r l y 10 y e a r s of p l a n n i n g o n t h e part of
a n u m b e r of city m a n a g e r s a n d fire offic i a l s to b r i n g i n s u r a n c e p r e m i u m s to
b e a r o n t h e c o n t r o l of fire l o s s e s . O n l y in
the past four years has the concept
b e e n e x p a n d e d to i n c l u d e all t h e risks
a n d c o v e r a g e s u s u a l l y a d d r e s s e d by
h o m e o w n e r s insurance policies, not a b l y t h e f t a n d l i a b i l i t y c o v e r a g e s in
a d d i t i o n to fire loss i n d e m n i f i c a t i o n .
T h e m o d e r n d e v e l o p m e n t of B e n
F r a n k l i n ' s i d e a of c o u p l i n g i n d e m n i f i c a t i o n a n d p r o t e c t i o n b e g a n in 1 9 7 8 w i t h a
r e s e a r c h g r a n t a w a r d e d to t h e Institute
F o r L o c a l Self G o v e r n m e n t in B e r k e l e y ,
CA. T h e grant w a s a w a r d e d by the
U n i t e d S t a t e s Fire A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , a part
of t h e F e d e r a l E m e r g e n c y M a n a g e m e n t
A g e n c y , to s t u d y t h e f e a s i b i l i t y of cities
b e c o m i n g i n v o l v e d in fire i n s u r a n c e in
o r d e r to h e l p s u p p o r t t h e i r fire p r o t e c t i o n
agencies.
T h e resulting s t u d y i d e n t i f i e d a n u m b e r of a l t e r n a t i v e s i n c l u d i n g a p u b l i c /
private sector cooperative relationship
w h i c h c o u l d b e i m p l e m e n t e d w i t h o u t rec o u r s e to e n a b l i n g legislation or city
qualification as an insurance carrier.
This cooperative relationship concept
e v o l v e d into C H I P t h r o u g h t h e efforts of
a n a d h o c c o m m i t t e e of n e a r l y 5 0 city
m a n a g e r s , p o l i c e a n d fire officials, city
a t t o r n e y s , legal a d v i s o r s a n d i n s u r a n c e
industry m a n a g e m e n t personnel.
By early 1982 a prototype p r o g r a m
called Municipal H o m e o w n e r s Insura n c e ( M H I ) w a s r e a d y f o r test, a n d t h e
city of Mill V a l l e y , a n a f f l u e n t r e s i d e n t i a l
s u b u r b of S a n F r a n c i s c o , a g r e e d t o
s e r v e in t h a t c a p a c i t y . In F e b r u a r y of
t h a t y e a r , M H I w a s o f f e r e d to t h e c i t y ' s
homeowners.

The Original Program
Despite extensive planning and endless discussions, the M H I Test P r o g r a m
c o n t a i n e d f l o w s w h i c h l i m i t e d its r e v e nue potential and aroused considerable
o p p o s i t i o n f r o m s o m e of t h e i n d e p e n dent agents and their trade associations. Only o n e city entry plan w a s
offered; a master insurance policy held
b y t h e city o n b e h a l f of its eligible h o m e owners. M a x i m u m insurable h o m e valu e s w e r e limited to $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 a n d u n d e r writing guidelines w e r e quite stringent.
In a d d i t i o n , d i s a s t e r c o v e r a g e s w e r e n o t
a v a i l a b l e , a p a r t i c u l a r p r o b l e m in C a l i fornia. H o m e o w n e r s could buy their policies d i r e c t l y f r o m t h e i n s u r a n c e c a r r i e r
o r t h r o u g h o n e o r a n o t h e r of t h e local
insurance agents, and the agent's c o m m i s s i o n of 10 p e r c e n t w a s low by i n d u s try standards.
T h e $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 c a p e x c l u d e d m o s t of

Mill V a l l e y ' s h o m e s . T h e p r o v i s i o n for
d i r e c t m a r k e t i n g by t h e c a r r i e r i n c e n s e d
a g e n t s as did the low c o m m i s s i o n .
N e v e r t h e l e s s , h o m e o w n e r i n t e r e s t in
t h e p r o g r a m w a s h i g h a n d m o r e t h a n 17
p e r c e n t of t h o s e w h o r e c e i v e d t h e first
mailing asked for the h o m e safety and
security analysis. Thus, the carriers
were both e n c o u r a g e d by the homeowner's response and concerned about
the h o m e value problem and the agent's
opposition.

Early Opposition
T h e a g e n t s , s u p p o r t e d b y at least o n e
" h o u s e h o l d w o r d " p e r s o n a l lines c a r rier, m o u n t e d a n i m m e d i a t e c a m p a i g n
to d i s c o u r a g e o t h e r cities f r o m a d o p t i n g
M H I , b u t by t h i s t i m e t h e d e v e l o p e r s
w e r e a l r e a d y in t h e p r o c e s s of m o d i f y i n g
t h e p r o g r a m in light of b o t h t h e a g e n t ' s
objections and the insurance limitations.
The agent's fundamental complaints
s e e m e d to c e n t e r o n t h e v e r y p e r s o n a l
i s s u e s of low c o m m i s s i o n s , t h e " d i r e c t
b u y " o p t i o n a n d t h e fact t h a t t h e y d i d not
" o w n " t h e M H I b u s i n e s s a s is c u s t o m a r y
in t h e i n d u s t r y . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e
c o n c e r n s they e x p r e s s e d publicly a d d r e s s e d s u c h issues as g o v e r n m e n t int r u s i o n into t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r , t h e cities'
liability e x p o s u r e a n d t h e h i g h i n d u s t r y
loss ratio a s e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e r e w o u l d
be n o r e s i d u a l r e v e n u e s f o r t h e c i t i e s .
O n t h e b a s i s of all of t h i s , M H I a c h i e v e d
considerable national recognition with
cities g e n e r a l l y f a v o r i n g t h e i d e a a n d t h e
c o m m u n i t y of i n s u r a n c e a g e n t s g e n e r ally o p p o s i n g it.

Lessons Learned
H a v i n g no w i s h to s t r u g g l e with
agents city-by-city across the nation and
r e c o g n i z i n g t h e l e g i t i m a c y of s o m e of
their concerns, the p r o g r a m carriers and
s u p p o r t i n g city p e o p l e w o r k e d out a
n u m b e r of m o d i f i c a t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g t h e
n a m e c h a n g e to C H I P , to m a k e t h e p r o g r a m m o r e attractive both to h o m e o w n e r s a n d local i n s u r a n c e a g e n t s .
T h e s e have been quite successful with
h o m e o w n e r s ; moderately so with
agents.
C H I P i n s u r a n c e is n o w r a n k e d a m o n g
the best c o v e r a g e s a n d lowest rates
available, and a l t h o u g h a g e n t s as a
g r o u p still c o m p l a i n , q u a l i f i e d a g e n c i e s
a r e c o m i n g f o r w a r d to r e p r e s e n t C H I P in
v i r t u a l l y e v e r y i n t e r e s t e d city.
P r o g r a m improvements from the
a g e n t ' s p o i n t of v i e w i n c l u d e a n i n c r e a s e
in c o m m i s s i o n to ^2V^ p e r c e n t , " o w n e r s h i p " of t h e b u s i n e s s v e s t e d a f t e r t h r e e
years and marketing and administration
of C H I P e x c l u s i v e l y by a n i n d e p e n d e n t
local i n s u r a n c e a g e n t w h o s e r e s p o n s i bilities i n c l u d e m a r k e t i n g , q u o t a t i o n s ,
policy i s s u a n c e a n d c l a i m s s e t t l e m e n t ,
all w i t h i n i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n y g u i d e lines.
Also, C H I P n o w offers cities a s e c o n d

option which requires only a conceptual
e n d o r s e m e n t rather than the quasic o n t r a c t u a l r e l a t i o n s h i p of t h e m a s t e r
p o l i c y . T h i s o p t i o n w a s i n t e n d e d to red u c e political p r e s s u r e o n e l e c t e d offic i a l s b u t t h u s f a r h a s n o t b e e n c h o s e n by
a n y of t h e c i t i e s i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e p r o g r a m . It s e e m s t h a t c o u n c i l s r e c o g n i z e
t h e a d v a n t a g e s of t h e m a s t e r p o l i c y a n d
s u f f e r a n t i - C H I P l o b b y i n g to s o m e d e g r e e in a n y e v e n t .
C H I P n o w also i n c l u d e s a n u m b e r of
p o o l i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s d e s i g n e d to s a t isfy c a r r i e r s ' p r e m i u m r e s e r v e r e q u i r e m e n t s a s w e l l a s c u s h i o n large a n d u n e x p e c t e d l o s s e s in o r d e r to p r e s e r v e t h e
cities' revenue potentials. T h e s e pools
m a y be as large as a state or as small as
a city, d e p e n d i n g o n t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p
b e t w e e n p r e m i u m p r o d u c t i o n a n d loss
e x p e r i e n c e . All cities in a g i v e n s t a t e a r e
a s k e d to r e m a i n in t h e s t a t e p o o l for at
least 2 4 m o n t h s s o t h a t a c t u a r i a l s t a t i s tics c a n be a c c u m u l a t e d a s r a p i d l y a s
p o s s i b l e . B e y o n d that, a n y city or g r o u p
of cities w h i c h c a n d e v e l o p t h e p r e m i u m
reserve annually and w h i c h c a n project
a p o s i t i v e unden/vriting profit m a y o p t o u t
of t h e s t a t e p o o l .
In a d d i t i o n , a n a p e r i o d i c " s u p e r f u n d "
p o o l is c r e a t e d by a 1 p e r c e n t a s s e s s m e n t o n all c o l l e c t e d p r e m i u m s n a t i o n ally w h e n e v e r a n y p o o l is in a deficit
p o s i t i o n at t h e e n d of t h e fiscal p e r i o d .
T h e p u r p o s e of t h i s f u n d is to r e s t o r e
p o o l s w h i c h h a v e h a d u n e x p e c t e d large
l o s s e s to a " 0 " b a l a n c e e a c h y e a r . W h i l e
t h e cities t h e m s e l v e s n e v e r a c c u m u l a t e
a n y c l a i m s liability, large l o s s e s m i g h t
t a k e s e v e r a l y e a r s to offset by s u b s e q u e n t p o o l u n d e n w r i t i n g profit e a r n i n g s .
In e s s e n c e , t h e s u p e r f u n d m a k e s it p o s sible f o r all C H I P cities n a t i o n w i d e to
c o m e to t h e r e s c u e of a n y city o r s t a t e
s u f f e r i n g f r o m t h e b a d l u c k of c a t a strophic losses.
In this c o n t e x t , t h e p r o g r a m a l s o p r o vides protection for the cities' revenue
p o t e n t i a l t h r o u g h t w o l e v e l s of s t o p - l o s s
r e i n s u r a n c e . T h e first of t h e s e limits t h e
localities' p o o l e x p o s u r e f o r s i n g l e incid e n t s to $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 a n d t h e s e c o n d , f o r
catastrophic losses, to a $500,000 a g g r e g a t e . A s a n e x a m p l e , t h e localities'
p r e m i u m pool would be c h a r g e d with
o n l y $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 in a c l a i m f o r t h e i n s u r e d
fire loss of a $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 h o m e ; t h e b a l a n c e of t h e c l a i m w o u l d b e p a i d b y
CHIP'S reinsurer.
From the insured's viewpoint C H I P
n o w o f f e r s a c o m p l e t e m e n u of c o v e r a g e s at r a t e s w h i c h , t h u s far, a p p e a r to
be a m o n g the lowest available. Prese n t l y , h o m e s of up to $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 in v a l u e
m a y be insured, a n d an extensive disc o u n t s c h e d u l e f o r installed s a f e t y a n d
s e c u r i t y d e v i c e s is o f f e r e d a s a n i n c e n tive to i m p r o v e fire a n d b u r g l a r y d e t e c tion a n d potentially reduced losses.
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�The City's Role
C H I P ' S legal advisors in concert with
a group of city attorneys have structured
the program in such a manner a s to
protect the localities' immunities from
potential liability claims arising out of
home safety and security analysis activities. Principal is the separation of the
home analysis entirely from the insurance p r o c e s s . T h i s is accomplished
through selection of the local C H I P
agency exclusively by the insurance
carrier and the reservation of the decision to insure or not to Insure that
agency within the carrier's guidelines.
The city cannot influence that decision
and thus is not a party to the policy
issuance process.
Other than from general improvement
of local safety and security and since the
home visit program is offered to any
citizen on request, the city cannot expect to benefit directly from any particular home analysis.
The home analysis is offered exclusively a s a educational program designed to raise the level of awareness of
homeowners to hazards in the home.
City personnel do not purport to be experts in all aspects of codes which govern construction and occupancy in the
city; code enforcement is not the intent.
Clearly, however, there will be instances
where homeowners will not agree to
voluntarily correct a significant code violation, and the city will be obligated to
enforce.
Hold harmless and non-subrogation
provisions contained in endorsements
to the master policy also help to protect
the locality in the event of a negligent
inspection claim. In this context the locality's best protection lies in payment of
the claim for an insured loss even where
there may be questions concerning city
performance.
The city simply conducts the home
analysis and leaves the insurance issues, if any, to be resolved between the
homeowner and the insurance agent.
C H I P also comprises a non-exclusive
arrangement between C H I P carriers
and the locality wherein the locality is
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resolves any potential antitrust issues.
The mechanism for transferring unused premiums to the localities is a policy endorsement, in some states a letter
of intent to donate the premiums which
sets forth the formula for computing the
underwriting profit and the terms of payment. Where an endorsement is used,
an assignment clause is attached to the
homeowner's certificate of insurance
which makes a gift of his earned dividend to the city. This provision resolves
the lawful rebate issue and potentially
provides a tax exemption to the homeowner. Where premiums are simply donated by the insurance carrier to the
locality, no assignment provision is required since the policies themselves do
not earn dividends.
CHIP Rates
C H I P insurance rates are set in recognition of the unique character of the
homeowners who qualify themselves
for the coverages and the fact that a
known public safety service relationship
exists between the city and the homeowner. Rates are established on a cityby-city basis where possible and by Insurance Services Offices (ISO)
Territories where not. ISO is a national
insurance rating organization.
Initial rates are established by means
of a comprehensive community profile
for each locality derived from information supplied by interested cities on a
C H I P questionnaire. T h e general risk
level is thus established for the locality
as a whole with adjustments to reflect
recognition of the better-than-average
risks represented. In any event, localities dominate the rating process even
w h e r e a g e n c i e s in unincorporated
areas, such a s fire districts, participate
in the program. In a very real s e n s e
C H I P rate-making recognizes the local
effectiveness of cities and homeowners
in uniquely and cooperatively controlling
losses.
Recent Experience and Program
Status
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ity a n a l y s e s . T h e s e several hundred
home visits appear to have been well
accepted by homeowners, to the point
where public safety personnel were frequently detained for discussion of safety
and security issues beyond the 20 minutes or so required for the home analysis itself. Localities seemed pleased by
this reception and by the potential for
general improvement of their safety and
security environment irrespective of the
revenue potential. They also report negligible out-of-pocket expense for the
home safety program due to employment of on-duty personnel for the purpose.
The final C H I P marketing experiment
w a s concluded in J u n e of this year
wherein a city-sponsored public safety
newsletter w a s mailed to all of the
homeowners in four test cities. T h e
newsletter features items of safety and
security interest to homeowners and
does not emphasize insurance other
than to indicate where the homeowners
c a n get additional information. This
mechanism appears to work well and
will be used extensively where cities will
permit use of their logos. Carriers and
agents support the entire cost of the
newsletter. Since June approximately
80 California cities have returned their
Community Profile Questionnaires and
have begun the program implementation process.
In Oregon, C H I P will be offered in
September with eight of 28 interested
cities intending to participate initially. In
Washington approximately 40 cities
have expressed interest a s a result of a
C H I P seminar sponsored this spring by
the Association of Washington Cities in
conjunction with the state's International
City Management Association. Similariy, the League of Minnesota Cities
has sponsored a C H I P seminar and has
collected profiles from more than 45
cities. An agency of the Pennsylvania
state government sponsored a C H I P
seminar for the several municipal managers' associations last May. Leaguesponsored seminars have also been
conducted in Michigan, Idaho and South
Carolina.
Since each state has a unique set of
insurance statutes and regulations it is
necessary to review C H I P in light of
these constraints before the program
can be offered. Thus far only Oregon
has required changes to the structure.
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William C. Hanna is a Stanford engineering graduate and iias worked as a consultant to the federal government in public
safety for the past 30 years. His extensive
experience in city government level public
safety services lead to his involvement in the
development of CHIP. He is presently
executive vice president of CIMA Inc., a small
company formed expressly for the purpose
of developing
the CHIP concept on a national scale.

�Police Chiefs Elect Haskins
The Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police elected Salem Police Chief Harry
T. Haskins Jr. president of the association at the group's 59th Annual Conference which was held in Williamsburg
Aug. 19-22.
Chief Haskins has an extensive background in police services. He served
more than 15 years with the Virginia
State Police. He served as a trooper,
investigator, sergeant and finally as first
sergeant of the Fifth Division at Norfolk.
Haskins also served as a special agent
for the Jefferson and George Washington National forests in the U.S. Forest
Service.
In November 1975, Haskins was appointed chief of police In Salem. He
holds a degree in criminal justice from
Roanoke College and is a graduate of
the 104th Session of the FBI National
Academy. He was appointed by Gov.
Dalton to the Criminal Justice Services
Commission and appointed by Gov.
Robb to its sequel, the Criminal Justice
Services Board. He currently serves as
chairman of the board's Committee on
Training.
Others elected to serve as 1984-85
officers of the association were Frank
W. Johnstone, chief of police, Albemarle
County; Maj. Cecil S. Johnson Jr., field
supervisor. State Police Department;
and William K. Stover, chief of police,
Arlington County. Johnstone, Johnson
and Stover will serve as first, second
and third vice presidents respectively.
Three members received special rec-

ognition during the conference. They
were Robert C. Poyner III, Michael Mack
and Stephen Gunzenhauser.
Officer Poyner of the Virginia Beach
Police Department received an award
for outstanding contribution to law enforcement. In his 11 years with the department he has been instrumental in
publicizing and coordinating action for
a c c i d e n t p r e v e n t i o n . He a l s o researched and initiated the Elementary
School Crime Awareness Prevention
and E d u c a t i o n P r o g r a m k n o w n as
"ESCAPE" and designed and authored
the ESCAPE workbook.
Officer Michael Mack of the Fairfax
County Police Department received an
award for valor for pulling an accident
victim to safety from a burning vehicle
despite live electrical wires scattered
across the area and suspended from
severed poles.
Also receiving an award for valor was
Agent Stephen Gunzenhauser of the
Arlington Police Department. Gunzenhauser is credited with saving a woman's life. While off duty, he sighted a
woman floating face down in the C &amp; O
Canal in Washington. She was making
slight m o t i o n s , and G u n z e n h a u s e r
jumped into the water to save her. He
dragged her body to the side of the canal
but was unable to lift her out of the water
due to the steep bank. He began mouthto-mouth resuscitation but got no response. Checking the victim, he found
her sundress straps were tied around
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again administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the woman began to
breathe.
Outgoing President Col. Leslie T.
Sheppard, chief of police of Henrico
County, presided at the conference
which was attended by more than 200
chiefs and their guests. Gov. Charles S.
Robb as well as Supreme Court Justice
Harry L. Carrico were among the conference guest speakers.
The 60th VACP Annual Conference
will be held Aug. 18-21 at the Crystal
Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington
County.

Fir^ghters

Five Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
Department personnel have received
Public Safety Valorous Service Awards
for exceptional acts of outstanding
courage, initiative and judgment. Capt.
William W. Walter of Co. 3 1 , Firefighter
David G. Morrison of Co. 12 and Firefighter Richard J. Yuras of Co. 21 were
honored with bronze medals. EMS Firefighterll RoscoeG. Hager of Co. 18and
Firefighter Michael R. Ortmann of Co.
29 received honorable mention awards.
Firefighter Dave Morrison and Battalion Chief William Walter were honored for their voluntary rescue of an
11-year-old boy from the P o t o m a c
River. The boy and his father had been
canoeing in the river above Great Falls
when they were swept over the spillway
of the dam about a mile above the falls.
The father was swept under, but the boy
managed to pull himself up on some
rocks about a quarter of a mile above the
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falls. The river was swollen from recent
rains and the current swift and treacherous. IVIorrison and Walter rescued the
boy in a 14-foot aluminum boat with a 20
horsepower motor and lool&lt;ed for the
father without luck. They spent about 30
minutes on the treacherous river. Had
their boat overturned they would almost
certainly have been swept down the
river toward the falls.
Responding to an automobile accident on 1-66, Firefighter Yuras found a
tractor-trailer on top of a car with two
people inside the car still alive. After
cribbing material was placed under one
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their vital signs and helped control
bleeding from a head wound. He instructed the female passenger in placing an oxygen mask on her husband and
herself and remained with them to reassure them even after the car shifted
and it a p p e a r e d that he w o u l d be
trapped as well. Yuras' dedication and
disregard for his own safety were instrumental in saving the lives of the two
trapped individuals. His actions far exceeded what is expected of a firefighter
in the performance of his duties.
Firefighter Ortmann responded to the
scene of an outside gas leak which suddenly ignited creating afire ball approximately 20 feet by 20 feet in diameter and
30 feet high. Three people were caught
in the fire ball, but one man was blown to
the ground and rolled downhill. Ortmann
ran to the man rescuing him and disregarding the danger to his own life in
running toward the fire ball not knowing
if there would be other explosions. His
quick thinking and disregard for his own
safety were important factors in minimizing the man's burns.
Firefighter Hagar while responding to
an automobile accident positioned himself inside a car severely damaged and
wrapped around a telephone pole. The
car's roof w a s c o l l a p s e d , the floor
buckled and the driver's door badly
d e n t e d . T h e driver, a w o m a n , w a s
barely visible. Hagar remained next to
the woman inside the car for approximately 45 minutes while she was extric a t e d . He p l a c e d t r a c t i o n on t h e
woman's head and monitored her vital
signs. Observing the effects of the extrication on her, Hagar was able to give
suggestions as the roof was removed
and the steering column and dashboard
pulled up to remove her. Doctors who
attended the woman said the patient's
recovery from a predictably fatal accident was due to the care taken during
the extrication.
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Service Awards are given by the Fairfax
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City Constructs
Safety Complex
The city of Alexandria has begun construction on its new Alexandria Public
Safety Complex being built at 2000 Mill
Rd. Its construction will culminate 4V2
years of planning and design for the $24
million facility that has used the resources of countless citizens, city staff,
design and construction consultants
and public safety professionals.
The complex will contain administrative offices for all facets of the newly
r e o r g a n i z e d d e p a r t m e n t of public
safety, which now includes police, fire,
sheriff and code enforcement, as well as
a 375 bed multi-level correctional center. The city has contracted with the U.S.
Marshal's Service to provide up to 100
beds for federal prisoners w h o are
awaiting trial or ordered to appear before one of the local federal courts. This
$2.6 million contract will be in effect for
12 years.
The design of the complex includes
sophisticated computer and electronic
support that will provide information
management, case and offender tracking, communications, operational chme
analysis and internal security. Aspects
of the most modern concepts of space
utilization, inmate programs and supervision are included in the new building.

County, City
Win PTI Awards
Arlington County and Virginia Beach
have been presented with Technology
Achievement Awards for their success
in upgrading public services and cutting
costs. Only 13 localities received the
awards in the nationwide program sponsored by Public Technology Inc. (PTI).
Arlington County was cited for its
blanket financing contract. The county
f i n a n c e s a l a r g e g r o u p of l e a s e purchase contracts under one master
line of credit procured by soliciting bids.
The low bidder offers favorable rates
and the contracts are simplified and
standardized.
Virginia Beach won an award for its
utilization of volunteer citizen coordinators in its department of public utilities.
The department prepares community
leaders to serve as neighborhood coordinators. These coordinators act as liaisons and maintain direct contact with
the city. They answer questions about
utility projects in their neighborhoods,
thus reducing staff time spent responding to citizen queries.
PTI is a non-profit organization that
helps North American cities and counties benefit from new technologies and
management systems.

�Arson and the Arsonist

By Robert A. miUams U

"The crime of arson is rampant in
our city. It is responsible for onefourth of our fire l o s s e s , involving $4
million worth of property. Despite the
strenuous activities of our fire marshal in the detection and prosecution
of n u m e r o u s i n c e n d i a r i e s , s u s p i cious fires among certain welldefined trades are on the increase.
Fire-setting isn't c o n f i n e d to the
criminal element alone, but is found
in almost every grade of life from the
tenant dweller on the east side to the
wholesale merchant in the downtown
business district."
Does the preceding statement sound
familiar? Haven't you read statements
similar to this in reports that cross your
desk? This particular statement is part
of a report from the fire marshal's office
to the mayor of New York in 1912. Unfortunately, it is just a s true today as it was
72 years ago.
Arson Is here to stay, and the problem
will continue to grow until we do something about it other than pay lip service
to it and make a cursory effort in combatting it.
Stop and look at your community, and
answer a few basic questions. Who lives
In your community? Does everybody
work? Does everybody that wants a job
have a job? Are the people In your
community making money, or do they
break even each month? Who in your
community could benefit by an arson
fire? Who in your community would suffer by an arson fire? Arson is usually a
"money fire" which everyone in the
community ultimately pays for. A closer
look reveals seven basic motives for
arson.
• Fraud — a deception deliberately
practiced in order to secure unfair or
unlawful gain. Direct gain fraud fires
are frequently associated with the
collection of insurance money. Indirect gain fraud fires may or may not
involve profit from insurance monies.
• Pyromania — the uncontrollable Impulse to start fires. Males, females,
grown-ups and children are equally
represented In this category.
• Arson used to conceal other crimes
— In this category we s e e such things
as destruction of books and records,
burglars using arson to cover up
forced entry, arson to conceal murder
and the arson committed to conceal
suicide.
• Vanity — In this category we s e e two
types of people: one who wants to
profit by a fire, such a s a watchman
who desires a raise In pay or a firefighter who wants extra pay or a pro-

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motion, and the hero, such a s a policeman who wants to be a hero by
finding or extinguishing the fire and
saving the building or even rescuing
the people within.
• Spite and revenge — the most deadly
motives for arson, these incorporate
uncontrolled emotions such a s hatred
and jealousy. S e x and love relationships are prominent in this category.
• Civil Disorders — destruction of government property for political purposes.
• Curiosity — Children often have a
natural curiosity about fire and are
responsible for a number of arson
fires.
The primary burden of combatting arson is on the fire service with help from
law enforcement agencies. With the limited and often diminished budget resources available to them, the fire service and criminal justice response has
been characteristically reactive with the
real work of investigation beginning after a suspicious fire has occurred. This
reactive posture is not an unusual approach for either fire safety or crime
control programs. Law enforcement officers have traditionally mounted this type
of response to most crimes within their
jurisdictions. However, just a s police
have recently taken a more preventive
approach to problems of community
crime, so too must other public safety
agencies cultivate a more preventive
posture where arson is involved.

ponents of arson prevention hope that a
mix of pre-fire prevention and post-fire
investigation will succeed in deterring
more arson than if investigation, the reactive approach, were pursued alone.
Arson early warning strategies approach deterrence from several innovative and unique perspectives. Mainly,
arson prevention Is effected by trying to
remove, or at least reduce, a s many of
the incentives a s possible that arsonists
may have for setting economically motivated fires. Officials or community leaders can help property owners mitigate
their conditions of financial distress
through housing and commercial rehabilitation assistance of various types.
Another stance is to train a group of
fire and police personnel in the basics of
arson detection. This will give these
people the needed tools to do what the
law requires plus help to develop a comprehensive body of information that can
be used to identify possible arson. This
pool of data can be used to help predict
the probable location of future arson and
to aid subsequent research into reasons
for assigning a relatively high-risk factor
to such locations.
An arson early warning information
base can be put to several productive
uses. Its principle value lies In helping to
single out arson-prone buildings and,
where the information permits, "problem" owners or occupants for some type
of special attention. This attention may
take the form of a single activity, such a s
aggressive enforcement of fire safety
codes, or may involve a multicomponent
program to help mitigate factors responsible for a high-risk designation.
Another step is public a w a r e n e s s .
Public awareness and public involvement are vital factors in combatting arson. Citizens have been asked to anon-

Crime prevention programs in general, and arson prevention efforts in particular, evolved by challenging a basic
premise of crime control: that the way to
deter people from committing crimes is
by punishing offenders. P r e v e n t i v e
strategies should supplement, not replace, the traditional activities of postfire investigation and prosecution. Pro-

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seen before, during or after a fire. R e wards for information that lead to arrest
and conviction go a s high a s $5,000 in
some areas. Such programs have resulted in a large number of arrests and
convictions.
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losses, the organization of arson investigation units consisting of members of
police and fire departments is perhaps
the most significant. Merging representatives of the two services into one unit
combines the best of both worlds —
knowledge of fire behavior and characteristics on the part of fire department
personnel and expertise in investigative
techniques on the part of law enforcement personnel. The merger also eliminates or reduces misunderstandings
between the two services.
For whatever reasons, the number of
incendiary/suspicious fires decreased
from 160,000 in 1978 to 148,500 in 1979
and 146,000 in 1980. The number rose
again in 1981 to 154,000. Signs seem to
point to a leveling off, at least, of incendiary/suspicious fires in the United States.
Despite this, the battle against arson
must continue. Every group — fire services, law enforcement, the insurance
industry, and private sector organizations — must keep unrelenting pressure
on the arsonists.

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By Timothy G. O'Rourke

Voter Registration, Turnout in Virginia
During the past 25 years voter turnout in Virginia generally has risen both
in absolute terms and relative to the national average.
In the 1960 presidential election
when 64 percent of voting-age Americans cast ballots only 34.4 percent of
Virginia's eligible electorate voted. In
1980, 52.6 percent of the American
electorate voted for president while
47.6 percent of eligible Virginians
voted. National turnout in presidential
elections from 1960 to 1980 consistently declined from election to election,
but voter turnout in Virginia rose from
1960 to 1968 when 52.6 percent of eligible Virginians voted, dipped in 1972
when 44.7 percent voted and rose in
each presidential election thereafter.
This same portrait of declining national turnout and increasing Virginia
turnout applies to voting in off-year
congressional elections. In the 1962
congressional elections 46.7 percent of
eligible Americans turned out while 19.3
percent of eligible Virginians voted. In
1982, 38.1 percent of Americans voted
versus 32.7 percent of Virginians. T h e
modern high point for Virginia, however,
was actually in 1970 when 33.7 percent
of the electorate voted.
Obviously, the voting habits and the
composition of the American electorate
have changed during the last quarter
century. Extending voting rights to 18to 20-year-olds contributed significantly
to the decline in voter turnout at the national level. Turnout among this group
is the lowest of any age category. In
1980, 35.7 percent of those in the 18to 20-year-old category voted. In contrast 69.3 percent of those age 45 to 64
voted.
Introducing the vote to 18-year-olds
undoubtedly affected turnout in Virginia
also and may have contributed to the
drop in turnout from the 1968 to the
1972 election. However, a variety of
other factors have enhanced turnout in
Virginia. These include eliminating the
poll tax in the mid-1960s, eliminating
the literacy test (mandated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965) and the emergence of a viable two-party system. In
addition, voting is closely tied to income
and education, and it is possible that
economic growth and substantial inmigratioh in recent decades have produced a more affluent, better-educated

electorate that turns out in greater
numbers.
if voter turnout in Virginia relative to
the country a s a whole is improving,
the portrait of voter participation in Virginia is by no means entirely positive.
In the 1980 presidential election only
seven states had a lower voter turnout
than Virginia. Interestingly, in that year
Virginia ranked only third among states
in terms of the percentage of registered
voters who turned out. The state's low
ranking in terms of turnout of eligible
voters is accounted for by the fact that
in 1980 Virginia ranked in the bottom
five states in terms of the percentage of
voting-age persons registered.
The American Civil Liberties Union of
Virginia charges that the state's registration provisions "are among the most
restrictive in the nation." For the past
year the Governor's Commission to Increase Voter Registration, chaired by
Lt. Gov. Richard J . Davis, has been
looking at the registration process in
Virginia. The commission's final report
is due Dec. 1, 1984. In a recently published study, "Voter Registration Practices in Virginia — the Crazy Quilt," the
Virginia A C L U reports the results of a
survey of all 136 local registrars and
concludes that there is excessive variation among local registration practices
and "no real incentive to encourage
registration."
Among the patterns that the A C L U
finds troubling are that the "majority of
registration offices in Virginia's counties
and cities are open fewer than five
days a week," that 97 percent of registrars do not have regularly scheduled
hours after 5 p.m. and that 92 percent
do not have regular hours on Saturday.
The report is particularly critical of
interlocal variation in the willingness of
registrars to conduct satellite registration at places other than the regular
office, to appoint deputy registrars and
to accommodate requests from special
groups interested in sponsoring registration efforts. The report goes on to
suggest that variation in local practices
cannot be readily explained by such
factors a s population or region.
Mandatory use of satellite registration
and deputy registrars and shortening
from 30 days to 14 days the period of
time before an election during which
registration is not permitted are called

for by the report. It also endorses some
form of mail registration and allowing
state, local and national employees to
register voters. This would permit, for
instance, citizens registering to vote
when they register their automobiles.
Both reforms would require changes in
Virginia's Constitution.
The A C L U report provides a useful
compendium of local registration practices across the state. It does not convincingly demonstrate, however, that
the variation in local rules has an important impact on overall registration
rates across localities. The report also
understates the influence of military,
student and other transient populations
in depressing voter registration rates in
a number of Virginia localities.
Despite a great deal of recent research on voter turnout in the United
States, the subject remains shrouded in
mystery. A s is well-known, the United
States trails most other western democracies in voter turnout for national elections. In turn, this country is almost
unique in the degree of citizen initiative
required to become registered. In view
of this, it is surprising that the national
registration rate underwent little change
between 1974 and 1982 even though
generally the states substantially liberalized registration procedures. The
A C L U report, for instance, notes that
Texas, Tennessee and West Virginia
use mail registration. While all three
states had a higher registration rate
than Virginia in 1980, Texas had a
lower turnout rate (44.9 percent) and
Tennessee had only a slightly higher
turnout (48.9 percent). West Virginia's
turnout was 52.9 percent. A s already
mentioned, Virginia's turnout was 47.6
percent.
Thus, even substantial registration reforms such a s postcard registration
might have little practical impact on
election-day turnout in Virginia. While
some might see this a s an argument
that such reform is ineffective, others
might suggest instead that there is little
justification for opposing more permissive registration on the grounds that
it would dramatically change the face of
Virginia politics.

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Editorial Assistant
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Advertising Assistant
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November 1984

Number 11

VML President
Lawrence A. Davies

Officers
Samuel W. Adams III
Robert T. Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Noel C. Taylor

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Meet the President

New VML President Sees No
Conflict in Roles as Minister,
Mayor

Executive Committee
J . Willard Lineweaver
Jack D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Sidney M. Oman
William R. Hartz
M. Stewart Koethcke
Charles A. Robinson Jr.

By Christy Everson

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Gov. Robb Gives Views on Education . . . 8

Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx
On the Cover

The 79th VML Annual Conference
truly offered something for everyone. As
shown on our cover, a reporter from
WTVR Channel 6 interviews former
VML President Charles A. Robinson Jr.,
a host of meetings were held with some
geared toward towns and others toward
cities and counties, and as with all conferences there was an abundance of
delicious food. A full report on the conference appears in this issue of Virginia
Town &amp; City.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It is published monthly at 311 Ironfrents, 1011
East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206. All
contents,
copyright
1984 by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction
or
use of contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal
League
and if granted must be
accompanied
by credit to VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia Municipal
League.
Second-class
postage paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $8
per year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster: Send address changes to
VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753, Richmond 23206

The Conference in Review
NLC President Conveys Enthusiasm
for Local Government

8

Friddell Stresses Importance of
Education

9

League Elects Officers for 1984-85

10

Eva Teig Speaks to Women in
Local Government

10

Seven Localities Honored
for Achievements

11

League Sets Legislative Program

14

17

Marketplace

19

Professional Directory

23

Legal Guidelines

Public Protection from Fraudulent
Solicitations
By Howard W. Dobbins

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sponsored the ad on the facing page.

People

Anderson &amp; Associates, Inc.
Blacksburg, Virginia
Austin Brockenbrough &amp; Associates
Chester, Virginia

Councils Change
Harrisonburg Council Member
James C. Cisney has resigned from his
council seat because of his health. Cisney, 53, underwent coronary bypass
surgery in 1980 and again recently. He
has s e r v e d six y e a r s on the Harrisonburg council.
D r . C h a r l e s L. S h a n k , a Harrisonburg dentist, was named to serve
the nearly two years that remain of Cisney's term. In May, Dr. Shank finished
fourth in a race for three council seats
held by incumbents.
In Staunton, Desmond C. Wray Jr.
has been appointed by council to succeed Benham Black as that city's attorney. Black has resigned but will cont i n u e as s p e c i a l c o u n s e l for c o n solidation and annexation matters.

Vienna Employee
Receives Award
J o h n W o o d e n , athletic recreation
coordinator for the Vienna Parks and
Recreation Department, has received
the Outstanding Youth Sports Leader
Award sponsored by the National Youth
Sports Coaches Association and the
National Recreation and Parks Association. He is one of 15 people in the
country to receive the award.
W o o d e n , an employee of Vienna
since 1974, has worked for the past two
years to guide and assist area youth
sports organizations in establishing a
training and certification program for
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Appoints di Zerega
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has appointed J o h n W. di Zerega of Oakton director of the county's
Department of Public Works.
Di Zerega, who was director of the
Department of Public Works' Office of
Capital Facilities since 1976, is a civil
engineering graduate of Catholic University, Washington, DC. From 1974 to
1976, he was assistant to the director of
the Department of Public Works, and
from 1973 to 1974 he was a team leader

in the county's Office of Management
and Budget. Prior to that he was deputy
director of the Department of Public
Works' Division of Solid Waste and held
several engineering-related positions
with Mobil Oil Corp. His starting salary is
$70,109 annually.

The CEGG Partnership
Virginia Beach, Virginia
CEK, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Clean Water Engineers, Inc.
Fincastle, Virginia
The DeYoung-Johnson Group, Inc.
Williamsburg, Virginia

Recent Deaths

Guy &amp; Davis, Consulting Engineers
Burke, Virginia

E l m e r M. Cox, 58, a former vice
mayor of Vinton, has died of lung cancer. Cox served on Vinton Town Council
from 1974 to 1978 and was vice mayor
from 1976 to 1978. Cox was also Virginia's "Realtor of the Year" in 1976.
Fielding L. Williams, former city of
Richmond council member, has died at
the age of 78. Williams was a senior
partner in the Richmond law firm of Williams, Mullen and Christian and was
elected president of the Richmond Bar
Association in 1966. He also served on
the board of the Historic Richmond
Foundation and was chairman of the
Greater Richmond Community Foundation from 1969 through 1978. He
served on council from 1946 to 1948,
and he was also a member of the Virginia Commission of the Visually Handicapped.

Harris, Norman &amp; Giles
Richmond, Virginia

Richlands Hires
New Manager
R. Coleman Brittle has been named
town manager of Richlands. He previously served as town manager of
Wakefield. Brittle holds a degree in
economics from VPI &amp; SU and is a
member of the Virginia Municipal Clerks
Association and the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. He serves on
the executive committee of the Municipal Electric Power Association of
Virginia, a VML affiliate organization.

S e n d your " p e o p l e n e w s "
to V i r g i n i a T o w n &amp; City,
P.O. Box 753, Richmond,
VA 23206.

Hayes, Seay, Mattern &amp; Mattern
Roanoke, Virginia
Hoggard-Eure Associates
Portsmouth, Virginia
Mattern &amp; Craig Consulting Engineers
Roanoke, Virginia
Roache, Mercer &amp; Faison, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Rollins &amp; Associates, P.C.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
R. Stuart Royer &amp; Associates, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
R. L. Sutherland, Jr.,
Geotechnical Engineer
Abingdon, Virginia
Mathew J. Thompson, III,
Consulting Engineer, Inc.
Newport News, Virginia
Thompson &amp; Litton, Inc.
Wise, Virginia
Vansant &amp; Gusler, Inc.
Norfolk, Virginia
VVKR, Incorporated
Alexandria, Virginia
Richard L. Williams,
Consulting Engineer, Inc.
Roanoke, Virginia

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total lifetime c o s t of constructing, maintaining
and operating the average project.
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�Meet the President

New VML President Sees No Conflict
in Roles as Minister, Mayor
By Christy

Everson

Lawrence Davies, on the surface his
life appears to have been a s smooth as
his voice. He went from Houston to
Washington, into the ministry and a
church in Fredericksburg and into the
mayor's office. But on closer listening,
one hears careful deliberation in his
voice and feels, "This man is determined. He perserveres."
True, there has been a consistency in
his life, just as there is a consistency in
his voice. But with thought, one realizes
that it has not been an easy waltz into his
position. After all, he is black, and he is
the first black mayor of Fredericksburg.
Davies was born in Houston, T X , in a
house where his grandparents lived and
which his family still owns. His father
was in the poultry business, but died
when Davies w a s only 12. Graduating
from high school at the early age of 14,
Davies says he "held his own." He attended Prairie View College, a nearby
agricultural and mechanical school,
graduated with a degree in biology and
went on to attend pre-med school at
Howard University in Washington, D C .
His transition to Washington w a s not
too difficult. When first there, he lived
with his godmother and her husband.
Dr. Earl Harrison, a man who w a s to
influence the rest of Davies' life. Dr.
Harrison w a s a baptist minister, and
even though Davies w a s Methodist and
attending a Presbyterian school, it w a s
his exposure to this man that drew him
into the Baptist ministry.
When he first began to think of going
into the ministry, D a v i e s joined the
Army. He wanted to give himself time to
make sure, but s a y s he really had already made up his mind. In fact, he left
the service two months early to go back
to Howard University for his degree in
divinity. He was 22 at the time, and s a y s
today this is "definitely" what he w a s
"born to do."
It w a s through attending Dr. Harrison's church that he met his wife,
Janice. They married while he was in the
service.
"I w a s making decisions about my life
and my future, and I wanted her to be my
partner in life.
"Fortunately," he says, "she agreed
to give it a try."
After Howard, there w a s Wesley Theological Seminary at American University. He received his master's of sacred

Lawrence Davies, with his wife Janice
annual VML Conference
banquet.

by his side, receives

theology and took the position of a s sistant pastor and director of religious
education at Shiloh Baptist Church in
Washington, D C .
In 1962, he became pastor of the Old
Site Shiloh Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, the mother church of the one in
Washington.
Soon he was asked to be president of
the P T A . T h e schools were segregated
at the time, and the blacks felt their
school w a s getting shortchanged. They
were inheriting the white school's disc a r d e d equipment while the white
school got new equipment. Also, the
schools' curriculums were different. T h e
school board said it could not provide
the blacks with the same curriculum being taught in the white schools because
of the lower enrollment. T h e black
community decided they needed direct
representation on the school board and
then later decided they wanted direct
representation on city council also. In
1964, the first effort of a black to run for
council failed, but in 1966, Lawrence
Davies ran and won. It w a s a tough race,
he says. He won the 13th seat on a

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foilowing

the

13-member council. It w a s the sixties;
he w a s the first black on council.
He served on council 10 years and
then, in 1976, ran for mayor and won.
He sees his 10 years on council as
very productive.
"We moved toward getting the needs
and problems of the black community
addressed in acceptable ways. We had
blacks appointed to decision-making
positions, achieved the opportunity to
provide input into the decision-making
process and made strides in getting our
needs addressed."
Davies s e e s his work on council a s an
extension of his work a s a minister. He is
serving the people of the community,
improving the quality of life, and making
the community a better place to live. As
a minister, his time and interest is in the
community; a s a council member, the
same is true.
His only conflict in the two positions is
time.
Asked how he handles that, Davies
laughs and says, " T h e best I c a n . "
Davies does not maintain scheduled
office hours at either job. He gives his
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Opening Session

Gov. Robb Gives Views on Education

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The 79th Annual VML Conference
opened with a colorful flourish provided
by the Marshall Walker High School
Marching Band, the welcome of Richmond's Mayor Roy A. West and the
address of Gov. Charles S. Robb.
Robb spoke on an issue of foremost
concern to VML, education in the commonwealth, indicating his familiarity with
the league's legislative agenda. Although Robb is in favor of improving the
state's educational system, he is in favor
of doing so without a tax increase, a
position at odds with the league's legislative goal of a 1 percent statewide increase in the sales tax in order to fund
education. Robb did, however, indicate
the possibility of earmarking the state's
reserve fund as an "oral commitment" to
funding education.
"I believe that education is an economic necessity," said Robb.
"We cannot afford to lose sight of the
moral and economic necessities of
maintaining a quality education in the
United States and the commonwealth.
We owe it to our young people of today
to prepare them for the hazards of
tomorrow's post-technological society."
He noted the increased burden in
recent years on local governments to
maintain and manage public education
and said that federal mandates and the
r e c e s s i o n had m a d e the s i t u a t i o n
worse, but he also noted the longs t a n d i n g c o m m i t m e n t of the c o m monwealth dating back to Thomas Jefferson to provide for the education of its
citizens.
"This commitment needs to be reaffirmed in a period of economic uncertainty and change," he said.
Addressing the theme of the place of
education in the economic development
of the commonwealth, the governor
said, "Our current task is not just to
increase s p e n d i n g but to increase
spending on those programs which are
most essential and to do so if at all
possible without resorting to a general
tax increase.
"Fiscal policy is the singularly most
important variable in the state's competitiveness. Tax rates can be thought
of as the price the state charges an
individual or corporation to locate within
its borders.
"We cannot let it become a question

of which comes first — education or
economic development. Our job is to
strengthen education and at the same
time keep Virginia a low tax state."
He cited some of the recent developments in education within the state and
indicated that by 1966 Virginia should
rank 26th nationally in average teacher
salaries, an improvement from its 34th
position in 1982.
"The single most important change in
our approach to public education," said

Robb, "is the newly-strengthened high
school diploma.
"The new diploma will send a signal to
educators and businessmen across the
U.S. that the commonwealth is strongly
committed to education of the widest
possible mainstream of its students.
The increased requirements in math
and science will particularly aid in preparing our students for the workforce of
the 1980s and 90s.
"We need to raise our level of investment in education and at the same time
raise our level of what we will accept
from education. If we expect more and
are willing to pay for it, education in the
commonwealth will increase in excellence."
Robb said that improvements in education including teacher salaries and
additional state resources for localities
will remain his highest priorities.
He indicated that two appropriations
he will propose to the 1985 General
Assembly will be a second year salary
adjustment for state employees and a
continued revenue reserve as protection against economic uncertainty,
but that "if the economy's strength continues we should earmark the reserve
as an oral commitment to increase funding of the state formula for public education in the 1986-88 biennium."

NLC President

Enthusiasm for his work and a love of
cities pervaded Mayor George Latimer's
address to the luncheon crowd gathered
at the John Marshall in Richmond on the
final day of the VML Conference. Latimer, who is mayor of St. Paul, MN, and
president of the National League of
Cities, had spent his morning touring
Richmond and walking through the Capitol grounds. He pointed out that the
most striking, most prominent building in
the area, even more so than the Capitol,
appeared to be the old city hall.
"It seems to me our founding fathers
knew s o m e t h i n g about w h e r e city
government ought to be in our team of
f e d e r a l - s t a t e - l o c a l r e l a t i o n s , " he
quipped.
Latimer, who serves as the national
spokesman on municipal policy for the
leadership of the 15,000 member cities

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of NLC, gave a report on the national
association's activities. He spoke specifically on the recent strides made in the
areas of cable television and antitrust
legislation and urged members to become interested in revenue bond legislation for the future.
Latimer humorously brought home
the seriousness and significance of the
passage of antitrust legislation when he
said he would probably have to "borrow
a little from his relatives" if he was found
personally liable for $28.5 million as
each council member had been in the
Grayslake antitrust case recently decided in Illinois.
"We do make a difference," he said,
pointing out that NLC has played a key
role in cable TV negotiations for the past
two years and that the Virginia Municipal
League was one of the leaders in lobby-

�The Conference in Review

Friddell S t r e s s e s Importance of E d u c a t i o n
Guy Friddell, columnist with the Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star known for his
"love affair" with the commonwealth,
commanded a hushed audience with his
imagery as he led the group on a scenic
and historic verbal tour of the state.
Friddell spoke at the banquet on the
final evening of the league's 79th annual
conference. He voiced his views on education, speaking strongly in favor of
increased funding for education. Excerpts of his speech follow.

Virginia, Jefferson's
country,
where
the idea [of public
education]
was
born, stands
in the bottom
fifth of
what
we spend
on educating
our
children.
That's
our future,
right
there. And it always
comes
last; it
always
comes
behind
highways.
In
the Depression,
schools
were
closed
but we had some of the finest roads in
the country. Education
always
comes
after roads in
Virginia.
We're
behind.
Roughly
we are
where we were back in the 1930s. We
talk about
education,
but we
don't
exert ourselves.
We can't survive
in
this time, our children
can't,
without
an education.
It's our greatest
resource.
There is no end to what you
can do with the mind of a child, and
there is no end to the tragedy
of a
child who is left uneducated
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S o many don't finish school.
They
come
out uneducated;
they
can't
read, but they are Americans.
It's a
free enterprise;
they want their
piece
of the pie. So many of them turn to
crime.
Go into any of the
juvenile
courts in our big cities; you'll find the
victims,
the culprits.
In every
instance
that I've seen they are functional
illiterates. We leave them at the mercy of
this modern
world. That's where
our
duty lies; that's
where
this
nation's
duty
lies.
My high
school
science
teacher
told me that the greatest
boost
in
education
in his lifetime
came
about
because
of the launching
of
Sputnik.
For five years we could
get all the
money
we needed
to educate
scientists. That was when we
experienced
a great
lead in our education.
It's
those scientists
today who are building our missiles.
But where
are the
scientists
of the future?
'Star
Wars'
cost a trillion
dollars,
but what are
you going to spend on educating
the
scientists
of tomorrow?
...
The federal
government
ought
to
have a mass infusion
of funds to the
localities.
They don't have to give it to
specific
programs.
The
federal
government
ought
to give
block
grants
to the localities
and say, 'you
spend it as you will to improve
your
schools.'
That's the great need.
That's

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where the money should
go. Not just
to scientists,
but to poets,
philosophers,
everybody.
You can't
lose
putting
money
into
education.
There's our task.
Friddell praised local government
officials saying, "There is no harder job
than being on a town council or board of
supervisors." He encouraged more men
and women who survive the local level
to work in the General Assembly and
"not forget those of us in the trenches."

Government
ing for passage of antitrust legislation.
He urged those present to look at new
and different ways of delivering services.
"Our communities can become more
self-reliant; we can learn how to do
things better," he added.
"The beauty of the variety of our cities
is that we can create our own agenda.
We can determine how to treat our own
infrastructure. We can determine how to
better recycle our own energy and resources . . . . There is so much we can
do locally; that is really the excitement of
local government."
Latimer closed by quoting Athenian
public policy: "We pledge that we will
transmit the city that we love not only as
good as, but greater than, more just and
more beautiful than it has been transmitted to us."

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VML members unanimously elected
the slate of 1984-85 officers presented
at the business session during the 79th
Annual VML Conference, Sept. 30-Oct.
2, in Richmond.
Lawrence A. Davies will serve as the
league's 1984-85 president. Davies is
mayor of Fredericksburg and was first
elected to the VML executive committee
in 1979. He has moved up through the
offices and served as the league's first
vice president last year. Davies is pastor
of the Old Site Shiloh Baptist Church,
and he and his wife, Janice, are the
parents of three daughters, Lauren, Ka­
ren and Sharron.
Samuel W. Adams Ill will serve as
first vice president. Adams sits on coun­
cil in Emporia and was first elected to the
VML executive committee in 1980. He
served as fourth vice president last year
but was appointed second vice presi­
dent following the May elections and
subsequent changes in the executive
committee. Adams is a native of Mor­
ristown, TN, but attended public school
in Martinsville where he graduated from
high school. He is a graduate of
Randolph-Macon College and holds a
degree in political science. Adams
works as vice president and area man­
ager of Central Fidelity Bank. He and his
wife, Barbara, have two young sons.
VML's new second vice president is
Robert T. Williams, city manager of
Newport News. Williams was first
elected to the executive committee in
1981 and was appointed third vice
president in July 1984. Williams is
former city manager of Portsmouth and
previously worked as that city's as­
sistant city manager for finance and staff
services, finance director/budget offi­
cer, assistant director of finance and
auxiliary services and director of data
processing. He is a graduate of the Uni­
versity of Virginia, and he and his wife,
Ann, have one daughter, Cynthia, who
is in the dental hygiene program at Old
Dominion University.
Martha V. Pennino moved up the
league ladder from fourth vice president
to third vice president. Pennino is vice
chair and Centreville district supervisor
on the Fairfax County Board of Super­
visors. She was elected to the executive
committee as vice chair of the Urban
Section in 1981 and assumed the chair­
manship in 1982. Pennino is also on the
boards of the Virginia Association of
Counties and the Metropolitan Wash­
ington Council of Governments. She
serves nationally on the Environment
and Energy Steering Committee of the

National Association of Counties and on
the Finance, Administration and Inter­
governmental Relations Policy Com­
mittee of the National League of Cities.
She also serves as a commissioner of
the Northern Virginia Planning District
Commission. Pennino and her hus­
band, Walter, have four grown children.
Noel C. Taylor was elected VML
fourth vice president. Taylor is mayor of
Roanoke and pastor of the High Street
Baptist Church. He has an extensive
background in both the ministry and as a
public school teacher and principal. A
native of Bedford County, Taylor was
elected to Roanoke City Council in 1970
and became mayor in 1975. He and his
wife, Barbara, have two daughters, Sa­
brina and Deseree.
Elected to serve as at-large members
of the executive committee were Jack
D. Edwards, J. Willard Lineweaver
and Dolores P. Lescure.
Edwards has been a member of the
James City County Board of Super­
visors for 10 years and served as chair­
man of the board for four of those years.
He was elected chairman of the City
Section in 1982 and as such has served
on the executive committee for the past
two years. He is a graduate of Macal­
ester College, Harvard Law School, and
holds a doctorate from Vanderbilt Uni­
versity. He was dean of the faculty of
arts and sciences at the College of Wil­
liam and Mary from 1974-1981 and
1983-84. He returned to the classroom
to teach government in 1981 and has
just recently been appointed chairman
of the department.
J. Willard Lineweaver is mayor of
Warrenton, a position he has held since
1974. He has been active in VML having
served on the nominations committee,
the time and place committee, the public
safety policy committee and the Joint
Legislative Audit and Review Advisory
Committee. He currently serves on the
legislative committee. Lineweaver also
served on the Governor's Advisory
Council for 5 1/2 years under Govs.
Godwin and Dalton. He has been mar­
ried 41 years and has three daughters
and seven grandchildren.
Dolores Lescure was elected in May
to her second four-year term on Staun­
ton City Council. She is also a former
mayor of Staunton. She served on the
VML legislative committee in 1983 and
1984 and is a current member of the
VML building committee. Last year she
was appointed by Gov. Robb to the
Local Government Advisory Council.
She is a current member of the Finance,

Administration and Intergovernmental
Relations Policy Committee of NLC.
Lescure is retired from a career in re­
porting, public relations and teaching.
Serving on the executive committee
by virtue of their election as section
chairmen are William R. Hartz, town
section chairman; Sidney M. Oman,
urban section chairman; and M. Stew­
art Koetchke, city section chairman.
Hartz is mayor of Waverly. He has
served on the VML legislative com­
mittee since 1981 and on the effective
government policy committee since
1980. Last year, he served on the Joint
Legislative Audit and Review Advisory
Committee and as town section vice
chairman. He was appointed to the ex­
ecutive committee as town section
chairman in July 1984.
Oman serves on Chesapeake City
Council and is a former two-term mayor.
He served as vice chairman of the Ur­
ban Section last year and became
chairman in July 1984 thus also joining
the executive committee. Oman is
senior vice president of Hollomon­
Brown &amp; Snellings Funeral Homes.
Koethcke (pronounced Kur'kee) has
served as a council member in Clifton
Forge for the past 10 years. He is vice
chairman of the Fifth District Employ­
ment Consortium. He has served as
vice chairman of the City Section for the
past two years. He is a retired super­
visor for CSX and previously served on
the VML transportation policy com­
mittee. He and his wife, Catherine, have
a son and two granddaughters.
Immediate Past President Charles A.
Robinson Jr. will also serve on the
executive committee.

Eva Teig Speaks to
Virginia's Commissioner of Labor and
Industry Eva S. Teig addressed those
attending the Women in Local Govern­
ment luncheon at the VML Conference.
She encouraged women to help each
other succeed and to look for new
women to encourage to go into the field
of government.
Teig, who has served more than 14
years as a leader in both city and state
government, gave the group several
suggestions on ways to get ahead. She
stressed such things as knowing your
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S e v e n Localities Honored for
P r e s e n t a t i o n of the a n n u a l V M L
Achievement Award was one highlight
of the annual c o n f e r e n c e banquet.
Seven localities were honored with the
t r a d i t i o n a l p y r a m i d t r o p h i e s , with
Blacksburg and Newport News each
receiving two awards.
Loudoun County and Leesburg won
trophies for their joint entry in the category of Effective Government. Suffolk
won the Environmental Quality Achievement Award. In the category of Public
Safety, Newport News, Blacksburg and
Wise all took home trophies. Newport
News took home a second trophy in the
c a t e g o r y of H u m a n D e v e l o p m e n t .
Blacksburg also took home a second
trophy for development of its public
transit system, and Norfolk received an
achievement award in the category of
Community Development.
Holding their achievement award trophies are (i to r) Suffolk Mayor Andrew Damiani, Loudoun
County Board of Supervisors
Vice Chairman Frank Raflo, Wise Mayor Glenn Craft, Norfolk
Mayor Joseph A. Leafe, Leesburg
Mayor Robert E. Sevila, Blacksburg Mayor Roger E.
Hedgepeth, and Newport News Mayor Joseph C. Ritchie.

Carder

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J e a n e t t e C a r d e r of Culpeper h a s
been s e l e c t e d to receive the 1984
Baumes Scholarship sponsored by the
Virginia Municipal League. S h e is a
1983 graduate of the University of Virginia with a double major in government
and history. S h e is currently in her first
semester of graduate school at the university and expects to receive her master's degree in public administration in
December 1985.
Prior to entering graduate school,
Carder worked for the American Public
Transit Association. Currently, she is
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Scholarship
ment where she is assisting in management and manpower studies, budgeting and other management related
duties.
"I have always found government interesting and wanted to work where I
could s e e results, what's going on and
how it affects the day to day lives of the
general public," says Carder.
T h e B a u m e s S c h o l a r s h i p in the
amount of $1,000 is given annually by
the Virginia Municipal League in honor
of Harold I. Baumes who served as executive director of the league from 1941
to 1973.
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Women in Local Government
munlcation skills and the importance of
follow-up.
Teig w a s born In Egypt and immigrated to the United States with her
family when she w a s 13 years old. S h e
holds a bachelor's degree in political
science and a master's degree from the
A m e r i c a n U n i v e r s i t y ' s S c h o o l of
Government and Public Administration.
S h e has worked for the city of Portsmouth in s e v e r a l key positions including a s director of economic analysis
and information and a s director of management and legislative services. In

1 9 8 1 , Lt. Gov. Richard J . Davis appointed Teig as his executive assistant,
and in October 1983 she w a s appointed
by Gov. Robb a s Viriginia's new commissioner of labor and industry.
Elizabeth K. Bowles, council member,
Roanoke, presided over the luncheon
meeting. Women in government positions who wish to be included on the
Women in Local Government mailing
list should submit their names and mailing addresses to Christy Everson, VML,
P.O. Box 753, Richmond, VA 23206.

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VML's
new
president, spo/ce at ttie
annual
banquet.

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VML Deputy Director Clay Wirt explains a change in the
legislative program during the legislative committee
meeting
while Ellen Posivach of the league and committee
chairman
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during
the Town Section meeting. Above (l-r), Robert Hall picked up a certificate for Arlie
Payne of Gordonsville. Ronald Spiggle of Appomattox, Charles Robinson of Vienna,
Carl Stark of Wytheville and Raymond Ratcliffe of Pulaski also received certificates of
appreciation. Not pictured, but also honored with a certificate, is Anne Crockett Stark
of Wytheville.

Sam Adams, council member from Emporia and member of the VIVIL executive committee, reviews a brochure on the proposed
conference
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League Sets Legislative Program
A major item of business traditionally
taken care of at thie league's annual
conference, other than the election of
officers, is the finalization of the league's
annual policy statement and legislative
program. The league's policy statement
is developed by the league's seven policy committees (community and economic development, education, effective government, environmental quality,
human development, public safety, and
transportation) and must be formally
adopted by vote of the membership.
This statement serves as a guide for the
legislative committee In setting its goals
and objectives and in planning Its program and priorities for the upcoming
session of the General Assembly.
The policy statement Is distributed to
each league member locality as well as
to the state's legislators as a written
statement of the Virginia Municipal

Legislative

League's position on issues of importance to local government. In addition, it
is used by the VML staff and by individual VML members as a guide in their
lobbying efforts.
The league's legislative program, developed In conjunction with the policy
s t a t e m e n t , s e r v e s to set forth the
league's position on specific legislative
issues before the General Assembly. It
also must be adopted by vote of the
membership. As preparation, a preliminary copy of the policy statement
and legislative program were mailed to
the membership prior to the annual conference.
The VML legislative committee,
chaired by Robert G. Jones, council
member, Virginia Beach, met Sunday,
Sept. 30, the first day of the annual
conference. Its task was to finalize the
legislative program for presentation to

Overview

Top Priorify Items Supported by VML
- Full Funding for the State's Share of Basic Aid and for State Mandated
Programs in Primary and Secondary Education. VML supports an additional 1 percent statewide sales tax increase, returned to localities, to support the
state's share of public education costs. It is currently estimated that an additional $550 million per biennium is necessary in order for the state to achieve
full funding of its share of costs related to public education.
- State Payments to Local Governments in Lieu of Taxes o n State Owned
Property.
- Continued Full Funding for A n n e x a t i o n Legislation (HB 599).
- Increased Public Health F u n d i n g . The administration has predicated
1985-86 state budget line item funding on anticipated income from "user fee
increase bills" which failed to pass the General Assembly during the 1984
session. Thus, funding for public health for the second year of the biennium has
been reduced by $5.8 million. Unless the budget is amended in the 1985
session, local government stands to lose this amount for community services.
- Rolling Stock Tax. VML supports the return of rolling stock tax collections to
local government. A two year legislative study committee will be making
recommendations on this issue to the 1985 General Assembly. Fiscal impact:
approximately $5 million in aggregate state payments to local governments.
- Highway F u n d i n g . VML supports the recommendations of the JLARC study.
VML strongly supports redistribution of highway construction funds based on
the one-third, one-third, one-third formula.
- Rights of the Disabled. VML has spent a significant amount of time
analyzing and receiving local Input on HB 817. The recently released redraft of
this bill contains a number of modifications which reflect the input of VML. We
are hopeful that this carryover bill will be in a posture which we can support by
the beginning of the 1985 session.

Top Priority Items Opposed by VML

- Limitation o n State Expenditures. VML strongly opposes the passage of
SJR 28 and SB 277, which tie the rate of growth in state appropriations to the
statewide growth rate in personal income.
- Local Ability to Negotiate Telephone Rates. VML is hopeful that carryover
bill SB 239 will be amended to provide localities the authority to negotiate
telephone rates with local telephone companies. Without this amendment,
VML will continue to oppose SB 239 during the 1985 session.

the membership for vote at the business
session. A number of changes were
made to the program in this last prep a r a t o r y m e e t i n g . Most s e r v e d as
"housekeeping" measures, efforts to
make the written language of the program more precise, however, a few significant changes were made.
One major change was made regarding VML's stance on funding education,
which remains VML's first priority. VML
still supports full funding of the actual
Standards of Quality costs as estimated
by the Department of Education and
adds support for "full funding of educational mandates as outlined in the
Joint Legislative Audit and Review
Commission's study of state mandates
on local governments and local financial
resources." VML's position, however,
on the method of funding had been
changed from "support of an additional
1 percent statewide sales tax to be returned to localities based on school-age
population" to "support of an additional
1 percent statewide sales tax returned
to localities for the support of education." The changed wording gives the
General Assembly flexibility as to how to
distribute the funds as opposed to limiting distribution to being "based on
school-age population."
A m o n g other state aid priorities,
"maintaining reimbursements for social
services" has been added. VML Director of Research Ellen Posivach explained that "the appropriations bill for
1985-86 includes a reduced level of
funding for local welfare administrative
costs, thus the legislative committee
wished to place greater emphasis on
maintaining the level of these funds."
State mandates in the areas of education and social services also are
pointed out as areas of serious fiscal
concern to localities, and the General
Assembly is "strongly" encouraged to
address their local fiscal impact. In addition, in the area of education again,
"VML strongly opposes state mandated
salary increases for instructional personnel without commensurate state
funding" and "any additional restrictions
on local governing bodies in regard to
local school board budgets."
VML continues to urge the General
Assembly to adopt legislation to distribute the rolling stock tax on railroads
and freight car companies to localities,
but again here a change has been made
to allow the General Assembly flexibility
in determining how to distribute funds
and eliminating the restriction of "based

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on the number of miles of railroad lines
within each locality."
In the a r e a of limiting state e x penditures, VML adds, "we oppose the
concept of limiting state expenditures a s
contained in S J R 28 and S B 277, carryover legislation from the 1984 session. It
is believed that the limitation on state
expenditures would have a significant
negative impact on state appropriations
to local government, with the most significant local impact being realized in the
area of state funding for primary and
secondary education."
Under the subject heading of state
and locally owned health facilities, VIVIL
adds support for "the concept contained
in carryover legislation, HB 9 1 1 , from
the 1984 General Assembly. We urge
the General Assembly to address discrepancies in funding between state
and locally owned health facilities and
to appropriate the additional funds necessary in order to address the current
discrepancy."
In other new language, VML urges the
General Assembly to study the fiscal
impact of legislation allowing juvenile
court judges to use short-term community based sentencing to regional or
local juvenile detention homes. Currently, regional or local juvenile detention homes handle only pre-dispositioned juvenile offenders and the Department of Corrections has maintained
that pre- and post-dispositioned juveniles should be segregated. If the General Assembly adopts short-term community based sentencing, localities will
be required to segregate these two
populations and either construct new
facilities or form regional pacts designating s o m e homes for pre-dispositioned youths and others for postdispositioned youths.
In the area of school board member
appointments, the league "believes that
all local governing bodies within the
state should have the authority to directly appoint school board members
and that the term of office for school
board members should be at the pleasure of the local governing body."
Also added: "VML strongly opposes
any legislation which will permit the
State Corporation Commission to regulate rates for utility services furnished to
local governments."
And finally, VML urges the General
Assembly to correct the inequity in legislation r e g a r d i n g the V i r g i n i a S u p plemental Retirement System to allow
employees to withdraw their share upon
leaving employment.
In addition to the adoption of the policy statement and the amended legislative program, two resolutions were
adopted during the business session.

O n e r eques t s that the G e n e r a l A s sembly consider the relationship between counties and towns when enacting legislation. Certain laws, especially in the a r e a s of taxation and
finance, sometimes foster conflict between counties and towns, and the resolution asks the General Assembly to
scrutinize bills for possible sources of
these conflicts and to avoid enactment
of such laws.

The second resolution asks the General Assembly to provide appropriate
relief to communities impacted by the
recent change in railroad assessment
methods used by the state T a x Department. Impacted communities were not
conferred with nor informed regarding
the change in assessment procedures
prior to the change and have had insufficient time to adjust their local budgets for impending revenue losses.

Editorial
Reprinted

from the Virginian-Pilot,

Oct 6, 1984

Sales tax—again
The incurably optimistic Virginia Municipal League has once again proposed
an increase in the 4-cent state sales tax as a
fresh source of funds for education.
The idea is a good one, but, unfortunately, the V M L is whistling in the
dark, just as it was last year when it
proposed the same thing. The chances of
getting the General Assembly and Gov.
Charles S. Robb to increase the tax are
small. Maybe not as small as the chances
that a chemistry major will opt to become
a teacher for $13,000 a year, but pretty
small nevertheless.
The additional penny proposed by the
V M L would help raise these abysmal
entry-level salaries for teachers. The revenue would also put more teachers in the
schools to improve the pupil-pedagogue
ratio a bit.
Virginia's cities can't upgrade public
education without a broader tax base.
Most of them are financially strapped.
This is particularly true after four years of
a Reagan administration committed to a
New Federalism, which has meant, despite claims about returning money to the
government closest to the people, less
money for local government. Real estate
taxes — the traditional source of funds —
are becoming an increasingly burdensome
and controversial way to pay for education. The population is aging; property
taxes are straining the pocketbooks of
middle-class retirees on fixed incomes. A
study by the Joint Legislative Audit and
Review Commission has established that
state funding has not kept up with the costs
of local educational programs.
When the V M L proposed an increase a
year ago, it estimated that the extra levy
would raise more than $500 million over

the two year state budget period. This
would have enabled the state to fully fund
its share of the state Standards of Quality,
which mandate the level of educational
services. But the proposal went nowhere,
even though conditions were more favorable during last winter's General Assembly — when the nation was swept with
concern over the quality of public education — than they will be this winter.
In the 1985 session of the legislature,
conditions will be decidedly unfavorable.
The entire General Assembly will be facing re-election a year from November,
and legislators are not risk-takers, particularly with Governor Robb opposed to
any tax increases.
If the General Assembly is averse to
bumping the sales tax up on a statewide
basis or tinkering with the income tax,
then it could give localities the option to
add another penny to the sales tax on their
own. The current 4 percent tax is actually
3 percent state and I percent local option
already. Why not give the cities and
counties the right to decide whether they
want to boost their local option to two
pennies on the dollar, with the extra revenue going to the schools?
Most politicians run for cover when the
conversation turns to taxes. Local city
council members, however, have nowhere to run. They have to face the problems of teacher salaries and crowded
classrooms directly. The V M L is providing leadership in this state on education
financing because it can't quite shake
loose of its belief that the state and local
governments have a responsibility to ensure an adequate public education for
youngsters. If only more state legislators
felt the same way.

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�League

Offers Study

Once again the Virginia IVIunicipal
League is offering its annual Wallerstein
Scfiolarship in the amount of $5,000 for
use toward a year of research and study
at the University of Virginia's Institute of
Government. Employees or officials of a
Virginia municipality who are interested
in spending a year at the institute are
given preference for the scholarship and
are encouraged to apply.
Other individuals, preferably Virginia
municipal employees or officials, seeking to undertake graduate work at the
university in a field related to municipal
government are also eligible for the
scholarship.
The purpose of the scholarship is to
foster interest and research in Virginia
municipal government. It is hoped, but
not required, that the recipient will reenter Virginia municipal government
service upon completion of his/her studies. Applicants must show promise of
benefiting subtantially from a year at the

Opportunity

university, and a degree applicant must
meet the graduate school's admission
standards. Potential for public service in
Virginia will be a key critehon of the
selection committee.
Applications for the scholarship must
be received by the Institute of Government no later than March 1, 1985 and
may be obtained by writing Dr. Timothy
G. O'Rourke, Institute of Government,
University of Virginia, 207 Minor Hall,
Charlottesville, VA 22903. Applicants
seeking a graduate degree who must
also fulfill the requirements for admission to the graduate school should contact the Dean of the Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences, 438 Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
22903.
T h e a w a r d w i l l be m a d e for a
12-month period beginning anytime the
recipient wishes between June 1, 1985
and September 1 , 1985 and may be
continued for a second year depending

56TH ANNUAL SCHOOL &amp; CONFERENCE
VIRGINIA BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION
December 2-5, 1984
S H E R A T O N - F R E D E R I C K S B U R G INN &amp; C O N F E R E N C E C E N T E R
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2
3:00 p.m.-5;00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.

Registration
Board of Directors Meeting
President's Reception

on the recipient's need and his/her first
year record.
The Wallerstein Scholarship was e s tablished by a gift to the University of
Virginia from Morton L. Wallerstein, the
first executive secretary of the Virginia
Municipal League, and his wife, Ruth. It
is administered jointly by VML and the
Institute of Government.

Martetplaoe
Parks &amp; Recreation Director
Raleigh, NC. (pop. 174,258) City seeks
administrator with extensive mgnt. experience to plan, organize, direct activities
of 230 employees in Parks &amp; Rec. Dept.
Strong exp. in administering comprehensive park and rec. program. Bachelor's degree in recreation, park &amp; recreation admin, or related; prefer graduate
c o u r s e work. Starting s a l a r y :
$33,431-$38,701. Salary range:
$33,431-$49,391. Send resume to Personnel Dept., City of Raleigh, P.O. Box
590, Raleigh, NC 27602. Deadline:
12/14/84. EOE M/F/H.

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�VML Schedules
Regional Meetings

Market Makers

Legislative priorities will be the topic
of discussion during upcoming VML/
VACo regional meetings. You are encouraged to attend any of the regional
meetings. Regional meetings scheduled for December include the following:

and

Dec. 3, 5:30 p.m.
Harrisonburg
Belle Meade
Rt. 11 South at 1-81

Investment Bankers

Dec. 5, 5:30 p.m.
Crewe
Weston's Restaurant
Rt. 460 West of Crewe
Dec. 6, 6:30 p.m.
Manassas
Ramada Inn

Salomon Brothers Inc
Member of Major Securities and Commodities Exchanges
One New Yorl&lt; Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004

Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m.
Abingdon
Martha Washington Inn
Dec. 13, 5:30 p.m.
Roanoke
The Hotel Roanoke
Registration fees are $15 at the
Crewe meeting and $20 at all others.
The meetings will include a social
period, a meal and policy presentations
by VML and VACo. To register call the
VML office at (804) 649-8471.
In addition, VML has scheduled Feb.
7, 1985 for its annual Legislative Day
activities.

Alexandria Unit
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On Oct. 12, Sheriff Michael E. Norris
accepted the Alexandria Correctional
Center's certificate of accreditation from
the American Medical Association. The
certificate recognizes the outstanding
level of medical services provided by the
correctional center.
The accreditation is based on meeting the AMA standards for health services in jails, which address all aspects
of constitutionally guaranteed health
care delivery to inmates and reflect the
level of adult medical care insisted upon
by the courts. The Alexandria Correctional Center is the second local correctional center in Northern Virginia to become certified by the AMA and only one
of a small number so certified throughout the United States.
The accreditation realizes the second
of two major goals established by Norris
when he was elected in 1979: to insure
humane and secure treatment of all
prisoners and to improve the center's
health care delivery system. Norris' first
goal was reached in 1983 with certification of the correctional center by the
Virginia Department of Corrections.

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attention to whatever is most important
at that point in time. This has apparently
been quite successful for him a s he has
been able to accomplish a great deal in
the community in addition to serving a s
mayor and pastor. He is a member and
former president of the Fredericksburg
Area Ministerial Association, a member
and former president of the Fredericksburg Baptist Ministers Conference, a
member of the board of directors and
former president of the Virginia Mental
Health Association, a member of the
board of directors and former president
of the Rappahannock Association for
Retarded Citizens, founder of the Fredericksburg Area Sickle Cell Association,
president of the Rappahannock Citizens
Corp., member and director of the National C o n f e r e n c e of B l a c k Mayors,
member of the National L e a g u e of
Cities' Small Cities Advisory Council,
member of the Governor's Commission
on Block Grants, member of the board of
directors of the National Kidney Foundation of Virginia, co-chairman with his
wife of the T a s k Force on Minorities and
Cancer in Virginia . . . and the list goes
on.
His accomplishments: In terms of service to the black community, he s e e s it

as involving the black community in the
decision-making process by making
certain they are well represented and a
part of the mainstream. In terms of the
total community, he s a y s it has to do
with the fact of trying times in terms of
the economy.
During the recent recession, a mall
w a s built outside the city drawing away
stores and resulting in a financial shortfall for the city. Cutbacks in federal and
state funds added to the problem. T h e
city, under his leadership, has intensely
pursued economic development and
tourism. Tourism, he says, is now in fact
the city's number one industry.
In addition, the city a n n e x e d 4 . 5
square miles of Spottsylvania County in
January 1984 and some new commercial development is now taking place.
Economic development and that the city
continues to be able to provide services
are major achievements. In fact, "the
city is in a positive posture at this point."
S o along the way Davies has faced
hardships: racism, a threatening economy, and in his personal life, a daughter,
now 2 7 , who suffered complications
from sickle cell anemia at the young age
of 8.
But Davies' advice to newly-elected
officials is to "appreciate the opportunity
to serve and reap the benefits of office
for the community."

Does he like being mayor? "Sometimes," he replies and laughs again.
"When you find positive results, you
are pleased. But sometimes your efforts
are misunderstood, and sometimes
they do not solidify in the w a y you
hoped. Then," he says, "you don't feel
like continuing. But if you give your best
efforts and you work with the best efforts
of those around you, you can make a
positive contribution."
His goals for the league: "For the year
ahead our concerns have been dictated
by the decisions of the executive committee and the league. W e will develop
our strategic planning program which
will outline our long- and short-term
goals and determine the changes, if
any, that need to be made. In our dealings with the General Assembly, we
have a s our first priority the matter of
education and our attempt to get the
General Assembly to fund its full share."
C o n s i s t e n c y . Determination. Persistence.
And after this coming year? "I will
continue to s e r v e on the executive
committee as immediate past president
and try to support all the l e a g u e ' s
efforts." Consistency. Determination.
Persistence.
And in four years? "Anything could
happen." he laughs. Add a subtle sense
of humor.

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�Membership to Locate Cornerstone Seminars
The Virginia Municipal League has
scheduled five "Cornerstone Seminars," short educational sessions established to help elected officials improve
their effectiveness in carrying out their
legislative and policy-making duties.
These unique seminars are planned on
scheduled dates, but the seminar sites
will be left to the preference of the VML
membership.
Each seminar is designed to be highly
interactive and may include case studies, small group discussions, panel sessions and problem-solving exercises.
The instructors will be university faculty,
and guest speakers will include senior
elected and appointed officials with
considerable experience as well as staff
from VML, the University of Virginia's
Institute of Government and other local
government organizations.
Following is the 1985 schedule:

JANUARY 18
"Controlling the Budget" How to formulate budgets and deal with budget
politics: a short course in fiscal responsibility.
MARCH 22
"Do I Really Have to Fight with the
Staff?" Managing your relations with the

staff and manager or administrator:
evaluation, grievances, getting needed
information, etc.

MAY 17
"The Mess They'll Make When You're
Gone" The uses of strategic planning to
shape the community's future.

JUNE 21
"From Chaos to Order: Getting Individuals to Work Together" Managing
conflict and agreement, running meetings effectively, dealing with different
personalities and styles.
If there is sufficient demand for one of
these seminars in your area, contact Jim
Campbell in the VML Office at (804)
649-8471.

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1. Date of Filing: October, 1984
2. Title of Publication: VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp; CITY
3. Frequency of Publication: Monthly.
4. Location of known office of publication: 1011 East Main Street.
5. Location of headquarters of general business office of publishers:
311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
6. Editor: Christine A. Everson, 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23219.
7. Publisher:
Virginia
Municipal
League, 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East
Main Street, Richmond, Virginia
23219.
8. Owner: Virginia Municipal League
9. Average No. of copies each issue
during preceding 12 months:

Total No. copies printed:
5,045
Mail subscriptions:
3,718
Paid circulation:
3,727
Free distribution:
669
Total distribution:
4,396
Office use, etc.:
649
Total
5,045
10. Single issue nearest to filing date:
Total No. copies printed:
5,000
Mail subscriptions:
3,599
Counter sales:
100
Paid circulation:
3,699
Free distribution:
660
Total distribution:
4,359
Office, use, etc.:
641
Total:
5,000
I certify that the statements made by
me are correct and complete. Christine
A. Everson, Editor

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�Legal Guidelines

By Howard W. Dobbins,
VML General Counsel

Public Protection from Fraudulent Solicitations
Contributions for the support of charitable organizations have become a part
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solicited for a contribution either through
the mail, by telephone or in person. Although solicitation is essential for the
support of worthy charities, instances
occur fairly often where the "charitable
solicitation" is a vehicle principally or
solely for the benefit of the solicitors.
In an effort to protect the public from
fraudulent solicitation and the acts of
unscrupulous solicitors, state and local
legislative bodies have enacted statutes
and ordinances with varying provisions.
Virginia h a s regulated solicitation of
contributions s i n c e 1 9 7 4 , requiring
charitable organizations which solicit or
obtain contributions solicited from the
public to register with the state commissioner of agriculture and consumer
services. T h e Virginia statute is concerned primarily with disclosure and
designed to inhibit false representation
by the solicitors. (Virginia Code §57-48,
ef seq.)
Other legislative bodies h a v e attempted to provide greater protection
than mere registration and disclosure.
One municipality in Illinois adopted an
ordinance prohibiting the solicitation of
contributions by a charitable organization that did not use at least 75 percent of its proceeds for "charitable purposes." This ordinance w a s held invalid
by the United States Supreme Court in
Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens For
Better Environment,
4 4 4 U . S . 620
(1980) a s overboard and in violation of
the First and Fourteenth amendments of
the U.S. Constitution.
More recently, in Maryland v. Joseph
H. Munson Co. Inc., 52 LW 4875 (June
26, 1984), the United States Supreme
Court considered the validity of a 1982
Maryland statute which prohibited charitable organizations from paying or
agreeing to pay fundraising expenses of
more than 25 percent of the total gross
income derived from the fundraising activity. T h i s statute differed from the
Schaumburg ordinance in that the secretary of state was authorized to issue
rules which would permit payment of
more than 25 percent of the gross income to fundraisers in instances where
the limitation would prevent the organi-

zation from raising contributions.
J o s e p h H. Munson C o . , a professional fundraiser with charitable customers in Maryland, brought suit for declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent
enforcement of the statute. Munson regularly charged in e x c e s s of 25 percent of
the gross raised and contended in its
complaint that the statute unconstitutionally infringed on its right to free
speech and assembly under the First
and Fourteenth amendments. After the
c a s e worked its way through the Maryland court system, Maryland's Court of
Appeals rejected the state's contention
that Munson lacked the standing to
sue and concluded that the Supreme
Court's decision in Schaumburg
required it to hold the statute unconstitutional.
T h e United States Supreme Court
granted certiorari and in a five to four
opinion affirmed the Maryland Court.
The majority opinion by Justice Blackmun reinstated the conclusions reached
in Schaumburg:
that charitable solicitations are so intertwined with speech
that they are entitled to the protection of
the First Amendment; that although a
locality has a legitimate interest in protecting the public from fraud, crime and
undue annoyance, those interests could
be served by measures less intrusive
than a direct prohibition on solicitation;
and that there is no necessary connection between fraud and high solicitation and administrative costs. The
question before the court in Munson not
answered in Schaumburg was whether
constitutional deficiencies in a percentage limitation on funds expended in
solicitation are remedied by the possibility of an administrative waiver of the
limitation for a charitable to demonstrate
financial necessity a s provided in the
Maryland law.
Although the certiorari had been denied in National Foundation
v. Fort
Worth, 415 F. 2d 41 (C.A. 5 1969), 396
U.S. 1040 (1970), wherein the circuit
court upheld an ordinance which permitted a charity to demonstrate that its
solicitation costs though high nevertheless were reasonable, the majority
concluded in Munson that the Maryland
waiver provision did not save the statute
because the exemption was available
only for financial necessity and not to

organizations whose high costs were
due to information dissemination, discussion and advocacy of public issues.
The majority in Munson rejected Maryland's arguments that Munson lacked
standing because the statute regulated
charities and not fundraisers and that
b e c a u s e of the waiver provision the
statute w a s not "substantially overboard," that is, despite some impermissible application the statute covered
a core of easily identifiable and constitutionally prescribable conduct. The court
reasoned that the statute was flawed not
simply because it included within its
sweep some impermissible applications
but because in all of its applications "it
operated on the fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation
c o s t s are an a c c u r a t e m e a s u r e of
fraud."
T h e dissenting opinion of J u s t i c e
Rehnquist joined by Chief Justice Burger and Justices Powell and O'Connor
strongly disagreed with the majority and
expressed the view that Munson was a
fundraiser not a charitable organization
primarily affected by the statute, therefore it lacked standing to challenge the
statute's validity; that the Schaumburg
ordinance was primarily directed at controlling the nature and internal working
of organizations seeking to solicit and
w a s substantially different from the
Maryland law which w a s primarily directed at controlling the external economic relationship between charities
and fundraising; and that there were
o t h e r s p e c i f i c d i f f e r e n c e s in the
Schaumburg ordinance and the Maryland legislation, the latter being more
carefully designed to accommodate protected e x p r e s s i o n by organizations
sponsoring receptions, picnics and
other s o c i a l e v e n t s , permitting deduction of overhead costs from the 25
percent limitation for pro rata allocation
of expenses attributable to fundraising
and those attributable to advocacy.
Notwithstanding the strong dissent of
the conservative members of the court,
it a p p e a r s that the Virginia statute
affords essentially all the protection now
constitutionally permissible against
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p r o t e c t i n g t h e assets of a city,
county, t o w n , or local s c h o o l
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That's w h y t h e Virginia M u n i cipal League, t h r o u g h it's w h o l l y
o w n e d C o r p o r a t i o n , Virginia
M u n i c i p a l Underwriters, Inc. has
developed a n e w c o m p r e h e n sive group insurance program.
The progrann is designed exclusively for local g o v e r n m e n t s
and t h e i r a g e n c i e s w i t h i n t h e
Commonwealth of Virginia. It offers a w i d e range of property,
casualty, boiler and nnachinery
coverages. Included a m o n g t h e
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But if you're in d a n g e r of b e i n g
s w a l l o w e d u p b e c a u s e of rising
costs, i n a d e q u a t e c o v e r a g e or
poor service, t h e V i r g i n i a M u n i cipal Property Casualty Ins u r a n c e P r o g r a m c a n help.
For further information,
please contact:
Margaret A. Nichols
Administrator, Virginia
Municipal Property Casualty
Insurance Program
P.O. Box 753
Richmond, Virginia 23206
(804) 649-8471

�Virginia

Editor
Christine A. Everson
Editorial Assistant
Joni Terry
Advertising Assistant
Mary Ann Cornell
Circulation Manager
Kathy Mclntyre

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Volume 19

December 1984

Number 12

VML President
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s

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S a m u e l W . A d a m s III
R o b e r t T. W i l l i a m s
M a r t h a V. P e n n i n e
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Tips on Lobbying

Officers

By Delegate Franklin P. Hall

Executive Committee
J. Willard Lineweaver
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
D o l o r e s P. L e s c u r e
S i d n e y M. O m a n
W i l l i a m R. H a r t z
M, Stewart Koethcke
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n J r .

D e l e g a t e Hall lists s o m e d o ' s a n d d o n ' t s f o r l o b b y i n g at t h e
General Assembly.

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For y o u r c o n v e n i e n c e , t h e V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l L e a g u e p r e s e n t s
this list of c o m p a n i e s o f f e r i n g p r o d u c t s a n d s e r v i c e s to V i r g i n i a
local g o v e r n m e n t s . T h i s g u i d e w a s c r e a t e d for y o u r c o n t i n u e d
u s e t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r a n d is m e a n t to be r e m o v e d f r o m t h e
magazine.

Executive Director
R. M i c h a e l A m y x

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On the Cover
Alexandria City Manager and sometimes
cartoonist Douglas Harmon gives us some
humorous insights into the recently signed
cable legislation. On page 14, author Nicholas P. Milter gives more serious insights into
the legislation.

Product &amp; Services Guide

Tlie Future: What Virginians Think
By Daniel M. Johnson and J. Sherwood Williams
In a r e c e n t p u b l i c o p i n i o n poll, V i r g i n i a n s r e v e a l e d their perc e p t i o n s of t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s f u t u r e . H e r e , a u t h o r s J o h n s o n
a n d W i l l i a m s f o c u s o n their f i n d i n g s r e l a t e d to public e d u c a t i o n
a n d t h e role of s t a t e g o v e r n m e n t .

14 The Cable Compromise
By Nicholas P. Miller
Miller tells w h a t t h e C a b l e C o m m u n i c a t i o n s P o l i c y A c t of 1 9 8 4
m e a n s to V i r g i n i a local g o v e r n m e n t s .

VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine
of the
Virginia
Municipal
League.
It is published monthly
at 311 Ironfronts,
1011
East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All
contents,
copyright
1984 by the Virginia
Municipal
League.
Any reproduction
or
use of contents
must have prior
approval of the Virginia Municipal
League
and if granted
must be
accompanied
by credit to VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia
Municipal
League.
Second-class
postage
paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription
rates: $8
per year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster:
Send address
changes
to
VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753, Richmond
23206

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Highlights of the Cable Bill

19 Commentary: Education and Economic
Development
By Carol Amato and Ralph Hambrick
" W h a t w e d o n o w to i m p r o v e e d u c a t i o n at all
levels will p a y d i v i d e n d s in t h e e c o n o m i c p r o s p e r i t y
w e c a n e x p e c t to e n j o y in t h e f u t u r e . "

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Roanoke Mayor
Receives Award
Roanoke Mayor and VML Fourth Vice
President Noel C. Taylor recently received the American Spirit Award, a national award presented by the U.S. Air
Force. Only four others in the entire
nation have received this award. The
U.S. Air Force southeastern district
commander presented the award to
Taylor in a recent city council meeting.
The award nomination states that Dr.
Taylor's life "exemplifies the character
of a true American patriot . . . . It is not
the fact that Noel C. Taylor is a minister
or mayor of Roanoke that makes him
what he Is or what he represents. He
uses these positions as two extra arms
to further help the people of Roanoke
and Virginia."

Bedford Appoints
Finance Director
The city of Bedford has appointed
B a r r y W. T h o m p s o n director of f i nance, replacing C. D. Klotz Jr. who

resigned for health reasons. Thompson
was selected from a field of more than
20 applicants. He was formerly a senior
systems representative specializing in
municipal accounts with Burroughs
Corp. He holds a degree in business
administration and management from
Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. He
is marhed and the father of a son.

Norfollc Manager
Makes Appointments
Norfolk City Manager Julian F. Hirst
has advanced the division of data processing to departmental status and appointed Philip W. Cronk, former data
processing manager, director of the new
department. Cronk's responsibility is to
provide cost effective centralized and
distributed data processing support to
city departments and other organizations. The department has 47 employees and a $2,344,307 budget.
Cronk has headed the division of data
processing since January 1983, and he
served as fiscal systems manager for
the city's finance department from 1974
to 1982. Before joining the city, Cronk

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a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis, and obtained a master of
science degree in management-data
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holds the Certified Data Processor
award from the Institute for Certification
of Computer Professionals and has
served as an instructor at the University
of Virginia, Hampton Roads Education
Extension Center and as a consultant
for the University of Virginia.
In another move. Hirst appointed
James A. Waller Jr. purchasing agent
for the city of Norfolk. Waller has 11
years experience as the city's assistant
p u r c h a s i n g a g e n t . In a d d i t i o n , he
worked for Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Co. from 1967 to 1971 in
several capacities including contract
administrator, senior planner and industrial engineer.
Waller holds a bachelor of science in
industrial engineering from North Carolina State University and a master of
business administration from the College of William and Mary. He is a Certified Public Purchasing Officer of the
National Institute of Governmental Purchasing.

Alexandria Fills
Treasurer's Post
The city of Alexandria announced the
appointment of Raymond Kurlander
as its new treasurer. Kurlander was the
top accounting and auditing executive at
the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) for 27
years.
While at CAB he served as director of
the Bureau of Accounts and Statistics,
director of the Bureau of Accounts and
Audits, comptroller, and acting managing director. Kurlander was also designated as the Airline Industry's Chief Accountant and Auditor.
He received the CAB Meritorious Service Award, the highest award given to
its employees, and he received the Association of Government Accountants'
Outstanding Achievement Award for
leadership in financial management.
Kurlander was recognized also by the
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants for his assistance and support in the preparation of the institute's
recent publication. Industry Audit Guide
for Audits of Airlines.

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Tips
on
Lobbi;mg
By Delegate

Franklin

P. Hall

In dealing with the legislature there
are a number of cardinal rules of which
one should be ever mindful.
The first step for anyone planning to
work with the General Assembly is to
examine the body of people with whom
one hopes to work. The Virginia General
Assembly consists of 140 different individuals, each of whom has a different
experience, perspective, style, approach and comprehension of the problems to be confronted. To stop at this
however, would be to miss the mark and
oversimplify the problem.
A second consideration to be scrutinized is the legislator's objective. What
is he trying to accomplish? In addition,
how does he perceive his job? In my
mind there is absolutely no question that
every legislator without exception will do
his best for his district and for the people
of the commonwealth. The difficulty lies
in selecting what is best in the many
situations delegates and senators face.
In all too many instances, legislators
know what they want to do but fail to
comprehend the full ramifications of a
particular piece of legislation. They fail
to understand the import of a bill beyond
its stated purpose and the c o n s e quences beyond the bill's intent. This
kind of concern is what conscientious
legislators worry about. It is at this point
that legislators need the help of what is
known as the professional lobbyist.
Webster defines a lobbyist simply as
a person who influences legislation. He
further suggests that this influence is
perhaps based on something other than
the merits of a particular proposal.
Black's Law Dictionary takes a more

legalistic approach and basically states
that a lobbyist is one who attempts to
influence or persuade members of a
legislative body. Both are simplistic
statements and do not deal with the
substantive attributes of the lobbyist.
I would like to submit to you my own
definition of a good lobbyist and submit
that every good lobbyist should provide
the following functions:
— research and technical assistance
— education
— persuasion
First, in the area of research and
technical assistance any good lobbyist
has a wealth of information regarding
the proposals which interest him. This
may include the cost of a particular proposal, the number of other states that
have considered and/or implemented
such legislation, the implementation experience of those states, the effect of
such a proposal on the public and the
citizen reception to the bill. Also, the
lobbyist can provide an abundance of
information regarding the technical terminology involved in legislation. He or
she can uncomplicate complex verbiage, bringing it down into an everyday
language that is more readily understood by members of the public at large.
A second and equally important function of the good lobbyist is providing
education for the members of the General Assembly. In other words, what
does a particular piece of legislation
really do? Why is it needed? What particular ills will it cure? Who will benefit by
it? How will they benefit by it? A good
lobbyist will be able to advise members

of the General Assembly about the present state of the law and explain how the
proposal will change the law.
The third function of the lobbyist, and
the one most often viewed by the public,
is that of persuasion. In order to persuade, the lobbyist must illustrate the
obvious need for his proposal by way of
examples and support of key people
from a legislator's home district. Note
that the emphasis here is on "key" people, not necessarily on numbers of people.
In addition, a good lobbyist will garner
support from the district and from those
in the industry that is affected by his
proposal. He will show the legislator
how support for his particular bill will
benefit the people back home. Furthermore, the lobbyist will illustrate through
various letters and calls that the people
back home not only need and want this
legislation, but also that the legislation
will bring benefit to the m e m b e r ' s
district.
Research and technical assistance,
education of the membership and persuasion are examples of important lobbying functions, but they are by no
means all inclusive. Rather, they are
suggestions of the kinds of things that
good lobbyists do as they carry out responsibilities to clients and members of
ttie legislature.
Tangible results may begin to appear
as the lobbyist carries out his responsibilities. The following check list of do's
and don'ts can be helpful in obtaining
these results. The list is in no order of
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Do . . .
— tell it like it is, be sincere and don't
pull punches.
— give the member the bad news
along with the good news.
— tell the member about the arguments against the proposal a s well
as those arguments in favor of it.
— complete your homework early. In
other words, take time to educate
the member on a one-on-one
basis before he goes to Richmond.
Don't wait until the session starts
to gather support for your proposal.
— respond if asked. Advise the
member of who the opposition is,
not only in terms of other members, but also which special interest groups are opposed to the proposal.
— determine what committee will
most likely handle the legislation in
question.
— find out who the key members on
that committee are. Determine the
appropriate subcommittee and
identify
those
persons subcommittee members listen to,
whose judgment they trust and the
persons they frequently consult for
advice.
— have the people back home get in
touch with key members of the
committee and advise the members of their support for the proposal.
— make sure if there is going to be a
public hearing that the right witnesses appear on your behalf. B e fore you can determine the right
witnesses, decide what is needed
for the hearing. Is the hearing designed to educate the committee
on the technical aspects of your
proposal? Is it merely to gain support on the committee for the legislation? Is it to counter arguments
that may have been made against
your proposal?
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will hear the bill and who will work
well with its other members.
— work closely with the chief patron
not only in marshalling support for
the proposal, but also in steering it
through the legislative progress.
Now that we have discussed what we
should do, let's turn to a list of "don'ts."
Once again, we are not looking at any
particular order, but rather we are considering some of the things that should
be avoided.

Don't. . .
— wait until the session starts to begin work on your proposal.
— assume that members have read
the material you have mailed
them. Even though you may have
sent a great deal of information, it
is safe to assume that most members haven't had time to fully read
and comprehend all the material
forwarded to them.
— assume that a given member will
be either for you or against you.
T a k e the time to talk with the legislators individually and ask for support. Seek their guidance and hear
their views on the issue.
— wait until the bill is before the
committee to let the members
know the arguments for and
against your proposal. Each member should be familiar with the pro
and con arguments and should be
in a position to ask intelligent questions when the bill comes up for
committee discussion.
— rely on one member to get the
support of another. If he or she
agrees to do so, great. Consider it
icing on the cake, but do not rely
upon a legislator to do your work
for you. A good lobbyist will organize support himself.
— assume that any one approach will
work on all members of the General Assembly. It would be foolhardy to think that all members will
respond to a good letter, a good
summary or even to a good oneon-one approach. It is important
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phone calls from people back at
home, calls from experts in the
area who can answer questions
and briefings on the details of any
technical aspects involved.
— underestimate the value of a good
individually written letter from a
constituent back home. Encourage constituents to explain why
they feel the legislation is positive
and why they are seeking the support of their representative.
— assume that because a bill was
reported out of committee by a
good vote that your worries are
over. There is many a slip between
the cup and the lip and so it is with
legislation. Once the committee
has reported a bill, you should contact key members on the committee who if needed will be prepared to speak in support of the
issue on the floor.
A s you can see, the list of do's and
don'ts can go on and on. This list is in no
w a y c o m p r e h e n s i v e , rather it is intended as a starting point for you in
considering what should and should not
be done in handling a piece of legislation.
Let no one suggest that lobbying is
not an important function of the legislative process. To the contrary, in a state
such a s ours where we have a part-time
citizens' legislature without sufficient
staff or time to delve into the nuances of
all the pieces of legislation, it is most
important that legislators be able to call
upon lobbyists for facts, research and
help in understanding the ins and outs of
a particular proposal. Legislators need
help in terms of education and/or understanding. More important, legislators
need reliable resources on whom they
can depend. Legislators need lobbyists
with candor, sincerity and a straightforward answer. The greatest asset a
lobbyist has is his or her credibility.
Legislators need to know they can call
upon a given lobbyist with a question
and be confident that he or she will tell it
like it is, whether for or against his client.
Even though you may do all the things
suggested here, even though you may
take all the precautionary steps, dot all
the i's and cross all the t's, sometimes
you will lose. Sometimes you will lose
because the timing is wrong. Sometimes you will lose because public opinion is running against you. If you have
performed your job well, however, you
can be assured you have served your
employer, the legislature, the individual
delegates and senators and the people
of Virginia. A s the session closes, your
success rate should reflect the integrity
with which you have labored.

About the Author
Delegate Hall is a senior partner in the
Richmond law firm of Hall and Hall and has
been a member of the House of Delegates
since 1976.

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�Product &amp; Services Guide
Aerial Lift Devices
Power Equipment Co.
Contact: Louis C. Johnson
4512 Wilkinson Blvd.
P.O. Box 669245
Charlotte, NC 28266
(704) 399-0461

Appraisals
Cole-Layer-Trumble Co.
Contact: Sherwood S. Vermilya
53 Connecticut Blvd.
East Hartford, CT 06108
(203) 528-5100

Architects, Engineers &amp; Planners
ASPS
Contact: Stephen Kadar
P.O. Box 13124
Richmond, VA 23225-0124
(804) 276-4234
Bengston, DeBell, Elkins &amp; Titus
Contact: Paul E. Bengston
13924 Braddock Rd.
Centreville, VA 22020
(703) 631-9630
Bodie, Taylor &amp; Puryear Inc.
Contact: R. O. Puryear Jr.
611 Research Rd.
P.O. Box 2901
Richmond, VA 23235
Burns &amp; McDonnell
Contact: Dave G. Ruf Jr., P.E.
P.O. Box 173
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 333-4375
Camp Dresser &amp; McKee
7630 Little River Turnpike, Suite 500
Annandale, VA 22003
(703) 642-5500
C E Maguire Inc.
207 Business Park Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Finkbeiner, Pettis &amp; Strout Ltd.
Contact: J . C. Outlaw
2301 W. Meadowview Rd.
Greensboro, NC 27407
(919) 292-2271
Greenhorne &amp; O'Mara Inc.
9001 Edmonston Rd.
Greenbelt, MD 20770
(301) 982-2800
Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern
Contact: Joseph D. Cronin
P.O. Box 13446
Roanoke, VA 24034
(703) 343-6971
Henningson, Durham &amp; Richardson Inc.
Contact: Bob Sciacchitano, P.E.
6 Koger Executive Center, Suite 203
Norfolk, VA 23502
(804) 461-6351
Mattern &amp; Craig
Contact: Sam H. McGhee III
Suite 401, 707 South Jefferson St.
Roanoke, VA 24011
(703) 345-9342

Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade &amp; Douglas
Inc.
Contact: Bill Allen
8200 Greensboro Dr.
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 442-7700
R. Stuart Royer &amp; Associates Inc.
Contact: Roger O. Hart, P.E.
2500 Waco St.
Richmond, VA 23229
(804) 282-7657
S C S Engineers
Contact: Tom Conrad
11260 Roger Bacon Dr.
Reston, VA 22090
(703) 471-6150
Ralph Whitehead &amp; Associates
Contact: Max Holland
P.O. Box 35624
Charlotte, NC 28235
(704) 372-1885

Communications Consulting
Frederick G. Griffin, P.C.
Contact: Frederick G. Griffin, P.E.
3229 Waterlick Rd.
Lynchburg, VA 24502

Communications Equipment
Bell Atlanticom Systems Inc.
Contact: Ken Holder
2701 Emerywood Parkway, Suite 104
Richmond, VA 23229
(804) 285-3500
(800) 533-6679
Jon/Beau Inc.
Contact: Jacquelyn M. Belliveau
P.O. Box 335
Weymouth, MA 02188
(617) 335-0372

Computers &amp; Software
Automation Counselors Inc.
Contact: Sue Benitez
P.O. Box 511
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 663-3700
Data Management Design Inc.
Contact: Jeanine M. Kelly
11741 Bowman Green Dr.
Reston, VA 22090
(703) 435-1600
Kustom Electronics Inc.
Contact: Joe S. Kilanoski Jr.
8320 Nieman Rd.
Lenexa, KS 66214
(913) 492-1400
Tecnomics
Contact; Pamela Blalock
100 Ardmore St.
Blacksburg, VA 24060
1-800-552-1821

Data Processing-Utilities
Network Computing Corp.
5301 77 Center Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28210
(800) 438-5139

Electric Transmission Services
Black &amp; Veatch
Contact: J . T. (Ted) Orrell
P.O. Box 728, n o w . Walker St.
Asheboro, NC 27204
(919)672-3600

Emblems, Bullions, Caps etc.
Commercial Emblem Co.
4010 Volta Ave.
Brentwood, MD 20722
(301) 799-7300

Environmental Engineers
Greeley and Hansen
Contact: Warren W. Sadler
Suite 200
Three Chopt &amp; Parham Roads
Richmond, VA 23229
(804) 285-9009
Malcolm Pirnie Inc.
W. Douglas Ensor, P.E.
301 Hiden Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23606
(804) 599-5511
Olver, Incorporated
Contact: Bob Roberts
1531 North Main Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(703) 552-5548

Facility Management Planning
S C S Engineers
Tom Conrad
11260 Roger Bacon Dr.
Reston, VA 22090
(703)471-6150

Financial Services
Alex. Brown &amp; Sons, Inc.
Kevin G. Ouinn
135 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
(301) 727-1700
Creative Financial Management Inc.
J . W. Burton
P.O. Box 4271
Lynchburg, VA 24502
(804) 237-5929
Scott &amp; Stringfellow Inc.
Edward T. Pettigrew Jr.
725 Church St.
Lynchburg, VA 24505
(800) 572-2217
United Virginia Bank
John C. (Jack) Stevenson Jr.
919 E. Main St.
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 782-5586

Fire Apparatus/Equipment
American Fire Equipment Inc.
Contact: Clifton M. Wilder
13720 Dabney Rd.
Woodbridge, VA 22191
(800) 572-4007

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Contact: James R. L. Darr Jr.
P.O. Box 3406
Winchester, VA 22601
(703) 662-1045
Sutphen Corporation
Contact: Daniel J. Sutphen
7000 Columbus-Maryville Rd.
Amiin, OH 43002
(614) 889-1005

Furniture, Clothing, Services
Virginia Correctional Enterprises
P.O. Box 27423
Richmond, VA 23261
(804) 786-5790

Hazardous Materials Clean Up
Emergency Special Services Inc.
12911 Old Stage Rd.
P.O. Box 998
Chester, VA 23831
(804) 748-9694
Emergency Special Services Inc.
121 Freight Lane
P.O. Box 61735
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
(804) 473-0933

Hazardous Materials Containment &amp;
Clean Up Supplies
Adair Distributing Co.
12911 Old Stage Rd.
P.O. Box 998
Chester, VA 23831
(804) 784-2651
Adair Distributing Co.
121 Freight Lane
P.O. Box 61735
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
(804) 473-0924

Insurance
Alexander &amp; Alexander of VA Inc.
Contact: Lee Robinson
P.O. Box 1177
Richmond, VA 23209
Virginia Municipal Group Self Insurance
Assoc. (workers' compensation)
Contact: Margaret A. Nichols
P.O. Box 753
Richmond, VA 23206
(804) 649-8471
Virginia Supplemental Retirement System
(retirement &amp; group insurance)
P.O. Box 3-X
Richmond, VA 23207
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(workers' compensation, liability, group
health)
Contact: David C. Landin, CPCU
P.O. Box K-11
Richmond, VA 23288
(804) 285-8000
(800) 552-2007

Management Consulting
Community Systems and Services Inc.
Contact: Carol A. Whitcomb
8300 Greensboro Dr.
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 448-0606

Management Information Systems
Cole-Layer-Trumble Co.
Contact: Sherwood S. Vermilya
53 Connecticut Blvd.
East Hartford, CT 06108
(203)528-5100

Ordinance Codification
General Code Publishers Corp.
Contact: Mr. Lyie A. Kitt
72 HInchey Rd.
Rochester, NY 14624
(716) 328-1810

Parking Equipment
Duncan Industries, Division of QONAAR
Corp.
Contact: Clifton Jensen
40 East Bergen Place
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(201) 747-2231

Physical Fitness/Occupational
Health
institute of Human Performance
Contact: Paul O. Davis, Ph.D.
7676 New Hampshire Ave.
Langley Park, MD 20783

Playground Equipment
Alperstein Brothers Inc.
Contact: Perry K. Plalne
2000 Riverside Dr., Suite 11-S
Richmond, VA 23225
(804) 232-5400

Precast Concrete
Smith-Midland Corp.
Contact: John Dallain or
Diane Haworth
Midland, Va
(703) 439-3266

Refuse Collection
Browning-Ferris Industries
Contact: Bonnie Wilson
1800 Parkway Dr.
Hanover, MD 21076
(301) 796-8850

Safety Equipment
Major Safety Service
Contact: Fred Amos
4500 Patent Rd.
Norfolk, VA 23502
(804) 855-2088

Sewer/Pipeline Reconstruction
Insituform East Inc.
Contact: Henry H. Hulse
3421 Pennsy Dr.
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 386-4100

Solid &amp; Hazardous Waste
Management
Black &amp; Veatch
Contact: Richard V. Sorkin
7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850N
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 986-8980
SCS Engineers
Contact: Tom Conrad
11260 Roger Bacon Dr.
Reston, VA 22090
(703) 471-6150

Surveys &amp; Research
Survey Research Laboratory
Virginia Commonwealth University
Contact: Dr. J. S. Williams
312 N. Shafer St.
Richmond, Va 23284
(804) 257-1026

Uniforms
HUB Uniform Co. of Virginia Inc.
Contact: Preston D. Grier
2200 Magnolia St.
Richmond, VA 23223
(804) 788-4662
Kay Uniforms
Contact: Terry Mathis
Roanoke-Salem Plaza
4142-36 Melrose Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24017
(703) 366-2413

Utility Equipment
Baker Equipment Engineering Co.
Contact: James A. Gouldin Jr.
P.O. Box 25609
Richmond, VA 23260
(804) 358-0481

Vehicles, Equipment &amp;
Buildings-Lease/Purchase
John Deere Company
Contact: Phil L. Stephany
2001 Deere Dr.
Conyers, GA 30208
(404) 922-7040
Market Assessment T/A An-E-Body
Fabricators
Contact: Pete J. Chambers
P.O. Box 373
Oakton, Va 22124
(703) 352-4114
Municipal Leasing Corp.
Contact: Patrick J. Norton Jr.
150 Wind Chime Ct.
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 847-7405
Richmond Leasing Inc.
Contact: Brent Owens
(804) 358-2473
(804) 358-9733

Water &amp; Wastewater Operations
Envlrotech Operating Services
Contact: Robert Hallenbeck
5445 Mariner St.
Tampa, FL 33609
(813) 875-7644

�The Future
What Virginians Think
B y Daniel M. Johnson
and
J . Sherwood
Williams
In human affairs the logical future,
determined by past and present
conditions, is less important than
the willed future, which is largely
brought
about by
deliberate
choices.
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Americans are displaying an unprecedented interest in the future a s documented by the growth in books and articles devoted to future views. Perhaps
this is due to the way we allow certain
dates to symbolize the future, such a s
1984 and the year 2000. As we experie n c e and approach these symbolic
years, we somehow feel "closer" to the
future, and this feeling of closeness
gives rise to greater interest.
This interest in the future is frequently
used by different sectors of society to
help them achieve various objectives.
T h o s e in the world of business and
commerce capitalize on our curiosity
about the future to market their goods
and services. Likewise, those in the public sector — lawmakers, county supervisors, council members and administrators — employ this interest in the
future to advance ideas, priorities and
programs.
For more than a decade, states and
major cities across the country have
formalized these interests by establishing f o r u m s , c o m m i t t e e s and c o m missions to think seriously about the
future and to formulate questions, identify issues, gather data and make project i o n s in o r d e r to f o s t e r i n f o r m e d
decision-making or, more importantly,
to advance a particular "model" of the
future.
The Survey Research Laboratory at
Virginia Commonwealth University carried out a statewide sun/ey in November
1983 to assist the commonwealth in
taking a systematic look at its future.
The survey obtained a "representative"
response from citizens across the state
to questions about the future in an effort
to gain a better understanding of its

citizens' perceptions and priorities for
the future.
Images of Virginia
The people of Virginia describe the
commonwealth a s a desirable place to
live. T h e great majority, in fact, described it a s a "very desirable" state in
which to live. However, most people
expect life in Virginia to change in the
next 20 years. Only one in eight expect
life in Virginia to remain pretty much a s
is while nearly one of three foresee life
being "very different" 20 years from
now. Most, however, anticipate only
moderate change in the next 20 years.
What kind of changes do people expect and will these changes make their
personal lives better, worse or leave
them unchanged? T h e majority of people surveyed are optimistic about the
future and anticipate their lives will be
better 20 years from now. Only about
one-fourth foresee their lives getting
worse. In some regions, however, pessimism is more prevalent. For example,
in Northern Virginia about one in five of
those responding s e e their lives changing for the worse, and only about half
feel their lives will be better in the future.
It's interesting to note that those surveyed generally tended to be slightly
less optimistic in their predictions for
others than they were for themselves.
While 63 percent said they think their
personal lives will be better 20 years
from now, only 50 percent said they
think the lives of most Virginians will be
better.
The survey also sought to measure
the degree to which people feel involved, the extent to which they feel their
opinions count. They were asked, "How
much influence do you feel people like
yourself have in determining the future
of Virginia?" More than 85 percent reported they feel their views count in
some way, one in four said they feel they
have " a lot" of Influence In determining
the future of Virginia, and only 15 percent felt they have no influence at all. An

overwhelming majority (89 percent) felt
they are able to influence the future of
their own communities.
The feeling of ability to control one's
own life and future is essential in a free
society, and it is important to take stock
of t h e s e feelings. More than threefourths of those interviewed feel they
exert a lot of influence over their own
personal future. Interestingly, even though registering more pessimism about
the future, a larger proportion of people
living In Northern Virginia feel they exert
" a lot" of influence over their own future.
A s could be expected, older people feel
l e s s control over their future than
younger people, and the same Is true of
persons with less education and income.
Perceptions of Education
In 1983, the nation's attention was
redirected to the nature and needs of
education. Education has also been a
topic of concern in Virginia, and one
major objective of the survey was to find
how Virginians view their public schools.
A s an indicator of the public's overall
assessment of public education in their
communities, respondents were asked
to rate their schools a s excellent, good,
fair or poor.
T h e results: more than two-thirds
(67.9 percent) rated their schools as
good or excellent, while one In three
(32.1 percent) thought their schools
were fair or poor.
Some significant variations occurred
in our view of schools from region-toregion throughout the state. Northern
Virginians were more than twice a s
likely to rate their schools excellent,
while almost half the residents of communities in eastern and southwest Virginia say their schools are fair or poor.
T h e s e perceptions carry over into comparisons people make between their
c o m m u n i t i e s ' s c h o o l s and s c h o o l s
elsewhere. For example, a large majority of Northern Virginia residents feel
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residents in Southwest Virginia feel their
schools are superior.
It is also significant that higher ratings
were given to public schools from people in the age group most likely to have
children in school. Likewise, those with
higher incomes and more education
were more positive about their schools.
Perhaps more important is the fact
that the vast majority of those surveyed
(72 percent) want and expect changes
in public education. More than threefourths expect some or a lot of change in
Virginia public education over the next
20 years, but Northern Virginians indicated they expect less change than their
counterparts downstate. The greatest
appeals for significant changes in public
e d u c a t i o n c a m e f r o m e a s t e r n and
northwest Virginia. More than 44 percent of the respondents in these two
regions said that public education
should change a lot.
What kind of changes do Virginians
want in future education? What goals
should be set for public education in
Virginia? The survey findings suggest
Virginians strongly support establishment of high and far-reaching goals for
public education. As one of several indicators show, nine out ten agree that
"Virginia should be a national leader in
the field of education," and these expectations are even slightly stronger in
eastern and Southwest Virginia.
One of the most important c o m ponents of education is, of course, the
quality of instruction. Here again, the
results of the survey were quite clear;
nine out of ten respondents statewide
supported the idea that "Virginians
should pay higher salaries to attract and
keep better qualified teachers." Nowhere was this view more strongly expressed than in the eastern region of the
state where more than 98.3 percent
supported higher salaries for teachers
as a way of attracting and keeping the
best qualified instructors.
This sentiment is echoed by eight out
of ten surveyed who said that Virginia
should improve the education offered by
our grade schools and high schools
even if it means higher taxes. Again, the
proportion expressing this view was
highest in the eastern region of the state
where nine out of ten took this position.
Statewide, nearly three-fourths
agreed that Virginia should improve the
quality of education offered by our colleges and universities, even if it means
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Another major objective of the study
was to seek a clearer picture of the
public's view of the role of and priorities

for state government in Virginia. More
specifically, the survey sought to determine relative degrees of importance
Virginians attached to sixteen future policy objectives and/or service areas.
Overall, the survey found little support
for the idea that state government
should reduce services and programs in
order to lower stale taxes. To the contrary, the survey suggests there exists
strong public support for an active role of
state government in the provision of
such services as insuring clean air and
water, equal opportunities for all citizens
regardless of race and sex and planning
for the future.
Likewise, a strong majority of Virginians participating in the study, while recognizing that state government cannot
do everything, said high importance
should be placed on making health care
affordable to all people, working to keep
agriculture strong, training people so
they can get jobs and helping the poor. A
slightly lower percentage, but still a majority, said state government should also
place high importance on bringing new
industry to Virginia. Maintaining and improving state highways, regularly asking
people about their views on state issues
and problems, helping cities become
better places to work and live and making sure all citizens have access to
good, affordable housing were also
viewed by the majority as issues of high
importance for state governments. Approximately one-half of those participating in the survey said government
should also place high importance on
developing the state's coal and timber
r e s o u r c e s and helping small businesses.

Problems in the Commonwealth
A third objective of the study was to
find out what Virginians think will be the
most important problems we will face in
the commonwealth 20 years from now.
The most frequently-cited problem
area was the job market and economy.
More than one-third responding to this
question expressed concern about future job shortages, making enough to
live on, automation and computers replacing people in the labor market.
Some in this group also expressed fear
of a possible future e c o n o m i c depression. It appeared that a large number of those expressing concern about
the job market and economy were articulating a feeling of falling by the wayside of an active economy rather than a
fear that the total economy would fail. If
this impression is correct, it is a potentially significant dimension affecting future public support for advancing technology.
The second most frequently-cited

problem people think we will face 20
years from now is overpopulation and
growth management. One of six respondents expressed concern about
population growth in Virginia and/or
government's lack of resolve or ability to
control the more negative aspects of
such growth.
The third most frequently cited problem centers on education. While a few of
the dimensions of this have been discussed, it is clear that from the personal
observations and/or experiences of citizens combined with local, state and national publicity on the problems of education, the public now views this as a
problem area which will in all likelihood
continue into the next century.
Other problem areas frequently cited
were in the area of transportation, i.e.
congestion, inadequate highways and
highway maintenance. Environmental
pollution was also one of the more frequently cited problems and included
concerns over acid rain, air pollution,
ground water contamination, pollution of
our rivers and the Chesapeake Bay as
well as problems associated with disposing of nuclear waste.
In N o r t h e r n V i r g i n i a , c o n c e r n
centered largely on population growth
and related problems of transportation
and congestion. Downstate residents
were concerned with a broader range of
problems. They mentioned environmental problems such as ground water contamination, pollution of the Chesapeake
Bay and nuclear waste disposal more
than Northern Virginians.

Perceptions of the Future
What do Virginians think will happen
in the future? Will the future bhng increased disorganization, or will the institutions that have served the needs and
interests of Virginians in the past continue to meet the increasingly complex
problems of the future? What about Virginia's environment during the next 20
years? Do Virginians think it is likely to
deteriorate, or will we be able to manage
development of a cleaner, healthier environment? What about the lives of
average men and women? Do people
think "things" will be worse or better in
the future? Is there a commitment to the
future, or do people think one has to live
pretty much for today and let tomorrow
take care of itself? Can we control our
future, or is it beyond our control? How
will our basic institutions such as the
f a m i l y and c h u r c h r e s p o n d to the
changes in values and lifestyles that are
likely to be part of the future? Do we
think these institutions will weaken as
some have predicted, or are they likely
to persist, perhaps even grow stronger
in the future? And what about the econ-

�omy? Are the expressed fears about the
future stronger than the faith Virginians
have in the economy and the promise of
a higher standard of living? And how
does state government fit into the image
people have of the future?
The responses suggest a very definite orientation toward the future. Yet,
such orientations it must be remembered are subject to change, even radical change, in the face of significant
economic, political and geopolitical
events. In the absence of such events, it
is clear that for the present Virginians
reflect a strong sense of optimism that
life with all its problems and changes will
be better in the future.
Perceptions of our environment and
future ecology reflect this optimism.
More than two-thirds said Virginia will
have a cleaner, healthier environment
20 years from now. However, younger
adults were less likely to support this
view than their older cohorts, and the
more highly educated and upper income
groups were less optimistic than those
with limited education and lower inc o m e s . Regional differences again
show up in perceptions of the future of
the environment. Residents in Northern
Virginia are not as optimistic about
having a cleaner, healthier environment
as those living in Southwest and eastern
Virginia.
Most Virginians disagree with the
view that the life of the average man and
woman is getting worse. Closer inspection reveals the harsh realities and
prospects of those on the low end of the
socioeconomic continuum. A clear majority of those with less than a high
school diploma and those earning less
than $10,000 per year say life is getting
worse, not better. Blacks and other minorities are more likely to share this
pessimistic outlook. While it is clear that
most Virginians express a faith that life
is getting better for the average person,
pockets of despair — some large and
some small — can be found in every
region, age cohort, income and educational level and ethnic group.
W h e r e o n e is on the o p t i m i s m pessimism continuum affects and is reflected in one's future orientation. There
are many dimensions to the future
orientation concept, and the survey
sought to obtain at least some indicators
of this orientation. Respondents were
asked to agree or disagree with the following statements: "nowadays, a person has to live pretty much for today and
let tomorrow take care of itself," and
"our futures for the most part are beyond
our control."
A narrow majority disagreed with the
view that one has to live pretty much for

today and let tomorrow take care of
itself. It is statistically and socially significant that two-thirds of those with four
years of high school or less share this
present orientation as did most blacks
and other minority respondents.
Most Virginians did not accept the
view that our futures for the most part
are beyond our control. However, a sizable minority statewide did agree with this
rather extreme view, and a substantial
majority of t h o s e with i n c o m e s of
$10,000 or less expressed a feeling of
powerlessness over their futures. Similarly, such feelings are strong among
those with limited education, blacks,
other minorities and the elderly.
Some of society's basic institutions,
i.e. the family and church, are likely to
grow stronger in the next 20 years according to the view of more than six out
of ten Virginians. Significant differences
of opinion exist among social groups
and demographic categories on this
prognosis, however. Over half of those
with college degrees and with incomes
of $50,000 do not feel family ties will be
stronger in the future. Young people
tend to be slightly less optimistic for the
future of the family than their elders.
Blacks and other minohties, however,
are more optimistic that family ties will
be stronger in the future.
Although most Virginians foresee a
stronger reliance on churches and religions in the years ahead, there is a
significant, positive relationship between age and optimism for the future of
religion. More than nine out of ten of
those 65 years and over foresee a
stronger reliance on churches and religion in the future, while only half their
cohorts 20 years old and younger foresee this reliance. Those with the lowest
incomes are strongest in their prognosis
for future reliance on churches and religion.
Notwithstanding the expressed fears
described above, most believe that Virginians will have a higher standard of
living in the next 20 years. This view is
generally pervasive among social and
demographic categories with two exceptions, i.e. age and region of residence. Young people, 29 years and
under, are less optimistic that there will
be a higher standard of living in the
future, and residents of Southwest and
Northern Virginia are more optimistic
about a higher standard of living in the
future than residents elsewhere in the
state, particularly those living in Central
Virginia.
Finally, how do Virginians foresee
state government in relation to the future? Most Virginians want government
officials to be concerned with the future

while they are addressing the problems
of the present. More than three-fourths
of those surveyed rejected the proposition that government officials should
spend their time working on today's
problems and leave the future for others
to worry about, and nearly three-fourths
of those surveyed say government in
Virginia should place a high importance
on planning for the future.
What about the quality of government? Will Virginians have better state
government in the future? A strong majority believe the answer to this question
is yes. Again, those with high incomes
and high educational attainments are
less optimistic about this than those
lower on the socioeconomic scale.

Conclusions

The survey has helped to document
certain general public perceptions in two
important areas: education and state
government.
With respect to education, the public
is strongly supportive of establishing
high and far reaching goals for public
education at all levels. Equally important, the public seems willing to press for
improved public education even if it
means paying higher taxes.
The survey findings also reveal strong
public support for an active, if not aggressive, role for state government in
many of the traditional service areas
and in particular in the comparatively
new areas of environmental protection,
equal opportunity and long-term planning for the future.
This article is based on data presented
in
an 80-page
report compiled
by the
Survey
Research
Laboratory
(SRL)
for the Governor's
Commission
on Virginia's
Future.
The 519 adults contacted
by random
digit
dialing
responded
to 12-minute
telephone
interviev\/s.
A sample
of this size
permits
surveyors
to be 95 percent
confident
that the
percentages
reported
in the study
are at
least within plus or minus 4.5 percent
of the
population
percentage.
A complete
copy of
the report can be purchased
from the Survey
Research
Laboratory,
VCU, 312 N.
Shafer
St., Richmond,
VA 23284-0001
for $6.

About the

Authors

Daniel M. Johnson
is professor
of sociology at Virginia
Commonwealth
University,
chairman
of the executive
committee
of the
Survey
Research
Laboratory
and
former
chairman
of the department
of sociology.
J.
Sherwood
Williams is director
of the
Survey
Research
Laboratory
and associate
professor
of sociology
at Virginia
Commonwealth
University.
SRL provides
public
opinion
and survey
research
services
to
local, state and federal agencies
and
other
groups
working
in the public
interest

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There's some good news and some
bad news about cable television regulation. The good news is that after years
of negotiating, Congress finally passed
legislation. The bad news is that the
legislation is not all good news.
The new law, the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, will impact on
all of Virginia's 303 communities with
cable television service and will have
special impact on those with existing
franchises which expire after June
1987. Municipal officers who oversee
cable operations will have to become
very smart very fast to make sure they
know their rights and responsibilities in
light of the new law.
The bill ratifies the jurisdiction of local
governments to regulate cable, a great
victory considering that the legislation
originally contemplated by Congress
would have emasculated local jurisdiction. The bill also imposes strict limits on
certain regulatory activity.
The intent of the bill was to establish
ground rules for regulating cable systems. The new law does that. Both local
governments and the cable industry
favored regulatory guidelines, but what
regulation would require from either side
was an issue that took more than four
years to resolve.
In the final moments of the 98th Congress, a bill was passed with the approval of industry representatives and
local government representatives. The
bill's history points to one of its problems: to overcome objections by one
side or the other the legislators sometimes settled on language that was deliberately vague. The first problem for
local governments is to sort through the
ambiguity.
Some things we know for sure. The
law will preempt local government's
right to regulate rates charged by cable
operators within two years, limit franchise fees to a maximum of 5 percent,
limit localities in the requirements they
can impose in new requests for proposals (RFPs), set up specific procedures for granting or denying renewal
requests and establish guidelines for
contract modifications.

Rate Regulations

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Beginning in December 1986, unless
the Federal Communications C o m -

mission (FCC) intercedes and reverses
this provision of the bill, localities will no
longer be able to regulate rates. It is
unlikely the FCC will re-establish this
rate regulation authority. Historically,
FCC decisions have favored industry
more often than local government. Currently, the commission shows a deregulation bias, and predictably the industry will lobby to a fare-thee-well to
see rate regulations fall.
Most localities do not actively regulate
rates, but the authority to do so has
served as leverage to assure compliance with cable franchise agreements. Localities will now have to develop creative alternative ways to enforce compliance.

Franchise Fees

Provisions in the bill to establish franchise fees may prove helpful in the long
run. The complicated, cumbersome
procedures to raise fees to 5 percent
from 3 percent are no longer necessary.
However, many c o m m u n i t i e s have
been successful in the past in obtaining
a combination of fees and concessions
which taken together provided revenues
in excess of 5 percent. Most of these
methods have been invalidated by the
new legislation in favor of a strict 5 percent cap. Exceptions are few, and to
complicate matters the definition of
"franchise fee" is not precisely spelled
out. Localities benefitting in the past
from revenues which may have been in
excess of 5 percent will have to review
the legislation carefully to determine
whether or not they can reconstruct
these revenues and how they can do so
under the provisions of the law.

RFP Restrictions

In the past, local governments could
identify specific community needs and
call for specific programming to meet
these needs. The new law prohibits
specific programming requirements.
This will have a limited impact on existing franchises. For example, a franchise holder may be able to drop Nickelodeon but will have to maintain children's programming agreed to.
In new franchises, where the law prohibits localities from requiring services

such as children's programming, local
governments will have to be very creative and very careful to assure that
community needs are met.

IVIodifying Franchise Contracts

Some cable operators have sought
contract modifications frequently — almost before the ink drys on the agreement. The new law creates a procedure
cable operators must use in seeking
modification of existing contracts and
accompanying appeal procedures. The
impact of this is unclear.
Some franchise holders may claim
that this legislation entitles them to modify contracts while it does not. The law
does allow contract modification based
on the contention that the "mix, quality
and level" of services will not be diminished by the changes proposed.
This will prevent wholesale reductions in
cable service and quality. On the other
hand, local governments will no longer
be able to respond to requests for modification simply by stating "a contract is a
contract." They will have to sit down and
talk with operators who seek to change
agreements. If they follow the procedures outlined in the bill, they will be
on solid ground to resist changes.

Franchise Renewal

The new cable legislation also creates a procedure for considering franchise renewal requests and provides
a p p e a l r i g h t s to c a b l e o p e r a t o r s .
Through antitrust legislation. Congress
has exempted public officials from damage award liability in antitrust suits. This
reduces the likelihood of such suits
against officials denying cable renewals. The amount of difficulty, time
and cost in denying renewals will depend on a clear understanding of and a
precise adherence to the renewal procedures set forth in the legislation. If
followed exactly, communities will stand
on firm ground when denying renewal
requests.
In short, the new law passed by Congress is complicated. In some areas it is
maddeningly vague; in others, absolutely precise. Changes in franchise
fees and rate regulation could impact
municipal revenues, and limitations in
RFP specifications and contract modifications could affect quality of service.

�Municipal officers responsible for
cable operations have been regulating
and negotiating under frequently uncertain guidelines. This legislation offers a
new set of rules, which if followed carefully will simplify cable negotiations and
improve cable service.

About the Author
Nicholas P. Miller is a partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Preston,
Thorgrimson,
Ellis &amp; Holman and is active in the practice of
communications
la\N. He has served as a
special counsel to the National League of
Cities for cable television and as counsel to
Cities and Counties for Cable.

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Rate Regulation
Section 623(c) grandfathers the regulation of rates for basic service, defined
a s any tier or multiple tier which includes
local broadcast signals, and related
charges for installation and the rental of
a converter under franchises granted
prior to the bill's effective date (Dec. 28,
1984) or renewed after the bill's effective date for the two-year period following the effective date.
Under section 623(e), the operator
has the right to increase basic service
rates which are subject to regulation by
5 percent per year without the approval
of the franchising authority unless basic
service rates are frozen under a franchise granted prior to the effective date
of the bill. If the franchise provides for
automatic annual increases in e x c e s s of
5 percent, those franchise provisions
would apply in lieu of, but not in addition
to, the 5 percent automatic increase.
Section 623 is silent a s to whether
rate freezes or guarantees for cable
service and other communications service may be established and enforced in
the franchise. It is possible, therefore,
that the ability of cities to establish and
enforce rate freezes in franchises may
not be affected by the legislation.

Services, Facilities and Equipment
Section 624(c) authorizes a franchising authority to enforce any provision of a franchise in effect on the
effective date of the bill with respect to
services, facilities and equipment including requirements which are not related to the establishment and operation
of the cable system, for the life of the
franchise. Service, facility and equipment requirements of an existing franchise are explicitly subject to section
625 which establishes a process for
modifying such franchise requirements.
For new franchises including franchise renewals granted after the bill's
effective date, the franchising authority
is entitled to establish minimum facility
and equipment requirements in the R e quest for Proposals ( R F P ) and to enforce any facility or equipment requirement included in a franchise.
Also for new franchises, a franchising
a u t h o r i t y m a y not e s t a b l i s h r e quirements in the R F P for video programming or other information-related
services. A franchising authority may
enforce s e r v i c e requirements by including in the f r a n c h i s e broad categories of video programming and other
service requirements. For example, the
franchise may require such categories
of video programming a s children's programming, programming in a foreign
language, programming of interest to a
minority group, news and public affairs
programming or sports programming.

Modifications in Service, Facility and
Equipment Requirements
Section 625 establishes a process for
modification of the service requirements
of new or existing franchises through
negotiations with the franchising authority. However, the franchising authority
may deny a proposed modification in the
franchise's service requirements unless
the mix, level and quality of services
originally required by the franchise
would be maintained under the proposed changes. T h e franchising authority is required to take final action on the
operator's request for modification
within four months of the request unless
extended by mutual agreement.
Under section 625(e), no service requirement which related to public, educational or governmental access may
be modified in any way.

Franchise F e e s
Under section 622(b), a franchising
authority may establish a franchise fee
of up to 5 percent of the gross revenues
derived from the operation of a cable
system.
Specifically exempt from the franchise fee cap are taxes of general applicability, including utility taxes imposed
on cable operators.
Under section 622(b), the franchise
fee is to be calculated on the basis of the
operator's annual gross revenues. T h e
franchise fee payments may be prepaid
or deferred by agreement between the
operator and the franchising authority.
This provision should ensure that franchise requirements for a minimum annual franchise fee payment are enforceable as long as the total franchise
fee payments over the life of the franchise do not exceed 5 percent.
Renewal
Section 626 establishes a renewal
process which may be activated at the
option of the city or the operator. T h e
provision, however, does not establish a
presumption of renewal. A renewal application could be granted or denied
under section 626(h) without utilizing
the bill's renewal procedures and standards in any c a s e in which the renewal
procedures are not activated by either
the franchising authority or the cable
operator.
Grandfathering
Section 637 grandfathers the provisions of existing franchises for the life
of the franchise except for those provisions which are in direct conflict with
particular provisions of the bill (e.g. rate
regulations, renewal, privacy).
Public, Educational and
Governmental ( P E G ) A c c e s s
Section 637 authorizes franchising
authorities to enforce P E G access requirements, including monetary payments for support of P E G use, in any
franchise granted prior to the bill's effective date.
Under section 611(b), a franchising
authority may establish minimum recontinued

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quirements for the set aside of channel
capacity for PEG use on the subscriber
networl&lt; and for educational and governmental use on the institutional network in the RFP.
Section 611 (d) requires that the franchising authority establish rules and
procedures for the use of PEG access
channels by the operator when those
channels are not being used for PEG
uses and for the cessation of operator
use of PEG channels.

Buy Back
For a franchise granted after the bill's
effective date or a franchise which does
not include buy back provisions, the
franchising authority or other purchaser
is required to pay fair market value for
the system as a going concern (e.g. the
value of the system's assets and good
will) but with no value to be attributed to
the value of the franchise when the system is purchased after a denial of renewal (sec. 626(a) (1)).

Consumer Protection
Sections 632(a) and 632(b) authorize
franchising authorities to establish and
enforce customer service requirements,
construction schedules and other construction-related requirements in the
franchise.

Leased Access
Section 612 establishes federal
leased access requirements for the provision of video programming that apply
to systems with 36 or more channels.
Under section 612(b), a cable operator
is required to set aside a specific percentage of the activated channels on the
subscriber network for use by providers
of video programming in accordance
with the following standards: (1) no
channels on systems with fewer than 36
channels (unless channels are already
required under provisions of a franchise
in effect on the date of enactment of the
bill); (2) 10 percent of channels, not
including those set aside under the
FCC's must carry rules, on systems with
36 to 54 channels; (3) 15 percent of
channels, not including those set aside
under the must carry rules, on systems
with 55 to 100 channels; and (4) 15
percent of channels on systems with
more than 100 channels.
Section 612(c)(1) authorizes the cable
operator to establish the price charged
to video programmers for the use of
leased access channel capacity "at
least sufficient to assure that such use
will not adversely affect the operation,
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Education and Economic Development
Education at all levels has been examined critically and visibly in the past
several years and months. A variety of
commissions and task forces have issued reports, many stating an urgent
need for educational reform. Such reports have included "A Nation at Risk:
T h e Imperative For Educational R e form," "High School: A Report on S e c ondary Education in A m e r i c a , " " I n volvement in Learning: Recycling the
Potential of American Higher E d u c a tion" and "Corporate and Campus C o operation: An Action Agenda." Each report points to the need for educational
reform, and to varying degrees each
volume draws the conclusion that what
we do now to improve education at all
levels will pay dividends in the economic
prosperity we can expect to enjoy in the
future.
A persistent sub-theme of many of
these reports and in books like "Global
S t a k e s " and " T h e Missing Connection
Between Business and the Universities"
is the need for a more meaningful relationship between business and higher
education. Colleges and universities
must not only provide quality education
and research, they must provide education and research relevant to the economic needs of the locality, state and
nation. Many business people consider
education to be essential to any state or
local economic development strategy
for at least three reasons.
First, employers considering new locations or expansion of an existing operation often cite the availability of educational opportunity a s a factor which
influences their decision. Faced with
employees' demands for good school
s y s t e m s for their children and continuing education for themselves, many
b u s i n e s s e s a s s e s s education in the
same way they evaluate other factors in
a move or expansion decision.
Second, employers must have a c c e s s to a skilled workforce. While many
businesses expect to provide specialized training, with very few exceptions
business and industry look to educational institutions to produce workers
who can read, write and compute and
who are capable of functioning in rapidly
changing work environments.
Third, employers often look to research universities to conduct basic res e a r c h which c a n be applied in an
industrial/business setting. Further,

many employers view higher education
as a source of technical assistance and
consultation.
In preparing for a conference on the
relationship between economic growth,
higher education and public policy, we
recently had the opportunity to meet
with a variety of leaders from Virginia
business and industry to discuss their
expectations and concerns. While business executives in Virginia generally
gave higher education good marks,they
did identify a number of issues which
should be addressed to improve the
contributions higher education makes to
economic growth. Following are some
of the issues which were mentioned.
S o m e thought Virginia should increase the quality of its educational offerings in several areas important to
business and industry: basic education
(reading, math, science, writing and oral
communication at secondary and undergraduate levels) and undergraduate
and graduate education in accounting,
b u s i n e s s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , computer
science, various technologies and law.
Some private sector leaders indicated
that they recruited out-of-state rather
than from Virginia schools because they
found out-of-state students in these disciplines better prepared than their Virginia counterparts.
Some business leaders think there
has been a proliferation of higher education programs in Virginia and that there
may be considerable duplication of
effort across the state. They suggested
that enrollment declines expected over
the next five to ten years may provide
the opportunity to consolidate programs
and to focus resources on quality.
Some concern w a s expressed that
Virginia colleges and universities devote inordinate attention to remedial instruction.
In some technical areas, demand is
not sufficient to justify each state developing degree programs. S e v e r a l
business leaders suggested that Virginia develop interstate compacts to
address the need to train Virginians in
these fields.
One major employer recommended
that engineering degree programs be
returned to a five-year curriculum with
two years of study in the liberal arts a s
required of all students. Considerable
interest w a s expressed in emphasizing

liberal arts a s well a s technical education.
S e v e r a l b u s i n e s s l e a d e r s recommended that Virginia survey the quality
of its college and university libraries and
ensure they are adequate to support
both high-quality t e a c h i n g and research.
Business leaders observed that a s a
general rule Virginia's colleges and universities are geared to serving preemployment students between the ages
of 18 and 22. Funding formulas, course
offerings and schedules should be updated to reflect the educational needs of
older students. Additionally, college programs should emphasize lifelong career
enhancement with coherent programs
provided for adults who want to update
s k i l l s or p r e p a r e for new c a r e e r s .
Courses and programs should be available at night and on weekends.
A high quality MBA program should
be made available to adult students
across the commonwealth.
Several small business chiefs noted
that they need assistance in tapping
college and university consultation and
technical assistance.
An effort should be made to "package" information about higher education resources available at state and
local levels so companies considering a
Virginia location could be made aware
of available resources.
State and local government clearly
have a specific interest in the business/
higher education connection and in the
extent to which higher education is res p o n s i v e to economic development
needs. They should take greater advantage of higher education resources in
managing economic development. This
resource can be maximized by helping
in the effort to raise the quality of elementary and secondary education and
by assuring that the remedial role of
higher education is minimized. State
policy is clearly a critical factor in shaping what higher public education can do.
Funding formulas and many other matters provide the framework within which
higher education functions.
About the Authors
Carol Amato is acting director of Virginia
Commonwealth University's Center for Public Affairs, and Ralph Hambrick is an associate professor
of public administration
at
VCU.

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(404) 352-9200

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BARTHOLOMEW

&amp; ASSOCIATES,

INC.

PLANNING • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE • ENGINEERING
C O M M U N I T Y DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

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23219
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SItAHNS, CONRAO AND SCHMIDT
Consulting Engineers. Inc

BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES
f^unicipal Services
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1800 Parkway Drive
BALT. (301) 796-8850
Hanover, MarylaniJ 21076
T E L E X 87-487

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Gannett Fleming

Austin Drockenbrough
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Con5ulrir&gt;9 Engineers

ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS
NORFOLK
FAIRFAX

CIVIL • MECHANICAL
ELECTRICAL • PLANNING
SURVEYING • INOUSTRtAL FACILiriES
AND PROCESS DtSIGN . HIGHWAYS . WAItH
AND SEUVEBAGE SVSTEMS • DRAINAGE - SURVEYING
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES • f

P.O. Box 13048
Norfolk, VA 23506
(604) 461-0155

Fairfax Professional Building
Suite 7
3545 Chain Bndge Road
Fairfax. VA 22030
(7031 385-0200

PC 8OX4800-4800W HUNDRED RD • CHESTER.WBCM 748-8746

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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS,
SCIENTISTS &amp; PLANNERS

IRNIET.

• Water Treatment A Supply
• Wastewater
• Solid/Hazardous Wastes

301 HIDEN BLVD
NEWPORT NEWS, VA
604 599-5511

Hurt &amp; Proffitt, Inc.
Engineers • P la n n e rs •
Surveyors

W a l c r . Wastewater, Solid Wastes,
Soils &amp; Foundation.s
Land Development Site Plans
Residential, Commercial &amp; Indnstrial
Subdivisions, Road, Dams. A i r p o r t s
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PARSONS
BRINCKERHOFF
8200

Greensboro

McLean.

Drive

VA 22102

Conslructl&lt;
11 Koger
Norlolk.

703-442-7700

Executive
VA

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23502

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One

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Plaza

212-613-5000

37 offices

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Solid Waste
Highways
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PUR YEAR,

INC.

CONSULTING E N G I N E E R S
611 R e s e a r c h R o a d
P.O. B o x 2901

R. STUART ROYER &amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.
2500 Waco Street • Richmond, Virginia 23229
804-282-7657

BUCK, SEIFERT &amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED
Consulting

Engineers

Water Supply • Sewage • Industrial
Waste Treatment • Treatability Studies
• 140 S y l v a n A v e n u e , P.O. B o x 1 2 1 8
E n g l e w o o d C l i f f s , N . J . 0 7 6 3 2 201 - 5 6 7 - 8 9 9 0
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V i r g i n i a B e a c h . Va 2 3 4 6 2 8 0 4 - 4 9 9 - 8 5 0 8

Richmond, Virginia 23235
804-794-6823

CHMHliL. INC.

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LABORATORIES

C O M P L E T E ENGINEERING SERVICES
Municipal and Industrial Waste Treatment,
Power Systems, Structures. Solid Wastes, Water
Resources, Water Supply and Treatment,
Transportation, Hazardous Waste Management
1941 R o l a n d C l a r k e P l a c e , R e s t o n . V A 22091

•
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SOLID WASTE CHARACTERIZATION
NDUSTBIAL DISCHARGE SAMPLING/AN

703/620-5200
(B04) 8 6 5 - 0 8 8 0

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RALPH WHITEHEAD i
Consulting Engineers

ASSOCIATES

1936 East Seventti Street
P, O. Box 3S624
Charlotte. North Carolina 28235
704-372-1885

BRIDGES . HIQHWAYS • RAILROADS • RAIL A BUS TRANSIT • AIRPORTS

BRANCH OFFICES

330O NE Expressway, Atlanta. GA 30341
1314 Lincoln Street. Columbia, S C 29201

m

Consulting

• BniENGGERE

Engineers

Environmental

Laboratories

Industrial a n d Municipal

E N G I N E E R S , INC.

1531 N o r t h M a m S t r e e t

S y r a c u s e , NY (315) 4 5 1 - 4 7 0 0

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B l a c k s b u r g , Virginia

INCORPORATED

(703)552-5548

24060
Nine regional otfices serving the
Noiltieast, Soutti, Mid-Atlantic

(404) 452-0797
(803) 266-3590

Dames &amp; Moore

and Midwest.

ENGINEERS

Finkbeiner, Pettis
&amp; Strout, Limited

Water S u p p l y and Pollution C o n t r o l
S o l i d and Hazardous Waste Management
E n v i r o n m e n t a l I m p a c t Studies
Water Resources Management
Energy Studies

• ARCHITECTS -

SURVEYORS

Consulting Engineers

Soils and F o u n d a t i o n Engineering

•

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-

Bethesda, Maryland

20814

(301) 652-2215

2301 West Meadowview Road
Greensboro. North Carolina 27407
(919) 292-2271

- SCIENTISTS

&amp; O'Mara,

1 0 7 1 0 L E K HIOHWAY. S U I T E 2 0 2
7 1 0 1 Wisconsin Avenue

PLANNERS

PHOTOGRAMMETR13TS

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Also Offices In:
Toledo. Akron
&amp; Cleveland, Ohio
[E! (703&gt; 385-9800

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CHURCH,VA.
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WATER, WASTEWATER,
SITE DEVELOPMENT.
STRUCTURAL

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CONTROL
STREETS
,
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DESIGN , MARINAS

incers

2315 S A I N T P A U L
1 1 1 2 0 New Hampshire Ave
Suite 2 0 0
Silver Spring, tvID 2 0 9 0 4

STREET

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
(301)

COMP1.ETE P U B U C W O R K S
ENGINEERING. SURVEYING
AND PLANNING S E R V I C E S

21218

235-3450

LAW ENFORCEMENT:
Organization/Management Studies
Chief Selection/Promotional A s s e s s m e n t s

BENGTSON, DeBELL, ELKIN &amp; TITUS
CONSULTING ENGINEERS. SURVEYORS, PLANNERS &amp;
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Cenneville. VA
703-631-9630

Leesburg VA
703-777-12.58

Woodbridge, VA
703-670-6400

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301-681-8515

• Water, Wastewater, and Drainage Systems

R i c h a r d W. Kobetz
&amp; Associates, Ltd.
North N4ountain R n e s Training Center
Route Two
Box 342
;° Winchester. Virginia 22601
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(703) 662-7288

• Multiple Engineering
• Utility Management and Finance
• Environmental Laboratories
• Construction Management

F R E D E R I C K (;. ( i R I F F I N , P . C .

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• Operation and Maintenance

Consulting Engineers
:t229 WaU'rlick Koad, Lynchburg,
V A 24502

JAMES M. MONTGOMERY

(804/237-20441

CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.
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OFFrCES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND OVERSEAS

Henningson, D u r h a m
/\ri ; h i t e c t u r e
Engineering
P'lanning
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O f f i c e s in
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A l e x a n d r i a [703-6B3-3400)
and NaCionwide

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(Sf M I L L E R , INC.

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844

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West Street

A n n a p o l i s . MD 2 1 4 0 1
(301)

268-7730

BATON ROUGE

Wiley &amp; Wilson

DENVER

Arcn.tects

Engineers

HACKENSACK, NJ

2310 L a n g h o r n e R o a a

S Y O S S E T . NY

PO
PALM BEACH
GARDENS

Lynchburg

Virginia

877

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Public Administration Service
to local, regional, and state governments s i n c e 1 9 3 3

THE

C h a i n Bridge R o a d

M c L e a n , Virginia 2 2 1 0 1

Box

24505-0877

(804) 528-1901

Providing management a s s i s t a n c e and consultant s e r v i c e s

1497

Planners

(703)

734-8970

GUY

MAGUIRE.
GROUP
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CONSULTING

ENGINEERS

WATER SUPPLY
WASTEWATER
T O X I C AND HAZARDOUS M A T E R I A L S

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Patton, H a r r i s , Rust &amp; A s s o c .
a prclessional corpofalion
Engineers . Surveyors . Planners
Compieie proiessional services ior
municipaiities and public agencies

Virginia Offices:
1 0 5 2 3 Mam Street, F a i r f a x , Virginia 2 2 0 3 0 ( 7 0 3 ) 2 7 3 - 8 7 0 0
100 Soutti fylain Street, Bridgewater, Virginia 2 2 8 1 2 ( 7 0 3 )
828-2616
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Architects • Engineers •

Planners

C E Maguire, Inc.
5203 Leesburg Pike, Falls C h u r c h , VA 22041 (703) 998-0100
207 B u s i n e s s Park Dr.. Virginia B e a c h , VA 23462 (804) 497-6304
Regional offices
Proviilence. Rl: Boston. MA: Clean«aler. FL: Ft. Cliarlolte, NC: Dallas. TX: Falls
Ctiurcti. VA: FlDren[:e. SC: Honolulu. HI: Bloomtield. NJ: New Britain, CT:
Piltsburgh, PA: PhoEni&lt;. AZ: Spartanburg. SC Virginia Beach, VA: Waltham, MA.

�INDEX TO VOLUME 19, JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1984
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Working Together: Richmond's Public
and Private Sectors Develop an
Industrial Site
Sept., pg. 57
Richmond Promotes a Revolution
in Tourism
Sept., pg. 60
Education and Economic
Development
D e c , pg. 19

The Housing and Urban-Rural
Recovery Act
Mar., pg. 6
Benefits Roll In from the
CDBG Program
Apr., pg. 6
Cathedrals of Democracy:
The Courthouse Dilemma
Aug., pg. 6
The Rural Virginia Development
Foundation
Aug., pg. 10
Planning for Downtown Richmond
Sept., pg. 12
An Innovative Approach to
Annexation
Sept., pg. 18
Revitalizing Norfolk's Neighborhoods . Sept., pg. 30
IVIinority Participation: A Priority in
Richmond's Development
Sept., pg. 35
The Synergetic Environment of
Downtown Richmond
Sept., pg. 50
Working Together: Richmond's Public
and Private Sectors Develop an
Industrial Site
Sept., pg. 50
Airport Expansion, New Stadium
Underscore Regional Cooperation.. Sept., pg. 66

ENVIRONMENTAL
The Chesapeake Bay
A Landfill Agreement Incorporates
Environmental Protection

May, pg. 5
Sept., pg. 20

FINANCES
Meaningful Spending Through Stated
Objectives
Mar., pg. 4
Crisis or Creative Opportunity
Mar., pg. 5
Funding Constitutional Officers
June, pg. 4
Infrastructure in Virginia
June, pg. 9
Financing the Nation's Infrastructure. .June, pg. 20
Productivity Analysis
July, pg. 10
JLARC Reports on Local
Government
Sept., pg. 47
Fire Department Liability
Oct., pg. 6
California's New Cooperative Home
Insurance Program
Oct., pg. 10

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Are You Ready? Virginia's Community
Certification Program
Jan., pg. 15
You Ought To Be In Pictures
July, pg. 6
Tourism: An Expanding Role for
Localities
Aug., pg. 15

W O L F E &amp; A S S O C I A T E S , INC.
Management

.

EXECUTIVE SEARCH
.

FINANCIAL AND,
MANAGEMENT ]
CONSULTANTS I
• Advisor on Financial and Marketing Matters
Relating to Issuance of Municipai Bonds
• Position Classification a n d Pay Studies
• Executive Search a n d Selection
• Management and Organization Studies
• Utility and Public Works M a n a g e m e n t Studies
• Governmental Status Studies

MUNICIPAL A D V I S O R S
INCORPORATED
P.O. BOX 45

V I R G I N I A B E A C H , V A . 23458
804/422-1711

PRODUCTIVITY I M P R O V E M E N T

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
.

Consultants

.

SEMINARS / TRAINING

ORGANIZATION A N A L Y S I S

C O N T A C T : J A M E S L. M E R C E R

R E G I O N A L VICE P R E S I D E N T
P.O. B O X 8 8 8 6 5 6 ATLANTA, G E O R G I A 3 0 3 5 6
(404) 3 9 6 - 9 0 6 0

R . W . BECK A N D ASSOCIATES
ENGINEERS A N D C O N S U L T A N T S
Utility Planning • Design
Power Supply • Load Management
Cogeneration • Resource Recovery
Rates • Appraisals
Contract Negotiations

YARGER

40 Grove Street
Wellesley, M A 02181
(617)2374870
1510 E. Colonial Drive
O r l a n d o , FL 32803
(305) 8964911

AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
Position Classification and Pay Plans
Management and Financial Studies
Test Construction—Fire and Police Studies

Over 700 Surveys
Our 31st Year

2830 Mary Street
FaUs Church, Va. 22042
703/560-6900

CAMP DRESSER &amp; McKEE
7630 Little River Turnpil&lt;e, Suite 500
Annandale, Virginia 22003
703 642-5500

environmental
planners,

engineers,

&amp; management

scientists,
consultants

CDM

�LEGAL
Handgun Ordinances
Jan., pg. 20
Exceptions to Constitutional
Restrictions In Letting Some Public
Contracts
Apr., pg. 21
Public Protection from Fraudulent
Solicitation
Nov., pg. 23

LEGISLATION
VML's 1984 Legislative Goals
The Financial Plight of Education
Highlights of the 1984 Session
Senate Joint Resolution No. 19
The Chesapeake Bay
Carryover Legislation: Its Uses
and a Review
JLARC Reports on Local
Government
League Sets Legislative Program
The Cable Compromise
Highlights of the Cable Bill

Jan., pg. 6
Feb., pg. 8
Apr., pg. 9
Apr., pg. 11
May, pg. 5
June, pg. 7
Sept., pg. 47
Nov., pg. 14
Dec, pg. 14
Dec, pg. 15

LOCAL NEWS
Diersing to Head Virginia
Building Officials
Jan.
New Manager Directs Richmond
HUD Office
Mar.
Virginia Celebrates 350 years of County
Government
Apr.,
Reagan Prescribes Success Formula
for Nation's Cities
Apr.
Innovation Group Elects Officers
Apr.,
Police Chiefs Elect Raskins
Oct.,
Fairfax County Honors Firefighters .. Oct.,

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The Assessment Center
Feb., pg. 6
Quality of Work Life
Feb., pg. 15
Meaningful Spending Through Stated
Objectives
Mar., pg. 4
Crisis or Creative Opportunity
Mar., pg. 5
Productivity Analysis
July, pg. 10
An Innovative Approach to
Annexation
Sept., pg. 18
Fire Department Liability
Oct., pg. 6

MISCELLANEOUS
Jan., pg. 9
Jan., pg. 12
Jan., pg. 22
Sept., pg. 11
Dec, pg. 9
Dec. pg. 7
Dec, pg. 22

PERSONNEL
Quality of Work Life
Productivity Analysis
Employee Assistance: Saving A
Valuable Resource

PUBLIC S E R V I C E S
Reading, PA — Where Community TV
Really Works
Apr., pg. 17
Politicians, Professionals and Crime
Control
May, pg. 2
Municipal Parks &amp; Recreation Today . May, pg. 10
Infrastructure in Virginia
June, pg. 9
Financing the Nation's Infrastructure.. June, pg. 20
Beating the Odds
Sept., pg. 22
The Community Resource Officer
Program
Sept., pg. 24
Protecting the Public from Hazardous
Materials
Sept., pg. 26
Working Together for Blacksburg's
Transit
Sept., pg. 32
California's New Cooperative Home
Insurance Program
Oct., pg. 10
Arson and the Arsonist
Oct., pg. 15
Voter Registration, Turnout in
Virginia
Oct., pg. 19

pg- 19

MANAGEMENT

1984 Legislative Directory
Parking, Transportation, Hotel Rates
&amp; More
Editorial; The Challenge of "1984" . . .
The Riches of Richmond
The Future: What Virginians Think . . .
Product &amp; Services Guide
Index

How One Retired Manager Continued to
Use His Skills — in Venezuela
July, pg. 16
Tips on Lobbying
Dec, pg. 5

Feb., pg. 15
July, pg. 19
Sept., pg. 28

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Working Effectively With Legislators .. Jan., pg. 7
The Legislative Process
Jan., pg. 8

TRANSPORTATION
Working Together for Blacksburg's
Transit

Sept., pg. 32

VML ACTIVITIES
VML's 1984 Legislative Goals
Jan., pg. 13
VML Holds Press Conference
Feb., pg. 14
VML Day Draws Local Officials
Apr., pg. 15
VML Policy Committees
May, pg. 8
VML Holds Cornerstone Seminar . . . . May, pg. 19
Judges Select VML Award Winners .. June, pg. 10
VMGSIA Completes Fourth Year
June, pg. 19
League Will Offer New Insurance
Program
June, pg. 27
Imhoff Receives Wallerstein
Scholarship
June, pg. 30
VML Presents Its 79th Annual
Conference
July, pg. 12
VML Presents Its 79th Annual
Conference
Aug., pg. 8
VML Achievement Awards
Sept., pg. 17
The President's Annual Report
Sept., pg. 40
The Financial Statement
Sept., pg. 42
The VML Executive Committee
Sept., pg. 44
VML's Insurance Program Expands,
Completes Record Year
Sept., pg. 45
League Schedules Regional
Meetings
OcL, pg. 18
Meet the President
Nov., pg. 7
The Conference in Review
Nov., pg. 8
Gov. Robb Gives Views on
Education
Nov., pg. 8
NLC President Conveys Enthusiasm for
Local Government
Nov., pg. 8
Friddell Stresses Importance of
Education
Nov., pg. 9
League Elects Officers for 1984-85 .. Nov., pg. 10
Eva Teig Speaks to Women in Local
Government
Nov., pg. 10
Seven Localities Honored for
Achievements
Nov., pg. 11
League Sets Legislative Program — Nov., pg. 14

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Opportunities Beyond Hiring and Promotion

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6,000

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Telephone

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VML President
Charles A. Robinson Jr.
Officers
Lawrence A. Davies
Vincent J . Thomas
Sam W. Adams
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Executive Committee
Robert T. Williams
Arlie C. Payne
Martha V. Pennine
Jack D. Edwards
Jack P. Barnes
Margie Mayes
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Vol. 19

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Virginia
23206.
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1983 by the
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February 1984

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People

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T h e A s s e s s m e n t Center: Opportunities B e y o n d
Hiring and Promotion
'Whereas the primary goal of an assessment center is the
determination of who will be hired or promoted, other noteworthy intrinsic benefits exist within the process itself."

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T h e Financial Plight of Education
"In effect, the state's share of SOQ funding for each year
has been determined by the amount of available funds rather
than by the level of actual educational costs."

On the Cover:

Newport News Police Chief Darrel
Stephens leads the assessors' discussion on candidates' scores for performance and behavior in a recent
Newport News assessment center.
Photo by Stephen Laurent, Newport
News Police Department.

Virginia
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Virginia Municipal Group
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P.O. Box 753
Richmond. Virginia 23206
(804) 649-8471

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Account Executive
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Post Office Box 1 177
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Scott Receives Award

Fire Service News

Fairfax County Supervisor J a m e s M.
Scott has received the 1983 Elizabeth
and David Scull Metropolitan Public
Service Award from the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments.
The award is presented annually to a
local elected official for demonstrated
contributions to the well-being of the
area.
Scott, recently re-elected to a fourth
term, has been an active leader In regional government and was honored for
his 'leadership, effectiveness and vision while building a better Metropolitan
Washington for all citizens."

Fairfax Appoints Mayor
G e o r g e T. S n y d e r J r . h a s been
unanimously appointed mayor of the
city of Fairfax. He fills the unexpired
term of J o h n W. R u s s e l l who w a s
elected to the Virginia Senate in November.
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He is employed by the Greyhound Corp.
in Washington, D C , a s assistant to the
vice president of government affairs.

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died after three years of poor health.
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Chiefs Association of Virginia and was
known throughout the state at all fire
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Assessment
Center
Opportunities Beyond Hiring and Promotion

By Darrel Stephens
and Linda Smith
A management technique for hiring
and or promoting employees that is bec o m i n g more p r e v a l e n t is the a s sessment center. In contrast to a standard one-hour individual or panel interview, an assessment center allows job
candidates to be evaluated more intensively In a variety of settings. Emphasis
Is on candidate responses to simulations of relevant job tasks, and evaluations are based upon key dimensions
that have been identified as important
behaviors in the prospective job (i.e.
planning and organization, judgement.

creativity). The desired outcome Is that
the candidate selected will be the best
suited to the position.
Whereas the primary goal of an assessment center Is the determination of
who will be hired or promoted, other
noteworthy intrinsic benefits exist within
the process Itself. These benefits significantly counter the chief criticisms of
assessment centers which claim the
process is too time consuming and too
costly. Intrinsic benefits are evident with
respect to the c a n d i d a t e s , the assessors, the department involved and

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direct observation of behaviors as a means for determining an individual's potential
for success In a particular job. It differs from other selection techniques in that it
consists of a series of "work sample" exercises which are designed to simulate
on-the-job situations shown to be critical to success or failure for the position being
considered. The following activities summarize those functions coordinated by the
assessment center administrator.

The Assessment Center Process
Phase I
- Job Analysis, Dimension Selection, Exercise Preparation
Phase II - Assessor Selection and Training
Phase III - Recording Observations
Phase IV - Scoring
Phase V - Assessor Discussion
Phase Vl - Preparation of Final Written Report
Phase VII - Candidate Feedback
Whether the process is part of a larger scoring process which may also include a
written test or is used as a stand-alone process, the assessment center provides a
unique challenge in hihng or promoting applicants for vacant positions.

the participating localities.
The most obvious intrinsic benefit
from an in-house standpoint is the learning experience of the candidates going
t h r o u g h the p r o c e s s . C a n d i d a t e s
through both written and oral exercises
have an opportunity to look at themselves and their peers and to learn
about the department and the work required of the position being sought.
This learning process does not simply
take place during the experience of
undergoing the exercises. At the conclusion of the assessment considerable
feedback is provided the candidate.
This feedback is largely based upon
final written reports submitted by the
assessors which identify strengths and
weaknesses of the candidates. Further,
candidates may review exercise materials in an Individual review session with
the assessment center administrator.
Whether the candidate ranks well or
poorly, he should feel he had a fair opportunity to project himself. The added
advantage of the feedback system is
that it provides clear guidelines to assist
the candidate in future career development as well as In current job performance.
Another obvious opportunity is the
built-in formal training assessors receive. An assessment center extending
over a five-day period allows for one and
one-half days of training.
Assessors are selected in a variety of

�ways. One technique is to use a combination of persons both within and outside the area of expertise and within and
without the locality conducting the a s sessment center. In a recent Newport
News police a s s e s s m e n t center for
police lieutenants, officers from Hampton, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake
and Virginia Beach joined officers from
the Newport News force to serve a s
a s s e s s o r s . Additionally, other a s s e s s o r s w e r e drawn from Newport
News' departments of personnel, budget and evaluation, and parks and recreation. T h e ratio of a s s e s s o r s to candidates w a s 12 to 2 1 .
Initial a s s e s s o r training i n v o l v e s
t e a c h i n g a s s e s s o r s about the a s sessment center process itself. Of importance is what to look for in evaluating
c a n d i d a t e s . A s s e s s o r s actually go
through the three different exercises
which constitute the assessment proc e s s : an in-basket exercise, an oral presentation and a group discussion.
The assessor group discussion exercise uses the same three problems
and the same time format candidates
later encounter. Assessors also attempt
to address the priorities and strategies
in handling a forty-five item in-basket
exercise during the first evening of training. T h e s e exercises require the same
thought processes required of the candidates. Post exercise discussions educate assessors in not only what to look
for but in the variety of approaches one
might encounter in resolving the simulated problems. L i k e w i s e , the s a m e
briefing and discussion occur pertaining
to the background material provided for
the oral presentation.
A corollary to the formal training of the
assessors comes in the interchange between the various assessors a s ideas
are exchanged. Assessors learn not just
about the process and how to evaluate
the dimensions of the candidates, but
a l s o a c o n s i d e r a b l e amount about
themselves and their peers in terms of
organizational and managerial philosophies. In a very real s e n s e , the a s s e s s m e n t center provides a professional development opportunity for the
assessors.
T h e p r o c e s s of the a s s e s s m e n t
center also provides opportunities in
group dynamics and communication.
Assessors are grouped into teams of
three. Each team evaluates five candidates through each exercise. Evaluations are made one on one, in twos,
and with all three assessors present for
the group discussion. T h e evaluative
process is so intense during the day,
assessors need to complete some of the
work each evening prior to sharing findings with other team members. T h e
team's collaborative evaluation requires
two consecutive days and team members discuss each candidate on two oc-

A group of candidates begin their in-basl&lt;et exercises
white Chief Stephens (bottom
counsels a candidate on his assessment
results. Photos by Stephen Laurent, Newport
Police
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casions.
At the end of the second day, the
desired outcome is for the team to have
reached a consensus on each dimension for each of the five candidates reviewed. Ideally, the team then identifies
the strengths and weaknesses that provide the foundation for the final report.
The major expense of the process is
the assessors' lost time from their own
work. However the concentrated professional work both in the group at large
and in individual teams is invaluable.
Assessors selected from the hiring department itself learn more about their
own organization. Employees outside
the hiring department gain the opportunity to know the hiring department
personnel and organization better a s
well a s the opportunity to interact with
persons in several other departments.
With further input from the personnel of
other jurisdictions, the opportunity for
widespread input and lively dialogue is
abundant. T h e cross-pollination of ideas
and information from this intricate group
enables assessors to apply a fresh outlook to their own work setting. An a s sessment center provides the framework for thought processes that usually
cannot occur with the persistent press of
standard work.
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sessors throughout the week coalesces
the group. The shared experience and
concentration on work issues creates a
camaraderie. This same shared experience fosters pride in the locality at hand
and municipal government work in general. At the week's end there is a distinct
s e n s e of accomplishment among all
participants.
Upon the completion of the a s sessment center, both candidates and
assessors have partaken of a professionally enriching experience. T h e experience provides constructive criticism
for candidates and revealing insights for
assessors. Upon return to their respective work settings, e a c h participant,
candidate and assessor alike can use
the body of knowledge gained during
the assessment center and know that
the selection process itself assures a
high quality of administrative personnel
in the department using the process.

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Darrel Stephens is chief of police in Newport News. He has been involved as an
assessor or assessment administrator
since
1977 in approximately
10
assessment
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Newport News and recently served as an
assessor in that city's police lieutenant assessment
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By Ellen S . Posivach
With the 1984 session of the Virginia
General Assembly underway, the Virginia School Boards Association, the
Virginia Association of School Administrators, the Virginia Education A s sociation and the Virginia Association of
Counties have joined the Virginia Municipal League in support of the league's
top 1984 legislative priority—full state
funding of the actual Standards of Quality costs ( S O Q ) for education.
S O Q funding is a complex issue to
comprehend, compounded by the complexity of finance and budgeting trends
in the state. In order to understand the
current financial plight of education, one
must have a working knowledge of both
the S O Q funding formula and historical
factors which have led to the current
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The Standards of Quality originated in
1971 following adopton of the revised
state constitution. Article VIII, Sections I
and II require that public schools of high
quality be maintained, provide for the
determination of Standards of Quality
and delineate state and local responsibilities in meeting the cost of the prescribed standards.
The state Department of Education
prescribes the Standards of Quality and
calculates an estimated cost of their
funding. These estimates are presented
to the governor and the General A s sembly where the final funding decision
ultimately rests. From a local government perspective there are two major
concerns with the process: the premises
used in calculating the cost and the level
of funding provided by the General A s sembly.
Two components are combined to
produce the S O Q cost estimate presented by the Department of Education
which is figured on a per pupil basis. The
instructional component is based on 48
instructional staff per 1,000 pupils in
average daily membership {ADM). The
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Ellen S. Posivach is currently director of research with the Virginia Municipal
League.
She has written articles which have appeared in nationwide publications
ranging
from "FBI Law Enforcement"
to the "Bureaucrat,"
a public administration
professional journal. She has also had articles in
academic publications in Virginia.

support component, represents funding
for all costs not included in the instructional component.
The Per Pupil Ratio
From a local government perspective,
the major continuing problem with this
formula is that the average number of
instructional staff per 1,000 pupils is not
48, the figure used by the state, nor has
it ever been a s low a s 48 since the
formula was first implemented in fiscal
year 1974-75.
In fiscal year 1 9 7 4 - 7 5 the Board of
Education requested funding for 50 instructional staff per 1,000 pupils, a figure representing the actual instructor/
pupil ratio at the time; however, the General Assembly funded the formula at a
reduced ratio of 48 instructors per 1,000
students. Since that time the disparity
between the number of instructional
staff funded by the assembly and the
average number of instructional staff
actually employed by localities has increased in each succeeding year. The
most recent available data indicate an
average of 63.8 instructional staff per
1,000 students with the upper end of the
range reaching 8 7 . 3 instructors per
1,000 in Highland County.
In recent years the General Assembly
has recognized its responsibility in the
area of instructional funding and has
added financial support for six instructors for vocational and special education
positions. Federal funds supplement
approximately four additional positions
for a funding total of 58 instructional staff
per 1,000 pupils, still 5.8 positions short
of the state's 63.8 average student per
pupil ratio.
As a result of this disparity between
the number of positions funded and the
actual number of instructors, localities
are forced to pay for any instructor beyond the 58 funded by the state and
federal government. In the "average"
locality this amounts to 5.8 positions. In
a highly staffed locality such as Highland County, this amounts to 29.3 positions (the difference between 87.3 and
58). Keep in mind that this is in addition
to the local's share of the cost of education the locality is already paying a s
mandated by the General Assembly.
Based on Department of Education
cost estimates, it would take approximately $30 million in the 1984-86 biennium to increase the instructor/pupil
ratio by one instructor. Calculating the
difference between the statewide aver-

age employment of 63.8 professionals
and the 58 positions supported through
state and federal funding, it would require approximately an additional $174
million in state monies to fund the additional 5.8 positions needed to correct
this disparity in S O Q funding.
The Cost Per Child
This creates a situation of deep concern to local government, but it pales in
comparison to the situation created by
the General Assembly's approach to
funding the actual Standards of Quality
formula. In effect, the state's share of
S O Q funding for each year has been
determined by the amount of available
state funds rather than by the level of
actual educational costs.
In Table 1 the established state per
pupil appropriations are compared to
the calculated cost of providing these
standards for each year since the S O Q
formula was implemented. During each
of these years, each local government
has had to make up the difference noted
in column five for each student educated
in the locality. This is in addition to paying for any instructional staff of more
than 58, and in addition to paying the
local's established fair share of the cost
of education.
The Department of Education estimates it would require $275.8 million in
additional state funds to raise the governor's proposed S O Q funding targets
of $1,605 per pupil for 1984-85 and
$1,753 for 1985-86 to the actual estimated costs of $1,879 and $1,982 for
these respective years. This is in addition to the estimated $174 million
needed to fund the actual average number of instructors already employed
across the state. Plus, the new more
sthngent Standards of Quality recently
mandated by Department of Education
are expected to cost in excess of $11
million. T h i s brings the state's total
share of the cost of education to more
than $460 million.'
Virginia's Budget
In its most fundamental form there are
only two important issues in any budget:
how the money is raised and how the
money is spent.
Since income is directly related to
spending in Virginia, where state prac'These figures were accurate at the time this
article was written, but as are all state budget estimates they are subject to change.

�tice requires a balanced budget, a review of the factors affecting revenue
collections serves a s a starting point for
understanding state spending. Significant factors affecting r e v e n u e collections since 1970 include state and
federal tax cuts, inflation, reductions in
revenue collection projections resulting
from e c o n o m i c r e c e s s i o n and the
state's tax effort.
During the past 14 years in Virginia,
tax cuts have led tax increases. The
result has been a $175.9 million revenue loss to the state's general fund.
Since 1970 state taxes have been cut by
$653.5 million, while only $477.6 million
has been generated through new or revised tax efforts. Of 14 tax cuts, averaging one per year over the 1970-83
period, half have had direct negative
impact on local government and five
have transpired since 1980, a period in
which localities have faced significantly
reduced federal funding and downturns
In local revenue collections due to economic recession. The remaining seven
state tax cut measures have had an
i n d i r e c t n e g a t i v e i m p a c t on l o c a l
government by reducing the size of the
overall budget "pie" from which the individual "pieces" are appropriated.
In order to provide a clearer picture of
the impact that tax cuts, inflation and
recession have had on the state budget,
a comparison in terms of constant dollars is worthwhile.
According to Stuart W. Connock, a s sistant secretary for administration and
finance, "During the past five years revenues have increased by over $1 billion,
about 30 percent in current dollars, but
they have decreased by $320 million in
constant dollars. In other words, revenues have not kept pace with inflation."
By 1981-82 the "buying power" of

dollars used to fund the budget had
been reduced to the point that 6.4 percent less in goods and services could be
purchased than in 1969-1970.
While inflation and state tax cuts were
taking a toll on the "buying power" of the
state's general fund during the late
1970s and early '80s, the federally supported share of the state's non-general
fund was being reduced a s a result of
federal deficit interest payments and individual income tax cuts. In fiscal year
1 9 8 1 - 8 2 federal grants were almost
$200 million less than in 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 , according to Secretary Connock. For the
most part, cuts to federal funds passed
through the state to local government.
The Toll on Education
The ravages of inflation, recession
and budget cuts at the state and federal
level have taken their toll on local government. Fourteen tax cut measures in
14 years, coupled with reduced buying
power of state appropriated dollars and
direct cuts in federal grants, have had a
devastating effect on local governments
in Virginia. No where have these reductions been more evident than in primary and secondary educational funding. In local governments, where education funding averages 50 percent of the
local budget and is as much a s 80 percent of the budget in some localities, a
statistically insignificant d e c r e a s e in
state allocations can have a significant
net impact on local education budgets.
Even though state funding for education has grown to 41.6 percent of the
total state budget in 1982-84 from 36.7
percent in 1966-68, primary and secondary educational programs have not
been the major beneficiaries of this
growth. T h e effort to improve the quality
of higher education has been at the

expense of primary and secondary education. In 1966-68 the Department of
Education received 61.5 percent of all
state education funds with higher educ a t i o n r e c e i v i n g 3 7 . 1 p e r c e n t . In
1982-84 the Department of Education
received only 48.1 percent with higher
education receiving 50.4 percent of this.
This 13.4 percent relative reduction in
state support has had a devastating impact on local government budgets.
Decreased emphasis on primary and
secondary education is evidenced further by the findings of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Comimissions
1983 local mandates and financial resources study. According to J L A R C , the
state's share of primary and secondary
educational funding dropped to 43.6
percent in 1981-82 from 46.3 percent in
1977-78.
The Burden on Localities
A s the state's share of primary and
secondary educational funding has decreased, the burden has more and more
fallen on the localities, in 1977-78 the
state passed on $729.1 million in educational costs to localities, and in 1981-82
this s u m e x c e e d s $1 billion. L o c a l
governments cannot continue to carry
this increasing burden. Funding primary
and secondary education is the largest
slice of every municipal's budgetary pie
and a major concern of local governments. In view of these facts, full funding
of the Standards of Quality has been set
by V M L ' s members a s the league's
number one legislative goal for 1984.
The league has voted on a one percent statewide sales tax a s the best
means of generating the revenue to
fund the S O Q s . Why this a s opposed to
an increase in local taxes? The answer
Continued

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TABLE 1
COMPARISON O F E S T A B L I S H E D S T A N D A R D S O F QUALITY P E R PUPIL AMOUNT
TO A C T U A L / E S T I M A T E D C O S T
Fiscal Years
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86

Established
$ 687
730
790
825
901
960
1,075
1,185
1,320
1,464*
1,605**
1,753**

Calculated
$ 833
887
961
1,029
1,116
1,231
1,361
1,519
1,668***
1,773***
1,879***
1,982***

Established A s a
Percent of Calculated
82.5%
82.3
82.2
80.2
80.7
78.0
79.0
78.0
79.1
82.6
85.4
88.4

* Per Chapter 622, Acts of Assembly (1983).
** As recommended in the 1984-86 Financial Proposal.
*** T h e 1981-82 actual S O Q cost was increased by the following percentages:
1982-83 by 9.8 percent; 1983-84 by 6.3 percent; 1 9 8 4 - 8 5 by 6 percent; and 1985-86 by 5.5 percent.

Dollar
Difference
$146
157
171
204
215
271
286
334
348
309
274
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is twofold. One response addresses
equity; the other addresses need.
On the principle of equity, the state
should provide its fair share of the actual
costs of education. This includes full
funding of the actual S O O costs based
on the current ratio of instructional personnel per 1,000 pupils.
On the issue of need, the major finding of the J L A R C local mandates and
fiscal resources study is that local governments are fiscally stressed.
In concluding comments the study
states, "No one approach will address
all of the stresses affecting the ability of
Virginia localities to meet their service
responsibilities. And, the most effective
approaches may well require the examination of additional revenues at the
state level."
T h e study continues by reviewing
additional sources of revenue that could
be used to provide public services. First
on this list is an additional sales tax.
Trends in Taxation
E v e n though budget cuts, inflation
and economic recession have had a
severe negative impact on the budget of
Virginia, and subsequently the budgets
of its political subdivisions, Virginia continues to rank 39th in the nation in state
and local tax effort, a position maintained since 1970.
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state and local government. In 1981, the
most recent data available, Virginia collected $100 per $1,000, falling $13 per
capita short of the nationwide average.
A Virginia Education Association publication entitled, " I s Virginia A High T a x
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" T h e 1981 T a x Capacity of the Fifty
S t a t e s , " compiled by the Advisory
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tax revenue for each state and determines a tax capacity index and tax effort
index for each area of taxation. If the tax
effort index is lower than the tax capacity
index then the tax c a n be termed
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According to A C I R , a series of Virginia taxes in which the tax effort index is
significantly lower than the tax capacity
index exists. These include: the general
sales tax (with a tax capacity index of
101.9 and a tax effort index of 64.7); the
tobacco sales tax (with a tax capacity
index of 112.9 and a tax effort index of
30.7); and corporation licenses (with a
tax capacity index of 84.1 and a tax
effort index of 21.6). While there are
certainly advantages to this position,
those advantages must be weighed
against the cost—in this case the quality
education of our children.
Although it is sometimes unpopular,
raising taxes is often a responsible action necessary to meet increasing program needs. During 1983, 12 states
raised sales taxes, 13 increased income
taxes, 23 boosted taxes on motor fuel
and 16 hiked taxes on tobacco or liquor.
Illinois' combined tax increase measures for 1983 should bring $1.3 billion
in new revenues. Ohio and New York
respectively should see an additional
$770 million and $742 million in new
revenues resulting from legislative actions taken in 1983. In all, 35 states
enacted tax increases during 1983 according to the National Conference of
State Legislatures.
Summarv
According to the figures, Virginia is
fortunate to be in a posture which would
allow a one percent statewide sales tax
i n c r e a s e without significantly jeopardizing the state's attractive tax position. Also, the state already has in place
the mechanism for funding education
through the sales tax. In addition, the
J L A R C study recommends a search for
additional revenues at the state level for
funding education.
The J L A R C study and the A C I R study
serve in a complimentary fashion, one
showing localities fiscally stressed and
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Opportunity

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Competition. This is your opportunity to shine, to boast a little about your community's achievements, to stand out among your peers.

Recognition

Winners of VML's 1984 Achievement Awards will receive statewide recognition. Your success
story will be published in the September issue of Virginia Town &amp; City and you will be honored
at VML's annual conference.

Eligibility

All VML member localities are eligible to enter the competition; however, entries may not be
shared by more than two localities.

Categories

Six categories of competition are available to two groups of competitors—towns, and cities
and counties. The categories are: community development, effective government, environmental
quality, human development, public safety, and transportation. Localities may submit only one
entry in each category.

Entries

Entries must be typed double spaced and should not exceed eight pages. A cover page bearing the project's title, the category of the entry, the name of the locality and the signature of the
chief elected official is required. Black and white photographs, line art, renderings or newspaper
clippings may be included but should not be larger than letter size. Three copies of each entry
must be submitted. All entries become the property of the Virginia Municipal League.

Judging

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A screening committee will review all entries and a panel of three judges will select the winners. A key criteria in judging an entry will be the results achieved by the project. Although the
entries themselves need not be elaborate, appearance, grammar and writing style will be
considered.

Deadline
All entries must be postmarked no later than April 27, 1984.
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"under-utilized." In additon there can be
no doubt a s to the need for funding
education. A s mentioned earlier, an additional $460 million is needed to pay for
the new Standards of Quality, the teaching positions a l r e a d y in e x i s t e n c e
throughout the state and the actual cost
of educating a child a s opposed to the
figure proposed in the governor's budget. A one percent i n c r e a s e in the
state's s a l e s tax would generate the
funds needed to pay for quality education. Also, because the VML supports
equal educational opportunities for
every child in the commonwealth regardless of local financial heritage or
political pressures, the league requests
that these monies be fairly distributed to
the localities on the basis of school-age
population.

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Lawrence A. Davies. mayor of Fredericksburg and first vice president of the
league, acted a s the leagues spokesperson explaining how the state under
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Harry King, president of the Virginia Association of Counties: Brenda Cloyd,
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Quality of Work Life
By Russ Linden
"Managing During Times of Declining
Resources" has appeared frequently In
recent years a s the title of books, journals, articles and seminars, all of which
offer a vanety of coping strategies. Increased creativity among staff, encouraging entrepreneurial efforts, finding the
slack in the budgets and making cuts
that seem fair to all are commonly mentioned strategies.
T h e s e approaches have merit, but
each suffers from the same limitation:
the onus is on the manager. To foster
creativity, the manager must encourage
and reward. T o stimulate entrepreneurial behavior among department
heads, the manager must suggest such
behavior and remove the barriers to
taking risks. To find slack and cut budgets, the manager again shoulders the
burden.
In the past decade, a movement has
been underway that advocates sharing
many of these types of responsibilities
with employees. It is called Quality of
Work Life, QWL. The central theme of
Q W L is active participation by employees in decisions that affect them and the
organization.
QWL takes many forms and has been
advocated wholesale or in part by both
public and private organizations. Irving
Bluestone, former vice president of
United Auto Workers and initiator of the
first national Q W L program, describes it
this way: "Traditionally, management
has called upon labor to cooperate in
increasing productivity and improving
the quality of the product . . . management should cooperate with the worker
to find ways to enhance the dignity of
labor and to tap the creative resources
in each human being in developing a
more satisfying work life. . .
Such words will sound unrealistic and
Utopian to some. After all, the point of a
job is to get the work out; organizations
do not exist to promote worker dignity.
Clearly, the purpose of organizations is
delivery of goods and services. T h e
irony, as Bluestone points out, is that
organizations using Q W L programs are
experiencing i n c r e a s e d productivity,
high quality and reduced costs.
Consider these examples:
• In Columbus. O H , lower-level employee and management representatives began in 1976 to hold committee meetings to explore shared

problems. With the help of consultants, each committee set its
own agenda and proposed solutions to city officials. The results
have included increased safety,
fewer serious employee grievances, a new employee orientation
program and a flex-time schedule.
• A different sort of Q W L program
worked in S a n Diego where a s e ries of workshops helped employees clarify their roles and improve
their communications and management skills. After these sessions,
the city experienced increased
productivity, improved morale and
high citizen satisfaction with city
services.
• Closer to home, city officials in
Charlottesville have used a variety
of approaches, each contnbuting to
the employees' quality of work life.
Quality circles were implemented in
three departments in 1982. The gas
department's circle made suggestions for changing their scheduling
and inventory practices. T h e results are fewer bottlenecks and less
overtime. T h e city began an employee assistance program, contracted with the local family services agency, to deal with personal
problems affecting job
performance. According to Assistant City
Manager Gary B. O'Connell, these
programs reflect an "overall concerned attitude" apparent throughout the organization from the city
manager down. As he put it, "Our
manager, Cole Hendrix, has a concern for the whole employee."
In these and other instances. Q W L
p r o g r a m s a r e producing improved
supervisor-subordinate communications, lower turnover and increased appreciation for the ways in which the interests of supervisors and subordinates
merge.
Several developments spurred this
trend toward Q W L in both public and
private sector organizations. Employees are better educated now than they
were a generation ago, and they demand certain rights that never occurred
to their parents. They expect to have
power and autonomy. In addition, employees are more conscious of options
for career growth. Increasing numbers
of women in the workforce also have

contributed to the desire for participation
in decisions.
Quality of Work Life should not be
viewed as a "quick fix" for employee
relations problems, and it won't make a
real difference for those localities facing
large budget shortfalls. What it does
offer is a resource —the skills, ideas,
initiative and enthusiasm of employees
who are close to the worksite. This resource cannot be expected to solve all a
locality's problems, nor should the employees involved expect all their ideas
will be adopted.
To maximize Q W L ' s chances for succ e s s , some rules of thumb will help;
• Make the QWL program voluntary— start with departments that
want it.
• Give the program top-level support.
• Make sure those involved are
trained in whatever
problemsolving or decision-making approach is used.
• Remember that QWL is not a substitute for existing grievance proced u r e s — it is neither a productivity
gimmick nor a substitute for good
management.
• Give the program long-term support; do not create expectations for
immediate success.
In our post industrial society, with a
well-educated work force with increasing expectations for meaning and value
in their work, Q W L is a needed and
proven approach. In a sense, it boils
down to an attitude. If managers take
the classical scientific management approach and insist on making all the decisions, QWL won't have a chance. On
the other hand, for managers who see
their employees a s their most valuable
resources, persons who are fully capable of making certain decisions and providing input on others, QWL can substantially improve the climate in the
workplace. A Q W L program may even
yield useful ideas for managers struggling to manage during times of declining resources.
About the Author
Russ Linden is associate for training and
development
at tlie University of Virginia's
Institute of Government. His consulting and
research interests have included
implementation of OWL programs in public
sector
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VML President
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Officers
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . Thomas
S a m W. A d a m s
J a n e L. Hough

Two Speak Out on Budgeting
Charles L. Duckworth, the mayor of Chase City, and Elliott L.
Shearer, the mayor of Lynchburg, give their views on budgeting in
two separate articles: "Meaningful Spending Through Stated
Objectives" and " C r i s i s or Creative Opportunity."

Executive Committee
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Arlie C . P a y n e
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J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a c k P. B a r n e s
Margie M a y e s

The New Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act
G. William Thomas Jr., the new director of the Richmond HUD Office,
reviews this legislation highlighting new programs and changes in
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their budgets. Inside this issue, two Virginia mayors discuss their successful
budgeting tactics.

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C h a s e City is a small rural town in
Southside Virginia which boasts a population of about 3,000 and generates
something under $1 million in revenue
each year.
When one considers Virginia's billion
dollar budget and the multi-million dollar
budgets of larger cities in the commonwealth, "something under a million
dollars" doesn't sound too impressive
and certainly doesn't sound like much of
a figure to manage. At best, one might
imagine that a budget of under $1 million
could meet only the basic needs of even
the smallest community. After a few
short months as mayor I learned quite
differently.
A s a newly-elected mayor some eight
years ago, my desire was to s e e that the
few tax dollars received by the town
were well spent and that under my administration the taxpayer received full
value for every cent he contributed to
the coffers. It w a s also my intent to apply
the same sound fiscal principles I had
used to build a successful business to
managing the town's limited funds and
to provide the best in essential services
those funds could procure.
Not long after I took the helm a s may-

or I learned three facts critical to the
town's financial policy. First, the budget
was being managed on a crisis basis. As
a crack in the dam appeared at one
point, funds were diverted from another
point to plug the gap. Second, the town
itself had not been given any firm direction, and many expensive "pet projects" had been approved on the whim of
one well-meaning elected official or another. Third, I learned that for the most
part essential services were being provided in a satisfactory manner, thanks in
large to a dedicated work force and several excellent department heads.
With the able assistance of an effective planning commission and the support of a clear thinking town council,
several goals were established for the
community and soon thereafter a series
of objectives w a s developed to achieve
these goals. Armed with clearly defined
objectives, the council and I were in a
position to give firm guidance to the
town's management in terms of spending tax dollars in a meaningful way and
directing work effort. In short, management was told to develop funding plans
only to meet essential services and
achieve stated objectives.

Additionally, management w a s directed to obtain maximum input on budget development from elected officials,
department heads and the citizens. The
results of this simple approach have
been truly spectacular. In just a few
short years more than 50 percent of the
town's objectives, which were only
dreams in 1978, have become reality.
Several of these realities are high cost
items such a s a new police and fire
station, a fully developed industrial park,
a handsome new library and a community center which is the pride of the town.
T h e results are even more s p e c tacular when one considers that the objectives were achieved without resorting
to an increase in personal property or
real estate taxes and without giving in to
the temptation of a large debt level.
To me, the mayor of a small town, the
town's budget for each year is far more
than the balancing of income and expenditures. The town budget is a critical
management tool which must be designed to meet not only the essential
needs of the residents but equally important, their aspirations and expectations.

About the Author
Charles L. Duckworth has served as the mayor of Chase City since 1976 and is a standing member ol the town's finance committee. He is
president and general manager of Southside Furniture Inc. in Chase City and in Victoria, VA. He is also general manager and president of
Southside Hardware Inc., C-0 Metal Co. Inc., and the Furniture Dock, all of Chase City.

�Goals and Objectives for the Town of C h a s e City, Virginia, 1979-1984
The overall goal of the town of Chase
City during the five-year period from
1979-1984 has been to improve the
quality of life of all its residents, to increase the population of the town by 500,
to reduce property and real taxes and to
provide a climate to stimulate commerce
within and adjacent to the corporate limits.
To achieve these broad goals a list of
32 objectives was established by the town
council. T h e town h a s s u c c e s s f u l l y
achieved many of these objectives. Following is a list of some of the town's
written objectives and their status.
1. The re-routing of state Highway 47
through Chase City. Completed.
2. Provide at least two additional town
wells and improve the overall water system. The two wells are completed.
3. Eliminate substandard, inadequate
and abandoned housing. The town has

demolished 37 dilapidated houses and
continues this ongoing project.
4. Construction of a mental health
clinic. Completed.
5. Continue to expand the capabilities
of local medical services to include enticing additional physicians to Chase City
and continued support to the rescue
squad. A medical clinic has been built
where two young doctors
currently
practice.
6. Expand the existing excellent capabilities of the Chase City Volunteer Fire
Department to include the construction of
a new fire station. A new fire and police
station has been completed.
7. Improve and expand the town's recreational facilities to include the reopening of the municipal swimming pool
and the construction of at least five basketball courts to be located throughout
Chase City. Two tennis courts have been
constructed
thus far in this ongoing
project.

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8. Continue to seek state and federal
funds to support needed town projects
without becoming dependent on outside
sources of revenue or losing any degree
of independence to outside authority. Another ongoing objective, more than
$200,000 in grants has been obtained in
the last six years.
9. Construct and support a new and
larger library in Chase City. Completed.
10. Provide a community center available to all the residents of Chase City.
Completed.
11. Vigorously seek new light industries. Continue to develop the Chase City
Industrial Park. Two industrial parks are
100 percent complete with water, sewer
and highway. One tenant has been secured
and the search
for
others
continues.
12. Eliminate litter and trash from the
community. An ongoing project.

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B y Elliott L . S h e a r e r
"Get me a one-handed economist!"
Harry Truman once demanded. "All my
economists say, on the one hand . . . ,
but on the other. . . . "
How many council members make
similar declarations to their city managers each year during the budget proc e s s ? This annual exercise of balancing
revenues against expenditures (or vice
versa) leaves many council members
and administrative staff in a catatonic
state, the reason being that too often
elected and administrative officials don't
really know where they are going, or
they try to fulfill too many promises such
as no tax increases.
This reminds me of the White Queen
who celebrates the glories of jam in
Lewis Carroll's famous story, "Alice in
Wonderland." The queen promises jam
to everyone, only not today. There is jam
yesterday and jam tomorrow, but no jam
today, a little like the promises elected
officials make each year with the budget. Each year they may promise services will remain at the same level with
no tax increase, but they end up with jam

all over their faces, unable to deliver or
fulfill these promises.
Far too often city councils become
entrenched in the "nitty-gritty" of budget
preparation. E a c h year council members and managers begin by looking at
what was spent and then deciding how
much more can be afforded without ever
considering if services could be accomplished more efficiently with less cost or
if some expenditure items are merely
traditional with no real usefulness. Subsequently, throughout the preparation of
the budget too many local elected offic i a l s a n d city m a n a g e r s b e c o m e
bogged down in negotiating or arguing
over line item expenditures. Broad goals
and objectives are overshadowed, and
the pnmary function of fulfilling and
meeting public interests becomes a
secondary or passing thought.
Throughout my years on city council I
have experienced many of the frustrations of the annual budget process. In
recent y e a r s , however, I h a v e discovered the key to a successful budget

making process which I would like to
share.
Council members must first look at
what the city or county is spending and
compare that to revenues. This tells you
if any additional money is available with
which to do more or if you are doing all
that is financially possible. If you are
doing all you c a n , then determine
whether or not revenues can be increased. At this point, you must accurately recollect any campaign or other
promises made to the people in terms of
tax increases. Furthermore, look at prevailing economic conditions and the
health of the community's citizens and
corporate citizens.
If revenue increases are not politically
possible or the citizens and businesses
cannot afford any type of increase, then
consider if revenues are being used approphately and efficiently or if spending
priorities need to be reorganized. At this
stage it is important not to look at just the
next fiscal year, but to look to the future.
Consider what public services will cost
two years from now and if your revenues
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"The 1983 act will have strong impact on the program
directions for the foreseeable
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On Nov. 30, 1983. President Reagan
signed into law the Housing and UrbanRural Recovery Act of 1983 culminating
one of the most complex legislative exercises in recent memory.
Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr., welcomed the measure as a "significant
piece of legislation."
"The legislation enables the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to meet basic obligations to
which we are fully committed—to aid the
needy in meeting their shelter needs, to
encourage homeownership and to work
for strong, healthy communities. Under
provisions of this bill we can continue
our active pursuit of these goals in a
manner that is fiscally responsible without imposing an undue and counterproductive burden on the American taxpayer," stated Pierce.
The 1983 act will have strong impact
on the program and policy directions for
the foreseeable future. It is a detailed,
five-titled piece of legislation covering
the following areas: Title l-Community
and Neighborhood Development and
C o n s e r v a t i o n : Title l l - H o u s i n g A s s i s t a n c e P r o g r a m s : Title I l l - R e n t a l
Housing Rehabilitation and Production
Programs; Title IV-Program Amendments and E x t e n s i o n s : and Title VRural Housing.
Some significant additions to the programs of HUD and some changes in
existing programs are made by this statute. Of particular interest to local governments are the new programs and

changes in the areas of community and
economic development and the new
rental rehabilitation and development
grant program.
Community and Economic
Development
The 1983 act reauthorized the Community D e v e l o p m e n t B l o c k G r a n t
( C D B G ) Program for three years with
some $3,468 billion for each year. Benefit to low and moderate income persons is clarified in the act a s the primary
objective of the C D B G program, and
over a period of three years each state
and unit of local government receiving
C D B G funds must certify that not less
than 51 percent of funds received are
used for this purpose.
The act also defines eligible activities
and how certain activities are to be considered to principally benefit low and
moderate income families in provisions
that apply both to entitlement communities and to small cities receiving
funds from either HUD or the state.
Under the bill each small city receiving
funds must identify its housing and community development needs (including
the needs of low and moderate income
residents) and the activities designed to
meet those needs. Both entitlement
communities and small cities must
agree also to minimize displacement, to
affirmatively further fair housing and to
provide citizens the opportunity to assist
in development of the grant proposal.
Interim instructions have been issued
for C D B G recipients.

In addition, various provisions of the
act assure that entitlement communities
which have lost population according to
the 1980 census or lost their classification a s central cities will continue as
entitlement communities for an additional two years. This could help at
least two Virginia cities—Hopewell and
Colonial H e i g h t s — b e c a u se the provision permits cities defined as metropolitan in fiscal year 1983 (over 50,000
population or central city of Metropolitan
Statistical Areas) to retain the designation a s well as the C D B G entitlement for
fiscal years 1984 and 1985.
The act also reauthorizes the Urban
Development Action Grant (UDAG) Program for three years, funding each year
at $440 million. Unemployment, job lag
and surplus labor will be included in the
UDAG eligibility cnteria for small cities
just a s the extent of unemployment has
been considered for entitlement comm u n i t i e s . T h r o u g h this l e g i s l a t i v e
change an additional number of entitlement communities are now UDAG
eligible. Nearly 20 small cities will be
added to the list of some 105 UDAG
eligible small cities, and 11 small cities
previously off the list are now reinstated.
In addition, no small city eligible for a
UDAG in fiscal year 1983 will lose its
eligibility until it is determined whether it
will qualify for assistance when the unemployment, job lag or surplus labor
criteria are issued. Through *his. 18 Virginia communities will continue to hold
eligibility for two quarters after pub-

�These homes in the Richmond area are for sale for $1 under HUDs
and reside in it for five years.

lication of thie new regulations, wfiicfi is
expected by early March.
Under the 1983 act these two worthwhile programs will continue to help
cities, towns and communities improve
their economies.
In the community development area.
HUD's Urban Homesteading Program
w a s reauthorized for two y e a r s and
funded at $12 million in 1984 and $8
million in 1985. Virginia localities participating in this program include F^oanol&lt;e. Danville, Richmond. Newport
News and J a m e s City County.
T h e single-family urban homesteading program has been revised to
assure benefits accrue to low and moderate income families whose primary
opportunity for homeownership lies with
the h o m e s t e a d i n g program. A s i g nificant change is in the period of required occupancy for the homesteader
which has been increased to five years
before he can receive fee simple title to
the property.
A proposed demonstration multifamily urban homesteading program is
also contemplated to be of major benefit
to lower income families. Funds for the
rehabilitation of multi-family properties
are expected to be available from the
Section 312 rehab program, C D B G , the
new rental rehabilitation grants and private resources. By continuing the S e c tion 312 program for 1984 through loan
repayments and carryover funds, a setaside of these funds w a s established for
use with the Urban Home-steading Program. Participating communities may.

Urban Homesteading

Program whereby the buyer must renovate the home

at their own descretion, use the remaining 312 loan funds for single-or multifamily rehabilitation.
Rental Rehabilitation a n d
Development Grants
The new rental rehabilitation and development grant program is intended to
help bring substandard housing units up
to standard and add to the available
supply of rental housing. HUD views this
program a s a major breakthrough in
cost effective housing production programs for low income people and is
giving high priority to its implementation.
The program provides formula grants
to cities for encouraging moderate rehabilitation of housing and consists of
two basic components: rental rehabilitation grants and development grants.
Rental rehabilitation grants will be provided to local governments and states to
aid in the rehabilitation of privately
owned rental housing stock. Twelve
Virginia communities are tentatively
"entitled" to participate in the program.
In addition, the state may also administer the program for smaller communities similar to administration of the
C D B G program.
The 1983 act authorizes the rental
rehabilitation grants for two years at
$150 million for each year. Grants will be
distributed on a formula basis to cities,
urban counties and states and can be
used only in neighborhoods where the
median income does not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the area.
Rehabilitation and conservation of ex-

isting housing and neighborhoods continues to be a major emphasis in national housing policy. As stated by S e c retary P i e r c e , •'the combination of
v o u c h e r s and rental rehab will e n courage greater use of our existing
housing stock."
In order to assure very low income
tenants the opportunity to be housed
under the rental rehabilitation program,
$242 million is authorized for a demonstration of approximately 15,000 housing vouchers, certificates used to purchase housing. These vouchers will be
used primarily to support the rehabilitation program by enabling many very low
income tenants to remain in a structure
that is improved and to provide housing
assistance to those displaced by either
the rehabilitation or development program.
This program is considerably less expensive and more highly targeted to
those areas where there is a spot shortage of rental housing than earlier production programs. It solves certain objectives to the Section 8 new c o n s t r u c t i o n program and p r o v i d e s a
front-end subsidy without a long-term
government financial commitment to the
individual project. The construction program is also highly targeted. In order to
qualify for new development grants,
communities must demonstrate a severe shortage of rental housing opportunities a s m e a s u r e d by objective
criteria.
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G. William T h o m a s Jr. fills the vacancy left by I. Margaret White as manager of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development's Richmond field
office. Thomas, 32, is responsible for
carrying out the full range of HUD tiousing and community development programs in most c o u n t i e s and independent cities in Virginia.
Prior to his appointment, tie had
served since 1981 as the senior assistant for legislation in HUD. In that
position he worked as a liaison between
HUD and members of Congress on
pending and proposed legislation affecting the department. He played a vital
role in the design and development of
community planning and development
and federal enterprise zone legislation.
Thomas' career in housing began in
1974 when he first came to HUD as an
assistant for legislative affairs. He remained in that position for three years
and received the HUD Award for Special
Achievement three consecutive years.
He later worked in the department as a
community development specialist.

In addition to his federal experience
with HUD, Thomas has worked for the
Federal Insurance Administration, the
United States Senate and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
A native of Richmond, while in Virginia he worked for the Division of Legislative Services and the Department of
Taxation. He also served as assistant
p o s t m a s t e r and p o s t m a s t e r of the
Senate.
Thomas attended Randolph-Macon
College and received a bachelor's degree in history from Virginia C o m monwealth University where he served
as president of his class. He holds a
master's degree in government and
public administration from The George
Washington University in Washington,
DC. He a t t e n d e d the International
S c h o o l of Law a n d in 1977 c o n ceptualized the plan and made the initial
contacts with the Virginia General Assembly which led to the creation of
George Mason University School of
Law. In 1981. he received a juris doctor
degree from George Mason University.
He is involved in numerous humanitarian and philanthropic activities and is

a charter member of the Prince of Peace
Lutheran Church in Richmond. In 1979,
1982 and 1983 he was selected an Outstanding Young Man in America.

-Thomas-

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Recog n ition

Winners of VML's 1984 Achievement Awards will receive statewide recognition. Your success
story will be published in the September issue of Virginia Town &amp; City and you will be honored
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will be sufficient to cover that cost. Obviously, costs never remain constant, and
two years from now public services will
cost more. The economic vitality of the
area will determine if revenues will be
sufficient to cover costs.
Elected officials have only two options
to consider at this point: "Do we inc r e a s e r e v e n u e s now to match increases in costs two years from now, or
do we decrease services now so revenues will be sufficient in two y e a r s ? "
Both options have merit. Small increases now will enable the locality to
easily meet its obligations in the shortterm without a tax increase for several
years. On the other hand, the public may
accept a decrease in certain public services. For example, instead of refuse
collection twice a week, the public may
accept once a week collection. In place
of repaving a certain number of street
miles each year, the public may tolerate
current street conditions for a while
longer.
While these decisions are important
politically, they should not get the
elected official caught up in "line item
cross examination." During the budget
process, council members should not
look at each budget line item. Almost
every public administration textbook describes the elected administrative dichotomy, the dichotomy between those
who make policy and those who implement policy. T h e key to making this dichotomy effective lies in one word —
trust. Elected officials must trust their
manager; there is no middle ground. If
you trust your city manager and administrative staff, there is no need to cross
examine every line item in the budget.
A quick test to determine if you are
scrutinizing each line item is to ask yourself, "Do I know how much is being
spent for travel and training?" or "Do I
openly ask where is everyone being
trained?"
If you are asking these types of questions, are you doing so out of conscientiousness or lack of trust? Should
you decide you don't really trust the city
manager, then consider a new one.
Without trust, no locality can act truly in
the interest of the public. We must be
open and honest with each other to
make government work.
As elected officials we are not experts
in the budget process. It is not wrong or
uncommon for city council members not
to fully understand the budget process.
We were not elected because we have

Ph.D.s in public or government administration; we were elected to represent
the people. It is not always achievable or
even desirable to be an expert in budgeting. The more we know in this area,
the greater tendency we have to become involved in administrative responsibility for the budget. City council needs
only to look at the service needs of the
locality and the ability of the entire community to generate revenues both now
and in the future.
How do you do this? First, council
must provide the manager with policy
guidelines a s to how much of a rise or
p e r c e n t a g e i n c r e a s e in the budget
council will accept. Second, advise the
manager that you expect that goal to be
met.
Should you find you have set a goal
the administration shows it cannot meet,
talk about how to approach the situation.
Is it the budget? Is the goal unrealistic?
Or, is there a problem in the council/
administration relationship?
In every budget there are uncontrollable costs which may have been
overlooked when setting goals. Never
forget there are certain expenditures or
increases over which the manager has
no control.
Perhaps council set the goal too high
and projected r e v e n u e s prevent its
achievement. Council must remember
at this point not to start scrutinizing each
line item to s e e what can be reduced or
cut.
Council should never deal with individual items whether it's the amount of
ballfield marking dust, the quantity of
toilet paper or the cost of light bulbs. The
proper approach is to give the city manager a dollar amount to work with and
ask the manager to come back with a
budget matching that amount. T h e manager also should describe any services
that have been cut. how they are affected and to what degree.
The manager's role is to bring back a
meaningful budget that reflects the nonemotional line items that had to be reduced. I emphasize non-emotionai line
items. Government agencies are notorious for using emotional issues to arrive
at the budgets they desire.
Several years ago during federal budget hearings, S e n . William Proxmire of
Wisconsin was dismayed at Defense
Department expenditures and strongly
advised defense officials to revise their
budget. Department officials did exactly
as they were told by making cuts in food
products for both military and civilian
p e r s o n n e l . Significant cost s a v i n g s

were projected through the use of nondairy a s opposed to bona fide dairy
products. When S e n . Proxmire, who
represents the Dairy State, realized the
impact of the Defense Department's
cuts on his state's principal industry, the
budget b e c a m e a highly emotional
issue.
Cutting budgets of programs that involve highly emotional i s s u e s does
nothing more than cause conflict and
retard a meaningful budget process. It is
usually a symptom of a less than desirable council/manager relationship.
Council must give direction or policy
guidelines to the manager and do so in a
clear and concise manner. Then it becomes incumbent on the manager to
deliver to council that which is asked for.
This back and forth communication is
essential to insure that elected and appointed officials know exactly what is
expected and where the entire process
is going.
Trust and communication should receive the highest priority among the ingredients essential for successful budgeting. While trust must be earned,
open communication must be continually nurtured. The legacy of each
budget year should be a strengthening
of trust between council and manager
and a higher level of communication.
There is no question that the budget
process can be frustrating and exaspera t i n g . P u b l i c policy is n e v e r selfexecuting, and those of us who make
policy do not implement it. Budgeting is
and must be a shared process whereby
council and manager work together in a
manner that promotes trust and open
communication. The budget, in effect,
transforms policies into realities, and
when all is said and done, the public,
whom we were elected to represent, will
benefit immeasurably and will realize
that government does, in fact, work.
About the Author
Elliot! L. Shearer is completing his third term
as mayor of Lynchburg. He has served on
the Lynchburg City Council for eight years
and has been a part of the city's finance
committee since his election. He has also
served on the National League of Cities Finance, Administration and
Intergovernmental Relations (FAIR) Committee and the
finance committee of the U.S. Conference of
!\Aayors. He is a graduate of the Medical
College of Virginia and a Lynchburg dentist.

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Water, S e w e r R a t e s
The Virginia Municipal League recently completed publishing its survey
of water and sewer rates in Virginia
localities. The 89-page report, bearing
the title •1983 Water and Sewer Rates
in Virginia Cities, Towns and Urban
Counties," continues a series of reports
on water and sewer rates published
every other year by VML.
The report is presented in a uniform
manner, as it has been for the past
several years, to facilitate easy comparisons among localities. Included are
various water and sewer charges, fees,
rates and billing methods for cities,
counties, towns and sanitary districts.
Copies have been mailed to each
VML member locality. Additional copies
may be purchased by member localities
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Meeting to F o c u s
O n Downtown R e h a b

ing will be held April 29-May 1 at the
Omni International in Norfolk.
The emphasis of this year's meeting
will be downtown redevelopment in Virginia's cities and towns. Programs include mobile and walking tours of downtown Portsmouth and Franklin as well as
of the host city Norfolk. Admiral Harry
Train II and Secretary of Commerce and
Resources Betty J. Diener will head the
list of speakers.
For more information, contact Sallie
Cross at (804) 441-2941.

V T &amp; C Faux P a s
There are 40 members of the Virginia
Senate, not 50 as mentioned in the January issue of Virginia Town &amp; City. In the
same issue, the correct term of office for
members of the Virginia House of Delegates is two years. Current delegates
will serve from Jan. 11, 1984 to Jan. 8,
1986.
In the February issue, George T. Snyder Jr. is the correct spelling for Fairfax's
new mayor's name. He was pictured in
the 'People" column on page five.

The Annual Virginia Chapter-American Planning Association Virginia Citizens Planning Association 1984 Meet-

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very good deal. Many will be surprised
to find they qualify.
For colorful posters and brochures to
help explain the program to the public,
call VHDA at (804) 782-1986, or write
Public Relations, VHDA, 13 S. 13th St.,
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ment grant a s a highly targeted program
to make possible new construction and
substantial rehabilitation in localities
with a severe shortage of rental housing
opportunities, especially for low income
families. The grants will be made on a
competitive basis and project a s s i s tance is limited to 40 percent of the cost
of development which may be used for
grants, loans, interest subsidies or other
types of assistance. Project owners will
be required to make at least 20 percent
of their units available to and affordable
by low income families over a 20-year
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In selecting grantees, the secretary of
HUD will give priority to proposals exceeding this requirement and located in
areas where long waiting lists and difficulties in finding suitable units for housing assistance exist.
Private investment is encouraged by
stipulating that projects with a greater
proportion of private funds will be
viewed more favorably.
The development grants will be used
to subsidize the cost of new construction
and substantial rehabilitation. The 1983
act authorizes this program for two
years at $200 million for 1984 and $115
million for 1985. HUD is working toward
development of regulations for implementation this year.
In the meantime, on November 10,
1983, HUD advertised for the selection
of participants for the third round of the
rental rehabilitation demonstration program. S o m e five Virginia communit i e s — L y n c h b u r g , Norfolk, Danville,
Petersburg and Richmond—are participating through the second round and
this experience should help prepare
these localities and others for this new
program.
Conclusion
State and local governments have a
lot to look fonward to a s the new Housing
and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983
is implemented. Secretary Pierce and
the whole HUD team are excited about
this legislation, having worked long and
hard for a number of the positive features contained in this first authorization
bill since 1981. HUD looks forward to
implementing this bill in the interest of all
Americans. For more information contact the Richmond HUD office.

About the Author
G. William Thomas Jr. is the new manager of
the Richmond office of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development. Prior to
his appointment
Jan. 16. 1984. he had
served since April 1981 as the senior assistant for legislation for HUD in Washington,
DC.

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Pearisburg Hires
New Manager
J o h n R. Strutner replaces A. Lee
Galloway as the town manager of Pearisburg. Strutner comes to Pearisburg
from Dublin. OH, where he has served
as assistant manager since 1980. Prior
to his appointment as assistant manager, he worked a s administrative assistant to Dublin's village administrator and
as administrative assistant to the city
manager of Portage, Ml.
Strutner holds a bachelor's degree in
government from the University of Ohio
and a master's degree in public administration from Ohio State University. He
is a member of the International City
Management Association, the Ohio City
M a n a g e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n a n d the
A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y for P u b l i c
Administration.

Colonial Heights
Manager Retires
Byron E. Haner, manager of Colonial
Heights, retired Feb. 29. He had served
as the city's manager twice, once in
1972 and again from J a n u a r y 1978
through his retirement.
He is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a master's in architecture. Following retirement from the
Air Force in 1967 he became the a s sistant city manager of Roanoke working under Julian Hirst. He worked a s the
manager of Colonial Heights for a year
in 1972 and then returned to Roanoke
as manager in 1973. After five years in
R o a n o k e he r e t u r n e d to C o l o n i a l
Heights.
Haner has been active in the Virginia
Municipal League since 1967 and also
has been an active member of the Virginia Section, International City Management Association. He will continue
to reside in Colonial Heights following
his retirement.

Fire Chiefs Retire
Chiefs Walter A. Stickel J r . and
Alfred A. Savia, the immediate past
president and president of the State Fire
Chiefs Association of Virginia respectively, have both recently retired.
Chief Stickel of Henrico County Division of Fire retired Dec. 30 after 30 years
of service in the division. Stickel, a

native of Ohio, was hired by the division
in 1953 a s a fire lieutenant. He w a s
promoted to captain in 1956 and to fire
battalion chief in 1962. In May 1967 he
became deputy chief of fire prevention.
He was appointed acting chief of the
division in May 1971 and later that same
year he became chief. Prior to joining
the fire service. Chief Stickel served in
the Navy. He served a s president of the
State Fire Chief Association of Virginia
in 1 9 8 2 - 8 3 .
Chief Alfred A. S a v i a , first deputy
chief of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
Department, also retired in December.
S a v i a is the current president of the
State Fire Chiefs Association of Virginia.
He has worked in fire services for more
than 28 years starting a s a fire inspector
in 1955. He has served a s an assistant
fire marshal, a fire marshal, an arson
investigator and a chief arson investigator. In 1971 he w a s appointed
deputy director. He was born and raised
in Vienna and also served a s assistant
chief of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department. He currently resides in Oakton.

Former Mayor,
Council Member Die
Lacy Lyons Trinlcle, mayor of Dublin
for 12 years, has died at the age of 94. A
graduate of Virginia Military Institute,
Trinkle s e r v e d on the Dublin T o w n
Council for eight years prior to becoming
mayor.
He was resident engineer for what is
now Appalachian Power Co. during the
construction of the Claytor Lake Dam.
He later became president of Trinkle &amp;
Dobyns, a general contracting firm. He
also w a s president of the Bank of Dublin
in the early 1960s.
Ralph Leon Groseclose Sr., a
former member of the Wytheville Town
Council, died recently of a heart attack.
He w a s 55.
Groseclose had been president of the
Wytheville Merchants Association and
Credit Bureau. He also w a s president of
Hobart N. Grubb Inc.

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to Virginia T o w n &amp; City,
P.O. B o x 7 5 3 , R i c h m o n d ,
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Stith FiUs Post
In Chesterfield
Millard D. (Pete) Stith Jr. is Chesterfield County's new executive assistant
for staff coordination and intergovernmental affairs.
Stith has been active in local and state
government s i n c e 1972. He w a s a
commonwealth intern in the office of
Gov. Linwood Holton. has worked in the
Division of State Planning and Community Affairs, was executive director of
the Charles City New Kent Community
Action Agency and served a s executive
director of the state Office of Housing.
Prior to his appointment, he was senior
v i c e president of J o b s for Virginia
Graduates Inc. in Richmond.
Stith holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Norfolk State University and attended the Marshall Wythe
School of Law at the College of William
and Mary.

Richmond Finance
Director Retires
H. Jack Lissenden has retired after
10 years a s finance director for the city
of Richmond. Lissenden, a C P A , had
worked in the private sector and served
one year a s the city's auditor before
becoming finance director. He is a past
president of the Virginia Municipal
Finance Officers Association and has
served a s a vice chairman of the MFOA
Committee on Governmental Debt and
Fiscal Policy. This year he chaired the
committee's task force on bond registration. Lissenden will remain in Richmond where he is a government finance
consultant.

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Editor
Christine A. Everson
Editorial Assistants
J o n i Terry
Mary Ann Cornell

Telephone

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VML President
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n J r .
Officers
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . Thomas
S a m W. A d a m s
J a n e L. Hough
Executive Committee
Robert T . W i l l i a m s
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n o
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a c k P. B a r n e s
Margie M a y e s
Executive Director
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On the Cover
The Old Church Tower at Jamestown
is the only standing ruin from the 17th
century town. The first representative
legislative assembly w a s said to have
convened May 30, 1619 in an earlier
wooden church located on this site. It
was at an assembly in Jamestown in
1634 that Virginia's first eight counties
were created.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of
the Virginia Municipal
League. It is
published
monthly
at 311
Ironfronts, 1011 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 753, Richmond,
Virginia
23206.
All contents,
copyright
1983 by the
Virginia Municipal
League. Any reproduction
or use of contents
must
have prior approval of the
Virginia
Municipal
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granted
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April 1984

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Virginia Celebrates 350 Y e a r s of County
Government

Number 4

In 1634, an act of the Virginia General Assembly created eight
"shires" — Accomack, Charles City, Charles River, Elizabeth City,
Henrico, J a m e s City, Warrosquoake and Warwick River.

Benefits Roll In From the Virginia C D B G
Program
S h e a Hollifield tells about the Community Development Block
Grant Program under the administration of the Virginia Department
of Housing and Community Development.

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Highlights of the 1984 S e s s i o n
Reading, P A — W h e r e Community TV Really
Works
Neal Peirce writes about an optimum use of two-way community
cable television.

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Professional Directory

21

Legal Guidelines
VML Legal Counsel Howard W. Dobbins talks about "Permissible
Exceptions to Constitutional Restrictions in Letting Some Public
Contracts."

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Richard F. Weeks J r . has left his
position with the Virginia Municipal
League to become administrator of the
newly-formed Virginia Innovation Group
(VIG).
Weeks, who holds a master's in public
administration from the State University
of New York, joined the league in 1977
as a staff associate. He served a s the
league's director of intergovernmental
relations from July 1981 through October 1983 when he w a s made associate
director. Throughout his years with the
league he has worked with the league's
policy committees in the formation of
league legislative policies, he has been
an active lobbyist for the league during
the General Assembly sessions, he has
written the Legislative
Bulletin for a
number of years, and last year he w a s
directly responsible for coordination of
the league's annual conference.
In his new position, Weeks will travel
throughout the state and work closely
with local governments. V I G is an organ i z a t i o n of V i r g i n i a c i t i e s , t o w n s .

counties and private companies joined
for the purpose of expanding the use of
s c i e n c e and technology products in
local governments. V I G currently has 21
members and is expected to expand to
50 members by next summer.

Chesterfield Hires
Recreation Chief
Gary N. Fenton has recently joined
the staff of Chesterfield County's Department of Parks and Recreation a s
chief of recreation. He comes to Virginia
from Ohio where he had served a s director of recreation for the city of Marion
since 1975. Prior to that he w a s director
of parks and recreation for Grandview
Heights, O H . He holds a degree in recreation and outdoor education from
Southern Illinois University and currently serves on the board of regents of the
North Carolina State University School
of Sports Management. Fenton is married and has two children.

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Lynchburg City Planner William B.
West Jr. has been named Blacksburg's
planning director replacing William Issel
who left in January to become the first
full-time planning director of Hilton Head
Island, S C .
West, who had served a s Lynchburg's
city planner for 10 years, w a s chosen for
his "technical expertise and interpersonal skills," according to Blacksburg's
town manager Robert Stripling. He will
be actively involved in Blacksburg's
downtown design, industhal park master plan and the comprehensive plan
rewrite now in progress.
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Brady Leaves
Public Works
Thomas F. Brady has resigned his
position a s director of public works in
Roanoke to become project manager
for J . M. Turner &amp; Co., a Salem contracting firm. He has been Roanoke's
director of public works for five years.
Brady, who has worked for the city for
10 years, has played a key role in the
city's downtown revitalization and economic d e v e l o p m e n t p r o g r a m s , the
Neighborhood Partnership and the costsaving efforts of the city.

Woodstock Appoints
New Mayor
Oliver L. Burkett has been appointed
the new mayor of Woodstock. He replaces William H. Coffman who w a s
transferred to Bridgewater.
Burkett previously s e r v e d a s the
mayor of Woodstock from 1970 to 1978
and has served on the town council 14
years. He is a retired dentist and a native
of the nearby community of Mount J a c k son.

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Virginia Celebrates 3501fears
1984 marks the 350th anniversary of
county government in the United States.
In recognition, Gov. Charles S . Robb
has proclaimed the last week in April
"County Government W e e k , " noting
that in 1634 the Virginia General A s sembly passed an act to establish the
first counties in the United States which
came to serve a s models for the rest of
the country, and which today continue to
serve the needs of Virginia's citizens. A s
we celebrate this milestone, we must
recognize the significant role Virginia
played in the development of local
government in the United States.
Considering Virginia's history, it is
perhaps ironic that the first settlers to
come to Virginia were little concerned
with government. Unlike our northern
neighbors who came to New England to
escape religious persecution, Virginia's
settlement w a s primarily an economic
adventure, and those who came to Virginia were originally governed by the
Virginia Company of London, an English
joint stock company granted charters in
1606, 1609 and 1612.
Virginia's settlers came to the New
World for economic and the gamut of
personal reasons; however, they initially
encountered starvation and unfriendly
Indians. Even though the original charter, in a somewhat unusual move and
possibly a s an enticement, guaranteed
the protection and privileges the common law would have accorded any man
in England, the settlers' immediate concern w a s not government, but survival.
In fact, only 60 of 500 settlers lived
through the winter of 1 6 0 9 - 1 0 , known
a s the "starving time."
Beyond the company, the plantations
and churches were the first bodies of
authority or local government in the New
World. Commanders of the plantations.

who often were officers in the militia
also, were responsible for their territories and probably handled civil matters. T h e plantations themselves later
came to represent natural divisions for
representative government. T h e local
church also had a great deal of responsibility, keeping legal records such a s
those of marriages and births and handling social matters.
O n c e the colony had taken hold,
however, it did not take lo.ng for the
influence of the mother country to
spread. In 1618, Gov. George Yeardley
arrived in Virginia with instructions to
convene a general assembly. T h e a s sembly, which was to meet annually if
not more often, was to be composed of a
council chosen by the company and a
house of b u r g e s s e s elected by the
freemen of the colony.
The first assembly convened July 30,
1619 in J a m e s t o w n , meeting in the
"Quire of the Churche" a s there w a s no
other place to hold a public meeting. Not
unlike today, the a s s e m b l y formed
committees, debated legislation and
after three readings enacted bills into
law. Having judicial and administrative
as well a s legislative authority, the a s sembly also heard c a s e s and passed
sentences and attended to matters such
a s t a x e s and roadbuilding. T h e a s sembly continued to meet in this form at
least annually until the company's charter w a s revoked in 1624 and Virginia
became a royal colony.
Also in 1618, Gov. Yeardley ordered
monthly courts to be held at convenient
places. T h e s e early courts were established primarily to take some of the
workload off the assembly and a s a
matter of convenience a s the colony
grew. They shared legislative, administrative and judicial powers with civil
and military officers and the churches.
The duties of the monthly courts, which
included such local matters a s construction of tobacco warehouses and

licensing taverns, were considerable
and they soon became seats of local
government.
In 1619 the colony was divided into
four "incorporations" which in turn were
composed of plantations, and by 1634
the colony had grown large enough to
be d i v i d e d into eight " s h i r e s , " or
counties, following the established form
of government in England. T h e counties
were represented at the General A s sembly and eventually replaced the
plantations a s the representative units
of local government.
Very little is known about the actual
e n a c t m e n t of the legislation which
formed the original counties other than it
w a s an act of the General Assembly of
1634, that the governor at the time w a s
Gov. John Harvey, that the assembly
met at the governor's home, that he w a s
known to complain about the expense of
this, and that the assembly consisted of
32 burgesses representing 21 areas.
T h e original eight shires were A c comack, Charles City, Charles River,
Elizabeth City, Henrico, J a m e s City,
W a r r o s q u o a k e and W a r w i c k River.
They eventually became Accomac
County, C h a r l e s City County, York
County, the city of Hampton, Henrico
County, J a m e s City County, Isle of
Wight County and the city of Newport
News.
Each county had a sheriff who w a s
appointed by the governor or recommended by the county court. The sheriff
served warrants, executed judgements,
collected taxes, supervised elections
and, in time, became quite powerful.
Counties also had clerks, surveyors and
other officers.
T h i s form of "county government"
soon became entrenched in the New
W o r l d a s the n u m b e r of c o u n t i e s
flourished from 50 in 1750 to more than
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A 90,000 square foot plant expansion
will create 200 new jobs in tfie town of
Independence. An inner fnarbor fias
been built and reinforced to help sustain
local commercial fishing in Northampton
County. A failing septic system which
has contaminated well water for several
years is being replaced by public sewer
service in Montgomery County. What do
all of these activities have in common?
They are all projects funded by the Virginia Community Development Block
Grant Program.
In 1982 the commonwealth of Virginia
began administering the community development block grant (CDBG) program, a federal program offering funding for construction grants for community facilities, housing and economic
development to primarily benefit low
and moderate income people. Since the
Virginia Department of Housing and
Community Development became responsible for administration of the program, some very significant benefits
have accrued to Virginia citizens. A total
of 58 new construction projects have
been funded, providing some impressive services across the c o m m o n wealth.
The town of Independence, Northampton County, Loudoun County,
Montgomery County and the city of Suffolk are just a few of the localities now

implementing CDBG funded projects
which will benefit their residents.
In Independence, the CDBG program
helped finance a significant plant expansion by Nautilus of Virginia Inc. This
private-public partnership resulted in a
90,000 square foot building and will create approximately 200 new jobs, most of
which will go to low and moderate income people. The new plant is expected
to begin production this spring.
In Northampton County, the Virginia
CDBG program is helping retain 355
jobs and provide the safe and efficient
harbor needed to ensure continuation of
the local commercial fishing industry. In
cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, the Willis Wharf Harbor
basin which was becoming impassable
is being dredged. New bulkheads, boat
ramps and moorings are being installed
and work also is being done on support
facilities. This innovative project will enable the Willis Wharf Harbor to expand
its commercial activity in the future.
While economic development and
jobs have been generated by the Virginia program, other important community needs also have been addressed. In
1983 Loudoun County received funding
to rehabilitate 31 houses which had
documented sanitation and safety problems. Loudoun County will soon be able
to provide 31 low and moderate income
homeowners with decent, safe housing

while contributing to the overall improvement of the county's housing
stock.
In Montgomery County, two residential areas were faced with a long-standing health hazard caused by failing septic systems contaminating ground and
well water. Virginia CDBG funding will
help correct this problem by providing
public wastewater collection and treatment for 1,293 people, three-fourths of
whom are low and moderate income.
The city of Suffolk can now provide
municipal water and sewer service in
the Pughsville area for the first time with
the assistance of Virginia CDBG funds.
Shallow wells in this area were not dependable and had become increasingly
contaminated. Connection to city water
and sewer service will guarantee 416
low and moderate Income citizens sanitary water and safe, adequate wastewater disposal.
These are only a few of the results
accomplished since the Department of
Housing and Community Development
assumed the CDBG program in 1982.
Total benefits have been even more
extensive.
Program Wide Benefits
In 1982, 22 projects were funded
through the CDBG program. Eleven

�This 90,000 square foot plant expansion in Independence, VA was jointly financed by the Virginia CDBG program and Nautilus of Virginia Inc. It
will create approximately 200 new jobs for low and moderate income
individuals.

counties, seven towns, and four cities
received a totai of $13.5 million in community development funding. Tfiirteen
community facilities projects, eigtit
economic development projects and
one housing project are now underway
as a result of thie 1982 Virginia Community Development Block Grant program.
In 1983, $16 million in community development funds w a s distributed to
twelve counties, fifteen towns and one
city. Thiese grantees are now implementing seventeen community facilities
projects, eight economic development
projects and three housing projects. In
addition to these grants, eight localities
received a total of $4.4 million from the
Emergency Jobs Bill, which provided for
special, supplemental community development funding in 1983. As a result,
six counties and two towns are now
working on three community facilities
projects and five economic development projects creating 776 new jobs.
In the two years that Virginia has administered the Community Development Block Grant program, 5,000 jobs
will be created, improved housing will be
provided to 458 citizens, and 26,000
people will have new or improved water
and sewer service. A total of 31,458
Virginia residents will experience direct
benefits from the 1982 and 1983 prog r a m . T h e program h a s stimulated

other investments a s well. T o date,
$98,885,781 in public and private funds
have been leveraged through the C D B G
program.
In addition to the 58 projects funded
by the C D B G program under the commonwealth's administration, 21 multiyear commitments previously made by
the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development also have been fulfilled. T h e s e multi-year commitments
were met by the end of 1983, and a s a
result, 10,500 Virginia residents will receive direct benefits from improved
housing, new water and sewer services
or other community services.
The C D B G Program for 1984
Now that the commonwealth has had
two years of experience in community
development administration, proposals
to refine, streamline and improve the
program are being considered. Revisions have been proposed to increase
local governments' flexibility and res p o n s i v e n e s s to economic development needs, and suggestions by local
government and changes in federal legislation are currently being incorporated
into the 1984 program. Workshops and
public hearings on suggested program
modifications will be held April 24 in
Wytheville, April 25 in Harrisonburg and
AphI 26 in Dinwiddle.
Approximately $22.2 million In C D B G
funds will be available in 1984 to small

cities, towns and rural counties eligible
to participate in the program. These include cities and towns with populations
below 50,000 and counties with populations below 200,000.
New jobs; expanded economic opportunity; safe, efficient water and sewer
service; decent, standard housing; and
adequate public facilities are all good
reasons for a community development
program. Many Virginians are now enjoying these results provided through
local government participation in the
C D B G program. For more information
on the Virginia Community Development Block Grant Program, contact the
Department of Housing and Community
Development, 205 N. Fourth Street,
Richmond, VA 23219-1747, (804)
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�Highlights of the 1984 Session
"Man and beast can rest easy—the
General Assembly has adjourned!"
goes the old wag. T h e 1984 General
Assembly adjourned March 12, after 62
days in session. It was a session highlighted by debate on a broad range of
public policy issues such a s the coal
slurry pipeline, uranium mining, the
need for a sales tax increase, drunk
driving legislation, implementation of
the intermediate court of appeals, and a
high-tech research center. In the final
days, prolonged negotiations by budget
conferees on the $15.9 billion budget for
1984-86 took center stage.
When it w a s over the 1984 General
Assembly had passed 807 of the 1,471
bills that came before it and carried over
229 bills until the 1985 session. It also
adopted 227 of 317 resolutions introduced. T h e Virginia Municipal League
staff identified some 600 bills and resolutions that directly impacted local
governments.
As is the c a s e in most sessions, bills
that did not pass represent good news to
local government. Among those bills
that failed or were carried over were
s e v e r a l public employees collective
bargaining bills, a measure to restrict
the use of local government work forces
to carry out public works projects, bills
that would have substantially altered
annexation procedures, legislation to
mandate 10 percent annual salary increases for teachers, a bill to require an
immediate roll back on business, prof e s s i o n a l and occupational l i c e n s e
t a x e s , and legislation to require expensive newspaper display ads for all
increases in the aggregate amount appropriated for local budgets.
Telephone Rates
A bill of considerable interest to local
governments that was carried over to
the 1985 session w a s Senate Bill 239,
which would have placed all localities
under the jurisdiction of the State Corporation Commission for the setting of
telephone related rates and charges.
Passed by the Senate by a 19-18 vote,
the legislation w a s a s s i g n e d to the
House Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking where extensive
testimony w a s offered by all interested
parties. With a final committee vote
scheduled for the following day, those
local government officials attending the
VML Legislative Day on February 22
were given a direct role to play in determining the final outcome of the issue.

The committee first voted 14-6 to defeat
the bill and then voted to carry it over to
the next session. Efforts to negotiate
with C &amp; P T e l e p h o n e C o . on local
government telephone rates have begun again by the VML/VACO joint steering committee.
Finance Bills
A number of finance related bills failed
this s e s s i o n , the most significant of
which were measures to increase the
state sales tax. T h e Virginia Municipal
League's legislative priority for the 1984
session w a s enactment of an additional
1 percent sales tax with proceeds dedicated to primary and secondary education. Despite strong evidence of the
need for this additional revenue, passage of appropriate legislation began to
look doubtful early in the session a s
administration and key leadership in
both houses came out in opposition to
any major tax increase this year. S a l e s
tax measures were introduced in both
houses but none were reported from
committee.
A number of revenue measures were
introduced despite the administration's
opposition to a sales tax measure. The
administration introduced bills to increase user fees on several health service programs including septic tank
permits, inspection fees for restaurants,
migrant labor camps, hotels and motels
and campgrounds. All were killed by
either House or Senate in the session's
closing days.
A s usual, many finance measures affecting local governments did pass. T h e
most significant were in the area of personal property taxation. House Bill 827,
introduced by Del. Morrison, D-Newport
News, removed cable television tuners
and converters from local personal
property taxation.
House Bill 320, introduced by Del.
Morrison, removed motor vehicles not
licensed by the state from personal
property taxation, categorizing them as
local machinery and tools. T h e bill's
largest impact will be in Morrison's own
community of Newport N e w s , since
shipyards have a number of unlicensed
motor vehicles and a machinery and
tools tax rate significantly below the personal property tax rate.
House Bill 112, Del. Diamonstein,
D-Newport News, authorizes localities
to allow phvate businesses which collect taxes for local governments to withhold up to 5 percent of monies collected.

This withholding could apply to local
consumer utility taxes and meals and
lodging taxes.
House Bill 258 passed both houses
and will permit localities to impose a fee
on local telephone bills to finance recurring maintenance costs of enhanced
911 emergency telephone s y s t e m s .
Current law allows a fee for capital and
installation costs only. Also, telephone
companies may now withhold 3 percent
of the amount collected.
The General Assembly passed a
major bill which recodified all of Title 58,
the tax code. This bill generally intended
to clean up the code, however, changes
concerned local governments. Most
significant w a s elimination of language
concerning meals, lodging and admission taxes. An amendment, adopted by
Senate Finance, makes clear that local
governments authorized to impose this
tax will continue to have that authority.
A major piece of legislation benefiting
local governments establishes an authority to assist in financing water and
sewer facilities. Senate Bill 229 establishes an authority which would issue
bonds under the moral obligation of the
state. T h e s e bonds are expected to be
issued at one rating below the state's
current AAA rating. The authority would
then grant loans to localities at a slightly
higher rate than the bonds received.
The difference would finance operation
of the authority.
Two identical bills were introduced to
remove wine sales from A B C stores.
House Bill 919 and Senate Bill 400 become effective July 1,1986. This potentially could have a negative impact of
more than $1 millon on A B C profits distributed to localities. V M L w a s s u c cessful, however, in amending the Appropriations Act to provide that also beginning July 1,1986, Virginia's counties,
cities and towns would receive 44 percent of wine tax revenues a s opposed to
the current 22 percent. The amendment
also adds towns to wine tax distribution
and could generate a s much a s $7 million for l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s in the
1986-88 biennium.
A measure narrowly defeated could
have had a significant long-range impact on local governments. Senate Joint
R e s o l u t i o n 2 8 would h a v e limited
growth in state expenditures to growth in
the state economy. This bill passed the
Senate but w a s narrowly defeated in the
House Privileges and Elections Committee by a 10-10 vote. If this measure
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Public Procurement
House Bill 169, sponsored by Del.
Axselle, D-Henrico County, passed with
little opposition. T h e bill which provides
local governments greater flexibility in
acquiring professional s e r v i c e s w a s
promoted by VML, the Virginia School
Board Association and statewide architectural and engineering groups. This
bill does not, however, change the law
for towns under 3,500 in population a s
they are exempt from this portion of the
statute.
Under H.B. 169, effective July 1 ,
1984, significant changes are made in
the manner in which local governments
procure professional services.
1. When the cost of professional
services is expected to be under
$20,000, local governments no
longer have to follow the exact
provisions of the Procurement Act
and are authorized to develop alternative policies.
2. Local governments may interview
"two or more" candidates who
seek work and no longer have to
interview "all offerors" that are
qualified, suitable, etc.
3. Competitive requirements are no
longer required when acquiring
legal services.
4. Localities can talk about nonbinding cost estimates for professional services during interviews.
5. Public bodies may acquire goods
and personal services for direct
use by recipients of public a s sistance or fuel assistance programs without following formal
competitive procedures.
With no advance warning. S e n . Willey, D-Richmond, introduced a bill that
would have repealed the 1982 Public
Procurement Act and reinstated prior
law. S e n . Willey amended the bill, however, to simply give greater flexibility to
the General Assembly in its purchasing
practices. In essense, the chairman of
either H o u s e or S e n a t e R u l e s may
exempt specific purchases from the act.
An outgrowth will be review of the Procurement Act prior to the 1985 session.
Several other bills passed which modify the 1982 Public Procurement Act.
S . B . 329, S e n . Wilder, D-Richmond,
amends Section 11-49 of the Code of
Virginia to facilitate participation in procurement transactions by small busin e s s e s and b u s i n e s s e s o w n e d by
women and minorities. S . B . 247 and

H.B. 557 increase to $100,000 from
$25,000 the size of construction cont r a c t s b e f o r e bid b o n d s a n d perf o r m a n c e and p a y m e n t bonds are
mandatory.
H o u s e B i l l 5 5 6 , D e l . M a r k s , DHopewell, passed the House but w a s
carried over to next year by Senate
General Laws. This bill would allow local
governments to give preference to an
in-town bidder a s long a s his bid is not
more than 2 percent greater than the
lowest out-of-town bidder or not greater
than $500 in total value.
Conflict of Interest
The new Conflict of Interests Act that
passed last year superseded all state
laws, charters and ordinances. House
Bill 299, however, sponsored by Del.
C a l l a h a n , R - M c L e a n , a l l o w s local
governments to pass conflict of interests
ordinances and regulations which are
more stringent than the new act.
S e n a t e Bill 3 0 4 , S e n . M a r y e , DShawsville, and House Bill 308, Del.
P a r r i s h , R - M a n a s s a s , give greater
flexibility for firms employing a member
of a local governing body to contract
with the local government of that official.
The official, however, must disqualify
himself and not participate in the dec i s i o n to c o n t r a c t . H o u s e Bill 3 0 8
expands to $500 from $100 the current
exception in the Conflicts Act for small
contracts othenwise prohibited by the
act. Officials and employees of towns
and cities under 10,000 in population
will continue to enjoy their much larger
contract exemption in the present act for
contracts under $10,000, or $25,000 per
year if awarded on a sealed bid basis.
Another S e n a t e bill sponsored by
Marye allows conflict of interests opinions rendered by town attorneys to be
introduced a s evidence in a trial. Present law gives this authority to only
county and city attorneys.
Antitrust
Senate Joint Resolution 19, sponsored by S e n . Waddell, D-Sterling, at
the request of Fairfax County and VML,
urges the U.S. Congress to amend the
federal antitrust laws to fully protect
local governments and their special
purpose units from application of federal
antitrust laws. According to the National
League of Cities, the Virginia General
Assembly is the first state legislature to
urge Congress in this fashion to amend
the antitrust laws. VML localities are
encouraged to pass similar resolutions.
A copy of this resolution appears on the
opposite page.
No bill w a s introduced to protect local
governments under the Virginia Antitrust Act even though several Virginia
localities have been sued under the act.
VML did not seek legislation in this area

after Attorney General Gerald L. Baliles
provided VML a letter of opinion that
local governments presently have considerable protection under the state act.
Hazardous Waste
Senate Bill 170 establishes a comprehensive process that must be followed if state government or private
entities seek to establish a commercial
hazardous waste facility in Virginia. Although a seven-member state siting
board would be given the final decision
whether to approve the location, the
local government where the site is proposed would be kept informed at each
stage of the siting process and would be
given considerable opportunity to participate in the process.
The local government also would be
given money from a state technical a s sistance fund to determine the effect of
the site in the area and would have the
opportunity of negotiating a siting
agreement with the party seeking the
site. A key issue in the negotiations
could be mitigation or compensation for
economic detriment suffered a s a result
of the site.
S e n a t e Joint Resolution 2 1 , S e n .
Macfarlane, D-Roanoke, requests the
Solid Waste Commission to study policy
options available to the commonwealth
to encourage alternatives to land disposal of hazardous waste.
S e n a t e Bill 204, S e n . Macfarlane,
creates a $10,000 fine for each day of
violation for any person who knowingly
transports hazardous waste without a
permit.
Freedom of Information Act
This year only one bill of this nature
directly relates to local governments.
House Bill 24 totally prohibits use of
conference calls by governing bodies in
lieu of f a c e to face meetings. Gov.
Charles S . Robb supported this bill.
Grievance Procedure
House Bill 506, Del. Stambaugh, DArlington, and others, amends the state
grievance procedure, which applies to
local governments, to require the grieving party and the governmental entity to
comply with all substantial procedural
requirements or a decision will result
against the party that has not complied
unless there is just cause. The party not
in compliance will be given five working
days after receiving written notice to
correct the non-compliance. S e n a t e
Joint Resolution 38, by S e n . Schewel,
D-Lynchburg, c r e a t e s a study commission to study the state grievance
procedure prior to the 1985 session.
Town/County Relations
Although resolutions calling for a
study of town/county relations were defeated, the Joint Legislative Audit and
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Review Commission has agreed to
study this problem during the summer.
Other Issues
A bill to establish a refund deposit law
for beverage containers was killed as
was a bill to require local governments
to observe the same holidays as state
government.
Several issues important to local
government were deferred. House Bill
269 would have required local govern­
ments to pay their bills in a timely fash­
ion or pay whatever finance fee the ven­
dor normally charges. House Bill 444
would have pumped approximately
$10.3 million into fire training and pre­
vention at state and local levels by im­
posing a 1.2 percent surcharge on fire
insurance company premiums, and
House Bill 817 would have reorganized
state programs dealing with the men­
tally and physically disabled and set
forth the rights of disabled persons.
Uranium mining questions have also
been deferred. In fact, after last minute
negotiations and compromises between
interested parties, no bills were intro­
duced this session.
House Bill 574 passed creating a
permanent State Water Study Com­
mission to study all aspects of water
supply and allocation problems in the
commonwealth and coordinate legis­
lative recommendations.

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BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
ABC Profits &amp; Wine Tax
1985-86
1984-85
ABC Profits $19,599,000 $13,967,000
Wine Tax $ 3,400,000 $ 3,600,000
Revenue estimates for 1985-86 ABC
profits reflect removal of the floor for
local government profits. Language in­
creases the share of wine tax proceeds
to local governments to 44 percent from
22 percent and includes towns.
Commission on Local Government
Funding is included to increase staff
to four from three.
Hazardous Waste Siting Board
$60,000 is included to establish the
board.
Public School Employee Fringe Ben­
efits
$3,587,290 is added in 1985-86 to
increase state support of fringe benefits
to 55 instructors per 1,000 students from
54 instructors per 1,000.
Standards of Quality
$1,605 is provided in 1984-85 and
$1,776 in 1985-86 for per pupil basic aid
payments. Language increased the
personnel standard to 49 instructors per
1,000 students.
Teacher Salaries
"The intent of the General Assembly
is that classroom teacher salaries be
improved throughout the state by 1O
percent each year of the biennium. Suf­
ficient funds are included in the act to
finance, on a statewide basis, the state's
share of this salary objective within 54
professional staff per 1,000 students in
average daily membership in the first
year and 55 professional staff per 1,000
students in average daily membership
in the second year. Each governing
body, school board and division super­
intendent is requested to allocate in­
creased local funds to meet their local­
ity's share of this critical goal."
Virginia State Library
Full funding of the formula set out in
Title 42.1, Chapter 3, of the code is
provided for the biennium.

Community Health Services
General funds are provided in
1984-85 to continue current environ­
mental health services, but total reve­
nue projections are reduced by $5,843
and the employment level is reduced by
198 employees in 1985-86. Senate Bill
450 and House Bill 888, which proposed
a series of user fees, failed to pass.
One for Life
An additional $640,000 in 1984-85
and $670,000 in 1985-86 are provided
in general funds for emergency medical
services by legislation extending the
"one for life" provision to pickup and
panel trucks.
Deinstitutionalization
New language requires reports from
the Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation on the phased re­
duction of patients in state institutions,
proposed housing arrangements and
administrative procedures to insure ap­
propriate housing and continuing care.
Medical Assistance Services
A cost containment study is re­
quested by Oct. 1, 1984. Provisions for
the reserve fund are reinstated as a
result of carry over action on House Bill
878.
Welfare Administration
The state Board of Social Services is
required to present a plan to reduce
state mandates and regulatory re­
quirements by Jan. 1, 1985. Financial
assistance to local welfare boards for
administration is reduced by $839,730
in general funds and $928,122 in non­
general funds in 1985-86 to reflect an­
ticipated reductions in state mandates.
Juvenile Delinquency
"There shall be no commitment of
general funds to support juvenile de­
linquency prevention programs initiated
with federal funds after July 1, 1984
without prior approval of the General
Assembly."
This grandfathers in localities cur­
rently receiving state funds for this
program.
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For Nation's Cities
President Ronald Reagan drew several rounds of applause as he spoke
before some 2,500 city officials gathered March 5 at the National League of
Cities Congressional City Conference in
Washington.
Reagan told officials that the country
had moved away from the basic principles that were the foundations of our
cities and the country, and that "America cannot get back on its feet with its
cities on their backs."
Reagan cited the four keys to success
for the nation's cities as strong and
steady economic growth, federalism,
public/private partnerships and a return
to basic values and the renewal of community life.
The president drew applause when in
speaking on his policy of new federalism
he said, 'We believe local officials can
do a better job than the bureaucrats in
Washington."
Discussion surrounding the federal
deficit and the 1985 budget permeated
the four-day conference which included
policy talks and meetings with congress i o n a l and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n l e a d e r s .
Efforts to restrict the uses of tax-exempt
financing, cable television legislation,
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gas pricing, infrastructure and municipal
antitrust liability were issues of focus.
Speakers at the conference included
House Majority Leader Jim Wright,
D-TX, leader of the House Democratic
effort on deficit strategy, and Rep. John
Dingell, D-MI, chairman of the House
Energy and C o m m e r c e Committee,

who spoke on cable legislation.
Virginia Municipal League members
gathered the last day of the conference,
as did members of other state leagues,
for a legislative briefing over breakfast
and were then released to visit the Virginia delegation on Capitol Hill.

VML Day Draws Local Officials
More than 225 local government officials participated in the February 22 Virginia Municipal League Legislative Day
activities at the Hotel John Marshall in
Richmond.
The afternoon session featured an
overview of key local government legislative issues and a review by Secretary
of Finance and Administration Wayne
Anderson and Deputy Director of the
Division of Budget Development and
Execution Ray Sorrell of the state budget and its impact on local governments.
This was followed by a panel discussion
featuring delegates Harry J. Parrish,
R-Manassas, and John C. Brown, RBristol. A reception honoring members
of the Virginia legislature was held at the
conclusion of the discussion.
Betty J. Diener, Virginia's secretary of
commerce and resources, spoke at the
luncheon meeting of the Women in
Local Government Task Force held in
conjunction with the VML Legislative
Day activities. Diener delighted the
luncheon crowd of about 35 women with

stories of some of her more humorous
experiences in office. In addition, she
discussed some of her innovative programs within the Department of Commerce and Resources and some of the

sexists attitudes women in office may
sometimes encounter.
Diener noted that "success for women brings a stronger obligation to help
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In a joint news conference, Norfolk
Mayor Vincent J. Thomas and Waterside developer James W. Rouse announced that sales and visitors to the
festival marketplace have far exceeded
expectations. Tax revenues for the
building, which opened June 1, 1983,
more than tripled projections in the first
seven months of operation. In addition
to bringing new jobs, businesses and
dollars to the Norfolk economy. The
Waterside has been a catalyst to other
downtown development, including increased tourism and conventions and
the investment of millions of dollars by
the private sector in building and renovating downtown office buildings, hotels, h o u s i n g , restaurants and recreational facilities.

Fairfax B e c o m e s
Tree City U S A
Fairfax County has been named a
"Tree City USA" by the National Arbor
Day Foundation, a Nebraska-based organization dedicated to encouraging
tree care and tree planting programs
across the country.
To qualify for this award, Fairfax
County had to have a community tree
ordinance, a legally constituted tree
board or department, a comprehensive
urban forestry program supported by a
minimum of $1 per capita, and an Arbor
Day proclamation and public tree planting ceremony. The county code has included a tree ordinance since 1973, the
same year in which the County Tree
Commission and the Arborist Office
were established. The county's urban
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As a Tree City USA community, the
county will receive a flag bearing the
Tree City logo, a plaque and appropriate
road signs. The county will receive its
awards April 30 during Arbor Day activities.

New Manual C o n t a i n s
Safety Regulations
The Department of Labor and Industry has published a new manual containing all administrative regulations for
its occupational safety and health programs, combining for the first time regulations governing both the public and
private sector. The new manual consolidates and replaces two previously
used manuals dating from 1974 and
1978 and incorporates several new
changes in state policy and regulations.
V O S H , the Virginia Occupational
Safety and Health program, constitutes
a major responsibility of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry. The
new manual, the first complete volume
of all administrative procedures governing VOSH, is designed to assist employers in understanding their rights and
o b l i g a t i o n s under both t h e federal
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 and those Virginia labor laws
adopted by the General Assembly to
regulate occupational safety and health
within the commonwealth. Among other
critical administrative procedures, the
manual explains the regulations governing emergency and temporary standards, variances, contest of citations,
civil penalties, the protection of trade
secrets, and the statutory applications
of the Freedom of Information Act.
Copies of the new manual may be
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Industry, 205 N. Fourth St., Richmond,
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Power Conference
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Michael J. York of the Harrisonburg
Electric Commission and president of
the Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia (MEPAV) announced recently that the association has changed
its 1984 conference site to the Cavalier
Hotel located at 42nd and Atlantic avenues in Virginia Beach. The conference
dates, May 3 0 - J u n e 1, remain the
same.
York expects an even bigger and better conference this year at the new site.
The three-day conference will include
programs on supervised control and
data acquisition, software engineering
packages, annexation laws affecting
municipal electric systems and the state
of the art of handheld meter reading
devices. In addition, a program for women on the care and quality of oriental
rugs is being planned. The conference
also will include the traditional cocktail
receptions on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
For more information, contact Christy
E v e r s o n at t h e V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
League, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, VA
23206, (804) 649-8471.

Groups Publish
Tax Rates
The Virginia Municipal League, in cooperation with the Institute of Government at the University of Virginia and the
Virginia Association of Counties, has
published the second edition of "Tax
Rates in Virginia Cities, Counties and
Selected Towns."
The publication, prepared and written
by Albert W. Spongier of the Institute of
Government, is divided into two sections. Section I is in narrative form and
discusses municipal taxation of cable
television companies and selected 1983
legislative changes to the Virginia Code
regarding the taxes studied. Section I
also includes a list of additional readings. Section II consists of 17 appendices that present in tabular form the
actual tax rates and tax provisions for a
variety of local taxes.
The handbook has been mailed to
each VML member locality. Additional
copies are available to VML members
for $7.50 and to non-members for $15.
They may be ordered from the league by
mailing a check for the appropriate
amount to VML, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, VA 23206.

�Reading, PA-Where
Communify TV Really; Works
B y Neal R. Peirce
R E A D I N G , PA. — Each Friday morning Eugene L. Shirk — former mayor of
this small Pennsylvania city and one of
America's most quick-witted, energetic
octogenarians — hosts "Bridging the
Generation G a p " on Reading's popular
cable station, B C T V .
With Shirk In the studio, a s volunteers
man the cameras and telephones, are
several 75-plus-year-olders. But they
aren't "alone." Virtually the whole program Is split screen, the other half occupied by seniors and juniors from a Reading high school.
The medium is called Interactive community-cable television. And the human
dynamic Is extraordinary a s young and
old debate Issues from compulsory draft
registration to institutionalization of the
elderly. Discussions move quickly from
foreign policy to whether a teen-ager
should be thrown out of the National
Honor Society because she's pregnant.
Across the 50 states, there may not
be a community-cable effort that equals
B G T V ' s . Begun in 1976 with a start-up
grant from the National Science Foundation and assistance from New York
University, It's grown Into a major Reading institution. T h e city council hasn't
held a meeting "off-camera" In years.
Cosmetic dentistry, hospices, police
practices, alcoholism, farmland preservation, HIspanics' immigration experiences. Camp Fire girl meetings, financial advice, and world peace Issues —
all have been discussed on B C T V , with
viewer participation on and off camera,
in the last several months.
B C T V airs 15 to 20 hours of live programming each week and expands to
30 to 40 hours as each live show is
rebroadcast. Each week there's a
hearty "Sing-along" led by an 83-yearold singer and an 85-year-old pianist.
T h e seniors in the central studio have a
video hookup to a state mental hospital
where some long-term patients have
become reacqualnted with old friends
after years of separation.
Reading's B C T V Is a world apart from

cable television's standard staples: pay
movies, sporting events, rock-music videos, 24-hour news. It's also distinctly
different from the widely publicized
"Qube" experiment in Columbus, Ohio,
which permits viewers to rate politicians,
play game shows or order library books
by punching buttons on a console.
Reading's cable station, s a y s Kettering Foundation associate Bruce Adams, offers a "rare marriage of community spirit and technology." T h e
Reading model "shows that citizen participation can work when you have people talking to people."
B G T V ' s amateur version of high technology sets it apart. "They picked community-oriented people and not technicians at the start. We aren't engineers or
NBC-type personalities," B C T V executive director Kate Stutzman told my a s sociate, Robert Guskind. Even the studio is unelaborately designed, so guests
won't feel intimidated.
Considering B G T V ' s production record—1,144 live programs last year—
t h e a n n u a l o p e r a t i n g b u d g e t of
$183,000 is phenomenally low.
T h e station's outreach also s e e m s
e x t r a o r d i n a r y . During a n a v e r a g e
month, 62 community groups, ranging
from the Reading Community Players to
the Italian Heritage Society, are involved in programs. In 1983 there were
no less than 3,860 studio participants
and 3,723 homeviewers calling in questions or comments on the air.
Outside of expanding social frontiers
for senior citizens (and giving many retirees a new volunteer c a r e e r ) , the
station's biggest impact has been on
government. In earlier years, ex-Mayor
Shirk recalls, city-council hearings drew
"just a few chronic complalners." With
interactive cable and call-in telephone,
effective attendance ballooned.
"Now people feel they know the mayor and council on a personal basis,"
says Shirk. "Councilmen sometimes get
raked across the coals, but they also
relish the opportunity" to explain their

positions directly on television. And not,
apparently, without effect. B C T V estimates that 50 to 75 percent of the system's 52,000 subscribers tune in at least
once a week.
The toughest question about B C T V
— despite strong public cable access,
promised or actually delivered, in New
York, Dallas, Boston, Knoxville and
Denver — is why its homespun quality
and extensive public involvement hasn't
been equaled elsewhere.
One reason is hostility of cable companies, some of which are shaky financially and believe cities have badgered
them into too many concessions for
local-access and low-cost service. Even
Reading's cable company, s a y s Stutzman, "would very much like us to disappear into the night. But if they pulled the
plug, there would be an outcry in the
community."
The optimist's scenario for other cities
is that citizen and public leadership
could coalesce to create other B C T V s .
S u c c e s s requires multiple elements,
says Adams — access, money, community spirit and representation, good
m a n a g e m e n t and a s e n s e for promotion.
The pessimistic view is that the savage nature of the cable industry a s it
fights its franchise wars will overwhelm
community efforts wherever they appear — even though 60 percent of the
country is still "unwired" and many
smaller cities' cable franchises are now
coming up for renewal.
The potential that Reading presents is
a glittering one. "It's like an electronic
small-town newspaper but even more,"
Adams says. "George Orwell saw great
danger in the spectre of two-way television. But in Reading people are a key
to the technology. It's not an Orwellian
nightmare; it's the opposite."
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Steve Crosby, county administrator, Fauquier County; Ed Brower, town manager,
Warrenton;
and Bob Williams, city manager, Newport News, listen.

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held its start-up business meeting in
F e b r u a r y in the Virginia Municipal
League Offices and elected Douglas
Harman, city manager of Alexandria, its

chairman. Robert Williams, city manager of Newport News, and Robert Noe,
county executive of Prince William,
were elected vice chairmen.
The group Is an organization of cities.

towns and counties joined with private
companies for the purpose of expanding
the use of science and technology products in local governments. It's parent
organization. T h e Southeast Innovation
Group, is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation with the ability to enter into
contracts with public and private entities
for the purpose of science and technology research, transfers and applications
in local government.
Richard F. Weeks Jr., formerly of the
VML staff, and Robert Havlick of the
Florida Innovation Group worked with
Harman, Williams and Noe in the formation of the new organization which will
hold Its first technology steering committee meeting in May. In addition.
Weeks has been hired as the organization's administrator.
Representatives of 18 localities attended the first meeting which included
technology presentations by representatives of Columbus McKennon Corp.
and N E C Home Electronics Inc.
A n y o n e interested in more information about the group should write The
Virginia Innovation Group, P.O. Box
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�Legal Guidelines
Exceptions to Constitutional Restrictions
In Letting Some Public Contracts
By Howard W. Dobbins,
VML Legal Counsel
Considerable attention has been
g i v e n in r e c e n t y e a r s to utilization of
p u b l i c c o n t r a c t s to b o l s t e r t h e e c o n o m y
or a s e c t o r of t h e c i t i z e n r y of a locality
i n v o l v e d in letting s u c h c o n t r a c t s . A l t h o u g h in m a n y c a s e s s u c h p r o v i s i o n s
h a v e s o c i o l o g i c a l a n d e c o n o m i c desirability, c a r e m u s t be t a k e n to a v o i d c o n stitutional r e s t r i c t i o n s . In t w o r e c e n t f e d eral c o u r t c a s e s , t h e E q u a l P r o t e c t i o n
Clause and the Privileges and I m m u nities C l a u s e of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s C o n stitution w e r e t h e b a s i s of c h a l l e n g e s to
o r d i n a n c e s w h i c h e n d e a v o r e d to d e s i g n a t e c o n t r a c t s for t h e p u r p o s e of f a v o r ing b l a c k c o n t r a c t o r s o n t h e o n e h a n d
a n d c i t i z e n s of t h e locality o n t h e o t h e r .
In South Florida Chapter
of Associated General
Contractors
of
America,
Inc. V. Metropolitan
Dade
County,
Florida, 5 2 L.W. 2 4 5 1 , t h e C o u r t of A p p e a l s for t h e 11th C i r c u i t in a n o p i n i o n
dated J a n . 27, 1984 held permissible a
D a d e C o u n t y o r d i n a n c e r e q u i r i n g all
c o u n t y c o n t r a c t s to b e r e v i e w e d to d e t e r m i n e if r a c e - c o n s c i o u s m e a s u r e s
c o u l d b o l s t e r p a r t i c i p a t i o n by b l a c k c o n tractors and subcontractors. T h e ordin a n c e , w h i c h t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s district
court originally hearing the case held
violated the Equal Protection Clause,
a l l o w s t h e c o u n t y to " s e t a s i d e " c o n t r a c t s for b i d d i n g s o l e l y a m o n g b l a c k
c o n t r a c t o r s a n d c o n t a i n s p r o v i s i o n s sett i n g g o a l s by w h i c h t h e c o u n t y c a n req u i r e a c e r t a i n p e r c e n t a g e of a c o n t r a c t ' s v a l u e t o b e s u b c o n t r a c t e d to
black contractors. Litigation resulted
b e c a u s e c o n s t r u c t i o n of a s u b w a y
s t a t i o n in a b l a c k n e i g h b o r h o o d w a s set
aside for competitive bidding exclusively a m o n g black contractors and bec a u s e t h e c o u n t y also r e q u i r e d 5 0 perc e n t of t h e c o n t r a c t ' s dollar v a l u e to b e
a w a r d e d to b l a c k s u b c o n t r a c t o r s .
U n d e r p r o v i s i o n of t h e o r d i n a n c e , b e f o r e a s e t a s i d e or s u b c o n t r a c t o r g o a l is
a p p r o v e d it m u s t p a s s t h r o u g h t h r e e
l e v e l s of a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r e v i e w : t h e
c o u n t y d e p a r t m e n t m u s t s u g g e s t to t h e
c o u n t y m a n a g e r w h i c h , if a n y , r a c e -

c o n s c i o u s m e a s u r e s a r e a p p r o p r i a t e for
t h e project, t h o s e s u g g e s t i o n s a r e rev i e w e d by a t h r e e - m e m b e r r e v i e w
committee and the review committee's
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s are further reviewed
by t h e c o u n t y b o a r d of c o m m i s s i o n e r s
w h i c h m u s t m a k e f i n d i n g s that a set
a s i d e w o u l d b e in t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t s of
the county.
O n a p p e a l , t h e circuit c o u r t for t h e
11th Circuit c o n c l u d e d t h e r e v i e w p r o visions provided adequate assurance
t h e p r o g r a m will not c o n t i n u e b e y o n d
t h e point n e c e s s a r y to r e d r e s s effects of
p a s t d i s c r i m i n a t i o n . T h e district c o u r t
h a d ruled that e v e n t h o u g h t h e p r o g r a m
itself w a s c o n s t i t u t i o n a l , it w a s u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y a p p l i e d to this project. In
r e v e r s i n g the district c o u r t o n that point,
t h e circuit court c o n c l u d e d that t h e e s t i m a t e d $ 6 m i l l i o n c o s t of t h e s u b w a y
s t a t i o n w a s less t h a n 1 p e r c e n t of t h e
county's annual expenditures on cont r a c t s , j u s t o v e r 1 p e r c e n t of t h e m o n e y
s p e n t to d a t e o n t h e s u b w a y s y s t e m ,
a n d t h e r e f o r e , t h e effect of t h e set a s i d e
w a s not d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e to e i t h e r t h e
n u m b e r of b l a c k s a n d b l a c k c o n t r a c t o r s
r e s i d i n g in t h e c o u n t y or t h e g o a l i n c r e a s i n g black b u s i n e s s p a r t i c i p a t i o n .
On Feb. 2 1 , 1 9 8 4 , the S u p r e m e Court
of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n n o u n c e d its o p i n ion in United Building and
Construction
Trades Council of Camden and
Vicinity
V. Mayor
and Council
of the City of
Camden
( 8 1 - 2 1 1 0 ) , 5 2 L.W. 4 1 8 7 . T h e
o r d i n a n c e of t h e city of C a m d e n u n d e r
r e v i e w r e q u i r e s that at least 4 0 p e r c e n t
of t h e e m p l o y e e s of c o n t r a c t o r s b e
C a m d e n residents. United Building and
Construction Trades Council chall e n g e d t h e o r d i n a n c e a s v i o l a t i v e of t h e
P r i v i l e g e s a n d I m m u n i t i e s C l a u s e of t h e
United States Constitution. The Sup r e m e C o u r t of N e w J e r s e y r e j e c t e d t h a t
attack on the ground that the Privileges
a n d I m m u n i t i e s C l a u s e is not a p p l i c a b l e
in t h e c o n t e x t of a m u n i c i p a l o r d i n a n c e
that h a s identical e f f e c t s u p o n out-ofstate citizens and N e w Jersey citizens
not r e s i d i n g in t h e locality. In s u p p o r t of
its d e c i s i o n , t h e N e w J e r s e y c o u r t c o n t e n d e d that t h e c l a u s e o n l y a p p l i e s to

l a w s p a s s e d by a s t a t e , a n d s e c o n d l y ,
that t h e c l a u s e o n l y a p p l i e s to l a w s that
d i s c r i m i n a t e o n t h e b a s i s of s t a t e
citizenship.
The United States S u p r e m e Court rej e c t e d t h e first c o n t e n t i o n b e c a u s e , in
t h e v i e w of t h e c o u r t , a m u n i c i p a l i t y is
m e r e l y a p o l i t i c a l s u b d i v i s i o n of t h e
s t a t e , a n d e v e n if t h e o r d i n a n c e h a d
b e e n a d o p t e d s o l e l y by C a m d e n a n d not
p u r s u a n t to a s t a t e p r o g r a m or w i t h s t a t e
a p p r o v a l , t h e hiring p r e f e r e n c e m u s t still
comply with the Privileges and I m m u nities C l a u s e .
T h e court also struck d o w n the argument that the clause only protects
a g a i n s t d i s c r i m i n a t i o n o n t h e b a s i s of
s t a t e c i t i z e n s h i p , r e a s o n i n g that a n o u t o f - s t a t e citizen w h o v e n t u r e s into N e w
Jersey cannot enjoy the s a m e privileges
a s N e w J e r s e y c i t i z e n s r e s i d i n g in C a m d e n even though New Jersey citizens
not r e s i d i n g in C a m d e n will b e a f f e c t e d
by t h e o r d i n a n c e as well a s o u t - o f - s t a t e
citizens.
T h e c o u r t , h o w e v e r , i n d i c a t e d that t h e
P r i v i l e g e s a n d I m m u n i t i e s C l a u s e is not
a n i r o n b o u n d , a b s o l u t e p r o t e c t i o n for
o u t - o f - s t a t e r e s i d e n t s a n d d o e s not p r e c l u d e d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t c i t i z e n s of
o t h e r s t a t e s w h e r e t h e r e is " s u b s t a n t i a l
r e a s o n " for t h e d i f f e r e n c e in t r e a t m e n t .
T h e c o u r t q u o t e d f r o m Toomer v. Witsell, 3 4 4 U.S. 3 8 5 , as f o l l o w s :
T h e inquiry in e a c h c a s e m u s t be
concerned with whether
such
r e a s o n s d o exist a n d w h e t h e r t h e
d e g r e e of d i s c r i m i n a t i o n b e a r s a
c l o s e r e l a t i o n s h i p to i t . . . . A s part
of a n y j u s t i f i c a t i o n o f f e r e d for t h e
d i s c r i m i n a t o r y law, n o n - r e s i d e n t s
m u s t s o m e h o w be s h o w n to c o n stitute a p a r t i c u l a r s o u r c e of evil at
w h i c h t h e s t a t u t e is a i m e d .
C a m d e n c o n t e n d e d that the ordin a n c e w a s n e c e s s a r y to c o u n t e r a c t
g r a v e e c o n o m i c a n d s o c i a l ills, a r g u i n g
that " s p i r a l i n g u n e m p l o y m e n t , a g r a v e
d e c l i n e in p o p u l a t i o n a n d a d r a m a t i c
r e d u c t i o n in t h e n u m b e r of b u s i n e s s e s
l o c a t e d in t h e city h a v e e r o d e d the p r o p Continued, next page

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erty value and depleted the city's tax
base," and that the resident-hiring privilege was designed to increase the number of employed persons living in Camden and to curtail the "middle-class
flight" currently plaguing the city.
Although the opinion reflects agreement by the court that these reasons
could justify discrimination and form a
basis for overriding the impermissibility
of restricting the right of the citizens of
several states to work in other states,
the Supreme Court stated it was unable
to evaluate Camden's justification for an
exception to the clause on the basis of
the record before the court. No trial had
been held, no findings of fact made, and
the court determined the case should be
remanded for further proceeding in that
respect.
As we have long k n o w n , c o n s t i tutional constrictions are somewhat
elastic. As evidenced by the cases reviewed here, they can be stretched or
bent when courts conclude that circumstances justify exception. Normally,
however, those exceptions have been
for sociological reasons rather than
solely economic or political reasons.

Counties Celebrate 350 Years
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100 before 1830 and to 178 before West
Virginia broke away in the Civil War. The
formation of towns was encouraged but
without much luck as Virginia was
largely rural. As a result, the type of
government that evolved in Virginia
whereby towns became subdivisions of
counties differed considerably from that
which developed in New England where
independent townships evolved from
local parishes.
Virginia's system of county government underwent few changes until the
last half of the 19th century when two
rewrites of the constitution made significant changes. The Constitution of
1850 established justices and sheriffs
elected by the people for four-year
terms, thus diminishing the authority of
these previously appointed and openended offices, and the Constitution of
1870 created county boards of supervisors, finally separating judicial and
administrative and legislative functions.
Many festivities will take place this
year to celebrate this anniversary of the
establishment of county government
which took place 350 years ago in Virginia. Martha V. Pennine, vice chairman
of the 350th Anniversary Committee of

the Virginia Association of Counties, recently remarked, "Our lives may have
changed, but the inherent intent of
county government to serve the needs
of the people has not changed in 350
years."

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                    <text>�Commentary

By David J . Farmer

Politicians, Professionals and Crime Control
What can elected official and city
manager do to control c r i m e ? IVIost
public-spirited officials are concerned
with crime control, most are not truly
satisfied with the results of their initiatives, and most would like to put some
"beef" into their approach.
Too many elected officials and city
managers h a v e accepted the widespread public urge for instant crime control solutions a s a constricting framework for their crime control thinking and
planning. A fantasy exists among the
public that there must be a simple, easyto-understand, easy-to-implement panacea for the disorder problems undermining communities. Asking for an explanation of s p a c e travel, we would
anticipate a complex answer requiring
substantial time, skill and resources to
understand and implement. A s k i n g
about crime control, most of the public
unrealistically expects such one-line
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We have been and are paying for this
lack of realism and for the lack of leadership from elected officials in educating
the public to the realities. Talk about
instant solutions stands in the way of
developing more realistic answers, an &lt;
politicians who cater to the need for
re-election at all costs offer the same
types of instant solutions. Catering to
public pressure for instant results, some
p r o f e s s i o n a l m a n a g e r s and police
chiefs have even taken refuge in bureaucratic games.
Examples readily come to mind. At
the national level we had the Law E n forcement Assistance Administration,
killed mainly by the mania for the instant
p a n a c e a , and the " W a r on C r i m e , "
which had an unrealistic goal of rapid
and complete victory. Under the gun of
the quick-fix syndrome, a succession of
L E A A administrators felt compelled to
placate Congress by introducing shortterm, number-fixing programs promising rapid results. With colossal misjudgment and the urge to show instant
and practical results, t h e s e administrators misspent a small proportion of

their funds on "technological miracles"
that proved to be meaningless and irrelevant.
At the local level, we have plainclothes police officers switching into uniform patrol often only to achieve visibility
at the expense of productivity. Some
officials have the title "neighborhood
team police" painted on the sides of
patrol cars, a s if the name itself were
enough. Some encourage the formation
of " s h e l l " neighborhood w a t c h e s .
Neighborhood watch programs can be
excellent, but a watch that goes no further than a few meetings and a street
sign is only a shell. One-line solutions
and bureaucratic games often become
the real e n e m i e s of effective crime
control.
Nothing less than a new form of police
agency is needed if communities are to
reduce crime. An appropriate basic approach for elected officials and managers is to provide the leadership required to bring about this new form.
One feature of this new form of police
agency is the capacity for developing, in
consultation with other public and private agencies, realistic plans for other
enhancement. An irony of policing is
that while police departments are the
most action-oriented agencies, they
typically are adrift in a s e a of operationally meaningless purpose; they go
wherever the strongest winds blow.
Police agencies are use to handling incidents; they do not define their programs in terms of problems. For purpose, w e need more than generalizations like "to protect and serve," that
worthy goal shared by the police, the
sanitation department and the U . S .
N a v y . W e n e e d more than policecentered planning. Policy and program
analysis conducted in conjunction with
other community agencies is necessary,
necessary.
Another characteristic should be the
capacity for mobilizing and leading
agencies and individuals to achieve
higher levels of order, law and justice.
Police a g e n c i e s must become more
than mere "doing" agencies. Not only
must they become more "thinking," but
also many of their activities should be

done through others. For example, in
the United States there are far more
private than public police officers. They
guard persons, facilities and activities
covering the gamut from golf courses to
atomic plants. They range from un- to
ultra- sophisticated. Operating relationships between public and private police
typically are tenuous, and private policing, a massive resource for crime prevention and reduction, is not effectively
utilized by police agencies. T h e new
form of police agency would actively
seek to use all such resources.
A third characteristic should be the
capacity for utilizing research results
and new p e r s p e c t i v e s in achieving
goals. In deterring theft from department
stores and in reducing thefts of shopping carts from supermarkets, private
security h a s been c l e v e r in its approaches. In department stores devices
that can only be removed by special
machines are attached to clothes, and
at supermarkets posts set close together in parking lots deter customers from
taking shopping carts to their cars.
I may appear to be doing injustice to
our fine police officers. No slur is intended on the fine commanders and
officers who make up our police departments. Good cops, those who are
streetwise, decent and intelligent, are
masters of their craft and entitled to our
deepest gratitude. Unfortunately, the
same cannot be said for police institutions. While there are fine police chiefs
and police commanders, the full potential of the police agency remains for the
future.
What can elected official and manager do to bring about this new form of
police agency? For one thing, they can
become deeply involved in crime control
and police program and policy analysis.
No one is suggesting that elected officials should interfere in day-to-day operations any more than they should be
involved in the operational details of any
public a g e n c y . But, while some instances are harmful other c a s e s of political interference can be in the public
interest. The intrusion of an elected official to quash a parking ticket is clearly
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On the Cover
More than 2,700 species of plants and
animals inhabit its water and shoreline
and nearly 13 million people live within
the Chesapeake watershed. The bay is
the most bountiful source of shellfish in
the world a s well a s a recreational paradise. It is flanked by the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Virginia Beach on the mainland and
the peninsula of Virginia's Eastern Shore
to the east. Spanning the bay is the 17.6
mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
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1983 by the
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V o l u m e 19

1984

Number 5

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Commentary: by Donald J . Farmer
Politicians, Professionals and Crime Control

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The Chesapeake Bay

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The VML Policy Committees

by Richard N . Burton
Burton tells us about the bay and some of the initiatives passed
by the Virginia General Assembly to begin its cleanup.

Municipal Parks &amp; Recreation Today,

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Blekicki
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Professional Directory

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unfortunate. On the other hand the intrusion of an elected official or manager to
a s s i s t in setting order maintenance
goals in consonance with the intent of
both the law and community wishes is
consistent with the principles of democratic government, so is requiring police
accountability for crime control performance. Elected officals and managers
can play an important role in putting the
purpose into policing and in encouraging a g e n c i e s to become problem
s o l v e r s rather than mere incident
handlers. Elected officials and managers should know the police agency's
purpose on Street X and should demand
more than "to protect and serve." They
should insist on and analyze annual and
realistic crime control and police problem-solving program plans, and they
should evaluate police program performance in such terms.

The elected official and the manager
should encourage and assist police officers in acquiring the education that the
work d e m a n d s . Effective policing is
more than a gun, a badge and a body. Of
course, education does not necessarily
produce a good police officer any more
than it necessarily makes a good physician. We will never reduce our crime
problem sufficiently without the new
form of police agency, and that clearly is
impossible without officers who are appropriately prepared. It is also impossible with elected officials and managers who have only a general a c quaintance with criminal justice and
public safety issues.
Crime problems can be reduced, contrary to the pessimistic view that many
share, but they cannot be resolved by
"business as usual." They cannot be
r e s o l v e d without the s e r i o u s programmatic and policy making interest
and involvement of the elected official
and the professional manager.

About the Author
David J. Farmer is chairman and associate professor of the Department of Administration of Justice and Public Safety, Virginia Commonwealth
University.
Formerly
he ivas director
of the Police
Division,
National Institute of Justice,
U.S. Department of Justice, and director of operations
management and special assistant to the
police commissioner. New York City Police
Department. He has been a management
consultant for Public Administration
Service
and for the Jacobs
Company, a planning
research corporation, and he has provided
consulting and research services to some
fifty police and other governmental
agencies
throughout the United States including such
organizations
as the National
Advisory
Commission on Civil Disorders. His degrees
are in public administration and economics
and his forthcoming bool&lt;, "Crime Control:
The Use and fvlisuse of Police
Resources,"
is scheduled for publication by Plenum this
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If the bay and its illustrious past are to continue into the future
then man must begin immediately to take actions to suit the
needs of the Chesapeake
Bay.

By Richard N. Burton
Everywhere we turned people were
talking about it, writing about it or studying it. 1983 appeared to be "the year of
the Chesapeake B a y , " and in 1984, the
Virginia General Assembly began to
come to terms with the bay, grappling
with some of its problems and laying the
foundations for many of the initiatives
needed to solve them. The State Water
Control Board ( S W C B ) hopes to play a
significant part in leading many of those
initiatives.
The Bay
Although most are aware of the Chesapeake Bay's geographical location and
beauty, few understand its economic
importance or its current state. T h e
Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary
in the contiguous United States. T h e
bay itself is only part of an interconnected system which includes the
mouths of many rivers draining parts of
V i r g i n i a , New Y o r k , P e n n s y l v a n i a ,
Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia.
The bay proper is approximately 200
miles long and ranges in width from
about four miles near Annapolis, MD, to
30 miles at its widest point near the
mouth of the Potomac.
The water surface of the bay proper
encompasses more than 2,200 square
miles; if its tributaries are included that
figure nearly doubles. On the average,
the Chesapeake holds about 18 trillion

gallons of water and if the entire tidal bay
system were to be drained, it would take
more than a year to refill with water from
rivers, streams and runoff. Even though
the bay proper lies totally within the Atlantic Coastal Plain, it draws water from
a 64,000 square mile drainage basin
and more than fifty major tributaries
pour water into the bay every day. Although the length and breadth of the bay
make it enormous, the average depth is
less than 30 feet, and because it is so
shallow it is more sensitive to temperature fluctuations and wind than is the
open ocean.
E v e n more i m p r e s s i v e than the
physical dimensions of the Chesapeake
Bay are the facts and figures detailing its
productivity as a food source and a s a
natural habitat. The bay's fishery production is exceeded only by the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. More than half the
U.S. catch of both soft-shelled crabs
and blue crabs comes from the bay,
along with more than one-quarter of the
nation's total yearly oyster catch. It has
been estimated that seafood harvests in
recent years have averaged over 600
million pounds of fish and shellfish a
year. Three years ago, the economic
harvest was estimated at $765 million.
More than 2,700 species of plants and
animals inhabit its water, bottom and
shoreline; and nearly 13 million people
live within the Chesapeake watershed.

Scientists place the birth of the Chesapeake at the end of the Pleistocene
epoch with the retreat of the glaciers, or
roughly 10,000 years ago. From the
moment civilized man encountered the
bay in the 1600s, he has been altering it
in an attempt to meet the demands of
the increasing numbers of people living
in its drainage basin. By 1950, or after
only 350 years of man's presence, signs
of trouble in the bay became hard to
ignore and e v e n harder to e x c u s e .
Within the last couple of decades it has
been made clear that the bay shouldn't
be the only one to do the accommodating. If the bay and its illustrious past
are to continue into the future, then it is
man who must begin immediately to
take actions to suit the needs of the
Chesapeake Bay.
The Study
To help man do this, in 1975 the E n vironmental Protection Agency received
from Congress more than $25 million to
study the bay. E P A was instructed to
a s s e s s water quality and to make recommendations to improve management
of the bay. During the last seven years,
E P A in conjunction with the states and
the public has completed this effort.
T h e E P A study depicted an ecosystem that has undergone dramatic
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of recreational activity, but
provides an economic
seafood fiarvest of approximately
$765 million.

rowed its research efforts to three areas:
the loss of submerged aquatic vegetation, increases in toxic chemicals
and nutrient enrichment. E P A s u m marized its findings in a report titled
" C h e s a p e a k e B a y : A Framework for
Action."
Perhaps the most striking observation
to come from the study was the announcement that "what goes in, stays
in." According to those who conducted
or worked with those doing the studies,
the Chesapeake acts like a sink that
collects and recycles pollutants. T h e
conditions we are seeing today are the
result of many, many years of m a n s
abuse, and the only way to counter that
abuse is to work together to reclaim the
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In December 1983, the Chesapeake
Bay Conference was held in Fairfax, VA
to enable the states, E P A , legislatures
and the public to choose the actions to
be taken to save the bay. This conference was convened by the governors
of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania,
the mayor of the District of Columbia,
the administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency and the Chesapeake
Bay Commission.
Perhaps the most important action to
come out of the conference was the
agreement to create a Chesapeake E x -

ecutive Council whose assignment will
be to coordinate regional management
efforts in the future. In addition, each of
the six major participants committed
t h e m s e l v e s on behalf of their constituents to a variety of actions encompassing increased state funding,
decreased nutrient loads to the bay (too
many nutrients result in the harmful
overproduction of plant life), coordinated monitoring programs, decreases
in toxic chemicals and better management of living resources.
The Initiatives
Virginia's commitment to help revitalize the bay was presented to the
General Assembly during its 1984 session in the form of initiatives for the next
d e c a d e ( 1 9 8 4 - 1 9 9 4 ) to be administrated by a number of state agencies.
The legislature passed a budget of more
than $10 million for the 1984-86 biennium to help improve bay water quality,
$4 million more than originally proposed. Budget figures for 1986-94 have
been proposed, but have not yet been
funded. Basically, the remainder of the
decade-long program is a continuation
and expansion of programs proposed
for 1984-86. There is, however, an introduction of a major program to upgrade selected sewage treatment plants
to the advanced level of treatment to
remove phosphorus, one of the key nu-

trients harmful to the bay.
Nearly half of the programs will be
carried out through the State Water
Control Board ( S W C B ) , and a summary
of the S W C B s proposed initiatives
follows.
Sewer Line Infiltration and Inflow
Renovation Program: Low interest
loans or matching grants would be
made available to repair sewer lines and
prevent massive inflow of storm water
into s e w a g e treatment plants, which
now results in direct discharges of sewage to tidal waters, closures of shellfish
grounds and public swimming a r e a
alerts. The initial program also is designed to a s s e s s the feasibility of considerably larger programs in the future.
$ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 for the J a m e s River and
$200,000 systemwide is available for fiscal year 1984-86. A total of $20,000,000
has been proposed to continue and expand the p r o g r a m from 1 9 8 6 - 9 4 ,
$5,000,000 for each biennium.
Chlorine Discharge Control Program: Grants would be made available
to communities discharging significant
v o l u m e s of c h l o r i n a t e d m u n i c i p a l
wastewater to the marine environment.
Chlorine is extremely toxic to many
larval marine forms, such a s oyster
larvae and spat, and anadromous fish
eggs and larvae. $1,700,000 is available for cost shanng funds for sensitive
spawning areas in Virginia's estuarine

�Chesapeake Bay Initiatives Passed by the 1984 General Assembly
Responsible Agency/Initiative
Council on the Environment
Virginia Graduate Marine Science Consortium Research
C h e s a p e a k e B a y Education Program
Trend Analysis &amp; Environmental Conditions

C h e s a p e a k e B a y Pilot T o x i c s
S t r a t e g y : Industrial and municipal
effluent samples would be fingerprinted,
tagged and compared with analytical
results from sediment samples. Data
would be computer stored for evaluation
of trends in compound concentrations,
toxic pollutant source isolation and geog r a p h i c s c o p e of c o n t a m i n a t i o n .
$350,000 systemwide will fund this initiative with emphasis on the J a m e s and
Elizabeth Rivers.
K e p o n e Monitoring Program:
$ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 is available for continued
monitoring of sediments and finfish (begun in 1 976) in the J a m e s River Estuary
to allow detection of trends and provide
background data for ongoing research
into the long-term human health effects
of kepone.
Water Quality Habitat R e s o u r c e
Monitoring: Monitoring efforts in Virginia Bay drainage area currently being
c a r r i e d out by n u m e r o u s a g e n c i e s
would be expanded and coordinated.
$107,800 is available for establishment
of a baseline monitoring plan, plus
$192,000 for special studies. An additional total of $7,000,000 in funding has
been proposed for 1986-94. After the
1984-86 biennium, toxics and kepone

$1,700,000
250,000
75,000

Department of Conservation &amp; Economic Development
Youth Conservation Corps
Public Service Announcements

300,000
40,000

Department of Housing and Community Development
Shoreline Residential Sanitation Loan/Grant Program

300,000

Soil &amp; Water Conservation Commission
Agricultural Best Management Practices Program
Urban Nonpoint Source Program

waters during the 1984-86 biennlum. An
additional $5,000,000 is recommended
for 1986-88.

1984-86 Funding

2,500,000
750,000

State Health Department-Kepone Health Effects R e s e a r c h

300,000

Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Reestablishment

150,000

Virginia Marine Resources Commission—Fisheries
Management

200,000

monitoring will be absorbed into this
program.
Coordinated Data B a s e Management: A computerized data management system between state agencies,
research institutions and the E P A computer data base house in Annapolis, MD
would be developed. This would minimize repetitions of similar work among
various agencies and provide an information base for management decisions.
$300,000 is available for this program. A
total of $800,000 more is proposed for
1986-94, with $200,000 per biennium.
To augment the above initiatives proposed for inception during the 1984-86
biennium, two additional initiatives to be
administered by the State Water Control
B o a r d h a v e been proposed for the
1986-88 biennium.
Pretreatment Program: A total of
$ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 h a s been proposed for
1 9 8 6 - 9 4 — $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 In e a c h b i e n nium—for S W C B to coordinate programs and administer matching grants
from E P A , if available, to municipalities
systemwide. T h e municipalities would
determine the content of industrial discharges to each sewer system and require removal of toxic wastes at the
industrial sites rather than at the municipal treatment plant.
S e w a g e Treatment Improvement
Program: Matching grants would be
provided to local governments for phos-

phorus removal equipment at selected
major s e w a g e treatment plants discharging into tidal waters to reduce nutrient and algae problems facing the
bay. Funds proposed for this program
a r e $ 1 0 7 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 from 1 9 8 6 - 9 4 ,
$23,500,000 in 1986-88 and $28,000,000
in each subsequent biennium.
Conclusion
T h e s e initiatives, along with parallel
efforts by Maryland, Pennsylvania and
E P A are significant first-step efforts
which will lead to protecting the bay from
further deterioration and begin the longterm task of restoring the bay to its full
productive capacity. In order to be successful in accomplishing our objectives,
we will need the assistance and cooperation of all Virginia's cities, towns and
counties.

About the Author
Richard N. Burton is executive director of
the Virginia State Water Control Board overseeing technical and administrative operations of a staff of approximately 310, primarily engineers, scientists and technicians.
He previously served as deputy director of
Virginia's Department of Housing and Community Development. Prior to that he v/orked
in the Division of State Planning and Community Affairs where he ivas a senior planner
for the Office of Local and Regional Planning. He was also program manager for the
Department of Intergovernmental Affairs.

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�VML Policy Committees
The Virginia Municipal
League's
policy committees
serve as the
central nervous system of the organization,
gathenng
information
from the grassroots of the membership
and molding it into one united
voice for the league. The system begins its work annually in spring.
Committee
members
are nominated
by their localities
and final
appointment is made by the league president. Committees hold their
initial meetings in May and continue to meet at intervals
throughout
the summer, culminating
their activities at the annual VML Conference.
The result is the Virginia Municipal League Policy Statement, an
aggregate
statement on state and federal policies and
programs
which affect local government built on a consensus
of the membership. This policy statement serves as a basis for the development
of
the VML's legislative program. The policy statement itself works as a
reference for the membership
and the staff on the policy positions of
their organization.
It also serves
to inform others, particularly
state
and federal officials, of the league's positions. Your
representatives
for 1984 on these important committees
are as follows.

COMMUNITY AND E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T
POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson
R. B. Allport J r .
P.O. Box 179
Franklin, Virginia 22046
F. H. Moore J r . , Abingdon
Vola L a w s o n . Alexandria
John E . Black, Appalachia
William B , West, Blacksburg
E . G . Hall, Charlottesville
W. P. B a z e m o r e , C h e s a p e a k e
John E . Brockwell J r . , Colonial Heights
Richard M. Rosenberg, Culpeper
Julia L. J o n e s , Emporia
Glenn L, White, Fairfax
J a m e s Scott, Fairfax County
Gary D. Knight, Falls Church
W. Sidney Armstrong, Fredericksburg
Raymond R. Decatur, Fredericksburg
W. Harold S n e a d , G a l a x
Hunter L. W. Allman, Gordonsville
J . D. Barnhart, Grottoes
T h o m a s H. Robinson II, Harrisonburg
Milton Martin, Hopewell
William F . Brown, J a m e s City County
D. A. Smith, Luray
F. R. Hodgson, M a n a s s a s
Mark Mills, M a n a s s a s Park
George W. Brown, Martinsville
J e s s i e M. Rattley, Newport News
Vincent J . T h o m a s , Norfolk
Leonard Muse, Petersburg
R. Gordon Cox, Poquoson
Morton V. Whitlow, Portsmouth
Kathleen K. Seefeldt, Prince William County
Donald Adkins, Radford
J a m e s O. Trout, Roanoke
Alexander M. Brown. S a l e m
Robert W. Smith, South Boston
Morris Wells, South Hill
David F. Craig, Staunton
Ronald 0 . Hart, Suffolk
George E . Lovelace, Vienna
H. J a c k Jennings, Virginia B e a c h
Robert C . Walker. Williamsburg
Wendell L. Seldon, Winchester
Beverly Collins, W i s e

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson
Meyera Oberndorf
5404 Challedon Drive
Virginia B e a c h , Virginia 23456
Harry D. Denton, Abingdon
R o s e Boyd, Alexandria
J a m e s Clark, Appalachia
J a m e s W. Bland, Blacksburg
Elizabeth G l e a s o n , Charlottesville
Cecil Jenkins, C h e s a p e a k e
John E . Brockwell J r . . Colonial Heights
J a m e s R. Stewart. Culpeper
S . G . Keedwell. Emporia
Audrey Moore. Fairfax County
Gordon Shelton, Fredericksburg
John Lemons, Galax
Ernest W. Duncan, Gordonsville
J a m e s C , Cisney, Harrisonburg
Richard C . T h o e s e n , Herndon
Mark Haley, Hopewell
Wayland B a s s , J a m e s City County
Robert Maitland, M a n a s s a s Park
Don R. Edmonds. Martinsville
Randy W. Hildebrandt. Newport News
Mason C . Andrews, Norfolk
Charles R. Brown, Norton
Douglas Cullinane, Petersburg
Gordon C . Helsel J r . , Poquoson
V. W a y n e Orton, Portsmouth
Edwin C . King, Prince William County
Queen Alexander, Radford
Randolph M. Smith, S a l e m
E . W a y n e Rountree, Suffolk
Rodger S e e m a n , Vienna
Barbara Henley, Virginia B e a c h
J a m e s N. McCord J r . , Williamsburg
Glen Craft, W i s e

HUMAN D E V E L O P M E N T P O L I C Y C O M M I T T E E
Chairperson
Hilda M. Traina
Municipal Building
300 N. Main Street
Hopewell, Virginia
Maxine C . Hilton. Abingdon
Bradford C . Hammer. Alexandria
Sadie J o n e s . Appalachia
Francis L. Buck, Charlottesville
W. P. Mitchell. C h e s a p e a k e
Nancy C . Halbert. Colonial Heights
F. Mellisa Johnson. Culpeper
J . Henry E v a n s J r . . Empona
Robert F. Lederer J r . . Fairfax
S a n d r a Duckworth. Fairfax County
Marie Walker, Galax
Charles O. L a y m a n . Gordonsville
Sonja Bible. Harrisonburg
Anthony Conyers, J a m e s City County
Judy Hayes, M a n a s s a s
Donald Tickner, M a n a s s a s Park
Eliza S e v e n , Martinsville
Aubrey H. Fitzgerald. Newport News
Breck Daughtrey, Norfolk
Elizabeth M Howell, Norfolk
William L. Stokes, Norton
Bob Reitmeier, Petersburg
H. Gray Forrest, Poquoson
Ben A. B e a m e r Sr., Portsmouth
Ricardo Perez, M a n a s s a s
Henry Lindsay, Radford
Roy B- Davis, South Boston
Curtis R. Milteer. Suffolk
Robert W. Robinson. Vienna
Robert J o n e s . Virginia B e a c h
Mary L. Darling, Williamsburg
H. Delmer Robinson, Winchester

�E F F E C T I V E GOVERNMENT POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson
William R. Hartz
P.O. Box 318
Waverly, Virginia 23890
G . M. Newman. Abingdon
Douglas Harman, Alexandria
David Reynal, Ashland
E . E . Brooks. Appalachia
Richard Kaufman, Blacksburg
John Conover, Charlottesville
Sidney M. O m a n . C h e s a p e a k e
A s a T . Hickman. Chincoteague
*Joe B. Hornbarger. Christiansburg
Ernest E . P a y n e . Colonial Heights
Waller P. J o n e s , Culpeper
Nancy B, Squire. Emporia
Edward A. Wyatt, Fairfax
Martha V. Pennine, Fairfax County
Edward B. Strait, Falls Church
Mollie E , B a s s , Franklin
Walter J . Sheffield, Fredencksburg
George V a n Sant, Fredericksburg
Arthur Guriey, G a l a x
J a m e s T , Todd, Gordonsville
Margie Mayes, Grottoes
Walter F. G r e e n III. Harrisonburg
Clinton H. Strong. Hopewell
J a c k D. E d w a r d s , J a m e s City County
John Niccolls, Leesburg
Clara M. Broyles. Luray
C . M. Moyer J r . . M a n a s s a s
Wendall R. Hite II. M a n a s s a s Park

PUBLIC S A F E T Y POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson
Melvin Butler
22 Lincoln Street
Hampton, Virginia 23665
J o e T- Phipps. Abingdon
Michele E v a n s , Alexandria
John Wolford, Ashland
Arthur Dickenson, Appalachia
Donald L. C a r e y , Blacksburg
John T . Maxwell, C h e s a p e a k e
J , Chris Kollman III, Colonial Heights
Roy F. J a m i s o n . Culpeper
George B. Ligon. Emporia
Harold E . Dailey. Fairfax
T h o m a s Davis. Fairfax County
Ralph Hicks, Fredericksburg
Glenn Wilson, G a l a x
Robert M, Hollovyay, Gordonsville
Jerry J . O a k e s , Grottoes
Richard W. Presgrave, Harrisonburg
Robert Broyles. Hopewell
Robert C . Key, J a m e s City County
J e s s e C . Carter. Kenbridge
Jeffrey H. Minor, Leesburg
William L, Kervick, M a n a s s a s
Wilbur Hudson, M a n a s s a s Park
John L. Ware, Newport News
S a m A. Mongle, Norton
Lawrence R, Nowery, Petersburg
John T . White, Poquoson
J . Robert Gray, Portsmouth
George T . O w e n s , M a n a s s a s
Harry T , R a s k i n s . S a l e m
Gilbert F. J a c k s o n , Suffolk
Zed L. Childress, Vienna
Louis J o n e s , Virginia B e a c h
John Hodges. Williamsburg
William M. Mote. Winchester
Ron Dixon, Wise
T h o m a s A, Bralley J r . . Wytheville

TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson
J o s e p h A. Leafe
1109 City Hall Building
Norfolk, Virginia 23501
H- L, C o o m e s . Abingdon
A. T . Leighton J r . . Blacksburg
Mary Alice Gunter, Charlottesville
J a m e s E , Rein, C h e s a p e a k e
John E . Lemley. Christiansburg
J . Keith B e a z l e y . Colonial Heights
L. Winfrey Butler. Culpeper
Julian P, Mitchell, Emporia
Carl J . Hemmer, Fairfax
J o s e p h Alexander. Fairfax County
Peter R. Kolakowski. Fredericksburg
Van McCarter. Galax
L. L, Coiner J r . , Gordonsville
Elon W. Rhodes, Harrisonburg
F. E , Hughes J r . , Hopewell
Orlando A. Ruitort, J a m e s City County
Anthony Ratkus J r . , M a n a s s a s
Dorothy Bello. M a n a s s a s Park
J o s e p h N. G r e e n J r . . Norfolk
Ronald P e a k s . Norton
John Sinkiewicz, Petersburg
William T . Watkins J r . . Poquoson
J a m e s W. Holley III. Portsmouth
G . Richard Pfitzner. Prince William County
David A. Worrell. Radford
Elizabeth T . Bowles. Roanoke
John D. Abbott. S a l e m
Garnett Morton. Staunton
Andrew B . Damiani. Suffolk
Vincent J . Olson. Vienna
J . Henry McCoy J r . . Virginia B e a c h
J a m e s H. Blount J r . . Woodstock
T h o m a s A. Bralley J r . . Wytheville

L. D. O a k e s , Martinsville
Margaret W. Keator, Newport News
J o s e p h A. Leafe. Norfolk
Robert E . S u m m e r s . Norfolk
Kenneth Asbury. Norton
John P. Bond. Petersburg
Benjamin M. Hahn. Poquoson
Gloria O. Webb, Portsmouth
John Proctor. Prince William County
Wilburn C . Dibling J r . , Roanoke
William J . Paxton J r . , S a l e m
J , Aubrey Houghton, South Boston
S . H. Raines, South Hill
Lisle Russell, Staunton
Harold J . Kidd, Suffolk
E , R o s s Buckley, Vienna
R e b a S , McClanan, Virginia B e a c h
Gilbert Granger, Williamsburg
S i m Ewing, W i s e
Carl E . Stark. Wytheville

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At the turn of the century, the change
from an agricultural nation to an industrial nation helped create the nation's
first playgrounds. The Great Depression
created the Worl&lt;s Progress Administration that helped build some of our
most famous state and local parks, and
World War II created the U S O and special services a s we know them today.
More recent events from the 1960s to
the early 1980s, however, have shaped
the current situation in the field of parks
and recreation, creating more efficient
systems and systems more responsive
to the public's demands for services.
In the 1960s and mid-70s municipal
parks and recreation agencies were
among the favored citizen s e r v i c e s

offered by local governments. This s e cure status was due in large part to the
generosity of the federal government.
Parks and recreation agencies received
annual s u b s i d i e s through programs
such as Model Cities, Community Development, C E T A , revenue sharing,
summer lunch programs, action grants,
anti-juvenile delinquency programs,
Endowment for the Arts and more. F a cilities were improved, new land was
acquired for parks, and new facilities
such a s swimming pools, playgrounds,
and community centers were built in
neighborhoods almost as quickly as app l i c a t i o n s for a s s i s t a n c e could be
written.
In 1 9 7 2 , L a n d a n d W a t e r C o n servation Funds, which represent the

primary source of funds for parks and
recreation development and a c quisition, totaled $5,056,650 for the
state of Virginia. In comparison, the
1983 appropriation for Virginia through
the Land and Water Conservation Fund
was $1,509,612.
Since employment programs equal
capital dollars, staffing new facilities has
n e v e r been a problem. With large
amounts of federal dollars assisting in
capital n e e d s , local parks and recreation budgets supported by tax dollars
were strengthened. New support staff
and maintenance dollars met the needs
of the growing parks and recreation systems. In 1979, Land and Water Conservation Funds for Virginia totaled

�$7,500,920. With additional funding for
Y A C C ( Y o u t h Adult C o n s e r v a t i o n
Corps) in the amount of $1,528,861 and
funding for Y C C (Youth Conservation
Corps) in the amount of $245,000, the
grand total for these three programs
reached $9,274,781.
The complexion of parks and recreation changed dramatically in the late
1970s and early 1980s. With the change
in Washington's administrative attitude
over direct federal assistance and the
change in the mood of the taxpayer over
increased taxes locally and nationally,
parks and recreation systems were no
longer as popular a s they had been in
previous years. Funding assistance for
leisure services, facilities, jobs and programs was not nearly as popular because of operating costs; in fact, some
parks and recreation services were declared "nonessential."
Inflation also look its toll on parks and
recreation as it did on many other municipal services. The Consumer Price
Index which was 97.2 in 1966 rose to
246.8 by 1980. Moreover, in a postProposition 13 Los Angeles Times survey, parks and recreation services were
the two most popular areas for budget
reductions. Seventy-eight percent of
those cities and counties s u r v e y e d
showed they had substantially reduced
parks and recreation services in 1980.
P a r k s and recreation d e p a r t m e n t s
found difficulty trying to justify their mere
existence, let alone maintain their properties and programs.

country have changed their resource
base by charging fees and using volunteers and private sector contributions,
while also streamlining the agency by
organizational restructuring.
Some of the current trends influencing parks and recreation are not only
resulting in more efficient government
agencies, but in a more satisfied clientele. Fees and charges for services
are no longer looked upon as a double
charge to the taxpayer. Through careful
education of the public, most parks and
recreation special interest groups such
as the arts, athletics, the handicapped
and others realize a city, town or county
simply cannot provide all the services
requested. T h e s e groups are not only
willing to pay their fair share but are
willing to pay more if the end result is a
high quality of services.

Further, parks and recreation staffs
have a s s u m e d a role a s facilitators,
whereas past expectations called for
direct services providers. T h e current
requirement of the parks and recreation
programming specialists is to act a s a
resource person for the needs of special
interest groups.
Other specific trends that parks and
recreation are currently encountering
are in the areas of fitness, resource
education and preservation, combined
with more sophisticated management
information s y s t e m s and community
special events.
A national wave of commitment to
fitness has overtaken the population.
Fitness has become fun! Exciting new
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Making the task even harder was the
effect the growing inflation rate had on
real dollars versus adjusted dollars. In
1 9 8 1 , Land and Water Conservation
Funds totaling $3,536,459 were worth
$1,298,259 when adjusted for inflation.
In 1971, Land and Water Conservation
Funds for Virginia totaling $5,075,401
were worth $4,184,172 in real dollars.
Not only was there a 30 percent reduction of funds but a 69 percent reduction
in spending power. Those parks and
recreation systems founded on sound
principles of community involvement
and sound fiscal and physical planning
survived and became even betterforthe
experience; many others, of course,
were not so fortunate.
T h e s e changes have made parks and
recreation s y s t e m s in the 1980s rebound with newly found purposes and
new dedication to the delivery of leisure
services.
Today parks and recreation systems
throughout the commonwealth and the
country are operating more efficiently,
serving greater numbers of people at a
proportionately less cost than they did
ten years ago, and above all, they are
doing it with greater credibility. Parks
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ercise, exercise classes and slimnastics
abound in every recreation center that
offers programs to adults. While athletic
divisions within parks and recreation
d e p a r t m e n t s continue to serve the
needs of the grassroot c o m m u n i t y athletic programs for little leagues and
adult sports—there exists an equal and
in some cases a growing demand for the
creation of fitness centers that offer continuous opportunities to stay fit through
supervised exercise programs. Physical
education classes in our schools have
enlightened youth as to the importance
of fitness for life. Parks and recreation
departments are responding to the public demand for fitness alternatives by
offering specialized instruction to both
men and women on simple, fun ways to
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An increased national consciousness
towards the environment, clean air and
an appreciation of nature have made
"the great outdoors" another important
trend in parks and recreation. Parks and
"the great outdoors" have always stood
as symbols of wholesome leisure activity. Thanks in large part to bird watchers, volunteer conservationists, wildlife
interpreters, local and state litter control
efforts, garden clubs and a new craze
for walking and running, parks have truly
become people places. Throughout the
parks and recreation industry, from the
traditional neighborhood park to the historic urban central parks, to the sprawling wilderness watershed parks, green
space has become important to us all.
Lands in the public domain are entrusted to park systems and serve as a
source of great community pride regardless of a person's leisure pursuits. In
many instances, parks and recreation
agencies are employing highly skilled
turf and landscape management experts as a direct result of citizen demand
to preserve and maintain active and
passive public places. In addition, management information systems and the
use of computers have moved from the
board room to the ballfields. Due to
planning grants and innovative grants
made available through the Urban
Parks and Recreation Recovery Act,
many parks and recreation agencies
throughout the country now have sophisticated information and communication networks.
Another major trend influencing parks
and recreation agencies has been the
special community event. From Norfolk's Harborfest and Virginia Beach's
Neptune Festival to Richmond's June
Jubilee and Danville's Tobacco Festival, parks and recreation agencies have
joined forces with community leaders
and vast resources of volunteers to pre-

sent events that project the image of
their respective communities. Throughout our state, large and small festivals
are bringing together people from all
walks of life as an expression of the
"total" community. In most cases, local
parks and recreation agencies are
either directly or indirectly involved,
offering planning expertise, resource
assistance through use of staff, equipment, programming assistance and
more.
As with any endeavor or organization,
the people who make up municipal
parks and recreation d e p a r t m e n t s ,
those who do the work, reflect the heart
of the organization. Throughout the
years of change in the parks and recreation profession, it was realized that
the common interests of the parks and
r e c r e a t i o n p r o f e s s i o n a l in Virginia
needed to be represented by a professional organization to serve as the
voice on parks and recreation issues.
The Virginia experience is not unique.
All 50 states have societies and/or associations representing the interests of
the parks and recreation professional. In
addition, each is affiliated with the larger
national umbrella organization, the National Recreation and Park Association.
Most of Virginia's professional parks
and recreation employees belong to the
Virginia Recreation and Park Society.
The Virginia Recreation and Park Society is a 30-year-old, 1,300-member
organization whose purpose is to unite
all professionals, students and interested lay persons engaged in the field of
recreation, parks and other leisure services. A goal of the Virginia Recreation
and Park Society is to promote and en-

courage continuous developmental
training opportunities for members in
order to improve recreation, parks and
leisure services to the public and to update members on current practices and
opportunities in the profession. In addition, the Virginia Recreation and Park
Society offers $5,000 in scholarships
annually to qualifying students and professionals prepanng for work in the field
of parks and recreation. Opportunities
also exist for membership involvement
in a variety of committees which promote parks and recreation.
The Virginia Recreation and Park Society through the efforts of its members
and through the excellent cooperation of
the members' municipal agencies, has
provided a variety of continuing special
features to the citizens of Virginia in the
realm of leisure opportunities which
compliment local programs. One of the
most acclaimed events has been the
national award winning Whistle Stop
Relay that involved over 1,500 separate
runners, walkers, skaters, wheelchair
athletes, water skiers, bicyclists and
horseback riders in an exhibition of support for recreation and wholesome leisure pursuits.
Sponsored jointly by CSX Corp. and
the Virginia Recreation and Park Society, the relay involved persons of all
ages from across the state. Parks and
recreation agencies from five different
regions of the state passed a baton from
locality to locality culminating with a presentation to the governor in honor of
June as Parks and Recreation Month at
Richmond's June Jubilee.
Equally notable is the Virginia Golden
Olympics for persons 55 and over. The
Olympics provide an opportunity for our
Virginia elderly to compete in a wholesome congenial atmosphere in such activities as b o w l i n g , track and field
events, swimming, basketball, theatre,
table games and talent competition.
Throughout the summer the Virginia
Recreation and Park Society also sponsors special rates to Kings Dominion
and Busch Gardens. Additional questions or interests in lay or professional
involvement in the society may be directed to Executive Director Jim Stuffs
at (804) 730-9447, or at Route 4, Box
155, Mechanicsville, VA.
Having rebounded from significant
changes to the business of providing
parks and recreation services to the
taxpayer during the last 20 years, parks
and recreation agencies throughout the
commonwealth are leaders in providing
wholesome, physical and mental renewal to all citizens through parks and
recreation alternatives. The daily task of
meeting the demands of T-ball, little
leagues, senior citizen bowling teams.

�aerobic dancing classes witli babysitting services for mothers, planning for
future open space preservation and development, and maintaining thiousands
of acres of public parks remains one of
tfie more exciting chiallenges in providing
municipal services to the taxpayer. The
variety of needs and interests for all ages
in the realm of recreation is a need and
issue that continues to be a priority for
public parks and recreation employees
and their policymakers. A quality parks
and recreation program truly reflects the
physical well-being, environmental integrity and equal opportunity for freetime activities of all in the community.

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About the Author
Thomas W. Blekicki graduated from the
College of William and fJlary with a bachelor
of arts in physical education in 1966. He has
been in the parks and recreation
profession
for 14 years. Currently, he serves as director
of parks and recreation in Suffolk, VA, and is
president of the Virginia Recreation and Park
Society. He is also a member of the National
Recreation and Park
Association.

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�Blacksburg Transit
Celebrates
B l a c k s b u r g T r a n s i t recently celebrated serving its one millionth passenger. After less than twelve months operation, the new bus system has met its
major objective of providing an efficient,
timely alternative to the automobile.
Designed primarily to move students
and faculty between the Virginia Tech
c a m p u s and major town apartment
complexes, the system also provides
convenient transportation for other town
citizens. T h e service also includes two
para-transit vans for handicapped citizens.
Blacksburg Transit has attracted a
growing ridership expanding from an
average daily passenger count of approximately 4,800 in May 1983 to the
current average of about 6,700 passengers a day.
Among its many unique features, the
system requires no local tax dollars.
Student riders make a contribution
through their annual university fees and
have unlimited ridership merely by
showing their student identification
card. Non-students pay a base fare of
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buses operate six days a week with
most of the drivers being college students working part time.
The one millionth p a s s e n g e r w a s
presented with a specially marked t-shirt
and a $20 gift certificate donated by a
favorite student book store and record
shop.

Norfolk Wins
Information
Awards
The city of Norfolk has won two awards
in the Seventh Annual City Hall Public
Information Awards Competition. Norfolk was one of ten municipal governments receiving a Grand Award in the
Periodicals for Employees category for
cities with populations of more than
50,000. Norfolk was also cited for an
Award of Meht for its annual report.
Over 200 cities of all sizes in the U.S.
and Canada entered in the 1983 contest's eight categories which included
publications, public information projects
and audio visual productions.
The international contest cites city
governments for excellence in communication with their employees and the
public and has been sponsored by the
monthly municipal government newsletter City Hall Digest since 1977. T h e
goal of the annual contest is to encourage improvement in various modern communications techniques used
by city governments to inform their employees and residents about municipal
developments.

Fire Chiefs
Plan Conference
The State Fire Chiefs Association of
Virginia will hold its 54th annual conference July 11-14 in Virginia Beach
with President Alfred A. Savia, deputy
chief of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, presiding.
The four-day conference will consist
of seminars, exhibits, demonstrations,
committee meetings, the annual business meeting, election of new officers
and many social events. Seminar topics
will include non-traditional fire protection, protective clothing and a hazardous materials update. An outdoor
barbecue, a dance, a golf tournament
and a fishing trip are among the planned
social activities.
For more information, contact E x ecutive Secretary Christy Everson in the
VML Office at (804) 649-8471.

Fairfax County
Uses C h a n n e l 16
Fairfax County cable television subscribers now can tune to channel 16 for
information about upcoming Fairfax
C o u n t y g o v e r n m e n t meetings and
events, services offered to residents,
major board of supervisors' public hearings and actions, and a wide variety of
other messages primarily from county
government agencies—all presented
on the new Fairfax County Government
Bulletin B o a r d . T h e Bulletin Board,
which is cablecast 24 hours a day,
seven days a week to viewers with cable
hook-ups, features text messages with
musical background and no commercial
interruptions.
In addition to the repeating cycle of
county government announcements
and news. Bulletin Board producers expect within the next several months to
incorporate a 24-hour emergency message capability on channel 16 which will
provide information such as school and
government office closings, late openings, major traffic problems in the area
and other essential messages. Bulletin
Board producers also hope to provide
regularly s c h e d u l e d blocks of time
throughout the week devoted to specialized information from the Fairfax County
Parks Authority, the police department
and other county agencies.
T h e County Government Bulletin
Board format is produced jointly by the
Department of Consumer Affairs' Cable
Communications Division and the Office
of Public Affairs. By late spring, the
C a b l e C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Division is
scheduled to begin live cablecasting of
board of supervisors meetings on channel 16.
Channel 16 is one of the 15 government and community access channels
dedicated by Media General Cable of
Fairfax County Inc. Plans call for county
public schools and county public libraries each to utilize one of these
channels within the next six months.
Currently Fairfax County's cable system h a s approximately 4 , 7 0 0 subscribers.

We Want N e w s from your locality for V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp;
C I T Y magazine. If you have recent appointments, a new facility
or a project/program that can
benefit other Virginia local governments, let us know. Contact
C h r i s t y E v e r s o n at 8 0 4 /
649-8471.

�People
Rutledge Receives
Public Works
Honor
Philip T. Rutledge, director of public
w o r k s / c o u n t y e n g i n e e r of H e n r i c o
County, has been chosen as one of the
Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the
Year for 1984. Rutledge has worked for
Henrico since 1962. He served as the
assistant county engineer until 1977
when he became director of public
works/county engineer. Prior to working
for Henrico, Rutledge was an engineer
for Lyttle &amp; Barnes Construction Co. A
native of Newport News, Rutledge holds
a bachelors degree in civil engineering
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
The Public Works Leader of the Year
Award is given by the American Public
Works Association to outstanding officials in the U.S. and Canada on the
basis of accomplishment, employment
records and achievement. The awards
program is held in conjunction with the
25th annual Public Works Week, May
20-26.

dates, Bowman served as the economic
development commissioner for Louisville, KY, for the past three years. He
established the Louisville economic development office as well as the first enterprise zone in Kentucky. In his three
years as commissioner he processed
revenue bonds totaling almost $194 million and packaged almost $4 million in
small business loans. As a result, the
Louisville Economic Development
Corp. was cited as the leading producer
of one type of Small Business Administration loans in the Southeast.
Bowman holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Louisville and is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Planners. He is
married and has four children.

I C M A Appoints
Richmond's Carter
Gilbert Carter, executive assistant to
the Richmond city manager, has been
appointed as a new member of the Inter-

national City Management Association's Assistants Steering Committee.
Carter, who has been appointed to a
two-year term, will also serve as vice
chairman of the 15-member committee.
Anna Lee Berman, director of the
Arlington County Department of Management and Finance, serves as a current member of the Assistants Steering
Committee.

Wise Selects
New Mayor
G l e n n Craft has been appointed
mayor of Wise by the W i s e T o w n
Council. Now in the middle of his first
year on council, Craft will serve as
mayor until June 30, finishing the unexpired term of Mayor Wilda Smith who
resigned to move to Manassas. Craft is
general manager of Spring Collieries in
Tacoma and is chairman of the Wise
County Democratic Party.

N L C Selects
McDaniel
Claudette B. McDaniel, Richmond
council member, has been appointed to
serve on the National League of Cities'
Human Development Steering Committee.
NLC steering committee members
are selected on the basis of expertise
and interest to assist the committee
chairperson in developing NLC policy
recommendations and in reacting to
congressional and administration initiatives.
Ms. McDaniel will serve through the
conclusion of the Annual Congress of
Cities in November 1984.

Bowman
T o Serve
Roanoke Area
Robert Y. B o w m a n has been chosen
as the executive director of the new
Roanoke Valley Regional Partnership
which will serve Roanoke, Salem, Vinton, Roanoke County and Botetourt
County.
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Petersburg, VA. Salary range
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T h e Virginia Municipal League and
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C o u n c i l , " h e l d in C h a r l o t t e s v i l l e . U n d e r
t h e g u i d a n c e of R u s s L i n d e n a n d J o e
F r e e m a n of the institute, a t t e n d e e s part i c i p a t e d in a s i m u l a t e d b u d g e t c u t t i n g
e x e r c i s e , identified s p e c i f i c b u d g e t p r o c e s s c o n c e r n s a n d m e t in s m a l l g r o u p s
to w o r k t o w a r d s o l u t i o n s to s p e c i f i c b u d get p r o b l e m s .
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that Really R u n s T h i n g s , " will b e h e l d
M a y 18 in R i c h m o n d . T o p i c s i n c l u d e
council-manager relations, council policy m a k i n g a n d u s e of c o m m u n i t y res o u r c e s . For m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , c o n t a c t
t h e V M L Office at (804) 6 4 9 - 8 4 7 1 .

Nancy O'Brien (I), former Charlottesville council member, and Pauline Mitchell (r), Pulaski
council member, reach for the money as they learn about harnessing their budget dollars in the
recent "Cornerstone Seminar." Russ Linden of the Institute of Government (c) served as the
seminar leader and O'Brien served as a facilitator.

VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL GROUP
S E L F INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
A p r o g r a m d e s i g n e d to h e l p c o n t r o l y o u r W o r k e r s ' C o m p e n s a t i o n C o s t s .

MEMBERS' SUPERVISORY BOARD
H O N . C H A R L E S A. R O B I N S O N , J R .

H A R R Y G. K I N G

Mayor, T o w n of V i e n n a

Prince George County

Chairman

B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

F R A N C I S T. W E S T

JOHN

CUTLIP

C o u n c i l m a n , Martinsville

S h e n a n d o a h C o u n t y Administrator

P E R R Y M. D e P U E

E D W A R D D. J E R V E Y

J a m e s City County

Councilman, Radford

B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s

R. M I C H A E L A M Y X
E x e c u t i v e Director,

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For further information contact:
Margaret A. Nichols
Administrator
Virginia Municipal Group
Self Insurance Association
P.O. Box 753
Richmond. Virginia 23205
(804) 649-8471

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John M. Vv/yatt. IV
Account Executive
Alexander &amp; Alexander of Virginia
Post Office Box I 177
Richmond, Virginia 23209
(804) 788-4490

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in frost and rock. And,just as important-sensitivity. When we're digging
around services that are already in
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wire. The 41 OB stands up well against
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Volume 19
June 1984
Number 6

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p r o t e c t i n g the assets of a city,
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board.
That's w h y the Virginia M u n i c i p a l League, t h r o u g h it's w h o l l y
o w n e d C o r p o r a t i o n , Virginia
M u n i c i p a l Underwriters, Inc. has
developed a n e w c o m p r e h e n sive group insurance program.
The program is designed exclusively for local g o v e r n m e n t s
and their agencies w i t h i n t h e
c o m m o n w e a l t h of Virginia. It offers a w i d e range of property,
casualty, boiler and machinery
coverages. Included a m o n g the
casualty lines are:
• Public Officials Liability

Police Liability
C o m p r e h e n s i v e General
Liability
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Omissions
Personal Injury Liability
Garage Liability
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coverage gaps.
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Group purchasing p o w e r a l s o
results in e c o n o m i e s of scale. So

t h e r e ' s a b o t t o m - l i n e benefit as
well.
Of course, all the fish in the sea
can't eliminate risk completely.
But if you're in d a n g e r of being
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poor service, the V i r g i n i a M u n i cipal Property Casualty Ins u r a n c e P r o g r a m c a n help
For further information,
please contact:
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Administrator
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Self I n s u r a n c e A s s o c i a t i o n
P.O. Box 7 5 3
R i c h m o n d , Virginia 2 3 2 0 6
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Editor
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Editorial Assistant
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Advertising Assistant
Mary Ann Cornell
Circulation Manager
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June 1984

Number 6

VML President
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n J r .

Officers
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . Thomas
S a m W. A d a m s
J a n e L. Hough

Commentary
Funding Constitutional Officers

Executive Committee

By Mary J o Fields
"Various problems exist with the funding process
stitutional
officers."

Robert T . W i l l i a m s
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n e
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a c k P. B a r n e s
Margie M a y e s

Carryover Legislation: Its Uses and a
Review

Executive Director
R. M i c h a e l A m y x
On the Cover
Infrastructure is defined a s our basic
transportation, water and sewer s y s tems, but can also include most public
buildings. Much national media has foc u s e d on "the infrastructure c r i s i s . "
Richard E . Hickman believes infrastructure is not a " c r i s i s " in Virginia, and
Arthur J . Kalita believes that traditional
a s well a s innovative financing can be
used to fund our needs. R e a d their stories in this issue of Virginia Town &amp; City.
(Cover photo courtesy of Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation.)
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It is published monthly at 311 Ironfronts, 1011
East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206. All
contents,
copyright
1984 by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction
or
use of contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal
League
and if granted must be
accompanied
by credit to VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia Municipal
League.
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postage paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $8
per year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster: Send address changes to
VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753, Richmond 23206

for con-

By Ellen S . Posivach
"The carryover process is an interesting tool used by members of the General Assembly for a variety of reasons."

Infrastructure in Virginia
By Richard E. IHickman
"The principal contribution of most of the national reports has
been to inform the public as to the extent of the problem."

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Financing the Nation's Infrastructure
By Arthur J . Kalita
"Now that the states have recognized the problem, we have
ample evidence that they will act to address their own particular needs and those of local
governments."

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Most cities and counties have five
elected executive officers: the commissioner of revenue, the treasurer, the
sheriff, the commonwealth's attorney
and the circuit court clerk. These officers
are known as constitutional officers because their positions are provided for by
the Virginia Constitution. Several cities
and counties share one or more of these
officers, and in some localities an appointed director of finance has replaced
the two elective offices of commissioner
and treasurer.
While elected locally, constitutional
officers are in part state officials and in
part local officials. The proportion of
state duties performed by the officers
varies from officer to officer and from
locality to locality.
Cities and counties share with the
commonwealth the responsibility for
funding the salaries and expenses of
constitutional officers and their employees, except for the court clerk whose
office is funded primarily by fees. By
state law, the commonwealth is to provide full funding for the approved salaries and expenses of the sheriffs' and
commonwealth's attorneys' offices.
State funding thus covers the salaries of
deputies and employees of these two
offices as well. As a practical matter,
however, 100 percent funding of approved expenses does not amount to
100 percent funding of actual expenses.
With certain exceptions, the state,
again by statute, pays half of the salaries and operating expenses and onethird of the capital expenses of the offices of commissioner and treasurer.
Effective July 1, 1984, cities and
counties will be required to pay group
life, health and accident insurance benefits for constitutional officers and their
employees to the extent that the localities pay these benefits for their other
employees. Exemptions do exist, however, for constitutional officers covered
under a state program. Cities and counties also must furnish office space and
various equipment and supplies.
Even though other states have similar
elected officials, Virginia is unique both
in the extent of state support provided
constitutional officers and in the mechanism for distributing those funds. At the
heart of the funding system in Virginia is
the State Compensation Board which
consists of a chairman, appointed by the

governor, and the auditor of public accounts and state tax commissioner who
serve as ex-officio members.
The salaries of constitutional officers
are set by state law in the Appropriations
Act, but the Compensation Board is responsible for determining the salaries of
employees and the expenses of the officers. (The salaries of sheriffs' deputies
are set by statutory and administrative
guidelines.)
The procedure that the State Compensation Board follows in determining
salaries and expenses requires the constitutional officers to file salary and expense report forms with both their city or
county and the board. After hearings,
the Compensation Board sets the salaries and expenses. If the officers are not
satisfied with the decision, the council,
board of supervisors or the constitutional officers then can try to negotiate
this amount with the board.
If negotiation is unsuccessful, the
council or board of supervisors can appeal the decision. The appeal takes the
form of a hearing by the board, which is
enlarged to include two members of the
governing body making the appeal. A
second appeal route is to a special
three-judge circuit court. The decision of
the court is final.
Various problems exist with the funding process for constitutional officers.
The Compensation Board operates with
a very small staff and has little opportunity to exercise oversight of the state
funds it administers. Cities and counties
must appropriate funds to support the
local offices, yet the governing bodies
have little, if any, authority to control the
operations of the offices. In addition,
constitutional officers are required to
carry out a number of state and local
duties, sometimes without adequate financial support.
At least four proposals to address
these problems have been made. The
Compensation Board could be more
heavily staffed, enabling it to supervise
more closely the work of the constitutional officers. Second, the oversight
function could be parceled out to various
other state agencies. Sheriffs might be
monitored by the Virginia Department of
Criminal Justice Services, clerks and
commonwealth's attorneys by the judicial system and the office of the attorney
general, the treasurers and commissioners by the Department of Taxation.
Third, the state could adopt a block

grant approach to funding, an approach
that was defeated in the 1982 session of
the General Assembly. Fourth, cities
and counties could assume full funding
and authority over the offices.
Each of these proposals runs counter
to the established interests of either the
state, the local governing bodies or the
constitutional officers. These types of
major long-term reforms, therefore,
would have difficulty in getting through
the General Assembly. Other less dramatic reforms, however, could be made
without severely dislocating the present
system.
One procedural problem is that the
Compensation Board's decisions sometimes are not available until June, only
one month before the start of the fiscal
year. The timing of the decision contributes to budgeting difficulties for managers and councils. A possible solution is
to require that the board's decisionmaking timetable be accelerated to better mesh with the local budgeting process.
In addition, the Compensation Board
does not have clearly stated guidelines
that govern the allocation of funds, and
this contributes to administrative problems. Some guidelines are contained in
state law, but for the most part the board
uses internal "rules of thumb" to govern
distribution of funds. The absence of
articulated standards contributes further
to difficulties in local budgetary planning. One solution to this problem would
be for the board to adopt clear and detailed guidelines to be distributed to
constitutional officers and local governing bodies.
In a broader sense, state funding for
local constitutional officers is more a
method of distributing state aid to local
governments than it is a means of reimbursing local officials for the performance of state duties. The proportion of
costs paid by the state has little to do
with the proportion of state duties performed. The issue of funding for constitutional officers, therefore, might best be
studied in the overall context of statelocal fiscal relations.
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Mary Jo Fields is a research analyst for
the University of Virginia's Institute of Government. She also serves as a staff associate for the Governor's Commission on
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Carryover Legislation

Its Uses and a Review

B y Ellen S.

Posivaeh

Bills introduced during the first year of
a biennium may be carried over and
acted upon in the second year of the
biennium and are therefore referred to
as carryover bills. T h e 1985 session of
the General Assembly will be the first
session since 1981 to have authority to
act on carryover legislation.
While the General Assembly has traditionally used the carryover process
during the first year of each biennium,
Article IV, Section 7 of the Virginia Constitution limits this authority to concurrent sessions during the two-year
term for which members of the House of
Delegates are elected. The recent state
reapportionment with its ensuing judicial
ramifications resulted in annual elections of House members in 1981, 1982
and 1 9 8 3 ; consequently, bills introduced during the 1982 session could not
be acted on during the 1983 session
since the House term of office had only
been one year.
The actual carryover process is delineated in the Rules of the House and the
Rules of the Senate. House Rule 24(a)
and Senate Rule 20(e) while differing
slightly in wording essentially describe
the same carryover process. According
to these, a bill may be carried over at
several stages during the legislative
process.
The first stage of the legislative proc e s s where a bill may be carried over is
in committee. Any bill or resolution introduced in an even-numbered year and
not reported by the committee may be
continued on the committee's agenda
for hearings and committee action between sessions or for future committee
action during the following odd-numbered year regular session. A bill or
resolution may be continued only one
year from an even-numbered year session.
The second stage of the legislative
process where a bill may be carried over
is before the full House or Senate. Either
House or Senate may re-refer the bill to
the committee from which it was reported and direct the committee to continue
the bill or resolution until the following
odd-numbered year session.

The chairman of the committee, or the
majority of the membership of the committee, may call meetings and hold hearings on carryover bills between s e s sions.
It should be noted that whether the
carryover determination is made by the
committee or directed by the full House
or Senate, a bill is always carried over at
the committee level.
The carryover process is an interesting tool used by members of the General
Assembly for a variety of reasons. Bills
are frequently carried over b e c a u s e
they are believed to be in need of "further study." "Further study" has a host
of meanings ranging from the obvious,
the committee needs to further investigate the cost or impact of enactment, to
the subtle, the committee needs more
time to find a way to kill an unpalatable
bill.
Bills are also carried over a s a courtesy to the patron. Carry over bills in this
category frequently belong to highly regarded legislators and are often fiscally,
politically or socially controversial bills.
The carryover process provides the patron more time to work with committee
members between sessions. Should the
patron not meet with success, he or she
can usually count on the committee to
quietly act on the bill, killing it early in the
next session. The time lag between introduction and action usually assures
the patron (or the committee, depending
on public perception) less negative visibility than if the bill is killed when public
awareness and media coverage is at its
peak, which is usually during the session in which the bill is introduced.
While all bills are given serious attention by the General Assembly, on the
matter of carryover bills and studies all is
not always as it appears. The key to
success is to know the history of a bill or
study a s it first travels through the legislative process. Knowledge of the opponents and proponents as well a s of fiscal
and political impact often reveal the true
reason a bill or study is carried over.
This allows targeting of efforts on those
bills or s t u d i e s w h i c h will r e c e i v e
weighty attention by the committee.
Following is a review of a few carryover bills and current studies targeted
by the Virginia Municipal League.

Studies
HJR 145. Restriction on the Use of
Local Government
Worl&lt; Forces
on
Construction Projects. This marks the
third consecutive year that the General
Assembly has studied this subject. The
auditor of public accounts is collecting
local government data on this subject
and will present his findings to the joint
subcommittee in a meeting tentatively
scheduled for December 1984.
S J R 20. l-ligliway Program
Funding.
This joint subcommittee will review the
J L A R C Highway Transportation Funding Study completed in January 1984.
The subcommittee is scheduled to report its recommendations Oct. 1, 1984;
however, due to delay in the appointment of House committee members, the
subcommittee report will probably be
later than the scheduled date.
House Document No. 15, 1984 S e s sion. JLARC Report, State Mandates
on Local Government and Local Fiscal
Stress. This study is being reviewed by
a J L A R C subcommittee. VML will act to
draw more attention to the findings of
this study during 1984.
HJR 151. Public Assistance
Programs,
Costs to Localities.
T h e joint s u b committee will review local welfare administrative costs and will make an effort
to reduce costs by reducing state mandates. This study could have a significant fiscal impact on local welfare dollars if funding cuts are recommended
without a commensurate reduction in
state mandates.
S J R 5. Rolling Stock Tax. This joint
subcommittee study w a s continued for
an additional year by the 1984 General
Assembly. It is probable that the subcommittee will recommend an overhaul
to this tax law which has remained relatively unchanged since 1919.

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HB 941. (House Appropriations
Committee) Mandated 10 percent salary increase for all certified school instructional personnel with local governments
required to pick up the cost not funded
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The key issue is how to set
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It was inevitable. Infrastructure has
become the "buzz w o r d " for public
works in the 1980s. Like the aging of the
population, a phrase used to describe
demographic changes and resulting
shifts in social needs, infrastructure expresses the aging of public capital facilities necessary for the smooth functioning of society.
Most state and local officials define
infrastructure as our basic transportation, water, and sewer systems. In
broader terms, infrastructure may also
include most, if not all, public buildings
— schools, colleges, hospitals, prisons
and jails. Power generation and transmission networks, dams, inland waterways and airports can be included as
well. The list seems endless. Most are
the traditional responsibilities of government usually addressed in capital outlay
budgets of federal agencies, state highway commissions or local public works
and public utilities departments.
The current national focus on infrastructure reflects a growing awareness
that many of these basic public works
have deteriorated to the point that essential services have been disrupted.
The backlog of maintenance, repair and
new construction projects serves as a
signal that this generation of consumers
is placing a growing financial burden on
future taxpayers to undertake improvements that should be in place today. A
number of recent reports have elevated
this concern to the level of a national
crisis. A recent study of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress estimated $1,157 trillion in needed expendi-

tures for infrastructure by the year
2000.^ In Virginia, currently available
needs assessments would probably include $20 billion in highway, water, and
sewer projects by the end of the century.
H o w e v e r , with s o m e e x c e p t i o n s
where public health and safety are
clearly at risk, America's infrastructure
has not yet reached the crisis point. The
principal contribution of most of the national reports has been to inform the
public as to the extent of the problem.
Evidence is already accumulating that
states and localities, working within traditional financing mechanisms, are taking steps to address the most essential
needs. The recent approval by voters in
New York State of a $1.25 billion infrastructure bond issue and the creation of
new bond banks in several states confirms that the public understands the
importance of increased investment for
infrastructure.

Efforts in Virginia
Virginia's approach to meeting infrastructure needs is fairly traditional, reflecting a fiscally conservative approach
to government. Most observers would
also agree the condition of Virginia's
infrastructure is fundamentally sound.
Public works in Virginia are not crumbling, debt policies are reasonable and
planning for future needs is fairly well
integrated with the budget process. Virginia is fortunate compared to other
states, but the volatility of the municipal
bond market in recent years and high
interest rates have forced many cities to

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About the Author
Richard
E. Hickman
lias been a
senior
analyst
witli the Senate Finance
Committee
of the Virginia General Assembly
since
1979.
He provides
staff
support
to the
subcommittees
on capital
outlay, public
safety
and human resources.
Prior to 1979, he was
director
of program
development
for the
American
Society
of Public
Administration
(ASPA)
in Washington,
DC, and w/as an
analyst with Virginia's
Joint Legislative
Audit
and Review
Commission.
He received
his
bachelor's
degree
in urban
and
regional
planning
from the University
of Virginia
in
1973 and a master's
in public
administration
from the Maxive// School
at Syracuse
University in 1974. He is a past president
of the
Virginia
Chapter
of ASPA
and
currently
chairs the national ASPA section on
budgeting and financial
management.

defer needed improvements. As a result, the backlog of capital needs facing
municipalities in Virginia is very real. For
example:
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In Roanoke, City Manager Bern
Ewert has established a goal of
committing 10 percent of the general fund to capital needs. The general fund budget for 1985 is $103
million, so $2.5 million in general
funds and $7.5 million in bond proceeds are to be pledged to capital
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of well over $50 million in needed
projects has been compiled, including airport improvements and storm
drain repairs.
In Norfolk, City Manager Julian
Hirst points out the city has dealt
"consistently and fairly well" with
infrastructure needs through an annual maintenance program. Most
streets, buildings and pipelines are
in good repair, according to Hirst.
However, specific problems include deterioration of buildings
constructed in the 1960s with federal funds; public school buildings,
many of which require extensive
renovation; the maintenance of city
streets; and bridge repair — especially important in Norfolk, a wateroriented city.
Hirst also feels additional funds are
needed for water supply. The present utility system is in good condition, but additional storage tanks
are needed as well as residential
lines to support new in-town development. Likewise, the public sewer
system, operated by Hampton
Roads Sanitation District, is rated
"7 out of 10 insofar as physical
repair is concerned," according to
Hirst, who noted an on-going re-

placement program was underway.
Norfolk's capital program of $10.2
million in 1984 was funded from
general obligation bonds ($6 million), sale of land ($1.3 million) and
utility revenues ($2.0 million). An
on-going project ranking system
was used to select the $10 million in
top priority needs from a total of
more than $100 million in requests.
Many of the top projects relate to
Norfolk's capital commitments to
the waterfront.
In Richmond,
newly-appointed
Budget Director Jack Berry emphasizes the city's efforts "to put the
brakes on local debt" during the
past two years. Richmond's debt
service in 1982-83 reached $26.3
million, or 10.8 percent of the total
budget. Responding to this concern, city council adopted a comprehensive debt policy: faster payback of city bonds with a 15-year
maturity on most issues, a cap of
$15 million on the capital budget, a
10 percent cash paydown if new
bond authority exceeds $10 million
a year (this provision was not met
this year), and financing of utility
projects with revenue bonds instead of general obligation debt.
Reaction to the debt policy has
been favorable. Debt service has
leveled off at $26 million for 1985,

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In the future. Berry expects the city
will have to incur additional debt to
meet a backlog of essential needs
for streets, bridges and sewers. For
1985, Richmond's capital program
will be limited to $9.9 million in general funds, including $500,000 for
street repair, $1.3 million for replacement of the Lee Bridge and
$4.1 million for a new middle
school. Revenue bonds will be
used to finance a $17.2 million capital budget for utilities.

Local officials in cities like Roanoke,
Nortolk and Richmond are well aware of
the long-term decline in investment in
public capital facilities. For all cities in
Virginia, capital outlay expenditures as
a percentage of total appropriations
dropped from 19 percent in 1967 to only
13 percent in 1980.^ This trend mirrors
the national experience. In 1980, federal, state and local governments spent
$70 billion on non-defense capital projects, or about 2.3 percent of GNP. In
1965, the capital investment rate was
more than 5 percent of GNP. From 1960
to 1980 capital expenditures declined to
15 percent from 27 percent of total state
and local expenditures.^
A recent report by the U.S. Advisory
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) analyzed previously unpublished data on new public capital
investment from 1946 to 1982. ACIR
found that capital investment (purchases and construction of structures
and fixed equipment in 1972 dollars)
rose quickly from $106 per capita in
1950 to a high of $207 in 1968. By 1982
capital investment had declined to $120
per capita.^

Needs Assessments

At the statewide level, information is
already available to define Virginia's infrastructure needs. A list could easily
include $20 billion in capital improvements in the next two decades — $1
billion a year, or about $200 per capita
each year.
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responsible for putting together the
city's capital budget before his appointment as budget director.

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For highway construction the Joint
Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) staff has validated an earlier estimate by the
Department of Highways and
Transportation (DHT). This estimate of construction needs is $16.3
billion from 1982-2005, not including highway maintenance or public
transportation. Maintenance needs

�are estimated at $2 billion thirough
the year 2000.
•
Forwatersupply systems, the state
Department of Health conducted a
survey for the State Water Study
Commission and concluded $1.75
billion was needed through the year
2000.
•
For sewage treatment, the State
Water Control Board estimates
capital needs at $2.1 billion through
the year 2000.
Many of these projects cannot be
funded. The key issue will be how to set
priorities. This will require a better understanding of overall statewide needs
as well as recognition of practical resource limits.

Highway Maintenance and
Construction

M a i n t e n a n c e and construction of
highways is the largest single infrastructure issue facing Virginia. With more
than 60,000 miles of highways and
roads, Virginia is one of three states,
including North Carolina and Texas,
which maintain county roads. Arlington
and Henrico counties are exceptions;
since 1983 they have opted to receive a
separate state allocation to maintain
their own roads.
As Bill Landsidle, deputy secretary of
transportation, sees it, the $16.3 billion
construction estimate is accurate, but
the total figure cannot be funded. Many
projects involve four-laning existing
roads, constructing new by-passes and
replacing bridges. The need for these
projects is based on factors such as
traffic demands, capacity, safety and
roadway and bridge condition data —
without regard to the availability of
funds.
"There are enormous unmet needs
out there, but it's easier to set the figure
than to set priorities and fund projects.
The overall needs assessment is important only to express the order of magnitude, to come to grips with the problem," said Landsidle.
Despite the need for additional expenditures, the condition of Virginia's
highways and other transportation facilities is basically sound.
"Infrastructure is not a crisis in Virginia in terms of crumbling public works,"
says Landsidle. "The existing systems
— highways, bridges, transit, airports
and ports — are well-maintained."
Virginia's highways are probably in
better condition than those of most other
states because Virginia has always
placed a high priority on maintenance as
well as construction. The highway allocation formula requires that maintenance be funded before new construction projects are considered.

Meeting new construction needs has
become much more difficult in recent
years. By the late 1970s, state highway
departments across the nation recognized the automatic escalation of gas
tax revenues was ending. In response to
the 1973 oil embargo and the subsequent rise in oil prices, Americans were
buying smaller cars and driving less. At
the same time maintenance costs were
increasing rapidly, especially since resurfacing roads required large amounts
of oil. In 1980 the General Assembly
agreed to raise Virginia's gasoline tax to
11 cents per gallon from 9 cents per
gallon. At the same time the legislature
directed JLARC to undertake a major
review of highway needs, finance, allocations and operations. Landsidle, then
a division chief at JLARC, was put in
charge of the project, an assignment
which led to his appointment as deputy
secretary two years later.
By 1982, the need for further increases in highway revenues was apparent, and the General Assembly
adopted House Bill 532 which included
a 3 percent oil franchise tax as well as 25
percent increase in vehicle registration
fees and other measures. The 1982 Appropriations Act also directed JLARC to
continue its studies of highway finance.
An exposure draft was printed as House
Document 11 of 1984. Among major
staff recommendations were (a) adjusting the proportion of funds allocated to
primary, secondary and urban systems
to one-third each; (b) increasing urban
assistance payments to levels comparable to those provided to counties; (c)
making technical adjustments to allocation formulas; (d) establishing a new
bridge replacement fund (e) and increasing the allocation for unpaved
roads. Generally speaking, adoption of
these recommendations would be beneficial to Virginia's cities.
The 1984 General Assembly did not
act on these recommendations. Instead, a joint subcommittee was created
pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 20
to review the JLARC report, so highway
allocations will be a major political issue
facing the 1985 General Assembly. At
the same time, with limited state funds
localities will probably have to increase
their own contributions to obtain desired
projects. Revenue bonds for this purpose are already under consideration in
some localities.

Bridges

There are 19,809 bridges in Virginia,
including 13,287 more than 20 feet long.
Most are in good shape. In fact, Virginia
ranks 30th among all states in the proportion of all bridges which are considered deficient. One reason is that Virginia has had an ongoing bridge inspec-

tion program since 1970. A total of 55
inspectors check each bridge at least
every two years.
"We don't have any unsafe bhdges in
Virginia," according to Jack Hodge, assistant chief engineer at DHT. "We do
have bridges whose capacity has been
reduced for safety."
Bridges with posted weight limits are
inspected annually.
Intense local publicity was generated
last year following disclosure that the
Interstate 95 bridge across the James
River at Richmond needed repairs. According to Hodge, the fact that repairs
are necessary does not make the bridge
structurally deficient. Corrosion was
discovered in the reinforcing steel within
the pier cap, the horizontal concrete
beam which supports the roadway. By
inducing an electric current in the reinforcing steel, the department can prevent further rusting. Repairs are expected to begin soon.
In order to set realistic priorities for
bridge replacement and repair, the definition of deficient may have to be revised. Under current federal standards,
bridges may be considered deficient if
they are "functionally obsolete." For example, in 1983 all bridges less than 200
feet wide were listed as "functionally
obsolete " for the first time, so the number of deficient bhdges rose to 4,279
from 2,700. Very few of these can be
considered "structurally unsound."
DHT is developing a computerized
program to rank all bridges according to
several factors in addition to whether the
bridge is too narrow.
"We want to be sure we're replacing
the worst bridges that serve the most
people and create the biggest problems," Hodge said.
If the General Assembly adopts the
JLARC recommendation for a separate
bridge replacement fund, the system will
be automated by next year.
Bridge replacement is expensive. The
new James River Bridge linking Newport News and Isle of Wight County,
completed in 1982, cost $90 million,
including acquisition of right-of-way, the
roadway and the structure itself. The
Campostella Bridge replacement in Norfolk, currently out for bid, will cost $24
million, while the replacement of the
Robert E. Lee Bridge in Richmond will
cost more than $70 million.
Other projects in the preliminary
stages include replacement of the Williams Viaduct in Lynchburg and the
Monroe Street Bridge over the railroad
yards in Alexandria.

Water and Sewer

Virginia is a water-rich state with nine
river basins totalling more than 27,000

�miles of streams and more than 500
square miles of coastal wetlands and
embayments. From 1971 through 1981,
a total of $1,165 billion w a s spent on
design, construction, expansion and
upgrading of municipal sewage treatment plants in Virginia. T h e federal
government paid 75 percent of the cost
under the 1972 amendments to the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
With the New Federalism, however,
primary responsibility for financing
water pollution control is shifting to the
s t a t e s . F e d e r a l g r a n t s to V i r g i n i a
peaked at $251.8 million in 1976, then
fell sharply to $50 million this year. R e c ognizing the increasing importance of
state financing, the State Water Study
Commission in 1983 appointed a capital
facilities subcommittee chaired by S e n .
C h a r l e s J . Colgan of Prince William
County. T h e subcommittee requested
an assessment of needs in Virginia and
reviewed financing strategies in other
states.
T h e S t a t e Department of Health
( S D H ) and the State Water Control
B o a r d ( S W C B ) e a c h provided e s t i mates. In a s u r v e y of 344 publiclyowned drinking water systems, the S D H
Bureau of Water Supply Engineering
identified needs totaling $680 million to
repair or upgrade existing systems, in
addition to $1,073.5 million for new or
e x p a n d e d facilities. Total estimated
need w a s $1.75 billion through the year
2000. Likewise, the S W C B Division of
Construction Grants utilized Environmental Protection Agency ( E P A ) reporting forms for Virginia's 95 counties, 41
cities and 189 towns to develop a needs
a s s e s s m e n t for s e w a g e treatment
plants, This total figure w a s $2.1 billion.
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Given the methodology used to submit estimates to E P A , the sewage treatment estimate may well be exaggerated. Nevertheless, according to S e n .
Colgan many small towns expressed
concern about their ability to finance
projects of this magnitude. Ernie Simmons, director of Division of Construction Grants agrees.
" T h e big problem in the next decade
will be found in thesmaller communities.
Towns like Colonial Beach and Occoquan with combined storm and sanitary
sewers are experiencing excessive infiltration during heavy rainstorms. This
spring, Occoquan w a s forced to hold
storm runoff in its retention basin, which
also holds part of the drinking water
supply for the Washington metropolitan
area."
Simmons s e e s other problems on the
horizon. High growth areas like Northern Virginia, the Richmond suburbs and
Virginia Beach will need increased funding for expansion, while older central
cities will have to upgrade pumping sta-

tions, repair water mains and correct
s e w a g e b y - p a s s e s . T h e $10 million
Chesapeake Bay clean-up plan adopted by the 1984 General Assembly may
have to be expanded in future years.
And, the need for increased water supply in Virginia Beach has already created a political stalemate between Virginia and North Carolina over a proposed pipeline to transfer water from
Lake Gaston to Eastern Virginia.
A common theme in all of these iss u e s is the need for increased user
charges to recover all capital and operating costs. T h e era of "free" federal
money is quickly coming to an end.

Financing Water Projects
To address the need for increased
state and local financing, particularly for
smaller communities, a new type of
bond bank w a s needed. T h e Water
Study Commission recommended and
the General Assembly approved Senate
Bill 229 creating a Virginia Water and
S e w e r A s s i s t a n c e Authority effective
July 1, 1984. T h e board of directors of
the authority will consist of the state
treasurer, the executive director of the
State Water Control Board, the state
health commissioner and six members
appointed by the governor and confirmed by the G e n e r a l Assembly for
staggered four year terms.
The authority can sell up to $300 million in revenue bonds secured by the
moral obligation of the commonwealth.
Moral obligation bonds do not pledge
the full faith and credit of the commonwealth to the repayment of principle and
interest. Instead, a special reserve fund
is required to meet debt service payments. If the reserve fund drops below a
specified balance, the authority must so
inform the governor who is required to
include in his next budget sufficient
general funds to replenish the reserve.
While the General Assembly can reject
the recommended appropriation, the
moral obligation is clear.
O n c e Virginia's water and s e w e r
bonds are sold, the authority can then
use the proceeds to purchase local revenue bonds. This bond bank concept
provides ready a c c e s s to capital markets and frequently a lower interest cost
than many smaller jurisdictions could
obtain on their own. When the initial cap
of $300 million is reached, the authority
will have to return to the General A s sembly for approval of additional bond
issues.

Public and Private Purposes
Virginia's infrastructure is sound, and
steps are underway to finance needed
improvements for the future. Legislative
review of highway allocation formulas.

increased highway tax revenues, a new
financing authority for water and sewer
projects and increased user charges for
public s e r v i c e s a r e all part of the
solution.
In addition to these steps, however,
there is a fundamental need to distinguish between public and private purposes in setting debt policy. Today,
more than half of all new issues in the
municipal bond market serve essentially
private purposes. Such non-traditional
uses of tax-exempt debt include revenue bonds for single-family residential
mortgages, shopping centers, office
buildings, nursing homes, restaurants
and even golf courses. T h e s e projects
may be desirable, but they are not a s
important a s the public responsibility for
infrastructure and they may actually increase the cost of capital for general
purpose units of government. With a
$20 billion list of public works projects
needed by the year 2000, serious consideration should be given to limiting the
proliferation of private-purpose taxexempt bonds.
Wayne F. Anderson, Virginia's retiring secretary of administration and finance, notes, "Governors, mayors and
other officials rightly decry the federal
deficit. It is the time that all of us do what
we can to stop the leakage out the back
door of the treasury due to the sale of
tax-exempt bonds for private and other
questionable purposes."
The current high level of interest in
infrastructure is an opportunity to define
public priorities, evaluate criteria for s e lecting projects and improve planning
procedures. Yet information alone cannot guarantee good decisions. Elected
and appointed officials must still wrestle
with the difficult task of choosing among
competing needs. Hopefully, greater
awareness of the importance of public
works will help make the task possible.

' H a r d Choices: A Report on the Increasing Gap Between America's
Infrastructure
Needs and Our Ability to Pay for Them, prepared for the Joint Economic
Committee,
U.S. Congress, Feb. 25, 1984, p. 5.
^Auditor of Public Accounts,
Comparative
Reports on Local Revenues
and
Expenditures, years cited.
^Vaughan, Roger J., Rebuilding
America:
Financing Public Works in the 1980's, Vol. II;
Washington, DC, Council of State Planning
Agencies,
1983, p. 16.
"Advisory
Commission
on
Intergovernmental Relations, Financing Public Physical
Infrastructure (draft), Washington, DC, Nov.
21, 1982, p. 6.

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The judges for the 1984 Virginia Municipal League Acliievement Awards
have been chosen and met in May to
select the 1984 award winners. T h e winning entries, however, will not be announced until the banquet during the
annual VML Conference to be held in
Richmond Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
Approximately 45 entries were received. They competed in categories of
effective government, community development, public safety, environmental
quality, human development and transportation.
Judging the competition were Harold
I. B a u m e s , Harold S . Atkinson and
J a m e s A. "Dolph" Norton.
Harold Baumes was once called "the
60-day employee who stayed for 42
years." Baumes came from his native
state of New York in 1931 to work for the
league for a year or so to gain experience. In 1 9 4 1 , he became executive
director of the league and served in that
capacity until his retirement in January
1973. His directorship left a lasting influence on the league and public administration in Virginia. He was instrumental
in the inauguration and development of
the Institute of Government at the University of Virginia, and it was he who
requested that the league initiate a
scholarship for graduate students in
public administration. Under Baumes'
direction, the league more than doubled
its membership and was reorganized
into sections for cities, towns and urban
areas. Indeed, it was Baumes who inaugurated Virginia T o w n &amp; City
magazine.
Harold S . Atkinson has spent more
than 30 years in local government and
served a s president of the league in
1980. He was hired a s director of public
works and city engineer for the city of
Franklin in 1952 and became city manager in 1956. He served on and chaired
several VML committees, and in 1970

he served a s president of the Virginia
Section, International City Management
Association. He retired in 1981, but currently serves a s an appointee to the
Virginia Commission on Local Government.
J a m e s A. "Dolph" Norton has served
as director of the Institute of Government at the University of Virginia since
September 1981. Before coming to Virginia, he held positions in state government and non-profit organizations including serving a s chancellor of the
Ohio Board of Regents and a s director
of T h e Cleveland Foundation. Dr. Norton has also served a s a consultant to

governments, universities and businesses and taught at universities in the
South and Midwest. He is a member of
the boards of Hiram College and the
Citizens Forum on Self-Government.
Active in the National Academy of Public
Administration, he served a s chairman
in 1972-73. He also served as president
of the American Society for Public Administration in 1967.
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caliber, the 1984 VML Achievement
Award winners can be assured that their
entries have surpassed the most critical
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RAISING RATES.
Location
of Utility

No. Meters
to be
Replaced

Average
Accuracy

Average
Water/Sewage
Bill (Annual)

No. Meters
Repaired
Annually

$ 2,204,040

2,080

Rockwell S R "
Standard

4

$10,104,831

$185.00

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Rockwell S R "
Standard

6

$10,292,941

96.0%

$156.00

1,125

Rockwell SR"
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5

$ 3,806,981

625

94.0%

$216.00

200

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16,500

90.0%

$200.00

900

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$13,404,137

6,000

88.0%

$184.00

520

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$ 5,113,816

78.65%

$102.00

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Southeast

9,300

89.2%

$192.00

Northwest

30,000

92.8%

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�V M G S I A Completes Fourth Y e a r
The Virginia IVIunicipal Group Self Insurance Association will complete its
fourth year of operation June 30, 1984.
V M G S I A is a nonprofit, tax-exempt a s sociation designed to help local governments and their agencies control their
workers' compensation costs. T h e a s sociation is open for membership to all
political subdivisions of the commonwealth including cities, towns, counties,
school boards and special districts. T h e
program, which began July 1,1980 with
ten charter members, has now grown to
over 150 local government members.
Several significant developments have
taken place in the program since its
beginning four years ago.
C L A I M S S E R V I C E is provided by
A l e x s i s Risk Management S e r v i c e s
Inc., a subsidiary of Alexander &amp; Alexander of Virginia, which is highly professional and includes investigation,
negotiation and settlement in cooperation with individual members.
L O S S C O N T R O L is a significant part
of VMGSIA. A full-time loss control consultant is available exclusively for members on a private and group basis, and
regional loss control seminars for instruction of management and supervisory personnel are conducted periodically during the year. In addition, claims
audit and loss control manuals designed
specifically for local government exposures are provided to all members of
the association.
I N F O R M A T I O N is a vital part of
VMGSIA. A newsletter containing developments of the program, a calendar
of events and articles of interest is distributed bimonthly to risk management,
loss control and financial personnel of
members. Alexsis regularly provides
loss information reports that outline cost
of claims, cost of claims adjustment and
types and causes of injuries.
R E I N S U R A N C E is purchased annually to protect the association. T h e
Members' Supervisory Board is constantly seeking ways to ensure the stability of the program and has taken a
strong stand on the amount of reinsurance necessary to ease the burdens of
local governments. Effective July 1,
1984, limits on both the specific and
aggregate reinsurance will increase to
statutory levels eliminating the necessity of possible a s s e s s m e n t of the
members in the event of a catastrophic
loss to the fund. Additionally, the specific reinsurance stop loss has been red u c e d to $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 per l o s s from
$ 1 7 5 , 0 0 0 per loss which limits the
amount of any specific loss to the fund.
D E V I A T I O N in premium allows local
governments an upfront reduction in

their total premium. All members were
allowed a 15 percent rate deviation in
1983 which will increase effective July 1,
1984 to 25 percent. Each member has
the option of a quarterly payment plan
allowing them to stagger payments according to local needs.
D I V I D E N D S distributed annually by
the association have exceeded $3 million s i n c e 1980 and provided local
governments with the greatest savings
factor of the program. Dividends are

comprised of loss fund surplus and investment earnings. All investment earnings are returned annually to participating members.
Members have the option of handling
dividends in one of two methods — a
check payable to the local government
or reduction of subsequent year premium billing.
L o s s fund surplus and investment
earnings returned by fund y e a r s is
shown below:

INVESTMENT EARNINGS

FUND Y E A R

L O S S FUND S U R P L U S

1980- 81
1981- 82
1982- 83

$ 174,078
$1,256,410
$ 504,117

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$
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Total

$1,934,605

$1,107,451

Formation of the Virginia Municipal
Group Self Insurance Association
opened the way for political subdivisions
in the commonwealth to join together
and reduce the cost of workers' comp e n s a t i o n c o v e r a g e by a g g r e s s i v e
claims handling, effective loss control.

117,139
394,429
595.883

education of its members, stabilizing
losses through reinsurance and return
of dividends. V M G S I A is a competitive
and service oriented program that responds to the risk management and loss
control needs of Virginia local governments.

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�Financing the Nation's Infrastructure
By Arthur

J.

Kalita

In its most recent session, ttie Virginia
General Assembly created the Virginia
Water and Sewer Assistance Authority
to aid local governments throughout the
state in financing water and sewer projects through loans and grants from the
authority. This legislation represents an
important and measured step by the
commonwealth to address fundamental
infrastructure needs within the state. Indeed, many sister states have taken or
are considering similar vehicles to finance their most pressing public works
requirements — be it water supply,
wastewater disposal, sewage disposal,
highways or bridges.
T h e s e state actions are in response to
the well-publicized "infrastructure crisis" facing this nation. Recognition of
this impending crisis has been with us
for almost two years. Newsweek and
Business Week have terrified us with
articles on "the decaying of America."
Statistics abound. One suggested price
tag for what has become known as the
infrastructure "financing gap" is $3 trillion. T h e recent study sponsored by the
Joint E c o n o m i c Committee of C o n gress, entitled "Hard Choices," seems
to provide a more realistic assessment
of projected needs, anticipating a funding gap of some $440 billion through the
year 2000.
Now that the states have recognized
the problem, we have ample evidence
that they will act to address their own

particular needs and those of local governments in a timely and effective manner. State and local governments working together can do it, will do it and are
doing it. Most of the funding for these
public improvement projects will be derived from the issuance of tax-exempt
municipal bonds.
Two broad general observations can
be made on the subject of infrastructure
financing. First, the old adage that
"there is nothing new under the s u n "
rings true. Despite media hype over the
"infrastructure crisis," actions states are
taking are basically adaptations of e s tablished financing mechanisms. States
creating financing vehicles to assist local governments in tapping capital markets to fund capital improvement programs h a s become a central theme
across the nation. Although historical
precedent exists for these actions, such
steps are largely motivated by a recognition of the magnitude of funding needs
and the integration of various sectors of
capital markets in recent years. This
latter phenomenon has been caused
largely by deregulation of financial institutions and developments in communications technology.
T o d a y , large financial institutions
trade securities and currencies around
the globe and around the clock. U.S.
corporations raise capital in the domestic securities market and the Eurobond
market. T h e a v e r a g e homebuyer is
likely to find that funds for his mortgage
were raised through the sale of mortgage-backed securities. All of this is

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

804-846-2711

PUBLIC FINANCE SPECIALISTS
ADVISORS IN TAX EXEMPT MUNICIPAL SECURITIES
EDWARD t P E n i G R E W , JR.

PATRICIA A. C O O P E R

Author

Arthur J. Kalita is a vice president in the
Public Finance Department of Morgan
Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.

important for state and local governments because it demonstrates the intense competition for investable funds in
the market.
The second general observation is
that priorities established by governments can be readily ascertained by
analyzing the use of proceeds of their
bond sales. T h e decade of the seventies
showed a focus by all levels of government on what we broadly define as
social welfare programs. With the current emphasis on infrastructure needs,
we will probably see some fundamental
changes in the use of capital resources
by state and local governments.
State Programs
State responses to the infrastructure
problem differ depending upon the nature of their n e e d s and state constitutional and statutory constraints.
There are, however, many parallels. In
New York state, where the focus is on
repair and reconstruction of highways
and bridges, voters in November 1983
approved $1.25 billion in state general
obligation bonds for transportation purposes. In Connecticut, the governor has
proposed a $3.5 billion highway and
bridge program to be financed primarily
by limited tax obligations. T h e s e obligations would be secured by a dedicated fund to be established by a 2 cents
per gallon gasoline tax increase and
increases in drivers license and motor
vehicle registration fees.
The governor of Massachusetts has
p r o p o s e d an a g e n c y with broader
powers to finance roads, bridges, mass
transit, resource recovery, water systems and sewer systems. The Massac h u s e t t s Development B a n k ( M a s s
Bank) would be capitalized from a num-

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Municipal and Corporate Securities
New Issues
$ Billions
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ber of c o m m i t t e d t a x e s , including a s u r c h a r g e on g r o s s r e c e i p t s f r o m the s a l e
of p e t r o l e u m p r o d u c t s , a n addition to the
state g a s tax and an extra tax on a v i a tion f u e l .
T h e N e w J e r s e y L e g i s l a t u r e h a s yet
to e n a c t a l a w c r e a t i n g t h e m u c h publicized N e w J e r s e y Infrastructure
B a n k . T h i s entity w o u l d be s i m i l a r to t h e
Virginia Water and S e w e r A s s i s t a n c e
Authority but w o u l d h a v e a m u c h b r o a d e r m a n d a t e . In s i m p l i s t i c t e r m s , this infrastructure bank would gather s e v e r a l
a v a i l a b l e s o u r c e s of f u n d s a n d t h e n leve r a g e t h e s e c a p i t a l r e s o u r c e s . It w o u l d
b e c a p i t a l i z e d with p r o c e e d s of s t a t e
g e n e r a l obligation b o n d s a l r e a d y a u t h o r i z e d for i n f r a s t r u c t u r e p r o j e c t s , f e d e r a l
g r a n t s for w a s t e w a t e r t r e a t m e n t a n d a p propriations of o t h e r s t a t e r e v e n u e s .
T h e bank would do three things. First,
it w o u l d function a s a b a n k , o p e r a t i n g a
r e v o l v i n g l o a n f u n d for l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s to f i n a n c e p r o j e c t s . S e c o n d , it
w o u l d s e r v e a s the s t a t e w i d e f i n a n c i n g
v e h i c l e for t h e l o c a l s h a r e of project
c o s t s . T h i s , of c o u r s e , is a c l a s s i c b o n d
b a n k function. F i n a l l y , t h e b a n k w o u l d
s e r v e a s a r e v e n u e b o n d i s s u i n g authority for m a j o r s t a t e w i d e p r o j e c t s .
In 1 9 8 4 , the l e g i s l a t u r e in I n d i a n a c r e a t e d the I n d i a n a B o n d B a n k . T h i s is a
c l a s s i c bond b a n k s i m i l a r to t h o s e w h i c h
h a v e o p e r a t e d s u c c e s s f u l l y in a n u m b e r
of s t a t e s o v e r t h e y e a r s . T h e b o n d b a n k
w o u l d be a u t h o r i z e d to i s s u e its o w n
b o n d s a n d to b u y g e n e r a l a n d r e v e n u e
o b l i g a t i o n s of s m a l l j u r i s d i c t i o n s within
the s t a t e . T h e i n c r e a s e d attention on
s t a t e b o n d b a n k s a s a m e a n s of a s s i s t ing local g o v e r n m e n t s r e c o g n i z e s the
difficulties m a n y s m a l l g o v e r n m e n t a l
units will h a v e in g a i n i n g a c c e s s to l a r g e ,
integrated capital m a r k e t s .
In t h e N o r t h w e s t , the O r e g o n L e g i s l a ture c r e a t e d the C o m m u n i t y D e v e l o p m e n t F i n a n c e C o r p . in 1 9 8 3 . T h e co r poration will be a u t h o r i z e d to p r o v i d e
l o a n s a n d g r a n t s to local g o v e r n m e n t s
for a v a r i e t y of public w o r k s p r o j e c t s
inc ludin g t h o s e for transit, r o a d s , s e w a g e treatment and water supply. T h e

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s t a t e ' s v o t e r s will b e a s k e d to a p p r o v e a
$ 4 3 0 million b o n d a u t h o r i z a t i o n for the
c o r p o r a t i o n this y e a r .
S i m i l a r l y , t h e C a l i f o r n i a L e g i s l a t u r e is
considering a proposed California Public I m p r o v e m e n t s Authority. T h i s a u t h o r ity w o u l d h a v e t h e p o w e r to i s s u e up to
$ 1 . 5 billion of s t a t e g e n e r a l obligation
b o n d s a n d $ 1 . 5 b i l l i o n of r e v e n u e
b o n d s . It w o u l d m a k e l o a n s a n d g r a n t s
to local g o v e r n m e n t a l units for a b r o a d
r a n g e of i n f r a s t r u c t u r e p r o j e c t s . In a d dition to the c o n c e r n s c o m m o n to m a n y
states, California requires substantial
funding for flood control p r o j e c t s .
T h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y m a n y of
t h e s e infrastructure financing authorities a r e p a t t e r n e d o n t h e historical p r e c e d e n t s of s t a t e b o n d b a n k s . S t a t e s that
h a v e operated s u c c e s s f u l bond b a n k s
o v e r the y e a r s i n c l u d e V e r m o n t , M a i n e ,
N e w H a m p s h i r e , North D a k o t a , N e v a d a
a n d A l a s k a . T h e M a i n e B o n d B a n k , for
e x a m p l e , c r e a t e d in 1 9 7 3 , h a s n e a r l y
$ 2 4 0 million of b o n d s o u t s t a n d i n g from
1 7 5 l o c a l j u r i s d i c t i o n s within t h e s t a t e .
T h e m a g n i t u d e a n d i m p o r t a n c e of the
i n f r a s t u c t u r e t a s k w o u l d s e e m to indic a t e that this a n d other m o d e l s will be
a d a p t e d to local n e e d s in m a n y m o r e
states.

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y e a r s . T h e v o l u m e of n e w i s s u e s of
long-term m u n i c i p a l s e c u r i t i e s in 1 9 8 3
w a s $ 8 5 billion. In 1 9 8 2 it w a s $ 7 8 billion, e x c e e d i n g the n e w i s s u e v o l u m e in
c o r p o r a t e debt a n d equity m a r k e t s c o m b i n e d ( s e e figure 1).
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supported debt) to revenue bonds s e cured by user fees. In 1970, general
obligation bonds comprised 70 percent
of the new issue market. In 1983, revenue bonds accounted for 70 percent of
the market or some $64 billion of new
issues (see figure 2). T h e reasons for
the growth of revenue bonds include a
shift in needs of states and localities, a
growing trend toward user fees for public improvements and the ever-present
threat of taxpayer limitation movements.
As indicated earlier, a noticeable shift
in use of proceeds of municipal bond
sales occurred in the 1970s. In the decade of the sixties, the major uses of
municipal bond proceeds were for educational facilities, transportation and
water and sewer systems. During the
seventies, priorities of states and local
governments changed to housing (multi-family and single-family), public power
and hospitals.
The current emphasis of infrastructure and education will again change the
statistics by the end of this decade.
Other fundamental changes in the
market are more troublesome for state
and local governments. Even though
long-term tax-exempt bond rates have
fallen by some 300 basis points (3 percent) in the last two years, it appears the
9 percent long-term municipal bonds will
be more common in the 1980s than 4
percent bonds. Of course, this dramatically increases the cost of capital projects. Because the municipal market has
a steep yield curve (meaning short-term
rates are much lower than long-term
rates), many states and local governments are (a) using short-term borrowing to their advantage, and (b) finding ways to convert long-term bonds to
obligations priced as short-term securities. Thus, the tax-exempt commercial
paper ( T E C P ) market has grown to $7
billion outstanding in only a few years.
T E C P is nothing more than a program of
frequently rolled over notes with maturities generally ranging from 7 days to 45
days. T h e interest rate savings over
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Another new financing technique is a
variable-rate demand bond. This is a
long-term bond which is repriced weekly
or even daily, based upon rates in the
short-term tax-exempt market. A s an
example of the savings available under
this technique, recently demand bonds
have yielded 5.5 percent to 6.0 percent
while the Bond Buyer General Obliga-

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innovations is predicated on the appetite of tax-exempt money market funds
and corporations for highly liquid shortterm obligations.

Summary
The conclusions are fairly simple. The
states are addressing their own unique
infrastructure needs and are adapting
time-tested models to assist local governments in gaining a c c e s s to capital

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1984

markets. Although competition for capital is intense and long-term interest
rates are likely to remain high by historical standards, good capital planning
and effective use of market innovations
will make the objectives achievable.

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Campbell Joins
VML Staff

James D. Campbell joined the VML
staff as director of intergovernmental
affairs on May 16. He comes to the
league with 11 years of work experience
in Virginia government and a master's
degree in urban and regional planning
from the University of Northern Colorado. His undergraduate degree is in
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Polytechnic Institute and State University.
For the past three years, Campbell
served as the program manager for the
management assistance section in the
state Department of Housing and Community Development. Working in the Office of Local Development Programs, he
provided direction to the staff in project
development and legislative review,
rendering technical assistance to local
governments. In this capacity he worked
closely with the General Assembly,
monitoring and analyzing legislation impacting local government.
Prior to his employment with the department, Campbell worked as a client
s e r v i c e s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e for B e t z Converse-Murdoch Inc., a consulting
engineering firm in Vienna, where he
acted as liaison between the company
and their municipal clients. He has also
served as county administrator of Fluvanna, assistant county administrator of
Warren County and county planner for
Henrico County.
M a r r i e d , C a m p b e l l and his wife,
Christine, reside in Richmond with their
two children. Amy, age 7, and Michael, 2
1/2.

Bond To Leave
Petersburg
Petersburg City Manager J o h n P.
" J a c k " B o n d III has announced his
resignation as city manager. Bond plans
to resign July 9 to become deputy
county administrator in Hillsbourgh
County, FL.
Bond has served as Petersburg's city
manager since October 1979. He has
also served as assistant city manager in
Miami, FL, and deputy city manager and
director of public safety, assistant city
manager, and special assistant to the
mayor in Winston-Salem, NC.

Robb Realigns
Cabinet
Wayne F. A n d e r s o n , Virginia's secretary of administration and finance, has
announced that he will leave his position
to join the faculty of George Mason Uni-

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public administration this fall.
Anderson has served in the Robb administration since the governor's inauguration in J a n u a r y 1982. He is the
former executive director of the U.S.
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and w a s city manager
of Alexandria, VA and Evanston, IL.
Due to a cabinet reorganization by the
governor, Anderson's position has been
split. Andrew Fogarty, transportation
secretary, will take over a s secretary of
administration and Stuart C o n n o c k ,
assistant secretary of administration
and finance, will become secretary of
finance.
Public S a f e t y S e c r e t a r y Franklin
White will take over in another newlyformed position which combines two offices, secretary of transportation-public
safety. Secretary of Commerce and R e s o u r c e s Betty Diener, Secretary of
Human Resources Josepli Fisher and
Secretary of Education John Casteen
will remain. Paul TImmreck will become director of the budget.
T h e reorganization becomes effective July 1, 1984.

Alexander Resigns
George H. Alexander, executive director of the state Department of Fire
Programs, has resigned his position for
health reasons.
Alexander w a s appointed executive
director of the department in February
1983. At the time, he had recently retired
as head of the Fairfax County Fire and
R e s c u e Department with 25 years of
service.

Norfolk Appoints
New Director
T h e Norfolk Public Health Departm e n t h a s a n e w d i r e c t o r . Dr. H.
McDonald Rimple. Rimple replaces
Dr. Harry S . Wise who retired after 15
years a s director.
Rimple has almost 30 years experience in the medical health field and
more than 20 years of management experience. He has served a s special a s sistant for presidential initiatives in the
office of the president, Hahnemann University Medical School, Philadelphia,
PA; a s U.S. Public Health Service administrator for Region II, which includes
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and
Delaware; and a s deputy director of the
U.S. Bureau of Medical Services, supervising a nationwide system on nine hos-

pitals and 36 ambulatory care clinics
and administering the national programs of Emergency Medical Services,
Health Maintenance Organizations,
Federal Employee Health and the medical programs of the U.S. Coast Guard
and Bureau of Prisons. He h a s also
served a s consultant in rural health to
the USAID Program Development Mission, a s director of the National Health
Service Corps, a s special assistant to
the U.S. administrator for Health Services and Mental Health Administration
for Special Projects, and a s deputy director of the U.S. Division of Hospital
and Medical Facilities.

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In addition, Rimple has received numerous honors and awards in the field of
public health and h a s completed 2 5
y e a r s s e r v i c e in the Commissioned
Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service
with the rank of a s s i s t a n t surgeon
general.

Early T o Serve O n
Dayton C o u n c i l
L a c y E . Early, a semi-retired mechanical estimator, has been appointed
by the Dayton Town Council to fill the
unexpired term of Council Member Sam
C. Good, who resigned.

Baker Joins
Falls C h u r c h
Planning Staff
Elizabeth Baker, a former Fairfax
County planner with expehence in economic development, recently joined the
Falls Church staff as economic development coordinator.
In her new position. Baker will coordinate economic development and business assistance activities with other city
departments and agencies a s well a s
promote business and economic development activity in Falls Church.
In addition to her previous position a s
an urban planner with Fairfax County,
Baker has served a s a research associate with the Urban Land Institute in
Washington, D C , and a s an associate
with A. T. Kearney Inc. in Alexandria.

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S B 239. (House Corporations, Insurance and Banking Committee) E x cludes municipalities from negotiating
with public utilities for rate fees. Ultimate
passage of this bill would have a major
negative fiscal impact on local government budgets.

HB 880. (l-louse Counties, Cities and

Towns Committee) Limits the use of
local government public work force on
projects based on a sliding scale tied to
population. This bill w a s carried over
pending the findings of the H J R 145
study subcommittee. (See Studies.)

S J R 28. (l-louse Privileges and Elec-

tions Committee) Limits the state spending rate to the estimated rate of growth
of the state economy. This resolution,
which proposed a constitutional amendment, has received an attorney general's ruling which states that it may be
carried over to the 1985 session. T h e

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concept contained in this resolution
would have a severe negative impact on
local governments. Revenue from future state tax increases could not be
appropriated and thus could not be
passed to local governments until personal income within the state of Virginia
showed a corresponding increase.
Highway and Transit Funding. A s e ries of highway and transit funding bills
have been carried over by both the
House Roads and Senate Transportation committees. Action on these bills is
pending based on the recommendations of the Highway Program Funding
Study authorized by S J R 20.

About the Author
Ellen S. Posivach serves
research on the VML staff.

as director of

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permit, inspection, o c c u p a n c y , u s e a c tivities for building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical and fire prevention. Serves
a s zoning administrator, staff to board of
zoning a p p e a l s a n d building board of
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R e q u i r e s effective oral a n d written
communication skills. Public relations
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Apply by J u n e 25, 1984 to Personnel Office, P.O. Box J C , Williamsburg, VA
23187-3627. E O E .
Plans Examiner
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Experienced plans examiner of construction plans, drawings, site plans of all construction activity to ensure compliance
with B O C A codes, N E C and zoning ordinance. E x a m i n e s plans for compliance
with b u i l d i n g , p l u m b i n g , m e c h a n i c a l ,
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Finance Group
Changes N a m e
T h e C h i c a g o - b a s e d Municipal F i n a n c e Officers Association ( M F O A )
officially became the Government F i nance Officers Association (GFOA) on
April 17, 1984, following the association's annual business meeting and conference.
By changing its name to the Government Finance Officers Association, the
association recognizes not only its municipal finance members, but also its
finance members who work for county
governments, schools and other special
districts, public retirement systems and
state governments.

�Plan

League Will Offer
New Insurance Program
Effective July 1,1984, Virginia Municipal Underwriters Inc., a wfiolly owned
corporation of the Virginia Municipal
League, will offer a property casualty
insurance program for political subdivisions. The program will be available
to Virginia t o w n s , cities, c o u n t i e s ,
school districts and other local government agencies. The board of directors of
Virginia Municipal Underwriters has appointed the M e m b e r s ' Supervisory
Board of the Virginia Municipal Group
Self Insurance Association as the advisory board for the property casualty
program.
The new insurance program will be
comprehensive in nature offering property, liability and umbrella coverages.
Liability coverages available are comprehensive general liability, auto liability
and physical damage, garage liability,
public officials liability, law enforcement
liability, personal injury liability and
errors and omissions coverage. Property coverages available are all risk

to

property and DIG, revenue-tax receipts,
comprehensive boiler-machinery and
comprehensive crime. Umbrella coverages available are the broad form umbrella and utilities umbrella. Primary
coverage up to $1 million with umbrella
layers up to $20 million are available.
A fully insured program, each political
subdivision will receive individual insurance policies which have been specifically designed for municipal exposures.
Coverages typically placed with several
carriers now consolidated with a single
carrier will minimize the risk of gaps in
coverages. All policies will be written on
an occurrence basis, and claims service
and loss control will be directly overseen
by the board. This new program will
afford each member an opportunity to
participate In dividends based on loss
experience similar to the Virginia Municipal Group Self Insurance Association.
For more information contact Margaret A. Nichols at (804) 649-8471.

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P.O. Box 753
Richmond. Virginia 23206
(804) 649-8471

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                    <text>Volume 19

July 1984

Number 7

Ho.malic P u b l i c L i b r a r y
706 G. J c f f c r n o n S t r e e t
Roa:iol:c, V i r s l n U 2-1011

Productivity
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p r o t e c t i n g t h e assets of a city,
county, t o w n , or local s c h o o l
board.
That's w h y t h e Virginia M u n i c i p a l League, t h r o u g h it's w h o l l y
o w n e d C o r p o r a t i o n , Virginia
M u n i c i p a l Underwriters, Inc. has
developed a n e w c o m p r e h e n sive group insurance program.
The program is designed exclusively for local g o v e r n m e n t s
and t h e i r a g e n c i e s w i t h i n t h e
c o m m o n w e a l t h of Virginia. It offers a w i d e range of property,
casualty, boiler and machinery
coverages. Included a m o n g t h e
casualty lines are:
• Public Officials Liability

Police Liability
C o m p r e h e n s i v e General
Liability
Broad Form Errors &amp;
Omissions
Personal Injury Liability
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stability and eliminating potential
coverage gaps.
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coverages available, the program can be tailored to your individual needs and exposures.
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results in e c o n o m i e s of scale. So

t h e r e ' s a bottom-line benefit as
well.
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can't eliminate risk completely.
But if you're in d a n g e r of b e i n g
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Self I n s u r a n c e A s s o c i a t i o n
P.O. Box 753
R i c h m o n d , Virginia 2 3 2 0 6
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Editor
Christine A. Everson
Editorial Assistant
Joni Terry
Advertising Assistant
Mary Ann Cornell
Circulation Manager
Kathy Mclntyre

&amp;City
Volume 19

July 1984

Number 7

VML President
C h a r l e s A. R o b i n s o n J r .

Officers
L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s
Vincent J . T h o m a s
S a m W. A d a m s
J a n e L. Hough

Executive Committee
R o b e r t ! . Williams
Arlie C . P a y n e
Martha V. P e n n i n o
J a c k D. E d w a r d s
J a c k P. B a r n e s
Margie M a y e s

Executive Director
R. Michael A m y x

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You Ought To Be In Pictures
By Clare S . Osdene
"The state's localities are becoming increasingly aware that
the shooting of movies is a source of revenue without
expenditure."

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Productivity Analysis
By Jeffrey A. Woodson

On the Cover
Jeffrey Woodson is conducting a productivity analysis of Richmond's utility
department. In Phase I, he meets witJi
Daniel Lynch, director of public utilities.
Later, he watched Dispatcher Orpha
Beiler do her job and goes to adjust gas
pressure with maintenance mechanics
George Tate and Jimmy Jenkins. S e e
the story on page 10.

"Through the efforts of Richmond's PAU, work programs
have been made more productive, services to the public
have been improved and costs have been
reduced."

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How One Retired City Manager
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By Thomas B. Noland

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It is published monthly at 311 Ironfrents, 1011
East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206. All
contents,
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1984 by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction
or
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Chesapeake City Manager J o h n T.
Maxwell resigned June 30 to join a Virginia Beach consulting firm. Maxwell
held the city manager position for six
years. James Rein, assistant city manager, will temporarily take over the position.

Arlington County and the city of Fairfax have new public information officers.
Beverly Holmes Hall is the new public information officer for Arlington
County in the county's Office of Citizens
Assistance and Information. Hall has a
background in both journalism and public affairs. She recently was director of
public affairs for the American Institute
for Transportation and Business Development, a non-profit trade association.
She handled both press and inter-governmental relations as well as editing a
newsletter and coordinating staff speaking engagements. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from
Smith College, Northampton, MA, and a
master's degree in public affairs and
journalism from the Amehcan University
School of Communications.
Diane C. Cabe is the new public information officer for the city of Fairfax. She
has been employed by the city for approximately five years, having worked
as an associate planner in the planning
office for more than three years. Recently, she worked in the public information office doing writing and photography for the city's newsletter. The Cityscene. Cabe has spent her entire career
in municipal and regional government
having been previously associated with
the city of Monterey, CA, as assistant to
the city manager and with the Association of Bay Area Governments,
also in Monterey. She holds an underg r a d u a t e d e g r e e in public a d m i n istration with a minor in English and a
master's in public administration from
Golden Gate University.

T h o m a s I. Miller, city manager for
Hampton, will retire at the end of August
after having served the city for 28 years.
Miller, who has been manager since
1980, was first employed by the city in
1957 as chief planner. He advanced to
director of city planning and in 1975 was
appointed assistant city manager for
community development. Prior to his
employment in Hampton, he worked for
Princess Anne County. Miller is a graduate of Old Dominion University and is a
member of the Virginia Section, International City Management Association
and the American Institute of Certified
Planners. He will remain in the Hampton
area upon his retirement.
William F. LaVecchia became county manager for Henrico County in June.
LaVecchia has been with the county 25
years, having been initially employed by
the county as planning director in 1959.
Prior to his appointment as manager, he
had served as deputy county manager
for planning and inspections since 1978.
The 57-year-old native of Front Royal,
VA, has also worked as the town manager of Blacksburg, VA, and as assistant city manager of Athens, TN. He
holds a bachelor's in civil engineering
and a master's in municipal engineering
and public administration. Both degrees
are from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University.

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Robert E. Taylor is the new city manager for Colonial Heights. He replaces
Byron E. Haner who retired.
A native of Harrisonburg, VA, Taylor
comes to Colonial Heights from Red
Bank, TN, where he had served as city
manager since 1979. Prior to 1979, Taylor served as assistant to the city manager in Suffolk, VA. He has also worked
as the senior administrative analyst in
the budget office of the finance department in Nashville, TN, and taught history at Varina High School in Henrico
County, VA. He holds a bachelor's deg r e e in political s c i e n c e f r o m Appalachian State University, Boone, TN,
and a master's in public administration
from University of Tennessee.

Feild T o B e c o m e
V M L Staff Attorney
Robert B. Feild, VML's legal intern
since July 1983, will become VML staff
attorney effective August 20, 1984. In
his new position he will assist with the
VML's insurance program, cover certain
meetings at the General Assembly, answer legal requests and handle all requests concerning local codes and ordinances.
Feild has worked with the league on a
part-time basis while attending the T. C.
Williams School of Law at the University
of Richmond. He graduated, receiving
his law degree in May, and he takes the
bar examination this month. Feild's
undergraduate degree is in history and
from the University of Virginia.
A native of Philadelphia, Feild plans to
marry in August. His fiancee is Deborah
Love who attends T. C. Williams and is
currently working as an intern in the
attorney general's office.

H i c k s Named C h i e f
J a m e s E. Hicks, former assistant
chief of the Alexandria Fire Department,
has been named chief of the department, replacing Charles Rule.
Chief Hicks began his fire service career in 1963 as a fire fighter in the Alexandria department. He rose through the
ranks, serving as lieutenant, fire prevention inspector, training officer and
assistant chief. He has served as assistant chief since 1977.

Sumpter T o S e r v e
S a l e m District
B. W. ( B o b ) S u m p t e r has been
named Salem District engineer for the
state Highway and Transportation Department. He will be in charge of highways for the Roanoke Valley and several other Western Virginia counties.
Sumpter succeeds Mahon E. (Gene)
Wood Jr. who retired in May after 32
years with the department. He has been
with the department since 1957 and
served as assistant engineer for construction and m a i n t e n a n c e for the
Lynchburg District since 1972. He is a
former resident of Christiansburg and a
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From Alexandria to Gate City, from
Charlottesville to Norfolk, the economic
impact of attracting production companies to communities has become significant, and Virginia's towns and cities
are beginning to realize the lucrative
opportunities available from hosting
movie companies for on-location filming. T h e state's localities are becoming
increasingly aware that the shooting of
movies is a source of revenue without
expenditure, and if current trends continue, a source which will continue to
grow in the years ahead.
"In the last ten years, the film industry
has changed," State Film Office Director Andy Spaulding says. "Whereas previously most films were shot on sound
stages and back lots in California, now a
majority of movies are shot on location."
In 1983, the Virginia Film Office provided locations for 19 productions including the two network mini-series
"Kennedy" and "George Washington"
and a major feature film, "The River."
Film makers spent an estimated $4.2
million in Virginia shooting in nearly
every region of the state.
G a t e City, in s o u t h w e s t Virginia,
served a s a location for Universal Studios' upcoming film, " T h e River," starring S i s s y S p a c e k , Mel Gibson and
Scott Glen. The $20 million project is
scheduled for a C h r i s t m a s release.
"Kennedy," a seven-hour mini-series.

was shot on location for 7Vz weeks in
Richmond. Starring Martin Sheen and
Blair Brown, the film, which w a s aired on
N B C in November, infused the Richmond e c o n o m y with an e s t i m a t e d
$1,340,000. T h e David Gerber Co. in
association with MGM shot scenes in
Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Yorktown
and Williamsburg for "George Washington," an eight-hour network mini-series.
The company spent an estimated $2.2
million during their nine weeks in the
state.
The money spent by a film crew affects a variety of local businesses. Not
only do film companies rent large blocks
of hotel rooms as would be expected,
but other support services benefit too.
Profits are realized by food service
companies and businesses that lease
everything from vehicles to barricades
and street signs. Additionally, production equipment is serviced and repaired,
and souvenirs are bought by the film
crew. T h e " K e n n e d y " film company
purchased things a s diverse a s 1960s
costumes and portable two-way radios.
A movie company shooting on location amounts to setting up a business on
a temporary basis and brings with it all of
the accompanying expenditures. Often
the companies need to lease space,
equipment and furniture for offices, and
they rent businesses, homes and other
establishments for on-location shooting.
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and crew. Even small productions, such
as "My Dinner with Andre" which was
filmed in Richmond in 1980, need extras. Larger productions such as " K e n nedy" and "George Washington" employ thousands of local extras.
T h e benefits of hosting film companies are far reaching. Gene Winter,
former economic development specialist for the city of Richmond, put it this
way:
"In Richmond's c a s e , the benefits
have been two-fold. First, there is the
direct economic benefit which happens
anytime a small company moves into an
area. T h e great thing about working with
film companies is that it's almost a selfperpetuating cycle which builds momentum. The companies hire local people to
work on their production crews which
ensures experienced local people are
available for subsequent productions.
T h e s e c r e w s s p e n d large s u m s of
money and their expenditures filter
through to the tax revenues for the city
through lodging and food, etc. S e c ondly, the city benefits from local, regional and sometimes national publicity.
It's the value of free advertising."
Localities around the state are gaining exposure from appearances on television and film. T h e recent airing of
"George Washington" increased tourism activity for many historical sites in
the state. National newspapers. Travel

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and Leisure magazine and People magazine all carried stories about the filming, a s did the Hollywood trade papers.
According to free-lance production
executive Fred Styles, an H B O film,
"Finnegan, Begin Again," will be filmed
in Richmond this summer due in large
part to the good reputation the city garnered for cooperation during the filming of "Kennedy" in 1983. According to
Styles, Richmond's diverse architecture
enabled the filming of s c e n e s representing locations a s different a s Dallas,
Montgomery, AL, Washington, D C , New
York and Berlin.
" T h e cooperation of the people in
Richmond w a s wonderful," said Styles.
" W e shot some of the most difficult
scenes of my career there. T h e a s s a s s i nation s e q u e n c e in " K e n n e d y " produced some of the most complicated
logistical arrangements that I've ever
had to deal with. It all went like clockwork, thanks to the excellent cooperation of the city officials."
Word of that cooperation gets around
in what is very much a word-of-mouth
business. Styles attributes the filming of
"Finnegan" in Richmond to the good
reports spread by the crew of " K e n nedy." Two other cities, both in the Midwest where the story is set, were seriously considered, but the positive experience of filming in Richmond in 1983
convinced location scouts to film here
again in 1984.

Many states have recognized the
economic benefits of on-location filming
and have created film commissions to
increase that activity. The Virginia Film
Office, established in 1980, promotes
the state a s a film locale and assists film
companies in finding locations. Competition for business is keen, and 44
states and 12 cities around the country
now have film commissions.
The functions of the Virginia Film Office are essentially two-fold. First, the
office markets the state by soliciting film
business a s well as answering questions relating to possible filming in the
state. Last year, the office fielded more
than 200 such inquiries. On request the
office provides specific location photography, either still or video, and serves a s
a liaison with state and local agencies.
In addition, the office publishes "Virginia's Film Production Guide," a directory of the more than 150 production
services available in the state. T h e office advertises in trade publicatons targeted to directors and producers and
staff visit the major motion-picture companies in Los Angeles to promote Virginia a s a film locale.
The second function of the Film Office
is to act a s liaison between the localities
and film production companies. T h e office r e s e a r c h e s s u i t a b l e locations
around the state and coordinates with
localities to meet the film companies'
needs.

"The localities' investment is their cooperation," says Spaulding. "Film making is a very expensive proposition and
delays can cost up to $5,000 an hour.
When logistical problems arise, they require prompt assistance from the locality in order to resume filming a s quickly
as possible."
Filming may require help from numerous branches of the local government including the police and fire bureaus and the traffic and street engineering departments.
"The city of Richmond works to insure
that the filming is made a s easy a s possible for the film makers," says Gene
Winter. "For example, Richmond does
not require any permit fees from the film
makers and tries to work with them a s
much a s possible. Richmond feels the
benefits to the city merit this kind of
cooperation."
From the very first day of scouting
locations, cooperation from local officials is vitally important, according to
Styles. He offers these tips to localities:
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Film makers need to s e e the most
potential locations in the shortest
amount of time. Due to intense limitations of time, only places called for
in the script should be shown.

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B e able to house the cast and crew
under the same roof when filming is

�underway. If that is not possible, hotels must be as close as possible. (A
feature film usually has a crew of
70-100 people.)
•

Have large and secure parking facilities close to the hotel and the various
locations. Ten to twenty large trucks,
some up to 70 feet long, will need to
be parked within easy access.

•

Security is essential because the
loss of even the smallest prop or
piece of equipment can mean the
entire shoot must grind to a very expensive halt.

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Cooperation of police, fire and emergency units is vital for a successful
shoot. Rarely will entire streets have
to be blocked off, but it is likely that a
lane or two of traffic will need to be
restricted. Even then, it is necessary
to have traffic stopped only for two or
three minutes at a time, interspersed
with about 20-minute intervals of
regular traffic flow while the new shot
is being set up. Police can also help
with the logistics of parking trucks
and equipment near the shoot site.
Equipment will need to be located on

adjacent sidewalks, so the police can
be helpful in organizing these sorts of
arrangements.
"It is important to let the community at
large know that a film is being shot in the
area," said Styles. "It helps give people
a sense of participation and they are
therefore eager and ready to help. It is
amazing how important that can be
when, for example, you are trying to
locate things quickly—anything from
scotch tape to ripe watermelons. This is
especially true if the community realizes
they will benefit from the crew being
there."
Other local benefits of hosting a film
company are community pride and fun.
While affixing a price tag to this is impossible, a community invariably benefits from pulling together. The excitement generated by the presence of the
cast and crew during the filming of "Kennedy" in Richmond last summer became the catalyst for community involvement. The huge number of extras
necessary meant that all sorts of people
became involved. Richmond's Feder-

ated Arts Council provided many extras
who really enjoyed their experience.
"It was very interesting to everyone,
and really educational to see how the
film was made," said Sandy Slabaugh of
the Arts Council. The Arts Council further capitalized on the film with a postviewing party complete with their own
presentations of "Academy Awards" to
locals who were seen in the mini-series
as extras.
Film making in Virginia is a burgeoning industry bound to make its
presence increasingly felt in the years
ahead. Virginia's municipalities have
much to gain from a small investment of
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Banquet Speaker—The Honorable
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Commonwealth of Virginia

3:15 p.m.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 20
8:30 a.m.
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Opening Session
Keynote Speal&lt;er—Thie Honorable
Harry Lee Carrico, Chief Justice,
Virginia Supreme Court
Body Armor
Standards for Testing Police Equipment
Regional Drug Task Force on
Narcotics in Virginia
Third Annual Golf Tournament

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22
10:30 a.m.
12:00 p.m.

Business Session
Adjournment

President Leslie T. Sheppard, chief of police, Henrico County, will preside over the 59th Annual Conference. Appreciation is extended to the 1984 conference planning committee for their efforts in organizing the annual conference.
For further information, contact Kathy Mclntyre in the VML office at (804) 649-8471.

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Jeffrey A. Woodson is a management and
budget analyst assigned to ttie Productivity
Analysis Unit of ttie budget bureau in the city
of Richmond, \/A. He has a master of public
administration
degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and a bachelor of arts
degree in sociology from Virginia State University. Prior to joining the budget bureau, he
was a mid-level manager in Virginia state
government.

In recent years, the dilemma of meeting increased service delivery expectations with decreasing resources has
challenged the administrators and governing bodies of Virginia municipalities
to develop creative and innovative solutions. Typically, localities have cut
budgets and reduced services in attempting to resolve these problems.
While these " b a n d - a i d " approaches
may satisfy short-term concerns, longterm organizational effectiveness may
be jeopardized.
The city of Richmond has taken a
systematic and objective approach to
assessing service needs and determining how to most effectively utilize available resources. T h e approach is considered by some to be unusual because it
involves spending money to save money. T h e city's administration recognized
the need for an organization that could
perform in-depth studies to increase efficiency and effectiveness, and a productivity analysis unit (PAU) w a s proposed by City Manager Deese and approved by city council.
The PAU was requested and approved
in the fiscal year 1 9 8 2 - 8 3 budget. The
unit w a s organizationally placed in the
budget bureau because its function was
consistent with the mission of the bureau as defined in the city charter, i.e., to
be responsible for effective fiscal management and efficient use of city resources.
The unit was formed with stipulations
from city council. The unit must pay for
itself in savings to the city within two
years, and no lay-offs of city employees
are to result from a study. Any reductions in personnel would be accomplished through attrition and transfers.
Funds were allocated for the unit July
1,1982, and staff members were selected in August 1982. The staff participated in a four-week training course
conducted by a consulting firm, and dur-

ing September 1982, the unit began
work on its first project. Since that time,
four successful studies have been completed.
T h e unit is currently composed of
three management analysts. Although
one of the analysts serves a s manager
of the unit, there is heavy reliance on the
project-team concept to accomplish objectives. T h e unit is devoted to performing productivity studies on a full-time
basis while periodically performing special projects.
Study Objectives
The objectives of any P A U study are
subject to many variables including the
size of the organization under study, the
management philosophy of the agency,
the scope of the study, the type of organization being evaluated, the number of
analysts available to conduct the study
and fiscal constraints. However, the
major objectives of any study are:
— To improve operating effectiveness
and efficiency;
— To assist management in improving
work methods, procedures and systems;
— To assist management in improving
work planning and scheduling;
— To develop manpower and work
standards to balance staffing requirements and work loads, and;
— To evaluate program results and performance.
The complexity of the factors involved
illustrates the need for a systematic
means of evaluating the work environment. It would be quite difficult to conduct a thorough and comprehensive
study without a model or methodology
that ensures all relevant data is a c quired, analysis of information is complete and thorough, and recommendations are based on research and exploration of all possible alternatives.
Methodology/Techniques
The Richmond P A U utilizes a model
that has been proven successful by
management consultants, local government managers, private sector analysts
and industrial engineers.
Upon receipt of a request from an
upper-level city administrator, usually a
department director, the P A U meets
with the manager to discuss the focus
and parameters of the study to be undertaken. Lines of communication and authority are established, and preliminary
background information is obtained
(mission statements, organizational
charts, job descriptions, ordinances,
rules and regulations, etc.) to gain familiarity with the agency.
Once this background information is
collected and reviewed by the analysts.

�the first formal step of the study is initiated. This is referred to a s the Orientation Phase. During this step, the analysts meet with department supervisors
and staff. T h e purpose of these meetings is threefold: to introduce the analysts and the study to the workforce, to
explain the P A U ' s purpose and method
of operation, and to answer questions
employees may have about the study.
Additionally, the analysts attempt to address any fears or possible resistance.
Upon completion of the Orientation
P h a s e , the analysts begin the Operations Review Phase. T h e objective of
this stage is to gather data through indepth interviews, observations, review
of records and employee suggestions in
order to develop a thorough knowledge
of organizational operations. This information is then organized and analyzed to identify areas that present the
greatest opportunity for improvement.
One product of this phase is a work
distribution chart, which facilitates organization and analysis by illustrating patterns and providing an overall picture of
current productivity.
The Methods Analysis and Improvement Phase, or third step of the study,
focuses on identified opportunity areas.
Employing such techniques a s work
simplification; value a n a l y s i s ; brainstorming; organizational analysis; and
design, analysis, synthesis (DAS), the
P A D e v a l u a t e s the organization, its
mission and current methods and procedures. T h e analysts also begin generating and reviewing alternatives for use
in developing recommendations. T h e
main thrust of this effort is to generate
new or modified methods in order to
eliminate u n n e c e s s a r y work and
streamline remaining operations. One
phrase commonly associated with this
endeavor is "work smarter, not harder."
The Work Measurement Phase is performed next to document and verify the
organization's activities and tasks a s
well a s relative work volumes and time
requirements. Several techniques are
available to accomplish work measurement objectives. Analysts select the
technique most appropriate for the subjects being evaluated. This is influenced
by variables such a s the number of staff
to be evaluated, the number of analysts
available to measure the work, the type
of work being performed, the desired
level of accuracy and time constraints.
Work measurement techniques are
divided into three categories: informal,
semiformal and formal. Informal techniques are easier to implement and consume less time but also tend to be less
objective and quantifiable. Formal techniques attempt to achieve the highest
level of statistical accuracy and the least
amount of subjectivity. The semiformal

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high statistical validity of the formal
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Informal techniques consist of estimates, historical records and the Delphi
Technique. Illustrative of semiformal
techniques are diary reporting, work
sampling, and multi-minute measurement. T h e stop watch time study and
M O D A P T S are two examples of formal
technique work measurement. T h e s e
are not all-inclusive but do highlight the
more commonly used methods.
A direct result of the work measurement effort is development of a manpower budget. Analysts evaluate work
volume, time requirements, number of
staff required to perform tasks and the
mission of the agency to determine staffing levels that will most effectively and
efficiently accomplish established objectives and goals.
The next phase of the study involves
development of recommendations for
Improved work planning, scheduling
and control, improved methods and procedures and better use of equipment
and resources.
T h e s e recommendations result from
analyses performed during the Methods
Analysis and Improvement Phase. Major considerations during this phase are
seasonality of work, peak hours of operation and the amount of time and resources required to perform tasks. T h e
emphasis is to have employees performing duties when and where they are
needed most.
The final phase of the study, the Implementation of Recommendations, is
generally the most difficult for the analysts and the agency. Implementing recommendations developed a s the result
of any study has been a source of great
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�VML PRESENTS ITS 79TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Richmond
SPEAKERS . . .
George Latimer, president of the National
League of Cities and mayor of St. Paul, MN,
will speak Tuesday, Oct. 2, during the VML
Conference Luncheon, a new event added to
the conference this year.
Latimer has served four consecutive terms
as mayor of Saint Paul. Since his election as
m a y o r of Saint Paul, Latimer has successfully streamlined the city's government
merging four separate units into a unified
department of planning and economic development. His efforts have fostered a climate of
economic development in the city which has
led to a record number of new construction
starts and record increases in housing and
commercial rehabilitation loans. Be there to
hear him speak at 12 noon, Tuesday, Oct. 2.
PROGRAMS.. .
VML is planning a number of programs that
will be informative and helpful to local officials
and administrators attending the conference.
Among the tentative subjects for programs
are Virginia's new Water and Sewer Assistance Authority, municipal government
and the press, the Virginia Innovation Group,
economic development, legislation impacting local governments, time management,
deinstitutionalization, highway and transit
funding, education funding, computers in
t o w n s , b u d g e t i n g , and town/country relations. More topics may still be added as
planning continues.

EXHIBITS . . .
You will have several opportunities to visit
the exhibit area and view the latest innovations in the field of local government. Approximately 30 exhibits are being planned
that you won't want to miss. In addition, the
Opening Reception will be held in the exhibit
and adjacent area Sunday, and continental
breakfast will be available in the exhibit area
Monday and Tuesday.
HOST LOCALITY . . .
Richmond, the capital city, will host the
79th conference in style. The city is planning
a gala evening at the Science Museum of
Virginia featuring shows in the Planetarium
Space Theater. The Science Museum, once
the Broad Street Train Station, is on the national register of historic places. The entire
building has been restored to appear as it did
in 1919. It now houses a hands-on science
museum and is paired with the most technically advanced planetarium in the country
and the world's largest analemmic sundial.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES . . .
This year, the conference will open with a
golf tournament and barbecue sponsored by
Browning Ferris Industries Inc. The tournament will feature prizes, beverages on the
course and barbecue after the game.
Following this exciting start will be a reception Sunday evening at the John Marshall
Hotel. Monday will be Host Locality Night and
Tuesday will feature George Latimer at the
Conference Luncheon, the business session

with the election of new officers and the adoption of the VML Policy Statement and 1985
Legislative Program.
The Virginia Section, ICMA will hold a
luncheon Monday as will Women in Local
Government. Tuesday morning will feature a
Prayer Breakfast, and Tuesday evening the
conference will conclude with a reception and
the Annual Banquet including the presentation of the 1984 VML Achievement Awards.
HEADQUARTERS.. .
The Hotel John Marshall will serve as the
1984 conference headquarters. The John
Marshall offers all the conveniences and
luxuries you would expect from the finest of
hotels. With downtown Richmond at its doorstep, the hotel provides easy access to the
business district, retail shops and historic
landmarks.
Room reservations should be made with
the post card included in the official registration packet. Additional rooms will be available at the Marriott.
THE COST . . .
Package registration, which includes all
activities Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
except ticketed events, is only $100 for
members and $110 for non-members. Partial
registrations are also available. See the next
page for complete details.
W H A T TO DO . . .
Fill out and send in your registration form
today (opposite page).

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employees. Often, tfiis Is difficult to
achieve due to inadequate follow-up by
the analysts or resistance by individuals
responsible for implementation. Many
strategies are available to gain management's acceptance of the study reco m m e n d a t i o n s , however, the main
thrust is to reach a consensus on what
can and cannot be accomplished and, in
some instances, to assist management
in implementing the desired improvements. This effort is facilitated by involving management in the study all
along through regular briefings and
meetings.

Richmond's Studies
Richmond PAU's first study involved
the Bureau of Tax Enforcement and Collection in the city's finance department.
This bureau Is charged with assessing
personal property taxes and levying
business license fees, motor vehicle
decal fees, food tax and other miscellaneous taxes and fees, as well as
auditing business license and personal
property accounts. It also is responsible
for collection of current and delinquent
taxes and fees along with fines levied for
parking violations. Key recommendations for the bureau included a revised
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eliminate duplicate forms, mailings and
records in order to streamline work flow
and expedite processing. A number of
recommendations sought to improve
collection of delinquent taxes. The full
implementation value of these and other
recommendations has been estimated
to be more than $1.5 million in the first
two years.
The PAU's second project was in a
quite different setting, the division of
street cleaning in the department of public works. This division performs mechanical sweeping and flushing of all
curbed and guttered streets in the city in
addition to manual sweeping in high
traffic business districts, neighborhood
clean-up in Community Development
Block Grant areas, and spring and fall
leaf and brush collection. Analysts
made recommendations to enhance
mechanical sweeping frequencies, restructure sweeping routes, clarify expectations of employees and improve
equipment performance.
The unit's two most recent projects
are nearing completion and involve the
departments of public health and public
safety. The agencies under review include the health department's Community Environmental Program and the department of public safety's Bureau of
Building Inspection. The focus of both
studies is on such issues as appropriate
staffing levels, use of resources at an
optimum level, streamlining the flow of
work, and organizational structure and
effectiveness. Meetings between PAU
analysts and management staffs of both
organizations are being held to review,
discuss and establish a consensus on
recommendations and to develop implementation strategies.

Alternative IVIodels
Other localities throughout the nation
also have created formal means for
evaluating and analyzing the effectiveness of their operations. Representative
of these localities are Dade County, PL,
and Dallas.
Dade County has created a separate
bureau entitled the Office of Productivity
Management (0PM). This unit is an autonomous agency with three divisions
providing services that include training,
project implementation and control, and
administration of the employee suggestion and quality circle programs. Additionally, selected employees within
various county agencies receive training in such concepts as work simplification. This reinforces high productivity
levels and helps promote the county's
productivity philosophy. Upon completion of training, these employees return
to their respective agencies and begin
using their skills. Problem areas are
identified and, employing the methodology previously described, recommen-

dations are developed for alleviating or
eliminating them.
Another model is used by the city of
Dallas. Dallas currently places major
emphasis and responsibility for productivity improvement with departments
and respective employees. To accomplish their objectives, reliance is placed
on quality circle programs, transition
teams, productivity task forces, departmental initiatives and management rotation.
Quality circles consist of six to ten
employees meeting for one hour a week
to identify problems, analyze and develop possible solutions, and make final
recommendations to management for
implementation. Transition teams consist of varying levels of management
and supervisory personnel charged with
the responsibility of reviewing the city's
departmental organization and making
recommendations for improvement.
Productivity task forces employ four- to
six-member teams to review and analyze selected topics and make recommendations for improvement. The departmental initiatives involve all levels of
the organization, and the primary responsibility is to identify and implement
specific productivity improvements. The
goal of the management rotation program is to develop more experienced
managers with new perceptions and und e r s t a n d i n g by rotating m a n a g e r s
through different agencies. This provides the city with broad experience and
proven management abilities whenever
critical needs arise.

Benefits
Establishing an organized effort to
implement any of these systematic approaches will result in a number of benefits. Most important, the primary objective of improved operating effectiveness
and efficiency is achieved. Second, the
potential exists to change the perception of the public regarding governmental efficiency. Through improved
procedures and services the agency
can better meet the demands of the
public. Generally, city administrators
are extremely concerned about projecting a positive image to the community,
and any changes that eliminate delay in
service to the client or decrease the
necessity for long lines and stressful
situations are welcomed.
By fostering systematic productivity
initiatives another source of expertise is
also created in the organization. In other
words, whenever productivity analysis
unit staff are not actively involved in a
study, they can be called upon by the
city manager or department heads to
provide a variety of skills including various problem solving techniques, data
gathering and research skills, and the

�ability to function well within a team concept.
Another benefit of a structured productivity effort is the potential to reduce
long-term consulting expenditures. Essentially, the municipality has its own
in-house consultants to employ the
same methods and achieve the same
results that would be attained by more
expensive private consultants. Add to
that the fact that the in-house consultant
is available for multiple projects vs. a
o n e - t i m e study f r o m external c o n sultants, and the advantages of such a
unit become quite significant.

Unit Placement
One issue that directly impacts the
effectiveness of a productivity endeavor
is the organizational placement of the
unit. The most favorable placement of
an analysis unit is in an area which is
less influenced by administrative or
governmental politics. Normally, analysis units are located as separate staff
agencies within budget offices or colocated with other staff functions. Examples include the Richmond PAU located in the budget bureau and state
agencies such as the Joint Legislative
Audit and Review Commission, a separate staff agency under the auspices of
the legislature, and the management
consulting division of the Management
Analysis and Systems Development
Department, a major operating function
co-located with the systems development division and serving the executive
branch of state government.
In Richmond's case, many advantages exist in being located in the budget office. One of them is accessibility to
the budget analysts and financial information to determine any fiscal constraints or potential funding sources.
The unit routinely relies on the budget
analysts within the bureau to provide
additional information and technical assistance on the department under study.
Also, location in the budget office reduces the potential to have politics influence recommendations and study results. One major disadvantage is that
organizations being studied often have
the perception that the PAU has a predetermined agenda to make cuts in the
budget. While it is recognized that it is
difficult for any department or individual
to be apolitical in a governmental setting, certain placements can reduce the
potential for political influence or pressure to impact study results.
Additionally, it is important for the
analysis function to be organizationally
close to upper management and the
decision-makers. This enhances the
communications process by keeping
upper management informed of the
progress and conclusions of studies.

Second, being close to management
makes the unit more aware of and responsive to the administration's needs
and desires. Third, placement in an office close to top management facilitates
the implementation of recommendations. By working closely with management and keeping them informed during
the course of th® study, the administration will be more supportive of the
analysts' findings and recommendations.
A cooperative and effective relationship between management and the
analysis unit is essential for success.
This relationship is also a shared responsibility. M a n a g e m e n t must be
strongly committed not only to supporting the analysis effort but also to improving municipal operations. The analysts
must recognize and be sensitive to organizational constraints. Such sensitivity, when used in developing recommendations, assures management
that the study recommendations are
realistic and feasible. This, in turn,
makes it easier for management to support the study results. Further, the development of sound recommendations
and quality reports establishes credibility for the analysis unit. Credibility is
one of the most important qualities that
such an entity must possess.

Conclusion
Development and creation of a formal
analysis unit will typically involve startup costs associated with recruitment
and selection of staff, acquisition of
equipment and supplies, and staff training. Depending on the size of the unit,
these costs may be prohibitive for some
smaller localities with limited resources.
This does not, however, preclude these
localities from attempting an analysis
effort. Alternatives to the models presented here are capable of achieving
many of the same results.
The productivity analysis model used
in Richmond represents one of a number of successful approaches that have
been adopted by cities across the country. It employs a systematic approach to
studying problems and developing solutions. Through the efforts of Richmond's
PAU, work programs have been made
more productive, service to the public
has been improved and costs have
been reduced. Richmond has spent
money to make money, and the citizens
and taxpayers of the city have been the
primary beneficiaries.

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How do a retired city manager and his
wife come to spend two months in a
South American country? I served as an
unpaid consultant to two contiguous
cities in western Venezuela on its border
with Colombia. S a n Antonio and Urena
are in the state of Tachira and about 500
miles from Caracas, the capitaLcity. To
most people, and to us before we traveled there, C a r a c a s is the extent of
Venezuela.
About the time of my retirement in
mid-1980, I registered with several a s s i s t a n c e a g e n c i e s hoping my background in city government coupled with
my ability to communicate in Spanish
might be of assistance to some underdeveloped Latin American country. Late
last August I w a s contacted by the International Executive S e r v i c e Corps,
( l E S C ) , a non-profit organization located in Stamford, C T , and asked to
undertake a project. After completing
arrangements, my wife and I traded
Martinsville, VA, for Venezuela from October until Christmas.
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developed countries. T h e group has coordinated almost 8,000 projects In its 20
years of operation. Its operating budget
is shared by corporate contributions and
the U.S. Agency for International Development. No salary is provided, but the
cost of travel and subsistence is allowed
for volunteers and their spouses.
V e n e z u e l a n o s are proud of their
democratic form of government, having
had peaceful elections since 1959.
While we were there, national elections
were held Dec. 4 and pre-election interest w a s high. A s of midnight, Oct. 3 1 , no
further political advertising in any medium w a s permitted; only hard news
was allowed. T h e president is elected
for a term of five years, but their system
makes no provision for a vice president.
Also, the president may not succeed
himself. In the Dec. 4 election, a former
president failed in a re-election bid after
having been out of office five years. In
e a c h recent election the opposition
party has won.
Upon taking office in February, the
new president was to appoint a number
of ministers to operate various depart-

ments, and he was to appoint the 20
governors of the respective states.
Local municipal elections, however, are
allowed.
In Venezuela, laws regulating the routine operation of city government originate in federal law, not in the statecode as in Virginia. Their basic law provides that any city may employ a city
manager, known in their law a s "Admistrador Municipal." An outline of his
duties and responsibilities read basically as they do in our code with one
major exception, the mayor (president
of the governing body) has authority
over hiring and firing. This law is only a
few years old, and I was told that in the
few cities that have managers, they are
hampered by the provision.
After the locality reaches a population
of 12,000 it may become a city, to be
governed by s e v e n councilmen. A s
cities become larger, the council increases by two members up to a maximum of 17 as in Caracas. Cities with
populations less than 12,000 have several modified forms of government.
The role of cities is limited. Utilities are
nationalized under ministers and cities
have no responsibility for law enforcement, traffic control or courts and very
little responsibility for public schools.
Cities are basically responsible for refuse collection, fire protection, street
maintenance, land use and building regulation, cemeteries and a limited retirement system. Major revenue sources
are, you g u e s s e d it, property taxes,
gross receipts taxes and fees such a s
for r e f u s e collection and slaughter
h o u s e o p e r a t i o n s , if that option is
chosen.
It follows that state control is relatively
minor compared to our system, but I
found an interesting option open to local
citizens. A minimum of 200 families located in a cohesive area may band together, achieving official status a s a
"neighborhood association" with officers and a letterhead, and may formally
lobby for a cause or project.
Council meetings are open, but executive sessions are permitted virtually
upon a whim. Moreover, while the public
may attend meetings, permission to address council may be denied except at
least at one session per quarter. The
public and press seldom attend meetings.
In S a n Antonio and Urena where I
worked, the seven-member governing
bodies included two women in each,
and the political party system prevails.

�San Antonio is in the state of
Tachira and has a population
of about 35,000.

The contracting agency for my project
was a state agency located in San Cris­
tobol, the state capital. The agency
serves as a technical advisor to each
municipality in the state. Prior to my trip,
I received an outline of problems per­
ceived, but the decisions on whether to
undertake a specific study and its pri­
ority were my responsibility. During my
first two weeks, I developed a work plan
followed during the project. I submitted
1 0 reports which were translated into
Spanish by an attorney in the state capi­
tal. Some reports addressed both cities,
and others only one.
Urena has a population of about
15,000. San Antonio's population is
about 35,000. I soon learned that the
larger city demanded most of my time.
The smaller city had no real problems,
allowing for underdevelopment gen­
erally, but the larger city had serious
administrative and financial problems.
Neither city had opted to employ an
administrator. Four of my recommenda­
tions had to do with additional sources of
revenue.
From a personal standpoint, we were
isolated with few options for a change of
scenery. We lived in the only decent
hotel in the smaller city 10 miles from
San Antonio. We seldom heard English
and saw only three other Americans in
two months. My wife, Anne, took long
walks, read, studied Spanish and got to
know the hotel staff and other hotel
guests. Had she not been previously
exposed to Spanish, the time for her
would have been quite difficult due to
the isolation.
My reports were to be submitted to the
cities after Christmas. In time we hope to
learn the reactions. For us it was a rich
experience, and we are glad we volun­
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Thomas B. Noland retired in 1980 after
14 ½ years as manager in Martinsville, VA.
He has also served as manager in Altavista,
Franklin and Pulaski, VA. He is a graduate of
the University of Virginia and has served on
the Criminal Justice Service Commission
and Virginia Polytechnic &amp; State University's
Water Resources Research Advisory Com­
mittee. He is a past president of the Virginia
Section, International City Management As­
sociation. While in college, Noland studied
Spanish for 2 years. He has traveled to sev­
eral Spanish speaking countries, including
Costa Rica where he worked in 1941 and
1942 for the United States Government.

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VML has completed formation of its
new Education Policy Committee. Robert T. Williams, city manager of Newport News, will serve as tfie new committee's cfiairman. Funding education
was tfie league's top legislative priority
during tfie 1984 session of thie General
Assembly, and it is expected to be a
major priority for tfie league again next
year. Tfiis policy committee will tiold its
first meeting July 25 in tfie VIVIL Offices.
VML policy committees formulate tfie
league's policy statement on issues tfiat
impact local government. Tfiis formal
statement, once adopted by tfie membersfiip, tfien serves as a guide in setting legislative goals and directing the
league's legislative activities. Following
is a list of the Education Policy Committee's members.
Bradford Hammer, Alexandria
Jack A. Gross, Bedford
Larry M. Foster, Buena Vista
f\/lary Alice Gunter, Charlottesville
T. Stewart Baker, Chincoteague
George R. Goode Sr., Clifton Forge
James B. l\/lcNeer, Colonial Heights
George T. Snyder Jr., Fairfax
James P. fVlcDonald, Fairfax County
Joe Steffan, Galax
Dennis G. Baugh, Gordonsville
Elizabeth Walker, Hampton
William S. Dewhirst, Henrico
William M. Phillips, Lynchburg
Dorothy Bello, Manassas Park
Reverend John Foster, Norfolk
Patrick J. Coffield, Portsmouth
John D. Jenkins, Prince William
James E. Taliaferro, Salem
J. P. Marshall, South Boston
W. H. Higinbotham Jr., Suffolk
Harold Heischober, Virginia Beach

Each year certain VML staff are assigned to assist and work with each VML
policy committee. These staff members
serve as the league's contact persons
on issues related their assigned policy
committees and also coordinate much
of the legislative activity relating to the
policies of their committees.
Current staff assignments are as follows:
Community &amp; Economic
D e v e l o p m e n t — C l a y Wirt
E d u c a t i o n — E l l e n Posivach
Effective G o v e r n m e n t —
R. Michael A m y x
Environmental Q u a l i t y — C l a y Wirt
Human D e v e l o p m e n t — E l l e n
Posivach
Public S a f e t y — E l l e n Posivach
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n — E l l e n Posivach
Any of these staff members can be
reached in the VML Office at (804)
649-8471.

MEPAV Elects
New Officers
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W i l l i s of R a d f o r d to s e r v e as its
1984-85 president. He succeeds Mic h a e l J . Y o r k of Harrisonburg who
served as the association's president for
two terms of office.
Willis is director of Radford's electric
utility department and previously served
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annual conference held this year at The
Cavalier in Virginia Beach. Approximately 100 people attended the conference which featured seminars on the
latest innovations and issues in the field
of municipal electric power supply and
management.
Richard H. Lee, town manager of
Blackstone, was elected vice president
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The Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia (MEPAV) seeks to
foster a continuing spirit of cooperation
among Virginia municipalities operating
their own electric utilities and the various
privately owned utilities who supply
much of the energy distributed. MEPAV
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Municipal League.

Building Officials
Receive Awards
Edward J. Weld, building official for
Culpeper County, and D. Paul Jack,
building official for Hampton, have
received Virginia Building Officials Association (VBOA) Meritorious Service
Awards for outstanding service in the
building code profession.
The awards were presented at the
association's 1984 Mid-Year Meeting
June 4 in Richmond. Approximately 55
members attended the one-day meeting
which was presided over by Association
President Clarence Diersing, director of
code compliance for Newport News.
During the meeting William E. Koffel
Jr. of Gabe-Babcock &amp; Associates Inc.
discussed "Proposed Changes to the
BOCA Building Code for Hospitals,"
David S. Collins of the Portland Cement
Association spoke on "Proposed Building Code Article 25" for existing buildings, Kenneth W. Lehn of the National
Fire Sprinkler Association spoke on
"Residential Sprinkler Systems," and
Robert Gregory of the Department of
Housing and Community Development
discussed "Status of the 1984 Uniform
Statewide Building Code."
The 1984 VBOA Annual School and
Conference will be held Dec. 2-5 at the
Sheraton Inn in Fredericksburg. Further
information concerning conference registration or membership in VBOA can be
obtained by contacting Joni Terry,
VBOA executive director, at P.O. Box
753, Richmond, VA 23206, or (804)
649-8471.

�Legal Guidelines
The Los Angeles Municipal Code prohibits the posting of signs or handbills on
any public property and provides for
their removal by the police department
or the department of public works. In a
1979 Los Angeles City Council election,
a group of supporters for candidate Roland Vincent contracted with a sign company to fabricate and post signs with
Vincent's name on them. T h e s e cardboard signs were attached to utility
poles at various locations by draping
them over cross-arms which supported
the poles. Acting under the authority of
the municipal code, in one week 48 of
the Roland Vincent signs were removed.
A number of other signs, apparently
commercial in character, also were removed. Thereafter, an action was filed
in the United States District Court by the
supporters of Vincent and the sign company seeking an injunction against enforcement of the ordinance.
The district court concluded that the
ordinance w a s constitutional and
granted a summary judgment for the city
b a s e d on findings that the illegally
posted signs constituted " a clutter and
visual blight" and that placing the signs
on utility poles created a potential safety
and traffic hazard. T h e court of appeals,
however, reversed and held that the
ordinance w a s presumptively unconstitutional b e c a u s e significant First
Amendment interests were involved
and none of the city's justifications were
sufficient to overcome that presumption.
The question presented on appeal to
the United States Supreme Court w a s
whether prohibition of the ordinance
abridged the petitioners' freedom of
speech within the meaning of the First
Amendment.
The Supreme Court first considered
whether the legislation w a s unconstitutional on its face, that is, whether it
w a s unconstitutional in e v e r y c o n ceivable application or whether it prohibited such a broad range of protective
conduct a s to be unconstitutionally
"overbroad."
In discussing the "overbroad" doctrine, the court quoted from Broadrick v.
Oklahoma, 413 U.S. 6 0 1 , 615 (1973):
"[Tjhere comes a point where the
effect—at best a prediction—cannot,
with confidence, justify invalidating a
statute on its face and so prohibiting
the State from enforcing the state
interest against conduct that is admittedly within its power to proscribe. To
put the matter another way, particularly where conduct and not merely

By Howard W. Dobbins
General Counsel

speech is involved, we believe that
the overbreadth of a statute must not
only be real, but substantial as well,
judged in relation to the statute's
plainly legitimate
sweep."
(Emphasis added)
In the majority opinion delivered by
Justice Stevens and concurred in by
Chief J u s t i c e B u r g e r and J u s t i c e s
White, Powell, Rhenquist and
O'Connor, the court held that the overbroad conclusion of the court of appeals
rested on an evaluation of the assumed
effect of the ordinance. However, the
majority concluded that "there was nothing in le record to indicate that the
ordinance will have any different impact
on any third parties' interest in free

speech than it has on [petitioners]." Furthermore, the opinion held that it w a s
inappropriate in the c a s e to entertain an
overbreadth challenge to the ordinance
because the appellees had failed to
demonstrate a realistic danger that the
ordinance would significantly compromise recognized First Amendment protections of individuals not before the
court.
Turning to the argument that the ordinance was invalid a s applied to the expressive activity of the petitioners, the
court restated the proposition that a
state may sometimes curtail speech
when necessary to advance significant
and legitimate state Interest and may
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p r o t e c t i n g t h e assets of a city,
county, t o w n , or local s c h o o l
board.
That's w h y t h e Virginia M u n i c i p a l League, t h r o u g h it's w h o l l y
o w n e d C o r p o r a t i o n , Virginia
M u n i c i p a l Underwriters, Inc. has
developed a n e w c o m p r e h e n sive group insurance program.
The program is designed exclusively for local g o v e r n m e n t s
and their agencies w i t h i n the
Commonwealth of Virginia. It offers a w i d e range of property,
casualty, b o i l e r a n d machinery
coverages. Included a m o n g t h e
casualty lines are:
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Police Liability
C o m p r e h e n s i v e General
Liability
Broad Form Errors &amp;
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Of course, all the fish in the sea
can't eliminate risk completely.
But if you're in d a n g e r of b e i n g
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costs, i n a d e q u a t e c o v e r a g e or
poor service, the V i r g i n i a M u n i cipal Property Casualty Ins u r a n c e P r o g r a m c a n help.
For further information,
please contact:
Margaret A. Nichols
Administrator, Virginia
Municipal Property Casualty
Insurance Program
P.O. Box 753
Richmond, Virginia 23206
(804) 649-8471

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Editor
Christine A. Everson
Editorial Assistant
Joni Terry
Advertising Assistant
Mary Ann Cornell
Circulation Manager
Kathy Mclntyre

Volume 19

VML President
Charles A. Robinson, Jr.
Officers
Lawrence A. Davies
Sam W. Adams
Robert T. Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Executive Committee
Jack D. Edwards
Sidney M. Oman
William R. Hartz
Raymond F. Ratcliffe
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

On the Cover
Production of value-added products
is sought by many rural Virginians and is
one of the goals of the new Rural Virginia Development Foundation. Read
about the new foundation on page 10 of
this issue of Virginia Town &amp; City. The
cover photograph is of a dairy farm in
Prince Edward County.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It is published monthly at 311 Ironfronts, 1011
East l\Aain Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206. All
contents,
copyright
1984 by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction
or
use of contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal
League
and if granted must be
accompanied
by credit to VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia Municipal
League.
Second-class
postage paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $8
per year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster: Send address changes to
VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753, Richmond 23206

August

1984

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People

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Cathedrals of Democracy: The
Courthouse Dilemma

Number 8

By Thomas A. Kamstra, AIA
"Our Virginia courthouses have contained history for hundreds of years, and because of this heritage they deserve to
be recognized as historic places and when possible preserved."

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Conference Information and
Registration Form
The Rural Virginia Development
Foundation
By Berkwood M. Farmer and Patricia A. Schwartz
"The newly created Rural Virginia Development
Foundation
will be one force behind the needed shift in rural economic
development policy in the
commonwealth."

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Professional Directory

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Commentary
Tourism: An Expanding Role for Localities
By Charles Hartsoe and Ralph Hambrick
"Although it is important for the state to continue its active role
in attracting travelers to Virginia, local governments
certainly
should not sit back and wait for state initiatives."

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Minetti Receives
A S P A Award
Hampton Police Chief P. G. Minetti
has been named the 1984 recipient of
the T. Edward Temple Award for Distinguished Public Service in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The award is
sponsored by the Virginia Chapter of the
American Society for Public Administration.
Chief Minetti is the first chief executive officer of a law enforcement
agency to be honored with the award.
Cited as a leading participant in the
metamorphosis which law enforcement
has experienced, Minetti is credited with
guiding the Hampton Police Division to
its current status as one of the most
respected law enforcement agencies in
the commonwealth.
Minetti was appointed Hampton chief
of police in 1972, having begun his career with the agency in 1955 as a patrol
officer. Since then his accomplishments
have included graduation from the FBI
National Academy, Old Dominion University and Christopher Newport Col-

Public Power
Financing
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Innovation
Commitment

development since 1982. She succeeds
Richard C. IVIassell who retired June
30, 1984.
W a g n e r has an extensive background in all aspects of planning and
land use management. She also brings
to the city considerable skill in public
presentations and expertise in coordinating staff work with the needs of the
public, city council and various boards
and commissions.
Prior to working in Stafford County,
Wagner worked in Suffolk County, NY,
under noted planning authority Dr. Lee
Koppelman. She also served as an adjunct instructor at Suffolk County Community College lecturing on contemporary political problems.
Wagner is married and holds a master's in public affairs from the State University of New York in Stonybrook.
lege. In addition, he holds a master's
d e g r e e from t h e John F. Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University and he was appointed by President Reagan to the President's Task
Force on Law Enforcement.
Currently he serves on the executive
board of the FBI National Academy
Alumni Association and on the executive committee of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. He serves
as a member of the Criminal Justice
Advisory Board of Christopher Newport
College and the Justice Curriculum Advisory Committee of Thomas Nelson
Community College.

Fairfax Appoints
Planning Director
P e g g y T. W a g n e r has been appointed director of planning for the city of
F a i r f a x . W a g n e r is f r o m S t a f f o r d
County, VA, where she has served as
the director of planning and community

Novak Takes
Vienna Position
Nancy E. Novalc has been appointed
chief of management services for the
town of Vienna. Her duties will include
personnel, budget and risk management functions and serving as assistant
to the town manager.
Before coming to Vienna July 1 ,
Novak was assistant to the town manager in Munster, IN, for five years. She
holds a bachelor's degree in business
administration from Purdue University
and a master's in public administration
from Indiana University. Her professional affiliations include the American
Society for Public Administration, the
International City Management Association, and Pi Alpha Alpha National
Honorary Society for Public Administrators.

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�Anderson Wins
Presidential Post
The State Fire Chiefs Association of
Virginia, an affiliate group of the Virginia
Municipal League, elected William A.
Anderson of the Lynchburg Fire Department to serve as the association's
president for 1984-85. The election took
place at t h e S F C A V A n n u a l C o n ference, July 11-14, in Virginia Beach.
Virginia Attorney General Gerald L.
Baliles, keynote speaker at the conference, addressed the fire chiefs and
called for the adoption of "principles and
programs that do not tolerate increased
threats for people and property." Chiefs
from all areas of the state attended the
conference which featured programs on
protective clothing, hazardous materials
and non-traditional fire protection, as
well as exhibits of fire equipment and
services.
O t h e r s e l e c t e d to s e r v e t h e a s sociation were F. Wesley Dolezal of the
Chesterfield Fire Department, who was
elected first vice president, and L y n n A.
Miller of the Winchester Fire Department, elected second vice president.
Elected to the executive committee
were T h o m a s Hawkins of the Arlington
C o u n t y Fire D e p a r t m e n t , G a r l a n d
W o o d d y of the James City County Fire
Department, T h o m a s E. Gardner of the
Norfolk Fire Department, T h o m a s Fuqua of the Roanoke County Fire Department, and Denny W. Kelley of the
Wise Fire Department. Immediate past
president Alfred A. Savia of the Vienna
Volunteer Fire Department will also
serve on the executive committee.
Anderson is chief of the Lynchburg
Fire Department. He has almost 20
years with the department having been

serve on the Virginia State Fire Commission.
In addition, Anderson seri^ed in the
U.S. Air Force from 1960 to 1964, and
he is pastor of the First Church of JesusApostolic Holiness. He and his wife,
Carolyn, are the parents of two children,
Jared and Jonathan.

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initially employed by the department in
September 1964. He was promoted to
commander I in July 1974 and became
chief of the department in July 1975.
Anderson is a state certified fire service
instructor and emergency medical technician. He is a member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the
National Fire Protection Association
and the Virginia Fire Service Council.
He also serves on the Drug Abuse Advisory Committee and the Criminal Justice Committee, both of Planning District
II. In 1977, Anderson was selected by
the International Association of Fire
Chiefs and the National Fire Academy to
work with a national task force on development of a model instructional curriculum for middle management fire officers, and in 1982 he was selected by the
attorney general to participate in the
study of Virginia's public safety employees as a result of House Joint Resolution 117. August 5, 1982, he was appointed by Gov. Charles S. Robb to

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A hundred years ago, the day the
judge rode into town to preside over
court was a special day for all the local
citizenry. On "Court Day," gentlemen
farmers might purchase livestock auctioned off on the courthouse green;
neighbors would gather to chat and discuss the announcements posted by the
courthouse door; and inside the courtroom, everyone from the sheriff to the
saloon keeper would sit silent, listening
to the testimony of witnesses, the questions of the attorneys, and the rulings of
the judge with a feeling approaching
awe.
Today, heavier caseloads keep most
judges' rosters so full that they need
never leave a single jurisdiction. The
courtroom remains the scene of the
dramatic workings of justice; the court-

house and its environs still the stage for
essential events of American history.
Our Virginia courthouses have contained history for hundreds of years, and
because of this heritage they deserve to
be recognized as historic places and,
when possible, preserved. Consider, for
example, the King William County circuit
courthouse, the oldest courthouse in
continuous use in the United States.
The brick structure, built in 1725, contains only a single courtroom, a judge's
chamber and a jury room. County records were stored in a separate building
which burned in the 1880s. Fortunately,
some documents escaped the flames.
The present record room, built in 1885,
contains records dating back to 1702.
Included among them are records of
what is surely one of the fastest murder

trials in American history—a man tried,
convicted and hung on a Saturday for a
crime he committed the day before.
The citizens of King William County
take a justifiable pride in their courthouse building, which withstood not only
the cannonfire of the battling Union and
Confederate armies, but also the musket fire of the American Revolution. Experts on American history and historical
architecture from the College of William
and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg
F o u n d a t i o n recently e x a m i n e d the
structure and found it sound. Renovations to the courthouse are now underway. In October, circuit court Judge DeHardit will declare the court again In
session.
The King William County courthouse
stands today as solidly as the colonists

�who built it nearly three centuries ago
could have wished. Unlike their a n cestors in Europe, who purchased the
best material and most skilled labor to
build enormous c a s t l e s and ornate
cathedrals, the colonists invested their
time, money and energy in establishing
the republic. In Virginia, a s in all the
thirteen colonies, people escaping from
religious oppression and social injustice
raised courthouses a s if they were c a thedrals enshrining the values of the
new democracy.
Even before the Revolutionary War,
the General Assembly ruled that each
town which was to become a county
seat would be subdivided and laid out to
include a church block and a court block.
Land records kept in our courthouses
indicate these sites and dates. For example, the site of the Loudoun County
courthouse is clearly marked on the
Nicholas Minor Plan of the Town of
Leesburg, dated 1759.
Later, when pioneers were pushing
westward and settling the Northwest
Territories, towns competed for the privilege of becoming the county seat, pledging considerable sums of money to the
building of the courthouse and calling on
the best-known architects of the day for
their design expertise. T h e result of our
ancestors' extravagance is that most of
the more than 3,000 courthouses in use
in the United States today are beautiful
old buildings erected before the turn of
the century. We are heirs to this " e s tate," and a s such have a responsibility
to preserve and maintain its history and
its architecture.
Unfortunately, this is not always easy
to do. With population growth has come
an increase in crime that has severely
impacted judicial caseloads. T h e advent
of the automobile and traffic court has
also stressed the judicial system. In all
but the most rural counties, the citizenry
are faced with a dilemma: how to preserve a courthouse that is a historical
and architectural landmark, while accommodating the needs of the judiciary
for additional c o u r t r o o m s , j u d g e s '
chambers, clerks' offices, law libraries
and holding facilities.
Some cities and counties have made
the decision that their original courthouse or old courthouse is not worth
preserving. Others have made interesting compromises with the past. Citizens
of King William built a new county administration building where district court
c a s e s are heard in order to lighten the
caseload heard in the original courthouse. Loudoun County residents opted
to develop a courthouse complex, renovating and adding onto buildings around
the courthouse green. T h e s e buildings
are used to hear district court c a s e s ,
including juvenile and domestic c a s e s ,
and a few circuit court c a s e s . T h e gracious red brick and columned porch

1898 courthouse on the center of the
green is now used only to hear circuit
court cases.
Fairfax County resolved the dilemma
in another w a y . T h e original courthouse, built in 1799 by John Bogue and
Mungo Dykes, w a s occupied by both
s i d e s during the W a r B e t w e e n the
States and w a s the scene of Mosby's
famous raid. It became too small to hear
the c a s e s on its dockets decades ago in
the 1920s. An addition w a s built and
other buildings in the area were modified to support the court's needs. It
wasn't long before the rapidly growing
population of Fairfax County required
still larger facilities, and a new courthouse w a s built on the site. The original
courthouse w a s restored and is now
used only on special ceremonial occasions. Its history is learned and remembered now by the hundreds of Fairfax
County school children who visit it each
year.
The citizens of King William, Loudoun
and Fairfax counties achieved sensible
solutions to the problem of preserving
an historic courthouse while accommodating increasing caseloads. They did
so by meeting publicly, holding open
discussions and arguing viewpoints. It
s e e m s only right that the democratic
process, preserved and protected in the
courthouses t h e m s e l v e s , should be
used to save them. That process is part

of our way of life, thanks to ancestors
who saw fit to make the courthouse the
architectural and social center of the
town. C i t i z e n s of other c i t i e s a n d
counties faced with this same dilemma
should consider the place of their original or old courthouse in history, a s well
as the physical condition of the building,
before voting to demolish, add onto or
restore the structure. Although funding
roads or schools or sewers often seems
like a higher priority, funding the preservation of the courthouse is often sensible and worthwhile, if for no other
reason than that to do so preserves a
part of our heritage as Americans and
our identity as a democratic people.

About the

Author

Thomas A. Kamstra, AIA, is president of
KDA, a pianning, architecture and interior
design firm in Reston, VA. He particularly
enjoys the renovation and historic restoration
work on Virginia and Maryland
courthouses.
The Howard County Courthouse
renovation
project, in Ellicott City, MD, on which he
served as principal in charge, was selected
by the American Institute of Architecture and
the American Correctional Association for
the 1983 Exhibition
of Architecture
for
Justice.
The photo at left is of the Loudoun County
Courthouse built in 1898 on the site of the
original courthouse in
Leesburg.

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Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Richmond
SPEAKERS.. .

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Gov. Charles S. Robb

George Latimer

Guy Friddell

V i r g i n i a s G o v . C h a r l e s S. R o b b wil
speak at the Opening Session of the 79th
Annuai VML Conference Monday, Oct. 1,
Gov. Robb is a Democrat born in Arizona
but educated at two Virginia schools. He is a
graduate of Mount Vernon High School in
Fairfax County and the University of Virginia
Law School
While serving as lieutenant governor,
Robb was vice chairman of the Local Government Advisory Council. Currently, he is
chairman of the Southern Governors' Association and the Democratic Governors'
Association. He is a member of the National
Governors' Association and is on the executive committee of the Southern Growth
Policies Board. He is a member of the Southern Regional Education Board and is the
incoming president of the Education Commission of the States.
During the 1984 session of the Virginia
General Assembly, Gov. Robb proposed a
merit pay/master teacher program for Virginia. The assembly appropriated $500,000
that will go to local school divisions to develop merit pay programs this fall. Also, the
governor's master teacher program will be
tested in Varina this fall.
Robb has also s u p p o r t e d activities to

clean-up the Chesapeake Bay. He proposed
in his 1984-85 biennium budget $6 million to
fund the C h e s a p e a k e Bay Initiatives resulting in the assembly funding a total of
$13.3 million for clean-up activities. Robb
has also been involved in coordinating management of bay issues on a multi-state level.

Friddell, who has won numerous awards
for his coverage of government and politics,
has been cited as "the journalists most
guoted by other journalists." He is the author
of eight books, five about Virginia. His best
known book, "What Is It About Virginia?,"
earned him a resolution of commendation
from the General Assembly and is in its sixth
printing. In 1978 when Friddell won the
George Mason Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism, his work was said to have
become "part of the fabric of the Old Dominion through his love affair with the state and
its people."
Friddell is a graduate of the University of
R i c h m o n d and the C o l u m b i a University
Graduate School of Journalism. He began
working for the Richmond News Leader in
1951 covering state government and politics. He has covered every national political
convention since 1952, and in 1959 he won
the National Headliner Award for his coverage of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's tour of the United States. For years he
wrote a weekly column, "Off the Record,"
and broadcast a nightly radio commentary of
the same name. In 1963 he went with the
Norfolk Virginian Pilot and is the former editorial page editor of that paper.

PROGRAMS.. .
VML is planning a number of programs that
will be informative and helpful to local officials
and administrators attending the conference.
Among the tentative subjects for programs
are Virginia's new Water and Sewer Assistance Authority, municipal government
and the press, the Virginia Innovation Group,
economic development, legislation impacting local governments, time management,
deinstitutionalization, highway and transit
funding, education funding, computers in
t o w n s , b u d g e t i n g , and town/country relations. More topics may still be added as
planning continues.

vations in the field of local government. Approximately 30 exhibits are being planned
that you won't want to miss. In addition, the
Opening Reception will be held in the exhibit
and adjacent area Sunday, and continental
breakfast will be available in the exhibit area
Monday and Tuesday.

EXHIBITS . . .
You will have several opportunities to visit
the exhibit area and view the latest inno-

George Latimer, president of the National
League of Cities and mayor of St. Paul, MN,
will speak Tuesday, Oct. 2, during the VML
Conference Luncheon, a new event added
to the conference this year.
Latimer has served four consecutive terms
as mayor of Saint Paul. Since his election as
mayor of Saint Paul, Latimer has successfully s t r e a m l i n e d the city's g o v e r n m e n t
merging four separate units into a unified
department of planning and economic development. His efforts have fostered a climate of economic development in the city
which has led to a record number of new
construction starts and record increases in
housing and commercial rehabilitation
loans. Be there to hear him speak at 12 noon,
Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Guy Friddell, columnist for the Virginian
Pilot-Ledger Star, will speak at the annual
banguetto be held Tuesday evening, Oct. 2.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES . . .
This year, the conference will open with a
golf tournament and barbecue sponsored by
Browning Ferris Industries Inc. The tournament will feature prizes, beverages on the
course and barbecue after the game.
Following this exciting start will be a reception Sunday evening at the John Marshall
Hotel. Monday will be Host Locality Night and
Tuesday will feature George Latimer at the

Conference Luncheon, the business session
with the election of new officers and the adoption of the VML Policy Statement and 1985
Legislative Program.
The Virginia Section, ICMA wil! hold a
luncheon Monday as will Women in Local
Government. Tuesday morning will feature a
Prayer Breakfast, and Tuesday evening the
conference will conclude with a reception and
the Annual Banquet including the presentation of the 1984 VML Achievement Awards.

WHAT TO DO . . .
Fill out and send in your registration form
today (opposite page).

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Rural Virginia
Development
Foundation
By Berkwood M. Farmer
and Patricia A. Schwartz
Economic conditions in rural Virginia
tiave been the source of increasing concern for a number of years among many
members of the public and private sectors. Population flowing into rural areas
is increasing the proportion of non-farm
employment and permanently altering
the composition of rural society in some
areas. Demand for health and welfare
services increases simultaneously with
the attractiveness of the countryside as
a retirement haven for the elderly, and
permanent residents and newcomers
compete for limited public services. At
the same time, dire economic conditions
manifested by instability of farm incomes, unemployment, excess plant
capacity and sluggish investment
plague many rural c o m m u n i t i e s in
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T h e s e and o t h e r o n - g o i n g rural
changes in social, political and economic forces have been closely observed by the Governor's Council on
Rural Development and Capacity Building during the past few years. As a result
of recommendations from an extensive
study conducted by this council, a legislative subcommittee formed in 1983 to
give further study to the needs of rural
areas. This legislative subcommittee,
chaired by Sen. Elmo G. Cross Jr.
(D-4th District), conducted a thorough
study of the need for a rural Virginia
development foundation and eventually
drafted legislation to create such.
The newly created Rural Virginia Development Foundation will be one force
behind the needed shift in rural economic development policy in the com-

monwealth. The foundation exemplifies
a unique private/public partnership that
will focus attention and resources on
business developments in rural Virginia.
Its general purpose is to improve the
quality of life and promote the general
welfare of the commonwealth through a
targeted economic development program for rural communities and small
towns of Virginia. The foundation will
provide a system of unique and innovative financing for business starts
based on the underlying premise that
entrepreneurs with sound business
ideas may not have sufficient start-up
funds. The general purpose of the foundation recognizes the following:
- Basic education, manpower training and career and vocational education are critical building blocks of
economic development;
- Access to capital is a vital requisite
of a thriving, free-enterprise economy;
- Private enterprise and initiative
should be aided rather than supplanted as a basis for development;
- Economic development must be
supported locally and be in harmony with local ideas and values;
- Development must be fostered
from within an area and based on
local talents and resources;
- Information and ideas must flow in
both directions between local areas
and government institutions;
- A bottom-up approach to economic
development will allow the initiative
for new types of businesses to occur at the local level.

One of the key philosophies of the
foundation is to assist in development of
businesses that are compatible with a
given area's resources and with the
needs and desires of local people and
local officials. Some expected benefits
to the community will be increased emp l o y m e n t , r e d u c t i o n in u n d e r employment, increased farm family incomes, an expanded tax base for rural
counties and an aid to the preservation
of farmland. It is assumed that more
people will stay on the farm if total farm
family incomes can be increased.
This non-profit foundation will be administered by a 17-member board of
directors soon to be appointed by the
governor. Board membership will represent business, finance, education and
government, both local and state. Board
members will arrange themselves into
three major standing committees which
will constitute the basic structure of and
provide leadership for the foundation's
three principal objectives.
The economic development committee (EDC) will be responsible for creating access to sufficient operating and
debt capital for small businesses in rural
Virginia and for targeting investments
toward agricultural and natural resource
related businesses. The overall role of
the EDC will be to identify and encourage expansion of value-added production activities in rural Virginia, primarily through provision of venture capital and other types of financial and
technical support for small businesses.
This role will Involve the development of
business enterprises based on new

�products, new markets and new uses for
existing products. T h e feasibility of replacing outside sources of raw materials
and consumer goods with local sources
will be given every consideration.
A major function of the E D C will be to
establish a for-profit venture capital corporation ( V E D C O R P ) to carry out this
objective. This financial corporation will
provide l o a n s , e n g a g e in equity financing and guarantee loans to firms in
rural areas of the state. Special emphasis will be placed on providing support to new entrepreneurs and small
business ventures, although the needs
of established firms desihng to expand
will not be ignored.
In the area of equity financing, the
venture capital corporation will be the
means whereby private venture capitalists and local people can obtain stock in
the corporation for investments. In turn,
the corporation will make investments in
new businesses. In essence, the corporation will initially own stock in busin e s s e s . A working philosophy of the
venture capital corporation is to remove
itself from part ownership a s soon a s the
b u s i n e s s b e c o m e s fully operational
from a profit point of view. Thus, the
corporation would sell its original stock
leaving the business to be privately
owned and operated. Opportunities will
be available for local governments to
enter into financial arrangements with
the corporation and/orthe foundation for
targeted economic development a c tivities within a local government jurisdiction. In addition to providing financial
assistance, V E D C O R P , with guidance
from the foundation, will assist businesses by providing financial planning,
general planning and various types of
management expertise.

The Virginia-type peanut is often called the "Cadillac of peanuts." Peanut production and manufacture is large industry in Virginia. The state ranked fifth in peanut
production in the U.S. in 1981 netting $91 million.

T h e Human Capital Development
Committee (HCDC) will be responsible
for pursuing programs that ensure the
delivery of coordinated leadership and
manpower training activities and efforts.
Efforts of this committee will include
identifying and training entrepreneurs
and upgrading labor and management
skills needed to serve future economic
needs of public and private sectors.

nological changes that generate products and services which can be produced by rural enterphses. T h e R C C will
maintain close coordination with the
Virginia Rural Development and C a pacity Building Council, state agencies,
local governments, planning district
c o m m i s s i o n s , Agribusiness Council,
state and local chambers of commerce
and other private organizations and
groups. T h e committee will be aided by
ad hoc task forces designed to identify
problems, develop alternative approaches to their solution and generally
serve in a "think-tank" capacity to deal
with emerging needs of rural communities. Members of these "think-tanks" will
be individuals who are, through experience, academic training or self-study,
committed to examining new and creative approaches to economic change,
community development and improved
quality of life.

Activities of the H C D C will be coordinated through the board of directors with
the activities of the E D C and V E D C O R P . Training programs will be designed to provide specific skills and
capabilities needed by new and expanding enterprises sponsored by V E D C O R P . Coordination with existing state
and federal agencies will be emphasized, and the resources of colleges and
universities, including community colleges, will be used.
T h e Resources Coordinating Committee ( R C C ) will be responsible for
identifying emerging needs and tech-

T h e R C C will draw on volunteer
groups and private agencies to gain insight into new approaches to problemsolving based on grassroot involvement. Extension programs, community
colleges and other educational institutions may provide useful and practical
applications of knowledge. Emerging
technology for new rural b u s i n e s s e s
and industries can be identified and
production schemes established. This
economic-educational link will serve to
enhance the economic and social interests of rural areas.
In addition, this committee will collect.

collate, evaluate, project and disseminate information and ideas through its
task forces. It will share ideas and information with various agencies of federal,
state and local governments with the
intent to give life and energy to innov a t i v e i d e a s and apply knowledge
gained from experimental efforts.
The Survey
The legislative subcommittee studying establishment of the Rural Virginia
Development Foundation wanted to obtain opinions and ideas from the people
in Virginia to ensure the foundation's
success. In order to obtain this input, a
survey and a brochure describing the
proposed purpose and objectives of the
foundation were mailed to 466 persons
throughout Virginia in August 1983.
Forty-three percent of those sampled
responded to the survey. This response
rate is significantly greater than usually
experienced with mail surveys. Of the
respondents, 57 percent were in private
employment and 43 percent were in the
public sector.
R e s p o n d e n t s to the 1983 s u r v e y
overwhelmingly indicated a need for
new businesses/industries in their areas. Analyzed on a regional basis, the
percentage of respondents indicating a
positive need for new business ranged
from 94 percent for Southside respondents to 100 percent for respondents
from northern and eastern regions. T h e
data were analyzed further to determine
the types of businesses preferred in
different regions. While response rates

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varied among regions, the top two businesses mentioned were production of
new products not currently manufactured in ttie area and further processing
and marketing of agricultural products.
A common statistical analysis tool
w a s used to determine statistically significant differences among the regions
with regard to preferred businesses.
While there were some differences, statistically they were not great enough to
d e c l a r e that different regions h a v e
different preferences. Also, public and
private sectors expressed no significant
differences regarding preferred businesses. Table 1 provides a list of preferred businesses by region.
One important purpose of the survey
was to determine support for the basic
objectives of the Rural Virginia Development Foundation. Overall, the survey
respondents were in favor of the foundation's three basic objectives. Table 2
illustrates how respondents supported
the objectives of the foundation.
Also, the survey results indicate the
two most important ingredients for future economic growth and development
in rural Virginia are unique types of financing and more effective state leadership. In response to an open-ended
question on how state government
could best support economic growth
and development, the majority indicated
state financial assistance. T h e second
strongest response w a s for more state
leadership and the third w a s for technical assistance.
Local government officials surveyed
also indicated a strong desire to support
the Rural Virginia Development Foundation. T h e majority of the surveyed
supervisors and council members indicated a desire to invest in the found a t i o n . T h e f o u n d a t i o n will offer
c o u n t i e s a n d t o w n s an a l t e r n a t i v e
means of supporting and encouraging
local development.
Overall, survey respondents expressed a fairly united front regarding
the foundation. They overwhelming a c knowledged the need for the foundation
and also agreed on the types of businesses they would prefer. T h e Virginia
Municipal League has had input into the
formation of the Rural Virginia Development Foundation through its E x ecutive Director R. Michael Amyx who
serves on the Governor's Council on
Rural Development and Capacity
Building.
Once the governor has appointed the
foundation's board members, the first
organizational meeting will be held. A s
the foundation is organized, operational
procedures and philosophies may be
modified to a c c o m m o d a t e the best
working procedures. T h e organizational
meeting is expected to be held this fall
and will be followed by an intensive in-

Table 1

Preferred New Business in Virginia
Preferred
Businesses

North Central East
(Percent by

Southwest

Southside

Region)

The further processing
and marketing of agricultural products

24

27

22

26

30

The further processing
and marketing of forest
products

8

19

17

23

22

The further processing
and marketing of s e a food products

3

3

17

0

0

The production of new
products not currently
produced or manufactured in your area

41

25

28

28

30

New services not currently available in your
area

24

26

16

23

18

Table 2

Respondents Favoring Objectives of the Rural
Virginia Development Foundation
Objectives

North Central

East

(Percent

by

Southwest

Southside

Region)

1. Create access to
sufficient operating
and debt capital for
small businesses in
rural Virginia and
target investments
toward agricultural
and natural resource
related businesses

87

89

95

74

72

2. Pursue programs
that ensure the delivery of coordinated
leadership and
manpower training
activities and efforts

94

95

85

86

81

100

89

90

77

81

3. Identify emerging
needs and technological changes
that generate products and services
which can be produced by rural enterprises

About the
formation campaign. A s the Rural Virginia D e v e l o p m e n t Foundation becomes a reality, it will fill the voids that
currently exist in rural economic development efforts in the commonwealth.

Authors

Dr. Berkwood M, Farmer is chief economist in the Virginia Department of Agricuiture
and Consumer Services and was instrumental in the design of the Rural Virginia Development Foundation.
Patricia Schwartz is
a staff economist in the same
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Tourism: An Expanding Role for Localities
T r a v e l and tourism have become
critically important e l e m e n t s in the
economy of both the nation and the
commonwealth. Travelers spent over
$3.6 billion in Virginia in 1983 with
$2,195 billion of that accounted for by
out-of-state visitors coming to Virginia,
and $1,466 billion spent by Virginians
traveling to Virginia destinations.
T h e s e travel dollars produced $184
million In state and local taxes with 34
percent, or $ 6 3 million, collected by
cities and counties. Travel dollars also
directly generated more than 84,000
jobs in 1983 while 35,000 travel-related
businesses were involved in serving the
traveling public.
T h e s e encouraging economic figures
are likely to continue; the tourism industry has a bright future according to most
experts. Some say tourism will become
the nation's largest industry by the year
2000. Spreading affluence, changing
social attitudes, more leisure time, more
efficient transportation, a closer relationship between tourism and other
leisure activities, and easier and quicker
access to travel information will spur this
growth.
Government at all levels has a substantial role and responsibility in developing and promoting travel and tourism in Virginia. T h e federal government
administers 18 national park locations in
Virginia, in addition to two national forests, a national recreation area and
eight national wildlife refuges. All contribute in a major way to Virginia's tourism
economy. T h e state Division of Tourism
exercises a catalytic role in promoting
tourism and in stimulating involvement
and cooperation between public and
private sectors. In addition, the commonwealth operates 35 state parks, a s
well as eight state forests and several
wildlife areas and public fishing lakes.
While federal and state involvement
are important, the most direct responsibility for the quality of the traveling experience is at the local level, and it is at the
local level that benefits most directly
accrue from the effects of tourism. Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, Fredericksburg and Petersburg represent only a
few of the localities with outstanding
local initiatives in tourism development
in Virginia. In some communities, more
than one organization is often involved

in promoting local tourism. Chambers of
commerce, convention and tourist bur e a u s , t o u r i s m c o u n c i l s a n d local
government tourism agencies can all
become involved.
The new excitement created in Norfolk by Waterside, the added tourist appeal in A l e x a n d r i a ' s Old T o w n , the
expanding tourism potential of Richmond with its emerging Sixth Street
Marketplace and the C e n t e r in the
Square in Roanoke, are but a few examples of recent tourism development
in downtown areas a s urban centers
become more attractive for both domestic and international tourists.
Community festivals and pageants
are becoming a major vehicle for attracting tourists. Literally dozens of festivals are held annually in Virginia and
the number is growing.
T h e S h e n a n d o a h Apple B l o s s o m
Festival in Winchester, the Virginia
Highland Arts and Crafts Festival in Abingdon and the Old Time Fiddler's Convention in Galax are examples of the
more established festivals that have
strong tourist appeal. Harborfest in Norfolk, begun in 1979, enjoyed almost instant success in enhancing awareness
of the city's rich historic heritage and
traditions. T h e first celebration attracted
8,000 people, and in four years attendance has grown to 75,000 people. T h e
festival which focuses on Danville's textile and tobacco industries has brought
both national and international publicity
to that city with television coverage from
A B C , N B C and C B S . Economic benefits
to Danville have included a sellout of
hotel rooms within a 50-mile radius a s
well a s substantial increases in restaurant and retail business trade. T h e succ e s s of this event prompted the city to
budget $30,000 in promotional funds for
the 1984 Harvest Jubilee.
All communities will not wish to make
tourism, in whatever form, atop priority,
but the market is expanding for those
that do. T h e role of local government is

critically important; it can stimulate or
virtually prevent the growth of tourism. A
local government wishing to actively
promote its locality a s a travel and tourism destination can do some or all of the
following:
• Adopt tourism development a s a
formal goal of the community in its
planning process.
• Conduct research and analysis to
determine the potential and best
direction for tourism development.
• Prepare a tourism development
strategy based on public-private
cooperation.
• Manage planning and zoning in a
way which enhances yet controls
the development of tourist attractions, facilities, support services
and the necessary infrastructure.
• Develop appropriate travel information and signage.
• Increase awareness of local residents of the role and importance of
tourism and the hospitality it requires.
• Work with the private sector in developing staff training opportunities
for the tourism industry.
• Develop and operate tourist attractions.
• And, of course, conduct marketing
and promotional activities.
Although it is important for the state to
continue its active role in attracting
travelers to Virginia, local governments
certainly should not sit back and wait for
state initiatives. Tourism action is at the
local level.

About the

Authors

Charles Hartsoe is chairman of the Department of Recreation and Ralph Hambrick
is director of the Center for Public Affairs.
Both are at Virginia
Commonwealth
University.

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                    <text>�We are a city located in the famous Shenandoah Valley, a
thriving community of 100,000 surrounded by the Blue Ridge
Mountains. A city three times acclaimed as an All America City .
. . a city where good times and opportunity come together . . . a
city which offers the ultimate in accommodations . . . a city which
has some of the most succulent menus in western Virginia . . . a
city planning to show you a good time . . . a city eager to be your
host in September, 1985.

Come to Roanoke, Virginia

WE'RE WAITING TO SHOW V.M.L.
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But if you're in d a n g e r of b e i n g
s w a l l o w e d up b e c a u s e of rising
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For further information,
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GREETINGS:
T h e C i t y o f R i c h m o n d is p r o u d to w e l c o m e y o u to t h e
capital of V i r g i n i a ' s c o m m o n w e a l t h for the 1 984 V i r g i n i a
Municipal League conference.
Not only have we planned
to o f f e r y o u t h e f i n e s t i n g r a c i o u s h o s p i t a l i t y d u r i n g
y o u r s t a y , b u t w e a r e a l s o e a g e r to s h o w c a s e t h e e x c i t i n g
d e v e l o p m e n t s t h a t are t r a n s f o r m i n g the capital city into
a renaissance of excitement.
W h i l e y o u are e n j o y i n g the c o r d i a l s u r r o u n d i n g s of
d o w n t o w n R i c h m o n d , t a k e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to e x p l o r e t h e
b u s t l i n g a c t i v i t y t h a t is o c c u r r i n g to r e v i t a l i z e d o w n t o w n .
Enjoy the s c i e n c e , a r t , and history museums which will
s t i m u l a t e y o u r c u r i o s i t y and o f f e r f a s c i n a t i n g
dimensions
of the a r t , h e r i t a g e , and c u l t u r e of our m e t r o p o l i t a n
community.
Relive moments of Richmond's splendid past
as y o u p r o m e n a d e t h r o u g h h i s t o r i c n e i g h b o r h o o d s a n d
c o m m e r c i a l c e n t e r s , s u c h as J a c k s o n W a r d , C h u r c h H i l l , o r
Shockoe Slip.
T h e n , p e r c h y o u r s e l f on t h e o b s e r v a t i o n
d e c k o f C i t y H a l l to g a z e a t s o m e s p e c t a c u l a r v i e w s o f
the h e a r t of R i c h m o n d .
As M a y o r of the C i t y of R i c h m o n d , I c o n s i d e r it a
p r i v i l e g e to o f f e r y o u o u r m o s t c o r d i a l g r e e t i n g s .
I am
s u r e t h a t the 1 9 8 4 c o n f e r e n c e w i l l n o t o n l y be p r o d u c t i v e
and w o r t h w h i l e , b u t will be the b e s t everl
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But with the experience
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banking services toVirginia's
local governments, the term
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They are, from left to
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
WE'RE PROUD TO SERVE ALL OF VIRGINIA
we invite you to visit our new Tourist Information Center
at Tackett's Mill (1-95 Occoquan-Lake Ridge Exit)
and learn more about
Prince William County
and all of Virginia.
Stop to dine and shop.
Visit our historic sites.
Enjoy our cultural
events and
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construction of three million square feet of floor space
within five years.

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Herndon Municipal Golf Course.

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Editor
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Editorial Assistant
Joni Terry
Advertising Assistant
Mary Ann Cornell
Circulation Manager
Kathy Mclntyre

S e p t e m b e r 1984

V o l u m e 19

VML President
Charles A. Robinson J r .
Officers
Lawrence A. Davies
S a m W. Adams
Robert T . Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Executive Committee
J a c k D. Edwards
Sidney M. Oman
William R. Hartz
Raymond F. Ratcliffe
E x e c u t i v e Director
R. IVIichael Amyx

On the Cover
One of the most dramatic projects
underway in downtown Richmond is
construction of the Sixth Street IVIarketplace developed by renowned urban planner J a m e s Rouse. T h e glassencased promenade depicted on our
cover will feature 100 pushcarts,
kiosks, restaurants and shops. Artist
rendering compliments of Riclimond
Renaissance.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It is published monthly at 311 Iron fronts, 1011
East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206. All
contents,
copyright
1984 by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction
or
use of contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal
League
and if granted must be
accompanied
by credit to VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
and the Virginia Municipal
League.
Second-class
postage paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $8
per year, $1.50 per copy.
Postmaster: Send address changes to
VT&amp;C, P.O. Box 753, Richmond 23206

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T h e R i c h e s of Richmond

12

Planning for Downtown Richmond

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1984 VML Achievement Award Winners

Number 9

L e e s b u r g / L o u d o u n - A n Innovative A p p r o a c h to
A n n e x a t i o n . . .18
Suffolk - A Landfill Agreennent Incorporates Environnnental
Protection. . .20
W i s e - B e a t i n g the O d d s . . . 2 2
B l a c k s b u r g - T h e C o m m u n i t y R e s o u r c e Officer
P r o g r a m . . .24
N e w p o r t N e w s - Protecting the Public from H a z a r d o u s
M a t e r i a l s . . .26
Newport N e w s - Employee A s s i s t a n c e : S a v i n g a Valuable
R e s o u r c e . . .28
Norfolk - Revitalizing Norfolk's Neighborhoods. . .30
B l a c k s b u r g - W o r k i n g T o g e t h e r for B l a c k s b u r g ' s
T r a n s i t . . .32

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Minority Participation: A Priority In R i c h m o n d ' s
Development

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T h e President's Annual Report
T h e Financial Statement. . .42
T h e V M L E x e c u t i v e Committee. . .44
V M L ' s Insurance Program. . .45

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J L A R C Reports on Local Government

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T h e Synergetic Environment of Downtown
Richmond

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Working Together: R i c h m o n d ' s Public and Private
S e c t o r s Develop an Industrial Site

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Richmond Promotes a Revolution in Tourism

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�The Riches
of Richmond
Richmond. The second most
livable city in the nation... a
captivating blend of old and
new . . . a city in celebration
of itself. Richmond is revelling in its rebirth.

By Jeanttemarie Markow
Richmond. T h e second most livable
city in the nation, according to U S A T o day. Virginia's capital, in the heart of the
mid-Atlantic, is conveniently located two
hours from Washington, D C , and even
closer to Williamsburg. Richmond enjoys direct access to both nearby mountains and shorelines.
Interstate highway systems, a major
airport, rail and bus terminals make
Richmond a s easy to get to a s the decision to come here. Nestled by the
waters of the J a m e s River, Richmond
offers something for everyone. Richmond is a striking panorama of office
towers, theatres, museums and charming shopping and entertainment districts. A feeling of movement. Growth.
Richmond is a captivating blend of old
and new. Hotel facilities range from turnof-the century elegance to explosively
contemporary. Civic c o m p l e x e s are
centrally located, providing versatility for
c o n f e r e n c e s , conventions and trade
shows. Richmond has a highly skilled
workforce, one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country for a city its
size and an abundance of professional
services available for virtually any need.
Neighborhoods. They're beautiful, diverse, full service. They reflect the commitment of the local government to its
people. Not only the center of state
government, Richmond is the second
leading corporate headquarters site in
the South, home of the Fifth District
Federal Reserve Bank and six "Fortune
500" companies.
Glitter. In the span of a year, two
international film projects used Richmond a s a primary location. Last year a
major portion of the mini-series " K e n nedy" w a s shot in Richmond, and this
past summer, an H B O movie called
"Finnegan, Begin Again," starring Mary
Tyler Moore, w a s shot in Richmond.
Richmond is a city in celebration of
itself. Seasonal festivals like June Jubilee draw tens of thousands to the inner

city, and a host of dazzling cultural and
entertainment opportunities breathe
spirit into a 200-year old legend. "Such
is the Way to the Stars" is translated
from the official seal. And so it is. Among
Richmond's stellar attractions is the
space theatre, with the world's first computer graphics planetarium.
Renaissance. Richmond is revelling
in its rebirth. Creative redevelopment
projects are changing the face of downtown Richmond. Ground has been broken for the spectacular $325 million
J a m e s Center. On 8.2 acres of downtown property, the C S X Resources project will include five office towers, two
high-rise condominiums, a hotel and retail sales space. Project One, a public/
private venture, is the centerpiece of
downtown redevelopment and includes
an office building, the Richmond Marriott, plans for a convention/exhibition hall
complex, a second office building, retail
sales space and the renovation of Blues
Armory. Bridging the old and new and
certainly one of the most dramatic projects of the city is development of the
Sixth Street Marketplace. Developed by
the renowned urban planner, J a m e s
Rouse, the marketplace is scheduled to
be completed in September 1985.
Connecting the Richmond Coliseum
with the city's retail core, the glassencased promenade will feature 100
k i o s k s , p u s h c a r t s , r e s t a u r a n t s and
shops. T h e walkway will stretch to the
lovely old Loew's Theatre which has
undergone a $6 million renovation and
is now the Virginia Center for the Performing Arts.
Experience Richmond. It's something
you won't want to miss. A legend in its
prime.
About the Author
Jeannemarie Markow was media information specialist in tt)e city manager's
office.
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By Charles T. Peters Jr.
Today, construction activity is underway e v e r y w i i e r e in downtown R i c h mond. A sense of excitement and optimism fills the air. Not only is the amount
and scale of development increasing,
but also a much greater diversity in
types of private development is being
seen. An important momentum is being
established in downtown Richmond
which if built upon properly can insure a
healthy future for downtown and the city
for many years to come.
Recognizing this, the city and many
private citizens supported development
of a downtown plan. T h e clearly stated
intent of these groups w a s to identify a
strategy that links all the present and
future private initiatives together by
timely public action.
Further, it w a s agreed that Richmond
needs an agenda which establishes a
sense of direction for downtown development and unifies all segments of the
community in pursuing that agenda. T h e
need exists to create a strong, diversified center for Richmond where people feel safe and secure, where they
come for the finest shopping, entertainment and night life, a place sought after
as a desirable place to live bringing a
sense of pride to all residents of the
area. T h e conditions are right for downtown Richmond to become one of the
most attractive, healthiest center cities
in the country. T h e Downtown Plan is
intended to provide both the vision and
the means for accomplishing these objectives.
In July 1983, work began on development of a sound, practical plan. It w a s
intended to be visionary, but not overly
optimistic. In recognition of this intent, a
planning process w a s designed which
produced, one year later, a downtown
plan representing a consensus of the
community concerning its future.
The technical work has been done
primarily by the city's own planning staff
who have an intimate knowledge not
only of the growth dynamics of downtown, but also of the people whose job it
will be to implement the plan. T h e work
w a s guided and reviewed regularly by a
team of national experts a s good a s
could be put together anywhere. T h e
prime consultants, Zuchelli, Hunter &amp;
Associates, economic planners out of
Annapolis, UD, and Wallace, Roberts &amp;

Todd, urban designers out of Philadelphia, brought a wealth of state-of-the-art
national experience to the process. J H K
&amp; Associates, transportation planners
out of Alexandria, VA, provided specialized transportation expertise. Dominion
Research Corp. of Richmond and Baltimore provided an extensive consumer
survey which assured that the plan is
grounded on factual a s s e s s m e n t of
consumer preferences and that it prov i d e s the improvements desired by
those who will patronize downtown.
Input from the Downtown Advisory
Group, which worked with the professional staff through the 12-month proc e s s of formulating the plan, w a s crucial. T h e 100 citizens of this group live in
all parts of the metropolitan area and
represent nearly every segment of the
community. Committees of the group
reflected an appropriate emphasis on
the business community a s indicated by
their areas of responsibility: commercial, residential, transportation and parking, amenities (arts, entertainment, tourism), public relations, implementation
and finance. T h e committees proved to
be a tremendously creative resource,
subjecting the staff's recommendations
to the most critical scrutiny while providing many innovative ideas of their
own.
Over the course of the past year the
staff attended more than 100 meetings
with various neighborhood, business
and civic associations. In May, a summary of the Draft Downtown Plan w a s
produced a s a four-page supplement in
a local newspaper.
A s a result of this unprecendented
effort to involve and inform all segments
of the community, we believe we have
achieved the objectives established at
the beginning of the process. T h e plan
sets forth an agenda for private and
public action for both the remainder of
this decade and the century. It is an
agenda that ensures market conditions
will be established to increase the pace
of downtown improvement to a greater
level than in any other period in the city's
history. It is also an agenda that the
community understands and is willing to
endorse.

During the coming months, the Downtown Plan will be subjected to intense
scrutiny by the city planning commission
and city council a s the work of citizens,
staff and consultants is considered for
adoption a s official city policy. Those
hundreds of us who have been involved
during the past 12 months look forward
to this fall when our work will culminate
in adoption of the Downtown Plan, and
with it the setting in motion of an agenda
to ensure that Richmonders will very
soon be proud to have one of the most
appealing center cities in the country.
About the Author
Charles T. Peters Jr. is director of planning
and community development for the city of
Richmond, VA.

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Wliy did he choose it over the competitor?

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"We look for three things in a backhoe's
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general manager of the Bangor Water
District in Bangor, Maine. "Speed, for
when we're in a situation where production is important. Power for digging
in frost and rock And,just as important-sensitivity. When we're digging
around services that ore already in
place, it is important for the operator
to be able to feel if he snags a pipe or
wire. The 41 OB stands up well against
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them regularly, whether he's operating
the loader or the hoe. I also like the
key locks for vandal protection. There
ore no padlocks to lose... none to
replace. We're all well-pleased with
our 41 OB."
To learn why more and more government bodies like the Bangor Water
District are making the move to John
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Dominion Bank's government specialists have more than the
usual expertise.
In service to local governments, Jim Kern, A l Mottesheard
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Plus years of practical understanding. For instance, A l used to
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V M L ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD WINNERS
Cities/Counties

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Effective Government

Loudoun County

Leesburg

For their annexation accord which features a unique town/county relationship.

Environmental Quality

Suffolk

For the city's landfill agreement which incorporates a unique environmental protection plan.

Newport News

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Blacksburg
Wise

For Newport News' Hazmat Team, a leader in its field, and a tie between Blacksburg's Community
Resource Officer Program, making strides without exorbitant costs or excessive personnel, and Wise, for
its aggressive substance abuse program.

Newport News

Human Development

For its Employee Assistance Program which serves to save a most valuable resource.

Norfolk

Community Development

For its Occupancy Permit Program, successfully revitalizing the city's neighborhoods.

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�Effective Government - Leesburg/Loudoun

An Innovative Approach to
Annexation
While the traditional annexation process of adversarial litigation in Virginia
has often resulted in ill feelings, the
Leesburg/Loudoun County annexation
accord concluded in 1983 inaugurated a
new spirit of cooperation, trust and good
will between the county and town.
County and town transcended their
differences and developed a cooperative, innovative solution to longstanding issues of growth, provision of
governmental services and city transition, and in the process an alternative
statutory structure for town/county relations was created.
In the spring of 1982, Leesburg Town
Council saw annexation as the only solution to a number of town problems.
Leesburg, the county seat, saw rapid
growth in Eastern Loudoun County
coupled with the town's lack of direct
control over planning decisions around
Leesburg as factors that could diminish
the town's important role in the county.
Equally important was the town's desire
to protect its water and sewer service
areas.
Leesburg's response to a decadelong town water shortage had been to
construct a $7 million water plant on the
Potomac River. The town already provided central water and sewer services
to nearly 1,500 residents and some major businesses outside its corporate
limits, but debt service on the new water
plant and the planned $4.5 million upgrading of the town's sewage facility
required a growing and expanding utility
service market. To the town, annexation
was the logical step. Also, there were
other traditional justifications for annexation.
In 1979, Loudoun County had adopted its Resource Management Plan as
the policy document for the county's
comprehensive plan. According to the
plan, "if desired by local residents, a
range of land uses, including employment, should be encouraged to locate
within designated potential utility expansion areas of existing towns. The
county should be prepared to work with
the towns and villages to plan their environs for eventual annexation, particularly if the town is the source for sewer,
water and other public services."
Rumors of annexation compounded
tensions as a citizen's committee appointed by the board of supervisors began preparation of the draft Leesburg
Area Management Plan (LAMP).

"A truly innovative approach to solving regional
governmental problems
with great benefits to both
the county and the town."
The size of Leesburg's annexation
petition (9,800 acres) confirmed Loudoun's greatest concern, however, —
that of the town's right to become a city.
Despite assurances from the town to the
contrary, the county was concerned that
the additional tax base derived from annexation would provide the town the
resources needed to successfully make
the transition to city status. Even in early
negotiations both sides saw resolution
of this city transition issue as the essential first step in a successful annexation.
As a town, Leesburg did not share the
county's most expensive service burden—an elementary and secondary
school system. To the town, growth
meant more utility customers and an
enhanced revenue base. To the county,
it meant more school seats without
many of the revenues derived from development in the unincorporated parts
of the county. The county's interest,
therefore, was to preserve the basic
planning and density elements of the
LAMP to ensure that Leesburg's growth
would not outstrip the county's ability to
deliver essential public services.
Negotiators for both the county and
the town met in 26 meetings in the
spring and early summer of 1983 under
the guidance of a mediator appointed by
the Commission on Local Government.
Just when a agreement seemed imminent, the spector of county immunity
from city transition surfaced and threatened to destroy negotiations and
months of progress.
Total immunity, under Title 15.1,
Chapter 21.2 of the state code, offered
the county the prospect of turning Leesburg's temporary city renunciation into a
defacto permanent renunciation. Total
immunity would have allowed the
county to have all of its territory declared
immune after it reached a population
density of 140 persons per square mile.
The 72,000 population threshold for
total immunity could be easily reached
within the decade. Without a temporary
moratorium on city transition as an integral part of the annexation agreement
the county's future immunity rights could

have accelerated Leesburg's interest in
city transition, a prospect which neither
government sought. The county was
also concerned about possible incorporation of one of more of the planned
communities in Eastern Loudoun which
could later make the transition to a city,
and the town was concerned that the
county could become a city and under
Virginia law convert Leesburg to a
township.
The settlement reached is "without
precedent in the nation," according to
the Commission on Local Government.
It provides for both Leesburg and Loudoun to renounce city transition for 25
years, or 10 years if the county elects
city status first. In addition, if the county
exercises its total immunity rights, the
town is permitted to file a city transition
petition. The last element of the city
transition/immunity settlement is a fiveyear period beginning January 1, 2009
for the town to consider and take any city
transition action. During this period,
Loudoun agrees not to exercise its total
immunity rights.
The Commission on Local Government found the transition/immunity
agreement has "the effect of preserving
the current intergovernmental relationship between the town and county while
protecting the political options of those
localities in the future."
Other issues were met with equal success and creativity. The town's utility
service area was protected with an
agreement to exclude central water or
sewer systems from the LAMP area
without agreement by both the town and
county.
An extremely important product of the
negotiations are the Annexation Area
Development Policies (AADPs). This
document recognizes both the board of
supervisors and the town council as
partners in the responsibility to plan for
and provide the full range of governmental services to the citizens who live
and work in the annexation area. The
policies balance the county's concern
over Leesburg's ability to generate substantial residential growth with the
town's reluctance to relinquish its formal
planning and zoning authority over the
new territory. The document contains
detailed policies and land development
principles for housing mix and density,
land use, capital outlay needs, transportation, utilities and environmental
protection within the annexation area.

�Another important part of this story is
the way in which the settlement was
reached. Despite the complexities of the
Issues neither side employed expensive
consultants to prepare the numerous
exhibits, reports and other documents
Involved. These works were prepared
exclusively by town and county staff.
The I.eesburg/Loudoun annexation
accord and the resultant legislation revolutionized annexation, city transition
and county immunity procedures In Virginia. SB 219, titled "Voluntary Settlement of Annexation, Transition or Immunity Issues," was the culmination of
legislative efforts by both governments
to ensure that state law embraces all
elements of the agreement. Although
the new law Is simple and brief. Its Impact on Virginia annexations Is pervasive. It permits the permanent renunciation of city transition by a town, but not
temporary renunciation. The act allows
total flexibility in negotiations over
county Immunity a n d city transition
rights. In general, counties and towns
are now permitted to settle annexation
and related Issues in a manner totally
consistent with local needs. The Issues
of annexation, county/town cooperation
and the sharing of resources and liabilities has been placed squarely on the
shoulders of the elected officials. In fact,
an annexation court no longer has
authority to alter annexation agreements developed under the new law; It
may only accept or reject them.
In a d d i t i o n to t h e s t a t e w i d e Implications of the agreement, annexation
produced local benefits as well. By eliminating the threat of city transition to the
county's revenue base, Loudoun can
actively promote Leesburg without concern that future city transition will remove the tax base the county helped to
create. Expansion of the county government within Its county seat Is now assured, and a coordinated economic development effort Is now possible.

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area, Leesburg is within minutes of Dulles
International Airport and commuting
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The town of Leesburg offers:
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To learn more, call or write:
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P.O. Box 88
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�Environmental Quality - Suffolk

A Landfill Agreement Incorporates
Environmental Protection
In Southeastern Tidewater, localities
are faced with shortages of land suitable
for disposal sites, and paying to transport solid waste to distant sites is costly.
The city of Suffolk's landfill, in particular,
w a s experiencing problems and had
been under constant review. City officials realized that soon another site
would have to be found or considerable
funds would have to be spent to bring
the current landfill into compliance. At
the same time, a critical energy problem
exists at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in
Portsmouth and the Navy is considering
alternative solutions to replacing its
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City officials in Suffolk and the members of the Southeastern Public Service
Authority of Virginia ( S P S A ) solved
these problems in a way that not only
provides for the localities' direct need of
solid waste disposal, but also considers
current and future environmental risks
and serves a s an energy source for the
Naval Shipyard's use.
In 1973, the cities of Chesapeake,
Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk
and Virginia Beach and the counties of
Southampton and Isle of Wight formed
S P S A to seek solutions to the already
recognized problems. Studies directed
by the Southeastern Virginia Planning
District Commission identified disposal
and energy problems, and the authority
was given the responsibility to implement solutions recommended by the
commission.
A site for a regional landfill consisting
of 350 a c r e s w a s located in Suffolk
where land w a s plentiful and inexpensive a s well a s easily accessible to the
other localities and the shipyard in
Portsmouth. Suffolk city officials already
seeking a solution to their own landfill
problems were receptive to the siting,
and a comprehensive agreement w a s
signed between S P S A and Suffolk for
use and support of a solid waste disposal system. Under the agreement, the
city of Suffolk will be able to use the
landfill at no cost, with the other participating localities paying a tipping fee
of so much per ton adjusted annually in
relation to the Consumer Price Index.
In addition to the landfill, a regional
refuse derived fuel processing plant will
be located outside the city and several
one-acre transfer sites will also be e s tablished. Solid waste collected in the
region will be dumped at a convenient

"An innovative approacli to
providing an economic answer to solid waste disposal while holding in high
regard the environmental
concerns involved in a
landfill."
t r a n s f e r s t a t i o n . P r o c e s s a b l e solid
waste will be transported to the processing plant where it will be converted
into combustible solid waste and then
into fuel to be sold, or used for steam
generation, at the financial benefit of
S P S A . Non-processable solid waste will
be either separated at the point of collection or at a transfer station or removed from waste at the processing
plant and transferred to the landfill for
disposal.
B e c a u s e the landfill site chosen is
located adjacent to the Great Dismal
S w a m p , Suffolk had many concerns
about possible ground and s u r f a c e
water contamination, and the agreement not only delineates the operating
procedures for the landfill, but also addresses the issue of environmental protection liability.
Within the liability section of the
agreement, a unique form of environmental protection is proposed. Environmental insurance is required during
the operation of the landfill, and provision is made for establishment of an
environmental protection trust fund
which will not only offer additional protection during operation of the landfill
but also for 30 years after operation
ceases.
T h e trust fund will be established
upon startup of the landfill's operations.
S P S A initially will contribute $50,000 to
the trust fund and then $5,000 annually
for a s long a s operation continues. A
trustee for the fund has been selected
who will invest the funds in securities
issued or guaranteed by the United
States government, with the stipulation
that no more than 25 percent of assets
be invested in securities having a maturity date of more than two years. All
member localities except Suffolk will
contribute to the trust fund.
Even though the landfill agreement
requires that S P S A maintain an environmental protection insurance policy in the
amount of $1,500,000 during the oper-

ation of the landfill, the trust fund will be
a v a i l a b l e to s a t i s f y any c l a i m s not
covered by the insurance during the
term of the landfill. Whereas insurance
policies are subject to certain limitations
and restrictions, the fund represents a
form of flexible and unrestricted protection. ,
The trust fund will also provide protection for 30 years following termination of
the landfill's operations. At the end of
this period, the trustee will distribute all
assets of the trust fund to the participating jurisdictions in the s a m e proportion a s the locality's tipping fees are
to the total of all tipping fees collected
during operation of the landfill. This provides a financial incentive for all jurisdictions using the system as well a s additional disincentives for the need to use
the fund.
Through the cooperation and agreement of all parties involved, S P S A has
devised a plan of action which solves
regional problems of solid waste disposal in an energy efficient way, while at
the same time providing protection for
the environment for many y e a r s to
come.

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�Public Safety - Wise

Beating the Odds
The problem of handling substance
abuse has become a major task for
many localities across the nation. The
alarming increase of substance abuse
by youth adds to the urgency of this
problem.
In 1980, when Ronald D. Dixon assumed the position of chief of police for
the town of Wise, he recognized the
threat of increased drug abuse by the
youth of the community and squarely
faced it. Dixon was aware of the pressures and realities of today's youth. He
was also aware that these same young
people are more often than not unequipped with the knowledge necessary
to properly cope or to make rational
choices concerning drug use. Statistics
told Dixon than 50 percent of all school
age children can be expected to experiment with drugs. The chief and his
entire force took it upon themselves to
beat those odds.
This commitment resulted in the ini-,
tiation of a two-fold comprehensive drug
program in 1980. The program concentrates on educational awareness
and on upgrading law enforcement
strategies.
Chief Dixon saw the need for a
"straight talk" educational program designed for presentation to all age
groups. In addition, close review of the
exorbitant costs associated with law enforcement and rehabilitation efforts
convinced him that greater attention
should be focused on preventative
measures such as an awareness campaign. The first task in designing the
campaign was to define both desirable
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The following were set as the program's objectives;
• Improving the level of trust and
communication
between the
police department and town citizens.
• Enlightening and educating people about the realities and consequences of drug use so that misconceptions are dispelled and individuals are enabled to make
sound personal choices about
drug use.
• Changing attitudes and teaching
new ways of thinking that result in
respect for the body and mind and
lead to avoidance of self-destructive, self-defeating behaviors.

"A local Initiative clearly
and energetically addressing a problem often left to
national agencies."
After setting the campaign objectives,
the officers formed the basic precepts to
provide the foundation for a good
awareness program. A multidimensional program relying on various media to
keep audience attention was desired, a
personalized program with audience
participation was deemed essential for
internalization and retention of the
message, and it was felt the program
focus should be honest and straightforward. Sensationalized and moralistic
presentations were ruled out as they
were seen to discredit the speaker and
prostitute the program. The speaker
should never underestimate the audience which is often in a good position to
critically evaluate the program based on
personal, first-hand knowledge.
Once properly prepared with a well
researched information program, Dixon
and his colleague Lt. Tony Bates set out
to educate various societal groups. In
speaking to elementary and junior high
students, the officers rely on "show and
tell" type techniques wherein drugs and
paraphernalia actually confiscated are
displayed for recognition purposes. The
dangers of drug use are described in
relatively simplistic terms, and an animated film is shown. Ample time is allotted for student discussion and involvement aftenwards. Printed materials consisting of cartoon booklets, posters and
teacher's aids prepared specifically for
instructive purposes are used. The officers spend a great deal of time with the
youngsters in this age group as surveys
reveal that drug experimentation and
use begin at an increasingly younger
age each year.
In high school, college and youth
group presentations, the officers rely on
a mix of tempered appeal to both emotion and reason. Emphasis is placed on
coping with the increasing pressures
and tensions of society in a non-drug
related manner. Because officers realize young people are both demanding
and highly intelligent, presentations are
based on rational objectivity and
straight, hard talk. Newspaper and
magazine articles, slide/tape presen-

tations, films, discussions, printed reference materials and displays of drugs
and paraphernalia are used to allow for
a full sensory experience.
In addition, case histories of youths
caught abusing drugs and occasional
testimonials by an ex-user are shared
with the groups. Officers attempt to discredit the aura of adventure, fashionability and rebellion associated with
drugs as well as the perception of drug
use as a panacea. Drug use is emphasized as a weakness and a debilitating
means of dependence in a youthful culture that is othenwise charactehstically
committed to striving for independence.
Public outreach programs designed
to inform adult citizens and to heighten
their concern about drug problems
closely resemble presentations to
youth-oriented groups. Because adults
are generally the least informed about
drugs, more attention is focused on
identification of drugs and the physical
and behavioral effects of their use.
When speaking before parent-related
groups, special emphasis is placed on
recognizing the warning signs and
symptoms of drug use and on the proper
means for adults to deal with suspected
or discovered abuses by their children.
Occasionally, testimonials from an exuser are used to increase parental understanding of the various motivations
for drug use. Of prime importance is
stressing the need for open communication between parents and youths.
The educational campaign has proven to be quite effective in terms of accomplishing the stated objectives. The
success of the program rests on a collaborative effort among the various sectors of society including the police department, local government, schools
and citizenry.
Since 1980, Wise Police Department
representatives have visited approximately 75 groups reaching more than
2,000 people. Wise has the only police
department in a 42,836 person county to
conduct such an extensive drug educational program. Numerous invitations
have been received from groups within
the locality, throughout the county and
from neighboring counties. The programs have been warmly received, and
the interest they have created is
encouraging.
The police department has received
expressions of sincere gratitude from

�parents who have contacted the department in an effort to seek individual
counseling for children discovered to be
experimenting with drugs. The department looks at this as most encouraging
and as a step in the right direction
toward dealing openly and constructively with drug problems. However, the
officers consider the strongest indication of the program's success to be
the letters of commitment from young
children and adults to abstain from drug
use.
The Enforcement Program
The basic objectives formed for upgrading the drug enforcement program
were as follows:
• Development of improved community relations stressing the
need for public involvement in order to establish a citizen-backed
informant network and support
system.
• Improvement of cooperation, coordination and communication
between the department, state

agencies and other local enforcement agencies in order to improve
the quality of intelligence information.
• Initiation of more aggressive, energetic drug and alcohol offender
apprehension programs.
• Training of officers in use of
proper investigatory skills to develop better cases for prosecution.
• Greater emphasis on curtailment
of the supply of illegal substances
by closer tracking of the sources
of cultivation, production and distribution.
As part of the awareness program,
Chief Dixon and Lt. Bates stress the
need for community involvement due to
department budgetary and staffing limitations. Reliance on these longneglected and valuable resources has
led to improved community relations,
and Chief Dixon gratefully attributes
many arrests to information contributed
by citizens. In addition, instruction concerning effective investigation, apprehension and prosecution has led to a

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more confident, motivated police force
with an increased number of alcohol and
drug related charges and an improved
conviction rate. Dixon has worked to
build an internal cohesion among the
officers and regularly solicits their input
about needed changes. Several marijuana crops have been confiscated and
destroyed helping to crackdown on
supply networks, and, lastly, a constructive, mutually beneficial relationship has been established with other
police departments in the area and various state agencies are regularly consulted about developments.
In developing and initiating the awareness and enforcement programs, the
Wise Police Department has provided
for a safer, healthier community as well
as improved quality of life for the inhabitants of the town of Wise. Officers in the
department take their oath "to protect
and serve" very seriously, and while
they realize there is still work to be done
in eliminating substance abuse, the officers can hold their heads high and take
pride in the fact that they are indeed
"beating the odds!"

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The Community Resource Officer
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As governmental revenues dwindle or
become static, local police departments
will be required to reduce services, reduce personnel or both. The town of
Blacksburg has made a conscious decision to do neither.
Blacksburg has created a Community
Resource Officer Program that is unique
in many aspects and especially well
suited for medium or small police departments with neither the personnel
nor funds for an extensive venture into
several specialty areas. A single police
officer is assigned the job of community
resource officer which combines into
one position many specialty duties or
duties thought to be an unattainable
luxury.
The community resource officer
works in a public relations and crime
prevention capacity. The officer gathers
assistance from various members of the
business, educational and citizen communities as well as from department
members. His message is one of citizen
law enforcement cooperation, and his
aim is to totally involve citizens in their
own deterrence of crime.
The Blacksburg Police Department's
Community Resource Officer Program
has accomplished much in its first 18
months of existence. An Identi-child
Program has been implemented and
nearly 1,000 Blacksburg children fingerprinted. Several crime prevention programs have been initiated including
merchant security seminars, bicycle
registrations, home and apartment security surveys, operation identification
(engraving personal property), and
neighborhood and apartment watches.
A public service jingle has been produced and aired on several local radio
stations, the department has sponsored
two community charity events and several bicycle safety clinics have been
held. A recruitment brochure has been
designed to advertise the advantages
and uniqueness of the Blacksburg
Police Department, and a Law Enforcement Explorer Post which introduces
teenagers to the field of law enforcement has been established.
The Identi-child Program was Implemented through the Community Resource Officer Program in October
1983. In just five months nearly 1,000
children in Blacksburg were fingerprinted free of charge. The program was

"An extensive program
benefiting the community
and operated with limited
funds and personnel."
conducted with the assistance of local
PTAs, the town recreation department,
various local merchants and the police
department's Explorer Post. Local merchants donated needed equipment for
the program and volunteered many personnel to assist, and local media, newspapers and radio, advertised the program free of charge as a public service
to the community. The wide exposure
has been a public relations boost for the
department.
Merchant security seminars were organized and conducted by the community resource officer to make both merchants and employees aware of shoplifting techniques and deterrence
strategies as well as how to spot and
avoid receiving bad checks. Voluntary
bicycle registration and safety programs
have recorded more than 250 computerized entries in the department's files.
The community resource officer has
conducted home and apartment security surveys for interested citizens as well
as provided security tips for residents
who are going on vacation. Through
operation identification, engravers were
loaned to interested citizens to mark
their property for later identification, and
at least five neighborhood or apartment
watch programs within the community
have been organized by the community
resource officer. These programs have
not only served as crime prevention
measures, but have also aided the
police profile in the community.
A major accomplishment of the Community Resource Officer Program has
been the recording of the "We Care"
jingle. The Arlington County Police Department provided the music track and
the Virginia Tech Studio Singers donated their time and expertise in recording the catchy jingle which has become
synonymous with the Blacksburg Police
Department. The public service announcement helps the public become
aware of services available to them.
Eight police officers have been used to
fill in the black space in the recording
with announcements since the first

jingle was recorded on Nov. 11, 1983.
Five local radio stations have donated
air time and play the jingle at regular
intervals. The spots have enabled the
community to get to know the police
officers as well as promoted police
morale.
Through the coordination of the community resource officer, the department
itself has become more involved in
community affairs and has sponsored
two recent charity events. On Christmas
Day 1983, a police officer dressed in a
Santa suit and riding in a police car
visited indigent children with gifts. The
gifts were made available through employee contributions from the department as well as through the cooperation
of local merchants who sold the toys at
cost. Also, during basketball season the
Blacksburg Police Department played a
charity basketball game against the Virginia Tech Police Department raising
more than $400 for local charity. This
was made possible through the cooperation of both police departments, Sigma
Kappa Sorority at Virginia Tech, and the
local board of education.
Through the program the department
has also recently developed a recruitment brochure designed to advertise
the advantages of the Blacksburg Police
Department. This brochure has been
placed in local career counseling centers, at educational institutions and in
local employment offices. It was developed in cooperation with the School
of Business at Virginia Tech, and a marketing intern who was assigned to the
police department for 10 weeks assisted
in writing the text and in the design and
layout of the brochure.
Another major accomplishment of the
Community Resource Officer Program
during the past year, has been the establishment of a Law Enforcement Explorer Post. The post includes several
active teenage uniform members who
participate and assist in child fingerprinting, the ride-along program, traffic
control, bicycle registration and special
law enforcement seminars. The Explorer program has given young people
a chance to look at law enforcement as a
career as well as helped to provide
many needed public services which
could not have otherwise been accomplished.
The Community Resource Program

�has accomplished much for the town of
Blacksburg as well as provided a morale
boost for the department and increased
the profile of its officers. It is a cost
effective and personnel intensive program that has served as a good public
relations conduit. Through its community involvement the police department
has become more effective and better
able to serve its community, and as the
public becomes better informed about
their police department, their cooperation and support increases dramatically. With limited resources, the department has made the community a
partner in providing efficient and effective police services.

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The handling of hazardous materials
has become an issue of concern worldwide. Three years ago, Newport News
city officials recognized that hazardous
materials were becoming an issue of
critical concern for their locality also.
Since that time, the city has created a
hazardous materials response team
(HazlVlat) that is not only highly skilled
and cost effective, but that also has
become a leader in the field of specialized emergency protection.
As a port city, Newport News functions as a transportation hub. Radiating
from the port are railroads and interstates over which car- and truck-loads of
hazardous materials and wastes travel
daily. In addition, Newport News Shipbuilding is the only company of its kind
with capabilities to build nuclear aircraft
carriers. Two nuclear carriers and five
nuclear submarines are currently under
construction. The city is also the home
of the Army's transportation center, the
Air Force Tactical Air Command and a
nuclear-armed Naval Weapons Station.
Surrounding Newport News are several key government sites including the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the designated location for a neutron accelerator laboratory. Thirty miles to the west of the city,
within fallout range, is the Surry Nuclear
Plant, and in neighboring Yorktown is a
major refinery and a hazardous waste
site occupying a place on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) most
dangerous list. In all, EPA identifies
more than 80 locations of hazardous
waste materials in the Newport News
area.
Daily traversing the area are three
substances of major concern: nuclear,
chemical and petroleum products.
In 1981, the city's management
grasped the challenge of creating an
emergency protection system to respond to the extreme hazards permeating the community. The city proceeded despite a fiscally restrained
economy that allowed no funding for
specialized programs.
A task force was formed to assess the
special protection needs of the community and existing fire department resources. Within six months, the city had
designed a specialized team drawn
from existing fire department personnel
and funded through the department's
operating budget. Within another year.

"An important project
showing considerable
innovation."
the city's HazMat Team emerged with
5,400 hours of training and already instructing more than 30 Tidewater agencies in hazardous materials incident
prevention.
Conditions of fiscal restraint, of necessity, resulted in unique features being woven throughout the structuring of
the HazMat Team and also added to the
team's versatility.
Fire department administration selected a core group for special training
and later added 13 personnel to complete a 24-member team. The team located in a fire station central to the city
covering the district in a normal firefighting/emergency function but also covering the entire city as the HazMat Team.
The city successfully avoided more than
$400,000 in annual personnel costs by
using existing personnel rather than
creating a separate team.
Members of the team provide the city
with an array of skills. All are crosstrained as certified firefighters and as
emergency medical technicians, and all
have expertise in electronics and/or
communications. The team is augmented by two civilian advisors in the
fields of health physics and marine
chemistry, as well as two uniformed
bomb technicians. It operates through
the normal fire department chain of
command, but also functions as a
problem-solving task force designing
the structure of the HazMat Team and
monitoring its progress. A team coordinator serves as liaison between the
team and fire department administration.
In another cost-saving move, the
HazMat Team uses vehicles assigned
to their district for routine firef ighting and
medical responses with specialized
small equipment added for use during a
hazardous materials response. The
team's primary piece of equipment for
hazardous materials response, however, is the HazMat vehicle. Custom
designed to function with versatility, it
serves as a heavy-rescue vehicle, a
mobile communications center, a resource library and a medical response
unit.
The HazMat Team's training is centered around responses to incidents in-

volving nuclear, chemical and petroleum substances and ranges from basic
detection techniques to containment,
disposal of debris and evacuation procedures. In addition, training is scheduled with industrial and other governmental groups whenever possible to cultivate working relationships, enhance
the potential for joint responses and to
avoid additional costs. As a result,
$7,680 (56 percent) of the team's training expenses have been reimbursed or
provided without charge since June
1982.
The team participated in a dramatic
training exercise in May 1983 in the
Nevada desert. The five-day exercise
simulated a nuclear-weaponed helicopter crash and provided an opportunity for a variety of local, state and federal agencies to determine effective integration of authority and response
procedures under emergency conditions.
A substantial additional benefit to the
community has been the team's technical assistance and educational support
to other agencies. Training by team
members was initially provided on an as
requested basis, but this soon developed into an ongoing demand. Most
training is provided through the Tidewater Academy for Criminal Justice and
the Tidewater Regional Fire Academy.
Use of these avenues has enabled the
team to reach more than 30 agencies
throughout the state including law enforcement agencies, handlers and suppliers (such as the Virginia Port Authority) and various educational, medical
and municipal groups.
In October 1983, the Newport News
Fire Department became part of a statewide committee to create a hazardous
materials state-certified training program. The initial phase, called "First
Responder to Hazardous Materials,"
was completed in January 1984 and
was scheduled for implementation at
the end of the fiscal year.
As others continually seek the team's
expertise, fire department administrators and city council members have
found themselves drawn into an increasing leadership role in the field of
hazardous materials. Council Member
Mary Shenwood Holt and Fire Chief T. S.
"Jack" Walls were invited to testify in
July 1983 before a hearing of the
National Transportation Safety Board.

�Since then, city officials and fire administrators have been involved in a number of hearings and panel discussions
on hazardous materials including those
of the National Conference of State
L e g i s l a t u r e s ' H a z a r d o u s Materials
Workshop, the Hazardous Materials
Advisory Council and the House Committee on Roads and Transportation.
In less than three years, the city of
Newport News has provided the community with a highly trained team capable of effective response to hazardous
materials incidents. The program has a
potential annual cost of $500,000, but

actual annual costs have been keep at
$47,527, less than one-tenth of potential
costs. More important, the city has
played a major role in educating other
agencies and in shaping state level educational programs for use throughout
Virginia. The city has developed its expertise to the point of critical interaction
with state and federal agencies that
shape the laws regulating the transportation of hazardous materials, agencies
that are in a position to assist local
governments throughout the country in
developing effective responses to potential incidents.

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development of successful partnerships
among all levels of government and industry, recognizing the most effective
response to the overall issue of hazardous materials is a partnership of
shared responsibility. The Newport
News HazMat Team is a reflection of
city management leadership resulting in
the city's rapid development as a leader
in the field of specialized emergency
protection as well as a force in the political arena to combat the occurrence of
hazardous materials incidents.

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Employee Assistance
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Since implementing a totally performance oriented pay plan for city employees in 1980 wfiereby salary increases are
granted only when an employee achieves
and maintains a higher level of performance, the city of Newport News has
recognized that many times an employee's personal or health problems affect performance or relationship to the
job. In response to this, the city established an Employee Assistance Program
which serves as a confidential diagnostic
screening and referral service for employees whose lives are affected by a
variety of "living" problems including alcoholism, drug abuse, emotional/mental
health, family, financial, marital and life
adjustment problems.
The primary object of this program is to
provide for the continued development of
employees who have personal problems
or illnesses by assisting them with resolving those problems before the condition
renders them unemployable. The program further aims to relieve supervisors
of the burden of attempting to delve into
the personal problems of employees and
to provide management with a constructive procedure for resolving unacceptable
performance.
The first step in establishing the program was to select a service provider that
could offer confidential, professional and
non-biased diagnostic screening and referral services at a reasonable cost. After
meeting with several possible providers,
the Hampton-Newport News Community
Services Board was selected. The city
and the Community Services Board
worked closely together to develop an
effective, detailed plan for the Newport
News Employee Assistance Program.
The first targeted exposure for the program was the training of supervisory personnel. The rationale for this was based
on the premise that supervisors are the
best source for early identification of employee problems. Often supervisors are
aware of a problem but are uncertain of its
source or of the course of action that
should be taken.
The supervisory training program was
constructed to provide supervisors with
the information and approach needed for
them to serve as the link between the
employee in need of assistance and the
treatment and other intervention services
available. In addition, it was crucial to the
success of the program to ensure that
supervisors gained and exhibited con-

"A well planned and executed program benefiting
both the employee and the
employer."
fidence in the program and that the program received appropriate support from
them when presented to all other employees.
To develop an effective supervisory
training program addressing the specific
needs and concerns of supervisors, a
sun/ey of 42 randomly selected supervisors was conducted. The resulting fourhour training program was designed
based on information gathered from the
survey.
The objectives of the training program
were set as follows:
• To review the psychological effects
of drug and alcohol abuse Including
their impact on alertness, attendance, productivity and safety.
• To identify behavior indicators
generally associated with alcoholism, drug abuse or other stress
related problems.
• To delineate management's role in
motivating employees to seek assistance and ways to support employees in this process without
supporting poor work performance.
• To delineate the role of the Community Services Board in assisting
employees to obtain help with their
problems.
With the training program in place more
than 20 supervisory training sessions
were conducted by the Community Services Board in November and December
1982 with more than 330 supervisors attending. Each supervisor in turn conducted orientation sessions for their subordinates, explaining the purpose of the
program and particularly emphasizing the
confidentiality of referrals. Also, many
larger departments had staff meetings to
encourage supen/isor/employee awareness and support of the program.
In addition to gaining exposure for the
program through training and staff meetings, brochures explaining the program
were distributed to all current employees
and an explanation of the program accompanied by a brochure was incorporated into the New Employee Orientation Program. Subsequently, periodic reminders were sent to all employees as
inserts with their pay checks, and the

program's coordinator made numerous
on-site visits to job locations to further
explain the program.
To develop policies and procedures for
the program, feedback from supervisors
and top management was used. It was
decided that three types of referrals would
be available: self-referrals (by the employee), supervisory referrals (advised by
the supervisor), and mandatory referrals (required in severe cases where the
only alternative would be termination).
Copies of the approved policies were
distributed to each employee and incorporated into the city's Personnel-Administrative Manual which is provided to all
top and middle management and is
available to all employees. In addition,
policies and procedures were reviewed
and explained in various staff meetings,
and use of the program was encouraged
as a means of constructive, developmental action for employees.
Initial feedback indicated that in the first
year of operation, Jan. 1, 1983 through
Dec. 31, 1983, the program was a great
success. A total of 69 cases were opened
by the employee assistance staff. These
cases represented 84 city employees and
their family members. Of the 69 cases
opened, 62 were self-referrals, three
were supervisory referrals and four were
mandatory referrals. The fact that 90 percent of the referrals were self-referrals
was very encouraging for Newport News
officials. This indicated employee confidence in the program as well as a recognized need by employees for assistance
and a willingness on their parts to develop
into better, more productive individuals.
The mandatory referrals were employees perilously close to being terminated.
Documented evidence indicates that a
minimum of two suicides were avoided
and personal recovery resulted in employees again being productive on the
job. In one case, an employee received a
deserved promotion after receiving appropriate treatment.
The services of the Community Services Board were offered on a trial basis
at no cost for the first six months of program operation. Being pleased with the
program and the impact it was having on
the employees, the city extended a contract to the Community Sen/ices Board for
the next full year of operation at a cost of
$6.07 per employee. The cost is considered insignificant considering the results
the city was realizing from a productivity

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as well as from the impact the program
was having on employee morale.
Although specific dollar amounts have
not been identified and in some cases
could never be identified with a monetary
value, considerable savings have been
generated where the city is protecting its
investment in human resource development and employees are now regularly
on the job, have a better outlook on life,
are fully productive and meeting established standards of performance.

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The scenario of a decaying neighborhood is a familiar one. A good or even
fashionable neighborhood begins to
grow old. Residents move to the suburbs and are not replaced by others.
Other old buildings are in need of repair.
Abandoned or neglected buildings reflect on other properties making it unlikely that new buyers or tenants will
move in. The money necessary to revitalize the neighborhood is not available
from owners or banks, and the spiral of
decay continues as more people move
out and fewer repairs are made.
This process and other pressures had
caused the collapse of the traditionally
"good" Park Place neighborhood in Norfolk. The residents of Colonial Place/
Riverview, which adjoins Park Place,
were fearful that this urban blight would
engulf their homes also. Several homeowners and the members of the civic
league formally requested action from
the city to help preserve their still sound
neighborhood. After reviewing the problem, the city of Norfolk decided on an
occupancy permit (OP) program to help
restore confidence and vitality to the
neighborhood.
Norfolk's occupancy permit program
is designed to rebuild the neighborhood
through the efforts and funds of its residents. Any house or rental property
which becomes vacant or is going to
change hands must be inspected to ensure that it meets all city codes. If it
passes inspection, the new owners or
tenants can move into their home; if it
does not pass, a temporary occupancy
permit may be issued while repairs are
in progress. If no repairs are done, no
occupancy is allowed. Through the program owners are encouraged to upgrade their property or risk the loss of
their investment. In addition, they can be
assured that other owners will also
maintain or upgrade their property. As
more and more properties are improved, the pride and confidence in the
neighborhood grow, and owners or potential owners are more willing to make
improvements. Thus, the downward
spiral is reversed.
The basic nature of the OP program is
one of mandatory compliance and enforcement instead of voluntary cooperation. This potentially may have posed
problems. The real estate community
could consider this a hindrance to their
business. The minimum building code

"An outstanding effort to
restore deteriorating neighborhoods in a practical
manner beneficial to the
citizens and the city."
was not always enough to restore a
property and some codes have been
evaded in the past. Inspectors might be
expected to have a high burnout rate. To
meet all potential problems successfully, the community had to be solidly
behind the program, and sound planning and management were needed.
To restore the decaying neighborhood it was felt that higher standards
than posed in the minimum building
code were needed. Using the state law
for redevelopment projects in blighted
areas as its authority, the city decided to
set up a stronger code. Standards for
the new code were drafted by a community coalition committee to insure community backing, and the results were
adopted by city council. The stronger
code includes compliance with city
plumbing, mechanical, electrical, building, zoning, fire and environmental
codes with higher standards than minimum in some areas. The ordinance was
also designed to be unevadable.
The Board of Realtors feared this new
program would delay or impede sales
and rentals, and city officials upon receiving the Realtor's complaints made a
special effort to avoid delays yet achieve
the purpose of revitalizing the community. The ordinance now has enjoyed
Realtor support for the decade it has
been in place.

The next step in the process was to
hire and train capable code inspectors
who would have full knowledge of the
applicable codes and the skill and tact to
carryout this type of inspection. The city
hired two building inspectors six months
prior to initiation of the project so they
could become fully acquainted with the
codes and the program.
Next was the effort to promote full
citizen cooperation. Residents of the
community would need to report
changes in occupancy and help in handling complaints. The community coalition committee, which had initiated the
process leading to the OP program and
drafted the housing standards, volunteered to serve as a watchdog and liaison with the administrators of the program. Their participation helped defuse
the early vocal opposition of some dissatisfied owners and has helped minimize complaints throughout the years.
The final step prior to implementation
was to inform everyone of the OP program. Lending institutions, the Board of
Realtors and any citizen group having a
vested interest were briefed, and letters
were sent to each affected owner explaining the program.
Thorough and sound preparation on
the part of the city administrators in setting up the OP program led to its outstanding success. Within 12 months of
the program's inception, 350 dwelling
units were inspected, 270 were brought
into full code compliance, 70 were in
varying stages of rehabilitation and 10
had no violations. These rehabilitations
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beyond the program requirements.
Today, about 85 percent of the 1,841
dwelling units in Colonial Piace/Rlverview have been rehabilitated under the
OP program through a private investment of some $11 million. Perhaps the
most striking evidence of the amazing
results is the rise in property value from
a median value of $15,500 in 1970 to
approximately $65,000 today.
T h e s u c c e s s in C o l o n i a l P l a c e /
Riverview led other neighborhoods to
seek implementation of the OP program
for themselves. Because of the high
degree of civic cooperation necessary
for success, the program is only made
available to neighborhoods where a
great deal of citizen support is evidenced. Beginning in 1978, three new
neighborhoods were added to the program: Northern Park Place, Ghent and
Lafayette/Winona.
In Northern Park Place, 200 dwelling
units were rehabilitated at a private cost
of nearly $2 million which ameliorated
some of the city's worst blighting influence. Ghent saw a private investment
of some $4 million which led to rehabilitation of 42 percent of the 1,851 dwelling
units in the neighborhood. In the final
neighborhood added, Lafayette/
Winona, confidence has been restored
in the community through a private investment of some $2 million to repair
277 properties.
The occupancy permit program has
proven to be a successful means of
revitalizing a n d preserving Norfolk
neighborhoods. The communities in
which the OP program has been implemented have all seen a rise in confidence and pride in their neighborhood.
In turn, these stronger more vital neighborhoods provide a sound basis for Norfolk's future progress.

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The town of Blacksburg's new public
transportation system, Blacksburg
Transit (BT), is a functioning example of
how local governments can successful­
ly design and operate programs in co­
operation with other levels of govern­
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, has created a unique fixed
route bus system which operates with­
out the use of local tax dollars in a time
when other transit systems are facing
cutbacks. BT has alleviated traffic con­
gestion and parking problems as well as
opened avenues of communication be­
tween the university community and the
townspeople.
In February 1977, the Blacksburg
Transit Study Committee with represen­
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and the New River Valley Planning Dis­
trict Commission met to discuss transit
options for the Blacksburg area. A tran­
sit technical study completed in January
1979 provided the basis for consider­
able debate and the ultimate implemen­
tation of a fixed route bus system.
The system was conceived as a
method of transporting students to and
from apartment complexes and the
campus. From the beginning a number
of town council members and other citi­
zens seriously questioned the need for
the transit system. They expressed
concern about the benefit to the non­
university community and the use of
local tax funds for what many con­
sidered a frill. Subsequently, council re­
jected the first grant award. At that time
revenues would have been provided
through individual fare payments.
Soon a local citizen's group known as
Blacksburg In The Eighties (BITE)
joined forces with students to find a
more acceptable transit funding for­
mula, and a mandatory student fee for
transit was proposed. A second grant
application was s u b m i t ted and
accepted.
The current system is virtually the
same as that proposed in the technical
study except that ridership is so large
that the bus fleet has more than
doubled. As BT celebrated its first year
of operation in April 1984, its major prob­
lem was overcrowding. During peak
hours the buses carry more than twice
the seating capacity, and the use of
articulated transit vehicles is under
study.

''A creative project benefit­
ing the entire community."
Late night and early morning services
are also being considered as a means of
providing a safe transportation option
for those too intoxicated to drive. This
proposal has received enthusiastic sup­
port from students, who as a major
source of ridership are polled periodical­
ly.
An additional route is also being con­
sidered to serve the community hospital
and a major retirement center outside
the town limits. It is hoped that this ser­
vice will promote a cooperative spirit
between Blacksburg's young student
population and its senior citizens.
Currently, three fixed bus routes are
in operation six days a week with service
until 10 p.m., and 11 buses operate at
peak hours. The routes serve major
apartment housing locations and pass
within four blocks of 85 percent of all
town residents. The routes pass both
major shopping centers and through the
downtown area. The BT fleet consists of
eight town-owned buses, six leased
buses and two lift-equiped vans for
handicap service.
Blacksburg contracts with American
Transit Corp. to provide an on-site tran­
sit manager and central office support in
marketing, maintenance and opera­
tions. All other BT personnel are town
employees.
Most employees are students work­
ing part time. The student drivers take
great pride in serving their peers and
have proven to be a major public rela­
tions asset. By using only part-time
drivers, the system minimizes person­
nel costs through lower fringe benefits
and maximizes the number of students
participating in the program.
The key to the financial success of the
system has been the contract between
the town and Virginia Tech. Each aca­
demic quarter Tech pays Blacksburg
the equivalent of $4 per student which
the university collects through student
fee payments. Students need only their
valid student ID card to ride the bus.
To fund the service, the town serves
as a conduit for federal and state grants
which cover 99 percent of the capital
costs and approximately 36 percent of
the annual operating costs. Since grants

of this type are not available to univer­
sities, the town provides a means of
acquiring a substantial revenue source.
The town also manages the system,
taking day-to-day responsibility for all
phases of operations. Existing town
personnel in general management, fi­
nance and vehicle maintenance assist
in supporting the system.
An 11-member Transit Advisory
Committee reviews bus system policy
and operating issues and advises the
transit manager, town council and Vir­
ginia Tech. Six members are appointed
by Virginia Tech and five by the town
council. Students are active committee
members. This is another effort to en­
sure community involvement and town­
university cooperation.
Prior to implementing the system, the
university was considering construction
of additional parking lots. During the first
month of operation the use of the prin­
cipal commuter lot dropped significantly
and the need for parking lot expansion
has decreased. The system has also
relieved pressure on streets serving
commuters. Therefore, future expendi­
tures by the university and the town for
parking and street improvements have
been curtailed.
More importantly, the system is a
functioning example of how university
and town can work together to solve
common problems. BT is a successful
product of active citizen involvement
and careful government planning and
management.

�Morning stretches
over Hampton Roads.
Miids Suffolk's rich and lakeaced land already stirring. All
'i.'JO square miles.
In thriving industrial parks.
I )looming farms, forests abuzz.
And conference rooms ready
Becaase across the country,
xilhfinders are waking up to
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�Minority Participation:
A Priority in Richmond's
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By Jeannemarie

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Tremendous growth and redevelopment is occurring in the city of Richmond, and the city government is responding aggressively to insure that
minorities are brought into the mainstream of this economic renaissance.
The magnitude of economic development activity in Richmond is staggering,
and it speaks to a new confidence investors have in the city and its leadership.
Richmond has indeed come together.
Blacks and whites, public and private
sectors working in creative partnerships
have created a favorable environment
for investment.
On April 23, 1984, an important episode in the history of Richmond took
place. Ground w a s broken for the Sixth
Street Marketplace, a $24 million glassenclosed shopping arcade to be constructed in the central retail core. T h e
marketplace will bridge the north of
Broad Street, an area that has suffered
urban decline and an area with a high
concentration of black businesses and
residences, with the south of Broad
Street, the city's traditional retail corridor.
The bridge will provide more than a
physical linkage with the various elements of downtown. It is symbolic of a
new unity between blacks, whites, government and business.
The Sixth Street Marketplace is being
developed by urban planner J a m e s W.
Rouse, responsible for a number of successful urban revitalization projects including Faneuil Hall in Boston, Harborplace in Baltimore and Waterside in Norfolk, VA.
Richmond's effort to step-up the level
of minority participation in the economics of the city and to give minorities a
more than adequate chance of succeeding is unprecedented.
On April 9, 1984, Richmond City
Council approved a Minority Business
and Tenant Opportunity Program that
will recruit qualified minority entrepreneurs, train them, offer financial a s sistance and provide legal and technical
s e r v i c e s and counseling before and
after they go in business. Commitments
from five Richmond banks, two universities and at least four law firms and six
accounting firms will make all this pos-

The glass promenade of the Sixth Street IVIarketplace will bridge the north and south sides of
Broad Street. The marketplace, being developed by urban planner James Rouse, is a major
part of Richmond's
downtown
redevelopment.
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sible. No other city has this type of program involving the extent of private participation a s the Richmond plan does.
Private sector involvement is substantial and essential to the objective.
Local banks have pledged $1.25 million a s a loan fund for businesses the
developer would like a s tenants but
which can't arrange financing.
Four law firms have volunteered legal
counseling. Business schools at Virginia Union University and at the University
of Richmond will provide training in accounting, marketing, market and financial analysis, management, data processing and business law. This portion
of the program will be financed with
$150,000 in Community Development
Block Grant money.

The program Richmond has established is a model from which other
communities can draw. Richmond has
learned from prior experience that set
asides and affirmative action plans are
not enough. We must not only give minorities a chance to enter the economic
mainstream, we must equip them with
the technical, business and managerial
competency to compete equally if they
are to compete successfully.
Richmond has taken the lead in recognizing this and in establishing an innovative plan of action and a commitment to make it work.
About the Author
Jeannemarie Markow was media information specialist In the city manager's
office.
She has resigned to go into private
business.

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members. S i n c e that time it has grown to over 160 members w i t h $ 3 . 1 m i l l i o n in dividends returned
to date. O u r exclusive organization is available only to political subdivisions i n the C o m m o n w e a l t h .
T h i s year the program is allowing a 2 5 % up front reduction i n p r e m i u m — a n increase of 10% over last
year. W e provide stable reinsurance, both specific and aggregate, to protect against catastrophic
losses. For further information contact Margaret A . N i c h o l s , Administrator, V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
G r o u p S e l f Insurance Association, Post Office B o x 753, R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a 23206 ( 8 0 4 ) 6 4 9 - 8 4 7 1 .

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a state of the art alternative. Current membership includes:

T o w n of Abingdon
Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
Albemarle County Service Authority
Alexandria City School Board
Town of AltaVista
Amelia County Board of Supervisors
Amelia County Public Schools
Town of Appalachia
Arlington County School Board
Town of Ashland
City of Bedford
Touin of Berryville
Town of Bluefield
Botetourt County Board of Supervisors
Town of Broadway
Town of Buchanan
Buckingham County Board of Supervisors
Buckingham County School Board
Town of Burkeville
Campbell County Board of Supervisors
Town of Cape Charles
Caroline County School Board
Town of Clarkesville
Charlottesville-Albemarle
County Airport Board
Charlottesville-Albemarle
County Joint Security
Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing
Chesapeake School Board
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Town of Cleveland
Town of Colonial Beach
City of Coi^ington
Crater Detention Home
Town of Crewe
Cumberland County School Board

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Town of Dayton
Town of Dumfries
Town of Edinburg
City of Emporia
Essex County Board of Supervisors
Town of Exmore
City of Fairfax
City of Falls Church
Toiun of Farmville
ToiiJn of Fries
City of Galax
Gate City Sanitation Authority
Town of Gate City
Giles County Board of Supervisors
Giles County School Board
Goochland County Board of Supervisors
Town of Gordonsville
Grayson County Board of Supervisors
Greensville County School Board
Greensville County Water &amp; Sewer Authority
Greensville-Emporia
Department of Social Services
Town of Grottoes
Halifax County Board of Supervisors
Hampton Redevelopment &amp; Housing Authority
Highland County School Board
City of Hopewell
Town of Hurt
Town of Irvington
fames City County Board of Supervisors
fames City Count;y Service Authority
James City County Social Services
James City County-Williamsburg
City School Board
Town of Kenbridge
Town of Keysville

Town of Kilmarnock
King &amp; Queen County Bo
King &amp; Queen County Sch
King William County Bnar
King William County Scho
T o w n of LaCrosse
Town of iMwrenceville
Town of Leesburg
Lord Fairfax Planning Dist
Loudoun Count;y Fire &amp; R
Louisa County
Town of Louisa
T o w n of Lovettesville
Town of Luray
Manassas Park City Schoo
City of Manassas Parii
City of Martinsville
Mathews County School B
T o w n of McKenney
Middle Peninsula Planning
Middle Peninsula Regional
Town of Middleburg
Town of Mineral
Montgomery County Board
Montgomery County Schoo
Town of Narrows
Nelson County
New Kent County Board q
New Kent County Scaool I
Newport News Redevelopm
Norfolk Redevelopment &amp; 1
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Northumberlarul Couvty Si
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Nottoway County Board o
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Town of Pearisburg
Peninsula Transportation L
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Powhatan County School Board
Prince Edward County School Board
Prince George County Board of Supervisors
Prince George County School Board
Prince William County Park Authority
Town of Pulaski
Town of Purcellville
Tovm of Qwintico
City of Radford
Rapidan Service Authority
Rappahannock Rapidan Planning District
Commission
Rappahannock Social Services
Department
Town of Rich Creek
Town of Ridgeway
Town of Rocky Mount
Rowanty Vocational Technical
Center
Town of Rural Retreat
Russell County Board of Supervis(rrs
Russell County C E T A Programs
Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors
Smyth County Board of Supervisors
City of South Boston
T o w n of South Hill
Southeastern Virginia Planning District Commission
Southwest Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
Stafford County School Board
Town of Stanley
City of Stuart
City of Suffolk
Town of Tazewell
Town of Timherville
Town of iJrbanna
Virginia Association of Counties
Virginia Housing Development Authority
Town of Vienna
Town of Vinton
Virginia Municipal League
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Town of Warrenton
Town of Warsaw
City of Waynesboro
Town of Weber City

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West Point School Board
Westmore/anii County Schools
City of Winchester
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�The President's Annual

By Charles A . Robinson Jr.

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It has been a privilege and a
distinct honor to serve as your
president during the past year. I
have thoroughly enjoyed working with the Virginia Municipal
League and with its membership
throughout my 22 years as an
elected official in Vienna. Virginia's system of local government
enjoys a nationwide reputation
for integrity and effectiveness.
Most certainly, the work of the
Virginia Municipal League has
contributed very substantially to
this proud achievement.
With the improving economic
climate, many Virginia localities
are hopefully looking ahead
toward restoration and upgrading
of municipal services. I n this
connection, it is heartening to
read that a recent opinion poll
sponsored by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations discloses a public perception that local government delivers more services per tax dollar
than either state or federal
government.
During the past year your
league staff, consisting of 12 fulltime persons, has diligently
worked to promote the interests
of local government in the Virginia General Assembly and the
U . S . Congress. The 1984 General
Assembly enacted significant increases in secondary and elementary school aid and i n other i m portant state aid programs due in
no small measure to the work of
the league staff supported by the
frequent personal appearances in
Richmond of "back home" local
government officials. The important J L A R C study. State Mandates on Local Government and
Local Financial Resources, has
emphasized the need for additional state funding increases
and will be an important legislative "source book" for government during the next several
years. The league has been on
the "cutting edge" of improving
public education in Virginia by its
support of a one cent increase in

�the sales tax, and w e hope that
the foundation has now been laid
to assure the future full funding
of the state's share of the Standards of Quality cost. Our February 22 V M L Legislative Day afforded the 225 participants a first
hand opportunity to play a leading role i n the successful outcome of perhaps the most important local government issue of
the session — preserving the
right of localities to negotiate
telephone rates. Many other adverse bills which failed to pass
also represent the successful
efforts of the league. They i n cluded those on collective bargaining for public employees, restrichons on the use of local work
forces, mandated teacher salary
increases and amendments to annexation law. Some 600 bills and
resolutions impacting local
governments were identified by
the league staff during the 1984
session.
A number of issues before the
U . S . Congress impacted Virginia
localities this past year. The
league helped us to achieve good
results in Washington. Re-enactment of the federal general revenue sharing program was accomplished in late 1983. The
V M L has also played a leadership
role in continuing efforts to protect localities against antitrust
liability. This legislation has now
passed both the House and Senate in different forms, and w e are
hoping for a favorable result from
the joint conference committee.
Since its inception four years
ago, I have had the pleasure of
serving as board chairman of the
Virginia Municipal Group Self I n surance Association ( V M G S I A ) .
O u r self-insured group workers'
compensation program has
achieved major cost savings and
outstanding loss control services

for participating localities. We
have already returned about $3
million of premium refunds to
our members. I n conjunction
with Alexander &amp; Alexander, the
service company retained by
V M G S I A , three procedural manuals on insurance matters were
published this year for members
of the program. Effective July 1
of this year, V M L and V M G S I A
initiated a broad coverage group
property and casualty insurance
program for local governments i n
Virginia.
Throughout the year, our
league staff has produced a
number of publications to assist
local government officials in performing their responsibilities. A
comprehensive updated review
of Virginia's conflict of interest
laws has recently been published.
The second edition of the H a n d book for Virginia Mayors and
Councilmembers as well as the
annual tax rate publication were
issued in cooperation w i t h the
staff at the Institute of Government at the University of Virginia. Also, a number of research
reports related to specific issues
have been produced by the
league staff during the past year.
The outstanding league periodicals — Virginia T o w n &amp; City and
League Letter — continue to provide a vital communications link
for our membership.
This year, as i n the past, our
league staff has conducted n u merous meetings and training
sessions covering a broad range
of topics. The regional legislative
meetings, n e w l y elected official
seminars, town section meetings
and risk control seminars have
been well attended this year. A
new series of elected official
training sessions, called Cornerstone Seminars, has been developed jointly by the Institute of
Government and the league.

Negotiations continue w i t h
several utilities to assure that
V M L member localities pay fair
rates for municipal electric and
telephone service. During its
10-year history this vital service
has produced major dollar savings to league members.
I am also pleased to report that
the V M L enjoys a very solid position as reflected in our financial
statement that appears in this
edition of Virginia T o w n &amp; City.
Under the guidance of your
executive committee, the league
is taking a hard look at its future.
A building committee, under the
chairmanship of Sam A d a m s , is
examining the feasibility of the
league acquiring a permanent
headquarters building w h e n our
present office lease expires i n
June 1986. No decision has yet
been made. Also, the executive
committee has recently initiated a
strategic planning process intended to evaluate and, if necessary, revise the league's structure
and services to effectively serve
your needs in the years ahead.
I am most grateful to the
league membership for its support during the past year and to
the outstanding men and women
w h o comprise the V M L Executive
Committee. Their unselfish commitment to excellence and their
deep understanding of local
government have been major i n gredients in the success of league
programs. A s we reflect on our
79th year of operation, the league
has much to be proud of and is
well prepared to serve the future
needs of its members.

�The Financial Statement
Balance Sheet
Year Ended June 30, 1984
(With Comparative Amounts for 1983)
ASSETS
Current Funds Unrestricted
C a s h and temporary investments:
Checking accounts
Savings accounts and certificates
Pooled master notes participation net of
amounts due to related organizations
Accounts receivable
Advances to employees and others
Interest receivable
Prepaid expenses

1984
$

4,695
205,594

1983
$

1,156
202,615

37,700
41,514
14,190
2,105
13,666

12,700
3,734
4,042

$319,464

$224,247

$

496
120,000

$ 41,146

$120,496

$109,511

Property and Equipment Fund
Furniture and equipment
Leasehold improvement
Auto

$ 48,489
3,179
9,490

$ 36,368
3,179
12,773

Accumulated depreciation

$ 61,158
(15,547)

$ 52,320
(15,772)

$ 45,611

$ 36,548

TOTAL
Current Funds Restricted
C a s h and temporary investments:
Checking accounts
Pooled master notes participation
Treasury note
TOTAL

TOTAL

68,365

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES
Current Funds Unrestricted
Accounts payable
Funds borrowed from pension plan
Payroll taxes withheld from employees
Dues and fees collected in advance
Accrued compensated consolidated leave

1984
$ 10,283
8,655
980
5,187
19,806

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3,823
1,239
7,689
13,607

$ 44,911

$ 26,358

$178,223
96,330

$107,446
90,443

$274,553

$197,889

TOTAL

$319,464

$224,247

$120,496

$109,511

TOTAL

$120,496

$109,511

$

$

F u n d balances:
Designated for Building F u n d
Undesignated, available for general activities

Current Funds Restricted
F u n d balance

Property and Equipment Fund
Installment loan payable, due June 1984 plus interest
at 15.75% per annum, collateralized by auto
F u n d balance

$

TOTAL

—
45,611
$ 45,611

3,446
33,102
$ 36,548

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and Changes in Fund Balances
Year Ended June 30, 1984

Revenue:
Membership dues
Convention registration
Convention exhibits
Regional meeting
Legislative Day
Affiliate groups
Interest
Magazine
League Letter
Directories and reports sales
Grants and special projects
V M G S I A administration fee
Support
Miscellaneous
Total Revenue
Expenses:
Employment compensation and benefits
Convention
Regional meetings
"Travel
Office supplies and postage
Space and equipment rentals
Leasehold and equipment repairs
Dues and subscriptions
National League of Cities dues
Telephone
Insurance
Professional fees
Legislative supplies
Magazine publishing (except salaries)
Conferences/workshops/seminars
Executive committee
Harold 1. Baumes Scholarship
Retirement
Consulting fees
Depreciation
Miscellaneous
Total Expenses
Excess of Revenue Over Expenses
Other Changes in Fund Balance:
Property and equipment acquisitions from
Unrestricted Funds
Payment on installment loan from
Unrestricted Funds
F u n d Balances at Beginning of Year
F u n d Balances at E n d of Year

Current Funds
Unrestricted
Restricted

,

$359,355
59,466
10,550
5,367
4,920
8,778
39,738
42,434
2,210
3,145
256
96,009

$

—

Property
and
Equipment
Fund

Total
All
Funds

$

—

$359,355
59,466
10,550
5,367
4,920
8,778
50,613
42,434
2,210
3,145
256
96,009
46,864
811

10,875

438

46,864
373

$632,666

$ 58,112

$

—

$690,778

$297,516
40,673
5,167
16,649
23,351
34,440
8,176
4,968
10,233
9,293
1,893
15,655
739
37,825
8,469
3,807
1,000
6,951

$

$

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$297,516
40,673
5,167
16,649
23,351
34,440
8,176
4,968
10,233
9,293
1,893
55,215
739
37,825
8,469
3,807
1,000
6,951
6,186
8,290
9,779

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39,560

6,186
8,290

8,398

1,381

$535,203

$ 47,127

$

8,290

$590,620

$ 97,463

$ 10,985

$

(8,290)

$100,158

(17,353)

17,353

(3,446)
197,889

109,511

3,446
33,102

$120,496

$ 45,611

$274,553

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�The V M L Executive Committee
OFFICERS

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Charles A. Robinson J r .
VML President
Mayor, Vienna

Lawrence A. Davies
First Vice President
Mayor, Fredericl&lt;sburg

Samuel W. Adams I
Second Vice President
Council Member, Emporia
COMMITTEE M E M B E R S

Robert T. Williams
Third Vice President
City Manager, Newport News

Martha V. Pennino
Fourth Vice President
Board Vice Chair, Fairfax County

J a c k D. Edwards
Chair, City Section
Board Member, J a m e s City County

William R. Hartz
Chair, Town Section
Mayor, Waverly

Raymond F. Ratcliffe
Past President
Mayor, Pulaski

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Barnes, Portsmouth; Margie H . Mayes, Grottoes; and Francis T . West, Martinsville, w h o served partial terms on the

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�V M L ' s Insurance Program Expands,
Completes Record Year
The Virginia Municipal Group
Self Insurance Association completed its fourth year of operation
June 30, 1984. V M G S I A is a nonprofit, tax-exempt association designed to help local governments
and their agencies control their
workers' compensation costs. The
association is open for membership to all political subdivisions
of the commonwealth including
cities, towns, counties, school
boards and special districts. The
program, which began July 1,
1980 w i t h 10 charter members,
has now grown to more than 160
local government members.
The 1983-84 fund year has been
a record year for the program. A s
of June 30, 1984, 38 members i n curred no losses, 72 had loss
ratios below 25 percent, 22 had
loss ratios between 25 percent
and 50 percent, and 7 between 50
percent and 80 percent. This represents 91 percent of membership
w h o will realize loss fund surpluses for the year. Eleven new
members joined the group in
1983-84, and only five claims reserves have exceeded $25,000 to
date.
Several significant developments have taken place in the
program since its beginning four
years ago. Claims service is provided by Alexsis Risk Management Services Inc., a subsidiary
of Alexander &amp; Alexander of Virginia, which is highly professional and includes investigation,
negotiation and settlement in cooperation with individual members. A full-time loss control consultant is available exclusively for
members on a private and group
basis, and regional loss control
seminars for instruction of management and supervisory personnel are conducted perioclically
during the year. I n addition,
claims, audit and loss control
manuals designed specifically for
local government exposures are
provided to all members of the
association.
A newsletter containing developments of the program, a cal-

endar of events and articles of i n terest is distributed bimonthly to
risk management, loss control
and financial personnel of members. Alexsis regularly provides
loss information reports that outline cost of claims, cost of claims
adjustments and types and
causes of injuries.
Effective July 1 , 1984, limits on
both the specific and aggregate
reinsurance increased to statutory
levels eliminating the necessity of
possible assessment of the members in the event of a catastrophic
loss to the fund. Additionally,
the specific reinsurance stop loss
has been reduced to $150,000 per
loss from $175,000 per loss w h i c h
limits the amount of any specific
loss to the fund.
A l l members were allowed a 15
percent rate deviation in 1983
which increased to 25 percent effective July 1 , 1984. Each member
has the option of a quarterly
payment plan allowing them to
stagger payments according to
local needs. Dividends distributed annually by the association
have exceeded $3 million since
1980 and provided local governments, with the greatest savings
factor of the program. Dividends
are comprised of loss fund surplus and investment earnings.
A l l investment earnings are returned annually to participating
members. Members have the option of handling dividends in one
of two methods — a check payable to the local government or
reduction of subsequent year
premium billing. Loss fund surplus and investment earnings returned by fund years is s h o w n
below.

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1980
1981
1982

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- 81
- 82
- 83

Total

Formation of the Virginia M u nicipal Group Self Insurance A s sociation opened the w a y for
political subdivisions in the commonwealth to join together and
reduce the cost of workers' compensation coverage by aggressive
claims handling, effective loss
control, education of its members, stabilizing losses through
reinsurance and return of dividends. V M G S I A is a competitive
and service oriented program
that responds to the risk management and loss control needs
of Virginia local governments.
In addition to the Virginia M u nicipal Group Self Insurance A s sociation, effective July 1, 1984,
Virginia Municipal Underwriters
Inc., a wholly owned corporation
of the Virginia Municipal League,
began a property casualty insurance program for political subdivisions. The program is available to Virginia towns, cities,
counties, school districts and
other local government agencies.
The board of directors of Virginia
Municipal Underwriters appointed the Members' Supervisory Board of the Virginia M u nicipal Group Self Insurance A s sociation as the advisory board
for the property casualty program.
The new insurance program is
comprehensive in nature offering
property, liability and umbrella
coverages. Liability coverages
available are comprehensive general liability, auto liability and
physical damage, garage liability,
public officials liability, law enforcement liability, personal i n -

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$1,256,410
$ 504,117
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carriers now consolidated with a
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�J L A R C Reports on Local Government
By Suzette Denslow
Most cities and many counties
in Virginia have suffered from
symptoms of fiscal stress during
the past years, and financial conditions appear to be worsening.
These were the conclusions of
the study on local governments
presented by the Joint Legislative
Audit and Review Commission
( J L A R C ) during the 1984 General
Assembly session.
The major conclusion of the
J L A R C report is that the levels
and types of financial stress faced
by local governments are sufficient to require action by the
General Assembly. The worsening financial condition of localities as determined through measures of local revenue capacity,
tax effort and income levels was
a key element i n reaching this
conclusion. Further, state funding did not always match the
level of state control or the state's
historical commitment in certain
program areas. J L A R C identified
the area of education funding as
one in w h i c h the state's historical
commitment has not been met,
and in the welfare auxiliary grant
area, state aid was judged to be
inconsistent with the level of
state control. Finally, flaws were
apparent in the health department funding formula. Without
revision of the formula, all localities but one will soon reach the
45 percent maximum local funding share.
The one unexpected finding
may have been in the area of
state mandates. State mandates
on local government appear to
serve as a lightning rod of local
discontent rather than as a major
problem. Most frequently, local
officials' dissatisfaction with
mandates was linked to levels of
state funding.
The original report. State Mandates on Local Government and
Local Financial Resources, provided broad coverage of the effects of state mandates on cities
and counties, the adequacy of
state aid to localities and local f i -

nancial resources. The study results pointed to an increasingly
stressful financial situation at the
local level and the probable need
for state action to address the
problem.
Several questions were
prompted by the original study,
and a follow up effort is now
planned. The legislative subcommittee working with J L A R C
requested that staff prepare an
update of the indices w h i c h were
used to measure local fiscal
stress. The subcommittee,
chaired by Sen. E d w a r d E . W i l ley, D-Richmond, also expressed
interest i n receiving more specific
details of the distributive effects
of new state aid to localities. Further, the group recommended
that J L A R C examine the costing
mechanism of the educational
Standards of Quality. The Standards of Quality were originated
in 1971 to provide for state funding of so many educational personnel per 1,000 students. H o w ever, since first implemented in
1974 the General Assembly has
never appropriated enough to actually provide complete funding.
J L A R C has begun w o r k i n the
education area, and studies w i l l
continue into 1985 and 1986.
Further work is planned also in
the area of town-county relationships. House Joint Resolution
117, patroned by Delegate E m mett W . Haner Jr. during the
1984 session, proposed a study of
towns and town-county relations.
Although that resolution was
tabled in committee, it was done
so because J L A R C ' s continuing
study effort would address several of the resolution's key
issues.
The second phase of the
J L A R C report w i l l provide state
legislators w i t h updates of relative fiscal stress in localities, extensions of the analysis of state
aid to localities and proposed
methods of distributing state aid
to localities. This more focused
look at financial condition w i l l attempt to address the main con-

cern of local governments —
state aid. Finally, the study of
towns in Virginia will provide
new examinations on this littlestudied, but often-raised topic.
The Follow-Up Report
This follow-up effort will provide J L A R C an opportunity to accomplish two objectives: to further develop and disseminate the
report findings, and to improve
use of the study.
F i v e core study activities are
planned:
• A n update of indicators of
local fiscal stress to determine
any changes in local financial
condition during 1982 and
1983.
• A continued examination of
trends in state aid to localities.
• Analysis of new initiatives in
state aid, along w i t h new
methods
of
distribution
which use measures of fiscal
stress.
• A detailed, descriptive look at
about 15 of Virginia's 189
towns, through case study
analysis.
• Publication of the J L A R C
data, indices and survey results for use by other state
agencies, local governments
and other states.
Fiscal Stress Indices. The most
useful measure of local fiscal condition is the fiscal stress index which
compares the relative condition of
Virginia's cities and counties. This
composite index includes measures of local revenue capacity,
change in revenue capacity, local
tax effort, change in tax effort and
resident income.
The study found that most cities
in Virginia were i n poor or below
average fiscal positions. Hopewell,
Norfolk and Buena Vista appeared
to have the most serious problems,
while Fairfax and Falls Church
were judged to be the cities in the
best shape.
Questions have been raised
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the measures of local financial condition. J L A R C will update the fiscal
indices using 1982 and 1983 data to
determine any changes in these
later years.
State Aid Trends. The auditor of
public accounts' A n n u a l Comparative Cost and Revenue Report of
Local Governments provides estimates of total state aid to localities.
This report was available in August
for fiscal year 1983. The total state
aid data, in conjunction w i t h similar information on federal funding
and city and county funding w i l l
provide an additional year's extension of the revenue trend analysis.
Distribution of State Aid. H J R 12
requested J L A R C to identify " a d ditional revenue sources that could
be u s e d to p r o v i d e p u b l i c services." The original report recommended the state take steps to address the fiscal stress suffered by
some localities. One approach suggested by J L A R C was additional
state aid to localities. A first step
toward additional aid is to pinpoint
n e w sources of r e v e n u e w h i c h
could be targeted for distribution to
localities.
The second step required in recommending added state aid is to
propose methods of distribution.
The state currently uses 11 different formulas in its distribution of
aid to localities. Most of these formulas attempt to measure a need
for services or a need for revenues.
A recommendation for increased
aid to stressed localities could be
accompanied by methods of distribution which measure levels of fiscal stress.
Towns. There has been relatively
little study of towns in Virginia.
This is understandable for a n u m ber of reasons. T o w n s i n the aggregate contain only about 8 percent of
the total population of the commonwealth, and unlike city and
county governments, t o w n governments do not directly serve as
"arms of the state government."
C o n s e q u e n t l y , t o w n s generally
have not been i n v o l v e d in such
important service delivery areas as
health, h u m a n services and elementary and secondary public education (with some notable exceptions). F i n a l l y , from a practical
viewpoint, study is hindered by
the limited amount of information
available on towns.
The study of towns and town-

county relations w i l l use a threefold approach. The first step is a
review of town histories from the
state library, other articles and
local and state documents i n order to gain background k n o w l edge. Second, particular attention
will be given to data generated
by the J L A R C survey of town
officials, w h i c h is available for 85
towns. Finally, about 15 towns
will be visited, and officials will
be interviewed to provide a more
involved understanding of the
dynamics of town operations and
relationships w i t h counties. The
towns will be selected on the
basis of a wide range of criteria,
including population, region and
socio-economic factors. Dr. Nelson Wikstrom, a political science
professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, is working
w i t h J L A R C staff this summer on
the town study follow-up efforts.
Publication of Data Pertaining to
Local Governments. During the
course of the original J L A R C
study, significant amounts of
quantitative and qualitative data
were compiled on local governments. I n the area of towns,
J L A R C has gathered a sizable
amount of original data. Many
requests from other state and
local agencies to publish this data
on cities, counties and towns
have been received.
There is a wealth of raw data
on tax bases, tax rates, sources of
funding and several socio-economic variables for the localities.

Further, J L A R C staff calculated
measures of revenue capacity, tax
effort and fiscal stress. Much
qualitative information was gathered from the survey of local
governments w h i c h provides a
compilation of information on all
cities, most counties and many
towns. This data would serve as
a good reference for several layers of information on localities,
including local opinions, budgetary actions and services
provided.
Cooperation
The course of the J L A R C study
was aided greatly by the cooperation and candor of local officials.
A l l of the cities and most of the
counties returned the lengthy
survey sent out last summer, and
many officials provided in-depth
information about specific state
mandates and financial aid. The
Virginia Municipal League also
provided much help. A s J L A R C
embarks on the follow-up study
effort, the commission and staff
w i s h to express their appreciation
for the cooperation they have enjoyed and look forward to continued support from Virginia's local
governments.
About the Author—
Suzette Denslow is a senior legislative analyst for J L A R C . Prior to
coming to J L A R C where she helped
assess fiscal stress, she dealt with it
first-hand as the budget analyst for
the city of Charlottesville from 1980
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�The Synergetic Environment of
Downtown Richmond
By Richard T. Reinhard
One downtown organization in Richmond has been revamped and another
formed, leading to an excitement that
promises to energize the city's already
steadily growing central core.
The restructured Central Richmond
A s s o c i a t i o n (CRA) and the newlycreated Richmond Renaissance have
separate charters and purposes but are
working together toward the betterment
of downtown Richmond.
Richmond is a good example of a city
where two separate downtown organizations with roughly the same geographic scope can be more effective
than one. Rather than competing, the
two groups are cooperating with each
other and a diverse group of other notfor-profit organizations with interests in
a vital downtown; the Retail IVIerchants
Association, Metropolitan Richmond
Chamber of Commerce, Federated Arts
Council, Metropolitan Economic Development Council, Historic Richmond
Foundation, Richmond-on-the-James
and the newly-formed Metro Richmond
Convention and Visitors Bureau. With
the business community willing to support CRA and Renaissance financially
and programmatically, both organizations are responding to the city's demands with complementary services.
The increased level of downtown
association activity coincides with a
dramatic increase in development activity in Richmond's central city.
— Work began this spring on Sixth
Street Marketplace, a project of
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downtown Richmond.
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carefully rehabilitated by the Cranston Development Co. into private
multi-tenant luxury office space.
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and convention center to be linked
to the Marketplace opens this month.

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The 2,000-seat Virginia Center for
the Performing Arts, transformed
out of an abandoned Loew's
Theater for $6 million, opened in
1983.

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Main Street Station, an historic train
station, and its train platform are
being converted into an off-price
shopping mall.

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first opened in 1895 and abandoned
in the 1960s.

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Most importantly, the Richmond city
planning department is putting the
final touches on a downtown plan.
The plan will identify development
and how these opportunities should
be approached.

Reconstructing CRA
The Central Richmond Association, a
privately-funded, not-for-profit corporation chartered in 1955, served for 28
years as the enthusiastic promoter of
downtown Richmond. Under the energetic leadership of Henry Gonner, the
association, composed of approximately 700 businesses, focused attention on
downtown through lively events. A parade of elephants opened the Manchester Bridge across the James River; the
governor opened a new hardware store
by cutting through a chain with bolt cutters; charming "Miss Building Boom
Belles" officiated at building dedications. The festivities helped convince
people that downtown Richmond is an
exciting, fun place and created a positive image for the area.
With the impending retirement of
G o n n e r in 1983, the a s s o c i a t i o n ' s
39-member board of directors began
evaluating CRA's situation. A longrange planning committee chaired by
Stephen Meyers, president of Virginia
Parking Sen/ice, was formed to under-

take the task. With the aid of a loaned
executive, the committee decided CRA
should be repositioned to become the
overall marketer of downtown. As outlined in its charter, CRA "provides leadership for a better downtown by supplying information, conducting research,
encouraging planning, promoting transportation and ensuring a high quality of
life for those who work, shop, live or visit
in the area."
The plan identifies 13 standing policy
committees (downtown marketing,
downtown data, market research, housing, retail mix, flood wall, downtown
n e i g h b o r h o o d c o o r d i n a t i o n , traffic,
transit, parking, public safety, beautification and downtown festivals) and
f o u r s t a n d i n g internal c o m m i t t e e s
(membership, budget, personnel and
nominating) to be set up, with separate
goals and specific short-term objectives
for each committee. In addition, ad hoc
committees will be set up as the need
arises. Examples of such ad hoc committees include those on street people,
blue laws and a new logo for CRA.
While the plan appears ambitious for
CRA and its three-person staff, the association is depending on loaned executives, college interns and, of course, a
strong volunteer effort from its members
to help implement programs.

Development Facilitator
According to its 1982 charter, Richmond Renaissance is a "biracial, public/
private partnership created to facilitate
negotiation and cooperation between
the community and local government."
Its board of directors include T. Justin
Moore Jr., chief executive officer of Virginia Electric and Power Co., and Mayor
Roy A. West as chairman and president
respectively. On staff, J. Randall Evans,
former Baltimore deputy director of
housing and community development,
serves as executive director, and local
businessman Clarence Townes serves
as deputy director. Renaissance has
already substantially impacted the city's
economic development and quality of
life. The impact is in large part due to the
association's 60-member board of directors, which includes chief corporate
officers, black community leaders and
high government officials such as Mayor
West and City Manager Manuel Deese.

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tourists.

Since inception, Renaissance and its
six-person staff have concentrated on
three top priority projects.
Renaissance acted as the "catalyst"
for the Sixth Street Marketplace, producing a feasibility study, engineering
financial planning, negotiating letters of
intent and committing private and public
parties to participate.
In addition to revitalizing the downtown retail district, the marketplace will
link several important downtown landmarks: the 11,000-seat Richmond Coliseum, the planned Blues Armory Arts
Center, the new Marriott Hotel and Project One office building, Thalhimers and
Miller and Rhoads department stores
and the Virginia Center for the Performing Arts. With its bridge across Broad
Street, the project also will serve as an
important symbolic link across what
often has been described as the dividing
line between the black and white communities in Richmond.
Renaissance is also working on a

district,

now

houses

restaurants,

general plan for the historic center of
black-owned business and commerce,
the Second Street business district.
With the financial support of Renaissance, the Second Street Business District Committee has worked with a development team on a substantial development project for the area.
In 1983, the organization set up a
separate not-for-profit corporation to
effect Small Business Administration
503 Loans throughout the city. Through
the Richmond Renaissance Development Corp., loans are made to businesses to purchase land, buildings, machinery and equipment, as well as for
building construction or expansion.
CRA and Richmond Renaissance together have begun work on a project to
revitalize Broad Street, Richmond's
main retail thoroughfare, on either side
of the Sixth Street Marketplace. The
purpose of the project is twofold: to improve the appearance of the area and to
organize an advertising and promotion-

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al coalition of its merchants.
CRA will be able to trade on its longterm relationship with Broad Street's
merchants and landowners to ensure
their involvement, while Renaissance
can call upon its solid relationship with
the city, high-level business leaders and
the black community to gain support for
an effective organizational partnership
that will get the job done, making Richmond a better place in which to work,
shop and live.
About tile Autlior
Richard
T. Reinhard
is executive
director
of the Central Richmond
Association.
Edited, and reprinted
with permission
from
"Center
City Report,"
April 1984.
Copyright
1984, international
Downtown
Executives
Association,
Washington,
DC. All rights
reserved.

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Richmond's Public and Private
Sectors Develop an Industrial Site
By James McComas
T o facilitate r e d e v e l o p m e n t of a
blighted industrial site into a modern
industrial park, the city of Richmond has
entered a public/private partnership that
probably is one-of-a-kind. T h e current
buzz word that would describe it is
"innovative."
The Problem
Four years ago the most centrally located potential industrial site in the
Richmond metropolitan area w a s lying
dormant. It had become an industrial
slum, a blight on the area.
The location had housed a once thriving meat packing industry which included livestock pens, slaughterhouses
and meat packing plants and, at one
time, employed 1,000 people. When this
project w a s c o n c e i v e d , employment
had dwindled to about 35.
The site occupied by these facilities
comprised approximately 20 acres. Although not large by industrial park standards, it possessed unusual importance
due to its location and several other
factors including the following:
— close proximity to an 1-95 interchange;
— visibility from 1-95;
— frontage on two major streets, one
of which has just been upgraded
and widened;
— public bus service on both streets;
— frontage on the Seaboard Coastline Railroad with existing spur
track in place;
— all utilities in place;
— level, well drained, stable land;
— an uncongested area;
— and, a low crime rate.
Further, Richmond w a s experiencing
a shortage of available, developable industrial land. This w a s especially true
north of the J a m e s River where this site
is situated. Richmond also w a s lacking
new industrial parks while the surrounding counties, by contrast, had a variety
of industhal parks.
To be usable and marketable, the
area needed to be recycled by demolishing the existing buildings and preparing the land for resale a s an industrial
park. Three separate parcels existed,
each under different ownership. None
of the owners could be expected to bear

the cost of demolition (estimated at
$300,000) to prepare the land for an
industrial park and to function a s the
developer and make a reasonable profit
on the sale of the land. T h e city, therefore, n e e d e d to be the c a t a l y s t to
a c h i e v e the redevelopment of this
property.
The Solution
The city's economic development office spearheaded the undertaking and
contracted with a real estate and economic development consulting firm for
an economic feasibility and implementation study of the project.
T h e study concluded that the project
w a s feasible from an economic and
marketing standpoint. A s to implementation, an imaginative public/private
partnership a r r a n g e m e n t w a s c o n ceived and probably would have been
consummated but for the demise of federal funding which w a s key to that particular approach. T h e seed w a s planted,
however, for the city and the principal
land owner to enter some sort of cooperative arrangement.
The key owner, who owned or had
influence over all but 5.4 acres, acquired
the 5.4 acre parcel. Next, a real estate
partnership w a s established. It is managed by the key owner and includes the
owner of the minor parcel, so that the
entire site is now owned by this partnership.
City Council approved an ordinance
authorizing the city to enter an agreement with the partnership whereby the
city would a w a r d a contract for the
demolition of all buildings on the site.
Community Development Block Grant
dollars would fund the contract; justification would be removal of blight.
T h e partnership, in return, w a s required to do the following:
1. Sell or lease the land only to labor
intensive users for two years following the completion of demolition
and subject to city approval.
2. Use its best efforts to sell or lease to
labor intensive users after the two
year period.
3. Incorporate into and make a part of
any sale or transfer of land certain
restrictions and covenants governing the use, character and condi-

tions of development on the site.
T h e s e covenants require, among
other things, the establishment of
an architectural approval committee which includes representation
by the city, an independent architect and the property owners. T h e
c o m m i t t e e will a d m i n i s t e r the
covenants.
4. Actively market the property and
spend at least $10,000 a year on a
marketing program. A s sites are
sold, the annual expenditure for
marketing can be reduced proportionately.
5. Post a $50,000 performance bond.
Results
The city awarded the demolition contract for $197,000, which was considerably less than the estimated cost, and
the work w a s completed and accepted
in October 1983.
The partnership has been perfecting
development and marketing plans and
has been conducting serious negotiations with three potential users. It is expected that there will be at least three
buildings under construction in the industrial park by this fall.
About the Author
James McComas is assistant to the city
manager
for economic
development
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By Allan Williams
The Y a n k e e s are invading Richmond!
S o are the British, the French, Tarheels,
some Turks and J a p a n e s e and a fair
number of other folks. T h e Metropolitan
Richmond area, which includes C h e s terfield, Hanover and Henrico counties
and the city itself, is enjoying a revolution in its local tourism promotion.
A major new coalition w a s formed in
the latter part of 1983 by the Metro
Chamber of Commerce and the four
local city and county governments. Built
on a decade of regional cooperation, the
new coalition is a vital part of the new
economic development strategy. T h e
Metro Richmond Convention and Visitors Bureau, formerly a division of the

Visitors Center, which houses

an abundance

of area promotional

chamber, is now an independent operation which serves the entire area.
The bureau is an independent partnership between government and business, working in concert with the Metropolitan Economic Development Council
( M E D C ) , the region's industrial and
commercial development organization,
to promote the tourism segment of economic development activities. T h e Convention and Visitors Bureau's job, in
short, is to sell the Metro Richmond
area. To use marketing terms, the Convention and Visitors Bureau is in the
business of "product promotion" a s well
as "product development."
The product is fairly well developed in

materials.

many aspects, compared to other metropolitan a r e a s of comparable size.
Local attractions are numerous and
offer a wide diversity of activities to suit
many different interests, age groups
and demographic markets. T h e scope
of attractions, from cultural and historical to sporting events and children's
activities, provides both residents and
visitors with plenty to do on weekends or
one-day outings, a s well a s during
longer stays.
Kings Dominion theme park attracts
well over two million visitors annually
from virtually every segment of the
population. Richmond is one of the few
cities in the country that offer white

�water rafting through Its downtown area
via J a m e s River Experience Ltd. Once
the capital of the Confederacy, the city
boasts both its R i c h m o n d National
Battlefield Park and the IVIuseum and
"White H o u s e " of the C o n f e d e r a c y
which houses the most extensive collection of Civil War artifacts In the country.
Two of the South's finest museums,
the Virginia IVIuseum of Fine Arts and
the Science Museum of Virginia along
with Its companion planetarium, "Univ e r s e , " are among Richmond's most
popular attractions. Other m u s e u m s
and historic house museums Include the
Poe IVIuseum, Patrick Henry's home of
Scotchtown, Wilton House, Agecroft
Hall, Hanover Courthouse and Tavern,
the Chesterfield Courthouse Museum,
the Money Museum, the Spider Museum, John Marshall House, Maggie
Walker House, and Meadow Farms Museum and Crump Park.
In terms of cultural events, the city
boasts its own professional repertory
theatre, the Virginia Museum Theatre,
and professional corps de ballet, the
Richmond Ballet, a s well a s the outstanding Richmond Symphony and Virginia O p e r a C o m p a n y . T h e Virginia
Center for the Performing Arts offers
national touring company productions of
Broadway shows and nationally known
bands and orchestras. In addition, the
R i c h m o n d a r e a h a s three dinner
theatres and a number of Independent
adult and children's theatre groups.
In c l o s e proximity are five major
J a m e s R i v e r plantations, Including
Berkeley, Shirley, Sherwood Forest,
Westover and T u c k a h o e . T h e R i c h mond area has an abundance of parks
and historic landmark residential areas,
as well a s Brandermill which captured
national awards a s the best planned
community in the country several years
ago. Annual festivals in historic neighborhoods, June Jubilee in Shockoe Slip,
the Watermelon Festival In Carytown
and others in various shopping centers
and neighborhoods draw many thousands of visitors and residents each
year.
Richmond-on-the-James Inc. offers
walking tours and J a m e s River cruises
throughout the tourist s e a s o n . Tour
planning services and tourist Information are available at the Metro Richmond
Visitors Center and through the state
information center In Capitol Square.
E a c h year the city hosts a major tennis tournament, youth soccer tournaments, championship wrestling
matches and the Strawberry Hill R a c e s ,
a w e e k e n d of activities surrounding
thoroughbred s t e e p l e c h a s e r a c i n g .
R i c h m o n d Is a l s o the home of the
B r a v e s , a farm team of the Atlanta
Braves.
T h e s e existing attractions are soon to
be joined by the Air Museum of Virginia,

the S i x t h S t r e e t M a r k e t p l a c e a n d
130,000 square feet of discount shopping at Main Street Station. More than
1,500 new hotel rooms will be completed during the next year, including
the opening of the Richmond Marriott,
the Jefferson Sheraton Hotel and more
than five new Inns in suburban areas.
T h e Marriott convention facilities will
complement the existing coliseum, and
further enhancements are underway at
other facilities such a s the Hyatt House,
Fanny's, the Downtowner, the Holidays
Inns, the Commonwealth Park and the
John Marshall.
The major downtown change will be
the construction of the Richmond Exhibition Center expected to be open in
1986. F e a t u r i n g more than 6 2 , 0 0 0
square feet of exhibit space, it will be
part of the largest indoor entertainment
and convention complex In the state.
The Richmond revolution in tourism is
built on a firm base of business, business, business. Long the mainstay of
the state's commerce, the Metro Richmond area is a business a s well a s a
political and cultural center. It Is the second leading locality for major corporate
headquarters in the South. T h e metropolitan "melting pot" has managed to
stir Into its heritage a healthy blend of
manufacturing, education and government with culture, a developing night
life, award-winning neighborhoods and
a soon-to-be upgraded airport and
stadium.
The new emphasis on economic development and one of Its main components, tourism, has signalled a
change in the metropolitan area's approach to tourism. T h e new approach,
which w a s launched In the spring of
1984 by the new Convention and Visitors Bureau will be, first, to systematically research the tourist and convention
market In order to identify the area's
strongest attractions and Its strongest
market segment. Once the research has
been compiled, the marketing plan will
be developed.
The bureau has in hand market research studies such a s the Hunt Report
and the McCassky study, two key studies on the area's tourism potential, data
from the state Travel Office a s well as
Independent research conducted this
spring specifically for the metro area. It
has also researched and analyzed data
from other cities of comparable size and
geographic and demographic make-up
to determine the area's strengths and
groups of people that p r e s e n t the
strongest market potential.
Even with budget increases from the
Metro Chamber and the four contributing local governments, It Is vital that the
bureau target marketing dollars carefully. Because the bureau is still funded
significantly below many of Its competitors. It is In the process of developing

marketing strategies to use Its advertising dollars most effectively. It will determine key target markets by geographic
location and by demographic orientation
and then use the most effective marketing tools to reach those markets, tools
such a s media advertising, participation
In trade market places, public relations,
direct mall, promotions and brochures.
By being selective, the Metro Richmond B u r e a u e x p e c t s to r e a c h a
broader potential tourist market than
ever before. By tailoring its messages to
specific market segments, such a s the
motor coach traveler, the individual tourist. Southerners, Northerners, the black
traveler and senior citizens, the bureau
can most effectively take advantage of
the metro area's diversity, including attractions, accommodations, business
resources and quality of life.
In addition to conventional marketing,
the Convention and Visitors Bureau
helps to promote Its product by developing improved signage, staging events
such a s the trivia treasure hunt, "Riches
of Richmond," which brought national
attention to the area, and by developing
additional visitor information centers.
Another major role the Convention and
Visitors Bureau plays Is that of coordinator a m o n g all g r o u p s i n v o l v e d .
Toward this end, the bureau has developed a three-month calendar which
lists all events In the metro area.
The bottom line for the Convention
and Visitors Bureau is to increase the
$3.5 million in local tax receipts from
tourism, the 6,500 jobs and the $50
million in tourism-related payroll. Just
maintaining this base is a challenge.
Enlarging tourism/promotion programs
to compete with those operating In cities
s u c h a s Charlotte, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Knoxville, where programs are heavily funded by local lodging taxes, also poses a challenge to
Metro Richmond.
In short, Metro Richmond is now
using more of Its resources In cooperative efforts by local governments, attractions and the hospitality Industry,
combined with highly sophisticated marketing techniques to develop the Metro
Richmond area a s a primary tourist destination and meeting place. Metropolitan
Richmond offers the excitement of the
old world and the new world. T h e Metropolitan Richmond Convention and Visitors Bureau plans to Impact the tourist
market with all of these resources and
use tourism a s a tool for economic,
s o c i a l a n d c u l t u r a l prosperity and
development.
About the Author
Allan Williams is general manager of the
Metro Richmond Visitors and
Convention
Bureau. He is the former county administrator of Hanover County and
Montgomery
County.

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�Airport Expansion, New
Stadium Underscore Regional
Cooperation
By Daniel W. Allen
A new spirit of cooperation is being
s e e n in the Richmond metropolitan
area. T h e city of Richmond and Hanover, Henrico and Chesterfield counties
are undertaking joint activities at a
higher rate than ever before. Two of the
most significant of these activities are
expansion of Byrd Airport to accommodate second-level loading and the reconstruction of Parker Field, the area's
triple-A baseball park.
Regional cooperation and joint projects between the city and its surrounding counties h a v e existed for many
years. For example, Richmond and the
surrounding counties have mutual aid
a g r e e m e n t s w h e r e i n the individual
police agencies maintain close relationships with each other which involve vital
exchanges of information. Cooperation
on transit and carpool matching service
delivery has existed for a number of
years. T h e localities enjoy a mutual exchange arrangement among libraries,
providing enormous benefits and cost
savings to metro area residents. C o operative agreements in matters involving waste-water treatment and solid
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Byrd International Airport's proposed terminal expansion/modernization
layout provides for a
second level main passenger lounge designed to reduce lobby congestion during peak hours.
The new design will increase the departure lobby's square footage by 209 percent.

T h e current spirit of cooperative
arrangements and joint undertakings is
stronger now than ever before. One beginning point of this cooperation can be
traced to the establishment of the Metropolitan Economic Development Council
( M E D C ) in December 1977.
R i c h m o n d C i t y C o u n c i l a n d the
boards of supervisors created M E D C to
attract new industry to the area. T h e
council serves a s one of several promotional arms of its member jurisdictions.
M E D C ' s primary goal has been to help
continue the economic viability of the
entire region through commercial and
industrial development. Economic realities have helped focus attention on
steps necessary to keep all the localities
strong, and the city council and boards
of supervisors support the growth of the
metro area to expand the tax bases of all
the localities.
A significant structural change in the proposed terminal expansion/modernization
plan is the
all-weather, enclosed passenger jetways. Each concourse can be expanded as traffic increases to accommodate a total of 22 gates.

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Byrd Airport is obviously a metropolitan-wide facility representing a major
gateway to all the surrounding areas.
Economic growth, a s well a s community
image, are affected by the impact of
such a facility.
In recent years, an improved airport
terminal has become very important to
the area, and the Capital Region Airport
Commission developed a plan for adding approximately 57,000 square feet to
the terminal a s well a s for increasing the
use of much of the existing terminal. T h e
expansion would permit second-level or
"skywalk" loading directly into the aircrafts a s well a s add all-weather protection, two regional carrier gates and
vastly improve baggage handling. T h e
proposed project will cost approximately
$20 million.
Richmond and Henrico County
formed the Capital Region Airport Commission in 1975 to promote growth to the
facility and share in its costs. The commission has undertaken numerous improvements to the operational side of
the airport and for the past few years has
eliminated the need for operating subsidies.
T h e commission and its consultants
believe the airport expansion project is a
viable revenue bond project, to be supported from facility revenues rather than
public subsidy. A s a safety measure,
however, the commission decided to
a s k the local governments to make
"moral commitments" to stand behind
the bonds, which would help secure
more f a v o r a b l e interest rates a n d
placement of the bonds.
The larger the number of jurisidictions
involved, the stronger the "moral commitment." Chesterfield County's decision to join the commission last May
means the airport will have even greater
financial support. In addition, Hanover
County has been invited to participate
and is expected to make a decision by
fall.
Chesterfield County's decision came
in 1983 at a time when Byrd Airport's
traffic had increased 7 percent, 3 percent more than the national average
Increase for that year. In addition, Byrd
has seen two major carriers open operations and other carriers start new lowfare services to popular northern and
southern destinations.

The city had determined through annual inspections that the current facility
w a s rapidly wearing out and would soon
need to be replaced. T h e city manager
approached city council and the C h a m ber of Commerce to encourage a joint
project to raise money for a new stadium. In addition, city council appropriated $100,000 in July 1983 for studies
and design and indicated it would support a portion of the cost of the new
facility if the other jurisdictions, the business community, the Richmond Braves
or any combination were also willing to
contribute. Review of the concept of a
multipurpose stadium concluded that
sufficient community-wide support did
exist for a fund raising campaign to be
undertaken. An agreement in principle
w a s made to have the localities provide
half the cost of the approximately $8
million project with the private sector
providing the other half. Representatives from Richmond and Henrico and
Chesterfield counties joined with business leaders in March to announce the
project agreement. Fund raising decisions and mechanics of the operating
agreements were settled during the
summer, and demolition is scheduled a s
soon a s the last out is made in the 1984
baseball season. Construction will take
place this winter with high hopes that it

will be ready for the first pitch next April.
Strong commitments from the local
governments, the baseball team and the
business community are indicative of
the spirit of cooperation growing in the
region. Reaching successful joint participation in these projects w a s not easy,
however, a s a number of factors tended
to work against cooperation.
One member of Richmond City Council, Bill Leidinger, who was active in the
process, said the effort was "often like a
Keystone Cops comedy." He indicated
in a civic group speech that "the hard
part is behind us and that w a s getting
the act together." He said it had been
exciting and educational, but he also
said it w a s frustrating at times. It took
straight forward discussion between
elected and appointed officials of the
jurisdictions and representatives of the
business community.
The Richmond area will get the shortterm results of an improved airport and
baseball park. More importantly, the
ground work has been laid for future
joint projects which will benefit the region a s an economically and socially
viable area.
About the Author
Daniel W. Allen is assistant city manager
for administration for the city of Richmond,
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                    <text>Volume 20

January 1985

Number 1

Vfrginia
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Toward a
New Dominion
Recommendations for
L o c a l Government i n the Y e a r 2 0 0 0

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Commentary

By Bruce

Ransom

Urban Revitalization and City Residents
Private-sector involvement is essential for the revival of economically and
socially troubled cities. Indeed, many
people view private investment as the
key to a community's economic and social well-being, helping as it does to cure
distressed cities' problems with unemployment, slowly growing or declining tax bases, losses in consumer
spending and the erosion of the middleincome homeowning population.
Many of our public policies are based
on this i d e a , and w e c a n s e e the
success of much that has been done.
Yet strategies for economic development do not s p r e a d b e n e f i t s proportionately to all segments of the population. In many cities, ill-skilled, jobless
a n d p o v e r t y - s t r i c k e n r e s i d e n t s are
either neglected or expected to gain
only indirectly from development. Direct
assistance is aimed toward revitalizing
the central business district and promoting "gentrification" in nearby neighborhoods, while little or no commitment
is made to revitalization strategies that
will create real opportunities for poor
and lower-income city residents to become economically self-sufficient.

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Urban officials in Virginia are like their
counterparts across the nation in the
problems they face and the s u c c e s s e s
they experience. Outsiders may s e e the
magnitude of problems in Richmond,
Norfolk and Portsmouth a s somewhat
l e s s s e v e r e than those in Newark,
Youngstown or Detroit. T o the leaders
who are trying to cope, however, the
pattern of problems and solutions are
strikingly similar. T h e same economic
and social forces are at work. Reduced
federal assistance going to cities, coupled with inadequate state funds, leads
city officials increasingly to seek private
investments to build and diversify their
economies. Redevelopment projects in
downtown areas, along existing waterw a y s , in abandoned industrial warehouse areas and in adjacent blocks and
neighborhoods become the major pillars in urban economic development

strategies. Given national economic recovery, the ability of city leaders to attract significant private-sector participation has become the issue.
Formally organized public-private
partnerships have become the "in" way
to get this participation. Urban officials,
private-sector leaders, representatives
of the not-for-profit sector (many hospitals and universities, for example) and
leaders of some community-based organizations (such a s the United Way
and the Urban League) have cooperated in urban revival partnerships. Invariably, "successful revival" is centered around a city's unique saleable
characteristics — transportation and
distribution centers, commercial and
office centers, cultural and academic
complexes, medical and health centers
and tourist and entertainment centers.
Both large and small cities have concrete demonstrations of the success of
public and private leadership in using
quasi-public organizations to spearhead urban redevelopment. T h e waterfront project in Norfolk, the Sixth Street
Festival Marketplace in Richmond and
new office buildings, hotels, convention
centers, condominiums, malls and histoncal restorations in other cities prove
that federal funds (even though in reduced amounts) and focused local policies for land acquisition, zoning and
services have been able to work.
Paradoxically, these signs of prosperity exist in the midst of continual urban physical decay and poverty. Lowand moderate-income city residents,
many of them black and Hispanic, often
are displaced from property that looks
good to investors and pushed elsewhere in the city or out into the first
troubled ring of suburban communities.
The sight of spectacularly successful
downtown redevelopment projects surrounded by decay and poverty starkly
emphasizes the attention given to one
problem and the neglect of the other.
Low- and moderate-income city residents continue to find job opportunities
scarce, while wages for jobs that do
exist are insufficient to enable escape
from the midst of the working poor.

If those living in decay and poverty
are to become full participants in their
city's r e v i v a l , human resource and
neighborhood economic development
programs will need the same attention
and innovation that the economic facelifting in business areas has received. A
specific strategy for economic selfsufficiency among low- and moderateincome residents is required to integrate
human resources and neighborhood
development with downtown-focused
economic revival.
If inclusive urban revitalization is to
occur, a city's political leadership will
have to accept the goal of broadly distributed economic gains. T h e exclusive
e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t that h a s
s e e m e d so s u c c e s s f u l needs to be
linked to programs in education, vocational training, job creation, housing and
business opportunities for city residents. T h e s e public-private partnerships may be difficult, but they are vital.
Leadership aimed toward the e c onomic self-sufficiency of a wide spectrum of city residents is consistent with
enhancing the local economic and tax
base. Such a development strategy will
create a more viable business climate
than one confined to downtown business districts and adjacent areas. Promoting incentives and opportunities for
current city residents to advance economically is just a s important to the economic interests of a city a s annexing
middle-income suburban residents or
attracting a new urban gentry to revitalized downtown areas. Creative and
innovative political leadership can help
to achieve Inclusive urban revitalization
by comprehensively advancing the economic interests of a city and all of its
residents.
About the Author
Bruce Ransom is serving as a visiting
scholar at the Institute of Government, University of Virginia. He holds a doctorate from
the University of Virginia and is on leave from
his position with the department of political
science at Rutgers
University.

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Commentary
Urban Revitalization and City Residents

Toward A New Dominion
By Robert M. de Voursney
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"In many cities, ill-skilled, jobless and poverty stricken residents
are either neglected or expected to gain only indirectly from devel­
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Executive Director

On the Cover
Man has always gazed at the stars
and wondered about his past, his future
and his place in the universe. In Novem­
ber 1982, The Commission on Virginia's
Future set about examining the future of
the commonwealth, defining a vision
and making recommendations to
achieve that vision. You can read about
some of these recommendations in the
story beginning on page five of this issue
of Virginia Town &amp; City. (Cover slide of
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January 1985

By Bruce Ransom

Executive Committee

J. Willard Lineweaver
Jack D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Sidney M. Oman
William R. Hartz
M. Stewart Koethcke
Charles A. Robinson Jr.

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VML's Top Legislative Priorities
By Ellen S. Posivach
Posivach discusses the issues behind funding education and
limiting state appropriations.

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Finding Your Way Through the Session
By Christy Everson
Some helpful hints about the Virginia legislature with members
of Senate and House committees listed on pages 15 and 16.

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Gov. Robb Discusses State Revenues
By Ellen S. Posivach
A discussion of the governor's plans for state revenues.

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"Careful
thought about the
shape
of Virginia's
future is
critical to the welfare of our people. . . . One of our major difficulties is inadequate
attention to
long-range
thinking
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price all of us pay for this singleminded attention to the present is
the near certainty that the future
will take us by surprise and perpetuate the ad hoc
short-term
manner in which we live our lives,
manage our affairs, and govern
our society."
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What kind of local government will we
want in Virginia in the year 2 0 0 0 ? What
are the trends and conditions that will
have a major impact on the future of
Virginia's local governments? Without
any change in current policies or trends,
where will the commonwealth's local
governments be in two decades? What
actions should Virginians take to prepare for the future of its local governments?
T h e s e are just some of the questions
a d d r e s s e d by the G o v e r n o r ' s C o m mission on Virginia's Future, which
made public its report early in December. During the two years of its inqi;iry, the 37-member commission considered forecasts concerning Virginia's
population and economy. It heard from
experts in many fields and received testimony from many organizations, including the Virginia Municipal League.
With the information it received, the
commission assembled a projection of
life in Virginia at the beginning of the
21st century.
The Virginia of the year 2000 will have
a population of 6.6 million, double its
headcount at midcentury. With almost
three out of four people of its much
larger population classified a s urban,
the state will not be the same a s in 1950
when more than half of its people lived in
rural areas. Much of the state's population will be concentrated in a largely
unbroken metropolitan crescent that will
extend from the Washington suburbs
through R i c h m o n d to the Hampton
Roads and Virginia Beach. This region
will absorb a s many new people a s the
1980 population of the Richmond metropolitan area. Five other growing metropolitan areas — Bristol, Danville, Roanoke, Lynchburg and Charlottesville —
will be home to an additional 170,000
people.
Within t h e s e metropolitan a r e a s ,
growth will be uneven. With a few notable exceptions such a s Virginia Beach
and Chesapeake, Virginia's cities and
older suburbs are not growing. Some
have lost population and will continue to
do so. Between 1970 and 1980, taken
together the populations of the state's
central cities fell almost 7 percent. At the
s a m e time, suburban counties have
grown rapidly, e s p e c i a l l y in n e w e r
communities outside older suburbs and
in outlying a r e a s . Our population is
spreading out over metropolitan areas

instead of concentrating in our cities and
close-in suburbs.
Like the people, businesses are increasingly locating in the suburbs. In
s o m e metropolitan a r e a s , multiple
commercial, governmental and cultural
centers are emerging, a departure from
the downtown-centered metropolis of
the past. In this arrangement the old
downtown becomes one of several centers within the metropolitan area rather
than the dominant hub. T h e s e new patterns are observable in the new, suburban way of life, where suburbanites
live, work and spend their leisure time in
the suburbs, seldom traveling to the
older downtown city. One sign of this
c h a n g e is the s h a r p rise in c r o s s suburban commuting, a development
our road and highway systems have
been poorly equipped to accommodate.
With these shifts in population, the
residents of Virginia's cities are becoming disproportionately older, poorer,
female and members of racial minorities. T h e widely heralded back to the city
movement is highly visible in areas like
Richmond's F a n District, but measured
against the total population of the state's
large cities, gentrification is of limited
significance. In addition, it is not without
negative effects a s it displaces residents and boosts demands for services.
Growing metropolitanization will affect Virginia's rural areas. Some rural
areas will grow and prosper, especially
those on the fringes of expanding metropolitan regions, but most of the commonwealth's rural areas will s e e little
growth or a slow decline. Many rural
communities will have difficulty keeping
their young people, attracting new jobs
and residents, and providing satisfactory public sen/ices.
A s parts of Virginia become an almost
unbroken megalopolis, communities in
these areas will be confronted on an
accelerating scale with problems arising
from rapid growth and urban sprawl—
choked transportation, disorderly land
use, insufficient open s p a c e and, in
some places, water shortages. Problems will Increasingly cut across current
jurisdictions. A s more and more citizens
live in metropolitan a r e a s , "the relevance of local boundaries to either the
origin or resolution of public problems is
questionable," according to the report.
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Virginia's
governor
should
be
e l e c t e d to a s i x - y e a r t e r m (without
the right to s u c c e e d h i m s e l f ) b e c a u s e the present four-year term
d o e s not a l l o w e n o u g h time for longr a n g e policy m a k i n g a n d inhibits eff e c t i v e budget m a n a g e m e n t .
E d u c a t i o n s h o u l d b e t h e h i g h e s t priority of the C o m m o n w e a l t h . V i r g i n i a
should i n c r e a s e spending on e d u c a tion to a l e v e l m a t c h i n g its f i s c a l
c a p a c i t y a n d p a y nationally c o m p e t itive t e a c h e r s ' s a l a r i e s . S c h o o l divis i o n s s h o u l d s e e to it that e a c h s t u d e n t is f u n c t i o n a l l y literate b e f o r e
completing elementary school. E x p a n d i n g n e e d s in the a r e a s of adult
a n d p r e s c h o o l e d u c a t i o n s h o u l d be
recognized, and schools should
m a k e full u s e of n e w e d u c a t i o n a l
t e c h n o l o g i e s . T h e g o v e r n a n c e of
public e d u c a t i o n at all l e v e l s in Virginia should be re-examined and
reorganized.
State government should prepare
for m a j o r c h a n g e s in the f i n a n c i n g
and
regulation
of
health
care
brought a b o u t by t h e n e w r e l i a n c e
o n competition to control c o s t s . T h e
s t a t e m a y h a v e to find w a y s to p a y
for m e d i c a l e d u c a t i o n , m e d i c a l res e a r c h a n d indigent c a r e . It will h a v e
to m a k e difficult e t h i c a l d e c i s i o n s
a b o u t w h o s h o u l d get w h a t k i n d s of
medical care, w h e n c a r e should be
withheld a n d w h o should pay.
T h e s t a t e s h o u l d f o r m u l a t e a n d put
into effect a c o m p r e h e n s i v e e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t s t r a t e g y that
c o o r d i n a t e s the s t a t e ' s e c o n o m i c
development policies and programs
u n d e r t h e l e a d e r s h i p of a s e p a r a t e
s e c r e t a r y of e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t . T h e s t r a t e g y s h o u l d nurture
t h e c r e a t i o n of n e w b u s i n e s s e s a n d
t h e g r o w t h of s m a l l f i r m s , two m a i n
s o u r c e s of n e w j o b s , a n d s h o u l d
s e e k to attract c o m p a n i e s in all
g r o w i n g s e c t o r s of the e c o n o m y .
Virginia n e e d s a s e p a r a t e s e c r e t a r y
of n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s w h o w o u l d
o v e r s e e a n e w a g e n c y for d e a l i n g
with land u s e a n d a n e w w a s t e m a n agement
authority.
An
administrative p r o c e s s for h a n d l i n g interjurisdictional
t r a n s f e r s of
water
should be established.
V i r g i n i a will b e c a l l e d u p o n to i n v e s t
m o r e to m e e t n e e d s for building a n d
maintaining
highways,
bridges,
m a s s transit s y s t e m s a n d w a t e r a n d
s e w a g e treatment plants. T h e s e
expenditures must be understood
a s i n v e s t m e n t s in the future, a n d t h e
prudent u s e of debt f i n a n c i n g to p a y
for t h e m o v e r their u s e f u l l i v e s m a y
be required.

tal protection a r e all a r e a s that will cut
a c r o s s existing jurisdictions. Preserv a t i o n of local s o v e r e i g n t y will i n c r e a s ingly conflict with t h e efficient, e f f e c t i v e
d e l i v e r y of public s e r v i c e s .
At t h e s a m e t i m e , t h e s e r i o u s difficulti e s f a c i n g V i r g i n i a ' s c i t i e s will g r o w .
P o p u l a t i o n s that a r e poor a n d e l d e r l y
will n e e d s p e c i a l h e a l t h , h o u s i n g , w e l fare and education programs. Aging
s t r e e t s , s e w e r s a n d w a t e r s y s t e m s will
be e x p e n s i v e to m a i n t a i n a n d r e p l a c e .
C o n c e n t r a t i o n s of p e o p l e a n d b u s i n e s s e s i m p o s e d e m a n d s for s a n i t a t i o n ,
police a n d fire s e r v i c e s . D e c l i n i n g b u s i n e s s districts, i n a d e q u a t e h o u s i n g a n d
d e c a y i n g n e i g h b o r h o o d s c a l l for u r b a n
renewal and community development.
A s b u s i n e s s e s a n d middle i n c o m e
c i t i z e n s m o v e to the s u b u r b s , c i t i e s will
b e left with rising s e r v i c e c o s t s a n d d e clining t a x b a s e s . M a n y V i r g i n i a c i t i e s
a r e f e e l i n g f i s c a l s t r e s s , a n d that s t r e s s
is not likely to s l a c k e n . V i r g i n i a ' s local
governments h a v e become a patchwork
of " h a v e s " a n d " h a v e n o t s , " a n d t h e
quality of h o u s i n g , e d u c a t i o n , t r a n s p o r tation a n d other s e r v i c e s v a r i e s greatly
from locality to locality. M o r e a n d m o r e
t h e s e disparities involve whole a r e a s
rather t h a n individual j u r i s d i c t i o n s . A c c o r d i n g to t h e c o m m i s s i o n , o n e d a n g e r o u s result of t h e s e c h a n g e s is a l r e a d y
a p p a r e n t — metropolitan a r e a s in w h i c h
l o c a l j u r i s d i c t i o n s a r e s e g r e g a t e d by income and race.
U n l e s s p r e s e n t p r a c t i c e s c h a n g e , the
disparities between cities and s u b u r b s
that a r e e v i d e n t t o d a y will w i d e n . W h i l e
n e w e r s u b u r b s confront p r o b l e m s s t e m m i n g f r o m rapid g r o w t h , c i t i e s will n e e d
h e l p to r e m a i n vital h u b s , to p r o v i d e
a d e q u a t e s e r v i c e s to their r e s i d e n t s a n d
to a c c o m m o d a t e c o m m u t e r s a n d o t h e r
s u b u r b a n i t e s w h o u s e their r e s o u r c e s .
T h e y will require a s s i s t a n c e to r e v i t a l i z e
b u s i n e s s d i s t r i c t s a n d to r e h a b i l i t a t e
blighted n e i g h b o r h o o d s . G i v e n their
s t r e s s e d financial conditions, cities
c a n n o t do the job by t h e m s e l v e s .

Recommendations
In a d d r e s s i n g w h a t n e e d s to be d o n e
to p r e p a r e f o r t h e f u t u r e , t h e c o m m i s s i o n noted that " m a n y local g o v e r n m e n t s o p e r a t e efficiently." It a l s o o b s e r v e d , " t h e y a r e part of a l a r g e r s y s t e m
that is ill-equipped to c o p e with e c o n o m ic, d e m o g r a p h i c a n d s o c i a l c h a n g e . "
" S i g n i f i c a n t i m p r o v e m e n t s will not be
p o s s i b l e , " t h e report s a i d , "without n e w
s t r u c t u r e s of l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s a n d
n e w m o d e l s of i n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a l c o operation." Sustaining Virginia's prosp e r i t y will r e q u i r e e f f e c t i v e g o v e r n m e n t a l units s h a r i n g in a n e q u i t a b l e d i s tribution of r e s o u r c e s .
G i v e n the m a g n i t u d e of t h e p r o b l e m s
it f o r e s a w , t h e c o m m i s s i o n r e c o m m e n d e d that t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y " i n i tiate a t h o r o u g h r e v i e w of l o c a l g o v e r n -

m e n t b o u n d a r i e s . " S o m e b o u n d a r i e s , it
s a i d , a r e a n a c h r o n i s m s r e s u l t i n g in
w a s t e a n d duplication. T h e c o m m i s s i o n
c a l l e d for " a bold r e a l i g n m e n t of local
g o v e r n m e n t b o u n d a r i e s or r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . . . w h i c h will m e a n c o n solidating m a n y rural c o u n t i e s a n d e l iminating the i n d e p e n d e n t city c o n c e p t . "
A n n e x a t i o n , o n e of t h e p r i n c i p a l t r a ditional m e a n s of a d j u s t i n g b o u n d a r i e s ,
is no l o n g e r r e l e v a n t in m a n y of t h e
s t a t e ' s population c e n t e r s .
T o d e a l with the i n c r e a s i n g l y regional
c h a r a c t e r of m a n y p r o b l e m s , the c o m m i s s i o n r e c o m m e n d e d that s t a t e officials " b e c o m e more aggressive leaders
in promoting regional s o l u t i o n s to r e gional p r o b l e m s . " M a n y localities h a v e
d e v i s e d c r e a t i v e m e a n s to d e a l with
p r o b l e m s that affect m o r e t h a n o n e jurisdiction. P l a n n i n g districts a r e o n e p o s s i b l e m e c h a n i s m for delivering s e r v i c e s
regionally. A l s o , g r e a t e r l e a d e r s h i p at
the s t a t e l e v e l c o u l d h a s t e n g r e a t e r u s e
of c o o p e r a t i v e e f f o r t s a m o n g l o c a l
g o v e r n m e n t s in V i r g i n i a . A s localities
f a c e u n p r e c e d e n t e d s t r e s s , "the logic of
regional cooperation, even regional
g o v e r n m e n t , long a n a n a t h e m a to m a n y
V i r g i n i a n s , m a y b e c o m e irrefutable."
T h e c o m m i s s i o n w a s a w a r e that its
recommendations would be sensitive
politically. B u t it s a i d , " T h e b i t t e r n e s s of
p a s t s t r u g g l e s o v e r a n n e x a t i o n m u s t not
be permitted to inhibit t h e building of a
b e t t e r f u t u r e . " It n o t e d that " c o u n t y
b o u n d a r i e s w e r e d r a w n long a g o s o no
citizen would be more than a d a y ' s
h o r s e b a c k ride f r o m t h e county s e a t .
V i r g i n i a n s c a n n o t e x p e c t a s y s t e m of
local g o v e r n m e n t d e s i g n e d to m e e t t h e
n e e d s of a n 18th c e n t u r y s o c i e t y to
s a t i s f y the r e q u i r e m e n t s of a 2 1 s t c e n tury c o m m o n w e a l t h . . . ." It is h a r d to
i m a g i n e a n y o n e today, starting from
s c r a t c h , c r e a t i n g a s y s t e m of 9 5
c o u n t i e s , 4 1 cities a n d 1 8 9 t o w n s .
T h e c o m m i s s i o n r e c o g n i z e d that
" c o n s o l i d a t i o n will not o c c u r on a l a r g e
s c a l e s o o n , " but s a i d that " t h e c o u r s e of
e v e n t s w i l l c o m p e l it e v e n t u a l l y . It
m a k e s s e n s e to p r e p a r e n o w for w h a t is
i n e v i t a b l e . . . . W h e n the public perc e i v e s the c o s t s a v i n g s that t h e c o n solidation of s o m e c o u n t i e s a n d c i t i e s
will p r o d u c e , t h o s e c o n s o l i d a t i o n s will
take place."
In d e s c r i b i n g the g e n e r a l thrust of t h e
c o m m i s s i o n ' s work, C h a i r m a n William
B . S p o n g J r . s a i d , " W e h a d to condition
o u r s e l v e s a g a i n s t s h o r t - r a n g e thinking
or the limits of w h a t c o u l d b e a c h i e v e d at
t h e n e x t s e s s i o n of t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y . T h i s p e r s p e c t i v e f r e e d u s to
c o n c e n t r a t e o n w h a t is f u n d a m e n t a l . "
T h e c o m m i s s i o n s o o n s a w that " V i r g i n i a c o u l d c h a n g e in w a y s n o n e of u s
w o u l d w a n t , " but the g r o u p ' s product is
not a " d o o m s d a y r e p o r t . " T h e c o m mission v i e w e d Virginia a s , " b l e s s e d
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�The Commission on Virginia's Future
The Commission on Virginia's Future was created in November 1982 by Gov. Cliarles S . Robb. Chaired by former
U.S. Sen. William B. Spong Jr., dean of the taw school at
William and Mary, the 37-member bipartisan panel was
asked to identify and analyze problems that wilt affect Virginia during the next 20 years. Among the political leaders,
educators and business leaders serving on the commission
were former Govs. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. and Linwood
iHolton, former House Speaker John Warren Cooke, retired
Chief Justice Lawrence W. I'Anson, Justice John Charles Thomas, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Energy
James Schlesinger and former Norfolk and Western Railroad Chairman John P. Fishwick. Also serving as ex-officio
members were Lt. Gov. Richard J . Davis, Attorney General
Gerald L. Baliles and the leaders of both houses of the : ^:
General Assembly. Represented in the membership of the
commission is over 300 years of public service.
The commission members began their work by obtaining
expert advice on the forces that will shape Virginia's future.

After careful consideration, the commission was organized
into five task forces: economic development, education,
environment and natural resources, human resources, and
government and planning.; The reports of these task forces
were reviewed thorough^ by the members of the full
'&lt;i©mmission before they prepared their final report.
In its two year effort, the commission or its task forces
met monthly, traveling to many parts of the commonwealth.
The members reviewed previous studies and reports. They
iwere briefed by senior state and local government officials,
business leaders, faculty members from the state's colleges and universities and other experts. They solicited
comments from citizens and the organizations that represent them. Through a statewide survey, they heard from a
cross section of Virginia's adult citizens who gave their
views about Virginia's future.
: Copies of the commission's reports are available from
the Institute of Government, P.O. Box 7884, Charlottesville,
VA 22906.

Commission Members
William B; Spong, Jr., Chairman; Dean, Marshall-Wythe School of
Law, College of William and Mary: former United States
Senator,
Williamsburg

A. L. Philpott, Speaker,

Hunter.B..Andrews,

Lois Rochester, Educator: State Financing of Education
League of Women Voters of Virginia,
Charlottesville

Mark S. Anschutz,

Majority Leader, Senate
Rector, Christ Church.

Gerald L. Bailies, Attorney

of Virginia,

Hampton

Alexandria

General of Virginia,

Richmond

FitzGerald Bemiss, President, Fit/Gerald and Company:
President. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond; Former
Member,
Senate of Virgina / i ; ,
Vincent F. Callahan/Jr.,
gates,
McLean

Minority Leader,

Virginia House of Dele-

John Warren Cool&lt;e, Speaker, Virginia House of
(1968-79);
Member, Virginia House of Delegates
Mathews
Richard

J. Davis, Lieutenant

John D. Epps,

Attorney.

Delegates
(1942-79),

Governor of Virginia,

McGuire,

Portsmouth

Woods and Battle,

Richmond

John P. Fishwick, Former Chairman and Chief Executive
Norfolk and Western Railroad,
Roanoke
Lawrence F. Forman, Rabbi, Ohef Shalom Temple;
Past President, Tidewater Board of Rabbis,
Norfolk
Guy Friddell, Author and Columnist,

Virginian-Pilot,

Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., Justice-Retired,
Supreme
:gmia;:Former Governor of Virginia,
Lawrenceville

Officer,

Immediate
Norfolk

Court of Vir-

Linwood Holton, Vice President and General Courtsel.
Council of Ufe Insurance, Former Governor of Virginia.

American
McLean

Virginia House of Delegates,

James Schlesinger, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University; Former United States
Secretary of Defense; Former United States Secretary of Energy,
Arlington
Charlotte Scott, Professor of Business Administration and Commerce, University of Virginia; Senior Fellow, Tayloe Murphy Institute,
Charlottesville
Eleanor Shannon, Former Member, Sweetbriar College Board of
Trustees; Member, Southwestern College Board of Trustees,
Charlottesville (resigned. December
1983)
Lawrence N. Smith, President, Essex Financial Group Inc.:
Former President, bastern Region, United Virginia Bank, Norfolk
James L Sundquist, Senior Fellow, Brookings
Governmental Studios.
Arlington

Robert Huntley, President. Best Products Co., Inc.; Former President, Washington and Lee University; Former Member, State
Board of Education,
Richmond

John Charles Thomas, Justice,
Partner, Hunton and Williams;

Mswrance
Virginia,

Dr. Thomas P. Wallace, Vice President
Dominion University, Norfolk

Joan Jones, Former Member,
cator.
Lynchburg

Supreme

Court ut

Virginia House of Delegates;

Edu-

W. L. Lemmon, Owner-President,
Lemmon Investment Coriporation; Former Member, Virginia House of Delegates.
Marion
Dr. Virginia Lester,
Thomas W. Moss,
gates; Norfolk

President,

Mary Baldwin

Jr., Majority Leader,

College.

Staunton

Virginia House of Dele-

Chair,

Dr. Alvin J. Schexnider. Associate Dean. School of Community
and Public Affairs. Virginia Commonwealth University;
President,
Virginia Chapter, American Society for Publia
Administration,
Richmond

Julian Tarrant, Planning

Chief Jasrico-Rctircd.

of

Toy D. Savage, Past President, Virginia Bar Association;
Former
Member, Virginia House of Delegates; Past Chairman,
Hampton
Roads Area Coinmitlcc,
Norlolk

William B. Hopkins, Former Chairman, Commission ol Intergovernmental Management; Former Member, Senate of Virginia,
Roanoke

W. f Anson,
Portsmouth

Bassett

Jessie Rattley, Member, Newport City Council; Past President
the National League of Cities. Newport News

Consultant,

Institution,

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Dr. Julian H. Taylor, Treasurer, Reynolds

Metals Company,

Rich-

mond
Supreme Court of Virginia;
Riehmond

William A. Truban, Minority Leader, Senate

Edward E. Willey, President
Richmond

of Virginia,

for Academic

Pro Tempore, Senate

Former

Woodstock
Affairs,

Old

of Virginia,

Dr. John D. Wilson. President, Washington and Lee University;
Former Provost, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Lexington

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among the American states," and believes that an improved quality of life is
within our reach "if we exercise enlightened anticipation."
The commission also made recommendations in the following areas
pertaining to local governments:
Government and Planning
— State officials should be more aggressive in promoting regional solutions to regional problems and intergovernmental cooperation. State
aid to localities should be reviewed
to find ways to reward regional cooperation and to encourage consolidations, perhaps by providing
incentives for cooperation in aid
formulas.
— The state should play a greater role
in helping to solve the problems of
its central cities. Central cities need
greater financial aid and other forms
of assistance. State financial aid,
according to the commission's
Government and Planning Task
Force, could be increased by fully
funding state mandates. The state
could pick up a greater share of the
costs of education or welfare or include a "fiscal stress index" in formulas for distributing state aid to
localities.
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- Housing needs to become a greater
concern of state government. The
state should encourage private investment in housing and participate
in financing certain kinds of housing
through support for the programs of
the Virginia Housing Development
Authority and use of state pension
funds.
- The state should provide direct
housing assistance (accompanied
by needed supportive social services) for some groups, such as the
poor and handicapped; it should encourage construction of housing designed for the elderly.
- Regulations affecting
housing
should be adjusted when appropriate in light of new technology and
changing housing demand.
- Virginia's state and local governments should enforce open housing
laws vigorously.

Economic Development
The state should have an economic
strategy which would include more
leadership and direct technical assistance for local economic development activities. There should be
more effective coordination between local and state economic development efforts.
Education
Education should be the highest priority of the commonwealth. Virginia
should aim at a ranking among the
top ten states in the quality of education it offers.
Spending on education should be
increased to a level matching the
state's fiscal capacity, and teachers'
salaries should be raised to nationally competitive levels.
Disparities in educational quality in
Virginia should be reduced.
The governance of public education
at all levels should be re-examined
and reshaped.
Natural Resources
Planning
district
commissions
should be given a key role in developing and administering the
commonwealth's land use policy.
The General Assembly should review local government zoning authority. Current laws, as enacted
and interpreted, may not give adequate authority to local jurisdictions
attempting to cope with growth.

About the Author
Robert M. de Voursney is an associate
professor at tfie University of Virginia's Institute of Government. For ttie past fwo years,
he has served as staff director for the Governor's Commission on Virginia's
Future.

Vii^nia's
Consulting
Engineers

The following Consulting Engineers
Council of Virginia member firms
sponsored the ad on the facing page.
Anderson &amp; Associates, Inc.
Blacksburg, Virginia
Austin Brocl&lt;enbrougli &amp;
Associates
Chester, Virginia
The CEGG Partnersliip
Virginia Beach, Virginia
CEK, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Clean Water Engineers, Inc.
Fincastle, Virginia
The DeYoung-Johnson Group, Inc.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Guy &amp; Davis, Consulting Engineers
Burke, Virginia
Harris, Norman &amp; Giles
Richmond, Virginia
Hayes, Seay, Mattern &amp; Mattern
Roanoke, Virginia
Hoggard-Eure Associates
Portsmouth, Virginia
Mattern &amp; Craig Consulting
Engineers
Roanoke, Virginia
Roache, Mercer &amp; Faison, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Rollins &amp; Associates, P.C.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
R. Stuart Royer &amp; Associates, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
R. L. Sutherland, Jr.,
Geotechnical Engineer
Abingdon, Virginia
Mathew J . Thompson, III,
Consulting Engineer, Inc.
Newport News, Virginia
Thompson &amp; Litton, Inc.
Wise, Virginia
Vansant &amp; Gusler, Inc.
Norfolk, Virginia
VVKR, Incorporated
Alexandria, Virginia
Richard L. Williams
Consulting Engineer, Inc.
Roanoke, Virginia
McKinney and Walker
Ashland, Virginia

�AVAILABLE
WHEN NEEDED
TO STRETCH
TAX DOLLARS.
The services of America's consulting engineers to
federal, state and local governments can save you tax dollars.
Instead of maintaining large, permanent in-house engineering
staffs, responsible public officials can call on specialized
tax-paying engineering firms.To solve the unusual problem.
To augment in-house capabilities.To level peak loads
and still meet emergencies.To draw upon broad experience
from similar projects.
If you have an engineering problem, remember
America's consulting
engineers are available
when needed. For a list of
firms in your areci, write:
Consulting Engineers Council
of Virginia
61 1 Research Road
Richmond, VA 2 3 2 3 6
(Telephone 8 0 4 - 7 9 4 - 6 8 2 2 )

Virginia's
Consulting
Engineers

�Building Officials
Elect Officers
Edward Williams, a building official
from Virginia Beach, has been elected
president of the Virginia Building Officials Association (VBOA), an affiliate
organization of the Virginia Municipal
League. His election took place at the
1984 Annual School and Conference
held Dec. 2 - 5 in Fredericksburg.
Approximately 180 attended the conference which was presided over by
Clarence Diersing, the outgoing president and director of code compliance for
Newport News. Others elected to serve
in 1984-85 were Emory Rodgers, inspections chief for Arlington County,
who was elected first vice president;
James Nininger, building official, Salem,
elected second vice president; and Arnold Vincent, building official, Greensville County, elected sargeant-at-arms.
Delegates and guests were welcomed at the opening session by Fredericksburg Mayor and VML President
Lawrence A. Davies. BOCA International President Magnus Mitchell installed the association's new officers for
1985, and BOCA Executive Director
Clarence Bechtel attended the meeting.
Conference topics included zoning,
industrialized housing and commercial

development, communication and motivation, elevator installation, fire protection and plan review, energy conservation, reinforced concrete and the
1985 Uniform Statewide Building Code.
Conference guests were treated to a
fashion show hosted by Leggetts Department Store and a tour of historic
Fredericksburg.
The next Annual School and Conference will be held at the OMNI International in Norfolk Dec. 1-4, 1985. For
conference or membership information
contact Joni Terry, executive director,
P.O. Box 753, Richmond, VA 23206;
(804) 649-8471.

Fredericksburg
Publishes
New Brochure
"Get a Real Taste of American History" urges a new promotional brochure
recently released by Fredericksburg to
attract visitors to the city's authentic historic attractions.
The four-color brochure illustrates the
"real taste" theme with bold photographs and text describing the city's
historic attractions, shops, dining and
special events.
Larger than the city's previous pro-

motional brochure, the new publication
places more emphasis on the city's role
in the Civil War when the city changed
hands seven times. The strong connection to George Washington, who
grew up in Fredericksburg, receives
major attention, and the proximity to
other tourist destinations, such as
Washington and Colonial Williamsburg,
is stressed. The brochure folds out to a
poster-sized collage of Fredericksburg
sights.
T h e b r o c h u r e is the major p r o motional device used by the department
of tourism to attract visitors and group
tours to the city, respond to requests for
Information and In its travel writers program. The department is the city's
agency responsible for attracting more
than 450,000 tourists to the area and
serving more than 120,000 travelers at
its visitor center annually.
About 500,000 brochures will be
printed for distribution at the Fredericksburg Visitor Center, travel offices
throughout the state and nation, and In
response to advertising inquiries.
For copies of the brochure, contact
the Fredericksburg Visitor Center, 706
Caroline St., Fredericksburg, VA 22401;
(703) 373-1776.

Virginia Municipal Group
Self Insurance Association
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Self Insurance Association
P . O . Box 753
R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a 23206
(804) 649-8471

�VMVs Top Legislative Priorities
By Ellen S.

Posivach

FUNDING EDUCATION
For the second year the Virginia IVIunicipal League's top legislative priority is
full funding of the state's share of the
actual costs of primary and secondary
education. T h e V M L position reads,
"VML's first priority is funding for education including full funding of the actual
costs of the Standards of Quality as
estimated by the Virginia Department of
Education and full funding of educational mandates a s outlined in the Joint
Legislative Audit and R e v i e w C o m mission's study, State Mandates on
Local Governments and Local Financial
Resources. In order to accomplish this,
VML supports an additional 1 percent
statewide sales tax to be returned to
localities to fund education."
While there is a wide discrepancy between estimates provided by the state
and estimates provided by organizations, such a s VML, on the amount of
additional funds necessary for the state
to fully meet its financial obligations to
public education, there is no disagreement on the fact that the state is not
meeting this financial responsibility. According to November 1984 Department
of Education estimates, the state would
need an additional $635 million during
the 1986-88 biennium in order to meet
its responsibility just for Basic Aid Payments. This figure does not include additional state funding for categorical
programs in which the state underfunds
mandated requirements.
Because of the opposition VML and
other organizations have received from
legislators on specific issues related to
increased funding for education, VML
would like to review some of these concerns along with our responses to these
concerns.

Update
On Jan. 9,1985 in his "State of tlie
State Address,"
Gov. Cliarles S.
Robb proposed full funding for the
first time of the state's share of the
educational Standards of Quality in
the 1986-88 biennial budget. This
would of course require approval by
the 1986 General Assembly. In addition, the governor proposed
an
additional $53 million for funding the
Standards of Quality this year, raising the funding level by just more
than $100 per pupil or to $1,877 per
pupil from $1,776 per pupil.

Concern: Perhaps the most frequent
comment we hear privately (and occasionally publicly) from legislators is that
a re-election year is not the time to push
for a tax increase. With all 140 House
and S e n a t e seats up for re-election
along with the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general,
no tax increase measure will be passed
during the 1985 session.

Comment: We appreciate the candor of
these comments by legislators, but feel
the issue needs a closer look.
Many legislators have pointed to the
national results of an election campaign
run on a tax increase platform and have
paralleled the results with what they fear
might occur in Virginia. It is our belief
that this comparison cannot be made.
F i r s t , V i r g i n i a is not the f e d e r a l
government. Virginia has a balanced
budget; the federal government owes
about $1 trillion. Also, in Virginia a tax
i n c r e a s e proposal is not a partisan
issue. For the past two sessions of the
General Assembly, members of both
parties have introduced tax increase
proposals to fund education. At the national level, a tax increase measure w a s
offered by only one party.
According to a recent study by the
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations ( A C I R ) , a commission
composed of congressional representatives, the federal government now ranks
last in spending credibility in public opinion polls. Local governments now rank
first with state governments ranking
s e c o n d . It is our belief that local
governments received this ranking because they are closest to the people and
more accurately reflect the needs of the
people.
Local initiatives for increased state
funding of public education have, in the
South alone, resulted in state sales tax
increases in Tennessee, South Carolina, A r k a n s a s and T e x a s during the
past year. In each instance, meaningful
education reform programs have been
tied to the sales tax increase. A recent
study conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University for the Governor's
Commission on Virginia's Future found
that eight out of every ten Virginia citiz e n s surveyed in the statewide poll
agreed that the state "should improve

education offered by grade schools and
high schools even if it means raising
taxes."
Virginia elected officials should not
equate circumstances in Virginia with
circumstances at the national level, particularly when there is significant, valid
statistical and historical proof to the contrary. Virginia is currently ranked a s the
39th lowest state in combined state and
local taxes a s a percentage of personal
income. We are clearly a low-tax state
and can certainly afford to properly fund
the education of our children.

Concern: Why is a tax increase needed
when there is $158.9 million in state
funds to carry forward to 1985-86?

Comment: While it is true that additional funds e x i s t , pressing state
needs also exist. New needs exist in
corrections and in mental health. There
is no funding in the 1985-86 budget for
state employee salary increases, increases which the governor projects will
amount to about 8 percent. Each 1 percent increase in state salaries will require $10 million in state funds. In addition, the governor has stated a need to
set aside $50 million in a "rainy day
fund."
Finally, there is at least a $10 million
cut in the current budget for 1985-86
funding to local governments for public
health and social service programs. A
top priority for VML is to have these
funds restored during the 1985 session
to at least current levels. With all of
these damands, there will be very little
left for education.

Concern: Won't higher taxes hurt Virginia's chances for industrial and high
technology development?

C o m m e n t : National s u r v e y s h a v e
shown that tax rates rank far behind
other factors such a s "quality of life" in
the consideration of those responsible
for industrial and high technology development and relocation efforts. It
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�should be noted that the quality of public
education is a significant component in
the "quality of life" factor and therefore
receives more consideration than the
rate of taxation by those responsible for
relocating development efforts.
The percentage of high school graduates in the work force is also a traditional
measure used by business and industry
to evaluate a state's educational system. Virginia ranks 36th in percentage of
population age 25 and over that has
completed high school, according to a
1983 survey. In addition, despite salary
increases during the past three years,
Virginia ranks 31st in the nation according to the 1983-84 average classroom
teacher salary survey. These are not
promising statistics and do not demonstrate a significant level of state dedication to public education to present to
developers seeking to relocate.
The Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future states in its final report
that Virginia should seek to be a national
leader in public education by becoming
ranked within the top ten states nationally in the quality of education it
offers. The commission also specifically
recommended increased spending on
education and increased teacher
salaries.

C o n c e r n : Why recommend a sales tax
increase rather than use of another
taxing source?

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Comment: VML's primary position is in
support of increased funding of education. A sales tax increase is only a suggested method for achieving this goal.
Currently the state income tax and the
state sales tax are the only two viable
sources of state taxation which could
generate the levels of revenue necessary to fully fund the state's share of the
actual cost of education. The state income tax was originally eliminated from
consideration because of a decrease in
collections in relation to estimated projections for personal income. With the
state income tax s t r u c t u r e tied so
closely to the federal income tax structure, now would not seem to be the time
to revise the state's structure as the
federal structure is under the close scrutiny of the president and Congress.
An increase in the state sales tax
appears to be a viable option for obtaining the necessary state funds for
public education. Recent opinion polls

have found a sales tax increase less
objectionable than other tax increases.
A 1 percent increase to the current 4
percent state sales tax would produce
an estimated $639.4 million in additional
revenue during the next two fiscal years.
This would fund even the highest estimates of the state's share of the actual
cost of Basic Aid and would make a
significant contribution toward efforts to
fund state mandated requirements for
categorical programs.

STATE APPROPRIATIONS
VML's second legislative priority for
1985 is defeat of SJR 28. SJR 28 is a
state appropriation limitation measure
which ties the rate of growth in state
appropriations to the estimated rate of
growth of the state economy. Under this
measure the rate of growth in the state
economy would be determined solely by
the average rate of growth in Virginia
personal income.
SJR 28 was introduced during the
1983 session where it passed both the
Senate and House. Because SJR 28
requires a constitutional amendment, it
is necessary for the measure to pass
two sessions of the General Assembly
before being brought before the voters
of the commonwealth on the November
ballot.
When SJR 28 was brought before the
1984 session of the General Assembly,
the measure received strong opposition
from Senate leaders. Despite this, SJR
28 passed the Senate and was referred
to the House Privileges and Elections
Committee. By a narrow margin the
House Privileges and Elections Committee voted to carryover SJR 28 until
the 1985 session. Many legislators believed that the vote to carry SJR 28 over
to the 1985 session had in effect killed
the resolution. An attorney general's
opinion following the 1984 session ruled
to the contrary, however, and indicated
that a carryover bill passed by the 1985
session would meet the requirements
set forth for a constitutional amendment.
On Dec. 10, 1984, the House Privileges and Elections Committee met to
review carryover bills. Since the patron
of SJR 28 was not present at the meeting, the committee did not vote on a
recommended action for the 1985 session. The committee did, however, hear
testimony on SJR 28.
During the meeting VML President
Lawrence A. Davies presented the following testimony.

VML, which strongly supports
fiscal
responsibility
in all levels of
government, has after careful
consideration
taken a position
to oppose
SJR 28 for
the following
reasons:
- SJR 28 caps the growth in state appropriations
based on the average
rate
of growth
in personal
income.
The
growth in personal
income when taken
alone is not a valid economic
indicator.
- SJR 28 assumes
that in
economic
periods of recession
state needs will be
less and in economic
periods of growth
state needs will be great.
Historically,
this has not been the case.
- SJR 28 assumes
that citizens of the
commonwealth
are satisfied
with the
current levels of state services.
Again,
historically
this has not been true or
there would
have been no need
for
legislators,
representing
the citizens of
the commonwealth,
to revise the biennial state budget during each and every
session of the General
Assembly.
- SJR 28 assumes
that no
significant
new state needs will be identified
by
members
of the legislature,
elected
to
represent
the will of the people.
Again,
this has not been the case. New
needs
are identified
and do need to be addressed.
In this upcoming
session
alone, we believe legislators
will identify new funding needs for
corrections,
mental health and education
programs.
- SJR 28 assumes that federal
funding
will continue at current levels. While the
state did benefit from the last round of
federal
funding
cuts
to
localities
through reduced
state matching
funds
under the state block grant
approach
taken in 1981-82, current federal
studies threaten not only local federal
funding but state federal funding as well.
- Finally and perhaps
most
important,
SJR 28 assumes that there is a need to
limit state appropriations
through
a
constitutional
measure.
In this
commonwealth,
with the oldest
continuous
standing
legislative
body in the nation,
fiscal responsibility
has been a hallmark. Virginia has a long and
proud
history of fiscal responsibility
and a long
and proud history of maintaining
a balanced budget, a tradition which is now
a constitutional
requirement.
This commonwealth
has been
a
leader in state legislation
and not an
emulator
of legislation
in other
states,
particularly
legislation
passed by other

�states which has proven to be unsatisfactory to citizens within these states.
Restrictive tax and spending limitation
measures appeared on state baliots in
l\/lichigan, California, Nevada and Oregon. All were defeated. In Michigan,
two out of every three voters said "no"
to Proposition C, which would have cut
state revenues by nearly $1.3 billion.
California voters also rejected
Proposition 36, a proposal to tighten limits on
state finances, and approved
Proposition 26, a $450 million bond issue to
fund school construction
and repair.
Oregon voters, who rejected efforts to
roll back taxes and limit future tax increases three times, defeated
attempt
number four, which was called
"Measure 2."
For Virginia, SJR 28 is conceptually
unrealistic and procedurally
unnecessary. We ask you to oppose
this
measure.

VML along with a number of other
organizations has formed a coalition to
oppose S J R 28. In addition to producing
brochures, buttons and bumper stickers
for the purpose of opposing S J R 28,
coalition members have targeted House
Privileges and Elections Committee
members in letter writing and telephone
campaigns.
Other coalition organizations speaking in opposition to S J R 28 during the
Dec. 10 meeting included the following:
the American Association of University
Professors, Virginia Conference; American Federation of Teachers of Virginia;
League of Women Voters of Virginia;
Virginia A F L - C I O ; Virginia Association
of Elementary School Principals; Virginia Association of School Administrators; Virginia Congress of Parents
and T e a c h e r s ; Virginia C o u n c i l of
School Administrators; Virginia Education Association; and the Virginia School
Boards Association. Reynolds Metals
Co. also spoke in opposition to S J R 28.
While the fate of S J R 28 may have
been decided by the time this issue of
Virginia Town &amp; City is released, it is

important for Virginia local officials to be
familiar with state spending limitation
measures a s we will probably see more
of these proposals in the years ahead.
Should S J R 28 be alive and well at this
reading, it is even more important that
local officials be familiar with this issue
as it will take a strongly unified effort to
defeat this measure on the floor of the
House, or if need be, to target a citizen
effort to defeat S J R 28 at the polls in
November.

About the

Author

Ellen S. Posivach is the Virginia
Municipal
League's
director of research. She is responsible for covering legislative items related to budget and finance.

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Since 1985 is an odd-numbered year,
the Virginia General Assembly as prescribed by the Constitution of Virginia
will convene for what is known as a
"short session." This is normally 30
days, but General Assembly leaders
have already decided to extend the session 16 days. The law-making body will
be consumed with work on the 244 bills
and resolutions carried over from its
1984 session, as well as with work on
new legislation and appropriations
amendments for fiscal year 1985-86.
The session, the assembly's 168th, is
expected to adjourn Feb. 23.
The General Assembly will reconvene on the sixth Wednesday following
adjournment to consider bills returned
by the governor with recommendations
for a m e n d m e n t and appropriations
measures returned with his objections.
No other bills are considered during this
"veto session," which lasts three days
unless the majority of both houses vote
for an extension, which may not be more
than an additional seven days.
The chambers of the House and Senate are located on the second floor of the
Capitol as are both the House and Senate clerks' offices. Senators and delegates have offices in the General Assembly Building, which Is across Capitol
Street next to Old City Hall.
The clerks of both houses serve as
Important sources of information and
their offices should be contacted before
planning a trip to Richmond to make
certain there have been no changes in
committee meeting times or places. J. T.
Shropshire serves as clerk of the Senate, and he or his staff can be reached at
(804) 786-2366. Joseph H. Holleman
Jr. serves as clerk of the House. He and
his staff c a n be r e a c h e d at (804)
786-7681.
Senate and House committee meetings are generally held on a specific day
or days of the week and at specific
times, except for a few House committees which meet at the call of the chairman (see the charts opposite). Subcommittees meet at no regular times and are
called at the pleasure of the chairman.
Most Senate committee meetings are
held in the General Assembly Building
while House committee meetings are
held in both the Capitol and the General
Assembly Building. To locate committee
meeting rooms, remember lettered
rooms are in the General Assembly
Building and numbered rooms are in the
Capitol. The Appropriations Room is on
the ninth floor of the General Assembly
Building. Also, on each floor of the General Assembly Building are a number of
conference rooms where House and

Senate subcommittees often meet.
Most committee meetings and all public hearings and Senate and House sessions are open to the public, however,
committees may sometimes hold executive sessions. Committees and subcommittees meet in the mornings prior
to or in the afternoons following the
House and Senate sessions. The Senate a n d H o u s e c o n v e n e M o n d a y
through Thursday at noon and at 11
a.m. on Fridays. Evening and weekend
sessions can be called if necessary.
Information centers are located in the
center hall on the ground floor of the
Capitol (804-786-6530) and in the first
floor lobby of the General Assembly
Building (804-786-7281). A number of
computer printout reports are available
at the information centers. They include
a final disposition report which gives
House and Senate bills in numerical
order, a summary of each bill, its chief
patron and co-patrons and its daily
status; a daily updated cumulative index
which gives House and Senate bills,
resolutions and documents introduced
in each session listed alphabetically by
subject matter and numerically by code
section; a weekly patron report which
lists House and Senate bills in alphabetical order according to patron name and
includes a summary and weekly status
report; and a "batch" report which lists
alphabetically House and Senate members showing bills they have patroned
and co-patroned, numerically lists titles
of the Code of Virginia and bills affected,
alphabetically lists committees and bills
referred to them, and numerically lists
bills and final status. Bill status which Is
updated continually is available by bill
number, and committee and subcommittee meetings are available and updated as information is obtained. A
House Mini Journal and a Senate Minute Book give daily summaries of each
house's session. Computer terminals
are housed in each information center
and contain updated information on the
status of bills. Actual copies of bills,
resolutions and documents are available from the Bill Room in the basement
of the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y Building
(804-786-6984).
Lists of the mailing addresses and
telephone numbers of General Assembly members are available in the information centers. If you wish to discuss a
particular piece of legislation with your
senator or delegate it is recommended
that you make an appointment in advance. You should know your subject
and be able to state your reasons for
support or opposition to the legislation.
Even if you and your legislator do not

agree, leave on a friendly note and write
to thank your legislator for meeting with
you.
In writing to your legislator regarding
issues, be direct, concise, logical and
factual. State specifically and clearly the
action you are urging and give the reasons for your position. To write the governor, write to The Honorable Charles S.
Robb, Governor of Virginia, The State
Capitol, Richmond, VA 23219, and address him as Dear Governor Robb. To
write a legislator, address your envelope The Honorable . . . , The Senate
of Virginia or The House of Delegates,
General Assembly Building, Richmond,
VA 23219, and address him or her Dear
Senator or Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms. for delegates.
During the session the league publishes its Legislative Bulletin which reports on legislation of interest to local
governments. If you are not receiving
the Legislative Bulletin and wish to subscribe, subscriptions are available from
VML at $50 for members and $75 for
non-members.
In addition, league staff cover the activities of the General Assembly. Ellen
Posivach and Mary Jo Fields cover
finance and appropriations matters,
education issues, social services and
human resources. Rob Feild covers legislation dealing with general laws affecting local government such as public
procurement and freedom of information. Jim Campbell covers the activities
of the House Counties, Cities and
Towns Committee and issues dealing
with local government policy and administration such as land use and personnel
issues. VML's Legal Counsel Howard
Dobbins covers the activities of the Senate Local Government Committee. Deputy Director Clay Wirt serves as VML
legislative coordinator, staffing the legislative committee, working with local
government legislative liaisons and
generally coordinating VML's legislative
activities. He also handles special issues that arise during the session. Exe c u t i v e D i r e c t o r R. Michael Amyx
serves as the chief spokesperson for
VML before the General Assembly and
is charged with overall responsibility for
legislative issues.
VML staff can be reached by calling
the VML Office at (804) 649-8471. The
office is located at 1011 E. Main St. on
the third floor of the Ironfronts Building, if
you wish to visit any of the VML staff to
discuss a particular piece of legislation,
please call for an appointment as staff
are often at the General Assembly during the session.

�HOUSE COMMITTEES
Agriculture —

T h u r s d a y s , '/2 h o u r a t t e r a d j o u r n m e n t , R o o m

McClannan, Chairman
Quillen
McDiarmid
Councill
Green
Jones
Van Yahres
Appropriations —
Appropriations

Keating
Finney
Robinson, J.W.
DeBoer
Guest
Crouch
Beard

IVIonday t h r o u g h F r i d a y , o n e h o u r after

C h e s a p e a l t e &amp; Its T r i b u t a r i e s —

adjournment.

O'Brien, W.R.
Moncure
Medico
Benedetti
Gordy

Plum
Jennings
Copeland
Maxwell
Saunders
Guest
Crouch

O'Brien, W.R.
Parrish
Agee
Andrews
Hanger
Stosch

Corporations, Insurance &amp; Banking —

T u e s d a y s &amp; T h u r s d a y s , 10 a . m . .

Moss, Chairman
Marks
Bagley, R.M.
Parker
Heilig
McClanan
Wilson

Smith
Keating
Terry
Forehand
Plum
Woodrum
Munford

Counties, Cities &amp; T o w n s —
Fridays, 9 a.m.. R o o m

Manning, Chairman
Marshall
Cranwell
Hall
Keating
Lambert
Jones
Courts of Justice —

D

Marks, Chairman
Morrison
Glasscock
Moss
Slayton
McGlothlin
Cranwell
Education —

Hawkins
Watkins
Morgan
Brown
Cody
Tata

T u e s d a y s &amp; T h u r s d a y s , Vz h o u r a f t e r

m e n t , a n d F r i d a y s , 10 a.m., R o o m

Tuesdays &amp; Fridays, 9 a.m.. R o o m

McDiarmid, Chairman
Diamonstein
O'Brien, J.W,
Councill
Lambert
Terry
Forehand

Van Yahres
Munford
Van Landingham
Finney
Dobyns
Cooper
Dicks

Quillen, Chairman
Smith
Green
Jennings
Murphy
Plum, Chairman
Glasscock
Moss

adjourn-

Dicks
Robinson, W.P.
Ackerman
Miller, C.
Moncure
Rollins

Miller, Y.B.
Dillard
Beard
Orebaugh
Jester
Gordy

Privileges &amp; Elections —

Anderson, Chairman
Marks
Quillen
Pickett
Dickinson
Ball
Morrison
McGlothlin, Chairman
Manning
Dickinson
Ball
Marshall
Thomas
Hall
Rules —

O'Brien, W.R.
Parrish
Jester
Allen
Cody

chairman

Cunningham

W e d n e s d a y s , 10 a.m.. R o o m

Marshall
Creekmore
Heilig
Wilson
Parker
StieHen
Van Landingham

C

Wilkins
Andrews
Hawkins
Calvert
Brown

M e e t s o n cal I of

Dicks
Stafford
Agee

C

Callahan
Miller, C.
Stafford
Dillard
Watkins
Putney

T u e s d a y s &amp; T h u r s d a y s , 9:30 a.m., R o o m 1

Robinson, W.P.
Bagley, F.C.
StieHen
Dobyns
O'Brien, J.W.
Grayson
Moore

M e e t s o n call of c h a i r m a n . S p e a k e r ' s

Philpott, Chairman
Marks
Moss
Bagley, R.M.

D

W e d n e s d a y s , 8:30 a.m., R o o m

Van Landingham
Copeland
Robinson, J.W.
Dobyns
Ealey

Roads &amp; Internal Navigation —
4

Crouch

Medico
Moncure
Hargrove
Hargrove
Calvert
Cody
Tata

Bagley, F.C.
Van Yahres
Miller, Y.B.
Giesen
Dillard

Nominations &amp; Confirmations —

C

Axselle
Almand
Terry
Cohen
Woodrum
Murphy
Jennings

Murphy
Lacy
Ealey
Grayson
Saunders
Bloxom
Wilkins

Mining &amp; Mineral Resources —
and

chairman

Meets o n call of c h a i r m a n . R o o m 1

Cranwell, Chairman
Thomas
Keating
Almand
Lambert

T u e s d a y s , Vz h o u r a f t e r a d j o u r n m e n t ,

Van Yahres
Copeland
Cooper
Grayson
Moore
Miller, C.
Giesen

Meets o n call of

M o n d a y s , 10:30 a.m.. R o o m

Creekmore, Chairman
Glasscock
Wilson
Stambaugh
Anderson
Watts
Munford
Militia &amp; Police —

Lacy
Ealey
Cohen
Callahan
Morgan
Hargrove

Crouch
Brown
Jester
Allen
Benedetti
Orebaugh

O'Brien, J.W., Chairman McClanan
Stambaugh
McDiarmid
Labor &amp; Commerce —

D

T u e s d a y s &amp; T h u r s d a y s , 9:30 a.m.,

Cohen
Ackerman
DeBoer
Maxwell
Miller, Y.B.
Stafford
Wilkins

Interstate Cooperation —

4

Wilkins
Medico
Benedetti
Allen
Gordy
Cunningham

C

Glasscock, Chairman
Marshall
Pickett
Slayton
Stambaugh
Brickley
Lambert

Hargrove
Rollins
Hanger
Stosch
Tata

C o n s e r v a t i o n &amp; N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s - - W e d n e s d a y , 10 a . m . . R o o m

Thomas, Chairman
Councill
Smith
Terry
Brickley
Jones
Forehand

C

Health, Welfare &amp; Institutions —

D

Almand
Cooper
Maxwell
Miller, C.
Harris

M o n d a y , 1 0 a . m . , a n d W e d n e s d a y s , Vi h o u r a f t e r

Diamonstein, Chairman Ackerman
McGlothlin
Robinson, W.P.
McClanan
Finney
Axselle
DeBoer
Wilson
Moore
Almand
Stafford
Woodrum
Bloxom
Room

adjournment,

Guest
Beard
O'Brien, W.R.
Parrish
Hanger
Stosch

Stieffen
O'Brien, J.W.
Watts
Lacy
Robinson, J.W.
Jones
Saunders

Morrison, Chairman
Anderson
Cranwell
Parker
Creekmore
Stambaugh
Brickley
adjournment, Room

Meets o n call of c h a i r m a n . R o o m 1

Meets o n call of c h a i r m a n , R o o m

Parker, Chairman
Creekmore
Bagley, F.C.
Woodrum
Axselle

M o n d a y s &amp; W e d n e s d a y s , 1 h o u r after

D

General Laws —

Green
Heilig
Callahan
Giesen
Harris
Putney

Maxwell
Pickett
Copeland
Bloxom
Morgan

Stieffen, Chairman
Murphy
Watts
Forehand
Cooper

Room

Room

Room

Bagley, R.M., Chairman Diamonstein
Manning
Smith
McDiarmid
Hall
Ball
Thomas
Dickinson
Bagley, F.C.
Pickett
Quillen
Slayton
Councill

Claims —

Finance —

D

Bloxom
Hawkins
Watkins
Orebaugh
Cunningham
Putney

Anderson
Manning
McGlothlin
Morrison

Guest
Harris
Rollins
Andrews
Calvert
Agee
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(All committees

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Building

unless

otherwise

MONDAY

THURSDAY

Agriculture, Conservation &amp; Natural Resources — Senate Room A,
9 a.m.
Anderson, Chairman
Fears
DuVal
Waddell
Bird

Cross
Marye
Nolen
Holiand, R.J.
Jones

notified.)

Holland, C.A.
Truban
Mitcheli
Chichester
Russeil, R.E.

Education and Health — Senate Room B, 9 a.m.
Walker, Chairman
Andrews
Wiiley
Buchanan
Gray

Holland, E.M.
Schewel
Nolen
Saslaw
Michie

Bird
Joannou
Canada
Chichester
Russell, J.W.

Transportation — Senate Room B, 2 p.m.
Commerce &amp; Labor — Senate Room B, 2 p.m.
Fears, Chairman
Wiiley
Parl&lt;erson
Babalas
DuVal

Gray
Holland, E.M.
Schewel
Colgan
Goode

Nolen
Scott
Jones
Saslaw
Holland, R.J.

Waddell, Chairman
Wilder
Fears
Gray
Holland, E.M.

Goode
Emick
Bird
Saslaw
Parker

Marye
Scott
Houck
MacFarlane
Miller

Finance — 10th Floor Conference Room, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY
Finance — Senate Room B, 9 a.m.
Wiiley, Chairman
Andrews
Walker
Anderson
Parkerson

Babalas
DuVal
Buchanan
Emick
Colgan

Cross
Fears
Gartlan
Gray
Truban

Local Government — Senate Room B, 2 p.m.
Babalas, Chairman
Parkerson
Waddell
Goode
Marye

Colgan
Holland, R.J.
Houck
MacFarlane
Mitchell

Canada
Barker
Miller
Russell, R.E.
Russell, J.W.

Privileges &amp; Elections — Senate Room A, 4 p.m.
Wilder, Chairman
Andrews
Anderson
Gartlan
Buchanan

Cross
DuVal
Schewel
Parker
Walker

Wiiley
Holland, C.A.
Truban
Mitchell
Miller

Wiiley, Chairman
Andrews
Walker
Anderson
Parkerson

Babalas
DuVal
Buchanan
Emick
Colgan

Cross
Fears
Gartlan
Gray
Truban

FRIDAY
Rehabilitation and Social Services — Senate Room B, 8:30 a.m.
Gartlan, Chairman
Wilder
Waddell
Emick
Nolen

Parker
Saslaw
Michie
Scott
Joannou

Holland, C. A.
Canada
Chichester
Barker
Miller

Finance — 10th Floor Conference Room
Upon adjournment at call of the chairman.
Wiiley, Chairman
Andrews
Walker
Anderson
Parkerson

Babalas
DuVal
Buchanan
Emick
Colgan

Cross
Fears
Gartlan
Gray
Truban

Rules — Senate Room A

WEDNESDAY

Immediately upon adjournment and upon call of chairman
Finance — Senate Room B, 8:30 a.m.
Wiiley, Chairman
Andrews
Walker
Anderson
Parkerson

Babalas
DuVal
Buchanan
Emick
Colgan

Cross
Fears
Gartlan
Gray
Truban

General Laws — Senate Room B, 2 p.m.

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Walker
Marye
Colgan
Schewel

Holland, R.J.
Scott
Jones
Parker
Houck

MacFarlane
Truban
Barker
Russell, R.E.
Russell, J.W.

Courts of Justice — Senate Room A, 2 p.m.
Parkerson, Chairman
Andrews
Anderson
Holland, E.M.
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Emick
Bird
Cross
Goode

Michie
Wilder
Joannou
Canada
Mitchell

Andrews, Chairman
Wiiley
Parkerson
Babalas
Wilder

Walker
Buchanan
Fears
Anderson
Marye

Emick
Gartlan
DuVal
Waddell
Truban

�Gov. Robb D i s c u s s e s State Revenues
By Ellen

In the traditional December revenue
statement before the three General A s sembly money committees, Gov.
Charles S . Robb announced that "the
presents under the state's fiscal tree this
year will not be a s numerous or a s large
a s many had hoped or perhaps envisioned."
B a s e d on Robb's revenue review,
$179.9 million in additional spending
could occur during the 1985 session of
the General Assembly. The breakdown
of this total includes: $81.2 million in
unexpended funds carried fonward from
the 1982-84 biennium, $4.7 million in
unappropriated balances from the current fiscal year, $36 million currently set
aside in a contingency or "rainy day"
fund, and $58 million from revised revenue estimates for 1984-86, with $54.5
million projected to be collected in
1984- 85 and $3.5 million projected for
1985- 86.
While the $179.9 million marks a significant increase over earlier projections. Gov. Robb announced specific
plans for all but $28.9 million. It is a s sumed that these remaining funds will
be used to address economic development, especially the ports in Hampton
Roads, and funding concerns within the
Department of Corrections. T h e s e top
priority items, addressed by the governor in his r e m a r k s , were not a c companied by appropriation figures.
Expenditures addressed by the governor in his speech, and expected to be
contained in his proposed budget, include approximately $80 million in salary increases for state employees during 1985-86, representing about an 8
percent pay increase; an additional $14
million to bring the current $36 million
contingency or "rainy day" fund up to a
balance of $50 million; $19.8 million In
increased sales tax revenue resulting
from revised revenue estimates, to be
returned to localities for public schools;
and $1.2 million in increased Alcoholic
B e v e r a g e Control profits to be distributed to localities.
According to Robb's comments, he
intends to address increased state funding for primary and secondary education
by earmarking the contingency or "rainy
day" fund a s a "contingent commitment
toward full funding of the Standards of
Quality in 1986-88 [the next biennium]."
The remainder of Robb's address concerned future uncertainty in federal and
state revenues.
Federal programs identified by the

governor a s targets for reductions or
extinction under what has been referred
to a s "Mr. Stockman's kill list" included
the following federal aid programs to
state and local governments: Revenue
Sharing, the Economic Development
Administration, Community Development Block Grants, Community Services Block Grants, Urban Development
Action Grants, Urban Mass Transportation Aid, federal library grants, and federal water and sewer grants.
In addition, the governor identified
$20 million in additional state general
funds which will be necessary on July 1,
1986 to support Virginia's portion of the
Medicaid Program a s a result of the
Federal Deficit Reduction Act and a
doubling of the workload for the state
Department of Social Services resulting
from federal legislation requiring increased child support enforcement.
Also identified by Robb a s a future
federal uncertainty were potential tax
policy and structure changes, which because of Virginia's tax conformity with
the federal system would result in a
change to state tax revenues. While the
governor's statement on this issue implied a negative impact, state tax experts predict a windfall in state revenues
should the recently publicized federal
tax plan be approved. T h e windfall
would be tied to changes in the corporate tax system.
On the state side of the revenue picture, the governor noted a significant
decline in the gross receipts tax paid by
public utilities a s a result of the AT&amp;T
divestiture. T h i s change to the telecommunications industry will result in a
$2 million reduction in collections in fiscal 1985 a s compared to the previous
fiscal year, or $39 million less than the
commonwealth had previously projected. In addition, the recodification of
Title 58, the State T a x Code, during the
1984 session of the General Assembly
had a negative effect on state revenue
collections.
Combined projected i n c r e a s e s in
state general fund and non-general fund
revenue sources will bring the total to
$16.3 billion for the 1984-86 biennium.
The biennium budget passed during the
1984 session appropriates $15.9 billion.
The Robb revenue address does not
paint an optimistic picture for local
governments during tfie upcoming s e s sion. It appears that the governor does
not intend to restore to local social service and public health programs the $10

S.

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million-plus cut from the 1985-86 state
budget during the 1984 session. Nor
does it appear that there will be substantive increases in state funding for
the educational Standards of Quality.
However, it should be kept in mind that
while the governor proposes a budget to
the General Assembly, the General A s sembly has the authority to alter the
governor's proposal a s well as to alter
existing tax laws and pass additional tax
measures. Local governments should
continue to voice strong concern to
members of the General Assembly regarding state funding for localities.

About

the

Author

Ellen S. Posivach is VML's director of Research and follows state budget and financial measures for the league.

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�Luray Annexes
Two Square Miles
The town of Luray has been granted
annexation of approximately 1,245 acres outside the corporate limits by the
Page County Circuit Court. The court
followed the August 1983 recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Local
Government.
The annexation includes subdivisions
of Forest Hills, Fairview, Eastgate,
Brookside, Springview, Hilldale and
West Lu in addition to two undeveloped
tracts near the town's northern border.
Most of the areas were already benefitting from town water, sewer and trash
removal services but at about twice the
rate town customers were paying.
The commission noted that annexation "would have minimal impact
on Page County" and "rebound to the
economic benefit of the citizens."
The annexation increases the town to
about 3,020 acres, adding about 2
square miles. The town's population will
increase to approximately 4,400, according to Town Manager Donald A.
Smith.

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Alexandria
Ashland
Augusta County
Bedford
Bedford County
Berryville
Blacksburg
Bluefield
Bristol
Buena Vista
Chase City
Chesapeake
Clifton Forge
Colonial Beach
Covington
Culpeper County
Danville
Elkton
Emporia
Essex County
Fairfax County
Fauquier County
Franklin
Franklin County
Greensville County
Gretna
Grundy
Hampton

Hanover County
Harrisonburg
Herndon
Hopewell
James City County
Lawrenceville

Leesburg
Luray
Lynchburg
Manassas
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Chesapeake Hires
New Manager
William Scalf, 37, is the new city
manager of Chesapeake. He replaces
John Maxwell who resigned in July to
pursue other interests.
Scalf previously served as the chief
administration officer in IVIacon, GA, a
city with a population of about 120,000.
He has also served in administrative
positions in Pigeon Forge and Kingston,
T N , and he is the author of the citizen's
pamphlet, "How to Fight City Hall - and
Win." He took over his new position in
D e c e m b e r at an a n n u a l s a l a r y of
$66,000.
J a m e s Rein served a s acting city
manager in the interim.

Virginia B e a c h
Reorganizes
The administration of Virginia Beach
w a s organized into four new a r e a s
under four managers effective J a n . 1 in
the city's continuing reorganization process.
A s deputy city manager for development, Aubrey V. Watts Jr. will coordinate the administration of the departments of public works, public utilities,
planning, permits and inspections, economic development, fire, police and
the office of emergency services. Watts
formerly served as director of public utilities for the city. He holds a bachelor's
degree in business administration from
Virginia Polytechnical Institute and a
certificate in public administration from
the University of Virginia. Watts will also
act a s city manager in the absence of
the city manager.
Giles G. Dodd is the new assistant
city manager for administration. Since
1975, Dodd has served a s the city's
assistant city manager for finance and
research. Dodd will coordinate the administration of the departments of finance, personnel, data processing and
general s e r v i c e s and the offices of
occupational health, emergency medical services, marine science museum
and volunteer s e r v i c e s . He holds a
bachelor's degree in business administration from the College of William and
Mary and has completed study in management by objectives at the University
of Richmond.
Hector A. Rivera is the new assistant
city manager for human services. He

c o m e s to Virginia B e a c h from C o n necticut where he has held the position
of deputy commissioner of the department of human resources since 1979.
As assistant city manager for human
services, Rivera will coordinate the administration of the departments of parks
and recreation, libraries, agriculture,
housing and community development,
mental health/mental retardation/substance abuse, social services, juvenile
court services, public health and the
Pendleton Child Service Center. Rivera
holds a master's degree in sociology
from the New School for Social R e search in New York and a bachelor's in
sociology from the City College of New
York of the City University.
Edgar Dean Block is the new a s sistant city manager for analysis and
evaluation. He has held the position of
deputy city manager/administrative services for the city of Tallahassee, F L ,
since 1980. He holds a master's degree
in administration from George Washington University, Washington, D C , and a
bachelor's degree in history from California State University. He has also
done post-master's work in business
and economics. Block will coordinate
the administrative functions of research
and policy analysis, budgeting, strategic
planning, program evaluation and automated office systems.

Tursan served a s vice president of data
processing for the Credit Card Corp. of
A l e x a n d r i a w h e r e he managed the
American Express Card Registry Service in Canada.
A s manager of financial systems for
Datatel Inc. of A l e x a n d r i a , T u r s a n
handled the automated banking requirements for more than 40 banks in
Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Prior to that, he w a s employed by
Florida Software Services in Orlando
where he w a s responsible for all consumer lending systems the company
installed.
At the University of Virginia, Tursan
was in charge of systems planning and
also taught courses in data processing,
systems and programming. He and his
wife, Kay, live with their children in
Springfield.

Hall-Sizemore
Assumes VACo
Leadership

Standish Receives
Recognition
Myles E. Standish, assistant manager of management services, city of
Suffolk, has been selected for inclusion
in the 1984 edition of "Outstanding
Young Men of America."
The Outstanding Young Men of America program recognizes the achievements and abilities of men between the
ages of 21 and 36. T h e s e men are
honored for their outstanding civic and
professional contribution to their communities, their states and their nation.

Alexandria
Appoints Tursan
David P. Tursan has been appointed
data processing director in Alexandria.
He began working in November and
brings to the city more than 15 years of
experience in large and complex data
processing systems.
For the past four and a half years.

Dec. 15. He succeeded George Long
who had held the position for 20 years.
Hall-Sizemore w a s chosen to represent the county association from a
group of 147 applicants, and his app o i n t m e n t c o i n c i d e s with the a s continued,

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�sociation's relocation from Charlottesville to R i c h m o n d . T h e county a s sociation's new offices will be located in
the Old City Hall Building in Richmond at
10th and Broad streets.
A resident of Henrico County, HallSizemore previously doubled a s the
legislative liaison for S p o t s y l v a n i a
County and a real estate agent for
J a m e s R i v e r R e a l t o r s . He holds a
bachelor's degree in government from
the College of William and Mary and a
master's degree in political science from
Duke University.
Regarding his new position, HallSizemore said, "I think my main goal is
to bring the urban counties and the rural
counties together so they can s e e that
even though there are differences in
style and outlook, they all have very
compatible problems and similar problems."

gram, known a s E L F (eliminate legal
f i l e s ) , to e n c o u r a g e a d o p t i o n of
8 1/2 X 11 paper. T h e program has
been adopted in 29 states and also by
the federal government.

City Planner
Receives Award
City Planner Jervis C . Hairston has
received the 1984 Fredericksburg Area
Building Association award for outstanding achievement and assistance
to builders for orderly and proper development within the city of Fredericksburg. T h e award w a s presented at the
association's annual banquet in December. Hairston is a native of Mar-

tinsville and holds a degree in planning.
He has worked as a city planner in Fredericksburg since 1980.

Prince George
Elects Parker
Henry D. Parker Jr. was elected to
the Prince George County Board of
Supervisors during a special election in
November. Parker replaced Marion B.
Williams, who served a s an interim
member of the board following the death
of her husband, H. W. Williams Jr.
Parker has served a fou r-year term a s
a member of the board and his recent
election is for the three remaining years
of Williams' term. Parker owns and operates a retail grocery business in the
county.

Elander Leaves
Roanoke
Gary C . Elander, Roanoke's chief of
billings and collections, has resigned to
become city manager of Franklin, OH.
Franklin h a s a population of about
11,000 and is located 15 miles south of
Dayton in the Dayton-Cincinnati corridor.
Elander is a former city manager of
Clifton Forge and also previously served
as an administrative assistant in Lexington. He has worked for Roanoke five
years.

Bedford Appoints
New Attorney
Bedford City Council has appointed
William W. Berry IV city attorney. He
replaces Roy B. Thorpe Jr. who resigned to become county attorney for
Montgomery County.
Berry is a graduate of Davidson College and the University of Virginia
School of Law. He served a s assistant
city attorney for the city of Virginia
Beach from 1972 to 1974, and has been
in private practice in Bedford since
1975.
Berry is married and the father of a
daughter.

Association
Honors Harman
T h e Association of R e c o r d s Managers and Administrators (ARMA) presented the city of Alexandria and City
Manager Douglas Harman a special
award at its 29th annual conference.
The award recognizes the city of Alexandria for being the first city in the United
States to adopt 8 1/2 x 11 paper a s its
standard.
A R M A is conducting a national pro-

VML Executive Director R. Miciiael Amyx (left) and League President Lawrence A.
Davies, mayor of Fredericksburg,
were among approximately 50 Virginia local
government
officials that attended the National League of Cities Annual Congress of Cities in Indianapolis in November.

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�Swedish Delegation
Tours
Fairfax County
Cooperatives
T h e Fairfax County Department of
Housing and Community Development
(HCD) liosted a reception and tour in
late October of its recently developed
housing cooperatives for six visiting
members of the Swedish Parliament,
representatives of S w e d e n ' s National
Association of Tenant's Savings and
Buildings Societies ( H S B ) , the Swedish
Cooperative Institute and the Swedish
National Board of Housing.
The Fairfax County Redevelopment
and Housing Authority ( R H A ) , staffed by
H C D , is recognized nationally for its
innovation in the development and financing of low and moderate income
housing. R H A has been in the forefront
of developing c o o p e r a t i v e l y - o w n e d
projects sponsoring four cooperatives
with a total of 477 units. It is one of a few
housing authorities in the country working to establish public housing cooperatives.
Through cooperative homeownership
families work together to own and control their housing complex with one
mortgage covering the entire development. By assuming more control of their
living environment, housing cooperative

members may contribute to lowering
operating and administrative costs of
their developments.
Non-profit cooperative or mutual savings and building societies have been a
mainstay of homeownership housing
production in most Western European
nations since World War II. In several
countries, including the Scandinavian
c o u n t r i e s , t h e s e building s o c i e t i e s
have comprised between 25 percent
and 50 percent of annual housing production in the post war period.
Sweden's H S B is one of the oldest
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Jiswer V M L Questiond
Inside:
J L A R C ' s Update on Fiscal Stress

�HOW A STUDENT
WHO COULDN'T LEARN
TAUGHT EVERYONE
AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
Everyone thought Matthew Francisco
was failing school.
But was he really?
You see, Matthew has a learning
disability. A n d no matter what his parents and teachers did, his problem only
seemed to worsen. ( M a t t h e w even started
running away from home to avoid school.)
F i n a l l y Matthew's mother, B a r b a r a ,
did some homework of her own and got
in touch w i t h the Minnesota Association
for C h i l d r e n and Adults with L e a r n i n g
Disabilities, a United Way supported
agency.
T h e Association helped B a r b a r a deal
w i t h Matthew at home and his teachers
deal w i t h h i m at school.
Before long Matthew was solving problems in school instead of just being one.

A n d through her involvement with T h e
Association. B a r b a r a now schools other
parents w i t h learning disabled children.
T h i s is just one of thousands of s i m i l a r
stories from all over the country.
A n d . as the Franciscos can attest,
United Way does a lot in your
community.
Everything from day care to foster care
to care tor the elderly.
A n d what makes it all work arc
generous contributions from people like
yourself.
People who reali/e that
without their help. United
Way simply cannot exist.
Matthew, his parents and
his teachers thank you.

So do we.

U n i t e d W^y
THANKS JO YOU IT WORKS
FOR ALLOT US

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Editor
Christine A. Everson
Assistant Editor &amp;
Advertising IVIanager
Mary Ann Cornell
Circulation l\/lanager
Kathy Mclntyre

*City
Volume 20

VML President
Samuel W. Adams III
Officers
Robert T . Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Noel C . Taylor
J . Willard Lineweaver
Executive Committee
J a c k D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Frances Parsons
M. Stewart Koethcke
William R. Hartz
Sidney M. Oman
Lawrence A. Davies
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

Number 10

4 People
6 Handling Development
Pressures
Angela H. Moore, AlCP, and Allen Webb, CLA,
offer some helpful hints for local officials.

9 The Candidates and the
Issues

On the Cover
One of these men will be Virginia's
next governor. In the chief office for four
y e a r s , the new governor will h a v e
tremendous influence on the state's bureaucracy and budget and will set the
tone for relationships between the state
and local governments. He will largely
determine the state's "corporate culture" if you will. Who will you vote for?
S e e page nine in this issue of Virginia
Town &amp; City.
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(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It is published monthly at 13 East
Franklin
Street, P.O. Box 12203, Richmond, Virginia 23241. All contents,
copyright
1985 by the Virginia Municipal
League.
Any reproduction
or use of contents
must have prior approval of the Virginia
Municipal League and if granted must
be accompanied by credit to VIRGINIA
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Postmaster: Send address
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23241.

October 1985

changes to
Richmond

16 JLARC's Update on
Local Fiscal Stress
R. Kirk Jonas, division chief of the Joint Legislative
Audit and Review Commission, interprets this
document which no doubt will influence the 1986
General
Assembly.

22 Marketplace
23 Citizen Participation in
the Planning Process
Commentary by Gary T. Johnson, director of the
Center for Public Affairs at Virginia
Commonwealth
University.

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Howell J o i n s
League Staff
Elsie H. Howell joined the staff of the
Virginia Municipal League in September
as assistant administrator of the Virginia
Municipal Group Self Insurance Association. She previously worked for an insurance agent with a large national firm.
In her new position she will oversee loss
control services, handle billing and collection and write a quarterly newsletter
for VMGSIA.
A native of Hopewell, Howell has resided in Richmond for approximately 10
years. She also serves as the music
director of a local church. Howell is married and the mother of two children ages
9 and 15.

Ratcliffe

Mayor Ratcliffe,
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Raymond F. Ratcliffe, mayor of Pulaski and a past president of the Virginia
Municipal League, died Sept. 14, 1985.
A native of Pulaski, he gave more
than 19 years of public service to his
hometown. He was first elected to the
Pulaski Town Council in 1966 and became mayor in 1974. He served as
mayor until the time of his death.
In 1974, the members of the Virginia
Municipal League elected Ratcliffe to
the executive committee as chair of the
Town Section. He served two terms as
the section's chair and was then elected
fourth vice president of the league. He
served through the offices, and in 1981
at the league conference in Charlottesville, he became VML president.
Professionally, Ratcliffe was a mechanical engineer. He retired from Hercules Inc. as plant engineer in 1973. He
also served as a member of the Peppers
Ferry Regional Wastewater Treatment
Authority, the New River Airport Commission, the board of trustees of the
Pulaski Community Hospital and the Pulaski Centennial Committee. He served
in many other civic, religious and charitable organizations as well.
VML passed a resolution honoring
Ratcliffe at the recently concluded 1985
annual conference in Roanoke.

Cornell Becomes
Assistant Editor
Mary Ann Cornell of the Virginia Municipal League staff has been promoted
to assistant editor and advertising manager.
Cornell joined the league staff in July
1983 through the cooperative education
program at Virginia Commonwealth
University. She has since worked part
time as publications assistant. Her primary responsibility has been to coordinate advertising sales for Virginia Town
&amp; City, the official VML magazine.
Cornell is completing her studies at
VCU and expects to graduate in December 1985 with a degree in mass communications. In her new position she will
assist with many of the league's communication and public relations functions. Cornell is a native of King George
County, VA.

Wexler Appointed
Youth Director
Paul Wexler has been appointed director of youth services in Alexandria's
Department of Human Service. Wexler
was the human resources planner/assistant director in the Division of Economic Opportunities. Prior to his last
position, he served as senior program
supervisor and mental retardation specialist, executive director of Sheltered
Homes of Alexandria, and social worker

for the Northern Virginia Training Center. Wexler holds a bachelor's degree in
education and economics from Windham College and a master's in social
work from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Fairfax County
Presents Awards
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently honored seven county
employees with the A. Heath Onthank
Award for outstanding performance.
The annual award is named in honor of
the first chairman of the Fairfax County
Civil Service Commission and is the
highest honor the county bestows on its
employees.
Selected by a citizen committee to
receive the award were the following.
Floyd Simpson, supervisor for electronic equipment repair in the school
maintenance office, received the award
for taking the initiative to be recertified
as a cardiopulmonary resuscitation and
emergency care instructor and offering
training seminars on his own time to
maintenance employees. Thirty-two
employees were certified in 1984 and
Simpson also personally rendered CPR
assistance to three co-workers.
Bonnie Rocchi, school bus driver,
was honored for her heroism in a school
bus accident. Although injured she
kicked out a windshield and safely
evacuated 22 students from her overturned bus. Her calm and reassuring
manner prevented panic and further injuries among the children.
John Callaghan, management analyst III in the Office of Human Services,
was awarded for his dedication and inv o l v e m e n t in s e n s i t i v e c o m m u n i t y
issues. His skill for facilitating compromise, professional judgement and diplomacy were outstanding in his coordination of the Group Residential Facilities Commission for disabled citizens
and the Homeless Shelter Program.
Charles P. Rose, battalion chief, Fire
and Rescue, was honored for his intensive campaign to persuade the Virginia
Highways and Transportation Department to install a guard rail on Columbia
Pike at Lake Barcroft Dam. From his
work at the nearby fire station he was
aware of the numerous accidents and
fatalities that have occurred there. He
contacted newspapers and television.

�Supervisor Davis and Delegate Gwen
Cody until ttie median guard rail was
approved.
Janet (Jody) Douglas, coordinator,
Community Correction Resources
Board, was awarded for her outstanding
service to the Community Diversion
Program which keeps non-violent felons
out of prison by providing intensive
supervision, counseling, community
service and victim restitution.
B o b b y Smith, engineer II, Division of
Solid Waste, was honored for his dedication in an emergency situation during
the gas explosion at the Lorton Youth
Center. Smith assisted corrections officials and fire and rescue personnel in
handling the immediate emergency including evacuation. Days later he persuaded a protester trying to shut down
the facility not to endanger himself or
anyone else. Smith worked 102 hours of
overtime during December and the
Christmas holidays to resolve problems
connected with this emergency.
Robert Taylor, custodian at W. T.
Woodson High School, was honored for
single-handedly raising the level of custodian services at Woodson High by
accepting shifts no one else wanted, by
never slowing the pace of his work, by
consistently turning out work of high
quality and by making up for the mistakes of others and never complaining.
Each award recipient received a
plaque and a $2,000 cash award.

Hopewell Assistant
Receives Award
Douglas A. Heretick, assistant city
manager of Hopewell, has been recognized by the Virginia Jaycees as one of
ten Outstanding Young Virginians. The
award was given for distinctive service
to his community, state and the nation.

Edmonds Named
G O P Director
Don R. E d m o n d s , former city manager of Martinsville, has been named
the executive director of the Republican
Party of Virginia. Edmonds will manage
the administrative affairs of the organization.

Wells D i e s
William T. Wells, 77, retired Richmond city clerk, died in June. Known as
"Bunny," he was an assistant city clerk
before becoming city clerk in 1940. He
served as the city's clerk for 34 years
and served the city a total of 48 years.
He was a native of Richmond.

Price Appointed
Service Officer
Cpl. J o h n n y T. Price has been appointed community services officer for
the Vienna Police Department. Price is a
13-year veteran of the department and
has had previous assignments on patrol, SWAT team, community services
and administrative duties.
He is a r e c i p i e n t of the V i e n n a
Woman's Club Policeman of the Year
award and the Vienna Jaycee's Outstanding Young Man award.

Public Power
Financing
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Innovation
Commitment

Leesburg Names
Assistant Manager
S t e p h e n F. O w e n has been appointed assistant to the town manager
of Leesburg. He previously worked as
town manager of Berryville and as town
manager in Wakefield.
Owen is a graduate of William and
Mary and holds a degree in government.
Currently, he is pursuing a master's in
urban and e n v i r o n m e n t a l planning
through the University of Virginia.

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Can you imagine a day in the life of a
local official without discussions about
land use? The scope of the subject may
vary from a constituent's complaint to a
Fortune 500 c o m p a n y proposing a
major development that could have
substantial effect on the community.
Besides elected local officials and
members of planning commissions and
zoning appeal boards, a variety of other
appointed commissions, boards and
committees are directly charged with
the responsibility of making recommendations and decisions that can significantly affect how land is used or how
its use will be changed.
The land use changes occurhng in
Virginia can be attributed to several
causes. First, Virginia is one of the 12
contiguous southern states that have
been somewhat densely populated for
decades. While these states contain
only 15 percent of the country's land
area, according to the 1980 Census
they contain more than 20 percent of the
population. Their combined population
increased 81 percent from 1920 to
1980. During that same period density
increased to 94 people per square mile
from 74 people per square mile.^
As a result of their population growth
and density, these southern states have
become the second best regional retail
market in the United States. Since retail
sales density positively correlates to
population density, retail businesses
have been increasingly attracted to Virginia which has experienced a growth
rate .9 percent to 3.9 percent above the
national rate for the past three decades.
Another important factor affecting
land use change from both a regional
and a national perspective is a reversal
of the past geographic trend of population growth. The population of America's urban areas is decreasing while at
the same tinie the population of surrounding rural areas is growing, often
dramatically. During the 1970s the percentage of Americans living in metropolitan areas declined to 75.3 percent in

1980 from 76 percent in 1970. Although
the percent of decline appears slight, it
nevertheless is viewed as representing
the beginning of an unexpected decline
in the proportion of American population
living in urban areas. Demographers
now expect the urban population to drop
an additional .5 percent to 74.8 percent
by the year 2000. The last time a similar
decline occurred was early in the 19th
century w h e n the land area of the
country was expanding rapidly.^
Only the South and the West are expected to maintain high growth rates
during the next two decades. This expected growth will increase population
and create job opportunities in these
areas, including Virginia, more than in
other regions. While per capita income
also will increase in the cities of the
South and the West, the per capita income outside of cities is expected to be
below the national average by the year
2000.3

Virginia local officials will be seeing
these changes firsthand in their communities. As a result, rural and city officials will continue to experience different types of problems.
In December 1984, the Commission
on the Future of Virginia presented to
Governor Charles S. Robb its report
"Toward a New Dominion: Choices for
Virginians." The report presents 50 recommendations, and five task force reports. The recommendation that appears to have most a f f e c t e d local
governments to date is the suggestion
to form and implement an economic
development strategy. The increase in
funding for the Department of Economic
Development and the reorganization of
this state activity directly under the
leadership of the governor has raised
the expectations of most local governments. The increase in state spending
for advertising and the increase in staff
effort are viewed as creating improved
possibilities for attracting new employers and businesses. This major policy
change at the state level is yet another
f a c t o r t h a t is a l r e a d y i n f l u e n c i n g

changes in land use and development
activities in Virginia's localities.
The commonwealth of Virginia is
blessed with many buildings, sites and
a r e a s of d o c u m e n t e d historic significance, and the protection of these
treasures for the enjoyment of future
generations has become generally accepted throughout Virginia. While Virginia has many historic buildings worthy
of saving, many old structures have outlived their functional usefulness, their
structural materials or the ravages of
time. Land use change in this area may
be caused by the need to make buildings safe, to provide improved or additional community facilities or to accommodate additional or new retail and
residential space. In addition, the opportunity for redevelopment of areas or
sites as well as the development of
"passed over" property causes many
changes in small towns and suburban
areas as well as cities.
Significant land use change will continue to occur in Virginia because of the
attractiveness of the commonwealth's
environment, the population density,
population movement, the aging of our
communities and the positive actions
taken by the commonwealth and by
local governments to attract economic
development.
If asked, each local official would
probably select different examples of
the development pressures he has experienced or now faces. The types of
concerns that appear to affect land use
decisions of officials almost universally
include the following:
- retaining existing tax rates;
- reconciling constituents' concerns
regarding "growth vs. no-growth" or
the "not in my backyard" philosophy
with the need for economic growth
in changing circumstances;
- protecting the environment (flood
plains, steep slopes, aquifiers,
water quality, air quality, etc.);
- considering the need for adequate
affordable housing for the low in-

�come, the elderly and the poor, regardless of whether it is financed
publicly or privately;
- permitting development within the
limitations of and in accordance
with the capabilities of public facilities and services;
- protecting prime sites for use and
development by optimal economic
generators;
- providing local zoning regulations
that properly protect the community
from the "dumping" of unwanted
land uses not allowed by neighboring jurisdictions, sometimes called
LULUS - "locally unwanted land
uses;"
- c o m p l y i n g with land use plans and
implementing ordinances (zoning,
subdivision, etc.) and
- attracting prime economic development in light of all of the above.
Although frustration accompanies the
democratic process, resources and aids
are available to assist local officials in
making land use decisions. As Dolores
Hudson, council member. Warrensburg, MO, said, "Surely, dictatorship
takes less time. Gathering data, analyzing the facts, communicating to the people, holding public hearings and, of
course, sharing all with the news media
is our cross to bear."

A difficult but good decision once
made is one of the most satisfying experiences of a local public official. Administrators, managers and local planners
also have the same frustrating experiences as each strives to make the process flow smoothly and effectively along
the path prescribed by law.
The planning process and planners
can provide invaluable assistance to
local officials in their evaluation of land
use changes whether proposed for immediate implementation or for preparation of long-range plans. Professional
land use planners are trained to assist in
the comprehensive review of how each
specific proposal may enhance or impede the accomplishment of the community's goals and objectives. Planners
may be responsible for the consistent
i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , a p p l i c a t i o n and e n forcement of land use regulations such
as details of subdivisions and site plans
to assure provisions for proper and safe
public access and needed easements.
They can compile demographic and
land use data to monitor changing
community characteristics and to anticipate future needs to be expressed in
the comprehensive plan. Also, they can
assist local officials and citizens in the
use of the plan to achieve its goals, and
many planners serve as a valued re-

source in "selling" the community for
economic development.
The Virginia Division of Housing and
Community Development staff can provide valuable referral information. Its
biannual publication, "The Status of
Local Planning in Virginia," is a valuable
reference list of planning directors, zoning administrators, subdivision administrators, planning commission chairs
and regional planning district executive
d i r e c t o r s t h r o u g h o u t the c o m m o n wealth. Often, officials from other localities can be helpful and provide information regarding their methods of dealing with specific land use problems. This
reference also identifies those jurisdictions that have comprehensive plans,
zoning ordinances, subdivision ordinances and capital improvement programs. Also provided is information regarding staff, the planning commission
and membership in the planning district
commission. In addition, DHCD in cooperation with the Virginia Citizens
Planning Association publishes a series
of booklets titled "VCPA Planning Series" which are designed for use by local
officials. These booklets are provided to
VCPA members and can be requested
from either organization.
Several statewide planning-related
organizations can provide referrals on

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be contacted:
Virginia Chapter, American Planning
Association
President: Angela H. Moore, A l C P
Business Phone: (804) 747-4484
Virginia Citizens Planning
Association, Incorporated
President: Dr. C . Dean Allen
Business Phone: (703) 961-6373
Virginia Association of Planning
District C o m m i s s i o n s
President: Jennings L. Morris
Business Phone: (703) 885-5174
Rural Planning C a u c u s
President: Larry Jennings
Business Phone: (703) 434-4455
In addition, the Virginia Polytechnic
and State University Extension Service
coordinates planning research projects
and maintains a list of consulting firms
having certified planners on their staff.
Certified planners are members of the
American Planning Association who
have met specified educational and experience qualifications and have successfully passed a nationally administered exam. T h e s e planners are permitted to use the initials of the American
Institute of Certified Planners ( A l C P )
following their names. In Virginia approximately 200 of the 740 members of
the Virginia Chapter are A . I . C P .
The A P A recognizes three schools of
planning in Virginia. T h e s e accredited
schools have passed stringent national
requirements and possess faculty that
may be used a s a planning resource.
The three schools and the planning department chairs are a s follows:
University of Virginia
Chair: Dr. Dave Phillips
Phone: (804) 924-3715
Virginia Commonwealth University
Chair: Dr. Allen Fonoroff
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Pressures on the daily lives of local
public officials by land developers, citizens involved in the planning process
and the news media can place overwhelming demands on an official's time.
Officials can be prepared by asking for
reference information and training from
the local staff.
Officials should know planning members and their telephone numbers so
they can request information on a variety of land use questions such a s rezoning r e q u e s t s , s u b d i v i s i o n s , site
plans, road improvements or drainage

problems. T h e local or regional planning
district commission's professional administrator and staff can assist with the
land development process and legal requirements.
Knowledge and familiarity with the
various types of maps used (tax, zoning,
topographic, planimetric, aerial, site
plans, surveyor's plats and subdivision
plats) can reduce misunderstandings
and make evaluating proposals for land
use changes easier. An orientation by
the staff and copies of the various ordinances and plans that an elected or
appointed official is expected to implement usually will prove invaluable.
To assist local officials with decisions
on specific c h a n g e s , the local staff
should be requested to prepare and
submit background reports. A work session to allow the matter to be discussed
in detail prior to the public meeting may
also be helpful. T h e local attorney can
advise regarding the legal procedures to
be followed. Since planners are advisers, not decision-makers, officials
can freely request their assistance a s
well as specific information and recommendations from them.
In addition to using maps and staff
reports to assist in the evaluation of a
proposal, a personal visit to the site
under consideration is invaluable. It will
result in enhanced personal knowledge
of the land and the individual proposal.
During the term of office the official will
gain greater personal familiarity with the
people, the land, the roads and the
landmarks. This knowledge is extremely
valuable when communicating with the
citizens of the area.
In brief, officials should do the following:
• familiarize themselves with the various maps used in the community;
• request copies and an orientation
program on the various plans and ordinances;
• request a staff referral list;
• insist on background reports and/or
work sessions on problem items; and
• visit sites and areas subject to land
use changes.
Resources are available to assist officials in discharging their legal responsibilities. T h e larger the jurisdiction and
its staff, the more likely it is that training
can be provided by staff regarding such
matters a s time management, decision
making and stress reduction.
Time management is critical for the
modern public official who has many
reponsibilities and usually a very busy
schedule. Time management and decision-making techniques include procedures for efficient handling of paperwork and organizing activities. For ins t a n c e , e x e c u t i v e s u m m a r i e s or
resumes of all reports and action items

are helpful. A schedule that requires
agendas and the n e c e s s a r y accompanying information a specific number
of days in advance of a meeting will
assure adequate time to prepare for the
meeting and render a decision.
It is very important for public officials
to know the techniques of conducting a
meeting so that it progresses smoothly
and quickly and so all parties are treated
fairly. The use of reasonable time limits
for presentations, rebuttals, etc., is a
key item. Training regarding group decision-making techniques is very helpful
to assure that negotiation is a shared
experience and that the group works as
a unit in considering business matters
and arrives at a consensus in the most
timely yet fair manner. As every public
official knows, patience is a vital trait
needed to survive the numerous and
long meetings required by today's public
business.
The public offiical's role is a key ingredient in efforts to attract private investment in the community. While land
development proposals may cause personal stress and community aggravation at times, the public official's skills
and smooth handling of the process will
in most c a s e s determine the attractiveness of the community and the quality of
development. While planners and administrators can implement the proc e d u r e s and plans that are recommended and approved by public officials, they cannot make decisions. Each
needs the other, and all must work
together to properly use all available
resources while coping with land development pressures and striving to improve our communities at the same
time.
'Ernest F. Cooke, "Why Most of the Retail
Action is East of the Mississippi,"
American
Demographics, November 1984, pp. 21-22.
^Martin l-loldrich, "Prospects
for Metropolitan Growth," American Demographics,
April 1984, p. 32-33.
^Ibid, p. 36.

About the

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Angela H. Moore, AlCP, has a master's of
planning and urban design from the University of Virginia and 15 years of public planning experience.
Currently, she is principal
planner. Advance Planning Section, County
of Henrico Planning Office. She also serves
as the current president of the Virginia Chapter of the American Planning
Association.
Allen Webb, CLA, has a bachelor of science in landscape architecture from Michigan State University and is a registered
landscape
architect. He has more than 30
years experience in landscape
architecture
and planning In the private and public sectors. He is principal planner of the Current
Planning Section, County of Henrico Planning Office, and serves as treasurer of the
Virginia Citizens Planning
Association.

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Virginia Town &amp; City asked Repuhlican candidate for
governor Wyatt B. Durrette and the Democratic cajididate
for governor Gerald L. Baliles to respond to the following set
of questions posed by the VML staff. Their answers are given
on the following pages.

dollars for mental health and mental retardation be
allocated directly to community service boards, (2)
that core program services for the chronically ill be
mandated and (3) that local government financial
contribution to community service boards be
required?

1 What is your position on funding the state's percentage of the mandated Standards of Quality for
basic educational aid and the categorical programs,
and from what sources would you draw funding?

5 What do you plan to do to alleviate the potentially explosive situation in overcrowded local jails
burdened even further by the placement of state
felons and other state prisoners in local facilities?

2 I n light of major federal budget cuts to local
government programs, what is your position on
state aid and/or added flexibility in local revenue
generating authority as a means for localities to
continue vital services?

6 Water is a critical resource in the future of Virginia. It will affect the development of every community i n the commonwealth. What are your views
on the proposed Virginia Water Withdrawal Act
which would mandate a permitting system for the
withdrawal of both ground and surface water?

3 What is your position on funding for highways
and transit programs, and if supporting increased
funding, what sources of funding w o u l d you
choose?
4 What is your position regarding the recent recommendation made to the Committee on Deinstitutionalization by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and the Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation, specifically including the recommendations (1) that state general fund

7 What is your position on uranium mining i n
Virginia?
8 What do you perceive as the most pressing problem facing Virginia's local governments, and what
plans do you have to resolve that problem?
9 What special efforts have you made in the past to
better understand the needs of Virginia's local
governments or to provide assistance for them?

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During recent debates, the difference on this
issue between me and my opponent has become
clear. I am committed to full funding of the Standards of Quality for our public schools; my opponent is not. A t this point, the state is meeting 90
percent of its mandated responsibility to fund these
standards, and I believe that the time has come to
reach the 100 percent level during the next administration. This is important not only as a signal of our
commitment to education and the future of our
children but to build on the progress that has been
made and to reflect the consensus of educators,
parents and the General Assembly on the need for
these standards in our schools.
My opponent has said he would follow his own
agenda for spending the estimated $500 million dollars that would be used to fund these standards—a
statement that basically indicates he would substitute his judgment for that consensus and ignore
the years of research and review that have brought
us so close to the full funding level. The Standards
of Quality impact on teaching materials, facilities,
curricula and teachers' salaries; a governor w h o rejects their fundamental importance to local governments could disrupt educational progress for years
to come. Funding for education will be a priority in
my administration, as it has been during Gov.
Robb's term of office. General state revenues have
been favorably impacted by a strong economy in
recent months, and short-term projections indicate
that no tax increase will be needed to pay for funding of the Standards of Quality. Massive federal
deficits could weaken this position, but I am confident that my approach to state government management will result in efficiencies and new ideas
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A s the Reagan administration continues to reduce
federal aid to states and localities, local and state
governments are required to shoulder an ever
broadening set of fiscal responsibilities. A s governor, 1 will closely monitor the burdens thrown
back upon our localities and, in consultation with
state and local officials, will consider means by
which local governments may be assured of resources adequate to carry out those increased
responsibilities.

loads, we cannot make progress in economic development, and our overall quality of life is compromised. The challenge we face now is not to find
new ways to divide the transportation funding pie
. . . but rather to increase the size of the pie and
determine funding needs from the most comprehensive information available about local transportation problems and the statewide transportation systems we use.
A s governor, one of my first actions will be to
initiate preparation of a comprehensive transportation plan to address short-term needs and the most
effective w a y to meet those needs. I will also bring
together a Commission on Virginia's Transportation
in the 21st Century to anticipate long-term trends
and needs. I would expect to obtain the critical information necessary to make the decisions for
transportation projects during the next 15 to 20
years. Funding options for those projects will be
developed during that information-gathering process. We know we cannot look solely to the traditional gas tax to produce the total revenues
needed. I do not intend to look to new taxes for an
immediate or singular solution. Rather, I would
promote the innovation and effectiveness that can
be measured in cost savings and in better use of resources. "Fast tracking" of construction projects,
priorities based on better information and aggressive leadership in seeking federal assistance for
maintenance and bridge repair are all avenues of
improvements that I will consider.
We can no longer approach Virginia's transportation needs in a piecemeal fashion, assuming that
one transportation mode does not impact upon
another. In order to make maximum use of our limited resources, we must undertake a sweeping review of all our transportation needs, policies and
resources. We must focus our planning and direct
our expenditures to enhance Virginia's economic
development efforts and the benefits those efforts
have for our communities.

I have not yet had a chance to examine the specific recommendations of J L A R C and D M H M R in
regard to funding of the crucial work done by
community service boards. I n general, I do not believe that the commonwealth should create additional state-mandated programs without identifying
or earmarking revenue sources to support those
programs. I will study the plan to fund CSBs directly from the General F u n d , although I should
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can't move people to and from work, if our commerce is hindered by inadequate highways and if
our communities are choked by increasing traffic

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ment to do so in keeping with the wishes of their
citizens.
I am committed to seeing that Virginia's state
government meets its moral obligation to adequately provide for the education of our children at
all levels—elementary, secondary and higher education. M y administration w i l l have no higher priority than to couple adequate funding w i t h the basic
educational reforms 1 recently proposed i n m y
18-point Agenda for Excellence.
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission is currently conducting an extensive study to
determine the "actual cost" of fully funding the
Standards of Quality for public education. The
study's findings are expected to be available in December. There is good reason to believe that the
funds required to pay the state's share of the Standards of Quality, currently estimated to be $515
million for the 1986-88 biennium, will be available
from additional revenues generated by the commonwealth's private economy. A s s u m i n g those estimates are correct, I w i l l make that financial commitment, but I want to ensure that the reforms I
have proposed are included.

With the vast majority of Virginians, I am deeply
concerned about the dangers to our economic wellbeing represented by continuing huge deficits i n
the federal budget. Significant reductions in federal
spending are urgently required to sustain our economic growth, maintain the creation of jobs i n the
private sector and hold the rein on inflation.
A s Congress cooperates w i t h President Reagan i n
his efforts to reduce the federal budget, we w i l l
have a clearer idea of the potential impact on Virginia regarding governmental programs important
to many of our people.
1 support the president in his difficult task. A s
governor, I will welcome the challenge of helping
restore a proper balance to the governmental administration of social programs vital to Virginians. I
applaud the renewed commitment in Virginia and
across the country to fiscal responsibility in Washington and a N e w Federalism recognizing the i m portance of the states. A s the cutbacks are made, I
w i l l work diligently with leaders of the General A s sembly to make sure that Virginia responds with
care and compassion to the effects of reduced federal spending for key social programs. I n many i n stances, our cities and smaller localities w i l l have an
important role to play i n determining which federal
program expenditures ought to be assumed w i t h
state or local resources. Local jurisdictions w h i c h
desire the opportunity to respond with initiative
and innovation to the challenges posed by federal
spending reductions w i l l be given every encourage-

Virginia is not now adequately meeting its highway and transportation needs. Finding the funds to
pay for this enormous obligation will be one of the
major challenges facing the next governor. It is essential for expanding our economic base and i m proving the quality of life of our citizens.
Additional road construction needs throughout
the commonwealth will make it necessary to increase the amount of money allocated for construction. A s governor, I w i l l ask the General Assembly
to relax the ceiling on local county and city road
construction bond issues. This will provide greater
flexibility for localities to meet their pressing transportation needs. Addihonal state revenue for roads
must also be found. I am convinced that the need
for increased revenues for road construction and
maintenance is urgent, and, as governor, I w i l l seek
to find ways to provide additional state revenue to
meet the transportation needs of the commonwealth.
A s governor, my staff and 1 will work closely
w i t h members of the Reagan administration, with
our senators and congressmen, with local government officials and w i t h businessmen and community leaders to find sensible solutions.

Historically, the commonwealth of Virginia has
accepted responsibility for the funding and administration of our mental health system. I n fact, Virginia has the oldest state-run mental hospital in the
country. Following this line of reasoning, I do not
feel it is necessary or would be more efficient to
delegate our responsibility to the localities by allocating state general fund dollars for mental health
and mental retardation directly to community service boards. I am concerned that such delegation
would present administrative difficulties that would
far outweigh any gains from decentralizahon. I do
feel that core program services for the chronically ill
should be mandated because the recipients of care
and their families deserve a uniform program and
this can only be achieved through a state mandate.
Finally, I do not feel that local governments should
have to contribute to an effort that has always been
an accepted state responsibility. I would also be reluctant to support such a requirement because
some areas in Virginia (those w i t h a large number
of institutions) would shoulder an uneven portion
of the cost of our statewide mental health system.
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duce the ability of the governor and the executive
branch to ensure accountability for the expenditure
of state funds.

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I have recently made public a detailed agenda for
corrections entitled "Prisons That Work" that pro­
vides specific plans for expansion of the state's
prison capacity by 1,650 beds during the next four
years.Nine hundred of these beds can be made
available within the next few months without any
additional capital outlays; an additional 150 beds
can be added at relatively minimal cost by up­
grading water, sewage and other infrastructure
components in correctional field units.Together,
these steps will add 1,050 beds to our system at
minimal cost. The balance of 600 beds will be met
by expansion of about half a dozen existing facili­
ties.In conjunction with recent steps taken by Gov.
Robb to alleviate overcrowding problems in urban
jails, my plan will provide adequate space to house
state prisoners without exceeding the capacity of
our local jails-and thus will provide the basis for a
safer, more secure corrections system in the 1990s.

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As I pointed out to the Virginia Water Resources
Conference sponsored by the Sierra Club in early
September, conservation and management of our
water resources may well be the single most press­
ing resource concern we face during the next ad­
ministration.Southeastern Virginia in particular will
face serious water shortages in the relatively near
future. Virginia's riparian water rights doctrine has
served us well. However, as competition for water
resources intensifies, it has become obvious that
this doctrine may become an inadequate mecha­
nism in and of itself for allocation and management
of our water resources. Probable demands for
interbasin transfers of water must be anticipated,
and the complex legal framework within which any
such plan would operate fully explored, if we are to
be prepared to meet our water needs.The water
permitting system contemplated by the proposed
Virginia Water Withdrawal Act provides an exam­
ple of possible water use management techniques
that should be considered only as part of a larger,
comprehensive approach to water resource prob­
lems.I will move expeditiously to resolve certain
legal questions regarding water and seek meetings
with federal officials and neighboring states to
clarify matters of law affecting federal, state and
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The challenges facing local governments today
are unprecedented. Federal budget cuts add new
demands for local revenues, growing communities
need more public services and an improved tax
base is increasingly tied to the quality of local
schools because of the need for businesses to offer
their employees a lifestyle "package" for their
families.
If I had to choose one issue on which I base my
campaign and my concerns for local government, I
would have to say that education is that issue. I
fully understand the many other issues that have
the attention of city halls across this com­
monwealth. But the one that cuts across county
lines and through city limits is the basic under­
standing and hope of our citizens to provide oppor­
tunities for their children.Beyond this, we see the
need for retraining workers for new skills and new
jobs, and the need for higher education to provide
essential links to research and high technology
businesses.
All the local issues that affect us today ...water
and sewer needs, roads and bridges repair and
maintenance, human services ...have as their
common denominator the objective of a certain
quality of life in our communities. I believe the key
to that quality is and will continue to be educa­
tional opportunities for all ages, but especially in
our public schools. The state's commitment to fund­
ing its share of the cost of educational quality is a
major factor for local governments to consider as
they set their priorities and plan for their growth
and development.

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As attorney general of Virginia during the past
three and one-half years, I had the privilege to
serve as legal advisor not only to more than 200
state agencies and institutions, but also to the
cities, towns and counties in the commonwealth.In
fulfillment of that role, I issued dozens of opinions
on matters of vital concern to localities, from con­
flicts of interest to cooperative agreements for re­
gional services.
As attorney general, I also worked to improve
law enforcement and public safety in Virginia.
Gov.Robb and I sponsored an anti-crime package
that toughened penalties for drug pushers, child
pornographers and criminals using firearms during
the commission of a felony, and improved police
officers' abilities to enforce our laws.I sponsored
Virginia's first Criminal Justice Forum, which
brought together law enforcement officers from
across the state to share ideas and recommenda­
tions on strengthening public safety efforts.
In other initiatives, I restructured the attorney

�general's office, adding specialized units to combat
medicaid fraud, consumer fraud and toxic wastes
violations. I also developed a wide-ranging series of
seminars, conferences and briefings designed to aid
local government officials to interpret and apply
state law regarding matters of particular concern to
localities—including the Virginia Freedom of I n formation Act, the Virginia Comprehensive Conflicts of Interest Act, the Administrative Process Act
and the Virginia Public Procurement Act. M y office
also sponsored Attorney General's L a w Conferences on Higher Education and on Agriculture.

have k n o w n that for years. W e must decide i m mediately on how to safely house the growing i n mate population. I have proposed renovating and
expanding existing facilities and using existing
state-owned buildings. That may not be enough,
however, and if w e need to build new prisons, my
administration will do so.
What w e w i l l not do is allow state inmates to
back up i n local jails at dangerous levels for prolonged periods. The state will meet its responsibility to safely house convicted felons. We will not
only provide facilities; we will also provide the necessary security and support staff to go along with
them.

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We must have sufficient prison facilities to house
the growing inmate population. Here in Virginia,
we've experienced a 91 percent increase in the
number of state prisoners in just the last 10 years.
Although previous Republican administrations
planned and constructed several n e w prisons, the
current administration has not done so, nor has it
come up with viable alternatives for housing the
inmates. The problem of overcrowding is not going
to go away. I n fact, it is getting worse, and the next
governor must provide the leadership to deal with
it.
We need to expand our prison system, and w e

Virginia has adequate water supplies overall, but
those supplies are not always located in the population centers where the demand for water is greatest. The State Water Commission is currently conducting hearings concerning the best w a y to avert
water shortages in the future. Difficult questions of
ownership and possible compensation for water are
involved. While I believe the General Assembly
ultimately must resolve these questions, I am opposed to the wholesale abandonment of the centuries-old riparian doctrine here in the commonwealth. A s governor, I will provide active leadership to bring about sensible solutions for local
and regional water problems without imposing on
the citizens of our state the burdensome regulatory
and permitting system that some have proposed.
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A s governor, I intend to aggressively pursue opportunities for economic growth throughout Virginia. However, I would support uranium mining
and milling only if studies conclusively show that
such operations could be conducted without danger
to the public health.

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Virginia's localities face many pressing needs,
from education to transportation to economic development to law enforcement and local jail overcrowding. A s a former assistant city attorney in
Fairfax, I understand the variety of problems and
challenges that confront local government leaders. I
know also the critical importance of having state
government as a full working partner, meeting its
responsibilities and assisting local governments i n
finding effective ways of meeting theirs.
I believe that the governor must provide leadership i n searching for innovative solutions to local

problems. M y proposals for educational opportunity zones, incentives to encourage private business
to get involved in public education, and a local option to elect school boards are some of the ways I
would seek to achieve this goal i n public education.
I believe also that state government must do a
better job of working w i t h local government officials and community leaders to encourage economic
development. Too often, opportunities to attract
new businesses to communities are missed because
local and state industrial recruitment efforts are not
well coordinated. That is w h y I have proposed
formation of local industrial recruitment teams consisting of key business, government and community leaders in each locality, which would work
closely with a similarly-constituted statewide industrial recruitment team and with state officials with
responsibility for economic development.

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�JLARC's Update on Fiscal Stress
By R. Kirk

Jonas

Because of widespread interest of the
fiscal stress indices of its 1984 report on
"State Mandates and Local Financial
Resources," the Joint Legislative Audit
and Review Commission decided to update these indices. The result is an abbreviated version of the original report,
focusing on the local fiscal stress Indices and recent state actions affecting
localities.
The update accomplishes a number
of objectives. First, it lengthens the period of analysis to seven years (fiscal
year 1977 to fiscal year 1983) from five
years (fiscal year 1977 to fiscal year
1981). Second, it enabled JLARC to
correct a problem relating to personal
income data about which it had received
questions. Third, it permitted a comparison between the two reports, and
fourth, it permitted JLARC to look at
some of the potential effects of 1984 and
1985 approphations. All of the information sought should be helpful to state
and local analysts and policy-makers.

Revenue Capacity

Overall, the findings of the 1985 update parallel the original report. However, two positive indicators of local fiscal condition are evident from this update: state aid to localities is up, and
local tax effort has moderated.
State aid to localities increased as a
percentage of total local revenues, and
the state's share of funding education
increased dramatically. The degree to
which localities tax, after increasing
steadily from fiscal year 1977 to fiscal
year 1981, decreased slightly in fiscal
year 1983.
Analysis of the update shows that
fiscal stress in localities has not increased. Localities' levels of tax effort
stabilized in fiscal year 1982 and fiscal
year 1983, and while revenue capacity
increased, these increases did not
match the increased cost of governmental services. To assess local fiscal
stress, JLARC focused on three elements: local revenue capacity, local tax
effort and an index of these and other
indicators.

A local government's revenue capacity is defined as its ability to raise
revenues to support its public services.
More precise, revenue capacity is the
potential revenue that would be generated if a locality used statewide average
tax rates for each of the major tax instruments. This concept was developed
by the U.S. Advisory Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR)
and is often referred to as the "representative tax system."
Local revenue capacity according to
the JLARC update grew to an average
rate of $523.98 per capita in 1983 from
an average rate of $483.92 per capita in
1981 or approximately 8 percent. During
this s a m e t i m e f r a m e the cost of
government services increased by 15
percent. A slowdown in the increase of
the true value of real estate during this
period accounts for some of the reported lag in revenue capacity. If this
trend continues, localities may be forced
to consider diversifying their tax bases
to decrease their dependence on real
property taxes.

Trends in Tax Effort F Y 1977 - 1983
1.2-|

TAX
EFFORT

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O CITIES

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•

•

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•

a COUNTIES

.5 —
1977

1

1978

I

1979

I

1980

I
1981

1982

1983

FISCAL YEAR

1977
1979
1981
1982
1983

16

STATE

CITIES

COUNTIES

.68
.71

1.00
1.04

.55
.57

.76

1.12
1.11
1.11

.60
.60

.75
.75

.60

Source: JLARC staff analysis.

�Overall Focus of 1984 Report &amp; 1985 Update
ISSUE
(1)

1984

To w h a t
do

extent

State

impose
on
(21

a

(1)

mandates

regarded

burden

problem

in

Funding

was

type

amount

Overall,

mandates

localities?

Is the

1985

FINDING

and

of

assistance

(2)

State

No. W h i l e
much,

to

as a

less

adequate?

centage

the

in other

of

(2)

State

states:

research

done.

spending

specfically

cited

specific

a low
(1983)

(a) State

share of

the

to

SOQ,

to

localities
Of

of

76 9 %

continued

grants.

cent.
62.5%

ments

governhave

(3)

sufficient

Some

do:

and rural

financial

resources

ticularly

to f u n d

the

localities

services

they

public
must

fiscal

some

don't.

counties
stressed.
experience

are

Cities
par-

(3)

Overall fiscal
effort,

to

State

to
to

80 3%
go

State

share

fall
ceiling for

State

raised t o
share

80

increases

per
from

70%

stress

however,

(1981)

has

(1986)

grant

to

m

programs

underfunded:

is p r o j e c t e d

reimbursement

Do local

is up

three

as being

and

89 5%

(c) Auxiliary

(3)

the

(b) Special e d u c a t i o n

education.

(c) auxiliary

areas

under-funded:

Three
were

special

assistance

numerous

(a) The State share of the SOG
increased dramatically f r o m

as a per-

State

time.

spent

proportionately

programs
ih)

N o further

problem.

State

had declined

over

(1)

themselves

the

than

it

not

substantive

It w a s

localities

were

FINDING

has not

has

changed.

Tax

stabilized.

All
some

stress.

provide?

Tax Effort

Levels of Fiscal Stress

A key option available to local officials
to increase revenue is to increase the
local government's tax effort. Tax effort
refers to the degree to which a local
government taxes its available revenues.
The measure used to assess tax
effort in the JLARC update is also based
on ACIR's procedure. A local government's tax effort is equal to its actual
local tax revenues divided by its revenue capacity. As with revenue capacity,
this measure of tax effort provides a
sound basis for examining each locality's tax levels, for assessing how tax
levels have changed over time and for
comparing localities to each other.
Between fiscal year 1977 and fiscal
year 1981 Virginia's local governments
steadily increased their tax efforts to .76
percent from .68 percent. In both fiscal
year 1982 and fiscal year 1983, the level
stabilized at .75 percent. The average
change in local tax effort from fiscal year
1981 to fiscal year 1983 was a decline of
approximately .01 percent.
The largest disparity in tax effort was
between cities and counties. In fiscal
year 1983, counties had a tax effort
averaging ,60 percent while cities had a
substantially higher effort at 1.11 percent. All cities but one (Poquoson) had
levels of effort higher than the statewide
average, while only 17 counties (18 percent) had tax effort levels exceeding the
statewide average.

Revenue capacity and tax effort are
considered two dimensions of fiscal
condition. The fiscal stress index developed by JLARC provides a broader
and more concrete measure of local
financial stress along five dimensions. It
is important to note, however, that the
stress index is a relative measure. It
serves to identify those local governments which are experiencing a high
level of fiscal stress compared to other
local governments in Virginia. Thus,
whether general fiscal conditions are
"good" or "bad," roughly half of all localities will have an above average fiscal
position and roughly half will have a
below average fiscal position.
Significant variations in the levels of
stress are experienced by local governments. Some local governments
have high levels of stress according to
most of the indicators, while others
show relatively low levels of stress according to the same indicators. Overall,
the majority of cities shop a higher level
of fiscal stress than counties.
Measures of revenue capacity, tax
effort and resident income can provide
reliable indicators of a local government's fiscal position. Using these measures, five key symptoms of fiscal stress
may be identified:
~ relatively low revenue or tax base,
- relatively low growth in tax base,
- relatively high tax effort,
- relatively high increase in tax effort,
and

- relatively low resident income.
None of these m e a s u r e s viewed
alone is an adequate indicator of fiscal
position. However, a local government
which shows a pattern of stress across
all of these indicators may be considered to have a poor fiscal condition.
Between fiscal year 1981 and fiscal
year 1983 no significant change took
place in the composite fiscal stress index for the 136 Virginia localities included in JLARC update. In addition, the
relative rankings of the localities based
on the stress index changed little. This
indicates that problems facing localities
in the past continued to face them in
fiscal year 1983,
Most of the major findings of the original report have held constant. Cities still
show more and greater levels of stress
than counties; however, it also remains
true that few local governments are not
stressed to some degree. The relative
positions of the local governments surveyed also stayed basically the same.
While all localities were shown to experience stress on at least one dimension, it would be unreasonable to suggest that all localities are severely fiscally stressed. Many localities appear to
have the capacity to deal with their own
fiscal problems.
Several types, levels or combinations
of stress do require our special attention, especially low revenue capacities
in conjunction with low capacity growths
or high tax efforts. Governments with

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�these stresses appear to have the least
ability or latitude to generate more
funds.
The state must be attentive to the
range and diversity of all stresses in
order to ensure local financial vitality
and viability. Stale aid to localities plays
a major role in a locality's fiscal condition, and the increased state aid in recent years should have a positive effect.

Stete
to Local
Governments

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In fiscal year 1984, state funds to
localities totalled $1.63 billion. Overall,
state financial assistance to localities
comprises a stable proportion of local
budgets. Indeed, fiscal year 1984 shows
the state share of total local funding
sources increasing to 32 percent from
31 percent. Since 1978 the state's share
has increased from 28 percent, the low
point of the period examined.
Driven by a significant increase in
state spending for education, state aid
to localities is growing. Funding of the
state's share of the educational Standards of Quality is at an all-time high.
Also, state funding of local health services has improved substantially in recent years, and state funding of local
welfare programs has grown.
Generally, the state has kept its historical commitments to localities and is
providing funds equal to its level of control. Initiatives in 1985 in the area of
auxiliary grants to low-income and disabled persons should help to further
stabilize local government expenditures, which grew rapidly from 1978 to
1982 before moderating in 1983 and
1984.
Of the areas examined, the state's
share of funding declined only for special education and local health departments. While local funding of special
education declined to 71.7 percent (fiscal year 1984) from 72.1 percent (fiscal
year 1983) of total funding, this level still
exceeds local levels of control. State
funding of local health departments declined to 54.7 percent in fiscal year 1984
from 58.1 percent of total funding in
fiscal year 1978.
Overall, fiscal year 1983 and fiscal
year 1984 showed increasing state a s sistance for localities. Still, some localities remain severely fiscally stressed.
J L A R C recommends that state action to
aid these localities be considered.

Addressing Fiscal
Stress
While state aid to localities is increasing, problems exist with the current
methods of distribution. Shifts have occurred in local tax b a s e s , and dependence on different sources of revenue varies between localities. Some
formulas for distributing state aid have
gone too long without review, and some
have technical problems. Further, in the
c a s e of the composite index a key component, personal income, suffers from
errors and inconsistencies.
Perhaps reflecting these problems,
many local officials reported to J L A R C
that they felt the key formulas were unfair. T h e Health Department formula
was cited a s unfair by 46 percent of the
local officials surveyed by J L A R C for the
1984 mandates report. Statewide, 40
percent of the local officials felt that the
formula for education w a s unfair. Also in
its recent reports on highway allocations, J L A R C found significant inequities in the distribution of highway
funds.
No single remedy exists for the problems associated with distributing state
aid. Decisions to allocate funds represent judgments about need, ability to
pay, program effectiveness, availability
of funding and a variety of other considerations including political interests.
Changing problem formulas will be
difficult, because any revisions will necessarily create "winners and losers"
among localities. A s existing funding is
often scarce, it may be difficult to build a
consensus for revising formulas when
the effect could be to reduce funding in
localities which may already be experiencing fiscal stress.
Reviews of existing formulas should
be periodically made in order to promote
the most equitable distribution of state
funds. C o m p r e h e n s i v e m e a s u r e s of
local fiscal conditions should be incorporated in these formulas.
While modifications to formulas for
distributing existing funds to localities
are clearly needed, J L A R C ' s review
found that additional state funds are
also needed to improve the fiscal position of some localities. One approach to
assisting localities would be to increase
funding to localities specifically for programs mandated by the state. T h e s e
funds could flow through already existing programs, such a s education, with
modification of the funding formulas
taken up at a later time. Through funding
of these major programs the state would
be able to restore its levels of historic
commitment.

A second approach would be to funnel new revenue sharing funds to localities through a formula which measures
levels of fiscal stress. In addition, some
localities, principally counties, would
profit from additional taxing authority.

Funding State Programs
While localities would benefit from
state "stress aid," the state's logical first
priority would be to fund local programs
mandated by the state. This approach
would lessen local fiscal stress and
fulfills state commitments. Funding priority would probably go to education,
auxiliary grants, special education and
local health departments. (It should be
noted that another J L A R C study is currently underway to estimate the costs of
fully funding the Standards of Quality for
elementary and secondary education.)

Stress Aid
While priority would likely be given to
funding state program commitments,
the General Assembly could consider
taking additional sums and distributing
them on the basis of fiscal stress. Such
aid would particularly help high-stress,
low-capacity localities which may not
have sufficient resources to provide
needed programs.
A few localities in Virginia would benefit from the grant of additional taxing
authority. Currently, Virginia counties
and cities have substantially different
taxing authority. At one time, these
differences probably reflected clear distinctions between counties and cities.
Today, the existence of cities with extremely large geographical areas and
the urbanization of s o m e counties
softens those differences. Equalizing
the taxing authority of Virginia counties
and cities could be considered.

Continued IVIeasurement
T h e m e a s u r e m e n t of local fiscal
stress helps to focus attention on local
fiscal conditions, particularly on the
most severely stressed localities. Ongoing preparation of such a n a l y s e s
would be of value to both the state
government and local governments.
With s u c h a n a l y s e s , state decisionmakers could focus on the distribution of
state funds for many purposes. Local
decision-makers could also use the
a n a l y s e s in t h e p u r s u i t of intergovernmental aid and for other purcontinued

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Heffner Wins Wallerstein
Alice S u s a n Heffner of Richmond received the $5,000 VIVIL Wallerstein Fellowship for the 1 9 8 5 - 8 6 academic year.
Heffner is a native of New York and a
social work graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. In September she
began her studies at the University of
Virginia where she is seeking a master's
in public administration.
Citing the challenge of solving human
and social problems in a society of
shrinking economic resources, shifting
political winds and overcrowded organizational agendas, Heffner seeks a role
in guiding and influencing governmental
organizations and services in a responsive and positive way. S h e believes her
work experiences and academic background will assist her in this role.
Her work experiences include internships with a counlywide Head Start program, with an information and referral

service and in coordinating family planning and pregnancy services for a pilot
test in Israel. S h e has also worked for a
Washington-based public interest organization which provided her with insight
into public policy determination, and she
is currently working for the Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation coordinating interdepartmental grants dealing with adolescent
pregnancy and drunk driving.
The annual Wallerstein Fellowship is
presented by the league in coordination
with the Institute of Government, University of Virginia. It honors Morton L.
Wallerstein, the first executive director
of the league who served in that c a paci'ty for 20 years. Wallerstein was also
one of the eight persons who organized
the American Municipal Association,
now the National League of Cities, and
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a n a l y s e s in annexation proceedings
and a s a part of its local government
functions. Consideration could be given
to vesting responsibility for the continued assessment of local fiscal conditions with the Commission on Local
Government.

Conclusion
J L A R C ' s update report refocuses
legislative attention on commitments to
localities and the inability of all localities
to fill the gap between the state mandates and state dollars provided to fund
mandates. T h e state has made major
strides in recent years to meet its commitments to localities. While much remains to be done, the direction of state
aid and phorities is encouraging.
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By Gary T.

Johnson

Citizen Participation in the Planning Process
In the words of Sherry Arnstein, "The
idea of citizen participation is a little like
eating spinach; no one is against it In
principle because it Is good for you."
Unfortunately, for many planners the
palatability of citizen participation
s e e m s to diminish a s it moves from
merely informing the public of planning
activities and working with the local
planning commission to more meaningful involvement of the public at large
in the planning process.
Citizens of the commonwealth currently possess a minimum of four basic
mechanisms through which they can
exert influence upon the planning proc e s s . First and foremost, through the
traditional political process citizens can
seek elective office or attempt to elect to
the local government individuals who
possess a vision of the community similar to their own. Second, they can seek
appointment to the local planning commission, which serves as an advisory
body to the local government. Third,
even in the absence of an appointment
to the planning commission they can
attend meetings of that body which by
law must be open to the public. Finally,
citizens can participate in public hearings which are conducted on all plans
and ordinances prior to their adoption.
While these legally prescribed mecha n i s m s provide some input into the
planning process by members of the
community, they tend to be underused
by all but the most politically astute
members of the society. What of the
disenfranchised — those individuals
within the population at large and our
lower income communities in particular,
who due to feelings of powerlessness
fail to avail themselves of opportunities
to participate. If such individuals become involved at all, their involvement is
generally activated by a single issue
with direct bearing upon their lives. Even
this limited involvement frequently
c e a s e s a s issues evolve. If the attitudes
and desires of these individuals are to
be reflected within our plans, their views
must be more actively solicited.
While the law does not preclude the
use of more active mechanisms to either
inform the public of planning projects or
involve them in the planning process, for
the most part planners have done little
more than that required of them by law.
This lack of further citizen participation
activity is shortsighted, and increased
levels of citizen involvement are desir-

able on philosophical a s well as pragmatic grounds.
Philosophically, more active citizen
participation efforts can be viewed a s a
means of perfecting the democratic proc e s s by increasing accessibility to local
government. In practical terms, active
citizen participation efforts are desirable
because they result in both better plans
and plans that stand a greater likelihood
of implementation.
Plans resulting from active citizen participation tend to be superior because
they more accurately reflect the values,
attitudes, desires and beliefs of the
community at large. By obtaining a more
representative understanding of views
within the community, the planner is
better positioned to develop realistic
strategies and plans for the jurisdiction.
Once realistic strategies and plans
have been developed through an active
citizen involvement program, they are
more likely to be implemented for two
reasons. First, much of the opposition
traditionally faced by planners is due to
fear and lack of understanding of what is
actually contained within their plans. By
actively involving all segments of the
community in the planning process, this
fear and lack of understanding can be
minimized, and much of the resulting
opposition can be avoided. Second, individuals who have been involved in the
planning process often feel a sense of
ownership toward the plans and are less
likely to oppose what they regard a s
their own creation.
Achieving desirable levels of awareness and involvement from the citizenry
of a community is not an easy task.
Fortunately, planners have a variety of
techniques at their disposal with which
to accomplish this. To keep the public
informed of planning activities, some
planning agencies volunteer the serv i c e s of their professional staffs or
commission members for speaking engagements before civic organizations
and other groups. Others publish periodic newsletters and/or make extensive use of the news media. One community development agency within the
state has gone so far a s to publish in the
local newspaper a supplemental section
devoted entirely to neighborhood and
planning issues.
While each of these techniques can
be effectively used to inform the public
of planning activities, they allow only for
one-way communication. To obtain in-

put from local r e s i d e n t s , other app r o a c h e s n e e d to be e m p l o y e d .
Towards this end some communities
supplement legally mandated open
planning commission meetings and
public hearings with citizen attitude surveys, citizen advisory committees and
periodic meetings with neighborhood
councils and special interest groups.
Factors such a s staff resources, the
size and composition of the community's population, the size of the planning budget and the nature and level of
planning activity must all be considered
when attempting to determine how best
to a c h i e v e m e a n i n g f u l c i t i z e n involvement in any particular community.
Techniques appropriate for one community may not be feasible for another.
The important thing is not the process,
but the product.
In 1810 when Shawnee Indian Chief
Tecumseh was asked to negotiate for
his tribe at Vincennes, IN, he stated:
A few chiefs have no right to barter away hunting grounds that belong to all the Indians for a few
paltry presents or a keg or two of
whiskey. . . . it requires all to make
a bargain for all.
T e c u m s e h ' s views on the rights of
individuals to participate are as appropriate today a s they were in 1810. If
plans are being developed which will
affect the community at large, then all
segments of the community should be
afforded an opportunity to be meaningfully involved in the planning proc e s s . It is incumbent upon local government officials a s the holders of the public
trust to develop mechanisms whereby
such meaningful involvement can be
achieved.
About the Author
With a faculty appointment in the department of urban studies and planning, Gary
Johnson is assistant dean and director of the
Center for Public Affairs, School of Community and Public Affairs,
Virginia
Commonwealth
University.

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Assistant Editor &amp;
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Mary Ann Cornell
Circulation IVIanager
Kathy Mclntyre
Volume 20
VML President
Samuel W. Adams III
Officers
Robert T . Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Noel C . Taylor
J . Willard Lineweaver
Executive Committee
J a c k D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Frances Parsons
M. Stewart Koethcke
William R. Hartz
Sidney M. Oman
Lawrence A. Davies
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

Number 11

November 1985

4 People
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President

Adams Eager to Serve League
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Report

VML's Priorities and Goals
On the Cover
Local artist Richard Bryant sketched
the cover rendering of Host Locality
Night in Market Square during the VML
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20 Professional Directory
23 Fiscal Austerity and
Urban Practices
Commentary

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Hodge Moves to
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As of Nov. 7, Elmer C. Hodge Jr. is
Roanol&lt;e County's new administrator.
Hodge previously served as an assistant county administrator in Ctiesterfield
County, a position lie tiad held since
1980. As one of Chesterfield's three
assistant administrators, he was responsible for financial and administrative matters. Hodge had worked for
Chesterfield County for 10 years.

Isman Wins
National Post
Warren E. Isman, chief of the Fairfax
County Fire and Rescue Department, is
the new second vice president of the
International Association of Fire Chiefs.
He was elected by a landslide capturing
more than 600 of the 1,000 votes cast at
the recent lAFC annual conference in
New Orleans. He previously chaired the
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dedicated to the improvement of knowledge and technical abilities of fire command officers. More than 3,500 people
attended the conference to participate in
seminars and view hundreds of displays.

Burton J o i n s
New Kent County
Gary B. Burton has been appointed
county administrator for New Kent
County. He previously served as director of planning and deputy county administrator for Prince George County.
From 1976 to 1981, Burton was employed as city planner for the city of
Salem. Burton is a native of Salem and
holds a master's in urban studies from
Virginia Polytechnical Institute and
State University.

Pullman Takes
Finance Position
Steven L. Pullman is the new deputy
finance director in Vienna. Pullman, 26,
was formerly a staff accountant with the
firm of Peat, Manwick, Mitchell &amp; Co. in
Washington, DC, and a member of the
audit team that conducted the town's
annual financial review. In his new position, he will assist with daily activities
and supervise the town's computer operations.

Cooper Receives
W T S Award
Sally Cooper, director of rail and public
transportation for the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation,
has been named the 1985 Woman of
the Year by the Women's Transportation Seminar. The award is presented
annually at the organization's conference. She was nominated by the
Philadelphia chapter where she was a
charter member. In Philadelphia, she
worked for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the U.S.
Department of Transportation regional
office and in transportation consulting.
She came to Virginia in October 1982
and is working on establishing a Richmond chapter of WTS. In winning the
a w a r d . Cooper succeeds Elizabeth
Dole, secretary of transportation.

Sweeney Heads
Danville Utilities
Dick Sweeney, electric director in Danville, has been promoted to director of
utilities. In his new position he will be
responsible for the city's water, gas,
electric, and wastewater operations in
addition to the utility customer service
division.
Sweeney has been with the city since
January 1983 when he was hired as
chief electrical engineer. He has experience in working with both public and
private utilities and holds a bachelor's in
electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky.

Turner Retires
i n Falls Church
Bruce V. Turner has retired after nine
years as the chief of the Falls Church
Volunteer Fire Department. Turner
served with the volunteers for 35 years
in various capacities. Arlington resident
and first deputy chief of the volunteers,
Walter McGraw, will succeed Turner as
chief.
Fire and rescue services for Falls
Church are provided through agreements with the Falls Church Volunteer
Fire Department and the Arlington
County Fire Department. The volunteer
fire deparment provides the fire station
and equipment, and Arlington provides
the personnel, with occasional personnel assistance from the volunteers.
Turner is a native of Falls Church, and
his father served on town council from
1930-1934.

Kolakowski Leaves
Fredericksburg J o b
Peter R. Kolakowski has resigned as
city manager of Fredericksburg to become budget director of the state Department of Highways and Transportation. He had been city manager of
Fredericksburg for four years.
Kolakowski will now be in charge of
planning, evaluating and coordinating
the highway department's budget which
is about $ 1 . 2 billion this year. Kolakowski has a master's in public administration from American University. Prior
to becoming city manager in Fredericksburg he had worked as director of
planning and community development
and assistant city manager.

�Agostine Takes
Henrico Job
Frederick T. Agostino of Norfolk has
been named executive director of economic development by the Industrial
D e v e l o p m e n t A u t h o r i t y of Henrico
County. From July 1982 until his appointment, Agostino held concurrently
for the city of Norfolk the positions of
director of the Department of Development and executive director of the Industrial Development Authority. He has
also served as director of marketing for
the Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Council and as deputy director,
Office of Economic Development, Montgomery County, MD. He holds a bachelor's in economics from Syracuse University and a master's from Penn State.

County Administrators in 1973. Presently he serves as a liaison between the
National County Managers Association
and the International City Management
Association. Johnston has outlasted all
his board members except Ray Ward
and H. W. Rosser, and Ward also will
retire in December.
A native of Ohio, Johnston arrived in
Campbell County in the middle of an
annexation and is departing as Lynchburg and Campbell County struggle with
the issue again. During his tenure the
county spent about $21 million to upgrade the schools in a five-year period
without resorting to a bond issue, and
the library program has grown from one
small facility to a large central library
with three branches due to open in November. County administration is actually Johnston's second career. He first
served 22 years in the Air Force.

Fordham to Direct
County Marketing
Phyllis B. Fordham has been named
director of marketing for the Arlington
County Division of Economic Development. Fordham has served as the county's marketing representative for the
past two years and worked with both
public relations and policy analysis. She
previously acted as a special assistant
for the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Economic Develop Administration, and
as a private consultant in the field of
economic development. Her local government experience includes three
terms as a Rockville (MD) City Council
member.

Wamstaff Heads
Beach Utilities
Clarence O. Warnstaff is the new director of public utilities in Virginia Beach.
He previously served as assistant director for engineering and construction for
the Dallas Water Utilities, Dallas, TX.
The Dallas engineering and construction program has an annual capital
construction program of $60 million, an
annual operating budget of $12 million
and 394 employees. Warnstaff also
served as a rate engineer for the utility.
Prior to that he worked as an electronic
design engineer with Texas Instruments
Inc.

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Johnston Leaves
Campbell County
Donald N. Johnston, county administrator in Campbell County, will retire
Dec. 31 after 13 years of service.
Among Virginia county administrators,
his tenure is exceeded only by the administrator of Orange County.
Johnston is two years past retirement
age but stayed at his post with the concurrence of the board of supervisors
until completing his terms of office with
the National Association of County Administrators. He was president of NACo
in 1983-1984 and a member of the
board until July 1985. He served as
president of the Virginia Association of

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The 1985 VML Conference
Section Meetings

Welcome
"Roanoke is special. We l&lt;now it and we
want you to know it."
R o a n o k e M a y o r Noel C. T a y l o r
opened the 80th Annual VML Conference and welcomed the delegates to his
city.
"Share Roanoke as if it were yours,"
he invited while singing praises of the
star city.
Joseph P. Riley Jr., mayor of Charleston, SC, and next in line to become
president of the U.S. Conference of
Mayors, spoke at the opening session
on the importance of salvaging revenue
sharing before it expires in 1986.
"We must not let it die," Riley said,
adding that "burden sharing" would be a
more suitable name.
"We are at a critical midpassage for
cities," he said. "In the 1960s, we saw
the hearts of our cities die." Although
many have made strides in rebuilding,
we are a far cry and long road from
where we need to be," Riley stated.
Riley said that cities provide facilities
and services that determine the quality
of life. They provide parks, art and cultural facilities, playgrounds, festivals
and amenities that improve life, he said.
He cited revenue sharing as one program cities cannot afford to lose.

Workshops
A diversified group of workshop ses-

sions were offered at the 1985 Annual
Conference.
Sessions on issues that will be In the
forefront of the 1986 General Assembly
were particularly of interest. An overview of these issues was presented in a
session on 1986 Legislative Topics
which included remarks by Delegate
Ralph L. Axselle Jr. on the Coalition on
Government Competition with Business.
Sessions on the full funding of education, the Tort Claims Act, the Virginia
Water Study Commission, highway
funding and deinstitutionalization covered state-local issues in greater detail.
This year increasing attention has focused on Washington. Reflecting local
concern about federal issues, workshops on the Fair Labor Standards Act,
hazardous wastes, federal budget cuts
and tax reform were well received.
Local issues received their fair share
of attention at the conference as well.
Sessions on local government liability
and the VML group Insurance programs
attracted officials facing lawsuits, premium cancellations and skyrocketing insurance costs. Sessions on the policy/
administration distinction, meal and
lodging taxes, downtown development,
productivity analysis, asbestos removal
and radon detection, and customer relations gave delegates an opportunity to
be brought up to date on a broad array of
subjects.

Workshops for City, Town and Urban
Sections during the conference gave
members a chance to elect section
leaders and discuss issues of concern.
Urban Section members took a closer
look at highway funding. Gary P. Allen,
senior research scientist, Virginia
Transportation Research Council, reviewed methods of highway funding in
other states, and Delegate Vivian E.
Watts of Fairfax County spoke on legislative prospects for alternative methods
in Virginia. James K. Skeens, state urban engineer, reviewed maintenance
payments under Virginia's new funding
formula.
Sidney M. Oman, Chesapeake council member, and Meyera E. Oberndorf,
Virginia Beach council member, were
re-elected Urban Section chair and vice
chair respectively.
Organizing downtown development
was discussed at the City Section
Workshop. John Marlles, Department of
Housing and Community Development;
Wayne G. Reed, Franklin city manager;
Brian Wishneff, Roanoke director of
economic development; and Wendell L.
S e l d o n , W i n c h e s t e r city m a n a g e r ,
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and initiating a revitalization program.
M. Stewart Koethcke, Clifton Forge
council member, was re-elected chair of
the City Section, and L. D. Oakes, Martinsville council member, was re-elected
vice chair.
VML Deputy Director Clay L. Wirt led
the Town Section Workshop in a discussion of federal and state legislative issues of concern. The Fair Labor Standards Act, tax reform and alteirnatives to
revenue sharing and other federal budget cuts were topics. Privatization, the
Tort Claims Act and water use were also
discussed.
Mayor William R. Hartz of Waverly
was re-elected Town Section chair, and
Carl A. Taylor, Marion town manager,
was elected vice chair.
Past President Charlie Robinson, Roanoke Mayor
Noel Taylor and President-Elect Sam Adams share
a moment at the conference.

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entertainment-packed evening in the
heart of downtown Roanoke on Host
Locality Night.
The evening began with a reception in
Center in the Square, a five-story building containing a variety of museums,
galleries and shops. Entertainment centers on each floor of the building offered
a variety of refreshments and hors
d'oeuvres. The rooftop of the building,
used as a parking lot during operating
hours, afforded a magnificent view of
the city, and a combo orchestra added
to the enjoyment.
Dinner was served in Market Square.
Banquet tables set with tablecloths and
fruit and flower a r r a n g e m e n t s surrounded the stage where two bands
entertained until 11 p.m. At tables along
the parameter various restaurants offered their dining specialities from rolls
to lobster salad, roast beef and tacos to
bread pudding, ice cream and popcorn.
Bottles of Virginia wine were available at
each table. The bands enlivened the
evening and delegates and guests
danced literally until the last song was
played.

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�Exhibits
Thirty-two companies exhibited at
the 1985 VML Conference in Roanoke. Consider these supporters
of league activities when making
your next purchasing decision.
B &amp; B Consultants
Browning-Ferris Industries
Carpenter Decorating C o .
Draper-Aden Associates, Inc.
Duncan Industries
First Continental Financial
Corporation
General Code Publishing Corp.
Hartford Variable Annuity Life
Insurance C o .
The Howard Harrill C o .
ICMA Retirement Corporation
Insituform East, Inc.
John Deere Company
Korman Signs
Metcalf &amp; Eddy, Inc.
Municipal Advisors
Incorporated
Municipal Code Corporation
City of Norfolk
Patton, Harris Rust
and Associates
Petersen Industrial Machines,
Inc.
Radix Corporation
The Renaissance Concept
Company
Rogers, Golden &amp; Halpern
Specialized Data Systems, Inc.
Structured Financial Services,
Inc.
Truxmore, Inc.
Virginia Innovation Group
Virginia Municipal Group Self
Insurance Association
Virginia Power
Virginia Supplemental
Retirement System
Virginia Waste Industries
Association
Ralph Whitehead &amp; Associates
Yeager and Company, Inc.

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New
Officers
President
Samuel W. Adams III
Council Member, Emporia
First Vice President
Robert T. Williams
City Manager, Newport News
Second Vice President
Martha V. Pennino
Vice Chair, Board of
Supervisors
Fairfax County
Third Vice President
Noel C . Taylor
Mayor, Roanoke
Fourth Vice President
J . Willard Lineweaver
Mayor, Warrenton
Member at Large
Jack D. Edwards
Chair, Board of Supervisors
J a m e s City County
Member at Large
Dolores P. Lescure
Council Member, Staunton
Member at Large
Frances Parsons
Council Member, Blacksburg
City Section Chair
M. Stewart Koethcke
Council Member, Clifton Forge
Town Section Chair
William R. Hartz
Mayor, Waverly
Urban Section Chair
Sidney M. Oman
Council Member, Chesapeake

Meet the President

Adams Eager to
Serve League
This man is active. So much so that he
once had to switch his refereeing activities to the North Carolina Athletic
Officials Association in order to be
closer to home. Now he only coaches
soccer and T-ball, referees high school
basketball, attends council meetings,
comes to Richmond once or twice a
week, manages five branches of Central
Fidelity Bank and serves a s president of
the Virginia Municipal League. If that
isn't enough, in his spare time he collects baseball c a r d s , about 3 0 , 0 0 0 ,
autographs of famous people, Paul
Newman and Ronald Reagan included,
and political buttons, an 1896 McKinley,
two Teddy Roosevelts, a Harry Truman
and a Thomas Dewey.
Reserved, modest and soft spoken,
this man also knows how to sit back and
observe. This man is S a m Adams.
Surprised by his own election to E m poria City Council in 1974 at the age of
24, he w a s willing to take his uncle's
advice to "sit back and keep your mouth
shut." Which he did for about his first six
months on council. He w a s by his own
admission innocent. But not anymore.
S a m Adams has now served three consecutive terms on council - 12 years.
In 12 y e a r s he h a s s e e n m a n y
changes. In the beginning there were
n u m e r o u s c o n f r o n t a t i o n s with the
county. Now there are not so many.
Most areas of disagreement have been
worked out, and written contracts with
the delivery of services well delineated
now take their place. Confrontations on

education left Emporia a s the only city in
Virginia that under court order cannot
have its own school system. Instead, the
city and county have a consolidated
school system.
Merger and a n n e x a t i o n , i s s u e s
throughout Adams' 12 years, may soon
be resolved. City and county worked out
an annexation agreement two years
ago, and a citizens' committee has developed a consolidation agreement
which will soon be put to a vote in both
localities. If the agreement is not passed
by a majority in both the city and county,
then the communities revert back to the
annexation agreement.
Another c h a n g e possibly soon to
come may result from a suit by the
American Civil Liberties Union. T h e
A C L U is suing several small Virginia
localities alleging that at-large elections
are discriminatory. The suit may result in
some changes to the nine-member E m poria City Council up for election in May
1986. Emporia does not have the funds
to fight the suit, so a compromise is
likely.
Another change taking place in E m poria revolves around a nearby dam
which the city purchased from Vepco
several years ago. T h e dam has now
been sold to a private company that is
retrofitting it to produce electricity. Not
only did the city benefit from the sale of
the dam, but it will continue to benefit
through property taxes and a profit sharing agreement.
A d a m s h a s been attending V M L

�meetings since his first election. He has
served on VIVIL's legislative committee
and various policy committees. He also
chaired the VML Building Committee.
Elected vice chair of the City Section in
1978, he served two terms under Jane
Hough and was then elected to chair the
section. In 1982 he became fourth vice
president of the league. The following
year with two vacancies on the executive committee, Adams was elected
second vice president.
Born in Morristown, TN, Adams will
quickly tell you he lived there only three
months before moving to Martinsville
where he grew up. His father, a physician, still actively practices medicine in
Martinsville and says he will continue to
do so until he is 70.
Adams' mother, a native of Emporia,
died at the age of 42 when Adams was
15. His father remarried subsequently
creating a large family. Adams has two
brothers, one is a doctor in Lumberton,
NC, and the other sells commercial real
estate in Richmond, and a sister who is
an attorney in New York. He also has
two half-brothers and a half-sister.
As a child, Adams visited his grandmother and uncle in Emporia, and for
two summers he worked on his uncle's
tobacco farm. It was through these
summer visits that Adams met Barbara,

his wife, and it was at the suggestion of
his uncle that Adams first ran for city
council.
After graduating from Randolph Macon with a degree in political science,
Adams returned to Emporia having secured a summer job as a teller for the
Central Fidelity Bank. That summer job
extended 13 years, and Adams is now
the bank's vice president and area
manager.
Adams describes the uncle that influenced him as a supporter of Harry Byrd,
and Adams is himself politically conservative. He was 23 when he followed
his uncle's advice and announced his
candidacy for city council. Adams campaigned by going door to door to every
house in Emporia and came in second in
the election. He was caught so surprised by his election, he says, that he
hadn't even planned a victory party, so
he went to the other candidates' parties
that first election night.
He has been through two more elections since then, going door to door each
time. This past time there was one difference: he took his son with him. Next
year, he will take both his sons, Boyce,
6, and Will, 4.
Active, observant and experienced,
Sam Adams stands ready to serve the
league.

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If your organization sends newsletters,
magazines, press releases or correspondence to the Virginia Municipal
League, please check to make sure the
address has been changed to VML,
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�Legislative Report
VMVs Priorities
1. Full funding of the state's share of the actual cost of public education.
2. Support of a statewide bond issue for transportation related construction.
3. Support of state-local cooperation to offset increasing fiscal
responsibilities.

V M L ' s legislative g o a l s f o r t h e 1 9 8 6 s e s s i o n of t h e V i r g i n i a G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
w e r e d e v e l o p e d b y t h e legislative c o m mittee a n d adopted by the m e m b e r s h i p
at t h e a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e . T h e y a r e a s
follows.
M e a l T a x e s . Enabling legislation to
g r a n t all localities a u t h o r i t y t o u s e m e a l
taxes with provisions guarding against
double taxation.
T o w n S a l e s T a x e s . Identifying t o w n s
a s a p o i n t of c o l l e c t i o n o n s a l e s t a x
collection forms to provide data to evalu a t e d i s t r i b u t i o n of local o p t i o n s a l e s t a x
revenues.
M o t o r V e h i c l e L i c e n s i n g . Requiring
all m o t o r v e h i c l e s , t r a i l e r s a n d s e m i trailers r e g i s t e r e d a n d l i c e n s e d in Virg i n i a t o c o m p l y w i t h local m o t o r v e h i c l e
l i c e n s i n g if n o t s p e c i f i c a l l y e x e m p t e d .
A l s o local l i c e n s i n g of military p e r s o n n e l
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Prorating Personal
Property
T a x e s . Legislation allowing localities
t h e o p t i o n of p r o r a t i n g p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y
tax collections.
L o c a l O p t i o n G a s o l i n e T a x . Local
option authority to impose a 2 percent
retail t a x o n g a s o l i n e w i t h r e v e n u e u s e d
for public transportation a n d street
maintenance and construction.
Interest o n Roll B a c k T a x e s . Legislation allowing localities to charge a
l o w e r interest rate o n roll b a c k t a x e s
t h a n that a s s e s s e d o n d e l i n q u e n t t a x e s .
Railroad Assessment Methods.
Relief f o r localities a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t e d b y
t h e r e c e n t c h a n g e in T a x D e p a r t m e n t
railroad a s s e s s m e n t m e t h o d s .
E d u c a t i o n F u n d i n g . Full f u n d i n g of
t h e s t a t e ' s s h a r e of t h e a c t u a l c o s t s of
t h e S t a n d a r d s of Q u a l i t y a n d of t h e c a t e gorical education mandates a c c o m plished by an additional 1 percent state-

w i d e s a l e s t a x r e t u r n e d t o localities a n d
without reduction to other related funding c o m p o n e n t s .
Incentives for Consolidating
S c h o o l D i s t r i c t s . Continuing incent i v e s f o r localities t h r o u g h t h e b a s i c aid
f o r m u l a to e n c o u r a g e c o n s o l i d a t e d
s c h o o l districts.
Transportation Funding.
f o r t h e c o n c e p t of a s t a t e w i d e
sue for highway construction
d e b t s e r v i c e d b y a n i n c r e a s e in
related revenues.

Support
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H i g h w a y M a i n t e n a n c e . I n s e r t i o n of
" p r e v e n t i v e m a i n t e n a n c e " in t h e d e f i n i t i o n u s e d f o r a l l o c a t i o n of m a i n t e nance payments.
B r i d g e F u n d . C r e a t i o n of a s e p a r a t e
bridge fund.
R a i l r o a d C r o s s i n g s . Direct state a s sistance through grants or fees on ind u s t r i e s b e n e f i t i n g f r o m i n c r e a s e d rail
traffic t o a s s i s t in f u n d i n g r a i l r o a d i m provements.
C o m m u t e r R a i l . E s t a b l i s h m e n t of a n
e x p e r i m e n t a l c o m m u t e r rail b e t w e e n
Washington and Fredericksburg and
Manassas.
R e d u c e d Federal F u n d i n g . Aid to
localities e i t h e r d i r e c t l y t h r o u g h f i n a n c i a l
a s s i s t a n c e o r indirectly t h r o u g h p e r m i s s i v e legislation a l l o w i n g localities t o u s e
a d d i t i o n a l s o u r c e s of r e v e n u e in t h e
e v e n t of r e d u c e d f e d e r a l r e v e n u e s t o
localities.
Metropolitan Washington Airport.
I m p l e m e n t a t i o n of t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n
Washington Airport Authority.
Overtime for Public Safety Employe e s / F L S A . State funding to cover overt i m e c o s t s of p u b l i c s a f e t y e m p l o y e e s
resulting f r o m t h e Garcia v. San Antonio
c o u r t d e c i s i o n a n d a p p l i c a t i o n of t h e Fair

L a b o r S t a n d a r d s A c t t o local g o v e r n ment.
R e s o u r c e s A u t h o r i t y Grants. Funding to t h e a u t h o r i t y f o r d i r e c t g r a n t s to
V i r g i n i a localities.
Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting.
I n c r e a s e d f u n d i n g of t h e T e c h n i c a l A s s i s t a n c e F u n d t o p r o v i d e local g o v e r n ments the protection the law intends.
R e g i o n a l T r a i n i n g A c a d e m i e s . Full
f u n d i n g of all m a n d a t e d c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e
training.
C o r r e c t i o n Facilities. Equal sharing
of s t a t e a n d local facilities t o e a s e o v e r c r o w d i n g , full f u n d i n g of t h e n e w r e i m bursement formulas and continued e m p h a s i s o n t h e s t a t e f u n d i n g its s h a r e of
t h e c o s t s of u p g r a d i n g e x i s t i n g facilities
a n d d e v e l o p i n g n e w facilities.
Service Charges o n State a n d Fede r a l P r o p e r t y . P a y m e n t s in lieu of t a x e s
on tax e x e m p t state a n d federal property.
D e i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z a t i o n . Deinstitut i o n a l i z a t i o n o n a c a s e by c a s e b a s i s
coordinating the individual's needs with
the c o m m u n i t y ' s resources a n d with
f u n d s f o l l o w i n g t h e patient f r o m t h e instit u t i o n to t h e c o m m u n i t y .
A g i n g . S t a t e f u n d i n g of l o n g - t e r m
c a r e m a n d a t e s a n d c o s t s i n c u r r e d in
gathering information required by the
Long Term Care Council.
Proposed Contraband Forfeiture
A c t . A d o p t i o n of a C o n t r a b a n d Forfeiture Act allowing the confiscated fin a n c i a l r e s o u r c e s of c r i m i n a l s t o b e ret u r n e d t o t h e locality for l a w e n f o r c e ment purposes.
State a n d Locally O w n e d Health
F a c i l i t i e s . Funds addressing disc r e p a n c i e s b e t w e e n f u n d i n g for s t a t e
a n d local facilities.

�Jailing Juveniles. A fiscal impact
study of legislation allowing juvenile
court judges to use short-term community based sentencing.
Dillon Rule. Appropriate legislation
applying to cities, towns and counties
based on the Virginia Commission on
Constitutional Revision recommendation that the Dillon's Rule be reversed.
Sovereign Immunity. Strengthening
sovereign immunity protection for local
government officials.
Shiared Cost by Subdivision Developers. Authority to require developers
to pay a pro rata share of the cost of
reasonable and necessary adjacent
roads.
Antitrust Exemption. Exemption of
local governments from state antitrust
law and legislation providing immunity
from federal antitrust laws.
Special Service Districts. Enabling
legislation allowing towns under 30,000
to establish special service districts and
legislation enabling localities to provide
any additional services the citizens are
willing to fund.
Unappropriated Reserves.
VML
urges the General Assembly not to prohibit or limit carry-over reserves or surpluses in local budgets.
State Compliance with Local Comprehensive Plans. Legislation to require state agencies to comply with local
comprehensive plans subject to override authority by the governor.
Duration of Franchises. Amendment to the Virginia Constitution increasing the duration of municipal franchises for use of public property to 99
years. Repeal of the 60-year provision
for air rights franchises.
Newspaper Publication of Tax Increases. Authority to deliver advertisements of tax increases by hand or by
first class mail in lieu of newspaper publication.
Salaries of Council Members.
Greater flexibility for city councils in setting council salaries, benefits and expense limits.
Appointment of School Board
Members. Local government authority
to directly appoint school board members with the term of office at the pleasure of the local governing body.
Legislation Affecting Towns and
Counties. Avoidance of legislation
causing conflict between counties and
towns, and promotion of harmonious,
cooperative and mutually beneficial relationships between towns and counties. Establishment of a state office of
town relations and continued study of
policy issues affecting towns.
Commission on Town/County Relations. A General Assembly study
commission on town/county relations
giving attention to distribution of local
option sales tax revenues, differentiated
taxing districts for towns not receiving

full county services, town zoning and
planning authority for parcels straddling
boundaries, and increasing authority of
towns to equal that of counties and
cities.
C o u n c i l A p p o i n t m e n t . Exempt
towns under 3,500 population from provisions of the code that prohibit appointment of a former council member to
a council filled position for a period of
one year after the council member
leaves office.
Landfill Charges. Legislation embracing the concept that town residents
pay no more than county residents for
use of county landfills.
Attorney General Opinions.
Amendment of the state statute to allow
town attorneys and attorneys from cities
of the second class to request opinions
from the attorney general.
Testing of Water Samples. Legislation clarifying that public water system
owners are not responsible for any liability for failure to report test results to the
state Health Department once the
owner has transmitted samples to a licensed laboratory.
Payment for Water Samples. An
amendment to make each public water
utility pay for testing of water samples at
the state laboratory.
Weight Limit for Garbage Trucks.
An amendment to allow municipal garbage trucks or garbage trucks under
contract to municipalities to travel on
state roads as long as their weight limits
do not exceed those established by the
state for coal and cement trucks.
Virginia Tort Claims Act. Opposition
to legislation extending to local governments the Tort Claims Act.
Rates for Utility Services. Opposition to legislation permitting the State
Corporation Commission to further regulate rates for utility services furnished
to local governments.
Uranium Mining. A permanent moratorium on the mining and milling of uranium in Virginia.
Group Self Insurance. Legislation to
expand current group self insurance association statutes to other lines of
coverage.
Annexation Procedure. Opposition
to any substantial changes in the annexation statutory procedures.
Housing Study. Study additional actions the state could take to address
housing needs for low and moderate
income families, the elderly and handicapped.
Medicaid. Opposition to any attempt
to transfer the current federal-state responsibilities for IVIedicaid to localities.
Misdemeanors—Probable Cause.
Legislation authorizing police officers to
make arrests for certain misdemeanors
not committed in their presence based
on probable cause and reasonable
complaint including assault and battery.

larceny and destruction of property.
Allocation of Water Resources. Assessment of existing and potential surface and ground water and development of a water conservation and supply
plan. If justified, by the study, legislation
to authorize the interbasin transfer of
surface water and interjurisdictional
transfer of ground water when cooperative intergovernmental agreements
are unattainable. The state's role should
be to protect the interest of water users
in the source basin or source acquifer
and to provide compensation for damages caused by water transfers.
Study of Preventive Services. A
study commission to examine the use
and results of existing preventive programs and the need for additional programs in areas such as alcohol and drug
abuse, adult illiteracy, school dropouts,
and spouse and child abuse.
Neighborhood Assistance Act. Extension of tax credits authorized by the
Neighborhood Assistance Act.
Supplemental Retirement System.
Review the purchase of insurance for
VSRS members from Life of Virginia to
determine if better rates are available.
Legislation to allow employees whose
share of VSRS is paid by the local government employer to withdraw their
share upon leaving employment.
E m p l o y e e - M a n a g e m e n t Relations. Legislation to prohibit dues
check-off and collective bargaining for
all public employees.

League Publishes
New Bulletin
The Virginia Municipal League Is publishing a new bulletin in addition to the
Legislative Bulletin published annually
while the Virginia General Assembly is
in session.
The Interim Legislative Bulletin takes
over where the Legislative Bulletin
leaves off. It will be published on the
third Thursday of eacfi month while the
assembly is not in session. Its purpose
is to keep members up to date on offsession legislative activities and to give
indepth analyses of legislative issues.
The publication will be mailed to all VML
mayors, managers and board chairs as
well as VML legislative liaisons. The first
issue was mailed in October.

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The Virginia Municipal League Is seeking applicants for the Wallerstein Scholarship. The scholarship was established
by a gift from Ruth C. and Morton L.
Wallerstein to the University of Virginia
to foster interest and research In Virginia
state and local government. Morton L.
Wallerstein was the first executive director of the league.
The scholarship is jointly a d m i n istered by the Virginia Municipal League
and the Institute of Government, University of Virginia.

Eligibility
An applicant must be;
1. An employee or official of a Virginia
municipality who would like to spend a
year at the University of Virginia engaged in research and study with the
Institute of Government; or
2. A person, preferably an employee
or official of a Virginia municipality,
seeking to undertake graduate work at
the University of Virginia in a field related to state and local government. It is
hoped, but not required, that the recipient intends to enter or re-enter Virginia
government service upon completion of
the graduate work.

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Selection Criteria

While an applicant must show promise of benefiting substantially from a
year at the university and a degree applicant must meet admission standards,
the selection committee will place heavy
emphasis upon the individual's potential
for public service in Virginia.

Duration of the Award

The award is made for a 12-month
period beginning between June 1, 1986
and Sept. 1, 1986. The award may be
continued a second year depending on
the recipient's need and first year record.

Amount of the Award
The amount is $5,000.

Application Procedure

Applicants for the scholarship may
obtain the necessary forms by writing to
the institute. Applicants seeking a graduate degree must fulfill all the requirements for admission to the graduate
school of the university. Inquiries regarding graduate school requirements
should be addressed to the Dean of the
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,

438 Cabell Hall, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, 22903.

Dates for Selection

Applications must be submitted no
later than February 15, 1986. An applicant may be invited to attend a personal
interview held either at the institute or at
the Virginia Municipal League offices in
Richmond. The recipient will be notified
no later than April 15, 1986.
For further information, write Dr. Timothy G. O'Rourke, Institute of Government, University of Virginia, 207 Minor
Hall, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903.
Some former Wallerstein scholars include Denise Butterfield Fisher, now
working for Newport News as a mana g e m e n t r e s e a r c h a n a l y s t , Sigrid
T o m p k i n s , Donna Hawthorne, Jack
Davenport, Elizabeth Walker, now working as assistant to the city manager for
Hampton, George Urquharl, and John
Poarch, working for the Virginia Housing
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�League Continues
Legislative Process

57TH ANNUAL SCHOOL &amp; CONFERENCE
VIRGINIA BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION
DECEMBER 1-3, 1985
OMNI HOTEL-NORFOLK

During the months of November and
D e c e m b e r the V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
League holds its annual regional meetings, the final preparations for the opening of the 1986 session of the Virginia
General Assembly.
The league's year-long legislative
process began in the spring with the
appointment of representatives to the
policy committees and continued
through the summer months as the
committees met and developed policy
guidelines and legislative goals. These
guidelines and goals were adopted by
vote of the membership at the league
conference in September.
With the regional meetings the league
takes its policies and goals to its grassroots, allowing regional constituents to
introduce these goals to their representatives. Regional meeting dates are as
follows:
Nov. 19 Harrisonburg
Nov. 21 Chincoteague
Nov. 21 Fairfax
Nov. 25 Marion
Nov. 26 Roanoke
Dec.
2 Hampton
2 Richmond
Dec.
4 Farmville
Dec.
To register to attend one of these
meetings, write or call the Virginia Municipal League, P.O. Box 12203, Richmond, VA 23241; 804/649-8471.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1
Registration
Board of Directors Meeting
President's Reception
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2
8:00 a.m.
Registration
8:30 a.m.
Opening Session
9:45 a.m.
BUILDING CODES AND L. P. GAS
12:00 noon
Group Luncfieon
1:15 p.m.
CODES AND TECHNICAL SERVICES-UL LISTED
GAS EQUIPMENT
2:00 p.m.
FLEXIBLE DUCTS AND CONNECTIONS
3:00 p.m.
THE KEROSENE HEATER INDUSTRY
AN OVERVIEW
3:45 p.m.
AMUSEMENT RIDES AND RELATED CODES
6:30 p.m.
Harbor Cruise
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3
8:00 a.m.
Registration
8:30 a.m.
DIRECT APPLIED PROTECTION FOR FIRE
RATED ASSEMBLIES
9:30 a.m.
ALARM SYSTEMS
10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
12:00 noon
Luncli on your own
1:15 p.m.
LUMBER CONSTRUCTION
2:30 p.m.
Annual Business Session
3:00 p.m.
MASONRY FIRE WALLS
6:00 p.m.
Social Hour
7:00 p.m.
Annual Banquet
For further information and registration contact Joni Terry, Executive Director, P.O. Box 12203, Riclimond, VA 23241, 804/649-8471.
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�Five to Revive
Downtowns
Bedford, Franklin, Fredericksburg, Petersburg and Winciiester have been
selected to participate in the Virginia
Main Street program.
The program is designed to promote
revitalization of downtowns in smaller
municipalities and to encourage new
development in aging downtown commercial areas. The five communities
selected will receive expert technical
assistance from the National Main
Street Center, an affiliate of the National
Trust for Historic Preservation, and from
the Virginia Department of Housing and
Community Development.

Culpeper Receives
Grant for Park
The state Department of Conservation
and Historic Resources has approved
an $84,500 matching grant for the town
of Culpeper's first park. The town will
receive 94 percent of the money this
fiscal year with the additional 6 percent
to come in the next fiscal year.
Work on the Yowell Meadow Park is
expected to begin in the spring. Located

on the western edge of the town's business district, the park includes a meandering stream which paths and bridges
will be built around. Also planned for the
park are soccer and softball fields, a
basketball court, exercise trail and comfort station.
A citizen's group working with the
town and chaired by citizen Waverly Lee
has secured pledges of both funds and
in kind donations to match the grant.

Charlottesville Begins
New Health Program
An employee health program aimed at
reducing the city's nearly $1 million annual medical costs is underway in Charlottesville.
At a cost of about $30,000, the city is
giving employees mandatory health
tests administered by a local hospital.
Based on the test results, the city will
offer employees a variety of free seminars on health related subjects. In addition, at a cost of $15 a month per employee the city will pick up the tab for an
employee's membership in a local fitness club.
The new emphasis on fitness is expected to reduce insurance claims and
sick leave and improve productivity.

Virginia Beach
Aids Blind Voters
Virginia Beach helped its visually impaired citizens to vote this year by making voter information brochures available in Braille and on tapes.
The voter registration information in
Braille was produced by Marie Bashaw,
a volunteer, and Linda Midgett, a blind
staff member of the department of public
libraries' special services division located at Bayside Public Library. The
division is the regional library for the
blind and physically handicapped and
serves about 1,200 visually impaired or
blind individuals in Eastern Virginia.
The division was praised for its efforts
by Nelson Malbone, president, Virginia
Association of the Blind, and Midgett
pointed out that "blind people like to do
as much as they can on their own."
City council agendas and hurricane
and emergency information are also
available from the division in Braille or
on tape. The materials can be picked up
or mailed out and permanent tapes will
be made for anyone who brings a blank
tape to the library.

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Fairfax County
Among the best in the nation is Fairfax
County's Fire and Rescue Department,
according to Firehouse Magazine.
A group of experts studied more than
25,000 fire departments, and Fairfax
County Fire and Rescue repeatedly
came out among the top 25 departments.
Trends were examined in five areas:
decreases in fire loss, decreases in firefighter injury, financial responsibility, increases in performance standards and
increases in amount and type of services offered. With new physical fitness
requirements, officer training and certification, participation in National Fire
Academy programs and a foreign exchange program, the Fairfax County department excelled in the area of increased performance standards.
in the category of changes in services
o f f e r e d , the county excelled with
stepped-up fire prevention activities,
EMS (emergency medical service) improvements and advancement in hazardous materials response.
All 25 top departments were cited in
Firehouse Magazine for demonstrating
a willingness to try new things and new
methods, seeking public involvement,
earning community support and doing
everything possible to develop and use
talents within their organizations.

Hopewell S e e k s
Charter Change
Hopewell City Council has voted to ask
the General Assembly to amend the city
charter to allow council to issue general
obligation bonds for capital improvements without voter approval.
Hopewell is one of only a few Virginia
cities that cannot issue bonds without a
referendum, and voters have failed to
pass several attempted bond issues including one in 1984 for construction of a
$4.3 million public safety building.

est rate in August, 2.4 percent, according to the commission.
The two areas have typically vied for
this top slot usually with no more than a
tenth of a percent difference between
them. Hanover's unemployment rate
has been declining, but the labor marketing expert for VEC says it's too early
to call this is a trend.
The state's unemployment rate was
5.3 percent in August, representing
154,300 jobless people.
Chair of the Hanover County Board of
Supervisors Robert 8. Cosby attributes
the county's low rate to its industrial
diversity.
Hanover is a "bedroom community"
with most residents working elsewhere.
Many small businesses operate in Hanover and more than 200 industries operate at the Hanover Industrial Air Park
and along the Interstate 95 industrial
corridor.
Dickenson County at 20 percent and
Buchanan County at 17.4 percent held
the state's highest unemployment rates
for August.

Site Registration
O p e n For Congress
On site registrations will be accepted at
the National League of Cities' 1985
Congress of Cities and Exposition, Dec.
7 - 1 1 in Seattle, WA.
With the theme "Changing Times,
Challenging Roles," the conference
promises information and inspiration.
W o r k s h o p s will be offered in three
tracks: Finding Resources, Forging
Partnerships; Better Leaders, Bigger
Jobs; and Enhancing Communities, Enriching Lives.
The exposition is expected to be one
of the largest ever, with exhibits filling
250 booths.
Registration is $270 for officials of
NLC direct member cities, $320 for nonmembers and indirect members, and
$340 for private sector individuals.
For information, call (202) 626-3200.

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&amp; Engineering
Danville, V A — D i r e c t s , supervises
staff of 29, budget of $4.2 million for
engineering, building inspection,
planning, community development
divisions. Reports to city manager as
one of eight departments. Applicants
must be familiar with m u n i , eng., urban p l a n n i n g , code enforcement;
exp. administering CDBG and UDAG
desirable. IVIin. 5 yrs. exp. in m u n i ,
d e s i g n , eng., p l a n n i n g , c o m m u n i t y
development grants. Salary: $36,331
- $54,497 DOE. S u b m i t resume by
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Fiscal Austerify and Urban Practices
A recent report from the Joint Legislative
Audit and Review Commission concluded that Virginia local governments
are in trouble. Many are experiencing
fiscal stress. Stagnant growth in revenue capacity, increasing tax effort and
the need to take budgetary action to
control expenditures continue to plague
Virginia localities.
To probe the effects of fiscal stress,
the Institute of Government at the University of Virginia asked officials in Virginia's largest local governments about
financial practices in their localities. This
survey w a s part of a larger study being
conducted by researchers in all 50 U.S.
states and several European countries.
The Virginia study surveyed city and
town council members, members of
boards of supervisors and chief administrative officers in 20 jurisdictions.
T h e s e jurisdictions included all cities
(14) with populations in 1980 of more
than 35,000, the five counties with populations more than 100,000 and the town
of B l a c k s b u r g . R e s p o n s e s were received from the chief administrative officer in 19 of the 20 localities and from 103
of the 161 elected officials included In
the survey.
The survey sought answers to these
questions:
— What have been the important problems for local government finances in
Virginia?
— What fiscal management strategies
have been used by Virginia's largest
local governments?
— What are the relative roles of elected
officials and professional staffs in setting spending levels, allocating funds
among departments and developing
strategies for fiscal management?
— How do elected officials think the
majority of voters feel about spending
on various urban services in their
localities?
A number of reasons for the fiscal
stress felt by local governments have
been offered. City managers and county
administrators in the jurisdictions surveyed were asked to rank financial problems according to their importance in
their localities. Following are the results.

Number
of localities
citing
Mandated costs from federal
and state government
14
Loss of state revenue
12
Inflation
11
Rising service demands from
citizens
11
Loss of federal revenue
9
Pressures from taxpayers to
reduce taxes and spending
9
High interest rates
9
Infrastructure replacement
and maintenance
8
Pressure from employees
7
Declining tax base
5
Unemployment
4
State tax, revenue or
expenditure limits
2
Failure of bond referenda
2
Intergovernmental developments led
the list. "Mandated costs from federal
and state governments" w a s cited a s
one of the most important problems or
as a very important problem by 14 of the
19 administrators responding. Loss of
state revenue and loss of federal revenue also were cited a s important by 12
localities and nine localities respectively.
The results were surprising given today's emphasis on economic development. Unemployment and a declining
tax base were not seen a s major problems. No locality said unemployment
was one of its most important problems,
and only one locality said a declining tax
base was very important.
Also a s part of the survey, managers
and administrators were given a list of
32 fiscal management strategies and
were asked which ones they had used.
Their responses suggested that a wide
variety of programs and strategies had
been used to help local governments
solve fiscal problems. Sixteen different
strategies were ranked as "one of the
most important" by at least one locality.
Five localities mentioned seeking additional intergovernmental revenues, four
localities mentioned increasing taxes,
another four mentioned improving productivity through better management
and three mentioned across the board
spending cuts.
Many of these strategies were based
on raising additional revenues or making local government more efficient.
Eighteen localities increased user fees

and charges. Most local governments
tried to squeeze additional services out
of their dollars or at least to spend less
while providing the same level of service. Seventeen localities found "improving productivity through better
management" a useful strategy. " R e duction in the workforce through attrition" w a s used by 14 localities and 11
localities imposed a hiring freeze. No
locality reported reducing services or
eliminating programs a s one of its most
important strategies.
Council members and supervisors reported that both elected officials and
professional staff set spending levels.
Only 19.2 percent of respondents said
elected officials "set" or "largely set"
overall spending levels, while 51.8 percent felt that professional staff "largely
set" or "suggest the approximate level"
of local government spending. Of the
respondents, 27.7 percent thought professional staff and elected officials had
about equal voice in setting spending
levels.
Council and board members reported
that most of the time professional staff
allocate funds among local government
departments. Many, 89.2 percent, said
professional staff "largely set" or "set
approximate" allocations among departments.
Fiscal stress has caused local governments to develop new fiscal management strategies. According to the
elected officials, developing new strategies has been a joint effort of professional staff and elected officials, and
45.7 percent of respondents reported
professional staff and elected officials
had "about equal input" in developing
new strategies.
On overall spending, council and
board members believe citizens would
like local government to spend a little
less. Citizens are perceived to want a
reduction in spending for social welfare,
low-income housing and salaries of
local government employees. Police
and fire protection, primary and secondary education, and streets and parking are areas where elected officials
think an increase is desired.
About the
Authors
Jeffery Grady is a researctier for Econometric Research
Inc. in Washington, DC.
Melanie Gillies is a graduate research
assistant at the Institute of Government, University
of Virginia.

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Officers
Robert T . Williams
IVIartlia V. Pennino
Noel C . Taylor
J . Wlllard Lineweaver
Executive Committee
J a c k D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Frances Parsons
M. Stewart Koethcke
William R. Hartz
Sidney M. Oman
Lawrence A. Davies
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Volume 20

Number 12

4 People
6 How the League Lobbies and
What You Can Do to Help
By Christy Everson
If you would like to be Involved In the 1986 Legislative
this guide will tell you how.

Session,

9 VML's Product &amp; Services
Guide
Keep this guide to companies offering products and services
Virginia local governments close at hand during 1986.

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On the Cover
The Capitol in Richmond serves a s
the meeting place of the oldest lawmaking body in the w e s t e r n hemisphere. In this issue of Virginia Town
and City you c a n l e a r n about the
league's legislative priorities and how
you can help in the upcoming 1986 s e s sion of the General Assembly. Photo by
Christy
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Legislative

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14 A Discussion of VML's
Legislative Priorities
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18 Professional Directory
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It is published monthly at 13 East
Franklin
Street, P.O. Box 12203, Richmond, Virginia 23241. All contents,
copyright
1985 by the Virginia fi/Junicipal League.
Any reproduction
or use of contents
must have prior approval of the Virginia
Municipal League and if granted must
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Subscription rates: $8 per year, $1.50 per
copy.
Postmaster: Send address changes to
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Gov. Charles S. Robb has appointed
M a r t h a V. P e n n i n o to the George
Mason University Board of Visitors.
Pennino is vice chair of the Fairfax
C o u n t y B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s and
s e r v e s as t h e V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l
League's second vice president. Her
appointment to the board of visitors is for
a four-year term.
Members of the board are charged
with ensuring that Virginia's institutions
of higher education function efficiently
and effectively. They are responsible for
establishing policies for operation and
for overseeing the implementation and
evaluation of those policies. In addition,
board members represent the public's
interest in decisions about institutional
planning, budgeting and similar matters.

Huggins Elected
To National Post
Fairfax County Sheriff M. Wayne Hugg i n s is the new chairman of the board of

the Commission on Accreditation for
Corrections. He is also the first sheriff
ever elected to the post.
Huggins was elected at the commission's recent meeting in New York.
The commission is the only private
organization in this country and Canada
that promulgates standards for the operation of all types of correctional facilities. To date, approximately 450 correctional facilities have been accredited
and an additional 400 are in the accreditation process.

D e e s e Announces
Plans to Resign
Richmond City Manager Manuel A.
Deese announced his resignation last
month to be effective Dec. 3 1 . The
11 -year veteran of the city will become
senior vice president of government
business development for The Computer Co., a Richmond-based data processing firm.
Deese's resignation ends a 22-year
career in local government. "The day I
walked out of college, I walked into local
government," Deese said.
A native of Georgia, Deese grew up in

Pittsburgh. He holds a master's in public
administration from American University in Washington.
His first public service job was in the
mayor's office in Pittsburgh. From there
he went to work as a policy analyst for
the National League of Cities in Washington. He served as an assistant to the
city m a n a g e r in A l e x a n d r i a before
coming to Richmond in 1974. He became Richmond city manager in 1979.
Mayor Roy A. West praised Deese
saying, "Mr. Deese is a premier city
manager, respected across the country."

Lawrence Moves Up
In Prince William
Barry R. Lawrence has become assistant to the county executive in Prince
William County.
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legislative liaison since 1983. He has
previously served as town manager in
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J a m e s P. Z o o k became director of
planning in Chesterfield County Nov. 1.
Zook has been with the county since
1974 and was named acting director in
June. He has served Chesterfield as
director of community planning, chief of
comprehensive and community planning and assistant to the county administrator.
Zook replaced Stanley R. Balderson
who became director of economic development.

Bennett Receives
National Honor
Richmond Police Capt. C h a r l e s W.
Bennett received an honorable mention

award for Police Officer of the Year at
the International Association of Chiefs
of Police Conference in Houston. The
a w a r d is c o - s p o n s o r e d by Parade
magazine and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Capt. Bennett received the award for
preventing a 2-year-old girl from being
thrown into a burning kitchen by an abductor. As Bennett passed the child to
safety he was shot in the abdomen.
Bennett has recovered from his wound
and is back to regular duty as a precinct
commander.

Hamner Resigns
State Position
H. Douglas Hamner Jr., director of the
state Department of General Services
and a veteran state official, retired the
first of this month.
Hamner, 58, has been appointed to
high office by every Virginia governor
since 1966. He was first appointed to
head the new Division of Engineering
and Buildings by Gov. Mills E. Godwin.
He served in that capacity until 1978

under Govs. Linwood Holton and Godwin In his second term. Gov. John N.
Dallon Jr. tapped him to direct the new
general services agency in 1978, and
Gov. Robb reappointed him in 1982.
Prior to serving the state Hamner
served as city manager in Front Royal
and in Hopewell. A native of Amelia
County, Hamner resides in Hopewell.

Hancock Becomes
Mayor of Pulaski
G a r y H a n c o c k has been appointed
mayor of Pulaski following the death of
Raymond F. Ratcliffe. Hancock is a
member of the town's planning commission.

Chief Retires
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police in Front Royal. Robertson had
been with the department since November 1975. He also served as a member
of the VML Public Safety Policy Committee. Deputy Chief L. W. Daniel has
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At about this time every year, the atmosphere around the Virginia IVlunicipal
League office becomes a little more
charged. It's the energy and anticipation
of the staff planning and preparing for
the opening of the Virginia General Assembly.
The General Assembly session,
which convenes Jan. 8 this year. Is
really the climax of the league's policymaking cycle. With the 1986 Legislative
Program Intact, staff skillfully and purposefully make plans while they wait for
the drama to unfold. Each legislative
proposal In VML's 1986 Legislative Program must be analyzed and a decision
must be made as to the best way to
achieve the desired results.
To take on this task, the league follows a team approach, meeting and
planning strategies together throughout
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signed responsibility for different legislative proposals. Staff frequently are responsible for legislation in areas they
have covered In the past, thus they have
a better understanding of the Issues
Involved as well as knowledge of any
recent action. Most have continued to
attend committee meetings during the
Interim and have become comfortable
with speaking to members of committees. In addition, the staff have come to
be recognized as representatives of the
Virginia Municipal League who speak
on behalf of VML's member localities.
In most cases, each legislative proposal in the program requires that new
legislation be introduced, that existing
legislation be amended or that potentially harmful legislation be warded off.
In the case of Introducing new legislation or amendments, sponsors must
be found. The staff will try to match the

Introduction of legislation with the legislator who can most effectively promote
the bill. Many subtleties play In this legislative process. Perhaps the legislation
desired directly affects a legislator's
constituents, or perhaps a legislator Is
looking for a certain cause to champion.
A staff member through previous contact may be aware that a certain legislator feels strongly on a particular Issue,
or perhaps the legislator is planning to
Introduce other legislation which may
occupy the majority of his time. Ideally,
one looks for a legislator who serves on
the committee where the bill Is likely to
be considered and who has the clout to
quickly move the bill forward.
While the staff is busy running hither
and yon at the General Assembly, you
may ask yourself what can I do to help?
As a VML member, there are any
number of ways you can assist in the

�lobbying process, from writing letters, to
making a speech at a General Assembly
committee meeting, to personally visiting your representatives. But first, you
must understand the legislative process
and you must be familiar with VML's
legislative program.
VML's legislative proposals are not
just picked out of the blue. They are
developed through VML's policymaking process and represent the consensus of the league's membership.
Each year, VML's seven policy committees and the legislative committee
start with the policy statements and
legislative program adopted the previous year. Working from this base,
VML's policies and legislative program
are rewritten, deleting those items
already accomplished or no longer applicable, keeping those that continue to
be pertinent and writing new policies
and proposals where new issues have
come to the forefront. Most items in the
legislative program arise from recommendations by the policy committees.
VML's committees are the true grassroots of the organization. Committee
members are nominated by their localities and appointed by the league president from the list of nominees. The
members of VML's policy and legislative
committees represent VML's member
localities. Committee members come to
the meetings knowing the issues in their
localities. Usually what affects one
member may affect another in the same
way, if not presently then at some time in
the future. At other times, committee
members may agree on the overall aspect of an issue but differ on the details,
or they may disagree altogether. At
these times, a consensus must be
reached.
The policy and legislative committees
are formed in the sphng and meet during
the summer. By the time of the September annual VML Conference, the policies have been written, the specific
legislative proposals made and this preliminary policy statement and legislative
program mailed to the membership.
If is this preliminary program that is
put to the vote of the entire membership
at the VML Conference. Following any
last minute amendments at the conference, VML's Legislative Program is
printed and mailed to the membership. It
is from this document supplemented by
the policy statements that VML staff
work. (The legislative proposals were
summarized in the November issue of
Virginia T o w n &amp; City.)
No matter how active you want to be
during the session, you should sit down
and read this document. You may wish

VML Deputy Director Clay L . Wirt (R) coordinates VML's Activities at the General Assembly.
Wirt has worked with
Governorelect Gerald L . Baliles (L) throughout his term as attorney general on several issues including antitrust, conflict of interest and
public
procurement.
to pick one or two issues that directly
affect your locality to work on, or you
may wish to just get an overall feel for
the issues the staff will be working on
during the session.
If you are interested in working on
particular issues, contact VML to let the
staff know of your interest. Also, if you
have an established rapport with a legislator which gives you access or influence, again advise the VML staff. If the
VML staff knows of your interest, you
may be called upon to testify in committee hearings or to assist in other
ways.
"One of the most important things to
keep in mind when working with the
General Assembly," says VML's Deputy
Director Clay Wirt, "is that time is of the
essence.
"You must understand that the General Assembly operates on deadlines.

There are deadlines for introduction of
legislation in each house, deadlines for
committees to consider issues and
deadlines for each house to consider
the other's legislation."
Setting this deadline schedule is one
of the first tasks of the General Assembly. Once this schedule is set, VML
will publish it both in the League Letter
and the Legislative Bulletin. You may
find it helpful to note these dates on your
personal calendar.
"Furthermore," Wirt says, "critical
issues frequently surface at the last
minute, and because of this it is most
important that you keep informed."
VML takes the initiative on helping to
keep you informed in several ways.
First, duhng the session the league publishes the Legislative Bulletin two or
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office.
The Legislative Bulletin will keep you
well Informed on issues of interest to the
league, however, sometimes things
move even faster. In these instances the
league will use "Action Calls." T h e Action Call is an urgent notice used to
inform you of issues that need immediate attention. They ask that you take a
specific action on an issue.
In addition, Wirt recommends the
Richmond Times-Dispatch for its daily
account of General Assembly activities.
If you wish to become actively involved by writing, calling or visiting your
representative, Wirt again reminds us of
the value of time.
"Keep in mind that legislators have
minimal time to spend on any one issue.

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come back to life.
2. Not every decision at the General Assembly is based on pure logic.
3. A s a rule of thumb, the General
A s s e m b l y will p a s s i n c r e m e n t a l
legislation, not sweeping changes.
4. Not all legislators are equal.
Know where the power lies.
5. Get personally acquainted with
your senator and delegate. T a k e a
sincere interest in them and get to
know their political philosophies and
personal interests. Try to understand
their outlook and objectives.
6. Write when your legislator does
something of which you approve.
L e g i s l a t o r s hear frequently from
those who are critical. A note of appreciation will make your legislator
remember you favorably the next
time you write.
7. Your letter, call or visit does
count. Most people never contact
their legislators and many think their
opinion won't make any difference.
T h e y c o u l d n ' t be more w r o n g .
Thoughtful and persuasive contacts
can change legislators' minds and
cause them to review their judgment.
8. Don't lose your temper. An "enemy" on one issue may be a "friend"
on another. Be absolutely honest in
all your dealings with your legislator
and concentrate on building your
credibility.
9. Do not expect to be able to walk
into your legislator's office and sit
down for a visit. Make an appointment first. If, however, you s e e your
legislator in the halls of the General
Assembly Building or on the street.

except possibly for legislation they introduce or legislation they are responsible for in committee.
"If you are to make a difference, you
must be able to get your point across in a
short period of time," s a y s Wirt.
"You must know your subject and be
well-informed when visiting, writing or
calling your legislator."
First of all, Wirt advises, you should
know a bill's number. Bill numbers will
be given for legislation written up in the
Legislative Bulletin, however, if you are
unable to find a bill's number, you can
obtain this information by calling the
General Assembly information number:
804/786-6530. You can also find out by
calling this number which committee a
bill h a s been referred to, frequently
which subcommittee a bill has been referred to, where the committees meet
and the exact status of legislation.
Before talking with your legislator,

do not hesitate to step fonward and
briefly ask for support or opposition
to a critical issue. Then indicate you
will convey more information in writing to the legislator's office.
10. Don't forget to coordinate your
efforts with the league.

In Writing
1. A d d r e s s the e n v e l o p e : T h e
Honorable S e n . (Delegate) Robert E .
Lee, T h e Senate of Virginia (House
of Delegates), G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
Building, Richmond, VA 23219. T h e
greeting: Dear Senator (Delegate)
Lee.
2. Identify the bill you are writing
about. Give the bill number, the bill's
sponsor, the committee the bill has
been referred to and a brief description of the subject matter. A legislator
cannot be expected to recall every
bill by its number and a vague description.
3. Be original. Use your own words,
express your own views. Make your
arguments personal.
4. Be specific and graphic. Tell how
a bill would affect your locality. Use
facts and illustrations.
5. B e brief. Make your letter no
longer than two pages.
6. Write legibly or type. Use your
own stationery, or if you are writing
as the spokesperson for your local
government use your municipal letterhead.
7. Don't begin on the righteous note
" A s a citizen and a taxpayer." Almost
everybody is.
8. Don't apologize, for your opinion
or for taking up a legislator's time.

Wirt advises that you put your thoughts
in writing. In your own words write out a
one-page position paper listing the best
three or four reasons for your position.
Wirt suggests writing the reasons in one
sentence, then writing a supporting
paragraph for each reason.
" B e a s specific and graphic a s you
can about how the issue affects your
locality," Wirt says. " U s e facts, percentages and e x a m p l e s wherever possible."
Wirt also suggests talking through
your paper with your staff or associates.
T h e y can provide a good sounding
board and may bring new insights into
your material. In addition, if you have
specific questions about your position,
VML staff can assist you. Above all, be
sure of your facts.
When you call your legislator it is advisable to have your position paper in
hand. Much of the time you will not be
able to reach your legislator and your
call will be directed to an aide. If a legislative decision is still a few days off, then
tell the aide the nature of your call, i.e.
support for House Bill 000 regarding
animal control currently pending before
the H o u s e Agriculture C o m m i t t e e .
Identify yourself a s a constituent and let
the aide know you are putting a letter in
the mail that day outlining your support
or opposition for the legislation.
Ask the aide when would be the best
time to call the legislator back after he/
she has reviewed your letter.
The aide may say that the legislator
will call you back. If you do not hear
anything in four or five days, call again. If
on your second call, you cannot review
the letter with the legislator, go over it
with the assistant, briefly explaining why
you support or oppose the legislation.
"Make every effort not to spend more
than five minutes on the phone with a
legislator unless the legislator is raising
questions," says Wirt. "Legislators have
busy agendas and you want them to be
willing to take future calls from you."
A letter to your legislator can parallel
your position paper and should be no
more than two pages long.
Telegrams can also be an effective
tool if an item is to be decided on in the
next day or two. In a telegram ask the
legislator to vote for or against a specific
bill or amendment and give your strongest reason why in one or two sentences.
If an item is coming up the same day,
don't overlook the value of calling the
legislative aide. Indicate that the item is
expected to be voted on later in the day
and ask that a message be given to the
legislator that you support or oppose the
bill. Again, give your strongest reasons
for your position in about 30 seconds.
The aide will usually write out your position and reasons and relay them to the
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�VML Product &amp; Services Guide
For your convenience, the Virginia
Municipal League presents its second
annual list of companies offering products and services to Virginia local
governments. Keep this guide handy for
use throughout the coming year.
Accountants &amp; Auditors
David M. Griffith &amp; Associates, Ltd.
8154 Forest Hill Avenue
Suite 4
Richmond, VA 23235
(804) 323-1184
Contact: Chris M. Zitzow
Cost accounting services to state and local
governments, housing authorities, utility
companies and universities including: central
service cost allocation plans, full cost plans,
agency indirect cost proposals, overhead
rate development for street maintenance
functions (HR 1269), internal service and
enterprise fund billing rates, vehicle maintenance rates, user fee analysis, audit disallowance defense and any other cost accounting related sen/ice.
Aerial Lift Devices
Utility Line Equipment, Inc.
P.O. Box 5497
Roanoke, VA 24012
(703) 982-8340
Contact: Gary H. Waldron
Aerial devices, digger/derricks, knuckle
cranes; rental and sales, new and used:
transfer/rebuild, safety Inspections, dielectric
testing; service bodies, merchanical/
hydraulic winches; after market-parts, hoses,
pumps, P.T.O.'s valves, etc.
Architects &amp; Engineers
Baldwin &amp; Gregg, Ltd.
Engineers-Surveyors-Planners
P.O. Box 2198
Norfolk, VA 23501
(804) 623-7300
8001 Franklin Farms Drive
Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23229
(804) 282-5222
Contact: H. Leigh Fenigsohn
Established 1908 in Virginia. Complete civil
engineering services for local governments.
Specialize in water and wastewater systems,
stormwater management, highway design,
traffic engineering and signalization, industrial/commerical park development and grant
applications/management.
Bengtson, DeBell, Elkin &amp; Titus, P.C.
13924 Braddock Road
Centreville, VA 22020
(703) 631-9630
(703) 369-5700
Contact: Paul E. Bengtson
Full service consulting firm providing planning, zoning, feasibility studies; land devel-

opment, structural, transportation engineering; parks and recreation facilities; drainage
and storm water management; water and
wastewater facilities design; construction
management including soils and concrete
testing; boundary, topographical, stake-out
and as-built surveys; residential, commercial
inspections; landscape architecture. Offices
in Centreville, Leesburg, Woodbridge and
Norfolk, VA and Silver Spring, MD.
Buchart-Horn, Inc.
Engineers, Architects, Planners &amp;
Surveyors
Busch Corporate Center
203 Packets Court
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(804) 229-3359
Contact: Douglas L. Haller, P.E.
TOTAL professional sen/ices for municipal
governments including water, wastewater,
solid waste, management, parks and recreational facilities, stormwater management,
utility rate studies, surveying and mapping,
highways and bridges, traffic signals, airports, dams, landscape architecture and
governmental buildings.
Burns &amp; McDonnell
Engineers-Architects-Consultants
P.O. Box 173
4800 East 63rd Street
Kansas City, MO 64141-0173
(816) 333-4375
Contact: Dave G. Rut, Jr., P.E., President
Sen/ices: Feasibility studies; utility rate studies and appraisals; engineering and architectural design; construction management;
general consultations and expert testimony;
emissions testing; environmental impact assessment.
Project Specialities: Water and wastewater;
solid/hazardous waste management; roads
and bridges; storm drainage/flood control;
power transmission/distribution; airports and
support facilities; public buildings; parks/
recreation facilities; fire protection; energy
conservation; air pollution control systems.
CH2M HILL
1941 Roland Clarke Place
Reston, VA 22091
(703) 620-5200
Suite 701 B
739 Thimble Shoals Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23606
(804) 873-2166
Contact: Glenn W. Rehberger
Complete engineering services including:
municipal and industrial waste treatment,
structures, solid wastes, water resources,
water supply and treatment, and hazardous
waste management.
Draper Aden Associates
2206 South Main Street
P.O. Box 927
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(703) 552-0444

8501 Patterson Avenue
Richmond, VA 23229
(804) 741-8047
Contact: William A. Aden, P.E.
Engineering services: Solid waste management engineering and operations assistance,
waste management alternatives, site selection and evaluation, transfer station and landfill design, landfill operations, landfill gas control and recovery, resource recovery (wasteto-energy), groundwater monitoring and
remedial design and hazardous waste management. Industrial site selection and planning, water treatment, distribution and leak
detection, wastewater collection and treatment, drainage studies.
Greenhorne &amp; O'Mara, Inc.
11211 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 385-9800
Contact: Jim Payne
Services include surveying, land development, architecture, environmental engineering, planning and landscape architecture,
structural engineering, traffic engineering
and transportation planning, construction
services and computer-aided design and
automated information systems. G &amp; O has
recently expanded its services to Culpeper
and plans to open a third Virginia office in
Manassas in early 1986.
MMM Design Group
229 W. Bute St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
(804) 623-1641
1750 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 783-8060
Contact: Jack M. Hill, President
MMM Design Group is an integrated and
full-service architectural engineering and
planning firm. Services include: architecture,
renovations, civil, highway, structural, sanitary, hydrology, electrical and mechanical
engineering; airports, community and regional planning and urban renewal, port facilities, communications projects, housing, industrial and commercial buildings, schools,
municipal facilities, reports and feasibility
studies, energy analysis and EMCS, supervision of construction, construction management.
LBC&amp;W/IVIaguire
Two Sykline Place, Suite 800
5203 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
(703)998-0100
Contact: Richard E. Hollis
Vice President
Complete professional services for building
design including programming, space planning, architectural design, interior design,
mechanical/electrical engineering, structural
and civil engineering, facilities audits and
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equipment maintenance facilities, recreational facilities and health care facilities.
James M. Montgomery, Consulting
Engineer, Inc.
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive
Suite 1130
Reston, VA 22091
(703) 860-2400
Contact: John D. Knoll, Jr.
Vice President
James M. Montgomery, Consulting Engineers, Inc. is recognized internationally for
expertise and capabilities in water and
wastewater related engineering and for innovative contributions in advancing water and
wastewater related technology. The firm
offers a complete range of services, including
master planning, feasibility studies, detailed
design, value engineering, construction
management, facilities startup, operation
and maintenance and surveying.
William C. Overman Associates, P.C.
380 Cleveland Place
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
(804) 499-4887
Contact: Donna H. Smith
IVlarketing Coordinator
William C. Overman Associates offer broad
In-depth range of such engineering and planning categories as sewage and wastewater
treatment; water supply and treatment;
marine terminals and harbor facilities; mapping; residential, commercial and industrial
site development; comprehensive urban and
regional planning; and administrative, financial and fiscal planning for local governments
and the private sector.
Patton, Harris, Rust and Associates, P.C.
10523 Main Street
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 352-4120
Contact: David A. Minter
Full service civil engineering firm specializing
in land development, transportation engineering, environmental engineering, surveying, planning, landscape architecture and
inspections. Offices located in Fairfax, Leesburg and Bridgewater, VA.
Virginia IManagement Services
see "Management Engineers"
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Davis &amp; Associates, Inc.
802 Lingco Drive
Richardson, TX 75081
(214) 234-5422
Contact: Jim Butts
Telecommunications consulting engineers
providing assistance to municipalities in
communications systems (two-way radio,
point-to-point microwave, trunked, PBX, data
links, 911, etc.). We can assist in: requirements definitions, system planning and engineering, specification writing, vendor response evaluation, implementation, installation, acceptance testing, maintenance and
operation training.
Power &amp; Telephone Supply Company, Inc.
see "Utility Equipment"

Communications Equipment
Jon/Beau, Inc.
P.O. Box 335
Weymouth, MA 02188
(617) 335-0372
Contact: Jacquelyn M. Belliveau, President
Manufacturer of U.S. Patented JOHNCO
Consoles. Vehicular, hump mounted,
tamper-proof communication and control
consoles which correlate radio, siren and
scanning equipment for law enforcement and
public safety agencies. Included in product
line are new "Kovert Konsoles" for
unmarked-surveillance vehicles. GSA contracts for JOHNCO Consoles. Sole agent
GSA contracts for: Mag-Lites, Cobra Gunskin and Assault Systems.

ronmental analysis, utility systems, industrial
power, water resources, railroad alignment
and alternatives analysis.
Contractors
Eastern Utilities Specialists, Inc.
see "Infiltration/Inflow Abatement"
Data Processing
Automation Counselors, Inc.
see "Computers"
David M. Griffith &amp; Associates, Ltd.
see "Accountants &amp; Auditors"

Power &amp; Telephone Supply Company, Inc.
see "Utility Equipment"

Electrical Transmission Services

Computers &amp; Software

Ward Transformer Co.
see "Utility Equipment"

Automation Counselors, Inc.
5728 Industry Lane
P.O. Box 511
Frederick, MD 21701
(301)663-3700
Contact: John Markowski, CPA
municiPAL® Software for local governments.
Runs on IBM System/34, 36 and 38 hardware. A full range of integrated applications
allows us to design a system to meet your
requirements. First class support and over 15
years experience with government combine
to assure the success of your installation.
Hadron System Products Group
see "Law Enforcement/Public Safety
Software"
Municipal Leasing Corporation
see "Municipal Lease/Purchase"
Network Computing Corporation
5301 77 Center Drive
Charlotte, NO 28210
(704) 525-8810
Contact: Alan C. Bryenton
With 15 years of experience in providing advanced information processing services to
single and multi-service utilities, NCC can
offer a solution to the small, medium or large
utility that bests suits their needs.
Choose from remote computing, turnkey systems — we represent IBM as a qualified VAR
— or a software licensing agreement using
MSS, NCC's new advanced data base management package.
Consulting Engineers
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade &amp; Douglas,
Inc.
8200 Greensboro Drive
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 442-7700
Contact: William H. Allen
11 Koger Executive Center
Norfolk, VA 23502
(804) 466-1732
Contact: Arnold Rosenburg
Engineering, planning and construction
management services in the areas of transportation systems, highways, bridges, tunnels, marine and industrial facilities, urban
planning, building design and systems, envi-

Employee Assistance
Pinnacle Employee Programs
P.O. Box 35449
Richmond, VA 23235
(804) 323-1044
Contact: Bruce C. Prevatt
Complete employee assistance and organizational development services. Experienced
staff available to design workshops and employee assistance programs aimed at reducing personal and organizational difficulties
while improving productivity. Programs
tailored to the needs of the individual organization. Complete services including program
development, supervisor training, employee
orientation, short-term counseling, assessment and referral, 24-hour crisis coverage,
and program evaluation.
Employee Benefits
Pinnacle Employee Programs
see "Employee Assistance"
Engineers &amp; Planners
Metcalf &amp; Eddy, Inc.
3901 National Drive
Suite 200
Burtonsville, MD 20866
(301) 622-6600
Contact: David F. Rice, Jr.
Metcalf &amp; Eddy is a worldwide leader in providing engineering, construction management, O&amp;M services, privatization, and program management to municipalities, industries, and government in the fields of water,
wastewater, transportation, industrial/
military facilities, planning, solid waste and
chemical waste management.
Environmental Engineers
Buchart-Horn, Inc.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"

�Camp Dresser &amp; McKee
7630 Little River Turnpike
Suite 500
Annandale, VA 22003
(703) 642-5500
Contact: Sue T. Kilgore
Environmental engineering consultants with
expertise in: wastewater treatment and disposal; water transmission, treatment and distribution; stormwater, flooding and water
quality management; computer modeling for
water and sewer systems management; solid
and hazardous waste management. Engineering services include design, preparation
of plans and specifications, engineering services during construction.
Draper Aden Associates
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Geraghty &amp; Miller, Inc.
844 West St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(301)268-7730
Contact: Jeffrey P. Sgambat
Services address all aspects of ground
water, including supply development, resource management, contamination investigations, monitoring programs, closure
plans, contamination clean-up/containment,
permits and expert testimony. Ground-water
sampling services are provided. Additionally,
G&amp;M is available to perform statistical analyses as required under RCRA, interpret results and prepare reports for submission to
state and federal agencies.
Greeley and Hansen
1773 Parham Road
Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23229
(804) 285-9009
Contact: Roger J. Cronin
Greeley and Hansen provides quality engineering in the fields of water, wastewater and
solid waste. Services include long-range
planning, need assessments and feasibility
studies, quality design, value engineering,
construction services, wastewater management assistance including cost analyses, and
startup and preparation of operation and
maintenance manuals.
Olver Incorporated
1116 South Main Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(703) 552-5548
Contact: Robert M. Roberts, P.E.
Consulting engineers and environmental
laboratory experienced in municipal utility
design and renovation, solid waste management, and project planning and administration. State certified laboratory provides routine analysis and sampling, and waste treatability investigations.
SCS Engineers
see "Solid &amp; Hazardous Waste
Management"
Executive Search
Virginia Management Services
see "Management Engineers"

Facility Management Planning

Fire Apparatus/Equipment

SCS Engineers
11260 Roger Bacon Drive
Reston, VA 22090
(703)471-6150
Contact: John D. Wright, P.E.
Services offered by the firm include performance of comprehensive facility assessments to determine current physical condition and requirements for repair, maintenance and renovations; development of
maintenance planning standards and criteria; development of facility maintenance
plans and programs for both structures and
equipment; and development and presentation of training courses and workshops for
facility management personnel, maintenance engineers and inspectors.

Chesterfield Insurers, Inc.
see "Insurance"

Finance
United Virginia Bank
Public Finance Department
919 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 782-5586
Contact: Jack Stevenson
Financing of local government projects
through bond anticipation notes, grant anticipation notes, bonds, etc. Other services to
local governments offered by other areas of
the bank such as investment of funds, paying
agent/registrar, cash management, etc.
Financial Advisors
Maguire Management Services Corp.
see "Management Consultants"
Scott &amp; Stringfellow, Inc.
725 Church Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504
(804) 846-3944
1-800-572-2217
Contact: E. T. Pettigrew, Jr.
Vice President
Home Office: 909 E. Main St.
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 780-3226
1-800-552-7757
Contact: L. MacCarthy Downs, III
Vice President
Undenwriters and financial advisors for local
government Note, Bond and LeasePurchase issues.
We will make an analysis of your financial
structure regarding proposed financing and,
on the basis of information developed, devise
a plan of financing, including alternatives; we
will assist in structuring a bond issue which
will provide maximum flexibility in debt management considering present and future
needs.
Sovran Bank, N.A.
Public Finance Department
P.O. Box 27025
Richmond, VA 23261
(804) 788-2069
(804) 788-3728
Contact: A. Lynn Ivey, III
Peter M. Ramsey
We provide a full range of Investment Banking services, including structuring and selling
tax-exempt notes and bonds, low floaters,
put bonds and long term fixed rate issues.

Fire Works Manufacture and Display
Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co.,
Inc.
Corporate Office:
P.O. Box 1463
New Castle, PA 16103
(412) 658-6611
1-800-245-0397
Contact: George R. Zambelli
President
We are an exclusive manufacturer and exhibitor of fireworks displays. We also choreograph programs to music and in addition,
we are presently host to many major displays
throughout your state. We are a leader and
excel as being the "best" in manufacturing
and exhibiting fireworks. We provide insurance, technician to fire or you may buy the
product direct and we will send you firing
instructions for your own firing.
Hazardous Materials Clean Up
Draper Aden Associates
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Infiltration/Inflow Abatement
Eastern Utilities Specialists, Inc.
P.O. Box 2797
Manassas, VA 22110-0888
(703) 368-3191
P.O. Box 1027
Fairmont, WV 26555-1027
(304) 366-9822
Contact: Charles A. LeFon, P.E.
Complete infiltration/inflow abatement programs including analysis, evaluation and rehabilitation phases; storm and sanitary sewer
cleaning, testing, television inspection, leak
detection and repair, and water main leak
detection and location. Using state of the art
equipment, EUS inspects, cleans, tests,
evaluates and corrects problems in sewer
and water systems. Difficult access areas are
our speciality.
Insurance
Chesterfield Insurers, Inc.
P.O. Box 34220
Richmond, VA 23234
(collect) (804) 271-9426
Contact: Fred E. Weymouth, II
P.O. Box 160
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
(collect) (804) 642-3050
Contact: Fred E. Weymouth, Sr.
Serving 500 Virginia volunteer fire companies and rescue squads with a specialized
insurance package including appreciated
value coverage for vehicle "total loss" replacement and lifetime disability benefits.
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equipment are otfier features of this complete
specialty program.
Virginia l\/lunicipai Group Self Insurance
Association
P.O. Box 12203
Richmond, VA 23241
(804) 649-8471
Contact: Margaret A. Nichols
Group self insurance association providing
workers' compensation coverage to Virginia
political subdivisions at a cost savings.
Nearly $5 million annual dividends returned
to members. Membership exceeds 200
cities, towns, counties, school boards and
other political subdivisions.
Yeager and Company, Inc.
P.O. Box K-11
8100 Three Chopt Road,
Suite 220
Richmond, VA 23288
(804) 285-8000
1-800-552-2007
Contact: David C. Landin,
Senior Vice President
Insurance — Providing complete support
services (administrative, loss control, claims
and reinsurance) for insured, self-insured
captive or fronted programs involving
workers' compensation, property, liability,
group health and long term disability.
Interior, Space Planning
ASPS-Architectural Support and
Planning Service
see "Planners"
Laboratory Analysis
Olver Incorporated
see "Environmental Engineers"
Landscaping
Bengtson, DeBell, Elkin &amp; Titus, P.C.
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Watkins Nurseries, Inc.
15001 Midlothian Turnpike
Midlothian, VA 23113
(804) 379-8733
Contact: John C. Watkins,
Vice President
Landscape contracting and wholesale production of Virginia grown landscape and
specimen size plant material. Seven hundred
acres of commercial and wholesale stock are
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IVIanagement Consultants
David M. Griffith &amp; Associates, Ltd.
see "Accountants &amp; Auditors"
IVIaguire IVIanagement Services Corp.
207 Business Park Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
(804) 497-6304
Contact: John E. Kemper
President
Provides to public and private clients a full
range of economic, financial and management services including rate studies, property valuation and depreciation, financial
analysis and planning, management studies,
cost manuals, office automation studies, records management studies and data processing assistance.
Pinnacle Employee Programs
see "Employee Assistance"
Virginia IManagement Services
see "Management Engineers"
IVIanagement Engineers
Virginia Management Services
P.O. Box 809
Waynesboro, VA 22980
(703) 943-6600
Contact: John C. Lindsay
Management engineering services including
cost containment and productivity improvement programs and surveys. Industrial and
commercial information/environmental surveys tailored to your needs. Temporary services personnel including engineering, environmental, financial, data processing and
clerical to meet peak loads. Permanent
placements for managerial and engineering
assignments. We work closely with your
search committee to obtain the best personnel.
Management Information Systems
Hadron System Products Group
see "Law Enforcement/Public Safety
Software"
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reporting system. CASS, a crime analysis
and case management system. IMIS, an investigative management system. RESPONSE, a computer-aided dispatch system for police and fire departments. GMS-50
digital communication system for public
safety and commercial use.

Law Enforcement/Public Safety Software
Hadron System Products Group
9990 Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 359-6100
Contact: Marketing Director
Automated law enforcement/public safety
computer software systems designed for use

ASPS-Architectural Support and
Planning Service
see "Planners"
Buchart-Horn, Inc.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
David M. Griffith &amp; Associates, Ltd.
see "Accountants &amp; Auditors"

Municipal Lease/Purchase
Municipal Leasing Corporation
150 Wind Chime Court
Raleigh, NO 27609
(919)847-7405
8260 Greensboro Drive
Suite 225
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 893-2460
Contact: Patrick J. Norton, Jr.
Municipal Leasing provides third party financing for capital equipment expenditures
for computers, telecommunications, vehicles, highway equipment, building complexes and hospital equipment. MLC provides buy/sell capabilities in the IBM computer marketplace. MLC is a Virginia
corporation.
Scott &amp; Stringfellow, Inc.
see "Financial Advisors"
Office/Warehouse Self-Storage Units
Potomac Mini-Storage
7150 Fullerton Road
Springfield, VA 22150
(703)250-1014
P.O. Box 626
Springfield, VA 22150
(703) 250-1014
Contact: Frank A. Sherman,
Project Manager
Self-storage warehouses and office-front
warehouses. Excellent security; surveillance
cameras, gatekeeper lives within fenced-in
project. Easy access, reasonable rates.
Close to military bases. Location convenient
to interstate and downtown. Over 2,000 units
of varying sfzes to fit your every need at five
locations throughout Fairfax County.
Ordinance Codification
General Code Publishers Corp.
72 Hinchey Road
Rochester, NY 14624
(716) 328-1810
Contact: Lyie A. Kitt
Law and ordinance codification. Services include research of the legislative records,
manuscript preparation, revisions and updates to modernize legislation, editorial conferences, sample law drafts, indexing, publication of codes and loose-leaf supplements
to keep codes up-to-date. Serving over 1,100
municipalities.
Planners
ASPS-Architectural Support and
Planning Services
P.O. Box 13124
Richmond, VA 23225-0124
(804) 276-4234
Contact: Stephen Kadar, Jr.
ASPS knows that many local governments
cannot afford a full-time planning staff or
large consulting firms for specific projects.
WE can perform a wide range of planning
services (land use, adaptive reuse, demographics, etc.), design services (cost estimates, space planning, etc.) and studies at a
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Bengtson, DeBell, Elkin &amp; Titus, P.C.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Buchart-Horn, Inc.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Draper Aden Associates
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Wiiliam C. Overman Associates, P.C.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Precast Concrete
SIMITH-IUIIDLAND Corporation
P.O. Box 300
Midland, VA 22728
(703) 439-3266
Contact: John G. Dallain
Utility vaults, junction boxes, catch basins,
grease and oil separators, utility buildings,
generator housings, pump stations, hazardous materials storage buildings, highway
safety barriers, noise attenuation sound
walls, retaining walls, high-energy or conventional fireplaces, architectural building
panels, transformer pad mounts, cattleguards, horizontal silo, manure storage systems, water troughs, feed bunks, fencing,
washracks, large or small specialty or custom
work.
Pubiic Finance
United Virginia Banl&lt;
see "Finance"
Refuse Collection
Browning-Ferris Industries
1800 Parkway Drive
Hanover, MD 21076
(301)796-8850
Contact: Bonnie Wilson,
Market Development
Browning-Ferris Industries provides a full
service of waste collection, processing and
disposal. BFI serves municipalities throughout the nation with residential trash pick-up
and street sweeping. The company also operates city and county landfills on a contract
basis. BFI is currently developing several
large waste-to-energy projects.
Draper Aden Associates
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Roads &amp; Bridges
Burns &amp; McDonnell
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Sewer/Pipeline Reconstruction
Draper Aden Associates
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Eastern Utilities Specialists, Inc.
see "Infiltration/Inflow Abatement"
Insituform East, Inc.
3421 Pennsy Drive
Landover, MD 20785
(301)386-4100
Contact: Mark Tise
Pipeline reconstruction to better than new
condition using the non-disruptive, excavation-less Insituform Process — a fully proven

technology being used extensively by Virginia municipalities to reconstruct deteriorating sanitary sewers, stormwater pipes
and highway underdrains. Insituform does
the job cost-effectively without digging. Related services, including closed circuit TV
inspection, pipeline cleaning and videotaping
of completed project, also are available from
Insituform East.
Olver Incorporated
see "Environmental Engineers"
Solid &amp; Hazardous Waste Management
Buchart-Horn, Inc.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"

Ward Transformer Co.
P.O. Box 30009
Raleigh, NO 27622
1-800-334-9600
Contact: Skip Corll
Electrical transformers: oil cooled and dry
type, single and three phase, station type,
padmount, polemount, motor starting auto,
motor test, low, medium and high voltage dry
type. Repair/rewind services, emergencies
and short lead times. Sixty years of service to
the electrical industry.
Vehicles &amp; Equipment

HDR Infrastructure
see "Water &amp; Wastewater"

Shelton-Witt Equipment Corp.
P.O. Box 828
1361 E. Main St.
Salem, VA 24153
1-800-542-5833
Contact: Calvin Overstreet
Sales, rentals and service of rubber tired
loaders, articulated haulers, backhoes, air
compressors, compactors, pumps, breakers
and other related items for street maintenance, public works, landfills and other departments. Branches located throughout Virginia.

Olver Incorporated
see "Environmental Engineers"

Water &amp; Wastewater

Burns &amp; McDonnell
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Camp Dresser &amp; McKee
see "Environmental Engineers"
Draper Aden Associates
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"

SCS Engineers
11260 Roger Bacon Drive
Reston, VA 22090
(703) 471-6150
Contact: Michael W. McLaughlin
Services offered by the firm include design of
land disposal facilities, storage and treatment
facilities, waste transfer stations and resource recovery facilities. The firm is
nationally-recognized for its work in landfill
gas control, treatment and utilization. SCS
provides computer software, management
planning and engineering analysis for solid
and hazardous waste systems. SCS is a
Virginia Professional Corporation.
Surveyors
Bengtson, DeBell, Elkin &amp; Titus, P.C.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Surveys &amp; Research
Buchart-Horn, Inc.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Draper Aden Associates
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Virginia Management Services
see "Management Engineers"
Utility Equipment
Power &amp; Telephone Supply Company, Inc.
2107 Old Greensboro Road, N.
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Lexington, NO 27292
(704) 249-0256
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see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Buchart-Horn, Inc.
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Burns &amp; McDonnell
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Camp Dresser &amp; McKee
see "Environmental Engineers"
Draper Aden Associates
see "Architects &amp; Engineers"
Eastern Utilities Specialists, Inc.
see "Infiltration/Inflow Abatement
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�Legislative Report
A Discussion

of VML's Legislative

Priorities

1. Full funding of the state's share of the actual cost of public education.
2. Support of a statewide bond issue for transportation related construction.
3. Support of state-local cooperation to offset increasing fiscal
responsibilities.

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T h e Virginia Municipal League's first
priority for tlie 1986 legislative session is
full funding of the state's share of the
cost of public education.
Last year, the General Assembly significantly increased the state's share of
funding for public education. While
these additional funds were a great help
to many financially pressed localities,
the state has yet to live up to its obligation to pay its full share of the cost of
educating Virginia's children.
In 1971, Virginia citizens adopted a
constitutional amendment that pledged
the state to seek high quality education.
In order to implement this goal, the
General Assembly created the Standards of Quality which set certain educational requirements for local school
divisions and govern the distribution of
the majority of state funds appropriated
for primary and secondary public education.
Since the inception of the Standards
of Quality ( S O Q s ) , the state has been
significantly deficient in funding its share
of the cost of meeting these standards.
In fact, during the lifetime of the formula
Virginia localities have been forced to
pay hundreds of millions of dollars
above and beyond their share of the
cost of implementing the S O Q s because the stale has consistently failed to
meet its constitutional commitment.
Last year, the Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future cited the state's
failure in its concluding report. T h e report said, "Despite urgings from a succession of public officials, commissions

and citizens, Virginia has not honored its
constitutional commitment to education."
Furthermore, the report concluded,
"Virginia's spending on primary and
secondary education is inadequate,"
and "Virginia ranks among the bottom
third of American states in its spending
for primary and secondary education. At
the same time, Virginia's ability to pay
has improved. It now ranks above average."
The state Department of Education
estimated that the state needs $517 million in additional funding to fully pay its
share of the S O Q s in 1986-1988. It appears, however, that major efforts are
underway to reduce this amount by
changing the components of the funding
fomula.
For years the state has funded 100
percent of the cost of fringe benefits for
teachers up to certain teacher levels
and salary limits. This is a significant
amount of money and has been a great
benefit to local governments. S o m e
members of the Senate Finance Committee have suggested that these fringe
benefit payments be included in S O Q
funding. The immediate effect would be
the appearance of a significant increase
in funding with an actual reduction in the
amount of state funds going to localities.
A second suggestion has been to include federal impact aid funds received
by localities in the education funding
formula. Again, the effect would be an
apparent increase but an actual decrease.
Virginia's localities, Virginia's citizens
and Virginia's newly-elected governor

clearly want more from our public education system. Governor-elect Gerald L.
Baliles campaigned promising full funding for public education, and the results
of four major citizen surveys taken during the past several years strongly demonstrate the commitment by Virginians
to high quality public education. Our
citizens deserve more than a budgeting
sleight of hand which involves "tinkering
with the formula" and "fiddling with the
figures" in the public education budget.
The Virginia Muncipal League and the
Virginia Association of Counties urge
the state to meet its longstanding commitment to Virginia's citizens by fully
funding its share of the actual costs of
the Standards of Quality.

2. Highway Funding
The league's second priority for the
session is highway funding. According
to the Governor's Commission of Virg i n i a ' s F u t u r e , the c o m m o n w e a l t h
needs to spend $18 billion on new and
reconstructed highways, bridges and
transit facilities during the next 15 years.
At today's spending rates, the commission reports that it would take 30
years to complete these needed projects.
Total highway revenues for Virginia in
1985-1986 are estimated at approximately $1.3 billion. Of this, approximately 53 percent is allocated to administration and maintenance. T h e remaining 4 7 percent, amounting to $612
million, is for construction. Of this $612
million for construction, the primary,

�secondary and urban highway systems
receive only what Is left over after other
priority construction needs are met.
For 1985-1986, only $92 million will
be available for the primary system and
$69 million each for the secondary and
urban systems. Even so, highway construction money does not go very far.
For example, a conservative estimated
cost of turning a 3.7 mile stretch of Braddock Road in Northern Virginia into a

*'A crisis
confronts
Virginia in terms of future available revenue
for highway funding."
divided four-lane highway is $10 million
or $2.7 million per mile.
Looking at the future the picture is
even more dismal. Revenue collections
are not expected to grow as rapidly as in
the past, but inflation will continue to
increase the costs of highway construction and maintenance. Assuming
an inflation rate of 6 percent on both
construction and maintenance and expressing 1991 dollars in terms of 1986
values, the $612 million available in
1986 will be reduced by $353 million or
57.6 percent by 1991, leaving an aggregate sum of $259 million to meet all
statewide construction needs. The
breakdown among the three systems
would result in total 1991 statewide construction funding of $26 million for the
secondary system and $20 for the urban
system.
A crisis confronts Virginia in terms of
future available revenue for highway
funding. How can the commonwealth
raise the revenue necessary to maintain
its 53,370 miles of highway as well as to
construct new roads?
Traditionally, Virginia has relied on
the gasoline tax as the primary source of
highway revenue with supplemental
revenue coming from a variety of other
sources including the federal highway
trust fund, excise taxes and motor vehicle sales taxes. As long as highway
revenues increased, maintenance and
construction costs remained constant
and the state grew only minimally,
enough money was available for highway needs. However, none of these
factors are true today. Revenue growth
has not kept pace with the increase in
the cost of construction and maintenance, and construction needs have
skyrocketed in the state's growing areas.
The traditional approach of periodic
gas tax increases and "pay as you go"
financing will not come close to addressing the highway construction funding
crisis. By 1991, the existing 11 cents per

gallon gas tax would have to more than
double to nearly 23 cents per gallon just
to maintain the current level of construction.
The General Asembly leadership is
considering legislation to increase existing revenue by $100 million to address highway needs. Should this $100
million be added to the top of the current
highway distribution formula, the "trickle
down" effect would result in only a $7
million increase for the primary system
and a $5 million increase each for the
secondary and urban systems —
amounts that would have no significant
impact on the statewide construction
program.
One viable alternative to the traditional "pay as you go" approach is
bond financing. Bond financing produces major capital resources up front
thus reducing the effect of inflation.
Bond financing is not a new approach
for the commonwealth. Virginia has
successfully used this financing method
for funding capital projects in the past. A
hypothetical $100 million increase in
revenue during the 1986 session set
aside each year to retire bonds could
finance approximately a $750 million
dollar bond issue. In addition, this approach would reduce the cost to Virginia
taxpayers by alleviating the compounding effect of inflation.
Some advocates of "pay as you go"
point to the failure of a bond issue 62
years ago in 1923 as adequate justification for continuing the existing
method of funding highway needs.
Many things have changed in the commonwealth during the past 62 years.
Sixty-two years ago inflation was not the
problem it is today. Sixty-two years ago
there was no concentrated emphasis on
economic development requiring a safe
and modern highway system. And,
sixty-two years ago there was no comparable skyrocketing growth in Virginia's urban areas. This is a new era,
and Virginia's leaders need to look to the
future not the past.
The Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future states, "With declining
federal assistance, the state's levels of
capital spending will not cover these and
other capital needs. While these needs
can only be met over a period of years, it
is clear that the state cannot finance
such investments solely out of current
revenues. The careful use of debt financing is essential."
The commission recommends that
"the state increase capital investment,
using its bonding power to amortize the
cost of capital projects over their useful
lives."
In keeping with this, VML and VAGo
support the concept of a statewide bond
issue for highway construction with the
debt to be serviced by an increase in
highway related revenues.

3. State-Local
Cooperation
Finally, as the 1986 session approaches, VML and VACo would like the
state to be aware of the many outside
influences which have a great potential
for negatively affecting Virginia's local
governments. Local governments want
to take the responsibility to overcome
these negative effects to the extent possible but are constrained by a lack of
legislative authority to find solutions to
problems and by the limitations of local
revenue sources. VML and VACo hope
that the General Assembly will continue
its commitment to the vitality of local
government by expanding the state/
local partnership already in place.
Of immediate concern is the current
state of the insurance market. Virginia's
localities have faced significant increases in premiums, reduced limits of
coverage, non-renewal of policies and
midterm cancellations. Some coverages vital to the existence of local

''Greatly
reduced
federal funding is another major threat to
local
governments."
governments, such as pollution liability,
are not available at any price.
Experts agree that the insurance
market for local governments is not going to improve until after 1987. Virginia
localities cannot abandon their activities
until the market turns.
VML has drafted legislation to self
insure as a group for all lines of coverage essential to the operation of Virginia's political subdivisions. VACo is
considering both this approach and an
expansion of the authority of the state's
Division of Risk Management to include
local government. Legislation addressing insurance problems will be introduced during the 1986 General Assembly, and VML and VACo will seek its
support.
Greatly reduced federal funding is
another major threat to local governments. President Reagan's proposed
deficit reduction package includes significant reductions in financial assistance to localities. Of the $36 billion in
proposed domestic cuts, $20 billion is
slated to be shouldered by state and
local government. This translated
roughly to a $212 million cut for Virginia's localities.
The repeal of revenue sharing alone
in 1986 will mean a loss of $100 million

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money would require real estate tax rate
increases of 5 cents to 24 cents per
$100 of a s s e s s e d valuation.
Otfier key local programs facing potential federal budget cuts include the
Community Development Block Grant
Program, funding for roads and mass
transit, and grants for sewers.
It should not be surprising that Virginia local governments are very uneasy about proposals to further reduce
federal funding. Federal funding for programs to localities has been reduced by
as much a s 80 percent since 1979.

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Other federal legislative action which
could potentially affect Virginia local
governments includes the following:
— the proposed elimination of state
and local tax deductibility which the National League of Cities estimates would
cost Virginia localities $111.4 million,
— the president's proposed repeal of
tax exemption status for nearly 80 percent of municipal bonds which would
affect the ability of Virginia localities to
issue $1.7 billion dollars worth of municipal bonds,
— the proposed cut in federal sewer
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— costly permitting requirements
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Finally, uncertainty continues to surround the fiscal impact that the Fair
Labor Standards Act will have on local
governments a s its provisions become
effective in April 1986.
In light of the reduced revenues and
increased costs to local governments a s
a result of federal legislative action and
other negative influences, VML urges
the state to recognize its responsibility
to aid stressed localities either directly
through state financial assistance or indirectly through the passage of permissive legislation allowing localities to
use additional sources of local revenue.

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legislator.
A s you can s e e , it can be helpful to
know your legislator's aides.
Another must if you wish to be active
in the session this year is to attend VML
Legislative Day Feb. 20. T h e General
Assembly is well into its session by this
date and many key issues will be in the
forefront. Legislative Day serves not
only to provide you a chance to be updated and briefed in depth on legislative
issues, but it also gives you a chance to
meet face to face with your legislators
and it gives VML a chance to show that it
has the grassroot support of its members.
About the Author
Christy Everson is director of communications for ttie Virginia t\/!unicipal League and
editor of Virginia Town &amp; City and League
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�Flooding: Lessons Learned
"The recent floods In Virginia were devastating to public works," says Ken Anderson of Anderson &amp; Associates Inc., a
consulting engineering firm.
"Roads, bridges, water and sewer
lines, sewage pumping stations and
sewage treatment plants in western
a r e a s of the state s u f f e r e d major
damage.
"We were involved in some of the
damage assessment and will be continuing to work with clients in reporting
damage and returning facilities to operation."
Anderson passed on some lessons
learned or relearned from the recent
natural disaster.

Storm Drainage
• Drainage plans should provide a route
for the major storm (100-year + ) as
well as the standard 10-year storm
event.
• The timing relationship between peak
flows in minor and major stormwater
channels should be understood. Detention may actually increase flooding
in some situations.
• Stormwater facilities should be designed to be self-cleaning if possible.
The enormous amount of debris in
floodwater blocks entrances to culverts and causes increased flooding
and floodwater velocities.

Water Systems

• Water storage is invaluable in a disaster. Build as much as you can into
your system without creating stagnation problems.
• interconnect systems as much as
possible. A simple but effective goal is
to be able to feed any point in your
system from at least two directions.
• If possible have two independent
sources of water or at least have significant storage capability.
• Water lines wash out with road embankments and where stream crossings are eroded. Analyze your system
to see where these vulnerable areas
are and attempt to develop alternate
routing.

Wastewater
• State regulations require all sewerage
facilities to be designed to function in
25-year storms and not suffer severe
damage during 100-year storms. Review your existing contingency plan or
develop one for floods in excess of
these intervals.
• Inflow into a sewer system will be significant during a flood, causing backflow into low-lying basements. Consider inflatable plugs for buildings es-

pecially susceptible to sewer backflow.
• Above ground pumps and motors are
much easier to work with than those
below ground. Submersible pumps
and motors can sustain submersion
above the anticipated flood level.
• During major floods expect stream
channels to widen, deepen or change
location. Consider extending protective measures beyond the existing
channel.

General

• Good mapping of all facilities including
water, storm and sewer lines is important during a disaster. Maps should be
available at several sites including at
least one not likely to be damaged
during a natural disaster.

Are Your
Sites Safe
Two problems frequently arise when the
flood hazard potential of a site-specific
development proposal is being investigated, says James M. Wright, floodplain manager for the Tennessee Valley
Authority.
First, detailed flood hazard data are
not always available for every site.
Decision-makers may need to investigate several sources before obtaining
the best data available or in establishing
that no data are available.
Second, in light of increasing flood
damages occurring outside the traditionally designated 100-year floodplain,
it may be appropriate to consider using
higher flood standards in siting.
The Federal Insurance Administration has published data for more than
17,000 communities through the National Flood Insurance Program. The
availability of a flood boundary-floodway
map published with the insurance study
should be investigated first.
In addition, FIA has published approximate flood hazard data and maps for
another 7,000 communities. However,
because of budget, program policy and
program benefit considerations, maps
prepared by the FIA may not show the
entire flood hazard potential in a community, and those investigating flood
hazard potential should not be satisfied
with the data shown solely on FIA maps.
Other sources of floodplain data include federal agencies such as the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, the Soil Conservation Service, the U.S. Geological
Survey and the Tennessee Valley Authority (for areas within the Tennessee

River watershed). Several information
sources are listed below.
Floodplain Management Services
U.S. Army Engineering District,
Wilmington
P.O. Box 1890
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
(919) 343-4720
Floodplain Management Services
U.S. Army Engineering District,
Huntington
502 Eighth St.
Huntington, West Virginia 24701-2070
(304) 529-5644 or 529-5687
Floodplain Management Services
U.S. Army Engineering District,
Norfolk
803 Front St.
Norfolk, VA 23510-1096
(804) 441 -3779
Floodplain Management Services
U.S. Army Engineering District,
Baltimore
P.O. Box 1715
Baltimore, MD 21203-1715
(301) 962-2650
Tennessee Valley Authority
Forrest J. Crayford, Jr.
Floodplain Management
Tennessee Valley Authority
Westgate Professional Building
2617 W. Andrew Johnson Highway
Morristown, TN 37814
(615) 587-5600
U.S. Geological Survey
District Chief
U.S. Geological Survey
208 Carroll Building
8600 La Salle Road
Towson, MD 21204
(301) 828-1535
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
State Conservationist, SCS
Federal Building, Room 9201
400 N. Eighth St.
Richmond, VA 23240
(804) 771-2455
Although the 100-year flood is generally used as the regulatory standard
by communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, investigations of actual flood experiences and
recent studies of flood insurance claims
have revealed that significant damage is
occurring to structures located in the
500-year floodplain and often in areas
shown on FIA maps as being areas of
minimal flooding (zone C).
Decision-makers should ensure that
proposed developments subject to significant adverse effects are not planned
without considering the effects of floods
higher than the 100-year flood.

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renovation, development, new business.
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state and National Main St. Centers. Exp.
preferred in preservation, economic development, retailing, design, community
organization. Must p o s s e s s l&lt;nowledge of
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equiv. to bachelor's in bus. or related with
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range: $18,000 to mid S20s. Send resume
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ext. 404.
Town Manager
C a p e C h a r l e s , VA. C h e s a p e a k e Bay
community on Virginia's Eastern Shore
near Chesapeake Bay Bridge &amp; Tunnel.
$1.05 million budget, 20 employees, pop.
1,550. Full service town operating water,
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public works, police, library, b e a c h e s ,
docks, harbors and wharves and s c h o o l s .
Volunteer fire and r e s c u e services. Req u i r e s knowledge, skills to effectively
manage municipal operations, plan and
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resume and salary requirements to Mayor
H. M. Brown, Municipal Building, P.O. Box
391, Cape Charles, VA 23310-0391 by J a n .
2, 1986.
City Manager
F r e d e r i c k s b u r g , VA. Fast-growing historic city midway between Washington,
DC and Richmond, VA. Pop. 18,500. Salary negotiable with fringe benefits DOQ.
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salary requirements by Dec. 31 to Mayor
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Director
Community Development &amp; Engineering
Danville, VA. Direct and supervise dept. of
29, operating budget of $4.2 million for
engineering, building inspection, planning and community development divisions. Report to city manager a s one of
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�Legal Guidelines
AIDS

and the Public

From time to time during the recorded
history of civilization there have been
periods when plagues and epidemics
have devastated whole communities
and even entire nations. Although dise a s e s such a s leprosy and the black
plague for the most part have been relegated to medical textbooks, some can
recall the epidemic proportions of influenza that swept across this nation
earlier in the 20th century. Many have
more vivid recollections of the panic that
enveloped regions of this country less
than four decades ago when polio with
its fatal and crippling effects struck
America.
Today in this country and around
much of the world, medical science is
being presented with another enormous
challenge, that of acquired immune
deficiency syndrome better known by its
acronym AIDS. Not since the polio epidemic have the citizens of this country
been so frightened by a disease
T h e enormous fear that A I D S has
generated, whether real or only perceived, undoubtedly stems from the
paucity of knowledge about the disease
and the manner in which it is transmitted. A s society learns more about the
infectious nature of A I D S and how one
may be protected from the virus, fear will
subside. Until such time, government
must give consideration to the development of the most appropriate means
to protect the public.
In Virginia, the power and obligation
to protect the health and welfare of citizens rests initially upon the state. (See
Grosso V. Commonwealth of Virginia,
180 Va. 21, S.E. 2d 728 (1942).) However, that power has been delegated by
the General Assembly in many c a s e s to
local governments. (As to municipalities, see Etherldge v. City of Norfolk,
148 Va. 795, 135 S.E. 508
(1927);
counties
see Code of Virginia,
§
15.1-510.)
Undoubtedly, a local governing body
enjoys broad discretionary powers to
protect the public health and general
welfare of its citizens. Such powers may
be exercised either in reasonable anticipation of a crisis or after a crisis has
arisen. (Mcl^ahon
v. City of Virginia
Beach, 221 Va. 102, 267 S.E. 2d 130,
cert, den'd., 449 U.S. 954, 101 S. Ct.
361, 66 L. Ed. 219 (1980).)
T h e burning q u e s t i o n that local
governing bodies currently f a c e is
whether the problem, being statewide.

By Howard W. Dobbins,
VML General
Counsel

Health

should be addressed by the commonwealth or whether local authorities
should take independent actions. Virginia's statutes do not fully answer this
vexing issue.
In the distressing event where school
children are stricken by A I D S or similar
contagious diseases, the attorney general of Virginia, William G . Broaddus,
has recently opined that local school
authorities, not state officials, are responsible for determining when a child
should be excluded from public school.
Broaddus relies on Virginia Code §
22.1-272 which provides that a person
suffering from a contagious and infectious disease shall be excluded from
public schools while in that condition.
T h e attorney general's opinion implies that a local school board may exercise discretion to exclude a child from
public school when a determination is
made that the child is suffering from a
contagious and infectious d i s e a s e .
From the language of the statute the
exclusion appears to be mandatory and
not discretionary with the school board.
In the event of an identified outbreak,
potential epidemic or epidemic of a
vaccine-preventable d i s e a s e in any
public or private school, the state health
commissioner is authorized by Code §
2.1-47 to require the exclusion of all
children not immunized against that dise a s e from such school. Of course, there
is a s yet no known vaccine for AIDS, and
the exclusion of children from school is a
limited protection for the general public
against an AIDSIike disease.
More instructive are the provisions of
Code §32.1-39 whereby the state board
of health is directed to provide surveillance of and investigation into all
preventable disease and epidemics in
the commonwealth and into the means
for their prevention. When any outbreak
or unusual occurrence of a preventable
disease shall be identified, the state
health commissioner is required to investigate the disease in cooperation
with the local health director or directors
in the area of the disease. If in the judgment of the commissioner the resources
of a locality are insufficient to provide for
adequate investigation, he may assume
direct responsibility and exclusive control of the investigation applying such
resources a s he may have at his disposal. In addition, the state Board of
Health may issue emergency regulations and orders to accomplish the investigation.

To assist the state health authority in
its efforts to investigate and prevent the
spread of disease, every practitioner of
the healing arts and every person in
charge of any medical facility is required
to permit the commissioner or his designee to examine any medical records,
reserving the anonymity of each patient
and physician whose records are examined. This includes any records in his
possession or that he has access to in
the course of all studies of diseases or
deaths of public health importance.
(See Virginia Code § 32.1-41.)
Notwithstanding the state's efforts,
counties, cities and towns are not preempted from adopting ordinances or
regulations dealing with public health so
long a s they are not less stringent in the
protection of public health than applicable state law or any applicable state
regulations of the board of health (Va.
Code § 32.1-34). That such actions are
permissable seems to support the note
that the primary responsibility is with the
state to require isolation or quarantine
and when and if developed to require
vaccination or treatment to prevent the
spread of A I D S . Presumably such regulations may include mandatory testing of
individuals engaged in certain occupations or professions and perhaps
even restrictions which relate only to
certain societal subclasses which may
be more suspect a s either infected or
capable of communicating the disease.
Local governments, however, may
not escape responsibility of protecting
the health and welfare of their citizens
by complete reliance on the state or
even the federal government. Cities,
towns and counties are cautioned not to
rush into over-reactive and precipitous
action. Any local ordinances and regulations which are adopted to combat the
A I D S problem must be enacted only
after mature consideration and a balancing of the rights of the general public
against those of any group of citizens
whose individual rights and liberties
may be restricted or abridged. All such
legal action a s well a s state and federal
statutes and regulations must be able to
bear the judicial scrutiny required by the
constitutional requirement of equal protection. No s u c h enactment can be
predicated on pure prejudice no matter
how deepseated and must be supported
by legitimate governmental considerations. (See City of Cleburne v. Cleburne
Living Center, U.S. Supreme
Court,
July 1, 1985, 53 LW, 5022.)

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�INDEX TO VOLUME 20, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1985
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Urban Revitalization and City
Residents
Toward a New Dominion
Lewinsville Center Residence:
A New Horizon for tlie Elderly
Robb Recognizes Leisure Services —
Creative Funding for Parks and
Recreation
Highlighting Virginia's Parks
Be A Winner with Therapeutic
Recreation
Consent of the Governed
Portsmouth's Enterprise Zone
The Governmental Complex Serves
Three Levels
Life Is Good in the Star City
Roanoke's Parks — Today and
Tomorrow
Destination: Roanoke
Roanoke Regional Airport Makes A
Comeback
Historic Preservation in Roanoke
Handling Development Pressure
Citizen Participation in the Planning
Process

Jan., pg. 2
Jan., pg. 5
Apr., pg. 9
Jul., pg. 4
Jul.,
Jul.,

pg. 5
pg. 10

Jul., pg. 13
Sept. pg. 10
Sept., pg. 28
Sept., pg. 42
Sept., pg. 48
Sept., pg. 52
Sept. pg. 56
Sept., pg. 60
Sept., pg. 64
Oct., pg. 6
Oct., pg. 23.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Urban Revitalization and City
Residents
Toward a New Dominion
New Rules for IDBs
Portsmouth's Enterprise Zone
Destination: Roanoke
Roanoke Regional Airport Makes A
Comeback
The Economic Barometer is Rising

Jan., pg.
Jan., pg.
Feb., pg.
Sept., pg.
Sept., pg.

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Sept., pg. 60
Sept., pg. 62

ENVIRONMENT
Virginia Resources Authority Issues
Bond
Privatization
Resource Recovery: An Issue for
Virginia
Resource Recovery in Virginia
Meeting Water Quality Needs in
Virginia
Managing Virginia's Water
Norfolk: Reclaiming Ocean View
Beach
Flooding: Lessons Learned

Mar., pg. 5
Mar., pg. 8
Jun., pg. 5
Jun., pg. 7
Jun., pg. 15
Jun., pg. 22
Sept., pg. 27
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FINANCE
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Gov. Robb Discusses State
Revenues
New Rules for IDBs
The Season of Budgets
Virginia Resources Authority Issues
Bond
Privatization
Auditor's Report Reveals Potential
Harm of
Federal Budgets Cuts
Reagan Budget Slashes Aid
Apartheid
A Local Response
Tax-Exempt Property in Virginia
Highway Funding Equity
Report from Washington: Davies Briefs
Congressmen
Anti-trust LiabilityAn Update

Jan., pg. 17
Feb., pg. 9
Feb., pg. 12
Mar., pg. 5
Mar., pg. 8
Mar., pg. 16
Apr., pg. 4
Apr., pg. 13
Apr., pg. 22
May, pg. 8
May, pg. 12
May, pg. 14

Resource Recovery: An Issue for
Virginia
Resource Recovery in Virginia
Financing Resource Recovery
Creative Funding for Parks and
Recreation
The Municipal Insurance Market:
Highs and Lows
Energy Management Systems For Our
Schools
Richmond's Productivity Analysis
Unit
Blacksburg's Pay-For-Performance
Plan
JLARC's Update on Fiscal Stress
Fiscal Austerity and Urban Practices.
A Discussion of VML's Legislative
Priorities

Jun., pg. 5
Jun., pg. 7
Jun., pg. 8
Jul.,

pg. 5

Aug., pg. 11
Aug., pg. 12
Sept.,pg. 14
Sept.,pg. 15
Oct., pg. 16
Nov.,pg. 23
Dec.,pg. 14

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Urban Revitalization and City Residents. Jan., pg. 2
Richmond's Diagnostic and Prescriptive
Center
Aug. pg. 5

LEGAL
Sovereign Immunity: Alive in Virginia...
Supreme Court Reverses NLC
Landmark
Case
Interpreting the Statutes
Anti-trust LiabilityAn Update
The Tort Liability of Local
Governments

Feb., pg. 19

Apr., pg. 16
May, pg. 5
May, pg. 14
Aug. pg. 19

LEGISLATION
VML's Top Legislative Priorities
House Committees
Senate Committees
Gov. Robb Discusses State
Revenues
Using Computers in the General
Assembly
Legislative Report
Highway Funding Equity
Report from Washington: Davies Briefs
Congressmen
Meeting Water Quality Needs in
Virginia
Amyx Addresses Budget Problems —
The Candidates and the Issues
JLARC's Update on Fiscal Stress
Legislative Report: VML Priorities
A Discussion of VML's Legislative
Priorities

Jan., pg. 11
Jan., pg. 15
Jan., pg. 16
Jan., pg. 17
Feb., pg. 5
Mar., Insert
May, pg. 8
May, pg. 12
Jun., pg.
Jun., pg.
Oct., pg.
Oct., pg.
Nov.,pg.

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LOCAL NEWS
Fredericksburg Publishes New
Brochure
Luray Annexes Two Square Miles
Swedish Delegation Tours Fairfax
County
Cooperatives
Lewinsville Center Residence: A New
Horizon for the Elderly
Salem Wins Utility Award
Arlington County Police Receive
Accreditation
Main Street Program Set
Fairfax County
Rates 'AAA'
Vienna Police
Reorganize

Jan., pg. 10
Jan., pg. 18
Jan., pg. 23
Apr., pg. 9
Apr., pg. 12
Apr., pg. 12
Apr., pg. 12
Apr., pg. 12
Apr., pg. 12

�Apartheid
A Local Response
Arlington County Loves Its Leaves
Volunteers Aid Police Department
Resource Recovery in Virginia
Highlighting Virginia's Parks
Richmond's Diagnostic and Prescriptive
Center
Five to Revive Downtowns
Gulpeper Receives Grant for Park . . .
Charlottesville Begins New Health
Program
Virginia Beach Aids Blind Voters
Magazine Cites Fairfax County
Hopewell Seeks Charter Change . . . .
Employment Good in Hanover
County

MANAGEMENT

Using Computers in the General
Assembly
The Season of Budgets
Managing Change or The Art of
Chinese
Baseball
Be a Winner with Therapeutic
Recreation
Direct Democracy in Local
Government
Consent of the Governed
Richmond's Productivity Analysis
Unit
Fiscal Austerity and Urban Practices.

MISCELLANEOUS

Toward a New Dominion
Finding Your Way Through the
Session
Apartheid
A Local Response
Tax-Exempt Property in Virginia
Virginia Municipal League
1985-86 Calendar
Direct Democracy in Local
Government
The VML
The Candidates and the Issues
Citizen Participation in the Planning
Process
VML Product &amp; Services Guide
PERSONNEL
Supreme Court Reverses NLC
Landmark
Case
Blacksburg's Pay-for-Performance
Plan

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Finding Your Way Through the
Session
The Season of Budgets
Managing Change or The Art of
Chinese
Baseball
Ethics and the Public Official
CEO Training
Set for July
Herndon's Police Officer Training
How the League Lobbies and What
You Can Do to Help

PUBLIC SERVICES

Virginia Resources Authority Issues
Bond

Apr.,
May,
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Apr. pg. 13
Apr., pg. 22
Jul., Insert
Jul., pg. 23
Sept., pg. 66
Oct., pg. 9
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Jan., pg. 14
Feb., pg. 12
Feb., pg. 14
Mar., pg. 23
Apr. pg. 12
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Privatization
Lewinsville Center Residence:
A New Horizon for the Elderly
Resource Recovery: An Issue for
Virginia
Resource Recovery in Virginia
Financing Resource Recovery
Meeting Water Quality Needs in
Virginia
Robb Recognizes Leisure Services —
Creative Funding for Parks and
Recreation
Highlighting Virginia's Parks
Richmond's Diagnostic and Prescriptive
Center
Energy Management Systems For Our
Schools
Hampton's Work Experience
Program
Charlottesville's Sobriety Checkpoint
Program
Herndon's Police Officer Training
Life Is Good in the Star City
Roanoke's Parks — Today and
Tomorrow

ASPORTATION

Highway Funding Equity
Prince William County's
Commuteride
Roanoke Regional Airport Makes a
Comeback

ACTIVITIES

Mar., pg. 8
Apr., pg. 9
Jun., pg. 5
Jun., pg. 7
Jun., pg. 8
Jun., pg. 15
Jul., pg. 4
Jul.,
Jul.,

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Aug., pg. 4
Aug., pg. 12
Sept.,pg. 19
Sept., pg. 22
Sept., pg. 25
Sept., pg. 48
Sept., pg. 52
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Sept., pg. 60

Building Officials Elect Officers
Jan., pg. 10
VML'sTop Legislative Priorities
Jan., pg. 11
VML 1985 Calendar
Jan., pg. 23
Call for Entries . . . VML's 1985
Achievement Award Program
Feb., pg. 7
Thirteen East Franklin
Mar., pg. 13
VML's New Home
Mar., pg. 14
Strategic Planning Sun/ey Will Direct
League
Mar., pg. 18
Report from Washington: Davies Briefs
Congressmen
May, pg. 12
Power Conference Set for June
May, pg. 13
Chiefs of Police Leave League
May, pg. 13
VML Completes Strategic Plans
Jun., pg. 17
Amyx Addresses Budget Problems — Jun., pg. 18
VML to Foster Network
June.,pg. 18
Yancy, Henry, Teig Judge Competition. Jul., pg. 19
VML's Policy Committees
Aug., pg. 8
The Municipal Insurance Market: Highs
and Lows
Aug., pg. 11
The President's Annual Report
Sept. pg. 32
The Financial Statement
Sept.,pg. 34
The VML Executive Committee
Sept., pg. 38
VML Insurance Programs Grow
Sept., pg. 39
Heffner Wins Wallerstein Scholarship .. Oct., pg. 21
The 1985 VML Conference
Nov.,pg. 7
Meet the President: Adams Eager to
Serve League
Nov.,pg. 12
Legislative Report: VML P r i o r i t i e s — Nov.,pg. 14
League Publishes New Bulletin
Nov.,pg. 15
VML Offers Study Opportunity
Nov.,pg. 16
League Continues Legislative
Process
Nov.,pg. 17
Site Registration Open for Congress . Nov., pg. 19
A Discussion of VML's Legislative
Priorities
D e c , pg. 14
How the League Lobbies and What
You Can Do to Help
Dec.,pg. 6

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Circulation Manager
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Volume 20
VML President
Lawrence A. Davies
Officers
Samuel W. Adams III
Robert T. Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Noel C. Taylor
Executive Committee
J . Willard Lineweaver
Jack D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Sidney M. Oman
William R, Hartz
M. Stewart Koethcke
Charles A. Robinson Jr.
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R. Michael Amyx
On the Cover
The Chesterfield Industrial Development Authority recently issued a $1 million revenue bond enabling G. D. Package Machinery Inc., which sells and services high-speed packaging equipment
to the tobacco industry, to build an important customer training area and to
expand employee facilities. In the future, all development authorities will
have to look closely at their bond issues
due to the new limited bond allocations.
You can read about the new allocations
on page nine of this issue of Virginia
Town &amp; City. (Cover photo by Mark
Mitchell.)
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copyright
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February

Number 2

1985

Using Computers in the General
Assembly
By Elizabeth Gawron
Arlington County's computerized
allowed timely input on legislative
officials as well as the Arlington
Assembly.

communication system has
issues and pleased
county
delegation at the General

Call for Entries . . . VML's 1985
Achievement Award Program

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New Rules for IDBs
By J a m e s D. Campbell
For the first time Virginia's local governments face annual limits
on Industrial Development
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By Elizabeth

"It's Thursday afternoon,
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machines to work!"

T h o s e were my words during the
opening days of the Virginia General
Assembly in Richmond, and probably
similar sentiments could be heard coming from the offices of other legislative
liaisons using computers for the first
time.
The use of computers to assist with
l e g i s l a t i v e support is a fairly new
phenomenon in Virginia, but once mastered it becomes invaluable.
Arlington County has equipped its a s sistant to the county manager, who
works in Richmond full time during the
General Assembly a s the the county's
legislative liaison, with the most modern
communication devices available. T h e
purpose of the equipment is to facilitate
fast and accurate communications between the liaison's Richmond office and
the county. To be an effective legislative
liaison at the General Assembly it is
important to have information about
specific bills at the right time and in the
right place.
Arlington initiated its computerized
communication system for its legislative
liaison during the 1984 session and
expanded it for the 1985 session. Since
Arlington already had equipment in the
county office, start-up cost the county
less than $1,000, but other localities
could provide their liaisons with a basic
computerized communication system
for about $5,000.
Arlington's system currently consists
of the following elements:
- a portable personal computer in
Richmond,
- a mainframe receiving system in the
county,
- connection with a national computer
communication networl&lt;, P T I N E T ,
and
- the General Assembly Bill Service at
both ends.
Actually, two separate systems operate to relay from remote locations two
primary types of information: (1) the impact of specific bills on the county is
relayed between the legislative liaison
and specific county departments, and
(2) critical messages are sent between
the legislative liaison, the county manager's office and the elected county
b o a r d . (Arlington C o u n t y o p e r a t e s
under the county manager plan, and its
elected governing body is called the
county board.)

Gawron

The first system is composed of a
s t a n d - a l o n e p e r s o n a l c o m p u t e r in
Richmond and the mainframe receiving
system in the county manager's office.
The liaison in Richmond receives and
reviews the printed bills every day and
notes which ones may have an impact
on the county. That information is then
typed into the computer and transmitted
electronically to a personal computer
station in the manager's office in Arlington. One person in the county manager's office has been designated to
receive the information. This person
makes copies of the printed bills, which
are sent to the county manager's office
by the state's Bill S e r v i c e , and distributes them to the appropriate department for comment.
Each department has a designated
legislative contact, and departments are
given two days to respond to the bills
they receive. Comments from the departments are then given to the a s sistant in the manager's office, transmitted electronically back to Richmond and
received on the liaison's computer.
These comments are then shared with
state senators and delegates or are
used to prepare testimony before committees and subcommittees.
The second system consists of communication between the Richmond liaison and the county manager, the manager's staff or county board members.
This system is designed to cut down on
the time and energy lost by not being
able to get through important m e s sages. It is often very difficult to get the
person you need to talk to by telephone
on the first, second or even third try.
Also, during the General Assembly the
liaison is not sitting in an office but is
more likely to be in a committee or other
type of meeting. In addition, the county
manager or elected officials may be in
the meetings or even out of town.
The computer messaging system allows a person to receive or send important and detailed messages without having to speak directly to the other person
and without going through a third party.
This system u s e s the stand-alone
personal computer but adds a direct
electronic network called P T I N E T and
the necessary communication software.
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times a day to s e e if messages have
been sent or received. The county manager, who carries his personal computer
with him when he goes out of town, also
checks his computer several times a
day for messages.
As an example of how efficiently and
quickly the system works, during the
1984 session of the General Assembly
the chairman of the county board was
particularly interested in a meeting that
was held in Richmond and w a s able to
have information in hand within two
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hand to give the chairman of the county
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later. All this without the need for direct
personal communication.
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could call members of a committee
about to vote on one of the county's top
priority issues. T h e board legislative
contact was out of town, but it was still
possible to get her the message and
have it received in time without a direct
personal contact.
Both systems have proven very effective for the county. The Arlington delegation at the General Assembly has been
pleased with the support it has received
from the liaison and the county departments during the General Assembly.
When working with a legislative body,
particularty the Virginia General A s sembly which holds such brief sessions,
information, quick and accurate, is the
most important commodity in town.

About the Author
Elizabetti
Gawron is assistant
to tfie
county manager in Arlington County and has
just completed her second year as the state
legislative
liaison for the county.
Before
coming to Arlington County Gav/ron worked
for seven years with the National Association
of Counties in Washington, DC, where she
was project director for management training and development and served as a lobbyist on county government
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The Virginia Municipal League announced,
today the opening of its 1985
AcMevement Awards Competition and aU VML local
governments are urged to enter.
Has your locality successfully
completed a program or project
this year? Then you could he a
winner i n the 1985 VML
Achievement Awards Competition. I t doesn't matter if you
represent a small town or a
large city or county. There are
categories for each, and it's
quality the judges w i l l he looking for. Twelve awards w i l l he
offered, so start working on
your entry now.
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tell us about it?
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the annual VML Achievement
Awards Program is to recognize and encourage innovation
and excellence i n local
government i n Virginia. The
program provides the opportunity for VML member governments and their officials and
employees to receive deserved
recognition by their peers and
various publics for superior
and innovative efforts i n the
profession of local government.
I n addition, the program provides a means of sharing the
best public service ideas i n Virginia, a forum whereby all
those i n local government can
learn. And, we hope by sharing
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competition. Entries must describe programs or projects
brought to conclusion or showing significant results between
January 1, 1984 and A p r i l 30,
1985. Each entry must have a
cover page bearing the project
or program title, the category
of entry, the locality's name

and the signature of the chief
elected official. A l l entries must
be typed double spaced and
should not exceed eight pages.
Black and white photos, art,
news clippings, tables or
charts, etc. may be attached as
an appendix. Three complete
copies of each entry must be
submitted.

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Important consideration of the
judges, it w i l l count. Therefore,
your entry should have a neat
appearance and should be
clearly written. We suggest an
introduction to include background information such as the
need for your project or program, the origination of your
project or program, a statement of your objectives or goals
and other pertinent information. The major portion of
the entry should clearly explain how your project was
carried out or how your program operates, and the conclusion should clearly explain
the results and/or any potential
future impact. How your project was financed and staffed
should also be included.

Categories. . . . Twelve

awards are available, one for
towns and one for cities and
counties i n each of the six
areas that parallel VML's policy
committees. Localities may enter i n all six categories but
only once i n each category. The
categories are as follows:
Commimity Development. . . . Any program to improve the physical or economic
vitality of the community, such
as business development, construction projects, housing
projects, urban renewal, downtown revLtalization or neighborhood development.
Effective Government. . . . Any program to Improve the operation of government, such as management
programs, employee programs
or financial programs.

Environmental Quality. . . . Any program to improve the environment such as
beautlfication programs, planning and land use programs,
sanitation programs, water or
energy programs, preservation
programs.
Human Development. . . .
A n y program to aid the community's citizens, such as educational programs, social service programs, employment
programs, and recreational
programs.
Public Safety. . . . Any
program to improve security i n
the community, such as court
programs, law enforcement
programs, fire and rescue programs or emergency preparedness.
Transportation. . . . Any
program to Improve or develop
transportation, such as traffic
management, road and sidewalk Improvements, public
transit.

The judging

All en-

tries w i l l be reviewed by a VML
screening committee and
judged by a panel of three individuals selected for their competence and experience i n the
field of local government. The
judges may elect not to make
an award i n a category should
they deem none worthy, or they
may elect to present a tie
award.

The a w a r d . . . . winjiers

w i l l be presented w i t h the VML
Achievement Award Pyramid
Trophy and w i l l be recognized
at the VML Annual Conference
i n September. I n addition,
summaries of the winning entries w i l l be published i n the
September issue of V i r g i n i a
Town fi* City.

The deadline

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tries should be mailed to VML
Achievement Awards, P.O. Box
753, Richmond, VA 23206 and
must be postmarked by A p r i l
30, 1985. A l l entries become
the property of the Virginia
Municipal League.

Questions. . . . Contact
Christy Everson i n the VML Office at ( 8 0 4 ) 649-8471.

�New Rules for IDBs
By James

Local governments will no
longer have the
privilege of using
unlimited industrial
development bonds.

In 1984, the U.S. Congress passed
the Deficit Reduction Act which restricts
the issuance of private activity bonds in
each state to an aggregate total of $150
per capita each year. Virginia, therefore,
must live and operate with an $845.4
million statewide ceiling in 1985, and
local governments will no longer have
the privilege of using unlimited industrial
development bonds.
In response to this. Gov. Charles S .
Robb recently issued Executive Order
54(85) to establish an allocation formula
for the private activity bonds which can
be issued by authorities in the commonwealth in calendar y e a r s 1985 and
1986.
"Private activity bonds" are defined in
Section 103(n) of the Internal Revenue
Code a s tax exempt obligations and
include industrial development bonds
and student loan bonds. Certain bonds,
however, are expressly excluded from
the definition both in federal law and in
the governor's executive order.
To allocate the state bond monies
among all issuing authorities, both state
and local, in a manner to best promote
the c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s interest. G o v .
Robb initially divided the monies into
three portions.
First, $84.54 million ($15 per capita
multiplied by the state's population) is
available to state issuing authohties,
such a s the Virginia Education Loan
Authority, the Virginia Port Authority, the
Small Business Authority, and the Virginia Agricultural Development Authority, and for projects of state or regional
interest a s the govenor may determine.
Second is the local allocation which
totals $428.25 million in 1985. Each city
and county may receive an allocation of
$75 per capita or $1 million, whichever is
greater.
However, each city and county must
reserve its allocation with the Department of Housing and Community Development by May 15 of each year, and
localities which do not send proper notification will lose their annual allocation.
Towns that wish to issue bonds must
notify their respective counties of their
intent. When such intent is expressed by
the town council by March 1, the county
must distribute its local allocation to the
requesting town based on a pro rata
share according to population.
Finally, the remainder of the state
monies is designated a s "state reserve." In calendar year 1985, this initially amounts to $332.61 million.

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The governing body of each locality is
allowed flexibility in issuing private activity bonds, but financing for basic employment projects is encouraged. Each
locality may devise its own method to
determine what projects will be funded,
however, all locally allocated bonds
must be issued by Oct. 15 of each year
or the allocations will revert to the state
reserve. In other words, "use it (by Oct.
15) or lose it!"
The state reserve, which is intended
to assist in the economic development
of the commonwealth a s a whole, will
certainly be a focal point for many bond
issuing authorities. T h e governing body
of any locality or state issuing authority
may request additional bond allocations
from the state reserve. T h e Department
of Housing and Community Development, a s the allocation administrator,
will receive and evaluate these requests
four times a year and award additional
allocations by approximately March 15,
June 1, Sept. 1 and Nov. 1 of each year.
None of these allocations can exceed
$10 million per project.
Certain requests for bonds from the
state reserve could receive immediate
approval and allocation. To qualify for
immediate allocation all three of the following criteria must be met: 1. the project to be funded must be a basic employment project, 2. the requesting locality must certify that 90 percent of its
local allocation has been used to fund
basic employment projects, and 3. the
project to be funded must create a
minimum of 100 jobs in Virginia.
Most requests for allocations from the
state reserve must be evaluated by
DHCD utilizing the State Reserve Point
System a s stipulated in the executive
order. During each allocation period,
projects will be ranked based on the
number of points they are assigned.
Bond issuing authority will be granted
for the ranked projects until the state
reserve for that period is exhausted. Any
project not receiving an allocation from
the state reserve in any period may
reapply in subsequent periods. It is important to note that any bonds allocated
from the state reserve must be issued
within 90 days, or by Dec. 12 for the last
allocation period, or the allocation will
automatically revert to the state reserve
again.
Through the ranking system each
project will be assigned a specified
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characteristics of the proposed projects.
A maximum of 750 points could be
awarded according to these criteria:
- Project T y p e - B a s i c employment
projects will receive 300 points.
Exempt projects a s defined by the
executive order are assigned 150
points while supporting employment projects accrue 0 points.
( S e e definitions.)
- Use of Local Allocation - When
90 percent or more of a locality's
local allocation has been used to
fund basic employment projects,
requests to the state reserve will
receive 200 points. Localities that
use 66 percent to 89 percent of
their local allocation on basic employment projects obtain 100
points. All other requests are given
0 points.
- Urban Enterprise Zone - A project will receive 75 points If It Is
located within a designated Urban
Enterprise Zone.

- Virginia Certification Program If a locality Is certified under the
Virginia Community Certification
Program It will receive 75 points. A
community that is enrolled in the
Community Certification Program
but not yet certified will receive 15
points.
- lUlulti-Jurisdictional Support - If
a project Is supported by two or
more contiguous localities and one
or more jurisdictions revert a portion of their local allocation to the
state reserve, It will earn 100
points.
In the second phase of the ranking system, five criteria will be evaluated and
projects will be ranked relative to the
other projects being reviewed during the
period. T h e s e five criteria could yield a
maximum of 1,000 points to a project.
- Number of J o b s (maximum of
375 points) - T h e net number of
new jobs created in Virginia will be
counted. Jobs resulting from proj-

STATE R E S E R V E POINT SYSTEM
1. Project Type
Basic Employment
Exempt
Supporting Employment
2. Use of Local Allocation
90% or more for Basic
Employment Projects
66% to 8 9 % for Basic
Employment Projects
L e s s than 6 6 % for Basic
Employment Projects
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(Net) or Retained

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ects relocating within Virginia will
not be counted. Where there Is a
significant threat that existing jobs
will be lost to Virginia due to relocation or obsolescence, the
preservation of such jobs will be
counted a s If they were new jobs.
Unemployment Rate (maximum
of 225 points) - Unemployment
statistics a s determined by the Virginia Employment Commission
will be used to rank projects for
each locality for this criteria.
Wages Per Employee (maximum
150 points) - This factor will be
calculated by dividing the total
payroll of the proposed project by
the total number of employees to
yield wages per employee.
Private Financing - (maximum
150 points) - This criteria will review the portion of the project
which is financed with funds other
than tax exempt bonds. Projects
having the highest percentage of
"other financing" will receive the
maximum number of points.
A s s e s s e d Value of Real Property (maximum 100 points) - Scoring for this factor will Involve ranking projects according to assessed
value of the real property in terms
of land and buildings involved In
each project. This factor will give
special emphasis to projects which
entail the largest investment and
which In turn will produce the
greatest tax revenues for the locality.

Gov. Robb's executive order presumes that historical patterns will remain true and that bond Issues in Virginia will exhaust the commonwealth's
legal limit. However, it makes provisions
to ensure Virginia uses Its full bonding
capacity during 1985 and 1986 by ordering that any bond monies which remain
In the state reserve after Nov. 14 be
awarded to projects in the following priority order:
1. Local government exempt projects
(water, sewer or solid waste disposal, or pollution control facility
projects), when the locality has
committed 10 percent of the project cost or 10 percent of its local
allocation, whichever is less, to the
project, and projects of any of the
state issuing authorities.
2. Exempt projects of the Virginia
Port Authority.
3. Public utility projects which are
exempt.
4. Private sector projects which are
exempt.
5. All other exempt projects.
6. Any other projects ranked according to the State Reserve Point S y s tem.
7. Student loan bonds.

�This allocation system requires several affirmative actions by local governments including notice of intentions to
use local allocations and reporting to
D H C D witfiin five days of any completed
bond issue. These steps are designed
to benefit the entire commonwealth. T h e
s y s t e m guarantees that every local
government can issue private activity
bonds if it so desires, and that the state
will maximize its economic development
through the use of its full amount of
bonds available each year.
DEFINITIONS
B a s i c Employment Projects - those
facilities that bring new income into
Virginia's economy, stimulate additional employment and are the basis
for further economic growth. Goods or
services which are sold outside the
boundaries of an area or are paid for
with funds from outside an area are
considered "exports." Export industries are considered to be the commonwealth's basic employers. E x amples of basic employment projects
Include manufacturing, mining, regional distribution or warehousing
centers, research and development
firms, corporate headquarters or regional offices, major tourist facilities,
large-scale agricultural or fishing operations, and port-related activities.
Exempt Projects - Activities exempt
from the $10 million small-issue limitation which because of private entity
tax ownership are subject to the state
ceiling. This includes the following:
- sport facilities
- convention or trade show facilities
- airports, docks, wharves, mass
commuting facilities, and parking
facilities
- sewage and solid waste disposal
facilities, facilities for local furnishing of electric energy or gas
- air or water facilities, including pollution control facilities
- certain facilities for the furnishing of
water
- qualified mass commuting vehicles
- local district heating and cooling
facilities
- industrial parks
Issued - Private activity bonds issued
within the meaning of Section 103 of
the Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
Local Allocation - That portion of the
state ceiling initially allocated to each
county, city and town in Virginia.
Private Activity Bonds - Obligations
issued by the commonwealth and its
political subdivisions which constitute

private activity bonds, a s defined in
Section 103 (n) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which are not exempt
from the state ceiling.
State Allocation - That portion of the
state ceiling allocated to state issuing
authorities or projects of state or regional interest a s determined by the
governor.
State Ceiling - T h e amount of private
activity bonds that the commonwealth
may issue in 1985 or 1986, a s the
c a s e may be.
State Reserve - That portion of the
state ceiling not included in the local
allocation or state allocation.
Supporting Employment Projects Those facilities which primarily serve
the local economy, such a s retail and
wholesale trade, contract construction, i n s u r a n c e , real e s t a t e ,
medical and other services.

Marketplace
General Manager
Greenville Utilities C o m m i s s i o n , Greenville, NC. Directs total operation of electric, water, sewer and natural gas s y s t e m s
s e r v i n g 28,500 e l e c t r i c , 13,500 water/
sewer and 4,500 gas customers, $60 million annual budget, 250 employees. All
s y s t e m s expanding. Requires engineering, b u s i n e s s or public administration degree and five years municipal or utility
management experience. Salary commensurate with exp. Excellent fringe benefits. Send resume and salary history to
L o u i s H. Z i n c o n e , G r e e n v i l l e Utilities
Commission, P.O. Box 1847, Greenville,
NC 27835 by March 1, 1985.

About the Author
James D. Campbell is VML's Director of
Intergovernmental
Affairs and worked with
the governor's staff in development of the
allocation
system.

Correction
Please note the following correction to tine Product &amp; Services
Guide in the December
1984
issue of Virginia Town &amp; City.
Under Hazardous Materials Containment &amp; Clean Up
Supplies,
the telephone number of Adair
Distributing
of Chester
should
read (804) 748-2651.

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�The Season of Budgets
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The December glittering decorations,
colored tree lights and weathered door
wreaths have disappeared into storage
for yet another year. Across the land of
local governments " 'tis the season to
be jolly" has changed regrettably t o " 'tis
the season for budgeting."
Mr. S. Claus, of white beard and red
suit fame, has retreated to the isolation
and security of the North Pole. There he
has no known telephone (even under
divestiture) and apparently receives
mail only in Novembers and Decembers. He understands, and wisely so,
the vast difference between passing out
dolls, candy, home computers and
skateboards and allocating the gifts of
dollars in local budgets.
After each of his renowned December
24th deliveries, Mr. Claus rides rapidly
off into the dark of night merrily shouting
"Ho Ho Ho!" 'Tis no wonder he stays
popular. He doesn't stay around for the
aftermath. He holds no public hearings,
receives no threatening petitions and
doesn't listen to citizen groups pulling at
corners of dollar bills. With eyes that
twinkle, Mr. Claus distributes his gifts
where he wants, gives a whistle to his
team and flies out of town.
Locally elected officials dividing the
budget among the citizenry can't fly off
into the night with "Ho Ho Ho's" resounding. They must hang with the
budgeting to the bitter end, and even
thereafter.
'Tis not the season to be jolly and
budget work offers no glitter or glamour.
The duty is a m e t h o d i c a l struggle
column by column, line by line and sheet
by sheet, then back again over and over.
We cannot lay our fingers beside our
nose, rise up the chimney and be off in a
sleigh. The task is here and must be
met, item upon endless item.
Once we accept that local budgets,
like the taxation which supports them,
are inevitable, and we brace to face the
season, there may be value in pausing
for a moment to think about what underlies the drawing together of budgets.
Two thoughts quickly rise to the surface.
One is the reminder that a budget has
purpose, or purposes. The other flags to
our awareness that the preparation pro-

cedure is so center to how government
operates and what government means.
Both of these thoughts are worth
briefly exploring. After all, our annual
budgets are the most important set of
papers put together in the course of
local government life.
Municipal and county budgets serve
two purposes. The first is obvious and
comes quickly to mind. An annual budget's initial purpose is to be the exacting
accountability through the year ahead of
what revenues, source by source, are to
be received, and how, line by line and
dollar by dollar, those responsible are to
expend these revenues.
To the accountant's eyes, these are
the c o l d f a c t s of the b u s i n e s s of
government. And it is a business, let no
one mistake.
The budget is the carved-in-stone
prescription of what is to be done, and
twelve months from now everyone best
be sure the numbers come out right.
Periodically through the year and then at
the end, actual experience is tested
against the budget. This is accountability for the receipt and expenditure of
public funds, and from its regal and respected throne, the budget would tell
you such to be its purpose.
However, there is a second purpose
which the budget and its process can
serve. Unfortunately for our citizens, our
jurisdictions and for us in the process,
the tendency is to become so consumed
by the first purpose that we negligently
allow the second to go by in default, or
near default. We have flexibility either to
ignore this purpose or to reach out and
exercise it to the fullest advantage. Most
often our choice within that range determines the true merit of both the budget and the process by which it is produced.
The budget is, or can be, a planning
document. There are thoughtful people
who feel this really is the more valuable
purpose. This form of planning means
searching throughout the public services represented, examining the public
programs of the government, studying
revenues beyond the formality of the
numbers, measuring the skills and abilities of personnel, reviewing human
needs, determining capital project aims
and much more. Into all of this is
blended appraisal of the levels of quantities and qualities both in place and as
would be desired. These ingredients
combine to be weighed in balance with
what are perceived to be the directions
and goals of the community and its government.
This constructive mixing and all the

thought that goes into it is planning within the opportunistic environment of the
budget process. Such planning serves
not just for the one budget year ahead,
but offers and encourages the ability to
look and project into the seasons and
years further beyond.
As all of this is carefully and beneficially kneaded, the budget acquires
the purpose of being the key instrument
by which the locality realistically projects
its future. How we place our money,
from the smallest service up to the
largest project, tells of our community
concerns, guides our emphasis and
forms the groundwork for services and
projects for the years ahead.
Ideas and goals translated into dollars
later e m e r g e as a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s .
People, called personnel, become positions listed by lines and numbers and
then flow out as the essential deliverers
of services and activities. Dreams are
formed through budgets, while hopes
can be dashed when the money won't
stretch. But, year by year, budgets with
the deeds they make possible build one
upon another. Thus a community moves
to do better and to do more.
There is no book on the subject of
annual budget preparation that prescribes exactly what to do step by step
and day by day throughout the procedure. Each locality has its own techniques. The preparation procedure for
the town of Wise certainly is different
from that of the town of Onancock. Martinsville's procedure varies from that of
Fairfax County, and Williamsburg's
varies from Harrisonburg's. Such technique and procedural differences are
partly attributable to jurisdiction size,
partly due to dollar volume, partly a matter of scope of activities and partly
guided by local law requirements. Each
of these in part determines the flow of
the process town by town, city by city
and county by county.
Ask anyone associated with any aspect of an annual budget process how
the overall document is formed and
odds are the first part of their explanation will be the segment or role in
which they directly are involved. That is
human nature, but it helps also in understanding the many people and forces
that contribute to record, equip and influence the product.
So often budget formation is perceived as the task of technicians. Excruciatingly it is, whether it's one page or
reams of paper fed from a computer.
With some an annual budget is molded
in a month or so. With others, the end of
preparing for one fiscal year flows unin-

�terrupted into gearing up for tlie next.
T h e range of technicians r e a c h e s
wide, from the crew foreman or office
supervisor who prepares and submits
an estimate of unit requirements, to the
administrator who finally presents the
completed work. A s technicians, however, these people should never be reg a r d e d , nor regard t h e m s e l v e s , a s
robots shuffling data. To the technicians
is an obligation in the second purpose of
budgeting. Planning and knowlege of a
sensitivity to the county, city or town
constantly should guide their budgeting
actions.
A s the procedure of budget making is
appraised in theory and from locality to
locality in practice, one quickly realizes
that there is a centerpiece in the total
process which is highly significant. T h e
centerpiece is the local elected governing body.
Town and city councils and boards of
supervisors across the state in the final
analysis make the law that makes the
budget real and in place. T h e moment
they vote the budget, they have put their
imprint on a year of life in the community. If we believe in the planning
purpose of financial budgeting, that imprint reaches even further ahead upon
years more distant.
T h e significance of the governing
body is not just in the final vote. Far from
it. To understand the guidance of the
governing body in budget content and
procedure one must look far back. For
as a board or council meeting by meeting addresses the ongoing business of
the government and citizens, it directly
and indirectly sets policies and defines
goals for the future.
T h e public is speaking through their
elected representatives. Democracy is
performing. Those voices form the sensitivity and a w a r e n e s s so critical in
molding the dollars of budgets into instruments of objectives and accomplishments.
How the governing body is involved or
not involved in the step by step process
of the budget document development
conspicuously v a r i e s from place to
place, and again there are no rules or
decrees for all. Undoubtedly there are
magi of high wisdom who can offer vast
advice, but after all is said and done, the
key to the process is what works best in
each city hall and courthouse.
T h r e e cautionary points are worth
noting.
Point one is called "procedural comfort." This is the domain of the governing
body. Council and board members must
feel satisfaction and assurance in how

the process works. Assurance has to
include confidence in the technicians
deep in the process.
A council or board may be stretched in
all directions on decisions that must be
made, and they may agonize those decisions long after the adopting vote and
the dust has settled. That kind of political
pain is part of life. But, the discomfort
should not be in how the budget is
formed, its completeness, or the dependability of what is received.
The degree of comfort or discomfort
often determines when and where the
governing body enters the annual proc e s s . It also often defines whether theirs
is a trying and time consuming job of
details or an opportunity of policies and
directions.
Point two concerns consideration by
the board or council a s to how well and
where it best projects its own ideas and
ambitions into the budget which blueprints the community's present and future. This influence may accumulate
and flow continuously from meeting to
meeting, or it may be injected a s a part
of the actual step by step process.
Whatever the course, the final stage
arrives when document in hand the
people's elected representatives view
the total package, receive the public
hearings and strive toward the vote of
adoption.
The final of the three points concerns
accountability. Few among us are without consciousness of the intensity of
private and public accountability for
monies which h a s grown in recent
years. Giant corporations, small businesses, colleges, hospitals, accounting
firms and more, all have experienced
the s e v e r e tightening of controls on
funds. With that h a s come the a s signment of inescapable responsibility
for accounting.
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sources and the allocations of those
resources. How public dollars are administered and how policies are set and
monitored which govern that administration is of paramount regard.
In its relationship to the budgeting
process and in its decisions on a budget
for enactment, the governing body, representing the public and as the centerpiece of the procedure, has to become
assured that full and accurate accountability is being met on the bottom line.
That is their responsibility.
In my opinion, Virginia's local governments have performed well in budget
making over the many years of repres e n t i n g a n d s e r v i n g their p u b l i c s .
Through good times and bad times, the
acceptance of this obligation year by
year has been a key to the fiscal soundness of the counties, cities and towns, a
factor of shared pride.
We have strayed far from St. Nick who
shakes like a bowl full of jelly when he
laughs. His is the pleasure of escape,
ours the rigor of reality, with very little
laughter. T h e receipt and delivery of the
public dollar is a matter of complexity
and consequence; the season of budgeting is one of perplexity and pathos a s
the search goes on among the revenue
projections for tidings of joy. Even if
happy tidings are not found in the maze
of numbers, nevertheless challenge and
real opportunity exist to create through
the instruments of budgets the planning
for the future. Having performed in a
fiscally responsible manner and having
infused and charged the budget with
policies of direction and vision, we give
our communities the best of gifts.
About the Author
Julian F. Hirst is well known in Virginia
local government. He has served as manager in Pearisburg, Pulaski, Martinsville and
Roanoke,
VA. In addition, tie served
as
VML's executive director from 1973 to 1975.
Currently, he is city manager in Norfolk, VA.
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Managing in today's environment is
similar to playing C h i n e s e baseball.
Chinese baseball, I'm told, is almost
exactly like its American counterpart.
Three strikes you're out, nine innings of
play, nine to a side and so on. The one
difference occurs when ball meets bat.
Once the ball is in play, the fielders can
move the bases anywhere they want,
presenting some pretty interesting and
confusing choices for the batterP
The parallel to managing should be
clear. T h e " b a s e s " in our current environment are constantly changing. A s
the rules of the game change, it bec o m e s difficult for public officials to
know which way to run. Issues such a s
limits of public liability, comparable
worth in compensation and relative merits of contracting out services present
important but unclear choices. Recent
management trends such a s pay for
performance, quality circles and strategic planning are appealing on the surface, but their effectiveness isn't yet
clear. Many managers find it difficult to
keep up, yet the need is to do more than
"keep up." Public managers must look
ahead and Identify future issues and

opportunities, and that requires new
management skills and roles.
The University of Virginia's Institute of
Government is offering a new executive
development program to help senior
local government administrators improve their ability to deal with current
and future challenges. Entitled "Senior
Executive Institute: Leadership for Today and Tomorrow," the program will
run from July 2 1 , 1985 through August
2,1985 and take place in the university's
law school facilities with food and lodging on site. Its overall purpose is to help
managers analyze issues and trends
and to enhance their abilities to lead in
today's changing environment. Open to
experienced local government managers from around the country, it promises to be exciting, unusual and challenging.
What Makes S E I Different?
There are, of course, many executive
development programs in existence today. What makes this one different?
First, it is being designed with input from
the managers it will serve. Senior E x ecutive Institute staff have talked with
dozens of local government managers

during the past two years, and an advisory committee of 11 current or former
managers is helping design the program. T h i s environment guarantees
practical and timely topics.
Second, among the faculty and participants will be individuals with private
sector experience. This mix will create
an exciting climate not found in most
executive programs. Public managers
will be able to test their ideas with those
on the private side, and each should
gain a greater appreciation for how the
other thinks and manages.
Third, the program will offer many
different learning activities, from case
studies and lecture/discussions to small
group problem-solving exercises and
panel discussions. In addition, each participant will receive structured feedback
on his or her managerial strengths and
needs. Thus, S E I will help managers
a s s e s s themselves and set their own
goals for future growth.
Who is On the Faculty?
One of S E I ' s greatest strengths is the
quality of its faculty. Two criteria were
used in selecting instructors for the pro—continued

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gram: demonstrated excellence in the
classroom and knowledge of public sector issues. Some of this year's faculty
will include W a y n e A n d e r s o n , distinguished professor of public administration at George Mason University, a
city manager for two decades, secretary
of administration and finance for Virginia
and executive director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations; Ray Haas, vice president for
administration at the University of Virginia, former president of the West Virginia League of Municipalities and a
professor of business administration at
West Virginia University; Bob Matson,
dean of the Federal Executive Institute;
Chong Pak, professor of public administration at Virginia Commonwealth University, directorofthe Virginia Executive
Institute and frequent consultant to local
governments; Jim Dunstan, professor of
business administration at the University of Virginia Darden S c h o o l and
former director of public utilities for the
Virginia State Corporation Commission;
J a c k Edwards, professor of government
at the College of William and Mary,
m e m b e r and past c h a i r m a n of the
J a m e s City County Board of Supervisors and member of the Virginia Municipal League Executive Committee;
and Dick Howard, professor of law at the

What is the Actual Program?
The program will be fast paced and
challenging. Three formal sessions will
take place each day, with ample time for
study, informal discussions with visiting
executives and exercise. Participants
will form "executive study teams" to
analyze c a s e s and exchange ideas. A s s e s s m e n t s of managerial style and
health habits will provide useful feedback. A health hazard appraisal and
optional physical fitness program are
some of the special features.
Actual topics to be addressed at S E I
include motivating employees and involving citizens; managing an increasingly well-educated workforce; adapting
advanced technology to the workplace;
dealing with multiple constituencies;
keeping up with changes in legal, management and financial areas; working
effectively with governing boards and
working with other governments, businesses and the media. In addition, optional s e s s i o n s will cover career a s sessment, entrepreneurship and team
building.
Benefits to Governing Boards
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their communities. T h e most obvious
answer is that managers who attend the
program will be better executives and
more effective leaders. They will learn
from faculty and other successful managers. Information exchanges that take
place at such programs are always one
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and faculty. In an era emphasizing economic development and contracting
out for services, it is imperative for public
managers to understand business people and to develop ways of working effectively with them.
Most important for governing boards,
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technical aspects of their work but failed
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central to the entire program. In an environment a s demanding and turbulent a s
is today's the relationship between
managers and elected officials is especially important. Without working well
together, neither can hope to keep up
with all those changing bases.

'For more on the chailerige of managing
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continually
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and the Art of
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the Sloan Management
Review,
Spring
1978.
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Town Employees

Bentley Takes
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B r a c k e n r i d g e H. B e n t l e y , who
served as town manager of Vienna for
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Bentley holds a bachelor's degree
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Chicago. In addition, he has completed
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Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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Fairfax County Chief of Police Col.
Carroll D. Buracker retired this month
at the age of 42 to establish a management consulting firm in law enforcement
and security.
Buracker has more than 20 years of
law enforcement experience and has
served as Fairfax County's chief of police since 1981. He was first employed
by the county police department in
1966. During his t e n u r e , Buracker
served In numerous capacities including
as an officer in the patrol division and in
the detective division, as supervisor of

Three employees of the town of Vienna, Steven W. Faett, Glenn M. Cornell and J o h n K i n g , have received
V i e n n a J a y c e e s ' 1984 Outstanding
Young Citizens of the Year awards for
contributions to the community.
Faett is a dispatcher in the Vienna
Police Department. He was one of the
original members of the police department's Explorer Post, and he now
serves as the Explorers' advisor and
assists In their training.
Cornell has worked in the Parks Maintenance Division for more than four
years. He is an active member of the
Virginia Parks and Recreation Society
and a representative on the Life Be in It
Committee which promotes recreation
throughout Northern Virginia.
King has worked in the Sanitation Department for more than five years. He
has shared his enthusiasm for sports by
coaching basketball and girls' softball in
the Vienna area.

NVTC Taps
Davis, Snyder
T h o m a s M. Davis III, Fairfax County
board member, has been appointed
chairman of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, and George T.
Snyder Jr., city of Fairfax mayor, has
been appointed secretary-treasurer.
The commission is a regional authority
established to coordinate transportation issues in Arlington and Fairfax
counties and the cities of Alexandria,
Falls Church and Fairfax.

S e n d your "people n e w s "
to Virginia T o w n &amp; City,
P . O . B o x 7 5 3 , Richmond,
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Former Ashland
Mayor Dies
James Enos Ray, a former mayor of
Ashland and local lawyer, died at home
at the age of 71 in November.
A native of Ashland, Ray was elected
mayor in 1945 and served until 1960. He
had also served as attorney for Hanover
County from 1952 until 1969.
Ray was a graduate of RandolphMacon College and earned his law degree from the University of Virginia. He
served on the Ashland Town Council
from 1938 until 1940 when he entered
the Army.

New Member
Joins Beach Team
Virginia Beach has added a new
member to its convention promotion
team. She's cute, doesn't eat much and
extremely huggable. According to Hugh
C. Barton, manager of the Virginia
Beach Convention Bureau, everyone
thinks she's adorable.
She's GInny Beach, a "water baby"
made of vinyl and filled with about two
quarts of water.
Ginny has already attended the
Greater Washington Society of Association Executives' "Springtime in the
Park," and Ginny and her brother,
Sandy Beach, attended Meeting World
'84,
Water babies will attend future trade
shows, where some lucky meeting planners will become foster parents. Also,
each water baby, according to the designer, is said to have a "little secret"
which makes it unique.

Crewe Chooses
New Manager
Dennis SIzemore, a 29-year old native of North Carolina, has been named
manager of Crewe.
SIzemore has lived in Crewe for the
past two years. He is a graduate of
Appalachian State University in Boone,
N C , a n d h o l d s a d e g r e e in b i o chemistry.
V. C. Bozman was serving as acting
town manager.

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S u p r e m e C o u r t h a s b e e n s t r u g g l i n g to
r e c o n c i l e the often c o n f l i c t i n g o b j e c t i v e s
of p r o t e c t i n g g o v e r n m e n t a n d g o v e r n m e n t a l officials f r o m v e x a t i o u s litigation
w h i l e p r o v i d i n g relief for t h e public f r o m
i n d i v i d u a l injury c a u s e d by t o r t i o u s c o n d u c t of g o v e r n m e n t e m p l o y e e s .
T r a d i t i o n a l l y in V i r g i n i a i m m u n i t y h a s
b e e n a f f o r d e d for a c t i o n s t a k e n purs u a n t to " g o v e r n m e n t a l d u t i e s " and
liability h a s b e e n i m p o s e d in c a s e s of
"proprietary functions," a distinction
w h i c h h a s b e e n c o n t r o v e r s i a l a n d perp l e x i n g to l a w y e r s a n d j u d g e s a l i k e . N o t
until t h e 1 9 8 0 d e c i s i o n of Freeman
v.
Norfolk, 221 V a . 5 7 , 2 6 6 S . E . 2 d 8 8 5 ,
were those two opposing functions
c l e a r l y d e f i n e d . If a g o v e r n m e n t a l b o d y
a s s u m e s a role w h i c h c a n be a n d f r e q u e n t l y is o c c u p i e d by a p r i v a t e p e r s o n ,
its a c t s in p u r s u a n c e t h e r e o f a r e c o n s i d e r e d p r o p r i e t a r y in n a t u r e a n d not
p r o t e c t e d . If its a c t i o n s s t e m f r o m a c tivities w h i c h a r e in t h e p e r f o r m a n c e of a
d u t y i m p o s e d by s t a t u t e a n d not norm a l l y u n d e r t a k e n by p r i v a t e p e r s o n s ,
t h o s e actions are g o v e r n m e n t a l and
therefore privileged. This pronouncem e n t a p p e a r s to present an unders t a n d a b l e blueprint for d e t e r m i n i n g
w h e n s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y is a v a i l a b l e to
a government.
S o m u c h for g o v e r n m e n t itself, but
h o w is this principle a p p l i e d to g o v e r n m e n t a l officials w h o act for their
g o v e r n m e n t s ? T h i s a r e a of V i r g i n i a law
has become more and more complex
a n d ill-defined. In a 1 9 6 0 c a s e a local
s c h o o l b o a r d w a s h e l d to be an a r m of
t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h a n d t h e r e f o r e its
a c t s i m m u n e f r o m liability for n e g l i g e n c e , b u t in 1 9 6 8 o u r c o u r t h e l d a
t e a c h e r e m p l o y e d by t h e c o u n t y s c h o o l
b o a r d liable to a pupil injured w h i l e u s i n g
a p o w e r t o o l . In a 1 9 8 0 d e c i s i o n , l o n g t i m e m e m b e r s of a h o s p i t a l m e d i c a l f a c ulty w e r e s u b j e c t e d to liability for t h e i r
n e g l i g e n t acts b e c a u s e t h e y e x e r c i s e d
c o m p l e t e d i s c r e t i o n in their w o r k . O n l y
t w o y e a r s later, in 1 9 8 2 , the c o u r t h e l d a
school superintendent and principal imm u n e f r o m l i a b i l i t y b e c a u s e of t h e
s u p e r v i s o r y a n d d i s c r e t i o n a r y n a t u r e of
their w o r k . Little w o n d e r that this c o n f u s i o n s p a w n e d litigation a n d g a v e rise

to t h e o f t - r e p e a t e d c o m p l a i n t by g o v e r n m e n t a l officials that t h e d o c t r i n e of s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y in V i r g i n i a w a s s e v e r e l y
ill, p e r h a p s m o r t a l l y .
W i t h o u r law in this m u d d l e , t h e c a s e s
of Messina v. Burden a n d Armstrong
v.
Johnson,
Va., 321 S.E. 2d 657, were
h e a r d by t h e V i r g i n i a S u p r e m e C o u r t
a n d w e r e d e c i d e d in a j o i n t o p i n i o n
issued Oct. 12, 1984.
In Messina,
t h e plaintiff, a n a c t o r in a
play b e i n g p e r f o r m e d at a c o m m u n i t y
c o l l e g e t h e a t e r , t r i p p e d a n d fell. T h e
defendant. Burden, was superintendent
of b u i l d i n g s for t h e c o l l e g e a n d a c t i n g
w i t h i n t h e s c o p e of his e m p l o y m e n t ; it
w a s his d u t y to m a i n t a i n a n d s u p e r v i s e
m a i n t e n a n c e of t h e c o l l e g e b u i l d i n g s .
M e s s i n a ' s a m e n d e d c o m p l a i n t d i d not
a l l e g e that B u r d e n w a s a c t i n g w i t h i n t h e
s c o p e of his e m p l o y m e n t or that he h a d
supervisory responsibilities. Burden's
p l e a of s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y w a s s u s t a i n e d by t h e trial c o u r t .
T h e o t h e r plaintiff, A r m s t r o n g , w a s
injured w h e n he s t e p p e d o n a d e f e c t i v e
m a n h o l e c o v e r in a n A r l i n g t o n C o u n t y
street. H e s u e d J o h n s o n , chief of t h e
o p e r a t i o n s d i v i s i o n of t h e c o u n t y ' s d e p a r t m e n t of p u b l i c w o r k s . J o h n s o n ' s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of a n u m b e r of s e c t i o n s of
that d e p a r t m e n t i n v o l v e d his a p p l i c a t i o n
of e n g i n e e r i n g k n o w l e d g e a n d s k i l l s .
F u r t h e r m o r e , J o h n s o n h a d w i d e latitude
in e x e r c i s i n g i n d e p e n d e n t j u d g e m e n t ,
s u b j e c t o n l y to a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r e v i e w by
t h e c o u n t y ' s d i r e c t o r of public t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . J o h n s o n ' s p l e a of i m m u n i t y w a s
a l s o s u s t a i n e d by t h e trial c o u r t o n t h e
b a s i s that t h e c o u n t y w a s a n integral
part of t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h a n d f u r t h e r
that h e a c t e d a s a n " e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r . "
T h e t w o c a s e s b r o u g h t into f o c u s t w o
vital q u e s t i o n s : first, w h e t h e r s o v e r e i g n
i m m u n i t y a p p l i e s to local g o v e r n m e n t s
a n d their officials w i t h t h e s a m e f o r c e a s
it d o e s to t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h itself; a n d ,
s e c o n d , to w h a t e x t e n t e m p l o y e e s of
e x e m p t e m p l o y e r s a r e liable for t h e i r
o w n acts of n e g l i g e n c e in light of f o r m e r
Virginia decisions.
T h e m a j o r i t y o p i n i o n w r i t t e n by J u s tice T h o m a s , t h e n e w e s t j u s t i c e o n t h e
c o u r t , will p e r h a p s g i v e s t u d e n t s of o u r
c o u r t s y s t e m s o m e insight into J u s t i c e
T h o m a s ' j u d i c i a l p h i l o s o p h y a n d ability.
T h e o p i n i o n d e m o n s t r a t e s a s i n c e r e effort to c l e a r t h e air o n t h e s u b j e c t of
s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y . In his w o r d s , d e spite contrary suggestions "the doctrine
of s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y is alive a n d well in
Virginia" and has never been abolished

by t h e c o u r t or d i m i n i s h e d by t h e G e n eral A s s e m b l y . C i t i n g h o r n b o o k r e a s o n s
for t h e n e c e s s i t y of retaining t h e d o c t r i n e , t h e m a j o r i t y (a s u b s t a n t i a l 5 to 2 ) ,
first s t a t e d u n e q u i v o c a l l y that b e c a u s e
t h e s t a t e c a n act o n l y t h r o u g h its officials
and employees, the employees are,
t h e r e f o r e , e n t i t l e d to i m m u n i t y p r o v i d i n g
t h e y act w i t h i n t h e s c o p e of a u t h o r i t y at
t h e t i m e of d o i n g or failing to d o t h e act
c o m p l a i n e d of. S e c o n d , t h e o p i n i o n
h o l d s t h a t local g o v e r n m e n t s a n d a g e n cies a n d their e m p l o y e e s must be
a v a i l e d of t h e s a m e i m m u n i t y a s that
a f f o r d e d to t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h a n d h i g h
officials thereof. Third, w h e n acting
w i t h i n t h e s c o p e of a u t h o r i t y , an e m ployee performing a governmental funct i o n for t h e e m p l o y e r is e x e m p t for his or
her o w n n e g l i g e n c e in t h e p e r f o r m a n c e
of t h o s e d u t i e s w h e t h e r of not t h o s e
duties included supervision and socalled "executive duties."
T h e s e p a r a t e c o n c u r r i n g o p i n i o n of
J u s t i c e Poff w h i c h e x p r e s s e s his o w n
i n d e p e n d e n t v i e w s s h o u l d be particularly e n c o u r a g i n g to officials of local
g o v e r n m e n t . J u s t i c e Poff w r o t e that he
w o u l d e x t e n d t h e d o c t r i n e to t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h , c o u n t i e s , cities a n d t o w n s ,
a n d to all d e p a r t m e n t s , a g e n c i e s a n d
o t h e r p u b l i c b o d i e s c r e a t e d by a n y level
of g o v e r n m e n t a s w e l l a s to chief exe c u t i v e officers a n d legislators at e v e r y
level, all j u d i c i a l officers, a n d all o t h e r
e m p l o y e e s of e v e r y l e v e l of g o v e r n m e n t . H e a d d e d that all lawful c r e a t i o n s
of g o v e r n m e n t s h o u l d be i m m u n e f r o m
liability f r o m d a m a g e s a r i s i n g out of u n i n t e n t i o n a l torts c o m m i t t e d in t h e perf o r m a n c e of a j u d g m e n t a l or d i s c r e t i o n a r y d u t y w i t h i n t h e s c o p e of e m p l o y m e n t w i t h o u t r e g a r d to w h e t h e r t h e
m i s f e a s a n c e or n o n f e a s a n c e is s i m p l e
or g r o s s .
Y e s , V i r g i n i a , t h e r e is a s o v e r e i g n
i m m u n i t y d o c t r i n e . T h e recent c a s e s of
Messina
a n d Johnson
demonstrate a
s y m p a t h y by t h e m a j o r i t y of o u r c o u r t for
its r e t e n t i o n a n d e v e n for s o m e e x p a n s i o n of t h e d o c t r i n e . W e s h o u l d t a k e
c o m f o r t f r o m this j u d i c i a l e x p r e s s i o n b e c a u s e local g o v e r n m e n t n e e d s p r o t e c t i o n f r o m v e x a t i o u s litigation a n d c a p a b l e c i t i z e n s n e e d to be e n c o u r a g e d to
s e r v e a t a l l l e v e l s of g o v e r n m e n t .
Messina
a n d Johnson
are good m e d icine for t h e c a u t i o u s c i t i z e n w h o is reluctant to e x p o s e h i m s e l f to litigation for
p o t e n t i a l b a d j u d g m e n t or, in s o m e i n s t a n c e s , e v e n after t h e e x e r c i s e of g o o d
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March 1985

Volume 20
VML President
Lawrence A, Davies

Number 3

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Officers
Samuel W. Adams III
Robert T. Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Noel C . Taylor

By Christy Everson and Katharine Tracy

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J . Willard Lineweaver
J a c k D. Edwards
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On the Cover
This Greek Revival townhouse will
soon become the new headquarters of
the Virginia Municipal League. Located
at 13 East Franklin St., VML's new home
fulfills all the wishes on VML's building
"wish list." R e a d about it on page 13 of
this issue of Virginia Town &amp; City.

Privatization
By Kevin G. Quinn

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VIVIL's Legislative Report
Thirteen East Franklin
By Christy Everson

Auditor's Report Reveals Potential
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By Mary Jo Fields

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Appoint Managers
Donald A. Smith, previously town
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town manager of Warrenton. Smithi, 53,
fiad served as Luray's town manager
since December 1975. Earlier in fiis career he had been an assistant town
manager and manager of Vinton.
George B r o w n has been appointed
city manager of Martinsville. He had
been serving as Martinsville's acting city
manager since January when Don Edmonds resigned. Brown, 57, holds an
engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
and has served the city in various capacities since his employment in 1951
as city engineer. He was assistant city
manager and director of public works
before becoming acting city manager.

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nation, Henry Alexander Yancey, recently died in Richmond at the age of 89.
Yancey was a native of Waynesboro
and a civil engineer. He was working as
Charlottesville's director of public works
in 1925 when he was hired as that city's
manager. Charlottesville followed
Staunton's lead in hiring a professional
to run its day-to-day activities.
After seven years in Charlottesville,
he became city manager of Petersburg
and remained there until 1935 when he
began a notable career in North Carolina.
From 1935 to 1943 he served as city
manager of Durham, and from 1943 to
1946 he was manager of Greensboro.
He served as manager of Charlotte from
1946 until his retirement In 1959.
Yancey was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the
North Carolina Society of Civil Engineers, past president of the City Managers Association of North Carolina and
past vice president of the International
City Managers Association. He had
moved to Richmond last year.

Fairfax County
Honors Employees
Fairfax County's board of supervisors
has honored four county government
employees for outstanding performance

by presenting them with the highest
honor the county bestows on its employees.
Larry Clark, Joe B. McLemore, R.
Barry T h o m p s o n and Deborah Whitt
were selected by a citizen committee to
receive the A. Heath Onthank Award,
named for the first chairman of the Fairfax County Civil Service Commission.
Clark, master police officer. Mason
District Police Station, helped to increase the number of neighborhood
watch programs in his district from 60 to
110. The crime rate has decreased
d r a m a t i c a l l y thanks to citizen participation in the program, which has all o w e d t h e f o r c e to o p e r a t e m o r e
efficiently and cost-effectively.
McLemore, assistant building supervisor, McLean High School, was
honored for his work on the Area III
Custodian Committee. He was instrumental in launching a newsletter and in
organizing a basketball team. His most
outstanding project was a detailed,
hardbound custodian yearbook to which
he contributed a large amount of offduty time and attention.
Thompson, deputy director, design
review, put in 49 days of intense effort
upon discovering 17 families caught in a
dilemma when a developer stopped
work on their houses just short of completion. Thompson coordinated work
with county offices, public utilities, the
Veteran's Administration and mortgage
companies in addition to making hundreds of calls and numerous personal
visits until the last of the families were
settled into their new homes.
Whitt, systems analyst, research and
statistics, combined her understanding
of field inspection requirements and
complex administrative procedures with
her systems analysis skills to produce
an automated inspection permit system
which received national recognition.
Each of the award recipients was
given a plaque and a $2,000 cash
award.

Belton Fills
League Position
Byron B. Belton Jr. joined the VML
staff on Feb. 11 as pressman/clerk. He
replaced Robert E. Holmes who resigned after two years with the league.
Belton has nine years of experience in
the printing field and was trained in his
craft at the Richmond Technical Center.
A native of Richmond, Belton, 27, and
his wife, Yolanda, are the parents of one
son, 20-month-old Byron B. Belton III.

Henneberry Hired
In Alexandria
Paul D. Henneberry is the city of
Alexandria's new deputy director of
finance. Henneberry served as deputy
comptroller of the U.S. Coast Guard for
three years prior to accepting his new
position. He holds a master's degree in
financial management and has 14 years
of experience in the financial field.

McLaren Takes
Chesapeake Post
The city of Chesapeake has hired
Gary McLaren as its new economic
development director.
McLaren, 32, replaces P. Hunter Cox
Jr. who resigned in November. He previously served as director of industrial
development in Florence County, SC.

Fairfax County
Appoints Granfield
Lt. Col. J o h n E. Granfleld has been
appointed to serve as acting chief of
police for Fairfax County. He will serve
in the absence of Col. Carroll D. Buracker, chief of police since 1981, who
has retired.
Granfleld holds a bachelor's degree in
public a d m i n i s t r a t i o n from George
Mason University and joined the Fairfax
County Police Department in 1969.
Prior to his appointment he served as
deputy chief of police for operations.

Former Mayor Dies
H a r o l d A. B u t t e r w o r t h , f o r m e r
Hopewell mayor, has died.
Butterworth was appointed to city
council in Hopewell in 1962 and was
elected in 1964 and 1968 to four-year
terms. After a two-year absence, he was
re-elected to another four-year term in
1974 and completed 16 years of service
to the city.

S e n d your "people n e w s "
to Virginia Town &amp; City,
P.O. B o x 7 5 3 , Richmond,
VA 2 3 2 0 6 .

�Virginia Resources Authority
Issues Bonds
By Christy Everson
and Katherine Tracy

"To help local governments meet the challenge
of providing
adequate
water and wastewater facilities, Virginia has taken the
innovative approach of establishing the Virginia
Water and Sewer Assistance
Authority.
The authority's
program
will help build a healthy environment and a strong
base for future growth of
industry and
population."
Gov. Charles S. Robb

In May 1985, several Virginia local
governments will receive funds totaling
in excess of $30 million to finance water
and sewer projects. T h e s e will be the
proceeds from the Virginia Resources
Authority's (nee Virginia Water and
Sewer Assistance Authority) first bond
sale.
Sometime in the fall, the authority will
undertake its second bond sale a s it
attempts to a s s u a g e the commonwealth's water and wastewater treatment needs.
Members of the State Water Study
Commission and other government officials, both state and local, have been
aware for many years of the condition of
the commonwealth's infrastructure. Aging distribution systems, outmoded sewage treatment facilities, detehorating
sewer pipes and inadequate water supply are apparent in many of Virginia's
communities and attest to the growing
need to assist localities in financing
water and wastewater treatment projects.
The Department of Health and the
State Water Control Board estimate that
through the year 2000 Virginia's communities will need $1.75 billion for water
supply s y s t e m s and $2.1 billion for
wastewater treatment plants, and these
estimates are expected to be increased
once 1984 survey information is tabulated. Years of underinvestment have
taken their toll, and the need to accommodate new growth will press its demands. In addition. Congress, through
the Clean Water Act, has demanded
fishable, swimmable waters by July 1,
1988. The act also requires that publicly
owned treatment works achieve secondary treatment of receiving stream
standards. T h e act carries with it a
national price tag of $100 billion.
The needs of Virginia's water and
sewer facilities vary from the modest
request of a town in Southside Virginia
for funds to replace the hood on a spirogester at the sewage treatment plant to
the need of an urban county for $100
million to build a new treatment plant.
While the majority of projects needed in

Virginia involve more than a half million
dollars, in many instances a few thousand dollars could make a difference in
a community's quality of life or potential
for economic growth.
In the past, water s y s t e m s were
funded from federal and state grants,
state and local general obligation and
limited obligation debt, property and utility taxes, sales contracts and user fees
and charges. Today, the trend is toward
shifting financial responsibility from taxpayers to system users. Meanwhile,
federal funding for wastewater treatment is being phased out, and the E n vironmental Protection Agency has reduced its share of costs under the Construction Grants Program to 55 percent
from 75 percent and eliminated grants
for planning and design costs and for
construction of future growth capacity.
A s a result, various new funding approaches are being tested across the
nation. Among these are the creation of
"banks" to provide low cost loans, interest rate s u b s i d i e s for taxable debt
issued by states and localities, joint action water supply projects through intergovernmental efforts, divesting systems
through the sale or transfer of ownership
to independent authorities or through
privatization and the creation of state
water finance agencies to provide varying degrees of financial intermediation
for local issuers.
In Virginia, the 1984 General A s sembly created the Virginia Water and
Sewer Assistance Authority which began operation this past July under the
direction of Executive Director S . D.
(Hap) Gardner Jr. Its purpose is "to encourage the investment of both public
and private funds and to make loans and
grants available to local governments to
finance water and sewer projects." The
name change to Virginia Resources Authority came during the 1985 session.
The authority is empowered to sell up
to $300 million in revenue bonds to support its program, and when this initial
cap is reached, the authority will return
to the General Assembly for approval of
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start-up money and already several
public hearings have been conducted
around the state to acquaint officials and
the public with the authority's operating
procedures. One hearing, April 2 in
Richmond, remains to be held.
Work is already underway on the authority's first two bond issues. Series A,
the authority's initial series of bonds
scheduled for issue In May, will finance
water and sewer projects of local governments whose credit ratings are sufficient to enable the authority more
readily to establish a market presence
and acceptability at a financing cost acceptable to the authority. Participating
local governments were required to
have an A rating or better from either
Standard &amp; Poor's Corp. or Moody's
Investors Service for their utility systems
or general obligation indebtedness.
S e r i e s B is scheduled for issue in
September or October 1985 and will be
for localities lacking sufficient credit
standing to be able to access capital
markets without credit enhancements.
They may be less than A rated or nonrated. Volume will be based on demand
and projects will be selected on the
basis of environmental and financial criteria. Applications for this issue will be
taken in May, however, letters of request are accepted at any time.
The function of the authority is to provide credit assistance to local governments through a central borrowing
agency. T h e focus is to achieve economies in marketing of local government
securities by pooling their relatively unknown credits into a large bond issue
designed to reach a national market.
Obligations of the authority do not
constitute a pledge of the full faith and
credit of the commonwealth but rather
the moral obligation of the commonwealth, and legislation establishes a
mechanism for the state to provide appropriations on an annual basis to make
up for any shortfall in capital reserve
funds created to secure outstanding
loans. T h e authority's bonds are payable in the first instance by the user fees
of the participating localities, and local
governments are obligated to the authority to the extent of their borrowing.
The authority is governed by a board
of directors which includes Edwin J o s e p h , Hampton, chairman; J . Lewis
Rawls Jr., Suffolk, vice chairman; Robert H. Callis Jr., Virginia Beach; Richard
D. Collins, Richmond; Eugene S . Hearl,
Grundy; and Patricia C . Watt, McLean.
Ex-officio members of the board include
C. J . Boehm, state treasurer; Richard N.
Burton, executive director of the State
Water Control Board; and J a m e s B.
Kenley, state health commissioner.
The national investment banking firm,
Kidder, Peabody &amp; Co. Inc., serves a s
financial advisor to the authority and
formulates rules and regulations for the

selection of projects for e a c h bond
issue. Intended bond issues will be announced in the Virginia Register and
through public advertising and mailouts.
A citizens advisory subcommittee
was formed in January 1985 to provide
additional input to the authority on localities' needs. Representatives from several statewide organizations, including
the Virginia Municipal League, serve on
the subcommittee and meet regularly to
a d v i s e the authority. C h i n c o t e a g u e
Mayor Anthony Stasio represents VML
on this subcommittee.
Other organizations represented on
the subcommittee include the Virginia
Association of Counties, the Consulting
Engineers Council of Virginia, the Department of Health, the Department of
Housing &amp; Community Development,
the E c o n o m i c Development Administration, the F a r m e r s Home Administration, the State Water Control Board,
the Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions, the Virginia Governmental Finance Officers Association,
the Virginia Society of Professional E n gineers and the Virginia Water Project
Inc.
The authority is working closely with
other agencies, both state and federal,
to ensure that money loaned by the
authority is put to the best use. Some of
these agencies include the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, the
Environmental Protection Agency and
the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. In
addition, the authority is participating in
Gov. Robb's C h e s a p e a k e Bay Initiatives. Funds have tieen made available through the initiatives to assist in
areas such a s infiltration, inflow abatement and d e c h l o r i n a t i o n . Initiative
money cannot be used in meeting local
share of construction costs under E P A ,
and when initiative money is granted,
localities must supply 4 5 percent in
matching funds.
The authority plans to issue bonds
once or perhaps twice a year if time
allows. While the authority cannot solve
all water and sewer infrastructure problems in the commonwealth, it will serve
to lessen the burden on local governments a s it provides assistance in meeting safe water requirements and economic growth needs through its loan
programs.
For more information about the authority, call or write Shockley D. Gardner
Jr., Executive Director, Virginia Water
and Sewer Assistance Authority, P.O.
Box 1300, Richmond, VA 23210; (804)
788-8174.
About the Authors
Christy Everson is director of communications for the Virginia f\/1unicipal League
and editor of VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY. Katherine Tracy is administrative assistant for
the Virginia Water and Sewer
Assistance
Authority.

Vii^inia's
Consulting
Engineers
The following Consulting Engineers
Council of Virginia member firms
sponsored the ad on the facing page.
Anderson &amp; Associates, Inc.
Blacksburg, Virginia
Austin Brockenbrough &amp;
Associates
Chester, Virginia
The C E G G Partnership
Virginia Beach, Virginia
C E K , Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Clean Water Engineers, Inc.
Fincastle, Virginia
The DeYoung-Johnson Group, Inc.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Guy &amp; Davis, Consulting Engineers
Burke, Virginia
Harris, Norman &amp; Giles
Richmond, Virginia
Hayes, Seay, Mattern &amp; Mattern
Roanoke, Virginia
Hoggard-Eure Associates
Portsmouth, Virginia
IVIattern &amp; Craig Consulting
Engineers
Roanoke, Virginia
Roache, IVIercer &amp; Faison, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Rollins &amp; Associates, P.O.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
R. Stuart Royer &amp; Associates, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
R. L. Sutherland, Jr.,
Geotechnical Engineer
Abingdon, Virginia
Mathew J . Thompson, III,
Consulting Engineer, Inc.
Newport News, Virginia
Thompson &amp; Litton, Inc.
Wise, Virginia
Vansant &amp; Gusler, Inc.
Norfolk, Virginia
VVKR, Incorporated
Alexandria, Virginia
Richard L. Williams
Consulting Engineer, Inc.
Roanoke, Virginia
McKinney and Walker
Ashland, Virginia

�ENGINEERING IS AN
INGENIOUS INGREDIENT

Henrico County Government Center

Especially
in selecting
a site.

Site selection can hinge on engineering
decisions. Will the earth and site typography
require excessive excavation and foundation
expenditures? Will the water supply be adequate
five years from now? Will waste treatment and
environmental requirements pose a problem?
Only qualified, independent engineers can
give you the objective, accurate answers to these
pre-selection questions...just as only specialized,
independent engineers can provide the structural
safety efficient operation, and human comfort
components of the facility itself.
For a list by states of ACEC qualified
engineering firms, and a new illustrated brochure
on the services they offer, write to
Consulting Engineers Council of Virginia, Inc.
611 Research Road
Richmond, VA 23236
(Telephone 804-794-6822)

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By Kevin G. Quinn

"Under the appropriate circumstances, privatization can be the most
cost effective method available to government for providing public
services."
The high cost of construction, capital
and professional services for public facilities in recent years has caused state
and local officials to explore the variety
of new financing alternatives to fixed
rate general obligation bonds. Variable
rate tax-exempt debt, taxable and taxexempt leases, lease-purchase obligations, short term financing designed
to enhance arbitrage income, bond
bank and other forms of pooled revenue
bond financing, and privatization are being used in some localities and closely
examined in others. Of all of these, privatization is perhaps the most unconventional and complicated and the most
difficult to evaluate in terms of risk and
reward.
Privatization involves the investment
in and the ownership and operation of
public facilities by private business.
Typically, a combination of equity capital and tax-exempt debt serve as a
source of funds for these projects.
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project is partially due to its novelty as a
financing and operating vehicle for certain types of capital projects. The concepts of private ownership, operation
and financing that underlie privatization
have long been accepted in areas of
transportation, communication, solid
waste disposal and public power within
the United States. However, state and
local government and the financial
community have only recently begun to
examine this financing and operating
technique in areas of water supply.

wastewater treatment, education and
criminal correction.
Evaluating privatization is also difficult because of the web of financial,
legal, political, technological and operational considerations involved in the
development and operation of public
facilities by private firms.

Financial Considerations
The financial aspects of privatization
are the most compelling. A properly
structured privatization transaction can
generate cost savings for the public
ranging from 15 percent to 40 percent of
the cost of a comparable project financed and owned directly by the state
or local government. Not all capital projects, however, are financially suitable
candidates for privatization.
The primary advantage of privatization is the ability of private investors to
realize substantial federal and state income tax benefits not directly available
to government and to share those benefits with the government in developing
a price for construction and operation of
the facility. These benefits include depreciation, investment tax credits, energy tax c r e d i t s , rehabilitation tax
credits, debt sea'ice expense and other
expenses incurred in construction, operation and maintenance. The size of
these benefits can be magnified for the
mutual benefit of the investors and the
public through the use of tax-exempt or
taxable debt. Realization of these benefits requires careful and detailed finan-

cial and legal consultation as recent tax
legislation substantially limits privatization transactions designed primarily for
the transfer of tax benefits.
Tax Limitations
Both the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1983 (TEFRA) and
the Tax Reform Act of 1984 (TRA) impose numerous obstacles to transactions between public and private entities premised solely on the transfer of
tax benefits. Nonetheless, privatization
transactions in which a private firm actively and continuously provides a service to state and local government continue to be viable if properly structured.
Several major tax-related constraints
to structuring viable privatization transactions exist. The determination that a
transaction is a lease will generally result in the private firm's loss of any investment or energy tax credit as well as
loss or substantial reduction of depreciation claimed under ACRS. Thus in
privatization transactions in which public and private parties desire to optimize
tax benefits, it is essential to avoid a
transaction structure which could be
characterized by the Internal Revenue
Service as a lease.
If on the other hand investors form a
company to own and operate a facility or
provide a service to the public sector
under a service agreement, the investors can claim the most favorable depreciation and tax credits for property used
in connection with the service agreement. TRA outlines the standards to

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consider in structuring a true service
agreement arrangement.
Even if an arrangement qualifies a s a
service agreement, thie tax benefits allowable to investors are limited by the
"at-risk" rules introduced with the adoption of T E F R A . These rules generally
limit a taxpayer's deductions and tax
credits to the amount of his economic
risk. T h e c o n s e q u e n t e x p o s u r e of
investors to the cost of financing a privatization project may discourage individual investment. Corporations whose
stock is widely held are not subject to the
"at risk" rules, therefore the market for
equity investment in privatization transactions will for the meantime be largely
institutional.
Consequently, in evaluating a project
for privatization potential, it is useful to
identify the degree of interest the project
might draw. T o d a y , solid w a s t e / r e source recovery facilities and wastewater treatment facilities are particularly
attractive to engineering, construction
and investment firms a s privatization
candidates.
The availability of industrial revenue
bond financing will be a key consideration in the success or failure of a privatization transaction. Most facilities qualify
for general obligation or revenue bond
financing if owned and operated directly
by the local government, and it is important in developing a competitive financing alternative that the availability
of tax-exempt financing for the project
be preserved.
While most privatization projects
qualify under federal, state and local

rules for IDB financing, the limited availability of such financing as a result of the
"volume c a p " contained in T R A may
substantially delay or deter such projects. T h e volume cap limits each state
to a specific amount of tax-exempt financing equal to the greater of $150
($100 starting in 1986) multiplied by the
population of the state, or $200 million.
Given these tax benefits and limitations, the best privatization projects
are equipment intensive rather than
structure intensive, involve new construction or facilities, can be operated as
an enterprise separate and distinct from
related facilities of the community and
qualify for tax-exempt financing.
Construction Cost and Time
Efficiencies
In the development and construction
of a public service facility, government
often faces numerous restrictions and
obstacles which could be avoided by
having a private entity build the same
facility for private ownership and operation. T h e s e restrictions and obstacles,
though well-meaning in most c a s e s ,
have the effect of significantly increasing a project's cost. They include the
following:
— voter approval of the project, of the
location of the project and of the financing of the project;
— public procurement requirements for
designers, architects, engineers,
builders and contractors;
— laws requiring the use of union labor;
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— laws and regulations which impose
excessive quality standards, engineering and redundancy.
To the extent that a particular facility
can be built by a private owner/operator
in a manner which avoids many of the
above obstacles, the facility may be a
good candidate for privatization.
Vendor cost allowances. Frequently,
vendors are willing to participate a s
partners in projects being developed
and built with their services, materials or
equipment. Such vendors can include
designers, architects, engineers, contractors, builders and equipment manufacturing concerns. B e c a u s e vendors
often realize tax benefits and long term
cash flow through an ownership position, they are often willing to reduce the
price of their product or service to the
project, thus helping to reduce overall
project cost.
Operating cost efficiencies. Private
owners of a facility have a clear incentive to operate efficiently — profit. The
concept of operating within a clearly
defined budget, a function of facility revenues, operating costs and targeted
return on investment, is difficult for many
public entities because of the wide variety of subsidies and financial disincentives which they face.
A private entity operating a facility
under a service agreement for a community will undoubtedly be locked into a
negotiated and relatively fixed revenue
stream coming from the project and will
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T h i s c a n be a c c o m p l i s h e d through
worker incentives, more effective management and supervision, and economies of scale in materials cost and labor.
To the extent that a private entity operates a facility more efficiently over time,
the consumer should be able to realize a
portion of the resulting economic benefit
in the form of lower user charges.
Preservation of debt capacity. T h e
substantial proliferation of infrastructure
financing needs is already testing the
debt capacity of many governments
throughout the United States. The general cost of employing management,
staff and labor to supervise procurement for and operation of many public
facilities exacerbates the financial burden of the facilities. Through privatization, a community can relieve itself of the
fiscal burden of financing the construction, operation and maintenance of such
facilities. In addition, service charges for
the private operation of the facility can
be passed on to the consumer by direct
billing or included in general property or
user taxes.
Design and specification
efficiencies. Another major theme of privatization is the sizing and design of facilities
in close conformity with the current
needs and financial abilities of the community. This goal can be achieved in
part by identifying those needs in a request for proposal and permitting a private firm to use its resources and creativity to develop the most cost efficient
project design and specifications.

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privatization projects are generally procurement laws and political resistance
to the concept. Under many state and
local government contract regulations,
negotiated or long-term operating constraints are not allowed, and general
advertising of projects and competitive
bids are required. Such requirements
often thwart or frustrate the use of discretion and subjective judgment in s e lecting the firm or firms best qualified to
service the community.
Because of the unique nature of many
privatization projects, negotiated, exigency or sole-source provisions in such
regulations can sometimes be interpreted to permit exceptions for privatization projects. T o the extent that procurement laws are sufficiently flexible to
permit the selection of qualified and
competent firms through a negotiated
process, it is essential that the public
entity have a well defined selection process.
Requests for qualifications and requests for proposals are an essential
component of this process. In particular,
the R F P should be detailed in its de-

scription of the project, the scope of
services to be provided, the performance standards of the community and
the extent of financial commitment required for the project.
In pursuing a privatization project,
government officials are well advised to
involve competent financial, legal, tax
and technical advisors at an early stage
to assist in the development of project
R F Q s and R F P s , the selection of a proposed owner/operator, the negotiation
of the terms of the transaction and the
establishment of " b e n c h m a r k " construction and operating costs against
which to compare the proposals of private firms.
Other major legal considerations in
evaluating privatization candidates include the extent of present or future
public sector regulation of the facility,
the availability of permits to a private
firm necessary to own and operate the
facility and the impact of privatizing the
facility on existing contractual relationships.

Political Considerations
In addition to loss of operating control
over a facility, there is often public resistance to privatization projects for economic, health and general welfare reasons. One frequent contention is that
under a phvatization arrangement, the
public faces the prospect of paying for a
facility t w i c e , first through s e r v i c e
charges and again at the expiration of
the service agreement when it exercises
its option to purchase the facility. (Under
tax laws, if the facility were to be repurchased, it would have to be at a price
equaling fair market value.)
Other c o n c e r n s are the ability of
a private owner/operator to pass operation and maintenance e x p e n s e s
through to the public in its s e r v i c e
charges and the government's ability to
regulate such variable expenses. A third
consideration is the impact of private
ownership and operation on the general
health and welfare of the community.
The development of satisfactory answers to such considerations is often
essential to commencing the privatization process. A thorough investigation of
health risks, potential political problems
and "hidden costs" a s well a s methods
for insuring or avoiding such concerns
should always be conducted in advance
of undertaking a privatization project. If
the community is committed to privatization of a facility, such concerns are often
best handled on a negotiated basis between the public entity which will regulate the privatized facility and the private
owner/operator. It should be noted that
while public commissions have traditionally been created to monitor and
regulate certain public facilities, negotiate variable costs on behalf of the

community and conduct public hearings
and audits, this type of regulatory format
can significantly erode the time and cost
savings inherent in privatizing a facility
or system.

Technological Factors
Projects and facilities that have proven technologies and operating systems
are generally more attractive privatization candidates due to the ease with
which their financing can be obtained.
For many years, resource recovery facilities were the subject of widespread
skepticism because of the failure of
several such projects built in the 1970s
to operate properly. Such skepticism
made it extremely difficult to structure
viable financings for this type of project.
The improved track record of such
facilities in the 1980s has helped significantly in terms of attracting private
equity and debt financing. On the other
hand, private ownership and operation
of correctional facilities is a relatively
novel concept for which there is relatively little experience. It will take several
years to definitely a s s e s s the ability of
the private sector to successfully manage and operate such facilities.
Conversely, the privatization of projects incorporating more advanced technologies may be more attractive under
certain c i r c u m s t a n c e s than conventional forms of financing and operation.
In one recent example, a firm which
developed an advanced wastewater
treatment technology and produced
some of the equipment employed has
offered a privatization arrangement
which includes certain operating guara n t e e s . From the standpoint of the
government involved, the reduction in
risk for such advanced technologies
(due to the operation guaranties) is a s
important as the reduction in cost.
In general, if the facility involved is in
an area of proven technology, it is advisable to select a firm that is a leader or
innovator in such technology and which
is willing to share with the public economies realized through future innovation
and technological improvements.

Operational Considerations
Facilities which are labor intensive,
require sophisticated management and
staff, or offer substantial economies of
scale to a private firm already operating
similar facilities are good privatization
candidates from an operational perspective. T h e major corporate sponsor(s) of the private owner/operator of
the facility should always be willing to
guarantee the operation of the facility to
specified standards. The service contract between the community and the
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achieved, esp. by skill, work, coiarage,
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a great or heroic deed; a feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness
award (Q word') - vt. 1.
to give as a resiiLt of judging; to grant
or declare as merited or due; to bestow for performance or quality; to
assign as the result of careful consideration, as to competitors i n any
c o n t e s t - 2 1 . 1. a judgement, or decision S. something awarded, a
prize
call for entries
. . . . The 1985 Virginia Municipal
League Achievement Awards
Program

�RLclunond. . . . The Virginia Municipal League announced
today the opening of its 1985
Achievement Awards Competition and all VML local
governments are urged to enter.
Has your locality successfully
completed a program or project
this year? Then you could be a
winner i n the 1985 VML
Achievement Awards Competition. I t doesn't matter if you
represent a small town or a
large city or county. There are
categories for each, and it's
quality the Judges w i l l be looking for. Twelve awards w i l l be
offered, so start working on
your entry now.
What has your locality accomplished this year? Why not
tell us about it?
Purpose

The goal of

the annual VML Achievement
Awards Program is to recognize and encourage innovation
and excellence i n local
government i n Virginia. The
program provides the opportunity for VML member governments and their officials and
employees to receive deserved
recognition by their peers and
various publics for superior
and innovative efforts i n the
profession of local government.
I n addition, the program provides a means of sharing the
best public service ideas i n Virginia, a forum whereby all
those i n local government can
learn. And, we hope by sharing
our winning entries with the
public that we are building an
image of Virginia's local
governments, their officials and
their employees as being competent and caring.
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Basic qualifications. . . . A locality must be a

member of the Virginia Municipal League to enter the
competition. Entries must describe programs or projects
brought to conclusion or showing significant results between
January 1, 1984 and A p r i l 30,
1985. Each entry must have a
cover page bearing the project
or program title, the category
of entry, the locality's name

and the signature of the chief
elected official. A l l entries must
be typed double spaced and
should not exceed eight pages.
Black and white photos, art,
news clippings, tables or
charts, etc. may be attached as
an appendix. Three complete
copies of each entry must be
submitted.

Presentation.... Al-

though the presentation of
your entry w i l l not be the most
important consideration of the
judges, it w i n count. Therefore,
your entry should have a neat
appearance and should be
clearly written. We suggest an
introduction to Include background information such as the
need for your project or program, the origination of your
project or program, a statement of your objectives or goals
and other pertinent information. The major portion of
the entry should clearly explain how your project was
carried out or how your program operates, and the conclusion should clearly explain
the results and/or any potential
future Impact. How your project was financed and staffed
should also be included.

Categories. . . . Twelve

awards are available, one for
towns and one for cities and
counties i n each of the six
areas that parallel VML's policy
committees. Localities may enter i n all six categories but
only once i n each category. The
categories are as follows:
Commtmity Development. . . . Any program to improve the physical or economic
vitality of the community, such
as business development, construction projects, housing
projects, urban renewal, downtown revltallzatlon or neighborhood development.
Effective Government. . . . Any program to improve the operation of government, such as management
programs, employee programs
or financial programs.

Environmental Quality. . . . Any program to improve the environment such as
beautification programs, planning and land use programs,
sanitation programs, water or
energy programs, preservation
programs.
Htiman Development. . . .
Any program to aid the community's citizens, such as educational programs, social service programs, employment
programs, and recreational
programs.
Public Safety. . . . Any
program to improve security in
the community, such as court
programs, law enforcement
programs, fire and rescue programs or emergency preparedness.
Transportation. . . . Any
program to improve or develop
transportation, such as traffic
management, road and sidewalk improvements, public
transit.

The judging

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The award

winners

tries w i n be reviewed by a VML
screening committee and
judged by a panel of three individuals selected for their competence and experience i n the
field of local government. The
judges may elect not to make
an award i n a category should
they deem none worthy, or they
may elect to present a tie
award.
w i n be presented with the VML
Achievement Award Pyramid
Trophy and w i l l be recognized
at the VML Annual Conference
i n September. I n addition,
summaries of the winning entries w i l l be published i n the
September issue of V i r g i n i a
Town fi* City.

The deadline.... Aii en

tries should be mailed to VML
Achievement Awards, P.O. Box
753, Richmond, VA S3206 and
must be postmarked by A p r i l
30, 1985. A l l entries become
the property of the Virginia
Municipal League.

Questions. . . . Contact
Christy Everson i n the VML Office at (804) 649-8471.

�Thirteen East Franklin
Lawrence A. Davies, VML President . . . "It is a real blessing to us that it has been made available. It's in a stable, growing
area, partly because of the renovation of the nearby Jefferson Hotel and other facilities in that area. The location is outstanding.
It's near the downtown area and close enough to the Capitol and
hotels and meeting places there. I just think the conditions under
which it became available are slightly miraculous, having been
almost promised to another organization but our offer being more
acceptable to the seller. And, it will require a minimum of renovation to be acceptable to us. Everyone I have spoken with is very
pleased."

Samuel W. Adams III, Chairman, Building Committee,
VML First Vice President . . . ' 7 am extremely excited about
the entire deal. Our committee really feels remaining logistically
close to the state Capitol and being in the downtown area fulfills
our primary prerequisite. Secondly, we like the idea of finding a
building with parking spaces available behind the building, onstreet parking and a public parking deck nearby. So many of us
come from out of town to meetings at the league. The location of
the building on a block listed in the National Historical Register is
also very pleasing, and in a neighborhood being revitalized with
the Jefferson nearby, Glave Newman building across the street
and the Garden Club of Virginia right there . . . it's a very pleasant
neighborhood. As a banker, I can say that the financing could not
be any better. I'm only thankful to the attorneys who made it possible to assume the loan in the original deed of trust. In today's
market, this is a gift from heaven for us. We were extremely fortunate to be able to assume the mortgage, and I would like to give
our executive director and past and current executive committee
members plaudits for having the foresight to have on hand and to
be able to pay down the cash going into the building.
We were ready and in an extremely favorable position. We will actually be saving money considering the future we faced with rental space had we remained in our present location. The building itself is very beautiful and affords additional space for the staff in very pleasant surroundings. It
is truly a building that all the members of the league can be proud of."
R. Michael Amyx, VML Executive Director . . . "To find a
building of this vintage and in such sound structural condition, appropriate for league use and at the same time with room for future
expansion and affordable, it's an opportunity too good to pass up.
The features and components came together so well; its a perfect
match for the league. The league is acquiring a symbolic as well
as practical headquarters and at the same time stablizing a major
component of its operating budget. Most leagues that have undertaken the purchase or construction of a permanent headquarters
have had to undergo an extensive dues assessment process to pay
for the building. VML has had what amounts to a 'sweetheart
lease,' having signed it nine years ago. Now to acquire a permanent headquarters at a cost comparable to what we are paying
today, it's an awfully good proposition for the league."
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Sometime late in the month of May,
moving vans will pull up outside the VML
Office. Files and folders will be packed
away, and all will be moved to 13 E .
Franklin St. as the Virginia Municipal
L e a g u e c l o s e s one c h a p t e r in its
80-year history and opens another.
When the papers are signed on April 1,
1 9 8 5 , V M L will join 24 other state
leagues in owning their own office building.
The move makes history not only because of the purchase of a permanent
headquarters but also because of the
change in location. Since early in the
league's establishment, it has operated
from the 1000 block of East Main Street
in Richmond, first out of the law office of
Morton L. Wallerstein in the Travelers
Building just a c r o s s the street from
VML's present location, later from offices in thai same building and since
1975 from the current location in the
Ironfronts Building at 1011 E . Main St.
The new location, however, a s so
happily pointed out by all involved, continues a downtown presence for the
league just nine blocks from the state
Capitol. As indicated by S a m Adams,
VML first vice president and chairman of
the building committee, this fulfills one of
the major directives of the building
c o m m i t t e e , a directive w h i c h c o n sidering the marketplace might not have
been easily accomplished.
For those unfamiliar with the Richmond a r e a , downtown Richmond is
growing. With three a r e a s of c o n centrated development right in the heart
of downtown, the cost of office space is
rapidly increasing. In fact, VML's present annual lease expenditures were
expected to double upon expiration in
June 1986 and to continue to increase in
the range of 5 percent to 7 percent every
year thereafter. With a modest increase
in floor space at the present site, an
option the league had been considering,
the league was looking at an estimated
annual lease cost of $93,431 by 1991 a s
opposed to its current annual expense
of $27,500.

was also a high priority among the directives of the building committee. Happily, it seems this prayer too has been
answered with the purchase of the new
building.
Six private parking s p a c e s are located behind the building, metered parking is available throughout the area and
several public parking lots are located
just blocks away.
Proximity to the Capitol and parking
too! As VML President (and Pastor of
Old Site Shiloh Baptist) Lawrence Davies said, it's "slightly miraculous!"
It s e e m s almost sinful that there's
more. The financial aspects of the purchase, according to Adams, a banker,
"could not be any better."
Two years ago, members of the VML
E x e c u t i v e Committee established a
"building fund" with the league's surplus
funds and made it policy that the annual
budget surplus equaling 15 percent of
the present year budget would go into a
operating budget contingency fund and
the remainder would go into the VML
Building Fund. VML also had initiated a
building search committee seven years
ago, but efforts were interrupted in 1979
and 1980 because of unfavorable market conditions.
The VML Building Fund was a key
factor in the purchase of the building.
Another offer was already pending on
the building when VML Executive Director R. Michael Amyx first saw it advertised for sale in the newspaper, but because VML w a s able to pay down cash
from the building fund to assume the
loan, VML's offer was accepted. What's
more, VML was able to assume a 9 %
percent fixed rate mortgage. T h e estimated annual cost to own and maintain
the building, including mortgage, taxes,
insurance, utilities, custodial services,
pest control, security/alarm services,
etc., is expected to amount to $26,000, a
cost less than current l e a s e e x penditures. By the year 2005, the balance of the $265,000 selling price will be
paid in full and VML will own the property
outright.

Another consequence of downtown
Richmond's development has become
the outcry for parking, quickly becoming
a rarity in the downtown area. Recent
local trivia cites " a downtown parking
space and tickets to a Redskins' game"
as absolutely the two most sought after
items in Richmond, and indeed, parking

The new headquarters not only appears to grant all the wishes on the VML
building wish list, but also will continue
to house the league in a style and atmos p h e r e befitting its reputation and
stature. T h e building has served for the
past ten years as home to the law firm of
Thompson &amp; McMullen. A row house

circa 1840, it is listed in the National
Register of Historic Places, a s is the
entire block and much of the entire district which at one time was one of Richmond's most fashionable residential
areas.
Located just across the street are the
Garden Club of Virginia in the KentValentine House and the well-known
Mrs. Morton's T e a Room. Linden Row,
one block east, is known a s one of the
finest collections of Greek revival townhouses. The entire district abounds with
architectural significance.
Early records show the area was once
part of Rutherfoord's Addition, purchased in 1794 by the Scottish merchant who operated cotton and tobacco
factories. Rutherfoord later sold parcels
of his land to his friends and Shockoe
business associates. Edwin Wortham
built 13 East Franklin in 1846-47 and
maintained it as his residence.
Increasing the area's present status,
the architectural firm of Glave, Newman,
A n d e r s o n h a s a n n o u n c e d plans to
renovate one building and build another
to house their offices and The Engineers
Club across the street from the 13 East
Franklin. And to add to the excitement,
the old Jefferson Hotel with all its pinnacles and spires, home of the famous
"Gone With the Wind" staircase, is just
two blocks west and currently undergoing a $35 million renovation. The Jefferson is expected to open in December
with its fountains in the lobby flowing
and filled with brass alligators replacing
the live ones of yesteryear.
Thirteen East Franklin Street offers
the league 4,800 square feet on three
floors, 1,500 square feet more than current quarters. It offers such amenities as
fireplaces, a beautiful stairway, larger
individual offices, five bathrooms and a
small courtyard.
T h e building does need some refurbishing; carpeting will be pulled up
and replaced, floors polished, new light
fixtures installed and a new coat of paint
applied. And, when we're all spruced up
and polished, you will be invited to our
dedication ceremony — at 13 E a s t
Franklin, headquarters of the VML,
1985. We hope you will join us in
the celebration.
About the Author
Christy Everson is VML's director of communications and editor of VIRGINIA TOWN &amp;
CITY.

�Legislative Report
$165 million added to education funding
as V M L ends good legislative year
On S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g , F e b . 2 3 , tf^e 1 985 V i r g i n i a G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
b r o u g h t to a c l o s e i t s 4 6 - d a y s e s s i o n .
A h a n d f u l o f i s s u e s consumed
much o f t h e e n e r g y and t i m e o f t h i s y e a r ' s s h o r t s e s s i o n ; i s s u e s such
a s t h e c o a l s l u r r y p i p e l i n e , t h e m i n i n g o f u r a n i u m , r i g h t s of the
h a n d i c a p p e d , c o n s e n t f o r a b o r t i o n s and changes to t h e r o a d f i n a n c i n g
f o r m u l a were a t c e n t e r s t a g e a t v a r i o u s p o i n t s d u r i n g the s e s s i o n . A
t o t a l o f 1,355 b i l l s or r e s o l u t i o n s were i n t r o d u c e d t h i s y e a r , and 244
were c a r r i e d o v e r from t h e 1984 s e s s i o n .
A t o t a l o f 8 5 5 , or about 50
p e r c e n t , were p a s s e d and s e n t to t h e g o v e r n o r f o r h i s s i g n a t u r e .
F o r V i r g i n i a l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s i t was an e v e n t f u l s e s s i o n . A
number o f VML l e g i s l a t i v e g o a l s had t h e i r day b e f o r e t h e G e n e r a l
A s s e m b l y . Two s u c h g o a l s were c o n s i d e r e d o f top p r i o r i t y .
E a r l y in
t h e s e s s i o n S e n a t e J o i n t R e s o l u t i o n 28 was w i t h d r a w n by t h e c h i e f
p a t r o n , as o p p o s i t i o n by a h o s t o f a s s o c i a t i o n s s u c h as VML r a i s e d
m a j o r c o n c e r n a s to t h e a d v i s a b i l i t y o f a p p r o v i n g t h e s t a t e
a p p r o p r i a t i o n l i m i t i n g measure w h i c h would have t i e d t h e r a t e of
g r o w t h i n s t a t e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s to t h e e s t i m a t e d r a t e o f growth of the
s t a t e economy.
V M L ' s o t h e r major l e g i s l a t i v e g o a l was to s u p p o r t f u l l f u n d i n g o f
t h e s t a t e ' s s h a r e of t h e a c t u a l c o s t of t h e e d u c a t i o n a l S t a n d a r d s o f
Q u a l i t y , w i t h a 1 p e r c e n t s a l e s t a x i n c r e a s e s u g g e s t e d as a means of
achieving this goal.
A l t h o u g h s e v e r a l b i l l s were i n t r o d u c e d to
i n c r e a s e t h e s a l e s t a x , none made i t out o f c o m m i t t e e .
B u t , the 1985
s e s s i o n b r o u g h t e n c o u r a g i n g news i n t h i s c r i t i c a l a r e a .
In his "State
o f t h e Commonwealth A d d r e s s " to t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y on J a n . 9 , Gov.
Robb r e v e a l e d t h a t he w i l l p r o p o s e f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e f u l l f u n d i n g o f
t h e s t a t e ' s s h a r e o f t h e SOQs i n t h e 1 9 8 6 - 8 8 b i e n n i a l budget f o r
c o n s i d e r a t i o n by t h e 1986 G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y .
More good news came l a t e r i n t h e s e s s i o n .
When adopted i n the
c l o s i n g h o u r s o f t h e s e s s i o n , t h e r e v i s e d f i s c a l y e a r 1 9 8 5 - 8 6 budget
r e f l e c t e d a s t r o n g commitment by t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y to s u p p o r t the
g o v e r n o r ' s p r o p o s a l as n e w l y added f u n d s t o t a l i n g $ 1 5 . 2 m i l l i o n
b r o u g h t the s t a t e ' s SOQ s h a r e , a c c o r d i n g to s t a t e c a l c u l a t i o n s , to
90 p e r c e n t - - up from 78 p e r c e n t i n f i s c a l y e a r 1 9 8 2 .
This
r e p r e s e n t e d an o v e r a l l $165 m i l l i o n i n c r e a s e ( i n c l u d i n g p r e v i o u s l y
b u d g e t e d amounts f o r f i s c a l y e a r 1 9 8 5 - 8 6 ) o v e r the $855 m i l l i o n i n
b a s i c a i d and f r i n g e b e n e f i t s f o r t h e c u r r e n t budget y e a r or a one
y e a r i n c r e a s e o f 19 p e r c e n t .
T h i s i s t h e l a r g e s t one y e a r i n c r e a s e i n
p u b l i c education aid in f i f t e e n y e a r s .
In assessing this significant
a c c o m p l i s h m e n t VML P r e s i d e n t L a w r e n c e A. D a v i e s n o t e d , " a l l l o c a l i t i e s
a r e e n c o u r a g e d to p u b l i c l y t h a n k t h e i r G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y members f o r
t h i s o u t s t a n d i n g a c t i o n and r e c o g n i t i o n of the i m p o r t a n c e t h a t p u b l i c
e d u c a t i o n p l a y s i n t h e w e l f a r e of t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h . "

�V i r g i n i a ' s l o c a l i t i e s also r e a l i z e d s i g n i f i c a n t gains in other
a r e a s of the r e v i s e d budget f o r f i s c a l y e a r 1985-85.
Key b u d g e t
actions
included:
* ABC P r o f i t s . A p p r o p r i a t e d an a d d i t i o n a l $ 7 3 3 , 0 0 0 i n t h e
current
f i s c a l y e a r and $ 1 , 0 6 7 , 0 0 0 n e x t y e a r f o r t h e l o c a l s h a r e o f t h e
a l c o h o l i c b e v e r a g e c o n t r o l p r o f i t s , b a s e d on r e v i s e d
estimates.
* Water Q u a l i t y C o n s t r u c t i o n .
A p p r o p r i a t e d $3.3 m i l l i o n
a s s i s t a n c e t o l o c a l i t i e s t o meet w a t e r q u a l i t y n e e d s .

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* B a s i c Aid for P u b l i c E d u c a t i o n .
As n o t e d , p r o v i d e d f u n d s to
i n c r e a s e t h e p e r p u p i l amount i n b a s i c a i d f o r p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n
$ 1 , 9 0 1 f r o m $ 1 , 7 7 6 and i n c r e a s e d t o 57 p o s i t i o n s t h e number o f
i n s t r u c t i o n a l p e r s o n n e l p e r 1,000
students.
* D e i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z a t i o n Funds.
A p p r o p r i a t e d $1 m i l l i o n f o r
c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e s b o a r d s to d e a l w i t h t h e l o c a l i m p a c t o f
deinstitutionalization.

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* Homes f o r A d u l t s .
P r o v i d e d $ 8 8 6 , 0 0 0 i n a d d i t i o n a l f u n d s to i n c r e a s e
the s t a t e ' s s h a r e of the c o s t of a u x i l i a r y g r a n t s f o r r e s i d e n t s of
homes f o r a d u l t s t o 70 p e r c e n t .
* Local Welfare Administrative
Cost.
Added $3.9 m i l l i o n to p r o v i d e
p e r c e n t r e i m b u r s e m e n t by t h e s t a t e B o a r d o f S o c i a l S e r v i c e s to
l o c a l i t i e s f o r the c o s t of a d m i n i s t e r i n g
f o o d s t a m p s and o t h e r
f i n a n c i a l a s s i s t a n c e programs.

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* C o n t i n g e n c y Fund.
P a r t o f t h e a d o p t e d $16.5
b i l l i o n r e v i s e d budget
f o r 1 9 8 4 - 8 6 e s t a b l i s h e d a $70 m i l l i o n c o n t i n g e n c y fund to o f f s e t
f e d e r a l budget c u t s .
Any r e s e r v e s l e f t f o r t h e 1 9 8 6 - 8 8 b u d g e t c y c l e
were p l e d g e d f o r p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n .
The o n l y
b u d g e t was
government

s i g n i f i c a n t d i s a p p o i n t m e n t found i n the r e v i s e d 1984-86
t h e f a i l u r e o f t h e s t a t e t o pay t h e c o s t o f t e s t i n g l o c a l
w a t e r s a m p l e s a t an e s t i m a t e d a n n u a l c o s t o f $ 2 9 6 , 0 0 0 .

A n o t h e r l e g i s l a t i v e p r i o r i t y of the league concluded i n
d i s a p p o i n t m e n t a s a b i l l h e l d o v e r f r o m t h e 1984 s e s s i o n (SB
239),
l e g i s l a t i o n to p e r m i t the S t a t e C o r p o r a t i o n Commissions j u r i s d i c t i o n
o v e r l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t t e l e p h o n e r a t e s , was a p p r o v e d i n m i d - J a n u a r y .
A l t h o u g h i t s i m p a c t i s not known, t h e l e a g u e was s u c c e s s f u l i n a d d i n g
an amendment a u t h o r i z i n g t h e SCC t o r e g u l a t e m u n i c i p a l c o r p o r a t i o n s as
a c l a s s s e p a r a t e from b u s i n e s s .
H i s t o r i c a l l y , l o c a l i t i e s ' r a t e s have
been i n c l u d e d i n the b u s i n e s s c l a s s which i s the h i g h e s t r a t e c a t e g o r y
e s t a b l i s h e d by t h e
SCC.
To p r o v i d e a b r i e f o v e r v i e w o f b i l l s i m p a c t i n g l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t
a d d r e s s e d by t h e 1985 G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y , f o l l o w i n g i s a l i s t o f p a s s e d
and f a i l e d b i l l s i d e n t i f i e d by t h e l e a g u e s t a f f .
B i l l s that passed
1985
include:

and,

i n most

instances

will

be

effective July

1,

* HB 817 e s t a b l i s h e s t h e r i g h t s o f p e r s o n s w i t h p h y s i c a l and m e n t a l
d i s a b i l i t i e s and r e o r g a n i z e s
c e r t a i n s t a t e programs s e r v i n g t h e s e
individuals.

�* HB 1 2 6 9 p r o v i d e s a new a l l o c a t i o n f o r m u l a f o r r o a d c o n s t r u c t i o n and
maintenance.
Under t h e b i l l , c i t i e s w i l l g e t a d d i t i o n a l a i d , r u r a l
a r e a s w i l l g e t more f u n d s t o b l a c k t o p u n p a v e d r o a d s and t h e s e c o n d a r y
h i g h w a y s y s t e m w i l l become e l i g i b l e f o r a g r e a t e r s h a r e o f t h e r o a d
c o n s t r u c t i o n d o l l a r as t h e c u r r e n t 5 0 - 2 5 - 2 5 s p l i t i s changed to the
approved 4 0 - 3 0 - 3 0 s p l i t .
Also the s o - c a l l e d 1977 hold harmless
p r o v i s i o n f o r s e c o n d a r y r o a d f u n d i n g was e l i m i n a t e d .
* SB 6 1 5 w h i c h p r o v i d e s f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n o f $ 5 . 3 m i l l i o n i n r o l l i n g
s t o c k t a x t o l o c a l governments e f f e c t i v e J u l y 1 , 1 9 8 7 .
* SB 6 2 3 r e l a x e s t h e p u b l i c n o t i c e r e q u i r e m e n t f o r p u b l i c b o d i e s when
holding a closed meeting to i n t e r v i e w candidates f o r t h e i r c h i e f
administrative officer.
A p u b l i c body d o e s n o t h a v e t o d i s c l o s e t h e
t i m e and p l a c e o f s u c h c l o s e d m e e t i n g s a s l o n g a s i t p u b l i c l y
d i s c l o s e s t h e m e e t i n g w i l l be h e l d d u r i n g t h e n e x t 1 5 d a y p e r i o d .
( E f f e c t i v e on g o v e r n o r ' s s i g n a t u r e . )
* SB 9 a l l o w s
coal trucks.

garbage

trucks

t h e same w e i g h t

exemption

a s cement and

* HB 1 4 7 7 i n c o r p o r a t e s i n t o s t a t u t e c u r r e n t l a n g u a g e i n t h e s t a t e
budget i n c r e a s i n g l o c a l wine t a x p r o f i t s d i s t r i b u t e d to c o u n t i e s ,
c i t i e s and towns t o 4 4 p e r c e n t f r o m 2 2 p e r c e n t .
* HB 1 7 3 4 i s d e s i g n e d t o h e l p l o c a l i t i e s and p u b l i c
educational
i n s t i t u t i o n s a d d r e s s p r o b l e m s c a u s e d by a s b e s t o s i n t h e i r b u i l d i n g s .
By r e m o v i n g t h e s t a t u t e o f l i m i t a t i o n s a s an i s s u e i n a s b e s t o s
cases
b r o u g h t by l o c a l i t i e s o r p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s , t h e b i l l
r e v i v e s a n y t i m e - b a r r e d a c t i o n s and e x t e n d s t h e p e r i o d o f l i m i t a t i o n s
until July 1 , 1990.
* HB 1 6 1 9 p r o v i d e s t h a t l o c a l i t i e s must p a y t h e i r b i l l s i n a prompt
m a n n e r ( w i t h i n 4 5 d a y s o f d e l i v e r y o r a f t e r an i n v o i c e i s r e c e i v e d ,
when no o t h e r c o n t r a c t t e r m i s s e t o u t ) o r be s u b j e c t t o a l a t e c h a r g e
o f up t o 1 p e r c e n t p e r month.
* HB 1 5 9 1 r e q u i r e s l o c a l a s s e s s o r s t o t r e a t open o r common s p a c e i n
c e r t a i n p l a n n e d d e v e l o p m e n t s a s h a v i n g no v a l u e i n i t s e l f .
* U n d e r HB 1 4 3 7 t h e l o c a l c h i e f e x e c u t i v e w i l l be g i v e n w r i t t e n n o t i c e
b e f o r e t h e B u r e a u o f H a z a r d o u s W a s t e Management a u t h o r i z e s t h e
temporary storage or l o c a t i o n of hazardous wastes i n a l o c a l i t y .
HB
1 4 1 9 , r e q u i r e s l o c a l c h i e f e x e c u t i v e s t o be n o t i f i e d o f h a z a r d o u s
waste r e l e a s e s , a l s o passed.
* HB 1 2 2 4 a p p l i e s
large elections.
which passed t h i s
bodies to appoint
position.
The b i l

t o c i t i e s and towns t h a t e l e c t t h e i r mayor i n a t T h e b i l l i m p l e m e n t s a s t a t e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l amendment
p a s t November and s p e c i f i c a l l y a u t h o r i z e s g o v e r n i n g
one o f t h e i r own members t o a v a c a n c y i n t h e m a y o r ' s
l o v e r r i d e s c h a r t e r p r o v i s i o n s to the c o n t r a r y .

* HB 1 0 8 8 r e q u i r e s a p u b l i c h e a r i n g a t l e a s t
a p p o i n t m e n t o f a n y s c h o o l b o a r d member.

seven days p r i o r

to the

* HB 1 7 5 2 p r o v i d e s f o r a maximum i n c r e a s e i n a n n u a l c o m p e n s a t i o n f o r
c i t y m a y o r s and c o u n c i l members o f $ 3 , 0 0 0 more t h a n p r e s e n t maximums
(by p o p u l a t i o n
b r a c k e t s ) a s s e t o u t i n § 1 4 . 1 - 4 7 . 1 and 2 .

�* B o t h SB 5 1 0 and HB 1 1 4 5 e x p a n d t h e a u t h o r i t y to l e v y the t r a n s i e n t
o c c u p a n c y t a x t o a l l c o u n t i e s and i n c l u d e a p r o v i s i o n so t h a t a c o u n t y
may not l e v y t h i s t a x w i t h i n t h e i n c o r p o r a t e d l i m i t s o f any town
w i t h o u t f i r s t o b t a i n i n g a u t h o r i t y from t h e town to do s o .
Also
p r o v i d e d i s t h a t any l o c a l i t y may pay a c o m m i s s i o n to h o t e l or m o t e l
b u s i n e s s e s f o r s e r v i c e c o l l e c t i n g such t a x a t a r a t e no l e s s t h a n 3
p e r c e n t and not g r e a t e r t h a n 5 p e r c e n t . T h e r e i s no new cap c o n t a i n e d
i n t h e s e b i l l s f o r c i t i e s and towns as t h e y c o n t i n u e t o o b t a i n
a u t h o r i t y t o l e v y and s e t t h e r a t e o f such t a x under t h e p r o v i s i o n s of
their charters.
* HB 1 3 7 7 , e s t a b l i s h e s a F i r e P r o g r a m s Fund t o pay f o r f i r e f i g h t e r s '
e q u i p m e n t and t r a i n i n g .
The b i l l w i l l r a i s e a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 5 m i l l i o n
a y e a r by i m p o s i n g a 0 . 8 p e r c e n t s u r c h a r g e on premium income or
s p e c i f i e d k i n d s o f i n s u r a n c e . Of t h e t o t a l , 7 5 p e r c e n t i s to be
a l l o c a t e d t o c o u n t i e s , c i t i e s and towns based on p o p u l a t i o n . A t l e a s t
$ 3 , 0 0 0 , h o w e v e r , would go t o e a c h l o c a l i t y w i t h f i r e s e r v i c e s i n the
s t a t e r e g a r d l e s s of whether i t has a v o l u n t e e r f i r e department, a p a i d
d e p a r t m e n t or a c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h e two.
* The G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y p a s s e d SB 4 9 8 t o a l l o w members o f g o v e r n i n g
b o d i e s o f a c o u n t y , c i t y o r town t o c o n t r a c t w i t h t h e i r g o v e r n i n g body
so l o n g as t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s t r i c t i o n s a r e met:
( 1 ) the c o n t r a c t i s
p r o c u r e d as a r e s u l t of c o m p e t i t i v e s e a l e d b i d d i n g , ( 2 ) t h e g o v e r n i n g
body has e s t a b l i s h e d a need f o r t h e same or s i m i l a r goods t h r o u g h
p u r c h a s e s p r i o r t o t h e members s e r v i n g on the g o v e r n i n g body, ( 3 ) t h e
member has no i n v o l v e m e n t i n t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r
s u c h c o n t r a c t and ( 4 ) t h e r e m a i n i n g members o f t h e g o v e r n i n g body by
w r i t t e n r e s o l u t i o n s t a t e t h a t i t i s i n t h e p u b l i c i n t e r e s t f o r the
member t o b i d on s u c h c o n t r a c t . D i s c l o s u r e and d i s q u a l i f i c a t i o n
r e q u i r e m e n t s of the C o n f l i c t Act c o n t i n u e to apply.
As i s t h e c a s e i n e v e r y s e s s i o n a number o f b i l l s a r e i n t r o d u c e d
w h i c h a r e a d v e r s e t o t h e g o a l s of l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t . P a r t of the r o l e
o f VML i s t o oppose or s e e k amendments to t h e s e m e a s u r e s .
Noteworthy
b i l l s i n t h i s c a t e g o r y which f a i l e d i n c l u d e :
* HB 8 8 0 r e s t r i c t i n g t h e use o f l o c a l government work f o r c e s on p u b l i c
work p r o j e c t s .
(HJR 281 w i l l c o n t i n u e f o r another y e a r the s t a t e
s t u d y o f r e s t r i c t i n g c e r t a i n p u b l i c work p r o j e c t s by l o c a l work
f o r c e s ; h o w e v e r , VML s u c c e e d e d i n h a v i n g t h e p a t r o n amend t h i s
r e s o l u t i o n so t h a t i t would not be expanded to i n c l u d e a r e v i e w of
l o c a l government a c c o u n t i n g p r a c t i c e s . )
* SB 5 5 6 m a k i n g t h e V i r g i n i a T o r t C l a i m s A c t a p p l i c a b l e t o l o c a l i t i e s
and t h e i r e m p l o y e e s on t h e same b a s i s t h a t i t i s c u r r e n t l y a p p l i c a b l e
to the s t a t e government.
* HB 9 4 1 c a r r i e d o v e r from 1 9 8 4 w o u l d h a v e r e q u i r e d l o c a l i t i e s
p r o v i d e p u b l i c s c h o o l t e a c h e r s w i t h a 10 p e r c e n t pay r a i s e .

to

* SB 4 2 2 c a r r i e d o v e r from 1 9 8 4 w o u l d h a v e r e s t r i c t e d l o c a l g o v e r n i n g
b o d i e s from t r a n s f e r r i n g funds t o l o c a l s c h o o l budgets d u r i n g the
course o f the y e a r .
* HB 1 6 7 6 r e q u i r i n g a l l l o c a l l y adopted z o n i n g o r d i n a n c e s to p e r m i t
p l a c e m e n t o f m o b i l e homes i n a l l r u r a l or a g r i c u l t u r a l z o n e s .

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To the readers of
Virginia Town &amp; City

1985
Grovemment
Information
Management
Needs

�SPER^Y
SPERRY

CORPORATION

RO.
BOX 500
BLUE BELL, PA

19424-0024

Dear Government E x e c u t i v e :
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�This survey will help determine
information management needs of
public sector officials throughout
the country.
You c a n receive the results by placing a
check mark on the final box.

! • Please indicate the nature of your public sector service:
• legislative • health care • streets and sanitation • park service
• education • library • police dept. • fire dept. • other
2!* Do you have staff offices in more than one location? DYes
If "Yes," approximately how many?

• No

(it.

Has your agency or office been required to expand its services within the last 12
months? • Yes • No
If "Yes," has your staff increased accordingly? • Yes • No

4.

Please approximate your annual staff turnover:
• 0-5% nS-IO'/o • 10-15% 0 1 5 % or more

5.

How frequently are you required to adjust your operating budget?
• Annually • Semi-annually • Quarterly • Other

6.

How often are your office reports, manuals and other written documents affected by
changes in local, state or federal government legislation?
• frequently • sometimes • seldom

T.

Does your office maintain, update and compile mailing lists as an integral part of its
service performance? • Yes • No

8 »• Do you have a need to centralize records of requests, complaints, and general citizen
feedback? DYes • No
9»

Approximately how many staff members read and edit a major document before it is
approved? 0 1-3 0 4-6 0 7-10 • Other
(over please)

�10.

11.
12.

13.
14.

Please indicate how much of your average working day is involved in the
following activities:
less than 5%

5-10%

reading/research

•

•

11-15%
•

More than 15%
•

writing

•

•

•

•

meetings

•

•

•

•

analysis

•

•

•

•

phone conversations

•

•

•

•

travel

•

•

•

•

Do you need records and information from other government agencies to
conduct your daily operations? • frequently • sometimes • seldom
Which of the following automated functions are you presently using in
your office:

(Have they improved office productivity?)

• word processing

• yes

•

no

•

report generation

• yes

•

no

•

electronic mail

• yes

•

no

•

electronic filing/retrieval

• yes

•

no

•

calendaring

• yes

• no

• yes

• no

• scheduling

As a data processing user, please indicate whether you use:
•

Your own Computer System

Manufacturer

• Service Bureau
Model

If you are not presently using a fully automated office system, please indicate
your reasons: • too expensive • too much training required
• can't satisfy specific needs • other

15.

Are you in the process of buying or adding to your computer system? • Yes

•

No

16.

To assist us in comparing information management needs within the public sector,
please indicate the approximate number of employees within your office:

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report that will summarize the results of this survey.
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School funding
Road and bridges
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Working with less money
Other capital needs
Local government/state relations
Federal fiscal policy
Data processing
Annexation
Human resources
Public opinion to government

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Market Makers
and

Based on the results of the membership survey and on the observations
of the staff and executive committee
involving the internal and external environment of the league, specific future
goals for VML will be developed. These
goals will be evaluated at the April
12-13 executive committee meeting,
and strategies for their accomplishment
will be discussed. Virginia Town &amp; City
readers interested in expressing their
opinions may write to the editor, Christy
Everson, at P.O. Box 753, Richmond,
VA 23206.
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Director
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The commonwealth of Virginia is seeking an individual to direct this agency with
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private owner/operator should include
clear operating standards and penalties
for failing to meet those standards.
Further, facilities which provide especially critical services to the community
( e . g . water, w a s t e w a t e r treatment)
should be subject to regular inspection
and audit review by the government to
assure regular compliance with operating requirements.

Summary
Under the appropriate circumstance,
privatization can be the most cost effective method available to government for
providing public s e r v i c e s . However,
identifying and evaluating privatization
candidates and structuring a privatization transaction are complicated activities which require a basic understanding of the various financial and
non-financial considerations underlying
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Kevin G. Quinn is a member of the Public
Finance Department of Alex. Brovi/n &amp; Sons.
He was previously employed by tfie law firm
of IVIiles &amp; Stockbridge where he specialized
in corporate,
banking
and
tax-exempt
finance law. At Alex. Brown, Quinn concentrates primarily on developing and structuring water, sewer and solid waste financings
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�Commentary
Ethics and the
Public Official
"Most of us lack the information to
make decisions
on etiiical
grounds,
even if we wanted to."
Robert
Samuelson
Newsweek, Dec. 3, 198^
Public officials who sometimes find
t h e m s e l v e s overworked, underpaid,
undersatisfied, tired and generally confused would probably agree with S a m uelson regarding the role that ethics
play in their professional decision making. For many public servants, philosophy is for colleges and theories of
ethical behavior for those people who
have the time, which they certainly do
not, and the inclination, which they also
do not have, to engage in thought and
debate about the probable motivations
and potential ethical consequences of
their decisions.
Let the scholars and intellectuals debate their circular theories, they argue.
Talk and arguments challenge students
and other scholars but may seem of little
help to public officials who find themselves "on the firing line" everyday. B u reaucrats and politicians, unlike philosop h e r s , live in the " r e a l w o r l d " and
must make tough decisions and choices
daily without the benefit of sufficient information and extended time for analysis and debate. Intuitions, beliefs and
convictions weigh more heavily, and
probably are more useful, than are the
theories published by scholars who
build careers by studying ethics, or so
goes the reasoning.
As compelling as this argument by
some public servants and Robert S a m uelson may be, I take issue with two
assumptions on which the argument
s e e m s to rest. First, that there is a
dearth of information on which to base
policy decisions, and second, that public
policy and decision making demonstrate no relationship to traditional,
scholarly theories related to ethical,
moral behavior.
To the contrary, I believe that, if anything, the average public official has too
much information on which to base decisions. In addition to the extensive data
base maintained by every agency at
every level of government, the public
manager has access to a myriad of prof e s s i o n a l journals, n e w s p a p e r s and
magazines. Additional guidance is provided by legislative action and through
public hearings on particularly con-

troversial or important policy choices.
Also, while they certainly do not label
their reasoning a s Libertarian, Marxist,
Utilitarian, Rawlsian or Kantian, today's
public officials often illustrate these theories, at least in part, through their actions and the reasons they give for their
points of view and behavior.
If the technological era in which we
live has done nothing else, it has put
information at our fingertips and produced sophisticated methods for storing, displaying and reporting data. While
some people argue that our analytical
ability has not kept pace with our ability
to generate data, the fact remains that
automation. In combination with statistical and mathematical models, allows
public policy makers to conduct detailed
a n a l y s e s of available options. Cost/
benefit analysis, multiple regression
models, new simulations taking multiple
variables into consideration and various
mathematical formulae for making projections are now available to policy
makers at all levels in every branch of
government. A s valuable as these new
techniques are, they do not and cannot
take the place of responsible policy
makers in shaping the laws and principles by which society operates, nor
can data and technique be viewed as
replacing those human qualities and
aspirations which can never be measured and those values which defy comparison.
Clearly, if a public official wants to
consider the ethical consequences of
his or her decisions, the information,
methodology and support systems to do
so exist. Samuelson may argue that
officials may not want to so deliberate,
but his argument that insufficient information exists cannot be justified. Comp r e h e n s i v e , relatively current data
bases, sophisticated analytical methods
and unprecedented a c c e s s to public
opinion and to professional judgment
enable today's public officials to weigh
ethical concerns in their decision making. Unfortunately, many may not have
sufficient grounding in traditional moral
theory to make use of this information a s
another aid in formulating and implementing public policy.
While very few public officials would
classify themselves a s moral theorists,
almost all find themselves in the position
of making decisions of moral and ethical
import. However, it seems that often the
decisions they make illustrate the theories of which they claim no knowledge.
In fact, few major decisions are made
which do not reflect one or more of these
theories.

By Carol

Amato

Consider for example the relationship
between our public policies on equal
opportunity and Immanuel Kant's concept of the equality of men as subjects in
a commonwealth or our policies regarding the use of human subjects in experiments and Kant's statements regarding the use of people a s a means to
achieve other goals. Similar parallels
can be drawn between the work of John
Stuart Mill regarding the individual's
right to expect equality of treatment unless some recognized social expedie n c y requires the r e v e r s e and our
policies regarding the deinstitutionalization of patients in mental hospitals. The
"New Federalism" includes shades of
Robert Nozick's emphasis on the minimal state, and many of our social programs s e e m to h a v e roots in J o h n
Rawls' principles of justice a s fairness.
That the relationship between theorists and laws and policies developed
by public officials Is often coincidental,
not the result of intentional consideration of the theorists' works, suggests to
some observers that the philosophers'
points of view somehow are extraneous
to the policy making process. To the
contrary, whether the topic is the distribution of wealth, individual rights or justice, there is guidance in the theorists'
work which has great value to the public
official. We all stand to benefit from a
common understanding of certain concepts and methods of critical thinking
used by the philosophers. In addition,
g r o u n d i n g in c l a s s i c a l a n d c o n temporary ethical theories provides the
public official with access to some of the
world's most brilliant minds, with a way
to avoid "reinventing the wheel," with a
common vocabulary and framework for
analyzing ethical issues and with theories that, on the whole, have been
thoroughly and thoughtfully analyzed
and debated.
Given the importance of our actions
and decisions, it seems essential that
we take advantage of the assistance
and methodology the ethical theories
offer our own "real world" policy making
processes. Isn't it time that we devote a s
much energy to understanding the ethical theories on which our decisions rest
as we do to producing statistics and
charts to support our reasoning?

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Since September
1984, Carol Amato tias
served as acting director of Virginia Commonvi/ealth University's Center for Public Affairs. Sfie is currently working on tier doctorate in public administration at VCU and previously served as assistant director for the
center.

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VML President
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Officers

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Samuel W. Adams III
Robert T. Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Noel C . Taylor

Executive Committee
J . Willard Lineweaver
J a c k D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Sidney M. Oman
William R. Hartz
M. Stewart Koethcke
Charles A. Robinson J r .

Executive Director
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Reagan Budget Slashes Aid
By Mary J o Fields
President Reagan's budget eliminates more than $186
million in grants to Virginia local
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The city of Charlottesville
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N o w that t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y h a s
a d j o u r n e d , o u r attention t u r n s to W a s h ington, D C , w h e r e the f e d e r a l b u d g e t is
in the e a r l y s t a g e s of negotiation. It's far
too e a r l y to predict t h e final o u t c o m e of
that s t r u g g l e , but s o m e c a p i t a l e x p e r t s
c l a i m that Mr. R e a g a n ' s b u d g e t w a s
d e a d b e f o r e it e v e r got to the Hill. A t the
s a m e t i m e , his p r o p o s a l s h a v e laid the
groundworl&lt; for p o s s i b l e s w e e p i n g
changes.
T h e n e w s for l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s i s not
g o o d . N a t i o n a l L e a g u e of C i t i e s e s t i m a t e s that s t a t e a n d local g o v e r n m e n t s
w o u l d s h o u l d e r m o r e t h a n half the prop o s e d c u t s in d o m e s t i c p r o g r a m s : $ 2 0
billion of a p r o p o s e d $ 3 6 billion. T h e
U . S . C o n f e r e n c e of M a y o r s a r g u e s that
u r b a n a r e a s in t h e nation h a v e s e e n a
l o s s of 8 0 p e r c e n t of their f e d e r a l aid
s i n c e 1 9 8 1 a n d that it is time for other
g r o u p s to b e a r a s h a r e of t h e budget
cuts.
Of g r e a t c o n c e r n i s t h e p r o p o s e d
elimination of the g e n e r a l r e v e n u e s h a r ing p r o g r a m , t h e only s o u r c e of f e d e r a l
f u n d i n g for m a n y l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s .
For federal fiscal y e a r 1 9 8 5 , Virginia
l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t s will r e c e i v e $ 9 9 . 9
m i l l i o n in g e n e r a l r e v e n u e s h a r i n g
f u n d s . C u r r e n t a u t h o r i z a t i o n for t h e prog r a m r u n s t h r o u g h f i s c a l y e a r 1 9 8 6 , but
R e a g a n ' s b u d g e t t e r m i n a t e s t h e program a y e a r early on S e p t . 3 0 , 1 9 8 5 .
T h e e n d of r e v e n u e s h a r i n g s p e l l s
f i n a n c i a l h a r d s h i p for m a n y of our l o c a l ities. T h e V i r g i n i a M u n i c i p a l L e a g u e r e c e n t l y s e n t a s u r v e y of the p r o p o s e d
f e d e r a l b u d g e t c u t s to l o c a l g o v e r n m e n t
a d m i n i s t r a t o r s a n d m a y o r s a c r o s s the
s t a t e a n d asl&lt;ed r e s p o n d e n t s to i n d i c a t e
what percent general r e v e n u e sharing is
of their c u r r e n t o p e r a t i n g b u d g e t s , c a p i tal i m p r o v e m e n t s b u d g e t s a n d s c h o o l
budgets.

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E a r l y r e t u r n s of the s u r v e r y s h o w that
r e v e n u e s h a r i n g m a k e s up f r o m 2 perc e n t to 1 0 p e r c e n t of the o p e r a t i n g b u d g e t s of c i t i e s a n d 1 p e r c e n t to 2 5 p e r c e n t
of the o p e r a t i n g b u d g e t s of t o w n s . F o r
current capital improvements budgets,
r e v e n u e s h a r i n g f u n d s contribute 3 0
p e r c e n t to 1 0 0 p e r c e n t in c i t i e s a n d 3
p e r c e n t to 1 0 0 p e r c e n t in t o w n s . S o m e
c i t i e s p l a c e all their r e v e n u e s h a r i n g
f u n d s into e d u c a t i o n to p r o v i d e f r o m 2
p e r c e n t to 1 3 p e r c e n t of s c h o o l b u d g e t s .
D o l l a r s of this m a g n i t u d e will not b e
replaced painlessly. T h e Richmond
T i m e s - D i s p a t c h r e p o r t e d that a 1 2 - c e n t
r e a l property t a x i n c r e a s e w o u l d be n e c e s s a r y for R i c h m o n d to m a k e up t h e
l o s s of g e n e r a l r e v e n u e s h a r i n g f u n d s .

a n d R i c h m o n d is by no m e a n s a l o n e .
R e s p o n d e n t s to t h e l e a g u e s u r v e y c a l c u l a t e that m a k i n g up the l o s s in g e n e r a l
r e v e n u e sharing would require a 5-cent
to 2 4 - c e n t i n c r e a s e o n c u r r e n t r e a l e s tate t a x r a t e s .
R e v e n u e sharing funds are a particularly important s o u r c e of f e d e r a l f u n d s
s i n c e t h e y c a n be u s e d in a v a r i e t y of
program a r e a s . T h e league s u r v e y rev e a l s that r e v e n u e s h a r i n g f u n d s h a v e
c o n t r i b u t e d to m a n y c o m m u n i t y i m p r o v e m e n t s in V i r g i n i a s i n c e the i n c e p tion of t h e p r o g r a m in 1 9 7 2 . T h e f u n d s
h a v e b e e n u s e d to build s t r e e t s a n d
r o a d s ; p u r c h a s e police, fire, r e s c u e
s q u a d a n d g a r b a g e collection v e h i c l e s ;
i m p r o v e a n d m a i n t a i n public bui l di ngs;
c o n s t r u c t p o l i c e , fire a n d r e c r e a t i o n a l
buildings; i n c r e a s e t e a c h e r s ' salaries;
and extend and improve water and
wastewater lines.
A seemingly popular misconception
in W a s h i n g t o n is that local g o v e r n m e n t s
a r e s o m e h o w a w a s h in s u r p l u s f u n d s ,
t h e r e f o r e it m a k e s no s e n s e for t h e f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t to i n c r e a s e further its
deficit by s e n d i n g f u n d s to the l ocal i ti es.
T h e l e a g u e s u r v e y firmly d i s p u t e s that
m i s c o n c e p t i o n , at l e a s t for V i r g i n i a c i t i e s
a n d t o w n s . Of t h e r e s p o n s e s r e c e i v e d ,
t h e v a s t majority of c i t i e s a n d t o w n s
i n d i c a t e d t h e y a n t i c i p a t e either no s u r p l u s e s at all at the e n d of t h e c u r r e n t
f i s c a l y e a r or s m a l l s u r p l u s e s in t h e
r a n g e of f r o m 1 p e r c e n t to 5 p e r c e n t of
their total o p e r a t i n g b u d g e t s , h a r d l y a
l a r g e c u s h i o n o n w h i c h to rest.
G e n e r a l r e v e n u e s h a r i n g is t h e s i n g l e
l a r g e s t local g o v e r n m e n t a i d p r o g r a m
s l a t e d for e l i m i n a t i o n , but other c u t s a n d
program eliminations also could h a v e
major effects on local budgets. S o m e
m a j o r p r o p o s e d c u t s or e l i m i n a t i o n s inc l u d e the following:
— A 1 0 p e r c e n t cut in the c o m m u n i t y
d e v e l o p m e n t block grant ( C D B G )
p r o g r a m , resulting in t h e l o s s of $ 5 . 6
million to V i r g i n i a localities in f i s c a l
y e a r 1986. Entitlement cities would
b e a f f e c t e d further by t h e p r o p o s a l to
shift m o n e y f r o m t h e enti tl ement to
the small cities program. Currently,
7 0 p e r c e n t of C D B G f u n d s go to e n titlement c i t i e s , with the r e m a i n i n g 3 0
p e r c e n t g o i n g to t h e s m a l l c i t i e s d i s cretionary grants program. T h e budget m a k e s that split 6 0 - 4 0 , attempting to m a k e up to s m a l l e r g o v e r n ments the l o s s e s from programs
s l a t e d for c u t s .
— Elimination

of

urban

development

action g r a n t s ( U D A G ) , with a f i s c a l
y e a r 1 9 8 6 l o s s of $ 6 . 1 million for t h e
state.
— A 5 5 p e r c e n t cut in m a s s transit f u n d ing, with a 1 9 8 6 s t a t e w i d e l o s s of
$ 2 8 . 0 million in f u n d s to V i r g i n i a . T h i s
cut i n c l u d e s elimination of o p e r a t i n g
s u b s i d i e s for m a s s transit s y s t e m s .
— E l i m i n a t i o n of s c h o o l i m p a c t a i d ,
a d d i n g up to a n e s t i m a t e d l o s s of
$ 1 7 . 2 million in V i r g i n i a . A i d w o u l d be
e l i m i n a t e d entirely for s e c t i o n B s t u d e n t s , t h o s e w h o s e p a r e n t s either
live or w o r k o n f e d e r a l property.
— C u t s in child nutrition p r o g r a m s , with
a n e s t i m a t e d l o s s of $ 1 1 . 8 million in
s c h o o l l u n c h aid a l o n e in V i r g i n i a for
fiscal y e a r 1986.
— C u t s in F a r m e r s H o m e A d m i n istration l o a n s a n d g r a n t s for c o m munity s e r v i c e s , b u s i n e s s e s a n d r u ral h o u s i n g , with a n e n d goal of d i s continuing programs under F m H A .
T h e total d e c r e a s e in F m H A f u n d s
p r o p o s e d for 1 9 8 6 is $ 1 0 million in
l o a n s a n d $ 2 . 2 million in g r a n t s .
— E l i m i n a t i o n of the w o r k i n c e n t i v e
p r o g r a m , with a s t a t e w i d e l o s s of
$ 3 . 6 million in 1 9 8 6 .
— E l i m i n a t i o n of the A p p a l a c h i a n R e g i o n a l C o m m i s s i o n a n d r e c i s i o n of
$ 4 . 4 million of t h e $ 5 . 2 million s l a t e d
to be s p e n t in V i r g i n i a in 1 9 8 5 .
— E l i m i n a t i o n of the E c o n o m i c D e v e l opment Administration and recision
of all p r o g r a m f u n d s for public w o r k s
a n d t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e proj ec ts
c u r r e n t l y a u t h o r i z e d but not yet a p p r o v e d . A u t h o r i z a t i o n s to d a t e in Virg i n i a for 1 9 8 5 a p p r o a c h $ 2 million.
— E l i m i n a t i o n of c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e s
block g r a n t s , a h o l d o v e r from the
antipoverty p r o g r a m s of the 1 9 6 0 s
a n d 1 9 7 0 s . T h i s p r o g r a m brings $ 5 . 6
million into V i r g i n i a e a c h y e a r . In
m o s t c a s e s the m o n e y g o e s to n o n profit, c o m m u n i t y action a g e n c i e s
that a r e s e p a r a t e from local g o v e r n m e n t s , but the l o s s of t h e s e a g e n cies' s e r v i c e s could m e a n increased
c o s t s for l ocal i ti es.
A d d i n g t h e potential e l i m i n a t i o n s a n d
c u t s in t h e s e p r o g r a m s a l o n e , V i r g i n i a ' s
localities s t a n d to l o s e up to $ 8 6 . 4 million in g r a n t s a n d $ 1 0 million in l o a n s in
1 9 8 6 u n d e r the P r e s i d e n t ' s p r o p o s e d
budget. A d d r e v e n u e s h a r i n g to this a n d
the total r i s e s to $ 1 8 6 million in g r a n t s
a n d $ 1 0 million in l o a n s . Not i n c l u d e d in
this figure is the i m p a c t of c u t s in prog r a m s s u c h a s job training, aid to f a m i lies with d e p e n d e n t c h i l d r e n , s o c i a l s e r — continued on 6

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Proposed Federal Budget Cuts
Affecting Local Governments
in Virginia
Program

1986
Estimated Decrease
(in millions)

General Revenue Sharing
Community Development Block Grants
Urban Development Action Grants
Mass Transit
School Impact Aid
ARC
EDA
Work Incentive Programs
School Lunches
FmHA
Community Service Block Grants

$ 99.9
5.6
6.1
28.0
17.2
4.4
2.0
3.6
11.8
2.2 grants
10.0 loans
5.6

''Dollars of
this
magnitude
will not be
replaced
painlessly."

$186.4 grants
10.0 loans

TOTALS

NOTE: Among the programs not included in this table but scheduled for cuts or elimination
are EPA wastewater construction programs, job training, housing assistance
programs,
some education programs and some social services programs. The table also does not
reflect the effects of freezes on domestic
programs.

Impact Samples
Town of Ashland
Mayor Richard Gillis of Ashland
knows the value of revenue sharing
funds and says that their loss will create
a void that will be difficult to fill. Ashland
also has profited from other federal programs that now face cuts or elimination.
During the last five to six years, the town
of Ashland received federal assistance
to expand and improve its water and
sewer utility system. The town received
a $1.3 million EPA grant, a $3.4 million
FmHA community facilities loan and two
CDBG grants totaling $2 million, part of
which was used for the utility system.
David Reynal, town manager, reports
that federal funds have enabled the
town to expand utility service to land
annexed in 1977 and to replace existing
water and sewer lines put in during the
1920s.
Pulaski County
Pulaski County uses its revenue sharing funds almost exclusively for public
schools. Revenue sharing money supplies about 15 percent of the local funds
for the public school system. Sidney A.
Glower, Pulaski County administrator,
states that revenue sharing has made it
possible for the county to increase significantly teachers' salaries during the
past few years.
Town of Rich Creek
The citizens of Rich Creek daily see
visible evidence of the importance of
revenue sharing to their town. Mayor
Roy Kemper reports that the town has

used revenue sharing to upgrade water
lines and purchase and install booster
pumps for the water system. Improving
the water system has helped the town to
provide service to its expanding business sector, including a new nursing
home. In addition, revenue sharing
funds have purchased the town's new
trash truck and police car. Looking to the
future, the town is saving some of its
revenue sharing funds for a new well for
further upgrading and expanding of the
water system.
City of Norfolk
Revenue sharing funds have been a
significant key to making Norfolk livable
and to improving its image, according to
City Manager Julian Hirst. Revenue
sharing funds are concentrated in areas
that have been in the process of rehabilitation and conservation during the past
15 years. The funds have been used to
strengthen low income housing, build
neighborhood pride and upgrade community and recreational facilities. Specifically, revenue sharing helps finance
on an on-going basis housing code
administration and enforcement and
five neighborhood recreational and park
facilities. These facilities, originally built
with model cities funds, are in redevelopment and conservation areas. They
provide the area's citizens with recreational facilities, libraries, pools and assistance activities such as social services, public health, dental programs,

programs for unwed mothers and environmental improvements. According to
Hirst, Norfolk will feel the effect of any
elimination in revenue sharing as
strongly in the funding of these services
as anywhere else. Revenue sharing
also helps finance the city's paramedic
program.
Town of Wise
The town of Wise puts its revenue
sharing money almost exclusively into
public safety. Revenue sharing pays
approximately 22 percent of the town's
police salaries. Replacing revenue sharing funds with real estate taxes would
require an 8-cent tax increase, almost
40 percent over the present 19.7-cent
tax rate. Sim Ewing, town manager, explains that putting revenue sharing into
public safety has enabled the town to
add two patrol officers, increase the
visibility of the police and increase salaries to make public safety jobs more
competitive and to attract higher-quality
personnel.
City of Portsmouth
Faced with the highest tax rate in the
Hampton Roads area, the city of Portsmouth has found it necessary to use
revenue sharing funds to balance the
budget. Revenue sharing helps maintain service levels in public safety. Making up lost revenue sharing funds with
local money would require a 10-cent tax
rate increase.

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vices block grants or the freezes proposed for most domestic programs.
Also not included in these calculations are the massive cuts proposed in
housing programs. The total impact of
these proposed cuts is not clear at this
point. A two-year moratorium on new
units is being placed on most programs
under the Department of Housing and
Community Development, including the
rental rehabilitation program and all section 8 programs. Section 312 rehabilitation loans and housing development
grants are slated for elimination, and the
housing vouchers program is slated for
large cuts. Overall, cuts in housing a s sistance programs may approach 95
percent.
The future of the Environmental Protection Agency's wastewater construction grants program is not included in the
above list because cuts are not slated
for this program in 1986. However,
yearly cuts are proposed beginning in
1987 with elimination of the program by
1990. T h e potential loss for funds in
Virginia from 1987 to 1990 is $104
million.
Localities were asked to rank the importance of the various programs slated
for cuts or elimination in the league survey. Not surprisingly, the majority of
cities, counties and towns responding to
the survey listed general revenue sharing of top importance. C i t i e s g a v e
C D B G , U D A G and education programs

second, third and fourth priority. Town
rankings were C D B G , second; E P A ,
third; and F m H A fourth. Education,
C D B G and FmHA were ranked second,
third and fourth by counties.
The survey also asked respondents
how their locality would deal with federal
budget cuts. Most localities indicated
they would handle the cuts by a combination of cutting services and raising
taxes and fees. The taxes and fees most
frequently mentioned as targets for increases were water and sewer rates,
utility taxes, personal property taxes
and real estate taxes.
Local governments are willing to bear
a fair share of federal budget cuts, for
the growing federal deficit and the state
of the national economy are matters
rightly of concern to local officials and
citizens as well as to national leaders.
Local officials, the league, N L C and
other associations of public officials are
working to ensure that budget cuts are
applied evenly and that efforts to balance the federal budget and bring federal spending under control are not
done at the expense of local governments.
About the Author
Mar/ Jo Fields is staff associate at ttte
ieague and fiolds a master's degree in pubiic administration
from Auburn
University.
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assessment
of the effect of proposed federal budget cuts
on local
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-n.
1. ttie act of achieving; the performance of an action 2. a thing
achieved, esp. "by skill, work, courage,
etc.; a successftal accomplishment 3.
a great or heroic deed; a feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness
award (8 word') - vt. 1.
to give as a result of judging; to grant
or declare as merited or due; to bestow for performance or quality; to
assign as the result of careful consideration, as to competitors i n any
contest-n. 1. a judgement, or decision 2. something awarded, a
prize
call for entries
. . . . The 1985 Virginia Municipal
League Achievement Awards
Program

�Riclimond. . . . The Virginia Municipal League announced
today the opening of its 1985
Acliievement Awards Competition and all VML local
governments are urged to enter.
Has your locality successfully
completed a program or project
this year? Then you could be a
winner i n the 1985 VML
Achievement Awards Competition. I t doesn't matter if you
represent a small town or a
large city or county. There are
categories for each, and it's
quality the judges w i l l be looking for. Twelve awards w i l l be
offered, so start working on
your entry now.
What has your locality accomplished this year? Why not
tell us about it?
Purpose. . . . The goal of

the annual VML Achievement
Awards Program is to recognize and encourage innovation
and excellence i n local
government i n Virginia. The
program provides the opportunity for VML member governments and their officials and
employees to receive deserved
recognition by their peers and
various publics for superior
and innovative efforts i n the
profession of local government.
I n addition, the program provides a means of sharing the
best public service ideas i n Virginia, a forum whereby all
those i n local government can
learn. And, we hope by sharing
our winning entries with the
public that we are building an
image of Virginia's local
governments, their officials and
their employees as being competent and caring.

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member of the Virginia Municipal League to enter the
competition. Entries must describe programs or projects
brought to conclusion or showing significant results between
January 1, 1984 and A p r i l 30,
1985. Each entry must have a
cover page bearing the project
or program title, the category
of entry, the locality's name

and the signature of the chief
elected official. A l l entries must
be t3rped double spaced and
should not exceed eight pages.
Black and white photos, art,
news clippings, tables or
charts, etc. may be attached as
an appendix. Three complete
copies of each entry must be
submitted.

Presentation

AI

though the presentation of
your entry w i l l not be the most
important consideration of the
judges, it w i n count. Therefore,
your entry should have a neat
appearance and should be
clearly written. We suggest an
introduction to include background information such as the
need for your project or program, the origination of your
project or program, a statement of your objectives or goals
and other pertinent information. The major portion of
the entry should clearly explain how your project was
carried out or how your program operates, and the conclusion should clearly explain
the results and/or any potential
future impact. How your project was financed and staffed
should also be included.

Categories

Twelve

awards are available, one for
towns and one for cities and
counties i n each of the six
areas that parallel VML's policy
committees. Localities may enter i n all six categories but
only once i n each category. The
categories are as follows:
Community Development. . . . Any program to improve the physical or economic
vitality of the community, such
as business development, construction projects, housing
projects, urban renewal, downtown revitalization or neighborhood development.
Effective Government. . . . Any program to improve the operation of government, such as management
programs, employee programs
or financial programs.

Environmental Quality. . . . Any program to improve the environment such as
beautification programs, planning and land use programs,
sanitation programs, water or
energy programs, preservation
programs.
Human Development. . . .
Any program to aid the community's citizens, such as educational programs, social service programs, employment
programs, and recreational
programs.
Public Safety. . . . Any
program to improve security i n
the community, such as court
programs, law enforcement
programs, fire and rescue programs or emergency preparedness.
Transportation. . . . Any
program to improve or develop
transportation, such as traffic
management, road and sidewalk improvements, public
transit.

The judging

All en-

tries w i n be reviewed by a VML
screening committee and
judged by a panel of three individuals selected for their competence and experience i n the
field of local government. The
judges may elect not to make
an award i n a category should
they deem none worthy, or they
may elect to present a tie
award.

The a w a r d . , . . winners

w i l l be presented with the VML
Achievement Award Pyramid
Trophy and w i l l be recognized
at the VML Annual Conference
In September. I n addition,
summaries of the winning entries w i l l be published i n the
September issue of V i r g i n i a
Town fi* City.

The deadline.... Aii en-

tries should be mailed to VML
Achievement Awards, P.O. Box
753, Richmond, V A 23206 and
must be postmarked by A p r i l
30, 1985. A l l entries become
the property of the Virginia
Municipal League.

Questions. . . . Contact
Christy Everson i n the VML Office at (804) 649-8471.

�By Deirdre C. Coyne

Lewinsville
Center
Residence

A New Horizon for the Elderly
Background
Where children once studied, now the
elderly reside. T h e Lewinsville Center
Residence in McLean represents the
first renovation of a school in the state of
Virginia for the purpose of providing
housing for the elderly.
Lewinsville has made a big difference
in the lives of its low-income, elderly
residents. Most of the center's residents
previously lived with a son or daughter,
and although these homes were comfortable, many of these elderly individuals lacked privacy, felt the need for
greater independence and wanted the
companionship of people their own age.
But when it came to searching for an
affordable efficiency or one-bedroom
apartment in a decent neighborhood,
the prospects for an elderly person with
a fixed income were not good. Rents
ranging from $300 to $450 a month were
beyond their financial means. At Lewinsville, residents pay an average of
$250 a month in rent and utilities, share
an evening meal and can participate in
regular planned group activities and
outings.
T h e Lewinsville Center R e s i d e n c e
represents a response by the Fairfax
County Redevelopment and Housing
Authority to the needs of an increasing
elderly population for affordable housing, independent living and peer fellowship. T h e project is part of a four-year
effort by F C R H A to develop affordable
housing for low-income elderly in the
absence of federal subsidy.
The concept behind Lewinsville w a s
to r e d u c e s q u a r e footage in e a c h
apartment without sacrificing livability
and to provide congregate living and
dining facilities. The design encourages
residents to retain their individuality and
independence, yet share similar interests and activities with one another.

in Fairfax County as in many suburban jurisdictions, school enrollments
have significantly declined resulting in
some vacant elementary schools in developed residential areas. Learning of
several schools soon to become available for alternative uses, Fairfax County
Department of Housing and Community
Development staff contacted the school
board and toured the p r o s p e c t i v e
schools. T h e two-story Lewinsville Elementary School appeared suitable for
conversion, and the school board indicated their intention to lease the school
to an acceptable party.
A children's day-care center already
occupied the first floor of the school, and
plans existed for another children's daycare center, a senior recreation center
and an elderly day-care program to be
incorporated into the building. No doubt,
these programs would be very compatible with a congregate elderly residence on the second floor.
HCD staff received community support and the backing of the board of
supervisors' member representing the
district. In order to comply with the zoning ordinance and state code, it w a s
necessary for F C R H A to secure the approval of the county planning commission and board of supervisors for the
renovation and lease of the second floor
of the school. T h e F C R H A was successful in this effort.

Redesign

and

Renovation

The task for the architectural firm involved w a s the redesign of 10,106
square feet of classroom space into efficiency apartments and shared living
and dining facilities. The firm decided to
maintain the existing walls of the class-

rooms and divide each classroom into
units of approximately 350 square feet
with 250 square feet of living space, a
significant cost-saving measure. This
yielded 21 efficiency and one-bedroom
apartments (including two units for the
handicapped and one bedroom for the
manager), a double-loaded corridor and
additional space for an office a s well a s
2,000 square feet of shared living/dining
area. T h e architect conceived that 350
square feet would provide an elderly
person with sufficient space for privacy
and comfort, but would not be so large
a s to encourage residents to confine
themselves in their apartments.
At Lewinsville each unit has a kitchenette with two burners, a half refrigerator, a sink, a micro-wave convection
oven, a bathroom, a walk-in-closet and
a smaller coat closet. Grab bars were
installed in the bathtubs and emergency
cords were placed in each bathroom.
T h e living, s l e e p i n g , dining a r e a is
basically a square configuration. Individually controlled air conditioners were
installed in each apartment, and the
plumbing s y s t e m w a s e x p a n d e d to
serve all 22 units. T h e units are heated
by a central oil-fired boiler.
The common areas for living, dining
and cooking, which total 2,000 square
feet, are at the western end of the corridor in space previously used as the
school's library. This area includes a
large dining room, a commercial kitchen
with a breakfast nook, a living room, a
library and a laundry room with a lounge.
To create a lighter, more home-like
atmosphere, two bay windows were installed in the dining room. Draperies and
textured blue wallpaper provide decorator accents, and several family-style
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lamps, end tables and a television.
Carefully selected furniture allows the
elderly residents to rise from a seated
position with ease.
The commercial kitchen provides the
equipment necessary to prepare meals
for all 21 residents of the Lewinsville
Center, and a shared meals program
discourages individuals from isolating
themselves in their apartments. Residents are required to contract for a
minimum of 20 meals a month, and residents have the option of a chef, caterer
or commercially prepared food service.
Since the elderly occupants have their
own kitchenettes, they may eat some
meals alone or invite a friend or relative
to join them.
The overall color decor is pleasing to
the eye and avoids an institutional app e a r a n c e . Light hues and a large
window at the east end of the hallway
add as much light as possible to the long
corridor. Wine-colored carpeting covers
the hallway and three different carpet
colors are used in the common areas.
Both walls along the corridor have a light
grey tile wainscoat bordered by handrails with white walls above. To help
residents readily identify their units,
doors are painted three different colors.

Operation, Marketing, and
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The Fairfax County Redevelopment
Housing Authority served as the developer of the Lewinsville Center, conceiving the idea, developing the plans
and programs and monitoring the construction work. A $500,000 capital grant,
l a r g e l y c o n t r i b u t e d by t h e Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors, paid for
the renovation.
The residence is operated and managed under FCRHA's non-profit rental
program, the Fairfax County Rental
Program. (FCRHA manages an additional 488 units in five locations under
this program.) Since no federal subsidy
is involved, rents must cover all operating expenses, reserves and lease
payments.
Given the unique aspects of this residence, FCRHA hired a marketing agent
with extensive experience in Fairfax
County in owning and managing housing for low-income elderly persons,
Since Lewinsville was conceived as a
community-based facility, reliance in the
marketing program was largely placed
on the use of existing civic, social and
church networks. With minimal media
advertisements, there were 182 inquiries which yielded 46 qualified applicants for residence.
Selection criteria for residence at

Lewinsville are based on the following:
ability to adapt to a shared living environment, physical ability to live an independent situation based on a doctor's
report, mental alertness, and a home
visit to ascertain if applicants are adequately maintaining their current residences.
Income is a major criterion for residency at Lewinsville. Individuals with
the lowest incomes who can afford the
average monthly rent of $250 while paying no more than 40 percent of their
income for rent are eligible for occupancy. This translates into an annual
income range of approximately $7,000
to $15,000.
The majority of the elderly individuals
who were selected for occupancy were
living with a family member and seeking
the independence of having an affordable place of their own. The minority were
living in apartments and hotel rooms
and found rents too high and, in some
instances, high-rise living undesirable.
Some had too much income to qualify
for federally assisted housing, yet found
efficiency and one-bedroom apartment
rents ranging from $300 to $450 a
month too expensive for their fixed
incomes.
In addition to the amenities for the
elderly at the Lewinsville Center, a congregate housing coordinator working
on-site 30 hours a week plans and carries out activities and programs with the
residents and also coordinates the delivery of other essential county services.
A one-bedroom apartment is reserved
for an on-site manager who covers
emergency calls and assists the residents when the housing coordinator is
off duty.

The Elderiy Prototype
Development of Lewinsville was an
outgrowth of the new construction elderly prototype conceived of by Walter D.
Webdale, Department of Housing and
C o m m u n i t y D e v e l o p m e n t director.
Work on the prototype began in 1980.
Initially, the concept called for two persons sharing an apartment with two
bedrooms, two bathrooms and living,
dining and kitchen areas. After a market
study indicated several potential marketing problems with this concept,
FCRHA modified the design to a onestory building with eight efficiency
apartments sharing living and dining facilities. Preliminary projection of development costs indicated a per person
monthly rent of approximately $350, assuming non-profit operation. To reap the
benefits of economies of scale, FCRHA
contemplated construction of a 100-unit
project with F C R H A tax-exempt f i nancing providing a below market rate
construction and permanent mortgage.

In 1981, FCRHA hired a consultant to
provide a better understanding of the
elderly market, their preferences in
housing and the marketability of this
elderly prototype.
The consultant documented the growing need for elderty housing in Fairfax
County by surveying the waiting lists of
elderly apartment developments and by
projecting the elderly propulation. Five
federally assisted elderly developments
were surveyed with cross checks to
avoid duplication. A total of all waiting
lists for the five developments showed
1,200 low-income elderly persons waiting for housing. Furthermore, demographic data indicated that the elderly
population of Fairfax County is growing
at a rapid rate. The population of persons 65 and over will increase by more
than 70 percent in the current decade.
County population projections indicate
an average annual growth of 5.75 percent per year between 1980 and 2000.
Market conditions in Fairfax County
also pointed to a greater demand in the
coming years for affordable housing for
the elderly. Since 1970, approximately
1,000 units a year have been converted
to condominiums. The search for affordable rental housing by low-income elderly displaced by conversion will continue to exert itself. In addition, cutbacks
in federally assisted housing will drastically decrease in the number of housing
units available for low-income elderly.
FCRHA staff also observed the market trend of non-federally assisted housing for l o w - i n c o m e elderly moving
toward smaller units and shared housing alternatives, signifying greater market acceptance of less square footage.
The U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development has issued directives to sponsors of assisted elderly
housing to reduce square footage in
planned units to encourage efficiency.
In the pnvate market, considerable interest has grown in accessory apartments, granny flats, group homes and
programs matching home seekers with
home providers. These trends signaled
a receptive market climate for FCRHA's
elderly prototype.
Nonetheless, the consultant pointed
out that shared living as originally proposed by FCRHA (two people occupying a two-bedroom apartment) had
never been tried and that the acceptance of the concept by the elderly
would depend on public education and a
creative marketing program. A housing
preference survey by the consultants
indicated that the elderly are not wholly
in favor of sharing an apartment, a major
hurdle to overcome. The main negative
responses in the survey were concern
over loss of pnvacy and personality
clashes. The consultants felt a carefully
devised marketing program could overcome these obstacles.

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�Attend the 1985 VML Conference.
T h e S e s s i o n s . . . Attend sessions on the 1985 tax laws, handicapped
accessibility,
public officials' liability, education funding and wellness programs.
Hear
from national, state and local political leaders and experts. Meet with
officials from across the state in a variety of workshops,
luncheons
and
receptions.
T h e P l a c e . . . Enjoy Roanoke's
unique environment,
a blend of urban and rural
amenities. Experience
the sights and sounds of the
Center-in-the-Square
with its fine museums and planetarium.
Visit the shops and stalls at the
Farmer's
Market. The city with the star will shine for the 1985
VML
Conference.
'A T h e T i m e . . .It all starts on Sunday, Sept. 22 and concludes Tuesday, Sept. 24. The
recently remodeled Hotel Roanoke
will serve as the Conference
Headquarters; satellite hotels include the Sheraton Airport Inn, the new Marriott, the Holiday Inn Civic Center, Holiday Inn Airport and Holiday Inn
South.
Watch

for m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n i n u p c o m i n g i s s u e s
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY.

Surveying the Amenities
In surveying the five assisted elderly
d e v e l o p m e n t s , the consultant c o n cluded that each project was successful
b e c a u s e of the amenities provided,
which are geared to independent living.
T h e s e amenities include attractively
decorated and frequently used common
areas with lobbies, game rooms and
sitting rooms. Each project had an active social calendar for classes, arts and
crafts, entertainment and meetings. Additionally, there were rails along both
sides of hallways, emergency cords in
bedrooms and bathrooms, smoke
alarms, kitchens with electric appliances and easy access to shelves and
cabinets. All the projects had elevators
and some had extra loud bells for those
hard of heahng. Given that the average
age in the surveyed projects w a s 75
years old, the need for safety amenities
w a s particularly underscored.
The consultant concluded that the five

federally assisted elderly developments
sun/eyed were successful because they
offered both low cost housing and continued independent living.
When the needs and market study
w a s complete, HCD staff undertook an
exhaustive search for land either zoned
or master planned for mid- to high-rise
residential in close proximity to needed
s e r v i c e s . T h e s e a r c h failed to yield
saleable land at an affordable price.
With the unavailability of land, staff
modified the concept and design to a
one-story structure with eight efficiency
units to increase privacy for the residents and to reduce construction and
operating costs. H C D is now pursuing
two potential sites for up to 100 units to
be developed using the eight-plex elderly prototype.
F C R H A adapted the basic premises
formulated In development of the elderly
prototype for new construction and applied them in the redesign and renova-

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tion of Lewinsville. Occupancy took
place in December 1984, and now 21
elderly men and women reside at Lewinsville. At an affordable $250 a month,
they are able to maintain their independence in a secure and social environment. An 88-year-old woman after
suffering three serious falls no longer
worries about living alone, a 69-year-old
former bus driver enjoys meeting new
fhends with his dog, and an independent
73-year-old can be close to her relatives
yet maintain her independence and
pride.

About the Author
Deirdre Coyne has served as director of
public affairs for tine Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community
Development since 1981. She acts as press
secretary and writer and works as liaison with
various citizen groups. She holds a master's
degree in urban and regional planning from
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�S a l e m Wins
Utility Award
S a l e m ' s Electric D e p a r t m e n t received an Electric Utility Safety Award
from the American Public Power Association for its perfect safety record for
1984.
APPA, which represents more than
1,750 local publicly owned electric utilities across the nation, conducts the
annual Electric Utility Safety Award
Contest to draw attention to the importance of safe working habits and to recognize outstanding utilities. Salem was
among 55 systems awarded for perfect
safety records at the recent APPA Engineering and Operations Workshop in
Atlanta.
Reginald A. Oliver is superintendent
of the Salem department.

program in 1977. Based on the successes achieved in the original three
pilot towns, the National Trust created
the National Main Street Center in 1980
to develop a network of downtown revitalization projects across the country.
The National Main Street Center provides technical assistance and training
to communities to rebuild the image that
their downtowns project to shoppers,
residents, investors and visitors. The
Main Street approach is to improve and
maintain both the downtown's physical
image as well as its less tangible image
or spirit. For information or materials
contact the National Main Street Center,
National Trust for Historic Preservation,
1785 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036.

Fairfax County
Rates 'AAA'
Arlington County
Police Receive
Accreditation
The Arlington County Police Department is the first police department in the
state to receive accreditation from a national law enforcement agency.
The department complied with 782
mandatory and non-mandatory standards to receive the accreditation from
the Commission on Accreditation for
Law Enforcement Agencies. The accreditation places the department in an
"outstanding category" with a "rightfully
uncontested status," according to the
executive director of the commission.
The department and Chief of Police
William K. (Smokey) Stover received a
resolution of commendation passed by
the 1985 Virginia General Assembly.

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Main Street
Program S e t
The National Trust for Historic Preservation will celebrate Preservation
Week May 1 2 - 1 8 with the theme "The
Action's Back on Main Street." The purpose of the week is to make the public
aware of efforts to revitalize America's
main streets by attracting new businesses, preserving historic structures
and developing special events.
To address the needs of old commercial districts, the National Trust established its Main Street demonstration

Fairfax County sold $61.650 million in
Aaa/AAA rated tax-free general obligation 1- to 20-year serial bonds Feb.
20 at a true interest rate of 8.6618 percent. The interest rate represents a .98
percent differential under the Bond
Buyer Index, realizing an approximate
savings of $6.3 million for the county's
taxpayers over the life of the bonds.
Only eight states, 12 of the nation's
19,145 cities and 11 of 3,137 U.S.
counties have triple-A ratings from both
Moody's Investors Service and Standard and Poor's Corp. Among those are
Virginia, Charlottesville, Fairfax County
and Henrico County.
The triple-A ratings are the highest
ratings given municipal bonds by the
investment services and result in bonds
selling at lower interest rates therefore
realizing substantial savings.
Fairfax County first received the Aaa
rating from Moody's in October 1975
and the AAA from Standard and Poor's
in 1978. In renewing the AAA rating for
the Feb. 20 sale. Standard and Poor's
i n d i c a t e d the rating r e f l e c t e d the
county's "growing diversified economy,
positive financial operations and sound
managerial policies." Other contributing
factors given included a "rapidly growing population and tax base, excellent
tax collections, low debt ratios and high
income levels."
Proceeds from the sale will provide
funding for library construction, school
construction, primary and secondary
road construction, Fairfax County Park
Authority construction, Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority construction, Metro operations and construction, storm drainage construction,
community improvement program construction and fire station construction.

Vienna Police
Reorganize
The Vienna Police Department completed the first phase of its reorganization in March, according to Chief of
Police Donald G. Harper.
Phase one of the reorganization included division of the department's operational and administrative responsibilities. Phase two will include formation of
a traffic unit and should be completed by
September.
The new Operations Division includes
patrol, traffic, criminal investigations,
animal warden and internal affairs sections and will be commanded by Capt.
Richard M. Williams. Williams has been
with the department 24 years and was
named 1984 Policeman of the Year by
the Vienna Woman's Club.
Capt. Joseph A. Higgs will command
the Support Services Division which includes communications, records, property, identification, training, budgeting
and equipment. Higgs, a retired Fairfax
County police officer, was most recently
a training instructor and course developer for the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center in Glynco, GA.
The department reorganization was
approved by town council in January.

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Set for July
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local government and the skills needed
to lead in this changing environment are
the themes of the Senior Executive Institute, a new program of executive development sponsored by the University of
Virginia.
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two-week residential experience for
senior local government managers led
by a mix of public and private sector
professionals. It will take place July
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�Apartheid
A Local

Response
By Frank
Buck
and
Robert
Sheets

Demonstrations tal&lt;e place almost
daily in front of the South African Embassy in Washington. Even a few have
been spotted around Virginia. And, with
the state of Nebraska leading the way In
1980, five other states and a handful of
cities and towns have taken initiatives
opposing South Africa's policies of racial segregation. Last fall, the city of
Charlottesville joined Wilmington, DE,
Berkley, CA, East Lansing, Ml, Davis,
CA, Hartford, CN, and Boston to become the seventh city in the nation and
the first in Virginia to adopt economic
sanctions against apartheid.
The issue of a responsible investment
p o l i c y t o w a r d s S o u t h A f r i c a first
emerged in Charlottesville during city
council elections in May 1984. It resurfaced when the Social Development
Commission, an eleven-member advisory board appointed by council, recommended the city include as part of its
comprehensive plan a revised policy
towards investment in South Africanrelated companies. During discussion of
the plan it became clear that the issue
warranted investigation, and the finance
department was instructed to prepare a
report on the implications of divestment
for the Charlottesville Retirement Fund.
Apartheid is the official policy of racial
segregation in South Africa. This practice, applicable to mixed-race and Asian
South Africans as well as blacks, encompasses education, housing, public
facilities and, with the exception of domestic servants, private households.
Blacks in South Africa are denied voting and citizenship rights, have no political representation and have limited freedom of movement, organization and

speech. The South African government
is pursuing a policy of constitutional reform whereby ten " b a n t u s t a n s , " or
homelands, have been set up as geographical regions for blacks, and eventually all will be given independent
status. While blacks comprise more
than 70 percent of the population in
South Africa, the area set aside for bantustans comprises only 13 percent of the
country's total land mass.

Divestment Pros/Cons
Divestment is by no means a clear cut
issue. Those who favor divestment argue that it will pressure U.S. firms to
demand governmental action in South
Africa to end apartheid. Proponents also
maintain that investing in South Africa
reinforces, even condones apartheid.
They claim that by abetting and perpetuating the present economic structure, U.S. investment actually contributes to the subjugation of blacks and
other minorities.
Opponents of divestment feel that
divestment will adversely affect black
employment in South Africa and argue
that without becoming a significant part
of South Africa's economic base, blacks
will have little chance of bringing about
political change. They maintain that
U.S. firms can improve the situation in
South Africa by mandating fair employment practices, desegregating work
places, recognizing unions and contributing to personal and community development.
South African government officials
have said that neither demonstrations

nor economic sanctions will change the
country's policies and might possibly
even create a backlash against reform.
A further argument against divestment is that financial investment officers
are legally responsible for investing all
state or city funds which are held in trust
as prudently as possible; opponents of
divestment claim that divestment from
South African-related firms prevents
them from fulfilling this responsibility.
The divestment issue has rather
wide-reaching implications, and in order
to focus on issues central to the formation of a responsible policy, Charlottesville's study highlighted four areas of
particular concern: (1) the effects of divestment on U.S. corporate policy in
South Africa, (2) the effects of divestment on the South African government's
policy of apartheid, (3) the financial effects of divestment on the Charlottesville Retirement Fund, and (4) the legal
implications of divestment.

Effects on Corporate Policy
Divestment activity has certainly
heightened U.S. corporations' awareness of public concern and prompted
many companies to adopt more rigorous fair employment practices.
Standards of fair employment practices have been embodied in the principles set forth by Rev. Leon Sullivan
which dictate non-segregation in work
facilities, equal pay for equal work, training programs for blacks and other minorities and improved facilities in housing, schooling and other quality-of-life
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to these principles.
A s of yet, divestment has been more
of a public relations problem for U.S.
corporations rather than a challenge to
their ability to raise capital. Divestment
entails transferring ownership of stock,
not removing it from a corporation's
capital structure. Corporations have
already issued the stocks and received
the proceeds from sale.
Divestment poses the problem of investors not wanting to own their securities. While this is certainly of concern, it
has not resulted in a loss of capital, but
has prompted some corporations operating in South Africa to adopt the Sullivan Principles.
Effects on South African
Government
Divestment activity thus far has not
produced specific political action by the
South African government. T h e government has stepped up efforts to combat
divestment proposals in the United
States primarily by trying to convince
U.S. legislators of South Africa's gradual improvements and constitutional reforms. Divestment h a s affected the
South African government in this way,
although it has not pressured the government to change its policy of apartheid or its plan for constitutional reform.
Financial Effects on Chariottesville's
Pension Fund

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Most major studies have found that
pension funds of Charlottesville's size
($9 million) could divest without a significant impact on earnings. No conclusive studies have been published on
the effects of divested funds to date;
however, empirical studies have shown
that divestment for large funds may increase portfolio risk and reduce diversification because large, multinational
firms doing business in South Africa
represent a significant portion of the
total market value of all common stocks.
During the past 10 years, Charlottesville's pension fund has been managed
under the s a m e guidelines a s a large
fund and has achieved excellent returns
at relatively low levels of risk. Charlottesville's investment manager believes these results could not have been
a c h i e v e d with a c o m p l e t e l y S o u t h
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the standards set out in the Employees
Retirement Income Security Act (1974),
it is unlikely that divestment violates the
principles of fiduciary care.
In Michigan, however, the state's authority to prohibit state universities from
investing in South African-related firms
is now under challenge. This legal complication can be avoided by making certain that those who are responsible for
governing the plan actually make the
divestment decision.
The city of Charlottesville and the retirement commission could be subject to
legal action from the taxpayers or participants in the plan if (a) the taxpayers
feel divestment will Increase their taxes,
(b) the participants feel divestment will
jeopardize their benefits or (c) either
party objects to the use of pension fund
assets for social purposes. T h e economic implications of divestment are far
from clear, and these challenges could
only take place in the unlikely event of a
precipitous decline in earnings caused
by a divestment proposal.

Other Considerations

T h r e e other c o n s i d e r a t i o n s w e r e
voiced by Charlottesville's city council
and adequately resolved.
First, introducing social considerations into financial policy may have
implications beyond the South African
restriction. Limitations on investment in
communist countries or in other countries which violate human rights, for example, could follow.
Second, adopting a South Africanfree investment policy could lead to
adoption of a local procurement policy
boycotting the purchase of goods or
services from these same companies.
T h e financial effects on procurement
policy may well be greater than effects
on investment policy and should be
given consideration.
Third, alternatives other than total
divestment should be addressed, criteria such a s whether a company subscribes to the Sullivan Principles or
whether it provides strategic goods or
services to the South African government, military or police. Using a proxyvote committee to vote on specific corporate policy measures a s well a s to
further investigate corporate activity in
South Africa offers still another alternative available to municipal leaders considering divestment.

The resulting measure was designed
to recognize those firms which were
upholding standards of fair employment
practices that would be considered
reasonable for companies operating in
the United States and to let firms that
were not upholding these standards
know that, unless they initiated a program to do so, they would be considered
unacceptable a s investment alternatives for Charlottesville's pension fund.
Charlottesville found the Sullivan
Principles-based measure a practical
solution to a complex issue. While it may
not satisfy everyone, it appeals to numerous parties concerned with the administration of such a plan. T h e investment managers, for instance, can perform their duties within the constraints of
this m e a s u r e ; the Retirement C o m m i s s i o n , r e s p o n s i b l e for s e l e c t i n g
" a v o i d " firms, finds it to be administratively possible and not costly to
identify unacceptable firms by reviewing
yearly reports on the signatory companies to the Sullivan Principles; and
most important, through this measure
the city of Charlottesville clearly a c knowledges the social implications of
investment policy and reconciles this
responsibility with sound financial management.

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None of the plans currently managed
under South African restrictions may
come under legal challenge for considering the social implications of in-

guments for each side of the divestment
issue. A s such, council was left with a
wide range of measures to consider:
strong-form or total divestment legislation such a s that passed by the state of
Massachusetts, a Sullivan Principlesbased measure such a s that passed by
Connecticut, or the formation of a proxyvote committee following the path taken
by the University of Virginia and Harvard
University.
What were the objectives of the city,
and how could they be used to help
forge a divestment plan that would suit
its needs? First, the city, a s manager of
its own retirement plan, felt responsible
for recognizing the social implications of
its investment policy and wanted to express its concern over apartheid. S e c ond, the city wanted to assure the actuarial health of the plan and in no way
jeopardize its earnings performance.
Furthermore, the intent w a s to be corrective, not punitive. Rather than punish
firms for conducting business in South
Africa, a measure w a s designed to encourage them to take active steps to
create change within the country. In addition, it w a s not obvious that all firms,
simply because they operate in South
Africa, were necessarily socially irresponsible.

The report of Charlottesville's finance
department made no recommendations; rather, it presented the best ar-

Authors

Frank Buck, a Charlottesville attorney, has
served on council for the past seven years
and as mayor for five years. Robert
Sheets
has been Charlottesville's director of finance
since 1979.

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NLC Landmark Case
FLSA Provisions

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In a stunning setback for state and
local governments, the U.S. Supreme
Court struck down National League of
Cities et. al. v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833, this
February, the 1976 landmark c a s e upholding the sovereignty of state and
local governments in certain employment matters.
The court decided 5 - 4 in Garcia and
Donovan v. San Antonio
Metropolitan
Transit Authority, No. 82-1913, that the
Constitution does not bar application of
the Fair Labor Standards Act ( F L S A ) to
traditional functions of state and local
governments. This reverses the 1976
decision in NLC v. Usery that it w a s
unconstitutional under the 10th Amendment for Congress to apply F L S A to
governments acting in "traditional governmental functions" including fire prevention, police protection, sanitation,
public health and parks and recreation.
The court suggested that if state and
local governments do not want federal
wage and hour laws to apply in the manner decided by the court, then they have
the means through the political process
to have Congress change the law.
Justice Blackmun stated in the majority opinion, " T h e political process ensures that laws which unduly burden the
states will not be promulgated."
The recent decision stems from actions initiated in 1979, when the Wage
and Hour Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor issued an administrative "determination" that certain state
and local government functions are
"non-traditional" and therefore subject
to F L S A . T h e s e categories included
public transit, publicly owned power or
telephone s y s t e m s , telecommunications, production and sale of fertilizer a s
a by-product of sewage processing or
agricultural commodities, off-track betting, alcoholic beverage stores and
maintenance or repair of boats and
marine engines for the general public.
As a result, the S a n Antonio Metropolitan T r a n s i t Authority filed suit
against Raymond Donovan, secretary
of labor, asking that the Labor Department's determination be nullified, and

Joe Garcia, a S a n Antonio transit operator, filed a countersuit against the city
on the basis of the Labor Department's
determination. T h e s e suits eventually
led to the recent Supreme Court decision.
It is too early to gauge the actual
financial impact of Garcia v. San Antonio on state and local governments,
although it could be substantial.
Justice Powell in his dissent stated,
" T h e financial impact on states and
localities of displacing their control over
w a g e s , hours, overtime regulations,
pensions and labor relations with their
employees could have serious a s well
as unanticipated effects on state and
local planning, budgeting and the levying of taxes."
Although the results of a current nationwide impact survey are not yet available, a 1975 survey done by the International City Management Association revealed a cost at that time of more than
$1 billion for state and local governments simply to comply with the federal
overtime pay provisions of F L S A .
Gov. Charles S . Robb while unable to
speculate on the magnitude of its impact, told legislators Feb. 20 that the
decision was "reportedly of monumental proportion," and that he w a s "greatly
concerned over the fiscal implications"
of the decision.
J . T. Shropshire, chairman of the state
compensation board, in turn called for
preventive action from constitutional
officers: sheriffs, commonwealth's attorneys, circuit court clerks, commiss i o n e r s of revenue and t r e a s u r e r s ,
w h o s e manpower allocations and
spending plans are controlled by the
compensation board. In addition, he
called on local government officials to
seek to eliminate or reduce overtime
work by their employees to minimize the
effects of the decision.
Shropshire recently told reporters a
records check has indicated the ruling
will cost more than $6 million in the next
budget year.

The major provisions of F L S A which
apply to local governments include the
minimum wage provisions, overtime
provisions and various reporting and
record keeping requirements. T h e s e
provisions apply to all full and part-time
employees but exempt certain key personnel including executive, administrative and professional employees a s well
as elected officials and their top aides.
T h e minimum wage provisions require that all covered employees receive a minimum hourly wage of $3.35.
An employee may be paid on a weekly,
monthly or some other basis a s long a s
the employee receives this base pay for
each hour actually worked.
The overtime provisions are more
complicated and likely to have a far
greater financial impact on local governments. F L S A requires that an employer
pay employees who work in excess of a
specified number of hours in any work
week or work period on a time and a half
basis for all hours in excess of the allowable hours. As a general rule, the relevant work period is the seven-day work
week, and overtime compensation in
the form of monetary compensation, not
compensatory time, must be paid for
work in excess of 40 hours a week for
such work. E a c h work week stands
alone, and the number of hours worked
over two or more weeks cannot be averaged. Thus if an employee covered by
F L S A works 20 hours one week and 60
hours the next, the employee would receive 20 hours of overtime pay for the
second week even though he averaged
only 40 hours of work for the two weeks.
T h e s e 40-hour work week overtime
provisions are sure to create problems
for many public transit systems that use
split shifts and extended hours as regular work periods. However, a longer
work period is allowed for firefighters
and law enforcement personnel if the
local government follows specific proc e d u r e s established by F L S A . Following is a representative sample of the
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work periods of particular lengths before
overtime compensation must be paid to
firefighters and policemen:
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171
159
128
106
86
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Localities who employ fewer than five
employees in law enforcement or fire
protection in any work week are generally exempt from overtime requirements
for these employees.
F L S A also establishes a limited exemption from a 40-hour work week for
employees engaged in the operation of
a hospital or institution primarily engaged in the care of the sick, the aged or
the mentally defective. A work period of
14 consecutive days may be established for these employees with the employee receiving overtime pay after
working more than 80 hours during the
period.
E m p l o y e r s subject to F L S A provisions also must maintain employee
r e c o r d s , including w a g e s paid and
hours worked. In addition, employers
must submit any report which DOL determines to be necessary in conjunction
with its enforcement responsibilities.
An employer who violates the minimum wage or overtime provisions of
F L S A is required to pay the affected
employee in court c a s e s initiated by the
employee (1) the unpaid minimum wage
or the unpaid overtime compensation,
(2) an equal amount in the form of "liquidated damages" and (3) attorney's fees
and other costs. Additionally, the court
may grant other relief as appropriate,
including reinstatement, promotion and
the payment of wages lost. An employer
who willfully violates the minimum wage
or overtime provisions may be fined up
to $10,000.

The Supreme Court's ruling is sending shock w a v e s far beyond the potential cost of applying the Fair Labor
S t a n d a r d s A c t to s t a t e a n d l o c a l
governments. The court's declaration,
which gives Congress unlimited authority to regulate under the Commerce
Clause of the Constitution, could lead to
federal pre-emption in other aspects of
state or local governance. T h e decision
could add momentum to political action
groups lobbying for a stronger federal
role in teacher and educational standards or crime control and criminal sentencing. It also could give momentum for
federal standards to supersede state
tort or product liability laws.
It should not be surprising that the
National L e a g u e of Cities and local
governments around the country have
expressed dismay with this recent decision. N L C Executive Director Alan
Beals described the court's decision a s
" a surrender document."
"The court has decided to let the political winds that blow across Capitol Hill
. . . dictate the extent to which state and
local governments can make any decision about their own activities," Beals
said.

Rays of Hope
Although Garcia v. San Antonio is a
particularly troublesome decision from
the standpoint of local governments,
rays of hope do exist. T h e closely divided decision leaves open the possibility
for future narrowing of the decision or an
outright reversal. Indeed, NLC v. Usery
overruled Maryland v. Wirtz, a 1968
c a s e which held that state hospitals and
educational institutions were covered by
FLSA.
Justice Rehnquist in his dissenting
opinion this February expressed confidence that in time the principles set
forth in NLC v. Usery would again command the support of a majority of the
Supreme Court.
The majority opinion in Garcia was
written by Justice Blackmun who had

voted in favor of N L C in NLC v. Usery.
Blackmun w a s joined in his opinion by
Justices Brennan, White, Marshall and
Stevens. Chief Justice Burger and J u s tice Powell, Rehnquist and O'Connor
dissented.
A s e c o n d ray of hope is that the
Reagan administration may not be anxious to modify the philosophy of NLC v.
Usery which is incorporated in a U.S.
Labor Department administration "determination" found at 29 Code of Federal Regulations 775. Under 29 C F R
775, F L S A is not applicable to traditional
governmental functions but is applicable to non-traditional functions such
as generation and distribution of electric
power and local mass transit systems.
(Again, the attempt by the Labor Department to include local mass transit in
the regulations led to Garcia v. San
Antonio.)
Rex E . Lee, solicitor general of the
United States who is responsible for
representing the federal government in
c a s e s before the Supreme Court, said
he was "surprised and grieving" at the
recent Supreme Court decision.
"We have no quarrel with the underlying c o r e principle e s t a b l i s h e d in
1976," Lee said.
It is unclear what action the U.S. L a bor Department will take to revise 29
C F R 775. If this determination is amended for across the board application of
F L S A to state and local governments,
undoubtedly legislation will be introduced in Congress to reverse at least
some of the adverse effects of Garcia v.
San Antonio.

About the Author
Clay Wirt serves as VML's deputy director.
He holds a law degree from
Georgetown
University Law Sctiool in Washington, DC.

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What is the effect of tax-exempt property on Virginia's localities?
The recent publication T a x Rates in
Virginia Cities, Counties and Selected
Towns: 1984 examines the current situation regarding total tax-exempt property in Virginia. T h e publication also
considers revenue that could have been
collected had that property not been tax
exempt, service charges localities may
levy on certain tax-exempt property and
payments in lieu of taxes that some
localities receive from the federal and
state governments.
Under the state constitution, Virginia
automatically grants property tax exemption to four classes of institutional
property: (1) property owned by the
commonwealth or any of its political
subdivisions, (2) real and personal property owned and used by religious bodies, (3) non-profit cemeteries and (4)
public libraries and non-profit institutions of learning. Exemption for property
other than that in these four classes
requires a vote of three-fourths of the
members of each house of the General
Assembly.
State law requires all localities to
maintain an inventory and assessment
of all tax-exempt property in their jurisdiction and to complete each year a
reporting form that is both published
locally and filed with the state Department of Taxation. T a x Rates in Virginia
Cities, Counties and Selected Towns:
1984 used data from these and other
sources.
Data from the localities' reports on
tax-exempt property is used to compare
the total a s s e s s e d values of all exempt
property a c r o s s localities. T h e total
value of tax-exempt property statewide
in the 1983 tax year amounted to more
than $28 billion while the revenue foregone w a s nearly $298 million.
Individual localities vary widely in the
amount of tax-exempt property within
their boundaries. In five counties, only 5
percent or less of the property is tax
exempt. On the other hand, in two cities,
Lexington and Portsmouth, more than
50 percent of the real estate qualifies for
tax exemption, and in Norfoll&lt; 49.88 percent is tax exempt. Statewide, the median amount of tax-exempt properly in a
locality is 13.41 percent, with the figure
for cities and counties being 18.92 and
10.84 percent respectively.
What does this mean for Virginia lo-

calities? To get some idea, the T a x
Rates analysis compares the percentage of tax-exempt property in each locality with its composite stress index
found in the Joint Legislative Audit and
R e v i e w C o m m i s s i o n ' s report S t a t e
Mandates on Local Governments and
Local Financial Resources (1984).
T h e s e comparisons point to a possible
connection between the amount of taxexempt property and fiscal stress, although it may be just a superficial one.
Of those localities with more than 30
percent of their property tax exempt, 75
percent are rated either "poor" or "below average" on the J L A R C composite
stress index; similarly 73.3 percent of
the localities with 15 to 30 percent of
their property exempt get one of the
same two ratings. In contrast, only 30.4
percent of the localities that have 15
percent or less of their property tax
exempt are classified as either "poor" or
"below average." When only those localities with "poor" indexes are examined, 86.9 percent of them (20 of 23
localities) have 15 percent or more of
their land tax exempt.
Lost revenue from tax-exempt property apparently is one factor that may be
contributing to the high level of fiscal
stress in localities with a high percentage of tax-exempt property. However, a
detailed study would be necessary to
know if the relationship that exists between the stress index and the percentage of tax-exempt property in a locality
is a significant one.
State law does allow localities, under
specified conditions, to levy a service
charge on certain tax-exempt real property. T h e s e charges cannot be levied on
certain c l a s s e s of property, however,
including both state property and the
two largest non-government categories:
religious and educational institutions.
Where the charge is levied, it is based
on the a s s e s s e d value of the tax-exempt
real estate and the amount that the locality expends in the year preceding the
charge to provide police and fire protection, refuse collection and disposal,
and public school education for any children of faculty and staff living in housing
owned by an educational institution. In
fiscal year 1 9 8 3 - 8 4 , eight cities and one
county received approximately $1.3 million in revenue from service charges
(the vast majority of that amount collected by the city of Richmond).

S o m e localities also receive payments in lieu of property taxes from the
state and federal governments for taxexempt property owned by them. The
1984 T a x Rates report includes data
showing the amount of payments in lieu
of taxes for each city and county in fiscal
year 1 9 8 2 - 8 3 . These data show that
payments received from the federal and
state governments in lieu of property
taxes do not even come close to compensating localities for the foregone tax
revenue. (Property of the federal and
state governments makes up the largest
segment of governmental property after
that owned by local governments, which
obviously is not going to tax itself.)
Revenue that would have been generated in 1983 had this property been
taxable amounted to a total statewide of
more than $14 million dollars, while the
payments in lieu of this foregone revenue, in contrast, amounted to a little less
than $2.7 million. Payments received in
lieu of taxes from the federal and state
governments amount to approximately
two cents on the dollar; while officials in
some localities are coping better than
others, the gap between foregone revenue and payments in lieu of taxes is
sizable.
A nagging issue that plagues localities is the fact that for each plot of property that becomes exempt, even if it
brings a large payroll into the community, the locality loses part of its tax base
— a situation that some localities can ill
afford. One obvious but unlikely solution
to this problem would be to eliminate
tax-exempt property. Another solution,
which might have a better chance of
being enacted at the state level, would
be the removal of the current restrictions
that prohibit service charges from being
levied on all types of tax-exempt property.
Copies of the complete 1984 T a x
Rates report, published by the Institute
of Government in cooperation with the
Virginia Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Counties, are available from either VML or the Institute of
Government at the University of Virginia.
About the Author
Albert W. Spengler is an associate in research on the staff of the Institute of Government, University of Virginia, and the author of
Tax Rates in Virginia Cities, Counties, and
Selected Towns, 1984.

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Volume 20

Number 5

May 1985

VML President
Lawrence A. Davies

Officers

People

Samuel W. Adams III
Robert T . Williams
Martha V. Pennino
Noel C . Taylor

Executive Committee
J . Willard Lineweaver
J a c k D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Sidney M. Oman
William R. Hartz
M. Stewart Koethcke
Charles A. Robinson J r .

Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

Interpreting the Statutes
By Robert Feild
VML's staff attorney offers some basic principles
use when Interpreting the law.

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Highway Funding Equity
By Glen S . Tittermary
After three years of study, review and debate, Virginia has a new highway funding formula that ensures
disthbutions have a clear relationship to need.

On the Cover
In 1982, the General Assembly directed the Joint Legislative Audit and
Review Commission to review the approphateness and equity of the state's
provisions for allocating highway funds
for maintenance and construction in Virginia's localities. Glen S . Tittermary.
who headed that J L A R C study, writes
about the resulting legislation passed by
the 1985 General Assembly. Read his
story beginning on page eight. (Photo
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Report from Washington

Davies Briefs Congressmen
By R. Michael Amyx
VML President Lawrence A. Davies took the
league's views to Washington and pleaded for a "fair
play" test in federal budget cutting.

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Legal Guidelines: Anti-trust
Liability-An Update
By Howard W. Dobbins
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The city of Hampton has hired Myra
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for the development and implementation of programs for fire safety education in the city.
Carl is a native of Hampton and holds
a bachelor's degree from Christopher
Newport College and a master's degree
in educational administration from The
College of William and Mary. Prior to
accepting her new position, she was
employed for 11 years as a teacher in
the Newport News public school system.

Evans Receives
Water Works Award
Herbert W. Evans, superintendent of
water plants for Chesterfield County,
recently received the American Water
Works Association's Fuller Award.
The award recognizes Evans for
many years of outstanding service in the
Virginia Section's operator training pro-

grams, for outstanding new member
recruitment and for enthusiastic participation in the section's educational
programs.
The Fuller Award, given annually to a
member of the Virginia Section for distinguished service in the water supply
field, commemorates the skill, talent and
leadership characterized by George W.
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codifying and standardizing waterworks
practices.

Norfolk Appoints
Occupancy Chief
Norfolk City Manager Julian F. Hirst
recently appointed S h a r r o n C. Edm o n d s o n chief of the occupancy permit
bureau of the Norfolk Division of Housing Services. The occupancy permit
program requires that when a home is
vacated it be inspected and brought up
to strict codes before it can be reoccupied.
Edmondson has 10 years experience
in code administration and enforcement
at state and city levels, Including five
years supervisory experience.

Salem Hires Planner
O. Marvin Sowers is Salem's new
city planner. Sowers came to the city of
Salem from Danville where he served as
assistant city planner. He has also
worked in the planning departments in
Norfolk and Kernersville, NC.

Umbarger Earns CVA
Norfolk's coordinator of volunteers,
Catherine Sliane Umbarger, recently
completed a rigorous certification process and earned the credential CVA,
Certified in Volunteer Administration,
held by only a small number of volunteer
administrators in the country.
The certification program was implemented by the Association for Volunteer
Administration and addresses the need
for a wide range of competencies including management, program planning
and organization, staffing and directing,
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knowledge of the profession and special
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�Interpreting the Statiates
By Robert

Fetid

The General Assembly just c o m pleted, passed many n e w laws and
changed many old ones. Because these
s t a t u t e s a r e s o o f t e n u s e d by local
g o v e r n m e n t officials, it b e c o m e s i m p o r tant t o b e a b l e to r e a d , interpret a n d
apply these statutes.
S t a t u t o r y i n t e r p r e t a t i o n is n o t a n e x a c t
science by any m e a n s . Courts, which
h a v e t h e final s a y o n m e a n i n g , h a v e
n e v e r s e t d o w n their e x a c t m e t h o d s of
interpreting statutes. Different j u d g e s
w h e n a p p l y i n g r u l e s of i n t e r p r e t a t i o n t o
statutes w h i c h a r e very similar have
reached dissimilar results. T h e process
of i n t e r p r e t a t i o n is b y n o m e a n s a n e a s y
o n e e v e n for a j u d g e . R e e d D i c k e r s o n
s a y s in " I n t e r p r e t a t i o n a n d A p p l i c a t i o n
of S t a t u t e s " that " s t a t u t o r y i n t e r p r e t a t i o n h a s b e c o m e a h o d g e - p o d g e of p r i n c i p l e s of c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d legal
g u i d e s f o r g e t t i n g j u s t i c e d o n e in particular cases. Under such conditions
c o n f u s i o n is i n e v i t a b l e . " It m a y b e h e l p ful in e l i m i n a t i n g s o m e of t h e c o n f u s i o n
to f o l l o w a f e w b a s i c p r i n c i p l e s w h e n
interpreting the law.
T h e first thing to d o in u n d e r s t a n d i n g a
statute involves merely understanding
the w o r d s t h e legislature has used. This
m a y s o u n d s i m p l i s t i c , b u t it is i m p o r t a n t
to r e a d t h e s t a t u t e s i n c e t h e b a s i s of a
n u m b e r of t h e c a n o n s of s t a t u t o r y c o n s t r u c t i o n g r o w o u t of a m e r e r e a d i n g of
the statute.
W h e n reading the statute, words are
to b e g i v e n t h e i r n o r m a l e v e r y d a y
s e n s e . A l t h o u g h t o a g r e a t e x t e n t statutes are written by lawyers, they should
not b e r e a d w i t h a n y a t t e m p t t o p u t a
c o n t r i v e d legal m e a n i n g u p o n t h e m .
T h e s t a t u t e s w h i l e o f t e n c o n s i s t i n g of
lofty p h r a s e s or w o r d y c l a u s e s are
m e a n t t o b e t h e l a w of t h e p e o p l e a n d
u n d e r s t o o d in a c o m m o n s e n s e m a n ner.
T h e V i r g i n i a S u p r e m e C o u r t in t h e
c a s e of Gomes v. City of Richmond, 2 2 0
V a . 4 4 9 ( 1 9 7 9 ) , s a i d that " n o n - t e c h n i c a l
w o r d s in s t a t u t e s a r e t a k e n to b e u s e d in
their o r d i n a r y s e n s e a n d a c c e p t a t i o n . "
T h e c o u r t h e l d that t h e w o r d " r e g u l a r l y "
w h e n u s e d to d e s c r i b e a n e m p l o y e d
p e r s o n m e a n s o n e required to work
every working day. A part-time worker
w h o c o m e s in e v e r y F r i d a y w h i l e w o r k i n g r e g u l a r l y in o n e s e n s e d o e s n o t
c o m e within the generally understood

"Statutory interpretation is
not an exact science by any
means
Different judges
wfien applying rules of interpretation to statutes which
are very similar have reached
dissimilar results."
m e a n i n g of " r e g u l a r l y " a s e x p r e s s e d b y
the court.
O n c e y o u have read t h e statute and
a r e fairly c e r t a i n that y o u u n d e r s t a n d
what the wording means, you are ready
to b e g i n t h e m a i n t a s k of i n t e r p r e t a t i o n
to a s c e r t a i n t h e i n t e n t i o n of t h e legislature a n d t o g i v e it effect.
In s t a t u t o r y i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , t h e r u l e s
for d e t e r m i n i n g intent fall into t h r e e cate g o r i e s : t h o s e w h i c h d i s c e r n intent f r o m
looking outside the statute, those which
d i s c e r n intent f r o m l o o k i n g i n s i d e t h e
s t a t u t e a n d t h o s e w h i c h tell y o u h o w
m u c h l e e w a y y o u h a v e in d i s c e r n i n g
intent.
F i v e m a j o r rules m a y b e a p p l i e d in t h e
first c a t e g o r y : t h e plain m e a n i n g rule;
t h e p r e d o m i n a n c e of s p e c i a l l a w o v e r
g e n e r a l l a w ; t h e effect of s t a t u t e s " i n
pari m a t e r i a , " or c o v e r i n g t h e s a m e m a t e r i a l ; t h e latest in t i m e rule a n d t h e rule
p r e s u m i n g c o n s t i t u t i o n a l i t y in i n t e r p r e t a t i o n . T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t of t h e s e rules is
t h e plain m e a n i n g rule w h i c h is e s s e n tially a rule for l i t e r a l n e s s .

"If t h e l a n g u a g e of a s t a t u t e is plain a n d
u n a m b i g u o u s a n d its m e a n i n g p e r f e c t l y
c l e a r a n d d e f i n i t e , effect m u s t b e g i v e n
to it r e g a r d l e s s of w h a t c o u r t s think of its
w i s d o m o r policy."If t h e r e is n o a m b i g u ity in t h e s t a t u t e y o u a r e r e a d i n g a n d t h e
w o r d s a r e clear, y o u c a n s i m p l y a p p l y
t h e l a w a n d n o f u r t h e r i n t e r p r e t a t i o n is
necessary.
T h e r e m a i n d e r of t h e g u i d e l i n e s
s h o u l d b e a p p l i e d w h e n t h e m e a n i n g is
a m b i g u o u s . T h e rule for " i n pari m a t eria" covers situations w h e n there are
two statutes covering the s a m e subject.
In t h e s e s i t u a t i o n s b o t h s t a t u t e s a r e to
be c o n s i d e r e d .
O f t e n t h e l e g i s l a t u r e will p a s s t w o
s t a t u t e s w i t h o v e r l a p p i n g c o v e r a g e . If
o n e s t a t u t e is a m b i g u o u s , by r e a d i n g
both the ambiguous statute m a y bec o m e clear. W h i l e this i n v o l v e s m o r e
i n t e r p r e t a t i o n a n d w o r k o n y o u r part, t h e
a d v a n t a g e of clarity is to b e g a i n e d .
If t h e t w o s t a t u t e s y o u a r e r e a d i n g a r e
a m b i g u o u s b e c a u s e t h e y a r e in conflict,
t h e r e is a s i m p l e rule w h i c h a l l o w s y o u t o
d e t e r m i n e t h e p r o p e r o n e to a p p l y . T h e
last s t a t u t e s i g n e d by t h e g o v e r n o r is t h e
o n e w h i c h a p p l i e s . W h i l e this d o e s not
often h a p p e n n o w that s t a t u t e s a r e c a r e fully scrutinized to m a k e sure they
a g r e e , s t a t u t e s in conflict still exist in o u r
code.
T h e next rule is o n e of s p e c i a l i m p o r t a n c e to local g o v e r n m e n t s . T h e rule is
that s p e c i a l l a w p r e v a i l s o v e r g e n e r a l
law.
All c h a r t e r s a n d s t a t u t e s g i v i n g certain c o u n t i e s t h e right to d o certain
things are considered special law and
p r e d o m i n a t e o v e r g e n e r a l l a w s that a p ply to e v e r y o n e in t h e s t a t e . If t h e legislature p a s s e d a l a w that is in conflict w i t h
your charter during the recent session,
u n l e s s it i n c l u d e d t h e p h r a s e " n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g all c h a r t e r s , " y o u r c h a r t e r p r o v i s i o n Is still in effect.

T h e plain m e a n i n g rule w a s a p p l i e d
m o s t c l e a r l y in Temple v. City of Petersburg, 1 8 2 V a . 4 1 8 ( 1 9 4 4 ) , a c a s e in
w h i c h t h e city h a d p u r c h a s e d a n a c r e of
land to e x p a n d an existing cemetery.
T h e o w n e r s of t h e l a n d n e a r t h e c e m e t e r y b r o u g h t suit a g a i n s t P e t e r s b u r g
u n d e r a t h e n e x i s t i n g s t a t e s t a t u t e forb i d d i n g t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a c e m e t e r y
w i t h i n 2 5 0 y a r d s of a r e s i d e n c e w i t h o u t
t h e o w n e r ' s c o n s e n t . T h e c o u r t felt that
s i n c e t h e w o r d " e s t a b l i s h e d " m e a n t to
o r i g i n a t e o r c r e a t e , t h e m e a n i n g of t h e
s t a t u t e w a s p l a i n . It w a s f o r b i d d e n to
start a n e w c e m e t e r y b u t n o t a g a i n s t t h e
law to e x p a n d a n e x i s t i n g o n e .

T h e final rule for d e t e r m i n i n g intent
f r o m o u t s i d e s o u r c e s is that s t a t u t e s a r e
to b e i n t e r p r e t e d to b e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l . If
you formulate two possible interpretat i o n s f o r a s t a t u t e a n d o n e of t h o s e
w o u l d d e n y s o m e o n e their constitutional rights, t h e n t h e o t h e r i n t e r p r e t a t i o n is a s s u m e d to b e t h e o n e t h e legislature i n t e n d e d .

T h e court clearly stated the plain
m e a n i n g rule a s it is a p p l i e d in V i r g i n i a .

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Latin names such a s "ejusdem generis"
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"Expressio unius est exclusio alterius" is one common rule which often
applies. It states that when an enactment describes the manner in which
something may be done, it also intends
that it not be done another way.
In a c a s e dealing with home instruction by the mother of the child, Grigg v.
Commonwealth,
224 V a . 356 (1982),
the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that
although the mother had some education and an approved program, she was
violating the law. In permitting home
instruction only by a qualified tutor or
teacher, the General Assembly has declared that such instruction by an unapproved person shall be impermissible.
In another example, state statutes
outlining the manner by which council
passes appropriation ordinances mean
that other methods, though they might
protect the public, are not proper and
appropriations passed in an alternate
manner are void.
The next rule of interpretation is one
of common sense. This rule instructs
you to read the whole statute and interpret it as a whole. While certain parts of
a statute may be ambiguous, if you read
the whole statute its meaning may become clear.
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meaning of doubtful words in a statute
may be determined by reference to their
association with related words and
phrases. When general words and specific words are grouped together, the
general words are limited and qualified
by the specific words and will be construed to embrace only objects similar in
nature to those objects identified by the
specific words." This rule often is applied in tax statutes where a general
category for taxation is limited by more
specific terms later in the statute.
The final area of interpretation is that
of leeway discerning meaning. This includes liberal and strict construction of
statutes.
Liberal construction of a statute is to
be used for remedial statutes, humanitarian statutes or statutes which the
legislature itself s a y s should be construed liberally. Examples of this type of
statute are the Freedom of Information
Act and human rights acts. T h e s e statutes are entitled to broad construction to
give them a beneficial operation and
promote justice. T h e Freedom of Information Act is construed liberally so that
the broadest possible access to information will be available to all citizens of
the commonwealth.
Strict construction is used for all statutes which might infringe on peoples'
rights, such as eminent domain or penal
statutes. The Dillon Rule is one of strict
construction. This means that statutes
will be read narrowly, confining the statute to what is definitely and affirmatively
stated.
The Dillon Rule means that localities
have only those powers which the legislature sets out for them. While a restrictive interpretation is generally given, it
must be tempered with reason so a s to
avoid artificial or strained interpretations.
A remedial statute which evidenced
the legislature's goal of cooperation
among local governments in annexation
matters though coming under the Dillon
Rule is not to be mechanically interpreted due to its remedial nature. ( S e e
the attorney general's opinion to Robert
Ackerman, House of Delegates, Oct.
28, 1982.)
Many other rules and methods for
interpreting statutes exist, but these
should give you a beginning. If the
meaning of a statute is still unclear after
a thorough reading or study, contact
your local attorney. If your locality does
not have an attorney, the VML staff can
assist you.

About the Author
Robert Feild is VML's staff attorney and
holds a law degree
from T. C. Williams
School of Law, University of Richmond.

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�Highway Funding
Equity
By Glen S.
In 1977 the General Assembly undertook a major review and revision of the
way highway maintenance and construction funds were allocated in Virginia. This w a s the first major revision
since 1962, and it recognized the rapidly
changing transportation environment.
The outcome of the revision was a simplified and more rational method for allocating highway funds. In adopting a
system based on rational formulas, the
G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y largely "depolitic i z e d " annual highway funding decisions and implicitly established the
policy that distribution of funds was to be
based on objective criteria.

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By 1982, the need for additional revenues for the state's Highway Maintenance and Construction Fund resurrected many questions regarding the
equitable distribution of these funds. Of
particular concern was the possible failure of existing formulas to account for
growing highway construction needs in
the state's urban and suburban localities. To meet the need for additional
revenue, the 1982 General Assembly
passed HB 532 which provided for increased highway user fees and a new oil
franchise tax. T o address questions
about the fairness of the revenue's distribution, the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y directed the staff of the Joint Legislative
Audit and Review Commission to review
the reasonableness, appropriateness
and equity of the provisions for allocating highway construction funds. T h e
1983 General Assembly extended the
scope of this study to include highway
maintenance and public transportation
funding.

The JLARC

Study

The J L A R C analysis w a s technical in
nature and designed to be objective in
evaluating existing laws. T h e three
basic premises of the study were (1) that
distribution of funds to localities should
be based on technical formulas, (2) that
equity of formulas should be based on
measurable need for funds and (3) that
counties and cities should be treated
equally for both construction and maintenance funding. With this framework,
J L A R C staff tried to ensure proposed

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changes to the methods for allocating
funds would satisfy the General A s sembly's policy of fair distribution.
To begin its work, J L A R C staff prepared a detailed, objective plan for reviewing each allocation provision. Because the issues were complex and the
results of the study would have an impact on local governments, the study
plan w a s presented to local governments in eight workshops held across
the state in the summer of 1982 and
spring of 1983. T h e Virginia Department
of Highways and Transportation also
reviewed the plans and suggested several important revisions. In addition, an
advisory network of more than 100 representatives from local governments,
planning districts, state agencies and
citizen groups was established to solicit
a wide range of comment and to promote a wide distribution of the staff's
findings.
The study resulted in two reports. The
first, "Interim Report: Equity of Current
Provisions for Allocating Highway Construction Funds in Virginia," was issued
in December 1982 and recommended
significant revisions to the construction
allocation formulas. In June 1984, the
final report, "Equity of the Current Prov i s i o n s for Allocating Highway and
Transportation Funds in Virginia," also
included recommendations for the revision of allocations of highway maintenance, urban street payments, public
transportation and funding for Arlington
and Henrico counties.
The key finding of J L A R C ' s review
w a s that the allocation p r o v i s i o n s
adopted in 1977 had become outdated
and were in need of some revision.
While the basic framework was sound,
the specific formulas and proportions
used to allot funds were no longer approphate. In all, 30 specific recommendations were proposed to address each
inequity. Among the most important
recommendations were the following:
• Revise the highway system allocations for construction from 50 percent for the primary system, and 25
percent for the secondary and urban systems to one-third each for
the phmary, secondary and urban
systems;

• Revise the various factors used in
the formulas for the primary and
secondary systems so as to eliminate any overlapping;
• Adopt a formula based on population for urban system construction to replace the administrative procedures
used by
VDH&amp;T;
• Adjust county maintenance allocations to reflect actual levels of maintenance service;
• Establish two functional classes —
arterial and collector/local — to reflect the use of streets when making
urban street payments to cities and
towns;
• Establish urban street payment
rates per moving-lane-mile (lanes
not used for parking) that better
reflect the real costs of maintenance on urban roads;
• Simplify the provisions for allocating funds to Arlington and Henrico
counties;
• Establish a public transportation
fund with allocations to transit operators based on technical formulas; and
• R e a s s e s s the provisions for allocating funds on a regular basis.
T h e s e and other recommendations
from the J L A R C staff report formed the
framework for legislative consideration
of highway funding equity.

Senate Joint Resolution 20
With completion of the J L A R C staff
study, it soon became clear that the
complexity of the issues would make
quick action by the General Assembly
difficult. Many members felt careful review of proposed changes by the legislature would ensure that the technical
recommendations could be developed
into an appropriate legislative package.
Toward this end, the legislative members of J L A R C introduced S J R 20 in the
1984 General Assembly.
S J R 20 established a joint subcommittee of nine members from the House
of Delegates and six members from the
Senate. The task of the subcommittee
was to review J L A R C ' s recommendations and the 19 pieces of proposed

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�legislation included in S J R 20. T h e subcommittee held nine meetings, four of
which were public hearings in Newport
News, Blacksburg, Fairfax and Richmond.
A s a first step in its work, the subcommittee directed J L A R C and VDH&amp;T
to review all proposed changes and to
report on the recommendations on
which they could agree. After extensive
review and some modification, J L A R C
and VDH&amp;T reached agreement on all
but a few proposals. Based on this work,
the testimony at the public hearings and
the suggestions of its members, the S J R
20 joint subcommittee adopted a compromise package of legislation on a vote
of nine to six.
The compromise w a s largely a reflection of the agreements reached by
J L A R C and VDH&amp;T. For those recommendations on which J L A R C and
VDH&amp;T could not agree, the subcommittee adopted compromise positions
halfway between the two staffs' proposals. Because of time constraints, the
subcommittee w a s unable to work on
revision of the public transportation allocations.

House Bill 1269
So, after three years of study, review
and debate, the General Assembly finally had a single, comprehensive proposal

for the revision of highway allocations a s
the compromise package w a s introduced in the 1985 session of the General Assembly. Not surprisingly, the bill
had both strong support and strong opposition among the members of the legislature. While action on MB 1269 w a s
often portrayed by the news media as a
fight between "city boys" and "country
boys," in fact the legislation w a s a fairly
balanced representation of need in both
rural and urban localities across Virginia.
T h e new law does provide for increased funding for most urban localities in the way of increased urban assistance payments and a larger proportion
of construction funds for the urban system. But, it also provides for increased
unpaved road funds, a greater proportion of funds for the secondary system
and increased primary system funding
for the Bristol district, the most rural
district in the state. T h e provisions of HB
1269 a s signed by the governor are a s
follows:
• Highway maintenance is defined to
include both ordinary and replacement maintenance. This ensures
that the high priority established for
maintenance by the General A s sembly includes all types of highway repair.
• Urban street payments are made to
cities and towns for streets in two
new functional classes, arterial and

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collector/local. T h e classes are
based on the current functional
classification system of the federal
government. In addition, the rates
paid per moving-lane-mile are increased to reflect more closely the
actual cost of maintaining urban
roadways. T h e s e rates are to be
updated annually to account for the
increasing costs of labor, materials
and equipment. Funds can be used
only for highway maintenance and
will be audited annually by VDH&amp;T.
• T h e funding mechanism for counties not in the state secondary road
system is greatly simplified. The
new law provides for payment rates
per lane-mile for all maintenance
and administrative activities. The
rates have been set at a level comparable to the cost of state maintenance for counties in the secondary
system and are to be adjusted annually to account for increasing
costs. In addition, the revised proc e s s provides for a construction allocation based on the formula
adopted for the state secondary
system. Currently, only Arlington
and Henrico counties have withdrawn their secondary roads from
the state system and receive funds
under these provisions.
• T h e system allocations for construction are set at 40 percent for
the primary system, 30 percent for
the urban system and 30 percent
for the secondary system.
• In order to reduce the adverse impact of required matching funds
from the primary system allocation,
a separate interstate matching fund
is established. T h e s e funds are
used to match federal interstate
construction funds when the required match exceeds 25 percent
of the primary system allocation to
the district.
• T h e formula for allocating primary
system funds to the nine highway
construction districts is revised to
include vehicle miles of travel
weighted 70 percent, lane mileage
weighted 25 percent and primary
system need weighted 5 percent.
The new law also provides for
matching funds for interstate construction up to 25 percent of the
total district allocation.
• For the first time the law includes a
formula for allocating urban construction funds. T h e new formula is
based on population in cities and
towns eligible for funding. Cities
and towns must still provide a 5
percent match for urban construction projects.
• For secondary system construction, the new law no longer includes
the 1977 "hold-harmless" provision. The new formula, used to

�T H E 1985 VML C O N F E R E N C E
September 2 2 - 2 4
Roanoke, Virginia
O u r H o s t . . . The city of Roanoke
will roll out the red carpet when the
Virginia
Municipal
League comes to town. Host Locality Night at the conference
is
always a special night looked forward to by all. In 1979, Roanoke went all
out sponsoring
a Foods of America
buffet dinner, an art show, a play and
musical
entertainment.
Roanoke's
city council and administration
have always shown their enthusiasm
and warm hospitality
in sponsoring
exciting
and unique activities, and 1985 Host Locality Night is sure to be an event to
remember.
if

T h e H o t e l R o a n o k e . . . The Hotel Roanoke
combines
traditional
elegance and
grace with modern meeting facilities and professional
management.
The
beauty of the hotel's public areas — the lobby, the Oval Room,
the
Regency Room and Crystal Ballroom
— clearly place it in the "grand
hotel
tradition.''
Dining at the hotel is a gourmet's
delight no matter which of the
hotel's facilities you select. Escape from the ordinary and enjoy the charm
and elegance of the Hotel
Roanoke.
A L e a r n i n g E x p e r i e n c e . . . The conference
educational
sessions are designed to
help elected and appointed
local government
officials do the best job
possible.
The opportunity
to exchange
information
and solutions to common problems
is certainly the biggest benefit of attending the VML Conference. Programs
on current issues will keep you in the forefront
of your
field, while information
on state-of-the-art
services
and products
will be
available from our exhibitors.
The two and one-half days spent at the VML
Conference
are a wise investment for the official who wants to keep abreast
of local government
activities.

Watch for more information in upcoming i s s u e s of
VIRGINIA T O W N &amp; C I T Y .
allocate all secondary system construction funds, includes population
weighted 80 percent and area
weighted 20 percent. T h e revised
law also permits counties to transfer unpaved road allocations to the
secondary system for use of projects in that system.
• T h e level of funding for unpaved
roads is increased to 5.67 percent
of available construction funds from
3.75 percent. The current method
for allocating funds on the basis of
50 vehicles per day is kept a s is.
A summary of the entire revised allocation process is shown in figure 1.
Enactment of HB 1269 established
more firmly the intent of the General
Assembly that funds are to be allocated
on an objective, rational basis. For the
first time, the allocations are based on
formulas derived from statistical mod-

eling techniques. These techniques ensure that distributions have a clear relationship to the need for highway
funding.
It is also significant that the General
Assembly recognized the need to fund
highway maintenance for cities at a level
comparable to that for counties. This will
help protect the commonwealth's substantial investment in urban roadways.
The General Assembly did not adopt the
full range of J L A R C staff recommendations, but it did enact a compromise that
benefits those localities in Virginia with
the most pressing highway needs.

Future Equity
One of the key findings of J L A R C ' s
studies w a s that highway needs are not
static. T h e new allocation provisions
adopted by the 1985 General Assembly

cannot be expected to equitably distribute f u n d s indefinitely. For this
reason, J L A R C staff recommended that
a systematic review of highway needs
be made periodically. The General A s sembly adopted this recommendation
as HB 1445. That legislation now requires a review of highway s y s t e m
needs once every five years. These a s sessments by VDH&amp;T should ensure
that the provisions for allocating funds
can be kept up to date with Virginia's
changing transportation environment.
About the Author
Glen S. Tittermary is a division cliief with
tlie Joint Legislative
Audit and
Review
Commission. He was also project director for
the highway allocation studies and has been
involved in transportation and highway related research for the past five years. Previously, he M/as a research assistant with the
Institute of Government, University of Virginia.

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By R. Michael

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On behalf of the membership of the
Virginia Municipal League, President
Lawrence A. Davies requested that a
"fair play" test be applied to the proposed cuts in federal aid programs.
D a v i e s made the request at a congressional briefing held March 26 in
Washington in conjunction with the National League of Cities' Annual Congressional Cities Conference.
Some 40 Virginia local government
officials met with representatives of 10
of the 12 Virginia congressional delegates including S e n . Paul Trible and
Congressmen Bateman, Olin, Slaughter and Sisisky.
In his remarks Davies revealed that
Virginia local governments will lose an
estimated $186 million in federal grants
in fiscal year 1986 if the Reagan administration's proposed budget cuts are approved by Congress. This represents
almost $36 per capita.
Included in the projected reductions
are (1) elimination of general revenue
sharing at $99.9 million annually, (2)
cuts in the community development
block grant program of $5.6 million, (3)
elimination of the urban development
action grant program, a $6.1 million
loss, (4) elimination in school impact aid
for funding of section B students (those
whose parents either live or work on
federal property) at an annual loss of
$17.2 million, (5) elimination of the work
incentive program, a $3.6 million loss,
and (6) cuts in mass transit totaling $28
million annually.
Davies also carried to the Virginia
congressional delegation the results of
the league's survey on the impact of the
proposed budget cuts on VML localities.
The survey revealed a close to unanimous opinion ranking general revenue
sharing a s the most important program
to local governments, and the local
governments participating in the survey
indicated that their current real estate
tax rates would need to be increased 5
cents to 24 cents to replace the loss of
general revenue sharing funds.
"Revenue sharing funds are a particularly Important source of federal
funds since they can be used in a variety
of program a r e a s , " D a v i e s told the
audience.
"The impact of the service cuts [as a
result of the loss of G R S funds] will be

felt in services that touch the every day
lives of our citizens. Police and fire protection, education, s o c i a l s e r v i c e s ,
health, streets and roads, and garbage
collection and disposal will be affected
by the loss of these federal dollars.
"The impact will be greatest on those
people who are in the most need of
services and who are least able to afford
a tax increase — the elderly, the urban
poor, the handicapped, the children.
"In short, Virginia localities have a
limited capacity to fill the void that will be
left in our communities by the wholesale
withdrawal of federal grant dollars," Davies said.
Other programs cited in the survey a s
important to local governments included
C D B G , education, U D A G , Environmental Protection wastewater construction
and Farmers Home Administration rural
housing and community facilities.
Davies asked the delegation not to
view V M L ' s m e s s a g e a s saying "we
totally support your efforts to reduce the
federal deficit, but our grant program is
unique and special and should be exempted from cuts.
" P l e a s e remember a s fellow elected
officials we have to prepare a budget
each year and must address the needs
of a wide group of community needs. In
short, we have considerable practice in
saying no," he said.
He also presented the guidelines developed by the V M L membership in
1981 in response to President Reagan's
"new federalism." T h e guidelines were
developed by the league to address
federal program cuts and were designed to provide an overall concept of
"fair play" believed to be essential if
Virginia's local governments were not to
suffer irreparably.
The guidelines are a s follows;
(1)
Where the role of governments,
especially that of the national government, is fundamentally altered, the impact upon state and
local governments will also be
fundamentally altered. It the federal government withdraws from a
particular function, it is likely that
local governments will not be financially able to fill the gap. The
facts of life in local finance mean

that some functions will be significantly curtailed or even eliminated.
(2)
If cuts in programs to achieve
overall deficit reduction are necessary, and it appears they are,
these cuts should be applied fairly
and equitably.
(3)
Local
government
officials
should be involved in determining
the relative worth and effectiveness of any one program of federal assistance.
(4)
Where programs are eliminated or significantly altered, adequate transition time to adjust to
resulting changes should be provided to localities. (Virginia localities are well into their budget
preparation process and will be
adopting next year's fiscal budgets well in advance of July 1;
therefore, local budgets will be left
vulnerable to final congressional
actions in many areas.)
(5)
Where major shifts are intended in the pattern of responsibilities among levels of governments, a corresponding shift in
the resources necessary to finance and carry out these responsibilities must simultaneously be made.
Davies also took advantage of the
opportunity to e x p r e s s the league's
concern regarding the recent Supreme
Court decision in Garcia v. San Antonio
which reversed the National League of
Cities V. Usery landmark decision of
1976. T h e recent decision implies that
the Fair Labor Standards Act may apply
across the board to local governments
and their employment practices.
To comply with the new ruling, many
VML localities will have to bear the costs
of increased overtime salaries for police
and fire workers, and to the larger localities this would be a substantial cost
increase. No current survey is available,
but a 1975 survey done by the International City Management Association
revealed a cost at that time of more than
$1 billion simply to comply with the
F L S A overtime provisions.

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R. tvlictiael Amyx is executive director of
tile Virginia tVlunicipal League and attended
the congressionai briefing.

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Arlington County
Loves Its Leaves
Arlington County sells leaf mulch from
March through December and has provided a colorful brochure to advertise
the program.
The pulverized leaf mulch is the result
of the Department of Public Works' annual autumn leaf collection program.
Leaves that residents rake to the curb
for vacuum collection are recycled into
leaf mulch for sale to residents for lawn
and garden use.
The mulch also is provided to Arlington County government agencies and
public schools for landscaping to beautify the county. The Park Division alone
uses 200 truckloads (or 1,000 cubic
yards) of leaf mulch for county gardens
every year.
Arlington County residents may order
the mulch for $35 per five cubic yard
truckload delivered. This is one-third the
cost of commercial lead mulch, and
there Is no load limit.
The nationally unique resource conservation program, now in its twelfth
s e a s o n , saves Arlington t a x p a y e r s

about $100,000 a year by not burying
the leaves at the Lorton Landfill.
The brochure lists 10 uses for leaf
mulch, includes an order form and encourages those with small lawns and
gardens to share a truckload with a
friend.

Power Conference
Set for June
The Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia will hold its annual
conference June 5 - 7 at the Cavalier
Hotel in Virginia Beach. On the program
will be discussion of System 37/5 load
management, the Corps of Engineers'
hydro projects, bar-code meter reading
and the Internal Revenue Service's employee benefit regulations. MEPAV
President William E. Willis of Radford
will preside.
The association will also conduct its
annual business meeting and election of
officers and hold two cocktail receptions.
Registration is $20 for members and
$25 for non-members. For more information, contact Executive Secretary
Christy Everson at (804) 649-8471.

Chiefs of Police
Leave League
The Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police dissolved its affiliate relationship
with the Virginia Municipal League and
became an independent association on
May 1,1985. VACP, which had been an
affiliate of the league's since 1926,
reached a level of association activity
requiring support services beyond those
available from the league.
"It is with mixed emotions that we
leave the league," said VACP President
Chief Harry Raskins.
"It's been a good relationship," he
said.
VACP is currently considering the
services of several association management firms as well as other alternatives. The association's membership
will vote on a management plan at the
VACP Annual Conference to be held
Aug. 18-21 in Arlington at the Crystal
City Gateway Marriott.
In the interim, Debbie Middlebrook of
the Williamsburg Police Department will
serve as the association's secretary.
She can be reached at (804) 220-2331,
and P.O. Box 3009, Williamsburg, VA
23187, will sen/e as the association's
address.

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�Legal Guidelines

B y Howard W. Dobbins,
VML Legal Counsel

Anti-trust Liability-An Update
L e s s than three years ago, municipal
officials across the country awoke to the
realization that actions undertaken by
municipal governments traditionally
thought to be protected were subject to
anti-trust challenges under the Sherman Act and treble damage judgements. T h e immediate cause of this
alarm w a s the opinion of the United
States Supreme Court in Community
Communications v. City of Bouider, 455
U.S. 40 (1982). However, Boulder was
simply the latest of several Supreme
Court d e c i s i o n s which should have
alerted municipal concern and which
clearly led to Bouider.
A s early as 1978, the court in City of
Lafayette v. Louisiana Power &amp; Ligfit
Co., 435 U.S. 389, held that the reasoning of Partner v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341
(1943), that activities pursuant to "state
action" are exempt from federal antitrust laws, is applicable to municipalities
only if activities are exercised pursuant
to (1) "clearly articulated and affirmatively expressed. . .state policy" and
(2) "actively supervised" by the state.

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Shortly thereafter, in the case of Caiifornia Retail Dealers Ass'n v. !\/lidcal
Aluminum Inc., 45 U.S. 97 (1980), the
court, applying the two-pronged test announced in Lafayette, denied a private
party's claim of state action exemption
b e c a u s e the statute authorizing the
challenged activity did not provide for
state supervision even though the "clear
articulation" requirement had been
satisfied.
In Boulder the court found the general
"home rule" authority conferred on municipal g o v e r n m e n t s by C o l o r a d o ' s
Constitution did not constitute a "clear
articulation." T h e challenged action
therefore failed to pass the state action
test. However, in Boulder the court did
not reach, and thus left open, the question of whether a city or town must also
satisfy the "active state supervision" requirement of the two-pronged test e s tablished in Lafayette to be eligible for
anti-trust immunity.
When cities and towns across the
United States contemplated the devastating potential of Boulder, their representatives frantically sought emergency
help in Congress and state legislatures.
After analyzing the vast number and
vanety of actions and activities regularly
undertaken by municipalities which
could be the subject of anti-competitive

challenges, localities generally concluded it impractical for state legislatures to articulate policy to displace
competition for each such action and
activity. Moreover, many of those studying the problem determined that if the
courts should apply the supervision requirement to the myriad of potentially
anti-competitive activities, it was impossible to predict the extent of supervision
which might be required.
H e n c e , it w a s apparent that substantial relief could come only from the
U . S . C o n g r e s s . Accordingly, much
effort w a s concentrated on obtaining
congressional support for broad federal
statutory exemption of local governments from anti-trust laws.
S e n . Strom Thurmond of South Carolina promptly filed a bill in the Senate to
totally exempt local governments from
anti-trust laws, and other bills were introduced in the House of Representatives by sympathetic c o n g r e s s m e n .
Thereafter ensued the expected debate
and the attempt to balance what appeared to be conflicting national interests: fostering efficient administration of
local governments and insulating their
officials on the one hand and protecting
the consuming public against uncont r o l l e d a n t i - c o m p e t i t i o n by l o c a l
governments on the other hand.
Congress appeared to become lethargic to the problem. T h e fact that for
the most part local governments were
winning anti-trust suits brought against
them tended to lessen the urgency of
the problem, so the bills languished in
committee.
It w a s not until 1984 following the
Federal Trade Commission's institution
of anti-trust c e a s e and desist complaints
against New Orleans and Minneapolis,
which alleged anti-competitive actions
as to taxi cab operations, and a jury
verdict against a small Illinois city for
$28.5 million for an anti-trust violation
that Congress was galvanized to prompt
action. Promptly thereafter, the Local
Government Anti-Trust Law (the "1984
a c t " ) w a s p a s s e d by C o n g r e s s and
signed into law by the president Oct. 24,
1984.
As is frequently the c a s e when governmental concepts are at odds, the
1984 act represents a compromise between two conflicting concepts. Total
immunity has not been granted to municipalities. Instead, Congress has elim-

inated the right to recover damages,
both compensatory ordinary damages
and the treble damage penalty, as well
as interest, costs and attorney's fees not
only from any local government, official
or employee acting in an official capacity
but also in any claim against a third party
based on any official action directed by a
local government, official or employee
acting in an official capacity.
Hence, although the threat of destructive damage awards and fees has been
eliminated, the right to enjoin nonimmune municipal anti-competitive actions and activities is not affected by the
1984 act. Accordingly, although the
specter of bankruptcy as the result of
enormous treble damage judgments
has been eliminated, the legal principles
of Parker v. Brown, Lafayette, Midcal
and Boulder continue to be viable.
Moreover, the questions unanswered
by the court remained unanswered. Furthermore, the 1984 act expressly is inapplicable to pending cases unless the
court determines in light of all circumstances, including stage of litigation
and availability of alternative relief under
the Clayton Act, that it would be inequitable not to apply the exclusions of
the 1984 act to a pending case.
One unanswered question vital to
municipal governments was untouched
by the Supreme Court in Boulder, i.e.
w h e t h e r the active s u p e r v i s i o n requirement stated in Lafayette is applicable to municipal governments. However, that question has recently been
answered by the Supreme Court in its
unanimous opinion in Town of Hallie v.
City of Eau Claire, 53 L.W. 4418 (March
27, 1985).
The town of Hallie and three other
Wisconsin townships located adjacent
to the city of E a u Claire instituted a
complaint for injunction in the United
States District Court against the city
under §1 of the Sherman Act alleging a
monopoly of the delivery of sewerage
treatment services in the area and a
tying of the delivery of such services to
the delivery of sewerage collection and
transportation services. The towns alleged they were potential competitors of
the city and that the city used its monopoly of sewerage treatment to gain an
unlawful monopoly over sewerage collection and transportation services.
The district court ruled for the city and
its opinion was affirmed by the United

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Circuit. On appeal to the S u p r e m e
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Wisconsin statutory authorization failed
to clearly articulate the state's policy to
displace competition, citing the absence
of express mention of anti-competitive
conduct, and (2) that active state supervision was not provided by the statute.
Hence, the towns argued the city could
not rely on the state action exemption.
The opinion in Hallie, delivered by
Justice Powell, holds that it is not necessary for the legislature to specifically
e x p r e s s that the municipality is expected to engage in conduct that would
have anti-competitive effects in order to
comply with the clear articulation requirement. Rather, the court said "it is
sufficient that the statutes authorize the
city to provide sewerage services and
also to determine the areas to be served," reasoning that "it is clear that anticompetitive effects logically would result
from this broad authority to regulate."
The court summed up by saying "no
legislature can be expected to catalogue all anticipated effects of a statute"
of the kind involved in this c a s e and that
requiring such explicit authorization by
the state might have "deleterious and
unnecessary consequences." T h e court
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prior opinions had not been entirely
clear, the opinion in Hallie concludes
with a flat and absolute decision that the
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Editorial Assistant
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Resource Recovery: An Issue
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By Hunter F. Taylor and Stephen A. Walz
Recovering something useful from garbage appeals strongly to
common sense, but this should not overshadow the technical and
financial considerations
involved in resource
recovery.

Executive Committee
J . Willard Lineweaver
J a c k D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Sidney M, Oman
William R, Hartz
M. Stewart Koethcke
Charles A. Robinson Jr.

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Financing Resource Recovery
By Robert W. MacDonald and Francis J .
McDonough
Assuming availability of a suitable site, approphate technology, a
guaranteed waste stream and a reliable energy market, the first
problem facing a municipality considering resource recovery is gaining financing to construct the facility.

Executive Director
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On the Cover
Hampton's $10.4 million mass burn
plant can handle 200 tons of waste each
day and produces steam which the city
sells to NASA. R e a d about the ins and
outs of this kind of "resource recovery"
in this issue of Virginia Town &amp; City,

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Meeting Water Quality Needs
in Virginia
By Richard N. Burton
Virginia has made impressive progress, but room for improvement
remains as does the need for a coordinated approach to
successfully ensure an adequate supply of high quality water for the generations of Virginians to come.

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East Main Street, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206. All
contents,
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1985 by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction
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idea. It involves the incineration
and/or processing of solid waste to recover the valuable components left in
the waste, most notably its energy content. It is a further development of earlier
incinerator plants in that a stream of
revenue is generated by the sale of the
components recovered from the waste.
Recovering something useful from
garbage while simultaneously improving the environment appeals to common
sense so strongly that we feel it must be
worthwhile. This appeal can overshadow the fact that resource recovery
is a complicated process with ample
opportunity for technical and financial
setbacks. Responsible development of
a resource recovery project requires
careful analysis of a project's risks and
costs as well as its benefits. A locality's
commitment to resource recovery cannot rely on a temporary public feeling of
good will.
The driving force behind a resource
recovery project usually can be identified as a community facing either a landfill crisis, exorbitant solid waste disposal costs or the availability of a large
revenue stream from energy costs. The
locality's commitment to the concept,
however, must be strong enough to face
difficulties, and the locality should designate a single authority to undertake
the many steps involved in developing a
successful facility.
Two approaches to resource recovery from municipal solid waste may be
taken—mass burning and production of
refuse derived fuel (RDF). Mass burning
involves burning solid waste in a boiler
to produce steam after only a minimum
amount of processing to remove oversized or bulky items such as furniture or
appliances. The residue left after combustion is landfilled as a non-hazardous
waste.
Refuse derived fuel production involves separating the burnable and nonburnable portions of the solid waste and
processing the combustibles into a solid
fuel that can either be burned in a plant
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coal or wood in an existing boiler plant.
The non-combustibles are separated
into their recyclable components when
there is a market for the products. All
remaining waste is landfilled.
Both mass burning and RDF are
commercially available and in operation
or under development in Virginia. Currently, mass burning is the most highly
developed and commercially proven
technology with numerous operating facilities in a range of sizes and capacities.
RDF is a newer idea than mass burn,
and there are fewer successfully operating plants. However, some feel f^DF
will eventually prove to be the best approach for certain applications.
In response to the growing interest in
resource recovery, the Virginia Division
of Energy initiated a two phase program
to help local governments in Virginia
with their assessment of resource recovery. Phase I involved completion of a
general feasibility study covering the
key concepts of resource recovery and
identification of the components and
logic of a feasibility investigation. This
effort lead to publication of "Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste, A
Feasibility Guide for Local Governments in Virginia" which was distributed
to all cities and counties in Virginia in
late 1984.
Phase II of the program involves responding to direct requests for assistance with consultations to share resource recovery experiences in Virginia
and across the nation and to provide
preliminary economic analyses of the
long-term cost of technically feasible
projects. A summary of the ideas and
questions that have emerged through
discussions with various local officials
regarding feasibility of resource recovery in Virginia follows.

Local Problems/
Regional Solutions
The first recorded law covering the
disposal of solid waste may have been
an ordinance in 17th century London
that required landowners or landlords to

be responsible for the removal and disposal of rubbish, manure and debris
from the portion of public streets and
walkways adjacent to or serving their
property, regardless of how the waste
got there. In other words, everyone had
to "police his area."
It has been common sense to think of
trash disposal as a local issue requiring
local solutions. This was fine as long as
disposal remained a simple matter of
digging a hole somewhere and hauling
the waste to it for burial. Today, with
federal regulations such as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
threat of groundwater contamination,
high transportation costs and scarcity of
suitable and affordable landfill sites, the
disposal of municipal solid waste is
rapidly becoming a regional problem
requiring regional solutions. In addition,
the costs associated with new sanitary
landfills and alternatives to sanitary
landfills, i.e. resource recovery, are
large. Any option requires long-term financing which in turn requires a longterm solution which in turn requires
long-term planning.
The concept of a local problem requiring a regional solution is an old and
familiar one to public officials in Virginia.
In the case of resource recovery several
factors combine to amplify this theme.
Cities and counties are directly responsible for the legal disposal of municipal
solid waste under strict and costly Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Resource recovery project financing requires a guaranteed longterm supply of waste (flow control)
which rarely can be achieved within a
single jurisdiction. Also, unlike sewage
which is transported through a pipeline,
solid waste is hauled by people driving
trucks on roadways which allows the
drivers to take the waste anywhere. In
addition, resource recovery projects are
so technically sophisticated and capital
intensive as to require substantial public
debt, or service contracts tantamount to
public debt, and no foreseeable federal
grant program such as 208 water quality
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recovery by a local government is for the
governing body to commission the familiar feasibility study that evalutes waste
quantities, technologies, sites, potential
energy markets and costs. The study
takes the three phase approach described in "Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste, A Feasibility Guide
for Local Governments in Virginia."
However, it is not uncommon for a
resource recovery project to be investigated for a year and recommended by
an engineering feasibility study only to
have it die for business reasons. Many
resource recovery projects have been
determined to be technically, operationally and economically feasible according to traditional criteria, but they
are not financeable because the basic
components relating to cash flow, debt
and risk are not in place.
It doesn't matter which technology or
resource recovery system is best for
your applications, what sites are most
suitable, exactly how much refuse is
generated during which month in which
area, or who the potential energy customers are if you are not prepared to "do
the deal." Doing the deal is based on to
the ability of the local government,
based on preliminary estimates of cash
flow, to overcome the initial tipping
costs, support the debt or take the
economic risks necessary for project
financing.
C a s h flow problems relate to the
usual substantial increase in disposal
costs, or tipping costs, during the early
years of the project. T h e s e increased
tipping costs usually range from one
and a half to three times the current
disposal fee charged at the sanitary
landfill, depending on the strength of the
energy revenues. T h e distinction between cost and fee is emphasized because often localities don't know the
actual cost of their sanitary landfill; they
only know what fee they charge users.
In resource recovery projects, the
finance strategy requires cash flows to
balance on a periodic basis and therefore identifies true tipping costs. S o the
first question to be answered is: if your
current tipping charge at the landfill is
$10 or $15 per ton, is resource recovery
economically and politically acceptable
at $20 or $30 per ton in the early years of
the project even though the long-term
dollar cost of resource recovery is probably less than that of a new landfill?
Unfortunately, the dollar benefits of resource recovery are long term, unlike
the operating budgets of cities and
counties.

If a locality cannot manage the longterm cash flow problem, there is no
sense in analyzing much further. Often,
a sanitary landfill is the most attractive
means of municipal solid waste disposal. On the other hand, localities may
need to more accurately identify their
real sanitary landfill costs over the long
term, including land depreciation, future
siting difficulties and federal environmental regulations administered and
enforced by the Virginia Department of
Health.
If the c a s h flow problem does not
preclude a project, the next step for a
locality is to determine whether or not it
can support the necessary debt in the
form of general obligation of municipal
revenue bonds or assume the economic
risks in the form of service contracts to
allow industrial development bond financing with the private sector. The latter of these is popularly called "privatization," which refers to the idea of public and private sectors developing a
project a s partners in an owner/user
arrangement. This combines the benefits of private ownership and public
use, or the tax benefits associated with
private ownership and the lower borrowing rates associated with tax-free
financing.
Regardless of whether the project is
publicly owned and financed with municipal bonds or privately owned and
financed with IDBs, the local governments that participate in the project a s
owners or users will at a minimum be
required to enter into long-term put-orpay contracts for the delivery of their
municipal solid waste. T h e "put" refers
to the delivery of municipal solid waste,
or in the c a s e of resource recovery,
municipal solid fuel. T h e "or pay" means
the locality will pay the revenue lost a s a
result of not supplying the waste (fuel).
Lost revenue usually includes energy
revenue a s well a s disposal revenue
(tipping fees).

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Strategy

Resource recovery projects financed
in recent years have taken advantage of
federal tax benefits to draw private
equity into the deal and thereby reduce
the public debt. T h i s procurement
scheme has commonly been called a
"full service contractor" approach. It
loosely refers to the concept where a
single contractor packages the design,
construction, ownership and full-term
operation of a plant a s a single package.
Although the s p e c i f i c s a r e usually
different for each project, this strategy
amounts to an arrangement whereby
the private equity partner (usually the
full service contractor) legally owns part
of the facility therefore qualifying for tax
benefits and leases the facility to the
users for the finance period.

Historically, the amount of private
equity drawn into a deal has depended
on the attractiveness of the tax benefits.
It has typically amounted to from 20
percent to 30 percent of the capital cost.
The remaining percentage, or debt portion of the deal, h a s normally been
financed with tax-free bonds (IDBs or
G O s ) to minimize borrowing rates. In
either case, the debt has been ultimately
backed by the local government either
with full faith and credit or with strong
service contracts which guarantee at a
minimum the payment of debt service
on the tax-exempt bonds regardless of
operating costs.
Unfortunately, recent and proposed
modifications to the federal tax code
such as the Deficit Financing and R e duction Act and the Treasury Department's proposals combine to virtually
eliminate any incentive for private equity
contributions. Even though these proposals are being challenged by resource recovery groups to modify the
public purpose definition and allow tax
incentives in municipal resource recovery plants, it would be imprudent to anticipate equity partners in a resource
recovery project at this time. From the
municipal viewpoint, it must be a s sumed that all required capital will need
to be considered debt to be financed
with municipal bonds.
Where does this leave Virginia's localities? Since most localities still face the
decision of how to replace or upgrade
their landfills, they need to look both
locally and regionally at the benefits,
costs and risks of resource recovery as
well as traditional methods of landfilling
waste.

About the

Authors

Hunter F. Taylor, P.E., is president of
REFCOI\/l Inc. and has consulted with numerous local governments
in Virginia regarding resource recovery while under contract to the Virginia Division of Energy. He
previously served as project manager and
lead engineer for the designs of the resource
recovery
projects
now operating
in
Hampton, VA and New Howard County, NC.
Stephen A. Walz is the Energy
Extension
Service program manager for the Department of fJlines, Minerals and Energy, Division of Energy. He manages the resource
recovery project for the division and works
on numerous other projects assisting Virginia's governments
and citizens in conserving energy.

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Cogeneration
Cogeneration
offers attractive performance ctiaracteristics
in resource
recovery and a brief explanation is perhaps useful. The term stems from the
coproduction,
or cogeneration, of two
common forms of energy: steam and
electricity.
Electricity is commonly generated by
burning a fuel, be it solid waste, coal,
gas or oil, to make steam to drive a
turbine connected to an electrical generator. It is energy efficient to generate
the steam and electricity at the same
time by exhausting the steam from the
turbine generator at pressures and temperatures
that satisfy a given
application for steam such as an industrial
process. In this case, both the steam
and electricity are by-products of each
other.
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or market for each. Therefore, if a resource recovery facility is developed
with an energy customer who desires
steam, It often makes sense to cogenerate
the steam and
electricity
since the Public Utility
Regulatory
Policies Act provides a
guaranteed
market for the electricity by-product. In
this way, the electricity revenues justify
the additional capital outlay associated
with turbine/generator
systems
and
there is less waste in the system.

The Energy Bureau Inc will present a
seminar in Arlington Sept. 30 entitled
" H o w to A s s e m b l e a Cogeneration
Project."
The one-day practical seminar will
walk participants through the economics, negotiations, financings and techn o l o g i e s of i m p l e m e n t i n g a c o generation system. T h e program will
begin with registration at 8 a.m. and
conclude at 4:30 p.m. with a reception
following.
The cost of the seminar is $625. To
register, contact Peggy C h a s e at (212)
687-3178. The Energy Bureau has reserved rooms at the Sheraton Crystal
City; (703) 486-1111.
The Energy Bureau will also hold a
Cogeneration Conference in S a n Francisco Aug. 6 - 7 .

Resource Recovery in Virginia
Municipal Projects
Hampton: T h e city of Hampton is the
o w n e r - o p e r a t o r of a $ 1 0 . 4 million
(1978), 200-ton-per-day mass burning
plant that supplies steam to the NASA
Langley R e s e a r c h Center. T h e plant
consists of a pit and crane waste receiving and storage area, two 100-ton-perday waterwall incinerator/boilers, and
electrostatic percipitator pollution control. Revenues are supplied from steam
sales to NASA based on its avoided fuel
costs. Contact: Cliff Loveland, (804)
865-1914.
Harrisonburg: T h e city of Harrisonburg
is the owner-operator of a $10.5 million
(1982), 100-ton-per-day mass burning
plant supplying steam to J a m e s Madison University. Refuse is fed from a pit
a n d c r a n e r e c e i v i n g a r e a into two
50-ton-per-day refractory furnaces with
waste heat boilers. Pollution control
consists of electrostatic precipitators.
Revenues are based on 100 percent of
the avoided fuel costs of the produced
steam. Recently, a steam engine was
installed by plant personnel to u s e
waste steam to generate electricity for
internal consumption. Contact: J o h n
Holsten, (703) 433-1390.
Salem: T h e city of S a l e m owns and
operates a $1.9 million (1977), mass
burning, 100-ton-per-day plant. Steam
is sold to Mohawk Tire Company. Waste
is dumped and stored on a concrete

tipping floor and fed into two two-staged
controlled air furnaces with waste heat
boilers. There is no ancillary air pollution
control equipment. Contact: J i m Fender, (703) 375-3052.

structed for $2.2 million (1967), producing steam for use by facilities at the
Norfolk Naval Station. The plant contains two 180-ton-per-day mass burning
waterwall furnaces.

Portsmouth: T h e Southeastern Public
Service Authority is building a 2,000ton-per-day plant to produce refuse derived fuel ( R D F ) for sale to the Norfolk
Naval Shipyard and recover ferrous and
non-ferrous metals for recycling. T h e
Norfolk Naval Shipyard is constructing a
new RDF/coal augumented power plant
to produce steam. Capital costs will total
$107.8 million. Operation is projected to
begin in late 1987. Contact: Durwood
Curling, (804) 461-0878.

Portsmouth: The U.S. Navy also owns
and operates a 160-ton-per-day plant
supplying steam to the Norfolk Naval
S h i p y a r d . T h e plant c o n t a i n s two
80-ton-per-day mass burning waterwall
furnaces. Capital costs for the plant
totaled $4.5 million.

Arlington and Alexandria: A joint venture of the Arlington Solid Waste Authority and the Alexandria Sanitation Authority is beginning construction of a $75.6
million, 975-ton-per-day plant in Alexandria. The mass burning plant will use a
waterwall furnace/boiler to generate
electricity for sale to Virginia Power.
Contact: Ken Hook, (703) 558-2321.
Military P r o j e c t s
Newport News: T h e U.S. Army owns
and operates a 40-ton-per-day mass
burning, two-staged controlled air plant,
producing steam for use at Fort Eustis.
Capital costs totaled $1.7 million (1980).
Norfolk: The U.S. Navy owns and opera t e s a 3 6 0 - t o n - p e r - d a y plant c o n -

Private Projects
Henrico County: A 400-ton-per-day
plant is currently undergoing improvements in eastern Henrico County to produce resource derived fuel ( R D F ) and
recycle metals and glass. Capital costs
have totaled $2.1 million. The plant will
process waste from Henrico County and
sell the R D F for use in coal or wood fired
boilers. Contact: George Gaiser, (804)
222-7035.
Hampton: Hampton Institute owns and
operates a waste paper pelletizer and
boiler, using waste generated on campus to produce steam for use on campus. T h e 1.5-ton-per-day facility required $500,000 in capital costs (1983).
Contact: W. T . Borum, (804) 727-5263.
In addition, there are a number of
other public and private plants in Virginia that are in the development stage.

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discards four pounds of waste
each day, and more than 90 percent of
the 400,000 tons produced daily is
dumped in landfills. Many municipal
"dumps" are nearly filled, and land for
new depositories is scarce. In addition,
federal and state recognition of the role
of landfills in underground water pollution restricts the ability to enlarge existing dumps or site new facilities.
These trends are pressuring local
governments to seek new solutions to
solid waste disposal. Resource recovery plants that turn solid garbage into
energy while substantially shrinking the
volume of waste are one approach.
Such facilities are being financed,
constructed and operated despite myriad legal, environmental and contractual
constraints. The financial community's
awareness of the early difficulties encountered by the resource recovery industry has created obstacles for municipalities seeking complete ownership
of plants financed with debt issues. This
factor coupled with the attractive economics of resource recovery and indirect
tax incentives often favors joint ventures
of municipalities and private companies.
These joint ventures reduce the risk as
well as the number of bonds to be issued
while also providing for operation of the
facility upon completion.
Technological problems in the late
1960s and early 1970s plagued the first
generation of resource recovery plants
that attempted to process waste by extracting glass and useful metals for recycling. In addition, material resale markets were not advanced enough to operate the plants effectively. In the late
1970s, however, a new generation of
plants was constructed. Some of these
plants incinerate more than 1,000 tons
per day of raw solid waste by a process
that reduces a ton of garbage by 90
percent of its volume and two-thirds of
its weight. Residue and "by-passed"
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such as appliances) are by-products to
be dumped in a landfill.
The most significant product of the
waste reduction process is steam.
Steam can be produced by integrating a
large boiler and turbine with a furnace
and can be used for heating and/or to
produce electricity. Operators of wasteto-energy plants are paid tipping fees
from waste haulers to accept solid
waste which is burned as fuel to generate energy. The Federal Public Utilities
Regulatory Policies Act requires
investor-owned utilities to purchase
electricity from such alternative energy
projects at their "avoided cost." Tipping
fees supplemented by energy sales will
together typically match the facility's
operating costs.

The First Step
Assuming availability of a suitable
site, appropriate technology, a guaranteed waste stream and a reliable energy
market, the first problem facing a municipality considering a resource recovery plant is gaining financing to construct the facility. The first step is to
establish the level of financial risk the
municipality is willing, legally permitted
and financially able to assume. Suppose a plant is built that doesn't work. Is
the municipality willing to pay for it? If
not, private ownership of the facility
should be pursued.
Even if a community decided it is willing to assume the risk of complete
ownership, few public authorities can
actually afford the consequences if a
plant fails to work. Legal ceilings on the
amount of debt a municipality can issue
may also effectively limit the amount of
financial risk a town or city is permitted.

Financing Alternatives
The basic financing decision is
whether to choose private or public

ownership of the facility. Sometimes,
considerations of risk and indirect tax
incentives favor joint public/private
ownership under a leveraged lease financing. If the facility is to be privately
owned and operated, such financing
vehicles as industrial revenue bonds
and limited partnerships are generally
evaluated. If public ownership is
chosen, the choice is usually between
general obligation bonds and revenue
bonds.
A public authority seeking complete
resource recovery plant ownership will
first consider general obligation bond
financing, a familiar municipal debt instrument. The GO bond has a simple
financial structure and, with voter approval, is easy to issue. Because GO
financing is backed by the full faith and
credit of the municipal issuer, the bonds
have relatively low interest rates and do
not require interest capitalization or a
debt reserve fund and thus provide relatively inexpensive project financing.
The GO'S major disadvantage, however, is the required voter approval
which has proved to be difficult to obtain
in this age of tax revolt. Additionally, a
GO uses up some of the municipality's
capacity for debt issuance, possibly displacing other capital projects.
Revenue bonds were created in part
of avoid the problem of gaining voter
approval. Their primary advantage,
however, is that they do not affect the
debt issuance capacity of a municipality
because they are not backed by the full
faith and credit of the issue as is a general obligation bond. Revenue bond financing also permits a municipality to
retain complete control of the facility.
On the other side, in comparison to a
GO bond investors view revenue bonds
as less secure because payment of interest depends on revenues from the
specific project. To compensate for the
greater risk, investors demand that revenue bonds offer higher interest rates.
The municipality must also capitalize

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^75,650,000
Industrial
Development Authority
of the City of Alexandria
(Virginia)

Weekly Adjustable/Fixed Rate Resource Recovery
Revenue Bonds, Series 1984
(Alexandria/Arlington Waste-to-Energy Facility)

The undersigned acted as Financial Advisor to
Arlington County, Virginia, in this transaction.

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during the construction period and maintain a debt service reserve fund.
If private ownership is desirable, the
typical financing alternatives are industrial revenue bonds or a lease. The industrial development bond (IDB) is a
private activity bond that effectively
permits municipalities and other taxexempt issuers to issue tax-exempt
debt for private parties such a s McDonald's, General Motors or other corporations to induce them to build plants
in a locale. The Tax Reduction Act of
1984, however, reduced the availability
of industrial development bonds by limiting the total amount that can be raised
through IDB financing in each state to
$150 per capita.
The debt/equity or leveraged lease
vehicle permits a municipality to use
indirect subsidies of the federal government's tax incentives in selling to a private party that has a high tax bill and
wants to own a resource recovery f a cility. Under a debt/equity arrangement,
a private entity would typically own 25
percent or more of the plant and may
even operate the facility when completed. In return, the entity would receive the benefits of investment tax
credits, a c c e l e r a t e d cost recovery,
lease rental deductions and a claim on
plant revenues. The tax benefits, if the
facility or any part is unsold, go unused
by the municipality, which pays no
taxes.
This arrangement gives the municipality a partner with whom to share risk
and reduce by the amount of equity
purchased the number of bonds to be
issued, debt service costs and tipping
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Use of each of the financing vehicles
discussed requires a municipality to sell
bonds in the capital market. The municipal bond market is a combination of
all the issuers, underwriters, traders,
salesmen and investors who participate
in the tax-exempt market. Before an
underwriting, the entire market should
be analyzed to appraise likely demand
for the town's resource recovery securities.
The degree to which investors will
participate in the sale of a municipality's
securities depends on availability of
funds, tax rates, security preferences
and competing municipal investment
opportunities. The rate of interest the
municipality will pay is determined by
prevailing rates, perception of its credit
strength and supply and demand for the
municipality's and similar competing
municipal bonds.
People who buy bonds are really
lenders who are buying limited risk in-

vestments. They buy bonds rather than
equity securities because they want a s surance that they will be paid interest
and the principal when due. Bond investors are generally insurance companies,
commercial banks, mutual funds and
private investors. In today's bond market, mutual funds predominate, and they
prefer to invest in "sure things."

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Similarly, project completion agreements are meaningful only if provided by
a contractor financially able to satisfy
them. Cradle-to-grave guarantees from
a bankrupt company are of little use to a
municipality and a project's bondholders.

"Pin Hole" Risk
Reassuring Investors
Unfortunately, the resource recovery
industry is most widely known among
investors for a few spectacular failures
in its early years. Construction of a plant
in Akron, OH, for instance, has suffered
persistent problems and a recent boiler
explosion, and in Hempstead, NY, a
facility was constructed but closed because of alleged dioxin pollution.
Consequently, bond investors are
nervous about investing in project revenue bonds with interest payments dependent upon the revenue stream of a
single resource recovery plant. Several
public authorities have answered this
concern by issuing system revenue
bonds that are backed by an entire city
or county sanitation system.
Municipalities must frequently calm
investors' fears by ensuring a resource
recovery project a steady stream of revenue to meet interest payments. Under
a put-or-pay contract, a municipality unconditionally guarantees to pay annual
tipping f e e s to a project operator
whether or not the garbage is actually
taken to the plant. The plant operator
and bond investors are assured that a
project financed and constructed based
on an assumed level of annual waste
will receive the tipping fees for that level.
While the put-or-pay contract eliminates the risk to operator and investor
that revenues might not meet expectations, a project completion agreement
similarly eliminates the risk to municipality and investor that a contractor
might abandon a project following financing. A project completion agreement should obligate the contractor to
construct the plant "come hell or high
water."
Without these performance guarantees, it is very difficult to sell resource
recovery revenue bonds to investors.
Yet the true value of such guarantees
must be judged case by case. Some
state court decisions raise questions
regarding the enforceability of put-orpay contracts. Must a service be provided, or can the municipality be required to pay a contractual obligation
that lacks the "quid pro quo" of all contracts? What is the credit rating of a
municipality? Even if able to do so, will it
live up to a "put-or-pay" obligation or will
it seek to avoid it as occurred in the
Washington Public Power Supply S y s -

Other external risks include the remote or "pin hole" risk that environmental law changes during construction
might create open-ended costs to the
municipality, project contractor or both.
If in the middle of construction the law
changes to require an air quality control
device, who will pay for the installation?
Will the contractor absorb the s u b stantial costs of compliance or will the
municipality? In the first such case, the
municipality (Baltimore) w a s held responsible.
Three sources of environmental regulatory change can increase a project's
costs:
• change in statutory requirements;
• change in judicial interpretation of
law; and
• an administrative law judge's interpretation of an Environmental
Protection Agency regulation.
Although such regulatory changes
are rare, these "pin hole" risks should
be recognized and addressed by the
municipality and contractor at the outset.

Team Effort
As outlined above, numerous technological, legal and financial issues
must be resolved in the pre-construction
phase of a resource recovery project. A
municipality should assemble a team of
private resource recovery specialists
before entering negotiations. Since the
operator/contractor will have a technical
engineering staff, a negotiating counsel
and a banker, the municipality should
have an engineer, a bond counsel or
special counsel to help analyze the contracts and an independent financial advisor.
U n d e r w r i t e r s , either i n v e s t m e n t
banks or commercial banks, have a primary obligation to produce a product—a
security that is sold to investors. Consequently, underwriters act predominantly
as brokers between issuing municipalities and investors and are not always in
a position to a s s e s s alternative financing strategies objectively.
At the outset of project planning, municipalities should anticipate that of the
funds raised through a bond issue only
about 70 percent will be used for actual
construction. Most of the remainder will
pay for interest during construction, the

�VMVs Top Legislative Priorities
By Ellen S.

Posivach

FUNDING EDUCATION
For the second year the Virginia IVIunicipal League's top legislative priority is
full funding of the state's share of the
actual costs of primary and secondary
education. T h e V M L position reads,
"VML's first priority is funding for education including full funding of the actual
costs of the Standards of Quality as
estimated by the Virginia Department of
Education and full funding of educational mandates a s outlined in the Joint
Legislative Audit and R e v i e w C o m mission's study, State Mandates on
Local Governments and Local Financial
Resources. In order to accomplish this,
VML supports an additional 1 percent
statewide sales tax to be returned to
localities to fund education."
While there is a wide discrepancy between estimates provided by the state
and estimates provided by organizations, such a s VML, on the amount of
additional funds necessary for the state
to fully meet its financial obligations to
public education, there is no disagreement on the fact that the state is not
meeting this financial responsibility. According to November 1984 Department
of Education estimates, the state would
need an additional $635 million during
the 1986-88 biennium in order to meet
its responsibility just for Basic Aid Payments. This figure does not include additional state funding for categorical
programs in which the state underfunds
mandated requirements.
Because of the opposition VML and
other organizations have received from
legislators on specific issues related to
increased funding for education, VML
would like to review some of these concerns along with our responses to these
concerns.

Update
On Jan. 9,1985 in his "State of tlie
State Address,"
Gov. Cliarles S.
Robb proposed full funding for the
first time of the state's share of the
educational Standards of Quality in
the 1986-88 biennial budget. This
would of course require approval by
the 1986 General Assembly. In addition, the governor proposed
an
additional $53 million for funding the
Standards of Quality this year, raising the funding level by just more
than $100 per pupil or to $1,877 per
pupil from $1,776 per pupil.

Concern: Perhaps the most frequent
comment we hear privately (and occasionally publicly) from legislators is that
a re-election year is not the time to push
for a tax increase. With all 140 House
and S e n a t e seats up for re-election
along with the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general,
no tax increase measure will be passed
during the 1985 session.

Comment: We appreciate the candor of
these comments by legislators, but feel
the issue needs a closer look.
Many legislators have pointed to the
national results of an election campaign
run on a tax increase platform and have
paralleled the results with what they fear
might occur in Virginia. It is our belief
that this comparison cannot be made.
F i r s t , V i r g i n i a is not the f e d e r a l
government. Virginia has a balanced
budget; the federal government owes
about $1 trillion. Also, in Virginia a tax
i n c r e a s e proposal is not a partisan
issue. For the past two sessions of the
General Assembly, members of both
parties have introduced tax increase
proposals to fund education. At the national level, a tax increase measure w a s
offered by only one party.
According to a recent study by the
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations ( A C I R ) , a commission
composed of congressional representatives, the federal government now ranks
last in spending credibility in public opinion polls. Local governments now rank
first with state governments ranking
s e c o n d . It is our belief that local
governments received this ranking because they are closest to the people and
more accurately reflect the needs of the
people.
Local initiatives for increased state
funding of public education have, in the
South alone, resulted in state sales tax
increases in Tennessee, South Carolina, A r k a n s a s and T e x a s during the
past year. In each instance, meaningful
education reform programs have been
tied to the sales tax increase. A recent
study conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University for the Governor's
Commission on Virginia's Future found
that eight out of every ten Virginia citiz e n s surveyed in the statewide poll
agreed that the state "should improve

education offered by grade schools and
high schools even if it means raising
taxes."
Virginia elected officials should not
equate circumstances in Virginia with
circumstances at the national level, particularly when there is significant, valid
statistical and historical proof to the contrary. Virginia is currently ranked a s the
39th lowest state in combined state and
local taxes a s a percentage of personal
income. We are clearly a low-tax state
and can certainly afford to properly fund
the education of our children.

Concern: Why is a tax increase needed
when there is $158.9 million in state
funds to carry forward to 1985-86?

Comment: While it is true that additional funds e x i s t , pressing state
needs also exist. New needs exist in
corrections and in mental health. There
is no funding in the 1985-86 budget for
state employee salary increases, increases which the governor projects will
amount to about 8 percent. Each 1 percent increase in state salaries will require $10 million in state funds. In addition, the governor has stated a need to
set aside $50 million in a "rainy day
fund."
Finally, there is at least a $10 million
cut in the current budget for 1985-86
funding to local governments for public
health and social service programs. A
top priority for VML is to have these
funds restored during the 1985 session
to at least current levels. With all of
these damands, there will be very little
left for education.

Concern: Won't higher taxes hurt Virginia's chances for industrial and high
technology development?

C o m m e n t : National s u r v e y s h a v e
shown that tax rates rank far behind
other factors such a s "quality of life" in
the consideration of those responsible
for industrial and high technology development and relocation efforts. It
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education is a significant component in
the "quality of life" factor and therefore
receives more consideration than the
rate of taxation by those responsible for
relocating development efforts.
The percentage of high school graduates in the work force is also a traditional
measure used by business and industry
to evaluate a state's educational system. Virginia ranks 36th in percentage of
population age 25 and over that has
completed high school, according to a
1983 survey. In addition, despite salary
increases during the past three years,
Virginia ranks 31st in the nation according to the 1983-84 average classroom
teacher salary survey. These are not
promising statistics and do not demonstrate a significant level of state dedication to public education to present to
developers seeking to relocate.
The Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future states in its final report
that Virginia should seek to be a national
leader in public education by becoming
ranked within the top ten states nationally in the quality of education it
offers. The commission also specifically
recommended increased spending on
education and increased teacher
salaries.

C o n c e r n : Why recommend a sales tax
increase rather than use of another
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Comment: VML's primary position is in
support of increased funding of education. A sales tax increase is only a suggested method for achieving this goal.
Currently the state income tax and the
state sales tax are the only two viable
sources of state taxation which could
generate the levels of revenue necessary to fully fund the state's share of the
actual cost of education. The state income tax was originally eliminated from
consideration because of a decrease in
collections in relation to estimated projections for personal income. With the
state income tax s t r u c t u r e tied so
closely to the federal income tax structure, now would not seem to be the time
to revise the state's structure as the
federal structure is under the close scrutiny of the president and Congress.
An increase in the state sales tax
appears to be a viable option for obtaining the necessary state funds for
public education. Recent opinion polls

have found a sales tax increase less
objectionable than other tax increases.
A 1 percent increase to the current 4
percent state sales tax would produce
an estimated $639.4 million in additional
revenue during the next two fiscal years.
This would fund even the highest estimates of the state's share of the actual
cost of Basic Aid and would make a
significant contribution toward efforts to
fund state mandated requirements for
categorical programs.

STATE APPROPRIATIONS
VML's second legislative priority for
1985 is defeat of SJR 28. SJR 28 is a
state appropriation limitation measure
which ties the rate of growth in state
appropriations to the estimated rate of
growth of the state economy. Under this
measure the rate of growth in the state
economy would be determined solely by
the average rate of growth in Virginia
personal income.
SJR 28 was introduced during the
1983 session where it passed both the
Senate and House. Because SJR 28
requires a constitutional amendment, it
is necessary for the measure to pass
two sessions of the General Assembly
before being brought before the voters
of the commonwealth on the November
ballot.
When SJR 28 was brought before the
1984 session of the General Assembly,
the measure received strong opposition
from Senate leaders. Despite this, SJR
28 passed the Senate and was referred
to the House Privileges and Elections
Committee. By a narrow margin the
House Privileges and Elections Committee voted to carryover SJR 28 until
the 1985 session. Many legislators believed that the vote to carry SJR 28 over
to the 1985 session had in effect killed
the resolution. An attorney general's
opinion following the 1984 session ruled
to the contrary, however, and indicated
that a carryover bill passed by the 1985
session would meet the requirements
set forth for a constitutional amendment.
On Dec. 10, 1984, the House Privileges and Elections Committee met to
review carryover bills. Since the patron
of SJR 28 was not present at the meeting, the committee did not vote on a
recommended action for the 1985 session. The committee did, however, hear
testimony on SJR 28.
During the meeting VML President
Lawrence A. Davies presented the following testimony.

VML, which strongly supports
fiscal
responsibility
in all levels of
government, has after careful
consideration
taken a position
to oppose
SJR 28 for
the following
reasons:
- SJR 28 caps the growth in state appropriations
based on the average
rate
of growth
in personal
income.
The
growth in personal
income when taken
alone is not a valid economic
indicator.
- SJR 28 assumes
that in
economic
periods of recession
state needs will be
less and in economic
periods of growth
state needs will be great.
Historically,
this has not been the case.
- SJR 28 assumes
that citizens of the
commonwealth
are satisfied
with the
current levels of state services.
Again,
historically
this has not been true or
there would
have been no need
for
legislators,
representing
the citizens of
the commonwealth,
to revise the biennial state budget during each and every
session of the General
Assembly.
- SJR 28 assumes
that no
significant
new state needs will be identified
by
members
of the legislature,
elected
to
represent
the will of the people.
Again,
this has not been the case. New
needs
are identified
and do need to be addressed.
In this upcoming
session
alone, we believe legislators
will identify new funding needs for
corrections,
mental health and education
programs.
- SJR 28 assumes that federal
funding
will continue at current levels. While the
state did benefit from the last round of
federal
funding
cuts
to
localities
through reduced
state matching
funds
under the state block grant
approach
taken in 1981-82, current federal
studies threaten not only local federal
funding but state federal funding as well.
- Finally and perhaps
most
important,
SJR 28 assumes that there is a need to
limit state appropriations
through
a
constitutional
measure.
In this
commonwealth,
with the oldest
continuous
standing
legislative
body in the nation,
fiscal responsibility
has been a hallmark. Virginia has a long and
proud
history of fiscal responsibility
and a long
and proud history of maintaining
a balanced budget, a tradition which is now
a constitutional
requirement.
This commonwealth
has been
a
leader in state legislation
and not an
emulator
of legislation
in other
states,
particularly
legislation
passed by other

�states which has proven to be unsatisfactory to citizens within these states.
Restrictive tax and spending limitation
measures appeared on state baliots in
l\/lichigan, California, Nevada and Oregon. All were defeated. In Michigan,
two out of every three voters said "no"
to Proposition C, which would have cut
state revenues by nearly $1.3 billion.
California voters also rejected
Proposition 36, a proposal to tighten limits on
state finances, and approved
Proposition 26, a $450 million bond issue to
fund school construction
and repair.
Oregon voters, who rejected efforts to
roll back taxes and limit future tax increases three times, defeated
attempt
number four, which was called
"Measure 2."
For Virginia, SJR 28 is conceptually
unrealistic and procedurally
unnecessary. We ask you to oppose
this
measure.

VML along with a number of other
organizations has formed a coalition to
oppose S J R 28. In addition to producing
brochures, buttons and bumper stickers
for the purpose of opposing S J R 28,
coalition members have targeted House
Privileges and Elections Committee
members in letter writing and telephone
campaigns.
Other coalition organizations speaking in opposition to S J R 28 during the
Dec. 10 meeting included the following:
the American Association of University
Professors, Virginia Conference; American Federation of Teachers of Virginia;
League of Women Voters of Virginia;
Virginia A F L - C I O ; Virginia Association
of Elementary School Principals; Virginia Association of School Administrators; Virginia Congress of Parents
and T e a c h e r s ; Virginia C o u n c i l of
School Administrators; Virginia Education Association; and the Virginia School
Boards Association. Reynolds Metals
Co. also spoke in opposition to S J R 28.
While the fate of S J R 28 may have
been decided by the time this issue of
Virginia Town &amp; City is released, it is

important for Virginia local officials to be
familiar with state spending limitation
measures a s we will probably see more
of these proposals in the years ahead.
Should S J R 28 be alive and well at this
reading, it is even more important that
local officials be familiar with this issue
as it will take a strongly unified effort to
defeat this measure on the floor of the
House, or if need be, to target a citizen
effort to defeat S J R 28 at the polls in
November.

About the

Author

Ellen S. Posivach is the Virginia
Municipal
League's
director of research. She is responsible for covering legislative items related to budget and finance.

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Since 1985 is an odd-numbered year,
the Virginia General Assembly as prescribed by the Constitution of Virginia
will convene for what is known as a
"short session." This is normally 30
days, but General Assembly leaders
have already decided to extend the session 16 days. The law-making body will
be consumed with work on the 244 bills
and resolutions carried over from its
1984 session, as well as with work on
new legislation and appropriations
amendments for fiscal year 1985-86.
The session, the assembly's 168th, is
expected to adjourn Feb. 23.
The General Assembly will reconvene on the sixth Wednesday following
adjournment to consider bills returned
by the governor with recommendations
for a m e n d m e n t and appropriations
measures returned with his objections.
No other bills are considered during this
"veto session," which lasts three days
unless the majority of both houses vote
for an extension, which may not be more
than an additional seven days.
The chambers of the House and Senate are located on the second floor of the
Capitol as are both the House and Senate clerks' offices. Senators and delegates have offices in the General Assembly Building, which Is across Capitol
Street next to Old City Hall.
The clerks of both houses serve as
Important sources of information and
their offices should be contacted before
planning a trip to Richmond to make
certain there have been no changes in
committee meeting times or places. J. T.
Shropshire serves as clerk of the Senate, and he or his staff can be reached at
(804) 786-2366. Joseph H. Holleman
Jr. serves as clerk of the House. He and
his staff c a n be r e a c h e d at (804)
786-7681.
Senate and House committee meetings are generally held on a specific day
or days of the week and at specific
times, except for a few House committees which meet at the call of the chairman (see the charts opposite). Subcommittees meet at no regular times and are
called at the pleasure of the chairman.
Most Senate committee meetings are
held in the General Assembly Building
while House committee meetings are
held in both the Capitol and the General
Assembly Building. To locate committee
meeting rooms, remember lettered
rooms are in the General Assembly
Building and numbered rooms are in the
Capitol. The Appropriations Room is on
the ninth floor of the General Assembly
Building. Also, on each floor of the General Assembly Building are a number of
conference rooms where House and

Senate subcommittees often meet.
Most committee meetings and all public hearings and Senate and House sessions are open to the public, however,
committees may sometimes hold executive sessions. Committees and subcommittees meet in the mornings prior
to or in the afternoons following the
House and Senate sessions. The Senate a n d H o u s e c o n v e n e M o n d a y
through Thursday at noon and at 11
a.m. on Fridays. Evening and weekend
sessions can be called if necessary.
Information centers are located in the
center hall on the ground floor of the
Capitol (804-786-6530) and in the first
floor lobby of the General Assembly
Building (804-786-7281). A number of
computer printout reports are available
at the information centers. They include
a final disposition report which gives
House and Senate bills in numerical
order, a summary of each bill, its chief
patron and co-patrons and its daily
status; a daily updated cumulative index
which gives House and Senate bills,
resolutions and documents introduced
in each session listed alphabetically by
subject matter and numerically by code
section; a weekly patron report which
lists House and Senate bills in alphabetical order according to patron name and
includes a summary and weekly status
report; and a "batch" report which lists
alphabetically House and Senate members showing bills they have patroned
and co-patroned, numerically lists titles
of the Code of Virginia and bills affected,
alphabetically lists committees and bills
referred to them, and numerically lists
bills and final status. Bill status which Is
updated continually is available by bill
number, and committee and subcommittee meetings are available and updated as information is obtained. A
House Mini Journal and a Senate Minute Book give daily summaries of each
house's session. Computer terminals
are housed in each information center
and contain updated information on the
status of bills. Actual copies of bills,
resolutions and documents are available from the Bill Room in the basement
of the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y Building
(804-786-6984).
Lists of the mailing addresses and
telephone numbers of General Assembly members are available in the information centers. If you wish to discuss a
particular piece of legislation with your
senator or delegate it is recommended
that you make an appointment in advance. You should know your subject
and be able to state your reasons for
support or opposition to the legislation.
Even if you and your legislator do not

agree, leave on a friendly note and write
to thank your legislator for meeting with
you.
In writing to your legislator regarding
issues, be direct, concise, logical and
factual. State specifically and clearly the
action you are urging and give the reasons for your position. To write the governor, write to The Honorable Charles S.
Robb, Governor of Virginia, The State
Capitol, Richmond, VA 23219, and address him as Dear Governor Robb. To
write a legislator, address your envelope The Honorable . . . , The Senate
of Virginia or The House of Delegates,
General Assembly Building, Richmond,
VA 23219, and address him or her Dear
Senator or Dear Mr./Mrs./Ms. for delegates.
During the session the league publishes its Legislative Bulletin which reports on legislation of interest to local
governments. If you are not receiving
the Legislative Bulletin and wish to subscribe, subscriptions are available from
VML at $50 for members and $75 for
non-members.
In addition, league staff cover the activities of the General Assembly. Ellen
Posivach and Mary Jo Fields cover
finance and appropriations matters,
education issues, social services and
human resources. Rob Feild covers legislation dealing with general laws affecting local government such as public
procurement and freedom of information. Jim Campbell covers the activities
of the House Counties, Cities and
Towns Committee and issues dealing
with local government policy and administration such as land use and personnel
issues. VML's Legal Counsel Howard
Dobbins covers the activities of the Senate Local Government Committee. Deputy Director Clay Wirt serves as VML
legislative coordinator, staffing the legislative committee, working with local
government legislative liaisons and
generally coordinating VML's legislative
activities. He also handles special issues that arise during the session. Exe c u t i v e D i r e c t o r R. Michael Amyx
serves as the chief spokesperson for
VML before the General Assembly and
is charged with overall responsibility for
legislative issues.
VML staff can be reached by calling
the VML Office at (804) 649-8471. The
office is located at 1011 E. Main St. on
the third floor of the Ironfronts Building, if
you wish to visit any of the VML staff to
discuss a particular piece of legislation,
please call for an appointment as staff
are often at the General Assembly during the session.

�HOUSE COMMITTEES
Agriculture —

T h u r s d a y s , '/2 h o u r a t t e r a d j o u r n m e n t , R o o m

McClannan, Chairman
Quillen
McDiarmid
Councill
Green
Jones
Van Yahres
Appropriations —
Appropriations

Keating
Finney
Robinson, J.W.
DeBoer
Guest
Crouch
Beard

IVIonday t h r o u g h F r i d a y , o n e h o u r after

C h e s a p e a l t e &amp; Its T r i b u t a r i e s —

adjournment.

O'Brien, W.R.
Moncure
Medico
Benedetti
Gordy

Plum
Jennings
Copeland
Maxwell
Saunders
Guest
Crouch

O'Brien, W.R.
Parrish
Agee
Andrews
Hanger
Stosch

Corporations, Insurance &amp; Banking —

T u e s d a y s &amp; T h u r s d a y s , 10 a . m . .

Moss, Chairman
Marks
Bagley, R.M.
Parker
Heilig
McClanan
Wilson

Smith
Keating
Terry
Forehand
Plum
Woodrum
Munford

Counties, Cities &amp; T o w n s —
Fridays, 9 a.m.. R o o m

Manning, Chairman
Marshall
Cranwell
Hall
Keating
Lambert
Jones
Courts of Justice —

D

Marks, Chairman
Morrison
Glasscock
Moss
Slayton
McGlothlin
Cranwell
Education —

Hawkins
Watkins
Morgan
Brown
Cody
Tata

T u e s d a y s &amp; T h u r s d a y s , Vz h o u r a f t e r

m e n t , a n d F r i d a y s , 10 a.m., R o o m

Tuesdays &amp; Fridays, 9 a.m.. R o o m

McDiarmid, Chairman
Diamonstein
O'Brien, J.W,
Councill
Lambert
Terry
Forehand

Van Yahres
Munford
Van Landingham
Finney
Dobyns
Cooper
Dicks

Quillen, Chairman
Smith
Green
Jennings
Murphy
Plum, Chairman
Glasscock
Moss

adjourn-

Dicks
Robinson, W.P.
Ackerman
Miller, C.
Moncure
Rollins

Miller, Y.B.
Dillard
Beard
Orebaugh
Jester
Gordy

Privileges &amp; Elections —

Anderson, Chairman
Marks
Quillen
Pickett
Dickinson
Ball
Morrison
McGlothlin, Chairman
Manning
Dickinson
Ball
Marshall
Thomas
Hall
Rules —

O'Brien, W.R.
Parrish
Jester
Allen
Cody

chairman

Cunningham

W e d n e s d a y s , 10 a.m.. R o o m

Marshall
Creekmore
Heilig
Wilson
Parker
StieHen
Van Landingham

C

Wilkins
Andrews
Hawkins
Calvert
Brown

M e e t s o n cal I of

Dicks
Stafford
Agee

C

Callahan
Miller, C.
Stafford
Dillard
Watkins
Putney

T u e s d a y s &amp; T h u r s d a y s , 9:30 a.m., R o o m 1

Robinson, W.P.
Bagley, F.C.
StieHen
Dobyns
O'Brien, J.W.
Grayson
Moore

M e e t s o n call of c h a i r m a n . S p e a k e r ' s

Philpott, Chairman
Marks
Moss
Bagley, R.M.

D

W e d n e s d a y s , 8:30 a.m., R o o m

Van Landingham
Copeland
Robinson, J.W.
Dobyns
Ealey

Roads &amp; Internal Navigation —
4

Crouch

Medico
Moncure
Hargrove
Hargrove
Calvert
Cody
Tata

Bagley, F.C.
Van Yahres
Miller, Y.B.
Giesen
Dillard

Nominations &amp; Confirmations —

C

Axselle
Almand
Terry
Cohen
Woodrum
Murphy
Jennings

Murphy
Lacy
Ealey
Grayson
Saunders
Bloxom
Wilkins

Mining &amp; Mineral Resources —
and

chairman

Meets o n call of c h a i r m a n . R o o m 1

Cranwell, Chairman
Thomas
Keating
Almand
Lambert

T u e s d a y s , Vz h o u r a f t e r a d j o u r n m e n t ,

Van Yahres
Copeland
Cooper
Grayson
Moore
Miller, C.
Giesen

Meets o n call of

M o n d a y s , 10:30 a.m.. R o o m

Creekmore, Chairman
Glasscock
Wilson
Stambaugh
Anderson
Watts
Munford
Militia &amp; Police —

Lacy
Ealey
Cohen
Callahan
Morgan
Hargrove

Crouch
Brown
Jester
Allen
Benedetti
Orebaugh

O'Brien, J.W., Chairman McClanan
Stambaugh
McDiarmid
Labor &amp; Commerce —

D

T u e s d a y s &amp; T h u r s d a y s , 9:30 a.m.,

Cohen
Ackerman
DeBoer
Maxwell
Miller, Y.B.
Stafford
Wilkins

Interstate Cooperation —

4

Wilkins
Medico
Benedetti
Allen
Gordy
Cunningham

C

Glasscock, Chairman
Marshall
Pickett
Slayton
Stambaugh
Brickley
Lambert

Hargrove
Rollins
Hanger
Stosch
Tata

C o n s e r v a t i o n &amp; N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s - - W e d n e s d a y , 10 a . m . . R o o m

Thomas, Chairman
Councill
Smith
Terry
Brickley
Jones
Forehand

C

Health, Welfare &amp; Institutions —

D

Almand
Cooper
Maxwell
Miller, C.
Harris

M o n d a y , 1 0 a . m . , a n d W e d n e s d a y s , Vi h o u r a f t e r

Diamonstein, Chairman Ackerman
McGlothlin
Robinson, W.P.
McClanan
Finney
Axselle
DeBoer
Wilson
Moore
Almand
Stafford
Woodrum
Bloxom
Room

adjournment,

Guest
Beard
O'Brien, W.R.
Parrish
Hanger
Stosch

Stieffen
O'Brien, J.W.
Watts
Lacy
Robinson, J.W.
Jones
Saunders

Morrison, Chairman
Anderson
Cranwell
Parker
Creekmore
Stambaugh
Brickley
adjournment, Room

Meets o n call of c h a i r m a n . R o o m 1

Meets o n call of c h a i r m a n , R o o m

Parker, Chairman
Creekmore
Bagley, F.C.
Woodrum
Axselle

M o n d a y s &amp; W e d n e s d a y s , 1 h o u r after

D

General Laws —

Green
Heilig
Callahan
Giesen
Harris
Putney

Maxwell
Pickett
Copeland
Bloxom
Morgan

Stieffen, Chairman
Murphy
Watts
Forehand
Cooper

Room

Room

Room

Bagley, R.M., Chairman Diamonstein
Manning
Smith
McDiarmid
Hall
Ball
Thomas
Dickinson
Bagley, F.C.
Pickett
Quillen
Slayton
Councill

Claims —

Finance —

D

Bloxom
Hawkins
Watkins
Orebaugh
Cunningham
Putney

Anderson
Manning
McGlothlin
Morrison

Guest
Harris
Rollins
Andrews
Calvert
Agee
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otherwise

MONDAY

THURSDAY

Agriculture, Conservation &amp; Natural Resources — Senate Room A,
9 a.m.
Anderson, Chairman
Fears
DuVal
Waddell
Bird

Cross
Marye
Nolen
Holiand, R.J.
Jones

notified.)

Holland, C.A.
Truban
Mitcheli
Chichester
Russeil, R.E.

Education and Health — Senate Room B, 9 a.m.
Walker, Chairman
Andrews
Wiiley
Buchanan
Gray

Holland, E.M.
Schewel
Nolen
Saslaw
Michie

Bird
Joannou
Canada
Chichester
Russell, J.W.

Transportation — Senate Room B, 2 p.m.
Commerce &amp; Labor — Senate Room B, 2 p.m.
Fears, Chairman
Wiiley
Parl&lt;erson
Babalas
DuVal

Gray
Holland, E.M.
Schewel
Colgan
Goode

Nolen
Scott
Jones
Saslaw
Holland, R.J.

Waddell, Chairman
Wilder
Fears
Gray
Holland, E.M.

Goode
Emick
Bird
Saslaw
Parker

Marye
Scott
Houck
MacFarlane
Miller

Finance — 10th Floor Conference Room, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY
Finance — Senate Room B, 9 a.m.
Wiiley, Chairman
Andrews
Walker
Anderson
Parkerson

Babalas
DuVal
Buchanan
Emick
Colgan

Cross
Fears
Gartlan
Gray
Truban

Local Government — Senate Room B, 2 p.m.
Babalas, Chairman
Parkerson
Waddell
Goode
Marye

Colgan
Holland, R.J.
Houck
MacFarlane
Mitchell

Canada
Barker
Miller
Russell, R.E.
Russell, J.W.

Privileges &amp; Elections — Senate Room A, 4 p.m.
Wilder, Chairman
Andrews
Anderson
Gartlan
Buchanan

Cross
DuVal
Schewel
Parker
Walker

Wiiley
Holland, C.A.
Truban
Mitchell
Miller

Wiiley, Chairman
Andrews
Walker
Anderson
Parkerson

Babalas
DuVal
Buchanan
Emick
Colgan

Cross
Fears
Gartlan
Gray
Truban

FRIDAY
Rehabilitation and Social Services — Senate Room B, 8:30 a.m.
Gartlan, Chairman
Wilder
Waddell
Emick
Nolen

Parker
Saslaw
Michie
Scott
Joannou

Holland, C. A.
Canada
Chichester
Barker
Miller

Finance — 10th Floor Conference Room
Upon adjournment at call of the chairman.
Wiiley, Chairman
Andrews
Walker
Anderson
Parkerson

Babalas
DuVal
Buchanan
Emick
Colgan

Cross
Fears
Gartlan
Gray
Truban

Rules — Senate Room A

WEDNESDAY

Immediately upon adjournment and upon call of chairman
Finance — Senate Room B, 8:30 a.m.
Wiiley, Chairman
Andrews
Walker
Anderson
Parkerson

Babalas
DuVal
Buchanan
Emick
Colgan

Cross
Fears
Gartlan
Gray
Truban

General Laws — Senate Room B, 2 p.m.

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Walker
Marye
Colgan
Schewel

Holland, R.J.
Scott
Jones
Parker
Houck

MacFarlane
Truban
Barker
Russell, R.E.
Russell, J.W.

Courts of Justice — Senate Room A, 2 p.m.
Parkerson, Chairman
Andrews
Anderson
Holland, E.M.
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Emick
Bird
Cross
Goode

Michie
Wilder
Joannou
Canada
Mitchell

Andrews, Chairman
Wiiley
Parkerson
Babalas
Wilder

Walker
Buchanan
Fears
Anderson
Marye

Emick
Gartlan
DuVal
Waddell
Truban

�Gov. Robb D i s c u s s e s State Revenues
By Ellen

In the traditional December revenue
statement before the three General A s sembly money committees, Gov.
Charles S . Robb announced that "the
presents under the state's fiscal tree this
year will not be a s numerous or a s large
a s many had hoped or perhaps envisioned."
B a s e d on Robb's revenue review,
$179.9 million in additional spending
could occur during the 1985 session of
the General Assembly. The breakdown
of this total includes: $81.2 million in
unexpended funds carried fonward from
the 1982-84 biennium, $4.7 million in
unappropriated balances from the current fiscal year, $36 million currently set
aside in a contingency or "rainy day"
fund, and $58 million from revised revenue estimates for 1984-86, with $54.5
million projected to be collected in
1984- 85 and $3.5 million projected for
1985- 86.
While the $179.9 million marks a significant increase over earlier projections. Gov. Robb announced specific
plans for all but $28.9 million. It is a s sumed that these remaining funds will
be used to address economic development, especially the ports in Hampton
Roads, and funding concerns within the
Department of Corrections. T h e s e top
priority items, addressed by the governor in his r e m a r k s , were not a c companied by appropriation figures.
Expenditures addressed by the governor in his speech, and expected to be
contained in his proposed budget, include approximately $80 million in salary increases for state employees during 1985-86, representing about an 8
percent pay increase; an additional $14
million to bring the current $36 million
contingency or "rainy day" fund up to a
balance of $50 million; $19.8 million In
increased sales tax revenue resulting
from revised revenue estimates, to be
returned to localities for public schools;
and $1.2 million in increased Alcoholic
B e v e r a g e Control profits to be distributed to localities.
According to Robb's comments, he
intends to address increased state funding for primary and secondary education
by earmarking the contingency or "rainy
day" fund a s a "contingent commitment
toward full funding of the Standards of
Quality in 1986-88 [the next biennium]."
The remainder of Robb's address concerned future uncertainty in federal and
state revenues.
Federal programs identified by the

governor a s targets for reductions or
extinction under what has been referred
to a s "Mr. Stockman's kill list" included
the following federal aid programs to
state and local governments: Revenue
Sharing, the Economic Development
Administration, Community Development Block Grants, Community Services Block Grants, Urban Development
Action Grants, Urban Mass Transportation Aid, federal library grants, and federal water and sewer grants.
In addition, the governor identified
$20 million in additional state general
funds which will be necessary on July 1,
1986 to support Virginia's portion of the
Medicaid Program a s a result of the
Federal Deficit Reduction Act and a
doubling of the workload for the state
Department of Social Services resulting
from federal legislation requiring increased child support enforcement.
Also identified by Robb a s a future
federal uncertainty were potential tax
policy and structure changes, which because of Virginia's tax conformity with
the federal system would result in a
change to state tax revenues. While the
governor's statement on this issue implied a negative impact, state tax experts predict a windfall in state revenues
should the recently publicized federal
tax plan be approved. T h e windfall
would be tied to changes in the corporate tax system.
On the state side of the revenue picture, the governor noted a significant
decline in the gross receipts tax paid by
public utilities a s a result of the AT&amp;T
divestiture. T h i s change to the telecommunications industry will result in a
$2 million reduction in collections in fiscal 1985 a s compared to the previous
fiscal year, or $39 million less than the
commonwealth had previously projected. In addition, the recodification of
Title 58, the State T a x Code, during the
1984 session of the General Assembly
had a negative effect on state revenue
collections.
Combined projected i n c r e a s e s in
state general fund and non-general fund
revenue sources will bring the total to
$16.3 billion for the 1984-86 biennium.
The biennium budget passed during the
1984 session appropriates $15.9 billion.
The Robb revenue address does not
paint an optimistic picture for local
governments during tfie upcoming s e s sion. It appears that the governor does
not intend to restore to local social service and public health programs the $10

S.

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million-plus cut from the 1985-86 state
budget during the 1984 session. Nor
does it appear that there will be substantive increases in state funding for
the educational Standards of Quality.
However, it should be kept in mind that
while the governor proposes a budget to
the General Assembly, the General A s sembly has the authority to alter the
governor's proposal a s well as to alter
existing tax laws and pass additional tax
measures. Local governments should
continue to voice strong concern to
members of the General Assembly regarding state funding for localities.

About

the

Author

Ellen S. Posivach is VML's director of Research and follows state budget and financial measures for the league.

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�Luray Annexes
Two Square Miles
The town of Luray has been granted
annexation of approximately 1,245 acres outside the corporate limits by the
Page County Circuit Court. The court
followed the August 1983 recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Local
Government.
The annexation includes subdivisions
of Forest Hills, Fairview, Eastgate,
Brookside, Springview, Hilldale and
West Lu in addition to two undeveloped
tracts near the town's northern border.
Most of the areas were already benefitting from town water, sewer and trash
removal services but at about twice the
rate town customers were paying.
The commission noted that annexation "would have minimal impact
on Page County" and "rebound to the
economic benefit of the citizens."
The annexation increases the town to
about 3,020 acres, adding about 2
square miles. The town's population will
increase to approximately 4,400, according to Town Manager Donald A.
Smith.

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Augusta County
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Berryville
Blacksburg
Bluefield
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Vienna Hires
Town Manager
J o h n H. Schoeberlein became the new
town manager of Vienna April 22.
Schoeberlein, 37, previously served
as county administrator of Winnebago
County, IL, located about 85 miles east
of Chicago. He was chosen from among
185 applicants in a nationwide search
that began last January when former
IVIanager Brackenhdge H. Bentley resigned to become manager of Front
Royal.
Schoeberlein has also served in
Pompano Beach, FL, as assistant city
manager and city manager, and he was
city clerk of Highland Park, IL.
He is a graduate of Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, and has done
graduate work at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. He and his wife,
Julie, have a 12-year old son, Adam.

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Elect Officers
The Virginia Association of Governmental Purchasing elected D. Darwin
R o u p e , C P P O , Roanoke, 1 9 8 5 - 8 6
president at the association's spring
conference in Richmond April 18-19.
In addition, M. E. Poole, director of
fiscal and general services, Loudoun
County, received the 1985 Purchaser of
the Year Award for outstanding contribution to the field of professional
purchasing.
Other officers elected at the conference included N o r m a C h a n d l e r ,
CPPO, College of William and Mary,
vice president; Alfred V. Elias, CPPO,
Charlottesville, treasurer; and James A.
Waller, Jr., CPPO, Norfolk, secretary.

Shirlington into a lively stream with a
chain of lilliputian pools and waterfalls
now revisited by wild ducks.
The Four Mile Run erosion control
project is Arlington County's second
ASCE award. The county's public works
department won the 1982 award.
Matthews is a 34-year-old civil engineer who has worked for the public
works department 11 years. He has also
coached S o f t b a l l f o r the Clarendon
Methodist Church for 16 years.

Portsmouth Treasurer
To Retire
Portsmouth City Treasurer Margaret
E. Jones has announced that she will
retire from her post when her term ends
Dec. 3 1 .
Jones began working in the treasurer's office 28 years ago as a clerk.
She soon became chief clerk and in
1973 ran for the treasurer's job and won.
In 1978, she was recognized for her
excellence as a treasurer and named
the "Treasurer of the Year" by the state
association of city and county treasurers.

Flanary D i e s
Fred M. Flanary, former chairman of
the James City County Board of Supervisors and a retired certified public accountant, has died following a bhef illness. He was 59.
Flanary was a graduate of the College
of William and Mary and had lived in the
Williamsburg area for more than 35
years. From 1957 to 1980 he ran his
own accounting firm and in 1980 he was
appointed clerk of the WilliamsburgJames City County Circuit Court. He
also w o r k e d for the C o l o n i a l W i l liamsburg Foundation from 1950 to
1954.
In 1965, the Berkeley magisterial district was formed and Flanary was appointed to fill the new seat on the board
of supervisors.

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national capital section of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
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Managing Virginia's Water
"Water, water, every where,
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and predict nearly 200 years ago the
water supply dilemma many of our
communities are facing at the end of the
20th century? Of course not; however,
he did address perhaps a most important necessity for our viability—potable
water.
The two aspects of water, quantity
and quality, have been of immense concern to man and communities for millennia. I submit that our past concern
and greater emphasis has been placed
on the quantity of water.
Water, like fire, can be our best friend
or our worst enemy. Mother nature punishes man when we mismanage our
resources. The dire consequences of
the lack of that absolutely required resource become abundantly clear when
crops fail due to persistent drought and
people are condemned to starvation or
at best migration. The lack of water certainly places limits on the future of our
communities.
Abundant water supplies fulfill the requirements growing populations and
communities demand, and in addition
present ideal opportunities for waterdependent economic activities. Conversely, mismanagement of periodic
and sometimes unpredictable episodes
of overabundant water supplies, such
as might occur through flooding, make
certain land uses extremely risky and
have occupied much of man's ingenuity
in guarding against loss of life and
property.
Consequently, individuals and governmental agencies have for the past
5,000 years impounded water bodies to
ensure a regular supply throughout the
s e a s o n s for irrigation, flood control,
navigation, power generation and, for
the past century at least, other multipurpose uses including recreation and
a e s t h e t i c s . T h e positive a s p e c t s of
man's modification of the natural environment include the management of our
most precious water resources.
With the exception of periodic and
regional mismanagement and overuse,
communities generally have successfully planned for increasing water
demands. The trend in total water usage

for the commonwealth has constantly
increased for the past decade, but public water supply systems have kept pace
with the daily consumption in Virginia of
more than 150 gallons per capita.
Antiquated legal i s s u e s regarding
interbasin transfer of water or squabbles
over the use of a common water body
have no doubt been detrimental to many
communities in the past. T h e resolution
of these conflicts requires legal changes
and delicate diplomacy to ensure a balanced supply for all users in the future.
The fee structure for water customers
generally favors the largest users because it is regressive—the greater the
consumption the lower the unit cost. A
single fair pricing structure might encourage conservation. Despite critic i s m s of m i s m a n a g e m e n t affecting
water quantity, I believe our problem is
one of regional distribution and can be
remedied easily with proper planning,
although perhaps not too cheaply.
We can rest assured that not a drop of
water is lost in the earth's closed hydrologic cycle of evaporation, condensation
and precipitation. Of far greater concern
and of more importance is the deteriorating quality of our water supplies.
Through mishandling in many spheres
of our industrial urban society we have
tainted our surface and groundwater
supplies to the point where some communities have had to abandon their public water supplies and rely on the goodwill of neighboring jurisdictions or commercial bottled water.
Hardly a day passes that the media do
not alert local officials and citizens of the
discovery of additional hazardous waste
sites or spills that adversely affect their
communities surface or groundwater
supplies. A 1977 Environmental Protection Agency study revised its earlier
estimates of h a z a r d o u s w a s t e production drastically. T h e annual production of hazardous wastes that have
to be disposed of has reached nearly 30
million metric tons. More alarming,
however, is the fact that 90 percent of
the wastes were in liquid waste streams
that undoubtedly could negatively influence our water supplies or even make
them unusable in the future. In addition,
more than 130,000 operational or abandoned surface impoundments are located in the United States and unfortunately situated above groundwater
aquifers and adjacent lakes, estuaries

and streams. When confronted by such
unfathomable numbers of existing and
marked sites we should certainly be
concerned.
Add to this the most dangerous sites
on the E n v i r o n m e n t a l P r o t e c t i o n
Agency's " S u p e r f u n d " priority list in
more than 500 locations around the
country, including several in Virginia.
Again, we are dealing with known sites
of real and potential water pollution that
can be controlled or cleaned up, albeit at
staggering costs to the taxpayer and
rarely at the expense of those who created the sites through mismanagment,
carelessness or greed.
On the other side of the coin we find
hundreds of thousands of agricultural
fields where herbicides, pesticides and
fertilizers are entering our water supplies through run-off from non-point
sources.
The commonwealth of Virginia is far
from being unaffected by these national
water resource problems. Some of Virginia's water is polluted by materials
spilt while being transported on our
highways from out of state waste generators to disposers beyond the state's
boundaries. Other sources of potential
water pollution are located within the
state, such as military installations, nuclear power generating plants, manufacturers of such infamous products a s
kepone, a burning tire depository that
withstood the onslaught of man and
technology for months, mining activities,
municipal and private landfills and many
more. I am sure that this list is incomplete, but I am equally certain that every
city, town and county in the commonwealth has its share of potentially
hazardous sites.
We cannot escape from our past errors, yet we have the knowledge with
which to protect our future water supplies. We must learn that in our anxiety
to rid ourselves of waste and industrial
by-products, we might well rid ourselves
of needed water resources. Our society
is faced with the dilemma of industries
that invent, produce and distribute a
vast variety of goods and materials with
20th century efficiency and on the other
h a n d d i s p o s e of b y - p r o d u c t s a n d
wastes with medieval ignorance.
At the national and state level an effort
has been made for the past two decades
to plan for our water resources. The
implementation of these plans and the

�enforcement of at least minimum standards usually rest at the local level
w h e r e f i n a n c e s and know how are
sometimes limited. Enforcement of existing and future water quality standards
must be more rigorous. T h o s e individuals or companies responsible for
ruining water supplies must be forced to
pay for clean up costs and the restoration of water quality.
Localities can no longer operate in
isolation, but must cooperate with each
other to safeguard their shared water
resources. The time has come for us to
begin to address the complex problems
c o n f r o n t i n g our w a t e r r e s o u r c e s .
Through proper and farsighted planning
we might yet like Coleridge's ancient
mariner return to a world of safe and
plentiful water.
About the
Author
Dr. Peter Schuiz is an associate
professor
of urban studies and planning at Virginia
Commonwealtfi
University
and
teaches
courses in iand use and environmentai management.

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legal and regulatory proposals that
might affect the balance of risks and
costs embodied in each financing alternative. T h e recent U.S. Treasury Department's tax proposals would increase the cost of constructing and operating r e s o u r c e recovery plants if
adopted by Congress. Such indirect tax
incentives a s the accelerated cost recovery system would be reduced, investment tax credit eliminated and the
tax-exempt status of a facility's securities revoked if more than 1 percent of the
energy produced were sold to a private
entity.
Such changes would reduce the incentive for private companies to inject
equity capital for construction while increasing operating costs for private and
public operators by limiting energy markets. Municipalities and resource recovery authorities would need to replace the equity with larger, more costly
bond issues and meet higher operating
costs by boosting tipping fees as much
as 1 0 0 percent. Although Congress is
unlikely to pass the tax legislation a s
proposed, municipalities may want to
support various lobbying efforts to maintain tax incentives.

About the
Authors
Robert W. MacDonaid
is president
of
James L. Lowrey &amp; Co., ttie country's leading independent financial advisor to cities,
states and other public authorities. He formerly served as vice president and senior
banker in the public finance department at
Salomon Brothers. During his
investment
banking career, he has been responsible for
structuhng more than 150 issues of securities aggregating over S8 billion of bonds and
notes for a variety of issuers.
Francis J. McDonough,
senior financial
advisor at James L. Lowrey &amp; Co., has advised the Central fvlassachusetts
Resource
Recovery Committee; Arlington County, VA:
Dade County, FL; and the commonwealth of
Massachusetts
concerning
proposed
waste-to-energy
facilities and has extensive
experience
negotiating
contracts
with
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utilities, contractors,
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Volume 20

Number 7

VML President
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Officers
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5 Creative Funding for
Parks and Recreation
By Cathe Hart Kervan

10 Highlighting Virginia's
Parks

Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

On the Cover
Children as well a s other individuals
and groups enjoy Chesterfield County's
Rock Wood Park. T h e s e children, from
a nearby day care center, are having fun
on a slide which is partially made of
natural materials that fit into the environment. Read the creative funding ideas
that could help you acquire playground
equipment and much more for parks
and recreation in this issue of Virginia
Town &amp; City.

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13 Be A Winner with
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in Virginia, and Gov. Charles S . Robb
recently signed an official Certificate
of Recognition to honor the commonwealth's significant leisure resources.
Celebrated nationally, the month allows families and individuals the
chance to experience the many exciting opportunities available through
public and private leisure service
agencies. Although quality recreation
and park programs are offered yearround, July is recognized a s Parks
and Recreation Month because children are out of school and families
can plan vacations together. In addition, many traditional activities are
conducted in conjunction with the nation's independence celebration.
Virginia has more than 100 public
park and recreation agencies staffed
by full-time professionals. T h e s e professionals program and maintain a
wide variety of facilities and resources
ranging from quiet neighborhood
parks to campgrounds and from playground programs to large festivals.
E a c h agency attempts to offer
something for everyone, and program
opportunities may include therapeutic
recreation, athletics, outdoor and environmental programs, fitness activities,
drama and the arts or popular special
events focusing on seasonal themes
or local points of interest.
In addition to the public park and
recreation agencies, Virginia boasts
an abundance of private, commercial
and quasi-private agencies providing
quality leisure services. Fitness
centers, country clubs, theme parks,
campgrounds, day care centers,
churches and military bases all offer
their own unique variety of programs.
We all have our own way of enjoying our free time. It may be skiing
down a fluffy slope or across a placid
lake, coaching a little league team or
playing first base, reading the latest
best-seller or campaigning door-lodoor, shooting baskets or designing
them, jogging around the neighborhood or running in a marathon. Whatever one's particular leisure pursuit
may be, it offers an opportunity for the
revitalization and re-creation of the
body and mind.

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(l-r) Philip T. Hester, VRPS president, director of recreation and parks, Chesterfield County;
James C. Stutts, VRPS executive director; Ronald D. Sutton, commissioner, Virginia Division
of Parks and Recreation; Gov. Charles S. Robb; Needham S. Cheely, VRPS
president-elect,
director of recreation and parks, Frederick County; Stuart W. Connock, VRPS
treasurer,
partner. Resource Planners Inc.

Virginia's citizens are fortunate to
have an extremely wide variety of recreation and park opportunities available to them, and they have come to
expect these services. The Virginia
Recreation and Park Society ( V R P S )
w a s established to ensure the quality
of park and recreation services in Virginia, and in 1953 V R P S became the
state's private, non-profit, professional
organization supporting the leisure
service field in the commonwealth.
With more than 1,300 members from
public, private, quasi-private, commercial, institutional, military and educational settings, V R P S serves as the
voice for the profession in Virginia.
Each state has an equivalent organization with direct affiliation to the National Recreation and Park
Association.
Services provided by V R P S include
education, conferences, publications,
awards, discount programs, interest
sections, legislative involvement, professional development, public service
contributions and scholarships.
One very popular public service
project is the "Life. B e In It" campaign. This national leisure awareness
campaign encourages citizens to become actively involved in leisure pursuits and to take the time to enjoy life!
With a very simple phrase, "Life. Be
In It" is a serious attempt to change

lifestyles toward a more wholesome
and productive direction. T h e campaign has been recognized nationally
as one of the most creative and successful.
The recently organized Virginia
Recreation and Park Foundation complements V R P S . T h e foundation's
purpose is to provide a vehicle by
which persons and organizations may
support the continued development of
the leisure service field. Soliciting leisure resources, knowledge and needs
is one of the foundation's major goals.
Studies, endowments, research and
statistics and public service projects
are aimed at increasing the visibility of
leisure opportunities.
If you are interested in learning
more about park, recreation or leisure
services in Virginia, contact the Virginia Recreation and Park Society,
Route 4, Box 155, Mechanicsville, VA
2 3 1 1 1 ; (804) 730-9447.
About the Author
James C. Stutts is executive director of
the Virginia Recreation and Park Society.

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for Parks and Recreation
By Cathe Hart

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Doing more with less. This seems to
be a constant challenge that has prevailed for the past several years among
public service agencies throughout the
country. T h e reality of our recent economic climate brought government
funding cuts that resulted in altered operating procedures and limited programs and services. Discussions surrounding the philosophy and attitude
toward fees and charges for services
that were previously free are going on
everywhere.
T h e s e issues are not uncommon to
those concerned with the delivery of
leisure services, and the steps that municipal park and recreation departments
in Virginia have taken in dealing with this
situation are worth noting. Many departments actively seek other means of
support in an effort to reduce reliance on
the tax dollar, and numerous creative
approaches have been initiated by recreation professionals throughout the
state to ensure that quality services will
continue in their communities.
The most widely implemented techniques include private sector partnerships, solicitation of gifts and donations,
and volunteer programs.
The possibilities for partnership arrangements between public park and
recreation agencies and the private sector are virtually unlimited and can be
easily coordinated. A s the commercial
world becomes more community service oriented, cooperative agreements
of various types are springing up everywhere. Direct benefit from an arrangement like this is apparent to all.
P r i v a t e corporation s p o n s o r s h i p s
may involve the "lending" of a name,
advertising opportunities and m a n power support. U s u a l l y a financial
commitment of s o m e degree is included. Large community events and
festivals, such a s July 4th celebrations,
are often made possible through private
sector involvement. Or a commercial
organization that shows direct concern
with the development of a particular recreational facility may agree to fund certain development phases.
Every October, Danville Parks and
Recreation Department holds "Harvest
Jubilee" in conjunction with R. J . Rey-

"Many departments actively
seek other means of support in an effort to reduce
reliance on the tax dollar

nolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem,
NO, its major cosponsor. Reynolds provides funding for entertainment, security, sound equipment and seating for
this annual festival. They serve a s host
to the World Tobacco Auctioneering
Championship. Park and recreation personnel worked with a local group, Danville Tobacco Association, to create this
arrangement. Additional sponsors include the local newspaper. T h e Danville
Register, which donates to the city its
profits from printing the event's programs.
In Alexandria, Record and T a p e Ltd.
of Old Town serves a s the sponsor for
the Waterfront Park Concert Series and
covers the cost of securing performers.
Concerts are held every Monday evening, June through August.
When approaching a potential sponsor, be prepared to explain what you
would like to have, how you plan to use it
and some of the positive results that can
be expected from the sponsorship arrangement. Learn all you can about your
own business community and take your
ideas to those who display a positive
public concern.
The most obvious benefit for the private sector is the opportunity to create
good public relations and a sense of
involvement with the local area. For the
public sector, creative programs become even more possible without the
restraints of a limited budget.
Media related sponsorships h a v e
proven very successful for park and recreation programs, especially for outdoor, festival-type events. Radio stations in particular are eager to be involved where large masses of people
gather. A s a direct outlet for large-scale
advertising, media sponsors can certainly provide a boost to the promotional
efforts of a program.

Henrico County dedicated its new
400-acre Dorey Park last summer with a
grand opening celebration. A Richmond
b a s e d radio station, W R V Q - F M 9 4 ,
American Marketing Services of Chicago and R. T . French Co. worked together as cosponsors. Extensive radio
spots and newspaper ads and 10,000
free chicken dinners were contributed.
T h e s e efforts brought in 8,500 people
on a storm-threatening day.
There are also occasions when a
commercial sponsor may approach a
public park and recreation department
with their own proposal, however it's
best not to sit back and hope for this to
happen. It may never happen. Public
sector professionals must remain open
minded to any possibility and be ready
to take the initiative when an opportunity
arises.
"Volunteerism is an idea whose time
has come," s a y s Doris DeHart, coordinator of volunteer services for Chesterfield County. In some localities where
the concept of governmental volunteers
has skyrocketed, the problem of creating enough jobs far outweighs that of
finding volunteers.
DeHart concentrates on placing the
right individual in the most appropriate
position available, and she reports that
the county's park and recreation department uses among the state's highest number of volunteer hours throughout the year. T h e dollars that volunteer
efforts save the county is phenominal.
People like to volunteer for positions
in the area of parks and recreation because parks are such a visible feature of
any locality. Usually the work they perform is noticed and appreciated both
immediately and long after the job is
completed. This helps make the volunteer experience meaningful.
Positions for volunteers in park and
recreation settings include nature center aids, photographers, painters, entertainers, trip leaders, actors and a c tresses, special events personnel, disc
jockeys, aquatic instructors, playground
aides, sports clinic speakers, maintenance workers, land planners and more.
A s many a s 50 volunteers are trained
each spring to operate maintenance
equipment for Portsmouth's Parks and
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athletic areas.
Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Department has implemented a
volunteer park ranger program. Citizens
are prepared to look after their neighborhood park by agreeing to open and
close park gates, turn off park lights,
watch for vandalism and report equipment damage.
In addition to programs for individual
volunteers, groups that want to contribute time and skills are being accommodated under such programs a s Adopt-APark projects. Organizations agree to
"adopt" a park, or a particular feature of
a park such a s a nature trail, and are
responsible for a certain degree of upkeep and maintenance.
It's a simple concept aimed at achieving positive results for the local park
system and rewarding opportunities for
the groups who choose to volunteer. In
Chesterfield County, scout groups are
among the most active in the Adopt-ATrail Program. Many are able to fulfill
scouting requirements through this arrangement.
In general, volunteers represent a
wide public spectrum, and they each
have their individual reasons for contributing volunteer time. Women who
are preparing to re-enter the job market
are interested in positions that will help
them update skills and establish references in preparation for full-time, paid
positions. For the retired who want to
keep intellectually active, volunteer opportunities can provide a sense of responsibility and accomplishment. Volunteer work can give the student and the
career-changer a c h a n c e to explore
various professions before investing
time and money in a specific career
direction. Others become volunteers out
of sheer commitment to helping improve
the quality of life in their own communities.
A successful volunteer program alw a y s involves adequate recruitment
and retention efforts, proper placement,
contract agreements, training and evaluation, and recognition. Elected officials
and top management should be constantly informed of volunteer contributions.
Through volunteer programs, which
are limited only by physical space, staff

time and imagination, individual needs
as well a s the needs of local park and
recreation departments can be met.
Bear in mind, however, that volunteer
jobs should be designed to supplement
not replace paid staff.
Basic fundraising is another common
approach used by park and recreation
departments to supplement budgets
and maintain levels of s e r v i c e s . T o
make gift giving easy, specific, personal
and meaningful, many agencies have
developed "gift catalogs." A vast array
of donation options are itemized and
priced in a brochure formal and are designed to appeal to a variety of income
levels, funding preferences and potential donors. Individuals, neighborhoods,
organizations, school groups, service
clubs, businesses and corporations can
easily choose the project or program
that most adequately suits them. By
using a gift catalog, donors can decide
exactly where their donation will go, and
of course, gift catalog giving is tax deductible.
Virginia Beach's gift catalog for park
and recreation needs lists items by categories—recreation programming equipment, facilities, facility equipment, sponsorships, special and miscellaneous.
Approximate price ranges for the items
in each category and an order form are
provided. T h e brochure w a s introduced
at a " B e a c h Breakfast" sponsored by a
local corporation. More than 150 area
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s attended and w e r e
treated to a morning meal and an explanation of the park and recreation gift
catalog and donation campaign. This
unique and successful approach to marketing the department's "wish list" has

recruited a number of pledges and many
donations of much needed equipment.
Another trend in financing public park
and recreation facilities is foundation
development. Foundations are nongovernmental, non-profit corporations
organized and operated by private citizens for the benefit of the general public.
They provide an opportunity for concerned individuals to organize and a c complish specific goals.
Many people are receptive to donating land for parks, but often potential
donations are lost due to governmental
limitations and red-tape. In addition,
public agencies are often unable to respond quickly enough when an opportunity arises. Foundations are formed to
act as the middleman and to assist public agencies in recruiting donations and
facilitating less-than-fair market value
acquisition of land.
Foundations are supported by donations, grants, land gifts, loans or money
to guarantee loans, fundraising efforts
and membership fees and are eligible
for tax-exempt status. Donations are
fully deductible by the donor for income
tax purposes.
A foundation's board of directors is
the key to its s u c c e s s . It should encompass a community-wide representation and be composed of men and
women committed to its mission.
The Fairfax County Park Authority operates the Sully Historical Site and
Home with the assistance of the Sully
Foundation established in 1970. T h e
foundation supplements the tax dollars
and the fees and charges associated
with the site.
Joseph Downs, director of the park

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authority, points out that the foundation
provides security for the future operation of the facility. T h e arrangement allows for a consistent cash flow and a
source of funds that will always be available.
Advantages afforded by directing gifts
through a foundation include the possibility of acquiring matching funds from
the federal government. In addition,
foundations can serve local needs and
in some c a s e s can operate in adjacent
cities and counties when a particular
resource extends beyond local boundaries. Citizens involved in the foundation have the capability of generating
public support where it is needed for
new and creative projects. Foundations
are flexible and may accept land that is
not a particularly good resource, give a
tax benefit to the donor and sell the land
for revenue to acquire a more suitable
area.

Most important, foundations support
the goals of park and recreation departments. They involve the public and
provide a vehicle for citizen leadership
in community affairs. Money is important, but support and understanding
among the public is more so.
For information on forming a foundation in your community, refer to "Foundations—A Handbook" published by
the U.S. Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Washington, D C 20243.
E a c h locality must a s s e s s its own
needs and circumstances in order to
identify and establish these alternative
resources. Some are probably more intensely involved than others in this
search for outside aid. But most likely,
park and recreation departments in
every city, town and county across Virginia have at least made initial efforts in
this direction.

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Author

Cathe Hart Kervan joined the Virginia
State Bar Association in June 1985 as staff
assistant for public information and publications. Previously stie was employed by
Chesterfield
County Parks and
Recreation
Department for five years as public information specialist and served as editor of
Virginia Parks and Recreation magazine for
three years.

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�1985 VML Conference
Sept. 2 2 - 2 4 Roanoke
A host of interesting speakers and
programs will make the 1985 VML
Annual Conference one of the best
ever. Whether your locality is a large
city, a small town or a county, interesting and informative sessions will
help bring you up-to-date on current
governmental issues.
A highlight of the conference will be
Joe Griffith who will entertain and motivate you at the annual banquet on
Tuesday night, September 24. A motivational humorist, Griffith has made
speeches across the United States
and around the world. He is in the
business of making people laugh, but
he is equally as good at getting people to appreciate the importance of
their work.
Griffith gave up his career as a
stockbroker 20 years ago to become
a professional speaker. His face may
be familiar not only from his engagements at previous VML conferences
but also from his performances in
movies, in segments of the hit series
"Dallas," and in numerous television
commercials for companies such as
Holiday Inn and McDonald's.
Griffith is a graduate of East Texas
Stale University and the New York Institute of Finance. His unique business background includes aviation,
advertising and investment analysis.
The 2,500-member National Speakers
Association has honored him with
their highest award for excellence in
public speaking. His humor is clean
and original; his messages, interesting

and motivating.
Section workshops will be held on
Tuesday morning for the urban, city
and town sections. Breakout workshops and seminars on Monday and
Tuesday afternoons will offer a variety
of programs focusing on state legislative issues, local and state finances,
management topics and legal issues.
For the first time, a clearly distinguished track of sessions for town
delegates during the breakout sessions will be offered. Included in the
program are sessions on education,
public liability, deferred compensation,
the fire fund program, downtown revitalization, and adjusting to federal
budget cuts.
A small sampling of the speakers
scheduled for the conference includes

Gloria Elliott, Russ Linden, Kurt Foerster and Enrique G. Serna.
Elliott is a Roanoke-based consultant and trainer in organizational and
human resources development. She
helps organizations to make the most
of their human resources and to translate problems and goals into positive
actions.
Russ Linden, director of executive
programs at the Institute of Government, University of Virginia, will make
a return appearance at the conference. Linden's unique approach to
seminars and workshops keeps him in
high demand as a trainer. He concentrates in the areas of communications
and interpersonal relations.
Foerster has 10 years of insurance
experience both as a risk manager in
Virginia and in the insurance industry.
His expertise is primarily in the areas
of public official and law enforcement
liability, two very important coverages
for local governments.
Serna is the city manager in South
Tucson, AZ and was involved in the
$3.5 million judgement in favor of Roy
Garcia, the Tucson police officer injured by a South Tucson police officer. Serna will relate what happens
when you have a judgement and no
money.
This is only a sampling of the
speakers and programs that will be
available to you at the 1985 VML
Conference. Don't miss this informative and enjoyable conference.
Register now with the form opposite.

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REGISTRATION FORM
September 22-24
Roanoke, Virginia
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DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION REFUNDS IS SEPTEMBER 12. NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER
THIS DATE.

�Highlighting Virginia's Parks
T o w n P o i n t Parit
In Its first year of operation Town Point
Park In Norfolk attracted more than 2.5
million visitors. Transformed from the
rubble and debris of old buildings and
poorly drained parking lots, the park has
become the showpiece for waterfront
development with the adjacent Waterside business enterprise.
Town Point Park Is situated on 6.5
acres of beautifully landscaped property
and features turn of the century styled
street lamps, a brick promenade, meandering asphalt walkways, and an amphitheater and benches specifically designed and forged for Norfolk's parks.
On display at the park are a variety of
nautical features including the mast
from the schooner Atlantic which in
1905 set a transatlantic voyage record,
an anchor from the aircraft carrier Antietam and a modern vessel's propeller
that measures 12 feet across.
These features are combined with
practical elements such as electrical
and water hookups, barrier free access,
tourist drop off areas, maintenance free
benches and trash receptacles and asphalt walkways to accommodate large
festival crowds. Coupled with the newly
constructed 50 slip marina, the park can
now offer its facilities to watenway voyagers as well as to visitors who travel by
land.
With all these components nestled in
the heart of downtown Norfolk, Town
Point Park Is truly one of Virginia's most
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Northern Virginia 4-H Educational
Center
Nestled in Harmony Hollow In the
Blue Ridge IVlountains about five miles
south of Front Royal is the Northern
Virginia 4-H Educational Center. The
center is noted for the beauty of its surroundings at all times of the year. Its
primary purpose is to serve the 45,000
4-H young people and leaders in its
19-county area.
It has three more specific purposes:
1) a regional public recreation area; 2) a
conference/meeting center for civic
groups, private organizations, public
agencies and private corporations; and,
3) the Northern Virginia continuing education center for Virginia Tech. Making it
unique from other 4-H centers, it serves
as a comprehensive regional recreation
center for the people of Warren County,
the town of Front Royal and surrounding
areas.
Many facilities dot the center's 230

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facilities accommodate as many as 210
overnight guests. A man-made lake
provides a peaceful setting for picnics,
outdoor lectures, fishing and canoeing.
A junior olympic-size swimming pool,
basketball, tennis and volleyball courts,
a Softball field, a soccer field, fitness trail
and archery range all offer ample choice
for exercise and entertainment.
For the less energetic, recreation
shelters provide sites for picnics. Many
miles of hiking and bridle trails lead from
the center around the beautiful surrounding countryside, and the Appalachian Trail touches the southern and
eastern boundaries of the center.
Private contributions, a Department
of Education grant and two Virginia Outdoor Fund grants financed the capital
development program. All contributions
go strictly to development of new facilities. The contributions are an investment that will not only generate revenue
for Warren County and the state but also
provide the community with cultural and
recreational opportunities it would not
othenwise enjoy. All operational costs
are covered through fees charged for
use of many of the center's facilities.

Appomattox River C a n o e L a u n c h
The Appomattox River Canoe
Launch, located in Chesterfield County
just below the Brasfield Dam, officially
opened to the public in June 1984.
Several agencies cooperated with
Chesterfield County's Parks and Recreation Department in the development of
this facility. The Appomattox River Authority contributed the land, and financial assistance was provided by the Virginia Division of Parks and Recreation
through the Virginia Outdoor Fund. The
Coastal Canoeists offered valuable river
information and assisted in making detailed drawings of the major rapids for an
Appomattox River Canoe Guide, a brochure funded by the Virginia Game and
Inland Fisheries Commission.
Large permanent river maps are located at the canoe launch area and in
the Appomattox Riverside Park in Dinwiddle County. These signs contain
river rescue numbers, river level information and a large drawing of the river
and its major rapids. Warning signs
have also been posted along the river to
alert boaters of dams and other hazardous areas.
This 6.5 mile section of the Appomattox River from the dam to Ettrick
contains some of the best white water in
the area and is designated as a Virginia
Scenic Watenway. It offers history as
well as white water for the skilled canoeist, not the beginner. Information on the
signs suggests recommended white
water canoeing skill levels necessary for
canoeing the river.
Rapids are classed at levels 1 through
3 with one level 4 rapid. Users of this
stretch of river come from all parts of the
state to enjoy one-day canoe trips as
well as to take part in competitive races
and river rescue training.
Virginia Creeper Trail
In 1982, the towns of Abingdon and
Damascus jointly purchased 14 miles of
abandoned railroad line stretching between the two localities. With assistance
from the Virginia Division of Parks and
R e c r e a t i o n , the route is being developed as the "Virginia Creeper Trail"
for hiking and biking activity.
Initial development involved the restoration of flooring and handrails across
the many trestles. Additional assistance
for this portion of the work has come
from the Tennessee Valley Authority
and Jacob's Creek Job Corps Center.
Currently, 3.75 miles of the trail near
Abingdon and approximately 2 miles in
Damascus are already open and in use.
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The U . S . Forest S e r v i c e lias purchased an additional 18 miles of line
from Damascus to West Jefferson, NC,
and development on that portion of the
trail Is scheduled to begin this month.
Sugar Hollow Recreation Area
The Sugar Hollow Recreation Area, a
4 5 0 - a c r e f a c i l i t y l o c a t e d j u s t off
lnterstate-81 at Bristol's city limits, is a
beautifully landscaped area containing
a wide variety of recreational opportunities in a rustic and wilderness setting.
In 1963, the city of Bristol and the
Tennessee Valley Authority entered an
agreement which would provide for a
comprehensive flood damage prevention project for the city. T h e city contributed a sum of $119,750 toward the construction of the Clear Creek and Beaver
Creek flood control projects. In return for
this contribution, the city received a permanent easement for the recreational
development of both areas, a total of
approximately 900 acres.
Due to a lack of financial resources,
the B e a v e r C r e e k Project remained
largely undeveloped for several years.
In 1978, the city received a federal grant
from the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation to begin work on its
recreational development. T h e grant
was in the form of a youth employment
program referred to a s the Young Adult
Conservation C o r p s ( Y A C C ) . Y A C C
provided funds for the employment of
young people between the ages of 16
and 23. In addition, the grant provided
for the purchase of supplies and materials needed for construction.
The Bristol Parks and Recreation Department, freshly armed with a grant of
$ 8 8 , 5 0 0 , began construction of the
Beaver Creek Park Project. In the years
to follow, the parks and recreation department r e c e i v e d an additional
$210,250 in Y A C C funds to continue the
area's youth employment and the recreational development of the Beaver
Creek Project.

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Initial construction work on the picnic
area w a s completed in the spring of
1981. On June 6, 1 9 8 1 , fresh with the
new name of Sugar Hollow Recreation
Area, the facility opened to the public.
During the s u m m e r of 1 9 8 1 , the
J a c o b ' s Creek J o b Corps, using the
park a s a training site, began the next
p h a s e of recreational development.
This included grading two softball fields,
a multi-purpose area, a parking lot and a
mile of campground roadway.
In spring 1984, the Virginia Division of
Parks and Recreation awarded the city
a Land and Water Conservation Fund
Grant for $ 7 9 , 5 0 0 . This money w a s
matched by local sources and allowed
the parks and recreation department to
complete the projects begun by the
Jacobs Creek Job Corps. This included
completion of two illuminated softball
fields, a comfort station and concession
and a parking lot and playground area.
In addition, an 80-unlt campground
complete with comfort stations is currently under construction.
As for the future plans for development in the Sugar Hollow Recreation
Area, the parks and recreation department anticipates an aquatic facility to
complement the current opportunities
already existing in the park.

Winchester Recreation Park
For years, many citizens of Winchester visualized a lake in the Winchester
Recreational Park. With an ideal location in the park almost perfectly shaped
naturally for a lake, this became a reality
mainly due to the efforts of two citizens
and their families.
Wilklns Lake, named for its benefactors, w a s initiated by a family wanting to
do something to honor their father. T h e
area around the lake, Duncan Park, w a s
named by a widow and her children
wanting to do something for a deceased
husband and father who had been a
most enthusiastic citizen wanting a lake
in this park.
With the sizable gifts made by these
two families, other local contributions
from the citizens of Winchester and 50
percent matching money from the state
Commission of Recreation and Parks,
construction w a s started in 1982 and the
facility opened in the spring of 1983.
W i l k l n s L a k e is three a c r e s and
stocked by the state with trout and bass
several times a year. Through the generosity of many area individuals, businesses and Industries, additional stocking is made possible thus providing
ample fish for area anglers.
Duncan Park, surrounding Wilklns
Lake, Is equipped with several small
bench shelters, one larger shelter and
several benches that surround the lake.
Most of this w a s given "in memory of" or
to honor someone.
Wilklns Lake and Duncan Park were
the first phase of development for the
s o u t h e r n end of W i n c h e s t e r P a r k .
Phase two, made possible again by a
very generous contribution in memory of
a father, other local contributions and 50
percent funding from the state, w a s
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complex, lighted, color-treated and surrounded by evergreens and benches to
provide a park-like setting. Also, a 12station fitness court has been made
possible by the local Kiwanis Club in
memory of a fellow Kiwanian.
All facilities in Winchester Park are
available for use by area citizens and
are used by people from many surrounding communities. The department
uses the facilities in promoting fishing
rodeos, basketball programs and
leagues and tournaments. An even
wider variety of uses is anticipated for
the future.

The Blue Ridge Parkway
This year the Blue Ridge Parkway will
celebrate its 50th anniversary. This
469-mile scenic roadway is entrusted
with the responsibility to interpret the
history and culture of the southern highlands. The parkway is bordered by the
scenic beauty of rural Appalachian
farms in North Carolina and Virginia,
and the people of the region are as
much a part of the visitor's experience
as the beautiful surroundings. It is this
unique relationship between the parkway and the 29 counties surrounding it
which makes this park truly a part of
Southern Appalachia.
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parkway began in 1935 at Cumberland
Knob near the state line. Although a
primary purpose was to provide recreational travel, the National Park Service also strived to preserve the charm
and beauty of the native American countryside. It appears that they have succeeded. In 1984, more than 19 million
persons visited the Blue Ridge Parkway. To date, about 400 million have
experienced this unique resource.
The Golden Anniversary of the parkway provides an appropriate opportunity to recognize the thousands who
conthbuted to its construction and dev e l o p m e n t , the t o w n s , c i t i e s , a n d
counties touched by the parkway, and
the support and cooperation of the
commonwealth of Virginia and state of
North Carolina. This celebration will include various dedications, contests,
conferences, exhibits and activities
centered around the accomplishments
of the past 50 years on the parkway.
By drawing upon the rural character of
the region through which it passes, the
parkway has become a showcase for
the scenic, recreational and cultural resources of that region. There is no doubt
that the Blue Ridge Parkway has proven
to be one of our most popular national
parks.

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with
Therapeutic Recreation
By Sharon K.

Entsminger

and
Laurie S. Clark
Leisure is an important and valuable
part of everyone's life. To help meet the
leisure needs of our citizens, public park
and recreation agencies currently provide a variety of recreation programs,
s e r v i c e s and facilities to their communities.
Included in the responsibility of providing these leisure resources is the
moral and legal responsibility of ensuring that the same community recreation
programs, services and facilities are
available and accessible to all individuals. This includes the increasing number of disabled citizens in every community who are often unable to use existing
resources and who, for many reasons,
have often been denied the recreational
opportunities readily available to the
non-disabled.
Approximately 10 percent of the population of any community consists of
individuals with disabilities. With the
trend toward deinstitutionalization, this
percentage is steadily increasing.
T h e s e citizens with various physically, mentally and emotionally handicapping conditions often have many
hours of leisure time with few leisure
skills and resources available to them.
In addition, they often face many environmental and attitudinal barriers. T h e
general public often is reluctant to support additional programs and services
specifically designed for their needs.
Most of the time this lack of support can
be attributed to a lack of knowledge
about the particular needs of the disabled and the benefits that these special
services can provide. Physical barriers,
accessibility and transportation problems, and limited financial resources
pose additional obstacles to the disabled.
Despite these obstacles, disabled individuals have the same need a s the

address the needs of their disabled population. T h e s e are often titled "therapeutic recreation" ( T R ) or "special
population" programs.
T R programs can take place in any
organized clinical and/or community
setting and are directed toward individuals with impairments, disabilities or
handicaps. T h e s e programs use recreational experiences for intervention in
some physical, emotional or social behavior to bring about a desired change
in that behavior and thereby promote
the personal growth and development of
the individual. T R programs seek to accomplish this goal by trying to reduce or
eliminate the effects of the impairments.
In addition, the activities help these individuals to achieve a sense of well-being
for a moment, an hour or even longer.
Helping each person to reach the optimum potential for being an independent, contributing member of the community is the ultimate goal.
Community therapeutic recreation
and leisure programs try to promote independence by providing the least res t r i c t i v e e n v i r o n m e n t . Other w a y s
community T R programs help these
s p e c i a l populations include the following:
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non-disabled to experience recreational
activities that help provide and promote
social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth and development. Meeting
the specific leisure needs of our disabled citizens will be a growing challenge for our society.
S o m e public park and recreation
agencies in Virginia have faced this
challenge by developing and implementing recreation programs and services to

— facilitating participation in previously
acquired leisure skills,
— facilitating self-expression through
diverse program offerings,
— providing opportunities for social interaction, and enhancing health and
physical fitness,
— providing an environment for the development of physical, mental, social, emotional and leisure skills,
— providing opportunities
for selfdirected leisure experiences and the
use of community resources,
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— educating the community concerning
the leisure needs of the disabled,
— encouraging the integration of the
disabled into ongoing community
recreation programs (mainstreaming), and
— providing opportunities for enjoyment and satisfaction.
Recently, communities have begun to
realize the importance of and the need
for providing recreational services to the
disabled. However, a scarcity of therapeutic programs still exists in Virginia.
Indeed, there are difficulties in developing these special programs, yet the
community cannot ignore the call to establish them. A significant portion of potential participants in your community is
asking to be served.
A simplified step by step process to
follow in establishing a community special population program follows.
1. Assess the need for the program. This
can be accomplished through contact
with local and state agencies serving the
disabled, listening to consumer requests for services and researching
local services to avoid duplication.
2. Identify the populations to be served.
The National Recreation and Park Association reported that identification of

special populations is one of the lop
three problems for community therapeutic providers. Yet there are ways to
identify these populations including surveying local schools and agencies serving special populations, developing participant referral systems with clinical
agencies, setting up speaking engagements, disseminating brochures describing the program, developing a mailing list for quarterly newsletters,
encouraging participants to spread the
word and conducting disability awareness programs.

4. Form an advisory group of service
providers for support in areas of transportation, facilities, personnel, funding
and participant needs. Such agencies
include schools, health care agencies,
private agencies, service clubs, volunteer bureaus, parent groups and special
population advocacy associations. It is
also important to use this group to assist
in gaining governmental and departmental support. A good working relationship between the agencies serves
to assist in overcoming obstacles, gathering community public support and
promoting further program development.

9. Plan programs within available resources. Use parent and client input
through the entire programming process. Ultimately it is desirable to encourage and facilitate the participation
of the disabled in regular recreation programs offered to the community. Where
participants need temporary program
adaptations or an upgrading of their
social or leisure skills, a transitional recreation program is often warranted.
Where individuals have permanent or
severe limitations, a separate special
recreation program may be required to
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and support. Explore other funding resources. Most programs are primarily
supported by the agency budget; however, a small or limited budget may
hinder future expansion of services. Additional sources of revenue can always
be used to improve services and further
growth. Several sources of additional
revenues include fees and charges to
program participants, fundraising (service clubs often support special projects) and grants. Various local, state
and federal government agencies offer
grants that fund programs for a limited
period of time. Private foundations and
corporations often award funds to
worthwhile operations.
11. Publicize events and educate the
community concerning special population needs and services. This educational process encourages community
support for your TR program.
12. Implement programs.

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7. Recruit, hire and train qualified staff
according to national therapeutic recreation standards.
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various program areas, local and departmental resources and consequences of the program (i.e. liabilities
and benefits).

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recreation provider and your goals and
objectives. These should remain consistent with agency directives.

13. Evaluate effectiveness of programs.
Solicit additional input from staff and
participants. Alter programs as needed.
14. Remain an advocate for special
population services and accessible programs.
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Inc.

o f V M L ' s I n s t i t u t e 'or M u n i c i p a l

�The Virginia Municipal League
13 East Franklin
P. 0. Box 12203
Richmond, VA 23241
804/649-8471
Mission Statement
V M L is a non-profit, non-partisan organization
of cities, towns and u r b a n counties established to
improve and assist local governments through
legislative advocacy, research, education and other
services. T h e membership includes 4 1 cities, 157
towns and 12 u r b a n counties.

Services
V M L provides a full a r r a y of services including:
* Advocacy and monitoring of activities of the
V i r g i n i a G e n e r a l Assembly and state departments
and agencies.
* Monitoring of issues important to local
governments before the U . S . Congress and federal
agencies.
* Group insurance programs providing workers'
compensation and property-casualty coverage.
* Research and technical assistance i n the forms
of published reports and responses to questions on
local, state and federal government.
* Conferences and t r a i n i n g including the V M L
a n n u a l conference, the Cornerstone S e m i n a r series, institutes for newly-elected officials and semin a r s on other topics of interest to local elected and
appointed officials.
* L e g a l assistance through the services of the
staff attorney and the general counsel.
* Publications such as the monthly V i r g i n i a
T o w n &amp; C i t y and the biweekly L e a g u e Letter.

Organization
V M L is governed by a n executive committee
made up of the V M L president, four vice presidents, the immediate past president and s i x committee members. T h e executive committee is
elected by the league membership at the a n n u a l
conference and provides overall guidance to the
league staff.
V M L ' s policy committees recommend policy
positions for the league on issues of concern
through development of the a n n u a l V M L Policy
Statement. Committee members are appointed by
the V M L president from a pool of nominees submitted by the members. T h e V M L legislative
committee consists of members appointed by the
president and recommends the V M L L e g i s l a t i v e
P r o g r a m for adoption at the a n n u a l conference.
These documents provide guidance to the V M L
staff.
V M L currently consists of a 14-member staff
headed by the executive director. T h e staff performs the on-going functions of the league under
the direction of the executive committee and the
V M L Policy Statement and L e g i s l a t i v e Program.

Executive Committee Officers
P r e s i d e n t - L a w r e n c e A . Davies, Mayor,
Fredericksburg
F i r s t V i c e P r e s i d e n t - S a m u e l W. Adams, I I I ,
Councilman, E m p o r i a
Second V i c e P r e s i d e n t - R o b e r t T . W i l l i a m s , C i t y
Manager, Newport News
T h i r d V i c e President—Martha V . Pennine, Vice
C h a i r , Board of Supervisors, F a i r f a x County
F o u r t h V i c e P r e s i d e n t - N o e l C. T a y l o r , Mayor,
Roanoke
Executive Committee Members
J . W i l l a r d L i n e w e a v e r , Mayor, Warrenton
J a c k D . E d w a r d s , Board Member, J a m e s C i t y
County
Dolores Lescure, Council Member, Staunton
Sidney M . Oman, Council Member, Chesapeake,
C h a i r , U r b a n Section
W i l l i a m R . H a r t z , Mayor, W a v e r l y , C h a i r , T o w n
Section
M . S t e w a r t Koethcke, Council Member, Clifton
Forge, C h a i r , C i t y Section
C h a r l e s A . Robinson, J r . , Mayor, V i e n n a ,
Immediate P a s t President
Policy Committee Chairs
Community and Economic D e v e l o p m e n t - W i l l i a m
F . Brown, Board Member, James City County
E d u c a t i o n - A l l e n C. Griffith, Council Member,
Fairfax
H u m a n Development-Robert Jones, Council
Member, V i r g i n i a B e a c h
Effective G o v e r n m e n t - J o s e p h A . Leafe, Mayor,
Norfolk
E n v i r o n m e n t a l Q u a l i t y - M e y e r a Oberndorf,
Council Member, V i r g i n i a B e a c h
Public S a f e t y - F r a n c e s Parsons, Council Member,
Blacksburg
Transportation-George M . V a n S a n t , Council
Member, Fredericksburg
V M L Staff
R . Michael A m y x , E x e c u t i v e Director
C l a y L . W i r t , Deputy Director
J a m e s D. Campbell, Director of Intergovernmental
Affairs
Margaret A . Nichols, F i n a n c e Director
E l l e n S. Posivach, Director of Research
C h r i s t y A . E v e r s o n , Director of Communications
M a r y J o F i e l d s , Staff Associate
Robert B . F e i l d , S t a f f Attorney
J o n i S. T e r r y , Office Coordinator
K a t h y L . M c l n t y r e , A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Secretary
Paulette P . Alexander, Bookkeeper
B y r o n B . Belton J r . , P r e s s m a n / C l e r k
M a r y A n n C o r n e l l , Publications A s s i s t a n t
Susan Harte, Summer Intern
H o w a r d W. Dobbins, G e n e r a l Counsel

�V M L Insurance Programs
V M L sponsors two group insurance programs that provide risk management services to political subdivisions in Virginia.
Workers' Compensation

The Virginia Municipal Group Self Insurance Association (VMGSIA) began offering workers' compensation insurance on J u l y 1, 1980 with 10 members. Since that
time it has grown to more than 180 members with $4.6 million in dividends returned to date. The program is available to all political subdivisions in the commonwealth including cities, towns, counties, school boards and regional agencies.
For the second year the program has been allowed to provide a 25 percent up front
reduction in premium. The program seeks to provide stable reinsurance, both
specific and aggregate, to protect against catastrophic losses. Competitive placement of reinsurance, efficient claims handling and full-time loss control services have
enabled VMGSIA to keep costs at a minimum.
Property Casualty Insurance

The Virginia Municipal Property Casualty Insurance Program covers a broad
range of municipal exposures. Available coverages include:
* Liability — comprehensive general, auto, garage, public officials, law enforcement, personal injury, and errors and omissions.
* Property — A l l risk and DIC, revenue-tax receipts, comprehensive boiler and
machinery, and comprehensive crime.
Many policies are written on an all risk basis — an important improvement over
named perils policies. The program is specifically designed to meet the insurance
needs of many of the local governments in Virginia.

Service &amp; Administration

Virginia Municipal Underwriters Inc., a subsidiary of V M L , administers both
programs.
Various services for both programs is provided by a full-service company,
Alexander &amp; Alexander of Virginia, Inc., which has many years of experience in
municipal risk management and related insurance programs. Since 1983 Alexsis
Risk Management Services, a subsidiary of Alexander &amp; Alexander, has provided
claims administration service to the VMGSIA. I n conjunction with V M L ,
Alexander &amp; Alexander has been instrumental in the development of the Virginia
Municipal Property Casualty Insurance Program, a stable competitive program.
To see how your locality can save money and improve its insurance coverage,
contact:

Margaret A. Nichols
Administrator
Virginia Municipal Underwriters,
P. O. Box 12203
Richmond,
VA 23241
804-649-8471

Inc.

On the Cover: The Virginia Municipal League's new headquarters at Thirteen East
Street, Richmond, VA.

Franklin

�partments in Virginia have established
programs to address the needs of their
disabled populations.
T h e Virginia B e a c h Department of
Parks and Recreation began a therapeutic recreation unit in 1975 supported by city funds and donations. At
the time, one staff person ran the unit
with a budget of $8,080. In the 10 years
since the program w a s initiated, the
therapeutic recreation unit has grown to
support a staff of 57 with a budget of
more than $285,000.
In Danville, the special population
program began in 1974 with one fulltime position. Through coordination with
the city's Mental Health and Retardation
Department, the program gained financial support to continue. Presently, there
are two full-time, one part-time and four
summer staff. Moreover, the Mental
Health and Retardation Department
continues to support therapeutic recreation services by providing the salary
for one full-time position. T h e Danville
program serves a variety of populations
— the visually impaired, hearing impaired, emotionally disturbed, mentally
retarded, senior citizens, physically disabled, psychiatric, alcoholic, drug dependent, correctional, developmentally
disabled and multiple handicapped.
Due to parental and citizen requests
for special recreation services for the

disabled, the Arlington County Department of Community Affairs established
an Exceptional Children's Program in
1970. A portion of funds were supplied
by the Mental H e a l t h - M e n t a l R e tardation S e r v i c e s Board; remaining
funds were appropriated by the Arlington County Board. This year, the program changed its name to Therapeutic
Recreation Programs. However, the
Community Services Board remains involved with the program by providing 40
percent of the entire therapeutic recreation program budget. Because of this
support and cooperation with other service agencies, the program is able to
provide leisure a w a r e n e s s groups,
social clubs, sport fitness programs, inschool T R programs, social skill programs and summer day camps to nearly
700 disabled residents.
Although the ultimate goal of therapeutic recreational services is the reintegration of clients into the mainstream of society, additional benefits for
the s e r v i c e providers are many and
valuable. Localities that have the luxury
of providing special recreation services
for the disabled can certainly reap the
benefits of increased public awareness,
service levels, revenue and participation in programs. A quick glance in most
communities will reveal the need for T R
services. Indeed, the programs for spe-

cial populations in our own state testify
to the need and success of this unique
community service.
The Virginia Division of Parks and
R e c r e a t i o n offers consultation, res o u r c e s and a s s i s t a n c e for s p e c i a l
population programs. Contact the division at 1201 Washington Building, Capitol Building, Richmond, V A 2 3 2 1 9 ,
(804) 786-4375, for information.

About the Authors
Laurie S. Clark is tiierapeutic
recreation
consultant witii ttie Virginia Division of Part&lt;s
and Recreation.
Sharon K. Entsminger is
therapeutic
recreation specialist with the
Chesterfield
County Parks and Recreation
Department.
She currently serves as cochairperson
of the Virginia Recreation and
Park Society Public Relations
Committee
and as co-editor of Virginia Parks and Recreation magazine.

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Pennine Wins
Bradley Award
Martha V. P e n n i n e , VML's fourth
vice president and vice chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, has
received the annual Tom Bradley Regional Leadership Award from the National Association of Regional Councils.
The national award, established in
1970 in honor of the Los Angeles mayor,
recognizes significant contributions in
advancing regional cooperation.
As the award recipient, Pennine was
cited for leadership during two terms as
chairman of the board of the Council of
Governments and two terms as president which produced a variety of acc o m p l i s h m e n t s for the region. Her
efforts resulted in the first areawide energy program and the Washington region's only areawide car pooling program. She also worked to develop the
fair share housing program which reduced the District of Columbia's burden
of housing the poor and distributed this

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A s S u m m e r Intern
Susan Harte joined the Virginia Municipal League on June 11 as a summer
intern.
Harte is a native of Warrenton and an
honor graduate of Salem High School
named "Who's Who Among American
High School Students."
She is currently a rising junior double
majoring in political science and sociology at the University of Richmond.
She has had a number of summer job
experiences and this past spring worked
for Lt. Gov. Richard J. Davis on his
campaign for governor.
At school, Harte is a member of the
University Honor Council, the Baptist
Student Union, Intervarsity Fellowship,
Interfaith Council and Amnesty International. In addition, she serves as chief
photographer of the school's yearbook.
In her spare time she serves as a Big
Sister in Warrenton and teaches sign
language. As hobbies, she enjoys art,
photography and music.

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more equitable basis.
Pennino, who has served more than
20 consecutive years as a local elected
official, said her next project is to work
with the District of Columbia to match
their unemployed residents with jobs
available in Northern Virginia. More
specifically, coordinating transportation
for District residents to jobs in Northern
Virginia.

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Lt. Col. Thadeus L. Hartman, retired
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Department of Agriculture, has been
elected chairman of the board of Crime
Stoppers International.
Prior to his election, Hartman was
president of Crime Stoppers International, which has nearly 600 participating programs in the United States,
the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin
Islands and six Canadian provinces.
Hartman's election is for a two-year
term.

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Oliver Receives
Service Award
The Virginia Chapter of the American
Society of Public Administrators awarded James B. Oliver Jr., administrator of
J a m e s City County, the T. Edward
Temple Award for Distinguished Service as a Public Administrator.
Oliver was cited for his leadership in
identifying water and land use needs for
James City County, his regional orientation in tackling problems, his commitment to citizen involvement and his effective response to the challenges of
providing services to a rapidly growing
community.
The award is granted to persons who
have provided long and distinguished
service as a public administrator in Virginia and honors T. Edward Temple,
who served as city manager of Hopewell
and Danville, was the first director of the
Division of State Planning and Community Affairs, was commissioner and secretary of administration for the commonwealth and was president of Virginia
Commonwealth University.
Oliver entered local government in
Norfolk in 1969 and became James City
County's administrator in 1976.

Wooden Completes
L e a d e r s h i p Institute
J o h n W o o d e n , athletic recreation
coordinator for the town of Vienna's
Parks and Recreation Department, has

�successfully completed the first Professional Leadership Training Institute
sponsored by the Virginia Recreation
and Park Society.
Only 40 park and recreational professionals in the state were selected to
participate in the program, which w a s
held in Franklin County. Participants
were chosen based on their potential
ability to assume leadership roles.

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Brown Elected
to National Council
Larry Brown, manager of Arlington
County, has been elected to a regional
seat on the American Society of Public
Administration's national council.
Brown, who has given a total of 20 years
of service to local government, h a s
served a s Arlington county manager
since 1982 and is the 1985-86 president
of the National Association of County
Administrators.
He will serve a three-year term on the
council.

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We Love it!
Competition is the
norm witii Virginia's
consulting engineers.
Our business has always
been one of the country's most competitive. But
it is a competition based first on quality, creativity
and performance, and second on negotiation of a
fair and reasonable price.
Thafs in the public interest
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The following Consulting Engineers
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sponsored the ad on the facing page.
Anderson &amp; Associates, Inc.
Blacksburg, Virginia
Austin Brockenbrough &amp;
Associates
Chester, Virginia
The C E G G Partnership
Virginia Beach, Virginia
C E K , Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Clean Water Engineers, Inc.
Fincastle, Virginia
The DeYoung-Johnson Group, Inc.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Guy &amp; Davis, Consulting Engineers
Burke, Virginia
Harris, Norman &amp; Giles
Richmond, Virginia
Hayes, Seay, Mattern &amp; Mattern
Roanoke, Virginia
Hoggard-Eure Associates
Portsmouth, Virginia
Mattern &amp; Craig Consulting
Engineers
Roanoke, Virginia
Roache, Mercer &amp; Faison, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
Rollins &amp; Associates, P.C.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
R. Stuart Royer &amp; Associates, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
R. L. Sutherland, Jr.,
Geotechnical Engineer
Abingdon, Virginia
Mathew J . Thompson, III,
Consulting Engineer, Inc.
Newport News, Virginia
Thompson &amp; Litton, Inc.
Wise, Virginia
Vansant &amp; Gusler, Inc.
Norfolk, Virginia
VVKR, Incorporated
Alexandria, Virginia
Richard L. Williams
Consulting Engineer, Inc.
Roanoke, Virginia
McKinney and Walker
Ashland, Virginia

C h a r l e s T . Y a n c e y , Dr. Laurin L.
Henry and E v a S . Teig served a s judges
for the 1985 VML Achievement Awards
competition.
Y a n c e y is the recently retired city
manager of Waynesboro and a well
known figure in Virginia local government having given more than 38 years
of service to the field.
Y a n c e y began working in the city
manager's office in Waynesboro in 1947
following three years in the U.S. Army.
He became the town manager of S y l vania, G A , in 1952, but in 1954 came
back to Virginia as Waynesboro's a s sistant city manager. He left again for
another year a s Sylvania's manager
and returned in 1956 to become city
manager of Waynesboro. He holds an
engineering degree from Virginia Military Institute and has been a member of
the International City Management A s sociation since 1952. He has served a s
the president of the Virginia Section,
ICMA and worked on several VML committees.
Dr. Henry, dean of Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Community and Public Affairs and professor of
public administration, may be best
known for his academic writings on the
American presidency.
Prior to joining V C U in 1978, he was
professor of government at the University of Virginia for 14 years. His graduate
degrees are from the University of Chicago, and his major prior professional
affiliations were with the Brookings Institution, Johns Hopkins University and the
Public Administration Clearing House.
T e i g , V i r g i n i a ' s c o m m i s s i o n e r of
Labor and Industry, has served more
than 14 years in city and state government. Her appointment a s commissioner in November 1983 followed three
years a s the lieutenant governor's executive assistant and 11 y e a r s in a
number of key positions with the city of
Portsmouth.
Born in Egypt, she immigrated with
her family to the United S t a t e s and
settled with them in Portsmouth at the
age of 13. Following high school she
attended A. B. Hood College in Frederick, MD, graduating with a bachelor's in
political science. While working on her
master's from the American University's
School of Government and Public Administration, she taught both elementary and high school full time. S h e also
s e r v e d a s director of admissions at
Chatham Hall School in Chatham, VA.
After receiving her master's, Tieg w a s
employed by the city of Portsmouth. S h e

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1977, she w a s appointed director of
management and legislative services.
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budget process to streamline city finances, coordinated establishment of
the Division of Community Development and the Division of Economic Development, and w a s instrumental in
planning and implementing the city's
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Direct Democracy in Local Government
The two most popular forms of direct
democracy are the initiative and the referendum. A third form, recall, is often
discussed with the initiative and referendum, however, it generally has been
the least popular of the three.
The initiative is citizen-initiated legislation in that citizens petition to propose
laws or amendments to be placed before the voters, while the referendum is
a means by which citizens can accept or
reject legislative decisions. The initiative
has been described a s a mechanism for
correcting sins of legislative omission
and the referendum a s a device for correcting sins of legislative commission.
Throughout the years, these forms of
direct democracy have proven to be
Progressive reforms that won't go away.
While California's experience with direct
democracy may be the most visible, 20
other states have some form of initiative
and 37 have some form of referendum.
According to the 1982 Municipal Year
Book, 77 percent of the reporting cities
have provisions for popular voting on
referendums and 51 percent have provisions for the initiative.
The adoption of an initiative and referendum at the state level has been an
issue in Virginia. Virginia has a referendum provision concerning the state
debt although it is initiated by the legislature, not the citizens.
A Joint Committee Studying the Initiative and Referendum submitted a report
to the 1981 General Assembly recommending that a state initiative and referendum not be adopted. T h e subcommittee believed the best laws for the
commonwealth would more likely come
from the legislative process than from
citizen initiatives. Despite this recommendation. House Joint Resolution 97
(1984) proposed a constitutional
change that would allow for a state initiative and referendum. This resolution
failed in the 1985 General Assembly.
The cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth
have had limited rights of initiative, referenda and recall since 1918, and the city
of Hampton procured a charter change
adopting t h e s e provisions in 1 9 8 1 .
Most cities in Virginia do not have the
initiative and referendum, however the
issue is likely to arise eventually in any
city with a politically active and aware
population.
In discussing the adoption of these
reforms, bear in mind two sets of considerations. Theoretical considerations

concern whether direct or representative democracy is the most desirable.
Proponents of direct democracy believe
that the citizens of a city have a right to
make decisions concerning the laws
that will affect them and that they are
qualified and capable of doing so. T h e
initiative and referendum, argue its supporters, supply a necessary and desirable check on the governing body and
the special interests often believed to
have disproportionate influence on the
laws considered.
Opponents of direct democracy argue
that our country's founding fathers instituted a form of representative democracy for good reasons. Representative
democracy helps to protect minority
rights, ensures deliberation and facilitates compromise among competing interests. Regular elections provide an
adequate check on legislators. The citizenry does not have the time nor the
expertise to make decisions on complex
technical issues, and a referendum or
initiative election is as vulnerable to manipulation by special interests as is the
legislative process.
Practical considerations concerning
the initiative and referendum are also
debated. Supporters say problems with
drafting the initiatives and validating petition signatures are minor compared to
the value of citizen participation. Opponents argue that the processes involved
are expensive and time consuming and
the degree of citizen participation generated minimal.
Should these points be resolved in
favor of some sort of initiative and referendum provision, these laws must be
drawn up with great care. A compromise
should be sought between encouraging
citizen participation in a form of direct
democracy and protecting the vulnerability of direct democracy to sometimes
frivolous and mercurial public sentiment. In designing legislation for these
reforms, several specific aspects of initiative and referendum p r o c e d u r e s
should be carefully considered.
Should initiatives and referendums be
restricted by subject matter? T h e National Municipal League's Model City
Charter provides for initiatives exclusive
of budget or capital programs, any ordinance concerning the appropriation of
money or the levy of taxes and salaries
of city officials and employees. T h e
model referendum provision excludes
budget or capital programs, emergency

ordinances and ordinances concerning
appropriations of money or levy of
taxes.
Provisions for initiative and referendum in Norfolk have no such restrictions. T h e 1970 charter for Portsmouth
exempts emergency ordinances from
referendums. Hampton's provision for
referendums excludes any ordinance
adopted to authorize revenue levies a s
well a s emergency ordinances. Cities
drawing up legislation for direct democracy should consider whether any issues need to be insulated from a popular vote.
How many signatures should be required to bring an ordinance to a popular
vote? Required percentages of qualified
voters may range from 3 percent to 30
percent of either the entire city population or the number voting in the last
city, state or national elections.
Often a minimum number of signatures is required, so that an election with
a low turnout rate will not lead to a rash
of petitions. Some cities also have a
geographic distribution requirement for
signatures. In addition, city officials
should be alert to population changes
that might require an adjustment of the
signature requirement. In California,
growth in population has made its percentage requirement difficult to meet.
How are procedures in direct democracy to be kept fair? Someone impartial
should be responsible for wording the
proposed ordinance. Often the city attorney is designated for the job. T h e
ordinance needs to be a s free a s possible of "legalese" and language difficult
for the average citizen to understand.
Along similar lines, those circulating petitions should always have complete
copies of the ordinance for those signing
the petition. A s with almost any campaign, there are opportunities for distortion, misinformation and various other
unsavory practices.
Direct democracy holds the promise
of invigorating the citizenry. It also
poses some possible problems for local
governments. Any legislation that designs initiative and referendum procedures must strive to maintain a balance
between allowing citizen involvement
and impeding the government from governing efficiently and effectively.
About the Author
Elizabeth Radford is a graduate
research
assistant with the Institute of Government at
the University of Virginia.

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Volume 20
Number 8
August 1985

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INSURANCE
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Highlights

of our program

include:

# Design specifically for municipal exposures
# Stability in the marketplace
# Those "hard to find'' coverages, such as public official
and law enforcement liability
# Coverages in one policy, preventing possible gaps
# Competitive price

Y O U OWE I T TO YOUR L O C A L I T Y
TO F I N D OUT M O R E
Margaret A. Nichols
Virginia Municipal Property
Casualty Insurance Program
Post Office Box 12203
Richmond, Virginia 23241
(804) 649-8471

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Editor
Christine A. Everson
Editorial Assistant
Joni Terry
Advertising Assistant
IVIary Ann Cornell
Circulation Manager
Kathy Mclntyre
VML President
Lawrence A. Davies
Officers
Samuel W. Adams III
Robert T. Williams
Martha V. Pennine
Noel C. Taylor
Executive Committee
J . Willard Lineweaver
Jack D. Edwards
Dolores P. Lescure
Sidney M. Oman
William R, Hartz
M. Stewart Koethcke
Charles A. Robinson Jr.
Executive Director
R. Michael Amyx

On the Cover
Southampton High School was
among the first in Virginia to install a
leased energy management system
with insured third-party financing. With a
system in place in the high school and
the middle school, the annual savings in
energy costs is expected to be more
than $46,652. You can learn about this
innovative program on page 12.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY
(ISSN00426784) is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League. It is published monthly at 13 East
Franklin
Street, P.O. Box 12203, Richmond, Virginia 23241. All contents,
copyright
1985 by the Virginia IVIunicipal League.
Any reproduction
or use of contents
must have prior approval of the Virginia
Municipal League and if granted must
be accompanied by credit to VIRGINIA
TOWN &amp; CITY and the Virginia Municipal League. Second-class
postage
paid at Richmond,
Virginia.
Subscription rates: $8 per year, $1.50 per
copy.
Postmaster: Send address changes to
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Volume 20

August 1985

Number 8

4 Richmond's Diagnostic
and Prescriptive Center
By Gail Bingham

8 VIVIL's Policy Committees
11 The IVIunicipal Insurance
Market: Highs and Lows
By IVIargaret A. Nichols

12 Energy Management
Systems for our Schools
By Richard B. Fisher

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Marketplace

19 Legal Guidelines: The Tort
Liability of Local
Governments
By Howard W. Dobbins

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By Gail Bingham
At first glance the Katherine L. Johnson School in Richmond resembles any
one of about 60 public schools in the
city. Teachers make assignments; students attend classes and fill the halls
with typical light chatter during breaks in
the school day. But there is something
distinctively different about the purpose
of activity in this building which houses
R i c h m o n d ' s C o m p r e h e n s i v e Interagency Diagnostic and Prescriptive
Center. The center works with problem
children referred from their neighborhood schools by performing a battery of
medical, psychological and educational
tests designed to address difficulties
hindehng their achievement within the
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Prior to creation of the Diagnostic and
Prescriptive Center, children experiencing problems in school were often faced
with a barrage of services administered
by several agencies, each offering its
particular professional skill with little or
no sustained collaboration. Because the
children's problems were typically complex and diverse, traditional intervention
strategies frequently worked to compound rather than effectively resolve
difficulties.
The center seeks to provide a comprehensive assessment of school-age
children within nine weeks. Comprehensive refers to medical, social, psychological, educational and classroom assessments of a child's strengths and
weaknesses. If there is need to have a
psychiatric evaluation as well, that too is
provided at the center. Students remain
in the center on a full-time basis during
the assessment period. Information obtained from evaluations assists staff of
the center in finding what causes a student's difficulties and in determining appropriate solutions. A key concept
underlying functioning of the center is
the belief that studying and working with
children in an intense or concentrated
environment will enable evaluation specialists to obtain a realistic view of the
child.
"Many children served by the center
have experienced academic failure and
have low self-esteem," explains Sandra
Mitchell, administrator of the center.
She further explains that as a result, a
significant amount of attention is placed
on building self-confidence and expand-

ing a child's willingness to become eng a g e d a c a d e m i c a l l y . A c c o r d i n g to
Mitchell, acceptance not tolerance is the
attitude that permeates the center.
Services are rendered by a multidiscipline staff consisting of an education diagnostician, psychologist, physician, occupational therapist, social
workers and teachers adept at identifying and working with learning problems.
These specialists observe the children
in the clinical classrooms, teachers
communicate individual differences to
testing specialists and specialists assist
teachers to identify learning styles and
problematic behaviors. Short-term
treatment and remediation are byproducts of this diagnostic process.
The diagnostic process is expedited
because the center serves as a central
point of services. Children who are attending classes are more readily available for diagnostic assessments. In the
clinical classrooms teachers have an
opportunity to observe learning patterns
and test teaching strategies within a
small school environment. Support staff
members are able to work with the child
in the classroom, offices, cafetena and
playground. As a result, they get a more
realistic view of the child and his or her
interactional patterns.
Once assessments are completed,
the staff meet to develop an individualized prescriptive plan and strategy
which will best suit the needs of the total
child. Staff meet once or more during
each student quarter as a team to discuss preliminary evaluation results.
Based upon these discussions, initial
diagnostic plans are reviewed to determine whetfier new strategies should be
implemented to obtain a more complete
picture of the student's profile. When
necessary, additional tests are recommended prior to a final staff meeting.
Agency representatives and members from the home school are invited to
participate in the final staff meeting or
treatment staffings to develop plans for
remedial problems. Diagnostic reports
are shared at this meeting and creative
strategies are pulled together to work
with the child in the home school, in the
community and with the family.
Children are returned to their home
school program after various strategies
have been tested in the clinical class-

room. Consideration is given in all planning efforts to the child's health, family
circumstances and other issues which
might affect the ability to learn and function. Impediments to learning, the delivery of services and gaps in existing community resources are closely monitored
by the center's staff.
Once the child has returned to the
home school, the educational diagnostician works with the school's staff of
counselors and teachers to implement
recommended educational strategies.
Intensive follow-up, monitoring and coordination services are provided by
social workers in conjunction with representatives of other community agencies. Follow-up services are extended to
schools and the family for a minimum of
three to six months with some follow-up
supervision extending to 12 months.
The Diagnostic and Prescriptive
Center was created as a result of efforts
of a mental health task force operating
under R i c h m o n d ' s Youth Services
Commission. The task force examined
problems confronting youth between
the ages of 11 and 16 and found that a

�Prescriptive Center
Working Together for the Children
to develop a prescription and to coordinate and monitor the implementation of
prescription. Emphasis w a s placed on
client outreach. T h e center w a s conceived to maintain a full complement of
multi-disciplined staff that would be involved with each child and family. This
model was similar to a full work-up provided to persons entering institutional
care or receiving services at an institution.
A memorandum of understanding
w a s developed and sent to each agency
participating in the summit with a specific request for the assignment of professionals, supplies, operating contributions and/or other resources. Contributions received included four teachers,
five instructional aides, a lead teacher
and administrator a s well a s a building
space, instructional and office supplies,
telephone service, copying equipment,
educational and learning specialists.

significant number of tfiese youth had a
multitude of problems. T h e s e youth
were also served by several human service agencies, yet services were fragmented, duplicative and/or met with resistance.
In order to identify and discuss problems arising from situations like these,
primary agencies generally involved
with youth experiencing problems were
called together for a concentrated meeting which became known a s T h e Summit. Present were representatives from
Richmond Public Schools, Department
of Public Welfare, Department of Public
Health, Department of Mental Health
and Mental Retardation, Juvenile and
Domestic Relations Court and the Youth
Services Commission. A sehes of meetings followed and the concept for development of a new agency evolved.
T h e new agency w a s established
from existing agency resources. Participating agencies contributed staff, supplies and other resources to the development of the center. T h e center w a s
given charge to gather intake information, to diagnose and a s s e s s problems.

many human service agency budgets,
and the center shared in the losses. A
grant through the Division of Justice and
Crime Prevention which had previously
provided major support to the program
was due to expire. T h e city of Richmond
in anticipation of severe federal budget
cuts reduced staff citywide. A s a result,
nine staff at the center were moved to
other city positions or chose to resign.
The center lost three social workers, a
social work supervisor, an occupational
therapist, an educational diagnostician,
two clerk typists and a psychologist. The
assistant administrator remained on
staff on a part-time basis. A part-time
consultant psychologist, social workers
and clerk typists were hired to offset the
vacancies.
In the winter of 1981, the center received a $25,000 Memorial Foundation
grant and in July 1982, a $75,000 award
from the city, funds which were used to

A social woriter falres a student's social history as an intervention
strategy in the comprehensive
approach.
social workers, clerical staff and consultation staff.
The center, now in its sixth year of
operation, opened In June 1980 under
sponsorship of the Richmond Public
Schools. An 18-member advisory board
was established that consisted of two
members from each of six participating
agencies, representatives from the P T A
and the city manager's staff and four
at-large members.
Three standing committees monitor
center activities. T h e evaluation committee measures the effectiveness of
services. T h e program committee a s sists in the basic design and Implementation of program objectives, and the
policies and procedures committee
monitors the staff and resource contributions of sponsoring agencies. Also,
an annual report is produced each year
which serves to a s s e s s the center's service results and provide information for
participating agencies and the community.
The spring of 1981 w a s devastating to

expand staff. Additional grants and
awards enabled the center to continue
to expand its staff. Two graduate psychologists interns were hired to augment psychological evaluation capabilities. Two foster grandparents were
added to the educational component to
provide Individualized attention to the
elementary students, and staff positions
were maintained through assignments
from participating agencies. For example, in January 1984 the Richmond Department of Public Health assigned a
part-time p h y s i c i a n and two public
health nurses to the center's operation.
Throughout the 1984 operating year,
budget allocations received from the city
enabled the center to continue functioning through a series of staff changes and
adjustments.
During the 1984-85 program year approximately 157 students were referred
to the center. Students are referred by
p a r e n t s , c o u n s e l o r s and a g e n c i e s
through the pupil personnel services
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�1985 VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION FORM
September 22-24
Roanoke, Virginia
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except ticl&lt;eted events listed below

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�1985 VML Conference
Sept. 2 2 - 2 4 Roanoke
The 80th Annual VML Conference offers you the opportunity to:
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Meet with local officials from across the commonwealth
See state-of-the-art products and services
Attend conference workshops on issues and problems facing local governments
Participate in the election of VML officers and the adoption of the VML Policy Statement
and Legislative Platform
Enjoy the excitement of Roanoke's Center in the Square and Market Square
Celebrate with the winners of the coveted VML achievement awards

At Conference Workshops you will learn all about:
Money, money, money—what local government isn't concerned about money? At the conference
you can hear the most recent news from Washington on the federal budget and federal tax reform. If
you're interested in the news from Richmond, sessions on education and highway financing will
satisfy your curiosities. Workshops on the Fire Program Fund and local excise taxes round out the
sessions on finance and budget issues.
Guarding your future—The local government insurance market has gone haywire. Learn how the
VML group insurance programs can help you through the crisis. Be brought up to date on the
developments in liability issues and hear the pros and cons of including local governments in the
Virginia Tort Claims Act.
Managing your resources—Hear how productivity analysis units can stretch those scarce
government resources. Explore the lines of demarcation between the roles of the council and
manager. Profit by learning how the private sector uses customer relations to improve its image and
involve its employees in its work.
Protecting your environment—Hear how the implementation of the 1984 hazardous waste
disposal amendments will affect local governments. Find out the results on the Virginia Water Study
Commission's long-term study on water resources in the commonwealth.
Local governments as part of the federal system—Prepare for the future through discussions of
issues pending at the federal level and destined to be at the forefront of the 1986 session of the
Virginia General Assembly. Get the latest word on how governments can adapt to Garcia v. San
Antonino, the U.S. Supreme Court decision bringing local government under the full coverage of the
Fair labor Standards Act.

Conference Headquarters . . . The Hotel
from downtown.
Additional
Marriott, Holiday Inn Civic

Roanoke,
just a stone's
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rooms are available at the Sheraton
Airport Inn,
Center, Holiday Inn Airport
and Holiday Inn South.

Exhibits . . . State-of-the-art
Tuesday.

Continental

breakfast

Registration . . . Use the

products
and services on view Sunday
through
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form

opposite.

�VMVs Policy
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson
W i l l i a m F. B r o w n
Board Member
J a m e s City C o u n t y
1 1 2 T u t t e r ' s Necl&lt;
W i l l i a m s b u r g , V i r g i n i a 23187
F. H. Moore Jr., Mayor. Abingdon
Voia Lawson, Acting Manager, Alexandria
John E. Black, Council Member, Appalachia
W. R. Britton, Manager, Appomattox
Ellen Bozman, Board Member, Arlington
R, M. Chandler. Council Member. Blacksburg

E. F. Talbert Jr., Manager, Brookneal
John W. Butt, Council Member, Chesapeake
James Rein, Deputy Manager, Chesapeake
John E. Brockwell Jr., Vice Mayor. Colonial Heights
David A. Martin, Council Member. Culpeper
Gerald K. Monger. Superintendent, Elkton
Frank T. Lee II, Council Member, Emporia
James M. Scott. Board Member. Fairtax County
Glenn L. White, Council Member, Fairfax
Carlton H, Lafoon, Council Member, Farmville
Raymond R. Decatur, Fredericksburg
W. Sidney Armstrong, Council Member, Fredericksburg
John K. Marlow, Mayor, Front Royal
W. Harold Snead, Manager, Galax
Ernest W. Duncan, Council Member. Gordonsville
Baxter E. Simmons. Council Member, Hampton
Thomas H. Robinson II. Council Member. Harrisonburg
John B. McKenney Jr.. Board Member. Henrico County
Milton Martin, Planner, Hopewell
Charles Williams, Council Member, Leesburg
Thomas O. Doyle. Council Member, Lynchburg
Dorothy Bello, Council Member, Manassas Park
Alfred T, Groden, Council Member, Martinsville
Jessie M. Rattley, Council Member, Newport News
Robert E. Summers. Council Member. Norfolk
E. W. Ward. Assistant Manager, Norton
B, David Canada, Planning/Comm. Dev. Director. Petersburg
R. Gordon Cox. Council Member. Poquoson
Morton V. Whitlow. Council Member, Portsmouth
Kathleen K. Seefeidt, Supervisor, Prince William County
James R. Neighbors. Vice Mayor, Pulaski
James O. Trout. Council Member. Roanoke
Alexander M. Brown. Council Member. Salem
David F. Craig, Vice Mayor. Staunton
Ronald O. Hart. Vice Mayor. Suffolk
George E. Lovelace. Council Member. Vienna
George W. Nester, Manager, Vinton
Robert E. Fentress. Council Member, Virginia Beach
Robert C. Walker, Mayor, Williamsburg
Beverly Collins, Project Administrator, Wise
VML Staff—Jim Campbell

EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE

Chairperson
A l l e n Griffith
Council Member
10455 A r m s t r o n g Street
Fairfax, V i r g i n i a 22030
Brad Hammer. Deputy Manager. Alexandria
James Clark, Mayor, Appalachia
Jack A. Gross, Manager, Bedford
Ron Wagner, Council Member, Brookneal
Dr. Mary Alice Gunfer, Council Member. Charlottesville
Walter Cartwright Jr.. Council Member. Chesapeake
James Rein. Deputy Manager. Chesapeake
George R. Goode Sr., Mayor, Clifton Forge
Dr. James B. McNeer. Council Member. Colonial Heights
Mary J. Glass. Council Member. Culpeper
Julia J. Jones. Council Member. Emporia
James P. McDonald, Deputy Executive, Fairfax County
William B. Wall, Council Member, Farmville
Ralph A. Hicks Jr.. Fredericksburg
John T. Hopkins. Council Member. Fredericksburg
Michael W. Kitts. Council Member, Front Royal
Joe Steffen, Council Member. Galax

Committees
Dennis G. Baugh, Vice Mayor. Gordonsville
Brenda P. Wharton. Council Member. Hampton
Elizabeth Walker. Assistant to Manager. Hampton
Dr. Charles L. Shank. Council Member. Harrisonburg
William S. Dewhirst, Associate Manager, Henrico County
Perry M. DePue. Board Member. James City County
William M. Phillips, City Attorney, Lynchburg
Dorothy Bello, Council Member, Manassas Park
Eliza H. Severt. Vice Mayor. Martinsville
Robert Williams, Manager, Newport News
Dr. John H. Foster. Council Member, Norfolk
Albert S. Armentrout, Superintendent, Norton City Schools
Beverly Brewer, Assistant Manager, Petersburg
L. Harold Quinn Jr., Council Member, Poquoson
Patrick J. Coffield, Assistant Manager, Portsmouth
John D. Jenkins. Supervisor, Prince William County
John A. Johnston. Council Member. Pulaski
Elizabeth Bowles, Council Member, Roanoke
James R. Cooke Jr.. Council Member, Staunton
Dr. W. H. Higinbotham, Council Member. Suffolk
Rodger W. Seeman. Council Member. Vienna
Roy G. McCarty. Council Member, Vinton
Harold Heischober, Mayor, Virginia Beach
VML Staff—Ellen Posivach

EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson
J o s e p h A. Leafe
Mayor
1109 City Hall B u i l d i n g
V i r g i n i a Qeach, V i r g i n i a 23456
G. M. Newman. Manager, Abingdon
Henry Howard, Management/Budget Director. Alexandria
E. E. Brooks. Manager. Appalachia
Ronald C. Spiggle, Mayor, Appomattox
Elizabeth Gawron, Assistant to Manager. Arlington
David Reynal, Manager, Ashland
Richard Kaufman, Attorney, Blacksburg
Carolyn M. Lusardi, Mayor. Brookneal
Francis L. Buck. Mayor, Charlottesville
Don Scalf, Manager, Chesapeake
Sidney M. Oman. Council Member. Chesapeake
Joe B. Hornbarger. Mayor. Christiansburg
Herbie L. King, Council Member. Clifton Forge
Terry L. Gibson, Manager, Coeburn
Wayne DIRosario, Mayor, Colonial Beach
Ernest E. Payne. Council Member. Colonial Heights
Waller P. Jones. Council Member. Culpeper
Nancy B. Squire. Council Member, Emporia
Martha Pennine, Board Vice Chair, Fairfax County
Edward A. Wyatt. Manager. Fairfax
Harvey S, Whitaker. Council Member, Farmville
George M. VanSant, Council Member, Fredericksburg
Albert G. Ruff Jr.. Vice Mayor. Front Royal
David Martin. Council Member. Galax
James T. Todd. Council Member. Gordonsville
Charles A. Wornom. Council Member. Hampton
Dr. Walter F. Green III. Mayor. Harrisonburg
Anthony P. Mehfoud. Board Member. Henrico County

Clinton H. Strong. Manager. Hopewell
Jack D. Edwards. Board Member. James City County
Jeffrey H. Minor. Manager. Leesburg
Clara M. Broyles. Council Member. Luray
Jimmie B. Bryan. Mayor. Lynchburg
Robert Maitland. Mayor. Manassas Park
L. D. Oakes. Vice Mayor. Martinsville
Margaret Keator. Council Member. Newport News
Philip E. Trapani. Attorney. Norfolk
Kenneth Asbury, Attorney, Norton
Richard M. Brown, Manager. Petersburg
Benjamin M. Hahn. Attorney. Poquoson
Gloria O. Webb. Vice Mayor, Portsmouth
John Proctor. Management Budget Director. Pnnce William County
Connie Bawcum, Finance Director, Prince William County
Robert N. Glenn. Council Member. Pulaski
Sidney A. Glower, Administrator. Pulaski County
Wilburn C. Dibling Jr.. Attorney. Roanoke
William J. Paxton Jr. Manager. Salem
Peter Huber. Manager. Saltville
Richard D. Robertson. Council Member. Staunton

�Harold J . Kidd, Council Member, Suffolk
Charles R. Hill, Mayor, Vinton
R e b a S . McClanan, Vice Mayor, Virginia B e a c h
Gilbert Granger, Council Member, Williamsburg
S i m Ewing, Manager, W i s e
Carl E . Stark, Mayor, Wytheville
VML Staff—Ellen P o s i v a c h
Jim Campbell

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY P O L I C Y COMMITTEE
Chairperson
Meyera Oberndorf
Council IMember
5404 Challendon Drive
Virginia B e a c h , Virginia 23462
Robert M. Howard, Council Member, Abingdon
R o s e Boyd, Assistant Manager. Alexandria
J o h n Newell. Council Member, Ashland
J a m e s W. Bland, Vice Mayor, Blacksburg
Elizabeth G l e a s o n , Council Member, Charlottesville
Leroy C . Silver III, Assistant Manager, C h e s a p e a k e
Cecil Y . J e n k i n s , Council Member, C h e s a p e a k e
J o h n E . Brockwell J r . , Vice Mayor, Colonial Heights
Gary J . Mocarski, Council Member, Culpeper
H. L e e Townsend III, Council Member, Emporia
Audrey Moore, Board Member, Fairfax County
Mary Ellen Munoz, Council Member, Farmville
Gordon Shelton, Council Member, Fredericksburg
Edwin L, Pomeroy, Council Member, Front Royal
John Lemons, Vice Mayor, G a l a x
Hunter L. W. Allman, Council Member, Gordonsville
Alan R. V a n a s s e , Council Member, Hampton
J o h n E . Driver. Assistant Manager, Harhsonburg
Anthony C . Mehfoud. Board Member, Henrico County
C . R a y E d w a r d s , Vice Mayor, Hopewell
Wayland B a s s , Public Works Director, J a m e s City County
Julian R. A d a m s , Council Member, Lynchburg
Robert Maitland, Mayor, M a n a s s a s Park
Randy W. Hildebrandt, Assistant Manager. Newport News
Dr. Mason C . Andrews. Council Member. Norfolk
Charles R. Brown. Manager. Norton
M. Guthrie Smith, Public Works Director, Petersburg
Gordon C . Helsel J r . , Council Member. Poquoson
V. W a y n e Orton. Assistant Manager. Portsmouth
Edwin C . King. Board Supervisor. Prince William County
Mary Lou Copenhaver. Council Member. Pulaski
Randolph M. Smith. Assistant Manager. S a l e m
T h o m a s W. Altizer. Council Member. Staunton
E. W a y n e Rountree. Public Works Director. Suffolk
J a c k L. Shelton. Council Member. Vinton
Barbara Henley. Council Member. Virginia B e a c h
Stephen Harris. Council Member. Williamsburg
Glenn Craft. Mayor, W i s e
VML Staff—Jim Campbell
Robert Feild

HUMAN D E V E L O P M E N T P O L I C Y C O M M I T T E E
Chairperson
Robert G. J o n e s
Council Member
1361 S t e p h e n s R o a d
V i r g i n i a B e a c h , V i r g i n i a 23454
Maxine C . Hilton, Council Member, Abingdon
Gary Cyphers. Assistant Manager for Human S e r v i c e s . Alexandria
Gary B u s h . Council Member. Appalachia
E . G . Hall. Council Member, Charlottesville
Cecil Y . J e n k i n s . Council Member. C h e s a p e a k e
Leroy C.Silver III, Assistant Manager, C h e s a p e a k e
John T . Wood, Council Member, Colonial Heights
Richard M. Rosenberg, Mayor, Culpeper
J . Henry E v a n s J r . , Council Member, Emporia
T. Farrell E g g e , Board Member, Fairfax County
Robert F. Lederer J r . . Council Member. Fairfax
Carl Eggleston. Council Member. Farmville
Vernon T . MacTurk. Finance Director. Front Royal
Anne Vaughan, Council Member. G a l a x
Maurice Hiner. Council Member, Gordonsville
Sonja Bible, Social S e r v i c e s Superintendent, Harrisonburg
L. R a y Shadwell J r . , Board Chairman, Henrico County
Hilda M. T r a i n a , Mayor, Hopewell
Anthony Conyers, Community S e r v i c e s Director, J a m e s City County
M. W. Thornhill J r . , Vice Mayor, Lynchburg
Patsy Cundiff, Human S e r v i c e s Director, Lynchburg
Donald Tickner, Council Member, M a n a s s a s Park

Aubrey H. Fitzgerald. Council Member. Newport News
Elizabeth Howell, Council Member, Norfolk
Breck Daughtrey, Deputy Clerk, Norfolk
William L. Stokes. Social S e r v i c e s Director. Norton
Bob Reitmeier. Social S e r v i c e s Director. Petersburg
H. Gray Forrest. Council Member, Poquoson
Ben A. B e a m e r Sr.. Council Member, Portsmouth
Ricardo Perez. Social S e r v i c e s Director. Prince William County
C. E . Boyd J r . . Council Member. Pulaski
J a m e s G . Harvey II. Vice Mayor. Roanoke
R. G e n e McCombs. Manager, Staunton
Curtis R. Milteer. Council Member. Suffolk
Robert W. Robinson, Council Member, Vienna
J a m e s Reynolds, Vice Mayor, Vinton
Mary L. Darling. Vice Mayor. Williamsburg
VML Staff—Mary J o Fields

P U B L I C S A F E T Y P O L I C Y COMMITTEE
Chairperson
Frances Parsons
Council Member
300 South Main Street
B l a c k s b u r g , Virginia 24060
J o e T . Phipps, Vice Mayor. Abingdon
Michele E v a n s , Assistant Manager, Alexandria
Arthur Dickenson, Council Member, Appalachia
John Wolford, Chief of Police, Ashland
Donald L. C a r e y . Chief of Police. Blacksburg
Cole Hendrix. Manager. Charlottesville
John W. Keffer. Council Member. C h e s a p e a k e
J a m e s Rein, Deputy Manager. C h e s a p e a k e
Norman W. Rice, Vice Mayor. Clifton Forge
W a y n e DiRosario. Mayor. Colonial B e a c h
Robert E . Taylor. Manager. Colonial Heights
Roy F. J a m i s o n . Council Member. Culpeper
Bill B. Holt. Council Member. Elkton
George B. Ligon. Council Member, Emporia
J o s e p h Alexander, Board Member, Fairfax County
Harold E . Dailey. Fire Chief. Fairfax
John Osborn. Council Member, Farmville
Milton J . Robertson. Chief of Police. Front Royal
Glenn Wilson. Mayor. Galax
Robert M. Holloway. Chief of Police. Gordonsville
T. Melvin Butler. Council Member. Hampton
Richard W. Presgrave, Chief of Police, Harrisonburg
John A. Waldrop J r . . Board Vice Chairman, Henrico County
Robert Broyles, Chief of Police, Hopewell
Robert C . Key, Chief of Police, J a m e s City County
J e s s e C . Carter, Chief of Police, Kenbridge
E . N. Doyle. Mayor. Lawrenceville
Stephen F. Owen. Assistant to Manager. Leesburg
Jerry M. Shiro, Manager. Luray
W. W a y n e Taylor, Council Member, Luray
John A. McCormick, Council Member, Lynchburg
Wilbur Hudson, Public Safety Director, M a n a s s a s Park
William Mitchell, Assistant Manager, Newport News
Claude J . Staylor J r . . Council Member, Norfolk
S a m A. Mongle, Chief of Police, Norton
Lawrence R. Nowery, Chief of Police, Petersburg
John T . White. Chief of Police, Poquoson
J . Robert G r a y . Council Member, Portsmouth
George T . O w e n s . Chief of Police. Prince William County
J a m e s M. Neblett. Council Member. Pulaski
Harry T . R a s k i n s . Chief of Police, S a l e m
Hugh B. Sproul III, Mayor, Staunton
Gilbert F. J a c k s o n . Chief of Police. Suffolk
Major Donald Harper. Chief of Police. Vienna
Robert R. Altice. Council Member. Vinton
Nancy C r e e c h . Council Member. Virginia B e a c h
J o h n Hodges. Council Member, Williamsburg
Ron Dixon, Chief of Police, W i s e
T h o m a s A. Bralley J r . . Vice Mayor. Wytheville
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Chairperson
George M. VanSant
Council Member
1407 Washington A v e n u e
Fredericksburg, Virginia 24401
H. L. C o o m e s . Council Member. Abingdon
Ronald C . Spiggle, Mayor, Appomattox
A. T . Leighton J r . . Council Member. Blacksburg

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Peter R. Kolakowski, Manager. Fredericksburg
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Joseph F. Freeman. Council Member, Lynchburg
William R. Wren. Council Member. Manassas Park
Clyde L. Williams. Council Member. Martinsville
Jerome W. Hogge, Council Member, Newport News
Reverend Joseph N. Green Jr., Vice Mayor. Norfolk
Ronald Peaks, Engineer. Norton
John Sinkiewicz, TraffiC'Transportation Director, Petersburg
William T. Watkins Jr., Council Member, Poquoson
J. Robert Gray. Council Member, Portsmouth
G. Richard Pfitzner. Supervisor, Prince William County
Glen K. Aust, Council Member, Pulaski
Elizabeth T. Bowles, Council Member, Roanoke
John D. Abbott. Engineer. Salem
John A, Clem III. Council Member. Staunton
Andrew B. Damiani. Mayor. Suffolk
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Highs and Lows
B y Margaret A. Nichols
Hardly a day has passed at VML in the
past three months that we have not received numerous phone calls from local
governments relating experiences concerning the renewal of insurance coverages.
Virginia localities are faced with significant increases in premiums, reduced
limits of coverage, non-renewal of policies and midterm cancellations. Some
coverages vital to the existence of local
governments such a s pollution liability
are not available at any price.
Many larger municipalities have full
time risk managers who are in constant
communication with the insurance marketplace and prepare their localities, at
least initially, for the shock of market
change. Unfortunately a great many
municipalities rely solely on local insurance agents to handle their insurance
needs. Because of this relationship, localities have not been aware until the
"last minute" that they were facing a
problem.
The problem is specifically a "hard"
insurance marketplace. For the last five
years localities have been in a "soft"
insurance marketplace. By "soft" we
mean a buyer's market. Localities could
purchase the coverages they needed,
with the limits they wanted and at a price
they could afford. T h i s situation no
longer exists.
S e v e r a l factors have c a u s e d this
drastic change from a "soft" to a "hard"
or sellers' marketplace. Insurance companies income is derived from investment earnings and underwriting profit.
When interest rates rose to higher levels
i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s r e l a x e d their
unden/vriting guidelines to allow more
premium to flow into the company for
investment. T h e increased investment
earnings were intended to offset the
reduced underwriting gains. When interest rates declined and losses inc r e a s e d , insurance companies were
faced with losses greater than investment earnings and underwriting profits.
The premium increases now being experienced are the results of the insurance industry's adjustment of reduced
p r e m i u m s immediately rather than
gradually.
Another factor responsible for the
recent change in the marketplace is the
availability of reinsurance. Reinsurance
c o m p a n i e s insure primary insurers
against excessive losses or liability, allowing primary carriers to spread their
risk of e x c e s s i v e losses. Reinsurers
using the s a m e strategy a s primary car-

riers look to investment earnings to offset undenwriting losses.
Another factor contributing to the hard
i n s u r a n c e market Is the increasing
number and severity of lawsuits against
municipalities, public officials and law
enforcement officers. This experience is
a p p l i e d a c r o s s the b o a r d to m u nicipalities with little regard to actual
loss experience in Virginia. No longer
able to depend on sovereign immunity
which shielded Virginia localities in the
past, municipalities are viewed by the
insurance carriers a s high risk.
Additionally and finally insurance carriers follow a procedure called " c l a s s "
underwriting. Since municipalities unfortunately fall into that class not traditionally viewed a s good or low risk, they
are one of the first to be eliminated when
the market hardens.
Municipalities and their risk managers
have little influence to change the status
of the insurance marketplace. Nevertheless, it remains the responsibility of
the risk manager to ensure that the necessary measures are taken to protect
the locality from possible loss.
There are several steps that will make
your encounter with the insurance marketplace progress more smoothly.
START YOUR RENEWAL P R O C E S S
E A R L Y — T h i r t y to sixty days w a s plenty
of time to renew your coverages in the
soft market. Now a minimum of 90 to
120 days is a must to ensure that your
agent or consultant has ample time to
find the coverages you need. When bidding, set the bid date at least two weeks
before renewal to allow time to review
bids and handle emergencies. You may
also want to increase your cancellation
clause from 30 days to 60 days or 90
days to avoid last minute notification
from the insurer.
DEVELOP ACCURATE SPECIFICAT I O N S — Y o u r specifications should be
well prepared, easy to understand and
allow options s u c h a s s e v e r a l deductibles and limits when possible. Be
sure to include accurate loss expehence
as this plays a major role in premium.
C H E C K T H E FINANCIAL S E C U R I T Y
O F T H E C A R R I E R S — L o c a l government's greatest potential for loss is in
law enforcement and public official liability. Such claims are usually long tailed,
that is, they may not be reported for two
or three years and then not settled for
another three to five years. You will want
to make sure the company from which
you purchased the coverage will be
around to pay those claims.

REVIEW YOUR COVERAGES —
Consider retaining those predictable, affordable losses that can be financed out
of the operating fund. Use insurance to
cover those larger risks that could result
in catastrophic losses.
U S E COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATIONS
R A T H E R THAN S E A L E D B I D S W H E N
P O S S I B L E — T h i s is not the year to
bring in a consultant or bid insurance if
you can avoid it. You may be shocked
that few or no bidders show up. In addition to increased premiums, you will
have the added cost of the consultant. If
you must bid your insurance, the competitive negotiation process allows you
more flexibility in negotiating your
coverages, limits and premium.
I N C R A S E Y O U R I N S U R A N C E BUDG E T — M a n y localities increased their
insurance budgets by the 10 percent to
30 percent increases they anticipated.
We are seeing increases as high as 300
percent! Hopefully, this will not be the
case for the majority of localities, but a
sufficient budget amount can help the
risk manager to put together the best
insurance program possible.
DEVELOP LOSS CONTROL PROG R A M S — A n important method to control municipal insurance costs is an effective loss control program. The lower
your risks, the lower your premiums.
This is especially true in a "soft" market.
During a "hard" market, insurance carr i e r s look more f a v o r a b l y on municipalities which have effective loss
control programs.
A major advantage in loss control
programs is that they can be instituted
with little or no money and increased
annually until you have a full scale loss
control program. Your program can be
started with:
— establishment of personnel policies
instituting proper employment and
termination procedures,
— municipal vehicle inspection program,
— defensive dhving courses for municipal employees, and
— property safety inspections
C O N T A C T T H E VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL
L E A G U E — V M L began offering an alllines property, casualty insurance program on July 1, 1984. We are currently
insuring over 40 localities that in most
instances could not find any other market to quote on their business. The program is a fully insured product offering
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In less than a year the Installation of
computerized energy management syst e m s in t w o S o u t h a m p t o n C o u n t y
schools has resulted in a 30 percent to
35 percent reduction in energy use, according to William F. Grizzard Jr., director of auxiliary services for the county's
public schools. Southampton County is
among a number of Virginia public
school systems now able to meet their
goals of reduced energy cost through
the use of third-party financed, insured
funding programs permitting no-risk
leasing of energy conservation services
and equipment.
Like officials in many other school
systems, Southampton County's school
officials had been working for some time
to determine methods of lowering exorbitant energy expenditures which were
draining a large portion of the system's
budget. Close to 5 percent of the budget, or more than $320,000 in 1983, had
been allocated for heating and lighting
the nearly 30-year-old high school, the
middle school originally built in the
1940s and five elementary schools.
At a school board meeting in October
1983, a Richmond electrical contractor
presented a concept for energy conservation systems in the high school
and middle school that guaranteed a
savings of more than $46,000 a year in
heating and lighting costs, or 14 percent
of the total energy budget.
As one of the greatest obstacles to the
county's search for an energy-efficient
system had been the lack of funding
sources, the school board was pleased
to learn implementation of the systems,
estimated to cost a total of $170,000,
could be funded by developing a no-risk
insured contract with a leasing firm. This
firm would arrange financing for the
equipment and services through private
investment sources and would organize
the contractor and the architectural/
englneehng firm. The funding program
would not involve public funds, and insurance guaranteed that monthly energy savings would be as great or
greater than payments for the system.
School Board Superintendent J. W.
Harville felt the no-risk program was
"something we can't let pass by" and led
the board in its unanimous decision to
become one of the first public school
systems in Virginia to take advantage of
the third-party-financed funding opportunity. The anticipated annual savings of
$46,652 for the two schools in Southampton County is now likely to be surpassed, and positive reception to the

program's success has resulted in the
recent approval of Phase II.
For Phase II the county has hired the
leasing company that managed the original contract, the electrical contractor
and the architectural/engineering firm to
design and implement energy conservation systems in all of the county's
elementary schools. The project will involve replacement of boilers in three of
the schools and is estimated to save
$252,000 in energy costs during a fiveyear period.

No-Risk Funding

Energy conservation systems such
as those implemented in Southampton
County can enable municipalities to
realize, often immediately, cost savings
greater than monthly funding payments.
Systems are usually paid for within five
years and are expected to last 20 to 25
years. Investments are paid back out of
monies saved by reduced energy consumption resulting from the installed
equipment which is monitored by the
designer and builder. Savings are calculated on a basis determined by historic energy consumption patterns of
heating and cooling degrees during a
set period for the facility concerned, with
current energy unit costs applied to determine dollar values. Savings are estimated prior to installation of the equipment and become the basis of the funding contract.
Energy calculations and estimated
savings are examined by an engineering review board established by the insurance underwriter. The board requires an architectural/engineering firm
to be involved as the system's designer
for projects costing more than $100,000
to implement. Following the board's approval of the program, the energy savings included in the contract are insured
for payment by the insurance underwriter. Should the monthly funding payment be higher than the savings, the
insurance company pays the difference.

Computerized Energy
IVIanagement

While the availability of the funding
resource was a significant attraction in
plans for Southampton County's first
energy efficiency projects, the success
of the systems themselves is now the
focus of pleased county officials and is
drawing the attention of municipal officials throughout the state.
Implemented measures at the county's two schools included the installation

of fluorescent lighting, regulated lighting
schedules, heating sequence control,
tamper-proof thermostats and pipe insulation. Boilers were checked for efficiency, and temperature valves were
installed as necessary on radiators.
System development followed an extensive study of existing conditions and
requirements including traffic patterns,
lighting, heating and cooling needs and
general operational concerns.
A small computerized controller is the
centerpiece in each of the new systems,
and associated printers provide details
of energy use and adherence to regulated schedules throughout the system.
Detailed operation manuals were dev e l o p e d by the c o n t r a c t o r for the
schools' maintenance staff, and the contract includes extensive training and
service.
"Prior to installation of the systems,
we had a lot of trouble with individual
thermostats," states Grizzard. "Trying
to regulate temperature controls in the
schools was very difficult. Now we have
much better control of the range of temperatures."
Grizzard adds that while there were
skeptics within the county at first, the
system has since proven itself to be a
"no-loss situation."
Other Virginia public school systems
and municipalities also have begun to
take advantage of third-party funding
programs for energy efficiency systems.
In its high school, junior high school and
one primary school, the Buckingham
County school system adopted conservation measures similar to those in
Southampton County, and savings were
realized within the first quarter.
Energy costs were estimated to have
been reduced by more than $5,500, or
20 percent, from October 1984 through
December 1984.
"The savings were more than enough
to cover the funding payment," cites
School Superintendent Mercer Kay,
who points to continued significant savings since December.
Modifications at the three schools focused on reducing wattage in the lighting by as much as 40 percent through
replacing incandescent light fixtures
with fluorescent fixtures, regulating
lighting sequences and installing air distribution systems in the gymnasiums.
"We've been very pleased with the
program," states Kay. "The improved
lighting is not only energy efficient, it has
substantially improved lighting in the
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work a r e a s throughout the schools.
We're now looking at improving the
quality of outdoor lighting a s well.

Examining the

Marketplace

Frustration regarding mounting energy expenditures, which added up to
nearly $80 million for public schools in
1984, has inspired officials throughout
the state to examine the potential advantages of implementing energy conservation measures within the buildings
in their areas. A seminar focusing on
financing such energy efficiency projects w a s held in Richmond last December and attracted more than 100
participants including local government
administrators and public school officials.
Sponsored by Virginia's Department
of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Division
of Energy, the seminar was held in response to many officials who had, according to organizer Mary Lynne Bailey,
"expressed an interest in meeting energy conservation goals, but stressed
not having the funds to begin. Thirdparty financing is one option, and we
thought the school systems may not
have been aware of this."
A session on "Virginia Experiences
with Innovative Financing" included a

discussion of Southampton County's
success story by J . W. Harville.
Bailey adds that the seminar presentations included "what to look for and
what to avoid" in implementing and financing large-scale energy management systems.
"There is a danger in having a contractor install a computer and then not
take part in the follow-up training and
service," she states. "It is necessary to
retain a company that is willing to continue service after installing the product
and willing to train your employees to
operate the system properly."
Stephen Walz, energy conservation
supervisor with the Division of Energy,
also emphasizes the need to "examine
the marketplace and the many options
within this type of system implementation." He points to the many different
contract considerations such a s how
maintenance will be affected, how service will be worked into the contract,
exactly what kinds of guarantees companies offer and how energy escalation
rates will be used a s bases for comparison.
"Look at the individuals behind the
contracting companies," he adds, "and
examine both their reputations and their
stability. T h e s e contracts last several
years."
Walz points out that the third-party-

financed funding opportunity is " a good
option for school systems to look into
when the capital affording this opportunity cannot otherwise be raised." He
stresses that beyond the savings, the
installation of energy management systems is also frequently an opportunity to
upgrade existing equipment.
"We're willing to work with any school
system that wants to look into this."
Walz adds, "There are other alternatives, but this can work well for many
public systems."
"We certainly would not have been
able to implement any of these energy
management systems without the availability of the leasing program," states
Mercer Kay. His comments are echoed
by William Grizzard, who says that "the
guaranteed savings is a key point—its
insurability. Without this opportunity, we
would have had to proceed on a very
small basis. It would have taken a long
time to realize savings."

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Richard B. Fisher, AIA, is with Dewberry &amp;
Davis, an architectural/engineering
firm
based in Fairfax with offices in Richmond,
Danville, fJlarion and Woodbhdge.
He is
project designer for the Phase II implementation of energy conservation systems in the
Southampton County schools and works in
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team in the child's home school. T h e
majority of c a s e s referred to the center
involve multiple issues, and more than
half of the student families referred to
the center are involved with multiple
agencies at the time of referral. Of the
students entering the center more than
half are on the sixth grade to ninth grade
level and between 14 and 15 years old.
Academic issues among students referred to the center involve repeated
grade failure, lack of academic progress, lack of motivation and attention
problems. Emotional/behavioral issues
involve acting out in the home, school or
community, sexual acting out and substance abuse. Family issues include
parental instability, neglect, lack of
supervision and physical abuse. Medical issues include visual, auditory, allergies and asthma.
"I know this center can change some
part of my life," said one student. "It
gives you room to think and the teachers
give you good advice about things.
Since 1 have been here, I have been
feeling better about myself."
"I think that I will become a better
student because I have more time to
study and get myself together," commented another student.
One student who found he liked
school after attending class in the center
said, "Since being at the D&amp;P Center, I

have been going to my class on time and
coming to school every day. I like the
D&amp;P Center because they help you and
they listen to you."
T h e D i a g n o s t i c and P r e s c r i p t i v e
Center has recently experienced yet
another change. T h e center is now a
division under the city of Richmond's
Department of Human Development
Services.
This year also finds the center at a
crossroads. "No longer should it focus
solely on diagnosis," said Mitchell. "It
should use its diagnostic expertise to
train and orient other human service
staff.
Staff training sessions are planned to
increase awareness of the interactive
variables that must be addressed in effectively planning for high-risk children.
Also, a research component is projected
that will present clearly defined problems that must be resolved to ensure the
development of productive and educationally and socially independent citizens. Through these goals the center
will continue to work toward more coordination of diagnostic efforts and development of a spectrum of diagnostic services that blend together to help all children.

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A couple of years ago, the position of
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Who, at that time, thought they would be
faced with the "restricted" insurance
marketplace we are now experiencing.
Certainly this is a challenging situation
that will prepare localities and their risk
managers for the worst of times as well
as the best.
About the Author
Margaret A. Nichols joined the VML in
1975 and was appointed Finance Director In
1982. In 1983 she was appointed
Administrator of the Virginia l\/lunicipai Group Self
Insurance
Association.
In 1984 Ms. Nichols was elected to the
Board of Directors of the PRIMA
Pooling
Section, a national organization dedicated to
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pools.

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1985 at which time they will be publicly
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The Tort Liability of Local Governments
G o v e r n m e n t a l i m m u n i t y is a p o t
w h i c h s e l d o m s t o p s b o i l i n g . E v e n in p e riods of relative q u i e s c e n c e o p p o n e n t s
of the d o c t r i n e a r e p r e p a r i n g fuel to b r i n g
t h e pot b a c k to a boil.
In 1981 t h e V i r g i n i a G e n e r a l A s s e m bly a d o p t e d t h e V i r g i n i a T o r t C l a i m s A c t
( V i r g i n i a C o d e § 8 . 0 1 - 1 9 5 . 1 et seq.)
w h i c h a b o l i s h e d s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y for
t h e c o m m o n w e a l t h in c a s e s of p r o p e r t y
l o s s , p e r s o n a l injury or d e a t h c a u s e d by
t h e n e g l i g e n t o r w r o n g f u l act or o m i s s i o n
of a n y s t a t e e m p l o y e e w h i l e a c t i n g
w i t h i n t h e s c o p e of his e m p l o y m e n t a n d
under circumstances where the c o m m o n w e a l t h , if a p r i v a t e p e r s o n , w o u l d be
liable to t h e c l a i m a n t for s u c h d a m a g e ,
l o s s , i n j u r y or d e a t h . T h e c o m m o n w e a l t h ' s liability w a s limited to the
g r e a t e r of 2 5 p e r c e n t or t h e m a x i m u m
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i n s u r e a g a i n s t n e g l i g e n c e or o t h e r tort.
P u n i t i v e d a m a g e s a n d interest prior to
judgment were specifically disallowed.
T h e c o s t s of this l e g i s l a t i o n to t h e
c o m m o n w e a l t h have been assessed
a n d r e p o r t s p u b l i s h e d by t h e V i r g i n i a
D e p a r t m e n t of G e n e r a l S e r v i c e s , Office
of Risk M a n a g e m e n t . T h e 1 9 8 2 legislature clearly e x e m p t e d local g o v e r n m e n t s f r o m t h e act, h o w e v e r , S e n a t e Bill
N o . 5 5 6 i n t r o d u c e d in t h e 1 9 8 5 s e s s i o n
of the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y w a s a n effort to
bring c o u n t i e s , cities a n d t o w n s u n d e r
t h e act. T h i s bill w a s r e f e r r e d to t h e
S e n a t e C o u r t s of J u s t i c e C o m m i t t e e but
w a s not r e p o r t e d out of that c o m m i t t e e
a s the result of a tie v o t e .
A p p a r e n t l y b e c a u s e of t h e c l o s e m a r g i n by w h i c h t h e bill w a s d e f e a t e d . S e n .
W i l l i a m F. P a r k e r s o n Jr., c h a i r m a n of
S e n a t e C o u r t s of J u s t i c e , h a s a p p o i n t e d
a s u b c o m m i t t e e to s t u d y t h e s u b j e c t of
local g o v e r n m e n t i m m u n i t y . T h e s u b c o m m i t t e e c o n s i s t s of S e n . P a r k e r s o n
as c h a i r m a n a n d S e n s . B a b a l a s , B i r d ,
G o o d e and Mitchell. R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s
of the s u b c o m m i t t e e will g r e a t l y influe n c e the s u c c e s s of a n y revival of S B
5 5 6 in 1 9 8 6 or s u b s e q u e n t y e a r s .
S e n . P a r k e r s o n h a s r e q u e s t e d input
by local g o v e r n m e n t s in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h
t h e s u b c o m m i t t e e ' s s t u d y . V M L , the Virg i n i a A s s o c i a t i o n of C o u n t i e s a n d a
n u m b e r of city, t o w n a n d c o u n t y attorn e y s are c o l l a b o r a t i n g to b r i n g to t h e
s u b c o m m i t t e e all f a c t o r s w h i c h m i t i g a t e
a g a i n s t the e x t e n s i o n of the Tort C l a i m s
A c t to local g o v e r n m e n t s .
T h e p o s i t i o n of local g o v e r n m e n t s is

that g o v e r n m e n t a l i m m u n i t y is a d o c trine that is e s s e n t i a l to t h e c o n t i n u e d
efficient o p e r a t i o n a n d m a n a g e m e n t of
V i r g i n i a ' s political s u b d i v i s i o n s , that local g o v e r n m e n t s h a v e g r e a t e r n e e d for
sovereign immunity than state governm e n t , that g o v e r n m e n t s a r e i n h e r e n t l y
different f r o m p r i v a t e c o m p a n i e s , t h a t
t h e r e is no p u b l i c n e e d to b h n g localities
u n d e r the act a n d that to d o s o w o u l d
c a u s e s e r i o u s p r o b l e m s for m a n y local
g o v e r n m e n t s which are already underg o i n g difficulties in o b t a i n i n g liability i n surance coverages.

no d u t y for a g o v e r n m e n t a l entity to
e n f o r c e t h e law for t h e benefit of i n d i v i d ual c i t i z e n s nor a c o m m o n law d u t y to
p r e v e n t t h e m i s c o n d u c t of third p e r s o n s .
(See 53 U.S.L.W. 2522.)

V e r y p r o b a b l y S B 5 5 6 or its p r o g e n y
will r e a p p e a r in t h e 1 9 8 6 G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y . If it d o e s , it will u n q u e s t i o n a b l y
be o n e of t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t p i e c e s of
legislation of t h e s e s s i o n for local g o v e r n m e n t s , a n d local officials s h o u l d be
p r e p a r e d to a s s e s s a n d react to s u c h a
bill.

T h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s c o u r t h e l d that
w h e r e t h e v i o l a t e d d u t y w a s o w e d to a n
individual b e c a u s e of a " s p e c i a l relat i o n s h i p " b e t w e e n t h e individual a n d the
d e f e n d a n t , m u n i c i p a l tort liability c a n be
e s t a b l i s h e d . T h e n e c e s s a r y s p e c i a l rel a t i o n s h i p in t h e Irvin c a s e w a s f o u n d
b e t w e e n t h e police officers a n d the a c c i d e n t v i c t i m s b e c a u s e the officers s h o u l d
h a v e f o r e s e e n that their failure to protect
the d r i v i n g public w o u l d i m p o s e an i m m e d i a t e t h r e a t of s e r i o u s p h y s i c a l injury.

In t h e m e a n t i m e , h o w e v e r , tort liability
of local g o v e r n m e n t s c o n t i n u e s to be a
s u b j e c t r e q u i r i n g m u c h a t t e n t i o n by t h e
courts.
In V i r g i n i a , in t h e c a s e of Town of
Crewe
v. Marler,
319 S.E. 2d 748
( 1 9 8 4 ) , t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t h e l d that t h e
r e q u i r e m e n t of V i r g i n i a C o d e § 8 . 0 1 2 2 2 of a w r i t t e n s t a t e m e n t by a c l a i m a n t
w i t h i n six m o n t h s after a n a c c i d e n t in
o r d e r to m a i n t a i n a n a c t i o n a g a i n s t a city
or t o w n is m a n d a t o r y , a n d failure to g i v e
explicit t i m e l y n o t i c e in w r i t i n g of t h e t i m e
a n d p l a c e of a c c i d e n t w a s fatal to the
c l a i m a n t ' s c a u s e of a c t i o n .
E v e n in s t a t e s w h e r e g o v e r n m e n t a l
i m m u n i t y h a s b e e n a b o l i s h e d or w a i v e d ,
r e c o v e r y is not a l w a y s a v a i l a b l e to a
c l a i m a n t . For i n s t a n c e , the Circuit C o u r t
of A p p e a l s for t h e S i x t h Circuit d e c i d e d
in Texaus
Investment
Corp., N.V. v.
Haendiges,
761 F.2d 2 5 2 (6th Cir.
1 8 6 5 ) that n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g O h i o ' s a b o l i tion of that s t a t e ' s s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y
a n d a n O h i o city's a d o p t i o n of a building
c o d e , t h e city r e m a i n e d i m m u n e f r o m
liability to an i n d i v i d u a l p r o p e r t y o w n e r
for d a m a g e a l l e g e d l y c a u s e d by negligent building inspection.
Similarly, the Florida S u p r e m e Court
h e l d in April 1 9 8 5 in Trianon Park Condominium
Association,
Inc. v. City of
Hlaleahi, F l o r i d a ' s s t a t u t o r y limited w a i v er of s o v e r e i g n i m m u n i t y d i d not e l i m i n a t e t h e city's i m m u n i t y f r o m liability to
i n d i v i d u a l p r o p e r t y o w n e r s for a l l e g e d
n e g l i g e n t b u i l d i n g i n s p e c t i o n . T h e court
ruled b a s e d o n t h e r a t i o n a l e that t h e r e is

O n t h e o t h e r s i d e of t h e i m m u n i t y c o i n
a r e d e c i s i o n s s u c h as that h a n d e d d o w n
in Irvin v. Town of Ware, 3 9 5 M a s s . 7 4 5 ,
4 6 7 N . E . 2 d 1 2 9 2 ( 1 9 8 4 ) h o l d i n g that
w h e n a t o w n ' s police officers fail to t a k e
into p r o t e c t i v e c u s t o d y a d r u n k driver
w h o later c a u s e s a n a c c i d e n t , p e r s o n s
i n j u r e d in t h e a c c i d e n t m a y s u e the t o w n
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                    <text>�Editorial
IT'S NOT TOO EARLY
TO BEGIN

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It's October, 1978, three months before the beginning of
the 1979 Legislative Session of the Virginia General Assembly. One might think it premature to begin working with
your State legislators on local legislative needs. But one
who understands the complex legislative process of the
Virginia General Assembly knows otherwise. Ask your legislators. Most will tell you that they need to know your
concerns now, not in December, if the necessary research
and drafting is to be accomplished prior to the hectic final
days prior to the opening of the 1979 Session.
The growing number of groups which demand State
legislators' attention, the sophisticated and complex nature of legislative items being introduced, the interrelationships among the many ongoing studies, reports and
indepth research documents all require greater energy,
time and study by the General Assembly members than in
past years. These factors alone make it imperative that you
begin to indicate the desires of your locality to your senators and delegates. But there is even greater pressure this
year because the 1979 Session is expected to be a "short"
one, (even though there is some disagreement as to
whether that will mean 30, 35, or 45 days). Yet the decisions which must be made during that period will, most
likely, be increased as the General Assembly clears up
about 600 carried-over bills and probably introduces between 800 and 1000 new legislative items.
If you want your legislation passed, if you want your
legislators fully aware of the arguments and facts in favor
of your bill, if you hope for action in 1979, then begin now
to work towards legislative approval of your request. By
beginning work with your own legislative representatives
now, the possibility of passage will increase. It's not too
early.

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�Virsinia
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Editor-in-Chief

Richard L. DeCair

Editor

Charlotte Kingery

Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
Financial Secretary

Volume 13

"A public budget has three purposes: planning, management and control."

Johns S. Ziolkowski, Jr.

BUDGETING WITHOUT BEING A PRO

Sandra Harmon

TELEPHONE

Number 10

USING YOUR BUDGET TO PLAN

Michael S. Deeb

804/649-8471

October, 1978

"By using a few management skills, the budget does
not have to be a headache to the local elected official."

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Ideas
Directories

Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the editorial policy and opinions of
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League.

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ON THE COVER
BUDGETING design by
Vernon Banks, Library
Assistant, VML.

VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League (formerly the League of Virginia Municipalities). It is published monthly at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. All contents, copyright ^ 1977
by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction or use of
contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal League
and if granted must be accompanied by credit to VIRGINIA TOWN
&amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League. Second-class postage
paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $7.00 per year, $1.50
per copy.

�USING YOUR BUDGET TO
PLAN
By DR. RICHARD E. ZODY

and objectives, it may be common for a community
to be engaged in an operation for which the original
goal or objective has been met but continue in the
same mode because "it's always been done." However, little, if anything, is gained under this procedure, and it is unjustifiable. The point is, that while
these constraints do affect budget decisions, they
should not serve as excuses for not asking questions
or reassessing the direction of the municipality, for it
is in the budget process that the greatest opportunities are provided for an elected official to change or
create public policy.

Budget Process

Budget Functions

A public budget has three purposes: planning,
management and control. As an agreed upon policy
of resource allocations, the budget presents a plan of
the intended activities of a municipality over a specified time period, usually the fiscal year. Equally important, the budget represents a management plan.
It is a statement of resources to be allocated in the
best of circumstances and how these resources are to
be used in achieving specified goals and objectives.
Finally, the budget enables the elected official to
control operations through both initial allocation
decisions as well as monitoring these throughout the
fiscal year to insure financial and performance integrity, fiscal accountability and legal compliance.
There are a number of constraints which affect
budget decisions. Perhaps 80-90 percent of municipal expenditures are not considered discretionary
due to essential service needs such as public safety,
previously incurred obligations of debt and pension
payments and expenditures mandated by superior
units of government. Political reality, or what is perceived as such, is another major constraint. Simply
put, continuity of governmental efforts is an important consideration in resource allocations. A third
major constraint is time. Regardless of whether it is a
large or small municipality, with or without professional staff or fulltime elected officials, having weekly,
bimonthly or monthly meetings, there never appears
to be enough time to fully consider resource allocation issues. Lastly, the public budget is a public resource allocation. What may appear to an elected
official as a resource decision soundly grounded in
facts, may not appear to be so to the general public
or particular interest groups. Moreover, it may be
that municipalities which have a tradition of developing budgets with only superficial public involvement also may find considerable public resentment expressed at the municipality and its officials.
These constraints may be eliminated or alleviated,
however, if elected officials take the time to develop
systematic goals and objectives for their community
and periodically reassess these as well as earlier goals
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Richard E. Zody is professor and chairman, Graduate
Urban Affairs Program, VPI&amp;SU, Blacksburg. This article is based
on his remarl&lt;s at the Virginia Municipal League's 1978 Institutes for Municipal Officials.

The budget process may be viewed in four stages:
preparation, review, execution and evaluation. Since
Commonwealth law requires that the budget be presented to the governing body on or before April 1
(or 3 months prior to the beginning of the fiscal
year), this date ends the preparation stage. Virginia
law also is explicit in stating that the budget is for
planning purposes only.
Whether or not a municipality has a professional
manager, the initial preparation of the budget
should begin in early fall with the development of a
budget calendar which ends with the required approval date, which should be no later than the beginning of the fiscal year. At this time, too, the governing body should establish its ground rules and
calendar for the budget itself. The rules will serve as
guidelines for the actual preparation of the budget
by staff or the governing body.
The policy oversight role is most important in this
early stage of the budget process. In reviewing the
municipality's financial picture an elected official
should view, for example, reserves or contingency
funds not as "hidden pots" but seek to ascertain
whether or not these are justifiable and adequate. In
addition, particular attention should be given to various revenue sources. Questions which should be
raised about the identification of these sources involve stability, continuation and impact. When a
councilmember is uncertain about some facet of the
information presented, hard questions should be
asked and additional information or clarification
should be forthcoming. In municipalities with managers, questions should be addressed to the managers rather than particular department heads since
the data and other information presented to the
council represents the manager's proposed plan of
municipal activities for the forthcoming year. Ordinarily, the manager prepares this with careful attention to its respective parts, the relationship of these
to each other, and the document as a whole in terms
of the council's guidelines. Thus, the manager is the
person with the knowledge and responsibility for
responding to questions about various parts, their
relationships and the possible consequences in related operational areas. The professional staff should
be used as vital resource persons in developing the
budget but elected officials are ultimately responsible for the policies. As a result, tough, fair and
probing questions should be the rule rather than the
exception. Since it is in this stage of the process that
the governing body can evaluate its professional staff
and operations of the municipality.

�Types of Budgets
This evaluation may be assisted by using a different
type of operating budget. There are basically four
types of operating budgets: line-term or object of
expenditure, performance, program and zero base.
Each of these budgets has advantages and disadvantages and make different demands upon their
users. The line-item budget is the oldest and most
commonly used, it is easily understood and offers
considerable leverage over inputs such as positions
and funds. Virginia law requires the line-item budget
for local governments unless they elect to follow
municipal charter provisions. A municipality, however, may use a dual budgeting system—one budget
to meet legal requirements and another for improving local planning, management and control. The
line-item budget is not conducive, however, to
achieving many of the public demands for responsive and responsible government because of its narrow focus on inputs and fiscal control. The performance budget was developed early in this century as a
tool for improving municipal performance. This
budget never enjoyed widespread usage due to difficulties encountered in measuring the many different
types of public performance outputs. Although
many of these difficulties have been overcome, the
performance budget has been superseded by other,
improved budgeting techniques, one of which is the
program budget which has been through several
modifications since its introduction in the 1960s. It is
the only type of budget which ties together planning, management and control in a systematic annual and multi-year perspective, so that elected officials may better understand and improve their
oversight of the complex relationships between inputs and outputs in both intra- and inter-program
terms. The program budget is administratively oriented, and it is complex and expensive to develop,
implement and maintain. At present, the zero base
budget (ZBB) is receiving considerable attention due
to its potential for controlling governmental costs.
The zero base budget appears to give elected officials a better sense of policy management because it
presents a clear picture of the relationships between
different expenditure and service levels. The ZBB
may be the most expensive and complex budget to
develop, implement and maintain, and the few objectives studies which have been made of ZBB seem
to indicate that it falls far short of its purported potential. It is important to note that no one budget is
best for all levels of government or for all units at
one level. Thus, statutory provisions which mandate
a particular type of budget may serve as a barrier to
improved policy management.
One other type of budget should be noted, the
capital budget. The capital budget is a plan of resource allocations for major expenditures such as
buildings, streets and roads or other items with a
relatively long life. The common practice is to develop a capital budget for a five year period with
annualized expenditure priorities. Both the budget
and priorities are updated each year to reflect new
conditions and accomplished goals. By "smoothing
out" major expenditure needs on a priority basis
over an extended period of time, the capital budget

helps the municipality avoid year to year fiscal distortions. In effect, the capital budget is an expenditure averaging device.

Budget Review

The review phase of the budget should begin by
the April 1st date at the latest. It is recommended
that this begin earlier, however, so that the budget
may be approved prior to the mandated date. Virginia law requires the proposed budget be published
and one or more public hearings held at least seven
days prior to approval. In terms of the budget calendar, the governing body should strive to approve the
budget about one month prior to the beginning of
the fiscal year. This allows municipal personnel adequate time to begin the necessary task for implementing the new fiscal year's plan. From a policy
perspective, the review stage enables both elected
officials and citizens to assess the appropriateness of
various proposed resource allocations in a constructive and significant manner. This will be the case,
however, only if the participants ask tough questions
about items such as relative needs and resource
availability. Otherwise, the review stage may be simply an additional exercise. By reviewing and approving or disapproving proposed resource allocations,
elected officials are exercising management control
at its fundamental level. Once approved, the budget
document provides the basis for appropriations
which, under Virginia law, must be separate and the
implementation of the plan.
The execution phase of the budget process formally begins with the new fiscal year. It is at this
point that elected officials must begin to act on the
basis of earlier policy decisions. In practice, the appropriations schedule also may serve as a proper
time to assess the progress of the municipality in
realizing its plan. For example, status reports may be
required along with the appropriation requests. In
addition, new programs or funding opportunities
may need to be considered from both need standpoints as well as their potential effect on existing
municipal activities. In essence, the elected official's
role during the execution phase is the very important one of oversight. The role is significant because
it is a necessary prelude to evaluating the effectiveness of operations during the next fiscal year's preparation stage.
The final phase of the budget process, evaluation,
overlaps with the preparation phase of the next fiscal
year. While this appears confusing, it is not, if one
keeps in mind that the evaluation is of current and
related previous fiscal years' efforts as a basis for
preparing the next fiscal year's budget. At a minimum, this phase should involve a review of the most
recently available audit and a preliminary audit of
the current fiscal year. F4owever, if a governing body
has developed other criteria for ascertaining the effectiveness of municipal operations, then the evaluation stage may be one of substantial policy consequences. If municipal employees know they are
going to be evaluated on the basis of prespecified
effectiveness criteria, it is likely that their activities
and program results will reflect these in a positive
manner.

�People
Maxwell Appointed

]OHN T. MAXWELL
became Chesapeake's city manager September 5.
His previous position was assistant city
manager of St. Petersburg, Florida and
he has served as assistant city manager
of L a k e w o o d , Colorado and A m e s ,
Iowa. He holds a graduate degree
from Iowa State University. Maxwell
succeeds Durwood Curling w h o resigned to be director of Southeastern
Public Services Authority.

Officials Resign

/. RANDOLPH
LARRICK,
solicitor,
and MICHAEL
FOREMAN,
clerk of
council, of Winchester resigned in
June to take new positions. Larrick,
w h o had been with the City for
twenty-five years, is now commissioner of accounts for Frederick
County. Foreman is now clerk of the
Winchester Circuit Court.

Planner Appointed

C. BERNARD
GILPIN succeeded W .
Robin Worth as planning director for
the City of Petersburg. A native of
R i c h m o n d , Gilpin holds graduate degrees from Syracuse University and
Howard University. Prior to his Petersburg appointment, Gilpin was an urban planning consultant and had also
been a planner with the City of Richm o n d . Gilpin assumed his post July 1.

Frye Resigns

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of the Portsmouth Redevelopment
and Housing Authority, resigned A u gust 1 to go into private business.
W h e n Frye was appointed in 1971, he
was the youngest housing agency director in the nation. Prior to his Portsmouth appointment, he was director
of programs for the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Frye
will retain his position as vice president and member of the board of
governors of the Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials.

Hodges Dies

S. MURRAY
HODGES,
retired assistant director of the Norfolk Department of Utilities, died July 8. Hodges
was a lifemember and former chairman of the Virginia Section, American
Water Works Association. In 1976, he
received the distinguished service
award from the Virginia Section,

A W W A , and in 1970, was named Utility
M a n of the Year. T h e Virginia M u n i c i pal League extends sincere sympathy
to the family of S. Murray Hodges.

New Librarian

WILLIAM I. COLEMAN
has been selected head librarian of the Fairfax
County Public Central Library. Affiliated with the Fairfax County Public
Library system since 1965, Coleman
received the 1973 Onthank Award for
his expansion of the Virginia R o o m
collection and voter information. He
also pioneered the library's first legislative information service.

Easton Appointed

DR. RICHARD
E. EASTON was appointed as the first City physician for
Virginia Beach. A resident of Virginia
Beach, he is on the faculty of Eastern
Virginia Medical School. As City physician he will administer an occupational health program as well as develop and administer a preventive
medicine program for City employees.

Royer Appointed

I. PAUL ROYER, JR., director of planning for the State Department of
Highways and Transportation, has
been appointed assistant secretary of
transportation. Royer will assist in liaison activities between the secretary's
office and the State government transportation agency. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute and Georgia
T e c h , he has been affiliated with the
former State Highway Department
and served as director of planning and
transportation for the City of Lynchburg. He is a past president of the
Virginia Association of Traffic Engineers.

Manager Changes

Purcellville Town Manager WAYNE G.
"TED"
REED became Buena Vista's
City Manager October 1. Reed has
previously served as manager of Strasburg and was an assistant manager in
Winchester. Herndon town manager
ROBERT S. NOE, JR. resigned to become county administrator of Prince
William County. VINCE POLING has
been appointed manager of Strasburg. He had been affiliated with the
Shenandoah County school system.
Radford city manager, DR.
ARTHUR

L. LANE, JR. resigned his post to become commissioner of the Virginia
Employment Commission. Prior to his
position in Radford, Lane has served
as city manager of Hopewell and of
D u b l i n , Georgia. He holds a doctorate
degree in administration from Nova
University.

Hawkins Appointed Chief

THOMAS M. HAWKINS, JR., personnel manager of Executive Development for the National Fire Academy,
was appointed chief of the Arlington
County Fire Department. Prior to his
affiliation with the Fire Academy,
Hawkins was an associate professor in
fire science and has served continuously with several volunteer fire companies since 1960. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from
George Washington University. Hawkins succeeds Robert F. Groshon
w h o retired in July.

Robinson Elected

Vienna Mayor CHARLES A.
ROBINSON, JR. has been elected a member
of the Council of the American Bar
Association's section on public utility
law. Robinson is a practicing attorney
and deputy general manager of the
National Rural Electric Cooporative
Association. As chairman of the town
section of the Virginia Municipal
League, Mayor Robinson serves on
the V M L Executive Committee.

Artemal Appointed

ENCIN ARTEMAL has been appointed
planning director for the City of Alexandria. He had been acting planning
director since September, 1977. Prior
to his appointment, Artemal served
as chief of the advanced planning division and as deputy director of the
planning and community development department. He has been with
the City since 1974.

Nicks Honored

The Honorable GUS W. NICKS, mayor
of Vinton and first vice president of
the Virginia Municipal League, was
honored by the Southwest Virginia
Health Systems Agency. He received a
citation for service and leadership in
promoting the advancement and
quality of health services. The board
of directors of the agency presented
the award to Mayor Nicks on July 6.

�Places
HERNDON—The
T o w n has instituted
a major park and recreation development program. Citizens passed a
bond referendum authorizing expenditures of $3.5 million for the development of a municipal golf course
and two park areas consisting of tennis courts, ball fields, picnic areas and
concession stands. The Town's second
major recreational facility is the H e r n don Community Center which will
have meeting rooms and office space
for the parks and recreation department, among other services. The recreation complex will open in 1979.

PORTSMOUTH—The
City received a
$3 million federal grant for construction of two 300-unit luxury apartment
towers on the downtown waterfront.
Robert C. Embry, Jr., Assistant Secretary to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, delivered the grant. The money is from the
new federal program called the Urban
Development Grant and Portsmouth
is the first city in the nation to receive
such funds. T h e grant money is i n tended for cities that can attract private investment funds to combine
with federal money in financing city
needs.

ALEXANDRIA—An
emergency shelter, w h i c h could help families or individuals w h o are temporarily in need
of housing, is under consideration by
the C o u n c i l . T h e family center will
provide food, shelter and short term
counseling as well as a 24 hour referral
to other City agencies. T h e Center
w o u l d relieve the housing shortage
that often faces City agencies w h e n
clients come in for assistance. If
Council approves the shelter facility,
there would be several sources of federal or State aid to pay for part of the
program.

P O Q U O S O N — C i t y Council viewed
the design for the proposed c o m m u nity center. The facility, to be located
behind the municipal building, will be
built in stages. The center will include
swimming pools, meeting rooms, a
gymnasium and an auditorium for
use by the new high school.

CHRISTIANSBURG—Town
Council
agreed to sponsor the request of the
Christiansburg Community Center for
$24,000 from the Virginia Office of
Human Resources to develop a cultural center. Activities at the Center
would include performing and visual
arts, a museum and a small library.
Funded totally by the State, the program will seek to develop the Christiansburg Community Center as their
cultural community facility with the
assistance of volunteers from the
nearby colleges, neighborhoods and
private and public financial sources.

HAMPTON—A
proposal to build a
$10 million residential development at
Buckroe Beach was approved by
C o u n c i l . Council agreed unanimously
to sell 11 acres to a Virginia Beach firm
to develop townhouses and condominiums to be completed in three
to five years. T h e proposal will serve
as a catalyst for more development,
possibly resort or commercial.

NORFOLK—The
City will purchase
more than 14 acres of beach front
where the existing O c e a n View
Amusement Park is located. T h e rest
of the Amusement Park will be sold in
the next few months. It is planned that
the existing roller coaster and other
facilities will be demolished to facilitate the development of a public
beach.
ARLINGTON
COUNTY—The
County's
environmental health division which
is responsible for ensuring food service sanitation has received the 1978
Samuel J . C r u m b i n e Consumer Protection A w a r d . T h e Award honors
outstanding achievement by a local
government agency in developing a
sanitation program to protect c o n sumers and restaurants. The Crumbine
Award is presented annually by the
Single Service Institute.
VIRGINIA BEACH—The
City's Mental
Health and Mental Retardation Services Board's Comprehensive Mental
Health Services Program has received
a commendation from the National
Institute of Mental Health. T h e commendation was for responsiveness in
the program of emergency/crisis services. T h e program provides 24 hour
mental health emergency coverage to
residents and provides quick access to
treatment for citizens in a mental
health emergency.

CH/\R/.07"rfSV//.i.f—City C o u n c i l
agreed to spend funds on a preliminary study on the feasibility of building a hotel-conference center. T h e
funds have been requested by the
Charlottesville Development G r o u p ,
an advisory body to the C o u n c i l for
economic development. T h e money
will be used to hire a consultant to
determine whether it is economically
possible to operate such a center and
find sources to finance building of the
complex.

CAPITAL

R O A N O K f — F i n a n c e Director Joel
Schlanger said he will study the need
for guidelines for disability retirements for City workers and physical
standards for hiring workers. The City
presently requires a physical examination for hiring but it has not set standards for determining when a worker
will not be hired. In another matter.
City Manager Bern Ewert has told the
R o a n o k e L i b r a r y B o a r d that t h e
former federal building, recently purchased by the City, has possibilities of
being a library.

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RICHMOND MFG. CO. — Horizontal Boring
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ELGIN-LEACH — Sweepers, Refuse Bodies
ATHEY MANUFACTURING CO.—Maintainer Grader
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GIANT-VAC — Leaf Collectors
DAVEY — Air Compressors
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�Budgeting Without Being A
Pro
By DR. RICHARD E. ZODY

Introduction
Many small localities do not have the services of a
professional manager and consequently, elected officials in these communities are faced with numerous
responsibilities, tasks and requirements which may
be new and increasingly complex. The most critical
of these duties is budget related. For any unit of
government, a budget represents planning, management and control. Its importance cannot be underemphasized for it is the basic operating document of
government, and particularly for small municipalities, serves as the guide for municipal operations
during the fiscal year. Thus, the small municipality's
budget is the elected official's lock on effectively
serving the public interest, and the development of
the budget is the key to that lock.
Elected officials may want to use some of the professional public management techniques such as the
budget calendar, to facilitate accomplishment of the
budget.

Developing the Budget Calendar
Councilmembers need to remember that State
mandates affect the budget. These include:
• presenting the budget to the governing body
on or before April 1, or 3 months prior to the
beginning of the fiscal year;
• approving the budget no later than the beginning of the fiscal year;
• publishing a synopsis in a newspaper of general
circulation prior to its adoption;
• scheduling one or more public hearings at least
seven days prior to the approval of the budget.
The budget calendar may be similar to the example
shown. This calendar should allow adequate time for
budget development as well as handling other council business.

Developing Budget Committees
In many localities, the council has established the

About The Author
Dr. Richard E. Zody is professor and chairman, Graduate
Urban Affairs Program, VPI&amp;SU, Biacksburg.

practice of using committees to distribute the workload. While the ultimate responsibility and authority
for the budget reside in the council, it may wish to
further distribute the workload by involving interested citizens. A council may wish to establish a
budget and finance committee, with two subcommittees—revenues and expenditures. The budget and finance committee is charted with developing the budget document for presentation to the
council, with the assistance of the clerk and other
personnel as required, and the subcommittees are
charged with developing the documentation required by the budget and finance committee. For
example, the revenues subcommittee may need to
contact regional agencies such as planning district
units or state agencies to secure data on local and
regional economic conditions, while the exDenditures subcommittee may need to survey simiarly sized communities to ascertain comparative
remuneration levels.
Since the budget is a plan for realizing certain
goals, it is important that the council clearly identify
these intentions. These goals serve as benchmarks
for developing the budget, justification for adopting
it and provide the basis for developing the criteria
which are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of
the budget and its implementation. Budget goals
should include both programmatic and fiscal items.
The council also should attempt to develop one or
more objectives for each goal. Once the budget calendar and goals have been established, then the
various committees begin their efforts.
The budget and finance committee should identify
the tasks of the subcommittees so that these bodies
will have a clear idea as to what is expected of them
and when it is due. Obviously, councilmembers,
however, should keep in mind that their role is one
of a committee member. In other words, once the
budget calendar and goals are established, the participants in the process should adhere to the calendar and the goals. If, as may sometimes occur, information is developed which indicates that the goals
are unrealistic or that the calendar may need to be
adjusted, then the committee should convey this to
the council for its consideration. The council should
keep in mind that the calendar is its tool for assuring
that a timely and legal budget is approved for the
next fiscal year. Thus, the council should stick to its
calendar and exclude extraneous matters which
would interrupt the agreed-upon flow of events.
While exceptions may arise, councilmembers and
other participants are subject to Parkinson's Law
which states that work expands to fill the time available to do it.

Summary
Although the budget calendar and the committee
system facilitate the budget workload, these require
that councilmembers spend extra time in non-council meetings as well as individual efforts. The calendar assures the flow of budget work in a reasonable
manner resulting in a sound, final product; the committee system provides the organizational mechanism for realizing that product.

�Sample Budget Calendar
When
October X

What
Establish budget calendar

Who
council

Review current and projected
financial condition of municipality

November X

December X

Establish goals

councfl

Identify subcommittee tasks

budget and finance
committee

Assess local and regional economic conditions

revenue subcommittee

Assess program changes

expenditures
subcommittee

Assess personnel relations
Assess Remuneration levels

January X

Continue previous activities with preliminary reports
to budget and finance committee on revenue and
expenditure estimates

revenue and expenditure
subcommittees

February X

Finalize revenue and expenditure estimates

revenue and expenditure
subcommittees

Begin preparation of budget document

budget and finance
committee

March X

Finalize budget document

budget and finance
committee

April 1

Present budget document to council

budget and finance
committee

Schedule public hearings

council

Publish synopsis of budget

council

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Budget adjustments

council

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�D i c e s ELECTED

The Virginia Weights and Measures
Association elected G. W. Diggs, III
President during the Annual Conference, July 30-August 1, in Norfolk.
President Diggs is a Weights and
Measures Inspector for the Virginia
Department of Agriculture and Commerce in Richmond. M. P. Gleason,
Bureau of Weights and Measures, City
of Richmond, was elected First Vice
President; J. B. Haun, Inspector,
Weights and Measures Section, Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Commerce, Staunton, was elected
Second Vice President; and Robert H.
Britt, Jr., Sealer of Weights and Measures, City of Norfolk, was elected
Third Vice President. J. F. Lyies, Supervisor, Weights and Measures Section,
Virginia Department of Agriculture
and Commerce, Richmond, Joseph F.
Hortert, Inspector-Investigator, Office of Consumer Affairs, Newport
News and Immediate Past President
Joseph Zegan, Sealer of Weights and
Measures, Virginia Beach, were
elected to serve on the Executive
Committee. The membership voted
to aoDoint a committee to study the

Constitution and By-laws. The
Weights and Measures Association
will meet in Fredericksburg in 1979.

FIRE CHIEFS MEET

The State Fire Chiefs Association of
Virginia held its Annual Conference
July 12-14, 1978, at Blacksburg. Portsmouth Fire Chief and President of the
Association, Odell Benton, presided
over the activities. F^arold E. Dailey,
Fire Chief, Winchester was elected
1978-79 President. Other officers include First Vice President Harry T.
Gladding, Jr., Fire Chief, Tappahannock Volunteer Fire Department and
Second Vice President Carl C. Holt,
Fire Chief, Roanoke. The Executive
Committee is comprised of the following: Virginia Beach Fire Chief
Harry E. Diezel, York Volunteer Fire
Department Fire Marshal W. J. Robertson, Charlottesville Fire Chief Julian Taliaferro, Christiansburg Fire
Chief James W. Epperly, Lynchburg
Fire Chief William A. Anderson and
Portsmouth Fire Chief Odell Benton,
immediate past president. Harrisonburg was selected as the site of the
1979 Annual Conference.

PEARSON ELECTED

The Virginia Association of Chiefs of
Police elected Lt. Col. John S. Pearson
President during the Association's Annual Conference on August 13-16 in
Roanoke. President Pearson is Assistant Superintendent of the Department of State Police. The other officers are J. deKoven Bowen, Chief of
Police, Charlottesville, First Vice President; Col. William W. Davis, Chief of
Police, Virginia Beach, Second Vice
President; and C. H. Benson, Chief of
Police, Waynesboro, Third Vice President. The Executive Committee includes Col. Francis A. Gard, Sr., Chief
of Police, Martinsville, H. B. Childress,
Chief of Police, Pulaski; Col. Roland
A. Lakoski, Chief of Police, Chesapeake; James A. Kirby, Chief of Police, Lexington; and Frank S. Duling,
immediate past president. Chief of
Police, Richmond. During the business session, the membership voted
to accept the revision of the Constitution and also, chose Norfolk as their
1979 Conference site.

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Management and Circulation

PLAINFIELD,
NEW lERSEY
(46,900),
self-insures for workmen's
compensation by contracting witii a firm
to administer the processing of claims
and purchasing of reinsurance for
large losses. The City maintains a cash
pool to pay claims processed by the
administrative agent o n a monthly
basis. The cost of the administration of
the plan, reinsurance and payment of
claims is below the cost of insurance
coverage, in addition, the City gets a
return on the investment of the appropriation to pay claims. (Contact:
City Administrator, 515 Watchung
A v e n u e , Plainfield, New Jersey 07061.)
PHOENIX,
ARIZONA
(667,846), has
undertaken a program analysis review
of the City's role in the collection of
uncontained refuse. The pilot study
includes identification of program objectives, analysis of community needs,
evaluation criteria, cost data and im-

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satisfying program objectives. ( C o n tact: Management Assistant, 251 West
Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona
85003)
NEW
CASTLE,
PENNSYLVANIA
(38,500), uses automatic high-pressure
sewer cleaners to reduce the size of
crew needed and to increase t h e
number of miles cleaned. (Contact:
Business Administrator, 216 Fairfield
A v e n u e , New Castle, Pennsylvania
16101.)
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS (97,500), has
developed a computerized street inventory system that lists street characteristics such as age, type of construct i o n , usage a n d last date of
maintenance for use in scheduling
maintenance crews. (Contact: Public
Works Director, City Hall, Wichita
Falls, Texas 76307.)

1. Date of F i l i n g ; September 1, 1978.
2. Title of Publication; V i r g i n i a
T o w n &amp; City. 3. Frequency of P u b lication; Monthly. 4. Location of
known office of publication; 311
Ironfronts, 1011 E a s t Main Street,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23219. 5. Location of Headquarters or General
Business Office of Publishers; 311
Ironfronts, 1011 E a s t Main Street,
Richmond, V i r g i n i a 23219. 6. E d i t o r :
Charlotte K i n g e r y , 311 Ironfronts,
1011 E a s t Main Street, Richmond,
V i r g i n i a 23219. 7. Publisher: R . L .
DeCair, 311 Ironfronts, 1011 E a s t
Main Street, Richmond, V i r g i n i a
23219. 8. Owners: V i r g i n i a Municipal
League. 9. Average No. of copies
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months; Total no. copies printed;
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469, T o t a l distribution; 4,991, Office
Use, etc.: 373, Total; 5,401. 10. Single
Issue nearest to filing date: Total No.
copies printed: 5,265, Mail subscriptions: 4,522, Paid circulation: 4,522,
Free distribution: 469, Total d i s t r i bution: 4,991, Office use, etc.: 274,
Total: 5,265.
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P R O P O S I T I O N 13?"

P R O P O S I T I O N 13?

�Editorial
PROPOSITION 13 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT*
Adoption of Proposition 13 by the citizens of California was certainly
an important event. It was not, however, as it has been frequently
characterized, a turning point in the 'public concern about government
spending. My experience as a mayor, and that of many of my colleagues,
indicated that efforts to close the seemingly ever widening revenueexpenditure gap we face every year in putting our budgets together is not
a new phenomenon. During the decade of the seventies, local governments have faced a slow down in the rate of growth in federal government assistance, double digit inflation and a recession which has been
worse than any since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Proposition 13 does not represent something new; it is also not simply
a property tax revolt. It is an extreme and exaggerated example of
dificulties which local governments around the country have been facing
for many years. The special circumstances which existed in California,
rapidly rising tax assessments and a five billion dollar surplus at the state
government level with no plans for its use, helped to create the extreme
reactions on the part of the citizens of California. Other states adopted,
prior to Proposition 13, devices for limiting the growth of expenditures at
the state level. Still other states have considered similar proposals in the
past and, of course, are considering them now. Perhaps more important,
mayors, city councilmen and the public in general through the political
process have been placing severe restrictions on the ability of local
govenment to finance additional activities and in some cases have made
it necessary to reduce significantly local public spending and services.
It does not appear to me the Proposition 13 is the issue we should be
talking about. The real issue is what does Proposition 13 symbolize: What
is it an example of? Is it a taxpayer revolt? Is it a quest for property tax
reform? Is it an expression of lack of confidence in government? Is it an
expression of frustration by the public in reaction to the problems growing
out of high levels of inflation and a slowly growing economy which has
resulted in many people having a loss in real income? Is it a desire on the
part of the public to obtain greater accountability for the monies they
provide to government? Perhaps all of these factors are at the root of the
growing resistance on the part of the public to approve increased taxes or
higher levels of spending by government unless they have a clear understanding and appreciation of how much bang they are getting for their
bucks.
Some of our staff at the U.S. Conference of Mayors have coined the
phrase "political management" which embraces the increasing amount of
attention mayors are giving to political decision making about management issues. Management and finance receive a great deal more attention in local elections now than they have received in the past. Once in
office the questions of which taxes to cut or to raise, what function should

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be carried out by local government, which services should be cut, require a
combination of political and managerial decision making. Mayors and city
councilmen are increasingly being held accountable for their ability to
make wise political management decisions. One result, therefore, of the
economic and social problems of the seventies for local government has
been the increasing involvement of political leadership in managerial
questions at the local level.
A second key development growing out of the particular circumstances
of the seventies has been the growing importance of the strategic use of
public funds and authorities to achieve public goals through private action.
In my own city of Portsmouth, we developed a project which actually
involves the private sector constructing a public building for our use. This
unique arrangement typifies that an increasing number of localities are
attempting to do in using public powers to influence private investment in
ways which are profitable for both.
Improved management of local government is another high priority
issue growing out of the experience of the seventies. An increasing
number of elected officials are looking upon their city government as a
corporation much like a private free enterprise corporation president
attempts to deal with making a profit. Productivity is not simply a buzz
word for local officials; it actually means taking specific measures to get a
more efficient operation, to find and promote employees based on their
performance and to identify measures by which city government activities
can be evaluated and monitored.
Labor management relations is another critical area and in some cities
productivity measures are being made a part of collective bargaining
agreements. Several mayors have resisted what they have felt to be
budget-busting labor union agreements and have had to withstand recall
petitions in order to maintain the fiscal integrity of their city government.
This private corporation approach to the management of local government has many hazards: however, most of the mayors that I know
recognize the need for a political balance between the needs of the
citizens and the manitenance of the fiscal integrity of local government.
The real test for the elected official is whether or not the public is
satisfied with the management of the corporation. Simply balancing the
books is not enough. The manner is which the books are balanced and
what receives a priority must be subjected to the scrutiny of the voters
through the ballot box. Therefore, those of us who are mayors know it is
impossible to look at local government exclusively as a private corporation. We also, recognize how much more difficult it is to achieve an
efficient, well-managed, fiscally sound local government as compared to
making a profit in the private business world.
There is a final hoped for consequence of the Proposition 13 phenomenon which was addressed in some detail in a resolution adopted at the
Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It is called "Tax
Reform and Needed Municipal Services." It is our hope that the Proposition 13 fever will enable us to engage in a nation-wide debate about the
need for altering our intergovernmental fiscal system. Some items should
be paid for and administered at the local level. Other governmental
functions should be administered at the local level but financed by federal
taxes. The present crazy quilt system should be changed. It will take a
long time to do it but the time to start is now. Many of these proposals
would require a major shifting of responsibilities within the intergovernmental system. In our view, that should be the consequence of the
Proposition 13 debate and discussion.
Richard J . Davis, Mayor
Portsmouth and Executive Committeeman, VML
* The editorial is an excerpt of Mayor Davis' remarks at Georgetown University,
September 15, 1978.

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Editor-in-Chief

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VOLUME 13

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NUMBER 12

P R O P O S I T I O N 13 IN V I R G I N I A
"Virginians have said they believe the chances of
a tax limitation are slim."
C O M M E N T S O N C A L I F O R N I A P R O P O S I T I O N 13
W H Y N O T VOLUNTEERS?
"Benjamin Franklin organized volunteers to perform a municipal service but local governments
today have not utilized the volunteer."
WILL V I R G I N I A G O T O l/M?
Virginia is looking at the new program for checking
vehicular air pollution control systems.

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VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League.

DECEMBER 1978

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"PROPOSITION 13?"

"PROPOSITION 13?"

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�PROPOSITION 13
IN VIRGINIA
A VML Staff Report

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Political observers nationwide have been awaiting
the aftermath of California's Proposition 13 "tax revolt". Many observers feel that it is only a matter of
time before this revolt spreads nationwide. However, those who are expecting a series of Proposition
13s around the country may be in for a surprise. As
Mark Keane, Executive Director of the International
City Management Association, has clearly stated:
"It is not necessarily true that the San Andreas fault
runs from Marin County, California to Dade County,
Florida. The tax revolt need not be inevitable elsewhere."''
Several prominent Virginians have said they believe the chances of a tax limitation as stringent as
Proposition 13 are slim in the Commonwealth because our property tax burden is not nearly as great
as California's. Additionally, the Virginia Constitution does not permit a referendum by petition,
which was the vehicle used by proponents of Proposition 13 in California. Even though the chances of a
repeat of the California experience in Virginia may
be slim, it is clear that the seeds for some form of tax
or expenditure limitations have been planted.
Many individuals in the public sector have assumed that the tax revolt mentality represents an
anti-government philosophy. This is not necessarily
the case. While it may be true that the most ardent
supporters of a tax revolt earnestly believe that government is full of fat and is growing for the sake of
growth, surveys have shown that the demand for tax
relief reaches across all spectrums and ideologies.
California's Proposition 13 received strong support
across that state from liberals, moderates and conservatives. The key point is that voters in California
were not necessarily enticed into supporting Proposition 13 by a strong anti-government feeling.
Rather, the voters were striking out against the pressures of inflation.
High property taxes in California resulted from skyrocketing prices in the real estate market. We all
know the personal frustration of feeling trapped by
inflation. In a small way many of us try to beat inflation by efforts to economize, and cut back in our
family budgets. But, what can you do when the
demand for real estate in your community is such
that the assessable value of your home continues to
rise at unprecedented rates? Nothing you have done
^ Mark E. Keane "The Crumbling Consensus or the Shrinking
Pie". Public Management, August, 1978.

has caused this increase, nor have you received any
immediate benefits. To the contrary, the only recognition you receive is from the tax assessor who tells you
that more taxes are due on your now more valuable
(but physically unchanged) house, even though the
tax rate remained stable. What is the reaction? Taxes
are too high, and no end is in sight for this ever
increasing burden.
William Schneider, associate professor of Government at Harvard, has stated:
"It would be a mistake to interpret the Proposition
13 vote as more than it was. It was a vote against high
taxes. The property tax is a particularly good target
because it is bi led and not withheld, because its rate
of increase in most areas has been truly outrageous,
and because it taxes what most Americans regard as
an essential component of success and security—
owning your own home. The "yes of 13" forces
pointedly advertised their campaign as one to "save
the American Dream.
Noted economist Walter Heller has also identified
inflation as a key culprit in the California tax revolt.
Heller claims that the dramatic increase in property
tax revenues was largely inadvertant, as a result of
inflation. This was compounded by the skyrocketing
property values in California and also by the practice
of keeping assessments current. These factors were
all related to the rapid increase in revenues going to
government. Heller's criticism is that instead of returning these revenue increases to the taxpayers by
lowering rates as assessment increased, the local
governments "just went right ahead and spent it."^
To compound the problem, the State treasury was
accumulating a $5 billion surplus. Thus, there was
overspending at the local level, overtaxing at the
State level and a surge of reassessments, all of which
set the mood for a "tax revolt."
The Situation In Virginia
Virginia can hardly be accused of reckless and
excessive spending at the local level or of overtaxing
at the State level. Neither the State nor local governments have had such surplus funds available. On the
contrary, Virginia has developed an outstanding record of fiscal conservatism. Proponents of tax expenditure limitations in Virginia have recognized the
fiscal responsibility in Virginia's governments, but
still say taxes are too high. Again, the culprit is inflation. Tax revenue in "real" dollars may have increased only marginally, but the absolute dollar
amounts of the tax bills have increased dramatically
due to inflation.
Mark Keane, Executive Director of ICMA, has
stated, "The clearest lesson of California's Proposition 13 is that we are too dependent on the property
tax."" Opinion polls show income taxes and sales
taxes to be much more favorably accepted by the
public than are property taxes. The fact that the
property tax comes in a lump bill instead of being
withheld from a paycheck or added to a retail purchase adds further to its negative image. And, of
2 William Schneider, Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1978.
3 "Tax Revolt: The Lady or the Tiger?", Public Opinion, July/
August, 1978.
" Mark E. Keane, ibid.
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�course, the property tax can be extremely regressive
to those on fixed or limited incomes.
All of these factors indicate that the property tax is
an undersirable means of raising revenue. Yet, local
governments in Virginia are faced with the dilemma
that the property tax is virtually the only revenue
source which they control. Limitations and constraints have been put on virtually every other source
of revenue that has been granted to localities by the
General Assembly. To place a limitation on that remaining source would nearly place local government in a financial straight-jacket.
Even if alternative revenue sources are found
which could be used by local governments to reduce
the burden of the property tax, local elected officials
must remain aware of an important lesson from the
California experience: inflation is a double edged
sword, in this volatile world of ours prices can fluctuate so widely as to make living within a budget a
real nightmare. Public finance officers have stressed
the importance of adopting taxes which track inflation such as sales or income taxes. They have also
stressed the importance of keeping assessments current so that the property tax rolls do not fall far
behind due to inf ation.
O n e edge of the two edged sword of inflation is
found when a tax source does not grow with inflation (an example is gasoline taxes by the gallon). In
order to match the revenue source with rising costs

caused by inflation, elected officials are forced into
raising the tax rate, which may prove to be difficult
and unpopular. By relying on taxes that track inflation, elected officials have avoided the cumbersome
prospects of raising rates, since tax revenues increase
as dollar levels increase.
The other edge of that two edged sword of inflation comes into play if the elected officials allow
revenues to escalate unchecked. Even though the tax
rate may remain unchanged, it is entirely possible in
this day of constant inflation for revenues to exceed
the readily justifiable and needed expenditures in a
locality. This has not happened in Virginia because
tax rates and property values are still nominal. However, the lesson has been clearly shown that unless
elected officials voluntarily return surplus revenues
to the taxpayers in the form of lower tax rates, (which
means not using the funds to start new programs),
the voters will demand that mandatory tax and e x penditure limitations be imposed.
Efforts should be made to reduce the property tax
and local governments are willing to do this IF alternative revenue sources are available. The General
Assembly need not fear that local government will
use the new revenue sources to fund vast expansions
of service. The climate is such now that services are
being curtailed. Yet, the pressure on the property tax
remains and can only be alleviated by additional
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�COMMENTS ON CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 13*
"The passage of Proposition 13 is the political miracle of the year, for few Americans felt that there could be a
reduction in the size of government. The tax structure in Virginia and California are not the same and, therefore,
the demands for tax change are not the same, but the movement in Virginia for lower taxes by reduction in the size
of government—federal, state, and local—is strong. Virginians are aware that inflation is our Number One
problem, and that it cannot be controlled unless the growth of government and taxes are arrested. Proposition 13,
with all its faults, gives hope for the future."
E. C. Ferguson, President
Virginia State Chamber of
Commerce, Richmond, Virginia
"I think that to lock yourself into expenditure limitations in the constitution just runs counter to the sensible
principles of constitution making."
Walter W, Heller, former chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisors, quoted in State Legislatures, July/August 1978
"About 30 percent of the projected cutbacks of $7 billion in property taxes will go to business property and
about 30 percent to income producing housing. . . Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company will save $130.2
million annually . . . the Southern California Edison Company $53.8 million, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
$90.6 million. . ."
New York Times, June 13,1978
"The small homeowners will find that it is the corporations and the big land owners who are getting the tax break
and that the little guy will, once again, be paying the bills."
George Meany, President, AFL-CIO, quoted in
the New Haven Register, August 22, 1978
"It's rather obvious that the very much vaunted savings of Proposition 13 are not being passed on to all the
tenants of California."
California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.,
quoted in the New Haven Register, August 30, 1978
"This vote means layoffs, with minority workers who have least seniority losing their jobs; it means curtailed
services for poor people, and it means the crippling of affirmative action programs. If people look carefully at what
they are calling the new black middle class, they will find that a large portion of those people are employed in
public jobs. Those are the jobs that are Imperilled by Proposition 13."
Carl Holman, president of the National Urban
Coalition, quoted in the New York Times,
June 23, 1978
"Virginia is not California, Proposition 13 was brought on in California by the State government starving the
localities. This began under Governor Reagan and continued under Governor Brown. The result was an ever increasing tax burden on the property owner at the local level until the people revolted and I think rightfully so. I
am against any legislation that will freeze taxes at the State level at this time because such a freezing would restrict
tax monies collected at the state level that go back to the localities. At present 56 percent of all money collected in
the general fund goes to locaj governments. This does not include the localities share of the sales tax. Before we
think in terms of putting restrictions on the General Assembly as to tax authority, we need to formulate and adopt
a better plan of local/state tax revenue division than we have at present.
William B. Hopkins
Member, Virginia State Senate
"Q—You mean that (President) Jefferson would have voted "no" on Proposition 13?
"A— . . . (President Jefferson) would probably have been appalled by such a silly question as whether the people
wanted higher or lower taxes. He would have been pleased that the people of California warned the Government
not to go too far in their tendency to tax and tax and spend and spend but he would probably have insisted that
Proposition 13 was a sensible warning but a ridiculous basis for policy, that went too far."
James Reston, "Uniquack on Propostition 13,"
New York Times, June 9, 1978
* Reprinted with permission of Connecticut Conference of Municipalities except for direct quotes of Mr. E. C. Ferguson and
Senator William B. Hopkins.

�WHY NOT VOLUNTEERS?
by Edwin S. Clay, III

One out of every five Americans (more than 42
million) volunteer in some capacity. This figure, accordingly, constitutes an incredible commitment to
community betterment and serves to document the
"people helping people idea."
Private agencies have benefited from volunteers
for many years. Few are unaware of the work performed by Red Cross volunteers and volunteers in
United Community Fund campaigns. These
agencies, and hundreds of others, literally could not
function without the volunteer. They have learned
how to deal with and be assisted by the volunteer.
On the State level, Virginia has been a leader in
the encouragement of the use of volunteers in state
agencies. By executive order of former Governor
Miles Godwin, the Office of Volunteerism was established initially as a part of his office, and is now a
bureau of the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs. This order was later formalized in the Virginia
State Government Volunteers Act.
Enacted by the 1976 Virginia General Assembly,
this legislation was intended; . . ." to assure that
people of Virginia may derive optimal benefit from
volunteers and that the time and talents of volunteers in state service may be put to their best use." A
arimary role of the State Office is to prepare guideines for the development of volunteer programs
and the utilization of volunteers within state
agencies. Since its establishment, the State Office has
been most successful in fostering volunteerism in
state offices. (Ed.'s Note: See the July, 1978 issue of
this publication for further information on the Office
of Volunteerism.)

Local governments have not utilized volunteers
Although one of the earliest organized volunteer
efforts was formed to supply a municipal service, fire
protection (Benjamin Franklin organized one of the
first companies), local governments have not utilized
volunteers to a great extent. Of course, citizens have
been appointed to various boards and commissions,
but they have not been concerned with departmental activities.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Edwin S. Clay, 111, is Assistant City Manager for Human Resources and Public Information, Virginia Beach.

Two forces now appear to be moving in a direction
that may lead to more volunteers active in local governmental agencies: inflation and the changing role
of the volunteer. As inflation challenges a locality's
ability to continue providing adequate municipal
services, city agencies begin to see the benefits of
recruiting qualified volunteers to assist in enriching
and strengthening ongoing city programs. The result
is better programs for citizens and satisfied volunteers.
Several assumptions and definitions are basic to a
philosophy regarding the involvement of volunteers
in municipal service:
• there are departmental tasks that can be effectively accomplished by volunteers;
• there is within the city an adequate and qualified volunteer resource pool;
•city departments wish to integrate volunteers
within departmental activities;
• city departments are able to recruit and to train
these volunteer workers; and
•"volunteer" shall mean any person who, of his
own freewill, provides goods or services, without financial gain, to any agency, instrumentality, or department.

The Virginia Beach Model
In a recent telephone survey of Virginia cities and
counties with a population in excess of 100,000, only
Virginia Beach was found to be in the process of
establishing a city-wide coordinated usage of volunteers in terms of recruitment, placement and evaluation. The City of Norfolk has investigated the possibility of creating a city office of volunteerism.
Before initiating a coordinated volunteer program,
staff members and members of Council should examine thoroughly the potential advantages and disadvantages of such an endeavor. An approach to this
issue taken by the City of Virginia Beach may serve as
an example.
On October 3,1977, the Virginia Beach City Council appointed the Mayor's Committee on the Use of
Volunteers. Composed of one member of Council
(who served as chairman), three citizen-volunteers,
the City's Personnel Director and an assistant to the
City Manager, the Committee sought to respond
initially to two questions: What has been the experience with municipal services volunteers in other
cities? What are the needs and attitudes relative to
municipal services volunteers among City of Virginia
Beach department heads?
In an attempt to obtain answers to these questions,
information relative to local government volunteer
programs was secured from five volunteer information agencies, eight local governments and two
states. A survey was also conducted of Virginia Beach
department heads for their reactions to the utilization of volunteers.
The city survey found that more than 1,400 individuals served in voluntary positions within city
agencies with a combined total value of services of
$7.3 million; agency support costs equaled $181,000.
It is most important to note that the majority of

�agencies already used volunteers.
Based upon t h e information a n d data obtained
and codified, the C o m m i t t e e met several times to
develop a plan for the m o r e effective a n d c o o r d i n a t e d u t i l i z a t i o n of v o l u n t e e r s w i t h i n t h e m u n i c i p a l
c o r p o r a t i o n . T h e resulting draft plan w a s f o r w a r d e d
t o all city a g e n c i e s , t h e U n i t e d C o m m u n i t y F u n d a n d
t h e local V o l u n t a r y A c t i o n C e n t e r f o r r e v i e w a n d
c o m m e n t . T h e c o n s e n s u s of t h o s e a g e n c i e s w h i c h
c o m m e n t e d was that t h e original plan was too heavily s t r u c t u r e d a n d r i g i d ; c o n s e q u e n t l y , t h e p r o p o s a l
was streamlined and simplified. T h e revised proposal
w a s t h e n s e n t o u t f o r a s e c o n d r e v i e w . It w a s s u b sequently presented to City C o u n c i l on M a y 8,1978
and approval was forthcoming.

Volunteers complement staff, not replace
T h e a i m of t h e V i r g i n i a B e a c h C i t y V o l u n t e e r P r o g r a m is t o e x p a n d a n d e n h a n c e e x i s t i n g city s e r v i c e s
t h r o u g h i n v o l v e m e n t o f v o l u n t e e r s in s e r v i c e s d e l i v e r y . I m p l i c i t in this s t a t e m e n t of p u r p o s e is t h e i n t e n t
to have volunteers s u p p l e m e n t a n d c o m p l e m e n t ,
r a t h e r t h a n r e p l a c e city staff.
H e a d s of d e p a r t m e n t s m u s t i n s u r e t h a t s u c h is t h e
c a s e a n d a s s u r e d e p a r t m e n t a l staff t h a t v o l u n t e e r s
p o s e n o t h r e a t to t h e i r j o b s e c u r i t y . F a i l u r e t o p r o m o t e t h i s a s s u r a n c e c o u l d result in l o w e r e d staff
m o r a l e a n d f r i c t i o n b e t w e e n staff a n d v o l u n t e e r s .
Staff o r i e n t a t i o n s e s s i o n s o n t h e status a n d u t i l i z a t i o n of v o l u n t e e r s s h o u l d b e u n d e r t a k e n t o a v o i d
this s i t u a t i o n .
T h e Virginia Beach City V o l u n t e e r Program will
e n d e a v o r to r e c r u i t v o l u n t e e r s f r o m all s e g m e n t s of
t h e city's p o p u l a t i o n w h e n e v e r a n d w h e r e v e r s u c h

r e c r u i t m e n t is f e a s i b l e . R e p r e s e n t a t i o n o n t h e V o l unteer Policy Board will be a w a r d e d those groups,
agencies a n d institutions having key program roles
or large n u m b e r s of p r o g r a m p a r t i c i p a n t s .
D e p a r t m e n t staff n e e d to a f f o r d v o u n t e e r w o r k e r s
t h e s a m e r e s p e c t g i v e n r e g u l a r city e m p l o y e e s . S u pervisory personnel must insure that t h e volunteers
a r e a s s i g n e d tasks t h a t a r e m e a n i n g f u l a n d p o t e n tially r e w a r d i n g . R e c o g n i t i o n f o r e x c e p t i o n a l p e r f o r m a n c e m u s t b e r e a d i l y g i v e n t h e v o l u n t e e r , as
c o m p l i m e n t a r y r e c o g n i t i o n is t h e v o l u n t e e r ' s salary.
F o r m a l r e c o g n i t i o n of all v o l u n t e e r p r o g r a m p a r t i c i pants is a c c o m p l i s h e d a n n u a l l y v i a t h e city's c i v i c
recognition dinner.
C o o r d i n a t i o n of t h e p r o g r a m is a c c o m p l i s h e d by
the Department-Volunteer Council. Membership inc l u d e s t w o i n d i v i d u a l s ( o n e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e
d e p a r t m e n t , o n e representative of the department's
volunteers) f r o m each agency using volunteers a n d
o n e person f r o m an agency not n o w using v o l u n t e e r s . It is c h a i r e d by a n assistant t o t h e C i t y M a n a g e r
a n d a v o l u n t e e r a p p o i n t e d by C i t y C o u n c i l .
I n f o r m a t i o n s h a r i n g , t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of r e c r u i t ment programs and orientation programs are t h e
initial goals of t h e C o u n c i l . U n r e s o l v e d issues t o
be dealt with involve insurance for volunteers a n d
cooperation with other area volunteer agencies.
N o o n e p l a n w i l l w o r k best f o r all l o c a l i t i e s . T h e r e
a r e , h o w e v e r , h u n d r e d s of s u c c e s s f u l c i t y - w i d e v o l u n t e e r p r o g r a m s in e x i s t e n c e t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n try t h a t c a n s e r v e as e x a m p l e s . R e g a r d l e s s of w h e t h e r
o r n o t a locality d e c i d e s t o go w i t h a c o o r d i n a t e d
program or an individual department-based prog r a m , s e r i o u s c o n s i d e r a t i o n s h o u l d be g i v e n to t h e
p o t e n t i a l of v o l u n t e e r a s s i s t a n c e .

People
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Norfolk Employee Honored

PAUL T. O'GRADY
was chosen by
the Falls Church City Council as the
City's first appointed city attorney. As
city attorney, O'Grady will advise the
city council, boards and commissions
on a wide variety of matters. Mr.
O'Grady received his law degree from
Boston College Law School. Before assuming the appointed position,
O'Grady served as the elected city attorney from 1974 to 1979.

City of Norfolk Police Planner SARAH WILLIAMS recently received the
1978 J. Sargeant Reynolds Award for
outstanding service in public administration. The honor was awarded by
Virginia members of the American
Society for Public Administration.
Mrs. Williams has been affiliated with
the City since 1974 and is responsible
for police department budgeting and
affirmative action issues.

Poquoson Appoints

White Honored

The City Council of Poquoson appointed CHARLES R. BROWN as city
treasurer. Brown is a former Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel and served on the
advance team for presidential flight
support. He has a degree from Christopher Newport College and replaces
former treasurer Wiley Gene White.

O. WENDELL WHITE, Hampton City
Manager, received the T. Edward
Temple Award for distinguished service in public administration recently
by the Tidewater, Northern Virginia
and the Central Virginia Chapters of
the American Society for Public Administration. White was assistant city

manager of Hampton from 1961 to
1974 and became city manager in
1975. A native of Charleston, West Virginia, White holds degrees from Berea
College and Maxwell Graduate
School of Citizenship and Public Administration, University of Syracuse.
He was also recently appointed to
State level committees, the Council
on Criminal Justice and the Marine
Patrol Study Commission.

Burton Named

Lynchburg City Manager David B.
Norman appointed /. W. BURTON as
director of fiscal management for the
City. Prior to his appointment. Burton
was president and a member of the
board of directors of Virginia National
Bank of Lynchburg. He was formerly
affiliated with the Fidelity National
Bank and Jefferson National Bank,,A

�graduate of Lynchburg College, Burton assumed his new office on October 1.

Bluefield State College and Radford
College.

Borberg Named

Hendrix Elected

COLE HENDRIX, City Manager,
Charlottesville, was elected to the International City Management Association Executive Board as the Southeast
Regional Vice President. Hendrix,
who will serve a two year term as regional vice president, also serves as
vice chairman of the Virginia Local
Government Administrators Committee for Professional Development.

Library Names

The Henrico County Public Library
System named CORAL GILLS to the
position of public information officer.
Ms. Gills holds a degree from Virginia
Commonwealth University. Prior to
her new post, she was a trade journal
editor.

Stanley Appoints Mayor

MRS. GEORGIA L. ALESHIRE has
been appointed mayor of Stanley to
succeed her husband, H. Franklin Aleshire. Aleshire died June 19 after serving as mayor for 13 years. Active in
Stanley community affairs, Mrs. Aleshire's appointment was effective October 1.

Parker Heads PTI

JOHN K. PARKER was appointed
president of Public Technology, Inc.
(PTI), the science and technology
service for municipalities. A graduate
of George Washington University and
the Pels Institute of the Wharton
School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, Parker has held several positions in local government. Prior to his
new appointment, he had directed
the work of PIT's Urban Consortium
Program.

Chandler Cited

RICHARD A. CHANDLER, Richmond's real estate assessor, has been
named outstanding certified assessment evaluator by the International
Association of Assessing Officers. The
Award was made during an association conference in Toronto, Canada.
Chandler also was presented the association's certificate of continuing professional accomplishment.

Miles Named

ERANK M. MILES has been named
director of recreation for the Town of
Vinton. A native of Bluefield, Miles
was previously director of recreation
in Franklin County. He Is a graduate of

JAMES R. BORBERG has been
named general manager of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District, replacing William ]. Love who resigned in
June. Borberg holds degrees from the
University of Missouri and Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Kennedy Retires

Police Sargeant C. T. KENNEDY retired. His position was Chief of Police
of Buchanan. Kennedy had been chief
of the department for the past 28
years. Don Bittner has been appointed acting chief.

Shaver Retires

Ashland Town Manager H. D. SHAVER retired November 30. Shaver has
been Ashland's town manager for the
past six years. Prior to his appointment
to manager, he was a former highway
department official.

Stover Appointed Chief

W. Vernon Ford appointed CAPTAIN WILLIAM K. STOVER as Arlington County Chief of Police. Stover, a
22-year veteran of the Arlington Police Department, began as a patrolman in 1956. He was promoted
through the ranks; his most recent
appointment was captain in 1976. The
bulk of his career has been spent in
investigation work. Stover attended
Harrisonburg College and the American University in addition to numerous specialized training courses in police work. Stover succeeds Roy C.
McLaren who retired In September.

Lowry To Serve

Ashland Town Council appointed
HANK LOWRY to the vacant council
position. Lowry was elected to council
in 1977 during the special annexation
election but lost his bid for reelection
In May, 1978. Lowry fills the position
left vacant by Richard Glave who
moved to South Carolina.

Strasburg Names Clerk

MS. MARY B. TAYLOR assumed the
position of Strasburg clerk and bookkeeper, replacing Kay S. Ritenour
who recently resigned to join a local
firm. Ms. Taylor attended Triplett
Business and Technical Institute.

Association Names

The State Fire Chiefs Association of
Virginia recently honored two retired

members. CLARENCE L. KEGLEY, retired fire chief, Newport News, and
JOHN F. FINNEGAN, retired fire chief,
Richmond, were awarded honorary
membership by the Executive Committee at their October meeting.

Dombrower Dies

RALPH L. DOMBROWER,
SR.,
founder and president of the Ralph L.
Dombrower Company, Inc. died October 17. Dombrower was affiliated
with the Virginia Municipal Review, a
publication of the Virginia Municipal
League until 1966. Dombrower continued to publish the Review until his
recent illness. He was an organizer
and boardmember of the Second National Bank in Richmond. The Virginia
Municipal League extends sincere
sympathy to his two sons, Malcolm B.
and Ralph L. Dombrower, Jr.

Richmond Names Chief

RONALD C. LEWIS, a battalion
chief in the Philadelphia Fire Department, became Richmond's fire chief
on November 15. He joined the Philadelphia Fire Department in 1956 and
rose through the ranks to become
battalion chief In 1974. He had supervised 202 firefighters in his previous
position. Lewis succeeds John F. Finnegan, Jr. who retired in January.

Roeder Named

The Fairfax City Council has appointed WILLIAM F. ROEDER, JR., as
city attorney. Roeder Is a partner In
the law firm of Chess, Durrett &amp; Roeder. As city attorney, Roeder will provide legal counsel to city officials and
prosecution In the city court. He succeeds John H. Rust, Jr., who resigned
to devote more time to private law
practice.

Manassas Park Appoints

JACK E. DORM AN has been appointed director of community services and will be the representative for
planning, zoning and recreation. Prior
to his new post he was a planner for
the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission and was zoning administrator for the City of Mobile,
Alabama. The new chief of police/director of public safety is THOMAS
STONE. He will also serve as administrator for the fire department and Animal Control Bureau. Stone has served
as the Investigator for the State Attorney's Office, State of Florida and has
been affiliated with the police force
for the Town of Courtland and City of
Hopewell.

�Places
GORDONSVILLE—Town
Cour.cil recently selected an official seal for !i:e
T o w n . Featured in the design is O l d
Gordon I n n , the tavern and resting
spot f r o m w h i c h
Gordonsville
adopted its name in 1813.
STAUNTON—Chy
Council's offer to
divide the cost of revitalizing the
downtown area with a nonprofit
development corporation has captured the attention of a large segment
of the Staunton business community.
Former mayor Frank R. Pancake, new
chairman of the council's advisory
committee on community development, reported that the idea has
received tentative approval from the
advisory committee and commitments
from area chambers of commerce.
The Council was applauded for its
step to increase civic pride and
promote public enthusiasm for revitalization.
BROOKNEAL—\n
the form of a resolution to accept funds from the Federal Aviation Administration, Council

made official its commitment to cosponsor an airport. In a joint venture
with Campbell County, the Council
will accept grant funds of $250,000, 90
percent of the project, for the initial
phase. Scheduled to be completed in
1980, the total project, consisting of
three phases, is estimated to cost $1
million.
NORFOLK,
PORTSMOUTH,
RICHMOND—These
three cities have been
selected to participate in a nationwide
program to revitalize selected neighborhoods during the next five years.
They were among the 118 localities
announced by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to
receive federal funds in neighborhood strategy areas program.
B E D F O R D — T h e City recently started
cleaning the streets on Sunday morning. The program, a proposal by
Mayor Russell J. Otey, involves only
the streets in front of the City's eight
churches and public parking lots. Fa-

vorable comments on the program
have been received and it is hoped
that the program will continue.
N O R F O L K — T h e City w o n top honors
in the 1978 City Hall Public Information Awards competition sponsored
by City Hall Digest, the municipal
government newsletter. The " G r a n d
A w a r d " was given for Norfolk's public
information projects.
FAIRFAX COUNTY—The
County has
received an A A A rating for a forthcoming $35 million bond issue. The
bond sale will provide for school construction, parks and a new courth o u s e . A d d i t i o n a l l y , t h e Fairfax
County Library has been awarded a
grant for $83,216 by the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare for a consumer education project entitled The Assertive
Consumer. T h e purpose of the grant
is to prepare videotapes in Vietnamese to introduce Vietnamese consumers to the American marketplace.

Calendar
Regional Legislative Meetings
November 16, O M N I International
Hotel, Norfolk, 6:30 p.m.. Tidewater jurisdictions and Eastern
Shore Towns.
December 5, Martha Washington I n n ,
Abingdon, 6:00 p.m.
December 6, Hotel Roanoke, Roano k e , 6:00 p.m.

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December 7, Sheraton I n n , 1-81,
Harrisonburg, 6:00 p.m.
December 12, Marriott Twin Bridges,
Arlington County, 6:30 p.m.
December 13, Weston's Restaurant,
C r e w e , 5:30 p.m.
December 14, Holiday Inn Crossroads, R i c h m o n d , 6:30 p.m.
Local Government Officials Day,
Hotel John Marshall, February 2,
Richmond

Municipal Electric Power Association
of Virginia, April 11-13, Marriott
Inn, Blacksburg
Virginia Section, International City
City Management Association,
April 25-27, Marriott I n n , Blacksburg

Financing
Public Power
Requirements

State Fire Chiefs Association of Virginia, July 12-14, Sheraton I n n , Harrisonburg
Virginia Weights and Measures Association, August 5-7, Sheraton I n n ,
Fredericksburg
Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, August 26-29, O M N I International Hotel, Norfolk
Virginia Building Officials Association,
October 14-17, New Cavalier Hotel,
Virginia Beach

^First Boston
The First Boston Corporation

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NEW YORK, N.Y. 10005
(212) 825-2000

�VIRGINIA MANAGERS HONORED*
During the Annual Conference of
the International City Management
Association in Cincinnati, Ohio, two
Virginia managers and their communities were honored in the field of
municipal management. The awards
are considered joint awards, to the
professional behind the program and
to the community that supported the
effort. Cole Hendrix, City Manager,
Charlottesville, received a Management Innovation Award and W. Vernon Ford, County Manager, Arlington, won the Clarence E. Ridley
Award.
Although Charlottesville has established and supported a number of
positive programs in the area of housing, employment, training and neighborhood improvement in an attempt
to answer the needs of low—and
moderate—income residents, the
needs of these residents had not been
met. Problem areas were security, employment opportunities, information
on city services, recreational opportunities and education of the programs
and responsibilities of the police department. Charlottesville then established a Social Development Commission to coordinate planning to answer
certain areas of need. A community
developer, whose office was in one of
the low income areas, established a
system of daily contact with the community, requesting problems and solutions through neighborhoods. In
addition, the local government and
the housing authority developed a
position of community service officer
to provide security for public housing
developments in surrounding com-

munities. In an attempt to eliminate
the gap between the youth and the
establishment, the school resource officer program was established. A police officer enters the school on a
daily basis and remains there as part of
the school staff for the entire day.
Other programs include summer
band concerts in low income areas, a
tennis and boxing program directed
at minority youth, a crisis intervention
team in the police department trained
to handle family crisis, a homemaker
service designed to go into the community to help citizens gain grant
money and loan money for home improvement and counsel on home
budgeting. The Social Development
Commission has had some impact.
The crime incident rate around the
public housing has decreased and
residents are now more active in the
City's planning efforts.
W. Vernon Ford was cited for inservice training. Ford reviewed the
original training model used by the
City of Lynchburg, in 1976 and one
that had previously received the Clarence E. Ridley Award. He appointed
a group of county management personnel to a training task force, chaired
by a department head who recently
initiated a successful training program
for supervisory personnel in his own
department. The task force chairman
guided the group in the development
of a written proposal to the county
manager. The report recognized the
need for a complete training on a regular systematic cycle to all employees
in order "to enhance personal and career development and growth to im-

prove employee performance." A
multi-year budget was proposed together with targets for participation
by 450 supervisory employees. The
program attempted to consider the
training needs of employees at all levels, supervisory and non-supervisory.
A variety of training techniques including self help programs, orientation programs and classroom programs were used. Also, a variety of
local, state and federal funding
sources were considered and the
training program utilized all available
resources.
A program administrator with prior
experience both in teaching and public administration was hired. Although
the task force report recommended
the initial emphasis be placed on
management training and employeecitizen relations, the task force called
for a long term development of a
larger training program. The task
force report is being used currently as
a model for interested local governments throughout Virginia.
The Virginia Municipal League and
the Virginia Section, International
City Management Association salutes
Cole Hendrix and W. Vernon Ford
and their municipalities for their successful ideas to better serve local government.

* Information adopted from articles by:
C. Robert Stripling, "An Answer to Social
Conflict", Public Management, October,
1978.
Oliver S. Merriam, "Arlington Produces
a Winning Training Program", Ibid.

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USED HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Sealed bids for a FWD Compactor, a Terex Dozer,
two Allis-Chalmers Towed Scrapers and a Michigan
Scraper are being accepted and will be publicly opened
at 2:00 P.M., December 19, at the office of Fairfax
County Purchasing Agent, 4100 Chain Bridge Road,
Fairfax, Virginia 22030. Items may be viewed at Fairfax County Land Fill, 4618 West Ox Road, Fairfax,
Virginia, Monday through Friday, between the hours of
7:30 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., November 15th through
December 15,1978. For technical information, contact
Hubert T. Alexander, Supt., Land Fill, telephone (703)
631-1178 or 631-1179. Bid Invitations will be on hand
at the Land Fill or arrangements for obtaining Invitation For Bid 9-0658-12-12 may be made by telephoning Mr. Olson (703) 691-2465.

The Center for Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth Universi^ is seeking an Assistant Director. Job
responsibilities include: conduct of applied research,
proposal preparation and grants management, technical assistance to state and local government, assistance in the administration of the Center. Quantifications: (1) background In state and/or local
government, (2) skill and experience in sun/ey research and analysis, and (3) expertise In at least one
of the following: financial management, personnel
management, planning, organizational analysis, or a
substantive area in state and local government. Masters degree is required, doctorate desirable but not
necessary. The Center for Public Affairs is a newly
created unit in the School of Community Services at
Virginia Commonwealth University. The Center is de-

signed to provide university based skills to state and
local government and other publicly oriented organizations through applied research, technical assistance,
and continuing education. Deadline for applications is
December 15, 1978. Starting date, February 1, 1979
or as soon thereafter as possible. Salary, 20,00025,000 annually, depending on qualifications. Send
resume and the names of three references to Ralph
Hambrick, Director, Center for Public Affairs, Virginia
Commonwealth University, 909 West Franklin Street,
Richmond, VA 23284.

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�ANNOUNCEMENT

THE WALLERSTEIN SCHOLARSHIP
THE WALLERSTEIN SCHOLARSHIP was established by a gift from Ruth C. and Morton L. Wallerstein to the University of
Virginia to foster interest and research in Virginia municipal government.
The scholarship is administered by the Virginia Municipal League and the Institute of Government, University of Virginia.

ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must be:
1. An employee or official of a Virginia municipality who would like to spend a year at the University of Virginia engaged in
research and study with the Institute of Government; or
2. A person, preferably an employee or official of a Virginia municipality, seeking to undertake graduate work at the
University of Virginia in a field related to municipal government. It is hoped, but not required, that the recipient intends to enter
or re-enter Virginia municipal government service upon completion of the graduate work.

SELECTION CRITERIA:
While an applicant must show promise of benefiting substantially from a year at the University and a degree applicant must
meet admission standards, the selection committee will pace heavy emphasis upon the individual's potential for public service in
Virginia.

DURATION OF THE AWARD:
The award is made for a twelve-month period, beginning, at the recipient's wishes, between June 1,1979 and September 1,
1979, and may continue for a second year dependent upon the recipient's need and his or her first year record.

AMOUNT OF THE AWARD:
The amount is $4,200, with an additional $400 each for up to two dependents.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Applicants for the scholarship may obtain the necessary forms by writing to the Institute. Applicants seeking a graduate
degree must fulfill all the requirements for admission to the graduate school of the University. Contact for information regarding
graduate school requirements should be made to the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 438 Cabell hall,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903.

DATES FOR SELECTION:
All applications must be submitted no later than February 1, 1979. A personal interview may be requested either at the
Institute or the Virginia Municipal League, or both. The recipient will be notified not later than April 15, 1979.
If further information is desired, please write to

INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT
University of Virginia
207 Minor Hall
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

�Legal Guidelines
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS—TAX EQUALITY?
By Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel
A recent decision by the Virginia
Supreme Court {Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company V. State Corporation Commission, decided August 31, 1978) will
cause chagrin and perhaps some confusion in the minds of local government officials with respect to the
equalization of taxation between
public service corporations and other
taxpayers.
The Virginia Constitution and pertinent statutes require the State Corporation Commission to assess for
local taxation the value of real property of railroads and other public service corporations. This has been accomplished by the State Corporation
Commission's Division of Public Service Taxation (the "Division") first determining the appraised property
value and then determining assessed
values which are certified to the various localities which in turn apply their
respective tax rates to such values and
levy a tax.
Prior to 1966, the assessed values of
public service property were usually
determined by applying a uniform 40
percent assessment ratio. However, as
a result of the "Bemiss Bill", adopted
by the General Assembly in 1966
(Code § 58-512.1), the Division has
been required to appraise values, not
on the uniform 40 percent rate but on
"the local assessment ratio prevailing
in such taxation district for other real
estate as determined by the most recently published findings of the Department of Taxation". Subsequent to
the Bemiss Bill, public service corporations' property has been appraised
by the Division by comparing the
property being appraised with other
land which was appraised by the locality, this method being known as
the "over the fence" method of appraisal. The Commission's appraiser
having an idea of the appraised values
of parcels surrounding the public
service property then inspected the
public service property and proceeded to make a determination of
value. However, it has been the practice of the Division to adjust the value
of the property being appraised by a
"factor" which reflects the relationship of locally appraised land values
to fair market values as determined

by the Virginia Department of Taxation
and to that adjusted valuation an appropriate percentage established by
the Bemiss Bill was applied thereby
reducing the assessment of the particular parcel for local taxation. This procedure came under attack when in
1975 the RF&amp;P filed its application for
a review and correction of its assessment contending that use of the adjustment "factor" was unlawful. The
see
affirmed the tax assessment
against the RF&amp;P and that decision
was appealed to the Virginia Supreme
Court. The Supreme Court, in the
opinion written by Justice Compton
concluded that the use by the Division of the "factor" to adjust to fair
market value was unlawful, characterizing the factor as an "additive".
Although the RF&amp;P questioned the
"over the fence" method of valuing
property, the Supreme Court refused
to reverse on that ground but specifically disapproved the use of the "additive" factor saying:
"We believe employment of the
factor in this case was contrary to
law. Such a procedure directly violates the constitutional provision requiring assessments of
realty to be made based upon fair
market value. Under the Commission's procedure employed in
this case, the assessment was
made based upon fair market
value increased and inflated by
the amount computed by use of
the factor. Such a system is constitutionally infirm."
Arlington County and the State
Corporation Commission argued that
the equalization process set in motion
by the Bemiss Bill justified use of the
additive factor. However, the Court
disagreed saying:
"The provisions of the Bemiss Bill
contemplate application of the
true assessment ratio to the fair
market value properly determined and does not authorize
employment of the ratio twice—
once to compute on additive factor and again to fix the assessment. The equalization of assessments is to be accomplished by
use of the formula set out in the

statute, which is to be applied after fair market value has been established, and not before."
Immediately after receipt of the
opinion in this case, Arlington County
and the SCC filed a petition with the
Supreme Court for reconsideration.
The Virginia Municipal League, the
Attorney General of Virginia and the
Virginia Association of Counties also
filed briefs as amicus curiae supporting the petitions for rehearing, it
being the position of all petitioners
that the Court's opinion resulted in
inequality rather than equality of assessment which was the aim of the
Bemiss Bill, and use of the factor was
essential in order to develop "fair
market value".
Sad to say, the Court in a brief order
refused the petitions for rehearing
and the initial opinion of August 31,
1978 stands as the law of Virginia unless the legislature sees fit to change
it. As the League stated in its brief
filed with the Supreme Court, this decision will have enormous adverse economic effect on Virginia local governments.

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�VML AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
VIRGINIA SECTION, INTERNATIONAL CITY
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

J. deKoven Bowen, Chief of Police, Charlottesville, First
Vice President

EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Hugh G. Cooper, City Manager, Bristol, President

Col. William W. Davis, Chief of Police, Virginia Beach,
Second Vice President

C. M. Moyer, Jr., City Manager, Manassas, First Vice President

C. H. Benson, Chief of Police, Waynesboro, Third Vice
President

Frank Force, City Manager, Williamsburg, Second Vice
President

Col. Francis A. Gard, Sr., Chief of Police, Martinsville,
Board Member

William J. Paxton, Jr. City Manager, Salem, Committeeman

Col. Richard A. King, Chief of Police, Fairfax Co., Board
Member

David B. Norman, City Manager, Lynchburg,
mitteeman

Com-

H. B. Childress, Chief of Police, Pulaski, Board Member

William B. Fletcher, Administrative Assistant, Waynesboro,
Committeeman

Col. Roland A. Lakoski, Chief of Police, Chesapeake, Board
Member

Wendell L. Seldon, City Manager, Winchester, Past President

James A. Kirby, Chief of Police, Lexington, Board Member

VIRGINIA BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION

Col. Frank S. Duling, Chief of Police, Richmond, Past President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Garland L. Moore, Chief-Building Inspector, Danville,
President

STATE FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA

Joseph Bertoni, Chief Building Inspector, Fairfax County,
First Vice President

Harry T. Gladding, Jr., Fire Chief, Tappahannock VFD, First
Vice President

D. Bain Reed, Building Commissioner, Roanoke, Second
Vice President
John H. Byrd, Jr., Building Official, Harrisonburg, Sergeant
at Arms
E. Wayne O'Dell, Building Official, Bristol, Board Member
James B. Jones, Building Official, Martinsville, Board Member
Edward J. Weld, Building Official, Culpeper County, Board
Member
Bernard M. Poole, Jr., Building Official, Sussex County,
Board Member
Edward M. Williams, Building Official, Virginia Beach,
Board Member
R. A. Ledbetter, Jr., Building Official, Norfolk, Board Member
D. Paul Jack, Building Official, Hampton, Board Member

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Harold E. Dailey, Fire Chief, Winchester, President

Carl C. Holt, Fire Chief, Roanoke, Second Vice President
Harry E. Diezel, Fire Chief, Virginia Beach, Committeeman
W. J. Robertson, Fire Chief, York Volunteer Fire Department, Committeeman
Julian Taliaferro,
mitteeman

Fire

Chief,

Charlottesville,

Com-

James W. Epperly, Fire Chief, Christiansburg,
mitteeman

Com-

William A. Anderson, Fire Chief, Lynchburg,
mitteeman

Com-

Odell Benton, Fire Chief, Portsmouth, Past President
James Kelly, Director, Fire Services Training, Richmond,
Ex-Officio

VIRGINIA WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ASSOCIATION

Clarence Diersing, Code Administrator, Newport News,
Board Member

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
G. W. Diggs, III, Insp., Virginia Department of Agriculture
and Commerce, Richmond, President

Joseph R. Keys, Chief Mechanical Inspector, Fairfax
County, Board Member

M. P. Gleason, Bureau of Weights and Measures, Richmond, First Vice President

Frank B. Kaye, Chief Fire Marshal, Arlington County, Board
Member

J. B. Haun, Insp., Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Commerce, Staunton, Second Vice President

Richard B. Bier, Asst. Insp. Services Director, Arlington
County, Board Member

Robert H. Britt, Jr., Sealer, Norfolk, Third Vice President

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Past President

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EXECUTIVE BOARD
Lt. Col. John S. Pearson, Asst. Superintendent, State Police,
Richmond, President

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and Commerce, Richmond, Committeeman
J. G. Sanders, Insp. Virginia Department of Agriculture
and Commerce, Richmond, Committeeman
Joseph F. Hortert, Insp.-lnvestigator, Office of Consumer
Affairs, Newport News, Committeeman
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�INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
The Virginia Municipal League/WRC/NM TOWN &amp; CITY would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere
appreciation to the many outstanding commercial and professional firms who have taken an interest in this
publication during the past year. We thank them for their advertising program with us and hope it has been a
worthwhile venture. A special "thank you" is also given to the localities who honored us with an advertisement in
the September Convention Issue. A list of 1978 advertisers appears below.
Applied Science Labs, Inc.
Baldwin and Gregg, Ltd.
Bartholomew, Harland and Associates
Barton-Ashman
Beck, R. W. and Associates
Bengston, DeBell &amp; Elkin, Inc.
Betz, Converse, Murdoch
Bodie, Mills, Taylor and Puryear, Inc.
Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc.
Bremner, Youngblood &amp; King, Inc.
Brockenbrough, Austin and Associates
Buck, Seifert and Jost, Inc.
Capital Equipment Co., Inc.
Caterpillar
Centrox Corp.
CH2M Hill
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.
Chewning-Hoggard, Inc.
Concrete Pipe and Products Co.
Cresap, McCormick and Paget, Co.
Crump, B. T.
Deere and Company
Delta Leasing Company
Dewberry, Nealon &amp; Davis
Dominion Bankshares Corp.
Fort Magruder
Gallaher Equipment Co., Inc.
Game-Time
Gannett, Fleming, Corddry &amp; Carpenter
Gilbert Associates of Virginia
Greeley and Hansen
Griffin Pipe Products Co.
Griffin, F. G.
Gruendler Crusher &amp; Pulverizer Co.
Henningson, Durham &amp; Richardson
Horner, Barksdale &amp; Co.
Hotel Roanoke
Hurt and Proffitt, Inc.
John Marshal Hotel
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Korman Signs
Kustom Signals, Inc.
Lane Metal
Langley &amp; McDonald
Marsh &amp; Basgier, Inc., P. C.
McManis Associates, Inc.
Michie Company, The
Municipal Advisors
Municipal Code Corporation
O'Brien and Gere, Inc.
Overman, William C. Associates
Paper Craft Printing &amp; Design, Co.
Pak-Mor Manufacturing Co.
Patton, Harris, Rust &amp; Guy

Payne, Rosser H. &amp; ALSOciates
Petroleum Marketers, Inc.
Phillip Morris
Pierce Manufacturing Co.
Pirnie, Malcolm Engineers
Pitometer Associates, The
Public Administration Service
Public Research and Management, Inc.
Purdum &amp; Jeschke
Raymond, Parish, Pine &amp; Plavnick
Reed, Roberts Associates, Inc.
Rish Equipment Company
Royer, R. Stuart &amp; Associates
Russell &amp; Axon
Russnow-Kane and Associates, Inc.
Seton Name Plate Corp.
Sheraton-Fredericksburg Motor Inn
Sheraton, Military Circle
Southern Engineering Co. of Virginia
Sowers, Rodes &amp; Whitecarver
Sverdrup &amp; Parcel
Talbot and Associates, Ltd.
Temple Foundry, Inc.
Timmons, J. K. &amp; Associates
Traf-O-Teria Systems
Trisafety Symbol Signs
U-Haul of Virginia
Utility Services
Weeks, R. Kenneth Engineers
Weston Environmental Consultants
Whitman, Requartdt &amp; Associates
Yarger &amp; Associates
JULY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
"MINI AD" ADVERTISERS
Acme Markets
Atlantic &amp; Pacific Tea Company

ITT Continental Baking
Kroger
Mick-or-Mack
Morton
Murry's Steaks
New Planters Warehouse
Old Dutch Supermarket
Pet, Inc.
Piedmont Mills, Inc.
Piggly-Wiggly, Grundy
Piggly-Wiggly, Kennedy
Rich's Super Market
Safeway Stores
Siegel's Supermarkets
Shenandoah's Pride Dairy
Thomas Foods
Thompson-Arthur Paving Company
Toledo Scales
Valleydale Packers, Inc.
Winn-Dixie
SEPTEMBER MUNICIPAL ADVERTISERS
Abingdon, Town of
Alexandria, City of
Bedford, City of
Bristol, City of
Chesapeake, City of
Culpeper, Town of
Hampton, City of
Herndon, Town of
Lynchburg, City of

BeLo Markets
Bennett Pump Co.
Big Star

Manassas, City of
Martinsville, City of

Bunker Hill Packing Co.

Norfolk, City of

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Detecto Scales

Petersburg, City of

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Exxon

Richmond, City of
Roanoke, City of
Rocky Mount, Town of

Food Fair
Foodtown, Edward's
Grand Union
Green Market, Inc.
Gunnoe's Sausage Co.
Hobart Sales &amp; Services

Smithfield, Town of

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�WILL VIRGINIA GO
TO l/M?
by John M. Cabaniss, Jr.

For years people have felt that the purposes of
vehicular air pollution control systems were counter
to the need for good vehicle economy and performance. There is a widely accepted air pollution control
strategy involving motor vehicles which not only results in cleaner air, but also facilitates vehicle economy and performance—vehicular inspection and
maintenance (l/M).
What is l/M?
l/M is a program which requires that in-service
vehicles have their exhaust emissions checked annually to assure that each vehicle does not emit excessive pollutants into the atmosphere. Currently the
pollutants that are checked are carbon monoxide
and hydrocarbons.
How does l/M work?
An inspector checks each vehicle's exhaust emission by inserting a probe in the tailpipe. The measured emission valves are then compared to predetermined standards for that year, make and
model vehicle. A pass/fail determination is then
made for the vehicle and failing vehicles must undergo repair and retest. It has been other states'
experience that the majority of failing vehicles only
need to have some simple repair, e.g., carburetor
adjustments or air cleaner replacement. However,
some vehicles may need a complete tune-up or an
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What benefits are provided by l/M?
l/M programs have been shown to provide several
direct benefits to vehicle owners. Studies of operating I/M programs have shown that vehicles under
such programs show improvements in fuel economy
of 5 to 10 percent, which is quite a savings in gasoline
costs. But there are other benefits as well. Properly
tuned and maintained vehicles need fewer major
repairs and they have a longer life, which produce a
savings either by longer vehicle use or a better tradein. In addition, properly tuned and maintained vehicles are more reliable and safer than untuned vehicles. And last but not least, l/M programs result in
cleaner air, a major purpose of l/M. Virginia, like
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John M. Cabaniss, Jr. is a planner with the State Air Pollution
Control Board.

most Other states, does not meet the air quality standard for ozone. Ozone (commonly referred to as
smog in the past) is partially attributable to emissions from motor vehicles; therefore, one of the best
attainment strategies for Virginia to use in combatting the ozone problem is an I/M program. The
inconvenience of other strategies that limit vehicle
use by the individual motorist may then be avoided.
Who Will Do the l/M Inspection?
The 1978 General Assembly appointed an Air Pollution Study Commission. The primary issue under
review by the Commission is whether the l/M inspection will be conducted in private franchised garages, as the current safety inspection program is
handled, or by a contracting firm specifically retained to conduct the l/M inspections. Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages.
Several factors need to be considered in assessing
these two options. One important factor is convenience to the public. A private garage system would
mean that many l/M inspection stations would exist
similar to the present safety inspection program.
Since there would be more stations, there should be
more convenience to the public. A private garage
system would mean that many l/M inspection stations would exist similar to the present safety inspection program. Since there would be more stations, there should be more convenience for citizens
in terms of travel time. With a contractor system the
number of l/M inspection stations would be limited.
However, through the use of vehicle population
density information, it is possible for the contractor
to situate the inspection stations so that 70-80 percent of the vehicles are within five miles of a testing
site and another 15-20 percent of the vehicles are
within 10 miles of a station. A contractor can also
include convenience factors by altering his operating schedule regarding hours per day and days per
week to meet the needs of the community. In addition, the contractor would handle only l/M inspections and thus would never have any of his facilities tied up for repair purposes.
Another important factor in considering the options is public acceptance. The present safety inspection program in the private garages enjoys a
high level of citizen support. Citizens are accustomed to the semi-annual safety check and are comfortable with it. Since the private franchised garage
l/M option would be very similar to this present
system, this procedure might foster quicker public
acceptance of l/M. In order to obtain public acceptance, the l/M program must stress quality assurance.
With a contractor system the public could be assured
of testing uniformity and objectivity, since the contractor would use highly sophisticated, automatic
equipment with little or no chance of operator error.
Uniformity and objectivity are very important elements in a program dealing with an abstract thing
like vehicle emmissions.
Cost information is still another important factor in
the analysis of the options. The total costs of the two
options appear to be roughly equivalent to the surface; however, the nature of the costs differ to some
extent. In a private garage system the administration
costs to the State would be higher than in a contrac-

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tor system. The main reason for this difference is that
a private garage system would require about twice as
many State personnel as the contractor system to
insure standard testing and uniform quality, statewide.
In summary, the private garage option offers possibly more convenience due to the large number of
inspection stations and an inspection process to
which Virginia's citizens are already accustomed. O n
the other hand, the contractor option offers uniformity, objectivity, fewer State employees (more
private sector jobs) and separation of the inspection
and repair functions.

statewide. This latter alternative would also " s p r e a d "
the burden to out-of-state vehicle users who pollute
Virginia's air.
O n the other hand, the vehicle owner could be
required to pay an inspection fee w h e n he had his
vehicle inspected. This would place most of the burden of paying for the l/M program on those persons
w h o were subjected to it.
Of course, there are many funding options open
to the General Assembly. Those include the ones
mentioned above, combinations of them, variations
of them and still others not discussed.

H o w M u c h oi the State Will be

The Commission is presently of the opinion that
l/M should be limited to four major metropolitan
areas in Virginia. These areas are Northern Virginia,
greater R i c h m o n d , Hampton-Newport News, and
the southeastern Virginia area surrounding Norfolk.
It is felt that limiting l/M to just the " m e t r o " areas
would be more cost effective. Since a majority of
Virginia's vehicles are in these areas, most vehicles
would still be under the program if it is limited to
these four areas. Limiting the program would also be
much less expensive than a statewide program. If
l/M proves to be effective in these areas, it could be
expanded to include other areas, or possibly the
whole state, at a later time.

There are already existing l/M programs in many
other states, but there is much variation in the types
of programs. Arizona, for example, has a contractor
system, while New Jersey uses a state-owned and
operated system. Rhode Island recently instituted a
private franchised garage program which will start
mandatory maintenance in January, 1979. About the
only thing that is generally true about other states'
programs is that they work. All of the states which
have effective l/M programs can identify reductions
in vehicle-related pollutants. For this reason and because of the other benefits previously mentioned,
over 100 major metropolitan areas in the U.S. are
now considering the implementation of l/M programs.

When Will l/M

What is the State's Role in

Affected?

Start?

What is the Experience

with l/M in Other

States?

l/M?

The starting time for l/M in Virginia is uncertain, if
the program was instituted in the private franchise
garages, it could start as early as January, 1980, but if
l/M is handled under a contractor system, it could
begin as late as January, 1983. The starting time is
dependent on several things. O n e factor is the type
of system that is used. Federal guidelines require that
a private garage system start one year earlier than a
contractor system. Another factor is whether an introductory l/M period is desirable during which the
inspection is mandatory but the maintenance is voluntary. Many people advocate the use of such an
introductory period for at least a year before mandatory maintenance begins. These matters will have
to be settled before the starting time for l/M can be
decided.

In either option the State's role is to administer the
program. There must be general supervision of the
inspection process, direction of a public relations
campaign, coordination of a mechanics training program and execution of a quality assurance program.
Supervision of the program is necessary to assure
that proper methods and equipment are being utilized in the inspection process. A public relations
campaign is essential to acquaint the public with the
l/M program, its purpose, its process and other relevant information. The mechanics training program is
necessary to provide an assurance that proper maintenance of failing vehicles is being provided. Finally,
an extensive quality assurance effort must be undertaken to provide program effectiveness and public
acceptance.

What Will l/M Cost

What Input do Citizens and Localities have in developing l/M in Virginia?

Virginia?

It has been estimated that the total cost for an l/M
program in Virginia's four major metropolitan areas
would be about $10 million per year in terms of 1978
dollars. That boils down to about $7 per vehicle in
those areas. The General Assembly will have to decide how the I/M program will be funded.
O n one hand, the legislature could require that
the program be paid for entirely from the general
fund and thus make the inspection process free at
the inspection station itself. Such a method would
allow the costs of the l/M program to be spread over
the whole State. This type of approach might be
appropriate since all Virginians wi I benefit from an
1 / M program, even though the program is in the
" m e t r o " areas only. Other " s p r e a d i n g " alternatives
for funding include a general increase in vehicle
registration fees or a slight increase in the fuel tax

As mentioned previously, the Air Pollution Study
Commission is presently reviewing these matters.
The Commission's report to the General Assembly
and the Governor was due December 1.
Localities are also encouraged to provide input
into the l/M program development process. Only
those municipalities in the four " m e t r o " areas previously mentioned will be directly affected by I/M
initially, but l/M could conceivably be expanded in
the future to include perhaps the whole State.
Therefore, it is important for localities to provide
their inputs now while l/M is in its formative stages.

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�Using Your Budget to Plan
Budgeting Without Being a Pro
The Shift in Sales Tax Revenues
Proposition 13 in Virginia?

Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

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14
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY
League's Legislative Program
General Assembly Review: The Local
Perspective

Jan.

9

May

10

GENERAL SERVICES
The Quest For Quiet
Urban Roads for Growth
The Commodity That's Running Low
Water in the 21st Century

May
June
Sept.
Nov.

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14
30
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INDEX TO VOLUME 13, JANUARY-DECEMBER 1978
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

MO.
Mar.
.June
.June
.July
Sept.

PC
15
10
7
20
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COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Reflections of a Mayor's Wife
Mar.
Municipal Public Information Programs—
Mar.
•Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
COMPUTERS
The Computer as a Management Tool

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

FINANCE AND TAXATION

Problems In Determining An Equitable

8
12
4
14
40
7

.Jan.
.Feb.
Feb.
.June
.Sept.

16
5
6
5
34

Feb.
.July

18
14

Feb.
.May
•July
•July
•July

9
14
5
7
14

•July
.Sept.
Sept.

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GRANTS
Keys to G rant Proposals
J u ly
What To Do Until The Check Comes In ....July
The Federal Grant System
July

5
7
14

HISTORY
Battle of the Monitor

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HUMAN RESOURCES
Community Development Block Grant
&amp; Virginia Localities
Mar.
Human Resources New Partners/
New Roles
Apr.
New Strategy for Housing &amp;
Redevelopment
Sept.
Outreach Program—Hampton
Sept.
Master Bikeway Plan
Sept.
Sophisticated Medical Complex Services .. .Sept.

16

INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT COMMENTARY
The Intergovernmental Personnel Act and
Local Governments
Jan.
Va Creates a Department of Housing &amp;
Community Development
Mar.

18

Managing underwriters and distributors of
state, municipal, and government bonds and notes.
Investment bankers and advisers
to municipalities and government authorities
for revenue bond project financing.
For additional information, please contact one of the following
members of our Public Finance Division

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AUSTIN V . K O E N E N ( 2 1 2 - 5 5 8 - 3 1 8 0 )
BENEDICT T . M A R I N O ( 2 1 2 - 5 5 8 - 2 8 4 0 )
K E V I N C . GAYNOR ( 2 1 2 - 5 5 8 - 3 3 6 0 )
W . PATRICK McMuLLAN ( 2 1 2 - 5 5 8 - 3 1 7 4 )
RICHARD J . ZANARD ( 2 1 2 - 5 5 8 - 3 1 8 2 )

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Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb
Incorporated

NEW YORK
HOUSTON

ATLANTA
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LOSANOELES

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Sept.

BOSTON
SAN FRANCISCO

CHICAOO
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LONDON

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DALLAS
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TOKYO

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�Animal Control Policy
Problems in Determining an Equitable
Distribution of State Aid
The Shift in Sales Tax Revenues

May

12

July
Nov.

16
14

LEGAL GUIDELINES
Interim Zoning Ordinances Part I
Jan.
Interim Zoning Ordinances Part II
Feb.
Localities Strike Out in Supreme Court .. .Mar.
Riots and Restraints
May
Respiratory and Heart Diseases—Statutory
Presumptions
June
Municipalities Held Liable for
Unconstitutional Action
Aug.
Are Your Rezoning Decisions Fairly
Debatable
Nov.
LIBRARIES
Libraries: Getting the Most for Your
Tax Dollar
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
The Eclipse of Local Government
A Look at the Crisis in Municipal
Insurance
The Computer As a Policy Tool
Reflections of a Mayor's Wife
Consulting Engineers: Building Better
Communities
Local Government Officials Day
VML Equipment Survey
A More Cost/Effective Vehicle
Animal Control—Everybody's Burden
Animal Control Policy
Do's and Don'ts for Councilmembers
Role of the Elected Official
Liability Insurance Needs Unmet
CBD Restoration
1985 Open Space Plan
CETA Works
Why Not Volunteers?
MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
The Computer as a Management Tool

HENRICO HONORED
Henrico County was presented a
1978 Achievement Award at the 43rd
Annual Conference of the National
Association of Counties (NACo). The
Annual Awards are given to counties
who have been specially honored for
their outstanding citizen service and
for innovative programs leading to
more efficient, modern county government. Henrico received the award
for its Volunteer Services Handbook.
Since beginning with three volunteers in 1973, Henrico has established
a full-time probation department supervisory position to address volunteer services and needs. In May, 1976,
90 citizens, organizations and businesses were recognized for varied
volunteer services that year. To assist
the volunteers, a Volunteer Services
Handbook was developed, dealing
with the court process, expectations
of volunteers and community resources.
The Virginia Municipal League congratulates Henrico County for its service to local government.

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12
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A Public Management Career: No
Regrets
Records Management
Establishing a Centralized Purchasing
System
Proposition 13 in Virginia?

Apr.
June

4
5

June
Dec.

18
4

PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
IPA and Local Government
.. .Jan.
The Well-Paid Public Employee
Mar.
What is any Given Job Worth?
.. .May
Statewide Salary Survey
...July
What's New In Grievance Procedures ..
Sept.
CETA Works

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16
18
17
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June

16

PUBLIC SAFETY
Faster Communications—Better Service .. . .Jan.
A Look at the Volunteer Department
Jan.
Riots and Restraints
. .May
Respiratory and Heart Diseases
. June

Jan.

4

Public Safety Puts Computers Into Action . .Sept.

11

Jan.
Feb.
Mar.

12
6
8

Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May
July
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.

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13
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12
16
16
7

Feb.

5

STATE GOVERNMENT
Problems in Determining an Equitable
Distribution of State Aid
Will Virginia Go To l/M?

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12
4
18
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...July
...July
.. .Sept.
.. .Dec.

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20
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May
Sept.
Nov.
Nov.

15
11
4
8

Jan.
Feb.

19
17

Nov.

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VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
VML Services
VML Achievement Awards
VML Convention—1978
Executive Director's Report
ZONING
Interim Zoning Ordinances, Part 1
Interim Zoning Ordinances, Part II
Are Your Zoning Decisions "Fairly
Debatable?"

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FMC/BEAN — Sewer Cleaner
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MEYERS-SHERMAN — "Vactor Jet Rodder"
RICHMOND MFG. CO. - Horizontal Boring
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ELGtN-LEACH — Sweepers, Refuse Bodies
ATHEY MANUFACTURING CO.—Maintainor Grader
ROYER FOUNDRY — Shredders
GIANT-VAC - Leaf Collectors
DAVEY — Air Compressors
MASSEY-FERGUSON — Baclthoe Loaders

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John Martin Barringer, Jr., professor
of business administration at Virginia
Tech, has served as Mayor of Blacksburg for more than 35 years, which is
believed to be a record in Virginia,
and equal to a record established by
the mayor of Albany, New York. Barringer, a native of Michigan, attended
the University of Virginia, where he
received a Bachelor of Arts degree In
1932 and a Master of Science degree
in 1933. He joined the faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, (now
VPl&amp;SU), in 1937 and in the years that
followed advanced through the ranks
to full professor. In the department of
business administration, he teaches
labor problems, labor law and economics.
Friends during his early years in
Blacksburg recall that he loved to discuss anything that was being considered, whether it was international affairs, national or state politics,
economics or political theories. No
matter what the topic, he was ready
and eager to discuss or debate it. He
was urged to make practical use of his
debating skills.
Less than five years after he came to
Blacksburg, he decided to run for
Town Council. When Barringer first
ran successfully in June, 1942, the
terms were for two years, but later,
the terms were changed by the town
charter to four years.
After Barringer assumed his office
September 1,1942, the late William W.
("Willie") Argabrlte resigned as
mayor to accept appointment as postmaster of Blacksburg. Barringer was
then elected by his colleagues on
Council to fill the vacancy and he
took the oath of office as mayor on
April 18, 1943. Some of the winning
margins for Barringer in the local
elections were close; the last time he
was challenged was in 1970.
Barringer believes that the greatest
achievement during his years as
mayor was the creation of the
VPl&amp;SU—Blacksburg-Christiansburg
Water Authority in 1955 and the formation of the VPI&amp;SU-Blacksburg
Sanitation Authority to collect and
treat sewage and waste water of the
area.
Several annexations during Barringer's tenure as mayor saw the area
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert H. McNeil is Associate Editor,
The Blacksburg-Christiansburg News Messenger.

of Blacksburg increase from about 3.5
square miles to more than 15 times
that amount, and the growth in population Increased from 2,500 persons to
more than 32,000. The growth Is attributed to VPl&amp;SU and in recent
years to the location of several industries in Blacksburg.
Barringer presided at Council meetings with an easy manner and was able
to handle situations that might get out
of hand. Only once did a quip backfire. It happened as the last councilman to leave a council meeting
slammed shut a big textbook and then
slammed it on the table to clearly
show his anger. Barringer mused "I
must have said something that he
really didn't like."
The mayor emeritus liked to meet
people. IHe made the rounds of
downtown Blacksburg after teaching
his morning classes at VPl&amp;SU and almost daily he visited Town Hall. He
was accessible and people sometimes
conferred with him as he made his
rounds. His manner enabled him to
get along with people and he had the
ability of getting to the heart of someone's complaint and making suggestions for possible solutions. He also
worked well in committees and did
not try to dominate any meeting or
situation; he often had a solution to
enable partisans to compromise without "losing face".
Now as mayor emeritus, the title
voted by Council to honor him upon
his retirement as mayor, Barringer
continues to make his rounds of
downtown Blacksburg and to drop in
at the municipal building and other
places he visited when he was mayor.
Seven days after he had retired as
mayor, Barringer was honored at a
testimonial dinner at the Donaldson
Brown Center at VPl&amp;SU with more
than 200 persons in attendance. He
received gifts and heard testimonials
to his service as mayor from community and University leaders. Barringer
has indeed etched his name In the
records as a local elected official that
will be difficult for anyone to surpass.

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thousands of miles to the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, D.C.
But the Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) can
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It's just another way the Smithsonian
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Write to SITES, Department PS,
Washington, D.C. 20560. SITES js a
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Smithsonian Institution.

Eckenrode Elected

LEX T. ECKENRODE, Assistant Director of the Virginia Criminal Justice
Services Commission, was elected
President of the National Association
of State Directors of Law Enforcement
Training at the recent 85th Conference of the International Association
of Chiefs of Police. The National Association of State Directors of Law Enforcement Training is a nationwide
organization with representation from
each state. Its purpose is to upgrade
and maintain effective liaison for the
advancement of training in law enforcement and criminal justice.

(Contirtued from page 14)
Joseph F. Zegan, Sealer, Virginia Beach, Past President

MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE
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Robert 1. Corekin, Electric Department Director, Martinsville, President
William E. Willis, Electric Department Superintendent,
Radford, Vice President
Keith Cook, City Manager, Bedford, Committeeman
Eldred C. Yerks, Electric Utilities Director, Danville, Committeeman
Walter M. Duncan, Town Manager, Front Royal, Committeeman

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                    <text>VOLUME 13 • FEBRUARY 1978 • NUMBER 2

EuxpiTTia

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�Editorial
SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION
Social security is important to almost every American
family. Over the years, Congress has devoted much time
and effort to social security financing in order to assure
that funds will be available to meet benefit payments as
they fall due now and in the future.
The 95th Congress has passed legislation aimed to
reverse the trend of the last several years when more has
been paid out in benefits than has been taken in in contributions, sharply reducing financial reserves. The current
financial difficulties stem from a number of factors. The
unemployment rate has been high, thus there have been
fewer persons in the work force to pay into the system. A
trend toward earlier retirement and an increase in average
life expectancy have resulted in a growing percentage of
older persons in our society and more retired people entitled to draw social security benefits. Furthermore, benefit
payments go up automatically with the cost of living and
have outstripped increases in contributions.

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Generally, the legislation passed by this Congress raises
social security taxes for both employers and employees,
with the increase divided between the tax rate and the
wage base—the amount of wages subject to the tax. This
splits the burden between lower income workers, who are
more affected by rate increases, and higher income workers, who are more affected by wage base increases.
By fully financing the expected costs of the system from
social security taxes, the legislation will avoid the kind of
deficit financing that is often criticized in other programs
paid for from general revenues. Also, the tax money will
ultimately go back into the economy in terms of benefits
paid to retirees.
Another provision of the legislation requires that a plan
be developed for coordinating social security and civil service or other federal government retirement systems, and
for gathering information on the impact of mandatory social security coverage on state and local government employees. As the studies progress, employees and organizations will have an opportunity to participate in the
development of a fair and workable plan to bring government employees into the social security system. Many
complicated issues will have to be resolved in the study, for
example, the costs to states and localities, adjustments to
existing state and local retirement and disability systems,
and legal and constitutional barriers to full participation in
the federal system.
The plan for federal employees must be presented to
Congress within two years, and then I would expect Congress to enact it and bring them into the social security
system, and perhaps the remaining state and local government employees as well. With few exceptions, Virginia's
government employees are covered under social security.
Meeting the higher costs that will be required by the
new legislation will not be pleasant, but it is necessary if
the social security system is to keep its promise of protecting older people after they retire.

Joseph L. Fisher
4th District
House of Representatives
United States Congress

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VOLUME 13 • FEBRUARY 1978 • NUMBER 2

5 THE COMPUTER AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL
6 THE COMPUTER AS A POLICY TOOL
9 UNIFORM FISCAL REPORTING
11 VML AWARDS PROGRAM
18 A-95, AN OPPORTUNITY

DEPARTMENTS
2 Editorial
10 People
11 Marketplace
14 Legal Guidelines
14 Ideas
16 Calendar
Statements and opinions presented in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the editorial policy and opinions of
VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League.

20 Places
21-23 Directories

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VIRGINIA TOWN &amp; CITY Is the only official magazine of the
Virginia Municipal League (formerly the League of Virginia Municipalities). It is published monthly at 311 Ironfronts, 1011 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. All contents, copyright • 1977
by the Virginia Municipal League. Any reproduction or use of
contents must have prior approval of the Virginia Municipal League
and if granted must be accompanied by credit to VIRGINIA TOWN
&amp; CITY or the Virginia Municipal League. Second-class postage
paid at Richmond, Virginia. Subscription rates: $3.00 per year, 50
cents per copy.

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��THE COMPUTER AS A
MANAGEMENT TOOL THE
"SECOND" MANAGER
By RICHARD E. ZODY

Despite the fact that computers were first used as a
tool in the public sector dating back to World War II,
only in recent years have they begun to gain acceptance as a public sector management tool. Increasingly, public agencies are finding that computers can
be a powerful tool for helping to resolve the problems arising out of the growing disparity between
public responsibilities and the resources available for
the fulfillment of those responsibilities. Yet, many
small jurisdictions are victims of their size and cannot
afford even the minimal EDP, (electronic data processing), necessary to assist them in managing their
scarce resources. In an effort to realize the benefits
of computers, some jurisdictions are exploring cooperative relationships with other public agencies. At
Virginia Tech, for example, students, staff, faculty
and representatives of various jurisdictions are working together to resolve the EDP needs of the jurisdictions and to achieve some economies of scale in
the process, it is anticipated that these jurisdictions
ultimately will achieve their objectives and that other
jurisdictions will benefit from this pioneering, cooperative experience. To a large extent, their underlying motive is to improve the administration efficiency and effectiveness of public jurisdictions in the
management functions of planning, organizing,
staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting and budgeting.
The essence of management planning is to subject
Droblems to hard-nosed, rational thinking. If a probem can be represented systematically, then a computer can be of considerable value. Fire station locations, for example, can be precisely located to meet
the greatest real need rather than perceived need. In
some instances, when tied with a complete analysis
using existing hardware (machines) and software
(programming aids), the decision may be made to
not build a fire station but to utilize other more
efficient alternatives. Land management and planning is often a major consumer of the time of elected
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard E. Zody is Professor and Chairperson of Graduate
Urban Affairs in the Division of Environmental and Urban Systems at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His
teaching, research and service interest are in the areas of public
management and budgeting. He wishes to express appreciation
to Dr. Don Lacy of VPI &amp; SU's Extension Service for his assistance
in preparing this article.

and appointed officials but with REIS, (Real Estate
Information System), officials can electronically ascertain answers to a variety of questions regarding
land use and status. A number of modern management techniques such as PERT, (Program Evaluation
Review Technique), or CPM, (Critical Path Method),
enable the user to determine the best utilization of
personnel and other resources. However, these
techniques often require computers. Consequently,
those jurisdictions which lack EDP usually cannot
avail themselves of these useful management techniques.
Although most jurisdictions retain a traditional
organizational structure, others are exploring newer
designs such as the matrix and consociated models.
These alternative methods of organizing resources,
(personnel and funds), to accomplish public duties
and responsibilities are facilitated by the analytical
capabilities of computers. Public managers may explore a variety of organizational models on a computer to determine the most appropriate resource
mix for a particular problem or set of problems. It is
unlikely, for example, that the reorganization potential of a program budget can be realized without the
use of a computer. Computers also have been used
to explore the organizational implications of different citizen proposals by addressing issues related to
representational modes and resource requirements.
Perhaps the primary and most common management use of computers considered by public
agencies is that of paperwork and records. Although
there is a substantial amount of public concern
about "paper shuffling" by public employees, it may
be a misplaced concern. Much public paperwork is
an important, direct result of public demands for
accountability and responsibility. As a result, public
agencies must keep extensive records. Today, however, many of these records are not on paper but
key-punched cards or computer tapes. In addition to
space and work-effort savings, such recordkeeping
yields faster and more accurate analyses. Another
growing use of computers exists in the movement
toward automated property tax assessments and recordkeeping. Although this EDP usage has been heavily criticized, most of the criticisms appear to reflect
self-interest rather than the public's interest. Automated tax systems are faster, more accurate, less expensive and less subject to abuses than the traditional methods. Auditing and cost-accounting
provide additional opportunities for using EDP. With
the development of both performance auditing and
cost-accounting in the public sector, many jurisdictions find EDP advantageous if not essential in
providing performance and accounting information
to the public. Moreover, public managers become
more aware of potential and/or developing problems in performance and costs.
The staffing function of public agencies is another
area in which EDP is becoming an essential tool,
particularly in larger jurisdictions. The tasks of recruitment, selection, retention and retirement may
be handled more skillfully through the use of computers. Test analyses, selection criteria satisfaction,
training needs, retention standards and retirement
analyses are some of the activities which can be han-

�died by computers. One of the more productive uses
of EDP in personnel matters is its use in exploring the
ramifications of alternative remuneration and fringe
benefit packages. Many governments are in, or
heading for, fiscal difficulties because of a failure in
the past to fully explore the life-cycle costs of various
packages. As a result, current and future public
problem options are substantially reduced by the
fiscal demands arising from personnel packages
adopted in the past. Where governmental units face
formal public employee unions, such analysis are
essential to the preparations for the bargaining table
and the dynamics of bargaining. It is unfortunate that
all too many units of government must have public
employee unions before they begin undertaking
these complex analyses with the necessary assistance
of EDP.
Computers can assist authorities in fulfulling the
directing function in both the general and particular
sense. Increasingly, the complexities of contemporary decision-making require analyses which exceed
the capacities of any individual. Since a major advantage of the computer is its awesome memory, (information storage capacity), the computer is helpful
particularly in analyzing the large amount of information required to make decisions in complex problems. In a capital facilities project, for example, a
computer can ascertain the best sequence of events
from the decision to construct a facility to its occupancy and denote significant decision points for the
manager. Once the project is underway the chief
administrative officer need only confer with the
project manager at the significant decision points or
whenever critical problems arise. Thus, in the particular sense, the computer can assist public managers in managing by exception.
The use of a computer as a coordination tool requires a clear specification of the processes or activities being coordinated. As a result, computers are
useful especially in tasks such as work-flow analysis
or in the support of operations such as water, traffic
and fire control. The computer also may be used to
coordinate personnel and other resource assignments in complex projects. By reducing the time lost
due to the lack of personnel or other appropriate
resources, EDP reduces overall public costs.
EDP is particularly valuable in fiscal and financial
management. Regardless of budget format, there are
few jurisdictions where EDP will not be of value in
virtually every aspect of this critical management
area. A jurisdiction which uses "shoe box" fiscal and
financial management is doing itself and its citizens a
serious disservice. Jurisdictions which are considering the implementation of zero-base or program
budgeting will find that EDP is necessary to manage
and use the large array of information generated by
these budgetary systems to realize their potential.
Moreover, if a proposal under consideration by the
Commonwealth's Revenue Resources and Economic
Commission receives legislative approval, Virginia
jurisdictions eventually will be served by an EDP fiscal information system which should assist them in
their fiscal and financial management, if they are
equipped for this system.
In essence then, computers can be used as a "sec-

ond manager" to assist the chief administrative officer and others in the traditional public management
functions. It is this assistance which can help to reduce the disparity between public needs and public
resources by providing more time for public managers to do what a computer cannot do—make judgments about the interpretations of policies, priorities
and issues of implementation which affect the human condition. Clearly, these judgments and the
data foundation to make them are facilitated when
the jurisdiction is using a computer as a management
tool rather than as an adding machine or a printer.

THE COMPUTER AS A
POLICY TOOL
By LEONARD J. SIMUTUS

The computer has played only a minor role to date
as a policy analysis tool for local government. Several
sets of changes in the decision-making environment
and in technology which point to computers and in
the sophisticated analysis techniques which they
support show an increasingly important role in policy analysis at the local and regional levels of government. Such forecasts of increased computer use
have been heard before from both public officials
and equipment manufacturers, but there seems to
be good reason to hold a degree of optimism for the
long-promised benefits of employing computer
techniques.
One of the major reasons for optimism is the improved price/performance ratio for computer
equipment, which is likely to continue dramatically
over the next several years. Powerful computer systems can now be purchased at one tenth the cost of a
comparable system ten years ago. Minicomputers
have continued to improve in storage capacity and
speed, and in terms of cost, are well within the reach
of nearly all municipalities. Finally, computers or terminals at remote sites tied to a centrally-located
large computer system by telephone lines have put
the most sophisticated computer capabilities within
easy reach. We are now seeing the concurrent development in the computer industry of significant hardware improvements at both ends of the market, minicomputers and supercomputers, and by the 1980's
there will be computers capable of processing billions of operations per second.
Many municipalities find themselves today with
computer systems purchased during the late 1960's
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Leonard ). Simutus is Assistant Dean and Chairman, Environmental and Urban Systems, VP! &amp; SU

�and early 1970's which are no longer adequate to
meet the workloads, yet have very high costs associated with their operation. Considerable development probably has already been put into computer
programs and data files whereby local governments
may be reluctant to lose the investment of staff time
and equipment, in far too many instances, the prevailing attitude is that the current system may not do
much and may cost a lot, but at least it works most of
the time, so the temptation is to leave well enough
alone. With the current scarcity of skilled personnel
interested in working with computer systems in local
government settings, there seems to be even more
reason to be cautious about undertaking significant
system changes.
As a consequence of these factors, in most municipalities the computer is used only as a device to
automate clerical procedures, such as accounting,
billing and records management. The computer systems were probably installed not to do things differently, but to do them faster. As a clerical aid, computers have performed their limited functions quite
well in most settings. In this respect, the experience
of local government parallels the early stages of
computer use in the private sector, with the emphasis on computers as accounting machines to carry

out clerical tasks, but with very little attention to
doing anything but the most straightforward business tasks.
it is only when the computer is thought of as an
enhancement to the analytical as well as to the clerical tasks performed by local government that the
need for more sophisticated, rather than simply faster, equipment, becomes an important issue. Many
municipalities now find themselves in need of far
more analytical capability than can be provided by
their current computer system. There is an increasing clerical workload which needs to be met, but
there is also an increasing need to manage existing
government resources more efficiently, to forecast
future community needs more accurately and to
evaluate current and past government programs
more convincingly. All of these tasks need to be
carried out today in a political environment of increased visibility and accountability.
Many of the new analysis and evaluation procedures either required by law or voluntarily adopted
by local governments are highly dependent on access to large amounts of data. More often than not,
the data required are different from those normally a
part of existing clerical procedures. Thus, new
sources of data need to be developed and proce-

�dures for storing and updating the information need
to be implemented. A common occurrence of this
difficulty is in the development of geographic base
files for analyzing data on land use, population and
service delivery by parcel or street address. In order
to analyze these characteristics by localities, x-y
coordinates need to be assigned to each parcel and
street segment. The time-consuming task of coding
data from existing maps and files appears so overwhelming, that most municipalities do not even attempt their development. Yet geographic base files
are an essential element in applying sophisticated
approaches to spatial analysis of land use and service
delivery trends.
Local government officials need no convincing
that timely, accurate information is essential in their
decision-making. W e are coming to find that there
are also many policy analysis tasks which do not
depend simply on more data but rather on different
data used in different ways at key points in the analysis process. There is now increasing emphasis on
providing data in formats which allow for significant
changes and enhancements to the traditional patterns of analysis—doing things differently, and not
just faster.
This emphasis views the computer as an aid to
decision-making by government officials rather than
as a replacement for them by automating the decision-making process. Attempts to enhance the decision-making capabilities of government officials in
this way recognizes that one of the most important
characteristics of professional experience is the ability to use inference and judgment in the selective
interpretation and analysis of a limited amount of
data. The attempt, then, is not to analyze all data
exhaustively, but to carefully select and interpret
only the key data needed, and to rely heavily on the
experience and insight of the experienced public
official. By emphasizing selective, limited data acquisition, perhaps the trend towards having too many
useless numbers to store can be reversed. By emphasizing a heuristic approach, which depends on the
judgment skills of experienced professionals, some
of the wariness of computers and their role in decision-making can be lessened.
For any of these approaches to have significant
impact in policy analysis, it will require that c o m puter systems be available to support the analysis
and data inquiries, and that government officials be
familiar with the advantages and shortcomings of the
various analysis approaches. In the current setting
this is asking quite a bit, but even in the short run,
both the equipment and trained personnel will be
available, so local governments should prepare to
take advantage of these gains as they consider equipment replacement or initial acquisition. It is not
enough to rely on the equipment manufacturer or
current computer staff to define equipment configurations which are appropriate for local settings, given
advances in technology and analysis. To fully take
advantage of the changes in the computer world
requires far more than a modest incremental upgrade to the current machine, in most instances,
however, substantial improvements in processing capability can be made within reasonab e costs, given

the improvements in equipment price/performance
ratios.
Students being prepared for employment in the
jublic sector, particularly at the graduate level, are
jeing trained to use the computer as a problemsolving tool without the awe and suspicion which
characterized earlier introduction to computers.
They are now being trained to see the computer as
one of several analytical tools which can help structure a problem and its solution. While they are not
being encouraged to expect that the analysis techniques they have learned may be directly applicable
in their first position, particularly in local government, they are being encouraged to anticipate the
wide availability of computer capability over the next
ten to fifteen years. Thus, the use of techniques now
being applied are only on an experimental basis. This
new generation of students, in contrast to earlier
ones, sees the computer not as the answer but as one
essential way of analyzing the problem.
Because of the expense of data acquisition and the
lead time needed to prepare and test computerbased approaches to policy analysis, there are few
examples of successful application of the new techniques. W h e r e they have occurred, they have benefited from federal funds for support of data acquisition and computer analysis and probably could not
have been carried out had they relied only on local
resources. There seems to be good reason to be
optimistic over the long term, however, and if we
can continue to define and differentiate between
those phases of decision-making which are best handled by professional persons and those most appropriate for computer analysis, then the best kind
of association between people and machines can
be accomplished. The key question when local
government officials are determining how to proceed with their use of computers should be what can
be done differently, not what can be done faster.
The answer to this question moves us out of the
world of accounting machines and into the world of
decision-aids by computer.

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�UNIFORM FISCAL
REPORTING
By DR. JOHN L KNAPP and
SARAH G. HOPKINS
In May, 1977, the Revenue Resources and Economic Commission established a Subcommittee on
Local Fiscal Reporting. The need for such a committee had become apparent as legislative committees and commissions and local government organizations, such as the Virginia Municipal League,
sought to analyze the financial picture of local governments, both individually and collectively, in an
effort to determine the financial needs of Virginia's
localities. These groups were hampered by the lack
of uniform data currently existing at the state level
related to local revenues and expenditures.
There are many advantages of having data uniformly reported and some are quite obvious. For
example, the data can pinpoint functions of likesized localities where discrepancies in expenditures
exist and further analysis should be sought. Uniform
reporting will prove valuable in measuring the level
of state and federal participation in particular functions, as well as in making comparisons of state and
federal funding between local governments. In addition, uniform reporting will aid in developing local
fiscal impact statements for proposed legislation at
the state level. Without adequate information about
the financial affairs of local governments, it is difficult for the state government to know, much less
deal effectively with, the financial problems of its
political subdivisions. Although a good data base
does not assure accurate analyses, it certainly promotes achievement of that goal.
The Subcommittee on Local Fiscal Reporting has
undertaken to modify and expand the reporting system now used by the Auditor of Public Accounts in
its annual comparative costs of city/county governments. In developing concepts and reporting procedures, the Subcommittee has worked closely with
the Auditor of Public Accounts, 26 representative
local governments, local government organizations,
private CPA firms which perform governmental auditing and the Governments Division of the Bureau
of the Census. The Subcommittee is greatly appreciative of comments and suggestions it has received
from these groups. The success of this project is
contingent upon the continuation of their valuable
assistance.
Although the Subcommittee feels that having
statewide information on all local governments—incorporated towns, cities and counties—is very important, it decided that the reporting system should
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr. John L. Knapp is Research Director, Economic Studies
Center, Tayloe Murphy Institute, University of Virginia and
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Local Fiscal Reporting. Sarah
G. Hopkins is Research Assistant, Revenue Resources and Economic Commission.

first be developed for cities and counties. All cities
and counties have full service local governments,
whereas towns generally have governments with
limited functions; in particular, most towns do not
finance public education. It was felt that major compromises would have to be made in the reporting
format if counties, cities and towns were put on a
comparable basis. Furthermore, in terms of dollar
amounts, or budgets, town finances are relatively
much smaller than those of cities and counties. Of
the 189 towns, 176 have populations below 5,000 and
nearly 90 percent have populations under 2,500. The
small towns with populations under 5,000 account
for only 1.8 percent of revenue raised from local
sources among the local governments in Virginia.
The Subcommittee goes on record as acknowledging
the need for developing state statistics on towns but
feels that such a system should be handled as a separate project to be pursued at a later time.
Uniformity is the key word to a good local fiscal
information system. A reporting format must be developed which provides a clear and comprehensive
definition of each expenditure function and each
revenue classification. Other procedures, such as the
accounting basis for reporting, e.g., accrual or cash,
must also be prescribed. Achieving uniformity is vital
for the success of a local fiscal reporting system and
will be dependent upon two factors. First, the responsible state agency, the Auditor of Public Accounts, must provide adequate explanations, training and assistance at the three stages of the process,
reporting, collection and compilation. Second, local
governments must make concerted efforts to cooperate and supply the required information.
The reporting format as proposed by the Subcommittee requires local governments to record all
dollars flowing through that particular local government. Careful attention must be taken to ensure that
no dollars are counted twice for reporting purposes
as they flow from one fund to another within the
local fund structure. Expenditures are classified according to the purposes for which the expenditures
were made in order that the local government may
inform its citizens, as well as its officers, how tax
monies are used and the cost of services provided.
Thus, expenditures are categorized into twenty-four
functions and, to the extent practical, all operating
costs of each function are included, e.g., employee
benefits, departmental overhead and a I administrative costs connected with the function which can be
isolated. Major capital outlay costs, debt service and
enterprise activities are reported separately. The expenditures for each function will also be reported
according to the sources of revenue used for making
the expenditures, i.e., categorical state and federal
aid, charges for services. On the revenue side, revenues are reported by source. They are also grouped
for summary purposes according to whether they
originated at the local, state or federal level.
In order to provide a more complete picture of
revenues and expenditures relative to particular
functions in each locality, the data submitted by each
local government will be supplemented with data
showing direct expenditures made at the state level
on behalf of the locality. For example, the state di-

�rectly funds a portion of the cost of retirement for
teachers. In order to get a true picture of the cost of
education in a particular locality, these retirement
costs should be included. Since these dollars do not
flow through the local government, they cannot be
accounted for in a local report. The local reporting
system will be expanded, however, so that this type
of information is supplemented at the state level.
The Subcommittee is also aware of the several
reporting requirements made of local governments.
Where possible, an effort will be made to consolidate local reporting and to ensure uniformity. At a
minimum, obvious discrepancies between various
reports will be clearly footnoted as to the reasons for
differences. With this information, the users of the
reports will be less likely to make erroneous comparisons of data.
The success of the reporting process is also dependent upon a good local accounting system. Data
must be reported in such a way that differences
which may appear when comparing spending and
revenue effort are real differences and not due to
variations in accounting and reporting practices.
Generally accepted accounting standards for local
governments have existed since 1934. Two groups
now share jurisdiction over the standards and their
publications provide the basis for a comprehensive
governmental accounting system. The National
Council on Governmental Accounting (NCGA) has
issued Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting (GAAFR). The NCGA's principles
of accounting as contained in GAAFR are recognized
as establishing the "generally accepted accounting
principles" as applied to governmental units. The
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(AlCPA) has published the Audits of State and Local
Governmental Units which is also known as the Audit Guide. The body of principles contained in the
Audit Guide represents the generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) as recognized by the accounting profession. Generally, the AlCPA and the
Audit Guide recognize the authority of NCGA and
GAAFR, although there are differences in emphasis
and detail. It should be noted that NCGA is in the
process of restating GAAFR which was last revised in
1968. The restatement project constitutes a "modest
revision" to update, clarify, amplify and reorder
GAAFR with an important objective of incorporating
pertinent aspects of the Audit Guide which was first
published in 1974.
The Revenue Resources and Economic Commission Subcommittee on Local Fiscal Reporting
strongly endorses the use of "generally accepted
accounting principles" (GAAP) by local governments. GAAP is not a static body of knowledge; the
principles are periodically modified and clarified in
an effort to update the thinking on the basic principles in accounting. It is to Virginia's advantage to
keep in step with GAAP which has widespread acceptance and acknowledgment as the primary
source for authoritative principles of public accounting. A manual will be prepared for use by Virginia
localities which outlines wnat GAAP is, clarifies any
ambiguities and sets forth the recommended principle where different approaches are stated by

GAAFR and the Audit Guide. The Subcommittee
feels very strongly that all local governments should
strive toward adopting "generally accepted accounting principles." While such changes may slightly impair comparisons for a particular locality over a long
period, it is felt that major emphasis should be on
comparability among localities within one fiscal year.
It is also recognized, however, that for some local
governments an immediate change which embraces
all such principles would be cost y both in the short
run for the initial change and in the long run for
qualified staff. Although the Subcommittee has acknowledged the problems created for some local
governments in making immediate change to an accounting system which totally implements the principles set forth in GAAFR, it assumes that the Auditor
of Public Accounts and private audit firms will offer
the assistance needed by local governments to move
toward acceptance of all "generally accepted accounting principles" (GAAP). Adherence to GAAP is
a major tool in achieving uniformity.
The timing of the reports, i.e., when they are to be
submitted by the localities, as well as when the summary report is available to the public, is also important. Presently, audit reports for all cities and counties are not completed until one year following the
fiscal year for which the audit is made. The distribution of the audits falls evenly over this time frame.
Although this time frame is thought to be unnecessarily long, the desire for timely reports on local
fiscal data must be weighed and balanced with what
is feasible for the local governments (consideration
of their resources, both time and money) as well as
what will allow for collection of good data. At this
time, the Subcommittee has recommended that all
counties and cities submit their audit report and
reporting form to the Auditor of Public Accounts as
soon after the close of the fiscal year as possible and
no later than November 30. It is hoped that localities
and auditing firms will strive for an even shorter time
frame. It is recommended that the summary report
prepared by the Auditor of Public Accounts should
be available to legislators, local governments and the
general public by the end of January.
Although the summary report of comparative cost
is a valuable tool, the Subcommittee feels that this
should only be considered as one outgrowth of the
reporting by localities. All data submitted by localities will be computerized so that timely retrieval of
the more detailed information will be possible. Interested state agencies, academic institutions and local governments and their organizations should have
access to the information for purposes of detailed
analyses.
A detailed discussion of the concepts of a uniform
local fiscal reporting system is found in the Subcommittee's report to the Governor and the 1978
General Assembly Session, as well as recommendations on some specific issues that must be addressed,
(e.g., the method of accounting, treatment of funds
and interfund transfers, capital outlay). The report
serves as an interim report. The Subcommittee plans
to continue its work and develop the concepts embodied in the report into the specifics of a uniform
local fiscal reporting system.

�VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM

The Award

Recognizing that localities in the Commonwealth strive towards improving municipal service, the Virginia Municipal League, through the
Achievement Award, wishes to honor these endeavors. The entry for a
given award should be innovative and structured to meet specific
needs and desires of your locality.

Eligibility

Any member locality, town, city or urban county, is eligible to enter
the VML Achievement Awards Program.

Categories

Awards will be given in six areas that parallel the VML policy committees. The categories are the following:
—Community Development (housing and urban renewal)
—Effective Government (finances, management, training programs)
—Environmental Quality (water quality, local planning and land use,
energy use, solid waste management)
—Human Resources (child care programs, health care, alcohol and
mental health programs, recreational services, education)
—Public Safety (court system, fire and rescue services, emergency
preparedness, law enforcement)
—Transportation (streets and roads improvement, public transportation systems, bicycle ways, transportation of the handicapped)

Criteria for
Judging Entries

—Maximum six double-spaced typed pages to explain the entry
—Use of black and white photographs
—Use of camera ready graphs, charts and architects' renditions, etc.
—All entries must have four copies of all visual materials
—All entries must be signed by the chief elected official (mayor,
board chairman)

Judging

The entries will be judged by a special committee whose members are
selected for their expertise in the areas of the awards.

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Presentation
of Awards

Awards will be announced in September and appropriate recognition
will be given to each recipient during the VML Convention Opening
Session. In addition, the awards will be highlighted in the Convention
issue of Virginia Town &amp; City Magazine.

How to Enter

All entries must be received by the Virginia Municipal League, P. O.
Box 753, Richmond, VA 23206, no later than May 1,1978. It is our hope
that you will support this program and take this opportunity to be
recognized for outstanding municipal service.

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�People
Rasmussen Appointed

DAVID L RASMUSSEN was appointed
Chief of the Data Analysis Division for
Arlington County. Rasmussen was
formerly chief of the administration
and support branch of the Fairfax
County Office of Research and Statistics. He assumed his new position on
December 19. He will be in charge of
all data processing operations and syst e m s a n a l y s i s f u n c t i o n s for the
County, and will coordinate operations with other County departments,
local governments and various outside agencies. Rasmussen holds a
bachelor's degree in labor management relations from Pennsylvania
State University and a master's degree
in public administration from A m e r i can University. He has also been affiliated with American University and
G r o u p Hospitalization, Inc.

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KATHRYN H. STONE, director of the
Program on Human Resources at the
Washington Center for Metropolitan
Studies, has been voted an honorary
member of the International City
Management Association. " M s . Stone
has a strong record of support for professionalism in local g o v e r n m e n t , "
noted I C M A President Jacques Perreault in announcing her selection as
honorary member of the 7,000 member association for city managers,
county managers and directors of
councils of governments. She is coauthor, with her husband and Donald
K. Price, of two classic books in the
field of local government: City Manager Government
in the United States
and Case Studies in City
Manager
Government.
Ms. Stone is well known
in Virginia as the first woman legislator in modern times, having served
twelve years as a member of the G e n eral Assembly. She has also been acfive nationally in the League of
W o m e n Voters, serving as an officer
from 1944-1950, including service as a
vice president from 1948-1950.

Haywood Named

Fairfax County Executive Leonard
Whorton named VERDIA
L
HAYWOOD of Richmond to be Executive
Assistant to the County Executive. He
will replace Theodore J . Wessel,
former Executive Assistant, w h o was
named Director of the Office of C o m prehensive Planning in July. Haywood

has been a senior budget analyst in
the Richmond City Budget Bureau
since September, 1974. He initially was
hired by the City of Richmond as a
management intern in the city manager's office in August, 1971. He was
responsible for analyzing budget
requests of major city agencies and
for assisting the city manager, director
of the budget and agency directors in
administration and financial control
of adopted fiscal plans. A native of
Water Valley, Mississippi, Haywood
received a B.S. degree cum laude
from Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi, concentrating in political science and economics. In the
summer of 1968, he attended the Economic Institute at Tulane University,
New Orleans, on a Ford Foundation
Grant. He received an M.A. in public
administration in 1972 from the U n i versity of Illinois, w h e r e he was honored with an Illinois State Urban Fellowship. Since September, 1974, he has
been a part-time instructor in municipal budgeting and finance administration in the Urban Studies Program at
Virginia Union University, R i c h m o n d ,
in addition to his work in the City
government. Haywood assumed his
new duties on January 3.

Frost's career in firefighting began in
1939 when he became a member of
the volunteer fire company in Christiansburg, his home t o w n . In 1940, he
joined the paid firefighting unit of the
Hercules Powder Company, now Radford Ammunition Works. Chief Frost
began traveling the state for the Fire
Service Training of the State Board of
Education in 1958 and in 1961 became
Waynesboro's fire chief. Chief Frost is
a member of the State Fire Chiefs Association of Virginia. Seldon S. W e e don succeeds Frost as Waynesboro's
fire chief.

Chase City Vacancies

Town Manager BURNLEY TAYLOR resigned his post effective December
31. Taylor had been with the Town
since 1973. Councilman L. C. DANIELS
also resigned from Council in November.

Galloway Appointed

The T o w n of Pearisburg appointed
ALFRED LEE GALLOWAY
Town M a n ager. He holds a B.A. degree in political science from the University of
North Carolina. Previous to taking the
position in Pearisburg, Galloway was
assistant city manager in D u n n , North
Carolina. He has been affiliated with
the City of Dunn since July, 1973 w h e n
he was appointed assistant city clerktax collector. He became city clerk-tax
collector in July, 1974 until his appointment to assistant city manager in
January, 1977. Galloway is a member
of the International City Management
Association and the International M u nicipal Clerks Association. He was
h o n o r e d as D u n n ' s O u t s t a n d i n g
Young Man of 1976 and also Outstanding Young Man of America the
same year.

Fire Chief Frost Retires

Waynesboro Fire Chief K. M.
"JACK"
FROST retired on December 3 1 . Chief

Taylor Named Police Chief

JAMES R. TAYLOR, City Manager of
Newburgh, New York, was appointed
Petersburg Police Chief. A native of
Lansing, Michigan, he holds a B.S. degree in police administration from
Michigan State University. Except for
his 31 months as city manager of Newburgh, Taylor has spent his career in
law enforcement. He took over the
Newburgh police department as commissioner in February, 1974 and in
May, 1975, was asked by the Newburgh City Council to take over the
city manager's post. Taylor has also
served as director of public safety in
Richville, Minnesota and as chief of
police in Eaton Rapids and W y o m i n g ,
Michigan. Taylor succeeds Marion A.
Lewis, Jr., w h o resigned March 2 1 .
Since that time, Captain Wayne S.
Shields has been in command. Taylor's appointment was effective February 1 .

�Ferrell Appointed

Big Stone Gap Town Council ap-

pointed GEORGE

F. FERRELL

to the

post of Town Manager. With an impressive background in municipal finance, Ferrell was formerly director of
finance, Roanoke County and has also
held the position of treasurer and
chief accountant for the City of Salem.
He attended the University of Wisconsin, and National Business College
and Virginia Western Community
College, both in Roanoke. Ferrell,
whose post was effective the first
week of January, filled the vacancy
left by Ayers Shortt, who resigned
June 30.

Mayor Whitehurst Named
MARIAN

P. WHITEHURST,

Mayor,

City of Chesapeake, was named Outstanding Woman of the Year by the
Southeastern District of Women in
Chambers of Commerce. The announcement came at their Annual
District Conference held in Charleston, South Carolina. Twelve southeastern states are included in this district. Mayor Whitehurst, active in local
government, was chairman of the employment and income security policy

committee of the Virginia Municipal
League.

Remington Appoints

CRAY S. PARKER, a planner for Fauquier County, was the choice of Remington's Town Council to complete
the unexpired term of Councilman
John F. Groves. Groves relocated and
is no longer a town resident. Parker
will serve until new councilmembers
take office July 1.

Manager Appointments

BYRON E. HANER was appointed City
Manager of Colonial Heights effective
January 9. A native of Morlette, Michigan, FHaner retired with the rank of
major from the U.S. Air Force in 1967.
That same year he was appointed assistant city manager of Roanoke. In
1972, he was appointed city manager
of Colonial Heights but returned to
Roanoke in 1973 as city manager.
H. BERNHARD

"BERN"

manager of Charlottesville in 1971. In
1976, Ewert was appointed town manager and chief executive of Stratford,
Connecticut. He assumed his duties
with the City of Roanoke on January
30.

Frye Elected

D. BART FRYE, JR., Executive Director
of the Portsmouth Redevelopment
and Housing Authority, has been
elected Vice President of the National
Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. With his election,
which occurred at NAHRO's national
meeting in Minneapolis in October,
he is eligible to succeed to the presidency.

Marketplace

EWERT suc-

ceeds Byron E. Haner as city manager
of Roanoke. A native of Kansas City,
Missouri, he holds a B.A. degree from
the University of Missouri. He entered
municipal government as deputy city

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�Legal Guidelines
INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCES, PART II
By HOWARD W. DOBBINS,
General Counsel

A case which will be of interest
to localities is one in which the
Virginia Court considered the
grandfather clause for exemption
from taxation under the 1971
Constitution of property owned
by charitable or benevolent associations. In Manassas Lodge No.
1380, Loyal Order of Moose, Incorporated, et al V. County of
Prince William, 237 S.E. 2d 102, the
Lodge property clubhouse was
erected in 1956 and enlarged in
1964. Prior to 1970, it was not assessed for taxation but in that year
the county placed it on the tax
rolls and assessed taxes against it
for 1970 and each subsequent
year.
Although the Lodge's charter
stated that its purpose was "purely
benevolent and exclusively charitable", the trial court ruled that
the Lodge failed to carry the bur-

den of proving that statement. On
appeal, the Virginia Supreme
Court held that under the Constitution of 1902 which was in effect
when the Lodge was chartered,
the Court in prior decisions had
applied a rule of liberal construction with respect to tax exemption
for property belonging to charitable or benevolent associations
and used exclusively for lodge
purposes and meeting rooms. The
1971 Constitution brought about a
change to this approach to tax exemption problems and provided
that such property would be exempted from taxation only by a
three-fourths vote of the members of each house of the General
Assembly and subject to such restrictions and conditions as may
be prescribed by the General Assembly, [Article X, Section 6(a)
(6)]. Such article further provides
that exemptions from taxation as
established or authorized thereby
shall be strictly construed. However, Article X, Section 6(f) contains a grandfather clause to the
effect that all property exempt

from taxation on the effective
date thereof shall continue to be
exempt. The Supreme Court held
that the grandfather clause controlled this case and therefore the
Lodge was entitled to the benefit
of the liberal rule in the determination of whether it carried its
burden of proving its property
should be exempt from taxation.
Applying that liberal rule, the
Court relied on its earlier decisions that "the controlling factor
was the dominant purpose in the
use of the property", and concluded that the Lodge's evidence
showed that charity or benevolence was the dominant purpose
in the use of the property and
therefore the Lodge is entitled to
have the property exempt from
taxation. The Court pointed out,
however, that each case of this
type must be decided on its own
particular facts.

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PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY (46,900), has
negotiated with the Federal government to acquire a large number of
structurally sound, abandoned dwelling units which are Federal Housing
Administration and Veterans Administration foreclosures. Plainfield has
hired unemployed local residents
with Public Service Employment funds
to refurbish some of these homes. The
money received from the sale of these
homes is put in a revolving fund
which provides for further rehabilitation. Other rehabilitation work is
done by contract out of the same revolving fund. (Contact: Lawrence

Bashe, City Administrator, 515 Watchung Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey
07061.)

Management

SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA (65,000),

has trained several staff members in
techniques of assessing productivity
levels and identifying improvement
opportunities. Measurement studies
have been made of the parks and recreation department and the field services division of the public works department. (Contact: Michael Gleason,
Assistant to the City Manager, P. O.
Box 1678, Santa Rosa, California
95403.)

CLEARWATER, FLORIDA (52,000), has

enacted an ordinance which requires
detailed community impact statements for all projects exceeding
$500,000. These statements are designed to guide the city's orderly development by assessing in advance
the impact of development on many
key services and environmental areas.
(Contact: Picot Floyd, City Manager,
P. O. Box 4748, Clearwater, Florida
33518.)

Personnel

WINFIELD, KANSAS (11,000), allows

partial payment for unused sick leave.

�T h e project has b e e n u n d e r t a k e n to
provide an incentive for y o u n g e r e m ployees and a b o n u s for older e m j l o y e e s ; 25 p e r c e n t of city e m p l o y e e s
nave q u a l i f i e d f o r t h e p r o g r a m . ( C o n t a c t : R o n D. M u s s o n , C i t y M a n a g e r ,
B o x 6 4 6 , W i n f i e i d , K a n s a s 67156.)

FREMONT,
CALIFORNIA
(115,000),
has e s t a b l i s h e d a r e c r u i t m e n t a n d s e lection reporting system w h i c h foc u s e s o n r e d u c i n g t h e t i m e it t a k e s to
fill positions. T h r o u g h t h e use of
streamlined procedures,
automated
test s c o r i n g , c o n t i n u o u s a n d s h a r e d
r e c r u i t m e n t , r e d u c t i o n of c l a s s i f i c a tions and an up-to-date position c o n trol r e p o r t , r e c r u i t m e n t t i m e has b e e n
r e d u c e d f r o m 4.5 m o n t h s to 2.5
months. (Contact Art Lorenzini, A d ministrative Assistant, or G a r y G o e l i t z ,
A d m i n i s t r a t i v e A s s i s t a n t , 39700 C i v i c
Center Drive, Fremont,
California
94538.)

Public Safety
DURHAM,
NORTH
CAROLINA
(95,400), h a s c r e a t e d a p u b l i c s a f e t y
d e p a r t m e n t w h i c h c o m b i n e s fire a n d
p o l i c e services. P u b l i c safety stations
a r e s t a f f e d by f i v e - m a n c r e w s o n 8 h o u r s h i f t s , w i t h f o u r c r e w s b a s e d at
e a c h s t a t i o n . C r e w s c o n s i s t of a s u p e r visor, two patrolmen a n d two fire
t r u c k o p e r a t o r s . In t h e e v e n t o f a f i r e ,
t h e t r u c k a n d patrol cars a r e disp a t c h e d to t h e s c e n e . E a c h p a t r o l c a r
c o n t a i n s t h e e q u i p m e n t n e c e s s a r y to
h a n d l e t h r e e s m a l l f i r e s o r to j o i n a
f i r e f i g h t i n g t e a m . ( C o n t a c t : Esai B e r e n b a u m , P u b l i c S a f e t y D i r e c t o r , P. O .
Box 2251, D u r h a m , North Carolina
27701.)

BROWN
DEER,
WISCONSIN
(12,000),
r e q u i r e s by o r d i n a n c e t h a t all n e w l y
e m p l o y e d p o l i c e o f f i c e r s b e t r a i n e d as
auxiliary fire fighters. S q u a d cars are
e q u i p p e d w i t h fire fighting e q u i p m e n t , e n a b l i n g o f f i c e r s t o r e s p o n d to
f i r e s a n d t a k e p r e l i m i n a r y a c t i o n if
necessary. (Contact: Gerald S c h w e r m ,
C i t y M a n a g e r , 4800 W e s t G r e e n B r o o k
D r i v e , B r o w n D e e r , W i s c o n s i n 53223.)

PLAINFIELD,
NEW JERSEY ( 4 6 , 9 0 0 ) , h a s
adopted a burglary prevention c o d e
t h a t sets m i n i m u m s t a n d a r d s f o r c o m mercial, industrial and
multifamily
d w e l l i n g s . T h e c o d e is part of t h e c i t y ' s
b u i l d i n g c o d e a n d is e n f o r c e d by a
t e a m of p o l i c e , f i r e a n d b u i l d i n g i n spection e m p l o y e e s . T h e average cost
o f s e c u r i t y i m p r o v e m e n t s to a p r o p e r t y o w n e r a f f e c t e d by t h e c o d e is a p p r o x i m a t e l y $50. ( C o n t a c t : L a w r e n c e
B a s h e , C i t y A d m i n i s t r a t o r , 515 W a t c h
ung A v e n u e , Plainfield, N e w Jersey
07061.)

Snow and Ice Control
ANKENY,
IOWA
(9,000), has d e v i s e d a
snowplow
curb guard which
is
mounted on the lower
right-hand
c o r n e r of t h e s n o w p l o w
( n e x t to
c u r b ) . It c o n s i s t s of a n e a s i l y i n s t a l l e d
p o l y e t h y l e n e w h e e l m o u n t e d in a r e t r a c t a b l e f r a m e . T h e g u a r d s e r v e s as a
g u i d e f o r t h e d r i v e r a n d is e x t r e m e l y
e f f e c t i v e in e l i m i n a t i n g c u r b b r e a k s
a n d c h i p s . E a c h c u r b g u a r d costs $ 7 0 .
(Contact: Dave Dirks, City Manager,
408 S o u t h w e s t 3 r d S t r e e t , A n k e n y ,
I o w a 50021.)
BROWN
DEER, WISCONSIN
(12,000),
h a d r e d u c e d t h e s i z e of its salt s p r e a d i n g c r e w s t h r o u g h m o d i f i c a t i o n s t o its
salt s p r e a d e r s . A d e v i c e t o c o n t r o l salt
f l o w h a s b e e n i n s t a l l e d a n d its c o n t r o l
p a n e l h a s b e e n p l a c e d in a p o s i t i o n
accessible to the driver. ( C o n t a c t :
G e r a l d S c h w e r m , C i t y M a n a g e r , 4800
Green Brook Drive, Brown Deer, Wisc o n s i n 53223.)

Solid Waste
DENISON,
TEXAS
(24,923), is u s i n g
p l a s t i c bags a n d o t h e r t i e d , t h r o w a w a y
c o n t a i n e r s b e c a u s e t h e y w e i g h less
and r e d u c e insect breeding. T h e y
h a v e b e e n w e l l r e c e i v e d by c i t i z e n s .
(Contact: David Harner, City M a n -

a g e r , 108 W e s t M a i n S t r e e t , D e n i s o n ,
T e x a s 75020.)

PORT NECHES,
TEXAS (10,894), is u s ing plastic bags for t h e reasons cited
immediately above. O n e added feat u r e has b e e n d o c u m e n t e d f r o m t h i s
plastic bag p r o g r a m : there have not
b e e n a n y b a c k i n j u r i e s in t h e s a n i t a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t in t h e 3 y e a r s o f t h e
program. T h e overall accident record
has i m p r o v e d 60 p e r c e n t in t h e 3
years. (Contact: Jim Davis, City M a n a g e r , P. O . B o x 7 5 5 , P o r t N e c h e s ,
T e x a s 77651.)

Community Relations
BELLINGHAM,
WASHINGTON
(39,000), h a s a s s i g n e d a p o l i c e o f f i c e r
to city s c h o o l s to s e r v e as a n i n f o r m a tion resource for teachers and students. D u r i n g t h e s u m m e r this officer
sets u p b o o t h s at v a r i o u s l o c a t i o n s ,
displaying locks, drug paraphernalia,
bicycle registration forms a n d a v a r i ety of p a m p h l e t s . H e o r s h e a l s o t r a v els d o o r - t o - d o o r a d v i s i n g r e s i d e n t s o n
s e c u r i t y m e t h o d s . C i t i z e n r e s p o n s e to
t h e p r o g r a m has b e e n e n t h u s i a s t i c .
( C o n t a c t : H a r o l d R. R a y m o n d , C h i e f
of P o l i c e , P. O . B o x 1 2 7 8 , B e l l i n g h a m ,
W a s h i n g t o n 98225.)

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�Calendar
MEETINGS

DATES

LOCATION

Manager's Workshop

February 6-9

Master Planning for
Fire Protection

March 29, April 5,
12,17,19

Ramada I n n ,
Charlottesville
Statewide

Police Chiefs In-Service Training
Municipal Electric Power Association*

Spring
April 12-14

To be announced
Manassas

Va. Section, I C M A *

April 26-28

Weights and Measures Association*

July30-Aug. 1

Va. Association of Chiefs of Police*

August 13-16

Local Government Officials C o n f e r e n c e *

Late August

New Cavalier,
Virginia Beach
O m n i Hotel,
Norfolk
Hotel Roanoke,
Roanoke
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville
O m n i Hotel,
Norfolk
Ramada I n n ,
Charlottesville
Statewide

Virginia Municipal League*

j

September 17-19

Virginia Building Officials Association*

October 8-10

V M L Regional Meetings

November-December

*Annual Conference
Virginia Town &amp; City deadline is the 20th of every month, two months prior to publishing (April deadline
is February 20). LEAGUE LETTER deadline is the 12th of every month for that particular month (February
deadline is February 12th).

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Home Construction
Workshops

the Center for Continuing Education,
VPI &amp; S U , Blacksburg 24061.

" W o o d in Home C o n s t r u c t i o n " will
be offered by Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University in cooperation with the Virginia Division of
Forestry. The one-day seminar is intended for building code officials and
inspectors, government housing officia s, builders and architects, among
others. Speakers will emphasize how
to select the right material for the j o b ,
how to employ cost-saving and e n ergy-saving techniques and how to
protect wood products. Registration
fee of $16 per person includes lunch,
coffee, notebook and reference literature. Workshops around the state are
Richmond (Holiday Inn Airport), February 7; Norfolk (Lake Wright), February 14 and 15; Harrisonburg (Sheraton), February 2 1 ; Salem (Sheraton),
February 28; Martinsville (Dutch Inn),
March 1 ; and Abingdon (Martha
Washington Inn), March 7. Contact

Master Planning/Fire
Protection
"Master Planning for Fire Prot e c t i o n " is a joint program sponsored
by VPI &amp; SU and the State Fire Marshal's office. The six hour seminar is
directed toward building officials, city
and town managers, planners and fire
officials. All localities should send one
representative to one of the seminars.
Tentative dates and locations are:
March 29, Northern Virginia; April 5,
South H i l l ; April 12, Williamsburg;
April 17, M a r i o n ; and April 19, Staunton. For further information, contact
the State Fire Marshal's office, 804/
786-4751.

ANIMAL C O N T R O L
A handbook entitled " L o w Cost
Spay/Neuter Clinics: A Humane A n -

swer to the C r u e l Overpopulation of
Dogs and C a t s " is available from the
Society for Animal Rights, 421 South
State Street, Clarks Summit, PA 18411
at $2.50 per copy. The handbook presents detailed information on the clinics operated by the Department of
Animal Regulation of the City of Los
Angeles, which pioneered the clinic
concept to help solve the dog and cat
problem, and information on other
clinic measures from the Los Angeles
program which has reduced the number of animals collected, sheltered
and destroyed. A bill pending in the
U.S. Senate would provide for Federal
loans of up to $200,000 to units of local
governments for the purpose of establishing and providing initial operating costs for public, low-cost, nonprofit spay/neuter clinics for dogs and
cats. Sponsored by Senator Harrison
Williams of New Jersey, the bill, S.
2151, has been referred to the Senate
Committee on Human Resources of
which Senator Williams is Chairman.

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mechanical controls or linkages. John Deere closedcenter hydraulics provide constant hydraulic power
instantly when it's needed. Hydraulic control valves in the
system feature special interlocks that prevent hydraulic
cylinder drift—a problem that plagued earlier automatic
blade control systems.
J o h n D e e r e e l e c t r o n i c s a r e of s p a c e - a g e
t e c h n o l o g y . They're solid state in design, and durable
to hold up under the roughest operating conditions in
the field.
R e m e m b e r , it t a k e s a g o o d m a c h i n e a n d a g o o d
b l a d e c o n t r o l s y s t e m t o m a k e it all w o r k . For all
the details about ordering and installation, see your
John Deere Construction Equipment dealer, now.
John Deere, Moline, Illinois 61265.

�A-95, An Opportunity

By Benjamin A. Lacy and
Roslyn Brewer, Federal
Regional Council
Federally assisted programs and
Drojects require that participants folow certain procedures before funds
are granted. Among these procedures
is the A-95 Review Process. Issued in
1969 by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) in the Executive
Office of the President of the United
States, Circular A-95 is a procedure for
coordinating federal and federally-assisted programs and projects with
each other and with state, regional
and local plans, policies and programs.
One value of the review process is
that it provides a climate ifor intergovernmental cooperation even
though there may be structural obstacles, such as:
—At the federal level, programs of assistance to state and local government were developed piecemeal
and, taken as a whole, are not coherent as to policy and administration. They are often duplicative and
sometimes even in conflict with
each other;
—At the state level the Governor's
ability to manage is not only circumscribed by the State Constitution but administratively frustrated,
with respect to federal programs,
by functional bureaucracies;
—Local government is heavily fragmented both within and among jurisdictions; and
—Within individual jurisdictions
many federally-assisted programs
and projects cannot be planned
without reference to programs and
projects within other functional or
jurisdictional areas.
A-95 is an instrument for facilitating
the needed cooperation and to the
extent that this is achieved, federallyassisted programs and projects are
more likely to be better coordinated,
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The value to the applicant is that his
proposal has a better chance of being
funded when it is coordinated with
local and state interests. The review
process will reveal potential issues or
problems which may need to be resolved before his project can be approved. Furthermore, if there are reasons why his project cannot be
funded the information will be disclosed at an early stage and he will be
spared the trouble and expense of
preparing a formal application.
Participants in the A-95 process, in
addition to the applicant and the federal funding agency, may include:
The Areawide Clearinghouse, a

comprehensive planning agency
that has been recognized by the Office of Management and Budget as
the coordinative agency to perform
A-95 review functions. The areawide clearinghouse notifies local
agencies of applications for federal
funding and also reviews and comments itself on project proposals of
regional significance. Virginia has
23 areawide clearinghouses.
The State Clearinghouse, a coordinating agency of state government
designated by the governor to participate directly in the A-95 review
process. Similar to the areawide
clearinghouses, the state clearinghouse notifies state agencies of
pending proposals for federal assistance.
ReWew and Comment Agencies,
under A-95, all public agencies
(state, county, municipal and special districts) are entitled to act as
review and comment agencies if the
proposed activity in any way affects
their area of operation.
The following six steps outline procedures in the A-95 review process:
1. When a person formulates a
project which he as a potential applicant (POT A) feels justifies federal assistance, he will notify the
state and the areawide clearinghouse (CH) serving him with a
"Notice of Intent," which provides
a summary description of the proposed project.
2. If there is a state or local interest
in the project submitted, clearinghouses alert all interested parties
about the proposal, soliciting their
comments. Parties interested in the
proposal could include state and local agencies whose programs might
be affected, and agencies concerned with environmental impacts, civil rights goals, or coastal
zone management.
3. The potential applicant must give
clearinghouses 30 days to respond
to the "Notice of Intent," afterwhich he may proceed by sending a
completed application, including
documentation of his clearing-

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house notification, to the federal
funding agency.
If a clearinghouse response is returned within 30 days, it must indicate any difficulties with the proposal.
4. The potential applicant may proceed in one of several ways. If the
clearinghouse response indicates
that his proposal cannot be recommended for some reason, duplication for example, he can discontinue his quest (a) and he has been
spared the trouble and expense of
preparing a final application. If no
issues have been raised (b) he may
prepare and submit his application
directly to the federal funding
agency (FA). If he decides to continue and there are issues to be resolved, the potential applicant will
either (c) negotiate with those who
have raised issues until they are resolved or he may (d) submit a completed application for their review.
In both cases the clearinghouse
(CH) serves as the focal point. The
applicant may also simply write a
rebuttal to the comments (e) and
submit it with his final application
to the federal funding agency (FA).
5. If he decides to advance his proposal, the potential applicant becomes an applicant (A) by forwarding all comments from Step 4 with
his final application to the funding
agency, including documentation
that he has considered those comments.
6. The funding agency (FA) then
makes a decision on the application
and notifies the applicant and the
clearinghouses involved in the initial review of the project. Decisions
which the funding agency must
report are whether the project
is funded, deferred, returned for
amendment, rejected or withdrawn. If the decision is to fund the
project and that decision is incompatible with the recommendations of the clearinghouse, then the
federal agency must explain such
finding in its notice to the clearinghouses.

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FMC/BEAN —Sewer Cleaner
l A Y T O N MFO. CO. — Asphalt Pavart
MEYEKS-SHEKMAN — "Vaclor Jal Roddar"
RICHMOND MFO. C O . — Horizontal Baring Machinal

McCLAtN — Containars, Compactors
E l O I N - l E A C H — Swaaperi, Refuse Bodies
ATHEY MANUFACTURINO CO. — Maintainar Grader
SEAMAN COMPANY — Distributors, Pulverizers
R O Y E I FOUNDRY — Shredders
OIANT-VAC — Leaf Collectors

�This discussion has reviewed the
Project Notification and Review System, which is Part I of OMB Circular
A-95's four parts.
Part 11^ Direct Federal Development,
requires federal agencies engaging in
direct development of federal projects, to consult with those state and
local agencies and clearinghouses
which might be affected. These activities may be either the planning and
construction of federal public works,
or the acquisition, use and disposal of
federal land and real property.
Part III, State Plans and Multisource
Programs, is designed to assure that
state plans are adequately related to
other public activities. It requires that
governors be given an opportunity to
review and comment on their relationship to other state, regional and
local planning activities. It also allows
local review and comment, at the governor's discretion.
Part IV, Coordination of Planning in
Multijurisdictional Areas, encourages
federal agencies to utilize existing
sub-state district organizations to
carry out federally sponsored planning. Otherwise, justification must be
sent to OMB through the Federal Regional Council showing why the existing organization is not to be used. Part
IV requires an applicant other than
the established planning organization
to submit a memorandum of agreement covering the means by which
the two would coordinate their related planning activities. One of the
purposes of Part IV is to eliminate
overlap, duplication and competition
in state and local planning activities
assisted, or required, under federal
programs.
The opportunities for systematic
communication within and among
the several layers of government
which are created by the A-95 process
benefit all participants, particularly
the chief elected official of general
purpose government. As a reviewer
and a manager, he can involve himself
in proposals which are his direct concern, such as those affecting his policies or demanding matching funds
from his government. This provides
him with the best tool found thus far
to influence federal decisions on proposed projects that may affect his own
plans and programs.
Specific information and assistance
is available from several sources. The
Federal Regional Council provides
consultation service on the entire A95 process. Inquiries should be addressed to: Federal Regional Council,
Room 4450 Federal Building, 600 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, telephone (215) 597-3653.

Detailed information on the process is contained in the publication "A-

95: What it Is—How it Works" available for $1.05 from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Stock Number
041-001-00124 dated July 1 , 1976. An-

other source is the Federal Register,
Volume 41, Number 8, Tuesday, January 13, 1976 "Evaluation, Review and
Coordination of Federal and Federally
Assisted Programs and Projects."
Publications are often available
from Clearinghouses which are listed
in OMB A-95 Directory for State, Metropolitan and Regional Clearinghouses" published in the Federal
Register, Volume 42, Number 6,
Monday, January 10, 1977.

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COMPUTERS TO
COMMUNICATE
Communicating with businesses affected by Newport News laws, ordinances, resolutions and actions is the
objective of a computerized master
listing recently initiated by the City's
division of commerce.
Spearheading the project to compile a complete list of industrial and
commercial businesses in Newport
News is commerce director Al Schlim,
who described the goal and said he
believes the program "will enable the
City to better communicate with businesses, especially when actions are
taken that directly affect them."
He outlined the first phase of the
project which has involved his staff in
compiling an initial list of data found
in available records, the city directory,
telephone book and field surveys. Information being collected for the
computer program listing includes
name, address, type of product or service, number of employees and year
of establishment of each company.
Schlim, who

has identified

2,802

businesses to date, said over 300 businesses have started their activities in
Newport News with new licenses
within the past nine months.
"We sent letters and survey forms
to each of these businesses in November, with the objective of further purifying the computerized master list,"
the commerce director said. The return of the survey forms and even
those letters returned as "not deliverable" have helped in updating information in the data bank.
"We also placed ads in the local
newspapers advising businesses of this
project with hopes to reach those
businessmen who did not receive a
letter," Schlim said. Presently, he has
received responses from nearly 30
percent of the total number of businesses in the city. He emphasized that
the City commerce division will be
following up with those businesses

who do not reply. Those businesses
who have responded with problems
to discuss are presently being contacted by personal phone calls. The
division is now pursuing solutions to
67 problems presented so far as a result of the project.

First Economic Report
A new economic report which
compares the prime economic indicators between quarters is being
undertaken by the planning district
commission of Lee, Wise and Scott
counties and the City of Norton; it is
the first of its kind in the state.
According to Bruce Robinette, executive director of the commission,
the survey report will be valuable to
private businessmen and public officials, as well as others interested in the
district's economy.
The "Quarterly Index," as it will be
called, will establish trends from its
comparisons.
Economic indicators used were occupancy permits for single family
homes, multifamily units and mobile
homes, new car registrations, residential power connections, telephone
connections, average bank assets and
taxable sales.
In addition to the quarterly indicators, there will also be two annual
indicators provided, population
growth and per capita income. All figures are broken down by county and
the City of Norton.
The first index covers the period
from April 1, 1977 to June 30 and the
second from June 30 to September 30.
By publishing a two quarter report in
the beginning, LENOWISCO has established a starting point for trend
analysis.
Highlights of the first report indicate upward trends with a growth of
$5,555,172 from the quarter ending
June 30 to the quarter ending September 30. The report also shows that residents of the area are currently purchasing new cars at the rate of over 10
a day.
Other significant indicators for the
quarter ending September 30 include
an overall three-month increase of
390 residential power connections, 70
commercial power connections and
220 telephone connections. Bank assets were also up 4.7 percent over the
previous quarter.
It is the hope of the LENOWISCO
Planning District Commission that the
quarterly index will "fill a void which
has long been neglected," the commission reported, adding that it will
make it easier "getting a handle" on
growth in southwest Virginia.

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LYNCHBURG—An
engineering firm
was recommended to City Council to
serve as consultants to develop the
Lynchburg Municipal Airport master
plan at a cost of $72,200. T h e plan will
serve as a guideline to provide ways in
which the local airport can curb the
decrease in the number of passengers
boarding Piedmont Airlines' planes
during the last several years. The plan,
expected to take approximately 9
months to complete, is intended to
include special emphasis on improved
air service in Lynchburg.
WAKEFIELD—The
T o w n Council was
asked to consider developers for the
Town's 121-acre tract slated for industrial development. The request was
made to Council after the governing
body had received group proposals
for industrial use of 2 to 5 acres. In the
past. C o u n c i l has w a i t e d in e x pectation of a large industrial company as opposed to smaller ones.
FAIRFAX—For
the second c o n secutive year, the City has w o n national honors in the Keep America
Beautiful awards program. The City
was recognized for its efforts over the
past year to improve the appearance
of the community through such
means as environmental education
programs in the City schools, a newspaper pickup and recycling program,
a Citywide cleanup effort, tree and
shrubbery planting projects and a
residential and commercial awards
program. The awards spotlight the efforts of the City's public services
department and a nine member
Council-appointed Community A p pearance Committee.
ALEXANDRIA—City
Council is being
asked to decide whether to limit the
number of dogs a homeowner can
keep. The City's Board of Zoning Appeals has requested Council to study
the matter. If the study is approved by
C o u n c i l , the major question the City
staff w o u l d h a v e to c o n s i d e r is
whether to restrict the definition of
kennel to commercial or industrial
zones and whether to place a limit on
the number of dogs a person can
keep in a residential zone. T h e C o u n cil also recently passed an ordinance
that prohibits nonhandicapped motorists from parking in spaces on private property reserved for the handicapped. This is a constructive move to
provide needed assistance to the

handicapped. Police Chief Charles T.
Strobel has warned motorists that he
plans to crack down on those violating the regulation. Violators will be
towed from the parking space. Also in
Alexandria, the Landlord-Tenant Relations Board has approved three legislative changes that would aid all tenants living in the City. The changes
would clarify the eviction procedure
to be used w h e n a tenant has not paid
rent, require all landlords to abide by
the landlord-tenant law and allow either the City or the Commonwealth's
Attorney to intervene in cases w h e r e
there is a breakdown in services to
tenants. The Board's recommendations will be passed on to the City
C o u n c i l , and if approved, to the G e n eral Assembly.
RADFORD—President
Carter
declared Radford eligible for disaster relief assistance. The City does not know
exactly how much money will be received from the federal government
since the City will have to spend the
money first and then be reimbursed.
Administrative Assistant Bob Lloyd
said it could be anywhere from
$40,000 to $120,000.
HAVMARKfT—The
Town
Council
may vote to have a public hearing to
consider its continuance as an incorporated t o w n . Some councilmembers feel that the town would be best
served if they became a part of Prince
William County. Other councilmembers believe that giving up the T o w n
Charter would prevent the government from remaining close to the
people. Haymarket has been incorporated since 1799.
WINCHESTER-Jhe
master plan for
the City's recreation park was unanimously approved by the City C o u n c i l .
The Council approved the three
phase plan, w h i c h includes $796,000
worth of improvements, but did not
identify any specific funding proposals. The master plan is a ten-year
plan.
RICHMOND—C'My
Council approved
the plans for Project I, the proposal
for building a downtown convention center complex. Project I involves the spending of public and private money; the estimated cost to the
City would be $29 million.

NEW CASTLE—The
Town's request
for having a joint planning commission with Craig County has been approved by the county supervisors. The
T o w n does not have a planning commission of its own and asked the
Board of Supervisors if the Town
could be included in a County c o m prehensive plan that the Supervisors
expect to draw up soon. T h e Town
would be charged only for costs directly relating to naming its representative to the County commission.
FAIRFAX COUNTY—The
County has
been awarded $405,802 by the U.S.
Department of Labor to finance a
training program for high skill level
jobs for long term unemployed and
underemployed persons. Awards for
the new program, called the Skill
Training Improvement
Program
(STIP), were made on a competitive
basis. Fairfax County's was the only
proposal from a Virginia jurisdiction
to be selected for funding. It involves
participation by several local business
firms in the Federally financed and
County managed program. Under the
grant to Fairfax County, training and
job placement will take place in the
fields of computer technology, electronics and automotive repair.

VML Involved in Degree
Program
The Virginia Municipal League is
one of the advisors to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
to help develop its advanced degree
program in public administration. The
group of advisors which includes a
banker, a member of the House Appropriations Committee and a member of the State Department of Personnel and Training, discussed how to
relate research and public service
projects to the program, w h i c h leads
to a doctorate or Certificate of A d vanced Graduate Studies. The degree
program is for consultants, researchers and managers in public administration jobs.
The advisory group decided the
best program would be one that will
generate the public's confidence in
government services and will help
create policies to solve government
problems at a reasonable cost.

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CHEWNING-HOGGARD
AND A S S O C I A T E S , I N C .

HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
&amp; ASSOCIATES
LANDSCAPE ARCHnZCTUftZ

Geological, Soils and Environmental Consultants
Ground Water Studies
Land Disposal of Effluents and Sludges
Solid Waste Studies • Foundation Evaluations

ENGINEERING

201 East Gary Street
Richmond, Va. 23219
Phone 804/649-8627

DEWBERRY, NEALON &amp; DAVIS

HENNINGSON.
DURHAM A
RICHARDSON

Environmental and Public Works Engineering
Engineering Plans, Studies and Laboratory Sen/ices

Consulting Engineers, Planners and Architects
Vienna, Virginia • Phone: (703) 281-2400
Staunton, Virginia • Ptione: (703) 886-8555

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ROD GREGG
620 l^ay Avenue • Norfolii, Vo. . 235 16
eirchwood Office Pork - VQ.Beach.Vo,. 23452
8550 Arlington Blvd.- Fuirfox, Vo, • 22030

G R E E L E Y AIMD

Gannett Fleming
Corddry &amp; Carpenter
Engineers and Planners

Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

114 Eist C.rv Strt«t • Richmond, Virgini. 23219
T4l«ptlon&lt;: 804/644 9493

H A N S E N

Construction Services For W a t e r ,
W a s t e w a t e r And Solid W a s t e s

CONSULTING

ENVIRONMENTAL

ENGINEERS

123S8 Warwick Boulevard,
Newport Newi, VA 23606

703/534-8716

RUSSELL &amp; AXON
Engineering and Planning
n i l Northshore Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
Telephone: 615/588-6444

Consultants

1028 Olde Forge Plaza
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
Telephone: 703/371-8040

Officas In; Florida • Georgia • T o n n o i s e * • Missouri
Illinois • South Carolina • North Carolina • Virginia

T H E PITOMETER ASSOCIATES

McDONALD

HURT &lt;• PROFITT, INC.

a Professional Corporation
Highways, Railroads, Foundations, Waterfront
Facilities, Water Supply, Sewage
Disposal, Planning
Studies • Reports • Design • Consultation
484 N e w t o w n R d .
Virginia Beach, V a .

Falls Church, V A

Norfolk, V A
804/461-0155

I M A L C O L M PIRNIE
l E N G l N E E R S , INC.

2 3 9 S Riverside Plaza • Chicago. iL 6 0 5 0 6 • I 3 1 2 ) - 6 4 e - n 5 5
5 2 0 6 Markei Road • Pichmond. VA 2 3 2 3 0 • 1 9 0 4 1 - 2 8 5 - 9 0 0 9
New York 1 0 0 0 7
Philadelphia 19103
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Orainage»Water &amp; Sewerage Systems - S u r v e v i n g
E n v i r o n m e n t a l Sturjies • P r i v a t e P r o j e c t s

Studies. Designs And

LANGLEY,

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8411 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, Virginia (703) 560-1100
113 South Chestnut St., Marion, Virginia (703) 783-7271
1640 Maple Dr., Danville, Virginia (804) 799-9403
1400 Pleasant View, Staunton, Virginia (703) 886-3957

Austin Drockenbrough
and Associates

E N G I N E E R S

CONSULTING

H B &amp; A OF VIRGINIA
!'. O . Box 2125
Virginia Beach, \. 23432
Phone 004/340-5050

11!24 Jdfenoi, Avenue. Newport ^Jew!. Virginia 23601- 804-595 5561

Betz-Converse-Murdoch
Potomac Group, Inc.

PLANNING

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

E N G I N E E R I N G • MUNICIPAL P L A N N I N G

Engineers -

Planners -

Engineers
Water Waste Surveys
Trunk Main Surveys
Water Distribution Studies
Special Hydraulic Investigations

Surveyors

Semtery
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Soil, a, Foundeiioni
L vncr)burg. Vifg.n.a Z4505
Tolepiiooe 18041 847-7796

1933 Fort Avenue

100 Church St., New York, N. Y. 10007
Chicago Columbia Atlanta New Milford, Ct.

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS
WATER S U P P L Y » REPORTS • SEWERAGE S Y S T E M S
DESIGNS
• SEWAGE DISPOSAL
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P. O . Box 8687
1514 Willow Lawn Drive
Richmond, Virginia 23226
Phone 282-7657

BUCK, SEIFERT &amp; JOST,
INCORPORATED
Con»utttng Engln*«r»
Water Supply • S e w a g e • Industrial
Waste Treatment • Trealability Studies
! 140 Sylvan Avenue, P.O. Box 1218
Englewood Cliffs, N J . 07632 201 -567-8990
• 405 So. Parliament Drive. Suite 101
Virginia Beach, Va 23462 804-499-4596

FREDERICK 6 . GRIFFIN, INC.

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ENGINEERS k PLANNERS

Communications, 911 Studies,
Alarm Systems, Mobile Radio
Systems, Telephone, Cable
Television, Industrial
Engineering Monitor and
Telemetry Systems.
7212 Timberlake Road • Lynchburg, V a . 24502
804/237-2044

J. K. TIMMONS &amp; ASSOCIATES, INC.
CONSULTING

ENGINEERS

1314 W. Main St. • Richmond,
Telephone
353-6687
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SOUTHERN ENGINEERING
COMPANY OF VIRGINIA
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
1000 Crescent Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404-892-7171

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MARSH &amp; BASGIER, INC. P.C.

Over 500 Surveys
Position Classification and Pay Plans
Management and Organizational Studies
Test Construction—Fire and Police Studies

ENGINEERS — SURVEYORS — PLANNERS

2830 Mary Street, Falls Church, Va. 22042
730/560-6900

Virginia Beach, V a . (23452)

ROSSER H. PAYNE 6 ASSOCIATES
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101 N. Plaza Trail — 804-340-2631

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ENGINEERS^ S U R V E Y O R S ° P L A N N E R S

FOK V I R G I N I A ' S

Land S u r v e y i n g

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DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

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59 culpepcr st.
warrcnton . va.
(703) 347-3600

Engineers-Consultants
COMPLETE ENGINEERING SERVICES
N. Charles St, Baltimore, Md.

21201

2733 TIDEWATER

MASS TRANSIT PLANNING

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Mechanics'

NASHVILLE

NORFOLK

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N O R F O L K . \ ' A . 23509

URBAN DEVELOPMENT/TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING / DESIGN / IMPLEMENTATION

P L A N N I N G ft D E S I G N

S T R U C T U R A L ft C I V I L

5721 Sellger Drive

Environmental

1730

Studies, D e s i g n " ^

and C o n s t r u c t i o n

Management

Gilbert Associates of Virginia, Inc.

Engineers/Consultants
4 t 1 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, Virginia 2 3 3 2 0

B A R T O N - A S C H M A N A S S O C I A T E S . INC.

DESIGN

PARKING ANALYSIS A F A C I L I T I E S DESIGN
TRANSPORTATION

Traffic E n g i n e e r s

Water Supply and Purification ' Sewerage and
Sewage Treatment • Streets and Highways •
Investigations and Reports • Supervision of
Construction.

KIMLEY-HORN ^nd ASSOCIATES. INC.
&amp; HIGHWAY

ASSOCIATES

Development

R. K E N N E T H W E E K S
ENGINEERS

ASSOCIATES

T R A f PIC OPEHATIONS

C. OVERMAN

engineers • surveyors- planners

Phone ( 8 0 4 ) 7 4 6 - 5 2 8 5

WHITMAN, REQUARDT AND

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Water &amp; W a s t e w a t e r E n g i n e e r s

ECONOMIC STXiBIES

WILLIAM

Sverdrup

Sverdrup &amp; Parcel
and Associates, Inc.
aoo North I2ih Boulevard
St LOUIE, Missouri 63101

Downtown Revitalization/Malls
Community/Economic Development
Traffic/Transportation/Parking
Transit Needs/Ope rations
Parks/Recreation/Preservation

314,436-7600
TWX

910-761-108S

Cable SPECO St. Louis

St. NW; Washington, D.C. 20006; (202) 466-8230

Raymond, Parish, Pine &amp; Plavnick
ENVIHONMENT AL

Planning &amp; Community
Development Consultants
1010 Vermont Avenue N.W,, Suite 800
Washington, D C . 20005
202 783-2924

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Patton. Harris, Rust &amp; Guy
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1603 S a n t a R o s a R o a d
Tyler B u i l d i n g - S u i t e 120
R i c h m o n d , VA 2 3 2 8 8
804-288-4051

CH2MKHILL i g .
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on Environmental Systems
Eastern Regional Office: 1930 Isaac Newton Square E
Reston, VA 22090
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P C Box 3855, Charlotte, NC 28203 / 704-374-1822
Syracuse, NY / Poughkeepsie, NY / Philadelphia, PA / Dover, D E / Chillicothe, OH

Virginia'j Only

McMANlS ASS0CI.4TES, INC.
Washington • San Francisco
Management Consultants to City and County Governments
Productivity Analysis " Fiscal and fvtanagement Systems
Community Developnwnt o CETA/fVlanpower Services o Economic Development
1201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Wasfiington, D.C. (202)296-1355

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7 2 5 C h u r c h Sf • • - l y n c h b u r g , V o , * 804 846.2711

Williom W. Wmfree, Jr
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• Advisor cm Finiinciiil and Markeling MeitUirs
Rrliiting lo Issuiincc; of Municipal Bonds
• Posilion CUissificalion/Ciompcnsalion Plans
• Manaj^cmfml and Orjjanization Studios
• Exnculivf; Search and S('l(u;tion

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1 0 2 5 C O N N E C T I C U T A V E . N.W.
W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20036
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Cresap, McComnick and F^get

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P.O. BOX 45 Virginia Beach, Va. 23458
804/422-1711

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Municipal Organization
Police and Fire
Public Works
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Economic Development
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Education Administration
Operations Review
Courts and Probation
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V I R G I N I A

POLICE &amp; G U A R D E Q U I P M E N T
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CONSTRUCTION CASTINGS S I N C E 1924
233 Telegraph Road
ALEXANDRIA, V I R G I N I A 22314
(703) 960-3220

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Pol lutiOfi Control
Chemists
Bacteriologists
Clinical Testing

G e o r g e C u n n i n g h a m , Field Representative
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P L A Y G R O U N D and PARK E Q U I P M E N T

Engineers
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Specialty Manufacturers

218 N ADAMS S T R E E T RICHMOND VA 23220
804/649-9620

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B=x 9554 L a k e s i d e Br., R i c h m o n d , V a . 23228
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B L U E F I E L D - COBURN

P R O D U C T S AND S I G N S
3027 LINCOLN A V E .

EQUIPMENT LEASING
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of machinery, equipment, aircraft, store fixtures, furniture, computers, chattel mortgages, leasebacks, vendor programs, and Investment credit transactions. Delta Leasing
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                    <text>�Editorial
UNIFORM SENTENCING PROCEDURES
Holding statewide office is quite a contrast to service in the General
Assembly. The legislative process is one of negotiation and compromise,
where 140 men and women become the voices of their constituents in
considering legislation. When a proposal is considered, each legislator has
but one vote among many. In the executive branch, both the Governor and
Attorney General are responsible to all the people of our diverse Commonwealth and each has the ultimate responsibility to mold and execute
policy. There is no "collective" responsibility for a decision; it all rests, in
the end, with one person.
I feel that my years in the House and Senate of Virginia have prepared
me for working with the diverse interests represented in Virginia. My
constituency included towns, three growing cities and urbanizing and rural
counties so I have become well aware of the problems facing municipalities.
As you know, my primary responsibility is to provide legal services and
advice to the Commonwealth, but my office also works with local government. While the primary source of legal advice to local government is its
county, city or town attorney, my office will be available to assist you in
any manner possible to resolve legal issues. It is my intent to expedite
responses to your questions and to reduce any delays you may have
experienced in receiving formal or informal advice.

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One problem which affects all of us, but especially municipalities is
crime. One of my priorities is to promote reform in our criminal justice
system, and I wish to acquaint you with a proposal that I have made to
reform our criminal sentencing procedure.
It has become apparent that what we are doing now is not working
because there are no uniform guidelines. A defendant's sentence is
determined, more often than not, by who he is, where he lives, or which
judge is presiding. If two men rob a convenience store, it is possible
that one may receive a suspended sentence, while the other may serve
ten years in jail. This is hardly equal justice under the law.
In addition to punishment, another hoped-for effect of prison is deterrence; but that benefit is lost when there is no certainty in sentencing.
Criminals are gamblers, and they know that the odds are they can beat
the system even if they are convicted.
That same system is deceptive and frustrating to the people. If our
citizens are satisfied that 10 years in prison is appropriate punishment for
an offense, they may be dismayed to learn that the offender can be
paroled after serving only two and a half years.
Clearly, it is time for a change. If an offense deserves five years
imprisonment, the criminal should serve five years and not one year or ten
years. If a person knew he would serve five years for the offense, he
might be less inclined to commit it.
I have prepared draft legislation for uniform sentencing procedures,
which I will recommend to the General Assembly in my capacity as chief
legal officer of the Commonwealth. My former colleague. Senator Wiley
Mitchell, has introduced the measure in the Senate.
The intent of this legislation is to establish a specific "presumptive"
sentence for every crime in the Commonwealth. Under the law, a presiding judge would be expected to give the presumptive sentence which fit
the circumstances, unless he explained in writing his reasons for deviating
from it. The effect would be that most sentences for a given crime under
similar circumstances would be the same.
Once a sentence has been given and the appeal procedure completed,
the full sentence would be served, less time off for good behavior. The
parole system would be abolished, since a criminal would be expected to
serve a full sentence. The people and the criminal would know that a tenyear sentence is a ten-year sentence, and the only hope for being released sooner lies in being a model prisoner.
This proposal is comprehensive and may seem to be a dramatic
departure from our current practice. But we should be reminded, as the
Constitution of this Commonwealth instructs, that "no free government,
nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by firm
adherence to justice [and] moderation." Criminal sentencing is the major
area in which the State seeks to draw the delicate balance between the
rights of society and individual rights. We must subject this process
to our goal of equal justice under law—to bring justice and moaeration to criminal sentencing. Seeking justice seems to me the most
fitting way to begin my tenure as Attorney General. I hope you will
join in that effort.

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VOLUME 13

NUMBER 3

5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
8 REFLECTIONS OF A MAYOR'S WIFE
12 MUNICIPAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
15 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE ARTS
16 THE WELL-PAID PUBLIC EMPLOYEE

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�COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT &amp; VIRGINIA
LOCALITIES
By CARROLL A. MASON
The Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, Public Law 93-383, was signed on August 22,
1974. The Act marked a new era in relations between
the Federal Government and units of general local
government. Title I of the Act, the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), consolidated seven existing categorical grants-in-aid programs administered by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development. The oldest of these programs had been in force for 25 years.
The new program simplified local application and
Federal review requirements to avoid funding delays
and uncertainties. Local elected officials, rather than
special-purpose agencies, are now responsible for
determining community development needs, establishing priorities and allocating resources. In addition, entitlement grants are made to smaller "hold
harmless" cities on the basis of their prior program
experience in the categorical grant programs. Other
units of general local government may receive discretionary grants from several funds established in
the legislation.

Local elected officials are now responsible for determining needs

Community development activities that may be
carried out using community development block
grant funds include all activities eligible for funding
through the categorical grant programs and certain
new activities within the spectrum of community
development. Block grant funds may be used anywhere within the local governments' jurisdictions to
serve principally the needs of low- or moderateincome people, to aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight, or to meet other urgent
community needs.
Programs consolidated into the community development block grant are Urban Renewal, which includes Neighborhood Development Program (NDP),
Model Cities, Water and Sewer, Open Space Land,
Neighborhood facilities. Rehabilitation Loans and
Public Facilities Loans. Units of general local government having direct entitlement to block grants are
arranged by state, along with applicable discretionABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carroll A. Mason is the Richmond Area Director, Department
of Housing and Urban Development.

ary funds which have been allocated among the
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA's) and
state governments.
Under Title I of the Act, major cities and many
large counties are entitled to receive a community
development block grant, the amount of which is
based upon an objective needs formula. Such units
of government, accustomed to receiving community
development funds from HUD at a level higher than
their entitlement using the formula, have continued
to receive their prior program level over the first few
years of the Act and are commonly known as hold
harmless. The "hold harmless" provision which allows for this, is also extended to certain smaller communities which, while not qualifying for a formula
entitlement, have participated in specified categorical programs which are superseded by the block
grant program. The requirements for direct entitlement are set forth in Federal Regulations, Part 570.
Discretionary Balance Funds are those funds remaining from those appropriated each year, after
providing funds to units of government having a
direct entitlement to block grants, and are allocated
among metropolitan areas (SMSA's) and, in the case
of non-metropolitan areas, on a state by state basis.
These funds are used for making grants to states and
units of general local government based on comjetition among those located in the geographic
joundaries for which the funds are allocated. Other
discretionary funds are also available under the Act
for special purposes (urgent needs and secretary's
funds).
A key distinction between categorical grants-inaid and the block grant program is that all funds in
the new program are distributed to units of general
local government. Unlike earlier programs, special
purpose agencies (redevelopment authorities, local
public agencies, local housing authorities, school or
park districts) are not eligible applicants or direct
recipients of funds.
The Community Development Block Grant Program years are 1975, 1976 and 1977. The total dollar
volume for all CDBG programs under the jurisdiction of the Richmond Area Office in the Commonwealth of Virginia (as of January 11, 1978)
amounts to over $180,000,000 of which $84,000,000
has been dispersed to units of general local government. Of this amount, $140,000,000 has been approved for entitlement cities with $72,000,000 being
dispersed. Discretionary applications have been approved for an amount in excess of $29,000,000 in
grant funds with $10,000,000 being dispersed. During
this three-year period, Virginia communities have
been approved for $14,000,000 in urgent needs funds
with approximately $1,000,000 being dispersed. Approximately $800,000 has been obtained from the
Appalachian Regional Commission and the Economic Development Administration (EDA) with
HUD providing the local share. Approximately 100
Virginia communities with geographical representation covering the entire State have received Community Development Block Grant funds. This disbursement represents 21 entitlement communities
and 80 discretionary communities. While these figures in total dollars and in the number of participat-

�ing urisdictions seem impressive, the demand for
funds far outstrips available resources.
A large number of entitlement localities have used
their CDBG funds for continuation and completion
of urban renewal projects. Localities using entitlement funds for continuation and completion of
urban renewal activities include Chesapeake, Hopewell, Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Norton,
Petersburg, Richmond, Roanoke, Saint Paul, Hampton and Williamsburg.
Rehabilitation of existing housing is a popular activity of entitlement cities. Cities participating in this
type of program are Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton and Chesapeake. At the present time, additional entitlement
cities are in the process of considering this program.
Far and away the most popular activity of discretionary communities is water and sewer systems.
Many of these communities have been declared by
the State Health Department to have an extreme
emergency due to the quality of water furnished its
citizens.
Three Virginia communities are participating in
urgent needs funding, one of which is completing a
neighborhood facility while the two others are involved in urban renewal projects.
Chief benefit—allows localities to change funding priorities

In helping to meet the needs of communities applying for assistance, HUD has simplified its requirements under the CDBG Program. CDBG regulations
have been reduced substantially when compared to
those for categorical grant programs. Under the
CDBG program, one application per locality is required each year compared to an average of five per
year previously. CDBG legislation requires that entitlement applications be approved automatically if
HUD does not act within 75 days.
One of the chief benefits which localities have
derived from the CDBG program is an opportunity
to change their funding priorities. Our experience
indicates that in excess of 90 percent of localities
with prior HUD Categorical Program involvement
have made some change in their highest funding
priorities. Of particular significance under the CDBG
Program has been an increase in the number of small
cities funded with less than 25,000 population.
There are many reasons why government is interested in housing and its associated benefits. Philosophically, the interest is in the quality of living associated with good housing. Practically, it is a matter of
economics. Slums require higher public expenditures than other areas for police and fire protection, public health work and welfare.
Government is directly related to housing in many
ways, through regulations in building codes in both
private enterprise and in public expense houses or
apartments which are sold or rented. All levels of
government are directly involved local, state and
national. It behooves each community to provide
the best housing, and its associated by-products,
possible for the betterment of all citizens. Each of us
will, in the long run, gain from the eradication of
problem areas, in housing.

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VIRGINIA CREATES A
DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
by Marcia S. Mashaw
Institute of Government, University of
Virginia
On July 1,1978, the Commonwealth
of Virginia will consolidate activities
from several state agencies to create a
Department of Housing and Community Development. The change was
authorized by the 1977 General Assembly in response to recommendations from the Commission on State
Governmental Management (the
Hopkins Commission). The Commission felt that fragmentation of responsibilities had prevented effective state
programs in the areas of housing and
community development. This move
is important to local officials because
it will change patterns of state-local
interaction in affected service areas
and because it will heighten the visibility and, possibly, the political importance of a group of programs
which are important to local government.
As stated in a task force report submitted to Governor Mills E. Godwin in
December, 1977, the mission of the
Department of Housing and Community Development will be "to enhance
the quality of individual and community life by promoting suitable housing and safe, healthy and economically viable communities." The new
department, which will be responsible to the Secretary of Commerce
and Resources, will combine into one
agency the existing Office of Housing,
the State Fire Marshal's Office, the divisions of Local and Regional Planning
and Special Programs (presently in the
Department of Intergovernmental Affairs), and the local technical assistance activities of the Office of Human
Resources (all now housed in the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs). In addition, the Virginia Housing Development Authority will be
included within the department in order to maintain liaison in the develop-

ment of state housing policy.
Responsibilities transferred from
the Department of Intergovernmental
Affairs to the new department include:
• collecting information on planning and development activities in
Virginia's governmental subdivisions
and gathering data related to city or
county boundary alterations, changes
in form or status of government, intergovernmental agreements and arrangements and such other information as it may deem necessary
• assisting planning agencies, planning district commissions, service districts and governmental subdivisions
in the preparation of development
plans and programs, service district
plans or consolidation agreements
• assisting the Governor in reviewing budgets submitted by planning
district commissions in accordance
with §15.1-1412 of the Code of Virginia
• administering federal grant assistance programs related to economic and community development;
i.e., from the Appalachian Regional
Commission, the Economic Development Administration and similar federal agencies; and
• administering the provisions of
the Urban Assistance Incentive Fund
Act.
Housing activities will be an expansion of those presently performed by
the Office of Housing. These include:
• developing state housing and
community development policies,
goals, plans and programs for the consideration of the Governor and the
General Assembly
• determining housing requirements of the state and designing programs to coordinate the elements of
housing production, with an attempt
to assure the availability of housing
where and when needed
• coordinating the various state
housing programs and cooperating
with state agencies which engage in
housing-related activities and
• establishing and promoting various public informational and educational programs relating to housing,
including programs on the availability

of housing assistance from different
levels of government, programs designed to prepare families for home
ownership, programs to assist sponsors in the development of low and
moderate income housing and programs designed to lessen the problems of rental housing management.
In order to promote coordination
of housing programs and policies, the
new law requires that the Housing
and Development Authority submit
reports to the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development on the Authority's policies, objectives, priorities, operations
and programs.
In addition, the department will administer the provisions of the Industrialized Building Unit and Mobile
Safety Law and the Virginia Fire Safety
Law (both of which are presently administered by the State Corporation
Commission) and the provisions of
the Uniform Statewide Building Code
(presently administered by the Office
of Housing).
A nine-member Board of Housing
and Community Development will be
appointed by the Governor, subject
to confirmation by the General Assembly. The Board's duties will include monitoring the policies and activities of the department; advising
the Governor, the Secretary of Commerce and Resources, and the director of the department on housing and
community development matters;
providing a means of citizen access to
the department; publicizing the policies and programs of the department;
and making rules and regulations
which may be necessary to carry out
its responsibilities.
The reorganization follows a national trend to consolidate housing
and community development programs into one agency. Although the
law provides for no major new activities, the creation of a department indicates an awareness that housing and
community development has come of
age as a distinct and important service
area. Furthermore, the consolidation
of existing programs may provide the
administrative structure and concentrate political support for expanded
efforts in the future.

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MAYOR'S WIFE
By RUTH MILLER

The City of Falls Church is a very unique place to
live because it consists of only two square miles in
the midst of the sprawling urban counties of Fairfax
and Arlington in Northern Virginia. It has managed
to maintain a community atmosphere and residential
character but not without the efforts of the citizens.
Because of its size, every event that takes place in
Falls Church affects the entire community.
The cooperation and support of the citizens of
Falls Church make it an enjoyable task to be mayor
to someone who believes that city government is for
the people. My husband, Hal Miller, does just that—
he enjoys being the mayor of Falls Church.
As a result of encouragement from many people,
in 1971 Hal decided to run for City Council. Although he had never had any particular interest in
politics, other than helping in political campaigns,
Hal had been involved in civic activities such as
youth groups, mental health and drug abuse programs, among others. We entered the campaign with
two commitments: first, to help others and second,
to support what he was doing.
Campaigning was exciting as well as challenging
and winning was exhilarating. Since, we have experienced another general election and we were reminded of the unusual quality of the people in Falls
Church. They unite and work hard for the goals they
find important in keeping this a city for the people.
What started out for us as a commitment to help
others has grown into a love for the City of Falls
Church and a desire to serve.
All of the excitement and sense of accomplishment does not come about without the many hours
of time spent away from the family. I would like to
reflect on how public service has made a difference
in our lives. Ha is a wholesale lumber-broker and I
assist him in his business, operated out of our home.
Our five daughters Maureen (21), Sharon (18), Kellie
(13), Melissa (9) and Patrica (3), complete our family.
Even though I had given Hal my support in becoming involved in public office, there was a time when I
fe t that I needed to compete with him to have a
sense of fulfillment in my own life. I failed to realize
how important it is to put the needs of others first.
We were trying to serve the wants of the citizens
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ruth Miller is the wife of the Honorable Harold L. Miller,
Mayor of Falls Church.

and, in turn, were receiving much support from
them. As I began to put away my selfish and jealous
ambitions and give Hal the support he needed, he in
turn recognized my desires and was supportive of
my own endeavors.
Instead of going our separate ways, we began to
enrich the lives of each other. We have found it
important to make a commitment to spend time
together, even if it is once a week. To have time for
one another is vital to any couple. There are times
that we go out together for an occasional lunch date
or a walk in the evening following an early family
dinner. We have set aside a special time to be with
our children, an hour on Friday afternoons, and
everything stops while we come together. Each person takes a turn planning an activity for that family
hour.
Our children seem to understand the importance
of the time their father has to spend away from
them; however, there is an occasional expression
from one of them about wanting him at home more
often. Melissa would like to have him home every
night, simply because he is the only one who is
willing to play cards with her every night. Since our
business is at home, Hal is here in the morning with
the activity that accompanies getting everyone off to
school, which is an advantage. On the other hand,
having the mayor's business at home produces other
results. Sharon recalls the morning she answered the
Dhone and had to listen patiently to someone read a
ong letter because they thought she was the secretary answering the phone. Sometimes the phone call
is from a reporter wanting to tape on-the-spot comments to be aired on the radio during the day. An
occasional call will come during the day from a citizen who has a complaint and just needs someone to
listen and to be courteous to them. There have been
a few annoying calls but they are rare.
When the three older children have gone to
school and Patricia is settled down with her activities,
Hal and I spend what we consider the most important part of our day; we turn to God in prayer for the
city and any particular problems that may be facing
us. We are thankful that it is possible to be in public
service.
Availability is a must for a public servant. Hal has
made it possible for citizens to offer suggestions, get
explanations or ask questions about the city by being

�at City Hall on Monday evenings from 5:00-7:00. it
has been a valuable way to keep the door open to all
citizens. Once an irate citizen brought a tape recording of the noise in his neighborhood to one of the
Monday evening sessions for Hal to listen to for a
half-hour. He was so concerned for the citizen that
one Sunday afternoon we went with him to this
particular neighborhood to hear the noise the citizen had complained about. We left our driveway
amid the noise of a neighbor mowing a lawn, another using a power saw on a tree, a teenager working on his car with the radio full blast, a skate board
roaring down the hill and wondering what kind of
noise we would be facing elsewhere. We drove
down the street of Mr. X and it was very quiet; we
were the only ones in sight. One of our children
spoke up and said, "They must have told all the
children that the mayor was coming to their street."
This past year brought even more change to our
lives since Hal was elected Chairman of the Board for
the Council of Governments. The major problem
facing the metropolitan Washington area was water
supply, bringing a response from many organizations
as well as radio and television coverage. We became
very serious about conserving water in our own

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home and installed water saving devices on the
shower and toilet. When a television station wanted
to film our bathroom, my first reaction was, no way; I
have to maintain some privacy and this is too much.
After some thought, however, I realized these water
saving devices are beneficial and could help to educate others about their advantages as well as how to
install them. I moved out the dog's water dish and
the diaper pail, and let the cameras in. It was filmed
so that it was extremely helpful to others and in very
good taste.
We have a special time to be with our children.

What we have received from being a part of the
history of Falls Church will remain with all of us.
Maureen will be getting married this year and has
chosen the historical Cherry Hill Farm to be the site
of her wedding reception. The parks in the City are a
delight to Patricia, and the bicycle trail, tennis courts
and square dancing at block parties are all fond
memories of Sharon, Kellie and Melissa.
There are many things our family has encountered
during these years of public service. We can all say,
however, that it is only in giving that we truly receive.

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Rattley Invited

Newport News Vice Mayor and Second Vice President of the National
League of Cities, yf5S/f M. RATTLEY,
was invited by the Secretary of State,
Cyrus R. Vance, to be a member of
the Presidential delegation to Budapest, Hungary on January 5. The purpose of the trip was for Secretary
Vance to return the Crown of St. Stephen to the Hungarian people. The
Crown of jewels, a symbol of Christianity and independence to Hungarians, was entrusted to the U.S. soldiers
at the end of World War II and locked
in a vault in Fort Knox, Kentucky until
Its return. Vice Mayor Rattley traveled
with congressmen, ambassadors and
other selected guests.

New Henrico Manager

FRANK A. FAISON, city manager of
Pensacola, Florida, was named manager of Henrico County. A native of
Richmond, he is a graduate of VPI&amp;SU
and attended graduate school at the
University of Chicago. Faison had
been city manager of La Grange Park,
Illinois and Danville prior to his position in Pensacola.

Larew Dies

W I L L I A M P. LAREW, Gloucester
County administrator, died January
22. Before taking the Gloucester job,
Larew was county administrator in
nearby York County. A native of
Beckley, W. Va., he had been a resident of the Tidewater area for the last
15 years. Larew received a B.S. degree
from West Virginia Institute of Technology.

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Hampton Mayor ANN H. KILGORE
was one of 28 mayors across the nation invited to attend the White
House Conference on Balanced
Growth on January 29-February 2 in
Washington, D.C. President Carter
addressed the Conference and received reports on the final day of
the five-day meeting, which was designed to develop national guidelines for growth. Mayor Kilgore is the
Immediate Past President of the VML
and serves on the VML Executive
Committee.

First Woman City Manager

WILDA M. FERGUSON was appointed
City Manager of Manassas Park, making her the first woman city manager
in the state. Ms. Ferguson received
her undergraduate degree from
Meredith College, North Carolina
and received graduate degrees from
Virginia Commonwealth University
and Nova University, Florida concentrating on social work and public
administration. She has been affiliated
with the social services department in
Lynchburg and Richmond, and was
employed by the United Virginia
Methodist Children's Home. In July,
1976, she was named director of social
services of Manassas Park. Ms. Ferguson became acting city manager on
August 3, 1977 and was named city
manager effective January 3,1978. She
is a member of the American Society
for Public Administration and the National Association of Social Workers.

Smiley Appoints Staff

Newport News City Manager Frank
Smiley appointed JOHN L. WARE and
RANDY W. HILDEBRANDT as Assistant City Managers and appointed HAL
H. HOLKER as Development Director.
Ware has been with the City of New
Rochelle, New York since 1974 and
has served in various capacities including affirmative action director
and management liaison for New Rochelle's community development
program. Hildebrandt served as budget director for the City of Syracuse,
New York and had the responsibility
of a $60 million municipal budget and
the development of a six-year capital
investment program. Both Ware and
Hildebrandt hold graduate degrees
from Syracuse University in public administration. Holker, who served for
the past seven years as executive director of the Los Angeles Central City
Development Corporation, was educated at the University of Southern
California and the University of Chicago and received a graduate degree
from the University of Wisconsin.
Prior to his position with the development corporation, he was executive
vice president of the Greater Camden
Movement, Camden, New Jersey, and
was executive vice president of the
Greater Trenton Council, Trenton,
New Jersey.

Shands Named

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
named MRS. NANCY LAMB SHANDS
of Falls Church to be a member of the
Fairfax County Water Authority. She
fills the unexpired term of Thomas C.
Roeing, who served as a member of
the Authority during the past five
years and recently resigned because
of increasing business obligations.
Mrs. Shands is presently employed as
the Community Development Director of the Arena Living Stage and has
been active in civic affairs in Fairfax
County and in California.

Councilmanic Changes

ROBERT I. TRAISTER was appointed
by the Front Royal Town Council to
fill the unexpired term of Vice Mayor
Jack H. Albert. Councilman Kermit
Nichols was voted to serve as Vice
Mayor. Boyce Town Councilman
CARL POPE resigned from his position as councilman and JULIAN
OVERLY was appointed to fill his
unexpired term. Overly will serve on
Council until the next general election on July 1, 1978. Chase City Town
Council appointed HUNTER E. GURLEY to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of L. C. DANIELS. Gurley,
a local businessman, has been a member of the Chase City Volunteer Fire
Department and served as chief from
1969 to 1977. He is also a state fire
instructor for fire service training.

Lundberg, Former Manager,
Dies

ALBERT LUNDBERG, former Arlington County Manager and a long time
Arlington resident, died January 16,
1978. A native of Pittsville, Massachusetts, he served as manager from 1947
until his retirement in 1962. Lundberg
was known during his tenure for his
balanced budgets and efficient government operation. A graduate of
Ohio Northern University, he was the
chief engineer of the water department and served as director of public
services for Arlington County prior to
becoming county manager. The Virginia Municipal League extends sympathy to the family of Albert Lundberg and the County of Arlington.

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Local officials realize that a leash
law must be adopted and why it needs
to be obeyed. But citizen X and his
family do not want to put a leash on
Fido. How do you make citizen X realize the importance? You must inform
him. Public information has been neglected too long; it can make managing local government easier.
Municipal public information programs throughout the nation are gaining acceptance as legitimate local
government management functions.
City officials, both appointed and
elected, understand the growing importance of improving communication. It cannot be a lot of hot air. M u nicipal public information programs
must be based on a foundation of
solid city government accomplishment. Tom Killeen, former public information officer for the City of Detroit, said it best years ago, " W e don't
operate in a vacuum. W e have to
move in two directions—better information to the public and better c o m munication by municipal performance."
Killeen noted, for example, that if
10 city employees mishandle citizens
in their daily contacts with t h e m , most
of the efforts of the public relations
staff just goes down the drain. M u n i c ipalities have to perform before they
can blow their own horns. Part of the
public's credibility gap in municipal
government comes from the lack of
attention to these public relations details. You cannot put the whole burden of public understanding on the
news media's back. City governments
must share some responsibility. How
can local governments share the responsibility? Localities must learn how
to use other means of public c o m m u nications in conjunction with the established news media, i.e., radio, television and newspaper. There are
many channels open to local officials.
O n e of the most important channels is the municipal employee. H o w
well do city and town managers and
elected officials communicate policies
and program goals to the average city
employee? If city employees understand these, managers and elected officials have gained valuable additional
help in communicating with the gen-

eral public. A number of techniques is
being used by cities to inform e m ployees of municipal programs. Meetings with employees, employee publications, notes in pay envelopes and
employee recognition programs are a
few of the methods being used. A second channel is direct communication
with city residents. O p e n houses,
meetings with neighborhood groups,
trouble-shooting ombudsman services, telephone information and
complaint centers and mailing periodicals or letters directly to residents'
homes have been successful in reaching citizens.
Many cities add an extra dimension
to the established media by supplying
regular columns to newspapers or
program material to radio and television stations along with regular news
reports. Cable television also offers
city halls a potential way to c o m m u n i cate via a special municipal government channel. For example, many
people are watching with interest a
new two-way cable television system
in C o l u m b u s , O h i o , where the viewer
can "talk b a c k " to the station by pushing buttons on the set.
A form of two-way communications
in which a city hall public information
office often is called upon to implement is citizen attitude surveys. Many
cities regularly use a sample of their
polling of residents to monitor taxpayer attitudes about city government
services, proposed public improvement programs and questions regarding city hall priorities. O v e r a number
of years, these surveys can be a real
benefit to municipal officials wrestling
with tough decisions.
Conscious use of local citizen organizations as "information n e t w o r k s "
can also amplify broad mass media information campaigns and produce
support for municipal goals from respected sources outside city hall. This
type of information technique requires cultivation of these citizen
groups but can pay off in solid backing for such essential projects as bond
issues.
Since a public information program
is really a public education program,
some loca ities are beginning to see
the benefits of working closely with
their school systems to make sure
their future voters and taxpayers have
a good understanding of city government. Kettering, O h i o recently undertook a cooperative venture with its
school system to provide intensive
workshops for junior and senior high
school teachers w h o wanted to expand their curriculum on municipal
government. This is an exciting concept which could have widespread
impact on public understanding, public participation and even provide a
source for future employees in city

government. In many localities, m u nicipal public information programs
are coming of age and it is encouraging to see these recent developments:
• more cities are formalizing and
beefing up previously anemic public
information programs into professional offices with a respected position on the city hall organization chart
• a national clearinghouse of public information ideas has been established by the International City M a n agement Association. It is an informal
national network of municipal public
information officars w h o will swap experiences througn a newsletter and
by attending seminars and I C M A ' s national annual conference
• I C M A ' s Institute for Training in
Municipal Administration has prepared a Public Relations in Local Government in-service training program
as part of its extensive correspondence school system
• California, Oklahoma and Texas
have associations of municipal public
information officers which provide a
forum for the exchange of information and advice between members
• city
government
information
programs now have a national contest
which
recognizes
outstanding
achievement in various types of public information activity. Sponsored by
O'ty Hall Digest, the City Public Information Awards Competition began
last year and will become an annual
event. Norfolk was a winning entry in
the 1977 awards program.
City governments must be prepared
to employ a well-trained and wellpaid staff for this new area of city hallcitizen relations. It will no longer be
enough to give the public information
job to the intern in the manager's office or hire away the city hall reporter
from the local newspaper or radio station. Only a professional can get the
sophisticated communications job
done.
The formula of solid municipal accomplishment plus a well-rounded
public information program equals
better citizen cooperation with the
support of city ha I. It is a formula
more localities are recognizing as an
essential ingredient in modern m u nicipal management.

A B O U T THE A U T H O R
Raymond L. Bancroft is Editor-Publistier of City Hall Digest, the municipal
government newsletter. H e is a former
managing editor of Nation's Cities magazine and a former city hall reporter for
the Virginian-Pilot
in Norfolk.

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LOCALITIES STRIKE OUT IN
VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT
By Howard W. Dobbins, General
Counsel

The batting average of Virginia localities was very poor in two recent
sessions of the Virginia Supreme
Court. A city, a town and a county
each struck out in cases which were
unrelated but which may have serious
impact on the financial resources of
other Virginia jurisdictions.
In an opinion handed down in November, 1977, the Court held in fdgefield Apartments
and
Churchland
Square Apartments
v. City of Portsmouth, 238 S.E. 2d 838, that under the
City's utilities service tax ordinance,
an apartment complex with a master
gas and electricity meter was classified
as a single purchaser of such services
and hence the tax could not be imposed by calculating the tax on each
separate residential unit as contended
by the City.
The City argued that it had classified
purchasers of gas and electricity in
three categories: owners of apartment complexes consisting of a n u m ber of single-family residential units
served by one meter ($1.80 for gas,
$3.40 for electricity, a month, multiplied by the number of units); owners
and tenants of private residential
property and units); owners and t e n ants of private residential property
and tenants of apartments served by
separate meters (20 percent of the
charge for gas and electricity but not
exceeding $1.80 and $3.40 per month,
respectively) and all other purchasers
of any utility service (20 percent on
the first $1,000 charged or a maximum
of $200 a month). The Court determined that the ordinance was not
written as Portsmouth contended and
that the tax was assessable against
each "purchaser", that is, the complex as a w h o l e , and hence, the taxpayers fell into the third category with
a maximum $200 tax.
In January, 1978 the Court handed
down its opinion in Town of Farmville
V. C.C.C. Beverages, in which the
Town's license tax on coin-operated
vending machines was held to be inapplicable to the owner of a number
of vending machines located within
the T o w n .

The taxpayer was a soft drink m a n u facturer and distributor. It owns n u merous machines which it rents or
furnishes to its customers for retailing
soft drinks bottled by it.
The case involved an analysis of Articles 11 and 12 of Chapter 7 of the
State Tax C o d e (Code §58-399 through
58-361, and §58-362 through 58-368)
and boiled down to the question of
whether the T o w n had authority
pursuant to §58-361 (of Article 11)
to impose a local tax upon each
of the taxpayer's vending machines
if a taxpayer, whose business activities fall under §58-362 of Article
12, has paid the State license tax provided by § 58-362 as a retail merchant.
The taxpayer contended that the
General Assembly in § 58-362 had
classified as a taxable subject the
vending machine operations of soft
drink bottlers and had determined
that such operations should be taxed
by the State and localities as retail
merchants if the bottler paid State
taxes as a retail merchant. The Town
contended that the General Assembly
had created two classifications and
not a single classification binding on
localities. The T o w n argued that to
permit the taxpayer to pre-empt the
Town's taxing authority by the taxpayer's unilateral election to pay as a
retail merchant at the State level was
contrary to the legislative intent.
The Court disagreed with the T o w n
and in a complicated opinion answered the " n a r r o w question" in favor of the taxpayer. Fortunately, Articles 11 and 12 have been amended
and new provisions respecting this
type of tax became effective on January 1 , 1978.
The third case {Burns v. Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, 238 S.E. 2d
823 decided in November, 1977) dealt
with an action which was brought by
landowners for damages to their
property as the result of the discharge
of great quantities of water on their
land by a storm sewer system. The
plaintiffs alleged that an adjoining
landowner built a storm sewer system
in connection with a subdivision and
dedicated the system to the Board of
Supervisors (which adopted it) and
that the Board was responsible for the
use and maintenance of the system;
they alleged that their property was
damaged by the system in violation of
Article 1 , Section 11 of the Virginia

Constitution which prohibits the G e n eral Assembly from passing any law
whereby private property shall be
taken or damaged for special uses
without just compensation. The Board
demurred to the action on the ground
that it was immune from tort actions
and that the motion for judgment
failed to allege sufficient facts to support the theory of implied contract
between the parties. The demurrer
was sustained by the trial court and
the Supreme Court was called upon
on appeal to determine whether the
motion for judgment was facially sufficient at law on the implied contract
theory.
The Supreme Court determined
that the General Assembly, in C o d e
§ 15. 1-283, authorized the governing
bodies of every county, city and town
to "provide for adequate drainage"
and to "install and maintain drainage
systems" and to acquire property for
that purpose by "gift, purchase, lease,
condemnation or otherwise", to appropriate money therefor" and to exercise the power of eminent domain
"to the extent necessary to effect such
acquisition." The Court said that this
was an express declaration by the
General Assembly that establishing
adequate drainage is a public purpose
and that the use of property for that
purpose is a public use and " w h i l e
such a declaration is not conclusive
and is subject to judicial review, it is
presumed to be right." Therefore,
said the Court, the allegations of the
motion stated a good cause of action
on implied contract and the demurrer
should have been overruled. The case
was remanded for a determination of
whether the Board's use of the dedicated property is, in fact, a public use;
the burden of proof would rest on the
plaintiffs. So, what seems to be an action sounding in tort may in fact be
based on implied contract w h e n it is
asserted against a governmental body
and the governmental entity may be
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RO/4NOKE—City Council will be
urged to allow the new municipal
parking garage to participate in the
30(t token "park and s h o p " program
proposed by D o w n t o w n Roanoke,
Inc. The firm hired to manage the
parking garage supports the proposed
token program and favors the garage's participation. Under the syst e m , shoppers buying something
worth $5.00 or more will be given a
30(t token, which they could use for
parking, a taxi or a bus.
GALAX—Glenn
Pless, chairman of the
Galax Museum committee, presented
Council with proposals for a new m u seum to serve the city. Council had
previously set aside a fund some years
ago and each year added funds for a
new museum to be constructed. Pless
said actual construction will not start
until the spring, w h e n definite bids
can be obtained.
SALTVILLE—Town
officials have won
approval of a $144,500 Virginia C o m mission on Outdoor Recreation grant
to develop a 97-acre recreation park.
The grant received State approval following a presentation by a delegation
of Saltville and Mount Rogers Planning District Commission officials led
by Saltville Mayor Frank Lewis. The
total cost of the project was estimated
at $289,000 with half of that amount
coming from the grant and the remaining half of labor, materials and
cash provided by the Saltville Town
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W/NCHfSrfR—The City has begun
operating the Winchester Municipal
Airport in an effort to keep the airport
open since the current operators have
terminated their lease. City Manager
Wendell Seldon said that direct operation of the airport by the City is expected to be temporary since the City
will advertise for bids soon. The process, however, could take several
months.
N O R F O L K — M a y o r Vincent J . Thomas
and other Norfolk officials were successful in their presentation to the
Monitor Research and
Recovery
Foundation to m a k e ' the Monitor
headquarters in Norfolk. It is not certain if the Monitor, which sank twenty
miles south of Cape Hatteras in 1862,
can be raised. City officials offered the
Foundation office space and reserved
a site in the city for the display of the

Monitor.
P O R T S M O U T H — C i t y Council and
the Portsmouth Redevelopment and
Housing Authority Commission approved a plan to ';eek $2.9 million in
federal aid for a $11.4 million privately
developed waterfront apartment
complex. The two groups also endorsed a companion plan that would enable the City to borrow against future
community
development
entitlements for preparation of an industrial
waterfront site. The proposal calls for
a three-way agreement between the
City, the housing authority and the
developer for the sale of land and the
construction of the two apartment
towers.
CHESAPEAKE/VIRGINIA
BEACH—
Both cities marked their 15th birthday
on January 1,1978. The City of Virginia
Beach was created by the merger of
Princess Ann County and O l d Virginia
Beach while the City of Chesapeake
was created by the merger of O l d
Norfolk County and South Norfolk.
FAIRFAX
COUNTY—The
County's
new adult detention facility was dedicated January 10. O n e of the most
modern buildings in the United
States, the facility cost approximately
$5.3 million, including almost $1.2 million in federal aid. All cells in the new
facility are individual units and a
women's confinement section is in a
segregated area.
ARLINGTON
COUNTY—Dedicated
February 26, the County's new multiuse facility will house the relocated

Aurora Hills Branch Library and Fire
Station No. 5. The structure also
houses a new community recreation
center, an air pollution monitoring
station and a visitors information center.
D/ANV/LLf—City C o u n c i l , meeting as
a committee of the whole, agreed to
give Danville's Public Library $14,298
for new books. Library employees
contend that purchasing has suffered
as a result of cuts in their annual
budget. Council also made a recommendation to spend this quarter's
federal antirecession money for street
paving as well as library books.
FAIRFAX COUNTY—The
County may
consider relocating its seat of government in the Reston area due to the
cramped governmental center in Fairfax City. Because of its location, the
County not only has had to rent office
space but also has lost tax revenue
from a variety of County governmentrelated commercial developments.
The Massey Building, the present
County seat, opened in 1970.
BUENA
VISTA—The
City Council
voted to purchase the office building
of a local physician, who plans to retire in 1978. Purchase of the building,
however, is only temporary in order
to provide the benefit of municipal
financing to in-coming doctors for a
period of two years. The City's Doctor-Search Committee hopes that the
building will be used and eventually
purchased by two family practice physicians.

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�LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AND THE ARTS
By BETTE TREADWELL

In speaking of cities which have outstanding arts and cultural resources, one
can cite the cities of Seattle, New York
City, Minneapolis, Atlanta, San Antonio
and San Francisco. For cities of smaller
populations, it can also be intimidating
and discouraging as well as an easy-out to
justify the lack of comparable resources.
But this need not be so. The Arts can be an
exciting experience for a city of any size.
There are cities with as little as 800 in population that have taken an interest in the arts
and have marshaled the resources to make
the arts and cultural activities an important
and significant part of community life.
There are several common threads that
tie together cities with ongoing arts programs similar to the experiences in San
Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Minneapolis,
New York City and San Antonio. Specifically, they have discovered that the arts
and cultural resources of a city are as vital a
service to the citizens as housing and jobs.
Cities need and must have the amenities
and services to go along with the housing,
jobs, health care and the like. The arts are
not only good business but are big business. In other words, there is a definite
positive economic impact for a city that
invests some of its public and private resources in the arts. The arts and cultural
activities of a city are the cornerstone in
improving and protecting the quality of
life of the inhabitants of the city. People
want to feel good about where they live.
They want to live in an environment that
not only responds to their physical needs,
but also is responsive to their "spiritual"
needs—their sense of well-being and fulfillment as human beings. All of the above
combines to create a new constituency for
the elected official to be aware of and
serve. This consists of the artist themselves,
those employed in support and spin-off
jobs and occupations, as well as those who
attend and participate in these activities,
not to mention the elite who are patrons of
the arts.
It has been shown that one of the components studied by big business in selecting a city as a site for a new office or plant
is the cultural environment of the city.
What does that city have to offer its employees during their non-working hours
and the spouses who do not work outside
the home? The answer to this question can
be just as important as the answers to economic questions. These amenities can often be the factor that tips the "decision
scale".
Although New York City is a unique case
in point, nonetheless it is an exciting example of the economic impact the arts can
have on a city. New York City contributes
25 million dollars a year to its cultural activities even at a time when it is being criticized for doing so when on the verge of
bankruptcy. But in return for that invest-

ment the city receives a 3 billion dollar
industry, 50,000 jobs and 102 million dollars
a year in city taxes. There is only one New
York City—the art mecca of the world. But
there are thousands of medium and small
localities that, if resources were properly
invested in the cultural environment,
could show proportionate returns as well.
Ashland, Oregon holds a Shakespeare
Festival for two months in the summer.
Ashland's population is 12,432 people.
During the festival motels in the area have
a 97 percent occupancy rate, seven days a
week, enough to sustain these businesses
during off season. The festival also impacts
on the restuarant business of the city as
well as small retail stores.
Arts and cultural activities are no longer
just for the elite. The advent of television
has played a significant role in bringing the
cultural resources of our country to the
masses. It has educated and developed a
high level of awareness in people to those
aspects of living that help us to maintain
the human perspective and give us the
chance to raise our expectations about the
quality of our lives and the total environment in which we live. A sense of ownership in the access to these cultural resources goes hand in hand with the quality
of life concerns.
Local government, and in particular, local elected officials have a stake in the arts
and the cultural environment of their localities. There is a trend taking hold that
indicates that local government is getting
involved, and in some cases, more involved in the arts and cultural activities.
More and more, cities are jumping on the
bandwagon. As expectations rise within
the citizens of a community, so must the
leadership role of the local elected official.
This is not to say that he or she must become intimately involved in the detail
planning of cultural affairs; the local official must be the leader. Elected officials
must take the lead and provide political
and policy support in which the cultural
environment can grow and flourish. The
idea is new to the municipal dialogue and
agenda.
The National League of Cities and several of the state leagues have also put the
arts on their agenda. The League of California Cities held a two day cultural arts
seminar in early November, 1977 entitled
"You, The Arts, and Your City". The Pennsylvania League of Cities held a workshop
on cultural affairs at their annual meeting
last year as did the Tennessee Municipal
League. In the far northeast, the New England Municipal Center has started a multistate demonstration project designed to
"increase the awareness of municipal government officials about the arts and the
cultural environment of their community,
and to assist municipal government officials to take positive actions to support

the arts. Its long-range objective is to
improve the quality of life and the enjoyment of the arts and cultural activities
by residents in smaller and medium-sized
communities."
Last year, then NLC President Phyllis
Lamphere, Councilmember from Seattle,
appointed a National League of Cities' Arts
Task Force with Frank Logue, Mayor of
New FHaven, Connecticut as chairman and
Joel Wachs, Councilmember, Los Angeles
as vicechairman. Under their leadership,
the Task Force received a small grant from
the National Endowment for the Arts to
help support its activities and staff. Working jointly with the American Council for
the Arts (ACA) (formerly known as the Associated Council of the Arts), they developed a questionnaire on the arts that was
sent to 407 local governments throughout
the country. The results will be produced
in a handbook on the arts for local elected
officials entitled Local Government and
the Arts that should be available in late
March or early April. The Task Force has
also sponsored with ACA a pre-Congress
of Cities meeting in San Francisco for local
elected officials on "Arts and the Liveable
City", conducted a mock city council with
an arts agenda at the San Francisco Congress of Cities, and proposed amendments
on the arts to the National Municipal Policy Statement for 1978. The policy amendments were approved by the delegates at
the Congress of Cities and can be found in
the chapters on Environmental Quality,
Community Development, Employment
and Income Security, Transportation and
Public Safety. An entire section on cultural
resources development was added to the
Human Resources chapter.
During the coming year, several of the
state leagues plan to take a more active
and aggressive role in cultural arts or add it
to their 1978 agenda. The Virginia Municial
League in particular has made such a commitment. Such a commitment from the
Virginia Municipal League is quite significant and encouraging. In the latest survey
made by ACA of state arts agency appropriations for fiscal years 1977 and 1978, Virginia ranked 48th among the states on a
per capital basis with a decrease in appropriations of 7 percent. Needless to say, Virginia can only go in one direction, and this
is up! Perhaps with a state image that has a
commitment to cultural arts, working in
concert with its cities, Virginia will come
into its own as a state that cares about the
quality of life of its citizens.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bette Treadwell is Special Assistant to the
Executive Director, National League of Cities.

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�THE WELL-PAID PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE
By STEPHEN K. BLUMBERG
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Do you sometimes feel you're almost constantly involved in labor negotiations? Whether you represent
management or one of the city's employee groups, you know that salary
negotiations frequently are a stressful
experience. The employee representatives say they need more (of everything?) in order to keep up with inflation; management tries to "hold the
line", in an attempt to respond to citizens' concern over increasing taxes.
The element of conflict is there.
One of the most viable arguments
that public employees make in their
attempt to secure pay raises is that
they are not as well paid as people
who do comparable work in the private sector. This argument appears to
strengthen the employees' position
and is one that is hard for management to ignore. But we now have information that may cause us to look at
this argument differently.
A recent study found that public
employees (at least in California) are
now paid more than their privately
employed counterparts. This study,
done through the Center for Public
Policy and Administration at California State University, Long Beach,
shows that public employees are enjoying a 10 percent advantage in salary
over private sector employees.
Public employee salaries used in the
study represented workers at all levels
of government and were taken from
the Governmental Salary Survey, October, 1976, a publication of the California State Personnel Board. The data
for the privately employed workers
was compiled from five California
area wage surveys published by the
United States Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletins.
The five areas were Anaheim, Fresno,
Sacramento, San Francisco and San
lose, and all the figures were from
1976. Eighteen comparable job titles
were found in both publications.
These occupation categories include
professional, clerical and blue-collar
positions. The dollar amounts represent wages only and are based on a
working month of equal hours for
both groups.
As the data show (see chart), the
average monthly salary for public employees in these 18 job classifications
is about $1,188. People with comparable jobs in the private sector earn
an average of $1,074 per month, a difference of about 10 percent. Furthermore, heavy truck drivers are the only
private workers in these 18 categories
who earn more than their public

counterparts; and that difference is
just $4 per month.
It IS important to keep in mind that
the figures compiled in this study refer to wages only; they do not include
any fringe benefits for the employees.
If the employee benefits for private
workers exceed those for public employees, then, of course, some of this
salary differential will be decreased.
However, it is frequently conceded
that fringe benefits for public employees are typically superior to those for
private workers. Thus, the data tend
to support the conclusion that public
employees really are "better off" than
privately employed workers.
The study recognizes that there may
be some disagreements about judgmental decisions in matching occupational categories but points out that
maximum effort was made to achieve
similarity in job titles.
The study further recognizes that
the nature of averages may distort
particular cases and therefore it
should not be assumed that all public
employees in these categories earn
more than all of their private counterparts.
Also, it should be noted again that
the data compiled for this study refer
to wages in California. Although other
states undoubtedly would reveal different wage scales, there is no reason
to suspect that this pattern of increased pay for public employees
would be significantly different in
other states.
This study was partially confirmed
recently when a nationwide survey by
the United States Bureau of Labor Sta-

tistics found that cities generally pay
clerical workers better than industry
does. That survey also concluded that
this wage differential, coupled with
better job security, made working for
government more attractive than private employment.
Individual readers can contemplate
the implications of higher wages for
public employees and speculate as to
what remedies there might be. However, it seems fair to indicate that the
growth of public employee associations and unions is the major cause of
this escalation in public wages. Another factor that has led to this situation may be the inability or refusal of
many elected officials to assume a
leadership role in withstanding the
sometimes excessive public employee
association demands.
It is no secret that the citizenry is
"fed up" with taxes and the high costs
of government. If people working for
government are paid more than privately employed people, then surely
public confidence in government may
be eroded. This situation may be another factor leading to resentment
and distrust of government at all levels. Alleviation of these pay inequities
may be necessary to improve citizen
confidence and trust.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Stephen Blumberg is an assistant professor at
the Center for Public Policy and Administration, California State University at Long Beach.
He also is a councilntiember and former mayor
of Manhattan Beach, California. Mike Miller is
a graduate student at the Center for Public
Policy and Administration.

AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARIES
Job Titles
Government Workers/Private Workers
Computer Systems Analyst/Computer Systems Analyst
Computer Programmer/Computer Programmer
Electrician/Maintenance Electrician
Stationary Engineer/Stationary Engineer
Carpenter/Maintenance Carpenter
Machinist/Maintenance Machinst
Heavy Equipment Mechanic/Maintenance Mechanic
Painter/Maintenance Painter
Truck Driver (heavy)/Truck Driver (heavy)
Registered Nurse/Registered Industrial Nurse
Engineer Draftsman/Drafter
Truck Driver (liRht)/Truck Driver (light)
Computer Operator/Computer Operator
Intermediate Steno/General Steno
Janitor/Janitor, Porter
Intermediate ClerkAypist
Key Punch Operator/Key Punch Operator
Junior Clerk/File Clerk

Govt.
Workers

Private
Workers

$1,708
1,636
1,443
1,411
1,396
1,371
1,364
1,334
1,251
1,242
1,231
1,112
1,023
846
814
796
768
652

$1,606
1,413
1.288
1,252
1,218
1,258
1,183
1,156
1,255
1,091
1,225
1,075
955
731
711
588
726
602

�VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM

The Award

Recognizing that localities in the Commonwealth strive towards improving municipal service, the Virginia Municipal League, through the
Achievement Award, wishes to honor these endeavors. The entry tor a
given award should be innovative and structured to meet specific
needs and desires of your locality.

Eligibility

Any member locality, town, city or urban county, is eligible to enter
the VML Achievement Awards Program.

Categories

Awards will be given in six areas that parallel the VML policy committees. The categories are the following:
—Community Development (housing and urban renewal)
—Effective Government (finances, management, training programs)
—Environmental Quality (water quality, local planning and land use,
energy use, solid waste management)
—Human Resources (child care programs, health care, alcohol and
mental health programs, recreational services, education)
—Public Safety (court system, fire and rescue services, emergency
preparedness, law enforcement)
—Transportation (streets and roads improvement, public transportation systems, bicycle ways, transportation of the handicapped)

Criteria for
Judging Entries

—Maximum six double-spaced typed pages to explain the entry
—Use of black and white photographs
—Use of camera ready graphs, charts and architects' renditions, etc.
—All entries must have four copies of all visual materials
—All entries must be signed by the chief elected official (mayor,
board chairman)

Judging

The entries will be judged by a special committee whose members are
selected for their expertise in the areas of the awards.

Presentation
of Awards

Awards will be announced in September and appropriate recognition
will be given to each recipient during the VML Convention Opening
Session. In addition, the awards will be highlighted in the Convention
issue of Virginia Town &amp; City Magazine.

How to Enter

All entries must be received by the Virginia Municipal League, P. O.
Box 753, Richmond, VA 23206, no later than May 1,1978. It is our hope
that you will support this program and take this opportunity to be
recognized for outstanding municipal service.

�Ideas
Money-Savers
PORT" ROYAL,
SOUTH
CAROLINA,
estimates that it saved over $9,500 and
boosted morale by painting their garbage trucks without resorting to professional painters. Following the purchase of a paint sprayer and the
selection of colors, town employees
painted their own trucks and other
vehicles. (Contact: Town Manager
Paul Paskoff, Municipal Building, Port
Royal.)
INGLEWOOD,
CALIFORNIA,
asked
local citizens' groups to tend to 87
downtown flower pots. The Parks Department checks for uniformity in the
flower pots and provides bedding,
plants and water. If the plants are not
getting adequate attention, the department reassigns the pot. The proc e d u r e saves the C i t y t i m e a n d
money.
GARLAND,
TEXAS (118,000), saves 10
percent on its insurance by requiring
employees to attend defensive driving
classes. It costs the employees $1.00.
ROCKVILLE,
MARYLAND
(41,564),
uses individuals w h o have committed
minor offenses to clean City parks or
to do needed volunteer work. The offenders range in age from 16 to 24 and
are of no cost to the City. (Contact:
Office of the City Manager, City Hall,
Rockville 20850).

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WILLIAMSBURG,
VIRGINIA
(10,000),
was confronted with a number of antique thefts so Police Chief Larry Vardell organized a crime prevention
program that has curbed those burglaries. The City has many private and
public collections and the usual prevention of engraving identifying n u m bers on the valuables was impractical.
Chief Vardell organized a police camera crewe which photographed valuables free of charge and furnished
copies to the owners, insurance companies and the police department.
(Contact: Police Chief Larry Vardell,
City Hall, 412 North Boundary Street,
Williamsburg 23185.)
GLENDALE,
ARIZONA
(36,000), has
established a Citizen Participation and
Support Project, a comprehensive
program of services to victims and

witnesses of crime. Services provided
include crisis intervention with victims, information on case status and
criminal justice procedures, referral
to other community agencies, victimwitness advocacy, financial assistance,
emergency security services and community presentations. (Contact: S. F.
Van de Putte, City Manager, P. O . Box
1556, Glendale 85311.)

apprehended in an entire day by a
single vehicle. (Contact: Jorge Varela,
Assistant to the City Manager, City
Hall, Chino 91710.)

Sidewalks

STANTON, CALIFORNIA
(23,264). repairs sidewalks damaged by tree roots
as follows: repair crews saw and remove a section of the sidewalk, remove the roots, level the ground and
replace the sidewalk. This method has
yielded net savings of 50 percent.
(Contact: Clarence A. Motz, City A d ministrator, 7800 Katella A v e n u e ,
Stanton, California 90680.)

CALIFORNIA,
six cities participated in
an exchange program for police officers in middle management. Officers
were assigned to their host departments for six months. Cities ranged in
population from 100,869 (Freemont)
to 26,734 (Menio Park). (Contact: Police Foundation, 1909 K Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20036.)

AMES,
IOWA
(40,000), has implemented a one-man sidewalk staking
system to replace three- to four-man
crews. The method involves using the
existing curb elevation, property pins
and a level line to establish the grades
in relation to the established curb. No
expensive instruments are required.
(Contact: Robert Lawrence, Engineering Aide Supervisor, City Hall, Ames,
Iowa 50010.)

Animals
ALEXANDRIA,
VIRGINIA
(108,500), is
sponsoring a clinic to provide animal
owners an opportunity to get their
dogs necessary rabies innoculation
and City license tags. Also, animals
can be spayed through the animal
shelter's low cost clinic. (Contact: A n imal Shelter Division, City Hall, P. O .
Box 178, Alexandria 22313.)

SETONCUARD labels for property
identification, inventory control, or
to label your products and installations. Signs, name plates, badges
also available. Free catalog and
samples. Seton Name Plate Corp.,
2136 Boulevard, New Haven, CT.
06505.

CHINO,
CALIFORNIA
(27,500), has
contracted with the Humane Society
for the use of several dog-catching vehicles and officers. Contract costs are
paid from license and pound fees.
M o r e stray dogs are apprehended
with patrols concentrated in selected
areas in the early morning then are

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�NEW FUNDING SOURCES
ADDED
T O C D PROGRAM
The Department of Housing and
Urban Development has added two
new funding components to the
Community Development Program.
These components, the Action Grant
Program and Small Cities Program,
should be of interest to Virginia localities as potential funding sources for
physical development activities.
The Action Grant Program offers
funds to cities and urban counties
which meet the following requirements:
• minimum standards for physical
and economic distress
• prior results in providing housing for low and moderate income persons and
• prior results in providing equal
opportunity in housing and employment for low and moderate
income persons and members of
minority groups.
A major thrust of the Action Grant
Program is to fund economic development projects which are already
planned and can be implemented
without delay. The projects must also
have financial participation by the private sector. H U D estimates over $100
million will be available nationally
with at least 25 percent of these funds
set aside for small communities (under 50,000). Competition for Action
Grant Funds is expected to be severe,
with Washington making the final distribution decisions.
The second funding component is
the Small Cities Program which has
two sub-programs. Single Purpose
Grants and the Comprehensive Program. A single Purpose Grant is for
undertaking a single activity or a number of activities which address a particular community need, such as substandard housing. This type of grant is
designed to aid small non-SMSA localities in solving a specific c o m m u nity problem.
The Comprehensive Program is a
broader based funding source. Projects funded under this program
should take ho more than three years
to complete and address multiple
community development needs such
as neighborhood revitalization. The
projects should be in accord with a
plan or program which responds to a
substantial portion of the total physical development needs of an area. To
qualify for this program, a locality
must have a population of at least
2,500 (waivers to this requirement can
be made in certain cases), serve as a
regional center for an area and have
carried out a community development program with block grant funds.

Virginia's allocation under the Small
Cities Program has yet to be determined.
The complete regulations for the
Action Grant and Small Cities Program were finalized in December. For
more information on these programs
contact John LeVey, Director, C o m munity Planning and Development
Division, Richmond Area H U D O f f i c e ,
701 East Franklin Street, R i c h m o n d ,
Virginia 23219, (804) 782-2624. The
H U D office will be conducting workshops on the new regulations in the
near future.

SMALL LOCALITIES ASSISTED
The National League of Cities, the
International City Management Association and state municipal leagues
continue to offer their assistance to
small localities, in continuance of its
Small Cities Advisory C o u n c i l , NLC
held a meeting during the Annual
Congress of Cities in December. Two
NLC grant projects that were reported
are aimed at small city audiences.
First, the Community Technology Initiatives Program (CTIP), is a joint effort
with Public Technology, Inc. designed
to develop technological solutions to
problems identified by the participating jurisdictions. Second, the Elected
Officials Handbook Project, is a set of
handbooks which provide useful upto-date information for use by local
elected officials and top appointed officials in their role as decision-makers.
The set includes books on streamlining governing body business, goal
setting by the governing body, time
management and evaluating the chief
administrator. Available for purchase,
the handbooks are a joint project of
NLC,
I C M A and the National Association of Counties. Representing Virginia on the NLC Small Cities Advisory
Council are Harrisonburg Mayor Roy
H. Erickson and Staunton Councilman
Richard A. Farrier.
I C M A will offer a small cities management training workshop in conjunction with the Virginia Section,
I C M A Annual Conference in April in
Virginia Beach. The workshop will introduce the training program which is
designed for managers w h o wish to
coordinate the training for their staffs
without hiring outside consultants.
The six-month program uses prepared
texts and tapes as training aids. Brochures on the program have been
sent to all Virginia Section members.
The Virginia Section, I C M A Interchange Workshop continues to
thrive. The workshop is designed for
city, town and county managers with
localities under 50,000. The workshop
gives managers an opportunity to air
their problems and relate their accomplishments with their colleagues

in an informal setting. The V M L Shirtsleeve Session offers the same type of
program for mayors and councilmembers with localities under 35,000.
The next Shirtsleeve Session will be
held at the Ramada Inn, Petersburg
on March 16-17. M c K e n n e y Mayor
William E. McElveen will be the host.
Interested officials may contact the
V M L office.
The Department of Housing and
Urban Development has proposed
rules to govern the small cities program, the program that provides
grants to states and units of local government to undertake community development activities. Interested cities
may contact their area H U D office.

Marketplace
FIRE MARSHALL
City of Manassas. Salary, Range, $13,333$15,434. High school graduate or equivalent with formal fire training in fire prevention methods and techniques and extensive experience in fire suppression and
fire prevention work required. Send resume to C. M. Moyer, Jr., City Manager,
P. O . Box 512, Manassas, 22110.

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Weights and Measures officials across
Virginia are celebrating M a r c h 1-7 as National Weights and Measures W e e k . T h e
theme selected for this year is " A c c u r a t e
Weight O r Measure W h e n P u r c h a s e d . "
T h e same week will introduce Marvin
Metric to the citizens of the State. Marvin
Metric will be used by the Weights and
Measures Section of the Virginia Department of Agriculture to explain the metric
system. Marvin says that he is looking forward to seeing all Virginia Weights and
Measures officials at their annual Association meeting which will be held at the
O m n i International, Norfolk on July 30-31,
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�ANTI-LITTER FUNDS AVAILABLE
Litter, how big a problem is it? What
can w e do about it? National surveys
have ranked litter and the general
problem of solid waste disposal as major concerns of local officials. With
the substantial increase in convenience packaging over the last twenty
years, litter has become a growing
problem everywhere.
In Virginia, the pickup of carelessly
disposed trash costs taxpayers and
consumers millions of dollars. T h e
State Department of Highways and
Transportation spends about $1.5 million a year and the City of Richmond
spends nearly o n e thousand dollars
dally on litter pickup. Not only is litter
a needless financial burden, but it is
also an obvious threat to the safety
and health of citizens. A chronic litter
problem In a community can be pervasive; the "don't c a r e " syndrome
might encourage further environmental deterioration.
In 1976, Virginia's General Assembly
decided to attack the litter problem in
our state. A litter control act was
passed, applying a comprehensive approach to the state's litter problem
and establishing the Division of Litter
Control as a central coordination/information agency for antl-lltter activity. It became operational o n October
1, 1977. Major division activities i n clude utilizing news, information and
public service advertising to discourage littering, developing antl-lltter educational materials for schools
across the state, aiding with revision
of local litter ordinances and general
enhancement of effective law e n forcement and providing grants to
Virginia cities and counties for local
anti-lltter activity.
One-half of the division's total
funding of $564,000 will be returned
to localities. Formal application must
be made by city and county governing

Plan Cuts Parking and Promotes Public Transit
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T h e City of Evanston, Illinois, has
joined with the Chicago Transit A u thority (CTA) and the American Hospital Supply Corporation (AHSC) to
present an innovative and unique approach to encourage the use of public
transportation.
T h e A H S C , in its efforts to encourage fewer cars on downtown streets
and in parking spaces, has provided
an incentive to its employees to use
public transit by not providing free
parking facilities. Instead, a pay adjustment for all headquarters employees will be given which will, after
taxes, be equivalent to the annual cost
of leasing a parking space. Those e m -

bodies, but they may funnel the funds
to a quasi-governmental or private
antl-lltter organization if they desire.
Because the individual grants are relatively small, some localities have chosen to pool their funds and work
jointly on litter control projects.
Towns are not eligible for grants, but
can work with a county in a joint venture.
Some localities are using the grants
to help implement a "clean c o m m u nity system" approach to the litter
problem. A model for community action, " C C S " , is based on behavioral
change. It was developed by Keep
America Beautiful and has been successful in more than o n e hundred
cities across the nation.
The spring of 1978 will see antl-lltter
projects booming in many localities.
Clearly, these community leaders
have decided that It is time to start
caring. For further Information, contact the Division of Litter C o n t r o l ,
1215 State Office Building, R i c h m o n d ,
23219.

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ployees w h o elect to continue driving
to work will be able to lease a space
on a payroll deduction basis. For e m ployees w h o elect to walk, take public
transportation, and so o n , the pay adjustment will amount to an increase in
spendable income. This plan makes it
possible for employees themselves to
choose how they will spend the
money. A H S C feels its employees will
elect to leave their cars at home.
To further the incentive to use public transportation, A H S C will purchase
monthly passes from the Chicago
Transit Authority and provide them to
their employees at a 25 percent discount. T h e third phase of the plan will
be to provide discounts with other
public transit companies such as the
Chicago and North Western Railway.

Coons Appointed

LARRY R. COONS, former City M a n ager of Richland, Washington, was appointed by Fairfax County to be the
Director of Environmental Management. Coons, a native of Oregon received a bachelors degree In political
science and has studied general engineering at Oregon State University.
He was city manager of Richland from
1972 to 1977. His 18 years of local government experience include positions
as assistant city manager, community
development director and assistant
director of a renewal agency. He is a
past president of the Washington
State Chapter of the International City
Management Association and has also
been a guest lecturer in Urban Affairs
at Washington State University. Coons
replaces John Yaremchuk, w h o retired December 3 1 , 1976.

VBOA

TOPICS

By Edward J . W e l d , Building Official,
County of Culpeper
The Virginia Building Officials Association will have a drive this year for
Associate membership, and the goal is
for each active member to bring In at
least one Associate member. Associate membership is open to persons,
firms or corporations engaged In
building construction or the manufacture, sale or use of building material.
The V B O A increased Its Active
membership in 1977 by 67 percent but
recruited only 20 new Associate members. W e need more Associate members In order to further the purposes
of the Association of maintaining
proper professional levels of performance and active participation in the
Association's undertakings.
The V B O A is an organization to
promote, through Investigation, discussion and cooperative effort, the interest and welfare of the building,
plumbing, electrical and other related
Inspection departments, and to e n courage all Inspections pertaining to
building and structures In the c o u n ties, cities and towns of Virginia. A d d i tionally, the V B O A provides c o m m u nication among those engaged In the
profession of inspections of building
a n d s t r u c t u r e s In a l l c a p a c i t i e s
throughout Virginia.
If you know of a prospective Active
or Associate member, please invite
t h e m to j o i n V B O A . T h e i n p u t
throughout the state is needed and
urged so that the Association's goals
can be realized. You may write to Edward j . W e l d , Membership Chairman,
135 West Cameron Street, Culpeper,
Virginia 22701.

�Professional Directory
HARLAND KARTHOI.OMEW

CHEWNING-HOGGARD
AND A S S O C I A T E S , I N C .
Geological, Soils and Environmental Gjnsultants
Ground Water Studies
Land Disposal of EfTluents and Sludges
Solid Waste Studies • Foundation Evaluations

&amp; ASSOCIATES
LANDSCAPE

COMMUNITY

ENGINEERING • MUNICIPAL PLANNING
P . O . B o x 2123

\'irginia Beach.

Consulting Engineers,

BflLDUJin
nriD GREGG
620 May Avenue • Norfolk, Va, - 235 16
Birchwood Office Park - Vo Beach,Vo - 23452
8550 Arlingfon Blvd • Fairfok, Vo. • 22030

Q R E E L E Y

A N D

DEWBERRY, NEALON &amp; DAVIS
Environmental and Public Works Engineering
Engineering Plans, Studies and Laboratory Services

RICHARDSON
Aitcumcnm«KMtmm

Engineers and Planners

ENGINEERS

WATER S U P P L Y . REPORTS
. SEWERAGE
SYSTEMS
DESIGNS
• SEWAGE DISPOSAL
• APPRAISALS

P. O . B o x 8687
1514 W i l l o w L a w n D r i v e
R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a 23226
P h o n e 282-7657

BUCK, S E I F E R T * JOST,
INCORPORATED
Coniulting Engineers
Water Supply • Sewage • Industrial
Waste Treatment • Treatability Studies
• 1 4 0 S y l v a n A v e n u e . P . O . B o x 1218
E n g l e w o o d C l i f f s , N . J . 0 7 6 3 2 201 - 5 6 7 - 8 9 9 0
• 4 0 5 S o . P a r l i a m e n t Drive. S u i t e 101
Virginia Beach, Va 23462 804-499-4596

Falls Church, V A
703/534-8716

Norfolk, V A
804/461-0155

114 East C a r v S t f M t • R i c h m o n d . Virginia 2 3 2 1 9
Talcphona: 804/644 9493

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ENGINEERS

12368 Warwick Boulevard,
Newport News, VA 23606

n i l Northshore Dri«
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
Telephone: 615/588-6444

1028 Olde Forge Plaza
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
Telephone: 703/371-8040

Offices In: Florida • Georgia • T«nn»«s«e • Missouri
Illinois • South Carolina • North Carolina • Virginia

THE PITOMETER ASSOCIATES

LANGLEY AND McDONALD
ENGINEERS—PLANNERS—SURVEYORS
Highv^ays, Railroads, Foundations, Waterfront
Facilities, Water Supply, Sewage
Disposal, Planning
Studies • Reports • Design • Consultation

R. S l U A R T R O Y E R
&amp; ASSOCIATES

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Gannett Fleming
Corddry &amp; Carpenter

H A N S E N

484 N e w t o w n Rd.
Virginia Beach, V a .

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123« Maritime Tow«r. Nerfalh. V«. 23910
S4S4 W i K O n i i n AvcniM.WMh.. D C . 3 0 0 I S

Indusifial Waste Treatment • Highwavs
Drainage-Water &amp;Sewerage S y s t e m s • Surveying
Environmental Studies • Private P'oiects

2 2 3 S Riverside Plaza - Chicago IL 5 0 6 0 6 • 13121-648-1155
5 2 0 6 Markei Road . Hicnmond VA 9 3 2 3 0 • 1 8 0 4 1 - 2 8 5 - 9 0 0 9
New York 1 0 0 0 7
Philadelphia 191Q3
Tamoa 3 3 6 0 7

CONSULTING

HENMNGSON.

and Associates
Consulting Engineers

Studies Designs And
Const^ruction Services For Water,
W a s t e w a t e r And Solid W a s t e s

V a . 23219

DURHAM A

8411 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, Virginia (703) 560-1100
113 South Chestnut St., Marion, Virginia (703) 783-7271
1640 Maple Dr., Danville, Virginia (804) 799-9403
1400 Pleasant View, Staunton, Virginia (703) 885-3957

I M

P. O . Box 12047
Norfolk, Virginia

East Gary Street
Richmond,
Phone 804/649-8627

Austin Drockenbrough

Engineers
Planners
Surveyors

CONSULTING

ENOINEERINO

301

Phone 804/340-3030

Planners and Architects

Vienna, Virginia • Phone: (703) 281-2400
Staunton, Virginia • Phone: (703) 886-8555

PLANNING

DEVELOPMENT

H B &amp; A OF VIRGINIA

23432

11524 Jefferson Avenue. Newpon News, Virginia 2 J601- 804-595 5561

BetZ'Converse-Murdoch
Potomac Group, Inc.

ARCHITECTURE

H U R T &amp; P R O F I T T , INC.
Engineers - Planners - Surveyors
S«rtt«ry
Munie.pal Watet
SotU &amp; f our&gt;daT&gt;oni
I ynchburg, Virg.nia 24505
Telephone (804) 847-7796

1933 Fort Avenye

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too Church St., New York, N. Y. 10007
Chicago Columbia Atlanta New Milford, Ct.

FREDERICK G. GRIFFIN, INC.

b o c i i a , m i l l * , t a y l o r a n d p u r y w a r , inc.-

ENGINEERS &amp; PLANNERS

Communications, 911 Studies,
A l a r m Systf^ms, M o b i l e R a d i o
Systems, T e l e p h o n e , Cable
Television, Industrial
Engineering Monitor and
T e l e m e t r y Systems.
: T i m b e r l a k e R o a d • L y n c h b u r g , V a . 24502
804/237-2044

J. K. TIMMONS &amp; ASSOCIATES, INC,
CONf;ULTl.\G
1314

W. Main

ENGINEERS
SI.

Teleyhone
S.\xiTARV

Reports,

• nichvwnd.

Vi,.

353-66S~

• MUNICIPAL

Plans, Supervision,

•

WATER

Appraisals

Engineers
v\s
JM Trunk Main Surveys
Water Distribution Studies
Special Hydraulic Investigations

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CriO N S U L T I N G

ENGINEERS
d, V i r g i n i a 2 3 8 3 5

9 C 8 C M 1 794-SaS3

SOUTHERN
COMPANY

ENGINEERING
O F VIRGINIA

CONSULTING ENGINEERS
1000 Crescent Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia SO.'SO?
404-892-7171

�YARGER AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
Over 500 Surveys

MARSH &amp; BASGIER, INC. P.C.
ENGINEERS — SURVEYORS — PLANNERS

Position Classification and Pay Piano
Management and Organizational Studies
Test Construction-—Fire and Police Studies

101 N, Plaza Trail — 804-340-2631

HOSSER H . P A Y N E 6 A S S O C I A T E S
planning ( , manjgemcnt coosultants

SUPERVISION

&gt;nd ECONOMIC

B R E M I M E R , V a u N G B L O O D , &amp; K I N G , I I M C .

Planning

tnd
1151 H a n o v e r G r e e n Drive

Phone ( 8 0 4 )

COMPLETE ENGINEERING SERVICES
n i l N. Charles St, Baltimore, Md. 21201

K I M L E Y - HORN . " i A S S O C I A T E S . INC
T H A F F I C O P E R A T I O N S &amp; HIGHWAY

DESIGN

HALEIGh

•

JACKSONVILLE

•
•
•
•
•

PLANNING
•

NASHVILLE

NORFOLK

planning &amp; Community
Development Consultants
1010 Vermont Avenue N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20005
202 783-2924

MMH

NORFOLK.

\ ' A . 23509

Environmental Studies, D e s i g n ^
and Construction Management J
Gilbert/Common wealth
Engineers/Consultants
4 2 0 Cedar Road, Chesapeake. Virginia 2 3 3 2 0
B04-547.29S5

^

I Sverdrup &amp; Parcel

SworOMIp

and A s s o c i a t e s , i n c .
BOO North 121h Boulevard
St LOUIS. Missouri 63101
314.'436-7600
TWX 910-761-1085
Cable SPECO SI Louis

Downtown Revitalization/Malls
Community/Economic Development
Traffic/Transportation/Parking
Transit Needs/Ope rations
Parks/Recreation/Preservation

1730 'K' St. NW; Washington, D.C. 20006; (202) 466-8230

Raymond, Parish, Pine &amp; Plavnick

X

23111

BARTON-ASCHMAN A S S O C I A T E S , INC.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT/TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING / DESIGN / IMPLEMENTATION

ENGINEERING

•

fiflechanicsville, Virginia

•NoiNaantfsia
BanvicB*

746-5285

b

PLANNING

WEST PALM B E A C H

TiHEWATER DR.

2733

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING &amp; DESIGN

C I T Y &amp; WEGiONAL

coMPi-BTa PUBLIC w o M K a
ANO LAND BunvaviNo

Water Supply and Purification • Sewerage and
Sewage Treatment • Streets and Highways •
Investigations and Reports • Supervision of
Construction.

PARKING ANALYSIS K F A C I L I T I E S DESIGN
S T R U C T U I 4 A L S. C I V I L

B E N G T S O N , D E B E L L a IE L K I N , I N C .
CONSULTING E N G I N E E R S ft S U R V E Y O R S

Development

Traffic E n g i n e e r s

R. K E N N E T O W E l - K S
ENGINEERS

MASS T R A N S I T P L A N N I N G A D E S I G N

COMMERCIAL &amp; RESIDENTIAL

;irl3l
SSSJ

Norfolk, Virginia

CKNTNCVILLE. V

WHITMAN, REQUARDT AND
ASSOCIATES
Engineers-Consultants

a Land

Water &amp; W a s t e w a t e r E n g i n e e r s

SlUOm

59 culpeper st,
warrentoii , va.
(703) 347-3600

5721 Sellger Drive

ENCIIMeERS°SIJRVEYanS ° P L A N N E R S
and Surveying

• ZONING,

• COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

engineers- surveyors&gt;planners

Virginia Beach, V a . (23452)

2830 M a r y Street, F a l l s C h u r c h , V a . 22042
730/560-6900

WILLIAM C. OVERMAN ASSOCIATES

la

lUbotCAxnciate^.ltd
FNVIBONMENTALV

1603 S a n t a R o s a R o a d
Tyler Building—Suite 120
R i c h m o n d , VA 23288
804-288-4051

MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING
LAND DEVELOPMENT - PLANNING, ENGINEERING,
SUHVEUNG, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
URBAN PL ANNING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES

Patton, Harris, Rust &amp; Guy
a pro&gt;«Mional corporal ion

Enginaar* , Survayort , Ptwwwrs
Compitte professional aarvtces for
mmcipaliiies and public agancws

Offic*

10523 Main St . Fairtax.Va 22030 , (703)273-8700
Valley Otic*
X n S . M a i n S t . BridaawaMr.Vk 22812 . (703)828-2616

. y CONSUL TANTS-OESIGNEPS

CH2M::HILL
Consultants to Municipalities
on Environmental Systems
Eastern Regional Office:1930 Isaac Newton Square E
Reston, VA 22090
•
Phone (703) 471-9710

• BRIENCGERE
Consulting Engineers

P C Box 3855, Clnarlotte. NO 28203 / 704-374-1822
S y r a c u s e , NY / Pougtii^eepsie, NY / Philadelphia. P A / Dover. D E / Chillicothe, O H

Virginio'l

Hnjjfl

MUNICIPAL

Only

BOND

McMANIS A S S O C I A T E S , INC.

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Washington, D. C
Management Consultants to City and County Governments
Productivity Analysis "Fiscal and Managennent Systems
Community Development " CETA/Manpower Services "Economic Development
1201 Connecticut Avenue, N,W., Washington, D.C. (202) 296-1355

7 2 5 C h u r c h St

-lynchburg, V a , • 804

W i l l i a m W . W i n f r e e , Jr.

•

E d w o r d T, P e i t i g r e w , Jr.

•

846-2711

Deoleri and Underwriter!
Finonciol A d v i i o r i
for B o n d

liiuei

�BOOZ • A L L E N &amp; HAMILTON, INC.
. . . Provides a full range of consulting services to
local and regional governments.
FOR

FURTHER

INFORMATION

CONTACT:

MUNICIPAL ADVISORS
INCORPORATED

FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES
•

E R I C S. HANSSEN
DIR. L O C A L GOVT. S E R V I C E S
1 0 2 5 C O N N E C T I C U T A V E . N.W.
W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. 20036
(202)
293-3600

SAN FRANCISCO

CHICAGO

•

A d v i s o r o n Fintinciii! a n d MnrkiMing Miiltnrs
Rrlatinfj to I s s u i i n u ' of M u n i c i p a l Bonds
Position Classifi(:f&gt;tion/C;omp('nsHtion Plans
• ManaHomonl a n d O r g a n i z a t i o n Studins
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NEW YORK

K x i M ; u l i v e Sf^arch and Sol(H:tion

LAWRFNCt:

B. W A L E S

P.O. B O X 45

R O G R R M. S C O T T

Virginia Beach, V a . 234S8
804/422-1711

C r e s a p , M c C o m n i c k a n d P a g e t mc
Managamanc
1778

Conauttanca

K STREET, NW., WASMINtSTON.

• Municipal Organization
• Police and Fire
•Public Works
• Financial Management

D C . 8 0 0 0 6

• Personnel Administration
• Facilities Planning
• Economic Development
• Data Processing

Washington . N«w

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8 3 3 - B 3 S 0

• Education Administration
• Operations Review
• Courts arnJ Probation
• Transportation Management

Y o r k . C h i c a g o • Ban

Francieco

Directory
APPLIED
SCIENCE
LABS, INC.
JOHN F NEVES. Pres

Pollution Control
Ctierrnsts
Bacteriologists
Clinical Testing
•-•qineers
i'uct (development
Sp^-cialty IVlanuiacturers

218 N, ADAMS S T R E E T RICHIVIOND, VA 23220
804/649-9520

George Cunningham, Field Representative
"imagineered"
P L A Y G R O U N D and P A R K E Q U I P M E N T B Y

G A M E TIME, I N C .
CUNNINGHAM ASSOC.
INC.
Box 9554 Lakeside Br., Richmond, Va. 23228
Phone 804/262-2401

TEMPLE FOUNDRY, INC.
CONSTRUCTION CASTINGS SINCE

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1924

233 Telegraph Road
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

22314

(703) 960-3220

Korman Signs

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HEADQUARTERS FOR TRAFFIC
PRODUCTS AND SIGNS

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3027 L I N C O L N A V E .

EQUIPMENT LEASING
"Reasonable rates for lease or loan financing
of macfiinery, equipment, aircraft, store fixtures, furniture, computers, chattel mortgages, leasebacks, vendor programs, and investment credit transactions. Delta Leasing
Co., Richmond, Va. 353-9591"

R I C H M O N D , VA. 23228
O F F I C E 262-6050

Public Research and
Management, Inc.

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MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
ORDINANCE CODIFIERS
157 L u c k i e S t . , N.W.
A t l a n t a , Georgia
30303

Suite 4 1 6

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Washington, D . C .

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JQ444 gives you
two hydraulic
systems
JOHN DEERE on the move

T w o h y d r a u l i c s y s t e m s — e a c h i n d e p e n d e n t of t h e
o t h e r — c o m e a s s t a n d a r d e q u i p m e n t on t h e
J D 4 4 4 L o a d e r . One handles all loader functions, the other
takes care of steering and brakes. Neither depends on the
other.
R e s u l t s ? Y o u get fast loader hydraulics, and
more b u c k e t breakout force than m o s t other
l o a d e r s t h e s a m e s i z e . Steering is smooth and responsive—like your automobile. Brakes are positive and nonfading. And, in case of engine stall, a built-in accumulator
in the system gives you steering and braking capabilities.
C o m p a r e t h e J D 4 4 4 w i t h o t h e r l o a d e r s in t h e
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John Deere construction equipment dealer now. He's listed
in the Yellow Pages. John Deere, Moline, Illinois 61265.

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Li-:rary Director

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�Editorial
THE ALL-AMERICA CITY AWARD
Citizen involvement is "trying" in many ways. Some view it as
striving to acliieve an objective; others perceive it as an annoyance
or difficulty. Defining the process is troublesome. Its meaning usually is colored if not determined by who is doing the defining—public interest advocate, elected official or public bureaucrat, social scientist or service volunteer.
People get involved in community activities as the result of builtup feelings about an issue or a project. Citizen involvement also
has a lot to do with perceptions of the threats or benefits a particular project or issue bears. The motive for being involved may never
be clear-cut—a general call to civic duty, enlightened self-interest,
moral outrage, the need to help a neighbor or any combination of
these.
Nevertheless, the healthy functioning of a democratic society
relies on the effective execution of the office which respects individual views and through which its participants have some sense of
control over their fate. Out of this process is developed a sense of
community, a mutual support system. Public decisions reached by
authentic involvement of those affected are enriched by that involvement. On the one hand participation is a means to an end, but
it also can be an end in itself.
Today, much of the initiative for work done in urban neighborhoods and rural communities is based on the needs felt by ordinary
citizens and not solely on the basis of what the career professional
knows is the "right answer." Local officials, established civic
groups and newly emerging activists are learning that they must
talk together to find common values so that they can work together
to build communities that can be satisfying to all.
The paradox, however, is the tension this process implies.
Achieving citizen involvement has its attendant risks for a group as
well as for individual members. Conflict is a regular part of the
change process, however, not an aberration. Much of the creative
energy which fuels the process is absent without it.
For more than 85 years, the National Municipal League has had
a commitment to fostering effective citizenship—preparing citizens
to participate in the political process as voters, public officials or
members of a civic group. The League's research, publications and
services have had an impact on each of these roles. The League
provides a unique link, helping citizen organizations and city hall, to
define common objectives and achieve results through informed
collaboration.
Its 30-year-old All-America Cities program gives particular emphasis to this collaborative process. It works to identify and recognize civic success, to find out why particular efforts succeed or fail,
and to share those lessons with citizens and officials throughout
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As the All-America Cities program has broadened its emphasis to
include service and research, it has become more sensitive to the
issues which spark citizen involvement and to community improvement processes with ongoing elements.
In the early years of the program the accomplishments most frequently recognized dealt with governmental reform and citizen support of public education. Over the years the focus shifted to economic development, health and social service projects, with an
enduring concern for improvement in race relations. The program
has reflected citizen perceptions of changing community needs.
Generally, what the All-America Cities experience affirms each
year is the value of understanding the interlocking elements in the
process of solving community problems. It is apparent that historic
preservation or cultural enrichment, housing and job development,
governmental and civic organizations and human relations/social
action are all critical elements in the formula for sustaining a
healthy equilibrium in community building.
Developing " a sense of place," through symbols which speak to
the importance of that place in the past and present, provides feelings of roots and continuity. Attention to physical or environmental
concerns is another way in which caring is expressed; business revitalization in old centers, and new industrial and commercial activity are evidence of economic caring; social caring is reflected by
meeting the needs of the underrepresented in the community—the
poor, the elderly, young people, racial and ethnic minorities and the
handicapped.
The organization of government and the private and voluntary
sectors provide a framework and resources which foster this wide
angle definition of community.
What is typical of the current finalists, Charlottesville and Roanoke, and former recent winners, Hampton, Danville, Richmond,
and Portsmouth? These places, though different, worked at local issues that they have identified as important to improve the quality
of life.
In most cases, too, accomplishments have come through the efforts of citizens and local officials negotiating and exchanging ideas
about alternative problem solving approaches.
Yes, the All-America City title has little to do with "pretty faces."
It has to do with the fact that, in those communities, machinery has
been developed and set in place which enables citizens and local officials to negotiate and exchange ideas about alternative problemsolving approaches. The measure of how well that process works is
the level of improved services, better housing, etc.
Its symbols also include the volume of coffee consumed at meetings, worn pencils, stacks of reports and newsletters, press releases and delayed or missed meals and . . . , all of which project a
commitment to care and persist in order to "do it."

WILLIAM G. ANDERSEN, Jr.
Senior Associate
National Municipal League

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Richard L. DeCair

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Associate Editor
Advertising Manager
Financial Secretary

F E B R U A R Y , 1979

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WHERE HELPING COMES NATURALLY

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Q U A L I T Y OF LIVING IN THE VALLEY

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�WHERE HELPING COMES
NATURALLY
By C. Robert Stripling

able to accomplish housing rehabilitation by conventional private methods and thus are eligible for CHIP
assistance.
CHIP grew out of an effort to repair housing damage caused by a major hurricane. Madison House, a
university oriented coordinator for volunteer efforts
in a number of social service areas, assisted in providing CHIP'S volunteer base. CHIP was initially financed
with a $5,000 grant from the national Jaycees' Project
Mainstream. Additional funds were raised from local
foundations and the Virginia Office on Aging but its
major resource continues to be volunteer workers.
" C H I P is a solution which centers around
people, fixing up lives as well as homes."

(Editor's Note: The Virginia Municipal League would like to
recognize all cities in Virginia who have been
distinguished
as All-America Cities [see the Editorial, page 2]. In this issue, we highlight Chadottesville
and Roanoke who have
been named finalists. Even though they will not know
whether they are winners until this spring, both cities
wished to tell other member localities of their
successful
programs in hopes that others might implement the same
solution to a similar problem. Herewith are their narratives.)

Charlottesville has always been known as a city rich
in history. As the home of Thomas Jefferson and the
University of Virginia, it has probably had more than
its share of publicity for a city its size. But history is
not the only story to be told of this Central Virginia
community, and in the summer of 1978, its citizens
seized on an opportunity to tell another important
part of life in Charlottesville by entering the National
Municipal League's All-America Cities Award program.
The All-America Cities program focuses on citizen
volunteer effort, not government sponsored projects.
O n c e the emphasis was clear, we felt that it was an
even greater opportunity to tell the real story of Charlottesville. Afterail, most of the successful programs
in our community were initiated by volunteer citizen
groups. Government had helped, of course, but the
initial efforts and the driving force behind many programs came from outside the government structure.
HIGHLIGHTED

PROGRAMS

Out of a seemingly endless list of examples, three
citizen efforts were highlighted in the All-America
Cities entry:
• Charlottesville Housing Improvement Program;
• Central Virginia Child Development Association;
and
• Downtown Revitalization.
CHARLOTTESVILLE
HOUSING
IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM, INC., (CHIP), is a local non-profit corporation established to rehabilitate substandard housing in the community. Families with critical safety and
sanitary deficiencies in their homes generally are un-

A B O U T THE A U T H O R
C. Robert Stripling is Assistant City Manager, Charlottesville.

CHIP is viewed in the tradition of a "barn raising"—a cooperative effort where neighbors come to
each other's aid in manpower, leadership and materials to accomplish an otherwise impossible job. Volunteer crews work regularly under the direction of
experienced construction managers. The labor is free
to the owner, who must pay only for the material and
subcontracting costs.
Since CHIP requires the active participation in the
projects of those receiving assistance and most of the
labor is volunteer in nature, the program demands intensive citizen involvement. By involving community
leaders as volunteers in early projects, CHIP established a pool of future boosters.
CHIP also stands as an alternative to the large lowincome housing projects with the impersonal bulldozing of not only bricks and mortar, but families,
friends and dreams. CHIP is a solution which centers
around people, fixing up lives as well as homes. In the
past four years, CHIP has helped some 315 people fix
up their homes with over 80,000 hours of volunteer
labor.
THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
(CVCDA) was organized in 1972 by a
group of concerned parents and professionals who
were dissatisfied with the community child care system. With more seeking full-time employment, quality child care in the Charlottesville area was in short
supply. As new facilities sprang up, coordination and
training became more important needs. CVCDA's
early efforts included teaching child care providers
the skills necessary for them to deliver effective child
care, improving communication between parents and
children receiving care, and increasing the awareness
of both social service agencies and agencies providing special child care needs for handicapped and
abused youngsters and others.
Working with the City's social Development Commission and Department of Community Development, C V C D A participated in a study of local child
care services in 1974. The commission's report confirmed a need to coordinate and encourage cooperation among existing day care centers in the use of
limited resources and staff and equipment, to develop extensive training programs for day care providers, to take advantage of available volunteer services and to design an effective in-home day care
program which could recognize children's dev6^op-

�ment needs.
C V C D A is now a non-profit corporation which has
a s s u m e d responsibiMty for placement functions,
training of providers, public education, technical assistance and service coordination through a contract
with the City Department of Social Services. A citizens' Board of Directors oversees this unusual linking
of the public and private sectors.
"The citizens of Charlottesville have continued
this aggressive involvement in the revitalization
of the central city."
The third program emphasized was
DOWNTOWN
REVITALIZATION.
Facing substantial growth in both
residential and commercial development in suburbs
north of the city, a Central City Commission was organized in 1973 to study a method to halt the trend in
a declining downtown. The Commission was comprised of representatives from the business community, elected officials, neighborhood groups and
other citizens. O u t of this commission the concept of
a pedestrian mall and multi-storied parking facility
was developed and ultimately the facilities were constructed. This initial public effort, funded by local tax
revenues and special assessments on adjacent property owners, has led to private investment exceeding
two million dollars in the last two years in the downtown area.
The citizens of Charlottesville have continued this
aggressive involvement in the revitalization of the
central city. Over the last five years a number of separate but related efforts has given birth to a downtown
artist center, a hotel conversion to condominiums
and the purchase of an old post office building for
use as a library. During the last year, an extension to
the downtown mail has been approved, a vacated
school in the central business district has been sold
to the county government for use as the County Office Building and the renovation of an old armory for
use as a recreation center has been finished; in addition, a significant number of older homes in the
downtown area has changed ownership and been
renovated for single family use, work has begun on
the rehabilitation of an adjacent blighted neighborhood and an economic development advisory group
has begun study of a proposed hotel/convention
center on a central city site.
WORKING TOGETHER
After the City received word of our selection as
one of twenty finalists, things really began to happen.
Groups cutting across all social, economic and political persuasions pitched in to prepare a presentation
which would really tell the City's story. The Chamber
of Commerce, League of Women Voters, University
League, Neighborhood Associations and individual
citizens devoted their resources to this effort.
All the local media worked together day and night
to package an exhibit which would tell the Charlottesville story through photographs, slides and
sound. The newspaper editor mustered his forces to
meet tight deadlines with quality work and local architects designed an exhibit structure which matched
the visual aids to perfection.

The work on the presentation and exhibit held true
to the groups chosen theme, "where helping comes
naturally." Enough money was raised privately to
send a seventeen member delegation of citizens to
Louisville in November. With many of them meeting
for the first time, a sense of community developed
which will carry over for years to come.
The effort has paid off in many ways. Part of the
All-America Cities material has been used in the
City's economic development program and the exhibit now stands in the lobby of City Hall, telling the
story to the community. The announcement of the
cities chosen for the All-America Cities Award will
not come until this spring, but the projects highlighted in the competition and the excitement generated by the efforts itself have already proven that
Charlottesville is a place "where helping comes naturally."

QUALITY OF LIVING
IN THE VALLEY
by H. B. Ewert and J. W. Eure

Roanoke, which had won the National Municipal
League's All-America City designation once in 1952,
and had twice tried without success to repeat, decided they could win this time. The initiative lay with
Roanoke's two-term mayor, the Reverend Noel C.
Taylor, w h o challenged the Roanoke Valley Chamber
of Commerce, which had engineered the earlier efforts. From there, it was a matter of tapping the right
sources of information and assembling it within the
rigid framework prescribed by the National Municipal League.
Jack M. Goodykoontz, manager of the Business
Service Department of the Chamber, drew together a
broadly-based advisory committee, chaired by a retired newspaperman. The assignment attracted the
conscientious attention of a dozen knowledgeable
leaders from business, the private social agencies, the
arts and cultural pursuits, neighborhood preservation
groups and the downtown revitalization movement.
A series of brain-storming sessions produced a twopage list of projects and activities, all started, ad-

A B O U T THE A U T H O R S
H. Bern Ewert is the City Manager and J. W, Eure, retired Day
Managing Editor, Roanoke Times &amp;
World-News.

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create a pleasant living and shopping environment
d o w n t o w n . To cap it off a new plan was being designed on commercial television, a first in American
urban design. Simultaneously, residents of several
d o w n t o w n neighborhoods organized and they were
able to preserve and better their communities.
MEETING CITIZEN NEEDS

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vanced or brought to successful completion within
the 18 months prior to the application's deadline.
That list formed the skeleton on which the community's case for All-America status was to rest. The task
now was to organize the material within the framework required, and to "flesh o u t " the skeleton.
"The achievements did not acknowledge boundary
lines . . . it was a Roanoke Valley submission."

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it was apparent at once that the Roanoke community's claim to consideration rested on a broader base
than the central city alone. The decision was to make
it the story of citizen activity for the entire Roanoke
Valley, encompassing the two Cities of Roanoke and
Salem, the Town of Vinton and the County of Roanoke whose boundaries take in all these localities.
Most of the achievements noted, like the problems
they solved and the needs they met, took no account
of municipal boundaries. The leadership and the citizen-energy which moved the projects came from all
the political subdivisions and it became a Roanoke
Valley submission.
Individual members of the All-America Cities Committee assumed the responsibility of gathering and
verifying the detailed information in their areas of
special knowledge. They found answers to questions
such as; How were the needs identified? What organizations or individuals initiated the effort and carried
the load? How was the activity financed? How many
people took part? Was there opposition and how was
it dealt with? What techniques were used to get input
from the ordinary citizens affected and to involve
them in the solutions?
As the process advanced, it became clear that there
would be no single, dramatic problem overcome or
no overwhelming crisis met on which to peg the submission. Instead, there was a multiplicity of needs
met and projects carried through. The advisory committee set about organizing these into a framework
and determined that the Roanoke Valley had advanced measurably in three fields.

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A new consciousness of the community's obligations to its less able citizens had given birth to a
whole series of new and expanded programs for the
elderly, the handicapped, minorities, abused children
and others in need. Also, a dozen citizen groups were
actively identifying and filling in the gaps in the community's cultural history, sciences and new technology was bright lighted, too.
These three—save d o w n t o w n , citizen needs and
the arts, formed the framework around which the
Roanoke Valley's case for All-America status was
built. All were aimed at improving the "Quality of Living in the Valley." That phrase became the cornerstone of the structure. After filing the application for
the award with the League, the waiting was difficult
but the challenge was worth it—Roanoke Valley was
a finalist.
Roanoke Valley's strategy had already been decided for the presentation in Louisville, Kentucky.
Mayor Taylor, who is an effective speaker, was a natural to make the address and Bern Ewert, Roanoke's
manager, would answer the panel's questions following the mayor's presentation.
An advertising agency, known both for creativity
and civic-awareness, was enlisted to turn the entry information into a precisely-timed script, matched with
slides, for the mayor's use. Anne Hammersley, a freelance writer familiar with Mayor Taylor's speaking
style, wrote the script, while photographers roamed
the Valley for shots of people and scenes to give the
community's accomplishment visual impact.
A simple display, made up of photos of Roanoke
Valley faces, was prepared by the ad agency. Three
women were chosen to be hostesses at the Roanoke
Valley display. Quantities of Roanoke Valley apple cider and Virginia ham biscuits were procured to give
others attending the All-America Cities event a taste
of Virginia hospitality. This idea, interesting enough,
was suggested by jim Lord, City Manager, Danville
and also a manager of an All-America City, when he
was asked for suggestions by Roanoke's Bern Ewert.
Roanoke Valley had been built into an All-American community over the years by the character and
civic efforts of hundreds of concerned and compassionate citizens. A handful of these citizens had
spent the late summer putting the story of their
achievements into a words-and-pictures presentation. They left Louisville full of confidence that the
Roanoke Valley would be given All-America recognition. It will be early spring of 1979 before the National
Municipal League completes the verification process
and names the All-America Cities for 1978.

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Armel Resigns

Winchester Mayor Stewart Bell announced the resignation of Commissioner of Revenue JULIAN ARMEL, SR.
Armel cited poor health as the reason
for his resignation, which was effective
January 1. His term would have run
until January 1, 1981, giving him three
more years to serve. However, an appointee, appointed by the majority
decision of the circuit court judges,
will serve until the next general election In November.

T o w n Council Changes

Boones Mill T o w n Council appointed
MRS. ROSEMARY
H. BUCHANAN and
STEVEN
PALMER
to fill vacancies
left on the g o v e r n i n g b o d y . M r s .
Buchanan, wife of a former mayor,
Lewis R. Buchanan, is a savings and
loan counselor at First Federal Savings
and Loan. Steven Palmer attended Virginia Tech and is now employed at
Continental Homes. H. A. RUFF was
unanimously voted as Boones Mill's
Vice Mayor.
Strasburg C o u n c i l m a n
CAULTER
STICKLEY resigned from Council due
to poor health. A replacement for
Stickley has not been named. JAMES
H. PAINTER was unanimously elected
by Council as the Town's new mayor.

Electricities Names

RALPH W. SHAW, general manager of
the O m a h a Public Power district and
one of the nation's top ten public
power executives, has been employed
as director of Electricities' management services staff. He will oversee the
creation of the staff which will provide
administrative, accounting and general
services for the three North Carolina
m u n i c i p a l p o w e r agencies. Electricities special committee has also employed a finance director, JAMES T.
BOBO, program leader for finance administration for the Washington Public
Power Supply System. A number of localities having municipal electric
power systems in Virginia also belong
to Electricities.

New Ashland Manager

G E O R G E W. NESTER was appointed
to the position of town manager of
Ashland. Nester previously served as
administrative assistant to Vinton's
town manager, Ronald Miller. He at-

tended Bluefield Junior College and is
a graduate of VPI &amp; S U , where he is
also a candidate for a graduate degree
in urban affairs.

James Dies

Herndon building inspector G R A H A M
JAMES, JR., died December 18, 1978.
Prior to his e m p l o y m e n t w i t h the
T o w n in 1973, James was a private
contractor. Some of the homes he had
contracted for were in House Beautiful
magazine and he received an Award
of Merit from the American Institute of
Architects in 1972. James is also a
former mayor of the Town of Hernd o n . The Virginia Municipal League
and the Virginia Building Officials Association extend sincere sympathy to
the family of Graham James, Jr.

W e b b o n Retires,
Smith Named

RICHARD J. WEBBON retired as Virginia Beach's City Clerk on December
31. Webbon had served 23 years with
the City. He studied at Newark College of Engineering and Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to his service
with Virginia Beach, he was employed
by Miles City, Montana.
V i r g i n i a B e a c h City C o u n c i l appointed R U T H HODGES
SMITH as
City Clerk, replacing Richard Webbon.
Ms. Smith is a graduate of Potomac
State College of West Virginia, with a
degree in administration. Prior to her
new position, she was corporate treasurer, Nepratex Industries and assistant
secretary treasurer, McArthur Memorial Foundation. Ms. Smith's post was
effective January 1.

Mazziotti Resigns

VICTOR MAZZIOTTI,
Charlottesville's
finance director, resigned December
15 to accept a position with American
Management Systems in Washington,
D.C. Mazziotti is a graduate of Shippensburg State College and Roosevelt
University. He has served as village
manager, Richton Park, Illinois and assistant to the village manager in Park
Forest, Illinois.

Lockwood Appointed

RICHARD C. LOCKWOOD
has been
named State Transportation Planning
Engineer for the Virginia Department
of Highways and Transportation. Assistant head of the Transportation
Planning Division since it was formed
four years ago, Lockwood succeeds
O s c a r K. Mabry, w h o was recently
named director of planning for the department. Lockwood holds a bachelor's and master's degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech.

Financing
Public Power
Requirements

Rees Appointed

J. CONWAY REES has been named director of the new Office of Local Government Management Relations. The
new office is within the Department of
Personnel and T r a i n i n g , C o m m o n wealth of Virginia. An experienced
personnel manager, Rees has worked
with local governments extensively,
especially regarding grievance administration. DAVID ARMSTRONG,
manager of Local Government Programs,
and his staff will be transferred from
Management Development and Training Service (MOTS) to the new Office
of Local G o v e r n m e n t Management
Relations.

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ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM
The Award

Recognizing that localities in the Commonwealth strive towards improving municipal service, the Virginia Municipal League, through the
Achievement Awards, wishes to honor these endeavors. The entry for
a given award should be innovative and structured to meet specific
needs and desires of your locality.

Eligibility

Any member locality, town, city or urban county, is eligible to enter
the VML Achievement Awards Program.

Categories

Twelve awards are available—six for towns and six for cities and
counties (one award for each group, in each of the six areas that parallel the VML policy committees). The categories are the following:
—Community Development (housing and urban renewal)
—Effective Government (finances, management, training programs)
—Environmental Quality (water quality, local planning and land use,
energy use, solid waste management)
—Human Resources (child care programs, health care, alcohol and
mental health programs, recreational services, education)
—Public Safety (court system, fire and rescue services, emergency
preparedness, law enforcement)
—Transportation (streets and roads improvement, public transportation systems, bicycle ways, transportation of the handicapped)

Criteria for
judging Entries

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Judging

The entries will be judged by a special committee whose members
are selected for their expertise in the area of the awards.

Presentation
of Awards

Awards will be announced in September and appropriate recognition
will be given to each recipient during the VML Conference Opening
Session. In addition, the awards will be highlighted in the Conference
issue of V I R G I N I A T O W N &amp; CITY magazine.

H o w to Enter

Each entry must be preceded by an application form, due by March
30, 1979. Localities may enter all six categories but may only have one
entry in a given category. All entries must be received by the Virginia
Municipal League, P.O. Box 753, Richmond, Virginia 23206, no later
than April 27, 1979. It is our hope that you will support this program
and take this opportunity to be recognized for outstanding municipal service.

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—Maximum six double-spaced typed pages to explain the entry
—Maximum 3 pages of appendices, charts, etc.
—Use of black and white photographs
—Use of camera ready graphs, charts and architects' renditions, etc.
—All entries must have 3 copies of all visual materials
—All entries must be signed by the chief elected official (mayor,
board chairman)

�Legal Guiddines
S T A T U T O R Y P R E S U M P T I O N O F G O O D HEALTH

by Howard W. Dobbins, General Counsel

A c a s e w h i c h is d e e m e d to b e of
interest to local officials is the r e c e n t d e c i s i o n of t h e V i r g i n i a S u p r e m e C o u r t in Berry v. County of
Henrico
(decided August 3 1 ,
1978). In this c a s e w h i c h w a s earl i e r r e f e r r e d t o in t h i s c o l u m n .
B e r r y , a f i r e m a n in t h e C i t y of
R i c h m o n d , w a s hired by Henrico
C o u n t y in D e c e m b e r , 1970. A s a
part of t h e C o u n t y ' s e m p l o y m e n t
procedure. Berry was examined by
the C o u n t y physician w h o found
h i m " f i t f o r d u t y as a firefighter."
In 1 9 7 2 , t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
r e w r o t e V i r g i n i a C o d e §27-40.1 e s t a b l i s h i n g that a n y firefighter w h o
s u f f e r e d i m p a i r m e n t of health by
r e a s o n of r e s p i r a t o r y d i s e a s e s , h y p e r t e n s i o n o r heart d i s e a s e w o u l d
b e p r e s u m e d to h a v e s u f f e r e d that
c o n d i t i o n in t h e line of d u t y
unless the contrary be s h o w n by
competent evidence. Subsequent
t h e r e t o . B e r r y w a s r e e x a m i n e d as
p r o v i d e d by t h e a m e n d e d statute
a n d d i s p l a y e d n o e v i d e n c e of h y p e r t e n s i o n o r h e a r t d i s e a s e . In O c t o b e r , 1973, B e r r y s u f f e r e d a m y o c a r d i a l i n f a r c t i o n c a u s e d by lack of
o x y g e n to t h e heart m u s c l e
brought about by arteriosclerosis
o r h a r d e n i n g of t h e arteries of t h e
heart. T h e e v i d e n c e d i s c l o s e d that
this c o n d i t i o n w a s a c h r o n i c p r o c ess of l o n g d u r a t i o n a n d i n determinate onset. While the dise a s e is of u n k n o w n etiology, t h e
e v i d e n c e indicated that certain
f a c t o r s a r e k n o w n to b e a s s o c i a t e d
with the disease, including "familial h i s t o r y o f p r e m a t u r e a r t e r i osclerosis, sex (male), abnormal
s e r u m lipids ( c h o l e s t e r o l a n d / o r
triglycerides), hypertension, cigarette s m o k i n g , o b e s i t y a n d d i a b e tes m e l l i t u s . H o w e v e r , less t h a n
half of t h e patients w i t h c o r o n a r y
heart disease have these major
i d e n t i f i e d a n d a c c e p t e d risk f a c tors, s o that t h e a b s e n c e of s u c h

risk f a c t o r s d o e s n o t m e a n that t h e
disease will not occur, because
o t h e r f a c t o r s as y e t u n i d e n t i f i e d
may produce the disease."
T h e report of B e r r y ' s e x a m i n a t i o n in 1973 i n d i c a t e d that s o m e of
t h e f a c t o r s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the d i s e a s e w e r e p r e s e n t in B e r r y ' s hist o r y , b u t s o m e w e r e not. M o r e over, apparently Berry did not
r e c e i v e a n " e x e r c i s e stress t e s t "
a n d t h e e v i d e n c e of t h e p h y s i c i a n
in t h e c a s e w a s that stress testing
was necessary before o n e could
be certain that c o r o n a r y arterio s c l e r o s i s w a s n o t p r e s e n t at the
t i m e of e m p l o y m e n t .

amination conducted under the
d i r e c t i o n a n d c o n t r o l of t h e e m p l o y e r fails to m a k e a positive
f i n d i n g of t h e diseases w h i c h s u b sequently brings about the disability o r d e a t h of t h e firefighter."
Further, the S u p r e m e Court held
that t h e real b u r d e n of p r o o f is o n
the e m p l o y e r , citing t h e earlier p o l i c e m a n ' s c a s e of Page v. City of
Richmond,
218 V a . , 241 S.E. 2 d 775
(1978) to t h e effect " t h e e m p l o y e r
must adduce competent medical
e v i d e n c e of a n o n w o r k i n g - r e l a t e d
c a u s e of t h e d i s a b l i n g d i s e a s e " in
o r d e r to r e b u t t h e statutory p r e sumption.

O n t h e basis of this e v i d e n c e ,
the Virginia Industrial C o m m i s s i o n
d e n i e d B e r r y t h e b e n e f i t of a statutory p r e s u m p t i o n o n t h e g r o u n d
that t h e r e w a s " c o m p e t e n t m e d i cal e v i d e n c e in t h e r e c o r d failing
to p r o v e that B e r r y w a s f r e e of t h e
c o n d i t i o n p r i o r to m a k i n g his
c l a i m . " In r e v e r s i n g t h e Industrial
C o m m i s s i o n , the Virginia Supreme
C o u r t in a n o p i n i o n w r i t t e n b y J u s tice H a r m a n s t a t e d , " w e t h i n k it
clear that t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
i n t e n d e d t h e p r e s u m p t i o n to a p ply in t h o s e c a s e s w h e r e i n a n e x -

W h e n the General Assembly
was considering these presumpt i o n s , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of the V i r ginia Municipal League argued
that, a l t h o u g h t h e p r e s u m p t i o n is
e x p r e s s e d in t h e statute as a r e b u t table o n e , the
presumption
a m o u n t s to a c o n c l u s i v e o n e b e c a u s e of t h e a l m o s t i m p o s s i b l e
b u r d e n of p r o v i n g that this t y p e of
disease resulted from a n o n - w o r k related c a u s e .

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problem and recommended construction of a new airport. In the
early 1960s, the Federal Aviation
Administration authorized a
$231,000 grant, matched by municipal funds received from proceeds
of the sale of the original site, for
construction of the new airport.
While many communities were issuing bonds for airport construction, Leesburg received its new facility on a veritable silver platter.
The new Godfrey Field, named after the famed radio and television
personality, is now located about
t w o m i l e s s o u t h e a s t of t o w n
among the rolling hills of Loudoun
County.
Leesburg found development
was far simpler than operations as
financial and management problems continued to surface over the
next fifteen years. With the airport's location outside of town
and few town residents owning
aircraft, enthusiasm and financial
resources were difficult to muster.

By John Niccolls
and Jeffrey H. Minor

Leesburg's first airport, a cow
pasture owned by Arthur Godfrey,
is now a growing condominium
townhouse development. In the
early 1950s, Mr. Godfrey dedicated
this site to the town to operate as
an airfield. Soon, however. Leesburg officials and community leaders recognized this land was too
valuable a site for an airport. An
airport study committee, later to
form the nucleus of the Leesburg
Airport Commission, analyzed the

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
John Niccolls is Leesburg's T o w n Manager and Jeffrey H. Minor serves as Assistant T o w n Manager. Copies of the
relevant documents described in this article are available to Virginia Town &amp; City
readers upon request.

FBO Disputes Climax
Like most general aviation air-

p o r t s , ramp s e r v i c e s , a i r p l a n e
sales, aircraft repair and aviation
fuel sales were performed by fixed
base operators (FBOs). FBOs lease
airport space and usually pay a flat
monthly rent or a percentage of
gross sales to the airport owner. In
1974 Leesburg's FBOs paid a combined total of only $6,200 in rent
to the T o w n , not enough to cover
expenses which exceeded $25,000.
Even with low rental payments,
the principal operator experienced
increasing difficulty in meeting its
contractual obligations to provide
quality aeronautical services at the
airport. Air traffic decreased as
services and safety continued to
erode. The year 1976 saw suits and
counter suits filed over various
disputes between the Town and
the main FBO. Finally, Leesburg resolved the litigation by making a
settlement of $70,000, which essentially bought back the lease
from the main operator. The Town
for a brief, but what will be longremembered period, provided direct aeronautical services to the
remaining airport users. Council-

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tie-down space requirements,
fuel-pricing policies and navigational-air maintenance problems.
The remaining FBO (a small corporation offering only T-hangers,
open-air tie-downs and a key operated fuel facility) pays only $800
per year in rent under a lease set
to expire in 1984. To further exacerbate mounting financial problems, the Town in 1977 began a
$650,000 FAA Airport Development Air Project for strengthening
the two runways, taxiway and construction of an 85-aircraft paved
parking apron. Leesburg's five percent share of this project exceeded
$34,000. Leesburg learned that
self-sustaining airport operations
require successful commercial operators contributing to the substantial cost of maintenance, safety
and improvements.
With these goals in mind, Leesburg started to rebuild operations.
First, the Airport Commission was
reorganized under Council legislation to strengthen Commission authority over airport operations and
to resolve years of uncertainty
about the responsibilities of this
advisory group. Second, an aviation consultant was hired to help
prepare a request for FBO proposals. Third, using authority provided in State Code Section 5.1-44,
the Town adopted a fixed base
operator fee ordinance. This requires FBOs to pay fees to the
Town annually based on gross
receipts or other measures of business volume conducted at the airport. These are earmarked for airport expenses.
FBO fees compensate the Town
for the operators' privileges of
conducting commercial aeronautic
activity at the airport as distinct
from the value of leasehold interest. Also, the approval process for
new fixed base operators was clarified and strengthened to require
lease approval from the Town
Council and formal licensing by
the Airport Commission.
The fact these new fees were to
be separate, additional payments
was made very clear when several
months later a new request for
proposals for a main FBO was circulated. Following a long and arduous selection process. Century
Aviation, Inc., (already holders of

leased operations at Dulles and
Frederick, Maryland airports) was
named Leesburg's new FBO. Happily, Century's proposal gave the
Town a $70,000 non-refundable
advance payment which returned
the previous outlay required to
evict the former unsuccessful FBO.
FBO Ordinance Faces Legal
Challenge
A series of frustrating attempts
to require the original FBO (not
the new FBO, Century Aviation) to
comply with the new ordinance
culminated in a declaratory judgment suit challenging the Town's
authority to levy the new fees. The
operator argued the new ordinance was an unconstitutional impairment of its contractual rights
under the lease. The FBO further
contended that the Town was authorized under State law to operate the airport either by contract
or municipal regulation and that
the Town, through its lease, had
elected to proceed by contract,
thus preempting additional municipal regulation. Leesburg Council
answered that rental payments are
compensation only for the value
of the leasehold without granting
special privileges for the conduct
of commercial operations on the
common-use areas of the airport.
Further, the Town contended the
lease itself made the operator subject to "all regulations imposed by
lessor" and required it to "obtain
all necessary permits". Fortunately,
the Loudoun Circuit Court upheld
the Leesburg's position that the
FBO fees applied to existing fixed
base operators. The court said
"compliance with town regulations" must be construed to include both current and prospective regulations, especially in light
of the fact that enabling authority
for municipalities to charge such
fees was in effect at the time the
lease was executed. The court is,
however, at variance with a 1966
State attorney general's opinion in
rejecting another town argument
that the lease was subject to the
State's franchise statute.
The fee ordinance means an additional $24,000 in revenue from
the original operator over the remaining life of the lease. Further
improvements at the airport have
been planned and a new ADAP

grant application for holding
aprons, a visual-approach slope indicator system and runway-end indicator lights has been filed.
Summary
Leesburg believes the fixed
based operator fees are a reasonable and an effective method to
raise airport revenues at a time
when lease arrangements made in
earlier pre-inflation times have become insufficient to meet the financial obligations of a modern
airport. FBOs should pay a fair
share of the cost of airport operations, such as insurance, air-navigational-aid repairs and maintenance, electricity and what is now
a ten percent share of FAA sponsored development projects.
All potential revenue sources
must be explored and utilized for
small general aviation airports to
continue to provide safe and convenient facilities for non-scheduled aircraft and provide relief for
major airports from increasing
general aviation traffic.

Ideas
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
(113,000) has adopted an incentive or
task system for meter readers. Readers
are allowed to leave work each day
once routes are completed. (Contact:
City Manager, City Hall, Columbia,
South Carolina 292901.)
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA (132,000), uses vacuum-cleanerlike extension hoses for collecting
leaves and small debris. The cost is
approximately $1,000 per hose. (Contact: City Manager, P.O. Box 2511,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
27102.)
NEW CARROLLTON, MARYLAND
(14,870), collects glass, aluminum,
other metals and leaves, but encourages citizens to bring these materials
to a central location. Volunteers flatten cans and crush the glass with machines donated by a local bottler. The
leaves are transported to the City's
compost pile. Compost is used for
municipal projects and is free for citizens' use. (Contact: City Administrator, City Hall, New Carrollton, Maryland 20784.)

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B E A C H — T h e Department
of Economic Development won four
literature and promotion awards at the
Southern industrial Development
Council's annual conference in San
Antonio, Texas. The competition included 230 entries with more than 400
pieces of literature. The Development
department won an excellence award
for its industrial advertising campaign
and its recent special report to the
City's citizens. A. James DeBellis, director of the Department, accepted
the award in San Antonio.
VIENNA/FAIRFAX
COUNTY—The
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
has a p p r o v e d the r e q u e s t of the
Vienna Volunteer Fire Department for
personnel to staff the Mobile Intensive
Care Unit ( M I C U ) at the Vienna Fire
Station. The M I C U , an ambulance that
permits very quick response time, was
purchased entirely with contributions
from Vienna area citizens, businesses
and Town funds. The Town of Vienna
thanked the Board of Supervisors for

supporting the Town's efforts to man
the M I C U .

was good to know that the City can be
called upon for assistance when it Is
needed.

VINTON—The
Vinton Baptist Church
held a special service for Town employees as an expression of their appreciation for the good service that
Town employees had given to the Vinton community. Town Manager Ron
Miller commented that it was a "first"
that had happened for the Town and
he c o m p l i m e n t e d V i n t o n Baptist
Church for this special recognition.

G R E T N A — T o w n Council approved a
new Town Charter that requires staggered council elections and permits
the manager form of government. The
Town presently employs a town superintendent. Another provision of
the updated Charter calls for an industrial park.

NORTON/DANVILLE—The
City of
Norton, suffering from a drought, received equipment from the City of
Danville w h i c h allowed Norton to
pump water from a larger area to help
relieve the water shortage. Danville
had acquired over 10,000 feet of steel
pipe through the Civil Defense for
emergency use and was able to make
arrangements to transport the pipe to
N o r t o n , after the City r e c e i v e d a
request for assistance from the Norton
city manager. Danville officials said it

CLAREMONT—Citizens and members
of the Town Council welcomed Drs.
Mike Schroering and June Tunstall,
w h o requested permission for the use
of the T o w n Hall because the present
facility does not have enough floor
space. The Town Hall will be used at
least once a week to serve as a satellite
clinic for the recently established Surry
Family Health Improvement, Inc.
Council approved the use of the Town
building to meet the needs of the new
medical program.

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Richard D. Barker
Judy S. Barnes

�Benjamin Barnhart
John T. Barrett
Clarence A. Bartek
John R . Bartlett
Robert W. Basham
Beverley C. Battle
Paul H. Bauz
Ralph E. Bayer
John C. Beach, Jr.
Buford D. Beard
Rich ard A. Beaver
Walter C. Beck II
Shirley A. Beckner
Alan S. Beckner
Bennie L. Bedsaul, Jr.
J acqueline C. Bell
Gary W. Bennett
Kenneth E. Bentz
Ri ch ard A. Bergeron
Richard A. Berry
Howard W. Bibee
Stephen L. Bishop
Arden B. Blackwell
Barbara E.O. Blades
David M. Blair
Ronald D. Bland
Michael S. Board
Delores Boggs
Frances L. Bohon
Howard 0. Boling
Charl es C. Bolling
John W. Bolt
Percy N. Bolton, Jr.
Jan M. Bonesteel
Sandra L. Bonham
Evely n W. Booker
Jo A.D. Boone
Dorothy A. Booth
Robert D. Bordett
Don W. Boulding
Paul D. Bowen
Ronald L. Bowles
Grover R. Bowling
Rebecca A. Bowling
Terry M. Bowman
Mich ael W. Bowman
Paul D. Bowman
Judy K. Bowyer
Joyce H. Boxley
William S. Boyd

Thomas L. Bent
Ralph J . Birkcnmaicr
W. Scott Bonham
David C. Bousman
David W. Bowles

Kenneth S. Bowling
Brian D. Bowman
Wyatt R . Bowman
Marilyn L. Bowyer
Barbara A. Boyd

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�Deborah S . Bratto n
Byron W. Brown

Michael A. Bryant
F. Dale Burton
Marie H. Bushway
Donald Byrd

William D. Calloway 11
Billy G. Ca mper
J ea n A. Camper
Brenda S. Carter

Harold 0 . Castleman
Jerry W. Cle mmer
Daniel L. Cobb
Linda J. Coleman

12

Michael W. Brookman
Ne lson C. Brown , Jr.

A nit a G. Brown
Sa rah D . Brown

�Joan P. Coles
John E. Collier , Jr.
Valeria L. Cook
Julia A. Cooper

Larry Covington
Mildred J. Cowling
Nancy R. Crawford
Bernard E. Creasy

Mary S. Crowder
Lewis Cunningham
Beverly G. Davis
Dennie P. Denison III

Mark R. Boy er
Carolyn A. Bratton
T ed R. Bratton
Jerry R. Briggs
James D. Brightbill
Clovis D. Brinker
S tephen Broadwater
Archibald M. Brock
George R . Brogan
Gerald E. Broga n
Michael L. Brogan
Perry E . Brooks
John R. Brooks III
Karen L. Brooks
Karyl L. Brooks
Alta Broughman
Mildred W. Browning
Kare n L. Brown
Betty R . Broyles
Michael N. Brubaker
Daniel P. Brugh
Jerald B. Brumbelow
Jam cs R . Bnimficld
Thomas L . Brumfield, Jr.
Ole n W. Bryant, Jr.
Roland P. Bry ant
Lero y Bryant
Mildred J . Bryant
Ra y mo nd E. Buchanan
Carolyn S . Bullard
Bishop B. Bullock
Dewey M. Bunn
George W. Burch
Benjamin A. Bureh
Robert I .. Burch

Rodn ey C. Burford
Sh eila Burnett
Brenda H . Burnside
Tanya B. Burr
William M. Bursey
Allan W. Burtis
Marylouise Burton
James R. Bush
Michael R. Bush
George 0. Butler
Clarence E. Caban iss
Robert S. Caldw ell
Edwin 0. Caldwell
William C. Caldwell, Jr.
Kay Caldwell
Jack A. Camden
Mary B. Camden
Cecil W. Campbell
Algie R. Campbell
Dann y L. Camper
James D. Canaday
Woodrow D. Canaday
J oc F. Capell
Harry L. Carder
William S. Carmichael
Mike R . Ca rper
Cy rus A. f:arper III
William L. Carroll
Scott W. Ca rroll
Frank M. Carter
Norma J. Cecil
Tobey C. Chambers
Micha el Chamber
Robert A. Ch apman
Jam es D. Ch ea tham

William A. Childs
Gary M. Chittum
Michael W. Christley
Arlen G. Christley
Steven D. Church
Charlie D. Clark
David W. Clark
Bobby L. Clark
Rebecca C. Clark
Raymond Clauch erty
Bett e Clayman
William H. Cleary
Charles B. Clemmer
David P. Clifton
Arnold W. Clifton
David L. Cline
Rita R. Clinebell
Lloyd R. Clinge npeal
Peter J . Clore
Barbara R . Clower
James 1\1. Cobb
Brice T. Cocke, Jr.
Ly nn A. Cocke
Robert Coffey
Shelton R. Coffey
Leonard E. Coleman
Virgi l T . Coleman, Jr .
Michael R . Collins
Betty C. Collins
Dane C. Collins
Keith A. Coil s
Douglas R. Colwell
Robert F. Co mpton
Ray F. Con lo n
Albert I.. C.on ncr

�Phillip W. DeWitt
Patricia S. Doss

Diane L. D.ucan
James G. Ferrell

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Danny Dillon
Della M. Dougan

Thomas E. Elliott
Susan Fitzgerald

Lynwood Dillon
Susan J . Dressler

Anthony T. Ellis
Frances Fitzpatrick

Sandra K. Dillon
Francis L. Drewry

Ricky L. Etter
Sylvia J. Fowler

James H. Dogan
Linda Drumheller

Karen Farris
Hele n E. Gamble

�Jud y D. Conner
Gregg W. Co nw ay
John C. Cook
Pamela I. Cooke
George R . Cooper, Jr.
Richard M. Cooper
Susan M. Corbett
Ge raline B. Corbe tt
Willi am R . Cornett
Elizabeth Cotney
Dan G. Counts
Roger L. Counts
John D. Cox
Michael C. Craddock
Michael E. Craghead
Ronald L. Craig
J esse T . Crawford
Judith Cray mer
Peggy W. Cregger
Rebecca F . Cromer
J ess W. Crosswhite, Jr.
Thomas E. Crowder
John W. Crowder
Clarence E. Cumbie
William S. Cumbie
Kevin J. Cunningham
Loui s R . Curd
William D. Cushman
Margaret E. Custer
Gloria J .M. Cutright
Ro semary Daloisio
Garnett L. Dalton
Shirley J . Dahmer
John P. Dame III
J oscph R . Damiano
Aubrey W. Damron
Michael D. Darocha
David E. Davis
William R . Davis, Jr.
Judith A. Davis
Suzanne K. Davis
Jack E. Davis
Margaret R. Dearing
Suzanne M. Dea ring
Lucia Ann Deeds

Brenda M. Dehart
Thomas J. Dehart
Mary E. Deitrick
Way ne H. Delong
Kare n W. Denny
Rodn ey K. Dewitt
Wayne E. Di ck erson
Rob ert C. Dieffenbach
Patricia P. Dillion
Brenda C. Dillon
Lewis F. Dillon, Jr.
Connie R. Dillon
David T. Dillon
Ra ch el A. Dillon
Martha A. Dishner
Bradley H. Dobbins
Ja ck E. Dobrovolny
James P. Dodd
Keith M. Dodson
Ri chard W. Donahue
William R. Donohoe, Jr.
Ro ger F. Dooley
Patricia Dooley
Earl M. Dooley
Ronald L. Dooley
Gary W. Dove
Thomas E. Dowdy
Joseph L. Downey
Robert S. Downie
Francis L. Drewry
Michael B. Driscoll
Linda Dnnnhellcr
Gail S. Dudding
Larry C. Dulaney
Thomas T. Duncan
Jose ph H. Duncan
Kenneth C. Dunn
Martha B. Durham
Larkin T. Duval, Jr.
Ruth A. Dyer
John H. Eagle, Jr.
Larry V. Eanes
Marie Eanes
Pamela G. Early
Oman L . East

Alma L. Gibbs
Betty Gibson
Bre nd a J. Gibso n
George F. Give ns

Douglas S. Gordon
Rhonda J. Gree ne
Sherry J. Greer
Sue A. Hale

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15

�Wanda L. Hale
Portia A. Hayes
Ron ald W. Hill

John W. Elder
Sara E. Elder
John F. Eldredge
Douglas Elliott
Jerry T. Ellis
Stephen W. Elmore
Selma D. Elswick
Thomas W. Elvin
Mark Q. Emick
Timothy V. Emick
Frederick E. Emmons
Em mette R. Emswiler
Kenneth Epperly
William D. Equi III
Richard C. Eubank, Jr.
Janis P. Eubank
Karleen D Evans
Robert L. Evans
Joann e M. Everin gham
Henry T. Fairlrace
Robert E. Falliga nt
Julian S. Fant

Barbara tl. Faries
Kenneth L. Farley
Donna J. Farris
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Charles W. Hardy
f-,,Ji chael R. Hedgecock
Ernest G. Hilliker

Mary A. Fawcett
Barry M. Ferguson
Douglas R. Ferguson
Dora Mae Ferguson
Paul D. Ferguson, Jr.
George F. Ferrell
Margaret N. Ferris
Patricia M. Ferris
Tommy L. Firebaugh
Ann C. Fisher
Samuel W. Fisher
C.'harles W. Fitzwater
Catherine C. Fizer
William L. Fling
Richard A. Flippen
Charles N. Flora
Emmett D. Fore
Terrance D. Forrest
Marvin L. Foster
William L. Fowler
Louise H. Fraley
Michael H. Frank
Jo se ph W. Franklin
James L. Fulcher
Ralph L. Fuller

James T. Harman
William Hedri ck
Donna L. Hinchee

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David E. Harri s
Susan E. Helms
Roger W. Hine s

James D. Harris
Donald L. Hill
Sandra S. Hobso n

�Daniel E. Fultz
Bru ce V. Funk
Deborah S. Funk
James C. Furrow
Allison B. Galliher
Gary W. Galliher
Thomas R. Gammon
Donald R. Gardner
Ri chard D. Gardner
David E. Garnett
David A. Garraghty
Diane M.D . Garra ghty
J am es C. Garst, Jr.
01arles M. Gauldin
Brenda P. Gauldin
Charles A. Gearhart
Landon S. Gibbs
01arlcs L. Gibson
Gary Gibson
Kenne th F. Gibson
Mi ch ael W. Gibson
Ollie C. Gilbert
Sara A. Gillespie
01arles E . Gillespie
David R . Gillespie

John F. Giordano
Philip R. Givens
James M. Glidden
W. L. Goad
Anne G. Go ch enour
Pamela T. Goggin
Billy A. Golding
Sa ndra L. Golding
Michae l Goodwin
Danny J . Gordon
Billie J. Graha m
Ralph Gravely , Jr .
James R. Gray
Sherry A. Gra y
Barbara L. Graybill
Carolyn J. Gree n
Thomas E. Gree nwood
Maril yn Gresh am
Raymond L. Grey
Randall J. Griffin
Alan R . Griffith
Mary E. Grindstaff
Pri ce A. Grisso , Jr.
Joyce A. Grogan
John L. Gross

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Donnie C. Hodges
J ohn R . Hovis
Layne W. Howery
Reginald A. Hubbard
Charles H. Hylton

James E. Johns
Barbara J. Johnson
Margaret M. Johnston
Jerry W. Jo nes
Robert L. Kanode

Allen S. Kase y
Judy G. Keifer
David V. Keith
Gary E. Kerns
Tom Kidd

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�Michael S. Grubb
Robert H. Guill
Kenneth S. Gusler, Jr.
Larry R. Guthrie
Edward L. Hairfield
Gladys L. Hairston
Ellen L. Hale
Howard E. Hale
Herman W. Hale
Hunter B. Hale
Leighton H. Haley, Jr.
Billy W. Hall
Charlie W. Hall, Jr.
Gary C. Hall
Gary L. Hall
Lois E. Hall
Martha R . Hall
Terry L. Hall
David R. Hambrick
Thomas Hamilton
Samuel D. Hamlin
Mary E . Hammes
Diana Hampton
Michael W. Hanks
Herman R. Hardin
Anne L. Hark ins
Gene C. Harlow
J imm y K. Harman
Walt1~r L. Harper
Ronald S. Harrell
Claude T . Harrison
Kathy J. Harrison
Marvin S. Harrison
Theodore B. Harrison
Judith R . Hart
Robert E. Hartless
Sylvia C. Hartless
Larry P. Haston
Stephen M. Hatchett
Dona ld Ray Hatcher
Harry B. Hawks
Patty C. Hay nes
18

Stuart W. Kinzie
William Knowles
Alex Kubik
Danny L. Kyle
James D. Lafon
Willard L. Lafon
William D. Lamb
Ja ck D. Lambert
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Hazel C. Lambruscat1

Michael W. Layman
Barbara A. Lee
Carl A. Lee
Daniel Lineb erry
Sharon E. Linton
Coquill Lipscomb
Cindy Littleton
Danny W. Lloyd
Susan W. Lloyd

Ste phanie L. Long
Garmen M. Looney
Darlene Love
David L. Lurch, Jr.
Michael W. Mabe
Maureen D. Makay
Will iam Markham
Bonnie G. Martin
Cla us D. Marzen

�Gladys M.H . Hedrick
Jose ph A. Heller
Larry L. Helsley
Eric Helvestine
Benjamin L. Henderson
Linda L. Hend erson
Vernon A. Henderso n
Nancy Hend erson
Harl ey D. Henley
Leonard W. Henry
J erry W. Henson
Hal D. Herold, Jr.
Ri chard C. Herring
Robert W. Hickman
Thomas 0 . Hickman
John A. Hilliker
Dennis M. Hiner
Ralph W. Hoal
Dorthy Q. Hod ges
Calvin R. Hod ges, Jr.
Dianne J . Hodges
Kathy L. Hodges
William E. Hoffman, Jr.
Debbie L. Hogan
Rosie S. Ho gan
Daniel L. Holland
Bruce A. Hollar
John W. Hollingsworth
Mary K. Hoopes
Teresa M. Hornbarger

William House man
Michael K. House man
Ro ger L. Howard
Larry W. Howard
J ames E. Howell
Larry T. Hubbard
Ronald E. Hubbard
Ri chard E. Hudson
William E. Hudson
Alan P. Huffman
Birt C. Huffman, Jr.
Connie S. Humphrey
William Humphrey
Preston Hundley
Roger L. Hunley
Paul M. Hunt
Ri chard G. Hunter
Gary W. Hurd
Donald E. Hussell
Barbara G. Ilieff
Stephen Ja covitch
Lewis E. J amison
Cecil A.J arrett , Jr.
Zachary D. J arvi s
Charles T. J efferson
Richard M. J enkins
Stuart A. Jenkins
John A. J ennings
Vernon L. J ennings
Mike L. J ewe II

�Peggy J . Mc Fadd e n
Elizabe th W. McGa vo ck
Barbara L. McGh ce
Patrick W. Mc Neel y

Ronald G. Mill er
Be tty M.W. Mills
June M. Mit chell
John E. Moomaw

Be njamin W. Morris
J eanne F. Motl e y
Sall y E. Motl ey
Sandra K . Moyl e

Bre nda S. Mun sey
Susan M. Myers

Rob ert P. Murph y
Jerry W. Naff

Sylvia M. Murphy
Joy ce D . Naff

�John G. Nance
Joyce Neighbors
Howard L. Nichols

Jam es H. Nicho ls
Ates Oner
Ke nn eth L. Osborne

Linda C. Ot ey
Walter M. Otey III
Stephen R. Ov erstree t

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Cary M. Johnson
Jack R . Johnson
Margaret L.H. Johnson
Robert S . Johnso n
Jam es R . Johnson
lness G . Johnson
Milton E. Johnson
Roger W. Johnson
Donald E. Jones
Lynda Raye Jones
Margare t E. Jone s
Kenneth E . Jones
Kenne th W. Jon es
Paula M. Jones
Rodney F. Jones
Loretha Jordan
Ro~e r K . Journell , Sr.
William D. Jo yce , Jr.
Pe t er T. Kandi s
Patri ck M. Kane
Sukon Kanjanahuttakit
De nnis L. Kanode
Christina T. Kardara s
Daniel E. Karnes
J effe ry L. Kaylor
De nnis K . Kegley
Judy L. Keith
Auvray C. Keith
Richard R . Keith
Johann W. Kell er
Edward J. Kelly
Ge ne R . Kell y
Rob ert L. Kelly III
Harry C. Kelso
Danny A. Kemp
Otto \v. Kemp
Judy C. Ke ndri ck
Ronald L. Kendrick
Phyllis Kenned y
Ro y L. Kent
Danny L. Kessl er
David G . Kessler
Windell A. Key
Roger B. Keyser
Hugh W. Kev , Jr.
David G. Kidd
J ohn H . Kidd , Jr.
Steve n A. Kidd
Be.tty L. King
John W. Kinsey
Bonnie M. Kirk
Alle n Kitts
Ga ry M. Kitts
John E. Kline
Russell B. K no uff
Be rnhard J. K uehn
Patricia S. Kue lz
Donna J . Lacy
Belinda Lafon
Jam es R . Lafo n
Betsy N. Lamb
Bobb y J. La m bert
Burna ce D . Laprnd , Jr.
William T. Largen
Dav id D. Larrab ee
Peter L. Larsen
Joe l K. Lassiter
Edward B. Lass iter , Jr .
0 1arles C. Lavender
Bobby L. Lavr nd er
Larry D. Lawn·nce
Arthur Lawn·nc1·
Dav id C. La wso n
Karr n S. La wso n
Robl'rt C. Law ton II
Grover L. Lav man
Dannv W. Lt'.t'
Will iam E. Lt&gt;fft&gt;I, Jr.
Patricia A. Lt'hmbn!!
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Clan· net• W. Lnl' i&gt;
Howard M. Lt'w is
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Shirlry A.C. Light
Randall T. Likt•ns
William D . Link c nhokt-r
Leo W. L is
Charlt·s K . Lisk ey
Edward L. Little
Mary L. Lloyd
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�Robert M. Owen
Karen S. Painter
Sharon A. Patram
Jack R. Patterson

Phillip R. Paxton
Dennis M. Poff
Richard H. Pollard
John R. Prillaman

Robert H. Prillaman
Roger Quese nberry
George E. Ramey
Paul A. Reece

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James W. Logan
Barbara J. Logsdon
Joe E. Long
William L. Long
Janet D. Lovelace
Ruby B. Lovell
Cynthia G. Loving
John W. Lucas
Ted J. Lucas
Thomas S. Lunsford
Wanda G. Lynch
Patricia A. Lynch
Larry A. Lynch
Christine A. Maddox
Charles A. Maddox, Jr.
James E. Maddox III
Patricia E. Madson
Andrew R . Main
Robert B. Manetta
Reginald L. Manl e y
James L. Mann
Frank 0 . Martin
Billy W. Marlin
Tony A. Martin
Claude B. Martin
Margaret L . Martin
Gary B. Martin
Tony A. Martin
Darrell D. Martin
Charles H. Martin
Edgar E. Martin
Linda L. Martin

Robert M. Martin, Jr.
Alain J.C. Marty
Samuel N. Mason, Jr.
Ronald L. Massey
George C. Matthews
Michael L. Mattingly
Louis G . Mavredes
William C. Maxey
Katherine Maxwell
Samuel M. Mayes
Billie J .V . Mayes
John D. Mayhew, Jr.
Payton 0. Mayhew, Jr.
Walter L. Mays
Delvis 0. McCadden
Herbert McCallum
David E. McCarty
Wayne 0 . McClearn
Suzette A. McClcarn
William A. McClung, Jr.
Rob ert L. McClurg
Bre nda L. McCormack
Rach el A. McCroy
James R.D. McDaniel
Hubert J. McDowell
Gary W. McFarland
Elizabeth W. McGavock
James G . McGr.orge, Jr.
Steve n A. McGraw
Irvin P. Mel ntirc
Richard W. McLeod , Jr.
Harv ey McMi ll an

�Michael D. McCroy
Jam es E. Meade, Jr.
Kenneth R. Melton
Lewis A. Menefee
Cecil A. Meredith
Charles T. Meredith
Karen D. Messinger
Robert E. Mickey
John R. Miles
Richard L. Miller
Brenda V. Mill er
Gcffrey B. Miller
David L. Miller
Emily D. Miller
Robert E. Miller

Rob ert L. Milliron
Rob ert E. Mills
Charles L. Mills
Ronald E. Minnix
Bob A. Minter
Joyce W. Mitchell
Ellen W. Mitchell
Richard S. Mitchum
Carlos E. Mize
James E. Monaghan
Susan J. Montgomery
Harry D. Moock, Jr.
Harold W. Moody
Sandra E. Moore
Glenn E. Moore

Dan Reid
Janet E. Reynolds
Beverly J. Rhod es, Jr.
Larry Richardson

Carol E. Robertson
David Robertson
Jeremiah Robertson
Linda S. Robertson

Kyle M. Robinson
Lyle V. Rowe , Jr.
Kenneth W. Rushe n
Stephen Sa nford

David A. Sharpr
Warrrn L. Shelor
Dt&gt;nnis W. Shield"
Marcus L. Shi ve ly

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�Marvin L. Simmons
Visit Siribunrit
Rosemary Slaughter

Larry A. Slusher
Edward Smith
Mary F. Smith

Robert S. Snedegar
Larry P. Sneed
Wesley D. Snider

Linda Snow
David A. Spencer
John M. Staley

Cynthia 0. Stanger
Susan C. St. Clair
Cecelia M. Stone

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�Gloria L. Moore
Jam es G. Moore
Ladena Moore
George H. Morehead
Wayne S. Morgan
Kay L. Moroney
James D. Morris
Kenneth L. Morris
Kenneth R. Morris
Kathleen A. Mowles
David C. Moxley
Glenn R. Mullins
William Mullins
Mary L. Munday
Jerome Munna
Ernest L. Murdock
Oiarles F. Murray
William L. Murray
Richard P. Musselman
Gary L. Myers
Charles W. Myers, Jr.
William S. Myers
Mary L. Nackley
JayG.Naff
Robert B. Nance
Robert H. Neas
Suza nne New
Richard A. Newcomb
Larry J. Newman
Donald H. Nixon
Dianne Noell
Bonnie S. Nunn
Nora B. Nunnery
Alva L. Nutter
Carolyn S. Oakes

Sandra A. Oakes
Dale C. Oakey
Wolfgang Oedel
Steve P. Okerman
Barbara J. Olander
Reba K .A. Oliver
William L. Orange
David M. Orr
William Osborne
Teresa E. Ostaseski
Alvin R. Ottinger
Lloyd B. Overacre
Gary Overstreet
Rebecca J. Overstreet
William B. Owens III
Loyd R. Padgett, Jr.
Syrinda C. Paige
Fara V. Paitsell
James M. Palmer
Glenn C. Palmer
Lela J. Palmer
Antonio Pasquariello
Galen R. Pate
John R. Patterson
William M. Patterson
Harold L. Patterson
Raymond A. Patteson
Donald W. Patton
Dorothy Pavlik
James R. Payne
Ronnie H. Payne
Walter Payne, Jr.
John B. Pearson
William S. Peek III
Gerald A. Pelletier

Paul A. Penn
Freeland 0. Pendleton
Malva A.L. Penn
Ernest A. Pennington
Edward A. Pentaleri
Doris P. Perdue
Sandra L.K. Perkins
Shirley K. Perry
James L. Peters
Gary S. Peters
Rodney A. Phillips
Donald R. Pilcher
Bobby D. Pillow
William C. Pittman
Charles L. Poff
Charles W. Poff
James R. Poff, Jr.
Lawrence W. Poff
Ronald L. Poff
William L. Poff
Tommy S. Poindexter
John G. Pollard
Robert E. Pollard
Robert C. Porterfield
Pamela Potter
Paul J. Poulos
Ronald M. Powell
Deborah L. Powell
Jane L. Powell
Jani ce E. Powell
Roger L. Prease
Patricia L. Prevo
Barbara Price
Robert A. Price
Jam es R. Price

Winona W. Strange
Rhonda A. Stultz
Linda J. Thomas
Rebecca Thompson
Douglas F. Turner
Martha J. Tyler

Susan Tyree
Roger E. Vest
Billy C. Wadkins
Rolayne Walker
Ly n~ Way ni ck
Sand ra L. Webster

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�j ea n Whitmire
Linwood T . Wilkinso n
Charles G. Williams
Michael M. Williams

Rob ert M. Williams
Judy Willis
Donald E. Wilson
Kathryn E. Wibon

Darlene H. Price
Vivian L.L. Price
Geo rge E. Price
Jerry S. Price
Anne M. Prillaman
Larry M. Prillaman
Whitney Prit chett
Jack R. Proffitt
Gwyn E. Pruett
Alfred S. Prunty
Michael E. Quam
Richard A. Quarterman
Shar !. Quick
Anne M. Quinn
Shelby J . Rader
Mary B. Ragland
Cecil G. Rakes
Thomas A. Rakestraw
Gary Lynn Ramsey
Reginald M. Randolph
Lily D. Ratliff
Kenneth W. Reed
Michae l S. Reed
Billy G. Re id
David F . Reno
William L. Reynolds
Eldridge Reynolds
Larry D. Reynolds
Michael Reynolds
Janet E. Reynolds
Albert E. Rhodenizer
Clarence A. Rhudy
Leli a M. Rice
Peggy B. Richardson
Harry Richardso n
Dalton V. Richards, j r.
Dan ny Richardson
John R. Richardson
Leonard R. Richard , Jr.
Donald R. Richardson
Emma K. Richa rdson
Marney S. Richa rd son
Anne H. Rivinus
Way ne R. Roach
Jam es H. Robbins, j r.
Donald L. Roberts

Dav y W. Rob ertson
A. Wa yne Robertso n
Earnest L. Rob ertso n
Glenn P. Robinson
Joseph L.J. Rochelle
Paul D. Ro e
Billy R. Rogers
Travis W. Rogers
Shirley A.M. Roge rs
Larry E. Roop
Thomas Roseberry
Robert B. Roseberry
Elizabeth J .S. Rossie
Teddy R. Rountree
Kirk L. Rouse
Richard N. Ruby
Mary F. Runyon
Robert F. Russow
Charles W. Sanford
Am elia M. Saunders
Thomas B. Saunders
Frank L. Saunders
Roscoe N. Saunders
Gary H. Say re
Jerry J . Schaefe r
William H. Schaffer
Howard L. Schilling
Danny Schmidt
Terrell W. Schmitt
Mark W. Schultz
Frederi ck T. Scott
Johnn y L. Scott
Henry H. Seagle, Jr.
Merriman Sears
Donald B. Seay
Thomas J. Seib
Shirley F . Sellars
Ronald S. Sellers
J ohn A. Setliff
Gregory L. Sexton
Michael J . Sheehan
Harold R. Sheets
Jam cs L. Shelor
Raymond E. Shelo r
William R. Shelton
Robert W. Shepherd

Peter C. Sherertz
Nelson L. Shibley
Raymond W.J. Shifflett
Leo L. Shockley
Rob ert W. Shockley
Kemp M. Shockley
Stephen E. Short
Ronald E. Shorter
Ralph E . Short
Broderick L. Shovely
J ames L. Shrader
Patricia A. Shrewsbury
David E. Shultz
James H. Shute
Henry B. Simmerman
Mary E.W. Simmerman
Deborah Simmons
Margie D. Simmons
Mary E. Simpson
Danny W. Sink
Gerold W. Sink
Linda S. Sink
Jam es P. Skarbek
Kenneth Skelton
John D. Sledd
Michael J. Sloane
Thomas D. Slusher
John W. Slusher
Woodrow W. Slusher, Jr.
Edward J. Smith
Basil A. Smith
Donald R. Smith
Dolores C. Smith
Charles Emory Smith
James M. Smith
Larry J. Smith
Richard L. Smith
Roy E. Smith
Charles P. Smith
David M. Smith
Frederick S. Smith
Larry C. Smith
Mack R. Smith
William D. Smith
Mary J. Smith
Ralph G. Smithso n

Donna R . Smoot
Sharon K. Snider
Rob ert P. Snyder
Don O. Sommardahl
Stephen M. Sower
Bernie L. Sowers
j acqulin C. So we rs
J ames R . Sowers
James C. Spangler
Arthur D. Spence
Guy K. Spencc.r
Emanuel C. Spickard
Ola P. Spickard
j oseph Spigcl
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Brenda M. Spradling
Robert F. Srb
Beulah B. Stacy
Ernie M. Stalnaker
Karen D. Stapleton
Alfred H. Staton
Gregory C. StClair
Barry G. StClair
Robert L. StClair
Vickie E. StClair
Eugene B. StClair
Charles J. Steffen, Jr.
Dennis T. Stevens
Susan V. Stevens
Jack G. Stewart
William Stewart
Wescley 1-1. Stirneling
Richard J. Stinnett
John R. Stinnett
John W. Stockton
Damuel D. Stokes
Louis Stoppelman
Robert L. Stout
Harry R. Straub
Sheila H.S. Strauss
Rob ert W. Strickler
Eucl H. Stump, Jr.
Lawrence A. Sullivan
Geary C. Surber
Joseph H. Surkam er, Jr.
Carl B. Sutherland , Jr .
John H. Svoboda II

�J crr y E. Swee ney
Wa nd a J . Switzer
Terry R . Tabor
Richard C. Tate
Larr y M. T ate
Thomas E. Ta ylor, Jr.
Johnn y Ta ylor
Lee T. Taylor
Vernon Tay lor
Doroth y B. Tench
Lavern E . Testerman, Jr.
Steve L. Thacker
Rob ert W. Thacker
Barry L . Thomas
Sherrill G. Thomas
Rob ert L. Thom as
j am es Tho m asson
Alfred V. T homas, j r.
Barry L. Thomas
James L. Thompson
Mi chael E . Thompso n
Ho wa rd M. Thornton
Dianne M. Tickl e
Jimmi e j . Tickle
Brend a J . Tingler
My rna A. Toney
Denn.is J. Toth
Marily n S. Townes
J o hnnie M. Trout
Brenda G. Tu ck
Charles E. Tucker
Alb ert L . Turner
Ro nald L. Turner
Charles T . Turner
Marvin D. Turner
Michael L . Turner
Nan cy M. Turner
Arl an T . Turner
Be tty H. Turner
Douglas S. Turner
Brend a S. Und erwood
Ri ch ard L. Vand ergrift
Jill D. Vanhoff
Anne G. Vassar
Spurgeo n 0 . Vaughan, Jr.
Denn.is W. Vaughn
Hershel H. Vaughn, Jr.
J essie H. Vaught
Martha L. Vaught
Daniel E . Vaught
Glenn E. Vest
Lee V . Ves t
Lawren ce H. Ves t, Jr.
Nelson C. Vest
Sharon M.B. Ves t
Norma L. Vishneski
Amornphan M. Vithaya
Gerry R. Wadd ell
Ro b ert R . Wadd y
Rob ert L . Wad e
Frank C. Wad e
He nry E . Wad e
Mi ch ae l R. Waid
Jackson A. Wainwright
Jam es P . Waldrond Ill
Kathlee n L. Waldron
Gle nn V. Waldron
Mi chael C. Walk er
Mi ch ael R . Wa lker
Sandra F . Walker
Ge ne Wallace
Rose tta D.S. Walters
Ronald L. Warren
Ro b ert R . Watson
Willie M. Watson
Geo rge D. Watts
Ri chard T. Watts
Geo rge R . Weaver
Do nna I. Wea ver
Peggy L. Weaver
Do uglas E . We bb
John E . Webb
Larry L. Webb
Patricia A. Webb
Reb ecca M. Webb
Wayne W. Webb

David G. Webber
Lincoln W. Weddle
Lu cky S. Weddle
Edward P. Weiss
Roy A. Welcher
Lewis W. Wells
George W. Wells
William G. Wells, Jr.
Jerry W. Wertz
J ames W. Wescott
Charles W. West
Charles F . Whately
J erry W. Wheeler
Dona L. Wheeling
Larry W. Wheeling
John D. Whetzel
Reb ecca D. Whitaker
Dan L. White
Wanda H. White
Ph yssis W. Whiteside
Barton K. Whitlo ck
J ames B. Whitlow
Donald M. Whitlo ck
Kare n S. Whitt
Alexand er L. Wiatt
Norma D. Wiley
Charles E. Wilkerso n
Naoma D. Wilkinson
Larry 1-1 . Willi ams
Beverly G. Williamson
David L . Williams
Eugene S. Williams
Larry D. Williams
Dan E. Williams Ill
George W. Williams
J ames T. Williams
Ouida S. Willi amson
Richard L. Williams
Steven A. Williamson
Emma C. Willis
Frank D. Willis
Pamela H. Willoughb y
J ane L. Willo ughy
Neil A. Wilson
J ames 1-1. Wilson
Mark S. Wilson
J acqueline L. A. Wimmer
Leno ra A. Wimmer
Stephen G. Wimmer
Sarah P. Wimmer
John T. Wingfield
David M. Wingfield
Mason C. Wingo, Jr.
Glenn W. Wiseman
Jam es B. Wolfer
Bre nda F. Wood
J ennifer M. Wood
Jon M. Wood
Judith M. Wood
Mit chell V. Wo od
Rob ert C. Wood
Do uglas H. Woodie
J ames E. Word
Forrest D. Wray Ill
Joh n N. Wray
Ronald E. Wray
Mi chael A. Wray
Allen L. Wij~ht
Rob ert W. Wright
Brend a S. Wright
Martha j ane Wright
Carlto n W. Wright
J erry E . Wright
Mikie R. Wright
J ames M. Wyatt
Ed ward M. Wynn
Ro bert J . Ya tes
Bobb y F . Yearout
Kenneth W. Yo pp
Terry L. Yopp
David A. Yo ung
Pauline P. Young
Rob ert Zimmerman
Karen L. Zimmerman

Van A. Wimmer
Michael D. Yearout
Bill R. Yopp
Robert N. Young
Frank L. Zysk

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Mrs. Willie I. Adams
Sec. to Business Manager

Mrs. Maria Crowder
Sec. to Dean of Instr.

Mrs. Pe nn y McKaughan
Clerk , Business Office

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Mrs. Marion B.13ralton
Book Store Mgr.

Mrs . Doyne B. Broadhurst
Sec. to Dir. Co nt. Ed.

Patricia M. Dillon
Sec. to Chairman,
Nat. Sci. &amp; Math

Mary E . La yman
Data Processing Clerk

Mrs. Marion D. Mund y
Sec. to Dean Stud . Serv.

Toni My ers
Secretary

Mary Ballou
Faculty Sec.

Mrs. Barbara Dee ring
Conf. Sec. to Presiden t

Mrs. Mildred Mitchell
PBX Oper./Receptionist

Mrs. Evelyn P. Adam s - Faculty Secretary
Mrs. Virginia Devins - Library Assistan t
Mrs. Nellie W. Dunnigan - Procurement Sec.
Mrs. Nancy N. Dcy erl e - Sec. to Coord. Engr. Tech.
Mrs. J ane McCoy - Clerk /Steno , Co unseling Dept.
Mrs. Ca rolyn L. Moreh ead, - Records Clerk
Mrs. Martha C. Pet erso n - Sec. to Librarian
Mrs. Elsa White - Circulation Asst. , Library
Mrs. Shirl ey R . Williams - Fa culty Secretary

�Mrs. Be tte T. Neal
Records Clerk

Sandra Painter
Data Processing Clerk

Mrs. Ulita S . Taliaferro
Cashier

Mrs. Carol H. Sears
Sec. to Coord., Admissions

Mrs. Frances F. Trenka
Sec., English Dept.

Drewry Shumaker
Sec. to Coord., Admissions

Charlotte Williams
Clerk , Admissions

Donna Smoot
Bookstore Secretary

Mrs. Joycelyn J. Wood
Clerk Typist, Library

William H. Wh eeler
S u pt., Bldgs. &amp; Grounds

George Anderson
Custodian
Mrs. Anna F. Elo
Maid
Rogers W. Ford, Jr.
Custod ian
Sylvester G. Ford
Carpenter
Sylvester G. Ford, Jr.
Groundsman
Mrs. Fannie B. J etters
Maid
Lewis Jetters
Custodian
Joe A. Martin
Custodian
George T. Wade
Groundsman

29

�Roger Yopp, President; John Cucura, Treasurer; Beverley Battle, Secretary ; Jack Dobrovolny, Vice-president.

German
The German Language Club, which is affiliated
with the National Federation of Students of German, was organized to promote interest in the
language, literature, history , and culture of the
German people. Membership in the club is open
to any regularly enrolled student in the German
classes.
After th e official club business is complet ed, only
German is spoken during the rest of the mee tings.
Club activi ties vary fro m the presentation of German movies to playing German word games, group
discussions, et c. Th e club 's community project,
prese nt ing hand-puppet shows for th e children of
the Roanoke Valley, was very successful.
Members of th e club publish a monthly German
language newspaper. Th e name of the paper is
"Der Fortschri tt," whi ch means " Progress," and
that's what the German Language Club wants to
mak e.

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Sue Andrews
Terry Barn es
William Barr
Lucia Deeds
Dennie Denison
Pat Doss
Frances Fitzpatri ck
Danny Gordan
Ray Hatcher
Bill Hedri ck
Judy Ki efer
Mik e Knowl es
Darl ene Lov e

Sandy Mogl e
Bob Mani e lta
Marti Martin
Jun e Mitch ell
Alain Mo rty
John Nance
Ates Oner
Martin Phillips
Ann e Prillaman
Beverly Rhodes
Jam es Taylor
Maria Wi edham

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Treasurer . . . ... . . . . . .. . .. . . Su e Ann Hale

President Robert N. Young, Jr.

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TECHNOLOGY

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pictured from left-Benj amin L. Hend erson, J amcs G. Ferrell,
Larry L. Helsley, Ma rtin Levine (Fa culty Sponsor), Rob ert S.
Cald well, Larry J. Smith , R. Steve Snedegar, Cecil W. Campbell.

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Not pi ctured members- Paul D. Bailey , Gene C. Harlow , Rob er t L.
Bowers, Michael H. Frank , Bernard J. 1-1 uchn, S teph e n J ackovi t ch .

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224 Franklin Road, S.W.
Frank D. Long

Roanoke, Va. 24011
Phone 344-3120

CUNDIFF'S DRUG STORE
Free Prompt Delivery in Vinton
and Surrounding Area

VALLEY MARINE CENT ER, INC.
One of Western Virginia's Largest
Marine C e nte r s

A lw a ys re ady to serve you
Complete Line of Marine Accessories

116 S. Pol la rd St.
Vinton, Va.

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342-8928

2620 Broadway, S. W.
Roanoke, Va .

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PIANO AND FURNITURE
70,000 Sq. Ft. of Beautiful Furniture
35 West Campbell
also Grand's Exchange Store
131 East Campbell

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2720 Colonial Avenue
Roanoke, Virg inia
344-9060

people on the go ...
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HAMBURGERS

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�La Verne Health Salon
Health and physical culture

The Greenbriar Shop,

2720 Colonial Avenue
Roanoke, Virginia

Inc.

342-2209

307 l st St., S.W.
Phone 342-6284
The latest styles
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TYPEWRITERS

�Oak Hall Uniform Shop
Featuring
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Fancy costumes for all occasions
with imm e diate service
28 W. Kirk Ave.
Roanoke, Va.

George's Rendesvous

343-3601

Flora &amp; Martin
Insurance Corp.

11 Walnut Ave., S.W.
Roanoke, Va.
Home of Community Students
Fine Foods

A.B.C. on &amp; off

701 Brandon Avenue, S. W.
G e n era l In suran ce-Bond
Call 343-8073
Frank W . Martin, Pr es.

47

�Hollins Inn
Where the College

Crowd Meets

Compliments of

Moore Ti re Co.
Phone 345-7781

Chewning's, Inc.
1225 Washington Ave.
Vinton, Va .
Fine Furniture

G . E. Appliances

R.C.A. TV &amp; Stereo

343-0148

STUDENTS!
We're interviewing
now at
MANPOWER for

GOOD-PAYING
SUMMER JOBS
We've got jobs for women as
stenos, typists and general office
workers - factory, warehouse and
outdoor work for men. You choose
the days you want to work- earn
good money and still find time
for sum mer fun !

MANP©WER
123 Fran kl in Rd. , S.W.
An Equal Opportun ity Employer

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1860 South Jefferson
Roanoke, Virginia

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Holyfield Food Co.
125 Walnut Avenue
Vinton, Va.

Compliments of

Dr. Pepper Bottl ing Company
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

343-5513

" The Cool Fuel"

Spend Your Between
Class Hours At

BRAMBLE INN
" Fun and G a mes"
3203 Bram b leto n Ave., S.W.

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THE SENIOR CLASS

OF

WOODROW WILSON

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ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

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Associate Editor

Circulation M gr.

SUSAN MOYER

Business Mgr.
MR. PAUL

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�'Ded1cat1on
We, the Senior Class of 1954. lovingly dedicate this issue of The Wilsonian to the
former students of Woodrow Wilson Junior High School who gave their life so valiantly while serving our country, carrying on the belief for lasting democracy that
President Wilson worked for.
Edgar L. Alleii

Georger D. Johnson

James S. Atkinson

Donald D. Kessling

Paul C. 8e11.t, Jr.

Billy B. Lane

Cla.rence L . Cole

John H. Minter

Russell H. Cook, Jr.

James W. Pflueger

Clta.rles N. Coleman

J oseph A. Preston

John B. Dillion

Nicholas M. Shively

Teo. W. D1t11kelberger

Joseph Stanley, Jr.

Andre P. Fallwell

William F. Topham.

Joe A. Findley

Paul C. Tuck er, Jr.

Bill C. Fretwell

111 urrell R. Weaver

J ames B. Gle11n

Fred C. Whitehead, Ir.

James A . Gregory

Hubert C. Sandefur, Jr.

Walter L. H ylum, Ir.

IN MEMORY
Whose figltt for democracy made our countr·y great;
Whose unerring loyalty made visions a reality·;
Whose willingness to serve was unlimited;
Whose bravery made possible their greatness;
Whose grim determination saw them through all hardships;
Whose readiness to act in any situation was a steadying influence, and
Wltose spirit shall be everlasting in the hearts of American people.

�~dministration
6

�MR. R. H. COOK
Mr. Cook is a principal who commands the love and respect of
every pupil in Woodrow Wilson Junior High School. His patience
a nd sound reasoning in every situation has had a wonderful influence on the lives of all the young people with whom he has come in
contact. He is a person who can talk over problems with boys and
girls sympathetically and give them the guidance and advice wh ich
is most helpful.
H e has been successfu l in bringing the school through some
hard years and, in spite of any difficulty, bas been the leader in
establishing a real, live spirit of cooperation among everyone at
Woodrow. I t is this spirit that calls forth the best from pupils and
teachers alike and also holds the good will of former students after
they have left our school.

MRS. EDNA ST&amp;WART

Secretary

"I shall detain yott

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longer in the

demonstratio11 of what we should n ot

We really appreciate the faithfulness and guidance of the best
of principals, our own Mr. R. H . Cook.

do, but straight conduct ye to a hill-

Mrs. Edna Stewart, Secretary to the Principal is loved by students and teachers. No project is too difficult nor is ·any detail too
small but that her dispatch and understanding will see it through
to completion. Her smile and spirit of cooperation shall always be
a memory of Woodrow.

rig ht

side, w here I will point ye out the
path of a virtuous and noble

education; laborious indeed at the first
ascent, but else so smooth, so green,
so fu ll of goodly prospect and 111elodio11s so1111ds on every side that the harp
of 01·phe11s was not more char111i11 g. 11
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R. H.

COOK ........ ........................ .............................................. Pri11cipal

VPI

MR. PAUL N. CALDWELL ...........

............ Scic11ce, Mathematics

University of Virginia

MRS. NETTIE 0. BOWLES

... Latin, E11glisli

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Virginia I ntermont College, Sweet Briar College

MR. PHILIP

E.

....... Music, English

TROUT........... .

Bridgewater College

MRS. Runr G.

SHA&gt;;'.NON .......

Algebra, Ge11eral Mathematics

Radford College, University of Virginia

MRS.

SuE M.

BUCHANAN.. ........................................... Englisli,

Longwood College

MRS. REBECCA

J.

FISCHEL.................. ......................Home

Eco11omics

West Virginia University

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MR. GEOFFERY K ERR ............................................. Scie11ce,

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MRS. R u BY A. BASKERVILL ........................................History, English

Radford State Teachers College, University of Virginia

M iss

CLINTJS

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MATTOX ..................................... ......Mathematics

Longwood College

Mrss CARLA R. WAAL .....~
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William &amp; Mary College

Miss MARTHA AN~E CLENDENEN ................ .....History, English

Women's Division of VPI

Miss SrBv 1. WOODFORD

Radford College

.. Home Economics

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M atliematics

History

�Miss KATHRYN

L.

KESLER .................... ....Science,

Mathematics,
Physical Education

Longwood College, Northwestern University
MRS. OTEY

H.

.............."'Ma thematics, Science,

GRUBBS.

Social Studies

Longwood College
MR. ROBERT

L.

FARRIS ... ............................ E11glislz,

Social St11dies

Bridgewater College, VPI
MR. CALHOUN C. CLAY ............................ ......Englislz,

Social Studies

VMI, University of Virginia
MRS.

MARIANNE McDOWELL .......... .....E11glish,

Social Studies

Radford College, Roanoke College
MRS. SUSIE

P.

GLENN .....

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Longwood College, Columbia University

MR. STUART W. W ILLIAMS .............. .............. Science,

Mathematics

Roanoke College

FACULTY

T. C. ANDERSON, ]R ...........................................Physi.:al Education
Bridgewater College, University of Virginia

MR .

.................../ndustrial Arts

MR. ROBERT

VPI

F. BYRD........................

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K. PLOTT.............

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Education

. Industrial Arts

SLONAKER ...........

M eclza11ical Drawing,
lttdustrial Arts

R. MONTAGUE ..
Richmond Professional Institute

MRS. VIRGINIA

Art

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Band Director
Concord College, Illinois Western University

MR. ]AMES

Library

Miss MABEL CRAIG

Westhampton College, University of \'irginia
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Vice-Preside11t

CLASS OFFICERS
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DrANA Dooo&amp; .................... ...................................................................................................................................Treasurer

MRS. R uT11 G. SHANNON......... --··--·····---······-···· --·-····---···-··MR. PAUL N. CALDWE.LL .. ·······-· ··-········----·--·······-········-·-········-

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Chairma11

CLASS HISTORY
The class of '54 has many pleasant memories to
recall as it leaves Woodrow Wilson. We can think
back to when we first entered the school in the
seventh grade and reported promptly at 8:00 A.M.
so as to get out at 1 :00 P.M. because of the lack of
a school cafeteria. Shortly after the second semester the new addition was completed and we got
on our regular schedule.
We are very proud and grateful for our new
addition. It is twice the size of the original building. This new addition supplies us with a beautiful cafeteria, auditorium, art department, two home
economics departments, a music room, a classroom,
and several small storage rooms. But we are most
proud of our gym which is used for many other
purposes other than our physical education classes.
In our three years career, we have seen our
school shine in athletics. We have taken the basketball trophy in '52 and '53 and we are well on
our way to take it this year. At the two field day

meets we have attended, we have witnessed outstanding display of track events which has won
us the boys' trophies and second place for the
girls.
\Ve have participated in two Student Government campaigns which are held annually in :\lay
to elect our school officers for the following year.
As we are in our last few months at Woodrow.
we are looking forward to our Senior picnic which
will end our career at Woodrow.
We only hope that our
school years to follow
will have as much in
store as our past years at
Woodrow Wilson Junior
High School.

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�NINTH GRADE
Sue Anderton
Ginger Abbott
D orothy Altizer
Robert Allen
Stewart Aleshire

Shirley Alls
Judith Akers
Anne Bent
Shirley Burton
Julia Ann Bobbitt

Bonnie Barton
Karen Brockman
Jerry Beamer
Ruby Brevo
Bobby Burks

Gail Brown
Howard Beumer
Betty Childress
Janet Cannady
Shirley Cadd

Claudette Covington
Carl Cornett
C. A. Carper
Fred Cahill
Jimmy Cosby

Ann Craighead
Frank Claybrook
Robert Campbell
Richard DeWitt
Dickie Dickson

Elizabeth Daniel
Katherine Davis
Betty Dollman
Diana D odge
Raymond Eades

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�NINTH GRADE
Tom Engleby
Gail Elliott
Bonnie Ellis
Peggy Early
Robert Faris

Sue Flora
Janet Fisher
Judy Foote
Warren Ferguson
Joanne Grayeb

Patty Godsey
Jane Gormican
Donald Griggs
Jimmy Harvey
Gary Hairfield

Susie Heslep
Frances Hall
Bobby Hess
Preston Haupt
Nelson Havens

Billie Howland
Bobby Hale
Billy Hoover
Neville Handy
Pat Hurst

Gene Hylton
Anita Hutchinson
Marilou Hubbard
Linwood Hale
Joyce Hylton

Sandra Hodges
Doris Johnson
David Johnstone
Henry Kiser
Joyce Kraige

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�NINTH GRADE
Nancy King
Suzanne Kraige
J udy Leeds
Nancy Lechler
Mariam Kelson

Buddy Logwood
David Labson
Sandy Leedy
J ack Moomaw
Susan Moyer

Martha Ann Miller
Pam Miller
Ronnie Miller
Connie McAfee
Sandy Mullin

Homer Manning
Furman Mattox
Larry Moore
Barry Orndorf
Ann Neighbors

Rebecca Ovenshire
Sandra Overstreet
Duane Palmer
Ronny Patterson
Garland Parry

Francis Persinger
Patty Price
James Persinger
Shelby P uckett
Mark Robison

L. P. Roberts
Richard Rapp
Billy Redd
Harry Rudolph
William Ross

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�NINTH GRADE
Martha Roberts
Roger Stephens
Raymond Sink
David Sandridge
Bobby Simpson

Pat Shaffner
Jerry Stockton
Robert Schaeffer
Sara Ann Salmons
Mary Neal Simpson

Donald Sibold
Harry B. Stone III
Pat Stephens
June Stinson
Virginia Thomas

Elisabeth Turner
Suzanne Warden
John Wise
Warren Wertz
Doug Watson

Walter Wilson
Sylvia Woolwine
Rose Ellen White
Pat Young
Shelby Young
June Zimmerman
James Childress
Johnny Williams
Donnie Smith
Dickie Levin
T om Mason
Billy Cox
Pat Dooley
Suzanne Jefferson
Pat Wise
Nancy Bourne
Wayne Perdue
Edith Trout

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�SUZANNE WARDEN

Most Likely To Succeed
SUSIE HESLEP

JIMMY COSBY

SUZANNE WARDEN
HOWARD BEUMER

Wittiest
JUNE STINSON

DIANNA D OOCE
WAYNE PERDUE

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FRANK CLl\YBROOK
SUE ANDERTON

�Madonna

SUSA.'&lt; MOYER
T OM ENGLEBY

NA.'ICY KING
B OBBY HESS

Cutest Co11ple
SUSAN MOYER
Ho~·:ARD BEUMER

PATTY G ODSEY
R AYl\IOND SINK

Girl and Most Handsome Boy
FRANCES HALL

DICKIE DICKISON

�EIGHTH GRADE

President
TRACY
NANCY
WAYNE

Vice-President

THE WILSON IAN

Secretary

CALLIS....................
...............................................President
Gooowrn.........................................................
.Vice-Preside11t
CRAIG.....•.........•...................................................................................Secretar y

Treasurer

Sponsor

............ ........... .......................... Treasurer
MRs. Ru ov BAsKERvU..L..............
...........................................Sponsor
Miss C. MArrox .. ...................................... ............ .Cltairma11 of Grade
PHILIP HEINER ......... ........................ .

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John Boyle, Leon Brown, Brenda Carter, Dallas Crickenberger, Helen Cruise, Helen Dobyns, R obin Gregg, Milton Hale,
Rebecca Hall Phillip Heiner, Mary Ann Howbert, Carol Hylton, Bobby J ohnson, Stephen Miller, Priscilla Moore, Linda
Poff, Ronnie' Pollard, Arthur Price, Sandra Robertson, Bunny Stradley, L a rry Sult, Jimm y T aylo r, Craven Trussell, Bill
Wallace, T yree Watkins, Martha Wertz, Dickie Whitehead, Bobby Williams, Garland Wright, Juanita Young, Patsy Bernard, J ohn Brust, Tracy Callis, Carol Cassell, Byron Cassell, D~vid Cath er, Sandra Children, Andy Christensen, Sally
Clement, David Cuddington, Richard Darragh, J . B. Doss, Elame Garber, J err y Glesner, J ane H ollowood, Mary Ann H orn,
Carolyn Martin, Darrell McCall, Jane McGarrell.

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�TH E W ILSONIAN

EIGHTH GRADE
Patricia Miller
John Moticha
Jane Poole
Douglas Puckett
Jerry Sanderson
Connie Shaffner
Steve Sisson
Breck Smiley
Don Smith
Nellie Mae Stultz
Libby Yeager
Barbara Anderson
Lane Anderton
Doyle Barnes
Nancy Blue
Gloria Brough
Marie Bryant
John Dalmas
Nella Glenn Deacon
Sonny Decker
Everett Dillion
Bobby Edwards
Leonard Grubbs
Robert Kendall
Jean Lakes
Elaine Lawrence
Peggy Leonard
Arnold Masinter
David Meredith
Tommy Moore
Barbara Marrow
Connie Smith
Jack Taylor
Suzanne Traylor
Jimmy Via
Betty Lou Walton
Woody Whitley
Bobby Wilson
Ann Aliff
Connie Anderson
Mary Bowling
Ronald Brammer
Edwin Branch
Eloise Cox
Nancy Goodwin
Sandra Groseclose
Richard Goodykountz
!Ann Hardy
Betty Hess
Richard Jett
Samuel Lionberger
Harold Little
Melvin Mayfield
James Melton
LeRoy Newkirk
Maria Nichols
Pat Poindexter
Robert Raikes
Pat Schwenke
Linda Schwind
Judy Shapiro
Eugene Webb
Richard Whately

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�T H E vV ILSONIAN

EIGHTH GRADE

Beverly Barbee
Judy Brockman
Ri ta Brooks
\V. I . Burch
Dora Carraway
Kathy Colburn

Jean C reasy
Jim Davis
Anita Fitzge rald
Roger Hobbs
Camellia Huffman
Joa nna Keith

J can Leonard
J ack Martin
Lconita Pagcnhardt
Douglas Phillips
J erry Smith
Ware Smith

Sue Sublette
Carol Ann Tate
Bobby Woods
Eva Woolwine
Nancy Adkins
Diana Becker

Alma Bicking
J . C. Capito
Wayne C ra ig
Sally Darragh
Phyllis Doss
Ire ne Feather
Susan Kephart
Carolyn King
L y nne Lambert
Kenneth Marsico
Chris Mayer
Jud y Mundy
Don Nola nd
John Pratt
Go rdon Peters
Buddy Porter
Sally Rushton
Becky Staton
Carol Sumner
Sandra Swain
Kyle Umberger
Walter Weddle
Bob Dye r
Billy Helm
Allen Divers
Edward Lindsey
Way ne Tinnell
Buddy Hedge
Harry Lee Arringto n
J ohn Calhoun
Donna Floyd
Richard Williams
Noel Sipple
Michael Dovel

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SEVENTH GRADE

J OHNNY SADLER

KENNY FORE

President

Vice-President

GARY

DICK SON

Secretary

L.
Sponsor

KATHRYN

KESLER,

MRS. SUSIE
GLENN

P.

Chm. of Grade
R obert Adam s
Phylli~
Alti s
!\·tariou

AJcshirc

Al ice Brumbaugh
Danya Burro ugh s
Patricia Branstetter
Carol Cundiff
Stewart

Den t

Martha Davis
Miles Francis
Nancy Hall
Martha Hinchee
Caro ly n H ippcrt
Geraldine Hall
Henry Johnson
Charles J ohn s ton
Jere ll'1crcdith
Evelyn Manning
Joan l\'l iller
T o 1nn1y

N c wrnan

Jimmie Surface
Bobby Re el
Billy \'lood
\Villiam \Vh ittakcr
Virgin ia \\" hittaker
Bob \ Vay
John \ Vilson
Kermit \Veeks
Leig hto n \ Vall
John Agnew
Doroth y Bailey
Patsy Bauman
Edith Bourne
Buddy Dyer
Bobby Edwards
Cynthia DeLong
.Marjori e Feath er
Racburn Grasty
Tayl or Harvey
Ray Highfill
1-#ahan J o hn son
Billy Keown
Tommy Kunc
Ralph Marsh
Earl Masterson
David Miller
Jean :-Jcighbor s
J ohn Norton

David Ovenshire
Bonni e Sue Poff
Virgil Puckett
hnogene Pucke t t
Beve rly S chwind
Lynda Sexto n
Sara Urquhart
Do t t ie \ Vat crs
S andra Arnold
Ray Bagby
Jerry Baumgar&lt;l ncr
Martha Black
Betty B owman
\ Vi lli am Carper
Beverly D ent
Crysta l Oillon

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�SEVENTH GRADE
David Etheridge
:\'orma Fender
Donald Fife
Donald Graff
Donna Hylton
Joan Jackson
Michael :Martin

Eugene Mitchell
Dan '.\[ontague
I .illian Poff
Richard Pleasants
Martha Phipps
Syh·ia Pittman
Betty Richardson

Diane Reed
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Stockton
John Sad ler
Barbara Stinnett
Anne Stanley
Isabelle \Vil son

Jerry Ballou
Erskine Bradley
Shirley Clement
Gene Divers
R ober t Doole&gt;·
Richard Duncan
Patricia Hammond
Tony Johnston
Eula Ligon
Ona Martin
Susan ~IcEntire
Maureen McGan·ey
E,·elyn '.11cl\Iillan
Frank l\Iullen
\\·anda '.'cwman

Johnny Patterson
Harrison Perdue
Barbara Rader
Howard Reynolds
Evans R oss
Lana Shapiro
Herbert Stoots

Kathryn Stull
Patricia Stull
Barbara Thomas
Tra,·is \Vhately
Charlotte Williams
Frederick \Vhitl ock
Billy Allman

Virginia Cress
Lynn Bond
Jean Burks
Carol Ann Bell
Brenda Burnette
Nancy Clements
Barbara Cundiff

\Vayne Campbell
Albert Cook
Louis Curd
Dorothy Dobyns
Carolyn Epperson
Myra Fox
Tony Hancock
Earl Hash
Richard H erring
Jimmy H ooks
Richard H ooper
Fowler Johnson
Merita Light
Lynn Morgan
Beverlee Morrow

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�SEVENTH GRADE
Harriet Rudd
Jimmy Smith
Billy Smith
Sandra White
Frank Aaron
L,o u Ann Andrews
Allen Ashley

William Berkley
Jay Blackwood
Ann Boon
Martha Bratton
David Burton
Cynthia Callis
E lizabeth Cantrell

Eric Collins
Gary Dickson
Tommy Edwards
Patsy Fisher
Gregory Freeman
Judy Gryder
Betty Hitch

William Kennedy
Vicki Johnson
Peggy Kiser
Mar y Lewis Linthicum
Susie McAfee
Marjorie Moss
Sue Parker

Joanne Pearce
James Poff
Hugh Thrasher
Mark Via
Myra \\Tillett
Lake Addison

John Armentrout
Gerra Barksdale
Billy Campbell
Rosemary Chitwood
David Childress
Billy Clark
Dorothy Daily

Donna Dooley
Kenneth Fore
Tucky Frazi er
Barbara Guelpa
Susan Fetzer
Ray Hardy
Larry Hoover

Clyde Jones
Douglas Lemon
Nell McCluer
Barbara Meado r
Gloria Moore
Judy Poff
Dorothy Reynolds

Nancy Rich:1rd son
Julia Rudisi ll
Harold Settle
Charles Stone
Ellen Stephens
Shelby Stanley
Charles Taylor

Tommy T ench
Billy Mou lse
Mike Laurie
Arnold Stinnett
Linda Chorstaphn ey
Kenneth P ollack

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�OFFICERS
. Preside11t

TOM ENGLEBY ............................... ............................ ··································

S USAN

SUSIE

MOYER ................................................................................... .. .. .................................... ...... ..... ..... .

. Vice-President

HESLEP....................................................................................................... .

.. .... Secretary

PURPOSE
The purpose of this organization shall be to promote the idea of student
MRS. PARKE M . B UCHA:-IAN

Sponsor

participation in government, to create among the students a deeper sense of
responsibility. to insure school spirit, and to promote the general welfare of
the school and to each individual pupil.

STUDENT GOV ERNlVIENT ASSOCIATION

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�.Presiae11t

JUNE STINSON...............................................

KATHERINE

DAVIS........ ......................... ........Vice

President

SARA ANN SALMONS . ... .................................... ........... Secretary

Miss MAREL

CRAIG .............................. .

..........Sponsor

The library club of Woodrow Wilson Jr.
High School has twenty-seven members,
which are girls of the eighth and ninth
grades. They serve the school by shelving
books, keeping files in order, getting new
books ready for circulation, and generally
keeping the library straight.

The library

has always been under the leadership of
our very fine sponsor, Miss Craig.

�DRAMATICS CLUB
BII.LIE

HowLANO.................. ....................................................................................... Presid ent

MARILOU
CONNIE

HUBBARD.......................................................... ..

..............Vice-President

McAFEE ..........................................................................................................Secretary

KATHERINE
MISS CARLA

DAVIS ........................................................................................................ Treasurer

wAAL .............

....................................................................................... Sponsor

Our purpose is to promote the students of our school an interest in and appreciation
of dramatizations.

Billie Howland, Connie McAfee, Jane Cormican, Joanne

cy Goodwin, Carolyn Kinir, Lynne Lambert, Robin Grall,

Grayeb. Suzanne Warden, Katherine Davis, June Stinson,

Priscilla Moore, Susie Kephart, Arnold Masinter, Steve Mil-

Martha Miller, Pat Hurst, Judy Akers, Marilou Hubbard,

ler, Linda Poff, Steve Sission, Suzanne Traylor, Carol

Rof(er Stephens, Gloria Brugh, David Labson, Johnny Wil-

Sumner, Sammy Lionberger, David Meredith, Judy Mun-

liams. Suzanne Jefferson, N ancy Adkins, Connie Ander-

dy, Sally Rushton, Sardra Swain, Bobby Woods.

son. Katie Colburn , Bobby Edwards, Irene Feather, Nan-

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OFFICERS
.. Preside11t

VIRGINIA T HOJIIAS ·························-·-··-····· ............

juDv FOOTE .·-·- .. .............. ··- ····-····-····----·-·--·---MARD..OU H UDOARD.. ·······-·············

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Social Chairman

D IANA D ODGE ··········
DONNl E

Treasurer
Program Chairman

B il.LI£ H OWLAND ····························-····· ....

Miss

Secretary

Srons

Sponsor

Our a im is t o realize the ideals of personal and social living and to build a fellowship
of women and girls.

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Y-TEENS

OFFICERS
.............................................. ......................................... Preside11t

PEGGY LEONARD.............. .

NANCY G OODWIN......

.........Vice-Preside11t

NELLA GLEN DEACON....... .

......................Secretary

DONNA FLOYD ........................................ ..

Miss MARTHA

A NNE

............................................................................................. Treasurer

CLENDENEN ................ ....................................................................................Spo11sor

PURPOSE
To build a fell owship of women and girls to the task of realizing in our common life
those ideas of personal and social living to which are committed by our faith as
Christians.

In this endeavor we seek to understand Jesus, to share his love for all people,
and to grow in the knowledge and Jove of God.

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�HI - Y
"To Promot.e Cltristiaii Fellowship
MuLLrn............................................................................................ ............. .............................................................. .......................... President

SANDY
Ev ERETT DILLION .........................................................................................................................................................................................Vice-President
HARRY RUDOLPH ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... T reas1irer
NELSON HAVENS.........
.................................................. ................ - ............................................................................ ............... Secretary
HENRY KISER ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................C/iapla.in
MR. PHILIP E. TROUT.............. ................................................ .............................................................................................. .........................Sponsor

AMERICAN RED CROSS
"Service For Others"
SUZANNE KRAIGE ...
DOUGLAS PIULLIPS
SANDY LEEDY .................... .
VIRGINIA R. MONTAGUE

President
l'ice-Preside11t

Secretarv
Sponsor

�BETTY D OLLMAN

SANDY LEEDY

President

l'ice-Preside11t

Spo n sor
MRS. REB ECCA

J.

F1 SC llEL

ROSE ELLE N WHITE

EDITll TRO U T

Secretary

Treasurer

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�BA ND

·tw 'JJJJJ'JJJ JJ

OFFICERS
BOBBY HESS .. .................................................................................................................... ...................................... President
CHRISTENSEN .........................................................................................................................

ANDY

llice-Presidwt

BONNIE BARTON .................................... ..

....................................................................................... Secretary

CALLIS .......................................... ..

.......................................................................................... Treasurer

T RACY

DAVID SANDRIDGE...........................................................................

MR.

JAMES

B.

......................Drnm Major

ARMENTROUT........ ............... ......... ............................................. ............................ Director

The band received its uniforms in the spring of 1953. This climaxed our drive in
which we raised part of the money by sponsoring Lane High School of Charlottesville in a concert.
The band was started in 19 51 when we had a few school owned instruments and
no drums. Today the band has grown greatly.
Since 19 51 the band has played in two Christmas parades, and two or thr:~
other smaller events, given the annual spring concert, and a small l?roup has I? a~he
for several basketball games. In addition to this activity we had five people in
All-State Band last year and four this year.
h
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l
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Events for the 1953-54 season mclude the second annua concer ,
"th the
District Band Meet, and visit \Vashington, D. C. for three days to parade wi
School Boy P atrol.
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The band would not be what it is today had it not been for the efforths t~~~
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M r. J . B . A rmentrout w h o h as given
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and ener ..,0 Y to t e
much t11ne
d irector,
which we join him in hoping, one of the best in the state.

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OFFICERS
MARILOU H u uuARD. ............................. .

Vice-Presidwt

PATSY D OOLEY

SUE

MR.

PmLIP

E.

....................... ...................... Prcsid c 11t

.... Secretary-Treasurer

FLORA ........

T ROUT

Director

Akers, J udith
A lls, Shirley
Bobbitt, Julia
Childress. Betty
Dodge, Diana
Dollman, Betty
Daniel, Elizabeth
Dooley, Patricia
Flora, Sue
Grayeb, Joanne
Hodges, Sandra
Hubbard, Marilou

MEMBERSHIP
Johnson, D oris
Kraige, Suzanne
King, Nancy
Miller, Pam
Neighbors, Ann
Price, Patti
Salmons, Sarah
Trout, Edith
Thomas, Virginia
Warden, Susie
White. Rose Ellen
Blue, Nancy

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D eacon, Nella Glenn
Leonard, P eggy
Claybrook, Frank
Kiser , Henry
Masinter, Arnold
Mattox, Furman
Parry, Garland
Logwood , Buddy
Sibold , Don
Dillion , Everett
Edwards, Bobby
Lindsey , Edward

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�Mr. Anderson has nearly finished his first
year as basketball, baseball, and track
coach for the boys athletics in Woodrow
Wilson Junior High School. He came to
us from Buchanan High School where he
had an excellent record. Mr. Anderson received his degree from Bridgewater College and is now t aking work at the University of Virginia where he was outstanding in athletics. His home is in Norfolk but since a rriving in Roanoke he has
become very popular with our school. We
feel most fo rtunate to have a man of such
fine character and athletic abilities t o be
coach at Woodrow.
Mrs. Byrd is the girls' coach in Woodrow. She attended Longwood College
after which she came here where she is
now ending her eighth yea r of teaching.
Under Mrs. Byrd's leadership we have
won a number of trophies in girl events.
Among Mrs. B y rd's many duties is the
sponsorship of the Girls' Monogram Club
and the Cheerleaders. She should be congratulated for the fine work she has done
with the tumblers. M rs. Byrd has done
outstanding work during her st ay at
Woodrow a nd we shall look fonvard to
bigger and better things next year.

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ANDERSON,

JR.

P HYLLIS BYRD

Patti Price, An ne Bent, Virgi nia Tho mas, Billie Howland, Juanita Young, Pat Hurst, Jane Cormican, Susie Heslep, Pat Poindexter, a nd Diana D odge, H ead Cheerleader .

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�r.oach Anderson

BOYS '

J. Blackwood
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�GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
GIRLS' TRACK

�BOYS, BASKETBALL TEAM

BOYS, TRACK
More emphasis probably is placed on track at Woodrow Wilson than any other athletics. We have always had a winning team and are very hopeful we win this year. T he annual field day or track meet
was begun in 1944 which consisted of the four J unior High Schools in Roanoke. Woodrow Wilson won
this first meet and the tradition has yet to be broken. We have retired three trophies, each of which
shows three years of winning teams. We have been most fortunate in having fine coaching and also
that unconquerable spirit to win.

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The

Woodrow

Wilson

Tumbling

Team is an activity held each year
for all students who are capable of
performing stunts activities. Tryouts
are held usually from January to
February and then the final members are chosen.
The 1953 team gave many tumbling performances in Roanoke and
nearby cities.

Shows were given at

the Veterans' Hospital, various club
banquets, and several talent shows.
The team won a second place in a
talent show at Monroe Jr . High
School. The team has also appeared
on TV.

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�LETTER

BOYS'

CLUB

The Boys' Letter Club is organized to aid in the conduct of the school Athletic and
Physical Education programs.

To become a member of this club one must earn

twenty-five athletic points and play in a varsity sport.
After a student has earned his letter he is expected to exhibit leadership qualities in all school functions.

Also he is expected to assist the athletic director and

encourage student participation in all types of school athletics.
The Boy's Letter Club also helps to raise funds for the Athletic program.
The Club is sponsored by Coach Anderson.

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�GIRLS'

l\r1 0 N 0 G R A M

C L UB

OFFICERS
PAITY

GODSEY ......................................................................................................................................................

Presidet1t

SUZANNE J E.FFERSON ............................................................................................ ..............................Vice-President

.............................Secretary

JANE

GORMICAN

Susra

HEsLEP........................................................................................................................................................

Treasurer

JOYCE KRAIG£..

...................................................................................................... Program Chairman

MRS. PHYLLIS

BYRD................................. ...................................................................................................... Sponsor

The Girls' Monog1 tm Club is one of the most worthy clubs in the school. To be eligible for membership, a girl must acquire 150 athletic points and be willing to encourage athletics.
The purpose of the organization is to stimulate interest in the right types of
athletics, to promote an interest in health programs. to create wider friendships and
to develop the highest type of sportsmanship.

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PR OP HE CY 0 F 1864
D1CK DEWITT-Game Hunter.

of the little Godfreys.
Byrd, the second, tcacliilig gym.
BONNIE BARTON-New version of the Bwmy Hop.
J Al\'ET CANNADAY-Secretary to Jimm y Cosby, principal of
Wilso11.
KATHE.RINE DAvrs-Physicologist at Johns Hopkins.
GAIL ELLIOTT-Lady trrumt officer, Roanoke, Virginia..
J A..'IET F1SHER-Taki11g care oj lier triplets.
}UDY LEEDS-Latest N. Y. Fashion Expert.
J uov Foon:-Eye Doctor.
NANCY LECHLER- Woodrow's successor to Mrs. Sham1011.
ANN N£JGHBORS-H ome Economics teacher.
SYLVIA WOOLWINE-Commercial Artist.
EuZA.BETH TUR..'\&lt;:R-Writer of " H istory Around the
World."
R OBERT CA1'n&gt;BELL-Playillg with Boston Pops Orchestra.
R OBERT FARISS-Just off the press, pocket edition of
"Geronimo."
PRESTON HAUPT-B11i/4er of first rocket ship.
"TEKE" LEVIN ANO BOBBY 'HESS-Playing with Ilarry
James.
Ro~l'Y Mu.LER-Professor at Harvard University.
BARRY OR:-iooRoFF-Chief of R oanoke Times.
D UANNE PALMER-F1th1re lmsband of a f 11t11re 11i1ith grader.
B n.L Ross-Doing laboratory research.
DAVID $1\NDRIDGE-Drum Major and M .D. of Army.
BOBBY SrMPSON-Ma1mfactt1rer of strait jackets.
DONi:'1.E SMITB-011 TV with his Traildusters.
DouG WATSO~-Traveling salesman of H11dson Hosiery.
BouBV BURKS-Surveyor of High School gyms.
CARL CORNETT- Active -in practici11g Chiropractor.
LINWOOD HALE-Latin /11structor.
GARV HAIRFIELr&gt;-Head of Agric1dt1tre at VPI.
NELSON HAVE.NS-Cartoonist.
Bn.t.v HOOVER-Judge in Hustings Co11rt.
DA\"ID LABsox-Pharmacist.
BuDov Locwoor&gt;-Plumber.
}ACK Moor.L\w-Bank Cashier.
WAYNE PERDUE-Basketball Star.
JAMES PERSINGER-New Bobby Sox rage.
MARK RoornsoN-Radar expert.
RAvMo~o S1sK-Teachilig Mr. Cal4wtll's Science.
RUBY BRE\IO-fo Tardy Hall with 31 more hours.
KAREN BROCKMA.."-Married with three beautiful children.
CLAUDETTE Covn:GTON-Curren_t ."Miss Virgi_nia."
J uov AKERS-Director of Reugwus Education.
EuzABET:H DANmv-Married to a Ninth Grader.
DrANA DooGE-Editor of Fa.shion Joumal.
PAT DooLEv-Nurse.
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FRA.ll1&lt;"£&lt;; HAr.v-Now owm an Aspmn Company and
teaches mathematics.
]O\'CE Hnro1'-Doing tab. work..
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Susm I £PF£RSON-Acroba.ttc star in c1rcm.
JERRY STOCKTON-NOW owns her own orphanage.
VIRGINIA TnOMAS--M odels for Seventeen.
EoJTH TROUT-Social Guidance Jn.structor.
PAT WISE-Newspaper reporter.
PAT YouNv-Swimming Instructor.
.
BONNIE ELLls-Switclzboar~ operator at Jefferson Hospital.
Sv£ FI.ORA-Teaching m1wc.
SANDRA HooGES-R 11 nning Day Nursery.
MAR.lLOU Ht·BaARD-Rose Bo'lf'l Quew.
D oRIS ] OIINSOS-1ewelry desi_gner.
MARTHA ANN MILLER-Teachmg ddr~ma.
MARIAM KELSO~-Shoulder. bag eStgner.
JOY CE KIWG&amp;-Manufacturmg volleyballs.
BECKY OvENSHtru::.-Mfssionary in Near East.
SHELBY YouNv--Married to Jefferson graduate.
}UNE ZIMMERMAN-Animal Artist.
Bonny HALE-First grade teacher.
STEWART A.LESI!IRE-Doi11g researcli at Oak Ridge.
HowARo BEUMER-Country Doctor.
JERRY BEAMER-Candy Salesman.
Bu,1,v Cox-Inventor.
MARTI ROBERTS-Om:
PATTY GODSEY-Mrs.

} IMMV HARVEY-Photographer.
D iWJD ] OllNSTONE-Warden at Sing

Sing .
MAS0:-1-Test Pilot.
GARLAND PARRv-Florist.
BILLY Rwo-1\!athematician.
Boo SCHAEFFER-Leading a group to Africa.
DoN S100Lo-U111brrlla. Man11fact11rer.
Roe ER STE\IENS-J\J instrel Leader.
W ARREN W EKTZ-Sales 111a11 in Men's Clotlzi1ig.
SmRLEV Aus-Stenographer.
D oT ALTIZER-Works for tobacco concem.
Boo ALLEN- Won tlze World Series Ping Pong Championship.
D1CKrE D1cKSON-Coacf1il1g Algebra for $3.SO per hour.
RA\'1-!0No EADE.S--.Givi11g lessons fo pool to teen.-agers.
DONAl.D GRICGS-/ n charge of mainte11a11ce at the Empire
State B/4g.
GE1&gt;E HvLTON-Tecth polisher for Liberace.
HENRY KISER- Foot Doctor.
Ho:11ER MAN:."TNo--Current Events T eacher at Coo11b11rg
High.
F uiutA!" MATTOx-Cnaclzi11g lagging English students.
LARRY M OORE-Wrestles 011 tag-team w ith Georgeo11s
George.
L. P. RoaERTS-Teacl1ing daiicfog at Floyd Ward.
HARRY RUDOLPH-Larry Moore' s manager.
WILLIE Wu.soN-Teachi11g students to tumble.
SUE ANDERTO:-i-Coaclzi11g Jefferson football players.
J ULIA B0Be1rr-Probatio11 officer f or lz ookie players.
SLURLEY CADo-Jlfiss Craig's libraria11.
ANN CR.&gt;ucm::.\D-011e of the Quiz Kids.
PEGGY EARLY-Hiking expert.
JANE GoR.MJ.CAN-Happily married to former Ta11 Sigma.
]0A.-.1&gt;E GRAY£B--/ s running reducing salon.
NEVILLE HA.Nov-Successor to Martha Ray.
Ba,Lt&amp; HoWLANr&gt;-Ilrad basketball coach at Lee for boys.
SANDY L E.EDY-Watching after Tom.
CONNIE M cA FE1'-R1ms a flea d rcus-McA flea.
SAJ!AR SA.LMONs--Teaclzi1ig a11imals l1ow to fight.
PAT STEVENS-Prcside1it of I lie Civic Leag11e.
MARY SIMPSON-Models for Neal Good's Studio.
}UNE STINSON-H as takw J ack W ebb's Place on Dragnet
SusIE WARDEN- President of the Nyle-Kle' factory
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FRED CAHu.v-College Biology teacher.
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C. A. CARPER-ls a1i 11ndertaker.
FRANK CLAYBROOK-Now in Hawaii Peddling 1ikes
ToM ENGLEBY-Peddles _shoe. strings, 2 packs for a dime.
WARR.EN FERGUSON-Writes JOkes for Jack Be1my.
SANDY Muu.1N-Owns a yougrat factory.
Ro:-iNn: PATrERSON-One of tlze "Old Gold" boys.
" T E" PERSINGER-Grades First Aid exams.
R1cnARD RAPP-Works in department store.
PAT SHAYFNT.R--Teaching Mr. Caldwell's Science Class.
]OlrNNY WILLIAMS-P ilot for Luna Tick Rocket Ship.
JOllN W1s&amp;--Ma1111/act11rers rings for boys going steady.
GINGER AaeOTT-P.ublishes basketball rules.
ANNE BEST-Polishes "saddles" for Wilson Cheerleaders.
NA.'&lt;CY BOURNE-Nurse at Joli11s H opkins.
BETTY Crru.oRESs-Teaclzes art of growing long finger nails.
BETTY DoLLMAN-Teaching H om e Ee. at Wilson.
SUSIE HESLEP- Head physician at Lewis Gale; currently
caring for her old a11d grey Science T eacher.
PAT HURST-President of the L o1wly Hearts Club .
ANITA H uTCH!NSON-Teaches art at Mary Washington.
NANCY K.rnc-Made her debut 011 Liberace's Show.
SUZANNE CRoss--Active worker in the R ed Cross.
PAM M1LLER-Artist for Esq1tire.
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SUSAN M OYER-An Episcopal N1m currently writrng a text
named "I Steady Dated For Fifty Years."
SANDRA 0~£.RSTR.EET-Sells tickets at the America1i.
PATTI PRICE-Model for B . Formnn.
SHELBY PucKETT-Has a11 i1~terest in the Navy.
Ros£ ELLEN WRnE-Works for Roy Webber, Florist..

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                    <text>�ROANOKE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
VIRGINIA ROOM
REFERENCE
OT TO BE TAKEN FROM THIS ROOM

���lHf 1961 WILSOnlAn
VOLUME 111

Publi shed By
THE NINTH GRADE CLAS S

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WOODROW WILSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOO L
. Roanoke,

Virginia

WOODROW WILSON JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL CREED
WE BELIEVE IN WOODROW WILSON JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL AS A SCHOOL OF THE PUPILS, BY THE PUPILS,
FOR THE PUPILS, WHOSE STANDARDS AND IDEALS ARE
IN HERITED FROM THOSE FORMER THOROUGH AMERICANS, GEORGE WASHINGTON AND WOODROW WILSON;
A COMMUNITY I N A SCHOOL; A SYMBOL OF TRUE EDUCATION; A REAL SCHOOL ESTABLISHED UPON THOSE
PRINCIPALS OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTI CE. HONESTY, FA ITH , COURAGE, LOYALTY, PK/DE, SELF-CONTROL, WISDOM, LEADERSHIP, DETERMINATION, AND
IDEALS FOR WHOM OUR SCHOOL STANDS AS A NAMESAKE!
WE THEREFORE BELIEVE IT IS OUR DUTY TO OUR
SCHOOL TO LOVE IT, TO SUPPOR T IT ALWAYS TO OBEY
ITS LAWS, TO RESPECT ITS NAME, TO PARTAKE OF ALL
THAT I T OFFERS US, AND TO DEFEND IT AGAINST ALL
INJUSTICES.

�Retu1·n to this book often. Study the faces, the scenes from your school
life, and from the class of 1960-61. Study the theme of o·u r book. From
this study, may you be thankful that you lived in this age, sta1·ted your
advance studies in Woodrow Wilson Junior High School and possess a
copy of the 1961 issue of the Wilsonian.

In this Volume III of the Wilsonian, it has been our earnest desire to give
you an accw·ate and interesting victure of the events w hich go to niake
uv the li f e of the avemge pupil of Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
It is our sincere ho1Je that, in years to come. w hen you read these 71ag es
they 11•il/ refresh Vf!l'!J pleasont m emol"ies of your cro·ejree days at Wo odrow Wi lson Junior High School.

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Dedication
lVIR. PAUL N. CALDWELL
The Ninth Grade dedicates the 1961 Wilsonian to a teacher who has commanded
respect of the students through a sincere
understanding and admiration for all students of Woodrow. A friendly understanding smile always await those who seek help
while he pursues his very profound philosophy that all boys and girls are good and
it is the adult that must develop and construct this good into mature men and
women.
This teacher came to us after having a
distinguished mi litary service. He was not
able to pursue his original goal t o become a
physician because of a disability that he
received in t his service which eventually required him t o spend a year in a Veteran's
Hospital. Upon discharge from the hospital
he decided upon teaching.
He has done a successful job of translating
his love of human mankind and science into

terms t h at we understand and adopt. H e
has been honored twice by the Virginia
Academy of Science when elected to receive the "Teacher's Distinguished Ser vice Award," which is given annually in the
state for outstand ing se1·vice in the development of young scientists.
He has worked d iligently the past ten
months with our co-sponsor to make the Wilson ian the largest and best annual in the
history of Woodrow. Some of us realize t h at
there has been sorrow in his personal life
because of illness in his fami ly, but regardless he has worked devoutly for us.
Because he has directed us, and because he
has kept our interest and we lfare always at
heart, we not only dedicate this as an outward manifestation of our love fo r him, but
a lso to place him foremost as a true friend
and teacher.

��There is always a challenge to live, grow. and serve .
.Only one person out of thirty really sen·es his fellow man. The r emaining twenty-nine are engaged in a self-cente1·ed existence which
consumes rather than creates. The rank and file of mankind is too busy
grasping and using the creations of the hands and minds of other s.
Somewhere in every community the1·e must arise the men and women
who will serve the good of all. The "thirtieth man" will, thel'efore, give
his life and interest to growth ancl service. He wi ll pr epa1·e himself to
lead and to follow. He will protect the weak and curb the arrogant. H e
will be a doctor, minister, teache1-, judge, mayor, generation and of
those to come.
The thirtieth must be found . The educated m en a nd wom en who set
as their aim to "live, grow, and serve" will automatically become t h at
important one in the thirty.
And thus has been the life of our own Mr. Cook who was born in
Pittsylvania Count:v, Virginia. Mr. Cook was destine to become a "thirtieth man" when he graduated from H igh School in Dandlle, Vi r ginia
and e\·entually from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
He served in the United States Army fo1· one ~·ear and them traveled
to Brazil as a special educational instrnctor in 19H). Ry 1!)20 he was
granted the position of supervisor of boys and science instructor at
Ferrum Training School. His ability and sincere desire to help young
people led to his appointment of Principal at Wakefield High School in
Wakefield, Virginia.
In the fall of 1925 t he City of Roanoke had lhe good fo 1·tune of obtaining Mr. Cook as a Science Instructor at the Lee Jun ior H igh School.
His ability for leadership was soon 1·ecognizec1 and he was appointed to
Stonewall Jackson Junior High School, as assistant principa l.
Mr. Cook was then named principal of Woodrow Wilson Junior High
School in September, 1930, only two years after the now outstanding
school first opened its doors.
And now, our own Mr. Cook has completed thirty years as p r incipal
of Woodrow Wilson. Therefore, Mr. Cook, we of the annual staff a n d
the student body are proud that you have given us your very loyal devotion and guidance during your forty years of service to manki nd . We
trust that there will be others like you who will choose to be the
"Thirtieth Man."
May God repay you with many futu1·e years of happiness for we a r e
sure you have served Him and our school well.

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�No doubt you have often noticed the little bird poised on a
high tension wire blissfully unaware of the great amount of .power
that is passing through his grasp. We think to ourselves, "If that
bird only knew what power is in his possession." How like our
little winged friends are we when we have access to an equally
great amount of power, influence and opportunities of this world
and yet allow ourselves to let them pass through out grasp unused.
Our opportunities are many; our influence is most far-reaching.
Yet to many of us these things are as foreign as the electrical
power is to t he bird. Let us set our goal in life to discover these opportunities and experience the strength and satisfaction which they
must necessarily provide.

MRS. EDNA
STEWART

Secretary

Mrs. Edna Stewart, Secretary to the Principal is loved by students and teachers. No
project is too difficult nor is any detail too
small but that her dispatch and understanding
will see it through to completion. Her smile
and spirit of cooperation shall always ..be a
part of Woodrow Wilson.

There is no difference between knowledge and
temverance; for he who knows what is good
and embraces it, who knows what is bad and
avoids it, is leq,rned and tenipernte.
Socrates

�Mr. R. H. Cook .. .... .. . ... . . .
Virginia .Polytech nic Institute

Principal

Mrs. Gladies Barker
Speech, English
Radford College, University of North Carolina
Mr. Frank W . Beahm, Jr.
. Mathematics, Science
Bridgewater, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Mrs. Emma S. Beckham

Seventh Gr ade
Radford College

Miss Barbara I,..ee Bell

. . Health, Physical Education
Radford College

Mr. C. V. Bollinger
Health, Physical Education
William and Mary, University of Miami
Mr. Ben T . Bower
Mechanical Drawing
Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Industrial Arts
Mrs. Nettie 0. Bowles
Longwood, Roanoke College

Latin, English

Miss Shirley Mae Bramlett
Health, Physical Education
Madison College, Radford College

'Jaculty
The Greater the obstacle
the greater the glory overcoming it.

Mr. Leon Briggs

Physical Education
University of Virginia

Mrs. Sue M. Buchanan

. World History, World Geography
Longwood

Mr. Paul N. Caldwell
Science, Mathematics
University of Rome, University of Virginia
Mrs. Ruby S. Crenshaw
English, Social Studies
Columbia, University of Virginia
Mrs. Marion Marshall Dennis
Remedial Reading
Madison College, Radford College
Mrs. Mildred 0. Dickerson

Virginia History, Mathematics
Longwood

Mr. Gene W. Ferguson
William Carey College, Mississip.p i Southern College

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Music

Mrs. Mart ha L. Ferguson
History, Eng·Iish, Speech
Madison College, Roanoke College
Mr s. Ot ey H. Grubbs
Guidance, Algebra
Longwood, University of Virginia

�Mr. James P. Hill, Jr.
. . . . .. .... .
Roanoke College, University of Virginia
Mr. Thomas A. Hughes, Jr.
. ... . .
Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Science

Industrial Arts

i\Iiss Elizabeth Angelyn Jones
. Home Economics
Radford College, University of Tennessee
Mr. Burton L. Joyner
Guidance, World History
Roanoke College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Miss Kathryn L. Kesler

Mathematics, Science
Longwood

Mr. Geoffrey Kerr
Yale University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Miss Octavia Loftin

Science

Home Economics
Longwood

Miss Clintis Mattox

Mathematics
Longwood

Mrs. Mary Anne McDowell
Roanoke College

English, Social Studies

'Jaculty
The joy of it is som.etirnes
the only pay there is in a
service, but it is always worth
it.

Mrs. Virginia R. Montague
Richmond Professional Institute

Art

Miss Lorana T. Moomaw
English, History
Longwood, University of Virginia
Mrs. Louise W. Orrell
Longwood, Radford College

Lbirary

English, Social Studies

Miss Mamie Preston
Longwood

Mr. Robert H. Showalter
Algebra, Geometry
Milligan College, University of Yirginia
Miss Nancy Sloan
English, Guidance
Lynchburg Coileg-e, University of Tennessee
Eng·lish. Science

Mr. Charles C. Vail, Jr.
Roanoke College

Miss Jane Crawford Walker
History, English
St. Mary's Junior Coll ep:e, University of North Carolina
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Mr. S. W. Williams
Social Studies. Mathematics
Roanoke Colleg:e. \'irgfoia P olytechnic Institute

�Nelson Thompson

Octavia Loftin

Jim Bagby

Fred Walton

Barbara Adams

NINTH GRADE
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer

Jim Bagby
Fred Walton
Nelson Thompson
Barbara Adams

CLASS HISTORY
We shall always remember a Friday morning in 1958 when we entered
and heard the bells of Woodrow for the first time. Yes, we were afraid
that morning but before we were dismissed later we learned that there
was a prevailing spirit of friendliness awaiting us by older students and
teachers.
At last we shall hear those same bells of Woodrow for the last time.
We've looked forward to this great event, with much pleasure, but now
that it is here, we are not so joyful as we had anticipated.
We entered the Ninth Grade in the fall with many new experiences
before us. Firstly, there was a good record of previous classes awaiting
us to break; then the good news that we could have an annual; our
financially successful "Sock Hop," and many other activities such as
the Christmas Choir recitals, the Christmas formal (the fir st for some
of us), basketball, Holy Week Services, Band Concerts, Sweetheart
Dance, and the Latin Banquet!
And gol ly we were startled when the "Senior Picnic" came aroun d.
It was a great day at Woodrow, students wearing bermudas and our

teachers playing baseball with us at Fishburn Park.
So the evening tides have come in and only the final formal dance
awaits us. We are indeed reluctant to leave both our fellow students
and teachers. All we can say to our teachers, our principal, our secretary,
is thanks, we shall not forget.
We take this small space to render our very special appreciation to
our sponsor, Miss Loftin who has worked so hard for us. To Miss
Loftin and all our teachers we admit our shortcomings and hope that,
as you think of them in the future, that you find your self cha ritable
enough to minimize them to a small degree.

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We realize that this is the last Ninth Grade Class that will be
in Woodrow. We hope in this new era t hat the benign spil'it of our class
s hall linger in these walls for many years to come.

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Andy Bourne
Donna Agee
Harold Hardy
Judy Ball

Doug Haynie
Susan Lucado
Bill James
Sarah Mcclung

Mark Johnston
Judy Murphy
Raymond Karnes
Martha Mosely

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Gary Klemas
Renee Ostwald
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Sandy Parsons

Langley Peters
Carol Popper
Phil Reed
Sandra Sanders

Jim Richardson
Valorie Simmons
Steve Shaffner
Dianne Spain

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Mark Smith
Sue Spiggle
Ray Sowder
Mary Lane Stuart

Gary Sullivan
Joyce Wimmer
Jamie Trettel
Linda Waggoner

Rawley Turner
Nancy Witt
Fred Umberger
Shelby Bushnell

Steve Walker
Peggy Cathie
Tommy Waterman
Glee Colbert

Billy White
Joanne Cornett
David Chambers
Pam Harris

Bill Council
Linda Johnson
Roger Crawford
Kitty Lavin

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Shelby Dickerson
i\lartha i\lacldc•x
Alan Dunn
Marsha McNeil

Vin Edwards
Lois Newman
Michael Flesh man
Pat Rea

Chip Garman
Gloria Rowland
John Gear heart
Brenda Scott

Don Grisso
Judy Smith

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Bert Hodges
Irene S pa ng ler

Jim Lamanca
Donna Twist
Jimmy Leavitt
Martha Williams

Darrell Lewis
Pat Lehmberg
Steve Lieberma n
Kay Bigger

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Frank Magann
Jayne Cox
Richard Nichols
Gail Dominici

Corbin Plymale
Colette Fields
Eddie Richardson
Kathy Goldstein

Stuart Singer
Ellen Hall
Charles Smithers
Jo Ann Halsey

E. C. Warren
Leila Hancock
Howard Webster
Mimi Hoffman

Tommy Brown
Emmy Jones
Butch Critche1·
Joan Kaplan

Micheal Fisher
Sarah Land
Kurt Harris
Lauren Langley

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Robert Little
Cheryl Martin
Bill Mason
Charlotte Mayer

Eddie O'Donnell
Betty Mills
Wesley Owen
Robin Morris

Joseph Quinn
Pat Pierce

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Steve Robison
Donna Proffitt

Barry Sheeran
Darla Thurman
Ray Snyder
June Custer

John Spencer
Peggy Han
George Turner
Sandra Kerfoot

David Walden
Mary Kirby
Fred Walton
Susan McGarrell

�Ninth Qrade
Stephen Warner
Carolyn Nash
Raymond White
Jeri Reynolds

Alan Wickham
Lynn Shapiro
John Williams
Barbara Shoemaker

Steve Woody
Sandra Sink
Edgar Bass
Janice Kay Strickler

Michael Bond
Judy Stump
Bobby Bowers
Nelson Thompson

Barry Brunson
Trudi Tinnell
Richard Bryant
Connie Ti·ompeter

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noug·las Burnley

Carol Weiner
John Byrd
Crystal Woods

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�Wilsonian
Clifford Christenson
Linda Vaughn
Richard Daniels
Jean Blevins

Billy Dungan
Nancy Britton
Danny Dungan
Catherine Campbell

Dickie Edwards
Brenda Cardon
Richard Edwards
Mary Conway

Charles Fidler
Lenora Cooley
Chip Fitch
Carol Daily

Julian Fitzgerald
Janis Ebbett
Ricky Harvey
Dianne Garland

Allen Hayes
Susanne Hall
Charles Hill
Ruth Ellen Herman

�Ninth Qrade
Jame~

Leonard

Anne Highfill
Victor Sower

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Sandra Howard

F.d White
Judy Johnston
Bobby Alvis
Robyn Kirk

Dewey Anderson
Suzanne Miller
Jim Bagby
Carolyn Moore

Jerry Baker
Linda Peters
Barry Baird
Merrie J ane Rose

William Baumgardner
Barbara Adams
Tommy Bent
Frances Baker

Stuart Bobblett
Melanie Barber
Robert Boitnott
Elaine Barker

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Philip Bolt

Wilsonian

Beverly Buchanan
Ricky Caudill
Betty Carico
Wayn e Clinebell
Car olyn Coleman
Jim Copeland
Sandra C raig h ead
Bobby Dabney
Judy C r owley

Chip Dey e d e
Ann Dinner
Tommy England
Claudia Gramme r
Billy Harbour

Susie Graves
Mike Huffstette r
Nancy Ikenberry
Bill Kochler
Cindy Leeds

Robert Paitsell
Susie Swartz
Jimmy Richardson
Karen Beckley
Bobby Wright

Mike Stinett
Susan Bonesteel
Ricky Harvey
Kay Cullen
Charles W oody

Tommy Groff
Marcy McSherry
Carey Blackstone
Sue Ha wkins
Billy Seay
Mac Gray

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Che ryl Jue rgen s
Mike Rider
Judy Tur11e1·
San drn W a ymack

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�Woodrow Wilson Presents

ofi.e Qr eatest School on Sartfi.

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~ERIOUS l I THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE \ DON ' T TAKE ME TO THE
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���W ilsonian
Larry Bailey
Donna Burnett
Chuck Blackwell
Linda Conner
Terry Brewton

Mary Cowling
Sonny Clinebell
Luanna Craig
Jack Cooper
Susan Driscell

Floyd Critch er
Susan Hurd
Dickie Dickson
Kandy Keyser
Eddie Dooley

Bonnie Lindsey
Johnny Engleby
Nancy Nardi
Kieth Garland
Carol Phillips

Norman Gregory
Georgetta P u ckett
Bruce Johnson
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Mary Shell
Sammy Lamanca

Bonnie Stanley
Algie Light
Betsy Stevenson
Donald Powers
Martha Tracy

(;ary Thackel'

John R ichar dson

�Sighth Qrade
Davia 1lrammer
Teddy Burnley
Norman Crook
Sammy Dudley
David Falkenstein

Kath erine Brammer
Phyllis Corlette
Linda Daniels
Pat Fidler
Linda Green

Tommy Gordon
Br uce Har dman
J ohn King
Richard Kiser
Jerry McMillan

Karen Handy
Mary Haynes
Nancy Holcomb
Ella Scott
Jon Sherrar d

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F rank Morris
Edward Sirkle
Jerry Sweeney
Tommy Thompson
Jack Waldron

Cheyrl Stevens
Francine Frywusch
Lynda Tucker
Reba Wygal
Patricia Borsum

David Wertz
Barton Whitlock
David Younger
Jimmy Allman
Robert Atkinson

�Wil sonian
Robert Campbell
Bobby Clingenpeel
Randy Edwards
Tad Finnell
Bruce Gillespie

Joyce Brown
Margie Crowder
Linda Garland
Sharon Hart
Kay Hinshaw

Andy Hurst
Steve Jamison
John Moses
Bobby Rutherford
Dick Rudolph

Mary Hutts
Becky Leigh
Lynn Lester
Barbara Little
Bobby Jean Mitchell

Tommy Snider
Ned Stogner
Gene Taylor
Billy Tuttle
Dan Allison

Lucy Moticha
Pam Shelton
Ann Sims
Carol Spicer
Barbara Tolston

Johnny Bland
Ronnie Crouch
Mike Davis
Art Eddy
Teddy Floyd

�Sightfi Qrade
Roy Huffman
Sterling Johnson
David Neighbors
Steve Nelson
Ralph Retinger

Nancy Jo Srb
Nancy Adams
Kaye Brugh
Emilee Carter

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Carolyn Christensen

Roger Rice
Jeff Roscoe
Warren Staley
Billy Tice
Gary Ward

Nancy Covington
Carla Deshields
Patsy Downs
Ann Haley
Vicki Heckam

Jimmy Yancey
R. H. Bernard
Steven Cassell
Russell Gustafson
Steve Johnston

Betty Hoffman
Leda Young
Li nda McSherry
Shirley Tomlenson
Nancy Wagoner

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Joe Spigel
Butch Slusher
Robert Pedigo
Richard McDearmon
John Karr

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�Wilsonian
V/arren Stansbury
Dennis Stump
Gary Taylor
Horace Thomas
Kenneth Teague

Shirley Allen
Elizabeth Clayton
Louise Davis
Nancy Dicker son
Car ol Eubank

Neil Wilson
Alan Caudill
Barr y Ferguson
Jerry Frant2'
Randy Leonard

Mary Fackler
Becky Garland
Hygd Hardin
Kathy Harrup
Linda Maclin

Larry Miller
Bob Min or
Toby Mabry
Paul Ostaseski
Jimmy Prince

Nancy Moss
Linda Noelle
Holley Perdue
Judy Perdue
Emily Pirkey

Jim Roupas
Jeffry Sanders
Russell Schneider
Ronnie Sharpley
George Stuart

�0igfitfi Qrade
Alen Sackett
Louis Terrell
Mike Webber
Wayne Woolwine
Ricky Younger

Susan Reynolds
Betty Scruggs
Carolyn Walke
Bonnie Wieks
Alice Bennett

Douglas Gordon
Steve Elliot
Jay Dove
Robert Dillard
Michael Clay

Ann Copenhaver
Peggy Hensley
Mary Lemon
Carolyn Martin
Mickey Mitchell

Dennis Harasty
David Hazlewood
Harold Huntley
Tilden Reed
Charles Roberts

Linda Perdue
Patti Pickard
Bette Snapp
Patricia Stott
Denise VanLear

Tim Smith
Brooke VanCleaf
Mike Aliff
Randy Allison
Benny Baxter

�Wilsonian
Frank Bolger
Randy Carter
Jim Cassada
Johnny Jackson
Jim Kesler

Judy Wade
Susan Adams
Susan Baker
Lynne Bushkar
Marilee Copeland

Frankie Leonard
Mike Mattox
Barry Mobley
Mike Morris
Dickie Roe

Cnthy Doriot
E ll cti G r iggs

Margaret Kiley
Lin da L ee

Sharon Lucado

Doug S h affn er
Eddie Strickland

Robert T ucker
Eddi e Willia ms
Steve Bent

Ma r kley
Sh aron Mccusker

M1uthn

Susan Pendleton
Judy Pratt
Betty J ean Waterman

Danny Collins
John Dills
Michael Etter
George Hq,wkins
Gary Hobson

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�Gigfitfi

Qrade

Chip Hoyt
John Ligh t
Jimmy Long
Tommy Lunsford
David Mason
David Meineke
Mike Miller
Kathy Barber
Kay Akers
Bonnie Ayers
J' e an Bailey

Marilyn Brigham
S hirley C a ldwe ll

Darlene Hann abas
Cindy L e v in
Linda Riggle
Jeanette Robertson
Laurel Stoller
J' o S y d cms t r ic k e r

Judy Tnylo1·
Ann T h omas
A r !Y!' r n i t l o r

Mary Young
-K s :nnd 1~ Q.

.B i 4' l p

Dee Ch apmu n
!&lt;'ranees Cundiff
Debbie Deans
S usan Gravely
Judy Hight
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Caro l

Morg an

Car ol N olan
C harl o tte S helton
Duane Thomas
Linda Woods

Larry Patton
Noel Preston
Pete Shannon
Ri c hard S h e ph e r d

Billy Snider
Lee Wi lhe lm
Larry Cannaday

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Rinkey Bible
Steve Hoover
Bill Jenkins
Gloria Bohon
Sallie Hammond
Barbara Tolston
Ann Thomas

�Summer Vacation And A Year At Woodrow

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�Seventh Qrade
Eddie Allen
Karen Carden
Donald Allison
Sharon Dixon
Robert Black
Gloria Glover
Robert Copenhaver
Ralynda Johnson
Gary Dobie
Toni Kerfoot
Stephen Hatchett
Frances King
Larry Lamaca
Marsha Lynch
Scottie Martin
Marilyn Mason
Mike Martin
Joyce Moore
Mack McClung
Lynee Mundy
Randy Moore
Carol Rapp
John P.ersinger
Pasty Reynolds
Rusty Potter
Norma Neighbors
Vaguhn Richards
Karla Webb
Billy Stultz
Judith Whitlock
Carl Vaughn
Valinda Woods
Ronny Wkitlock
Linda Bailey
Stephen Bogese
Barbara Bishop
Jimmy Bowden
Martha Board
Pete Clore
Carolyn Coffey
Eddie Compton
Betsy Edwarda
Charles Davies
Priscilla Fields
David Edwards
Kathleen. Grady
J offrey Fainter
Beth Jacobson
Sammy Feather
Diane Juergens
Greg Hicks
Laura Ann Leavitt
Dickey Kessler
Mary Lynn Munda~
Johnny Mason
Mary Ann Mullins
David McCall
Susan Pybass
Billy Nash
Nancy Robertson
Norman Poff
Anne Sacks
David Quick

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�Wilsoni an
Kenny Bentz
Bonnie Cox
Terry Carden
Patti Custer
Larry Davidson
Julia Dodson
Dickie Donnelly
Gail Douglas
David Edwards
Whitney Hanes
David Fisher
Susan Hardin
Tommy Gale
Susanne Horne
Steve Hodges
Carol Meye1•
David Kirk
Pam Morrow
Nickie Nicholos
Martha Munday
Eddie Noell
Linda Parsons
Greg Senter
Frances Parsons
Jimmy -Slusher
Stephanie Shea1·er
Greg Spencer
Betty Skinnell
Butch Sooneman
Ann Townshend
Bickey Wallace
Jane Tracy
Jimmy Doss
Janice Whitlock
Ricky Gross
Linda Williams
Bo Healy
Cheryl Arrington
Chris Kerfoot
Nancy Carter
Billy Kinzie
Kay Davis
Buddy Kling
Dorothy Dressler
Glenn Kraize
Jean Hayes
Billy Lane
Betty Hood
Frank Leon
Sylvia McClure
Tony McGraw
Suzy McH an
Shawn Parrish
Paula Partington
James Payne
Laura Pharis
Claude Reynolds
Nann Powell
Billy Richardson
Katie Senter
Danny Richardson
Judith Sherman
Hunter Roberts

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�Seventh Qrade
David Ward
Anita Weyhmann
Stuart Schricker
Stephanie Traylor
Richard Aldrich
Claudine Sumner
Jim Ward
Bonnie Shinnell
Mike Walker
Marie Coppock
Tommy Allen
Ann Adams
Joey Byrd
Jane Anderson
Dickie Cowling
Linda Bohon
Mike Custer
Gail Brumburg
Bentley De Weese
Shirley ·Dominici
Michael Francis
Kathleen Downie
Dannie Fultz
Barbara Doyle
Archie Gordon
Mary Ann Fawcette
Charles Harris
Martha Ferguson
Mile Lovern
Miranda Garnand
Russell Nelson
Laura Harrell
Glenn Oakey
Fleta Hunley
Ned Olinger
Susan Hurst
Tommy Perdue
Louise Mays
Brenner Pugh
Diane Sharp
Larry Ronk
Judy Yancey
Coleman Young
Phyllis Young
Steve Cooper
Shelia Barrett
Jimmy Harty
Peggy Burks
Robert Hodges
Marty Corstaphney
Richard Jennings
Brenda Coulson
Mike Kelley
Linda Dillon
Bob Kesler
Lucy Gill
Jack Lambert
Carol Huffstetter
Eddie Langford
Betty Jo Humphries
Alfred Mitchell
Diane Rose
Billy Moatz

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�Seventh Qrade
Mike Murphy
Allen Oberlin
Jerry Price
Bobby Slaughter
Jay Strickler
Bobby Webber
Penny Rowland
Brenda Thomasson
Mary Lou Wellons
Judy Young
Sandra W ebster
Nancy Young
Randy Miller
Rickie Stackton
Barry Umberger
Ric h ard Woodyard
Tim Flora
Susan Hetherington

Linda Hale
Barbara Coleman
Kay Davis
Paula Partington

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WOODROW WILSON ALMA MATER
Oh, Woodrow Wilson we praise thee,
Thy name we always sing
Our friendships true and the work we do
Inspire our love for you
On playground too we support you,
Where'er your colors fly,
We're faithful Woodrow Wilson,
As we will ever be !
WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL SONG
Oh, Woodrow Wilson here's a song to you,
To our colors gray and blue
We love you best, we'll give our best,
You're the best junior high 'tis true.
We'll give a rah, rah, rah! so loud and long,
We'll give a hip, hurray for our school song,
The memory shall never die of
Woodrow Wilson Junior High. Rah ! Rah!

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��Claudia Grammer
Vice President

Nancy Ikenberry
Secretary

Student

Jimmy Richardson
President

Sue M. Buchanan
Sponsoi·

Cindy Leeds
Treasiwer
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�THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT
The purpose of this organization shall be to promote the idea of student participation in government, to create among the students a deeper
sense of responsibility, to insure school spirit, and to promote the general
welfare of the school and to each individual pupil.

Qovernment
The Student Government Association sponsors the awarding of:
I School Pins
II Scholarship Awards
III Choice of outstanding students of the year

Members of Student Government
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�,'Y,,

Barbara Adams
. President

Oeens

Our chief aims in the Y -Teens :
To help girls in Junior High School grow as a
person; in fr iendship with people of all races, .religions, and nationalities; and in t he knowledge and
love of God.

Martha Maddox
V ice-President

The purpose of t he Young Women's Ch r istian
Association is :
To build a fellowship of women and girls devoted to the task of realizing in our common life
those ideals of personal and social living to which
we are comm~tted by our faith as Christians.
Emmy Jones
Secretary

Martha Ferguson
Co-Sponsor

In this endeavor we seek to understand Jesus,
to share His love fo r all people, and to grow in the
knowledge and love of God.

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Diann e S pain

T reasurer

Gladies aarker
Sponsor

�Hi-Y

OFFICERS
President .. .. .... ... . .
Vice President
Treasurer
Chaplain ...
Secretary
Sponsor .... . .. . .. ... .

. . . Charlie Fidler
Bert Hodges
Billy Harbour
Rawley Turner
. ... Dave Walden
Geoffrey Kerr

"Christian thought, Christian speech, and Christian action."
As the junior division of the YMCA it is the aim of the Hi-Y to
develop leadership through such media as movies, speakers, discussions,
field trips, dinners, and projects. Our areas of special interest are: Religion and race issues, Government, World awareness, and School problems and projects.
The Hi-Y sponsors a formal dance, a white Christmas collection, and
other special projects. We trust that our work has been beneficial to
our school as well as each of us.

Sponsor

Vice-Pr esident

President

Chapla·in

Treasnrer

�Band

Tommy Webster
President

Billy Dungan
Vice President

Judy Johnston
Secretary

Pat Rea
Treasurer

The aim of the band is to develop through music the individual
and cooperative skills which enable us to be good citizens. We
try for an understanding that will give us a lasting appreciation

for all types of music

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We are proud to have this opportunity to
tell you of the activities of our band during
the past few years.
The band has taken an active part in
civic and statewide affairs during the past
few years. Each year the band participates
in the District Festival. In 1959 we received
a two rating playing grade four music and
in 1960 we received a two rating.
Other events have included the annual
Christmas Parade and the Shrine Bowl. We
have been in two Harvest Bowl Parades and

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attended the Dogwood Festival in Vinton.
This year we also played for Vice President Nixon's visit to Roanoke, the Jefferson
and Fleming Sandlot Benefit game, and
Jefferson's homecoming. To add to the activities of the band we were honored to play
for the dedications of two elementary schools
last fall. It was our privilege to represent
Roanoke at the annual Winchester Apple
Blossom in the spring of 1959.
Thanks-to you, Mr. J ack B. Fuesler, for
our tremendous strides in improvement.

�Bette Snapp
S ecretary
T1·eas11rer

Jan is Ebbett
President

Shirley Caldwell
Librarian

Jennie Robertson
Assistant
Librarian

Ofie Woodrow Wilson Orchestra ~
The String Ensemble originated in the fall
of 1955 and has been in existence for six
years. Mr. Robert Griffey has always been
our conductor.
One of the purposes of the ensemble is to
give school, civic, radio and television performances for other people's music appreciation as well as our own. In our ensemble
we are taught how to get along with a group
as well as a skill that will last throughout
our lives.

Each year we make many tours and appear in many programs in our community.
We have entered the District P Music Festival several times and were rated one superior grade and two excellent ones. Last
year our string quartet consisting of Jennie Robertson, Shirley Caldwell, Betty
Snapp, and Elizabeth Hardin rated a superior grade.
There are ten members in our group, five
of which are members of the Youth Symphony of this city.

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Ofie Woodrow Wilson Choir
The Ninth Grade Choir has eighty-one members consisting of t~enty­
three boys and fifty-eight girls. The 1960-61 Choir is the largest m the
history of Woodrow Wilson.
The Choir has many activities throughout the school year such as
performing for school assemblies, attending the annual district choir
festival, singing for other schools throughout the city, and presenting a
Christmas and spring concert.
An added event this year was a trip to Radford for an exchange assembly with the high school.
Most of the members plan to continue their musical training in their
prospective high school next year.
Mr. Gene W. Ferguson, Director

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Jim Bagby
President

Colette Fields
Vice President

Ellen Hall
Secretary-Treasurer

�Staff

Annual

Linda Waggoner
Lelia Hancock
Editor-in-Chief Co-Editor-in-Chief

Trudi Tinnell
Art Editor

Donna Twist
Copy Edito1·

Annual Staff

ofi e Wilsonian
Marsha McNeil
Staff

One of the grep.test projects of the Ninth
Grade is the publication of the annual. Even
though it looks like a merry little book, it is the

Susie Swartz
Staff

results of much labor . We are not complaining,
however , because everything that really takes
work has its rewards and now we know that
there is more truth than poetry because it gives
a real thr ill to say, "I helped to make that."

Suzanne Hall
S taff

We offer our sincere appreciation to Miss
Loftin and Mr . Caldwell for wit hout them, this

Connie Trompeter
S taff

book would not have been possible.

Rawley Turner
Cir cul ati on
Manager

Allen Hayes
Assistant
Circulation
Manager

Picture missing
Cindy Leeds
Chief Sta/ f Editor

Octavia LOftin
Co-Sponsor

Paul N. Caldwell
Co -Sponso1·
Business Manager

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�~unior Ooasfmasf ers Clu6
OFFICERS
Billy Harbour
Ricky Harvey
.. .... .
Gene Taylor
.. . ..... . . . .............. .
Gladies Barker ... .

President
Vice P residfmt
Secretary
Sponsor

The Junior T oastmasters is an organization
of students who are interested in improving
their speech.
Each year we present at least one assembly
President

which is usually a debate. This school year we
sponsored a campaign assembly during the national elections. It was well received by the faculty and student body.

V ice P resident

The members may a lso represent the school
in various speaking activities.

S ponsor

S ecr eta1·y

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�President

Secretary

Vice President

OFFICERS
..............
. . President
Mark Johnston
Lynn Shapiro ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President
Martha Maddox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Secretary
Joan Kaplan ....
.........
. Treasurer
Gladies Barker
...........
. Sponsor
The Dramatics Club is composed of a selected
group of students who represent the school in
dr amatic activities. Its purpose is to promot~ appreciation of drama and to develop acting techniques.

Dramatics
Treasurer

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Sponso1·

�'Juture Homemakers

America

Nelson Thompson
President
Marsha McNeil
S ecretary

Robin Morris
Secretary

J oan Kaplan
Treasurer

We of the F uture Homemaker s of America wish:
to promote a growing appreciation of the joys and
satisfactions of homemaking; to emphasize the importance of worthy home membership; to encourage
democracy in home an~ community life ; to work
for good home and family life for all; to promote
international good will ; to foster the development
of creative leadership in home and community life;
to provide wholesome individual and group recreat ion; to further interest in home economics.

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Octavia L oftih
Sponso1·

�'Jutur e Oeach ers Of Am erica
The Future Teachers of America provides, through varied activities,
the opportunities for the student to explore the teaching field and to
acquaint himself with the many areas of the teaching Profession.
It also encourages young people to cultivate in themselves the qualities
of personality and character which are the foundations of successful
teaching.
The chief aim of the Future Teachers of America is to interest good
students in becoming teachers.

Kay Bigger
President

Donna Proffit
V ice P1·esiclent

Judy Johnston
Secretary

Patti Pickard
Treasur er

Clintis Mattox
Sponsor

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�Colors
111aroon and White

Motto

Esse quam videri

Rawley Turner
President

Pat Rea
Vice President

Joanna Cornett
Secreta1·y

Ellen Hall
Treasure?·

Nettie Bowles
Sponsor

THE JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE CREED
"We, the members of the Junior Classical League, covenant to hand on
the torch of Classical Civilization in the modern world. We believe an
acquaintance with the Civilization of Greece and Rome will help us
understand and appraise this world of today, which is indebted to
Ancient Civilization in its government, laws, literature, language, and
arts."

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�It is the aim of the Library Club to serve
the school through the very important means
of the library; also, to learn library techniques.

Connie Trompeter
V ice President
Prog1·am

Betty Mills
President

Martha Mosely
l'ice President
P u blicity

.Ci6rary Clu6
The Library Club of Woodrow Wilson Junior
Hig h School has girls of the eight and ninth
g rade. They serve the school by shelving books,
keeping files in order, getting new books r eady
for circulation, and generally keeping the library
in good order .
The library has always been under the leadership of our very fine sponsor , Mrs. Orrell.
Elaine Barker
Sec1·etary

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Louise Orrell
Sponsor

�American

Red

Cross

"Service For Others"
We believe in service for others, for our country, our community
and our school, in health of mind and body to fit us for greater
service, and for better human relations throughout the world. We
have joined the American Junior Red Cross to help ach.i eve its a ims
by working together with members everywhere in our own and
other lands.

Sue H awkins
President

Stuart Singer
Vice Presiclent

Not pi&lt;:tured : Virgin ia R. Montague, Sponsor
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Jerry Bake r
S ecreta1·y

�THE EIGHTH GRADE CHOIR
Gene W. Ferguson, Director

THE SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE CLUB
Charles C. Vail, Jr., Sponsor
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�Wilson C fie erl eaders
Come on, let's everybody give fifteen rahs for Woodrow Wilson. That's
the sound of the excited and happy voices at our basketball games.
Who are the girls who lead us in the yells, who gets behind the team
and lets them know that we are all for them, win or lose? They have
worked hard to make our school display better spirit.
If you happen, by chance, to be in the halls after school you would
probably meet and hear the girls going over every yell.
The squad has had a busy year. They started early in September to
get in good shape for another season of excitement and cheers.
Sq uad M embers
Barbara Adams,

C~ptain

Nelson Thompson

Martha Maddox, Secretary

Marsha Mc Neil

Cindy Leeds

Kay Big g er

Cathy Doriot

Gloria Rowland

Bobby Jean Mitchell

S a r a L a nd

Carolyn Nash

Ellen Hall, Alternate

Miss Barpara
Lee Bell
S ponsor
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��Basketball

Leon Brig-gs

Barbai-a Bell

Baseball

C. V. Rolling-er

Shirley Bramlett

��Woodrow Wilson Bas e6a11 1961
On Ma1:ch 21st about 30 boys turned out for baseball try-outs.
Returning from last years undefeated squad are 3 active members
and 6 reserves. From the remaining 21 boys Coach Bollinger must
find b9_Ys to fill the gaps left by the departed p layers. For the 9
or 10 open positions he expects much competition, with 3 or 4 of
these going to very promising 7th Graders. H owever, Coach Bollinger
and the squad realize that a lot of hard work will be ahead; nothing
could be worse than following an undefeated team.

C. V. Bollinger
Coach

1961 SCHEDULE
April 11
April 18
April 21
May 5
May 12

Monroe
Jackson

April 14
April 28
May 2
May 9

Lee
Monr oe
Jackson

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Lee
Monroe
Jackson
Lee

�Woodrow Wilson Oennis 1961
Tennis had its beginning as a minor sport in 1958.
However, much interest has been aroused and new
material has been brought into view which Coach
Ferguson hopes to develop a strong team.
The Woodrow Wilson Tennis team was undefeated
in 1958, 1959, and 1960 seasons.
Great emphasis will be placed on tennis participation as students come to realize the varied experiences
and social development that can be achieved in this
sport.

Gene F erguson
Coach

1961 SCHEDULE
April 28
May 2
May 5

Lee
Andrew Lewis
Fleming

May 9
May 12
May 16

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Lee
Andrew Lewis
Fleming

�Secretary

Vice President
P1·esident

Treasurer

OFFI CERS
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Shaffner
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Haynie
Secretary ........................................ Chip Fitch
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horace Thomas
Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leon Briggs

Boys' Monogram

Clu6

The Boy's Monogram Club is organized to
aid in the conduct of the school Athletic and
Physical Educations programs. To become
a member of this club the student must earn
his varsity letter either by participating on
one of the varsity teams or accumulating a
total of twenty-five points in the Athletic
program.

Larry Patton

After a student has earned his letter he
is expected to exhibit leadership qualities
in all school functions. Also he is expected
to assist the athletic director and encourage
student participation in all types of school
athletics.
Another activity of the Boy's Monogram
Club is to help raise funds for the Athleti c
program.

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Sponso1·

�Sccretary-Treasure1·

Vice President

Sponsor

President

President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Sponsor

OFFICERS
. . . . . . . . . . ... . . Renee Ostwald
........... Cheryl Juergens
.. . . . . Carol Weiner
. . . . Barbara Lee Bell

Qirls' Monogram

Clu6

The girl's Monogram Club is one of the most worthy clubs in school.
T o be eligible for membership, a girl must acquire 250 athletic points
and be willing to encourage athletics.
The purpose of the organization is to stimulate interest in the right
types of athletics, to promote an interest in health programs, to create
wider friendships, and to develop the highest type of sportsmanship.

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�Wilson Qirls' Basket6all Oeam
Barbara Bell, Coach

1961
Shirley Bramlett, Coach

Volleyball Oeam

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��Ninth Qrade Math ematics

Otey Grubbs
Algebra,

Robert Showalter
Geometry

Do two and two always make fou r ? Anybody can take one-half of twelve and get six
but can you take one-half of twelve and get
seven? Can you place six pennies in two rows
with four pennies in each row? What is the
weight of a football player who weighs one
hundred pounds and one-half of the one
hundred pounds? You, with a little thought
and figuring can give you a good answer
to these questions. Mathematics can be fun.
In addition to being fun mathematics occupies a very intimate part in the d~ily lives
of all people. When you read the thermometer, tell the time of clay, pay for the
morning paper, compute the rating of your
favorite team, and count the days before
vacation begins you are making mathematics
function.

Pau l N . Caldwell
General Mathematics

If you a r e planning a career as an engineer , a nur se, a doctor, an astr onomer , an
economist, a business leader , or one of the
many other professions or t r ades, math ematics will play an important role in your
future. It is the tool to many b ranches of
learning. Among some of the courses which
you will need and find challengi ng are
algebra, geometry, frigonometry, physics,
chemistry, calculus, mathematical logic, and
modern abstract algebra.

64

Mathematics is a very old science, in fact
it is t he very oldest of a ll sciences. Yet, i t is
not dead or du ll because new materia ls a r e
added to make possible t he vast tech nological
developments t hat a r e en joyed t oday. In
room s 302, 304, 307, 206 wh e r e you h ave
worked, you have had fun.
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�Ninth Qrade Science

Nature was certainly good to man when it provided him with a brain
and the use of five senses, eyes, smell, touch, hearing, and tasting. With
the help of this well developed brain man has been able to obtain knowledge.
D11rin g the nnrk Ages

hel i&lt;?f in superstition and myth was almost universal. Even if livin~ in thC':o&lt;C ages showed limited knowledge .
man had found science in such a way to impro,·e his living. Man needed
food, clothing, some kind of home, and protection from wild animals.
m:rn ·~

Rapid progress made in discoveries and inventions the last two centuries would not have been possible if early scientists had not prepared
t he way.
We have often joked to our friends, "go fly to the moon!" Perhaps in
the not far distant future this will be a true statement. 'Will you be
one of the imaginative students of science? There is no shortage of problems in science today- only a shortnge of people.
We shall hope that every student will learn how to get knowledge and
how to use it for "Science is Classified Knowledge."
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�Ninth Qrade (anguage Arts

Mary Anne DcDowell

Nancy Sloan

English

En.qlis h

Since the beginning of time man has been
aware of the need of communicating. Therefore, one of the primary purposes of our
English department is the teaching of the
skills of effective, expression, and the rudiments of our language.
Since literature is man's picture of himself and life, great stre8s is placed on the introducing and analyzing of works tho ug ht to
be best repre8entation of t he art of literature.

Nettie Bowles, Latin

The main obj ective i n t h e First-Year Latin
i8 to g ive the p upil experi ence i n reading
easy L atin to such an extent t h at a h a bit of
obser vi ng inflectional termi nations shall be
established and t hat variations from the
English word order shall not pr event t he
mastery of the sense.
We a lso teach a few facts r egard ing Roman h ist01·y, and wa.v of life to show t he inf luence of Rome on the c ivili zation and languages of t he moder n world .

�Ninth Qrade World History and

World Geography

Sue M. Buchanan

Burton L. Joyner

World History
Wo1·ld Geography

World Histo?'Y

The purposes of Ninth Grade World History and World Geography are:
•1. To gain an insight into international geography, particularly economic geography.

2. To gain a knowledge of historic background and their effects on
our present civilization.
3. To give geographic and historical backgrounds for various courses
in later study.
4. To give to that person who may terminate his formal education
at the Ninth Grade level an opportunity to have a year of World History
and or Geography.
5. To build a world consciousness.
6. To promote an interest in world problems rel~ted to the subject
matter, and to learn how their roots developed in the past.

67

�Art Department

The art classes try to provide for the growth in individual personality,
integrity and initiative through participation in the a r t experiences that
are offered. These experiences not only help each individual reach a deeper and broader understanding of the better consumer choices of utilitarian
objects and enable the student to transfer the creative expressive qualities of art to those activities which contribute to his home, school and
community.

No t pictio·edVi~ginia

Montague

Teacher

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�Ninth Qrade Home
Sconomics Department

Betty Jones

Octavia Loftin

Perhaps the greatest a im of any individual student is to some day own
a home with good human relations and a pattern of satisfactory daily
living.
The H ome ;Economics Department of Woodrow Wilson is very important to the student seeking this pattern. Girls are taught the very important art of maintaining a home-a fresh bowl of flowers, a colorful
and tasty meal, .o r a well-arranged room.
We have heard much talk about Democratic living. We feel that this
type of living must begin in the home. With a good knowledge of Home
Economics the woman can make a very significant contribution to society.
Home Economics is a young science, yet this young and artistic science
has become a ver y important part of our home living.

69

�Ninth Qrade 9ndustrial
Arts Department

Ben Bower

Thomas Hughes

Industrial Arts is the part of the general education that a ll ows boys
to study industries through its materials, tools, machines, processes, products and problems; and it involves the handling and use of as many of
these as possible.
The program is based on the study of five ind ustries; drafting, woodworking, metal working, ceramics, and electricity. Ninth grade students
may elect to take either a full year of drafting or general industria l arts.
the latter affords experiences with m achine woodwor king, ceram ics and
electricity.
All Seventh and Eighth grade boys take industrial a rts for twelve
weeks. Seventh grade students work in the area of h and woodworl&lt; a nd
metalcraft. The Eighth grade students work in the areas of woodturning.
ceramics, and elementary electricity .

70

�1960 Christmas 'Jormal

Marsha McNeil
Queen

Court

Com·t

Carolyn Nash
Barbara Adams
Collette Fields

Emmy Jones
Nelson Thompson

'Linda Waggoner
Connie Trompeter

Octavia Loftin
Betty Jones

71

�Annual Christmas Concert
Presented by
The Choir, Band and Dramatics Club

A Very Important Department
For 700 Woodrow Students

72

��Ofie History Of
By Mabel C. Craig

(Miss Craig is the retired librarian of
Woodrow and loved by all. Editor)
The City of Roanoke, in t he latter 1920's
was growing fast and it had long been recognized that additional public schools were
definitely needed. A Bond Issue was floated
in July of 1927; as a result six schools were
planned; among them a junior high school
to be located at the intersection of Sherwood
and Carter Road, in the southwest section of
the city. This school was to serve the student~ of Virginia Heights, Raleigh Court
Grandin Court and Wasena. Space was to b~
p~ovided to care for the seventh through the
mnth grades; however, because of crowded
conditions at the high school, for a number
of years the tenth and one year the eleventh
also, were taught at Woodrow Wilson.
The land on which this school was built,
1.88 acres, was purchased from the reality
firm of Heins and Schultz. Later, the citv
bought additional land adjacent to th~
school property, on the north-west.
The name, Woodrow Wilson, was recommended to the School Board by a committee
comp~se~ of School Superintendent D.E.
McQmlkm, Mrs. A.P. Staples, a member of
the Board, and Mr. J.S. McDonald, Clerk of
the Boar? . .Authority for the construction
of the building was given under contract to
J.C. Senter;
. d . the architect was H.M . M"ll
i er.
The b ui1 mg was completed in Nove b
1928, at a. total cost of $149,505.60. I; we:~
of red brick, consisting of seventeen class
rnoms, a small library and a school office.
The first faculty included:
H. Mae Hoover, Asst. Princiapl
L~wi~ ~cNeace, Asst. Principal
V1rg1ma Boyd
Mabel Craig
Lossie Dalton
Alwyn Hughson
Margaret Mahood
Ruby See
Mary Draper
Elizabeth Gains
John G. Glasgow
Marie Helm
Myra Howard
Frances Kerns
Mattie Mcconkey
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Mr. D.K. Humbert of the Jefferson High
School faculty had been appointed Principal
of the new Junior High, but during the summer Mr. Humbert had become ill, and he
died near mid-ter m that winter. Miss H .
Mae Hoover, head of the Latin Department
of the Woodr ow faculty, was appointed Acting Principal, and served as such the entire
term.
For session 1929 and 1930 Mr. Carl
Vaughan was made Principal. Upon his resignation in 1930 Mr. R. H. Cook was appointed to succeed Mr. Vaughan.
A P T A was organized in the fall of 1928.
Mrs . Charles Steele was the first President.
At the time of the building of 'W oodrow it
was the custom for those students who had
completed the Ninth Grade to be considered
graduates of a junior high school, thus w inning certificates. The first students to
"graduate" from Woodrow were twenty-five
in number. The Exercises wer e held in the
Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church the
morning of June 3, 1929. D r. Z.V. Roberson
gave the address.
The Honor students, in order of class averages were :
1. Peggy Thomas
2. Martha Hoback
3. Harold Woods
4. Harriet Shanks
5. Louis Wiest
6. Houston Christman
Others receiving their certificates were :
Shirley Brightwell, Ann Cogburn, Margaret
Davis, Dorothy Erb, Lillian Faulconer, Miriam Ferrell, Kathleen Ford, Josephine Hoback, Margaret Jennings, Catherine Stultz.
Ruth Oakey, Selma Ossry, Edna Otey, Frances Palmer, Jacqueline Raney, Helen Louise
Thomas, Lois Traylor, Kate Vaiden , and
Everett Wright.
For a period of five years two rooms of
the school were reserved for the First and
Second Grade children of that immediate
vicinity. The teachers were Miss Catherine
Finney and Mi ss Ruby Hash.

�Woodrow Wilson ~unior High School
Soon after the opening of Woodrow Wilson School a Visitor's Night was held, at
which time patrons and friends were invited
to inspect the new building. The faculty and
older students served as guides. During the
evening's program the newly composed
school song was introduced; the song, "O !
Woodrow Wilson, Here's a song to you," was
written, both words and music by Miss Alwyn Hughson
the faculty.

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Numerous gifts were made to the school
during its early years, and among them was
a photograph of Ex-President Woodrow
Wilson; this was sent by Mrs. Wilson, widow of the President. Later, the photograph
was enlarged, done in oils and properly
framed. The portrait hangs in the main entrance of the building.
The Student-Council, (later known as the
Student Government Association) was organized in 1932, with Miss Marie Helm,
Advisor. This organization from the very
first was most active in promotion of character building, and creation of a sense of responsibility among the students.
During the period of World War II twenty-eight young men, former students of
Woodrow, gave their Jives while ser ving
their country. A plaque, listing these ser vice-men was placed in the main entrance of
the school with appropriate ceremony.
. A copy of the inscription

on the plaque

lS:

THEY GA VE T HEIR LIVES
EDGAR L. ALLEN
JAMES S. ATKINSON
PA UL C. BENT, JR.
ROBERT M. BRICE
CLARENCE L. COLE
RUSS ELL H. COOK, JR.
CHARLES N. COLEMAN
JOHN B. DILLION
TEO.W.DUNKELBERGER
ANRE' P . FALWELL
JOE A. FINDLEY
BILL C. FRETWELL
JAMES B. GLENN

JAMES A. GREGORY
WALTER L. HYLTON, JR.
GEORGE D. JOHNSON
DONALD D. KEESLING
BILLY B. LANE
JOHN H. MINTER
JAMES W. PFLUE.G ER
JOSEPH A. PRESTON
NICHOLAS M. SHIVELY
JOSEPH STANLEY, JR.
WILLIAM F. TOPHAM
PAUL C. TUCKER, JR.
MURRELL R. WEA VER
FRED C. WHITEHEAD, JR.
HURBERT C. SANDEFUL, JR.
WORLD WAR II
1941-1945
In 1949, by means of another Bond .Issue
the city approved the much-needed additions
to the original building. In the spring of
1951 another Open House was held at the
school. There was great rejoicing among the
students, th~ faculty, the patrons and friends
that the long wished for school space had become a reality. More than four times the
floor space of t he original building was to
serve the students.
It is well known that the students of
Woodrow have been most successful in various fields o~ scholar ship and in related activities. Proof of thi~ is in the numerous
state and local contests in which they have
excelled-Latin Tournaments, in Science and
Art Exhibits; also the superior rating awarded band and music students, and the
la1·ge number of Athletic trophies which
bear evidence of highly developed skills.
The many fine students who have passed
through the class rooms of Woodrow have
brought honor and distinction to their junior high school. Also the excellent teaching,
the wise guidance and strong leadership accorded these students has truly served to
awaken talents and ambitions, and to start
them on the long road to success.
Surely, all can applaud and say. "O !
\VOODROW WILSON, HERE'S A SONG
TO YOU."

75

�How Did We Mak e Ohis Annual?
Golly, here we a r e, page 76, the last page, and not another picture
to be found anywhere to· use on this page! So we thought you might
like to know something about t he p roduction of an annual.
It has been a long and tedious process, which sta rted out by a few
cour ageous and industrious people making up their minds to have an
annual. Rest assured that this was no easy task, for as is always t he
case, these few people were the ones who have many other things to do
in school.

A decision was made one afternoon in Mr. Cook's office to have an
annual after a conference with Mr. Caldwell who had previously produced The Wilsonian. Miss Loftin, our Ninth Grade Sponsor consented
to work with Mr. Caldwell and fo r the fi rst ,time we knew that the team
of sponsor~ would make this the best annual ever.
Then came the job of raising money to pay for the annua l. This we
did, to a great extent, by soliciting your help . Most any of you who have
ever begged for anything, and most of you have, know what a job th is
was. The student body r esponded well and in three days we had sold
seventy-five per cent of t he students.
When we had raised a ll the money t hat we could, and had a fa ir idea
of how much we could pay for an annual, t hen came t he important decision what we could put into it, and immediately set work on it. Ther e
were many questions that came up, such as dedication, poems, representation and "where we were going to put what" in the book. After all
contributions and reports had been collected, typed, and put in the annual
"dummy" we then had to read over all of this, r ead and r eread , in order
to find mistakes. There were also several hun dred pictures to be identified and classified. The Delmar photographer, Mr. Meadow spent an entire day in Woodrow making the groups and talking to the sponsors.
Things were taking shape and t he student body t hought the school h ad
suddenly gone "Hollywood."
By Christmas time we were happy to learn t hat Mr. Caldwell was going
to Sarasota, Florida for a vacation and Miss Loftin was spend ing her s
outside the city! At least we knew that we wou ld get a mu ch needed
rest and our sponsors would be too far away to find work for us to do.
No, our work is not complete yet. With the annual leaving the Delmar
Company we · must now turn our time to making sure that each of you
who have purchased one of our books will be sur e to have it after the
"Dedication Assembly."
It is our sincere hope that you will enjoy this book and perhaps somewhere and sometime in later life that you will pause again to r eview
these pages.

F inis
The 1961 Wilson ian
Annual Staff

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